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VON UOLLEBEN
German Ambassador at
iogtoc Rests Under a Clond.
MEDDLED IN OUR
Wag Not Recalled by German
ment, But Hia Asking for Long
Leave of Absence an^ Prompt
Granting It Significant.
Von HoIIeben, German
at Washington, go«|s into
because of certain sins', of
and omission which have been
lating to his discredit for some
Whatever failures may be
against Jiim, the present
negotiations have cat little figure
bringing about the result. Other
more important matters figure in
accounting. Perhaps the greatest
these was the failure of Von
hen's effort to discredit
by his claim of the British
dor's unfriendliness during the
ish troubles. He represented to
government that he had the
which would not only pull
Pauncefote, bat would stir up
can resentment toward England in
way that would not only offset
growing unfriendliness toward
many, but would greatly help his
try, and bis plans miscarried so
nally that he injured himself with the
Berlin foreign office. Before this he
had been meddling with internal poli¬
tics, many republicans believing he
had conferred with Lentz, of Ohio, and
other German democrats with a view
to throwing German influence for the
democratic ticket. While nothing
could be proved that -would warrant
request for his recall, republicans be¬
lieved the story and it hurt his useful¬
ness. When Prince Henry came to
this country he formed a great dislike
for the ambassador. Tuere were some
differences between them, and Henry
is quoted as saying he thought the
German empire ought at least be rep¬
resented here by a gentleman. All
these things and others of dess impor¬
tance contributed to what is virtually
A Berlin dispatch says: Ambassa¬
dor Von HoIIeben was not recalled
from Washington, out learning that
his government was not wholly satis¬
fied with his work and feeling ill and
depressed, he cabled for a long leave
of absence, whicn was immediately
granted.
He will not return to Washington.
Baron Speck Von Sternberg's tempo¬
rary assignment as charge d’aiffaires
of Germany at Washington will be
followed after an interval by his ap¬
pointment as ambassador. The baron,
In the meantime, will retain his posi¬
tion as consul general of Germany at
Calcutta. Oddly enough, the exact
whereabouts of Baron Von Sternberg
Is not known at the foreign office. It
is thought however, that he i3 visit-
lug kinspeople in Saxony.
Ail the foreign office officials will
say about Dr. Von HoIIeben is: "He
has not been recalled and his leave is
granted upon his own initiative. The
government would never recall an am¬
bassador in the midst of important ne¬
gotiations without grave reasons, and
these certainly do not exist in this
case. The supposition that the gov¬
ernment is annoyed because the am¬
| bassador failed to obtain President
Roosevelt’s acceptance of the arbitra-
torship of the Venezuelan dispute is
wholly incorrect.
DEATH NEAR WORLD’S*eROESUS.
One of the Richest Men pn Earth Re¬
ported Dying in South Africa.
Alfred Beit, the well-known South
African financier, has had an apo¬
plectic stroke at Johannesburg, South
Africa, and is reported to be dying.
Alfred Belt Is one of the richest,
if not the richest, men in the world.
He has been prominent In gold and
diamond mining in South Africa for
many years, being associated with
i he late Cecil Rhodes and Barney Bar-
nato.
POLICE BOARD R0TTENNE88
Ls Subject of Sensational Investige-
'i(yi in. Atlanta, Ga.
The inveaigatlon into (he records
of the various members of the Atlan¬
ta board of police commission and
their method; of operating the police
department legan Friday afternoon In
the council Chamber at the ciiy hall.
Captain James TV. English, chairman
of the board of police commissioners,
the first witness, and while he
was on the st?nd some very interest¬
ing testimony was given. Captain
English was still testifying when the
lommittee adjourned at 6 o’clock until
Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
ON eighty-first ballot.
Col. Tyson Is Elected to House Speak¬
ership by Tennessee Solons.
A Nashville, Tenn., dispatch says:
Colonel L. d! Tyson, of Knoxville,
iNon the house speakership on the
eighty fi r8 t ballot Friday afternoon.
