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THE MORNING NEWS.
J. H. ESTILL, President.
Established 1860. - - Incorporated 1888.
A WRECK AT MACON
savannah passenger train
JUMPS A SWITCH.
one killed; many injured.
I OACHES THROWN FROM TRACK
AND BURNED.
Accident Occurred nt 4 n. to. on
]li 3 h Embankment nii(l Just With
in Macou’a City Limits—Cars Were
Hndely Hurled Down Embank
ment With SleepiuK Passengers.
MakKnge and Express Car, Second
Class Coach and Atlanta Sleeper
Were Ail Burned—The AVreek In
explicable, Said President Egan.
Macon, Ga., Dec. B.—Central of Geor
gia passenger train from Savannah, al
ter crossing the river and entering Ma
con at about 4 o'clock this morning
with about 100 passengers, jumped a
switch on a high embankment. The en
gine and tender parted from the train.
An appalling wreck ensued. The bag
gage and express were thrown over
into a culvert and burned. The second
class coach was throw'n upon its side
and burned. The first-class passenger
fell over the embankment. The Atlan
ta sleeper, filled with passengers,
caught fire and was destroyed. Two
other sleepers were saved. The mem
bers of the Walter Main's circus were
aboard. The only person killed was Ju
lia Boynton, colored, of Columbus, Ga.
The injured were:
Lee Jackson, Lafayette, Ind.; R. S.
Tomlinson, Detroit, Mich.; O. W.
Dowd. Geneva, O.; A. Coleman and
wife, Columbus, Ga.; Emily and Annie
Peri, Chicago; Judge R. B. Kelley,
Anderson, Ala.; James-Freeman, pas
senger agent of the Southern Railway;
F. A. Stafford, mail clerk, Barnesville,
Ga.; Gabriel Mitchel, colored, Atlanta;
S. H. Burke, baggage master, Meldrim,
Ga.; C. S. Johnson, Macon, Ga.; Annie
Goodwin, colored, Athens, Ga.; Harrell
Barnes, colored, Savannah; W. C.
Atlanta; James McDonlad,
Atlanta; Jere Hollis, Macon; Ike
Young, porter; Ida Jones, colored, At
lanta.
The mail was saved, but in a badly
damafced condition.
The train had crossed the bridge and
■was inside the city, it had* decreased
its speed so as to turn on the “Y” and
was going probably not more than ten
or fifteen miles an hour. The siding
into which the wrecked cars ran is the
one used by freight trains, leading up
to the compress and freight yaM. The
embankment where the siding and main
line form a “V” caught the oars as
they left the track, and if It had not
been for the fact that the second
class coach plunged against the edge
of the 30-foot culvert, where the South
ern Railroad’s tracks pass under the
Central, there would have been no fa
talities. Three negroes were thrown
down through the culvert, and the
woman who was instantly killed had
her brains dashed out against the
Southern's tracks. The other woman
fell on her head, and may die. A ne
gro man, who was sitting In the same
section of the car with the women was
thrown into the pile with them, and
the dead woman’s brains were spat
tered on him, but he escaped with a
small Splinter in his leg and the loss
of his hat. The injuries to the other
people were caused by the shock of sud
den stoppage.
A Local Account.
The Macon Telegraph, in Its account
of the w'reck, says:
The train was in charge of Conduc
tor John Beach and Engineer W. R.
Ewing, neither of whom tvas injured.
Engineer Ewing had pulled his train
down to the regulation rate of speed
In crossing the river bridge, and was
running at only about six miles an
hour when the accident occurred, oth
erwise it is highly probable that every
person on the train would have been
killed, as the embankment Is fully 20
feet high at this point.
Immediately after the accident the
Pullman and baggage cars were dis
i overed to be on tire, and as the flames
shot up thd hearts of all who saw them
were chilled, as it was thought that
there were still some passengers in
them.
Eortunately, however, every one had
been gotten out of all the cars by the
train crew and others who came to
their assistance, and as the biasing
embers fell one by one down the em
bankment, it was known that no one
was left to perish In the flames.
The fire department was summoned
mid arrived on the scene as quick as
possible, but could do little good, as
the blazing cars were Inaccessible, and
the cars are still burning. All of the
baggage on the train was destroyed
by fire.
In the first class coach were about
twenty-five theatrical people, belong
ing to the Walter Main show, which
disbanded at Tenniile yesterday.
They were all Injured, several se
rioußly, among the most serious being
the Brazil family, conslr ting of four
men, James Beattie, wife and child,
slight wounds on head and arms. The
band, consisting of about twenty men,
every one of whom was Injured, none
fatally, however.
