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THE MORNING NEWS.
J. H. ESTILL, President.
Established 1850. - - Incorporated 188S.
IN A FIERCE FIGHT
OFFICERS OF THE LAW JOIN WITH
RIOTING MINERS.
THREE MINERS WERE KILLED.
MANY OTHERS OF BOTH SIDES
WERE WOUNDED.
Battle Occurred In Ralriich Coanty.
W. Va.—Sheriff Cook and Deputy
U. S. Marshal Cunningham Led
the Attacking Po*e— Surprised
the Rioters and Demanded Their
Surrender Reply Was a Shot
Thnt Opened the Battle Officers
Won and Took Many Prisoners.
Charleston. Kanawha County, W.
Va., Feb. 25. —At Stanniford City, Ra
leigh county, a terrible battle took
place at dawn to-day, between the joint
posses of Deputy United States Marshal
Cunningham and Sheriff Cook on one
side, and rioting miners on the other,
as a result of which three miners were
killed, two others mortally wounded
and a number of others on both sides
more or less seriously hurt.
The dead: Dick Taylor, Dob
son, and an unknown miner.
Mortally wounded: John Heiser, Ir
win Lawson.
The trouble grew out of the attempt
to arrest thirty-four miners for the vio
lation of the blanket injunction issued
by Federal Judge Keller last August.
Deputy Marshal D. W. Cunningham
went last Saturday to Atkinsville, a
mining town in Raleigh county, to ar
rest men charged with violating the in
junction. He was surrounded by a
large party of miners, armed with Win
chester rifles, who ordered him to leave
the place, an order which he quickly
obeyed.
Sheriff Cook at this time attempted to
make some arrests under process issued
by the state court, and was treated in
a like manner.
Secured Strong Reinforcements.
Cunningham returned to this city and
reported to the marshal and district
attorney that he could do nothing with
out a large force, and then only at im
minent risk of precipitating a bloody
conflict. He was instructed to return
with men sufficient to serve the pro
cess given him, and to do it at all haz
ards.
Before Cunningham returned to At
kinsville, however. Marshal John K.
Thofnpflorr-'and S. C. Burdett, attorney
for the United Mine Workers, went to
the scene, spending most of Sunday
and Monday there. They found every
thing quiet, the rioters having with
drawn from the immediate neighbor
hood and crossed New River.going into
camp 300 strong near the Big Q mine
on the north side. Thompson and
Burdett came home Tuesday morning,
and Cunningham and a strong posse
went from here to make the arrest.
When Atkinsville was reached, the
federal forces were joined by Sheriff
Cook and , his posse, the coal com
panies near by furnished some guards
and the sheriff and deputy found them
selves in command of about 100 well
armed and determined men.
Surprised the Miners.
The rioters had crossed the river on
Tuesday, and were parading down be
fore the various coal works from 150
to 200 men, armed with Winchester
rifles. They intimidated miners at
work, drove away the guards of the
mines and even went so far as to dis
arm the guard and force him to march
at the head of their procession. Em
boldened by their success, they at
tempted to burn down a bridge of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad over
Piney Gulch, and threatened the de
struction of other property. Last night
they went into camp near Stanniford
City.
About daylight to-day the officers
and their combined posses surprised
the rioters in their camp and called on
them to surrender. The reply was a
shot. This was answered by a shot,
and immediately a furious battle was
raging. When it ceased, three of the
rioters lay dead and many others were
found to be wounded, two of them fa
tally.
Trial of the Prinoner*.
Seventy-three arrests were made, ten
tailing to the shaie of Deputy Cun
ningham and sixty-three to Sheriff
1 'ook. All the prisoners \ver taken to
the county seat of Raleigh
county, where the United States pris
oners were given a preliminary hear
ing by Commissioner Dunn and held
for appearance here. They will be
brought here on an early morning
train.
The federal authorities will try to
get the state to give up the sixty
three so that they may be tried in the
federal court, but it is doubtful if it
will be done, as the state court will
meet on Monday, and it is thought
they probably can be tried more ex
peditiously there.
S. C. Burdette, attorney for the
Mine Workers of America, went to
Beckley this afternoon to attend the
case of the miners. The injunction
which the miners were charged with
violating was the blanket writ of
Judge Keller in the suit of the Ches
apeake and Ohio Coal Agency Com
pany. The defendants in the case
were all the coal companies operating
in the New River field, fifteen mem
bers of the Mine Workers of America
by name. Including President Mitchell
and Secretary Wilson and all other
persons whatsoever, Who aided and
abetted them. The injunction covered
almost every foot of ground in the coal
mining region of New River.
