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' The Bamberg Herald. 1 . |Jg ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 1J903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. , J fMCSlCvlCNJCMCSlCMCMj ~ I SOUTH CAROLINA I i STATE NEWS ITEMS, x . 6CSlCSJrs3CSKMCMCMCSl? Bad Christmas for Moonshiners. News has reached Greenville of the total destruction of eight illicit distilleries in Oconee county by revenue officers on Christmas day. Six complete outfits were destroyed, while fermented beer and and low wines in large quantities were found at two. Officers succeeded in arresting four operators who are now in Walhalla jail awaiting trial \ (> * Promotion for Victor Blue. A Washington dispatch says: Lieutenant Victor Blue, the gallant South Carolina naval officer who was one of the heroes of the war with Spain, has been selected as flag lieutenant by Rear Admiral P. C. Cooper, who has been assigned to the command of a division of the Asiatic station. Blue is the voung officer who twice made his way through the Spanish lines and after an expedition of great length and much hardship verified the report that the Spanish fleet was in the harbor of Santiago. For that service Lieutenant Blue was advanced ten numbers. He is now in command of the gunboat Hist, of Admiral Dewey's fleet, in the West Indies. * * Oyster Factory Probable William Fait, a representative of the Gibes Preserving Company, of Baltimore, was in Charleston the past week on a business mission which may be of great benefit to that community.. His company is considering the advisability of establishing the largest oyster factory in the south, where the fine bivalves from Bull bay may be saved for other markets. Mr. Fait has made an investigation of conditions existing at other ports, ? but he says Charleston is best suited for the carrying on of the work. The plant will be operated on a big scale, and when in full working order will employ about 4,000 persons. Mr. Fait will submit a report to his company and it is said that contracts will probably be closed at an early date for the erection of buildings and for the oyster picking rights at Buil bay. * War on the Shylocks ? A bitter fight is oeing waged in Charleston against the "shylock" loan and installment companies, which are thriving on money collected from the colored population Under the guise of a state law these concerns have grown rich, ard according to a statement made by a citizen, who claimes to be able to prove what he says, mere than $300,000 is taken out of Charleston every year from the " poor jx>pulation. Exorbitant rates of interest are charged. The business has been steadily increasis*>fc?or the past few years. Not long ago a 520 per cent syndicate was f- _ driven out of business by the sudden disappearance of the president, who skipped with the funds. According to - a statement made by a leading furniture dealer, who is in a position to know, the wildcat concerns reap a rich harvest, the profits frequently amounting to 500 per cent a month. Not long ago the dealer said that he discovered where one set of furniture, hardly worth $50, had been transfer. re^t so often that the company had cleared $1,000 on the numerous transactions. ' Furniture is sold to negroes on the installment plan, with liens protecting it. Goods on which $98 have been paid have been seized and carted away when it was impossible for purchasers to make good the $2 additional,'and consequently the buyers are left in the lurch. Instances of this kind have been numerous, and the co-operative association is being formed to drive such concerns out of the field. * Safe Blowers Infest the State. Prom the number of robberies committed in various parts of South Carolina, the authorities believe that three separate gangs of safe blowers are at work. The sherds in every county have been on the alert, but safes have been blown open with dynamite under their very eyes. The conditions have, become alarming, and at no other time have such depredations been reported. One gang started in from the North Carolina line and struck the section of this state south of Charlotte. Simultaneously the lo"tf r part of the state was visited. The other gangs operated in the Piedmont section, and along the Georgia state line, and on Monday the latest report of the cracksmen cam? from "Seneca, where tne saie 01 the Courtney Manufacturing Company was blown open. The strange part of the thing is that the gangs have not committed any robberies in Charleston Local detectives say that suspicious characters, believed to be members of the gang, were in the city recently. They were shadowed, had unlimited money, and moved out before any of the banks were harmed. There are better chances In the country districts, where the most numerous thefts have been known, and by remaining in the small towns bigger hauls have been made than would have been possible in the larger cities. In many instances the robbers have fled without carrying off their tools, and from this evidence left oehind the authorities are convinced that experts are at work. Many of the sneriffs