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Atlanta WtwwL?
VOL. IV.
ENGLAND IS INDIGNANT
OVER WAR PURCHASES
Money, Free As Water,
Has Been Foolishly
Expended in
Supplies.
LONDON. Feb. s.—The apparent Incom
petence. and. It is claimed, possible dis
honesty. which permeated the purchasing
departments of the British army, as re
vealed this week in parliament, have
caused a public agitation that augurs
badly for the war office.
Judging from recent and promised dis
closures. scarcely any of the supplies for
the army in South Africa were secured on
business principles Speculating contrac
tors are now known to have made hun
dreds at thousands of pounds by reselling
•ontracts.
The opposition vainly endeavored to
get details regarding the new contract
for the supply of meats, announced by
the government in the house of commons,
with the view of ascertaining If a saving
over the former methods will really be
affected. •
The government successfully avoided
answering, but the Associated Press un
derstands that the contract in question
was first sold at £IO.OOO premium and then
at £40.000. while Cecil Rhodes and the De
Beers group handed over £2oo.<*» and thus
•ecured the privilege of supplying the
troops in South Africa with fresh meat.
These figures are likely to be published
here soon, and when known wilt doubt
less add fuel to the fire of public indig
nation. which threatens to centre around
the secretary of war. Mr. Brodrick. ss
viciously as it did around Lord Lansdowne
when the latter was sponsor for the early
blunders of the war.
A dosen or more committees of investi
gation are now sitting or are in process
of formation, but. as The Saturday Re
view says, “these are only too often
•ynonims of oblivion.''
"The fact remains." adds the Saturday
Review, “that we have been swindled on
a very large seals. *’
While these stringent criticisms of the
war offlce are being publicly aired, there
is proceeding beneath the surface a re
volt which threatens to be of even greater
importance. The leading authorities of
the leading volunteers. Including many
at -the commanders of the best known
regiments, several of them being titled
persons and nearly all wealthy, are hold
ing trequer.t meetings tp decide on the
best method of defeating Mr. Brodrick's
new volunteer regulations. The commit
tee which Mr. Brodrick appointed to hear
the grievances only aggravated matters.
The commanders of. the leading regiments
had previously formed themselves Into a
deputation to wait on Mr. Brodrick and
he. temporarily, declin'd to see them,
but the secretary for war stole a march
on the members of the deputation by an
nouncing in the house of commons that he
had appointed a committee of bis own. in
which none of the deputation was inclu
ded. .ills act too created intense feeling
among the members of the original depu
tation. who privately declare that the new
volunteer regulations and the "dead-head
•osMnittee" were Introduced for the sole
purpose of making conscription possible.
The colonel of one of the London regi
ments said to a representative of the
Associated Press:
“We know Mr. Brodrick wants conscrip
tion. though. perhaps, in a modified
form. If his ideas win the day. the volun
teers will gradually cease to be an ef
fective force, and will thereby supply the
war offlce with its strongest arguments
.tn favor of compulsory military service,
or the enforcement of the old ballot laws.
Rather than see that come about, we In
tend to break up our regiments. I have
a letter .from a d.stlnguished nobleman,
urging me to take that course, and many
other commanding officers contemplate
disbanding their regiments."
GENERAL EVANS ISSUES
ORDERS ON BIG REUNION
Gen. Clement A. Evans has issued
orders to the various camps in Georgia,
of which he is commander, instructing
them to prepare for the coming reunion
which is to be held in Dalias. Tex. in
April.
L AU commands of this division wUI at
once begin preparations for the annual
reunion of United Confederate veterans
at Dallas. Tex.. April 22. 23. 34 and 25
1302. The annual meetings of comrades
endeared to each other by all the fea
tures of their glorious common cause arc
always important, and it will be a special
pleasure this year to .meet at Dallas
many hundreds of Georgians who moved
beyond the Mississippi since the war. The
great-hearted Texans are making ample
arrangements for lavish hospitality and
the rhllroads will give at least the usual
low rate of 1 cent per mile traveled going
and returning.
1 Camp commanders are earnestly
urged to assemble their camps, choose
delegates and alternates, and torward the
names of officers, delegatee and all mem
bers cff their respective command. Bri
gaade commanders will put their com
mands in order and establish new camps
wherever they are needed. All staff offi
cers will give any assistance required of
them in the organisation of camps and In
giving information about the reunion.
2. With great regret the division com
mander has received the request of the
highly efficient adjutant general. Col.
John A. M> er. io be relieved of service
tn the office on account of imperative du
ties which will prevent his attendance on
the reunion at Dallas. Colonel asiller is
therefore appointed and assigned to duty
as assistant Inspector general, cavalry
commands of this division. Colonel
lam M. Crumley Is appointed adjutant
general of the division.
