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CARNESVILL V > H ADVANCE VOLUME V. MANS USE SHELLS A San Carlos, in Venezuela, Target for Cannon of Allies. LAUOHT A DISMAL FAILURE Fo« Bravely Replied and Succeeded in jB)riving Attacking Vessel Away. No Damage Done and Only Three Men Wounded. * M special from Maracaibo, Venezue¬ la, says; The German cruiser Panther ^Kled fort San Carlos, at the entrance ■Lake Maracaibo, Saturday after- B)d|n HI for one hour. The fort returned fire with four guns. The Panther Bftdrow in the direction of Curacoa. ,, 'ort San Carlos is 22 miles from •acaibo and commands the entrance he lake or inner bay. ^Blie correspondent- at Maracaibo of ■ Associated Press has received the ^Bowing letter from General Bello, the eanmander of the fort: ■•Yesterday afternoon at half past 12 Hrt San Carlos was attacked and Hilled without any provocation on £ part, without previous notification the delivering of an ultimatum by German cruiser Panther, which id to force tho entrance. After a Mtyt lasting f.n hour, during- which I fort used only four guns, the Fan¬ il - was obliged to abandon the fight B retreated in the direction of Cu- |ao. The fort three has suffered no dam- 1, and only men wore wound- J LMAN RESUMES ONSLAUGHT, ffiKts Trusts, .Monopolies and Again ■ Jabs Attorney General Knox. » the senate Friday Mr. Tillman, of S«h Carolina,' continued his arraign- mSBt of trusts and monopolies, and sjjfpn charged the attorney general as ■g primarily responsible for lack of [Hon IHr. Tillman with regard thereto. declared that the rail- nHs are absolutely in the saddle on ■tl oa! question. They mine and mar- ktW'coal and fix tne price., ho charged, Wjjpout efjBopcrator. regard to a solitary independ- infa- He said it was an aHthe way tho pre. s of the country w®-prostituted and lending itself to beffiddle the minds of the people and derive w pads them willing into tbe and mea anxious mat the n are to 4the distress occasioned by the t famine, but tuat somebody, some- :e, called an independent operator, (responsible for tho present condi- iottiOf affairs. Tile president deserves io ferodit, said he, cxcep. for his at- amfct to ’effect a settlement of the ueatimi, “but the actual fact is," he dded, “that J. Pierpont Morgan gave rjiejt; ant| to his co conspirators or ser- to attempt the arrangement, be- wjfc the attorney monopoly general and had strikers.” been, « e ho aid derelict and criminal, and he is he'jnan to whom the people can point nd say; “You have murdered all hese who have frozen to death! You .re the man who reserves the appro- dui i and hate of the poor and op- )r#=ed of this land!” CONSPIRATORS SENTENCED. Alleged “Pals” cf Laura Biogar Sent d’srr U„ for Two Years rod six Month,. » c xxsvziz —* y Bennett, a wealthy resident of 3 itt8burg, Pa., have been sentenced to nent Vo |fears each. and six months imprison- Dr. Hendricks and Stanton were __ iried with Laura Biggar on the charge >f conspiracy. It was alleged that Dr. Hendricks af falsely certified to the birth a child to Laura Biggar and that Stanton issued a certificate alleging -hat Miss Biggar and Bennett had been qarried by him, whereas tho prosecu- I lion claimed t?° SUCh marriase took . B w .he hJ t' two men were SSar convicted. Wa£ aC(5uiUed ’ but RECEIVER FOR BANK. H°use of Josiah Morris and Company Again Collapses. , a pe- was I The petition was granted and Wil- liam Berney, president of the Fourth National bank, was appointed receiver. The bank has been making desper- I Ate struggles for two years since it /ailed to realize on its assets and pay >ut and did pay several installments. SMITING APOSTLE SMOOT. Avalanche of Protests Against Mor- Being Seated in the Senate. j I Tl lands of letters have been re- United States senators pro- , - , PPfcr against the seating of Apostle g»Ool, who was a few days ago.chosen to be senators for Utah, These letters are largely from women, reasons given are .