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BRYAN LASHES CLEVELAND Nebraskan Bitterly Assails Former President at Gathering of Chicago Democrats—He Alleges That Cleveland Bowed to the Corporations. Chicago, July 18.—W. J. Bryan was the principal speaker at the picnic of the :Cook County Democracy this afternoon. Ijlr. Bryan referred in vigorous terms to «the last administration of Grover Clevo hand, declaring that it had been a mlll iatone around the neck of the party that elected him, and making other refer ences equally uncomplimentary to the lormer president. The picnic was attended by several thousand Chocago democrats and Mr. Aryan's address was frequently Interrupt ed by vigorous applause. Among the other speakers during the day were Mayor James A. Reed, of Kan ■aas City; Jeremiah B. Sullivan, democrat ic candidate for governor of Iowa; Con gressman South Trimball, of Kontuckky; [Mayor Harrison, of Chicago; Samuel Al tschuler, of Chicago, and 1.. E. McGann, lof Chicago. Preceding the address at the picnic, a parade was held through the streets lead ing to the ground. Mr. Bryan’s Address. Mr. Bryan's address, the subject of ■which was “The Democratic Ideal,” fol lows: "The Ideal controls the life and gives It not only direction, but form and con stancy. An ideal permanently pursued crystalizes into character and becomes the vital part of the individual. If you know a man's ideal, you know the man, and can Judge with reasonable accuracy what he will do in a given case. "No one can overestimate the value of en ideal because it measures the dif ference between success and failure. "An ideal is as important to a party as to an Individual, and must in the end determine not only the party's char acter. but the party's destiny. “The party ideal is the ideal of those who dominate its councils and control its action; and in any party worthy to be called democratic, the controlling force should be a majority of the voters of the party. As in the case of the individual, so with the party—the character is form ed not by a few decisions, but by a multi tude of acts all in harmony with a gen eral purpose, and all influenced by the ideal. As in the case of the Individual, it is impossible to follow one ideal a part of the time and an opposite ideal the rest of the time; so with the party, there must be a constant effort to apply the same principles and the same methods to all questions and issues. Faith in the People. "The distinguishing features of any party that deserves to be known as a democratic party is its faith in the peo ple, its desire to advance the welfare of the people, and its willingness to have the people control their own affairs. A democratic party seeks to admlrnster the government according to democratic principles, and Its ideal of a free govern ment is a government in which every de partment, legislative, executive and judi cial. is administered according to the doctrine of equal right to all and special privdejes to none. "A party with such an ideal Is more closely scrutinized arid more quickly crit icised than a party which makes no such pretension, because the world Is inclined to measure a party by the standard which It sets up for Itself. A party really democratic cannot do what another party might do with impunity because its own teachings would bo turned upon its con duct and hypocrisy added to its other sins. "Never before tn the history of the country has there been greater need for a democratic party with a truly demo cratic ideal. The aristocracy which Hamil ton led against the democracy of J< ffer son's day, and the plutocracy which Nick Biddle led against tH" democracy of Jack son's day, have combined to assault the democracy of the present ?!«.>, and those assaults are supported by a metropolitan press more subservient to capital and more widely read than the papers of 1800 or 1832. Republicans Enthrone Mammon. "Tn 1896 the republican party, under the leadership of Mark Hanna, became the open ally of organized wealth and a vic tory was secured by the use of means which, when known, must be repugnant to every believer in the doctrine of self government. The purchase of votes and the coercion of employees—all these were resorted to with an audacity never known in this country before. As a result of that election mammon was enthroned, the manufacturers were permitted to write the tariff schedules without regard to the interests to consumers. The financiers were allowed to dictate the policy of the treasury without regard to the Injerestg of the country at large, aital the trust, magnates were permitted to bankrupt rivals, stifle competition and extort with out limit. When the Spanish war occur red the syndicates in complete posses sion of the United States reached out for n*-w fields to conquer and they are now using the American army and a carpet bagger to exploit the inhabitants of the Philippines islands, whose reverence for our institutions has thus been converted Into hatred for our flag. "Surely, if