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VOL. X.
FOR PANAMA ROUTE
Commission Now Makes Unani
mous Report to President.
COMPANY CAN GIYECLEAR TITLE
Company’s Offer to Sell For $40,000,-
000 Has Completely Changed
Canal Situation, Says.
Report.
A Washington special says: The
canal commission on the proposition
of the Panama Canal Company to dis
pose of its property to the United
States for $40,000,000 was delivered
to President Roosevelt Saturday even
ing. The members of the commission
decline to discuss the nature of the re
port and like reticence is maintained
at the white house, but it was stated
on excellent authority that the report
unanimously recommends that the of
fer of the Panama company be ac
cepted.
The report, It is stated, is very vo
luminous, going into all phases of
the question and attempting to meet
the objections that any legal compli
cations will arise out of the purchase
01* that there will be any interna
tional difficulties should the deal be
consummated.
The report was completed about 6
o’clock Saturday evening, and after
being signed by the members of the
commission was carried by Admiral
Walker, chairman the commission,
to Secretary way, who transmitted it
to the president. The latter will send
the report to congress immediately.
The report goes fully into the steps
which must be taken in order to in
sure a perfect title to the United
States, for in addition to the present
Panama Canal Company, the old or
ganization and the Colombian govern
ment must be reckoned with. The
report finds, however, it is said, that
the new company can give a clear
title.
It is stated that the report says
that when the commission made its
recent report favoring the Nicaragua
route no offer to sell to this govern
ment had been made by the Panama
company. The offer of $40,000,000
made in behalf of the company by M.
l.ampre, it is said, changes the situa
tion completely.
It is further stated that the report
snows that a little over one thousand
shares of Panama railroad stock is
owned by individuals outside the
Panama Canal Company, and that
these can be purchased for a compara
tively small sum. Other obstacles to
the sale, the report says, have also
been removed.
May Delay Congressional Action.
The probability of the latest devel
opments, so complicating the situa
tion as to make impossible the passage
of any canal bill at this session of
congress, is being seriously advanced
In congressional circles in view' of the
understood action of the isthmian ca
nal commission in giving its indorse
ment to the Panama purchase. Ex
treme reticence is being mantained at
the white house concerning the con
tents of this report, and members of
the coiiinaissiou airline to discuss It
in deference to the expresses, wish of
the president.
TTw# seems no question, w>wever,
that this supplemental report a
more or less strong indorsement of the
Panama project. While a great
many people here do not care particu
larly as between the different routes,
just so long as there is a canal, thej
feel that the negotiations over the
Panama route are so backward, as
compared with those over the Nicara
gua route, that even if the former
does appear the better thing on its
face, it will be impossible to set the
work going by legislation at this ses
sion. There is no dsposition, except
on the part of a few people, to chargs
the Panama project is put forward
solely in the interest of delay.
Machinists Finally Give Up,
The Machinists’ union at Salisbury,
C., has declared the strike in the
Southern shops, at Spencer, near
there, terminated.
FARO BANK HELD UP.
At Point of Pistols Two Men Success
fully Loot a Gambling Joint.
Two unmasked robbers held up a
dozen men in a gambling room over a
saloon in Omaha Saturday and secur
?d the cash box and S2OO in money
from the owners of the place.
They were captured ten minutes
‘ a ter, however, by the police and lock
pd up. They gave their names as
frank Williams and Frank Jones
The robbery occurred in the heart of
the city. Then men drew revolvers
and ordered the men in the room to
bold up their hands.
POPE IN A BAD WAY.
°ld Man Is Growing Weaker According
to Report From Rome.
London paper's correspondent at
{ ° me > Italy, says: “The death of the
hope may be expected any day, as his
‘ oliness can be said to be just alive.
{e takes little nourishment and is gen
' r ally half unconscious. He suffers
Ilf > Pain and simply dozes the hours
j* way without comprehension of what
is ioing on around him.”
DADE COUNTY SENTINEL.
CREAH OF NEWS
Summary of the Most
Important Daily
Happenings Tersely Told.
—The celebration of Lee’s birthday
Monday proved one of the most sue
cessful ever held in Atlanta, Ga. Gov
ernor A. J. Montague, of Virginia, was
he guest of the occasion.
—Lucian L. Knight, of The Atlanta
onstitution’s editorial stan, will leave
journalism to enter the Presbyter.an
ministry.
