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VOLUME I.
INCENDIARY'S SPITE
CAUSED HOLOCAUST
Motive Found For New York's
Latest Terrible Fire,
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Threats Were Made If a Servant
Was Not Discharged.
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i A a v Now special • i Despite
look -\r , say :
’acts became public Saturday which
make it appear that the fire which last
Friday destroyed thirteen persons was
lhata )f incendiary origin. It transpired
few hours before the flames were
|een a policeman was sent for from the
Andrews dismissed house, and was mysteriously
by a servant, who said he
vas not wiinted.
Mary Flannagan, the dead maid
seems to have been a central
|gure In this alleged plot, aud the
J hief object of the supposed perpe
f&tor’s hate. The police have given
three scurrilous, threatening an
nymous letters which had been sent
D members of the Andrews house
bid. One was addressed to the serv
nt, Mary Flannagan.
! The letters made charges against
Flannagan addi ami il»» hntlar In n.
Itter osaed to Mrs/St. John, the
jriter said:
i “I hope you and Mrs. Andrews
on’t think lor one moment that I am
Sconciled with Mary Flannagan, for,
ldeed, I am not; and what is further, I
dll not be until I get my revenge. I
:el that I have given warning enough,
«d I am going to fix her life, aud be
luse you and Mrs. Andrew’s did not
ive heed to warning, I am going to
x you too. I am going to make
1 ime one throw something in your
urse’s and children’s faces that will
isfigure them and eat all the flesh off
le bones. This I will do for spite,
ecause you did not let Mary go—as I
old you to do. You had just as well
*it her go first as last. You will have
o girl alive when I get through with
er.”
Funeral of the Victims.
The funeral services over the re
iiains of the members of the family of
Wallace C. Andrews and G, 0. St.
ohn, who perished in the terrible
re, were held at the Fifth avenue
ome of tho Andrews family
fternoon.
None but the very intimate friends
nd relatives of the family were in at
mdanee. The funeral oration was
elivered by Professor Felix Adler, of
ie Ethical Culture Society.
There w ere no ceremonies save the
•ration delivered by Professor Adler.
or was there any music. All was
lam and simple, in accordance with
phe wishes of Mr. St. John.
The pallbearers were: Russell Sage,
-en. Burnett, Colonel Robert G. Tn
ersol!, James W. Hawes, W. J. Hitch
C. E. Orvis, Mr. Williams, Son
T. 0. Platt, Horace A. Hutchins
H. S. Ford.
TROLLEY LINES BOUGHT.
| ashvilie System Now In Control of
: Frank Baltimore S. Hambleton Capitalists. and others of
Baltimore, associated with local capi¬
havo secured control of the
Street Railway Company and
the Cumberland Electric Light and
-ower Company.
It is their intention to consolidate
ie two, thereby consummating one of
ie biggest deals manipulated in the
ennessee capital for years.
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A1AYOR HARRISON’S VOTE.
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lie Consolidation Shows Plurality of
40,073 Over Opponents.
A Chicago dispatch says: The elec
‘ on commissioners have completed the
Ticial count of the ballots cast at last
uosday’s mayorality election. Har
sou received a total of 148,412 votes,
arter 107,439 and Altgeld 47,162.
arrison’s plurality, 40,973.
STATESBORO. GA.. THURSDAY, APRIL 13. 1899.
ENGLAND TO BLAME.
So Declare Germans In Regard to the
Samoan Row.
The German Democrat, published
in San Francisco has received a letter
from one of the chief German officials
at Samoa, which is interesting as giv¬
ing the German views of the complica¬
tions at Apia.
The correspondent writes that with
all the shooting that has been done
not a single Mataafan bad been killed
or wounded and that the Mataafans and
Germans have apparently no respect
for the fighting ability of the American
and British sailors.
The Mataafans are anxious for the
^ fotcM come ont nn( , flght iu
tive implements of war, will have a
chance against the modern weapons
used by the Americans.
The writer says that Admiral Kautz
gave no warning of the bombardment,
and that when it commenced he
thought a salute had been fired.
According to the correspondent,
British Consul Maxse is greatly
blamed for the trouble and there seems
to be au inclination among the Ger¬
mans to hold the British responsible
for the war instead of the Americans.
The German commander of the
Falke, in addition to receiving on
board the women and children of his
own nationality, extended to Ameri¬
can and English women and children
the hospitality of his ship, which was
greatly crowded. The German cor¬
respondent says that Admiral Kautz
thanked the Germans for their court¬
esy by shelling the German consulate.
