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~ THE MORNING NEWS.
j. H. E3TILL, President.
i:siab’Hhed 1850. - - Incorporated 1888.
11l A FIERCE FIGHT
VOl'G CHICAGO DESPERADOES
RESISTED ARREST.
LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED
PROVED THE MARKSMANSHIP AND
THE METTLE OF THE MEN.
Desperadoes Were Wanted for Com
plicity In the Chicago Car Horn
Robbery and Murder When
Found. They Offered Resistance.
Fosse of Farmers Pursued and
Shot Too of the Desperadoes Aft
er They Had Killed a Rrakeniitn,
Chicago, Nov. 27.—Chained wrist to
wrist, their hair matted with dried
blood, their clothing covered with dust
and dirt, two beardless boys, Peter
Niedermeier and Harvey Van Dine,
sat to-night in the presence of Mayor
Harrison and Chief of Police O’Neil,
calmly confessing to their share in a
three months’ career of crime which
has included eight murders, the
wounding of five other men and a
long series of robberies.
The two young bandits, neither of
whom is over 21 years of age, togeth
er with their companion, Emil Rosskie,
who is no older, were captured near
Liverpool, Ind„ to-day after a fight in
which they battled against policemen,
railroad detectives, railroad laborers
and farmers. One man was killed,
another fatally wounded and all
three of the young bandits were
wounded, but not seriously.
The dead:
L. J. Sovea, brakeman on the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
Wounded:
Joseph Driscoll, detective on Chicago
police force, shot through abdomen and
can live but a short time.
Matthew Zimmer, detective on Chi
cago police force, shot in head and
arm.
Niedermier was wounded in the
head by birdshot; Van Dine was sim
ilarily injured, and sustained in addi
tion a flesh wound in the left thigh.
Roeskie was shot in the right hip.
For Robbery null Murder.
The three men were wanted by the
police for complicity in the murders
at the car barns of the Chicago City
Railway Company on Aug. 30, when
two men were killed, a third badly
wounded and $2,250 stolen. Gustave
llarx, who last Saturday night murder
ed Officer John Quinn when the police
man endeavored to place him under ar
rest, confessed after his capture that
he. in company with the three men,
had committed the crimes at the car
barns. The hunt for Van Dine, Nie
dermier and Roeskie has been hot ever
eince.
Although they knew that the entire
police were looking for them, the three
men remained in the city until Wed
nesday morning. “We were ‘laying’
for a fellow that was a witness against
Marx,’’ said Van Dine. On Wednes
day they left Chicago, going to a “dug
out’’ made near Miller Station. Ind.,
"here they were surprised by the po
lice this morning.
When the Battle Regan.
Both parties opened Are, and Dris
coll fell. Van Dine and Roeskie rush
ed out. followed a minute later by
Niedermier. The latter ran to the
tracks of the Michigan Central Rail
road, and throwing- himself flat on the
road bed. steadied his arm on the rail
as he kept up a rapid lire with three
revolvers. Roeskie ran for the brush,
hut Van Dine retreated slowly, al
though the air around him was filled
with bullets, and the snow at his feet
was kicked up by them. He is a splen
did marksman, and catching sight of
Detective Zimmer, who was behind a
tree, he fired. Zimmer went (town with
a bullet in the head. As he fell. Van
Dine fired again and the second bul
let tore through Zimmer's arm.
The detectives fired constantly, but
the bandits escaped. After running
•bout a mile across-country, they came
to the tracks of the Pennsylvania road.
A switch engine with a train of cars
was close at hand and, hurrying up to
It. the men ordered Brakeman Sovea to
uncouple the train from the locomotive.
He refused and attempted to take
Niedermier’s revolver from him. The
latter instantly sent a bullet through
the brakeman’s brain, laying him dead
in the snow.
Springing past Sovea’s body, the
bandits mounted the locomotive, with
revolvers in hand, and ordered the en
gineer to move out in a hurry, which
he did, going in the direction of Liver-
J>ool, Ind. After two miles had been
covered the men ordered the engineer
to slow down, and leaping to the
ground, disappeared in the woods.
Ilrinforccmrntfi Secured.
After the train had carried Van Dine
jind N’iedermier away, Detective Shee
han hurried to the nearest telegraph
and wired Chief of Police
fil, aslt lng that men be sent out
with rifles. The message met with a
Prompt response, and in a short time
Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler
* n ‘‘ fifty officers, armed with rifles,
were on the way to Millers by special
train. Capt. Briggs of the detective
•wo , top c f t jj e p ermS y| van j a Railway
was given orders to get the three men,
bead or alive. He and his men were
bn toward Liverpool.
