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The Jones County News
M, U GREENE PUBLISHER,
FIRST BLOOD DRAWN
Britons and Germans B mbard
Venzuelan Fort.
CASTRO NOW SHOUTS DEFIANCE
Flatly Refuses to Accept Ultimatums.
News of Bombardment Excites
Washington Officials—Means
Flagrant War.
A special of Saturday from Caracas
says: President Castro and the Vene¬
zuelan government have flatly refused
to accept the ultimatums of Germany
and Great Britain, His defiance
means war.
A special from Puerto Cabello,
Venezuela, under date of December
13th stated the British cruiser Chary -
bdis and the German cruiser Vineta
bombarded the fortress there at 5
o’clock Saturday afternoon and quick¬
ly silenced it. The 1 borbardment last¬
ed forty-five minutes. The fortress is
composed of Fort Solano and the Cas¬
tle Libertador. Alter the firing ceas¬
ed, tho Charybdis sent, marines to oc¬
cupy the castle. The fortress was al¬
most demolished. Three persons kill¬
ed by the shelling.
At 7 o’clock Saturday morning the
Charybdis and Vineta arrived there,
searching for Venezuelan gunboats.
The two cruisers sent their boats into
the inner port, but finding no gun¬
boats the boats were returned. The
captain of tho British merchant steam¬
er Topaze, which was seized by the
mob last Wednesday, then visit¬
ed the British commodore, on board
the Charybdis, and lodged a protest
against the violation of iiis ship. The
British captain returned an hour later
with a detachment of fifty marines,
who took charge of the Topaze. The
populace was greatly excited at this
incident and raised the cry, “To
arms!” but there was no disorder.
The British commodore then sent a
■message to the authorities at Puerto
Cabello, demanding immediate satis¬
faction for the action of the mol) in
having hauled down the British flag
from the Topaze, saying that if this
satisfaction was not forthcoming in
two hours, at 5 o’clock, the fortress
and tho custom house would be bom¬
barded.
At a quarter before 5 a reply was
received from President Castro, who
authorized the fhief. official to
give the British commodore ample
satisfaction. 'Before this answer could
be communicated to the American
consul the hour stipulated for its re¬
ceipt had arrived; the cruisers inline
diately opened fire on tho fortress.
The fire was returned from Fort So¬
lano and Castle Libertador, but the
Venezuelan guns were soon silenced.
While the firing continued there was
intense excitement. Every house in
town was closed.
T.he News in Washington.
Minister Bowen, in a dispatch re
ceived by the state department Sun¬
day afternoon, cabled that he had
been informed by President ■ Castro
that British and German warships
were bombarding Puerto Cabello.
In an earlier dispatch, received by
the state department at 3:22 o’clock
Sunday morning, Minister Bowen
said that the situation at tho Venezuo-
lan capital, Caracas, was much quiet-
er. The great excitement noted at the
outset of the affair, he said, was
caused by the precipitate flight of the
British and German ministers, the ar-
rest of all the subjects of those two
nations and the seizure of the Vene-
zuelan gunboat withoiu first declaring
a blockade, thus causing the people to
fear a bombardment would follow at
once.
The act of bombardment means
flagrant war, even if the forts at Puer¬
to Cabello had not returned the fire.
Great Britain and Germany have thus
given plain notice to the United
States that there is war, and pyobably
fired on the fortifications at Puerto
Cabello to provoke it. It is not con-
ceivable how Germany can now justi-
fy her original intimation that it was
proposed to establish a peaceful block¬
ade.
FOUR DYNAMITE VICTIMS.
Fatal Explosion in Cca! Pit at South
V/ilkesbarre, Pa.
Four men were killed and several
injured, one probably fatally, by the
explosion of a box of dynamite in No.
5 mine of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
Coal Company at South Wilkesbarre,
Pa., Tuesday.
