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JACKSONVILLE
FLAME-SWEPT!
One Hundred Jrllk Thirty City Blocks Wiped Clean
Fire Fiend.
inf HIKE WMII
Htisinces Building*. Motels and
Hundreds of Residence* de
duced to Ashes.
The aioßt disastrous Are in tbe his
tory of Jacksonville, Fla., began Fri
day last shortly after noon in a small
fiber factory, and burned for nearly
ten hour*. In that time a property
damage estimated from 810,000,000 to
$15,000,000 was effected.
According to the city map 100 blocks
were burned, many of them in the
heart of the business and residence
section. The estimates of houses to
the block it ton, hence 1,1100 of them
went up in atuoke. Many of the finest
public and private buildings were de
stroyed, including hotels, theaters,
churches and residences.
The burned district reaches from
Burbridge street on the north to the
Bt. Johns river*on the south, a dis
tance of quite two miles. The width
of the desolated urea is thirteen
blocks. Within this space practically
everything is blackened ruins. On
Bay street, the principal mart of trade,
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany's hnilding is the first going west.
Everything east of Laura, on Bay, is
gone.
At 10:15 p.m. the lire was under
control, haring practically burned it
self out. The suburban settlements,
with the exception of La Villa, ure in
tact. La Villa was badly hurt. Thou- (
sands of persons were on the streets
homeless, with practically all of their
worldly possessions upon their hacks.
The depots of the railroads, situated
in the southeastern section, were
turned into temporary lodging houses j
and hospitals. Luckily the weather
was fine, so that tbero will be no dif
fering on that score.
The firs started between the hours
of 12 and 1 p. in., and was caused by
the displacement of a bit of innocent
looking wire winch accidentally got
into the shredding machine of the
American Fiber company at the co.uer
of Davis snd Union streets.
The fiber factory was a wooden shell, j
fall of inflammable material, and in u
few moments was a mass of flames.
The w ind, w hich was already blow
ing strong from the southwest, seemed
to ho possessed with a sudden fury and
aoou was carrying destructive embers
all through the doomed city, the fair
est portion of which lav right before
the wind.
Homo delay was experienced in get
ting the alarm, and to add to the trag
edy of fateful accidents, the engine at
the waterworks suffered a mishap and |
nothing more tlinn ordinary pressure
could be obtained. By this time the
tin rues had swept to the Boston store,
a huge furniture establishment belong
ing to IV. W. Cleveland A son, who
were also proprietors of the fiber fac
tory. D leaped across Davis street
and took a course right through u sec
tion where block after block of frame
buildings, mostly occupied by negroes,
had been erected.
Here is where the fire department
lost its grip, as simultaneously in half
a dor.en places, some of them six
blocks, were seen to burst out in
flames. The wind rising higher and
higher mowed down whole rows of
buildings and attracted at first n
crowd of curious sightseers,who seem
ed to he fascinated by the sight until
they learned that their residences,too,
were in danger of totul destruction.
It took just four hours for that re
sistless sea of tlamea to consume every
buildiug for a space of six or eight
blocks wide, from Davis street, near
where it started, to the Hogan creek
viaduct, a distance of over one and one
half miles, ami then not satisfied with
eating the heart of the residential por
tion of the city out, it doubled ou it
self and went roaring ut> the princi
pal thoroughfare of trade, destroying
everything in what was the original
incorporation of Jacksonville. The
government building, which caught
fire at one time, but was saved, is the
ouly preteutioua building left, stand
ing.
Grom the humble homes of the poor
to the elegant reMileuces of the well
to-do was but a short journey for the
flames. After passing Bridge street,
the first house to sneenlub to the flames
was the elegaut mansion of former
Councilman Htansell. Theu it seemed
that wherever there happened to be a
shingle roof on a building erected be
fore the fire limits were extended, the
flying embers found lodgment. Blocks
away from the main fire other tires
would break out.
