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VOL. IX.
CHASED BY WATERS
Sodden Break in Protection Um
Causes Hasty Hegira.
GREAT GAP CUT BY RIYER
Six Men Drowned in Flooded District
of Arkansas—Great River Grad¬
ually Falling at Memphis
and New Orleans.
According to a Vicksburg special
thirty thousand acres were flooded
Tuesday night by the breaking of pro¬
tection ievee around Lacona Circle,
A'k., 25 miles north of Rosedale, Miss.
Tho crevasse is several hundred
ymds wide. So suddenly did the wa¬
ter rush through that the people living
In the inundated territory had to flee
fn great haste, taking refuge on the
government levee in the rear.
Considerable live stock, it is feared,
will be lost and the negroes there are
anid to be without provisions. There
is no telegraphic or telephonic connec¬
tion at Lacona and the exact situation
cannot be ascertained.
Six Men Swept to Doom.
J. R. Hood returned to Memphis
Tuesday from the flooded district of
Arkansas and reports that at Gavin, a
station on the ’Frisco railroad, Satur¬
day afternoon, a skiff containing four
drummers and two negro oarsmen
were swept under the track of the
rc^road, in a stiff current. The boat
woi overturned and all six occupants
were drowned. Mrr Hood does not
l;..ow the names of the traveling men,
tut says they had employed the no-
fi< es to row them across the sub¬
merged territory to Mound City, Ark.,
where they intended to take a stoan>
boat for Memphis.
The river at Memphis Tuesday
morning registered 39.4 feet on the
geuge and continues to recede. The
weather bureau predicts that the fall
will continue at an increased rate for
the next, few days. There seems every
reason to believe that the danger
from the overflow has passed and
that tho Mississippi va'ley has ever
seen will coon pass into history.
River Falling si New Orleans.
The river at New Orleans registered
?0 feet. Favorable winds have proba¬
bly figured in the decline. Something
Tie a gale prevailed during Monday
pfgns. and caused much apprehension
tho safety of the levees
south, but early reports brought no
news of crevasses. It is believed that
the river is now carrying off much of
the flood that caused the overflows in
North Memphis and in Arkansas.
There is no change whatever in local
sonditions.
FREEDOM FOR MRS. MAYBR1CK.
Report Comes from London that She
Will Be Released Next Year.
A London special says: Mrs. Flor¬
ence Maybrick, the American woman
who wa sconvicted at Liverpool in
1289, on the charge of poisoning her
busband, James Maybrick, at Aig-
burts, by arsenic, and whose sen¬
tence of death was commuted to penal
servitude for life, will be released In
1904. The announcement comes from
the home office, which now authorizes
her Washington lawyers to use the
fact of her release next year as a rea¬
son for securing the postponement of
toe trial of the lawsuit bearing on the
prisoner’s interests in land in Ken¬
tucky, Virginia and West Virginia,
until she is able to personally testify.
BLOOMER GIRLS BALKED.
Female Baseballists Strike a Snag
at Cedartown.
The Bloomer Girls of Chicago, the
star female baseball club, which
played at several Georgia towns during
the past week, struck hard luck at
Cidartown, where they had an en¬
gagement to play a match game.
Solicitor Fielder, of th,e Tallapoo¬
sa circuit, living at Cedartown, act¬
ing upon the allegations of various in¬
fo mants who were citizens of Cedar-
town, applied to Judge A. L. Bartlett,
».* that circuit, and secured an injunc¬
tion to prevent the game.
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GEORGIA FRUIT GROWERS MEET.
Concensus of Opinion that This Year’s
Crop Will be Equal to Demand.
Georgia’s fruit crop this year will be
equal to all demands made upon it, so
the members of the Fruit Growers' As
sociation, gathered at Macon Wednes¬
day, are inclined to think.
The association held two sessions
and during the day the conditions of
orchards throughout the state were
fully and freely discussed. Reports of
committees were submitted and con¬
siderable work of interest vas accom¬
plished.