''hen the bandits left the train they
were nearly exhausted and unable to
"“veL It was easy to track them In
new-fallen snow, and the hunt was
•Peedily closed.
ho men were seen as they dodged
“bout in the sand dunes, and the farm
's, most of whom were armed with
° ou hle-baneled shotguns, opened fire
,h om. Neidermier received a full
“'irge in the head, and the blood
u earned down his face and into his
bV c Ending him so that he could
v‘ I 'y see. A shot grazed Van Dine’s
®hd his wound in the leg was
inning him. The posse tvas clos
' hi on all sides. There was no es
tv'T' and it was evident to both men
the time had come either to sur
"der or to fight to the death. ■
The Jig Was Ip.
n ine said to-night in discussing
; surrender: “The Jig was up for us,
,-matter how many we killed. I says
ici ' wha t do you think?” He
cn,i his !lead and dropped his guns
• '‘hat, how they got us.”
n ‘ nien were at once handcuffed,
rvi'i 1 a train and hurried to
nnt go ’ th * c ‘ty police officers wasting
iln i " dnut ® in rushing them over the
situ nto Illinois in order to avoid pos
-10 conflict with the Indiana police,
who might have demanded the men on
account of the murder of Sovea. This
fear was not justified, as Gov. Durbin
of Indiana has said he approved of
their action. They were taken into
the office of Chief of Police O’Neil and
there in the presence of Mayor Harri
son and a throng of officers, they dis
cussed the events of the day as calm
ly as though it had been nothing un
usual for them. The prisoners, how
ever, did no boasting. They showed
not the slightest hesitation in con
fessing to their crimes. Their de
meanor was more that of boys who
had been caught pilfering.
Van Dine sat upright, talked freely,
showing in word and bearing the cour
age that he has revealed throughout.
Neidermier sat with his head on his
hands. When Van Dine said: "Pete,
here, shot Driscoll.” Neidermier look
ed up, smiled slightly and remarked:
“Yes, I shot Driscoll and the brake
man," and then sank back to listen to
Van Dine.
Both men admitted that Marx had
told essentially the truth in connect
ing them with the various crimes
charged up against them, and said
that they did the killing at the car
barns.
Following fresh footprints in the snow
from the scene of the capture of Neider
mier, and Van l Dine, Fred Miller, Douis
Miller, John Dillon, Charles Hamilton
and Hugo Kemp, residents of East
Tolleston, Ind., captured Emil Roeskie,
sitting on a bench in the Wabash sta
tion at Aetna, Ind., a town four miles
northeast of Liverpool, Ind. The ar
rest was m’ade at 4:15 o’clock, shortly
after Roeskie had missed a train to
Chicago. He was unarmed. The
bandit was identified by Hugo Kemp,
a hunter, who engaged the desperado
in a fight for life at a sand pit in East
Tolleston, when the fugitives pressed a
locomotive into service to esdape the
police.
NEW ARMY DEPARTMENTS
\
Are to Be Created lor the General
O Hirers,
By R. M. Larner.
Washington, Nov. 27. —Secretary
Root, before retiring from the War De
partment, intends to increase the num
ber of military departments, with a
view to providing stations for surplus
general officers of the rank of major
general and brigadier general. The
Department of the Gulf, formerly
known as the Department of the South,
is to be re-established, with headquar
ters at Atlanta.
It is probable that the new depart
ment will include Georgia, South Caro
lina, Florida. Alabama and Tennessee.
The subject is now under consideration
by the Secretary of War and the gen
eral staff.
There are six major generals, fifteen
brigadier generals, and one lieutenant
general, and there are but twelve mil
itary departments in existence, eight
in the United States and four in the
Philippines. It is proposed to divide
the United States into three military
divisions, and then divide the divisions
into departments, so as to provide a
department for each of the general offi
cers. To do this a redistribution of
territory will be necessary. The work
has been going on quietly for some
time, and an official order on the sub
ject may he promulgated by the Sec
retary of War within a few days.
Maj. Gen. Corbin’s recent trip to
the South was in connection with the
location of the department. It was
originally proposed to include the states
of North Carolina and Virginia in the
new department, hut for reasons best
known to those in authority, the two
states will be continued in the De
partment of the East.
There is some talk of creating a de
partment of coast defense, but that
question is giving the general staff
considerable trouble. Those having
the creation of the new departments in
charge are not willing to reveal the
Secretary's plans in advance of the
general orders.
POWELL DENIES THE
NEW GOVERNMENT.
