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The Banner Will Hire Ton All
The News of Conyers and Rock
dale County.
VOL. XXV.
KENTUCKY ROW
IN HIGH COURT
Supreme Tribunal of the Land
Will Settle the Contest.
DATE FOR HEARING IS SET.
Attorneys File Documents Mak~
ing the Situation Plain and
Ask For Early Decision.
A Washington special says: The
cases involving the Kentucky gov
emorship were docketed in the United
States supreme court Monday. A
brief statement in which counsel for
both Taylor and Beckham joined was
filed at the same time, asking for an
early hearing.
The court advanced the case to be
beard on the 30th instant, and allotted
each side four hours for arguments.
The agreed statement sets out that
both Taylor and Beckham, as gover
nors, John Marshall as lieutenant gov
ernor on the Republican side, and L.
H. Carter as president pro tem. of the
senate, and John B. Castlenwn as ad¬
jutant general on the Democratic side,
are each and all claiming the right to
and are actually attempting to exer
cise the powers of the respective offi
ees severally claimed by them, thus
producing great confusion in Ken¬
tucky by reasou of the doubts as to
which of the persons named has the
lawful right to exercise the authority
pertaining to the several offices named,
all to the great injury and detriment
of the people of the state. The agreed
statement then continues as follows:
“Thus, under the constitution and
laws of Kentucky, the governor of the
state, in addition to being charged
generally with the duty of seeing that
l the laws are faithfully executed, is also
I 1 wpedaMy charged with the duty and
I invested with the power of filling many
important offices in the state by ap
r f pointment, some by original appoint
ment and others by appointment to fill
vacancies, and also with the power t©
issme commissions to many officers,
whether appointed by him or elected
by the people, and also with the power
to issue pardons and to remit fines and
forfeitures.
“Both plaintiff in error, William S.
Taylor, and defendant in error, J. C.
Beckham, are claiming the right to
perform all functions of the aforesaid
office of governor, and each of them is
attempting and has actually attempted
toperform many of the said functions,
Bueh, for example, as issuing pardons
and filling offices by appointment,etc.,
“Some of the officers of the state
recognize the acts of the plaintiff
in error, William S. Taylor, as
tlie lawful acts of the governor of
the state, and refuse to recog¬
nize similar acts by defendant in
error, J. C. \Y. Beckham; while other
officers of the state recognize the acts
J. C. W. Beckham as the lawful acts
of the governor of the state and refuse
to recoznize the acts of William S.
Taylor as such governor.
‘Among other officers whom the
governor is authorized and required
to appoint are the officers of the
eleemosynary sad each institutions of the state,
of the said two claimants to
tie office of governor has attempted to
ffii said offices and some persons rec¬
ognize the authority of the appointees
°f one of said claimants to the offices
sad refuse to recognize those of the
others, and vice versa. By reason of
sli these facts and others which might
”o enumerated, it is of the utmost im¬
portance to the people of the state of
nght Kentucky that the question of the
to office involved in the aforesaid
htigation be determined. The __ ques
‘ions of law involved in said causes
are of very great and grave interest
,a 'j extent importance, of the involving of the election nature
wntest tribunal powers an
judiciary and the powers of the
with relation thereto.”
^ r - Louis McQuown appears as
attorney for Beckham and other of
ike Democrats, while Holm Bruce
‘Ppears as attorney for Taylor and
K “ er Republicans.
adder is SYMPATHETIC.
tl-Sec ret »ry of War Says He Is Sorry For
Admiral Dewey.
of ai > interview. “It looks though
tile as
^ ^ealth of praise showered on the
J °'ral since his return from the east
turned . his head. It is harder to
1 Prosperity than adversity. I
sorry f or bim, for his ambition
eer f a inSy be unfulfilled. His ac
jjV ..‘ 13 8 P *‘l-advised. re ^zd I predict for him
IEr ) en t:al aspirations a mel
°‘y disappointment”
k^'ore spamsh cliams.
iV* -
l Hay Sends the Dons a Note
I I,’facial ^“Sardingr Certain Islands.
to the New York Herald
I Hay says: notified
hjT^rid has formally
government that the United
^v.f. accede to its claim that
ls -® a d and Cagayan Snlu, of
^ '-Ppine archipelago, belong to
The Rockdale Banner.
