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VOL. IV.
PHILIPPINE TARIFF
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
Vote, Which Was Taken
At 4 O’Clock Yester
day Afternoon, Gives
Bill Good Majority.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—The bill to
temporarily provide revenue for the Phil
ippine ielar.de passed the house today by
a vote of ISS to 128. Five Republicans—
Messrs. McCall of Massachusetts. Little
field of Maine. Heatwole. Eddy and Ste
vens of Minnesota—voted with the Demo
crats against the bill, and three Demo
crat*—Messrs Robertson. Davey and
Broussard of Louisiana —voted with the
Republicans. Mr. Meyer, a Democrat, of
Louisiana, eras paired in favor of the bill
with Mr. Foster, an Illinois Democrat. Mr.
Warner, of Illinois, who voted against the
Porto Rican bill last congress, voted for
the Philippine measure today. Mr. Crum
packer. of Indiana, who also voted
against the Pom Rican bill, was absent.
The bill imposes the Dingley rates on
goods entering the United States from the
Philippines and the rates established by
the Philippine commission on goods en
tering the Philippines from the United
States. It also provides for the collection
of tonnage taxes on vessels plying be
tween the United States and the Philip
pines, and that foreign vessels may ply
between these ports until January 1. 1905.
The duties and taxes collected under the ,
provisions of the bill shall go into the;
Philippine treasury to be expended for
the use and benefit of the island.
FILIPINOS FLEE
- BEFORE AMERICANS
SEVERAL NATIVES ARE KILLED IN
SKIRMISHES YESTERDAY IN
BATANGAS.
MANILA. Dec. IS.—There were six skir
■aishes in various parts of Batangas pro
vince yesterday. The insurgents did not
make a single stand. Several Filipinos
were killed. The Americans had only a
few men wounded. Additional troops have
been sent to General Bell, who is carry
ing on an aggressive campaign in Batan
gas. Tayabar and lauruna provinces.
TWO MILLION TO SIGN
BIG PRO-BOER PETITION
NBW Tt>RK. D«c. IC—Alter IS rear*'
absence. Captain A. H. Hassell, recently
a Boer commander, addressed the mem
bers of the 48 combined societies of the
Platt Deutsche Volks Fest Verein in
Brooklyn, upon ‘The Oppression of the
Transvaal"
Sheriff Grell. of New York, introduced
the speaker, who was born In Brooklyn.
Later he became a citizen of the Trans
vaal. and took part in the assault upon
Majub* nill and the other stirring episodes
of Boer history since the war with Great
Britain began. Mr. Grell said the societies
would soon have 2.MD.0D0 signatures to a
petition urging President Roosevelt to en
force the treaty of Washington, which
would prevent England from securing
supplies of any kind, even horses and
mules, tn this country. Just as soon as the
petition is ready, the sheriff said, a dele
gation of 10,000 persons would descend up
on congress with the same object in view.
Otptain Hassell said that if the Boers
were only permitted to fight out their bat
tles. and If all help were withheld from
England by the other nations, the Boers
could bankrupt Great Britain within five
years, for they could fight that long.
LORD ROBERTSTO QUIT*
ENGLISH WAR OFFICE
LONDON, Dec. IS.—Vanity Fair says it
hears on excellent authority that Lord
Roberta, commander in chief of-the forces,
contemplates leaving the srar office on
April 1. and that he will be succeeded by
the Duke of Connaught
Boers Escape Redcoats.
NEW YORK. Dec. 14—The correspon
dent of The London Times and Now York
Times at Pretoria, says the recent Bri
tish successes occur opportunely, at a
moment when the Boers are showing
signs of discontent with the life of com
mando. but the British, instead of con
gratulating themselves, ought to put forth
further efforts on a bigger scale.
Another dispatch from the same corre
spondent says that of the SOO Boers col
lected north of Bothel under General Plef
Viljoen only two commandos of a hun
dred men each remain tn the neighbor
hood. The rest, including Viljoen, have
gone to the northeast, toward the Dela
gna railway Una
There seems, says the correspondent, no
reason to doubt that Acting President
fichalkburger and the Boer government
officials have crossed the line north. Af
ter addressing a large meeting near Caro
lina, at which he told the burghers that
they must be steadfast, as foreign Inter
vention was certain before long, fichalk
burger seems to have decided that the
country north of the Deiagoa roll way
line was more attractive than the high
veldt, where the British columns are
hustling the Boers incessantly. He is
probably now tn the neighborhood of Pil
grim's Root, where some 400 Boers have
settled for the summer.
