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The Jones News
M. 0. GREENE PUBLISHER.
DIPLOMACY WINNING
Venezuelan Fmbroglio Will Soon
be Satisfactorily Settled.
BOWEN GIVES SUCH ASSURANCE
Conferences Were Held in Washington
Sunday at Which Final Agree¬
i ments are Said to Have
Been Reached.
A dispateh to the Petit Bleu (Brus¬
sels) from Berlin states that an agree¬
ment in the Venezuelan question will
be reached next week, and that a com¬
mission appointed by the United
States government will be charged
with the administration of all the mari¬
time customs offices of Venezuela.
A long conference betweon Minister
Bowen and Sir Michael Herbert; tho
British ambassador beginning at noon,
followed by further conferences be¬
tween Sir Michael, Signor Mayor des
Planches, the Italian ambassador and
Count Quadt, the German charge
d'affaires, indicated diplomatic activity
in Washington Sunday over the Vene¬
zuelan situation. All the negotiators
decline to discuss the results of the
day’s meeting, but general statements
by them that the situation warrants
hope of early relief is significant of
what was accomplished.
By this time the London, Berlin and
Rome foreign officers are in possession
of Mr. Bowen’s third proposition, stat¬
ing the nature of the guarantee he is
prepared to offer for Venezuela if his
initial request is complied with and tho
blockade raised at once. Strict reti¬
cence is maintained by all the negotia¬
tors as the nature of this, guarantee
and until the joint reply of the powers
is received this will not be discussed.
Count Quadt has been advised by
the German foreign officers of the rea¬
sons for the bombardment of the San
Carlos forts. This explanation agrees
^tWith that cabled by the Assooiatea
’5$ > ress from Berlin. Minister Bowen
and the state department are greatly
impressed with the attitude of the rep¬
resentatives in Washingon of the allies
throughout the present negotiations.
Minister Bowen has given out the
following statement:
“I have.good reason to believe that
the pending- controversy between the
three allied powers and Venezuela will
be settled soon and satisfactorily.”
INDIANOLA CASE IN SENATE.
Senator Spooner Defends President's
Action and Arouses McLaurin.
A Washington special says: The In-
dianoia case was given the expected
airing in the senate Saturday after¬
noon, Senator Spooner presenting hit
defense of the administration’s action
in closing the office, which was fol¬
lowed by a rejoinder from Senator Mc¬
Laurin, of Mississippi.
In making his speech the Wisconsin
senator went into the papers of the
case pretty fully, his whole argument
being that these demonstrated' coer¬
cion on the part of the people, proving
that the resignation of the Cox woman
was not voluntary.
Senator McLaurin did not make a
particularly strong presentation of his
- case, as he devoted himself to Spoon¬
er's argument rather than to the ac¬
tion of the president in closing the
office.
The most interesting feature of the
discussion was furnished by certain
letters from A. B. Weeks, who wrote
the president asking for the office, ar
guing he was the best friend the presi¬
dent had in the community and was
an ardent republican. Weeks, it. was
shown, had made application for the
office months before there was any
prospect of the Cox woman resigning
Read between the lines, the papers in¬
dicated that the desire of Weeks for
the postoffice had much to do with stir¬
ring up sentiment against the woman.
Constructively the statehood bill was
before the senate, but as a matter of
fact the admission of the territories
was scarcely mentioned in the course
of the day’s proceedings.
COMPANY TO MOVE SOUTH.
Atlanta Will Get Headquarters of Bell
Telephone People.
A New York special says: The
headquarters of the Soutnern Bell
ephone Company are to be removed
from that city to Atlanta, Ga., early in
the spring.
This announcement was made Wed¬
nesday at the office of President Ed¬
ward J. Hall, of the company.
The transfer'will prooably occur in
April, the -date depending upon
completion of the new telephone
building in Atlanta'.
GUNS TO BOOM FQft PLATT.
Demonstration on Tapis Unless Mayor
| Low, of New York, Interferes.
Mayor Low, of New York, will
to decide whether tne hundred guns
are to be fired in the city hall park in
honor of the re-election to the
States senate of Thomas C. Platt.
A resolution for such a
tion was adopted by the board of
dermen, and if Mayor Low does not in¬
terfere the guns will boom.
LYNCH GUILTY OF TREASON.
Irish Member of Parliament Gets
Death Sentence In London Court
for Enlisting With the Boers.
