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Atlanta Sanrttal.
VOL. IV.
LIVINGSTON TO FIGHT
BILLS OF EMBASSY
Georgia Congressman De
clares War On
“Useless Ex
pense.”
* WASHINGTON. Jan. 18—While the Re
publican administration. drunk with party
success, is rapturously proceeding with
costly preparations to bend the American
knee to European royalty at the corona
tion of Edward and the visit of Prince
Henry, of Prussia, deep down in the bos
oms of the Democratic representatives
of the country here there is fast! devel
oping a bitter opposition to this expensive
fawning, which may break forth any min
ute on the floor of the house and assume
the proportions of a national issue before
very long.
When the president appointed a special
embaa’y to attend the coronation of the
king of England. Democratic senators and
congressmen were amazed; but when the
plant for entertaining Henry began to
leak out, they became appalled.
These plans Include special envoys to
receive the prince at sea. a squadron of
warships as an escort Into port, lavish en
tertaining at Washington and expensive
journeys on special trains over the con
tinent.
Today the first note of outspoken oppo
sition to this undemocratic recognition of
representatives of monarchies was sound
ed. .
It came from Congressman Livingston,
of Georgia who is a membe? of the house
appropriations committee. He announced
that he would fight the payment of the
bills for this extravagant fawning when
they come before his committee.
“It !a not right," he declared. 'Tor all
this money to be spent on plans which
are directly opposed to the American prin
ciples of government. I do not believe we
should have a special embassy to attend
the coronation of a king.
‘ “As for all the crazy extravagance tp
entertain a prince I think it is the most
foolish movement a foolish party can make
at this time. The country at large will
soon be heard from on it, you can be as
sured. I have heard many expressions
against it already."
A specially unpalatable feature of all
this fawning is the concern expressed by
Senator Wetmore, of Rhode Island, to the
president when It was published that his
son might not be received at court with
the embassy of which he is a secretary.
Wetmore was' in Germany in 1888 with
Mrs. Wetmore, and Edward, then Prince
e* of Wales, insulted her by inviting her,
through Mrs. James Brown Potter, to
meet him at breakfast without her hus
band.
At her indignant refusal he ordered that
no Wetmore should ever be received at
court. Now her son, the secretary, and his
father are anxious lest Edward remem
ber his-order and snub the youth at the
coronation.
The administration has soothed the aen
itorrfran by requiring abroad if the
king will object. It Is said.
Oil Boring Machinery Reaches Rome.
ROME, Ga.. Jan. 18—A car of machin
ery arrived today for the Rome petroleum
and Iron company. The company will be
gin boring for di when the machinery is
placed in position. They will sink several
wHis la the Flatwoods, three miles west of
Rome.
MMli
MESSAGE OF KING
HOPES DECISION OF SUGAR CON-
FERENCE WILL CAUSE ABAN-
DONMENT OF BOUNTIES.
LONDON, Jan. IC—King Edward open
ed parliament today with a ceremonial in
all essential respects similar to that of
February last. *
The procession to the house of lords
was of.the same character, as that wit
nessed on the occasion of the opening
of the first parliament of King Edward's
reign, while within the upper house were
seen toe same state pageantry the same
Mictrionlc dresses and the same revival
of ancient forms.
After robing. King Edward and Queen
Alexandra entered the house of peers and
occupied their thrones, beneath a canopy,
with the Prince and Princess of Wales
on either side of them. The other mem
bers of the royal family were seated on
chairs at the foot of the steps leading to
the throne.
The speech was not an important ut
terance. His majesty referred in terms
of gratification to tne world tour of the
Prince and Princess of Wales, expressed
regret at the fact that the war in South
Africa was not concluded; said he trust
ed the decision of the conference
would lead to the abandonment of boun
ties, and noted the conclusion of the Isth
mian canal treaty.
' Referring to Great Britain's relations
With foreign countries, the king said:
“My relations with the other powers
continue to be of a friendly character.”
Contrary to the expectations, the king's
reference to the war was just as Indefi
nite as the statements on the subject
made in the last half dozen messages
from the throne
Then came the following Important
clause:
'1 have concluded with the president
of the United States a treaty, the pro
visions of which will facilitate the con
struction of an inter-oceanic canal under
guarantees that its neutrality will be
maintained, and that It will be open to the
commerce and shipping of all nations."