TO HELP BOOKER'S SCHOOL.
Public Meeting to Be Held in Madison
Square Garden, New York.
A New York dispatch says: It is
announced that a public meeting will
be held in tbe Madison Square Garden
concert hall the evening or April 14;b
to discuss the method and needs o
Booker T. Washington’s work at the
Tuskegee institute and that probably
ex-President Cleveland will preside.
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■ : Cream of News.*
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each "Day.
—Waycross, Ga., is to have a hun¬
dred thousand dollar car plant.
—Tho Atlantic Coast Line has
agreed to increase the wages of its eu
gineers 10 per cent.
—A Richmond, Va., young man
struck a match on the sest of hi3
pants after sitting on a gasoline can.
Ho may die.
—Congressman Robert W. Davis
and Hon. Frank Harris have announc
ed themselves as candidates for gov¬
ernor of Fiorina,
—There appears to be no ground for
the report that the Corbett-Jeffricr,
mill is to occur in Florida, as the laws
of the state clearly forbid such con¬
tests.
—The New Orleans cotton exchange
is considering a proposition from the
New York exchange which may end
ail bucket shops.
—The steel trust has begun to
merge its plants and reduce the capi¬
talization for purposes oi economy.
—On April 1 Secretary Shaw will
begin refunding operations. He has
issued circular announcing the terms
—Consul General Hugos, at Coburg,
reports that the Germans are making
a success of cotton growing in East
Africa.
—There is nothing new in the flood
situation. The chief danger at pres¬
ent is at New Orleans and other points
below Memphis.
—The Burdick inquest closed Thurs¬
day and the murder is still veiled In
mystery. Tho chief result has been
the vindication of Burdick.
—Advices of Thursday from San
Domingo were to the effect that the
rebels continue to be successful In
their operations.
—Tho Irich loaders are chary of
discussing the land bill. They will
not express themselves until the Na¬
tionalist convention acts.
—The widow of John Griffin, who
was assassinated near Eatonton, Ga
has been put in jail, together with her
nephew. Circumstantial evidence
caused the arrostB.
—Wednesday was pay day for the
marines of the squadron at Pensacola,
Fia., and money was flush.
—The bill providing for tbe monthly
payment of Alabama school teachers
has been signed by the governor.
—The child labor law, effective in
South Carolina on May 1, is said to
have a clause in it that will give a
loophole through which the object of
the law can be evaded.
—A levee has given away near
Vicksburg, Miss., and “The Briars.’’
the old home of Jefferson Davis, has
been flooded.
—Prosecuting Attorney Coatsworth
admits that the Burdick inquest has
thrown no light on tho murder.
—An alleged plot to kidnap tho
members of Roosevelt’s cabinet dur¬
ing the western trip of tire presiden¬
tial party has been revealed.
—On the eve of General Wood’s de¬
parture for the Philippines, Secretary
Root, by direction oi the president,
has issued an order lauding the work
of tho general in Cuba.
—Dr. R. C. Flower, involved in the
notorious Hagaman case, has been in¬
dicted in New York for grand larceny
and held in $50,000 bail. It Is alleged
Flower has stolen $500,000.
—The Irish secretary, Mr. Wynd¬
ham, has introduced the Irish land
bill in the house of commons. The
scheme will Involve about $500,000,000,
of which $60,000,000 will be a free
grant.
—In a special message to the Vene-
zuelan congress, President Castro has
withdrawn his resignation, saying that
the country is opposod to his leaving
office.
—Major General Sir Hector Mac-
Donald, commanding British forces in
Ceylon, has killed himsen In Paris to
escape trial for immoral conduct.
—Alderman Ruxton, of Chicago,
wants to fine every landlord $100 who
rejects a tenant because of me latter’s
many children.
—Southern railway passenger train
No. 35, was wrecked by a landslide
near Toccoa, Ga., Monday morning.
