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, VOTAJMK XVII-
.GAMBLERS WHELMEU |
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(Tari Exchange at Hot Spring;
Wrecked by Explosion.
RESULT HORRIBLY DISASTROUS
Two Meet Death, While Half a Hun
dred Sustain Broken Limbo and
Other Injuries—Many May
Not Recover.
At Hot Springs. Ark., Wednesday,
an explosion in the cellar of the turf
evchange, a club house and pool room,
operated by Chambers & Walker, the
building -was badly wrecked and thir
ty people were injured, two of whom
died shortly afterwards. Sixteen are
in a serious condition and of these
four are expected to die. Twelve
others sustained bruises and slight in
juries.
About 4 o’clock p. m. the pool room
was crowded with more than 100 per
sons. Just as a race at New Orleans
was being called by tbe operator the
floor of the building seemed to rise,
and in an instant a report that shook
the entire block rang out. The upper
floor and back walls of tne building
fell on the mass of struggling men
who were wildly excited in an en
» deavor to escape to the street. The
entire house looked as if a tornado
had ploughed through its center.
| The news of the catastrophe spread
I ranidlv. and soon Central avenue was
i jammed with people. Reports were
I current that several persons had been
I killed. The police and firemen took
I charge of the building and the work
I of rescue began. Men were pulled
I from under the debris in a terribly
II shattered state. One of the most pit-
I iable sights was when ‘'Billy” Hel-
I wig. the blind manager of the Lamar
■ bath house, was taken from the ruins.
B Helwig is widely known to the *hou
■ sands of visitors who visit Hot
B Springs annually. He died at mid
■ tight. The other victim was Joe Ken-
E[ ol ney, also a resident of Hot Springs.
B R. C. Chambers, one of the proprie-
Btors of the turf exchange, is also a
Jh, lessee of the Fort Erie, Ontario, race
Bj track, and is one of the best known
B sporting men in the country. His con-
B dition is considered serious.
Ik The injured were taken in charge
HfL by the local physicians and every-
H thfng possible is being done to alle
ys vtate the suffering.
IK The exact cause of the explosion
has not yet been determined. It is
(Usald by some that gas, whicli had es
‘Jl.eaped in the cellar of the building,
£ was ignited in some manner, causing
n® the terrible accident.
Another report says a driver of a
1 gasoline wagon was filling a tank in
jt the cellar when the explosion oc
«cur red.
M The police have made a full In
kvestigation, and have held Ben Mur-
Jray, who is alleged to be responsible
(for the disaster in careless handling
(of the high combustible.
The bank roll of the pool room.
I consisting of $55,000, was blown away
in the explosion, but the greater part
of it has been recovered.
|j BANKER’S SON SUICIDES.
{Neal Thornton, of Atlanta, Cuts Short
His Life With Pistol Ball.
i At Atlanta, Ga., Christmas Dey,
Ben Neal Thornton, son of E. H.
Thornton, president of the Neal Loan
and Banking Company, one of the
city’s best known and most popular
I young men, committed suicide by fir-
I ing a ball into his temple.
I There was no statement left by the
I young man, nor any intimation given j
■ of any cause or reason for taking his |
I own life.
I He was a victim of lung affection,
I Vanderbilt is Greatly Improved.
I A bulletin issued at New York
I Thursday night by the physicians in
I attendance on Cornelius Vanberdilt
I reads:
I “Mr. Vanderbilt has had a good day,
I holding the improvement he has
B made.”
I MRS. GRANT’S WILL.
K Document is Probated in Washington.
■ Estate Goes to Children.
The will of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant
B was probated at Washington Saturday. :
t The estate is to be divided into four j
f equal portions. It also provides that
I a memento presented to her by the em-
I press of Japan, said to be a thousand ;
I years old, snail go to the Museum of ■
K Arts, New York.
I General. Fred D. Grant,’son of tes
| tatrix, delivered the testament at the
■ register’s office in person. Mrs. Grant
Manned as executor “The trustee to be
r selected by my three sons, a majority,
I or the survivors of them.”
<£l)c turner!) JHcmitor.
REEL . Oi I . ,&T
In Midst cSPitchr. Up Peace jWith J
Outsidtts sastr; is Beset
So:; at | omel.
1 ! . I
I Advices On \VU nistjul. ol j
Curacao, si'. 1 thit ihe Venejtelan I
revolutionijs havi resumed ctive
hostilities jeinst President (istro.
