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VOL. VIII. NO. IS.
REFUSED A BRIBE
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And Was Promptly Fired By
Colorado Legislature,
A SENATOR’S HARD LUCK
Ex-Governor Peafcedy Files Notice of
Contest Against Adams and Spec.
Afies Charges to Sustain Hi*
Contention.
The Colorado senate Thursday, by a
party vote, seated James B. Dick in
plAce of Senator Robert M. Born. Dick
was unseated by the demoerf’ ~ ma¬
jority during the contest over elec¬
tion ol United States seuator two
J'ea*5i ago.
'Senator Born refused to give up
his seat and was forcibly ejected by
the sergeant at arms.
Senator Daniel Healy, who was
seated two years ago in place of Jesse
F McDonald, now lieutenant gover-
nor. |$M also expelled by a vote of
u ’ l the same as Borns case.
t3enal$TPfeorace T. De Long, repuoli-
cun, protested against the action as
unconstitutional. The democrats al¬
lege that a two-thirds vote is neees-
sary ‘to expel members, and may ap¬
ply to the supreme court for redress.
\a a statement on-the floor of the
senate Healy declared that an at-
tempt had Been made to bribe him.
He saw that on Saturday during the
Joint session he was called into a
private room-Tifi’ was told that if he
would vote for toe confirmation of
Judge GoiTdard he need have no fear
*>f being unseated.
The senate membership is now twen¬
ty republicans and thirteen demo¬
crats, with three vacancies.
Contest FTied by Peabody,
Notice of forinTr Governor Pea-
body's contest against Governor Alva
Adants for the offl-e of governor was
ved before the legislature during the
day. The complaint adts forth the al-
l eg. n ,,r that the haMo^i to ^ Adams
V. • tr 4 *r« My
oa i p*ssf'tt was obtaine I by means of
« conspiracy fit Denver and several
'Counties.
The legislature is petitioned to open
the ballot boxes from a number of
precincts. It is A’cged the frauds in
some precincts were so extensive and
varied it that would be impossible to
segregate the true from the false bal-
lots.
It is. charged that 10,000 names
were used in Denver on elections, and
that the registration books contained
at Vast 15,C*00 false, fraudulent and
mythical names. It is further set
forth that, 10,000 votes were east by
repeaters in Ihe city.
Charges of ballot box stuffing, sub¬
stitution of prepared ballots for those
cast by voters and miscounting by
election judges are also included in
the specifications of fraud, Another
charge is that. In order to defeat Gov¬
ernor Peabody, ballets already mark¬
ed with a cross for Adams were hand¬
ed by the election officers to voters
who were known to be republicans.
Peabody asks to have ninety-five Den¬
ver precincts thrown out. and claims
that the -vote of the county should
show 6,300 plurality for him instead
of 4.903 for Adams as canvassed.
The accusation is made that ’ n
Pueblo 1,200 aliens were voted for
Adams in nine precincts, and that 300
replitdican voters were prevented
from casting their ballots through the
acts of watchers appointed by the dis¬
trict judges.
WHIPPING POST RECOMMENDED,
Chief Executive of Oregon Makes the
Recommendation In Message
The Oregon legislature, in session
at Salem. Thursday, listened to the
reading of Governor Chamberlain's
message. The message carried a
recommendation that a law be passed
establishing whipping-posts for wife-
beaters. A great demonstration Pd-
lowed the reading of this clause In
the message, the applause lasting for
several minutes.
80RE TROUBLES OF DUKE.
Old Man’s Family Insists on Keeping
Him in Insane Asylum.
The effort to gain the freedom of
Brodie L. Duke by means of habeas
corpus proceedings was defeated tem-
porarily at New York Friday by the
legal representatives of the Duke's
family, and struggling in the (hands
of half a dozen attendants and mak¬
ing vain efforts to call for his coun¬
sel. Mr. Duke was dragged out of the
court at the conclusion of the pro¬
ceedings, and hurried away, in a car¬
riage. to a private insane asylum In
Amllyvijle, L. I.
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HOMERV 7 1LLE. GA., FRIDAY. JANUARY 20, 1905.
CHiNA ALLY . 0F JAPAN - !
So Declares Russian Government jn |
Note to Pbwers—Charge that
Neutrality Is Violated.
