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The Georgia Record. PubilsbeU Weekly—Every Saturdny—7»l Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga. Entered at the post office at Atlanta as mail matter of the seoond class. bttbscriition: One Year #I.OO Six Months 50 Three Months 30 One Month 12 Printed at 116-118 Loyd St. Advertising Rates Given Upon Application. Remit in stamps, cash, money or express order, or bank check. Address all letters to Thb Geobgia Record, 721 Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga. THE FIUSICAL RECITAL, By the pupils of Mrs. Viola Hamp ton, at 219 Ashby street, in West End, on the evening of March 16th, was a very delightful entertainment for the large assembly of ladies and gentlemen who attended on that occasion. The program was arranged with selections of vocal and instrumental music, of solos and duets, and the performance of all the pupils gave credit to the pu pils for fine skill in the study of mu sic, and at the same time, it was one of the finest of testimonials in favor of the excellence of Mrs. Hampton as the musical instructor of a very large class. The program contained twenty very fine selections. The audience was delighted, and many compliments were spoken to and of Mrs. Hampton and her pupils. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Os Fulton county will hold a meeting today to discuss and declare the date and rules for a primary nomination by a ballot of certain part of the voters of the county. It is to be seen whether the committee will act in generous and fair spirit for the promotion of harmo ny, or in a proscriptive manner with such close or narrow lines and limits of partisan plans as to debar most of the people from participating in their primary. We are of the opinion that the set ting of an early date for such a prima ry will be a serious error. The people would prefer a late day, say in July or August, if any primary is to be held at all. As a matter of fact there is really no need for any primary in this county. We have our views about such matters and we are disposed to freely express what we think on the subject. In the present political status of affairs in this county, we think the people understand how to take care of their own interests without dictation from any committee of ma chinery in personal politics. The fixing and mixing of general and local matters all together, in national, state, county and city affairs is not the proper meth od for getting a fair and full ballot from all the people at one time. We will observe the action of the county committee as it may occur to day, and we may discuss it fur ther and later. We shall see. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Various New Industries Established the Past week. Among the more important of the new industries reported during the past week include a basket factory in North Carolina; a 8300,000 bleachery and cotton mill in North Carolina; brick works and a broom factory in North Carolina; cement works in South Carolina; coal mines and coke works in West Virginia; two cotton mills in Alabama, one in Arkansas, two in Georgia—capitalized at $300,000 and 31,000,000 respectively, two in North Carolina, three in South Carolina, two in Texas; a cotton and woolen mill in North Carolina; cotton seed oil mills in South Carolina and Texas; electric light and power plants in Georgia and West Virginia; a fertilizer factory in South Carolina; flouring mills in Ken tucky and the Carolinas; a foundry and machine shop in Arkansas; gold mines in Georgia; a guano factory in North Carolina; ice factories in North Carolina and Texas; a knitting mill in Alabama, three in North Carolina and one in Virginia; lumber mills in Ala bama, Georgia, Kentucky and Texas; phosphate mines in Tennessee; rice mills in Louisiana; a rope mill in Georgia; a soap factory in Texas; a 3400,000 textile machinery works and a wadding and batting mill in Geor gia.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) Miecess comes always to those who belleie In printer’s ink Judiciously used. Let us have your advertise' Bert. BOTH HAVE TROOPS Bsckham anl Taylor’s Soldiers Quartered Near Each Other. BECKHAM ISSUES A PROCLAMATION Tells the People of Kentucky In Eons' Ad dress Why He Has Ordered Mili tary to Frankfort. A Frankfort special says. State troops recognizing Democratic Gov ernor Beckham are in possession of the county court house and jail, and will do military duty under order from Governor Beckham during the exam ining trials of Republican Secretary of State Caleb Powers, Captain John W. Davis and W. H. Culton. The mili tary is also re-enforced by seventy-five deputy sheriffs who were sworn in by the civil authorities Thursday. County Judge Moore issued an or der to Sheriff Suter directing him to exclude everybody from courthouse during examination of prisoners ex cept attorneys, witnesses and members of the press. There has been no confirmation of rumors that armed bodies of citizens from the mountain section would be in Frankfort. Democratic Governor Beckham is sued the following address Thursday night, explaining his situation in call ing out the troops: “To the People of Kentucky—ln the present crisis which exists in our state, I feel it my duty to explain to you my position and to outline the policy which I intend to pursue in the earnest effort to restore peace, quiet and order to our commonweath. It was the policy of my distinguished