The admiral later attributed the firing
on the consulate to poor ammunition.
The writer says that stores are being
openly plundered by the Mataafans
and the English cannot stop it.
On March 24th Mataafa sent word
to Admiral Kautz that he would stop
fighting if the whites would let him
alone. The admiral replied that he
woiaia capture Mataafa and hang him.
The English are very much incensed
against German Consul Rose, and
Captain Sturdee wants to proceed
against him as a spy. According to
the German writer the only cure for
the trouble will be the sending of new
consuls and new commanders, who
will act in harmony.
According to a dispatch from Wash¬
ington the German ambassador, Dr.
Von Holleben, called on Secretary
Hay Monday and went over thi 1
Samoan question quite fully.
The ambassador expressed the
wishes of the German government to
have the commission begin its work at
the earliest possible moment, in or¬
der that the pending difficulties may
be overcome. Tho German positiou,
as made known by the ambassador,
while not a protest, at the same time
questions the course of Admiral Kautz.
There is uo disposition on the part
of the German authorities to repudi¬
ate Herr Rose’s course. The Ivautz
Rose incident, it is said, in the high¬
est quarters, official and diplomatic,
will be quite immaterial in affecting
the settlement under the high com¬
mission.
The British ambassador, Sir Julian
Pauncefote, also conferred with Secre¬
tary Hay on Samoan affairs.
The president has selected Bartlett
Tripp, of South Dakota, formerly
minister to Austria, as the United
States representative on the Samoan
joint commission.
DEATH OF JUSTICE FIELD.
End of a Long and Notable Career as
Chief Justice.
Justice Stephen J. Field, of the
United States supreme court, retired,
died at Washington early Sunday
morning. He had been in rather poor
health for several weeks, but w r as not
confined to bis bed but a little more
than a week prior to the end.
Justice Field’s retirement from the
supreme court bench occurred Decem¬
ber 1, 1897, and Attorney General
McKenna, of California, shortly after¬
wards was nominated to succeed him.
During his incumbency he said he
alone had written 620 opinions which,
with 57 in the circuit court, and 365
in the California suprome court, made
up a total of 1,042 cases deckled by
him in his life. He took issue with
the styling of the court as an aristo¬
cratic feature of a republican govern¬
ment, and said it is the most demo¬
cratic of all.
“It carries,” he wrote, “neither the
purse nor the sword, but it possesses
the power of declaring the law, and in
that is found the safeguard which
keeps the w’hole mighty fabric of gov¬
ernment from rushing to destruction.”
HEROES LAID TO REST.
Bodies of Soldiers Killed In West In¬
dies Buried at Washington.
With full military honors, in the
presence of President McKinley and
his cabinet and a multitude of people,
the bodies of 336 dead heroes who
gave their lives for their country in
Cuba or Porto Rico during the Span
ish-American -war, were consigned to
Their last resting place in Arlington
cemetery in Washington, Thursday
afternoon.
The bodies of the Spanish war dead
were brought to New York last week
by the steamer Crook in order that
they might rest forever in the soil of
their native laud.
In accordance with the directions of
the president, every honor, military
and civil, was shown to the nation’s
heroes. The government departments
*~nd the federal coui’ts were all closed
at noon, and the flags over the gov¬
ernment buildings, the barracks, navy
yards and the forts along the Potomac
were half-masted. The military es¬
cort comprised all the artillery troops
at the Washington barracks, a troop
of cavalry from Fort Myer, a battalion
of marines from the navy yard and the
entire national guard of the District of
Columbia.
Colonel Francis P. Guenther, of the
Fourth artillery, had command of the
troops and charge of the military cere¬
monies. The Cay was perfect. Tne
sun blazed from a cloudless sky and
the scene in the historic cemetery
overlooking the Potomac river and the
white walls of the nation’s capitol was
profoundly impressive. interment
The site selected for the
is one of the most beautiful in the
cemetery. It is in a direct line about
one-half mile south of the old Lee
mansion on the top of the slope toward
the river. Here in parallel lines were
the newly made graves with the flag
draped caskets containing the
of the dead soldiers at their sides.
About the graves were f armed the
tary in imposing array, while in the
group stood the president, the mem¬
bers of his cabinet, and other distin¬
guished functionaries of the govern¬
ment. Back and around these was the
vast concourse of people.
The customary volleys were fired,
taps were sounded and military dirges
were played by the bands. The re¬
ligious services were very simple.
There were no addresses or eulogies.