CHATTANOOGA MAN
STRANGLES TO DEATH
CHATTANOOGA Tenn.. Jan. 17.—Will
iam A. Campbel, one of the best known
business men of the city* and of the whole
state, met a sudden death at his office
yesterday from strangulation. Mr. Camp
bel was at the head of the Park Woolen
mills and the pants factory, two large in
dustries of the city. When Mr. Campbel
went to his office yesterday afternoon he
was feeling the effects of indigestion. He
called for a doctor who administered some
medicine which caused his wind pipe to
become clogged and before a doctor could
reach him be bad strangled to death. Mr.
Campbel was a major in the Federal
army, started a bank In Sweetwater, en
gaged tn the mercantile business tn
Charleston and Georgetown, was one of
the organizers of the mammoth plant of
the Mountain City Mill company here and
later started the factories In which he
was at work at the time of his death. He
leaves a wife, six children and two
brothers.
ATLANTA NEGfIDES
INVITE IS GUEST
ROOSEVELT
BISHOP GAINES AND DELEGATION
ASK THE PRESIDENT TO AT
TEND NEGRO CON-
GRESS.
1
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-W. J. Gaines,
of Atlanta, bishop of the African M. E.
church; I. Garland Penn, secretary of the
Epworth League of the northern M. E.
church, and a delegation of 24 other ne
groes, representing various denominations
interested in the spiritual, moral and eu
ucational advancement of the colored
race, today Invited President Roosevelt
to attend the negro Toung People’s Chris
tian congress to be held at 'Atlanta, Geor
gia. next August.*
The president informed the delegation
that he would take the matter under con
sideration and communicate his answer
later.
EMPRESS IS GRATEFUL
TO UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Mr. Wu. Chi
nese minister, Monday handed Secretary
Hay the following edict, transmitted to
him by Wei-Wu-Pu, at Pekin, in a cable
gram dated January 11. 1902:
"By order of her imperial majesty the
empress dowager we issue the following
edict:
“During the disturbances caused by the
Boxers last year the American command
ing -officers issued strict orders to their
troops to use strenuous efforts to protect
the buildings within the Forbidden City.
This was an act of friendship worthy of
imitation for which we feel extremely
gratified and grateful. We therefore/in
struct Wu Ting Fang to convey our ex
pression of thanks through the secretary
of state to bls excellency, the president
of the United States."
SCHOONERISIEFT
ON OCEAN DEEP
TO ITS FITE
CREW IS SAVED BY PASSING SHIP,
BUT CARGO IS LOST—SURVIV
ORS ARE LANDED SAFELY
AT FERNANDINA PORT.
FERNANDINA. Fla., Jan. 18—The
Schooner Alice Archer, laden with rail
road iron, was wrecked 50 miles south of
Hatteras, the vessel and cargo being
abandoned by the crew.
When the cape was passed the vessel
struck the storm raging on the coast for
past several days. The vessel was tossed
as a feather in the fury of the gale and
damaged so badly that it was impossi
ble to control her. She soon began leaking
so that it was necessary to abandon her.
Arthur Gibbs, master of the schooner,
and his entire crew, were rescued by the
Schooner John L. Treat and landed at
this port this morning.
CHARLESTON IS SURE OF
EXPOSITION APPROPRIATION
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.—When the sen
ate convened yesterday it was decided, on
motion of Mr. Hale, of Maine, that when
the senate adjourned today it be until
next Monday.
A bill was presented and passed provid
ing that persons living in Porto.Rico and
the Philippines may execute deeds for
property In the District of Columbia, and
the territories of the United States.
Upon request of Mr. Hoar the resolution
adopted Wednesday in reference to sup
plies sent Boters in Bermuda was recalled
the senator saying the United States had
not adopted the particular provision of
The Hague treaty covering this question.
The resolution went to the foreign rela
tions committee for investigation.
The house concurrent resolution for me
morial service February 27th, in honor of
the late William McKinley, was adopted.
Mr. Mallory, of Florida, and Mr Clay
of Georgia, declared they had been mls
represented in New York papers, which
said they favored the Panama canal.
Both said they were for the Nicaragua
canal.
Senator Nelson called up his bill to es
tablish a department of commerce and a
number of minor amendments were offer
ed and adopted.
Mr. Hale sharply criticised the depart
ment of commerce bill, saying it proposed
to strip other departments of Important
business and make the new department
the most Important in the cabinet. He
made reference to "navies” in the various
departments, and Mr. Tillman said he
would like to include one more navy to
the list. "That’s the army transport ser
vice. It's assuming great proportions and
about it I have heard some scandal.”
