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PRINCE HENRY
WILIHNDER
BANQUET.
WILL ENTERTAIN PRESIDENT AND
HIGH OFFICIALS OF UNITED
t STATES ON KAISER’S IM
PERIAL YACHT.
XBK YORK. Jan. 13--Prince Henry,
with the content of Emperor William, will
give a magnificent banquet at New York
on the Hohenzollern. to which the pres
ident and the highest officials of the United
States will be invited, cables the Berlin
correspondent of The Work!.
The kaiser has selected some splendid
silver treasures of the palace to decorate
the vessel on the occasion. The silver sets
and decorations are of the most costly
workmanship, dating from the Renais
sance period. z
COMMANDER OF YACHT
CONFERS WITH KAISER
BERLIN. Jan. 15.-Admlral Count Von
Baudissln. who U to command the im
perial yacht Hohenzollern on her forth
coming visit to New York, to take part
in the ceremony incident to the launch
ing of Emperor William's new yacht, ar
rived here yesterday. Hp wi.l go to Pots
dam to see his majesty prior to sailing
for the United States.
Later tn the day it was announced that
the government had decided that Prince
Henry shall sail for the United States on
the Kron Prins Wilhelm, of the North
German Lloyd line. February IS.
Cabins have been engage.! for a suite
of fifteen persons. The vessel, though
taking other passengers, will first touch
at Newport News, where Prince Henry
and his party trill be transferred to the
Hohenzollern which is going there and
not to Hoboken. N. J.
HENRY TO MEET YACHT
AT HAMPTON ROADS. VA.
BERLIN- Jan. IL—The latest arrange
ments in connection with the visit of Ad
miral Prince Henry of Prussia to the Uni
ted States ia that the Prince will meet the
imperial yacht Hohenzollern at Hampton
Roads, and sail thence to New York.
Elaborate preparations are being made
for social entertainments on board the
Hohenzollern. By the Emperor s special
order a splendid silver service has been
sent to Kiel from the royal silver 'treas
ure. tn the old Schloss.
His majesty personally inspected the
treasures and selected the service which
te to be used on board the Hohenzollern on
special occasions.
Emperor William's program is that
Prince Henry shall reciprocate the New-
York and Washington festivities‘with a
grand banquet on board the Hohensollern.
invitirfte the president, the members of
the cabinet and others.
GERMANY ANNOUNCES
ITINERARY OF HENRY
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—Dr. Von Hol
lebem. the German ambassador at Wash
ington. today received a cablegram from
Berlin giving the dates of arrival and de
parture of Prfifce Henry and a list of the
party Who will accompany him to the
United States.
Prince Henry will arrive at New York
on the Kron Prins Wilhelm February 2?d.
and will sail for Germany on the Ham
burg-American liner Columbia March Sth.
gile will be accompanied by Hofmarchall
Vice Admiral Von Seckendorf and two
aides-de-camp Lieutenant Commanders
Schmidt Von Sehwtnd and Von Egidy. H'.s
chief physician will be Dr. Reich.
Herr Von Tierpits, the German secre
tary of state for the navy, with his aide
de-camp. Lieutenant Commander Von
Troths. will also accompany the party.
Emperor William will send his adjutant
general. Von Pleesen. captain of the navy.
Von Mueller and Von Grumme. aide-de
camp to the emperbr.
Prince Henry will have his own retinue
of servants and each of the gentlemen of
the party will bring his own valet. Herr
•Hlntse. the chief clerk to the secretary
of state for the navy, will be one of the
party.
KAISER MAY VISfT
AMERICA IN AUTUMN
LONDON. Jan. 15.-The Candid Friend
(a weekly newspaper), claims to be in a
position to make the announcement that
should Prince Henry's visit to the United
States be as successful as expected. Em
peror William himself will visit America
in the autumn, with the Hohenzollern and
a large escort of war ship*.
ACCEPTS REIDT
ROASTS GROVER
LONDON GLOBE IS GLAD GROVER
CLEVELAND WAS NOT SELECT
ED AS DELEGATE.
LONDON. Jan. 15.—The appointment of
Whitelaw Reid as special ambassador to
"represent the United States at the coro
nation of King Edward has been received
with much satisfaction in official and un
official circles here. The Globe says:
"The selection is a very happy one. as
Mr. Reid has always been persona grata
in this country, and has done all tec could,
and that has been a great deal, to promote
good relations between his country and
our own. The name of Mr. Cleveland was
originally auggtsted, but we are glad
President Roosevelt did not adopt the
suggestion. We cannot quite forge J the
Venezuelan message to congress."
KING EDWARD XVII SAYS
' PEACE IS NOW NEAR
LONDON. Jan. 15.-King Edward has
given the royal endorsement to the belief
current among the public that an early
declaration of peace in South Africa may
be anticipated.
