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POSTOFFICE LOOTED
Robbers Secure Over $74^03 'n
Stamps in Windy City.
A SUCCESSFUL TUNNELING ACT
Days of Patient Toil Brought Rich
Success to Thieves?Vast Fortune
in One Vault Was Fortunately
Overlooked.
A sensational robbery, which net- '
ted the perpetrators $74,610 in stamps, ]
was discovered in Chicago Monday
morning when the wholesale stamp department
of the postoffice was opened
for business.
A rapid investigation developed the
fact that the burglars had crawled under
the. flooring for about 300 feet,
bored a hole in the bottom of the vault,
secured the stamps and escaped, carrying
their booty in a wagcn.
The work of forcing an entrance to
the vault had evidently been going
forward with the greatest patience for
many days. It is believed, however,
that the intention of the thieves had
been to enter the cashier's vault, in
which there was $35,000 in money and
stamps valued at hundreds of thousands
of dollars. The bottom of the
vault is of steel, half an inch thick. In
this ninety 7-inch holes were bored
until a space 18 inches square, just
enough to allow the entrance of a
man's body, had been so weakened
that it was possible to take out the
whole plate with little aimcuuy. a
dry goods box stood over the hole thus
^made and concealed the work of thr
robbers while it was in progress. When
discovered Monday the finger marks
of one of the burglars was still discernible
on the dust of the box, which
he had pushed to one side.
So carefully had the job been planned
that men working in other parts
of the building had not the slightest
inkling of the daring robbery worked
almost under their noses.
The robbers drove up to the south
east corner of the postoffice building
In a wagon, the tracks of which could
be seen plainly Monday. The build
ing is a temporary affair, ana the men
had only to open a little door to admit
themselves under the flooring To
reach the vault it was necessary to
crawl about 300 feet over odds and
ends of boards which littered the way.
The route evidently had been carefully
studied, for a detective who weDt un
der the place without knowledge wa?
nearly overcome by foul odors before
assistance could reach him.
Having secured their plunder, the
robbers loaded it into the wagon
drove across a vacant lot and turned
into Wabash avenue in front of the art
building.
Of the $74,610 in stamps taken, $4t712
were in "postage due" stamps and
$2,060 in special delivery stamps. Sc
the convertible stamps amounted to
$67,828, but of these $4,828 were PanAmerican
stamps of 8 and 10 cents de
nominations.
F. O. Spalding, chief clerk of the
wholesale stamp department, discovered
the rouoery when he opened the
vault at 7:50 o'clock. The safe had
been locked, with its contents appa
rently secure, at 5 p. m. Saturday. Mr.
Spalding notified Postofiice Inspector
Stuart, who hurried from nis home and
immediately began an investigation,
assisted by his deputies and a squad of
detectives. After completing the
search Inspector Staurt said:
"It was the largest stamp robbery
ever committed in the history of the
postal service in this country. To get
to the Vault the men dug through the
brick foundation wall, and 100 feet or
so further on they encountered an
other wall, and this also they dug
through. On the way they met with a
number of pipes, and as the floor Is
but two feet and in some places 3 feet
above the ground, they tunneled under
the pipes. Their whole course is plainly
marked in this way."
More Boer Leaders Banished.
A Pretoria dispatch says: Twelve
more -Boer leaders, including Commandant
Sheepers, whose capture
was announced October 12. have been
permanently banished from South Africa.
MILLIONS FOR MUSEUM.
Litigation Over Jacob Rogers Estate
Is Finally Settled.
All litigation with regard to the will
of Jacob S. Rogers has been settled at
New York. la commenting on this,
Robert W. De Forrest, counsel for the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, said:
"The effect of this settlement will be
to put the museum within a short time
in possession of Mr. Rogers' residuary
estate, the value of which is upward ef
$5,000,08?. The amount paid in settlement
was $250,000. about 5 per cent
on the amount involved and net much
more than a year's normal income on
this amount of property."
BOOKER IS ABSOLUTELY SILENT.
Will Not Discuss With Any One the
Roosevelt Dinner Episode.
Booker T. Vv ashington's private secretary
at Tuskegee, telegraphs The
Birmingham Age Herald as follows:
"Washington wired me from New
York Saturday afternoon that if any
purported interviews are published in
the south as coming from him they are
to be absolutely denied, as he has positively
and firmly refused to discuss
with any one the Roosevelt dinner incident."
EUFAULA BANK CLOSES DOORS.
Heavy Run and Poor Collections Assigned
as the Cause.
The Eufaula national bank, the oldest
institution in Eufaula. Ala., closed
its doors Monday. The bank had the
patronage and confidence of the best
business men of the city, and the
news came like a shock. An unusually
heavy run on the bank and poor collections
are assigned as a cause. No
statement has yet been given out.
