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The Jones
VOL X.
OFFERS FREE CANAL
New Proposition Sprung by
Colombian Government,
REYES IN WASHINGTON
Representative from Bogota Makes His
Mission Known—Not a Cent Will
Be Asked for Concessions
t
r .JWA for Waterway.
That the republic of Colombia grant
to the United States all the conces¬
sions provided for in the Hay-Herran
treaty, but absolutely free of cost, is
the proposition which General Reyes,
envoy of Colombia to the United
States on special mission, brings tor
the consideration of the adm nistra-
tion. General Reyes arrived at Wash¬
ington shortly alter 9 o’clock Sattir-
day morning. He was met at the sta¬
tion by a son of Dr. Herran
General Reyes talked with a repre¬
sentative of the Associated Press
about his mission. Ho sa d:
“You will readily admit the proprie¬
ty of my refraining from discussing
my mission, which is of a confidential
character, but of the offers which Co¬
lombia is ready to make, 1 desire to
say that my energies and those of my
fellows will bo devoted to the granting
of the canal concessions to the Un.tert
States without the payment of a cent
Even .< this Colombia will be the
gainer.’’
"Are you authorized by President
Marroquln to maek this offer to the
Washington government?' General
Reyes was asked.
“That would be divulging my in
structions before I have executed
them. I cannot say more about this
now," he replied. *
“You can further say,” continued the
general, “that all Colombia is afire
with the zeal fer the building of the
canal by the United bt»,e3 and that
the unfortunate political troubles
which were the sole cause oi the trea¬
ty’s death before the Colombian con
gross have entirely disappeared. We
want the canal and I have come to
Washington to see what the people of
the United States are prepared to ac
cept. I come with ins.ruct'ons from
the president of Colombia direct. My
mission in no way will interfere with
the prerogative of Cr. Herran. the Co¬
lombian charge for whom both my
government and mysolf personally
have the greatest Tespeet. I shall be
in daily conference with him.”
“What is the feeling In Cotombia
about the Panama revolution ”
“Feeling is running high, and there
is indignation over the events on the
isthmus. W r e can and will put down
the rebellion if not interfered with
from the outside. So tense is the feel¬
ing and so national the spirit of de¬
termination to bring the isthmus back
into the republic that President Mar¬
roquin will have no trouble in raising
an army twice the size necessary to
put. down the disturbance. Such an
army can march overland to the isth¬
mus, the opinion of ill-advised persons
to the contrary notwithstanding."
“What, can the United States do,
now that a treaty has been signed by
Secretary Hay and M. Bunau-Varilla?”
“That treaty has not been ratified.
The Colombian government does not
ask the United States to aid it in put¬
ting down the revolution on the isth¬
mus. All wo ask is to be allowed to
conduct our own affairs free from out¬
side interference. The Colombian gov¬
ernment can put down the rebellion
without violating a letter of the treaty
f 1846. I refer to the treaty that we
a ways have respected and adhered
d, and not to the treaty as interpreted
l these later days. If the United
fates maintains a neutral position,
ie revolution will be put down.”
When Ills attention was called to the
I iport from Panamans and other
1-urces that, he had come to Wash¬
tie ington ratification to conduct of the a lobby treaty, to he defeat
said
vlry emphatically:
s^.- j I authorize the Associated Press to
for me at the outset of my visit
that my movements here shall be
strictly in accordance with the powers
with which I am clothed.
MAFIA AGAIN SHOWS UP.
Italian Merchant Lured to Death by
Band in New Orleans.
Guiscppe Impozzato, a prominent
Italian macaroni manufacturer, was
murdered in New Orleans Sunday
night.
The affair bore all the earmarks of
the Mafia, he having been lured to an
out-of-the-way neighborhood on an ap¬
parently friendly mission.
During the excitement over the as¬
sassination of Chief of Police Hennes-
sy. some years ago, he was held as a
suspect, but was released before the
trial and lynching.
QUICK TRIAL FOR BANDITS.
Caseof Young Desperado*. .t Chicago
Taken Up by Grand Jury.
-^Jndine, ,»At Chicago, Saturday, while Harvey
Peter Neidermeler and Emil
Roeski sat silently in thefr cells at the
Harrison street police station, the
siory of their crimes were being pre-
sented to the grand jury.
Following the return of Indictments
G is planned to have the young des¬
peradoes brought to Immediate trial.
GR0VER ’ S P _^ IN TALK '
_
Cleveland Deolarea Ha Will Neve*
Again Accept Nomination for
President at Hands of Party.
