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The sews of Conyers and Rock
dale County.
VOT, XXV.
(ACTFUL BOERS
ELUDE BRITONS
fl* Expected to Make Firm
Stand, But Reconsidered.
nfflfi FIGHTS ARE IN ORDER
(forts to Cut Off the Wily Burgh¬
ers In Their Retreats Always
Prove Dismal Failures*
L L London special fays: All the in
i n the South African war is now
Led L in the running fight in pro
between the burghers retreating
db the southern part of the Orange
..State, of General FreDch’s horse
L'aml L, the infantry of Generals Pole
Chermside and Rundle. But
ieBritish hope of conclusive results
slim at present, the Boers escaping
Lose beaten and having accomplished an
amount of damage. They
L f to their position as long as it
is safe to do so, and they have slip
■u off to hold the next commanding
L through a broken country, ad
Ersblv suited for a rear guard de
[Dispatches from Aliwalnorth under
lie Lrs of Wednesday, April hurriedly 20, say that the
left Wepener so left in the
by of the dead were
inches unburied.
[Commander Cronje is reported to
|re According been killed. to advices from Bloem
fctein, the attempt of the Boers at
kndfort to get in touch with the
Land Eted at Thaba N’Chu was frus
by a force dispatched by Gen¬
ii E Tucker from Glen.
L dispatch from Pretoria reports
arrival there of Lord Roslyn, as
| Ifteanal mounded prisoner.
Hamilton is using his nt
Lsb fco endeavors to cut off tho Boers
Bfiie are reheating from De wet’s dorp.
Boer forces at Thabanehu are
WlmlMj to make a stand to cover the
h escape of the convoys from
■nthward. They have laagers about
phi miles apart, stretching from
lanffort to Thabanehu with a base
Imp at Smalidell station.
|A report comes that a small foroe of
litish mounted infantry had a brush
Ith a party of Boers ten miles east of
Iree siding, who were trying to estab
Ih a connection between Brandfort
lithe Boer forces to the southward.
■General Brabant, in a fight with the
lets at Wepener, had a narrow es
Ipe. General Pole Carew’s advance
Is much hampered by the arrival of
lillery, bturing which prevented him from
Lecuw kop before darkness
P in, and enabled the Boers to secure
jeir |s, with retreat. the commands Apparently in Lord the hands Rob
Ijonnger generals, now has an ex
plingly efficient army.
JPEAL TO GEORGIA VOTERS
fteBj Women of Che State W C. T.
at Augusta Meeting:.
F Ihe first day’s session of the an¬
al convention of the Georgia W. C.
|I., held iu Augusta, the following
ptaiou phereas, was passed:
The prohibitionists of the
fit have decided not to place candi
F in the field for the state and
Ny offices for 1900, and,
Whereas, The Democratic party in
rP a holds a uniform primary
Nfthout tho state for the nomina
ptf Pefore these officers on May 16 next,
be it
Pesolved by the Woman’s Christian
pfManee Union of Georgia, in con
r ltm assembled, that we urge all
phibitionists who participate in said
r ar yto oast their ballots for eandi
F for the offices of senator and
pwatative who are avowed Probi
ponists, realizing as we do that an
F battle will he fought in the next
pa.ure for the cause we hold so
P' As a nomination by the Demo
M party in many counties is equiv
P PttaUy to an election, we therefore re
urge all Prohibitionists who
F -cipate in said primary to vote for
^representing prohibition. Let the them grand principles aud
r* “hy traffic do this,
P “orders will be driven from
of our fair state.
ACCIDENT at PRETORIA.
1 Killed
* Government and Thirty-two Injured
Arsenal Explosion.
L prions wor ^ explosion “t Pretoria occurred at the
-Juaent s used by the
Ihe as walls an arsenal Wednesday
k' " fed and the of the structures building in were the
. ■ v uood were a mass of flames.
