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SCHEME IS EXPOSED Sugar Combine Backing. Cnban Reciprocity Measures. GENERAL WOOD IS IMPLICATED Witness Thurber "Lets Cat Out of the Bag" In Testimony Before Sen ate Committee—Disclosures Create 8ensatlon. A Washington special says: Funds •of the military government in Cuba, combined with contributions of sugar trust magnates, have been used In a systematic effort to shape public opin ion In the United States In favor of a reduction of the tariff upon Cuban pro ducts. This remarkable fact was ac knowledged before the senate com mittee of Cuban affairs Wednesday bys F. B. Thurber, who was the leader of the, movement in behalf of Cuban re ciprocity. Mr. Thurber, who is presi dent of wbat Is known as the United States Export Association and who has claimed that his only Interest in Cuba was as a member of that association and 'nn American merchant, was forced under cross-examination of Senator' Teller to acknowledge that he has been in the employment of the Cuban government. It has all the time been claimed by advocates of the bill that the vast amount of literature in favor of a re duction of the tariffs upon the pro ducts of Cuba had been paid for by the Cuban planters. Several efforts have been made to get Mr. Thurber beforo the committee which is investigating the Cuban sugar situation, but it was not until Senator Teller had threatened to demand of the senate that he be brought upon warrant that be appeared to testify. Senator Teller, who is forcing the fight for the democratic sugar growers, sprung a surprise upon the other n:em- bes of the committee and upon Mr. Thurber by producing a copy ojf a voucher which shows bis receipt for 12,800 paid him by the United States military government of the island of Cuba. Mr. Thurber was forced to ac knowledge that three other bills simi lar to this had been rendered by him and that all had been paid. Senator Teller stuck his probe in deeper and iorced from Mr. Thurber the further acknowledgement that he had received $2,500 from Mr. Havemeyer, of the su gar trust, and lie thought that $20,000 worth of literature had been circulated in the interest of Cuba in the United States. This was paid for largely by the sugar trust and the military gov ernment. These, disclosures have proved the greatest sensation since the Cuban in vestigation began. It Is the general belief that the resulfwill be disastrous to the reciprocity bill. Senators who have opposed the bill regard the ac knowledgment of sugar trust support as proof of all they have claimed about the sugar trust being the chief bene ilctary of the proposed reduction upon raw sugar. They strongly critl else the use of the money of the Cuban military government and Oeneral Wood comes in for a fair share of the criticism. Senator Teller and his associates say they are but Just at the beginning -of the investigation and claim they will be able to show that some of the officials of this government who have been most active In behalf of the re ciprocity bill have acquired Interests In sugar plantations in Cuba under the belief that they would be benefited by the legislation. The house committee on military af fairs refuted the other day to report Mr. Bartlett's resolution calling for such figures, although General Wood was quoted as favoring their produc tion. Senator Culberson introduced a similar resolution Wednesday, and it 1s believed that the democrats and beet sugar republicans wilt be able to force Its adoption. Standard Telephone Company, at At lanta, Ga., Defaults and Gets Into the Courts, A bill for receiver for the Atlanta Standard Telephone Company was filed in the United States court in that city Tuesday morning by attorneys representing the Citv Trust, Safe De posit and Surety Company, of Phila delphia, • The bill was presented to Judge Newman and he appointed C. J. Sim mons and Otto C. Wolf receivers. They are required *to give bond in the sum of 820,000 within five days. They are authorized and directed to continue the business. The bill alleges that on December 20, 1899, the defendant company exe cuted a series of bonds aggregating $600,000 and to secure the bonds a deed of trust and mortgage was exe cuted and the complainant was named aB trustee. The bill further alleges that the de fendant company defaulted in the pay ment of interest on some of the bonds due-April 15, 1900, October 16, 1900, April 16, 1901, October 15, 1901, April 15, 1902; that the interest so in de fault amounts to about $75,000. It states that the defaults and interest have occurred for more than six months and that the complainant as trustee in pursuance of the power vest ed in it by the deed of trust, declares the whole principal and interest due. The bill also alleges that the company Is In default for state, county and mu nicipal taxes for the year 19U1. . NOVEL PROVISION OF WILL. Departed Judge Urge* Sons to Fight For Their Country. The will of the late Judge John D- Crabtree, of the appellate court of Illi nois district, has been filed for pro- bate. After dividing his personal prop erty and real estate, amounting to $200,090. among his eight children, he says: "Enjoin upon my son John, and ah of my sons, that should the occasion arise (which God forbid) when oui country requires their service, tha: they be as ready to devote their Uvea to her defense as tbV father was in the dark days of 1961 irod 1365." IN RECEIVER’S HANDS. WARRIOR8 AT WE8T POINT. . Centennial Celebration of Unde 8am’s World.Famed Military Academy. The centennial anniversary exer cises of the establishment of the Uni-, ted States military academy at West Point, N. Y., began Monday for a four days' session. Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles arrived during the day and was hon ored with a salute. In the afternoon the graduates assembled in Thayer HgU, where General John M. Schofield, of the class of. 1848, president of the association of graduates, delivered an' address. At the conclusion of General Scho field’s address, the band played “Tent ing on the Old Camp Ground," after which General Thomas J. Wood, class of 1845,.a veteran of the Mexican war, delivered an address in which he al luded to incidents of that memorable period. General Wood was greeted with continued applause after he had finished and the band struck up "Ben ny Havens.” Then followed addresses by General T. H. Ruger, class of 1854 (union) and General E. Porter Alex ander, class of 1857 (confederate.) Af ter the address of General Ruger the band played “Rally Round the Flag,” and “Dixie” after that of General Alex ander. The next speaker was Major E. J. McClernand, of the class of 1870. Monday night there was a grand il lumination followed by a reception at Memorial hall by General and Mrs Schofield and Colonel and Mrs. Mills. The officers elected were the same as last year, with General Schofield president. PEN8ION 8CHEME A FRAUD. Two German Warships Hurried to a Venezuelan Port. KAISER’S OLD DAMAGE CLAIM Mississippi Negro-* Exposes Alleged Bare-Faced Swindling Game. A dispatch from Jackson, Miss., says: E. E. Cage, a prominent negro citizen of Claiborne county, has raised a lusty protest against the National Industrial Council, which was organ ized,in Jackson last July. He claims that the council is levying an assess ment on Ignorant negroes to defray the expenses of so-called ex-slave pension legislation now pending before con gress. and warns all members of his race not to permit the ten and twenty- five assessments now being made for fraudulent certificates. The negroes of Mississippi during the past few years have been mulcted of thousands of dollars by the ex-alave pension scheme, and It seems impossi ble to convince a large majority of the members of the race that it would be an absolute Impossibility to get such legislation through congress. A QUERRY FOR ROOT. War Secretary Asked to Explain Dis missal of Miss Taylor. Representative Bhallenberger, of Ne braska, a member of the bouse com mittee on civil service reform, intro duced a resolution Tuesday requesting the secretary of war to communicate to the house “the causes and reasons lor the dismissal of Rebecca J. Taylor frgm her position' in the classified ser vice of the war department.’ Miss Taylor is the clerk dismissed by the war department for criticising the president in connection with the administration ot Philippine affairs. BILL DEMANDS PAY It Is Not Thought that Uncle 8am Will Raise Any Objection to Blockade of Venezuelan Ports Under Certain Conditions. A special from SL Thomas, Danish West Indies, states that' the German cruiser Falke sailed for La Guayra, Venezuela Monday, and the German cruiser Gazelle sailed for the same port Tuesday under hurried orders from Berlin. Washington In the Dark. In the absence of any official advices on the Subject, the officials in Wash ington are In the d*Jk as to the rea sons for the hurried departure of Ger man warships for Venezuela, as re ported in the St. Thomas dispatch. Germany has a big claim against Venezuela, approximating 6,000,000 Boliveres. One inference—there is no official information—Is that Germany has sent her vessels to La Guayra to enforce the payment of the claim, as Venezuela has not attempted to meet the obligation. The diplomatic correspondence of the state department shows that Ger many has considered the question of coercion in connection with the pay ment of the claim. A communication from the German embassy of Decem ber 20 last has this to say on the sub ject: In case the German government should be obliged to use coercion against Venezuela in connection with the pending claims it will have to be considered what kind of measures shout be adopted. The most important measure of coercion—'that is the block ade of Venezuelan harbors—would have to be carried through without a declaration of war preceding it. A b’lockade, therefore, would be a peace blockade. Such a blockade would touch likewise the ships of neutral powers, inasmuch as such ships, al though a confiscation of them would not have to be considered, would have to be turned away and prohibited until the blockade should be raised. In the same manner European states have proceeded on such