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The Bamberg Herald.
ESTABLISH EI) 1S91.- BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY fi. 1902. OXE DOLLAR PER YEAR. J
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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.
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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>!?
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) STATE NEWS ITEMS.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.!
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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UAL I AM HAM A flUffLlNO.
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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
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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 $600,000 for an addition ta the
Nashville, Tenn., public building.
TO PAY DEPOSITORS. _ ."?3
Affair* of Albany. Ga., Bank Will Be
Satisfactorily Adjusted. *fe|8
Judge W. N. Spence appointed Mor- .
ris Weslosky permanent receiver of . j
the Commercial Bank at Albany, Ga.,
all objections to Mr. Weslosky's ap- ^
pointment having, been withdrawn. /
The bank has offered to settle with
depositors by paying 25 per cent cash, , ^
25 per cent in nine months, 26 per cent
in twelve months and 25 per cent in 0|
fifteen months. It is believed that the
depositors will accept this proposition
and that the bank's affairs win be ad;
justed in this manner. t ~ ' 4
FOR MURDER OF HUSBAND. ' ' 7$
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Mrs. Richardson Faces Jury of Farm*
4 '" j''. <yi
ers In Missouri Court.
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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.