Without action the department of com
merce bill went over.
The senate passed the house resolution
appropriating $90,000 to pay the expenses
of the government exhibit at the Charles
ton exposition.
RODE GOAT AND WAS
THROWN, MAY DIE
SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 17.—A special
to The Tribune from Spokane, Wash.,
says:
Lying guarded in a lodge building of
the Order of Washington, is an unknown
candidate fob initiation who was severely
hurt during the ceremonies last night. He
13 watched by fellow members who refuse
to give his name and are using all efforts
to prevent it from becoming public.
Parts of the initiation Ceremonies is
blindfolding the victim and drawing him
around the room at top speed in a little
cart. The initiation crew was unable to
control the wagon and the helpless victim
was dumped over against the great altar
in the center of the room. His tide was
crushed in and he was painfully hurt.
Members of the lodge have kept him under
treatment tn the lodge room.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1902.
FOUR TRUNKS FULL
OF PETITIONS
FORGOERS
APPEAL FOR NATIONAL SYMPA
THY, SIGNED BY 212,604 PER
SONS, IS EN ROUTE TO
WASHINGTON.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Jan. 18.—Webster
Davis started for New York last night
a petition carrying the signatures of 212,604
citizens of the south and west which
eventually aTe to go before congress ask
ing for national sympathy for the Boers.
These slgfiptures have been received in
answer to an appeal sent out by Mr. Da
vis some four months ago, and are ad
dressed to the several congressmen asking
them to vote for a resolution already
framed for them. The petition asks con
gress to declare:
"That ths people of the United states
feel a strong sympathy with the people of
the South African republic and the Orange
Free State; that they are pained by the
report of the present sufferings of this
Christian people and they unite in the
hope that thia declaration, which they feel
it their duty to make will be favorably
considered by the government of Great
Britain in a settlement of their unfortu
nate differences.”
Mr. Davis will not deliver the petition
in Washington himself, but intends to
turn it over to the Boer consul in New
York, by him to be placed in the proper
hands.. The documents are in sheet form,
foolscap paper, and when packed for tran
sit filled four steamer trunks.
10,000 VETERANS TO EAT
AT M’INTYRE’S TABLE
At the Confederate Veterans’ reunion to
be held in Dallas in April, a former Atlan
tian, now a cattle king in the Lone Star
State. has offered to furnish the meat for
the ten thousand old soldiers of the south,
who will assemble once again under the
stars and bars. Captain W. R. Mclntyre,
himself an old soldier, is the man who has
made this generous proposition to the Dal
las people, who are to entertain the vet
erans. Nor has his generosity and hospi
tality stopped thsre, for in addition to this
offer he proposes to entertain all the sur
vivors of his old command, Leyden's bat
talion of artillery.
tfpj was nearly twenty-five years ago that
Captain Mplntyre, a well known business
man here, failed utterly and went to Ttexas
to start life over again. * Be had been a
wholesale liquor dealer and later a cotton
merchant. Little was heard of him here
unt<l two R r three months ago, when he
returned to Atlanta for a visit. He found
many of his old friends long since passed
away, but not a few of them still living
and happy to learn of his fortune Dur
ing the Interim between leaving and re
turning to Atlanta he had devoted himself
exclusively to cattle raising and in that
time, mno'twvmy yeare, he-had amassed
a wonderful fortune.
With the announcement In The Journal
of General Gordon's order, selecting the
dates for the reunion, the veterans again
began to talk of the event which is dear
to every old soldier’s heart, and it was
this -talk that revealed the interest an old
Atlantian is taking in the reunion. General
A. J. West, commander of the north Geor
gia division, told of Captain Mclntyre’s
proposition. The general will In the next
few days issue an order to the camps un
der his command, calling their attention to
the order of the general commanding and
urging them to send representatives to
Dallas.
Meanwhile, the veterans and those few
who have heard of Captain Mclntyre's
offer are wondering at the enormity of the
task he has offered to undertake, that is
furnishing meat for ten thousand men. No
matter where the old veterans stay,
whether at private houses or the hotels
open for their entertainment, the meat
they eat is to come from the herds owned
by the old Atlantian, and it will be all
the better for the spirit in which it is
given.
