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THE MORNING NEWS.
J. H. ESTILL, President.
Established 1860. - - Incorporated 1888.
PANAMA TO RATIFY
the canal TREATY- drawn ip at
WASHINGTON.
before treaty arrived
fanama junta decided it
WOULD RATIFY IT.
Agreement to Accept tlie Terms of
the Trenty W Reiiched Inani
monnly- Panama Minister nt
YVaslilMßton Wns Instrncteil to So
Notify This Government—Joy
Throughout the Isthmus Uecnuse
„f the Ratification.
Panama, Nov. 26.—The Junta, com
posed of Jose Argustin Arango, Tomas
Arias and Manuel Espinosa, 'held a
meeting at 10 o’clock this morning, all
the ministers of state and councilors
being present, and unanimously decid
ed to ratify the canal treaty as soon
as it is received here and authorize
Minister Bunau-Varilla officially to
communicate the junta’s decision to
the United States government.
The decision of the junta was re
ceived with great joy throughout the
isthmus, without distinction of parties
or classes.
Rear Admirals Walker and Glass
have been informed of the action taken
by the junta,
Yiirilln I* Notified.
Washington, Nov. 26. —Official con
firmation of the determination of the
Panama junta to ratify the Hay-Bu
nau-Varilla Panama canal treaty, as
told in the Associated Press dispatches,
was received by M. Varilla to-day. The
State Department being closed to-day,
M. Varilla communicated the news In
formally to Mr. Loomis, who is act
ing secretary in the absence of Mr.
Hay. The minister’s dispatch is as
follows:
"Panama, Nov. 26.—Varilla, Minister
Plenipotentiary of the Republic of
Panama, Washington:
“In view of the approbation given
by Delegates Amador and Boyd to the
Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty, you are au
thorized to notify officially the govern
ment of the United States, that as soon
as the document is received by the
junta of the Republic of Panama, it
will be ratified and signed.
(Signed.) “J. A. Arango.
‘‘Tomas Arias.
“Manuel Aspinosa.”
"Countersigned by Minister of Foreign
Relations,
“De La Espriella.”
Minister Varilla calls special atten
tion to the fact that the message re
ceived by him is signed, not only by
the members of the junta, but also by
the minister of foreign relations, which
lie says gives the communication the
character of a formal decree of the
government.
Dr. Herran, the Colombian charge,
to-night received a dispatch from Gen.
Reyes, the Colombian peace commis
sioner, who left New Orleans to-night,
saying he would reach Washington
early Saturday morning.
REYES AND HIS PARTY
GO TO WASHINGTON.
Colombian Reaches New Orleans
and Talks of His Mission.
New Orleans, Nov. 26.—Gen. Ruiz
Keyes, representing the government of
Colombia, who is on his way to Wash
ington to intercede in behalf of his
government in regard to the recog
nition of the republic of Panama, ar
rived here to-day on the steamer
Beverly.
Den. Reyes was accompanied by Gen.
Peclio Aspinol, Gen. George Holguin
and Gen. L. Cabbalero. They boarded
the Beverly at Port Limon and came
direct to this city. Gen. Reyes and
party did not go to any of the hotels.
They drove to the Louisville and Nash
ville offices and bought tickets through
to New York and made every effort to
avoid publicity.
The General had a satchel full of Co
lombian gold and paid for the tickets
in coin of that republic.
The party left to-night for Washing
ton, where they will arrive Saturday
morning.
Before his departure, Gen. Reyes
gave out an interview much on the
line of that cabled from Colon to the
Associated Press. He said he was go
ing to see the President with his col
•cagues and hoped to have the United
States decide to keep hands off of the
isthmus and allow the Colombian gov
ernment to regain their lost territory,
if the United States would not agree
to this, then the Colombians wouid
march an army of 100,000 men across
the mountains to Panama 'and meeting
°nly the 2,000 isthmians, would soon re
gain the isthmus. Then the United
Slates would have to negotiate with
Colombia or build the Nicaraguan
canal.
He said the Colombians had no
thought of declaring war against the
T’nited States, because they saw It
w °uld be a futile undertaking.
closingTof the ports.
*c*t of the Bolivarian Decree
Reached Colon.
f-'olon, Nov. 26.—The text of the de
cree closing the ports of the depart
ment of Bolivar reached here to-day.
