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BERMANS BSE SHELLS
San Carlos, in Venezuela, Target 1
for Cannon of Allies. •
ONSLAUGHT A DISMAL FAILURE
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Fort Bravely Replied and Succeeded in
Driving Attacking Vessel Away.
No Damage Done and Only*E:.
Three Men Wcundecl.
A special from Maracaibo?-VeulJzuc*-..
a, says: The German cruiser Panther
shelled fort San Carlos, at the entrance
to Lake Maracaibo, Saturday after¬
noon for one hour. The fort returned
the fire with four guns. The Panther
withdrew in the direction of Curacoa.
Fort San Carlos is 22 - mile3 from
Maracaibo and commands the entrance
to the lake or inner-bay.-- ;
The correspondent at Maracaibo cf
the Associated Press has received tho
following letter from General Bello, the
commander of the fort:
“Yesterday afternoon at half past 12
Fort San Carlos was attacked and
shelled without any provocation on
our part, without previous notification
or the delivering of an ultimatum by
the German cruiser Panther, which
tried to force- the entrance. After a
fight lasting an hour, during which
the fort used only four guns, the Pan¬
ther was obliged to abandon the fight
and retreated in the direction of Cu¬
racao, Tho fort has suffered no dam¬
age, and only three men were wound¬
ed.”
TILLMAN RESUMES ONSLAUGHT.
Roasts Trusts, Monopolies and Again
Jabs Attorney General ixnex.
In the senate Friday Mr. Tillman, of
South Carolina, continued his arraign¬
ment of trusts and monopolies, and
again charged, the attorney-general as
being primarily responsible for feck of
action with regard thereto.
Mr, Tillman declared that the rail- ■
roads are eb.olutely in the saddle cn
the coal question. They mine and mar-
ket coal and fix the price, he charged,
without regard to a solitary independ¬
ent operator. He said it Was an mfat
my the way the pre:s of the country
was prostituted and lending itself to
befuddle the minds of the, people and
deceive them into the mea mat the
railroads are willing and anxious to
relieve tho distress occasioned ,by the
coal famine, but tnat somebody, some¬
where, called an Independent operator,
is responsible for the 'present condi¬
tion of affairs. The president desarves
no credit, said he, excep. for his at¬
tempt to effect a settlement, of the
question, “but the actual fsc'f id,” he
added, “that J. Pierpont Morgan gave
orders to his co conspirators or ser¬
vants to attempt tho arrangement be¬
tween the monopoly and strikers.”
The attorney general had been, he
said, derelict and criminal, and he is
the man to whom-the people cap point
and say: “You have murdered all
these who have frozen to death! You
are the man who eeserves the appro-
bium and hate of the poipr and op-
pressed of this land!”
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CONSPIRATORS SENTENCED.
Alleged “Pals ’ of Laura Biggar Sent
Up for Two Years and Six Months.
Dr. Hendricks and Former Justice of
Peace Stanton, convicted of conspir¬
acy to secure the entire estat'6’ of Hen¬
ry M. Bennett, a wealthy resident of
Pittsburg, Pa., have been sentenced to
two years and six months imprison-
ment each.
Dr. Hendricks and St an ton were
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tried with Laura Biggar on charge
of conspiracy. It was alleged that Dr.
Hendricks falsely certified to the birth
of a child to Laura Biggar. and that
Stanton issued a certificate alleging
that Miss Biggar and Bennett had been
married by him whereas the prosecu-
tion claimed no such marriage took
place. Miss Biggar was acquitted but
the two men were convicted.
RECEIVER FOR BANK.
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House of Josiah Morris and Company
Again Collapses.
At Montgomery, Ala., Saturday ape-
tition in involuntary bankruptcy was
filed against F. M. Billing, proprietor
of the banking house of Josiah Morris
& Co., by Greil Bros. & Co. The Mer-
chants’ National bank of Cincinnati,
and the Central of Georgia railroad.
The petition was granted and Wil¬
liam Berney. president of the. Fourth
National bank, was appointed- receiver.
The bank has been making- desper¬
ate struggles for two years -since it
failed to realize on its assets and pay
out and did pay several installments.
