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VOL. VIII.
WAS OFFERED BRIBE
Senator Bard Makes Serious
Charges Against Catholics.
INDIAN FUND INVOLVED
California Senator Was Promised Po
litical Support for His Influence if
He Would Aid in Diverting
School Money,
K Washington dispatch says: Sensa¬
tional disclosures In relation to the
alleged use of Indian trust funds for
the support of sectarian schools were
made Monday by Senator Bard in a
statement to the senate committee on
Indian affairs.
In addition to the charge that Ro¬
man Catholic schools have received 98
per cent of the money expended un¬
der contracts made by the Indian com¬
missioner, the senator said that he
had been approached by a representa¬
tive of a Catholic association with a
promise of carrying a certain stated
number of districts in California for
him in return for his influence in
bringing about a continuance of such
favorable contracts.
The statement of Senator Bard cre¬
ated a stir In the committee and ha
was asked to give a detailed account
of the transaction as well as any other
matters relating to the use of trust
funds for sectarian school purposes,
on which he was informed. He filed
with the committee a statement cover¬
ing the conversation and also a list
of the districts the .Catholic associa¬
tion proposed to carry for him.
He then discussed the statement of
S. M. Brosius, agent of the Indian
Rights Association, and also quoted
from a circular issued by M. K. Snif
fen, secretary of the association,
charging that the discrimination in
favor of Homan Catholics was by di¬
rection of the president.
Senator Bard said he attached more
importance “to the act of June 7, 1897,
which declared that it was the settled
policy of the government to hereafter
make no appropriation whatever for
education in any sectarian school."
The senator stated that he had been
informed that there was no record at
the interior department of authority
for the diversion of these trust funds
to the support of Catholic missions,
but he had the statement that it was
done on an ora! order, which agents
of the Indian Rights Association al¬
lege to have been issued by the pres¬
ident
The committee took the statement
seriously, and it was the sentiment
that at the next meeting the amend¬
ment would be offered to the Indian
appropriation bill prohibiting in the
future the use of the Indian trust
funds in the manner charged, Sena
tor Bard said he bad been Informed
that a very small percentage of She
Indians Interested gave their consent
to the application of their funds to
the support of sectarian schools, and
that a large majority of the Indians
wire communicants in the various
Protestant churches located within the
various reservations.
TREMENDOUS AUTO SPEED.
One Hundred Miles Covered in One
Hour and Twenty-six No •tries.
At Ormond, Fla., a world’s record
for motor cars has been made for 100
miles.
H. W. Fletcher, driving an 80-horse
power car, covered the distance Mon¬
day in one hour, twenty-six minutes
and three-eights of a second, and av¬
erage of 43 2-5 seconds a mile, and
beating ail other contestants by aboTit
three minute*.
Ten of the fastest cars started in
the race.
Cossacks Murder a Girl.
At St. Petersburg Tuesday evening
the police surprised a meeting of strik¬
ers in a tavern and fired, killing a girl
end wounding four other persons.
GINNERS REFUSE TO REPORT.
Census Office Gives Number of Bates
Ginned to January 16.
The census report for cotton ginned
to January 16, in 695 counties, shows
9,717.693 bales, counting round bales
as half bales, compared with 7,168,381
bales in the same counties last year.
The quantity ginned in these coun¬
ties between December 13 and Jan
nary 16 is 494,955 running bales. Four
hundred and seventy-seven ginneries
refused to report. The quantity pre¬
viously returned by these has been
brought forward in this report With¬
out addition.
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JESUP. WAYNE COUNTY GA.. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8. 1905.
WANTS WEEKLY REPORTS.
Senator Bacon of Georgia Making ;
Fight in Upper House for More
Reliable Cotton Statistics.
A Washington special says: South
ern senators will make a strong effort
to secure greater frequency in depart¬
ment of agriculture estimates upon
the cotton crop.
Senator Bacon of Georgia Thursday
afternoon presented' in the senate, and
gave notice that at the proper time
he would move their adoption, two
amendments to the pending agricultu¬
ral appropriation bill calling for week¬
ly reports and semi-monthly summary
reports instead of the monthly reports |
now furnished by the department.
At the cotton planters' convention at
New Or/rans one of the principal Crit¬
icisms if not the chief one of the es¬
timates furnished by the bureau of sta¬
tistics of the agricultural department
was that coming as these do at inter¬
vals of a month they operate to dis¬
turb the market to the detriment of
the cotton planters.
When the agricultural appropriation
bill was before the house, Represents
tive Livingston of Georgia sought to
secure the adoption of an amendment
looking to reports every two weeks
instead of monthly, but this amend
ment was voted down.
