Newspaper Page Text
THE BLACKSHEAR TIMES.
E. Z. BYRD, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL » XX. NO. 44.
Pierce County Directory.
Ordinary—J. I. Snmmerall.
Clerk Superior Court—John Thomas.
Sheriff—J. R. Carter.
Tax Receiver—J. O. Waters.
Tax Cbllector—J. A. Jacobs.
County Treasurer—B. D. Brantley.
Cotta*^Surveyor—W. H. Bowen.
Coroner—Dr. J. M. Brown.
Superior court first Monday in May
and third Monday in November.
COUNTY COURT.
Robt. G. Mitchell, Jr., Judge.
W. A. Milton, Solicitor.
Montaly session, second Friday in
each month; quarterly sessions, third
Monday in March, June, September
and December.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
.
. Robert G. Mitchell, Jr., Mayor.
J B. D. Brantley, W. G. MoMillan,
John A. Strickland, Jos. A. Harper,
Councilman.
M. C. McAlpin, Clerk and Treas
urer.
W. L. McMillan, Marshal.
Police court every Monday morning.
SECRET ORDERS.
Black shear Lodge No. 270, F. & A.
M., meets first and third Friday nights
in each month.
A. B. Estes, W. M.
Robt. G. Mitchell, Jr., Sec.
Alabaha Lodge No. 16, K. of P,
meets every Monday night.
B. D. Bbantlby, C. C.
E. Z. Byrd. K. of R. & S.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
A EMMET COCHRAN,
Practices LAWYER,
in United Slates courts,
district, circuit aud supreme courts,
and iu all counties in Brunswick cir
cuit. Telephone No. 26. Office and
residence upstairs Phoenix Hotel,
Wnycross, Ga.
1) G. MITQHELlTjb., ~
County Attorney-at-Law and Judge
Court, Blackshear, Ga.
A. B. F.KTE'L E. L. WALKEB.
IfSTES & WALKER, at-Law,
Attorneys
Elaekshear, Georgia.
W M. TOOMER,
" * Attorney at-Law,
Office Waycrofs, Ga.
in First National BankBnilding.
AI7alter~a7 miltoil~
Attorney-at-Law and Solicitor
County Court. Office in tho court
lionse. Blackshear. Ga.
A. L K AVANT, M. D. J. L L OKIN 'R, M. D
A VANT & GRINER,
Physicians & Surgeons,
Patterson, Ga
Calls promptly answered day or
night from residence or office.
U/ N. Office BROWN, Near Dentist, the Courthouse.
* ’ •
Offers his professional services to
the citizens of Pierce and adjoining
counties. Guarantees satisfaction.
Crown and bridge work a specialty.
Blackshear, Ga.
A LLEN BRO't'N, D. D. S.
Office upstairs in McCulley &
Walker’s new building. Tenders hiB
professional services to the public.
Crown and bridge work a specialty.
Waycross, Ga. ,
BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT.
COURT CALENDAR.
Appling Superior Court—First and
second Mondays in March; third and
fourth Mondays in September.
Camden Superior Court—Tuesday
after the third Monday in March;
Tuesday after the first Monday in
October.
Coffee Superior Court—Fourth Mon
day in March; second Monday in Oc
tober.
Charlton Superior Court—Tuesday
after the first Monday in April; Tues
day after the fourth Monday in Oc
tober.
Clinch rl . . Hnn Superior „ - Conrt-Second q Mon- „
day in April; third Monday in Octo
ber.
Ware Superior Coart—Third and
fourth Mondays in April; first and
second Mondays in November.
Pierce Superior Court—First Mon
day in Mbt; third Monday in Novem
ber
Wayne Superior Court—Second
Monday in Mav; fonrth Mondav 7 in
November.
.
Glynn Superior Conrt-Third Mon
day m May and first Monday in Do
[hi busincl'may Um6 ^
' requ-Ye q
_
TEETH iwtf , _
without .
A SPEC\M-T<
’VTw, ,,-p' &
J. C. BREWER,
DENTIST,
BLACKSHEAR, ■ ■ O A.
Gold Crowns and Bridge Work a
specialty. 5-5, ’99
BARBER •• SHOP.