"The war might now be regarded as
approaching its conclusion." were the
words used by his majesty today in ad
dressing the officers of the guards, after
reviewing a draft of I.3*' of the Grena
diers. Cold Streams and Scots Guards,
who start for South Africa tomorrow.
The king's speech, otherwise, was not
Important. His majesty was accompa
nied by the Prince of Wales, the Duke
of Connaught, the Duke of Cambridge and
Lord Roberts surrounded by brilliant
staffs. A large gathering of privileged
guests viewed the function.
CATTLE SUFFERING
FROM EPIDEMIC
AUGUSTA. Jan. 15—An epidemic of some
sort now prevalent among horses and cat
tle in this city. IA quite fatal, and has
led to talk among th* ignorant and cred
udous of poisoning. A thorough Investi
gation is now being made by veterina
rians. The impression prevails among
some that It is caused by the feed, as
the corn and feed crops In this section
having been largely a failure a greater
quantity than usual is imported.
KIPLING IS ROASTED
FOR LINES ON BOERS
NEW YORK. Jan. IS.—The Rev. Dr.
Louis Albert Banks, at the Grace Meth
odist Episcopal church. In a recent, ser
mon said in part:
“The one poet now living who has the
power to speak to world wide audiences
la Rudyard Kipling. And most of us feel
that the man who wrote the 'Recessional'
and 'The White Man's Burden' has fairly
won the right.
“But there are millions of his admirers
who feel that in the poems relating to the
South African war there has been almost
a prostitution of his great gifts. In Mr.
Kipling s most recent poem, which is a
severe arraignment of the English people
j for lack of loyalty and devotion In press- ;
j Ing the war against the Boers, the Hue
i which has caught the sharp eye and ear
■ more than any other is the one which
[ calls for public contempt on ‘The Flan
' nelled Fools at the Wicket.' His point of I
> view is evidently that a man is a light- |
J headed, light-hearted fool who gives him- j
’ self up to sport and idle jollity when his
country .needs his service, to stop bullets
,ln the Transvaal. But the intelligent mid
dle .class Englishman has not great en
thusiasm about the war in Soqth Africa.
It does not appeal to his sense of Justice
or humanity. England is learning what
all nations must ’earn sooner or later, that
war simply oecause ft Is war Is insing its
glamour. ‘
SAVANNAH MSN
TAKES HIS LIFE |
IN Ml
R. H. TURNER FOUND DEAD AT
THE JACKSON HOTEL SUNDAY.
DESPONDENCY THE
CAUSE.
R. H. Turner, of Savannah, was found
dead in bed In his room at the Jackson
hotel Sunday morning, and the verdict
of the coroner's jury was that he had
come to his death from morphine poison
ing administered by himself. Mr. Turner
was a member of one of the best families
in south Georgia. He was an expert cot
ton classer.
Turner had been in Atlanta since Jan
uary 3, when he registered at the hotel.
Death was due to an overdose of mor
phine. and the Jury, from the evidence,
believed it was taken with suicidal in
tent. The man is known to have had
money when he arrived here, but not a
cent was found on his person. It is
thought he spent his money and then be- •
came despondent.
The man had every appearance of good
breeding. The hotel people, when he ex
plained his condition financially, had not
pressed him for a settlement.
About 6 o'clock Saturday- afternoon was
the last time he was seen anve. He went
to his room about that hour. All Satur
day night he remained In the room with
the door slightly ajar. Yesterday morn
ing the chambermaid, thinking he had
gone out. went in the room to clean np
and found Turner lying across the bed
dressed and apparently dead. The woman
hurriedly summoned the hotel clerk, who
informed a - policeman. Hilburn & Poole
were ordered to take charge of the body
and Coroner Stamps held the inquest at
their establishment. , ' ,
The bell boy at the hotel, whom Turner
had seat for the drug with which he end
ed his life, testified before tHe coroner.
He had been sent out by Turner Saturday
night with a note to A drug store. He
was given a one-dollar bill and told to
bring the medicine the note called for
back. At the first drug store the boy vis
ited the clerk refused to give him the drug
and tore the note up. He returned to the
hotel and told Turner what had happened.
He seemed greatly put out and rebuked
the boy severely. He gave him another
note and this time the drug was secured,
the boy being sent to another store. The
boy at no time knew what the nature of
the drug he had been sent for was, he
stated at the inquest.
OFFICIALSTOREPRESENT
UNCLE SAM AT THRONE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15,-The secretary
of state has announced the names of
the following persons who are to be spe
cial representatives of the United States
government at the coronation' of King
Edward:
Special ambassador—Whitelaw Reid, of
New York.
Representative of the United States
army—General J. H. Wilson, of Dela
ware.