In the second class coach were sev
eral negroes, local passengers, and
from the debris In the culvert where
the car went down with a crash, the
mangled bodies of two negro women
were taken, while the Injured were
removed from the reach of the flames,
which were eagerly devouring the
splintered coach.
In the baggage car. Baggagemaster
P H. Burke was getting some of his
baggage to the door, and when the
■ rash came he ran to the end of his
•ar to escape being crushed by the
falling trunks. He was only bruised
about the thigh. He rushed to the
rescue of the mail clerk, who was se
riously Injured.
James Freeman, traveling passenger
;, gent.of t|}£ Southern Railway, was
*ent to the hospital seriously hurt.
Mr. Kline (tors to flic Scene,
General Superintendent T. D. Kline
of the Critral left by a special train
Jsatomnalj JUofning ffletojl
for the scene of the tvreck as soon as
the news of it reached him. The ac
cident occurred just beyond the juris
diction of Division Superintendent
Moise, which extends only to the Oc
mulgee river.
President John M. Egan of the Cen
tral kept In close communication with
Mr. Kline and other officials during
the day and received the story of the
wreck from them. He said to a repre
sentative of the Morning News last
night that it was absolutely impossible
to satisfactorily account for the acci
dent. It was not due to the fault of
men, construction or equipment, in so
far as he had been able to learn, but
was simply one of those unfortunate
and inexplicable accidents that some
times befall.
The track was not badly damaged,
Mr. Egan said, and traffic was resumed
after but a short delay.
THE MEXICAN NEWSPAPERS.
Nothing to Fear from Lntted Staten,
Says La Patria—Others Criticise
tile President's Message.
City of Mexico, Dec. 8. —La Patria, a
Liberal newspaper of this city, warns
Mexicans that they may not hope to
look to Europe for help against the
North American aggres.ion so mue.l
talked of by the Clerical party, but
adds:
“We fear nothing from the United
States. That great republic plants it
self on the Monroe doctrine and that
pf peace in this hemisphere. The Unit
ed States offers as a pledge of its sin
cerity the support they gave Mexico
during the war with Napoleon III.”
El Tiempo, Clerical organ, after
waiting several days, utters its opin
ion on President Roosevelt’s message,
which, it says,, is characterized by an
arrogant and vainglorious tone. Roose
velt is a politician, given to talk,
whereas McKinley worked more than
he talked. McKinley was more to
be feared' as a statesman and politi
cian.
El Correo Espanola, an organ of the
resident Spanish colony, praises
Roosevelt’s message as being well writ
ten and full of altruism, optimism and
ambrosia, but for all his fine senti
ments, there is Cuba in servitude to
the United States by reason of the
Platt law embodied in her new consti
tution. It is a badge of Yankee servi
tude.
El Popular, a penny daily, praises
Gen. Diaz’s doctrine as a complement
to the Monroe doctrine rather than its
interpretation.
NOAV IN JAIL WITH POWERS.
Berry Howard Moat Answer for His
Part in Goebel Murder.
Frankfort. Ky.. Dec. B.—Sheriff
Broughton of Bell county, accompan
ied by three deputies, arrived here to
day, having in charge Berry Howard,
of Bell county, who was indicted for
complicity in the murder of William
Goebel, and who has been a fugitive
for more than a year. He turned his
prisoner over to the authorities here,
and Howard was assigned quarters In
the jail with Caleb Powers and James
Howard, the latter a relative, charged
with the same crime. Howard protests
his - innocence and says he became a
fugitive in the mountain section only
because he did not. w'ant to lie in jail.
He will ask for an immediate hearing,
and, if this is denied, that he be re
leased on bond.
Howard represented the counties of
Bell, Harlan, Perry and Leslie In the
General Assembly In 1891-92 and. 1893
as a Democrat, when Goebel reprsent
ed Kenton county.
MAY HAVE BEEN SUICIDE.
Search for Nellie Cropsey Continues
at Elizabeth City.
Elizabeth City, N. C., Dec. S.—The
opinion still prevails here that Nel
lie Cropsey was either abducted or
murdered. The Pasquotank river \yas
dragged to-day more systematically
than ever, but without securing a
trace of the missing girl. The search
for Miss Cropsey will continue without
any abatement of energy. Chief of
Police Dawson returned here to-day
from Norfolk, whither he went to in
vestigate a report that the girl had
been seen in Norfolk and had taken
a steamer there for Baltimore. He
says a young woman answering some
what the description of Miss Cropsey
did leave Norfolk for Baltimore, but
In his opinion she was not Nell Crop
sey. A report reached here to-day from
Wilmington. N. C., that the girl had
been located there, but the report is
not credited here.
TO RE-ELECT ALL OFFICERS.