COLD DEMOCRAT GETS PLUM.
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President Appoints George Koester, of
! Columbia, Internal Revenue Collector
for South Carolina.
The president Monday appointed
George E. Koester collector of internal
revenue for the district of South
Carolina, to succeed W. L. Webster,
' deceased. The appointment was announced
shortly before the departure
of the president for New Haven, Conn.
With the appointment the following
statement was issued:
"Mr. Koester is a prominent gold
democrat, and has been recommended
*<- v tViQ r?neiH/-?n hv a lar?p rmmhpr of
' influential business men and represenj
tative citizens not only of South Caro|
lina, but of North Carolina and elsej
where."
The appointment of Mr. Koester terminates
a controversy which began
( upon Mr. Roosevelt's accession to the
presidency. It was in connection with
this appointment and that of ex-Gov- !
ernor Jones to a federal judgeship in
Alabama that the president announced
that his policy in regard to southern
appointments would be to name suitable
republicans if they could be found,
and if not, to appoint democrats. Mr.
Blalc-ck, who has been long identified I
with the republican party in South
Carolina, at first was understood to be
slated for this position, but the president
later decided not to appoint him.
Subsequently Senator McLaurin,
whom the president consulted about '
the matter, suggested the name of Mr.
Koester. who is known in the state as
an independent democrat. The president
sent for Mr. Koester and had a
personal interview with him Saturday
evening.
Was a Surprise.
The appointment of George R. Koester
as collector of internal revenue
fell as a bolt from a cloudless sky at
Columbia, S. C.. Monday evening. Republicans
are dumbfounded. McLaurin's
supporters not delighted, and McLaurin's
opponents rather pleased.
Koester is originally from Charleston.
He went to Columbia as a local
reporter for The Register during the
time that it supported Tillman; later
he became editor of the paper and defended
McLaurin. Since then the senator
has been his consistent friend,
and enabled him to get control of The
Evening Record. This has supported
McLaurin ardently.
STREET DUEL IN WACO.
An Ex-Sheriff and His Son Instantly
Killed By Physician and Step-Son.
One of the fiercest street duels that
has been fought in that section since
the famous Brann-Davis tragedy occurred
shortly after 1 o'clock Monday
afternoon on Austin avenue, the busiest
thoroughfare of Waco, Texas.
The principals in the tragedy were
ex-Sheriff W. T. Harris and his son,
W. T. Harris, Jr.. one the one side, and
Dr. T. G. Lovelace and his stepson, Z.
T. Reynolds, on the other.
It is said tnat bad feelings had existed
between the men for some time
over family affairs, and trouble had
been expected as a result.
The parties met by chance in the
Turf saloon, and young Harris, it is alleged,
opened fire with a shotgun on
Lovelace over his (Harris') father's I
shoulder, without effect. Lovelace immediately
returned the fire with a revolver,
killing young Harris almost I
instantlv. Lovelace then turned his |
revolver on the elder Harris, who likewise
was killed.
Lovelace and Reynolds were both
uninjured. They immediately gave j
themselves up, and were taken to the
cotinty jail and locked up to await the
action of the grand jury, which is now
in session.
W. T. Harris, Sr., was for six years
sheriff of the county, and made an excellent
reputation in that capacity. At
the time of his death he was engaged
in farming and agricultural pursuits. j
He leaves a wife and two daughters.
The younger Harris, ,who was unmarried,
was for a number of years
connected with the Provident national
bank of Waco, but more recently with
the Cotton Belt railroad.
Dr. Lovelace is a practicing physician,
while Reynolds is a farmer. The
principals were all related in some degree
by marriage.
YALE EXTENDS WELCOME.
Two Hundredth Year of University's
Existence Being Celebrated.
Yale university, at New Haven,
Conn., extended a formal welcome
Monday to her returning sons and to
the hundreds of distinguished guests
from other institutions of learning in
this country and across the seas, who
were present to attend the celebration
of her bi-centennial.
Delegates from thirty foreign universities
and societies and from 125
American institutes were represented.
Nearly all the delegates wer gownd
in the academic costume distinctive of
their degree or of their university.
ENORMOUR CAPITAL STOCK.
Articles cf Incorporation Filed at Burlington
By Railway Company.
Articles of incorporation of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Company were filed at Burlington*
Iowa. Wednesday, the capital stock being
$100,000,000. The object is stated
to be to acquire the lines and property
cf the Burlington system and numerous
other roads in the west.
BIG STEAMER GOES AGROUND.
Has on Board 222 Passengers and
Crew of Forty-Three Men.
On Petries Ledges, a mile and a half
from Low Point, on the shores of the
east coast of Cape Breton, lies the big
steamer Manchester, shipper of the
Manchester line. She Is last aground
and it will be difficult to float her.