—Confederate veterans of M
Ga., have adopted resolutions admin
istering a stinging rebuke to the Rev.
R. J. Cooke, of Chattanooga, who in a
recent editorial assailed the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy.
—A serious fire occurred in Valdos
a, Ga., Monday night. It started in
an oil mill, and serious apprehension
for a time was felt for the city’s safe
ty. The loss was kept down to about
$50,000.
—ln many cities of the south the
birthday of General Robert E. Lee was
observed with appropriate ceremonies,
crosses of honor were presented to
many veterans.
—Admiral and Mrs, W. S. Schley lef;
Savannah Monday for Washington.
—P. G. Thebaud, of New York, con
fronted the man held in Gretna, La.
and fully identified him as Valet Kern
who ftole $60,000 in jewelry from
him.
—President Roosevelt Transmitted
the supplementary report of the isth
mian canal commission to congress
Monday. The commission unanimous
ly urges the acceptance of the offer
of the Panama company.
—ln the debate on the urgency defl
ciency appropriation bill in the house
Monday, Representative “Champ”
Clark made a humorous attack on the
embassy appointed to attend the core
nation of King Edward.
—The Colombian and rebel fleets
met in the bay of Panama Monday.
One of the government vessels was
sunk and General Alban, the governoi
of Panama, was killed.
—Admiral Schlel and party returned
to Savannah Sunday night from the
deer hunt on St. Catherines island.
The admiral killed his first deer, and,
following the inviolate custom, his
face was smeared with the blood of
the slain buck.
An analysis oJLthe scum on water
from the newest artesian well at A1
bany, Ga., has been declared by State
Chemist McCandless to be crude petro
leum. Much enthusiasm has been
aroused.
—Mrs. Eliza Preefer, who came
south as a missionary to the negroes,
was criminally assaulted by an 18-
year-old black at Norfolk, Va. A mob
stormed the jail, but dispersed when
being told of the illness of Jailer Hy
bert’s wife.
—Mrs. John Linker, of Rowan coun
ty, North Carolina, while going to her
father’s home, was pursued by a ne
gro. She ran and leaped a barbed
wire fence, escaping and giving the
alarm. The negro was caught in the
meshes of the fence.
—An injunction granted against sul
phur plants at Ducktown, Tenn., on ac
count of the objectionable fumes froir
the works, may close them down. This,
it is said, would be to visit a dread
calamity upon the operatives.
—Prince Henry of Geormany, is de
'‘-T-hted to know that Rear Admiral
Evans \.„ s been appointed to receive
him on his \ -if_ to the United States.
A dispatch from Constantinople
says that news has beet, received that
Miss Stone and Madame iisilka, who
were captured by brigands, wm soon
be released.
—Eleven men of the Second infan
try, who were traveling in a canoe in
the waters of the Philippines, have
either been captured or have perished.
—By the explosion of a boiler near
Barcelona, Spain, half of a village was
destroyed and about sixty lives lost.
—The serious situation In Cuba
now before the home mission board
of the southern Baptist convention
is said to have been brought about
by Rev. A. J. Diaz, a native of the
island.
—Five Georgia military companies
will be disbanded on recommendation
of the military advisory board.
—The falure of the Commercial
bank of Albany, Ga., was announced
Friday.
—A Good Roads Association was or
ganized at Columbus, Ga., Friday.
Thirteen counties of Georgia and Ala
bama were represented in it.
—Joel E. Smith, formerly editor of
The Monticello (Fla.) Constitution,
has been arrested, charged with using
the mails for fraudulent purposes.
—Dispatches from Amsterdam are
to the effect that Mr. Kruger and the
other Boer leaders are willing to make
tentative overtures for peace.
—The Rev. John Hewitt, of Colum
bus, Ohio, chaplain of 0!f5o camp, No.
1181, United Confederate veterans, has
found the battle flag of the First and
Fourth Florida regiments, captured by
the One hundred and seyentv-fourth
Ohio at Murfreesboro. Steps will be
taken for the return of the flag.
—J. E. Asbury, a negro physician in
charge of the West Mitchell street
sub-postoffice station in Atlanta, Ga.,
is in jail charged with embeftling
funds of the government.
TRENTON. GA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 24.1902.