-.at he . is a Nearly all tho writers i con- : reason sufficient, Cream of Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Day. —A big Texas oil company goes to he wall on account of inability to fill jrders contracted for. —Developments in the investigation >f the Mississippi treasury shortage nay involve several Jackson bankers. —Abram S. Hewitt, former congress- nan and mayor of New York, died '-unday. . —The North German Lloyds steam- r Lahn is ashore near the rock of iibraltar. At high tide attempts were nade to float her, but they failed. The Jassengers, about one hundred of vhom are Americans, will be trans- erred to some other vetrel. —The memorial arch to Von Ket- ier, German minister who was kijle >y the bsixers, was dedicated at Peki > unday. —At council investigation of the At anta police board Sergeant Whitley cstifie3 under protest, declaring that ds job would be in jeopardy. He nakes charge that Commissioner fores tried to influence a juryman hrough him. —Turpentine went to 58 cents per gallon last Friday, the highest price in ifteen years. —The weekly papers published at ndianola, Miss., are now dated from teadman. —One of the grand jury at Frank- ort, Ky., on trial of Youtsey, charged with aiding in the killing of Governor Joebel, testifies that a detective tried o bribe him to reveal what Youtsey -aid in jury room. —United States Marshal Johnson md Postmaster Edwards, of Macon, ;ad a talk with the president Friday re warding conditions in Georgia. —Cuban veterans threaten to cause rouble unless they are paid for their services by March. —The new Piedmont hotel, one oi the handsomest in the country, opened its doors in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday. —Colonel Higdon, formerly in com¬ mand of the Third Alabama regiment., will enter suit against Governor Jelks .alleging that the governor has reflect eti on his character as a soldier and citizen. —North Carolina grand lodge of Ma¬ sons elects officers and adopts com mittee's report providing for a temple of the order. —In the trfai of James Wilcox, charged with the murder of Nellie Cropsey in North Carolina, one of the jurymen is a negro. —The house and senate have pass ed the bill providing for a rebate on Imported coal equal to the duty named in the Dingley bill. —The charges of blackmail brought against certain republican politicians in Georgia by Congressman Fleming have been sustained and President Roosevelt will have the guilty parties prosecuted. —Senator Tillman made a bitter speech in the senate Wednesday, at¬ tacking the trusts and Attorney Gener¬ al Knox. —The German reichstag in an effort. to strike the Standard Oil trust may put a differential duty on crude petro¬ leum. —The South Carolina legislature met in Columbia Tuesday. Governor McSweeney’s message dealt largely WU1 chlM 1,bor ' - zzztzjz . sssrs fi'zrsL'sz ing at Atlanta, Ga. —It is announced at Savannan, Ga., that the bondsmen of Greene and Gay- nor are now ready to forfeit their bonds - which aggregate $80,000. —Excitement prevails throughout the Atlanta city police torce over state- ment that policemen will be called to j testify as to conduct of commission- ers. ! -State legislatures convened Tues- da Y in South Carolina and Alabama. At: both Columbia and Montgomery in- terests centers in the speakership race, —There is a lack of news from Fez, Morocco, and this causes much uneasi¬ ness at Tangier. The pretender seems to be a better strategist than the sul- tan. —The cold weather and the coal famine continue and much suffering is resulting in the north. —Tho extreme cold weather and the —In her suit against. The Times Mrs. Tingley was awarded $7,500 in th e trial at San Diego, Cal., Monday. —Tho Crum appointment puts an end to the “white man's republican party” in South Caro.ina, say, a Wash¬ ington dispatch. —“Baby Josephine,” the wcil known child actress, was rurned to death in Chattanooga Sunday. At Charlotte a little girl was burned to death while trying to save her doll. —Solicitor Osborne decides that the Savannah pawnfcokers have no claim on the jewels stolen by Mamie De Christ. They will le returned to the jewelers who originally owned them. j —Hon. Abram S. l.ewitt, of New: York, is dying He is su.’ering from | obstruct!/e jaundice. , / CARNESV1LLE. GA.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 23. 