Representative of the United States
navy— Captain Charles E. Clark, com
mander of the battleship Oregon during
the Spanish-American war and now gov
ernor of the naval home at Philadelphia.
There are to be three secretaries, as fol
lows:
J. P. Morgan. Jr., son of J. Pierpont
Morgan, of New York: Edmund Lincoln
Bay-lies, a barrister of New York, and
William Wetmore, son 6f Senator Wet
more, of Rhode Island.
ambassadoTchoate -
SAILS FOR ENGLAND
NEW YORK. Jan. 15.—Joseph H.
Choate, ambassador of the United States
to Great Britain, who has been home on
vacation, today sailed for the British cap
ital to resume his official duties. He has
been away since October.
BOARD OF INSPECTION
ARRIVES AT WEST POINT
WEST POINT. N Y., Jan. IS.-Th* members
of congress and army officers delegated to
make an inspection of the West Point buildings
■nd ground arrived today. The delegation con
sists of General Corbin, his assistants. Colo
nels Carter. Barry and Johnston, Senators
Hawley, of Connecticut: Scott, of West Vir
ginia, and Quarles, of Wisconsin, and Repre
sentatives Dick, of Ohio: Parker, of New Jer
sey: Suiter, of New York; Slayden, of Texas;
Prince, of Utah: Stevens, of Minnesota; Esch,
nt Wisconsin; Broussard, at Mississippi; Ketch
am. of New York; Capron, of Rhode Island:
Brick, of Maryland; Rodney, of New Mexico,
and Snodgrass, of Tenneescc.
Th* committee started on a thorough in
spection of the buildings of the post.
FOR SEVENTEEN DAYS,
FOOD AND WATER GONE,
TWO MEN DRIFT AT SEA
SANTA BARBARA. Cal.. January 14.—Adrift on a capsized boat in the
Pacific ocean seventeen days without food or drink was the terrible ex
perience of Captain Harry Olsen and Pete Wallace, two crab fishermen,
and but one Ilves to tell the story of their terrible sufferings.
Olsen was picked up by Arthur Valdez, a fisherman, just beyond the
Kelp off Goleta. He was more dead than alive, but was able to tell of
the wreck of his boat, the Belle, a stanch gasoline schooner which he and
Wallace used In cruising about the fishing grounds.
Olsen and Wallace were residents of San Pedro, and left the port sev
enteen days ago. While cruising several miles south of Santa Cruz island
a h*avy sea rose and capsized their craft.
Clinging to the capsized boat, without food or water, they drifted, suf
fering tortures. On the fourteenth day Wallace's strength gave out, and
crazed and starving he slid off the boat and disappeared under the waters.
For three days longer Olsen held on and was finally rescued, half dead
from exhaustion, by Valdez.
It is thought that he will recover frym the effects of his terrible experi
ence. '• . *
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1902.
POPE LEO XIII.
BARELY ILIIE
SAYS ROME
VANITY FAIR’S CORRESPONDENT
SAYS HIS HOLINESS IS FAST
APPROACHING THE
END.
’ h— 1—
VBLjr
POPE LEO XIII. x
LONDON. Jan. 15.—Vanity’s Fair's cor
respondent at Rome writes:
"The death of the pope may be expect
ed any day, as his holiness can be said
to be Just alive. He takes lfttl£ nourish
ment. and is generally half unconscious.
He suffers no pain and simply dozes the
hours away without comprehension of
what Is going on around him.”
PACIFICCOMMERCIAL CABLE
IS ANXIOUS FOR GRANT
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—Senate com
mittee on naval affairs yesterday gave a
hearing to representatives of the Pacific
Commercial Cable company. George G.
Ward, of New York, president of the
company, and William Cook, general
counsel, were present. Mr. Hale, the
chairman, explained the efforts that pre
viously had been made to secure legisla
tion authorizing the construction of a
cable to the Hawaiian islands. He also im
pressed upon the company the Importance
of early action in the matter If anything
was hoped to be accomplished.
Speaking for his company, Mr. Ward
said that for a great many years Mr. John
W. Mackay has Wad a great desire to see
a Pacific cable laid,, because of his being
identified largely with the Pacific coast.
The speaker then went over the ground
covered in the hearing before the house
committee.
In opposing the proposition that the gov
ernment lay the cable Mr. Ward asked
if it was fair or just for the government
to lay a cable in competition with private
enterprises, and was it good business poli
cy for the United States to spend probably
1i0.m.000 when it could get everything it
desired from a private cable without the
outlay of a dollar.
Senator Perkins remarked that the con
struction of this cable was a matter of
national pride with Mr. Mackay.
Mr. McCook declared that his company
wanted no subsidy, no grtint. All it did
ask was that congress pass ho bill at all.
DEPUWOSTS
TO VACATE OFFICE
ALTHOUGH SHERIFF ISSUES OR-
DER REMOVING.HIM, THE AS-'
SISTANT HOLDS ON.