Engineer Miller, Fireman Thompson
and a negro tramp were killed.
—A case is now in the courts of
Alabama which may Etop all bets by
wire in that state.
—Ernest Haywood, who killed Lud¬
low Skinner, at Ralelgn, was indicted
for murder Monday.
—Mr. Wentworth, of Boston, has
left his fortune, estimated at $7,000,-
000, to found an industrial school.
—Secretary of War Root has an¬
nounced that there is no—.ng In the
charges filed by Estes G. Rrthbone
against General Leonard Wood.
—Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the
American woman serving a life sen¬
tence in England on a charge of poi¬
soning her husband, will he released
next year.
—After desperate fighting the city
of San Domingo has been taken by
the rebels. Many were killed and
wounded on both sides.
—Surigao, Island of Mindanao, has
been captured by the Filipino rebels.
The American commander and sever¬
al others were lulled.
GRAY. JONES CO. GA.. Til URSDAY. APRIL 2.1903.
MILLIONS FOR IRISH
Britain’s Pocket Book Will Be
Opened Wide.
ro BUY PEACE WITH DUCATS
Government's Irish Land Bill, Carry¬
ing Enormous Sum for Expendi¬
ture’is Introduced in English
House of Commons.
A London special says: The Irish
secretary, Mr. Wyndham, introduced
the government’s long anticipated
Irish land bill in tho house of com¬
mons Wednesday afternoon. It pro
poses a grant of $60,000,000 for the
purpose of tho bill. Tenant^ are to
pay 3 1-4 per cent interest on loans
from the government. Mr. Wyndiiam
said he thought the scheme would not
involve over $50^,000,000, but that
$750,000,000 could be safely advanced
on Irish lands.
The advances to tenants aro 11m
ited to $2,500 in the congested dis¬
tricts and $5,000 elsewhere. The bill
also provides that untenanted farms
and grazing lands shall be sold to
neighboring tenants and that three
commissioners, to be known as estate
commissioners, shall supervise the
sales.
The names of the three commlssicn-
evs are Michael Finucane, secretary to
the government of Bengal revenue,
general and statistical department:
Frederick S. Wrench, now one of the
Irish land commissioners, and William
F. Bailey, one of the assistant com-
mlsmissioners of the Irish land com¬
mission. They will be under the gen
eral control of the lord lieutenant of
Ireland. The bill will become effect¬
ive November 1.
Tho keen interest felt in tills new
legislation, which, it is hoped, will
promote peace and contentment in Ire¬
land, was shown by the crowded
house. The peers’ gallery and the dis¬
tinguished strangers’ gallery were fill¬
ed and there has been no such gather¬
ing of members of parliament, since
the opening of the session. In the
diplomatic gallery sat United States
Secretary Henry White, an interested
spectator, while almost every Irish
peer listened to Mr. Wyudham’s expo¬
sition of the hill.
Irishmen Crowd House.
The passage of the first reading of
the bill was followed by a rush to
the lobby, whore ensued scenes that
might well make the ghost of Parnell
turn in his grave.
The duke of Abercorn, the most
powerful landlord of Ireland, asked to
be Introduced re John Redmond, and
a mutual friend brought the duke to
the leader of the nationalist party,
with whom the leader of the Irish
landlords heartily shook hands, and
they patched up the peace of Ireland
over the house of commons’ refresh¬
ment bar.
Mr. Wyndham, who was heartily
cheered when he arose to speak in the
house, announced at tho outset that
the government though cash aid was
necessary for the fulfillment of the
proposed scheme, but It attached
greater importance to the credit oper¬
ation than to the cash operation. He
then unfolded the scheme which pro¬
vides for advances of money for the
purchase of land by the tenants. The
advances will be in the shape of cash
and not of stock, but in order to ena¬
ble the cash to be raised a new stock
Is to be floated. It will ha called
“guaranteed 2 3 4 per cent stock,” and
will be unredeemable for thirty years.