Kiitlit into the heart of the tow n the
flames swept. The Windsor hotel and
CA.-lt OF SUNDAY ECMOOI.S.
Profit* of l).-pirtm-.“nt For Year Beach
Handsome Figure.
At the meeting of the Sunday school
board of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South at Nashville it was re
ported that the profits of the Sunday
school departiueut for the year weie
s2'*. 105. The hook ageuts reports.! to
the book committee assets of $847,085
aud liabilities of ouly $17,181. 1 lie
gaiu tn assets for the year was $45,123.
the St. James, both of whtoh are
among the finest winter hotels in the
south, were consumed in an incred
ibly short time. The opera house fol
lowed next, and then row upon row of
elegant residences were offered up to
the insatiable fire fiend. When the
viaduct leading over the marshes
of Hogan’s creek to East Jackson
ville was reached it was plain that the
limit of the progress of flames west
ward had been reached. The hops of
the people was that the worst was over,
but, as far as the money value of the
damage was concerned, the worst was
to come. Just as the material for the
flames was apparently consnmed, a
shift in the wind sent a roaring
sea of flames southward toward the
river. Then it was beginning to dawn
ou the minds of the unfortunates who
had refugeedto the riverside that they
were in danger of being cut off and
soflocated. A rush was made for the
Houth Jacksonville ferry, ami hun
dred sought refuge ou the other shore.
Then camo the most thrilling scene
of the entire day. The flames
caught the freight warehouses of the
Atlautie, Valdosta and Western rail
road and began from there on its
backward inarch. Slowly but surely
it ate its way against the wind, taking
cither side of Bay street until it reaoh
eil Jones' boat yard. The wholesale gro
cery store of the F. A 11. Dowling
Company, Muller A Co. und dozens
of smaller concerns were wiped out.
While the flames failed to cross the
open space known ns Jones'boat yard,
u new duuger threatened. The flames
swept down in the rear of tho United
States hotel, and that with the Law
exchange was doomed. Meantime the
county courthouse caught fire and an
other Hpleudid edifice was soon a total
wreck.
From the United .States hotel the
flames again jumped across the street
and tho lino,of march was taken up
again only to bo checked when tho
lust building near McCoy and Hogan’s
creek hud been destroyed.
Among tho bouses that had suo
ettmbod to tho flames on Bay street
wore the Mohawk block, the Gardner
building, Furchgott's mammoth dry
goods house, Benedict A Poliak's
wholesale dry goods house, Chris
| lie Drug Company; McAllister,
wholesale liquors, Cohen Bros.,
[dry goods; H. D. Horsen, dry
goods; Isernan A Skinner, wholesale
grocers; 1. E. Baird, paints; W. A.
Hours, hay ami grain; F. M. Dowling,
wholesale grocer; Clatinaon, wholesale
grocer; Florida Hardware Company;
Onitad States hotel: E. F. Clark's
furniture house; Henry Clark,carpets;
D. E. Cooper, furniture; Feltings A
Keicbard, furniture; llarkisheimer,
groeer; estato of McNeery, wholesale
grocers; Coleman, tailor; a dozen drug,
retail grocery, millinery and other
| stores; Sumner, wholesale butter and
cheese store.
The hotels destroyed included the
Windsor, St. Janies, Plaoide, United
States, Girard, Glenada and Oxford.
During the timo the fire was raging
tho entire population of Jacksonville
was abroad. Most of them wore en
gaging in fighting flames or iu striving
to remove to a place of safety their owu
belongings. Every wagon ami cart
tliat could be found was pressed iuto
service and these, heavily laden with
all sorts of furniture and personal
property of every description, were
passing iu a long line across the river.
The terrors of the lire were added
to by a large number of drunken men.
The authorities, however, seut around
mounted police, armed with carbines,
and the saloous were all closed, and
the demon that was rapidly beiug
aroused in a disorderly element was
kept dovn.