STORY BY FLEMING
MAKES A BIG HIT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Congressman
Fleming has been requested by the Ameri
can Free Trade League of-Boston to al
low the secretary the privilege of purchas
ing his article written for The Journal on
June 25th entitled "Our Material Prosperi
ty, the South Not to Be Republicanized
Until the Republican Party Changes Its
Economic Doctrines.”
The league wants the paper of the Geor
gian to publish it in over 200 leading
American dailies, because the secretary
writes of its force and peculiar impor
tance at this time.
Mr. Fleming claims that President Mc-
Kinley’s last speech delivered at Buffalo
just before his death involved a complete
Indorsement of the principles embodied in
his article.
“I do not claim to be a free trader in
the full sense of the word,” Mr. Fleming
says, "but I do favor low tariff as I be
lieve the material prosperity of the south
depends on it. The Republican policy of
high tariff will never allow the growth of
tnqt party down our way.”
FIGHT ON LIQUOR
MAY GET DISPENSARY
JACKSON. Miss., Jan. 18.—The fight that
the members of the W. C. T. U. and oth
er religious bodies in the state are making
for prohibition tn Mississippi by constitu
tional enactment may. in all possibility,
lead to the establishment of a state dis
pensary as the best solution of the liquor
evil. There is a strong probability of this
step being taken. A large number of the
members favor it. and a committee has
been appointed to investigate the work
ings of the South Carolina law on this
subject. The prohibitionists are putting up
a strong fight for the driving out of the
borders of the state all kinds and classes
of evil, but It Is hardly probable that
such a measure will be adopted by the
legislature. The state now has a local op
tion law, which has worked very success
fully for the past few years.
♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦<"»'l I I 1
♦ MATRIMONIAL “AD.” *
♦ PROMOTES WEDDING. ♦
♦ CHARLOTTE, N. C., Jan. 18— ♦
♦ Mr. J. W. Harris, of Fort Worth, +
♦ Tex., and Miss Jennie Higgins were «J»
♦ married at Rutherfordton, N. C., <•
♦ yesterday afternoon, as the result ♦
♦ of a matrimonial advertisement
+ inserted in a paper by the groom 4>
+ about five years ago. Mr. Harris
♦ arrived at Ruthefcrdton about a 4>
♦ week ago. when he met his sweet
heart for the first time. She is u 4>
♦ niece of Judge M. 11. Justice, of the
& supreme court. The couple' left last 4«
♦ night for Texas. •>
■I REPOHT
OH
IS RIED
DOCUMENT ON RECENT PROPOSI
TION TO SELL PROPERTY IS
PLACED WITH PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT.
——
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18—The supple
mental report of the Isthmian canal com
mission on the Panama proposition was
delivered to the president by Admiral
Walker at 2:45 o’clock this afternoon.
Admiral Walker, chairman of the Isth
mian Canal called at the
white house this afternoon and told the
president what the report of the commis
sion on the Panama proposition would be.
The report was agreed upon and the writ
ten copy will be ready in a few hours.
—e —.
PANAMA COMPANY
GETS READY TO ACT
PARIS, Jan. 18—It 13 explained here that
if the sale of the property of the Panama
Canal company la Concluded juris con
sults will be appointed to decide whether
a ratification by a French tribunal Is re
quired or whether the vote of a general
meeting ot stockholders will suffice.
In any case it will be x matter of form.
No obstacle Is anticipated on that score.
MYSTERY IN PLIGHT
OF CHARLES MADISON
CHATTANOOGA, Jan. 18.-Charles Mad
ison is at the point ot death at Erlanger
hospital as the restflt of.falling off of a
train on the Chattaooga and
St. Louis railway aUCravens Station.
The man was picked up Thursday in an
unconscious state atid has been In the
same condition ever since.
The young man ia said to have come
here from St. Louis, and he was seen be
fore getting off the train with quite a
sum of money. He told some one that
he was going to Hot Springs, and that he
had plenty of monejr to take him there.
He left on the late train and was missed
by the conductor si>me distance beyond
Cravens, where he was found. He was
found on the ground, apparently lifeless,
and was taken oh the first train to this
city and placed in hospital.
By means of papers found on his per
son he was identified * s Charles Madison,
but besides the papara there was nothing
else found upon his person. That foul play
occurred Is indicated by the fact that he
had only one nickel in his pocket when
picked up. Whether he was robbed on the
train and thrown off or whether he fell
from the train and VaZ then robbed is. of
course, not known, bfer It is evident that
one of the two •Spurred. ••
MANY ALL-NEGRO TOWNS
ESTABLISHED IN ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Jan. 18—The es
tablishment of all-negro towns in Ala
bama is becoming quitb a fad. The latest
is Booker City, located near Pratt City
on the Kansas City, Memphis and Bir
mingham branch of the 'Frisco system.
