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M. C. GREENE, Editor and Proprietor.
LIBELCHARCEFALLS
jury Quickly Knocks Out
Town Topics Writer.
SALACIOUS TRIAL ENDED
Editor of Cotlier’s Weekly Proves in
Court That Town Topics People
Have Been Engaged in Black¬
mailing Schemes.
The jury in the criminal branch of
the supreme court at New York Fri
day reported that Norman Hapgood,
editor of Collier’s Weekly, was not
guilty of criminal libel. The case had
been on trial several weeks.
The verdict was rendered ten min¬
utes after the case had been given to
the jury. The charge against Mr.
Hapgood was brought at the instiga¬
tion of Justice Joseph M. Deuel, of
the court of special sessions, and was
based upon an editorial in which the
editor criticised Justice Deuel for his
connection with Town Topics.
Colonel Mann, editor of Town Top¬
ics, who was present when the ver¬
dict was announced said that he had
nothing to say regarding the verdict,
but that he had brought a civil suit
against the Colliers.
As Mr. Hapgood left the room, Dis¬
trict Attorney Jerome, who conducted
the ease against him, slapped him on
the shoulder, saying: “My dear old
man, I’m very much pleased that it
turned out as it did.” They left the
court room together.
In his address to the jury, Mr.
Jerome said he was prosecuting one
of his best friends for a crime which
in his private judgment he thought
the defendant ought to have commit¬
ted. Then, referring to Town Topics,
he said;
”Mr. Shepard has told you that Col¬
onel Mann has stated that it was the
natural evolution of personal Journal¬
ism. If this is true it ought to be
applicable to more than one daily pa¬
per in New York, whose trend is that
way. There is scarcely a morning pa¬
per that doe3 not print vile scandals
and obscene matter.
‘‘Does it serve any useful purpose?
Is it other than filth? It is put there
for no other purpose than that of pay¬
ing dividends to the stockholders. The
average newspaper is run from the
counting room standpoint. Many of
the advertisements are but a corrup¬
tion fund ,to induce quiet about this,
that or the other. I am not here to
justify Town Topics.
‘‘Justification of the editorial de¬
nouncing Justice Deuel,” Mr. Jerome
said, "means that Deuel was part own¬
er of the paper, censor and revisor
of proofs, and that the paper which he
edited In part, extorts money and
prints scandals.”
Mr. Jerome said Judge Deuel viola¬
ted the statute in carrying on bus!
ness, but that he was not a black¬
mailer, and did not know about Colo¬
nel Mannls borrowings. Mr. Jerome
ridiculed the idea that men like Thos.
F. Ryan and J. P. Morgan could be
blackmailed.
"The law, not to restrict the liberty
of the press, has provided that if the
published article be true and publish¬
ed with justifiable ends, it is a de-
’ fense. On the ground of excuse the
prosecution concedes that this publi¬
cation was honestly made in a belief
that it was true. If you find that
the article was true you have got to
acquit.”
AUTOIST SMASHES RECORDS.
Mile Covered by Merriott In Twenty.
Eight and Two-Fifth Seconds.
All world records for the kilometer
and for the mile were broken in the
automobile tournament at Ormond-
Daytona Beach, Fla., Friday, The
new figure places the mile for cars of
all power at 28 1-5 second, and for the
kilometer at 18 2-5 seconds. Both new
records were made by Fred Merriott,
driving the cigar-shaped steamer.
SEA ISLAND COTTON GROWERS
To Form Organization for Uniform Re¬
duction of Acreage.
•Sea island cotton growers, bank
ers and business men of Georgia and
Florida will meet in Valdosta, Ga., on
February 8, the call for the meeting
having been made by President Har¬
vie Jordan.
It is planned to secure a uniform
reduction of acreage for all of the sea
island cotton growing counties of
Georgia and Florida. /
DECATUR FIRED FROM NAVY.
Great-Grandson of Noted Commodore
Pays Penalty for Hazing.
Stephen Decatur, great grandson of
Commodore Decatur, first class United
States naval academy, was dismissed
from the navy Thursday by Secretary
Bonaparte in ednformity with the sen-
tence of the courtmartial in his case
on the charge of hazing.
SMALL AND HARDWICK.