Ex-Prosldent Grover Cleveland has
sent the following letter to the editor
of The Brooklyn Eagle:
“Princeton, November 2i .—My Dear
McKolway: I have wanted for a long
time to say something which I think
should be said to you before others.
“You can never know how
I am for the manifestation of kindly
feeling toward me on the part of my
countrymen, which your inluative has
brought out. Your advocacy in The
Eagle of my nomination for the presi¬
dency came to me as a great surprise,
and it has been seconded in such man¬
ner by democratic sentiment that con¬
flicting thoughts of gratitude and duty
have caused me to hesitate as to the
time aud manner of a declaration on
my part concerning the subject—if
such a declaration should seem access-
sary or proper.
“In the midst of it all and in full
view of every consideration presented,
I have not for a moment been able,
nor am I now able, to open my mind
to the thought that, in any circum¬
stances or upon any consideration, 1
should ever again become the nominee
of my party for the presidency.
“My determination uot to do so is
unalterable and conclusive.
“This you’ at least ought to know
from me, and I should be glad if The
Eagle were made the medium of its
conveyance to the public. Very sin-
cerety yours,
“GROVER CLEVELAND.
“St. Clair McKelway, LL.D., Brooklyn,
N. Y.”
The Brooklyn Eagle, to the editor of
which Mr. Cleveland’s letter was ad¬
dressed, announced that the support
it had given Mr. Cleveland for the
democratic presidential nomination
would now be given to Alton B. Par
ker, at present chief judge of the court
of appeals of New York state.
REWARD FOR LYNCHERS.
Governor of Alabama Determined tc
Stop Work cf Mobs in the State.
The governor of Alabama Friday at
ternoon again showed that he is deter
mined to stop lynching In the state by
offering a reward Ql $400 for the arrest
and delivery of the while men whe
lynched Tom Patton, a white citizesi
of Choctaw county.
Patton stood well in his community
He was arrested for assault with iu
cent to murder Ab Smith, a white man
Constable Clark Cooper arrested Pat
ton and carried him to the home oi
Justice Buckalow for his preliminary
hearing. Cooper stayed in the room
that night with Patton. About 12
o’clock several white men broke in and
took Patton away from Cooper. This
was in January.
They disappeared with Patton and
Patton was never heard of until about
two months ago, when his bones were
found in the woods nearby. It is learn¬
ed that several men were in the party,
but. evidence could not be procured
that would convict them. The reward
Is offered mainly to get evidence to
convict these men’. /
RUNCIE ON THE STAND.
General Wood’s Former Confidential
Adviser Tells Some Secrets.
The senate committee on military
affairs Friday heard Major James E.
Runele, of Havana, probably the most
important witness that will be offered
by the opponents of General Leonard
Wood In their attempt to prevent his
confirmation as major general.
Major Runele told the committee oi
a dinner at Santiago, Cuba, attended
by himself, General Wood and a news¬
paper man, at which, It is alleged, was
planned the magazine article attacking
Major General Brooke that has figured
conspicuously In the Wood case.
FOR NOT DOING BUSINESS.
Democrats Attack Republicans—House
Adjourns Until Tuesday.
A Washington dispatch says: The
house met Friday and adjourned Until
Tuesday. The proceedings were mark-
ed by a debate on the motion to ad¬
journ over during the course of which
the minority took the republicans to
task for not proceeding to the trans¬
action of business.
TO INSPECT THE PAYROLLS.
Major Hanson Causes Consternation
Among Georgia Central Employes.
Chairman J. F. Hanson, of the board
of directors of the Central of Georgia
railway, has created alarm and con¬
sternation among officials and em¬
ployes by calling for the payrolls of
the various departments, which the au¬
ditor's force is now busily engaged in
preparing for him.
This Is taken to mean that Major
Hanson intends either to cut salaries
or reduce the forces. The present
payrolls are those sanctioned fly John
M. Egan, who has just retired as presi¬
dent of the Cental.
SPAIN OUT WITH VENEZUELA.
8er iou. T—* - May Come from Dis-
respirf'Shown Consul. '
A Washington dispatch says: Spain
has taken the first step toward a
breach of the relations with Venezuela
The state department has been noth
fled'that the former government had
t txequa . ..
w ,i i lawn e *-urs o a,, v —
ezuc-lap consuls In Spain.
GRAY. JONES CO,GA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER a, 1903.
