The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 10, 1902, Image 8
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IOERS AND 3RITI8H CLASH. |
Lord Kitchener Reports Numereut
Skirmishes and Many CaaualUea.
London, Jan. 7.?Lord Klteheoer,
telegraphing from Johannesburg Monday.
Jan. ?. reports the occurrence of
a number of skirmishes In various :
parts of the war Cold. Moat of the '
aerlea were at Amfort. Jan. t and Jan. j
4. when Major Whipple and Qenernl
Sprona were in contact with Comrnan
u?ni. unrlsttan notbn'f and Commandant
Opperman's commands. They
drove the Boers from their positions
after considerable fighting, during
which the Somerset light infantry suffered
severely.
Major Valentine and It men were
killed and Ave officers and M see3
were wounde# -"if ne Boers left nine
" 1 merTdead on the field.
Colonel Colenbrander surprised Field
Cornet Louvs' laager at Waterrale on
Jan. b, killing five men and capturing
29.
Lord Kitchener mentions other mi- '
nor surprises and captures. General 1
French reports that the Boers in Caps '
Colony are so reduced in numbers as
to require only an elaborate police system
to keep them in chock. j
The week's totals of Boer casualties
are 36 men killed, 9 wounded. 261 made !
prisoners and 72 surrendered.
SIX TO 8WINQ ON SAMI OAV.
Ssxtst of North Carolina Criminals to
Pay Osath Penalty.
Raleigh. Jan. 7.?Governor Avcock
has fixed Wednesday. Jan 36. as the ;
date of execution of six men. All of .
these executions will be In private, j
as the law enacted this year so re- ,
quires.
Of the criminals thus ordered exe- :
euted lour were concerned in the burglary
of the poetofflce at Emma, near
Ashevllle. these being Dudley Johnson
and Russell Gates, white; Ben Fester
and Harry Mills, negroes.
The other two men for whom death
warrants are issued are Andrew Jackson,
white, who In Lincoln county, '
burglarized a house whose inmates
were two women, whom he attacked
'* and nearly killed with a knife, and
John Henry Hose. who. In Wilson con a- .
ty. waylaid and shot a neighbor whom
be believed had informed reveuue officers
of his being a moonshiner.
Cuban Customs Revenue#.
Washington, Jan. T.?The total customs
revenues for the Island of Cuba
during the 11 months ended Nov. 20.
1901, were $14,356,000 as compared
with $14,606,202 for the same period of I
1902. and $13,376,557 for lion ti.. I
custom* revenues exclusively of port
duties increased in 1001 over the pre.
lious year by $416,060. or 3 per cent,
aad ever the second preceding year by
$1,385,648, or 11 per cent.
Pullman's Will Admitted te Probate,
Redwood City, Cal., Jan. 7.?Thq will
of the late Oeorge 5* PuHman has
been admitted to probate here. The
petition to the court stated that th.
estate wan valued at $600,000, but the
evidence ahowed It to be worth only
about $200,000. Mrs. Pullman will ge
east in a few days with the body ot
her husband. ^
If a Woman
K wants to put out a firo she doesn't < i
0 heap on oil and wood. Sha throws ' 1
K on water,knowing that water quenches J |
p fire. When a woman wants to get o
I wall from diseases peculiar to her sex, * ' ,
sha should not add fuel to tha fire | | |
already burping her life away, Sha < i
should not take worthless drugs and ( 1 :
potions composed of harmful narcot- | |
ics and opiates. They do not check i i
the disease?they do not cure it?thay 1 '
simply add fuel to the fire.
Bradfleld's Female i i
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taken by every woman J
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f I i c t women.
\ They will simply
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The Regulator is
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strengthening .
^. tonic, which gets
at the roots of the
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the cause. It does not drug ,
the pain. It eradicatas it. |
HH It stops falling of the womb, , .1
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good temper from many a
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*E*S PHARMACYjcial
order of Imported Wedgeus
from England highly apew
Year gif-s. We will take
are work of art to ??ur cusiompresant
than Huylcr's Candy?
shipment, fresh and deliciou>.
