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uST SOLDIER
' CUBA
LEAVES
Occupation of Island is
a Closed Chapter.
. farewell ceremony
,;; :r y Ilau'ed Down and Cuban
£ns:gn Goes Up—President
pa ma Expresses Thanks.
4 The
A special from Havana says:
vestige of the American occupa
cl Cuba disappeared Thursday af
v> •ben the American flag was
-ed from the Cuban barracks and
last battalion of American soldiers
ched to the Triscornia pier and
the United States army trac
Sumner, Cabanas
standing on the plain near
between a line of American
a lino of Cuban troops, and sur
by a crowd of American's and
President Palma fueling] y
0 i c ed bis appreciation of all that the
.
have done for Cuba.
States artilleiy from Santiago
these troops participated with the
and Twenty cone
President Palma and tte inem ier^
his cabinet, General oc riguez,
commander of the rura guar s, ni
States Minister Squires, and the
members of the legation staff, tooic
their places facing the center of the
parade ground.
After the soldiers had presented
arms, the American flag was slowly
lowered from the staff over the bar
racks [meanwhile a salute of twenty-one guns
being fired from the for
[tress The Cuban flag was raised in
■ its place and also saluted with twenty
lone lone guns. President alaP ethmSH
guns. President Palma then ad
dressed Mr. Squires and Major Brown,
Icommander of the American troops,
[saying:
"On this momentous occasion the
sincerity and depth of my feelings
overcome me and my heart must sup
my deficiency of words. We are
by one of the most extra
facts recorded in the annals
of universal history, the departure
our shores of the last troops the
United States had kept in Cuba, after
us to secure our independence
and the blessings of freedom.. The
government of the United States, iden
tified as it is with the liberal spirit
noble character of the American
willingly proves Its disinterest
edness and the sincerity of the aid it
us by taking these men away
ana showing us at the same tfme that
we nave, as an independent people, the
of the mo3t powerful nation
earth.
This act of the United States in
. its ... troops from * ™ Cuban ter- *__
reflects „ . upon it ., everlasting „ .. glory
make us proud of ourselves, for
means that nobody doubts our abil
peace and order and guarantee the
of all the inhabitants of this
island.
government and the people of the Uni
ted States. I beg all present to bid
Godspeed to the departing officers and
soldiers and to express our wishes for
the increasing prosperity and welfare
of the American nation.”
Major Brown replied to the president
an ® thanekd him for his kindness to
tec American officers and soldiers.
Af ter this reply all the troops
^arched past in platoon formation and
hoarded the Sumner.
There were many more American
spectators present than Cuban, and
tee only diplomat, besides the minis
ter of the United States, was the Chi
«ese minister, who was accompanied
Ws staff. The British minister sent
his Egrets.
^hfc Sumner will leave the twenty
first an d twenty-second companies of
artilie r 7 at Fort Barrancas, Fla., and
take ’he others to Fort Washington,
Hyland.
Tl “<Kl DOLLARS FOR YEAR’S WORK.
OL
° nB <3e Charge Stands Against. Georgia
farmer Under Novel Circumstances.
’ arr ants were issued Thursday af
, ^teoon
halted by Judge E. C. Kennebrew,
Ca. States commissioner at Athens,
%eth - f°r Weldon Brooks, a well known
0r Pe county farmer, for peon-
3ge, 5n( l for Brooks and Ed and
Csorge Huff, charged with the offense
'
Wfispiracy.
a «' S a! ' e S e d that Brooks has kept in
0t peona S e a negro woman,
fl a Mary Jackson
. an d that all
■ ho r year’s work last year
ee dollars.
IROUBLE FOR DOMIN.CAKS
Rebel Gans Cause Death of American
on Board the Cruiser Yankee
at San Domingo.
A dispatch from can Domingo, under
date of Monday, February 1, is as fol
lows:
“The insurgents this morning delib
erately fired on the launch oi the aux
iary cruiser Yankee, killing J. C.
Johnson, the engineer. The bullet en
tered his head above the eye.
“United States Minister Powell has
directed the captain of the Yankee to
take drastic measures to avenge John
son’s death and this insult to the
i American flag. Johnson will be buried
on shore this afternoon.”
