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THE MORNING NEWa.
J H. ESTILL, President,
■•. lavished 1860. - - Incorporated 1888.
RUSSIA IS STILL
HOLDING IT BACK
ANSWER TO JAPAN NOT SENT.
IT will* NOT BE DISPATCHED BE
FORE TO-MORROW.
J, ~ Denied Tkat the Russian Gov
ernment Is Keeping Back the Note
While the Japanese Minister Ac
quaints His Government With Its
Substance—Tension at St. Peters
burc I* Increasing Seenrttles
Show the Effects.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 3.—The state
rnent printed abroad that the Russian
note is held back while M. Kurino,
the Japanese minister, communicates
its substance to his government, is
untrue.
The Associated Press is semi-offici
ally assured that the Russian response
■will not be sent before Feb. 6, at the
earliest.
The tension unquestionably is in
creasing, and the bourse shows a
nervous feeling, but beyond the de
cided Russian military activity, there
is little definite news.
M. Kurino denies that the Foreign
Office has given him an intimation
of the nature of the reply. The Japan
the legation is without advices indicat
ing important developments in Japan,
but it is admitted that the long delay
in the response, coupled with the
reports of Russian military activity,are
doubtless increasing the tension and
gravity of the situation in Japan.
The strain here is manifested by
the continuous semi-panicky condition
of the bourse. The papers still hope
for peace, but they show a more
skeptical tone.
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
LEAVE PORT ARTHUR.
They Sailed to Reinforce the Out
side Fleet.
Port Arthur, Feb. 3.—ln response to
the Japanese war measures important
naval and military movements have
been effected here. The Russian squa
dron, heretofore inside the harbor,
consisting of the battleships Retvizan,
Peresviet, Czarevitch, Orel and Sevas
topol, and the cruisers Fremieschek and
Bmieley have joined the outside fleet,
consisting of the battleships Probieda,
Fetropavlovsk and Poltava: the cruis
ers Diana, Pallada, Askold, Varyag and
Boyarin and the torpedo gunboat Ba
kan. The last named vessel has just
arrived here from Chemulpo. Corea,
with complete Japanese charts of the
Corean coast.
In consequence of the narrow and
dangerous entrance at low water, it
took the warships three days to get out
of the harbor. The accomplishment of
this task is regarded as specially im
portant, owing to the danger of the
ships being immured by an accident
in the channel.
The cruiser Djiglt, the torpedo gun
boat Gaidamak, the sloop of war
Zabyaka, four gunboats and the tor
pedo flotilla remain inside.
Simultaneously the third brigade of
Siberian Rifles and two batteries Of
artillery started for an unannounced
destination from Liao Yang, south of
Mukden.
Aitogether about 9,000 troops have
departed, leaving 10.000 men at Port
Arthur, exclusive of the troops man
ning the fortifications.
STATESMEN CONFERRED
ON THE SITUATION.
1 bey Met at the Residence of the
Japanese Premier,
Tokio, Feb. 3.—A specially called
conference of the cabinet, elder states
men and military and naval chiefs was
held to-day at the residence of Premier
Katsura. The meeting is believed to
have been of much importance, though
no details of the discussion have been
given the public. Possibly it foreshad
ows energetic action on account of
Bussian arocrastination.
Although the government officials
continue reticent, it is manifest that
the situation is of the gravest, and
that the crisis is near at hand.
I he time in which the Russian reply
will continue to be a factor in the sit
uation is narrowing. The patience of
the government is becoming exhausted,
Hud if the expected answer is delay
ed many days longer, the issuance of
an ultimatum by Japan will become in
evitable.
The Japanese feel that the existing
conditions have entitled them to a more
prompt reply, and are bound to In
mr that the Russian government is
determined not to yield, but is utiliz
ing the time to advance Us prepara
tions for war.
VICEROY ALEXIEFF
MAY DECLARE WAR.
' Said That Thla Power Has Been
Accorded Hint.
1-ondon, Feb. 3. —A dispatch to Reut
*r,s Telegram Company from St. Peters
burg, dated yesterday and forwarded
by way of the frontier, says the Rus-
B1 ; in general staff hns given Viceroy
•n exiefr authority to declare war and
Jpen hostilities on his own responsi
b'hty, if circumstances render it neces
sary.
Ihe dispatch adds that an imperial
jnanifesto, declaring war, is expected
ir 'he Japanese government does not
H ; ';ept the conditions proposed in Rus
-; 1 response, which it is asserted, will
Russia's last word, has been issued.