When tho trial of Col. Arthur Lynch,
member of parliament for Galway, on
the chargo of high treason, was resum-
od In I^ohdon, Friday, counsel for the
defense began summing up.
There was no attempt to deny that
Colonel Lynch supported the Boers,
but counsel contended that his natural¬
isation was in too way treasonable in¬
tent, and was solely for the advantage
he would thus secure for journalistic
purposes.
Subsequently, the defendant actively
s'.ipported the Boer cause in tho be¬
lief that he was a legally naturalized
burgher.
Replying for the prosecution, the so¬
licitor general, Sir Edward Carson,
maintained that Colonel Lynch joinod
the Boer army as a discontented Irish¬
man, “.thereby committing a most
cowardly and most serious act of trea¬
son.”
“His naturalization,” continued the
solicitor general, “was- only a flimsy
pretext.” Counsel then proceeded to
detail the prisoner’s alleged acts of
adherence to his country's enemies.
The Lord chief justice summed up
very briefly. He said that if in war
time a British subject joined the king’s
enemies, whatever his purpose, he was
guilty of an unlawful act. Naturaliza¬
tion during war time afforded no ex¬
cuse whatever for subsequent acts.
There was abundant evidence, he said,
of overt acts In aiding the king’s ene¬
mies.
The jury, after having been out half
an hour, returned a verdict of guilty.
When asked if he had anything to
say as to why he should not be sen¬
tenced to death Colonel Lynch replied:
“Thank you. I will say nothing.”
The sentence of death was passed on
each of tho four counts in tho indict¬
ment.
The prisoner then bowed to the
court and was removed in custody.
Although formally sentenced to be
hanged, Lynch’s sentence will no
doubt be commuted.
In the quaint weirding of the Eng¬
lish indictment, the charge against
Colonel Lynch was as follows:
‘ That the prisoner, not having the
fear of God in his heart, was seduced
by the devil, and did take up arms
against Queen Victoria.”
The punishment is described in the
following paragraph:
“That the condemned shall be taken
to the place of execution and there be
done to death after the manner pro¬
vided.”
FORT FIRED FIRST,
German Commodore Explains Bom¬
bardment of San Carlos.
Commodore Scheder, commander of
the German fleet in Venezuelan waters,
officially reports to Berlin the bom¬
bardment of Fort Carlos from Maracai¬
bo under date of January 21, as fol¬
lows:
"On the 17th instant, while the Pan¬
ther was passing the Maracaibo bar,
she was unexpectedly attacked by
Fort San Carlos, which opened a heavy
fire on her. To this the Panther re¬
plied and a eannonade was exchanged
for half an hour. Owing to the diffi¬
culties of navigation the Panther then
desisted.
“In order to exact an immediate pun¬
ishment for this attack, the more so as
the Venezuelan government had pro¬
claimed it a victory, I bombarded the
fort with the Vineta on the 21st in¬
stant and destroyed it.”
BUCK’S WILL FILED.
Last Testament of Late Minister to
Japan Presented in Court.
The will ot the lqte Alfred E. Buck,
minister to Japan, was filed in the
office of the ordinary at Atlanta, Ga.,
Friday morning and application made
for probate in solemn form.
Mrs. Ellen B. Buck, wife of the de¬
ceased, who returned to Atlanta a. few
days ago, is the executrix and pro¬
pounder. It is understood that Colonel
Buck left a large estate, which goes to
his wife. The papers were filed by O.
C. Fuller, clerk of the United States
circuit court, who is a friend of the
family.
Usual Deadlock in Delaware.
A dispatch from Dover, Del., says:
The democratic caucus members who
made the offer to deal with me regula*
republicans in electing one senator
each in an effort to defeat Addicks,
have submitted their refusal to ex¬
tend the time limit of the offer.
Fifteen Years for Stephenson.
At Atlanta, Ga., after being out all
night tho jury in the ease of Fred L.
Stephenson, charged with the murder
of J. B. Ewing, returned a verdict of
voluntary manslaughter. Judge Roan
sentenced Stephenson to fifteen years
in the penitentiary.
'
KING TAKES A REST.
Ruler of Sweden Turns Over Affair#
Temporarily to His Heir.
A cable dispatch from Stockholm
says: King Oscar, of Sweden, has de¬
cided to temporarily intrust the
ernment of the country to the Crown
Prince Gustaf, who will take over the
regency next week. This action of
king is taken as a result of medical
vice.