Another dispatch, under date of
Wednesday, February 3, says:
“The funeral of J. C. Johnson, the
engineer of the Yankee’s launch, who
was deliberately killed by the insur
gents last Monday, took place this
morning instead of Monday afternoon,
as had been arranged. The body was
escorted to its grave in the Santa
Barbara ^cemetery by a detachment of
marines, bluejackets and officers from
the Yankee, headed by the ship’s band.
There were in all 100 men from the
cruiser in the cortege. United States
MJnister Powell, the American consul
and vice consul and nearly all the dip
lomatic and consular representatives
j oaa j government sent a detachment
of troops tQ act as an escort.
“Great surprise is expressed by all
foreigners here that the commander
| ^he y an j. ee has no t demanded im
me di a te satisfaction for this inexcusa
, hie ac ^ an( j f or f ir i n g U p 0 n the
American flag by the insurgents,
Ther& wa8 heavy Bring all day today
around the city.”
German Consul Guarded.
The German consul at San Domingo
has requested United States Minister
Powell to afford protection to Herr
Worman, the German vice consul, that
he might bring his family into the
city, as the insurgents have given Mr.
Worman 48 hours to leave where he is,
or suffer the consequences.
Consequently, Mr Powell secured a
guard of sixty men from the United
States cruiser Colombia, and informed
the government that it was the inten
tion of the German consul and him
self to bring Herr Worman’s family
into the city and asked the govern
ment that its troops not fire upon this
party, while it was on its mission. He
said that if fired upon they would pro
tect themselves. As soon as the guard
passed outside the city they were cov
ered by the guns of the Colombia. No
attack was made and the Worman
family and their belongings were
brought back into the city in safety.
All the houses outside the city walls
have been pillaged. The insurgents
are desperate and are destroying for
eign property wherever they find it.
j Mr. Powell has received urgent ap
peals to protect foreign property
against . this pillaging and , the ,, Colom- _ ,
■ bia f be compelled ,, , to land , marines
may •> 1
| 0 ° so ‘
MRS. POST EXPLAINS HER SCHEME.
Tells the Court at Jacksonville How iitr
Thought Works” are Operated.
Mrs. Post, the “mental science
was placed on the stand at
Jacksonville,. Fla., Friday to testify
in her own behalf. She stated that she
was 73 years of age and that she had
studied Christian science and mental
treatment ever since she was 30 years
of age. She is, and has been for a
number of years, a firm beli-ver in the
power to cure by mental science. She
I claimed that when a mind has been
I regularly trained in the science of men
tal healing its power to overcome the
ills of the flesh is beyond computa
tion.
She claimed that it was just as easy
for her to treat a thousand patients
collectively as it is for a lecturer to
address a thousand persons in an au
dience. She sent out her thought to
her patients and thought not only;
went where it was sent, but it waff
charged with a work to do, and it
did it.
CUN30ATS ON V GRANT GUARD. .
tatost News from Isthmus of Panama-War
Talk Still Rampant.
The mail steamer Trent arrived at
Holon Thursday from Savanilla and
Cartagena with reports of great excite
ment at both places over tr.e presiden
tial election on the isthmus.
There is still much war talk at
Savanilla and Cartagena, and it is as
serted that Colombia will attack Pan
ama soon. The Trent leit the United
j States gunboat Nashville at Cartagena
and passed the auxiliary cruiser Yan
j kee outside Cartagena harbor.
CLA SS 10 BE (DEE ALL
Dtip 2 > of Alkgzd “Mental Science ft
Healer fell Their Tale of Woe
in Jacksonville Court.
The trial at Jacksonville, Fla., of
the mental science healer, Mrs. Helon
\\ ilmans-Post, who is charged with de
vising a scheme To defraud divers per
sons and using the mails to further
this scheme, brought out very little
new evidence Wednesday.
A letter from aq Indiana woman
was read and placed in evidence, in
which she wanted to know u Mrs.
mans-Post would undertake to get her
son out of prison by using her mental
treatment to persons who requested it
by Mrs. Post’s direction to the effect
that nothing was impossible, and that
she would take the case lor $4 pei
month.
It was brought out that she answer
ed letters and promises to give her
treatment to persons wh orequested it
for every imaginable disease, and also
for troubles of all kinds. She had
agreed to give treatment for making
a new set of teeth grow; to make a
leg grow on a stump from which the
lower limb had been amputated; to
make hair grow on bald heads; to re
store the affections for each other of
persons who had become estranged;
to transfer the affections oi persons,
and, in fact, to do anything she was
asked to do.
