Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r The Bamberg Herald. 1 ? ss3^ ft PP* "*"' .... ? ..., , ., .?.?.? ? ... . ? I I I , i I . _ t?rn K ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 8.1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. jj| ?CMf\JCMCMCNJCS8 MCM? I SOUTH CAROLINA \STATE NEWS ITEMS. S ? rslfMrsJCMCMCVlCMCSI? Unknown Men Did Lynching. The coroner's inquest over the bodies of Oliver Wideman and his wife, lynched for the murder of W. K. Jay, found a verdict that they came to their death at the hands of unknown persons. None of the lynchers were masked. . * * * "T'TT "Buggy Load" of Whisky. While on a raid in the upper section * of Greenville county a party of revenue officers and state constables captured a mule, buggy and 18 gallons of liquor. The driver of tne mule saw the officers in time to make his escape, leaving the team in the road. * New Industries Reported. The Tradesman (Chattanooga) reports the following new industries in CVULU l/CUUUUd. IUi IUW WWA. - v Darlington, $1,000,000 cotton oil com pany: Charleston, extensive oyster cannery; Mullins, $10,000 hardware company; Florence, tobacco factory; Walterboro, $10,000 iron works; Mount Pleasant, medicine factory; Conway, tobacco company. t * * " Fertilizer Sales Increase. According to estimates made by freight officials in Charleston, the movement of fertilizers out or that city this season will be the greatest on rbcord. The increase is variously estimated, although conservative figures will, doubtless, show an increase of 20 per cent. This will bring the total shipments up to 400,000 tons, or about 25,000 cars. The movement has already begun, and as the business has to be handled in a limited period, the Southern railway and the Atlantic Coast Line will be taxed to their utmost to get it shipped promptly to the interior. Shippers declare that the increase in the fertilizer trade is an undoubted indication that farmers in the interior will plant a larger cotton crop than heretofore. The sale of fertilizers is the best possible index to the cotton acreage, and this being; the case there will be more acres in cultivation than for many years past. % After Shore Terminal Property. * Negotiations are pending in Charleston by which the Southern railway j and the Atlantic Coast Line will take i over the East Shore Terminal railway property, running along the water front, and operate it as a part of their system. Heretofore this terminal concern has . . been conducted independently, and as a result excessive port charges have been added. Busi:-~ss people -ave raised' the contention that with this s link merged with the greater lines, ter- f t minal charges would be wiped out in j w- such a decisive manner that more j business would be handled througn the ^ port 5L G. Erwin, president oi the At- a lantic Coast Line, who was in the city j a few days ago, held a conference with William E. Huger, receiver of the c East Shore, and while declining to ^ make any statement, i. is known that t he visited Charleston to take the first s step toward the accomplishment jDf the T consolidation. J. M. Culp, vice presi- f dent of the Southern railway, has been t on a similar mission, and it is expect- v ed that formal announcement of the change will be made forthwith. The t bonds of the East Shore conmanv are c owned by the Atlantic Coast Line and tne soutnern" The rorragf c<5i2 party g owning a two-thirds interest by virtue of its purchas eof the Plant system. c = Child's Body Finally Buried. The conclusion of a remarkable ca3e ^ yas reached at Spartanburg last Wed- r nes-day afternoon in the Lurial of little 4-year-old Vivian Green, who died one , week previously. The funeral was set for the day af- t L ter death, but the father. T. A. Green, a prominent citizen, became convinced E I that there was possibly a spark of life a ' still left in the' body of the child, and j accordingly when the time for inter- v ment arrived the father refused to al- t low the body to be buried. The case has b^pn a remarkable . one. Instead of the usual rigor mortis . which generally comes on shortly af ter death and continues until decom- , position sets in, the body of the child r became perfectly soft and flexible, and * to one unacquainted with her real ~ condition, it seemed that the body still c supported life. The swelling caused j by the severe burns from which the child died also largely disappeared. ? For one solid week the bow of white ^ cepe hung on the front door of the r lathers nouse on unurcn sireet, near , the business section of tne city, while j the body of the llttie girl had lain with- s in snugly and warmly tucked in bed. The strain upon the father's mind was f terrible. c Physicians held out no hope what- i ever after'the child died, but the sus- \ picion in the fond father's mind could t not be eradicated by the physicians, a and Mr. Green accordingly kept the i body out for a week. \ i Three Widows Show Up. J Three widows are endeavoring to 1 obtain damages from the Southern I railway on account of the death of the j negro, K~ hert Simpson, in the wreck t jof the fast mail, No. 35, which occur- * ired in the city limits at Spartanburg * [in the morning of November 23. < I