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VOL. XI.
BILL ARPS LETTER.
The Barlow Philosopher Talks This
Week on history.
IIA5 GOTTEN Oil A NEW BOOK
R1 .. A * ?'
itw. r\ ;i uti ciups 9PI11L' . nsioricai
I act- "Not Heretofore lie:;era!!y
Acc.'p.J.
Dr. C nV.ay is right p ".it James
IVi}?(i ^ .1.1 auditor. She w is Nolllo
Con v. . r.iul not Fanny Taylor. Fanny
was li pvandmother. But the pood
dortor is wrong about Thomas Jefferson.
I< did not marry Miss Martha
Skolw.n. for she was a widow and her
maiden name was Mar.he Wales, as 1
suid. itlier did Andrew Jacks .m
many Miss Rachel Robarda. She \v:h
not a miss, bet a divore 1 wife ana
her mr.iden name was Rachel lion el
son. .!:.t K en had to ranvrj her twin?
in difi rent stiles to comply with the
law. <>! course George Washington
married il.u widow Custis. Everybody
knows that. It was the typo that made
it Curtis. Dr. Conway says that Millard
Filmorr ne ver married, Ho is mistaken.
His ilrst wife was Abigail Power:
i his sot >nd was Caroline Mo
Into-!: li i.: singular bow many of t .
prcsin ui.s ,.n:;rr <> ! widow.-:. Midi ui'.
wife. Dolly Pa .no, was a widow Todd.
H<u- maiden name was Dorothy Cob--.
I reckon we will set this matter
straightened cut after a while. Mr.
Tha\t? n. of T.nnossec, writes ?!;<
that t' full list ?! mothers and wiveo
< an 1< found in ihe " World Almane.c '
of Is" i. I'sicnd Tiinxton is not
but ho is grieved that I .< '.<! .1 thnson >
parents were t poor and ignorant
to i named in the :>iograpliy. That
was not my assertion, hut wtn a bit
of sa. : s;r. on the eotnpi! r, who
makes pe< ial Riention of th Ir poverty
and !r.? ! : of '.an?, i 11 and records tliat
And!. . and his : . !. and s; i.father
moved from Rah ^,h. X. ('., to G;eon
villa. T< nil., in a two.wheeled cart
drawn bv a blind pony, but does not
give their names. Mi. Timxton say.
bis wife's father was an own ccuf.hi
to .Andrew a<ihnson and Andrew's
niotl < r's name was Mary McDonougii
but be docs not mention the stepfather.
Who did Mary marry th?
second time? The biograp'nv in Appleton
was written by James Phelan, editor
of The Memphis Avalanche, and
reran- r<. be* very fair and favorable
to Johnson and! Ins wife and children.
It says that Johnson's father died
when Andiew was only four years old
and Mr. Thnxton says his mother nnd
niair. not' children. It says that
John; en's father died when Andre,
was onlv 4 years ol;l. and Mr. Thaxton
say.-; his mother had many more children
Mr. Phelan says that Andrew
learned hie alphabet on the tauu
hem and his wife. Eliza MeCardic,
tanebt him to rend.
*\1> friend Thaxton says tiia* lie did
not \p.mv that poverty and Ignorance
v * re tied tog thor. As a general rule
they are. That second husband must
have been both shiftless and ignorant
if lie couldn't prove any better transportation
for his wife and stepson
than a two-win*. 1 cart and a blin 1
pony for a long journey. If Mr. Thaxton
was to see such a cavalcade a.
that coming down the big road now
he would nay that poverty nnd ignorance
- -e tramping along together.
Hut iiiis much wo have learned from
Mr. Thaxton?that Andrew Johnson's
mother's maiden name was Mary McDonough.
All honor to hiin who rose
front- poverty and obscurity and ail
honor to his devoted wife and l<>
his accomplished daughter, Mrs. Patterson.
who presided so worthily ?:i
the white house.