4. The press of Georgia has brought the
division under many obligations by thou
sands of editorials and articles which
have kept the interest of our Confederate
story alive and the heroism of Confeder
ate times before the attention of the
country. This consideration is greatly
appreciated and the con -nuance of this
kinuness wu. be gratefully acknowledged.
SLAYER OF WOMAN
DIES ON THE GALLOWS
SAULT BTE. MARTE. Ont.. Feb. 7.-
yhredertck Shultze eras hanged here to
day.
One night in the first week of August
last. Shults returned home intoxicated
and after a quarrel with Mrs. Craig, a
woman who passed ss his wife, deliber
ately shot her. He eras arrested and af
ter a trial was found guilty and sentenced
to death.
Big Sale of Lumber.
WAYCROSS. Feb. i.-Mr. O. H. Lou
ther. of this city, closed a deal yesterday
tn which he sells to the Sanford Lumber
company of Florida acres of land
in Holmes county. Florida, for over
glS.oeo. Mr. Lout her retains the turpen
tine privileges and! sells the land and
saw mill timber.
HOBSON'S EYES ON
SEAT IN CONGRESS
NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR STILL PER
SISTS IN GETTING INTO
POLITICS.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. B—Captain
Richmond Pearson Hobson's proposed
second attempt for retirement from the
navy, which will appear tn congress in a
few days, it is said. In the shape of a
bill authorising the navy department to
issue the necessary papers for his relief,
has developed the fact that the hero of
Santiago really intends to run for con
gress.
Captain Hobson is in Washington and
will neither admit or deny that he has
political aspirations, but it has leaked
out here that he has already approached
an Alabama political leader and asked
him to manage the campaign.
Alfred Tunstall, a prominent politician
of Greensboro, is Hobson's choice for
manager. The naval officer went to him
several weeks ago. it is said, and asked
him to take charge of his campaign, stal
ing positively that he would run for con
gress against Representative Bankhead,
of the Sixth Alabama district, in which
Hobson's home is located. It is not
known if Mr. Tunstall accepted or de
clined the invitation. Captain Hobson’s
persistent efforts for retirement would
seem to indicate that he either secured
the services of Mr. Tunstall or some one
else, whom he has confidence in as cam
paign manager.
Alabama congressmen assert that Cap
tain Hobson will tackle a genuine buzz
saw when he runs against Colonel Bank
head. who’ they say has a particularly
strong hold on his district. They believe
that the young hero's limited acquaint
ance with the voters in the district will
prove a stumbling block to his political
ambitions just now. From the talk among
the Alabama delegation here It appears
that Captain Hobson told his close friends
in. Alabama that he wanted to be elected
to congress for a term or two and after
ward to become the head of the navy de
partment. which he would thereupon thor
oughly reorganize.
motois
WILL VISIT
-JM •
MOTHER OF THE CONFEDERACY
WILL BE GUEST OF LEGISLA-
TURE AT LAST SESSION IN
HISTORIC CAPITOL.
JACKSON. Miss., Feb. B.—lt was offi
cially announced yesterday that Mrs.
Jefferson Davis will arrive in Jackson tor
the purpose of meeting and greeting the
last legislature that will ever assemble In
the historic old capitol.
Concurrent resolutions extending her
every courtesy were adopted and commit
tees were appointed to receive her.
There is no doubt but that “Beauvoir,”
her old home on the gulf coast, will be
purchased by the state and converted into
a home for the indigent Confederate vete
rans.
GAVE WRONG AGE!
POLICY CANCELLED
CHICAGO. Feb. C.—Because Thomas
Chalmers. of the firm of Fraser & Chal
mers. made a mistake in his age. a life
Insurance company has cancelled a poli
cy on his life issued more than fifty
years ago. Mr. Chalmers has brought
suit in the superior court to have the
company's action annulled.
When Mr. Chalmers, in 1851, was a? he
says in his bill, a working man, following
his trade as a machinist, he took out a
policy for 82.100. giving the date of his
birth as June 14. 1830. A few years later
his daughter visited his old home in Scot
land and consulting the parish registered
discovered that the date of her father's
birth was June 14. 1816.
Mr. Chalmers took out another policy
for 82.000 with the same company in 1866,
and infiling his application gave his cor
rect age. He continued to pay the pre
miums on the first policy, he says, after
the second policy had made the company
acquainted with his true age. Finally,
in 1901, the policy was cancelled.