Engage In Lively Joint Debate Over
Question of Disfranchising Ne¬
groes In the State of Georgia.
With sleet and snow falling thick
and fast, an audience of 600 people
gathered In the auditorium at Barnes-
ville, Ga., Friday night to hear the
Joint discussion of the disfranchise¬
ment question between Congressman
T. W. Hardwick of the tenth con-
gresslonal district, and Sam W. Small
of Georgia. The debate was opened
by Mr. Hardwick, who is for disfran¬
chisement.
There are suffrage restrictions in
many states, he said, but as to negro
suffrage, the question is whether It
is right or wrong, or, if wrong, let’s
get the remedy for it. Negro suf¬
frage, he declared, originated in the
hellish brain of Thad Stevens.
Mr. Hardwick read at some length
from Savoyard against negro suf
frage and the political equality of the
races. He quoted Abraham Lincoln;
to the effect that he had never been
in favor of bringing about the social
or political equality of the races. If
to leave the negroes with the ballot
boxes don’t leave him with political
equality, where does it leave him? he
asked.
The trend of sentiment at the north
is now turning against this political
equality, he said. Mr. Hardwick con¬
sumed some time in reading quota¬
tions and supreme court decisions in
order to lay the foundation for his
argument. The inferiority and crim¬
inal characteristics of the negro race
were dwelt upon at some length by
Mr. Hardwick.
What do we propose to do about this
thing in Georgia*? Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana have act¬
ed and pointed out the way. Geor¬
gia remains the only state with any
considerable number of negroes which
has not taken steps to protect her
white men and women from this in¬
ferior criminal race.”
Mr. Hardwick then read his disfrau
chisement bill, which was defeated in
two legislatures.
“I am not ashamed of it,” he said.
“I am ready to die for it tonight.”
Following are some of the shots
fired against disfranchisement by Mr.
Small;
Giving the negro the ballot was
the most monumental crime against
the nation, but before we can wipe it
out two-thirds of the states must be
brought to give their assent. Is it
wise to invite upon ourselves trouble
that Stephens, Toombs and Jenkins
and Wofford refused tb invite? Toombs
and Stephens and others got together
and put in the constitution the cu¬
mulative tax-paying provision. Crum-
packer had told him the author of
that provision was the wisest states¬
man of the age, for it was supreme
court proof, and congress could not
change it.
Enforce an educational test and you
will disfranchise more white men and
enfranchise three times as many ne¬
groes as are going to the polls today.
Mr. Small declared Mr. Hardwick and
his associates were trying to substi¬
tute the educational test for the tax
paying test all the time, and only
changed about three weeks ago when
they found it would not do.
The grandfather clause has never
been carried to the supreme court of
the United States. Every lawyer
whose opinion is worth anything will
tell you, when it is carried up there,
it will be declared invalid.
Comptroller General Wright had
said it would take over $3,000,000 to
pay the back taxes of the negroes and
get them where they could vote. Who
is going to pay the back taxes of the
negroes and get them where they
can vote? Who is going to pay any
such price as that?
Whenever you find any durn fools
who have got three or four million
dollars to throw away, then the ne¬
gro vote will become a peril and not
till then. He declared the only ob¬
ject of this disfranchisement move¬
ment was to make an opportunity for
men who had been tried in the bal¬
ance and found wanting to get back
into power.
“BLUE AND GRAY” REUNION
To Be Held in Atlanta February 28.
Will Be Third Meeting.
The third annual “blue and gray"
reunion is to be held in Atlanta, Ga.,
on February 28. The first reunion
was held in St. Ixiuis in 1904.
The object of the association is to
promote good fellowship between the
veterans of the two great armies
which faced each other in the sixties.
Local veterans are very much Inter¬
ested in the coming reunion, and they
will all be present when the meeting
is called to order.
TWO VICTIMS OF A TRAGEDY.
Negro Kills Boy and is Himself Mys
teriously Slain.
Grady Miller, son of Dr. R. L. Mil¬
ler, of Floralla, Ala., was shot and
killed by a negro porter of the Lake-
view hotel, Wednesday night, The
cause of the tragedy is unknown. The
negm was found dead shortly after
he killed Miller.
GUAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 190(1.
VALENCIA HORROR
Few Escape Doom Aboard
Wrecked Steamer.
NUMBER OF VICTIMS 121
No Women or Children Among the
Rescued, as They Refused to
Leave the Vessel — Frightful
Details of Disaster.
Latest advices from Victoria, B. C.,
state that with only 33 out of the 154
persons on board known to be safe
up to a late hour Thursday night,
the wrecked steamer Valencia now
lies submeiged and broken on the
Vancouver coast, five miles from Cape
Beale.
Only a portion of a mast stands
above the water, and the fleet of
steamers and tu&s turned their at¬
tention to patrolling the coast in the
hope of finding boats, rafts of wreck¬
age still afloat with survivors; but
the belief grows stronger each hour
that 121 persons, including most of
the passengers, are lost.
Of the 33 persons definitely ac
counted for, and these do not include
three men believed to be survivors
seen on shore by the whaling ves¬
sel Orion, six have been taken on
the Salvor, bruised, half naked and
exhausted. 'Nine others in a similar
plight are still camped on Darling
creek in a telegraph hut, while the
remaining eighteen were picked up
by the City of Topeka from a raft.
Not a woman or child is among
the saved, survivors saying that the
women refused to leave the wreck
even when told the ship was going
to pieces.
A dispatch from Cape Beale says
the steamer Valencia is no more.
Pieces of the steamer and the cargo
were scattered along the beach.
A dispatch from Tatoosh reports
that the tug Pioneer arrived at Neah
bay Thursday evening and reported
that the City of Topeka was follow¬
ing her from the wreck of the Va¬
lencia en route to Seattle with twen¬
ty-three survivors on board.
These are the eighteen taken from
the raft and the five from the Salver,
being the boat’s company, which
reached Cape Beale on Tuesday and
made the first report of the disaster.
Survivors of the wreck of the
steamship who were picked up from
a life raft by the steamer City of
Topeka are of the opinion that Cap-
tain O. M. Johnson, master of the Va¬
lencia, made no effort to save his own
life even when a chance presented.
According to their story, Captain
Johnson was heartbroken over the
great loss of life attending the loss
of the Valencia.
MOB MADE SEARCH OF JAIL.
Only Desisted When Satisfied That
Rapist Had Been Removed.
After a vain effort of a leaderless
mob at Chattanooga, ranging at times
from five hundred to several thousand
persons, to get possession of a negro
who assaulted Miss Nevada Taylor,
it finally became convinced through
two committee of the truth of the
county authorities’ statement that the
negro had been taken to Knoxville,
and at 12:30 o’clock had practically
dispersed.
“POOH POOHED” ON EVERY SIDE.
Fears of Cane Growers Laughed to
Scorn by Taft and Others.
D. D. Colcock of New Orleans, rep¬
resenting the American Cane Grow¬
ers’ Association in opposition to the
passage of the Philippine tariff bill,
was heard Thursday by the senate
conmittee on the Philippines, Ho
said that Secretary Taft, when ap¬
pealed to, “poohpoohed” the fears of
the cane growers that their interests
would be jeopardized. Continuing, he
said:
“Not only did Secretary Taft "pooh-
pooh’ us, but Colonel Edwards ‘pooh-
poohed’ us and Colonel Colton “pooh-
poched’ us.”
VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION.
Further Particulars of C^al Mine Dis¬
aster In Indian Territory.
•Fourteen lives were lost in tile ex¬
plosion Wednesday in the Wattville
mine, near Poteau, I. T. The explo¬
sion was caused by fire damp. Three
of the fourteen bodies have been re¬
covered, but it is impossible to enter
the mine because of gas to attempt
a recovery of other bodies.
The explosion occurred in entry
No. 4, where sixteen men were at
work. Two of the men were able to
make their escape.
BIG BLAZE IN TEXAS TOWN.
Business Section of San Augustine is
Destroyed, With Heavy Loss.
A special from Houston says:' The
business section of San Augustine,
Texas, was destroyed by fire Wednes¬
day morning entailing a loss estimat¬
ed at $100,000, partially insured. The
five principal brick buildings of the
city are included in the losses.
growers
To Get Together In a General Con-
ference to Be Held In Washington
City Next May.
