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«4 <m j IN RAGING FLOODS CREAH OF NEWS Cities ef Georgia and Alabama Are Closely Grasped. LIVES AND PROPERTY LOST Greatest Damage Done at West Point, Ga.—Trains Plunge Into Wash, outs—Many Deaths From Drowning. Loss of life and terrible destruction to property has occurred as a result of the heavy rains In Georgia and Ala bama between Atlanta and Montgom ery. Four deaths are known to have re sulted from the flood near West Point, Ga., while the destruction of property was extensive there and all along the lines of the Atlanta and West Point •nd the Western Railway of Alabama. A telephone messago to The Atlanta Constitution from West Point stated that the river had risen twenty-flvo feet above normal holght, and three or four bridges and culverts had been washed away. The streets of West Point were flooded and many people bad to move Into second stories for comfort and safety. At 2 o’clock Sunday morning freight train No. 21, with fifteen cars, on the Western Railway of Alabama, went Into a washed out culvert at Notasulga, 80 miles from West Point. The englno turned completely over and Engineer Thomas Russell was killed, while Cy Lee, the negro fireman, was fatally In jured, and two trainmen were badly hurt. Train No. 209 started to the scene of the wreck, but went through an open culvert B miles out of West Point. No one was Injured In this accident, however. Four men attempted to cross the Chattahoochee river near West Point shortly after noon, with the result that three of the party, two white men and one negro, were drowned. The dead are George W. Callaway, H. B. Jones and ono negro, name unknown. The fourth member of the party, a negro, escaped unhurt. n the Louisville and Nashvlllo rail - 1, southern system, the train due at ntogmery was derailed and Is under Dyos. On the Genova branch Louisville and Nashville 300 feet have been swept away near reck . Numerous wnshouts are long the lino between West Montgomery. rain attempted to go from 'ay over the Atlanta and ho LaGrange special, ty at 8:10 In the morning. Stopped at. Hogansvlllo on ac count of a severe washout and had to turn back. All of the through trains fo New Or leans, via tho Atlanta and West Point, had to be annulled Sunday, and pas sengers going In thnt direction had to go around by the Southern. In West Point the water was up In the streets and the situation. It Is said, was desperate. People can get about with difficulty, and as the river wns still rising, fears nrc expressed as to the results. BIG BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED. With Appropriate Ceremonies the Mis •ourl Glides Into the Water. The battleship Missouri was launch ed at the ship yard nt Newport News Saturday at 11:12 o'clock. Fully 15,006 people, It Is estimated, saw the big do fender go overboard. Tho launching passed off without a hitch and none prettier or more successful was ever accomplished. Mls« Marlon Cockrell, daughter of Senator F. M. Cockrell, of Missouri, was sponsor for the ship and she performed the duty assigned her with the traditional bottle of chnm- pagne, using a bottle of Missouri pro duct for the purpose. The number of distinguished guests gathered around the sponsor on the christening plat form was larger than ever seen at tho yards. MILITIA GOES FOR OUTLAW. Alabama Governor Asked to Aeelet In Capturing Uriah Porter. The reign of terror which has exist ed in tho Crawford community In Ala bama since the killing of Joseph Fin cher by Uriah Porter came to n climax Saturday afternoon when the situation became so acute that the governor of Alabama was appealed to for aid. Gov ernor Jelks ordered the Twin City Guard to proceed to tho scene and cap ture Porter, who ha6 been at large In the community heavily armed and threatening death to any who dared to try to arrest him. POWDER MILL WRECKED. Concussion Was Felt Fourteen Miles Away—Four Men Injured. A dispatch from Scranton. Pa., says: An explosion of the barrel mill of the Moosic Powder Company, at the Jor myn works Friday blew the mill and some adjoining buildings to pieces. The shock was plainly felt In Scran ton a distance of 14 miles. Four work men were injured by flying debris. FIRE 8TOPS FESTIVAL. Christmas Tre e Starts Blaze