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Atlanta Sfonrnal.
VOL. IV.
SCHLEY CASE NEAR END;
VINDICATION CERTAIN
Judge Advocate Making
Closing Argument To
day--Raynor Moves
Audience to Tears.
ADMIRAL DEWEY
Who Will Road ths Verdict Next Week
Vindicating Admiral Schley.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 7.—Ar«
gument In the Schley case will be re
sumed thio afternoon at 3 o’clock,
Judge Advocate Lemly closing for the
government. He will probably con
sume al of tomorrow In summing up,
and the case wIH-certainly close this
week, although the court wilt, in all
probability, require several days In
which to prepare its verdict.
WASHINGTON. Nov. A—The entire
time of the Schley court of Inquiry today
w*» devoted to argument tn Admiral
Schley's behalf. 5 '
■ Immediately after the court convened
at U e'cloek this morning. Captain Par
ker proceeded with his address and he
was followed without loss of time by Hon.
Isidore Ray net. Admiral Schley's chief
counsel. » . * • • '
Captain Parker took up the discussion
of the subject where he had left off yes
terday. considering in turn the recon
najsMr.ee of May 31. the coaling question
and the battle of July 3. including the loop
of the Brooklyn.
Captain Parker talked for K minutes
and was followed by Mr. Raynor. He
maintained That the blockade of Santiago
was effective. He defended Commodore
Srhley's recoanalsance of May 31st. say
ing be had acted wisely tn examln’ng the
actual-Conditions. On this line of policy,
he tald that Commodore Schley’s conduct
was paralleled by Jxav of Admiral Dewey
tn Astatic walers when the latter remain
ed MM* boy. Reward-
ing the lodp made by the Brooklyn, Cap-
HK Parker declared it was the wisest
indve that could ’ have been made. ’AU
talk about Brooklyn going to southward
he characterised as “moonshine.” •
Mr. Rhvßor began nis argument at 11 :S
a. m. He paid a compliment to Judge Ad
vocate Lemly and hM assistant. Mr. Han
na, for the "most judicial impartiality
with which they have maraged this case.”
Put Yourself in His Place.
"Let us.” he said, “put ourselves in his
place and see what the circumstances
were. We all know now what would have
been wise to do.”
• Discussing dispatch No. 7, known as the
"D«ar Schley” letter. Mr. Rayner conten
ded that the order conveyed. In that mes
sage made tt incumbent on Admiral
Schley to remain at Clenfuegos. He de
clared that this was the key to the whole
case and that tt did not admit of any
other construction than that Commodore
Schley should remain at Clenfuegos.
Mr. Rayner, in support of this con
tention, read the department's orders to
Admiral Sampson directing him to notify
Commodore Schley by the lowa to proceed
off Santiago. ' Admiral Sampson instead
of transmitting that order and reinforcing
It had transmitted It with directions to
Schley to remain off Clenfuegos on the
ground that the holding of that port
would offer the best chance of capturing
and destroying the Spanish fleet. This
modlflcatlon of the department's orders by
Admiral Sampson had been followed by
orders No. 8. directing him ‘lf satisfied
that the fleet was not in Clenfuegos to
proceed, but cautiously, to Santiago.”
The McCalla Incident.
In this connection Mr. Rayner discussed
the McCalla memorandum which he said
had never been intended for Commodore
Schley but for the commander in chief
at Key West.
The memorandum contained not a word
about the means a? communicating with
the Insurgents. Order No. 8, which the
counsel on the ether side had laid so much
stress on. he said, did not permit Commo
dore Schley to leave until satisfied that
the Spaniards were not In Clenfuegos. If
it had reached Gor-mcdore Schley as Ad
miral Sampson believed tt would by 2 a.
m.. April 23d. he could not have left. That
dispatch reached Commodore Schley at 8
g. m. April 23d. .Ind on that day the Adula
Was sent in—a fact which Mr. Raypor said
he regarded as one of the most Important
in the campaign. When the Adula did not
come out the next day as her skipper
bad agreed to do. Admiral Schley was still
further confirmed in the belief that Cer
vera was in Clenfuegos.
•T want to say right here.” continued
Mr. Raynor, “that as brave a man as Mc-
Calla Is and as daring and fearless a soul
as he is. he net er pretended to land any
boats on the Cutan cotst and he was
•round mere eight days. Tnis is no criti
cism of him. but to show that you are
, criticising <«e man for not doing what
another man never attempted to do.”
Mr. Raynor next devoted his attention
to the message delivered by the Eagle to
Commodore Schley when the latter was en
route to Clenfuegos and met Captain Mc-
Calla's sub-squadron returning to Key
West. .