The negroes have 410 acres of ground upon
which to build their town. Os this amount
30 acres has been retained by the Metho
dist Episcopal church, colored, on which
to erect an institution for the higher ed
ucation of the race. The sum of SIOOO
has already been subscribed for the baild
ing an<Fthe work of raising funds is being
carried forward rapidly.
The College of Bishops of the Colored
Methodist Episcopal church yesterday met
In Birmingham and today the bishops are
visiting the site of the new town to look
over the ground where the college is to
be established.
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ASSAULT
GIRL
HORRIBLE AFFAIR IS REPORTED
FROM RABUN COUNTY—THREE
MEN ARE NOW IN
JAIL.
TALLULAH FALLS. Ga., Jan. 13—A
terrible crime is said to have been com
mitted several days ago in the Germany
district of Rabun county. Five men are
charged with assault, so it is reported,
and*lt is said that their victim was Mary
Green aged 14 years.
The affair has created the greatest ex
citement in this section of the state and a
lynching may be the outcome. It seems
that the girl was visiting at the house of
a kinsman and that he had fallen out with
her father. In order to get revenge, so it
is reported, he planned a dastardly act.
He locked his wife, the little girl’s sister,
in a room and four of his companions,
who were drinking, were invited to his
hoifie, where each one assaulted the little
girl.
She was left in the room when the vil
lains had accomplished their purpose and
was found several hours later in an un
conscious state. Knife cuts were found
on her body and she recovered sufficiently
to tell what had happened to her.
It is said the assault was planned in a
spirit of revenge. The solicitor general
is investigating the matter.
WRONGED HUSBAND,
WOUNDED IN DUEL, DEAD
HANOVER, Prussia, Jan. 18—Herr Von
Bennigsen, landrath of Hanover, and son
of the noted )x>litician, Rudolph Von Ben
nigsen, died during the night as the re
sult of a bullet wound in the breast, sus
tained in a duel lought Thursday last with
Herr FalKenhagen, a tenant of the royal
estate near Springgc. •
'The duel was the qutcome of the inti
macy of Herr F&lkcnhagen with Frau
Von Eennigsen.
The conditions ot the duei were three
rounds with pistols at ten paces.
Herr Von Bonnig'sen, who was short
sighted, was shot in <he first round.
His brother witnessed the duel.
THIS WOMAN TOOK
TOO MANY VOWS
AT THE™
NOW SEEKS DIVORCE FROM BIGA-
MOUS WEDLOCK TO GET PEN-
SION AS FIRST HUSBAND'S
WIDOW.
NEW YORK. Jan. 18—In order that she
may obtain a pension as a widow of her
husband. Mrs. Mary Dorr, through her
counsel, James B. Fenwick, has filed a
summons and complaint in the county
clerk's office, Brooklyn, in her suit for the
annullment of her marriage to James H.
Knight.
She lived with Knight for twenty years
after the disappearance of her husband,
Ezra Dorr, who went- to California in 1849
from their home in Florida. N. Y.. to seek
gold.
Dorr went to California and his wife
waited for news from him until July 3,
1858, and then, believing him dead, mar
ried James H. Knight.
The couple lived happily together until
twenty years later, when Dorr reappear
ed. He met his wife and she left Knight,
who went to British Colombia. The re
united couple lived together until 1895,
when Dorr died In Brooklyn.
As the widow of Dorr, the complain
ant wiJl be entitled to a pension from the
United States government.
BOY WAS KIDNAPED
FOR SEVERAL HOURS
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 18—What Is
claimed to have been an attempt at kid
naping occurred in the western part of
the city yesterday afternoon.
The four-year-old son of Frank W.
Moses, of 2324 West Broadway, was lost
for two hours and when found on the
street declared that he had been enticed
away from home by a strange man and
locked up In a cellar In the neighborhood
of Twenty-sixth and Broadway, where he
was kept for some time.
He was finally released, he says, by a
man, whom he did not know and was told
to go home.
He started away, but soon became lost
and was restored to his parents by a man
whom he met and to whom he told his
story.