Jnps Take n Railroad,
' Petersburg, Feb. 3.—The Seoul
'' usan Railroad has been occupied by
"'panese troops, according to a die*
Paifh from Vladlvostock. which adds
hat the Japanese have taken field guns
0 Seoul for the protection of their le
gation, and that they are building bar
*' k* for the accommodation of cav- I
airy.
Jiatotma!) Jtofnina
$2,500 A VOTE WAS
WHAT BOODLERS GOT.
Evidence Submitted In the Trial ot
Edward Butler.
Fulton, Mo.. Feb. 3.—ln the trial of
Col. Edward Butler, charged with
bribery, J. K. Murrell, former mem
ber of the House of Delegates, and
agent for the alleged combine of mem
bers, to'-d of the formation of the
House of Delegates combine; how and
when they held their meetings; the
number present; the various proposi
tions regarding the lighting bill, and
the attitude of the "boys" toward that
legislation.
He recited that the combine met and
decided on $75,000 as the price for which
they would pass the lighting bill.
Subsequently, he said, he had a con
versation with Butler, which he sum
marized as follows:
"Butler asked me what we wanted,
to pass the bill. I told him the boys
expected $75,000.
“ ‘Well,’ he answered, ‘you fellows
can have $47,500. not a cent more.’
"Butler came to my office voluntar
ily. I did not send for him.”
Murrell then went on to tell how he
reported Butler's ultimatum back to
the combine. He said he met But
let for the second time regarding the
lighting hill negotiations, Nov. 38, 1899.
The bill was passed on the night of
that dav.
On the 20th the lighting bill was kill
ed bv the House combine. The boodle
fund of $47,500, Murrell testified, was
to insure reconsideration. Lehman
presented the motion to reconsider.
Murrell then told how the nineteen
members of the combine met at the
home of Julius Lehman and divided up
the $47,500. He got $2,500, as did each
of the others, he said.
kennedyls released"
WITHOUT BEING BONDED.
He Insisted T’lant the Killing ot
Carry Was Justifiable.
Wrightsville, Ga., Feb. 3.—The com
mitment trial of R. T. Kennedy, held
for the murder of Oscar Carry at this
point last fall, has been in progress
to-day before Justice L. D. Downs.
The parties are all white with large
family connections on both sides, and
a great deal of interest lias been mani
fested by the public in the proceedings,
and people from all over Johnson coun
ty were present to-day to hear the
trial. The defendant is a member of
a prominent family ir. Southwest Geor
gia, and is known widely through the
southern part of the state. After kill
ing Carry, he escaped, but was located
and captured in Savannah last week.
Kennedy does not deny the killing,
but says he was forced to the deed
in self-defense, and the line of his de
fense has been to establish the fact
of his justification. After hearing all
of the evidence. Judge Downs releas
ed the defendant this afternoon, with
out requiring bond for his appearance
before the grand jury.
DEMOCRATS AGREE ”
ON ISIDOR RAYNER.
He Will Represent Marylnnd In the
United States Senate.
Annapolis, Md., Feb. 3. —Eighty-nine
of the ninety Democratic members of
the Maryland General Assembly met
in caucus to-night and after parleying
for more than three hours, selected
Isidor Rayner for the United States
senatorship, to succeed Senator Louis
E. McComas, the present incumbent.
At noon to-morrow Mr. Rayner, a well
known Baltimore lawyer, who
achieved an international reputation
as the leading counsel for Admiral
Schley during the naval court of in
quiry, will be elected by the members
of the General Assembly in joint ses
sion to the United States Senate.
In the joint session of the Mary
land Legislature, to-day's ballot for
United States senator resulted as fol
lows: „ , .
Democrats —Isidor Rayner, 37; John
Walter Smith. 31; Bernard Carter, 9;
E. E. Jackson. 8. „ „„
Republican—Louis -E. McComas. 33.
Necessary for election. 59 votes.
HUDSON RETURNED THE
FIRE OF A WHITE MOB.
His Assailants Decamped After This
Reception.
Athens, Ga.. Feb. 3.—Late last night
a crowd of white men, thought to have
been from Madison county, shot four
teen times into a house occupied by
Tobe Hudson, a negro shoemaker, in
this city.
Hudson took his double-barreled
shotgun and emptied its contents into
the crowd. It is known that one of
the men was shot in the hand, but not
seriously hurt.
The men left after Hudson had fired
upon them. The Athens police force
will endeavor to find out w'ho they
were.
