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“BILL ARP,” FAMOUS HUMORIST,
ON THE VERGE OF DISSOLUTION
Last Letter Written to The Constitution By “Bill Arp.”
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At Home, Sick--Editor Constitution: I have been quite sick all the week; can hardly write
at all. You will have to excuse me this week. Yours, CHAS. H. SMITH.
Cartersville, Ga., August 18.—(Special.)
Major C. H Smith (Bill Arp) is still in
a critical condition. He lies in a semi
conscious state, but can be aroused for
* few minutes at a time, when he recog
nizes and speaks to these about him,
then drops back into coma again. He
takes his nourishment and medicine with
out difficulty.
His physician states that while Major
Smith’s condition is extremely critical
and that he may die at any moment, yet
he does not 1 ok for an immediate disso
lution. His family has been called to
gether and tie in constant attendance on
the patient.
Major Smiv.x Under Knife.
Cartersville. Ga.. August 21.—(Special.)
While barely from under the surgeon's
knife. Major Charles H. Smith (Bill Arp>
still lives. Well grounded speculation led
to remarkable discoveries in his case
through an operation skillfully perform
ed by Dr. R. J. Trippe, of this city. Dr.
Ralph Smith, the major's son, make a
aainute investigation, which convinced
him of a growth or obstruction about
x..s father's liver. An operation was be
gun at 4 o'clock this afternoon and last
ed three quarters of an hour.
In the gall bladder were found three ,
thousand gall stones, ranging in size
from that of a mustard seed to that
a marble, the great obstructive mass be
ing enough to li'.l the double hands.
To this cause is attributed his long
•Ickness, but dropsical conditions have ,
kept indicative symptoms remote. No
anaesthetics but cocaine only was used j
in the operation and the aged patient
stood it w 11. ami while manifesting an i
Ircreased restlessness has taken his usual
llcuid nourishment since, and there are ■
no radically worse symptoms.
Physicians Hold Out No Hope.
Cartersville. Ga.. August 22 (Special.)— |
The condition of Major Charles 11. Smith ;
Is about the -nme as before the opera- I
tlon of yesterday except that he is some '
weaker. He takes nourishment, however, I
as usual. Against his chance for rallying
are his age and enfeebled state and the
fact that his system has been poisoned
as a result of the secretions that have
been remove.). Expressions of physi
cians an- not hopeful.
Grows Steadily Weaker.
Cartersville. Ga.. August 23.—(Special.)—
Major Charles H. Smith (Bill Arp) has
grown weaker since yesterday, but iiis
general symptoms are improved.
His physicians do not think he has
strength to rally, but his natural vitality
may prolong the end.
An immediate crisis is not imminent.
ILLNESS OF “BILL ARP.”
Columbus Ledger: The dangerous illness
of Major Smith, better known as Bill J
Arp. is generally regretted throughout the '
entire south. Few writers have a firmer
hold upon the affections of the masses of
the southern people than Bill Arp. For 1
many years they have read his weekly 1
letters and the death of the writer of i
these letters would be generally deplored. ;
Albany Herald. Announcement of the '
critical illness of Major Charles H. Smith i
—''Bill Arp”—at his home in Cartersville .
will carry sorrow to thousands of homes
In Georgia and other states. Bill Arp's .
quaint humor and entertaining philosophy '
have made his name familiar tn hundreds i
of thousands, and his contributions to the i
discussion of topics of general interest will :
be missed. For. if we are to accept the
reports from the quaint philosopher’s bed
aide. ali hope of his recovery has been
abandoned.
A Guaranteed Cure fcr Piles.
Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding |
Piles. Your druggist will refund your
money if PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure
you. 50 cents.
RAILROADS IN PHILIPPINES.
Root and Taft Want To Buid Six
Hundred Miles.
Washington, August 17.—Secretary Root
bas been in correspondence with Gov
ernor Taft regarding the construction
otf a system of railroads in the Philip
pine Islands amounting to some GOO miles.
It is proposed to build a line from Ma
nila north through Luzon to the harbor
at the northernmost end of the island.
Another projected line is a branch from
this north and south line over the moun
tains to the eastern ecast.
Another proposed line is from Manila
south to li.ita.nzas. It has been suggested
also that line be constructed along
the west oast of Luzon from Dagupan,
the present terminus of me. Manila and
Dagupau road, to the north end ot the is
land .
The propositions contemplate aid by the .
Philippine government. It is believed that
a. guarantee, of Un- inures, u n Uie u.nounl
tue t-uxioiigo, «i.i oe suilKmiU io liiuucv
capital to mVe.i, lu lue viuervut elixe*-
pxlSec.
z.xe Philippine government could not
ma«te un> g..nos oi taints tv uiu in me
conau'uct.uu <m uw roaua, i>ui. n couiu
grant iignis or way.
it has oeen determined tnat the Phil
ippine government has me autnority io
f-dtunne the in-teiest on cue rauroad
uouds, me payment ot interest it rnaue to
constitute a den on the property.