There is no clue to the identity of the
person who enticed the boy away from
his home. •
SUED FOR Bl HEIRS
HUGBAND-OF FY
* IS CLAIMED, PURCHASED IS-
LAND IN 1848 FOR S3OO.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18—Andrew Carnegie
will be made* a party to a suit for prop
erty valued at $2,000,000 which will be
brought against the wife of his brother by
heirs of Robert Stafford, the sea island
cotton king, tays Tho World.
Papers In the action have just been pre
pared In this city. The suit will be to
secure title to Cumberland Island, off the
coast of Georgia, which Mr. Carnegie and
his sister-in-law have made a beautiful
park and mid-sea home.
The fact that the Stafford heirs had any
claim to the property was discovered by
accident.
In the papers on file In the case it Is al
leged that Robert Stafford bought the is
land now in dispute In Is4B. He had S3OO
'at that time and went to the island to
raise cotton. In the second year of his
work there he was married. His wife was'
Elizabeth Barnaby, famed as the "White
Slave." She was employed by a Georgia
planter and her ancestors were white, but
she had been sold Into slavery and an ac
tion was pending at the time to secure her
freedom. Robert Stafford fell in love with
her, purchased her freedom and made her
his wife. It is the descendants of this
woman and Robert Stafford who are now
contending for the $2,000,000.
Robert Stafford died in New London,-
Conn., about fifteen years ago. He left
four daughters, Mrs. Mary Palmer, wife
of Dr. Palmer, of London; Ada, Countess
of Zlvulkl, of Paris; Mrs. Madora Vos
burg, of New York, and Mrs. Frederick P.
Engles, of Lynbrook, L. I.
The property was sold by an executor
of the Stafford estate. Attorneys made a
trip to St. Marys, where the deed was on
file. The deed is clearly defective, they
say. The Carnegies paid $45,000 for the
island.
MRS. CMTR WOUNDED
BY ACCIDENTAL SHOT
ANNISTON, Ala., Jan. 18—Mrs. George
E. Cater was shot and dangerously
wounded here last night by accidental dis
charge of a pistol belonging to her broth
er, Howard S. Williams.
Mrs. Cater is the daughter of Mn and
Mrs. W. H. Williams, of Birmingham. Her
husband is an officer In the Anniston
Hardware company and a leading business
man of the city.
The accident occurred at the homo of
Mrs. Cater. Williams was transferring the
pistol from one pocket to another pocket,
when he dropped the weapon. It exploded,
the bullet passing dangerously near Miss
Emmie Darden, scratching her face, and
striking Mrs. Cater in the right arm. It
passed upward through the right breast
to her face, where it penetrated her lips
and nose.
Mr. Williams is almost crazy over the
accident. The physicans think the wounds
will not necessarily prove fatal. Williams
formerly lived in Columbia, Tenn.
heavy"pig iron’and”
STEEL SHIPMENTS MADE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 18—The ship
ments of pig iron and steel from Ala
bama and Tennessee during December
were 130,000 tons, according to the official
reports now out. The official figures for
the year 1901 show that the total ship
ments from Alabama and Tennessee, in
cluding pig iron, cast Iron pipe and steel,
were 1.685,674 tons.
Jobs in Florida Are Given Out.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17—The president
yesterday sent the following nominations
to the senate:
Collectors of customs: Tip Warren, dis
trict of Apalachicola, Florida; John F.
Stillman, district of Pensacola Florida.
Assistant naval constructors to be na
val constructors: E. G. Gilmer, Henry G.
Smith and Richard M. Watt.
Eben Barker, of Massachusetts, third
lieutenant revenue cutter service. ,
SAMPLE COPY.
SAYS LIQUOR MEN
PAID W. A. KNOWLES
MO'S MEN FILL
WITH BULLETS
FHOMJBELS
GOVERNMENT FORCES WERE DE-
FEATED TWICE RECENTLY AND
ANOTHER DANGER
ARISES.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18—According to the
latest advices from Venezuela, the revolu
tionary forces under General Codeno
have twice defeated the government
troops In the state of Carabobo,cables The
Port of Spain, Trinidad, correspondent of
The Herald.
A new Insurrection has been started
near Carupano under the leadership of
General Vasques.
Generals Batalla and Loreto Lima have
taken up arms against Castro in the state
of Zamora.
The Venezuelan revolutionary steamship
Llbertaflor, formerly the Ban Rlgh, has
made two successful landings of arms
and ammunition and is moving around the
coast of Venezuela without being molest
ed. It Is said that she steamed close to
Puerto Cabello in full view ot a govern
ment gunboat, which remained Inactive.
