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LIVES LOST IN FIRE
Burning of Uoboken Pier Causes
Probknutical Fatalities.
BOER AMMUNITION DESTROYED
Marty Boxes of Cartridges Intended
for Struggling Burghers Exploded
While Angry Flames
Roared.
There was a rumor current in NewYork
Wednesday that a number of
cartridges were cn the pier at the
time cf the fire cn Hoboken docks
Tuesday night, and that they were destined
for the use cf the Boers in
South Africa. According to the report,
the cartridges were to have been ship
yeu to Auiwtrj? uuu iium mcic a<
their destination. A member of the
Hoboken fire department stated |
that he saw the boxes of cartridges on
- the pier and that he heard a number
of explosions. These are said to
have occurred after the fire was under
control about midnight.
Sanderson & Son, the New York
agents of the Phoenix line steamer,
British Queen, reported that they
had no knowledge that there were any
cartridges on the dock, and that they
did not believe there were any there.
They further said that they never
carry explosives as freight.
The British consul agent said that
he bad no information that any such
munitions for Boers were on the ship.
He regaided the report as improbable
because tho British Queen was to sail
for Antwerp, not South Africa.
Supposed Victim Alive.
Chief Engineer Scott, who it was
supposed perished in the fire, walked
into a Hoboken hotel Wednesday
morning. He was badly burned about
the face and said he had a dreadful
experience.
zrw;T>e^ Smtt said that a "hort
while after going to his room Tuesday
night he smelled smoke, and on
investigation saw the ship was on fire.
Scott, who is a sufferer from rheumatism,
groped his way along the deck
and took refuge in a large cattle pen
on the ship deck. Here he was joined
by one of the firemen of the ship. The
smoke and flames soon drove them
from the pen. Scott then fastened a
wire rope to a stanchion and threw
one overboard. He then slid down the
rope to a lighter lying alongside the
big steamer, where he remained until
rescued. Scott said he did not see
the fireman after he, Scott, made his
escape ,and does not know what became
of him.
No estimate can yet be made of the
loss of life in the fire; the number
cf dead may never be known. Patrick
Hussey, a longshoreman, who was
burned while trying to escape from
the Phenix pier, died soon from the
effects of his injuries.
Besides Hussey four longshoremen
were taken to St. Mary's hospital and
are now under treatment there. All
were more or less burned. Some of
the longshoremen who saved themselves
by swimming ashore say they
saw twenty or thirty men leap into the
liver.
Many Were Drowned.
Although some of thoae who jumped ,
into the water were picked up by
tugs, it is feared that a number sank
before they could be reached by the
rescuers. Many of the longshoremen
are single men and have no relatives
who could report them in the event o'i
their being missing or having perished
in the fire. The British Queen has
been beached off Communipaw in the
upper bay.
Superintendent Mason, of the Phen:x
line, said that it would be impossible
to definitely state the loss by
the fire in less than two weeks. He
was asked if he thought $1,250,000
would cover it, and he replied that he
did not think it would. The British
Queen was worth $S00,000 and there
was a great quantity of valuable merchandise
on that vessel, on the pier
and on lighters that were destroyed.
This included cotton, hides, oils,
grains and a quantity of harvest machinery.
DEMOCRATS ARE PRO-BOER.
House Members Declare Congress |
Should Express Sympathy.
A Washington special says: The
democratic members cf the caucus
held Wednesday night unanimously
adopted resolutions declaring that the
congress should express the sympathy
cf the American people for the struggling
Boer republics, and pledging
themselves to use their utmost endeavors
to "force" the committees to report
- resolutions expressive of such sympathy
in order that congress might have
an opportunity to act
DUMONT IS COMING.
Wizzard Aeronaut Promises to Take
in St. Louis Exposition.
A Paris special says: Santos Dumont
has accepted an invitation from
the officials of the St. Louis exposi tion
to go to St. Louis, there to assist
the authorities in the organization of
the proposed balloon contests and select
a site cn which to erect a baboon
shed for himself. The aeronaut will
sail for New York or. the steamer ]
Beutccnland cn April 4. He will not
take a balloon with him.
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT.
Called to Try Stover and tN*kle, Alleged
Murderers of Mrs. Blake.
A dispatch from Gainesville. Ga.,
says: Judge J. B. Estes has issued
an order for a special term of Hall
superior court on the first Monday in
April to try Harvey Stover and Charley
Pirkle for the crime of killing Mrs.
Christina Biake. whose tragic end occurred
near Flowery Branch several
days ago.
CLOSES THE SCHLEY MATTER.1
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I House Committee Concurs In Presi- :
dent Roosevelt's Findings, and
Turns Down Santiago Hero.
A Washington dispatch says: The
house committee on naval affairs by a
vote of 7 to 4 adopted a resolution
. Friday concurring in the conclusions |
cf President Roosevelt as to terminating
the agitation of the Schley controversy
and indefinitely postponing all
bills and resolutions on the subject.
