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VOL. X.
FRANCE TRIUMPHANT
Turk Yields Unconditionally To
Every Demand Made.
SPILLING OF GORE OBVIATED
Xerms of Settlement and Concessions
Made Arc of Far-Reaching Char
acter and of Great Im
portance.
A special from Paris says: France
has scored a complete triumph in the
Turkish dispute. The foreign office
Friday morning received advices an
nouncing that the sultan has yielded
to the entire demands formulated ty
the French government, and only the
question of form regarding the execu
tion cf this agreement remains to be
settled. This may be done within the
next twenty-four hours, or it Is expert
td. at the latest, in two or three days.
Then Admiral Caiilard will relinquish
his occupation of the island of Mity
lene.
The Temps prints a dispatch from
Constantinople under Friday’s date
which says that the sultan, in accept
ing the French demands, firstly, au
thorizes the working- of the French
schools, hitherto unrecognized; sec
ondly. he recognizes, officially, the ex
istence of the religious and hospitable
institutions already foundeu and ac
cords them customs immunity and ex
emption from certain taxes, and third
ly, he authorizes the reconstruction of
the schools aud hospitable Institutions
destroyed at the time of the Armenian
troubles, of which a detailed list is at
tached to the French note.
Tewflk Pasha, the Turkish foreign
minister, has announced that the rec
ognition of the Chaldean patriarch, de
manded by France, has been already
accorded.
MAY SUCCEED RUCKER.
Report that Atlanta Man Is Slated For
Georgia Collectorship.
/' Nngion special says: From
| lie Nlissea h-i |horitative source the
statement was made Friday that T. H.
Martin, of A.t!ania, Ga.. will be ap
pointed collector of Internal revenues
of Georgia to succeed Henry A. Ruck
er, the incumbent.
The announcement that Rucker, the
negro collector, is to be removed is no
surprise, since there has been a per
sistent rumor to that efleet since Presi
dent Roosevelt held his first confer
ences with prominent Georgia white
republicans at the capital. When it
was learned that Mr. Martin had re
signed two important positions in At
lanta, it was an open secret that he
had done so in order to accept the col
lectorship. The official appointment,
though it may not be made for some
time, is believed to be only a question
of time.
The appointment, If it is made, is
one that will doubtless meet with the
approval of the white republicans of
Georgia. Mr. Martin is well known as
one of the most prominent as well as
one of the most active republicans in
the state. In 1896 he organized the
McKinley Club of Fulton county ar J
niade a strong fight in the int***'
the — '
GEN. WHEELER INTERESTED.
Army Officers Plan to Establish Gun
Factory In Philadelphia.
A company, of which General Jo
seph Wheeler is a director, is contem
plating the establishment of a plant
in Philadelphia for the manufacture of
a new firearm. The general purposes
making Philadelphia his home. The
chief merits claimed for the new weap
on are freedom from recoil and in the
File automatic action in loading and
firing.
ihe l nited States board of ordnance
cud fortification, it is said, has had
tests made and given appropriations
l! J 01; ier to conduct the tests and to ap
• the device to artillery. Army offl
ccir are interested in the company.
|T INERARY -good ROADS TRAIN.”
Stop of Four Cays Made at Greenville,
ienn., and Convention Held.
‘be special “good roads train” of
be National Good Roads Association
■'“l the Southern railway slopped at
Greenville, Tenn., Saturday for four
! r a ; '/ ' n the interest of good roads.
*— is is the special train which s tour
’be Southern railway on that ac
''’ ‘ n • A section of sample ronij is be
cor|slructed at Greenville, and a
‘cntcntion is part of the program.
r Tne K°od roads train will go from
ovcnviiie to Chattanooga, where an
er invention will bo held.
