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Wayne County News c
VOL. IV.
GOV. ALLEN SCORED
Porto Rican Commissioner Refutes
Statements Given Out.
“ISLANDERS NOT IROSPEROUS”
Rule of Chief Executive of Island
Is Attacked and His Reports
Branded as False.
A New York dispatch says: Reply¬
ing to the public utterances of Gover¬
nor Allen, of Porto Rico, since his ar¬
rival in Washington, Wenceslao Borda,
Porto Rican commissioner Thursday
made the following statement:
‘‘The question at issue between
Governor Allen and the commission¬
ers are merely two:
“First, whether his administration
in Porto Rico has been conducive to
the prosperity and welfare of the
island; second, whether the Hollander
revenue law was such a measure as
should have been passed, and, with¬
out a hearing, approved by the chief
executive of Porto Rico. Governor
Alien has gone out of his way to attack
personally the commissioners when he
says that the members of the so-called
commission arc foreigners; one a
Spaniard, one a South American and
an Englishman. We fail com¬
to see how this assertion, even
were it true, could affect the merits of
case, but we do think that it shows
arguments must be poor when he
to vail himself of one of this
“Governor Allen states that Porto
Rico has never before, in its history,
so prosperous; that more persons
employed today will yield than 100,000 before; tons. that
sugar crop
shows, however, no facts or figures
substantiate these assertions. They
are, therefore, mere statements of nn
official. There is no more
in them than there is to the
that we are tax dodgers and
the rest of the Porto Ricans are
satisfied with the situation. Now
a Porto Rican labor leader,
Santiago Iglesias, with a petition
signed by 6,000 workmen which de¬
that the condition of the Porto
could not be worse. These
certainly are not tax dodgers.
“Governor Allen is apt to believe
everybody who criticises his ad¬
is bad, but lie cannot call
new crities tax dodgers, whatever
ha may call them, since they have
that can be taxed.
“Porto Rico is not as prosperous as
would like the people of the Unit¬
Ststes to believe, as is eloquently
conclusively shown by the cus¬
statistics.
“It is misleading to compare the
exports and imports of this year, that
to say, the production and consump¬
of the island, with that of the
of the war and hurricane. The
contrast should be made, to be
with the fiscal year just previous
our occupation of Porto Rico and
the present fiscal year, which, ac¬
to Governor Allen, is also a
one. The exports during the
year amounted to about 019,
pesos, or $11,400,000. The
to about $18,000,000 pesos, or
010,800.000, a balance of trade
favor of the island of 1,000,000
or 0600,000.
The exports from May 1, 1900, to
28, 1901, were 05,814,083,
the imports $3,100,000, a balance
trade against the island of 02,285,
which is wholly unsupportable
spells ruin when it is recalled
our circulation ts less than
and that Porto Rico has
her credit in the commercial
“Governor Allen states that never
there been the number of laborers
as at present He fails to
the grounds for this belief. The
of the island does not show
The alarming emigration of labor¬
to Ecuador, Cuba* Hawaii and
Domingo, which he admits is
place, emphatically belie the
assertion in this respect.
“Why does not the governor men¬
the other industries of the island
sugar? We answer, because
has nearly wiped them
BOOMING CASSAVA.
Convention In Brunswick* Ga.* Is
Having: Wonderful Results.
The recent agricultural convention
in Brunswick in the interest of
cane and cassava has had most
results, and is being talked
all over south Georgia.
A feature of the convention was the
distribution of a large quantity
cassava seed amoDg all who ex¬
a desire to plant the impor¬
prodnet and it is believed that a
large acreage of cassava will be
planted this year, directly attributable
the interest aroused by the Bruns¬
wick convention.
JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. APRIL 19. 1901.
RACES DRIFTING A FART.
Future of the Negro Seema Hopeless*
Declares College President.
The annual convention of the Amer¬
ican Academy of Political and Social
Science adjourned ut Philadelphia
Saturday night. The closing day’s
sessions were devoted to consideration
of the racj problem of the south and
our newly acquired West Indian pos¬
sessions. President George T. Win¬
ston, of the North Carolina college of
agriculture, and Professor W. E. Burg
hardt Dubois, of the Atlanta univer¬
sity, discussed the negro question
from opposite points of view at the
afternoon sessiou. At night Senator
Platt, of Connecticut, and Charles M.