The military companies weie ordered
out, und the entire force of police,
many tneu mounted, was on duty, their
carbines slung across their backs.
Looting was feared, and it was in
dulged in to a certain extent. The
efforts of the soldiers aud of the police,
however, were in the main, successful
in preventing scoundrels from taking
advantage of the great disorder that
prevailed on every side.
PHILIPS IS CORN king.
Corner on Cereal Causes Price to Jump
to Fifty-Eight Cents.
A panic, the first one since Phillips
cornered the market appeared iu May
corn ou the Chicago board of trade
Friday. Price fluctuations were the
most violeut in years.
Having seen their losses grow heav
ier and heavier with each succeeding
day, the traders who guaranteed to
deliver May corn to Phillips made
frantic eft'otts to get in. Ihe price
i «eut from 55 to 58, 4i cents higher
! ihan its close Thursday a few minutes
I after the session began,
j Shorts surrounded the young bull
| leader and almost bogged for corn.
PENSION* FOB EMPLOYEES.
I Officials of Illinois Central Will Tske
Care of Their Workmen.
President Stuyvesant Fish, of the
| lilincsia Centra, liailroad Company,
I afu r a conference w ith J. T. Ha ahan,
; vice president aud geueral manager,
I ha* issued a circular announcing a
i pension plan for the 40,000 employees
of the company The plan, which is
to take effect July Ist, is more liberal
iu its provisions than has heretofore
been adopted by auy other.
M’KINLEY ELATED
President Is Carried Away With
Heartiness nf tiis Reception
In the South.
The presidential party traveled
thiotigh the heart of Dixie Tuesday,
and at 4:30 in the after mon rea-hed
Memphis, ou the hanks of the Missis
sippi. Here the first resting place of
the tour occurred.
The party received a wonderfully
impressive welcome. A committee,
headed by Senator Carmack, met the
train at C< r.ntb and eioorted the presi
dent from that point. A national
salute of twenty-one gnu* fired from
the blaft' back of the town, signalled
the approach to the city. At the station
Governor McMillin acj another com
mittee reinforced the greetings to the
party.
A military parade with a com
pany of grizzled Confederate vet
erans in their old uniforms act
ing as the guard of honor, escort
ed the party iu carriages through
the principal streets, around the cus
tom house, whence a view of the ma
jestic Mississippi, almost to the top of
its banks, was obtained, to Court
square. The city was elaborately
decorated with flags and bunting.
The cheering throng through which
the procession passed was almost im
penetrable at points along the route.
Tu Court sqnare, where the open air
reception occurred, the platform was
so hedged around with roses and othor
blossoms as to make it resemble a
flower show. Over ten thonsaud peo
ple were packed into the square when
the president was introduced by Mayor
Williams.
In response to the tremendous
cheers which greeted him the presi
dent made the first notable speech of
his trip. His theme was the resistless
power of n great united people and
was delivered in his best vein. When
ho referred in closing to the noble
record of tho Tennessee volunteers in
the Spanish and Philippine wnra Gov-
TuoMillin led the cheering.
At Huntsville, Ala., a stop of ten
minutes was made. Apparently the
entire population of the town turned
out to welcome the party. The pres
ident was introduced by Judge Rich
ardson, General Wheeler’s successor
iu congross, aud responded as follows:
“I very greatly appreciate nnd re
turn to all of you my thauks for this
welcome so warm anil so generous
upon tho part of tho people, the mem
bers of tho Grand Army of the Repub
lic. and the loyal legion of Confederate
veterans who speak their greetings to
us as they pass through their beauti
ful city. If l have been iu any seuse
tho instrument in the hands of the
poople to bring together the north and
the south, it is the highest distinction
that I could covet.