Which Destroyed Big Building. At Chicago, Saturday night, a Christ- »aa tree loaded with inflammable or naments and candles caused a Are that destroyed the Alexander apartment building, a six story structure corner of Bowen and Cottage Grove avenuys. Tbe loss will exceed $100,000. ‘Twenty families iiveu iu the buildin*; gad the flames spread so rapidly the a acore of persons barely escaped wi; Uvee. H+W*44HfH4« Summary of the Moat Important Dally j; <• Happenings Tersely Told. —The Misses Battle, of Barnett, Qa. ( were robbed of $6,000 In gold Sux- day morning. They discovered the rob bers, who dashed a bucket of water In tho face of the lady holding a lighted lamp. —As an aftermath of Saturday’s storm, a washout on the Western Rail way of Alabama causes a wreck In which Engineer Russell Is killed. Val uable property threatened In Colum bus. Lives lost In West Point. —The Rev. N. Z.. Glenn, brother of State School Commissioner G. R. Glenn, died at his late home In Eaton- ton, Ga., Sunday. —A street car and freight train col lided at Birmingham early Sunday morning. The street car conductor was killed and two men were seriously Injured. —Through the attorney general, the state of South Carolina has begun suit against the Vlrglnia-Carollna Chemical Company, the allegation being made that the concern Is & trust and a mon opoly. —Uriah Porter, for whoso capture Governor Jelks ordered a military com pany to Crawford, Ala., Is still at large. It Is feared a general riot may be pre cipitated by Porter’s friends when be Is taken. —Funeral services over the body of Miss Nellie Cropsey was held In Eliza beth City, N. C., Sunday. Ministers advised from tho pulpit that Wilcox ho not hastily condemned, and urged against any overt act. —Four persons lost their lives In a railroad collision at Malta, Ills., Sun day afternoon. —Postoffice Inspectors Holmes and Flotchor left Cincinnati Sunday for Havana, where they go to testify against Neely, charged with embezzle ment. —According to a Manila special live Insurgent officers, 17B men, with 6 can non and 68 rifles surrendered on Sat urday to the Americans. —Foreign ministers at Pekin say they will decline the invitation to din ner on the occasion of the Chinese court returning, If they aro not Invited to the palace. —The Zionist conference, In session at Basle, Switzerland, will try to raise a million dollars to purchase lands In Palestine. —Savannah capitalists are forming a trust company to float legitimate en terprises. —Uriah Porter, who killed Joseph Fincher at Crawford, Ala.,, Is armed with a pistol and a winchester rifle and defies the authorities to arrest him. A bailiff gave up his Job rather than at tempt to arrest Porter. --Oil wells were struck In Tennes see and Kentucky Friday. —Governor Aycoek, of North Caro Una, will sign death warrants for four burglars—two white and two black. —Washington seems to think that Germany will soon make a demonstra tion agnlnst Venezuela. It is believed Venezuelan ports will be blockaded and tho people starved Into submls sion. —Tho battleship Missouri was launched at Newport News Saturday. Miss Marion Cockrell, of Missouri christened tho vessel. The members of the cabinet were present. -At the National theater In Wash ington Friday night Admiral Schley received a romarkablo ovation. Every one in the house rose and cheered him. New plan for consolidation of pub lic utility properties In Atlanta, Ga., may contemplate Ignoring tho city. No tlce of application to the 6tnto for new charter Is Doing published. —Spanish squatters on tho island of LaCostn, southwest of Florida, have been ordered by the government to leave at onco. The island Is famous as tho former rendezvous of smug glers. —Two white men were killed, one fa tally wounded and a white man and negro were wounded in a race riot Thursday at Chlldersburg, Ala., precip itated by a game of craps, —The eleventh annual session of the Southern Educational Association was opened Thursday In Columbia, S. C., many prominent educators being prci ent. —The nations represented at tho Pan-American congress In Mexico City, have reached common ground In re gard to arbitration. The agreement Is based ou The Hague convention. —Former President Cleveland hns agreed to accept a position on