GRAY. JONES CO..GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 29. 1909.
CASH FOR COLOMBIA
Uncle Sam Will Pay Little Repnb*
lie Munificent Sum of Ducats.
CANAL RIGHTS ARE PERPETUAL
Treaty is Transmitted to the Senate
by Secretary Hay, But its 'De¬
tailed Provisions are Not Yet
Made Public.
The treaty between the United
States and the United States of Co¬
lombia, w’hich was signed Thursday by
Secretary Hay and Dr. Herran as the
representatives of the two countries,
was transmitted to the senate Friday
and by the senate referred to the com¬
mittee on foreign relations.
The treaty was read in executive
cession, but the injunction of secrecy
was not removed. By the-terms of tho
treaty the United States agrees to
make a cash payment of $10,000,000 in
gold to the Colombian government and
after the expiration of nine years, to
pay a rental of $250,000 per year. The
ieaso of the strip of land to be used
for the canal and for canal purposes
is practically made perpetual, the pro¬
vision on this point being that the first
lease shall be for 100 years and renew¬
able thereafter in terms of 100 years
at the pleasure of the United States.
The strip is to be ten kilometers, or
about six miles, in wid’lh, and over this
territory the United States is given
police and sanitary jurisdiction, al¬
though it is explicitly specified that
Colombia does not surrender sover¬
eignty over it.
The United States is to have the
privilege of free importation of vessels
and materials to be used in the con¬
struction of the canal. It also is given
the right to improve, use and protect
harbors at both the Atlantic and Pa¬
cific ends of the canal. The grant is
irade exclusive to the United States,
and no taxe3 or rentals are to be
charged in addition to the gross sums
of ten million dollars cash and a quar¬
ter of a million dollars annually.
Cabinet Discusses Treaty.
At Friday’s meeting of the cabinet
Secretary Kay presented a draft of
the treaty, which is identical with
that drawn by this government several
mouths ago, and at that time submit¬
ted to the Colombian government with
the single exception of the amount of
annuity to be paid Colombia for the
right of way of the canal. This gov¬
ernment proposed an annuity of $100,-
000, W’hile Columbia demanded $650,-
000. The Colombian government’s de¬
mand was based, it is stated, upon the
ascertained returns from the Panama
Railroad Company in port dues, etc.,
which Colombia did not desire to have
reduced.
During the several months of nego¬
tiations Colombia agreed to all points
in the treaty proposed by the United
States, with the exception of the an¬
nuity. That has been the point of dif¬
ference for many weeks and at one
time threatened to break off negotia¬
tions entirely. Secretary Hay com¬
municated directly with the Colombian
government, intimating that some
agreement must be reached soon, as
the United States desired to enter
upon the construction of the canal, if
it were to be constructed by the Pana¬
ma route. For several days active ef¬
forts have been making to secure an
agreement, but not until Thursday
were they successful. The Colombian
government, then, through Mr. Herran,
the charge d’affaires in Washington,
agreed to accept an annuity of $225,-
000 .
TO INVESTIGATE SHELLING.
Germany’s Bluff as to Inquiry Ignored
by Official Washington.
Berlin dispatches stating that the
German government'would resent any
inquiries concerning its course in Ven¬
ezuela have had no effect upon official
Washington. Instructions have been
sent to our consular officers in Vene¬
zuela to forward all informadon about
the attack upon Fort San Carlos and
loss of life and destruction of property
in the cillage near by.
Canal Treaty Made Public.
The senate committee on foreign re¬
lations Saturday considered the Co-
ombian treaty, but reached no conclu¬
sion, except to vote that it should be
made public, which was done later in
the day. The treaty is a very lengthy
iocument, containing much detail.
Deadly Explosion in Tunnel.
Two men were killed and four se¬
riously injured Saturday morning in
.he Wabash tunnel, at Pittsburg, Pa.,
oy an explosion of dynamite, due, it is
laid, to some one turning on the elec-
:ric current without receiving the prop
»V signal.
TELLER FINALLY LANDS.
After Week of Excitement Colorado
Democrats Elect Senator.
A special from Denver, Colo., says:
At 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon the
iemocratlc members of the senate and
douse of representatives cast their
ballots—51 votes— for Henry M. Tel¬
ler to succeed himself as United States
senator, and he wa sdeclared elected
by W. H. Adams, who presided.