MUSTARD PLASTERS
APPLIED TO HANNA.
Homely Remedy Cores the Senator
of a Chill.
Washington, Feb. 3.—Senator M. A.
Hanna had a setback late this after
noon which, for a time, considerably
alarmed his family. He was seized
with a congestive chill.
Members of the family were on hand
at its first outbreak and by the prompt
application of mustard plasters, and
hot water the attack was prevented
from becoming serious, and later it
was stated that the Senator’s condi
tion was again almost at his normal
state of the past few weeks. Dr.
Rixey to-night said:
"Senator Hanna’s condition Is not
alarming, and I hope he wtll be out
In a week or ten days.”
Germane at Vera Cnn.
Vera Cruz, Feb. 3.—The German
cruisers Falke and Vineta arrived in
port to-night. The German squadron
now visiting this port consists of five
vessels.
SAVANNAH. GA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1904
TILLMAN SAYS
SENATE STEALS
IN LENDING TO BIG FAIRS.
HE ADMITS HE AIDED IN ONE FOR
CHARLESTON.
Expenditure of Public Fund* for the
Benefit of Expositions, the Sonth
Carolinian Submitted. Was Unlaw
ful and Unconstitutional—Chal
lenged by Spooner, He Called Snell
Appropriations Steals Gorman
for Expenditures for Commerce.
Washington, Feb. 3.—. After almost
allowing the amendment to the Ur
gent Deficiency Appropriation bill, pro
viding for a loan of $4,600,000 to the
St. Ix>uls exposition, to go through
without any discussion, whatever, the
Senate to-day changed its tactics just
as the vote was about to be taken
and entered upon a debate on the loan
provision, which continued for about
four hours, and which was still in
progress, when the Senate adjourned
for the day.
The debate was precipitated by a
point of order made against the amend
ment by Mr. Bailey, who supported his
point with a speech based on the theory
that the national government was not,
as such, concerned with the success
or failure of any exposition. He was
supported by Mr. Lodge and Mir.
Elkins, while speeches were made in
support of the amendment by Messrs.
Hale, Allison, Cockrell, Spooner, Mc-
Comas and others.
Mr. Tillman said he wanted to say
something on this “loan or gift,’’ the
latter he thought, as it was not like
ly that the government would ever get
anything back. In the course of his
remarks, he said South Carolina had
a share of the steal that had been
secured by other cities, and he had
helped to get it. What he meant
that this expenditure of money was
unlawful and unconstitutional.
“Yes, Steals,” Said Tillman.
Mr. Spooner remarked that the sen
ator from South Carolina had put
himself on record as participating in
a steal.
“What I mean,” declared Mr. Till
man, "is that when Congress takes
money from the people and gives it
away for expositions, it amounts to a
steal. AVhat I want to know, is how
far we are to go and how much longer
we are to participate in ”
Here Mr. Tillman hesitated.
"Steals?” interjected Mr. Spooner.
"Yes, steals,” said Mr. Tillman de
fiantly.
Mr. Bacon said that as he intended
to vote for the amendment he did not
want the impression to go out that it
was in the wrong. He thought the ap
propriation a proper one. In reply to
a question from Mr. Bailey, he said
that, abstractly, he did not indorse
the principle, and that if the practice
of giving aid to expositions was now
being initiated he would oppose the
practice. But, in view of what had
been done in the past, he considered
it not out of place to make the appro
priation.
Mr. Elkins suggested that better se
curity should be given than the
amendment requires, and made an
argument for what he called business
methods. He called attention to the
fact that there is an imminent possi
bility of a deficit of $40,000,000 in the
treasury.
“Where is the money coming from?
Are we going to take it from the
rivers and harbors?” he asked.
Expects It to Be Refunded.
Mr. Cockrell said there could be lit
tle doubt that the money would be re
funded, as the provision gives a lien
on the entire proceeds. “I want it dis
tinctly understood,” he said, "that this
is not a gift, but a loan, which I be
lieve will be returned.”
Mr. Bailey quoted Mr. Tillman as
having asked where the practice of
giving aid to such institutions would
stop, and, replying, said, like the
brook, it would "go on forever.”
He also referred to the fact that not
withstanding Mr. Tillman's impatience
with the amendments,he intended voting
tot it because of the aid that the
Charleston exposition had received of
Congress.
Mr. Tillman made ari explanation
of the assistance given to Charleston.
He also referred, with evident feeeling,
to Mr. Bailey’s reference to his own
attitude, saying that the latter had
characterized the appropriation as a
‘“steal."