In this connection Mr. Raynor referred
to the terms of Lieutenant Hood, which,
he said, be ha<Lnot liked. He thought that
the lieutenant had put himself in a place
In which tt was impossible for him to ex
tricate himself, because- he had condemned
the commander-in-chief more severely
than he criticised Admiral Schley. He
eould not. he said, believe what the lieu
tenant had raid concerning the tn'-snac s
written and verbal, which he had carried
to Commodore Schley from Admiral
Sampson It was Inconceivable that the
commander In chief • would . give
hfm • written message outlining
hie certainty as to the presence
of the Spaniards at Clenfuegos. and at
the same time would give lieutenant ver
bal Instructions saying he was positive
that they were there. Without impugning
any officer of the American fleet, Mr.
Rayner declared that Admiral Schley was
the victim of circumstances that left him
in total darkness as to the location of the
Spanish fleet.
V V V V WW ■ • • • -W--W w w w W W w - -
♦ COUNSEL FOR SAMPSON 4
4 SEND DEWEY A LETTER 4
4 ASKING FOR PROTECTION 4
4 WASHINGTON, Nov. A—E S. 4
+ Thea 11, acting on behalf of Stayton 4
+ & Campbell, who were retained by 4
+ Admiral Sampson to look after the 4
4 latter's Interest before the court of 4
+ inquiry, today sent a letter to the +
4> court of inquiry protesting against 4
A the inclusion in the record of cer- +
+ tain statements deemed to reflect 4
4 upon Admiral Sampson's conduct ♦
4 at Santiago. 4
4> It is further asked that they 4
4 most respectfully request that coun- +
4 sei In the future be restricted to 4
4 evidence adduced as regards the of- 4
+ ficial acts of Admiral Sampson and 4
4 not be permitted to Inelude those 4
+ matters expressly ruled out by the 4
+ court and which the admiral has 4
4 not been permitted to defend by 4
+ preventing a manifest Injustice and 4
+ the introduction of accusations 4
+ against the admiral in the record 4
by .indirect means, which was 4
4 deemed improper by the court by 4
4 direct means.” ♦
illlllMll I II I I <♦♦♦♦»♦
Tuesday’s Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Nov. s.—Mr. HannS
continued his argument when the Schley
court of Inquiry convened at 11 o'clock
this morning. He began where be had left
off yesterday, and after briefly referring
to the retrogade movement, the discussion
of which he had entered upon yesterday,
he took up the question of the coal sup
ply of the flying squadron, and from that
entered upon a discussion of. the block
ade of Santiago and the reconnaisance
of May 31. when the Spanish ship Colon
was bombarded as 'she lay in the harbor
of Santiago.
. Mr. Hanna briefly reverted to the cruise
of the flying squadron from Clenfuegos
to Santiago for the purpose of showing
that neither the Vixen or the Merrimac
had been the cause of delay on the voy
age.
Mr. Hanna continued his discussion oi
the retrograde movement, saying that but
one explanation had been given for it in
Admiral Schley's dispatch, namely, the
inadequacy of coal supply.
"There is.” he said, “no suggestion of
any other reason in this dispatch. In his
testimony before this court Admiral
Bchiey gave four reasons for leaving his
station off Santiago, but no one of these
four reasons appears in his telegraphic
report made at the time.”
Said Schley Knew.
Mr. Hanna contended that while Com
modore Schley was acting under the or
ders contined in dispatch No. 8, when
the retrograde movement began. May 26.
that ft was superseded by the dlspgtcheif
delivered on the Brooklyn May 27 by Cap
tain Cotton, in command of the Harvard,
and tn one of which it was said that "all
the department'# uitormatlog
that the-Spanish division is stlM at San
tiago de Cuba,” and to which the order
was added:. . ;.
Mr. Hanna quoted Admiral Schlpy's dis
patch of May 27, in which he expressed
regret over not being able to obey or
ders, saying that as tt was written after
the Cotton dispatch had been received it
was an explicit confession that the Cot
ton telegram was an order. Commenting
upon this dispatch he declared it was
“the most remarkable one to be found in
the annals of the American navy.’ - He
contended that the repairs to the Merri
mac could have been made, as they were,
without going to Key West and that the
Texas was not in severe straits for fuel.
As for the Vixen, she was not a fighting
ship and could have been sent for coal.
The Brooklyn, .he said, was abundantly
supplied. He contended also that on that
date. May 27. the condition of the seas
was not such as to prevent coaling. He
asserted that the weather was rough only
on May 25 and that therefore Commodore
Schley's assertion that the weather had
been boisterous and the sea rough ever
since leaving Key West was unjustified
by the facts.
Was Possible to Coal.
The speaker also controverted the state
ment made In his dispatch to the depart
ment to the effect that ”tt is not possible
to cruise to leeward off Cape Cruz in
summer, owing to southwest winds,''
quoting several witnesses to show that
the wind was not from the southwest.