United Stnte* Minister to Santo Do
mingo Refused to Recognize It.
Santo Domingo. Nov. 27.—United
States Minister Powell to-day refused
to acknowledge the provisional govern
ment, and also denied its demand for
the withdrawal of former Finance Min
ister Galvan, w-ho with Judge George
Gray of Delaware, had been appointed
to arbitrate the Santo Domingo Im
provement Company.
Mr. Powell told the provisional gov
ernment that the question of arbitrat
ing the claims of the Improvement
Company was now closed and could
not be reopened; that the board of ar
bitration was now fully constituted, ac
cording to the conditions of the proto
col: that the board will convene and
proceed to the consideration of issues
presented by both parties, and that its
decision will be final.
He added that the United States gov
ernment cannot and will not interfere
with the composition of the arbitration
board, named by the government of
President Wos-y-Gil.
she" sank a tug.
Auxiliary Crniser Yankton Was
Speeding Out to Sea.
Norfolk, Va„ Nov. 27—The tug
Hustler of the towboat fleet of Joseph
M. Clark & Cos. and the United States
auxiliary cruiser Yankton attached to
the training squadron of the Norfolk
Navy Yard, collided in the harbor to
day The Hustler sank within three
minutes, affording her crew opportun
ity to escape without injury. The
cruiser sustained no serious damage
and proceeded on her way.
The Hustler, in command of Capt.
Maehem, was bound from Portsmouth
for Atlantic City with two barges. The
Yankton was outward bound with a
large number of landsmen on a train
ing cruise, and was speeding along at
a lively pace. She ran directly into the
middle of the tug's stern, smashing that
part of the vessel into splinters.
The Hustler filled rapidly and went
to the bottom.
SPAIN HAS BROKEN
WITH VENEZUELA,
Washington. Nov. 27.—Spain has
taken the first step toward a breach of
relations with Venezuela. The State
Department has been notified that the
former government has withdrawn the
exequaters of all Venezuelan consuls in
SDB.in.
It is surmised that this action is
taken because of the ill treatment ac*
corded the Spantsh minister to Ven
ezuela, as a result of the Mexican-Ven
ezuelan arbitration, and of the disre
spect shown the Spanish consul at La-
Gualrs.
SAVANNAH. GA., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1003.
CARTER GOES FREE
FORMER ARMY OFFICER Ol'T OF
PRISON.
“MY HONOR IS UNSULLIED,”
IS THE WAY THE EX-CAPTAIN RE
GARDS HIMSELF.
Carter Goes From Leavenworth to
Chieniio to Meet His Attorney,
Horuee G. Stone—Stone Say a Car
ter Got 11 In Money From Westcott,
His Fat lier-ln-Lutv—Saya He Hna
Proof of Thta—Carter, Himaelf,
Make* a Statement.
Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 27.—The
doors of the Leavenworth prison will
open at 5 o’clock to-morrow morning
for Oberlin M. Carter, formerly a cap
tain of engineers in the United States
army. Convicted by a court-martial
of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment, he has finished a term of five
years imprisonment, having a credit of
ten months for good behavior.
Carter to-morrow will leave for Chi
cago and be met by Horace G. Stone,
his attorney, who has been collecting
evidence in the civil case pending in
the United States Court, through
which the former army officer hopes to
get vindicated.
Judge Kohlsaat is to decide whether
Carter is entitled to valuable bonds
and real estate which the government
asserts were secured illegally.
Says It fame From Westcott.
Mr. Stone declared to-day thfat be
fore the case was ended the public
would have ample proof that the large
amount of money which aroused sus
picion against Carter, was secured from
his father-in-law, Robert Westcott, de
ceased, who was a milliortaire in New
York.
Westcott, according to Mr. Stone, was
always generous to his son-in-law, and
when he turned over $400,000 of bonds
shortly after Carter’s arrest. Carter
accepted the gift as a matter of course.
The next day Mr. Westcott left for
Europe. L'ater he gave testimony in
the Green and Gaynor case, which prov
ed damaging to his son-in-law’s repu
tation, tending to show that Carter had
obtained the bonds for contractors.
"We now r have proof from Westcott’s
bank books and other records,” said
Mr. Stone, “which tends to show that
this it not true.”'
United Suites Commissioner Booth
recently reported to Judge Kohlsaat
that he believed Carter's uncle and
brother, Lorenzo and Stanton Carter,
had turned over all the property to the
former military officer.
Carter Says He's Innocent.
