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VOLUME XVI
RAGING ELEMENTS
PLAYING HAVOC
Snow. Icy Blasts and Rain
Do Untold Damage.
COLD WAVE IS WIDE SPREAD
Sunny South Gets Heavy Touch
of Winter Weather and
Disaster Follows.
Roaring storms, continued liigli
winds and heavy precipitations of
rain and snow have been conditions
in many of the states of the south at
the close of the past week. Little
damage was done by the winds, though
it is feared that in some localities
young crops have been stunted or kill
ed by the frost or cold. At many
points, particularly in eastern Ken
tucky, eastern Tennessee and Vir
ginia, the temperature was lower than
known in a decade at this time of year.
In Kentucky Saturday reports were
received by the weather bureau from
fifteen cities or towns and in most of
them the minimum temperature of Fri
day ranged between 30 and 34
degrees. The maximum for the entire
state was 38 degrees at Earlington, in
Kentucky. The coldest section was
the blue grass, in and around Lexing
ington. This is the best fruit grow
ing part of the state, and here, it is
feared, there was damage by frost, not
only to fruit, but to vegetable and to
bacco crops.
In the mountains of Kentucky the
snowfall was unbroken and fourteen
inches were reported at Loudon and
Middlesboro. All the streams thero
were bankfnll and general prepara
tions were being made to vacate the
homes in the valleys before the thaws
and the expected floods should swoop
down upon them. There has been much
suffering among the poor mountain
eers. Around Louisville there has
been no damage of cousequeuce.
GEORGIA COTTON KILLED.
It is probable that much of the cot
ton orop in the southern part of Geor
gia, particularly about Americus, will
have to be replanted on account of the
damage done by the severe weather of
the past few days.
leather Forecaster J. B. Marbnrv
at Atlanta received reports from that
section Saturday indicating that the
cotton crop had fared badly at the
hands of both rain and wind. The
rain, it seems, first put the fields in
snch condition that when the high
winds of the past day or so came the
tender plants were blighted.
Prof. Marbury is of the opinion that
the fruit crop is still safe, but fears
that the young vegetation in many
sections of the state may have suffered
considerably.
‘‘This is one of the most continuous
wind storms that I have ever known,”
said Mr. Marbury. “For more than
thirty-six hours the wind blew at a
rate varying little from forty and forty
five miles an hour. It even reached a
velocity of fifty miles an hour, but this
did not last for any length of time.”
According to the weather bureau the
temperature for the past few days has
rather encouraged frost, but the high
winds prevented it. Had there been
no wind it is more than probable that
the entire state would have been vis
ited by a killing frost, which would
have laid waste vast sections.
SNOW STORM IN OHIO.
Saturday North Ohio was swept by
a furious storm of wind and snow that
prostrated telegraph and telephone
wires in all directions. The wind
came from the north and during the
early hours of the day reached a ve
locity of 55 miles and hour.
AH telegraph communication was
severed between Cleveland and points
east and south. A few wires were
patched up to the west, but even these
were reported to be working badly.
In some respect the storm was the
worst experienced during the entire
winter. The heavy wet snow came
down in blinding sheets and the streets
in the city were covered with slush.
HEAVY LOSSES IN PITTSBURG.
Conservative estimates of the total
damage in the Pittsburg, Pa., district
from high water in the Monongahela
river is between 32,000,000 and 83,000,-
000. Fifty thousand workers are suf
fering from enforced idleness. While
there have been greater floods at this
point, there was never one that caused
no much financial loss and discomfort.
This was‘due to the denser population,
caused by the recent rapid growth of
the two cities, and to the fact that all
the manufacturing plants on the river
banks were in active operation, most
of them working night and day, until
the rising water put out the fires and
drove the workers to higher ground.
The loss to thi railroads entering
Pittsburg from flood, landslides wreck
ed bridges, heavy snow and the inter
ference with traffic is roughly esti
mated at $1,000,000.
€!)c Jlloutijommj ilium tin*.
SUICIDED TOGETHER.
Disgraced Bank Officials End
lh;ir Existence With the
Same Weapon.
