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The age-herald., 1897-11-26
JUDGE LYNCH HOLDS COURT IN GEORGIA
The Ravisher of 17-Year-Old Rebie Da- wis, of Near Blackshear, Pays
 Dearly For His Crime.

Savannah, Ga.. Nov. 25.-An unknown negro was killed by lynchers near Black shear this afternoon, his body being lit erally r1ddled by bullets by a band of angry citizens. who were pursuing him with the intention of killing h.m-
 The crime for which he paid the pen atty at the hands of Judge Lynch was a horrible one, with Miss Rebie Davis, the 17-year-old daughter of Eli Davis, far mer living seven miles north of Black shear, as the victim.
 Miss Dav.s was preparing supper this evening and was alone in the kitchen. There was no one fin the house. A negro came to the door and asked for a cup of coffee. The young lady started to get the coffee and the brute seized her by the throat and accomplished his purpose. As soon as Miss Davis recovered conscious ness she found that the negro had fled, but she soon got to her family and told her story.
 A crowd of men followed the negiros trail with the result already described.
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
AT HAVANA
 WAS FIRED UPON
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 ties and then approved by the Spanish cortes before they become effective. Should the mixed commission come to a deadlock the cortes is to be the aTEolter of the question at issue.
 Prime Minister Sagasta has received over one hundred dispatches from per sons and organizations in Catalonia. Bis cay and other provinces asking that the autonomy scheme be suspended
 A member of the cabinet said today, however, the opposition to the scheme must soon cease.
 Naturally" he added, ''the proposed reforms were opposed by a number of persons, who by the past system had amassed great riches, but the govern ment was determined to carry out what it considered a patriotic work and its de- cisions must be respected"
 It is expected the ministry of the colo nies will be abolished after the applica- tion of the reforms and that colonial auf- fairs will be conducted by the prime minister.
 The official Gazette publishes this morning (Friday) two decrees signed by the queen regent and Senor Sagasba, the prime minister The former extends to the Antilles the reforms guaranteed by the first section of the constitution with safe guarantees. The second decree ex- ends to the Antilles the universal law of 1890.
 According to the la wof June 16 1890. the electoral qualification was held by all male Spaniards 25 years of age, who
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
THANKSGIVING COMEDY.
An Angry Mother After Wayaard Daughter
 Made Things Lively.

There was a little comedy enacted in wayward daughter an angry mother and father and a policeman took the leading roles.
 The performance was opened by the appearance of two slightly built girls, probably 20 years of age. or less, att the station. They warlted to go to Tusca- loosa, and were in tine act of purchasing tickets.
 At this junoture imagine t1ia entrance way of the ticket office to be a wing of a theaiter, and two persons, an old lady with hair of "sf.ver gray" and am old man with heavy beard and Pefferonian wlhsloerts standing in the exit. The wo- man held stick in a menacing attitude. Nothing was said for moment and the girls retreated to the waiting room.
 Waving her stick t9lreateningly the wo- man advanced, and t'hs girs beat a. nasty retreat to the toilet room The man en- tered with the girls and the wonran turned the key
 Finally the woman consentsd for the trio to make their exit. A policeman was called and the plot thickened.
 T'he old couple proved to be MT. and Mrs Crockett of Woudlawn. Mrs Crock ct said her daughter was a disgrace to the family, she was now running away and she wanted her arrested Tlhe po- licemam said he had mo jurisdiction in such a case.
 The second ginl stood mesl1ly by and hsr identity was not learned
 The wayward daughter said in her own defense that she had been married twice and was 9lJie 10 take care of herself sp-A newspaper reporter asked the girl a question. She asked him to call a cab.
 Tha old woman saw the movement "Just let me at that pretty thing" said she, "as she raised her stick. Arrest him." she screamed as she again bran dished her cane in tower of rage.
 The cab came. There was long par ley The parents consented for the daughter to go with the mandate that she should neHer aga.n cross the thresh- old of their home.
 The policeman delivered curtain lec- ture to all parties concerned. The sta, tionmaSber grumbled about the crowd and the noise.
 The girls got in the cab, whispered tc the driver, and it whirled away
 The curtain rang down With the old woman sobbing in the arms of her hus- band and the policeman feeling uncom- fortabfe. It was a bitter Thanksgiving eve to the brokenhearted mother.
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
NINETEENTH ILLINOIS
Commentaries the Terrible Struggle on Mission-
 ary Ridge.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Nov. 25-The Nineteenth Illinois regimental monument erected on Missionary Ridge near the Bragg headquarters was formally dedi- cated today, thare being present at the ceremony about twenty-five survivors, all from Chicago.
 The monument is erected on the spot where the regiment first rallied and reached the crest of the ridge in the memorable engagement and the day being the thirty y-fourth anniversary of the battle
 The address was made by Col. ". w. Young. of Chicago president of the regi- mental association. Major MoCarthur of the T'wenay-fourth Illionis of Chicago, was present as aguest of tiha Nineteenth
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
FEV. LACY DECLINES.
Will fot leaAe Florence to Accept a Call at
 Greensboro.
Special to The Age-Hetald.