The steamer left Havre, France, on
Octouer 5 for Montreal with 213 steerage
passengers and nine saloon passengers.
Her crew consists of fortythree
men. .
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Marine Guard for Charleston.
j The marine guard, which has rendered
such conspicuous service during
. the Pan-American exposition at Bufj
falo, will be sent by the navy depart,
ment to the forthcoming exposition at
Charleston, S. C. The only change to
| be made is the detail of the new offi|
cers to its command.
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Unknown Negro Lynched.
A report comes from Hampton of
the lynching of an unknown negro,
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wno CUillUiHUta UUlgiai > kju. tixc xcsidence
of Dr. Pceples. The man was
run down with dogs and hanged. The
negro, ?ald to be a tramp, secured
some jewelry from the Peeples residence.
He fired at Dr. Peeples, the
bullet -passing near his head. The
neighborhood was aroused and dogs
put on the track. The man was hanged
where caught. Hampton is the
home of Governor McSweeney.
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After County Officials.
The grand jury for Marion county
I has created a sensation by presenting
several former county officials for irI
regularities. J. Dudley Haselden, formerly
on the dispensary board of control,
ie foreman of the jury.
James D. Montgomery, former treasurer,
and F. T. McLellan, former auditor,
are presented for irregularities
in the accounts of their respective
ofiices, involving a deficiency of $3,179.30.
The report of the expert accountant,
P. Y. Bethea, is Incorporated
.n that of the grand jury. In it the
comptroller general, J. P. Derham, is
charged with refusing to furnish duplicates
of annual settlement sheets
and thereby retarding the investigation.
The grand jury recommends that
proper steps be taken to force the
comptroller general to furnish this information.
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Was a General Surprise.
! The appointment by President
j Roosevelt of George Koester as inter!
nal revenue collector came as a bolt
i of lightning from a clear sky.
According to Columbia dispatches
republicans of the state are dumbfounded,
McLaurin's supporters not
I delighted and McLaurin's opponents
rather pleased.
Koester is originally from Charleston.
He went to Columbia as a local
reporter for The Register during the
time that it supported Tillman; later
he became editor of the paper and defended
McLaurin. Since tnen the senator
has been his consistent friend,
and enabled him to get control of The
Evening Record. This has supported
McLaurin ardently.
Republicans, such as Clayton and j
Ensor, are "sore" at the intimation
that a "gold democrat" had to be ap- ;
pointed because no worthy republican
was available.
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Chasing Outlaw Band.
The brutal murder of Charles Mappus
at Ashley Junction one night the
past week has forced the authorities
to take cognizance of the band of outlaws
which has been operating in that
section for the past few months. Mappus
was killed by burglars, who entered
a store and robbed the cash drawee
after they had committed the awfuj
j crime. So far the authorities have failj
ed to secure any definite clew by which
the identity of the murderers can be
established.
A sheriffs' posse has been searching
the wild country above the city
with the hope of running to earth the
Mappus murderers, but the task has
been fruitless. So many bad negroes
live in the neighborhood that the
wheels of justice are clogged, and
there is bare chance that the burglars
and murderers will be apprehended,
despite the efforts of the police and
the close following of the clews.
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Will Open On Day Named.
The following announcement was
handed the Associated Press at
Charleston for the purpose of correcting
many misrepresentations which
have been made by unauthorized persons
in regard to the condition of the
work on the exposition at Charleston.
The work is further advanced at this
period than the work upon any previous
exposition held in this country,
and there is no reason why the exposition
should not be completed for the
opening day:
"The board of directors of the
South Carolina, Interstate and West
Indian exposition beg to announce to
the people of the United States that
the exposition will open on Monday,
December 2. 1901, with a preliminary
religious service at the exposition
grounds on Sunday, December 1.
"The principal oration at the opening
ceremonies will be delivered bySenator
Chauncey Depew, of New
Y ork.
"The board of directors feel assured
that there will be no delay in the
opening of the exposition."
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McSweeney Criticises Roosevelt.
r*.?xfoQu-ocTtPv in an inter
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view for publication, severely criticised
President Roosevelt for having
Booker Vvashington dine with him.
He was astonished, he said, at the
blunder. The people north and south
are not ready for social equality with
the negro. However much Washington
is admired in the south, he would
not be asked to dinner at the family
table of any representative citizen.
The president's act would certainly
hurt the negro and would hurt Roosevelt.
The governor was surprised
that Washington, who has maintained
a position opposed to social equality,
should have accepted the president's
invitation. It would, he thought, injure
Washington's influence in the
south.
NEGRO ENTERTAINED!
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Booker Washington Dines With
President at White Honse.
