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KYOE GIVEN THE LIE By Ex-Governor Odell and Joker Chaancey Depew. FLAL DENIALS ARE MADE Answers to Certain Parts of Hyde's Testimony Given Before the lnsur> ance Investigation Committee i? ritu Ill n?n I win vi?/? Former Governor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., and United States Senator Chauncey M. Depew, as witnessas before the legislative insurance investigation committee, at New York, Thursday, denied parts of the testi mony of James Hazen Hyde, in whlcn their names were used. ^ Mr. Odell, in the course of his N., testimony, called Mr. Hyde's state^ ments "base calumny," and when he was asked whether ne directly or indirectly had made threats to have the charter of the Mercantile Trust com. ' pany revoked, his face* flushed, ana, striking the arm of the witness chair with his fist, he exclaimed: "There is no truth in that state-. ment, so help me God!" Mr. Odell was the first witness of ; the dav. He said no political pressure ! was brought to bear in the settlement \ of his suit against the Mercantile I Trust company, and that it was settled the same as suits brought by i others. , ' He said he had been advised by j counsel that his claim was a just j one, and that any court would have j v 1 awarded him more than he received : k in the settlement. He knew Of the introduction of the Ambler bill, which, it is said-, might j have affected the Mercantile Trust i \ company's charter; and, while he did j not suggest its introduction, he saw j no objection to it. Mr. Odell denied that he ever made j _ a statement to E. H. Harriman or any j (me else that retaliatory measures j would be taken against the Mercan- 1 tile Trust company. The witness said ; he and Mr. Harriman were personal i f friends, but that they had no business i relations. He wrote a letter on behalf of i % ^lr. Hyde's candidacy for the post of! ambassador to France. This was at the request of William H. Mclntyre, one of the vice presidents of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. j Mr. Odell said he had never solicited political contributions, but possibly some moneys might have come to him through the national commit j . tee or Senator Thomas C. Piatt, as the j latter had always gathered together the funds in New York state, except , in the last year. -Sanatr?r Ttanpw was examined with ' "regard*to his syndicate participation "and -his duties as counsel to the Equitable Society. Regarding the am-! /bassadorship to Paris, Senator De- j 'pew said Mr. Hlyde came to him and "solicited bis influence to secure the I r ! .appointment. > s Senator Depew brought the matter ; - .to the attention of the president, ai- ! . \ though he told Mr. Hyde he was too -young, and the president said it was J ; utterly impossible to make such an j appointment. s" . NEW KING OF NORWAY. ?: < : Prince Charles is Offered Throne and Accepts Post < The Norwegian parliament Thurs-j {day by a vote of 100 to 1 appropriated : $200,000 annually for the new king^ civil list Premier Michaelson will anrnotmce the election of Prince Charles Vto succeed King Oscar. V. The official figures show that 257,* i710 votes were cast in favor of ^Prince Charles of Denmark as king * !of Norway, and 68,852 against liitrx j <A telegram was received from Princ* i T.Charles accepting the offer of the? 1 I throne. The prince will take the title ;of Carl V, and the royal flag will be a ) golden lion on a purple field. ?: ' McCLELLAN WANTS FAIR PLAY. _ \ Joins Hearst in Request for Election Tally Sheets. r ' Mayor McClellan of New York has "joined with W. R. Hearst in requesting that the supreme court grant the application for a mandamus to com.pel the production of original tally sheets before the board of county canvassers. The application was granted by Justice Amend. Judge Alton B. Parker, speaking in behalf of the mayor, said that Mr. McClellan desired there should be a full opportunity given to have the will of the vot* CI S. HOTEL MANAGER LEVANTS. Thompson Skips Out From Columbus to Unknown Parts. J. S. Thompson, who has been ; manager of the Springer hotel at Columbus, Ga., a number of months, has * mysteriously disappeared. He tore out ';of the ledger of the sheet the page ! ? * i -containing his salary account, but Pro- I prfetor Springer says that