Atlantn Asks for Next Meeting of
I.nhor Federation,
Scranton, Pa., Dec. B.—At this time
it seems reasonably certain that all of
ficers of the American Federation of
Labor will be re-elected. There is a
movement on foot to increase the num
ber of vice presidents from six to seven
or eight, but it is not likely that this
will be accomplished.
Among the cities that have entered
the campaign for the next place of
meeting are Atlanta. Buffalo, Los An
geles, Milwaukee, New Orleans and
San Francisco. Portland, Ore., wants
the convention in 1905, the year the ex
position Is to be held in that city.
KEARSARGE LEAVES NEW YORK.
North Atlantic Sqnndrnn to Spend
Christmas nt llnxnno.
New York, Dec. B.—The United
States first-class battleship Kear
sarge left port early this afternooon
to Join the North Atlantic squardon.
She was fully bunkered and It is
thought she will proceed direct to Ha
vana. where the other vessels of the
squadron are due to arrive on the 17th
Inst., to remain until the 26th, the pro
gramme of the annual winter cruise
having been changed at the request of
Gen. Wood that the squadron be al
lowed to remain in the port of Havana
for Chrlatmas.
LAV ALL NIGHT IN RAIN.
Toledo Man’s Bad Plight After At
tending Football Game,
Toledo, 0., Dec. B.—Charles W. Bell,
a prominent citizen of this city, suffer
ed a stroke of paralysis last evening at
the conclusion of a football game at
Armory Park, and fell to the ground
helpless. Owing to darkness the Inci
dent was not noticed and he lay where
h* fell all night exposed to the cold
rain. His body was digeevered this
morning and his recovery Is doubtful.
SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY. DEC EMBER 9. 1901.
COCKRANON BOERS
BRITAIN MI ST GIVE REPI BLICS
INDEPENDENCE.
GREAT MEETING AT CHICAGO.
PRESIDENT CALLED I PON TO USE
HIS GOOD OFFICES.
Mr. Cockrnn Insists That Britain
Cannot Snhdne tlie liners and That
Site In Doing Herself Great Harm
by Protracting the Struggle—Her
Interests Lie In Expanding Her,
Trade* and the Cnlted States In
stanced us the Best Evidence of
This Assertion.
Chicago. Dec. 8. —A programme of
protest against British methods in the
South African war was carried out be
fore an Immense audience in the Au
ditorium Theater here to-night. Fol
lowing an eloquent address by W.
Bourke Cockrr u, and earnest speeches
by others, resolutions for the appoint
ment of a committee to bring the sen
timents of the meeting before the
President were adopted.
Although an admission was charged,
the funds being intended to assist the
Boers, and especially their women and
children, standing room was at pre
mium and many were unable to gain
admittance.
The programme opened with the song
“The True Heart,” sung by nineteen
German musical societies of Chicago.
Dr. Hiram W. Thomas, head of the
People’s Church, followed with prayer.
Then followed short addresses by
Judge Theodore Brentano and Judge
Murray F. Tuley, chairman of. the
Chicago branch of the Amierican
Transvaal League, under the auspices
of which the meeting was held.
Mr. Cockran, the orator of the even
ing, was greeted with a tumult of ap
plause. He said In part:
“Many men differ about the invasion
of the South African Republics; all are
agreed'that the restoration of peace is
in the highest degree desirable. There
are but two ways in which the war can
be terminated—either the Boers must
surrender, or the English government
must abandon the attempt to subdue
them. It is quite generally assumed
that the resistance of the Boers can
not be successful, and if this be true
they would not be Justified In contin
uing a struggle which involved fruit
less loss of life and waste of property,
even though the losses inflicted on
their enemy were ten-fold greater than
that they suffered themselves,for blood
shed which is useless Is always inde
fensible. But is it true that the resist
ance of the Boers is hopeless? Since
the fall of Pretoria, it certainly has not
been fruitless; it has been justified by
most important results. Lord Salis
bury’s position that nothing but abso
lute surrender would be considered has
been abandoned and to-day. the burg
hers could secure almost any terms
short of complete and explicit acknowl
edgement of their independence. As
their resistance has not been fruitless,
neither Is their struggle for independ
ence hopeless. On the contrary, if their
resistance be prolonged for a few
months, the abandonment of the strug
gle to subdue them by Great Britain Is
Inevitable.
Britain’s Resources Exhausted.
“This statement is not based on any
special information concerning the war,
but on the conviction that it would be
impossible for the government to se
cure the passage of, many more war
appropriations through the House of
Commons. The last budget was passed
only after immense difficulties. All
sources of taxation have practically
been exhausted and the attempt to af
fect another large war loan would re
sult In such a fall In the price of con
sols as would seriously jeopardize the
British industries. If, then, the Boer
orces can hold the field a little longer,
the attempt to subdue the republics
much be abandoned for lack of means
to pursue it.