Tho men had lowered into the shaft,
which is 110 feet deep, a box of dyna-
mite weighing 50 pounds. When the
bottom of the shaft was reached one
of the men took the box off the car-
riage It slipped from his hands and
fell to the ground.
COL. PHELPS PASSES AWAY.
Sen of the Late William Walter pheips
co,o»rr»s/S'rf^.»» his
ken, S. C„ Tuesday morning, and
remains will be taken to his home in
New Jersey for interment.
He •was a son of thc late William
Walter phpins and at one time editor
oi The ic-r ev City Journal. A lew
years ago he built a winter cottage in
Aiken,
OFFICIAL TERMS NOW CKANQED.
Georgia Summer Legislative Sessions
Bill Expected to Result In Various
Complications and Tangles.
Georgia legislators will hereafter
moot in Atlanta on the fourth Wednes¬
day in June, instead of the fourth
Wednesday in October, as hds been
the case heretofore. Tho house Fri¬
day morning by a vote of 128 to 35
declined to sustain the veto of Gover¬
nor Terrell, and the senate having
done so on Thursday by a vote of
33 to 3,the bill by Senator Skelton was
declared passed by Speaker Morris,
end the next session of the general
assembly will meet in Atlanta on Wed¬
nesday, June 24, 1903, or within sev¬
en months from the adjournment
winch was held Friday night.
The passage of the bill moans that
the term of Governor Terrell, who
was elected for two years, and the
terms of Comptroller General Wright,
State Treasurer Park, Attorney Gen¬
eral Hart, Prison Commissioners Jo¬
seph Turner, Clement A. Evans,
Thomas Eason, Commissioner of Agri¬
culture O. B. Stevens, Secretary of
State Phil Cook, Supreme Court Jus¬
tices T. J. Simmons. A, J. Cobb, Sam¬
uel Lumpkin, W. H. Fish, A. J. Little
and John S. Candler will be extended
fc a period of eight months, and that
the present legislature will hold
two more sessions of fifty days each,
one in June, 1903, and another in
June, 1904.
The next general election will not
be held until October, 1904, and un¬
der the constitution of the state tile
returns cannot be canvassed until the
session of tho legislature in June,
1905. For that reason the governor
and the other statehouse officers ahd
presumably the judges of the superior
courts and solicitors of those courts
in tlie state must hold until they are
declared elected again, or until their
successors are elected and qualified.
The bill will also change the fiscal
year of the state from September 1st
to June 1st. Everything will be chang¬
ed about considerably under the new
law, but the legislature by a big ma¬
jority thought it was best for the
state, and so decided despite the veto
of the chief executive.
Governor Terrell, when seen shortly
after the passage of the bill over his
veto, said that he would have to begin
scaling the appropriations which had
been made by the legislature, as the
appropriation bill did not take into
consideration that the legislature was
to meet again in June. The ex¬
penses of the general assembly gen¬
erally amount to about $70,000 per ses¬
sion and a deficit will no doubt he
created in the treasury, as the ex¬
penses of the session will have to be
paid from tne money which is now
being paid into the treasury from this
year’s taxation.
When the bill was passed in the
house there was great rejoicing among
the members.
CASTRO BEGS ARBITRATION.
Appeals to United States to Help Ven¬
ezuela Out of Trouble .
A cablegram received at the state
department Friday from Minister Bow¬
en, at Caracas, states that the Vene¬
zuelan government has requested him
to propose to Great Britain and Ger¬
many that the difficulties arising out
of the claims for alleged damages and
injuries to British and German sub¬
jects during the civil war be submit.-
te(] t0 arbitration,
In con formity with the understand-
ing a ] rea( iy reached with the repre-
sen tatives of the British and German
governments Castro’s appeal will be
[aid before those governments, the
'
s tate department acting merely as a
e i lanne i 0 f communication. Not much
hope ls entertained of the favorable
reception of the proposition, as it it
felt that the difficulty has progressed
too far for a settlement by the peace-
fu! methods of arbitration.