occasions,- espejiah ly England and France.” It Is not believed that the United States government would raise any ob jection should Germany undertake the blockade of Venezuelan ports to col lect the claim of the Berlin company, as the president In his last message to congress made the following observa tion on the Monroe doctrine: “We do not guarantee any state against pun ishment if it misconducts itself, pro vided that punishment does not take the form of the acquisition of territory by any non-American power.” PANAMA WILL WIN. Hanna Claims to Have Enough Votes to Insure His Choice. Senator Hanna and the other advo cates of Panama for the American ca nal are claiming enough votes in the senate to win. They have a powerful lobby with all the money they need and their claims may be verified. They expect to pass the Spooner substitute, which authorizes the presi dent to buy the Ps.nama canal, it the titles are clear. This means an end less delay in looking up titles, and probably no canal at all. They are claiming forty-five votes, including several southern democrats. Husband is in Jail. John Bailey, the husband of the aged woman found murdered In her home near Harrlman, Tenn., on Sun day, was arrested last Monday, togeth er with Willie Bailey,, the dead wo man’s 17-year-old nephew. .The negro servant arrested Sunday is in Jail at Kingston, and other arrests will fol low. ROOSEVELT AND HANNA CIA53. The Political Rupture at Cleveland, Ohio, Threatens a Serious Re publican Breach. A Washington special says: Presi dent Roosevelt and the chairman,of the republican national committee, Senator Hanna, have practically sev ered the cordial relations which have existed between them since Roosevelt became president. Their quarrel is the result of charges filed against federal officers in Cleve land. Ohio, by Representative Burton, of that districts The president is determined to in vestigate. Senator Hanna is strongly opposed to such a course. Friends of both say a serious break is threatened; Burton, who is one of the strongest republicans in congress, has refused to stand for renomination because his choice tor chairman of the Cleveland republican district commit tee, Paul Howland, was ignored. He filed with Roosevelt charges of per nicious political activity against four federal office holders, who are Hanna’s men. Mr. Roosevelt was very Auch sur prised and impressed by the formal charges, but promised no action at the time. He sent for Senator Hanna and asked him if the four men- were guilty. Senator Hanna replied that he had grave doubts about it. The president said he was inclined to investigate and the senator urged him strongly not to do so, insisting that it was not a viola tion of orders for federal officeholders of that class to Interest themselves in politics. The conference lasted an hour' and broke up with the president resolved to bring an investigation. In spite of the wishes of Senator Hanna. There is no telling where the Roose- velt-Hanna split may end. Republi cans regard it as a very dangerous breach. This particular difference may not be the beginning of the end of their pleasant relationship, but a good many republicans fear it may be the en tering wedge that will precipitate a se rious factional fight. Judge Burton has gone to Warhi Springs, Va., for a rest Advices from there tell of a host of telegrams from Cleveland urging him to reconsider his determination to retire from congress, and it is said that Mr. Abel, whose ele vation to the chairmanship has caused the trouble, has gone to see Judge Bur ton to try to smooth things over. CONVICT8 8LAY GUARDS. DEMOCRATS OF ARKANSAS. Meet in Little Rock, Name Ticket and -Reaffirm Kansas City Platform. The feature of the Arkansas demo cratic state convention, which opened at Little Rock Tuesday, was the ova : t!on to former Governor Tames P. Clarke, who was declared by the con vention to be the democratic nominee tor United States senator to succeed James K. Jones. A state ticket, excepting *govemor, was nominated and the Kansas City platform reaffirmed until supplanted by action iof a succeeding national con vention. Desperate Prisoners, With Rifles, Es cape from Oregon Pen. A special from Salem, Oregon, says: Two desperate prisoners—Harry Tra cy, sentenced to twenty years, and David Merrill, a thirteen-year man- serving sentences for assault and rob bery, committed in Multoonah county, escaped from the penitentiary Monday after killing three guards—Frank Fer rell, shop guard; S. R. Jones and Ben Tiffany, fencemen. The prisoners employed In the foun dry were marched to work at 7 o’clock and bad entered the molding room with Shop Guard Ferrell inside and Guard Stapleton In an adjoining room. Without warning Tracy and Merrill appeared with rifles. Tracy aimed at Ferrell, when Ingram, a life prisoner, attempted to reach and disarm Tracy. Instantly Merrill shot Ingram and Tracy shot Ferrell, the latter dying al most instantly. Traey and Merrill scaled the wall near the northeast cor ner stockade by a ladder. From out side the wall Guard Jcnes was shot twice and killed. Tiffany was also shot