The report of the sub-committee as
adopted gives all the various resolutions
which have been introduced and
says:
"Your sub-ccmmittee to whom the
several bills and resolutions introduced
in the house in relation to Rear <
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley has 1
had the same under consideration and j
presents the following report tnerej
VJU. ]
"The unfortunate controversy in
connection with the Santiago campaign
has attracted wide public at- j
tention and has been the subject of (
four official investigations, viz:
"By President McKinley; by the 1
j United States court of claims; by the *
' naval court of inquiry, asked for by J
j President Roosevelt, .011 appeal from J
| the finding of the naval court of in- 1
! quiry. 1
j "President Roosevelt concludes his *
findings in the following words:
"In concluding their report the mem- (
bers of the court of inquiry. Admi- I
rals Dewey, Benham and Ramsey, 2
united in stating that they recommend- 1
ed that no further action be had in 1
the matter. With this recoramenda *
tion I most heartily concur. There is '
no excuse whatever from either, side 1
for any further agitation of this unhappy
controversy. To keep it alive *
would merely do damage to the navy I
and to the country." ^
"Your sub-committee having in 1
view the interest of the American :
navy and of all concerned fully con- 2
curs in the conclusion expressed in the
words of President Roosevelt above I
quoted. ^
"We therefore recommend that fur- 1
tlier consideration of said bills and ?
resolutions be indefinitely postponed *
on/1 tViot nr? further ertinn bp taken
thereon."
The vote was on party lines, except
that Mr. Mudd, of Maryland, voted
with the democrats, against adopting
the report.
In detail the vote was as follows:
Yeas?Foss, Dayton, Loudenslafer,
Butler, Watson, Cousin, Roberts, republicans.
Nays?Mudd, republican; Rixey of
Virginia; Kitchen, Wheeler, democrats.
Prior to the disposition of the subject
Mr. Mudd moved a favorable
report on the resolution giving the
thanks of congress to Admiral Schley
and the officers and men who served
with him in the battle of Santiago.
This was lost by a vote of 7 to 4.
LED DUAL EXISTENCE.
Chicago Charity Dispenser May Prove
to Be Notorious Robber.
A Chicago dispatch says: As a result
of the shooting Thursday, the police
have become suddenly active and
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Joseph Hopkins, the injured man
with the $76,000 postoffice robbery of
last summer. \
Hopkins was shot by an ex-detective
named Kipley, in a flat occupied by
Lillie Arlington, otherwise known as 1
"Diamond Lil." Kipley, who, with the ?
woman, is under arrest, claims self-de- ^
fense. At St. Luke hospital Friday c
Hopkins' condition was said to be critical
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Following the shooting it developed (
that Hopkins had been leading a '
\Jekyl-Hyde" existence. He was iden- i
tified, according to the police, as a c
bank robber and burglar of national '
notoriety, but in Pales park, where 1
he had a cosy little home in a secluded 5
spot, sheltered by trees, it was found ^
that he had a reputation as a dispenser
of charities, a giver to the church and
a man of standing in society. His
wife's standing was also of the best, '<
but when she was brought into the
police station policemen claim to have 1
recognized her as a woman they had *
had known as "Blonde Marie." *
Kipley, while in his cell, told a. ?
friend that Hopkins was a man for <
whom the police had been searching in
connection with the postoffice robber,*. What
the connection is has net been t
made plain, but it is pointed out that 1
Hopkins is an electrician, and that the '
holes drilled in the bottom of the (
safes in the postoffice were by tools 1
rtx'tu v xug puwex h uiju wiut- xv;ax
device <
A search of the Hopkins house <
brought to light a kit of burglar's 1
tools, but nothing was discovered '<
showing that Hopkins had anything ?
to do with the postoffice robbery.
Papers giving directions for blowing
safes and some dynamite and nitroglycerine
were also found on the prem- <
ises. Hopkins claims the explosives j
were used in clearing land. i
To Keep Separate Accounts.
Secretary Shaw has issued a circu
lar to customs officers directing them
to keep separate accounts of collections
made under the Phiiippine tarifi
the Potomac river just above Washing- ,
to be returned to Philippine govern- ,
ment.
?Russia has announced that, despite
the Anglo Japanese agreement (
she will insist on completing the Manc-hurian
railway to a port free from
lee.
"HE" WAS OF EVE'S SEX.
Remarkable Instance cf Woman Masquerading
as a Man.
After living for thirty five years as
a husband and head of a family, the
j death of George Green at-Ectricks.
! Chesterfield county, Va.. Friday morn
I ing revealed the fact that the supposed
' man was a woman. Had not strangers
prepared the body for the grave, the
strange secret would never hvae been
known.
THEREBUKE OF MILES
Nay Cause Tilt Between Con=
gress and the President.