It is certain that the state depart-
ment j s willing to go any reasonable
length to settle the difficulty in Vene-
zlle j a j n any manner that shall be
honorable and satisfactory to all par-
,i es Therefore Secretary Hay re¬
plied to Mr Bowen’s cablegram, au-
tliorizing him, in his discretion, to
use his good offices to secure arldtra-
tion.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC HOLDS OFF.
Wii| Not Join St. Louis Colonization
Bureau to Fight Tobacco Trust.
The announcement made from Wash¬
ington that the Southern Pacific would
join with the United States depart-
nt of agriculture in the deyeiop-
and colonization of Texas tobac-
» lands for the purpose 1 1 of breaking
the tobacco combine, is the first gun
in the war which has beenprecipitaed
by tho refusal of the Southern Pacific
to join witn the lines running west
the South- _
from St. Louis, forming
western colonization bureau.
NEGROES FILING DAMAGE SUITS.
Officials ill Virginia Asked to Pay
for Disfranchisement.
ju. threatened $5,000 suits to ho
hers of the constitutional convention
and election officers ih Vngmia
half of the negroes who wmm
franchised by the new Virginia consu
tution have begun. The first of them
were filed Saturday in the United
States court in Richmond and at .Nor-
folk.
GRAY, JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1902.
SENSATIONAL CLOSE
Marked Finale of (he Georgia
General Assembly.
BLOWS STRUCK IN THE HOUSE
Doorkeeper Robson and Representa¬
tive Knight Clinch on the Floor,
Apologies Follow and All
Ends Sereni.
Scenes sensational in the extreme
marked tho closing hours of the Geor¬
gia house of representatives at Atlan¬
ta Saturday morning at 2:25 o’clock.
Just as the house was about to
take the final vote, in which it receded
from its position on the public prop¬
erty fund and agreed, by a vote of 70
to 60, that it should be used to pay
interest on the bonded debt, there
occurred on the floor a difficulty be¬
tween Mr. Knight, of Berrien, and
Clayton Robson, one of the ho/io
doorkeepers, which put tho house in
an uproar and delayed final adjourn¬
ment.
The house had been in disorder for
some time, and Speaker Morris de¬
termined to preserve order for the
final vote, called on all members of
the house to be seated. He then de¬
signated Mr. Robson from among the
doorkeepers to see that members took
their seats when ordered to do so oy
the chair.
At the beginning of the roll call on
the final motion to recede .from tho
position of the house, Mr. Knight, of
Berrien, rose to a point oi order. He
stated his point, and at its conclusion
Speaker Morris said:
“The point is overruled. The gen¬
tleman from Berrien will be seated.”
Mr. Robson was standing behind
Mr. Knight at the time. Mr. Knight
was somewhat slow in taking his seat,
and when the speaker made his state¬
ment, Mr. Robson took hold of Mr.
Knight and endeavored to make him
take his seat. Mr. Knight resisted,
and there was a struggle between the
two for about a minute.
The situation soon dawned cm tho
members, and several of them near by
rushed to Mr. Knight’s assistance,. Mr.
Deal, of Bulloch, among others, got
up on top of the desks, cane in hand
and hat on, in his efforts to reach the
scene of the struggle. Mr. Robson
was pulled away from Mr. Knight and
the scuffle was stopped.
Speaker Morris stated from tho
chair that Mr. Robson bad acted with¬
out any instructions from him in this
instance, and that he would suspend
him for the rest of the session He
said it was not the duty of tho door¬
keeper or sergeant at arms to take
such action except when specifically
ordered to do so by the chair.
A committee was appointed to in¬
vestigate the matter and its report
contained a demand on Clayton Rob-
son to appear immediately before the
bar of the house and apologize to the
house and Mr. Knight, of Berrien, for
his action in attempting to scat tho
gentleman from Berrien.