Mr. Hanna contended that the caution
ary orders said to have been communi
cated to Commpdoru Schley by Admiral
Sampson' at Key West have no applica
tioa to the conditions existing at Santiago
on the 31st of May.
Mr. Hanna said that beyond the Brook
lyn’s turn the battle of Santiago was not
involved in the inquiry. He said that ac
cording to the weight of' testimony no
disposition was manifested by the Spanish
ships to ram the Brooklyn., With refer
ence to the possibility of collision with
the Texas Mr. Hanna said that two ves
sels in closing in moved on converging
lines. He said that Captain Cook anil
Navigator Hobson evidently had observed
Ccmmodore Schley's movements on the
day of the battle from different stand
points. Mr. Hanna said that beyona per
adventure the progress of the Texas was
seriously interfered with.
Monday’s Proceedings.
WASHINGTON. Nov, 4.—Two new wit
nesses were heard in the Schley court of
inquiry today and both of them were
called In the Interest of Admiral Schley.
They were Frank B. Rjchards and
George Lynch, both of whom went
through the Cuban campaign
per correspondents.
Mr. Richards was- »n the • press boat
Premier and testlflM concerning the in
terview witht captain Sigsbee While the
latter was In command of the St. Paul
off Santiago in May, IWB. ,
Mr. Lynch was on the Somers N. Smith
and was called to relate his recollection
of Captain Sigsbee's communication to
that boat, concerning which Photographer
Hare and Correspondent Scovll already
have testified.
Hanna Begins Argument.
Mr. Hanna began his presentation of
the cass by referring to the fact that
In May. 1896. the coast of the United
States was menaced by the Spanish fleet.
This he said, was a critical time. He
told of the arrival of the flying squad
ron at Key West and a number of pre
liminary orders to Commodore Schfey.
Speaking of the run of the flying squad
ron from Key West to Clenfuegos, Mr.
Hanna claimed that the trip was not made
as expeditiously as possible. He cited the
fact that the lowa, which went byway of
Havana made much better time. Mr.
Hanna called attention to the fact that
the log of the Texas showed that she had
steamed fourteen and a half knots on the
morning of May 22.
The Brooklyn's log showed that she
made ten knots on the 22d. Mr. Hanna
claimed that these facts sfiowed that the
squadron must have been a considerable
distance from the entrance to the harbor
when tt stopped on the night of the 21st.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1901,
.WOMAN MURDERED
MAN 1$ ARRESTED
TRAGEDY IN A HOUSE ON FOR-
SYTH STREET—“NEWS BUTCH-
ER’’ HELD FOR MURDER.
With a wound in her right temple and
several scars on the left side of her head.
Nora Br..cain, a woman who roomed
•over 59 South Forsyth street, was found
dead hi her bed Wednesday shortly be
fore sfb’clock.
The woman is said, by the other in
mates of the place, to have been killed by
Doc Carroll, who they say is a news
butcher running between Atlanta and
Brunswick. Carroll is said to have spent
the night in the woman's room and from
all, Ind,, ’.tlons he remained in the pres
.ence of his victim hours aftar death.
• Carroll was located Wednesday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock by Detectives Chose
wood and Simpson and placed under ar
rest. At the police station he made a
statement in which he denies having been
implicated in her death. He states that
he left the house this morning shortly
after 6 t o’clock and that when he left she
was all’ right and awake.
He says Wednesday night during an ar
gument he did put a piece of coal against
the side of her face, holding it, in his hand
anu that ft scratched her, but did not in
jure her. He says that -e knows nothing
of her death and is innocent of any crime.
His name was placed on the police docket
as J. J. Carroll and he is being held un
der suspicion. Carroll was taken this
afternoon to the coroner's Inquest.
” When her death was discovered by anoth
er woman the body was cold and stiff.
Carroll had not long been out of the
house and could not, the women say, have
left as yx>n as the woman died.
The ebroner held Carroll for the' grand
jury.
woMiOiTinioon
CAUGHT BY POLICE
a . . • • • •
ST. LOUIS, Nov. A woman giving
her name as Mrs. Rose, and claiming
Vicksburg, Miss., as her home, was ar
rested here today by detectives on the
belief that she is connected with the
Great Northern express robbery of July
SOth last near Wagner, Mont.
The woman had tn her possession a
purse containing between 330,000 and $50,000
In bank notes of the National bank of
Helena. The police believe that the money
is part of the proceeds of the express
robbery.
The woman was taken to Chief of Detec
tivM Desmond’s office, w. ere it is stated
that she confessed she had forged the
signatures of officers of the Helena Na
tional bank to the notes.
Laat night the police arrested a man
giving the name of John Arnold on
charge of being implicated in the express
he|d-up. Arnold arrived here last Friday
gan and J. V. Rene. Tbe eouple regis
tered at q hotaj. i
After Arnold's arrest last night > detec
tives were posted neat the hotel, and Mrs.
