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* The Bamberg Herald. ESTABLISH EI) 1S91.- BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY fi. 1902. OXE DOLLAR PER YEAR. J ' ? ? ?' - ? ? ? * f i rut ir i ?i?\ it > tin iinurt nr/f PLEADS FOR CUBANS General Wood Says Assistance Is Vitally Imperative. CONCESSIONS ON SUG AR URGENT Members of Senate Receive Circular Letter of Much import from Military Governor of the Island. A pirpular Ictfer has hppn received by members of the senate from General Wood, military governor cf Cuba, urging concessions on Cuban sugar coming into the United States. General Wocd says: "I desire to invite your most earnest attention and consideration to the economic conditions existing in Cuba to- j day, conditions which threaten to bring ruin to her principal industries, sugar and tobacco, unless prompt and efficient relief is given. With the ruin of her two principal industries we must give up all hopes cf stable government, and unless Cuba can sell her products at a reasonable prc5t. it is obvious that their cultivation must cease, bringing idleness and hunger to her people. "Each day of delay in giving relief is dangerous. When once the crash comes, relief will be of little value except to the speculators who may gather up the wrecks here; the people of the country, who have virtually reconstructed it in three years, will be ruin ed, and we shall have to step in and reoccupy the country, or continue in occupation and do over again the work which we have spent thousands of lives and much treasure in doing up to date. The situation demands relief and it should be immediate and liberal." Representatives Payne and Grosve nor, the former chairman of the ways and means committee, had a long conference with the president Monday on ^ the subject of the reduction of the tax on Cuban sugar imported into the Uni ted States. Republican leaders cf the house, in their desire to maintain their position against sugar tariff reductions in the interest cf -Cuba are endeavoring to find some other way to grant benefits to the Cuban planter. One method under consideration contemplates an increase by this government in the countervailing duties now imposed against Sugars from those countries where the producers have the advantage of government ex port bounties. . IN A SECRET GRAVE Bodies cf the Biddies Will Be Hidden From Possible Mutilation. A Pittsburg dispatch says: The remains of Edward and John Biddle, the dead bandies, arrived at the Piltsburg and Western railroad station at 11 o'clock Monday morning, and were at - once taken to tne fitiSDurg morgue. Hundreds of persons gathered about the station. When the train drew in there was a rough scramble to get to the platform of the depot, during which several were bruised by being crushed against the side of the stairway. An immense crowd soon gathered at the morgue, but a large detail * of police prevented them from entering the building. The remains of the murderers weFe turned over to their brother. Harry Eiddle. To prevent the demolition of the coffins and the mu^ tilation of the bodies, which, in all probability, would follow their burial if the spot was generally known, Harry Biddle has arranged a secret plan to dispose of his brothers' remains without letting the public know where or when the interment will take place. The only matter now of anything like absorbing interest in connection with the Biddies is the fate of Mrs.' Soffel and anything she may say con cerning the escape and subsequent capture of the trio. Mrs. Soffel is lying in the Butler hospital, and. though a sick woman, her case is not considered really serious. SPECIAL SCAF.-OLD WANTED. Mathis Is Willing to Har.g. But Draws the Ccior Line. Will Mathis, white, of Oxford. Miss., who was convicted at the recent term of the circuit court along with the negro, Bill Owens, for the murder of thp Montgomery brothers, and was sentenced to death next month along with Owens, now raises the social equality question, and said that he does not ob ject to being hanged, but he does object to being hanged alongside of a negro, and he asks the sheriff to erect a special scaffold for him. Mathis' request will probably be granted and a special and separate scaffold erected DAMAGING SLEET STORMS. * Little Rock Business Men Mourn Heavy Losses Caused By Elements. The heaviest losses ever sustained In Little Rock from a like cause is the result of the terrible storm of sleet and cold rain which prevailed there the past week. lf!6 DUalllCSS Stxuvu vi t.