Piet VUjoen is the leading spirit among
the Boers In ths eastern Trsnsvaal After
General Botha had been busy encouraging
the burghers with tales of the withdrawal
of British troops and of Boer successes in
Capo Colony, his (Viljoen's) defeat by
General Bruce Hamilton should material
ly increase the discontent which Is very
rife among the Boers in these districts.
Riot at Pro-Boer Meeting.
LONDON. Dec. 14—David Lloyd-George.
M. P-. tn speaking In Birmingham town
hall tonight, precipitated a scene unproc
odented in that city since the Aston park
riots.
The majority of the audience were hos
tile to the speaker and were enraged bv
Ms pm-Boer and antl-Chamberlaln utter
ances. and a riot was precipitated, which
resulted in the killing of one person and
the injury of several
BY ACCIDENTAL SHOT
YOUNG BOY IS KILLED
BT. AUGUSTINE. Fla.. Dec. U.-Frank
Colee. the 14-year-old-son of L. A. Colee,
died this morning from the effects of a
gun shot wound received while hunting
last Sunday.
His companion fired the fatal shot by
accident the load taking effect in young
Colee’s leg. just above the knee. It was
found necessary to amputate the limb, but
h<ydied from the shock.
KIDNAPER OF TAYLOR
DIES NEAR LOUISVILLE
• LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Dec. IS.—T. C. Cole
man, a prominent business man. died yes
terday at his country home The Meadows,
aged 77. Mr. Coleman, who came to this
country from Cork, Ireland, in IS3S was
connected with steamboat business in
its palmiest days.
While a steamboat captain he kidnaped
President-elect Zachary Taylor byway of
a joke. It was arranged by New Orleans
people that General Taylor should be
taken up the Mississippi river from his
plantation in a specially fitted uoat, with
brass bands and festivities befitting the
celebration. Captain Coleman came by
a few hours earlier than the vessel of
honor, and took the presidentelect on
board, the latter unaware that he had
taken the wrong boat.
It was tn the forties that the steamer
Saladin, owned and commanded by Cap
tain Coleman, plied the river from Louis
ville to New Orleans.
General Taylor was notified that a spe
cial steamer with special commit ties, mu
sic. cannon, flags and everything would
call for him. When the boat left New
Orleans she was flt to carry a president
and thousands of people assembled on the
FOUR UNHAPPY LOVERS
SEEK DEATH TOGETHER
COLUMBUS. 0.. Dec. 18.—Two young
women and two young men were found
dead last night in rooms at a boarding
house, 52 East Russell street, and evidence
points to a quadruple suicide, deliberate
ly planned. The dead arei
PEARL WARNER. ag*d 28. second
cook at Manhattan restaurant.
LOU KANE, aged 18. third cook at the
Manhattan.
SHERMAN LOUTHOUS, cab driver.
JOHN JACOBS, chief cook at the Man-
The two couples went to the boarding
VOUNG WONlim
BURMSTO DEATH
CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE AND SHE
WAS BURNED SO BADLY SHE
DIED TODAY AT
MILNER.
MILNER. Ga., Dec. 18.—Miss Rosa Shiv
ers' clothing became Ignited while she was
working over a pot under which a lire
was burning and was almost entirely
burned from her body, inflicting Injuries
trom which she died this morning.
She was the daughter of R. A. Shivers,
a prominent farmer, and was just bloom
ing into womanhood.
LEADING SOCIETY WOMAN <
IS KILLED BY BURGLAR
PITTSBURG. Dec. 17.—Harriet P. Mur
phy. prominent in church and society
circles and treasurer of the Kingsley
house fund, was murdered at her home,
6221 Howe street. East End, by a burg
lar. about 3 o’clock this morning. The
murderer made his escape, and although
the detectives and police force of that
section was called, the man has not been
arrested.
NmWW
THOM RUNAWAY CAB
PASSENGERS ON ONE CAR ALIGHT
IN TIME TO ESCAPE DAMAGE
FROM WILD CAR.
