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VOL. V I.
LAW-MAKERS BUSILY ENGAGED
WITH APPROPRIATION BILL.
GREAT THRONGS. SEEK ADMISSION.
Senator Hill U-nMg Propriety of Uabor
inj- Or the Sabbath-Tlio Usual
dumber of Members Present,
An open session of tho United States
senate on a Sunday afternoon is such
a remarkable and unusual occurrence
and so much at variance with the re¬
ligions sentiment of the country that
crowds were attracted to the north
wing of the capital an hour before 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon, he time to
which the senate, at 2:30 in the morn¬
ing, had taken a recess.
All classes and conditions of people
were in the crowd. Some were on
hand early enough to obtain seats in
that section of the galleries that is
open to the general public. Others
who were the holders of tickets to re¬
served sections presented them and
were admitted as long as any space
was left.
Those who could not get inside
stationed themselves near the gallery
doors, waiting their chances of admis¬
sion or wandering listlessly up and
down the marble staircases and the
spacious halls.
As to the senators themselves, the
day seemed to make no difference.
They were present in about the usual
number, a vote taken soon after the
proceedings began showing nearly sev¬
enty senators in the hall, some of them
being paired. Nor was there any no¬
ticeable distinction as to the men rep¬
resenting the the New England states and
men representing sections of the
country where Sabbath observance is
not so general or strict. And business
went on just as it does on week days
except that there was a noticeable ab¬
sence of Cuban agitation.
dt was strictly a business session
und consideration of the sundry civil
■appropriation bill was at once resumed,
'the question being on those committee
amendments, which were passed over
without action Saturday night. The first
of these appropriated §1,085,150 to
pay their the producers of sugar the balance
of claims for bounty under the
democrat, -McKinley law. On this Mr. Vest,
of Missouri, demanded the
and it was agreed to—
37 to 12.
The next amendments were those
making appropriations for the great
river and harbor improvements under
contracts authorized by former river
nad harbor bills, the various amounts
being generally reduced by the com¬
mittee about 25 per cent from the fig¬
ures fixed by the house. Eight or nine
pages of these amendments w ore dis¬
posed of without much debate.
An item relating to electric lighting
in the District of Columbia, to which
Mr. Hill, of New York, was opposed,
Rave that senator an opportunity-of ex¬
pressing his views in relation to a Sun¬
day session of the senate. He had
doubted the propriety of the senate
meeting to enact legislation for the
people of the United States on the
Sabbath.
The amendment was adopted.
An item of §5,000 for continuing
the commission to investigate the
Alaska real fisheries provoked much
debate, but it was allowed to stand.
The following new amendments were
adopted:
For the appointment by the presi¬
dent of a hoard of three commission
ers to revise and codify the criminal
and penal laws of the United States.
Appropriating 810,000 for removal
of the w-ater hyacinth in Florida and
other southern waters.
Appropriating 8100,000 for a dredge
boat for Sabine Pass, Texas, and §30,
000 for one year’s maintenance.
Appropriating $175,000 for a new
revenue cutter for service on the At¬
lantic coast with headquarters at New
York.
Appointing a committee to select a
site in the city of Washington for a
memorial building to be erected by
the Daughters of the Arnericau Revo
lution.
Increasing the limit of cost of the
public buildings at Norfolk, Ya.y from
§150,000 to $275,000.
The sundry civil bill wa3 then
passed, and at 11:07 the senate ad
journed until Monday at 11 a. m.
WALLING CONFESSES.
Tlie Bryan Family Positively to
Consider th<? Matter.
Rev. J. A. Loeok, of Covington,
Ky., confidential friend of Jackson
and Walling, the convicted murderers
of Pearl Bryan arrived at Green Castle,
Ind., Saturday morning with a full
confession from Walling, which he
wishes to present to the Bryan family,
and have them petition Governor
Bradley to commute Walling’s sentence
to life imprisonment.
When he was half way to the Bryan
homestead he was met by Fred Bryan,
who told him he would have to ilis
continue his mission, as the Bryan
family would not consider the confes¬
sion.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Two Men Killed Outright and Several
Dangerously Wounded.