think that the gangs came south from Massachusetts. Copies of Boston newspapers and other articles from that state have been picked up, which naturally led to the opinion that the robbers have business connections in New England. * ? Clayton Don't Want It. The announcement made in Charleston from such high authority that it is the effect that Dr, V, P. Clayton will not be appointed United States marshal by President Roosevelt, shows how badly complicated is the political situation in South CaroJ*na. For business and personal reasons, Jr. Clayton, who is now serving as marshal under temporary appointment of the court has decided to withdraw from the race.. He had never filed a formal application, although the president gave out a statement that Dr. Clayton would be nahied. In this chaotic condition it is left to District Attorney John G, Capers to recommend a marshal for the appointment, which will be made on January 5. Dr. Crum, on that day, will be nominated as collector of customs at Charleston, and it is necessary to put a new marshal in charge at the same time. There are a score of applicants for the place. President Roosevelt has considered the advisability of appointing Internal Revenue Collector Micah Jenkins marshal, but Major Jenkins does not desire to change offices. There is some tniL- <-?f arvnnintinp' foriier District At kW4U O torney Lathrop to one of the better offices, and in fact hundreds of names have been mentioned. Dr. Crum's nomination will be sent to the United States senate on January , 5. There is no longer any doubt about his getting the collectorship, and business men who fought him are preparing to submit. The statement is made that Crum would give a number of the minor offices in the custom house to I white men, many citizens having already applied. ? That Greenwood Lnching. W. K. Jay, a prominent young farmer of the Troy section of Greenwood ! county, was foully murdered in his | own yard by a negro. Oliver Wideman, or his wife, both of them living on the place. Both of the negroes were lynched by Jay's infuriated neighbors. Mr. Jay, on returning home heard Wideman abusing or fighting his (Wideman's) wife. He went to the cabin and ordered the negroes to be quiet. Immediately afterwards Mrs. Jay heard the report of a gun and saw the two negroes running away. Calling for her hlsband, she had no answer, and on looking over the yard found him dead in a pool of his own blood. Almost his entire head had been blown off. The alarm was given and parties were soon scouring the country in pur! suit of the negroes. They were captured. Before the coroner's inquest both acknowledged the deed, but the man said the woman did it, and the woman accused the man. While in the custody of a constable on the way to jail tvney were stopped . .1 ^ v? J i J at me vvimerseai Dnage Dy a truwu j of infurited friends and neighbors of Jay, and both negroes were lynched. The lynching took place about midnight, seven hours after the inquest. The coroner's inquest over the bodies held Monday, found a verdict that they came to their death at the hands of unknown persons. None of the lynchers were masked. The governor promises to take action. The sworn testimony of Emma Wideman given just before she was shot to death, is in the coroner's findings. She said: "I did not shoot Mr. Jay. Oliver, my ! husband, shot him. Mr. Jay was in the yard. Oliver was on the top step with a gun in his hand. After the shooting I met Oliver at the branch He still carried the gun. and took it to , *his mother's house, where he left it. Oliver told his mother that he had shot Mr. Jay." Except the accusation of her husband, there is nothing to show that the woman participated in the killing. IN WINTER'S ICY GRIP. Coldest Wave of Season Experienced Throughout the Country. The coldest weather of the winter prevailed Friday throughout the United States. The temperature reported . to the weather bureau from many places south of the Ohio river range ' from 6 degrees above Evansville, Ind., to 46 at Galveston and 4S at Corpus Christ!, Texas. Some of the tempera- * tures reported in the south are: Louisville 9, which is 21 degrees be- ' low normal; Nashville 14, Chattanooga 1 16, Memphis 20- Atlanta 18, and Little Rock 22. i WHISKY HOUSE BURNED. Flames at Louisville, Ky., Cause Loss : of $100,000. Fire which broke out at about 11:30 o'clock Monday night in the whole ] sale whisky house of Bonnie Brothers, at Louisville, caused a loss of about. ( $100,000 and threatened for a time to destroy the Louisville and Nash- ] ville road's general offices and other property valued at three or four times that amount. The flames, however, ( were gotten under control, after a hard j Tight. _ , AMERICAN GOLD IN MEXICO. Half Billion of Yankee Money is In vested in the Republic. Five hundred million dollars gold is the amount of American capital invested in Mexico by 1,117 American companies, firms and individuals, according to estimates carefully prepared by Consul General A. D. Barlow, at Mexico City. Practically all of this amount has been invested within the past five years. TROUBLE