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The Bamberg Herald. | : ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19.1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. |;|| I SOUTH CAROLINA I I STATE NEWS ITEMS, i CSirsJCMCMCMCMCMCMl New Depot for Laurens. The Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company will commence at once the erection of a freight depot and other freight facilities in Laurens to cost $20,000. * * Bad School Children. Eleven pupils of Spartanburg public schools have been whipped and two expelled for forging or getting some one to forge excuses from their pa. rents for their absence from school. * * Will Plant Tobacco. At Hodges, in the northwestern part of the state, ten leading farmers, encouraged by the success of planters in the eastern part of South Carolina, Vinvo n-rcranWorl tr? ovnArimnnt in tobac co culture. They will employ an expert and a large acreage will be cultivated this year. A similar experiment on a smaller scale is being made in Spartanburg county. *V-?' * I * * - " Schoppau! G^ts His Pension. A Washington dispatch states that the pension claim of L. A. Schoppaul, of Union, which has been in the hands of the pension bureau for some time, has been adjusted, and as a result M. Schoppaul will get nearljl $600 of accumulated money and $30 monthly, on account of injuries received as the result of an explosion during the Spanish-American war. - . * * Killing at Greenville. After a hoated discussion over an old debt, John Goodwin shot and killed \ James W. Henson at Greenville. Both men_ are well known throughout the surrounding countjy. The shooting oc curred on one of the principal streets. Goodwin was immediately placed under arrest. Henson died in about fifteen minutes after being shot and made no statement. * * New South Carolina Industries. The Chattanooga Tradesman shows the following newjjj^tts^fies-fstabTisTr"' e^JiH^is^state-during the past week: "^jSiUingtoa, $20,000 lumber company; Dillon, $100,000 cotton mill; Hamer, $100,000 cotton mill St. George, tele phone company; Columbia, ice factory, woodworking plant; Walterboro, $10,000 foundry; Greenville, $12,000 com pany to manufacture steam valves, etc. s * * * L. W. Simkins Passes Away. Lewis Wardlaw Simkins, a promi nent lawyer and former member ot the legislature, died at his home in Lau rens the past week. He was 49 year? old. Mr. Simkins was a son of the late i Colonel John C. Simkins, who was killed at Battery Wagener during the civil war, and was connected with prominent families througn South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. f" - ? * r - r' Standard Must Move Tanks. The city council of Charleston, after an investigation, has declared that the Standard Oil Company violated At'A AAr. o etnroorfi IUO UlUluailLCO 111 uyci aiiug a. plant in the city limits. A few weeks ago one of the buildings caught fire and three members of the fire department were seriously burned by exploding tanks. In the face of great danger the department prevented the explosion of a 10,000gallon tank, partly filled with gasoline, the wrecking of which would have destroyed a dozen blocks. * ? King Arrested at Denmark. William C. King, who killed SamueJ Rogers and seriously wounded James Rogers, near Florence some time ago, was captured at Denmark the past week. After the killing King went to Den mark. He represented himself as being an expert on tobacco raising and . interested S. G. Mayfield, a prominent lawyer of that place and state senator. As a result of his representations the firm of Mayfield & King, tobacco planters, was formed. King was progressing nicely with his new enterprise when he was arrested for murder. The firm of May field & King has been dissolved by the arrest of the latter. Heavy Movement of Fertilizers. The movement of fertilizers from the Charleston factories, which has already begun, promises to be the heaviest on record. According to the estimates made by the railroaas, on figures furnished by the mills, the output will amount to more than 400,000 tons. This will require at least 25,000 cars. With the present car shortage and the general congestion of freight traffic the freight agents are worried about the conditions, as the business is such that it has to be handled without delay. Thus far, however, the railroads have been giving the best service possible. They are unable to provide cars as rapidly as last season. It is simply a question of cars, and the buy.^s are appreciating this fact. The fertilizer dealers think that from ihe heavy demand the farmers are preparing for a larger cotton acreage tnan for many years. * South Carolina Criminal Statistics. The annual report of attorney general, which has been prepared, contains interesting statistics of the state for the year 1902. Between the ages of 10 and 15 years there were 12 white, 57 blacks, 68 males and 1 female offenders; between 15 and 20 years there were 23 white. 220 colored. 233 male and 10 female offenders; between 20 and 30 years, there were 120 white, 639 colored, 715 male and 10 female offenders; between ; 3d and 40 years of age 128 white, 259 black3, 365 male and 22 female offenders; between the ages of 40 and 50, there were 50 white. 