Rose was taken into custody just as she
was leaving there • this ■ afternoon. ■ She
carried a valise containing a great quan
tity’Of twenty dol,ar bills. This, with her
trunk, was taken to police headquarters
and the contents are being exair' '
When taken Into custody Che woman in
dignantly asserted that the money was
her own and denied all knowledge of the
Great Northern robbery. She claimed she
and her husband had come from thMr
home In Vicksburg, Miss., merely on a
pleasure trip to St. Louis. After she had
been taken to the police headquarters and
confronted with the knowledge of Arn
old’s arrest the detectives claim she broke
down and made a confession. •
survey~f6rrailroad
HAS REACHED ATLANTA
. The fact that a new railroad survey has
recently been made between Atlanta and
a point near Birmingham has resulted in
a number of interesting rumors, the most
persistent of which connect the Seaboard
Air Line railroad with the enterprise.
The survey is supposed to have started
from Bessemer, near Birmingham. It
made almost a direct line to the Chatta
hoochee river, crossing that stream in
Campbell county, near Sandtown, which
is very near the Fulton county line. After
crossing the river the surveyors made a
northward turn, passed near Ben Hill and
along the edge of Adamsville. A direct
run was Chen made to the tracks of the
Seaboard Air Line railroad at Howell sta
tion.
' In this connection the report Is thatt the
Seaboard and the St. Louis and San Fran
cisco railroad will become jointly inter
ested in this road. As the latter road has
absorbed the Kansas City, Memphis and
Birmingham, tt is believed that the new
survey made from Atlanta to Bessemer
means that there will certainly be a
shorter route, and maybe a through line
from Atlanta to San Francisco.
disastrous Tire
OCCURS IN RICHLAND
RICHLAND, Ga., Nov. 7.—At 4:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire started
in the old brick warehouse occupied by
F. 8. Nicholson, caused, it is claimed, by
the trucks passing over a match while in
transit from the scales to the platform.
Richland’s business houses were closely
connected. The Are soon spread until 21
business houses, the opera house and
The Banner office were consumed. The
town nka no fire department. The loss
amounts to SIIO,OOO. Americus and Co
lumbus responded to a call for help and
Americus did good work in keeping the
Are from spreading.
policFbelieve’”
PRISONER IS LOGAN
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 6.—A man supposed to
be John A. Logan, who is wanted in Mon
tana for the train robbery committed at
Wagner, that state, when $68,000 was tak
en, has been arrested here. He had on
his person $430 in bills, issued by a Butte,
Mont., bank. He had two revolvers and
attempted to use them, but was over
powered before he could do so.
English Ports Are Quarantined.
PENSACOLA, Fla., Nov. s.—President
E. M. Hendry and State Health Officer
Job. Y. Porter, of the state board of
health, are here today, and beginning to
morrow will declare quarantine against
English ports afflicted with boubonic
plague.
Fire Damages Plant.
WELLSTON, 0., No. 6.—The large Alma
Portland Cement works, at South Well
ston, were almost destroyed-by fire last
night. The plant was one of the largest
of its kind in the United States. The loss
will exceed SBO,OOO.
TEN ACTORS
Pin BE FIH!
HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST IN A MICH
IGAN THEATRE ON WED
NESDAY AFTER-
.NOON.
IRONWOOD. Mith.. Nov. 6.-Ten lives
were lost in four jiulldtngs destroyed by
Are which started Ih the Klondike theatre
at Hurley, Wis., today. The dead:
C. W. CLEVELAND.
H. P. CLIFFORD.
THOMAS Ll CLAIRE.
GEORGE BENERT.
H. B. EMERY. .
TIMOTHY RYAjtf.
F. L. GAY, St." Louis.
THOMAS OZANNE.
HARRY RAYMOND.
CLARA BONNE,;
Seriously injured L .
Jennie Benaer. J
Annie Scctt. J,
Laura Russell. ’
"Billy” McLaughlin.
The Klondike wag a vaudeville theatre
and ail of the dead and injured were
connected with the theatre as perform
ers.
Most of them Bred at Hurley, and
Thomas Ledlalre a brother of the
proprietor of the tteatre.
The fire started on the stage and in a
few minutes the atfucture Was a mass of
flames. •' ■. wr ■
The third story was used as sleeping
quarters, and the Are spread so rapldlfr
as to cut off the ewape of the occupants.
The theatre building was quickly con
sumed. and the fire spread to adjoining
structures. The IroflWood fire department
was called to the assistance of the Hur
ley firemen, and dply by the hardest
work was the town saved from being
wiped ©ut. ihe lota on the theatre and
other buildings buined will amount to
$17,000.
The charred remains of six of the vic
tims have been rec ivereu.-and search is
being made for th< others.
