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VOL. VII.
CRONJE HAS SURRENDERED
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Brave Boer General Forced by Overwhelming
Numbers to Capitulate Unconditionally.
ROBERTS STRIKES BLOW
Four Thousand Burghers Lay
Down Their Arms at Paarde
barg-'England Rejoices.
General Piet Cronje, the Boer lead¬
er, early Tuesday morning sur¬
rendered his army of 4,000 men to
Lord Roberts, unconditionally. The
details of the surrender for which Eng¬
land and Europe had waited anxiously,
were received iu Londou iu the follow
ing telegram from Lord Roberts:
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Evening.—From
depressed, and that the discontent of
ih, 1 , 00 , . and the di.oor.f among tie
leaders were rapidly increasing.
gra hially contract his posftion, and at
the. same time I bombarded it heavily
with artillery, which was yesterday
materially aided by the arrival of four
0 inch howitzers, which I had ordered
up rom DeAar
•At 3 p. m. today a most dashing
advance was made by the Canadian
regiment and some engineers, sup
ported by the First Gordon Highland
ers anil Second Shropshires, resulting
in nl * nT pin-l tv v r 1° C * n W F *
a L . ‘"f- . . Jlf „ • if q ,1, ,, • position ... 7 ° till .... Ur
colou alcomrale
matters,
f for at daylight today a letter signed by
r ° D B * ,u w ic ® a a ex
, uncont
J i mna y,
, \ ' ° on P os 8 uu er a
?,t °
n my reply , n i tola (General Cronje .
ami tnat nis roices must rnffaftcomF, come out of
then- laager after laying down their
a-ms. Ly 7 a. m I received General
Cronje au.i dispatched a telegram to
you announcing the act.
“In the course of conversation he
asked for kmd treatment at our bauds
and also that hi..wife grandson, pn
vato secretary, adjutant and servants
uv.gh accompany him wherever he
n gh be sent I reassured him and
told him that bis request would be
complied with. I informed him that
a genera! officer would be sent with
him to Cape Town, to insure his being
wrtns
charge of Major General Pretlyman,
who will baud him over to the genernl
commanding at Cape 1 Town.”
ENGLAND RE JOICES.
“Majnba avenged,” “Cronje sur¬
renders,” “Great British victory,”
were some of the expressions shouted
all over London Tuesday, yet there
were few outward sigus of the natural
joy that Lord Roberts’ dispatch really
caused. The capitulation of General
Cronje had been looked upoD as almost
a certainly for a week past and enthu¬
siasm found itself discounted by an¬
ticipation.
The magnificent success of “Little
Bobs” is almost overlooked in the fact
that it synchronized with the anniver¬
sary of Majuba hill and wiped out a
dishonor of nineteen years’ standing.
There was a much more outward
display of rejoicing in the provinces
than in London over the surrender of
Cronje. The Glasgow and Liverpool
stock exchanges were greatly excited.
The members sang “God Save the
Queen” repeatedly and cheered for
“Little Bobs.” Flags were liberally
displayed on the municipal and public
buildings in all the large towns.
While the afternoon papers all com¬
mented upon this happy coincident,
they did not forget the splendid bra¬
very of the enemy.
The St. James Gazette says: “The
splendid courage of the Boers has not
been able to withstand any longer the
IS WAR PRIZE.
Supreme Court Affirms Decision of Geor¬
gia Court in the Abdula Case.
In the opinion by Justice Brown,
the United States supreme court bas
decided naval prize money case involv¬
ing the seizure of the British steamer
Abd.ula. This ship was owned by the
Atlas Steamship Company of Kingston,
Jamaica, and was leased to a Spanish
'4jizen for carrying refugees from
Cuba. The vessel was
June 29, 1898, when entering
|uautanamo prize vessel. bay, and The was opinion condemned holds
a
that the American blockade was effec¬
tive; that the purpose of the voyage
was pecuniary and not charitable.
Conflagration In Newark.
The greatest fire Newark, N. J., ever
experienced goods district swept Tuesday through night, the retail
dry de¬
stroying a score or more of buildings.
The loss is estimated at over $1,000,
000 .
Carter’s Appeal Denied.