Cotton manufacturers and growers
met in New York City Wednesday to
arrange for the general conference
of cotton interests in Washington, D.
C., next May.
James R. Unccoll of Pawtuckeft,
R. I., was elected chairman of the
meeting. It was decided to invite
to the Washington conference repre
sentatives of the following associa¬
tions;
New England Cotton Manufacturers’
Association, American Cotton Man¬
ufacturers’ Association, Southern Cot¬
ton Association, National Ginners’ As¬
sociation of Dallas, Texas; Natiohal
Association bf (Manufacturers, Ark¬
wright Club of-Boston; International
Federation of Master Cotton Spinners
and Manufacturers, which comprises
British and continental manufactur¬
ers; Now Orleans cotton exchange,
New York cotton exchange and Liv¬
erpool Cattou Association. Every as
sociation will be invited to send a
committee of five in addition to its
president and secretary.
Among the questions which it was
decided to bring up for discussion at
the Washington conference were the
relations of American cotton with the
world; consideration of matters con¬
nected with the raising of the cotton
crop; the baling, warehousing and
transportation of the fibre; trade rela¬
tions between growers and manufac¬
turers; and stability of prices of cot¬
ton.
STATEHOOD REBELS DOWNED.
Program is Put Through House by
Vote of 192 to 165.
A Washington special says: When
the smoke of the liveliest legislative
battle of the session had cleared m
the house Wednesday Speaker Can
non and his organization was in com¬
plete control and the joint statehood
program of the administration had
been adopted.
Forty-three republican "insurgents”
went down to defeat, having voted
vainly with the democrats to gain
control of the rule, the terms of
which are to govern the statehood
bill in its passage through the house.
The vote ordering the previous ques¬
tion on the rule was 192 ayes to 165
nays. This clearly defeated the im¬
position, the full strength of which
was polled, and little .interest was
taken on the vote for the adoption
of the rule which immediately fol¬
lowed, and was carried by a majority
of 30.
Previous to the vote the debate bn
the rule had proceeded under high
tension. The speeches were short, but
the words uttered were hot and full
of sting. Every member who could
be brought to the city by special sum¬
mons, was in his place The galle¬
ries were packed and participated
with evident relish in the succession
of laughter and applause.
The veterans, Payne, Dalzell and
Grosvenor, upheld the organization.
Pitted against them were the leaders
of the insurgents, Babcock, Mondell
and Jones of Washington.
The humorous speech of the day
was delivered by J. Adam Bede, who
filled five minutes with an address
that brought applause and general
merriment. Mr. Tawney, one of the
erstwhile insurgents, arose and an
nounced his acquiescence in the will
of the organization and Mark Smith,
the veteran delegate from Arizona,
just as sorrowfully interpreted this
action as the "moHt unkindest thrust
of all.”
The rule adopted provided that the
bill granting statehood to Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory as "Okla¬
homa," and Arizona and New Mexico
as “Arizona” should be debated until
3 o’clock Thursday and then voted on
without opportunity for amendment
After rule had been adopted gener;.«l
debate proceeded on the measure, but
because of the foregoing conclusion,
made clear by the vote on the rule the
debats lost practically all of Its in¬
terest.
CHINAMEN JOLLY ROOSEVELT.
Imperial Commission Given Formal
Reception at White House.
China’s imperial commission sent, to
the United States to study American
conditions, was received formally by
President Roosevelt Monday at the
white house.
In presenting their credentials from
the emperor, the commissioners took
occasion to express their appreciation
of the opportunity afforded to pity
their respects to “the greatest cham¬
pion of peace, who is at the sarfie
time the staunchest friend of China.”
MUTINY AT VLADIVOSTOK.
Sailors and Artillerymen Join In Re¬
bellion Against Czar.
That there has been a renewal of
the mutiny at Vladivostok was con¬
firmed by a dispatch received in St.
Petersburg Friday night.
The dispatch indicates that the mu¬
tiny is far more serious than the out¬
break in November, as the mutineers
include both sailors and artillerymen.
SPOTS AT PREMIUM
President Jordan Urges Farm¬
ers to Hold on to Staple.
i
SLUMP ONLY TEMPORARY
Sends Reassuring Telegram from New
York Wherein He Depicts
Desperate Straits of the
Buyers and Spinners.