“The capacity of the Boers to main
tain the struggle is placed beyond a
doubt by the barbarity of the methods
employed to them. The Eng
lish government cannot avoid support
ing the women and children made
homeless by the destruction of the
farms. With the support of his women
and children imposed upon England,
while his lands have been made deso
late and unproductive, the Boer sol
dier Is free to continue in the field as
long as he can secure by capture
abundant supplies of food and arms
from the English forces. His reputa
tion for humanity and courage make
the English soldiers prefer surrender
ing to facing his rifle.
"Nothing can be clearer than that
the resistance of the burghers cannot
be suppressed, and, therefore, the only
possible way to peace Is the with
drawal of Great Britain from the at
tempt to subjugate the South African
republics. The British government
may prolong the war, but cannot
change Its outcome. Such a result
being consistent with justice, it is in
the interest of everyone to hasten it.
The real interests of England, as well
as of the rest of the world will be
advanced by promoting it.
EnulHiiilis Real Interest.
“the real Interest of the English
people is in extending the dopialn of
English commerce, not In extending
the domain of the English crown. The
growth of English trade with this
country since the establishment of our
Independence has been the greatest
commercial expansion In the world.
Contrast the beneficent results which
have flown from that separation with
the results already borne by the at
tempt to annex forcibly the Transvaal
and the still graver results foreshad
owed by it.
“Disaster to the English people lies
not In the defeat of this enterprise, but
in its success. If the South African
republics were subdued and the last
Boer disarmed, the men and women
now confined In captivity must be re
turned to the soli. To maintain au
thority over these people, resentful,
dissatisfied, accustomed to bearing
arms, would require the maintenance
of a huge army, and such an army
could not be maintained without using
compulsory military service in Oreat
Britain. The establishment of compul
sory military service In England would
be the ruin of the British constitution.
The name of England might remain
to a political division of
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
NEGRO DESERTER KILLED.
Had Been \etive Lender of Fllipi
n—ClinlTee Disapproves of
Death Soatenee l pon Urn. Torres.
Manila, Dec. 8. —Native scouts from
Bengabon, province of Nueva Ecija,
have killed the American negro, David
Fagan, a deserter from the Twenty
fourth (colored) Infantry, who for
more than two years has been leading
Filipinos against the American troops.
The native scouts decapitated their
prisoner. The man's head, however,
was recognized as that of Fagan. They
also secured his commission in the in
surgent army. Fagan had on one of
the fingers the class ring of Lieut.
Frederick W. Alstaetter of the engi
ners, who was captured by Filipinos,
supposedly under the command of Fa
gan himself. Oct. 28. 1900.
A military commission has sentenced
the Filipino Gen. Isidoro Torres to he
hanged, after finding him guilty of or
dering the assassination of Corpl.
Fieldner of the Twelfth Infantry at
Malolos, province of Bulacan, last Oc
tober. The sentence of the commis
sion has been disapproved by Gen.
Chaffee, who finds that the commission
had reasonable— grounds to douht
whether Gen. Torres personally ordered
the assassination of the American sol
dier. Gen. Chaffee thinks that the
high rank held by Gen. Torres in the
Insurgent army would have been suffi
cient to prevent such unmilitary action
on his part.
BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
Wenther Bureau Chief Tells of Suc
cessful Year’s Work.
Washington, Dec. B.—The annual re
port of Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of
the United States Weather Bureau,
says that substantial improvements
have been made during the past year
in the weather bureau system of wire
less telegraphy. Such progress has been
made by the government experimenters
that, with no interference by private
systems, stations can be operated suc
cessfully over at least 150 miles of
coast lines and are now In operation
along the Virginia and North Carolina
coast and soon will be instituted be
tween the Farallone Islands and the
mainland and Tatoosh Island and the
mainland on the Pacific coast.
The report says a systemi of merit
and discipline has been gradually de
veloped in the bureau which not only
conforms to the letter of the civil ser
vice law, but carries its spirit to a
logical conclusion. The system com
pels each employe or official to work
out his own official salvation. The
lines of work pursued in previous years
by the climate and crop service of the
weather bureau ivere continued and
extensions and improvements made
wherever possible. The cotton region
service has been extended Into Okla
homa and the Indian Territory.
The distribution of forecasts by ru
ral free delivery has become decidedly
popular arid there are an eggregate of
nearly' 42,000 families in the farming
districts being supplied with, the latest
weather predictions.
SILVER IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Merchants Refused to Sell Goods to
Oorrrnmout Except for Gold.