HOWARD IS INAUGURATED.
New Chief Executive of South Carolina
Takes Up Rein3 of Office.
Ceremony Was Simple.
At Columbia, S. C., Wednesday at
noon, Hon. Duncan Clinch Heyward,
democrat, was inaugurated as govern¬
or of the state. At the same hour
James T. Sloan was sworn in as lieu¬
tenant governor to succeed James H.
Tillman.
The Inauguration was an exceeding¬
ly simple affair. The oath of office
being administered as provided in the
constitution, by Chief Justice Young
John Pope, who wa3 elected to that po¬
sition Tuesday.
In his inaugural address Governor
Heyward declared that the three chief
issues in the state of South Carolina
are the questions of trusts, taxes and
child labor.
In speaking of trusts Governor Hey¬
ward said:
“While it is true that one of the
greatest difficulties wo have hud to
contend with in the development of the
stato has been our lack of capital, and
while we stood still to listen to other
means to encourage outside capital
to come into tho state and assist in
building up our industries and develop¬
ing our resources, still capital should
be made to understand that it is wel¬
come when it comes for the purposo
of earning legitimate interest in a fair
and legitimate manner, yet we should
have it understood that it cannot seek
through great combinations and by
over-capitalization to create monopo¬
lies with which it can stifle competi¬
tion, individually reduce -wages and
contract prices to the detriment
the people.”
Mr. Heyward stated that, though
capital is an immense power for good
or bad, nevertheless the fact remains
that usually conducted their tendency
is decidedly harmful, and that if the
former laws of South Carolina wero
not found sufficient to protect the peo¬
ple of the state from oppression of
combined capital, that the general as¬
sembly should amend the laws as ne¬
cessity demanded. Yet to give capital
always its legal right.
Mr. Heyward reviewed the different
bills which had been introduced Into
the general assembly forbidding tbe
employment of child labor in tho tex¬
tile manufactures of the state, but
which have failed in their passage.
“In my judgment,” continued Mr.
Heyward, “the general assembly
should pass a law prohibiting their em¬
ployment, but there should be a
condition in the law by which tne man¬
ufacturers and operatives might adjust
themselves to the changed conditions.”
"This can be done by making the
prohibition to take effect gradually
with respect to the ages of children to
be employed*
“The end to the object is the good of
all concerned and this should be borne
in mind as the consideration which
should receive our careful attention.”
MAZATLAN DEPOPULATED.
Scores Costinue to Die of Plague in
Sorely Stricken City.
Advices from Mexico City state that
reports received there say the life of
the poor people of Mazatlan presents
many horrible features. Unable to
leave the city and without employment,
they daily throng the streets and
watch patients being carried to the
hospital. Nightly crowds of panic-
stricken men and women gather in
the streets to watch the burning of
houses in which the plague has oc¬
curred.
Nearly all the families of well-to-do
people have left the stricken city and
the balance will leave as soon as pos¬
sible. The charity committee has thus
far received $50,000 for the benefit of
the plague sufferers.
The official bulletin reports for Sat¬
urday last six deaths and six new
cases', while on Sunday the number
of deaths were four and the new cases
three. Seven patients who were dis¬
charged from the hospital wero taken
to the barracks of the fort, where they
will remain for the present. The peo¬
ple who are confined to the pavilions
are loud in their praise of the work
done in their behalf by the members
of the relief committee.
There were six deaths from the
plague Wednesday.
NOW AGREES TO TE8TIFY.
Judge Stewart Relents and is Released
from Jail at Tampa.
At Tampa, Fla,, Judge Stewart, who
was imprisoned for contempt of court,
because he refused to tell how he ob¬
tained certain letters hearing on the
allegod scandal at Stetson university,
has been released on an agreement to
testify in court. Ho says he will give
all evidence he has to make public
and a hugo sensation is promised. It
is doubtful if he will tell who sold him
the letters that have caused so much
comment.
ANOTHER RESPITE FOR LEE.
Date of Execution of Miss Suttle8'
Slayer Extended to February 27.
Millard Lee, who killed Miss Lila
May Suttles last June, and who was
placed on trial in the Fulton superior
court at Atlanta, Thursday, to deter-
mine whether or not he is insane, has
been granted another respite by Gov-
ernor Terrell, and unless otherwise or-
dered or determined Lee will be hang-
ed on February 27th.