BOERS BEG TERMS?
Negotiations for Peace Reported
As Being Under Way.
KING ED OPENS PARLIAMENT
First Move In House of Commons Is
Attack on Government’s War
Policy—King’s Speech of
Little Importance.
A strong belief prevailed in finan
cial circles in London Thursday that
negotiations for peace had been re
opened between the leading Boers and
the British government. South Afri
can stocks rose in sympathy with the
reports.
The exact nature of what was going
on was not known, but a representa
tive of the Associated Press learned
that leading Boers had indirectly ap
proached the government, protesting
against the appropriation of farms in
the Transvaal and Orange River colo
nies by British settlers, which system
is now being rapidly pushed, and that
strong Influence had been brought to
bear on the Boer leaders to save at
least a vestige of property for their
followers.
War Discussed by Commons.
In the house of commons the liberal
leader, Sir Henry Campbell-Banner
man, spoke in general terms against
the course of the government in South
Africa, urging conciliation in place of
brute force. He said the same, to a
large measure, was true of Ireland,
where the government at present was
“floundering between concession and
coercion,” and urged the adoption of
the most liberal program toward Ire
land.
Edward Opens Parliament.
King Edward opened parliament
with a ceremonial in all essential re
spects similar to that of February last.
The procession to the house of lords
was of the same character as the for
mer opening by King Edward, while
within the upper house were seenjj^ B
same state pageantry, the same his
toric dresses and the same revival of
ancient form.
King Edward’s speech was not an
important utterance. His majesty re
ferred in terms of gratification to the
w-orld tour of the prince and princess
of Wales, expressed regret at the fact
that the war in South Africa was not
concluded, said he trusted the decision
of the sugar conference would lead 16
the abandonment of bounties, and
noted the conclusion of the isthmian
canal treaty.
Referring to Great Britain’s relations
with foreign countries, the king said:
“My relations with the other powers
continue to be of a friendly character.”
Contrary to expectations, the king’s
reference to the war was just as in
definite as the statements on the sub
ject made in the last half dozen mes
sages from the throne
“I regret,” said his majesty, “that
the war in South Africa is not yet con
cluded, though the course of the oper
ations has been favorable to our arms,
the area of war largely reduced and in
dustries are being resumed in my new
colonies. In spite of the tedious char
acter of the campaign, my soldiers
throughout have displayed a cheerful
ness in the
incident to guerrilla warfare, and a
humanity, even to their own detriment,,
in their treatment of the enemy, which
are deserving of the highest prai szr
The necessity for relieving those o£J*'
troops who have most felt the Ajffctx:
war has afforded me tb
of again availing myself of t£j>Toyal
and patriotic offers of my collies and
contingents will shortly reach South
Africa from Canada, the coimmon
weJ ftb of Australia and New Zealand.”
In regard to the canal treaty the
speech says:
“I have concluded with the president
of the United States a treaty, the pro
visions of which will facilitate the con
struction of an interoceanic canal un
der guarantee that its neutrality will
be maintained and that it will be open
to the commerce and shipping of
all nations.”
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.
Spike Caused Engine to Leave Rails,
But No One Was Hurt.
An attempt to wreck the eastbound
passenger train on the Southern rail
way near Watauga, Tenn., Saturday
afternoon, was almost successful.
Some one placed a spike in the joint
between the rains and the engine of
the train, carrying forty passengers,
left the track while running at a high
rate of speed. The engine, however
clung to the ties until it came to r.
standstill, and no one on the train
was hurt.
MISS STONE IS WELL.
Once Again Report Comes That Her
Liberation Is Near.
Reliable news has been received in
Constantinople that Miss Ellen M.
Stone, the captive American mission
ary, Madame Tsilka, her companion,
and the latter’s baby, are well. Nego
tiations, which it is expected will re
sult in the early and safe return o'
the captives, ar ein progress,
Official Organ of Dode County-
VIGOROUS .KICK COMING.
Demoorats Will P otest Against P ay.
Ing Embassy’ Expenses.
A Washington special says: While
the republican administration is pro
ceeding -with costly preparations to
bend the American knee to European
royalty at the coi'onation of Edward
and the visit of Prince Henry, of Prus
sia, deep down in the bosoms of the
democratic representatives of the
country at the capi tal there is fast de
veloping a bitter op position to this ex
pensive indulgence, which may break
forth any minute o h the floor of the
house and assume the proportions of
a national issue heft tre very long.