Manilafl Dec. B.—The United States
Philippine Commission has passed an
act authorizing the insular purchasing
agent to draw money in gold for the
payment of supplies purchased, as the
merchants refuse to sell goods for Mex
ican silver.
A general feeling of uneasiness pre
vails among the business men of Ma
nila from the unofficial announcement
that, beginning Jan. 1, the United
States Philippine Commission intends
to reduce by the difference in the fall
in the price of silver the present ratio
of two Mexican dollars for one gold
dollar. It is hoped, however, that some
solution of the difficulty may be found
which may obviate this necessity, up.
for Instance, the taxing of each silver
dollar Imported into the Islands by the
difference between Its actual bullion
price and 50 cents In gold, until such
time as the United States Congress
gives authority for the issuance of a
Philippine currency.
CITY PRISONERS ESCAPED.
Ihlrty-nlne Dug Through Brick
Wnit With Pocket Knives.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. B.—Thirty
nine prisoners serving sentences for
minor crimes escaped from the South
Side city jail between 3 and 4 o’clock
this morning by digging through a 16-
inch brick wall with pocket knives. No
guards were in the prison from 12 to 4
o’clock.
Several of the prisoners were shackled,
but after crawling through the hole
they went to a car barn near by and
broke off the iron bands with an ax
found there. The entire police force
of the city, assisted by truty prison
ers, are searching for the escaped men.
Five of them were captured this after
noon.
HAD PRIZE FIGHT ( ON SUNDAY.
Gov. Nusli Did Not Prevent Nlddon
from Knocking Ont Hoy.
Palnesville, 0., Dec. B.—The fight
between Jimmy Hoy and George Sld
dons, which was to have taken place
a week ago, but was prevented by the
sheriff on orders from Gov. Nash, was
brought off early this morning at
Richmond. Hoy was knocked out In
the ninth round. No arrests have
been made, and it is said there will
be none.
OLD MAN GOES UP FOR LIFE.
Tennessee Jnror Fined 6.10 and
Sentenced to Ninety Days in .lull.
Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. B.—R. 13. Bun
dren, a well-to-do farmer, nearly fcO
years of age, was sentenced yesterday
to life imprisonment for the murder of
Attorney John H. Crt>zler last July.
Rumors of tampering with the Jury
led Judge Hicks to investigate. Asa
result. Juror Moore was SSO and sen
tenced to ninety days In Jail for having
a conversation with an outsider.
Porta Hlco Bishopric Declined.
Rochester. N. Y., Dec. B.—Rev. Camp
bell Brown, of West Virginia, who was
a short time ago elected Episcopal
Bishop of Porto Hlco. has declined Die
appointment and will remain in me
kork in West Virginia.
MARX WAS JUSTIFIED
VIRGINIA WHITBCAPPBRS GOT
WHAT THEY DESERVED.
HIS STORY TOLD IN FULL.
ASSAILANTS HAD COME PREFARED
TO DO DIRTY WORK.
Party Ilnii Come With Cowhide and
Tnr and Feathers—Two Shota
Fired Throiiitli the House When
He Opened the Door mid Shot
Dowu Man in Mask—'Then Shot
Companion anil Later Killed
Taylor While He Was Crossing
the Yard—t'oronor'a Jury Deeideil
Shooting Was Jnatitlahle.
New York, Dec. B.—Herbert Marx,
who on Tuesday night last, shot and
killed William Taylor and Willia-m
Heffiin and seriously wounded James
Q. Stiff, at his father's plantation
house, near Oak Gro-. e, Va., reached his
home in Brooklyn, this evening. He left
Oak Grove immediately after his ex
oneration by the coroner's jury.
A. E. Blackmar, of the law firm of
Baldwin and Blackmar, gave out the
following statement of the affair:
"Wednesday morning I received a
telegram asking me to come to Vir
ginia at once and stating that Herbert
Marx was in trouble. I started at once,
accompanied by Herbert's brother,
Ernest. We reached Fredericksburg on
Thursday and found that Herbert had
come up the Rappahannock on a
steamer. We found him on board the
boat and took him to the hotel. After
hearing his story of the shooting we
decided that it was best for him to go
to Washington and call on Representa
tive Jones of his home district and
give him a full account of the matter.
This he did and placed himself In the
care of Mr. Jones.
Fired Bullets Through House.
“Ernest Marx and myself drove to
Oak Grove and called upon the com
monwealth attorney. Col. Robert J.