Fresh Trouble is Feared.
While all the mines in the Ka
nawha and New River sections have
been worked for some months, the
strike has not been officially declared
off, and its embers have been smould
ering in the New River gorge,
threatening to break into flames in the
spring.
The locality In which to-day’s trag
edy occurred is one in which the
mines have hut recently been opened
up, and the small towns are Ailed with
the most desperate men that have ever
come Into the state.
Advices from the acene of conflict to
night are to the effect that all Is qtfiet
now. but fears are entertained that
trouble will break out afresh at any
moment, and the conflict of to-day Is
thought to ba the forerunner of many
n*or u com* in the near future.
JEofniit®
FRAUDULENT BONDS
AS COLLATERAL.
Jury Couldn't Agree on l.ndenhnrg,
Tlml inn nil & Co.’s Suit.
New York, Feb. 25.—The suit
brought by Lader.burg, Thalmann &
Cos., against the Importers and Trad
ers’ National Bank for the recovery of
losses sustained on spurious bonds
which the bank had returned to a de
positor, who had secured a loan on
them, terminated to-night in a dis
agreement of the jury, which had lis
tened to the case for a week in Part
X of the Supreme Court, and a final
dismissal of the case by Justice Du
gro. The jury was out six hours, and
was said to have stood eleven to one
in favor of the defendants.
The case is one of the most inter
esting of its kind that has come up
in the Supreme Court in years. In ISB2
the state of Virginia ordered $3,000,000
worth of bonds from engravers in this
city, and upon the receipt of them it
was discovered that they were badly
printed and they were rejected. They
were returned by the Virginia govern
ment to the engravers.
The engravers, it was said, refused
lo pay the expressage, and they were
sold at auction by the express com
pany. There were 431 bonds, and the
Virginia authorities were never able to
get hold of alt of them to destroy
them. To the bonds obtained at that
auction were forged the signatures of
the Virginia state officials.
In September, 1899, Julius Schroeder
obtained a loan of $35,900 from the Im
porters and Traders' National Bank on
$50,000 worth of Virginia bonds. He
stated, it is alleged, that he obtained
them by investment. Last October he
presented $45,000 worth of the same
bonds, and asked a loan of $31,500 on
them. This lot he said he inherited.
The contradictory statements of
Schroeder as to how he came to get
hold of the bonds resulted in the bank
making an investigation. They discov
ered that there was in existence an is
sue of Virginia bonds that was worth
less. They sent a number of bonds to
a bank in Richmond, and were inform
ed that they were fraudulent. The
bank refused to make a further loan to
Schroeder, and politely told him he
would have to make good for the oth
ers. This he did.
A short time afterward Schroeder,
after getting the bonds back from the
bank, took them to Ladenberg, Thal
mann & Cos., and got a loan of $40,000
qn them. When the bankers learned
that they were worthless and made the
discovery that the Importers and Trad
ers’ National Rank had them and let
them back into circulation, they
brought suit against the bank to re
cover theif losses.
ANARCHISTS WILL
MEET AT PARIS.
Report Thnt Crovrnel Hendn of Go
rope nre Threatened.
New Yprk. Feb. 25.—The Evening
Telegram to-day prints a story to the
effect that anarchists from all over the
world are about to meet in a secret
convention at Paris to devise plans
that may radically affect the crowned
heads of Europe.
All preparations for the convention
were carefully guarded, but the plans
became known through the boastful
talk of a youthful delegate to the con
vention from this city. , This man, an
Italian known as “Angelo,” and “Ru
dolph,” gave up his place on Saturday,
declaring that he had been selected as
one of five delegates from the United
States to the convention.
The man was arrested to-day by the
police. He said his right name is
Frank Hertzel, and while denying that
he was one of the men selected to go
to the Paris convention, said he knew
four men who were going. He refused
to give their names.
PEOPLE TERRIFIED
BY THE VOLCANO.
Fly for Refnae from the Grnption of
Colim n.
City of Mexico, Peb. 25. —News from
the region surrounding the volcano of
Colima continues alarming. The peo
ple, terrified by the belching flames
and pouring lava, are seeking refuge
in distant towns and villages.