Simpson's body was carried to < iUreenville for burial soon after the ( ' r wreck, but the body was further re 'moved to Pickens county, where the ( 'interment took place. } Members of a well known legal firm 1 tof Greenville were approached by a negro woman claiming to 3e Simpson's widow, and application was made by 3 the lawyer, as a result of the inter view, for letters of administration up^a j; the estate of the deceased, preparatory jj / ' to bringing suit against the Southern railway for damages. The attorneys were making no especial haste to appear before a judge to secure letters patent for Mrs. Simpson No. 1, but when they did appear they j were overwhelmed to finu wife No. 2, j from Pickens county, had, through an j j attorney ,already secured the neces- ' sary papers making her the adminis- j tratrix of the deceased Simpson. The fight then began in earnest, and it was not long until it developed that widow No. 3 had through an at- j torney in Spartanburg also secured pa pers of administration in Spartanburg county and had filed a claim for $20,- ! 000 damages against the railroad for the death of her husband. The legal battle which will ensue will be fought to the bitter end and it ! is predicted that the Southern railway may attempt to prove that tne man who is claimed by three widows was never married at all. a e Commission Upholds Roads. The South Carolina state railroad commission has handed down an onin ion in the case of business men of i Charleston against the Southern rail- j way, claiming discrimination, in which ' it is held that no proof of discrimina- J tion was shown. This action on the part of the board was not unexpected. At the recent i hearing in Charleston evidence wa3 j ' submitted showing the conditions that j 3 existed two years ago, and there was a i general arraignment of the railroad i policy, based on information and be- ( lief. The vital spark of the hearing was ! j that the Southern had endeavored to j , divert export cotton from Charleston, ; ^ in favor of Norfolk, but the commis- j j sion declares that no such condition ^ was proven. It is admitted that two 1 ^ years ago there was some delay in the ; , movement of cotton to the port, but 1 the board says that this was not "dis- ! j criminative delay," and that conditions ^ have been and are still being im- j ( proved. In the opinion the board also re- j j ferred to the terminal cnarges in 1 ^ Charleston, which have militated c against the port. These troubles will < be remedied just as soon as possible. I j. President R. G. Erwin, of the Atlantic t Coast Line; Vice President f. M. Em- j t erson and Vice President J. M. Culp, j E of the Southern railway, have been ! f trying to arrange for a satisfae- i tory adjustment, and it is said they E will be successful in this undertaking. T As a further concession to business 8 people of Charleston, the freight de- ; parLLuent oi me ooumern railway nas z sent the freight bureau proposed tariff ^ sheets, which show a reduction of 15 ! 0 per cent on rates to local territory. , i, GREAT DAY AT DELHI. ts * : t: rlnal Ceremonies Commemorative cf a Coronation Gorgeous. s A cable dispatch from Delhi, India, I ? lays: Tens of thousands of people ; t) rom the city of Delhi and from vil- j p ages far and near began gathering at j h !ay break Thursday morning on the Teat plain outside the city. There hey waited patiently for the supreme , mncuncement of the durbar, that j q ?ing Edward was emperor of India. j S>oon the great plain was filled with j xowding masses of people and the | c (rightly colored clothing of the vast , t< hrong covered the space with gor- tl ;eous hues. The crowd on the plain p ras composed largely of the common ; 0 seople, but among it could be seen | n he retainers of the various rajahs 1 tl vho had assembled for the functions, j p The attention of all was fixed upon ! b he amphitheatre in the center of the i( (lain, where the announcement was a c be made. The amphitheatre was j tl ,domed with glided cupolas and silr- i tl ounded by batteries, squadrons and i n lattalions of the Indian army. Beyond j & he amphitheatre, in the distance ! n ouifi be seen great numbers of ele- ; u ihants, camels and horses. So <vast | ras the multitude that the troop!* ap- i fx (eared as mere splashes of color. i ti The arrival at the amphitheatre of | e he viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of j b Cedleston, and other dignitaries and j he princes was one of the brilliant j C! pisodes of the day. When the cere- j n aonies began Lord Curzon delivered ! , speech and read the message from i bi Cing Edward. In his address the I ^ 'iceroy announced the coronation of i V( he king; he exalted the loyal Indian i >eople and prophesied prosperity for j he Indian empire. He said also that ! t had been decided not to exact Inter- j ?t for three years on all loans made i P >r guaranteed by the government of ndia to the native states in connec- j ion with the recent famine. The j '< 'iceroy announced also the abolition ; "V if the Indian staff corps which has j P ong been an army sinecure. : ^ In the king's message, his majesty i ? laid that the prince and princess of it RTales would shortly visit India. He t< egretted