Pepper spoke on the Cuban and Porto
Rican phase of the race question.
In his address, Mr. Winston said in
part: ‘'The two races are drifting
apart. They were closer together in
slavery than they have been since.
Old-time sympathies, friendships and
'affections created by two centuries of
slavery are rapidly passing away. A
single generation of freedom has pro¬
duced indifference, mistrust and prej¬
udices. Unless a change is made the
coming generation will be separated
by active hatted and hostility. The
condition of the negro is indeed piti¬
ful, and his prospects for the future
are dark and gloomy. There is no so¬
lution for the problem, unless it is
dealt with from the standpoint of rea¬
son and experience without prejudice
or fanaticism.”
WILL SEND COMMISSION.
Cubans Now Agree to Withhold Expres¬
sion on Platt Amendment.
A special from Havanna says: At
Saturday’s secret session of the con¬
stitutional convention Senor Nunez
asked that the convention either reject
or accept the Platt amendment as the
resolution adopted Friday was not a
formal declaration and was misleading.
The conservatives considered the reso¬
lution practically rejected the amend¬
ment, while the radicals and the radi¬
cal press maintained that it did not,
and Senor Nunez therefore asked that
a yea and nay vote be taken. This
was opposed by the radicals, who have
always avoided taking a decided
stand.
The conservatives were pleased at
the poiQt, and as a split was threatened
among the radicals, a compromise was
offered and agreed to by the terms of
which a resolution was adopted that
the convention should not express
itself either for or against the amend¬
ment and that a commission be sent to
Washington to reach the best possible
agreement with the president. This
commission will not be authorized to
settle definitely the question of the
relations between the United States
aud Cuba, but will report back to the
convention.
LOMUNO’S IUl) BREAK.
Mississippi Governor Makes Remarks
Which Anger Old Soldiers.
Considerable indignation is being
expressed by confederate veterans
aud members of the Daughters of the
Confederacy at Jacksonville, Miss.,
over a remark made by Governor
Longiuo when the petition asking that
the corner stone of the new statehouse
be laid on the birthday of Jefferson
Davis was in consideration.
The remark in question was made
to one of the prominent ex-confeder¬
ates who was deeply interested in the
selection of June 3d as the date for
the ceremony, aud, according to his
statement, when the petition was pre¬
sented Governor Longino is reported
to have said:
“I can’t see what Jefterson, Davis
has to do with this statehouse, aud
I’m getting tired of this ex-conferate
rot, anyway.”
SEEKING VENGEANCE.
Father of Burned Negro Asks For Prose¬
cution of Mob.
A special from Leavenworth, Kan.,
says: Alfred Alexander, father of
Frederick Alexander, the negro who
was burned at the stake for the alleged
assault and murder of Miss Carrie
Forbes and for the assault of Miss
Roth, has filed information with the
county attorney against a number of
those participating in the burning and
asks for a warrant for their arrest upon
the charge of murder.
Alexander will ask for warrants for
William Forbes, whom he accuses of
setting fire to his son, one of the city
officials and a policeman, who, he
charges, assisted in piling the fuel
around the stake aud aided in the
burning.
THOUGHT HE HAD CROWE.
Verdant Tennessee Constable Arrested
Tramp On Errand of Mercy.
A Chattanooga dispatch says: A
constable of a very green nature got
excited at Jamestown Wednesday
night. Be saw a tramp going along
the road driving a nice looking horse,
and as he was in need of some money
he got excited and arrested the man,
saying that he had captured the won¬
derful Pat Crowe, the Cudahy kidnap¬
er. He put the man in jail and wired
that he had the man, the very man
wanted. Later he wired that the man
was not the one wanted, but a tramp
driving a horse for a farmer to get a
physician.
BLOODTHIRSTY
Indications Still Point to
ninary Conflict In Orient.
MIKADO MAY TACKLE
Japan Insists That Chinese
Return to Pekin and Send
Troops Into Manchuria.