he was j "only a few dollars short. \ xV - ^ PLWu?. ' ; ALL RUSSIA TREMBLES. The Inauguration of General Strike Throughout Empire Finds Government Totally Unprepared. | A St. Petersburg dispatch says: j The general strike summoned by the t proletariat began Wednesday at noon, I j and in a few hours thousands of I workmen had quit their employment j to join the throngs in the streets, j A fierce northeast blizzard and I snow storm, which swept the city oa | Wednesday night, drove every one | fiom the streets and did more to proi serve order than did the heavy patrol of troops which had been sta| tionea everywhere. The government was totally unpre| pared to meet the new crisis, and the i whole country is trembling before the rautterings of what is feared by manv I to be the most serious upheaval that i has yet visited Russia. As one of the chief causes of the strike was the demand for clemency ! fcr the Kronstadt mutineers, the striI | hers feel that great sympathy will be j felt for them in the army, and they i openly declare that troops will not fire on the populace if such orders are given. In addition to this the people are better armed than ever before, as the rumors of ravages by the "Black Hundred" have caused fear throughout the city. That the government fully appreciates the gravity of the situation is indicated by statements made on high authoritv that a large portion of the imperial domain, which comprises a third of Russia in Europe, and whicn is at present the property of the emperor and the grand dukes, will oe given to the peasants. According to this information, land will be supplied to the landless peasants in 15-acre allotments, not as a free gift, but on easy terms, the payments to be made through the peasants' bank, and to cover a period of thirty-five years. The social democrats had an impressive response on the part of all organizations of workmen to their summons for a general political strike to demonstrate their solidarity wit.i the struggle of their Polish comrades for autonomy and to protest against the execution of the mutinous sailors Sit Kronstadt. The men walked out of all the big mills and factories, and the employees of the Baltic and "Warsaw railroads, the printers and other classes of laborers struck, but the shops in .the center of the city were not closed. Troops took charge of the electric light stations, which were operated by sailors, so that the city was not placed in darkness. to hoi d a.nnn.nnn rai fs ~ * * 7 7 Cotton Growers Organize a Pool to Withdraw That Amount of Crop ?rom the Market. A New Orleans special says: Following the arrival of President Harvie Jordan, the Southern Cotton Association Wednesday perfected plans for the taking off the market of three million bales of cotton by means of a series of pledges which the farmers will sign themselves, stating their name and address and the amount of cotton they will thus hold. The cotton held will not be sold for less than fifteen cents a pound. A representative of the association Is to be seat into every one of 817 cottcn producing counties of the cotton belt at once. When the pledges are signed they will be sent to the central omce 01 jne association in Aiiania. President Jordan says that half of the crop has already been sold at an average of ten cents and the spinners must have all the remainder. He believes that fifteen cents fo1* the remainder is a fair price and it will only average the spinners 12 115 cents, while they have based all; their calculations on fourteen cent cptton. v CASTRO HOLDS BACK CASH. V | Refuses to Pay Second Instalment on French Claims. The foreign office is advised that | President Castro has refused to pay j the second instalment of the Plumley ! arbitration award. The arbitration covj f red damages sustained by French cit' izens in Venezuela during revolutioni ary periods prior to 1905. ! The judgment was in favor of ! France, which was awarded #bout I fiAA onrl ProciHont Poet.A nnM i Yvuv)wvy uuu *. i voiuvub vaoti V ptWU : the first installment of the award I three months ago. ? GIGANTIC BLAZE OF BOOZE. ! I Over Eight Hundred Thousand Gallons of "Red-Eye'' Go Up in Smoke. At the A. Overholt distillery at Bradford, Pa., Saturday. 