It Is reported that the revolutionary
troops under General Ducharne have been
defeated by a government force.
PLEA FOR BANKRUPTCY -
MADE FOR COAL CONCERN
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.; Jan. 18—Marcus
Hamilton, of Johnson City, Tenn., has
filed a petition In the federal court here
seeking to have the Virginia Iron, Coal
& Coke company declared bankrupt.
The company has been in the hands of a
receiver for several months.
The petition alleges that the company
owns! varlbus iron furnace, coal and iron
ore lands, etc., and that. it is about to
lease an iron furnace at Johnson City for
a term of years. It further alleges that
the company has bonds outstanding In the
•sum of $9,975,000 at 5 per cent, held by the
Manhattan Trust company of New York,
and secured by first mortgage; and that
It owes notes aggregating about $575,000,
and has defaulted in payment of interest
on the Manhattan Trust company's bonds.
The petitioner seeks to have the affairs
of the company adjudicated in federal
courts. His claim is for S6OO and interest
from April 1, 1901.
The Vinita Iron, £ogl & .Coke Compa»
Southwest Virginia and uippefr East Ten
nessee, and to operate numerous iron fur
naces and a steel plant. It bought up
many Industrial enterprises, and for a
time expended considerable money ad
vancing the Industrial Interests of the
section in which It operated.
EDITOnnSKED
TO FIGHT DUEL
BUT UECLINES
POSTMASTER, ROASTED FOR HIS
OFFICIAL CONDUCT, HURLS
A CHALLENGE AT THE
WRITER.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 18—A special
to The Sentinel from Bristol says J. W.
Mcßrbom, postmaster at Abingdon, Va.,
has sent E. M. Slack, editor of an Abing
don newspaper, a challenge to fight a
duel.
Slack has refused the challenge and has
forwarded the communication to the post
office department at Washington.
The trouble, it Is said, grew out of an
attack In Slack’s paper on the manner In
which mail was handled in the Abingdon
postoffice.
It is said the letter contained very
strong language, even going beyond call
ing Slack a liar.
HUGE FiUPINO”POTATO
WEIGHS OVER TEN POUNDS
w. 3. Mitchell, of Buford, brought a
huge potato into the city Saturday,
which when taken from the ground meas
ured 48 inches in length and was four or
five inches In diameter and weighed over
10 pounds.
The potato is a new growth in this sec
tion of the country and is called the Filipi
no-Spanish. It was raised by Garri
son L. White, in Gwinnett county. He
raised his first crop this year and it Is,
said that the potato which was brought
to Atlanta was no larger than many
others raised by Mr. White.
The unfortunate part about this huge
species of potato is that It is good for
only hogs to eat. Otherwise, a revolution
would doubtless be brought about in the
potato business as one of the Filipino-
Spanish kind would make a peck In quan
tity of ordinary sweet and Irish potatoes.
Hogs are said to be extremely fond of the
new tuber.
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY
IS SECURED BY LEWIS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Congressman
Lewis today called on the first assistant
postmaster general in the interest of free
rural mall delivers' in his district.
Though the post office department is
flooded with requests from all parts of
the country for free routes, the represen
tative from the Thlr- -eorgia district se
cured a promise that In four weeks an in
jpeotor would be sent to the district to ex
amine and put In operation 35 routes.
Committee Goes to Capital.
CHATTANOOGA. Jan. 18—The commit
tee of Chattanoogans who will appear be
fore the rivers and harbors committee of
congress on behalf of the Tennessee river
leave tonight for Washington.’ where they
will make their formal statements on
Monday. They will urgh the increase of
the appropriation for the river and the
Improvements and endeavor to convince
the committee that they should have what
they ask for. * •
Rome Dispensary Fight
Reaches Acute Stage.
Wright Will Pub
lish Daily.
ROME, Ga., Jan. 18— The dispensary
campaign has reached an acute stage by
the Issuance of The Times Friday after
noon, edited by Hon. Seaborn Wright.
The Times’ leading article contained this
paragraph:
"The connection of W. A. Knowles,
agent, with the Potts-Kay liquor syndi
cate last year is known to our people. A
liquor detfler told an absolutely reliable
man in this city that W. A. Knowles,
editor, had been paid SSOO by the liquor
associations, and would get more as his
work progressed in the present cam
paign.”