PANAMA IS READY
To Ratify Canal Treaty With
the Utmost Celerity.
DOCUMENT IS AWAITED
I
Junta Meets and Agrees to Push the
| Matter Through—Action Cause*
Great Rejoicing—That Co*
lombian Army.
A cablo dispatch from Panama says:
The junta committee, composed of
Jose Augustin Aranggo, Thomas Arias
and Manuel Espipnosa, held a meeting
at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, all
the ministers of state and councillors
being present, and unanimously de¬
cided to ratify the canal treaty as soon
as it receVsd and authorize Minister
Bunau-Varilla officially to communi¬
cate the junta's decision to the United
States government.
El Conista, an old newspaper of the
long conservative school, publishes a
long article on the career of Dr. Man
uei Amador, minister of finance of the
republic of Panama, in which it is pro¬
claimed that the doctor is the only pos
sible candidate for the presidency of
the republic.
El Lapiz, a paper which has always
advocated the doctrine of the libera
party, publishes an article on the same
subject and along the same lines.
Isthmians hail Dr. Amador as the ben
efactor of Panama, the principal factor
in the work of independence, a thor¬
ough patriot, a great administrator and
honest and upright in all his dealings.
Municipalities throughout the Isth
mian territory continue to pass resolu¬
tions declaring that Dr. Amador will
be elected the first president of the
republic by an overwhelming majority
Colombian Ports Closed.
The text of the decree closing ths
ports of the department oT Bolivai
reached Colombia Thursday. It pro
habits until further notice all traffic
or business between the ports in that
department and the “rebel depart
ment" in Panama, and says:
“The department of Panama hav¬
ing declared itself free and independ¬
ent and having taken up arms against
the national government in an effort to
destroy Colombian integrity, dignity
and honor, Colombia requires the em¬
ployment of such measures ase are in¬
dispensable for the punishment, and
suppression of the rebels. The act
closing ihe ports mentioned is taken
by tho government of Bolivar Inde¬
pendent of the Bogota government
Bolivar can do all she considers nec¬
essary for the defense of the state, ant
among tho measures which the legiii
mate ends of her warrant is the de¬
priving of the enemy of resources and
the free traffic of commerce.”
The decree provides also that neu¬
tral vessels having called at Pauaman
ports shall be refused admission to
ports of Bolivar.
The royal mail steamer Trent re
turned during Mie day from the ports
on the coast. She landed some of the
Bolivion commissioners at Savanllla
and sailed thence for Cartagena
where she was only allowed to com
municate with the shore. The author¬
ities refused to clear the Trent for
Colon. No mails, passengers or freight
from Savanllla or Cartagena destined
for Colon were permitffcd to be taken
on board.
The correspondent of the Asocciated
Press at Colon received a telegram
from Botoga, dated November 21, say¬
ing that the government had issued or¬
ders to raise the army footing to 100,
000 men in the event that General
Reyes’ mission to Washington should
prove fruitless.
BORE FIRST HOSTILE ORDER.
General Groner, Noted Confederate
Passes Away in Norfolk, Va.
A special from Norfolk, Va., says:
General V. D. Groner died at the Sarah
Leigh hospital Wednesday. He car¬
ried the message to General Beaure¬
gard from the confederate war depart
ment ordering the attack upon Fort
Sumter, winch began the civil war.
MORE OF WOOD'S WORK.
Belligerent Moros Again Put to Rout
by Americans.
A Manila special says: General
Wood captured the Moros in the hill3
of Jolo, north of Taglibi on tho 20th
of November and destroyed the earth¬
works they had thrown up there.
Private Martin Brennan, of the
Fourteenth Cavalry was killed during
the engagement and two privates were
wounded, one seriously. The loss on
the Moro side is known to have been
75, probably more, as the ground if
covered with brush and bodies are
hard to find.
ANOTHER POSTOFFICE FIGHT,
A|abama CongreMman Opposed tc
. .. . f. , 8
A Washington dispatch says Con-
gressman Thompson, of Alabama, Is
making a fight, against the creation of
a P° Btofflre at Booker Washington’s
insUtutl0n at TusIi egee, whlch w, »- if
established, carry with It the appoint-
ment of John \\ ashlngton, the brother
ot Booker, at postmaster.
LIFE SENTENCE FOR NIX.
oeentecn-Year-Old Georgia Bay Con-
vietsd of Double Murder.