The city of Tuxpam, in the state of
Jalosco, continues under a heavy
cloud of smoke. The volcano is alight
with flames. The new eruption yes
terday afternoon has increased the
general fear.
An American, who slept near the
volcano on the night of the eruption,
was awakned by a tremendous explo
sion and saw the mountain ejecting
flames to an enorrrjous height. He
waited until morning, enjoying the
magnificent spectacle, and then deem
ed it pfudent to leave the vicinity.
There is not much alarm in the city
of Colima, but fears are felt for the
farmers in the neighborhod of the vol
cano.
POLICE AND SOLDIERS
ROW AT PENSACOLA.
Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 25. —For a long
time bad feeling has existed between
the soldiers and the police here.
This morning shortly after midnight
Officer Fendebilla went into a dance
hall in the Tenderloin district and ar
rested a disorderly soldier. As he was
passing out his club was snatched
from him by a soldier, who struck him
in the face. The policeman knocked
him down, and with the assistance of
another policeman placed him under
arrest and placed them in the patrol
wagon.
About fifty soldiers who had congre
gated made a rush for the wagon and
attempted to release their comrades.
The policemen drew their revolvers
and fired into the mob, but without
hitting anyone. The arrival of a num
ber of officers from the barracks pro
vented further trouble.
Ti \.\m.i,i;n out of jail.
Was nn Fan; Tliimt for Prisoners at
Appling.
Appling, Ga„ Feb. 25. —Four prison
ers confined in the county jail here
made their escape from prison yester
day afternoon by tearing up a portion
of the Jail floor and tunneling a path
to the edge of the building. A pile of
sand and dirt found under the Jail
steps showed that the men had been
working for some time to effect their
escape.
A note left to the jailer stated that
the men had been working on the tun
nel since Feb. 10, and declaring that
ail efforts |o effect their recapture
would be futile.
SAVANNAH. GA.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2G. 1003.
HE IS A BLUEBEARD
THAT IS WHAT THE POLICE THINK
OF KNAPP.
FROM HOME OF HIS BRIDE
HE IS TAKEN ON A CHARGE OF
MURDER.
Knapp. It Is Said. Has Had Four
Wives—Three Disappeared in n
Manner to Warrant Investigation.
He is Suspected of Having Made
Way Witli Them ls Thought to
Have Removed the Body of One
in n Bos—Another Was Found
Dead In a Canal.
Indianapolis, Feb. 25. —Albert A.
Knapp, formerly of Hamilton, 0., was
taken by the police to-day from the
home of his bride on a charge of mur
der. The police say that the wife, at
whose home Knapp was arrested, and
whose maiden name was Anna May
Gamble, is Knapp's fourth wife, and
that the others have disappeared In a
manner which warrants investigation.
Knapp, it is said, married the follow
ing women, in the order given: Emma
Stubbs, Jennie Connors, Hannah God
dard and Anna May Gamble.
He formerly lived in Hamilton, 0.,
where Miss Connors, and later Miss
Goddard, were married to him. Miss
Goddard, according to a complaint
made to the police at Hamilton by an
uncle, disappeared Dec. 22, last. A
few days later Knapp was married to
Miss Gamble in Indianapolis.
An investigation at Hamilton showed
that Miss Goddard, or Mrs. Knapp No.
3, really disappeared Dec. 21, and that
the following day Knapp was seen to
take from the house a large box and
carry it away in a wagon rented from
a livery stable.
Further investigation showed that
Jennie Connors, wife No. 2, was found
dead a few years ago in a canal at
Hamilton. The coroner investigated at
the time, but arrived at no definite con
clusion regarding the manner of her
death.
When asked to-day about the dis
appearance of Miss Goddard, Knapp
said she had simply gone away; he
did not know where. He said the box
he took from the house contained other
clothes, which he threw away two
miles from the city.
Knapp, the police say, once served
a term of eight years in prison.
KNAPP CONFESSES.
Hamilton, 0., Feb. 25.—Albert
Knapp, who was arrested in Indianap
olis to-day and brought to this city on
suspicion of having killed his wife,
Hannah Goddard Knapp, last Decem
ber, has confessed.
When it became known that Knapp
had confessed there was talk of mob
violence, and the authorities prepared
to resist any attack on the city jail.
There is quite a crowd about the Jail,
but the authorities think they will
have no trouble to-night. Knapp ad
mitted this afternoon to Director of
Police Mason, Capt. Lenhan and
Mayor Bosch that he choked his wife
to death on the morning of Dec. 22. but
says that he does not know why he
did it.