Senator* Bacon has taken up the
fight in the senate and has Introduced
two amendments. The first of these
provides that in the case of the cotton
crop reports shall be issued on the
3d, 10th, 17th and 25th of each month,
instead of on the 3d only, as is now
done. The second amendment pro
vides “that In the case of the cotton
crop the secretary of agriculture shall
Issue at least semi-monthly a summary
report of the Information received by
the department upon which the de
partment shall make the estimate of
the condition of the crop.”
This latter refers not only to con
dltions during the growing season, but
the picking season as well, the word
“conditions" being used in the amend¬
ment because it is used throughout
that portion of the 1)111 relating to the
work of the statistical bureau. While
it is claimed by the department Offi¬
cials that it would be difficult if not
impossible to get reports from their
volunteer agents and representatives
throughout the cotton states more fre¬
quently than once a month. Senator
Bacon says he sees no good reason
why fhis cannot be done and he will
strongly press for the adoption of the
plan outlined by hiB amendments.
CUBAN CABINET GOES OUT.
All Five Members Call on Palma and
Present Resignations.
A special from Havana says: All
five members of the cabinet visited
President Palma Thursday and pre¬
sented their resignations. They stated
chat they desired, since President
Palma had announced his allegiance
to the moderate party, to open the
way for him to make whatever selec¬
tions for cabinet officers he chooses
under ihe new conditions.
President Palma courteously but em¬
phatically declined to consider the
resignations, and added that, his join¬
ing the moderate party was purely a
personal act and did not necessarily
affect the cabinet.
MACHEN DOOMED TO PEN.
Postal Grafters to Serve Terms Be¬
fore New Trial is Granted.
The course of the government in the
postal conspiracy cases as determined
on Thursday is that August W. Ma
chen, trie former general superintend¬
ent of the free delivery system; Dr.
Lorenz, of Toledo, and Samuel A.
Groff and Dlller B. Groff .-><41 be
taken to the Monnsdvilie, W. Ya.,
penitentiary at onee, and that, other
indictments against them shall not
be pressed until after they have serv¬
ed the terms for which they are now
under sentence.
Conditional Gift by Rockefeller.
John D-r Rockefeller has promised
to give $3«').0#O as an endowment . , for
the Mississippi Baptist College, if the
Baptists of the state will raise $100,
000 .
CRISIS FEARED IN POLAND.
Situation Throughout the Country is
mcreasing in Seriousness.
The lateet reports reaching St. Pe
tersburg depict the situation through
out Poland ag increasingly serious,
Minor collisions between the tfioops
and police and the populace continue
.... swell the number of dead.
Railroads and industries are com
pietely at a standstill and the pres
ence of thousands of idle workmen
who have been out of employment for
months, and are starving and desper
ate, adds a factor of the greatest
danger.
T£N WOMEN KILLED
Sleigh Party is Run Into By
Swift Moving Train,
ALL HORRIBLY MANGLED
Seven Killed instantly and Three Died
Later in Hospital — Victims Had
Just Left Church Entertain¬
ment to Enjoy Ride.
A special from HornellsviUe, N. Y„
says: A passenger train on the Pitts¬
burg, Shawmut and Northern railroad,
Wednesday night, crashed into a
sleigh containing thirteen women, all
married, killing seven outright and
so seriously injuring the remaining
six that three of them died after being
removed to the hospital. Of the oth¬
er three, one is in a serious condi¬
tion. The accident occurred near
Arkport, N. Y. The sleigh was one
of three carrying a church party.
The occupants of the leading sleigh
saw the train approaching as they
neared the Shawmut crossing and
passed over the tracks in safety. The
women in the first sleigh then at¬
tempted to warn those in the one fol¬
lowing of the danger, and they did
succeed in directing their attention to
the rapidly approaching train. The
driver pulled up his horses, but he
could not check the heavy bobsled
quickly enough, and when it came to
a standstill the box of the sleigh was
directly across the railroad track.
The pilot of the engine knocked the
sleigh to splinters, mangling and scat¬
tering the occupants in all direc¬
tions.
CZAR RECEIVES WORKERS
Nicholas Tells Them to Return to
Their Work and Promises an
Amelioration of Affairs
A St. Petersburg special says: Em¬
peror Nicholas Wednesday afternoon
received at Taarekoe-Selo a deputa¬
tion of thirty-four workingmen repre¬
senting the employees of the factories
and work shops of St. Petersburg.