CHINA FACES CRISIS
__
Revolt and Bloody Internecine
War is Threatened.
MISSIONARIES BEGIN A HEGIRA
Rebels Already in Possession of Many
Districts—Powers May Soon Have
Another and Bigger Job
on Their Hants.
The steamers Athenian and Tremont
arrived at Victoria, British Columbia
Sunday from tho Orient. They bring
further news of the revolution in Kan¬
su, China.
One report telegraphed to the Shang¬
hai paper from Lasko to the effect that,
unless Tung Full Slang is suppressed
the powers will soon find themselves
face to face with a bigger revolt than
two years ago.
Missionaries are already beginning
to leave the threatened district. A
correspondent of The Shanghai Mer¬
cury, In Kansu, wires:
“A crisis is imminent, and the of¬
ficials are powerless to act. The tao-
tai is suppressing news, There is
causo for grave apprehension, unless
Tung Fuh Siang is suppressed.”
Messrs. Rydbig and Soledstray, mis¬
sionaries from Singan, having come
from the interior because of the threat¬
ened revolt, in interviews given to a
German daily paper of Shanghai, state
that Tung Full Siang Is gaining
ground and intends to lead his army
to Singau, where ho will endeavor to
make his capital and place Puh Chun,
who has been proclaimed emperor, on
the throne.
Tung is himself enlisting troops and
everything else points to the fact that
he has government support. Kansu
and Shen Si are overrun by Tung’s
spies.
All pro-foreign officials are being re¬
moved from Singan.
Pekin correspondents also tell of
tho threatened outbreak in the north¬
west and credit Young Lu, “the real
ruler of China,” with being behind the
movement.
The Canton correspondent of a Hong
Kong paper states that the rebellion
In Kwang Si is more serious than ever
knowoi.
The rebels, 40,000 to 50,000 in num¬
ber, have taken possession of many
districts and towns, and Pakangi, Pa-
Itagsha, Paknng, Sian, Hingyip and
Lauchow are in their possession.
They are-now marching into Yunna
armed with modern rifles. Their chiefs
■ire Chang and Luk.
The officials at Cauton are enlisting
loldiers.
TO SHUN V/HITE HOUSE.
Southern Congressmen Will Hereafter
“Cut Out” Social Functions.
A Washington special says: There
is an almost unanimous determination
imong southern congressman to stay
away from the white house social
'unctions as long as Roosevelt is presi-
ient.
Southern indignation at the presence
.if negro men and women at the whito
iiouse reception i« further inflamed by
:he reported announcement that Presi
lent Jtoosevelt will soon give a din¬
ner to William H. Lewis, the negro
football player, recently appointed as¬
sistant district attorney at Boston,
Mass.
The resentment at the presence oi
negroes at the white house has not
iiminlshed. All the northern papers
are taking up the incident and are giv¬
ing vent to southern feeling on the sub
|ect.
The New York Sun and Baltimore
Sun both make the incident the leading
news feature. Since tho topic has be¬
come so general reserve is thrown to
the winds and all southerners are free¬
ly expressing their sentiments.
Cruohed to Death in a Panic.
Three women were killed and five
women and one man severely injured
in a panic in Leopold Miller & Son’s
;:igar factory at New York Friday as
i result of a fire in an adjoining build¬
ing.
REUNION TO BE HELD IN MAY.
Committee of Confederate Veterans
Select New Orleans for Next Meet.
Tho Confederate reunion committee,
In session at New Orleans, announces
that tho contract for the auditorium
in that city has been let for $11,300
and work will begin on it as soon as
the races are over.
It was also officially announced
through Adjutant General Mickle that
May 19, was the day for the reunion
to begin.
Plans for raising the $100,000 for the
reunion are being pushed by Chairman
Frank T. Howard,
MONEY FOR CUBAN SOLDIERS.
Island Senate Committee Will Ask for
Loan of $35,000,000.
A dispatch from Havana says: The
Bena t 0 committee on financo is prepar-
j ng to repor t the hill authorizing the
[ oan 0 j $ 35000 ,000 to provide for the
pa y men t of Cuban soldiers who fought
)n the revolution. Of this arftount $4,-
qqq qqq )g t0 be devoted to the encour-
agement of agriculture.
VOL. IX. NO. 10.
