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The Banner Will Give Ton All
The Sews of Conyers and Reek
dale eeunty.
VOL. XXV.
11H ity School Com¬
missioner’s Report
Costebs, Ga., April 2, 1900.
Tbb Grand Jury, Spring Term,
o
J^tlbmen—I requiring n the compliance county school with
he la* make written report
dinmissioner . to
once a year, at spring term of
„ oiirt, you I beg to submit the following:
DurinK the yc&r 1899 there were in
lockdale county thirty-four schools,
inetccD white and fifteen colored.
There were enrolled during the year
a ll the schools, outside of Conyers,
fi 74 pupils, 861 males and 813 fe
' !es according to the reports. There
e 81t white pupils reported, 447
' i es and 397 females; 828 colored
ils, 414 males an 1 411 females.
i Xhe'total number of teachers
em
joyed during the J ear were
ine, thirty-three of whom were white
jsJ twenty-six colored.
SCHOOL FUNDS.
jju’t on hand from 1898,.. $ 81.39
" rec’d from State Treas. 3,425.87
Total receipts...... 3,-507,26
expenditures.
aid white Teachers...... $ 1,884.12
» colored “ ...... 1,212.36
“ Members Board..... 74.00
“ C. S. Comm........ 293.50
i“ Inc. Expenses...... 35.34
Total Expenses .... 3,50 .32
lalance on baud 5.94
3,507 26
TI114above does not include $3S1.00
Lived and paid out for the City ot
buyers. details of the above and other
Its Fur Book,"
we refer to our “Pay-roll
Jiich we submit herewith, and which
b wish to be considered a part of this
port. the facts mentioned g'.eau
From we
id call attention to the following:
1. The county school commissioner
teived only $295.50 for his services.
■?. The average amount pai l out o!
Iblic. funds for the tuition of chil
eu was only $1.85 per pupil for the
nr months, or 46 cents per mouth,
iltis my duty, under the law, to call
[e Luk attention official of term your of body two to members the fact
■the county's school board expires
■th this term of the court, to-wit:
Ifessrs. J. B. Hammock anil P. G.
mieker. #
■ And, gentlemen, in closing this my
l.-t report to the grand jury of my
lelovel county, allow mo to express to
i)U a few convictions which I received
lom personal experience iu educa
lonal work, and which have deepened
litli every month of any service as
irauty I school commissioner.
The office of member of school
Board of a couuty is a very impor
Int, and not a trifling office, as is
leuerally Iso considered; for, as the board
must ho ilie commissioner, since
ps is an executive office, carrying out
le directions of the board. As is
■to li'Koner superintending work of the com
so will be the teachers,
Idas are the teachers so will be the
pools I Every under them. commissioner
county school
paid N ky he the looked citizens upon of his by county, his board,
as
le is by the law', a real superinten
lent of the county’s schools; and the
loard who has his appointment, aud
|!)o lay out and give direction to his
|ork, ilncational ihould be men well informed in it
matters. Furthermore,
F my opinion that every county
pool fl to devote commissioner his should and be requir- talent
whole time
Pthe school interests of the county,
M should be paid a salary in keep
P?with the dignity and importance
fthe position he holds.
I Will take pleasure in furnishing any
Formation in my power concerning
poekdale’s schools,
lery respectfully submitted,
T. D. O’Kelley, C. S. Com.,
Rockdale County.
rood Jury Presentments.
®>bgu, In Rockdale County.
iwordance compliance with the law, aud in
with the time-honored cus
°®> ire, the Grand Jurors chosen
J a,e l 'worn Superior for the Court, April make Term these of Rock
our
’ e ^ T *l presentments.