106 black, 150 male and 6 female offenders; between the ages of 50 and 60 years there were 40 white, 54 black, 91 male and 3 female offenders. J The convictions wore 202 white, > 1,054 black; acquittals, 170 white, 305 black. The total number of cases were 1,731. The several circuits give a total ol 223 cases of manslaughter during the year. The verdicts in the cases that went to trial were "guilty," of murder or manslaughter, in all cases except 102. which resulted in a verdict of "not guilty." * * Tillman's Defense Outlined. J. H. Tillman's application for ball was made before Chief Justice Pope, at Newberry, but because the defense had failed to give the prosecution cotk AIM V? /-V ?/V AT*_ yiczy fjL iugu aiuuaiu me juugt uidered a continuance until Thursday. The importance of tho proceeding was that in the affidavits read in court Tillman's defense was revealed. Tillman, when he laces the jury that must decido his fate, will swear that he kiled Editor lionzales in selfdefense. He will allege t.iat threats 1 were, sent him. that his friends warned him that his life was in momentary peril and that it was generally known 1 i something would happen when the two men met face to face for the first ' I time. The following statement, to which < has been attached the prisoner's signa- 1 ture, will be the basis of tho defense ' in the trial in April: '< "For more than a year, and possibly < longer, N. G. Gonzales has villified me, 1 pursuing me unrelentingly with mal- < ice which I believe was never equal- ' led in the history of the state, charg- < ing me with being a liar, blackguard, ! rogue, debauchee and villian and such I other epithets. Every act of mine has i been discolored and distorted by the I malice and venom of Gonzales. I Though innocent, I was called upon to j endure these things, because I was a > public officer. I bore all these things ' in silence and with patience, although : my private character.whicn I have con- j sidered sacred, was brought into the public eye, invaded, discussed and j held up to public derision. I was in- < formed- dtff{ng~"fue" -CSSipaigiT' thai- -( there was a rumor that Gonzales had ( said that if Tillman would say the t same things in Columbia he had saio ? elsewhere, there would be a personal i ncounter in which one of them would c die. I was repeatedly urged and warn- ^ ed to look out for my personal safety f while in Columbia. I was informed 1 that Gonzales came to the state i house and asked for rae, and said that i he had made mc show the white fea'h- 1 er on other occasions and would so so t again. 1 "T holjovorl of tho tlmo nf tho shoot- ? X WV41V ? VU MV v A* v v. ? ing and still believe that Gonzales c was armed. I was still anxious to avoid r personal encounter if it could oe hon- c orably avoided. As I was about io re- t tire from the office of lieutenant gov- i ernor of South Carolina. I was engag- t ed on the day of the shooting in mov- t ing some of my office effects from the c room I had occupied in the state capi- j tol. Among other things, it became t necessary to remove two pistols, one ? weapon was my own. the other was s left in the room by a friend. While I was carrying these weapons to my t room on Main street, I observed Gon- t zales coming towards me. He was t glaring at me, had his overcoat but- \ toned up and both hands shoved into ] his side pockets. Suddenly he pushed \ his right hand deep into his pocket ^ and turned upon me. At this time f Gonzales was glaring at me. Believ- ] ing my life was in danger, I hurriedly t Baid: 'I got your message,' and fired. t "I believed then and believe now t that Gonzales was armed, and was intending to kill me. When i saw him t cut across tho street in my direction, with his hands in his pockets, I watt firmly convinced that if I did not shoot first he would." ITALY'S TIME TO KICK. Germany Waives that Cash Demand. But Annoys the Dacoes. At the earnest suggestion o. Baron von Sternberg, the German government has agreed to waive its demand for a cash payment of *340,000 and has accepted the' proposition of its minister that it receive thi3 mone} from Venezuela in five monthly instaii ments, the first installment to be paid two weeks after th? signing of tho protocoL Italy is somewhat annoyed at Germany's demand for increased cash, and the Italian ambassador cannot present his protocol for signature until the receipt of further instructions tvom his government. REDUCED RATES TO ATLANTA Via Central of Georgia Railway Account Meeting Greater Georgia Association To be held at Atlanta February 17, ; 1903, Central of Georgia railway wilt sell excursion tickets from all ticket stations In Georgia for all trains leaving starting points after noon of February 16th, and for all trains of February 17th, final limit 'February 19, 1903, at rhte of one fare for round ^ trip, plus 25 cents. Minimum rates. , whole tickets 50 cents, half tickets 25 cents. Fast and frequent trains to Atlanta via this line. For tickets . and further Information, apply to your nearest ticket agent. c VICTORY FOR "LILY WHITES." ( Report that Sheppard Will be Appoint- 1 ed to Florida Office. Advices at Tallahassee, Fla., from Washington report that the president will appoint William F. Sheppard, oi Apalachicola, United States district at- t torner for the northern district of FlorIda. This ends