The United states supreme court has
denied the application of Captain
Oberlin M. Carter to bring his case
into that ccurt, There was no writteu
Opinion,
THE RECORD.
bombardment wlu'cli few modern sol¬
diers could have withstood for so many
boars a* they have days. The influence
of the surrender not only upon the
situation at Ladysmith, but on the
whole conduct of the war will' be im¬
mense.”
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future. There is no disposition to
overestimate the success. The gov
er.iment entei tarns no illusion. As
lo'enr. 00 !! * 1OUS0 °
PVKIO additional i troops will go out
CffeCtlV6 WI Le k ° pt DCar
200 Ij'onl OOd
Robert. w. .loo. n,o,„ ,b M
«io rapture of 1,000 Boer. „„d . f„
‘“il- ........ striking .listnneo of
S 0 o n I “g" Sht' oTIf," Fr“e“e
JT ‘T, W ? n H* re k « ‘“".oa-nraWy restored
"cronje''h^TalFen . 1
taring wbo.S p,So. ^,, ™.,th r leader So"
. 100
sands to the B ier cause
tnueU.e'lght if “T.h "nmL'hiisTed
valor b t it not so ce a n abm
the Free Staters
corpTrf Lord Roberts dJSjtlw has writsSh not allowed the
him
to supplement his plain narrative as
yet and there are some points in doubt,
It is not clear whether the 4,000 pris
oners include those taken in small
parties before the occupation. What
has become of the rest of the Boers
* h ,° l' 1 ' 1 ' 1 «“ Mager.fonleia line,.
ftud where are the largo guns? The
s ume wonderment.
Spenser Wilkinson, reviewing the
mil ltnry B1,nation in ,h ' 5 H Kkt of Gen
eral , Cronje’a capitn’ation, says:
“On a mo,lerale estimate one-tenth
0 f the Boer army has been taken out
of account by the capture of Cronje.
ibe battle of Paardeberg is a minia
ture Sedan. The whole of Lord Rob
erts s army, say 45,000 men, are ready
for a fresh advance. The objeeiive
“"f be th e ?°® r of itn ’
portnnce, which , . is in batal.
“The next move, therefore, with a
vie w of drawing the Boer army from
Natal, implies an advance on Bloem
foutein and Wineberg, which would
sover the connection between the
Boers in Natal and those south of the
Orange river.”
“ lf lhe Boers make a stand west of
Bloemfontein, so much the better.
With 45,000 men Lord Roberts may
be able to destroy a respectable force
there. The effect of the Taardeberg
victory will probably by a movement
northward of the Boer forces south of
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ARE WITHOUT MONEY.
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.
Xet.hev „f ,he Siam «„v™n„ at
Frankfort fa., Draw Fends.
Two state governments, completely
officered aud each claiming to be regu
lar and legal officials, are in Frankfort,
Ky.. and will remain, each claiming
the right to administer the affairs of
state till the question is adjudicated in
the courts.
The only ludicrous thing about the
contests came into the situation Tues¬
day. As anticipated, the hanks re¬
fused to recognize either of the con¬
tending factions, and as a result both
are without money and the state funds
are as securely tied up as they could
well be.
Legislators, county as well as state
officials, and all kinds of contractors
of the state will have to wait until
somebody is authorized by a decision
of the courts to pav them aud the
state will have to wait on what is due
it till the courts say who is authorized
to receive it.
The Democratic state officers have
opened offices in the Capitol hotel.
The charitable and penal state institu¬
tions are among the sufferers.
Anniston’s Fifth Cotton Mill.
William Noble, John H. Noble and
James Keith, Jr., will erect a hundred
thousand dollar cotton mill in Annis
ton, Ala., at once and are arranging
for the machinery. This will be An
niston’s fifth cotton mill.
CAROLINA MONUMENT.
Palmetto State To - ISrect a Memorial
at Chlckatnauga.
South Carolina has been tardy iu
erecting a monument at
but the legislature has made an appro
priation of $10,000 for that purpose.
A handsome shaft of South Carolina
granite will be erected, surmounted
witb a bronze palmetto tree.
The monument will be erected on
Snodgrass hill, where the Carolinians
fought fiercely, and there will be
markers for Kershaw’s, Gist’s and
Manigault’s brigades and Culpepper’s
battery. The work will be completed
by J September * 15th
REVOKED HIS COMMISSION.
North Carolina Ntate Board Officer Skips
With Funds.