his absence from the durbar ; S md sent his greetings to his Indian * >eople. In conclusion King Edward I i1 ;aid: j n "I renew the assurance of my regard 0 or the liberties of the Indian people; | a if my respect for their dignities and j dghts; of my interest in their ad- j ancement, and of my devotion to i heir welfare. These are the supreme ! B tims and objects of my rule which, : mder the blessing of Almighty God, | vill lead to the increasing prosperity j tj it my Indian empire and to the greater d lappiness of its people." * ^ As the viceroy finished reading the E dng's words the assembled people b woke into cheers for the king and em)eror. The cheering was taken up by f( he multitude outside the amphithea- n re and was long sustained. There ^ hen followed the presentation of In- ^ lian princes to the viceroy and the ! luke of Connaught and political offi- i :ers paid homage to the sovereign, rhis ended the ceremony and the royal . ^ ?rtege then left the arena, followed i by the delegates from foreign powers , :nd the Indian princes. i s< ? P Manila Editor is Fined Heavily. j s Manuel Range, editor of Libertas. a ' w 1 lanila newspaper, has been sentenced j f o six months' imprisonment at hard l abor to pay a fine of $2,000 gold for b; ibeling General Bell. _ j c( BERE5F0RD TALRS SENSE | Noted Englishman Scores His Coun* ; trymen and Upholds the Monroe Doctrine With Vehemence. A London special says: Admiral | Lord Beresford, the fighting talker, j who sailed Sunday for America, said j to a representative of tne Associated j Press before his departure: "I am going to America because I j have some private business to attend j to. It has nothing to do with the j shipping combine. If the Morgans had j paid me the compliment of offering ! me something in that connection, i which they have not, I should be oblig- ; ed to decline. However, in addition to ; attending to private business, I am go- ! ing to have a good look around, although I must be back in London for j the opening of parliament in Febuary. "I hope to pick up information regarding the administrative element in American business. That's where America excels. We do not know ! how to administer here. Our workmen are as good as theirs, but our adminis- ; tratioss are feeble. Our companies i want lords and commoners as direc- i tors who know nothing about business. < Yours demand straight business men who not only know but put their money into the concerns of which they are directors. If I can teach the people here to adopt American business ; ! methods, we can then have greater in- < terconimunication of capital and inter- < asts between the two countries. It is ' ike only way, and once England and I America get on a profit-sharing basis :he world will not dare to interfere 1 svith either. Neither of us will stand ] "or a political alliance. It is imrossi- j " 3le. Changing parties and the sentl- ; i nents of both countries forbid it. I j 1 xankly confess that a business alii- j 1 mce would be more to England's than ! America's advantage. America can | 1 ook after herself. She can fight the 1 vorld, either from an economic or any ! >ther viewpoint. ''They have not begun to realize ! 1 lere yet'that the long period during i vhich Great Britain held the monopoly 1 >f trade is over. i "You put your brightest men into t msiness. We put them into politics, j he navy and the army. That has got M o be changed, not for the sake of the j ^ noney it makes for the individual, but j t or the general good of the country, j 6 Vhen I return I hope to have a lot j J core information in my pocket which , c srill further these ends in parliament j .nd elsewhere." j e Asked what he thought of the Vene- j t ;uelan situation. Lord Beresford | t rought his hand emphatically down j c n the table. \ "Thank God!" he exclaimed, "that r t has come out al1 right. But it has j aught our government a lesson?that j t hey must i&ver try their hand again ; s t such a game without the partner- j a hip of the United States. I do not ! ay a word against Germany; but I , 3 o thinK it is to England's advantage ! d o come out and say not only 'we suport the Monroe doctrine,' but 'by f eavens we are willing to fight for it.' " j s : o FLURRY AT INDIANOLA. losing of Postoffice Creating Excite* j ment and Speculation. i E A special to the Memphis Commerial-Appeal from Greenville, Miss., by ; slephone from Indianola, Miss., says j S hat every effort is being made to sup- j t; ress trouble there that might grow i ut of the closing of the postoffice. The j b layor of the town and the sheriff of i c le county state that they do not ap- i b rehend that there will be an out- ) t! reak, but their action seems to speak j a >uder. than their words. The fact that j h cordon of deputy sheriffs has been j irown around the town leads many to * link that the government has sent a "V umber of secret service men there, h nd that they were among the large a umber of strangers who arrived Sat- t! rday night. Messages are hourly being received | om all parts of the surrounding coun- | y offering assistance, arms and mon- j F v if they are needed in case of trouie. Special correspondents from Chi- E iien. New Orleans St. T.onis Cincin- n ati and Memphis have arrived in the )wn. The city and county officials s elieve that a number of secret service ten are on the scene awaiting any do- e elopments that may arise. 