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SCHLEY COURT BEGINS
TO REVIEW EVIDENCE
b Evidence All in and Argu
ments Concluded —Ver-
dict May Come
This Week.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—The e vi
cfence in the Schley case is in and the
argument concluded. The court be
gin* this week the work of reviewing
the evidence, and an early verdict is
looked for.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 7.—Captain Lem
ley closed hia speech and the entire argu
ment of the case with the following
words:
. Tribute to Schley.
“From my knowledge of the man. hav
ing served under his command on two
crutoM, I have newer believed, nor do I
claim from the evidence that personal
or. to call a spade a spade,
cowardice— was exhibited by Commodore
Schley In any part of his career as com
mander-in-chief of the flying squadron.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 7—Judge Advo
cate Samuel C. Lemly today made the
concluding argument in the Schley court
of inquiry.
There wss no forenoon session of the
court and the Judge advocate did not have
an opportunity to begin his address until
2 o'clock
He read from manuscript, but spoke in
clear and distinct tones.
The first half of the address was devot
ed to consideration of points made by Mr.
Rayner and Captain Parker in Admiral
Schley's behalf, and the latter half was
a general review from the government
point of view of the evidence.
Referring to the testimony of Admiral
Behley and Captain Chadwick concerning
the former's ©on versa lion with Admiral
Schley at Key West. Captain Lemly said:
Roasts Schley’s Evidence.
••I ask the court to apply to the appli
cant as a witness the well known rule,
referred to with So much fervor by senior
counsel, that where two witnesses testi
fy with regard to the same matter, and
one of the members does and the other
, does not remember the circumstances of
the matter, or let us say the conversa
tion. the evidence of the members must
be accepted. If this must be done, then
there is Uttie left of the evidence given
before this court by the applicant, par
ticularly upon his cross-examination.
"Commodore Schley has testified." said
Captain Lemly further along in bls ad
dress. “that he consulted - Commodore
Remey at the naval base. Key West. May
18. and at that time the latter had no
information as to the movements of the
Spaniards. 80 had Admiral Sampson on
the 18th. And for what. If not to meet
the enemy's fleet, was Commodore Schley
sent to CTenfues'*? Not because he ex
pected to them.already in there as the
order No. * and Admiral Schley's testimo
ny will clearly show. It was simply ex
pected that the Spaniards weald endeav
or to reach Cienfuegcs and not that they
were there."
Referring to Mr. Rayner's statement
that when the report of the Spaniards
being at Santiago was confirmed, noth
ing was done to inform Commodore Schley
of this until the Hawk was sent on the
afternoon of May S. Captain Lemly said
the Marblehead was sent at 3 a. m. of
May 21 with the dispatch No. «.
Captain Lemly contended that the Mc-
Calla memorandum was delivered to
Commodore Schley May 2! and charged
the commodore with failure to attempt di
rect communication with the insurgents
after its receipt.
Tried to Be Impartial.
“I have endeavored to follow this ad
vice without fear or favor. If I have ap
peared to fall in maintaining that impar
tial attitude which I feel and have always
felt, towards the applicant it is because
a ears salon, however natural, on the part
of the opposing counsel begets aggres
sion. and for the further reason that in
many instances throughout the investi
gate n honest differences in opinion has
compelled me to be earnestly contentious
in order to adduce what I believed to be
material facts
Captain Lemly then took up the volum
inous evidence which he said had been so
fully treated in all its bearings that it was
not bls purpose to enter into a detailed
discussion of it. Beginning with the pas
sage of the flying squadron from Key
■West to Cienfuegos in search of the Span
ish fleet under Admiral Cervera. he said
that, while the speed set by the appli
cant from Key West to Cientuegos was
but ten knots, under the then existing
conditions of wind and weather greater
speed might have been maintained. Other
delays of this voyage were also referred
to. It should, he thought, be remembered
that Commodore Schley’s orders required
that the blockade of this port should be es
tablished with the least possible delay.
Captain' Lemly said as the arrival of
the Adula was purely accidental, little
■tress should be laid upon the misplaced
confidence with Which it was assumed
that the vessel, being allowed to go’in.
would be permitted by the Spanish au
thorities to return with Information as to
whether Admiral Cervera’s squadron was
or was not located within the harbor;
this particularly in view of the fact that
a hostile fleet was outside."
What Lemly Would Have Done.