” Prohibits until further notice all
'raffle or business between the ports
that department and the “rebel de
partment" of Panama. and says:
The Department of Panama having
Jsatoannab ißofnina
declared itself free and independent,
and having taken up arms against the
national government in an effort to
destroy Colombian integrity, sovereign
ty and honor, Colombia desires the em
ployment of such measures as are in
dispensable for the punishment
and suppression of the rebels.
The act closing the ports
mentioned is taken by the government
of Bolivar independent of the Bogota
government. Bolivar can do all she
considers necessary for the defense
of the state, and among the measures
which the legitimate ends of war
warrant is the depriving of the enemy
of resources and the free traffic of
commerce.
The decree provides also that neu
tral vessels having called at Pana
manian ports shall be refused admis
sion to ports of Bolivar.
The Royal Mail steamer Trent re
turned here to-day from ports on the
coast. She landed some of the Boliv
arian commissioners at Savanilla, and
sailed thence for Carthagena, where
she was only allowed to communicate
with the shore. The authorities re
fused to clear the Trent for Colon. No
mails, passengers or freight for Sava
nilla or Carthagena destined for Colon
were permitted to be faken on board.
It is stated from a good source of in
formation that much bitter recrimina
tion is still indulged in at Carthagena
against the American consul there.
When on the point of going on board
the Trent at Carthagena in company
with the daptain of that vessel, he was
hindered by the police and turned
back. It is understood that the consul
is protesting against the indignities to
which he has been subjected.
The German steamer Scotia, on her
arrival at Carthagena, was not allow
ed to communicate with the shore, and
turned back.
REVOLUTION IS OVER
IN SANTO DOMINGO.
Victor* Guarantee the Safety of All
Interests.
Washington, Nov. 26.—. The end of the
San Domingo revolution is officially an
nounced in a cablegram received at the
State Department to-efay from United
States Minister Powell, dated yester
daw.
The minister stated that all was
quiet. President Wos-y-Gil and the
cabinet were to leave for Cuba. The
gunboat Newport had withdrawn her
marines from the city of San Domingo.
The revolutionary party guaranteed or
der and safety for all persons. The
election for a President to succeed the
deposed Wos-y-Gil will take place In
three months. *
The Baltimore, which went from San
Domingo to San Juan for coal, prob
ably will not return to the first named
port, but will come north to Newport
News, to be inspected before joining
the Asiatic squadron according to the
original plan.
OVER A’PRECIPICE
Antomoliile Dashed While Going a
Mile a Minute.
New York, Nov. 26.—William K.
Vanderbilt, Jr., made anew record
with his thirty-horsepower gasoline au
tomobile to-day over the Eagle Rock
llill climbing course at Orange. N. J.,
and F. A. Laroche and A. J. Packard,
in a forty-horsepower machine, going
a mile a minute, crashed over a preci
pice on the mountain side.
These spectacular events occurred
at the third annual contests given un
der the auspices of the Automobile
Club of New Jersey. Mr. Vanderbilt’s
time was 1:36%.
In the seventh event Mr. Laroche
was precipitated over the precipice. So
fast did the ear shoot along that the
operator lost control of it, and at the
curve it crashed over. Mr. Packard
was thrown headlong over a fence a
few yards away, but Mr. Laroche was
pinioned under the vehicle as it turn
ed over and partially lost conscious
ness. Mr. Laroche’s only injury was
a cut four inches long on the calf of
his left leg. Packard was unhurt.
HALE KLLED HIS WIFE
THEN KILLED HIMSELF.
Washington, Nov. 26. —Robert J.
Hale, a compositor in the government
printing office, killed his wife and then
committed suicide at their home in
this city at an early hour to-day.
Hale had been under suspicion of
being responsible for the condition of
a young woman who, it is claimed, died
a few days ago as the result of an
operation performed at a sanitarium
near this city. He was not related to
the girl, but passed as her cousin, and
as such visited at her rooms. When
he read the announcement in the morn
ing paper of the arrest of the physi-,
cian charged with causing the girl’s
death, he wrote a number of notes, and
proceeding to his wife’s room, killed
her and himself.
CARTER IS DECLINING
TO BE INTERVIEWED.
Leavenworth, Kan.. Nov. 26.—Ober
lin M. Carter, ex-captaln of engineers.
United States Army, who has served
three years and seven months of a five
years’ sentence in the Federal prison
at Fort Leavenworth, will pass out of
the gate of the prison Saturday morn
ing a free man. He intends to go di
rectly to Chicago.
