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T ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2T. 1900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
f TEXT OF JOINT NOTE
Formulated By Representatives
f Of the Powers at Pekin.
* DEPARTMENT GIVES OUT A COPY
sV China Recognizes With Regret
Her Responsibility and Is
^ Willing to Make Amends.
* The state department Saturday made
public the text of the joint note of the
powers to China. The official Statement
oftor rof?itir>or PViina'c n'ffpnSPS.
proceeds as follows:
Inasmuch as China has recognized |
her responsibility, expressed regret
and evidenced a desire to see an end
pat to the situation created by the
aforesaid distnrbances, the powers
ft have determined to accede to her re*
queet upon the irrevocable conditions
enumerated below> which they deem
indispensable to expiate the crimes
committed and to prevent their reoct
, currence:
Jr 1. (a) The dispatch to Berlin of an
extraordinary mission headed by an
imperial prince, in order to excess
the regrets of his majesty, the emperor
of China, and of the Chinese
government for the assassination of
his excellency, the late Baron von Ket^
teler, minister of Germany.
(b) The erection, on the spot of the
assassination, of a commemorative
monument befitting the rank of the
deceased, bearing an inscription in
Latin, German and Chinese languages,
2* expressing the regrets of the emperor
i of China for the murder.
II. (a) The severest punishment
^ for the persons designated in the im
perial decree of SeptemDer zo, iyuu,
^ and for those whom the representak
tives of the powers shall subsequently
designate.
(b) The suspension for five years of
all official examinations in all the
" cities where foreigners have been massacred
or have been subjected to cruel
treatment.
III. Honorable reparation to be
made by the Chinese government to
the Japanese government for the murder
of Mr. Ssjyam.
r? 1Y. An expiatory monument to be
erected by the imperial Chinese government
in every foreign international
cemetery which has been desecrated,
or in which the graves have been destroyed.
Y. The maintenance, under conditions
to be determined by the powers,
of the interdiction against the importation
?f arms, as well as of materials
employed exclusively for the manufacture
of arms and ammunition.
YT. Equitable indemnity for the
governments, societies, companies and
^ individuals, as well as for the Chinese,
who, during the late concurrences,
have suffered in person or in property
in consequence of their being in the j
service of foreigners. China to adopt j
financial measures acceptable to the j
powers for the purpose of gnarantee- |
ing the payment of said indemnities j
*7 and the interest and amortisation of j
the loans.
VII. The right for each power to
maintain a permanent guard for its legation,
and to put the diplomatic quarters
in a defensible condition, the Chi?
nese having no right to reside in that
quarter.
VIL The destruction of the forts
^ which might obstruct free communication
between Pekin and the sea.
IX The right to the military occupation
of certain points to be determined
by an understanding among the
powers, in order to maintain open
communication between the capital and
the sea.
X The Chinese to cause to be published
during two years in all the subprefectures
an imperial decree.
(a) Embodying a perpetual prohibition,
under penalty of death, of membership
of any anti-foreign society;
(b) Enumerating the punishments
that shall have been inflicted on the
guilty, together with the suspension
^1 of all official examinations m the cities
where foreigners have been murdered
or have been subjected to cruel treatment;
and
(c) Furthermore, an imperial decree
to be issued and published through^
out the empire, ordering that the governors
general (viceroys), governors
and all provincial or local officials
shall be held responsible for the maintenance
of order within their respective
jurisdictions, and that in the event
^ of renewed anti-foreign disturbances
or any other infractions of treaty occurring,
and which shall not forthwith
be suppressed and the guilty
parsons punished, they, the said officials,
shall be immediately removed
and forever disqualified from holding
any office of honor.
^ Until the Chinese government has
/ complied with the above conditions to
the satisfaction of the powers, the undersigned
cau hold out no expectation
that the occupation of Pckin and the
provinces of Chi Li by the general
forces can be brought to a conclusion.
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BUCKEYE TEACHERS IX FLORIDA.
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Ohio Educators Making Holiday Trip to
Havana, Cuba.
The teachers of the Cleveland, O.,
public sohools arrived in St. Augustine,
Fla., Friday morning on a spes
ciai train and spent the day sightsee1?
ing. There are 110 in the party and
V.ia io thoir TATIllftr gnnni.1 Ussli'slaTr
iuao vm\?* uv/iiuaj
tour. The party left Monday morning
for Miami and sailed from there
Wednesday for Havana.
^ SOAKES CONFESSES PERJURY.
Admits That He Swore Falsely at Trial
of Caleb Powers
A news special from Lexington,
Ky., says: The attorneys for Caleb
Powers, who is under life sentence
for complicity in the murder of William
Goebe), have made public the
statement, secured from R. Noakes,
one of the star witnesses against Pow>
ers in his trial at Georgetown, in
which Noakes says he was coerced into
^ making damaging admissions to Col.
Tom Campbell and that he was afterwards
forced to make similar state^meots.oQ
the stand.
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JAPAN IS SYMPATHETIC.