RE'S PHARMACY,
tel Union
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^ MANUFACTURING PLANT BOLD.
Forty-Five Birmingham Lota Also Go
Under Forced Sale.
Birmingham. Ata.. Jen. 7.?Tho Birmingham
cotton manufacturing plant
was soid yesterday morning under
foreclosuro sale and was bought by toe
ueiaware county national bank, of
Chester. Pa., which held the bonds for
29,125.
The plant is located at Smtthfleld. a
Suburb, and Is used for spinning only.
It is well equipped with 5,000 spindles
and has been doing good work. It is
said the new owners will operate it
and probably extend it.
At the same time and pine* the BirVSfSfiiXSi
Keaity company sold undor
foreclosure sale 45 lots in different
sections of the city. They purchased
them for $133,000, the amounts due the
the company.
FATHER MURDERS CHILDREN.
Louisiana Man Stands Accused of Awful
Crime.
Forest Hill, La., Jan. 7.?Yesterday
twe children of G. B. Keener, aged 18
month0, and an infant, were found
dead in bed with their skulls crushed.
Keener sent his wife about 100 yards
te a water hole for water. On nor
retnrn he told her he had put the children
to sleep, and left, saying he was
going to the house of Mr. Bedgood to i
sell chickens.
Shortly after he left Mrs. Keener I
noticed one of the children gasping,
and went to it and discovered the two
dead, with their heads badly crushed.
Coroner S. H. Rushing impaneled a
jury and investigated the matter. The
Jury held Keener for murder and he
was taken to Alexandria by Deputy
Dubs.
CRIMINAL ASSAULT CHARGED.
Man and Qlrl Were Arrested In Montgomery
Cemetery.
Montgomery. Ala., Jan. 7.?Michael
Keatlne a well hnnan vmm? mrnn whn
has been variously employed In clerical
work hera. was arreated la the
city cemetery Sunday morning In company
with Miss Efte Ballard, a girl
seme 16 years old from the West End
faotory district. They were accompanied
by another couple, but separated
after getting inside the gate.
A policeman was attracted by an
eutcry from Mies Balard and brought
them to the poltce station. There the
girl swore out a warrant against Kent*
teg for criminal assault.
He was released on a f &?0 bond.
TRAIL or BRAIN? AND BLOOD.
N Leads to the Discovery of Johnsen's
Body.
f Tuskegee. Ala.. Jan. 7.-?Saturday
evening Essex Alexander and Tom
Johnson left town together in a wagon
ta return home. Sunday morning
Johnson's body was found on the bank
of a creek with his skull badly crushed.
Brains and blood found on the road
led to the discovery.
It is said Johnson had reported Ease*
for moving cotton on which there
was a lien.
1 Essex secured a horse early Sunday
morning and left for parts unknown.
Coal flat* I* Lowered.
Montgomery. Ala., Jan. 7.?Through
the friendly Intervention of the railroad
commission the Southern and
Louisville and Nashville roads have
agreed to reduce the coal rate to Talladega
from 80 cents to 70 cents per
ton. The railroad cqmmtseion has Issued
an order requiring the railroads
to maintain depots at all stations
where they have agents and to keep
them comfortably heated in cold
weather. This is supplementary to the
statute which requires depots only in
towns of 1,000 people and which omits
the Are in winter time.
ley Water fer Hie Grave.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 7.?Perry
Caldwell, bridgekeeper for the Plant
system at the Chattahoochee river
bridge, was last seen on Friday night
floating down the river astride his
overturned canoe. He went out with
an assistant to clear the drift wood
from the pier and when the boat turned
over he caught tt, One arm was
paralyzed and he could not ewlm. The
railroad has made inquiries down the
river, but there ie no news of him,
and It |s supposed he was drowned in
lbs t?y wgter.
Chetwynd Wins Amarlean Bride.