the com mlttcc named to settle disputes be tween labor and capital. —Impression Is gaining ground that the railroads entering Atlanta. Ga.. will refuse to pay rent demanded for the new Atlanta depot. —Chile and Argentina have finally agreed to urbltrate their differences the king of England being chosen to decide. —On Christmas ere tho Boers under DeWet rushed a British column and routed it. Lord Kitchener reports that the British loss was heavy. —The Zionist congress to promote the return of the Hebrews to Palestine Is in session at Basle, Switzerland Over one thousand delegates are in at tendance. —The United States battleship In dinna and the warships of several other nations are off the coast of Ven czuela. A clash Is feared between Venezuela and Colombia. —In a feudal fight at & church la Pike county, Ohio, Christmas night, six persons were fatally wounded and many others seriously hurt. When the fight was begun the church was crowd ed with women and children. —Extensive preparations are being made in Columbus, Ga., for the good roads convention. Many distinguished men will be Invited. Georgia-’.Cullings Brief But Interesting Snmmary of Happenings in the State. Atlanta's Population. The city dlt'eotory for 1902, Just IB- sued, gives Atlanta a population of 129,712. * * • German Colony Coming, Preparations are being made for the colonization In Georgia of some 300 German families now living In Wiscon sin. • • • Judge and Solicitor Appointed. J. O. H. Brown and Burton Cloud have been appointed by Qovernor Can dler, Judge and solicitor respectively of the city court of Buford. Tho bill cre ating the city court of Buford was passed at the last session of tho legis lature. * * • Won Only By 8lx Votes, The town of Decatur at an election last Saturday decided for public schools. The vote stood 104 for and 18 agalnsL There wero 147 registered voters, and as It required two-thirds of these to carry the election, the schools won by only six votes. • • • Big Check Is Received. Tho state treasury department last Saturday received a check for $40,000 from the tax collector of Chatham county as a part of tho returns of state and county taxes from that county. This Is tbe largest single check that has been received from any of the counties In somo time. Large returns are expected from the counties of Rich mond, Bibb, Muscogee, Clarko, Fulton and others. • • • New State Depository. Governor Candler has appointed the Fourth National bank of Atlanta a state depository. As soon as tho bank officials have executed the necessary bond of $100,000, to be approved by the governor, It will be qualified to re ceive deposits from the state treasurer. The Fourth National will be a state depository for four years, that being tho term provided iu the order of ap pointment under the act authorizing tho governor to select another depos itory In Atlanta. * * * Collins Held For Trial, At Duluth, Friday, occurred the pre liminary trial of Thomas L. Collins for the killing of J. W. Pierce In the bloody buttle which took place on tho Air Line Bell train December 10th. The court, after hearing tho evi dence, coitimltted the defendant to tho superior court to answer for the of fense of voluntary manslatighter. Over three hundred persons were present to hear the trial and great interest was manifested. Collins was cut ten times In the flesh and seven on his clothes. Pierce was cut only three, the slab In the Jugular vein killing him. • » • Soldiers Hov e Diverse Opinions. Military men of tho state are divided In their opinion ns to the method of spending the $20,000 appropriated to the military by the legislature. Governor Candler Is receiving let ters every day from prominent mili tary men about the matter. Tho gov ernor sent out letters to the commis sioned olticors severul days ago asking If they preferred to have their armory rent paid, or If they had rather have an encampment of a week at the expense of tho state. Governor Candler says the Infantry men aro almost to a man In favor of having their armory rent paid, while the cavalrymen want to go Into camp. All of the officers have not yet been heard from and the chief executive has made no decision as to what he will do. • • • Wylie Promptly Released. Jule Wylie, who was recently arrest