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HON. JOHN SHERMAN DEAD Aged Statesman Answers Silent Summons of Grim Reaper. NOTABLE CAREER ENDED His IJimiss Is Sincerely Regretted By All, Regardless of Party or Creed—President Issues Proclamation Accord ing Unusual Hon or to Dead. Hon. John Sherman, former repre sentative in ihe bonne fora long term, a member of the senate and twice hobling cabinet positions, died at his residence in Washington City at G:45 o'clock Monday morning in the sev enty-eighth year of his age. His death had been expected for some j davs, and loving friends gave him 1 their unremitting care and attention to the end. The immediate cause of death was described as brain exhaustou, incident to extreme weakness due to old age, and to several attacks of sickness from which Lie has suffered for the past year and a half. Hiuce Saturday afternoon Mr. Sherman had been for the most time unconscious, rallying partially at intervals when some slight nourish ment was given him. Sunday after noon evidences of the approaching end were manifest, and he failed to regain consciousness after <‘l o’clock, passing away peacefully just after dawn broke. Several days ago, realizing the criti cal condition of Mr. Sherman, the members of the household and many relatives sent telegrams to a large number of the family connections throughout the country notifying them of his extreme illness, and some were able to reach there before he died. Most of those who arrived were at the bedside w hen the end came, the uutn ber including Mr. and Mrs. Colgate Hoyt, of New York; Mr. and Sirs. Frank Wiborg, of Cincinnati; Mrs. William K. Otis, of New York city; P. Tecmnsch Sherman, a sou of the late General Sheriuan; Charles M. Sher man, of Chicago, aud Miss Lizzie Sheimau. Others who were at the boil side were Mrs. James MoCallum, the adopt ed daughter, who hail been his con stant attendant, aud her husbaud. General and Mrs. Miles, the latter a niece of Secretary Shonnnu, were at Rie house the greater portion of the day aud evening, but left for their home shortly after midnight. They Mere summoned when it was apparent that the end was near, aud reached the house a few minutes after the ven erable statesman had passed away. Mr. Sherman had not been iu robust health for considerably over a year. In March, 1899, while on a trip to tho French and Spanish West Indies iu company with a relative, Frauk Wiborg, lie suffered a severe attack of pneumauin, which almost proved fatal. The ship ou which they were traveling touched at Santiago, from which place reports tame to the United States that the well-known statesman had succumbed to the dis ease. He rallied, however, and the family accepted tiie offer of the United States government to bring him back to the United States on tho cruiser Chicago, then in the vicinity of Cuba, and he mhs MitV!} landed u" Fortress Monroe, and brought to liis home iu Washing; ton. Ho gained strength', and was strong enough by surattier t ine to vis it bis old boirte in Ohio. The family Coventor < ffoi u ttcuard. Governor Candler, of Georgia, has issued a proclamation offering $l5O reward for the murdorei or murderers of J. M. of Barlow county, who was assassinated by unknown parties ou July Jikl task i XcKINLfcT ROES 10 CANTON. Chiff l.xccutive Mill K cumin lii Oltio I util the November Klodinti In Over. President and Mrs MeKiuley left Washington at 7:45 o’clock Monday night, via the Peuusylvania railroad, for Canton, 0., where they will re main until Mr. McKinley oasis-his vote on November 6th, wlin they will return to Washington Jetty Work Finished. The United Staler j-jtly at tho en trance of tho Ban L“ “go, Ca!., harbor has been completed. About thirty thousand tons of rock have been put iuto the work. ! left early in the summer for the oil ; homestead in Mansfield, Ohio. They 1 were there but a short time when Mrs. : Sherman, whose health had been very j frail, died. This was a severe blow to the secretary, from which he never fully recovered. He remained at Mansfield until the middle of Septem ber, when he returned to Washington. Among Mr. Sherman’s former asso ciates in the senate his demise will be sincerely felt without reference to party. In this field of activity his service had been particularly able and successful. He had served so long that experience added to Ilia natural talents. He was a recognized master of all the great public questions past aud present, and he had at his finger’s end all the array of facts, figures and precedent to give complete elucidation to a subject. He was regarded as a guide, rather thau a party leader, for his conservatism, caution, iuate good judgment aud power of effective exe cution inspired confidence in ar.y line of action which he advised. This was particularly true in later years, when he In 1 1 a leading place in the senate on the questions of finance and foreign affairs. The president was at once informed through the state department of Mr. Sherman’s demise, and the flags ou the public buildings in Washington were lowered at half mast, so to remain un til after the funeral. The president, as a mark of special honor to the de ceased, who was not at the time of bis death connected in any official capac ity with the government of the United States, resorted to the unusual course of personally preparing an expression of the nation’s grief in the shape of a proclamation descriptive of the per sonal qualities and civic abilities of the deceased statesman. At the state department also a mes sage was framed to be transmitted to the United States ambassadors, minis ters aud charges abroad, officially no tifying them of the demise of ex Sec retary Sherman. The department was ordered closed for business during the funeral services, in order to allow the officials aud employees to attend in person. The