SMITING APOSTLE SMOOT.
Avalanche of Protests Against Mor-
m—- Being Seated in the Senate,
Thousands of letters have been re-
ceived by United States senators pro-
testing against the seating of Apostle
Smoot, who was a few days ago chosen
by caucus to be senators for Utah.
These letters are largely from women.
The reasons given are -at he is a
Mormon. Nearly ail tUe-.writefiS
eider that reason sufficient.
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Frightful and Deadly Explosion In Tur¬
ret of Battleship Massachusetts
Off Culehra.
A spocial from San Juan, Porto Rico,
says: Seven men were killed and four
others were wounded, two of them i
probably fatally, by the explosion of
a powder Charge of an eight-inch gun i
on board the United States battleship
Massachusetts Friday morning, while
at target practice off Cuiebra island.
Details of the explosion were ob¬
tained when the Massachusetts arriv-
od at San Jnaft Saturday. The explo¬
occurred -in the starboard aft
eight-fecli turret, shortly before noon,
‘•and was due to the accidental dis-
charge of a percussion primer while
the breech of the gun was open., The !
full charge exploded in tho turret and
killed or injured all the crew of the
gun numbering nine men.
Ensign Ward K. \yertman, who was
in charge of the turret, escaped in¬
jury, though* he was .standing near the
scene of the explosion.
.Magnificent discipline was imme¬
diately ’shown by officers and crew.
Captain Lee .commanding the marine
guard, of the vessel, .and Ensign Clar¬
ence Abel, immediately flooded the tur¬
ret with water, and Lieutenant Charles
F. Hughes and Gunner Kuhlwein went
below to the magazine .picking up
powder charges and prevented -urther
explosions, while Lieutenant William
C. Cole and Gun Captain Zoneman en¬
tered tho turret and withdrew the
charge. from the other gun, whose
breech was open.
The survivors- of the gun’s .crew,
when rescued, were burned, mutilated
and nearly dead.
In less than a minute after the ex¬
plosion three streams of water Were
pouring into the turret, preventing the
charge in tho other inch-gun from ex¬
ploding.
ST. LOUIS PASSENGERS WRATHY.
Owners Severely Condemned for Al¬
lowing Disabled Ship to Leave Port.
The steamship St. Louis arrived at
New York Saturday morning after an
extremely slow* trip owing to leaky
botlers. *
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Her time from Cherbourg to the
lightship was thirteen days, five hours
and twenty minutes, six days, fifteen
hours and twenty-five minutes behind
the qhip - s bost rcCOr(i
There was no accident of any kind
at any tim*;. and although heavy
weather was encountered, practically
all of the delay was caused by the ina¬
bility to get up j good steam in the de¬
fective boilers,
The passengers became very indig¬
nant when they, learned of the poor
progress the vessel w r as making and an
Indignation meeting was held, at
which the line was severely censured
for permitting passengers to embark
on a steamer In the condition the St.
Louis showed. A statement was drawn
and given to the public on arrival
by a committee chosen to set forth
the grievances of those on board.
ANOTHER COAL TRAIN SEIZED.
Mob of Men, Women, Boys and Girls
Help Themselves to Fuel.
At. Toledo, Ohio, Saturday, ,a mdb,
including over two hundred men. wo-
men, boys and girls, seized five cars
loaded witf ihe soft Wheeling coal which Lake had Erie just
arrived in ancT
railroad yards, consigned to the Na¬
tional Malleable Castin.gs Company
and'local oil men, *■
There Was no attempt to stop the
wholesale theft, neither the police nor
the officials of the railway or castings
company taking a hand in the affair.
The fuel was carried off in -wagons,
boxes, buckets and bas-
kets, and nothing but the Slack was
left in the cars,
MAZATLAN TERROR-STRICKEN.
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Over One Hundred’Deaths from Plague
Since First'of January.
There have been-J07 deaths from the
plague since January- 1, in llazatian,
Mexico. The deaths on the 15?h nu.m-
bered seven and many new cases are
reported. The nuiAbelf.-: of -’wooden
houses burned is JQ6. Two coaches in
which plague’stricken people sought to
escape froth the -Ity,wjll.be burned..