ed In Atlanta and carried to Douglas- villo suspected with having been one of the three men who robbed a bank at that place, was released without o trial. Ho established beyond the ques tton of a doubt the fact that he had not been near Douglasvllle. Wylie, who Is well known In Atlanta, feels that a great Injustice was done him aud says ho cannot understand who gave the Information that led to his arrest, unless It was some spotter who had It In for him. He say s 4c was told that there were people In Douglas vlllo who would swear that he was In that place on tho day of the robbery, but tho people who wero depended upon to Identify hltn declared they had never seen him before. • • • Tatum Mysteriously Disappears. With $400 In his pocket, G. A. Ta turn, of Alphretta, left his home to visit Atlanta and has mysteriously disap peared, leaving no clue to his present whereabouts. Tatum stRted that he Intended re turning to his homo early In the week and when he did not do so his people became alarmed about him and J. B Paris, his brother-in-law, went to At lanta In an effort to locate the missing man. He could find no trace of him however, and reported the matter to the police, requesting their aid In the search. On account of the money he was known to have had and his sudden dls appearance the police believe that there has been foul play. Tatum was a man of quiet and orderly habits, and bis relatives do not think that his dls appearance was of his own accord. He wasa school teacher at Alpharetta but during his vacation had been em ployed by C. C. Foster & Bros., dry goods merchants, of that place. He was married about three months a • • • Johnson’s Successor Not Named. Although the resignation of Walter H. Johnson as chairman of ihe state re publican exeeutlvo committee was re ceived during the meeting of that body In Atlanta the past week, his successor was not appointed. W. A. Pledger, who was vice chair man, will preside over the meetings of the committee, although he was not elected chairman to succeed Mr. John son. In fact, after the committee had voted to receive Mr. Johnson’s resigna tion, no further action regarding offi cers was taken. Resolutions were adopted commend ing the Georgia legislature for not hav ing passed a law which would mean tho disfranchisement of many negroes In this state, and also for refusing to adopt a bill providing for a division of the school fund for whites and blacks A resolution was Introduced by ex- Governor Bullock Indorsing the admin istration of President Roosevelt, and also expressing the regrets of the re publican party and citizens generally at the death of Mr. McKinley. This resolution was unanimously adopted, as was one of sympathy for Mrs. Me KInley In the loss of her husband. The session of the republican execu tive committee was held In the senate chamber at tbe capltol. The meeting began at 10 o’clock and lasted until nearly 1. • * • Cost Is Only Twenty-Five Cents. The state agricultural department has been puzzled over the question of sending out to the people tho book re cently published by the department en titled "Georgia Historical and Indus trial.” To send the books by mall the cost will be thirty cents on each book and to send them by express will entail a cost of 26 cents on each book. Owing to the fact that a binding Is on the book the governmcnt'decllned to allow It to be sent through -the malls as sec ond-class mall matter, and the express company declines to make any reduc tion In price. The result will bo that tho cost of getting the book out to the people will be $2,500, unless tho people to whom tho volumes are sent are kind enough to pay the express charges. The book Is one of tho most valuable. If not the most valuable over published about this state and Its resources, and the demands for It are becoming very heavy. EDUCATORS IN COLUMBIA. Southern Association Hold# Annual Meeting at Carolina Capital. Tho eleventh annual session of the Southern Educational Association be gan In Columbia, S. C., Thursday. The gathering Is composed of the most dls tingulshed educators In the south, men from all the states from Maryland to Texas and Florida. Dr. Curry and United StateB Commissioner of Eduea tlon Harris are present, and there are a number of prominent