190,3. OFFICE TO II MAIN CLOSED Until Positive Assurance Is Given by Authorities at Indianola of Negro Woman’s Protection. A Washington special says: Sena¬ tor McLaurin failed Thursday In ob¬ taining from the postoffice department an order that the mail for shall go to Healhman, four miles dis¬ tant, instead of to Greenville, which is about ^thirty miles away. The Missis¬ sippi senator is endeavoring to get some definite decision from the presi¬ dent and postmaster general upon his request that the office be opened, but is told that nothing can be done until assurances are given that the Cox 'wo¬ man will not be molested if she returns and opens the office. He has no such Assurances from the people and can give none. The people seem to have determined to let the office remain closed rather than back down from tbe position they have taken. ” Senator McLaurin urged Postmaster General Payne to have the mails for indianola sent to HeatTiman, Miss., in¬ stead of Greenville, pending the reo¬ pening of the Indianola office. Heath- man is four miles from Indianola, while Greenville is thirty miles distant Mr. Payne stated that if the postoffice at Healhman was able to handle the additional mail the change would be made. Later the department found it im practicable to forward the Indianola mail to Heathman instead of Green¬ ville. The daily receipts of Heathman now average a little over 31 cents, and the office is declared to be inadequate to take care of a business that involv¬ ed several thousand dollars additional revenue. The Indianola citizens there¬ fore will have to continue sending to Greenville for their mail. Senator McLaurin said there is no disposition on the part of 'he peace authorities of Indianola to give assur¬ ance in an official way that the post¬ master, Minnie Cox, will be pro¬ tected in her personal safety because, he says, there has been no intimation that she was in the least danger. The giving of such assurances as are de¬ manded by the postoffice department would be an admission, in the opinion of the officials and people of Indianola, that some danger was threatened. They do not admit anything of tho kind. Senator McLaurin pointed out that Sheriff A C. Cox, of Indianola, in a published letter had stated that all officials and citizens, white or black, would be fully protected. He saw no reason, however, for proclaiming offi¬ cially that he proposed to do his duty. Reiteration of Postmaster General Payne’s statement that the office at Indianola would not be reopened until such assurances had been given was made Thursday. EVIDENCE AGAINST FREEZERS. Coal Dealers Stand in Way of Receiv- ing a Hard Blow. A Chicago special says; On new de velopments in the coal shortage inves¬ tigation the special grand jury has widened the scope of its inquiry. On information received late Wednesday, subpoenaes have been sent to the sher¬ iff of Sangamon countv for the appear¬ ance before it of Charles A. Starne, of the Virden Coal Company, and the West End Coal Company, of Spring- field; Terrence Casey, of the Williams- j . ville Coal Company, and L. W. Een- seny, of the Alton and Auburn Coai Company, at Auburn. The evidence of the men from Springfield district, it is said, will form the connecting link in the chain of evi¬ dence showing agreements between the operators of Illinois and Indiana. Several witnesses summoned for Wed¬ nesday were heard Thursday, .after Which the grand jurors turned their at¬ tention to the volume of documentary evidence prepared for them. STEAMER LONG OVERDUE. Non-Arrival of St. Louis Causes Much cnori'iation ?t New York Up to midnight Thursday night no ofthi news had been received stLmsL in New York American line St SJe™ louis Throughout S i the day crowds of the offices of the h th agents mainta ined a cheerful view uled and assured all that there was no for alarm Prices Not Yet Affected. A London dispatch says; Prices in the coal market have thus far net been affected by the action of tho American congress in providing a rebate on du¬ ties on all coal for a year and placing anthracite coal on the free list, though a better feeling prevails. Joy Wants Invincible Navy. Representative Joy has introduced a concurrent resolution directing the house committee on naval affairs to prepare a bill providing for the con- struction of twenty-five additional bat- tie ships at a cost not to exceed $5,000,- 000 each. MANUSCRIPT BIBLE FOUND. W'as V/ritten in Year 116 of the Moslem Era. In a dispatch from Cairo the corre- spondent of The Daily Mail (London) reports