Geneva School Girls Shocked.
The prinf-ipals ofa number of girls’
gcbo0 ] g j n Geneva, Switzerland v have
complained to the authorities that they
could no longer take out. the girls for
their usual walks, because they were-
shocked at seeing the crown princess
of Saxony with M. Giron,
Death Claims Abram Hewitt
Abram S. Hewitt, former mayor of
New York, and representative in con¬
gress- from 1874 to 1887, died at-6
o'clock Sunday morning. He was in
his eighty first year, aqd had been
critically ill for ten days.
SOUTH DONATES COAL.
Citizens of Birmingham Relieve Dis¬
tress cf Poor in the North.
Citizens of Birmingham, Ala., have
contr j b uted fifty car loads of coal to
r ^ ]jeve tbe distress of tne poor of New
j y ork and c b j c ^g 0 by reason of the fuel
j famine Mayor Drennen, or riirmmg-
ham bas not jfl e d Mayor Low and May¬
or Harrison of the gift, which is now
’ transportation. Twenty-five
awai ting
ca ' r 5 w ill be sent to each city,
GRAY. .JONES 00..GA- THURSDAY. JANUARY 3‘i, 190.,. < >
Many Cities Lining Up for Fight
on Full Combine.
FRIQHFUL SUFFERING ENDURED
Detriot "Get Coal” Convention to Meet
In Washington—Tangible Evi- -
dence Secured by Special .
Grano Jury at Chicago.
Mayor W. C. ‘ May bury, of Detroit,
Mich., Tuesday, issued the call for the
re-assembling of the Detroit “get coal”
convention at Washington, January
27. It says;
‘Tire executive committee of the
“get coal” convention held in Detroit
last October, met pursuant to call in
Chicago, on Saturday, January 10th.
It was the unanimous opinion of the
committee that the Detroit convention
should be re-assembled and its resolu-
tions still further urged upon congress
and the attorney general of the United
States, as the most effective and omy
solution of the present'coal evil.'-
“The reassembling of the confer¬
ence does not la any way interfere
with, or anticipate the action and work
of the commission on arbitration.
”1 am directed by the committee to
request all delegates to the former con¬
vention to assemble at convention hall,
in the city of Washington on Tuesday,
Jan. 27, at 11, a. m. of said day-
"All delegates sent witn credentials
by governors of states, mayors of cities
or commercial bodies throughout the
United States are invited to attend as
members of the conference and to lend
the wisdom of their counsel in this
great emergency. To be an accredited
member of Ends convention does not
depend upon former credentials, bu\
every man bearing credenua.s from
the persons or bodies mentioned above
is eligible to membership.”
Evidence Found by Chicagoan.
A Chicago special says: The most
tan|ible evidence secured by the spe¬
cial grand jury in the’coal shortage in¬
quiry up to the present time is that
which relates to an alleged agreement
drawn in March last year, and which
is said to govern a dozen mine opera¬
tors in the Cl in ton. fnd., district, with
Walter S. Bogie and the Oxescent Coal
and Mining company as the Chicago
factor.
It is charged in the evidence present¬
ed that Mr. Bogle appears as president
of one of the mining ^companies, mak¬
ing an agreement with himself as pres¬
ident of the Crescent- Coal, and Mining
company.
It is said these mine3 were compell¬
ed to pool tlieir outputs to be disposed
of by the Chicago factor. In getting
at the facts, the jury called before (t
Max Eichberg, of tho Wabash Valley
Coal company, and recalled Charles W.
Gilmore and Norman S. Birkland, offi¬
cers of the Crescent company; who
were before the jury tor a time Mon¬
day.
A number of railroad men also were
on hand when the jury began its worl
Tuesday, representing the Burlington,
Wabash, Illinois Central, Monon and
Michigan Central, and were called is as
fast as their testimony could be heard.
W. H. Abrams, of the Ruilding Mana¬
ger’s association, was a witness and is
said to have given valuable informa¬
tion concerning the maintenance of a
room at regular intervals prior to the
starting of the present investigation.