There oc< ‘t|l Sunn ay mor-lng a
lively eti* ‘glent between l,2ojrevo
lutionis' ,t:-V General Riera and
governn t t'es f Cuayarao. n the
vicinity ie O. details of te en
gagemerp but it Is nown
there that |thovojutionlsts hai artil
lery. Tb< g-rinjuent forces were
commanded I , Jp] o] ;eferani Cas
tillo. Th ar,, , -,'een tte gov
ernment and lb k onisti has
just expired. <l.-: *.
News has : 1> o.emstal from
an authoritat».«AA -: o in Caracas,
that Vicente onic 1 <t vie- presi
dent of the rmbli 1 * ends o carry
out a bold fkteg 'I -toke against
, President Ca'o.
General Zo Vi J 1 nf fr ' other
leading supp< ers ei.era.j Matos,
[ who ha dsoufi of % in Wilemstad,
left the islaiuo; GcurtSo .*ary Satur
day morning a t at which took
’ them in the.llrectfn ol Cuinarebo,
near Coro, o the Vtteztelan coast,
j The departv,. of tins nen is taken
r as proof tha fie reyiil aiainst Prcsi
r dent Castro agai-i advt.
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ANGRY fI ( )THER )N SCENE.
ET I
3 Archduke G*'- to Oenv; and Chas
tises ly Fi-ennnan..
j Andrew Gi;-, thi Frtuh tutor with
s whom Fifim i.oitist of Saxony
eloped, reUehl > boatig at Geneva, ,
Switzerland. aitlie. hands of
Archduke Jo.- vougcr brother
of the prince . viobot scene was
created, a w olv through the
interventii i U ■ -rit• *f.s herself
that the 1- i >. s ived from a
worse drubbi
Arclub c,) pii v ;t > Geneva in
hopes of per line his Veter to re
turn to the i-'. i■’ pakee at Dres
den. The pr ss consented to see
him, but i -.sir tha: Pri’i-ssor Giron
be presen at )i i • to which
Archduke lush cons an- > • The mo
ment the t-.'tr.fjijte'-c ’ ti, - room, how
ever, the jarci/ ke Erans upon him.
i The princj?ss ent 1 the/ aid of her
lover anil final suca-ed' ■’ in tearing
the men apatj Thi she protected
the Frenciima fronlfuriher attacks
by her brother
Later there as ’ jrht-r stormy in
terview wl en Del ~k;e Joseph met
his older broi,lr, r.'Told Ferdinand,
who aceompaiM . s | sister in her
flight. An hike '.T p<>ld retorted
that life felted b j-ojirt etiquette
was the tho.st. < j conceivable.
As an arcll.Aike he felt like a
slave, bui ,a i a Id Woifling
he felt a fro r rfmely happy.
Leopold h »s*rr<-n i|i ml in Sals-
Burg that he he a tie princess
regretted •> dr endue (
HUME'-' ' "8 ACM ir PARIS.
Under H ! avy Gard of Detectives
Family of Swinctrs :ave Madrid.
The memters eM*he ! bert fain
ily, who wore aj in Madrid.
I Spain, in eonnectr i I: tie great
Paris safr "euds .on from
prison Ka 'ay ev d conveyed 1
|to the m vjy sta ion , heir jour
| ney to iiri. under a . g guard of '
French aid Spaiiis: lives.
The mule and fejaat isoners were
l confined n separate caiages of a
! special tiftirt and no < .imunh ai ion ;
| was allow'd between thsUrious mom
■ bers of lie Humberl Mount
|ed genda'mea kept < around
i the train until it stc u of the
j station, it order to prev I any com- j
1 municatieii between the * rs and
spectators
I The trrtn was attache> the Paris
i express <n reaching l aye, the
! French f'ontic-r slation, :e>on Sun- I
i day.
Par her is Sent to vey.
The l uted States cr Panthe r
sailed Sf' urday from U -ague i
land navj’ yard, at Philad a, to jo ■
j Admiral Jewry's fleet aV jlebra ifi
j land. Th * Panther carrie: J) seame n
| and mar:: eg for Dew* fl and also
, a supply ->f medicines.
CROWN PRINCESS L 'TED. 1
Leaves Husband and Sh c “witz
erlrnd With Anothc y.
The crown princess oi ,:;y i: in i
Geneva, Switzerland, und' ,e name
jof Frauiein Von Obe*n. i brother,
| Archduke* Leopold Ferdii , and
1 Professor Giron arc at th .me ho- :
, tel. The- archduke ha:: n ied 'he- !
j name of I ■» Burle.no.