-*- intv is a scene of desolation, and business men cm every hand are mourning heavy losses that cannot be recovered by insurance. The estimated damage will exceed $400,000. NAVAL OFFICERS INTERVIEWED. President Discussed Schley Appeal With Evans, Clark and Wainwright. Admirals Evans and Taylor, Captain Clark and Commander Wainwright had a conference of several hours with the president Monday on the matter of the appeal of Admiral Schley from the findings of the court of inquiry. It is not thought that the president's answer will be ready for some time yet. CREAil OF NEWS ! % Summary of the Most J + Important Daily * | Happenings Tersely Told. ?g ?The business section of Adei. Ga.; 1 was visited by firs Monday, entailing i a loss of about $40,000, being covered by insurance to about half the value: i ?It is stated that Carroll county; j Ga.. probably has the largest number i of white children of school age of j any county in the state, having no ' considerable city in its borders. ?The visit of Admiral and Mrs. Schley to Nashville, Tenn., ended Monday. The crowning feature was the public reception in the tabernacle. | where thousands shouted their welcome to the hero cf Santiago. ?A mob of dissatisfied miners and toughs has been terrorizing the negroes of a Tennessee coal mine, warn ing them to leave and firing at them. ?During the fierce gale which raged along the north Atlantic the coast was strewn with corpses and the wreckage of ships. At.lcast a dozen vessels have been driven ashore. ?The house republicans held a caucus Monday night on the question of taking measures to reduce the south's representation. Opinion was much dij vided and no action was taken. Lead! ing republicans are averse to taking up the question. ?In the German reichstag Men In" therq was a sharp debate over Christian Science. Dr. Mueller denounced a disciple of "Mother Eddy," who is conducting an establishment in Berlin. ?Governor General Wood, of Cuba, asserts that the islands will be ruined unless the United States grant concessions. He says that unless there is relief the American occupation must be continued. ?Lieutenant Colonel Kyle is the first of the officers of the Third Alabama regiment to tender his resignation to Governor Jelks. It is said the others will follow when it is known the governor is in earnest. ?Admiral and Mrs. Schley were made the recipients of a most gracious welcome at the hands of the people o' Nashville Saturday. Advices received at Washington state that ten United States marines have been lost on the island of Samar and are probably dead: ?By a dust explosion in the Hondo mine, near Eagle Pass, Texas, scores of miners were killed. Eighty-five dead bodies were soon taken out. ?Civil Governor Taft, of the Philippines, appeared before the senate committee Saturday and discussed conditions in the islands. Governor Taft claims that the Christian Filipinos are making all the trouble. ?The two Biddle brothers, who escaped from jail by the help of Mrs. Soffel and were shot by a posse, are dead. Mrs. Soffel may recover. ?Sunday Admiral and Mrs. Schley visited the Hermitage, the heme of Andrew Jackson. In the little brick church where "Old Hickory" worshiped, they heard a sermon preached by ono nf Forrest's men. ?The presence in the Norfolk harbor of the wreck of the Norwegian steamer Dagger}-, with cargo of dynamite, causes much uneasiness among shipping firms of that city. ?Fire burned property at Waterbury, Conn., Sunday night to the amount of $2,000,000. Fire departments of other cities were called on for aid in extinguishing the flames. ?Chinese boxers have crossed the borders of Corea and the government has been called on to send troops to drive them back. ?Several arrests have been made of men suspected of complicity in the recent robbery of a Southern railroad train in South Carolina. ?Governor Jelks. of Alabama, says conditions in the Third regiment were so bad that he determined to take charge of the whole national guard of the state. ?The Biddle brothers and Mrs. Soffel were overtaken by officers Friday anil shot down in the fight which ensued. Mrs. Soffen, pistol in each hand, took part in the fight. ?A reign of terror is said to exist in County Roscommon, Ireland. Midnight raiders are visiting the tenants and threatening them with death if they pay their rent. ?General Chaffee reports that the incurroMinn hflc hppn nracticallv auell ed in the Philippines, save on the island of Samar. ?The fifth interstate conference of the King's Daughters, which has been in progress in Savannah, Ga.. was concluded Friday. Detroit was chosen as the next place of meeting. ?A woman in North Carolina, resisting vaccination, has barricaded her house and threatens to shoot anyone who attempts to vaccinate her. ?Following a recent $250,000 fire in i Memphis, the insurance exchangethere has asked the mayor to discharge Fire Chief Carroll on grounds of general incompetency. ?Mr. Morgan (of Alabama, address- j ed the senate on the Philippine ques- | i?r?<-?av Hp nraed that the is- i tiViX * * O . lands be not discriminated against in | the matter of tariff legislation. ?Judge Advocate Lemly and Solici- | tor Hanna have replied to Admiral ! Schley's appeal to the president. They j deny that Schley deserves any credit j for the victory off Santiago. j TREASURER SKIPS WITH CASH. Colored Fraternal Order Left In the | Lurch By Trusted Officer. Lucius Jackson, the treasurer of the ; Order of Jacob, a negro fraternal in| surange organization at Jackson, Miss.. I has defaulted, it is said, and left for j parts unknown, carrying with - him i $7,830 of the order's money, of which ! amount the order will be able to < olj lect $2,000 on the bond of the mi - si ing treasurer, leaving about $'J.uoo still short in the treasury. (rvirMiNjr vjrsirotsjfN>!? 