Mr. Stone to-day received a letter
from his client, in which Carter wrote:
“That in the coming trial in the fed
eral court, it will be shown beyond
cavil that every dollar I had was prop
erly received by me; that I always
served my country loyally and intelli
gently; that the work intrusted to my
care was properly, successfully and
economically done in the best possible
manner; that I always did my duty as
an officer of the Corps of Engineers,
and that, although crimes have been
committed against me, my honor is un
sullied.”
ON A TEST CRUISE
Elntilln Will Sail Before It Starts
for tile Bast.
Washington, Nov. 27.—Unwilling
that the torpedo boat flotilla shall at
tempt the trip to the Asiatic station
until each boat has been given a thor
ough trial in a sea way. Secretary
Moody has decided to order the tor
pedo boat flotilla on a cruise from
Hampton Roads to Charleston, S. C.
The board of Inspection and survey,
of which Capt. Train is president, will
accompany the flotilla that they make
report to t'he Secretary based on
their personal observation of the con
duct of the boats. If the test cruise
is satisfactory the board will leave
the flotilla at Charleston, and return
to Washington, the flotilla proceeding
on to Key West and thence to Culebra,
whence they will sail later for the
Asiatic station by way of the Medi
terranean.
The flotilla is commanded by Lieut.
Lloyd H. Chandler and consists of the
destroyers Decatur, Bainbridge, Barry,
Chauncey and Dale.
NEW RAILROAD COMPANY.
North Carolina, Capitalists Are to
Unfit! a Line.
Raleig'n, N. C., Nov. 27.—The At
lantic Railroad Company was incor
porated here to-day. The total author
ized capital stock is a quarter of a
million dollars, and the company is au
thorized to begin business with $50,000
paid in. The proposed road is to be
fifty miles in length from Goldsboro
to Raleigh. The directors named are
T. A. Green of Newbern, Lovett Hines
of Kinston, Nathan Oberry and G. A.
Norwood, Jr., of Goldsboro; John A.
Mills, and W. W. Mills of Raleigh.
The stockholders are all prominent
North Carolinians, living in the east
ern section of the state.
The parties in the matter are also
endeavoring to lease the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad, largely the
property of the state, extending from
Goldsboro to Morehead City.
PROGRESS OF THE WORK
On the Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient Rnllxvny.
Mexico City, Nov. 27.—President Still
well of the Kansas Ctty, Mexico and
Orient Railway has arrived. He re
ports that construction gangs are
working at three points along the line
of the road, and that active work is
going on in the United States.
Nearly all of the road is graded, and
325 miles of track are In operation. This
road will be part of the Hamburg-
American Steamship Line's route to
Asia.
WILL FORCE PANAMA
IF COLOMBIA MUST.
Gen. Reyes Says Ills Country Is Pre
linreil for Thnt.
Atlanta, Nov. 27. —Gen. Ruiz Reyes
of Colombia, with a party of govern
ment officials, passed through this city
to-day en route to Washington, where
they expect to arrive early to-mor
row morning.
“The Colombian people, although they
are very bitter against Panama, are
doing everything possible,” said Gen.
Reyes, “to settle this matter amicably,
but if there is no other way, Colombia
wifi force Panama back.”
Gen. Reyes said the Colombian army
can be increased to 500,000 men in a
very short time. He also said that the
Colombian government is anxious to
have the canal through Panama, and
if matters had been allowed to take
their proper course there is no doubt
the details of a treaty could have been
arranged to satisfy all parties.
IT IS SAID THvTrEYES
COMES AS A LOBBYIST.
lie Might Find Trouble In I’luylng
That Role.
Washington, Nov. 27.—The State De
partment has advices by cable from
Minister Beaupre at Bogota, dated
Nov. 25, in w'hich he states that con
siderable excitement still prevails at
the Colombian capital; that there is
much talk of raising an army, but no
troops have yet enlisted, and there are
rumors in the city of a revolution in
the state of Cauca, directed against
the Marroquin government.
Rumors have reached the State De
partment from another source’ that
Gen. Reyes’ mission to Washington is
primarily to try to array opposition
senators against the ratification of the
Bunau-Varilla-Hay canal treaty.
There also is talk of the formation of
a combination of South American coun
tries directed against the United
States.
Respecting the coming of Gen. Reyes
to Washington, it is said at the State
Department that much depends upon
the natifre of his credentials as to the
reception he will have. It seems prob
able that if he is brought to the de
partment by the Colombian charge, Dr.
Herran, he will be accorded a respect
ful hearing. But it also is pointed out
that his activities must be confined to
lawful channels, as an alien, and any
attempt on his part to influence by di
rect representations any other than the
executive branch of the United States
government w'ould scarcely he view'ed
with equanimity.