WHELMS MASCAGNI. Bailiff Breaks Up Tour of MuchlyAbused Dago Composer. The American tour of Pietro Mascagni and his Italian opera company came to a sudden close Monday in Chicago with the cancellation of all dates. The culmination of Signor Mascagni's woes came when an attachment was made on his personal effects by a constable representing a local claimftftt ter |13i ... ... I HAWAII FOR HACK MAN. Fortune Thinks Islands Great Place to Colonize His People?Talks of Conditions There. T. Thomas Fortune, special labor commissioner appointed by Secretary Shaw to visit the Philippine and Hawaiian islands, reached Honolulu Wednesday. In an interview he said: "I believe that the importation of negroes here forms a solution of the difficulty which unavoidably follows the absorption of tropical or semitropical countries by the United States. In the southern states and Carolinas the negro made the industries what they are." The commissioner said that there might be difficulty in detaining them there, but he thought the planters could get all they wanted if they sent the right sort of agents after them. "You could get 10,000 here in six months," he said. In view of the news from Washington that the senate gave a hostile reception to the plan for allowing Chi nese to enter Hawaii as laborers, the views of Commissioner Fortune have attracted much attention. Hawaii Is in need of more labor. The Merchants' Association, backed by the builders and traders' exchange and other similar organizations, is preparing to make a fight in support of the plan offered by the plantation men to secure legislation from congress, allowing the importation of Chinese laborers for plantation work only, under certain restrictions. Local labor unions have decided against the proposition and will oppose the plan. It is understood that the matter will be discussed in the forthcoming report of the committee "which visited Hawaii. MERRY DAY AT WHITE HOUSE. How President, Cabinet Officers and Ambassadors Observed Christmas. Snow, which began falling at Washington lato Wednesday night, gave Washington a genuine Christmas appearance Thursday morning. Public entirely suspended. Interest cenand private ousiness was practically tered in the happenings at the white house. Early in the morning the president and all the members of his family repaired to the library, where presents were exchanged, and the many boxes and packages which had come from out of town opened. There were a large number of callers and many gifts in the shape of handsome floral pieces were received. Soon after breakfast the president, Theodore, Jr., and Lieutenant Ferguson, of the j Rough Riders, who is a guest, tool: a long horseback ride, returning in time to join the rest of the family at luncheon with Commander and Mrs. Cowles. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained a number of friends at dinner Christmas night. The table was set in the newly finished state dining room. The guests included Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Mr. John Lodge, Captain and Mrs. Cowles, Mr. I John Elliott, of New York; Mrs. I Charles Henry Dav/^ Miss Davis, the Messrs. Davis and Mr. Robert Fergu- . son. At the homes of the cabinet officers the day was quietly observed, while among the embassies and lega- . tions elaborate preparations had been made for celebrating. Official dinner parties were given by the British, Mexican and Russian ambassadors. The Argentne minister and wife gave ' a> children's party at the legation, while the minister from Peru and his wife entertained a number of Peruin tho various S-choolS v lau oiuuvul-o v**v ?- ? ? ? and colleges of the United States. ANYTHING SUITS CASTRO. He Telegraphs Acceptance of Arbitration by The Hague Tribunal. President Castro has telegraphed from La Victoria his acceptance of the proposal to submit all pending dif- <1 Acuities to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal, subject to certain 1 conditions, which include cessation of 1 the blockade and the return to Vene- 1 zuela of the fleet seized by the powers. Castro's acceptance has been > transmitted to the Washington gov- 1 ernment, whence the proposal ema- 1 ciated. i FORNEY MET TRAGIC DLATH. Killed by Bullet from Parlor Rifle ' While Amusing His Children. The announcement of the trayic and sudden death o- Mr. Jacob For- ( ney, professor of pedagogy at the ( University of Alabama, which occurred Wednesday morning at Spring- 1 ville, Ala., where he, his wife and two \ children were visiting Mrs. Forney's parents, Dr. and Mrs. James McLaughlin, will bring sincere regret to many ^ Alabamians. Mr. Forney had been amusing his c children by shooting at sparrows with a 22-calibre parlor rifle. By some mischance the rifle discharged COMING TO OUR DOMAIN. Crown Princess and Archduke Find ' Europe Too lncongenial. It is reported in Vienna on good authority that Archduke Ferdinand and the crown princess of Saxony and their companions purpose coming to ] the United States, there being little i probability of their finding congenial < homes in Europe. TWENTY MILLIONS RAISED. Northern Methodists