New York, Jan. 7.?According to the
Ijondon correspondent of The Journal
j hod Advertiser. Ouy Chetwynd hae
i married an American young lady
i whose name hae aot yet been made j
' public. Chetwynd is the only aon of
I Sir George Chetwynd and Florence,
marchioness ef Hastings, and is a
brother of the Marchioness of Angl*
MB.
SIX MASKED ROBBERS
MAKE HAUL OF S5.00C
East St. Itouis Scene of Mos j
Daring Bank Burglary.
WATCHMIN BOUND AND GAGGED
After Working Nino Hours on Vault of
National Stook Yards Bank Cracksman
8ucceed In Effecting Entrance,
Seouring the Loot and Escaping.
8t. Louis, Jan. 7.?Six masked meu
entered the National Stock yards bank.
morth of East St. Louis. 111., last night
and after capturing and gagging the
two night watchmen and firemen at
the plant and blowing open the vaults
with dynamite secured $5,000 in coin
and currency, with which they decamped
early today.
For nine hours, from 7 o'clock last
night until 4 o'clock a. in., they were
at work on the vault without heing interfered
with. The entire East St.
l^oule police force, aided by the St.
j Louis police, are guarding r.II the ave
nues of escape, but as yet have obtain!
ed no clew to the whereabouts of the j
j robbers, who. it is believed, escaped
! on horseback.
I l,ee Philpot. one of the watchers and
one of the Rough Ridv..* tricu.Is of
! President, Roosevelt, who Is well
known In Kentucky, was the first to
meet with the robbers. He was standing
in the stock yards near the Ex- E
change building. In which the bnnk la
located, when he was addressed by
three men who sprang out of a fence
corner with revolvers in their hands.
They said:
"We want you. Philpot." and with
that overpowered him before he could
reach his revolver. The three robberu
took Philpot to the composing room
of the Daily National Stock Yards Reporter
near by and laid him on the
floor. He was bound hand and foot
i and gagged with towels. While lying
there three other men came in.
Wanted to Kill Watchman.
While he was lying on the floor Philfot
heard the leader of the robber ]
gang say :
"Let's kill him." He wa6 deterred
from doing this. Philpot says, by the
other robbers. One of the six ir<en
was sent out with injunctions to secure
the others. Albert Estep.. the
other hank watchman, was caught ou
the steps of the Exchange building.
The robber went up to Estep and addressed
him by name. Thinking it
was a friend, Eatep was taken un-.
awares and when a revolver was
| thrust Into his face was not in shape
| for defense. Under threats of death
j he was forced to go to the composing
room, where ho was also bound and j
t gagged.
I XT I .K * T7M 1_ ? i..i
I nielli r uuiuao ukth was THHtfii miawarer,
In the stamp department or the
Exchange building. He resisted and
j was badly beatsn before subdued. He
was also taken to the composioit toom
' and left hound and gagged with his
two companions. At midnight one of
the robbers was left to guard the cao;
tives, while the other five went to the
bank, which is located on the first
floor of the Exchange building near
the center. With nitro-glycerine the
robbers blew open the steel doors of
the vault. These doors were of a double
thickness of steel and were shatj
tared and the bank's books and pa- I
pars blown into shreds.
1 Vault Doors Blown Off.
Entering the vault the big steel safe
i with quadruple plate doors was next
sncountcred. These doors were drillsd
and a charge of the explosion insert
ed which blew them off.
The explosion In the vault destroyj
ad more hooks and papers and scattered
about 1800 silver upon the floor. This
money was not taken by the robbers.
They took all the currency and other
aoin. amounting to about $5,000 as
nearly as the hank's officers can estl- i
mate. The Ave men left the bank and
signaled to the one who was guarding:
the captive watchmen and fireman.
This man Joined his companions.
Five minutes after the robber guard
left the composing room Estep, who
j had not been bound securely, worked
loose and released Clarke and Philpot.