He also deeiared that his association
had found that dealers delayed deliver
ies of coal jn good weather, and then
pleaded that they were unable to deliv¬
er in rough; weather, thus compelling
building managers to consume their
entire stock of coal on hand.
BANKS BEING MERGED.
Two Great New York -Concerns Effect
^ Consolldaton.
The shareholders of the Western na¬
bank'of the city of New York,
at a meeting Tuesday, adopted resolu¬
tions to carry into effect the proposed
consolidation of the National Bank of
tjie United States with the National
Bank of the City of New York, The
new bank will be known as the West¬
ern National Bank of the United
States in New York City.
GREAT HONOR FOR PETTUS.
Alabama Solons Will Re-Elect Sena¬
tor Unanimously..
■Wednesday Governor Jelks sent his
biennial message to the Alabama legis¬
lature, but. both houses dispensed with
the formal reading and ordered copies
printed.
Aside fropa^the message, the inci¬
dent of the' day was the adoption of a
joint resolution offered in-the house
to the effect fhat Senator Pettus need
not come to Montgomery to see about
hid re-election'as United States- sena¬
tor- The unanimous purpose is to re¬
elect him and send him a new commis
-sicn.
HIGDON TO SUE GOVERNOR.
Colonel of Third Alabama Regiment
to Seek Damages in Court.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says:
It Is stated on authority conversant
with the movements of Colonel E. h.
Higdon, of the Third Alabama regi¬
ment, that he will, before January 29,
file a suit of damages against Governor
W. IJ. Jelks. The action, being of a
personal nature, is to be brought at
-Eufaula, the home of the governor.
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—A big Tomb oil company gooa to
he wall on account of inability to nil
orders contracted for.
—Developments in the investigation
if- the Mississippi treasury shortage
nay involve several Jackson bankers.
’ —Abram. S. Hewitt, former congress-
nan and mayor of New York, (lied
Sunday. ’ <
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—The North German Lloyds steam-
■r Lahn is ashore near the rock of
„ Gibraltar. , At high tide attempts , . ___ were
made to float her,’ but they failed. The
passengers, about one hundred of
.vhom are Americans, will he trans-
erred lo some oilier vetwel.
—The memorial arch to Von Ket-
:ler, German minister wtio was killed
9y the boxers, was dedicated at Pekin
Sunday.
—At council investigation of the At
lanta police hoard Sergeant, Whitley
cstifies under protest, declaring that
Ms. job would be in jeopardy.
makes charge that commissioner
iones tried to influence a juryman
hrough him.
—Turpentine went to 58 cents per
gallon last Friday, the highest price In
fifteen years.
—Tho weekly papers published at
Indianola, Miss., are now dated from
■Steadman '
-One of the grand jury at Frank-'
port, Ky., ton trial of Youtsey, charged
with aiding in the killing of Governor
Goebel, testifies that a detective tried
to bribe him to reveai what Youtsey
said in jury room.
—United States Marshal Johnson
ind Postmaster Edwards, of Macon,
lad a talk with the president Friday re¬
garding conditions in Georgia.
—-Cuban veterans threaten to cause
rouble unless they are paid for their
services by March.
—The new Piedmont hotel, one of
the handsomest in the country, opened
its doors in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday.
—Colonel Higdon, formerly in com
mand of the Third Alabama regiment
will enter suit against Governor Jelks
alleging that the governor has reflect
ed on his character as a soldier and
citizen ’
x North . ^ Carolina .. granu , lodge . , of * Ma
sons elects officers and adopts com
miftees report providing for a temple
)f the order.
—In the trial of James Wilcox
charged with the murder of Nellie
Cropsey in North Carolina, one of the
jurymen is a negro.
—The house and senate have pass
ed the bill providing for a reflate on
Imported coal equal to the duty named
In the Dingley bill.