AUGUSTA. Ga., Dec. 18.— A peculiar
street railway accident happened here this
morning which, by rare good fortune, did
not result in a terrible catastrophe. In’
shifting a freight car on top of Monte
Bano bill It became detached from the
motor car and started down hill. The
brakes did not work and the motorman
jumped off. The runaway car dashed
down the hill with ever increasing speed,
and when It bad reached nearly the foot
of the long hill the motorman of the car
going up saw it coming and instantly
stopped his car and jumped off. The con
ductor and passengers did likewise, just
as the runaway car crashed into the other,
wrecking them both.
THREATENED TO KILL RECORDER.
Artemus Dunn, a negro, was arrested
last night on a serious charge, on which
he Will probably be tried In the United
States court. He wrote and sent through
the mall a letter to Recorder Picquet, tn
which he called him all manner of vile
names and threatened to kill him Inside
of M days for imposing a fine in the re
corder's court.
AMERICANSPLAN
TO EXPLORE SIBERIA
BERLIN, Dec. 18.—'i'he correspondent
in St. Petersburg of The Cologne Oa
sette. telegraphs that a number of ex
perts representing big American firms
have arrived at Vladivostoik, en route
f»r Siberia, where they will build facto
ries and exploit the agricultural and min
eral wealth of the country.
arabiaTFsaddlFhorse
FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
MANCHESTER. Vt.. Dec. 17.-A letter
has just been received from Captain John
Coff. at Morocco, saying that he expects
a fine blooded Arabian saddle horse to
reach him from the Interior about Decem
ber 10th. He says the animal will be ship
ped to Washington for President Roose
velt's use.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1901.
SCHLEY FILES FORMAL PROTEST
TO VERDICT OF COURT OF INQUIRY
levee to wish her a good journey.
Two hours previous to her departure
another boat left New Orleans for Louis
ville. Captain Colexnan was In charge
and had an eye out for business. He put
on all speed and landed at General Tay
lor's plantation in the dusk. “Old Zach
came out into the darkness smoking a
cob pipe and followed by a negro with a
carpet bag. •
“Have you coene after me?” he thun
dered. f „
"Yes.” replied young Coleman. get
aboard quick.”
The plank was shoved out. ' Old Zacn
and his valet got aboard and the steamer
went as fast as it could up the Mississippi.
The captain gave General Taylor a room
where he could have a good night’s rest.
When the steamer with the citizens
and the escort from New Orleans reached
the plantation they met a solitary negro
who informed them that Geenra! Taylor
had gone on a boat two hours before.
When General Taylor learned how he
had been trapped he entered into the joke
as heartily as any one.
Nine children survive Mr. Coleman.
house Sunday and secured adjoining
rooms, claiming they were married. Yes
terday nothing was seen of them and,
though the room remained locked and no
response to calls, suspicion was not arous
ed until last night. Finally the doors to
the rooms were forced and the occupants
were discovered lying on the beds dead.
The keyholes and cracks around the doors
had been closea with rags anu the fumes
of chloroform filled the rooms, disclosing
the cause of death. It was evident that
both couples had planned suicide, but the
motive is not known.
MRS, REIMS
SINKS FUST
WASHINGTON, Dec. TB.—Mrs. Ada Gil
bert Dennis, the modiste who was as
saulted in her apartments early on Tues
day morning of last week,is dying and the
end is expected within 24 hours. She has
been aroused several times in an effort to
secure a statement as to who her assailant
was, but she could give no rational re
sponse and it is unlikely that a statement
can be obtained.
JUDGE'rTd. COFFMAN -
HELD WITHOUT BAIL
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 18,-Justice
of the Peace R. D. Coffman, who killed
Rev. J. W. Bradford, Methodist minister,
at Brookside. Sunday before last, two
hours after the minister had severely de
nounced him before a Sunday school class
as a calumniator of himself and the
church, was held without ball at the ter
mination of his preliminary hearing be
fore Justice of the Peace Abernathy to
day. Coffman will endeavor to secure ball
through a habeas corpus proceeding.
STEAiTSfIAS
LOST ON THE ROCKS
CREW AND PASSENGERS, HOWEV
ER, ARE REPORTED AS SAFE
FROM PERIL.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18.-A dispatch
to the Merchants exchange says that the
steamer San Blas, which left San Fran
cisco November 29 for Panama was
wrecked December 17 off La Libertad. The
passengers and crew were saved.