Governor Russell of North Carolina
has revoked the commission of Lieu
tenant D. F. Mclver, company K,
Third regiment. State Guard, of
Mount Airy, for conduct unbecoming
an officer and gentleman. Mclver
was the town treasurer and has de¬
serted his family and fled to parts un¬
known, taking with him $500 of the
town funds.
Devoted To The Interest Of Johnson County And Middle Georgia,
WRIGHTSVILLE. GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1900.
™
Breach of Senatorial
Courtesy.
Throughout the session Saturday
the senate had under consideration
the Hawaiian government bill. The
discussion took a wide range, but the
basis of it was an amendment offered
by Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, as to the
appointment and tenure of offices of
the judges of the Hawaiian courts. Mr.
Tillman of South Carolina embraced
the opportunity to deliver a character¬
istic speech, in course of which be
made au attack upou Mr. Morgan, of
h
sions oi tUe bill, particularly those
which related to suffrage.
“The oligarchy which exists in
Hawaii,” declared Mr. Tillmau, “and
wUk , L this bill perpetuates is power
fttl au d unscrupulous. It is an auto
Kit XrtZ
JTT ^
j”".^ " ,e j'igyj*! '!“ b »°»
c u,red the other dav in which Mr.
f'lFV! A ' ab ffi . ama ’ f 6 f o? ned to
y \V " oicott, ot uoioraao,
r=n^ sappressed vote>
:
" J Y ttvo indignant at the treat
ment t I received from Senator Morgan,
Never in my experience m the senate
J ave 1 been treated so discourteously
l e 13' lSSKl.tSr to ii^d inter
him aside savins
“I decline to yield to the theTale senator
He has tes? pat himself wnBidwitlon outride of
CO u cLnc^rned wd m to m I
%““"]».» ”
tb«> lb. eir
eumstnncrs of Mr. Morgan’s refusal to
“When I arose to explain the situ
a tion in South Caralina as it was pre
pouted Mr'I by the senator from Colarado,”
said T.ll«n«, “the senator from
Alabama said: ‘No, I cannot permit
yoU to speak now. I’ll leave you to
fight it out some other time.’ It was
the first time in my experience that I
had ever been refused a hearing in like
circumstances. No Republican would
have denied me the privilege, because
there is no man on that side of the
chamber so lacking in courtesy aud de
C cr»cy.”
Mr. Tillman then explained that un
der the present constitution of South
Carolina there were about 114,000
registered voters, 14,000 of whom
were colored. Ninety-nine per cent
o( the white vote in the state, he said,
was Democratic. In the summer pri
mft ries 90 per cent of the
votes were cast. At these primaries
the contests for the state offices were
ma d e
“There is no lethargy in the politics
0 f South Carolina,” said Mr. Tillman.
•w. ta .» r j* rg wmw, r .
G no °^ RenYbPcan e P" can paHv^the P ar T ln tUe Mate® statc -
m, Tbe Republican . mach.ne is . composed
of federal office holders who control
'he ., patronage . and , send . the delegates .
to Republican national conventions,
Th ? ejections w November are simply
ratifications of the primaries. Natur
elusion ally the only results 4,000 being a foregone con
or 5,000 voters turn
out in each district to vote.”
After calling attention to the fact
that at the general election in Massa¬
chusetts in 1890 only 285,000 votes
were cast out of a voting population
of 665,000; and that at the same elec
tion in Connecticut the vote was
125,000 out of 224,000 legal voters, ho
said:
“Why do they accuse us of the
BOuth of suppressing the vote when
tbe Y are ^ ein g the same 'king in Mas
sachnsetts? Why, we don’t do half
tbe d' ev i ,ment i n South Carolina as
tbis biM P ro P oses to do in Hawaii.
This bl11 wil1 « ive follr or five y ears
more of contract labor—of slave labor
—to the sugar barons, who in remitted
duties on sugar will make $8,000,000. ”
In the course of a criticism of the
measure Mr. Tillman said:
“I do not object to a protection of
the whites of Hawaii, but what I do
object to is the hypocrisy of those in
this chamber who maintain that the
people of Hawaii are to be treated dif
ferently from those who reside in
Louisiana, Mississippi, South Caro¬
lina and other southern states.”
Mills Pay Nine Cents.
Cotton touched 9 cents in Colum
bus, Ga., Monday. John T. Davis &
Co: sold nearly 600 hales to the Mus
cog ee mills at from 8J to 9 cents.