He says he then came to town, hired
a spring wagon, secured a wooden box
and drove back home. He stuffed the
body into the box, being obliged to
double it to get the lid down. He then
drove to the Miami river and dumped
the box containing the body into the
water and drove back to town.
INGALLS FORMAYOR
OF CINCINNATI.
It Is Said Tills Sturts a Presidential
Room for Him.
Cincinnati, Feb. 25.—Considerable
stir was occasioned here to-night by M.
E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four
Railway system, signifying to a com
mittee of twenty-six citizens his ac
ceptance of the Democratic nomination
for Mayor of Cincinnati.
While he will head the regular Dem
ocratic city ticket, he has been request
ed to accept the nomination by citizens,
regardless of party, and his acceptance
Is generally recognized as meaning an
unusually hot campaign in this city for
the next month. The independent Re
publicans state that they will not ask
for fusion or a citizens’ ticket if Mr.
Ingalls will lead the Democratic ticket.
It is intimated that the candidacy of
Mr. Ingalls for Mayor will be fol
lowed by his candidacy for
the governorship this year, and possi
bly for the presidency next year, and
that the movement is very significant,
following conferences that have been
held in Washington and elsewhere.
HAS THE EAST COAST.
Southern Official Says His Rond
Bought It.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 25.—A Southern
Railway official inadvertently let drop
the statement to-day that his road
had purchased the Florida East Coast
from Jacksonville to Miami. He would
not be quoted.
ROBERTS LEASES WESLEYAN.
Macon, Feb. 25. —Dr. J. W. Roberts
has notified the trustees of Wesleyan
that after this term he will resign the
presidency of the college. He says he
has accomplished all he undertook five
years ago, and leaves the college In
splendid condition.
Gold l<> Mouth America.
New York. Feb. 25.—A shipment of
$50,000 American gold will be made to
Buenos Ayres, South America, to-mor
row by New York banks. The trans
action is reported to be a special one.
and has been under negotiation for al
most a week. The gold la reported to
have been taken from the sub-treasury.
This Is the first shipment of gold to
South America In some weeks. There
are reports of further shipments, but no
confirmation is yet obtainable now.
'FRISCO IN SOME DEAL.
AVhnt Interest* Will Get It Not Yet
Known.
New York, Feb. 25.—Numerous
rumors are afloat in Wall street con
cerning the St. Louis and San Fran
cisco Railroad, including one of com
petitive buying for control of Morgan
interests; another that the Seaboard
Air Line is buying the stock, and a
third that Rock Island interests are
alter the property.
Official confirmation is lacking in
every ease, hut conservative opinion
leans towards the theory that J. P.
Morgan &. Cos., will ultimately be
found in control, in which event it is
believed the property will be turned
over to the Southern Railway. There
is practically nothing to show that the
Seaboard Air Line interests are after
:he property.
Statements that Mr. Morgan already
dominates 'Frisco are denied in trust
worthy circles. In fact, it is understood
that the St. Louis Union Trust Com
pany party holds the balance of pow
■:? the stock being "trusteed'' with
that of President Yoakum and his as
sociates.
President Yoakum has been a regu
lar visitor at the Morgan banking
house for weeks past and has held
numerous conferences there with
George W. Perkins, Mr. Morgan's
partner. Some announcement concern
ing 'Frisco is expected in the near
future.
In the last hour of the stock market
a report was spread on the exchange
that Morgan & Cos. had purchased
control of St. Louis and San Fran
cisco for the Rock Island company.
It was declared that control had been
acquired through the purchase of a
large amount of common stock. Ac
cording to these same reports, the
price paid for the stock was 93, 20 per
cent, in cash, the balance in notes ex
tending from six to eighteen months.
President Yoakum, when seen at the
office of Morgan & Cos., refused to con
firm nor deny the report. Mr. Perkins
of the Morgan firm, with whom Mr.
Yoakum had been in conference, was
no more communicative.
Dispatches from New Orleans, stat
ing that the 'Frisco road had bought
the .New Orleans belt line, could not
be confirmed.
COFFINS; NO CORPSES.
Negro Gbonl* Worked Gruesome
Trick* Shrewdly.
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 25. —The
County i Court's Investigating Com
mittee to-day resumed its work of
examining graves in the county pau
per cemettory. Twenty-eight coffins
were exhumed, and of these twenty
were found to give no evidence of
ever having contained human bodies.