CONSIDERING THE EVIDENCE.
ree Members cf the Inquiry Court
Meet Behind Closed Doors.
j. : . U . n:ira * George Dewey and Rear Ad
,-jj^ ra , I!i ’'ham and Ramsay, compos
' . e Schley court of inquiry, met
''•r quarters in the McLean build*
', ' as^'n ßt°n, Monday behind closed
i' ljp san the discussion and
1 ■'-•deration of the evidence brought
' ‘ Ha din the investigation conclud
es last week.
oade county sentinel.
TliitEE CONVICTS DIE GAMELY.
Escapes Frcm Leavenworth, Kansas,
Prison Corralled By Posse of
Citizens and Filled With Lead.
Five of the twenty-six convicts who
escaped frcm the stockade of the fed
eral prison at Leavenworth, Kans.,
Thursday afternoon have been account
ed for. These three of tne five are
dead;
James Hoffman, aged 20, white; J.
J. Poffenhol, aged 25, whits; a soldier
convict; John Green, aged 21, white.
The fourth, Willard Drake, white,
aged 19, is wounded and recaptured,
and the fifth, Fred Moore, aged 16, a
negro, is recaptured unhurt.
The five men were discovered In the
barn of Fay Weishaar, a quarter of a
mile from Nortonville, Kans., about 3
o'clock Friday afternoon. Weishaar
went into the barn and was ordered
out at the point of guns. He rushed
to Nortonville and gathered a wagon
load of men, who, with revolvers, shot
guns and a few winchesters, hastened
to the scene. The convicts saw the
men coming and rushed from the barn.
They had two shotguns and revolvers.
The posse pursued them, an a run
ning duel resulted. The convicts were
at a disadvantage, and their shots had
no effect, while at every volley from
the posse one of the convicts fell. Af
ter two of them fell, two of the others
gave themselves up, one being wounu
cd and the other unhurt. The fifth was
fuly 200 yards away, when a man wun
a winchester drew a bead on him and
fired. He was evidently hit, but tried
to go on, and a volley was tired at him
snd he fell dead. None of the citizens
were hurt.
Reports came from numerous points
Friday of the arrest of men supposed
to be the fugitive convicts, but none oi
the suspects have been identified.
The oldest of the fugitives is aged
28 years. Quinn Fort, who was killed
Thursday, was 19 years old. One of
the convicts still at large is a military
prisoner, and the remainder were serv
ing terms for robbery or assault.
One is an Indian and two are negroes.
Nearly all came from Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, and they are sup
posed to be mak.ng for that country.
They are hardy men, used to firearms
anu horses. Some have obtained
both, but others are afoot and defense
less.
Warden McCiaughey says he will
capture every-one of the men. tho
districts around the city every road
and river crossing that the fugitives
might expectco to use is guarded by
armed men, the farmers having turned
out to earn the S6O reward that will
be paid for the return of each convict.
Those of the men that are armed are
likely to be shot on sight.
Two more convicts —Donald Norie
and R. L. Davenport—were captured
Friday in a field two miles north of
Jarbaio. They were hiding in a ra
vine, and being unarmed, they surren
dered without resistance.
JAMES CALLAHAN ACQUITTED.
For Second Time He Is Exonerated of
c'AUhy Kidnaping Charge.
At OaiiV Neb., the jury in the ease
of James CaNdian, after being out thir
ty-six hours, in a verdict Fri
day night, findii Nh defendant not
guilty, and the i °r was discharg
ed. This is the U o in the Cuda
hy kidnap’- - ""■ practically
the seco ’ ““i ae
on’*' .vumaping cuaigi..
„as remarked that there is now
little to prevent Pat Crowe from sur
rendering. The evidence on which Cal
lahan has been tried would probably
prevail in case of Crowe being tried on
the same charges and liberated.
SWITCHMEN STOP WORK.
Strike Order Obeyed By Every Man
on the Rio Grande System.
Advices received by Grand Master
Frank E. Hawley, of the Switchmen’s
Union of America who is in charge of
the strike on the Denver and Rio
Grande, called into effect Thursday
evening, indicate that the strike or
der has been obeyed by every switch
man employed on the Rio Grande sys
tem, numbering 235 men. Mr. Hawley,
in an Interview, stated that the switch
men did not expect assistance from the
other trainmen orders.