ATKINSON CONTROLS PAPER.
Majority Stock of The Atlanta
Journal Disposed of By
Hoke Smith.
The majority interest in the Atlanta
(Ga.) .Journal has become the property
of H. M. Atkinson, Morris Bran¬
don and James R. Gray. This means
the retirement of Hoke Smith from the
newspaper business.
George H. Dickinson, a Sew York
newspaper man well known through¬
out the country, will take charge as
general manager. He has been in At¬
lanta for some days under a contract
which provided that if the deal should
be made he would take charge of ths
entire plant.
A few weeks ago it was announced
that a well founded rumor credited
Hoke Smith, who owned 530 of the
1,000 shares, with disposing of his
stock. This announcement drew a
negative from The Journal, but de¬
spite the denial from headquarters,
the rumor was generally believed.
After considerable negotiations os
the subject, a contract was entered into
by which Mr. Atkinson and his usso
ciates secured the right to purchase
Mr. Smith’s stock, at a stated figure,
any time up to and including April
10th. On last Friday Mr. Smith was
notified that his stock would be
bought.
It can be stated positively that there
will be no immediate changes in the
force, business or editorial; that is,un¬
less there are voluntary withdrawals
from the paper. NVhat may develop in
a month or a few months is a matter
for the future.
H. M. Atkinson, one of the three
new owners of The Journal, is proba¬
bly the best known young business
man in the south. He is at the head
of, or connected with, a tremendous
variety of enterprises.
He is president of the Georgia
Electric Light Company, which holds
the city’s contract; ho is president of
the Southern Banking and Trust Com¬
pany; president of the Tifton, Thom
asville and Gulf railroad; president of
the Union Lumber Compauy; presi¬
dent and treasurer of the Atlanta Sub¬
urban Land corporation; secretary and
treasurer of the Collins Park and Belt
Line; treasurer of the Georgia and
Carolina Plauters’ Company, and vice
president of the Third National bank.
In addition to the foregoing, ho has
charge of the large real estate interests
of T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., of Bos¬
ton.
Messrs. Brandon and Gray are prom¬
inent and well known Atlanta attor¬
neys.
PARIS SHOW OPENS.
The Crowning Exposition of Ail
Countries—America Is Lib¬
erally Represented,
At noon Saturday Prance opened to
the world the crowning exposition of
all countries. The most favorable
weather conditions prevailed and in¬
numerable bright colored domes and
minarets glistened in the sunshine.
Paris was early astir with people wend¬
ing their way toward the Elysee and
in the direction of the exposition in
the hope of witnessing the presiden¬
tial procession at some part of its
journey. buildings and
All the public decorated nnm
berless private houses were
with trophies of flags, chiefly the tri¬
color. The neighborhood of the ex¬
position was especially gay with bunt¬
ing while most of the pavilions them¬
selves were surmounted with floating
banners.
Within the exposition grounds all
wns bustle and animation, in a su
preme effort to clear away all unsightly
obstacles in order to leave an unob¬
structed road and an external appear
ance of completeness to the palaces for
the presidential party in its passag*
through the grounds. the
The unfinished condition of ex¬
position on inauguration day is regret
able and perhaps misleading. It will
be at least a month before anything
but the buildings is to be seen, The
day’s ceremonies were a peculiar mix¬
ture of sumptuous splendor and wide¬
spread confusion elsewhere.
