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VOL. XXIII MAXINING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1908 NO.18 THE TRUTH OUT As to Who Did Really Shoot Up Brownsville, Tex. SHOOTER CONFESSES To a Negro Detective, who Had Been Employed' to Work the Case Up by the War Department-A Dis chaged Negro Soldier Tells All About it. Washington, Dec. 15.-President Roosevelt sent 'to the Senate Tues day a special message in reference to the shooting up of Brownsville, Texas, by a batallion of negro sol diers in the summer of 1906. In cluded in the message is the general report of inspection by Herbert J. Brown, a colored detective, who was employed by the war department in conjunction with Capt. W. G. Bald win to probe the occurrence at Brownsville. Brown submitted the following to the detectives agency. which he says is the confession of Boyd Conyers, one of the discharged negro soldiers, who now lives at Monroe, Ga., and who kelped shoot ui the Texas town in August, 1906. In his confession to Brown Con yers says: The rumors of trouble over the assignment of colored troops to Brownsville were circulated before the troops left Fort -Niobrara, and preparations wg'e made among .th men to "get even with the crackers," so the whites were called. Some cartridges were held out at rangy practice, but more en route to Brownsville. Pretence was made that they were given away at sta tfona along the road. Some were, but a large number were secreted. At inspection in Brownsville. Lieut. Lawrence, Company B, threat ened punishment to the men wh. were'short of ammunition, but noth ing was done about it, and the de ficiency was supplied. The friction with citizens of Brownsville began at once. In Boyd C9nyers' language, "Whiskey made all the, trouble. If we hadn't been drinking we wouldn't have had the nerve to shoot up the town." It was agreed, as a gathering of a a few men in the saloon of Allison. the colored ex-soldier, on the after noon of August. 13, 1906, that the raid should take place that Right a 12 o'clock. It seems to have been delayed a few -minutes to let v Tamayo, the Mexican scavenger, get away from the B barracks. John Holloman, the money lea- a er of Company B, was the chief con spirator and leader in the raid and custodian and distributor of the I cartridges,, but his plans could not have been carried out had not Sergt. Georg6' Jackson, of Company B,*int charge of the- keys to <the gun racks inT B barracks, and Sergt. Reid,~ in command of the guards, co-operate.I both before and after the, raid. The foair men who led the raid I were John Holloman, John 'Brown, j -Boyd Conyers and - Carolina de Saussure, all of company B (and e probably R& L. Collier, of Company. C.) Holloman was in ~barracks, c -Brown ig the bake shop,. Conyers I and de Saussure in the guard house. The two latter were in the sam y detail, 'and had been relieved at t about 11 o'clock, de. Sanssure on the r post at the~ guard house; and Con- c yers on~ No. 2, around the barracks c and facing the town.' Holloman got the party together. Conyers and .de f Saussure slept ons the same bunk in t the guard house, claiming that they a wanted to get under the mosqu.o 1 net, and they had the trick of takiNg 1 their guns Into the bunk instead ofj placing thiem in the open rack, -on the excuse that they .didn't rust so badly under cover, but really so the absence of the guns from the open guard house rack would'"not attract attention, and their own absence would be* asc'~ibed to a visit to the* closet, which was back of the guard house. These two men slipped out the rear door of the guard house, passed through the sally port, and joied Holloman and Brown. Thy party creezed -the. -wanl of the fort down niear the end of A barracks, went up the roadway t-. the entrance to the Cowen alley. where the signal shots were fired. These shote were immediately tal lied onto by the alarm shots. of Joseph B.- Howard, guard on No. 3. and formed t-he series testified to by Mrs. Katie E. Leaby, of Brownsville. Her testimony is further borne out by the statement that not over thirty seconds elapsed before a number of men of Company B swarmed -out onI the upper gallery and opened a f us illade on the town. It is an absolute certainty that It would have been impossible for Serget. Jackson to have opened the gun racks, for the men to have as semoled, secured their guns, loaded them. gone out to the gallery, and started firing, all after the first shot was fired, all around, as they testi fied 'unanimously. from sound slumber, in less than two mintites, in the confusion .of a dark barracit room. Beyond the possibility of a doubt, the racks had been opened and the inside conspirators were ready to pour out on the signal shots. - The testimony is ample that there ~were scarcely twenty seconds between the last of the signal shots and the first general volley from B barracks. The -number firing from the bar -racks is unknown, but perhaps twenty ien werc involved. A small er number went to the ground and followed the leaders UP the alley. It will be remembered that one of the witnesses testified to hearing some one of the group of soldiers exclaim. "There they go!" Where upon these men leape'd over the wa'l and ran up the alley. Boyed Conyers Is the man whose ROBBER KILLED. IN RUNNING MIDNIGHT FIGHT BY OFFICERS. TheB andits Were Getting Ready to Rob the Banks of the Town ani Showed Fight. Greenwich, 0., Dec. 16.