SAMPSON IS sinking; -
RETIRED FROM NAVY
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.-Alarming ru
mors were afloat here today to the effect
that Admiral Sampson had taken a se
rious turn for the worse within*the last 24
hours. «
Inquiries at the Sampson residence and
of the naval physicians developed that
there has been no decided change in Ad
miral Sampson's condition, but that a
steady retrogression is In progress, which
Is common to his disease.
Secretary Long today issued an order
retiring Rear Admiral Sampson.
Macon Men Will Go To Washington.
MACON. Feb. 6.—Messrs. T. D. Tinsley,
J. W. Cabaniss. William M. Johnston and
George A. Smith will leave next week for
Washington to work in the interest of the
new government building proposed for
Macon. They go as a committee from the
chamber of commerce. .
WARDEN SOFFEL WILL
DEFEND HIS BETRAYER
PITTSBURG. Feb. 8.-Mrs. Soffel. who
aided in the escape of the Biddles and was
shot during the battle which r< suited In
their recapture and death, shows consid
erable Improvement in her condition to
day. She is suffering more from mental
distress than from the wound, and it may
be a week or more before she can be re
moved from the Butler hospital to the
Pittsburg Jail.
Her husband. ex-Warden Soffel. has re
tained counsel for h< r defense, but says
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1902.
BLEW OFF HIS HEAD
TO ESCAPE FROM
HIS DISGRACE
YOUNG FARMER, IGNORANT AND
CRIMINAL, COMMITS SUICIDE
WHEN OFFICER TOOK
HIM HOME.
DECATUR. 111., Feb. B.—Because he did
not know how to deposit money In a bank
and had committed a forgery, John Koh
ler. aged 17. son of a farmer living near
Decatur, killed himself.
Kohler had earned 820 and came to the
city to deposit it. When he »stepped up to
the teller's window he presented a check
bearing his father's name. It was a for
gery, and an officer was called. He took
the boy tjome for an Investigation.
Arriuisg there, the officer stepped into
one of the rooms to talk with the boy's
mother about the matter. Young Kohler,
thoroughly frightened and evidently be
lieving that he was going to be sent to
the penitentiary, stepped into 1 the next
room, picked up a shotgun, placed the
muzzle against his forehead and pulled
the trigger. The top of his head was lit
erally blown off.
ex-govern6r~budd~
TALKS ON CHINESE LAWS
NEW YORK, Feb. B.—Former Gover
nor Budd, of California, is in this city,
after having testified in Washington be
fore the committee in charge of the Chi
nese exclusion bill.
The failure of the Kahn-Mitchell Chi
nese exclusion bill to pass before the end
of this session, he said, in an Interview,
will mean the extinction of the present
treasury regulations for the transit cf
Chinese across this county and will mean
a great Influx of Chinese before the op
portunity to enact restrictive legislation
occurs again. .
"The Kahn-Mitchell bill now beforetooth
houses is so framed,” continued Governor
Budd, “as to provide for the most hu
mane treatment of those Chinese permit
ted entry to this country and it excludes
perfectly all Chinese coolies and labor
ers of all sorts.
"It was framed by Mr. Llvernash after
many consultations with the treasury of
ficials and with the attorney general’s
office. It is as perfect a bill as can be
devised and brings up to date in one bill
all the provisions of the six bills passed
since 1882. It has been Indorsed by the
Pacific coast delegation and by the Cali
fornia commission as well as by Samuel
Gompers and all the labor organizations.
“It is a bill against which nothing can
be said and there is no other bill under
consideration which can in any way com
pare with it for effectiveness.
"If enacted into a law it will fulfill all
the purposes for which it was drawn and
will prevent the entrance into this coun
try of the undesirable element among the
Chinese. It makes adequate provision
for the transit of Chinese across the
country under treasury regulations now
Th fSwWwT ♦Yh'ch h»ve Wfi ’considered
effective heretofore.’’
TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT
SOON SAILS TO ORIENT
CHICAGO, Feb. B.—Major General
Otis, commander of the department of
the lakes, has returned from Washing
ton. where he was in attendance on the
sessions of the army post board, called
by the secretary of war to consider the
needs of different army posts.
As to the recommendations of the
board General Otis said it would not be
proper to speak In advance of the report
to the secretary of war. It is under
stood. however, savs the Chronicle, that
the barracks at Fort Sheridan will be
enlarged and made modern in every re
spect. Since the United States became
a world power and troops are required
for work abroad, the posts throughout
the country have been found too small
for the accommodation of the regiments
and batteries recruited to fighting
strength. In addition to Fort Sheridan
many of the other army posts will be
enlarged.
That the work at the fort will be un
dertaken at once is said to be assured.