Make Good ' Their Thank Offering Fund. The Rev. E. M. Mills, at Rochester, i N. Y., corresponding secretary of the j Methodist Episcopal thank offering ] fund, is completing his final report. He says every dollar of the $20,000,- < 000 called for three years ago has i been raised in cash and pledges. ; More than half a million for educa- . tional purposes has been received j ROOSEVELT DECLINES Castro is Referred to The Hague With His Tronbles. JOB OF ARBITER NOT WANTED Conditions Attached to Arbitration Proposition of the Powers Not Yet Made Public at Washington. A Washington special says: President Roosevelt will not be the arbitrator of the Venezuelan controversy. The whole vexatious subject will be referred to The Hague tribunal for adjudication. Epitomized, this was the situation as it had resolved itself at the conclu " AAl'iVrr TTrl ^ O V bion UI lilt? CctUlllUl IHCCUU5 xuuttj. The meeting was not so long as the sessions of the cabinet usually are. All the members except Secretary Root were present. The Venezuelan question was the principal and practically the only topic 0^ general concern under consideration. Secretary Hay presented the net results of his cable correspondence with the governments at London, Berlin, Rome and Caracas. In accordance with the suggestion made several days ago by President Roosevelt through Secretary Hay, President Castro, cf Venezuela, was reported to have agreed to submit the differences between his government and the European powers to the arbitration of the tribunal at The Hague. The European powers not only consented to submit the controversy to arbitration, but, while they had expressed a preference for an arbitration to be conducted by President Roosevelt, they had assented to his suggestion that the matter be referred to The Hague. The presentation of the case met the hearty approval of the members of the cabinet. No" fear is expressed by the administration that the Monroe doctrine will be brought into the controversy in any manner that might re- * suit in any embarrassing situation for the United States. Secretary Hay is preparing a note to the powers, in which the gratification of this government is expressed for the course agreed upon by them in settlement of the pending difficulties. No intimation is given of the conditions which may have been imposed by the European powers or by President Castro precedent to the arbitration. It is known that Great Britain was willing to submit the subject to arbitration of President Roosevelt nracticallv without conditions, but the suggestion is made that one, and perhaps two, of the other powers involved propose some conditions ^hich might have proved embarrassing to the president had he undertaken the responsibility of determining the question. It is understood that some money must pass, but it is also known that the amount of cash to be required of Venezuela before arb'tration is not nearly so large as has been stated. It is not possible to learn, either, whether the allies insist upon apologies from Castro, and while it is assumed that the blockade will be speedily raised, no arrangement to that end has yet been made. The energies of the negotiations are now being devoted to the framing of what will be known as a condition protocol, and it is hoped that while this class of document does not undertake to closely define issues to be presented, it will still contain a provision for the removal of the blockade. FIVE DEAD; FIFTEEN HURT. News of Frightful Railroad Wreck Comes From Canada. It Is reported that the Chicago express on the Grand Trunk railway, which left London. Ontario, Friday, at 9:30 o'clock for Sarnia, collided with a fast freight going east, at Strathroy. The railroad officials refuse to talk about the matter, but the latest reports from the scene of the wreck state that five persons were killed and fifteen Injured. WOE PURSUES MASCAGNI. 3ago Composer Arrested by His Manager for Embezzlement. Signor Pietro Mascagni, the Italian composer who abandoned his American trip while playing in Cnicago last treek, was placed under arrest Friday aight on a charge of embezzlement by lis former manager, Richard Heard. When Mascagni decided to return to [taly he had no further use for his American manager and discharged lim. Heard asserts that his contract called for $5,000 and tried to collect ;hat amount. Mascagni refused to pay , Seard any such sum and the arrest , ollowed. , SHEEP PERISH IN FLAMES. Five Hundred Incinerated-In Burning Stock Yards Barns. At noon Christmas day the sheep barns of the United Stock Yards Com aany, at South Omaha, Neb., bhrned, ogether with 500 sheep, entailing a , .oss of $50,000. The fire is supposed :o have started from a cigar stub , iropped in the barn by one of the workmen. AN EXECUTION POSTPONED. Supreme Court of Georgia to Pasi Upon tht> Case of Henry Bryant. John Henry Bryant, the negro sentenced to hang in Mouitrie, Ga., did sot pay the penalty on the gallows Friday. His case was carried to the supreme ' :ourt by his attorneys in Moultrie, i md will be given a hearing some time 1 .vithin the next thirty days. For thie 1 eason the execution will not tak< place until passed upon by the su , 1 ?remo court. ... _ ... . .... BLOCKADE KOI EFFECTIVE. 