MRS. ROOSEVELT AT THE TABLE
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First Incident of the Kind on Recordc j
Washington Seemed Greatly
Pleased Over Decided
| Innovation. j
A Washington special says: Booker j
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T. Washington, colored, president of
j the Tuskegee, Ala., institute, was a '
i guest of President and Mrs. Roosevelt )
at dinner at the white house Wednes- j
day night. Washington is probabljPj
the first American negro to dine with'*!
a president of the United States and ;
his family, although it was repotted
that President Cleveland once entertained
a negro friend at the white I
house board.
Since President Roosevelt occupied
the white house, there has hardly been
a dinner without its guests, and as the
president has been so free with his invitations
no special list of guests is
prepared and the ushers do not know
{ who the guests will be until they arrive.
Wednesday night, just before 8
o'clock, a negro in evening dress presented
himself at the wnite house,
and, giving his name, said that he was
to dine with the president. Booker
! Washington has made several visits
to the white house and his face is
known there, so he was at once admitted
into the private apartments and j
the president notinea or ms arxivai.
No other guest arrived and the dinner
was soon served. r_
Dinner at the white bouse since the_?
Roosevelts have occupied the man-,
sion has been a family affair. Mrs.
Roosevelt and the two children appearing
at the table with father, mother
and guests. After dinner the president ;
takes his guests to the library, and J
there, over cigars, things political and J
otherwise are discussed.
On this occasion the usual order of i
afTairs was not disturbed on account
of the color of the guest of honor, and
Washington left the white house
about 10 o'clock, apparently very
much pleased with his dinner and nis j
chat with the president.
JUDGE CLOSELY GUARDED.
Cantrill's Life Is Threatened By Old
Enemies of Goebel.
A special from Georgetown, Ky.,
says: The friends of Judge James E.
Cantrill are guarding him closely, as^
it is reported that threats have been
made against his life. Wednesday
Mrs. Cantrill ordered a cot to be taken
to the court house to be used by the
judge, who is not in good health. As
the man entered the court house wicn i
the cot he was compelled to elbow I
his way through, a crowd of mountain- I
eers at the door. 1
"What's that cot for?" asked one of
the men.
"For Judge Cantrill," replied the
man.
"Take it on. The d will
need that cot before this trial is over,"
said one of the men.
The man left the cot in the office of
the master commissioners and hastened
back, to tell Mrs. Caa trill what
he had heard.
Mrs. Cantrill quickly notified Commonwealth
Attorney Franklin and all
possible arrangements were then made
looking to the safety of the judge.
AFTER SCALP OF SCALPERS.
Association of Passengers and Ticket
Agents Preparing For War.
Vigorous warfare is to be waged by
the American Association of General
Passenger and Ticket Agents against j
ticket scalping.
The warfare will be extended also to
all forms of forging, counterfeiting
and unlawful manipulation of railway
passenger tickets. Violators of the law
in these respects will be pursued relentlessly.
It will be the effort of
the association to protect not only the
railroad companies, but also the traveling
public from ticket frauds that
are being perpetrated daily throughout
the country,
HISSES l-"OR ROSSEVELT.
His Picture Shown In Richmond Theatre
Received With Contempt.
President Roosevelt's picture was
.hissed at the Bijou theatre in Richmond,
Va., Friday. The people adopted
this method of expressing their disapproval
of the president's course in
entertaining Booker Washington, the
negro educator, at dinner at the white
house. When the picture was thrown
upon the canvas hisses came from an
parts of the house. A voice asked
what the presentation of Roosevelt's
picture meant. The reply was given
from many quarters, "Dined with nigger."
PLUNGED INTO ABYSS.
Trestle Collapses With Freight Train,
Killing Fireman and Injuring Others.
A trestle on the Central railway near
j Lees, Ala., gave way under the weight
i nf a rfnnhie-header extra freight train
Saturday morning and both engines
and five cars plunged into the abyss,
A negro fireman was killed and four
white men injured, one of them per:
haps fatally.
COTTON MEN COMPLAIN,
j Slow Movement Causing Savannah
Merchants Trouble and Expense.
! The cotton commission men of Sa
! vannah, Ga., are complaining about
j the delays on account of the tardiness
J cf cotton movement. They say that
j it is largely due to the slowness of j
j the interior compresses or to the clos
ing down of several. They are a bit
indignant, as many of them have had
to pay good big sums in the way of demurrage
charges on vessels chartered
for loading.
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| Happenings Tersely Told. ?
?Monday President Roosevelt announced
the appoimment of George
Koester as internal revenue collec- \ \
tor for district of South Carolina tc j
succeed W. L. Webster, deceased.
?The "Dear Schley" letter was v
again reverted to at Monday's session
of the Schiey inquiry court. Through his
attorney Admiral Schlev a'dmits re
ceiving the document.
?The Eufaula, Ala., National bank
closed its doors Monday. A heavy run
and poor collections arc given as the s
cause.