JOHN ALDRIDGE, Proprietor.
BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA.
- wsns;
^otng, etc., done at the followm,
prices:
Cutting hair, 15 cents.
Shaving, 10 cents.
Shampoo, 20 cents.
Blacking, 25 cents. Dao 4»-’D7.
f OODPOSITIONS
m g#^W ^ ** Young B/ »ctT 7 0 e Vide MEN Men
'V 0|0 (S\e our pucticsl
„ ^usiriess {oUrse
COLLEGE t
SndforCataJtyw
INSTRUCTIONS BY MAIL
'S/MW.7Ho/i‘om/rZ4<SC>/M£tt£
FITZHUuH LEE NAMED.
Viginian Nominated By President
To Be a Brigadier Gene. al In
the Regular Army.
A , w Washington , . , special . says: The
president Monday sent to the senate
,i the nominations . .. of , James T H. „ Wilson,
of Delaware and Fitzhngh Lee of Vir
ginia, now brigadier genera! of voluu
teers, to be brigadier general in the
The senate lias confirmed the fol
lowing nominations:
Major General Nelson A. Miles, to
be lieutenant general.
To be major generals. Brigadier
General S. B. M. Young United States
army; Colonel Adna R. Chaffee,Eighth
cavalry United States army (major
general United States volunteers);
Brigadier General Arthur MaoArthur,
United States army (major general
Th, ...... Ml two b„.f
sessions for the consideration for tfie
office of brigadier general sent in by
the president under the army reorgan
izatiou act of the present session of
congress.
At the first session the nominations
to that position which had been favor
ably reported upon were recommitted
to the committee on military affairs.
During the afternoon there was a bur
ried meeting of the committee, at
which a favorable report upon all the
brigadier nominations before tho com
mittee were acted upon, and at the
second closed session of the senate
they were all reported
Those favorable recommendations
included not only the nominations
heretofore reported, but also the nom
inations of Generals Wood Grant and
Bell, which had been previously fiasB
ed over, and also those of Generals
Fitzhugh Lee and James H. Wilson
whose names were sent in daring the
day. When the nominations were re
ported Senator Pettigrew objected to
favorable consideration and they went
over until Tuesday under the senate
rule.
It is understood that there will be a
chauge in the order in which the nom
inations were made, which will relievo
them of tho criticism that was made
on account of the high relative posh
tion the original assignments gave
certain officers.
SULZER RAISES ROW.
Lively Day In the House Over
Senate’s Action and a Pro
Boer Peroration.
Monday was a field day in the house,
being by far the liveliest day during
the present session. A very interest
ind . , detmte , , the , constitutional
over
limitations on the power of the
senate over revenue legislation ini
Hated by the house was pre
cipitated when Mr. Payne, the chair
man of the ways and means committee,
brought in the resolution of the com
mittee to disagree to the substitute
proposed by the senate as an amend
ment to the war revenue reduction act
and to ask for a conference witli the
senate.
Mr. lawuey, of Minnesota, cham
pioDed the course of the house and its
parathouut lights over revenue legis
tion but was unfortunate in not briug
ing forward a resolution to return the
bill to the senate with the declaration
ihat the senate had transcended its
powera m 8ab8tl f U r g e ° t,re ^ new
measure for . the bill of r the house.
Later in the day dnring the consid
eration of the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill an impassioned
pro-Boer speech by Mr. Htilzer, <ff new
York, drew from Mr. Mahon, of Penn
sylvams, the recital of the raising of a
fund of abont 31 ' 200 for the benefit of
the widows of Boer soldiers at a meet
ing held in the city, at which Mr. Sui-
2er P r ®sided. He declared that after
the “terrapin and cold bottles got in
^ rk ” onI y* 18 ^ aa1 ^ ;
® *1 T'* g M ’ * S
He iiid he had no connection with
; the expenditure of the fund, to which
he bad contributed $175 and a very
lively row followed, the climax of
which was reached when Mr. Hnlzer
had read an anonymous letter which
made a sensational attack upon Mr.
Perry S. Heath, late assistant secretary post
. master general, who was of
tbe Republican national committee
during the recent campaign, charging
him with being Neely’s sponsor, and
then denying it after the arrest of
Neely.