Respecting the statements attributed
to the General in a New Orleans in
terview, that Colombia would send 100,-
000 men into Panama overland, the fact
is recalled that the instructions to the
United States naval officers on the isth
mus would not permit hostile Colom
bian troops to land.
HERR -UN TO MEET REYES.
Colombian Charge and Commission
er Will Confer.
Washington, Nov. 27.—Dr. Ilerran,
the Colombian charge, will have a con
ference to-morrow with Gen. Reyes,
the commissioner from Colombia, who
is expected to arrive here in the morn
ing. At the conference it will be de
cided with whom Gen. Reyes shall
confer. It is assumed that he has
proper credentials, and that he will
have conferences with the State De
partment officials, as well as with the
members of the Panama Commission.
It is said that the Bolivar commis
sioners will be party to any confer
ences that may occur only by courtesy,
as they have only letters to Dr. Her
ran from the Governor of Bolivar.
■ Their mission to Washington is to ob
tain accurate information from him
regarding the isthmian situation.
NOT THINKING ABOUT
SENDING TROOPS.
Washington, Nov. 27.—Lieut. Gen.
Young, chief of staff, was again to
day asked, in view of the repeated
statements of Gen. Reyes and others
that if the mission of the general to
Washington was a failure Colombia
would march on Panama with an army
of 100,000 men, whether the United
States were contemplating the sending
of troops to the isthmus. He emphati
cally declared that no problem for the
defense of Panama against an attack
ing armv had been considered by the
general staff, and that the subject had
been given no consideration whatso
ever.
Panama Correspondence.
Washington, Nov. 27. President
Roosevelt transmitted additional cor
respondence relating to the new repub
lic of Panama to the House of Repre
sentatives to-day. The correspondence
consists of letters from Consul General
F.hrman to Assistant Secretary Loomis
of the State Department, relating to
the period immediately following the
setting up of the new government.
In a letter to Secretary Loomis, on
the 9th, Mr. Ehrman says, regarding
the revolution: ”It seemed that every
thing had been prearranged with the
officials of the army and navy, as there
was practically accord among all the
officers.”
MET DEATH IN AFIRE.
Snspected Arson Was Committed to
Hide Murder.
Duluth, Minn., Nov. 27.—Thomas
Ghehen was cremated. Frank Thomas
was probably fatally burned, and three
other persons are missing, as the result
of a fire which yesterday destroyed the
Central Hotel at Tower, Minn.
The suspicion is entertained that the
fire was of incendiary origin, and that
the hotel was fired to cover up a mur
der. as a man was seen to slink away
from the hotel just after the fire was
discovered.
* • *
For h IVew Treaty.
Raleigh. N. C., Nov. 27.—The Capi
tola Manufacturing Company of Mar
shall, Madison county. North Carolina,
was incorporated here to-day with a
capital stock of $300,000, beginning with
$45,000. It is to manufacture cotton,
wool and other textile products. The
principal incorporators are J. R.
Swann, J. J. Redmon, F. Shelton, G.
W. Cole and Jessie Fisher, with about
fifty others.
CLEVELAND SAYS NO
HE WILL NEVER AGAIN RE A CAN
DIDATE.
HIS DECISION UNALTERABLE.
SO HE DECLARES OVER HIS OWN
SIGNATURE.
Former President Writes n Letter to
the Public— I Those Who Have De
clared for Him Cnnsed Him to
llesitute Through Thoughts of
Gratitude and Duty—Determined,
However, to Announce His Final
Conclusion.
New York, Nov. 27.—Grover Cleve
land has sent the follow'ing letter to
the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle:
“Princeton, N. J., Nov. 24, 1903.—My
Dear Mr. McKelway: I have wanted
for a long time to say something which
1 think should be said to you before
others.
"You can never know' how grateful
I am for the manifestation of kindly
feeling toward me on the part of my
countrymen, which your initiative has
brought out. Your advocacy in the
Eagle of my nomination for the presi
dency came to me as a great surprise,
and it has been seconded in such man
ner by Democratic sentiment that con
flicting thoughts of gratitude and duty
have caused me to hesitate as to the
time and manner of the declaration on
my part concerning the subject—if such
a declaration should seem necessary or
proper.
“In the midst of it all, and in full
view of every consideration presented,
I have not for a moment been able,
nor am I now able, to open my mind
to the thought that in any circum
stances or upon any consideration I
should ever again become the nominee
of my party for the presidency.
“My determination not to do so is
unalterable and conclusive.
