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THE MORGAN
VOL. IIr. NO. 50.
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HU’S MCE JUBILEE.
I’RESIDENT AND PARTY GIVEN
GREAT OVATION.
S RECEPTION BT LEGISLATURE.
A Monster Parade—President Speaks at
Auditorium—Festivities Pad With
Grand Banquet.
Atlanta's Peace Jubilee celebration
began Wednesday morning with tho
arrival of President McKinley and
party at 8 o’clock.
The trip of the presidential special
from Washington to Atlanta was with¬
out incident and but few stops were
made. At every station after leaving
"Washington the train was met by tre¬
mendous crowds, but with few excep¬
tions the sightseers only had an op¬
portunity to catch a glimpse of the
flying cars.
When the chief executive stepped
from the train at Atlanta he was ac¬
corded an ovation by a big crowd
which had gathered at the station.
The party was escorted at once to the
Kimball House where lynch was serv¬
ed and where the president remained
until 1 o’clock when carriages were
drawn up and the party driven to the
capitol building where a reception was
tendered the distinguished guests by
the Georgia legislature.
There was a great ovation to the
visitors, but General Wheeler was at
once picked out by the crowd for es¬
pecial honors, and cheer after cheer
was given for the brave ex-Confederate
officer.
President McKinley and Governor
Candler were escorted to seats upon
the speaker’s stand, and the other dis¬
tinguished gentlemen and the ladies
of the party were given places upon
tho left of the hall.
President Dodson introduced Mr.
McKinley with appropriate words.
The President’s Address.
President McKinley spoke as fol¬
lows:
“Sectional lines no longer mar the
map of the United States. Sectional
feeling no longer holds back the love
we bear each other. Fraternity is the
national anthem, sung by a chorus of
forty five states and territories at home
and beyond the seas. The Union is
once more the common altar of our
love and loyalty, our devotion and
sacrifice. The old flag again waves
over us in peace with new glories
which your sons and ours have this
year added to its sacred folds. What
cause we have for rejoicing, saddened
only by the fact that so many of our
crave men fell on field or sickened and
, died from hardship and
exposure nnd
others returning bring wounds and
disease from which they will long suf-
fer. The memory of the dead will be
a precious legacy, and the disabled
will be the nation’s care.
“A nation which cares for its dis-
ebled soldiers, as we have always
done, will never laok defenders. The
national cemeteries for those who fell
in battle are proof that the dead as
well as the living have our love.
What an army of silent sentinels we
have, and with what loving care their
graves are kept! Every soldier’s
grave made during our unfortunate
civil war is a tribute to American valor,
And while when those graves were
made we differed widely about the
future of this government, these dif-
ferences were long ago settled by the
arbitrament of arms—and the time
has now come in the evolution of sen-
timent and feeling under the provi-
denee of God, when m the spirit of-
fraternity we should share with ytm in
the care of the graves of the Confed-
er Y!?if 0ldle r f',
®°* . dla * , ee ’ lu happily
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existing between the north and south
prompts this gracious act, and if it
needed further justification it is found
in the gallant loyalty to the Union and
the flag so conspicuously shown in the
year just passed by the sons and grand-
sons of these heroic dead.
“What a gjonous future awaits ns
if unitedly, wisely and bravely we face
the new problems now pressing upon
us determined to solve them for right
an utn f?\7'
w When , McKinley had , concluded there
were continuous calls for General
' pt.JiA a ? d 8 oonse ? t f d to 8 f e “ k -
Prssidsnt -n Dodson , introdueed , th*
gallant hero of Santiago by saying
lie needed no introduction.
General Wheeler said:
“Gentlemen of the General Assem¬
bly of Georgia, and Fellow Citizens:
“I appreciate more than I can ox-
press the honor of being invited to
accompany his excellency, the presi¬
dent on his tour of the south. I have
looked forward with great pleasure.to
meeting old friends of a lifetime. I
was glad that the president of the
United States had decided to visit our
section, to meet our people and see
what progress we are making in the
development of our resources.