FOB BRUNSWICK BAR.
I»rrea««of Appropriation Glv«n By ft#®
•i. I'ammin., - x«»ri,»r.
Tkp rn rivers and
; ■fu»townithe ^
without change, excejit that Henatoi
U. t 1 0 T, 6 * tor * t b h [ C B B r*u[ s w b'k k bar’ b i t^
I prorement
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF PIERCE COUNTY.
BLACKSHEAR. GA.. THURSDAV. FEBRUARY U. 1901.
TORN TO FRAGMENTS
Terrific Explosion Kills Eighty
Seven People In Mexico.
MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Fragments of Flesh and Bones
Were Scattered to the Four
Winds—Scene of Horror.
Word was received at Chihuahua,
Mexico, Thursday of one of the most
terrible mining disasters that ever oo
curred in the republic. An explosion
in the San Andres mine, situated iu a
remote locality of the Sierra Madres,
in the western part of tho state of
Durango, caused the death of eighty
Bevon meB * women and children and
injured manv others
lhe ctttastr0 P h e due to the ex
P . 10 of several hundred of
sion eases
y nam »te which was stored in an un
. m Lhinery S pMaed lvl Louah S the
room a f th '"Statthese was
wires became Became crossed crossea, sl , thetby inorenycausing LSfng
fl fire „ “[
werp
loca t e d on ™ the residences surface most immediate!^ of them
oc , “ npy Py “f undergo™* wo“kincs
ftb >
0 '^ 6 ^heTxplosion of
the .explosion tore tore awav away
a u i
r.“'ehT,rJ”
into o small smau pieces. pieces
Among those who were killed was
Berman „ Luetsman, T . the superintendent . ,
”, o 11116 ! alld Bte members of
* aml “ 10 timq of the explo
. there several hundred miners
sion were
at . work , la . ,, the , lower "-°rkings , . of , the ,,
. and, strange to
mine, say, none of
were B er l <m Bl y injured, although
‘ be y were all severely shocked iu the
temfio force of the exposition.
The work of gathering up the frag
ments o{ the unfortunate victims of
tiie explosion scattered over the raoun
iftius was lje ? un » an(i tb ^y were placed
« nd b uri«d in one grave,
But few of the mau g led remains were
recognizable
lhe Ban Andres mine . is the most
celebrated silver mine in Mexico. It
18 valued at $20,000,000. It has pro
duced umuy millions of dollars’ worth
ore
MURDERED MlTDnCDCn IN iu Turin THEIR CELLS. rn i c
_______
ci Florida Mob M u iz-i. Kills t Two vr Negroes
Who Were Held Only on
Suspicion " ’
Will Wright and Sam Williams, ue
groeBt char , K° d , ^ith ...... being implicated ,
> n the killing of Dan Childers and the
»• »•**. *-*
white, at Rice & PhelpB’ camp on Jan
uary 26th, were killed in the county
jail at Dade City, Fla., by a mob of
fifty or more men at a late hour Tues
day night.
'The mob first called upon Sheriff
Griffin and demanded of him the keys
to the jail. The sheriff refused and
stood firm through all the efforts to
him. The lynching party
then moved toward the jail and sue
ceeded in breaking through the outer
walls, but could not break through the
6tee i c , Ub . After exhausting every
effort to do BO tbey ed flre on
f,) 16 ^ wo prisoners from the outside,
through the steel bars. Williams was
a im 08 t instantly killed and Wrigh*
was fatally wounded and died a few
bonrB ] a ter.
The coroner’s jury at the investiga
tion Wednesday returned a verdict
that the two men had been killed by
parties unknown to the jury.
ip be ] yncb j n „ throughout* bas aroused a storm
o{ i ndi g na , iori the state
Tbe negroe8 were only suspected of
), oin j mp j ica t e d and had iust been
’
arro „ted aud jailed
There were m or more in tbe mob
of lynchers and the bodies of the two
victime were riddled with bullets.
Blown to Atoms.
Part of the Oriental Powder mills,
at Newhall, Maine, was demolished by
an explosion early Thursdav morning.