RATHBUN WILL FACE~
JURY THIS MORNING
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Dec. 18.-The
trial of Newell C. Rathbun, charged with
causing the death of Charles Goodman in
this city last month, will be called tomor
row morning at 9 o’clock, when the im
paneling of a jury will begin.
Rathbun, who was formerly a soldier in
the regular army, was accused of killing
Goodman, whom, it was alleged, he in
tended to have identified as himself in or
der to collect a life Insurance policy.
Rathbun claims that he did not cause
Goodman's death, but that the latter died
of alcoholism.
An examination of the stomach of the
dead man was made recently, and it is
stated that no poison was found.
FELL F?UR~FLOORS?
ONE DEAD, SEVEN HURT
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 18.—One person was
killed and seven injured today by the fall
of a passenger elevator In the department
store of Schaper Brothers. The drop was
from the. fourth floor to the basement.
The dead:
MRS. CATHERINE WALSH, head
crushed.
Injured:
Miss Hene Rowe, face lacerated, leg
broken and head cut.
Mrs. J. M. Hardy, back sprained and
head hurt.
Mrs. Lena Brookhaus. leg broken and
scalp lacerated.
Mrs. Annie Reiss, leg broken and inter
nally Injured.
Mrs. Rinehart, leg broken and b&ck
hurt.
Mrs. Kate Deering, leg broken and back
hurt.
Will Cone, elevator conductor, leg brok
en and back hurt.
Defense Says Court Erred
in flany Particular and
Vital Points At
issue.
♦ ♦
4> MANY RESOLUTIONS ♦
* TO COMMEND SCHLEY. ♦
* WASHINGTOn7*D. C., Dec. 17. *
4« A number of resolutions to com- 4«
4. mend Admiral Schley have been in- +
+ troducedte the hogse. 4*
4> One bjFßepre*en|atlve Cooper, of ♦
•fr Texas, > member of the ways and 4»
4. means' committee, attracts atten- 4*
* tion. It commend! Admiral Schley ♦
4. for the Santiago victory and re- 4<
4> stores him to active service with ♦
4. the rank and pay of rear admiral. 4»
+ It declares Schley was in absolute <•
4> command and, as such commanding 4»
4> officer, is entitled to credit for the ♦
4. total destruction of the Spanish 4*
4. ships off Santiago. It commends <•
Schley's “wisdom, courage and effi- 4*
4» ciency.” 4*
4. It seems that Admiral Schley will 4*
4> not sue "Historian’’ Maclay for 4 1
4> damages, but that if any proceed- +
4> ings are had they will be criminal 4*
4* proceedings against Maclay and his +
4> publishers. If Admiral Schley does 4>
4> not get satisfaction from the appeal 4»
4> to Secretary Long It is proposed to 4*
4> appeal to President Roosevelt. 4*
4> There is a tendency not to ask a 4*
4» further investigation. on the <•
4* grounds that it would be inconclu- 4*
4- slve and that congressional action 4*
4> commending Admlrgl Schley will be 4»
4> more effective. 4*
4* ♦
WASHINGTON, Dec. . 18.-Admiral
Schley, late this afternoon, through his
counsel, presented to secretary of the
navy his bill of exceptions to the findings
of the majority of the court of Inquiry.
The bill claims that the majority of the
court gave their opinion that Commodore
Schley should have proceeded with the
utmost dispatch off Clenfuegoa, when
there was no specifications covering this
point and without giving the applicant a
chance to furnish evidence on it. •
The fact that no place was mentioned in
what is known as the McCalla memoran
dum for meeting ths insurgents is re
garded as a paramount reason why com
munication was not held with the insur
gents, and further that the said memor
andum was sent to Commodore Schley
only for use In connection with the infor
mation which it contained relative to cer
tain batteries at or being constructed in
the vicinity of Cienfuegae.
