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Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
CONSPIRATORS SENTENCED.
Tyson, the Principal, Goes to the
Pen For Five Years and Is
to Pay Heavy Fine.

The confessed conspirators who
pleaded guilty the past week in the
United States court at Savannah, were
sentenced by Judge Speer Friday. The
sentences were as follows:
Daniel A. Tyson, FIVE years in the
state prison at Nashville, Tenn, and
to pay a fine of 81 200 and costs of
prosecution.
W. E. Hutchinson, Morris W. Hut
Crimson and J. II. Hutchinson, eighteen
months each in the state prison at
Nashville and fine of 800 each.
J. s. Wheeler, Jr., twelve months
in Chatham county jail and 800 fine.
II. B. Watts and G. J. Phillips and
J. t. Hammond, six months in Jail
and 800 fine each.
J. N. Harrell and T. L. Kicks, four
months in Jail and 800 fine each.
The courtroom was crowded when
court opened. The prisoners were
carried into the room fully half an
hour before Judge Speer arrived.
Many of them were joined by their
wives and families. Wheeler's wife
was on hand, and so was Harrell's.
Tyson had his wife and child with him
and all of them shed copious tears.
The wive and children had the deep
est sympathy of the audience. They
were suffering for the deeds of their
fathers and husbands. Judge Speer,
however, determined not to have a
scene in the courthouse during the
time the sentence was being passed.
A few minutes after 10 O'Clock depu-
ty United States marshal came into
the room aud invited all the women
and children to accompany him to one
of the small rooms at the end of the
corridor, some distance removed from
the courtroom. The ladies filed out
red-eyed and weeping. Tyson seemed
more deeply affected than any one of
the other prisoners at parting with the
members of his family.
The attorneys made short speeches
appealing for mercy in behalf of their
clients. Then several of the defend
ants addressed the court.
Tyson was the last speaker and he
addressed the court at some length.
He said be did not intend any wrong,
and asked the judge to be as light as
possible with him and he would prom
Use not to do wrong any more. If he
had not been prosecuted Tyson assur-
ed the court he would have paid up all
his debts by the operation of new
telephone line to Savannah he was
building. He closed by saying that
he had a wife and child, two sisters
and brother dependent upon him
and re asked, in the name of the
Lord, that the judge be merciful.
Judge Speer, after a few remarks
expressing regret at the duty he had
to perform, passed sentence as stated.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
WILL FORCE HOUSE BILL.
Tariff Feature OF Porto Rican Measure to
Be Made Separate Issue,

10 HA0NC SCPcAato AbsuCs
The Republican caucus committee
of the senate at meeting Friday au-
thoriZed Senator Foraker, in definite
terms, to propose the separation of the
tariff feature from the Porto Rican
governmental bill and to attempt to
pass the house tariff bill without
amendment. The program is to vote
down all amendments if possible to do
so, and pass the bill as it is came from
the house without any changes what
ever.
The committee went over the situa-
ton in detail concerning all the points
at issue. There were suggestions as
to the necessity of amending the bill
so as to suit the demands of the Re-
publican free trade element, but these
were considered as more than offset by
the situation in the house and neces-
sity of maintaining the party tariff
principle,
There was, however, a disposition
manifested to placate the FREQ traders
by making various amendments to the
governmental bill. The tariff advo-
Gates have gone so far as to draft
amendments to that measure which
are intended both to correct admins
irative defects in the house bill and
also to meet many of the objections to
the house tariff measure.
One of these amendments looks to
the enlargement of the free trade list
so as to include most of the articles of
export in which the constituents of the
free trade senators are interested.
There is also one looking to the re-
moval of the duty on articles from the
United States going 10 Porto Rico.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
PLAN TO PAY TEACHERS.