The Klondike the itre burned once be
fore, in July, 18S7, when eleven men lost
their lives. 1
An evening WJscfhsin special from
Hurley, Wis., give* the name of Miss
Tennis Barber, actress, among the list of
dead, and William Bjusaßott, an Ironwood
barber, as one of the tajured.
li huSgchW
HispissEomy
—4
PEKIN, Nov. oT-W Hung Chang died
at 11 o'clock.- this morning.
4 Al # o’rlnelt evhntngr vMts
Earl Li was still aliVa the court yard of
j !
I
the yamen was filled with life size paper
horses and chairs with coolie bearers,
which his friends sent in accordance with
Chinese customs, to be buried when he
died in order to carry his soul to heaven.
The Chinese officials are somewhat un
easy concerning the effect his death will
have on the populace; and to guard
against a possible antl-forelgn demonstra
tion the Chinese generals have disposed
their troops about the city in such away
as to command the situation. Trouble,
however, is extremely improbable.
FLINT
; PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
PELHAM, Ga., Nov. 6.-The Flint Riv
er association of the Primitive Baptist
church has just closed at this place its
twenty-first session. Many visitors from
all over the state were present. The meet
ing was a very soulful and uplifting one.
the character of the discussions being un
usually advanced in thought and scope.
Among the prominent preachers in at
tendance were: Elders Williams. Pierson.
Sims. Kirkland, Davis, Riner, Porter and
Jennings.
The next meeting will be held at Union
church. Miller county, in November of
next year.
TWO MEN IMPRISONED
..•> ■■ IN FLAMING SHAFT
BESSEMER. Mich., Nov. 6.—The Mikado
mine is afire in the seventh level. Two
men who were at work below this level
are imprisoned by the flames with no
means of escape.
Smashed Window and Stole Gems.
CINCINNATI, Nov. s.—Some time early
this morning burglars broke the large
show window of Duehme * Jewelry Co.’s
store on Fourth street, between Vine and
Race streets, and stole about $20,000 worth
of diamonds.
+ BLOOD FLOWS FREELY ♦
+ IN KENTUCKY TODAY ♦
•J. LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Nov. 6—A ♦
4> special to The Post from More- <•
4> head. Ky., says: ♦
4* At Pierce precinct, in the south ♦
side of this county, William Morris ♦
4> shot and instantly killed Dave *
+ Jones. Jones was tried and acquit- +
.J. ted here last Saturday for the mur- ♦
+ der of Wallace Markwell two years •>
+ ago. ♦
At Pine Grove, in the northern +
♦ end of this county, John Shumate ♦
+ and Tilden Hogge became Involved ♦
♦ in a political quarrel with George +
+ Hogge and his three sons, ♦
+ Ray, Tilden and Charlie. Pis- +
4. tols and knives were used freely, ♦
4> and as a result George and Tilden ♦
+ Hogge are badly* wounded. Char- +
+ lie Hogg is dead, and Ray Hogge +
4> and John Shumate are dying; +
LIRE DESTROYS
ATLANTA THEATRE
THE LYCEUM BURNED TO THE
GROUND, BUT NO LIVES WERE
LOST—BIG PROPERTY LOSS.
Fire appeared In the roof of the Lyceum
theatre at 3:30 o’clock Wednesday after
noon and in ten minutes the building was
a mass of flame. The flames had spread
beyond the control of the firemen and ef
forts to save the building adjacent to the
theatre were commenced as soon as the
destruction of the theatre was regarded
as a certainty.
The performance which was begun
promptly at 2:30 o’clock was stopped at
3:15 and the audience got out of the build
ing in safety. Some of the scenery was
saved, but the property of the members
of the troupe who were playing at the
house this week was totally lost.
Fred Jones, a fireman, had a narrow es
cape from being burned to death. He
was rescued from one of the windows
over the summer garden just a few min
utes before the flames burst out behind
him.
One arm and his legs were terribly
burned.
The fire is supposed to have caught
from electric wires crossed by the falling
of the Immense electric sign over Edge
wood avenue In front of the building.
The building, scenery and fixtures were
valued at $45,000 and were Insured for
$38,000.
The theatre was managed by R. Coley
Anderson, and was owned by W. A.
Bowles. • ,
on. CmWW
■ COME T 0 ATLANTA
Rev. Alonzo Monk, D.D., pastor of the
Church . Street church, of Knoxville,
Tenn., may be transferred to Atlanta as
paster; of the Peachtree Methodist church.
The fact that he has been approached on
the matter is not denied by Dr. Monk. He
said, however, that he would prefer to
remain in Knoxville, but he had been
asked by Bishop Hendrix to make the
change if tt was desired.
, Dr. Monk’s appointment to the pastorate
of the Peachtree church will necessitate
his transfer from the Holdston confer
ence, of which he is a member to the
North Georgia conference. Bishop E. R.