and lamented predecessor to conduct this contest, which has so much agi tated our people, in away to com mend his course to all law-abiding and conservative people of the state. That policy I have, to the best of my abil ity, also pursued and intend to con tinue in the same line. In calling out the militia to protect the courts in Frankfort I wish to say that no one is more averse to military rule than I am. “I believe that it should be the last resort that any official should use, and I lament the necessity that re quires it at this time. As your chief executive it is my desire and intention always to rely more upon the law' than upon the bayonet, and 1 prefer'l6 be supported by the strong, common sense and patriotism of our law-abid ing people than by any military pow er whatever. Every honest citizen should submit without hesitation to the control of the constituted authori ties and to the courts, the great safe guard of our liberties. “According to law the civil authori ties of Franklin county have presented to me a statement of facts which shows that a condition of lawlessness is threatened here with which they are unable to deal, and they have callad upon me for assistance. I have, in compliance with their call ordered here certain state troops to placethemselves completely under the authority of the sheriff of the county, with instructions that they shall assist him in protecting the court of this county from threat ened intimidation as well as to protect the prisoners who are tried by that court on tomorrow. “These troops shall be strictly un der the control of the civil authorities in preserving order and protecting the dignity of the court, that justice may be done to all parties. “Such is the situation here now, and I intend so far as I have the power to protect the courts. In my earnest efforts to uphold the law and protect the constituted tribunals, I call upon the good and law-abiding people of our commonwealth to aid and assist me not by physical force, but by moral support. We have placed our cause in the hands of the law and we must continue to rely upon the law. Let no act of violence or lawlessness be committed anywhere and let our people who have shown such patience and conservatism heretofore, continue to show it. My great trust and reliance is in the strong common sense and integrity of the people of our state, and trusting in that I believe that out of our present difficulty there will soon come peace, order and restora tion of the law. “J. C. W. Beckham, “Governor of Kentucky.” OOM PAUL IS FIRM. Kruger Says Boors Will Have Indepen dence or Die in the Straggle. A dispatch to the New York Herald from Pretoria dated February 10th, says: “Your correspondent has just had an interview with President Kruger. “ ‘This war was forced upon us by England, which has been misled by Cecil Rhodes and the mining million aires who want the country,’ he said. “The Boers yielded as far as possible until they saw that nothing but com plete surrender of their independence would satisfy England. “ ‘Having been forced into the war, the Boers will conquer or die.’ ” CONSPIRATORS PLEAD GUILTY. Sensational Case of Tyson and Others Comes to a Close In Dis trict Court at Savannah. In the United States district court at Savannah, Ga., Wednesday D. A. Tyson and others pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to defraud through the use of the mails. Thus collapsed a case that has engaged the court for the better part of two weeks, and which Judge Speer characterizes as “one of the most notable cases ever tried in the federal court in this coun try-” The conspiracy had ramifications through half a dozen of the country counties of Georgia, most of them pro hibition counties. The conspirators would send orders by mail to whole sale merchants out of the state for all manner of goods, principally beer and liquors, which they would dispense in blind tigers, and the shippers would never hear of their money. But while liquors for sale in “dry” counties were a specialty, many other kinds of goods were embraced in the orders of the gang. Indeed, the con fessed leader of conspirators, D. A. Tyson, built nnd equipped a long dis tance telephone line connecting Sa vannah with a dozen neighboring towns with materials fraudulently or dered on elegantly engraved letter paper of fictitious firms. Tyson made use of a number of small country merchants, whom he persuaded to permit the use of their names for the fraudulent ordering of goods. Many pianos, organs, reapers, cases of wine and other articles were found in depots in the territory of the gang, consigned to the various mem bers of it. The gang victimized whole sale merchants in Montgomery, Chat tanooga, Richmond, Charleston, Bal timore, Cincinnati and elsewhere. The trial had gone on nearly two weeks and nearly 100 witnesses had been examined when it was suddenly ter minated by the plea of guilty. Judge Speer stated that sentence would be passed upon the men later. Those who pleaded guilty were: D. A. Tyson, J. H. Hutchinson, W. E. Hutchinson, Morris W. Hutchinson, J. M. Harrell, J. T. Hammond, T. L. Ricks, C. J. Phillips, J. S. Wheeler. Jr., and H. B. Watts, alias C. J. Watts. The man who was declared not guilty, the evidence not connect ing him with the conspiracy, was F. D. Wilkes. r > BEWEX*i‘'AKU)JE. Admiral Sufficiently Recover* to Take Part In Savatniah Program. Fifty thousand persons on the streets of Savannah Wednesday