In a telegram sent Wednesday from
New York to the Atlanta headquarters
of the Southern Cotton Association,
President Harvie Jordan urges the
farmers and other holders of cotton
throughout the south to.stamd pat and
continue to hold what they have, as
spot cotton is at a premium urn*
prices are bound to go up.
The bears are doing everything they
can to beat down the market, but
President Jordan declares the gin
tiers’ report which caused the slump
of Tuesday shows the crop fs short
and that practically all of the cotton
crop has been ginned. This slump
he states is only temporary and the
turn in the market will soon come
out.
The shorts are obliged to have the
cotton to fill their orders to the mills,
and sooner or later they will have to
go to the fanners for it and pay the
farmers’ price. There is no escapo
from it.
Following is President Jordan's tel¬
egram received at the Atlanta office;
“Tile slump in the murket which
occurred after Tuesday’s ginners' re¬
port is merely temporary and means
nothing. A few thousand bales inoTe
or less in the report of the census
department, which is vastly in excess
of the entire yield of the crop of
1905.
“The ginning is practically com-
<pleted, 'and the government’s estl
mate shows beyond dispute a short
crop in all parts of the world Tho
mills are all sold far ahead, and the
actual spot cotton is yet to be bought.
“The holding movement is causing
the situation to grow more critical
daily for buyers and spinners. They
are exerting every effort to break the
determination of the farmers to hold
the balance of this crop, but they can¬
not succeed, and will find themselves
heavy losers after the last round of
this great battle has been fought.
"Futures may decline temporarily,
but spot cotton is at a premium.
“I urge every patriotic southerner
to be loyal and true and stand firm
for higher prices which are sure to
come.
"Let nothing shake your faith in
the situation.
“Our Atlanta office is sending out
thousands of circulars daily to hold¬
ers who have pledged their cotton,
and we shall continue at short in¬
tervals to keep them advised of ac¬
tual conditions.”
EDITOR GRAVES ENJOINED.
Court Forbids His Booming Himself
or Other Candidates.
John Temple Graves, editor-in-chief
of the Atlanta News, has been tem¬
porarily enjoined by Judgo Pendleton
of the Fulton superior court from
using the editorial columns of his pa
per for his personal advancement or
his candidacy for United States sen¬
ator, and from declaring the Atlanta
News for or against any one of the
candidates for the governorship of
Georgia.
This temporary injunction was
granted as the result of a sensational
cross bill filed by Charles Daniel, the
general manager of the News.
SIXTEEN MINERS ENTOMBED
As Result of Explosion in Coal Pit in
Indian Territory.
News has been received In Poteau,
Indian Territory, of tin explosion In
mine No 6 at Wlttoviile, a mining vil¬
lage, three miles from the town, and
It Is said that sixteen miners are en¬
tombed.
WIFE BEATER IN SAD PLIGHT.
Well Knwn Jeweler Forced to Work
Streets With Shackles On.
It. Bachman, a jeweler, formerly
of Rochester, N. Y„ was convicted of
wife beating at Decatur, Ala., and is
being worked on the streets with
shackles on his ankles. The law pro¬
vides for a punishment, of a sentence
In the coal mines or work on the
Ktreets for this offense, Bachman
owns valuable property and is well
known.
TAKES BIBLE FROM COURT.
Judge 8ays Lying Witnesses Have
Desecrated God’s Word.
Justice J, M. T. Tierney of the mu¬
nicipal court in the Bronx, New York
City, has abolished the use of the Bi¬
ble In his court. Explaining his ac
tlon, he said:
“l have removed the Bible from use
In my court. It was a desecration to
use it (here. Lying words from the
mouths of lying witnesses made it a
mockery, a travesty.” /
VOL. XII. NO. 12
8TATEHOOD BILL PASSED.
As Result of Voting Rule Measure is
Cinched in the House.
By n vote of 194 ayes to 150 nays,
the statehood hill was passed by tho
house Thursday afternoon.
The house at 11 o’clock sharp took
up Ur special order on statehood. Tho
debate was to run until 3 o'clock,
when a vote on tho bill was taken.