A cable dispatch from Pekin says:
Komours Yutaro, the Japanese minis¬
ter, accompanied by General Yama
guchi, the Japanese commander,
upon Prince Ohing Sunday and
him that the return of Emperor
Hsu was urgently desired.
Cbing was informed that the
wishes would be respected by the for¬
eign troops and that every courtesy
would be shown him.
It was pointed out to the Chinese
plenipotentiary that the emperor’s re¬
turn was of the highest possible im¬
portance as affecting the maintenance
of the integrity of the Chinese em¬
pire, and that he should come accom¬
panied by every available soldier, by
at least twenty thousand men if
ble.
The troops, it was further contended
by the Japanese minister, must be
into Manchuria, as the Russians re¬
ported great disturbances there and
was not right that the task of
the trouble should be thrown upon one
nation. Finally, Prince Cliiug was as¬
sured that if the 20,000 Chinese troops
could no^ suppress the disorders in
Manchuriu, other powers would send
an international force to co-operate
with China, which all the powers re¬
garded as a friendly power.
No reply having been received to
this communication, Li Hung Chang
was notified to the same effect and
told that Emperor Kuang Hsu
give an immediate answer.
The preparations which the Japan¬
ese are making here for on early start
indicate that they still expect war be¬
tween Russia and Japan. Vessels ar¬
riving at Taku from Nagasaki report
the mobilization of the Japanese fleet
and the continuance of preparations
on board ship for the anticipated
struggle.
Prince Ching says all his reports go
to show that the missionary state¬
ments regarding a rebellion in Mon¬
golia are not supported by the facts.
Neither does he believe that the re¬
bellion of General Tung Hsiang
amounts to much.
“It is the object of certain ele¬
ments,” he asserts, “to make it seem
that China is in a condition of con¬
stant broil, rendering it unsafe for the
foreign troops to be withdrawn. Those
who have this in view will magnify a
village quarrel into a big rebellion.
The missionaries, naturally timid, take
these reports in good faith.”
MINISTERS ABE CRITICISED.
The conduct of the ministers of the
powers over the negotiations with the
Chinese plenipotentiaries causes much
adverse comment among the military
authorities. Their dilatory tactics have
prevented what might have been ac¬
complished two months ago. Even
now the meetings of the ministers are
postponed for the most trivial causes.
For instance, the desire of one minis¬
ter to go on a picnic to the tombs
of the Ming dynasty prevented the
holding of a meeting for a number of
days. Then M. De Giers and other
ministers insisted upon celebrating
Easter, and thus a week was con¬
sumed. In a third case an unneces¬
sary visit by one minister to Tien Tsin
held up negotiations for four days.
These are fair illustrations of what has
been almost continuous from the be¬
ginning. by
Memorial services will be held
order of the court in honor of the
members of the tsung-li-yamen who
were executed last summer because of
their pro-foreign sentiments—Hsu
Ching Chien, Li Shan and Hsu Yung
Yi. The staff of the United States
legation has been invited to attend.
Hsu Ching Chien, who was a man of
considerable wealth, held at various
times the post of Russia, that of di¬
rector of the Russo-Chinese bank and
that of president of the Chinese Eas¬
tern railway.
A REUNION FEATURE
Will Be Decoration of Confederate Grave*
By Memorial Association.
The Ladies’ Confederate Memorial
association of Memphis Friday de¬
cided to have the annual decoration of
the confederate graves in Memphis
daring the reunion,and the afternoon of
the second day was chosen for the cere¬
mony. A special feature will be an
impressive ceremony at General For¬
rest’s grave on the first day of the re¬
union in the morning. A memorial
exercise in honor of the president will
be held in Calvary church under the
auspices of the Confederation of Me¬
morial associations which will then be
in session,
CUBANS ARE DEFIANT
Convention Delegates Defeat the
Platt Amendment.
WILL HANDICAP COMMISSION
Senator Spooner Declares There
Shall Be No “Hodification.”
Other News Items.