Austin Peayl of Clarksville, led for
seventy-six ballots, but Colonel Tyson
the leadi>‘on the seventy-seventh..
ffl^MJtVttrough the eightieth,
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COAL SHORT
8lx Thousand,
arc Suff<j
B
There
Chicago ioHSMHB
of wlntei^J-
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being a
ones
lion lies.
the maw
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tomed laborl^*g£P5gi|s$|j to pojHi^ ;, >s A,
the
sa!ary_j>^|^HHSH| al
c 5Tj1u keeP^^H buy^^^ nEmK Ki and at
jame time e wlte
little ones. Now foe? i
condition.
The Salvation Army has secured
car load of coal from the Great
ern Coal and Coke Company, which
it is distributing among the ,poor
5-cent lots at the rate of forty pounds
for a nickel. Hundreds of
their Augers blue with yVie cold,
lutching the precious niek.«ls,
3d at headquarters today apt! were giv¬
en baskets of coal, owing to the fuel
.'amine the Northwestern railroad tf^y
\bandon much of its suburban service
md lengthen out rallroat schedules.
The Lake Shore j&ad eA^at- »^its
J.ned with a gener.al tie-up owing
inability to odr.-ilire coal, Elevated
rains and surface cars are running
cold ami there is general suffering.
On Phyalcian’a Certificate.
The coal situation In Toledo,
has reached the point where the
sician's certificate is required by
iealers before they will sell even
ton of coal. The certificate must show
.hat there is illness in tne home of
.vould-be purchaser and that coal Is
lecessary as a safeguard for the pa-
Scarce at Washington.
The senate committee on the Dfs-
rict of Columbia Thursday began an
.nvestigation regarding the prices and
icarcity of coal in Washington. The
ocal dealers W'ere heard and their
statements indicated that they were
ible to obtain coal from the big coal-
arrying roads at prices similar to
hose paid heretofore, which coal
hey were able to sell at a slight ad¬
vance. These dealers, however, said
they could not get a very large sup¬
ply from the coal carrying roads. One
dealer said coal cost him $9.45 per ton
at Port Richmond and was sold here
at $12 per ton. He said that coal was
selling at the price the market would
stand. Offers were made of consider¬
able quantities of coal at $8.25 at the
mines. Several men testified that
they bought coal from me Reading
Company at $5.75, which was sold at
$7.25, the dealer keeping his agree¬
ment with the Reading to sell at that
figure. The hearing will continue.
DESPERATE ROBBER GANG.
Saloons Robbed, Proprietors Killed
Excitement Galore.
A gang of robbers created much
excitement in the western part of Chi¬
cago Wednesday night. One of them
was captured during a robbery of a
saloon, and later three of his compan¬
ions who had escaped, robbed another
saloon and killed tho proprietor.
The first robbery was In tne saloon
of Robert Koehler, 183 West Twenty-
second street. Four men compelled
the proprietor and several men who
were In the place to remain quiet while
they robbed the cash register. A
small boy gave the alarm, and two po¬
licemen hurried to the place. The
robbers fled, and in the chase Ser¬
geant Fitzgerald, an ex-pollceman,
who was one of the robbers.
The companions of Fitzgerald at¬
tempted to kill Sergeant i^ose, but he
held Fitzgerald in front of him and the
prisoner was twice hit by the bullets
of his friends who were firing at the
officer.
Two hours after the robbery of the
Koehler saloon, three men, supposed
to be the same as those that had fig¬
ured in the first robbery, entered the
sallon of Anton Duffiek at 937 Califor¬
nia avenue and attempted to rob the
place.
The proprietor was shot and instant¬
ly killed by one of the robbers. All
three of the men escaped.
MINE OWNERS HAVE INNING.
Strike Arbitration Will Now Hear
8lde of Coat Companies.
The non-union men having closed
their case the coal companies opened
their side of the controversy Saturday
before the strike commission in Phila¬
delphia. Chairman Gray is etill con¬
fined to his room in Wilmington, suf¬
fering from a cold, and General Wilson
again presided.