WAS DIRECTED TO STEAL.
Such is Declaration of Negro Who “Swiped
Railroad Mileage Books.
In charge of a detective William
Edwards, a negro, who is wanted for
stealing mileage books from the Atlan
ta and West Point railway, arrived in
Atlanta from St. Louis Wednesday
morning.
When seen by a reporter Edwards
said that he stole the mileage books
at the request of Sam McClurkin, and
that he was promised a part of the pro
ceeds of the sale, but never received
anything.
Edwards said he commenced to steal
the tickets last year and does not
know how many lie took. He says Mc
Clurkin told him where and how to get
them. He did not know the value ol
them, so he says, and all he ever re
ceived was about $1.50. McClurkin
having^given him 50 cents on two oi
three occasions.
FAKE NEWSPAPER REPRESENTATIVES
fleece a Number of Prominent New Yorkers
Wintering in Land of flowers.
Society rolks in Palm Beach, Fla,
and all along the east coast have been
fleeced out of many thousands of dol
lars by three unscrupulous newspaper
men. Among the victims ar© Josepa
Jefferson, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., W.
Gould Browak, of New York; Freder
ick Townsend Martin, of New York;
Julian T. Davis, a New Yor attorney,
and Tangaman, president of the bak
ing powder trust. *
The three men claimed that they
were getting up a book about promi
nent people containing their photo
graphs and a sketch for the benefit of
a club for newspaper men in New
York.
CONTRACTS FOR CARRYING MAIL
Made by Postoff ce Department—Nearly
Four Thousand Routes Affected.
The postoffice department ha?
awarded contracts for carrying the
mails on 3,698 star and steamboat
routes in the states of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ken
tucky and the island of Porto Rico for
a term of four years, beginning July
1 next. The total annual compensa
tion to the contractors for the service
under these contracts amounts to $1,-
216,576.
These contracts will provide not
only for carrying the mail in closed
pouches, between postoffices as hereto
fore, but also for the delivery and col
lection of mails into and from boxes
along the lines of the star routes for
all persons who provide proper boxes.
Tammany for Cleveland.
Chief Murphy Favors Grover for the Demo
cratic Presidential Candidate.
A New York special says: Char’.A 3
F. Murphy, leader of Tammany, is
negotiating with prominent independ
ent'democrats in the city in reference
to the action of the Tammany dele
gates to the democratic state conven
tion that will elect four delegates at
large to the national convention of
the party.
Tammany, so far as its policy has
been disclosed by the guarded state
ments of Mr. Murphy, favors the nomi
nation for president of Grove.* Cleve
land.
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TYPHOID SLIPS HANNA.
Illness of Senator Diagnosed as Dread
Malady--S.ck Man is Visited
by Rooseveit.
A Washington special says: Scna
tor Hanna is officially pronounced to
have typhoid lever. The following
bulletin was issued by his physician,
immediately after the consultation
at 9 o’clock Friday morning:
“Senator Hanna has typhoid fever,
The diagnosis is confirmed by the com
plete blood examination reported by
Dr - Edward Behron. The senator rest
ad fairly wel1 Thursday night, and Fri
day morning his temperature was 100, I
pulse S2.”
President Roosevelt w*alked over
from the white Louse at an early hour
Personally to inquire after the sena
tor’s condition. He spent ten minutes
at the hotel.
Dr. Behron is a microscopic expert
and he made two tests. The first one
showed the presence of typhoid bacil
lus. The second test was made to
confirm the first one.
The senator is being closely guard
ed from visitors and no one except nis
re » ular household is permitted to see
him. His sole diet is milk and no j
stimulants are being used at present.
Mrs. Hanna insists on personally at
tendin § the P ati ent much of the time,
but the trained nurse has begun duty.
The physicians say that the outlook
is hopeful for recovery, and that the
crucial point in the illness should oe
passed in about a week. They say
the case is what is known as irregular
typhoid and is less serious than mo3t
cases of that illness. It is somewhat
like walking typhoid, which accounts
for the recent fluctuations in the fever
and general condition of the patient.
The family, it is said, instead of be
ing alarmed at the diagnosis of ty
phoid, are relieved at the announce
ment, being fearful of the uncertainty.
