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VOL. XXV.
BOERS MASSING
FOR A FIGHT
Big Force Is Concentrating North
of Bloemfontein.
,0BERTS goes to meet them
In Small Way the Boers Have
a
Recently Been Unusually Ag¬
gressive at Various Points.
Advices reaching Loudon Thursday
were to the effect that the Boers are
concentrating in force about fifteen
iles north of Bloemfontein in the
of Glen, and Lord Roberts is
Ending ear forward troops to engage
[j, em The Seventh infantry division
,nd part of General French’s cavalry
have been sent up to join the Four¬
teenth brigade, and the two cavalry
regiments that are holding Glen and
its environs. probable that the
It does not seem
goers will give serious battle ’ in the
fairly open country north of Glen.
Btill their evident strength indicates
bore than a corps of observation.
[ io small affairs the Boers are dar
| My aggressive in all parts of tha
Ejeld n The Johannesburg
of war. the
aounted police, esteemed by
loers to be their best mounted com
aan d, are raiding the country near
Jloemfontein, harassing the farmers
iho have given up their arms to the
Jritish and are carrying off cattle.
There is a Boer report from Natal
hat a Russian soldier of fortune, Col.
lano'tzki, with 100 horsemen, is oper
iting close to the British outposts on
he western border.
Llland The Boers have re-occupied Camp
are in strength near Taungs
ml Barkley West. They shelled the
British camp at Warrenton Wednes
lav, but moved out of range that night.
Eesterday (Thursday) two British guns
Enfiladed the Boer trenches, quieting
pit mausers.
Loti Uethuen and the forces that
ave been operating in the Barkley
l/striflf ley lave been recalled to Kimber¬
by Lord Roberts. No explanation
has been given for this, but tho
mounted troops are dissatisfied at hav¬
ing been ordered back.
The Boers and disloyalists at Ken
hardt have been dispersed and caused
io retreat. General Parsons is about
:o enter the town unopposed.
Lord Roberts is making extensive
irrangements to police and safeguard
ill the Free State towns in the terri
ory occupied. Dispatches from Mas
iru assert that the Boers who returned
;o Ladybrand from Clocolan have
taken up strong positions and sent
liekets far in every direction to watch
Sasntoland, in the expectation that
part of General Buller’s army will in¬
take the Free State on that side.
According to Pretoria advices, Ma¬
sking was bombarded for seven hours
in Tuesday.
It is reported in London in a well
nformed quarter that Lord Kitchener
fill be offered the post of commander
n-chief in India, succeeding the late
>ir William Lockhart, so soon as de¬
rive successes have been obtained in
he Transvaal and that General Sir
Archibald Hunter will succeed him as
hord Roberts’ chief of staff. The In
lian newspapers have been urging
utcheaer’s appointment.
DECISION IN BANK CASE.
Stockholder Not Liable For Failure
of Another, Says Judge Newman.
lUtes AtColnmbus, Ga., Thursday, United
District Judge Newman handed
Mnch own a highly interesting opinion in a
of the defunct Chattahoochee
national bank case. The receiver of
wbank levied a second assessment
139 per cent upon the bank’s stock*
iolders, and they resisted it. The
eceiver then demurred to the cross
'ill. Judge Newman has just over¬
fed the demurrer, and the case will
16 tried on its meritB.
In his decision Judge Newman says
“atone stockholder in a national bank
8an °t k® made liable for the failure
bother stockholder to pay his as-
88a “ents, and that the stockholder!
°aid not be responsible for any dis
trous investments by the receiver.
BOERS MOYE SOUTHWARD.
B ° aSt ThBt He W,U B -
TV Bloemfontein.
fie T» Bloemfontein correspondent of
,,Ug ” ph -
resident Kruger boast# his in
wn to retake Bloemfontein within
’ and it appears probable that
.. n j?, ers advancing force south
° . d are in
'
^fpimeuts on Eight Hoar Bill.
‘ Wday the bouse committee on
t proceeded with hearings on the
ext end the eight hour law to all
wnment _ work, including that done
- l - T ate establishments.
Lingers turned down.
’ ST * 1 to Paris
r.ipo.tton Start* OK With
[Vel Greet K«ih.
to the Faris exposition ha*
^ Th8 Freneh liner La Ton
.