2 SOUTH CAROLINA I ) STATE NEWS ITEMS. s c\??NJtsj CNJcsirsirsir^i Touts in the Swim; There is a lively fight on in Charleston between the Pinkerton detective ngencv and the local police force, and as a result the crooks are preparing for a harvest. When the race meeting began. Mr. Pinkerton s^nt Seymour leutler, cue of his best detectives, to the city, and Mr. I3eu tier's jurisdiction extended only to the track. He has en assistant and they have kept the rack free of professional touts and thieves, although these objectionable characters are to be found in plenty in the city. ^ * To Appeal to Legislature. A St. Louis dispatch says: A delectation of Louisiana Purchase exposi Moil officials, headed by Vice Presi:lcn Seth Cobb and Charles M. Reeves, secretary of the legislation and state and territorial exhibits committees, have left for Columbia, where they will appear before the South Carolina legislature to secure a world's fair appropriation. Similar delegations will shortlj' start east to visit New York and the New England states. * c * French Bail on Tapis. The city of Charleston and its fashionable element, which has grown more or less giddy on account of the exposition, is excited just now over a French ball which will be given with ail cf its luring accompaniments. Society. of course, will net enter into the spirit of the affair, but the white-haired matrons and the sticklers for propriety are worried because such a ball will be pulled off in Charleston. The date fixed for the ball is February 11th. when a large number of visitors are expected to be in the city. The managers have leased two halls, and the event will be novel for the old town. * * Progress In Tobacco- Growing. Tnhnrrrv rnlhirc has made wonder ful progress in the entire eastern sec tion cf South Carolina within the past five years. As the people become more expert in raising it, the foreig.n markets have shown a preference for the product of this state. The people believe that in certain sections an article can be produced that can compare favorably with Cuban tobacco?that is, a "filler" can be produced equal to the Cuban product in the manufacture of cigars. Efforts, are being made to attract the attention of the national government and induce it to include South Carolina in its experimental work. If the department is assured of public interest in the matter, a soil survey will be made of a large port-ion of the state. Almost every other state in the union has had topographical maps made of large areas, yet South Carolina has had none. The survey would expend something near the $30,000 mark; as well as disclose the wealth and resources of the state. * * Illinois Day Postponed. Illinois day at the Charleston exposition, set for March 4, has been declared off in so far as that date is concerned. Whether a "day" for this j state there shall be abandoned aHo- j gether has not been determined. Colonel Fred A. Smith, of Peoria, i president of the Illinois commission to ; the Charleston exposition, notified : Governor Yates a day or two ago that j there was a doubt whether the exposi m n n a cram on t <">nr M ho rPflftv tf> ' L1UH maaagviHvut -receive the representatives of the state on the date fixed. The governor there- ! fore ordered that the whole arrange- ' ment be declared off for the present,. The governor had intended to go with his staff, and the Hamilton Club was preparing to charter a special train for the accommodation of members and guests. * * * Program For Reception of President Roosevelt In Charleston. President Roosevelt will attend the j 'exposition at Charleston Wednesday, ! February 12. He will leave Washing' ton on Tuesday, February 11, arrive at ; Summerville, S. C., at 7 o'clock Tues- j day evening, stop at Summerville and spend the night at the Pine Forest Inn. On Wednesday, February 12, he will reach Charleston about 11:30 a. m. The president's train will run to the Line street station of the Southern railway, from which point the president and party will be escorted under escort of the Charleston Light Dragoons to Marion Square, where the military will be formed and waiting for his arrival. From Marion Square the parade will move to the exposition grounds, ( where the president will review the parade. After the review the president and party will be conducted to ine auuuunum uu iuc capoiuuu grounds, where addresses of welcome will be delivered by the president of the exposition company, the mayor of j the city of Charleston and the governor of South Carolina, followed by a ! brief response by the president and I the presentation by the presidenr of a I sword to Major Jenkins. Following the ceremonies in the i auditorium, the president and party ! will be conducted through the grounds j and buildings and take lunch at the ; woman's building on the exposition i grounds, the luncheon to be of the I most informal character, j After the luncheon the president will j be driven to the principal points of inj terest in the city. ! At 