“atees, )>e have, through our various com
examined the books of the
srent county officers, and from the
'Kited time we have had for such ex
Kw&tion, find them properly kept.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
6 find the public buildings in
good condition, except a few
ll in the guttering of the
Paired konse, which we recommend be
Edition - The jail we find in good
, and - prisoners well kept,
fi Q d the water supply insuffi
, to clease the which, iu
opinion, sewerage,
js liable to cause sick
j • aid we recommend that the Or
L.3 ^ ave 8 larger tank put in and
^ plenty of water is provided
c ■
t ' le jail in a clean and healthy
‘ ur ther recommend that the Or
s *b the old jail to the highest
et > the same to be removed from
°auty's ground.
in !
i good condition and the
L^ terraced and cai ed for.
at the farm five inmates.
[%■« a one females colored ’ tw0 male. colored They are fe
Ht £ arfid an<i provided for and
*,g 7 8a tisfied.
Vm n Da ex pended for support of in
.
*°r the last twelve month* to
..................... 39
The Rockdale Banner.
for repairs on buildings 33.19
For burial expenses.... 66.00
For medicines........ 3.00
We desire to commend Mr. and Mrs.
Almand for the pains and care they
exercise in caring for the inmates.
From examination of the treasurer’s
report we find the following:
Funds on baud April 1st, 1900:
General funds $1,515.68
Pauper funds . 667.69
Jury funds.... . 589.89
Total $2,872.76
We find that the druggists of our
county keep a correct digest of the
sale of all poisons sold by them.
To fill two vacancies on the board of
education we have elected John D.
Scott and John W. McClung.
We have examined the county school
commissioner’s books and find the fol¬
lowing facts:
Number of schools in the county
in 1899...................... 34
Number of white schools........ 19
Number of colored schools. .... 15
Total number pupile (white) en¬
rolled ...................... 844
Total number pupils (colored) en¬
rolled....................... 828
Total number pupils enrolled 1,674
Number white teachers employed. . .33
Number colored teachers employed.26
Total teachers employed ... 59
SCHOOL FUNDS.
Amount on baud from 1898.$ 81.39
Amount received from state
treasurer ................ 3,425.87
Total $3,507.26
Amount paid white teachors.$l,834.12
\mount, paid colored teach¬
ers ..................... 1,212.36
Amount paid members board 74.00
\mount paid O. S. Com .... 295.20
mount I tic. expenses...... 35.34
Total expenditures.......$3,501.32
Balauee on hand...,.......$ 5.94
The roads of the county are reported
to be in tolerable good condition with
some exceptions, to which we call
special attention.
The Flat Shoals road from the Mc¬
Donald old place to the Williams place
is reported in very bad fix aud we
recommend that the road be changed
from the McDonald place to the creek
near the Williams place.
The foot bridge across Big Haynes
crock at Haralson’s ford is reported in
an unsafe conditition and we recom¬
mend that the ordinary have same
fixed.
We also recommend that the Ordi¬
nary confer with the ordinary of Henry
county in regard to building a bridge
across a creek on the county line from
the road from Richardson’s to Stock
bridge.
We recommend that our representa¬
tive and senator take such steps as in
their wisdom seems best to secure the
passage of a bill for the establishment
and maintenance of a juvenile reform¬
atory for the youthful criminals of the
state.
We recommend that the ordinary
levy the following (axes for ihe year
1900:
For general purposes.. .49
For j ury purposes..... 10
For support of paupers .06
Making a total of.... .65
on the $100.
We recommend that these present¬
ments be published in each of the
county papers, The Weekly and Th*
Banner, and that they be paid five
dollars each for publishing same.
We congratulate the people of our
county on the fact that the dockets of
our courts are so nearly clear,and that
the terms of the superior court have
become so short, thereby causing a
great saving to the taxpayers of the
county. Judge
In taking leave of his Honor,
Jno. S. Candler and Sol. Gen’l. pro
tem, Jno. L. Travis, we desire to ex¬
press our appreciation for courtesies
extended and assistance rendered.
John H. Alicahd, Foreman.