As an echo of Wednesday's battle
Mr. Lloyd of Missouri, the democrat
"whip," made an explanation regard
ing tho thirteen democrats who were
absent when tho vote was taken on
the statehood rule.
"A report is current,” he said, “to
the effect that somo of the democrats
got away without voting and did so
corruptly."
He then proceeded to give the causa
of the absence of the members in
question. The three 'reasons, busi¬
ness, politics an i sickness, covered all
the cases. Those absent Included
Bell of Georgia, Brouse of Louisiana,
Byrd of Mississippi, Cock ran of New
ork, Ilearst of New York, Hill of
Mississippi, Little of Arkansas, Mc¬
Dermott of New Jersey, Patterson of
Tennessee, Southall of Virginia, Sul¬
livan of New York, Van Dvisor of Ne¬
vada and Senor of Indiana.
UuBing his prediction of the great
future development of Arizona and
New Mexico on the accomplishment
of his own state, Mr. Kahn of Cali¬
fornia dopicted the wrong that was
being done in these two territories as
one state.
Mr. Mondell of Wyoming followed In
the same line. He predicted the time
whon the representatives of the flour¬
ishing west would object to the rep¬
resentation accorded the dead and dy
ing east because of its past pros¬
perity. A brief speech also in oppo¬
sition was made by Mr. Floyd of Ar¬
kansas.
Tho debate shifted to the otlior side
at this point.. Mr. Cole of Ohio was
heard briefly, and Mr. Capron of
Rhode Island began a speech In favor
of the bill, and then he said he would
yield to Mr. Hepburn If he would re¬
count the experiences of the territo¬
ries of Iowa and Maine.
Three times, Mr. Hepburn said, the
people of Iowa rejected statehood, and
when she accepted it was by the bar¬
est majority. Should the people ot
the territories now in question vote
against coming in they would not be
dragged in.
Assorting that 98 per cent of the
people of Arizona were opposed to be¬
coming a state with New Mexico Mr,
Webb of North Carolina based an
argument against the bill.
ASSERTION NOT REFUTED
That Tom Watson’s Magazine is Sub¬
sidiary Publication to Town Topics.
A New York special says: Thoso
who have been following the prose¬
cution of Norman Hapgood, editor of
Collier’s, on a charge of crlinlnel II
bel, preferred by Colonel W. D. Mann
and Justice Deuel, proprietors of
Town Topics, are' greatly surprised
that the case has closed without any
evidence being offered to controvert
the statement that Tom Watson’s
Magazine is one of the subsidiary
publications of Town Topics.
It will be remembered that early
In the trial the treasurer of the Town
Topics Company swore that Tom Wat¬
son's Magazine was subsidiary to
Town Topics. Tilts evidence created
great, surprise at. the time, as no one
had any Idea that Watson’s Magazine
had any connection with Town Top¬
ics. It was confidently predicted that
before the trial closed evidence would
be introduced to controvert the state¬
ment of the Town Topics treasurer,
but no such evidence was offered.
So in the records of the Hapgood
case the sworn evidence that Tom
Watson’s Magazine Is a subsidiary
publication of Town Topics stands
uncontradicted.
The verdict, of acquittal for Nor¬
man Hapgood was generally expected.
Hapgood, as editor of Collier’s charg¬
ed that. Town Topics was practically
a blackmailing publication and this
charge provoked his prosecution for
Hbei by the owners of Town Topics.
GIFTS OF MILLIONAIRE FIELD.
Specific Bequests Aggregating Twenty
Five Millions 8hown In Will/
The will of the late Marshall Field
was filed for probate in Chicago
Wednesday, Specific bequests are
made to the aggregate of $25,568,000.
The remainder of the estate Is left In
trust, for the son, Marshall Field, Jr.,
(died 'November 27) and his descend¬
ants.
The widow Is given $1,000,000 and
to the daughter, Mrs. Beattie, of Eng
land. *1,000,000 (s left in trust
DAMAGE SUITS A PROBABILITY.
Judge 8peer Comments on Macon's
New City Chalngang.