MARY MAY LOSE PENSION.
Old Woman of the Blfurca* e
Talked To* M
Pension ..ooioner E in
vestigaflng utterances attr ced o
Dr. Mary Walker, the ex-a iy nurse,
who has worn masculine dire in re
cent years, and who is a’ ged to have
called the execution o* Czolgosz, the
late President McKin' y’s assassin, a
murder and the late resident himself
a murdered on account of his policy
in the Philippines. The commission
er explains that he has no authority to
revoke the w-oman’s pension, but that
congress could do so if it desired.
SCHLEY ACCEPTS INVITATIONS.
Will Visit Memphis and Nashville,
Tenn, In January.
Rear Admiral Schley has agreed to
visit Memphis, Tenn., some time in
January, the exact date to be settled
later. He goes there to receive a sil
ver service bought him by contri
butions through The Commercial-Ap
peal. A delegation from Nashville
called on him Friday and he accepted
an invitation to visit that city. He
may go to Knoxville on trip.
TRENTON. GA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 15.1901.
CONVICTS IN MUTINY
Inmates of Leavenworth Prison
Battle With the Guards.
DESPERATE RUSH FOR LIBERTY
Two of the Prisoners Had Revolvers
which Were Freely Used—Twen
ty-Six Succeed In Breaking
From Stockade.
A special from Leavenworth, Kans.,
says: One man was killed, three oth
ers dangerously wounded and twenty
six desperate convicts are at large as
a result of a mutiny late Thursday af
ternoon at tke site of the new United
States prison, two miles southeast of
ihe city, where 400 prisoners from the
federal prison, in charge of thirty
armed guards, were at work.
When the trouble began the rebel
lious prisoners had only two revolvers.
These had been secreted in one of the
walls of the building by some unknown
person. Gus Parker, of Ardmore, Ind.
TANARUS., one of the ring leaders of the mu
tiny, under pretense of a necessity,
walked to the corner of the stockade,
where the revolvers were concealed and
under the cover of some weeds secured
them without being detected. He re
turned to the gang and passed one of
the revolvers to Frank Thompson, a
negro, who secreted it about his per
son. When T. E. Hinds, superintend
ent of construction, and three unarm
ed guards prepared to round up the
men at the end of the day’s work, the
two armed convicts covered them with
revolvers and encouraged by the oth
er mutinous convicts, forced the men
to walk before them to the northwest
ern corner of the high wooden stock
ade, where they expected to make a
rush through an opening. On the out
side of the stockade was an armed
guard, and the convicts were met at
the opening by C. E. Burrows, who
fought them back, but who received
two shots in the neck. The convicts
then rushed over to the soutl. *all to
another opening and were met by Ar
ti.ur Treelford, an armed guard, who
is in charge of all the convicts. Treel
rftrd resisted the convicts and was shot
twice, but not dangerously wounded.
Defeated in their attempt to escape
at this point, the men rushed to the
guard house, a temporary frame struc
ture, where the arras were kept. The
guards from the outside rushed in at
this point and drove the convicts away
from the guard house. J. P. Waldrupe,
a guard, shot and killed Ford Quinn,
from Ryan, Ind. T. The prisoners then
made a grand rush for the main en
trance and twenty-six of them succeed
ed in escaping.
The convicts, in their flight, com
pelled F. E. Hinds, superintendent of
construction, to go with them and he
was not allowed to return until they
had gone almost two miles into a for
est. W. F. Peaslee, one of the fugi
tives, who has only fifteen months
more to serve, deserted the band a few
moments after Superintendent Hinds
was released. The two men reachd
Leavenworth almost at the same time.
They reported that the fugitives, after
holding a consultation, decided they
would form into several parties, so
’-‘•t some might escape, though oth
ers o, v, u. f ,ptured.