A. M. McElvanet, Sec’ty.
Upon the reading of the within and
foregoing presentments it is consider¬
ed, ordered and adjudged by the court,
that said presentments be spread upon
the minutes of this court and also that
the same be published as recommend¬
ed in said presentments in the papers
named and that said papers recommended. be paid
for such publication as
Jno. S. Candlbb,
J. S. C. St. Mt. Ct.
DEMOCRATS ARE PLEASED
Over Decision of Kentucky State Court of
Appeals In Their Favor.
Thq news of the action of the Ken¬
tucky court was received with rejoie
ing among Kentucky Democrat* in
Washington. They did not expect
anything else, but they were neverthe¬
less rejoiced that the contention of
the Democrats have been so strongly
indorsed by the courts. It is espec¬
ially gratifying to them that two of
the three Republican judges should
have reached the same conclusions
that the Democratic judges did and
that Beckham’s right to his seat is so
strongly confirmed.
Strikers Assault Non-Union Men.
Nineteen non-union men were re
Sr to have been assaulted by un
a gray-haired rftsESzg man, whose age may not
withstand the shock.
Bodies Rest In Potter’s Field.
The bodies of the five me* who were
„ arrote d a t Ponce, P. B-, Saturday
were buried in the potter’s field. Sub
sequently the execution platform was
broken np by a crowd of relic hunters,
^^o carried away the fragment* •*
mementoes.
CONYERS. GA„ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1900.
LIVES LOST IN
TEXAS FLOOD
Big Dam on Colorado River at
Austin Gives Way.
WREAKS FEARFUL DESTRUCTION
City of Austin Was Heaviest
Loser—Disasters the Result
of Heavy Rain Storms.
Saturday night the city of Austin,
Texas, was in darkness with a raging
river one mile wide and swollen far
beyond its natural banks, roaring and
surging all through the lower portion
of the town, having spread destruction
and death in its wake.
Id addition to the vast loss of prop¬
erty interests, it is calculated that be¬
tween thirty and forty lives have been
sacrificed, and the repoite coming in
from the tributary country do not
tend to improve matters.
The flood was not unlike the disas¬
trous Johnstown flood some years ago
in that a raging river, already swollen
far beyond its capacity, bore too heav¬
ily upon an immense dam spauning
the river at Austin, breaking the same
and lettiug loose a reservoir of water
thirty miles long, half a mile wide and
sixty feet deep, to aid in carrying de¬
struction down the valleys of the Col¬
orado river.
The great dam in the Colorado river
gave way at noon to the enormous
pressure of water and debris and with
a roar and crash swept the valleys be¬
low the city, wrecking the immense
light and power plant and drowning
eight workmen.
Three days before it began raining
ve;y hard at Austin, the storm extend¬
ing north along the watersheds of the
Colorado river. The precipitation con¬
tinued until Saturday morning and as
a finale the downfall averaged six
inches within an hour. All this vast
quantity of water along the watersheds
of the Colorado river rapidly swelled
the current until at 8 o’clock the river,
which bad been rising steadily, was a
raging torrent.
The crisis came shortly after 11
o’clock when suddenly, with a report
like the roar of the ocean, a great
wedge, twenty-five feet high, 500 feet
wide and about eight feet thick, rolled
out of the center section of the dam,
down the face of the sixty-foot depth
into the river below.
This left a yawning gap in the very
middle of the dam, which through the
debris and water fiercely poured. While
the flood, already raging, was threaten¬
ing everything in its path, this sudden
breaking of the dam but served to add
to the catastrophe. The released wa¬
ter poured into the power house, catch¬
ing eight employes at work, drowning
all of them instantly.
It is estimated that more than 190
houses have been destroyed and the
loss to property will be great, inde¬
pendent of the light and power plant,
costing $1,500,000. The breaking of
the dam engulfed the old water com¬
pany’s plant below the city and it is
now lying fifteen feet under water,
while the city is in darkness and with¬
out water.