Mr. Bailey disclaimed any intention
to speak of the appropriation so harsh
ly "I don’t go so far,” he said. "I
consider it a misappropriation."
Mr. Lodge called attention to the
plea for economy on account of the
condition of the treasury. Some sena
tors might say we need more battle
ships, but he did not agree, for they
are necessary to maintain peace on
this hemisphere and to support the
Monroe doctrine. When, therefore, we
are asked to economize in that direc
tion and to give sums like this, there
is a curious contradiction.
War Flourishes at Peace’s Expense.
Mr. Gorman replied. “Can it be,”
he asked, “that the conduct of the
financial affairs of the country has
been of such a character that we are
to be estopped from giving the neces
sary aid to an exposition to which all
the world is looking forward as the
greatest event since 1876? Can It be
that such a condition as this exists
without measures being taken to rem
edy it by the party in power?” He
said that all the great ports of the
country needed better harbors and ask
ed if the commercial interests were to
be hampered, and checked by the
"stand pat” policy, and because of
the lavish expenditures made on ac
count of war.
He was delighted that the Senator
from Massachusetts and Mr. Hemen
way, of the House of Representatives,
had brought to light that the present
revenue laws were a failure, and it
was well for the country to know
that the refusal to amend, and change
them was due to the fear caused by
the approaching campaign. Mr. Gor
man dwelt upon the prospect of not
securing a river and harbor bill, and
said that money for the improvement
of the rivers and harbors was even
more important than the payment of
of Congress.
"We have now,” he said, "more ships
than can be manned, and a navy five
fold larger than ever contemplated by
the fathers for the maintenance of the
Monroe doctrine." If we had the heart*
of the people of Bouth, and Central
America, he said, we would not need
such a navy, which Is top-heavy. “Let
war wait and commerce be protect
ed,” he went on. “Take from war and
give the Attorney General a home.
Make your appropriations for the St.
Louis fair, and tor the harbors at
Boston, New York, and other points.
Reduce your duties, and meet the com
petition that is coming, and coming
rapidly. That seems to me to be the
policy the country should adopt."
He said that our, present era of
prosperity was on the wane.
Spooner Answers Gorman.
Mr. Spooner replied to Mr. Gorman,
saying that the speech was purely par
tisan. He assured Mr. Gorman that
he need not fear for the prosperity of
the country and for a revenue that
would be adequate to enable us to do
all that we ought to do. He said if the
Democratic leader had stopped to cal
culate he would have discovered that
the prosperity of the country had be
gun when the Democratic administra
tion ended.
Mr. Spooner made a personal refer
ence to Mr. Gorman as "the most
adroit and non-partisan statesman in
the world,” which caused all the sena
tors, including Mr. Gorman, to smile.
He suspected Mr. Gorman, he said, of
the authorship of a part of the Demo
cratic platform adopted at St. Louis in
1888, but had not supposed that he had
had anything to do with the tariff dec
laration of 1892. Which policy, he
asked, will be adopted by the Demo
cratic party—“l might say the reunited
democracy—at its next convention?”
“May we not,” Mr. Tillman asked,
"be allowed to adopt the Senator's pol
icy in regard to the Philippines and
leave that to the Democratic masses?”
“I don’t know which branch of the
party will be in control,” responded Mr.
Spooner.
To this sally Mr. Tillman replied:
“Neither can we tell what part Gov.
Cummins with his lowa idea will play
in the Republican convention.”
Mr. Spooner then made the important
and apparently authorized announce
ment that the Republican party did not
intend to enter into a revision of the
tariff at this session of Congress. Ask
ed why, he replied that the reason was
found in the fact that such an effort
would too greatly disturb the business
interests of the country. A presiden
tial election was entirely a sufficient
disturber of business without adding
unnecessarily to the complications.
After further remarks by Messrs.
Hale, Elkins, Mitchell and others, the
Senate adjourned until to-morrow.
NEW STEEL BrTdGEWAS
SWEPT INTO THE SATILLA.
Six \euro Convict* Had n Narrow
Escape from Drowning.
Waycross, Ga„ Feb. 3.—The new
steel bridge, which had just been com
pleted by the Ware County Commis
sioners across the Satilla river at Wa
tertown, was overturned by the high
water this afternoon and now lies at
the bottom of the river in about fif
teen feet of water.
Six negro convict* were on the
bridge when it gave way and were
only saved from death by their fore
man, who picked them up in a boat.