The proceedings were opened by the
Delaware and Hudson company,
through its counsel, James R. Torrey,
of Scranton.
GOVERNOR NAMED FOR SENATOR
Missouri Democrats Select Chief Ex¬
ecutive of State to Succeed Vest.
The democrats of the Missouri leg-
islature, in joint caucus Thursday
night, nominated Governor W. J.
Stone for United States senator, to
succeed Senator Vest, The nomina--
tion was made by acclamation after
■William H. Wallace, of Kansas City,
withdrew from the race in support of
Stone.
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BPffnero
iate;}-
ms.
■■Ftnpany ^Roulu was Informed
not be allowed to
V- of town, and the local
j.’ered ' pay for it. He tele-
eadquarters and they re-
^^<ately coal. Thereupon the
1 confisealted.
Ac77 conflscators were
the past ori^^^He Presbyterian and
Free Methodist churches .the presi¬
dents of the banks and one policeman.
Each load was weighed and strict
account kept, In the hope of making
a satisfactory arrangement with the
owners.
The train was stopped by a crowd of
several hundred persons who were
soon clamoring for coai. A consulta¬
tion was held and T. Woodward, pro¬
prietor of the electric plant, tendered
the railroad freight agent money for
the coal on behalf of the people. This
was refused. By this time the more
desperate had climbed into the cars
and were loading their wagons. Col-
anel J. R. Beggs, president ot the First
National bank, acted as marshal of
the day, and endeavored to get the
wagons In line. Thomas Lyons, presi¬
dent cf the State bank; tho Rev. Ed¬
ward Beach, the Rev. William Prout,
Policeman Walter craft and many in¬
fluential citizens were in the raid.
For some reason Areola dealers
have been unable to secure coal for the
last month, and fully one-half of the
people in Areola were without fuel.
This condition made them desperate
and persons of all classes were glad to
avail themselves of this opportunity
and aided in the confiscation.
DEAD BURGLAR IDENTIFIED.
Safe-Blower Killed by Atlanta Police¬
man Was Escaped Convict.
The white burglar who died In At¬
lanta, Ga., Thursday night as the result
of a pistol shot wound innieted by Po¬
liceman Tom Mann, was identified
Friday by Postoffice Inspector R. E.
Barry as Harry Belmont, postoffice
robber, safe blower and escaped con¬
vict, the man who robbed the postof¬
fice at Ocilla, in Irwin county, in Au¬
gust, 1898.
Inspector Barry is also confident
that the dead man is the same party
who recently robbed the ifecatur post-
office and made an unsuccessful at¬
tempt to blow the safe. In one of his
pockets was found a key to rural free
delivery letter boxes, which was stolen
from the Decatur office at the time of
the robbery.
Belmont, together with Harry Nel¬
son, pleaded guilty in the United
States court in Savannah in August,
1898, to the robbery of the Ocilla post-
office and they were each sentenced to
a term of three years in the peniten¬
tiary at Raleigh, is C. Belmont ef¬
fected his escape, after having served
about a year, and had never been re¬
captured .
FILIPINOS WANT TAFT.
An Enormous Delegation in Manila
Ask Governor to Remain.
A Manila dispatch says: The gen¬
eral regret of the Filipino people at
the possible departure of Governor
Taft resulted Sunday lin a popular de¬
monstration for the purpose of urging
the go”ernor to remain in the islands.
The streets of Manila have been pla¬
carded with signs, saying: “We want
Governor Taft,” in English, Tagalog
and Spanish. A crowd of 8,000 men
marched to Malacanan palace, the gov-
pernor’s residence. On reaching the
palace speeches were made by repre¬
sentative of the federal, liberal and
nationalist parties, In which the gover¬
nor was urged to remain.
Twin Sisters Die in Blizzard.
Twin daughters of Ole Thorsen, a
farmer 7 miles west of Sisseton, North
Dakota, were frozen to death In the re¬
cent blizzard. They lost their way and
wandered an night, perishing before
dawn. The girls were 14 years of age.