© Having brought the squadron to the
southward of Santiago, on May Sth. the
judge advocate took up the coaling ques
tion. quoting Lieutenant Dyson's figures
on the question of coal supply in some de
tail. Then he considered the retrograde
movement.
“This step,” he said, “had been under
taken without sufficient or decisive steps
being taken to ascertain whether the
Spanish fleet was actually in the harbor
of Santiago, leaving the mouth nf the
harbor unwatched, and Cervera free to
escape, with the possibility of his mak
ing a descent upon our coast—the moral,
to say nothing of the material effect of
which It is impossible to over-estimate."
Continuing in this connection he said:
“It matters not what captain Sigsbee or
pilot Nunes told Commodore Schley. If
«• Nunes exhibited then no greater acumen
than when before this court the informa
tion be supplied should have been given
little weight.
* Schley Should Have Known.
“Whatever opinion they may have given
the commodore as to the presence of the
Spanish ships In the harbor of Santiago
land I believe rhatithe captain never said
that the Spanish fleet was not therein),
the commodore was alone responsible for
the retrograde movement. It was his du
ty to ascertain to a certainty whether the
Spanish squadron was in the harbor, an
obligation which no negative information
of Captain Sigsbee's could remove or
even modify. And it I* Inconceivable
that a positive statement as to the con
tents of a harbor of the well known con
formation of Santiago could have been
• made by Sigs bee."
The details of the retrograde movement
were rehearsed as were those concern
ing the delivery of dispatches by the Har
vard and »he proffer of Cntonel Beale to
I
♦ AGAIN DOES DEWEY +
♦ TURN DOWN SAMPSON ♦
♦ ♦
<> WASHINGTON. Nov. ?.-The +
+ Schley court of Inquiry has de- +
+ dined to grant the request made +
q, veeterday by Attorney Theall. act- +
+ ing for Admiral Sampson, that the ♦
+ remarks of Captain Parker concern- +
+ ing the fact that the Spanish +
4> s-teamer Colon lay in the harbor at ♦
+ Santiago for some hours after the +
+ arrival there of Admiral Salnpson +
* be stricken from the records. +
Admiral Dewey, writing for the ♦
4> court, says that this action has +
+ been taken after careful considers- +
+ Hon. ♦
IHMHHIIIHMHHIHm
go ashore and communicate with the Cu
ban insurgents. Captain Lemly contended
that the dispatch conveying positive infor
mation of the presence of the Spaniards
must have bebn delivered to Commodore
Schley, notwithstanding his denial, be
cause he considered it “Inconceivable
that having it. Captain Cotton should
not have communicated its contents to
Commodore Schley.”
Roasted for Disobedience.
Here Captain Lemly quoted in full
Commodore Schley’s "cannot obey orders ’
dispatch to the department of May 27, and
comemnted upon It, saying:
“Whether the department’s instruc
tions definitely directed in positive terms,
that the squadron remain off Santiago, or
Whether its desire that this should be
done was simply indicated, appears to me
under all the circumstances to be Imma
terial. Disobedience of orders may be
an imperative and glorious duty, but if
it be not Justified by facts, it cannot be
condoned by terming it an ‘error of
judgment* This was not an ‘error of
judgment*; It was ah error of conduct.**
CANAt’COMMiSSION
TO METT TUESDAY
IT IS SAID BY AUTHORITY THAT
NO REPORT HAS YET BEEN
REACHED.
WASHINGTON. Nov. ».-The Isthmian
canal commission will meet next Tuesday
to add the finishing touches to its report.
It car. be stated oy authority that the
commission has not report*d. up to this
time, in favor of either the Nicaraguan or
of the Panama project. Consequently the
question has not figured before the cabi
net and the administration has not ex
pressed a preference for either route.
It is expected that the commission will
not undertake either to accept or to re
ject the proposition of President Hutln,
looking to the acquisition by this govern
ment of the Panama Canal company’s
concessions. However, it will lay the prop
osition before the president and congress.
It can be stated also by authority that, in
view of the well understood favor with
which congress heretefore has regarded
the Nicaragua route, the decision of th >
executive department will be In /avor of
that pioject.
RATHBURN’S DEATH IS DENIED
Sensation Is Developed in Jeffesonvills,
Ind., By Insurance Agent.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Nov. 10.-The re
ported death of Newell C. Rathbun, of
this city, the United States recruiting
officer at Jeffersonville. Ind., published a
day or two since, developed into, a first
class sensation today upon the announce
ment by Sam M. Powell, state manager of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pany. that the body that was to have
been buried in Oakland cemetery this
afternoon is not that of Newell C. Rath
bun.