King George and the C Prince
Frederl* kr-.w whe-e erowi
princes da- ought relue t they *
have el o accep' t >iange- *
ment o* ' aid >i baud j
as irrep ran e- i I
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' f iiiRNtN. MOJilTt JMERY COUNTY GA. TiIUUSDAV. JANUARY I. I»UM.
TWt.ji "EIGHT DEAD
Frigii ti Appalling Wreck |
. inadian Road.
THE HU” iDER OF AN OPERATOR
Terrible Bl fzzard War Raging and
Blood c > f Victims Dyed Snow
md Sleet a Deep Crim
son Hue.
\
A speda * from London, Ontario,
says: iug a blinding snow storm
Friday .'it twenty-eight persons
were 1 and thirty others injured
in a iu*: ti collision between a west
bound t ugh passenger and a freight
train n fW an stead, on tho Grand
-j' rlltl ' way. The wreck was due
to con it 4 orders.
T1,,. ]’ fie express was two hours
late an inning at high speed when
it stru. 1 i freight as the latter was
about i so a sidetrack according to
orders. he locomotives reared thedr
* pilots 1 tin the air and fell into the
■ ditch. o baggage car telescoped
the snu ' and here the death list was
I made.
Main the dead were terribly mu
tilated. eads were cut off, legs were
wrenct from the bodies and the lev
el s tre of snow became crimson
w ith t lood of the victims.
The ,nan sleepers did not leave
the ra their occupants escaped
II except
y Tlo i lusib'lity for the accident
lias lie en definitely fixed, but it is
believ 1 have been duo to a telo
grapli rator, who gave an order to
pass 5, the Pacific express, at
Wans and failed to duplicate tho
order to give a copy of it to the
condn and engineer of the express.
Inste; this the conductor of the
expre >*eeived a clearance order,
tellin ito run right through. The
bliml torm which was raging ren
dered bets invisible at tho distance
of a feet. The operator at Wan
stead not usually on duty at night,
but 1 ty evening ho was in tho of
fice I a she>rt time. Ho was going
out u to door when he heard the tol
egra J hstrument click and immedi
ately ill repeatedly the message:
“Sto i ” “Stop No. 5.” Seizing
a la /he operator dashe-d for the
tlooi /as he clejsod it behind him
]:,. : ( the: crasii of the collision up
the |-
T ain was erowdeef with people
ret.i jt.. from holiday trips. No. 5
was - rjing fully 50 miles an hour
thn igh lhe blizzard, when at the,
Wa jd.fe siding the headlight of tho
fi ei ht :gine loomed up tlirough the
sno 1 was impossible to see a liun
(j;, f< ahead, because of the snow,
am I’th- train crashed together al
mo be ore the engine crews realized
tlia n ollfsion was imminent. Tiio
jm brew the two engines clear
of ei rae*k on the right-hand side.
Th (t.e day coaches of the express
W c veen the heavily loaded bag
v i and the weighty Pullmans.
a terrific crash tbe rear bag
ar wa driven into tbe coach
j roif ! hroe-fourths of its length and in
| a (twinkling a score of the occupants
w/*re» dead and two score more pinned
de-,'vvn in the w-reckage crushed and j
m 'angled. The horror of fire was raor- |
ci fully Spared the suffering persons
bijtried Irj the wreck. A little flame
I broke- out, but the uninjured passen
! extinguished it with snow beforo
could gain any headway. The occu
mtof the two Pullman ears and the
on day coach swarmed out of their
ci s to thet rescue. A perfect bedlam
m e’3 greeted them. The hiss of |
i;:S*■ ai ig steam from the wrecked en
rin.-s mingled with the piteous cries of
ho unfortutiates pinned in the ruins, j
i be; rdt.ter wind and snow added j
! tjo. their sufferings. Volunteer rescue ■
Aartles immediately formed and did j
| neroic work.
Meanwhile a brakernan had rushed
h rough the storm to the; telegraph of
i( * and notified both London and Sar
nlu officials of the accident. Relief
i trains with surgeons and wrecking
fairs were on their way to the scene
fr«ini both e re] of the division in the
shortest pee slide time.
DAMAGES FOR A BOYCOTT.
| i
Chieaejo Court Awardc $22,000 for
Hinchcliffe's Loss of Business.