• i Cream of News, j |
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—The general headquarters of the
Southern llell Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, with all the executive
officers of the company except Presi¬
dent Hall, will be moved to Atlanta,
-Ga., in the spring.
—Stewart county, Ga., in an elec¬
tion Wednesday, voted for a dispen¬
sary, tho majority favoring one being
over a hundred.
—Barnesville officers succeeded In
arresting two burglars Wednesday. A
third one Is being pursued with proba¬
bility of his being captured.
—James Wilcox, convicted of mur¬
der lu the second degree for killing
Nellie Cropsey, gets thirty years’ sen¬
tence.
—Governor Heyward, of South Caro¬
lina, was Inaugurated at Columbia
Wednesday.
—Tito German war ships, The Pan¬
ther, Vineta and Falko, bombarded the
forts at San Carlos again Wednesday.
—The bubonic plague is claiming
many victims In Mexico and is said
to he spreading northward.
—Now city directory just Issued
gives Atlanta, Ga., a population of 139,-
980.
■—Editor N. G. Gonzales was buried
at Columbia, S. C., Tuesday.
—Many slates elected United States
senators Tuesday. In most instances
the incumbents were ro-elected.
Among the new senators are Stone, of
Missouri; Clarke, of Arkansas, and
Smooth, of Utah. Bitter fights are on
in Colorado and Delaware.
—While Mr. Cochran, of Missouri,
was impugning the loyalty of Canada
to Groat. Britain in the house Tuesday,
a stylishly dressed girl In tne gallary
shouted “You lie!”
—It is reported that Germany has
ordered tho war ship Vineta to Mara¬
caibo, Venezuela, which was rocontly
bombarded.
—Lady Henry Somerset, in an open
letter, regrets that the temperance
women of the United States attacked
as immoral Watts’ picture of "Love
and Life,” which hangs in the wh'te
house.
—The Atlanta city council agrees to
purchase tlie old postoffice, thus re¬
moving ail obstacles from the erection
of a new building.
—Georgia Bankers’ Association will
meet in Atlanta June 17.
—At Rome, Ga., Andrew Fletcher
put a bullet through his head Monday
afternoon on returning from the funer¬
al of a friend who suicided.
—From the Potomac to tho Rio
Grande tho name of Robert E. Lee was
honored last Monday.
—Editor N. G. Gonzales, who was
shot by Lieutenant governor Janie.. H.
Tillman, of South Carolina, died in Co¬
lumbia Monday morning.
—Governor W. I). Jelks was inau¬
gurated as governor of Alabama Mon¬
day.
—President Roosevelt has asked
Senator Spooner to make a speech in
explanation in the senate regarding his
policy of appointing negroes to office,
and the latter has consented.
—The fight, over the Cuban reciproc¬
ity treaty Is on in the senate. Senator
Bacon has made a statement explain¬
ing democratic opposition to certain
portions of the treaty.
—The plague at. Mazatlan, Mexico,
shows no sign of abating. The city
council has bought more ground for
cemetery purposes.
—The German government denies
any knowledge of the bombardment of
Maracaibo.
—A big Texas oil company goes to
the wall on account of inability to fill
orders contracted for.
—Developments In the investigation
of the Mississippi treasury shortage
may involve several Jackson bankers.
—Abram S. Hewitt, former congress¬
man and mayor of New York, died
Sunday.
—The weekly papers published at
indianola, Miss., are now dated from
Steadman.
—The North German Lloyds steam¬
er Lahn ia ashore near tho rock of
Gibraltar. At high tide attempts were
made to float her, but they failed. Tho
passengers, about one hundred of
whom are Americans, will bo trans¬
ferred to some other vessel.
—The memorial arch to Von Ket
tier, German minister who was killed
by tho boxers, was dedicated at Pekin
Sunday.
—At council Investigation of the At¬
lanta police hoard Sergeant Whitley
testifies under protest, declaring that
his job would he in jeopardy. He
makes charge that Commissioner
Jones tried to influence a juryman
through him.
—One of the grand jury at Frank¬
fort, Ky., on trial of Youtsey, charged
with aiding in the killing of Governbr
Goebel, testifies that a detective tried
to bribe him to reveal what Youtsey
said in Jury room.
—United States Marshal Johnson
and Postmaster Edwards, of Macon,
had a talk with the president Friday re¬
garding conditions in Georgia.