Dilatory Tactics of Pekin Diplomats
Causing: a Revolution
of Mongol Sentiment.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press at Yokohama, Japan, wires that
the wearisome and disappointing delays
of the Pekin diplomats are having
a marked effect upon public opinion in
Japan, producing what may be regarded
as almost a revolution of sentiment
in favor of China. The native papers
are now mainly ranged on the side of
leniency in dealing with the chief instigators,
not only from a practical
point of view, looking at the supreme
importance of inducing the government
to return to Pekin, but also owing to
the inherent force of the spirit of pa
L ' L _ 1 1 Xl T ?
inuusm wuicu cnaracienzes me Japanese
natives.
The Japanese are naturally asking
themselves what they would have done
under similar provocation. The answer
has . given rise to an outflow of
something strongly resembling sympathy,
and Japan is therefore ranging itself
on the side of the nations which
are counseling the most moderate terms
possible in the negotiations with the
Chinese court. It is noticeable also
that even some of the foreign papers
here are upon the same side, The Japan
Mail conspicuously so.
The missionary question, of course,
occupies a foremost place in the discussion.
It is now felt as essential
that the western powers take cognizance
of the fact that religious invasions
of oriental countries by powerful
western organizations are tantamount
to filibustering expeditions and should
not only be discountenanced, but stern
measures should be adopted for their
suppression.
It is, of course, admitted that individual
religious zeal in the line of propagandism
cannot be interfered with,
but the mission boards constitute a
standing menace to peaceful international
relations and are here generally
recognized as such. The business
stagnation continues and is exciting
some alarm in foreign as well as in
native circles.
CONFEDERATE REUNON DATE.
Next Animal Gathering of Old Soldiers
Will He Held at Memphit, Tenn.
The following general order has
been issued by Adjutant General Moorman,
of the United Confederans* Association:
Headquarters United Confederate
Veterans, December 22, 1900.?1.
The general commanding announces,
the department commanders concurring,
that on account of the urgent request
and igsistance of "our host,"
the next annual meeting and reunion
of the United Confederate Veterans,
which is to be held in the city of Memphis,
Tenn., will take place on May
28th, 29th and 30th, 1901?Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
2. With pride the general commanding
also announces that 1,300
camps have now joined the association
and applications have been received
at these headquarters for papers for
over one hundred or more. He urges
veterans ever) where to send to these
headquarters for organization papers,
to form camps and join this association
so as to assist in carrying out its
benevolent, praiseworthy and patriotic
object. By order of
J. B. Gordon,
General Commanding.
CHANGES ON SOUTHERN.
S. H. Hard-wick Is Made General Passenger
Agent?Other Promotion*.
b. H. Hardwick has been appointed
general passenger agent of the Southern
railway with headquarters at
Washington.
General Passenger Agent Turk has
been promoted to the position of assistant
passenger traffic manager of
the Southern.
W. H. Tayloe, at present assistant
general passenger agent of the same
line at Louisville, is transferred to Atlanta
to fill the vacancy created by the
promotion of Mr. Hardwick.
These are the three principal features
of an announcement of changes
to become effective January 1st, made
by Vice President Finlev, of the
Southern. At the same time announcement
is made of the appointment of
R. E. L. Bunch, at present Mr. Turk's
chief clerk, to be assistant general
passenger agent of the Southern at St.
Louis, and of R. M. Allen to a similar
position at Louisville.
TRAIN KILLS TWO.
Old Man and Grandson Meat Death While
Walking on Track.
A special from Tamps, Fla., says:
Plant System train No, 78, killed Fellippe
Alferro and his grandson, Joe,
Saturday morning. Both were walking
on the track as the train came
along, and the engineer sounded warning,
and the old man became excited
and pulled the boy to him and stood
transfixed.
The engineer made every effort to
stop, but could not. Felippe was
aged eighty aud the boy ten years.
Both were Italians. It was no fault
of the engineer that thoy were killed.
A GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY.
Lowry Bank of Atlanta, Ga., Is Selected
By Secretary of Treasury.
The secretary of the treasury has notified
the war department that the
Lowry Natioual bank, of Atlanta, Ga.,
had been designated as a depository of
public funds, and specially designated
for safe keeping aud disbursing of
funds of the war department.
MaeDonald In Serious Condition.
Samuel MaeDonald, the treasury
clerk, who shot and killed Frank H.
Morris, auditor for the war department,
at the Winder building, and
then wounded himself, is in a precarious
condition at the Emergency hospital
Washington.
Dank Clerk Loses $500 Package.
Saturday afternoon a clerk of the
Knoxville, Tenn., City National Bank
lost a package containing $500 while
en routi from another bank. At the
time he bad $4,000 on his person.
ROBBERS LOOT BANK
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Chased By Officers and One Is
Captnred After Hard Fight.