—The charges of blackmail brought
against, certain- republican politicians
in Georgia by Congressman Fleming
have been sustained and President
Roosevelt will have the guilty parties
prosecuted,
—Senator Tillman made a bitter
speoch in the senate Wednesday, at¬
tacking the trusts and Attorney Gener-
al Knox
—The German reiclistag in an effort, .
to strike the Standard Oil trust may
put a differential duty'on crude petro¬
leum.
—The South Carolina legislature
met in Columbia Tuesday. Governor
McSweeney s message dealt, largely
with child labor.
—Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
sent a letter to congress Wednesday
recommending that $1,000,000 be ap-
proprlated for a site and public build-
ing at Atlanta, Ga.
—It is announced at Savannan, Ga.,
that the bondsmen of Greene and
nor are now ready to forfeit their
bonds, which aggregate $80,(100.
—Excitement prevails
the Atlanta city police torep over state-
ment. that policemen will be called to
testify as to conduct of
ers.
—State-legislatures convened
day in South Carolina and Alabama,
At both Columbia and Montgomery in¬
terests centers in .the speakership race.
—There is a lack of news from Fez,
Morocco, and,this causes much uneasi¬
ness at Tangier. The pretender seems
to be a better 'strategist than the sul¬
tan.
_The cold weather and the coal
famine continue and much suffering is
resulting in the north.
-The extreme cold weatner and the
scarcity of coal arc causing great suf
fering throughout, the country.
—In her suit against The Times
Mrs, Tlngley was awarded $7,500 in
the trial at San Diego, Cal., Monday.
—The Crum appointment puts an
end to the ’"white mans republican
party” in South Caro.ina, say? a Wash¬
ington dispatch.
—“Baby Josephine,” the well known
child actress, was i urned to death In
Chattanooga Sunday. At Charlotte a
little girl was burned to death while
trying to save her do!!.
—Solicitor Osborne decides that the
Savannah pawnbrokers have no claim
on the jewels stolen by Mamie De
Christ. They will I e returned to t.hc-
jewelers who originally owned them.
-Hon. Abram S. Lewitt of New
York, is dying lie is su.'eriug from
obstruct! jaundice.
TRUST IS HARD hit
Congress Nullifies Tariff on
Sfiipiin.nts of All Fore'gn Coal.
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rem ains Effective for a year
Bill Quickly Passed in Both Houses.
,Democrats Dubious and Doubt
Very Much Efficacy <5f
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The -bUl-reportf'd from-the ways and
means committee Tuesday to provide
*o» a rebate of the duties on foreign
coal for a period of tnie year was pass-
C d In sho’rl"order by'the hqu.se Wednes-
jay b.v practically n unanimous vote,
258 to 5, those voting against it being
Messrs.-Cushman and. Jones, of-Wash¬
ington ; Gaines, of West Vir.gtnia; Mon-
dell! of Wyoming, and Patterson, of
Pennsylvania,; all republicans. The
bill was considered under the dpera-
tion of-a rule which cut.off opportun-
ity to amend. The only opposition to
the measure came from sqine of the
members representing coal states, who
expressed the fear that the admission
of Cbiiibse mined coal-mined in Cana
da would Injure the coal industry of
their states.
Both Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania,
and Mr ' Pa - Vn f- ° f Ncw Vork the re¬
P ublican JoaGors, expressed the opin-
ion 0,1 the floor ,hat the bm ' vouUI not
relieve the existing distress. They
said it would satisfy, however, public
demand for action and show tne dis-
p«ition of congress to do what, it
cfluld. The -democrats, although they
all supported the bill, took the view
that it did not go far enough, saying
that coal should go on the free list,
and when the bill came back from the
senate with a provision which virtual-
!y placed anthracite coal on the free
list, they applauded vigorously. Mr.
Dalzeli, in the course of his remarks,
said that.therd Was practically no an-
thracite coaLm the world except that
in the Lrdted States and a little in
China. The senate amendment was
adopted without division,
Ra P id Progress was made with the
army appropriation bill after tne coal
bill had been passed. The most im-
^ amendm ont,s adopted wore to
, hw , the offlcei - 8 )n the signal
tf)rpB bJf lweaty . tht . ce . n » mely . one col-
onel, two lieutenant colonels, four ma-
jors, eight captains and eight first lieu-
tenau t 8i an ,j another offered by Mr
Hay, of Virginia, to prevent, the dlseon-
tinnaijee of the army transport service
without action by congress. ;
The house then adjourned until
Thursday.