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?A fraud order has been issued at
Washington barring Mrs. Helen WI1mans-Post,
of Daytona, Fla., from using
the mails in her mental healing ! v
operations. t
?A plot to slaughter the American ^
troops at Carbiga, on the island of Sa
mar, in the Philippines, was discovered
in time Saturday to frustrate it.
?Yale college began the celebration
of the two hundredth anniversary of
tho founding of the institution Sunday.
?The democratic marching club of .
Chicago has abandoned the contem- ,
plated trip to Louisville, Ky., and will '
visit the Charleston, S. C., exposition. ,
?British cruiser Pylades reports (
that she has annexed Ocean islandi, 1
west of the Gilbert islands
?No news was received from Miss <
Stone Sunday. Parties who have been j
trying to reach the brigands returned ]
and rennrted that thev could not be <
found on the Turkish side.
"?A comparative statement of the
commerce of Cuba, shows a decrease in
imports and an increase in exports
over last year.
?Miss Floy Hinds is placed in
charge of the Decatur, Ala,, postoffice,
succeeding her father, whose accounts
were mixed up, causing his removal.
?General James A. Walker, soldier,
statesman, lawyer and politician, who
carved a name in Virginia's history
and was known throughout the south,
died at his home in Wytheville, Va.,
Sunday.
?Dr. J. L. M. Curry, secretary to the
Fea.body school fund, paid his respects
to President Roosevelt Saturday, ne i ^
said that the suggestion has been ^
made that President Roosevelt succeed (
the late president on the board of !
trustees. - .
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?The period of official mourning for ]
the late president ended at midnight
Frlaay night, and Saturday morning ,
the flags on the white house and all ^
fhe public buildings in Washington 1
were raised to the top of their staffs. ]
?Citizens of Elbert county, Georgia,
are satisfied with the present pro- 1
hibition laws, and turn Dr. Hillyer ]
down in his efforts to organize Guerry
clubs. i
?Booker Washington is roasted in
Alabama as much as Roosevelt for the
white house dinner, Alabamlans think
Jng Washington used bad judgment
in accepting the invitation.
?The national treasury has turned 1
over to North Carolina over $30,000,
the money expended in the tarheel
state in preparing soldiers for the
Spanish-American war.
?Chattanooga military company, a
member of the Sixth regiment, Tennessee
National Guard, is mustered out
of service on recommendation of regimental
officers, who show a disorgani
ized condition and a failure to attend
j drills
?A young drug clerk named Quick,
| was arrested at Nashville, Tenn.,
I charged with abduction. The missing
j girl is found.
I ?At the Schley inquiry Friday Commander
Nicholson, of the Oregon, testified
that during the battle off Santiago
Sampson was seven or eight miles
distant.
?By the falling of rock in the tunnel
being made by the Rapid Transit
Company, of New York Friday, five
men were killed and two injured 1
?M. Saratoff, Bulgarian minister o?
interior, has addressed a note to Amer- 1
lean Consul General Dickinson, protesting
against ms government being
held responsible for the abduction of
...iss Ellen Stone.
?It is said that when the new HayI
Pauncefcte treaty is framed, the "forI
tifications" clause will have been found
to have dropped out. 1
?Milton H. Mory, cashier of the
National bank of Boyertown, Pa., has
disappeared with a large amount of
securities, and the institution has closed
its doors.
?London ponce use una jdciaution
to prevent mob from lynching
O'Delia Diss de Bar and her husband
tried on enarges of immorality and 1
fraud. '
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?In Irwin county, Ga., prohibition is ,
defeated by a vote of 175. The election
was interesting and the full reg- '
istration was at the polls.
September Revenue Collections.
The monthly statement of the collections
of internal revenue issued by the |
commissioner of internal revenue Monday
shows the total receipts for September,
1901, were $21,604,447. 1
Governor McMillin Offers Reward.
Governor McMillin, of Tennessee, j.!
has offered a reward of $100 for the ! '
arrest and conviction of the burglars [ '
who visited Hornbeck, in Obion conn- I '
ty, Saturday, October 5. 1
V/ILSON DISCUSSES TEA.
Entertains the Cabinet With Interest- !
i'ig Talk on Its Cultivation.
The cabinet meeting Friday lasted
less than an hour. Practically the j
whole time was occupied by Secretary I
Wilson, who entertained the cabinet j
with 2. talk about the growth of tea in !
this country. He was especially com- j
plimentary about the cultivation of tea
in South Carolina. Ht said that the
' green tea grown in that state is as
good as any grown in the world.
ME PLOT REVEALED
Ied=Handed Assassins Hired to
Do Goebel to Death.
VHARTON GOLDEN SO ADMITS
Vitness Already Under Life Sentence
Throws Light on the Foul
Murder at Frankfort,
Kentucky.