The secretary vs war believes that the
construction ot tnese roaoa would be ot
immense beneut and wou.id seitie for all
time the question of possible insurrec
tions in the island ot Luzon. For police
and patrol of the island the reads, it is
believed would be tar superior to a reg
iment ot soldiers, wnile the cost of a reg
iment would be nearly dcuole the amount
Os interest the government would pay on
the cost of tine railroad construction. En
gineers have been making surveys In tiie
island* and railroad men have been in
consultation with the secretary of war
on tiie subject which has reached such
a stage that it is believed early- action
will be taken looking to the building of
railroads on an extensive s ale.
In connection with th? proposed system
of railroads, Secretary Root and Govern
or Taft have been considering the claim
of the Manila and Da gup :n railroad,
against the United States. The road has
made a claim for damages by insurgents
before and since the American ccc.ipation
and under the Paris peace treaty. Sec
retary Root has refused to approve the
“ELI PERKINS” RELATES
SOME “BILL ARP” STORIES
The Constitution has received the tol
lowing letter from "Eli Perkins" in Re
gard to “Bill Arp," called forth by the
announcement of the latter's very des
perate Illness. Mr. Landon writes:
Editor Constitution: I note that my
friend "Bill Arp" is very ill and may
be translated to Moses and Elijah be
fore this reaches you.
About twenty years ago Bill Arp came
to New York with a southern friend to
get his first book published. .We wen.
delighted to entertain tiie humorist at
our home and glad to introduce him to
George W. Carleton, the publisher who
issued Artemus Ward's, Josh Billings
and afterwards my own complete biog
raphy and every funny thing he ever
wrote or said.
J was then writing my “Kings of the
Platform and Pulpit," and was glad to
get from your southern humorist and
his Georgia friend the short true biog
raphy and the longer picturesque remi
nlscettses which 1 used in the volume,
i hese reminiscences appeared as a
preface to his lecture. Tills was the
time when he was making his reputation
in the columns of The Constitution.
MELVILLE DELANEY LANDON.
(Eli Perkins.)
No. 304 West Eighty-fifth street, New
York city.
in the “Kings of Platform and Pulpit”
Eli Perkins writ's tl’.e following breezy
Introduction, rehearsing some interesting
stories of Bill Arp in presenting one of
his lectures:
The whole life of Bill Arp has been
humorous ar. 1 no man will stop work
quicker and more cheerfully than he l.i
hear a good joke. When I asked him
one day if hr- really ever killed many
yankees. he said:
“Well, I don't want to boast about
myself, but I killed as many of them
as they did of me."
Speaking of pensions one day. Mr. Arp
said every yankee soldier ought to have
a pension.
"But they were not al’, injured in
the army, were they?” I asked.
“Yes, they all did so much hard lying
about us poor rebels that they str.lined
their consciences.”
Bill Arp tells of an occurrence in New
York when he came hero to lecture in
('hickering hall. He said he was stand
ing on the steps of the Astor house one
afternoon with a friend, when a man
with a decidedly military bearing hob
bled up.
Ho greeted my—friend as he passed.
"That’s a fine soldierly looking chap,”
I said
"Yes; he's a veteran—Colonel Jones, of
tne G. A. R.”
“Did he lose his leg on the battle
field?"
"Yes; at Gettysburg."
“Ah! Repelling tbekett's charge, I
suppose.”
“No; a monument fell on it."
They tell this story in Rome. Ga.. about
the major. . They say that in the sum
mer of 1563 Bill Arp was in the Richmond
hospital. The hospital was crowded
with sick and dying soldiers, and the
Richmond ladies visited it dally, carry
ing with them delicacies of every kind,
and did all they could to cheer and com
fort the suffering. On one occasion a
pretty miss of 16 was distributing flowers
and speaking gentle words of encour
agement to those around her, when she
overheard a soldier exclaim, “Oh, my
—ord!” It was BUI Arp.
Stepping to his bedside to rebuke him
for his profanity, she remarked: “Didn't
i hear you call upon the name of the
Lord? I am one of Ills daughters Is
then- anything 1 can ask Him tor you?"
Looking up Into her bright, swee: face.
Bill replied; “1 don't know but you could
do something for me if I wasn't mar
ried."
“Well," said she, "what is it?"
Raising his eyes to hers and extend
ing his hand, he said: “As you are a
daughter of the Lord, if I wasn't mar
plan of settlement, because there is a
clause in the charter of the road that
It shall become the property of the gov
ernment at the end of the fifty years
and one of the articles of agreement In
the settlement which was insisted on by
the railroad comipriny was that the gov
ernment should relinquish all claim under
the fifty years provision.