GENERAL THREATENS TO RESIGN I
Declares if Hawiey Army Bill Becomes
a Law, He Will Decline to Longer
Hold His Commission.
A "Washington special says: General
Miles' second rebuff at the white
louse and the recent publication of |
:he incident may be followed by the
-etirement of the old warrior by
Roosevelt.
It is said that both the president
md the secretary of war are highly inlignant
that the story leaked out. and
n consequence the president may ex
Brcise the law which allows him to re:ire
an officer over the age of sixty.
Vliles reached that age last August,
)ul unless sooner retired by Roosevelt,
vill continue his present office until
August, 1903.
It was nearly a month ago that Miles
jailed on the president, laid bare his
ilan to stop the war in the Philippines
md received the second presidential
ebuke for his pains. There was an
inderstanding between the soldier and
he president that the matter should
3e kept secret. Perhaps it would
iave been kept secret had not Henry
Patterson, in a general newspaper aricle
last Saturday, referred to it in a
)aragraph. Then newspaper men at
rVashington dug out the entire story,
low the Kentuckian got the fact that
Vliles had been rebuked again is still
i secret.
In view of the fact that the original
mblication represented that General
Uiles had been snubbed, or severely
ebuked by the president, it is not regarded
as a reasonable supposition
hat the information was made public
>y him, but rather by some person
>r persons inimical to his interests.
Neither the secretary of war nor General
Miles, nor, in fact, any of the
eading officials of the war department,
vill say anything for publication in regard
to the matter.
It was learned from other sources,
lowever, that the president had called
or all the papers in the case and is
onsidering the advisability of making
hem public, with a view to showing
he facts and preventing further misinderstanding
of the matter.
Congressional notice of General
files' rebuff by Roosevelt, when asked
o be sent to the Philippines to bring
he war to a close, without further
oss of life on either side, came Thurslay,
when Representative Burleson, of
Texas, introduced a resolution calling
sn the president to furnish the house
>f representatives with all the papers
>earing on the matter. By this means
>oth sides of the affair which now has
ill Washington talking, will be made
>ublic. Only scant information has
eached the public so far, and there
s a public demand for the full particuars.
The following? was the resolution ofered
by Representative Murleson, of
Texas:
"Resolved, that the president be. and
s hereby respectfully requested, if the
iame is not incompatible with the pubic
interests, to transmit to the house
. opies of all correspondence relating
:o and papers bearing upon the mat;er
of the recent request of Lieutenant
General Nelson A. Miles to be assigned
;o duty in the Philippines and to be
Ulowed to put into effect there a plan
>utliued by him having for its purpose
md being calculated to bring about
in immediate cessation of hostilities
n said Philippines without further
oss of life on cither side."
Miles Threatens to Resign.
General Nelson A. Miles told the sen.
ite committee on military affairs
Thursday that if the bill introduced
3y Senator Hawley, at the instance of
;he war department, for the organiza:ion
of a general staff for the army
should become a law. he would define
to longer hold his commission.
The reason lie gave foi< the statement
s that the bill is utterly subversive of
he interests of the military establishment,
and he said that he would not
3e a party to such a proceeding to the
extent even of continuing to hold his
place.
The statement was made in the
%ourse of a prolonged hearing by the
committee which was conducted belind
closed doors and in which Generil
Miles touched upon a variety of
subjects connected with the army.
Palma Cff For Cuba.
Thomas Estrada Palma, presidentelect
of Cuba, who will assume office
April 1. left Middletown, N. Y., Sab
trday. with his family for the islands.
'THE MAN ON HORSEBACK."
Henry Wsttcrson Makes a Fling At
Rocsevclt in Banquet Speech.
In a banquet speech at Washington
Monday night Henry Watterson made
the following lling at President Roosevelt:
"Once again in the white house we
have the man on horseback. Affecting
the simplicity nf the cowboy, he
conceals beneath the self-ccnlidence
.uid queer manners of the broncho
busier the sentiment and emotions,
if not the talents, of a Diaz."
TWELVE YEARS CAPTIVE.
Bushmen of Australia Held Brooklyn
Man Long Prisoner.
After twelve years' imprisonment
among the bushmen in Australia. Josept
J. Gill, a son cf the late Thomas
Gill, a well known Brooklyn manufacturer.
has been heard from by bis
family, who mourned him as dead.
Giil lt-rt home in laiG. and in
his wife. believing him dead, married
again.
CHAMBERLAIN BRANDED LIAR.
Mr. Dillon, I rich Member, Emphasizes
Remarks With Strong'Expletive
and Is Suspended.
A London special says: One of the
liveliest scenes witnessed in the house
cf commons since the palmiest days of
the Irish nationalists, ended Thursday
afternoon with the suspension of John
Dilicn.