Senate Acts Promptly.
The senate acted promptly on the
house bill providing rebates of the
duty on coal and passed it unanimous-
ly without debate a few minutes after
it was brought over from the house.
Mr. Aldrich* offered a committee.
amendment adding a new section to
lhe h" 1 providing that the provisions
°f paragraph 415 of Ihe Dingley act
shall not’hereafter ' 1 be construed tofeu-
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thorlze. the litiposltion of any ..... nuty
upon anthracite coal. Mr. Aldrich ask
ed immediate consideration.
Mr. Vest remarked that he hoped
the bill would pass without a single
dissenting.vote. As amended the bill
was passed unanimously,
-p bc m njtnry bill also was passed,
with an amendment striking out tho
bill the section providing for a reserve
force of trained men, thus removing
(lip objections mado against it.
• Mr. '.Quarles, of Wisconsin, offered
an amendment which, was agreed to
striking out all of s.ectiqn 24 of the bill
regarding .* reserve force of 100,000
trained men, which lias been the sub¬
ject of much discussion.
Costly Biaze in Virginia Town,
The worst l‘ re ftie toy/n of Christian-
burg, Va.', has ever had (started shortly
before daylight Wednesday morning in
the printing office of Charles Gardner,
and before it had been checked, prop¬
erty valued at $60,000 had been de¬
stroyed.
N,EG ROES WERE SWINDLED?
Forced to Walk Back Home From Far
Away Nova Scotia.
: The advance, guard of 250 negroes
from Virginia and Alabama who were
working in the mines and steel mills at
Sydney. N. S„ arrived at Bangor,
Maine, Tuesday, trying to walk back
homo.
According to their story they are the
victims of misplaced confidence, and
claim to have,been swiudiod. They
say they were promised $3 a day at
Sydney, but the highest paid was $1.25
and few received that amount. When
they made trouble Italians were Im¬
ported from Pittsburg.
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.
Thirty-Third Annual Convention Call
ed to Order in Washington.
The national board of trade niet in
Washington, D. C-, Tuesday at noon
for Its thirty-third annua! convention
and was called to order by President
Blanchard Randall, of Baltimore.
The. report of the comn.'.tee on ere
dentals showed 110 delegates
representing thirty one
VOL. JX. NO. 9.
office TO i urn cttisEo
Until Positive Assurance is Given by
Authorities at Indlanola cf Negro
Woman’s Protection.
A Washington spcektR^sayp:..'Sena-,
lor McLaurlh failed Thursday,. In. ob¬
taining from the postolhco depart p.iojit.
an order that .the mail for Indlanola
shall go to Meathman, four miles «tis-
lant, instead of to Greenville, Is
about tftlrty ‘mfles away.'. The Missl^-,
sippl senator is endeavoring (lie -tiKgeJ.
sonjo-definite decision from pre.d-
dent and postmaster general” upton* hi.3 s
i ecjuekf. that itlte -office. bwopdired,»bnt-
iS'toui^Uilit' nothing can be demo ujvtil
kstrhiarieds are given, that thq.CJox ‘wo¬
man -Wilt not be mofesled if she returns
and opens the office. He has no such
assurances from the people "and can
give The peopl'd 1 ' seem to have
none.
determined i<> let the office remain
closed rather than.hack down from the
position they. Ra^e taken.
Senator MeLaurii), urged Postmaster
General Payne *(o’’Hare tho mails for
Indlanola sont to HealUtnan, Miss, in¬
stead of Greenville, pending tho reo-
petiing of tin} indianola office, •Heath-
man Is four! -rriltes from Indianola,
while Greenville is thirty miles distant
Mr. Payne stated that if the postoffice
at Heathman was able to handle 'the
additional mail the change would he
made. .i • < ,
Later the department fouttfl it inj
practicable to forward, the .Indianola
mall to Heathman inslead of Green¬
ville. The daily receipts of Heathman
now average a litlle over 31 cents, and
the office Is declared to be imittequaW
to take care of a business that involv¬
ed several thousand dollars additional
revenue. The Indianola citizens there
fore will have to continue sending to
Greenville for their mail.