STAB SPANGLED BANNER FORT.
Historic McHenry to Be Abandoned
by the Government.
Baltimore, August 19.—Historic Fort
McHenry is to be abandoned as headquar
ters of United States troons in this state,
according to orders received from the sec
retary of war Lieutenant Colonel Thorpe
is appointed district commander of tne
defenses to Baltimore, and lhe headquar
ters are changed to the new Fort How
ard. at North Point, another site that
figured in the revolution. Fort Howard i«
situated where the Patapsco river empties
into Chesapeake bay. The headquarters
are more modern, and superior to those
at Fort McHenry. Only one company
cf artillery will be continued at the latter
tort, which will bn preserved because of
its historic Interest, it is now so close
in the harboi that it is of no value for
defense. Fort Howard is 10 miles be
low.
The section of Fort McHenry where the
fighting was done in the revolution has
been occupied by only the quartermaster’s
department for some years. The guns
that defended the fort at th® time “The
Star-Spangled Banner" was written are
all gone. Most of them were borrowed
from the French goverjim-.nt at the 1
breaking out of the revolutionary war.
The large smooth-bxjre guns that are now
mounted at the fort were put in place in
the civil war.
Sharper Failed To Work Game.
Athens, Ga., August 22.—(Special.)—A
man who is evidently a smooth swindler
has been operating in Athens and the sur
rounding country the past few days,
claiming to represent the Gates Company,
of New York city, and claiming that his
company was engaged in cornering the
cotton crop of the southern states.
It seems that this man lias been using
different names at different places and
working different schemes on different
people. The scheme in which lie has been
caught up with in this city is a very
TETR WEIIKLY CONSTITUTIONt ATLANTA, MONDAV AUGUST 24, 1903.
rled. I’d get you to ask Him if He
wouldn’t make me His son in law."
Major Andrews, a yankee captain, was
telling some jolly rebs in Georgia about
his experience at Bull Run.
“Tiie only time that 1 ever really felt
ashamed in my life was In that Bull
Run battle,” said the major. “My horse
tell under me, and I was obliged to ride
an army mule during the rest of the en
gagement, and he finally carried me clear
into Hie rebel lines.”
"Yes, I remember the incident well.”
said Bill Arp. who was standing by. "1
found that mule with a U. S. brand on
him the next day after Hie battle."
"You did. really?” said the major, hard
ly expecting to be corroborated so
pr inptly. “Where did you find him?”
SxSked the major.
Bill saw that there was a door wide
open as he replied, "Stone dead behind
a rail fence "
"Shot?”
"No; mortification ”
Bill Arp is such a good citizen now, and
so loyal to the republic, that you would
hardly believe how zealous lie was for
the confederacy in '62.
A friend of mine, Major Munson, had
charge of the Dalton district, in Geor
gia, when the humorist surrendered. It
was a hard tiling for him to do it, and
it took a week or two to come down to
it, but he finally laid down his sword. As
Bill delights to tell good stories on the
yankees, 1 cannot resist tolling file story
of his final surrender, as Major Munson
gave it to me. Os course the major puts
in tiie southern dialect a lilt.e stronger
than Bill used it. but the r a-ler must
remember that when tiie. incident oc
curred Bill was still unreconstructed.
“Most of the eonfeds' came in very
quietly," said the major, “and seemed
glad to have the thing se'tied, but once
in a while I struck a man who hated
to come under. One day a big. hand
some man with tangled hair an.l i.
Virgi’.!;a red mud on his boots, came in
to talk about surrendering. It was Bill
Arp.
" 'Dog on it, sir." he began in the
Georgia dialect, ‘I have, come in. sir, to
see what terms can be scurod in case I
surrender.'
“'Haven't you surrendered yet?' I in
quired.
" 'No. sir! Not by a dog-on sight! I
said I'd die in the last ditch, and I've
kept n:y word.'
“ 'Whose company did you belong to?'
" ‘Belong’! Belong! Thumleralion! T
didn’t belong to any one's company!
"Why, sir, I fought on my own hook.’
" ’Where was it?'
“'No matter, sir: no matter. I can't be
crushed. I can be insulted.
crushed. Good day, sir. i 1; see the Uni
ted States Woep tears of blood before I'll
surrender. Haven't a card, but my name
is Arp—Bill Arp.'
“lie went off, hut in about a week he
returned and began:
“ 'As lhe impression seems to be gen
eral that the southern eonfeder;iey has
been crushed. 1. call to see what terms
would be granted me in case I concluded
to lay down my sword.’
“ 'Unconditional surrender,’ 1 brieffly
replied.