"The president, as commander-in¬
chief of the army and navy of'the
United States, has alluded to the gal¬
lant.! y of the soldiers and sailors of
our army and navy, but it is not
known, because of the modesty of the
chief executive, that every effort was
exhausted to preserve peace.”
Gen. Wheeler said war was not de¬
clared until it became necessary for the
preservation of the country’s honor.
He told of the order sent to Commo¬
dore Dewey to proceed to Manila and
capture or destroy the Spanish squad¬
ron.
“Iu eight, days that order was'exe¬
cuted,” he said.
''It was the president, as command-
or-in-chief, who, when troops were as¬
sembled for -the purpose, of guiug on
an expedition to Havana, after consul¬
tation with tho secretary of war,
changed the plans and decided on the
expedition to Santiago.
“The army in conjunction with the
navy was ordered to attack and destroy
the Spanish forces at Santiago. Iu
four weeks that order was obeyed and
i ts purposes accomplished. The proud
Spanish nation stood suing peace from
the nation which a month before it had
held up to-ridicule and scorn.
"I have io thank him for giving me
an opportunity by soldiers to share in the glories
won wlio came from nearly
every state in the union. I thank
you, ladies and gentlemen, for giving
me General an opportunity to address you.”
lie Young was next presented,
said he was glad to be in Georgia,
and referred in high terms to the con-
ditionsof the camps of his corps in
this state. He said the criticism of
the army camps had not come from
the south.
General Lawton was then intro¬
duced by President Dodson, He
said:
“I thank you in the name of the
men I had the honor to command at
Santiago for the honor you have done
me in calling on me to speak.”
The joint session was then dissolved,
President McKinley and General
Wheeler stood by the clerk’s desk and
shook several-thousand nands with the legislators and
visitors,
2 o’clock the presidential party
left the house for the public reception
in the main corridor,
Such an ovation as that given Pres-
ident McKinley by the legislature
and the public was never before ten-
tiered to an American at the capitol
The crowd—and it numbered several
thousand—that gained admission into
the building yelled itself hoarse
After tho reception at the capitol
the president and party were driven
out Peachtree street to the reviewing
stand to witness the floral parade
This part of the program was inaugu-
rated by the ladies and was a beauti-
fill and interesting sight,
Kinley Wednesday night Mr. and Mrs Mc-
and the gentlemen and ladies
of the cabinet, the visiting officers of
the army and navy and the represen-
tatives of the press of the north and
west were tendered a brilliant recep-
tion at the Capital City Club. 1
a Gordons i> acf . Bn t.
The Jubileepageant _
which took place
Thursday was a magnifk-ient success
in every detail. The pent-up enthu-
siasm of the citizenry of Atlanta
Georgia and of the south, which has
been -smoldering in the breasts of
thousands since the first shot was fired
in the Spanisk-American war, broke
out in cheer after cheer when the
great parade of American arms and of
a nation’s heroes and idols passed
through the streets an hour after noon,
Throughout the entire line of march a
mass of people thronged the streets
and as the divisions passed in review
a cheer was given—one that was loud
and -
j ong .
The crowd was a demonstrative one
and showed jts appreciation of the
presence of tho visitors who took part
in tho procession. The « '
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The success of the parade from the
point of size, magnificence and inter¬
est was beyond doubt the greatest
that Atlanta has ewer had.
At the Auditorium.
President McKinley received at the
auditorium at Piedmont park a stir-
l'ing, prolonged ovation from the great
multitude who heard the eloqueut and
prophetic words of the chief executive.
Speaking to the people of the south,
the president outlined definitely the
pjlicy of the government with refer-
ence to the newly acquired territory,
and paid a glowing tribute to the
south for the part it" had taken in the
wav. With hand uplifted and voice
vibrating with emotion, he said:
“That flag has been planted in
two hemispheres and there it remains
the symbol of liberty and law, of
peace and progress. Who will with¬
draw from the people over whom it
floats its protecting folds? Will the
people of the south help to haul it
down?”