3 workmen killed and 32
were
^ Injured, fie manager including of the Herr Grun- The
works.
of the machinery was
taw. ae eau8e of the explosion is
a ' works employed 200
I*,, ViM°o tly French and
Cross Italians.
►lin't* Mpi th ambulance did good
ng e wounded.
lt( KENRIDGE STANDS ALONE.
’General I, Only Official In Ken
>Ocky with a Clear Title.
f, mkf or t dispatch Attorney
& Sreckenridge says:
j'Jof t being enjoys the dis
the only s"tate officer
l LWge V w hose title is not in litiga
Clifton J. Pratt, the Re
frsrs’stjsxs; N^adispated
title parsed to
The Eockdale Banner.
CANADIAN TOWNS BURN.
More Than 2,500 Buildings De¬
stroyed, Entailing An Estima¬
ted Loss of Twenty Millions.
A special from Ottawa, Ont., says:
Five square miles of territory burned
over; more than 2,500 dwellings, fac¬
tories, mills, stores and other buildings
destroyed, entailing a loss estimated to
reach $20,000,000 and between 12,000
and 15,000 men, women and children
homeless, is a summing up of the havoc
wrought by a fire which raged at Hull
and in Ottawa Thursday
Most of the lumber piles in Ottawa
and Hull have disappeared and are
now mere heaps of charred wood and
ashes. Half a dozen churches and
schools, a number of mills, the Hull
waterworks, the Hull courthouse and
jail, the postoffice, the convent—al¬
most every business place, and about
1,000 dwellings and shops in Hull have
been destroyed. Indeed, nothing prac¬
tically of Hull is left but a church and
a few houses beyond it.
The fire originated through a fire in
a sooty chimney and the high wind
caused the flames to spread rapidly in
the direction of the lumber piles and
mills on both the Hull and Ottawa
shores of the Ottawa river and Claiid
iere falls. The total loss is estimated
at $15,000,000 and insurance at
$2,500,000.
INDORSED BRYAN.
Alabama Democrats Name Full State
Ticket ami Adopt Platform.
The Alabama Democratic state con¬
vention adjourned sine die Thursday
after nominating the next governor
and his cabinet* indorsing,Mr. Bryan
and the Chicago platform, indorsing
Senator Morgan and his Nicaraguan
canal plan, selecting a new state exec¬
utive committee and electing delegates
and electors to the national convention
at Kansas City. It will go down in
history as perhaps the most harmoni¬
ous state convention ever held in Ala¬
bama. There was less trading and
trafficking in votes and influence than
in any of the conventions held in re¬
cent years.
There were no combinations to de¬
feat the strongest man, notwithstand¬
ing there was an a vera £T 0 °f four ° r
five candidates for each office. The
favorites all won, and it was the evi¬
dent policy of the assembly, repre¬
senting the Democrats of the state, to
give the nomination to the man who
came to the convention with more
votes than any of his opponents, The
following is the state ticket in full:
Governor—William J. Sanford.
Secretary of State—Robert P. Mc
David.
Treasurer—J. Craig Smith.
Auditor—W. H. Mathews.
Xttorhey General—Charles G. Brown.
Superintendent of Education—-John
W. Abercrombie.
Commissioner of Agriculture—R.
B. Foole.
“RELINQUISH” CUBA.
Mason Introduce* Resolution to With¬
draw Troops on July 4.
In the senate, Thursday, Mr. Mason
of Illinois introduced a joint resolu¬
tion requiring the president to with¬
draw the forces of the United States
from Cuba so as to turn the govern¬
ment of the island over to the Cubans
by the 4th day of next July. The reso¬
lution was as follows:
“That the president of the United
States is hereby requested to withdraw
the forces of the United States as rap¬
idly as may be done with convenience
and safety, and that on the fourth day
of July, 1900, all civil and military
power of the United States he turned
over and surreuded to the people of
the island of Cuba.”
Senator Mason argued that the Cu¬
bans must be turned loose sooner or
later to govern themselves, and that
the shortest way for them to learn
self-government is to begin the prac¬
tice at as early date as possible.