When the preside -.nt appointed a
special embassy to attend the corona
tion of the king of England, demo
cratic senators and caxytessmen were
amazed; but when the plans for enter
taining Henry bega.fi to leak out, they
became appalled.
These plans incluc’te special envoys
to receive the prince., at sea, a tsquj.d
ron of warships as a a escort into port,
lavish entertaining et Washington and
expensive journeys on special trains
over the continent.
Saturday the first note! of outspoken
opposition to this undemocratic recog
nition was sounded.
It came from Congressman Living
ston, of Georgia, who is a member of
house appropriations committee. He
announced that he wou Id fight the pay
ment of the bills for this extravagant
fawning when they come before his
•committee.
“It is not right.” he declared, “for
all this money to be spent on plans
which are directly opposed to the
American principles of government. I
do not believe we should have a spe
cial embassy to attend the coronation
•of a king.
"As for all the crazy extravagance
to entertain a prince I think it is the
most foolish movement a foolish party
can make at this time. The country
at large will soon be heard from on it,
you can be assured. I have heard
mariy expressions against it already.’*
mckinley memorial day.
of People Will Observe Jan
-29 in Loving Remembrance.
"McKinley Day” will be remembered
from Mainei to California. Every
state and territory is responding to
the call of Governor Nash, of Ohio,
for a fitting remembrance of the 59th
birthday of William McKinley and
seventy-five million people will test! ■
ty to their love, sympathy and admir a .
tion for the dead president. Of Am eri
cans living in Buenos r Ayres, in fs-.r off
Argentine, in France, in Asia and
wherever there is an Americar. consu
lar representative and news of action
of the governors can reach them,
there will be gatherings in memory •jf
the dead. The south, shoulder -to
shoulder with the north, is cheer'/uRy
laboring to make the fund for t’^ e me .
morial tomb one of such pro portions
as to fittisgly provide a Uonument
above the last res dug place, 0 f william
McKinley that wi',l in
these qualities of character that made
him the foremast statesman of his
-time.
NEELY DENIES CHIDES.
(Jives Wl\ness Direct
In
b en the cayes result
ing postoffice frauds
-L iPrm the audencia court at
the cross-examina
-1 fid**Jr Neely was continued.
i jely said that his "O. K.” on bills
f)nV^ r miscellaneous account only
, y*snifled goods had been received. Not
'’’one of Rathbone’s private bills for re
ceptions given at El Corro, Havana,
the witness said, were paid from the
postal funds.
Neely was confroited with Reeves,
three times. He maintained perfeaii
composure and evaded no questiotj/*
explaining all transactions clearly
giving Beeves the lie direct.
Indorse Action of Sisters.
At their annual meeting the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy at Wilming
ton, N. C., adopted a ringing set of
resolutions Indorsing the action of the
sister chapter in Lexington, Ky., pro
testing against the dramatic produc
tion of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’’
NEGROES INVITE ROOSEVELT.
President Is Wanted In Atlanta, Ga.,
to Attend a Convention.
A Washington dispatch says: A
delegation of twenty-four negroes
representing various denominations in
terested in the spiritual, moral and ed
ucational advancement of the colored
race, called at the white house Satur
day and invited President Roosevelt
to attend the negro Young People’s
Christian congress to be held at At
lanta, Ga., next August.
The president informed the delega
tion that he would take the matter un
der consideration and communicate
his answer later.
No Peace Overtures Made.
The colonial secretary, Mr. Cham
berlain, in the house of commons at
London, Monday afternoon, said there
was no foundation for the reports tna
overtures for peace in South Africa
had been made by the Boer envoys.
Schley Leaves Savannah.
Admiral and Mrs. Schley left Savan
nah, Ga., Monday for Washington after
a very pleasant visit of ten days t 9
General and Mrs. W. y?. Gordon.
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD
As Result of Tremendous jhock
Of Earthquake in Mexico.
DLTAILS OF DISASTER MEAGRE
Greatest Loss of Life Occurred at
Chilpancingo, Where Many
Buildings Were Shattered
By the Seismic Wave.