, This was about 4 o'clock. Estep then
ran to ths telephone and called up
Charles T. Jones, general manager of J
ths stock y. "Js. and informed him of (
the robbery. President C. Gordon
Kim, of the stock yards, was alno
sailed. Mr. Knox said that If the robbers
had made their haul the night
before they would have secured about
fid,000 more than they got. They a.d
' sot take any of the bank's papers. j
The vault and safe present a scene of
wrack and ruin.
Doath Visits Pierrepont Family.
New Tork, Jan. 7.?Death has visited
the Pierrepont family, one of- the
wealthiest and moet prominertd kn
Brooklyn, twice within less fhsfn a
-week. On Thursday last Arina* Maria
Plerrepont. widow of Henry E. Pierrenent
and a granddaughter of John /ay,
first chief Justice of the United States
supreme court, died. The death is
bow announced of t)f. William Augustus
Pterrepont, a son of Mrs. Plerrepont.
The cause of his death ,is given
as heart trouble.
Locked In, They Are Cremated.
\ Norfolk. Va.. Jan. 7.?Three negro
' shlldrec ware burned to death in tne
suburbs of Springfield. Their mother,
S eook. locked them In a room wh? re
j s fire waa burning in the stove and
reut ta her work,
CHINESE COURT HAS
ARRIVED AT r.SKT
Sccno o. Or?e:i A ; ^len^oi I
Iorbi irie.t ui v.
MILES OF KOWTOW I PC v^'-O'E..'
A Thousand Gorg-cc'/ A*t?rr<i Nc
blemen, IViotint-'l c.- C itMinj Ca
parironcd Piece's, / t"fJ .">5 Escoits
Into the Gil,?Incense Lurneo'.
Pekiu.T. .'an. 7.?The r>furn of thn
rourt to the Forhhhirn Oity occu roil at
3:^0 p. ni.
KMPK.no:: <>: <:::
It was the most !tji? r: t scene ""hdiin*
ever witnesw-J. I:., procession
consisted of a thousand y "f?r-!y :.I
tired nobiomen. meant l v.: gl'Vtcring
captirlsoneti horse:-. Tin -l.t, ei the
empress dowager, I'limc l hnn. the
empress and sevel.t! p. in-es wore
borne in yellow < i. ii: . their csco t
carrying burn'rcds ut s and
silk iitobrel'as. The t,v >>. (?eti ,?.l
Yuan-Shi-Ka.'. gcv- in- ii "l'e-? llii-ha,
pitecedcd the enm .a.\ Tin- loetgu
comniunity asswr.tlilcd on lop of too
Chien gate.
The emperor and empress dowa.-or
entered the t>. in ih? rate nad
burned incense. The dowiig* r ompr? ;s
upon emerging from il- temple s;i\v
the foreigners pp^i n.- do vn and bo v d.
A double ro? of ? f* rs, kneeling,
lined the 4-mile rente.
MIN'DEH M AY HANG.
U. 8. Supreme Court / ."-firms Decision
of Lov. r Trl'oui als.
Macon, Ga? Jan. 7. Coioi.el J, It,
Cooper received a ; i ; r.m > est rday
afternoon announcing t'- ::t the ru
preme court o" rhe United Stat? s 1.. s
affirmed the decision < the an pre c
court of Georgia in the < so ol Isudovc
Minder, charged with the murder oi
Andrew Mahoney.
Minder was i.-WI and convicted in
the superior conr* here during i: c
r.\ovemlier term, l: do. In May, \ il
xhe ce-.e was carri d 'e the supv"o (
court of this state or. tin* ground thul
several material wit: s who liv. i
Alabama < nld not he reached ua
er the Ueorg'-i laws. ; ...o that Min
ler should not >e h soger without tb<
evidence of these witnes: cs. Tlu- su
iremp t 'Hi %i nt' f!.* nr. in ti Pirinrd tin
eciriru ol tin; superior co li t.