“THERE ARE OTHERS.”
_ . , . _ w
- m ’Z
A«e» <ro» C„„,„,,oople .,.t.
l.f. asked their
tria and Germany have
governments for instructions as to their
similar claims.
HANNA DID IT.
Defeat of Mat Quay In Senate Ie Laid at
Mark’s Door.
A Washington special says: The ef
feet of the defeat of Quay promises to
be far reaching so far as the Bepubli
can party is concerned and it is within
the bounds of possibility that this de
feat will cut some figure iu the presi
dential campaign. difficulty that the
It was with great
Republican leadersat Harrisburg kept
the Republican state convention from
denouncing the McKinley administra
tion in their platform, owing to the
allegation that Mark Hanna was the
direct cause of Quay s defeat in the
senate.
HOWELL TRIAL POSTPONED.
Former Union Ticket Agent May Not Be
Arr»i*ned For Some Week*.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The trial
of Colonel Albert Howell, former
union ticket agent, will not follow
that of ex-Auditor T. J. Hunter
! mediately. The criminal court will be
art’ll then he
, order and Colonel Howell may
CONYERS. GA.. MAY % 1900.
FAST IS MAIL SECURE
Appropriation Is Eetained In the
Postoffice Bill.
WAS KEPT IN AFTER A HARD FIGHT
Underwood, Livingston nnd Swanson Did
"Valiant Service In Favor of
The Measure.
A Washington special says: By a
vote of 90 to 41 the house of represen¬
tatives decided Thursday to retain in
the postoffice hill the appropriation for
a fust mail service from Boston and
New York to the south. This result
was reached after the usual fight,
which was led in this instance by Mr.
Little of Arkansas, Mr. Williams of
Mississippi, aud Mr. Bromwell of
Ohio.
The fight was, however, less bitter
than it it has been in some past con¬
gresses, some men who have been
prominent in former fights having ev¬
idently come to realize that the small
appropriation necessary to put the
mail service into cities in the
heart of the south on the same footing
with the service in the more densely
populated sections of the country ii
just and right. Mr. Underwood, of
Alabama, led the fight for the appro¬
priation on the floor, and was ably
assisted by Colonel Livingston, Mr.
Swanson, of Virginia, and the mem¬
bers of the postoffice committee who
had reported in favor of the appropri¬
ation.
No one demanded a separate vote
upon the amendment striking out the
pneumatic tube provision aud the
house by a large majority stood by the
amendment to give extra compensation
to letter carriers for work in excess of
forty-eight hours a week, although the
carriers were said by Mr. Cummings,
of New York, to be opposed to it. The
bill to increase the salary of the direc¬
tor of the census to $7,500 and the
salaries of supervisors of census by 2
per cent of the amount received by
their enumerators was passed.
Without preliminary business Ihe
house resumed consideration of the
postoffice bill. moved
Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota,
to increase the salaries of 479 railway
postal clerks class five A from $1,300
to $1,400.
Mr. Loud, chairman of the postoffice
committee, opposed the amendment.
Mr. Loud had read a postal the writer
had received from Mr. Tawney urging
all rail vay postal clerks to urge their
congressmen to vote for the Tawney
reclassification bill for the provision in
the bill. This, Mr. Loud said, is on¬
ly part of the scheme of concerted at¬
tack being made by congress. The
amendment was adopted, 83 to 32.
Two hours were devoted to debate of
the provisions appropriating $171,283
for special mail facilities from New
York to Atlanta and New Orleans and
$25,000 from Kansas City, Mo., to
Newton, Kan.
Mr. Little, of Arkansas, opened the
debate in opposition. He declared that
they were relies of the most vicious
system of legislation that ever invaded
congress.
Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, favor¬
ed the appropriation for the southern
mail subsidy, which, ho said, was nec¬
essary to keep up quick communica¬
tion with the south. The particular
train which carried the mail to the
south from New York would not be
run were the appropriation withdrawn.