8 o'clock on Wednesday niglu n I dinner will be given to the president J by the city of Charleston at the | Charleston hotel. The number cf per sons attending the dinner will be Mm f itecl to not more thaii one hundred and fifty; those attending the dinner to be J upon invitation extended by the may* or of the city. While the dinner to the president is in progress, Mr*. Roosevelt will receive in the ballroom of the St. John hotel the members of the board of 'ady managers cf the exposition and such other ladles as the board of lady managers may invite, the number to < be limited strictly to five hundred. A committee of five gentlemen and five ladies will go to Summerville on Wednesday morning to meet Presi- ' dent and Airs. Rooseveit,- and accompany them and their party to Charleston. The personnel of the president's party will be about as follows: The president. Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss Alice Roosevelt. Miss Carew, J. K. < Grice. five members of the cabinet, j Secretary Cortelyou. Assistant Secre- ] tary Loeb, one stenographer, two mes- j sengcrs, probably the representatives } of the three press associations and of . the three illustrated newspapers. ; SOUTH ?L?Krj PROGRESS. The New Industries Reported in the ] South Curing the Past Week. Among the mere Important new industries reported for the past week ended February 1 are brick and tile works at Kingston, N. C,; a $40,00t! building company at New Orleans, La.; a canning factory at Asheville. N". C.; a $10,000 coal mining company at Birmingham, Ala.; coal mines at Scottsboro, Ala., and Cumnock, N. j C.; a $25,000 coal company at Bris- , tol, Va.; a $100,000 coal company at j Charleston, W. Va.; a $200,000 coal ( company at Fairmont. W. Va., and a coal company at Wilsonburg, \V. Va.; i a $25,000 construction company at Paducah. Ky.; copper mines at El ( Paso, Texas; a cotton gin at Sweet ' Home, Texas; cotton mills at Leeds. , Ala., and Hcnea Path and Warren- J ville, S. C.; a $25,000 company to manufacture electrical supplies at Atlanta, Ga.; a $500,000 electric power ! company at Birmingham, Ala.; a flouring mill at Taylorsville. Tcnn.; a , foundry and machine shop at Abbeville, La.; a $60,000 glass factory at Columbia, S. C.; a 100,000 bushel grain elevator at Gallatin, Tenn,; a grist mill at Pemberton, Va.; a $50,000 handle factory at Burlington, N. C.; a $10,000 hardware company-at El Dorado, Arlc.; hardware companies ( at Arcadia, I.a.. and Windsor, N. C.; an $18,000 hardware company at Unian City, Tcni.; a $25,000 hardware company at Morgantown, W. Va.; a $50,000 hardware company at Parkersv wr . n lifinn on<\ linnrlin? fan- I iJk.ll , H . > Ci . , Ci. 11UV ^ uuu mv?*v*..*0 tory at Paragould, Ark.; an ice factory at Leesville, I.a.; an ice and cold storage plant at Fort Smith, Ark.; a $100,000 iron mining company at Anniston, Ala., bridge and structural iron works at Wheeling, W. Ya.; an irrigation company at Devine, "Texas; a $30,000 kaolin company at Aiken, S. C.; a $20,000 lumber company at Waldron. Ark.; a $250,000 lumber company at Jacksonville, Fla.; a $30,000 lumber company at Marion. N. C.; a $30,000 lumber company at Monterey, Tcnn.; a $25,000 lumber mill at Macon, Ga.; $20,000 marble works at Knoxville, Tenn.; a $200,000 oil company at New Orleans. La., an oil company at Chattanooga to develop oil lands at Winchester, Tenn.; a $100,000 oil company at Dallas, Texas! a $60,000 oil company at Waco, Texas; a $100,000 oil and gas company at Elkins, W. Va.; an oil, gas and mineral company at Waynesboro, Va.; a $200,000 oil, mining and " '""' "i rt/irvirvonv at- T pyirie'tnn Kv.! liilllCICll J 'UU J uv -?-? , w , a $500,000 oil and pipe line company at Nashvilte, Tenn.; an oil mill at Covington, Ga.; a $65,000 oil mill at Winder, Ga.; a $60,000 oil mill at Lake Providence, La.; a $250,000 packing plant at New Orleans, La.; a $200,001 packing plant at Richmond, Va.; a pottery at Clarksburg. W. Va.; a $500,000 pulp and paper mill at Memphis, To-ilti.; a $50,000 rice mill at Abbeville, La.; a S100.000 rice mill at Houston, Texas; a $25,000 sandstone company at Ear;o\v, Texas; saw mills at Leeds. Ala., and Central. Fla.; a stave and spoke mill at Pemberton, Va.; a telephone system at Siler City, N. C.; a $50,000 tobacco manufacturing company at Raleigh, N. C.; a $50.COO tobacco warehouse company at Haleigh, N. C.. and a $ 100.00C wheel factory at New Orleans, La.?Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) CAUGHT BY DECOY LETTER. Colored Postmaster and Mayor Arrested By Postoffice Inspector. J. C. Legree, the colored mayor of Burroughs, a negro village of Chatham county, Ga., who is also deputy postmaster, was arrested Wednesday by United States Marshal Bullner Frequent complaints have been i made against the Burroughs postoffice j of late. A decoy letter containing $4 i was addressed to a "firm there by In spector W. H. Lewis. The letter was | not delivered, and an investigation ~ ~ ~ ~ ^ OW or/I mrtnov 5 li y vf L LI til C 1C 11*? l cxxi u iuui u a.hu uvvt ? on Legree's person. CI FT TO MEDICAL SCH60L. ; Mrs. Proctor Bequeaths $??0,000 For : Study of Chronic Diseases. Under the will of Mrs. Ellen 0. Proc- j tor .of Brnokline. Mass., whose death j occurred Sunday, Harvard medical school receives $50,000 for the study ; cf chronic diseases. The American board of foreign missions is given ; i $10,000 to be used in the work of the ' medical missions of that board. KNIFE APPLIED TO FUNSTON. j j General Undergoes Surgical Operation j of a Minor Nature. i I At Kansas City, Monday, General ] Fred Funston was subjected to the J surgeon's knife. The operation was performed at Scarritt's hospital. Before the operation was performed the j : surgeon stated that it will prove a mi- j nor affair. Later he stated that the j general had undergone the ordeal in ' a satisfactory manner. It will be necessary, however, for the patient to , remain at the hospital for probably two weeks. FOOL WOMAN'S WORK Jailer's Wife Assists Two Mnr* derers to Make Escape. SHE GOES ALONG WITJi THEM Blindly Infatuated With Man Under Sentence cf Death, Mrs. Soffel Betrays Trusting Husband, Edward and John Biddle, awaiting execution.in the Pittsburg, Pa., jaii ;or the murder of Grocer Thomas D. Kahnev. cf Mount Washington, whose iome they were burglarizing on the corning of April 12, last, overpow?red the guards at 4 o'clock Thursday rooming and escaped. Both prisoners had been provided s\ith saws wich which to cut the bars in their cells and were ready at any moment to make an opening sufficiently large to pass through. The prisoners occupied adjoining cells on the second range. They had evidently been preparing l'or escape for some time, and had assistance from the outside, as both vvore armed with revolvers. Shortly before 4 o'clock one of the Biddies called to James McGeary, who [ ad charge of the outside gates, and asked for some cramp medicine in a hurry, saying his brother was dangerously sick. McGeary hastened to the cell with he medicine, when John Biddle sprang through the opening in the cell and. seizing the guard around the waist, hurled him over the railing to the stone floor beneath, a distance of sixteen feet. Edward Biddle joined his brother immediately and both, with drawn revolvers, hurried to the first floor, where they met Guard Reynolds and shot him. There were but three men on duty and the third was on one of the upper ranges. He was ordered down at the point of the revolvers, and the three gtards were put in the dungeon. The keys were taken from Keeper McGeary and the two desperate prisVioH a rUpar flpld. The onlv ner sons who witnessed the escape were prisoners who could' not interfere or give an alarm. The Biddies went to the wardrobe, where the guards kept their clothing, and each put on a new suit. They then unlocked the outside gates and passed out into Ross street. The escape was not discovered until the daylight guards went on duty at 6 o'clock. They were informed by priseners where the night guards had been put, and they were soon released from the dungeon and sent to the homeopathic hospital. Freed By Woman's Love. The escape of the Biddies has been explained. Warden Peter K. Soffei has authorized its publication. It is the allegation that nis wife is responsible for the furnishing of the revolvers and saws to the Biddies, which enabled them to escape. In her infatuation for the handsome desperado, Edward Biddle, it is alleged, that she has left her husband and her four children, and it is supposed is to meet the copvicts at a place agreed upon. The warden made inquiries at the homes of all of his wife's relatives, and was unable to find any trace of her. An investigation disclosed the fact that she had taken all of her best clothes with her. The warden's overcoat is also missing. It is reported that the Biddies took a train at the Fourth Avenue station, of the Pan Handle railroad, which is within a block of the jail, and left fcur* the west. The county commissioners met in the afternoon and offered a reward of $5,000 for the recapture of the murderers. Freight Trains Go Together. As the result of a head end collision between two freight trains Thursday morning, cne mile west of Anniston, ; Ala., on \he Southern railway, one man was killed instantly and five others were injured. NAMED BY PRESIDENT. a C/Mtth?rr> Annnintments /-\ I'M uiiiugi \j? wvm?mv... * *rrv* Go to the Senate. The president Monday sent the following nominations to the senate: Postmasters: Alabama?Nicholas G. Schad, Brewton; John B. Lollar. Jasper; Blevins S. Perdue, Greenville; William T. Hutchens, Huntsville. Georgia?Frederick B. Dismuke, Jr.. Thomasville; Wm. A. Sheats, Monroe. North Carolina?John W. C. Long. Statesville. South Carolina?Robert S. Link, Abbeville. COUNTERFEITS CIRCULATE. Many Bogus Fifty-Cent Pieces Tur.'i Up In Pensacola. For the past several days spurious currency has come to light at Pensacola. Fla., in large quantities. A number of pieces have been recovered by 4t-- mi nfnr'f>rs and are being held lilt: in the hope that the parties responsible ".'ill he arrested in a few days. The roin recovered so far are 50-eent pieces, and are very good imitations MURDERED BLIND MAN. vVcMs Plunges