Charles Brown and E. L. Canby,
president and cashier respectively of
the First National back of Vancouver,
Washington, which was closed Satur
day by the comptroller of the curren
cy, committed suicide Saturday night
two inilee from the city, by shooting
themselves with a revolver.
Their bodies were found Sunday
morning lying together in a small
clump of bushes about one-half mile
north of the Columbia school, which
is situated on the outskirts of the
town.
They both used the same weapon,
and Canby evidently died first, as the
revolver was in Brown’s hand. It is
evident that Canby put the muzzle of
the revolver in his mouth and blew
the top of his head off. Brown then
took it and shot himself in exactly the
same way, falling over Canby’s body.
The fact that Brown’s bicycle and an
umbrella belonging to Canby were
found a short distance out of town
led to the belief that the two bank of
ficials had taken their lives. Early
Sunday morning a searching party
started out and alter several hours’
hunt the bodies were found.
Friday evening, Cauby, upon being
told by Bank Examiner Maxwell that
the bank would not be permitted to
open Saturday, went out in the yard
behind the bank and attempted to
shoot himself. His revolver failed to
explode, although all fivo chambers
were loaded. After failing to shoot
himself Canby went back into the
bank and he and President Brown
left together, the latter taking his re
volver.
When Examiner Maxwell confronted
the bank officials with the shortage of
881,000, which he had discovered,
both men admitted their guilt. It is
admitted that Brown and Canby had
been speculating in stocks. Beside
Brown’s body there was found a pack
age containing 825 and a note saying
that the money belonged to his daugh
ter. Upon Oenby’s body the following
brief note was found:
“My Dear Wise —I feel what I am
about to do is for the best. Forgive
me if you can and try to live for our
di »r children. God bless yon all.
Good-bye. Ned.”
Awhile Bank Examiner Maxwell, who
is now in charge as receiver, has made
no official statement, it is known that
the bank has loaned a large sum of
| money on insufficient security. Ac-
I cording to his report to the comptroll
j er of the currency there is a shortage
| of 881,000 in the hank’s accounts and
i it is understood that a considerable
! portion of this was loaned to Brown
and Cauby on their personal notes.
About a year ago the bank reduced its
| capital stock from 8100,000 to 850,-
000. At that time about one-half of
the so-called bad assets was “charged
off.”
RICHARDS ROASTS CARTFR.
Solicitor General Defends Mis Position
Before the Supreme Court.
A Washington special says: Solici
tor Genoral Kichsrds filed in the Unit
ed States supreme court Saturday a
! reply to the motion made by the eonn
| sel of Captain Carter, to strike from
the tiles of the court as “irrelevant and
scandalous” the solicitor general’s
brief in opposition to Carter’s motion
to be admitted to bail pending the de
cision of his appeal in bis habeas cor
pus proceedings.
Mr. Richards denies that he went
I outside the record in the case, and as
serts that he always tries to observe
j strictly the rules of the court requir
ing counsel to confine himself to the
facts of record in the discussion of a
case. He sets forth that Carter’s ap
plication for bail is supported by af
fidavits of 1 lysicians to the effect that
, the prisoner’s hralth is impaired, and
I this, Mr. Richards says, is not only
entirely outside the record, but is
! false,
Mr. Richards also says that Carter’s
| counsel went outside the record in the
appeal case in averring that Carter is
an innocent man and wants to be re
leased in order to be tried in the crim
inal case in Georgia. He adds that to
demonstrate the falsity of this last
j statement it was necessary for the so
: licitor general to state what the gov
ernment has done in prosecuting the
indictment against Carter and others
in the federal courts of Georgia.
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AGGY IN A NEW HOME.
Noted Prisoner Is Transferred to Pri.
vate Residence In Manila.
A Manila dispatch says : Aguinaldo
has been removed from the Malacan
ang Palace to a private residence, No.
56 Solano street. The guard placed
over him has been modified.
General MacArthnr informed the
representative of the Associated Press
that the effect of Agninaldo’g address
to the Filipinos wonld undoubtedly
be beneficial.
j Aguinaldo composed his address
without assistance. The otiginal was
in Tagalog. It was afterwards trans
lated into Spanish.
ML VERNON. MONTGOMERY COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. APRIL liiol.