‘i!f e i -Thursday, 8he sailed had from the New largest York
° f P a * 8en 8er* on board that
*4 ’ 8 carried eastward trip
'>o on any
^ earg > there being 300 in the
> 200 *he The
htjJ* l steerage.
°® 8 for passage of thir'.y-five
had to be refused.
The Rockdale Banner.
BEVERIDGE “REVOLTS.”
Young Indiana Senator Makes
Speech Favoring Free Trade
With Porto Rico.
A Washington special says: The
conference on the diplomatic and con¬
sular appropriation bill was agreed to
by the senate soon after 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
resumnd.
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, ad¬
dressed the senate in 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 aod pro¬
gress of the republic throughout all
its future. For if congress has not a
free hand to deal with these islands as
their different conditions and chang¬
ing needs demand, it is not only in¬
expedient, but it may be impossible
to hold them.
"To treat Porto Rico as we treat
Hawaii, and to deal with the 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 states are formed, is a
proposition as mad as it is novel.
“We have the greatest opportunity,
the greatest duty, with which fortune
ever blessed its most favored nation.
Events have placed in positions of
command over the Pacific. The key to
the commerce of the east is in our
hands. We are the wardens of the
gates of the Gulf. With the canal a
completed work, we control the chosen
and the natural highways of the com¬
merce of mankind more than any other
power than England. More than any
people of history. Events are placing
ns where we may command and compel
the peace of the world.
"Porto Rioo, Cuba, the canal, Ha¬
waii, the Philippines, make us literally
the sovereign power among the na¬
tions. I say make us the master peo¬
ple of the world, for I never will be¬
lieve that we will surrender our pos¬
sessions to others, because we cannot
invent sane and appropriate methods
for their government and control. I
will never believe that our constitution
manacles our bauds and narrows our
vision and numbs our brain.
"I will never admit that our consti¬
tution 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! My faith is in a censtitution
which is a chart by which we sail all
seas and make all ports—a constitution
which is a free commission for the ex¬
ercise of our strength as it develops.
YVM. C. SANDERS DEAD.
Was Senior Member of Well Known Cot¬
ton Firm of Sander*. Swann & Ct>.
William C. Sanders, senior partner
of the firm of Sanders, Swann k Co.,
of Atlanta, Ga., and Bremen, Ger¬
many, died Thursday morning at Su¬
wannee Springs, Fla.
Mr. Sanders has not been seriously
ill long. Wheu he left Atlanta 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 k 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.
REQUISITION NOT HONORED.
Governor of Ohio Will Reco^ni*. Neither
Tavlor Nor Beckham.
Nash, of Ohio, has refused . ,
Governor
£ f
liam Kreg, charged with assaulting
his wife with intent to kill. Governor |
Nash says: '
will not honor requisition . from
“I a :
either Beckham or Taylor. If, how- j
ever, each gentlemen issues charged a requisi¬ with
tion for the same person :
the offense and designating the !
same
same agent to receive the prisoner, I
will then issue a warrant for the ac¬
cused.”
TEMPERANCE PEOPLE AROUSED.
They A»k That Idqnori Be Kept Oat of
Oar N»w PoMMtioni.
^ Washington dispatch says: A
l»rg« delegation from New York, Phil
a( jelphia , n d 0 th#r cities, appeared be
for# the insular affairs committee of
house Friday in behalf of the bill
introduced by Mr. Gillette of Uasta
c husetts to prohibit the importation
i B t 0i ea ] e or manufacture of intoxica- j
ting liquors in Porto Rico, Hawaii or
the Philippines.
CONYERS. GA.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1900.
GOVERNOR IS UPHELD
Chief Executive of Idaho Has
Many Supporters.
PETITION IS PRESENTED TO ROOT.
The Signers Declare Situation at Coeur
d’Alene Was Critical aud Troop*
Were a Necessity.
A Washington dispatch says: Gov¬
ernor Stennenberg, of Idaho, called at
the war department Saturday and pre¬
sented in person to Secretary Root
the petition to whic \ he referred while
under examination before the house
committee on military affairs in favor
of the retention of the Federal troops
in the disturbed mining districts. The
governor had refused to produce the
petition before the committee until
he had first submitted it to the secre¬
tary of war, to whom it was addressed.