A verdict having ;t significant bear
ling on the right of labor organizations
iito maintain or assist in enforcing a
(jb-iy itt was rendered .Saturday in (
Ji 1 ) Val’s court .* Chicago, whereby |
Cc .;<■ Hlnehdiffe n; awarded
: (in , amages agaii ibe members of 1 ,
i e Chicago Bulide association
th<- Brick Manufai 4 r.-rs’ Asso*
i lliie hcliffe aske-el for *IOO,
t ages, which he aib-n-d he IH, h< i
i ed owing to a boye ,h of ,p,ce not
ft of his brick yard, a Hob* o- -
I ihe part of the a tocit, \
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WEDDED BLISS WAS BRIEF.
e
New Wife of Phil G. Elyrd, Assistant
Adjutant General of Georgia,
Files Suit for Divorce.
Mrs. Carrie L. Byrd, wife iff Phil G.
Byrel, assistant adjuf.tnt general of
the state of Georgia, Vo whom she was
married on September 25 last, has
filed a suit fur total divorce: from her
husband in the supetjor court of De-
Kalb county. In which she makes
some very sen nii" harges.
Mrs. Byrd v. • Carrie* Louise
Montgomtery. anti wedding to Colo
nel Byrd three n ' ago was an oc
casion of much <*st. The cere
mony was qulN aipressive one,
and interest ii i occasion was
heightened by th i iy:e> in uniform
of a large numbe Colonel Byrd's
military friends
The charges m it y Mrs. Byrd are.
in general, hal Itm utoxication by
the use of drug cl treatment and
unfaithfulness. Mi Byrd asks that
on these groun be granted a to
tal divorce from i. ■ husband and that
her maiden name, < iirric Louise Mont
gomery, be restored to her.
in amplifying the- charges the peti
tion make's aecu itions which nro
quite sensational, 'ho petition says:
“The criud treatment complained of
and charged herein coniine*!eed on the
next day after aid marriage, and has
been continuous (except with intervals
of kindness, coup’ed with promises to
desist, broken as often as made) until
it became unendurable, and petitioner
separatcil herself from elefendant as
hereinafter related. * * *
“On the day ii cr said marriage at
Nashville*, beam lie first stop made on
the irldal (rip, petitioner met her
brother, whom she had not seen for a
long time In h i , and put her arm
over his shonldti and kissed him, de*-
fenelant heim "se*nt, anil as soon as
petition: an cfendant jiarteel from
her broiler lie defendant rebuked
her for lei.*: In ter brother, said it was
disgraceful' n,t the petlton then pro
ceeds to give lie language in whicli
it is alleged life cursed her.
Another aitojed experience of the
bridal trip is ti the effect that the de
fendant cursed her while on Ihe way
to St. Louis, “md finally, taking some
kind of drug himself, came to Ihe
berth in whicl petitioner was In ter
ror and irt broken, and insisted on
her taking sinie of it.” Mrs. Byrd
then states tin she refused and there
upon he took : double dose, saying ho
didn’t know vhethor it would kill him
or not and diln’t care, and then that
he showed he* money and told her how
to ship Ids bidy home. ,
The peiitioi continues to relate inci
dents of thi character which, ii is
charged, ooeirred oji the bridal trip,
and repeats frequently curse words
whicli, it is stated, were directed at
her.
Colonel B rd is at present qtiite ill
at the GraiV hospital, in Atlanta,
where he hi, been for the last two
weeks, stiffe-ing from nervous prostra
tion. His coalition has been so serious
Hiat. no one has been permitted to see
him, excep Ids daughter, who has
been wilh iim since lie went, to the
hospital.
MURDERED AND CREMATED.
Robbers, .ommit Dastardly Triple
Crjirr Near Louisville, Ga.
A terifibc murder, robbery and act
| of incendl rlsm was committed a’few
■ miles fror Louisville, Ga., Christmas
| night.
E. L F tlay, who runs a country
store aboil six miles out, was called
up about midnight by some one to go
to thi stne, which he did. Gils i
was a fjiquent occurrence, bis wife !
thought iothiiig of It, and went to
sleep.
She wi awakened In a few min
! nles to find the store in a bright
! blaze. /> few of the neighbors arrived
i on the r-ene and it was discovered
| that. Mi r,ay was lying dead In ihe
store, i strong effort wa smaiU to
j recover ids body from the burning
| buiiditif, i; ut owing to heat It was im
I possil/li After the store burned down,
Mr. o|a.'. body was taken from the de ;
hr ] 'cued almost eomplotoly up. His
safe,,,(mtainlng about SSOO, was open 1
ed 0j ; all of Ids money was missing i
He v a successful farmer and mer- !
eha'- 1 1 always kept from one to
| Ji. • ■ * red dollars iri ids safe,
Y/OE PURSUES MASCAGNI.
i Dago fompoier Arrested by His Maria- j
ger for Embezzlement.