Special to The Age-Herald.
 Florence, Ala, Nov. 25.-Rev. J. A. Lacy, pas,or of the First Presbyterian church, has received formal notice of his call to the pastorate of the Fourth Street Presbyterian church, of Owens boro, Ky. Rev. MT. Lacy has not yet received the official call through the Ken lucky presbytery, but has given out his intention of declining the call. unless future developments are sufficient to cause a change of his decision. The con- grsgation in this city is overjoyed at the result of his deliberations.
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
Negro Stole a Mule and the Citizens Of Waycross Took Him From an
 Office and RiddIed Him.

wayeross. Ga. Nov. 25.-Jerry John- son, negro. was lynched late this after noon by a mob a mile and a half from Screven. He was in charge of officers crowd of armed men rode up to the of- flcers and demanded the prisoner. The negro was made the target for number of rifle shots and his body was literally torn to pieces by leaden balls. Accord ing to Mir. Gray, merchant of Screven, the negro stole mule last night from Mr. PopWell.
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
Saluted the Flag.

Vienna, Nov. 25.-Dispatches received from Messina, Asia Minor. announce as a result of the decision of the Turkish government to grant the demands of Austria for redress, in Consequence of i'll treatment of Herr Brazzafolh, the agent of the Austrian Lloyd Steamship company at that port. and the subse- ouent insults complained of by the Aus trian consul there, the flag of Austria was duly saluted att Messina yesterday by Turkish guns with all the ceremonial demanded by the government of Aus tria
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
MET WITH FAVOR.
The Proposition of the Gas Company to Have
 Conference.

The plan suggested by the water com pany to hold a conference with the mayor and board of aldermen in regard to a readjustment of rats, has met with favor.
 The aldermen are favorable to such plan and it is not improbable that such an arrangement will be made at the neXe meating.
 Alderman Drennen, who has a minor- ity report to submit on the water ques- tion. may not have 1t ready. and amy a(ction may be delayed on this account
 The psopne demand cheaper rates, and the water company has offered to have a joint consideration of the matter.
The age-herald., 1897-11-26

houses in Selma wherein existed yellow fever received a telegram yesterday from Surgeon-Gemeral Wyman s.ating that the mayor and the board of health at Greensboro requesting that some one be sent there to investigate, and fumigate the houses. In the telegram Dr. Ged- dings was ordered to go at once To Greensboro and report to Mayor Ram dOlDh,
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
In Honor of WcyIer

Palma. Majorhca. Nov 25.-This town and its port are decorated today an faoncr of Gem. Weyler. who was born here. Preparations have been made to give the general a reception after hns ar rival here from BarcelonIa The mufnc- ipality of Palma however, has refused the request made by the conserYatlves, Carlists and republicans to rename the square in front of the town hall and carl 1t Weyler square.
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
FEVER AT GREENSBORO.
Surgeon General Wyman Orders Fumgation
 at That Point.
to The Age-Herald:

Special to The Age Herald:
 Selma, Nov. 25-Greensiboro, Hale colin- ty. mas acknowledged at last that yellow fevr has prevailed in that city. Dr. Geddings. the government marine hos pital surgeon who has been in Selma dis.nfecting and fumigat ting he nine
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
preferentiaI Rights

London, Nov. 26.-The Madrid corre- spondenu of the Daily Mail says: span dsh imports into Cuba are to have prefer ential rights. varying from 20 to 50 per cent oyer those of other countries.
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
BESSEMER NEWS.