-In a run ning midnight encounter between a gang of safe-crackers and the police of this village, Night Marshal Wood was hurt, and one of the burglars slain. The other burglar escaped, carr, ing one of their number. Marshal Wood accosted a man standing near the postofice and act Ing in a suspicious manner. In reply to questions, the unknown man said he was a stranger in the town, but desired to leave on a freight train. The marshal escorted him to the I railroad and just as they reache the tracks four other men suddenly i jumped from behind a car and or dered the officer to throw up his C hands. 1 He complied, but in one hand had an automatic revolver which he t Bred, one bullet piercing the heart f one of the quartet. The firing i was returned by the other men ant the marshal was struck In the bark. As he fell, the men beat him into insensibility and then escaped. t The firing aroused the town and I ,he wounded marshal was found in d .he railroad yards. A posse search- u ad the surrounding territory for the s naen. The dead man was about 3: J rears of age and well dressed. f CAN'T SCARE JOSEPH. J ulitzer Says He Will Edit His Paper From Jail. New York. Dec. 16.-Joseph J litzer, of The World. in. replying o the tirade pf President Roosevelt. A ays: "So far as .I am :personally con erned, I was at sea during the C rhole of October and, in fact, pra Ially for two years I have been achting on aceount of my health. F never read a word or syllable of his Panama story, was not In con- S ection with the paper and had noth ig to do with it. Mr. Roosevelt C nowe all this perfectly. He knows am a chronic invalid and mostly broad yachting on account of my ealth. I think his anger is simply ne to the sharp attacks made by 'he World on him politically. For iat perhaps, I am respoasible; that for the political criticism of Roose- P lt on public and political grounds ely.. I am really sorry he' should P. e so 'very angry, but The World ill continue to critcise -tim without P shadow of .fear, if he should sue ed in eompelliug. me. to - edit the aper from jail. WHITE FIEND LYNCHED. y a Mob at. Monticello, Ky., for C. .His Crime. Mnteello,, Ky., Dec. 17.--Elr~er ll, a white man, wast aken from ll here this morning by an armed iob of about thirty men and hang- cc to a tree list outside of the city 10 Hill was ine':.rcerated ox the charge Ca fassaulting Mamie Womackc. aged C years, and' miurdering her. Hill, when takfen froi the p i', C) atly -denied the charge. but -when C e rope had been glaced. around his ck and he apparently saw no way fescape he told. tne story of the. rime. C He said 'the girl was coming home rom sehool when he attacked her. ing a haukerchief around her aeck d strangling her. When tbe girl at uneouselous he trok her into the roods and killed her. . - c TILLMAN PRIMING UP. ay Make Speech That Will Stir Up T the Animals. Washington, Dec. 17.-Senator 'illman is beginning to look in good orm again. His trip abroad seems have done him good, but hi-s close ~iends say he is not yet in trim. here is a feeling prevailing around e Senate that he will have some hing interesting to say in a few ays, and it may be about the Pan a canal. ,As was said today, if he Senator does decide to speak hi~ - nind about the canal -he will throw ,rock or two that will displace L0 arge volumes of water. No man in j :he Senate can draw a. larger crowd~ U :han the gentleman from South Car-2 un jammed at the exit of the alley y the Cowen house, testinied to by ' Eerbert Elikins, and it was taken v rom him by de Saussure and fixed v .n the street where the light from a the street lamp at the corner oL c Elizabeth street shone on them. Less than fiye minutes elapsed from the time the first shot war fred until these men were all back inside the fort. Conyers stated that Reid was toldt that they were going to shoot up the I town. and he had laughed and said. 1 "Don't go out there and let the crackers get the best of you." When Conyers and de SausSure I reached the guard house they ran in the back way and got into their< bunks. Sergt. Reid came in and 1 swore at them. but Conyers was soj excited and out of breath that he could hardly stand. so Reid stationed] him at the rear of the guard house in the dark, where he could not be scrutinized so closely. Holloman came arcund with extra cartridges about daybreak and Rei-l passed them out. The guns were all cleaned before daylight. Thirteen Men Killed. Vienna, Dec. 17.