there ever was a time when the preaching of the democratic gospel ought to be opportune, now is the time. And yet tiie time of greatest opportunity In also the time of greatest danger, for an opportunity unimproved is worse than lost. The character of our partv Is to be determined by the manner in which it meets an opportunity and the manner in which it meets an opportunity will be determined bv the ideal that dominates It. Will our party hesitate or take coun sel ofi ts fears? Will it abandon its cham pionship of the people’s interest in the bope of conciliating relent vs foes, or purchasing a few offices with campaign contributions tiiat carry with them an obligation to be made good out of the pockets of the peoph "Tills gathering of the democracy of the second city of the union ought to have its influence in determining the party's position, and in molding opinion In regard to the party. It has been said that no principle is worth living for that is not worth dying for; and so it may be said, that no political principle Is worth fighting for that is not worth suffering defeat for. and as a matter of fact one's devotion to a principle must he measure. I by what he Is willing to stiffer in its behalf, not by the reward ho Is willing to accept for supporting it. "The democratic party must appeal to *he democratic sentiment of the country, and this sentiment is far wider than any party. Wherever the question has been submitted in such away that it could be acted upon independently there has al ways been an overwhelming majority In favor of that which was democratic, and our partv can appeal successful!v to its democratic spirit if we- but convince the people of our earnestness and of our fidelity to those principles. Cleveland a Millstone. "We are handicapped just now by the fact that the last democratic administra tion that we bad was more subservient to corporate dictation than any republican Cholera Infantum There is no danger whatever from this disease when taken in time and properly treated. All that is necessary is to give Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after each operation of the bowels more than natural and then castor oil to cleanse the system. It is safe and sure. When reduced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take. administration that had preceded it, and the record of that administration has been a millstone about the party’s neck ever since. The influence exerted by Wall street over the administration's policy, the use of patronage to reward those who betrayed their constituents and the employment of the most reprehensible of republican methods made the administra tion a stem 11 in the nostrils of the peo ple and kept in the republican party many who were disgusted at tnat part.v s course. The odium which Mr. Cleveland s second administration brought upon the party which elected him did more to de feat the party than any one plank of the Chicago platform, or than all the planks that were most severely criticised. But for the repudiation of the administration, it would have been impossible to make any campaign at all. and even the repu diation, thorough and complete as it was, could not completely disinfect the party. "The greatest menace that the party has to meet today is not the probability, but the possibility of the party's return to the position that it occupied from 18.13 to 1896. This danger is not so imminent as the corporation controlled papers make it appear, hut. Insofar as it at all threat ens, it paralyzes the energies of the par ty and nullifies its promises. Such arti cles would indicate, degradation of the partv's ideals and a perversion of its pur pose. It ought not. be necessary to remind you that our last experiment with a com mercialized democracy changed a demo cratic majority of 380,000 in 1892 into a re pulincan majority of more than a million in 1896. It ought not be necessary to ap peal to historv—a knowledge of human nature and a faith in the integrity of the people ought to convince us that both principle and expediency lead to an hon est fight waged by honest methods tor the support of those honestly desiring the restoration of justice and equity in gov ernment. Democracy Must Stand Erect. "If the democratic party will stand erect, face the future with confidence, de fend the rights of the people and protect their interests wherever attacked—wheth er the attack comes from the financiers, the monopolists, the tariff barons or from the imperialists—it can look with confi dence for a revolution of sentiment tiiat will give us a victory worth having and this victory, when it'comes, will not end as the victory of 1892 in the demoraliza tion of the party, but in the building up of a democratic organization which will deal aggressively witli all of the evils of government and finu its bulwark in the affections and confidence of the masses." FOR FINANCIAL, LEGISLATION. Roosevelt Wants Extra Session To Take Up Question. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 16.