a hot contest with a victory for the faction with which . Sheppard affiliated. Sheppard was recently removed as collector of customs at Apalachicola at. , the instigation of J. N. Coombs, the e' anti-lily white leader * * } J Legislative Melange > <> # The senate finance committee reported unfavorably on Representative Johnston's bill changing tne charter fees which had been passod by the house. The report was adopted. The bill provided that the secretary ?1 state collect the following fees upc? each charter issued or renewed to any corporation, payable when the said charter is issued or renewed. The sum of 1 mill upon each dollar of capital stock; for the record each declaration, petition or return precedent i to the granting of any commission of ! corporation charter, amendment or in- I crease or decrease of capital stock or ; renewal of charter- required by law ! to be recorded in said office, the sum of $2.50 for each paper so recorded for filing each declaration or other paper by any foreign corporation, $5; for filing each charter granted in another state and by-laws adopted thereunder, or either required by law to be filed, $5. The same committee reported on uovcrnor Aicsweeneys veto 01 me j joint resolution passed last session re- j quiring the state treasurer to write off i his books certain bonds Ube state bank bonds), recommending that the resolution be passed over the governor's veto. The report went on the calendar and was made a special order. The appropriation bill came before Lhe house the past week. The appropriations for state colleges met with Lhe usual number of hostile motions, ' i and the appropriation for Winthrop j college was reduced $12,000. The Richards bill, to increase the amount Df each scholarship from $44 to $100, nay be assigned the cause for this re- ; iuction. The house, by a majority of i 11 votes, lefused to make a direct cut, j Dut afterwards adopted Mr. Lide's j notion to require all scholarships to j be paid out of the general appropria:ion. The bill had provided tor an appropriation of $52,000 for operating expenses and $5,456 for scholarships. ^Vinthrop got $57,456 last year and isked for $65,456 this year, but instead is given $46,544. A bill has been passed in the senite requiring the superintendents ot iducation to have a first grade teacher's certificate from the state board of education. The examfnatfon^^^^apeF^K, ire to be prepared by that board and ipplicants are to stand examination j )efore the county boards to whom the j piestion will be sent. Other bills j vere: To provide for building a jaii ; or Clarendon county, to authorize the jorrowing of money therefor and to jrovide fo the repayment theeof;; to luthorize and require the county joard Of commissioners of Lee county o build a jail for said county and to evy a tax therefor; to authorize and empower counties and incorporated dties and towns to own and operate ock quarries and work convicts there -3 -5 >n HLIU fcfXltJLlU L11C [jun^o juiwuivtiuu, I o incorporate the Union Manufacturng and Power Company, to enable ! he commissioners of the sinking fund : o lend funds to the county board of i commissioners of Oconee county to >ay the indebtedness of said county, >oard of commissioners to pledge the j special tax levy herein provided for to secure the same. When the superintendents of educalon bill came up in the senate for a hird reading Senator Sharpe moved o indefinitely postpone the bill. He vas absent yesterday and said that he relieved the bill unconstitutional, lence his motion. A yea and nay vote vas demanded and the bill was indeinitely postponed by a vote of 21 to .2. Several senators had entered on he journal tneir reasons for changing heir votes, the constitutional objec1 ion being paramount. In the senate at Tuesday's session, he following bills passed third read-" ng. To amend Section 574, criminal code, relating to privilege of licensed Iruggists under the dispensary law, so is to allow wholesale druggists to sell j ilcohol without profit to licened druggists to change and designate certain ownships in Sumter county, and to >rovide for change* the registration certificate; to create a board of fire commissioners for the city of Green-1 rille, in this state, to define its powers ind duties; to prohibit the driving of cattle and other live stock into this state from other states and to provide i penalty therefor; to provide for the i erection of a new jail for Berkeley :ounty; to provide for repairing the nonument erected by the state upon the battlefield of Chickamauga; to ncorporate the Union Manufacturing md Power Company; to authorize and j provide for the erection of a new j lourt house for the county of Darling-j on, and for reindexing and otherwise j perfecting the public records of said I :ounty; to authorize the trustees of | jantt School district, of Anderson j ?ounty, to issue bonds for the purpose : )f erecting a school building and ! equipping same. The house, after an all-day session, inished the general appropriation bill. | The bill was adopted practically as re-! ported by the ways and means comnittee. The only changes of any im portanco were the cut of $5,640 in the tVinthrop appropriation, by taking the scholarship fund out of the general | naintenance fund, and the cut