Reports from points below Austin
are to the effect that the flood has been
most disastrous, and the breaking of
the dam has occasioned many thousand
of dollars’ worth of loss to property.
According to reports received it is be¬
lieved that at least thirty lives were
lost.
LATER ADVICES.
Sunday fully 30,000 people gather
ered at the dam and power house to
witness the ruins of the plant whioh
cost the city one and three-quarter
millions of dollars a few years ago.
The waters of the Colorado river were
still plunging and foaming around the
wreck, eating away the big pile of
granite which once formed the dam
as though it was nothing more than
chalk rock.
Reports from the neighboring coun¬
try were to the effect that everything
was under water. In Williamson
county, north of Austin, railroad
bridges and trackage have been laid
waste and all trains stopped running.
The country tributary to the Colo¬
rado river all the way down its course
is being inundated, and while it is be
lieved that the worst is over, the loss
as estimated so far will exceed some
$3,000,000, counting Austin as the
largest loser.
Fortunately the list of drowned is
limited to those reported in the Asso
ciated Press dispatch of Saturday, as
it seems the only drownings reported
were at Austin when the dam broke
and caught the victims unawares.
Reports from several sections of
central and south Texas are to the ef- |
feet that a large acreage is under wa¬
ter and much damage has been attend¬
ant upon property and live stock.
LANDRUM NOMINATED
For President of Home MUeion Board By
Southern Baptists.
Rev. W. W. Landrum, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Atlanta, Ga.,
has been chosen by the home mission
board of the Southern Baptist conven¬
tion as chairman to succeed Rev.
Henry McDonald, who resigned.
Dr. Landrum’s name will be pre¬
sented to the annual convention of the
Baptiste when the convention meets
on May 11th Id Hot Springs, Ark.
HTC MEN GARROTED
Spanish Custom of Punishment
Used on American Soil.
EXECUTION TAKES PLACE IN PONCE
Citizens ancl Merchants Close Places (J
Business and Flock In Droves to
View the Grcwsome Spsctacle.
According to advices from Porto
Rico, the five men, Simeon Rodriguez,
Carlos Pacheco, Hermogenes Paoheco,
Eugenio Rodriguez and Rosalio San¬
tiago, convicted of the murder in Oc¬
tober, 1898, of Prudencio Mendoza, at
Y'uaco, after criminally assaulting the
wife and daughters of their victim,
who were compelled to dauce about the
corpse, were executed Saturday by the
garrote during the forenoon of Satur¬
day at a spot about a mile from the
jail.
The great publicity of the garroting
exhibition, with the black-robed con¬
demned men in open carts, the slow
procession, the entreaties of the
priests and the braggadocio manners
of the executioners, with the later exhi¬
bition of the corpses to the assembled
thousands, made a horrible spectacle.
Business was suspended and large
but orderly crowds lined the streets
and surrounded the elevated platform
upon which the execution took place.
The policing was perfect. A compauy
of infantry was held ready in the vicini¬
ty, but its services were not needed.
The executioner’s cart led the pro¬
cession. The condemned men were
manacled bands and feet and wore
black caps and robes which were ad¬
justed about them by the chief execu¬
tioner, who told the men to be brave.
Eugene Rodriguez resisted the execu¬
tioner and in the scuffle his clothing
was torn. Before he was subdued,
five officers were required to over¬
power him. He addressed the crowds
on his way to the platform, declaring
his innocence and blaspheming aud
cursing everyone in spite of the efforts
of the priests.
Some of the condemned men walked
up, but others had to be carried to the
platform, where they were seated and
bound with their backs to the posts.
As the executioner tightened the
screws rapidly the bodies twitched for
two or three minutes aud then all was
over.
The last body slipped from its fast¬
ening and fell to the floor an hour af¬
ter the execution. The other bodies
remained in position on the platform
for four hours. Thousands of people,
unmoved, viewed the spectacle aud
heard the speeches of three of the con¬
demned men from the platform, but
they refused to hear the speech of the
executioner, who coolly paced the plat¬
form. The Pacheco brothers kissed
each other farewell just before the ex¬
ecution.