Mr. Wyndham doubted if $500,000,000
of the stock wouI(1 1)<3 nee ded. It. will
be issued at the rate of $25,000,000
yearly for the first three years, and
afterward possibly in larger sums,
i n addition to this the government
proposes a free grant of $60,000,000, to
be raised by additions to the stock,
the interest and sinking fund of which
will be borne by the treasury, and the
maximum annual charge of which will
not exceed $1,950,000. Against this
charge on the British treasury, the
Irish government, proposes forthwith
commence reductions in tho cost of
administration, amounting to $1,250,-
000 per annum forever.
GROVER 13 BUOYANT.
Once More Stork is Hovering Over
Hie Home in Princeton.
News comes from Princeton, N. J.,
that there has been an air of happy
expectancy about the home of former
President Grover Cleveland of late.
Mr. Cleveland’s buoyant and cheerful
manner is ascribed by some of his
friends to hopes not exactly of a polit¬
ical nature, but the anticipated visit
of the stork.
Mr. Cleveland was 66 years old on
March 18. Ho has now four children,
Esther, Ruth, Marion and Richard.
Richard, the only boy, is the youngest
SUM CHANCE FOR TREATY.
Cubans Seem Disposed to Insist on
Important Concession.
A special from Havana says: The
chance for the carrying through of the
reciprocity treaty appears slender, un¬
less the United States government
concedes the right to the Cuban sen¬
ate to provide that the treaty shall
not be effective unless it is ratified by
the United States congress during the
present year.
UtWtY SUJHLS StRMANS.
Admiral Says Bill's Navy is “Small
Potatoes” Compared With Our
Own—May Rllo Kaiser.
A Washington special says: The
possibility that the German govern
ment may make Inquiries of the gov¬
ernment of tho United Statos regard
ing certain declarations of Admiral
George Dewey concerning the Oermau
navy and the recent maneuvers of tho
United State3 in the Caribbean sea,
was the principal topic if talk in offi¬
cial circles Friday,
Ever since his experience with the
Germans m Manila bay, Admiral
Dewey has had no love for the Ger
man navy, and, llko most of the other
officers of tho Uultod States navy, he
believes that a clash between Ger¬
many and tho United .. ta.es Is almost
inevitable. Looking to this possibil¬
ity, tho general board of tho navy, of
which he is president, makes all its
calculations for naval development
with reference to Germany. All com¬
parisons of naval strength aro with
Germany to the exclusion of other Eu¬
ropean powers.
This ail-prevailing sentiment is
doubtless responsible for some of the
utterances of Admiral Dewey quoted
in any Interview published Friday, In
which he declared that tne navy of
the United States is superior to the
Germany navy. He goes farther and
declares that tho United States navy
is the greatest In the world, giving as
his reason that every man In it is a
man of intelligence.
“The German navy," he declares, "is
an entirely different organization in
its make-up of human material. I
have made a deep study of that navy.
My belief Is I hat its efficiency in pos¬
sible action is greatly overestimated.
The men do not begin to compare in
education am. intelligence with the
Americans."
Thereupon Admiral Dewey proceeds
to reveal some very Interesting official
Eecrets. lie declares that tho maneu¬
vers in tho Caribboon sea were not
only successful, but wero the greatest
object lesson of tho kind that the
world has probably ever scon.
“It was Rn object lessen to the kais¬
er more than to any other person,” "lie
declares. "Think of it! Fifty-four
war ships were engaged. Germany
could not possibiy get a fleet over
here that could light such an aggro
gallon of warships as that.”
While Admiral Dewey does not
say so, in Just these words his inter¬
view carries the inference that the
maneuvers carries the inference that,
the maneuvers wore designed especial¬
ly for Just that purpose.
Dewey Was imprudent.