-Thirteen men were killed in an explosion of fire damp Wednesday morning in a mine nea uroae Hungary. SHORT OF FUND Two County Treasurers Charge With Heavy Shortages IN THEIR ACCOUNTS Result of Investigations Made b Comptroller General Jones-Th Action of Gov, M. F. Ansel Takes 'Upon Reports Submitted Afte Weeks of Investigation. Columbia, Dec. 19.-Comptrolle seneral Jones has reported to Gov nsel the result of an examinatior >f the books of the treasurer o ampton and the treasurer of Edge Feld counties and from the figures ubmitted it is charged that ther, s a shortage of $7,723.46 in the ac ouats of J. T. Pattison, treasures f Edgefield county, and that there s a shortage of $17,670.79 with J Langford, the treasurer of Hamp on county. The report of the Hampion exam ation is given as follows: To His Excellency, Gov. Martin F. Ansel, Columbia, S. C. "Sir: The annual settlement for he taxes of the fiscal year 1907 of [ampton county was made as of ate June 30, 1908, and was checked p and balanced to October 24, 1908. howing cash balances due by Mr. . C. Langford, county treasurer, as )lows: Cash Statement. cue 30, 1908, cash bal .xnce due State treasur er .. .. ............$ 2,665.71 une 30, 1908, cash bal ance due- county funds 13,812.24 sne 30, 1908, cash bal ance due school finds. - 9,796.05 mount of money bor rowed since June 30, 1908 ... .... 4,000.00 llection dispensary funds since June 30, 1908 .... ...... 2,486.99 Ines, licenses and costs since June 30, 1908 .. 267.82 perintendent of educa tion .. .. .. ....... - 87.41 Lsh collected from taxes from 1908 .. .. ...... 5396 Total cash balance, June 30, and colleo tions to October 24, 1908 .. .. ......$33,170.18 Disbursements. tid State tress uer. . . .$ 369.20 tid - cou'nty claims .. ... 7,022.70 Rid school claims .. .. 934.97 Total dis bursements to Oct. 24 ........$8,326.87 tsh balance due October. 24, 1909', State -and, county funds .. .. .. ..$24,848.31 "County Treasurer Langford ao unts" for the above cash as foI tsh in office.$ 807.49 taims Beau fort county . 60.00 ecks .. ... 49.35 - Lsh in Bank of Hampton, c,shier's crtificate . 3,157.60. Lsh1 in Hamp ton Loan & E xc hange\ Bank, cash ier's 'certi ficate . . . . 18,265.02 tsh in Bank of Brunson, cashier's cer tificate .. . 2,544.75 tal canh on hand and in bank, October 24, 190i8............$24884.21 xcess cash on hand and in bank, Octo ber 24, 1908........$ -40.90 "On the 17th 'day of December telephone message was received at ts office from Mr. R. 0. Bowden. sier of the Hampton Loan andl xchange bank, stating in substance tat the certificate of 813,265.0Z iv'en October 24 was found to be icorrect, there being a difference from $13,000 to $14,000. The shier was .asked to explain how it -as possible for such a dlfferenc remain undiscovered to this late ate. No satisfactory explanation -as given by him. I immediately ired Hon. Giles L. WVilsonl, bank amier, to comxe to C.olumbia at ne. I acquainted Mr. Wilson with 11 faets in connection with Ithis ase,. and requested that he proce'd o Hampton at once and make an xamintion of the Hampton Loari nd Exchange bank with reforcnet o the county treasurer's account t appears from the report of th~ sank examiner, which is made tart of this report, and other record'b n connection with Mr. J. C. Lang ord, county treasur'er, that he i hort in his cash $17,670.79. Tbt heck drawn by J. C. Langford, Oc ober 24. 1908, was evidently du ~licated in the certificates given b: he Bank of Hampton and Hamptoi oan and Exchange bank, thus mna g the shortzge as above stated. "I report this mattar to you ~xcellency in order that you ma: ake such action as you deem prop "Rtespectfuilly subn'itted, 'A. W. JONES. "Co nptroller General." The Edgefld Report. The report to the comptroller get tral on the Edgefie'd investigatio goe fully into thA figures and shOW the books to be badly out of bal ance. The letter sent Gov. Ansel is as follows: "To His Excellency, Gov. Martin F. Ansel. d "Dear Sir: I have had made an examination of the books and ac counts of Mr. J. B. Haltiwanger, county auditor, and Dr. J. H. Pattison, county treasurer of Edgefield county, and find from the report of Messrs. E. B. Wilson, cnief clerk, and Carl ton W. Sawyer, auditing clerk, em ployed by this office, that tne county auditor's office shows carelessness, ? neglect, errors and omissions both !n the duplicates, abstracts and an 1 nual settlements of that office. "In the settlement for the taxes r of