All the boards of trade in the south,
he claimed, had petitioned for a con¬
tinuance of the appropriation.
Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, vigor¬
ously oppposed the appropriation. It
was no benefit to the people of the
south,he said. It went into the pockets
of a syndicate that resided partly in New
York, partly in England and partly in
Germany. He denominated it as a
“job,” part of the scheme in which the
pneunatic tube people were interested.
The people who supported one, he
said, as a rule would support the oth¬
er. AH these “jobs,” be declared,
should be defeated.
Mr. Little, of Ark,,,,,,, to
Tb. icotion .trike ott, the .ppro
pmtion for special mail facilities from
w ,“ (j 35 to 8 ! ’
HOUSE BREAKS RECORD
T n pnctinif Private Pension Bills—Otlier
Matters Acted Upon.
The houge broke a n records Friday
^ passing ninety-one private pension
Among them was one granting
a mon th to the widow of the late
Co]one i j 0 ij n 3£. Stotzenburg, of the
p jrS f Nebraska, who was killed in the
phiiip p ine8 .
qqjg conference report on the Ha
wa ;i a n government bill was adopted,
j jgg an( j tbe b j(i now g oes to
$be president. May 9th, set aside for
Saturday, of was General U. 8.
rece i v i ng the statue
Grant presented by the Grand Army
^ jj, e Republic,
!
SUBSIDIARY COIN SHIPPED.
first Installment of Money Started For
Island of Porto Rieo.
The United States transport Me
pherson sailed from New York Wed
ne8 dgy for Porto Rico with between
$400,000 and $500,000 in subsidiary
This is the first installment of
j distributed among the inhabitants
EIGHT DROWN
IN CLOUDBURST
Deluge of Rain Sweeps Down Upon
City of Waco, Texas.
NO WARNING TO THE VICTIMS
Downpour Was Incessant For Six
Hours—Untold Damage
Done to Property.
A cloudburst, accompanied by a
high wiud, descended upon the city of
Waco, Texas, at noon Friday and the
net result is that eight people are
known to have perished iu the city
limits, and property valued at several
thousand dollars has been destroyed or
injured. The known dead are:
Mrs.Naney Caudle, Miss Clara Cau¬
dle, Rosa Chapman, Emma Decker,
Thomas Capps, Frank Walker. Two
negro men, names unknown.
The downpour of rain commenced
about noon and was incessaut until
dark. It was in the shape of a water¬
spout nnd the rise in the creeks and
branches was so rapid that it did not
give the inhabitants time to flee. Three
persons, two women aud a man, all
colored, were drowned within a hun¬
dred yards of the city hall. Their
bodies were washed into the Brazos
river and at last accounts had not been
recovered.
There were several people, mostly
negroes, standing on a bridge watch¬
ing the rapid rise of Barron’s branch,
when the bridge, a thick structure,
gave way without warning, precipita¬
ting them into the water. The number
positively known to have been drown¬
ed in the city limits is eight. Numer¬
ous reports of other losses come in,
but owing to the high water they can
not be verified. It is almost cerain,
however, that several more lives were
lost.
Searching parties started out looking
for the drowned and helping to move
those who were in danger or distress.
Chief Prescott, of the lire department,
with his entire force, extended all'the
aid possible. Iu the southern part of
the city, where the two white women,
Mrs. Candle and her daughter, lost
their lives, the rise was the highest
ever known, exceeding by several feet
the high water mark of 1885. It is
impossible to estimate the damage
done by the storm, but it will he iu
the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Incoming reports indicate that one
of the heaviest rainfalls experienced in
years visited many sections of the state
?tnd rivers and smaller streams are
again rising rapidly. All points along
the Brazos and Colorado rivers have
been notified, and while much damage
may result from another rifle, yet it is
believed that the timely warning will
enable those who live in the valleys to
fully protect themselves.
Reports from Belton nnd Rockport
state that the storm was especially se¬
vere in those sectious, but no loss of
life is so far reported.