of the j 'unas for the state board of health to j . i 55,000. There was a fight, as usual, \ )n the pension fund, on the South Car- ' >lina College appropriation, on the Citadel and all along the line, but none | )f these propositions prevailed. Con- j ;iderable opposition was developed to he appropriation for the negro state jollege, located at Orangeburg, coming >rincipally from the Orangeburg deleration. The appropriation last year vas $8,000, the committee recommendid $5,000 this year. Mr. Holman want- j Hi to cut the appropriation to $2,500. j vhich was defeated by a vote of 74 o 34. The advocates of the cut ; hought that Tom Miller, president of j he college, had made himself obnox- [ ous. By a vote of 18 to 20 the senate pass- \ id a resolution to appoint a committee j o investigate the management of the state dispensary. The committee is to ! have the power of court and report its j findings within the session. The sen ate killed the bill to change the num1 ber of members of the board of direc| tors from three to seven. The commit| tee is now at work taking evidence, j The witnesses so far examined are disj charged employeea of the dispensary, who testify that labels on whisky barrels have been raised, i The house has passed a bill to allow j railroads to operate fruit and vegetaI ble trains on Sunday. The law has I permitted such trains to be run in j April, May, Jun? and July, and the i provisions are now extended to the ! entire year. The bill is said to protect the interests of big fruit concerns whose steamers come into port with bananas on Saturdays and the cargo must be hurried out. When the general supply bill was taken up thero was no objection or question about the five-mill tax levy as recommended in the bill as reported. The county levies were then taken up and adopted. The only discussion on the entire bill wa.s on a single line in the Marion paragraph, on which the delegation was divided. The bill was given its second reading, with every county agreed upon with the exception of Charleston county, which was not ready to insert in the bill, and the paragraph will be inserted on the third reading. A bill has just been passed by the house to provide a ponument for Wade Hampton. The bill appropriates the sum of $20,000, if so much be necessary, when $10,000 has been secured by subscription. By the narrow margin of four votes the house killc-d the compulsory educational bill passed by the senate. A bill laying a tax of 50 cents on each dog, for the benefit of the public school fund, was passed. TURMOIL IN CENTRAL AMERICA. General War Threatened Among the Pigmy Republics to the South of us?Situation Most Serious. Advices which reached Panama Thursday from San Jose, Costa Rica, say that a diplomatic mission from the republic of Salvador arrived at San Jose February 6, bringing several proposals for the formation of a triple alliance between Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica against Guatemala and to further the plans for the proc"iSffia^ll.^_Jh^union^fij^the Central American republics. " " According to these advices the whole of Central America may be involved in war, as the political condi tions are the most critical. The civil war in Honduras continues and Guatemala is aiding the adherents of Bonilla, the elected president of Honduras, who is unable to assume office owing to the opposition cf General Sierra, tho president of the republic, whose term has expired. Nicaragua and Salvador are understood to be co-ODerating against Guatemala and to be furnishing tne enemies of the Guatemalan' government witi? arms and ammunition. About 30,00.* Salvadorean troops are reported hi be near the frontier of Guatemala. War Not Yet Declared. The state department has been advised by United States Minister Merry that the president of Salvauor has informed him that complete tranquility prevails in Salvador and that the rumored declaration of war is false. 'BAER CLOSES ARGUMENTS. Great Crowd Assembled to Hear President of the Reading Company. Before an audience mat. filled every inch of space in the United States circuit court room, at Philauelphia, President George F. Baer, of the Heading company, made his closing argument for the coal operators before the strike commission Thursday. The j most significant part of his speech | was in the following words: "Many good men have found fault ! with us for not making an agreement j with the United Mine Workers of : America. You will recall that the de- j mand made upon us for a uniform j scale of wages covering the whole an- j thracile field. All of the operators j were asked to meet in committee with a view of adopting a uniform scale. The conditions of employment are not always the same and therefore a uniform scale of V'ages applicable to the }Vhote United States would not be just. "WTa mifln ororv effort to OOT1 TT C iiwrv 1UUUV v ? V* J V vw vince Mr. Mitchell and his friemls of ! the utter impracticaoility of his scheme. Our chief objection to his | organization was that it was a ioreign organization, existing in a rival and and competitive business. We never could see the wisdom of permitting the bituminous coal miners to inject themselves into the anthracite mining situation. It, has proved to be just as mischievous as we believed it