"The movement of troops Is at present
the business of most pressing importance
in this department,” said the general.
"All the Twenty-ninth Infantry Is to be
sent to the Philippines very shortly.
"The place of the present garrison of
Fort Sheridan is to be filled by the
Twentieth, which is now on its way
home from the Philippines, one battalion
having sailed about the end of December
and two ethers January 16.
SHIP WITH CARGO AFIRE
WINS RACE FOR PORT
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. B.—The Portland
and Asiatic Steamship company’s liner
Indravelli, which sailed from Portland
Wednesday noon with a 8400.000 cargo, is
back in the harbor with her hatches bat
tened down and decks popping hot, the .re
sult of a smouldering fire which started
Wednesday.
From present indications the ship has
suffered but little damage, but the loss on
the cargo will probably be quite heavy. It
is expected that the fire win soon be under
control.
The ’tween decks of No. 1 hatch, where
the fire is smouldering, contains 725 bales
of cottan and 4.900 sacks of flour. Under
neath this, in the same ’ hold, are 26,000
sacks of flour and 400 bales of cotton.
TRIED TO BUY LIQUOR
WITH BOGUS MONEY
ATHENS. Ga., Feb. 6.—Saturday after
noon Burrell Billups, colored, called at
Uje Athens dispensary with a counterfeit
silver dollar. He was tried and convicted
on the charge of passing counterfeit
money, and since that time two other ne
groes. Bob Brown and Berry Slack, have
tried to deal with the dispensary with
counterfeit money. They will have their
trial today. It Is a matter of record that
the dispensary managers always get the
man who attempts to give them counter
feit money.
he does not want to s«e her or have any
communication with her in the future.
Mrs. Soffel is receiving letters from all
over the country. Most of them contain
tracts and advice of a religious nature.
When rhe op*ns a letter and discovers
that it is one of this character she turns
it over to some of the nurses without
reading.
Many letters are also from attorneys,
proffering their eervlcef! free In her de
fense. ‘
HIS SICK SON
STOPS THE
VISIT
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL BE
UNABLE TO VISIT CHARLES
TON EXPOSmON AT
THIS TIME.
1 1 ’
WASHINGTON, Feb. ; &-President
Roosevelt received a telegram this morn
'lng from the physician at the Groton
school informing him th<t tbe condition
of his son, Theodore, Jr.,. was unchanged
since last night. • -
The following statement was Issued at
the white house at noon today:
"The condition of the 'president's eon
is favorable. The doctors say the presi
dent should not go ito Charleston, as
at any time Vithln six days the disease
may take a sudden turn for the worse.
The president is also asfaed not to go
to Groton, as his visit plight excite the
boy. who is not In immediate danger.”
Owing to the request of {the doctors the
president has abandoned his trip to
Charleston.
Should a turn for the .worse occur the
president is prepared at! a moment's no
tice to go on a special *tra!n.
■ -P
Theodore’s Mother Arrives at Noon.
GROTON. Mass., Feb. B.—Mrs. Roose
velt and maid reached here just after 10
o’clock today. i,' .'
At the school Mrs. Roosevelt was re-,
celved by President Peafebdy and a few
moments afjer was at her boy's bedside.
Subsequently an attempt was made to
obtain from Mrs. Roosevelt a statement
for publication regardliw the illness of
young Theodore, but titrough President
Peabody she declined tojfaepart from the
course approved 'president Roose
velt. According to thia flan all informa
tion concerning the lad I condition will
be transmitted to Pres dent Rooevelt,
who will determine Wks i news shall be
given to the public.
Charleston Sorry He Can’t Come.
CHARLESTON, 8. 'C I Feb. 8,-The
greatest disappointment i felt in all cir
cles here at the abftr lonment of the
president's trip to Chari wton.
Arrangements had bee made for a
splendid reception and everybody was
looking to the occasion t R the great day
of the exposition. Ever; thing will have
to be called off as the president was the
feature of the programi and the only'
feature practically of occasion.
Atlantians Go to Charleston.
Governor Candler, accompanied by about
20 of his staff, a number of maids of hon
or, several of the statehdiuse officials and
with the Gate City Guard as an escort,
left- the city yesterday afternoon at 3:IU
o’clock via the Goprgfn. railroad for
Charleston, where !>e Wiltbe the guest of
that city today and tomorrow.
SHOTHUSBAND
TO SAVE LIFE
OF SON
DRUNKEN POLICEMAN ATTACKS
SON WHEN STEP-MOTHER
FIRES FATAL
, SHOT.