“ 'Then, dog-on it. sir. i'll never lay
it down while life is left. The cause is
lost, but principle remains. You can in
form General Sheridan that Bill Arp re
fuses to surrender.’
■'Colonel Arp returned two weeks later.
He seemed to have had a hard time ci
it. as his uniform was in rags and his
pockets empty. ‘Look a-here. captain,'
he said, as he came in. ‘I don't want to
probing tins Moody but am forced
to do so i>v honor. If accorded rensonabb’
terms I might surrender. What do you
“ ‘The same as before.'
“ 'Then you are determined to grind
us to powder, eh? Sooner than submit 1 11
shed the rest of my blood! Send on
your armies, captain, 1 am ready for
* “just a week from that day Colonel
Arp came in again, said he'd like Io sur
render. drew his rations with the rest
and went off in great good humor to his
Cartersville farm.
smooth one and while here he Operated
under the name of Richard Cunningham.
A man, descriptions of whom fit Cun
ningham very well, recently tried to flim
flam a number of citizens of Wilkes
county, where, under the name of Mur
ray. he claimed to be buying rights of
way for an alleged proposed extension
of the combined Rock Island-Seaboard
system. He also represented several large
mining companies on the side.
He proved a smooth customer and suc
ceeded in getting small loans from sev
eral citizens wlnsm he impressed with
his generosity in giving large blocks of
stock in one of his Colorado mining com
panies.
It is believed by many that Cunr.ingham
and Murray are the same.
THREE ARRESTED FCR MURDER
Men Who Broke Jail at Madison
Are Captured.
Roanoke, Va., August 22.—Gus Atkins,
alias Gus Murry. John Atkins and John
Rice, wanted in Madison county. North
Carolina, for the murder of James Rice,
were arrested at Thacker, Mingo coun
ty, \V. Va.. today by three officers from
Welch.
John Atkins resisted arrest and attempt
ed to shoot Chief of Police Day and was
shot in the hip by that officer. The
wounded man was taken to a hospital at
Welch and the other two were placed in
jail at that place to await extradition
to North Carolina.
The crime for which they nre wanted
was committed Aune 6. 1902, when James
Riee was shot to death and his head
split open. The three men were placed in
the county jail at Madisoii and on the
night of November 11 last escaped with
seven other prisoners.
A reward of S4OO was offered for their
capture. They were traced to the coal
fields and located at Thacker several days
ago.
One of the other escaped prisoners was
recently shot and kille<l at Greeneville,
S. C., by Jt man named Norton.
Shot by Birmingham Man.
Saratoga, N. Y.. August 20.—Robert Wil
liam:-, of Chicago, was shot in the right
hand tonight by Robert E. Jones, of
Birmingham, Ala., who emptied his re
volver. A stjay shot struck Tony Leo, a
| by-stander, and it is feared he is mortally
wounded.
ALABAMA MINERS
GET INCREASE
IN WAGES
Semi-Monthly Payments Are Also
Conceded to the Miners —Com-
promise Is Reached on the
Eight-Hour Day
Question.
Birmingham, Ala., August 22.—The
board of arbitration appointed to settle
certain matters in controversy between
certain coal operators and coal miners
in the Birmingham district of Alabama
make to the respective parties in said
controversy the following report and
a wards:
Questions for Decision.
The claims of the miners coming with
in the scope of the arbitration were de
cided to be:
First, that there should be an increase
of 5 cents per ton on the minimum and
maximum ot' the then existing sliding
scale, with a proportionate increase to
day men and for narrow work.
Second, an eight-hour day.
Third, a semimonthly payment ot
wages and earnings.
The claims of tiie operators decided
to be within the scope of the arbitration
were:
First, a readjustment of rates for nar
row work.
Second, an adjustment of the differ
ential between machine .work and pick
work.
Third, the establishment of a minimum
number of days per month in which a
miner shall be required to work.
Fourth, a readjustment of day wages
Fifth, a readjustment of the difference
of the wage scale between Pratt and
other mines.
I'pon the questions stated testimony
was heard until Wednesday, the 19th
of August, in all during nine days.. At
the conclusion of the testimony con
ferences were held and deliberations had
on the 19th, 2eth. 21st and 22d ot the same
month, and after full ami lair considera
tion the board of arbitration finds, ad
judges ami awards as follows:
1. Minimum and Maximum Rate of
Sliding' Scale.
The rates per ton tor mining coal on
the Pratt basis will be as follows:
■When pig iron is selling at $8 per ton.
47 1-2 cents.
When pig iron is selling at $9 per ton.
50c.
When pig iron is selling at $9.50 per
ton, 52 l-2e.
When pig iron is selling at $10.50 per
ton. 55c.
When pig iron is selling at $11.50 per
ton, 57 l-2c.
The same proportionate increase shall
be given on day wages lor work in and
about the mines, but no increase is given
by this award for narrow work.