The bill further contends that over
whelming evidence was presented to the
court to show that • sjiwe blockade ~gt
Cienfuegos was maintained; that the ma
jority of the court entirely Ignored the
uncontradicted testimony proving that the
British steamer Adula was allowed to en
ter Cienfuegos to obtain Information re
garding the Spanish fleet; that the order
of Admiral Sampson known as "Nd. 7”
was an Imperative order for Commodore
Schley to hold his squadron off Cienfue
gos whether the Spanish fleet was in that
harbor or not; that the majority of the
court have Ignored the ad
mitted fact that the com
mander of the Eagle did not communicate
the situation at Cienfuegos to Commodore
Schley; that they ignored the fact that
Admiral Evans failed to notify Admiral
Schley of the signal lights on shore at
Cienfuegos; that Commodore Schley, as
proven by the evidence, had no knowl
edge of these lights until the night of
May 23, 1888; that the majority of the court
silent in their reference to masking the
movements of the flying squadron in front
of Cienfuegos; that the majority based
their opinion as to the retrograde move
ment upon a statement that Commodore
Schlsy, before sailing from Cienfuegos.
had reliable Information that ships
could be coaled tn the vicinity
of Cape Crus and Gonaives
channel, whereas, it is denied that there
was any such positive information and
that the records show that not until three
days after leaving Cienfuegos did Com
modore Schley receive definite Informa
tion concerning the feasibility or practica
bility of coaling ships from a collier in
Gonaives channel; that the majority erred
in stating that Commodore Schley re
ceived no positive Information from the
scout ships as to the enemy's province in
Santiago harbor and Captain Sigsbee had
reported to Commodore Schley, that the
Spanish fleet was not in that harbor.
The bill denies that the conditions of
the wind, sea and weather from May 26
to June 1 was favorable for taking poal
from a collier off Santiago; it also claims
that the coal charts submitted in evidence
showing the coaling capacity of the fly
ing squadron have been ignored; that
there was no evidence o. the orders of the
secretary of the navy forbidding hazard
ing of American ships against shore bat
teries; that the majorltv opinion failed to
contain any ' reference to the
character of the blockade of San
tiago, although covered In the
specifications and that the demonstration
made by Commodore Schley before San
tlago on May 29 and 30 Was predetermined
and executed solely as a reconnotsance
and not as a formal attack on the Colon
or other vessels in the harbor; that the
majority opinion of the court is ambigu
ous with respect to the loop of the Brook
lyn in that it holds that said loop was
made to avoid getting Jnto dangerous
proximity to the Spanish vessels, without
stating whether such act was due to per
sonal fears of Commodore Schley
or to his desire to preserve
the ship Intact and ready for furth
er work. The court ignores the fact that
the Brooklyn did not lose either distance
or position with the Spanish ships in mak
ing the turn that the majority opinion is
ambiguous upon the subject of backing
of the Texas in that it does not state
whether the danger of collision was real
or imaginary; that Captain Cook's testi
mony on this point was entirely ignored;
that the finding of W. T. Hodgson con
troversy has been repeatedly contradicted
in the testimony that the majority opin
ion that Commodore Schley’s conduct
was characterized by vaccination, dilatc
riness and lack of enterprise is not justi
fied by the evidence submitted; that the
majority opinion is entirely silent upon a
charge by the judge advocate, coming
within the purview of the first specifica
tion, that Commodore Schley was derelict
in the discharge of his duty.
That the majority of the court entirely
failed to determine who was commander
in chief in the battle of Santiago, which
finding was necessary to determine the
first specification of the precept as to the
conduct of Commodore Schley; that the
majority of the court have rejected the
whole of the testimony on behalf of the
applicant and the testimony of the appli
cant himself and that by so doing, has
perverted the ends of Justice and deprived
him of his common laww and constitution
al rights; that he has been found guilty
OCEAN CABLE FIGHTS
SYSTEM OF MARCONI
NEW YORK, Dec. 11—That William
Marconi’s wireless experiments In New
foundland cannot be stopped by the An
glo-American Telegraph company, even
by resort to the courts, is the assertion of
Mr. Marconi’s representative here. They
further state that he cannot be stopped
even from transmitting commercial mes
sages.
They say the charter of the Anglo-
American company, by which It claims
monopoly of telegraphic communication
between Newfoundland and other places,
was examined by counsel for the Marconi
company before an attempt was made to
experiment in Newfoundland. They de
cided that the charter would not Interfere
with the sending of wireless messages to
and from Newfoundland even for the two
years that the charter has yet to run.