CARTER IN STRIPES.
Former Doughty Captain Will He Known
an Prisoner No. 2,094.
Oberlin M. Carter, late captain Unit¬
ed States army, arrived at the federal
prison in Leavenworth, Kas., Friday
under guard of Lieutenant Thomas
llarker, Fifteenth infantry, a corporal
and three soldiers. By special orders
issued from the department of justice,
newspaper men were not permitted to
interview the prisoner, who was
immediately dressed in tho pris
on garb and assigned to a cell
His prison number is 2,094 and
lie is the occupant of cell No. 425.
Carter will he a prison bookkeeper in
the harness, broom, shoe repairing
and carpet-weaving shops, which are
in the third story of the big East
building.
Queen at Windsor.
Queen Victoria is now back at Wind¬
sor castle, where she arrived at
5:25 o’clock Friday evening. Thou¬
sands of spectators watched the royal
party’s landing at Holly Head and her
special train was greeted at various
points by cheering and singing of the
national anthem.
Minority Report in Clark Case.
Wednesday tho minority of the
members of the senate committee on
privileges and elections, consisting of
Senators Pettus and Harris, who do
not accept all the views of the majori
ty committee in the ease of Senatoi
Clark, of Montana, presented tlxeir
dissenting report in the case.
Hawaiian Rill Amended.
After a brief debate Wednesday tho
senate agreed to the conference report
on the Hawaiian civil government bill,
the provisions relating to the right oi
franchise and imprisonment for debt
having been amended.
VICTIM OF ASSASSIN.
Farmer Bramlett Shot Down While Plow¬
ing; Hi* Field*.
Harris Bramlett, a well known citi¬
zen of Murray county, Ga., who was
accused of being an informer in recent
whitecap cases, was brutally shot
down while plowing in his field
Wednesday afternoon.
An unknown maD, with a black,
beard, appeared from ambush and
fired both barrels of his gun, the con¬
tents of which lodged in the stomach
of Mr. Bramlett, killing him in¬
stantly.
NINE VICTIMS HERE
Bad Accident Occurs on Grounds
of the Paris Exposition,
A BIG BRIDGE TUMBLES DOWN.
Structure Had Been Condemned* But Vast
Crowd Was Under It
at the Time.
An accident that threw a pall over
the happiness of an immense throng
who had profited by the magnificent
weather to visit the exposition, occur¬
red within the exposition grounds at
Paris Sunday afternoon. A temporary
bridge, unable to withstand the im¬
mense strain, broke. It was soon
known that nine persons were killed
and nine others injured.
The day’s attendance was the largest
since the opening. Not merely the
interior of the grounds, but the pre¬
cincts also were crowded aud the con¬
course was particularly great along the
Avenue tie Sufreu, which forms the
northern boundary to the grounds.
Here is situated a big sideshow, the
Celestial Globe. A foot bridge, on
which the finishing touches were be¬
ing put, crosses the Avenue de Sufreu,
connecting the sideshow with the ex¬
hibition. It was constructed of wood
with a stucco facade and with a plaster
made tower at eao.li end.
Strangely enough the bridge had
been condemned only Sunday morning
as unsafe by the exposition authori¬
ties. The public was, therefore, not
allowed to go on the structure, and in
this way a disaster even more terrible
than that which occurred was averted.
The gay crowd was passing along
the avenue, and some hundred or more
persons were walking beneath the
bridge, when suddenly an ominous
crash was heard. Before those under¬
neath could turn aside the structure
fell with a fearful crash,
nearly fifty.
A shout of horror rose from
spectators, mingled with the cries
the victims. For a moment
could be distinguished but a cloud
dust and plaster. A scene of
greatest excitement and confusion
lowed. But this was only for a
seconds. Almost immediately
crowd attacked the debris in an
to release those lying beneath.
workmen within the grounds who
witnessed the accident, the police
the republican guards, together
quite a number of soldiers, joined
the rescue work.