CASTRO NOW CONTENTS.
President of Venezuela Sends Answer
to Powers Regarding Arbitration.
Minister Bowen transmitted to the
state department another reply from
President Castro touching the arbi¬
tration proposal.
As heretofore. President Castro ex¬
presses willingness to submit the mat¬
ter to arbitration and in addition to his
former communication, he is now will
fng to recognize the propriety of sub¬
mitting the claims referred to in the
British and German notes io the
Hague, something that he has not
unto this point, been willing to do
MOB RELEASES LYNCHERS.
Judge Refused to Call Special Term
of Court to Try l hem.
Tuesday night, at midnight thirty
masked men released W. P. Hopwood
and W. H. Johnson from the Marshall
county Jail, at Lewisburg, Tenn. The
prisoners were charged with lynching
a negro named John Daws and a nu
merously signed do Judge
Houston to grajj
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IgMTULiefl
iCore of ’Witnesses.
MITCHELL ANGERED BY
Significant Remarks of Chairman of
Strixe Arbitration Commission
Reads Much Like an In¬
dictment.
The firrt witness called by the coun¬
sel for the non-union miners before the
coal strike commission at Philadelphia
Thursday was Mrs. Emily Stephens,
of Schuylkill county, whose husband
worked during the strike in the Sliver
Brook colliery of the Philadelphia and
She was eye witness to an
made on her husband by strikers.
said that after her husband had
knocked down twice she picked up
stone and threw it at the men
ting the assault. She was
and held while the beating
Her husband was internally Injured
Mrs. Robert Robinson, of
City, told of an attack being made
her home while her husband
during the strike. She was
ly bitter against her
James Lewis, who, she said, led
mob.
Harry Curnow, of Hazleton, an
engineer, said he struck, but as
union gave him no relief, he
to work on August 23d. On
25th, while on his way to work,
said he was attacked by a crowd of
known men and beaten into
bility.
Michael Weldon, of Mahoney
a fire boss employed by the
company, said strikers refused to
low him to go to work ,and that
house was damaged by dynamite.
Thomas Feeley, another
company fire boss, said he was dragg
ed from a street car and severely beat
en while on his w T ay to work.
Anthony Ferguson, outside
at the North Mahonoy colliery, said
was beaten while on nis way to
On cross examination he said he
never cheated the men under him.
Ferguson said he recognized two
his assailants, and that they were
rested and convicted.
Commissioner Parker asked if
two men had been expelled by
Miners’ union, and Terrence Finis,
member of the executive board of
United Mine workers was called and
asked if the men had been expelled.
He replied that he did not know.
explained that the union had done ail
in its power to prevent lawlessness.
Chairman Gray asked what had
been done to raise the organization
out of the mire and darkness that the
testimony tended to snow.
President Mitchell took exception
to Judge Gray’s remark and said the
coal companies were bringing witness¬
es here to testify against the strikers
and indirectly against the Miners’ un¬
ion.
“No crime had been fastened on the
union,” Mitchell said, "and I do not
want the impression to go out that it
was dragging in the mire.”
Chairman Gray said the testimony
before the commision certainly in¬
volved the union and he would like to
see the uilion disentanble itself. Judge
Gray mentioned the Shenadoah riot
and said he had not heard a word of
evidence that one union man in the
crowd of a thousand men and hoys
present when Bedell was killed, cried
“Shame on you.”
One witness said many men would
not testify before the commission for
fear of being discharged, and cited th«
case of a man named Clark, employed
at the Bast colliery near Scranton,
who was refused work after he had
testified. The commissioner* made a
note of this case and said they would
look into it. This same witness In an¬
swer to a question by Commissioner
Wright, said many of the coal and
iron policemen had bad characters,
several having served in jail.
SATISFACTION IN BERLIN.
Castro’s Final Reply Received at Gor-
man Official Headquarters.
President Castro's acceptance of the
arbitration conditions of the allied
powers was received Friday at the
foregin office in Berlin, where it is re-
garded as being a long step toward a
settlement of the question* in dispute.