"I am glad to see the beys in gray
uniting in giving the reception. Once
foes, now friends forever. (Great ap
plause.) Once with hostile arms in
their hands, now with affection in
their hearts one for another and both
united iu lovo nnd loyalty for the flag
and for tho hind we love. We are not
a military people. We are not dedi
cated to arms. We love peace, and
the United States never goes to war
except for peace, and ouly when it can
have it in no othor way. We have
never gone to war for conquest, for
exploitation or for territory, but al
ways for liberty and humanity, and iu
our recent war with Spaiu the people
of the whole United States as one mail
marched with the flag for the honor of
the nation to relieve the oppressed
people in Cuba. The United States
has never acquired a foot of territory
that has not been forever dedicated tc.
liberty.
"I feel almost like apologizing for
having taken from you General
Wheeler. (Great applause.) But my
compensation is found in the fact that
you have elected a distinguished suc
cessor to represent you. ” (Great ap
plause.)
Secretary Hitchcock, who was born
in Mobile, was cailed upon. The sec
retary was plainly touched as he re
ferred to his early days in Alabama
and the teuder memories which clus
tered about his native sta‘e.
Mrs. McKinley was also called to
the platform and fairly deluged with
roses aud wild flowers.
Bier at *an Juan Burned.
The new $150,000 pier at San Juan,
Porto Rico, caught tire Tuesday after
noon and was totally destroyed in half
an hour, A large stock of sugar aud
rum was lost in the fire.
PALMETTO POLITICIANS PUZZLED
President Appoints Another South
Carolina Democrat to Offic-.
A Columbia, S C., special says:
The announcement made Tuesday
night that the attorney general had
accepted the resignation of E. Brooks
Sligh aud appointed rx-Slieriff George
H. McCrary, of Laureus, United Statet
deputy marshal for Houth Carolina
will cause surprise in the state.
The appointment of Capers as dis
trict attorney had been forecasted, but
the selection of Croft, a Bryan Demo
crat, as postmaster at Aiken and now
the appointment of McCrary, another
Bryan Democrat, is ; UHSling circula
tors.
GROWERS* OF FKUII* MEET.
Association of North Georgia Holds
Convention at Calhoun
The North Georgia Fruit Growers'
association met iti Calbouu Thursday
in its fifth annual session, with Brest
deut G. H. Mtl'.er, of Borne, presiding.
A feature of the meeting was the es
tahli-hing of a question box relative
to the best method of peach culture.
The questions were answered and de
bated by the members.
JUDGE S DECISION
IS AGAINST PARK
Verdict Directs That the
Teachers Be Paid.
appeal will now be taken
Funds Arising From Sale of Norf h~
eastern Road Can Re legally
Used Says Judge Candler.
The argument in the mandamus pro
ceedings brought against Georgia’?
State treasurer, to force him to pay
the teachers out of the public property
fund, was concluded before Judge
John S. Candler at Atlanta, Friday
afternoon. The judge took the mat
ter under advisement and rendered
his decision Saturday to the effect that
Treasurer Park must pay the warrants
drawn for the teachers’ salaries.
Jn bis decision Judge Candler sus
tains throughout the position taken
by Attorney General J. M. Terrell in
his opinion given to the treasurer with
regard to making the payments from
the public property fnnd.
The money that the treasurer is di
ricted to use to pay the teachers under
Judge Candler’s decision is the 8200,-
000 received from the sale of the
Northeastern railroad, the property
acquired after the adoption of the con
stitution of 1877. This $200,000, to
gether with the $77,204.83 of general
funds in the treasury will iurnish more
than enough to pay the $200,306.18,
the amount for which warrants have
been drawn in favor of the teachers.
Judge Candler concludes his opin
ion with a mandamus order directing
the state treasurer to pay the 143 war
rants diawn in favor of the teaohers
from tho funds mentioned.
The court did not pass upon the
question of the other $231,000 of
the public property fund for the
reason, as he states, that it was not
necessary, thongh it is altogether
probable that the supreme court will
construe the law with regard to that
portion of the fund also when the
matter comes before it for review.