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OCCURRED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT 81
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Safe Blown Open With Nitro- S(
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glycerine?Man Caught Had j
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A battle between five bank robbers *c
and several officers occurred at an early p
hour Saturday morning near Tulla- fc
homa, Coffee county Tenn., in an at- g
tempt, made by the latter to arrest
the former. p
Shortly after 10 o'clock Friday g.
the Coffee County bank, in Man- ^
Chester, was broken into by the ?
robbers, who, after blowing open the E
safe by the use of nitro glycerine, took
$3,000 in currency from the safe and, ^
hurrying to a hand car on the branch r(
line of the Nashville, Chattanooga and ^
St. Louis railway, started for Tulla- p
homa. b
While the robbers were in the bank, V(
next door to the telephone exchange, ^
their presence was discovered by Mrs. Q
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ij. Jtt. iayior, wuose uusuauu is iue
superintendent of the telephone ex- m
change, and she qnietly notified Sheriff C(
Powers of the fact. The sheriff hast- ^
ened to the bank, but when he arrived
he found that the robbers had completed
their work and had fled. ?
Mrs. Taylor informed the anthorities
at Tullahoma and a party of dep- C(
nties at once started toward Manches- w
ter to look for the robbers. The latter
left the hand car at Hickerson, a sta- u!
tion near Tullahoma, and were walk- r]
ing across the country when they were
met by the officers. The latter fired
upon the party, who returned the
shots, but no one was wounded, and
all the robbers except one succeeded ^
in making their escape.
The one who was captured had 83,000,
the money taken from the bank,
concealed in a sack. He would not
give his name, but said he was a mem- aj
ber of a good family in Ohio, and that Si
he belonged to a gang of professional 0j
robbers who had got together at De- ,,
chard and decided to rob the Manches^
ter bank.
INAUGURATION RATES. U
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Liberality of the Railroad* Will Draw p<
Large Crowd* to Washington. pi
The general committe in charge of te
the arrangements for the inauguration w
of President McKinley on March 4th
next has been informed by the rail- m
roads constituting the Trunk Line ei
Passenger Association that liberal rates se
will be made for those who attend the tl
inauguration ceremonies. ai
For individuals one first-class limit- tl
ed fare for round trip will be charged, ei
the tickets to be good going on March is
1st, 2d and 3d from points within 150 m
CAK MEA t?L 11' RUKIV.
Three Hundred Employe* of Soranton
Railway Company Out.
Every one of the 300 car and barn
employes of the Scranton Railway d?
company obeyed the strike order in
which went into effect at 5 o'clock M
Sunday morning, and as a result only th
two cars were running in all of the cc
Lackawanna valley during the day. in
These two cars were manned by Superintendent
Patterson and dispatch- be
ers, foremen and clerfcs. til
The tie up region expends from Pittp- yi
*urg to Forest City, m
miles of Washington on March 4th, and
good returning leaving Washington to A
March 8th inclusive. For military ol
and other organizations the fare will ti
be one cent a mile each way, with a c<
minimum per capita fare of $10 for fifty pi
or more traveling together. For ad- S
vance committees to make arrange- at
ments not exceeding three persons the d<
fare will be half the per capita charged sc
organizations, the tickets to be used m
within the required limit not exceed- ss
ing February 28, 1901. fr
AUDITOR MORRIS KILLED. ^
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An Ex-Disbursing Clerk of the Treasury
Department His Slayer.
A Washington dispatch says: Frank ^
H. Morris, of Ohio, auditor of the war "
department, was shot and instantly ?
killed Saturday afternoon by Samuel *r
MacDonald, also of Ohio, recently a 8
disbursing clerk of the treasury, in ?*
the former's office at the Winder building,
on Seventeenth street. MacDonold
afterward shot himself and also ?
slashed his throat with a penknife.
Auditor Morris was closeted alone
with MacDonald wheu the shooting
occurred.
Employees who knew MacDonald
said he had had a grievance against Fi
Morris, who he claimed was responsi- in
ble for having his pay reduced. Others pr
who knew him said that they could yc
not attribute his deed to anything but th
a diseased brain from over indulgence in
in liquor. ct
CHINESE LOSE HEAVILY.
Vr?n Wftldpraee Telln EmDfror Pi
William of a Victory.
The following dispatch from Field p
Marshal Count von Waldersee, dated Q_
Pekin, Friday, December '21st, has B<
been received at Berlin: co
"A column dispatched from Pao ^
Ting Fu, commanded by Major Haine, Je
engaged a force of Chinese regulars *?
December 15th at Hung Tsing Sien, ar
ninety kilometers northwest of Pao
Ting Fu. Our losses were one officer
and two non-commissioned officers
wounded. The Chinese losses were
considerable." co
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"NOTHING IN" THE REPORT."
President J. W. Thomas Denies a Rumor y<
That He "Would Resign. ^
A rumor has been current that John
W. Thomas is to resign the presidency ev
of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. co
Louis railway, to take effect next July. ar
Old age is assigned as the reason. It j0
is stated that the resignation would b<
cause radical changes in the road's op- pr
eration. Major Thomas denies the bl
rumor, wiring from Nashville: "Noth- a
ing in the report." fa
DEWET'S BOLD DASH.
'alorous Boer Leads Forces Successfully
Through British
Lines.