Americans, especially, will be proud
of their country’s display at the world’*
fair, for the United States stands sec¬
ond only to France herself in number
of exhibitors, which treble those of
any foreign country. number
America has three times the
of exhibitors that France had at the
world’s fair in Chicago. She occupies
339,052 sq uare feet with her 47 dis
tinct exhibition spaces, 33 in the main
exposition grounds, 14 in the Vincen¬
nes annex, excluding the ground cov¬
ered by onr eagle surmounting the na¬
tional pavilion on the Qua d’Orsay.
American enterprise, however is not
only shown in the size of her repre¬
sentation, but in the preparedness of
ber installation as compared with that
of most of the other countries, and it
can safely be said that but for the dila
toriness of French workmen and meth
ods the United States exhibits would
have been exposed in their show cases
on the opening day.
CIVIL GOVERNER OF PORTO RICO
Charles H. Allen, Assistant Secretary of
Navy, Gets the Pla«c.
A Washington special says: Charles
H. Allen, at present assistant seore
tary of the navy, will be the first civil
governor of Porto Rico under the bill
just signed by the president. Thurs
day afternoon Mr. Allen spent several
hours with the president, when the
formal tender of the post was made ;
and his practical acceptance was given. *
CONYERS. GA.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1900.
BOYCOTT REQUESTED
Head of Striking Telegraphers
Seeks Outside Assistance.
AGENTS ASKED TO D1YERT TRAFFIC
Hallway Official* Still Insist That Busi¬
ness Is not Affected In the Slightest
Degree By the Strike.
An Atlanta dispatch says: President
Powell, of the Order of Railroad Tel¬
egraphers, who is conducting the tel¬
egrapher’s strike against the Southern
railway, has officially notified the tick¬
et and freight agents of all of the
other railroads in the United States of
the existing strike on the Southern,
and asked them to route passengers
and freight via other lines than the
Southern pending the present trouble.
He has also asked the American Fed¬
eration of Labor to boycott the South¬
ern until the existing troubles are set¬
tled.
Mr. Powell declares that his request
to the Federation of Labor to boycott
the road will put 800,000 workingmen
against it and that his request to the
ticket and freight agents will prove
more effective than the telegraphers’
strike.
President Powell has also stationed
“scouts" at a number of the principal
points on the Southern system to keep
him informed as to the progress of
events; to hearten and encourage the
strikers and to enlist the sympathy
and good will of the citizens at the
various points at which these “scouts”
are stationed.
The telegraphers say that the law
forbidding the movement of frieght
trains in Georgia between midnight
Saturday and midnight Sunday will
prove of material benefit to them.
From a local standpoint the boycott
declared by President Powell was the
only development in the strike situa¬
tion.
Southern railway officials say that
the business of the road is not affected
in the slightest degree, and that they
have no personal knowledge of the ex¬
istence of a strike save the reports in
the daily papers. They say that so
far as the road is concerned the strike
is over and they are as busy as can be
carrying passengers and freight.
At Assistant General Superintendent
Thompson’s office it was said that nu¬
merous applications were being re¬
ceived daily for positions as operators
and agents from competent, expe¬
rienced men.
None of the Southern officials ap
pear disturbed or alarmed over the
situation. They declare that not only
all passenger trains, but all freight
trains are running on their usual
schedules and on time.
THEY WELCOME DEWEY.
Democratic Press Bulletin Issues a Greet
ing; to the Admiral.
A Chicago dispatch says: Bryan
Democrats have decided to welcome
Admiral Dewey into the Democratic
party. Such is the position officially
outlined in Saturday’s issue of the
Democratic press bulletin.
“We may accept the admiral’s dec¬
laration of his political faith as indi¬
cating that he is with the Democratic
party at Iea*t on an overwhelming ma¬
jority of the issues it has taken up,”
runs the article, which is written by
Willis J. Abbott, head of the Demo¬
cratic literary bureau. “This is a
most gratifying fact,” the article con¬
tinues. “It indicates that should the
Democratic party, after mature delib¬
eration, deny the admiral the nomina¬
tion which he seeks, it may, neverthe¬
less, count on his co-operation and his
influence in behalf of its efforts to end
the evils of McKinleyism by ending
the reign of Emperor William I,”
In commenting npon the purport of
his article, Mr. Abbott says:
“We are naturally delighted at the
prospect of such a distinguished ac
quisition to our ranks as Admiral
Dewey, but of course we expect the
admiral to ‘play fair and to accept the
good old Democratic doctrines.