..re Pietro Mascagni, the Italian
, compiser who abandoned his Ameri
can l ip while playing in Cnlcago lasi
we // w;i ' ; placed under arrest Friday
| nlfon a enarge of embezzlement, by
manager. Richard Heard.
: ;i jpJi Mascagni decided to return to
-j-I,J he had no further use for Ids
-•sun* lean manager and discharged
It I Heard asserts thai bis contract
ii, i.,|rj for $5,000 and tried to collect
,i i,. ,(amount. Mascagni refused to pay
;ti < rd any such sum and the am-* 1
Iwed,
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“KEEP HANDS OFF!”
•>
(s Adv ce of American People
to President Roosevelt.
OBJECT TO HIS BEING ARBITER
Concensus of Opinion is Against Ac
ceptance of Such a Delicate Re
sponsibility and Compromis- ..
ing Position is Feared,
The Atlanta Journal’s Washington
correspondent wires his paper as l’ol :
list’s:
With the whole country practically
at Ills back in the attitude of saying,
“Don’t do that,” President Roosevelt
is yet undecided on the proposition
of the powers to arbitrate the claims
against Venezuela.
Those senators anil representatives
who are in Washington are almost
unanimous In the opinion that tho
president should keep bis hands off
tbe job. The president has entered
a refusal to the first Intimation of the
powers’ proposal, but Hint intimation
was merely a feeler. Now Ihe direct
request of the powers is before him
Rinl he must soon give a direct reply
to them.
It is the opinion of Washington that
wo have so far come out of the im
broglio with credit, but that we might
get seriously entangled if our chief
executive attempts to act as account
ant for the Venezuelan claims.
No one here advances any reason
as to why t lie powers should call on
our president for the great I ask, when
Tin: Hague tribunal Is constituted for
just that purpose. It is a tribute to
him and the United States to bo
asked to do the work by all parties
concerned, but whether ho could do
it and at I lie same time take care of
our interests is another matter.
Senator Cullom, chairman of the
senato committee on foreign rela
tions, declined to be publicly quoted,
but it. can be stated that he is dis
posed to regard It as a step lo lie
avoided if possible. Senator Cullom
Tuesday received several telegrams
from constituents in Chicago, asking
him to see the president and request
him not lo serve.
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, a mem
ber of the committee on foreign rela
tions, said:
“I sincerely trust the president will
noL consent to act as arbitrator In tho
Venezuelan controversy. It is assert
ed that by accepting Ihe position as
arbitrator, no responsibility attaches
to tho United States. That may bo
true, but at the same time tho foreign
powers will naturally ex.ect tho Uni
ted States to assume certain obliga
tions in support of any decision tho
president may render. Tho course of
the president and Ihe secretary of
stale has thus far been firm, but en
tirely neutral, and I have no reason
to believe lhal there will be any ma
terial change in our policy which may
Involve us in serious complications
with any of the parties to Ihe Vene
zuelan controversy.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama. Hie
ranking democrat gnemher of the
committee on foreign relations, said:
“1 do not tint it too strongly when
I say that It Is ridiculous for Germany
and Great. Britain to as!; Ihe pre;l
dent of the United States lo arbitrate
Gils case. There is precedence for
such action on tho part of a presi
dent. in boundary disputes and In
cases where the disputes have net
j reached the point of war. But, there
is no precedent for such arbitration
when once a* state of belligerency
h»- >en established. Acts of war
baW.t taken place and war was de
clared by Great Britain.”
FURLOUGH FROM JAIL.
Judge is Released Long Enough to
take in Christmas Holidays.
Judge Thomas Nevitt, of HI. Glair
I county, Missouri, who has been in
I jail in Marysville for falling to obey
! a mandate of the United States court, I
| was released Tuesday by .Judge Phil- j
lips so lie could spend Christ mar, with |
j his family. After the holidays lie will j
I return to the Marysville Jail.
THIRTY THOUSAND IN FEES.
I Surgeon Lorenz Says He is Not Mak- !
ing a Barrel of Ducats.