would be. "In addition to the fact that the miners' union was controlled by the hostile interests we oDjected because j we cannot delegate to the miners' ! union or any other labor union, the right to determine who shall be our employes." After reviewing the old "sliding ; scale" wage system, Mr. Baer present- j ed this proposition: "That the rate of wages now paid j shall be the minimum basis for the j next three years; that from the 1st of j \Womhpr 1 Q05> to tho 1st of Anril. ! A . W . V, ? - ' ' | 1903, all employes other than the ! contrast miners shall be pan* an nddi- j tional 5 per cent; that on anu atter j April 1, 1903, for each 5 cents in ex- | cess of $4.50 per ton on the average J price realized for white ash coal in the j harbor of New York, or on all sizes ' above pea, wages shall be advanced 1 i per cent, the wages to rise or fall 1 ! per cent for each 5 cents increase or I decrease in prices, but they shall nev- ! er fall below tne rate cf wages now } paid." Hepburn Bill Favore-. The Tennessee state senate Thursday adopted a resolution urging Ten- ; nessee's senators to vote for the Hep- i burn bill, which subjects the trans- j portation of liquors from one stale to another to local laws and police regulations. j WIND WRECKS TOWN i Villiage of Bowman, Georgia, | Reported Literally Wiped Out. | BLIZZARD SWEEPS OVER SOUTH I | Wires Down and Casualties Difficult to Ascertain?North, East and West Also Shiver in Icy Blasts Of Storm King. I ? A telephone message from Royston, i Ga., a station on the Elberton Air Line I division of the Southern railway, says j that Monday afternoon a storm passi ed over Bowman, a station on the | same road in Elbert county, 12 miles j from Elberton, and that a great part of the town was literally blown away, several buildings being destroyed, a i number of people killed and many others injured. The wires were down beyond RoysI X + 4.T 1 ~ ! A ( ion anu no luimtri pai nuuiais tumu be obtained from that point I Bowman is located in the north| west corner of Elbert, just over the Hart county line. It is a town of about eight hundred people and is quite a business center for the surrounding j sections of Elbert, Madioon and Hart counties. The general demoralization of the telegraph and telephone systems furnished proof of the destructiveness of the storm. In South Carolina. A special from Greenwood, S. C., reports a severe storm there with slight damage. The storm was central at Honea Path,25 miles northwest of Greenwood. Houses and barns were demolished, stock was injured and the ground is covered with fallen trees and razed telephone and telegraph lines. Wire commuunication was cut off and trains were run without orders. At Honea Path six men took refuge in W. A. Shirley's brick store. The store was demolished. Earie McGee and Thomas Austin were killed. Two men named Donaid ana Stone were fataliy injured. Shirley was hurt, but not seriously. Five houses were blown down. Men and women ran in the streets -seeking shelter from wind and rain. Several people are reported missing. A special irom Tupelo, Miss., says that a severe wind storm prevailed over that (Lee) county Sunday night and considerable damage was done at several points. In Mississippi. ~-\ At Verona, which is situated on'Hhe Mobile and Ohio railroad, several gen-eral stores were slightly damaged and other buildings were partially twisted from their foundation. At Plantersville, op the Frisco, the store house of George E. Piggers & Sons was completely demolished and the stock of goods blown away! Other | 3 A In I property loss was suaiamuu. as iai as reported no lives were lost. Tne monetary loss has not been estimated. At Other Points. One of the worst sleet and snow storms that has visited the section about Memphis for years prevailed Sunday night and Monday, causing serious delay-and interfering witn telegraphic and telephone communication in all directions. Reports from Arkansas, Mississippi and northern Texas tell of similar con ditions. At Fort Wortn ana Dallas the snowfall was the heaviest in years. Trains are running on beiated schedules and in many instances are annulled. Seven inches of snow on the level, j accompanied by a gale reaching a ve- ! locity of more than forty miles an j hour, ushered in a eold wave upon | Chicago which sent the mercury close j to the zero mark. The traction and steam railway service of the city, telegraph and telephone wires all suffered from the heavy fall of snow. Loss of life attending the storm, however, was : less than anticipated, but one person. | so far as is known, having succumbed, j The cold, which at midnight Sunday j night registered 12 degrees above zero, gradually increased until 4 above was reached early in the day Monday. JURY FAILED TO AGREE. Trial of First Indianapolis Grave Fiob bery Case Comes to Naught. After being out lorty-eight hours, the jury in the case of Dr. J. C. Alexander at Indianapolis failed to reach an agreement and wa3 discharged. On the final ballot the vote stood eight for acquittal and four for convicuon. There were several serious altercations during the consideration of the evidence in the jury room whicn came very nearly resulting in bicw3. CHILD LABOR BILL PASSED. Despite Opposition, Measure Goes Through Alabama Senate. There