2. A Semi-Monthly Payment of
Wages.
From and after October 1 the earnings
of miners and wages of day men shall be
paid semi-monthly and such commissary
cheeks or credits as the operators may
issue to their employees shall riot be
transfrruble, but ,shall lie redeemable in
goods at the respective commissaries up: n
whie’i they are drawn only presented by
the employ .es to whom they have been
issued or by some member of their fami
lies.
3. Bates for Narrow Work.
The total of the maximum price—on the
Pratt basis—to be paid for work in head
ings. exclusive of air courses, shall be 82.71
per yard in lieu of S’.si per yard, the pres
ent rate; rates for work in air courses to
remain on tiie present basis.
4. Differential Between Machine and
Pick Mining.
The arbitrators have carefully consider
ed the. question of a differential between
pick and machine mining, but find it im
possible to arrive at a satisfactory con
clusion in regard to tile same. Their in
ability to do so is owing to the fact, that
no sufficient data have been furnished
upon which an intelligent judgment can
be formed.
Machine mining is so new in this dis
trict that no adequate experience lias yet
been had to furnish a basis for a just set
tlement foi a differential. We, therefore,
suggest that a committee made up from
leading men on both sides of the contro
versy be appointed to make experiments
and by this means fix a differential.
5. Miriimum Number of Days.
Miners absent from work more than
half a day on pay day or absent the day
after pay da J' or for two consecutive days
at any time during tiie month when the
mine is in operation, except In case of
sickness, or after notifying and obtain
ing the consent of the mine foreman,
shall, for the first offense in any one
month be lined 50 cents or suspended two
days, and for the second offense in the
same month be fined $1 or suspended four
days. When men do not work twenty
days in any one month when the mine is
in operation twenty days or more, unless
absent by reason of sickness or with the
consent of the mine foreman, shall be
lined the sum of 81 or suspended ihe first
six days in the following month, or be
assigned to another working place.
Any day man absent from work one day
without notifying and obtaining tiie con
sent of the mine foreman, except in case
of sickness, shall be fined for the first
offense 1» any one month 50 cents, or lie
suspended for two days, and for the sec
ond offense in the same month shall be
fined $1 or suspended for four days.
The fines hereby imposed shall be col
lected through the company's officers and
be paid to the secretary-treasurer of dis
trict 20 (Alabama) of the United Mine
Workers of America on or before the 10th
dav of each month.
It. shall be optional with the operator
to impose fines or suspend mine workers,
or assign new places in cases provided for
above.
6. Differential Between Pratt and
Other Mines.
The differential in the rate for mining
coal at the Jefferson mine and the Kim
berly mine, of the Central Coal Company,
shall be reduced 2 1-2 cents per ton. the
yardage at the above mines to remain as
at present.
It is understood that the Jefferson mine
and tiie Kimberly mine are openings from
the same seam of coal.
7. Employment of Boys Under 14
Years of Age.
A submission having been made by rep
rcsentatiles of both sides to this contro
versy of the question of the age at
which boys may be employed, it is here
by "awarded that, on and after Septem
ber 1, 1903. no boys under the age of four
teen years shall be employed or permitted
in the mines by any of the mine op
erators who are parties to this arbitra
tion.
8. When Differentials for Thin Coal
Are Paid, They Shall Not Apply
to Yard Prices.
GEORGE GRAY.
Chairman.
R H. PEARSON,
W. R. FAIRLEY,
CHARLES M'CREERY,
T. L. LEWIS.
Attest:
CHARLES P. NEILL.
Recorder.
Birmingham, Ala., August 22, 1993.
FRENCH JURY BRANDS
HUMBERTS SWINDLERS
Paris, August 22—One of the greatest
criminal trials in the history of France
culminated tonight when the jury in the
court of assizes rendered a verdict ot
guilty against Therese and Frederic
Humbert and Romain and Emile d’Au
rlgnac.
After a brief deliberation the court
sentenced Therese and Frederic Humbert
each to five years and to pay a fine ot
100 francs, Emile d’Aurignac to three
years and Romain d'Aurignac to two
years.
The verdict was reached after the jury
had been out four and a half hours.
When the verdict was pronounced The
rese and Frederic Humbert, weeping, em
braced each other.
Therese Humbert seemed to be hopeful
until the last, maintaining that the jury
was certain to bring in a verdict of ac
quittal. Even after condemnation her
emotion was only momentary. She soon
resumed her self-possession.
Turning to the military guard, she In
dicated her readiness to go back to the
cells of the Conciergerlc prison.
Day of Sensations.
The sentences camo as the culmination
of a day of sensational Interest. '1 he
chief event preceding the verdict was
the dramatic revelations which Therese
Humbert had so long promised, in which
she brought forward the myterious name
of Regnier as the real Crawford. The
court and spectators listened to the re
cital with an amazement amounting to
stupefaction.