The petition bears about 2,500 sig¬
natures, and cities that all of the sign¬
ers are citizens of Idaho and of the
county of Shoshone and the Coeur
d’Alene mining district. They petition
that the secretary of war be allowed a
a small force of federal troops to re¬
main in the quarters provided for them
and occupied by them at the town of
Osborn, Shoshone county, for as long
a time as Governor Steunenberg may
think their presence necessary for the
preservation of peace and order.
The citizens also express their ap¬
proval of all the acts that have been
done by the governor and the officials
of their state to preserve peace and or¬
der and to bring criminals to justioe.
The petition says that some of the
acts of the state authorities may ap¬
pear to people at a distance to be dras¬
tic and severe, but the signers, who are
familiar with the conditions which ex¬
isted for several years prior to the
declaration of martial law last May,
know that drastic measures were nec¬
essary to stop the band of conspira¬
tors, Who, shielding themselves behind
the name of the labor organization,
hid created a reign of terror and ty
r «nny seldom equaled in the history
iff the community.
In conclusion the signors beg to
state the efforts of the governor and
the state officials, assisted by the mili¬
tary officials, have brought peace and
good order to the district and given
ian impetus to all business interests
and a sense of safety to all people,
which are highly appreciated, and for
which the signora are grateful.
REVIVAL OF OLD CUSTOM.
Both Branches of Methodist CHnrck To
Meet at Same Time In Washington.
For the first time sinc6 1861, when
the Baltimore eenference of the Meth¬
odist Episcopal church divided, the
two organizations, the Methodist Epis¬
copal aud the Methodist Episcopal
church, south, will meet simultane¬
ously in annual conference in Wash¬
ington during the week.
The Methodist denomination in tbe
United states divided in 1844 on the
question of slavery, but the Baltimore
conference remained undivided until
shortly after the outbreak of the civil
war. Since 1861 there have been two
Baltimore conferences.
The sessions of the Methodist Epis¬
copal church will be held at the Me¬
tropolitan M. E. church, and Bishop
John M. Walden will preside. The
M. E. church, south, will meet in the
Mount Vernon church and Bishop W.
A. Candler, of Georgia, will preside
and make the opening address.
ROBERTS EXPRESSES SYMPATHY.
Wires Condolence to Kruger On the Death
of General Joubert..
Lord Roberts has sent the following
dispatch to President Kruger:
"Have just heard of the death of
Genera! Joubei t, and desire to offer
my sincere condolence upon the sad
event. Would ask you to convey to
General Joubert’s family an expres¬
sion of my most respectful sympathy
with their sad bereavement, and to
assure them also from me that all
rauks of her majesty’s forces share my
feeling of deep regret at the sudden
and untimely end of so distinguished
a general, who devoted his life to the
services of his country, and whose
personal gallantry was only surpassed
by his humane conduct and chivalrous
bearing under all circumstances.”
MOYSE IN COURT.
Man Who Fo*ed a* Captain Clark and
Won Bride Arraigned at New Orlean..
Julius Moyse, the bogus Captain
^ who married Bertha Wornken
zgxs&ss&SiZ!: of
ThurBdayj on the charge lmperson
at - % government officer. He was
unattended by counsel, Judge Whita
having « withdrawn from the case.
^ ^ ent over antiI Monday, and
the court appointed a lawyer to repre
#ent- Moyse. crowd in court
There was a large called. Moys#
when the case was
looked worried and apparently realised
that he was up against big trouble.
CLEYELAND BREAKS SILENCE.
He Say* Ko> He Hope* the H*y Treaty
Will Be Ratified.
Former President Grover Cleveland
hag re ] axe d hi# customary reserve as
to the discussion of public and politi
c# | a ff a i rs> and in the course of an in
terT i ew expressed himself in approval
Hay-Pauncefote treaty for the
nen tralization of the Nicaragua canal.
Mr Cleveland added ratified. that he hoped
the freaty would be
DAVIS TO TALK
FOR THE BOERS
Assistant Secretary of the Inte=
rior Resigns.
HE ESPOUSES KRUGER’S CAUSE
Has Just Returned From Tour of
South Africa and Is Loaded
With Information.
A Washington snecial says: Web¬
ster Davis, assistant secretary of the
interior, tendered his resignation to
President McKinley Monday, He
will go on the lecture platform in the
interest of the Boers.