GAINESVILLE. Ga„ Jan. 15.—There
was quite a sensation sprung here yes
terday in county official circles when M.
O. Gilmer, sheriff of Hall county, passed
an order removing J. A. Lyle, deputy
sheriff, from office.
The order removing him is as follows:
“Dear Sir: I understand this afternoon
that you have released John Martin from
off the bond of Philip Heck for the sum
of 1200 accepting the bona of A. J. Mundy
for the sym of $135 over my positive in
struction to the contrary and after you
heard me refuse to allow the bond re
duced. I therefore hereby remove you
from the office of deputy sheriff of Hall
county and demand of you the keys to
Hall countj- Jail, together with all papers,
books and effects belonging to the office
of the sheriff. You are also positively for
bidden to perform any other official act
from and after this date.
M. O. GILMER.
"Sheriff of Hall County."
Mr. Heck was under bond for selling
liquor and as soon as the new bond was
accepted left for Alabama. It has been
reported that he left the amount of his
new bond in the hands of his new bonds
man and that he win not return for trial.
Deputy Sheriff Lyle has so far refused
to deliver the keys to the jail and is still
holding on to his office, therefore other
sensational developments may follow.
THREE GEORGIA COUNTIES
DISPUTE OVER BOUNDARY
Berrien, Irwin and Coffee counties are
scrapping over a county line, and Secre
tary of State Phil Cook has been selected
as arbitrator in the matter. A new line
was run several weeks ago between the
counties, and now Berrien county con
tends that the other counties got the "best
of the survey.
To settle the matter Secretary, of State
Cook has been appealed to. D. L. Ward
roper was th* surveyor, and tha work of
running the line took several weeks. Much
valuable property is said to be involved,
Secretary of State Cook has not yet fixed
day-
SCHLEY AND SANTIAGO
. . IS THEME OF NEW BOOK
CHICAGO, 13.—A book entitled “Schley
and Santiago" is In process in this city
and will be issued In ten days. The author
is George E. Graham, a war correspond
ent, who had exceptional facilities for
gathering materials, as he was on board
the Brooklyn during the fight with the
Spanish fleet and was thus in position to
tell the story of Santiago “without fear
or favor."
The book Is said to have the unquali
fied indorsement of Rear Admiral Schley,
•who read and corrected the proof sheets.
When President Roosevelt was governor
of New York he was present when Mr.
Graham gave an account of the battle to
the state officials and, members of the leg
islature and said:
“I am sure you feel as pleased at hav
ing listened to Mr. Graham as I do, for I
have listened to the best account I have
ever heard or read of the naval fighting
during this war."
This book is the firpt a,nd only complete
story of the work of the flying squadron,
commanded by Schley. JMr. Graham was
assisted by his camera, which enabled
him to add many interesting Illustrations,
and the account he gives of the move
ments of the fleet and the battle is evi
dently sincere. It is free of virulent and
personal attacks and the aim is to give a
truthful statement of every occurrence.
will lose heads
FOR STEALING
PUBLHEN
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 13.-Mail advices
from Seoul, Corea, via Yokohama, are to
the effect that checking of the govern
ment receipts from taxes and internal
revenue reveals the astonishing fact that
not less than ten million yen have been
embezzled by government officials during
the last six years.
Ye Yo Yok, minister of finance, advised
the emperor to pass sentence of death on
all officials who embezzled over 2,000 yen.
The emperor's sanction. was given over
three weeks ago, and wholesale executions
will soon take place. Eighty officials are
implicated, many of whom have already
been arrested. z
Among those condemned ls-Cho Pyng
Jik, an ex-premier. The officials under ar
rest claim that the money taken by them
was in payment for salaries or expenses
incurred in collecting.
chemicaFcompahy
TO BUILD PLANT
HERE
STATED TODAY THAT FEDERAL
CHEMICAL CO. WILL LOCATE
’PLANTS AT NASHVILLE
AND ATLANTA.
The Federal Chemftal company, of
Lozisvllle, which had decided to extend
its business further into the south, will, it
is announced from Louisville today, erect
two plants, one In Tennessee and one in
Georgia. Land has been purchased at
Nashville for one of these sites and it is
stated that in a short .time another plant
will be located In Atlanta, although the
cation for the factoty has not been
chosen.
At jthe tlme it was first announced that
the company contemplated coming here,
President Orr. of. the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce, wrote a letter to Louisville re
questing the company to investigate the
advantages of Atlanta* before deciding to
locate at any other pofait In the south.
The following telegram contains the an
nouncement of the conrfpany to build:
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 13.-The Fed
eral Chemical company, of this city, has
purchased from the Riverside Land com
pany, of Nashville, 25 acres of land in
West Nashville, valued at $25,000, on which
it will begin at once to erect at a cost of
$250,000, a fertilizer plant. The plant will
have a capacity of 75,000 tons annually, the
output being valued at $1,500,000.