the discovery in Syria of one of the oldest Hebrew manuscript Bi- bles. It consists of the Pentateuch, written in Samaritan eharaeters^ - ^" 1 -* zelle parchment in the yep- -- era. It shows ferences , from the exist 1 EDITOR SHOT DOWN A Day of Excitement in Capital City of South Carolina. TILLMAN SHOOTS GONZALES Editor of the State i3 Finally Called to Time for Many Denunciatory Articles Published in His Paper. A Columbia, S. C., special says: N. Gonzales, editor of The State, is at the Columbia hospital in a critical con¬ dition as a result of a serious pistol wound inflicted by James K. Tillman, lieutenant governor of South Carolina. The shooting occurred on Main street, just as the intersection of Ger- vais street, in full view of the state capitol. It was an awful tragedy in broad daylight, and upon the most fre¬ quented street and corner in Columbia. It was just a few moments before 2 o’clock when the cry was passed along the street that “Jim Tillman had shot N. G. Gonzales” Editor Gonzales was en route homo to dinner from his office when he was met by Mr. Tillman. Tillman was ac¬ companied by two state senators. It is said that not a word was spoken as the p'Utor and lieutenant governor met, ' 'i, to face. Tillman instantly drew a revolver, it is said, by eye wit¬ nesses, and placing it close to the body of Gonzales, fired, without a word be¬ ing spoken. Gonzales staggered and then catch¬ ing his balance, turned towards the man who had shot him, shouted the one word, “Coward!” as he was caught by parties who had rushed to his as¬ sistance. The office of The State is on the same block as the scene of the shoot¬ ing, and it took but a few moments for a great throng to assemble in front of the newspaper. The excitement and the indignation on the streets was in¬ tense. Immediately after the shoot¬ ing Lieutenant Governor. Tillman was arrested and taken to police headquar¬ ters. Origin of the Trouble. The trouble between Lieutenant Governor James H. Tillman and Editor Gonzales has been brewing for some length of time, and followed a severe denunciation of Tillman, which Gon¬ zales made in the columns of his paper and on the stump throughout the state. It had its inception directly in the fight between Senator Ben Tillman and Senator McLaurin, which occurred in the United States senate. Major Mieah Jenkins, who had serv¬ ed with Roosevelt’s Rough Riders in Cuba, and who had won for himself a record for bravery and merit, was to have been presented with a sword by the people of South Carolina, in recog¬ nition of his courage and the fame which he had won for his nauVe state in the Spanish-American war. The presentation was to have been made by Lieutenant Governor Tillman. When President Roosevelt withdrew ids invitation to a state dinner, which he had sent to Senator Tillman be¬ cause of the fight the latter had in the United States senate, Lieutenant Governor Tillman in retaliation for this act toward his uncle refused to present the sword to Jenkins. Gonzales took up the-matter through the columns of his paper, and bitterly denounced Lieutenant Governor Till¬ man, calling him a liar and a scoundrel. He repeated the accusation on many different occasions, and even dared young Tillman to deny the charges which he had made. The charges which Gonzales made against young Tillman were wired all over the country and made a deep sen¬ sation, many uncomplimentary re¬ marks being made in the press of the United States because Tillman did not resent the charges made by Gonzales. I The feeling between the two men j was very deep and bitter, and ai-nough the men had never before had person- al blows, trouble was expected when they should meet, and the friends of the two men have been on the look- out for just such an encounter as bap- pened Thursday. Geneva School Girls Shocked. The principals of a number of girls’ schools in Geneva, Switzerland, have complained to the authorities that they could no longer take out the girls for their usual walks, because they were shocked at seeing the crown princess of Saxony with M. Giron. Death Claims Abram Hewitt Abram S. Hewitt, former mayor of New York, and representative in con- gress from 1874 to 1887, died at 6 o’clock Sunday morning. He was in his eighty-first year, and had