Judge Candler held in the first
place that as a ministerial officer,
Treasurer Park should have paid the
school teachers’ warrants without rais
ing “a constitutional question to de
lay or defeat the payment of such
warrants.”
When tho warrants were presented
at the treasury signed by the governor
and countersigned by the comptroller
general, and after the attorney gen
eral had given the treasurer an opin
ion to the effect that the money could
and should be paid, tlie court holds
that it was Treasurer Park’s duty to
have made the payments without rais
ing any questiou. This was what
Attorney General Terrell stated in the
beginning of the opinion he gave
Treasurer Park, and then followed it
up with an opinion to the effect that
the payments so made would be per
fectly legal and jvropor.
Judge Caudler follows up this poiut
in the case with an opinion respecting
the portion of the fund, $200,000, re
ceived from the sale of the Northeast
ern railroad, property which was ac
quired after the additiou of the consti
tution of 1877. He takes the view
that it was not intended by the framers
of the constitution to mortgage property
which the state did not then own, and
in this connection he holds that the
clause of tho constitution in question,
“so far as relates to tho property
covered by the same, should be con
strued by the sume rules as ure appli
cable to the construction of mortgages
or trust deeds between individuals or
corporations. ’’
Judge Caudler then states that in
view of these facts it is unnecessary to
decide the other questions raised by
the petition. He orders that the
treasurer make payments forthwith.
An appeal will be taken at ouce
from tho decision of Judge Candler.
As soon as Treasurer Park learned of
the decision he w ent to Macon to con
sult his attorneys with reference to
the further course to bo pursued.
As the treasurer stated when the
question first came np, lie intends to
have the opinion of the highest court
in the state before he pays oat any
portion of the public propierty fund.
EXFRhsS ROBBERj JN REN.
Chestnut and Jordan Begin Serving
Sentence In Convict Camp.
Saturday afternoon a peuitentiarv
guard left Macon, Ga., for Eichwood,
having in custody O. M. Chcs.cntand
C. E. Jordan, tho two white men who
have been sentenced to the peniten
tiary for seven years each for robbing
Express Messenger White. Eichwood
is iu Dooly county, and state convicts
are worked there m the sawmill busi
ness. Within seven days of the time
of the robbery the meu were caught,
convicted, seuteueed and inmates of
the penitentiary. No quicker work of
a similar character has ever been
known in the court annals of the state.
Galveston tt.-lps Jacksonville.
Over a thousand dollars was raised
at Galveston Saturday aitrruoon for
the relief of sufferers at Jacksonville,
and more will follow. Committees are
at work collecting for the fund and it
is growiug fast, both rich a:.d poor
contributing.
Naslivlite l)tn lies $1 .000
l'hc Nashville Tanner has authorized
the mayor of Jacksonville to draw for
SI,OOO subscribed by citizens of Nash-
I vibe.
HELP IS EXTENDED
TO JACKSONVILLE
Stricken City Finds Sym
pathy From All Quarters.
MARTIAL LAW IS ENFORCED
Additional Details of Conflagration
Depict a Deplorable State
of Affairs.
Additional particulars of Jackson
ville’e fearful conflagration show that
one hundred and forty-eight blocks
of the city were laid waste.
Ten thousand people are homeless,
and many of them left for S*. Augns
tine and other coast cities and nearby
towns, while numerous river craft took
many to little places on the St. Johns
river. Supply stations have been es
tablished in various parts of the city.
The prompt action of Secretary of
War Root in tendering the use of the
barracks near St. Augustine was re
ceived with gratitude on every side.
A committee was appointed at a
meeting of citizens to wire the gov
ernors of various states to send all
tents they can spare to Jacksonville.
It will be weeks before anything like
permanent shelter can be provided for
the homeless thousands and Jackson
ville for some time to come will be a
city of tents.
Saturday Governor Jennings de
clared the city under martial law-.
Col. Lovell, of the First regiment, is
is command of the troops.