James M. Duncan, an Atlanta police
man, was shot and fatally wounded about
7:3i) o’clock Saturday night by his wife at
their boarding house, No. 51 North For
syth street.
From the testimony of eye-witnesses it
appears that Duncan, who had been on a
protracted spree, was very drunk and
abusive of his wife, when his 20-year-old
son, Charles Duncan, remonstrated with
his father, which so enraged the latter
that he attacked his son. knocking him
down and attempting to draw a pistol.
In the scuffle the father and son fell
qver a child’s bed, the latter being on
top and choking his son. Mrs. Duncan
says that, believing her husband would
shoot his son and afterwards herself,
grabbed a pistol from the young man's
back pocket and lired at ner husband
. the bullet entering his brain. Mrs. Dun
can claims that she did not snoot to kill,
but seized the weapon to save the young
man’s life.
Duncan had been on a protracted spree
and was said to have been drunk at the
time of the shooting. He threatened to
kill his wife because she remonstrated
with him about drinking.
, Mrs. Duncan is a tall brunette about 30
years of age. She is a daughter of the
late A. M. Eady, of West Point, Ga. Her
father was quite wealthy and left her con
siderable property in her own name. She
was divorced from her first husband, and
married Duncan on the day she was
granted a divorce.
PRISONERS BREAK
JAIL AT REIDSVILLE
REIDSVILLE. Ga.. Feb. 6.—Four negro
prisoners. Bob Gamble, charged with at
tempted criminal assault: Richard Speed.
Josh Corbett and Bob Carter, minor
crimes, escaped from the Tattnall county
Jail last night.
Two bars of the cell were cut and a hole
picked through the brick wall. Sheriff
Brewton offers a reward of 825 each for
the escaped prisoners, and is in pursuit
'with a posse.
oomST
ROBBEO OF SIO,OOO
ACWORTH. Ga., Feb. 9.—The safe
blowers got in their work here this morn
ing.
About 2 o'clock the safe of the Lemon
Banking company was blown and about
$5.0(0 In gold and currency, a $5,000 Geor
gia state bond and a large amount of
stock certificates were taken. This loss
'alts bravtlv on the bank and community,
WOMAN CONFESSES
TO MURDER AND
ROJBERY
SAYS HER MALE COMPANIONS
THREW AGED MAN INTO RIV
ER TO GET HIS
MONEY.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. S.-Rhoda Taylor
made a written confession to the police
of Argentine, Kas., across the river from
here, today, that Noah Long, the aged
stonemason who disappeared mysteriously
from his home there a week ago today,
had been robbed and his body thrown into
the Kaw river. Long was an old soldier,
and had drawn 8210 pension money from
the bank on Thursday last. He visited a
saloon in Argentine that night, which
was the last time he had been seen. To
day the police are searching for the body
in the river, which, except at the place
where It is alleged he was thrown in, is
covered with thick ice.
According to tne woman's confession,
Henry Donohue and u antes Gon were
with her and Long at Donohue’s house
on the Thursday night Long disappeared.
Donohue, she asserts, taunted her with
not being able to secure the money from
Long. During the evening, she declared,
the men robbed Long and compelled her
to start with him across a bridge over
the Kaw. While in the middle of the
bridge the men, she asserts, caught up
with them, held Lorfg and ordered her
to hurry on and not turn back. A mo
ment later she heard a splash, she says,
and knew they had thrown Long into
the water.
Donohue, Dave Moran, a nephew of the
missing man, and the Taylor woman were
arrested on Tuesday last and Goff was
taken today after she had made the con
fession.
Last night Moran attempted to commit
suicide. The nature of the charge against
Moran is not known.
On the . day before Long disappeared
Argentine was furnished another mys
tery in the finding in his hut of the dead
body of Thomas Carroll, sixty-five years
old. Who had lived alone for years. He
was known to have considerable money
and woun<js on his head made it appear
that he had been murdered by robbers.
No clue to his assailants has been found
MANY
FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE
The United States civil service commis
sion announces several special examina
tions which will be held on February 18,
February 26 and 27 and March 4 and 5
In Atlanta.
Ine examinations on February 18 will
be for the position of interpreter. Slav
enlsh, Croaton and Italian in the immi
gration service: interpreter Arabic. Ital
ian and French and for the position of
industrial teacher, female, in the Indian
service.
On February 28 the examination will
be for tbe positions of assistant In path
ology and assistant Ift phy»ielegy in the
bureau of plant industry, department of
agriculture. The examination on the fol
lowing day will be for the position of
meat inspector, bureau of animal indus
try, department of agriculture.