Senator McLaurin. said there is no
disposition on the part of the peace
authorities of Indianola to give assur¬
ance In an official way that the post¬
master, Minnie Cox. will ho' pro¬
tected in her personal safety because,
lie says, there has been-up intimation
that she was in the. least danger* The
giving of such assurances as are de¬
manded by the pos I office department
would be an admission, in the opinfbfr
of the officials and people of
that some danger was threatened.
They do not admit anything of tho
'kind. Senator McLaurin pointed out
that Sheriff. A C*-Cox, of Indianola,-In
a published letter had stated thiit all
officials and citizens, white or,black,
would be fully protected. He saw offi¬ no
reason, h'otVpver, for proclaiming
cially that'iffi-;proposed to doTiis.dui.y.
Reiteration. of Postmaster- tlnnerat
Paynok stafeintent tlraf- tlffr office
indianola would nut- be a-odiiiwidd
silcli•assurances had hQtjn-jjiven \va|
made Thursday, t
EVIDENCE AGAINS-TFREEZElJS.-'
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Coal Dealers Stand In Way, -of Rogei^i.
Ing a Hard Blow. On
A Chicago special says: new de¬
velopments in; (lie coalshortoi^t 'inves¬
tigation the special grans) jufy lias
widened the sfcope of its inquiry. Ou
information received late''Wednesday,
subpoenaes hafve been sent lef Hio sher¬
iff of Sangamon county for the'nppear-
aiice before It.-of Charles A. Starn'eyOf
the Virden Goal Company, :-aa(l
West-End Goal Qpjnpaviy., of
field; Terrence Casey, of the Williams,
■ vllle Coal Company, and L. W. Ken-
seny, of tho Alton arid- Auburn Coal
Company, at Auburn,.- ,.
The evidence of the men from
Springfield district, it is said, will form
the connecting link in the chain of evi¬
dence allowing agreements between
tho operators of Illinois and Indiana.
Several witnesses summoned for Wed
nesday were, heard Thursday, after
which the grand Jurors turned their at¬
tention to .the-volume of
evidence prepared for them -
STEAMER LONG’OVERDUE.
Non-Arrival of St. Louis Causes Muph
Speculation at New York.
Up to midnight Thursday, night no
news had been received in New Yo£K
of the American line steamship St.
Louis. Throughout the day crowd*
inquirers called at. the offices of
company, where the agents
a cheerful view and assured all (hat
there was no need for alarm.
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Cold in the South.
The cold wave which was central
Monday In Ihe Missouri and upper
Mississippi valleys extended during
the night, to the Atlantic and gulf
rmast. Nashville, Chattanooga and
Little Rock report a minimum tempfer-
aturc of Hi degrees, and Atlanta and
Memphis 18. Freezing temperature
was recorded at .Tampa, the thermome-
ter registering 32. Ice was reported in
the surrounding country. 'Jacksonville
reported 28 degrees. It is not believed
that any damage was done to the or¬
ange growers, as they are on the east
coast and many miles south of Jack¬
sonville, The lowest temperature In
Louisville was 3 above zero.
REBATE BILL IS LAW.
President Signs Measure Suspending
Duty on Foreign Coal.
The president signed tbe Dill sus-
pending the duty on coal at 1 o’clock
Thursday afternoon.
The senate committee on military
affairs at. Thursday's session author¬
ized a favorable report, on the general
tariff bill, which passed the bouse a
week- ago.
1
editor SHOT DOWN
A Day of Fjcitement in Capital
City of South Carolina.
TILLMAN SHOUTS GONZALES
Editor of the Stats is Finally Called
. to Time for Many Denunciatory
Articles Published in
His Paper.
A Columbia, S. C-, special says: N.
Gonzales, editor of The State, is at
the Columbia hospital In a critical con¬
dition as a result of a serious pistol
wouhd’ feflicted by James Ii. Tillman,
Ueutihuvnr governor of South Carolina.