president was greatly affected by the news. He immediately direct ed tuat the white house be closed to visitors, and tho flag over the execu tive mansion placed at half mast. Af ter ordering some beautiful flowers from the white house conservatory, lie weut iu person to Mr. Sherman’s late residence to express his grief aud offer what consolation he could to the be- reaved family. It is known that Mr. Sherman left a will, but no information as to tho con tents or eveu when it will be probated will be obtainable until after the fit ueral. The president Monday afternoon is sued a proclamation announcing tho death of Mr. Sherman aud paying tribute t> his memory. It says: “Whether in debate during the dark hours of our civil war, or as the direc tor of the country's finances duriug the period of rehabilitation, or as a trusted councillor in framing the nation’s laws for over forty years, or as the exponent of its foreign policy, his course was ever marked by devo tion to the best interests of nis beloved land and by able and conscientious effort to uphold its dignity and honor. ! llis countrymen will long revere his [memory and see in him the lype of I patriotism, the uprightness and the zeal that go to molding aud strength ening a nation.” The proclamation directs that on the day of the funeral the executive offices ;of the United States display the na , lional flag at half mast, and that the j representatives of the United States iu foreign countries shall pay in like l manner appropriate tribute to tho il i lustrums dead for a period of ten days. Hotels In Florida {'pen. An announcement was made Mon day that will interest all the United States, the opening of the winter hotels in Florida. The tourist season be gins with these opening ll and this year will he earlier thau usual. MOSELEY BALKS AT JOB. Koine, Gm., M m ltcaign* V iee-Conullilp to Singapore. Captain A. B. S. Moseley, of Rome, Ga., has resigned his office of vice consul general to Singapore Straits settlements. Captain Moseley was appointed to this position last spring by President McKinley, and expected to leave for his post early this mouth. He received his passport last Monday sigued by ! Secretary of State Hay. The declination of Captain Moseley to serve comes iu the nature of a snr j prise, as the office carries with ft good ! perquisites and is a high honor. MOB LYNCHES TWO. Jainp* Cireer and .lames Callahan Meet Violent l>eal h In I*l ke County 9 <*a. A Macon, Ga , special says: Near the village of Liberty Hill in Pike couuty, Monday Janies Greer and James Callaway, two negro men,while out on a hunting expedition passed a farm house, and fired their guns into it, to the great fright of a youug wo man, the daughter of the house, who was there alone, her parents having been called away from the place. The youDg woman was prostrated with terror but was not injured by the shots. The men of the neighborhood undertook a search and found both Green and Callahan. One of them, under pressure, it is said, stated that they had a grudge against the farmer and had fired into the house hoping to kill him. The negroes were, during the early hours of the night, carried into the woods. They were then plac ed on horseback, ropes tied about their necks and fastened to the limb of a tree. The horses w-ere started aud the negroes left dangling. DIED IN PULPIT. Kov. Dr. Jolin Newton Crmg Succumbs at l*ot of Duty. “When 1 die I want to he at my post of duty in the Master’s work; I waut to die in harness.” These words wore spoken Wednes day by Rev. Dr. John Newton Craig, of Atlanta, in conversation with a friend between the sessions of the Presbyterian synod of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, which is now in convention at the First church in Newport News, Ya. His wish was gratified. He died in harness. The morning session, attended by an audience which filled the church, was brought to an unexpected and tragic close by the sudden death of Dr. Craig, just as he was concluding one of the most remarkable speeches ever heard from this prominent and popular divine. WROX (I-DOERS IN ARMY. Annual Deport of Courtmnrtiat* B\ Gen era! T.eilier, Judge Advocate General. General Leiber, judge advocate gen eral of the array, in his annual report to the secretary of war, says there Mere 6,680 trials by general courtmar tials duriug the past fiscal year, of which number thirty-five were com missioned officers officers, four cadets, 6,618 enlisted men and twenty-three civilians serving with the array. Of the commissioned officers, twenty-five, and of the enlisted men, 6,020, were convicted. A total of 2,588 men were sentenced to dishonorable discharge. Six deaih sentences were imposed, all of which were commuted by the presi dent. COLOR LINE IN CUBA. Very Kilter Keeling Said to Kxit Between Willies mnl Black*. A Santiago dispatch says: The de parture of the provincial delegates to participate iu the proceedings of the forthcoming constitutional convention at Havana caused an immense demon stration Wednesday afternoon. It is estimated that they were escorted to the wharf by upwards of 12,000 per sons, of whom nine-tenths were colored people. The political parties are drawing the color line very closely,and this is causing bitter feeling between the races. • testing; solidity of soil. Government Officer Sent To 1 lisped Sites For Naval Stations. Under direction of tho navy depart ment, Lieutenant Chambers, United States navy department, has begun a series of borings at Charleston, 8. C., to determine the character of the un derlying soil where tho government expects to establish a naval station. The idea has beeu to move the naval station now at Port Royal to Charles ton if it is found that all the condi tions are favorable. farter llea'iug Postponed. The hearing of the habeas corpus case of Oberlin