A special from Georgetown, Ky.,
ays: Wharton Golden, the state's
tar witness iir the trial of Caleb Powtrs,
was on the stand Thursday.
Golden testified that it was generally
inderstood among the mountain men
hat Goebel was to be killed. He said,
vhen Powers was told c I Goebel's
,'eath, as he was returning to Frankort
from Louisville, Powers said:
'It is a shame and an outrage."
Caleb Powers was late in coming
nto court, and Jailer Reed said he was
ieized with vomiting. It was feared
'or a time that he would not be able
o go to the court house, it is said
Powers is breaking down and may not
)e able to hold up until his trial shall
?nd. His weakened condition is appa ent.
Mrs. Anderson, Western Union operator
at Barbourville, Ky., testified,
dentifying se/eral telegrams sent by
Powers to men in that locality, instructing
them how many men to send
:o Frankfort. She said copies of the
;elegrams had been removed secretly
rom the office, and she did not know
vho had taken them.
Miss Lucy Brock, said to have been
Power's fiancee, testified of Powers'
saying that Governor Taylor had given
lim $1,000 with which to pay the expenses
of the mountain men, and that
le and Charles Finley were raising
:he army.
Judge James B. Black, of Barbourrille,
democratic candidate for goverlor,
testified that Professor Stevens,
ifter the shooting of Goebel, showed
Jim a letter from Powers, saying:
"It is due to me that they are now
lisorganized."
Detective Jenkins, of Lexington,
told of Powers' arrest the night he fled
,'rom Frankfort disguised as a soldier.
Sheriff Henry Bosworth and Deputy
Prank Rogers, of Fayette county, also
testified concerning the arrest of
Powers.
When Golden was placed, on the
stand, the defense asked that the jury
be taken to the trial room. Mr. Owen
then moved to exclude Golden, because
he was under indictment as accessory
to the murder. '"No man," said he,
"with a halter around his neck should
be allowed to testify."
Judge Cantrill overruled the motion,
and Golden repeated his story given at
the former trial.
Golden resumed the stand at the
night session and told of his connection
with Powers in assembling the
mountain men at Frankfort, and of a
nnvarcfltinn "ho h fl wfth GovemOT
LUU T CUViVU MV ?V?V4 ,? . V? ? ?
Taylor, in which Taylor said:
"Wha??, it is an awful thing to think
of taking human life, but it looks like
Goebel and those fellows must die, or
we will be robbed."
Golden admitted that he entered
into an agreement to procure the murder
of William Goebel; that he had
offered $500 to any man who would
murder him, and that he was under
indictment on the charge of having
entered a conspiracy to murder Goebel.
He said he heard C. O. Reynolds,
at Frankfort, say that he was willing
to put one black bean in a bottle full
of white ones and let all hands draw
from the bottle, the man drawing the
black bean to kill Goebel.
RED COATS NEED MULES.
Western States Making Good Thing
Out of War in South Africa.
Tho Rriti.ch eovernment will buy 10,
OOO mules, besides horses, in America
this month. A purchase of 1,000 mules
vas made this week at the Kansas CAy
market, and at I.athrop, Mo., an inspector
is picking up all the good
horses not already claimed by the United
States
BENEFIT FEATURE ADDED.
General Passenger ar.d Ticket Agents
Now Have Fraternal Society.
Tho forty-sixth annual meeting of
the American Association of General
Passenger and Ticket Agents came
to an end at Asheville, N. C., Thursday
after the most successful meeting
in the history of the organization.
The most important feature of the
business session was the formation of
a, protective bureau and the organization
of a fraternal society of the American
Association of General Passenger
and Ticket Agents by which an insurance
feature was added to the association.
SmFVh SUCCEEDS i>now.
Mormons Select High IMuck-a-Muck to
Vacant President's Chair.
At the regular weekly meeting of
the apostles, held in the temple at
Salt Lake. Utah, Thursday, Joseph E.
Smith was set apart as president of
the church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints in succession to the late
Lorenzo Snow. Smith was also named
trustee in trust for the church.
ASSISTANT HACKETT TO RETIRE.
Long's "Proxy" to Be Succeeded By
Judge Darling, of Vermont.
Frank W. Hackett, the assistant secretary
of the navy, will ask to be relieved
from that office shortly. Ho
will resume his law practice in Washington.
Judge Charles H. Darling, of Bennington,
Vt.. wiil be appointed to the
vacancy by the president. Judge Darling
is strongly recommended by Senator
Proctor and many other prominent
citizens of ^ermonL
OHIO G. 0. P. CAMPAIGN OPENS.! j
Hanna and Foraker Make Speeches j
that Bring Forth Great Applause
and Much Laughter. |
The opening of the Ohio campaign
| in the little town of Delaware Saturday
j by the republicans was the most large'
ly attended for years. A feature of J
j the occasion, from the opening prayer
I by President Bashenord, to the closing t
*
speech of Senator Hanna, was the remembrance
of McKinley and the appeal
for the support of President
Roosevelt.