The scene in the auditorium at these
words from the president was bewilder¬
ing. The big audience frantically
came to its feet with a common im¬
pulse, amid wild but genuine applause
and cheers that rent the air. Cries of
“No! No!” swelled from a thousand
throats, while the members of the cab¬
inet and distinguished guests on the
stand urged the audience to renewed
and deafening applause.
The address throughout breathed of
conciliation and fraternal union be¬
tween the north and the south, and
again, as in the short address before
the Georgia legislature Wednesday
afternoon, the broad and patriotic ex¬
pressions of the president met with
strong sympathy from all present.
The Banquet.
The jubilee ceremonies were closed
Thursday night with a brilliant ban¬
quet tendered to the president and bis
party. Three hundred Atlantians and
visitors sat down to the dinner at the
Kimball House. The picture pre¬
sented in the great dining ball of the
hotel was one long to be remembered.
Surrounding an oval table at tho head
of the dining room sat the president
of the United States, the governor of
Georgia, several members of the presi¬
dent's cabinet and a number of dis¬
tinguished visitors from different parts
of the country.
The president made a notable speech.
It overflowed with that fraternal spirit
which lie had shown all during liis
stay. He was exceedingly gracious in
his remarks about Atlanta and he
brought his audience to their feet time
and again. At least half a dozen times
did his hearers spring up impulsively
and cheer and wave napkins in in¬
dorsement of his expressions. Some¬
times the hall was a mass of waving
linen.
Following the president in respond¬
ing to toasts were: Secretary of the
Navy John D. Long, Major General
William R. Sliafter, Hon. George R.
Peck, Major General S. M. B. Young,
Richmond Pearson Hobson, Stephen
O Meara, Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage,Major General Joseph
Wheeler,Governor Joseph F. Johnson,
of Alabama; Hon. Charles F. Warwick
and Hon. Evan Settle, M. C.
All the speakers were accorded en¬
cores and the dinner will certainly
have a place in history. It helped to
obliterate the rapidly disappearing
sectional lines and to draw the people
of the north, west and south moro
closely together.
The presidential party left Atlanta
in the early hours of Friday morning
en route to Tuskeegee, Ala,
WEALTHY WOMAN MURDERED,
in«aniw™i«i nr .'in. Horne
Is Being Cleared Up.
A special from Hot Springs, Ark.,
rounding says: Gradually tho mystery sur-
the disappearance from this
city several weeks ago of Mrs. Nellie
J. Horne, a beautiful young woman
who was visiting this health resort,
and who the authorities believe was
murdered by young Hardy Sheffield
and robbed of her money, is being
cleared.up and Sheriff Williams hopes
to have evidence to prove thut one of
the most heartless crirpes ever com-
rnitted in this, country was that by
which Mrs. Horne lost her itfe.
Hardy Sheffield is in 1
the murder.
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..naming grue ome evidence that a
Lutnari had been cremated piece
hr niece in Sheffield’* bonne
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with him a sack
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SPANIARDS ARE RAPIDLY LEAV¬
ING HAVANA SUBURBS.
HUNT ENCOUNTERS TUNE PUCE.
Amealean nnd Cuban Flans Are Being
liaised and Islanders Are
Overjoyed.
A special from Havana says: The
Spanish evacuation commissioners in¬
formed the American commissioners
Sunday evening that the Havana
suburbs Cerro and J esus Del Monte
had been evacuated. The Spanish
troops left J esus Del Monte at 5 o’clock
immediately after which American
and Cuban flags were raised, crackers
fired and the usual demonstrations
made by the large crowds in honor of
the event.
When American and Cuban flags
were displayed from the honses on the
Calzeda del Cerro crowds rushed
through the streets shouting, “Viva
Cuba libre. ”
0 ™ d 0t Cubans of the lower
class passed j a barracks of engineers
“Long live Cubu’Tnd’ ‘’DeaVto
s 7""" d ”■•?« >'■»'-'»?" "»*i' i"
Calzada ryo/irt del /irvi Ar Monte to ai the n Calzada i i del Ti
Cerro, topping the street cars and
P SSeDger8
Cuba hre ’>
Jose Gancedo and his con In, ’ Ten-
doro ■i t Huertas T , who v th.
were on cars,
wera wounded with knives. Gancedo
died within a few hours and Huertas
will probably die.