The citizens of Ponce censure
the authorities for permitting the
Spanish mode of execution, although
they favored the death penalty being
inflicted.
The prominent Americans, however,
think that the actual killing of the
men was sure and quick and not in¬
ferior to hanging. The method of ad¬
justing the garrote and the employ¬
ment of human agency to complete the
execution they consider bad.
CASUALTIES AT REDDERSBURG.
Lord Roberts Soys Boers Took In 630
Britons, All Told.
A London special says: Lord Rob¬
erts reported to the war office as fol¬
lows:
Bloemfontein, Friday, April 6.—
The casualties at Reddersburg were:
Officers killed, Captain F. G. Casson
and Lieutenant C. R. Barclay, both of
the Northumberlands.
Wounded, two; captured, 8,
Non-commissioned officers and men
killed, eight.
Wounded, 33. The rest were cap
tured.
Our strength was 167 mounted in
fantry and 420 infantry. The enemy
was said to be 3,200 strong, with five
guns,
Tribulcs To Bland.
The house session Saturday after
o’clock was devoted to paving tribute
to the memory of the late Richard P.
Bland, of Missouri.
• “COLORED” COTTON MILL.
North Carolina Negroes Will Manipulate
Thl " K»t* b|1 » hm, ‘nt.
The machinery has all been placed
in the Coleman cotton mill at Concord,
N. C-, and as soon as some delayed
shafting arrives the mill will be putin
operation.
This enterprise has attracted more
or less attention both north and south
on account of the fact that it is owned
an( I will be operated by negroes,^ The
president of the company. Warren
Coleman, is one of the industrial lead
f rs i Q Ibis section, and has been work
ing for some time on the mill scheme
The Coleman mill contains 5,200
spindles, 140 looms and 22 cards, be
sides other necessary machinery.
Funston May Be Courtmarfiaied.
ston’s execution of two Filipinos and
the possibility of a courtmartial re
suiting therefrom.
No “Sectarian” Schools.
After some discussion the senate,
Monday, rejected the sectarian school
amendment to the Indian appropria
lion bill offered by Mr. Jones, of Ar
ktntas, by a vote ot 30 to 18.
BOERS CORAL
MANY BRITONS
Five Companies of Roberts’
Troops Are Captured.
THE NEWS DEPRESSES ENGLAND
Queen, Who Is In Ireland, Hears
the Story—Roberts Wires
the Facts.
A London special says: Lord Rob¬
erts reports that five companies of
British troops have been captured by
the Boers near Bethany.
The following is the text of his dis¬
patch to the war office announcing
the capture of five companies of his
own troops:
“Bloemfontein, Thursday, April 5.
—Another unfortunate occurrence has
occurred, resulting, I fear in the cap¬
ture of a party of infantry consisting
of three companies of the Royal Irish
Fusiliers and two companies of the
Ninth regiment of mounted infantry
near Reddersburg, a little eastward of
Bethany railway station, within a few
miles of this place. They were sur¬
rounded by a stronger force of the en¬
emy with four or five guns.
“The detachment held out from
noon April 3d, until April 4th at 9 a.
m., and then, apparently, surrendered,
for it is reported that the firing ceased
at that time. Immediately after I
heard the news, during the afternoon
of April 3d, I ordered Gataere to pro¬
ceed to Reddersburg from Spriugfon
tein, his present headquarters, with
all possible speed, and I dispatched
the Cameron Highlanders hence to
Bethany. Ho arrived at Reddersburg
at 10:30 o’clock yesterday morning
without opposition, but could get no
news of (he missing detachment.
There can be no doubt the whole
party has been made prisoners.”
QUEEN HEARS NEWS.