Knife In Back of Helpless Antagonist. An Atlanta dispatch says: Frederic Pierce, a blind man, stabbed in the back Saturday afternoon on Decatur street, died at the Grady hospital Sunday night .and W. R. Wells, of 22 Pratt street, the man who did the stabbing, is now held at police headquarters for murder, pending the coroner's inquest to be held this afternoon. Wells is said by the arresting officers to have been drinking. "v BIDDLES DEAD; WOMAN LIVES. After Lingering In Agony Many Hours, Both Wounded Men Cross the Dark River. A news special from Butler, Pa., says: At the close of a day of intense excitement and many conflicting stories concerning the chances for life of the wounded Biddle brothers and Mrs. Kate Soffel, the unexpected happened. John Biddiet who until late Saturday afternoon was the more likely brother to escape present death, succumbed at 7:35 p. m. His brother Ed, who had been unconscious practically ail day and who wag considered a dying man Friday night, survived until 11 o'clock, when he. too. went over the great divide. Both men died without apparent suffering at the close. Mrs. Soffel, who developed symptoms of pneumonia, has a chajice for life, and unless seme unforeseen complication sets in, will recover. The death of Jack Biddle was caused by the bullet wounds in his abdomen and bladder. Early in the day the physicians thought peritonitis was the principal danger in his case, but internal hemorrhage finally set in and the man bled to death in a short while. As long as he was able, Jack was extremely talkative and was at times boastful. But as soon as the shadow death began to fall upon him and he recognized it, he became repentant. "I know," he said, "that my time is short, and you can say for me that I am a Christian and will die a sincere believer in God, and hope I have strength enough to say so at the last. I know I have taken part in many wrong deeds, but I have never killed any man and' was never implicated with any one who did." TWO MILLIONS IN SMOKE. Watcrbu*y, Connecticut, Visited By a Fearful Conflagration. In the hardest gale of the winter Waterbury, Conn., struggled Sunday night with a fire that destroyed a large area of the business section of the city and threatened to wipe it- out entirely. The blaze started in the upholstery department on the third floor of the store of Reed & Hughes, dry goods company, Nos. 103 to 120 Bank street, and that store and many adjoining buildings were reduced in a few hours to smoldering embers-. An estimate of $2,000,000 as the amount of the properly loss on buildings and contents was considered conservative by insurance men. The origin of the fire is unknown and it was not discovered until it had gained tremendous headway. At 6:15 p. m. three employes of the Reed & Hughes company were in their store and when they left noticed no ordor of smoke about the house. Fifteen minutes later flames were seen to burst with great force from the window of the third floor, and almost simultaneously from the basement. 'Before anvbody could-send in an alarm the whole interior of the building was a mass of flames, which spread rapidly to adjoining buildings The fire started in a driz^ing rain, and late rturning to snow with ei rapidly rising wind. Losses are given as follows: W. H. Camp block, in which was located Reid & Hughes' store, $75.000; O'Connor block, $25,000; Greenberg & Buekner, $30,000; old American block, Charles Miller, owner, $35,000; Johnson block, $40,000; Jones, ^ lit.; OrA AAA. T Morgan &: uo., coumers, ^ou.wu, o. B. Mullings & Son, clothiers, $100,000; Camp block, in process of demolition, $50,000; New England Engineering Company, $75,000; Franklin house, totally destroyed, $40,000; Turkish bath, W. G. Schlegel, proprietor, $20,000; Jean Jacques block, $40,000; Mrs. W. C. Bannon's block, occupied by Anscn Sellew Company, $75,000; George E. Judd block, occupied by LaPalme-Hoffman Company, $35, 000; Ashworth block, occupied by B. C. Church Company, $30,000; Waterbury American, loss building, $50,T 000; Schlitz Brewing Company, $30,000; Conlom Brothers; $50,000; Edward McGraw, two blocks, $85,000; Meigs' block, $40,000; Whittlesey block, $20,000; Boston Furniture Company, $40,000; Bronson block, $35,000. STRIKE WAS SHORT LIVED. Tampa Cigarmakers Reach Agreement With Officers of Company. A conference between a committee of the officers of the American Cigar Company in Tampa, Fla:, in whose factories the recent cigarmakers' strike was bc-gun, was helrl Sunday. An agreement was reached by which the strike has been called off. The strikers did not get their entire demands, it is said, but a compromise for the present was reached, ike exact conditions of the agreement, however. have not been given out for publication. HOWARD RECEIVES SENTENCE. JudgeCantrell Overruled Motion For a New Trial. At Frankfort, Ky.. Saturday after noon, Judge Cantrell overruled the motion for a new trial in the Jim Howard case and sentenced him to imprison ment for life for the murder of Goebel. An order was entered transferring Howard to Georgetown for safe keeping pending an appeal. ALICE