810,000 gallons of whiskey furnished a spectacular fire entailing a loss of $4,000,000 fully. The main bonded warehouse was burned to the ground. As the barrels of old rye whiskey on each of the four floors hurst, the blazing I liquid was splashed in all directions. I TO RAISE OUR FLAG | I , i People of the Isle of Pines ; Cut Loose From Cuba. DECLARE INDEPENDENCE ueiermination tApi csacu tu Bfcwwmw i Part of United States?Territory | is Organized?Roosevelt Apprised of Action. The inhabitants of the Isle of Pines have declared their independence ot Cuba, and have organized a new government as a United States territory. A delegate to congress will be sent to Washington in order to have questions affecting the future of thp isiand discussed before the house of represent tatives, ignoring Cuban authorities. Mass meetings were hud under the name of territorial conventions and officials were appointed to fill positions except those that must be named by the president under the constitution of the United States. The first officers of the new territory are: T. B. Anderson, secretary of state; James M. Steere, treasurer; Edward C. Ryan, delegate to congress; A. T. i Friee, chief justice; David S. Wall, sheriff. The convention divided the districts and the five districts ordered elections to be held Tuesday to select members of the legislature, tax assessors and collectors. One ticket was named in each district, the only political question being to keep the island under the stars and stripes. The arrangements are proceeding in an orderly manner under the forms of law, the men on the different tickets announcing that they will take office immediately without regard to those servine under the Cuban government. The first official notice of the affair s contained in this letter: "Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, Nov. 14, 1905. ? Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, President, Washington ? Dear Sir: The people of this island, having purchased homes under the treaty of Paris, believing it was United States' territory, and having waited over three years for recognition of their rights as American citizens, fearing a continuation of these conditions and feeling alarm at the condition of Cuba during the coming election, have taken preliminary steps for the establishment of a territorial government under the constitution of the United States, believing this the proper step for us to take and the most effective way to receive justice and equity from our national lawmaking body, also relying on you, our president, for a square deal. "We trust our petition will meet your approval. Yours respectfully, "T. B. ANDERSON, "Chairman Territorial Convention." This movement to sever relations with Cuba was fomented by the American Club. PLANS UNIQUE INTERMENT. Steel Company Jo Bury Metal Containing Bodies of Two Workmen. During the inquest held at Philac/dphia Wednesday in the cases of John P. Orkin and Joseph. Garcia, la borers, wno were Killed at tne Auavale Steel Works on November 10, it was testified that the two men had entered a pit and that 80,000 pounds of hot metal poured from a leak and completely absorbed them. Not a trace of the bodies of the men was discovered. The steel company has decided to take about 8,000 pounds of the steel from the place where the men were last seen and have it buried out of respect for the dead workmen. Taft Back in Washington. Secretary Taft arrived in Washington from Hampton Roads Wednesday morning. Immediately after breakfast he called at the executive office and saw the president when the latter came to the office. MOORE CANNOT SPRING TRAP. o ( - _T" Husband of Negro's Victim Barred from Acting as Executioner. George W. Moore will not be al-' lowed to spring the trap at the execution in Atlanta on December 8th of Jim Walker, alias Will Brice, who was sentenced for criminal assault on Mr3. Alice Moore. Judge Roan has ordered Sheriff Nelms to conduct the execution himself, so Sheriff Nelms will not be able to keep the promise he made Mr. Moore. AGED DOCTOR UNDER CHARGES. For Alleged Malpractice Chiles is Assessed $10,000 Bond. Dr. Luther Chiles, charge with criminal malpractice on Miss Sarah Atkinson, now ill in Norfolk Protestant hospital, was admitted to bail on Thursday by Judge Henckel in the sum of $10,000. . The prisoner, feeble in health, was barely able to walk from the city jail OVER HUNDRED PERISH In Sinking