The coffins were buried in 1901. It is
announced that every coffin buried
within the past six years will be ex
humed.
It is expected that evidence will he
secured to prove or disprove alleged
grave robbing for medical college pur
poses.
Jim Goins, the negro charged with
having conducted “fake” burials dur
ing the past few months for the pur
pose of securing payment for the same
from the county treasury, was tried
and bound over. He swore on the
stand that he had taken coffins to the
county cemetery, knowing there was
nothing in them. W. C. McCoy, the
undertaker employing Goins, disclaims
responsibility for Goins' actions, and
also denies ever having had knowledge
of the committing of frauds.
Asa result of to-day’s investigation
179 more graves were opened,’ and of
this number only sixty-four contained
bodies. This makes a total of 279
graves opened in which 77 bodies have
been found.
FIRE IN BOSTON.
Store of the Comfort Trading Com
pany Destroyed.
Boston, Ga., Feb. 25.—The Comfort
Trading Company’s place of general
merohandise business was discovered
on fire this morning at 2 o’clock. The
fire was so far advanced when discov
ered that nothing from the store could
be saved. The losses are estimated at
$21,000 and insurance at $15,200. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The
store was an old frame building oc
cupied for many years by the late D.
R. Blood. It will now be replaced by
a two-story brick building at once.
HAS TOO GIttS AT POWER.
Turks Object to the Prospective In
spector General.
Constantinople, Feb. 25.—The Aus
tro-Russian proposal for reforms in
Macedonia were considered at a cabi
net council to-day, after which the
Foreign Minister visited the Russian
and Austrian ambassadors, and in
formed them that the Turkish cabi
net objected to the extensive powers
given to the inspector general, and
also objected to some of the financial
proposals. Otherwise, the foreign
minister stated, the scheme had le
ceived the approval of the cabinet
and would shortly be put into opera
tion.
ACTS FOR GERMANY.
Ainerleu’s Representative so In
structed at Faraeas.
Washington, Feb. 25. —Baron von
Sternburg, the German minister here,
called upon Secretary Hay to-day to
request that Mr. Russell, the United
States charge at Caracas be author
ized to care for German Interests at
that capital pending the arrival of
Herr Peldram, the newly appointed
minister to Venezuela, who is now
hastening to his post.
Senator Hay at once assented to the
request and proper instructions were
forwarded to Mr. Russell.
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STATES IN CONVENTION.
Columbia, 3. C„ Feb. 25.—The Tri-
State Medical Society, composed of
physicians and surgeons of the Caro
lina* and Virginia began Its fifth an
nual session here to-day. Gov. Hey
ward welcomed the doctors to South
Carollnu, and Mayor Ear! extended a
welcome on behalf of Columbia. Dr.
Stuart McGuire of Richmond responded
in behalf of the doctors. During the
afternoon many papers were read, and
to-night the doctors are attending a
most elaborate banquet tendered by
Columbia brethren. Dr. J. W. Daniel
oi RtiiMl: is one of the guests,.
CORTELYOU LOST OUT
HOISE COMMUTTEK CUT INTO lIIS
ESTIMATE.
WANTED TO GET $1,700,000.
COMMITTEE THOUGHT *7(i,vKrO
WOULD BE ENOUGH.
Secretary of the New Department of
Commerce and Labor Figured
High—Wanted to Wort, in Kt
,eii*e* Twice—Hia office I* Still
“in Hi* Hut’’—Ha* Desk Hoorn at
the White Hoiihc Valdosta and
Gaincn, llle Get llnck Into the Pub
lic Building* Rill.
By R. M. Lamer.
Washington, Feb. 2a. —Secretary Cor
telyou's estimates for his new Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor were
given something of a black eye by the
sub-committee of the House Appropri
ations Committee, which passed upon
them to-day. Instead of the $1,700,000
for which he asked as a starter for
his new department, the committee de
cided that an appropriation of only
$75,000 would be necessary for the first
year.
This disparity is not so great as it
would appear on the surface, however.
Secretary Cortelyou had made esti
mates for his entire department, and
for a lot of extra work which some of
the bureaus would be called on to do.
The committee went over his figures
and lists of officials and employes and
informed him that, inasmuch as ap
propriations had already been made for
the different bureaus which are to be
transferred to his department, it Is un
necessary to cover the same ground
with other appropriations.