One of the negroes was seriously in
jured in the legs. The convicts were
at work with a pile driver, when the
bridge commenced to fall, and by
climbing to the upper railing they es
caped being crushed under the bridge.
The pile driver will also have to be
fished up out of the stream when the
water fails.
The steel part of the bridge had
just been completed, and on last Sat
urday, the County Commissioners made
their last payment of $1,185 for it to
a Des Moines, Ia„ bridge company.
declaredThaThill
fired in self-defense.
Prominent Citizen* Testified a* to
Hl* Hitch Character.
LaGrange, Ga., Feb. 3.—The excite
ment in the trial of Charles E. Hill
for the killing of Watt Brown has not
yet reached it! climax.
The court room was thronged to
day with people from over the coun
ty, and adjoining counties. All the wit
ness for the state were examined yes
terday, and the defense was taken up
this morning. Hill’s mother and sis*
ters are at the trial. He seems to
be bearing up bravely as the trial pro
ceeds.
Witnesses for the defense set up in
their testimony that Watt Brown was
in the act of taking his pistol from
his right hip pocket, when in self-de
fense Hill shot him. Many promi
nent citizens from West Point testi
fied as to the high character, and
standing of Hill.
The case will probably go to the
jury to-morrow afternoon.
W. T. Ames, one of the jurors, faint
ed shortly after noon to-day, necessi
tating a temporary adjournment of
court.
SAID HE WAS SHOT
AND THEN WAS CURSED.
John Barber Died of ihe Wound In
flicted by Hl* Boy Friend.
Waycross, Ga„ Feb. 3.—John Barber,
the 11-year-old son of Obadlah Barber,
who was shot several days ago by
Carey Howell, his 14-year-old com
panion, died at his father’s home near
the Okefenokee swamp early this morn
ing.
For several days past it had been
claimed that the shooting was acci
dental, but young Barber has insisted
that it was intentional, and Just before
he died declared that Howell remarked
Just after the shooting: "By G—d, I
can shoot, can’t I? Get up from there
and hustle home. I’ve a mind to give
you the other barrel.’’
Howell has not yet been arrested, but
it is likely a warrant will be sworn
out against him after the coroner’s in
quest to-morrow.
THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
BUDGED ONLY 18 INCHES.
Chester, Pa., Feb. 3.—An unsuccess
ful attempt was made to-day to launch
the Savannah line steamship City of
Columbus at Roach’s shipyard. The
vessel moved eighteen inches and then
stuck. Frozen tallow, it la believed,
is responsible for the failure of the
steamship to leave the ways.
COTTON AGAIN
TOOK A TUMBLE
BY MANY SELLING ORDERS
THE MARKET WAS DRIVEN DOWN
SWIFTLY.
If Appeared That the Ball Ring Had
Been Disorganized—lt* Support
Wa* Sadly Ml**cd—lt* Feeble Fol
lower* Seemed Ponerlt** to Check
the Downward Ruth-Buying Or
der* from New Orleans Finally
Called a Halt.
New York, Feb. 3.—Brokers went
home last night expecting exciting
times in to-day's cotton market, but
they were met with developments even
more nerve-racking than they had ex
pected.
The market gt the start was deluged
with selling orders received over night,
and prices were forced down partly on
talk that, at last, the bull campaign
had come to an end. It seemed appar
ent that there was no organized sup
port to prices, and the trading ring
was surrounded by a pushing throng
of wildly excitecj brokers selling until
March had broken from 16.25 c at the
opening to 15.88 c, May from 16.55 c to
16.00 c and July from 16.65 c to 16.00.
Then came a partial rally of 20 to 25
points, but there was no aggressive de
mantV and soon prices were again
working downward 'in an irregular,
jerking fashion. The decline was fa
cilitated by heavy estimates for to
morrow’s receipts and the belief that
popular confidence in higher prices for
cotton has been materially shaken by
the developments of yesterday.
It had been thought that the decline
of over a cent a. pound yesterday
had shaken out the outside long in
terest. bu.t the recent advance of
about 3% cents per pound in little
over two weeks had enabled many out
siders to accumulate profits sufficient
td protect their accounts. To-day,'how
ever. these holders seemed anxious to
close out. and suve what they had
left of their former winnings.
Toward midday supporting orders
from New Orleans came in, rallying
the market about 20 points from the
lowest. Trading at this level was less
active, and sentiment evidently very
feverish and unsettled. There was
more or less buying on the reaction
theory, and buying orders were receiv
ed from New Orleans. There was
scattered selling for long accounts, and
it appeared that the bears were feel
ing more confident as a result of ru
mors that a leak in the forthcoming
census bureau’s report had caused the
sudden withdrawal of local bull sup
port .