It is said that the company will' soon
erect another plant equal in capacity in
Atlanta.
oldestbusTness man
IN COLUMBUS IS DEAD
COLUMBUS. Ga„ Jan. 15.—Mr. DeWitt
F. Willcox. Columbus' oldest active busi
ness man. died at his home on Second ave
nue yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock from
an attack of pneumonia. In his death the
city loses one of her most wlde-a-wake
and progressive men. Although at the ad
vanced age of 81 years, he was at his of
fice every day and looked after his busi
ness with the agility of a man not half
his age.
Mr. Willcox was born in Sparta, Ga., in
July 1820, wh»*re he iesided for a short
while nnd moved to New Haven, Conn.,
where he spent most of his boyhood days
and received his education, which he fin
ished at Yale, he came south on account
of his health. He was for a time In the
cotton business at Macon and Augusta
and later at Apalachicola, Fla. He came
to/Columbus about 60 years ago.
m’creahyTelection
CONFIRMED YESTERDAY
FRANKFORT. Ky.. Jan. 15.—Both
houses of the legislature met In joint ses
sion and compared the journals of the
cpro houses yesterday, showing the elec
tion of the Hon. James B. McCreary for
senator to succeed W. J. Deboe. Owing
to Indefiniteness in the Kentucky consti
tution regarding the day on which the
ballot for senator shall be taken the pro
ceedings of yesterday and today will be
repeated on next Tuesday and Wednesday.
scribnerTauthor -
OF COPY BOOKS, DEAD
CHICAGO. Jan. 15.—The death here yes
terday of William Marshal Scribner, wide
ly known as t.ie author of penmanship
copy books was announced today. It is
said that his name as author has appear
ed on 50.C00.0U0 copy books published dur
ing the past forty years.
.■ -a :
Disfigured Skin ’
Wasted muscles and decaying bones.
What havoc!
Scrofula, let alone, is capable of all that,
and more.
It is commonly marked by bunches ir
the neck, inflammations in the eyes, dys
pepsia, catarrh, and general debility.
It is always radically and permanently
cured by
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Which expels all humors, cures all erup
tions. and builds up rhe whole system,
whether young or old.
Ik.riFi!T PIIK currn7er~flT!: the nonJn-ltating and
only cathartic to take with Hood * Sarsaparilla
HOBSON HERE,
TALKS IF
PLANS
HE DECLINES TO SAY WHETHER
OR NOT HE EXPECTS TO RUN
FOR CONGRESS FROM
ALABAMA.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, of
naval fame, arrived In the city at an early
hour yesterday from Charleston, and
spent the day here.
When seen by a reporter of The Journal
he was seated at a desk in the offices of
Beatty, Hobson A: Co., cotton buyers, 32 1-2
West Alabama street, of which firm he is
a member.
Captain Hobson was asked, first of all,
if he intended to run for congress from
Alabama.
"Under existing circumstances,” replied
the captain, “I am sorry I cannot answer
your question, and beg to be excused.”
Captain Hobson lives In the Sixth con
gressional district of Alabama. The dis
trict la now represented by Hon. John H.
Bankhead, whose term expires on March
4, 1903. The election for a representatlva
In congress from that district occurs next
November
Captain Hobson is at present connected
with the naval exhibit at the Charleston
exposition, and he was asked what he
thought of she exposition.
"I have been moat favorably Impressed
with the Charleston exposition,” he re
plied. "It is now approaching completion,
and is really a magnificent exposition. It
does great credit to the city and is well
worth a visit from people both far- and
near, ram connected with the navy de
partment exhibit, which is a part of the
government exhibit now completed. This
Is one of the best exhibits ever made by
the navy department.”
"What do you think of the appointment
of Captain Clark, of the Oregon, to rep
resent the United States navy at the cor
onation of King Edward of England?”
was asked. ■ ;
"It is not permitted me to give any
statement for publication upon any offi
cial acts of the navy department or the
president.” replied Captain Hobson, "but
you tnay say that I am a great admirer
of Captain Clark. Besides being a gal
lant officer he is a charming man.”
Captain Hobson denied that he had
made application for a twelve months’
leave of absence as has been reported. He
said he had not asked for any leave at
all.
Captain Hobson expressed himself as
being greatly pleased with Atlanta and
Atlanta people and said he always de
rived great pleasure from the visit to the
city. He said it was not improbable that
he would stop over in the city on his re
turn to Charleston.
negrwrlof ■
HIS NEGRO LAWYER
MACON, Jan. 15.—E. G. Howard, Henry
Hammond’s slayer, is on trial in the su
perior court today. The Macon lawyers
have been discussing quite freely the com
plications that grew out of the employ
ment of counsel for Howard. Sellers, the
only negro lawyer in Macon, was en
gaged by Howard's father. Sellers did
not feel like tackling the case' by him
self, and yesterday Howard got on the
stand and swore he would not be willing
to risk his life in the hands of his law
yer, if the lawyer was unaided. Mr.