“This you, at least, ought to know
from me; and 1 should be glad if the
Eagle were made the medium of its
conveyance to the public. Very sin
cerely yours.
(Signed.) "Grover Cleveland.
“St: Clair McKelway, L.L. D., Brook
lyn, N. Y.”
The Brooklyn Eagle, to the editor of
which Mr. Cleveland’s letter was ad
dressed, announced to-day that the
support he had given Mr. Cleveland for
the Democratic presidential nomination
would now be given to Alton B. Par
ker, at present chief judge of the Court
of Appeals of this state.
RETURNED TO HIS OWN
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Old Man Announced Hl* Paternity
to Hi* Son.
Augusta, Nov. 27.—About the longest
case of separation known in this sec
tion was ended Thanksgiving Day,
when a stranger over 80 years old,
walked into the home of Judge John
R. Cloy at Graniteville, S. C., twelve
miles from Augusta, on the Augusta
and Aiken Railway, and announced to
Judge Cloy, "I am your father.”
Just 54 years ago, when Judge Cloy
was twenty-seven days old, his fa
ther, Jacob Wesley Cloy, suddenly dis
appeared, leaving his wife, a 2-year
old daughter and infant son. The old
man explains his depature by saying
he was overseer for Martin Posey and
was an important witness against him
for the murder of his wife. Posey
sent him away. He has spent the past
half century in Canada and various
Western states, and recent years in
Mississippi, whence he now comes.
four wereTpoisoned
BY EATING SARDINES.
Winamac, Ind., Nov. 27.—Frank Mil
ler, his wife, his brother, Joseph, and
his father-in-law, John Johns, who re
cently came from Tiffin, 0., have been
poisoned by eating sardines.
On last Friday the family ate sar
dines put up in mustard and vinegar.
Shortly afterward all became violently
ill. Joseph and Frank died on Tues
day in terrible agony, while Mrs. Mil
ler and her father died to-day.
It is not yet known the cause of
the poisoning, but it is said the can
showed evidence of having been open
ed before it reached the Miller home.
got herdTvo'rce aFd~
PROMPTLY MARRIED.
Newport, R. 1., Nov. 27.—A decree of
divorce was to-day ordered to be en
tered in the case of Mrs. Arthur T.
Kemp against her husband. Mrs. Kemp
is a sister of Mrs. Reginald C. Van
derbilt.
Some hours after he had granted
a decree Judge Dubois of the Supreme
Court performed a marriage ceremony
between Mrs. Kemp and Hollis H.
Hunnewell of Boston. A few friends,
including Reginald C. Vanderbilt,
brother-in-law of Mrs. Kemp, were
present.
WANTS $5,000,000 FOR
A PATENT OFFICE.
Washington, Nov. 27.—Senator Daniel
of Virginia to-day introduced a bill ap
propirating $5,000,000 for a patent of
fice in Washington, to be erected east
of the Capitol, the site to cost $600,000.
Cotton MID Men Meet.
Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 27.—A meeting
of cotton manufacturers of the South
has been called to assemble here Dec.
S to formulate a plan for the curtail
ment of cotton production. The call
was Issued by the committee of North
Carolina manufacturers, and all mill
men are interested.
WORK OF THE HOUSE.
Hciuililicans Criticised for Doing
Nothing.
Washington, Nov. 27.—The House
met to-day and adjourned until Tues
day. The proceedings were marked by
a debate on the motion to adjourn over,
during the course of which the minor
ity took the Republicans to task for
not proceeding to the transaction of
business.
Mr. Williams of Mississippi, the mi
nority leader, protested against the
inactivity of the House, asking if the
majority were afraid to trust them
selves. He said that while the speak
er had not been able, as he knew, to
name all the committees, yet there
were matters which the Ways and
Means Committee, already organized,
could consider, citing among other
things the resolution relative to Cana
dian reciprocity.
Mr. DeArmond of Missouri also crit
icised the Republican majority for its
course, saying it tended to mortify the
President.
Mr. Payne of New York, upon whose
request unanimous consent was given
for debate on the motion to adjourn
over,, replying to the opposition, took
occasion to say that the Republicans
would hardly care to take up the ques
tion of tariff revision and disturb busi
ness conditions on the eve of a pres
idential campaign. He also said the
time was not opportune to consider
reciprocity with Canada as desired by
the minority leaders.
There was a party alignment on the
vote on the motion to adjourn over,
the Democrats voting against it. The
motion prevailed, 81 to 63.
Mr. Meyer of Louisiana called tip his
resolution providing for the acceptance
of the invitation to the members of the
House to be present at the Louisiana
Purchase celebration in New Orleans,
but objection was made to its consid
eration .
Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri made an
address on the St. Louis Exposition.
He reviewed what had been accom
plished and what was being provided
for the public.
HITCH IS OVER COREA.
That In Why tlie Negotiation* Are
Prolonged.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 27.—The pro
longation of the Russo-Japanese nego
tiations at Tojio, which have been de
layed by Viceroy Alexieffs return to
St. Petersburg, is due to the inability
to reach an understanding regarding
Corea. Tentative terms on the subject
of Manchuria have been settled. Japan
recognizes Russia’s dominant interests
and agrees not to place obstacles in
♦he wav of the solution of the prob
lem.
While still maintaining the ultimate
recognition of her treaty rights, open
ports and the integrity of Chinese sov
ereignty, Japan is content to leave
these questions in abeyance so as not
to embarrass Russia. In return Japan
insists on the recognition of her in
fluence in Korea and the opening of
Yongamipho or other ports to foreign
trade. Russia is willing to concede
something, but she opposes the open
ing of Yongampho, on account of its
proximity to the mouth of the Yalu
river on the ground that it will threat
en her interests and complicate her
difficulties in Manchuria.
Russia is doing everything possible
to bring the negotiations to a conclu
sion. Viceroy Alexieff has the Czar’s
orders to this effect. Russia believes it
wise to press matters while Japan is
in a pacific mood, which is attributed
to foreign counsel.
The chief fear expressed here Is from
the effect of the United States contin
uous pressure on account of the open
door policy will lead Japan to rashness.
The attitude of the United States
causes much nervousness tind some
resentment.
BIG FIRE ATNOCATEE.
Depot, Freight tar* and I,amber
Were Destroyed.
Bartow, Fla., Nov. 27.—The Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad depot, together
with seven boxcars and six flatcars,
burned last night at Nocatee. Flames
reached W. G. Wells & Co.’s large saw
mill, completely destroying it, with over
1;000,000 feet of lumber. There Was
no insurance on the sawmill .
FORMAL DEC BEE ENTERED
In the Will Cone of Philo S. Bennett
at New Haven.
New Haven, Conn., Nov. 27.—The for
mal decree of the Probate Court in re
lation to the Philo S. Bennett will, of
which William J. Bryan is an executor,
was announced by Probate Judge
Cleaveland. After reciting the known
facts in the case. Judge Cleaveland de
crees that neither the sealed letter, by
which It appeared than Mr. Bennett
expressed a desire to give $50,000 to Mr.
Bryan and family, the typewritten doc
ument in the possession of Mr. Bryan,
nor the envelope containing the letter
should be admitted to probate as part
of the will. Otherwise Jhe will was
allowed and ordered to be recorded.
RUSSIA HANGING FIRE.
Japan I* Anxiously Awaiting the
Answer to Demand*.
Tokio, Nov. 27.—There has been no
alteration of the relations between Ja
pan and Russia concerning the Far
Eastern question. The leading organs
urge the government to press Russia
for an answer to its demands regarding
Corea.
There are indications that should the
answer of the Russian government be
much longer delayed, it will be difficult
to repress the impatience of the army
and navy. In circles supposed to be
well informed, it is believed that the
Russian answer will reach Tokio be
fore Dec. 6, the date of the assembling
of the Diet.
Arrests at Tellnrlde.
Teiluride, Col., Nov. 27.—Fourteen
miners, including Local President Guy
E. Miller and Secretary O. M. Carpen
ter, charged with conspiracy, have been
arrested by Sheriff Rutan since the
troops arrived in this district. Presi
dent Miller was seized while talking
to the other men imprisoned in the
Jail. No warrant had been sworn out
for him. Subsequently Miller was re
leased, there being no charge against
him.
DAILY. $8 A YEAR,
a CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-Tt MES-A-WEEK, $1 AYEAR
THAT SET OF SILVER
FIGURES IN THE HEARING OF GEN.
WOOD’S CASE.
JAI ALAI PAID $5,100 FOR IT.
PRESENTED IT TO WOOD WHEN
CONCESSION WAS GRANTED.
MllJ. It uncle Wn an Important Wit
ness Against Gen. Wood—He Told
of nn Agreement to Write the Fa
mous Mngaslne Article That Was
to Praise Wood and Criticize Gen.
Ilrooke—Man Who Sold the Silver
Service Testified.
Washington, Nov. 27.—The Senate
Committee on Military Affairs to-day
heard Maj. James E. Runcie, of Hav
ana. probably the most important
witness that will be offered by the op
ponents of Gen. Leot/ard Wood in their
attempt to prevent his confirmation to
be major general.