Saturday morning shortly after. 8
o’clock the boiler house, harness shop
and cloth room of the Acustmet mMjs
at New Bedford, Mass., were wrecked
by a boiler explosion, two men and
possibly more, killed outiight. a doz?n
or more operatives were injured and
the whole city was thrown into a state
of intense excitement.
,
Cleveland
Devoted to Education, Mining and Agriculture in White County and North-East Georgia.
TWO RECEIVERS FOR B. & L.
TUe KvtWganliatlou Scheme of the Asso¬
ciation Failed.
The reorganization scheme of the
Southern Mutual Building and Loan
association at Atlanta, Ga., failed.
In the superior court, Saturday,
Judge Lumpkin overruled a motion
for a continuance and appointed Judge
James A. Anderson, of Atlanta, and
M. A, O’Byrne, Esq., of Savannah,
permanent receivers for the concern,
ordering them to wind up the affairs
as speedily and economically as possi¬
ble.
The hearing was on the petition of
Roby Robinson and others against the
association, which is the original bill
of the whole litigation.
The entire day was consumed in the
hearing, and many highly interesting
facts were brought out. On several
occasions there were fierce clashes be¬
tween the many lawyers interested in
the case, aud dramatic incidents fol¬
lowed one another in quick succession.
Counsel for the association moved
for a continuance. A bitter tight en¬
sued. Finally, after two hours discus¬
sion, the judge ruled that the trial
should proceed. The new directors of
j the association had gone into court
.fully expecting that- the postponement
would be grautod, and when it was
not, were nonplussed for the moment.
Together with counsel, they were
| allowed an hour in which to * prepare
! a case or decide what action should bo
! taken.
When Judge Lumpkin decided that
1 a receivership was invitable, there was
another warm fight over who should
| be appointed to the position. Mr.
| O'Byrne was placed in nomination as
i a co-receiver. lie was bitterly op¬
posed by several attorneys, hut came
| out winner nevertheless. The fight
on Judge Anderson did not develop as
| was expected.
HALE CANNOT BE LOCATED,
________
j Concensus Skipped of Opinion the Country. is That He Has
William O. Hale, president of the
j Southern Mutual Building and Loan
| Association, cannot bo located in Now
! York. He has not been at his Wall
j street search office of the office in sevoral showed days and a
: that he left
j would no note show or the other direction information he had which
; taken
| | in Richards, his flight. makes His the statement partner, in E. New A.
! York that Hale has doubtless become
alarmed over the situation of affairs
j and Hale’s had sought safety in Atlanta in flight. is strewn
career
with the wrecks of many concerns,
j The immensity of his transactions is
| shown in the following list of com
j panics with which he was prominently
| connected and in all of which he was
I head and front of affairs,
j State Savings bank; Atlanta Trac¬
tion Company; Halo Investment Com¬
pany; Union Loan and Trust Company;
Lease Northeastern railroad; W. C.
Halo A Co., brokers, Baltimore; Im¬
perial Insurance Company, Baltimore;
United States Construction Company,
New York; Hale, Richards & Co., (19
Wall street, New York; West Point
Banking Company; Indian Spring and
i Flovilla railway; Southern Mutual
j Building aud Loan Association; Lakc
| wood Park Company; the shutes.
! There are other affairs, the names of
j which are not known, in other towns
j with which Hale was directly con
i ueeted.
GRAND JURY INDICT ALDERMEN.
Louisville Officials charged With Consplr
ary to Defraud.
j 1 circuit At Louisville, Ky., Saturday, the
court grand jury returned in¬
dictments against J. M. McKniglit,
: president of the Germania National
j hank; S. B, Edmunds, politician, aud
| ■ I Aldermen R. E. King, 0. J. Jenn, John
| E. Leather man, R.O. Bruer, N. J. Frick
and F. A. Britt, members of the com
! | bine known as the “Big Seven.”
j The other member, Alderman J. W.
| j ! : Reeder, escaped by turning state’s ev
idence. The joint indictment against
j i ! McKnight, Edmunds and the six al
dermen charges that they combined
with Alderman J. W. Reeder and
,
! ; other wicked and corrupt persons to
pass laws which would procure the
: sale of the Louisville waterworks,
; whereby they would make $1,000,000
for themselves.
j Carolina Taxes Right aud Left.