In this statement the insurance official
is supported by Dr. C. Jennings, the com
pany's examining physician; B. P. Sisk,
who placed one-half of the life insurance
on Rathbun, and by Mrs. J. C. Watkins,
of the Grand Central hotel, with whom
Rathbun boarded up to the time of his
marriage, a short time since, and by
others.
in railwaY horror
ONE MAN IS KILLED
YOUNGSTOWN, Nov. 9.-In a rear-end
collision on the Pittsburg and Western
railway at Lowellville, eight miles west
of here, last midnight, one man was kill
ed and two were injured. The dead:
J. T. BHENNETT, brakeman, Pittsburg.
The injured:
Engineer Gates.
Brakeman Conerty.
The first section of a freight train was
delayed by a broken coupling, and the
second section ran into it. wrecking the
engines and trains.
AMERICAN DIVORCE
VALID IN ENGLAND
NEW YORK. Nov. 9.—A case involving
the question of the validity of an Ameri
can divorce under the English law has
just been heard before Sir Francis Jesune.
in the divorce court, says The Herald's
London representative. It was the case of
Robinson vs. Robinson.
Petition was made by Ethel Gertrude
Robinson, otherwise Strickland, that her
mirriage with Edwatd Ernest Robinson
be declared invalid. Attorney W. F. Bar
nard said the petitioner went through the
form of marriage with the respondent on
Maj- 3, 1893, in Christ church. Westmin
ster.
The respondent left his wife in 1898, and
inquiries then mad* showed that he had
been married in 1878 to a Mies Hawtrey
in Ham pi on church.
SOCIALISTIC AGITATOR
TO WED WITHOUT VOWS
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Miss Margaret
Herron, sister of Prof. George D. Herron,
the socialistic agitator, has announced
her engagement to marry Dr. Henri Ver
ner Berghall, of Manistee, Mich., and the
wedding will be conducted on the same
plan which made sensational the marri-
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1901.
PANAMA’S FALL
IS FOLLY DENIED
NO TRUTH IN REPORT THAT THE
GOVERNMENT HAS SUR
RENDERED.
COLON. Colombia, via Galveston, Tex.,
Nov. B.—There Is absolutely no truth in
the report circulated In the ( nlted States
that Panama has been captured by the
liberals.
No fighting whatever has occurred. The
condition of affairs is the same as it has
been for weeks past.
WASHINGTON ADVISED
THAT ALL IS QUIET
WASHINGTON, Nov. B.—The last ad
vices received here from the isthmus of
Panama, dating back about a week, are
to the effect that everything was quiet in
the neighborhood of Panama and of Co
lon. The insurrectionists were reported
to have disappeared completely from the
place in the vicinity of Panama, where for
a time they had menaced that town. A
preceding ieport shows that an outbreak
of smallpox in their camps had a good
deal to do with the disposal of rebels.
NEW YORK. Nov. B.—The Herald
prints the following from a source of in
formation on the situation in Colombia,
which thus far has furnished no news
not subsequently verified by wire, which
has received the copy of a cablegram say
ing the city of Panama has fallen and is
in complete control of rite Liberal party.
It is believed by the New York repre
sentative of the Liberals that General Al
ban. governor of the Panama department,
is a prisoner, unless he has escaped by
sea.
To A. P. Echevery. who is an active
member of the revolutionary party in the
United States, the cable message came at
9:30 last evening.
“PANAMA. Nov. 6.—Rindicronse Todo
Neustro. Publique.
(Signed) “SAUL. ’
This is translated: “Governor has sur
rendered everything. Publish.”
The dispatch is signed by Saul CortisScz.
chief of staff, who was the military chief
tn command of the troops of the Liberal
party in thame, several miles north of
Panama
At the headquarters of the Liberal party
in this city all were jubilant at the news
of the fall of Panama. Dr. Restrepo, who
is head of the junta here, said:
“All foreign interests will be protected.
The isthmus will be kept open, and the
Panama railroad guarded from guerrilla
attack If necessary. Everywhere its gov
ernment is established the rights of for
eigners will be secure.’’
dissTeTaFcase
CONTINUES TO SHOCK
LONDON. Nov. B.—The hearing of the
charges against Theodore and Laura
Jackson (Ann Odella Diss Deßar) was re
sumed at the Marylebone police court
yesterday before a crowded courtroom.