Hendrix presided over the last session of
the Holston conference, and it will de
volve upon him to make the transfer.
. The Peachtree chur<?h is a new organi
zation. The members are soon to build a
handsome church which will cost in the
neighborhood of $50,000.
Dr. Monk has been located in Knoxville
only one year. Prior to that time he
was pastor at Chattanooga. He is re
garded as a minister of fine ability. He
has been • conspicuous figure aX (jiffer
eYrrtffneS it> RFv. Baffi Jones’ meetings.
Dr. Monk ia stall known in Georgia, as
he was pastor of the Mulberry street
Methodist church in Macon for several
years.
TURKEY~PAYS UP~
BY MONTHLY DRAFTS
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 6.—The porte
has sent a note to M. Baptist, counsellor
of the French',legation, Inclosing monthly
drafts on the customs, in payments of
the Lorando and Tubinl claims, and em
bodying certain decisions of the Turkish
government regarding the quays difficult
ties. M. Baptist has forwarded the com
munication to Paris. . . >
HELEN GOULD MEMBER
OF WOMAN’S BOARD
ST. LOUIS, Noy. 4.—Concerning the ap
pointment of MlsS' Helen "M. Gould as
member at large of the woman’s board of
managers of the Louisiana Purchase ex
position, Commissioner Phillip D. Scott
says:
I have had in mind for sometime this
appointment, and desired particularly to
have Miss Gould represent my state—
Arkansas.
Other members of the board thus far
named are: Mrs. Fanny L. Porter, of At
lanta, Ga.; Mrs. John A. McCall, of New
York; Miss Anna L.’ Dawes, of Pittsfield,
Mass.;- Mrs. Frederick Hanger, of Little
Rock, Ark.; Mrs. John M. Holcombe, of
Hartford, Conn. In addition to these Mrs.
James I. Blair and Mrs. Phillip N. Moore
will represent St. Louis on the board.
CAPT. W D. GRANT
DIED THIS MORNING
At 2:15 o’clock this morning Captain W.
D. Grant, one of Atlanta's leading finan
ciers and well known citizens, died at
his home on Peachtree street of heart
failure. Captain Grant had been ill for
several months, while the last two or
three weeks the members of the imme
diate family realized that his condition
had giown dangerous.
Captain Grant was 63 years of age,
navlng been born on August 16, 1837. In
1871 he came to Atlanta, where he has
resided ever since. He leaves a wife, who
was Miss Sarah Frances Reid; a son.
John D. Grant, and a daughter, Sarah
Grant Slaton, wife of John M. Slaton,
of Atlanta.
KILLED BY BURGLARS
IN DEAD OF NIGHT
WAPAKONETA, 0., Nov. 6—John
Shively, hotel and saloon keeper at Kos
suth, eight miles northwest of here, was
shot and killed last night by burglars
whom he caught robbing his saloon.
Bloodhounds were placed pn the trail of
the murderers this morning.
Antl-Toxlne Claims Twelfth Victim.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. s.—The twelfth death
from tetanus, resulting from the diph
theritic patlents’use of antitoxine supplied
by the city occurred today when little
Mamie Keenan succumbed. Her brother
is not expected to recover. His death will
make the fourth victim in the Keenan
family alone. Two other children. Bllma
Goldstein and Mary / Kammerer, are also
in a critical condition from the same
cause, and their recovery seems doubtful.
To Connect With Coal Fields.
CHARLOTTE. N. C., Nov. s.—The sur
veyors have finished the work of locating
a route for a railroad by which tt is ex
pected that Cnarlotte will have a direct
line to the coal fields of Tennessee and
Virginia. The proposed line is to connect
the Seaboard Air Line from Lincolnton,
N. C., with the Virginia Southwestern
railway, near Butler, Tenn. The route Is
via Morganton, N. C., crossing the Blue
Ridge Mountains at Coffee Gap, five miles
from Blowing Rock, the famous summer
resort. Mr, H. L. Miller, who has had the
TAMMANY DEFEATED;
LOW WINS BY 29,816
♦ ♦
♦ CROKER FLATLY DENIES ♦
♦ HE HAS LEFT TAMMANY ♦
4* NEW YORK. Nov. - 6.-Richard 4>
4» Croker denied today that he had ♦
ta given up the leadership of Tam- ♦
many hall or tbat he would do so. ♦
ta Mr. Croker said: ♦
♦ “The report that lam to quit 4»
♦ politics is absolutely false and It is ♦
4» not true that I am to sail for Eu- ♦
4* rope at once. I am in good health ♦
< and I shall stay right here for +
4> some time to come.” ♦
GORMAN WINS
111 MARYLAND
WILL BE ELECTED TO UNITED
STATES SENATE BY DEMO-
CRATIC LEGISLATURE.