Robson appeared at once in front
of the speaker’s desk, and in a manly
way proceeded to obey the instruc¬
tion of the house. He stated briefly
that he had only followed what ho
thought to have been the direct com¬
mand of the presiding officer, saying
further that, he had acted under a mis-
apprehension.
His apology was unanimously ac-
cepted, on motion of Mr. Felder, of
Bibb.
Representative Knight., of Berrien,
then addressed the chair, and in a
pleasant manner stated that, the ex¬
pressions from the doorkeeper were
entirely satisfactory.
On a joint resolution introduced by
Representative Felder, of Bibb, the
bouse and senate adjourned at 2:55
o’clock a. m.
The house had been in continuous
session during the evening. It spent
the time, however, between the ap-
pointment of conference committees
and hearing reports of disagreement,
in passing local bills, in hearing read
and defeated or tabling general sen-
ate hills, and in talking about the pub-
lic ^riy fund ’
NEGROES LAUNCH PARTY,
Colored Republicans in Alabama Meet
in Selma and Organize
Negroes in Alabama met at Selma
Thursday and launched a republican
party. The majority of those assem-
tiled are not registered voters, but
claim they are properly qualified to
take a hand in political affairs. They
a j so claim that the lily whites have no
morlgage on appointments in /Aia
bama, as they have been assured of
the good will of the president.
This republican party will send dele-
gates to the national convention to
sciect a nominee for president of the
United States.
Two More Ships Taken by British.
The Venezuelan troop ship Seamore
and the Venezuelan coast guard vessel
Veinte Tres de Mayo were captured
in the Gulf of Paria and taken to Port
of Spain, Trinidad, Thursday morn-
ing by tho British sloop of war Alert.
Named by Roosevelt.
The president Thursday sent to the
genate t j, e nomination of Fred M.
Taylor as postmaster at Titusville,
F]a
j|Cream of News.;-
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—General assembly of Georgia ad¬
journed last Saturday morning at 2:55
o'clock after a pitched battle between
the two houses on disposition of the
public property fund.
After serving thirty years in Mis¬
sissippi penitentiary for manslaughter
Jake Cooper tB pardoned by governor.
—General Fitzhugh Lee, in speaking
at a banquet in New York Friday
night, says that lie reported the condi¬
tions in Cuba to President Cleveland,
during his administration and no at¬
tention was paid to him.
—President Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers, was a witness before
the strike commission at Scranton,
Po„ Friday, and showed that soft coal
workers got better pay than the an¬
thracite men.
—Robbers in New Mexico hold up a
bank and get away witn about $30,900.
—The Venezuelan agent in France
says that Germany is taking the lead
in the movement against his country
and that Great Britain was drawn into
it. That Germany is jealous of the
trade of the United States.
—Georgia senate passes franchise
tax bill by vote of 36 to 2.
—Dr. J. W. Field disappears near
Farmville, Ga., after visit to patient,
and no trace can be found.
—Judge Philip M. Russell, one of
the most prominent men in Savannah,
Ga., dies nt age of 87.
—Georgia house of representatives
tables convict bill after an effort to
have it considered.
—Bishop Walters, colored, of New
Jersey, delivers address to negroes
in Richmond, Va., in which he urged
them to fight for their rights, and says
God removed President McKinley and
put Roosevelt in place.
—Alabama conference of Methodist
church, in session at. Montgomery, de¬
clines to help family of member in dis¬
tress because he disregarded protest
of body.
—President Roosevelt announces
that there will be only one democrat
on the canal commission.
—Grover Cleveland and Booker
Washington were the speakers at a
meeting in Philadelphia Thursday
night, in aid of a manual training
school.
—Venezuelans doclare they will fight
the allied powers to the last. Anoth-
cr one of their ships has been cap-
tured.
—Northeast Georgia Fair Associa¬
tion is organized at Alhons, Ga.,.and
great agricultural fair will be held next
fall.