A special from Mexico City frays:
One of the most terrible catastro
phes ever recorded in the state of
Guerrero is reported to hav’e occurred
late Thursday afternoon when an ex
tremely violent earthquake shock was
felt at Chilpancingo, causing a great
loss of life and injuring many per
sons.
Details from the stricken district
are very meager, but scattejing re
ports received indicate that probablv
300 persons vrere killed and. a s many
more Injured. It is kno r ,vn that the
state capitol, the parish church and
many business house. s and residences
art in ruins, and there is much suf
fering as a result of the awful seis
mic disturbance. One of the edifices
that suffered most was the federal
telegraph office, which explains the
paucity -of news that has so far reach
ed the outside world. The telegraph
l'.nes and apparatus at Chilpancingo
were badly damaged, but the em
ployes, all of whom were injured,
quickly proceeded to erect an impro
vised office on the outskirts of the
city.
'The number of deaths were greater
in the parish church tiian ip any sin
gle place, as a crowd of worshipers
were gathered there for the after
noon service. The 6( >lld masonry
walled roof came toppling down on
the worshipper sas jf jt jj a( j b een
wrenched fro m j ts bearings by a thou
sand strong hands. Several people
were k> ,i ed there.
Th'j war department has ordered
tbe. troops in the neighborhood to co
operate in the work of rescue. Until
this work is completed it will be im
possible to accurately learn the num
ber of victims. It is believed, how
ever, that this is one of the most de
structive seismic phenomena that has
occurred in Mexico. The greater part
of the population of Chilpancingo are
now camping out under tents around
town, which is five days’ journey from
the national capital.
Earthquake shocks were felt in
many other cities and towns. In Mex
ico City the earthquake took place
at 5:17 Thursday afternoon, and was
of such violence as to shake the most
substantial buildings. The Pan-Amer
ican congress was in session at the
time and many of the delegates were
greatly alarmed.
The first movement was one of tre
pidation and was very sharp. It was
followed by an easier oscillatory
movement north-northeast to south
southwest. The duration was fifty
five seconds. The damage in Mexico
City was only slight.
The state of Guerrero has always
been the focus of seismic disturb
ances. Reports received up to Friday
night state that the shock was very
severe at_Chilapa. No casualties are
so far from there.
In the Chilpancingo shock
was Jess inwVtant than that in Mexi-
havljc lasted fifty seconds
a.iwinst fifty-114 V seconds at th ecapi
r ™
j#Up to 11 o’clock Friday night no
Burther news had come through from
Chilpancingo. The earthqquake was
also intense at Iguala, in the state of
Vuerrero, destroying the parish
shurch and many buildings in the city
And neighborhood.
For an lowa Exhibit.
At a meeting of the lowa Louisiana
purchase committee, it was decided to
ask the legislature for an appropria
tion of $250,000 for the St. Louis ex
position.
HOWARD’S TROUBLES CONTINUE
The Reverend Gentleman Begins
serving Another Prison Term.
At Detroit, Mich., Friday, Judge
Swan, of the United States district
court, sentenced Rev. G. F. Howard,
who had previously pleaded guilty to
using the mails to obtain money un
der false pretenses, to two and a half
years in the Detroit house of correc
tion.
Howard, who is well known through
out thp country, was arrested by a
United States marshal at Columbus,
Ohio, several months ago as he left
the Ohio penitentiary after serving
a nine-year sentence
TRAGEDY AT NEGRO DANCE.
Woman Demanded Ragtime Music and
Refusal Brought Death.
William Slaughter and Ralph John
son, colored musicians, were shot and
instantly killed, and Powell Calloway,
white, mortally wounded at Morris
Creek, West Virginia, Saturday mid
night by Lillian Williams, who used
a revolver with deadly results, each of
the four bullets she fired taking effect,
save one,
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The N ew Industries Reported in the
South During the Past Week.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported for the past
week are SIO,OOO artificial stone works
at Fitzgerald, Ga.; bottling works at
Huntsville, Ala.; a broom factory at
Marion, Va.; a $15,000 canal company
at Abbeville, La.; a $500,000 canal
company &t Vinton, La.; coal mining
compa-jigg at Bessemer and Ensley,
a SIOO,OOO coal company at Fair
mont, W. Va.; a $25,000 cbal company
at, Welch, W. Va.; a $50,000 coal com-
pany at Wright, W. Va.; a $1,000,000
coal and coke company at Wheeling.