Attorney General Terrell OF Georgia De-
cides Upon an Entirely New Method.
The teachers in the common schools
of Georgia, under a decision rendered
by Attorney General Terrell, will get
their salaries this year on time. Pay
ments will be made from the state
treasury for the two spring months of
the school term, though it looked for
time as if only the salaries for one
month could be paid on time.
The decision of the attorney general
has pointed o new aud, so far as prece-
dent is concerned, q unique way for
the state to meet its obligation to the
teachers. He has held that the bond
ed debt fund of the state may be APP
piled to the payment of interest as
we'll as principal on the debt. The
public debt fund now in the treasury
consists of the proceeds from the sale
of state property, such as the old cap
itol building and the Okefenokee
swamp, and this fund has been banked
up in the treasury and kept out of
circulation.
The sum of $175, 900 will be due as
interest on the public debt on July
1st and the sum to pay this interest is
now being held in the treasury. Gov
ernor Gambler has suggested and At
torney General Terrell has sustained
him on the point that the SITS, 900 due
as interest can bepsid out of the 1926,
900 in accordance with law and the
$4,000 which was intended to be
used as payment of the interest due in
july can be used in the payment of
teachers in the common schools.
The principle is an entirely new one
as advanced by the governor and at
tOrney general and it means that the
teachers will get their money at the
same time they did last year.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
PRESIDENT IS ENLIGHTENED

Regarding situation In kentucky By
Delegation Of TayIor's Friends.
Colonel Andrew Cowan, a merchant
of Louisville, KY; Samuel J. Roberts,
editor of the Lexington Leader, and
John Marshall, Republican lieutenant
governor of the state, all prominent
Republicans and friends Of Governor
Taylor, had an interview with Presi-
dent Mckinley Friday on the situation
in Kentucky. They said their sole
mission was to explain the exact sisus-
ton in the state. They said they as
sured the president that they did not
want sny federal interference. They
allege the Goebel psrtisans are not
abiding by agreement Of last month.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
CHARITY BILL
IS NOW ALAW
House Passes Porto Riean ApprO.
priatisn Measure.
PRESIDENT SIGNS THE PAPER
People Of the Islands Will Have
Benefit Of Customs Re-
CeiptS Collected.

Porto Riean Affairs engaged the at
tention of the house Saturday, the
conference report on the relief bill be-
ing taken up with an agreement for .
nnal vote at I o'clock.
After Q brief and spirited debate
the last congressional step was taken
in completing the relief bill by agree
ing to the conference report by q vote
of 1876 to 81.
The bill turns over to the president
for the use Of Porto Rico, about
$2,U00,000 of customs receipts col
lected on Porto Rican goods up to
January LIST last, and such amounts as
may hereafter accrue until otherwise
provided by law. The debate lasted
but an hour, but in this time the
whole range of Porto Rico legislation
was discussed.
Mr.. McRae Of Arkansas, o member
of the conference committee severely
criticised the general course of recent
legislation toward Porto Rico, and
Messrs. Pierce, OF Tennessee; Wilson,
of South Carolina; Cochran. Of Mis-
souri,; Cox, Of Tennessee; Williams, of
Illinois; Ridgely, of Kansas; Levy, of
New York, and Finley, of South Caro-
lima, also opposed the report.
Several of the speakers made refer
ences to a published report that the
Porto Rico tariff bill was designed to
secure campaign fund.
At l o'clock yea and nay vote was
taken on the report, and it was agreed
to-yeas 135; nays 81; present and
not voting, 90.
This completed the measure and It
was Immediately sent to the president.
The vote was on party lines except
that a number of Democrats and Inde-
pendents voted with the Republicans
for the report, viz: Bell, Of Colorado;
Chanler, New York; Cochran, of Mis-
souri,; Cummings, Of New York; Da-
venport STANLEY OF Pennsylvania;
Davey, of Louisiana; Devries, Of Cali
fornia; Meekison, of Ohio; Newlsnds,
of Nevada; Scudder, of New York;
Shafroth. of Colorado; Thayer, OF
Massachusetts,; Wilson, Of Idaho, and
Wilson, Of South Carolina.
The bill was signed by the president
at 80 Saturday afternoon.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
Made Startling Declaration In
Open Court at Frankfort.
PRISONER IS HELD FOR TRIAL
CultOn Is Alleged to Have Made
Sensational Confession,
Which Is Withheld.