During the discussion of the South
African affairs, the liberal leader, Sii
Henry Campbell Bannerman, vigorously
protested against the government's
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conduct in using mangnam sianuer iu
calling the liberals pro-Boers. These
slanders. Sir Henry said, were used
for party purposes.
The colonial secretary, Mr. Chamberlain,
in the course of an equally
incisive reply, said he desired to deliberately
accuse Sir Henry CampbellBannerman
of losing no opportunity
for slandering his countrymen, the soldiers
and the government. Consequently,
the "malignant slanders had
come from the opposition side."
The speaker. Sir William Court
Guilv, here intervened and declared
that the term, "malignant slander,"
was unparliamentary.
Both Sir Henry Campbcll-Bannerman
and Mr. Chamberlain thereupon
withdrew the words amid cheers.
Mr. Chamberlain, proceeding, referred
to the Boers who are fighting on
the British side, when John Dillon,
Irish nationalist, interjected, "They
are traitors!" upon which Mr. Chamberlain
retorted, "The honorable gentleman
is a good judge of traitors.'
A scene of great confusion ensued.
When, order was partially restored Mr.
Dillon demanded a ruling on Mr.
Chamberlain's words.
The speaker said: "An honorable
member spoke of soldiers fighting under
the British flag as traitors. I deprpp.ofArt
the interruDtion and I depre
cated the retort of the other member."
Mr. Dillon then said: "I will tell
the right honorable member that he is
a d?d liar."
A dead silence followed this remark.
Such unparliamentary language seemed
vto stun the house. The speaker in[
vited Mr. Dillon to withdraw the exi
pression, but the latter said:
"I will not withdraw." 7
A motion was made and carried to
suspend Mr. Dillon. The suspension,
under the present rules, cannot exceed
a week.
MILES EPISODE INTERESTING.
Question as to Whether General Will
Receive Disciplinary Treatment.
The news of General Miles' statements
before the military committee
cf the senate excited great interest at i
the war department Thursday when
it became known there late in the
day.
There was inquiry as to whether,
by passing criticisms upon various officials
General Miles had not exposed
himself to disciplinary treatment. The
answer to this might be based on the
exact amount of privilege which at
taclies to testimony given Deiore a
committee of congress.
UNION DEMANDS REFUSED.
Street Railway Officials at New Or- J
leans Reply Tartly to Labor Leaders. J
A New Orleans dispatch says: The
reply of the presidents to the street j
railway employees' union Thursday J
was short and sharp.
It referred to the impertinence of
the demands, which assumed to take !
over the business of the companies |
to manage and to the implied threat
of stopping the business in case the
demands were not complied with.
The roads have announced that ,
neither now nor at any other time will
the question of unionism be considered.
SOUTH CAROLINA DAY GREAT. !
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Elaborate Ceremonies Were Carried
Out and Attendance Was Largq,
South Carolina day at the Charleston
exposition was one of the most
successful of the special days at the j
big show. In spite of poor crops and
a very recent cold snap in middle and J
upper South Carolina all the trains (
were crowded. The attendance was (
very large, a conservative csuuiaic
making It 20,000.
CHOLERA SCARE IN MANILA.
Troops Coming Home Will Be Hurried
Off Ahead of Time.
There have been four new case, of
| chojera at Manila and more deaths
from the p'ague are reported. The
health authorities believe that their
| rigid precautions have averted an epij
demic. As General Chaffee di-d not
| want the men of the Third Infantry to
I run the risk of cholera, as a result of
contact with the city, that regiment
already has been taken aboard the
United States transport Grant, which
will sail for San Francisco one week
ahead of her schedule time.
BOY DROWNED WITH FATHER.
Son of Richard Albretch Found Dead
Near Brunswick, Ga.
The bc-dy of the boy who was with
Richard Albrecht. the New Brunswick,
N. J., hotel proprietor, who was found
diowned on the Seaboard Air Line
near Brunswick. Ga. Saturday, by W.
D. Rooney, the agent at Everett City,
who went cut with a searching party
early Sunday marni'ig. The boy's body
was for.ml w.'.hin ten feet of the spot
W ere his father's was found.
PREPARING FOR VETERANS.
Dallas People Will Entertain Old Herces
on Elaborate Scale.
Dalias. Texas, is making the most
elaborate preparations for entertaining
the Confederate veterans and
other visitors to the national Confederate
reunion to he held April 22. 23,
24 and 2f>. Arrangements for housing
many thousands have been made.
P.uildings at the state fair grounds are
in a state of forward preparation.
I SOUTH CAROLINA
j STATE NEWS ITEMS. ^
In Trousers and Top Boots.
Recently a luncheon was served by
Mrs. Richard Stevens to a number of
the most prominent visitors, men and
women, at Aiken. Something of a stir
was created by the appearance of Lady
Constance McKer.zie dressed in trousers,
with a riding coat and top boots.
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Daughters Want Column.