The South Carolina house of repre¬
! sentatives has passed the graduated
income tax bill aud the hill requiring
j i licenses calling, for including every business, profession
ftr ministers of the
gospel and washwomen.
A PRESENT TO STEVENSON.
Many Senators Pay Tribute to the Retir¬
j Vice President ing Vice Stevenson President.
was pre¬
sented with a magnificent silver service
■ at his apartments at Washington Sat¬
! urday evening. The parchment testi¬
monial accompanying the service was
: signed by every senator.
The presentation speech was made
1 by Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,
followed by Mr. Gorman, of Mary¬
land; Senator Blackburn, of Ken¬
: tucky, and Senator Culfom made short
j speeches, Mr. Stevenson replied
briefly aud was deeply moved by the
beautiful tribute of his associates of
the past four years.
END OF VENEZUELAN COMMISSION.
Report of the Work Has Been Submitted
To the President.
A Washington special says: The
Venezuelan commission terminated its
existence Saturday at noon, when its
members—.Jntiee Brewer, Frederick
R. Coudert, Andrew D. White, Justice
Alvery and President Gilman, accom¬
panied by Secretary Mallet Prevost,
called on the president and delivered
its report of the work accomplished in
the year of its existence.
CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY. GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1897.
11 KILLS II PEOPLE.
CRASHED INTO A WAGON WHILE
ON A PUBLIC CROSSING.
ONLY ONE OCGUFANT NOW LIVES.
Ten Members of the Woodward Family
Were in the Wagon When the Death
Dealing Engine Struck It.
A passenger train on the Georgia
division of the Southern railroad from
Atlanta struck a wagon at a crossing
four miles east of Chattanooga at noon
Wednesday.
Nine members of the family of W.
J. Woodward, a farmer living ten miles
from the city, near King’s Point,
Term., were killed.
The only occupant of the wagon
who escaped was a three-year-old
child, Virgil Woodward, who was res¬
cued uninjured from beneath the ex¬
tension front of the locomotive imme¬
diately after the accident.
A striking feature of the catastrophe
is that no limbs were broken, but in
nearly every ease the skulls of the vic¬
tims were crushed to fragments, each
body seeming to describe an eclipse
through the air, and falling upon its
head, several at fifty to 100 feet apart
from the scene.
The killed are: Mrs. Laura Wood¬
ward, aged forty-four; George Wood¬
ward, a son, aged twenty-four; Josie
Lee Woodward, a daughter, aged
twenty-two; Mrs. Lizzie Woodward
Montgoxnery, a married daughter,aged
twenty, and her son, aged two months;
Delia Woodward,aged seventeen; Mary
Woodward, aged twelve; Daisy Wood¬
ward, aged ten; Ada Woodward, aged
eight.
The family were en route to Chatta¬
nooga to have a family picture taken.
The father and eldest son had gone to
the city earlier in the day. The wagon
was driven by George.
'The pike crosses the tracks just be¬
yond a curve. The train was running
at a speed of thirty-five miles an hour,
and just as it rounded the curve En¬
gineer Laird saw the wagon filled with
people just in the act of crossing the
tracks. He sounded his whistle and
the bell was ringing by automatic
steam attachment.
The driver seemed to grow confused
and instead of pralling np he whipped
his horses, hopiug, the in his excitement,
to cross before train reached him.
The engineer reversed his lever, but
the train’s momentum was too great
aud it struck the wagon squarely
broadside as it was midway the tracks.
Instantly the air was filled with
bodies and fragments of the shivered
wagon.
Seven of the occupants were in¬
stantly killed and two were horribly
mangled and died in four hours.
The engineer is prostrated with grief
over the shocking tragedy.
DESTROY TURK’S PALACE.