The shooting occurred on Main
just as the intefthctlon of Ger-
vais street, in full view of the state
capital. P was an awful tragedy In
broad daylight, and upon the most fre¬
quented street and corner in Columbia.
It was just a few moments before 2
o’clock when the cry was passed along
the street that "Jim Tillman had shot
N, G. Gonzales”
Editor Gonzales was en route homo
to dinner from his office when he was
met by Mr. Tillman, ’ftllman was ac-
panted by two state senators.
It is said that not a word was spoken
the editor and lieutenant governor
met face to face. Tillman instantly
drew a revolver, it is said, by eye wit¬
nesses, and placing it close to the body
of Gonzales, fired, without a word be¬
ing' spoken;
Gonzales staggered and then catch¬
ing his balance, turned towards the
man who had shot him. shouted the
one word, "Coward!” as he was caught
•by parties who had rushed to his as¬
sistance.
The office of The State is on the
same block as the scene of the shoot¬
ing, and it took but a few moments for
a great throng to assemble in front of
the newspaper. Tho excitement and
•Urn indignation on the streets was in¬
tense. Immediately after the shoot¬
ing Lieutenant Governor Tillman was
arrested and taken to police headquar¬
ters.
Origin of the Trouble.
Jhe trouble between Lieutenant
Governor James H. Tillman and Editor
Gonzales has been brewing for some
length of time, and followed a severe
denunciation of Tillman, which Gon¬
zales mado In the columns of his paper
and on the stump throughout the state.
•It had its Inception uirectly in the
fight between Senator lien Tillman
and Senator McLaurin, which occurred
'in the United States senate,
Major Mlcah Jenkins, who had serv¬
ed with Roosevelt's Rough Riders In
Cuba, and who had won for himself a
record for bravery and merit, was to
have been presented with a sword by
the. people of South Carolina, in recog-
■ nitipn. of his courage and the famo
which he had won for his nauve state
fn the Spanlsh-Amertcan war. Tho
presentation was to have been made
: by Lieutenant Governor Tillman.
When President Roosevelt withdrew
ids invitation to a state dinner, which
lie. .tied cent to Senator Tillman be¬
cause o[ the tight the latter had in the
United States senate, Lieutenant
Governor Tillman in retaliation for
tiris act toward his uncle refused to
present the sword to Jenkins.
Gonzales took up the matter through
ihe columns of his paper, and bitterly
“denounced Lieutenant Governor Till¬
man, calling him a liar and a scoundrel.
Ho repeated the accusation on many
different occasions, and even dared
young Tillman to deny the charges
w’hirh lie had made.
The (-barges which Gonzales made
against, young Tillman were wired all
over the country and made a deep sen¬
sation, many uncomplimentary re¬
marks being made in the press of the
United States because Tillman did not
'.v-Caent the charges made by Gonzales.
‘ ..The feeling between Ihe two men
,was very deep and bitter, and a> (tough
the men had never before had person-
, . , was expected . , when
sbould meet, and the friends of
,h '-’ ,t WH raen 1,avG )POn on 1 e GOk '
out for just such an encounter as hap¬
pened Thursday.
Prices Not Yet Affected.
A London dispatch says: Prices la
the coal market have thus far not been
affected by the action of the American
congress.in providing a rebate on du¬
lies on all coal for a year and placing
anthracite coal on the free list, though
a petter feeling prevails.
Joy Wants Invincible Navy.
Representative Joy has introduced a
concurrent resolution directing the
house committee on naval affairs to
prepare a bill providing for the con¬
struction of twenty-five additional bat¬
tle ships at a cost not to exceed $5,000,-
000 each.
CAROLINA SOLONS MEET.
j Governor McSweeney Consideration. Transmits Hia
Farewell Message for
The South Carolina legislature met
j in Columbia Tuesday for its annual
session.
Governor Mt-Sweeney’s message
was transmitted to the legislature. It
i i: 5 a comprehensive paper and deals
] with a number of subjects, special at-
! -ntion being given to child labor and
the dispensary.