7irst Test Results in Back Down and Red D Liner Enters Port of La Guayra. A special from Caracas, Venezuela, says: The Red D line steamer Caracas safely entered the harbor at La Guayra at S o'clock Tuesday morning. The mail, freight and passengers were landed at 10 o'clock. The captain of the British cruiser Tribune notified the commander of the Caracas that throughout her stay at La Gvayra she must leave the harbor eveiy night. This nreasure is regarded as vexatious, and causes great expense to the owners of the steamer. The decision to admit the Caracas was not arrived at without some difficulty, due, it is claimed to the lack of unity of action on the part of the allies. The commander of the British cruiser Tribune Monday notified Mr. Schuek, the consul of Great Britain, that the Caracas could not enter the port of La Guayra Tuesday. The Tribune then sailed from La Guayra, leaving the Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan in charge of the blockade. The first act of the commander of the Bausan was to notify the agents of the Red D line that the Caracas would not be allowed to land her passengers, mail or freight. Mr. Boulton, of Boulton & Co., agents of the line, and all the foreign merchants entered protests against the Italian commander's decision as violating the terms of the decree es tablishing the blockade. Meanwhile Lieutenant Commander Diehl, of the Marietta, after an hour's conference with the Italian commanded, succeeded in convincing him that he was wrong in his interpretation of the blockade decrees, and finally the captain of -the Giovanni Bausan assured Lieutenant Commander Diehl that the Caracas would be allowed to enter the port of La Guayra without hindrance. The German warship which passed La Guayra Sunday towing two large schooners was the Panther, ^he captunred the vessels near Maracaibo. The Bausan and Tribune took the following prizes Monday: The schooner Castor, loaded with salt, from Araya the schooner Mary Luisa, with - ? ? ?> k/xnw/3 Porn. cargo or cucua uu u-j<xi u, uuui v?nr nero; the sloop Josefita Carmin de Vega, loaded with a general cargo from Carenero; the sloop Cornelia, froh Guanta. PRIMATE OF ENGLAND DEAD. Archbishop of Canterbury Finally Succumbs to the Inevitable. The Most Rev. Frederick Temple, archbishop of Canterbury, and primate of all England, who has been ill for some time past, is dead in London. The archbishop passed away Tuesday morning of old age. The pathetic "scene in Westminster abbey at the coronation of King Edward was one of the earlier indications of his failing strength. Then came the collapse in the house of lords, at the conclusion of a vigorous speech in support of the education bill. He had not left his bed since. POPE TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL. Striken While Making Congratulatry Address to Cardinals. The Exchange Telegraph (London), says: "The pope was suddenly taken ill while receiving the cardinals Tues- j day. For a time he was incapable of ! speech. When the address was over ; he was carried from the throne and put to bed." DICE LEAD TO DEATH. * I In Game at Pensacola, Florida, Conductor Kills Groceryman. Ia a fight over a game of dice at Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday Walker I Humphreys, a Louisville and Nash- ' ville conductor, shot and instantly ; killed W. M. Barnett, a groceryman. ( Four wounds, any of which would have proved fatal, were inflicted. A , coroner's jury rendered a verdict say- j ing Humphreys acted in self defense. DAMAGES FOR A BOYCOTT. * Chicago Court Awards $22,000 for Hinchcliffe's Loss of Business. A verdict having a significant bearing on the right of labor organizations to maintain or assist in enforcing a boycott was rendered Saturday in Judge Val's court at Chicago, whereby George Hinchcliffe was awarded $22,000 damages against the members of the Chicago Builders' Association and ] the Brick Manufacturers' Association. : Hinchcliffe asked for $100,000 damages, which he alleged he had sustained owing to a boycott of the product Df his brick yards at Hobart, Ind., on the part of the associations CHOLERA DECIMATES MOROS. Mindanao Villages are Almost Depopulated by the Plague.' Moros, on the island of Mindanao, report that cholera is depopulating the j villages on the east side of Lake La- | nao. At Maciu there is an average | of fifty deaths a day. The disease also i prevails at Bacolod. It has appeared j on all sides of LaT.e Lanao, but th* ; Visayan residents of the island do not ! yet seem to have been attached. HOW MOB OBSERVED CHRISTMAS | Negro Accused of Murder Hanged by Lynchers at Pittsburg, Kansas. Montgomery Godley, colored, was j taken from the Pittsburg, Kansas, j jail Christmas day by a crowd of men, | who hanged him, cut his throat and again hanged him. The men who lynched Godley said they believed he bad deliberately killed Policeman Mil- j ton Hinkle at a Christmas dance, j Godley had been in jail but two hours j the mob