W. Va.; a $5,000,000 company organ
ized at Nashville, to develop coal and
timber lands in Tennessee; a coffin
and casket factory at Cleveland,
ienn.; a $15,000 cold storage plant at
Gentry, Ark.; a cotton compress at
Little Rock, Ark.; a cotton gin at
De.wson, Tex.; a cotton mill at Law
renceburg, Tenn.; a crate factory at
Dyer, Tenn.; a SIO,OOO development
company at Gaffney, S. C.; electric
light plants at Yazoo City, Miss., Lau
rinburg, N. C., and Abbeville, S. C.;
a $25,000 electric power plant contem
plated at Rome, Ga.; flouring mills at
Columbia, S. C., Rome, Tenn., and
Standardsville, Va.; a SIO,OOO furni
ture factory at Sandford, N. C.; a $30,-
000 hardware company at Statesville,
N. C., and two hardware companies at
Marion, S. C.; a SIO,OOO land company
at Conway, S. C.; a SIOO,OOO land com
pany at Claremont, N. C.; a $25,000
land company at Welch, W. Va.; a
$50,000 lumber company at Mobile,
Ala.; lumber companies at Asheville,
N. C., and Cleveland and Newport,
Tenn.; a $60,000 lumber and shingle
company at Iberville, La.; machine
shops at Chattanooga; SIOO,OOO ma
chine shops at Richmond, Va.; $50,-
000 machine shops at Wheeling, W.
Va.; a SIOO,OOO manganese mining
company at Montgomery, Ala.; SIO,OOO
novelty works at Beaumont, Texas; a
SIOO,OOO oil company at Beaumont,
Texas; a SIO,OOO oil company at
Charleston, W. Va.; a SIOO,OOO oil and
gas company at Parkersburg, W. Va.;
a $150,000 oil and refining company at
Beaumont, Texas; two rice mills at
Roanoke, La., to be erected by compa
nies capitalized at $40,000 and SIOO,-
000 respectively; saw and planing
mills at Attalla, Ala., and Mulat, Tex.;
a stave and heading factory at June- I
tion City, Ky., and Dallas, Texas; a
$500,000 sugar planting and manufac
turing company at New Orleans; a
$200,000 telephone company at Reids-
C., and telephone companies
at Beaufort, S. C., and Bryan, Texas; a
SIO,OOO telephone supply company at
Fort Worth, Texas; a $50,000 veneer
factory at High Point, N. C., and a
$25,000 veneer factory at Johnson
City, Tenn.—Tradesman (Chattanoo
ga, Tenn.)
COMMISSION UNANIMOUS.
President Sends to Congress the Pana
ma Canal Report.
The president Monday sent the re
port of the Walker canal commission
concerning the Panama offer to con
gress, with a message simply of trans
mittal The commission unanimously
recommends that the offer of the new
Panama Canal Company to sell all of
its rights, property and unfinished
work to the United States for $40,000,-
000 be accepted.
The full t%xt of th ereport shows
that the commission gives strong in
dorsement to the Panama project
from all standpoints providing that it
ic possible to make as good diplomatic
arrangements with the government of
Colombia as have been made with Nic
aragua aud Costa Rica. The state de
partment has every assurance that
such can be ctone, and the work of for
mulating a protocol to that effect will
be entered upon by Secretary Hay and
the Colombian minister, Senor Silva,
at once. The commission shows that
it regards the Panama route as prefer
able in all ifspects, provided these
diplomatic arrangements can be made
While the report points to the unsatis
factory character of the Panama com
par.y’s cones ssion, it is the belief in
the state department circles that this
will make no d : fference, as this govern
ment will now deal with Colombia di
rect.
ATHENS WANTS BUILDING.
Request Is Made For Postoffice and
Federal Court House.
A Washington dispatch says: Con
gressman Howard, cf Georgia, has in
troduced in the house a bill for the
erection of a government building at
Athens to cost not exceeding SIOO,OOO.
The proposed building is for a postof
flee and federal court house.
Charleston Gets the Money.
The senate Thursday passed the
house resolution appropriating $90,000
to pay the expenses of the government
exhibit at the Charleston exposition.
NEW MEXICO HEARD FROM.
Through Committee She Asks to Be
Admitted te Statehood.