AGUINALDO ISSUES
HIS MANIFESTO
Long Lxpected Document
Is Made Public.
IT IS AN APPEAL FOR PEACE
Tells His Countrymen the Time
Has Come For Cessation of
Hostilities.
The following is Aguiaaldo’s nd
dress to the Filipino people, made
public at Manila Friday evening:
“I believe 1 am not in error in pre
suming that the unhappy fate in which
my adverse fortune has led me, is not
a surprise to those who have been fa
miliar with the progress of the war.
The lessons taught with a full mean
ing and which have recently come to
my knowledge, suggest with irresisti
ble force that a complete termination
of hostilities and lusting peace nre not
only desirable, but absolutely essen
tial to the welfare of the Philippine
islands.
“The Filipinos have never been dis
mayed at their weakness nor have
they faltered iu following the path
pointed out by their fortitude and
courage. The time has come, how
ever, in which they and their advauce
along this path to be impeded by an
irresistible force which, while it re
strains them, yet enlightens their mimls
and opens to them another course,
presenting them the cause of peace.
This cause has been joyfully embraced
by the majority of my felloiv country
men, who have already united around
the glorious sovereign banner of the
United States. In this banner they
repose their trust and belief that un
der its protection the Filipino people
will attain all those promised liberties
which they are beginning to enjoy.
“The country has declared uninis
takably in favor of peace. So be it.
There has been enough blood, enough
tears and enough desolation. This
wish cannot be ignored by the men
still in arms if they are animated by a
desire to serve our noble people,which
has thus clearly manifested its will.
So do I respect this will now that it is
known to me.
“After mature deliberation I reso
lutely proclaim to the world that I can
not refuse to heed the voice of a peo
ple longing for peace, nor the lamen
tations of thousands of families yearn
ing to see their dear ones enjoying the
liberty and the promised generosity of
the great American nation.
“By acknowledging and accepting
the sovereignty of the United States
throughout the Philippine archipela
go, as I now do, and without any res
ervation whatsoever, I believe that I
am serving thee, my beloved country.
May happiness be thine.”
To signalize this important step in
the pacification of the country, Gener
al MacArthur orders tho release, on
swearing allegiance to the United
States, of 1,000 insurgent prisoners.
EFFECT WILL BE GOOD.
It is believed by the administration
that the manifesto of Aguinaldo will
have a decidedly good effect both in
the Philippines and in this country.
It will take some tune for its dissem
ination among the Filipinos, but it is
expected to be of considerable service,
and to make more rapid tho improve
ment in the situation which set in
some time ago and has become quite
marked of late. Especial gratification
is felt at the unreserved tone of the
document, and tho full acceptance it
indicates of American rule. This, it
is felt, will bring to the support of the
government many Filipinos, who,
while wishing for peace, have hesi
tated to assist the Tuft commission.
In this country it is expected to re
duce the criticism of the administra
tion, and to cause less discussion of
the war in the islands, and more con
sideration of the important matter of
the best administration to be evolved
for their government. It is to this
work that the Taft commission is now
bending all its energies.
Aguinaldo, now that he has accepted
American sovereignty, probably will
be given considerably more liberty
than be has enjoyed heretofore. His
services will be used as far as possi
ble in the pacification of the islands.
RIPLEY’S FATE WITH JURY.
Testimony Is Completed and Judge
Makes Lengthy Cherge.
At Frankfort, Ky., Thursday, Judge
Cantrill delivered his instructions to
the jnry in the case of Captain Gar
nett Ripley, the Goebel assassination
suspect, and argument of the case was
begun.
The instructions are practically the
same as those given in the c.se of
Caleb Powers. The first holds that
the defendant must be found guilty if
the charge that Ripley conspired with
Taylor and others to procure Goebel's
death, as alleged, has been proven to
the satisfaction of the jury.
STORM IN ALABAMA
Great Damage Done In Selma,
Huntsville and Other Places
In the State.
One of tho most disastrous wind
storms in that section of the stato
swept over Selma, Ala., Thursday
morning between 2 and 3 o’clock. The
wind came with fearful force from tho
south and did a great deal of damage
to the wholesale grocery houses on
Water street. The wind tore off’ the
roofs of tho majority of these stores
and they were flooded with the rain
which followed, ruining many thou
saucl dollars’ worth of groceries.