And Koosev It. married twiecthnt's
right! He ought to have a good
woman at his elbow all of the lime. I
reck n he must have been a widower
when he wrote those slanders again-i
.! kt-ison Davis and the people of the
South, i am still watting for hha to
ret rat t and apologize. Hut now he ?r.
a candidate and is. scheming for tie
-olid northern vote, and the Southern
ncgroesi thrown in. be won't retra<!
If In is ?ro be el < to 1 pre aid at, 1
want Mlb*s to bo coupled with h'.m on
the tick? t for vice president. Tin*
champion chainer and ihc ehnthplon
d of timer oughl to be paired. One to
work on live in a and the other or.
dead ones.
\nd here i- a letter from Mia. I.e.**
Harrison (lav Whitfield, of Sid . -i
\ illc. Ala., who informs me that William
I dir. i!.lrrl?i:n'? ?T?f>tlicr m-i
Elizabeth Rossetf. Six* is Mrs. Whilllold's
preal greatgrandmother a: i
wn.-- the wife of Hen Harrison, '.'u
signed the Declaration of independence.
His mother was Anne (.'.Tier,
on aunt of Robert Lee. I believe tnu;
suuplies nil the missing links.
I've been enjoying some rich ami
racy reading?the reply of Horace
Greely to the committee who sum
rnoncd him to trial for signing the
bail bond of Jefferson Davis that released
him from prison. There were
twenty-one who signed it. but Greely
was the first and the only Republican
abolitionist. He volunteered to do it
and did it willingly, going from New
York to Richmond for that purpose,
and it raised a howl all over New
York and New England. The northern
extremists demanded that Mr. Davis
be tried and hung for treason, or for
the assassination of Lincoln, or for
something or anything, so he was
hung. Greely belonged to the Union
Club of New York, a powerful organization.
and they were outraged and
enraged at his signing that bond and
cited him for trial. His reply is a long
one and some parts of it are most delightful
sarcasm.
i
I
QRT
foi
! "You say you will give me reasoni
able time for reflection. I want none.
nor shall 1 attend your meeting. 11 is
| not ray habit to take jmrt in any disJ
cession that may arise among otliei
I gentlemen as to my fitness to enjoy
I their society. That is their affair, and
i to them I leave it. No. i shall not at
tend your meeting this evening. 1 have
an engagement out of town and shai!
keep it. I do not recognize you as cap1
able of judging me. You regard me as
I a weak sentimentalist. I arraign you
as a set of narrow-mimic ! blockheads,
who would like to be u eful. but don't
j know how. Your attempt to base an
' enduring part> on hale and wrath
| is like planting .< colony on an icc|
berg that had drifted into a tropical
I sen. The singing <>f that bail bond will
do more for freedom and humanity
than you ail can do though you live
i to the age of Mathusaleh. I ask nothj
ing of you but that you proceed in a
frank, manly way. Don't slide off into
r. c old-resolution of censure, but make
your expulsionss. Make it a square
j star. 1 up fight and record your jmlg
; nicnt hy yeas and nays. I dare you
i and I defy you. and 1 propose to fight
j it out, on the line 1 have had over
clnce General Leo's sunender. 1 give
I von full notice that I shall urge the
i 'T'don and rernfrpnehisemont of all
those engaged in the rebellion and
those now in exile."
Weil, tie > did not expel him nor
censure hini. They were afraid. The
pamphlet to which 1 have heretofore
: alluded is now ready. It contains
li* nry R. Jackson's great speech oil
the "Wanderer" and Daniel Webster's
peeeh at Capon Springs. Va.. the last
and greete.; he ever made. There is
alio a brief biography of C.eneral
Jackson by Joe M. Brown and a few
remarks hy myself. There Is enough
in this lit tie pamphlet to establish
the faiiii an i stimulate the pride of
i every Southern man. According to
Jackson, the South was not responsible
for slavery, and according to
Webster we wore justified in s ceding.