Advices from Bloemfontein state that
le details of General Dewet's escape
om the encircling British columns
low that it was one of the boldest inidents
of the war. When Ilaasbroek's
>mmand joinedDewet December 12th,
)me fifteen miles east of Thabanchu,
reneral Knox was only about an hour
istant, and the Boer situation apeared
desperate. But Dewet was
]ual to the occasion.
Dispatching Haasbroek westward
> make a feint a Victoria nek, Dewet
repared to break through the British
Dlumns at Springhaau nek pass, about
)ur miles of broad, flat, unbroken
round. At the entrance were two
>rtified posts, while artillery was
osted on a hill eastward watching
le Boers. Suddenly a magnificent
pectacle was presented. The whole
ber army of 2,500 men started at a
allop, in open order, through the
iek.
President Steyn and Peit Fourie led
ie charge and Dewet brought up the
?ar. The British guns and rifles
oomed and rattled incessantly. The
ioers first tiied the eastward route;
ut encountering artillery, they dierged
and galloped to the front of the
ill to the westward, where the fire of
nly a single post was effective.
The whole maneuver was a piece of
laguificent daring and its success was
>mplete, in spite cf the loss of a
ffepu-ponnder and twenty-five prisners.
The British force detached after
.aasbroek came in oontact with his
jmmands at nightfall. The burghers
ere scattered and Welsh yeomanry
alloped among the retreating Boers,
3ing their revolvers and butt ends of
ifles with great effect.
TRUSTEES APPOINTED.
ieorgia's Governor Names Men
Who Will Have Charge of
Soldiers' Home.
Governor Candler, of Georgia, has
^pointed the board of trustees of the
i->no mom hor
k/iUlUI D UAUiiug vuv; amvm
! the board for each congressional
istrict in the state.
In selecting the trustees, on whom
le welfare of the Soldiers' Home will
rgely depend, the governor has apointed
men of high standing and caacity.
The board is to serve for a
irm of five years, and the members
ill receive no compensation.
Since the passage of the bill a large
umber of names of prominent vetrans
in each district have been premted
to the governor as men fit for
le office of trustee, and a great
xiouat of interest has been felt over
le state in the eleven names the gov nor
would select. The order just
sued in which the full board is
amed is as follows:
"State of Georgia, Executive Office,
tlanta, Dec. 21, 1900?By authority
! an act of the general assembly, entied
an act, to provide for the acjptance
by the state of Georgia of the
roperty known as the 'Confederate
oldiers' Home of Georgia,' approved
Dproved December 19, 1900, it is orered
that the following named perms
be and they are hereby appointed
lembers of the board of trustees of
lid Soldiers' Home for the term of
ve years from this date, to-wit:
"Hon. J. H. Estill, of the first con essional
district; Hon. John Triptt,
of the second district; Hon. J. H.
iartin, of the third district; Hon. S.
r. Harris, of the fourth district; Hon.
\ L. Calhoun, of the fifth district;
on. C. M. Wiley, >of the sixth disict;
Hon. C. D. Phillips, of the
iventh district; Hon. W. F. Jenkins,
the eighth district; Hon. H. W.
ell, of the ninth district; Hon. J. B.
amming, of the tenth district, and
on. A. M. Knight, of the eleventh
striot.- A. D. Candler,
Governor.
Cleveland In Favor of Free Ships.
The North American quotes exresident
Grover Cleveland as saying
an interview: "In regard to the
oposed ship subsidy, I would refer
>u to my speech at the launching of
e St. Louis. I then said something
favor free ships. I have not
langed my opinions."
AMERICANS ARK OUSTED.
esident Ca?tto, of Venezuela, Seizes
Their Property.
Advices from Caracas state that
resident Castro has issued a decree
mouncing that the New York and
srmmdez concessions entitling the
mpany to mine ail the asphalt in
e state of Bermudez for twenty-five
ars is annulled, and that the titles
the asphalt mines issued in 1888
e invalid.
The decree will deprive the company
its rights and properties. Presiint
Castro recognizes two titles,
aich cover a large portion of the
mpany's asphalt lake, and which
are granted to native officials.
APPROYED BY COURT.
mng Woman Wreaked a Terrible Vengeance
on Her Betrayer.
The most remarkable criminal case
er tried in a Massachusetts superior
urt iu many years, and which
oused intense iuterest in the faslinable
back district, was ended at
3ston Thursday, when Judge Bond
obationed Marion Rogan, who had
inded for life Dr. Frank L. Taylor,
dentist, by throwing vitriol in his
ce in revenge for betrayal.
AMBUSHED BY FILIPINOS.
etachment of Third Infantry Surprised '
and Two Members Killed.
A Manila special of Tuesday says: A
itachmentef the Third United States
fantry was ambushed Saturday near
alolos. The Ladrones fired a volley at
e Americans, killing two privates of
impany F and wounding three. The
surgents escaped into a swamp.
Numerous insurgent bands have
sen dispersed and considerable quan;ien
of stores destroyed in the pro*
noe of Bulacan by General Grant's
onnted wonts,
ARGUED BY GRIGGS!