Americans . „ ep , _ nay. |
Reports of encounters between the
American troops and the insurgents
continue to be received at Manila from
many points.
MORGAN THANKFUL.
Old Senatorial War Horse of Alabama
Expresses Gratitude.
Monday Senator Morgan, who is in
Washington, wired' the Birmingham
Age-Herald as follows on the result of
his almost unanimous indorsement af j
the hands of the Alabama Democracy !
in Saturday’s primaries: j
“The very remarkable vote of so |
many counties gives a safe assurance
future strength and harmony of
tte Democracy of Alabama. The con
fidence thus expressed toward me as
one of the senators from Alabama ex
c jt es my gratitude to the people and I
w jj[ increase my devotion to their in
terests and prosperity.
“John T. Morgan. ”
SHIPPER PAYS THE TAX.
Supreme Court Renders Decision In Favor
of Express Company.
The 6npreme conrt q{ the United
gf a t es Monday decided the cases in
v 0 jvj n g the stamp tax as it applies to
express packages, the question in
vo i ve( j being whether the shipper or
tbe carrier shall pay the stamp ebarg-j
on packages. The opinion was handed
^ own by Justice White and was favora- !
ble to the express companies.
BY DIRECT VOTE
Qp PPQPPP
United States Senators May Be
Elected Henceforth.
THE HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION
Contemplates Important Change
In the Constitution—The Vote
Was Unanimous.
A Washington special says: The
house Triday by a vote of 240 to 15
adopted a resolution for a constitu¬
tional amendment providing for the
election of United States senators by
direct vote of the people. Fourteen
Republicans and one Democrat voted
against it. By the terms of the reso¬
lution the amendment to be submit¬
ted to the legislatures is as follows:
“The senate of the United Slates
shall be composed of two senators
from each state, who shall be selected
by a direct vote of the people thereof
for a term of six years and each senator
shall have one vote. A plurality of
the votes cast for candidates for sena¬
tor shall be sufficient to elect. The
electors in each state shall have the
qualifications requisite for electors of
the most numerous branch of the state
legislatures, respectively.
“When a vacancy happens, by death
resignation, or otherwise in the repre¬
sentation of any state in the senate,
the same shall be filled for the unex¬
pired term thereof in the same manner
as is provided for the election of sena¬
tors in paragraph 1: Provided, that
the executive thereof may make tem¬
porary appointment until the next gen¬
eral or special election, in accordance
with the statutes or constitution of
such state-.”
The remainder of the day was de¬
voted to tho consideration of private
pension bills. Several sharp attacks
were made upon Mr. Talbert, Demo¬
crat, of South Carolina, for his course
in delaying action upon bills.
There were two joint resolutions on
the popular election of senators when
the house adjourned Thursday. The
majority resolution of the committee
left it optional with the states wheth¬
er their senators should be elected di¬
rectly or by the legislature. The mi¬
nority resolution made it incumbent
that each state elect by direct vote.
The minority resolution which was of¬
fered as a substitute was voted upon
first and was carried by an overxvlielm
ing vote—ayes 135, noes 30. Mr.
Corliss tried unavailingly to get an
aye and no vote, but only nine mem¬
bers seconded the demand. The vote
was then taken npon the adoption of
the amendment, the whole house ris¬
ing in support of the demand. The
resolution was adopted, 240 to 15.