men from Mas sachusotts and other eastern states. A number of college presidents are on hand, representing almost every south ern stato. FUNERAL OF NELLIE CROPSEY. Great Throng Attend Services In Church at Elizabeth City. Funeral services over the body of Miss Nellie Cropsey, whose remains were discovered In the Pasquotank riv er after a search lasting several weeks, was held In the Methodist church at Elizabeth City, N. C.,*Huuday, of which the girl became a member only a month before her disappearance. The ehurch was crowded to suffocation and tho street lending to It was lined with people who uncovered as the hearse drove past. ANARCHIST UNDER ARREST, Wife of Grossman Gives Him Away to the Authorities. Rudolph Grossman, editor of The Austro-Hungnrlau Gazette, in New York, was arrested Friday, chnrged with assaulting his Wife with a knife. Mrs. Grossman declared her husband to be an anarchist aud said that he re peatedly told her he would consider himself highly honored If he could but do to President Roosevelt what Czol- gosz did to President McKinley. She alleged that her husband or, December 9 last addressed a meeting of annrehlsts In the city, where he was introduced by Emma Goldman. TO WOLLOF CASTRO CREMATED IN BOAT. Steamer Burns at Memphis and Four Loves Are Lost. The steamer Sun, employed In the Memphis and Fulton trade, burned to tho water's edge at an early hour at Memphis. Term., Wednesday morning and four lives were lost. The dead are: D. N. Ralnor, Old River, Ark.; Mrs. D. N. Ralnor, Old River, Ark.; Mrs. G. M. Tlmbs, Richardson Landing, Tenn.; child of G. M. Tlmbs, three months old. The Are was discovered at 4:10 a. m., and spread with such rapidity that the steamer was a mass of flames when tho department responded to the alarm. MiNE CAGE DROPS. Is Seemingly tbe Present Intea- tioa of tmperor Bill. DEBT TO GERMANS MUST BE PAID Danes object to our fu\ s - Inhabitant* of Danish West Indies Pro test Against Proposed Sale of Is lands to Uncle Sam. A large orderi/ demonstration took place at Chrlstlansted, Island of St. Croix, Danish West Indies, Thursday, Those who took part in It comprised representatives of the native, official , and planting elements. Berlin Papers Assert that Ultimatum Aesolutlons were adopted urging Dan mark to introduce reforms and im provements In the Danish West Indian Islands and lift the island ou£ of humiliation of the past. It was a.'i s0 8et forth that the leading Inhabitant. 3 of the Islands, especially the natlv. 68, merchants, planters and Danish sub * has been conspicuously printed In the j ec ts generally demand that the Is- MET a AND-TO-HAND Has Been Sent to Venezuela. Rap at the Monroe Doctrine. The announcement that Germany had sent an ultimatum to Venezuela AmeriutttS' a fld Filipinos Come Togsdiia In a Gorge. CONFLICT FIERI ’E AND BLOODY Twenty-Two Filipino* Wer « L e« Dead In the Ditch, While Several Amer icana Were Frv 'flhtfully Wounded By Bo. ,08 - Berlin press. These papers maintain Ing the closest relations with the gov ernment affirm that this news Is pre mature. While an ultimatum has not yet been delivered to Venezuela, they say, this step will soon be taken un less Venezuela yields to what are deemed reasonable demands of Ger many. The leading ultramontane organ, j flags and cheering for the king. The Cologno Volks Zoltung, In an ex- lands be not sold, but that commercial, Industrial and social reforms under the Danish flag be Instituted. The resolu tions express confidence that King Christian and his ministry will con sider the demands. Tho procession, which was headed by bands of music, marched through Chrlstlansted, carrying nine hundred tensive article on Germany’s attitude toward the Monroe doctrine, asserts that the assurances of Dr. Von Holle- ben, the German ambassador to the United States, with regard to the Ven ezuelan matterIndicatcsOermany’s rec ognition of tho Monroe doctrine In a more absolute manner than has here tofore been done. Monroe Doctrine Given a Rap. This paper says Germany bows to tbe Monroe doctrine, and alludes to the late Prince Bismarck that the Mon roe doctrine was "a piece of lmpu- j dence.” This utterance of the German statesman, which Is doubtless authen tic, has Just been published for thu first time by The