The emperor entered the halt ac¬
companied by Grand, Duke George
MUchaelovitch, Genera) Hesse, the min¬
ister of the imperial court, and the
commandant of the palace, The
workmen bowed deeply to the emper¬
or, who said;
“Good day, my children.”
The workmen replied: “We wish
your majesty good health.”
The emperor then said:
“I have summoned you in order
that you may hear my words yourself
and communicate them to your com¬
panions. The recent lamentable
events with such sad but Inevitable
results have occurred because you al¬
lowed yourselves to be led by trait¬
ors and enemies to our country. When
they Induced you to address a peti¬
tion to me on your needs they de¬
sired you to to revolt against me and
my government. They forced you to
leave your honest work at a period
when all Russian workmen should he
laboring unceasingly in order that
we might vanquish our obstinate en
emy.
"Strikes -and disgraceful demon¬
strations led the crowds to disorders,
which obliged and always will oblige
the authorities to call out troops. As
a result innocent people were vic
tims.
“I know that the lot of the work¬
men is not easy. Many things require
improvement, but have patience. You
will understand that it is necessary
to be just toward your employers and
consider the condition of our Indus¬
tries. But to come to me as a rebel
lious mob in order to declare your
wants is a crime. In my solicitude for
the working classes 1 will take meas
j ureg wh(ob wlll aB8ure that everything
gjb!a will be ,jone to improve their
1(>t gnd gecure an investigation of
their demands through legal chan
i nels,
"I am convinced of the honesty of
the workmen and their devotion to
myse ]f ^ i pardon their transgres
s ; on Return to your work with your
comrades and carry out the task al
lotted to you.
“May God assist you.”
At conclusion of his speech the
cznperor told the members of the dep
utation to communicate his words to
tbe < r comrades and said he would xup
ply q, em with printed copies of his
address. •
At 4:30 the delegates drove to the
mper ial palace station, where '-bey
took a train for St- Petersburg,
BARD RAISES A RACKET.
Disclosures of California Senator Pre¬
cipitate Storm of Protest and In¬
dignation of Republicans.
The Atlanta Constitution’s special
correspondent at Washington wires
his paper as follows:
The wrath of the whole republican
contingent at the national capitol is
being leveled at the head of United
States Senator Bard of California, a
life-long republican.
His sensational charge of diversion
of certain Indian funds to mission
schools of the Roman Catholic church,
at the instance of the president dur¬
ing the progress of the presidential
campaign, and of that of Dr. S-charf,
of the Catholic University, had prom¬
ised to deliver to the republican par¬
ty twenty congressional districts in
return for consideration shown the
Catholic schools In making the ap¬
propriation for Indian schools, has
brought out a storm of criticism, un¬
derlying which is the charge that Sen¬
ator Bard is sore because- of his re¬
cent defeat.
An act of congress, passed in 1897,
declared it to be the settled policy
of the government to make no ap¬
propriation whatsoever for education
in any sectarian school. The essence
of the Bard charge is that in order
to secure the co-operation of certain
church authorities in promoting his
candidacy, President Roosevelt adopt¬
ed a policy at variance with this decla¬
ration of congress.
Senator Bard further said he had
been informed that, a very small per¬
centage of the Indians interested gave
their consent, to such application of
their trust funds to the support of
sectarian schools, and that, a large
majority of the Indians were commun¬
icants in the various Protestant
churches located within the various
reservations.
This open charge from a leading re
publican that the influence of church
officials was sought and secured by
these methods may, it is said, bring on
an investigation. During the course
of the California’s senator’s statement
Senator Teller declared that if these
charges had substance, there was
more cause to complain of the inter¬
ference of the Catholic than of the
Miormon church in the political affairs
of the country.
Coming as all this does on the heels
of the campaign in which a notable
feature was the support given Presl
ident Roosevelt by a number of lead¬
ing papers of the church and of the
insinuation freely made that certain
high church officials were using their
influence in his behalf, the matter has
aroused deep political interest. In¬
spired statements coming the from the j
white house seek to place respon¬
sibility for the deal by which the
funds were turned over to the Catho¬
lic schools upon Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island, whose activity It the
conduct of the campaign is well
known in inside circles and William
B. Jones, late commissioner of Indian
affairs.
“PITTSBURG PHIL" DEAD.
Most Famous Turf Plunger Yields to
Ravages of Consumption.
George E. Smith, better known to
the racing world and throughout the
country generally as “Pittsburg Phil,”
the turf plunger, died at Asheville,
N. C., at the Winyah sanitarium, of
consumption, aged 43.