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Attorney General on Status of
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Onr New Possessions.
COURT ASKS DIRECT QUESTIONS
Relation of Porto Rico and Philippines
to United States Is
Discussed at Length.
A Washington special says: The
United States supreme court was
again crowded to its full capacity
Wednesday to hear the concluding arguments
in the cases involving the
status of Porto Rico and the Philippines.
Attorney General Griggs concluded
the presentation of the government's
case, elaborating the points he enunciated
Tuesday. One of these was
the distinction between organized territories
and unorganized territory under
the jurisdiction of the United
States. Justice Brewer had asked the
attorney general to make clear his
views on this distinction.
Mr. Griggs took up territory after
territory, showing in each case that it
came under the operation of the laws
of the United States by the act of
congress specifically extending the
laws to the territory and not ex proprio
vigore. He said that while Rhode
Island and South Carolina stood outside
of the union they were treated as
foreign states, and when they ultimately
assented to the union congress
passed a law extending the revenue
laws to them.
In the case of Louisiana, the attorney
general pointed out that all the
declarations of Jefferson were to the
/** . .n i 1 , 1 il
enect tnai in oraer to come unaer tne
operation of the laws of the United
States; those laws must be explicitly
extended to new acquisitions. JeffeFson
selected certain acts to be immediately
extended and others to be extended
from time to time as might be
found practicable.
1 The attorney general directed atten- j
* tion in the instance of the acquisition !
of Florida to the fact that three Amer- j
ican statesmen?Monroe, John Quincy i
Adams and Andrew Jackson?fiach of !
whom was elected president of the j
United States, united in delaring offi- :
cially that the constitution did not j
apply of its own force to territory new- |
ly acquired by this nation by virtue of |
the act of acquisition, but that such |
extension must be accomplished by
the action of congress.
Mr. Griggs also specified the territorial
organization of Oregon, Missouri,
Montana and Wyoming, in each case
showing that congress specifically extended
the laws to these territories.
Finally, as to the extension of laws
to the territories, Mr. Griggs said that
by act of congress in 1874 congress had
expressly extended the constitution and
federal laws to the "organized territories,"
and to every teiritory "hereafter
organized." Bnt the act went no !
further than "organized territories," j
and could not be interpreted to mean !
that expanse of country entirely unor- '
ganized.
Justice Brewer asked if the attorney
general held that as congress extended
the constitution and laws to the organized
territories congress also could
take them away from the territories.
Mr. Griggs answered that this was j
a most serious question, but he j
thought it safe to say that when the [
laws were once extended to territories ;
an inviolable oontract was created and !
could not be broken.
Justice Harlan asked the attorney j
general to state later on to what extent
congress could impose a tariff to I
be collected against goods coming from j
New Mexico, Arizona and Alaska.
Justice Brewer also reminded Mr.
Griggs that Oklahoma was not in- j
eluded in the treaty taking in the
Louisiana and Mexican territory, and j
was an apparent exception to the rules ;
stated by the attorney general.
Justice White asked the attorney I
general if he claimed that congress
could so exempt territories from the i
laws as to give them privileges not en- j
joyed by the states. Mr. Griggs re- j
sponded that ho did so ciaim, that in j
fact the territories had been for years
exempted from internal revenue and
direct taxes.
METHODISTS AT TALLAPOOSA.
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, North, In Session.
Thj opening service of the North
Georgia annual conference of th*
Methodist Episcopal church north,
was held in the Methodist Episcopal
church in Tallapoosa Wednesday. ;
Services were conducted by Rev. W. j
A. Spencer, chief secretary of the ;
church extension society. The conference
was presided over by Bishop
Finde, of Detroit, Mich.
Jeffries and Rnhlin Sign Agreement.
James J. Jeffries and Gus Ruhlin i
have signed articles of agreement to j
box twenty rounds at Cincinnati February
15th.
ESTERHAZY A PAUPER.
Major Who Fijjnred In the Dreyfus Cose
Penniless and Hungry.
A dispatch from Paris says: Major j
Count Ferdinand Walsing Esterhp.zy, i
who figured so prominently in the 1
Dreyfns case, has sunk into ntter j
misery, and writes home from London 1
tb n f Ka i a noiimlncc? lioa n nt ontnn f/~\y !
I 11 n L UO 10 ^tUUllLO^j uc?o UUt COICU i Ui j
two days, has no clothes and is com- j
pelled to warm himself by entering
churches and museums.
ZINC DEPOSITS ARE FOUND. j
Shafts Are To Be Sunk and Work Began
at Once Near Knoxville, Tenn.
Another extensive deposit of zinc
has beed found near Knoxville, Tenn.,
on the farm of Captain Frank M. j
Smith. A company has leased the j
property.
Shafts will be sunk 300 feet. The
ore is said to be richer than any found I
in the Joplin, Mo., district.