Barlow Nix, the 17 -ear-old slajer of
.'ohn T. Edwards and Jolt Edwards
>vlll spend the rest of his life in the
penitent tarv for his deed, if the ver
diet returned by tlief Jury at Columbus
3a., Thursday night stands.
At 7:30 o’clock, after having been
out three hours, the jury brought in ■
verdict of guilty of murder, with a roc
mmiendatioh to mercy.
Imprisonment for life 1# ihp onl;
sentence that ran be imposed. The boy
lisplayed no emotion whdn thd verdict
was received, aud the only comment
ie had to make on it afterwards was
o say that he was disappointed.
There was no demonstration In the
:ourt room when tho verdict was an-
nounced.
Bartow Nix made his statement tc
he jury Wednesday afternoon. Tho
boy wall somewhat excited, aud talked
rapidly. He said that he did not car
ry bis gun with him on the day of the
tragedy, because he Was looking for
the Edwardses, as he did not know
they were cutting the oats until h<
arrived on the scene. He stated that
he asked Mr. Edwards three times to
leave the field, saying that the court
had awarded tho land to his father;
that during the conversation young
Jeff Edwards went off a few steps anl
got his gun and stood by bis father’:
side; that Edwards not only refused
to stop cutting oats, but cursed him.
coupling the oath with a threat, and
grabbed for the gun in his son’s hands,
whereupon, Nix says, he fired, bellev
: ng his own life to he in imminent
peril, and that he shot tho elder Ed
wards and then his son, Jeff, in self
defense. Jeff also shooting at him
(Nix) twice, but not hitting him.
Both the Nix and Edwards families
hold deeds to the disputed land.
MRS. TANNER’S STATEMENT.
Young Woman Explains in Court How
Husband Was Poisoned.
All the ev dence in the Tanner case
at Gainesville, Ga., was in by 4 o’clock
Wodnesday afternoon, and Mrs. Onie
Tanner went on the stand to tostifj
in her own behalf.
After stating that the milk which
made her husband ill was obtained
from Willie’s mother, Mrs. Tanner
said:
__
“He drank some of' it,Tint said at
once that it was very sour and gave it
to me to taste. I took some and swal¬
lowed just a little. It was so sour I
spit it out and rinsed my mouth out
with some water. What little I took
made me feel a little sick and I poured
what was left In the slop. Willie fin¬
ished eating and slopped the pig. In n
few minutes Willie came back and in
fifteen or twenty minutes said. “Onie
I am dying.'
“I don’t know what killed Willie. I
did not give him any poison and I did
not put any strychnine, or anything
else, In the buttermilk, and I would not
have hurt him for the whole world. 1
did send for some strychnine about
two weeks before, but I sent for it to
poison a big yellow dog that, had been
sneaking around. This strychnine w<
gave the dog is all I ever saw in my
life, and I am sure we gave it all tc
the dog. They claimed that I confess¬
ed to poisoning Willie, but it is not
true. I never poisoned him and I nev
cr confessed it. I am as Innocent ol
doing Willie any harm as any of you.
I loved Willie and we got along all
right, and I would not have hurt, him
for anything. They have done every
thing they could to convict me, right
or wrong, but I am not guilty."
NEW SEABOARD MANAGERS.
Ryan-Blafr Syndicate is Given Contro
of Big System.
Changes have been made in the vot¬
ing trust of the Seaboard Air Line rail
road which places the road under the
control of the Ryan-Blalr syndicate.
The syndicate recently agreed to ad¬
vance funds lo rehabilitate fife proper¬
ty and was given equal representation
of the British directors with the South¬
ern Interests and the Ladenburg-Thal-
maun syndicate.
FATALITIES ON THE GRIDIRON.
Seventeen Deaths and Scores of Play¬
ers Injured During Past Season.
The old question as to whether foot,
ball Is worth the while Is being seriour-
ly discussed all over the country agair
just as another football season lias
come to an end.
During the past season seventeen
persons have been killed and over six¬
ty-three others more or Jess badly in¬
jured. And even this large number of
injured does not cover the ground, for
many injuries never find tfieir way
into the newspapers.
COLON IS BLACKLISTED.
Colombian* Stop Steamahip Traffic
Between that City and Cartegena.
Cotombu" N’^mSTs.^urnTforch
that no 8teamer8 8ha!1 be allowed tc
c ] ear f ro m Cartegena for Colon, or en
ter cartegena, coming from Colon.
