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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. . A/ / / g ■ \ 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