1 GERMAN MARINES LANDED. 'opulace of Porto Cabello Given a ^ Temporary Fright. The Germans suddenly landed a )rce of marines at Porto Cabello, 'enezuela, Saturday morning and took G ossession of the custom house and p 'harves before resistance could be a {sf/Nwwl HPV? /<? nf A in Vi O K_ I r. 11 tri CU. A 11KZ CAWlt^ui^ul iuuau- j ^ ants was intense, and they prepared J c 3 defend the rest of the town. ; $ treets already had been barricaded ' rhen it was announced that the land- i 1( lg of the Germans was only a move- 1 T lent taken in order to clear the port j h f small craft and render the block- j a de more effective. o BUCK'S REMAINS EN ROUTE. F ody of Dead Minister Will Reach j Washington Last of Month. I It The remains of Col. A. E. Buck, I rnited States minister to Japan, who j ied very suddenly of heart disease j ^ hile hunting, will reach Washington, j i. C., the last of this month and will j ?* e interred in Arlington cemetery. 01 The letter containing the above in- j ^ jrmation was received Thursday j ac lorning by Clerk 0. C. Fuller, of the j n( istrict court of the United States iD , ^lanta, LOOMIS SUCCEEDS HILL. onsiderabie Changing Around Sched* ^ in Diplomatic Services. Dr. David Jayne Hill, first assistant j T, scretary of state, will relinquish that' ost this month t obecome United r tates minister to Switzerland. He aj ill be succeeded as first assistant by j 0 tancis B. Loomis, at Lisbon. Mr. j oomis will be succeeded at Lisbon B*" y Charles Pag eBryan, who has been W mfirmed as minister to Switzerland, -ilz DEADLY TOY PISTOLS Twenty-Seven Victims so Far of Cbrisimas Fan. SLIGHT HURTS CAUSE LOCKJAW Most of Fatalities Reported from Virginia and Carolinas?Many Pa. tients Yet Under Treatment and vMay Die. The number of deaths in Virginia and the Carolinas from lockjaw caused by wounds from toy pistols now reaches twenty-seven. Ten deaths have been reported from Portsmouth and Norfolk, and an equal number from North Carolina points, and seven from Charleston. Physicians still disagree as to the cause of the lockjaw epidemic, some claiming that the tetanus germ is in fhp atmnsnherc* Thnsa who lav the entire blame on the toy guns point to the fact that no death has been reported where the wound was caused In any other manner. A Charleston, S. C., special says: Seven boys, five white and two colored, have died since Christmas day :>f lockjaw, caused irom powder burns while firing toy pistols loaded with blank cartridges. Three deaths were reported to the board of health Saturday, and many physicians are treating other cases which may prove fatal and which may run the total death rate above seven. Pour of the boys died within twelve lours after being burned. The conditions have impressed the Doard of health with the importance of laving laws enacted here to prohibit die sale of toy pistols. No such fatalities were ever known lefore, and in view of the deatns paints of children still suffering with ockjaw are fearful that these will >rove fatal. The indications all point 0 that end. A special of Sunday from Norfolk, fa., says: Ten deaths and six victims vho may die is the record to date of he toy pistol that has been sold hereLbouts and which the Portsmouth an? Norfolk police have been instructed to ionflscate as deadly wreapons. The cases of lockjaw that have recited from the indiscriminate use of he little weapons that fire Uank carridges have been appalling. Other lases are reported from all quarters vhere the sale of the pistols was pernitted. Physicians are greatly interested in he cases. Every one of them has reulted from wounds in the hand from 1 toy pistol firing blank cartridges. A dispatch from Louisville, Ky., ays: Will Weis, 11 years of age, i3 ead and Henry Dolye, aged 11,. and Vill O'Neil, aged 13 years, are dying rom lockjaw caused by shooting themelves in the hand in firing toy pistols in Christmas day. INDIANS DRAW COLOR LINE. Hack Children Barred from Special School at Bowers Hill, Va. Negroes cannot enter the Indian School at Bowers Hill, Norfolk couny, Virginia. William Harman, an Indian, has een refused permission to send his hildren there. His wife, it is claimed, as negro blood, and the entire setlement of Bowers Hill is protesting gainst the admission of the alleged alf-breed children. The decision barring the negroes ras made by the school board of the Vestern Branch district. The board eld in drawing the color line that to dmit the negroes would be to disrupt he school. BANK VAULT SHATTERED. iobbers Used Thirteen Charges of Dynamite to Get at Cash. Five men entered the First National tank of Abingdon, 111., early Saturday lorning, bound and gagged the night ratchman and blew open the vault, ecuring ^3,400. Thirteen charges of dynamite were xploded before the cash was reached, 'he robbers escaped. lifcUKtilA UUlNVIUI MIKE. Jets State Fifty-One Thousand for Last Quarter of 1902. Secretary Goodloe Yancey, of the leorgia prison commission, has completed the work of figuring the 1 mount due the state for the hire of 1 onvicts for the quarter ending De- < ember 31, 1902. The amount due is 51,287.59. j The money derived from this c??l j action will go to the school fund, 'he amount this quarter is unusually irge, being the second largest mount to be collected since the pris- ? n commission was organized. 