Although Therese did not Indicate
whence Regnier's millions came, it was
apparently part of her plan to create
tlia Impression that Regnier had re
ceived a vast sum for inducing Marshal
Bazaine to surrender Metz. The incon
clusive character of the revelations was
shown by the fact that the court did not
take the slightest judicial cognizance of
them and immediately submitted the case
to tne Jury. The jury likewise treated
the revelation as a subterfuge.
The detailed verdict is as follows:
On the questions of forgery and the
usage of forgeries, the jury answered:
“Therese Humbert and Frederic Humbert
guilty; the others not guilty.”
On the question of the issuance of for
ged legal papers the jury answered: “The
rese Humber and Frederic Humbert
guilty; the others not guilty.”
On the question of swindling five speci
fied bankers tiie jury answered: “Fred
eric Humbert and Therese Humbert guil
ty; the others not. guilty.”
On the question of swindling the
rente vlagiere the jury answered: “All
guilty.”
The Jury indorsed upon its verdict that
there were extenuating circumstances in
favor of all of the accused.
Following tiie announcement of the ver-
CHHSffIIWOES
TO THE BOTTOM,
Captain of Cruiser Refused To Leave
Vessel, and He and Thirteen of
the Crew Were Drowned.
Collision Was Near
Hong Kong.
Hong Kong, August 18.—The Canadian
Pacific railroad's steamer Empress of In
dia, from Vancouver B. C., July 27, and
Yokoli-.bina, August 10, for Hong Kong,
collided near this port today with the
Chinese cruiser Huang Tai.
The war ship sank an hour after the
collision. The Empress of India saved
170 of tho crew of the cruiser. The cap
tain of the Huang Tai, who refused to
leave his ship, and thirteen of the crew
were drowned. The Empress of India
was badly damaged amidships.
The Huang Tai was a tender to the
naval engineering college of the southern
Chinese squadron at Nanking. She wlas
of 2,110 tons displacement, 260 feet long,
had 36 feet beam and drew 20 feet of
water. The cruiser was built in Eng
land. 'Her armament consisted of three
7-lnch Krupp guns, seven 40-pounders and
six small rapid-fire guns and was fitted
with two torpedlo tubes. She had a com
plement of 300 men. The Empress of In
dia, also constructed in England, is one
of the finest vessels of the Canadian Pa
cific Railroad Company.
Cause of the Collision.
Montreal. August 18.—In an official ex
planation of the collision between the
steamer Empress of India and the Chi
nese cruiser Huang Tai, the Canadian
Pacific railway officials say the two
vessels were running parallel courses
about midnight when, without warning,
the captain of the Chinese cruiser sud
denly tried to cross the bow of the Em
press of India. The latter’s catpain im
mediately maneuvered so that the col
lision which he knew would be the result,
should be a glancing one. The bow of
the cruiser slid along the side of the
Empress of India, but the starboard pro
peller of the Empress caught the cruiser
a.nd' injured her so seriously that she
sank in a few seconds.
TOM JOHNSON FIGHTS HARD.
He’s Making Strong Effort To Be
Nominated for Governor.
Cincinnati, August 22.—The county con
ventions in Ohio today that selected del
egates to tiie democratic state conven
tion at Columbus next Tuesday and
Wednesday indicate an unusually close
and bitter contest for the head of the
ticket.
As there are only two candidates for
the gubernatorial nomination, Mayor
Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, and Hon.
John L. Zimmerman, of Springfield,
there will be only one ballot, but both
sides will no doubt continue the nomina
tion until the result of that ballot is
announced. It Is known tonight that
neither Johnson nor Zimmerman has
enough delegates instructed or com
mitted to nominate and that the result
may depend upon the settlement ot con
tests from half a dozen counties. This
makes the makeup of tho committee on
credentials of decisive Importance.
The preliminary work ot the conven
tion at Columbus will be of more inter
est than usual in the selection of all
the committees. If Mayor Johnson is
the nominee he must control also the
committee on resolutions, as he could
not run on a platform constructed by
the so-called Zimmerman "conserva
tives.” lie is also Interested in the rules
and order of business, as he wants John
W. Bookwaltcr. of Springfield, indorsed
tor United States senator to succeed
Mark Hanna, while Zimmerman wants
no senatorial Indorsement.
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diet Maitre Labor! raised three technical,
objections to the proceedings as a p
able basis for appeal.
Mme. and M. Humbert will y nd ®. r *”
solitary confinement during their time
lh« t.d.r
the conclusion of the . m 1 the
newed the intense public interest m the
case. The court room was again crowd
ed Among the throng were a rumoer
of American lawyers and tourists wh
secured favored places through the .
forts of the United States embassy.