been critically ill for ten days, REBATE BILL IS LAW. President Signs Measure Suspending Duty on Foreign Coal. The president signed the bill sm| pending the afternoon. duty on eoal-4^1® .. y Thursday The SEVEN OUNNERS MANGLED. Frightful and Deadly Explosion In Tur¬ ret of Battleship Massachusetts Off Culebra. A special from San Juan, Porto Rico, says: Seven men were killed and four others were wounded, two of them probably fatally, by the explosion of a powder charge of an eight-inch gun on board the United States battleship Massachusetts Friday morning, while at target practice off Culebra island. Details of the explosion were ob¬ tained wtien the Massachusetts arriv¬ ed at San Juan Saturday. The explo¬ sion occurred in the starboard aft eight-inch turret, shortly before noon, and was due to the accidental dis¬ charge of a percussion primer while the breech of the gun was open. The full charge exploded in the turret and killed or injured all the crew of the gun numbering nine men. Ensign Ward K. Wertman, who was in charge of the turret, escaped in¬ jury, though he was standing near the scene of the explosion. Magnificent discipline was imme¬ diately shown by officers and crew. Captain Lee .commanding the marine guard, of the vessel, and Ensign Clar¬ ence Abel, immediately flooded the tur¬ ret with water, and Lieutenant Charles F. Hughes and Gunner Kuhlwein went below to the magazine .picking up powder charges and prevented lurther explosions, while lieutenant William C. Cole and Gun Captain Zoneman en¬ tered the turret and withdrew the charge from the other gun, whose breech was open. The survivors of the gun’s crew, when rescued, were burned, mutilated and nearly dead. In less than a minute after the ex¬ plosion three streams of water were pouring into the turret, preventing the charge in the other inch-gun from ex¬ ploding. ST. LOUIS PASSENGERS WRATHY. Owners Severely Condemned for Al¬ lowing Disabled Ship to Leave Port. The steamship St. Louis arrived at New York Saturday morning after an extremely slow trip owing to leaky boilers. Her time from Cherbourg to the lightship was thirteen days, five hours and twenty minutes, six days, fifteen hours and twenty-five minutes behind the ship’s best record. There was no accident of any kind at any time, and although heavy weather was encountered, practically all of the delay was caused by the ina¬ bility to get up good steam in the de¬ fective boilers. The passengers became .very indig¬ nant when they learned of the poor progress the vessel was making and an indignation meeting was held, at which the line was severely censured for permitting passengers to embark on a steamer in the condition the St. Louis showed. A statement was drawn up and given to the public on arrival by a committee chosen to set forth the grievances of those on board. ANOTHER COAL TRAIN SEIZED. Mob of Men, Women, Boys and Girls Help Themselves to Fuel. At Toledo, Ohio, Saturday, a mob, including over two hundred men, wo¬ men, boys and girls, seized five cars loaded with soft coal whicn had just arrived in the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad yards, consigned to the Na¬ tional Malleable Castings Company and local oil men. There was no attempt to stop the wholesale theft, neither the police nor the officials of the railway or castings company taking a hand in the affair. The fuel was carried off in wagons, sleighs, soap boxes, buckets and bas¬ I kets, and nothing but the slack was ! in the cars. MAZA'i LAN TERROR-STRICKEN. Rver °' 1C Hundred Deaths from Plague Since First of January. : „ lb . ^' e Vanuarv MazTtffin * g s Janua 'y L ln Mazatlan, I ““‘f ered . 