Washington. After a conference with
Col. Washington we decided to thor
oughly inspect the premises where the
shooting occurred. We found that
Taylor evidently had fired two rifle
shots through the house. One of these
had passed through the window of the
back room on the ground floor and the
other through the second story. When
the first shot was fired Herbert secured
his revolver, threw open the door and
confronted a man wearing a mask. He
called upon lie man to speak and sty
whether the affair was a joke. Re
ceiving no answer, he fired. The man.
who afterwards proved to be Stiff, fell
on the porch. Stiff Is said to have stat
ed that he was shot by his own par
ty, but Herbert says that he shot him.
Hefflin fell next, and after his second
shot Herbert started across the front
yard toward a fence 250 yards away.
After climbing the fence he turned and
saw another man carrying a rifle. Her
bert fired and this man also fell. The
third man afterward proved to be Tay
lor, who apparently had crossed the
yard and climbed the fence on a paral
lel course with Marx.
"Herbert ran half a mile to Grif
fith's. the nearest neighbor. Securing
a lantern, a party hastened back to
the scene of the shooting and found
that Hefflin and Stiff had crawled into
the front! room, where both Jgy on the
floor unconscious. One mysterious fea
ture of the affair was that the lamp,
which has been burning in the back
room, had been removed to the front
room.
Intentions Plainly Slioxx i.
“Marx secured a horse and hurried
away to the home of Dr. Washington,
five miles distant, and soon returned
with the physician. Taylor's body was
not found until an hour later. Upon
searching further about the premises,
a bag of straw, a large bundle of rags
and a bottle of kerosene were found,
together yvith a large braided whip. A
quarter of a mile down the road two
buggies were found, in which were a
ran of tar. a rope twenty feet long and
several rifle cartridges. 4 mail known
as Douglas was found in one of the
buggies. He ran 4iway and, together
with a man known as George Thomp
son, was caught later. Both said that
they knew nothing of the matter, and
that they had been pressed into the
affair ution the assurunce that there
was to be no shooting.
“An examination of Taylor's rifle
showed that the magazine contained
thirteen undischarged cartrtdgea. The
ejector of the rifle was down and a
cartridge was found jammed In the
breech, preventing further use of the
weapon.
Intended to ( linstlse Him.
"Marx remained that night in the
house, in the custody of Mr. Griffith,
who had been deputized as special con-
Next morning an inquest was
held over Taylor’s body. Thompson
testified that he had understood the
party Intended to chastise Marx. He
had been picked up on the road and he
knew nothing else about the matter.
Douglas told a similar story to the
Jury, on which were two relatives of
one of the dead men. Col. Washington
told Marx he could make a statement
to the Jury if he desired, and Marx
did so. A verdict of justifiable shoot
ing was at once returned. Marx was
advised to leave the county. He was
tak'-n to Leestown on the Rappahan
nock and hoarded a boat for Fred
ericksburg. where xve met him.
"On Monday night, the night pre
ceding the shooting, Marx believes the
first attempt was made to enter the
house. He was awakened by an un
known man rasping on one of his win
dows. He opened the window and the
man asked for Information as to the
road to Oak Grove, saying he was a
traveling salesman. Marx told him
how to reach the place, hut the mail
Insisted on being shown. Marx re
fused to come out of the house, how
ever, and a moment afterwards heard
the man in conversation with another
person. This put him on his guard, and
he is fully convinced that the call on
Tuesday night was made by the same
persons.
“Marx deeply deplores the publicity
given the young lady in the case, and
who has since stated that he hud never
offered her an Insult."
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Hint by Unemployed nt L>nns.
Lyons, Dee. 8. —There were riots
here by the unemployed to-day. Sev
eral gendarmes were Injured. The
mounted police cleared the streets.
Thirty arrests were made
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.
New South Wales' Pina to Prevent
Strikes and Regulate Wages.
Sydney, N. S. W„ Dec. B.—By the
passage of the industrial arbitration
bill through the final stages, the gov
ernment has placed a law upon the
statute books, the working of which
will excite interest throughout the
whole world. This bill not only com
pels reference in all disputes between
employers and employes to a compe
tent court with powers to enforce its
orders and award, but makes a strike
or a lockout, before or pending such
reference, a misdemeanor punishable by
a fine or imprisonment.
The court which will pass upon these
disputes is to be presided over by a
judge of the Supreme Court and will
have most extensive powers, including
the power to declare a. standard wage
and to direct that, other things being
equal, an employer shall give prefer
ence to unionist over non-unionist la
borers. There is no appeal from the de
cisions ot' this court
The. arbitration bill passed the Leg
islative Council of New South Wales
Dec. 6.
FOR STARVING RUSSIANS.
(iovernmiMil Issues Statement of its
Relief Work.
(Correspondence of Associated Press.)
St. Petersburg, Nov. 22.—The minis
try of the interior yesterday issued
another statement about the famine.