Hamburger Nach- rlchten, Bismarck’s household organ. Nevertheless, The Cologno Volks Zel- tung admits that "the Impudence of the United States” Is succeeding brilliant ly and that Europe Is already accus toming itself to the Idea of the tutelage of the United States in South America. Tho Cologne Volks Zeltung con cludes by saying: “Must Germany really ask Washing ton’s permission to collect 3,000,000 marks from Venezuela? Must wo pocket all sorts of warnings and con cealed threats?” Venezuela’s Debt to Germans. The Venezuelan government has been working on a campaign of a vio lent nature against Germany, and es pecially against the Dlsconto bank of Berlin, which, In 189G, made a loan to Venezuela of $100,000 for the purpose of enabling her to pay off the interest guaranteed to the railroad companies, which had never been paid. The Dis- conto bank has been waiting for pay- BLOCKADE CONTEMPLATED. Force Germany Decides on Plan to Venezuela to Terms. A Washington special Eays: The gathering of German warships in the vicinity of Venezuela, and tho pres ence in the samo locality of many American, British, French and other foreign warships, Is directing atten tion to tho Imminence of the naval de monstration Germany Is about to mak£ against Venezuela. It Is said to be probable that tbe first move by Germany will be the es tablishment of a blockade of Venezue lan ports so as to prevent tho Introduc tion of food products into Venezuela, and thus starve tho besieged into sub mission. Venezuela, It Is said, Is en tirely dependent on the outside world for Its supply of corn, which Is a sta ple among the Venezuelans. The Ger mans are expected to occupy one or more of the main ports of Venezuela, probably La Guayra and Maracaibo. In this connection most positive assur ances have been given to the United States government that the occupation is to be temporary and only for such length of time as will permit tho col lection of the debt due Germany, thus disposing of the report that there Is any ulterior purpose to establish a Gorman coaling station on Venezuelan soil. TRACK COVERED WITH SLEET. Heavy Coal Train Runs Away and Is Wrecked, Killing Four Men. The Ontario and Western coal train ran away on the heavy 90-foot grade ment of this Interest since 1898. Gen- j going down the mountain on the Scran- eral Andrade, tho former president, ; j on division east of Polntelle, Wayne careful of the foreign credit of his j county, Pa, Friday, country, paid several large debts be- ( Near p re8ton p ar k, [ n pase/ng a fore President Castro came Into pow er, t switch frog, It Jumped the track, but payment Is now being demanded for debts contracted since then which remain unpaid. This step Is the cause of the newspaper attacks on Germany. Venezuela Is now appealing to the patriotism of her citizens. La Re- publlea, the recognized organ of Presi dent Castro, said: “Instead of the government paying, we believe the whole of this transac tion should be reviewed.” In these two lines tho Venezuelan government’s policy is summed up, even though the debts were recognized) by the Venezuelan congress of lSflfig plunging down a hill for nearly 100 feet The engine and forty gondoln ears, all loaded, piled In a mass. Foui men were killed. The track was covered with sleet and snow, and ns the air brakes re fused to work, allowed the train to gain such headway that It dashed down tho mountain with terrific speed, passing Wlnwood at the rate of 8( miles an hour. TEACHERS SQUELCHED CARRIE, LIVE STOCK AT CHARLESTON. Exhibits at Exposition Will Be Largest Ever Held In South. The exhibit of live stock at the Charleston exposition will he the larg est ever held In the south. It will open on January 6 and will continue until January 20. Already 1,000 entries have been made, and In tho competition many a! the most famous herds lu the United States will be represented. The ern- tries so far made come from seven teen 6tates. Money premiums amount Ing to $15,000 will be paid to the euo cessful contestants. George F. Weston, of Vanderbilt’s j Biltmore farm, Is In change of tha live, stock department. Joint Smasher Attempted to Make Speech and Is Fired From Hall. At a meeting of the Kansas Teach ers’ Association at Topeka, Friday, Carrie Nation, the Kansas joint smas\ er, attempted to make an address. Go ing up to the speaker’s stand Mrs. Na tion told President Sinclair that she had been requested to speak by a large number of people. He informed her that he had heard nothing of such a request. Without waiting for an In troduction, Mrs. Nation advanced to tho front of the platform and began to address the teachers In her usual style. She was removed before she had fairly got started. A Manila special says: Captain Sehoeffel, with a detachment ot eight een men of Company E, Ntnf.ll lufan.