Governor*# Kcaidence in Catiea Burned
and Archive# All Lost.
At Cauea, Tuesday, the governor’s
palace, with atl the archives, was de¬
stroyed by fire, and as fire broke out
elsewhere in the town at the same
time, it is suspected that incendiaries
have been at work. The situation is
most grave. Armenians and excited
Mussulmans are parading the streets,
full of indignation at the news from
Silenes, where Mussulmans are be¬
sieged.
The Benghazi Arabs threaten to
burn the whole of Oanea.
NVhile the palace was burning a
strong box containing £7,000 fell into
the ruins and broke open, whereupon
there was a wild rush of Turkish sol¬
diers and Mussulmans to secure the
treasure. The foreign marines ware
obliged to fire blank cartridges to re¬
strain them, and for a time a serious
conflict between Turks and Europeans
were threatened.
The admirals are about to issue a
proclamation in all the towns and vil¬
lages, explaining the reason for the
presence of the foreign fleets in Cretan
waters, and exhorting tranquility.
. This view is spreading with the pop¬
ulation, which is so divided in invet¬
erate hatred that the schemes of the
reforms are futile. The best plan, it
is argued, is to permit the Greek
troops to occupy the country, and
escort the beseiged Mussulmans
aboard, for the Mussulmans cannot
remain in Crete.
THE CUBAN RUMORS.
Officials Reticent as to Threatened Retda
nation of Consul I-.ee.
Absolutely nothing that was definite
or new could be obtained at Washing
ton Wednesday morning at either the
white house or the state or navy depart¬
ments in regard to the threatened
resignation of Consul General Lee.
A rumor that Admiral Bunee, or
some of the vessels of his squadron,
had been ordered to Havana was
brought to the attention of prominent
naval officers. They declined to dis¬
cuss it than to say that if such a
course had been taken there would be
indications which would suggest its
possibility.
RUBBER FACTORIES CLOSING.
T.ack of Orders and Dull Prospects Given
as the Cause.
The works of the National India
Rubber Comp,any at Bristol, R.I.,will
close about March 6, owing to lack of
orders and prospects of a dull rubber
market for several months. The em¬
ployes hare been looking for a shut¬
down and were not surprised when a
notice to that effect was posted. Sev¬
eral other rubber factories in the New
England states are now closed.
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
In the Southern Mutual Building and
Loan Association Litigation.
Thursday brought sensational de¬
velopments in the situation of the
Southern Mutual Building and Loan
Association’s affairs in Atlanta. An
amendment to the original petition
was filed in the superior court and
numerous charges of a startling nature
were also filed.
The amendment shows that the
Iowa Life Iusurauce Company is
holding $100,000 worth of debentures
of the association, for which the asso¬
ciation’s stockholders have received
no benefit.
The reserve fund, amounting to
more than $50,000, is said to have
mysteriously disappeared and none of
the assets of this fund can be secured.
It is charged in the omendment that,
President NY. 0. Hale has misapplied
various funds of the association,which
amount far into the thousands of dol¬
lars.
The amendment charges that the
American Building and Loan Associa¬
tion is holding assets of the Southern
Mutual amounting to $80,000, for
which the stockholders of the South¬
ern Mutual have received no consider¬
ation.
It is declared that the association is
hoplessly insolvent and that out of all
the assets supposed to have been pos¬
sessed by the association but $2,500
are now available,
The amendment charges that there
has been collusion between President
Hale and the IowaLifo Insurance com¬
pany, and that the former has wrecked
the association by negligent and fraud¬
ulent management.
SEA ISLAND COTTON GROWERS
Formulate KcHolufioug Asking For Duty
on tlm Egyptian Product*
The convention of seu island cotton
growers from Georgia and Florida
held in Valdosta, Ga., Wednesday
evening was attended by representa¬
tives -from all of the counties of the
sea island cotton belt, and the con¬
vention was harmonious in its work.