George Currans, of Mattoona, 111.,
has leased extensive zinc properties at
New Market, Tenn., and will develop
it without delay. ' j
ABDUCTORS GET PAV
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Millionaire Gives Up $25,000 For
Return of Kidnapped Boy.
SCHEME A BRILLIANT SUCCESS;
On Receiving the Money, Abduc- ,
tors Kept Faith By Safely De- |
Iivering the Youngster.
A special from Omaha, Neb., says: j
Twenty-five thousand dollars in gold j
was the price paid by Edward A. Cudahy,
the millionaire packer, for the re- j
turn of his son, Edward Cudahy, Jr., j
who was abducted by a gang of kid- j
nappers Tuesday night.
Thursday about noon, several hours
after a letter had been left at the front
word of AVm f!n/1oKr rooirtanpo onntVior
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missive was delivered to Mr. Cndahy
at his residence. It came through the
mails and contained a proposition to
return the boy safe and unharmed, i
provided the sum of $25,000 was paid j
that night.
In the letter were full directions as j
to where the money was to be left and
the assurance was given that the miss
ing boy would be allowed to return
within a few hours after the cash was ;
paid.
A consultation was held and the :
plans were discussed for capturing the ,
bandits when they should make their j
appearance at the rendezvous that had j
been designated, bnt one after another j
they were dropped as being impracticable.
Finally, impelled by the strain under
which the entire household was
laboring, Mr. Cudahy decided to com- j
ply with the terms offered and ransom j
his son.
The money was secured by a trust- 1
ed messenger, who was sworn to se-1
crecy, and was brought to the Cudahy ;
house. After dinner Mr. Cudahy had j
one of his horses harnessed to a light j
buggy, and taking the money with :
him left for the designated place at
which it had been stipulated the money :
was to be left.
In the buggy he carried a red lan- j
tern and was alone. Leaving the house
he drove five five miles west of town
on the Sherman avenue road until he
came to a white lantern that was hanging
on a short stick by the side of the
road. This was the place where he
was to leave the boy's ransom, and
alighting from his buggy he deposited j
the sack close by the stick bearing the j
white light. Then, without seeing
any one, he returned to his home.
In the meantime the abductors of j
the boy had seen the red light coming :
up the road, and as soon as the buggy
had disappeared in the direction from
which it had come, they took the
money and prepared to keep faith with
the father of the boy.
The lad was bundled into a hack
and set down close by his father's
house about 1 o'clock Friday morn- ,
ing. Having been blindfolded all the
time, the boy was unable to say where
he had been, but as nearly as he could
estimate by the few observations he ''
was able to make, he thought he had
been taken about five miles south of
South Omaha.
Notwithstanding the entire police:
and detective force of the city, several
Pinkertons from Chicago and half a
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searched diligently for a clew looking
to the capture of the outlaws, ever
since the return of the young man,
nothing was developed to give the least
idea of the identity of the men who
perpetrated the crime.
Young Cudahy said that he was
seized on the street by two men, who
told him he was a fugitive from
the reform school and that they were
deputy sheriffs from another county, j
They placed him in a closed carriage, j
threw a cloth over his head and gagged '
him. They then took him, according
to his judgment to a lonely house in
South Omaha, where ho was chained
to the floor and kept a prisoner until
he was put into a hack and returned
to his home. While a prisoner he was
guarded by two men and provided (
with food.
Young Cudahy says there were six of j
the men, but that all wore masks I
whenever in his presence, and that the .
only one he would attempt to identify
was one who kept guard over him
during his incarceration in the lonely
building in which he was held. He ,
thinks he could recognize this man's j
voice, as it differed much from that of !
any of the others. That the bandits' 1
plans had been carefully laid cannot j '
be doubted. They had evidently appointed
as a place of meeting Mr. Cudahy
a point near the river bank in or- |
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uer mac tney migm escape in a ooai :
should officers attempt their capture. '
Savannah Gets Mate Fair. i
The executive committee of the
Georgia State Agricultural Society
held a meeting in Macon Thursday and 1
decided to hold the state fair at Savan- ! i
Dab, which offered $1,000 to pay off 1
Atlanta judgments. ^
JACKSONVILLE'S TELEPHONES.
Ground Purchased For a Handsome '
Building; For 11 end quarters
A Jacksonville, Fla., special says:
W. T. Gentry, superintendent of the :
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company, with headquarters *
in Atlanta, purchased the Houston
property, on West Forsyth street, for ]
a handsome three-story fireproof build
ing, exclusive for telephone purposes. 1
"Work on the building will begin with- *
in fifteen days. 1
KILLED SISTER BY ACCIDENT.
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Pistol Fell From Mantel Board and Bullet
Pierced Little Girl's Brain.
News has just been received of a 5
shocking tragedy in the little city of 1
Cave Spring, Ga. Frank Hancock, eighteen
years old, accidentally killed ]
his ten-year-old sister. The young <
man was attempting to place his pistol 1
on the mantel board and the weapon
was in some manner discharged. The *
little girl was standing near, and the *
bullet passed through her head, causi <
iog ioetaat death, <
MAllib Ur rLUKIl'A UMIll\
5upervisor Rogers Sends In an
Interesting Annual Report
to the Governor.