Twenty-four members of the Fourth
cavalry hastened to the scene of the
trouble, but when they arrived the con
victs had escaped and the soldiers
could not participate in the chase with
out orders from their superiors.
However, forty armed guards from
the federal started in pursuit
of the rugitives.
The wounded men are in the prison
hospital. J. B. Waldrupe, who was
shot in the head and neck, is in a p.e
carlous condition. .
Smallpox P ents Rescued.
Tracy Hon a hospital at Des
Moines in • n fifteen smallpox pa
tients wy** quarantined, was badly
fire Thursday. The in
mate 1 were rescued, the firemen and.
pc’ a risking exposure to the conta
' 1.
SHORTAGE IS SIXTY THOUSAND.
Finance Keeper of Knights of Macca
bees Took Large Sum.
The board of trustees and the su
preme officers of the supreme tent,
Knights of the Maccabees, held an ex
ecutive session in Port Huron, Mich.,
with representatives of National Fi
nance Keeper Thompson, who is short
in his accounts.
It was announced that the shortage
was $60,000 instead of ss7,vuj.
New Prince of Wales.
A London special says: The duke
of Cornwall and York has been created
prince of Wales and earl of Chester.
GEORGIAN DIES IN MANILA.
Captain Robert Anderson, of Ninth
Infantry, Victim of Pneumonia.
A cablegram received at the war
department Thursday from General
Chaffee., at Manila, announces the
death of Captain Robert H. Anderson,
of the Ninth infantry.
Captain Anderson was appointed to
the army in 1884 from civil life, being
accredited to Georgia.
Official Organ of Dado County
INQUIRY CiURT ADJOURNED.
Judge Advocate Lemly Makes Closing
Speech—Report Will Now
Be Formulated.
A Washington special says: After
sittings covering forty days, and with
a record which, when completed, will
cover about 2,000 pages, the Sch.ey
court of inquiry at 3:45 p. m. Thursday
adjourned its last public session. To
Captain S. C. Lemly, the judge advo
cate in the case, had been assigned the
| duty of making the closing "argument
in the case, and soon after he had com
pleted his speech Admiral Dewey,
bringing his gavel uowu upon the big
flat table said:
“There being no further business,
the court is adjourned.”
As was the case Wednesday, when
Mr. Raynor spoke, the attendance was
large. There was only one session dur
-1 ing the day. It began at 2 o’clock.
The entire time was devoted to Cap
tain Lemly’s address. He read his
speech in clear and distinct tones, and
was given careful attention. The
speech, In the main, was an analysis
of the testimony, but occasionally a
conclusion was drawn and frequently
there was a criticism of the course
pursued by Admiral (then commodore)
Schley. Speaking of Commodore
Schley’s conduct, Captain Lemly said:
"From my knowledge of the man,
having served under his command on
two cruisers, I have never believed,
nor do I claim from the evidence, that
personal misconduct —or, to call a
spade a spade, cowardice—was exhib
ited by Commodore Schley in any part
of his career as commander in chief
of the flying squadron. But I submit,
with regret that in the passage from
Key West to Cienfuegos, while at the
latter port, en route to the southward
of Santiago, without settled destina
tion in the retrograde movement, in
the return to the vicinity of Santiago,
and in the affair of May 31 the com
modore exhibited unsteadiness in pur
pose and in push, and failure to obey
orders.”
This statement was made toward
the close of Captain Lemly’s remarks.
After adjournment the members of
the court. A ’.miral Schley 'and coun
sel' lingered for a time about the bail
in which they recently spent so much
of their time, and there were many
affectionate words of farewell spo
ken. Admiral Schley, ui. ah was
carted upon receive tnegfetuiiKs of
a number of admirers and a hundred
or more people waited at the door of
the building to bid him adieu.
NEGRO KISSED WHITE GIRL.
Big Mob Gathers In New York Street
Ready For Lynching.