The market in the late trading show
ed a somewhat firmer tone on covering
and support and rallied, until at the
close, it was steady at a net decline of
6 to 32 points. Sales were estimated
at 700.000 bales.
LORENZES OWED MACHEN.
Their Connsel Said the Indebtedne**
Wn *25.000
Washington, Feb. 3.—Shortly before
adjournment to-day counsel for the
defense in the postal trial produced a
note dated, July 1, 1893, for $25,000
drawn by George E. Lorenz in favor
of August W. Mochen. In the opening
statement of the defense, Mr. Kumler,
in behalf of Lorenz, said he would
prove the existence of an Indebtedness
of this amount on the part of the Lo
renzes to Machen. The note to-day
was offered for that purpose, and as
explaining the various remittances for
warded by Lorenz to Machen.
A hundred or more notes, aggregat
ing over $53,000, were identified by Pres
ident S. D. Carr, of the National Bank
of Commerce of Toledo. 0., as having
been discounted by his bank on the
indorsement of Lorenz and his brother
and Machen, the loans having been
made to enable them to develop their
oil properties in Ohio. Mr. Carr fur
ther testified that Machen had sold out
his interest to Lorenz.
carriedTnthe pilot
OF A LOCOMOTIVE.
Experience of the Only One of Three
Who Wa* Left Alive.
Helena, Mont., Feb. 3. —A blizzard,
which has raged for the past thirty-six
hours in Eastern Montana and Western
North Dakota, has about spent itself.
Near Kurtz, N. D„ three section men
were struck by a train. Two were
killed and the third was picked up by
the pilot of the engine and carried
twenty miles before the engineer knew
about the accident. The operator at a
station passed by the train, saw the
man and telegraphed ahead to flag the
train. The man was badly bruised and
half dead from cold. He said they did
not see the train because of the storm.
terryWno? wait
FOR HIS JURY’S VERDICT.
Killed Himself by Slashing Hl*
Throat With a Knife.
Wilmington, N. C„ Feb. 3. S. Hill
Terry, charged with the murder of
his son-in-law, George Tate Bland,
last September, committed suicide In
his cell to-day by slashing his throat
with a case knife that had been given
him to use with his meals.
His trial wag in progress in the
Superior Court.
FRENCHMEN WANT TO
OUTRIDE VANDERBILT.
Paris, Feb. 3.—French 1 automohilists
are taking much interest in the motor
car records made by William K. Van
derbilt, Jr„ on the beach track at
Ormond, Fla., and are anxious to race
him. M. Gobrom, who Is well known
in sporting circle* here, ha* already
challenged Mr. Vanderbilt and M.
DeCatcr* proposes to lower the record
made by M. Gobrom on a ninety
horsepower car, evidently with the In
tention of racing with Mr. Vanderbilt
himself.
PRESIDENT SUBMITS
ALL CORRESPONDENCE.
Hold* Back Only War and Navy De
part nu* nt Order*.
Washington, Feb. 3. —The President
to-day sent to the Senate a mass of
correspondence in response to Senator
Gorman’s resolution.
The circumstances under which
forces were landed are given by the
President in detail, but orders by the
War and Navy Departments concern
ing the inner workings of such de
partments and which constitute a part
of the records of the offices of mili
tary and naval intelligence are with
held on the grounds that the disclos
ure of such confidential matters would
be incompatible with the public inter
est.
Asa preface to the correspondence,
Acting Secretary of State Loomis
writes a letter which says all the cor
respondence on record in the Depart
ment of State is given, and that from
this it appears United States forces
have been landed on the Isthmus of
Panama ten times. A landing made
in September, 1902, was the only one
made without requisition from the
government, of the isthmus. The Sec
retary in regard to this, says:
"Forces were landed to keeep open
the transit, the Governor of the state
being duly notified."
Acting Secretary Loomis says fur
ther: “The accompanying papers also
show that the United States has been
asked by New Grenada and Colombia
to execute, by armed force, the guar
anty of the neutrality of the isthmus
or of the sovereignty of New Grenada
or Colombia, and the dates and cir
cumstances of such requests.
"It appears from the correspondence
that on one occasion United States
forces were landed solely on the initia
tive of the United States—-namely, in
September, 1902, when the Panama au
thorities were duly notified of the pro
posed landing.