the fscal year 1905 errors, om issions and overcredits were found aggregating the sum of $1,819.42. Sndercredits were discovered in .the - sum of $841.52, leaving a net charge of $977.90 to be accounted for by Treasurer Pattison. "In the settlement for the taxes of the fiscal year 1906 errors, omis sons, overcredits and under charger were discovered amounting to t Le sum of $2,269.80; undercredits, om issions and errors were found ag gregating $525.49; leaving a net balance to be accounted for by Treas urer Pattison of $1,744.31. "In the settlement of the taxes of 1.907 overcredits and unde-charees were found aggregating .the sum of $729.85, and net undercredits of 74 cents, leaving a net balance to be accounted for by Treasurer Pattison for 1907 of $729.11. Net balapce of errors to be charged to County Treasurer Pattison on account of taxes brought forward- for 1905 of 3977.90 'and on account of taxes brought -forward for 1906 of $3, 744.31, the tota charges to county treasurer in excess of charges in or iginal settlement made by auditor and treasurer are $3,451.32. "The accounts of. Treasurer Pat tison were checked down to October 19, 1908. and .the following bal ance found: Balance due the State..$ 1,866.71 Balance due the county.. 8,31~6.96 Balance due the schools. 3,936.68 Total amount due . .. . $14,120.35 - Credits. By amount of cash in office .$. 139.27 Balance, cash in Bank of John ston .. ...... 1,261.48 Balance, cash in Bank -of Edge field .. ....... 1,155.67 Balance, cash in Bank of Tren ton .. ...... 219.97 County ,eertifi catee on hand 3,712.64 $6,489.03 Less taxes collect ed aeeount of 1908 .. .. 92.14 6,396.89 Leave a defielt of ...... $7,723.46 "It appears that County Treas urer J. T. .Pattison is short in his accounts the sum of $7,723.46, that amount being the difference between the amount of funds with which he1 is properly chargeable and the amount of ' cash and evidences., of cash. he had on hand October 19. 1903. -i therefore report the matter to your excellency in order that you may tak-e such action as you may deem ~proper. "IEn closing this report permit me to -say that the financial affairs of Edgefield county were found to be in a deplorable condition. The float ing and bonded county debt were ound to be $103,833.88. "The schools of the county are >eing run on credit. It will require it is said, '$15,000 to place the schools on a cash basis. "These matters will b'e covered more fully in my repor 'me hon rable the general Respectfull "A. V . 2 "Comptroll' ra. ROW ABOUT A DOG, Caused Killing of One Man and Wounding Another. Goldsboro, N. C., Dec. 17.--News reached here today from Dudley, in this county, that Ira Hatch, a prom inent resident of that place, had been 'shot and killed by Badger 3. Bowdeii, mayor of Dudley. * :3owden is In bed from wounds re ceived Immediately after the shoot n from a shot gun in the hands of the dead man's -son. About 1 o'clock thia~ morning some one passed Hatch's house and shot his dog. Hatch and his son took shotguns and went out to reconnoiter and some distance on the streets met Bowden, whom the elder Hatch -immediately accused of shooting his dog. H-ot words ensued and Bowden shot Hatch through the heart with a pistol and thereupon the younger Hatch shot Bodwen with his shot gun, but inflicting only flesh wounds. SENATOR TILLMAN. Senior Senator in His Seat for the First Time. Washington, Dec. 15.-Senator Tillman was for the first time during this session in his seat when the senate opened up yESterday morn ing, having reached here this morn . ing. The senator is looking well. . He is just in time to get into the great Panama scrap which threat ens to materialize if the senate and the country does not let President Roosevelt bluff them out of doing anything. Whether the senator will - take part depends, he says, upon a~ whether he can find any rockis ta THE POPULAR VOTE DEMOCRATS MADE BIG GAID OVER LAST ELECTION. Hearst's Ihdependence Party Polle Less Than One Hundred Thonsam Votes in Whole Country. New York, Dec. 15.-The tot, popular vote of the various pres dential candidates at the la: election was made known today i an official form by the filing of tb last of the official vote, that of Mic igan. The total shows the folloR ing votes cast: - Taft, (Republican) ......7'637,67 Bryan, (Democratic) .. .. 6,3 93,18 Debs, Socialist) .. ..... 447,65 Chafin, (Prohibitionist) . 241,25 Hisgen, (Independent) . 83,18 Watson, Populist) .. ... 33,87 Cilhaus, (Socialist Labor). 