Five and a half million poods of win
ter grain and three millions of sum
mer grain have been purchased and
forwarded to the needy districts. The
grain purchases are* exceeding 16,000,-
000 poods, for which 10,000,000 roubles
have ben expended. The orlgnal esti
mates of grain to relieve the famine
districts are now found to be exces
sive and they have been eonseuqently
reduced In a number of cases. Condi
tions in Asiatic Russia are still bad
and much relier will be sent there.
Petitions for official proclamation of
famine from Asiatic Russia were re
ceived from twenty-seven districts
and we.re granted in twenty-two.
Private reports which have appeared
in the press from time to time are not
nearly as optimistic as the govern
mental. Hunger and disease have been
reported much more prevalent than
the ministry of the Interior admits.
A BRITISH VIEW OF TREATY.
The Time* Ignores the Point Malle
I>> Mr. Baeou.
London. Dec. 9.—The Times, In an
editorial on the Hay-Pauncefote canal
treaty, says It is hard to see how Great
Britain could concede more without
pretending to give what she did not
possess, namely, the rights and Inci
dents of territorial sovereignty.
“That fact, however," says the
Times, “would not weaken the objec
tions of those senators anxious to op
pose anything making for good rela
tions with Great Britain, As Presi
dent Roosevelt and public opinion both
seem to favor this treaty, we venture
to hope that It will surmount the
threatened obstruction."
MIST SUBSCRIBE AT PAR.
France Take* No Clinnces With Her
New Chinese Loan.
Paris, Dec. 9.—The Journal Official
publishes a decree to-day that sub
scriptions to the new loan will be at
par, and that payments will be made in
four instalments between Dec. 21 and
May 31.
The new loan Is to be In 3 per cent,
perpetual rentes, to reimburse the
French treasury for its outlay as a
result of the Chinese expedition, and
to pay indemnities to sufferers In con
nection with the expedition. The loan
amounts to 265,000,000 francs.
ql KEN’S HOTEL BURNED.
Disllnanlslicd Guests Have Narrow
Escape at .Xnatlisea.
London. Dec, B.—The Queen’s Hotel
at Southsea was completely gutted by
fire to-day. The guests escaped, but
two chambermaids were suffocated.
The Queen’s Hotel wan a fashionable
resort. Among those rescued from
the building were the Rev. Thomas
Telgnmouth Khore, canon of Worcester
and ehplain-ln-ordinary to King Ed
ward, and his wife; Maj. Gen. Francis
W. Collin and Col. and Mrs. Charles
E. Stewart, retired, and Col. and Mrs.
Ruxton.
Scenes of terror attended the burn
ing of the hotel.
MAJ. VAN TKTS’ FATE UNKNOWN.
No Information Obtained In Ofilelnl
Circles.
Amsterdam, Dec. 9.—lt Is Impossible
to obtain confirmation of the reported
death of Maj. Van Tets, ulde to Queen
Wilhelmina, who is said to have fought
and been wounded in a duel with
Prince Henry, the Queen's consort. The
Amsterdam Telegraaf asserts that Maj.
Van Tets passed a quiet night lust
night, and that Prof. Narath has per
formed an operation upon him and Is
satisfied with his patient’s condition.
At the hospital In Utrecht, however,
and In official circles, no information
on this matter Is obtainable.
TO DISTRIBUTE THE REFUGEES.
Hollo ml May Demand That Heron
v
centra*loes Be Given Her.
London, Dec. B.—lt Is reported that
when Parliament reassembles the Brit
ish government will bring forward a
new proposal In regard to the recon
centration camps In South Africa. It
Is believed that this proposal will sug
gest the distribution of the refugees in
the settled districts.
According to a dispatch from Brus
sels to the Standard, Holland has ask
ed the Powers to support her in a de
mand that the people In these camps
be brought to Holland.
TO DO AWAY WITH DUELING.
People of Austro-Hnnanry Protest
Attains! Barbarous Practice.
London, Dec. 9.—A dispatch to the
Times from Vienna declares that as a
result of the recent appeal to the pub
lic to take the matter In hand, duelling
In Austria-Hungary Is doomed. This
protest was signed by Influential peo
ple, as well as by those of lower grades.
All Austrian society was represented
by It. A similar movement Is on foot It?
Hungary i
DAILY. $8 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TTMES-A-WKEK.SI A YEAR
WILL RATIFY TREATY
SENATE WILL TAKE THE MATTER
I P THIS WEEK.
TO LET RECIPROCITY REST.
REPUBLICANS ARE NOT SO EAGER
ON THIS SCORE.
Senators Raron anil Money Are Ex
peeteil to Renew 'l'helr CritfcisniM
of the Treaty lint a Determined
Option!! ion In Not Expected.