They realize the seriousness of the sit
uation, but feel that there might have
been other developments that would
have proven of much more gravity,
It is realized that the senator’s ad
vanced age and his rheumatic contii
tion maeks the car<? a more serious
one is expressed than in a younger his family man, that but he belief will j
by
recover, though he will be confined
to his bed for a considerable period
The present plan is to take him le
Thomasville, Ga., as soon as he is able
to be moved. I
It is stated that there are no organic
complications to add to the serious
ness of the case, but the senator at
the time of the attack was in a liter
ally worn out condition so that his
extreme physical weakness and ner
vous depression, coupled with his age
66 years, and frequent rheumatic
attacks, make the case of much more
gravity than an ordinary attack of ty
phoid of comparatively mild chare
ter. The crisis of the fever is not ex
pected for several days.
ATLANTA MARKII IS.
COUBECTED WEEKLY. — 6
Groc< ria*.
i’oa-te! coffee,pc- 0 pounds, Atfctickles j
114.80; Lion, #14.30; Bluq Ribbon, $12.50.
Ground coffee, cactive 10c; fa:r 8c ; pmur 6c i
Sugar, smnuard gran united. 4.90. Syrup,
New Orleans open kettie $3.60 (a) $j.So-.
mixed, choice, 20# 28 cents. Salt, unify
sacks $1.30#$1.40; do bids, bulk $2.50;
Ice cream #1.00, uominou 55@60. Cheese,
fancy. full cream, twins, 13c. Soda,
Arm & Hammer, •¥1.75. Crack* rs, 9 d l,
GJ^c; cream 7c; gmgersnaps Gf<e. Pie
peaihe^, $1.75;’ table peache«, $2.75# j
3.00. Canned lomatoes, *1.30. Canned ' 1
corn, $3.00. Oyster.-, if. \Y.$1.85; 1.. W.
¥ 1.20. Fancy head rice, 7c; head rice, 6c.
White fish, 60-lb keg*, $2.CO; white Osh,
100 lb keg , $4.4(': mullet fish, 80-lb keg-,
$1.50; ma aroni, 7c pound; pork sausage,
SJ^e poun . Sardines, oil, case *3.75; sar
dines, mustard, #o.. ! 0; sal non,case, $3.50«>
6.50- Pepper sauce, dozen COe; cat-up,
pints, dozen !-5c; mustard, dozen 20c.
Pic.les, 15-gallon, COOs, $5.10.
l- Iour, Umln itiiil
Flour, Diamond pateut, *6.10: fancy
patent, -.5.50; straight, #4.9J: extra
fancy #4.1*1: auoy. *3.5° First pa
ent spring wheat, $5.25. Cora, choice,
whit*-, C5e: No. ido, 67c: No. 2 mixed, 66-.
Oats, wante clipped r-6 -; No. 2 white 52*::
No. 2 mixed 50 . Victor food #1..°5 per
one hundred i ounds. Quaker food f
$1.25. Choice large bale hay $1.10; 1
No. 1 small #1.00 No. 2 small, 90o.
Meal. r oo,:; bolted 60c. Bran, $1.15
bro>vn snort: - $1.25; white shorts $1.50.
Peari grits, $1.60.
Country Prod not*.
Egg*, fresh -toes. 23®29c. Country
smoked bacon D#i2,!<V; b .ms 1 vJij( 5 14:.
iiutter, Georgia ir *h tabt-, l6£T8c; Ten
nessee table, 16S*18e; Jersey. 25@30*i;
cooking butter, l2 N#15e; conditions very
dud. Live t*ouury, Hi-fi*, 3 #37*;;
fries, large. 22# 25c; medium 18@20e:
small lf#16e. Ducks puddle. 22J£#25ci |
Pekin S0@35r. Dressed poultry, hens 13# I
lie per pound; fries 15#16e per pound;
rock - 8#TCc per pound; 1.25#$l-3d turkeys, 17# bushel. 18c.
Onion-, new crop, per I
Cabbage, Dani-h, 3y a * & 3;,'c per pound.
Sweet potatoes, new crop, 10.'a 80c ner
bushel, l’emi white, $1.50 per bushel: do., !
lady, #1.51*0 1 75; stock, $1.25@1.30. Dried
fruit. Georgia armies 5c pound; uo., ,
peaches 5# 6c. California dried peaches
8c; Ca ifornia dried pc.rs 8j^'c. Rutabaga
turnips l% f g 2
>' povititiMU.