and he dropped from the fence, engaging the fugitives in a fight. His gun was soon empty, and he was taken by the convicts and used as a shield while they made for the timber. When out of range of the prison they stopped and deliberately killed Tiffany, then escaping into the timber. A' large force of armed men started immediate ly in pursuit. ANTI-ANARCHY BILL PASSED. MORGAN IN EFFIGY Is Burned by Angry Miners ,at | “ Wilkesbarre, Pa. RANKS OF STRIKERS SWELLED; Measure for Protection of President Gets a Large Majority Vote. The house Monday passed the bill to protect the president, vice president, members of the cabinet and foreign ministers and ambassadors and to sup press the teaching of anarchy by a vote of 175 to 38. The negative vptes were: Adamson, Bartlett, Brantley, Brundldge, Burle son, Candler, Cooper of Texas, Crea mer, DeArmond, Dlnsmore, Finley, Fox, Glenn Henry of Mississippi, Hooker. Howard. Johnson, Jones of Virginia. Claude Kitchen, W. W. Kitch- in, Kleberg, Lanham, Lester, Lewis of Georgia. Little, Loud, McCulloch, Mc Lain, Maddox, Nevil e, Patterson of Tennessee, Randell, Reid, Scarbor ough, Shackleford, Spight, Stephens of Texas and Underwood. With Virginia Coal. Diggers Out the V Total Army of Idle Men Is in creased to Approximately 170,000. A special from Wilkesbarre, Pa., says: The hanging In effigy of J- Pierpont Morgan in one of the streets. of South Wllkc-rbarre by a crowd of men and boys was the only incident, to mar the sllbuess of the Wyoming Valley bniuritay morning. After the effigy had keen hanged the crowd cheered and pelted the object with stones until the police came along and. dispersed the throng. All the mining towns surrounding the city are very quiet. The news frob Washington that ■ President - Roosevelt could not find his way clear to effecting peace between the miners and operators was received with gen uine disappointment. It had been been strongly that the president would be able to find some means of opening up a way to peace. Saturday marked the end of the fourth week of the total suspension of c.ial mining and the miners aad their employers are farther apart than ever. Virginia Miners Out. The soft coal miners of the two Vir ginias. 20,000 strong, struck Saturday u> enforce their demands against the operators. All business in the mine region is tied up, and in a few days the stagnation will be complete. With approximately 150,000 men out in the an thracite region, the strike In the two Virginias makes an army of 170,000 miners battling for better con ditions. Roosevelt Confers With Hanna. A Washington special says: Sat urday the president had a long confer ence at the white house with Sena- Hanna on the coal strike. The presl- deut conveyed to Mr. Hanna the-idea that he would very much like to do something toward setting the coal strike. Nothing definite, however, was decided upon. The presidedvUitftejJgjgfifc. for Carroll D. Wright, the commission er of labor, to get his views on the sit uation, and also as to what might prop erly be done by the government look ing to a settlement of the controversy. It Is probable that other conferences will be held and the president kept ad vised of the situation. He will be In readiress at any time to extend aid If It Is found that he can be of service In settling the differences that exist be tween the operators and the miners. REVOLVERS, KNIVES AND CLUBS. Wielded Promiscuously In West Vir- ginla Republican Convention. Telegrams from West Virginia tell of bloodshed and desperate fighting between the factions of the republican party of that state over the senatorial contest. Senator Scott, who Is vice chairman of he republican national committee, is being bitterly opposed for re-election by Colonel J. L. Cald well, a millionaire republican of Hunt ington. There have been many clashes between supporters of the two men, the worst of all occurring at the sixth district senatorial convention at Welch Saturday. Revolvers, knives, clubs and other weapons were used during the progress of the convention’s delibera tions, and as a result Colonel J. M. Fuller, one of the wealthiest and most Influential citizens of Wayne county lies at a hotel probably fatally Injured, and a dozen more persons have black eyes and sore heads. The trouble came about over the se lection of a chairman of the conven tion. Boers Anxious to Return Home. The twenty-seven Boer refugees In Denver, Col., have formulated an ap peal to the British ambassador at Washington relative to their return to South Africa. CHURCH 8HOWED RESENTMENT. Arkansas Governor Tsken Into the Fold by His Home People. Governor Jefferson Davis, of Arkan sas. accepted the invitation of the Baptist church of Russellville, his home, and Joined that chnrch Sunday. The governor's friends claim that this is a vindication of him by his homo people against the action of the Sec ond Baptist church of Little Rock, In withdrawing fellowship from him. It Is alleged by the governor’s friends that th eactlon taken by the Little Rock church was the result of resent- ment for the part he took to the raco for United States senator.