There were some startling develop
ments in the Goebel assassination at
Frankfort Tuesday. W. H. Culton,
who waved examination and was held
over to the circuit court, went to
the Capitol hotel, where he was in
conference with the attorneys for the
prosecution for over two hours. He
was accompanied by his brother-in-
law, E. E. Hogg, who is also his attor-
ney. CultOn was reported to have
made a confession, but later it devel-
oped that the information gained was
not as sweeping as thought. His
friends admit that he gave the prose-
cutiOn such information as he had and
which had heretofore not come out.
Henry E. YOutsey, Republican Audi
tor Sweeny's clerk, was arrested at
noon and locked up in nil charged
with being an accessory to the assassi-
milton. He is half brother of Hon.
l.. J. Crawford, a prominent Republi-
can of Newport, and detectives arrest
ed him as the man with the black
mustache whom Golden mentioned as
being given the key to Caleb Powers
Office. Youtsey complained the prose-
cution had broken faith in arresting
him, and it is said he is ready to
make public statement for which the
prosecution is not anxious at this
time.
POWERS HELD FOR TRIAL.
At Tuesdays session of the examin-
ing trial of the Republican secretary of
state, Caleb Powers, the courtroom
was cleared of all persons except at
torneys, newspaper representatives
and court officers. The defense an
nounced they would introduce no testi-
mOny and rendering Governor Taylor's
pardon of Powers, asked that the de-
PENDANT be dismissed upon the evil
dence. The commonwealth disputed
Taylor's right and the court overruled
the motion. Bail was asked for. Judge
Moore said:
cit is not my belief that Powers
fred the shot which killed Cover
nor Goebel, but from the evidence,
it is my opinion that he was con-
nected with the conspiracy to kill
him. 1 shall, therefore, order
that he be held over without bail
TO the franklin county grand jury
that the case may be further in
vestigated."
Culton's counsel announced that
Culton waived his examination trial
and by agreement of the attorneys he
will remain at home with his sick wife
under private guard. Captain John
Davis also waived examination and
was admitted to bail in the sum of
$4,000. Hewas locked up for the night.
The Democratic militia will be re-
tanned in Frankfort until after the cir
emit court, which begins Monday, and
at which Secretary Powers and others
are to he tried
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
ALL POWERS AGREE.
The "Open Door" Plan as Regards
China Is Successfully
Initiated.

Secretary of State Hay submitted to
congress Tuesday the correspondence
had with the governments of Great
Britain, France, Germany, Russia,
Italy aud Japan respecting the main
tenance of an topen door" in China.
The correspondence extended from
September 9th last to the Goth instant,
the last date making the successful
completion of the undertaking.
On September 9th the state depart
ment addressed to our ambassadors at
London, Berlin and st. Petersburg
copies of 'formal declaration, setting
ont the desires of our government in
the matter Of the open door," Italy
and Japan were similarly addressed
about a month later.
While the 'formal declarations"
sent to the ambassadors were similar,
yet each of the officers adopted diff
ferent phraseology in addressing
themselves to the governments to
which they are accredited, the domi-
nant note being best set forth perhaps
in Ambassador Choate's note TO the
British government.
After reciting the Importance TO both
governments of the matter aud the
presidents understanding that the
British settled policy is freedom of
trade in China for all the world alike,
though conceding certain spheres of
influence by formal treaties with Ger
many and Russia, Ambassador Choate
points out to Lord Salisbury that main
tenance of this policy is alike urgently
demanded by the commercial eommu-
mites of our two nations in order to
improve existing conditions and en-
able extension of their future opera
tions.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
BOTH WERE LYNCHED.
White Mob Take Charge of Negro
While COIored Continent At
tend to White PriSOnsT

A special from Richmosd. 80. aye:
Cotton, the negro, ano ,I'la ", The
white man, who mu:u -" GsGnde:
and Walton in CIR. VIE co..,
Thursday, were boz: 'yocred a. 49,.
poria, q small town u that t:.::ies5'
Saturday about n0ca.
The negro was .vnahed by -" s Q:
white citizens.
The white nan wes iyEched by a
mob Of negroee
The bodies ot both r,eu -;cr- strung
mp to trees and +heL shot = p.ccca by
the mobs- Thsfc wRo gre zee over
the avenging sc tho dasts"'iiy Grim e
of the negro ,.nG 9bite m,
Cotton confessed to kiI.GE ss7eras
men since his @s.''ut for. IA Ports
mouth jail CO., - veeks re, in which
he was cGI'';Hc,; r'raitinG execution e
q death 'zrte1Ca iOr mCrunr
The cirlzaJ- - Empo1ia he'd an IN
dignet;ca mceticg Saturday nornfng
and dtrs. e.! the vI;h1rswal otshe
tro".'s. q. 2icl, weT sent by o ser Of
Gpv."-pr Tyler Il ,roteot ;hSnegro
erj White man frO,r, SUMMARY pdEfsks
''h>ent Thu rr.r;t was The Niths
= +~Gl $ me troops aust before noons
o.. IN a i"~ p..,u'es after their .de5
n,. tdrc -be mol" ware organized snd
,,vEton shd QGra'Iy werestsken from
- la!i and quickly 'ynched. II
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
LAND DISPUTE DECIDED,