3 POSTMISTRESS LEAVES TOWN. c I is Thought that Trouble at Indian- t ola is Now Improbable. Minnie Coxe, the colored postmisess of Indianola, Miss., on account ! whose resignation the government dered the postolYe there closed, left ^ onday night for Birmingham, Ala., - icompanieu by her assistant. Ic is j. )w thought there is little danger of rther trouble. I OFF TO AFRIC'S SHORES. g Ifty-Four Negroes Sail from Savan* r nah En Route to Liberia. a A delegation of negroes bound for Iberia arrived at Savannah Friday I om Ocilla and Alapaha, Qa. There c e fifty-four in the party, a number ' entire families beirlg included. e The negroes sailed Saturday on the c eamship Kansas City for New York, hence they will sail for Liverpool c id thence to Monrovia. ^ - t * * | Cream of News.| Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Day. ?Mayor Howell took oath of office as chief executive of Atlanta Monday night. Mayor Mims retired, and first work of new council was to arrange to investigate police board. ?Atlanta Water Power and Electric Company is enjoined from constructing railroad from Roswell to Bull Sluice. ?Thomas Conrad, assistant baggage master at the Macon, Ga., union passenger station, was killed Monday by Arthur Shivers, a negro helper. ?The People's bank of Barnesville, Ga., makes an assignment, closing a lone Deriod of litigation. ?At Oneonto, Ala., Miss Alldreage, daughter of the sheriff, frees two prisoners and elopes with one of them. ?Richmond, Va., has an epidemic of smallpox, while deaths are still reported from lockjaw caused by wounds from toy guns ?The South Carolina railroad commission decides that the charges against the Southern railway as to diverting cotton from Charleston have not been proven. ?Congress reconvened Monday after the holiday recess. The coal situation was discussed in the senate. In the house Mr. Bartlett had a sharp spat with Speaker Henderson. ?Governor Taft, of the Pniiippines, will be named to succeed Justice Shiras on the supreme bench. General Luke Wright will succeed Taft as Governor. ?Former /Premier lagasta, of Spain, died at his home in Madrid Monday. All his associates in the liberal cabinet were at his bedside. ?Muscogee county, Ga., schools will in the future use Uunied States histories of southern authorship. ?Governor Terrell accepts invitation to visit Savannah, Ga., on February 22. An elaborate military program is to be arranged. ?The number of deaths from lockjaw caused by toy pistols reaches twenty-seven, seven deaths being reported from Charleston, S. C., and many from Norfolk, Va. ?The race between Teller and Wolcott in Colorado is an interesting one. Teller, the democratic candidate, has four republican opponents. ?Afpmhprs nf the Order of Railway Trainmen and Conductors met at St. Louis- Monday to receive answer to demand for increased pay. ?Complete details of the wreck near Birmingham on the Southern Saturday night show that one man was killed and twenty-eight injured. ?The baby elephant Topsy, who has killed three men, was electrocuted Coney Island, New York, Saturday. ?A party of fifty-four negroes leave Savannah for Liberia. ?The Blue Ridge, Ga., Mining Company is put into the hands of receivers. ?The annual report of State Treasurer Whitfield shows Florida to be in excellent financial condition. ?In a recent fire at Gadsden, Ala., one man is burned to death. ?Georgia Society of New York will give its second annual banquet on February 3. ?Preachers of Richmond are fighting the proposition to legalize Sunday racing. ?Henry Watterson, editor of the Courier-Journal Louisville, Ky., makes another attack on New York's "four hunflrpH " ?At Scranton, Pa., four houses were destroyed by a cave in, caused by the earth giving way over the workings of a mine. ?Castro says his course is correct and everything depends on the conduct of the allies. ?Mexicans claim the bubonic plague came to their country from China on a ship arriving December 15. ?Hon. J. R. Lamar, of Augusta, is appointed associate justice of the Georgia state supreme court to succeed Justice W. A. Little, who has resigned. ?Capitalists propose the erection in Atlanta, Ga., of a $1,000,000 car plant, to be the largest in .the southern states. ?Near Deatsville, Ala., Thursday, Mrs. B. Lane filled a negro assailant with buckshot, killing him instantly. ?Three South Carolina women en- ^ ter suits against the Southern railway tor the death of the same man, all j claiming him as her husband. I ?Annual report of the North Caroli- ; aa state penitentiary shows that the institution pays the state handsomely, i ?New Year's receptions on both 1 continents were brilliant affairs. That ] it the white house was unusually daz-li?? SUllg. I ?'me snerins or sixteen counties or Vfaine instruct their deputies to notify j lealers in liquor that they must dis)ose of their goods at once or suffer ' he consequences. ?United States Marshal Austin, of inoxville, Tenn., is charged with en- ] leavoring to get into a rake-off coal t :ontract. 