The following resolution was offered
and adopted by a unanimous vote:
Whereas, the sea island cotton
planters of the south are confronted
with a grave condition, highly discour¬
aging to the profitable production of
long staple cotton, owing to the largo
importation of Egyptian cotton by our
mills, the product of cheap-served
labor and cheap transportation; there¬
fore, be it
“Resolved, That A. P. Brantley, of
Blackshear; Frank Adams, of Jasper,
Fla.; John R. Young, of Savannah;
Worth Stevens, of Live Oak, FJa,;
Louis Strickland, J. W. Harrel, J. NV.
Hagan and J. B. Jones he appointed a
committee from this convention to
gather such facts and figures as bear
upon the subject and, presenting them
to the ways aud means committee, ask
congress, through that body, to put a
duty of 5 cents a pound on (lie Egypt¬
ian stajile."
The committee went into session af¬
ter the adjournment of the convention,
and they will memorialize congress on
the line suggested in the above resolu¬
tion.
The next subject taken up by the
convention was toward a plan by which
the cotton crop maybe curtailed and
the production thereby reduced.
The discussion on thoso lines was
from men engaged in planting cotton
and they were interesting. Itovas de¬
cided to begin organizing in each
county and district of the sea island
belt with a view to curtailing the crop.
M’KINLEY RATES RAISED.
Tariff Committee Fixes lllghet Schedule
on California Fruits.
A Washington special says: The re¬
publican tariff committee have made
an important step) by establishing
rates on oranges, lemons and limeB
which are in these ailvanoe fruits. of the They McKinley fixed
duties on
the rate at 20 cents per cubic foot
on the fruits whether in bulk or in
packages and retained the present
| duty of 30 cents ad valorem on the
i boxes, barrels or packages in which
! they are imported. The present rates
| are 8 ee,nts a cubic foot, or on tliou
j sand in bulk $1.50 a thousand. The
I ! McKinley rates were cubic It cents foot per
p.-.ackage of one-fourth or
less, 25 cents pier five cubic fret and
j 10 cents every additional cubic foot.
Five Killed By An Expdosion.
! A special from Murray, Ky., says:
A premature expdosion of dynamite at
i a gravel pit at noon Tuesday killed
five negro laborers and wounded as
many more.
DAUNTLESS WINS A POINT.
I ,Ju<lgo I.ocke Decides Against Govern
I tnent’s Demurrer. Wednesday
! At Jacksonville, Locke Fla., overruled the
j ! morning government Judge s demurrer allowing ten
days to reply to the injunction of
Owner Bisbee against the collector of
the port, restraining him from interfer
ring with the movements of the alleg¬
ed filibuster Dauntless.
The judge made a good point for
Bisbee, stating that the secretary of I
the treasury had gone too far in requir¬
ing affidavits that the tug would not
carry either men, arms or amunition
when the law permitted her to carry
any one single, if clearing regularly.
WOMEN TO WITNESS FIGHT.
Dan Stuart is Willing to Accommodate
the l air Sex.
A dispatch from Carson says: Dan
Stuart, with his representative, makis
the following announcement:
j “I will admit women to the fight
simply because two of the most promi¬
nent men of this state have indicated
a desire of bringing their wives. I am
not making this move for the money
there is in it. b ui aa a matter of ac
rti — A
SULTAN IS MAKING ACTIVE PRE¬
PARATIONS FOR WAR.
RUSSIA fiSKS GREECE TO WITHDRRW
An Intimation That King: Georg;© Is
Contemplating; the Acceptance of
Demands of the Powers.
Advices of Friday from the east
state that the massing of Turkish
troops and munitions of war on the
frontier is proceeding with feverish
haste.
All the soldiers on furlough have
been recalled and eleven batteries of
artillery, a regiment of cavalry and
two battalions of infantry have gone
from Salonika, Monastir and elsewhere
to Elassona. Two additional battal¬
ions have reached Katrina.
The reliefs from Smyaua, Brnsa,
Trebizonde and elsewhere in Anatolia
are on their way here and to the fron¬
tier, where a total of six divisions will
be formed with headquarters at Elas
sona.
It is announced in a spieoial from
Loudon that it is learnen there that
King George has intimated his inten¬
tion to accept the demands of the pow¬
ers.