Regular rib -me-. tmxM 7.20 half *-10**
-.20 •-uiH*. 23-it average, 7 65; * o., 40-lb
average. 7- 2 *. ham*, 13-. Fat backs
6.85: rib backs 7*’: plat -s 6 35. Banquet ; ‘
namS, IlLfj- C *Jif rubi a* s 8c. Simon
pu*.’kept e re :i *1 ere i ; e a' lard 9 yi. Shield'
brand leaf lard 8>£ *. White cloud com
pound 7:.
Cotton.
1 ilarket cio*et) nominal, middling 16>^g,
RU$S AND JAP
DRAW SWORDS
Czar’s Warships Leave Port Ar
thur Harbor Ready for Action.
FLEETS ARE MOBILIZED
Japan Chafing Uncter Delay Over Rus
sian R:ply--Imm:diate Hosilities
Now Expected.
In response to Japanese war meas
uies, important naval and military
movements have been effected at Port
Arthur, The Russian squadron here
tofore inside the harbor, consisting of
the warships Eetvizan, Perezviet, Fre
myaschek, Orel, Smiely and Sebasta
pol, have joined the outside fleet, con
sisting of the battle ships Probieda
Petropavlavisk, Poltava, Diana, Palla
da, Asltoid and Varyag, the torpedo
guI1 boat Bakan, and the cruiser Boya
r j n _ The last named vessel had just
arrived from Chemulpo, Korea, with
complete Japanese charts of the Ko
rean coast.
In consequence of the narrow and
dangerous entrance at low water, it
took the warships three days to get
ou t of the harbor,
Simultaneously the third brigade of
Siberian rifles and two batteries of ar
tillery started for an unannounced des
tination from Iiao Yang. Altogether
about 9,000 Troops have departed, leav
ing 10,000 men at Port Arthur, exclu
sive of the troops manning the fortifi
cations.
In consequence of the military au
thorities monopolizing the use of the
railroad, the latter has declined to
transport any more commercial
freight. The telegraph companies de
cline to accept any more press or pri
vate messages, so that they have to
be handled via Che Foo.
Movement of Japanese.
A special from Tokio says: Events
0 f Wednesday indicate that the pro
longed tension has reached a climax,
The Marquis Ito, president of the privy
council, was summoned from the coun
try and the emperor received him at
a council which was held with the
war minister and three admirals, The
highest officials made no pretence of
concealment of their exasperation at
the tardiness of the Russian reply.
The patience of the government is
becoming exhausted, and if the answer
is delayed many days longer the issu
ance of an ultimatum by Japan will
become inevitable.
A Washington special says: It looks
more like war between Russia and
Japan now than it has at any time
during the present status of the nego
tiations. The official conviction that
it can hardly be avoided is based on
telegrams from St. Petersburg, which
Indicate that the Russian officials do
not expect the Russian reply to be ac
cepted by Japan.
Wednesday night Reuters’ Telegram
Company, the largest press association
in Europe, sent out from St. Peters
burg the following sensational dis
patch:
“The Russian general staff has au
thorized Admiral Alexieff to declare
waf and open hostilities on his own
responsibility if he sees it necessary.
An imperial manifesto is expected
shortly declaring war if Japan does
not accept Russia’s proposals.
No confirmation of this intormation
can be obtained from any source in
Washington The state department
has no such advices, nor has either
the Russian ambassador or the Japan
ese minister. At the same time the
feeling is strong in official and diplo
matic circles that the dispatch, com
ing from such a source, is highly sig
nificant of the conviction cn the part
of the Russian authorities that Rus
sia’s reply will not he acceptable to
Japan and that war will follow.
Grip Trcklcs Admiral Schlev.
Admiral W. S. Schley is confined to
his home in Washington by an attack
of grip, but expects to be out in a
few days.
BURGLARS USE GUN AND TORCH.
\*n h n*x City, Ala., Home of Sam Waller
* I •s*
, r\
After burglarizing the home of Sam
Waller, just west of Phenix City, Ala.,
ca* ■j many night, robbers fired at
Mr. Waller and members of his fam
ily and then set fire to his house.
The kitchen and cook’s house were
burned, but the main dwelling wa»
saved,
Investigation showed that the bur
glars , had stolen lot of silverware
a
an d a watch from the house while tha
family was at supper.