was an unexpected flurry in AioKomo eonnfo Saturday over the HI c AXHWU111M MV*??WW ? passage of the child labor bill. Senator after senator rose and declared his opposition and argued against, the bill. The agreement between the mill men and the advocates of the measure was declared to bo of no concern to the senators. It passed, however, bj a vote or only 17 to 11. NEGRO WHIPPED TO DEATH. Suspected of Killing Hogs, He Fell Victim to Vvnitecappers. A Columbia, S. C., dispatch says: Jake Hines, colored, died Thursday morning from the effects of a whipping administered a few nights ago j by a party of whitecappers. Hines lived on Young's island, near ; Charleston. He was suspected of K~iing hogs, a party searched his house, j found no pork, but did find a big of fertilizer under his bed. Hinei was taken out and beaten until he coli lapsed. BLOCKADE IS LIFTED British and German Warships No Longer Manace Venezuela. ORDERS AR? PROMPTLY OBEYJED Coming of Peace Causes Populace to Rejoice?Text cf Protocols Signed by Powers are Made Public. A Washington special says: The official notice of the termination of the blockade* of the Venezuelan ports, necessary to terminate the notice of blockade conveyed in the original proclamations, reached the state department in the shape of a dispatch received Saturday from the United States embassy at London, stating that the British foreign office had given it out that a cablegram had been sent to the British naval commander in Venezuelan waters to raise the blockade. The German government also teleeranhed instructions for raisin? of the blockade of the Venezuelan coast. Protocols Made Public. The text of the protocols which were signed Friday night by Mr. Bowen and the representatives of the allies were made public Saturday. With few exceptions the GermanItalian protocols correspond with that of Great Britain. Germany, it is provided, is to receive $340,000, to be pakl in five monthly installments, beginning March 15; whereas, Great Britain and Italy are to receive $27,500, the former the day the protocol is signed and the other sixty days from that date. To offset this increased advance payment given to Germany, the following is provided in article 3, of the Italian protocol: "The Venezuelan government accept, recognize and will pay the amount of the Italian claims of the first rank, derived from the revolutions of 1898-1900 in the sum of 2,810,255 bolivars. "It is expressly agreed that the payment of the whole of the above Italian claims of the first rank will be made without being the same claims or the same sums suomitted to the mixed commission and without any revision or objection." A special from Caracas says: Since 8 o'cl&ck Saturday morning the Venezuelans had been awaiting impatiently the official intimation that the blockade had been raised. They knew that the blockade was to be raised, but no notification came during the day. At half past 9 o'clock Sunday morning the government inquired of the United States legation whether it had received ^any advices and received^areply in the negative. The government was"puzzled until 11 o'clock, when the news reached Caracas that the captain of the Tribune had notified the authorities at LaGuavra that .the blockade was raised. At 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon the Tribune left for Trinidad. The news from all the Venezuelan ports except Coro and Higuerote is that the foreign ships sailed away during the day. The government, immediately on receiving the news that the blockade had been raised, took military measures and sent troops in all directions to crush the revolution without giving the rebels a moment's respite. The people are wijq wim jujr. There is great rejoicing among all classes at Willemsted, Curacao, over the end of the Venezuelan blockade. Many sailing vessels that are lying in port with cargoes for Venezuelan ports will leave immediately. A number of steamers are leaving for same destination. A great amount of coffee is awaiting transportation from Venezuela to the United States. No one is apparently more glad at the raising of the blockade than those on board the blockading squadron. Smoot Causes More Talk. A Washington dispatch says. Hon. Reed Smoot, selator-elect from Utah, has added to the gayety of current discussion by entertaining some negroes fit a banquet he gave to celebrate the consummation of the deal between the republican leaders and the Mormon church. WANT SOUTHERNER ON TICKET. Tennessee Senate Urges that this Section be Represented in White House. Tuesday the Tennessee state senate adopted a resolution instructing the Tennessee delegation to the next democratic national convention to urge the nomination ad placing of a southern man on the presidential ticket. A bill was introduced Tuesday by Senator Burton, which provides that henceforth $12 shall be the minimum pension allowed. It provides for an increase to that amount of all pensions now below that figure. BUBONIC PLAGUE INCREASES. Five Deaths Occurred in Mazatlan, Mexico, Saturday. The plague in Mazatlan, Mexico, shows signs of increasing, there being five deaths Saturday. A wealthy Chinaman named Lee was found dead on the streets. His countrymen offered the authorities $8,000 for permission to bury him according to the rites of the Chinese, but were refused. OPEN HEARINGS ENDED. Coal Strike Commission Will Now Hold Secret Conferences. The anthracite strike commission, alter Doing in purine sussiuu iur m^i than three months, closed its opcr. hearings Friday with an all-day argument by Clarence S. Darrow. in behali of the miners. The commission will meet in secret in Washington and be gin the consideration of its awards. Ii is expected that by the end of this month the arbitrators will be ready tc make their announcement. XXJmLAAAAAImHAIiSmLjLJ. jt l V .1.. in <jir|i rfi TTITTTTTTTTTTTtTTt TTTTTTT | |Cream of News.-; Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each "Day. ?The Mississippi state prohibition convention met in Jackson Tuesday. ?It is announced trom Richmond that Pierpont Morgan went to sle&? during Dr. Curry's funeral and was heard to snore. ?Senator Morgan, of Alabama, attacked his colleagues in the senate for revealing secrets of the executive session. Hon. George B. Cortelyou has been nominated and confirmed as secretary of the new department of labor and commerce. ?A protocol is being drawn up at Washington under the terms of which Venezuela may pay the claims of the United States. ?John E. Redmond has been reelected leader of the Irish parliament ary party. ?President Palma, of Cuba, has signed the agreement by which the United States is to secyre coaling stations on'the island. ?The funeral of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the famous southern statesman and educator, occurred in Richmond, Va., Sunday. ?A wreck on Southern railway was caused in Virginia by some miscreant opening a switch. ?Three "investment" concern proprietors have been arrested in New York, charged with grand larceny. ?General Miles has returned from his trip around the world, and freely talks about what he saw. ?The statehood bill, which is blocking every other measure in senate, will be attached to postoffice bill as a rider. ?Jury in case of Dr. Alexander, charged with grave robbing, disagreed. While the jury were considering the case in the jury room several altercations occurred. ?A committee has been formed in Mexico City for the relief of plzvsuestrick Mazatlan. ?Americans at Havana observed the fifth anniversary of the destruction of the Maine Sunday. ?The last of the blockading fleet left the Venezuelan ports Sunday afternoon, and the people of Venezuela are wild with joy. ?Near Augusta, Ga., a party of negro serenaders were taken for a mob and one of the crowd shot to death. ?The time for the annual meeting of the Georgia mayor's association Is to be changed from October to August. ?The_Alabama-house has approved ,'tlre^amendment providing for election of railroad commissioners by popular vote. ?At Jackson, Tenn., a girl marries a man who a few hours later is charged with bigamy by her father. After this he kills a man who is not known to have been connected with the affair. ?Senator Clay, of Georgia, will make the adverse report on the Crum nomination and lead the fight against confirmation in the senate. ?The house has passed the Elkins bill to prohibit rebates to shippers and ronnhlirans admit there will be no more anti-trust legislation. During the debate Mr. Cochran gave the lie to Mr. Hepburn. ?Everything has been settled in the Venezuelan trouble and the final protocols necessary to refer the matter to The Hague have been signed. ?Premier Balfour, of Great Britain, and the German foreign office have issued statements declaring that they were forced to consider the United States in dealing with Veezuela. ?The Atlanta Terminal Company to erect a new union station organized Wednesday by electing J. W. English president, together with a board of directors. ?Alabama house of representatives passes the bill providing for a boys' reformatory. ?Senator Morgan describes out treaty with Colombia as a disgrace, and favors seating of Smoot. ?Counsel lor coal operators continued the arraignment of the miners, particularly of Mitchell. ?Kansas legislature, by a close vote, bars women out of the voting booth for presidential electors in that state. mi- ?..Vwi; ? rtf i unf ATMoll ?ine enure repuunt ?jj. uua^w<u? has been declared in a state of siege, says Berlin. ?Crown Prince of Saxony obtains his divorce from princess on the ground of unfaithfulness. ?Humbert case begins in Paris, and Madame Humbert threatens some startling revelations.?Columbus, Ga., is making elaborate preparations for the state Young Men's Christian Association convention. A number of good speakers have been secured. ?The Bibb county, Ga., grand jury Monday indicted Mrs. Effie L. Carson, the slayer of young Rigsby, for murder. She was given bail on a $5,000 bond. ?The charges growing out of the march of the North Carolina convicts allege that the guards were guilty of great cruelty. ?Former Solicitor R. H. Lowe, of Alabama, who was recently impeached . for physical incompetency, died at Huntsville Monday. ?Advices from unina conurm new a that boxers are making demonstration against the foreigners. ?Two thousand government troops left Caracas Monday to attack the rebels who are in the vicinity of Rio Chico. ?The famous diamonds stolen by R. If. Thomas are recovered in Athens, Ga., from Mrs. Thomas, who notified Atlanta jewelers to send for them. ?In a battle with Philippine insurgents near Manila two Americans were killed, one of them being Inspector Harris, formerly of Atlanta. - - . .... - . .' - . ...v.. ^ TROUBLE AT AN END 3 Vvp|S Ominous Venezuelan War Cloul | at Last Dissipated. PEACE PROTOCOLS ARE SlfiNE# M Representatives of Britain, Germany "<% and Italy Finally Come to a 8at? . X<|lj Isfactory Understanding With " Bowen and Castro. At 11 o'clock Friday night Herbert.. 