And so the Northern . *ilet w
in the wrong foi violating the
stitutIon and precipitating tka* '
unri. hteour. war. an 1 oi: rht to i .
npolegy and restitution ! > us. Tli y
ow to our i>? onle mill'., a ami 'oil
lions of dollars. Th* y owe to m ri mi
now $20,000 damages, and if Roosev
it don't retract an ! apo . )gl?.:\ I
think I will attach hi.-; trunks mvI his
is--or guns when he conies in icnvh. lie
I did not do the stealing, hut lie i< an
accessory after ;h fact. n\ ! that is
; just as bad. Now. 1 have no intercot
I in the sal < of that pamphlet, hut 1
; want every young man and woman
i to have one. The price Is only 2.">
I cents, postpaid. Apply to my friend
Ed. Holland. Atlanta. Ga.. < are of
i Franklin Printing Company.
Hut 1 nave a book in press?a new
J and handsome book?my last an;!
best. It contains my letters and
ruminations from the uncivil war to
date?1 Mil-1003. Price, postpaid $1.2?.
Write to C. P. Hyrd. Atlanta. Ga.?
Pill Arp. in Atlanta Constitution.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
rr HERE can be no
I -'omniunion where
fihnre is no union.
I' /.J man's relation to
f' He chooses night
/ yji/i. who refuses light.
Ajr Seeds of love may
J y , t u ced storms of sor!
^ 1 Stolen thunder
| 1*^*^ KiiOWCrs 0f ^.\essA
silent idiot is wiser than a bab,
bling simpleton.
Everything comes to the man who
. waits?nnd keeps on walking.
It is easier to preach patience in the
church than It is to practice it with
I our children.
When you can honorably do so tho
i best way to conquer your enemy is to
j concur with him.
It will be time cnougn to indict
othrrs when we have finished the inI
... '
j J ui Will uvv il IUllllS.
I* takes less of a fool's brain energy
U) doubt all things than it does for a
I wire man to accept one fact.
It will not help your husband to
; heaven to leave him at home with i old
j victuals while you go to warm your
j heart at the prayer-meeting.
The losses of childhood are the
I gains of manhood.
The man who says there is no truth
> in the world has mistaken a niisror for
i the universe.
{ Letter be a good servant than a bad
i son.
Conceit is not an ingredient of (ou<
serration.
Seventeenth Century Silver.
Th? art of bygone days has not yet
been improv? d upon by our eleverest
silversmiths and designers. For what
excels a seventeenth century be.nitier
of silver lately picked up .n Rome?
an angel in high relief is fastened
against the door, and in his extended
hand he holds the chains, front which
a silver vase for the holy water,hangs.
The design is wholly charming and the
more It is studied the more one wonders
why these simple, natural expressions
of art are not reproduced by the
twentieth century artisan. It is wondered
also how many fair and slender
figures touched the water contained
in that silver bowl, and what blessings
went with the drops which some devout
lady often scattered on her
brow, but at all events there must linger
some sweetness in a receptacle so
appealing to the religious and artistic
sense.?Boston Herald.
IT MILL, S. G? WEDNI
GALLED TO ARK!
Venezuelans Sninmoned to' Resist
the Invatifrs?Excitement
in Caracas.
GASTRO SEEKS AnOlTRATION
His Proposition For a Poace'Ltl Settlement
Made Throush Minister
Bowen?Reply ot
the United States.
Willemstnd. Curacoa. T n> Yoneznelan
authorities ntv fortifying Puerto
Cabello. on tin* <lnlf of Trii ste.
Preparations are heing made to withstand
those who are aire ly < ailed the
enemy. A tSovernment ; *? r- siualuous
to arms all : hodied in n from
eighteen to fifty y.ar- of a-e.
Deputations are belie.; >en; to the
re-. lut:< nary ? i< a -is sliil in the d
to negotiate an an h r : ht-u hh
President (': in i., r .. . I te Venezuelan.s
may meet tbr < a :i,v as: a
unit' il people.
All available !" ; - are . nt to
La tJuayra from ("aniens.
President dastro has .. nt a ?T< pit I
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A STREET SCENE IN
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! tiou to the leader of the Nationalist
' party, who is now a prisoner at MaraI
eaibo, to release him ami pluee hiui at
I fli<? hnnil i* .... a?w.