"The correspondence further shows
that the forces of the United States
have never been employed in the inter
nal affairs of New Grenada or of Co
lombia otherwise than to protect United
States property and maintain order and
(he freedom of the transit on the isth
mian territory under the provisions of
the treaty of 1846.”
how haltiansquelled
INCIPIENT REBELLION.
It Wa* Pat Down by Prompt and
Quite DrclKlve Shooting,
Washington, Feb. 3. —Mail advices
from thoroughly authentic sources
which reached several persons in
Washington to-day indicate that a ter
rifying state of affairs has existed re
cently in Haiti. One letter from Port
Au Prince give* the following account
of happenings at that place:
“Affairs here are in a state of wild
and dreadful disorder. While the Pres
ident, Gen. Nord, was in Gonaives, a
city in the northern part of the repub
lic, a conspiracy was discovered ta in
augurate a revolution, not so much
against Gen. Nord himself as for the
purpose of getting control of this city
and forcing the President to agree to
certain measures affecting the libera
tion and pardoning a number of
Haitians implicated in the bank scan
dal.
"When the time arrived to carry the
plot into execution, many withdrew
therefrom. One of the number, Gen.
Maximo Moplaiser, was, however, de
termined to carry it through. Learning
of the conspiracy, the military gpvernor
of th* city, with a number of soldiers,
broke into the house where Mopaieor
and a few of his friends were gathered.
Orders were given to shoot all those
within on the spot. Those kmo were kill
ed were Moplaiser, his son, one or two
other persons and a servant. Among
those who escaped was the writer.
"The owner of the house escaped by
.Jumping out of a second story win
dow, and in so doing broke his leg,
but finally reached shelter. The mili
tary authorities, finding he had made
his escape, arrested and imprisoned his
wife. Hearing this, the man informed
the authorities if they would release
his wife, he would return to his house.
He kept his word, returning to the
house where the authorities found him
in bed after a physician had set his
leg. Without any ceremony, they kill
ed him as he lay there by firing thir
teen bullets into his body.
"The foreign residents then became
alarmed, and the German admiral in
formed the authorities if their action
did not cease, he would land marines
and take possession of the city. This
stopped proceedings.
"Gen. Nord afterward reached Port
Au Prince, and the excitement is some
what allayed, but is still intense, and
may break out at any moment,”
BESIEGED GARRISONS
HAVE BEEN RELIEVED.
Record of the Misdeed* of the
Trlbe*men In Revolt.
Berlin, Feb. 3.—A cablegram has been
received here from the commander of
the German gunboat Habicht, saying
that the garrisonß at Windhoek and
OJcahandja have been relieved. The
latter place was taken by storm.
The tribesmen, killed and in most
cases mutilated forty-four settlers, In
cluding women and children. The mil
itary losses were twenty-six, and it is
probable that the death list has been
increased by fifty other casualties.
DEBTS DROVE HODGES
TO A DOUBLE CRIME.
He Brained Ills Wife and Then
Hanged Himself.
Hancevllle, Ala., Feb. 3.—J. W.
Hodges, a farmer in the southern part
of Culman county, was found dead
in his barn yesterday, hanging from a
rafter, while in the house was dis
covered the dead body of his wife.
The woman had been brained with
a blunt instrument.
Hodges was deeply in dept, it is said,
and was being pressed by his credit
ors. This is believed to have un
balanced him mentally and led him
to murder and suicide.
ORTON THE EXPERT.
By R. M. Larner.
Washington, Feb. 3W. J. Orton, a
sea Island cotton expert, has gone to
Blackshear, Ga., to represent the Ag
ricultural Department in the experi
ments proposed to exterminate the
anthrocnose.
DAILY. $8 A YEAR,
b CENTS A COPY
Weekly 2-times-a-week.i: a year
WAR OVER TAYLOR
FIRES THE HOUSE
KENTUCKY AND INDIANA
LOCKED HORNS OVER THE FUGI
TIVE GOVERNOR.
James of Kentucky Led the Attack
Made Upon Indiana Becan*e of the
Refusal of That State to Deliver
Taylor Over to Justice—Scored the
“Rough Hider President."—Crni.
packer Replied and Wlllium* An
swered Him.
Washington. Feb. 3.—lndiana and
Kentucky locked horns in the House
to-day. The debate, which involved
nearly every member of both state
delegations, was fast and furious
from start to finish.