Carter positively declines to be in
terviewed by newspaper men, his at
torneys warning him to say nothing
whatever.
Richardson Had a Fall.
Washington, Nov. 23.—Representative
James D. Richardson of Tennessee lost
his footing while alighting from a
street car to-day and was thrown
heavily to the ground. His right h p
was sprained and he was severely
shaken up. Mr. Richardson w*as rest
ing easily at his home to-night, where
it was said the extent of the injury
could not be told.
SAVANNAH. GA.. FHIDAY. XOVEMlil'.li 27. 1903.
QUIPS AND TOASTS
FOR THE AMERICAN COLONY IN
THE BRITISH CAPITAL.
THANKSGIVING OBSERVED.
CHOATE AND BRYAN WERE PROM
INENT SPEAKERS.
Good Nntnrcd Repartee Marked the
Speeches—Choate and Bryan Did a
Bit of “Jollying”—Choate Consid
ers That Entire Approval Is Given
Such Matches ns Mnrlboroagh
Made—Bryan Made Some Humor
ous Allusions.
London. Nov. 26.—Thanksgiving Day
was celebrated by the American So
ciety in London at a banquet given
at the Hotel Cecil to-night. There
were over 400 covers. William Jen
nings Bryan was the guest of honor.
The speeches, while flavored by the
usual seasonal cheer and references to
Anglo-American friendliness, developed
particularly into a duel of repartee,
good-natured, but almost sub-acid be
tween Mr. Bryan and Ambassador
Choate.
There were a number of notable
guests at the banquet, including the
Duke of Marlborough and all the am
bassadors in London.
The Duke of Marlborough proposed
a toast to President Roosevelt, and
addressing Ihiimself to the interests
which England and the United States
have in common, referred in terms
of the highest praise to President
Roosevelt.
Ambassador Choate, responding to
the toast to his health, which was
proposed in complimentary terms by
Lord Davey, took up the Duke of
Marlborough's reference to the mutual
sympathies of the American and Brit
ish peoples and said that there had
been reason heretofore to suspect some
such sentiment on the part of the Duke
since he had set an example in one
form of the Anglo-American alliance
on which the people of both countries
were able to look with entire approval.
Had a “Jolly” for Bryan.
Turning to Mr. Bryan, Mr. Choate
said it was the custom of Americans,
torn from their native shores, to gath
er annually and return thanks. The
American Society in London had now
among them another of these exiles
for whom personally he, as ambassa
dor, had been doing the best he could.
He had taken Mr. Bryan to visit the
Bank of England, where he was able
to studv the fiscal question in its
tive lair.
The company would be edified, said
Mr. Choate, had they heard Mr. Bryan
cross-examining the governor of the
Bank of England. The ambassador
said he had aided Mr. Bryan to hear
Mr. Asquith, Mr. Chamberlain, Lord
Goschen and Lord Rosebery, all with
in forty-eight hours, so if his views on
the fiscal questions were not utterly
mixed they would appreciate at least
the quality of the man they had before
them.
The speech of the ambassador was
followed by an ovation to Mr. Bryan,
which lasted several minutes. Mr.
Bryan, in responding, paid a graceful
tribute to* the English guests of the
society. He said the highest compli
ment he was able to pay was that in
looking over the tables he was unable
to distinguish from the American wom
en present.
Pleasantries from Ilryan.
He thanked the British nation for
the kindly f -bearance It h'ad shown
in receiving i a—the protectionists for
letting him land at all, and the gold
bugs for not having deported him im
mediately after his arrival.
Mr. Bryan said he had profited ex
ceedingly by his visit to the Bank of
England. He wanted to call attention,
however, to the fact that the murder
ous attack by an insane man with a
revolver on Kenneth Grahame, the sec
retary of the bank, occurred the day
before he called.
Touching the theme of Thanksgiving
Day, Mr. Bryan spoke eloquently of
the natural resources and advantages
of the United States, for which the
people must return thanks to God, and
of the ideals of liberty and' progress,
for which they must thank their Eng
lish progenitors. He urged the neces
sity of the present generation be
queathing to posterity some gift com
mensurate with the blessings they had
received from their ancestors, and sug
gested that they bequeath the ideal of
international amity, of which The
Hague arbitration tribunal was a last
ing monument.