They declared In the first place that a
charter monopoly would not operate to
estop scientific experiments, and, second,
that according to English decisions such
a grant would not operate to bar an In
vention that was unknown at the time
the concession was granted.
DESERTED GOLD MINES
MECCA FOR DIGGERS
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 18.—Dawson ad
vices of November 26 tell of a great stam
pede that is going on to Mayo Creek, in
the Stewart river district. Prospectors
wandering In the country late in the sum
mer discovered evidences of several years'
development of Mayo creek, but no one
around, the operators, evidently having
gone out for the winter. Cabins well
Bl LIFE BOATS
CREW IS SHED
PARIS, Dec. 18.— Additional dispatches
received here from Marseilles announce
that forty-six ot the members of the crew
of fifty-two men belonging to the French
steamer Kleber, ashore east of the month
of the river Rhone, have been rescued
through the use of life-boats. The cap
tain and the other officers of the Kleber
have refused tq leave the vessel.
National Bank for Moultrie, Ga.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-The applica
tion of J. F. Monk, G. A. xxorkan, G. R.
Batele, Mlles Mona, Sr., and A. Huber
to organize the First National Bank of
Moultrie, Ga., has been approved by the
comptroller of the currency.
upon specifications substantially abandon
ed by the judge advocate, and that the
case of a few hostile witnesses had been
made prominent.
The bill concludes with the statement
that the proceedings of the majority of
the court were irregular; that Admiral
Schley's rights have been prejudiced and
his testinqony in many particulars not
considered and that the evidence is amply
sufficient to uatain the opinion which has
been rendered and that therefore a grave
and Irreparable injustice has been done to
Admiral Schley.
Notice has also been served if Admiral
Sampson objects to the findings of Admi
ral Dewey he will claim the right to be
heard In reference to such objection.
In regard to this last claim, Secretary
Long Informed counsel that it was not the
practice of the department to have oral
hearings on matters of this kind.
He intimated that be would entertain a
written argument.
Resolution to Thank Admiral Schley.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-At the open
ing of today’s session of the senate the
chaplain in his invocation made a fervent
plea for the restoration to health of Sen
ator Sewell, who is critically ill at his
home in New Jersey.
Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, introduced a
joint resolution as follows:
“That the thanks of congress and the
American people are hereby tendered to
Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley and the
officers and men under his command for
highly distinguished conduct In conflict
with the enemy as displayed by them in
the destruction of the Spanish fleet off
the harbor of Santiago, de Cuba, July 3,
1898.
‘That the president of the United States
be requested to cause this resolution to be
communicated to Rear Admiral Schley
and through him to the officers and men
under his command."
Without comment the resolution was re
ferred to the committee on naval af
fairs.
Many Nominations Are Sent to Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. M.—The president
today sent the following nominations to
the senate:
To be United States consul at Warsaw,
Russia—Angus Campbell. (No state giv
en). l
To be surveyor of customs, for the dis
trict of San Francisco—James S. Spear,
Jr.
To be United States marshal for south
ern district of Indian Territory—B. H.
Colbert. . .
To be postmasters:
George H. Roberts, Jr., at Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Clayton McMichael, Philadelphia.
To be secretary of the territory of Ari
zona-Isaac T. Stoddard.
To be collector of customs—Patrick F.
Garrett, New Mexico, district of Paso del
Norte, Mex.
Army—Signal corps, to be first lieuten
ant—James H. Fergls, California; Samuel
F. O’Connor, N. W.; Allen D. Raymond,
Pennsylvania; Jacob E. Vyke, at large.
To be second lieutenant—William Bal
lard, Jr. of Virginia.
Cavalry, to be second lieutenant—Albert
J. Wood, at large.
Navy, to be second lieutenant—Donald
C. McClellan, New York; Harold S.
Parse, Rhode Island; R. W. Wood, Massa
chusetts.
To be passed assistant surgeon—Assist
ant surgeons, Elon C. Huntington and
John B. Dennis.
Revenue cutter service, to be first as
sistant engineers; second assistant engin
err Robert E. Wright, Rhode Island; sec
ond assistant engineer Urban Harvey, Vir
vin’a.