—Cuban veterans threaten to cause
trouble unless they are paid for their
services by March.
SHELLING IS RESUMED
German Warships Return to the
Bombardment of San Carlos.
THREE VESSELS IN FULL ACTION
Castro’s Gunners Reply With Much
Vigor—Minister Bowen Presents
Propooition of Venezuela to
Representatives of Allies.
A special from Maracaibo, Venezue¬
la, says: Three German warships,
supposed to lio the Panther, Vineta
and Falko, began shelling the forts of
San Carlos at half past 10 o’clock Wed¬
nesday morning.
The correspondent of the Associa¬
ted Press in a row boat approached to
within three inllos of the fort at noon.
The roar of tho guns was terrific. The
Panther appeared to bo not more than
500 yards from the fort. Her guns
were fired every few minutes. Tho
fort could not he seen for tho clouds
of smoke, but it was plain that the
Venezuelan gunners wero answering
the German fire splendidly and with
great rapidity.
At 1 o’clock in the afternoon an ex¬
plosion occurred apparently in the fort
and a cloud of smoke covered part of
tho ramparts. A number of Indian
fishermen were intercepte.. fleeing
from the direction of the tort in their
dugout canoes.
They reported that tho smoke seen
was from the burning village of San
Carlos, which had been shelled by the
Gorman ships and was in flames.
Castro’s Demands.
A Washington special says: Raising
of the blockade is Venezuela’s condi¬
tion precedent to the formal institu¬
tion .of negotiations with the powers
for a settlement of their claims. Her
representative. Minister Bowen, has
presented this proposition to the rep¬
resentatives of the allies in Washing¬
ton, and it has been cabled to the for¬
eign officers at London, Berlin and
Rome. Little progress can be made
pending the receipt of answers, which
it is expected will bo made in the na*
ture of a joint reply and may not reach
Washington for several days.
Considerable reticence is being
maintained by the negotiators as to
tho preliminary steps, and they are
averse to discussing the nature of
Venezuela’s Initial proposition until a
reply to it has been made, ft is un¬
derstood, however, that In asking that
the blockade be lifted, Minister Bowen
let it be understood that he was in
a position to offer suitable guarantee
for the payment of tho Just claims of
the allies. He did not state, however,
wliat this surety was, and it Is expect¬
ed the reply of tho powers will be in
the nature of a counter-proposition
that Venezuela agree to a settlement
of the claims arising from injuries
dono to foreign citizens in Venezuela.
it developed Wednesday that Minis¬
ter Bowen’s power includes jurisdiction
ovor tho claims; of foreign countries,
Castro having authorized him to nego¬
tiate through tho representatives at
Washington with all the powers “hav¬
ing claims gainst his country. No ac¬
tive steps, however, will be taken until
the preliminary difficulties have been
cleared away.
ANOTHER COAL TRAIN RAID.
Freezing Mob In Brooklyn Captures
Two Hundred Tons of Anthracite.
At Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday, a
crowd of men, women and children at¬
tacked and captured a train of soven
cars loaded with moro than 200 tons
of anthracite on tho Long Island rail¬
road.
The train crew tried to fight, the
crowd off, but it was too big and the
railroad men were forced to stand by
while the people filled their bags, bas¬
kets, carts, wheelbarrows and even
•wagons. Many of those who took tho
coal say they are willing to pay for it,
and that it was only after efforts to
buy had resulted in failure that .they
decided to raid the train.
GOOD FOR CARTERSVILLE.
Plans on Foot for Investment of Two
Millions by Chicago Capitalists.
It is said that plans havo been prac¬
tically completed by Chicago capital¬
ists to establish a $l,500,0o0 cement
plant at Cartersville, Ga., and to de¬
velop the power of the Etowah river at
that place under anot'her company
with a capital of $500,000.
These investments, aggregating $2,-
000,000, will be made by these Chicago
capitalists just as soon as they can se¬
cure assurances from the railroads of
fair and reasonable rates for their raw
material.
RAIL ACCIDENT NEAR MEMPHIS.
Open Switch Causes Wreck and Fatal
Injury of Three Trainmen.
The fast passenger train of the Illi¬
nois Central from Memphis to New
Orleans, which left Memphis at 12:25
o’clock Friday morning, entered an
open switch at a siding in the south-
ern suburbs of the city, ditching five
coaches, fatally injuring three train¬
men and seriously injuring two mail
clerks.