—Negroes will meet, at Selma, Ala.,
to organize a republican party in that
state, making three distinct factions.
—The omnibus statehood bill is be¬
fore the United States sonate and a
hard fight is likely. Senator Quay is
working for the measure.
—Before the coal strike commission
at Scranton Wednesday a witness tes¬
tified that the barons tried to break
tho strike by bribery.
—District Attorney Jerome, of New
York proposes to stop gambling in the
metropolis. Among the witnesses, it
is said, he will call John W. Gates and
Reginald Vanderbilt, who are alleged
to have lost heavily at Canfield’s
place.
—In view of the miaado’s protest, it
is believed President Roosevelt will
not appoint Hon, John Barrett minis¬
ter to Japan.
—The Venezuelan fleet has been
seized and destroyed by Great Britain
and Germany and marines landed.
President Castro has issued an ad-
dress calling the people to arms,
—It. has leaked out that during Em-
peror William’s recent visit to Eng-
j an( i ] ie an d King Edward assisted Ma-
g j C j a n Goldin In performing tricks.
_ The general tax bill, which in-
clu(Jeg a tax on f ore i gn corporations,
lg pagged , )y thc Georgia house of rep-
rf . sen t a tives
_ HeadquapUjrB of slnger Sewlng
hjne t0 bo m 6ved to At-
lanta, Ga,
—South Georgia Methodist confer¬
ence, in session at. Thomasville, ad¬
journed Monday night, after the read¬
ing of the appointments. The next
session will be held ill Sandersvilie.
—A young man of Richland, Ga., by
the name of Charlton B. Thomas, was
bound over to the United States court
in Columbus, charged with raising
amount on a postal order. i
—The Southern railway flies mort-
gage for over $1,000,000 at Richmond, ;
Va. Eighty-nine new locomotives have
been contracted for by the line.
—Stockholders of Gainesville, Ga., ■
cotton mill will hold a meeting at Spar-
tanburgi g c., and increase the cap!-
tal stock by $350,000.
—War between colored republicans
and lily whites of tho Carolinas is una¬
bated, and Roosevelt Is appealed to.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes takes
oath of offlee as associate justice of
United States supreme court,
—Senate immigration committee is
told that lunatics are admitted to
United States by thousands.
—Ultimatum goes to Venezuela by
Great Britain and Germany, and war-
ships gather off her coast.
TO TAX FRANCHISES
Both Houses of the Georgia As*
sembly Pass important Bill.
PROVISIONS ARE FAR REACHING
Embodies Views of Comptroller Gen¬
eral of State—Covers “Invisible"
Property—Main Section of
the Measure. t
By the unusually large vote of 36
to 2 the upper house of the Georgia
assembly, Thursday, passed the fran
chise tax bill.
The bill as passed is similar to the
measure introduced by Mr. Candler,
of DeKalb, as a substitute for tho
Reid bill, having the full Intent and
effect of tho Candler bill, though a
number of amendments were adopted
before the measure went through.
Tho franchise tax hill, in brief, de¬
fines franchises ns taxable property
and provides they shall be returned to
the comptroller general, who shall col¬
lect taxes on them, ad valorem, tho
same as is now the case with railroad,
telegraph and telephone companies. *
All day long the senate was at work
on the measure and it was late In tho
afternoon before it was put in shape
for passage.
The amendment of greatest Interest,
perhaps, is that Inrerted In section 10,
which provides that whore street rail¬
roads or other corporations now pay
cities or counties an occupation tax,
or a percentage of their gross receipts,
such payment shall be deducted from
the amount levied and collected as a
franchise tax for the city or county to
which such payment is made.