—President Roosevelt is deeply Interested in pro posed financial legislation. As a student of affairs he has noted for a long time the necessity of financial legislation of a remedial character, and today he ex pressed to Senator Lodge, of Massachu setts, his desire that early action upon the subject should be taken by congress along the lines of his recent messages and speeches. Indeed, it can be said he hopes action will be initiated at the extra session of congress which he will call on Monday, November 9. Senator Lodge arrived here this morn ing about 10 o'clock and passed the day with the president at Sagamore Hill. Before his departure Senator Lodge gave to the Associated Press a state ment concerning his conference with the president. In this statement the presi dent's hopes regarding the financial leg islation are reflected. "You know," of course," said Mr. Lodge, "tiiat an extra session is to be called to met on Monday, November 'J, immediately following the fall elections. Tiie session will be called primarily for the purpose of enacting legislation ap proving the Cuban treaty which was ratified by the senate last spring. The president hopes, however, as I do, that we shall be able to take up tor early consideration financial legislation along the lines of his messages and speeches since he became president. In this leg islation the president takes the deepest interest. "No specific bill was under considera tion today. Tiie preparation of a meas ure of that kind is the work of con gress itself It was understood when the senate adjourned last spring that the committee on finance would prepare a remedial financial measure during the re cess. The committee now is engaged on that work. I assume that the house committee on banking and currency also will take up the subject, but I am not informed whether it is the intention of that committee to b<tgin the considera tion of the subject before, the extra ses sion shall convene." LAWYER ELOPES WITH GIRL. Tippins Takes Off the Daughter of Mr. Surrency. Savannah, Ga.. July 15.—(Special.)—A report received here from Belleville, Ga., today says news comes there from Glennville. a village in the southeastern portion of the county, that Lucius Tip pins. a young lawyer who recently moved to that place and started the practice, of law. last Sunday afternoon eloped with the youngest daughter of Brantley Surrency, a well-to-do farmer of that section. Young Tippins married a young lady from Appling county, but failed to sup port his wife and two children, who had to go to her parents in Appling county, where they still are. About a year ago he moved to Glcnn ville and started tiie practice of law. On Sunday afternoon he drove to the home of Mr. Surrency ami took Mr. Surrency’s daughter, a young lady of fifteen or six teen years of age, out for a ride. Fail ing to return at the proper time, a searching party was organized, which tracked the couple to within about 3 miles of Manassas, where they seemed to have taken to the woods, and no further trace of them can be found. NEW YORK TO PARIS BY RAIL. Lobet Promoting Scheme Tunnel Under Bering Sea. San Francisco, July 15.—M. Locqui Lo bet. member of the geographical society is here. Tie conceive'! the idea of building a transalaska-Siberfa railroad and there by affording an ail rail route from New York to Paris, shifting the commercial axis from the Suez canal to Bering strait. in 1898 Lobet visited Alaska on a scien tific mission and it was there ho first thought of the great scheme tiiat has since interested many wealthy monos I Europe and resulted in the formation of THE WEEKLY OONSnTUTIOHi ATLANTA* GA*. MOND/i' JULY 20, 1903. a big company which, he says, has pledged him ample funds to carry it out. He is now making a tour of the world in the Interest of this railroad scheme and it is this motive that has brought him to San Francisco. In his proposed route over the American continent much time Is eliminated. The plan is for a road across the United States from New York to San Francisco, thence northward through California, Or egon and Washington along the coast to Juneau, thence to Fort Cudahy and thence to the most westerly point of Alaska projecting into Bering sea. Here a tunnel will connect the two mainlands and thence through Siberia to St. Petersburg and then finally through to Berlin and Paris. TWENTY ISLANDS SEIZED. UNITED STATES TAKES ON MORE TERRITORY. Islands Said To Belong to England, and Matter Will Come Up in House of Commons. London, July 15.—According to the press association, a curious rumor was current in tiie lobby of the house of commons tonight to tiie effect that some United States warships had seized about twenty small islands off the coast of Borneo, which it is understood belong to Great Britain, and had planted the American tlag on them. It is probable that a ques tion on the subject will be asked in the house. United States Seized Her Own. London, July 16.