The members of the sub-committee,
of which Col. Livingston is one, took
the position that the extent of the law
;s that these bureaus shall be trans
ferred as they stand, and they could
see no good reason for placing at his
disposition a lot of new officials and
clerks in addition to those already
provided. The $75,000 is considered suf
ficient to cover the new bureau of cor
porations and other incidental ex
penses.
Secretary Cortelyou is still carrying
his office about in his hat. He has
been given office room in the White
House, but this Is little more than
desk room, and is, of course, merely
temporary. In the meantime he is on
the nunt for quarters.
VnldoMtg and Gainesville Win.
In the public, buildings bill, as re
ported this afternoon by the House
committee to the House, the item for
a site at Valdosta is reinstated, as it
was in the original Mercer bill. Gains
ville is also reinstated. The commit
tee non-concurred In the Macon item,
but there Is no doubt of Senator Ba
con’s ability to retain that in the bill
as it finally passes. The Atlanta and
Rome items are unchanged.
The House committee ordered the
bill reported with amendments, which
will make it conform In the more im
portant features to the bill Introduced
in the House. The committee restored
the provisions for sites which were
omitted from the Senate bill,and where
the Senate Increased appropriation for
buildings, the committee substituted
the figures in the House bill.
NEW COMPROMISE
ON STATEHOOD.
Democrats Kelfiise One Proposition
and Offer Another.
Washington, Feb. 25.—The Demo
cratic members of the Senate Commit
tee on Postoffices had another meeting
to-day with representatives of the Re
publican element tn the Senate favor
able to the omnibus statehood bill for
the purpose of discussing the possibil
ity of yet securing a compromise which
may be acceptable to all parties.
The Democratic members of the con
ference assured the Republicans that
the rejection of the settlement pro
posed by the Republican side of the
Senate as a whole is final. They
were then requested to sugegst a basis
of agreement themselves. Replying
that they could speak only for them
selves, the Democrats suggested that
New Mexico and Arizona might be ad
mitted as one state, with the under
standing that Arizona may become a
separate state upon the attainment of
a population of 200,000 wtthin the pres
ent area of that territory, and upon the
vote of the people of that area alone.
Tile Republican conferees promised to
present the suggestion to other Repub
lican senators.
Those present at the conference were
Senators Clay, Dußols and Simmons,
Democrats, and Senators Quay, Fora
ker, Gallinger and Mason, Republicans.
ROCKEFELLER GUEST
OF WASHINGTON.
Tuskegee, Ala., Feb. 25.—John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., and Mrs. Rockefeller,
and W. H. Baldwin, Jr., president of
the Bong Island Railroad, of New
Jersey, spent all of to-day at Tuskegee
as guests of Booker T. Washington.
Mr. Rockefeller and his father are
greatly interested in the Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial Institute located
here. Young Rockefeller was here
two years ago, and on his return to
New York specially interested his fa
ther in the school, who provided a
large dormitory building for boys,
costing $34,000.
This building has Just been com
pleted.
GOING TO PORTO Rico!
Mlns Alice Hooevclt Has Accepted
an Invitation.
San Juan. P. R.. Feb. 26,-Mlss Alice
Roosevelt ha* written In reply tnl an
Invitation from Mia* Eliza pet h Hunt,
daughter of <Jov. Hunt, Raying she will
pay Mia* Hunt a visit here early in
March.
VICTORIA’S PRESENTS
Will he Exhibited at the St. Loul*
E v po* 11 1011.
London, Feb. 25.—King Edward will
send the late Queen Victoria’s price
less collection of jubilee presents for
exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, as his personal contribu
tion towards the success of the expo
sition.
The King personally announced this
decision to-day to D. It. Francis, pres
ident of the St. Louis Exposition, who
accompanied by Ambassador Choate,
was received in audience by His Ma
jesty at Buckingham Palace this morn
ing. King Edward told Mr. Francis that
he had been prompted to take this step
by his keen appreciation of the affec
tion and respect in which the Ameri
can people always held his mother
and as a token of his intimate sym
pathy with American interests.
Mr. Francis, on behalf of the expo
sition, expressed his thanks to King
Edward for the promised exhibit. The
King was very cordial in his reception
of Mr. Francis.
WANTS TO* BUY CANADA.
Renolullon 1n I roil need In the Hnil*e
liy De Arnioml.