In au authorized statement given
out, Mr. Davis says that as a result of
his visit to the Transvaal ho feels im¬
pelled to tender his resignation as as¬
sistant secretary of the interior. He
will at an early date deliver a lecture
in the interest of the South African
republic.
Mr. Davis feels that this is the best
way to arouse the enthusiasm of the
American people in behalf of those re¬
publics.
Mr. Davis decided to take this course
as the result of his visit to South Afri¬
ca. He has decided to deliver a pub¬
lic address touching the entire scope
of the present war and believes that
he can best do so while free from any
restraint which his present position
would impose upon him.
When taking his departure home
from Pretoria 2,000 gathered to take
leave of him at the station. They ap¬
pealed to him in tears to state their
cause to the American people, and Mr.
Davis says his conscience would haunt
him if he proved recreant to that piti¬
ful appeal.
He believes the American people
are not truly informed on the situation.
He will, therefore, avail himself of an
early opportunity to relate his experi¬
ence and observations at a public
meeting that shall be free to all. Mr.
Davis has decided on this course after
mature deliberation and free consulta¬
tion with his friends.
Davis, who is a resilient of Kansas
City, has a reputation in the west of
being a great orator. He was espe¬
cially prominent in the campaign
which led up to the nomination of
McKinley at St. Louis.
Those who do not approve of his
course declare that as soon as he got
to Washington Davis became afflicted
with the swelled head and that his
change of heart is entirely due to his
chagrin in being called down when
Secretary Hitchcock took control of
the interior department. They say
that Davis at that time was fondly
imagining himself the most important
figure in administration circles, and
that because Secretary Hitchcock did
not so regard him he sulked aud went
off to Africa to find some pretext for
further self-advertisement.
A good deal of this may be true, but
it does not minimize the political im¬
portance of this action of the assistant
secretary of the interior.
There is no doubt that the over¬
whelming sentiment of the American
people is with the Boers and that sen¬
timent is not likely to die out when
men like Davis who have been on the
scene become active in the agitation
in their behalf.
RACE QUESTION IN CUBA.
Whites Will Fight For Office and Color
Line Will Be Closely Drawn.
The funeral of Mayor Valiente took
place at Santiago Sunday afternoon
with elaborate ceremonies. United
States officers acted as honorary pall¬
bearers. The military and civil pro¬
cession extended two miles.
The death of Senor Valiente mate¬
rially changes the political situation.
His re-election was considered assured,
but now there is a prospect of a hard
fight between the rival candidates of
the black and white parties. Recent
developments have shown that the
celor line will be closely drawn and
there may be trouble.
The whites declare their intention
to organize an annexation party rather
than to accept negro domination.
PROYES EXISTENCE OF WAR.
IMsmlssal of Major Kirkman Make, tho
Filipinos Belligerents.
Secretary Root stated Monday that
Major George O. Kirkman, Forty
ninth volunteer infantry, is no longer
in the service of the United States.
Under the articles of war, the approv¬
al by General Otis of the action of the
courtmartial which recommended
Kirkman for dismissal on the charge
of drunkenness, was sufficient to exe¬
cute the sentence. Kirkman was ac¬
cused of being drunk on the transport
Liverpool on tbe voyage from San
Francisco to Manila, and of insalting
a priest aboard his vessel.
DEAD BROKE IN CUBA.
Many Americans Are Financially Stranded
and Destitute In the Island.
The war department has been ob
liged to sound a note of warning to
restrain over-confident Americans
from flocking into Cuba without re
r=t
Secretary Boot. He reports that there
are quite a number of such Americans
completely stranded in Cuba, whom
he is unable to relieve.
A DEADLY EXPLOSION
THREE MEN WERE HORRIBLY MANGLED
Steam Boiler Hurled Through the
Air Five Hundred Feet.
Accident Was a Most Remarkable One.
Boiler Weighed Five Tons and Was
But Little Damaged.
An Atlanta dispatch says: Three
men were killed by a boiler explosion
at the brick yard of the G. O. Wil¬
liams Lumber company, on the Chat¬
tahoochee River trolley car line, about
four miles from the city, shortly after
11 o’clock Monday morning.
The explosion was a terrific one, the
boiler flying through the roof of the
engine room and striking the earth
nearly 500 feet away from the brick
yard. The boiler weighed nearly five
tons, and was of sixty-horse undoubtedly power.