IS SURELY GOING. President's Daughter Will Witnes; Coronation of King Ed. Miss Alice Roosevelt has informec several of her girl friends thai she will go to the coronation of Kinc Edward as the guest of Whitelav Reid, special ambassador from th< United States, says the Washingtcr correspondent of the New York World Nobody at the white house woulc i make the announcement, but intimate friends of the Roosevelts confirmee the statement. v APPEAL MADE PUBLIC Gronnds Upon Which Schley Asks Roosevelt's Intervention. MAIN FEATURES OF DOCUMENT President Is Asked to Indorse Minority Opinion of Admiral Dewey As a Matter' of Right and Justice. The navy department Wednesday made public Admiral Schley's appeal, delivered to the president about a week ago. The department's "comment" will be published in a day or two. Admiral Schley appeals to the president as the chief executive and commander in chief of the army and navy, "vested with power to regulate and direct the acts of the several executive officers thereof" and he asks that the president review- the findings of the court. He asks this on three grounds, in each case basing his appeal on the findings of Admiral Dewey, as opposed to the majority report. These three grounds are set out compendiously in the "petition" which 1 fills about eight printed pages of a pamphlet and is signed by Admiral Schley and Messrs. Raynor, Parker and Teague, of his counsel. Attached to the petition are three exhibits, "A," "B" and "C," each made up of copious extracts from the testimony taken by the court of inquiry and intended to confirm the statements of facts made in the petition itself. In brief, the appeal of Admiral Schley asks that the finding of Admiral Dewey be sustained. Schley says he was in sole command at the battle. Sampson arrived one hour and thirteen minutes after the last of the , Spanish ships had hauled down their flag. He contends that his blockade was effective and proper. The passage from Cienfuegos was made with all possible dispatch. Every movement was the work of Admiral Schley's plans. Finally, it is reiterated that the majority rejected all of Schley's testimony and cf his witnesses, although he was on the stand many hours and subjected to the most searching examination, and by so doing they havfl perverted the ends of justice. CARS "SKATED" DOWN HILL. Peculiar and Death-Dealing Accident on Pittsburg Trolley Line. Three people killed, two fatally hurt and a score of others more or less injured is'the record made by two runaway cars on the Monongahela branch of the Pittsburg, Pa., railway Wednesday night. The accident happened at the foot of a long hill running into Wilmerding from McKeesport. A car without passengers got beyond control of ? ? ?? ? ?? A J ? /? f K A I lie iiiuiuruiuii (iuu uasucu uunu hill, 1 1-4 miles, at a terrific speed. At the bottom it jumped into the Pennsylvania station, carrying away the side of the depot and tearing up the platform. A large crowd gathered about the wreck and twelve minutes later a second run away car came tearing down the hill and plowed into the crowd with death-dealing force. A binding sleet storm prevailed at the time, and it is said the two cars "skated" down the hill with brakes tightly set. GOVERNOR 1AKES CHARGfe. v! AH Officers of Third Alabama Regiment Relieved of Duties. The verdict in the Kyle courtmartial case at Montgomery, Ala., and the disapproval of the governoi and the special order issued at the same time are quite as sensational as any incident in the whole proceedings. Governor Jelks relieves from duty for the present all the field and staff officers of the Third regiment and directs the company commanders to report direct to the commander in chief VOTERS SLOW IN PAYING. Many Citizens of Alabama May Disfranchise Themselves. Under the terms of the new constitution of Alabama ail persons who fail to pay their poll taxes by February 1 will be denied the privilege of voting i in the state and national elections this year. If the newspaper statements are true, not more than one-tenth or one-eighth of the voters of the several counties have taken out their tax receipts. The new constitution does not require a citizen to pay poll tax. It leaves payment of the tax voluntary. EVASIVE FORGER CAUGHT. | Foley Nabbed In Chicago After World- I Girdling Chase. I After being pursued by detectives j . through England, France and a large i portion of the United States, Jeremiah j Foley, 38 years old. a former pay- j master in the British army, who is j wanted on forty-seven different i ; charges of forgery, was arrested in Chicago Friday night. TO PAY THE INTEREST. 