There is a general feeling in official
circles that Admiral Dewey should not
have said what ho did, hut everybody
acknowledges that he told the truth.
Tho officials of tho navy department
will take no notice of the interview
unless they arc called upon to do so
through diplomatic channels. This
moans unless there Is complaint from
Germany. In accordance with ills gen¬
eral instructions, Count. Speck von
Sternberg, German plenipotentiary,
has cabled tho text of uic interview
to Berlin.
AGED COUPLE MURDERED.
Mutilated Bodies of Luttrell and His
Wife Found in Their Bed.
In tho eleventh district of Warren
county, Tennessee, the dead houies of
Peter Luttrell and wife, both past 80
years old, wero found In boil at their
borne horribly beaten nnd mutilated.
The discovery was made by Lea Vick¬
ers and wife, who nad a contract to
care for the couple, in consideration
for which the latter had deeded Vick¬
ers their farm, taking effect upon thoir
death.
BILL’S WIFE FADLY HURT.
Empress of Germany Thrown from
Horce and Bones are Broken.
A dispatch from Berlin says: The
empress was thrown from her horse
whtio riding at Gruenwald Friday, and
her right, arm broken.
The empess fell heavily. Emperor
William, who was near at hand, was
among the first to reach her side ami
assisted her to rise. The imperial
party was galloping at the moment,
when the empress’ horse shied and
I stumbled.
COLORED POSTMASTER OUSTED.
President Gives White Man Berth on
This Round.
The president Tuesday announced
the appointment of B. T. Person to be
postmaster at Wilson, N. C., to suc¬
ceed Samuel H. Vick, Person is a
white man and Vick is a negro.
The appointment is accompanied by
a long statement which might be com
sirned as an apology to tho negroes
for tho failure of Vick to retain his
job, it being set forth in this state¬
ment that Vick fails not because of his
co or, but because it, is alleged he had
been a traitor to his party.
ASPIRATION OF BRYAN.
Rumor that Nebraskan Wants Nation¬
al Democratic Chairmanship.
A Washington special says: William
Jernings Bryan aspires to the posi
tlon of chairman of. the democratic na
tii nal committee in the next presi¬
dential campaign. Mr. Bryan has, iv
j, grated on apparently good authority,
the fact that he entertains
this am bition to several prominent
democratic leadeis In Washington.
MORE LEVEES BREAK
City of Greenville, Mississippi,
at Mercy of Flood.
WATERY AVALANCHE LOOSENED
An Enormous Crevasse Threatens
Widespread Destruction—Sev.
eral Minor Breaks are Re¬
ported at Various Points.
Breaks In the levees along tho Mis¬
sissippi aro reported as follows: (1)
About 40 miles above New Orleans.
(2) a few miles below Greenvlllo, and
(3) at Duvall’s Landing, Miss. Tno
-stages at lower river points, however,
have'not materially changed.
Advices from Greenville, Miss.,
stato that a volume of water 16 feet
deep and over 600 fee. In length is
pouring steadily through a crevasse in
the levee five miles south of the city
and is flooding thousands of acres of
the finest farming land In the cele¬
brated Yazoo delta, regarded by many
to be the most fertile in tho World.
The break In the levee occurred at
11 o’clock Friday morning and tho
roar of the rushing waters could eas
ily be heard in Greenville. Only 200
feet of the embankment gave way at
first and a mighty effort was made by
hundreds of laborers in charge of the
government engineers to check tho
rushing flood by cribbing and sacking,
hut It -vas soon apparent that it wa3
beyond human power to successfully
combat the restless fury of the cur¬
rent. An hour later it was seen that
the ends of the levee on either side of
the crevasse were melting fast, the
force of the current cutting the em¬
bankment away as though it were
built of sand.
When the first report of the break
reached the city tho excitement was
Intense and many people hegsti to col
lect their valuables und held them¬
selves In readiness to move away at a
moment's notice. Shortly after night¬
fall the backwater reached the city.