The negative votes were cast by
Messrs. Allen, of Maine; Burleigh, of
Maine; Calderhead, of Kansas; Ford
ney, of Michigan; Gardner, of New
Jersey; Hedge, of Iowa; Henry, of
Connecticut; Lane, of Iowa; Lester, of
Georgia; Littlefield, of Maine; Mc¬
Pherson, of Iowa; Mann, of Illinois;
Russell, of Connecticut; Sperry, of
Connecticut, and Thomas, of Iowa.
Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, asked unan¬
imous consent to set aside May 1st for
the consideration of the Nicaraguan
canal bill.
“I object,” shouted Mr. Burton, of
Ohio, emphatically.
Mr. Hepburn then took steps to
overcome this opposition and a peti¬
tion to the committee on rules was
prepared, requesting that body to fix
a time for taking up the canal bill,
Mr. Hepburn circulated the petition
on the Republican side, and up to the
time ° f adjournment secured sixty-one
signatures.
Mr. Adamson, who circulated tho pe
tition on the Democratic side, said:
“There is no opposition whatever
on ^bis side, and every man present
today has signed the petition. The
number exceeds sixty.”
Notwithstanding these efforts, it was
intimated pretty strongly in well-in
formed quarters that the committee on
ru ] es wag no t likely to bring in a spe
c i a j rule. The members of the com
D2 m eg declined, however, to make any
definite statement on the subject.
BAKER BOUND OVER.
Atlanta Wife Murderer Held For the Crime
Without Bail.
The first step in the prosecution of
James L. Baker, on the charge of wife
murder, was taken at Atlanta Monday
afternoon at a commitment trial before
Justice Bateman. The prisoner was
remanded to the Tower without bail,
Only one witness was examined and
he was Charles P. Pittman, the man
whom Baker charges with alienating
Mrs. Baker’s affections and upon whom
he seeks to cast the whole blame for
the killing.
Witness Pittman was held in a $1,000
bond for his appearance as a witness
for the state.
CONGRATULATIONS GALORE.
Senator Morgan Overwhelmed With Tele¬
grams and Betters From Friends.
A Washington dispatch says: The
more definite news from Alabama,
showing the overwhelming character
and extent of his victory in the sena¬
torial primaries, has brought a great
volume of congratulatory telegrams
and letters to Senator Morgan. These
have come from all parts of the union,
many from Georgia friends, but, more,
of course, from Alabama.
JOHNSTON SATISFIED
Alabama Governor Is Grateful to
Friends and Accepts Defeat.
HE ACQUIESCES IN THE RESULT.
Says He Ha* No Unkindness For Senator
Morgan and Will Continue In the
Go ,>d Old Way.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatoh says:
Governor Johnston, who met his po¬
litical Waterloo in Saturday’s prima¬
ries in his race for the United States
senate against John T. Morgan, gives
out the following statement:
“It is manifest that the Democracy
of the state has declared for the re
election of Senator Morgan. I am a
Democrat in victory or defeat, and
shall acquiesce in that result, as I have
always done, without a murmur.
“I know there were a very large
number of gentlemen who were my
personal friends, and would have been
glad to support me, but felt that they
could not turn their backs on a senator
who was so illustrious.
“I am glad that I can look back in
the canvass with the consciousness
that I have indulged in no filth or mis¬
representations, and that today I have
no unkindness in my heart for the
distinguished gentleman who has won.
“I am deeply grateful to the friends
who have so liberally supported me in
this contest. I hope that I shall live
long enough to show every one of
them that my gratitude will only
cease when I shall ‘cross over the river
and rest in the shade.’
“I congratulate myself that in Ibo
contest with one so distinguished and
beloved as Senator Morgan I hive
polled nearly 40 per cent of the vote
in the primary and that a change of
less than 10,000 votes would have giv¬
en me a majority in the legislature.
“The reforms secured during my
administration have aroused no little
resentment, but I hope that when the
passions of the hour pass away the
people will see that these reforms will
be of lasting benefit to them and that
in the end all will come to acknowl¬
edge that the good of the people and
the glory of the commonwealth has
been nearest my heart.