The first section, which covers the
purpose and interest of the bill, Is as
follows:
A hill to he entitled nil act to pro¬
vide for and require the payment of
taxes on franchises, and to describe
the method for tho return and pay¬
ment of -said taxes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the sen¬
ate and house of representatives of
the state of Georgia in general assem¬
bly met, the term “special franchise"
as used in this act shall include every
right and privilege exercised within
this state granted to any person, part¬
nership or corporation by the state or
its authority or by any county or conn-
ty officer or officers, or any municipal
heft ijoration or officer thereof for the
exercluJ of the power of eminent do¬
main or for the use of any public
highway or street or the land above
or below any highway or street within
the limits of said state, and every spe¬
cial right, exercised within this state
granted by charter, resolution, by-law,
statute or otherwise, whether under
the laws of tills or any other state, for
the exercise of any public service,
such as the construction and operation
of railroads equipped for steam, elec¬
tricity, horse power, compressed air
or otherwise, for the common carry
ing of passengers or freight., the con¬
struction or operation of any plant or
plants for the distribution and sale of
gas, water, electric lights or power,
steam refrigerated air or other
substances by means of wires, pipes
or conduits made under or above any
street, alloy or highway, or the con¬
struction and operation of any tele¬
phone or telegraph plant, ail rights to
conduct wharfage, dockage or cranage
business, the conduct of any express
business or the operation oi sleeping,
palace, dining or chair cars, all rights
and privileges to construct, maintain
or operate canals, toll-bridges, tho
right to carry on the business of main¬
taining equipment companies, naviga¬
tion companies, freight or passenger
depots, and every other like special
function dependent upon the grant of
public powers or privileges, not al-
lowed by law to natural persons or in-
voiving the performance of any pub-
lie service, not including the mere
right to be a corporation by trading or
manufacturing or other corporations
exercising no special franchise above
enumerated,
Other sections designate how taxes
are to be levied and collected in I ho
various counties.
BY ONLY DOZEN INCHES.
Leander Captures Six-Day Bicycle
Race at New York.
George Leander, of Chicago, and
Floyd Krebs, of Newark, won the
grf!a t international six-day cycle team
rar . e a t Madison Square Garden, New
York, Saturday night in the presence
of 16,000 people, going 2,477 miles and
3 laps.
Leander won the final sprint from
John Jacobson, of New Haven, of the
team of Newkirk and Jacobson, by a
foot. Tho last mile of the race was
one of the most remarkable ever run
in the history of cycle racing.
BOODLER8 FEAR HOME JURIE8.
Ex-Delegates Under Charges at St.
Louis Want a Change of Venue.
Former members of the St. Louis
house of delegates, Denny, Sheridan,
Hartman, Gutke, Beersch and Leh¬
mann, whose cases on joint, charges of
bribery and perjury in connection with
the suburban franchise legislation deal
were docketed for immediate trial,
have given notice that they will apply
for a change of venue.
VOL. IX. NO. 4.
HONOLULU CABLE LANDED.
Consummation of Great Commercial
Event Celebrated on Sunday at
San Francisco, ,
"In memory of John W. Mackay, I
christen the Pacific cable. May it al¬
ways carry messages of happiness.”
With theso words, in San Francisco,
Sunday, Lucille Gage, 11-year-old
daughter of H. L. Gage, governor of
California, christened the trans-Paclflc
cable, and breaking a bottle of cham¬
pagne over the shore end, inaugurated
a now era In tho commercial develop¬
ment of (he Pacific coast. Tho land¬
ing and splicing of the shore end,
which Is to connect the mainland witli
Honolulu, was accomplished without
hitch and was witnessed by nearly
40,000 persons.
Beautiful weather prevailed, there
being scarcely any surf. The steam¬
er Newsboy, carrying six miles of ca¬
ble, steamed close in shore In the ear¬
ly morning, and by a life saving boat’s
crow sent a rope to which tho cable
was attached ashore. Word .was sent
to President Clarence H. Mackay and
the Cable and Postal Telegraph offi¬
cials that nil was in readiness. The
work of hauling in tho cable was done
so expeditiously that the officials ar¬
rived on the beach only two minutes
before the cable had touched the
beach and was christened at 9:55 a. m.