The promenaders forget their
day attire aud covered themselves
dirt nnd grime in tearing away
rubbish with their hands.
beams and poles w’ero brought
the half-finished buildings near
and were used as levers to raise
fallen mass.
The victims first discovered
mostly only the injured, the dead
ing found later beneath the center
the structure.
STEPPED ON A MATCH.
Wife of An Army Officer Burned to Death
In Havana.
A Havana dispatch says: The wife
of Major General James H. Wilson,
military governor of the department
of Matanzas, Santa Clara, died Satur¬
day afternoon from the effects of the
burns accidentally received while driv¬
ing with her daughter. While alighting
from her carriage Mrs. Wison stepped
on a match, which ignited her dress.
She was terribly burned, and although
everything was done to relieve her
sufferings, she died iu a few hours.
Mrs. Wilson was the daughter of
Colonel John Andrews, of Wilming¬
ton, Del , who commanded the First
Delaware regiment during the civil
war. She was married to General
Wilson in 1866 and is survived by
three daughters, two of whom wero
with her in Cuba. She left the Wilson
homo in Wilmington in November last
to join her husband on his station and
has been with him sine,e.
Rivera’s Successor.
Senor Perfeeto La Costa has accept¬
ed the office of secretary of agriculture,
made racant by the resignation of Gen¬
eral Kuis Rivera. Senor Estrada
Mora, acting mayor of Havana, will
he offerod the mayoralty for the re¬
mainder of the term, which will ex¬
pire some time after the elections are
held.
STATES SHOULD CONTROL
The Employment, Care and Piiniehmenl
of All Convict I.aborers.
The interstate industrial commission
sent to congress Wednesday its results
on prison labor. The commission after
a careful consideration of the subjects
concludes that provision should he
mode in the laws of each state for the
employment of all prisoners on pro¬
ductive labor: that the state should
have absolute control of the care, pun
ishment, reformation and employment
of the prisoners, as well as the dispo
sition of the products of their indus
try, and that the employment of pris-;
oners in the production of supplies for
the maintenance of state, county and
municipal institutions.
STAMPS WERE DEFICIENT.
PackagfR of North Carolina Tobacco Seis¬
ed In San Fr»nci*co.
_ ^ t. te Saturday, a . i
££?#& t S ha Z t e citv bv t P he Airy! in Spa°rUr Bro The" 0 s 8 Com
N C. pack
ages have, it is claimed, not the full
amount of stamps on them and con
ain a qnarter of an ounce more tobacco
than the stamps call for. A similar
seizure was made a few weeks age of
teheeeo from a SC Louis factory,
Official Organ of Rockdale Conn
ty. Has Largest Circulation in
The County.
ROBERTS CRITICISED
British General Comes In For
Some Severe Boasting.
BOTHA WEARS HIS HONORS WELL
Successor of General Joubert Seems to Bo
Equal to Every Emergency
That Present* Itself.
A London special says: In Com¬
mandant Genoral Louis Botha the
Boers appear to have fouud a capable
successor to Joubert. As the result
of his insight and quiek decision,
it may be assumed now that the re¬
treating commandoes have gotten
away with the transport. dis¬
It is true that Lord BohertB’s
patch leaves much unsaid as to the
whereabouts of other forces than those
of General French aud General Run
die. Nothing is said about the troops
of General Brabant, Pole-Carew, Hart
and Chermside, but the indications
from Aliwalnorth show that several
commandoes are still hovering in the
vicinity of Springfield, causing a cer¬
tain amount of danger, aud the ad¬
vices from Dewets dorp, outlining the
duties of General Chermside, justify
the conclusion that it will be still nec¬
essary to employ a considerable body
of troops to keep the Free State clear
of Boers.
The position is that the Boers, who
began their raid a month ago by com¬
pelling Colonel Broadwood to retire
on Bloemfontein, have got safely away
to the northward, practically without
loss, but with advantage of seven Brit¬
ish guns, togothor with a hundred
prisoners captured.