Claud Estes had beefU asked by Sellers
to assist him, and Sellers says he thought
it was understood and arranged, but Mr.
Estes was not prepared to go on with
the case yesterday afternoon. Judge
Felton expressed some displeasure at the
situation of affairs, and said he could
not continue the case any longer than
this morning. He seemed to think that
if the case had been turned over to the
negro lawyer, the negro lawyer should
shoulder the responsibility and go to the
end.
‘tV hen court convened this mwrning Sell
ers. the colored lawyer, moved to disbar
Colonel John R. Cocper from assisting the
state in Howard’s prosecution. He con
tended that Mr. Cooper had been employ
ed for the defense and could not after
wards be employed by the prosecution.
Cooper replied that he had not been em
ployed by Howard, that the effort had
been made to employ him. but he had
received no fee. Judge Felton ruled that
such charge against Mr. Cooper would
have to be brought at another time, that
it was out of order in this hearing. Coop
er says he has had no discussion of the
case with the prisoner and is in no way
connected with the defense.
MILITARY ADVISORY BOARD '
IS CALLED TO MEET
Adjutant General James W.
has issued an order at the instance of
Governor Candler calling a meeting of the
miltary advisory board for Friday morn
ing. January 17th, at 10 o’clock. The main
object of the meeting is to consider what
disposition shall be made of the $20,000 ap
propriation, which was made to the state
niilltia by the legislature.
FIELD PEAS GOING
UPWARDS IN PRICE
MACON. Jan. 14.—Merchants say they could
sell a million bushels of field peas it they
could get them, and many of them are offer
ing from $1.50 per bushel upward. Drummers
have come here from the big milling concerns
ordering the peas regardless of price. All of
the peaa that can be bought are being ship
ped away. .
Seed wheat is just about as scaft-*. The
mills around Macon have bought all in sight
to grind on during the winter.
I ROUGH RIDER’S FATHER |
I NAMED BY ROOSEVELT |
+ AUGUSTA, January 14.—The appointment of Captain Edward D. <{•
<• Smythe to the Augusta postmastership, which was made yesterday, has
4> settled a long factional fight. The term of the present incumbent. Mr. W. -fr
H. Stallings, will expire February 15, when the new postmaster will as
sume charge. ♦
4> Mr. Stallings has had a tempestuous time over the office. He won the
<• prize after a long protracted fight made by the Republican machine to
4> land Judson Lyons, the colored applicant, and winning then over Captain ♦
•J» Smythe, who was also a contestant for the office. Almost immediately -J
--after his installation the machine began to make fight on Mr. Stallings,
and during his entire term persistent efforts were made to displace him. He 4-
4> was a personal friend of the late President McKinley, who, had he lived.
4> would probably have retained him in office. But Captain Smythe's son <*•
4- had served as a Rough Rider with President Roosevelt in Cuba, which fact, +
«• together with the indorsement by the mayor and some prominent business
4> men. turned the tide against the incumbent. 4*
4. Mr. Stallings has made a most efficient postmaster, having brought the 4>
4* service up to a higher point of efficiency than ever before attained, and 4-
4. he will leave the office with the best wishes of all the people following +
4. him to his retirement. ❖
BRUNSWICK’S POSTMASTER
REMOVED FROM OFFICE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—Postmaster F.
McC. Brown, of Brunswick, was removed
for alleged grave irregularities in office.
Hjs successor Albert M. Smith, is await
ing confirmation by the senate, his name
having been sent to the senate by the
president on Monday.
The charges against Postmaster Brown,
who has served only 15 months of his
term, grow out of an alleged shortage
said by officials of the postoffice depart
ment to have baen found by an inspector
several months ago. The irregularity was
straightened cut immediately, it is said,
but- the department records were inscribed
and the movement for a new postmaster
was started.
Assistant Postmaster Elliott applied for
the place. There Is a rule in the depart
ment that an assistant to a postmaster
removed for cause will not be appointed
to the vacancy, so Elliott’s application
was turned down.
Smith, the new appointee, was highly
recommended by/ prominent people ot
Brunswick. Friends of the retiring post
master have wired Congressman Brantley
to use hia Influence to have the matter re
opened, but it is believed there will be no
further proceedings, as a removal for
cause is seldom reviewed ty officials of the
department.
EOKMCILER
DECIDES A NEW
POJT
HE HOLDS THAT INSURANCE PA
PERS DO NOT HAVE A GEN
ERAL CIRCULATION IN
GEORGIA.