While the cable was being spliced to
the land end, Mayor Schmitz delivered
a short speech, congratulating Mr.
Mackay on tho successful beginning
of the work. Ho also spoko on the
benefit to the world at large that
would result In its completion.
Clarence Mackay, president of tho
Pacific Cable Company, thanked the
mayor and those present. Governor
Gage, on behalf of the people of tho
state, paid a tribute to the lato John
W. Mackay, The final exercises closed
witli cheers for tho cable, and all
those taking part in Its landing. Mr.
Mackay also sent the following tele¬
gram to President Roosevelt:
“I havo the honor to inform you
that the end of the Honolulu cable
was successfully brought to shore
this morning."
TO SUCCEED MINISTER BUCK.
President Names Loyd Grlscom, Pres¬
ent Minister to Persia.
0
The president late Saturday after¬
noon selected Loyd Grlscojn, now min¬
ister to Persia, to be minister to Ja¬
pan. succeeding Mr. Buck, deceased.
He also selected Richmond Poarson,
of North Carolina, at jfresent consul
genera] at Teheran, Persia, to succeed
Mr. Griscom as Minister to Persia, Mr.
Pearson is tho uncle of Hobson, tho
hero of the Merrtmac.
John Barrett doclfned tho appoint¬
ment, and there is a fine diplomatic
story In connection with his refusal
of tho place. Mr. Kogoro Takahira,
the Japanese minister at Washington,
objected to the appointment of Bar¬
rett when he learned that it was pend¬
ing, but it is only now that his reasons
for the objection aro published.
An attache of one of the oriental
legations tolls Tho Washington Post
that Barrett, in a Boston speech, and
elsewhere, had said the mongrel Fili¬
pinos were tho equals of tho Japaneso
and the statement had offended the
dignity of Japan. For this reason Ja¬
pan did not want him.
NEGROES SCORED BY PRELATE.
Bishop Turner Calls Down Boisterous
Brethren in Conference.
“I am persuaded that the white
man is correct when he says the negro
is an inferior and ungovernable per¬
son," said Bishop Turner in a speech
at tho conference of the African Meth¬
odist Episcopal church in Eastman,
Ga.
During the session Friday the con¬
ference became boisterous and noisy,
and it, was on this account that Bish¬
op Turner uttered the foregoing.
Robbers Hold Up Bank.
A report reached Santa Fe, N. M„
Saturday afternoon that the prlvat.o
bank of Hillsboro, Sierra county, was
held up by robbers, who escaped with
considerable booty. A short time bo-
fore cattle men had deposited some
$30,000.
FIVE KILLED IN WRECK.
Freight Train Plunges Through Bridge
Near Bucklin, Miss.
A special from Bucklin, Mo., says
the locomotive of a local freight train
on the Hannibal and St. Joseph rail¬
road was wrecked Saturday night near
that place when the locomotive went
through the bridge over East Yellow
creek. The killed are: J. Murphy,
roadmaster; Arthur Hight, Thomas
Ainsworth, A. Green, fireman; J. E.
Votau, trainmaster.
.♦till fight at Rock Hill, S. C., is
stopped by the sheriff, who calls out
local militia.
Roosevelt Going to San Francisco.
President Roosevelt has formally
accepted the invitation of the citizens’
committee of San Francisco to attend
the dedication of the navy monument
to commemorate the battle of Manila.
House to Hold 8unday Session.
A Washington dispatch says: A
resolution was adopted, which provid¬
ed for a session on Sunday, February
8, for paying tribute to the memory of
the late Senator Sewall,
A COUP BY CASTRO
All British and German Subjects!
in Caracas Arrested.
VENEZUELA STRIKES A BLOW
That Ulitmatum is Delayed—Chief Ex¬
ecutive Says Little Republic's I
Integrity Will be Upheld
l at Any Cost.