0 seven ’ The , and d< f many hs ° n new tbc 15th cases num- are f eported- Tbo b er of wooden h ° UB ° s burned ls Two coaches in whlch P> a kue smcken people sought to DSca l’ e from the city will be burned. TO MARK HEROES’ GRAVES. Secretary Root Send3 Important Paper to Military Committee. Secretary Root Friday forwarded to the senate military committee a mem¬ orandum prepared by Quartermaster General Ludington for ithe approp- riate marking of the graves of sol¬ diers of the confederate army and navy and directing the secretary of war to ascertain the localities and con¬ dition of the graves of such soldiers who died in federal prisons and mili¬ tary hospitals in the north during the civil war and who were buried near place of confinement. A BLUFF OF CUBAN ARMY. Threaten to Raise Row if Pay is Not Soon Forthcoming. ^^M^Ufesto which was issued at i ing furl FIGHT IS WON BY BACON. Amendment Attached to Cuban Treaty Favorable to Georgia and Florida Cattle Shippers. A Washington special says: Tho fight, being mado by southern senators for the amendment of the Cuban reci¬ procity treaty, so as to prevent its pro¬ visions working harm to southern in¬ terests, bore fruit Friday in the adop¬ tion by the committee on foreign rela¬ tions of an amendment which will .make the reduction on cattle imported into Cuba from -the United States 40 per cent instead of 20. This change was made largely in the interest of Georgia and Florida cattle. In the treaty as it was drawn tbe tariff on cattle was a specific one, not ad valorem. It was shown by Senators Bacon, Clay and other southerners, that the practical operation of this would be to make the comparatively small cattle of these southern states pay the same rate of tariff Waen im¬ ported into Cuba that was paid by the much larger cattle of Honduras and other parts of Central and South America, and would therefore operate as a differential in favor of the larger cattle. It was to correct this inequal¬ ity that the paragraph was changed by the committee. The southern senators have no organized opposition to the Cuban treaty, and there is no disposition on their part to filibuster against its ratification. A study of the schedules show’s, however, that there are glaring ine¬ qualities which are calculated to work a hardship upon that portion of the south that does business with Cuba, and they will do everything in their pow’er to have these inequalities reme¬ died before consenting to~the ratifica¬ tion of the treaty. Ratification will probably be delayed for some time while these matters are investigated and passed upon, but there is every reason to believe the treaty will be ratified before adjournment. PAY OF CANAL EXPERTS. They Have So Far Drawn the Munifi¬ cent Sum of $200,000. The secretary of state has supplied Senator Morgan, chairman of the sen¬ ate committee on interoceanic canals, a statement of the expenditures made on account of the isthmian canal com- Mission. It shows that each member of the committee has been allowed a compensation at the rate of $1,000 a month, with traveling and incidental expenses added. These salaries were fixed in 1899, when the commission was created at. the suggestion of the president. In the cases of Colonel Peter C. Haines and Lieutenant Colonel O. H. Ernst, of the army, the allowance was equal to the difference between their regular salaries and $1,000. Under this arrangement the aggregate amount paid to the nine commission¬ ers as salaries up to February 28, 1902, amounted to $225,289. The traveling expenses of the commissioners at that lime had averaged about $1,800 each. SOUTHERN CLAIMS FOUGHT. Payne Objects to Referring Them to Court of Claims. The house devoted the day Friday to private war claims, passing about twenty. The two features oi the day \ were the defeat of a claim of B. F. Moody & Co., of Keokuk, Iowa, for the payment of the amount deducted from their contract for furnishing equip¬ ment, to the Third Iowa cavalry by the famous commission which unearthed the army contract frauds in St. Louis in 1863 and the fight of Mr. Payne, the floor leader of the majoriiy, against i an omnibus resolution to refer ninety southern claims, aggregating $400,000, for stores and supplies taken by the union army during the civil war to the court of claims for finding of fact un¬ i der the Tucker act. Sheriff’s Daughter Still Missing. Louis G urley and Maberu Murphy, w jj 0 escaped from Blount county, Ala., jal1 thrcmgh aW given b f. Mi8S Etta Alldridge, daughter , of . the shenff, have not been heard frora . Neither lm s anything been heard of the girl. - Georgia Fruit Growers to Meet. The Georgia state board of ento¬ mology will meet in Atlanta in the Kfflces of the agricultural department, on January loth. Sta.e Entomologist W. M. Scott, secretary of the board bas sent out notices to that effect. KILLED HIS SWEETHEART. ! Also Shoots His Rival and Then ' Weapon on Himself. At Chicago Friday night E. J. lin lay In wait for his sweetheart, nie Dwyer, who had gone to a with another suitor, and shot and ed her upon her return home. also shot Frank F. Merritt, of he was jealous, and then turned weapon upon himself. A bullet ed his head and he will die. ALLEGED LYNCHERS JAILED. Ten Men Arrested in Charged With Ten NUMBER 10. TO BRIBE JURYMAN Is Charge Brought Ip in Court at Frankfort, Ky. ABOUT YOUTSEY TESTIMONY Riddell Tells Court That He Had Been Offered Money if He Would Re¬ veal What Youtsey Told Grand Jury. A sensation was caused in the Fra.Wtlin circuit court at Frankfort, Ky., Friday when Judge Cantrill sum¬ moned into open court the grand jury which had under investigation the Goe¬ bel murder ease, hearing the testimony of Henry E. Youtsey. Judge Cantrill said to the jury: “Gentlemen, I understand that cer¬ tain person or persons have approach¬ ed some members of the Jury and made Inquiry as to the matters which have been before this jury. If this is a fact, I want you to report, it to the court ,or if there have been any over¬ tures or intimation to you.” James Riddell, who lives at Benson, arose and stated that on his return home Thursday night a man of medium height wilh black hair, well dressed, was at his home. Mr. Riddell said: “The man gave his name as Mc¬ Dowell and said his home was at In¬ dianapolis, Ind.; that he knew W. 8’. Taylor; that he knew I was a member of the jury which had the examination of Henry E. Youtsey; that since 'Ke investigation of this case and the tes¬ timony of Youtsey, Taylor was much worried and had grown thin and ema¬ ciated • that he (Mr. McDowell) knew who all the members cf the jury were, had diagrams of their houses and knew where they lived. He said he wanted to talk privately with me and that he wanted information aoout the testi¬ mony of Youtsey; could get money for it and that he would diAde with me. “He called me outside of the house and stated that if there was enough evidence against Taylor to convict him (Taylor), he, with others, would kid¬ nap Taylor and bring him here and di¬ vide the reward with me. He then of¬ fered me some money which he had in his hand and I refused it; then he shoved the money into my vest pocket and told me to buy a hat with it; -that he saw there was no opportunity to gbt the information. He said he was stop¬ ping at the Capitol hotel and had driv¬ en out to my house.” The judge instructed the money to be turned over to tho trustee of the fund, which was done, and the grand jury was instructed to investi¬ gate the matter. A warning to secrecy was given. To a friend»Riddell said: “This man Eald that $2,000 was of¬ fered for Taylor's delivery at Frank¬ fort and that he would give me one- fifth of the money if I would tell all that Youtsey had said about the con¬ spiracy to kill Governor Goebel. I told him that I could not be induced to tell any one what I had heard Youtsey ' n the jury room, and that I had not even told my wife .eat Youtsey was before the jury.” PRESIDENT SEEKS LIGHT. Has Confidential Talk at White House With Two Georgia Republicans. United States Marshal Walter John¬ son and Postmaster Edwards, of Ma¬ con, arrived in Washington Friday in response to summons from President Roosevelt. They called at the white house and discussed with him Georgia affairs. The disgraceful revelations brought about by the investigation in¬ stituted at the instance of Representa¬ tive Fleming regarding the system of blackmail employed in certain sections v/ere considered, the president desir¬ ing to get all the light on the subject possible. Texas Cotton Gin Company. The Fuller Cotton Gin Company, of Paris, Texas, capital $750,000, filed a certificate of incorporation at Dover, Delaware, Friday. ‘ COL. BUCK LAID ZU BJdy is Buried in Arllngt-n IBP* V* j Without CeremoAeB^BglgBa ministHJPPI The body of the late pan, Alfred E. Buc k, of Atlq h^. arriv¬ ed in Washington immediate# 'Mmrsday at noofi and was raken to Arling¬ ton cemetery for bufial. ’ Mrs. Buck accompanied the body and at her request no ceremonies, such as are usual on such occasions, were ob- served. Several state and army officials, friends of Colonel Buck, met the Body at the Pennsylvania depot and out to Arlington. ^■H SOUTH DON