The accident was a
most, remarkable one, as not a break
can be found in the boiler. When the
coroner was investigating the affair he
heard hints of the explosion having
been probably caused by dynamite,
but (his was merely a vague suspicion.
The three men killed were:
JobD M. Smith, white, aged about
fifty-six years. twenty-one
Walter Evans, white,
years old.
James Perkins, white, twenty-five
years old.
Five negroes were injured, but it
is thought none will die.
Perkins was killed instantly. Smith
livid about five minutes, and Evans
died about four hours aftei the aooi
dent.
The manner in whioh the three men
were crushed and mutilated, and the
great distance the heavy iron boiler
was hurled through the air, showed
the terrific force of the explosion. A
remarkable feature of the accident was
the fact that although such force was
evident, yet the boiler itself was but
little injured. It seems to have risen
straight up from its foundations, pass¬
ed through the roof of the building
aud then shot toward the car line,
clearing a negro cabin and the trolley
wires and larding upon its end. When
it struck the ground it bounded up
and planted itself in the earth several
feet away.
The cause of the accident is not
definitely known, but it is believed
the cold water must have been turned
into the hot boiler when it was empty
or nearly so.
Unfortunately the accident happen¬
ed at a time when the engine had been
shut down for a few moments for re¬
pairs, and nearly all the employers
were standing near it.
Mr. Smith was found lying against
a pile of lumber fully 40 feet aivay
from where the boiler bad been. He
was standing witbing four feet of the
boiler when it exploded.' He was
badly mangled.
The body of James Perkins was
found wrapped around a post about
ten feet away from the engine. It had
been whirled with great force against
the big post and death wasinstantane
oils. No limbs were torn from the
body, though one of his arms and both
legs hung only by small shreds of
flesh.
Walter Evans was found about thirty
feet away, where he had been thrown
with great force. He was resting
against a pile of brick, and it is
thought that ho struck the brick head
first, as his head was badly mashed.
Blood was flowing from many wounds,
too, on his body. He was sent to his
home and died shortly afterward.
The negroes who were injured were
found at different places about the
yard. Some were badly scalded, while
others were injured by flying debris.
All of the six men were painfully and
severely hurt.
Broad wood’s Casualties.
The London war office reports that
Colonel Broadwood lost seven guns
and all his baggage in the ambush
laid for him by the Boers on Saturday.
The casualties numbered 350.
Pensioner of 1812 Dead.
"Aunt” Emily Bennett, the oldest
citizen of Plainfield, Conn., and the
last 1812 pensioner in the county, died
Sunday after a long illness, aged 89.
Demand Higher Wages.
Several Thousand men in New York
City and neighboring towns in New
Jersey and Westchester county, New
York, struck Monday for increased
wages and shorter hours. Most of
the strikers are carpenters and the
enormous amonnt of building in pro¬
gress favors the men.
Installment Goes to Porto Rico.
Arrangements have been made by.
the war department for the transfer of
$660,000 of the $2,000,000 appropriated
for the relief of Porto Rico. Governor'
General Davis will spend the money
in payment for labor in public im-Z
provements at the rate of about $100,
000 a month.
DOUBLE TURRET SATISFACTORY.
Admiral Sampson Witnessed Test On
Kearsarge and Expresses Opinion.
Admiral Sampson was aboard the
Kearsarge during her last run out to
sea, and witnessed the test of the
double turret, a feature of naval archi
zr =msra
doubts as to the practicability of this
idea. According to Admiral Sampson,
none of the predicted faulty of the ■
system deyeloped.
Official Organ of Rockdale (onn
ty. Has Largest Circulation in
The County.
ALLEN FULLER HANGED.
X
Had No Statement to Make Ex.
cept That He Was Innocent of
the ITurder of firs. Pottle.
Allen Fuller, the negro who mur¬
dered Mrs. Eugeuia Hamilton Pottle
on the night of November 20th, 1899,
was banged in the Bibb county jail at
Macon, Ga., Monday morning.
The negro made no confession and
merely stated, when he was given an
opportunity to speak,that what he had
said was truo.
No newspaper men were alloweil to
be present by Judge Felton, and only
the ministers the gospel were al¬
lowed in the jail, besides the physi¬
cians and the officers who were needed.