A dispatch from Caracas, Venezue¬
la, dated December 9, says:
“The combined British and German,
fleet today (Tuesday) seized the Ven-,
ezuelan fleet, composed of four war¬
ships, in the harbor of La Guayra. It'
is reported also that an ultimatum
will bo delivered tomorrow (Wednes¬
day) asking for an answer and a com¬
pliance with the demand of tho Brit¬
ish and German ministers .
All Germans and British subjects ia
Caracas havo been arrested.
President Castro received the corre¬
spondent of the Association Press at
Miraflores palace Tuesday. In reply
to questions the president of Venezue¬
la said:
"The Venezuelan government has
not received any ultimatum properly
speaking, but rather simultaneous re¬
quests from Great Britain and Ger¬
many. The claims they ask this gov¬
ernment to settle are small and up to
the present time wo havo not been
aware of them. Never having been
presented, Venezuela lias consequent¬
ly never refused to settle them. Great
Britain's action, therefore, is without
justification.
"The Venezuelan government can¬
not decide on foreign claims before the
revolution has been entirely crushed."
What Castro Will Do.
“Wl-.at do you Intend to do In view,
of the present attitude of the powers?"
was asked.
“Enforce our rights,” replied Presi¬
dent Castro, “and explain to the world
that Venezuela has laws and that we
have never denied our engagements."
The president was asked what re¬
ply tho Venezuelan government would
make to the requests handed it by the
German and British envoys. To this
request lie replied:
“The Venezuelan government is as¬
tonished that after the notes which,'
were transmitted to it by the diplo¬
matic representative of Germany and'
Great Britain these envoys should
leave Caracas without awaiting the re¬
ply of the Venezuelan government,"
Regarding what lie Intended to do
should the powers declare a blockade,
the president declined to answor.
No ultimatum had been delivered
to Die Venezuelan government up to
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Should!
Venezuela refer or fall to reply to the
notes iT Great Britain and Germany,
it is believed an ultimatum will theni
be delivered.
British-German Side. .
The
There are comparatively few white
British subjects in Caracas, probably
less than fifty. Tho Caracas and La
Guayra railroad is a British concern
and its general manager and other
high officials are Englishmen. There
are a large number of natives of the
British West Indian islands in Vene-
zuela, especially in Caracas. They
are negroes with few exceptions. A
census of 1894 gives 6,154 British sub-
jects in Venezuela. This number in¬
cludes a great many of the islanders,
as well as the British population In the
territory awarded to Great Britain.
The Germans in Caracas are much
more numerous, They are found at
tho head of important commercial
houses and banking institutions. The
railroad from Caracas to Vamncia is a
German concern.
The census of 1894 places tho num¬
ber of Germans in Venezuela at 962.
Reduce Pay of Strike Arbitrators.
Senator Berry lias introduced an
amendment to the Anthracite Coal
Strike Commission bill, limiting tho
compensation of members of the com¬
mission to $4,000 per year and their
expenses to $10 per day.
CUBAN KIDS MISSING.
Railway Officials Temporarily Los$
Track of Them.
The eleven Cuban children who
landed in New York city several weeks
ago and narrowly escaped the clutchea
of the Guerry society are temporarily;
lost. They were due in Chicago Mon¬
day night en route to the Universal
Brotherhood school, at Point Loma,
Cal., where they aro to receive train¬
ing. and Quincy
The Chicago, Burlington
railroad made provision to transport
the little "lotus buds” from Chicago
to their destination.
TREATY WITH NEWFOUNDLAND,
Its Terms are Made Public at the Na<
National Capital.
The treaty between the United
States and Great Britain regarding
commercial relations between the Uni¬
ted States and New Foundland was
made public Wednesday. Under its
provisions raw cotton, cotton yarn and
cotton seed oil imported from the
United States are admitted to New¬
foundland free of duty