While shopping in New York city
Thursday, May Cunningham, a pretty
young girl of Yonkers, was hugged and
kissed by a big negro on the public
highway. He was quickly taken in
hand by Policeman Kirke, who was at
tracted to the spot by the girl’s
screams.
In less time than it takes to tell a
crowd of several hundred people were
collected and cries of “Lynch the black
devil” were heard on every side. The
policeman made such quick headway,
however, that his man was landed in
the station before the threats were put
into execution.
He gave his name as Charles Smith,
of Atlanta, Ga., made no defense of his
conduct, and was held for on
the charge of disorderly -induct.
COLLECTOR KOESYt INS.
President Roosevelt Is Satisfie ind
the Appointment Stands.
President Roosevelt as fully inves
tlgated the charges ainst Internal
Revenue Collector K ster in connec
tion with "a lynchir party” in South
Carolina. Various dement* on the
subject were pres< ed to the presi
dent, E. t . a hour he had commis
sioned Kn the latted had flier*
his b'~ , Jent determK-i-d to
make a *dy of t> subjecL
Koes o .atlon o' .is partici
pation a the 1 ychir.g r sed the pres
ident to decla /that .o far as Koester
isjrt’oncerned rthe incident is closed.
details l *e lynching were laid
before the * Jesident. Koester related
every poin touching the work.
RATHBt MAKfcS CONFESSION.
Prisoner teveals Attempted Scheme
to P 3 Insurance Companies.
Newel C. Rathbun, who was sup
posed b have been found dead in a
Jeffersc ville, Ind., hotel last Thurs
day, v ; arrested in i/ouisville, Ky.,
Mondi According to ; Rathbun, the
corpsD which was shipped to Little
Rock/or burial as the body of Rath
bun /as the body of W. L. Ten Eykc.
Thefcollce say Rathbun has confessed
to desertion from the United States
army and to having formed a plan to
fraudulently collect $4,000 insurance
on his life.
SIX KILLED IN WRECK.
Report cf Fearful Disaster on the Iron
Mountain Railroad.
A special to The Little Rock Gazette
from Texarkana says that trainmen ar
riving there Monday night on the Iron
Mountain railroad state that a work
tiain was wrecked at Prescott, near
Texarkana, killing six negroes and in
juring fifteen others. The names of
the dead men are not obtainable.
TWO OFFICERS HELD
Escaped Convicts Tara Tables
On Their Pursuers.
UNIQUE COUP IS PERPETRATED
Soerlff and His Deputy Compelled te
Promise Immunity In Ordar
to Gain Their Own
Liberty.
a Topeka, Kans, special eayw: Sher
iff Cook and deputy Sheriff Williams
were captured by two convicts from
the Fort Leavenworth military prison
Sunday afternoon at Pauline, five miles
south of Topeka and held prisoners
on the farm of a man named Wooster
for several hours. They finally escap
ed between a line of police sent from
Topeka to reinforce the sheriff and are
now at large. Both were slightly
wounded. Wooster was badly wound
ed by one of the convicts when he
tried to fire on them. Mrs. Wooster
and Sheriff Cook were held Defore the
convicts as a shield by the prisoners in
making their escape.
At 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon
some farmer boysi near Pauline learn
ed that the convicts were in the
neighborhood. Hastily forming a
posse, armed with target rifles, pistols
and clubs, they gave chase. Neither
of the convicts was armed .and they
were unable to make a sitand. Later
Sheriff Cook and Deputy Williams ar
rived. Coming upon the convicts-, bom
of the officers fired, wounding the men,
but not disabling them.
The convicts then fled through a
small opening in the timber and ran
into the house of Farmer Wooster.
Sheriff Cook telephoned to Topeka for
assistance and then took up the chase.
Thinking the convicts had run around
the house, Cook darte- through the
open door, intending to surprise them
at the rear door, but instead of this
the convicts had gone Into the house
and the officer almost fell into their
arms.