The iuterment of the bodies began
at the conclusion of the ceremonies
and the departure of the militia.
FATAL BLAZE IN GOTHAM.
Six People Die In New York Fire Whf.e
Many Are Hissing.
Six lives are known to have been
lost in a fire at an early hour in New
York city Thursday, destroying the
five-story dwelling at No. 2 East Sixty
ninth street, the home of Wallace An¬
drews, president of the New York
oteam Heating Company, and the
five-story brown stone house of Alfred
Adams, No. 3 East Sixty-ninth street.
Several persons are still missing and
several firemen were injured while
battling with the flames.
The dead are: Mrs. St. John, Wal¬
lace St. John, her son, seven years
old; four unidentified bodies, found
ou the third floor of the Andrews
house.
The missing are: Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lance Andrews, J. St. John and his |
two young sons; Mary Bolder, *
Flanagan, Ann Marra, Eve Pay
aud Kate Roth, servants.
Tb.o Andrews house is iu the heart
of the district occupied by the homes
of New Yoik’s richest millionaires.
The house on the corner is occupied
by H. O. Armour. The house at No.
4 is occupied by Mr. Rothschild. The
firemen found it impossible to save
the Andrews house and devoted most
of their energies to saving the Armour
and Rothschild properties.
ANOTHER LINCOLN MONUMENT
To Cost a Million Dollars Considered
By Illinois Legislature.
A dispatch from Springfield, Ill • »
says: The house committee on ap¬
propriations has prepared a bill pro¬
viding for the erection of a new Lincoln
monument iu Springfield to cost $1,
000 , 000 .
Of this amount $100,000 is to be
appropriated at once for the commence¬
ment of the work; congress is to be
requested to appropriate $500,000 and
$400,000 is to be raised by a popular
subscription.
The bill was reported to the house
Wednesday night and advanced to
second reading.
GOMEZ WANTS INDEPENDENCE.
Old Man Is Desirous of Ruling Cuba
and the People Thereof.
A Havana dispatch says: The Cuban
military assembly being dead, General
Maximo Gomez will take up his pro¬
gram of solidifying the Cuban people
into a party tbat’shall, without ceas¬
ing, urge the United States to with¬
draw from the island. His purpose is
to make the people seem to have but
one emotion, oue desire—the thought
of independence and of absolute sepa¬
ration from the United States.
General Gomez considers the dis¬
solution of the assembly as his per¬
sonal achievement, aided by the mili¬
tary administration here and counte¬
nanced at Washington. He believes
that he emerges from the controversy
with the assembly stronger than ever
with the better classes.
COMMITTEE ON DISTRIBUTION.
Goruez, Roderiguez and Maso Will
Assist Gen. Brooke.
General Maximo Gomez had a talk
with Governor General Brooke at Ha
vana Saturday, in the course of which
im said that General Mayia Rodriguez
and General Bartolome Maso, former
president of the Cuban republic, would
act as a committee of the army with
him to aid General Brooke in the dis¬
tribution of the $3,000,000 advanced
by the United States for the payment
of the Cuban troops. The governor
general replied that he would be
pleased to have General Rodiguez aiid
Maso to take part, as they were reprt
sentaiives of the Cubans.
TO CONSTRUCT NEW ROAD.
Work Will Begin On Columbia and
Savannah Line This Month.
A special from Raleigh, N. C., says:
In the course of aa interview with-a
leading Southern railway official, he
said the work by the Southern railway
of building its new line from Columbia
to Savannah will begin this month.
The surveys are well under way. The
line will extend to the westward of the
Florida Central and Peninsular rail¬
road and will be a triangle. There
will be no trouble in getting into Sa¬
vannah. There are two lines from Sa¬
vannah to Jacksonville, but if neces¬
sary the Southern will build to Jack¬
sonville.
STREET PREACHERS ARRESTED.
Atlanta Baptist Ministers Protest
Against Mayor’s Action.
The Baptist ministers of Atlanta,
Ga., at their regular Monday morning
meeting of the city pastors, introduced
resolutions condemning the action of
Mayor Woodward in ordering the ar¬
rest of the street preachers Sunday,
declaring the civil authorities have no
right to interfere with religious teach¬
ers and preachers when they do not
interfere with the rigts of others.
LIST OF SPEAKERS
Who Will Be Present At the Chicago
Platform Dinner.
Eugene V. Brewster, of New York,
has announced the list of speakers for
the Chicago platform dinner at the
Grand Central palace April 15th.