BARRETT A DEMOCRAT.
Former prominent i>opuii«t of Oeor B i„
K *‘ ur " s to Hl * w ' <1 IjOV "
T Barret *’. who has for Severn
years been prominent in the Populist
P ar, 7 in Geor 8. ia ’ a member of the ex
ecu'ive committee, an elector to the
natl ° nal convention and candidate for
agricultural commissioner ou the state
*l cket announces his return to the
Democratic parly in a signed article w
The Augusta Chronicle.
Estate Valued at Four Millions.
Leander J. McCormick’s will, which
was filed jx„' bo probate court at Clhi
cago Fridayi disposes of an estate
scheduled as worth $4,135,000. It is
j e ft in trust equity for surviving heirs.
Next Meeting In Indianapolis.
The executive committee of the Na¬
tional Association qf the Democratic
clubs has decided to hold the next an¬
nual meeting of the Democratic chibs
at Indianapolis, September 5th.
0EATfl A L CR 0
Fast Train Dashes Into a Closely
Crowded Carriage.
pjyjg fjyps QUICKLY CRUSHED OUT
Heavy Storm Was llneing and Victims
Heard Not tbe Approaching
Midnight Express*
Shortly after midnight Saturday
night the midnight express on the
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l ' m « e * containing seven persons, at
Tuttle’s crossing, about twenty-five
miles east from Rochester, N. Y., in
Sly stautlv killincr nrfus five of the occunants ft
in another and
bruising the other. All were members
‘U »'*!»"'? ° “ ■!»»> «>?
iwentj-ihree jenr. old; Min Mir.ndi
» Sit Vew« £S2?ZS££k2? o?d ^
The wjnred are Porter Smith, bus
other T' victims. r““l' Gardner “1 Smith, 'T’, twenty- °' ‘, b *
«. «*..
carriage was stopped and Mr. Smith
listened for the train, but did not
hear it in the howling gale. The
horses had jaat crossed the track in
7 b eU the ^ ° f th ° eXpr ° 88
ns tTo/lanTs occupants. , UP ° n Camag<S “*
S T\ wh ° w “ the least .
■ red . e8rby
inj ? * T" ° I0D “
am '* e ™ r f aSS ,! .
t ^ . ^ >SmUh f' ,hf d . ber . It
g i ue The bodies of the little trirl and
scene of the ---------_1-- aeei lent
FNfilNFS E«Uin» TIIRNFD ILKUBIf 0VFR UYtK.
„. Fire Killed, „ Two Engineers „ .
™an
and Flagman Injured in Bad
Wreck on L ’ & N
rp -Inuu . XT ^o. 2. northbound, on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, was
wrecked half a mile north of Floma
(nn nfw„imf ,-ok n -„inMr Fecrn 5™
f° Srine k 111 ine or,e 1
^‘fireman n both engineers en „ and and an an
The train ‘cconnT which was 7cnvwZrdicra« a double head
Pr Iffic aFlZc,i of somewLr Lt
"l^tF ’J l ' " StVlt fched tirFe and
recain FF ' he ile enton
w „ «^switch , wJth t F hid lmFn
^t ah set fm for the the PcnsIcoS Pensacola branch biaDch to to allow a fow
al d^hlcl V1Ll IZd WhTn notlme Fresot to'^e Fnc
, the forward sk
wen * between the open points and al
most immediately were on the ground.
Engineer Copeland immediately ap
plied the brakes, but before the train
coll ]d be sufficiently checked, both en
gines had plowed the gravel for a dis¬
tance of 10(1 yards, and turned over.
RIG BLAZE IN BIRMINGHAM.
Uusinenii Blocks Burned Entailing n I>obh
Aggregating 18140,000.
The explosion of a gasoline stove in
Ihe basement of the Metropolitan hotel
in Birmingham, Ala.,Friday afternoon,
was followed by a fire which burned
that building and the Hewlett block
adjoining, both three stories high,
causing a loss estimated approximate
ly at $140,000, the insurance on which
amounted to about three-fourths of
the loss. The fire spread rapidly, and
great difficulty was encountered by
the firemen in reaching it.
Before the flames were gotten under
control everything on Twentieth street
from First avenue to Morris avenue
was a wreck, hut a strong fire wall
hack of the Hewlett building aud the
Metropolitan hotel prevented the fire
from extending any further toward
Nineteenth street,
BE WALL MET BRYAN.