A'ter the; decision el tin- Gooi gin Htl
jw cjae court <Jo!c no| (. noper v?'< ;l ti
New York and filed with Justice \\ 1 itt
if the X7n*t (! StP.fes .o.;, vrve cuun ai
application #or a writ of < ; ' or. Thh
writ w..t giant ii on tie '* i <.f Sop
temhei 19' '> ne rue. inn roe Min
der had been sentenced to ho banget
on Sept. (>, hut tile aet:on of Jnstici
White in ^renting the tviit of erroi
caused Governor Candler to ; ai
indefinite lespiic in Minder's case.
Coionc 1 Cooper svys hi v. ..I nov
take Minder into ti sup rior couri
and ask that he he aujr.ili,. .1 insane.
This case hr.s . 1 reach atteu
tlo'i *'ie past two years a: d a <le3) -r
ate effort Las ix.^a made to save Min
der's life.
Bussell Offers Reward.
Irwinville, Go.. Jan. 7. A. Bus
sell aiKl his friends hav a-'-' red a re
ward of nearly $'J"o for tin arn si art
conviction of the pa' t'es who v.ayieu
and ro hhed Mrs. i.usr 11 and her broth
or at. Mystic, in iliis comity, 1. st '! u s
day tdght. Every oh'ot has h i
made by the officials Jo apprtdiene tin
guilty parties, hut no oh w leading t?
their identification can he found. Vii<
govei nor will also lie r.s <! to offer i
rewa; ul for the arrest and convictior
of ti ie criminals.
Hockett Behind the Uars.
Alhnny, Oa.. Jen. 7.? D. A" Hockett
the real estate mr n who \l. mppcaroc
from Albanv lirfuium >> -
ago, was arrested ye&innlay inonun;
in Montgomery, whore J';: v j..s reco-t
nized by a former Albairai.. Jfe wil
be brought back bore as soon as j
requisition ear. be pre, u: ed and sen
through tho necessary eh*, nnels. Meek
ett will haic to a iswer 10 severa
charges of larceny aft* r M ust, and f
numbor of alleged crooked ti ansae
tions.
Death of Prominent Atlantan.
Atlanta.. Jan. 7. -Williai 1 t'ii.'.rl
Rawson, one <>l A tlaul it's rub ?f pro ui
nent youog husinets an*' until Mh
very day of bis de-un i mevlieV o
the cdty council, -dien ytffioid.iy morn
ing at R o'clock at dis liontQ/iii# Wash
ington street, aft** an ITlinfwi (Overinj
ten days.
Grasty Caught at Rapidan.
Atlanta, Jan. 7. Robert Ware Gras
ty, ex-prlvKte secretary of the mayor
who disappeared lust week while th<
city detectives were trying to arres
him on the charge of forgwry, wai
caugjbt yesterday atr Rdpldun, Va.
i
H1I31E0 TO DEATH IN
poma EXPLOSION
Blin3 Ilorror Reported From
Idaho Springs, Colo.
LIST CF DEAD AND INJURED
Unfortunate Victims Were Tamping
Blast Holes Wiicn the Explosion Oc- I
curred?Cause Thought to Be Due to
the Tamping of a Shot.
Idaho Spriurs. Colo., Jan. 7.?-As a
result of a premature explosion of
powder blastsdn tbe Newhouse tunnel
two men are dead, another is fatally
injured and two others are in a serious
condition. The libt of dead and in
jured tollows:
Dead:
John Ec&ard.
Eldest Wheeler.
Injured:
A. C. B. I.awes, fatally.
Harry Biard, arm broken.
Louis Philips. hand crushed.
The men were known as the powder
gang. Tiicy were loading holes wtm
powder under direction of hawes, the
foreman. Philips was assisted hy
Baird in tamping holes on one side
of the tunnel and Wheeler and Eckard
were tamping holes on the other side,
hawes was standing about six feet
away, giving directions when the explosion
occurred. The cause has not
boon positively determined, but it is
thought the accident was caused by
the tamping of a shot.