M. Carter, ex-captain of engineers, against Warden Nlc- Cinugbrey, of tho federal prison, through which the ex captain expects to gain his freedom, has been post poned at Leavenworth uutil November 9th. Defaulter Alvord El mitts Police. A New York dispatch says: Corne lius L. Alvord, the defaulting teller of the First Natiouai bank iu the sum of $700,000, had not beeu arrested up to Wednesday noon, and it was said no news had been received of him. FIVE BOYS AT ONE BIRTH. A Negro Woman Fifty-Six Yarn'* Oiil the Mot tier of quintet*. Mary Bailey, a nogress, gave birth to five children, all boys, at her Lome four miles west of Jacksonville, Fla., and is still alive. Tho children died a short while after their birth and un fortunately were not preserved. Dr. Hoyle Haddock, county physi cian, attended the woman, and de scribed the children as weighing about three pounds each. Three of them were well formed, aud Mere joined to gether at tho umbilical cord, similar to the Siamese twins. Tho mother is fifty-six years of age and the father sixty-three. “SWIPED”A FORTUNE National Bank Employe at New York a Heavy Defaulter. .IE STOLE SOMETHING LIKE 5703,031) By Slir.wil Manipulation of Book* He Klitded Detection For a I.nnj Time. Hank Ottlclal* Dumbfounded. • Charles L. Alvord, Jr., note teller of the First National bank of New York city, is a fugitive, and a defaulter io the extent of $700,000. The announcement of the defalca tion, which was made Tuesday after noon, created the utmost excitement in the financial district of the city, but the well known stability of the First National bank and a statement issued by the bank had a quieting ef fect. The statement was as follows: • “The note teller, who has been in the employ of the First National bank for many years, is a defaulter to a large amount. His operations Lave continued for a considerable period, and have been skillfully concealed through a manipulation of his balance book. The discovery Mas made by one of the bank’s employes a few days after the completion of an examination of the bank by the United States ex aminers. Duriug ike continuance of his peculations, periodical examina tions hove been made by several dis tinct corps of examiners representing the comptroller’s department, with ex pert accountants, and the bank has also had frequent independent exam inations, neither of which has devel oped auy irregularity. “The aggregate of the false entries amounting to 3700,000 has been charg ed off on the books of the bank out of the reserve fund, without diminishing the surplus and profits of the bauk as reported in its last published state ment. It is expected that the short age will be materially reduced by a substantial sum, of which there is fair prospect of recovery.” Alvord bad beeu with the bank for twenty years, and was one of the most trusted men in the institution. His stealings extended over a long period, but no suspicion of the truth Mas kuown until ten days ago, when he sent w'ord that he was ill at his home. After he bad been away for a day or two, the bank put experts at work and some irregularities were found. As the experts delved deeper and deeper into Alvord’s books the extent of the robbery begau to dawu on the officers until they were overwhelmed to find that it reached the enormous figure of $700,000. Whether that sum is all he took is not yet known. It has not yet developed how the note teller Mas able to put his hands on so much money. But one of the directors is reported to have said that Alvord was enabled to take such a large sum, because, as note teller, he was iu charge of the mail. This lie opened every morning aud he had am ple opportunity to abstract notes, drafts and checks as well as money. Of course, he had to be especially skillful to make his accounts balance. This director admitted that he was at a loss to account for the failure of the bank examiners to discover Alvord’s irregularities at their last examination. What Alvord did with all the cash is also a mystery as vet, except, as usual in such cases, it is said a large amount of it w ent in stock speculation. YOUTSEY IN FRANKFORT JAIL. Sheriff Snya That Coiulcmnerl Man I? Now Perfectly Ifntieanl. Henry E. I’otiGey was placed iu jail at I'iankfort, Kv., Tuesday, being brought over on his cot. Sheriff Shaft says that Youtsey talked perfectly rational on the trip from Georgetown and seemed to be in good spirits. He walked from the street to the jail un assisted. Youtsey was the last of the suspects who were confined in the Georgetown jail, Caleb Towers, Mho was given life imprisonment, aud Davis, Combs and Whittaker, the others, whose cases were venued there, having beeu re leased on bail. Y'outsey occupies a cell on the third floor of the jail. Jim Howard, who is under deaih sentence, is on the second floor. LI MAY BE LYIXGi. OennHii Foreign OHire That Du plicity Ih Being BractirtMl. A Berlin dispatch says: Discussiug the present stage of the relation be tween the Chinese government aud the powers, a high official of the Ger mau foreign office has made the fol lowing statement: “Before Li Hung Chang can be ac cepted as a negotiator by the powers, his credentials must, of course, be ex amined. So far Earl Li <m various occasions has refused to exhibit them. When Dr. Mutnm von Schwartzeustiea Mas in Sbaughai lie requested Earl Li jto show them. The Chinese states i man leplied evasively.” i Valuable Addition to Food. Linseed meal is a valuable addition to the food of all kind* of stock not excepting poultry it senes to re-u --lato the system, loosens the hide a n <j also to balance the ration, as it is rich in mineral mutter. It is a wholesome food, and is never injurious, which cannot be said of cottonseed meal when fed to swine and young animals. Military Automobiles. 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