seized himk > * I"KEEP HANDS OFF!" i Is Advice of American People to President Roosevelt. OBJECT TO HIS BEING ARBITER | Concensus of Opinion is Against Ac* ceptance of Such a Delicate Re* sponsibility and Compromis* .. ing Position is Feared. . > .. The Atlanta Journal's Washington correspondent wires his paper as follows : With the whole country practically at his back in the attitude of saying, "Don't do that," President Roosevelt is yet undecided on the proposition of the powers to arbitrate the claims i against Venezuela. Those senators and reDresentatives ~ " * who are In Washington are almost unanimous in the opinion that the president should keep his hands off the job. The president has entered a refusal to the first intimation of^the j powers' proposal, but that intimation I was merely a feeler. Now the direct | request of the powers is before him j and he must soon give a direct reply ! to them. I It is the opinion cf Washington that | we have so far come out of the im! broglic with credit, but that we might | get seriously entangled if our chief ! executive attempts to act as accounti ant for the Venezuelan claims. No one here advances any reason j as to why the powers should call on our president for the great task, when The Hague tribunal is constituted for just that purpose. *It is a tribute to him and the United States to be i asked to do the work by all parties j concerned, but whether he could do v i it and at the same time take care of i our interests is another matter. Senator Cullom, chairman of the , senate committee on foreign relations, declined to be publicly quoted, but it can be stated that he is disposed to regard it as a step to be | avoided if possible. Senator Cullom I Tuesday received several telegrams | from constituents in Chicago, asking ; him to see the president and request ; him not to serve. . Senator Foraker, of Ohio, a memi ber of the committee on foreign relations, said: "I sincerely trust the president will not consent to act as arbitrator in the Venezuelan controversy. It is assertj ed that by accepting the position as arbitrator, no responsibility attaches to the United States. That may be true, but at the same time the foreign powers will naturally expect the United States to assume certain obligations in support of any decision the .president may render. The course of the president and the secretary of state has thus far been arm, Due entirely neutral, and I have do reason to believe that there "Will be any material change in our policy which may involve us in serious complications j with any of the parties to the Vene! zuelan controversy, j Senator^ Morgan, of Alabama, the I ranking democrat snember of the j committee on foreign relations, said: "I do not put it too strongly when I say that it is ridiculous for Germany and Great Britain to ask the president of the United States to arbitrate this case. There is precedence for such action on the part of a president in boundary disputes and in cases where the disputes have not reached the point of war. But there is no precedent for such arbitration when once a state of belligerency 1 has been established. Acts of war have taken place and war was de- < clared by Great Britain." < FURLOUGH FROM JAIL. ??- 1 Judge is Released Long Enough to take in Christmas Holidays. Judge Thomas Nevitt, of St. Clair 1 county, Missouri, who * has been in ( jail in Marysville for failing to obey 1 a mandate of the United States court, j was released Tuesday by Judge Phil- J lips so he could spend Christmas with his family. After the holidays he will 1 return to the Marysville jail. 1 NEW MAINE IS READY. Battleship Goes Into Commission and | May be Sent to Dewey. . The new battleship Maine was placed in commission at the League Island ( navy yard, in Philadelphia, Monday. c She was turned over to Captain Lentze j who will command her. t It is thought the new fighter will be r manned, coaled and provisioned as quickly as possible and sent to the 1 West Indies to take part in the maneu- I vers under Admiral Dewey. The full * complement of men for the Maine will i be 550. 2 MISSOURI BANK ROBBED. Professional Cracksmen Present Them- ^ selves With Nice Christmas Gift The Bank of Union, Mo., was burglarized between 1 and 2 o'clock Sat- ( urday morning, the vault beng blown open with nitro-glycerine, and $15,000, ^ the entre contents of the safe, stolen, c The robbers were two in number and i are believed to be professionals. They t made good their escape. f MILLARD LEE RESPITED. Slayer of Miss Suttles Will be Tried < on Plea of Insanity. Millard Lee, murderer of Miss Lilla May Suttles, did net hang at Atlanta Tuesday morning. Thirty minutes before the time set for his execution, Governor J. M. Ter* rell -signed an order, respiting the condemned murderer for thirty days. Lee will be tried on January 12th for his sanity. If insane, he will be sent to the state asylum. If sane, the gallows trap must fall 1 " GREAT PIECE OF IMPUDENCE." German General Reiterates Bismarck's Famous Declaration Anent the Monroe Doctrine. A cable dispatch from Berlin says: The German government is completely silent as to when the Venezuelan blockade will be raised or whether it will be raised at all until every question concerning arbitration of the dispute Is settled. The acceptance of arbitration after the blockade was begun is certainly not received with popular favor in Germany. General von Boguslawski, one of the foremost military writers, contributed to The Tagliche Rundschau his views upon the Monroe doctrine and argues that the withdrawal of the blockade at this stage would show singular weakness. After alluding to the late Prince Bismarc.