TWO KILLED. TWO MISSING.
Norfolk and Western Trains Collide
at Gray, W. Va.
Gray. W. Va.. Jan. 7.?No. 4. Norfolk
, and Western express train, from tolunihus,
O.. to Norfolk, Va., met in a
I collision h- re at 6 o'clock this morning
a northbound fr< .gh and both
trains were, badly wrecked. The mes'
senger and brakeman on he express
I were killed outright a.;d the engineer
i and fireman on ihe 'reighi are missing.
I A number o* others were injured.
I No names have as yet been ascrtaiu,
, ed. W reck trains from niicfields and
Keuova are on the vuy to the scene.
THREE INJi r.ilO IN WRECK.
Accitien' t: Rock Island Special Carrying
Philippine F ccruits.
| Chio-j.no. Jan. '<. -1\ Ro.ek Island spocial
boarlr. * "00 1 ccruits bound for the
Philippines lioin Columbus barracks,
O., was partially wrecked In the Twenty-second
street yards early today.
Three men were injured, as follows:
I Henry Lewis, crushed between cars
and internally injured: taken to hospital;
condition sc.ions.
C. C. Murphy, thrown front train and
| foot crushed; continued journey.
Lawrence Schaefer; thrown out of
j window and clothing torn from body;
escaped with slight bruises. \
The other passengers were merely
jolted. A sleeper occupied by eight
officers and the wife of one of them
was thrown to an adjacent track, hut
maintained its upright position. Alter
several hours' delay the train was remade
and the journey continued. The
accident is said to have been due to
the latlure of a switch to work proper!
iyi
' I GEORGE N. WISWELL DEAD.
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Was President of Milwaukee Life In?
i
1 surance Company.
1 I M lvpttkec, Wis., Jan. i.?George N.
Wiswcll. president of the Milwaukee
Mutual Life Insurance company, died
| today aftv-r a three weeks' illness, aged
1 b't years.
! Mr. Wiswcll served as sergeant at
I arms at the national Republican con,
vention in Philadelphia two years ago
, and as assistant sergeant at anns at
the Chicago. Minima; oils and St. Louis
convenl'ors. lie was Glided States
. marshal .r the -a:.tern district of Wisi
cousin under President Harrison. He
I i was n prominent Mason. Knight of
I | Pythias ami O'id F Mow and a member
I Ol Vai lO IH lithe''
To K < ~.c Foreign Jackies.
New York, Jah. 7. A movement has
I been started in Liverpool to replace
> foreigi rs on British ships by British
sailors, says a dispatch to The Herald
J l'roi.i I.oi. ion. This Is the outcome of
an agitation started by Lord Koniney.
It is pointed out that most vessels
under t'..e Union Jack are manned by
seaui' ii of oilier nationalities to such
I an extent that in the event of a Euro,
pean war the British navy could not
protcc t its mercantile fleet.
Captaincy for Churchill.
New York, Jan. 7.?The appointment
| of Mr. Winston Churchill, M. P., to a
captaincy in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire
Huss ?rs, imperial yeomanry,to
fill the vacancy that has been caused
1 by the promotion of his cousin, the
Duke ,of Mailhorough, to the rank of
major, is announced, cables the Ixm
don correspondent of Th<#HIernld.
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The Talbotton Primary.
. Talbotton, Ga., Jan. 7.?The prinjary
I for Talbotton resulted as follows; For
mayor. J. B. Douglas; for aldefmen,
. J. M.''Heath. L?. W. Rmlth, Henry l,aw,
sen, B.lf'McOen, J. W. Thornton, H.
J. I.awrence, and for marshal, A. J.
Webb.
(. Vartlcinan Seeks Governorship.
Jaclcson. Miss., Jan. 7.?Major James
3 K. Vardeman has formally announced
t his candidacy for the governorship of
K Mississippi, which will become tac&ut
in January, 1904.