—The foreign office here has no information of the reported seiz ure of some twenty islands off the coast of Borneo by American war ships. Not much importance is attached to the re port, although an inquiry will be made. It is asserted here that the United States navy department has prepared a chart, showing the American possessions in the Far East, which was submitted to the state department and approved by Secre tary Hay, but GregJ Britain has received no official notification on the subject. According to Tiie Daily Chronicle the action of America in annexing the islands off Borneo raises an exceedingly delicate situation and the British foreign office has asked Washington for an explanation. The islands concerned, says the paper, are a group of seven which originally be longed to tile sultan of Sulu, from whom they passed by a charter in 1881 to. tiie control of the British North Borneo Com pany- whose officers confirm that they are 'undoubtedly British territory. The American side of the question, as given by the United States embassy, says The Daily Chronicle, is that the Islands are undoubtedly American by right of conquest, having belonged to the Philip pines and the sultan of Sulu having con firmed ami acknowledged American su premacy over them. The islands hid never been occupied by any European nation and it is un known whether Spain ever recognized the trading treaty which existed between tiie Borneo companies and the inhabitants of the islands. No Excitement in Evidence. London, July 17.—According to authori tative dispatches received here an Amer ican war ship visited a number of islands on tiie northwest coast of Borneo some weeks ago and hoisted American flags and erected American tablets on several of the islands, all of which are said to be British They are Baguan, Taganae, Bakkungaan, Lihiman, Boaam, Sibaung and Lankayan, all within a few miles of each other ami spread over an area of 40 miles. Taganae and Boaam. botii of whioh command the harbor of Sandakan (the capital of British North Borneo) are the largest. Each is about a mile long. They are all uninhabited, but are shown on tiie admiralty charts. The affair is regarded here as being, without doubt, the result of a misunder standing on the part of tiie commander of the American man of war. Tiie action is not considered to be, in any way, an act of aggression. No Possibility for ’’’rouble. Washington, July 17.—1 t is learned at tiie state department tiiat there have been no representations recently from the British government touching the ownership of tin small islands of the south of the Philippine archipelago and adjacent to the coast of Borneo. Noi ls anything known here of the recent naval operations in that corner of tiie world, although tin- fact is recalled that about a yar ago one of the American gunboats cruising in those waters did visit some of tiie native chieftains on the smaller kevs and asserted American sovereignty it is In .icvcd here that there is no possibility for trouble grow ing out of tins incident. The sultan of Jolo possesses both tem poral ami spiritual power over the Mo hammedan Inhabitants, not only of Ills own group of islands, but ot tne north coast of Borneo and the adjacent islands and tiie assertion of spiritual power over such of the natives as live under tiie British tlag in Borneo ami the near-by islands may have led to the supposition tiiat tiie United Stat's government was improperly asserting sovereignty over British soli. RIOT CALL AT CLEVELAND. Striking Waiters and Their Friends Alarm Ohio City. Cleveland. July 17.—A riot call brought n. patrol wagon load of policemen today to Clark's restauranit. corm r Bond and Superior streets, where an immense crowd had gathered as a result of t ie waiters’ strike and the picketing of the restaurant. The police made two arre-ts and dispersed tiie crowd. Less than a hundred waiters are now out. Ordered Away ftom Scene. Chicago, July 17.—The riotous C induct of the strikers of the Kellogg Switchboard Company and their sympathizers during the last four days, impelled Mayor Harri son to issue a proclamation tonight urg ing all people to remain away from the scene of the trouble and calling on riot ers to cease from th ir w.-rk. The pro - lamation deciares that al! persons who congregate near the plant or In any oth r way intciTere witli the work of tiie police will b- promptly arrested ami punish d. Heavy rain Ibis afternoon and eve ning prevented possible trouble by dis persing the mobs and the work of hand ling freight from 'lhe Kellogg plant was no interferred with as much us on for mer days. The only mix-up of the aft-riron oc curred at Taylor street and Hermitage avenue. A large crowd of men and b ys. pursuing a wagon load of freight sent out by the Kellogg company, boarded a street car and ordered the motorman to t ike them in pursuit of the wagon. The street car man refused to move the car until fares were pail. The crowd aban doned their pursuit of tile wagon and bombard'd the ear with stones until there was not a pane of glass left in it. The motorman and conductor narrowly escaped injury. A squad of policemen arrived in time to offer th-m protection. Increased the Circulation. Washington, July 13.