The foreign office hopes that most of
the points will b<~ arranged amicably
at the preliminary discussion at
Washington before reaching The
Hague arbitration court.
* WILCOX SENT TO HERTFORD.
Preparing for Third Trial of Alleged
Slayer of Nellie Cropsey.
James E. Wilcox was removed from
the Elizabeth City, N. C., jail Friday
and carried to Hertford, the scene
hie new trial. His rem oval was guar
ed carefully. ThejfdfffH
him in : 'I.OJ
skirts ol
we
Cream of
Brief Summery of
Important ftventa
of Each Day.
—Excitement prevails
the Atlanta city police torce over
ment that pollcsmen will be called
testify as to conduct of
ers.
—Solicitor. Osborne decides that
Savannah pawnbrokers have no
on the jewels stolen by Mamie
Christ. They wil) be returned to
jewelers who originally owned them.
—The Crum appointment puts an
end to the “white mans republican
party” in South Caro.ina, cays a Wash¬
ington dispatch.
—"Baby Josephine,” the weii known
child actress, was ourned to death in
Chattanooga Sunday. At Charlotte a
little girl was burned to death while
trying to save her doll.
—Hon. Abram S. Lowitt, of New
York, is dying. He is suhering from
—Congressman Tonrue, oi
dies suddenly of heart failure
ing an attack of indigestion.
—Minister Bowen sailed from
ezuela for the United States Sunday.
—A dynamite bomb found In a
at the depot at Madrid, h is
anarchist Intended to use It on
while they were at the funeral of
gasta.
—Eight thousand Filipinos at
nila marched to Governor Taft s house
and ask him to remain there as gover¬
nor.
—Mamie DeChrist, the notorious dia¬
mond queen, pleaded guilty i. Savan¬
nah, Ga., and was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary.
—The earl ot Eggleston, of Edin¬
burgh, is seeking to establish a claim
to a large tract of land in Mississippi.
—Washington discusses the recall
of Yon HoIIeben by Germany. It was
due to the ambassador’s sins of com¬
mission and omission, and not to any¬
thing concerning Venezuela.
—Superintendent Traylor, of the
Keystone mine, in Nevada, fires on at¬
tacking party of miners, killing three
of them and wounding three others.
—The last of the festivities in con¬
nection with the coronation durbar
took place at Delhi, India, Saturday.
—Alfred Beit, associate of the late
Cecil Rhodes, and said to be the rich¬
est man in the world, Is dying in South
Africa.
—Marceiius O Markham, of Atlanta,
is appointed surveyor of customs to
succeed C. C. Wimuish, the negro in¬
cumbent.
—Miles Johnson, nerro who assault¬
ed white woman, was tried and con¬
victed at Augusta, Ga., Wednesday.
Johnson was sentenced to be hanged
on February 6.
—Charleston, S. C.. finds the dis¬
pensary law a hard one to enforce
and thirty cases against blind tigers
have been expunged from the docket.
—ExGovernor Tyler of Virginia,
has been summoned as a witness in
t* 18 charges against Judge Campbell,
who cowhided Rev. C. H. Crawiord
in Amherst county.
—In railway collision near Pitts-
burg Wednesday seven persons were
killed outright, one fatally and five
were seriously injured.
—President Roosevelt sent a mes-
sage to congress Wednesday asking
that money be appropriated to relieve
the famine in the Philippines.
—The reply of the powers, which
has been received by Prerldent Castro,
has a depressing effect In Caracas.
—The funeral of the late Premier
Sagasta was conducted with much
pomp at Madrid, King Altonso did
not attend for fear of a oemonstra-
tion.
—Mrs. O'Keefe, of Savannah, Ga.,
widow of the late "King of the Yap,’
has applied for letters of administra¬
tion on his estate in South Sea Is-
lands.
—North Carolina cotton mill men
complain of a scarcity of labor. They
say this is due to the fact that good
crops were made and products sold at
high prices and farm hands are flush
with money.