The clerk of the court informed a rep
resentative of the Associated Press that
enough witnesses had been summoned to
keep the court busy for two weeks. There
1 were no women present yesterday. Laura
Faulkner continued her testimony. The
most dramatic incident today was when
Laura Jackson began her customary
badgering cross-examination of the wit
ness. who turning, pointed her finger at
the female prisoner, vehemently denounc
eo her las the author of her ruin. In
spite of its melodramatic tinge, the inci
dent aroused applause, whereupon the
presiding judge threatened to clear the
court.
The occurrence seemed to shake the
nerve of the female prisoner .and her
suosequent conduct of the case was not
marked by the ability which she has here
tofore displayed.
LIFTED $4,000 FROM
PAYMASTER’S SATCHEL
PENSACOLA. Fla.. Nov. 10.—Paymas
ter Stevens, of the United States army,
arrived from Atlanta Saturday, and be
fore leaving that city placed in a hand
satchel 200 silver dollars and $4,800 In pa
per money for the purpose of paying the
several hundred artillery men of Forts
Barancas and Mcßea, their salaries for
the past month. When he reached the
fort here he opened his grip and found
that the paper money, amounting to
nearly $5,000 had been abstracted, and that
only the 200 silver dollars remained.
Paymaster Stevens thinks some profes
sional pickpocket followed him and re
lieved him during the trip.
GLASGOW REPOR-TS
DEATH OF PLAGUE
GLASGOW, Nov. 9.—The authorl'les are
satisfied that the. bubonic plague h is been
stamped out. The last case of the disease
reported was placed in the hospital No
vember 1, and the period of incubation ex
pires today
In 1879 he went to America and stayed
there with his wife until 1883. when he re
turned to England. He remained in Eng
land until down to the time when he went
through the ceremony of marriage with
the petitioner.
GENERAL WHEELER
TO HEAD GUN PLANT
WASHINGTON. Nov. 9.—Gen. Joe
Wheeler has interested some Philadelphia
capitalists in a new automatic gun and Is
said to be organizing a company with
$600,000 to build a plant for the manufac
ture of the weapon. The gun, which is
reputed to be a deadly weapon, is the in
vention of 8. N. McLean, of Cleveland, O,
ages of Professor Herron to Miss Carrie
Rand, says the World. Miss Herron, who
is now at Metuchen, N. J., is a firm be
liever in what she terms the “New and
simple form of marriage.” which is with
out the exchange of the usual matrimo
nial vows and with none of the ritual or
the formulas of the' church.
SULIM YIELDS
ILLIOIBMCE
NAVAL DEMONSTRATION BRINGS
THE SUBLIME PORTE TO
TERMS—FULL SETTLE
MENT IS MADE.
PARIS, Nov. B.—France has scored a
complete triumph In the Turkish dispute.
The foreign office thia morning receiv
ed advices announcing that the sultan has
yielded to the entire demands formulated
by the French government and only the
question of form regarding the execution
of the engagements remains to be settled.
This may be done within the next 24
hours, or it is expected at the latest in
two. or three days. Then Admiral Cail
lard will relinquish his occupation of the
island of Mltylene.
The official note was Issued at 1 p. m.
today to the effect that the porte had de
cided to yield to all the demands of
France and that as soon as the sultan has
issued -an trade ratifying the decision, the
French squadron will leave Mltylene.
President Ix>ubet presided today at the
cabinet council. The foreign minister,
M. Delcasse, announced that the ports had
just decided to give satisfaction in the
case of the various French demands, to
which M. Delcasse replied that so soon as
the sultan’s order regarding the porte’s
decision was communicated to him Admir
al Calllard's squadron vi’ould leave the
islands of Mltylene.
The Temps prints a dispatch this morn
ing from Constantinople which says that
the sultan in accepting} the French de
mands says the Working of the French
schools, hitherto unrecognized, will now
be recognized officially • and the sultan
authorized the reconstruction of the
schools and hospitals, their institutions
being destroyed during the Armenian
troubles, of which a detailed list is at
tached to the French note. Tewflk Pasha,
the Turkish foreign minister, has been
the recognition of the’ Chaldean patri
arch, demanded by Frstnce, already has
been accorded.
DR. D. A. GIBBS DIES
AT SOCIAL CIRCLE
I
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga.j Nov. 9.—Dr. D.
A. Gibbs died at his home yesterday even
ing at 1 o’clock, after an Illness of three
weeks’ duration, from paralysis, of which
he never fully regained consciousness.