A conservative estimate places tho
loss in the city iu tho neighborhood of
830,000. Freight, train No. 73, on the
Soutleru, betweou Helma and Mobile,
rnu*#n to a pile of sand five feet deep,
which had been washed ncross tho
track t»y tho rains following the puss
ing cyclone. Tho engine was turned
over and Engineer H. G. Ellwood
was almost instantly killed, n negro
fireman named Killian was seriously if
not fatally injured.
A special to The Birmingham Age-
Herald from Gadsden and Gunters
ville stated that a severe windstorm
swept those two places Thursday
morning from 1 to 2 o’clock, doing
considerable damage. Three churches
were almost totally destroyed, as well
ns about twelve cottages.
The storm played havoc with shade
trees and telephone wires at Hunts
ville. The Huntsville cotton mill was
unroofed by the wind and operation of
the plant was delayed for a time. Small
frame buildings in various parts of the
city were more or less damaged.
At Carrollton, Ala., the wind un
roofed the jail, courthouse, several
residences and a church. The drug
store of N. B. Upchurch and a large
mill were demolished.
BRITONS PAY DLARLY
Enormous War Debt Calls Fir
Many flillions to Even
lip the Score.
A London special says: Tho ex
ceptional interest taken in this year’s
budget statement was evinced by the
crowded condition of the house of
commons wliou it reassembled Thurs
day.
The attendance of members was
unusually lurge, while the appearance
of the galleries testified to the deep
interest of tho public in the fresh tax
ation proposals required to meet the
expenditure for 1901-1902, which, ac
cording to a parliamentary paper, to
tals £187,142,000 ($835,710,000), in
clusive of war charges, this being an
increase of £32,901,000 ($164,005,000)
over last year.
The national balance sheet for 1901-
1902, as shown by the same paper,
stands as follows: Revenue, £130,385,-
000; expenditures, £185,592,000; net
deficit, £53,207,000.
The budget adds 2 pence to the in
come tax, making it 1 shilling2pence.
It does not provide an increase in the
duties on beer, wine or tea, spirits or
tobacco. A duty of 4s2d per cwt will
be imposed on refined sugar. A duty
of 2s per hundred weight is imposed
on molasses. West Indian sugar is
iut excepted. A duty of 1 shilling
and 8 pence per hundred weight is im
posed on glucose. A shilling per ton
duty is imposed on exported coal.
Raw sugar polarizing below 98 is to
pay a duty gradually diminishing, ac
cording to each degree of polarizaiion
to a minimum of two shillings at a
polarization of 70.
The total expected yield of the new
taxation is £11,000,000, of which
£2,100,000 will be from coal.
The chancellor of exchequer asked
for permission to extend the present
borrowing on consols.
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Brought Out By Assassination of n
Tennessee Physician.
A Memphis special says: Sensa
tional developments have been made
iu the Dr. Scruggs assassination case
and strong evidence is being accumu
lated which may uncover a plot with a
number of persons implicated as the
result of a political feud in the com
munity in which the physician lived.
J. W. Skinner, a wealthy dairyman,
anil John Phillips, a carpenter, are be
hind the bars charged with the deed,
and other equally sensational arrests
may follow.
APPEALS ARE USELESS.
Itinerary of President to the West
Cannot Be Changed.
A Washington dispatch says: The
‘ itinerary of the president’s tour to the
I Pacific coast is now complete and no
, further appeals for changes in route
;or strips will be consideted. Tho
; party will spend Sunday, June 2d, at
Salt Lake City, as originally planned.
Liquor Dealers Go to Wall.
i W. H. Thomas A Son, wholesale
liquor dealers at Louisville, filed ape
, tition in bankruptcy in the United
i States court Thursday. They owe
I 3500 532.14, and ric assets are listed.
CHINESE MINISTER
BANQUET ORATOR
i rir. Wu Ting Fang Guest
of Charlotte.
MAKES INTERESTING ADDRESS
'
Shows What a Wide Field His
Country Offers For American
Cotton Goods.