The list includes William Jennings
Bryan, Supreme Court Justice William
J. Gaynor, of Brooklyn; Jerome
O’Neill, the labor man; George Fred
Williams,of Massachusetts; Charles A.
Towne aud John F. Crosby.
BRYAN WILL ATTEND
Chicago Platform Jefferson “Dollar’'
Dinner In New York City.
E. V. Brewster, who is managing
the Chicago platform Jefferson dinner
to be given in New York, received the
following telegram from William Jqn
nings Bryan Thursday:
4 ( Lincoln, Neb., April 6, 1809.—
Eugene V. Brewster, Brooklyn, N. Y.:
Will attend dinner April 15th. All
speakers should be supporters of the
Chicago platform. W. J. Buy an. ”
MANY OPERATIVES IDLE.
Strikes In Rode Island Causes Mills to
Close Down.
A dispatch from Providence, R. I.,
says: About 3,000 mill operatives are
idle as the result of many strikes in
this state, and more than 7,000 looms
in the Pawtucket valley, 6,000 of them
in the mills owned by Robert Knight,
are in operation. The latest recruits
to the strikers’ ranks are the employes
of the Natiok mills.
NUMBER 11.
GOMEZ REINSTATED
AS COMMANDER
Cuban Generals Hold Meeting and
Recall the Old Warrior.
WILL NOW ASSIST HIM
Board Appointed To Look After
Distribution of Money.
A special from Havana says: Tko
Cuban generals met Friday at. Maria
uao and officially decided to reinstate
General Maximo Gomez as command¬
er-in-chief.
They also decided to appoint au ex¬
ecutive board of three generals to as¬
sist him in distributing the $3,000,000,
in the details of disarming and in the
organization of the rural police force
in the provinces. He will be officially
notified of their action and a procla¬
mation probably will be issued to the
Cubaus.
General Rafael Portuondo, chair¬
man of the executive committee of the
former military assembly, called on
Governor General Brooke and dis¬
cussed with him the recent actions
of the assembly leading to its dissolu¬
tion. He did not offer the Cuban
muster rolls directly, though it has
been intimated by several former mem¬
bers of the assembly that these are at
the disposition of the military authori¬
ties whenever they are wanted.
The Americans, however, will not
make any request of the assembly's
executive committee.
BIG ATLANTA FiRM. FAILS.
Affairs of O. A. Smith & Co. In Hands ~
of a Receiver.
The largest suit which has yet been
filed in the bankruptcy court at At
lauta, Ga., is that of creditors of the
firm of O. A. Smith & Co. to have the
firm adjudged bankrupts.
Judge Newman has also been ap¬
pealed to by the same creditors to
have a receiver appointed, and he has
issued an order requiring the plain¬
tiffs to give bond in the sum of $20,
000, and appointing T. D. Meador re¬
ceiver under a bond of $10,000.
The liabilities of the firm are said
to approximate $200,000 and it is ex¬
pected that the assets will be very
near the same amount. The firm is
said to have been badly crippled by
the failure of Moody & Brewster last
year.
THIRTEEN ARE DEAD.
Friday’s Holocaust In New York De¬
velops More Victims.
In the fire at New York early Fri¬
day morning, which destroyed the
handsome residence of Wallace C. An¬
drews, at No. 2 East Sixty-seventh
street, twelve persons sleeping in the
house were burned to death.
Firebrands carried by the wind
were blown into an open window in
the home of Albert J. Adams, No. 3
East sixty-ninth street, two blocks
distant, setting fire to the house and
causing the death of a servant. All
of the thirteen bodies have been re
covered.
PRESENT FOR CRUISER.
New Orleans People Have Silver Serv¬
ice For City’s Namesake.
Senator Caffery, Representatives
Meyer aud Daley and citizens of
Louisiana called on Secretary Long at
Washington Friday and requested
that the cruiser New Orleans be sent
to New Orleans, as it is proposed to
present to the ship a silver service
and bell.
The ship is at the navy yard under¬
going repairs, which will be com¬
pleted in five weeks, when the cruiser
will probably be sent to New Orleans
as requested.
FOR COALING STATIONS.
Government Will Establish a Number
In the West Indies.
A special from Washington says:
At the suggestion of Rear Admiral
Bradford, chief of the bureau of equip¬
ment, a comprehensive scheme has
been adopted by the navy under which
coaling stations will be placed at strat¬
egic points in the West Indies, so as
to give the United States control of
the Virgin, Mona and Windward
passages and the approaches to the
Gulf of Mexico.