-The amount of 3 and 4 per cent bonds so far received at tile treasury for exchange into 2 per cent consols is $77,660,350. These refund ing operations, which will close on July 31. it is sail! at the treasury, lias to date resulted in increased or new circulation of national bank notes to the amount of approximately $33,000,000. Army Officers in Disgrace. Washington, Jiily 14.—The president has approved tile lotion of the court martial in the case of Second Lieutenant John F. McCarthy. Nineteenth infantry, re cently stationed at. Fort Leavenworth, Kans. He was convicted of duplicating his pay accounts and sentenced to be dismissed from the army. WOMAN HAS GLOOMY STORYjtfAFRICA Says Most American Negroes Would Be Glad To Return If They Were Able Trade and Indus try in Colony at Low Ebb. Columbus, Ga., July 13.—(Special.)— Af ter an absence of thirty-eight years from Columbus. Rosa Crawford, a negro wom an, has just arrived in the city from Liberia. She is glad to get back, and says there are any number of others in the negro colony who would be glad to come back to America if they could. She was a girl only about eighteen years old when she joined the first emigration party out of Columbia to Africa, the first year after the war. She was a servant at the homo of Randolph Mott, one of the most prominent citizens of Columbus. The young woman was seized with the emigra tion craze and ran away from her parents. She married ia Augusta, while en route to Africa. The colonists settled in Mon rovia, and the majority of those living are still residents of Liberia. Less man half dozen of the Columbus negroes are satisfied with their present home, but many of them would come back to Amer ica if they could pay the passage. The Crawford woman was a laundress and says she made a good living. Her hus band died fifteen years ago. Five years ago she mived to the, British province of Sierra Leone, adjoining Liberia, where she found her work in much demand, there being many rich white families there who were willing to nay well for fine launder ing. She managed to make enough money in this way to get back home. Her sister from Columbus, and brother in Atlanta, mot her at the Atlanta statton. and the meeting was so affecting that a police officer threatened to lock the three negroes up for creating a disturbance. The Crawford women is ass intelligent negroes and gives an Interesting descrip tion of conditions in Liberia. She says that the American trade with the coun try has greatly fallen off. Formerly two or three American ships touched at Mon rovia every week Now sometimes a year or two passes witliobT an American ship being in the harbor. The Americtm com mercial interests at Monrovia have been steadily declining, and the foreign bus iness is done by England. Germany, Hol land and Norway. Many American Iffi grocs are in business in the town. The Crawford woman siTys that when she first went to Liberia the sugar mo lasses, lumber, <<c., used in the country was manufactured in Liberia. Conditions have changed, however, and the indus tries have gone "down to the extent that the greater part of the necessities of life are now imported. ERROR IN TYPE OF ALMANAC CAUSES FEAR OF FINAL DAY Gainesville, Ga., July 17.—(Special.)— Rev. J. D. Ix>vi’|py, colored, pastor of St. Paul Colored Methodist Episcopal church of Gain ■ svllle, has the negroes of this city wrought up to a high pilch of excitement over a sermon he recently preached from, Amos viii, 9. The occa sion of the sermon was furnished by a typographical error in Grier's almanac of 1903 In the November table of the rising and setting of the sun. on the 25th, the astronomers calculate that tiie sun will ri.«' at 6:59 a m. and set at 5.01 p. m. Here is whore the "devil," proofreader or printer comes in and makes the error upop which the colored clergyman's re marks are based. Instead of the printer setting it up 5:01 p. m.. he substituted a figure 1 in place of the figure 5. and Rev. Lovejoy, in looking over the almanac, sees the error and comes to the conclusion tiiat Lili, is the day set. apart for the ending of all earthly things. Therefor' , lie takes his Bible, and turn ing to Amos viii. 9, selects the following scripture for his text; "And it shall come to pass in that (lay, salth the L>r<l God, tiiat 1 will cause the sun to go down at noon and I will darken the "arth in th*’ clear day.” With a voice trembling with excite ment and his frame shaking with appar ent fear. Rev. Lovejoy cited his hearers to the scriptural quotation and tiie typo graphical error in the almanac as proof positive tha' the judgment day was near at hand and would surely arrive at noon. November 25 next. Although there is one hour and one minute's difference be tween the time of the going down of the. sun is annears in the almanac, and the scriptural quotation, this matters not to either Rev Lovejoy or his congregation— they both beliefs that the end of the world is scheduled lor this particular day and time. With the roar of the recent terrible tor nado still ringing in their ears. Lovejoy and his congregation are prepared to believe that a similar, or even wprse vis itation may come at any day, and tl«* error in th almanac furnishes them with a date upon which they can agree—and this time it is the ending of tjie world upon which they have decided. St. Paul church was destroyed in the recent storm and the credulity of this congregation now knows no bounds. MEXICO SEEMS SATISFACTORY. Important find True because Ambas sador Clayton Says So. Washington, July 15.