Southern Senators Arc Dcairoud
ot Seeing the Canal Halit—Re
piilillcniin Are Not Agrrcd on lire.
Iproelty Measures, and Nothing of
Importance May He Done.
Washington. Dec. 8. —The only meas
ure of importance which the Senate
has on Its calendar for the present
week Is the niew Hay-Haurueefota
treaty making provision for the ab
rogation of the Clayton-Bulvver treaty
and opening the way for the unob
structed construction of an Isthmian
canal by the Cnlted States. Acting
lor the Committee on Foreign Rela
tions Senator Lodge will ask the Sen
ate to go into executive session to
morrow for the consideration of the
treaty and each day thereafter until
the convention is disposed of.
It can be said that at this time the
prospect is very strong that the treaty
will be ratified, and it now looks as
If this result would be secured after
comparatively little delay. There will
be some debate and some features of
the document will be criticised as un
desirable, but there is no probability
of captious opposition. The criticism
will be along the lint* Indicated by
Senators Bacon and Money in tho
Committee on Foreign Relations at;
its meeting on Friday, last. No sen
ator thus far, however, has shown a
disposition to carry his objections to
the point of ultimate effort to defeat
ratification. The principal authors of
the criticism, of the treaty are South
ern senators, who are generally very
anxious for the construction of the ca
nal. They find that all canal legisla
tion will be tied up until action can be
secured on the treuty. and they are, on
this account, less liable than they
otherwise "would be to do anything to
delay action upon the treaty itself.
The most active friends of the treaty
now claim that ratification will be se
cured during the present week, and
the opinion is very general that rati
fication will be obtained before the
Christmas holidays.
Beyond the consideration of the
treaty little business will be undertak
en before the holidays. It is now gen
erally agreed that the question of re
ciprocity will go over until January,
probably without so much as being
mentioned, and it may be added that
from being for a time the subject most
likely to attract early attention. It has
taken a position among the matters
which will not be vigorously urged.
When the reciprocity treaties do come
up for consideration there will be per
sistent opposition to the agreement
with France and to that with Great
Britain covering the West Indies. There
Is not so much feeling over the conven
tions with the Mouth African republics.
The present outlook is also against any
immediate action in the Senate looking
to tariff legislation for the Philippines,
and there are some indications that
the Senate will await upon the House
of Representatives In this matter.
Probably the Chinese exclusion act
will be reported from committee dur
ing the week.
The nomination of Attorney General
Knox will be reported at the first ex
ecutive session, but immediate con
firmation probably will be antagonized
by some senators.
THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF.
Republicans I mlcclilcil ns to Proper
Steps to Take,
Washington, Dec. 8. —The House will
probably pas assmeasure this week
to meet the situation created by the
Philippine decision of the Supreme
Court last Monday. Up to the pres
ent time, however, the Republican
members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee have not decided upon the
character of the measure which will
be reported. A difference of opinion
exists its to whether there should be
a temporary enactment of the Dlngley
rates on goods entering the United
States from the Philippines, or wheth
er a permanent scheme of tariff legis
lation for the islands should be pre
pared. It is understood that Mr.
Payne, chairman of the committee,
and Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania fa
vor the latter course. The Republi
can members of the committee will
meet again to-morrow. Of course, it
it is decided to enact a temporary
measure the procedure will be exceed
ingly simple and It probably can be
pased In a day. If on the other
hand an entire scheme of tariff legis
lation is to be enacted more time will
be consumed, both in the preparation
and passage of the measure.
METHODIST MINISTER KILLED.
Slit by Alabama Magistrate Who
Had Hern Expelled from Church.
Brookslde. Ala.. Dec. B.—Rev. J. W.
Bradford. Methodist minister at this
place, was shot and killed this evening
by B. D. Coffman, Justice of the peace.
Coffman was standing in Bradford's
doorway, it Is said, and fired two
shots, both taking effect In the head.
There were no wltneses to the trag
edy. Oofftnun was once a member of
Rev. Mr. Bradford’s church, but had
been expelled, It is said, Rnd for this
reason there is alleged to have been
bitter feeling. Coffman surrenderd.
To Prosecute Irish Leaders.
London, Dec. B.—The government has
decided to prosecute Conor O'Kelly, M.
P„ and chairman of the Mayo county
council, and several officials of the
county Mayo under the crimes act for
holding meetings and delivering inti
midating speeches In defiance of the
orders of the police.
To Build Cruiser for Turkey.
Constantinople, Dec. B.—The Cramp
Shipbuilding Company ha* notified the
Porte that It Is ready to commence
building a cruiser tor the Turkish gov
ernment and ha* asked the government
to send officer* to supervise the ves
sel's construction