Later the crowd mot some engineers
at the Esquina deTajas and fired upon
them, seriously wounding one. The
engineers returned the fire, wounding
a street car conductor, a civilian, Iso-
doro Basols and John Leonard, a col¬
ored man.
The rioting continued, many shots
being tired in front of the Casade So¬
corro, where the wounded were as¬
sisted.
Spanish soldiers were ordered to the
scene aud arrived about 9 o’clock.
While marching through Cerro they
were fired upon by men concealed be¬
hind pillars.
One Spanish private fired into the
air to scare the rioters. On resuming
their march they were again fired upon
and anotner man was hit. The Span¬
iards then fired and dispersed the riot-
ers.
PRESIDENT IN SAVANNAH.
Troops Under Major Kelfer Reviewed.
Banquet at tlie DeSoto.
President McKinley and his party
arrived at Savannah, Ga., at 11 o’clock
Saturday morning. They were met at
the depot by a tremendous crowd. The
Georgia Hussars acted as an escort to
the party to the parado grounds, where
a review of some fourteen thousand
troops encamped about Savannah, nn-
der command of Major General Warren
Keifer, was held.
The streets from the depot to the
parade grounds were one mass of peo¬
ple.
The principal feature of the passage
through the streets was the great re¬
ception tendered General Joe Wheeler.
The doughty little general was kept
standing in his carriage almost the
entire length of the drive bowing his
acknowledgments to the plaudits of
the crowd.
After the review there was a trip
down the river on tho pilot boat J. If.
Estell, and at night there was a grand
banquet at the DeSoto hotel, at which
the-president and members of the cab¬
inet made speeches. *
Notwithstanding Sunday was sup¬
posed to he a day of rest with the
presidential party, it was, as a matter
of fact, filled with interest and activ¬
ity. The feature of the day was the
president’s visit to the Georgia Agri¬
cultural and Mechanical college, tho
institution for colored persons, sup¬
ported by the state of Georgia. Its
president, R. R. Wright, colored, was
recently appointed by President Mc¬
Kinley a paymaster in the volunteer
army, with the rank of major, but has
resigned and returned to tho school.
There wero no elaborate exercises eon-
nected with the visit of the president
to the college.
MEMBERS LEAVE PARIS BOUND
FOR THE UNITED STATES.
EPJIN WILL DELAY RATIFICATION
Opposition of Solon. In Washington to
the Trenty Is ltapldly Fad¬
ing Away.
A Faris special says: The entire
American peace commission left for
tho Uhited Slates via Havre and
Southampton Thursday night, and
will sail for New York on board the
American Line steamer St. Louis.
It is learned that Agonciilo, the
representative of Aguinaldo, the Phil¬
ippine leader, has lodged a strongly
worded protest with the commission,
which thus becomes part of tho re¬
cords. It begins with saying that
“The very noble and gallant General
Aguinaldo, president of the Philip¬
pine republic,” had honored him
with “the post of Wiffieial representa¬
tive to the very honorable president
of the United States.”
Agoncillo then r e viewa t ,, e case at
^TaTlo® lengthi aftying thflt at the time of
is? u “an tU. Pot “Tr °" °'
u “" s K ;r
Lefoie tlio doclfirratiou of wiir, nnd tho
American consuls gene ra!, Pratt, in
Singapore, Wildman, at Ilong Kong.
a ‘ ld Williams at Cavite, acting as tlm
^nationaUgentsof cud ut* t -v ftt a momeru the great of Ameri- great
anxiety, ^ oflerea to reeo b “ , Tze'tho inde-
de 0 of the p ilipin Iiation .
SpaniartU I>ula.r Katiilcnllon.
A semi-official note issued Madrid
Thursday says:
“As the American senate must, rati¬
fy the treaty of pcaco before it be
comes effective, our government should
wait for this ratification nnd not has¬
ten to cede territory which the United
States may not accept.”