I?otlc to Atlanta From Williamson With
IHh Old Kunning Mute.
Arthur SowalJ, of Maine, who ran
with Bryan in 1896 on the National
Democrat^ ticket, has demonstrated
very effectually how high Ihe Nebras¬
kan stands in his estimation and re
gard.
He climbed out of bed in Atlanta at
early hour to get aboard a special
train and go down the Southern road
as Tar as Williamson, Ga., to meet Mr.
Bryan and have a long friendly talk
while on his way to Atlanta.
Shortly before his departure for
Washington Mr. Sewall said concern
ing his tn lk with Mr. Bryan:
“I enjoyed seeing Mr. Bryan again
ver y much.
“We discussed tho political situa
t ion briefly. Br. Bryan and I are in
perfect accord on all of the issues of
the day. If you know what his views
are you know w h a t mine are.”
ANTI-IMIERIALISTS CRITICISE
a,i».,( j r .j " . ... ** „ **
pan. to a Policy
The second day’s session of the
eastern conference of anti-imperialists
at Philadelphia was characterized by
the adoption of a strong resolution
condemning the expansion policy of
the administration. During the dis
cussion President McKinley was
verely criticised nnd held personally
responsible for the “oritpinal aggros*
aion of the country.’' * v
L AT ™
Nebraskan Entertains Large Au
dience In State Capitol.
ENUNCIATES WELL KNOWN POSITION
Sentiment of “Philanthropy and Five Per
Cent” Handled By Nebraskan
In Stiong Terms.
\V. S. Bryan entertained a big audi¬
ence iu the hall of the house of repre¬
sentatives at Atlanta, Ga., Friday
night with cue of his characteristic
speeches.
The crowd which gathered in the
hall was probably the largest that ever
assembled in as small a place before in
the Crate City. As early as 6 o’clock
the audience began to gather, coming
^ hoL U ihi .Je.tol
” l “' l her, > to ‘ e * r wl “|
,
were filled the crowd pushed in at the
“ d “ I Br ba ck “ S the W alla t( j
at, c”,f cornu bf De Seen Been, . “n men ans'll ana women .
wi £ the Com “ itteo of
^ ‘ b Young three Men policemen , s Democratic immediately League, ^
.out of the party it took fifteen min -
“l 'i-Ve“ a r ani auftodiTwVulUf h“viLg arrTved heTs t£ p"^
to the platform trip
It is fficuUio estimate ! the number
if itgFfaed people who even^o were un 1 a«r ba
doori obta n a £ld place near
he from which «>“Z they peer
M ° k »‘
ron 8hly estiraited by many at between
jf the house is comparative small, but
the large majority of those present
fl ’‘ re Ending in the wide together" aisles, pack
sd uncomfortably close but
heerfultoadegreeundersnehcir-
3U mstances.
With the exception of one person
R ’ho raised his voice from the center
of the hall at stated intervals to an
aounee that 1 ‘we will have a Nebraskan
for president next year,” there was no
interruption. To the supporter who
predicted hts election Colonel Bryaa
pressed his thanks, but urged upon
him tbe necessity for closer attention.
f|i ^ po8jtion the croW(l remaiued
for two hours.
Colonel Bryan enunciated with de
vision the position he has occupied
and occupies still on the subject ot
imperialism. His distinction between
expansionandimperinlismwasappre
mated l,y every one in the vast audi
ence.
“An empire,” said Colonel Bryan,
“is a different thing from expansion,
We expanded when wo wook in Flor¬
ida, when we enlarged the republic
by the addition of Louisiana and when
we took in Texas. Now it is not ex¬
pansion that is being proposed, but
the changing of a republic into an em¬
pire. We are going abroad to get a
foreign race for subjugation. The flag
is to stand there in the Philippines
over men who are taxed without repre¬
sentation.”
Iu scathing terms the speaker hand¬
led the sentiment of “philanthropy
and five per cent” as expressed by the
secretary of the treasury and repeated
by other Republican speakers.
The only reference during the ad¬
dress to the war in Scuth Africa was
the wish that England might have oc¬
casion to need more men on the conti¬
nent than she has there at present.
At the close of the address it was
fully twenty minuteB before Colonel
Bryan could escape from the crowd that
pressed around anxious to shake his
hand.