Mr. Wu Tiug Fang, Chinese minis
! ter, was the guest of honor at n din
ner at Charlotte, N. C,, given Thurs
i day night by the Southern Manufac
turers’ club, of which Mr. 1). A.
Tompkins, a member of tho United
! Stntes industrial commission, is presi
dent. Ho spoke on the cotton goods
trade in China. Senator John L. Mc-
Laurin, of South Carolina, was also a
guest of the club, and read a paper on
/‘Our Present Condition In the South
and Our Duty For the Future.”
Mr. Ellison A. Suiythe, president of
the I’clzer Manufacturing Company,
spoke on “The Question of the Hour,
or tho Need of au Early and Peaceful
Settlement of the Oriental Question
from the Standpoint of a Southern
Manufacturer,”
Dr. Charles W. Dabney, president
of the University of Tennessee, spoke
on “The Possibilities in Cotton.”
Among other prominent guests was
Senator Pritchard, of South Carolina.
In his address at the dinner Thursday
night Mr. Wu gave a general review of
tho trade conditions between the south
and the orient and of China’s import
ance as n market for southern goods.
After quoting from advance sheets of
tho consular reports for February,
1901, he said in part:
"Large ns is the amount of Ameri
can cotton goods which China imports
every yeur, it forms only one-sixth of
the quantity she buys from abroad.
Indeed, only the outskirts of the coun
try have been entered. It is well
known that the bulk of the American
goods is shipped to Manchuria and the
province of Chi Li. Now Manchuria
has a population of 7,000,000 und Chi
Li n population of 18,000,000. These
I lies care by no means the most thick
ly populated parts of the empire.
There ure seventeen other provinces
of China proper, many of which have
a denser population than either Chi
Li or Manchuria. Thero is no reason
why American cotton goods cannot
find ns ready a market in the provinces
ot central and southern China us in
tho north.
‘ It is manifest,” ho said, “that the
cotton growers und manufacturers of
these southern states have not only
gained u foothold in Manchuria and
north China, but cun, with a little
effort, easily find a large market for
their goods throughout the whole of
central and south China. Tho only
| thing tho American manufacturer bus
- to keep in mind is that, he should
make goods suitable for the Chinese
market.
I “if properly placed before the
Chinese, American cotton goods will
obtain Hie same foothold in southern
China that they have in northern. The
present importations are not nearly
sufficient to meet the requirements.
It must be borne in mind that the
Chinese never wear wool not even in
tho depth of winter; that, generally
speaking, the entire population clothe
themselves in cotton all the year round.
Their bedclothes, umbrellas and, in a
few instances, boatuails, are made of
; cotton, and the consumption is prac
| tieally unlimited if they ore made iu
accordance with native requirements.
“The recent troubles in north China
| have undoubtedly injured the Ameri
can cotton trade in that country, for the
! market for such goods has become a
vast camp for armed hosts. In the
midst of warlike operations trade and
commerce cannot continue to flourish.
The restoration of peace and order to
; that distracted region will he a boon
j not only to the inhabitants of north
! Chine, who have already suffered un
told losses and hardships, but also to
j southern planters, manufacturers and
I laboring men of all classes in this
| country, who depend upon the nor
mal trade conditions in the Chinese
j empire for their continued prosperity,
! and I sincefely hope and trust that
| this will not he long delayed.”
INVESIED WITH PALLIUM.
Archbishop Keane Honored With In*
sigula of High Position.
At Dubuque, lowa, Wednesday,
i Archbishop John J. Keane was in
vested with the pallium, the insignia
,| of the high position he occupies in
the Roman Catholic church. The cer
; emony occurred in Ht. Raphael’s ca
thedral.
The scene was one of great brillian
cy. Monsignor Martioelli was not
present, but Cardinal Gibbons was
there and archbishops and bishops
from all parts of the United States.
The attendance of laymen from abroad
was very large and but few states in
the union were uuiepresented.
I
LOOMIS NOT GUILTY.
Venezuelan Minister Did Not say
Derogatory Things Attrib
uted to Him.
Frank I!. Loomi*. United Htates
minister to Venezuela, after a uight in
quarantine with the other passengers
on the lied “JJ" liner Careens, in
which ho came from Porto liico, dia
embarked at New York Wednesday.
