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1N jH YEAR moke a “Bill Arp’ warters New Brand mGISLfITUREI Kai Orgauiies- Doison Liedent of Senate. yiLLIT FOR CLERK. I I Speaker »f The House. Caucus Tonight. ■nta.Ga., Oct. 27.—80th ■of the legislature orgaa- Kiterday, and both will ■his morning prepared to ■ inegg . One or twoconteets ■ cerg were amicably ad- and a caucus of all the ■ erF is culled for tonight to for the va ■bb for judges and solicitor Sal in the superior court, ■morrow morning every one ■fthe political fights will | disposed of. and the j will be able to settle! to ihe waking of laws. It to he the rule in the legislature that a mem utlei.J to politics first r.s • 'Arwards, and no ■ who has watched the pre of the present session inclined to say that the been broken this year organization of the t wo ■es men of unquestioned were elected to <*' ery po- of iinportane° lion. W. n, of Sumo , was elect president of the senate and ■: John D. Little speaker of ■house. Neither bad opposi ■ For secretary of the senate ■u'..-Unl. ( liarles S. Northern ■m thiough unanimously, and of the house Hon. John of Bibb, bad but opposition. There were ■ne few contests for minor of- but on ihe whole both of the legislature seem- made up their mind in how to vote, and the selected are of a character reflects credit upon those Be selected them. ■ r l Inexact makeup of the sen and house organization is as ■ lows: B the house. ■Sfienker—John I). Little, of ■uecogee. WSpeaker pro tern—A. O. Bla ■ck, of Fayette. ■ Clerk— John T. Boifeuillet, of Bibb. M Messenger— F. M. Durham, B Bartow. I Boorkeeper— J. JI. Williford, B Fayette. I Chaplain—Rev. G. G. Wright, •f Putnam. THE SENATE. I President—W. A. Dodson, of Sumter. 1 resident pro tern—J. Render Ferrell, of Mariwether. Secretary— Charles S. North -61 n > of F ulton. Boorkeeper— R. E. Wilson, of Murray. Masaenger— Flynn Hargett, of Habersham. 1 Rev. J. W. G. Mat kins, of Fulton. lb* officers of the house were e bcted in caucus, but the senate * ont into formal session without 1 '• formality of a preleminary (Continued on 3rd page,) THE ROME IWSTLER-COMMEiiciAL MRS. BOTKIN. Coilrt Refuses to Exiadite Her to Delaware. AUTHORITIES HOPEFUL. Claim The Murderess Will Be Brought to Justice. San Francisco, Oct. 27 —Mrs. Coidelia Botkin will not be extra* dited to the >ta‘e of Delaware, If she is to be tried for the murder of *{r John P. Dunning the trial will take place in this State. Such was the eonelusion reached by Su* perior Judges Cook, Wallace, Sea well, Trout and Borden upon the writ of habeas corpus sued for by Mrs, Botkin’s attorneys. The de cision was ru dared at noon today. There yet remains the question whether or not Mrs. Botkin can legally be held for trial hers, un der section 27 of tt e penal cods, which includes among persons a ble to punishment under the laws of this State: “All persons who commit, in whole or in part, any crime within this State.” Upon the construction of this section Judge Carroll Cook alone will hear argu ment. So no final order was made on the writ today, Judge Ceok merely ordering a continuance un til Saturday. With regard te the section named upon hie Honor’s decision wi 1 rest .Mrs. Botkin’s fate, so far as a trial ht-re is concerned As, how. ever, the counsel on both sides of the case are notified to have tb»ir witnesses ready, it is fair to as sume that Mrs, Botkin will not be permitted to escape the conse quences cf her crime without a proper investigation before Judge and jury The finding of the Judges in holding that Mrs. Botkin cannot under the law be extradited simply decides that the Legislature has unfortunately, emitted to provide for just such a case as that of Mrs. Botkin, Under the law as it now stands, she is not a fugitive from justice having never set foot in the State of Delaware. Nor is there any way by which she can be ex tradited. The Judges sty that this omission can be rectified by an act cf Congress, but until this is done th* law must be held to be defective in this respect. All parties interested were in court when the decision was given Mrs. Botkin and her sister sat with her attorneys, Georgs Knight and Frank McGowan. Mrs. Botkin looked smart and well. She was evidently prepared fo l ' the decision in her favor, but that did not pre vent her listing to the words ®l the Court, uttered by ludgiCook with breathless interest. She appeared rather disappoint ed when no order for her rebase, was made. Chisf Lees, District At torney Hosm*r and Attorney Chamberlain sat togsther. Chief Lees looked troubled So did De tective McVey, who looked sorrow fully forward to a lonsesome trip back to his Delaware home after a fiuitless sojourn on this coast. The opinion of the court was written by Judge Carroll CoA and concurred in by all hie associates. Judge Cock read the iecibion, which covered fifteen pages of type wntt n matter. When Judge Cook bad finished reading he said: “This disposes of the case so far as extrad’tion is concerned. I #m now ready to hear argum.ut upon the question whether Mrs. Botkin can be held for trial here, under section 27 of the penal C Mr Hosmer suggested that Mrs. ROME GEORGIA, THRUSDAY EVENING, C CTOBR 27, 1898. WORDTD MCKINLEY • I Secretary of Stats Hay. Sends Confidential Kgent CABINET TOGITHER Detectives Guard The Door Secrecy Maintained. Philadelphia, Oct. 27. —After tbs reception to the president last nigh* at the Uaiou League a meeting of the chief executive and cabinet officers "ho are in attend ance with him at the peace jubilee was held at the Hotel Bellevue. I’hose present besides the presi dent were: Po Gen, Smith, Secre tary of War Alger, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Solieitor Gen. Richard in plaoe of General Griggs. The utmost secrecy attend ed the proceedings and it was ide possible io learn for what purpose the meeting was called or what subjects were discussed.fcFrom an tin official though ordinarily reli able source it was gleaned that J. C. Kelogg. private secretary to Secretary Hay, reached here last night bearing important dispatch es from the state department. N either Secretary Porter nor any of the cabinet tfficers would be seen after the meeting had end ed and no information from other sources could be obtained. The meeting lasted neark? an hour and was held in ihe presi dent’s room in the hotel Local detectives prevented any one iruu. approaching the vicinity. Mr. Kelogg when questioned about the matter admitted being the bearer of a message, but said that it was purely a personal one from Secre tary Hay. That it was more than some or dinary deliberation was apparent from the fact that Mr. Kelogg reached the Union League shortly after 11 o’c'ock and was immedi ately taken to the president. He then left and went to, hotel, ihe reception coming t® au end very shortly. After the president and tl e cab inet had concluded their delibera tions Mr. Kelogg left immediately for Washington in a special car. It was reported some time after midnight that the president may leave for Washington in the morn ing and may not remain to revew the military jubilee parade. BBS g ANDREWS PICKED UP Was Attempting to Reach The Azores in a 1 3-f®et Boat. Reedy T sland, Oct. 27. The, bark Frieda passed up the bay here today and reported that on September 22, she picked up in latitude 39 degrees 44 minutes and longitude 39 degrees 23 min utes, Capt. Andrews, who left Atlantic City on August 24 in a 13 foot boat bound for th® Azores. *The captain was out of provisions. Lieut. Howard P. Jack left today for Chattanooga, where he goes to wed Miss Allien •riste. He was accompanied by Messrs Cubbage, Nat Hoyt and Chas. Keene. M II Botkiu be turned ever to the grand jury. Judge Cook stid he was satisfied that if th® allega tions in the complaint were tru® Mrs. B-itkin should not be dis charged. 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