A Havana special says: The Cuban
constitutional convention placed itself
upon record Friday against the Platt
amendment by a vote of 18 to 10 on a
resolution that the convention should
declare itself opposed to the amend¬
ment “on account of the terms of some
the clauses, and the way in which
they are drawn, and also on account
of the contents of others, especially
clauses III, VI and VII.”
The conservatives assert that this
action is embarrassing, inasmuch ns
it practically ties the hands of any
commission that might be sent to
Washington.
NEWSPAPER MEN SENTENCED.
Senors Torrel and Urritis, respect¬
ively the editor and director of El Es
tivador, the organ of the stevedores
and lightermen, have been sentenced
by the captain of the port of Havana,
Lieutenant Commander Lucien Young,
to thirty and sixty days’ imprisonment
respectively. They were charged with
the publication of libellous articles
intended to iuvite trouble among the
dock laborers of Havana.
At a late hour Friday afternoon bolh
men were released. It is admitted
that Lieutenant-Commander Young’s
court had jurisdiction in the matter of
sentence, but he considered that his
object had been attained in making an
example of two agitators who, it is al¬
leged, were at the bottom of the re¬
cent labor troubles, and who had been
even more recently engaged in incit¬
ing another strike.
The former strike was settled by a
mutual agreement by all parties to re¬
gard the schedule of wages drawn up
and published in the offioial Gazette,
as the law, by El Estivador had been
attacking the schedule as unjust, and
calling upon workmen to resent it.
NEELY TO SELL PROPEItTY.
The legal authorities have granted
permission to Charles F. W. Neely to
sell the brick yard and land in Havana
standing in his uame. The money
realized will be turned over to the
court and kept in trust until a decision
is reached in connection with his al¬
leged embezzlement of postal funds.
SPOONER IS EMPHATIC.
“Congress has defined the relations
which shall exist between the United
States and Cuba, and in my judgment
it will not agree to any modification,”
said Senator Spooner, member of the
senate committee on relations with
Cuba, after a conference at the war de¬
partment Friday with Secretary Root.
“The terms offered Cuba,” Senator
Spooner continued, ‘‘are more in the
interest of the island than that of the
United States. I am confident that
the mass of the people of the island
appreciate the unselfish attitude of
this government, and if they had an
opportunity to declare their views
they would unhesitatingly approve the
relations as defined by congress.”
The attention of the senator was
called to the suggestion that General
Wood should dissolve the convention
and issue a call for another, the peo¬
ple at the time of the election of dele¬
gates to vote upon the question of the
acceptance of the Platt amendment.
“I have seen that report,” he said,
‘‘I know nothing about it. I believe,
however, that the convention after
farther consideration of the matter
will come to the conclusion that the
wise course to pursue is to incorporate
in the constitution the terms offered
them.”
Another step toward the establish¬
ment of full civil government in Cuba
was taken by the appointment by
General Wood of Ernest Sterling as
deputy auditor of the island. Senor
Sterling has been discharging similar
duties for some time past under Major
Ladd, bat is now re-appointed as a
purely civil official.
GOVERNMENT WILL REFUND.
Famous “Hat Trimmings” Case Compro¬
mised For *4.000.000.
The famous “hat trimmings” cases,
involving abont 020,000,000 and which
since 1884 have been the subject of a
bitter legal battle between the govern¬
ment and a number of Philadelphia
importers, have at last been settled.
It is stated on high authority that a
compromise has been effected through
which the merchants interested will
receive about 04,000,000 from the
United States treasury in full settle¬
ment of the much larger amount they
claim to have been forced to pay in ex¬
cess of legal duties.
Plant System.
PASSENGER SCHEDULES.
Arrivals and Departures at Jesup, Ga.
In Effect Mar. 20, 1901. Arrivals.
For Savannah and points North, East
Northeast.
Train No. 24 heaves 6 45 a m
39 « » 3 40 p m
32 11 25 a m
3) . 3 05 p in
36 10 45 p m
7K 11 40 p m
For Waycross and points South,
Southwest and Northwest.