His mother, a brother and a nephew
were with him at the time of his
death. “Pittsburg Phil" reached Ashe
ville some four months ago in an al
most hopeless condition mentally and
physically. For a time he rallied, but
the end was sure. His death, though
expected, came suddenly.
FOR PHILIPPINE EXHIBIT.
Secretary Taft Asks Congress to Pay
Sum of $100,000.
Secretary of W)ar Taft has sent to
the senate a communication request
ing the payment to the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition Company of $100,
000 advanced to the government to
prepare the Philippine exhibit. The
recommendation is m accordance with
agreement entered into by former Sec¬
retary Root.
TO DRILL GEORGIA TROOPS.
War Office at Washington Details
Lieut. Rucker of 16th Infantry.
A Washington dispatch says: The
secretary of war Tuesday decided to
detach from the sixteentn infantry a,
Fort McPherson, Lieutenant L. S. D.
Rucker, Jr., and place him in charge
of the Georgia state troops as special
officer for instruction.
The request for this assignment wa*
made by Governor Terrell and Senator
Clay called at the war department tc
put the request before Secretary Taft,
The request was granted and the or
ders will be issued a' 6 nce.
'
MANACLES OF DAVIS
The Subject of an Explana¬
tion by General Miles,
HE DID NOT SURRENDER
After Lapse of Forty Years, Northern
Commander Throws Light on Cap¬
ture and Imprisonment of Pres¬
ident of the Confederacy,
A Boston special says: For the tnt
time in forty years Lieutenant Gene¬
ral Nelson A. Miles, now acting in¬
spector general on the staff of Gover¬
nor DouglUs, has broken alienee on
llie circumstances surrounding the Im¬
prisonment in irons of President Jef¬
ferson Davis of the Confederate
states.
“Jefferson Davis did not surrender
when Richmond was captured,” said
Genera! Miles. “He did not surren¬
der with Lee and Johnson, but It was
his intention, and he admits It in hie
own hook, The Rise and Faf, of the
Confederacy,' to try and escape across
the Mississippi so that he could join
tlie Confederate army in that section,
and continue the war.
“He was sent to Fortress Monroe
to await trial for complicity in the
assassinutiori of Mr. Lincoln. On
May 22, 1865, C. A. Dana, assistant
secretary of war. authorized and di¬
rected me in a special order to place
manacles and fetters upon the hands
and feet of Jefferson Davie and Clem¬
ent G. Clay whenever it. might be
thought advisable in order to render
their imprisonment more secure. Light
anklets were placed on Davis. He
knocked over a strong man who was
helping to do it. The anklets were
kept on five days only, while a wooden
door was being removed and an iron
grated one substituted.
“The anklets gave Davis no pain
and did not prevent him from walk¬
ing. Mr, Davis at the time was 56
years old, strong and agile. letters
to me from Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Clay
prove that I treated Mr. Davis with
all the kindness that could be shown
him under the circumstances. State¬
ments that he was maltreated or hla
health Impaired as a result of impris¬
onment. are utterly untrue.”
RETRACTION WAS NOT MADE.
Jacksonville Man Sees Judge Twiggs,
But is Turned Down.
W. B. Myers, the Jacksonville na¬
val stores man, made good his threat
Wednesday by visiting Savannah to
see what Judge H. D. D. Twiggs
meant by stating that Myers had told
him that he had witnessed the shoot
ing of Caesar Young in New York.
Miyers appeared at Judge Twiggs’
office with an attorney and demanded
a retraction. This he failed to get.
It will be recalled that Judge Twiggs
said that. Myers had told him he had
witnessed the shooting, and that Cae
sar Yotmg had killed himself, and Nan
Patterson was innocent of the charge
of murder. Judge Twiggs informed
District Attorney Jerome’s office, hut
he had to take it back immediately,
as Mr. Myers asserted he had never
made such a statement.
Myers and his attorney now threat
en legal proceedings against Judge
Twiggs, as Myers’ veracity is decid
edly in question, Jack Shivers
.
and Alderman Frank Oliver of
Savannah hafe made affidavits bear
ing out Judge Twiggs’ statement,
FAST MAIL ITEM CINCHED.
Stays in Postoffic e Appropriation Bill
By a Large Majority,
After the usual number of opposi
tjon s p eecbes ailc ] attacks, the appro
pr | ation 0 - $142,728.75 for the special
maj] fac j;jtj es f rom Washington to
At lanta and New Orleans was retain
j 0( j tbe pogtofflee appropriation hill,
,y be m otion to strike out the clause
j f ro JI tbe b jn received 77 votes to 115
against it.