—An unusual case was in court at
Columbus, Ga., Tuesday—a mother
garnisheeing her son’s wages for
board.
—The cause of the explosion in the
Dayton, Tenn., mine is reported by
committee investigating it was that
too many inexperienced hands were
employed.
—A general assault was made on
the trust* in the senate Tuesday, Sen¬
ators Hoar, Vest and Clay leading the
attack.
—The strike arbitration commission
resumed work at Philadelphia Tues-
day. Twenty-two witnesses testified
that reign of terror prevailed during
the strike.
—The directors of the United States
steel fr ugt have announced that the
net earnings of the combine lor 1902
were $132,662,000.
—The powers have replied to Cas¬
tro’s note in regard to arbitration.
They insist on' the acceptance of their
original conditions.
1 PRESS WARNS ROOStYlLT.
In Friendly Spirit New York
Disapproves Appointment of
Crum at Charleston.
A Washington special says:
ern senators and representatives
surprised to find a double-headed
torial In The New York Herald
Thursday, in which President
velt was severely arraigned ior
pointing Dr. Crum collector at
ton, S. C. While commending aud
preciating the logical
of the southern situation, the
ern men were astonished to see
Herald, which dally flies the
flag at the masthead^y: its editorial
columns, “The People^^^ nti-TYus-t
Candidates for 1904: For President
of the United States, Theodore Roose¬
velt, of New York; For Vice Presi¬
dent, George Dewey, of Vermont,”
boldly and ably attacking the presi¬
dent’s southern policy. The article, in
part, is as follows:
“If President Roosevelt wishes to
alienate southern sympathies, he has
succeeded. Regretful surprise Is a
mild term for the feeling aroused in
the United States by President Roose¬
velt’s nomination of a colored man to
the post of collector of the port of
Charleston, Even the sincerest ad-
mirers of the president cannot help
regarding the appointment as an Ill-
considered act, which will do more
harm thnn good to the very people
whom It Is intended to benefit, namely,
“The Herald does not hesitate to
expression to this belief as it
consistently supported Mr.
in his previous administrative
and has upon more than one
recorded its gonuine respect for
both as a man and as the chief
trate of the United States. It is
exaggerating to say that the
dent’s public career hitherto has fully
answered the expectations of his
friends, who are legion, while his pru¬
dence, great common sense and politi¬
cal sagacity have bitterly disappoint¬
ed his adversaries. His Judicious in¬
tervention :n the coal strike should
earn a permanent place for his name
in the industrial history of the United
States, and his masterly handling of
the Venezuelan embroglio has shown
him to be a statesman of a rare
stamp.
“All this is freely admitted. What,
then, can have prompted him to na,«
an appointment that is distasteful to
the major portion of the American
people and thus destroy, at one blow,
the reputation he has been so suc¬
cessfully building up? What possible
motive can have induced him to alien¬
ate the respect, esteem, sympathies
and confidence in his ability of the en¬
tire white population cf the south?
The Herald wishes it to be distinctly
understood that Dr. Crum’s personal-
lty is not called in question, in tho
very least. It may eVen be admitted
that, under ideal conditions, there
would be no objection made to the ap¬
pointment of a negro to any official
position in the service of the United
States, but, perhaps unfortunately,
practical considerations regulate gov¬
ernment policy in America, as else¬
where, and what may be desirable the¬
oretically, is rarely compauole with
what Is practically possible, in mak-
ing a nomination that is objectionable
to a majority of people affected by it,
the president simply proves that he
lg unaware of this elementary prin-
ciple of government. No one will
question his legal constitutional right
to appoint to public office any man
whom he thinks fitted to occupy it,
but has he a moral right to exercise
his power of appointment in a man-
ner that is contrary to the wishes of a
majority.
"The answer to the question is most
decidedly no; majority rules in the
United States. Congress is elected
by the majority. Laws are passed in
the legislature by tne majority, and
an F administrative measure that is
abhorrent to the majority of Ameri-
can citizens is a mischievous meas¬
ure. It is not unreason; hie to argue
that the president’s proper course
with regard to making appointments
is indirectly indicated by the consti¬
THREE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Another Bad Wreck Occurs on the
Pennsylvania System.