A Paris special says: The Asso¬
ciated Pf-CsS learns authoritatively
neutrality gives what Russia claims to
be absolute proof of Chinese breach-
es. The three main complaints are:
First—That the islands of Miaotao,
in the s.raits of Pe-Chi-Li, opposite
Port Arthur, have been constantly
used by the Japanese without Chi¬ I
nese interference as a strategic base | |
and a harbor for Japanese torpedo j i
boats.
Second—Thai the Chine.-e army on !
the horde*, has accepted the command
dt Japanese officers.
Third—That Chinese lirms have
been constantly working in behalf of
the Japanese, supplying" them with
provisions, military accoutrement and
general war stores.
The note lengthily sets forth the d 0*
tails and complains that China y s
no, given satisfactory explanation oi
breaches of neutrality, and that there¬
fore Russia notifies the powers that
she intends to use complete liberty
of action in regard to the Injure abuse
of neutrality.
A Washington dispatch says: Count
the Russian ambassador, call-
ed at the 8tat ° department Friday to
talk wlth Secretary Hay, respecting
the forlBR ! and general protest made
by Ilussla -against alleged violations
of neutrality by China during the
present war. The ambassador had
Seen informed by his government by
cable that the full text of the Rus-
slan circultr- note or protest was now
on the way to him and he was in-
structed to submit it to . secretary
Hay on receipt.
Upon the first, announcement of
Russian intention to file this protest,
!t was ebended 1»«« that it might
bs ‘ the forerunner of some positive
aatfol> or ‘ 5» r * * ~ R' which
woul, 1 'I'l/c iw a*, 2 sement entered
break of the war to restrict he
to a certain well-defined area. which
undertaking States was affected through the
United government with the
hearty co-operation of the powers and
of China.
Now, however, the belief obtains
,hat the action of Russia fn dispateh-
tng th,s ante to thf * lowers is intend-
ed not to indicate immediate action
toward obliging China to remedy the
matter complained of at present, but
rather to have on file a record or a
grievance against, the Chinese govern¬
ment which can be brought up for
consideration at. the coneln con of hos¬
tilities and during the negotiations
which will effect a permanent settle
ment of the eastern embroglio.
DECLARE POLYGAMY DYING OUT.
One Wife All-Sufficient for Mormons
of Younger Generation.
Three witnesses for the defense in
the Smoot case ar Washington Fri¬
day testified that, polygamy is dying
out in Utah so rapidly that, there is
no need of prosec"t!onsy r It was de-
dared that, the younger/' . . fe • rmons are
all opposed to poly gar/ J that if
they thought it was, 7; taught
there would be & ret .:m in the
church.
It was admitted that), A a tor Smoot
had to get the consent, of the church
to become a candidate for senator.
TO PRESERVE STATE’S INTEREST
Important Resolution Introduced in
North Carolina Legislature.
fll “ ^i ^ ^ "v T'c Carf * n < 1 le i9,r S !fi!s °~ "
tMre ™' 1ay pro J iding ,llat a ^'ai
coalm,n ; f - of , tha < bod >’ »»>all advise
f " d T* CmW ^ M,,pIoyH hy
h atatP < in ,hc »<*•*> South Dakota
b °" d s ’” f <>a "/ and recwhmto < J s " r!
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°v ** 7 heSt preserve North
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wliich South Eakora s judginc j nl wa
obtained from the United States £U-
preme court.
BRISTOW IS SIDETRACKED.
j Taken from Postal Service and Given
Another Job by Roosevelt.
j Joseph L. Bristow, fourth assis:-
j ant Postmaster genera), has tendered
j to the president his resignation s
an officer of the postal service, s
take effect on the 20th instant.
By an executive order, issued late
Friday afternoon, President. Roosevelt
designated Mr. Bristow as a" special
commissioner to make an investiga¬
tion into the present trade condit 1 ,
find frright rates'ijt-twFem r-hviA bun,:
and Pacific coasts and other section;;
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY.
AFFAIRS OF CANAL
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Tile Subject of a Message to
Congress by President.
ASKS FOR MORE LATITUDE
Would Reduce Commission to Three
Members—Asks Direct Control
0 f Ail Matters Relating to
the Great Waterway.