“Hail to the nation,” concluded Mr.
Bryan, "whatever her name, who leads
the world towards this higher ideal for
the lasting good of all humanity.”
Observed In Mexico.
Mexico City, Nov. 26.—The American
colony gave a ball to-night at Orrins
Theater in celebration of Thanksgiv
ing Day. Ambassador Clayton and a
committee received President Diaz on
his arrival at the ball.
CEDRICARRIVS’WITH
YARMOUTHS ABOARD.
New York. Nov. 26.—The big White
Star Line steamship Cedric, which a
rumor originating in England said had
been sunk in mid-ocean, arrived at her
pier to-night. Her voyage was un
eventful.
The Cedric received a most enthu
siastic welcome when she docked. The
steamship, which Is the largest In the
world, left Liverpool on NoV. 18, and
had a pleasant passage of seven days,
six hotlrs and thirty-one minutes’ du
ration.
The Earl and the Countess of Yar
mouth were* aboard. The Countess
was ill with Influenza during the voy
age, and was under the care of the
ship’s surgeon. The Yarmoutha will
go to Pittsburg to-morrow, and will
remain In this country several months.
VICEROYS AREEAGER
TO FIGHT RUSSIA.
London, Nov. 27.—The Shanghai
correspondent of the Dally Telegraph
cables that the viceroys and governors
of thirteen provinces outside of Chi-Li
have offered the Chinese throne to
send 90,000 foreign-drllled troops to
fight Russia from Manchuria.
WERE SQUALLY SCENES
IN HUNGARIAN DIET.
Epithets Were llanilleil and a Free
Fight Threatened.
Buda Pest, Hungary, Nov. 26.
Scenes of Indescribable confusion
marked to-day’s session of the lower
House of the Diet. They originated
In the proposal to hold two sessions
daily. The members of the extreme
Left vehemently protested, and several
of them were suspended for disorderly
conduct by the president, who was the
object of many insulting epithets. Fin
ally the Premier, Count Tisza, at
tempted to speak. He called atten
tion to the agreement between the dif
ferent parties on rules of procedure.
“You have put all the advantages
of that agreement in your pocket,”
shouted Nickolls Bartha.
“Better not speak of pockets,” re
torted Count Tisza, whereupon Bartha
shouted: “I am not a broken bank
director.”
Deputy Gajary added to the disorder
by jeeringly shouting to Count Tisza:
“You have been called a scoundrel.”
Immediately there was a rush of
deputies towards Gajary, causing a
scene of wild tumult and scuffling. As
a free fight was threatened, the sitting
was suspended.
On the resumption of business Count
Tisza appealed to the patriotism of the
opposition, pointing out the dangers to
the constitution from a policy of ob
struction.
Later, when the president of the
house again mentioned the motion in
favor of two sessions, the disturbance
broke out again, and the House ulti
mately adjourned amid scenes of the
greatest excitement.
FOUR FIREMEiTdIED
IN AN OMAHA FIRE.
Property Loss Amounting to $300,-
000 YYn> Caused.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 26. —Four men
were burned ito death and property
loss amounting to 8300,000 was caused
by a fire to-day in the wholesale gro
cery house of Allen Bros, at Ninth
and Jones streets. In addition to the
big five-story building occupied by the
Allen Bros.,that occupied by the Pacific
Storage Company adjoining was also
consumed, together with most of Its
Contents.
The names of the four firemen killed
were: ,
Leroy W. Lester, William Burmister,
Lu. Goldborough, William A. Barrett.
The fire is presumed to have origi
nated in Che furnace room of the Al
len building. The buildings were filled
with the most Inflammable of material.
The firemen killed were working about
thirty feet inside the Allen building
whien the floor atyove unexpectedly
collapsed, catching the men with no
chance of escape and with no possi
bility of their comrades reaching them.
TWO LITTLE gTrLS ARE
SHOT BY A SISTER.
One Was Killed und the Other Dan
gerously Wounded.
Newbern, N. C., Nov. 26.—Samuel
S. Lancaster, keeper of the draw of
Neuse river bridge in this city, to-day
left his gun loaded with buckshot a
few minutes In a room where his wife
and children were.
The oldest daughter, Lottie, aged
unnoticed by the mother, picked up
the gun and accidentally discharged
both barrels, the shot passing through
the head of her sister Manilla, aged 5
years, killing her instantly and enter
ing deeply into the back of her sister
Winona, aged 10 years, who is (till
living, but is In a very dangerous con
dition.