A not lit'v deputation Int.* I comi
missioned to offer tin? military Covorn;
ment to (Jeneral Rolando. who only
I yesterday was tinhtimu against I'resii
i Castro.
, Tin* embargo on tin* property of Conoral
.Matos. a revolutionary loader, lias
been raised.
{ Caracas. Venezuela.?The ("SovernI
meat has taken preservative measures
; at La (luayra. All tin* deposits of
coal at the Navy Yard and all the lirit1
isli ears on tin* La (luayra Railroad
have been brought here, rendering impossible
the >mnsporlutioti of the allied
troops by rail. (enteral Ferrer, the
Minister of War. spent all day in chnos
Ut;c spots in the mountains where
trenches are to he dug.
After a Ion's conference with President
Cn* ro. T'nited States Minister
ltowen obtained an order for the liberal
ion of tlx* remaining British and
TTVM or TGNIKCKLIX SOLDIERS.
German subjects wno were held prisoners,
and an hour later all had been released.
Minister Bowen and Secretary
of Legation Russell went to the jail
five times and assisted the poor colored
Hrltish subjects and those who were
111.
The defensive preparations at the
tratesic Doiuts on the heishts back
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of T.:i Cuayra are being vigorously
pushed forward. The deposits of powder
in the fortresses of l.uvigi.t and
San Carlos have been removed. Croat
patriotic dmuonstrations are being
made, and e\ery one eapalde of bearing
arms is offering his services. The emluugo
placed upon the liarhor corporation
has been removed.
Washington, 1?. C. Minist-r l*owen,
at i aratai!*, cabled tie- State Depart*
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THE rAMTOli AT CAR WAS, V EN KZVF.I, A.
incut that President Castro. of Vcnc* !
i "'lol.M. Ii.kI a -kc I him to act as intermediary
in p: ;?<>si:i.u to liiivrland nmi Cerlaau.v
that they -111 ?t it to arnltratiou
: t! if eh in-: lor daniau <.
Si'cvt'iary Ilsty laid the message he*
/( .o ti.o I' t'd.M | mcctici, at which the
- i" ion w a'ly discussed. The coaly
t?> >Ir. r.oweu stated that tliis t!ov>
> a; v o ..!d ho ^latl t<> have him
a > ; lily \v' !i I'r ideal I'aGiro's ro
lt. -i. let ? d hit.i to make it plain
t > h i .!. ltd a ad Cormauy th.at ho
wa ; ?? tit. representative of
\ la i ii::* nihil idion proposal,
and ict a - I'm ted States Minister.
1 wa- eid that the i'niled States
Kncland I*?u?< it llltrlnhnir.
Londou.- The Foreign Office nnnounces
that (lie Kritish Government
disclaims responsibility for (lie sinking ;
of the Venezuelan vessel off La
Ouayra, wnieli It entirely attributes to i
the German forces.
MAD MULLAH REPORTED SLAIN.
Native Runner S a y ? fle Wn? Killed Wit
Sprar White I'ruylnpr.
Aden, Arahla.?A report has reached
here of the assassination of the Ma<l
Mullah In Somallland. It was brought
to the coast by a native runner from
Garroro, by way of Herbera. The
Mullah Is said to have been killed by a
spear thrust In the stomach, indicted
while he was praying.
Haji Muhammed Abdullah, the Mad
Mullah, so-called, belonged to the Tlabi
Sulieman Ogaden tribe of Somallland.
He was in the prime of life and only
recently became a dominant factor in
the military and political situation of
the Protectorate of Somnlilnnd.
, ?. "? ; i< ? -ion.l oUicos to olToct si
7 ^HT!
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i 'ill i \'
ao* 1 . Lfc \
I ? -gr$l 1 ,
?m[jl
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St- v i :nk/T' j
settlement until formally requested to
do so by otto side or the other, and even
I thou a rejection of its peace proposals
I by the opposing side would end the
inn Iter.