Sheriff Cook was ordered to give
up his gun, which he did. Deputy
Williams by this time had reached the
house and entered without knowing
what had happened inside, and he, too,
was made captive by the COUVIctS. In
the meantime Chief Stahl, of Topeka,
with eight officers, were on their w r ay.
They arrived at the Wooster house
about an hour after the officers had
been imprisoned. Chief Stahl imme
diately began negotiations! with the
convicts to give up their prisoners and
to surrender themselves, but the con
victs only laughed. Farmer Wooster
then managed to get a gun and was
aboui to make an attack on the con
victs, when one of them lain him low
with a blow from the butt of a revolv
er taken from one of their captives-
One of the convicts told Sheriff Cook
that he would be killed if he made the
slightest move looking toward uieir
capture. In the meantime the police
officers on the outside surroundeu the
buildfng, but were afraid to make a
move for fear that Cook and Williams
would suffer.
Mrs. Wooster had fainted during the
excitement. She finally revived aud
at 7 o'clock the convicts placed the wo
man and Sheriff Cook in front of them
as shields and maue for the door. Then,
after an exacting promise from the
sheriff that he would not permit any
of the officers outside to fire on them,
they started for the open. As they left
the house, the frightened farmer’s wife
and submissive sheriff before them,
the convicts passed between a cordon
of police, who could easily have cap
tured them, and started for the rail
road track. The sheriff had in turn
exacted a promise from the police that
they would not molest the convicts,
and they did not.
• After covering th<' ">selves a consid
erable distance down *racs the con
'••ts suddenly diss through a
i.edge fence bK .. ''fiice’N,"*
mocking farewell.
The convicts had s are- ood
start before the officer had re
from their surprise. T som
policemen wanted to Sursue b -tar
iff Cook would not pe> nit it, ra h had
promised the convicts immi uity l om
arrest.
FORMER FOES FRATERNIZE.
Officials of Rival Street Railways In
Atlanta tifie Together.
The magnates of Atlanta’s erstwhile
rival street railway companies met
around the board Thursday night at
an elegant dinner tendered them by
President Ernest Woodruff, of the At
lanta Railway and Power Company.
This is the first time these gentle
men have ever met at a social func
tion. and the occasion was one of inter
esting significance, showing the friend
ly relation now existing between those
who only a short while ago were the
bitterest of financial foes.
“PAUNCY” HOB-NOBS WITH HAY.
Subject of Confab Was Preparation of
the New Treaty.
Lord Pauncefote, the British ambas
sador, had a half hour’s talk Friday
with Secretary Hay in regard to the
preparation of the new Hay-Paunce
fote treaty. It Is expected that in view
of the progress that has been made,
the convention may be concluded, sc
far as the executive branch of the gov
ernment is concerned within a week.
BECKHAM ROASTS DURBIN.
Governor of Kentucky Indites a Hot
Letter to Indiana Chief
Executive.
Governor Eeckham, of Kentucky,
has addressed to Governor Durbin, cf
Indiana, a letter replying to the criti
cism by that executive cf the courts
and officials of Kentucky iu his recent
letter refusing to honor the requisition
for Taylor and Finley, wanted for al
leged complicity In the assassination
of Goebel. He severely arraigns Dur
bin for his refusal, charging that in
doing so he violated his oath of office
to support the constitution of the Uni
ted States and that he becomes “a
party after the fact to the most Infa
mous crime in the history of this
state, the cold-blooded and dastardly
murder of an eminent and distinguish
ed citizen of Kentucky.”
The Kentucky executive also charges
that Governor Durbin s refusal was
the result cf a political bargain made
before his election to office and charac
terizes his charges against the courts
and officials cf Kentucky as slanderous
and inexcusable misrepresentations.
He takes the stand that the gover
nor of a state has no discretionary
power, but only ministerial power in
the honoring of legally drawn requisi
tions from other states, and this is ta
ken here as indication that steps will
shortly be taken in the courts to com
pel Durbin by mandamus to honor the
requisitions. If such proceedings are
instituted, they will be in the courts
of Indiana and taken on appeal to the
supreme court.