Judge Emory Speer of the United
States court says that the city coun
cil of Macon, Ga., should inquire if
they have not violated another tradi¬
tion of the constitution in the re-sen¬
tencing of a number of prisoners, who
were cn the county chaingang, and,
according to Judge Speer, entitled to
a discharge from custody.
JOE WHEELER DEAD
Doughty Soldier, Author and
Statesman No More.
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
Sturdy Veteran of Three Ware, Be¬
loved North and 8outh, Finally
Retiree Before Advance of
Grim Reaper. .
V*...
Genoral Joseph Wheeler, the fam¬
ous confederate cavalry leader, and
a brigadier general of the United
States army in the war with Spain,
died at 5:35 o’clock Thursday after¬
noon at the home of hie sister, Mrs.
Sterling Smith, In Brooklyn, N. Y.
The veteran of three wars was 69
years old, but, in spite of his age.
there was hope until Wednesday of
iiis recovery from the attack of pneu¬
monia, which caused his death.
General Wheeler was taken ill
six days before hia demise at his sis¬
ter's home, where he had been liv¬
ing recently. He contracted a severe
cold, wilich developed Into pleurisy
and pneumonia. From the first his
age told against hinl, but the family
did not give up hope until Wednes¬
day night, when the disease was
found to liavo affected both lungs.
General Wheeler’s Immediate rela-
tives were all with him. Hls daugh-
ters, Mr*. W. J. Harris and the Misses
Anne, Lucille and Carrie Wheeler,
hnd been summoned from the south,
and arrived early In the week, His
son, Joseph Wheeler, Jr., United
States Army, now stationed at West
Point, was also present, as well as
General Wheeler’s sister, Mrs. Ster-
ling Smith, and her son.
Tho family were summoned to tho
bedside of tho patient at midnight
Wednesday night, when the doctors
in consultation concluded that the
end was but a matter of hours. The
general was then awake, and con¬
scious, and his mind was apparently
active. He seemed to know that
death wns approaching, and, though
too weak to speak he succeeded in
giving signs of recognition and en¬
couragement to his children.
Later the general sank into a peace¬
ful slumber, and at the request of
the doctors, the family quietly with¬
drew from the sick man's bedside.
General Wheeler was never again
more than semi-conscious, He ltn-
gered until Thursday evening, and
passed away quietly.
Sorrow Felt in Washington.
A Washington special says: The
news pf the death of General Joe
Wheeler causes universal sorrow in
the national capital, where sd many
years of his life were spent, and
where he was greatly beloved.
No man who had ever boen in pub¬
lic life during the past twenty years
was more beloved than this gallant
little soldier statesman, As a mem
her of congress he was noted, during
his sixteen years of service as the
most painstaking and hard working
member of the house, ever on tho
alert in the interests of his constit-
uents.
lie was never too busy, however,
to do a kindly act. He was the most
loyal of friends, but he was always
ready to help whether the one in
need was of the circle of his ac-
quaintance or not. He is one of the
few men, perhaps the only officer,
who had tho distinction of serving In
three wars—the civil war as a con¬
federate and in the Cuban and Phil-
ippines wars as a soldier of the union.
Every inch a warrior when ho was
one, he was tho most gentle and lov-
able and peaceful of men.
Korean Charge Goes Home.
Yun Chungkim, who has represent¬
ed Korea at Washington as secretary
and charge since January, called at the
state department Wiednesday to say
farewell to tho officials, thereby ter¬
minating the Independent existence of
the Korean legation in Washington.
PORTO RICANS ASK REFORM, j
Native Mayor Says American Officials
Are Unjust to Islanders.
Mayor Buso of Huma Cao, Porto
Rico, representing the league of Mu¬
nicipalities of Porto Rico, appeared
before the house committee on insu¬
lar affairs Wednesday in support ot
the bill to reorganize the government
of Porto Rico. He urged the creation
of an elective senate to replace the
legislative council and told of many
injustices the island had suffered
under this body.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS PROTEST
Senator Clay Presents Their Memorial
Against Rate Legislation.
Senator Clay has presented to the
senate the memorials sent him by
three labor organizations protesting
against proposed legislation to give
the interstate commerce commission
the power to make rates. In each o!
these memorials the suggestion la
thrown out that the result would
probably be the cutting ot wages ot
railroad employees.