Two employees were blown to atoms,
-
STOCKHOLDERS OF S., F. & W.
-
.old T.,.., A„nuM m Savannah.
(J*., and Ei.ct omen.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
annual mceting wa8 held in
Savannah, Ga., Wednesday. The fol
lowing officers were elected:
President, It. G. Erwin; vice presi
dent, M. F. Plant; secretary, It. B.
Smith; treasurer, J. Moultrie Lee.
Directors: M. F. Plant, K. G. Er
win. Linde Harrison, M. K. Jesup, H.
M Flagler, B. F. Newcomb, J. H. Es
Gross earnings, $4,449,759.46; snr
plus, *1,289,606.80; dividend, 4* per
cent.
“HUB” PRINTERS TO STRIKE.
Demand That Women Compositors Slmli
ItcceiTe Equal Eaj hi Mon.
Boston_Typographical special meeting Sunday Union afternoon, No. 13.
•
SES
scale at once, the point at issue being
wbe ther or not women typesetters shall
b ® treaU: ' 1 88 “journeymen composi
tor8 ” ,nd rec€,¥e the ,ame W,ge * 88
men {oT doing the same work.
«Rs. natkjn backed opt.
For First Time 5aioon Smasher
Shows White Feather and Is
Called a “Coward.”
A Topeka dispatch says: Mrs. Na
tion for the first time displayed the
white feather Thursday. It was at H
meeting 0 f thirty of her followers, who
armed with hatohets, had gathered in
secret to arrange a night raid on To
P eka The women had been
promised the aid of several male stu
dents at Washburn college who were
to come to town armed after midnight
aud personally take part in the raid
and also see that the women were not
molested.
The women planned minutely for
the raid. It was decided to saunter
out at 3 o’clock in the morning aud
demolish every joint in town.
Suddenly, »’heu everything seemed
* 11 Mrs.^Nation TaUied!"!)!) 0
onala gbt
g un putting on her wraps and said
she wa8 goiug bome .
Instantly her followers were in an
uproar. Mingled with expressions . of .
surprise at her quick change of front,
80on carae W ords of condemnation.
Finally one women, who had spent
ttnJ s0 ' l f a « ald of
f ,ru8a< i er8 ruab . ° d to Y° ere Mrs Na ‘
f ?°t’ ,- the , \£ ro - U P<
aud ’ e, mk.ug , her fist m the Wichita 1 .
woman s face, shouted excitedly:
“ Yuu are a c ™ ard . MrB - Nation .
y °P are a coward!
F ° r “ moment Mrs. Nation lost
° f ber8elf ’
I am not a coward,’ she v said .. with ...
emphasis. “I will go this minute with
iS7o 3 ‘ ” \ 01 “. “° ?
it looked as if an instant , raid would
rM .,n
But Mrs. Nation soon calming lier
solf, told the women she was tired,
f ba t j bo “Lord did not wish her to go
tonight,” and without further ado left
the room.
l RNEGIE HOLDS ItEISS.
steel Magnate un„. Money Kin*, at
hi. Fi.a.aer.
~ New York dispatch says: Friday’s
new developments in connection with
the negotiations touching the transfer
of tho Carnegie Steel company to J.
Pierpout Morgan aud his associates
wera that Mr. Carnegie is to re
ceive $1,500 for each $1,000 share of
his stock; second, that minority hold
era who desire to sell will receive the
same terms as those given to Mr. Car
third, that the present
“iT I>latoa “ ? fommtion e n t e 8 otiat of , iou8 a new oontem cor- -
poration whose bonds will play a largo
part iu the price to bo paid to Mr -
Carnegie, aud, fourth, the first public
announcement in connection with the
pending negotiations of an official
character consisting of a statement by
H. E. Gary, president of tho Federnl
«teel , Company, _ confirming „ the news
tbat Morgan is planning the
some
G f this country,
If, a« now Booms certain, Mr. Car
negio is to receivo $1,500 for each
$1,000 share of his stock, the transfers
in his case alone Will Le the equivalent
of nearly $130,000,000, inasmuch as
the great steel magnate’s holding at
present amount to $80,000,000. If,
as seems probable, the minority hold
ers are to be looked after by Mr. Mor
gins syndicate, the financiering will
i .volvo the equivalent of $240,000,000.
RECEIVERS FOR CASTELLANES.
Ills Nibs, lion I, anti Anna In Care of
Qeofge and Helen.
At Neijr York Friday Judge La
combe, in the United States circuit
court, appointed Georgo J. Gould and
D e ' en M- Gould receivers of all in
come of the Countess de Castellano in
c* c «»s of $200,000 per year. This ae
tion was taken in a suit brought by
Fiachoff, an Austrian creditor,
u 8 aiuBt the Countess de Castellano
a “ d against George J. Gould, Edwin
^ Gould, on d - as Howard executors Gould aud and trustees Helen M.
un
dor the will of Jay Gould. This suit
18 tor the bencfit ot a11 creditors.
Contract For Battleship Georgia.
The Bath iron works at Bath, Maine,
b#H received a contract for the con
struction of a United States battleship
; t° be named the Georgia from the navy
department at Washington,
CARNEGIE SELLS OUT.
Mor « n "'I, 4 *:?,
The New York Mail and Express
and The Evening Post announce the
* ale ol ,be Carn egie 8tock to th * J P :
-Morgan Syndicate . as an accomplished .
fact, lhe Mail and Express says:
lhe only hitch that occnrred in
4he negotiations leading up to the
traD "f« of con rol.of the Carnegie
company was in r*\* ion to the control
the b " ndB he ' d b y Mr * ( £ a " ie g ' 8 -
Jbe Morgan syndicate ^ Blotlt .greed a aomethjng to Me .
a oye its market vtlue, jot Mr. Car
j [jrf income* ou^ffftv“viiar ^ ‘ nG
*
HEAD COMPLETELY SEVERED.
Conductor on OrHHn and C»rro))ton Ko»d
M«et« Horrible I)f*iHth.
A t Griffin, Ga., Wednesday after
DO on, while his train was
rS— was 5
knocked off and the wheels passed over
b ; H b odv completely severing the
bea d from the trunk.' Reid bad only
! recently been promoted to the posi
tion. v 1
BRITONS ARE BALKY
Hesitate at Approval of the
Nicaragua Canal Treaty.
SENATE’S DEMANDS ARE A SNAG
Answer Will Be Tantamount to
a Refusal and Will Contain
Counter Proposals.
It has been learned by a represonta
*' ve of tho Associated Dress in London
that a reply will shortly he sent to tho
Unitcii stato8 jf lcaragna oaua i pro j ec t.
It wi „ not oomp]y with tbo MI1 . to . H
demands. Neither will it bo in the
uaturo of a flat refusal, though for
purposes of immediate construction it
will be . tantamount . . . to such , a refusal,
11 ' vl11 C0UBIst > mainly, in . a counter
proposal, or proposals, likely to noces
sitate extended negotiations. The na
tainable. Lord Pauncefote will prob
ably ho the medium through whom
the answer will bo sent, and by whom
the subsequent negotiations will chiefly
he conducted
In British official opinion it is likely
that several months will elapse before
)bo matter reaches a conclusion, hr
vrbioh time the Hay-Panncefote treaty
will have lapsed, on the basis of the
senate’s amendments
are
......* it ............
entirely new agreement, satisfactory
to 10 bo * b P0Ilntri oouninoa, „ B will eventually lie
reached. , ,
A FEELING OF REOIIET.
A Washington special says: So far
as can be ascertained the administra
tion has uot had auy intimation of the
oouutcr proposals the London dis
patch says will be made in the matter
of the Nicaragua canal project. There
is a feeling of regret that the British
government has felt constrained to
adopt such a course, as the hopo was
entertained that tho amendments to
the Haye-Puuncefote treaty might
have been accepted in tho spirit iu
which they were made.
Senator Morgan, when informed of
the new stand taken by Great Britain,
said he believed if Great Britain has
decided to take the action stated it
would create resentment in the senate
ami among the people and distrust of
the motives of that government. He
hoped it might result in some notion
on tho pending bill at this session.