Steamer Hilda Which a* Da^1/c rUf fho Pronrh ?Jll UWIN W.I itv/vr\g V|| ?nv Coast and Was Wrecked. A London special says: The crosschannel steamer Hilda, from Southampton for St. Malo, struck a rock and sank off the French coast Sunday morning. One hundred and twentythree lives were lost. Six persons were saved. The Hilda left Southampton Friday night for St. Malo with considerably more than one hundred souls on board. Her passage was greatly delayed by a fog in the channel, and, when nearing St. Malo, she ran into a severe snow storm, apparently missed her course and foundered on the rocks off Jardin light house, three miles from St. Malo. The company's steamer Ada, outbound from St. Malo, rescued Ave 01 the passengers and one of the crew. The Hilda was built at Glasgow ig 1862 and registered 848 tons. She wat a screw steamer of iron construction, 235 feet in length. The Southwestern Railway company is as yet unable to give a list of the Hilda's passengers, nearly all of whom were Frenchmen, but they say that a score booked passage at. stations Detween .uonaon ana auumarnpton, and that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, nine of these were drowned and only six saved. The company is still without reliable details as to how the disaster happened. GINNERS' COTTON REPORT. ????? Summary Indicates Crop for the Year is 9,459,793 Bales. The cotton report of the National Ginners* Association was made public at Dallas, Texas, Sunday, one day sooner than intended. The reason, Secretary Black well said, was because 3 portion of the report had "leaked.' He did not know how this had happened, h^ said. The summary of reports show that there has been ginned to November 15, 1905, total 7,-. 431,359. The crop is 84.7 per cent picked and *78 per cent ginned, indicating crop for this year of 9,459,793. Following is the estimate of the total crop by states: Alabama 1,141,854 bales; Arkansas 446,880; Florida 78,140; Georgia 1,577,379; Indian Territory 262,911 ; Kentucky 1,560; Louisiana 530,868;, Mississippi 1,097,000; Missouri 37,190; North Carolina 563,307; Oklahoma 266,480; South Carolina 999,367; Tennessee 243,070; Texas 2,2t)5,424; Virginia 15,320. Total, 9,459,793 bales. AN UNPARALLELED FUNERAL. Mass of Steel, Containing Remains of Two Men, Buried with Church Rites. A funeral without a parallel in Philadelphia took place Sunday at the Milvale steel works, where a 40-ton ingot of steel permeated with the flesh, blood and bones of two workmen, was buried with solemn church rites. The workmen, who were so strangely laid away, were John For kin and Joseph Gazda, two foreign speaking laborers, who met a horrible, death a month ago. They were in a pit near a cupola containing many tons of molten metal. A plug gave way and 50,000 pounds of the fiery fluid poured from the cupola and overwhelmed them. The men were completely incinerated, and not a trace of themselves or their clothing was left. WATERY GRAVE FOR THIRTY. Crew of a Torpedo Boat Meet Death in Collision at Kiel, i A cnoAi'ul frAtn ITi^l covo TA??na/?A XV A A V/UA O A Wi p*5UV boat "S12S" collided Sunday night near Buelk with the small cruiser XTndine. The torpedo boat sank and one officer and thirty-two seamen are missing. The disaster occurred during the maneuvers in Kiel Bay. A torpedo boat division was making a regulation attack upon the Undine .which had blinded her lights. . ; ... INOICTED VOTER SKIPS OUT. S 1 Rather Than Face Court, Krup Forfeited a $5,000 Bond. # Something of a sensation was created in Justice Davy's branch of the supreme court at New York Thursday afternoon when John Krup, indicted for illegal voting in the recent municipal election, failed to appear, "and his attorneys expressed ignorance as to his whereabouts. Earlier in the day Krup's release had been secured under increased bail, a $5,000 casn bond being hied. THIEF IN EXPRESS BOX. Man Enters Storage Warehouse Locked Up in Package. A thief who entered the Security. Storage company's warehouse in New York in an express package was caught as he was about to leave the warehouse, hidden in the same package along with $700 worth of stolen poods. During the night he climbed out of his package anu after rifling j the warehouse, again repacked him- J self and his plunder. I : PALMA IN DANGER I ! Plotters are Seeking life of I Cuban