Georgia Secretary of State Declares Wayne
County the Owner OF $4,000 Ac.e>.
The 1000 acres of land over Which
Charlton and Wayne counties in Geor-
gia have been fighting during the
greater part of the present century,
have been declared by Secretary Of
State Philip Cook to belong to the
county of Wayne Under the act Of
the last legislature the decision of the
secretary of state is final, but at the
same time there is tendency to be-
lieve that the act Of the legif lature in
comforting on an executive official nm
deniable judicial powers, is uneonsi-
tutional. Ssst-1
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
TEXAS HAS COTTON MILL BOON.

Charters Have Been Granted For a Num-
Der Of New Factories.
During the past few days charters
have been issued for 800, 600 cotton
mills at Corsicana and Henderson,
Texas. Contracts for machinery have
been let for $50, 900 cotton mill at
Wharton and q $50, 900 oil mill at Cor
sicana. Seventy thousand dollars of
ths capital stock for 800, 600 cotton
mill ct Pittsburg has been subscribed;
$48, 900 toward factory ct Rice, and
SEQ, 600 toward factory at Cuero. A
Texas -four mill has closed contract
for 100, 900 pounds monthly 10 be ex-
ported b London. -
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
REFURMATORY FOR ATLANTA.

Election Is Called For May 18th To Deter
mine Wish or the People.
At a meeting held in Atlanta, Ga,
Tuesday afternoon the board Of county
commissioners, in accord with the pre-
sentiments of the grand jury, decided
to hold an election on May 18th to de-
termine the wish of the people of the
county in regard to establishing a re-
formatory in the Gate City for youth
full criminals.
The matter has been referred TO the
public works COMMITTEES Of the county
commissioners and the county attor-
ney, with instructions from the board
to look after the details Of the cleo
ton. ... .'-s.-- 49,
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
HUNTINGTON AFTER HORaix.1

1t Il Alisked That FasIreasls lfSSnzf 3RsN
Sighting Alapssaaas &sday.
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Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
RESULT OF GOEBEL TROUBLE.

L. & n. Railroad Shops Being RemOVed
From Kentucky.
The work of tearing down the Lou
isviIle and Nashville machine shops at
Bowling Green, Ky, was commenced
Tuesday, preparatory to removing
them to Paris, Tenn. The monthly
pay roll to the employees of the COM
pany is about $50, GOO. The removal
is said to be due to the Goebel trouble
in Kentucky.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-30
LYNCHING IN MARYLAND.
Negro Charged With the Usual Crime IL
swung Up By Mob.

Lewis Harris, the negro who was
arrested at Belair, Nd, few days ago
charged with a criminal assault ubcn
Miss Anne McIlvaIn, was taken from
the Jail Monday night and lynched,
after a brief struggle between the
sheriff and tue mob, in which two men
were slightly wounded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-15
INTEREST IN THE FAIR.
Donations Keep Coming for the Ma
sonic Bazaar.

The interest in the Masonic Fair con-
tinues to grow as the opening day APP
proaches. Members of the committees
meet nightly at the De Soto to assist in
arranging details, and 10 formulate new
plans that will add to the attractiVeness
of the fair
The donations continue to come in. and
the director Of the fair, Mr.. Noble r.
Martin. is daily in receipt Of dozens of let
ters notifying him Of the shipment OF "r-
ticles that have been donated by out or
town firms. These articles are given in
response to letters that were sent out sew
eral weeks ago AS many Of these let
ters are stilI to be heard from 1t is quite
likely that donations win continue to come
in until the opening day of the fair or
even after
Among the latest presents 70 the fair Is
a mileage book containing transportation
for 900 miles by tho Georgia and Ala
ba,na Railway. A general meeting OF the
ladies' OF all the lodges Will be held
Wednesday afternoon at the lodge room,
Masonic Temple when a review or the
work already done will be held, ana plans
for the future outlined. A meeting Of all
OF the lodges will be held the same night
at 3 o'clock when complete reports, as
near as possible Of the work done so far,
and it's results, will be made by Mr..
Martin and the committee complete
list OF the donations received viii also be
read.
The workers Of Ancient Landmark
Lodge have elected Mrs. W. G. charlton
presidents and p" v'-r president Mrs. T..
Il Wayne A meeting Of this auxiliary
will be held tomorrow afternoon az 4
O'Clock az the lodge room
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-15
O'HAGAN is A BAD BOY.
Arrested Several Times, the Last
Time for Larceny.