-c's expression that the Monroe doctrine was "a great piece of impudence," the general says: "That was a true word. America is divided into many states. In varieties of race and language she is hardly second to Europe. Row can one state assert that it has the right of interference and protection over an entire continent and that it will tolerate only under certain conditions any action, however just, of European nations against an American state? A turtner [ question is Row it happens that this doctrine, set up eighty years ago by an American statesman, has been able to justify itself in fact, wim absolutely no justification in the law of nations, when the United States feels herself threatened through any occupation of territory, of course she has the right, like any other nation, to raise a protest and, if necessary, employ force. No Recognition. "But there must be no talk of even an apparent recognition of the Monroe doctrine as an international law principle on the part of the European nations. It is for the latter to act, otherwise they will soon feel the thumbscrews which they put on thereby. "Through the war against Spain, American self-importance has been infinitely increased, often showing a diseased character. The courtesies shown America by Germany have nanaturally not diminished that self-esteem. How little success excessive courtesy has wrought is again shown her. Certainly the allies cannot be blamed for sharing the United States' sensitiveness to the greatest extreme and in seeking an agreement therewith. Regarding the action against Venezuela, the allies not only did so, but even went to the length of offering President Roosevelt the arbitratorship after beginning military, action. He refused, and. indeed for the reason that the justice of the case of the allies was so self-evident that his decision could only have been unfavorable to Venezuela, thereby damaging the United State's popularity with uie other nations of that hemisphere. Now that warlike action has been begun, no thumbscrews can be tolerated as to - - ?. -1 -Ml X J 99 How r&r me action taaen win exieau. SULTAN FORCED TO COVER. Rebels in Morocco Having Things Their Own Way?Spain Hurries Troops to the Rescue. A cable dispatch from Tangier, Morocco, says: The sultan of Morocco is said to have retired to the palace at Fez with all his available artillery and ammunition, and to have strongly barricaded himself in consequence of a threatened attack on the part of the rebels. A dispatch received in London Monday from Tangier, gives notice of the departure of ths English women missionaries at Fe2 and Tetuan for the coast. No mention is made of the departure of the Americans, several of whom were stationed at Fez and Mo^ quinez, nor of the departure of the English male missionaries. A Madrid dispatch states that the Spanish government is preparing for eventualities in Morocco, ana nas ordered troops at Malaga, Cadiz and Algiers to be held In readiness to promptly reinforce the garrisons at Ceuta and Melilla, Morocco, should the situation require it. A Spanish cruiser has been ordered to Tangier. CROWN PRINCESS LOCATED. .eaves Husband and Skips to Switzerland With Another Guy. The crown princess of Saxony is inj! Jeneva, Switzerland, under the name >f Fraulein Von Oben. Her brother, Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, and 'rofessor Giron are at the same hoel. The archduke has assumed the lame of De Buriano. King George and the Crown Prince rrederick know where the crown )rincess has sought refuge, but they lave decided to accept the estrangenent of the princess and her husband is irreparable. WANT LEADS TO TRAGEDY. Alabama Veteran Poisons Granddaughter and Then Kills Himself. At Florence, Ala., Sunday morning, Calvin Carson, an old confederate solder, driven to desperation by want, eith his granddaughter, a helpless Tipple, dependent on him, gave the drl carbolic acid and cut his own hroat. The girl had been a cripple rom birth and was 21 years old. SIX KILLED IN WRECK. Orders Forgotten and Deadly Smash* up Occurs on Colorado Railroad. Tuorc lriilA/i in a freight 01A UUU uviv ... _ vreck on the Colorado and Southern , ailroad near Trinidad, Col., Weunes- ' lay night. The cause of the accident, accordng to a statement by Engineer Pearce, of the extra train, was that he regular train had been overlooked, he extra running without orders and ' expecting to meet a passenger at , Bewoui tea mile* &or?a of Tri&idad. , * 'A ... 