—Powell Clayton. American ambassador to Mexico, who Is on leave of absence from his post, is In Washington and called at tiie state de partment today. lie came north io see his daughter, the Baroness Moncheur, the wife of tiie Belgian minister, for Europe, and will return to Mexico in a few days. The ambassador says tiiat Mexico is in an eminently satisfactory condition. Pres ide nt Diaz, he says, lias a wonderful hold upon the people and is certain to succeed himself. CURES RHEUMATISM. 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The foreign relations committee has not yet prepared its report on the per manent treaty, but doubtless will do so before the adjournment of the present session of congress, which will occur next Saturday. Reciprocity was not mentioned at to day's discussion, which was not particu larly interesting or enthusiastic, with the exception of a speech by Senor SangulUy. The latter opposed reciprocity, but today he expressed himself strongly in favor of all tiie treaties which Cuba, in virtue of her acceptance of tiie Platt amend ment is obliged to carry out. The Flat Amendment. Arguing in favor of the minority re port signed by Senaltors Dolze and Capota, Senor Sa.ngullly said the ratifi cation of the treaties was absolutely de manded by the national honor in order to carry out the oslemn compact in which Cuba was engaged by the accept ance of the Platt amendment, and es pecially so, as but for the Platt amend ment there would have been no Cuban reciprocity. While there was no escap ing from this, he continued, there ought to be no desire to escape. As a member of the constitutional convention he fav ored the Platt amendment and would do so again if it were necessary. Tiie speeches of opposition to the treaty were brief and consisted chiefly of as sertions that tiie executive had not sub mitted tiie entire details to the senate, that the safeguards guaranteed to Cuba were insuftieienit, and tiiat the treaty and the lease agreement ought to be com bined. Senator Zayas, the principal op ponent, conceded in conclusion that it was certain that tiie stations would be in the hands of a nation most friendly to Cuba. Finally Senators Zayas and Tamayo withdrew their signatures to the minority report and tiie treaty was rati fied by' a vote of twelve to four. There was no report on the lease agree ment, but it was taken up and ratified, after some minor opposition, by a vote of 9 to 6. The Isles of Pines. The Isle of Pines treaty was the sub ject of three reports, one in favor of postponement, the second favoring amendment by eliminating the statement admitting that the United States had a claim in virtue of tiie treaty of Paris, and the third declaring for unconditional rat ification. This last, the minority report, was adopted by 8 votes to 4, after con siderable discussion. The theory of oppo sition was tiiat the United States had no shadow of claim under the treaty ol Paris and, therefore, no treaty was necessary. While the inclination of the senators to postpone action on tiie treaty to next ses sion has been quite general, the ratitica- Hons at the present session are considered to bo largely due to President I alma s influence. Opium, Morphine, Free Treatment. Painless home cure guaranteed. Free trial. Dr. Tucker, Atlanta. Ga. YOUNG TO TAKES MILES' PLACE. Brigadier General Leonard Wood To Be Major General. Washington. July 17.-The president has £jven directions for the preparation of < ommisslons for the following promotions in the army: Major Gencal Young, to be lieutenant «■< "neral rice Lieutenant General Mlles, who retires August 8. Brigadier General S. S. Sumner, to be major general, vice Major General Davis, to be retired July 26. Jiriyatlb r GeneQil Leonard S. Wood, to be major general, vice Major General Young, to lie promoted. Secretary Root today sent the following memorandum to tiie adjutant general for the promotion of colonels to the brigadier general and their retirement with that '‘"Bv direction of the president you will prepare commissions for the promotion and retirement of the following officers, with the understating tout each has ap plied for retirement and comes witmn inc requirements of the bill tiiat passed the I mted States senate at its lact session, namelv, that .acb s.rvcd