A St. Petersburg special says: “Rus¬
sia, through the Russian minister at
Athens, M- K. Onou, has called upon
Greece to withdraw all of her troops
and her fleet from Crete within three
days.
“The foregoing semi-official an¬
nouncement was accompanied by a
long and involved statement, of the mo¬
tives actuating Russia, namely:
“That to prevent the extension of
the revolution to other portions of the
Turkish empire, imperiling the peace
of action Europe, a stop must bo put to the
of Greece, which is in opposi¬
tion to international law. Before ne
fore negotiations for a Cretan consti¬
tution can he entered upon, it is
asserted Russia has resolved to restore
order in Crete, Then after the Greek
evacuation, under the protection of
the powers an autonomous government
will be installed under the suzerainty
of the sultan. In this policy, it is
claimed, Russia is suppiorted by France,
Germany and Austria,
“Throughout the entire statement
neither England nor Italy is mention¬
ed, but Greece is warned that should
she,in blind misconception of her own
interest, allow herself to be excited by
self seeking friends to persist in her
present attitude under the false idea
that the powers are not united, because
at the outset one or another has not
concurred in Russia’s proposals,
Russia is resolved to take re¬
prisals, the first step being the block¬
ade of Piraeus. The powers consider¬
ed the Greek annexation of Crete out,
of the question, and it is asserted in
the consciousness of their absolute
support, Russia will he in a position
to prevent the Cretan question from
imperiling the peace of Europie, even
should any individual power refuse
to accede to the proposed measures.”
LEAGUE MAKES SCHEDULES.
Big Association Begins tho Season On
April 22c!.
The league baseball magnates in
session at Baltimore Friday promul¬
gated the schedule for the current
year. the 22d of
Tho season will open on
April, except in Boston, where there
will be one preliminary game April
19th, which is a local holiday.
It was determined that tho league
should undertake the defense of tho
equity suit brought by Rusie in New
Jersey. league decided Presi¬
The to give
dent Young absolute power In appoint¬
ment of official scorers, This feature
will doubtless affect the averages of
some players, as it is intended to stop
the playing of favorites by appointing
men qualified to score the game with¬
out, fear or favor.
The champions will the have Boston as
the attraction for opening days,
Brooklyn will play in Washington and
New York in Philadelphia.
In tho west St. Louis will have the
Pittsburg team for the opening, Lou¬
isville will have Cleveland aud Cincin¬
nati will entertain Chicago.
WAS HYATT OFFERED BRIBE I
Nortli Carolina Senator Makes Sensational
Charges at Raleigh.
A special from Raleigh, N. C., says:
In a special interview State Senator
Hyatt positively declares that Gov¬
ernor Russell’s private secretary di¬
rectly offered him the position of
secretary to the board of agricult¬
ure if he would vote for tho bill to
annul the lease of the North Carolina
railway. private secretary,
H ysitt struck the
Alexander, and denounced him as a
contemptible coward, and declared he
would rise in the senate and see wheth¬
er the governor conlil with impunity
offer bribes to legislators. Alexander
denied that any position was offered.
DEAS DIES DANGLING.
Havlshur of Miss Dawson Fays Penalty of
His Crime.
Will Deas, colored, convicted of
criminal assault, was hanged at Louis¬
ville, Ga., Friday, in the yard of the
Jefferson county jail. The drop fell at
1:30 p. m. aud he was dead in twelve
minutes.
Deas made a full confession. He was
convicted at the fallterin, 189G, in Jef¬
ferson superior court for a criminal as¬
sault on Miss Ella Lawson,
PETITION FOR PROTECTION.
Soa Island Cotton Growers Demand Belief
Til rough Congress.