10 BLOCK TREATY N ' I _____ Reciprocity Arrangements With Cuba to Canse Fight :r^4t$k OPPOSITION FAST DEVELOPINi J Provisions Objectionable to Many 8en? :'M ators?Kaiser Bill, of Germany, 'j .'''fM is Taking Hand in tha ,, Jj Matter. A Washington special says: Conbid*' erable opposition is developing to tha ratification of the Cuban reciprocity;. .' Jta treaty now pending in the senate. It ,?jl? is not taking quite the form that the [M opposition to the Cuban legislation? took last spring, but it is sufficient ill substance to give concern to the friends of the treaty. From time to time, as opportunity' offers, the president is discussing the -?M matters with senators, particularly, those who are known to have objected -Jsa to the enactment of legislation extend* : ing taiff concessions to the Cuban re-? public. Several weeksago it appeared that the treaty when presented to the senate would be ratified without diffl- ,:Jji culty, but some senators are now tak- ^>||i ing as strong grounds against the treaty as they took against the legist. tion proposed at the last ses^on of s congress. These senators are of two | ' } classes?these who are opposed on principle to any "tariff tinkering" and those who represent states whose pro ducts may be affected by the concessions extended to Cuba by the pending treaty. Senators of the first class might be induced to support the treaty, inasmuch as it does not involve, in their view, an attack on the system of protection, were it not for their apprehension that the ratification of the Cuban treaty may lead to a demand from other countries that they, too, be ac-~ corded special taiiff concessions bjr ^ the United States. * May Hear from Germany. 8 It has been indicated to the preSi- , dent that in the event of the ratiflcav^ tion of the Cuban treaty a demand" ; ||9 may be expected from Germany within thirty days for concession* similar to those accorded Cuba. The most distinct desire of the German emperor, it is pointed out, is for the extension of the foreign commeice of hia empire. He, of course regards Cuba as a nation foreign to tho United States, and so far as that point is concerned, on allfours with Germany. If tariff concessions are granted to Cuba, Germany, under the most favored nar tion clause, will request that she be J|?| given similar concessions. That re>. :^5 quest may take the form almost of a . demand. If it be not granted, the tear is expressed that Germany may inl tiate legislation that will be inimical to the industrial development of this ;J| country, so far as Germany is concerned, even if it should not curtail Amer* ican commerce already established In ' Germany and its possessions. The same argument is applied to XM other countries, Germany being used simply as an example of what may be expected of all of the great foreign nations with which the Unitea State Jw has extensive commercial relations. ."SB ED CROWNED EMPEROR. ..*|| Interesting Coronation Ceremoniee Take Place In D^ihi, India. - A special from Delhi, India, informs jtjg the outside wosld that the viceroy; Lord Curzon, of Keddleston, made his state entry Monday into the capital of ,:v the moguls. This/instltuted the official opening of the durbar held to celebrate the accession of King ificwara as em- gg? peror of India. It was a splendid pageant, probably; unparalied in Its magnificence. At the head of the elephant procession '- 'M rode Lord and Lady Curfcon on the state "Grand Tusker," twelve feet high, the largest elephant in India. '-jM Their howdah was decked with gold and silver asdthe elephant itself ^ < almost hidden^Ke^aath a gold worked f saddle cloth. Surrounding them were foot men fnH^f|l? scarlet and gold liveries and bearing : massive silver staves.' THIRTY THOUSAND IN FEES. !' .? ? Surgeon Lorenz Says He is Not Mak? ^ ing a Barrel of Ducats. Adolyh Lorenz, who returned to New York Thursday from Boston, ./:S|?i while discussing his visit to thitf country, said In an interview: "There is one thing I want to say, and that is in regard to finance. I see it reported that I Have made in ; :;5^| this country $160,000. Now, as a matter of fact, I got one fee of $30,000 in Chicago, and in -the four months I *3fl| have been here I have earned just $30,000. My practice at home in four, months is worth that." y ^ SECOND HOT SPRINGS TRAGEDY. ? r.him* rif n*tActivefi shot hv Man He Attempted to Arrest Chief of Detective Jack Donahue , was shot and killed on the street by ; " i Frank Dougherty, a race track follower. Dougherty, It is claimed, had struck a woman with an ax, and, as Donahue came up and attempted te arest him, Doughertty shot the detective over the eye, killing him in* stantly. s. ? FUNERAL OF MINISTER BUCK. - " ' ^ Impressive Ceremonies Were Held 4n Tokio, Japan, December S. News has Just been received of the funeral of Minister Buck at Tokio, Japan, December 8th. Cold and rainy weather prevailed at the time appointed for the ceremonies, but that fact lid not affect the impress!veness of the * last tribute paid to the memory of the : departed minister. A worthy repre- . sentation of Americans and officials of the Japanese and ether nationalities itttfiA* the lerrieee it Tettet