Ose suggestion already made as a
possible counter proposal by Grent
Britain was that in return for conces
sions made by her she might desire an
open port on the Alaskan coast ns an
entrance into her gold fields in the
Klondike.
. CHARGES AGAINST WILCOX
DIrciisikmI fly KIocUoiik Cominfttoe.....H»
wnllftii Calltt (Jear u Mar.
A Washington dispatch says: Tho
charges against Delegate Wilcox, of
Hawaii, wore heard Friday by the
house cominitteo on elections No. 1.
Mr. Wilcox was present, accompanied
by Representative Robinson, of In
diana, who appeared as Inn friend and
counsel. The specific answer of Mr.
Wilcox to the charges contained iu
the letters submitted was presented:
It states:
“That he (Wilcox) is a native Hawa
iian; that ho shared with tho native
psople, loyalty to the former Queen
Lilioukalani during her reign, and
was not in sympathy with the reign
ing power immediately succeeding her
reign." *
Oeorge D. Gear, the prosecutor,
contended that the election of Wiloox
was irregniar and void, as tho require
incuts of the United states were not
complied with.
On cross-examination Mr. Gear
stated that in Wilcox’s campaign
speeches he said he would restore
Queen Liliuokalani. When the wit
ness said Wilcox had “eternally
damned the Americans the delegate
muttered “liar, but was mild re
strained by Ins counsel. After Mr.
Gear had presented tho his evidence
he made an extended argument ar*
gumont i arraigning the delegate,
ARMY NOMINATIONS H ELI) CP.
Tli. HM«. »t Samu of o.n.raia
Wood, «rs,.t a „d
T he " enale COInm ‘ ttee on ml,lt * r y
f®* _ 1 , ” Frldft 7 “ffreed to report favora
Nelson A^Milcs'to lbmUmant genT/al
aD d aleo the three nominationis to the
office of major general under the army
reorgan j zat j on bill.
; All the nominations to he brigadiers
I * fav0 rably acted ZZ upon except fZn
bo8e ot 0eD(!ra ,
erick I). Grant and ^Zl General J Frank
, M Theso tbl held up in
j Qr der to permit further investigation,
i tbe ( ee |j ng b( .j ng tbat these three had
Dot Bee, ‘ sufficient service to warrant
promotion over older officers.
FIVE HUNDRED VICTIMS.
Awful Story of a l'*trol«uro Conflagration
at K;tk u, XtuMNla.
; A dispatch received in Bt. Peters
burg, Russia from Baku says M0 per
ra/ion at that place Vhursday. The
police station, ten large tenements,
600,000 tons of rnazout, 350,000 tons
of naptha and all tho Rothschild re
serroirs were burned. The rnazout
caused explosions which killed many
of the spectators.
Subscription, One Dollar a Year.
ESTABLISHED 1880
DAINTY QUEEN WEDS.
Willielmina of Holland Takes Duke
Denry of Mecklenburg For
Weal or Woe.
Tho civil ceremony of the marriage
of Queen Willielmina of Holland to
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Sohwerin
was ™ riea out at Tho Haguo at 11:30
, a.m, Thursday, , in accordance with the
j I
program.
Tho marriage was a lingo family
iiflair. All Holland (hut could he
present was ou hand to participate.
Those who stayed at their homes ip
other cities and villages of the kingdom
celebrated with parades, deoorations
and banquets.
Never was seen a more beautiful and
liappy wedding. Tho popular belief
is that it is a love match, like that of
Viotoria and Albert, and this gives a
romantic coloring to tho event, wliioh
is generally lacking in royal marriages.
Tho ceremonies were the same sim
pie and unrealistic rites of the Re
formed Dutch church by which tho
humblest of Queen Wilholmina’s sub
jects are married.
Tho whole spirit of the affair was
plain and democratic, although the
costly gowns and jewels aud tho showy
uniforms of distinguished personages,
high officials of the kingdom, the army
and the uavy and representatives of
tho people in parliament and the mu
nicipalities furnished a regal stage set
ting.
Tho venerable pastor administered
to the bride and groom a caution that
their high positions would not Bhield
them from the common sufferings and
sorrows of humanity.