WRECK WAS PLANNED
BY MRS. BAILEY.
She Wns Found Guilty and Senten
ced to Ten Year*.
Staunton, Va„ Nov. 26.—Mrs. Ellen
Bailey was found guilty to-day of
planning the wreck which occurred on
the Norfolk and Western Railway at
Greenville last December. The Jury
fixed her punishment at ten years in
the penitentiary.
Her son, James Bailey, and Joseph
Kennedy have been convicted of wreck
ing the train. Bailey was condemned
to serve eighteen years in the peniten
tiary. while the jury in the case of
Kennedy brought in a verdict of mur
der in the first degree.
WAS NO NEW CASE.
Laredo Had a liny of Thanksgiving
for Thut.
Laredo, Tex., Nov. 26.—There was
great rejoicing among the people of
Laredo to-day, this being the first day
since the outbreak of the yellow fever
epidemic here that no new cases de
veloped.
It Is the general opinion that If the
present weather continues for a few
days more the disease will be entirely
stamped out.
The official report to-night chronicles
only one death, making the total deaths
to date 99 and total cases 1,022.
WANTS NO SHIP'SENT
TO NEW ORLEANS.
Madrid, Nov. 26.—During the debate
on the naval budget In the Chamber
to-day the opposition renewed Its pro
tests against the appropriation for
sending the Spanish cruiser Rio De La
Plata to New Orleans in connection
with the St. Louis Exposition.
The Minister of Marine defended the
budget, particularly pointing out the
necessity for Spain having a good
fleet, in view of the situation In Mo
rocco, not for the purpose of mixing
up in the affairs of other powers, but
for the defense of Spanish rights.
CONFERENCE’S WORK
PROCEEDINGS OF TIIE BODY AT
SANDERS Y‘ILLE.
CHANGES IN ANTICIPATION.
SURPRISING APPOINTMENTS ARE
FORECAST.
The Bishop and His Cabinet, Ac
cording to Rumor, Will Make
Many Changes—Savannah Pastor
Transferred to Florida Confer
ence—Some Incidents of Interest.
Four Transferred to Cuba In Four
Y'enrs.
Sandersville, Ga., Nov. 26.—Owing to
the delay in putting in the furnace at
the Methodist Church, the conference
convened at 9 a. m. in the large school
auditorium. A force of workmen are
busily engaged in getting everything in
readiness so that the conference can
meet in the church to-morrow. De
votional exercises were conducted by
Rev. J. A. Thompson, D. D., of Albany,
Ga. At a meeting of the Relief As
sociation, Uin insurance order of the
conference. Rev. J. A. Smith, secretary
and treasurer, submitted his report.
The condition of the association was a
matter of great gratification to the as
soication. Through this order the
wives and children of deceased mem
bers receive 83 from each clerical mem
ber of the association and 81 from the
laymen. These amounts are sent to
the beneficiaries of deceased members
within ninety days.
Rev. J. P. Wardlaw was elected
president, W. Langston, vice president
and J. A. Smith was re-elected secre
tary and treasurer. This meeting Vas
preceded by an earnest sermon deliv
ered by Rev. H. C. Christian.
The committee appointed on the case
of Rev. C. E. Crawley reported through
its chairman that the charges and spec
ifications against him were not sus
tained. His character was then put
upon its passage and passed. The char
acter and work of all the young min
isters in the class of the first year was
passed in review before the confer
ence. After representation by their
presiding elders, the following had their
characters passed, and they were ad
vanced to the class of the second year:
Glmatead Key Hopkins, Paul Wesley
Ellis, John William Bridges, David
Berry Merritt, Moody Booth, James
Neely Peacock, Guy D. Moses, Loved
B. McMichael, J. E. Ellis and Arthur
Sowell. Ira K. Chambers and William
Kitchens, having failed to stand the
prescribed examination, their charac
ters were passed and they were con
tinued tn the else* of the first year.
Dr. Lamar, agent of the Methodist
Publishing House, addressed the body
on the interests of the house.
Question 8 was called: “YVhat trav
eling preachers are elected deacons?”
The names of Rev. W. S. Heath, J. D.
Mathews, Lester W. Walker, M. W.
Carmichael, H. P. Stubbs, C. W. Cur
ry. J. U. Tippens, A. G. Brewton,
Comer W. Woodward, I. R. Kelly.