Major John M. Sears, who has
cherge of tho government office In
Greenville, in the absence of Captain
Potter, In an Interview stated that
the break is unquestionably the worst
In the history of the levee system. Ho
says the entire delta south as far as
Vicksburg will be inundated and the
fine farming lands in Washington,
Bolivar and Sharkey counties wttl be.
under water for more than two weeks.
This Is the first break to do report¬
ed on the Mississippi side since the
present rise began.
The situation at midnight grew rap
idly worse. Work on the protection
levee through Main street was soon
abandoned and water reached Wash¬
ington avenue, the highest point 1n
the city. Appeals for help began com¬
ing in from the Tuxedo and race track
additions and relief boats were hur¬
ried to their relief.
The ndws came from these addi¬
tions that people were seen clinging
to roofs of houses and rafts to escape
the rising waters. Many lives have
been reported lost, a woman and five
children perishing In one house.
The southern part of the city is en¬
tirely under water. Houses even as
high as Central avenue began filling
up and their inmates were forced to
upper floors for safety.
The city was In total darkness, wa¬
ter putting out the fires in the elec¬
tric light plants.
People Cut Levees.
Interest in the flood situation at
New Orleans Friday centered In tho
break at Hymclia, near Lucy, La., 40
miles above the city, and the disas¬
trous crevasse reporte l south of
Greenville. Cotton men felt especial
concern with respect to the latter and
the announcement, in private dis¬
patches, which were circulated on the
floor of the cotton exchange that J00,-
000 acres of the richest delta land
would probably go under water, crea¬
ted a feeling of depression.
Crevasse Cut Near Vicksburg.
A Vicksburg special says: The sec¬
ond crevasse of the day on the Mis¬
sissippi occurred at Albemarle levee
in lower Issaquena county at. 5 o’clock
Friday afternoon. Backwater from
Steeles bayou had already spread all
over that section and was within five
fset of the levee’s crown, consequent¬
ly not much damage will result. Re¬
ports from there state that the gap is
several hundred feet wide, but as the
water is running through with very
little force It can probably be closed.
The Albemarle levee was an old piece
of work and had been displaying dan¬
ger signals for a week past.
The breaks in Washington and Issa¬
quena counties will cause a suspen¬
sion of traffic on the Yazoo and Mis¬
sissippi Valley railroad north of Vicks¬
burg, tho tracks for 10 miles or more
having already been covered by water
to a depth of 20 inches.
GENERAL M’DONALD SUICIDES.
Decided on Death Rather than Face a
Courtmartial.
Tho London Evening flews an-
nounces that Major-Generai Sir Hector
MacDonald, commanding tye British
forces in Ceylon, against whom
charges based on immoral acts were
filed some days ago, committed suicide
Wednesday by shooting himself in a
hotel in Paris.
WIFE AND NEPHEW AHRESfED.
Highly Sensational Developments
Grow Out of Assassination of
John T. Griffin.
Mrs. Griffin and her nephew, a
young man hamed Knowles, were ar¬
rested Wednesday in connection with
l he murder of Mrs. Griffin's husband
who was killed Monday night at La
tonton, Ga.
An Informant relating the circum¬
stances surrounding the murder of
Griffin says that lew persons took any
stock in the story first told, which
placed the crime upon an unknown
negro man. Within a short time after
tho crime became known suspicion
was directed against Griffin’s wife and
the young man Knowles. So strong
was the suspicion (hat arrest was
deemed necessary to prevent sum¬
mary vengeance. No one now thinks
that a negro had anything to do
with It.
Young Knowles is a sou of the
brother in law of Mrs. Griffin. As
stated, Mr. Griffin was murdered Mou
day night, it being t.ien alleged that
ho was killed by an un'nown negro,
as he was seated in his home with his
family. It was claimed that both bar¬
rels of ft shotgun were discharged
through a window.