15,42 Total for all candidates.14,852,23 This grand total exceeds by 1,341, 531 the total number of votes cas In the presidential election of 1904 when the grand total was 13,510, 708. Compared with that election th, candidates of the Republican, Dem cratic and Socialist parties increas ad their vote this year. The revers< is tru'e of the candidates of the Pro ibitIon, Populist and Socialis Labor parties. The Independeni party did not flgure in the presiden tial election of four years ago. The biggest difference in a - part: :s shown in an increase for Bryar >f 1,315,211, over 'the'?total vota :ast in 1904 for Alton B. Parker, the )emocratic candidate. Taft receiv ed 14,190 Kotes more (than were polled for President Roosevelt- it 1904, and Debs ran 45,368 ahead f his predecessor on the Socialist icket. The heavist loss is shown by the ?opulist, who, with the same can idate, registered 83,912. less this rear than in 1904, when their total ras 117,183. The Prohibitionisi andidate, Chafia, ran 17,284 votes ,ehind the 1904 mark of his party, Lnd Gilhaus, the Socialist Labor andidate, received only about 50 er cent of the vote given to Cor igai, wL.ch was 31,249, in the pre rious presidential race. The following is the vote reeeived )y Bryan and Taft in each of the outhern States: State. Taft.: Bryan: abama .. .... 25,308 74,374 rkansas .,..... 56,967 87,043 lorida .. ........ 18,654 31,104 reorgia ... . .... 41,692 72,350 Centueky . ...235,711 244.092 .ouisiana ,... .... 9,589 63,565 [aryland .. .... .111,253 111,117 [ississippi ... .. 4,463 64,250 fissouri .. ....346,915 345,884 foith Carolina . .114,887 136,923 )klahoma .. .... 110,550 123,907 outh Carolina .. 3,847 62,289 'nnessee.......118,287 135,620 exas . . . . . . .. 69,229 227,264 irginia .........52,573 82,946 The Socialist polled 15,398 votes a. North Carolina, 21,752 in Okla oma, 8,524 in Texas. In no other outhern State did they poll over ~,000. In South Carolina they olled 101 votes. CONVICl' PROVED INOCENT. as Already Served Ten Years of His Sentence. Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 17.-Judge homas H. Sutton, of Fayetteville, as affidavits that go to prove the anocenc of A. B. Norton, who has erved ten years of a thirty years entence for murder. Affidavits signed by men who were ssociated with- Thomas White, whc ecently died, at the lforthamptot tate farm set forth that White con ~essed that he was guilty of the aurder for which Norton is impris ned. The crime in question was com nitted- in 1898, in Robeson county, hen Jesse E. Telar, a white tenant f White's, was shot and killed while eaceably entering the door ol ~Vhte's home. White and Norton, nother tenani. teach c~arged the ther with the killing, and Judge lutton sentenced bothi to the peni' entiary for thirty years. PUT HUSBA.ND IN JAIL nd Then Ran Away With a Makt Boarder. Bristol, Tenn., Dec. 17.--Willian ludon, who spent last night in th. ity jail here as the result of arrant sworn out by his wife, whC harged that be had threatened hei ife, awoke to the full meaning of hit narceration this morning when h: earned that his wife had eloped wit! Ed Hyatt. a man wifo had beei ooming in his home and who as sisted Mrs. Hud'sn in having he usband locked up. Upon learn ng the sequel this morning, Mayo: Rice ordered the release of Hudsor rom prison and the latter went im mediately in search of his only child a baby who was taken by the elopi rs. Drugged and Robbed. Washington, Dec. 15.-John IB Scheick, a prominent Mason, c Charlotte, N. C., was drugged ani rbbed of $600 and 250 shares c Atlanta Milling and Mining s.toc early Tuesday morning while ridin * sck with two stfangers. Shot in His Store. Hampton. Ark.. Dec. 17.-Charle Abbott. a merchant of this plac was shot and killed and his brothe: Bunk Abbott, county treasurer we wounded by two negroes at the stor of the former today as a result of disagreement as to a business tranm action. Intense excitement prevai: and posses are in pursuit of the ni HOW WE GOT I One Feature of the So-Call Panama Canal Scandal~ THAT NEEDS PROBIN The Louisville Courier-Journal Di t cuses the Republic of Panam n How it Was Formed and Ames can Partcipation in the Event the Isthmus at the Time. 6 The Louisville Courier-Journ says the story of how the Unit( States came into possession of ti 5 Panama canal ought to be oh intere L. to all readers. It is neither so tec' L nical nor so complicated, as to pi - any strain upon the popular mini On the contrary, it is perfectly sin -ple. t The New French Company havin acquired for twelve millions t1 - rights of the Old French Compan: and sold these to the United State ' for forty millions, a treaty betwee the United States and the republi of Columbia was all that was need ed to ,. nfirm the deal. Mr. Ha was our Secretary of State. Mi Herran was the Minister of Colun bia at Washington. They made treaty known as the Hay-Herra treaty which, promptly ratified b our Senate, was sent to Bogota t be ratified by Columbia. This don a stock-jobbing scheme, begun i 1>is and successfully exploited i: Washington, would