When the name of J. L. Gerdine was
called, and having transferred to the
China conference, a letter was read
from him. He is at present laboring
in Korea. Before entering the confer
ence a few years ago Rev. Gerdine was
engaged in the legal profession In Ma
con, Ga., as a partner with Walter
B. Hill. He is now serving a work
that is 200 miles In length and sev
enty miles in width. By a resolution
the secretary was instructed to write
him a letter expressing the love, con
fidence, and prayers of the conference
in their behalf.
The ministers of this class having
stood approved examinations—submit
ted reports of their year’s work—their
characters were passed, and they were
advanced to the class of the third year
At 10:45 a. mj the conference ad
journed for preaching.
When Bishop A. W. Wilson, who
by resolution, was requested to deliver
the Thanksgiving sermon, arose to an
nounce his text, the large auditorium
was packed from the stage to the door.
A large representation from Sanders
vllle and surrounding country being
present.
The bishop took as a text: Colossians,
Chapter 1. 12-13 verses. The sermon
was a masterpiece of logic, rhetoric
and eloquence. He is considered as
one of the very strongest preachers In
the College of Bishops.
Madam Rumor claiming to speak au
thentically, is circulating the report
here that one or more of the leading
pastors of Savannah churches will be
removed to other fields of labor.
It is freely predicted that many sur
prising appointments will be made, as
a result of the labors of the bishop
and his cabinet.
At 3 o’clock this afternoon Dr. La
mar, agent of the Methodist Publish
ing House, Nashville, preached in the
auditorium of the academy. Among the
visitors to the conference were Rev.
C. E. Dowman, D. D., formerly pas
tor of Wesley Monumental Church,
Savannah, but now presiding elder of
the Atlanta district, and Rev. J. E.
Dickey, president of Emory College.
The transfer of Rev. H. C. Christian,
pastor of Wesley Monumental Churdh,
to the Florida Conference has been one
of the surprises of the conference. Just
who will succeed him as pastor of Wes
ley Monumental Church is a matter of
speculation Just at this time.
Rev. Thomas Williams will also
transfer to the Florida Conference.
Bishop Wilson left for Florida to
day, where he will hold this confer
ence next week. Rev. H. B. Bartwell,
pastor of Centenary Church, Macon,
filled the pulpit to-night. He has been
transferred to Cuba, and will leave
for his missionary field of labor in a
few days. This makes four of the
brightest and strongest young men of
the conference who have gone to Cuba
in the past three or four years.
A young Japanese graduate of Em
ory College is in attendance. Mr.
Kishil will leave for home in Japan in
a few months, where he will preach
to his fellow countrymen.
ROOSEVELTS G*o TO~
FUNERAL OF GRACIE.
Washington, Nov. 26.—President
Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roose
velt and Secretary Loeb, left here to
night for New York city, to attend the
funeral of his uncle, James Gracie.
The party occupied a private car at
tached to the regular 12:20 night ex
press over the Pennsylvania road. The
President wifi leave New York for
Washington at 12:55 o’clock to-morrow
afternoon.
GEORGE D. BALLARD
KILLED AT HOMOSASSA.
Mr. Ilnllnr<l a Member <>f Alee Teni
lile, Savannah,
Ocala, Fla., Nov. 26.—George D.
Ballard, engineer on the Atlantic Coast
Line from Ocala to Homosassa, was
shot by W. A. Weems, station agent
at Homosassa yesterday. Ballard de
manded the key to the sand house and
a quarrel ensued. Ballard collared
Weems and Weems pulled his pistol
and shot Ballard through the abdomen.
Ballard was brought to the Ocala
Hospital and operated on by Drs. Hood
and Powers. They found the bullet
near the spinal column. Ballard died
this morning. He was a high Mason,
and a member of Alee Temple, Savan
nah, Mystic Shrine. He leaves two
daughters. The body is embalmed and
awaiting Instructions from the family.
The burial wfll probably be at Bir
mingham, Ala.
Ballard was well known and liked
here. He was a member of the Broth
erhood of Engineers. Opinions differ
as to who is to be blamed. It seems
that the parties had an old grudge, of
which this sad affair is the result.
Weems gave himself up to the sheriff
of Citrus county.
Mr. Ballard was initiated into Alee
Temple at Savann'flh, March 29, 1901.