When Senator Foraker referred to
President Roosevelt entertaining Pro- ,
1 I
| fessor Booker T. Washington "as a
representative or the colored race,
there was quite a demonstration.
The greatest demonstration of the
day was when Senator Hanna declared
! that he did not intend to quit politics
! or to resign as senator or chairman of
the republican national committee.
Senator Foraker, on being introduced.
said In part:
"I have attended republican cami
paign openings in Ohio for twenty
years. This is the greatest of them
all. Everybody is here Even sinners
stricken with repentance (laughter)?
even Zaccheus is in the tree (pointing
to those in the trees) and he sees
something that is coming our way.
(Laughter and applause.) Although
this is the first demonstration of this
campaign, the enthusiasm is so noticeable
as to show that the republicans
of Ohio are determined that their verdict
on November 5 shall be heard all
over this country for William McKinley
and his policy and hi3 successor,
Roosevelt. (Applause.) And he is a
successor of whom we all may well be
proud. If our democratic friends had
only waited until today to hold their ,
Ohio convention and write their platform,
they would indeed have an issue; 1
for day before yesterday President
Roosevelt entertained at dinner Booker
T. Washington, a representative of
the colored race, and all over the country
there are manifestations of democratic
displeasure and even a threat?
we hear it given in their papers that
they will resign all the offices they
hold. (Laughter and applause.)
There was quite a demonstration
when Senuator Foraker concluded,
and another scene when Hanna was
Introduced and said, among other
things:
"I feel the inspiration of this hour.
It is a republican day. This is republican
weather. The bright sunshine
has pierced through the gloom which
has held us like a pall for thirty days
and more; and in that time we have
waited with bowed heads and aching
hearts. Every prayer and every tear
came from the nation's heart And
now, that the time has passed when
the flag is to remain at half mast and
can be again raised at the masthead,
we are reminded of our duty.
"I will repeat my text of 1900, just
sung by the glee club, 'Let well enough
alone.' (Applause.)
"Following that terrible tragedy from
which this country will not recover for
months or years there came an awfully
solemn moment to every thinking
man In the United States, and when
President Roosevelt uttered these
words to the American people, which
have been repeated here today, he did
it with the most serious intent to serve
the best interests of his country and
to insure and guarantee a continuation
of this confidence among the people,
and he meant every word of it. (Great
applause.) And as a guarantee of his
intentions and purposes he gave the
further assurance to the people by inviting
the cabinet of President McKinley
to be his advisers. (Cheering.)
"Let no yellow journals or blatant
demagogues shake your faith in the
conditions of this country today, as affecting
those who have the responsibility.
(Prolonged applause.) I am not
going to retire from politics or public
duty?(Long, continued applause, during
which the audience arose to their
feet and cheered to the echo.) I have
no intention of resigning my chairmanship
of the national committee."
After repeated demonstrations the
senator then launched into a discussion
of state affairs. He appealed for
the re-election of Governor Nash and
Senator Foraker.
THIS SETTLES THE MATTER.
Prejudiced Naval Officers Have Already
Convicted Hero Schley.
In view of the developments thus
far brought out by Ihe Schley court of
inquiry, it will doubtless surprise the
average fair-minded citizen to learn
that prominent naval officers directly
interested in the investigation of Rear
Admiral Schley have been heard to remark:
"The charges against Schley will be
sustained, notwithstanding the showing
Schley and his counsel are making.
It is a one-man eourt antagonistic to
Schley and we are not in the least disturbed
as to the final result."
MURDERED AND ROBBED.
Engineer on Plant System Victim of
Footpads In Palatka, Fla.
Harry C. Wesson, an engineer on the
Plant system, was waylaid, murdered
and robbed at an early hour Thursday
morning in Palatka, Fla. He arrived
on his train at 4:10 a. m. and started
down the track to his home, wis
body was found at 5:30 o'clock with
a bullet through his head. He had
previously drawn $150 salary.
FOUND DEAD IN ROAD.
South Carolina Farmer Assassinated
?n the Public Highway.
Calvin M. Smith, a prominent planter
of Pickens county, South Carolina,
an with extensive plantation 17 miles
from the Pickens county court house,
left home Wednesday afternoon on
horseback for a mill four miles from
his residence. At 9 o'clock at night
his dead body was found in the middle
cf the road. There is no clew as tc
the murderer.
REBELS MAKE WORRY
Intbreks in Samar Greatly Dis*
tnrb Washington Officials.