-' at Dapday, Island of Samar, was. -ked by a large force of bolomen„ A sevt re h an dt-o-:iand fight ensued In A severe band to-hand fight ensued In. privates we. re billed'. Captain 8ci>e«el was wounded, but not seriously. privates were dan gerously and one tightly wounded. No property wax font. The enemy was finally repulsed With. ft*. %vy I&88, Fought In a e - The war department lii a dispatch received Thursday is advised - ,y Gen ‘ eral Chaffee at Manila that C0«v oany F, Twenty-first Infantry, had a d«*v er ' ate hand-to-hand encounter In a gonfiv' six miles south of San Jose, Batangas;, on December 23. Twenty-two of thei enemy were killed. Patrick A. Connol- • ly received an ugly bolo wound In the; .’eft cheek; Private Carney received six bolo cuts In tho neck and shoul ders. .Rebel Chief Yields. Tho war department has been ad vised by cablt from Manila of the sur render of the In ^urgent c.hipftaln, Sam son, at Matasaron, with all his officers and men, twenty-el.th cannon and for ty-five rifles. Matas.'-ron does not ap pear on any of the n.aps In the pos session of the departm ent, but It Is: assumed that the surrendcT took place In the island of Bohol, as It was there that Samson of late has been c peratlng with his followers, having crossed over from the former scene of his depreda tion, the Island of Cebu. The war department is in recei’T* of a cablegram from General Chaffee,, reporting that Odus Reeder, second’, lieutenant Philippine scouts, commit ted suicide on the morning of Decem ber 23 by shooting himself with a car bine on board the Lawton. He wt.s suffering from temporary Insanity, due to Illness. Lieutenant Reodor was a native of Beverly, W. Va. Root on the War. In reference to a claim of the treas ury department, Secretary Root, of the* war department, has rendered the fol lowing opinion: "The Insurrection in the Philippines against the sovereignty of the United States and the authority of the gov ernment Is of such character and ex tent as requires the United States to' prosecute its rights by military force and, therefore, creates the condition of war In said nrchlpclago.” BRITISH CA.MP RUSHED. Furnace Explodes; Three Killed. An explosion at the Old Sharpsvllle, Pa., furnace Friday morning wrecked the furnace plant and killed three men. Philippine Financial Problem. It was publicly announced In Manila Thursday that the ratio for the first, quarter of 1902 will be $2.10 Mexican: sliver to one American gold dollar.. General Wright, the acting civil gover nor, says that, though unsatisfactory, this Is the only solution of the matter the Philippine commission thought pos sible. He hopes for early action by congress on this subject General Wright considers that tha situation In those parts of the Philip pines where military operations are be ing carried on U daily Improving. He has tho greatest confidence in General Chaffee's ability to end the Insurrec tion In the Islands and says perfect harmony prevails between the ctvLl and military authorities. Six Out of Its Eight Occupants Meet Instant Death. At shaft No. 1 of the McAlcster Coal i Company, at Hartshorn, I. T., Satur day, while the cage was ascending with eight men it jumped Its guldings about 100 feet fro mthc bottom of the shaft. Six of the eight men were killed. They were caught between the cage and the buntings and their bodies dropped to the bottom of the shaft. ELEANOR DENIES STORY. Her Reported Engagement to Lieuten ant Hobson a Mistake, A special from Pittsfield, O., says that Miss Eleanor Ludlow, niece of ex-Governor Bushnell, has expressed herself as follows: “There is positively no truth In the report of the engagement of Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson and myself. You will