Special to The Age Herald.
 Bessemer, Nov. 25.-Thaml6sgiving Day was generally observed here today. Most
The age-herald., 1897-11-26
At Chattanooga.
Special to The ge-Herald:

Special to The Age-HeraId:
 Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 25.-The Chattanooga Athletic association football eleven today defeated the eleven from the United States first artillery now in camp at Chfckamauga by score of IS to O.
The age-herald., 1897-11-26

enjoy all civil rights and have been citi- gems of a municipality for at least two wears
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-20
TO BIKE, TO NOTE, TO -

That verbal atroclty. bike" is now generally
discountenanced and disused in this country
save by some '1ewd fellows Of the baser sort "
But In England 1t seems to be accepted and
adopted into the standard vocabulary OF the
Gay. A bicycle is there a bike" to ride It is
Ito bike" and the person who does the riding
is q "biker." School children are taught to
conjugate Il bike, thou bikest. he bikes" or II
might bike. thou mayest have biked he will
have bked." Presently the passive voice will
be developed, and shall hear that "he was
biked," "he might. could would or should
have been biked."
Nor Is that all, nor the worst Of It. To the
bicycle succeeds the motor-car. But that name
consists Of three sylables. far too many for
busting Briton to waste time over Motor"
will not do, for 1t already is appropriated for
other use. SO mote has been devised and
also ito mote" while the occupant OF the car
is dubbed "motist." What Will be done when
airships come into general use one shudders to
imagine. Such things as these make us ask in
all seriousness rs our civilization a faure?'
~ any rate. this would seem a particularly OPP
perfume time for genial Saturday Re-
viler" TO sound a blast against "Americansms"
and "Websterese' and Yankee corruption OF
cur noble English speech"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-20
INTERNAL REVENUE FLUCTUATIONS

The decrease Of internal revenue receipts I'M
der the existing law is one of the factors which
must be considered in framing the new revenue
bill. The decrease In ten months ending with
April In receipts from the tax on cigars has been
$4J6.312. and in receipts from the tax on beer
facts were not directly attributable to reduced
consumption by the people in a time Of indus
trial depression. they would affect TO some ex-
tent the expectation Of an adequate revenue
from either the House or the Senate bill But
it is proper to note that the decrease In the month
OF April was only S230741 from the tax on beer,
while In receipts from the tax on tobacco an in
crease Of nearly 100000 appears in that month.
The tobacco receipts, and also the receipts from
fermented liquors, were larger in April than In
either Of the months from November to Febru-
airy inclusive and the beer receipts were also
larger than In October or April.
The fuctuation In these receipts answers so
quickly to any improvement In the circumstances
OF the people that there Is reason to expect q
large gain whenever the enactment OF a pro-
tectlve tariff revives general prosperity and gives
employment to greater number Of workers.
AT least S1OO0.OO0 more might with reason be
expected from each Of the two sources OF revenue
named II there should come the steady improve
ment for which all are hoping. The receipts
from these sources have tendency to Increase
gradually with the growth Of population. except
when temporarily diminished by Industrial de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-20
PERSONAL.

Henry Austin Adams. formerly an Episcopal
clergyman. has become Editor Of "Donahoes Mag
aZine," OF Boston.
Professor Charles Eliot Norton. OF Harvard. has
been made president Of the Arts and Crafts So
ciety, which organized in Boston the other
day.
The Committee on Ways and Means Of tho
Massachusetts House Of Representatives recon-
mends the appropriation of $4,000 for a statue Of
General Banks.
The late Henry Barstow Of Mattapoisett, Mass.
well known successful shipbuilder. and
was a daily reader Of The Tribune for more than
forty years.
PETER. OF Kansas. Is to be married to j. 8. Nc
Ilhenny. Of Washington. at Topeka on June g.
She has been Of great assistance to her father In
his political career She the clerk Of his COM
his private secretary. Since his return to Kansas
she has assisted him In managing his paper.
All the papers Of Troy pay appreciative tributes
to the late Lewis f. Gurley, who did so much for
the city. THE Times says when william
Gurley inaugurated the work OF saving for Troy
the historic female seminary where Emma Willard
had coupled this city with herself in educational
fame. his brother Lewis was co-operant. The
survivor Of the noble twain of brothers continued
in a large way the rehabilitation of the school,
Gurley Memorial Hall Is a memorial to
Lewis f. Gurley's berality and love Of his brother
and his sister than is the entire group of beautiful
buildings dedicated In that vicinage to education
In science and music and the limner's art-the
Plum memorial and Sage Hail. and even the Will
lard statue-to the lofty purpose and persistent
devotion OF him whose mind and heart animated
all that there has such admirable life"
The college boys Of Lawrence, Kan, played
good joke on Governor Leedy after his !naugu-
ration. They got up travesty on the circus in
order to raise money for local church. and in
vited the Governor 10 grace The entertainment
with his presence. The affair was held IN a ten.
end as soon as Mr.. Leedy arrived the '1arker'
outside began to call out In a sing song vote:
Step inside. ladies' and gentlemen, and see the
Governor Of Kansas. imported from the wds Of
Cohey County at the great expense Of Mr.. E. n
Morrlii Of Hiawatha. whom he has tanned eftectual-
ly. This Is rare and handsome specimen and
the only Governor OF Kansas now in captivity. All
others have been let loose not being the real
thing The Governor knows college boys and en-
Joys joke. so he remained inside and was the
biggest attraction OF the show.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-20
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