To an Associated Press representative
Mr. Loomis raid:
“I did not say any of the unpleasant
things that have been attributed to me
about President ('astro. Tbo fact is 1
like Castro very much. 1 was inter
viewed at Sau Juan, but it was more a
pleasant chat than anything else.
There wore others present who said
some unkind things, hut I certainly
diil not. I am quoted as saying that
President Castro drew hut $1 ‘2,000 a
year salary, yet had made 82,000,000
in two years. Ido not even know that
the president gets the salary named,
and I know nothing of what he bad
made.
“I must also deny that l snid he
plotted to secure my recall or removal.
“L cannot discuss the recent diplo
matic incident with Venezuela. There
are several points in connection with
| it on which 1 will report to the depart
j meat and naturally they are confiden
tial. I may say, however, that the
preliminary steps toward a legal set
tlement of the nsphult eases have been
taken in the Venezuelan courts,”
CANDLER TALKS GEORGIA.
Tells New York Reporter That State
Is Booming Right Along.
A New York dispatch says: Gover
nor A. D. Cundlcr, cf Georgia, who is
at the Fifth avenue hotel, in an inter
view, said:
“Georgia is in a better condition to
day in every way than she liiih been for
a generation. There are contentment
and prosperity among all classes. The
last cotton crop was a good one, and
the planters and farmers are ncurly nil
out of debt. Mauufnctiiridg is spring
ing up all over the state, and many
ootton mills are being erected.
“While our coal ami iron interests
lire not so large ns those of some other
slates.it is not improbable they will
he absorbed by tho trusts. That
seems to be tho trend of events.
“1 have been to Washington, set
tling up some claims of the state
against the general government grow
ing ont of the Spanish war.
“I am glad to say that there bin
been a marked deci-euse in the number
of lynehiugs in our state, and I hove
been cordially aided by other oltic-ale
in employing every recourse to secure
a fair trial to all men accused of
crime. Thee were only six lynching*
in Georgia lust your, while in I8!t9
there were more than twice that many.
The abominable Crimea of which lynch
ings are the result are not the work of
Georgia-horn negroes. These are com
mitted by colored men who are fugi
tives from other states.”
FILIPINOS S IILI. FIUHTINU.
Town of Bay Attacked, Hut a Rout
Quickly Follows.
Fifty insurgent riflemen attacked
tho town of Hoy, on Hay lake, in
Laguna province, southeast of Manila.
The insurgents wero quickly routed.
Lieutenant William H. Nipes, of the
Thirty-second volunteer infantry, hue
captured a hearer of dispatches from
the insurgent General, Noriel to Gen
era) Mulvnr. Nortel directed Malvar
not to surrender, saying lie would
send him 2,000 recruits, money and
ammunition when Agm naldo was re
leased. •
TROLLEY CARS BURNED.
Blaze In Birmingham, Ala , Entails
l oss of si3S,oon.
The ear barn of tho Birmingham,
; Ala., Htreet Railway, Light and Power
I Company was burned Wednesday
morning, together with twenty five
I trolley ears. Tho Third Presbyterian
church and parsonage and half a blqi k
of cottages adjoining wei • also burned.
The total loss is estimated at SI3C,-
000, the largest part of which falls on
the street car company, and is covered
by insurance. The origin of the lire
is not known.
Bank Han.-iger Levants.
The Lemnra National bank at Le
mars, la., did not open Wednesday
morning. T. F. Ward, vice president
und manager of the institution,is a self
confessed embezzler to an amount of
from 82.0,000 to $30,000. He has also
absconded.
If yon have something to sell, let
the people know It. An advertise,
merit iu (Ills paper will do the work.
PLUNGED EIUHI Y FEET.
Car Falls From Railroad Bridge—Two
Killed and Four Injured.
A derrick car and a gondola top
pled over u bridge over Figbtecn
rnile creek, eighteen miles from Buf
falo, N. Y., on the Nickel Piute rail
road Tuesday evening, bis men went
with them to tho rocky bed eighty
feet below. Two were ho badly in
jured that they died within half an
hour after the accident. Four Others
were sent to the hospital.
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