Maj. Runcie was on the stand several
times during the day, telling the com
mittee of a dinner at Santiago, Cuba,
attended by himself, Gen. Wood and
Ray Stannard Baker, a newspaper
man, at which, it is alleged, was plan
ned the magazine article attacking M'aJ.
Gen. Brooke that has figured con
spicuously in the Wood case.
Maj. Runcie was siopped more than
once during the course of his testimony
and told to give nothing, but facts
of which he had personal knowledge.
This did not exclude his story of the
dinner incident, which resulted in the
issue of subpoenas for three other wit
nesses, among whom is Gen. Brooke.
In Wood's Confidence.
In his testimony Maj. Runcie ex
plained that he had acted as the confi
dential adviser of Gen. NVood for near
ly two years, and that they lived to
gether at Santiago. It was while they
were living in the same house that
Mr. Baker went to Santiago in search
of material for a magazine article. A
meeting was arranged between the
three men, and a dinner followed, testi
fied Mr. Runcie, at which was discuss
ed the plan to have published an ar
ticle which would exploit the success
of Gen. Wood in dealing with affairs
at Santiago and draw a comparison
with the situation at Hanava unfavora
ble to the administration of Gen
Brooke.
Maj. Runcie declared that Gen. Wood
asked him to write the article, and
that he had done so. The article was
given to Baker and published in Febru
ary, 1900, over the name of Maj, Run
cie. He asserted that Gen. Wood knew
what the article contained, and thai
they had correspondence about it as
the result of the furor created by its
publication. He offered to produce copies
of letters which he had written to Gen.
Wood, concerning his own defense. It
was not until after Gen. Wood suc
ceeded Gen. Brooke that the article
was published. The effect was a sever
ance of the relations between the wit
ness and Gen. Wood.
Silver Service for Wood.
Other witnesses called by the com
mittee to testify were Maj. E. Ladd,
u. S. A., who audited Gen. Wood’s
Santiago accounts: Wallis Clearman,
a former employe of a New York Jew
elry house, who made the sale to the
Jal Alai Company of the silver set,
which was given to Gen, Wood; -and a
representative of the Bureau of Insular
Affairs, who explained the character
of the game and the manner in which
speculation is indulged in by
the spectators. Baskets, raquets
and other paraphernalia were
usedi in Illustrating the manner of
play.
Mr. Clearman was twice on the stand.
The first time he told the committee
that after the purchase of the silver
set he took the ware to Havana and
delivered it to Zaras Queda and re
ceived the purchase price, $5,100. He
was not asked whether duty was paid
on the set.
The second time he was asked con
cerning the charges that after nego
tiations were made between the pur
chasers and the Jewelry company Ja.
telegram was received by the purchas
er, telling him not to close the deal
until notice of the granting of the con
cession to the Jai Alai Company had
been published in the Official Gazette
at Havana. Mr. Clearman said he
had never heard of such a telegram.
It was brought out through the tes
timony of another witness, and by in
spection of the articles of the Jai Alai
Company that Zaras Queda was a
member of the board of directors.
SOCIALISTS PROTEST
AGAINST LYNCHINGS.
Brussels, Nov. 27.—The International
Socialist Bureau has Issued a manifes
to protesting against the lynching of
negroes In the United States, and urg
ing the American working people "not
to permit the governing classes to di
vert their attention from the Social
question by encouraging racial war.”
The manifesto is signed by delegates
from all countries.
Accident to the Mnine.
Washington, Nov. 27.—The battleship
Maine has suffered another Injury.
The inability of the ship to make more
than 12 knots on her recent cruise to
Colon was due to an accident to her
engines, which occurred before her de
parture. Four of the large engine “ys"
or supports are broken, and It will be
necessary to repair them before it will
be safe for the Maine to increase her
speed beyond twelve knots, although
the vessel’s maximum speed is 18 knots.
Steamer Seme Struck.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 27.—The steamer
Neuse of the Norfolk and Southern
Railway service ran upon a shoal in
Albemarle sound during last night, and
has not yet been floated, though tugs
have been sent to her assistance. The
reports from the steamer are meagre
on account of her isolated position,
but it is known that she is in no dan
ger.
Cxarlna'i Condition.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 27.--The Czar
ina's condition causes some alarm,
as the inflammation of her ear does not
yield to treatment, and lt-ls feared that
an operation may be necessary. The
Czar has decided not to bring her to
St. Petersburg, fearing she may take
cold on the journey, and she will re
main at Sklernlwlce until all danger
Is passed.