COLDEST WEATHER
IN TWENTY YEARS
Cuthbert Hall, general manager for the
Marconi Wireless Telegraph company,
said in an interview:
”We are rather glad than otherwise that
this attempt to stop Mr. Marconi has
been made. Even if we go no further in
Newfoundland, although we can do so if
we wish, it will do us no harm. There
are other places along the coast equally
available. This interference shows, to my
mind, that the cable companies look on
us as a dangerous competitor. It rather
pleases me as an acknowledgment of the
fact that wireless telegraphy is a coming
force.”
Edward Horman, counsel for the Mar
coni company, said: “This action by the
Anglo-American.company is a surprise to
me, as I had supposed that there would
be no hostility, direct or indirect. Before
Mr. Marconi attempted to make experi
ments in Newfoundland I went over ths
Anglo-American charter with a view to
determining his rights. It is clear that
the company cannot stop scientific experi
ments. The company seems to have
feared active competition, and, therefore,
to have taken the bull by the horns.”
stocked with provisions were found. The
news started the stampede and now the
creek is staked from end to end, the orig
inal local stores having failed to record
their claims and will return to find that
they have no holdings in the district. It
Is not known in Dawson how much the
pay dirt is, the sole reason tor the rush
being the mysterious developments.
Sim FALLS
IB FLORIDA
FREEZING TEMPERATURE IS RE
PORTED AT TAMPA, BUT OR*
ANGE TREES ARE IN NO— -
DANGER.
i I
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 18.—A light fall of
snow Is reported from Clear Water, about
80 miles from here.
Freezing temperature prevails here and
ice has made its appearance a few miles
from this city.
Vegetables are protected and there is lit
tle or no damage. Orange trees are not
endangered.
SNOW BLIZZARD RAGES
ON HE BRITISH ISLES
LONDON, Dec. *B.—A snow blizzard is
raging today over practically the whois
of. Scotland and parts of England and
Wales. The roads and railroads are block
aded. Many country districts are isolated
and In others work has been suspended on
account of the weather. There has been
several deaths from exposure and a num
ber of minor shipwrecks have been re
ported.
KELLER WOmUE
WOMAN FOR LIBEL
THE BARKER DEFENSE ASSOCIA
TION HAS MONEY NOW
NOT NEEDED.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—The Thomas C.
Barker Defense Association, of Arling
ton, N. J., which formed when Barker
shot the Rev. John Keller. announces
through Its president that it will make no
further efforts to force the Rev. Mr. Kel
ler to bring legal action against Mrs.
Barker and thereby have the accusations
made by her proven or dlsproven. The
money which the association collected
for Mrs. Barker’s defense in event of
such ar. action will now be used in behalf
of her husband who is in state prison.
TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IS COMMON CARRIER
FRANKFORT, Ky.. Dec. 18.—The Ken
tucky court of appeals today ruled that
a telegraph company, as a common car
rier, cannot be indicted for or restrained
from furnishing information concerning
races to pool rooms. The decision was
rendered in the case of the commonwealth
against the Western Union Telegraph
company at Louisville.
GENERAL W. F. PERRY,
VETERAN OF WAR, DEAD
BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Dec. 18.—W.
F. Perry, who was a brigadier general In
the Confederate army during the civil
war, died at hts home in this city ot
pneumonia after a brief illness.
NEW FREE DELIVERY
ROUTE FOR GEORGIA
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.—Rural free de
livery has been ordered established Feb
ruary Ist at Naylor, Lowndes county,
with one carrier, James F. Edward. The
route is 25 miles long and contains a pop
ulation of 450.
No Action Regarding Reiff.
LONDON, Dec. 18.—The stewards of the
Jockey club today deny the report, cir
culated in the United States, that at
their meeting yesterday it was decided
that Lester Reiff, the American jockey,
whose license was revoked In October, is
entitled to apply for a license in 1902. No
action in regard to Reiff was taken at
the me»t*ng.
Rising Temperature Is
Promised For Today.
Some Interesting
Figures.
The mercury came within 9 degrees of
the zero point Tuesday night, which is the
la west it has gone this year and breaks
all records for this early in December
since the establishment of the weather
bureau here in 1878.
At 7 o’clock Wednesday the heat that
comes within the day was able to bring
the mercury up ctaly about 1-4 of a point
and since then the rise in temperature
has been very slow.