Queen Willielmina made a very win
ning and human bride. She blushed
and became confused over tho coro
monial with tho riug, ns all brides are
supposed to do; white her hajipinesH
and pride over the enthusiasm of hor
people wore plainly deeper than a
mete matter of form.
Prinoe Heinrich was au awkward
but stalwart, and manly figure. Either
he was forgetful or badly trained in
tlie part, for tho pustnr had to givo
him two or throe hints as to how to
carry liimsolf.
The court chaplain, Dr. Van Der
Vlier, standing before tho bride and
bridegroom, delivered an address. His
textwas from the fourth Psalm: “Lord,
lift thou up tho light of thy counte
nance upon us.”
After tho chaplain’s aildress mid
after the nuptial benediction had boon
pronounced the bride and bridegroom
exchanged gold rings, according to
the Dutch custom, and the wedding
party then proceeded to the reception
room attached to tho church, whore
tho queen tenderly embraced, first her
mother and then hor husband, Tho
queen’s mother too, kissed the loiter.
The bridegroom then kissed his bride
and his own mother.
The newly wedded pair received tho
congratulations of their families and
drove to tho pulaco to partuko of a
wedding breakfast,
MAIL KUBSIDT SAFE.
II < III HO Itl'lttlllM ItlMIl Id l*OMtofltC 6 Hill
After tl»« IIhii ill Btrugglo.
A Washington dispatch says: The
southern fast mail appropriation was
saved in tho postoffice appropriation
bill after the usual hard fight in the
house Thursday. This insures tho re
tention of tho item in tho bill, for the
senate has always put it in the bill,
even when the bouse struck it out.
The appropriation is for $171,000
for special mail facilities from Boston
to New Orleans, and makes possible
tho special train out of New York and
over tho Houthern that gives tho btisi
ness men of the south, unit everybody mail
else iu those states, the same fast
facilities that are enjoyed in other see
! tiouH of the country which are so
i thickly populated as to warrant the
i railroads putting on fust mail trains
without any inducement from tba post
J office department,
The old arguments against this as
! being a subsidy were advanced by tho
i men who have made a practice of
fighting it iu tho past, tho claim being
made that the subsidy did not improve
the mail service and that the fast trains
i would he run regardless of government
favor, hut the test vote, UA to 73,
showed so strong a majority for the
appropriation as to practically assure
an easy path for it in the future, so
long i*h the pontul authorities rogar<l it
as and x essential. A‘i
necessary
TWIUU.H COCJU HOLSi: KCKNS,
W ” ... .^7“r:,.d .o... . ...
Twiggs county, Ga., lost its court
hoo80 arid B |l county records by fire
al '-'•ly hour Thursday morning.
14 was built in 182o.
Several thousand dollars worth of
pension cheeks were burned.
I'i idditiori to the county loss the
,,n,clalH Wl11 8UBt “ ,r ‘ ,ndl¥,dual dama «°
by the burning of private papers aud
property.
Euhsldy Bill In Mcnate.
Thursday the senate passed the pen
sion apptopriation hill and at once
took up the ship subsidy bill.
HOAD'S CHARTER IN DANGER.
MiEMiAMlppl Caw May Can** Much Trouble
For tho ho ii thorn.
The Mississippi railroad oommin
^ hft# , he , ttentioil of tbe at .
torney general to the consolidation of
the Mobile and Ohio with the Mouth
eru railway and setting forth that such
consolidation is violative of the clause
of the constitution prohibiting tho
j amalgamation of competing lines,
to do '>'' B >ucss in the state.
TILLMAN IS AROUSED
Sonth Carolina Senator Indulges
In Strong Language.
HE SWEARS A MIGHTY SWEAR
Asserts That He Will Block All
Pension Bills That Come
lip Hereafter.
A 'Washington special says: The
pnssnge at tho beginning of the session
senate Saturday of a hill grant
ing a pension of $50 a month to Stacy
H. Cogswell, company F, Thirteenth
Indiana volunteer regiment, induced
Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, to
mako Home forceful comments upon
the house in uot taking action upon a
hill providing a pension for a Mexican
war veteran who had resided in South
Carolina during tho civil war and
naturally had been in sympathy with
tho confederacy. The bill lmd been
passed by the senate, but the house
invalid pension committee was delay
ing final action upon it.