Dr. Gibbs was one of the oldest citizens
and physicians of our town, having been
born and raised here, practicing medicine
for more than half a century. Had he
lived until the 19th of December he would
have been 77 years old.
.
Ell IPIHOESWED-
Bl THREE INCH GUNS
• —I, I
MANILA. Nov. 9.—Advices from Cat
balogan, capital of Samar island, report
that Major Waller attacked a force of in
surgents occupying a strong position at
Sojton, two 8-lnch guns being used to
shell the rebel stronghold. ,
Throughout the first day the insurgents
held the place, but yesterday Major Wal
ler renewed the attack and after a des
perate engagement carried the position.
Two marines of the attacking force and
26 insurgents were killed.
Major Waller destroyed the Cuartels
and 70 houses.
General Smith has Issued orders forbid
ding the purchase of hemp in the island
of Leyte except in small quantities for
food, which purchases must be under the
supervision of the military authorities. All
ports in Leyte are closed and traffic is
forbidden where it cannot be supervised
by the military.
Killed in Battle.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—Rear Admiral
Rodgers at Manila today cabled to the
secretary of the navy as follows:
“Privates George Lynch and E. A. Klo
nan killed in action. Sajoykan, near Eat
sey, Samar, on the 7th Inst.”
No further details of the action were
given.
FRUIT CANNERS FORM
BIG TRUST IN EAST.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. s.—According
to the Chronicle a deal is about to be
consummated whereby all the leading
fru.t canners’ associations will pass into
the hands of an eastern syndicate. The
combine as composed of the plants to be
included in the proposed deal will be not
less than 1,500,000 cases of 6,000,000 cans.
The new company will soon be incorpora
ted under the laws of New Jersey with a
capital of $5,000,000.
B. ANL L CASES”
ARE DECIDED
JACKSON. Miss., Nov. 9.—ln the fed»
eral court Judge Niles handed down or
ders In the fourteen New South Building
and Loan of New Orleans, and National
Building and Loan of Atlanta cases, in
which he ordered the parties indebted to
the building and loan associations to pay
up within six days, or their property
would be sold by law to cover the indebt
edness.
The order, when issued in all the cases,
will involve some $300,000.
MISS HELEN GOULD
ENDOWS COLLEGE
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Ritger’s college is
the latest recipient of Miss Helen M.
Gould’s bounty. She has given $25,000 to
the New Brunswick, N. J., college and
the money has been made available for
use this season. Miss Gould has recently
made similar gifts to Vassar college and
other schools.
L. H. Traylor Dead.
WEST POINT. Nov. 10.—L. H. Traylor
died at his home in Gabbettville, this
county, yesterday afternoon after a ling
ering Illness of several months, the cause
of his death being consumption. He had
been gradually sinking for the past three
weeks and his deat'h was not unexpected.
Macon’s Mayoralty Race.
MACON, Ga., Nov. 10.—The mayoralty
campaign is drawing to a close. The pri
mary of Tuesday will tell the tale between
the three candidates now in the field.
Mavor Bridges Smith, now closing a suc
cessful term as chief executive of the city,
is a candidate for re-election. The other
candidates are W. T. Morgan and R. C.
Hazlehurst.
MORE POWER GIVEN
TOR.R.CUMMESSION
RIGHT OF MANDAMUS TO EN
FORCE ORDERS IS PURPOSE
OF NEW BILL.
If the bill introduced in the house of
representatives Saturday by Messrs.Blaton
and Houston of Fulton passes the house
and senate the railroad commission of
Georgia will be given authority by the
right of mandamus proceedings to en
force the orders issued by that body.
The bill is intended to bring relief to
the people of Atlanta from the alleged
union station, in event the depot bill
which is to be introduced this week by
the depot committee fails of passage.
At present the railroad commission has
authority to order the railroads to build
separate stations in Atlanta, but the only
penalty provided, in event the railroads
do not obey the order, is the sum of $5,000.
To get this money it is necessary to file a
regular damage suit in the superior court.
But the bill of Messrs. Slaton and Hous
ton relieves the situation and gives the
commission the right to mandamus the
railroads at once and to cause them to
pay up the money should they fa|l to
obey the orders.
Mr. Slaton says the bill will pass the
house.