Examinations for the positions of
trainmaster in the quartermaster’s de
partment at large, and seed laboratory
assistant will be held on March 4: those
for local and assistant inspector of hulls
in the steamboat inspection service and
machine designer on March 4 and 5 and
one for the position of steam engineer
Jn the quartermaster’s department at
large on March 5.
CHERRY-TREE FRAUD
BINDS OVER FIVE
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Feb. B.—As a re
sult of a lengthy preliminary hearing nt
Rutherfordton, N. C.: W. H. Hester. H.
T. Clower, C. D. Wilkie, G. L. Rollins
and C. F. Geer, were bound to the Char
lotte federal court In $1,030 each for al
leged participation in the famous Antos
Owens cherry tree fraud.
The charge Is fraudulent use of the
malls. This makes 11 defendants who
have been placed under bond.
$1 tWO FIHE
II ELBERTON
ELBERTON. Ga.. Feb. 9.—Fire broke
out In the heart of the business section
of this city at an early hour this morning,
and before the flames were choked over
SIOO,OCO had gone up In smoke.
Today'two of the main business blocks
of the city are in ruins, a lot of smoking
timbers and tottering walls being all that
Is left.
The loss is esi.mated at $104,500. Os this
less than half was covered by Insurance,
the total amount of Insurance on the
burned buildings ahd stocks amounting
to only $41,750.
Hon. T. M. Swift was the heaviest loser,
not being protected by insurance at all. •
WILL HXSTAfEFATR -
DATE NEXT WEDNESDAY
A meeting of the executive committee
of the State Agricultural society will be
held at the Kimball house next Wednes
day for the purpose of naming the place
where the next state fair Is to be held.
Savannah and Valdosta are bidders for
the next fair, and It is expected that
there will be a lively fight between the
two towns for the honor.
Hon. Dudley M. Hughes, of Danville,
the new president electee! at the Thom
asville meeting last summer, will be In
stalled here Wednesday.
BURGLARS BEATEN BACK
BY BULLETS FROM BANK
LANCASTER, Pa„ Feb. S.-Early to
day an attempt was made to rob the Gap
National Bank, at Gap, Pa„ sixteen miles
east of this city, ending in a lively ex
change of shots between the town
watchman, David Stamix, and the burg
lars.
Stamix heard an exp.osion In the di
rection of the bank, and upon proceed
ing there, found three or four men stand
ing in front of the bantc building. He
was promptly ordered to hold up his
hands.
Stamix opened Are on the burglars,
wounding ona. as there was blood marks
where they Mtl been standing,
PATERSON, N. J., SWEPT
BY $10,000,000 FIRE
BROOKS ENTERTAINED
By THE RED MEN
w
DISTINGUISHED OFFICIAL OF OR
DER MAKES ADDRESS TO AT
LANTA TRIBES.
The Red Men had a gala day Friday
In the entertainment of Wilson Brooks,
of Chicago, the great chief of records of
the United States. The tribes of Atlanta
entertained the distinguished official with
marked attention. The celebration of the
day took place that evening in the wig
wam of the Mohawk tribe, where many
Red Men of the city were present.
Mr. Brooks made a speech here in which
he told some Interesting things regard
ing the order, and* held the attention of
the meml'ers closely. Speeches were also
made by leading great chiefs of Georgia
and prominent sachems of the Atlanta
tribes.
At 10 o'clock the meeting adjourned and
the great chiefs of Georgia and the great
sachems of Atlanta tribes, with other vis
iting officials, accompanied Mr. Brooks to
Folsom's, where a smoker’ was engaged
in for several hours. The repast was a
delightful one and greatly enjoyed by
those present. During cigars several short
talks were made and much delightful
pleasantry passqd.
Mr. Brooks is now en route to Da?-
tonia, Fla., where he goes to attend a
meeting of the great council of that state.
ELEMMSfED
IN SILDUIS FIRE
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9.—An early morning
fire, which destroyed the Empire hotel, a
large thrre-story lodging house at 2700
and 2702 Olive street, occupied by men
exclusively, caused the death of eleven
persons, ten men and one woman, and
dangerously Injured eight others. Ten or
more who had narrow escapes from death
in the fire were more or less injured by
being frost-bitten. It is estimated that
there were between thirty-five and forty
persons in the building last night, and it
is believed all have been accounted for.
Twenty thousand dollars it is thought will
cover damage to buildings and contents
which were totally destroyed.
BABY THROWN FROM
■ '."'T WINDOW BY WOMAN
SWAINSBORO. Oa., Feb. B.—Wednesday
night Anna Grubb, a negro woman,
threw a one-month-old white child out
of the window of a passenger coach at
Monte, on the Millen and Southwestern
railroad, in this county. The child was
found dead Thursday morning with ugly
gashes on its head and face and saturat
ed in blood.