Madame Humbert Scornful.
Mme. Humbert walked in haughtily
and surveyed the crowd with a scornful
air. Dr. Floquet, who examined the pris
oner before she came Into court, found
her to ba in good health.
Advocate Hesse addressed the court at
length in defense of Romain d’Aurignac.
' He severely criticised the declaration
of M. Patenotre, the former French em
bassador at Madrid, that he ad not
know Mme. Humbert and invited tho
iu.y to request the presiding judge to
give some certain private letters, i.i one
ct which M. Hesse asserted M. I atenotri
thanked Mme. Humbert for adornment#
wnich she had sent him for his salo*t
At the conclusion of the pleading Mm
Humbert arose amid an intense iu. a
throughout the court room to make h-r
promised revelations.
She seemed to be laborimr under a
great effort and paus-’u after hei ,first
en.i hatic statement that the Uraw.oii.s
ard the millions exis’od. Then she be
gan formally: , , .
' "Gentlemen of the Jury: When I wanted
the address of M. Crawford he answered.
'You cannot know me. I am not called
Crawford. lam not known by that
name.’
“ ‘Then, what name? I asKea.
"He. replied, 'My fortune was made dur
ing the war of 1870, by reinvestments of
rentes, which were then very low, and
large quantity was bought here.
“Mme. Humbert paused again length y
and then continued: (T ,f«,.m ß aiarv
■•His name is Regmor, the inteimediary
between Marshal Bazaine and /business
mans. 1 had already transacted busings
with one Regnier, who appeared to me
, to be a very mysterious personage, and
who said ‘Be careful, Mme., not to con
fuse me with the notorious Regnier.’ That
is how I suddenly learned Crawford s
nam° I never told my husband. I swear
on my daughter's head. This is the first
■ time he hears the name. '
Addressing the presiding judge, Mme.
’ Humbert went on, exclaiming:
“What I say is true. The Crawfords
' exist, the fortune exists and I. Madame
- Humbert, will bring actions against the
■ jCrHwfords.”
The jury retired at 2:30 p. m., and tne
prisoners withdrew. M. Humbert and
Emile d'Aurignac maintaining their de
fiant attitude.
Tiie spectators remained anxiously
awaiting the verdict.
The general feeling was one of stupe
faction at the utter futility of Mme. Hum
• bert’s revelations.
COLOMBIA REJECTS
THETREATY.
i Defeat of the Treaty Has Caused a
Profound Impression at Panama.
President Roosevelt Advised
of the Action of the Co
lombian Congress.
Bogota. Colombia, August 12, via Bue
na Ventura. August 17.—The Panama
canal treaty has been rejected unani
mously by the Colombian congress.
It is reported today that President Mar
roquin has been authorized by congress
to make a new treaty which will not re
quire further ratification, but that the
basis given for the. treaty -frill probably
prove unacceptable to the United States.
It is considered, however, in official
circles, according to reliable information,
that the authorization given by congress
to make a new treaty will furnish a basis
for reopening negotiations with the
. United States.
It appears that one of the objections to
' the ratification of the treaty w’hich car-
■ rled weight in the senate wag that the
! Panama Canal Company did not come to
i a previous arrangement with the Colom
‘ bian government for the transfer of the
concession.
. The action taken by the senate more
over seems to have been influenced by the
communication made by the American
minister in which the introduction of any
amendments to the treaty was objected to.
. President Is Disappointed.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., August 17.—Upon the
i return of the president to Sagamore Hill
> this evening from reviewing the fleet he
i found awaiting him there information of
. the rejection by the Colombian senate of
■ the Panama canal treaty.
Wlille he naturally Is disappointed at
' the action of the congress, he does not
desire at this time to make any comments
; upon it. When it was learned recently
that the Colombian congress intended to
! amend the treaty it was understood that
an intimation was conveyed to the Co
lombian government that such amend
' meats as were proposed would be un
satisfactory to this government. The ab
solute rejection of the treaty followed.
It is quite certain that the action of
Colombia will induce some consultations
, of importance In the near future :yid pos
sibly some action by congress at the ex
traordinary session.
Colombia Changes Front.
Washington, August 19.—Unofficial, but
what is considered entirely reliable in
formation, has been received by Dr Her
ran, the Colombian charge d’affaires
here, indicating an intention on the part
of the Colombian senate to resume con
sideration of the subject of a Panama
canal treaty in place of the one disap
proved by that body on the 12th instant.
This shows a decided change in the turn
of affairs, and leads Dr. Herran to hope
that a measure yet will Ae passed by
congress which will form 'the basis for
the ratification of a treaty between Co
lombia and the United States tar the
construction of an isthmian canal.
