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About The Cordele sentinel. (Cordele, Ga.) 1894-???? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1902)
MISS STONE IS FREE Brigands Have at last Liberated Long-Captive Missionary. REPORT FROM CONSTANTINOPLE Rev. Tsilka, Husband of Miss Stone’s Companion, Is Suspected of Complicity In the Abduction. The Temps (Paris newspaper) pub lishes a dispatch from Constantinople which announces- that Miss Ellen M. Stone has been released by the brig ands who have held her captive since September 3 last, and she has been handed over in good health to the dragoman of tho American legation. It was announced recently that the Turkish authorities suspected Re-v. Tsilka of complicity In the abduction of the missionaries, The companion of Miss Stone was Mme. K. S. Tsilka, a Bulgarian wo man, wife of Mr. Tsilka, a Macedonian teacher of Samakov. Miss Stone, while traveling with Mme. Tsilka and a party of about fifteen friends, was captured by brigands in the district ot Salonika, September 3. Since that time vigorous efforts have been made by the United States gov ernment and by missionaries to obtain the release of the captives. The brig ands demanded a ransom of 25,000 (Turkish) pounds, but only $72,500 was collected for the ransom and this sum was paid over to the brigands February 6 by M. Gargiulo, chief of the American legation, Constantinople, and W. W. Peet, treasurer of the American mission at Constantinople, who met the brigands on the road to tho Ponilrome monastery. Madame Tsilka was educated at the Northfleld seminary. At the time of receiving her American training and education she was Miss Stephcmaora, a Having been converted in childhood to the Christian belief, she came to America after having refused to mar ry the man of her parents’ choosing. Dr. Dwight L. Moody, becoming inter ested in her welfare, found a place for her In his school. Having finished her training at that institution, she be came a trained nurse. While engaged in her professional duties in the Adi rondaeks, she became acquainted with Mr. Tsilka, a Macedonian, who had also been educated in the United States. At that period he was prepar ing for work as an American mission ary. Soon after the completion of their training the couple were married and went to Bulgaria, whither they at once entered upon missionary work. Miss Stone is one of the missiona ries of the American•bqard of foreign missions. She has been attached to the Salonika mission since 1878. She was born at Roxbury, Mass., and her homo is in Chelsea, Mass., where her mother resides. BROTHER USED GUN. Man Cleared of Breach of Promise Suit Gets Dose of Cold Lead. 'William O. Shipp, charged with breach of promise by Bessie E. Wal ker, was tried in chambers in Noifolk, Va., Tuesday morning by Police Jus tice Taylor. The plaintiff failed to prove/ that Bhipp promised to marry her. Shipp was discharged. Tuesday afternoon Levi Walker, 20 years old, a brother of Miss Bessie Walker, walked up to Shipp and some of his friends who stood talking to gether and opened fire upon them. He fired five shots, two of these struck Shipp and one struck Walter J. Gray. Both men fell and both are believed to be mortally wounded. Charter Applied For. Application has been filed in Chat tanooga to incorporate the Interstate Oil and Gas Company with $250,000 capital to bora for oil and gas in the vicinity. The Incorporators are C. C. Ellis. P. S. Griffith, Joe W. Clift, B. W. Sparks and C. Manning Ellis. TO RAISE INSURANCE RATES. Managers of Fire Insurance Companies Held Important Meeting. At a meeting of fire Insurance mana gers in New York Wednesday it was decided that fire insurance rates should go up 25 per cent. The meeting was largely attended, representatives from nearly every prominent company now doing busi ness in the United States being pres ent. The increased rates are to take ef fect at an early date and will apply on all mercantile and manufacturing properties, but not on dwellings and household goods. DR. TALMAGE IN MACON. The Noted Divine Delivers Interesting Leoture In Central City. Re-. T. DeWitt Talmage lectured in Macon, Ga., Tuesday night. His audi ence was enthusiastic. He showed that his seventy years of age have not diminished his power as a platform speaker. He went from Macon to New Orleans, and from there he will go to the City of Mexico. Railroads arew no hurry. They Want to Se« Plans For New Depot In Atlanta Before Giving Answer. Members of the Georgia