The negro woman went to Millen on
the late train Wednesday night, after
she committed the crime. She was yes
terday apprehended by Sheriff Flanders
at Adrian, brought to Swainsboro and
placed tn Jail.
The woman says that a gyp»y woman
gave her the child to keep, but it is
said this is not true, that a white woman
was seen to go to the house of the negro
several days ago with the child and leave
it. The identity of the white woman is
unknown and nothing can be learned
concerning her or her whereabouts.
VALDOSTA NOMINATES
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
VALDOSTA, Ga.. Feb. B.—Valdosta’s
white primary yesterday developed a good
deal of interest, though the outlook was
for a very quiet election. Valdosta origi
nated the white primary about 10 years
agp and with it came a syst*m which
forbids any man offering himself a candi
date for municipal offlce. His friends
usually do the canvassing and he is liter
ally drafted and put in office -if he gets
enough votes.
The primary resulted in the nomination
of C. R. Ashly for mayor and M. R. Ous-
Iqy, W. D. Peeples, L. E. Brown, O. K.
Jones, J. M. Harvey and T. M. Cook for
aidermen.
H. M. ATKINSOiTELECf ED
DIRECTOR IN BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 6.—At the
annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company directors. were chosen as fol
fows:
B. F. Roden, A. M. Shook, H. M. At
kinson. J. K. Newman, Nat Baxter. W. H.
Kettig, G. B. McCormack. N. E. Barker,
M. V. Joseph, R. H. Pearson, Gordon Ab
bott. Robert Jemison, S. H. March and
George H. Davis. The directors met and
re-elected the old officers, as follows:
Robert Jemison, president; William A.
Walker, vice president; J. P. Ross, sec
retary; G. O. Simpson, treasurer; George
H. Davis, general manager.
WEST SENDS WHEAT
- DIRECT TO STOCKHOLM
PORTLAND. Orc.. Feb. 6.—The steam
ship Matfida. has been chartered by Kerr,
Gifford & Co., of this city, to carry 6,000
tons of choice milling wheat from Tacoma
direct to Stockholm. This will be the first
shipment of wheat from the northwest di
rect to Sweden.
The robbers returned the fire, Stamix
backing away toward the home of the
cashier, with the view of getting assist
ance.
When the shooting began two or three
other men ran out of the bank building
and. joining their comrades, disappeared
in the darkness. The men had made an
ineffectual effort to enter the front of
the vault, and then attacked the rear
end.
One of the supposed bank robbers,
whose wound was dressed at Glen, was
subsequently arrested at Parkersburg.
He was brought to Lancaster this after
npon. Ho had a bad wound in the tace.
Electric Wire Starts Blaze
That Feeds For Nearly
24 Hours On City’s
Finest Buildings.
P.ATERSON, N. J.. Feb. 10.—Tottering
walls, desolated blocks and ash-strewn
territory making the site of the business
portion of Paterson is the only vestige
left by the conflagration of yesterday
that almost obliterated the city from the
map.
The loss today Is not materially changed
from the figures of yesterday—slo,C6o.ooo.
The total insurance is as yet unknown.
The fire was complete in its destructive
fury; Offlce buildings, city and county
buildings, churches and educational insti
tutions fell like chaff before the great
wave of smoke and flame that rushed tn
riotous fashion across acres of populated
territory. •
Hundreds are roaming the streets of the
today without homes and thousands
are without jobs. Unless there is instan
taneous relief for this army of outcasts
and' unemployed, there will be suffering
grievous and hard to hear
The unsheltered and unprovided for are
now being looked after as fast as funds
can be raised for their necessities. Pat
erson will not make appeal for outside
help and is at work raising what funds ‘
are needed.
The Are alarm came upon the city Sat
urday night while it slept. The flames
were fed by buildings of Inflammable ma
terial and were driven in fury by a north
erly gale.
Appeals for aid were quickly made to ail
cities in reach when it was known that
the fire was beyond the control of the
Paterson department. Engines and hose
reels came on special trains, but the Are
was fastened to buildings covering sev
eral blocks and it seemed Impossible to
stay their progress.
During the fire, wheih lasted until day
break Sunday morning, the city was in
total darkness, as the electric light wires
were cut off By the flames.
Many explosions and the crash of tall
walls came thick and fast and death was
imminent momentarily.
The area as destruction foots up, rough
ly, twenty-five city blocks.