Meanwhile the advance to Pretoria
has not begun. Small wonder is it
that muffled complaints and criticisms
are beginning to he heard here and
there against Lord Eoberts. Two
thirds of his entire force have heon
employed in effecting this small satis¬
faction, nnd the probability is that the
whole force must he again concen¬
trated on Bloemfonteiu before the
main nilvanee begins. As similar raids
are likely to be repented, it is evi¬
dently still a far cry to Pretoria.
The significance of General Hunter’s
division going to Kimberley, where
mounted troops are alsonrriving daily,
is now said to ho a serious attempt to
deal with the stroug Boer forces on
the Vaal river, now threatening to re¬
take Barkly, and then an endeavor to
relieve Mafeking. It will be borne in
mind that General Hunter paid a
hurried visit to Lord Roberts at
Bloemfontein.
A temporary railway bridge has just,
been completed at Betliulie, where
hitherto railway trucks had been trans¬
ferred over the wagon bridge. This
greatly facilitates getting stores up to
Bloemfontein.
Mr. Poultney Bigelow, disscussing
the treatment of South Afrioau rebels,
says that the wisdom of the United
States government in not punishing
the confederates after the war of se¬
cession has borne good fruit, and lie
suggests that a similar result would
follow a similarly liberal policy in
South Africa.
GKISCOM IS UNHAMPERED.
Our Representative Need* No IiiHtruction*
In Dealing; With 8uitun.
A Washington dispatch sayB: Be¬
yond the statement thnt Mr. Grisoom,
tho United State charge d’affaires at
Constantinople, has been instructed to
press vigorously for indemnity, tho
Washington officials decline to divulge
the nature of his instructions. They
say that Mr. Griscom does not need
express instructions to forward the
claims, for he has of his own volition
taken a rather advanced nttitude in
this matter.
FIVE MILLIONS WANTED.
Delegation Ask* For An Appropriation
For the 8t. Doul* Fair.
A big delegation representing the
states in tho Louisiana purchase ter¬
ritory and including Governor Jones,
of Arkansas, ex-Governor Francis, of
missouri, and other influential men,
reached Washington Friday and formal¬
ly asked the house special committee on
tho Louisiana purchase centennial to
urge at this session the hills appro¬
priating $5,000,000 for the interna¬
tional exposition at 8t. Louis in 1903.
TANNER A SICK MAN.
Illinois Governor’s Condition I* Consid¬
ered Alarming.
The condition of Governor Tanner,
of Illinois, is now considered by his
physicians as alarming. The state’s
executive arrived in Chicago Saturday
morning a critically sick man, and is
now confined to his bed at the Great
Northern hotel.
Bryan Initiated By Elks,
A lodge of the Elks was instituted
Lincoln, Neb., Saturday evening,
Among the new members was William
j R ryani
Good for “Colony” City.
Barnuel M. Inman, W. G. Raoul,
, George Dole Wadley and other prom
! meut men from Douglas, were u
j | Fitzgerald, of the Ga., Waycross Thursday Air-Line in the Rail- in
terest
road, which is graded to within fif
, , een miles of Fitzgerald. The pres
' eliCe of ‘ Le8e K entlemen is re 8 t * r ^ d
“j™"™"* 80 “ etLln « . for the
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Postoffice Safe Robbed,
Robbers broke in the postoffice at
Mooresville, N. C., Wednesday night,
blew open the safe and stole $1,000 in
mosey and stamp*.
MORE EVIDENCE
IN CARTER CASE
Convicted Captain’s Father-in
Law Unbosoms Himself.
BIS STATEMENTS SENSATIONAL
Denies That he Furnished Any
Money to His Son-in-Law and
Throws Light on Conspiracy.
The Atlanta Constitution iu last
Monday morning’s issue presented the
additional evidence in the Oberlin M.