state depot commission and representatives of the railroads entering Atlanta held two conferences in Governor Candler’s of fice Wednesday. The sum total re sult of the conference was the decis ion on the part of the depot commis sion to employ a competent architect or civil engineer of national reputa tion to investigate the state’s terminal property in Atlanta and prepare ground plans for a suitable and ade quate union passenger station. The discussion between the railroad officials and the commission lasted all the morning, and it was at the meeting of the commission ip the af ternooh that this action was taken. Under the resolution adopted, Gov ernor Candler will enter into corre spondence at once with various ar chitects and civil engineers of nation al prominence, asking them to submit proposals for preliminary work such as is desired, and when their replies are received another meeting of the commission will be called. The resolution adopted contemplates the preparation simply of ground plans, or plans designed to show whether or not sufficient track room for a union station can be secured on the present site. When an engineer or architect has been secured, which will probably he within the next ten days or two weeks at latest, he will be asked to prepare these preliminary plans as speedily as possible, and when they are ready it is contemplat ed to have another conference with the railroad officials, at which the matter can be properly discussed, and, perhaps, a definite conclusion reached. The necessity for the employment of such an architect grows out of the fact that several of the railroads do not believe an adequate station can be constructed on the state’s property. They said they must be satisfied that this can be done before they are will ing to give their assent to the propo sition made by the state. Principal among those taking this stand are the Southern and the Central of Georgia. SALE OF RAILROAD. The Nashville and Knoxville Secured By Tennessee Central. The sale of the Nashville and Knox viile railroad to the Tennessee Cen tral has been consummated, according to a telegram received at Nashville from President Shepley, of the Union Trust Company, of St. Louis. The message says that a payment of $ 00,000 has been made, and that all the Nashville and Knoxville securities have passed into the hands of Tennes see Central trustees. The Nashville and Knoxville runs' from Monterey to Lebanon, a distance of 110 miles, and is the essentSal link in the proposed Tennessee Central sys tem. WRECKED BY BROKEN RAIL. One Man Killed and Five Hurt In Sub urbs of Columbus, Ohio. As the result of a broken rail at 3:21 Wednesday morning one man was kill ed and five injured on the .Columbus, Sandusky and Hocking railroad near the Nelson avenue crossing at Shep ards. a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. William Smith, the man killed, was the engineer on one of the locomotives of a double-header that left the city about 3 a. m., and liis watch stopped at 3:21. showing the time when the fatal crash came. STICKS TO HIS ESTIMATE. Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture On State’s Cotton Crop. The Georgia department of agricul ture sticks to its estimate of 1,300,000 bales for the state’s cotton crop, de spite the assertion In many quarters that it will reach 1.500.000 or 1 ,- 600.000 bales, or thereabouts. It was last August that Commission er O. B. Stewens. gave out an estimate that the Georgia crop would not go over 1,300,000 bales JEWS AFTER PALESTINE. Or. Herzl Is Now Seeking Concessions From Sultan of Turkey. The leaders of the Zionist movement anticipates important developments as a result of the visit of Dr. Theodore Herzl. of Pennsylvania, president of the Zionist congress recently held at Basle, Switzerland, to Constantinople. 1 Dr. Herzl was summoned to Yildiz ' palace by a special telegram from the sultan, and is now negotiating with the sultan for the acquisition of con cessions in Palestine permitting of the unimpeded immigration and settle ment of Jews there. JUSTICE GRAY PARALYZED. ! His Family Says, However, That ’tack Is Not Serious. ! A Washington special says: Jus tice Horace Gray, of the supreme court, has suffered an attack of para lysis, but it is stated that there is every reason to expect his recovery The attack occurred Tuesday night His mind is clear, but he has lost the muscular control of a pari of his body. HOLOCAUST IN HOTEL Fifty Lives Reported Lost In Big Fire la New York. ARMORY AN# HOSTELRY GUTTED Powder and Ammunition in Armory Exploded and Aided Conflagra tion—Bodies of Many Vic times Recovered. Fire that broke out early Friday morning in the armory of the Seventy first regiment, New York national guard, at Park avenue, Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets, New York city, spread to the Park avenue hotel, and over a score lives were lost, while the damage is roughly estimated at over $1,000,000. One woman, a guest the hotel, jumped from the fifth story and is believed to be fatally injured. Four bodies had been taken out up to 3:30 Saturday morning, but the only one so far identified is said to be that of Colonel Pepper, of Louisville, Ky. The Park Avenue hotel will, it is be lieved, be a total loss. The Seventy first regiment armory, a magnificent granite structure and one of the fin est in the city, was destroyed, The ear barns of the Metropolitan street railway, on an adjoining corner, were threatened with destruction, but the good work of the firemen succeed ed in saving them. The armory occupied an entire block and was occupied also by the Second battery and the First signal corps. The fire was discovered burning from a window of the armory on the Thirty-fourth street side and by the time the firemen arrived the flames had completely enveloped the building and appeared through the roof. Short ly after, the cartridges and ammuni tion Shortly after 2 o’clock a thousand pounds of powder in the cellar explod ed and the walls of the building were thrown outward. By this time the peo ple living in the neighborhood had been driven from their homes by the heat. The guests of the Park avenue hotel, numbering about six hundred, were aroused as quickly as possible, but not without panic among the women and children, Firemen poured eleven streams upon the side of the hotel nearest the armory, but in spite of this the third floor caught fire and the flames eating along the walls of the hotel spread to the roof. The firemen ran ladders up on every side and were driven back by the dense volumes of smoke again and again. A little after 3 o’clock the four up per floors of the hotel were a mass of flames and the fire was spreading' rap idly down through the structure. It was then apparent that the hotel was doomed. Notwithstanding the fact that ev erybody in the hotel had ample time to get out, a large number of women were carried down the ladders by fire men, until it was thought everybody had been taken out. Just at this time a worn an in her night clothes appeared at a window in the fifth floor and before warning could reach her flung herself headlong to a portico over the main entrance. It is believed that she will die. Two bodies were found on the fifth floor by the firemen and two more in an other part of the building. At 4 o’clock Saturday morning Fire Chief Croker announced that he believ ed there were fifty dead in the corri dors and stairways of the Park Ave nue hotel. FINAL ACTION ON TREATY. Ratifications of Hay-Pauncefote Con vention Formally Exchanged. A IVashington special says: Final ratifications of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, giving England’s assent to the construction of a canal across Central America by the United States were exchanged at the state department at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon. There was very little ceremony about the ex change of ratifications. HOUSE DISCUSSES INDIANS. Charges Made Against Superintendent of Indian School In Michigan. The house spent the day Thursday working on the Indian appropriation b * ]b Several amendments were adopt ed- none . however, of much moment, Just befor e the close of the session, JIr - Fitzgerald, of New York, made an attac k upon the superintendent of the scb o°l at Mount Pleasant. Mich., who, he said, was charged with permitting the debauching of Indian girls. Mr. Sherman, chairman of the Indian corn mi ttee, promised to make an investi gation. Shortage In “Hen Fruit.” Eggs are being sent to Chicago from Californ i a to supply local demands. Prices have reached 33 1-2 cents, the hnghest since 1SS9 > when tbe y sold at 35 cents a dozen. Crumpacker Is Renominated. Th t TeDth India " a diStriCt coagres ‘ S . conventlon heId at Monticello ‘° Wednesday renominated Congressman E. B. Crumpacker, republican, without opposition. m “ of FAim Notwithstanding Press Reports, Miss Stone Has Not et Been Liberated. | A Washington special says: It is estimated at the state department that fifteen days have now elapsed since the money for Miss Stone’s ran som was paid over to the agents of the brigands. At least five days have elapsed be yond the time fixed In the stipulation to place her in the hands of her friends. There is no explanation for the delay. It is hoped that physical conditions, such as heavy snows and adverse weather, may account for the failure to secure her delivery. The of ficials are loath to believe that there has been a breach of faith on the part of the brigands, but even if this were so, they do not regard themselves as blameworthy for having trusted them. From the first the United States gov ernment has been adverse to paying ransom, but in response to appeals from every quarter reluctantly author ized Mr. Leishman to deal with the brigands. However, if it turns out that the brigands have broken faith and that they have either taken the ransom money and spirited the captives away again, or that they have killed them, then there will be no further attempt to deal with the brigands on the part of the United States government, but its entire power will be directed upon Turkey and upon Bulgaria to procure the swift and certain extermination of the brigands, regardless of cost or ef fort. Tsilka Not Arrested. The authorities at Constantinople deny that Rev. Mr. Tsilka, the husband of Miss Ellen Stone’s companion in captivity, has been arrested for com plicity in the kidnaping of the latter. They say that, according to last re ports, Rev. Mr. Tsilka is in Sofia, Bul garia. SPIT IN HIS SON’S FACE. South Carolina Representative Makes Unique Appeal For Protection. There was a comedy enacted in the South Carolila house of representa tives Friday. A. C. Lyles, tor ten years a member cf the body, one of the origi nal Tillman supporters-, appealed to the house for protection. His voice trembled with emotion and his face was pale. “I ask the house, I beg you, gentle men,” he said, “to give me protection from the governor’s son—Miles B. Me Sweeney, Jr.” There was immediately the keenest interest. Every member turned to ward Mr ’ Ivies 5 ’ ’ and nnri the bbe » o-oiievioc a l lene – came hushed. , Representative Lvles drew nil toward him a hov of f 14 U and 1 ti n “This is my boy, and on the floor of this house the governor’s son has spit on his face, not once only today, but repeatedly. This thing must stop. I beg protection from the son of the governor of South Carolina.” Young McSweeney is about 16 and of a sportive disposition. It was re ported that he ran away with a circus some time ago, but was brought back in a few days. The house authorized the speaker to issue cards to visitors and exclude tl.e governor’s son from the floor. BIG BATCH OF CONVICTS. Seventy-One New Guests Arrive at Federal Prison In Atlanta. Seventy-one United States prisoners were added to the inmates of the At lanta, Ga., federal prison Friday after noon. Twenty-six were from West Virginia and forty-five from Columbus, Ohio. Notable among the convicts are two Georgia men, one from Atlanta and one from Macon. The Atlanta man is W. L. Goodwin, sent up for nine years for counterfeiting. The Macon man is named Charles Clements, and is unique as being the sole remaining prisoner connected with the famous Forsyth case, when Captain John C. Forsyth was killed. Clements is up for life under the charge of conspiracy. Five Indians from the Indian Terri tory. transferred on account of tuber culosis, formed a conspicuous part of the group. HOT TIMES IN SPAIN. Strikers In Continuous Bloody Conflict With the Troops. The city of Barcelona, Spain, is in control of the troops, but isolated bands of strikers are still doing consid erable damage. Rioters Tuesday at tacked a prison van and attempted to release a number of strikers who had been made prisoners. A striker fired on the guard, who in return shot and Allied the man who fired on him. A large lumber yard has been burn ed by incendiaries and several stores have been pillaged. TO CONNECT RIVERS. Bill In Congress to Join the St. Mary’s and Mississippi By Canal. Representative Richardson, of Ala bama, has introduced in congress a bill for the construction of a canal con necting the Mississippi river with the St. Mary’s river in Georgia by way of the landlocked waters of the coast of Louisiana, Mississippi. Alabama and Florida, and a canal from St. Georges sound, Florida, to St. Marys river. BLOODSHED IN SPAIN fla i Ritters and Trwps Engage In Fearful Conflicts. FiVE HUNDRED PEOPLE SLAW Government Soldiers Sweep Streets of Barcelona With Deadly and Dis astrous Volleys of Shot and Shall, A message to the Exchange- Tele graph Company in London from Bar celona, Spain, via Perpignan, France, says a fierce battle has been fought between the troops and the rioters in the suburbs of Barcelona known as Sano. Before the engagement the cav alry and infantry had been posted at the most dangerous points and a field battery had been located on the plaza, from which vantage point the guns could sweep the surrounding streets. When the final clash with the troops occurred, continues the dispatch, the artillery was brought into action and raked street after the street. The riot ers engaged the batteries at close range, but were finally driven off. It ir reported that 500 persons were kill ed and wounded on both sides- The entire neighborhood was wrecked by the shells. The ruins caught fire and this completed the destruction. Further fighting is reported at Ma taro, fifteen miles from Barcelona, where a quantity of arms have been discovered. Fighting is also reported at Tortosa and Tarragona, respec lively 150 miles southwest of Iona. Workmen Are Murdered. A special direct from Barcelona says: The strikers murdered three „ workmen , who wished to resume work. The pro prietor of a bakery, who raised the price of bread, was also killed. It is hourly becoming apparent that anarchists are the prime movers in the incipient revolution. The markets are without provisions and the strikers are preventing the slaughter of animals. Additional reinforcements of troops are arriving. A mob stormed the arsenal at Sada dell, not far from Barcelona, and se cured forty rifles, but they were sub sequently recovered by the troops. Most of the ships in the harbor have been fonts to leave without tisebarg. ing their cargoes. Incendiary posters have appeared in * be c ^ y ’ wbFcb threaten the orderly c i asses w ith terrible reprisals, 1 that clynamite j Wl11 ba used to the Mausers of the troops. The strikers are looting numerous shops and private houses. The best known anarchists have dis appeared and the authorities are hunting for them. The railroad officials have announc ed the suspension of service on the lines, owing to the attacks which the rioters have made on the trains. Trade unions throughout Spain have declared their _ adhesion to the cause of the Barcelona strikers. The foreign consuls in Barcelona held a meeting Thursday afternoon. To Decree Martial Law. A cable dispatch from Madrid says: Premier Sagasta is preparing a decree establisbin S martial law throughout Spain. The signature of the decree, jt is believed - wil1 b e followed by an extreme national crisis. It was persistently said when the chamber of deputies closed Thursday afternoon that the minister of war, General Weyler, had a long conference with the queen regent the day before followed by a conference with the mil itary authorities. Afterwards, it is asserted, arms and ball cartridges ^ ere served out t0 tb e troops in Mad rid ’ wbo are in rea( hfless to start at a moment's notice. ^ ^ ansas held a con vent ^ . on m Topeka Friday for the pur p0se of consid erjng whether or not the populist party of the state will af filiate with the democrats in the next genera, e.eclton. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS PONTIFF, Leo XII Celebrates Quarter Century Mark of His Office as Pope. At Rome, Italy, Thursday, Pope Leo XII entered on the twenty-fifth year of his pontificate. Although the main celebration of the jubilee is postponed until March 3, when the combined festivals of the jubilee and coronation will be observ ed, this day was marked by the sing ing of a Te Deum in St. Peters and other observances. The pontiff was the recipient of con gratulations from all sides. MILLIONS ARE DISTRIBUTED. Morgan Pays Big Dividend to Backers of Giant Steel Trust. A New York special says: Tuesday J. P. Morgan – Co. distributed a divi dend of $ 10 , 000,000 to the mem bers of the syndicate formed to under write the United States Steel Corpora tion. The dividend represents 5 per cent of tho $ 200 , 000,000 :!or which the syndicate are liable. IN THE BOOK STORE “Here's an article,” * 1 “which i;ays that poetry isn> 3 now." £ "Yes; and I think I know the son." r tl "Out with It then!" “It’s because It isn’t written t •> Then the poet said it looked l ik rain, but he hoped it , 8 would clear U# ers long.—Atlanta Constitution. EXTREME CRUELTY. 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