RESOLUTION"OFFERED TO
SEND A*COMMISSION
Representative Park, of Greene, Sat
urday introduced a resolution in the
house calling on the governor to appoint
a commission to see that Georgia was rep
resented at the coming Louisiana Pur
chase exhibition. The resolution is the re
sult of the visit of the Missouri delega
tion to Atlanta on Thursday. Following
are the resolutions:
"Be it resolved by the house of repre
sentatives, the senate concurring, that
from and after tho passage of tnis resolu
tion, the governor of the state of Geor
gia shall appoint two citizens from the
state at large and two from each congres
sional district, who shall constitute a
board of commissioners for the Louisiana
Purchase exposition to be held in St.
Louis in 1906, and the state commissioner
of agriculture and the state geologist shall
be ex-officio members of said board.
,“Be it further resolved, That it shall be
the duty of said board to meet at as early
day as practicable after their appoint
ment. and it shall be their duty to take
proper steps to see that the state of
Georgia is properly represented at said
exposition, and to that end they are here
by authorized to devise legal means to
see that the agricultural products and
the other resources of Georgia are repre
sented at said exposition; and they are
authorized to use the state museum as an
exhibit at said exposition and raise funds
by contribution to make a creditable dis
play; and they are authorized to take
proper steps to have a state building
erected ’on the expesMion grounds, provid
ed they can raise sufficient funds for that
purpose.”
CHARTER FOR RAILROAD
THROUGH SOUTH GEORGIA
Secretary of State Cook received an ap
plication for a charter for the Fitzger
ald, Ocmulgee and Red Bluff Railwaj
company today. The incorporators are T.
W., F. J., J. W., M. W., and R. V. Gar
butt, of Wilcox county; J. H. Harley, T.
S. Price, W. R. Bowen, R. A. Wilson,
J. E. M. Mercer, E. F. Chambless, W. T.
Paul, S. M. Wichard, D. Holmes, T. D.
Ross and Thomas Wilson, of Fitzgerald,
in Irwin county.
The road will be about 50 miles long
and will extend from Fitzgerald in Irwin
county to Helena and Mcßae in Telfair
county, and thence into Montgomery
county. The principal office will be in
Fitzgerald.
CROSirOFIIONOR
GIVEN ED VETERANS
ALBANY, Ga., Nov. 9.—The Albany
chapter of the Daughters of the Confeder
acy presented crosses of honor to 50 vete
rans here today.
The ceremony was a beautiful one and
was witnessed by a large crowd. Captain
R. Hobbs was master of ceremonies and
the presentation address was made by
Rev. Charles T. Wright, of this city. Af
ter the exercises the veterans enjoyed a
barbecue dinner on the courthouse lawn.
GEORGIA POSTMASTERS
APPOINTED SATURDAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 9.—Fourth
class postmasters appointed today:
Statenville, Echols county, W. A. Ham,
vice J. C. Thompson, removed.
Willis, Twiggs county, J. L. Gallemore,
vice W. E. Jones, removed.
SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPS
RIVAL CALCUTTA CELL
LONDON, Nov. 9.—The Daily News to
day exhaustively surveys the concentra
tion camps in South Africa with the fol
lowing conclusion:
"The truth is that the death rate in the
camps is incomparably worse than any
thing Africa oz Asia can show. There Is
nothing to match it even in the mortality
figures of the Indian famines, where chol
era and other epidemics have to be con
tended with.”
Statistics are produced in proof of this
assertion.
The government’s advertisement for
teachers for the camp children, setting
CARNEGIE OPENS PURSE
WITH LAVISH HEART
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Andrew Carnegie
intends to model the new Pittsburg Insti
tute for Manual Training close upon the
lines of Pratt institute, Brooklyn, and he
has just visited that institution, spending
two hours in a study of the methods of
its teachings, says The Herald.
Afterward he told F. P. Pratt, the head
of the school, he was very much pleased
with what he had seen and that his pur-’
pose was to investigate the Brooklyn
COMMISSIONER GLENN
ARRESTED FOR LIBEL
♦ SCHLEY HAS AGREED ♦
♦ TO VISIT MEMPHIS. ♦
+ WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. ♦
4» Rear Admiral Schley has agreed to ♦
visit Memphis, Tenn., some time in ♦
♦ January, the exact date to be set- +
4» tied later. He goes there to receive ♦
«fr a silver service bought for him by ♦
♦ contributions through The Commer- ♦
•J» cial-Appeal. A delegation from ♦
4> Nashville called on him today and ♦
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MISS STDNE IS WELL
THE CAPTIVE WOMAN WRITES
ANOTHER LETTER TO CON
* SUL DICKINSON.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 9.—Consul Gen
eral Dickinson, from Sofia, reports to the
state department by cable the receipt by
him of another letter from Miss Stone,
as already noted in the press dispatches
of last night. He quotes Miss Stone as
saying:
“We are still well in spite of all our
hardships."