ESCAPADE OF GAY EVANGELIST.
Weds Young Woman and Then Skips.
Fathcr-in-Law Offers Reward.
James L. Douglas, who recently con
ducted a revival service at Lithonia,
Ga., is the principal in the biggest sen
sation DeKalb county has known in
years.
One day last week Douglas married
Miss Grace George, daughter of B. F.
George, one of the best known citizens
of Lithonia and DeKalb county. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Wil
liam Shaw, pastor of tK< Berean Con
gregational church, of Atlanta. Three
days after the wedding Douglas left
his young bride at their boarding
house in Atlanta, saying he was going
out on business and would not return
until late.
That is the last any one has seen
of him. It is believed he took a train
for New York and from New York sail
ed for Europe.
of S2OO has been offered
by B. F. George, and every ef
fort will be made to bring him back
to Atlanta.
Six weeks ago Douglas went to Li
thonia from Atlanta for the purpose
of conducting a revival service. He
carried a letter from Rev. William
Shaw, of Atlanta. He made a good im
pression on the people, and was re
garded as a strong preacher and a
well-educated man. He told a story
of his alleged experience in the Galves
ton flood, where he declared h lost his
only sister.
He lived at the George residence
during his stay in Lithonia, and among
other admirers won the esteem of Miss
Grace George, a pretty and accomplish
ed young woman.
He claimed to be directly from Edin
burgh and a member of the United
Brethren. Finding none of this sect
here, he affiliated with the Congrega
tionalists.
RINGLEADER CAUGHT BY POSSE.
Negro Escape From Fort Leavenworth
Puts Up a Game Fight.
Frank Thompson, the negro leader
of the munlty at the federal prison at
Leavenworth, was captured eight miles
north of Council Grove. Kansas, Mon
day evening by a posse. Thompson
would not surrender, but was taken af
formity with a notice which the for
r eign office sent to the legations, all tho
’.hinese officials in the capital gath
.< at the board of rites to
“rescue the sun,” wmch was sunerlng
from a partial eclipse. The rescue was
"•’eompllshed by pros.rations, the
burnuit, ' ’icense and the beating of
drums. A for the first
time in history, to wit
ness the ceremony.
SIX SOLDIERS DROWNED.
Disastrous Attempt to Cross Babyon
River In Samar Island.
A dispatch from Catbalogan, Samar,
says: The insurgents are becoming
more active in the island of Leyte,
Wednesday the town of Matalon was
attacked. At Inopaean the Insurgents
cut the telegraph lines. While a de
tachment of American troops were re
pairing it they were fired upon by a
band of insurgents. After a brief
skirmish the rebels were dispersed.
First Lieutenant Robert T. Crawford,
of the First infantry, a sergeant and
five men, while attempting to cross the
Babyon river in Samar, were drowned.
SEIZED AMERICAN SCHOONER.
Stoppe By Portuguese® Gun Boat For
Smuggling Emigrants.
The Exchange Telegraph Company,
at London has received a dispatch
from Lisbon announcing that a Portu
guese gunboat has seized the Ameri
can schooner Nettie and Lottie at
Horta, island of Fayal, in the Azores,
for clandestinely conveying twenty-six
emigiants, who were trying to avoid
military service.
NO. 20.
ratifiers jubilant
Cfaim Majority cf Over 30,000
In Monday’s Election.
OPPOSITION ALSO MAKE CLAIM
All Black Belt Counties Go Heavy
Against Measure, But Cities Gen
erally Counterbalanced
the Vote. V.
According to a Birmingham special
the ratificationists in Alabama have
won ij cotween 30,000 and 35,000 ma-
Jority. >. - .|
The vote in the state appears to
have been heavier than was expected.