•
BALTIMORE. Not. 6.—Complete, but
unofficial returns from the city of Balti
more give Hering, Democrat, for con
troller 37.526; Platt. Republican, 40,393.
The Republicans also elected their en
tire city, ticket with the exception of Da
vis, for sheriff, who appears to be beaten
by about 600 majority and the Indications
are that they have carried all three of
the legislative districts, which will give
them eighteen delegates and a state sen
ator. ' • • ‘
The Indications from the latest returns
are that the general assembly of Mary
land will be Democratic in both branch
es. The senate will probably contain
seventeen Democrats and nine Republi
cans. The Democrats have apparently
elected the senators in Caroline, Dorches
ter, Hartford, Montgomery, Prince Geor
ge and'Worcester. Republicans were
elected in Charles and Garrett.
Askod for his figures on the general as
sembly. Mr. Vandiver, chairman of the
Democratic state committee, said:
"We .will have a majority in the general
assembly of six on joint ballot and will
have no difficulty in organising the lower
house. This estimate does not include Ce
cil county, which we are inclined to con
cede to the Republicans.
"I have not time to go into details, but
we are sure of a majority of at least six
on joint ;ballot, as I have said before.”
Ohio.
COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. 6.—Late tonight
Chairman Dick, of the Republican state
committee, had the returns from 86 coun
ties in Ohio, with only two missing, and
the two missing counties were estimated
from the newspaper reports with the fol
lowing. results:
Sixty-two counties have Republican plu
ralities aggregating 90.840. Twenty-six
counties have Democratic pluralities ag
gregating 23,179. making the plurality of
Nash over Kilbourne fer governor 67,661.
and approximating 80,000 plurality for
other candidates on the Republican state
ticket. The Republicans elected sixty
eight representatives and the Democrats
forty-two. The state senate stands
twenty-one Republicans and twelve Dem
ocrats. The Republican majority on joint
ballot for United States senator is 3.
Virginia.
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 6.—Official and
unofficial returns of yesterday's election
do not change the figures already given
except to increase the Democratic ma
jority on the state ticket. It probably will
run to 30,600. The Republicans gain two
senators and eight members of the house,
leaving the two branches overwhelmingly
Democratic.
Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., r Hov. 7.-Late re
turns tonight indicate that the next gen
eral assembly in Kentucky, which will
elect a United States senator, will stand:
Senate. 25 Democrats; 13 Republicans.
House, 73 Democrats; 26 Republicans; 1
Independent Democrat.
lEtWFOiT
CAPTAIN CARTER
CHICAGO. Nov. 7.—Oberlin M. Carter,
now a convict In the goverment prison at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and formerly
a captain in the United States engineer
corps. Is to have a rehearing of his case
In a civil tribunal. He now has the as
surance of the government authorities
that all the evidence is to be reviewed
before Judge Kohlsaat, in the United
States circuit court in this city, the hear
ing to take place, probably, within a few
months. Carter will be called on as a
witness in his own behalf, and for the
purpose of testifying in court he will be
released temporarily from his place of
confinement.
This is the result of the suits brought
by the government some months ago in
several federal courts for’ the purpose of
recovering $722,582. which, it was alleged at
the court martial. Carter had embezzled
from the United States, while in charge of
government work at Savannah.
FOREIGN LABORERS
FOR LOUISIANA FARMERS
JACKSON, Miss.. Nov. 6.—For the past
few days Jackson has been crowded with
Italians and other foreign born persons,
who have been passing through the city
en route to Louisiana, where they will
secure work on the sugar plantations in
that section. Most of these workmen
hail from St. Louis and Chicago.
Washington Hears Captives Are Alive.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—The state de
partment has received telegraphic ad
vices from its agents in Turkey and Bul
garia. in the course of which they ex
press with conviction rhe opinion that
both Miss Stone and Madame Tsilka are
alive and well, or at least, were so several
days ago. It requires several days for the
news to be transmitted through the wild
country, where the women are held cap
tives. Nothing can be obtained for publi
cation respecting the progress of the ne
gotiations for the ransom of the women.
Portland Suffers Great Conflagration.
PORTLAND, Me.. Nov. s.—Fire on
Commercial street early today destroyed
the big wholesale grocery store of the
Milliken-Tomlinson company, causing a
loss of about a quarter of a million dol
lars.
NO. 16.
Maryland’s Fate Still in
Doubt, But Gorman
Gets In—Result of
the Elections.
.
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HON. SETH LOW.' 1
Who Defeated Tammany** Candidate
for Mayor of New York by
a Big Majority.