Captain J. R. Sogers, supervisor
of Florida's state convicts,.has sent
his annual report to the governor.
The office of supervisor svas created
only one year ago and in vipw of the
fact that the convict question is to be
the leading problem before the incoming
legislature, the report is of especial
interest. There are in the state at the
present time 778 convicts, of which
number 102 are white males, 2 white
females, 651 colored males and 23
colored females.
There is no state prison in Florida,
and all of the convicts are leased to
one lessee and by him sub-leased to
the phosphate miners and naval stores
manufacturers. There are a total of
thirteen camps in the state, seven in
the phosphate mines and six in the
turpentine forests. During the year
ending December 1st there were 18
deaths, 25 escapes, eleven of whom
were recaptured and punishment inflicted
609 times, of which record was
kept according to law.
Punishment is by means of a leather
strap, two inches wide and twenty
inches long and the law prescribes
that there shall not be over fifteen
lashes at one time. Punishment is
inflicted for card playing, gambling,
disobedience of orders or using obscene
language. There have been
numerous rumors of heartless cruelty
in the camps, one convict reporting, it
is alleged, that he had received 100
lashe-1, etc., but there is no doubt that
the entire system has been greatly improved
since the office of supervisor
was created.
The system as it exists is the predominant
issue in Florida and the legislature
will be asked to make a change.
The convicts only net the state now
21,000, when it is recognised by leasing
them direct they would net not
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ositions is to apportion them out to the
forty-five counties to work public
roads.
The most popular proposition, however,
is to build a state prison, centrally
located, where women and
youths can be suitably employed, and
to lease the male convicts in blocks of
fifty, without restrictions as to the
special branch of labor; the money
from the lease contracts to be then apportioned
to the several counties for
county roads to be made and repaired
by free labor. This proposition, it is
believed, will unite all the issues.
COSTLY BLAZE IN COLUMBIA.
South Carolina's Capital City Suffers Aggregate
Lots of 8100,000. ,
Columbia, South Carolina's capital,
was visited by a destructive fire Wednesday
night. In the aggregate of
losses the city suffered as she has not
done since the city was burnt by Sherman's
army. The chief loss is the destruction
of Hotel Jerome, one of the
newest and best hostelries in the city.
Other buildings burned were the
carriage factory of Vandy Myers, the
Jerome King Racket store, Captain
Carroll's barber shop, J. M. Van Metre
and J. A. Piatt, groceries; Carolina
hall, owned by Mrs. M. Lyles;
Long's livery stable building, owned
by William Mays.
The loss on the hotel and fnrnitnre
was about $60,000; insurance, $20,000,
King Racket store $6,000, insurance
$4,700; J. A. Piatt $8,000, insurance
$4,000; Carolina hall $5,000,
covered; factory building $4,000, no
insnrance; stable bnilding ?3,000, no
insurance.
CONGRESS TACKLES ROADS.
Bill Passed To Compel One of Them To
Build 81,500.000 Station.
A Washington dispatch says: The
house Wednesday, at the end of a
spirited contest extending over two
days, passed bills to compel the Pennsylvania
and Baltimore and Ohio railroads
to abolish grade crossings, to
alter their routes into the city and to
change their terminal facilities.
An amendment was placed upon the
Pennsylvania bill to require the road
to build a new station to cost not less
than SI,500,000. The Baltimore and
Ohio bill appropriated $1,500,000 outright
for the road in consideration of
the changes it would be compelled to
make.
MAY EFFECT SETTLEMENT.
Printer*' President In Birmingham, Ala.,
to Take Charge of Strike.
Jamea M. Lynch, president of the
International Typographical Union,
irrived in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday
night to take charge of the strike
aow on between several of the leading
job offices of the city and the local
mion. It is thought by those interested
that he will be able to effect a
settlement.
Prize Fight Permits Revoked.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, has revoked
all permits for prize fights issued
prior to the passage of the anti
3gut ordinance ny tne city council a
vee kago.
TWO BROTHEKS SHOT.
Both Mortally Wounded By Officers Deputized
to Arrest Thesn.
Frank Huffines and his brother were
shot and mortally wounded at the i 1
iome of their father near Oak Ridge, j 1
Hruilford county, N. C., about 6 o'clock | '
Wednesday morning. The shooting j '
.vas done by Deputy Sheriffs J. W. ! 1
Vfooney and J. W. Waller, of Kenners- !
rille. They were deputized to arrest ! 1
he brothers ou warrants charging *
h?m with participation in a robbery. 1
STRIKE DECLARED OFF.
Telegraph Operator* On Santa Fe System '
Give Up the Fight.
A special from Houston, Texas, !
:ajs: The strike of the telegraph ope* j J
ators on the Gnlf, Colorado and Sauta
Fe was called off Friday night. It is j
31-esumed that there will be issued at (
jnce an order calling off the strike on <
ill branches of the Atchison system. I
rhe strike was inaugurated in Texas '
ifteen days ago. No concessions were ]
isked by the men or offered by the '
jompany as a preliminary to calling [
>fftbe strike, I
LAIK Of KlUPiAFPtKS
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Is Located By Officers After aa
Extended Search.