2 ?Governor McSweeney, of South i Carolina, is being urged to bring suit i igainst a paper which made certain ^ larsh charges concerning him. ( ?rung Edward was proclaimed em- c >eror of India at Delhi Thursday with c ;reat pomp. ?The prince of Wales, duke of Conlaught and Lord Roberts contemplate | i tour of the United States. ?The cable from San Francisco to lawaii is complete and telegraphic i ommunication has been inaugurated. ] ?In one week four men over sev- ? inty years old were married in Carroll ounty, Ga. i ?Justice Shiras, of the United 1 States supreme court, will soon tender ^ lis resignation from that bench. 1 CASTRO SORE BESET Domestic Troubles Now Threaten to Knock Aim Oat FINANCIAL PANIC IS AVERTED Government Troops and Rebels En* gage in Sanguinary Conflict. Revolutionists Finally J? Y Abandon Field. r A special from Caracas, .Venezuela, says: The financial panic here has been momentarily arrested by an agreement between the leading traders of Caracas, La Guayra, Valencia and Puerto Cabelio, and the Bank of Venezuela. The traders have agreed to accept the bank's notes In payment of all accounts. The run on the bank has ceased. Fourteen hundred revolutionists under General Ramos and General Penalosa attacked eight hundred government troops under the command of General Acosta Sunday morning, at a point near Kautire. After four hours fighting the revolutionists abandoned the field and the town of Gautire. They had fifty-seven men killed and many wounded. One of their guns was captured. A prisoner captured by the government forces is authority for the statement that the revolutionists still lack ammunition. The activity and energy displayed by President Castro continues to surprise the foreign residents of Caracas. The answers from the powers to President Castro's counter-proposition in the matter of referring the Venezuelan issues to The Hague tribunal have not yet been received in Caracas. Advices from Berlin state that Com- i modore Scheder telegraphs that the Germans on Saturday seized a large number of Venezuelan sailing vessels at Porto Cabello. The prizes were towed to Los Roques, where they remain under guard. Otherwise there have been no developments at Porto Cabello. ( Commodore Scheder, in his dispatch, made no mention of the seizure of the customs house at Porto , bello. , The captured vesseis being private j property, the Vossiche Zeitung con- j demns the action of the commodore ] as barbarous, "although legal under , international maritime practice," says ( it supposes the German government j disapproves of the seizures and , quotes Chancellor Von Buelow's , statement made in his speech in the reichstag January 19, 19C0, when he said: "The German empire would s not refuse its consent and support if < o nrnsnwt' nresenteri itself for a more < precise definition through internation- t al agreement of the controvertea j points of maritime law than has hitherto prevailed." t The chancellor's declaration also ( referred to private property rights ^ during a naval war and he added: -\ "Maritime law is still very elastic j and under the existing circumstaces \ might too often decide rights ai sea. In other words, the standpoint of force has not yet been overmastered by the standpoint of justice." I MAYOR HOWELL INSTALLED. Atlanta's New Mun&b?al Regime En- 1 ter Upon Terms of Office. Mayor Evan P. Howell succeeded ^ former Mayor Livingston Mims as j mayor of Atlanta Monday night. Two ? new aldermen and seven new councilmen entered upon their terms of C office and two aldermen and seven cpuncilmen retired with Major Mims. c The closing session of the old coun- a cil and the opening session of the new council were lar^ ly attended and the t occasion was one 01 considerable Interest. ii Mayor Mims delivered his valedlc- t tory in which he reviewed the history of the city administiation for the S past two years and Mayor Howell made an inaugural address, in which he outlined the policy of the city for b the next two years. BYRD SCORES A POINT. Has Affidavit of Doctors that He Usea No Drugs. News comes from Atlanta that General Phil G. Byrd, who is being sued for a total divorce by his wife, is not ^ addicted to the use of morphine, co- ^ :aine, or any other drug, according to d; lwo of the most reputable physicians p: !n Atlanta. n: As soon as the divorce proceedings t< were made public and it was alleged that General Byrd used drugs, he im- pi mediately underwent an examination fl: by physicians in order to prove that he did not use drugs of any sort. at cl cNDEAVORERS ENDORSE CHIEF. Head of Atlanta Police Force Complimented for His Good Work. ^ The Atlanta, Ga., union of Christian Endeavor, representing every Chris- fj ion Endeavor society in the city, a idopted resolutions, at its monthly h neeting Friday night heartily indors- e Tin. +Via optlnn nf Plhipf r>f Pnlipfi John /?, "fa ~ V, fV. Ball in maintaining order on c Christmas day, and also strongly in- p lorsing him for re-election to the office p )f chief. MINE HORROR IN RUSSIA, Fifty-Eight Lives Lost in Flames of a C Burning Pit. Advices from St. Petersburg, Russia, state that fifty-eight lives were ^ ost in the recent fire in a coal mine a it