Carter case aud the latest facts found
that connect indisputably with the
gignntio swindle B. I). Greene and
John F. Gaynor, the contractors in¬
dicted in Savannah, Ga., and who
have since found refuge iu the decision
of a New York judge.
The tremendous import of the new
evidence may he slightly estimated
when it is stated that there is now in
progress in congress a hill the result
of which, if passed, would bo to put
Greeno and Gaynor within tho pale of
the proceedings instituted against
them in Savannah.
The additional evidence in tho case
of Carter, who is now serving his
sentence, is the statement of his
father-in-law, Mr. Westcott, now made
public for the first time. Mr. Wost
cott says positively ho never gave one
cent of money to Carter.
The new evidence in the Greene and
Gaynor case is the result of the splen¬
did work of the oxport hank examiner
and accountant, Edward I. Johnson,
who was detailed by Attorney General
Griggs to assist United States District
Attorney Erwin in developing the ex¬
tent of the frauds charged to have been
perpetrated upon tho government by
Oberlin M. Onrter, captain of en¬
gineers, in charge of tlio government
river and harbor improvomonts is
Georgia.
Mr. Johnson made his report to the
United Statos attorney giving in full
detail the facts brought out by the in¬
vestigation carried on by him.
The evidence thus brought out since
the courtmartial trial of Captain Car¬
ter shows beyond a doubt the correct¬
ness of the conclusions reached in that
case.
The following extracts taken from
tho compilation of evidence submitted
by the experts, indicating that the pro¬
fits of tho government contracts, after
payment of expensos of the work and
salaries of $12,000 to the younger Gay
nors, were divided botweon the thre*
principal contractors in thirds, are
most significant: dis¬
August 7, 1893—Carter issued
bursing cheek to tho contractors,
which was deposited by them, for
$39,075, of which one-third, less $75
allowed for Carter’s expenses to New
York, is withdrawn by them, and two
days later Carter invests $13,000 in
bonds.
November 6, 1893—Carter issued
disbursing check to the contractors for
$18,000, of which one-third was with¬
drawn from deposit, and the same day
Carter invested $11,000 in bonds.
December 4, 1893—Carter issued
disbursing checks to the contractors,
which wero deposited by them, for
$63,076, of which one-third, less $75
allowed for Carter’s expenses to New
York, is withdrawn by them, nnd on
the same day Carter invested $21,000
in securities.
January 8, 1894—Carter issued dis¬
bursing check to the contractors, which
was deposited by them, for $49,575, of
which one-third, less $75 allowed for
Carter’s expenses to Now York, is
withdrawn by them, and on the same
day Carter invests $16,500 in securi¬
ties.
February 5, 1894—Carter issued
disbursing check to tho contractors,
which was deposited by them, for
$54,000, of which one-third was with¬
drawn in cash by them, and on the
same day Carter invests $18,000 in se¬
curities.
September 8, 1894—Carter issued
disbursing check to tho contractors for
$461,075. .September 11,1894, cashed
by them $152,510.15. Deposited by
Carter on same date $103,022.78, and
subsequently invested by him, includ¬
ing another collection December 4,
1894, $63,000. divi¬
Tho foregoing are some of tho
sions shown iu the report, made be¬
tween the contractors and Carter in
the earlier operations between them,
at random to show how the spoils were
divided.
It will be recalled that Westcott
was in Europe when the courtmartial
of Carter was in progress and declined
to return and testify in the case.
It was on the refusal of Westcott to
appear and substantiate this statement
that Attorney General Griggs largely
based his decision affirming the judg¬
ment of the courtmartial on the refer¬
ence of the case to him by the presi¬
dent.
1 l0 Return.
Governor Taylor telegraphed , ,
Friday
Commonwealth’s Attorney Franklin
^, )h . be j n Washington on business,
1,1 ret nrn to Frankfort and ap
fhe pear in court if officially informed that
report that he has been indicted is
true.
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President Hack In Washington.
President and Mrs. McKinley ar¬
rived in Washington at 8 o’clock Friday
morning from .Canton,
NO. 16.