rOREIGN-The arnistice between the Greek
and Turkish armies went into enect, tne ouI.ai
granting the Geographic request Oh the "a,
representatives of the Powers al aSe ~ those
are drafting contemporaries or peace " 'nUse
auhm,tted by the Porte. - Ex-frehiel
Saeasta Liberal leader in Spain, attacked the
policy of Prime Minister Cano,a sro as nr,sou in
England 80 A French expedition Durheu a
town in Africa. killed one hundred nauVes anu
made two hundred prisoners orr,1.sd n" ,n Paris
can Monetary Commissioners arrived III raII1'
= Owing TO a short coffee crop i,nanciaI cii,
sis has arisen in Venezuela. = OH ihtT y'.S
TO divert German emigration rom t pe,obstaS
states to South America passed the helTns.aS:
- There Is talk IN Japan or retana'ors
measures against the new American tarlH
CONGREss.-The Morgan Cuban resolution
was discussed all day in the Senate, the primer
naI sneakers being Messrs. Foraker. Cannon,
Lindsay and Hoar: reasons were given LOT tne
ADMINISTRATORS refusal to make consuiai &
norris public - The House was not III seS-
sion.
DOMEsTIC-Some important Cuban CORE
.nondence from the secret archives OF the STATE
Department was made public - messensei
oeared with about $4,000 Of the banks money.
- Governor Black vetoed the Dill proVlolns
for an additional Railroad Commlssione[ oo,-
rhe Senate Foreign Relations committee COL
s,dered the Alaska boundary treaty. = ne
American Baptist Home Mission Society neIu i.s
annual meeting in Pittsburg. - AN o Druet
vtavine the proceedings against the Coal Trust
was issued by Justice Chester. at Montlceho,
n Y Ornament won the Clark STAKES at
Louisville. Ky.
CITY.-The Board of Education appointed r.
7 Goodwin Of Newton. Mass. principal OF tne
proposed mixed high school In TINS cry. --I
The striking taors received several tnousanu
recruits to their ranks. = The new syha.
gogue of the congregation OF Shearith lsrael, al
Seventieth-st. and Central Park west, was COIL
secrated with imposing ceremonies - "'0''
weak and lower.
THE EATHER.--Indications for TO-DAY:
'Tarmer and cloudy. Temperature YESTERDAY
, ighest, IS degrees, lowest. Us; average oo'4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-20
MUSIC.
AN AMERICAN opERETTA IN GERMAN.