gave Admiral George Dewey as enthusiastic a welcome as was ever accorded to any public man by the Forest City. The admiral had recovered from his indis position of Tuesday sufficiently for him take part in the military parade and review arranged in his honor, and as he rode through the streets with Mrs. Dewey at his side, ringing cheers rent the air and waving colors made the scene one long to be remembered. There were present in the parade five military companies from Charles ton, one or more companies of naval reserves from Charleston, Mount Pleasant and Beaufort, S. C., and Brunswick, Ga., and military organi zations from Columbia, Pelzer and Timmonsville, S. C., and Augusta, Brunswick and Thomasville, Ga. There were in all seventeen out-of town organizations. Adding the local militia, there were nearly 4,000 men in line. The review took place in the park extension, where an admiral’s salute was fired by the Chatham Artillery from brass pieces presented to the organization by President George Washington. Business, public and private, was suspended from noon in honor of Ad miral Dewey. The day’s program ended with a banquet at the DeSoto hotel. After the elaborate menu had been served, the ladies jojned the gentlemen in the main dining room and the speaking began. Following came the presenta tion of the elegant silver vase, the gift of the city of Savannah to Admiral Dewey, by Hon. F. G. dußignon. Free Silver For Porto Rico. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has introduced an amendment to the Porto Rico bill providing for the free coinage of silver. It is limited to the Ameri can product. ATLANTA POSTOFFICE BILL. Senate Passes the Measure and Prospect! In House Are Bright. The Atlanta public building bill was called from the calendar in the senate Monday afternoon and unanimously passed that body. The bill carries an appropriation of $500,000 for enlarging and otherwise improving the present federal building in Atlanta. The bill will be reported by the house committee as soon as Colonel Livingston returns from Georgia, and the prospects are favorable that the bill will soon become a law, and the work on the building will begin during the summer. CONCESSIONS CAUSE KICK Secretary Root May Have Ex ceeded His Authority. AN INQUIRY IS SET ON FOOT Senator Turner Charges That Gold Property In Alaska Has Been Illegally Ceded. Upon the authority of the governor of Alaska, Mr. Turner, senator from the state of Washington, made the statement in the senate Wednesday that concessions for gold mining in the bed of the sea near Cape Nome, Alaska, had been granted by the sec retary of war, and upon that statement he based a resolution of inquiry. Senator Turner said if such a grant had been made it was "a shame, a re proach and a scandal.” Mr. Turner’s resolution directed the secretary of war to inform the senate whether any concessions to excavate the gold-bearing bed of the sea in the vicinity of Cape Nome, Alaska, or in other Alaskan waters have been made to any individual or corporation or as sociation by the secretary of war or any other war department official, and if so, upon what theory such grant was made. “The secretary of war,” said Mr. Turner, “has jurisdiction over the navigable waters in the rivers and harbors of the United States and at various times has given to private in dividuals authority to excavate the bed of such waters for proper pur poses. Now if this authority has been stretched to cover such a concession as that mentioned in the resolution it is a shame, a reproach and a scandal. ” Mr. Wolcott, of Colorado, said that in view of this extraordinary state ment the secretary of war would be anxious to answer any proper inquiry touching it. If such a concession had been granted it was clearly a violation of the law. Mr. Carter said it certainly could not be in contemplation of the secre tary of war to give mining leases without a semblance of law. “I think the resolution should be adopted,” said Mr. Carter, “as I’m satisfied the response will show the secretary has not arrogated to himself such power.” The resolutions were agreed to. CONFLICTING TESTIMONY Given Before the Industrial Commission at Its Session In Atlanta. Conflicting testimony has been given to the United States industrial com mission as to the condition of the mill operatives in Atlanta and the wages they receive. Three witnesses representing labor organizations, told the commissioners that the condition of the mill opera tives was deplorable. Their evidence was that the conditions at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills were especially bad. Mr. Oscar Elsas, representing the Fulton mills, denied that his employes were mistreated or were paid starva tion wages. The foreman of a Macon newspaper, L. J. Kilburn, was also a witness be fore the commission. He said that since he had been at work, labor in the south had been organized. He believed moral and financial benefits had been derived from organization. He discussed the labor unions in Ma con, telling of the wage scales and the rules that prevailed. “Incompetent workmen are not ad mitted to our unions,” he said. “We have to keep them out because wfi want to guarantee to the employer of union labor that he will get the value of his money.” “Then it is in the power of the union to prevent men from working at ' a given trade,” said Mr. Smyth. “We do not go that far, but we pre- I vent non-union men from working