Semi-annual and annual statements of
insurance companies doing business in
Georgia published in insurance journals
will not be recognized as having been of
ficially published by Governor Candler.
Governor Candler made this decision
Monday when a representative of the
Insurance Herald, an insurance weekly
published in Atlanta, asked if his paper
should publish the semi-annual and an
nual statements of Insurance companies
would those statements be legal.
The governor replied in tne negative,
and gave his reasons that the law re
quired the statements to be published in a
paper of general circulation. Governor
Caandler held that the insurance journals
circulated only among insurance men who
were Insurers and that the public under
the circumstances would not be able to
keep fully posted as to the condition of
the companies so advertising.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets. JU!
drurglsts refund the money if It fails to cura.
E. W. Grove’e signature is on each box. 25a.
AUGUSTA BAR HONORS”
MAJOR BARNES’ MEMORY
AUGUSTA. Ga.. Jan. 15.-The Augusta
Bar association met yesterday to hold a
memorial service In honor of its lately
deceased member, Maj. George T. Barnes.
Hon. J. C. C. Black presided. Mr. E. B.
Baxter was duly proposed for member
ship and unanimously elected.
The committee which had been appoint
ed te draft suitable resolutions in mem
ory of Major Barnes, which was com
posed of Maj. Jos. B. Cumming, Mr. F,
H. Miller and Hon. J. R. Lamar, made
its report, appropriate resolutions review
ing the long arid honorable life of the de
ceased and paying tribute to his moral up
rightness and steadfastness to duty.
Major Cumffilng spoke most feelingly of
the departed, his old schoolmate, his com
rade in arms and former law partner.
The two had been friends from boyhood,
they fought together on the bloody field
of Shiloh, and they had been closely as
sociated during the succeeding years.
There was none more qualified to, speak
of the departed friend, and none who
could have paid a more touching tribute
to his worth.
Other members followed with short ad
dresses. and the resolutions were formally
adopted.
MRS. BARNETT, PRINCIPAL OF
HISTORIC INCIDENT, IS DEAD
Mrs. M. A. Barnett died Saturday af
ternoon at her home. No. 78 Pulliam
street, after a protracted Ilinas. She was
81 years of age.
Mrs. Barnett is survived by three chil
dren. They are Stewart M. Barnett, of At
lanta: A. F. Barnett, of New Orleans,
and Mrs. E. W. Anderson, of Monroe, La.
Mrs. Barnett was the daughter of Dr.
David Cooper, one of the pioneer citizens
of Atlanta, who was at one time superin
tendent of the state asylum for the in
sane at Milledgeville.
She was the widow of N. C. Barnett,
who was secretary of state during sev
eral administrations subsequent to 1844.
when he first came into office. Mr. Bar
nett figured prominently in the history of
the state before and after the war.
The death of Mrs. Barnett redalls the
fact that she saved the great.seal of the
state when Sherman made his famous
march to the sea. The capital was then at
Milledgeville, and by reason of Mr. Bar
nett's position In the government the
family was living there at the time. In an
effort to save some of the state papers
Mrs. Barnett buried a box of them near
her home. In the box was the great seal,
which is now in use at the office of the
secretary of state at the capitol.
Governor Jenkins was thought to have
saved the great seal by taking it to Can
ada, but this proves a mistake, for it was
the 'executive seal that he preserved.
AARON FRENCH SAID TO BE
MUCH IMPROVED
SPARTANBURG. S. C., Jan. 15.—The
condition of Mr. Aaron French, the Pitts
burg steel magnate and philanthropist,
who is ill at "Skyuaka Inn.” Skyuake,
N. C.. was reported considerably Improved
yesterday. It is confidently expected by
the physicians in attendance that he will
recover.
ONDCEiINDEEP
SHIPS Till
IN 1.
KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE
KEEPS IN CONTINUAL COMMU
NICATION FOR HER EN-
TIRE TRIP.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15.—Through the
wireless telegraph system the Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse, of the North German
Lloyd line, just arrived from Bremen,
Southampton and Cherbourg, was for half
the trip to the eastward and a large part
of her westward voyage in almost con
stant communication with other vessels
or the shore. The ship was practically a
floating telegraph office.
Captain D. Hogemann, of the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse, told of the telegraph
ic marvels.
"It was the most complete test of the
Marconi system that we have ever had."
he said. "Herr Kronkent, operator of the
Kaiser Wilhelm, was formerly the Mar
coni expert on the Lucanla, and conse-.
quently familiar >lth the latter’s instru
ments. On December 16, off the banks of
Newfoundland, the Kaiser ran into a
heavy fog. Late on Monday night the
Kaiser ran into clear weather again. Herr
Kronkent flashed to the Lucania this mes- _
, sage:
" 'We are twenty-five miles east o£ the ,
banks and in clear *’
Lucanla replied:
" ‘We are still in the fog, sixty miles
astern. Many thanks.’