HANY PLOTS ARE FRUSTRATED 1
:H8
,
iuestion of Keeping Up the Necessary
Quota of Troops In the Philippines
Is a Perplexing
One.
One of the questions that will re- Jb
[uire the prompt and serious consid>ration
of Secretary Root on his reurn
to Washington will be the mill- , ?
ary situation in the Philippines. The
ecent serious outbreaks in the Isand
of Samar have disturbed the au;horities
considerably. It Is realized
;hat they may prove a serious setback ||
:o the plans of the administration for
:he pacification of the Filipinos and
:he extension of American sovereignty. jj
There is no.longer any prospect of a - *#3
substantial reduction in the strength
Df the Philippine army for some time
to come. In fact, the latest advices %
L'rom Chaffee contain arguments V ^
igainst any reduction of the army at '; %%
this time except as required by the
expiration of enlistments. As pointed .
Dut by General Corbin in his annual . v'>
report, the army will lose nearly 2,000
men a month on this account
The war department officials are
now considering how to meet this
prospective deficiency without impairing
the efficiency of the military establishment
in the Philippines General
Chaffee has said that he will requiro^^^
three extra transports to assist in
bringing home the short term men
within the next six or eight months.
The quartermaster's department haa
selected the transports Meade, Rose- M
crans and Egbert for this special serTho
inct tvn tinmpH will leave
Washington ports in a iew weeks for ^
Manila. They will take out -civilian
employees and supplies. The Meade ^
which is at San Francisco, is being :i
held in reserve for the purpose of tak^yf'^8
ing out troops to replace those to be
brought home. /
Other vessels which will be utilized
in taking troops to the Philippines are the
Grant, at San Francisco, and tae If
Crook, at the New York station. Tho , ^
former, which is expected to leave j*.
about the middle of next month, will
carry out an entire regiment with ila > ?|?
equipment, and the Crook will take ^
the nucleus of another regiment abou?~"""
the 1st of December. Although not 1 ,3
finally settled, it is probable that the v.
Twenty-eighth infantry, now in the
department of the Columbia, will be yg
ordered to the Philippines on the
Plans For Slaughter Frustrated. A
Manila special under Sunday^
date says: Owing to the vigilance of ?%
Lieutenant Thomas M. Banes, Jr., of ^
the Ninth United States Infantry, another
slaughter of American troops by
isurgents has been averted. Lieuten- SgM
ant Banes discovered a prisoner re-en- %
tering a cell at Carbiga, island of Sa- ^
mar, where several were confined,
through a hole that had been let in the
wall. An investigation showed a plan'%
to fill the jail with bolo men and to
call the guard, which would be necessary
to get the door open, and then to
attack the garrison. ITalso developed 't
that the instigators were a priest ana ^ |
the presidente, both of whom have
been arrested, together with several
other prominent persons.
Other attempts have been discover- - '- ^
ed, but fortunately frustrated at Pam-.
bujan and other points in Samar. Sev- ;?
eral persons have been arrested in
connection with these.
Reinforcements are being rushed to
Samar. Three hundred and thirty marines
have gone there on board the
United States cruiser New York, and
two battalions of the Twelfth infantry
will shart immediately for the same
destination.
United States officers from other -
provinces that were supposed to be
pacified have recently arrived in Ma- j
nila, and they say that the news of |
American disasters spreads like wild- ' V;
fire among the natives, who scarcely ; %
attempt to conceal their delight.
TARHEELS REIMBURSED.
Government Pays North Carolina's
Claims For Furnishing Troops. . ; -v
The last payment of claims the state
of North Carolina had against the United
States, growing out of the mobilization
of troops in the war with Spain,
was made Friday by the government
The total of all claims filed was $31,231,
but $826 was disallowed.
Pensions for Veteran Tarheels.
The North Carolina state auditor
has ascertained that there are 8,627
state pensioners this year under the
new law. Among these 8,627 pensioners
$196,394 is to be apportioned. fM
BANK TAKES A BEST.
Institution at Franklin, Tennessee, Shuts
Down For Ninety Days.
The Citizens' Bank and Trust Com- 38
pany, of Franklin, Tenn., has been sus^ 1
pended for ninety days in order to attempt
to realize on resources. Its last
published statement showed liabilities
of $30,055.87. The assets were p?aceu
at the same amount with only about
$1,500 on hand. *
UNIVERSAL MOURNINQ IN CUBA,
General Wood Says Islanders Deeply -7^
Feel Death of President McKi.iley.
General Wood, who arrived in Washington
Wednesday, said he had never
seen such universal mourning as waa
sbown in Cuba for the death of Mr. , ?
McKinley, and that its extent and sincerity
showed how deeply the Cuban*
Celt It General Wood states that important
business with the secretary ^
cf. war brought him here, and that he ?
would probably return in about a *
week.