The interest in the issue became great
ly enlivened during the last few dajs
of the campaign, and this fact, togeth
er with the presence at the polls of
large numbers of negroes, brought out
many voters who had heretofore been
lukewarm in their support of the new
constitution.
There seems to be no doubt but that
a heavier vote was cast than has been
cast in either of the two last state elec
tions. Of the sixty-six counties in the
state, the ratificationists appear to
have carried about thirty and the anti
ratifications an equal number. The re
mainder of the counties are in doubt.
The ratifiers carried the large counties
and caught the large majorities, how
ever, while their opponents landed the
smaller fish.
Jefferson county gave 3,500 for rati
fication, Montgomery about 3,000, Mad
ison about 2,400 and Dallas at least, 2,-
000. while moot of the opposition coun
ties sent up majorities in the hundreds.
Mobile county was a close battle
ground.
Governor Jelks’ county, Barbour,
gave the ratifiers a majority of about
2,000. Mr. Knox’s county, Calhojin.,
gave them about 1,500. One ofjlhiiai
greatest victories for the ratifiers wa>,
in Pike, the campaign there for the
new constitution being lea by Hon. W.
J. Samford, of the late governor.
The anti-raflAers appear to have car
ried the counties of Lee, Lauderdale,
Blount, Dale, Walker, Etowah, St.
Clair, Cullman, Lamar, Marshall, De-
Kalb, Jackson, Choctaw, Coosa, Talla
poosa. Clay, Marion, Morgan, Frank
lin. Cherokee, Chilton, Butler, Conecuh,
Lowndes, Henry, Fayette, Geneva,
Shelby and Winston.
Almost the entire seventh district
voted against ratification. This had
for years been the weakest district in
the state from a democratic stand
point.
Chairman Shelley, of the anti-ratifi
cation state committee, has by no
means surrendered. He says he has
not heard from anything like all of the
counties, but that he calculates a ma
jority of 20,000 against ratification
upon the returns he ha-s received.
Provisions of Measure.
The new- constitution for the stats
of Alabama was framed primarily to
improve the character of the suffrage.
It provides education or property qual
ifications for those who were not sol
diers or descendants of soldiers, and.
contains a good character clause. The
new instrument provides for a lieuten
ant governor, governor and state offi
cials with four-year terms; provides
for quadrennial instead of biennial ses
sions of the legislature; reduces the
limit of taxation to 65 per cent; in
sures a fixed appropriation for public
schools; prohibits judges and members
of the legislature from acquiring free
railroad passes, and prohibits lobbying.
It also provides a penalty for persons
who buy or sell votes.
PIGTAILS "RESuvE” THE SUN.
The Heathen Chinese Indulge in Pecu
liar and Silly Ceremony.
A dispatch from Peinn says: In con
fer a hard fight with the officers, in
which he was shot in the head, but not
severely injured.
Lawrence Lewis, another of the es
capes. was mortally wounded Monday
morning near Quenemo in another sec
tion of the state while making a dash
through a cordon of armed deputies.
Lewis is a white boy 20 years old, who
was sent up in October, 1900, for lar
ceny.
CAPTIVE IS ROUGHLY TREATED.
Miss Stone Says She Is Being Dragged
Over Mountains By Brigands.
In the latest letter received at So
fia, Bulgaria, from Miss Ellen M.
Stone, the captive American mission
ary, she says she is exposed to muchi
hardship and suffering, owing to the!
constant movement of the band ovel
hills and ravines, notwithstanding
rigors of the winter.
National Prison Association M
The annual congress oi the fdmon
al Prison Association opened at Kan
sas City Saturday night for a session
of five days.
VOTE FELL FAR SHORT.
Ohio Returns Show Decrease of 100,-
000 compared With 1899.
With almost half returns
from the eighty-eight in Ohio
received it is the total
vote may be 100,OuO leoßhan for gov
ernor two years ago, when 920,872
votes were cast, and almost a quarter
of a million less than for president
last year, when the total vote of Ohio
was 1,049,121.