Lord Robert’s dispntch describing
the disaster at Reddersburg was print¬
ed in the Dublin evening papers and
created general consternation. It
brought the pojmlace with a quick
turn from the rejoicing over the queen’s
visit to the great issues of the war,
and cast a sudden gloom over the
gayety of the party at the castle.
A prominent member of the cabinet,
now in Dublin, when interviewed by
the correspondent of the Associated
Press did not attempt to conceal his
mortification, nor to minimize the
evil effect of such reverses upon the
prestige of the empire abroad. He
attributes it and others like it of
recent occurrence to a lack of horses
and to the inability of the remounts
sent forward to endure the climate.
He appeared to have no hope of im¬
mediate advance in force.
In the cabinet minister’s statement
there was no criticism of Lord Rob¬
erts, who appears to bo trusted im¬
plicitly, but intense irritation and
chagrin are felt that so many “unfor¬
tunate circumstances” should retard
the march to Pretoria.
JUDGE BROWN’S DEFENSE.
Writes a Card In Relation to Release ol
Greene and the Gaynors.
United States District Judge Brown
at New York reviewed in an interview
Friday the grounds of his decision in
refusing a bench warrant for the re
j p. moval E. to H. Georgia and W. T. of Gaynor, B. D. Greene, indicted J.
(
in Savannah in connection with the
frauds carried out by former Captain
Carter. Judge Brown said, among
other things:
“The reported surprise and anger
on account of my decision have, in my
mind, nothing more back of them
than a passionate feeliDg down south
that they would like to take these men
by the neck and hustle them off to
trial down there. There is a feeling
* , hat *£ey are swindlers . ,, and , should , ., , be
brought to trial there at once, where
the witnesses against them are.
NEW LINE FOR SOUTHERN.
First Mortgage Bonils of Alr-Llne Amount.
mg to >2>0 oo,ooo Sold,
The Southern Railway is now virtu
ally the owner of the ., Air-Line . . T • road ■,
through a deal consumated in Boston
Friday whereby it secured control of
t b e entire issue of the first mortgage
bonds amounting to $2,000,000. A
telegram was received in Louisville
f rom a member of the bondholders’
committee saying that an offer had
been made by representatives of the
Southern f or the bonds. Tho la*al
bondholders who control a majority of
the issue, held a quick consultation
an( j it was decided to accept the offer,
W0RK Ol R EBUILD ING BEGUN.
of men were set so work clearing away
the rmouldering debris of Convention
Hall at Kansas City, preparatory to
immediate rebuilding for the Demo
cratic national convention in July.
Almost every promiaent business man
has begun soliciting funds that will
ensure a suitable structure for the
Democratic gathering.
Official Organ of Rockdale Conn
ty. Has Largest Circulation In
The County.
DETECTIVES ON RACK.
Two Atlanta “Sleuths” Charged
With Attempt to Corrupt
Juror In a Will Case.
David S. Looney and William A.
Bradley, two private detectives of At¬
lanta, were declared Monday night by
Judge J. H.' Lumpkin to be in con¬
tempt of court and were sentenced to
twenty days in Fulton county jail.
A few minutes after announcing this
decision Judge Lumpkin grauted a
supersedeas and placed the two men
under $1,000 bonds, making the pro¬
vision that the bill of exceptions is to
be filed within twenty days. The case
will be taken to the supreme court for
final decision, and if the judgment of
Judge Lumpkin is affirmed the two
detectives will at once begin serving
their sentences.
All of this was the outcome of an at¬
tempt to corrupt two members of the
Atlanta bar—Lowry Arnold, of the
firm of Arnold & Arnold, and R. J.
Jordan—which is said to have been
made a few days ago.
The charges were in substance that
a juror named T. J. Penn, had ap¬
proached the detectives and offered to
“sell out” if they (the detectives)
could arrange the matter with the at¬
torneys interested in the will case.
The lawyers alleged that they were ap¬
proached on the subject in an indirect
way, and forthwith reported the mat¬
ter to Judge Lumpkin.