PARDON CAUSES AN UPROAR.
President Palma of Cuba Criticised by
Political Opponents.
A Santiago, dispatch says: The
presidential pardon of Mirano Coro
na, editor of The Cuban Libre, who
jjr_ insua, editor of The Re
pub ij ca> on new year’s day, 1903, has
cause q intense partisan demonstra
. rlons
The opposition party denounces
president Palma's action in pardon
j be s j a y er after he had served
j ggg than two years, most of which
wag gpent jn r -r>mparative luxury in
the hospital, to which he was admit
ted on the plea of illness.
NO. 1J
IORDAN ISSUES A CALL.
President of Cotton Growers' Associa¬
tion Asks Farmers to Assemble in
Force on Dates Specified.
President, Harvie Jordan of the
Southern Cotton Association, has is¬
sued a call to the cotton planters of
the south, urging them to organize to
carry out the will of the great New
Orleans cotton convention.
"The people of the cotton-growing
states are aroused to the imperative
necessity to do something," says ho,
and h e urges that in accordance with
the plan or organization adopted at
New Orleans ‘the people assemble in
their respective voting precincts, beat
or militia districts on February the
11th at i o’clock, elect a precinct
chairman and appoint a committee of
three on cotton acreage; this com¬
mittee to immediately request the sig¬
nature of every cotton grower in that
precinct to a pledge to reduce his
acreage 25 per cent. The farmers will
further at this gathering on the 11th
elect three representatives to a county
convention to be held at each county
seat on Thursday, February 16th,
which county convention shall elect its
own officers and elect one representa¬
tive to a state convention to be held
February 21st in every state capitol.
After reviewing the situation and
telling of the work accomplished at
New Orleans and calling for the gath¬
erings as announced, President Jordan
explains the entire plan of organiza¬
tion adopted and urges that the farm-
ers stand together as one man. From
his call it is evident that the Southern
Cotton Association proposes to get
down to work at once and that before
the end of the present working ijionth associa¬ Jhera
will be a complete
tion in every state in the south and
sub-associations in every county and
precinct.
CONVENTION IS TELLING.
As Result of New Orleans Meeting
Cotton Has Sharply Advanced.
A Brownwood, Texas, dispatch says:
The following signed statement has
been issued by C. H. Jenkins of the
executive committee of the Southern
Growers' Association:
“Since the first call was issued for
the farmers to organize for the pur¬
pose of securing a 25 per cent reduc¬
tion of acreage and fertilizers, cotton
has advanced $2.50 per bale. Upon the
basis of 4,000,(100 hales being still in
the hands of the producers, this means
a gain of $ 10 , 000,000 to the cotton
growers of the south. If the farmers
and business men of the south will
stand by the program agreed upon at
the New Orleans convention, this gain
will amount to $40,000,0u() on the crop
In hand by June 1, and the gain on
the next crop will be at least $125,
000,000. Can we not afford to pay
something both in labor and money
for such • combination as this?
“The essentials arc reduction in the
next crop and holding the present
crop. The present crop cannot be
held economially without warehouses:
therefore, my advice is to build ware¬
houses and do it now. Let the fartn
r> and business men of every county
get together at once and raise the nec
essary fund to build a warehouse."
TAUNTS CAUSED BOY’S DEATH.
Scholar, Gibed by Classmates, Suc¬
cumbs to Heart Failure.
Heart failure, said to have been
brought on by the taunts of class¬
mates in a public school In New York,
has ♦ catlsed the death of Joseph
Krauer, seven years old. The lad,
with one or two others, failed to re¬
ceive promotion to the succeeding
grade, and was greatly annoyed by
his fortunate classmates, He fell
from his seat dead after undergoing
their jests for a time.
TROOPS AND MOB IN BATTLE.
Six strikers Killed and Forty-Eight
Wounded In Lodse, Poland.
In a conflict between troops and
strikers at the Kounitzer factory in
Lodz, Poland, Friday, the soldier*
fired, killing six persons and wound¬
ing forty-eight. Shooting also occur¬
red at the Keliar lace factory.
BETTER MARKET IS SOUGHT.
A Memorial from Recent Cotton Con¬
vention is Presented in Senate,
A Washington dispatch says: Sen¬
ator Clay read in the senate Friday a
memorial from the Cotton Growers'
convention forwarded to congress by
W. L. Peek of Georgia.
The object of the petition is to se
cure for the south better markets for
cotton in foreign countries. It asks
toi an appropriation to employ agents
to be sent to foreign markets with a
view to investigate and enlarge such
markets and securing better prices lor
cotton.