While the President and all of Ids
advisors would like very much to
'see Minister Kowen succeed in his efI
forts to have arbitration of the pending
difficulties agreed to. tliey are somo'
what doubtful of ids success, for the
. reason that the joint powers are understood
to have rejected a similar proposal
front President Castro before the
trouble began.
British Atlvic* to fcnriuMa.
j.otidun. ? Foreign Secretary I.ansdowne
was the principal guest at tbo
j annual ha liquet, given in London. of
the Cnliod Club, in the eottrso of ids
sneccli His Lordship said, concerning
Venezuela:
! "I might add that Venezuela should
bp content to put herself on a moderate
allowance in the matter of revolutions.
In less than seventy years Venezuela
lias indulged in the luxury of Id! revolutions.
Three revolutions in two years
seems to me to he altogether unreasonable.
"I am clad to say." be concluded,
"thai iu Venezuelan waters at this moment
Herman and British w:ir?diin?
and sailors are acting side by side in
enforcing the just demands of these
I t wo flowers "
7, 1902.
veIzieI M seizes
Criiisii and German Naval Forces
Capture Four VVar^Fps.
CAST GO A Fi RESTS FOREIGNERS
All ?T:ltxs!i In C.ir*
A ppreiietul^tl?TIi* (iflWtc! * <Irv
I'rcuctif 1 Itliunl u ms to Alio
Stint It Aiuriititn KcpnbiI<r*?Tltftr Mlii*
isU'i; l.miYf tho Cupit.il.
lau.Ion.- A <li-pali li 1'imii I'.irsnMS.
A" says tli.-u tlio ooniMneil
U'itisli and Corniuii Hoots haw so!zo*l
tlio Vouoznolan lioot coirtposoil of four
in tut* iitiniur 01 v. uayni. (
Caracas', Venezuela.?All Hennan ami
Urillsli subjects in Caracas liave been
arrested.
President Castro revived a newspaper
correspondent, and in reply to
questlous said:
"The Venezuelan Government leis
not reeeived any uitiinaluni. properly
speaUiiu;. but rather simultaneous re- j
* n sts from Great Itritain and tier- |
n .my. The claims Great Itritnin asUs I
Htis Government to settle are small, i
and up to the present time wo have
not been aware ??t* then). Never httvii:
. been presented. Venezuela has eon- i
<pieutly never refused to settle tlietn.
(treat Hritaiu's action Is therefore wit lion1
justification.
"The Venezuelan Government cannot
deride on for* isin elaitus before the
retoiniion has been entirely erushed. j
Al pr. <. m the mi!) aim of the Government
is the re-establishment of public
order, and other questions must neervriVv
be subservient to tins ohjeei.
' if r.lfliss to prove Venezuela's desire
in settle all pending claims hi a
eml rumble manner, the Government
i.-su d a decree during the last session
< :" ( ' tigress, dated November lis, creating
a commit lee to which all pending
miuiiii! in> reierren. ,\o claims
| have been presented to this committee,
I :i<i? 1 no claims have been rejected,
j Thorp has boon 110 denial of just too.
1 Why. therefore, should foreign Clian|
eellories intervene, thereby ignoring
| our laws and endeavoring to violate
j our National sovereignty7 We cannot
I understand this action."
The correspondent then said to Presii
dent Castro:
I "What do you Intend to do In view
I of the present attitude of the powers?"
President Castro replied:
"Enforce our rights and explain to
the world that Venezuela has laws;
prove that we have never denied our
engagements."
The President was then asked what
i reply the Venezuelan Government
| would make to the requests handed to
i it by the British and German envoys.
! To this question President Castro replied:
"After reflection, the Venezuelan
! Government is astonished that after
| the notes which were transmitted to
! it by the diplomatic representatives of
Germany and Great Britain, these envoys
should leave Caracas Without
awaiting the reply of tbo Venezuelan
Government."
Tlie correspondent then asked Presl|
dent Castro what course lie Intended
| to pursue should the powers declare
a blockade. The President excused \
J himself from answering this nuestlon. i
- - I
Lomlon.?Great Britain nn<l Germany j
have presented ultimntunis to Yene'
zuela. A\*lii?'Ji will be followed up by I
i a seizure of the eustoins, unless a satis- I
factory settlement is forthcoming with- !
in a brief period.