The article in question was under the
caption: “The Church Gone Wrong.”
The Tribune published an article from a
paper In Athens headed as quoted some
days ago. The Times took up the gauntlet
and claims Knowles is in league with the
liquor syndicate, and insulted the churehea
because they had officially indorsed the
dispensary.
The Tribune this morning on the first
page and in b!g type stated the publica
tion in The Times was false, and denying
that W. A. Knowles had received SSOO.
The Tribune publishes an affidavit signed
by all the liquor men In Rome that they
had not paid Knowles SSOO.
The Times will issue an extra edition,
which will appear Sunday morning, con
taining a salty rejoinder to the denial of
Knowles and the saloon. The Times will
offer to produce the name of their author
ity for the assertion of the SSOO matter
and the connection of Knowles with ths
liquor interest.
The Tribune is an anti-dispensary paper.
Interest in the campaign is at white heat
and the issue of the "extra” Times is
anxiously awaited.
Mr. Wright will issue a regular after
noon paper beginning Monday. Mr. Wright
Is stumping every nook and corner of the
county. He makes two speeches today.
Mr. Wright. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Foster
represent Floyd In the legislature.
LEE BIRTHDAY EXERCISES
WILL BE HELD TODAY
The birthday of General Robert E. Lee
will be celebrated today with In
teresting and appropriate exercises. Both
the Virginia society and the Daughters of
the Confederacy have arranged for exer
cises, and the memory of the dead chief*
tain will be fittingly honored.
The exercises of the Daughters of the
Confederacy will take place at the capltol
In the afternoon. Charles S. Arnall, com
mander of Atlanta camp, No. 159, United
Confederate Veterans, win preside over
the meeting, which wQI bevnder the
auspices of the daughters of tne Confed
eracy. All the Confederate organizations
in the city will be present. A feature ot
the exercises will be the presentation of
bronze crosses of honor to 140 of the vet
erans. . .
The Virginia society has arranged for
exercises at the Grand theatre, which will
be followed by a banquet at the Kimball
house. Governor Montague, of Virginia,
will be the speaker at the Grand. The ban
quet which follows will be attended by
many prominent citizens, and toasts will
be given.
Governor Montague, accompanied by
Lieutenant Joe Willard and wife, will ar
rive in the city at an early hour. He will
occupy the private ear of First Vice Pres
ident A. B. Andrews, of the Southern rail
way, which was tendered the Virginia so
ciety. After breakfast Governor Montague
will call on Governor Candler at the cap
ttol.
The presence of the governor of Virginia
will be honored by the chief executive of
the state in floating the -Virginia flag
alongside the flag of Georgia from the
'statehouse dome.
boilebTengine
IN EXPLODING
KILLSJWO
OTHERS OF TRAIN CREW WERE
SERIOUSLY HURT AND PULL
MAN BLOWN FROM
TRACK.
DES MOINES. lowa. Jan. 18—The boil
er of a Rock Island passenger locofltotlve
exploded near Victor, lowa, early today.
The engineer and fireman were both
killed, while the brakeman and two por
ters were seriously injured.
The Pullman car from Des Moines, was
thrown from the track and rolled down
the embankment.
None of the passengers were seriously
Injured.
PRESENT EXCLUSION LAW
HARDSHIP TO THE CHINESE
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.-»General 0. O.
Howard, addressing the Young Men’s
Christian association meeting in the West
Side auditorium, spoke upon “What is he
Proper Attitude of American Young Men ,
Toward the Chinese Within Our Bounda
ries?”
The‘general said that the present ex
clusion law had worked such hardships
that it was time for fair-minded men to
take into consideration the whole subject
of Chinese exclusion. He maintained that
impartial exclusion would keep out men
of every nationality if the Chinese were
to be kept out. He had prepared a list
of hardships suffered under the present
law. One such case was that of So Ho
Luck, a yeung Chinaman who was sup
porting himself as a student in Portland,
Ore. Because he became a night clerk in
*a hotel Instead of working In a restau
rant, he was excluded from the country
when he returned after a vacation spent
in' China.
Another case was that of 30 Chinese
merchants who went on to Europe to buy
goods because they were not allowed to
land by American authorities.
U. S. POSTOFFICE FRANK
GIVEN MRS. M’KINLEY
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18—The senate
committee or. postefflees today authorized
Senator Mason to report the bill granting
the franking privilege to Mrs. McKinley.
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NO. 37.