Judge Lumpkin, in announcing his
decision, refrained from dealing with
the evidence heard during the day, for
the reason that he did not desire to
say anything that might prejudice the
minds of the members of the grand
jury in the event that body decides to
investigate the evidence. The attor¬
neys on both sides repeatedly made
reference to a probable action by the
grand jury, and there were Other cir¬
cumstances connected with the hear¬
ing which gave the impression that it
is the present intention to have an in¬
vestigation into the criminal aspect of
the case.
CARNEGIE AND CRAMPS
May Combine Their Mammoth
Steel Interests—Representa¬
tives In Conference.
The New York World says: Nego¬
tiations are in progress for a combina¬
tion of the gigantic new Carnegie com¬
pany aud the Cramp ship building
concern. If the conference now going
on in Atlantic City results in a satis¬
factory arrangement the coalition be¬
tween these two great interests will
soon be announced.
Charles M. Schwab aud Henry C.
Frick have been respectively at the
Brighton and Traymore hotels in At¬
lantic City for several days.
William and Samuel Cramp, of the
William Cramp & Sons Ship and En¬
gine Building company of Philadel¬
phia, are at the Traymore. These foar
representative men have had frequent
meetings. They have not progressed
beyond the point of denying that their
talks have anything to do with a steel
and ship building trust.
It is well known to New York steel
men that ever since the Oarnegie
Frick difficulties have been settled,
the newly formed company has been
looking for an offensive and defensive
alliance with some great ship building
concern. The new Carnegie company
with its $160,000,0000 capital, al¬
ready stands at the head of the steel¬
making interests of this country.
Among the most profitable branches
of activity in steel manufacturing is
making armor plate for warships. The
Carnegie mills lead all others in the
industry. If the Carnegie compauy
should obtain control of, or a strong
alliance with, the greatest ship-build¬
ing concern in the United States, it
would bo able to undertake contracts
of unprecedented magnitude.
With power to issue bonds to the
extent of $160,000,000, the new Car¬
negie company can easily acquire a
big interest in the Cramp company if
the negotiators come to terms. The
Cramps’capiial is $5,000,000 stock and
$1,500,000 bonds. The profits of the
concern last year were $707,800.
The heads of the great ship-building
house are not far from seventy years
of age. New York steel men say that
the Cramps are not averse to an ar
rangement which will permit them to
give up the arduous labor of managing
their gigantic shipyard.
IN HONOR OF GOV. ATKINSON.
Movement I» On Foot to Krect Monu¬
ment In Newnan, l»a.
An Atlanta dispatch says: A move- !
meat has just been started by the
friends of the late Governor Atkinson
to erect a monument to the memory !
of the distinguished dead.
This movement had its origin among
the friends of Governor Atkinson at J
Newnan, and will in a few days be
taken up by the hundreds of friends j
of the deceased over the state. i
The plan is to raise a fund of $2,000
or $2,500, which will be devoted to
the building of a monument at New
nau, the former home of Governor At
kinson.
> ew Mill For Texas.
company, of Corsicana, Texas. The
company has been organized with a
capital stock of $100,000.
p resi< Jent Ratifies Hague Treaty.
The president ., . , has j t a fled ti,. ihe
Hague convention, providing for uni
arbitration of international dis
and for the regulation of the use
warlike inetrumeate. 1
NO. 13.
COURT FAVORS
GOV. BECKHAM
Decision of the Highest Tribunal
In the State of Kentucky.
ONLY ONE JUDGE FOR TAYLOR
Two Republican nemberi of the
Court Agree In Opinion of
the Four Democrats.
Friday the court of appeals of the
state of Kentucky rendered a decision
in the consolidated case involving the
governorship, sustaining the decision
of Circuit Judge Field, and declaring
that the action of the legislature de¬
claring William Goebel to be governor
and J. C. W. Beckham lieutenant gov¬
ernor was final.