in union shops." Kilburn explained the system of apprentices, saying that in the Typo graphical union one apprentice was allowed to every seven printers or fraction thereof. “Suppose an employer had a son whom he wanted to learn the trade and there were no apprentice places vacant?” suggested Senator Kyle. “The employer’s son would be turned down,” replied Mr. Kilburn, “just like anybody else. I had a case a few days ago where an employer wanted his son to learn to operate a Mergenthaler machine. There was no vacancy and I had to turn him down.” Senator Kyle asked if the laborers were not operating a gigantic trust. Mr. Kilburn said they simply had a large organization. He did not con sider it a trust. The senator said it occurred to him that the labor unions were putting themselves on the same plane with the big corporations of the country. “MENACE TO AMERICA.” Sulzer Charges That England Is Fortifying Against On the Canadian Frontier. A Washington special says: In the house of representative Congressman Sulzer denounced the administration for its pro-British policy in the most scathing terms. He spoke on his res olution making inquiry about the for tifications being erected by Great Britain on the Canadian border, which resolution had been turned down by the Republican committee. Mr. Sulzer said his resolution only called for such information not incom patible with the public interest, not for secret information. The adjutant general’s report, he said, is preposter ous and untenable and it is ridiculous for him to say Great Britain is not trespassing on our territory, no one contends that. What we do declare and what every thinking and intelli gent citizen of this country knows is, that while Great Britain is pretending to be our friend she is sedulously and studiously and consistently erecting great fortifications on our northern frontier which menace the integrity of the republic and which on notice of twenty-four hours could destroy our cities, our towns, and lay waste the property of our people. It seems to me that today the administration is being humbugged by the administra tion of Great Britain. “I say that on this resolution I want to get the sense of this house and find out who are the friends of America and who are friends of Great Britain. We ought to have this information. ►There is a feeling all over this country that the administration has absolutely and abjectly surrendered American rights to British enterests. It has done so in Alaska, it has done so in regard to the Nicaragua canal, it is doing so now in the orient, in the Philippines, in China. “The administration here is more English than the administration in London, and it is time for some one to stand up here and talk for American rights against British interests.” (Loud applause on the Democratic side.) The resolution was finally laid upon the table, 110 to 97. The resolution of Mr. Sulzer was as follows: “Resolved, That the secretary of war is hereby directed to inform the house of representatives as early as possible what fortifications Great Bri tain is erecting, constructing and com pleting on the northern frontier of the United States, especially at Puget Sound and other places on the Pacific ocean, contiguous to the state of Washington and District of Alaska.” The resolution had been previously referred to the committee aud came back with the following endorsement: “Thl*information that the depart ment possesses on this subject has al ways been held to be confidential, and for good and sufficient reasons has not been made public. “It is remarked, however, that Great Britain, so far as the department is informed, is in no instance erecting fortifications trespassing on our rights. (Signed) “H. C. Cobbin, “Adjutant General.” OUR GOLDEN GIRL To Be Exhibited at Pari* Exposition Suc cessfully Cast at New York. The gold statue of the “American Girl,” which is to be exhibited at the Paris exposition, was successfully cast at New York Wednesday. Miss Maude Adams, the actress, was the model, and Mrs. Bessie Potter was the sculptor. The statue mounted on its base will be six feet in height, the figure being of Miss Adams’ own height. It weighs 712 pounds and the bullion used is valued at $187,000. Miss Adams’ gown was of the sim plest sort. It is a summer dress of chiffon, lace ruffles extend its length, and gathered at the waist they give a kind of blouse effect at the bottom. The sleeves are tight from shoulder to wrist. The arms droop to full length on both sides. The hair waves back from the forehead and is parted slightly to the left. The pose is that of taking a step forward, denoting “progress. ” Preparing For Boer Prisoners. Colonel Chalice, of the army ser vice corps, has sailed from London for the Island of St. Helena in order to make the necessary arrangements for the occommodations there for General Cronje and the other banished Boers. MACON WELCOMES DEWEY. Thirty Thousand People Give Admiral An Enthusiastic Reception. Admiral Dewey arrived in Macon, Gn., Thursday afternoon from Savan nah. The train was in charge of Mr. L. S. Brown, general agent of the Southern Railway, and consisted of twocoaches belonging to the Southern, and was pulled by “Nancy Hanks,” engine 1594, of the Central. Ten thousand people were at the depot to greet the admiral on his ar rival. Twenty thousand more were on the streets to see him as he passed by. He was given a most enthusiastic reception by the people there.