He belonged to St. Elmo Commandery,
Brookhaven, Miss., and was a resident
of Ocala. Fla,, at the time he Joined the
Shrine in Savannah.
AGAINST* AUSTRIA
Demount rations Were Made by Sln
dcnl* at Home.
Rome, Nov. 26.—Demonstrations
against Austri'a, resulting from the
prohibition of the Austrian government
of the institution of a free Italian uni
versity at Innsbruck, were continued
throughout Rome to-day, but were at
all points broken up by the police, who
gathered in large numbers, especially
around the Austrian embassy and the
Austrian consutate, against which the
chief efforts of the demonstrators were
directed. The crowds even invaded thg
public promenade In the gardens of the
Pincio and compelled the band to play
the royal march, which was greeted
with great applause. At the university
the students, to the number of about
1,000, held an indignation meeting, and
then decided to nfake a demonstration
in the streets of the city.
The police were prepared for this,
however, and as soon as the students
emerged they were attacked and com
pelled to re-enter the university. The
students showed their indignation by
breaking the windows and furniture of
the class rooms. The authorities have
decided to close the university until
order has been restored.
An anti-Austrian demonstration was
held at Turin, where the demonstrators
rang the bells of the university, broke
the windows and benches and exploded
fire crackers, producing a slight panic.
Similar demonstrations were held at
Milan, Parma, Padua and Genoa.
The government has determined to
suppress these demonstrations at any
cost, as it wishes to avoid complaint
from the Austrian government.
m’clunTwas killed -
PROTECTING A WOMAN.
Garnett, lIU Slayer, Declare* It
Wns an Accident.
San Francisco, Nov. 26. —Maj. J. W.
McClung, who was shot last night by
H. L. Garnett, while McClung was
protecting Mrs. Lillian Hitchcock Colt
In the Palace Hotel in this city, died
from his wound this afternoon. Gar
nett escaped immediately after the
shooting and is still at large.
Garnett is a remote cousin of Mrs.
Colt and over 50 years old. He is a na
tive of Virginia and fought through the
Civil War In the Confederate army.
Maj. McClung, whom he shot, also
served in the Confederate army.
Garnett has been on the coast for
the last twenty-five years, and has
been engaged In mining.
Alexander Garnett was arrested to
night In Oakland. He declared that
the shooting of McClung wag an acci
dent, the revolver being discharged In
a scuffle.
FLOODS* IN* RUSSIA
Washed Collins from Their Grave*
In Cemeteries.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 26.—Th,e flood
which has caused so much damage
here was the biggest since 1824.
In the factory quarter 20,000 persons
have been driven into the streets,
many of them losing their all. The
authorities are doing everything in
their power to relieve the sufferers, and
there have been few fatalities. A pa
thetic case was that of parents, hur
rying home at the sound of warning
guns, who found their children
drowned.
The destruction of property was
heavy. The strangest freak of the flood
occurred at a cemetery, where coffins
were washed out of graves and floated
away. Those which were recovered
were reinterred haphazard.
FIREMANWA^KILLED.
Other* Were Injured In a Fire at
Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Nov. 26.—William Henry
was killed and several other firemen
were injured while fighting a fire which
destroyed the five-story brick building
of Smith, Myers, Chenier & Cos., manu
facturers of cigar box machines, here
to-day. Of the Injured two are prob
ably fatally hurt. They are John Con
ners, who is suffering from concussion
of the brain and James Keegan, whose
skull was fractured.
The men were on the second floor,
when It gave way with them, and all
were buried in the debris. The loss is
estimated at 860,000, partly covered by
Insurance.
All Well With the Cedric.
New York, Nov. 26.—The White Star
Line steamer Cedric passed Nantucket
lightship at 3:05 o’clock this morning.
This finally disposes of the rumor
that she was run down in mid-ocean.
The Cedric passed Sandy Hook at 3:06
p. m. and displayed signals to the ef
fect that she wished to be reported all
well.
DAILY. 88 A YEAR,
n CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK, 81 A YEAR
TO PRISON FOR LIFE
BARTOW NIX MIST GO FOR HIS
DOUBLE MURDER.
JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY
OF MURDERING JOHN T. EDWARDS
AND SON JEFF.
Condemned Murderer 1* hut Seven
teen learn Old—Jury Reconimend
ed Him to the Mercy of the Court.