The Spartanburg chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy have
petitioned the authorities for one of
r.he massive stone columns which was
in the state capitol arcade before the
reconstruction. This column, if secured
.will be used in erecting a Confederate
monument at Spartanburg.
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Cotton Mill For Honea Path.
A news item from Anderson. S .C..
says: "Honea Path, in this county, is
to have a $200,000 cotton mill. Some
time ago a proposition was made to
the citizens of that town that if they
would raise $50,000. outside capitalists
would subscribe $150,000. and a
$200,000 mill would be built. The citizens
of Honea Path have done their
part and the mill is a certainty. Col.
James L. Orr will be the controlling
spirit.
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Aiken Is Booming.
There is considerable building going
on in Aiken now. Mr. William Grosvenor,
of Providence, R. I., has purchased
the Fowler house for $14,000.
Plans arp being prepared for alterations
and additions to this building
which will cost $10,000. Senator-elect
Draydon, of New Jersey, has purchased
a lot on the Whisky road, near the
golf links, for $20,000, on which he will
erect a mansion to cost $40,000.
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More Special Days.
At Easter, which was designated educational
week of the exposition, commencing
March 27, the railroad fare to
the Charleston exposition and return
from all points in Virginia and North
Carolina, was only 80 per cent of one
fare, one of the lowest rates ever
adopted.
Governor Montague has appointed
April 16 as Virginia day at the exposition.
His staff, a large number of ladies
and civilians, as well as several
companies of military, will accompany
him. The railroad fare at that time
will be the same as at Easter, namely.
80 per cent of one fare for the round
trip. This is less than $10 from Richmond
to Charleston and return.
It is also expected that the Virginia
legislature, when it adjourns, about
April 1st, will visit the exposition on
special trains.
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A Corker Will Me Atlanta Day.
There is every reason to believe that
the capital city of Georgia will be we;i
represented at the Charleston exposition
April 4, which is Atlanta day. The
railroads announced that a rate of
$3.50 for the round trip from Atlanta
to Charleston and return would be in
force from April 3 to 6, inclusive, and
this practically insures the attendance 1
of a large number of citizens.
A special train, composed of several:
sections, will leave Atlanta on the
morning of April 3 .carrying the At !
lanta party. Practically all arrange |
ments have been made for the attend I
ance of the mayor, members of coun-!
cil and heads of the city departments, j
It is proposed to take twenty-four of
? * 1 1-1 r.f +hO 1
Uie lllltrdl IUU1MU5 Iiiciuc'^io \jl buv
police force, and the transportation of
these has already been provided.
A fund is now being raised to pay '
the expenses of members of at least.
two military companies and the po-'
licemen.
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Charleston Day Was Great.
South Carolina day was one of the
most successful of the special days at
the exposition. In spite of poor crops '
and a very recent cold snap in middle
and upper South Carolina all the
trains wer ecrowded. The attendance |
was very large, a conservative estimate
making it over 20,000.
There were notable formal ceremonies
at the auditorium, in which Gov-1
ernor McSweeney and the exposition i
officials participated .
Governor McSweeney officially announced
the counties of the state that ,
had won prizes for the best exhibits, j
Spartanburg won first, $1,000; Chester!
second, $500; Darlington and Georgetown
tied for third. This concluded t
the exercises and the visitors dispersed.
Among the distinguished visitors .
were Congressman Latimer and John- j
son, of South Carolina; Salmon, of j
New Jersey; Hongen, of Nebraska; I
Littlefield, of Maine, and Driscoll. of j
New York. They came on a special;
car from Washington and several were
accompanied by their wives.
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Roosevelt Comes April 9th.
President's day at the South Carolina
exnosition will be April 9. and the
feature of the day will be the presentation
to Major Jenkins, by his former
chief of the Rough Riders, of a beautiful
sword from South Carolinians who
honor Jenkins, the son of a Confederate
general who died in battle, and j
who also honor the president.
It is probable tiiat because of this
feature several thousand people will j
visit the exposition that day who
would not otherwise have gone.
A state committee will have charge
of the presentation ceremonies and i
Hugh S. Thompson, cf New York, for-.
mer governor cf South Carolina, has j
been invited and has consented to be j
the head of the committee and speak '
for South Carolina on that day. Gov- j
ernor Thompson has for years been an j
admirer and friend cf Roosevelt.
The sword to be given Major Jen- j
kins will cost $50u or $75U. It will by j
be purchased with the voluntary, spon
taneous contributions from every part j
of South Carolina. There was no general
contribution to the fund gotten up j
by Colonel Tillman because of the sur- j
rounding circumstances.
APRIL NINTH THE DATE.
President's Day at Charleston Expo- !
sition Is Agreed Upon?Jenkins |
Will Get Sword.