creditably dur ing the Civil war for not less than one year and lias a total service of not less tliaa iliii cy-liv<: years: "John 11. Page. Third infantry; Mll - T. Haskin. Artillery corps; Charles M. .1. Sanno, Eighteenth infantry; Charles F Robe, Ninth infantry; Edwin B. At wood quartermaster's d> partupnt; John Simpson. quartermaster's depaitment; Frank G. irileli. Artillery corps; George B. Rodney. Artillery corps; Almond B. Wells, First, cavalry; John ,B. Babcock, assistant adjutant general; Charles A. Coolidge. Seventh infantry; Henry Lippln '■ott, medical department! Cyrus S. Rob erts, Second infantry; J. Milton Thomp son, Twenty-third infantry; Carl A. Woodruff, Artillery corps; David 11. Kin zie, Artillery corps; John T. Tierna, Ar tillery corps; James Miller, Twenty-sec onJ infantry; David J. C'raigie, Eleventh infantry; Aljiheus 11. Dowman. Twenty fifth infantry; Edmund Rice, Nineteenth infantry; John Penny. Ninth Infantry; Jesse Smith, Fourth inrantry; Theodore. F. Ford, Twynty-seventh infantry; Daniel D. Wheeler, (luaiaermaster's department; James T. Cooper, Fifth eav.tlrv; James W. Reilly, ordnance deparl.n.-nt; John A. Kress, ordnance department; Calvin De- Witt. medical department; I’eter J. Cleary, medical department; Leon A. Mu tile. Twenty-fourth infantry; Charles A. Woodruff, assistant commissary general. Colonel C. C. Carr. Fourth cavalry, to be brigadier general, and retained in serv ice. MAY RATIFY THE TREATY. American Advices to Colombian Charge Favor Such Action. Washington. July 15.—Thomas Herran. the Colombian charge, today received ad vices from Americans in Bogota that chances of the ratification of tiie treaty have improved greatly in the last few days. No reason is assigned for this change, but Dr. Herran thinks the de cision of President Marroquin that, al though the congress did not meet last year, its regular session cannot occur un til July 20 next, may have consider able effect on public opinion. It appears that Dr. Herran and other Colombian officials have labored under the misapprehension that the regular session of the Colombian congress would convene on July 20 next. The constitution provides, however, that regular sessions FOR TWENTY YEARS MAJOR MARS SUFFERED FROM CATARRH OF THE KIDNEYS. IIS life DANGEROUS KIDNEY DISEASE CURED Fe-ru-na Creating a National Sensation in the Iff iMEeI-c Cure of Chronic Ailments of the Kidneys. -SgWgH !i m Major T. H. Mars, of the First Wiscon- aiccumulatln g VIF l| sin Cavalry regiment, writes from 1426 poison. and Dunning street, Chicago, Ills., the fol- thus prevents - , , i.. the convulsions isSBMwKio-TCv-; lowing letter: wh|( . h a f p “For years I suffered with ca- j f the poisons i.rSgJSH tarrh of the kidneys contracted in are allowed to the army. Medicine did not help gives groat me until a comrade who had been j to T11 ’ jWr ! |~~Wi ’ helped by Peruna advised me to try an ' (] it. I bought some at once, and soon system, both ' " found blessed relief. I kept taking apt" 1 '^ 1 * f-'i! it four months, and am now well and rapidly j n ; strong and feel better than I have th p o 1 *?* a done for the past twenty years, cures ca- >’ t vr -Wor-c tarrh of the kidneys simply because it thanks to Peruna. —T. H. Mars. cures catarrh wherever located. If you do not derive prompt and satis- At the appearance of the first symp- factorv results f-im the us > of Per n-i tom of kidney trouble, Peruna should be w i)A , . . ~ taken. This remedy strikes at once the . , , . St ring a very root of the disease. It at once re- 1 Matemen. your -use and he v.ul lieves the catarrhal kidneys of the stag- be pleased t,, give you his valuable "■ 1- nant blood, preventing the escape of vice gratis. serum from the blood. Peruna stimulates Address Dr. Hartman. President of The the kidneys to excrete from the blood the/ Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. Ohio. JUDGE SAMUEL LUMPKIN IS STRICKEN BY DEATH Samuel Lumpkin, associate justice of the supreme court of Georgia, died very suddenly in Wilkes county early last Saturday morning. He was seeking rest and recreation in the country and was suddenly, in the night, attacked by a hemorrhage of the lungs and succumbed about daybreak, 4:20 o'clock in the morning. There were no premonitory symptoms of serious lung trouble, indeed, no symp toms of any affection of those organs, and the manner of his death was as startling as the death itself was sudden and unexpected. The news of the sad event created a sensation throughout the state, for aside from the prestige of his high office, the rare personality of Judge Lumpkin ha l won him friends from the wiregrass bell of the soum to the mountains at th" line of Tennessee. The past year, crowded with arduous judicial duties and other responsibilities and cares, added to the pains of rheuma tism. had exhausted Judge Lumpkin, but he was strong enough to appear as one of the chief figures in tiie recent enter tainment of Judge Alton B. Parker, when that distinguished New Yorker was the guest of the Georgia Bar Association. of congress shall be held every two years, beginning with 1886. This means that the present special session of the Colombian congress can be continued as long as the president desires.and can con sider only those questions put before it by the president. PARSON MAKES HIS EXCUSE. Rev. Elwood Says He Does Not Fa vor Burning- Negroes. Wilmington. Dei., July 16.