f resident, EVIDENCE IS UNEARTHED Lot of Firearms and Ammunition to Be Used in Overthrow of Governi ment Found Secreted?Prom. ( 4 i inent Cubans involved. Advices from Havana state that evidence obtained by the committee which is investigating the discovery by secret police Saturday last of a considerable quantity of arms, ammunition and accoutrements in a house in the Cerro suburb is tending to implicate a few men of some prominence. The government-has no doubt that the materials came from the United States, and it is seeking to learn who were the purchasers. The police fo?nd forty one rifleS, twenty-one carbines, thirty-five packages, each containing a thousand cartridges, and some barrels filled with ammunition and accoutrements. Government officials admit now that they have received various secret advices regarding contemplated uprisings before election day in various parts of the island, particularly in the provinces of Santiago, Santa Clara and Pinar del Kio, with a probable attack on the palace in Havana. The object of the latter, according do the oSicials, appears to be the removal, possibly by assassination, of President Palma. The plotters, it is pointed out, are well aware, since .there is now no vice president, that the election of President Palma's successor would, according to the constitution, be in the hands of congress, and that the liberals, with the help of a few independents, "could control both houses. The government has not revealed its information as to the extent of these plots, but special measures have been taken for guarding the palace. The facts that the president and his family are remaining at home, and that troops are being sent to the points where, according to reports, the plotting originated, are considered significant. So far as known, however, these plots are not generally backed by any large party, and, whether they are widespread or otherwise, the active watchfulness against any form of uprising is believed to have quelched any ambitions of the plotters. ALLEGATION OF NEPOTISM. I Atlanta Mayor Accuses City Officials of Working a Graft. The mayor's veto of the resolution raising the salaries of the general manager and secretary of the water works was unanimously overridden by the Atlanta city council" Monday afternoon. The veto message was of considerable length, and most sensational in its terms, intimating that members of council had been induced by the dis tribution of official patronage to vote for high salaries. The message also dealt with public officials who fail to meet financial obligations, a feature which Mayor Woodward promised to deal with fully and frankly in his annual message. In this he was understood to refer to General Manager Park Woodward of the waterworks and Comptroller J. H. Goldsmith, both of whom have recently been through bankruptcy. Just before the adjournment ot council Alderman Holland and Councilmen Patterson and Ellis rose to questions of personal privilege, and said some rather salty things in regard to the former phase of the message. These three members of council had been named as having relatives who had recently been given jobs at the city hall. FARMERS GIVEN A SHOWING. Ouster Orders Adent Dodge Lands Temporarily Suspended. Since the signing of orders by Judge Emory Speer in the .. federal rmirt :it \Tnr?r?n qovomI woolra aam nearly a dozen farmers in Dodge and Telfair counties. Georgia, have been arranging to get out from their farms on writs of ouster secured by Norman W. Dodge. ! Orders were signed Monday allowing a stay of proceedings under the writs in order for the contesting parties to confer with a view of reaching agreements. ANOTHER APPEAL FOR PATRICK. I Attempt to Get His Case Before the United States Supreme Court. Another phase of the Patrick case ! came before the court of appeals in : Albany, X. Y.. Monday, when the at- j torneys of the man who stands con- j demned for the murder of William M. j Rice, asked certain technical rulings ! which will facilitate their appeal to j the supreme court of the United. State. Decision was reserved. j '-/v.:.' ? ? j PRESIDENT IS SHOCKED | j At Insurance Scandals and He May Take a Hand in the Probing. Confers with Gov. Higgins. Governor Frank Higgins of New I York was a dinner guest of President j Roosevelt at the white house Monday ^ night. Invited to meet and dine witn the governor were Secretary of State > Root and Postmaster General Cortei- :M i >'ou- '' i The conference, admittedly import- ^ | ant, began at the dinner table, and ! continued until a late hour. The pree- -$. ident invited Governor Higgins to * Washington to discuss with him the New York political situation.. The ^ whole subject was considered with J special reference to the disclosures ! made before the insurance investigati ing committee. "> President Roosevelt naturally is I deeply interested in the* situation in : /J| i his own state, as were the three pair- .4^3 | cicipants in the conference. The evideuce taken at the insurance inquiry has involved several politicians, and that subject was discussed thoroughly ::J|| at the conference. The conference ended shortly before midnight, and Governor Higgins ' made the following statement in re- ;;?g! sponse. to inquiries from newspaper ' .||| men: I "The subject of chairman of the republican ccnjyty committee of New : Yorl^ was discussed The president made the following statement: ! " *1 am very solicitous about tlie - f political conditions in New York.' He :$| said that' he was not for or against any particular man, and does not pro* pose to interfere in the selection of a ' chairman of the county committee, S but is anxious that whoever is select- -J?* ed will be a man of the highest character and; reputation. "That is the only report, gentlemen, [ am authorized to make in relation ~ to the conference." Governor Higgins declined to enter - 'M into any discussion affecting former j Governor Odell and his continued ^ , j leadership of the party in Ne'w York. i Governor Higgins left at once on his CM return to Albany. STRIKE IN RUSSIA FAILS. ,| | "Reds" Now Plan Political Upheaval ,J| to Accomplish Purposes. J ! A St. Petersburg special of Monday ^ ! says: With the collapse of the strike : the leaders of the "reds" say they will now devote their energies to the prep- ' aration of a universal political strike to sustain the revolutionary program when t>3 national assembly meets. ;VM These plans, which were suddenly up set by the piecipitation of the railroad y&W strike last n.onth, are exceedinly ambitious, involving'the co-operation, not . only of workmen of the cities, but uCy^|s j the peasantry, and, if possible, the ; army and navy. The propaganda among the Soldiers. and sailors will be pushed energetically. The leaders already claim;that .-ai they have organized the peasantry m five districts of Kharkoff province, the peasants having agreed not to work for the landlords when the strike Is : called. They anticipate that the famine which is at the doors of almost 15,000,000 peasants of the central provinces, according 'to estimates, will r~^M prove an effective ally of the agita- ^||| tion, as they can promise to give the peasants land to an unlimited exJUDGE MUZZLES THE PRESS* " ;-1?| Alabama Court Threatens to Send Reporters to Jail. i >iav/iv nuuici, uuc ui ma ucgiuan j charged with the murder of Mrs. J. ">|l j S. Smith, was placed on trial at Gadsdens, Ala., Monday afternoon. A sensation was created ; when .Judge Disque ordered the court room' cleared of a large crowd' of spectators upon - JS the request of the relatives of the murdered woman^ and warned the newspaper; reporters not to publish any of the evidence under a penalty . of being stent to Jail. MAJOR SIMON MAYER KILLED. j Distinguished Soldier Diet from AecL >J| dental Pistol Shot.1 '' Major Simon Mayer, of Natchez, ^ Miss., who was adjutant general with iranl: of .major on General Chalmer's -j j staff, with Sharp's brigade, confeder] ate states army, was accidentally shot j Monday morning. As he arose from ; his bed to dress himself, his ; pistol J slipped from under the pillow, the ball 4 i striking him back of the right ear. ' & j Death was instantaneous. He was t>3 | years of age, and leaves a large famI ily. ' ?'? m JUDGE TURNS SANFORD DOWN. ^ Hears Appeal for Immediate Trial and Rules Adversely. Judge Moses Wright heard argunient in Rome, Ga., Monday for im- " f mediate trial in the case of V. T. Sanford, charged with' the murder or George Wright, and refused to grant the motion. He issued an order, giving his reasons for denying the1 trial. The case will come up at the regular J term in January. i '