HOUSE IDENTIFIED BY CUDABY
No Evidence lias 5o Far Been Secured
as to Identity of the
Bold Outlaws.
A special of Friday from Omaha*
Neb., says: The result of 24 hours'
work on the part of the police of the %
city and half a hundred detectives has
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Drougai 10 ngu. me lucauoa ui wo
honee iu which Edward Cudaby, Jr.,
was held prisoner for nearly two days,
aDd from which he was returned to his
home at a late honr Wednesday night
The house is located four miles from
the city, and in a place of easy access,
but so situated as to allow the desperadoes
ample opportunity to lay and
carry out their plans without molestation
from inquiring neighbors. Within
easy communication with rail and
wagon roads, leading in and out of
Omaha and South Omaha, and on a
high knoll, where sentinels conld give
immediate alarm in case of necessity,
the one and a half story shack had
been admirably chosen by the bandits^
No doubt exists iu the minds of the
police as to the identity of the place.
Yonug Cudaby himself was taken to
the house and identified many features
which he had recognized while a blindfolded
prisoner.
The testimony of the neighbors also
is of a nature that leads every one to believe
they have found the retreat of
the abductors. Evidences show that
they made a hurried departure when
their night's work was complete.
Beyond locating the house in which
the men were located prior to the
kidcaping, the police have made no"
progress looking to a capture of any
of the outlaws. Friday afternoon an
official of the Omaha National bank
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that he had withdrawn from that institution
the $25,000 in gold, with
which the latter states he paid the
ransom to secure the return of his son.
Miss Maud Munshaw, who lives
with her parents at 3404 Grover
street, first saw one of the occupants
of the house about ten days ago,
when he came to her home and asked '
if she knew whether or not the house
that was vacant above on the hillside
was rented. She did not know.
The next day he returned and told
her when he met her in the yard that
he had rented the house from Schneiderwing,
the owner. He said that
another man had rented it and paid f 1
down for it, but had not taken it This
man Miss Munshaw describes as being ?
about forty-five years of age, black ||
hair and moustache, sprinkled with H
gray. Tuesday evening, just after ^
dark, a'spring wagon drove up to the
house and two or three men got out
Wednesday morning a pony-was hitched
in front of the house, but the spring
wagon and the horse were gone.
GUNS WERE FREELY USED.
Prominent Florida Citizens Engage la
Deadly Four-Cornered Fight.
A serious shooting affray took place
at Sopchoppy, Wakula county, Fla.,
late on Thursday afternoon.
State Senator William C. Rouse and
Edgar Nims, a farmer, got into a dispute
with Frank Walker, turpentine
dealer, about a business settlement.
The lie was passed and curses and
blows exchanged between Walker and
Bouse. Walker drew a pistol and shot
Bouse in the abdomen, wherenpon
Nims quickly struck Walker with
brass knacks, knocking him oyer.
Walker recovered immediately and
shot Nims through the heart, killing
him instantly.
The parties are all prominent white
men. Senator Bouse, who was dan*
geronsly wounded, represented Franklin,
Liberty and Wakulla county in *
the Florida senate. Walker has been
arrested and charged with murder by
the coroner's jury.
Senate Adjourns For Holidays.
A Washington dispatch says: The
senate met Friday and immediately
adjourned until January 3,1901.
appeaTfor help
Made By Storm Victims In Little Town of
LaGrangr, Tennessee.
The people of LsGrange, Tens.,
have sent out an appeal for help.
They say that all the business portion
and nearly all the residence portion of
the town are in ruins and many of the
inhabitants are left utterly destitute.
They ask that contributions be sent to
W. F. Hancock, mayor of the town.
Safe Craekers at Work.
Professional cracksmen burglarized
the Farmers' bank at Orland, O. T., .
Wednesday night, and secured more
*hau $5,000. The robbers blew the
safe open with nitroglycerine.
TRUST COMPANY ORGANIZED.
First Ever Chartered In State of Georgia
Urder the Aot of 1898.
The first trust company to be chartered
by the state of Georgia undsr
the act of 1898 providing for the
nrganisation of trust companies, was
chartered by Secretary of State Cook
it Atlanta Wednesday. The new trost
company is to be known as the Eqnitlble
Trust Company with headquarx-rs
at Augusta and with a capital
stock of $50,000.
RULES WERE SUSPENDED.
tfnu<e -Advantage Thereof and
Pa#-es Many Bill*.
Under suspension of the rules the
aouse Monday passed bills to divide
Kentucky and West Virginia into two
udicial districts, to create another
iistrict judge in the northern district
Df Ohio; to refer to the secretary of
the interior for investigation the claim
the state of Texas for moneys expended
on public improvements in
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Sreer county before the decision of the
mpreme court placed it within thf
jurisdiction of Oklahoma.