“I had hoped that if electod to the
senate I could be of substantial service
to may people, among whom I have
lived so long, and with whom I have
shared all the perils of war and strug¬
gles of peace.
“I have done something, I hope, to
reunite our people, and to compose
the differences that so sharply divided
them, and I shall continue to strug¬
gle to accomplish that end, whether as
a public official or a private citizeu.
“We must all stand together to
build up our state, develop its re¬
sources, improve its educational facili¬
ties and to give the people the bless¬
ing of a just, impartial and economical
administration of their affairs.”
ROBERTS SPREADS NET.
He Is Hopeful of a Haul of Boers When
It Is Drawn In.
A London special says: Lord Rob¬
erts has spread his net far and wide to
catch the adventurous commandoes
that have been making mischief in the
southeastern part of the State. The
net has not yet been drawn in; but, at
the headquarters of Lord Roberts, the
impression exists that the power of
the Boers is decreasing.
A Daily News correspondent has
them fleeing to the southeast; a Stan¬
dard correspondent reports them flee¬
ing northward; a Daily Telegraph
correspondent says that some are go¬
ing north and others south, while a
Morning Post representative says it is
not known what the Boers are doing.
Evidently the feeling at Bloemfon¬
tein is that the dispositions of Lord
Roberts are such as to enable him to
concentrate a large force rapidly at
any point. The Boers, being aware of
this, are presumed to be thinking now
chiefly of retreat.
Miller Convicted of Grand Larceny.
A New York dispatch says: William
F. Miller, of Franklin syndicate fame,
was found guilty by a jury in the
county court in Brooklyn Monday
night of grand larceny in the first de¬
gree.
Trying to Settle Boundary Dispute.
Governor McMillin, of Tennessee,
was in Washington Thursday to nego¬
tiate a settlement of the boundary dis¬
pute between Tennessee and Virginia.
He will ask that the supreme court ap¬
point a commission to investigate the
boundaries and the claims of the states
and recommend a settlement by which
both will abide.
McCall Slated For Governor.
A Washington dispatch says: John
E. McCall, of Lexington, Tenn., has
been slated for the Republican nomi¬
nation for governor of that state by
Brownlow and Gibson. Representa¬
tive Brownlow makes this statement
authoritatively.
COULDN’T STAND PROSPERITY.
Bricklayer Inherits Fortune. Goes Crasy
and Commits Suicide.
Julius Roster, a bricklayer of New
York, who recently inherited $300,
000 from his brother’s estate in Ger¬
many, was found dead Sunday swing¬
ing from a rope in an empty water
tank on the roof of his house. Koster
had recently recovered from a long
spell of sickness. The sudden eliangt
from poverty to riches left his mind
permanently affected.
Official Organ of Rockdale Conn
ty. Has Largest Circulation in
The County.
RELIEF 10K WEPENEK.
“Forward Movement Has Been
Checked,” Says “Little Bobs ’ 5
at Bloemfontein.
A London apecial says: “The for¬
ward movement is checked,” says
Lord Roberts. This is taken to mean,
not by fighting, but by dispositions to
head oft their advance and bar their
way to vulnerable points in the line of
British communications.
Relief is on the way to Wepener.
The Boers in Natal appear incapable
of developing an aggressive move at
Elandslnagte. Zwartkop
Lord Methuen is at the
fontein, twelve miles east of Beshof,
and is sending small, swift columns
through the adjacent country. Lord
Chesham, commanding one of these,
encountered a small commando about
ten miles southeast of Zwartkopfon
tein. He found most of the farms
ocoupied by women and children only.
An editorial note in The Daily Mail
avers that Mafeking iB in a very bad
way, and that hope of relief is far off,
ns no force is advancing from the
south.
The war office announces that 4,000
horses will arrive at the Cape this
week. It is well understood that the
animals are not fit for work until about
ten days after the voyage. Two thous
and more are due at the Cape within
a few days. The war office has called
out the reserve companies of several
infantry battalions which will be sent
to South Africa forthwith.