There are other matters treated in the
letter which it is not deemed wise to
publish.
Mr. Dickinson complains constantly of
attempts to interfere with the line of
communication he is seeking to establish
with the brigands. Although no explana
tion is offered by him as to the reasons for
this interference, it is believed here that
the Bulgarian authorities are seeking to
pave the way for a denial of responsibil
ity for an indemnity by exhibiting unnec
essary activity in the pursuit of any per
sons who might be supposed to be able to
Inform them of the whereabouts of Miss
Stone.
Notwithstanding the difficulties which
are dally encountered by the state depart
metn in its efforts to reach Miss Stone,
the belief is strong among the officials
that in the near future they will succeed
in securing her release. It is true, as
reported, from Constantinople that the
principal Issue is one of amount of the
ransom to be paid and this delays the ne
gotiations. for the brigands, fully aware
of the exact amount of money at the dis
posal of the United States agents in
Turkey, are holding back evidently in the
hope of having that amount increased by
further subscriptions. .
TWO meTwouFded
IN DUEL ON STREET
EDGEFIELD, S. C„ Nov. 9—Mr. Henry
C. Watson and Dr. W. Luther Jones, two
prominent young men of our town, engag
ed in a shooting affray Monday night on
the public square and as a result Mr.
Watson lies dangerously wounded at the
home of Mr. W. B. Penn, having been
shot in the lower part of the stomach, the
ball passing through the stomach and
lodging in the back, and Dr. Jones is suf
fering from a fractured arm.
BY HEROWN HAND
SHE DIED AT STAKE
LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. Nov. B.—Mrs.
William Textor committed suicide at her
home here early today by setting fire to
her clothing. She thoroughly saturated her
clothing with coal oil and then deliberately
ignited it.
When found she had been burned to
death.
The flesh was charred and burned In a
horrible manner and the hair was en
tirely burned from her head.
Bianco Has Resigned.
CURACOA, Nov. 10, via Haytlen Cable.—'
Dr. Eduardo Blanco, Venezuelan minister
of foreign affairs, has resigned his port
folio. He will be succeeded by Dr. Pa
chano. The cause of the disagreement
was regarding the Colombian question,
particularly the answer of President Cas
tro to the pan-Amerlcan congress in the
City of Mexico, which was sent without
Dr. Blanco's knowledge.
Mrs. Felton to Speak.
The house of representatives today
concurred in the senate resolution inviting
Mrs. W. H. Felton, of Cartersville, to ad
dress the general assembly In joint sesison
at an early date on the subject of “Prog
ressive Education.”
forth that “the term of employment will
be one year certain” is prominently dis
played as evidence that the authorities
have no intention of ending the “whole
sale destruction of human life.”
The Dally News urges all humane men
not to wait for officers reports, but to in
sist “on the camps being broken up
and the people distributed among their
friends or removed to districts where a
fresh attempt can be made, under compe
tent organization and with some regard
to the presetvation of life— that, or exter
mination of an eternal stain on the name
of England.”
school that he might the more intelligent
ly consider reports of the committee of
experts who are to outline the work to
be done in Pittsburg.
Mr. Carnegie's next gift to Pittsburg
will be the great mechanical school, plans
for which he has had in mind for some
time and which he has laid before an ex
pert committee. His investigations of the
subject of technical instruction has taken
some time, and it was in this line that he
went to the Bxaokiyn school.
Says It Is a Political Trick.
He Wrote Salty Letter
to Commissioner
Rogers.
State School Commissioner G. R. Glenn
will be arrested this morning by Sheriff
English of Washington county on the
charge of criminal libel. The warrant on
which the commissioner will be arrested
was sworn out last week by John N. Rog
ers, county school commissioner of Wash
ington county, and is the outcome of a
salty letter written by Dr Glenn to Rog
ers. copies of which were also sent to
the members of the school board of Wash
ington county
It is understood that Dr. Glenn intimat
ed in this letter that Rogers' books should
be carefully examined, and otherwise ex
pressed opinions of Rogers, which Dr.
Glenn himself says “no honest man de
served and no brave man would bear.”