be completed vastly enriching its promoters, M: Edward Lampre, Mr. W.. N. Crom well and. Mr. Phillips Bunau Verill; representing a blind-pool. of these Being a bMnd-pool; with its head quarters abroad, it will not be possi ble for the American Congress to.ge at the bottom of the factg. -But, mark the sequel. The "act to authorize the construc tion of the canal connecting the wa ters of the Atlantic and Pacifi ocean," approved June 28, 1902 authorized the 'president to obtail "by treaty"-and in no other way control of such territory "from Co lumbia," as might be necessary fo: that puropse; and it proved also that if he should be unable to di so "within a reasonable time" an upon 'reasonable terms," he shoul< then proceed to acquire the neces sary teritory from Costa Rica an< Nicaraugua. This act, known as th< Spooner Act, appropriated 'ten mat lion dollars 4o be used by the pres ident "toward the project contem plated by either route." Let it bi borne in mind that this was th< bill which' authorized him "to pa for the property 'of the Now Pana ma Canal Company forty million dol lars," when he "shall have obtainer by. tgeaty the necessary territor: from 'Columbia." Of course it did not contemplati any- arrangement with Panama .di rect, but was based on the likeli hood that the treaty authorized b' it, signed by Messrs. Herran an! Hay, and ratified by the senate o! Iarch 17, 1903, would be ratifie< by Columbia. The act did not au thorize the president to employ the navy' of the United tSates to "pre vent '.the landing of Columbia3 troops within fifty miles of Pana ma," which he subsequently did, o to commit any other act hostile ti Columbia. It did not authorize hit under' any circumstances to wagt war, but"-required him, in case c failure to come to .terms 'with Colum bia, to seucre another route for th canal. In October, 1903, Columbia, act Ing strictly within 'her rights, re jected the Hay-Herran treaty. Th work done by Messrs. Lampre, Cromr well and Bunau Varilla, was abou to be wrecked 'in port, as it were Then the first overt act In the Par ama "regolutionl" was performed b the administration at Washingtot and not upon the Isthmus of Pana .ma.: It was in the direct interest c the New Panama Canal Compan3 On November 2, 1903, the gunboa Nashville reached Colon,, in the De partment of Panama, Republic C Columbia, having been orderell ther by our government; and on 'the sam day an order was sent from tb Navy Department at Washington t the Nashville, the Bos'ton and th Diie., also in tnose waters, contaic ing these instructions: "Prevent landing of any arme force with hostile intent at any poiri within fifty miles of Panama. Goi ernent forces reported approaci ing the Isthmus in vessels. Prevex anding, if in your judgment land ing would precipitate conflict." This meant war with the "go' ernent forces" of Columbia. if: meant anything. From this poit things went forward at a lively pace At 2:40 p. mn.. the very next da: November 3. 1903. the aseistant set retary of State cabled from Washini ton to the consul general of th United States at Panama, which: less than "fifty miles" from Colo' and on the opposite side of tl Isthmus, as follows: "Uprising Isthmus reported. Keep departmne: promptly and fully informed." TI -consul general replied: "No upri Sing yet, reported there will be ti night;" showing that he had notit Sof the secret revolutionary prograi C During the day the Columbia warship Cartagena arrived at C Ion, "within fifty miles of Panama and Generals Tobal and Amaya Ian, ed, and sought transportation fi S their troops to Panama city. Th e was denied by the officials of t' .Panama Railroad Company; but tl s two officers were allowed to go Panama without their troops. The a were thrown into prison at Panar - that evening. This act of the "re 3olutionists" had been anticipated1 - the navy department. The next sti AN ANGRY MOB TAKES POSSESSION OF THE CITY d OF CARACAS. The Officers of President Castro's G Paper and Business Houses of His Friends Wrecked. Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 16.-The s- people of Caracas arose today a, against President Castro. An Infu riated mob, unhindered by the po i- lice, swept through the city wreck ing the property of his henchmen n and closests friends. The people rounded up' all the statues and pictures of President al Castro from the clubs and other d semi-public buildings and burned i o them with rejoicing on the Plaza i Bolivar, Castro's rule in VYnezuela Bt probably is ended. 