The following troops, iu addition to
local companies, arrived durin ' the
day and are on duty: Governor’s
Guards, Tallahassee; Columbia Rifles,
Lake City; Suwance Rifles, Live Oak,
and Gem City Guards, of Palatka.
The city is p>atrolled and the entrances
to burned districts guarded by senti
nels. Military headquarters has been
established and passes are necessary
to enter the lines in any part of the
city.
FOOD AND RAIMENT I>OUR IN.
The hunger of 10,000 homeless peo
ple was satisfied Sunday upon the ar
rival relief trains and boats bringing
provisions from mghboring towns ami
distant cities. A commissary was es
tablisbed in the center of the city and
thousands were fed during the day.
An order was promulgated, under
martial law, requiring all merchants,
whose stores were spared by the con
flagration, to open their doors and sell
to all who asked.
Five carloads of teDts were received
Sunday, the property of the state,
which aro to be used by the homeless
temporarily. These are in addition
to those ordered sent by Secretary
Root.
The Times-Union and Citizen esti
mates the total loss at $11,000,003.
These are based upon an itemized
statement furnished by a volunteer
committee of citizens.
MANY PERSONS MISSING.
Rumors of loss of life are on every
band, and the river has been closely
watched. Many persons have con
firmed the report of loss of life at the
Market street wharf. Numerous ad
vertisements appear in the local pa
pers asking for aid in searching for
persons who are missing. As many
have left the city for refuge, it is
impossible to ascertain who have been
lost iu the Market street pier tragedy.
TO ISSUE BONDS.
Chairman I’oicher L’Engle, of the
board of county oimmissioners of Du
val, said:
“A bill will be introduce in the leg
islature at once to bond Duval for per
haps $200,000 to rebuild the conrt
honso and the county jail. The bill
is being prepared. I understand that
a bill for the issuance of $500,000 of
city bonds will be at once introduced
also. Os this $300,000 will be used to
take up the judgment debts of the city
and the remainder to rebuild city
buildings. ”
The prisoners in the county jail,
thirty-five in number, including many
for serious offenses, some capital, were
marched to Riverside under heavy
guard before the tire reached them.
Later on the prisoners were taken
by the sheriff to Green Cove Springs,
Ferr.andina and St. Augustine.
nANDAfIUS PROCEEDINGS.
Case of Georgia State Treasurer Up
For Adjudication.
The mandamus proceedings against
Treasurer Park, of Georgia, to enforce
the payment of the warrants for the
sularies of the state school teachers
were beguu before Judge John S.
Caudler in chambers at the state capi
tol Thursday afternoon.
Wednesday afternoon a demurrer
and answer to the original petition
filed by Attorney General Terrell in
behalf of Governor Candler was filed
and the issue as to whether the treas
urer cun pay tho teachers out of the
public property fund of the state was
definitely made by contending parties.
OIL WILL IN LOUISIANA.
Gusher Is 1 ocated Forty-Five Miles
From Beaumont Fields.
Information was received at Beau
mont, Texas, Tuesday noon to the
effect that an oil gusber has been
strnck at Sulphur, La., forty-five miles
east of Beaumont, on the Southern
Pacific railroad. The oil is heavy and
black in appearance and w hen it broke
loose it went to the top of the derrick,
some sixty feet high.
REBELS GALORE
COME TO TERMS
All the Prominent Filipino
Leaders Surrender.
MAY END THE INSURRECTION
Highly Important Dispatches
From rianila Received at
the War Department.
A special of Tuesday from Manila
says: General Tinic, the Filipino
leader in the Abra province, turret)
dered with his entire command on
April 20th to Captain Krug, of the
Twentieth infantry, in South Docos.
The report that General Alejan
drino has surrendered is confirmed.
He was looked upon ns the possible
successor of Aguinaldo. Fadre Aglipa.
the ex-commnnieated Filipino priest,
who preached the doctrine of a holy
war against the United States, also
surrendered.