The Boer peace envoys have docu¬
ments, the Rome correspondent ad¬ of
The Daily News says, that urgent
vances to the Transvaal to wage war
were originally made by Germany.
The correspondent also asserts that
Count von Buelow, the German for¬
eign minister, who was said to have
gone on a visit to a sick brother, real¬
ly went to Milan for the express pur¬
pose of conferring with the delegates.
MURDERED HIS WIFE.
Bloody Tragedy Resulted From a Separa¬
tion and a Quarrel.
At Atlanta, Ga., Friday night James
L. Baker shoved a pistol into his wife’s
face and fired four shots. With a groan
the -woman fell to the floor, the blood
gushing from two wounds in her head
from which she died a few hours later.
Mrs. Baker had separated from her
husband a week before, and had gone
to live with Mrs. Martha J. Payne, at
whose house the tragedy took place.
The inmates of the house were at
supper when Bakor walked into the
dining room, and with the remark,
“You have turned the old dog out,
have yon?” shot straight in his wife’s
face. There was so little said, and the
shooting was all doue so quickly, that
it was some moments before it was
realized what had happened.
The affair has some very highly
sensational and dramatic features.
Baker claims, first of all, that his wife
and himself disagreed on account of
her son by a former husband, and he
also claims that he shot his wife be¬
cause of Charles A. Pittman, a young
carpenter, wbo is a son-in-law of Mrs.
Payne. He first admitted shooting at
his wife, but later in the evening he
changed that statement and said he
shot at Pittman and, missing him, bit
his wife accidentally. of
Pittman and all the other inmates
the house state that Baker shot point
blank at his wife, after addressing a
remark to her.
The wounded woman said her hus¬
band shot her because she refused to
live longer with him.
Baker is a meat cutter by trade. He
is said to be addicted to drink, and
was under the influence of whisky
when the shooting occurred.
Pittman was arrested at the same
time with Baker, and the charge
against him was booked as “suspi¬
cion.” Baker was charged with as¬
sault with intent to murder.
FUSION IN OREGON.
Democrats, Populist* and Silver Repub¬
licans Join Tlielr Fortunes.
The state convention of the Demo¬
crats and Populists of Oregon, after
being in session for two days in Port¬
land, effected a fusion of the two par¬
ties and adjourned. joined
The silver Republicans also they
in the fusion movement, though
held no convention. Both the Demo¬
crats and Populists indorsed William
Jennings Bryan for the presidential
nomination, but the Populist delegates
were instructed to vote only for a Pop¬
ulist for vice president.
OREGON REPUBLICANS MEET.
State Convention Selects Delegates to
Philadelphia and Indorses McKinley.
The Oregon Republican state con¬
vention in session Thursday nominated
C. F. Wolverton for justice of the su¬
preme court, J. W. Bailey state food
and dairy commissioner, and elected
four delegates at large to the National
Republican convention. The platform
indorses the gold legislation of
the present congress, President Mc¬
Kinley’s administration in the Philip¬
pines and favors the immediate con¬
struction of the Nicaraguan canal un¬
der governmental control. Nothing
was said regarding Porto Rico. The
delegates are uninstructed.
Report Nearly Complete.
The grand jury which has spent the
last two weeks at Frankfort investiga¬
ting the assassination of Governor
Goebel will make a report very soon.
It is understood that nearly aH of the
witnesses have been heard.
Hanna Reported To Be III,
Senator Mark Hanna is said to be
ill with la grippe at Old Point
and that he may not be able
attend the Ohio Republican State
at Columbus next week.
NO 14.
TELEGRAPHERS
ORDERED OUT
Employes Of SOllthem Rallwaj
_
AT6 LililCU Oil tO StFlKfi.
A MAJORITY VOTED TO QUIT.
Railroad Officials, However, De¬
clare Move Will Not Prove
Serious.