Mr. Tillman said that there was so
much sectional animosity in tho house
committee that tho members refused
to permit action upon tho bill for the
benefit of his old Mexican veteran.
“We, of tho south, want to know if
the slrugglo is ended,” shouted tho
irate senator, as he uttered oaths to
Senator Hale of Maine, who objected
to further debate.
Senator Tillman went to Hide’s desk
and sworo ho would "seo them in hell”
before any more pension bills Hhould
puss, if he could prevent it.
Lator he obtained tho floor and reit
erated his complaint against the liouso
committee aud refused to bo discip
lined by Senator Chandler.
Senator Tillman was fnriouH, and
his speech quickly drew a crowd to the
galleries and ull senators to tho floor.
Senator Tillman demanded tho re
peal of the law preventing the pension
of veteraua of the Mexican aud other
wars because they rendered aid to the
Confederacy.
MINISTER RUCK AT HOME.
Arrlvoii In Atlimlit From Kitf Awny Jnpnn
On Itrhif Viitmtloii.
Colonel A. E, Buck, minister pleni
potentiary and envoy extraordinary to
Japan, has returned to Atlanta for a
brief vacation, after an absouce of
about three and one-half years, Tho
minister and bis wife reached Atlanta,
Ga., and registered at the Aragon. Ou
tiio hotel register Colonel thick gavo
liis residence us “city.” Ho will re
main in Atlanta for two or three days
attending to some private business be
fore proceeding to Waghingtou and
reporting to the state department, lie
peels to sail from Han Francisco to ro
Hiimo his post in Japan about May 1st.
This is Colonel Buck’s first visit to his
old home since bis departnto for his
post, in the orient in May, 18!>7.
Colonel Buck was asked about hie
plans and particularly about bis par
ticipation in the councils of the Repub
lican party in Georgia. Ho said:
"I am not going to hold any con
ferences with the Republican leaders
in Oeorgia. I am out of polities. I
may see some of the leading Repub
licans who uro my personal friends,
but J am not going to talk polities
witli them. 1 do not intend again to
take an active interest in politics in
tlio state. I urn not in politics any
more.”
TOWN RID OF “JOINTS.”
| ILjrioom* In Ifollon, K»n*nn»,
li.v *** 1 ? For <!0 of l< j»I< 1 pj«.
Hollon, Kan., was purged of its
joints Saturday. The purging pro
cess was accomplished by a band of at
least 1,000 who took the town in their
hands and attacked the joints. Three
joints were put out of business and
] Hollon is a dry town for the first time
in fifteen years.
Three Sentenced to Die,
Haturd at Greenville, ». 0., Judge
j /„ tbe ,|,. fltb sentence up
tlir(1( , H t . 0I)victe d of murder,
Joh r , Lawrelice Choice and
Cnr(#ton wero ,, ri bed by a white
m#n ^ kill N()d (!lark for wboB0 mur .
A *-t u. . uo wau \v ito (lnfl mu v i tv t
v .
JUKKOOMS CLOSE HOOKS.
Topoka • , Jointlf»t»” From I kg OfllditU 'I hal
Tli«,y Win Quit
Topeka, Kau., “joints” were closed
Wednesday aside from a few side
doors, and the keepers have jiromised
tho city and county officials that they
will get rid of their stocks of liquors.
Chief of Police Ktahl and Hberiff Cook
went from place to place Tuesday
night warning the “jointists” that
they must close their places and keep
them closed, and all gave their word
that they would sell no more liquor.
When Mrs. Nation heard the nows
, she showed Imt little sign of emo
tion, and simply said: “Thank God.”
I
ON CHARGE OF MURDER.
AC»inpbcil County, fia., White*
capper Im Arraitfiicil In Court.
The case of I’egraui Cochran, charg
j ed with themurderof BterlingThomp
J ' court »on, was at Fairburn, called in Campbell Ga., Wednesday superior
afternfton. The state announced ready,
but tho defense moved for continuance
I on account of absence of witnesses,
\ The court overruled the motion, and
the case was opeued.