The first load took effect in the face
and chest of Griffin, and as he sprung
to his feet the second load was fired
into his back by the assassin, causing
Instant death.
It was claimed that Mrs. Griffin,
frightened almost out of her wits,
rushed from tho nouse screaming lor
help. Tho negro caught her and threat¬
ened her with violence If she mado a
noise. Wrenching herself from his
grasp she ran to a nearby family of
negroes and secured their assistance
in arousing the neighborhood and In¬
stituting a search for the murderer.
CASTRO WAS ONLY BUFFING.
String Was Attached to that Resigns
tlon—Bows to Wish of Congress
and Reconsiders Action.
After reading ills special message
to the Venezuelan congress at Cara¬
cas Wednesday, General Castro with¬
drew his resignation of the presidency
of Venezuela. He says:
“When I abdicated, it was not from
any small-minded nor interested calcu¬
lation, still less was it the result of
any sorrow or ridiculous iarce which
has no place in a heart warmed by the
heat of great ideals.”
"Notwithstanding thoso reasons,
which were weighty to my mind,” he
continues, "congress does not accept
my resignation and insists that !
should continue, that I should not per¬
sist therein, but considers me si ill use
fill In tho government. I how to lla
desire und resign myself to tho new
obligations Imposed by my counlry,
hut only until the work of pacifying
tho nations shall be eompleto and or¬
der re-established In tbe public admin¬
istration. Remember It well, senators
and deputies, I believe niy separation
necessary; you think otherwise, I
hope the future will prove you right.
Accept an expression of my supreme
thanks for tho generous demonstn-
tion of which you have made me the
object.”
INQUISITION WAS FRUITLESS.
Testimony of Mrs. Burdick Threw no
Light on Murder Mystery.
A Buffalo, N. Y., special says: Af¬
ter Mrs. Burdick had been tortured on
the rack of inquisition for two wholo
days and the district attorney exhaust¬
ed every clue, the mystery of Burdick's
death is deeper than over.
The closing testimony given by Mrs.
Burdick threw no light on the trag¬
edy. The merciless questions asked
her as to her relations with Arthur
Pennell gave no inkling to the officers
as to the Identity of the slayer.
District Attorney Coatsworth was
asked If he had discovered any new
"We have brought out at this in-
(7 uest everything that we have,” re¬
Ml lied he. "The public knows as much
as wo about the case. Nothing of Im¬
portance has developed lately that wo
did not know before the Inquest be¬
gan."
SCOUTS DEFEAT REBELS.
Georgia Scldier Falls in Victorious
Charge Upon a Filipino Fort.
A Manila special says: Two com¬
panies of Macabebo Bcouts signally de¬
feated the main body of San Miguel’s
force Friday. It. is believed San Mig¬
uel was killed.
Lieutenant Reese was seriously
wounded. The scouts lost three men
killed and had eleven wounned.
Lieutenant Boss Reese Is a natlvo of
Carrollton, Ga., a member of one of
the most prominent families of Car-
roll county, and very popular with
the people of his native city.
BONILLA IN THE LEAD.
Forces of President-Elect of Honduras
Win Great Victory.
Advices from Honduras by way
San Salvador announce that after a
victory obtained by the forces of
dent-elect Bonilla, of Honduras,
the retiring president, Sierra, who
vented President Bonilla’s
tion, tho towns of Petreolllos,
Cruz and Lnplmienta have pronounced
tu favor of Bonilla.
NO. 19.
FOR PUBLICITY
Dewey Forced to Txplain His
Talk About Germans.
PUBLICATION WAS UNEXPECTED
Admiral Expresses Regret that Bo-
porter Went so Far in His Quo¬
tation—Surprise Over
President’s Action.
A Washington special says: That
the president strongly disapproved of
Admiral Dewey’s action in recfleting
upon tho German emperor and lila
navy In a recent interview was strik¬
ingly illustrated by a sensational inci¬
dent which occurred at the whito
house Saturday. Tho president sum¬
moned the admiral before him, and
asked for an explanation of Ills con¬
duct.