Fuller’s remaikable nerve failed him
as he walked on the gallows. The
officers had to hold him on the trap¬
door when Sheriff Westcostt pulled
the trigger, as he had fallen forward
against the railing.
The attending physicians say that
the execution was one of the most suc¬
cessful that they have ever witnessed
and that the negro’s neck was broken.
Fuller slept well Sunday night and
ate a hearty breakfast Monday morn¬
ing. Up to the last moment he seem¬
ed to show little dread of the ordeal
before him, aud not until he was on
the trap did h$ show any weakness.
The streets on each side of the jail
and the parks in the center were
crowded with negroes, who began to
assemble by 8 o’clock. There were
many white people also, but the crowd
was quiet, there being no demonstra¬
tion at all. In order to avoid any dis¬
order that might have occurred, how¬
ever, Chief Boifeuiilet had a special
force of police placed around the jail.
About 10:30 Sheriff Westcott and
the physicians arrived at the jail.
They were followed almost immediate¬
ly by several colored ministers, Revs.
W. G. Alexander, S. M. Hawkins, M.
D. Spencer, H. T. Johnson and J. R.
McClain.
They were taken at once to Fuller’s
cell, where a short service of song and
prayer was held. Fuller expressed
the belief that he had been converted
and after death would go to heaven.
The service lasted for 15 minutes, and
after it had been completed the minis¬
ters asked that they be allowed to
have a short prayer and sing one
verse of a song just before the mur¬
derer was sent into eternity. The re¬
quest was granted.
When Fuller was led to the gailowB
a song was siing and a brief prayer for
the soul of the doomed man was said.
Fuller was then asked if he had any
statement to make.
He replied: "No, sir; I have got
nothing more to say than I have al¬
ready said. I did not commit the mur¬
der and am innocent. What I have
already said is true.”
The black cap was then put over his
head and the rope adjusted. The drop
fell promptly at 11 o’clock and Fuller
was pronounced dead in five minutes
by the physicians who wore present.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Tile New Industrie* Reported In the South
During the Past Week.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported during the
past week are a basket and crate fac¬
tory in Georgia; bottling works in Ar¬
kansas; brick works in Tennessee and
Texas; canning factory in Virginia;
a carriage factory in Alabama; coal
mines in Texas; copper mines in North
Carolina; a construction company in
West Virginia; one cotton mill each
in Alabama and Arkansas, three in
Georgia, one in North Carolina, four
in South Carolina, one in Tennessee
and four in Texas; cotton seed oil
mills in Mississippi and South Caro¬
lina; a creamery in Georgia; an
electric light plant in Louisiana; an
electrical supply company in West
Virginia; a fertilizer factory in Flor¬
ida; gas works in West Virginia; a
hardware company in North Carolina;
ico factories in Georgia and Texas;
iron aud manganese mines in Virginia;
three knittiug mills in North Carolina;
lumber mills in Florida and Missis¬
sippi; a machine shop in Alabama: a
naval stores company in Georgia; a
pants factory in Kentucky; a phos¬
phate company in Tennessee; a photo¬
graphic dry plate manufactory in Tex¬
as; planing mills in Mississippi and
Tennessee; a telephone company in
Texas; a tobacco factory in North Car¬
olina; a $50,000 towel factory in South
Carolina; a water power company in
East Tennessee; water works in Geor¬
gia.—Tradesman (Ckattanooga,Tenn.)
GREAT -GOBS OF ORATORY
Brought Qat In Discussion of the Porto
I&icari Bill in the Senate.
A Washington dispatch says: As the
hour for the senate’s vote upon the
Porto Rican hill drew near the popu¬
lar interest, so far as Washington is
concerned, was greatly increased.
Monday there was a flow of oratory in
the upper house of congress and the
result was that the galleries were
almost to suffocation, and
thousands of people were turned away,
unable to gain admission. Perhaps a
good deal of this interest was.due to
the announcement that Senator Depew
would be among the speakers.
PROBABLY A FAKE.
That Reported Sale of Alabama Coal to an
English Syndicate.
Representatives of southern coal
companies in New York say thev regard
the contents of the recent New Orleans
annou o cln 8 ® ? °
j
fc he mouth of the coal pits with oO r cents •
a ton allowance for transportation to
^ ew Orleans, as highly improbable, if
not a gigantic hoax.
NO 12.