Barchmut, Ykatorinoslav province, c Eleven men were rescued after hav- s] ng been sixty hours in the burned o: nines, and twenty-one of tne miners ci vere saved after being five days in the R nine. b CONGRESS RESUMES BUSINESS Lively Tilt Between Speaker Henden? son and Bartlett, of Georgia. Senate Routine. A Washington special says: Congress resumed its session Monday after the holiday recess. A lively incident occurred in the house when Representative Bartlett, of Georgia, rebelled against Speaker Henderson's refusal to recognize him and ne gave the speaker some warm talk. The general army staff bill was under discussion and Hull, of Iowa, had the floor. Mr. Bartlett arose to ask him a Question and Mr. Hull paused to hear him. After Mr. Bartlett arose, Warner, a republican, of Illinois, arose. Speaker Henderson was attempting to recognize Warner, but Hull interrupted to say he had yielded to Mr. Bartlett. "The gentleman from Georgia has not asked for recognition," said the speaker. "The gentleman from Illinois will proceed." Mr. Bartlett advanced a few feet down the aisle, highly indignant. "I ask for recogntion," he cried, "and I don't propose to be criticised by the speaker in any such manner." "The gentleman will be seated," ordered Henderson. "I will not be seated," replied Bartlett. "I asked fox recognition and demand it." The speaker grew red in the face, hesitated in confussion, while a murmur of approval for Bartlect's nervy stand went over the house. Finally the speaker wilted. "The gentleman from Georgia will proceed," he said benignedly.. "The speaker apologizes for not hearing him ask for recognition." Mr. Bartlett, thereupon, went back to his seat and proceeded to discuss the bill with Mr. Hull. The Georgian is the only man in congress who has rebelled strenousIy against Henderson's decisions: The scene recalled the days ot Reed's rulings. As soon as the senate met Tuesday, Mr. jHoar, of Massachusetts, gave notice that he would address the senate Tuesday on his anti-trust bill. Senator Lodge introduced a bill suspending for a period of 90 days the duties on coal imported into tne United States. Senator Mason, of Illinois, introduced a bill to provide for temporaryoperation of coal mines. It provides | that hereafter, whenever any coal mine is inoperative and continues to be inoperative to the prejudice of the rights of the people, it shall be the duty of the attorney general to apply to any judge of a United States sourt for a receiver for che mine and Dperate same. Mr. Culberson, of Texas, introduced a. joint resolution providing for the admission of anthracite coal free of duty. He said there was a great scarcity of coal and this would tend :o relieve the people who now were suffering for fuel. He asked for immediate considera;ion of the resolution, but Mr. Piatt, )f Connecticut, objected, saying there vas no duty on anthracite coal. Mr. 7est, of Missouri, denied this statenent, saying the construction of the aw was such as to impose a duty. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. .arge Batch of Names Sent to Senate at Monday's Session. The president sent the following lominations tc the senate Monday: United States marshal, J. Duncan Idams, district of South Carolina. Surveyor of customs?Thomas C. Qlliott, Cairo, 111.; Joseph W. Dilling, Nashville, Tenn. Collectors of customs?William D. Drum, Charleston, S. C. State consul general?Hugh . Pit aim, or Pennsylvania (now consul j ,t Hamburg. Consul?William R. EStes, Minnesoa", at Antigua, West Indies. The president also sent the follow- ; ag nominations of postmasters in , he south to the senate: West Virginia?Charles Edwards, lontgomery. Texas?Isham H. Nelson, Snyder. Alabama?Jas. M. Hobson, Greensoro. Georgia?John A. Crawford, Dalton. ANOTHER FOOL WOMAN'S ACT. iberate Prisoners from Jail and Elopes With One of Them. A special to the Birmingham News om Oneonta, Ala., says that during unday night Miss Etta Alldredge, 1 aughter of the sheriff, liberated two risoners, Louis Gurley, charged with j turder, and Mayburn Murphree, senmced for adultery. Miss Alldredge, it is said, accom- { anied one of the prisoners in his 1 ight, supposed to be Murphree. 1 The sheriff was absent on business ' t the time and his daughter was in ' large of the jail keys. TOWN IS STILL SINKING. ave.ln at oryphant Continues and Great Alarm Seizes Populace. Just before noon Saturday another >11 /if oorth onlarp-Art ttlA hie PaVA-in **l VJL VWVM V"?v.*0vv? ? - ? , t Alyphant, Pa., and removed over j alf of the support from beneath the i Ivans building, which stands on the orner of the cavity made by Frida>'s ave-in. Several large cracks have apeared on the surface of adjacent 1 roperty. Much alarm prevails. SAN JUAN MAYOR ARRESTED. harged With Alleged Extensive Steal* ing and Embezzlements. The mayor of San Juan, Porto Rico, [anuel Egozcue, has been arrested nd is held "on a $5,000 bail on the harge, made by Insular Official In- i peetor Hoist, of destroying the recrds of the city water receipts, which j 1 onstituted the only evidence of al- i jged extensive peculations and emezzlements. i j COLOR CAUSES KICK) I fc <M Negro Woman Postmaster in Mississippi Casus Belli. ; . i ORDER ISSUED CLOSING OFFICE J Affair is Aired in Cabinet Meeting J1 and, Backed Up by President Roosevelt, a Formal State* i - pg ment is Issued. ' A Washington special says: Presi* -'*?! | dent Roosevelt has ordered that the| :J| i postofflce at Indianola, Miss., be eloe-j - ^ | ed until the people of that town acquis jljaj ' esce in the presence of a negro wo-i I man as official representative of thftj ' : United States government in the col-j * . lection and distribution of the* mails. { ? * For two hours and more Friday th?