A Columbia dispatch says: President's
day at the South Carolina exposition
will be April 9. and the feature
of the day will be the presentation to
Major Jenkins, by his former chief of
the Rough Riders, of a beauOiful sword
from South Carolinians who honor
Jenkins, the son of a confederate geneial
who died in batt!e, and who also
honor the president.
wnen i-aeucenaai uovernor liiiniau
sent his telegram to President Roosevelt
withdrawing the invitation to him
to present a $65 sword to Jenkins,
the president was asked by those who
claimed to represent ail that was worthy
and honorable in Soutti Carolina,
if he would present a swo:-d of honor
to Major Jenkins. * Before deciding to
go to Charleston the president replied
that it would give him pleasure to participate
in such a ceremony, anA again
expressed his high admiration for the
gallant bearing of the South Carolinian
who was his fellow-officer in the Rough
Riders. It has now been decided
that President Roosevelt will attend
the exposition April 9, and the management
has arranged on the program
for the sword presentation.
A state committee will have charge
of the presentation ceremonies and
Hugh S. Thompson, cf the New York
Life, former governor of South Carolina.
has consented to be the head of
the committee and speak for South
Carolina on that day. Governor Thompson
has for years been an admirer and
friend of Roosevelt.
The sword to be given Major Jenkins
will cost $500 or $750. It will be
purchased with contributions from every
part of South Carolina.
PETTICOAT EMBEZZLER CAUGHT.
Swiped $15,000 In Philadelphia and
Falls Into Hands of Atlanta Officers.
Charged with embezzling $15,000
from a Philadelphia firm, Mrs. Julia
K. Birdsall, alias Miss Wharton, was
arres-ied in Atlanta, Ga., Sunday afternoon.
The arrest was made cm a telegram
from Philadelphia, and the detectives
discovered the woman they
wanted by a little dog which followed
her?a small canine which hats played
a conspicuous part in the remarkable
story of the embezzlement
In making a confession to the otficer,
Mrs. Birdsall gave a strange account
of hypnotic influences which
she says swayed her during the time
she pilfered the thousands of dollars
from he remployers. There seems to
have been a man and another woman
in the case.
FLORENCE GIVEN FREEDOM.
Young Brooklyn Woman Not Guilty of
Murdering Walter Brooks.
Florence Burns, the young Brooklyn,
N. Y., woman who has been in the custody
of the police of New York since
February 15, under suspicion of knowing
how Wal'ter Brooks met his death,
was discharged from custody by Justice
Mayo Saturday night
Brooks, who was a young commis--.
dm mpr^hant had been keening com
pany with Florence Burns. He was
found dead the night of February 14
in a room at the Glen Island hotel.
The gas in the room was turned on
and there was a bullet wound in the
head. The district attorney tried to
show that Florence Burns was likely
to have killed Brooks because he was
trying to break off his association with
her.
PHILANTHROPIST FRENCH DEAD.
Staunch Friend of Georgia Technological
School is No More.
Aaron French , aged 79 years, died
at his home in Pi'ttsburg, Pa.. Sunday
night shortly after midnight, of paralysis.
Mr. French was president of the
American Steel Spring Company, and
elected president of the steel spring
combine formed in New York recently.
Among the mcs't signal of the benefactions
that marked his life was his
generosity to the Georgia School of
Technology in Atlanta. Ga. This school
held a place near to the heart of the
dead philanthropist, and be watched
the success of the institution with
pride.
UNDER FLAG OF TRUCE
Boer Generals Visit Headquarters of
Kitchener and Hold Conference. .
A special from Pretoria, South Africa,
says: Acting President Schalkburger,
F. W. Reiztz, ex secretary of
state of the Transvaal, and Command
j tt?
ants Lucas, Meyers an-u n-iugu,
their secretaries and attendants, aril
ved March 21, at 2:04 p. m. on a special
train from Balmoral, about 50
mites east. They came under a flag
of truce. The object of the conference
was not known.
Upon arriving Mr. Schaik-Buvger
and his party drove immediately to
Lord Kitchener's headquarters, where
he had an interview with the British
general. The Boers afterwards proceeded
to the railroad station and took
a train for Kroonstadt. whence they
went out under a safe conduct.
GOODYEAR WINS OUT.
Item in River and Harbor Bill Allows
Him Sum of $45,000.
The river and harbor bill, passed in
congress Friday, contains an item of
$45,000 for Colonel C. P. Goodyear, of !
Brunswick. Ga.. in payment for valua- 1
ble resuits obtained by bis operations
on the outer bar. There was some
fear that when this item got before
the'house it would be objected to. as
some enemies of Colonel Goodyear out
aide of congress have been doing their
utmost to enlist the assistance of d.fferent
representatives in opposition to
the appropriation.
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ATLANTA PEN'S FIRST ESCAPE
Desperate Criminal Squeezes Through
Bars of Window and Silently
Vanishes In the Dark.