Three men dead and fourteen or
more other persons injured, one fatal¬
ly, is the result of a collision between
two trains on the Pennsylvania system
on the main street of Ada, Ohio, at
5 o'clock Thursday evening.
The accident was one of the worst
that ever occurred on that division,
and was highly sensational in all its
details, occurring as it did on the
main street of the town at a time
when the thoroughfare was crowded
with people,
GOSSIPS CAUSE TRAGEDY.
Wisconsin Woman Hangs Her Two
Children and Then Herself.
Mrs. Amelia Roller, of
Wis., hanged her two children,
^jii't.rdny. years, and Clarence^^
.
*).v hanging ijgffl
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BULLET FOR ALTON
Woold'Be Assassin Tries
Hand as King Killer.
—
FIRED AT WRONG CAIIRI).
On Being Seized He Excused Himself
by Say’ng His Intended Victim
Was the Grand Chamber-
lain, and Not King.
A Special from Madrid, Spain, say®
As King Alfonso, Dowager Quecial
Christina and the court were return¬
ing from church Saturday morning a
man who afterwards gave lii3 name
Feito, fired a pistol at one of the car-
riages in the royal procession. Tho
bullet went wild and no one was in¬
jured
The king heard the shot and put hi3
head out of the carriage window, but
he was immediately dragged back
into the seat by the queen mother.
The escort of civil guards threw them¬
selves upon the miscreant and over¬
Feito was taken to the police station,
where he said he did not desire to
kill the king, but the grand chamber-
lain, the duke of Sotomayor, at. whose
carriage he had aimed. He was
searched and in his pockets wero
found unmailed letters marked “regis-
tered” and^addressed to
Roosevelt, King Edward, the
ot Germany and the president of tho
high court of justice of Mexico and
also receipts for a number of regis-
tered letters and a visiting card of tho
mayor of Madrid.
Feito later was put under examina-
tion by a magistrate to whom he re-
peated his statement as to the
of the shooting. He insisted that he
was not an anarchist and said that his
wife, a French woman, had had him
confined in a lunatic asylum. The
prisoner, in making this statement, d id
not appear excited, but there are
cations that he is insane.
COPS ARE GUESSING.
Club-Wielders Will Testify in Atlanta
Police Board Investigation.
The Atlanta council investigation
police affairs has thrown the
bers of the police force into it
of excitement since it has beoa.
nounced that policemen will be
before the committee to tell what
they know of anything naving
wrong with police matters.
When tho investigation was first
gun the members of the force
on, complacent and interested
was something unique and
out of the ordinary run to see
bosses “tell on each other.”
for these many years, they had seen
their fellow officers cn the rack
fore the police board. Time and
they had been made to “tell on each
other;’’ but no where was the whole
situation changed. It was striking, it
was sort o’ topsy-turvy, and highly en-
tertaining.
Then came the astounding
that policemen would be called
to testify as witnesses before the
cil committee. It. threw the rank
file into confusion and
They lost their alignment—
course, they had lined
V-- Co IVi:. * JaJi l
up.
Not only did they ell
knew nothing about hq
carried on Its business, thJ B]
to cogitate upon what
be on a policeman who d
on the "bosses.” I
MAN WRAPPED I
Slick Smuggler Takei
York Custom:
Customs offlcialJH Von®|
rested Jacob
day night, chai*j|
tobacco, and
search of the
land lying
Sternberg, founiifl v.flj ’>!
vessel
barm, Will*
hi:-' M
Si
Surprj
ancT
Fridai
Thi
Mar!
ii bul^
fli%Ua
Aj complete tS
lool weer found
1 ;, /ling, and eviden^5
th 3 robber had almost corrr
woiik when surprised.
GIRLS THREATEN To stf
Cne Thousand in C hicago
Houses Dema: