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VOL. II.
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UNTIL SITUATION IN CUBA AND
PHILIPPINES CLEARS UP.
DISQUIETING NEWS THE CAUSE.
Mustering Out List of Fifty Thousand
Volunteers Will Be Laid Aside
For the Present.
A Washington special says: Al
thoughAb e secretary of war has pre
pared a*Ri st of the volunteer regiments
to be r-dered mustered out under the
decision reached by the cabinet to
muster out fifty thousand soldiers now
in camp, it is stated at the war de
partment that the list may be held for
a time until the situation in Cuba and
the Philippines clears up and becomes
settled.
While the administration does not
look for any serious outbreak.or dis
turbance, both the president and
secretary of war deem it advisable at
this time not to reduce the army until
sifter the first of the year and the oc:
cupation of Cuba by the United States
is completed.
.General Lee, since his arrival at
Havana, has requested the war depart
ment to hurry as many regiments to
his command as possible. It is ex
pected that the celebration of the end
of Spanish sovereignty in the island
will result in disturbances, if not con
flicts between the Cubauds and SpAu
iards, and General Lee is anxious to
have as large a force as possible "to
preserve order. The administration,
therefore, thinks that it is best not to
issue orders for mustering out any
more volunteers until after the first of
the year anyhow.
It is stated at the war department
that the colored regimonts in the
southern camps will be among the
first mustered out, as it is found thnt
these rogiments will not be serviceable
in Cuba.
Lawton Assigned To Manila.
The war department has issued or
ders assigning Major General Lawton
to service in the Philippines. This
assignment is considered one of ex
ceptional importance, as General Law
ton, who was one of the most conspic
uous officers in the campaign about
Santiago, General will be second in command
to Otis, and in the event of
General Otis’ appohitmeut as governor
general of the Philippines, will assume
military command of the forces in the
Philippines.
His new duties will require a com
bination of nerve and tact. General
Lawton recently has been in command
of tho camp at, Huntsville. General
Frank, as ranking officer, will assume
command on the departure of General
Lawton. The latter’s selection for
largeljAthe duty iu^ the Philippines was owing
character of his service
duringWI war anu later at Havana.
The War Investigation.
The war investigating commission
held only a short session Thursday
devoted to executive business. The;:"
were no witnesses ready for examina
tion. The Swift Packing company, of
Chicago, which protested against the
statements in General Miles’ testimo
ny, derogatory to the canned fresh
has roast notifi«H^e beef^fctn islied commission his expeditions, of its in
ability to beun hand on January 4th,
ns expected, and January 9th has been
set for the date of the appearance of
its representative. So far no final ac
tion has been taken on the insistence
of the commissary, General Eagan, that
he be recalled to testify in answer to
General Miles’ charges, and no decis
ion has been reached as to recalling
Generals Shatter and Miles.
INVITATION IS PUZZLING.
British War Office Applies to the United
States For Definite Information.
A London cable dispatch says: The
war office is puzzled by an invitation
received from the governor of Florida,
to send representatives to the national
militia convention, which is to take
place at Tampa, Fla., on February 8th.
The British officials have been en
deavoring to ascertain the purposes of
the convention, and finally decided to
write to the government of the United
States on the subject asking ter infor
mation prior to coming to a decision.
* BURN'S.
RIG ELEVATOR
Two Hundred Thousand Bushels of Wheat
Destroyed at Minneapolis.
Elevator X on the Hastings and Da
kota division of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul railway at Eleventh ave
nue, Minneapolis, Minn., burned
Thursday llie main elevator with its
annex and 200,000 bushels of wheat
were consumed and the loss will be at
least $2,000,000.
This property was owned by the
George C. Bagiey Elevator Company.
The insurance is ample to cover the
loss.
BROWN SPECIAL ATTORNEY.
Appointed By Georgia's Governor to l.ook
After State’s Railroad.
Governor Candler, of Georgia, has
auh'amt :w.|(A N l|ie appointment well known lawyer of Hon. of
r
TP^ Atlantic 1 attorney of the
th#|f te«r ;at0 in looking railwft after y to re the P
tl,at valuable property.
succeed lion. \V. A.
% B>o ^ep, was appointed by Gor
K. qpd reappointed by
tkinson, and whose term
res on Jhnary 1st.
The Abbeville Chronicle
MRS. BOTKIN GUILTY,
Get« Life Sentence For Caiiftlng Death
Mrs. Dunning:*
At San Francisco Friday night Mrs.
Cordelia Botkin was found guilty
murder in the first degree for
the death of Mrs. John P. Dunning,
by sending a box of poisoned candy
to her temporary home in Dover,
Delaware.
The condemned murderess will he
spared the ignominous death on the
gallows, however, the jury that found
her guilty imposing only the penalty
of life imprisonment.
The verdict was unexpected. An
acquittal was confidently awaited by
tho defense, while the prosecution
feared a disagreement. Humors had
been in circulation to the effect that
several of the jurors strongly favored
the defense and that their opinions
ble were too firmly grounded to he capa
of change.
Although the jury was out only four
hours, more than one of which was de
voted to dinner, it is currently report
ed that tho verdict was the result of a
compromise. Considering tho unex
pectedness of the verdict, Mrs. Botkin
kept herself well in hand when her
fate was announced. Not until the
jury and most of the spectators had
left the court room did she give evi
dence of collapse. Then she sank
back half fainting, but speedily re
vived.
The jury retired at 5:55 p. m , but
soon afterward was taken to dinner in
charge of a deputy from the sheriff’s
office. During the meal hour no ref
erence was made to the case by any of
the men in whose hands lay the fate of
Mrs. Botkin.
On returning to the jury room the
evidence was carefully gone over and
prolonged discussion followed. It is
not known how' many ballots were
taken before a final agreement was
reached.
At 9 o’clock word was sent to Judge
Carroll Cook that the jury was pre
pared to make a report. Court was
immediately convened and at 9:15
o’clock, just four hours after the case
had been placed in its hands, the jury
stated, through its foreman, that an
agreement had been reached, the ver
kict being that Mrs. Botkin, accused
of killing Mrs. John Dunning, by
means of poisoned candy sent
through the mails, was-of murder in
the first degree. In accordance with
the laws of California, which empow
ers the jury to decide between hang
ing and imprisonment in such cases,
the penalty was fixed at imprisonment
for life.
While at no time during the trial
had Mrs. Botkin expressed herself as
anticipating such a verdict, she re
ceived it with remarkable calmness,
exhibiting no trace of emotion, though
she sat close to her sister, Mrs. Rob
erts, and seemed to look to her for
sympathy. After the jury had been
polled in the usual manner, Judge
Cock announced that sentence would
ho pronounced on Saturday, January
7tb. He then remanded the prisoner
to the custody of the sheriff, to he im
prisoned in. the county jail until called
to pronounce sentence, when she will
be removed to the penitentiary.
When the courtroom was cleared,
after Mrs. Botkin bad announced to
the deputy sheriff in a clear voice that
she was ready to- go with him to pris
c-iu'Vjiff. v.qccurred the only sensational in
the evening. The condemn
ed worn, ^attempted to rise, when her
highly strung nerves seemed to relax
and suddenly she fell back into the
arms of Mrs. Roberts.
It was thought that she had
fainted, hut in a moment a glass of
water revived her and she resumed
her usual appearance, though the in
tense nervous strain was still appar
ent in the twitching of her facial mus
cles and the quick movement of her
hands as her fingers drummed on the
table. ^ few minutes she apparent
ly shook o„ ,, u y signs of excitement
and quietly acccu. .tinied the deputy
sheriff out of the courtroom.
PENSIONS NOT WANTED.
But Alabama Veterans Do Not Object To
Aid In Care of Graves.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says:
Camp Hardee, United Confederate
Veterans, held a social session Friday
night and among other features were
a number of speeches by prominent
confederates. ' A sentiment against
asking the federal government for
pensions was expressed and McKinley’s
suggestion that the government assist
in taking care of the graves of the con
federate dead was heartily endorsed.
BANK DIRECTORS RELEASED.
In Jail For a Week For Violating a
New Law.
The directors of the Moran. Kas.,
hank, which failed last January, have
been in the Allen county jail for near
ly a week, charged by depositors with
violated the new hanking law
of Kansas, Thursday they appeared
by counsel before Judge Schoonover
in Garnett and presented a petition
release on a writ of habeas corpus.
Schoonover issued an order re
them on $200 bond each until
14th.
APPEAL TO CUBANS.
Now In United States Issues
a Circular.
A New York dispatch fays: The
Cuban delegation to the United States
has just prepared and sent to Cuba an
elaborate appeal in circular form to be
widely distributed to all natives, to
remember that they fought for inde
and not for annexation.
The manifesto reviews the struggle
to throw off Spain’s tyranny and n
the glories of the victory a:
to the action of congress in d
to?;t a stable government sha
ABBEVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5. 1893.
CUBAN MOBS PULL DOWN
AMERICAN FLAG,
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE REFUSED.
Such Are the Stories Afloat and Are
Willing Credence By Excited
Crowd*.
A special cable to the Chicago Trib
une from Havana Rays that
rumors were afloat Thursday night and
given credence by excited orowds
thronging the streets.
It was reported early in the evening
that General Mariano Menocal and his
Cuban forces at La Pava had been
asked to take the oath of allegiance to
the United States and had refused.
The news that Cuban soldiers had
refused to take .the oath of allegiance
was cheered by the crowd and mount
ed insurgents scattered through the
town, telling the people in tho streets
that General Menocal had withdrawn
his troops from La Pava and taken to
the field.
This story, regardless of its truth or
falsity, is chiefly worthy of serious at
tention because of the eagerness with
which it is received by the crowds,
who insisted upon its truth. They
justified General Menoeal’s report on
the sensational action.
The situation grows out of the re
fusal of General Brooke to permit the
Cuban troops to take part in a parade
on evacuation day. The feeling in Ha
vana is intense.
The United States flag was torn
down from many houses in the lower
districts Thursday night.
the upper-class Oulans sent cable
grams without number to President
McKinley begging him to interfere.
Cablegrams have been sent broadcast
over the United States asking for pub
lic meetings and appealing to the com
mon sense and justice of the American
people.
The Cuban leaders are doing every
thing possible to prevent an outburst,
but say that if General Brooke’s com
mand is carried out, not only will they
be helpless, hut they will think what
ever happens to have been caused by
what they consider the arbitrary and
unjust action of the United States.
Judgw Advocate Charles Gould, of
the American commission, cabled
President McKinley Thursday that
there is intense uneasiness there, and
advising that the Cnbaus be permitted
to participate in the evacuation cere
monies.
Hooting American Troops.
The more excitable of the population
of Havana’s lower districts are begin
ning to hoot tho American soldiers.
The higher class of Cubans are bitter
ly chagrined and disappointed at the
turn affairs have taken. They hardly
know what to say or do. Their plans
•were to have 1,000 picked men, the
flower of the insurgent army, march
into Havana January 1—soldiers who
came into camp at Las Palmas and
Amriano with the understanding that
they were marching to Havana for
evacution day. They bought new
uniforms in honor of the occasion.
The streets have been amply deco
rated.
Spain has now been driven out, but
the Cuban soldier must not enter.
The Cubans compromised on original
plans two days ago. It was said the
soldiers might enter on the second
proximo. Five days 'of rejoicing was
planned. The people of Havana
planned a great feast for the soldiers.
General Brooke, who is supposed to
act under instructions from Washing
ton, said the arrangement could not
b.e carried out.
The next few days may mean peace
or war between the Cuban insurgents
and tho United States.
GEN. SHIFTER ASSIGNED.
Goes to California to Command Pacific
Slope Department.
Official notice has been received by
Major General Merriam at San Fran
cisco that General Shatter is to he
again assigned to the command of the
department of California. It is ex
pected that General Shafter will take
charge about the 10th of January.
General Merriam, himself, has not
yet been assigned.
EXPRESS COMPANY ROBBED.
Employ© of the Well* Fargo Company
Skips With #G0,OOO.
The local office at San Antonio,Tex
as, of the Wells Fargo Express Com
is out a money package containing
$60,000. The money was sent from
Houston for the Southern Pacific to
meet its pay roll.
It arrived Wednesday morning, and
was given to C. A. Beeler, tho Wells
Fargo money delivery clerk, to hand
over. Beeler started for the depot
was seen en route. Four hours
after his departure his wagon was
found five miles west of the city in a
the horse almost dead from
the effects of hard driving..
MISS GARCIA DIES.
Daughter of General Garcia the Victim
of Consumption.
Miss Mercedes Garcia, the 17-year
daughter of the Cuban patriot,
General Garcia, died of consumption
Thomasville, Ga., Tuesday.
Colonel Carlos Garcia, her brother,
from Washington a few hours
lier death.
The remains will be temporarily in
in Thomasville and later moved
Cuba. /V 1
A GROUNDLESS FEAR.
Canadian Paper Think* We Now Want
the Dominion.
The Toronto (Out.) liberal World, which
opposes the present govern
ment at Ottawa, had a startling edito
rial Thursday under the heading
"Canada on the Brink,” in which it
warns the people of this country that
times are critical, so far as the main
tenance of Canada as a free independ
ent and integral portion of North
America is concerned. The World
says:
“Unless Canadians are fully alive to
the situation and speak out in ’ no un
certain way, they will find themselves
between a grasping annexation move
ment in the United States, having for
its end the domination of the whole
continent, and a great party in Eng
land is prepared to make almost any
sacrifice to the United States in con
sideration of some kind of support of
England in her race with Russia,
France and other European powers.”
The World then refers to the recent
speech at Macou, Ga., of Major Gen
eral James H. Wilson, of Delaware, in
which that gentleman expressed when the
hope that ho “would see the day
our starry flag shall float everywhere
in the frozen north to the sunny clime
of Central America.” Then The World
proceeds: words Gen
“We believe that these of
eral Wilson only show too well the
opiuion of Americans when once their
appetite for expansion is aroused in
the direction of the north, and if ouco
they get it into their heads that they
only have to go far enough in their
great game of bluff, which seems to he
their best and their strongest card in
diplomacy, they will force Canada in
to annexation.”
In conclusion the paper says: “We
are nearer to absorption than ever we
were. Do Canadians realized it?”
CAPTURED IN CALIFORNIA.
S. L. Almand. a Geoori-la Merchant, an
Alleged Absconder.
S. Lafayette Almand, a Georgia
merchant who is charged with ab
sconding with some thirty or forty
thousand dollars, was arrested in Tu
lare, Cal., last Sunday morning, and
Monday night City Detective Hewitt
quietly slipped out of Atlanta and
went to California after the muchly
wanted man.
Almand’s headquarters were at Con
yers, and did a large business through
out the state. He had the unbounded
confidence of the business men of the
state and almost unlimited credit. He
appeared to be flourishing, when about
three or four weeks ago he suddenly
disappeared from the scene of his
business career, and when those who
trusted him examined his affairs they
claimed he had carried with him sev
eral thousand dollars which he ought
to have turned over to them.
Just how many were victimized can
not be said, as all of them decided to
keep quiet and try to catch the man
who had absconded. Nor can the ex
act amount of the money alleged to
have been taken he named, as even
the victims do not know, hut it is •es
timated that the amount will he be
tween forty and titty thousand dol
lars.
BUTLER’S EFFORTS CONDEMNED.
Confederate Vetera ns* Camp In New York
Opposed to Pensions.
The following resolution, offered by
Comrade Beasley, farmerly of North
Carolina, was unanimously passed at
a meeting of the Confederate Veteran
camp of New York.
“Resolved, That the confederate
veterans’ camp of New York condemn
in unmeasured terms the efforts of
Senator Butler, of North Carolina, who
is not a confederate veteran, to de
bauch the manhood of the south by
seeking to obtain pensions for ex-con
federate soldiers from the United
States and that any similar effort by
any southern member of congress will
abhorrent to the camp and meet
with unified condemnation."
YVHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED
Each Cuban Soldier May He Advanced
the Sum of $100.
Tn anticipation that the government
will take favorable action on the plan
of paying off tho Cuban troops by
giving them $100 each, the Cuban au
thorities now in Washington have
taken steps to secure §xact detailed in
formation ns to the number of Cuban
troops who bore arms and are now in
a position to. rightly receive this
bounty if the government decides to
pay it.
JACKSON DAY BANQUET.
Elaborate Preparations Being Mncle^ At
Chicago For the Occasion.
Elaborate arrangements are being
made in Chicago for the third annual
Jackson Day banquet, which takes
place on the 7tb day of January under
the auspices of the William J. Bryan
League of Chicago. Mr. Bryan will
be the guest of honor of the occasion
and the banquet will he the most
elaborate, as well as the most signifi
cant, ever given by the league. Seats
have been arranged for several hun
dred at the banquet and distinguished
democrats from all parts of the coun
try will be present.
TO CONNECT ISLANDS.
War Department Order* Cable* For tho
Philippines.
A New York dispatch says: Colo
nel Kimball, of tho quartermaster’s
department has received orders to
secure at once an iron ship of from
1,000 to 1,2,00 tons for use as a cable
ship to lay cable to connect tue islands
of the Philippines. department \
Tho has already ordered
for cable, this weighing /purpose 166 miles of marine
525 tons. J
REPRESENTED MEXICO AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SERVICE COVERED MANY YEARS
Dead Minister Was An Able and Efficient
Diplomat and Did Much For
His Country.
Ambassador Romero, of Mexico,
died in Washington Friday morning
at 4 o’clock, aged 62 years. He was
operated on three days before for
appendicitis. will bo Mexico
The remains taken to
for interment.
Senor Romero probably was the
best known member of tho diplomatic
corps in Washington and was for some
time its dean.
Official prepared Biography.
A sketch by the bureau of
American republics, and published in
its bulletin for the month of Decem
ber, 1898, nfter revision by Senor Ro
mero himself, gives the subjoined
biographical review of the dead am
bassador:
“Senor Romero is ono of the most
eminent statesmen, writers and diplo
mats of Mexico. He was born in the
city of Oaxaca February 24, 1837. lie
received his first education in his na
tive place and finished it at the capi
tal of the republic, where he received
his diploma as a lawyer.
“Tu 1855 he first entered the foreign
office, although still pursuing his legal
studies. In 1857, when President
Comonfort made his coup d’etat,
forcing President Juarez to leave the
capital, Senor Romero accompanied
him to Vc-ra Cruz, where he continued
in the service of the department of
foreign relations. In December,1859,
he came to Washington ns first secre
taryof the Mexican legation and re
mained here in that capacity until Au
gust, 1860, when in the absence of the
minister he became clmrge d’affairs.
He returned to Mexico in 1863 to take
part in the war against tho French and
was appointed colonol by the presi
dent. General Porfirio Diaz then
appointed him as liis chief of staff.
Soon after that President Juarez ac
credited him ns envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to Wash
ington. He remained at his post from
October, 1863, until January, 1868,
having rendered most important ser
vices to his country.
“On his return to Mexico he was
appointed secretary of tho treasury,
hut was obliged on account of ill health
to give up that office in 1872. For
three years he remained in Soeonnsco
devoting himself to agricultural pur
suits, and from 1877 to 1878 was again
secretary of the treasury. In 1880 he
served as postmaster general. In
March, 1882, he came hack to Wash
ington as envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary, and has re
mained in that capacity ever since,
with an interruption of only ten
months in 1892, when, for (he third
time, he was called to serve ns secreta
ry of the treasury.
“.As representative of his country in
the United States Senor Romero has
shown himself a most efficient and
able diplomat. His efforts have been
most successful in strengthening the
friendly ties between the two nations,
and with this object in view he has
written a great deal, his productions
always receiving the highest encomi
ums from the press.
Senor Romero was a member of
the International American conference,
and in that body served with great
distinction, having been ono of its two
vice presidents. As representative of
Mexico in the conference he voted for
the establishment of the bureau of
American republics, and ever since its
organization has shown an active and
zealous iuterest in its progress. He
was a member of the executive com
mittee of the bureau when that body
was first organized, and on every oc
casion has lent his valuable aid to tho
work of the international union of
American republics.”
This sketch necessarily fails to do
justice to the life-work in behalf of
his country performed by the dead man.
He has seen his native country steadi
ly rise from a nation of revolutions
and disorder to an honorable position
among nations as a progressive, stable
and prosperous republic. In much of
this he had had a share.
lUNtpuffl ' ■ i LAuffo TO BRYAN.
-
Nebraska Traveling Men Tender Him
Complimentary Reception.
A complimentary reception and ban
quet to Colonel W. J. Bryan was ten
dered at Lincoln Friday night by tho
Nebraska Traveling Men’s Bryan Club.
Invitations were sent to 250 admir
ers of Mr. Bryan, which were with
few exceptions accepted. The only
notable absentee was Congressman
Bailey, of Texas, who was to have re
sponded to the toast “Democracy."
Mr. Bryan responded to the senti
ment: “America’s Mission; Let Not
the Crime of the East E’er Crimson
Thy v ame, Be Freedom and Science
and Virtue Thy Fame.”
SPANIARDS SAVE AMERICANS.
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a Br 's
Advices from London state that the
Spanish brig Gabriel, Captain Pages,
fi 0 m Cardenas November 22d, has ar
rived at Corunna, having on board
ten of the crew of the American bark
]-’ jV ie Iteed, Captain J. D. Steelman,
from Now-vYork November 25th for
Bahia, -which is lost. The crew were
rescued near tjie island ^'.Bermuda.
CUBANS SHOW RESENTMENT.
Demitn<l That Their Army Be
ed «fc Evacuation.
A special to The Chicago
from Havana, says:
“Cuban residents of Havana
if General Brooke does not rescind
order barring representatives of
Cuban insurgent army from
present at the evacuation day
nies on Now Year’s Day, they
close their houses on that
tear down their flags and
and remain indoors.
The Cuban peace commission,
a stormy interview with
Brooke Wednesday night,
General Gomez not to visit Havana,
as he intended, as no courtesy
ho shown him.
The Cubans are greatly excited.
They stand on every corner of tho
discussing the situation in a half
frenzied manner.
“ ‘We have not fought for a change
of masters,’ declared one of the most
prominent Cubans in Havana.
“ ‘Our army is still in the field.
They shall not lay down their arms
until we find out whether we are to be
slaveR or free.’
“Two nights ago General Ludlow
notified tho commission that General
Gomez and other prominent Cuban
army lenders could be present at the
ceremonies, and that the Cuban army
alight enter Havana.
“Later General Brooke told the
commission that, tho Cuban army
was not to he recognized, and to have
no part in the demonstrations of Jan
uary 1st.
“This action at once caused the Cu
bans to declare that, they would stay
in their houses, and the day of rejoic
ing over the raising of the stars and
stripes would he turned into a day of
gloom, and that the city should have
tho appearance of a town in mourn
ing.”
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AGAINST ANARCHISTS.
A World-Wide Crusade Agreed Upon at a
Conference In Koine.
A dispatch from Rome, Italy, says:
The New York World correspondent
has secured from a delegate the result
of the anti-anarchist conf erence recent
ly held in Rome whose proceedings
had previously international been kept secret.
First, an bureau of
police for the surveillance of ni ai'chists
is to ho established at Berlin consist
ing of nine members-—German, Aus
trian, French, English, Italian, Rus
sian, SwisB, Belgian auu Dutch.
This bureau will correspond direct
with all the police of Europe and will
ho represented in each country by spe
cial ageuts.
All the states represented will con
tribute equally to the maintenance of
tho bureau.
Second, European governments are
to negotiate for extradition treaties
governing anarchists.
Anarchists are defined as all those
who make a public profession of the
anarchist faith, who are found in pos
session of anarchist publications,
bombs, nnd letters of anarchistic char
acter and all members of anarchist so
cieties.
A person convicted of an auarchist
crime will be punished according to
the laws of the country where the
crime was oommitted.
Anarchist journals are to be placed
under censure, their circulation inter
dicted, their oditors, printers and dis
tributors proceeded against as anar
chists.
All proceedings against anarchists
are to bo conducted in secret.
HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE.
The Semct-Solway Company's IH-Product
Plant at Eiislcy City Gutted.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says:
The loss from the fire which gutted
the Semet-Solway Company’s bi-pro
duct plant at Ensley City at an early
hour Wednesday morning is estimated
all the way from $100,000 to $250,000.
It is impossible yet to tell the exact
loss in the absence of knowledge as to
the extent of the damage done to the
machinery of the plant.
One man lost his life by the fire—
William Ost a gas fitter, who was last
seen on one of tho high trestles near
the gas vats.
The plant was the largest concern of
its kind in Ihe- south. The owners
reside in Syracuse, N. Y. The plant
was completed last summer at a cost
of over $500,000 and had been in oper
tion but a short- time. It produced
coke, gas, ammonia, tar and other pro
ducts, another was to be used for
heating various industries at Ensley
City.
RIG STREET RAILWAY MORTGAGE.
The Atlanta Consolidated File* tho Largest
Kvi-r Recorded In Gate City.
The Atlanta, Ga., Consolidated
Street Railway company has filed in
the clerk’s office a mortgage on its
property in Fulton county in favor of
the Mercantile Trust) and Deposit
company, of Baltimore, to the amount
of $2,500,000.
This mortgage, which is one of the
largest ever placed on record in At
lanta, was made to secure a new bond
issue which is. to he made by the Con
solidated for the purpose of retiring
all of those now outstanding.
The war tax on the legal document
amounted to $1,249.50.
DREY FI'S TAKEN TO PARIS.
Brnortert Thnt Famous Prisoner Is Be
eretly Conveyed to Flench Capital.
A special to The New York Herald
from Paramaribo, via Huyti, says: It
is reported here that former Captain
Dreyfufi lias been removed from his
island prison to Cayenne 1 anil sailed
from there far France on December
4th last, on a convid. transport. \
No details regarding the
of. the prisoner or a^ to his
diminution can be r. ja-tained
NO. 50.
PROVINCE WAS NOT SURRENDERED
TO THE AMERICANS.
MAY CRUSE MUCH COMPLiCRTlOM
American Troops Were Sent To Take
Charge* lhit Arrived Too Date—A
Problem For General Otis.
There is a good deal c f anxiety in
official circles at Washington over re
cent events at Iloilo. Wednesday
morning Unitcil States Consul Pratt,
at Singapore, cabled to the state de
partment, “Iloilo taken 24th. Spanish
fled to Borneo.” This threw the offi
cials into deener doubt than before.
Just before noon another dispatch
was received from General Otis that
confirmed the fears of the officials of
tho war department ns to what Had
taken place at Iloilo. It appears that
the American forces bad arrived too
Into on the scene and that the insur
gents had added to tho difficulty of
the problems already presented by
hoisting their flag over tho city, which
they have been besieging for months,
The nows of the surrender of tho
Spanish garrison at Ilolio to the in
BU rgents before the American troops
arrived on the scene created a flurry
of excitement among Washington
officials, for the importance of this in
cident, or accident, is everywhere
recognized. result
It is understood thnt ns tho
of the president’s conference with the
war department officials, urgent orders
were sent General Otis to carry out
the original programme and see that
this portion of the archipelago, ns well
as Manila, is at once placed under
American control. This means that
if the Filipiuos do not turn Iloilo over
to the Americans at once the army and
navy will proceed to wrest it from
them.
It is not expected there will be any
serious difficulty in accomplishing this
end, but the Iloilo incident may prove
of the highest importance in other
ways. Filipinos
Agoncillo and tho other
who have come here to establish a
junta are rejoicing, and claim that the
neoessary result of the capture of
Iloilo is the early recognition of Fili
pino independence by this govern
ment. They argue that this shows
what they have always claimed, that
their strength is not merely on paper,
but that, if left alone, they would
have no trouble in establishing their
own independent government, and
they believe this event will have im
portant bearing on the future action
of this government. A good many
other people agree with these Filipinos
in this respect.
It is regarded in administration cir
cles as highly probable that precipitat- this new
complication will result in
ing the territorial question in congress
immediately after tho recess, and that
all efforts to keep it in the back
ground, according to the president’s
plans, will fail. If it does come, tho
legitimate result will be an extra ses
sion of the new congress and much
important legislation.
The evacuation by the Spaniards of
all tho Philippine posts, as reported
by General Otis, although doubtless
inspired by a desire to secure their
safety by concentration, nude fbtedly
has done much to complicate the
problem already presented to .the war
department of extending the military
jurisdiction over the islands. .
It will now bo necessary to expedite
the execution of tho original plans, and
it may he fully expected that within a
week important events will have hap
pened in the Philippines. It is pre
sumed that General Otis will demand
the surrender of Iloilo into his hands,
and this demand may at oneo raise the
issue between the insurgents and our
own government of possession of tlio
islands..
Tho province of Iloilo is set down iri
the official directory as having a popu
Intion of 472,000, and it is the twenty
second seaport in importance in the
Philippine group. It is located-on ay
river navigable for vessels of fifteen
feet draught, so that very few of our
gunboats would he available to assist
the troops in esse it should, he
sary to take forcible possession of the
city. r.
DENY THE RUMOR.
GlRC.lt anil Myers Declare Tlioy Have
Not Joined Union Tobacco Trust.
The statement m a dispatch from
New York to the effect that the Liggett
& Myers Tobacco company, of St.
Louis, would he consolidated with the
Union Tobacco company, the purchase
price being placed at about $12,000,
000, is emphatically denied by Colonel
M. C. Wet more.
“It is all a fake,” declared Mr. Wet
more. “The Union Tobacco company
has never offered to buy the Liggett &
Myers Tobacco company, and the
Liggett & Myers company, never of
fered to sell to the Union Tobacco
company, or anyone else.”
BEET SUGAR CROP SHORT.
United States Consul Says Deficit
Amount to 35o,ooo Tons,
^ deficit in the German beet s_ 0
1 of at least 350,000'tons is figur.
out by I nited States n Consul
at/MadegebuTg.
All the old stocks of sugar in F,-, jl
r0 pe having run low, the market ^
heen ?tronger for some time vntt.
ward 'Wfce’G "
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