Train No. 22 Leaves ..... 8 47 a m
.. M .. ..... 6 27 a m
“ “ 85 ..... 9 10 a m
“ “ 81 .....11 40 a m
“ “ 87 .....12 15 p m
“ “ 33 ..... 4 40 p in
.. 25 ..... 6 50 p m
.. i5 ..... 4 30 p m
For Jacksonville and points South.
Train No. 13 Leaves ..... 6 30 a m
Solid train Cincinnati to Jacksonville.
Trains 21, 36. 78, 32, 23, 13, 53, 25, 33 and 25are daily. Trains 15, 37, 31 are daily ex¬
cept Mondays. Trains 30, 33 and 16 are daily except Sundays. Peninsular and Occi¬
Connection made at Port Tampa with U. S. Mail Steamship of Fri¬
dental Steamship Line for Key West and Havana, leaving Port Tampa Tuesdays,
days and Sundays at 6 30 a. m.
For further information, through car service, trains making local stops, and sched¬
ules to other points, apply Ticket to Agent, Passenger Station.
A. W. STRIPLING, Traveling
J. H. PO HEM US, Pass. Agent.
B. W. WRKNN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Savannah, Ga.
Illustrated playing cards can he secured at 25 cents per deck upoa application to
agents of the Plant System.
TO ROOM RICE GROWING.
Agricultural Department Will Send Out
Expert To Investigate.
Secretary Wilson has decided to
send out an expert to scour the rice
growing countries of the world and
thoroughly investigate the important
matters couuected with the industry.
This mission, which is to stretch into
the civilized and uncivilized parts of
the world, probably will be entrusted
to Professor Knapp, of Louisiana, who
returned about a year ago from an of¬
ficial trip of investigation in the ori¬
ent. The start will be made about
next July.
RUSSIA AND JAPAN
Come to a Pacific lhuler«tandluK Regard¬
ing Korean Dispute.
“Pour parlers are proceeding be¬
tween Russia and Japan,” says the
Odessa correspondent of The Loudon
Standard, “aud it is expected that the
result will be the conclusion of a pa¬
cific agreement regarding Korea. No
explanation, however, is vouchsafed
as to how the European powers and
the United States are to be propitiated
and reconciled to such a modus
vivendi, founded upon the wreck of
Korean independence.”
GOLD RARS FOUND.
Bullion Stolen on 8hlpboar<l Discovered
by the Steward.
The three gold bars stolen from the
specie room of the North German
Lloyd line steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
der Grosse during that vessel’s last
trip from New York, were discovered
during the cleaning of the ship Satur¬
day morning, behind a cornice in the
corridor outside of the second
class saloon, by Steward Hagers. The
police have reopened investigations.
NURSE DIES FOR BABY.
Heroic Girl Gives lfcr Life To Preserve
Tlmt of Her Little Charge.
At Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday after¬
noon, while attempting to board a
street car, Kate Macklin, a fourteen
year-old nurse girl, carrying the three
year-old child of A. Herzog, was struck
and sustained fatal injuries. The girl
had but a moment’s warning. With
rare presence of mind, she threw the
child into the middle of the street in
time to escape serious injury.
BRAVE BOY SAVES LIVES.
Little Milo Hufflies Prevent* Train From
Going: Through Burning Bridge.
A Monon local train containing many
passengers was prevented from crash¬
ing through a burning bridge fifty feet
high near Frankfort, Ind., Thursday
afternoon by Milo Hughes, an eight
year-old boy. At the risk of his life
be remained on the tratk nntil he at¬
tracted ihe attention of the enginoer,
who brought the train to a stop a dozen
feet away from the bridge.
GRANDMOTHER AT TWENTY.S1X.
Remarkable Story of South Carolina Girl
Who Married at the Age of Eleven.
It is reported on reliable authoiity
that there is a woman living in the
mountains of Oconee county, South
Carolina, who is twenty-six years old
and has fourteen children, all living,
and one grandchild. The woman mar¬
ried when only eleven years old and
has enjoyed remarkable health ever
since.
IS BUBONIC PLAGUE CASE.
Ann Arbor Student, However, Will lte
cover From the Disease.