R. E. East, known as convict No. 82,
escaped from the federal prison at
Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday evening at
7 o'clock, and, wearing the prison
clothes in which he worked as a barber,
disappeared in the darkness of the
surrounding woods as though he had
been swallowed up in the earth.
East escaped from the finest prison
building in the world. In spite of the
most rigid rules; in spite of thorough
watchfulness and regardless of steel
bars that seemed to defy the ingenuity
cf man. he made his break for liberty,
and was gone before the alarm could
be given.
The escape of convict No. 82 is the
first to go on the record of the Atlanta
federal prison.
East was a fifteen-year man, sent up
for burglary from the northern district
of the Indian Territory, and has a bad
record. He had been taken to the basement
under the prison to act as a
barber. He had shaved a number of
fellow convicts and was getting ready
to return to his cell for the night. A
guard was with him. For a few minutes
the guard stepped into an adjoining
room, and when he returned East
was gone. The doors were all securely
locked and the windows were barred.
There was apparently no place
through which a man could get out.
Yet there was one place?a window
in which one of the lower bars was a
trifle too high. No one had ever noticed
this defect, except East. When
the chance came, he squeezed through
i tsilently and quickly.
The escape created a sensation at
the the federal prison. The building
had been open for only a few weeks,
and to have & convict escape so soon
was not a thing to be relished by the
officers in charge. The warden was
notified, and he hastened to the prison
and took active measures to capture
the fugitive.
GIGANTIC STRIKE PROBABLE.
Anthracite Coal Diggers Get No Satisfaction
From Operators.
The miners' convention at Shamokin,
Pa., Wednesday heard the report
of the special committee appointed to
seek a conference with the operators.
After adjournment this evening President
Mitchell, speaking for the press
tMc cfatamenf'
t_UU!!.ll i I LCC, 1U?UE wid uwvv~.>.-..
"The committee reported the refusal
of E. B. Thomas, chairman of directors
of the Erie railroad, to receive the
committee and the consequent failure
of their efforts to make the necessary
arrangement with him. The same
committee reported the result of interviews
with the railroad presidents
and presented letters from the raih
road companies. The letters are all ot
the same purport?a positive refusal
to confer with the representatives ol
their employes upcn the wages to be
paid and the conditions of employment
which should obtain.
It is needless to say the delegates
expressed keen disappointment and
the opposition to continuing work un
der the present low wages and unfaii
conditions was unanimous apd em
phatic."
DECAPITATED BY ROPE.
Horrible Incident at Hanging of Mur
derer Will Lanier.
Will Lanier, murderer of two broth
ers, met death on the gallows at Aber
deen, Miss., Wednesday. He was firm
to the last and made an address in
which he stated that the cause of his
downfall was gambling and illicit
whisky making.
When the rope stretched, the spec
tators were horrified to see his head
leap from his body, severed as com
pletely as though cut with an ax. A
iarge crowd witnessed the execution
For Attending Martyr President.
The bills of the physicians who attended
the late President McKinlej
have been received in Washington and
will be transmitted to congress at ar
early date.
Puppet King Goes Hence.
Achilles I, known as the "king ol
Patagonia and Araauchina," died Tr
Paris Wednesday of pneumonia.
PUBLISHERS IN TROUBLE.
Charge of Fraudulent Use of Maiii
Against Philadelphia Concern.
At Philadelphia Thursday, Charles
L. Graham, president of the People's
Publishing Company; William L. Hoi
Ioway, former manager of the com
pany, and George Y. Clements, formei
assistant manager, were held in $2,00(
bail each for trial on the charge oi
using the mails to cheat and defraud
The charge was preferred by Post
office Inspector Holden, who testified
that the company had for a long time
past been making a practice of securing
agents for the sale of alleged
worthless books.
METHODISTS IN CONFERENCE.
Northern and Southern Branches Plar
For Mutual Basis of Work.
The first session of a joint commis
sion representing the Methodist Epis
copal church and the Methodist Epis
copal church, south, began at Baltimore
Friday The conference w.**
held in private.
A plan is sought by which mission
work may be unified and an economic
basis of operations may bo established,
and the result of the conference will
undoubtedly be far-reaching
REFORM SCHOOL ON FIRE.
Nearly Three Hundred Children Mt<
naced By Early Morning Blaze.
Early Thursday morning the Lexington.
Ky., fire department was not!
tied that the state school of reform,
six miles frcm the city, and in which
2S7 children are confined, was in
fiames. The inmates are thought tc
have all gotten our. safely. A fire en
gine was scut from the city.
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR
?
'
Train Pianos From the Rails
to Fearfgl Destruction.
SIXTY TONS OF MAIL BURNED
Great Pile of Wreckage Takes Fire
and Only Pullmans Were Left.