It is held that the courts have no
power to review this action of the leg¬
islature; that the governor exceeded
his authority in adjourning the legis¬
lature to meet in London, Ky., and
that the journals of the two houses of
the general assembly, being regular,
cannot be impeached.
The division of the court was 6 to
1 in favor of the Democrats, four
Democrats and two Republicans con¬
curring in the majority opinion. Judge
Durelle, Republican, dissented. The
majority opinion was written by Hob¬
son.
Judges Guffy and Burnam, Republi¬
cans, wrote shorter concurring opin¬
ions agreeing with the majority on all
vital points, but denouncing the action
of the legislature in unseating Gover¬
nor Taylor aud Lieutenant Governor
Marshall.
After a consultation Friday after¬
noon between ex-Governor Bradley
and other Republican leaders, the an¬
nouncement was made that application
would be made at once to the United
States supreme court ou a writ of er¬
ror.
PERSECUTION, SAYS TAYLOR.
Governor Taylor gave out the fol
lowing statement at Frankfort Friday
night: made the
“For weeks I have been
target of villifieation by certain un¬
principled newspapers in Kentucky.
The vilest insinuations have been
made and the most outrageous false¬
hoods have been told. When I was
called to attend the funeral of a be¬
loved brother, it was seized upon as
an attempt on my part to fly from jus¬
tice. Again, when called to my home
by reason of the death of a dear sister,
the fountains of abuse were opened
and a flood of falsehoods and slander
poured forth upon me, the charge
again being made that I was attempt¬
ing to fly from the state.
“On my roturn to Frankfort those
papers hastened to publish the state¬
ment that I was met at the train and
escorted to my home by a squad of
soldiers with a Gatling gun. There
is not a word of truth in this state¬
ment, but nevertheless it was publish¬
ed and caused mo harm. Not content
with this infamons, ghoulish work,
which with the unblushing audacity
has followed me to the grave of my
brother and sister, even the privacy of
my family has been invaded, and be
cause my wife drew from the bank
some money with which to pay the
servants, an attempt was made to im¬
press the people that she, too, was
preparing to fly.
“Onoe and for all, I desire to say
neither directly nor indirectly had I
any connection with the assassination
of Senator Goebel. I am a citizen of
this state, amenable to its laws. I am
not a criminal, neither shall I ever be
a fugitive from justice. Whenever in¬
dicted, if such an outrage should be
. trial,
committed, I shall appear for
conscientious of my innocence and of
the ultimate triumph of right and
justice. The whole purpose of this
prosecution has been, and is, to drive
me from my post of duty, and to
punish me for holding the office to
which I have fairly been elected,
Such surrender I have not made, nor
I ma k® it, unless the highest
courts of this land should adjudicate
that I do so.”
BRYAN IN GOLD STATE.
Nebraskan Is Enthusiastically Welcomed
To Los Angeles, California.
W. J. Bryan, who arrived in Los
Angeles, Cal., Sunday from Fresno,
was loudly cheered at the depot by a
large crowd of people. Mr. Bryan
was escorted to a hotel by a committee
of prominent Democrats^ and after a
short rest held a public reception in
the hotel parlors. Many people called
to pay their respects and to snake
hands. Sunday night he was the gue®
of ex-Senator White. Mr. Bryan le
Monday morning for Santa Anna, where
he spoke in the afternoon. 1 hen he
went to San Diego, where he spoke
Monday evening,
HOUSTON CARPENTERS STRIKE.
Fifteen Hundred Men in Te«. city Lay
Houston, Texas, has 0 “
8 tnko of a11 * h ® ^ f t a des in
sympathy with . the carpenters, nters an< an j
bmim" “T*®? houses ^residences ana res e of
g,. eater or lesser pretensions are le.t in
varions stages of construction. The
ma8ter builders say they will wait four
da f QT tJje me n to return to work ana
wi jj ^ben proceed to fill their places.