| * ...-.'JJj cabinet discuss^wthe Indianola post# office and the upshot of the discussion came late in the afternoon in the , shape of an official statement from the: white house giving reasons why theij V.^li business interests of the town must be* '"%lj subordinated to the administration'* desire to continue the woman in office. I Ji Minnie M. Cox was first named aft postmistress by President Harrison* under whom she served three year*. .y? She was reappointed in 1897 by Presi- , dent McKinley. Investigations made by postoffice inspectors developed, so '.jis It is claimed, that she was forced to resign. The plea of the business men \ at Indianola that her resignation be1 -* ^ accepted and somebody else appointed in order that they may get their mailft has been turned down, and they most : .?v| accept the edict or have no postoffice. In the meantime they are Informed ''%*? that the Indianola mails will go to Greenville, some miles away. Postmaster Payne laid the matter before* y :; the cabinet. It brought up the wholft J* southern question. It was decided finally to issue a for- . .*13 mal statement concerning the Indianola case. Secretary Cortelyou, fost' -s^fi the president, made public the follow# "The postmaster at Indianola, Miss.* ? '^jS is Minnie M. Cox, a colored woman. She served three years as postmaster under President Harrison. When President McKinley clBfe in she waft again appointed, in 1897, nearly six years ago. Her character and standi'ng in the community are indorsed by the best and most reputable people in the town. Among those on her bonds . ^ is the present democratic state senar t| tor irom uie aistnct, togeioer wixn uis * leading banker at Indianola, and an ex* --s state senator from the district, also a . democrat. The postmaster and her # husband own from $10,000 to $15,000 worth of property in Sunflower county. The reports of the postofflce ihspectors who have investigated the office from time to time show that she1 -llf has given the utmost satisfaction to all the patrons of the office; that she is tits +*] all times courteous, faithful, competent and honest in the discharge p? '/j her duties. Her moral standing in the community is of the highest Her rep- , ^ utation is of the best. Few offices of yjjS this grade in any state are conducted; yts. better. Allegation of Threats. "The postmaster recently forwarded * ^ her resignation to take effect on Jan- t uary 1, but the report of Inspectors and information received from various |gg reputable white citizens of the town ^ and neighborhood show that the re-. _ ^ signation was forced by a brutal and' ^ lawless element purely upon the ^ ground of her color, and was obtained under terror of threats of physical vio ittuie. xiiw.ma;ui \jl tno LUWU *UU. the sheriff of ^he-county both told the postofflce Inspector that if she refused to resign they could not be answerable >a for her safety, although at the same time not on$ word was said against her management of thei office. On January 1 the bondsmen telegraphed that ;:the postofflce was' closed? tha*vJthe_ . postmaster' claimed that her resignation was in the president's hands to take effect January 1, and that there - v had been no advice of the appointment of her successor." - 'd.-ri "By direction of the president the following telegram was sent by the postmaster general to the bondsmen: " 'The postmaster's resignation hae been received, but not accepted. In view of the fact that'the office at In- . ^ dianola is closed all mail addressed to that office will be forwarded to Green- /'!{ ville.' "The papers in the case have been lent to the attorney general for ao< . tion." C i. Victims of Deadly Toy Guns. The list of fatalities from lockjaw causeu oy puwuw uuius uurn uujr pia- - v tols on Christmas at Norfolk, Va., Increased by two Friday, and has reached a total of six, while several other, children are being treated. MAKES AN ASSIGNMENT. 'v People's Bank at Barnesville turns Affairs Over to Depositors. The People's bank of Barnesvillet % Ga., successor to the Barnesville Sav? ings bank, which faued in December, 1901, made an assignment Monday to E. Humble and A. A. Murphey. Under the reorganization plan the new bank was to take up certificates to the amount of $18,000 January 1. This it failed to do. Mr. Rumble Is one of the largest depositors of tha nM hont VAU KJ (Ml U ? ? ? i-:FIRST MESSAGES EXCHANGED. ^ Honolulu Now Linked by New Cable With San Francisco. San Francisco and Honolulu exchanged their first word by cable at 11:03 o'clock Thursday night. The signals were good. Almost immediately after communication was established a message of greeting was flashed to President Roosevelt at Washington. The message was from Governor Dole.