The ultimatums have a time limit, |
| but the exact date cannot be ascertained
here. The Foreign Odice says, j
with regard to the time limit:
"It is a reasonable time in which |
Venezuela can satisfy the Injured Gov- :
: ernments. Both notes are practically
Identical, although the amounts of the !
claims differ. The notes merely reltor- I
ei" the continued disregard of the Yen- ,
ezuelan Government of all our reprel
sentations, specify our claims and de- (
| maud immediate notion on the part of
President Castro's Government in con1
licet ion therewith."
Caracas. Venezuela. ? The British
Minister, NY. II. 1 >. Haggard, and the
Gmu.'ii Charge d'Affaires, Von Pi'grim-ltaltazzi.
left Caracas for i.n
Guayra. where Minister Haggard writ
on 1* <> 1 -- *
. 1111* 111 iumi inn>er iu'i i tion
and IT err von Pilgrlm-Jlali.,'.',l
j li i.iiil i! 11i.? Ccriuun cruiser Vim >.
l'.'itli ilir> P.ritish an<l Cormnn 1 i.i;
lions have been clos<<!.
Washington, T>. -Tin* following
telegram was received at the State I>?*parimcnt
from II. \V. Howcii, Pulled
Slates Minister at Caracas:
'Dip President of Venezuela lias published
a letter in the newspapers stating
that foreign creditors must await
the re-establishment of peace; then all
promises will be fulfilled."
DICKINSON CETS FIFTEEN YEARS
The Philadelphia Hnalnms-Man-lturRlnr
Convicted of Crime.
Phil idelphia. Pa.?Cieorge Dickinson,
htlas Wescott, who was arrested about
ten days ago after a desperate tight
Vvlth a policeman, and who was discovered
by the detectives to be a burglar
by night and a business man by day.
Was tried and convicted and sentenced
to fifteen years in the penitentiary.
The police accused Dickinson of
nearly sixty robberies, but could obtain
legal evidence in only twentylive
cases. It is said loot to the value
I of nearly $10,ikh) was recovered by the
police.
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iDEATH ON THE BIG LAKES
1 The Sansr n's List of 140 Sailors
Drowned the Lnrc^st on Record.
Z :iU?? I'rio f.cntU \Vltli tlio r.o*>< of 1 ifty?
nine I.i %? *?Z nriV;mc in I :r t:iUI it's ti?
tlio KtxiU of rollislons,
? ?lo li ! -( on 'In*
| jrt'om Juices <luring the season <?f 1003
line I'ooM I'.ir llo^ r? > ' <1, HO
liv. s !::nd?iv; l?o? i! ! - The t'-mrr* for
! the last y -is :uv follows:
| IS::;. ,1. n t li> ; i -7. SS; IS! s. ?.%: IMI'.t,
Mil; 110; IMOI. K'.'J; I'.tOJ. 1 iO.
Lake Krio. which hist vcur had only
11 deaths charged up ayainst it. now
leads with Lake Superior \v:is tin*
I watery grave of to. i.nl Michigan
; had II. j.iiko Huron and Lake Ontario
Ten sailors were lost in the
Detroit and St. Clair Livers,
j Notwithstanding the year's large total.
six more sailors went il >wn with
their ships in 10ui than in inirj. the
! figures being .">!) and o.'t. On the other
I hand. IT men fell overboard and wet*
drowned during t ho season hist closed,
a big inerea -e over I'.toi.
Loss of life in collisions increased
from r? in I tH)l to 1." in I'.Krj.
wrapped child in petticoat.
Omaha Society tYomxiiTimh I'itynn llalfl'rozm
Infant in a Car.
win.111.i. .m ii. 11y reason <>r :i little
net of kindness (< a shivering, poorly
clad child on :i street oar Mrs. llarrv
('artaii, a woallliy society woman of
Omaha, is tho talk of tho oily, ami tlie
ooininoiits aio all highly eulogist io.