The telegraphers on the Southern
railway system were ordered to strike
afc n 0 , clock last Thursday morning
by President W. V. Powell, ,, of .n the Or
der of Railway Telegraphers,
The order was issued as a result of
f,b e controversy which has been wag
ing between the telegraphers and the
Southern, and was not entirely unex¬
pected. President Powell is person
ally directing the strike from his head
quarters in the Kimball house in At
i ftn ta. His order to the operators
follows:
Atlanta, Ga., April 12-—To All
Telegraphers Employed on the
Southern Railway — Turn your
board red and quit work at 11
o’clock today, Thursday, April
12th. Perform no service of any
kind. Stand firm and victory is
ours. W. V. Powell,
President Order Railroad Teleg¬
raphers.
President Powell claims that at leasl
90 per cent of the men quit work, and
the officials of the road say that only
about 10 per cent of the telegrapher*
on the system obeyed the order aud
■went on strike.
CIRCULAR ISSUED.
President Powell issued a circular
approving the strike he had ordered,
in accordance with the constitution of
Order of Railway Telegraphers. The
circular defines the purposes of the
strike as follows:
1. To secure the reinstatement of it*
members who were discharged by the
Southern railway without just cause.
2. The right to be heard through
committees in the adjustment of their
individual grievances.
3. A set of rules and rates of pay to
govern train-dispatchers, telegraphers,
agents and other station employees,
in their employment, discipline, eto.
4. Twelve consecutive hours work
per day where one or two telegraphers
are employed, including one consecu¬
tive hour for dinner; ten consecutive
hours, includiug meal hour, in all re¬
lay, dispatchers’ offices and office*
where more than two telegraphers are
employed, except that this rule will
not make working hours more than
those that may now be effective.
5. Eight consecutive hours for train
dispatchers. telegraph¬
6. Pay for overtime for
ers, dispatchers and others in excess
of the above hours pro rata on stated
salary, but nothing less than 25 cent*
per hour.
7. To abolish the practice of com¬
pelling agents to load cotton, to care
for and put out switch lights, to hire
additional help and pay for it out of
their already meager salary, and the
performance of other menial labor.
8. A minimum wage scale of $45
and. $50 per month, according to ter¬
ritory or location, and the raising of
individual stations to conform to the
amount of work performed or the re¬
sponsibility of the service.
9. One hundred and twenty dollars
per month for track dispatchers. and
10. The securement of fair
equitable rules regarding promotion.
While President Powell and the
other strike leaders are jubilant and
declare that they have the entire sys¬
tem tied up, the Southern officials in
Atlanta do not appear disturbed or
alarmed at the situation.
MB. HARDWICK TALKS.
Assistant General Passenger Agent
Hardwick, who began his railroad ser¬
vice as a telegraph operator, said in
regard to the strike:
“The public may be assured that the
Southern Railway Company thor¬
oughly appreciates its duty to the
public in every way, and it gives the
assurance that there has been no
serious interruption of traffic and
there will not be any.”
STRIKERS READY TO FIGIIT.
Italian Workmen Are Causing Trouble at
Croton Lamllug, N. Y.
A dispatch from Croton Landing,
N. Y., says: While everything neighbor¬ was
quiet and peaceful in the
hood of the Cornell dam Sunday night,
where Italians are on a strike for in¬
creased wages, nearly 300 armed depu¬
ties guarded the works and each one
of them was guessing what would hap¬
pen next. The striking Italian labor¬
ers, whose homes are in the vicinity
of the works, are behaving quietly,
but are doggedly determined. The
strikers swear that if outside labor is
brought in they will fight tooth and
nail to prevent it.
THE PROGRAM STANDS.
Place and Date For Democratic Conven¬
tion Will Not Be Changed.
There will be no change in data or
place of holding the Democratic na
tional convention, previously set for
Kansas City July 4th.
The sub-committee of the national
Democratic committee met the local
committee on arrangements at Kansas
City Thursday and after going over the
situation thoroughly drafted and sign¬
a statement to that effect.