Kentucky demanded of Indiana the
return of W, S. Taylor, that he might
be tried for the assassination of Wil
liam Goebel. The assault was made
by Mr. James of Kentucky, and the
defense was led by Mr. Crumpacker of
Indiana. Partisan feeling rose to an
extreme tension, and as either side
scored both applause and derision re
sulted.
The debate was based on the Diplo
matic and Consular Appropriation Bill.
Mr. James fired both sides of the
House to interest and feeling by de
claring at the outset that the "Rough
Rider President" was ridiculous in his
message to Congress favoring inter
national extradition treaties, when
one state could not get from another
fugitives from justice. He had, he
said, introduced a hill In which the
federal government made extradition
compulsory in cases where persons
had been indicted for crime. Four
years, he said. Gov. Durbin of Indiana
had protected Taylor, who had been
regularly indicted in Kentucky for the
murder of Goebel, “and yet I notice
that when Durbin comes to town,"
continued Mr. James, “he is wined and
dined by this great Don Quixote upon
extradition, who absolutely confides
to Durbin the right to give the wait
ing and anxious world the news that
Hanna can run for President if he
wants to. And when we ail read that,
we again declare, ’the King can do
no wrong.’ ”
Said Juries Were Packed.
Mr. Crumpacker arose to make a
reply to Mr. James, and brought a
storm of questions from the Demo
cratic side.
The Governor of Indiana needed no
defense, began Mr. Crumpacker, es
pecially to any one acquainted with
the Kentucky election of 1899. He de
clared Taylor had been elected Gov
ernor, that the Kentucky Juries had
been “packed” and that history would
justify the action of Indiana.
Mr. Williams of Mississippi com
batted the idea that the Kentucky ju
ries were “corrupt and rotten.” In
some respects, he said, the speech of
Mr. Crumpacker was a disgrace to
American civilization. It was ridicu
lous to suppose that all purity reigned
In Indiana, and that just across the
river all was corruption.
The tension was lessened and bet
ter nature restored by the interposi
tion of a speeecn on the reorganiza
tion of the consular service by Mr.
Adams of Pennsylvania, but It after
wards broke out again under the lead
of Mr. Stanley of Kentucky,
only to be again quelled by a long
speech against Canadian reciprocity by
Mr. Volstead of Minnesota.
The session was concluded at 5.
o’clock by a ten-minute appeal by Mr.
Harrison of New York for equal treat
ment of American citizens abroad, es
pecially for American Hebrews in Rus
sia.
wants” no reorganization.
Bryan Think* It Might Mean Money
Power’* Control.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 3.—William
Jennings Bryan spoke to-night by In
vitation of the Kentucky Legislature
to a crowd that filled the Capital
Theater. Both bodies of the General
Asseigbiy adjourned to-day and held
memorial services in honor of the late
Gov. William Goebel In the hall of
the House of Representatives. Mr.
Bryan and several members of the
Legislature made addresses.
Mr. Bryan was introduced to-night
by Gov. Beckham, who, in presenting
him, *ald that, though twice defeated,
he was the best loved citizen in pub
lic life.
Referring to the late Gov. Goebel,
Mr. Bryan said his assassination was
encompassed by corporate influence
that had determined he should never
be Governor. He said the man who
wrote to Goebel that he should never
be Governor is alive now and his
name is mentioned in connection with
the chairmanship of the Democratic
National Committee.
Mr. Bryan devoted some time to
Grover Cleveland, saying that he be
lieved President McKinley's Indictment
of Mr. Cleveland, in which Mr. Cleve
land was charged with making money
the master of the man, was correctly
drawn.
Mr. Bryan said he did not want a
reorganization of the Democratic party
because he did not want the party to
take the chance of falling into the
hands of the money power. Commer
cialism in politics, he declared, was
now the greatest menace to the coun
try. He said he had heard of one
precinct in Delaware where all the
votes were bought and one auctioned
off brought SSO.
He said the money question was no
more dead now than it was in 1896,
and discussed at length trusts and
monopolies, which he said were being
fostered under the Republican policy.
He also criticised President Roose
velt’s policy toward Cuba and on the
Panama question.
>*o*tuiu*ter* Confirmed.
Washington, Feb. 3.—The Senate to
day confirmed the following nomi
nations:
Postmasters:
Georgia—Mattie H. Hanson, Forsyth:
Hugh M. Pierce, Moultrie.
Lam Chief Engineer.
Washington, Feb. 8 —D. W. Lum has
been appointed chief engineer of
maintenance of way and structures of
the Southern Railway and the office
of engineer of bridges and bridgings
has been abolished.