Dr. Herran’s information is that on
the 13th instant, the day after disap
proval of the treaty by the senate, that
body voted to appoint a committee of
three members to act jointly with a com
mittee from the house of representatives
in the formation of a measure having
for its object the ratification of a treaty
between the two countries bv the execu
tive of Colombia, after the two houses
of the Colombian congress had passed an
enabling act outlining the terms and con
ditions on which a treaty should be
drawn. Tne president of Colombia bv
this act would full power in the prem
Ises and the treaty would not have to
be afterwards submitted to the Colom
bian congress.
, The Associated Press dispatch from
Bogota, it is explained, would indicate
that perhaps the initiative taken by the
Colombian senate according to Dr Her
ran's information already had borne
fruit and that committees from the two
houses of the Colombian congress have
agieed on a measure making possible
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NICARAGUAJS WAITING.
HER POSITION IN REGARD T 0
CANAL OUTLINED.
Will Not Thrust Her Route on Us.
Overtures Must Be Made by
United State.
Paris, August 19.—Dr. Corea, the minis
ter from Nicaragua to tiie United St?'-n.
is here on a vacation trip, but owing to
his extended riegotiations with Seer- t ir
Hay on the subject of the Ni arac : n
route for an inter-oceanic canal, he A
closely following the reports of the re
jection of the canal treaty by the Co
lombian senate, as it Is said that one of
the sequels may be th" resumption of
tive negotiations with Nicaragua
minister declined to discuss r ■ -on s
action, but when asked if Nicaragua v. s
ready to reopen negotiations, he said.
“I am not authorized by my go m
ment to reopen negotiations or to take
any action on the subject, in fact, : v
Instructions are to remain ontlrr. ..i
--active. Nicaragua occu>i ies the digni'; 1
position “f not wishing to thrust her
route upon the consideration of the Ln; J
States. We believe our route to be supe
rior from every point of view.
“It should be fully understood t .it
tho last two isthmian canal commissions
pronounced the Nicaragua route to ■ e
superior, the only reason for a conclusion
favorable to Panama being the differ-’rea
of about $5,000,900 in the item of c- st.
Therefore the statement that tho Unfed
States is not likely to turn to Nicaragua
because cf the 'notorious Inferiority of
its physical conditions’ is contrary
the highest official authority. But despite
thei superiority of uur route we are not
throwing it al tho United States or un
duly insisting upon its adoption, ih- .)-
fore my government desires me to re
frain from taking any step which might
possibly be constructed as seeking to em
barrass the Panama negotlatlcms or s
thrusting forward tho Nicaragua roate.
if any initiative is taken toward renew
ing the negotiations with Nicaragua R
will have to come from the United bi■
as Nicaragua will continue to o< -*p:
her position of diignifl’-d reserve."
The minister was asked whether. ■*
United States desired to reopen it’ -' ■ “'
tions, Nicaragua would demand v
terms and conditions beyond tin's-!
utined in tiie Hay-Corea protoc.- i
said:
“Since my government has not y -
me instructions, 1 a-nt una-bie to
minister, what the terms or tile
tions will p'., jut, speaking m my ; ”
capacity 1 am sure Nicaragua v
proach any new negotiations in < •. - ■
of complete frankness ana rairm ' d
always has considered tne great : cr
prtse as one in widen the win,-.. •
is concerned and lias never view--.;
subject from any restricted y-'-'
standpoint, but rather as an unde: : <
of international magnitude.
The foregoing seems to imply that : ’
terms of the Hay-Corea proto- ■ '.vi-i
continue to operate in case of tn- : '
negotiations, but in the absent?: £
structions the minister declined : ■■•’•
cuss this specific point. He does : ■> '
pear to regard the reported failu th' l
Colombian negotiations as nece tiug
his early return to Washington.
cation plans continue in effect. H' " '■'
go to Brussels to visit President Z ' 1 ’
son and father In law and he v
for New York on the Kron Prinz W ■-
helm, September 23.
ALL THE NEGROES HAVE FLED.
Not a Colored Resident Left in This
Texas Town.
Dallas, Tex., August 20.—News from
Whitewright, Tex., is to the eff- “ that
all of the negroes of th® town, more
than 100 persons, have fled for fear of
a race war. A negro attacked a white
woman about a week ago and that '-“ £
a negro accused of the offem
hanged by a mob. but rescued and saved
from death by the sheriff and a pos'e
.Notices were posted ordering ail negroes
to leave the place and the blacks fled
A ii’i'.as and Pacific negro -ly'Dn
from IjOuisiana and eastern T- xa ?
El Paso, arranged, recentlv, has been
called off on protests frmn the mat*'”'
and chief of police of El Paso, who
feared race troubles.
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Naples. August 23.—The prediction of
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period of activity. Frequent explosion’
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height of 600 feet above the crater, while
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