PETTUS POSES
AS HUMORIST
Aged Alabamian Makes a Great
Hit In Senate Speech.
A BURLESQUE ON BEVERIDGE
The Entertainment Was Highly
Amusing and Congratulations
Were Freely Dispensed.
A Washington special says: The
sensation of the day Friday at the cap
itol was the speech of Senator Pettus,
of Alabama, in which he poured upon
the head of the youthful Republican
orator, Mr. Beveridge, of Indiana, the
vials of his wit and synicism. It was
an entirely new role for the senator
from Alabama to assume, and to say
that he made a hit is to give mild ex¬
pression to the very evident facts.
In the course of a general speech on
the Philippines General Pettus deliv¬
ered a dissertation upon the qualities
of orators in general, aud the young
orator (Beveridge) who addressed the
senate Thursday in particular, which
was tho funniest thing the senate has
known in many years.
From this time forward Mr. Pettus'
speech was personal in its appli¬
cation. He first took Mr. Gallinger
to task.
"I was very much entertained by
the senator from New Hampshire on
yesterday,” he said, "when he in¬
formed us that he was not a lawyer
and he proved it to us, not only by
asserting it, but by his argument.
Lawyers know that when you come to
read a decision of a judge you must
take all he says on a subject; that it
will not do to take a sentence here
and another there, but that is exactly
what the senator did in quoting Justice
Bradley on the Mormon church case.”
The senator then went on to relate
an anecdote illustrative of his point,in
which a preacher of the olden time—
when the senator was a boy—had fig¬
ured in Alabama.
“The minister,” he said, "was as
learned in tho Bible as ray friend from
New Hampshire in tbe law. (Laugh¬
ter). He said: ‘Brethren, my text
today will be the following: Seven
sons did Milcah bear unto Enon. Now
I expect, brethren, the preaoher went
on, if you would look at the commen¬
taries you would find various mean¬
ings to this text, but taking a common
sense view of it, I will say this:
“ ‘I expect that Enon was sick and
the doctor told his seven sons, great,
strong fellows, that it was absolutely
necessary that he should have milk for
his nutriment; and thereupon the
seven sons went out to look up the
cows. The cows had not come up the
night before, and so the sons could
not find them; but they came across a
bear and they milked her and carried
the milk to Enon, and so, brethren, it
is writ ‘Seven sons did Milcah bear
unto Enon.'
"That preacher,” concluded Mr.
Pettus, amid an outburst of hearty
laughter, "has as accurate a concep¬
tion of the scriptures as some of our
senators have of the law of the land,”
Mr. Pettus then turned his atten¬
tion to the speech of Senator Bev¬
eridge and said:
"Mr. President, the Master once
bad to select a man to lead the chil¬
dren of Israel out of Egypt and
through the wilderness of Canaan.
He did not select an orator. No, he
selected one of these men from Iowa
or Maine, and his namo was Moses.
And he was a stubborn man, too.
(Laughter.) Master his
"But Moses told his to
face that he could not do it because
he could not speak to the people. And
what was the reply? There is Aaron.
He speaks well. And they took Aaron
along, not in command—that was not
allowed; but they took him aloDg as a
kind of deputy. And when Moses on
his Master’s order went up into the
mountain for the tables, the orator
left in charge had a golden calf framed
(laughter) and he put all the people
down to worshipping the golden calf.
(Laughter.) worship the golden
“More people days. But
calf now than did in those
while Aaron and his people were all
down worshiping the golden calf the
man of God appeared and he pulled
out bis sword and demanded to know
who was on the Lord’s side, and the
orator jumped up from his knees,
drew his sword and got on Moses’
side and went to killing the Israelites
along with Moses.
"All these orators will do the same
thing (laughter), the last one of them.
We saw an instance of it yesterday af¬
ternoon.” Mr. Pettus’
At the conclusion of
speech senators crowded about him to
tender congratulations.
TROOPS FROM PORTO RICO.
The United State* Transport Kilpatrick
Beaches Newport New*.
The United States transport Kil¬
patrick, having on board four troo p#
of the Fifth cavalry, arrived at New¬
port News, Va., Thursday. Major
Cooper is in command of the 352 men
and 11 officers on the ship. The Kilpat¬
rick came direct from San Juan. Tha
troops go to Jefferson barracks, Mis¬
souri,