Washington, Feb. 26. —Representative
DeArmond- of Missouri to-day intro
duced a concurrent resolution, provid
ing as follow’s:
“That the President be and is here
by requested to learn and advise the
Congress upon what terms, if any,
honorable to both nations, and satis
factory to the inhabitants of the terri
tory primarily affected. Great Britain
would consent to cede to the United
States all or any part of the territory
lying north of and adjoining the Unit
ed States, to be formed, in due time.
Into one or more states and admtlted
Into the Union upon equality with the
other states, the inhabitants thereof In
the meantime to enjoy all the privi
leges and immunities guaranteed by
the federal constitution.”
WILL BE INVESTIGATED.
Anthnrltle* Will took Inin the
Dentil of llnun inn ii.
New York. Feb. 25.—District Attor
ney Jerome said to-day that It had been
decided to investigate the death of
Theodore Hagumun in this city In Sep
tember, 1900, shortly after he had
transferred the bulk of his fortune to
his wife, who is now Mrs. Walter Del
aharre. Relatives of Hagaman are
seeking to secure from Mrs. Delabarre
an accounting of the estate, the value
of which they hold to be about $1,500,-
000.
The decision of the district attorney
was announced after consideration of
information placed before his office by
Coroner Juckson*. The coroner said he
had been moved to action by informa
tion received from sources which he re
fused to divulge.
MORGAN COMING~SOUTH.
Magnate, Hi* Emu II > and Krlrnil*
on the W ay.
New York, Feb. 25.—J. Pierpont Mor
gan, accompanied by several members
of his family and a. party of friends,
left town this afternoon on a South
ern trip, which will probably take
them as far as Cuba. The trip will be
one of recreation, and Mr. Morgan is
expected hack to this city the second
week of March.
One of his partners denies the report
that Mr. Morgan proposes to invest in
the railroad of Cuba.
PLAGUE STILL BUSY.
Minn nf the Lnsnrettn Died of the
Terror.
Mazatlan, Mex., Feb. 25.—Thpre was
one death to-day from the plague at
the lazaretto. The plague at Eloso
appears to have been stamped out.
A refugee named Bustillos, at Villa
Union, has been taken with the plague,
and he and his family have been iso
lated, and the house they Inhabited
burned. Villa Union is a town on the
road between this port and El Ro
sario on the Teplc road.
TO PREVENT PLAGUE
COMING NORTHWARD.
City of Mexico, Feb. 25.—Dr. Edward
Francis of Washington Is here as the
representative of the United States
government to study the plague at
Mazatlan and find means of preventing
the spread of the dtsease northward.
FOUGHfTHEIFf DUEL
OVER GRAVES.
Fordyce, Ark., Feb. 25.—At New
Edenburg to-day while W. D. Atwood,
a prominent merchant, was placing a
tombstone over his child's grave, C. R.
Kilgore, an old man, whoee two Fons
were, killed last year while resisting
arrest at the hands of Atwood and an
other man, both of whom had been
specially deputized, appeared armed
with a pistol and ran Atwood from the
graveyard.
Atwood armed himself with a shot
gun and returned. Kilgore said:
’’That is not fair; you have a gun
and I only have a pistol.”
Atwood ordered him to drop the pis
tol, but Instead of doing so, Kilgore
began firing. Atwood then shot and
killed him.
EXPRESS HEADQUARTERS
WILL NOT MOVE.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 25. —T. W.
Leary, general manager of the South
ern Express Company has definitely
announced that the headquarters of the
company will remain In Chattanooga,
This announcement was made In view
of reports having been tn circulation
that the headquarters would be remov
ed to Atlfinta.
GOVERNORS WILL ATTEND.
St. Louis, Feb. 25.—Replies accepting
the invitations from the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition to attend the ded
ication of that enterprlae on April 30
and May 1 and 2 have been received
from the Governor* of Georgia and Vlr
g lUld.
DAILY. $8 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK,SI A YEAR
TO GET EXTRA PAY
ANOTHER WINDFALL FOR SPANISH
WAR VOLUNTEERS.
GEORGIA SOLDIERS LUCKY.
ARE TO GET MORE MONEY FROM
THE GOVERNMENT.
While ill Washington Gov. Terrell
Fonnd That from *40.000 lo *.V),-
I* to be Distributed Among
the Georgia Hoy* Who Volnn
teereil for the S|>nni*h War—This
Mean* from About *lO Up for
Each Man— Payment Expected
Soon.