LOOKOUT GAVE WARNIf^
Walla Walla's Officer on Bridge Told
cf Car.gar.
San Francisco. .J.-:'. 7.?The Exam- |9>
Iner says />n the authority ot Deputy
Coroner Skinner, of Uuinboldt county,
that E. Johnson, one of the lookouts
on the wrecked steamer Walla Walla
told a strange story under oath at Eureka
regarding the cauBe of the collision
with the French bark Max. -BB
According to the coroner, who took
the depositions of Captain linll and
others of the officers and crow of the
Walla Wnlla us to the accident, Johnson
testified that he saw the lightsjd^k
the French hark many minutes hefcBP
her prow sank into the Walla WtOlr'3
hull; that twite he warned the oldcer
on the bridge of tho approaching
danger, but that his warnings were not
heeded.
As the vesseia neared each other the
rod and green 11%hip of the bark be- .fd
came more and more distinct, according
ti Johnson's testimony as reported
by the coroner's deputy. At last
me iuokoui, alarmed at the failure of
the oflleer on the bridge to change his
course, staited tor the cabin of the
first officer, Peter N:lsen, but before he
reached the cabin the vessels had
struck and the Max drifted away with
her lights plainly visible. These assertions
are contradicted by the positive
statements of the steamer's officers,
who declare that a sharp lookout was
kept and that no warning yrus given /
of the danger. ? *'
The reports of Captain Hall, of th<^
Walla Walla, and Captain Benoist, o^
the Max, will be filed today with the
Inspec tor of hulls and boilers. A day
will then be set for the iuveatigation
into the cause of the disaster.
AT NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Debate on Nicaraquan Bill Crowds the
Gr. i' . kc.
Washington, Jan. 7.?There was a
fairly lar,Te ntter*!*?.nre i:i the galleries
of the house today i:i anticipation
of the opening of the debate upon
the Nicaiagua canal bill which had
been made a special order for the day.
By the teims of the agreement the
'. ill will continue in the house until
disposed of.
Senp.t-,
In the course oi his invocation in
the senate today the chaplain referred
to that body of able and aceomplisheci
men who send forth reports of the
proceedings."
Among tin; oldest senators and offlj
ci :1s of the body it was noted tha^I
bis was tne first time in the historyw
of the sens^- flint the reporters and
correspondents -ever were prayed for
in the United States senate.
The flrr.t hour after the session convened
was consumed bv the intmHnp.
tion of bills, principally measures of
a private character, including bills for
pensions, claims, etc.
A resolution offered by Mr. Stewart,
of Nevada, vas adopted directing the
secretary of the interior to inform the
senate whether leases for large tracts
of land on Indian reservations have
been made or are in contemplation.
Cabinet Discusses Propocltion,
Washington, Jan. 7.?At the cabinet
meeting today the proposition of the
Panarr a Canal company to transfer its
property to the United Slates for the
sum ot ?'? uto.000 was discussed. It
is undoubtedly true that the price
named is regarded by the administration
as sr'hc'ently low 10 justify congress
in giving i' e offer the most careful
consideration. It is expected that
the ir'hmian canal commission will
make a supplementary report to the Wy
president which will embrace the ^
latest proposition of the Panama company.
Suicide at Talbotton.
. U...wv%u.a. VJO.. I. VY MllH.ni Fidward
McNeil, manager of the Talbot*
ton telephone exchange, committed suicide
yesterday morning by cutting his
throat with a razor. Mr. Mi Neil was
a son of the late Captain J a met McNeil.
ot' this place, and was highly ustcemod
for his many estimable :,ualitics.
No cause is assigned fo. the
act.
Subtreasury for Atlanta.
Washington, Jan. 7.?Colonel Livingston
will today introduce a bill providing
for the establishment of a subtreasury
at Atlanta. This is done at
the request of a large number of Atlanta
bankers anil business men who
fee 1 that if there is to be a auhlreab?ry
in the south Atlajjtaishauld gel it.
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