All the foreign consuls and steam
„},jp agents at Cartagena have prrs
tr.gted, without effect, agaiiisf, the de-
cree
BAD CANC NABBED
Nine Murders Charged to
Three Youthful Criminals,
BAND OF DESPERADOES
A Career of Crime Most Notorious
Brought to Sudden Close—Blood
Was Shed in Effecting
j Capture.
,
At Chicago Friday night, chained
Wrist to wrist, their hair matted with
dried blood, their clothing covered
with dust and dirt, two beardless
hoyB, Peter NoideVmeter and Harvey
Vandine sat In the presence of Mayor
Harrison and Chief of Police O'Neil
calmly confessing their share in a
three months’ career of crime, which
has included nine murders, the wound¬
ing of five other men, and a long series
of robberies.
The two young bandits, neither of
whom is over twenty-one years of age,
together with thoir companion, Km!)
Doeskie, who is no older, were cap-
tured near Liverpool, Ind., afier a light.
In which they battled against polleo-
fen, railroad detectives, railroad labor¬
ers and farmers. One man was killed,
auother fatally woundod and all three
of the young bandits wero wounded,
hut not seriously.
Neidcrmeler was wounded in the
hand by birdshot. Vandine was simi¬
larly Injured, and sustained in addition
a flesh wound In the left thign. Does¬
kie was shot in tho right hip. His
wound is the most serious of any in¬
flicted upon the three men, but was
not sufficient to prevent him from
traveling a long d stance after receiv¬
ing It.
The three men wero wanted by the
police for complicity in the murders at
the car barns of the Chicago City Rail¬
way Company on August 3u, when t-wo
men were killed, a third badly wound¬
ed and $2,260 atolen from the company.
Flstave Marx, who, one week ago,
murdered Officer John Quinn, when Ihe
policeman endeavored to place him un¬
der arrest, confessed after his capture
that ho, In company with three men,
had committed tho crimes at. the car
barns. The hunt for Vandine, Nieder-
meler and Doeskie has been hot ever
since. Although they knew that the
entire police force was looking for
them, th three inch remained in the
city until Wednesday morning.
The list of the four hoys’ victims
killed and wounded in the last half
year follows:
Otto Bander, murdered during saloon
holdup on July 9; Adolph Johnson,
murdered in a saloon robbery on Au¬
gust 2; James B. Johnson, motorman,
killed in robbery of Chicago City Rail¬
road Company's car barns on August
30; Francis W. Stewart, shot during
car barn robbery; D. C. LaGoss, mur¬
dered in his saloon on August 2; Po¬
liceman John Quinn, killed November
21, while trying to arrest Marx; T. J.
Souvoa, brakeman, killed Friday; Jo-
sept Driscoll, detective, now dying in
hospital.
Wounded.—T. W. Lathrope, agent
Chicago and Northwestern railroad,
shot during attack on Clayburn Junc¬
tion station on July 3; Pater Gorskl,
shot, during an attack by the four men
in his saloon on July 20; Henry Blehl,
clerk, injured in robbery of car barns
on August 30; W. B. Edmund, clerk,
shot and serlonly injured during ame
robbery; Matthew Zimmer, detective,
wounded in fight Friday.
These crimes netted the highway¬
men $2,540. these
Emboldened by the success of
depredations and their apparent immu¬
nity from detection, outlawry on a wid¬
er scale had been planned by the four
desperadoes. The holding up of rail¬
road trains in Chicago was decided on
Dynamite being difficult to buy In Illi¬
nois and being easily traceable,they
made a special trip to Cripple Creek,
Colo., to secure the explosive.
A scheme to hold up * train on the
Chicago and Northwestern road was
aborted because the engineer did not
Stop at a signal.
WAGES ARE CUT DOWN.
Only One Fall River Corporation
Stands by Its Operatives.
The first of the numerous reductions
in wages announced in the cotton mills
of southern Now England and at half
a dozen points outside that territory
went into effect in ail but one Fall
River corporation Monday, and a num¬
ber of outside mills. Although aoout
32,000 operatives had their pay cut
down, no general strike occurred in
any mill. The cut averages 10 per
cent The reduction affected seventy
eight mills In Fall River alone.
POWELL REFUSE8 RECOGNITION.
Uniteel 6Utts peddle with
Dominican Affairs.
feSertoTc^nowSelL^rv^lonM
pvernment of San Domingo and also
jenied Its demand for the withdrawal
3 f Former Finance Minister Galvan,
who, with Judge George G. Gray, of
Delaware, bad been appointed to arbi-
‘rate the Fagtp Domingo Improvement
’
Company.
NO. 2.
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