—A special meeting of the presbytery of Newcastle was held this afternoon to take action on the alleged lynching sermon preached by the Rev. Robert A. Elwood on Sunday evening before the burning of George White at the stake. The meeting was held behind closed doors. No charges were preferred against the minister, who made a brief speeche declaring that he was opposed to lynching. The presbytery adopted a resolution stating that "The presbytery of Castle, I at. the meeting held at Newcastle this day. having received a statement from Rev, R. A. Elwood that he is opposed to lynch- ' Ing law or the execution of a real or sup posed criminal without due process of law ! under any circumstances, hereby disclos- ; es its satisfaction with the Watement.” RUSSIA FIGHTING THE ZIONISTS Attempt Will Be Made To Suppress Movement. New York. July 17.—According to the Russian correspondent of a Jewish pa- i per published here. Russia, in its effort to ! suppress the Zionist movement, will here- ; after enjoin the promoters from holding | meetings to advocate their cause and j collecting money. All existing organize- ■ tions will have to disband and cease their ! activities. The reason for this attitude on the part : of the government is explained by the i correspondent in a statement attributed | [@ I Cheap homes in | ArK. and Texas ® for the home hunter —along the Cotton Belt Route—s 2 an | acre up, some of it cotton land, corn land, wheat land, some j good grazing land —range ten or eleven months in the year— some of it the finest fruit and truck land-peaches, pears, ? plums, strawberries, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, cabbages, > melons—grows anything you plant. Write for “ Homes in fc; the Southwest,” “ Fortunes in Growing Fruits and Vegeta bles” and other literature. Half rates plus $2 first and third Tuesdays from St. Louis, Thebes, Cairo and Memphis to Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas. isg N. B. BAIRD, Travellog Past. Agent, E.W.LaBEAUME,Oen.Pass.<Tkt. Agt. V 20) Equitable Bldg., ATLANTA, OA. 210 Equitable Bldg.. ST. LOUIS. MO. & Form M 3 Flag at Half Mast. ' Immediately upon the receipt of tin j news, Governor Tt rr.- l issued an ordei . that the flag upon the < rpitol be h.'f j masted. This order, which contained ar i eloquent tribute to tiie worth and s- - , vices of the distinguis :i d , i, n ads >" | follows; "State of Georgia, Exec itive Office. At lanta, July IS, Samuel Lumpkin, pr ■si<ling j'tstiee of th: i supreme court of ibo 1 di. st.: ts I loses one of its most faithful citizens, th, I law one of its ablest expom tt an I ti( I judiciary a member tiiat is worthy ' ! rank with rhe long list di ■: guislv” ’ : Georgians that have borne tl i. il is .i--'i.- ' name I "Therefore, as an rx:c-s i-m of t.i --i profound sorrow of th' p- , • o' i; or ! gia. and as a mark of resi>< t o his mem I ory. it is i “Ordered: i "That the state fl.-r.rs 'ic lisplayed r half-mast fr :n the p-i’.im- ritiblinys a: j that the offices of this d irtnu nt : closed during tie hours s-c inart fol the funeral services. J "J. M. TERRELL. I "Governor. "Bv the govenmr; "C. M, HITCH. j "Sec. Executive Department." to a member of the Russian ministry, t the effect, that it has ■ : of centering all colonization of Jews in i’ : t ■ the puri >si tion in the lands where tm-y live MORMONS PLACED UNDER BAN. Permission To Speak in New lor.: Is Withheld. j New York Ju gave a hearing to counsel for t .■ Cbm «>f JesilSiChrist of Latter i>l ■ s ■■ wise known as G. McQuarrii . pr"<id- ’ ■ states mission, on ili‘ qm d ulng the issuance 01. pi t'm r- ■ mon missionaries to air. These permit wen g Ist of this ve:ir. when compl nr - m u|. the mayor that th.- misst.u.-'— vocating the prm ti. of P" s ' ■ ' him to withhold im cm nt t ; |of the permits, 'lhe mayot took . , . < ter tin ier ailvie ni"t6 Railroads File Answer. i Washington. Ju Kansas and Texas. Erie ' gusta Southern. NortC ru V ■ ' - ‘re- New York. New Htiven railroads today filed with • commerce commission ' ■ the complaints of the I'l.ictc - C-mpress Company, of Boston, all-ring that the tariff 'it', bait just and discriminative, as ' the square-baled cotton. Tl'i r > -is make i the usual answer denying -1 : : -mt i plainants should reci-ive diff. rent treat i ment than any - rests, • and deny the allegation of unjust or dis i criminating treatment in • xport rates. Free Delivery for Cordele. Washington, July 15. Tb postm’.ste:- general has ordered tiie < stablishment of . ,t free delivery postal servi S<~ptciv. j 1 at Cordele, Ga., wi'H iiir ■ • ar.-Lr-; ; and Columbus. with thee « nrriers. 5