M
♦ BETH LOW WILL GET ♦
♦ A SALARY OF $15,000 ♦
4> NEW YORK, Nov. t-Seth Low 4
4 as mayor of Greater New York 4
4 will have a salary of 315,000. He 4
4 will. In the first place, have the 4
4 privilege of appointing such clerks 4
4 and assistants in the mayor's office 4
4 as he may choose. The first ap- 4
4 pointment at his disposition is that 4
4 of a private secretary at *a salary of 4
4 $5,000. He may appoint commission- 4
4 ers and heads of departments to 4
4 succeed the present Incumbents In 4
4 most of the executive departments 4
4 of the city government. 4
NEW YORK, Nov. Complete unof
ficial returns from every district of Great
er New York give Seth Lowe, fusion can
didate for mayor, 291.992 and Edward M.
Shepard. Democratic candidate, 365,128,
making Low's plurality. 29,814.
Edward M. Grout, fusion candidate for
controller received 299,714 votes, and Will
iam Ladd, Democrat, 254.688. making the
plurality of the fusion candidate, 44.946.
Unofficial returns from every election
district in New York county give Will
iam Travers Jerome, fusionfiit, a lead of
15,889 over Henry W. Unger, Democrat,
in the race for the district attorneyship.
The vote of the two follpws:, Jerome.
163.959; Unger. 148.079.
A revised recapitulation of the vtite on
president of the board of aldermen with
every district reported, shows that
Charles V. Forces, fusionist, has Georffe
Van Hoesendem beaten by a plurality of
31,384.
■ Complete unofficial figures from > the
Borough of Queens shows that Joseph
Cassidy, Democrat, has defeated Doht,
fusionlst, for the presidency of the bor
ough by 3.953 plurality in a total vote of
24.94 L
Complete unofficial returns show the
election of Louis Haffen, Democrat, as
president of the borough of the Brony,
with a plurality of 1,470 over Wells, fu
sionist. The vote was: Haffen, 19,508, and
Wells. 18.039.
Complete figures from the borough of
Richmond give the presidency to Georfle •
Cromwell, fusionlst, with a plurality of
468 over Nicholas Muller, Democrat.
’ Complete and revised returns from
Kings county show the election of Guden,
fuslonist, as sheriff over Hester Borg,
Democrat. The vote was: Guden, 108,060,
and Hester Borg, 94.244.
The complete revised returns gathered
unofficially show the election of the fol
lowing justices of the supreme court:
Morgan J. O’Brien. Democrat and fu
sionist; Samuel Greenbaum, fusionlst;
James A. Blanchard, fuslonist; John
Proctor Clarke, fusionlst. Clarke, who
got the smallest plurality of any of the
men elected, headed Charles W. Dayton,
the nearest man to him on the judicial
ticket by 6,116 votes and beat Robert A.
Van Wyck. the present maybr by 29,080.
The reports received during the
early morning hours from the
outlying precincts of Greater New
York and some -of the belated re
turns from Manhattan Island add rather
than detract from th# fusiontata' victory
of yesterday.
For mayor, Edward M. Shepard, Dem
ocrat, appears to have carried only a
single borough, and in this borough.
Queens, his plurality will not; amount to
more than a few hundred. r - j
Present appearances indicate tbat the
Democrats will have just one out of six
teen members of the board of.estimate
and apportionment of Greater New York,
the board which, under the new charter,
succeeds to many of the powers formeriy
vested in tue mayor. The Democrat who
is certain of a position on the board of
estimate and apportionment Is Bbrough
President Cassidy, of Queens.
The assembly of 1902 will probably stand
as follows: .
Republicans and fuslonlsts, 108; Demo
crats, 42.
This la in all probability a Republican
and fuslonist gain of three, leaving ths
Democrats in a minority of 62.
REPUBLICANS- SWEEP
PENNSLYVANIA FIELD
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6.—The latest
election returns from Pennsylvania indi
cate that Frank G. Harris, Republican,
has been elected state treasurer over
Ellrha A. Coray, Jr., the fusion candi
date, by between 50,000 and 55,000 plurality.
In 1899 Barnett, Republican, for stats
treasurer, had a plurality of 110,588 over
Creasy, Democrat.
William Potter, Republican, has defeat
ed Harman Yerkes, fusion, for judge of
the supreme court by about 50,000.
CRANE IS GOVERNOR
BY 70,304 PLURALITY
BOSTON, Nov. 6.—The Republican par
ty. in carrying Massachusetts in yester
day's election, as customary, suffered in
the size of its vote to an extent expected
in an off year. Governor Crane’s third
term plurality is 70,304. The social Dem
ocratic candidates made the best showing
among minor party nominees.
UNION LABOR WINS
’FRISCO MAYORALTY
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6.—Eugene
Schmitz, the union labor candidate for
mayor, has been elected by a plurality of
about 2,500. Mr. Schmitz is proprietor of
a local theatre and is also secretary and
manager of a machine shop. He has
heretofore been known as a Republican,
though he has never been prominent ae a
politician. He is a native of this city, his