AN AMERICAN OPERETTA IN GERMAN
Tho summer performances at the Terrace Garden
began last night with production the hrst III ''''
country OF 1.-THE Wizard Of the Nile'-in per"'a"
How admra bic the foolery anG more than ceVer tue
music IN the operetta OF Harry b. Smith and victor
Herbert are need not be discussed now Inc "o'"
has achieved decided success. and ~ not the most
convincing at least the most unique proofs OF that
success are that II is already year old In Ger
mqny and that the version heard here last Night
the work of Mr.. Al. Neumann. won It's spurs or an
operetta can win It's spurs) In the CITY OF 'ieh""
Since the DAYS OF OfYenbach and his immaculate sue
cessors Vienna has done an export business !"
operettas and It must have been n mover sensa.'o"
,or tho viennese 10 welcome operetta which,
spcaking ng,irativey, bore the LABEL siaoe ~
America" But the strange thing happened ana !"
uos orlv few weeks ago that the original VEN
go oonnanv onered a season with the WORK IN
Prague.
or course. last nights. production invited COM
parison with the original English; but u "ou'' y.
unwIse TO indulge In the pastime Inc ""''
was much chlnged In the translation put more vi
the performance. which was more iorceiui '"'n
fascinating last night. The elimination OF VAST
deal Of bufYoonery has brought the ai'usins a'o''
to The fore and even lifted the music wn'ch oe
,o,os IN tho hest that Mr. Herbert has written
into higher light. but nothing has been substituted
for Mr. Danies's fun. The comedian NJ tue he"
version Is not the Wizard. but the King 'eas' %
e. appeared from last nights representation tnous"
this was plainly due to the acting OF herr Ha""'
who Is n favorite among the Germans OF view
York end pleases most with his most proaoy iar-
cical efforts Herr Adolf Philip on the o'ne'
hand seems better suited to potter ART anu us
closed signs of q musical ambition the most asree
able feature OF the performance was one whlch came
IN the audience as a surprise. Angela 'ras
newcomer was to have enacted the part OK leo
natra but she fell i'll. and Fraulein CANINE ES
tree who had been cast for a small part WAS SUI
sti,uted for her. She proved to be an exceedingly
w,nsome little lady. who. though obviously enough
q novice. displayed some neatness in acuoh' anu
was less guilty than any OF her companions OF inc
greatest fault of the performance which was
voc,ferousness IN which solo singers ved Win the
chorus and stirred the percussion END or the OF
chestra TO an emulation that at times tnrea'ehoo
r,ptured tympanums and headaches An unco"
sc,onable offender in this respect was the te"of'
Gustav Charlie who filed the part OF Ptarm'sah'
Mr. Heumann's season opened with every p'os
meet of success The audience tested the capaci'y
of the house and was hearty In It's commentator
After the second act Mr.. Herbert. who conoucteo'
was enthusiastically called before the curtain Inc
musical intermezz between the acts In the open air
are this year under the direction OF MT Erhst Did,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-20
THE TUBKO-GREEK CIVILIZATIONS.

Turkey according to latest reports, may mod
jfy her claims for the cesson Of Thessaly and
for a big cash indemnity, but will insist upon
the abolition of the capitulations, even to the
extent Of defying the great Powers and engaging
in a general war with them She seeks to jus
tify her demand on the ground that there are
no such captulatlons in favor Of Servia and
Rumana. and there is no reason why Greece
should have advantages which those nations do
not enjoy. That sounds logical but Is to be
answered by this one simple fact, that those ma
tons have no such number Of their people living
In Turkey as Greece has Of hers. There are
FIVE million or six million Greeks in the Ottoman
Empire. They form nearly one-third OF the pop
ulation Of Constantinople itself. They form
majority Of the population of Chalcis. OF the
Egean coast o: Thrace Of the European coast Of
the Sea Of MarmOra, Of the Black Sea coast from
the Bosporus to Varna. and of Smyrna and the
whole western coast of Asia Minor while they
form nearly all the population Of the Islands
from Samothrace to Rhodes That 1t is which
entities Greece TO special treaty provisions.
To this consideration the great Powers will
probably pay little heed. Their reason for In
sisting on the maintenance Of the captulations
is that their honor and dignity are involved
therein They established the capitulatlOns by
their Berlin Treaty Of 1878, and 1t will not please
them to have the abrogation Of that instrument
arbitrarily dictated by Turkey. They can play
fast and loose with it themselves. but no other
Power must do so. How Greece will regard the
matter is not yet apparent. but there Is reason
to believe she will prefer the abolition OF the
captulations to the cession Of Thessaly or the
payment of cash indemnity. The former are.
as matter Of fact, Of little practical value: GER
tainly Of little when compared with the latter.
II, therefore, Greece should decide to negotiate
directly with Turkey, and should agree to aboll-
ton Of the capitulatons In consideration of
release from territorial or cash indemnity, the
great Powers would be put in an awkward pre-
dicament They could scarcely compel Turkey
TO grant Greece something which Greece did not
want or was willing to 60 without. Yet the
alternative would be to let Turkey and Greece
remodel the Treaty of Berlin and that would be
much like laying profane hands upon the Ark
Of the Covenant.