The admiral explained at length
what, he nad said about. Germany and
tho kniser and offered as an excuse
the fact that he had neglected to state
to his Interviewers that the remarks
were confidential and not Intended
for publication. Admiral Dewey toid
tho president he deeply regretted the
publicity given the interview and
hoped it would not embarrass the ad¬
ministration.
Captain William S. Cowles, tho
president's brother in law and his
naval aid, accompanied the admiral
to the white house and was present
throughout the interview. The presi¬
dent and Dewey parted amicably and
the statement was authorized after¬
wards that no further action would
be taken by the president so far as
Dewey was concerned. It is believed,
however, that the president, unoffi¬
cially at least, will acquaint Baron
von Sternberg, the German minister,
with Admiral Dewey’s explanation.
The president’s action has caused a
great, sensation, and In some quarters
he is criticised for making the inci¬
dent so formal and public. Ordina¬
rily the secretary of tho navy would
have been the proper authority to call
Admiral Dewey to task. But it is
learned that the president did not con¬
sult the secretary regarding Dewey’s
conduct.
Germans Attack Dewey.
A special from Berlin says: Ger-
man foreign office officials say they
do not bellevo that, a diplomatic inci¬
dent, will result from the recent inter¬
view with Admiral dlewey, published
in a newspaper of Newark, N. J., aval
containing references to the German
navy and German emperor.
The officials say they are rchiclcut
to believe that tho admiral was cor¬
rectly quoted, "especially in view of
the good will Do showed toward 6'*'
many in the messages exchanged with
Prince Henry.”
The foreign officials add that should
the interview turn out to be true, it
"would prove somewluit disturbing to
the pleasant, relations with tho United
States."
Tho Interview with Admiral Dewey
has angered tho German newspapers.
Those of a usually moderate tone ro-
fer to it in a hitter mnnner. For in-
stance, The Vossiche Zletung says;
"Tho American navy is evidently
suffering from a disease of infancy,
lack of modesty. Its leader evinces
something unspeakably immature.
One can only stand amazed that such
intensified self-complacency should ho
taken In a people of Germanic ori¬
gin. Such behavior would not excito
wonder if it hud occurred in some
Central or South American republic,
or Haytl."
NOTED PACKER DEAD.
Head cf Great Firm of Swift & Co.,
Dies Suddenly in Chicago.
Gustavus Franklin Swift, president
of the great packing firm of Swift &
Co., tho man whose efforts made pos¬
sible the present method of supplying
fresh meat to every city and town in
the United States and the world, die l
suddenly Sunday at his home in Chi¬
cago of hemorrhage, resulting from
an operation for an Infection of the
gall bladder, performed March 22. Ho
was 64 years of age and leaves a for¬
tune estimated at atiout 110 , 000 , 000 .
ANTICIPATED GREAT STRIKE.
Seven Cotton Mills at Lowell, Massa¬
chusetts, Close Their Doors.
Tho agents of tho seven cotton
mills at Lowell, Mass., in which tho
operatives declared a strike to begirt
J, T onday morning, decided not to at-
tempt to start their mills on Monday.
The shut-down in anticipation of
tho strike for a 10 per cent advance
in wages was due to the belief of tho
agents that no other course was open
to them. They adhere to their pre-
vious declaration that a wage increase
could not be granted, and assert that
it would not be profitable to attempt
to run the mills with half a force.
CHEATED ON EXAMINATIONS.
Fraud Charged to Applicants for
Teachers’ Licenses in Alabama.
The Alabama school '-card of exam¬
iners, which has in charg the matter
of issuing licenses to teachers, hau
been thrown into confusion over the
discovery that wholesale fraud has
i been practiced by would-be teachers
■ in tho examinations required by the
board.