Opposition Subsiding:*
A Washington special says: It looks
now as if tlio opposition to the ratifi¬
cation of the peace treaty which was
expected in the senate will evaporate
before the matter comes up for dis¬
cussion. That it will be made the
subject of considerable discussion hear¬
ing on the question of territorial ex¬
pansion is a foregone conclusion, but
it is almost a certainty that no attempt
of any force will he made to defeat
the treaty.
It is possible that there may be no
vote against ratification, tlie under¬
standing being the settlement of the
question of expansion will not he in¬
volved in the treaty. This situation
is likely to be brought about by many
considerations, but chiefly by the fact
that Mr. Rryan advises his friends
against a tight on tjie
The fact that in the south a celebra¬
tion of tho signing of the treaty is be¬
ing held, which is being made the oc¬
casion of the loftiest patriotism; also
contributes greatly to the stifling of
the opposition to the treaty. The op¬
position in the senate comes chiefly
from supporters of Mr. Bryan, largely
southern men. A canvass of tho
senate discloses that up to a few
days ago there was nearly or quite a
two-thirds vote in favor of tlie ratifi¬
cation nnd that the opposition out of
the republicans was confined to prob¬
ably not more than three men.
The most determined opponents
were men who were closest to Mr.
Bryan of all in congress. It is under¬
stood that the presentation of the case
in favor of ratification made by Mr.
Bryan, who at tho same time urges
against expansion, together witti the
demonstration of joy in tlie south over
the signing of the treaty, has made an
impression upon this opposition. Tho
chances now seem to bo that the fire
against expansion will be postponed
until after tho treaty has been ratified.
It will come up when legislation for
the government of the islands is pro¬
posed, and that will not he before next
congress. Meanwhile the opposition de¬
is likely to be confined chiefly to
bate.
Both parties are at this time to some
extent divided on the question ot ex¬
pansion, but it is generally regarded
as certain that the Republicans al¬
most to a man will support whatever
policy is finally adopted by the admin*
inflation,
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SUGGESTION BEARS FRUIT.
A Hill for Recognition of Confederates
Introduced In the House.
A Washington dispatch says: In the
house, Friday, Representative Rixey,
of Virginia, introduced a bill for the
admission of Confederate as well ns
Union soldiers to ail soldiers’ homes
and government institutions main¬
tained by the government. Although
somewhat in line with the president’s
suggestion, in his speech at Atlanta,
this referred to government care for
Confederate, cemeteries, whereas the
Rixey bill refers to living ex-Confed-
orates who are "maimed, crippled or
needy.” The text of the bill is as
follows:
“That after the passage of this act
all soldiers’ homos and other institu¬
tions maintained by the government
for the maimed, cripple and needy
soldiers and sailors of the United
States shall be open to all soldiers
and sailors of the civil war of 1861-65,
upon the same terms and without dis¬
tinction as to whether they were en¬
listed upon the side of the Union or
the Confederacy.”
The bill was referred to tho commit¬
tee oil military affairs. A number of
the members of that committee and
some of the Republicans of the house
have assured Mr. Rixey of their sym¬
pathy for this ineasare and promised
their assistance when it shall come up
for consideration, especially now that
the president has taken the position
he has.
At a meeting of the senate commit¬
tee on privileges aud elections Friday
tho charges of Bribery against Senator
Hanna, made by the Ohio state senate
in connection with the senator’s elec¬
tion to liis present term of oflipe, was
briefly discussed and referred to a
sub-coni m itteo consisting of Senators
Hoar, Spooner and Turley. The sub¬
committee will investigate the question
and practically decide how far it is
necessary to go into the matter. The
charges were filed during the last ses¬
sion o. congress and have not been
piv ,d'by their authors.
COMMANDER SEXTON TALKS.
He*nil of G. A. It. Favors Decorating: Grave*
of Blue and Gray On Same Day.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: Col¬
onel James A. Sexton, of Chicago, na¬
tional commander of the Grand Army
of tlie Republic, attending a meeting
in tiiis city of the executive committee
of that organization, has declined to
discuss President McKinley's sugges¬
tion in the speech at Atlanta that the
national government should care for
the Confederate soldiers’ graves as it
now cares for the graves of those who
fought on tho union side.