Two Men Killed and
j Many Hurt. . ^, :%A
The northbound limited maril and ....
vestibule passenger train, No. 38, on 4
| the Virginia Midland railway, of the
I Southern system, was wrecked near
I Covesvjlle, Va., 12 miles south of f
Charlottesville, at 4 o'clock Sunday vi
morning, by running into a rock slide
in a deep cut The train was late, and
was running at a rate of sixty miles
an hour. Two mail cars and a bag- v*g
gage car were piled up on the engine. ^
and fire sleepers and a club car were JM
The wreck took fire from the engine. ^
and all but the Pullman -cars were ^
completely destroyed. A colored porter,
named Nicholas Law, of Washing- |
ton, and an unknown tramp were . 'igj
killed. The porter's body was burned r *
to a crisp in the fire. ' 'S
None of the passengers were hurt,
but nearly all lost their baggage and WjsL
a great deal of their clothing. In the J^D
two mail cars were nine postal clerks. ^j?|
and, although the cars were broken to
kindMng wood, all the clerks escaped - ~%d
without serious injury.
Million Pieces of Mail Burned. '
The mail was entirely destroyed by J
the fire, and the loss in this reepect
was the greatest in the history of
southern railroad disasters. The
clerks had just finished assorting more
than a million pieces, composing fully
five tons of matter and including several
thousand registered pieces ot
great value. The loss cannot be estimated
at the presen" time, but will
amount-to many thousand dollars, A
greater part of the mail was on its
way to Washington and New York.
Very lifct'e foreign matter was included.
Lees than a dozen pieces were %?j
found lying about after the cars were
destroyed.
A hospital train waa madeJfllL4*i^ijM
Charlottesville and the injured mail
clerks were sent on to Washington,
where they were taken to a hospital.
MAD STRIKERS CAPTURE CARS, jf
They Beat Crewe, Run Out Passenger*
i I and Take Full Charge?Ar.
I reete Are Made. ;
A special from Norfolk, Va., says:
' Strike sympathisers owned the street
1 car line after 11:30 o'clock Saturday
I night
? At Atlantic City car No. 40, with vbgH
fourteen passengers aboard, was being
run out several pistol shuts were , /Sm
fired, one of them going through the
, fired, one of the mgoing through the
front of the car witbin a foot of the?
motorman's head.
As the motor-man shut off the current
and stopped the car, eight men <|&h[
jumped aboard. They beat the
ran the passengers from the car and ^
took it to the end cf the Tfnte, where it
. was found after midnight with the*
trolley pole broken.
j Second Attack Is Made. ;^S?
. J Car No. 50 was on Church street
i just as the strikers adjourned from a
i meeting. The strikers jumped &boa?4: ^
i the car, beat the mo to rm an and con- j*
ductor, can-sing them to take refuge
under seats, chased the only passes.
gers out of the car and took possesI
sion. They ran it several blocks down 1
. the street, took off the trolley pole and . - ^
L left the car in a dismantled condition. ^
Another car was later missing and
! no trace of it could be found. The
police arrested two persons in connec- ^
. ticn with the Atlantic Cdty affair. ^|lf
I Line It Reported Sold.
I It is reported that the Old Dominion. ?oj
, street railway has been sold for $450,-'.
000. William L. Elkins and P. A. B.
Widener, owners of the Philadelphia.
Traction Company and of street railI
way interests in New York and St.
, Louis, are mentioned a6 the pur- -^b
chasers.
PAID EIGHTEEN MILLIONS. 1
i That it Sum Given By Syndicate For
San Francisco Street Railways.
i T*.e Baltimore syndicate which pur- , ^
i chased the principal street car lines - ^
. of San Francisco, has paid over the - 2|s
. sum of $18,617,000. A certified cheok
. on the Union Trust Company of Sany- ;/'j
) Francisco was given and $5,000,000 of
I the purchase price will be paid to
stockholders in New York.
The final step took place Tuesday
1 when the stockholders of the Market
, Street railway met and ratified the
. action of the directors. The new com[
pany will be known as the United
Railroads of San Francisco.
ALL WANT A RAISE.
Textile Operators Make Demand Fof
> Ten Per Cent Increase.
The mill agents at Lowell, Mass., '
Friday considered the demand of tex'
tile operatives for an advance of 10
( per cent A letter was sent to the tex- *
tile council, but its contents were r*J|g
1 secret.
The several unions of cotton mill .>[':ig
operatives at Lewiston. Main-,, have . ^|||
also made a demand for a 10 per cent . |
increase in wages similar to that de- r
mandel in o^ber p'acesFRANCE
A GOOD CUSTOMER. ?
W? Stand Second In Lift of Nation's .
Trading With Her,
The United States stood second on
the^ list of nations from which France ; .;i%
purchased her supplies last year-and ^
fourth in the list of purchasers of prot
ducts of French origin, according to a
i report from United States Consul
i Tbackara at Havre, dated February.
20 and made public at the state tiej.artment
Thursday.