From Main street to Paterson street,
between Van Houten and Market streets,
there Is but little left. On the block
bounded by Main, Elllsop. Washington
and Market streets not a single building,
excepting that of the Paterson savings
institution, stands. All along the west
side of Main street property is wiped odt
and on the east side also from Market to
Van Houten streets.
Along the south side of Broadway, be
tween Washington and Church streets,
great damage has been done.
Van Houten street is reduced to smold
ering debris, so far as buildings are con
cerned, for some distance.
ElHson street suffered from the neigh
borhood of Prospect ztreet. on its north
side, as far as Church street. On tne
south side of this street there is wide
spread ruin from a short distance west
of Main street to the parsonage of the
Second Presbyterian church, near Pater
son 1 street. '
Market street is a pile of ruins from
Main street to the Market street church,
on the north side and on the south side.
Nowhere was the scene of devastation
more marked than north of the Erie rail
road in the v strict bounded by Sixteenth
avenue and Market street. There was
simply nothing but ashes left to tfell that
a busy and populous section of the city
had ever existed-
Church street Is wiped out on its west
side between Ellison and Market streets
as it is on the east side.
It was in its newest and best built
portions that Paterson suffered, though
some of the property now lying in black
ened heaps had an interest which came
with age and usage. The trolley car sta
bles. where the flames began, had In their
time been a skating rink, and also the
scene of politcal rallies and other popular
gatherings. The First Baptist church had
a history all its own. Its origin running
back for a century. The old city hall, used
for a police station, was also a landmark.
Neither the home of John W. Griggs,
ex-attorney general of the United States,
nor that of Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart, wid
ow of Vice President Hobart, was harmed
by the fire, both being well out of its
path.
In the confusion of the day and the
rigorous guarding of the burned districts
at night, it was impossible to locate a
majority of the heavier sufferers. The
estimate of $10,006.00 probably will cover
the destruction broadly and a group of
city officials who went over the city this
evening were Inclined to scale that figure
down to between $7,500,000 and $8,000,000
for actual property losses. Their estimate
made no calculation for loss on account
of suspension of business. A hastily pre
pared and Incomplete list compiled by a
business man tonight gives the following
estimated losses:
City hall, $450,000; First National bank,
$100,000; Second National bank, $60,000;
Paterson National bank, $100,000; Hamil
ton club, $150,000; Katz building, $65,000;
Garden theater, SSO.(K>O; United States ho
tel, '$40,000; public library, $100,000;
Quackenbush & Co., department store,
building and contents, $500,006; First Bap
tist church, structure and furnttute, $75,-
000; Paterson high school, building and
contents, $35,000; old city hall, used for po
lice headquarters, $15,000; the Boston de
partment store, Meyer Bros., proprietors,
building and stock. $800,000; The Evening
News, building and plant. $65,000; Young
Men's Christian association building,
$15,000; Paterson Passaic Gas and Elec
tric company, $25,000; St. Mark church,
building and contents, $27,000; St. Mary
Parochial school, $10,000; Park Aveaue
Baptist church, building and furnishings,
$40,000; St. Joseph German Catholic
church, buildings and furnishings, $56,000;
St. Joseph rectory and furniture, $15,000;
the National Clothing store. Levy Chan
brush & Co., proprietors, building and
stock, $45,000; the Paterson Department
store, D. Sonnenberg, proprietor, building
and stock, $50,000; Schuer & Co., grocers,
building and stock. $50,000; Marshall &
Ball, clothiers, building and stocky $60,000;
Globe Department store, D. Bohm, pro
prietor, building and stock, $55,000; Ste
venson building, $10,000: scent's Drug
store, $25,000; Kinsella's Drug store, $25,-
000; Fuld’s Shoe Store, $15,000; Muzzy
Brothers, hardware, building and con
tents, $15,000; Douglas Shoe Store, $10,000;
Sunday Chronicle, $15,000; Romaine build
ing, $100,000; D. H. Wortendyke & Co..
grocers, $20,000; Jchn Norwood, paints,
$5,000; engine house No. 1, $5,000; Oberg’s
grocery, building and contents, $25,000;
estate of Daniel McArthur, wholesale liq
uors, building and contents, $50,0t0; police
patrol, headquarters, $5,000; L. D. Mi
chaelson. clothier, stock. $25,000; Sorosls
Shoe Store, stock. $10,000; Waldorf Shoe
Store, stock. $10,000; Cogan & Tohuey,
saloon. $10,000: J. Brett, saloon, $10,000;
Hugo Munzer, saloon and wholesale liq
uors, building and contents. $75,000; Bill*
Kane, residence and furniture, Gt'.OOOj
John Mullis, furniture stock, $15,000.
NO. 43.