Baldomero Aguinaldo and Pedro
Aguinaldo, relatives of Emilio Agui
naldo, and five other insurgent leader*
have surrendered.
Fifteen Filipino officers have sur
rendered to Colonel Baldwin, of the
Fourth infantry, at Cavite Viejo.
Aguinaldo has been subpoenaed a*
a witness for the defense in a Mando
Ducat murder case pendiug iu Tay
Tay, province of Morong. It was de
cided that Aguinrddo is not available
as a witness.
Captain John B. McDonald, with
twenty-one meu of the Third cavalry,
recently attacked sixty insurgent, rifle
men and forty bolo men in the monn
tains of Abra province. The instir
gents were defeated. Captain McDon
aid was wounded in the lungs and a
private was killed.
PROBAHUE END OF RKRRI.OION.
Three important cablegrams were
received at tho war department Tues
day from General MacArthur at Ma
nila. Tn the opinion of the officials
the news contained iu them marks the
almost complete collapse of organized
rebellion in the Philippines. The ca
blegrams are as follows:
“General Tinlo surrendered with his
command today at Siuait. He will
deliver all men and guns in bis
command as soot) as they can be gath
ered together. This completely pac
ifies the first department, northern
Luzon, for many months the worst in
Luzon.”
“Colonels Ciprano Callao and Greg
orio Katibac Malvar’s best officers,
surrendered to Colonel Jacob Kline at
Lipa on April 28th, with 23 officers,
108 men and 86 rifles.”
“Juan and Bias Villnmor, loaders,
Albra, surrendered Bangued April
■27th; now engaged assembling scat
tered commands, delivering arms.
Aglipa, ex-priest, leader Ilocos Norte
province, Luzon, surrendered atLaoag
April 28th.”
Tinio, is said in official quarters, to
have been with Alejandrino, one of
the highest officers in the insurrection
ary force. He was in command m
northern Luzon during the famous
chase after Commander Gilmore.
Malvar, vhoso colonels surrendered
to Kline, dso was one of the best,
known Fi.lipino leaders. He vat
Lawton’s most formidable foe, and
commanded the insurrectos at the
fight at Zapote river, the most serious
battle fought in the Philippines. He
was confined in southern Luzon, which
never has been completely subjugated,
and Lipa, where the surrender oc
curred, has been one of the principal
insurgent arsenals.
It is said at the war department, by
officers recently back from the Philip
pines, that there remains in the field
in Luzon only one chief whom they
are particularly desirous of catching,
namely, Cailles, tho bead hunter.
This man has violated every rule of
warefare and it is not expected that he
will be taken alive.
Exact Center of Population.
The census bureau Tuesday issued
a bulletin announced that the center of
population of the United States, ex
cluding Alaska and recent territorial
accessions, on June Ist last was
six miles southwest of Bartholomew
county, Indiana.
GERMANY SEEMS AIiaRESSIVE-
Kaiser Wants Coaling Station Off the
Venezuelan Coast.
Although the matter never has fig
ured before the state department, the
navy department has been closely
watching the hatipeuings near Mar
garita island, off the coast of Vene
zuela, which have given rise to the
report that a German coaling station
is to be established there. The facts
have been reported to the department
by some of tho Unit e l Sta*es naval
officers who commanded vessels which
have cruised in those waters recently
ALLEGED SPURIOUS I.Q'JORS.
Carload of “Mill” Supplies Seized By
Off c als at Flast man, Ga.
A so'id car of whiskies, brandies,
labels, dies and caps, sa’d to be spnri
ou», were captured at Eastman, Oa.,
Wednesday, by the dnpoty United
States marshals and William H.
Strauss, expert representative of sev
eral exporting and importing liquor
firms of New York, and R. B. Thomas,
special gcager for the government.
The car was consigned to an Atlanta
firm and was said to contain mill sup
plies.