1- In spite of Holland's warlike ac It tivity on the coast there have been i no demonstrations against the Neth- c 1- erlands; they all .ve been directed against President Castro and acting o F President Gomez. n .e An enormous crowd of inhabitants it ' of the capital swelled by the people a s from the outiving country, gathered s D in the streets soon after daybreak, S .C and it was good for President Cas- v I- tro that he was in Eurpoe and not .b Y at home. or he might have feared badly at the hands of the mob. c 'The first building to be attacked v a and looted was that of the Lottery s n Monopoly. The o'ffcers of the State tl y enterprise that has enriched itself - o at the expense "of the pepole were t] e ransacked and pillaged. Furniture si n was broken ancj thro*n into the g u streets and thousands of -lottery. V tickets were dstroyed. - b; The crowd tlin n4>ved to the t) - printing office of El Constitucioal, c< a the ,organ of President Castro,. of El which Gumer'sindo Rivas is editor. si - and .pillaged it completely. A steam - laundry belonging to Senor Rivas di t also was wrecked. ' le The statues and pictures of Presi- al dent Castro were made into a nuge ci - bonfire on the Plaza Bolivar. The tm - crowd cheered as the - flames con- cc e .pleted the destruction -of these ef- cc figies of the, dictator. h i Numerous inscriptions -setting et forth the virtues of Castro -and ec- 'B tolling his powers next attracted the w retaliation of the mob, -and evert ei y inscription bearing Castro'- n.ame tc y was hacked *ut and erased. Some ei I of these legends were carved on the Y public buildings of the city. . Ia . It was after\ i o'clock before the. 0 crowd had gotten thus far in its tc depredations. It lacked leader-hilj 01 . 'and paused in default . of other h . fields for 'its destructive energies. el . It was then that a detachment of troops was called out for duty on ec the city- streets,' and' acting "Presi- P dent Gomez issued a manifesto 'pro- Er hibiring fnrth'ir manifestvions.. nc These mieasur- s nad the desired di effect, for the mob quieted down vc and then dispersed, after having w burned many offices 'and stores _of 0 the friends of .'President - Castro. w Several people were killed and the. rc indications are' that Venezulea Is on the verge of revolution. It is not 'v known when Pi'esident Castro, who S: is now in Berli'n, willf return, but ci when he does lie will not be- recog- vt nized as President any longer. oa VERY SAD DEATH. a - Lad Killed While Carrying Lette3't to Santa Claus. ' o i New York, Dec. 17.-The body of n a frail: little fellow, apparently about ~ ten years old, .li-es in a police sta- ' tion here- today .last night under the t Strucks of a trolley car near th-? v branch p.,stoffice in Third avenue p near Fifty-second -street, while on a' his way to mail a letter to Santan O laus. t' As he breathed his 'last undern tthe wheels, his hand stretched forth and the , pitiful letter was seen by g the crowd. A bystander seized ic 'and it was dropped in the postoffice it -before the boy expired. He ran di- al rectly in front of the car; evidently Swraped in thought about, his letter. h - The motorman was held on a t techinal charge of homicide. No t one in 'the ~neighborhood seemed to e know who the child was,. but he- a e probably will be identified today. * e nize a junta and appoint a mulatto 0 named Mollendes to be mayor of b e Colen, and thus to "precipitate con- b flict" with "government forces" a' d that point immediately. . b d Mollendes returned to Colon from o SPanama on the 4th; and on the same day Conzmander Hu',bard land ed blue jackets from the Nashville. .5 - and thus gave moral and indirectly ~c military support to the insurrection t] on Columbian soil. - November e, the Republic of Pan- h tama was recognized by the president I t of the United States.p - The same day Bunau Varilla, a a French citizen and chief of the Pan ama blind-pool, was appointed by 12 - the Panama junta to be minister of 1 .2 Panama to the United States; he. o i a party to the conspiracy, being al- g - ready cocked and primed and on the e eC ground, a veritable "Johnny on thei b n spot." t it There was not the least quibble. ie or dealy. Bunau Varilla and Hay o s- proceeded at once to prepare a l -treaty. Immediately after the junta e appointed Dr. Amador and Mr. Boydt I- as commissioners to negotiate aj n treaty with the Unitedl States. Thess l 0- gentlemen arrived in Washington on ' 'the 18th. All they had to do was 1 - to indorse the treaty which had al- I 3r ready been prepared by Bunau Varii is la and Hay, and which was signed e the 22nd day of January following' 1e It is needless to add, that thes e to were done in plain- violation of the ey Spooner Act, amounting to a usur la pation by the president of war power v- vested exclusively in congress, being 3 in point of fact, lawless in kind and i e open to every manner of reasonable MORE HOT STUFF Pulitzer Comments Sarcastically on Special Message. SKINS TEDDY ALIVE nays He Is the Biggest Liar and Meanest Demagogue That Has' Ev er Been Elevated to High Position by the Americans, But He Can't Silence the World. New York, Dec. 15.