Dr. Glenn will accompany Sheriff Eng
lish to Washington county, where bond
will be fixed. The hearing of the case
will attract Interest all over Georgia, es
pecially as it has great political signifi
cance: in fact Dr. Glenn himself declares
that the whole matter is a political trick
to injure him, and that Rogers is but
the tool of others.
It has already been published that a
concerted effort is being made to bring
about opposition to Dr. Glenn next time,
and ex-Governor Northen is looked to by
Commissioner Glenn's enemies as tho
most available candidate. Petitions have
been circulated asking the ex-governor
to stand for the place, and he promises
to give an answer tomorrow.
KILLEDim
AND RID IRE BDDY
REVOLTING MURDER IN ALABA*
MA—THE MURDERED MAN WAS
A FORMER GEORGIAN.
HEFLIN, Ala,, Nov. 11.-J. R. Chandler,
a school teacher at Oak Level, in this,
Cleburne county, but whose home IS at
Lime Branch, Ga., was slain hero oom*,
30 days ago, but the crime waa not known
until yesterday, when the body waa dis
covered in a ravine near this place.
Back in the mountains, two miles from
where Chandler taught school, lived Mol
lie McCormack. Wright Knighton, a man
Hvtng near by. visited-her frequently, and
on a recent visit found Chandler there. A
difficulty ensued. Knighton warned Chan
dler not to repfat his visit or ho would
forfeit his life.
Three weeks ago Chandler drew nls sal
ary as school teadher and had SB6 in cash
and about $l2O in checks. He started across
the mountains on foot to Piedmont, his
route running near the McCormack wo
man's house. When near that home he
was struck on the head with some heavy
instrument, crushing his skull just over
the eyes. He was dragged about 150 yards
from the path he was traveling, thrown
Into a gully and covered with dirt and
stones, his head being first cut off/and
hid. ,
While searching for Chandler Knighton
was met by some of the searchers, and on
being asked to join them in their search,
replied that it was no use to hunt for
Chandler any more. This remark, to
gether with tho fact that both Knighton
and the McCormack woman have been
spending money liberally for the past few
days, led to the arrest of both.
SIZEFMAW!
THE ONLY QUESTION
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 9.—The elec,
tion for the adoption or rejection of the
new Alabama constitution will be held
on Monday next. The state chairman of
the Democratic campaign committee, Hon.
Oscar W. Underwood, on the eve of the
election, reiterates his claim that it is on
ly a question of the size of the majority.
Today there are speakers for ratifica
tion in every nook and corner of Ala
bama.
The “antis” have not displayed their
usual vigor the past week and the ratl
ficationists infer from this that they see
defeat staring them in the face and have
about given up hope.
Chairman C. M. Shelley, of the anti
ratification state campaign, on the other
hand, states that the ratlficationists are
going to run up against a considerable
surprise on Monday.
Congressman Richard H. Clark made a
speech for ratification in Reble hall in
Bessemer last night. That city has been
against ratification because the new con
stitution failed to provide that it should
get a slice of Jefferson county and be
come the chief city of a new county. Mr.
Clark made a sound argument, however,
ana received a respectful hearing. Chair
man Henry B. Gray, of this county, says
that outside of Bessemer ne feels assured
of carrvfng every town In the eounty and
that l:e thinks he will carry Bessemer
also, although he realizes that there is
strong opposition there.
ESCAPED CONVICTS
CAPTURE OFFICERS
TOPEKA, Kas., Nov. 11.—Sheriff Cook,
of this county, and Deputy Sheriff Wil
liams were captured by two escaped con
victs from the Fort Leavenworth military
prison yesterday afternoon at Pauline,
five miles south of Topeka, and held prlz
oners on the farm of a man named Woos
ter for several hours. The}’ finally es
caped between a line of police sent from
Topeka to reinforce the sheriff and are
now at large. Both were slightly wound
ed. Wooster was badly wounded by one
of the convicts when he tried to fire on
them. Mrs. W’ooster and Sheriff Cook
were held before the convicts as a shield
by the prisoners in making their escape.
A posse is in pursuit.
KING EDWARD SATURDAY
OBSERVED HIS BIRTHDAY
IXINDON, Nov. The king is spending his
birthday at Sandringham, with the queen, tha
prince and princess of Wales and the rest of
the roval family.' There has been no official ob
servance of the day with the exception of tha
customary salutes at Windsor and at tha naval
headquarters and the ringing of church bells.
NO. 17.