Atlanta, Feb. 25.—There is more
money coming to Georgia's soldiers in
the Spanish war. When Gov. Terrell
was in Washington recently, he found
that he could probably get from $40,-
000 to $50,000 more for the Georgia boys
vvho served the country in the war
with Spain, and he is going to get it.
The amount that will be recovered
from the general government for dis
tribution among the Georgians, who
were enlisted for service at that time,
will be a little mpre than two weeks
pay for each private, non-com. and
commissioned officer furnished by this
state.
The amount recovered will be suf
ficient to give each private $lO, and
each commissioned and non-commis
sioned officer will recover an amount
of extra compensation in proportion.
There were more than 3,000 men and
officers enlisted from Georgia.
The matter will be taken up with
the War Department immediately af
ter the adjournment of Congress, and
It is expected that the amount will be
forthcoming within a few weeks there
after.
There is no doubt that Georgia will
get this money for the men she fur
nished during the Spanish War, be
cause payments have already been
made to the troops furnished by other
states on the same grounds. This mon
ey will be paid to the soldiers of the
Spanish war as extra compensation
for services for which they have al
ready been paid, but the government
recognizes the mistake it made and is
willing to "make good.”
In other words the government is
going to pay the soldiers and officer*
who served in the War with Spain
twice for this same service. Though
the government did not pay the men
for the time from which they were ac
cepted until they were mustered In,
Georgia did pay her men for that serv
ice out of the State Treasury, and the
Federal government has since reim
bursed the state for the money so paid.
The same is title in other states, but
Ihe government holds no receipts from
the men for this money, and it ap
pears it has been decided to pay theen
again as “extra compensation.”
Several of the Northern states have
already received this extra compensa
tion for their men. and the indications
are that Georgia will be the first of
the Southern states to get it. Of course
each man win have to prove his claim
to the amount, just as do pensioners,
and it is probable each one will be
called on to produce a certificate of
servic'd from his superior officers.
The men will receive all the way
from $lO for the privates to $25 or S3O.
according to the rate of pay they drew
when in the service. While the indi
vidual amount is not a great deal,
there is no doubt that It ’’will help
some.”
Stiles In Commitnder.
A commission was issued to-day from
the adjutant general’s office to John
Stiles of Brunswick, as commander of
the naval battalion. Commander Stiles
also becomes president of the Naval
Examining Board.
Ron tin Are Invited In.
Betters have been sent to ail of the
railroads entering the city by Presi
dent J. W .English of the Atlanta
Terminal Company, asking them to
come into the new union depot, which
Is soon to he built. It is expected that
all the roads will accept, and that the
state’s depot will become simply a sta
tion for suburban -traffic.
Kxtenalon of the S. A. 1,.
The Seaboard Air Dine has com
pleted the survey of Its proposed line
between Atlanta and Birmingham,
from Cartersvllle to Marietta. This is
the proposed extension of the Bast and
West Railroad, now owned by the Sea
board and running between Carters
ville and Pell City, Ala., a distance of
117 miles. Two charters have already
been sought for new lines from Mari
etta to Atlanta, and it is thought the
Seaboard is interested in one of these.
Sees Turf Eirhanse.
Mrs. Rebecca Saxe has filed suit for
$1,600 against the Suburban Turf Ex
change here, owned by Fred Linelie
and others, for money her son. Harry
Saxe, a young bookkeeper, lost in bet
ting on horse races. The money be
longing to the exchange, which was
deposited in a hotel safe here, has
been attached.
Stevens for Savannah.
Commissioner of Agriculture O. B.
Stevens left for Savannah to-night, cn
business connected with the depart
ment.
Went Wants Presidency.
Hon. William S. West, representa
tive from Lowndes <ounty, was in the
city to-day and stated that he was
most assuredly in the race for the
presidency of the next Senate to stay.
Mr. West will, It is expected, be elect
ed senator from the Sixth without op
position. though he will have to fight
Mr. Steed of Taylor and Mr. Blalock of
Fayette, when he goes in for the pres
idency.
Ire tinkers at Atlanta.
The annual convention of the South
ern Ice Exchange was begun here to
day at the Kimball House, the con
vention being called to order by Presi
dent Hettig of Chattanooga. The dele
gates were given a trolley ride to-day
and a banquet to-night. They will ba
In saaalon until Friday.
Trial of Ihr Florida.
Washington, Feb. 26. —’The trial of
the monitor Florida haa been eet tor
March U.