When asked for an expression on
the subject, Colonel Sexton said he
would rather, at this time, not discuss
the matter.
Regarding the proposition that the
same day should tie observed as Me¬
morial Day by both north and south,
the colonel said there could certainly
bo no objection to tho idea, and bo
thought such a step would go a great
way toward obliterating so-called sec¬
tional lilies.
Continuing tins ... subject, .. Colonel ,
on j
Sexton said:
“1 made the suggestion over two
years ago to have the blue and tlie
gray unit© on tho game day for the
purpose of memorializing the soldier
dead. In Chicago, Richmond, Va.;
New Orleans and Atlanta, Ga., they
follow this course now. There are
6,000 confederate soldiers buried iu
Chicago and many comrades have con¬
tributed to the erection of a monu¬
ment over tlieir graves. At the time
this monument was dedicated on
Memorial Day the commander of
Massachusetts declared against it on
tlio ground that Memorial Day be¬
longed to union men. I was then
prompted to come, out and take issue
with the commander and felt it my
duty to do so, especially os my post,
Columbia No. 706, of Chicago, took
part in the dedication.”
DESPERADO DIES OF WOUNDS.
Bob lie#*tver, Colored, Kscnpefi tlio Gallown
at Jessup. Ga.
Bob Brewer died in the Jessup, Ga.,
jail Friday from tho effects of the
wounds he received by tho sheriff’s
posse that captured him some days
ago.
Thus ends the career of a most
noted desperado. There was no dis¬
position on the part of the people to
lynch him, as was published in some
sensational papers, hut they were con¬
tent to allow the lew to take its eourse.
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PASSAGE OF THE APPROPR’
RILL CLOSES SESSIO
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Genera! Tax Law ICnacted Rei.
Kate Eighty-Five Cents
Hundred Dollai
Tho first half of the sess
Georgia general assembly i
came to an end officially at .
Saturday night, lmt in actus
did not quit work uutil ha'
o’clock Sunday morning,
adjourned, however, ever
pending measure was
the members forced a
of all issues between house
the senate before they were
dissolved.
Tho appropriation bill, whi
body had expected to pro\
bling block, was coinpvonr.
odds in favor of the senate,
oral tax bill, which came
house ways and means coma
stitute to the Freeman b ; '
is praetioally the bill
Representative Freema
had among its sections tli
Re it further enacted by i
ity aforesaid, That no tax s’
(leased upon the capital of bh—
banking associations organize,
tlie authority of the state or
United Htates aiij located wit!
slate, lmt tlio shares of tint st<
ers of such bank or banking
tiou, whether resident or v
owners, shall be taxed in
where such bank or ban!
tious are located, and not
at tlieir true and full mar
the same rate provided in
taxation ot moneyed capita
hands of private individuals'
that nothing in this sectio
shall bo construed to r
banks or banking associi
tlie tax on real estate liei
by them.
This single section kept
turo in session for two or
longer than it would! have
wise. The senate pro^o?
mont which provided
accumulated by banks
taxed because that coutril
market value of the bank’f
was, in consequence, pro
under tho provisions of th<
entire general tax bill win
to all members that «*
anticipated, but on
was a direct clash
conference ooumn
journed without ream.
Finally the. house itself a’i, .
cede from its position
amendment was agreed to
The senate took up
bills during the day and 1
w ith an iron hand. R
Knowles, of Fulton,won tin-pug i
victory bouse in getting
his appropriation
department of the j
school, and he was 1
plauded when he came
floor after his hill Md b
The legislature has fixe
mum state tax rate for th
and 1900 at $5.36, which i
of 85 cents, as compared wi
in 1897 aud 1898. It remi
governor aud the comptro'
to fix tho exact figures,
will do as soon as ihey
appropriations more ii
property on the dices.'
While the tax and
have not been settle
tlie session have v
idleness. Thero y;
duced in the house
ate. Out of a to
to speak of ma
were about 100
the measures
most time w-
feated.
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