Hl* Attorney* Will Ank for a New
Trial— lf It In Refuned, They
Will Carry the Cane to the Su
preme Court for a Hearing.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 26.—Bartow
Nix, the 17-year-old slayer of John T.
Edwards, and Jeff Edwards will spend
the rest of his life in the penitentiary
for his deed.
At 7:30 o’clock, after having been out
three hours, the jury brought a verdict
of guilty of murder, with a recom
mendation to mercy. Judge Butt will
sentence the youthful prisoner to-mor
row morning. Imprisonment for life
is the only sentence he can impose.
The boy slayer gave no evidence of
emotion when the verdict was received,
and the only comment he had to make
on It afterwards was to say that he
was disappointed. There was no dem
onstration in the court room when the
verdict was announced.
It was before a crowded court room
that the lawyers pleaded tb-dny for the
conviction or acquittal of the prisoner,
every seat being taken and many peo
ple standing, so intense was the in
terest in the case. The entire day was
consumed with arguments. Judge Mc-
Neill and Attorney Levy for the state
and Attorneys Hatcher and Carson for
the defense making masterly addresses.
Anew trial will be asked for, and if
not granted the case will go to the
Supreme Court. Judge Butt ruled out
all the testimony offered by the de
fense. except the statement of W. A.
Nix, father of the boy, and the prison
er’s own statement.
IN APiTCHED BATTLE.
Marine* and .Sailor* Lined Up a*
OppoMing Parties.
Norfolk, Va„ Nov. 26.—With seventy
marines on one side and forty sailors
on the other a pitched battle was
brought to an end to-day by the stem
orders of a number of masters at arms,
who arrived on the field of battle with
fixed determination to end t'he trouble
and punish the participants.
The scene of battle was on the gov
ernment reservation at St. Helena.
The cause of the trouble is said to
have been the result of a fight between
a marine and a landsman, in which
the latter was knocked down by the
former and considerably punished.
During the melee pistols and bayonets
were drawn, several of the participants
were knocked down and many wero
bleeding from wounds in their faces
and hands, caused by coming in con
tact with Che fists or weapons of t,heir
adversaries.
One man drew a deadly aim on one
of the sailors with a pistol and the
weapon was knocked out of his hand
just as he pulled the trigger. The
bullet went over the head of the In
tended victim.
GUARDS AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
Military Force There Now Numbers
800 Men.
Cripple Creek, Col., Nov. 26.—The
military force In this district has been
Increased this week to 500 men, and a
close guard is maintained at all the
large mines that are being operated
with non-union men.
The excitement occasioned by the
disaster of the Vindicator mine has
subsided to a large degree. Union
men generally declare their willingness
to aid in sifting the matter to the
bottom.
The full facts regarding the at
tempted wrecking of the Suburban
Florence and Cripple Creek train on
Nov. 17 were disclosed to-day. It ap
pears that a detective In the employ
of the railroad company was one of
the three men who removed the spikes
and fish plates from a rail. The other
two men, it is alleged, were Charles
McKinney and Thomas Foster, who
are under arrest.
Two agents of the railroad were
In hiding within twenty-five feet of
where the crime was being attempted.
These men were heavily armed, but
did not shoot, as to have done so would
have endangered the detective’s life.
Foster's friends assert that they will
be able to establish an alibi.
BETTS WAS KILLED
WHILE HUNTING.
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 26.—While out
hunting with a party of friends to-day
Eugene Betts, a young merchant of
Henderson, N. C., was accidentally
shot, dying Instantly. Robert Crockett
tired at a rabbit and Betts received
the load in his back.
Not Wanted Here.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 26.—The ar
rest of two Greeks here yesterday, who
were charged with the theft of 82,000
worth of diamonds at Savannah, seems
to have been without sufficient basis in
fact, and was given an unwarranted
importance In the dispatches from
here. It appears the police of Savan
nah were not notified of the arrest,
and it is said the men are not wanted
there.
Penrose Wn* Floated.
Sparrows Point, Md., Nov. 26.—The
schooner John R. Penrose, Capt. Nel
son, coal laden, which went ashore off
Seven Foot Knoll lighthouse yesterday,
was floated by the tug Meta and pro
ceeded on her voyage.
Phillip* Not Gail Cy.
Newbern, N. C., Nov. 26.—William
Phillips, charged with the murder of
Charles Meadows on account of love
for Meadows' wife, was to-day pro
nounced not guilty by the jury.