The special committee of eleven,
composed of gold democrats, silver
democrats, republicans aud populists,
appointed by the sea island cotton
growers’ convention recently in session
at Valdosta, Ga., to draw up a peti¬
tion to congress for a duty of 5 cents a
pound on Egyptian cotton have fin¬
ished their work. The petition reads
as follows:
“To Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr.,
Chairman Ways and Means Commit¬
tee, Washington, D. C.: At a conven¬
tion of the sea island cotton growers
of Georgia and Florida, held in the
city of Valdosta, Ga., on the 24th (lay
of February, 1897, tho undersigned
were directed to submit to your hon¬
orable body the following reasons why
they ask congress for a specific duty
of five cents a pound on Egyptian cot¬
ton:
“The importation of this cotton has
increased since 1890 from 10,470 bales
to 69,220 bales, weighing 750 pounds
each, equal to nearly double the num¬
ber of American bales, which average
about 380 pounds each. During the
period named the price of sea island
cotton has declined about one-half,
because, as we believe, of the con¬
stantly increasing importation aud
consumption in the country of the
Egyptian cotton, which is used to take
the place of all grades of sea island
after a limited amount of the finer
staple is consumed for the finer yarns,
etc.
“This competition has practically
driven the Georgia, Florida and Caro¬
lina sea island Cotton growe: Ehibits
the market. Unless a duty, The
cents a pound, to cover the it the
in the cost of production, is Ini th#
on the foreign article the p: rts to
the territory named will be .
the wall. They cannot rese
culture of upland cotton for
that tho soil in the sea isl
belt., best adapted to the' 1
long staple cotton, is not
the growth of the upland!
staple variety.
“If the burden of revenue
put will upon greatly Egyptian stimulate cotton wo| la]
a
industry in tho territory na
for the further reason that
sea island cotton product ci
sumed in our own country,
less than half of our produ
by our own mills. The bal
a market in foreign countriei
“The duty asked will entn
ship on the masses of tho poi
country, because it can be b]
that though the wo price have of not the figure] arti
those
factored from long staple co
not fallen in price corres]
raw
are made.”
M’COOK DECLINES PORTFOLIO.
Report That He Only Nothing Wanted Le#a. to Bo At¬
torney General, 1
It was announced in New York City
Friday that Colonel John J, McCook
has positively declined to enter the
cabinet of President McKinley as sec¬
retary of the interior.
The announcement is also made that
while General Stewart L. Woodford is
still a candidate for a cabinet position
with the endorsement of the regular
republican organization, the chances
are that New York will not be rep¬
resented in the cabinet.
“When Major McKinley first asked
Colonel McCook to become a member
of his cabinet no particular portfolio
was mentioned. A friend of Colonel
McCook said that he expected that he
would be asked to serve as attorney
general aud this place he-would have
accepted,
“But within a day or two tho colonel
received a letter asking him to accept
the post of secretary of the interior.
This, it is understood, he promptly
and positively declined."
MOTHER KILLED BABY HOY.
Tcnncsae© Woman Sentenced to Seven
Vents in the Penitentiary.
At Newburg,in Lowis county, Tenn.,
Thursday, Mrs. Jaue Dabbs was con¬
victed of murdering her two-year-old in
son and sentenced to seven years
the penitentiary. committed
The crime was a year
ago. crush¬
Mrs. Dabbs killed her boy by then
ing his skull with a hatchet. She
carried his body into the house and
set fire to the building. The house
was destroyed and the baby’s body
burned to a crisp.
picks uFslowly.
I)un & Co., la Their Trurte Kevlew, Give
Some JCucouragement.
R. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly
review of trade, say: business
“Genuine improvement in
does not come with a rush, like the
breaking of a great dam. The growth,
for some weeks past has been more en¬
couraging, because in nearly all
lines it has been gradual and
moderate. The rupture of the
steel rail and other combinations in
the iron business has brought out a
vast quantity of trade which had been
held back and has set many thousand
men at work, while the slow but steady
gain in other great industries has giv¬
en employment to many thousands.
CHARGES OF MURRAY GO OVER.
South Carolina Flection Cates Will he
Considered In Next Centres*.
No action will be taken by this con¬
gress upon an investigation of the
South Carolina elections. The com¬
mittee of the house which has been
considering the memorials presented colored,
by Congressman Murray, the
decided Friday to recommend to
house that the question be reported to
the next congress for its consideration.