Joe O'Hagan was arrested by Detective
Garty yesterday on a charge Of lar
ceny. OHagan is the boy who was ar
rested two weeks ago at the request Of
his employer. who charged him with lar
ceny after trust, having skipped off with
a tray full of jewelry. with which he
had been entrusted to show a prospective
customer. The case never CO me 10 trial,
as the boy promised If taken back into
the store, lie would work out the value
of the goods taken. This proposition was
accepted. and he had been working until
Yesterday, when he took a pair OF shoes.
a coat and a vest from an old colored
man who lives on Jackson street, and
pawned them. O'Hagan had also been
locked up previous 10 these thefts on
charge of reckless riding, having knocked
down and run over a child on Liberty
street. Considering his record, 1t is like
Nv that when he appears before Recorder
Hartridge tomorrow he will be given
sentence that will keep him out OF mis-
chief for some time to come.
Detectives Stark and Murphy also made
a good catch In John Morris, Willie Smith,
Jim Gwynn and Edward Black, gang
of colored crooks, which have been oper-
atinR about town for some time, entering
houses with false keys and taking every
thing OF value within sight The last
house from which they made haul was
No POP Barnard street. which they en-
tered some time Friday and secured, be-
sides several articles OF clothing gold
watch and chain. This latter part of the
sWag has been recovered
Five negroes were arrested by Officers
s. NJ. Davis and Hicks on a charge OF IN
citing a riot. but bystsnders claim mat
This charge Is un1ustined. The matter Will
he heard by the Recorder tomorrow.
The police were also called on TO IN
ves4lgate an accidental shooting that oc-
Cured in the afternoon near Laurel Grove
Cemetery Both parties 20 the affair were
colored boys. In playing with q pistol
one put ball in the heel OF the other
The shooting created much excitement at
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-15
HURT IN SOME SECTIONS.
Peach Crop of This Year Not Uni
fOrmIy Good in the state.

The recent meeting of the board of di
rectors of the State Experiment Station
was attended by tine members of the
board from every congressional district,
with one exception. At the meeting the
status of the peach crop of the state was
discussed and Maj. G. NJ. Ryals, the mem
Der from the First district, brings back
report that in some respects is materially
different from those previously given to
the public.
The reports that have been made up to
this time have been to the effect that the
peach crop was not hurt at all seriously,
in any portion of the state, by the freeze
of a few weeks ago, but that on the con-
trary the effects of the freeze had been
almost invariably beneficial.
The members of the board of directors
of the station, all of whom are largely
interested in horticulture and agriculture
in their respective sections, agreed gen
orally in the statement that the peach
crop for this year would be one of the
largest and best in the history of the
state unless something entirely unfore-
seen and unexpected occurs between the
present time and the time for marketing
tho fruit But there were several of the
directors who had discOuraging reports
to make of the condition of the crop in
large percentage of the bloom had been
killed by the frost
Director Mobley of the Fourth district
said that the peach crop in the section of
The state adjacent to Columbus was very
badly damaged and that so per cent. of
the bloom had been killed by frost and
cold. 1t is usually the case that very
much of the bloom drops from the trees
and if ehis happens this year. with that
killed nv the frost, the peach crop Will
suffer and be materially reduced.
Director Taylor of the Sixth district
who lives Just short distance from Ma
con, told Mai. Ryals that in his section
of the country the liberia peaches, which
are most largely planted in this state,
had been almost entirely killed by the
frost This was in Director Taylors i'm
mediate section, however, and it may be
that in other parts of the district the
crop did not suffer to anything like such
an extent. Even around his orchards
other varieties of peaches were not very
badly hurt.
col. Felix Corrupt reported that in the
neighborhood of Marietta, in the district
he represents on the board, the peach
crop had been materially decreased
through the effects of the cold, while
oround Rome. in the northern part of the
same district, it had not been greatly
hurt This is one Of the largest fruit
growing sections in the state.
In other sections the crop is in fine
shane. and the growers all expect to make
this year larger and better shipments OF
the fruit than they have in several years
mast In some sections some part of the
bioom had been killed by the frost, but
enough remains to make a good crop.
This is true of the country surrounding
C.rifin near where the experiment sta
tion is located.