do me a favor to deny It and you cannot make the statement too em phatic." Steel Crane Mangles Three. Three men were instantly killed and four injured by the falling of a steel crane of the American bridge works at Chicago Thursday pfternoon. Redcoats Given a Christmas Eve Sur prise By General DeWet. The following dispatch was received in London Thursday from Lord Kitch ener, dated Johannesburg: "General Rundle reports that on the night of December 24 Colonel Firman’s; camp at Zeefonteln, consisting of three companies of yeomanry and two guns r was successfully rushed by a strong: commando under DeWet. It Is feared, the casualties wero heavy. Two regi ments of light horse are pursuing the Boers.” WARSHIPS WATCH VENEZUELA. Vessels of Many Nations Arrive at Ports of Belligerent Republic. Advices from La Guayra, Venezuela, are to the effect that the United States battleship Indiana has arrived at WT1- lamsted, Island of Curacoa. The British cruiser Tribune and the Dutch cruiser Utrecht have arrived at L.a Guayra. The German cruiser VI- neta Is also daily expected. DEATH CLAIMS SEWELL. New Jersey Senator Succumbs to Com plication of Diseases. United States Senator William J Sewell died at his home in Camden, N. J., Friday morning. He suffered with diabetes, compll cated with stomach and heart trouble Senator Sewell’s sickness had ex tended over a period of two years but his condition was not considered serious until about a year ago. His constant attention to the duties devolving upon him In his political ca pacity resulted, In 1899, In a collapse. ILLEGAL JOINT DEMOLISHED, WILL NOT LEAVE CAROLINA. Senator McLaurln Denies Widely Pub lished Report. In a dispatch to The Greenville (S. C.) News Senator John L. McLaurln denies that he will take up his resi dence in Washington and quit politics in South Carolina. He says he has formed a law part nership with F. L. Wells, of Washing ton, for the purpose of keeping in touch with his profession, and that his public duties demand he shoulc[ have an office in Was6htngtqn. Citizens of Erin, Tenn., Adopt Methods of Aunt Carrie Nation. The people of Erin, In Houston coun ty, Tennessee, went into the joint smashing business Friday morning and completely wrecked a saloon which had been running in open violation and defiance of the law. The men who smashed the joint were leading business and professional men of the place. Italians Killed and Cremated. The finding of three bodies of Ital ians In the ruins of a cabin in tbe Ital ian settlement at Mlilinocket, Me., has led the authorities to begin an investl gatlon of the case. EIGHT MEN ARE MISSING. They Were on Schooner Parkhurat, Which Probably Foundered. Eight men are believed to have lost their lives in the probable foundering of the schooner Eliza H. Parkhurst, ol the Gloucester, Mass., port, which was posted Wednesday by Its owners as missing. Christmas Blaze at Shreveport. Fire at Shreveport, La., Wednesday destroyed the furniture establishment of Jackson Brothers. Involving a loss of $60,000 on stock and $15,000 on building. CASUALTIES IN KENTUCKY. MUST MAKE CHANGES. Chile-Argentine Protocol Is Unsatis factory In Some Respects. Advices received Sunday by Senor Infante, the Chilean charge at Wash ington, confirmed the news already published that the Argentina minister at Santiago had informed the Chilean minister of foreign affairs that Argen tina could not accept all the terms ol the protocol heretofore signed by the settlement of the dispute and that some changes would be necessary in tbe Instrument, Four Men Are Killed In Fights in tha Vicinity of Middlesboro. In a free fight at Middlesboro, Ky„ Christmas night Samuel Wells and Henry Bass were mortally wounded. At Four Mile, Will Henderson was killed by his cousin, Nathan Hendrick son. On Taggarts creek. Thomas Flaynes was beated to death with a club by Flenry Bowman. URIAH DEFIES ARREST. Fincher’s Slayer Mocks Authorities of Whole Alabama County. The Crawford community in Russell county, Alabama, bgs been in a state of the greatest excitement since the kill ing of Joseph Fincher by Uriah Porter a few nights ago. The latest advices from Crawford are that Forter was still at large, arm ed with a shotgun and winchester rifle, terrorlzl&f thq community and defying arrest,