Fair weather on Thursday with
rising temperature, is the local fore
cast The rise will be very slight, how
ever, Observer Marbury says, and there
Is at present no indication of a breaking
up of the cold spell that has been afflict
ing this section with shivers for the past
few days. A high barometer is reported
in the northwest and this may mean that
before the present icy weather has been
thawed out another wave of like charac
ter to that whose effects are being felt
at the present time will have again
swooped down from the northwest.
The best the thermometer could do here
Tuesday in the, way of getting warm
was 31 degrees.
Cold weather is reported In the Missis
sippi valley and ever the southern half
of the map and the line of freezing tem
perature is nearly as far south as Tampa.
Fla. This station reported 34 degrees this
morning.
SULTANBANiSHES
TURKS TO ARABIA
SEVENTY SENT AWAY BECAUSE
OF THEIR HOSTILITY TO THE
‘ PRESENT REGIME.
NEW YORK. Dec. 18.-Wlthin ten days,
says the Constantinople correspondent of
the London Times and New York Times,
70 Turks have been denounced by spies as
hostile to the present regime. All of them
were arrested. They Include Mahmud
Bey, son of Ismal Kemal Bey.
The sultan has banished all seventy
ww»n Hodaida. Arabia. - ~
The British ambassSHdo*M>reßehted the
British note In regard to the mining reg
ulations to the porte on Monday. The
other ambassadors presented the notes
from their respective countries Tuesday.
The Russian ambassador has told the
grand vizier that the state of Macedonia
and Armenia is disgraceful to the Turk
ish government.
CHANGES ARE MADE
IN RATES OF FREIGHT
NEW YORK. Dec. 16.-Changes in the
official freight classification, affecting sev
eral hundred articles, have been adopted
by the trunk line railroads and will take
effect January L The classification
committee of the trunk lines some time
ago took up the annual revision of the
schedule. Their work has now been com
pleted and the new classification will toon
be made public. Most of the changes
made do not alter the previous classifi
cation; they consist principally of the
addition or elimination of specification*
as to how the merchandise affected shall
be packed, etc., of changes in the mini
mum carload weights, and of the appli
cation of certain new rules. All of thdse
changes, however, result practically in a
change, to a greater or lees extent in the
rates. This Is especially true of the new
rule which governs the chargee to be
made on car load shipments, aceordlag
to the length of the car. This reduction,
It Is claimed, was put tn the classification
so as to yield a larger revenue to the rail
roads on such shipments. To Illustrate,
when the minimum car load weight pro
vided in the classification is, say 20,000
pounds, and a car 38 feet long is furnish
ed. the railroad*- will charge for not less
than 24.000 pounds; if the car is 58 feet
long the charge will be for not less than
36.000 pounds and so on.
Many articles have been made subject
to this rule, among them agricultural im
plements and parts thereof, apple or fruit
butter, churns, cork chips and cord wood,
berry crates, creameries and coolers, trac
tion engines, firkins and kits, furniture
and vehicles.
Another practical>y new provision which
afiects packing house products and other
other articles. Is as follows:
“When any of the following specified ar
ticles are shipped by one packer or
owner at one time to one consignee and
destination In either straight or mixed
car loads, and the aggregate weight of ths
entire shipment is 28,000 pounds or more,
the car load rate for 100 pounds applying
on each article shall be charged.”
Then follows the list of articles affected,
such as beef and pork and products
thereof. “If the aggregate weight of
these articles,’ the rule continues, “does
not equal the required minimum of 28.000
pounds, sufficient weight shall be added
to the welgnts thereof to make up the
deficiency. Any other articles loaded in
the same car with those described above
will be charged for at the less than car
load rate authorized for such articles, and
the weight thereof shall not be applied
towards making up the required minimum
weight of 28,w0 pounds.”’
OTOLMHiIIS
AT MERCY OF COLO
TIFFIN, 0., Dec. 18.—The two-story
brick heating plant of the St. Francis
Catholic Orphans’ Home was almost en
tirely destroyed by fire at 3 o’clock this
morning. Conditions are very serious for
the 300 Inmates, as the thermometer reg
isters around zero and there Is no other
way of heating the institution.
Patents Granted Georgians Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Patents Issued
Georgians yesterday: William O. Bar
nett, Americus, horse collar. Mark A.
Brown. Douglas, car coupling; Frank M.
Hunt, Roundoak, harness.
NO. 28.