President. Roosevelt, in a- brief mes-
sago transmitted to congress Friday
the first annual report, of the Panama
canal commission, together with a let-
ter from Secretary Taft relating to
Panama affairs, recommends that he
be given greater discretion, as he
is charged with the responsibility of
construction of the canal.
The board of canal commissioners,
be says, should be reduced to five or
preferably three members, whose du¬
ties, powers and salaries should be
assigned by the president.
The president’s message, in full,
is as follows:
‘•J. transmit herewith the report of
the Isthmian canal commission, ac¬
companied by a letter of the secretary
of war, under whose supervision I
have by executive order placed work
of the commission.
"I concur with the secretary of
war in the view that the present pro-
vision of law, by which the work of
building the canal has to be done
only through a body of seven mem-
bets, is Inelastic and clumsy, and I
earnestly recommend a change so that
the president, who is charged with
the responsibility of building the ca-
nal. may exercise greater discretion
in the organization of the personnel,
through whom he is to discharge this
duty. ,
Actuftl experience lias convinced
me that it will he Impossible to ob-
la - n 'ho host and most effective ser¬
vice under 1h e limitations prescribed
h >' law - The general plans for the
work must be agreed upon with e
« i i Qf t, t\B CO.^*V
try, who should fret an advisory nr
COB SU It in g body. The consulting en*
gineers should not be put on the oni
mission, which should be used only
as an executive instrument for the
executive and administrative work.
“The actual work of exc: »-vg the
general plans agreed upon by (lie com¬
mission after reaching the, conclusions
of the advising engineers, must, he
done by an engineer in charge, and
we now have an excellent: engineer. It.
is, in my judgment, inadvisable, there¬
fore, to restrict the executive's choice
of commissioners to representatives
of the engineer corps of the army
or the navy. The commission should
consist of five, or preferably of three
members, whose respectiv duties,
powers and salaries should be assign¬
ed to them by the president and who
should be placed under Ihe member
of the cabinet whom the presient de¬
sires. Of these men Ihe one appoint¬
ed as administrator of the canal strip
should also serve as minister to Pan-
ama. THKODGRF ROOSEVELT/'
In his letter Secretary Taft says
the commission has done a great deal
of the work of organization and prr p-
arat.ion to build the canal. Deeided
progress has been made in the veri¬
fication of the data obtained by the
French engineers, and in procuring
i new data necessary to enable
j f?1 " ineorfi of commission to de
j nal. torra,ne ,fir ’ P™per plan for the ca
POSSIBLE ROW WITH HAITI.
Uncle Sam Demands Release of Con¬
victed American C’tizen.
The American minister at. Port an
Princp has informed the govern mert
: of Haiti that the United States gov-
eminent refuses to recognize the va¬
lidity of the sentence to ^t| eejl years
at hard labor pronounced by the Hai-
tien court against one Jaeger Huber,
an American citizen for alleged com¬
plicity in bond frauds.
The United States demands th e an-
| nulment nf the sentence, under pain
| of energetic intervention.
DAVIS CALLS ON ROOSEVELT.
! President and Erstwhile Candidate for
Vice Praeident Have a Chat.
Hon. Henry G. Davis of West Vir¬
ginia, recently the democratic candi I*
date for vice president., called on
President Roosevelt Wednesday to
pay TT.s respects. The president greet¬
ed Mr. Davis cordially, saying:
"J am glad to see you, Mr. Davis,
Walk right into my office. You are
entitled to precedence over all oth-
ers ’
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The president and Mr. Davis had a
| 'perknrial-interest.. .Peasant chat'about matters of mi-l i-»
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POKER FOR GENTILES.
in Smoot Investigation Put
Up Versatile Witness, Who Talks
of Morale of Mormons.
Testimony intended to prdvfi that
Mormon morale is of the highest
typo and to refute the word of wit¬
nesses who have declared the con¬
trary to be true, was offered by coun¬
sel for Senator Reed Smoot at Wash-
ington Wednesday. W. J. MeCon-
mill, former , i’nited States senator
rein Idaho And twice governor of
his state, and Representative B. L.
French, a he rpher of the present con-
gross, aifd vc-f rioted for another term,
were the da/is witnesses. flic
It. was thtrsTpening sasasion of
ieiVnse in the Smoot investigation.
Senator iOic:.„ a new member of the
rcnnuiitL">. a:tended for the first time.
o tii-o room was crowded.