Adolyh Lorenz, who returned to
New York Thursday from Boston, I
while discussing ids visit to (hls j
country, said In an Interview:
"There Is ona thing 1 want to say, ‘
and that is In regard to finance. I j
see it reported that I nave made in j
th(« country SIOO,OOO. Now, as a mat-!
ter of fact, / got one fee of $30,000 in I
Chicago, ar.d In tho four months I j
hare been here i have earned Just 1
$30,000. My practice a» home in four 1
month- is worth that."
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i Cretin of News.*
'H-t+Wt'!"W'+++'H'H"H , +W+++
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—Phil G. Byrd, assistant adjutant,
general of Georgia is sued for divorce
by his bride* of three months, the peti
tioner alleging cruelty and other rea
sons.
—Philip Watson, a former Georgian,
returns to Macon after twenty years
residence in Texas to find his wife
married to another man.
—Following Governor Longino’s
proclamation against whitecapping, a
meeting of Lincoln county citizens has
been called to devise means of sup
pressing the evil.
—Near Greenville, S. C., revenue of
ficers destroy eight. Illicit distilleries
in one day.
—President Roosevelt declines to bo
arbitrator in the Venezuelan contro
versy.
—lt transpires that the negro lynch
ed by a mob at Pittsburg, Kans.,
Christmas day, wfls the wrong man.
—The will of Mrs. Mrs. U. S. Grant
has been probated. Her estate, valued
at over $200,000, Is to be divided
among her children.
—Lily Langtry arrived at New York
last. Friday from Europe.
—Thirty tin mills In Pennsylvania
that, have been idle since last August
; will ghortly'resunio operations.
—London papers, commenting on
Iho refusal of President Roosevelt to
act as arbiter in the Venezuelan trou
ble, declare he acted wisely.
—Crown princess of Saxony anil
Archduke Ferdinand are coming to
America to find more congenial homes
, Ilian they can in Europe.
—Earthquakes occurred at Aslia
bad, Russian Turkestan. Fifteen thou
sand houses destroyed and many peo
ple killed.
—A Mississippi convict sends a pe
tition to Governor Longino, asking an
investigation of 100 charge lhat ho
played poker with members of the
grand jury of Sunflower county.
An Anniston, Ala., man finds sev
enteen pearls In an oyster in a Bir
mingham restaurant.
--Birmingham had (he quietest
Christmas In her history. Only two
fatalities are reported .
—While the church bolls wore
sounding Christmas chimes the peo
ple of Pittsburg, Kans., were lynching
a negro murderer.
Christmas at the while house was
very merry. The president and his
family woro the recipients of many
presents.
l)r. Adolph Lorenz denies thut he
has received 50,000 in fees since he
came to the United States. He Hay*
that he lias only received $30,000,
which was paid him by . rmour.
President Ca tro now stales that
he Is ready to refer the pending dlffl
eultles to The Hague court of arbitra
tion,
The king of Italy has sent a ca
blegram to Marconi, the wireless mes
sage wizard, congratulating him on
his success.
Postmaster E. F. Blodgett an
nounces that the Christmas business
for 11)02 breaks all records In the his
tory of the Atlanta postofllco.
Party at Greenville, H. ('., who did
not get Invitation to wedding, eon
cludcd a serenade would be the prop
er thing. The father of the bride fired
on the serenaders, woum.ing two of
them.
Professor Forney, of the Unlvi r
Hity of Alabama, was killed while he
was amusing his children by shooting,
sparrows with a parlor rille The gun
accidentally discharged, lodging a ball
In the professor's oraln
—Marconi sends Christmas greet
ings across the Atlantic to Ills eo-dl
j rectors.
-Communication of Great Britain
! and Germany over the Venezuelan
J trouble is received by the United
Stales.
The famous Potter trial at Savan
nab closed with conviction of W. J.
Potter with a recommendation to mer
cy and Hip acquittal of Swayne I’ottor.
—Knoxville, Term., was swept by a
big conflagration Monday morning, en
! tailing a loss of a million dollars.
The funeral of Mrs. U. H. Grant was
J held in New York Sunday. Burial was
at Riverside Drive, In the mausoleum
where the remains of her distinguished
husband are.
The list of dead by the wreck at By
ron. Cal., has reached twenty, and It Is
probable two more of those Injured
will die.
—Expose Is made of plot to steal
body of former President Benjamin
Harrison.
A bitter liquor fight Is promised
1 for Charlotte, N. C\, the'establishment
cf a dispensary being proposed.
NO. 41.