RAILWAY GIVES MORTGAGE.
Transfer Made to Secure Bonded Indebt¬
edness of the Koad.
The LaFayette railway, extending
from Opelika to LaFayette. Ala.,
twenty-one miles, has filed a mortgage
in the probate court at Opelika to J.
C. Griffin, trustee, for $40,000.
The mortgage is to secure bonds for
that amount issued by the company,
and the mortgage includes the entire
track, road-bed and equipment of the
company. The road is very pros
perous and paj s good dividends.
BIRMINGHAM GROWS.
Alabama City Shows Flattering: Increase
In New Census.
The new directory of the city of
Birmingham, Ala., just published
contains a total of 26,760 names, which
reckoned on the basis of being multi
plied by three, places tbe present
population of Birmingham at 80,280,
an increase over iast year of 3 786.
immediate
suburbs
Columbia Gets New Mill.
capital stock $150,000. The American
cotton mill increased its capital * stock
to $600,000.
Prisoners YVarmed Up.
Frank Hogan and Charles Norris,
wisoners at the station house in For
est Cily, Ark., were burned to death
bunday Th ? ^ 18
£ osed A®, hav ? been s tarted ou tbe
,Ioor of the J alJ ’ ln - nn atte . “P‘ to W
wam '
-
Powder Mills Wrecked.
The Platteville, Wis. t powder mills
were wrecked by an explosion Satur
day afternoon, killing three m<iq agd
badly injuiing another,
B. M. COMER DEAD
Prominent Georgian and President
of the Central Kailway.
PIONEER OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH
His Illness Extended Oyer Five Months
and His rasking Away Not
Unexpected.
Hugh M. Comer, president of tha
Central of Georgia railway, died short¬
ly after 4 o’clock Monday morning at
his home in Savannah. His illness
had endured for five months, and his
death not unexpected, as for several
days preceding his demise it had been
known that he could not long survive.
Mr. Comer was conscious to the last.
He talked with his sons and other
members of his family; gave directions
about his servants, even arranging the
plans of his funeral. He stated where
he wanted to be buried, and then con¬
versed cheerfully about his approach¬
ing end.
There was.no man in Savannah
more thoroughly identified with its
business interests than Mr. Comer.
Ho was mainly instrumental in having
the handsome hotel, the DeSoto,
erected, subscribing $10,000 to the
enterprise himself, and inducing oth¬
ers to subscribe like amounts.
Hugh Moses Comer was born near
ClintoD, Jones county, Georgia, Sep¬
tember 1, 1842. His mother, Mrs.
Fletcher Comer, was there on a visit
at that timo. Shortly after Mr. Co¬
mer’s birth she returned to the family
plantation in Barbour county, Alabama,
near Midway. It was there Mr. Comer
was raised.
Shortly before the war his father
died and he ran the plantation. After
the war the young man went to Eti
fauln, Ala., where he married Miss
Mary Bates.
In 18(57 he removed to Savannah
and entered the cotton business, the
firm being Comer & Bates. After¬
wards it became H. M. Comer & Co.
His first wife died iu 1875. In 1880
Mr. Comer married a second time, his
last wife, who survives him, being
Miss Lilia Hall, of Wallingford, Conn.
The deceased was president of the
Central Railway of Georgia, the Ocean
Steamship Company, the Savannah
Hotel Company, the Georgia Import
and Exchange Company of Savannah,
the Bibb Manufacturing Company of
Macon, and the Columbus Power
Company of Columbus.
Until a few years ago he was largely
interested in cattle business in the
west, and the fertilizer business in
Florida. He disposed of all these in¬
terests. His wealth is estimated at
$1,250,000.
Flags on the ocean steamship ves¬
sels in port and on the Savannah cot¬
ton exchange were placed at half-mast
Monday on account of the death of Mr.
Comer.
Vice-President John M. Egan, of
the Ceutral railway, sent out a circu¬
lar to all employees of the Central
railway notifying them of Mr. Comer’s
death. He also telegraphed Governor
Candler, Judge Emory Speer and
others.
The Central railway’s buildings
have been draped in mourning.
II00SIERS HAD NO FI BE.
Gas 1’ipes Frozen and Many Indiana Feo
ple‘Suffer in Consequence.