5 States Will Receive Money Advanced to Government During Civil War. j I A Washington special says: The t senate committee on.. appropriations t has decided to recommend tlie payi ment of interest claims of such states ? as advanced money to the United 1 States during the civil war and are . able to show action by the court of ! claims. In many cases where money * was advanced by the states the funds I were borrowed and the states were compelled to pay interest thereon. v UAL I AM HAM A flUffLlNO. ? Caustically "Comment" on Schley's Appeal, While the Admiral Is Receiving Ovations Galore. A Washington special says: The appeal for the review of his case, filed with the president by Admiral Schley, has drawn cut caustic comment from Judge Advocate Lemly and Solicitor Hanna. The comment severely arraigns Schley for his conduct of the battle of Santiago and declares the investigation for the court of inquiry to maKe was ior me purpose 01 nxiug the blame rather than directing the honor. They say the chief features, of the case were "the retrograde movement;" 5 "disobedience of orders," "inaccurate and misleading official reports," "failure to destroy vessels of the enemy . lying within sight" and "injustice to ' a brother officer.' These matters are all grave. ' ' ? The first was that the finest aggre- f g gation of American naval vessels un- ' ,~y der one command was, by Schley's . direction, turned about and headed for Key West, more than 700 miles distant, when within 22 miles of San- ? tiago .where the enemy's ships were* The second was that Schley deliberately and knowingly disobeyed the secretary's order overtaking him in his retrograde movement. The third was that Schley's reason ^ offered officially, for the retrograde U's|| movement and disobedience of orders, j i. e., "that the flying squadron was short of coal," was not true. The fourth wa^ that for three days some of the Spanish ships lay within reach of the flying squadron and no , sufficient effort was made to destroy them. . The fifth involves the point of hon- < or. The commentators say: "Upon all the above named fea- * -^0 tures, believed by us to be the. most ^ important, if not the only important, matter into which the court, made in* quiry, the conduct of Admiral Schley was condemned by that most distin :-V.?,-!Kiino1 IHmtrol Dpw?>V ATld nUisucu uiuuuai. .? .. _ jtaa^^m Rear Admirals Benham and Ramsay ^ja united in their findings and opinion ' ' upon all of these several points." The commentators charge that Admirai Schley ilow ignores all the [-M grave matters* and bases his appeal upon relatively unimportant matters of the case. WOULD-BE R0BBER9 SWING. ? Wade and Dalton Pay Penalty For Murder of Morrow at Portland. At Portland, Oregon, Friday, Joseph Wade and B. H. Dafton were hanged . || in the county jail yard for the murder of James B. Morrow, November 14 last , ;jg| Both men retained their nerve and just before the rope was put around Wade's neck he said: "You may -WBL think I'm happy, but I'm not" Morrow had been calling on a young lady and was on his way home about midnight on November 14 when Wade and Dalton stepped in front of him and ordered him to throw up - his X hands, intending to rob him. Morrow : ~ made a move as if to put his hand . in his pocket, when he was shot dead. . NASHVILLE WELCOMES SCHLEY. Tennessee City Puts on Holiday Attire vj| For Hero of Santiago. Admiral and Mrs. Schley became the guests of Nashville Friday and the city was in holiday attire in their jjsB : The train bearing them from Louis* ^ ville.over the Louisville ami Nashville road was met at Bowling Green, Ky.,-' by a committee of Nashville's citi* zens. who joined them on President Smith's private car for the remainder . of the journey. Both the admiral and | his wife appeared in the best of health ", ; and spirits and expressed themselves . x as highly delighted with their stay In Louisville. Nashville Gets Sum of $600,000. The committee on public buildings . ;i2 and grounds Friday authorized a fa- .^|?| vorable report on the bill approprlat*. ing $600,000 for an addition ta the Nashville, Tenn., public building. TO PAY DEPOSITORS. _ ."?3 Affair* of Albany. Ga., Bank Will Be Satisfactorily Adjusted. *fe|8 Judge W. N. Spence appointed Mor- . ris Weslosky permanent receiver of . j the Commercial Bank at Albany, Ga., all objections to Mr. Weslosky's ap- ^ pointment having, been withdrawn. / The bank has offered to settle with depositors by paying 25 per cent cash, , ^ 25 per cent in nine months, 26 per cent in twelve months and 25 per cent in 0| fifteen months. It is believed that the depositors will accept this proposition and that the bank's affairs win be ad; justed in this manner. t ~ ' 4 FOR MURDER OF HUSBAND. ' ' 7$ ' -- jf Mrs. Richardson Faces Jury of Farm* 4 '" j''. <yi ers In Missouri Court. / Jsl' . Mrs. Addie L. Richardson faced a ag jury of farmers in the circuit court at Plattsburg, Mo., Tuesday and her trial nn chzrze of murdering, a year ago last December, her husband, Frank W. ' ;i Richardson, a merchant, at their home in Savannah, Mo., began in earnest. TO MITIGATE INJUNCTIONS. Senator Hoar Introduces Bill to Limit j Import of Word "Conspiracy." ! Senator Hoar, from the committee ' rr on judiciary, Monday reported favorably the bill to limit the meaning of the word "conspiracy" and the use of "restraining orders and injunctions'1 in certain cases. The bill provides "ft that a combination to do an act or not to do it shall not be punished more severely than the act itsolf. The bill is intended to aid in adjust* Ing labor disputes on railroads.