There is a t- aliment in the ccrtnifiR-
tae in fat nf pressing the irivesttga
lion to a o Delusion, and with that
on,l in view it, was announced that
be-.-inning Thursday longer sessions of
the commi Mi will be held.
Doth wit. Teases _ examined denied
many statements directed against the
Mormon Lurch and Its alleged inter-
feronces in political affairs.
Mr. M'.Connel described ids occu-
pa: in as ' jrmer merchant, politician
ami liiv.-y r for his friends. He was a
the fifty-first, congress and
was governor Of Idaho from 1S93 to
I-Tm; inclusive, serving two Stfccfflt-
rive terniil. He is a member of the
Presbyterian church.
The witness was asked to describe
th» politic:!). Minditions and took up
early days when .lie said he had lob-
H-.-i cffori| iieforyJhe^tfcj.dature rf.-Wm-ado to disfranchise when the
fir:-: fte,
the Monhorw.. declared that, he
w a R prejudiced against Mormons, b>.t.
that he found that most of the gon-
i.iios were practicing “the science,
which in -our country is called poker."
He said fee had never known Mormons
to gamble and drink. He followed
this tcsllmony with a review of his
acquaintance with Mormons during
the .agitation against the religion in
(daho. £e assisted iu bringing about
the repeu of the tost, ottlh of citi-
■/j r: afterwards went, among
(he , Mormons Ofi ft led fire tout-. Ho
had observed, the people, he said, and
their morals was of a high, praise¬
worthy character.
Senator Knox asked Cdufisel to in¬
form him as to what part of the case
the examination of Mr. McConnell
was relevant, Mr. Worthington said
he was unable to answer that conun¬
drum, but that, a great mass of ir¬
relevant testimony was admitted for
the protestants to which objection
had been made and overruled, He
said the testimony of Mr. McConnell
was in reply to this and practically
to that of Charles H. Jackson, chair-
inian of the Idaho democratic com¬
mittee, who testified that no candidate
for office, democratic, or republican,
could stand against the Mormon
church.
TEXANS WILL BURN COTTON.
Agreement Reached to Destroy Sur¬
plus of One Bale Weekly.
An agreement to burn their share
of surplus cotton was. rer/ hed at a
mass meeting of the farmers of Hie
Braze:, Texas, region.. A committee
of three took a bale of cotton and ap
plied a match, and as the flames raged
the following resolution was passe",!:
“Resolved, That, we burn a bale of
cotton every Saturday until we burn
at least fifteen bales of cotton, ou;
part of the two million bales request-
ed to be burned by the people in the
cotton belt, of the United States.”
MISSOURI SENATOR ON RACK.
Niedrinohaus Must Explain as to
Whether Hg Bought His Seat.
In the Missouri house of represen¬
tatives Wednesday a resolution was
unanimously adopted providing for the
appointment of a committee to inves¬
tigate the charge that contributions
had been made to the campaign fend
for the purpose of securing the elec¬
tion of Thomas K. Niedringhaus of St.
Louis, as United States senator to
succeed Senator Cockrell.
ask for intervention.
Amerk 3n Company Has Grievanc®
Against Cocta Rican Government.
The American Banana Company,
| through Mr. H. L. McConnell of Mo-
| bile, Ala., and associate members,
have asked the state department to
intervene in their behalf on account of
the Costa Rican government having In-
terfered with their planting, railroad
building and other operations in
the territory now belonging to Pan¬
ama, but at one time under the juris¬
diction of Costa Rica, and have asked
for damages in the sum of $2,210,000.
50 CENTS PER YEAR,
J. PEAGLER, President. 11. LANKFORiD, JR., v >ier.
H. u<
W. T. DICKERSON, Vice President.
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This hank solicits the accounts of Individuals, merchants, farmers
and* others, ami. will extend every accommodation consistent with sound
banking. We want your business and will make it to your Interest to
deal with us.
C. B. PEEPLES,
VALDOSTA, GA,
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and Fire Proof Brick, Lime,
Cement, Plaster and Hair.
Paints, Oils, Leads, Yarnis
Brushes, Mantels,
Tiles and Grates
MoOORMICK MOWERS AND PARTS FOR SAME.
HORSE RAKES, IRON AND WIRE FENCING.
ELIAS SCANDAL IN COURT.