A fo\\* days ago Mrs. Cartan got on
a street oar to go to ln?r lutshamrs
place of business to join him in a tlioatrioal
party. Slio saw on tlio car a laboring
man with a young baby in his
arms: tho ohild was poorly oltnl. and
? t'lno ! to 110 half frozen, tho weal hot*
lioing hit torly oold.
Mrs. Cartan arose from her seat ami
calmly removed her silk petticoat, tin ii,
walking down the aisle, she ask d the
man's permission to wrap the garment
around the infant. lie made no ohI
joetion. and site tenderly took the
voting baby in her arms and wrapped
the warm, soft petticoat around it,
then laid it hack in the father's arms.
Then she quietly took iter seal again,
tlio admiring, approving gaze of every
person in the ear resting on her.
Mrs. Cartan was Miss Sadie Nash,
the daughter of the Secretary and
: Treasurer of the Smelter Trust.
BIG FIRE IN ATLANTA.
ItiiatnriH Block in Georgia City Burned?
I.oift Nearly 500,000.
Atlanta, (In.?Fire wiped out almost
n block of business houses in the heart
of the city, causing a loss estimated tit.
between .*400.000 and !?r?00.000. The
lire originated in the furniture store
of Snook ?S: Austin, on lite Whitehall
street viaduct. It spread with great
rapidity to the Norcross building, six
stories high, taken up largely with the
offices of physicians, dentists and attorneys.
Both buildings were destroyed.
The building adjoining the
Norcross building, on Marietta street,
also was gutted.
, The Williams House, a small hotel
located on the upper floor of the Jacobs
Phnrnutcy Building, contained
about sixty-five lodgers, till of whom
escaped.
INDIANS SAW OFF MAN'S FEET.
Tlinn <So:kI film to Wulk on Stuinjm
til llo 1>Ip8.
Bisslicc, Ariz.?Colonel Kosterlistskl
lias received from the .Mayor of I!i<?
Yaqjil, Mexico, a letter jrivir?ir an account
of tin- tragic death of "California
Dan" Ityau. chief of scouts under
General l.uis Torres.
Ityan and (ieoi jtc \\\ Wilson were
sent out on a scout. They were surprised
and taken prisoner hy the Yaip'is.
trhd l?y a cnuncil of war. ami
"California Dan" was condemned to
ticaIII. Wilson bciti? aeipiilted.
In the presence of Wilson the Yaquis
with tlutl saws cut off tic feet
of "California Dan" Ju l nhove tho
ankles. Then they unbound him. ami
i.v troadin^ him they eoiui * lied liim to
walk until lie fell dead ill the brush.
SUSPICIOUS ST. LOUIS DEATHS.
Six !'d i(i;i , ItHll* i ? pfc. N p;u ly *. I! I it-h rod,
,\vv:ir In KIpvpii Mdiitlo.
P.I', la .lis, Mo. I). paly Coroner
1*. xijjhe:". In an oi.'eial > ntemeiit .*.ecia.
'd that the rosnli of the inquest
he! i iiv the hotly of Mi >. Karl Smith,
whose deaih was the sixth occurring
during the last eleven months of perrons
nearly related, reveal* d the fact
that Jill of the dc:n1 .. 1..1
? .
lnd been insured.
Neatly nil of the six persons died
suddenly. The fact that they were insured.
and that they all exhibited similar
symptoms, caused the inquest to
he held.
RIVER ABANDONS A TOWN.
Change* It* Cour?e, Smltlenly Cutting Oft
W?ter Simply.
Nebraska City, Neb.?Nebraska City
Is without water, due tj the Missouri
River channel changing. The water
pipe which extended Into the river
sticks out of dry sand, and there is not
a drop of water to come through it.
This condition of affairs has been
wrought In twelve hours, and the town
Is now two miles from the river. An
entire new channel has been made by
the sudden jump the river has taken
far to the eastward of the city. The
city Is without lire protection, and
should a blaze occur, the entire town
would be burned up. *