NO. 10.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
News has been received at the ex¬
ecutive department to the effect that
John Gibbs, who is wanted for mur¬
der in Colquitt county, has been caught
in Florida and delivered to the Geor¬
gia sheriff.
* * *
Floyd county’s sehool commissioner
announces that he has succeeded in
completing arrangements for a one
month’s normal course for negroes, in
Rome next summer. A sufficient
amount of the Peabody fund has been
secured to make this a certainty, and
the colored people are very much
pleased with the result.
* * *
The directors of tho Georgia Secu¬
rity and Banking Company at Atlanta
have filed a demurrer to the applica¬
tion asking for appointment of a re¬
ceiver to take charge of the assets of
the company. This demurrer was
tiled in the superior court and denies
the allegations made by the plaintiffs
in the sensational bill.
* * *
February 28 closes the hunting sea¬
son, and if any gay sportsman is
caught in the act of shooting game of
any kind after date mentioned he will
have to answer to the state for the
crime. The fact of the short hunting
season has been published on sevoral
occasions, but the sportsmen, as a rule,
seem to he unaware of the existence
of the new game law.
* * *
Professor Yeates, state geologist,
has returned from a visit to the differ-
ers, and immense orchards of peach
trees will be planted at once.
* * *
The supreme court lias set March 15
as the date for hearing the motion for
a new trial in the case of Henry White,
the slayer of Police Officer Jackson, at
Columbus, who is to hang on the gal¬
lows at an early day unless the supreme
court grants a new trial in the case.
A determined effort will be made to
get a new trial. The motion for a new
trial is based on several grounds. It
is a matter of very general doubt as to
whether the lower court will he re¬
versed in this case.
* * *
The state railroad commission sug¬
gests to the managements of railways
that they make some provision at eat¬
ing places to accommodate negroes.
The commissioners do not say that
they have or have not authority to reg¬
ulate this matter, but they say it is
just, aud they think that the roads
will look after it without any rule
from the board. This question came
up on a request from Bishop II. M.
Turner, who complained that in trav¬
eling by the Central from Savannah
to Atlanta ho had asked for a cup of
tea or coffee in the Macon depot and
was refused. He said that there are
many negroes traveling constantly who
get hungry just like white folks and
they would like the railroads to rent a
room somewhero about their eating
station where colored caterers conkl
serve meals or lunches. The commis¬
sioners directed that a letter he sent to
President Comer of the Central, asking
him to arrange for a lunch staud for
colored passengers at Maeon.
* * V
Delegates to Cotton Growers’ Convention.
Governor Atkinson has appointed
the following delegates to the meeting
of cotton growers in Augusta on March
15th:
State at Large—R. T. Nisbett, of
Cobb; R. O. Waddell, of Polk; J. P.
Brown, of Pulaski; J. I?. Hogan, of
Lincoln; R. H. Jackson, of Troup; A.
P. Brantley, of Pierce; T. B. Brooks,
of Decatur; T. E. Massengale, of
Warren.
First District—F. L. Brinson, of
Bnrke; H. G. Wright, of Effingham.
Second District—J. L. Hand, of
Mitchell; Arthur Hood, of Randolph.
Third District—E. P. Martin, of
Lee; Edwin Dennard, of Houston.
Fourth District—W. B. Orr.of Cow¬
eta; Robert Fryer, of Talbot.
Fifth District—J.R.Nisbett,of Clay¬
ton; W. L. Peek, of Rockdale.
Sixth District—A. A. Atkinson, of
Butts.
Seventh District—J. F. P. Linley,
of Cobb; S. Robinson, of Paulding.
Eighth District—H. H. Cogbnrn, of
Putnam; J. NV. Armstrong, of 'Wilkes.
Ninth District-—J. O. Hawthorne,
of Gwinnette; W. H. Summerhouse, of
Milton.
Tenth District—J. L. Culver, of
Hancock; B. C. Harris, of Washing¬
ton.
Eleventh District—F. B. Simmons,
of Clinch; John McRae, of Montgom¬
ery.