At a special meeting of the house
committee on territories Friday a
hearing was given a committee of
prominent non-partisan citizens of
L.ew Mexico, appointed by the gover
nor of the territory to appear in be
half of statehood. The present popu
lation of the territory ig gbout 300.
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NO. 36.
SOUTH’S POPULATION
Is Keeping Strides With That of
Onr Northern Neighbors.
RURAL DISTRICTS SHOW WELL
Bjg Cities of the North Grow Faster.
But This Is Balanced By Rapid
Growth of Small Places
1 ■" ■ South.
The director of the census has giv
en out a statement regarding the
growth of urban population, north and
south, which shows the following
changes:
The large cities, taken collectively,
are growing nearly twice as fast ts
the rest of the country.
The per cent of the population of
northern states living in large cities
is nearly three times as great as the
corresponding per cent in the south;
the north has a rate of increase no
greater than that of the south.
The large cities north are growing
much faster than those of the same
size in the south, but this difference
is balanced by an extremely rapid
growth of small towns and cities in
the south, and especially by the high
rate of increase of southern fural
population.
Director Merriam’s statement is de
signed to explain how the deduction
that the south for the first time is
now growing.as rapidly as the north
harmonizes with the well known fact
that in the north the proportion of in
habitants living in cities is much
larger than in the south, and that as
a rule cities increase in population
much more rapidly than country dis
tricts.
The statement shows that in the
north the proportion of the popula
tion living in large cities is more than
three times as great as it is in the
south. The proportion living in cities
of over 25,0C#iahabitants increased 41
per cent between 1890 and 1900, partly
by the growth of the 124 cities of that
size in 1890 and partly by the addi
tion dufing the following ten years of
thirty-six other cities to the list. The
population of the country outside
these cities increased between 189(1
and 1900 14.9 per cent. The 160 cities
of the United States, each of which
had over 20,000 inhabitants in 1900,
increased in population 32.5 per cent
between 1890 and 1900; the rest of
the United States, excluding Alaska
and the recent insular accessions, in
creased 17.1 per cent.
Of the total population of 75,994,-
575 in continental United States, 19,-
718,312, or 25.9 per cent, live in cities
of 25,000 inhabitants or more. Ths
proportion of inhabitants of the three
sections, the north, south and west,
into which the census divides the Uni
ted States, is as fellows:
North—Total population. 47,370,699;
population of cities of 25,000 or more
16.196,580, or 34 per cent.
South—Total, 24,523,527; cities of
25.000 or more, 2,488,553, or 10 per
cent. +
West—Total, 4,091,349; cities of 25,-
000 or more, 1,033,179. or 25 per cent.
Rural: North, 1.2; south. 17.9;
west, 22; in United States, 9.4.
The figures, concludes the state
ment, show that the present growth
cf population is a resultant in the
north of a very rapid growth of large
cities ,a slower growth of small cities
and a very slight growth in the coun
try; and a resultant in the south of a
rate of growth of large cities below
the average for the country, balanced
by a striking growth of small cities
and an increase of rural population
twice as fast as the average for the
United States.
GEORGIA WELCOMES MONTAGUE.
Flag of Virginia Floats Alongside that
of Empire State of the South.
Above the main entrance to the
Georgia capitol Monday, by order of
Governor Candler and in honor of the
presence of Virginia’s chief executive,
there floated the flag of the Old Do
minion side by side with that of Geor
gia—the first time the flag of another
state has ever floated above the Geor
gia state house.
Governor Montague visited Atlanta
in response to an invitation from the
Virginia Society."
At the Grand opera house Monday
night Governor Montague delivered
the oration of the day, speaking upon
\ irginia, Lee and the confederacy. His
address was a finished and entertain
ing one.
Following Governor Montague’s ad
dress at the Grand was the annual
dinner of the Virginia Society at the
Kimball house, at which toasts were
responded to by members of the Vir
ginia party and several of Georgia's
best after-dinner speakers and most
prominent men.
—
DR. CURRY HONORED,
President Appoints Him Special Envoy
Extraordinary to Spain.
A Washington special *ys: Dr. J,
L. M. Curry has been appr'fated special
envoy extraordinary and plen
ipotentiary to represent the president
at the coming of age of the king of
Spain. Dr. Curry }s a native of Vir
ginia amj was formerly minister to
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