Dr. Victor C. Vaughn, dean of the
medical department, and one of the
most noted bacteriologists in the
country, appeared before the Michi
gan state board of health Saturday
and practically acknowledged that the
case of Student Charles B. Hare is one
of bubonic plague. He assured the
board that there would be no ipread
of the disease.
NO. 41.
From Savannah and points North, East
and Northeast.
Train No. 23 Arrives 3 47 a m
“ “ 53 . 6 27 a m
85 . 9 10 a m
31 11 40 a m,‘
37 . 12 15 pm
33 . 4 40 p m
25 6 50 p m
From Wayeross and points South, West,
Southwest and Northwest.
Train No. 24 Arrives .... . 6 45 am
“ “ 33 “ .... . 3 40 p m
32 .11 25 a m
30 3 05 p m
36 10 45 p m
78 ........11 40 p m
From Jacksonville and points Bouth.
Train No. 16 Arrives........ 4 00 p m
Solid train Jacksonville to Cincinnati.
HEROISM BROUGHT FORTUNE.
Hnwthorne Rescued a Drowning Woman
And Gets #500,000.
Henry H. Hawthorne, one of the
invalid soldiers in the Soldiers’ home
at Dayton, O., has just received notice
that he has been made the beneficiary
to the amount of 0200,000 to 0500,000
left him by a woman out of gratitude
for having saved her life many years
ago. The woman is Mrs. Josephine
Fairfax, who recently died in the
south of Fiance.
Hawthorne was born in England and
came to the United States when ahoy.
Later he went to England on a visit.
While at Kent bathing in the - sea he
saw a woman and her son in a boat
which capsized. Hawthorne, being
an expert swimmer* succeeded in res¬
cuing the woman, %ut* the son was
drowned.
NEW RECRUITS DESERT.
Soldiers of Fourteenth Cavalry Regiment
Take French heave.
A special to the Chicago Tribune
from Leavenworth, KaB., says:
Many of the newly enlisted soldiers
of the Fourteenth cavalry regiment,
recruiting here, have deserted.
The missing soldiers are nearly all
young recruits and were from com¬
panies of the new regiment. Friday
was their first pay day and the deser
ters came to the city, many boarding
departing trains. The exact number
of men missing is not knowD, but it is
suid to be in the neighborhood of 160.
FOUR MILLIONS LIABILITIES.
W. C. t'oDtn File* Petition In Bankrupt¬
cy nt New York.
William C. Coffin,of New York City,
who was a former partner in the bank¬
ing house of Coffin & Stanton, which
made a general assigbment in 1894,
filed a petition in bankruptcy in the
United States district court Friday.
He schedules his liabilities at 84,150,
907 and assets at $25, which ia
cash in bank. The secured claims
amout to 02,986,172.
DYNAMITE’S DEADLY WORK.
Three Men Killed and Ten Injured By
Explosion In Mexico.
Advices from Chihuahua, Mexico,
announce that a terrific dynamite explo¬
sion occurred at Minaca, Mexico, 150
miles from Chihuahua, in the heart of
the mining district, Monday. Three
men were killed, one is dying and ten
others were seriously injured, some of
them fatally. Much property was dam¬
aged.
SAMOAN CENSUS.
IJnole Sam Bo.ie* 5,809 People In HU
Part of Ialands.
A census of the population of the
Samoan group has been taken. The
number of Samoans in Upolu and
other islands under the German gov¬
ernment is 32,000, while the popula¬
tion of the six islands under the Unit¬
ed States government is returned at
5,800. The very slight increase dur¬
ing the last thirty years is about the
same in proportion all round.
TO BOOM MR. JOHNSON.
Hoosler State Single Taxer* Want Him a*
Candidate For President.
The Indianapolis Single Tax Club
has called a mass meeting to launch a
presidential boom for Tom L.Johnson
in Indiana. Resolutions will be adopt¬
ed setting forth Mr. Johnson’s eligi¬
bility for the presidential nomination.
Carriage Factory Destroyed By Fire.
The carriage and wagon faotory of
A. C. Norman & Co., of Covington,
Ga., was totally destroyed by fire
Thursday night, many new vehicles
being destroyed. The loss amounts
to $3,500, with no insurance.