Most Unpalatable Episode in New
York’s Confines Being Aped.
A New York dispatch says: The
final stage in the struggle for posses¬
sion of nearly three-quarters of a mil¬
lion dollars between John R. Platt,
an aged millionaire, and Hannah Elias,
a colored woman, who he charges
wrongfully obtained the money from
him, was scheduled to begin before
Justice Rise!)off in the supreme court
Wednesday.
Interest in the case was intensified
from the first by the strange and
tragic, death of Andrew IT. Green,
one of the city’s most, prominent rnen,
wKn was shot to death almost at the
door of the Elias' woman’s house on
Central Park West a few months be¬
fore the Piatt suit was filed. Green’s
murderer, a negro, was captured and
later sent to an insane asylum, said
he shot Mr. Green because he was
jealous of the laiter’s attention to
the Elias woman. With the filing of
the Platt suit the contention of Mr.
Green’s friends that, he was the vic¬
tim of mistaken identity when the at¬
tack was made, was practically prov¬
ed. There was a. remarkable similar¬
ity in personal appearance between
Andrew H. Green and John R. Platt
and Mr. Platt himself sa ju that he
believes the insane negro intended to
Tin him and mistook Mr. Green for
him.
The Elias woman
vast, sum named in Platt’s suit was
given to her voluntarily by Platt—
that be literally threw money at her.
On the other hand, Plait claims that
the defendant resorted to every trick
and device her ingenuity could com¬
mand to extort money from him dur¬
ing the twenty years of their ac-
quaintance.
Mr. Piatt is now 87 years old and
Very feeble.
When the case was called it was
found that several witnesses regard¬
ed as materia! by the defense were
not present and on request of the
Elias woman’s counsel the case went
over until Thursday,
STATEHOOD BILL COMES UP.
Motion in Senate to Consider Matter
Prevailed by Large Vote.
Upon reconvening Wednesday after
the holiday recess the senate plunged
directly into the consideration of the
bill for the admission of two states to
be composed of Arizona and New
Mexico and Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory. A motion by Mr. Beveredgr
to take up the bill prevailed by a vor»
of 31 to 17.
MOFiCS SLANG AMERICANS.
Lleu.«nant a ud One Private KKled
While Six Others Are Wounded.
A Manila special says: In an en¬
gagement which took place on Jan¬
uary 8 with refractory Moros on tho .
Island of ,Jolo, Lieutenant Jewell and
ono private of the fourteenth Un.Tcd
States cavalry were killed and Sec¬
ond Lieutenant Aahbrook of the sev¬
enteenth United States infantry; Cap¬
tain Dorey of the fourth Infantry. Sec¬
ond Lfentenant Richardson of the
fourteenth United States cavalry and
three privates v/ere wounded.
COMPANY did big BUSINE8SS.
Georgia Railway and Electric People
Took in $1,600,000 Curing 1904.
The gross receipts of the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company at At¬
lanta for the year 1904, on which tho
company pays the city a tax of 1 per¬
cent. amounted to the sum of $1,600
000 .
This amount covers the receipts
from ijie street railway, gas light,
steam-heating companies — in fact., .all
the properties owned and controlled
under the name of Goobpia Rallwu,
and Electric Company.
FAIVWLY PERISH IN FLAMES.
Man, Wife, Two Children and Servant
Meet Tragtc Fate.
William T. Mias on, a lawyer, and
his family, qpnelstlng of wife and two
children, Ellen, four years old, and
Marion, si* months old, with a serv¬
ant, Annie Wells, loet their lives in a
fire which partially destroyed the
dwelling occupied by them in New
York early Run day morning.
Although neighbors say they heard
cries of “murder" and “burglars,” the
police found nothing to indicate that
the fire was not accidental. The whole
family appears to have been suffo¬
cated.
GLENN TAKES THE OATH.
New Governor of North Carolina For¬
mally Inaugurated a t Raleigh.
R. B. Glenn of Winston was in-
augurated Wednesday as governor of
North Carolina, the exercises taking
place in the Academy of Music at Ra>
eigh, rain preventing the outdoor H cv-
clses arranged at the capitol. The
other state officers also took the oj.'J:
of office which was administered by
Chief Justice Clark. Ex-Governor Ay-
cock was wildly cheered as he iu.To-
duced the rew governor,