A fall from 42 degrees to 5 below
zero throughout eastern Indiana with
in a few hours, Saturday, caused much
suffering iu the entire gas belt. The
pipes wore frozen and little or no fire
could be had in many homes, there
being no wood or coal at hand. Many
homes were abandoned aud hotels re
sorted to, while families in hundreds
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NO. 50.
MANY OPPOSE
TARIFF BILL
The Porto Rican Measnre Proves
a Stumbling Block.
REPUBLICANS IN CONFERENCE.
Differences Hard to Adjust—Both
Factions Averse to Yielding
Their Contentions.
A Washington special says: The
efforts to unite the Republicans of the
house on a PortoRican bill failed again
Sunday, and after prolonged confer¬
ences, it was stated that matters were
substantially where they were after
the first meeting.
A long conference was held Sunday
night at the residence of Representa¬
tive McCall of Massachusetts, between
the committee appointed at a Repub¬
lican conference Saturday night, rep¬
resenting the Republicans in favor of
the pending Porto Iiican tariff bill,
and a committee agreed upon by those
Republicans who are opposed to the
measure. The latter committee was
made up of Messrs. Powers, of Ver¬
mont; Crumpacker, of Indiana; Lori
mer, of Illinois; McCall, of Massa¬
chusetts, and Littlefield, of Maine.
Preliminary to this meeting the op¬
ponents of the bill to the number of
about ten, had assembled at Mr. Mc¬
Call’s house during the afternoon and
determined upon the stand they would
take and upon their five representatives.
Mr. Weeks, of Michigan, was among
those at the afteruoou session and he re¬
mained with the committee of five to
participate in Saturday night’s meet¬
ing.
NO AGREEMENT REACHED.
Propositions pro aud con were made
by both sides, but none of those made
on behalf of the advocacy of the
pending bill amounted to abandon¬
ment of the principle of the issue, viz:
The right of the United States to levy
a tax on imports from Porto Rico; and
as its opponents consider this the fun¬
damental objection to the measure, no
agreement could be reached.
It was stated after the conference
by members opposed to the bill that
both sides were practically in the same
position as they had been before the
meeting, and that there was no prob¬
ability of another gathering 'before
the conference of Republicans called
for Monday night. From their state¬
ments it was evident they intended to
maintain the position (hey have held
all along, that under the constitution
the government has no right to tax the
products of territory under control of
Ihe United States.
It was suggested by opponents of
the pending bill that the whole matter
be left in the hands of the president
with the understanding that Porto
Rico should have free trade with the
United States, but this was objected
to and nothing came of it. The oppo¬
nents of the committee bill also sug¬
gested that the original bill introduced
by Mr. Payne providing for free trade
be substituted on the floor of the
bouse for the committee bill, but this
likewise failed to receive favorable
consideration by the advocates of the
pending measure. »
Considerable talk was indulged
iu over the proposition made by the
committee bill advocates to fix a time
limit during which the tariff of 25 per
cent against the imports of Porto Rico
shall remain effective, this time vary
ing from two years to an indefinite pe
riod, but the opposition indicated
their unalterable opposition to any
tariff, no matter how short the time of
its imposition may be.
With a view to meeting some of the
objections to the hill, its advocates
suggested a change in its title, whioli
would indicate that it was intended as
an exigency measure for the purpose of
raisiug revenue, but this also found no
favor with the opposition who reiter
ated tliier hostility to the bill on prin
ciple. One of the advocates of the
measure after the conference express
ed it to be his opiuion that bill finally
would become a law with a provision
limiting the time during which it shall
remain in force.
Will Meet In Philadelphia.
The Students’ Missionary Associa
tion of the Protestant Episcopal church
bas ejected for the place of its next
SnLvTphUadelphia y ^ e g
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FIVE LIVES LOST.
-
Captain and Four Little Children Sw.pt
From iia.-ze »„<i Drowned.
A t
^. ett Pier . short!y J °’ c ^ ck
east gale. Captain Harold and four
little children were drowned in spite
of all attempts to save them.
Financial Bill Beady.
Tbe Republican members of the
conference committee on the financial
bill has reached an agreement. The
Democratic conferees were called in
and stated their opposition to the bill
and without further formality the bill
was ordered reported.
Seven Killed In Explosion.
By the explosion of a sawmill boiler
at Pullman. Ark., seven men were
killed.