'Jl W. Bowen, Venezuela's represents^ ?v*|| tlve in the peace negotiations, signed with each of the allies' represent** tives at Washington a protocol pro*' 7 viding for the immediate raising of 33 the Venezuelan blockade and for th? ||8 reference of the question of preferen* Xpj tlal treatment of the claims of the allies against Venezuela to The Hagttd ^ arbitration tribunal. The final mantles occurred at the uritisn em* ???1 bassy In Washington. *?^9 A half hour later Herbert Deerin& ; ^ first secretary of the British embassy^'^ announced to the Associated Presa^l! that the British protocol had just be?r~| signed. The Italian protocol wm--^ signed at 11:50 and the German prottijj^i col at 12:10 o'clock, the presence of Baron yon Sternberg at the whibt^Jl ' house musicale delaying a final cloaft^^ to the negotiations until after mid- ' * The British protocol was in Ehig*v|| lish, the Italian in Italian and German^ 1n German and English. Mr. Bowea *M signed in duplicate for Venezuela, Sii^-'Ji % Michael Herbert for Great Britain, : Signor Mayor des Planches for Italy and Baron Speck von Sternberg lor Immediately on the signing of til* '; last protocol cables were dispatched " to London, Berlin and Rome announoing the fact It is expected that tha commanders of the blockading fleet ' I will receive their orders to withdraw;'J their vessels at once. By the provisions of these . preliminary protocols, which have re quired more than three weeks of con-' ; stant negotiations, Venezuela makes ' two distinct gains, the Immediate rais-' ' ing of a blockade from which she has 2 been suffering for some weeks and'. . the return of all her_vessels, war and* ; merchant, .wfef lTlidvellWl8fi by the allied fleet. Advance Payments Made. Great Britain, Germany and ItalR ^ received advance payments of ?5,500 ^ ($27,500) each, Great Britain receiving^*? her payment on the signature of thn^jj protocol and Germany,, in addition, -H. will receive five monthly payments until the full amount paid her in vance aggregates $340,000. As a guar- ( ^ anty for the satisfaction of their. > claims, Mr. Bowen pledged the allieay j a share with the other creditor na- I ?ij| tions in 30 per cent of the customs re- 'iM ceipts of the two ports of La GUayMh, j^g| and Porto Cabello. This percentage will be set aside beginning March and retained in the Venezuelan tre*|d||g ury until The Hague tribunal shall decide whether it shall be distributeOf^S without preference among the claim- ||j ant nations, or whether the allied - " r</,.manv andl powers oi ureur onuuu, vrci mau/ Italy shall receive preferential paj$3 It is stipulated by the protocola that the claims of the creditor nations shall be adjudicated by a joint commission to consist in each instance of a Venezuelan, a represents tive of the claimant power, and ia u M case of a disagreement an umpire to. - I be named by the president of the United States. The protocols, In providing for reference of the question of preferential treatment to The Hague, do not state - 7 in detail the methods Oil procedure by, which the case is to be laid before the tribunal. Upon the signing of the protocols, congratulations were exchanged by the four negotiators. Mr. Bowen then dispatched. a brief telegram to Presl- 7 dent Castro informing him of the signature of the protocols providing foe the raising oi the blockade. . COL. POWERS NO MORE. ' ||B Friend of Jefferson Davis, and Vetefl- v<:Ja| an Railroad Man, Passes Away. -C.5 Seriously injured while assisting ia the removal of the body of his inti- t mate friend President Jefferson Davis, to the funeral car which bore it to Richmond and an invalid ever since, Colonel M. R. Powers, long the local representative of the Southern railroad in New Orleans, is uead. For the past ten or eleven years he has been a familiar figure on the streets ; of the Crescent City rolled about in an invalid's chair by a faithiui colored servant TO CHANGE LAND LAWS. Senate Committee on Public Domain "^g5| Favors the Quaries Bill. The senate committee on public' lands Saturday, after an animated controversy, decided to favorably report Senator Quaries' bill repealing the des- . ^ ert land law, and the commutation provision of the homestead law, leaving only the straight five-year residence V:-#| homestead law under which the public lands may be taken up for homes. SATISFACTORY TO KNOX. Attorney General Gratified at Antl- ^ Legislation by Congress. Attorney General Knox, who is % KllOWn to uavtj picpoicu iuc ijuii/w- w tant features of the anti-trust bills now enacted into law, on being asked as to how they were regarded by the administration, said: "The legislation affecting the trusts passed at this session of congress is- ./.% satisfactory to the administration and the prompt response to the president'8 requests is highly gratifying._