-The World ' a. the course of Its answer to Pres dent Roosevelt's reference to thit >aper in his special message- to ongress today says: "Mr. Roosevelt' is mistaken. He an not muzzle The World. "While no amount of billingsgate n his part can alter our determi ation to treat him 'with judicial npartiality and scrupulous fairness, re repeat what we have already a.id, that the congress of the United tates should make a thorough in estigation; that the -full truth may e known to the American people.. "The World fully appreciates the ympliment paid to it by Mr. Roose alt -in making it the sublject of a ,ecial message to the congress. of ie United States. . "The- World likewise appreciates *e Importance of Mr. Roosevelt's ;atement when he declares to con ,. ress that the proprietor, of :The rorld should be prosecuted for libel r the governmental authorities and at the attorney general has under' msderation the, form under which-. t proceeding against Mr. Pulitzer all. be brought. "This -Is the. first time. . presi mnt ever assorted the doctrine -of . se majeste or proposed,..-Ma' 'the asence of specific legislation, the iminal prosecution by the' govern ent of citizens who criticized the: nduct of the government 'or. the induct 'of individuals, ho may have> d business dealingstwith the'gov -nment. Neither the king of Great ritain nor: 'the German emperor ould venture to arrogate nsh' poJA a -to himself. John Adamis' atjempt' enfocre" 'the sedition laIw destroy i the Federalist party in America. et 'Mr. Roosevelt, in. the absence.of, w, proposes to .use all the powe the greatest 'government on earth. cripple the freedom of the press the pretext that the government s been libeled-and he:la the gov -nment. "It Is true that The WorId prInt the :public report concerning'the' anama canal affair which' resulted' om William Nelson Cromwe's a tal to the district- attorney's : co iring'. the. recent campaign tt pre mt the p'ublication of a story wirh as said: to. be in .the hands of th ' emocratic' national committee2 It as M~r. Cromwell's own act which dsed the issue in the campaign. "It is 'trie 'that wrhen. Mr. Rose alt made attack; upon .Delayan~ nith The Wo~d called 'atention.. o rtain statements which Mr. Roose* It must have' known'.fd-be false misleading and'appealedato. con ess to. end all scandal by a full id.impartlalinvestigation. If.!this " treason, let Mr. Roosevelt make - termost of 'It.' "Mr. Roosevelt's 'lamentable habit ' inaccurate 'statements' inakes is ipossible to accept either his judg ents .or his conclusions. In. his essage he doesnot state correctly en so simple a matter as the pre inded causes of his grievance. The rorld has never said that "Charles .Taft or Douglas Robinson' made~ iy'profits whatever. 'Mr. Taft de ed that he was concern'ed in the 'ansaction in any way, which. de - al The World published and ac pted. It would have been' equally' lad to print, Mr. Robinson's denial uld . it have succeeded in' obtain tg one fro~m him as it frequently ttempted. "The World has, no evidence that e was associated with" Mr. -Crom ell and would accept 'his word to at' effect, fort Mr. Robinson is an timable gentleman' of high char :ter, whose reputation for veraci ris infinitely better than that' of is distinguished brother-in-law. "If The World has libeled any dy we hope it will be' punished, ut we do- not kntend' to be intimi-. ated- by Mr. Roosevelt's' threats or y Mr.'- Roosevelt's denunciaions, r by Mr. Roosevelt's power. "No other living man evei so rossely libeled the United States as es this president, who besmirches/ :ngress, bulldozes judges, assails ie integrity of courts, slanders pri ate citizens and who has shown imself the most -reckless. unscrupu yu demagoguewhom the American eople ever trusted with great power nd authority. "We say this not in anger but i sincere sorrow. The World has neasurably more respect for the ffice of president of the United tates than Theodore Roosevelt has ver shown during the years in whicn. e has reign of terror and villified lie honor and honesty of both pub ic officials 'and private citizens, who pposed his policies or thwarted him a his. puropses. "So far as The World is concen rated, its proprietors may go to all, if Mr. Roosevelt succeeds, as te threatens; but even In jail The Vorld will not cease to be a fear ess champion of free press and a ree people." Awful Experience. Sydney. N. S., Dec. 17.--Exhaust-. d by eight days of toil at the pumis tnd 13 hours in an open boat with he thermometer hovering around ero, seven men rowed ashore at ort Morien today and reported that he French schooner Marceline had ~oundered off the Cape Breton coast.