"Communication between the two ves
sels ceased on Tuesday morning, Decem
ber 17, when we were eighty-five miles
apart, or practically half way across the
ocean and after we had conversed nearly
sixty-six hours.
"TVhen off the Llzzard, the record of
Herr Kronkent shows twelve messages
from the Lucanla were flashed and a re
ply stated that all of them had been cor
rectly caught on shore.”
Os the Marconi successes on the west
ward trip Captain Hogemann said: ‘
“We passed the Kron Prinz Wilhelm,
bound east, almost in mid-ocean when the
two vessels were forty-one miles apart.
Greetings were exchanged between the
passengers and positions given. Off Nan
tucket lightship soon after midnight
twelve dispatches were sent ashore., and
all received. The Marconi system is a
most valuable attachment to a ship in
case of accident or shipwreck. As an
example of its value in locating positions
I refer to a rtcent tvip> of the Kaieer, dur
ing which I should have picked up the re
volving light of the Nantucket lightship.
It failed to show up and the lookout pick
ed up instead two fixed white lights.
“ 'Have you two fixed white lights?* I
asked, through the air.
“The answer came back:
" 'Yes, our other light is out of order.’ "
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and expenses: permanent position. Penicks To
bacco Works Co., Penicks, Va.
russellsagTsued
FOR $/UOO DAMAGES
ISABELLA D’AJURIA DECLARES
THE AGED FINANCIER PAID
HER ATTENTION.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Russell Sage, at
eighty-two, has a damage suit on his
hands, brought by a woman who de
mands $75,000 for attentions alleged to
have been paid her seventeen years ago
by the financier.
Isabella d’Ajuria is the woman’s name,
according to papers filed yesterday in the
supreme court. Much mystery surrounds
her. Her counsel will not say a word
about the case, but Mr. Sage remembers
her. He said so last night, and volunteer
ed the information that when first she
came to his house, seventeen years ago,
he "guessed she was good enough look
ing.”
There are no merits in the woman's
case, according to Mr. Sage. He thought
the matter had been disposed of when first
she came to him, and he had quite dis
missed the Incident from his mind when
Isabella d’Ajuria again sought him last
June and threatened to expose him in the
newspapers unless he acceded to her de
mands for a settlement.
“Women are the devil’s own.” Mr. Sage
said last night, at his home, No. 506 Fifth
avenue.
According to the papers in the case.
Isabella d’Ajuria brought an action in
the supreme court against Mr. Sage as
far back as 1884, in which she demanded
SIOO,OOO damages. She asserts that Mr.
Sage promised to make her a gift of $75.-
cash or its equivalent if she would
refrain from continuing her action. She
further declares that after a conference
last June with Mr. Sage an agreement
was entered Into by which she would
abandon all future action, he to give her
a house and lot in Mount Vernon valved
at $25,000, and also a house in Manhattan
to be used by her as a town residence in
winter. This property was to cost 150,000,
to be conveyed to her and stand in her
name.
Now Isabella d’Ajuria comes into court
complaining that she yielded to Mr. Sage’s
promises and abandoned her suit. She de
clares he has failed to fulfil his part of the
contract, vand therefore she has applied
for judgment In $75,000.
Isabella d’Ajuria claims her ability to
produce the contract for the settlement
between herself and Mr. Sage tn the orig
inal suit. She has volunteered to produce
letters written her by Mr. Sage and de
clares it her belief that the case can be
tried in two hours.
AFTER A BOLD ESCAPE
PRISONER IS RECAPTURED •
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.—Frank
Holt, the military prisoner who escaped
from Alcatraz Island on Saturday, by con
cealing himself in a box which was
brought to this city on the steamer Mc-
Dowell. is again in custody. He got out
of the box on the vessel, saluted the offi
cer of the deck when he landed, obtained
$2 from a stranger whom he told his story,
rented a room and was arrested the first
time he ventured out.
cottoncroFshort -
SAYS ATLANTA MAN
A private letter received from Mr. W. T.
Smith, of Corsicana. Tex., givee some valuable
Information about the cotton crop. Mr. Smith
Is an Atlantian. but has for several years past
been a large buyer of eotton in Texas, spend
ing fall and winter there.
He writes that the cotton crop in' the part
of Texas where he is located will probably
not be more than half that of the previous
year, and the average will not be much better
in the whole state. He estimates that Texas
and the Indian Territory, reckoned together,
will fall short one million bales, and that a
ten million bale crop Is the highest possible
estimate. The government estimate is a little i
less than nine and three-quarter million bales.
At the close of the season Mr. and Mrs.
Smith will come to Atlanta to spend the sum
mer. i