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VOL X.
fine WORK OF BOERS
Large Force Swoops Down Upon
Col. Benson’s Rear Guard.
m COATS SUFFER SEVERELY
Several Officers and Fifty-Four Men
Were Killed, While One Hun
r dred and Sixty Were Wound
ed —At Close Quarters.
Lord Kitchener has reported to
the London war office a disaster to the
British near Bethel, eastern Travaai,
in which two guns were lost, several
officers Killed or wounded*-and fifty
four men killed and 160 wounded.
The following is the text of Lord
Kitchener's dispatch, dated Pretoria,
November 1: '
••I have just heard of a severe at
tack made on the rear guard of Colonel
Benson's column when about 20 miles
northwest of Bethel, near Brokeh
laagte, during a thick mi'st.
The strength of the enemy is re
ported to have been-* thousand. They
rushed two guns with ttys rear guard,
but it is uncertgTn whether they were
able to remove them. "
"I fear our casualties were heavy.
Colonel Benson was wounded, but not
severely. A relieving column will
reach him* this nvoiffiing.
Later Lord Kitchener telegraphed as
follows:
“Colonel Barter, who marched from
tbe-constabulary lice, yesterday, reach
ed Benson's column early this (Fri
day) morning unopposed. He reports
that Colonel Benson died of his
wounds. . , . .'
'The other casualties are as follows:
“Killed— Colonel S. Gulnnrsa, Major
*|\ D. Murray, Captains M. W. Lindsay
and F. T. Thorouid, Lieutenants E. V. I
Brooks and R. E. Shepherd and Secoud
Lieutenant A. J. Corlett. •
“Died of wounds, Captain Eyre
Llotldl’C.
Lord Kitchener then gives the names
of thirteen other officers who were
wounded, most of them severely, and
announces that flfty-four non-commis
sioned officers and men were killed and
160 wounded, adding that four of the
latter have since died of their wounds.
The dispatch then says:
"I assume that the Two guns have
been recovered and the enemy has
withdrawn, but I have no further de
tails. - . .
■ 1 deeply regret the loss of Colonel
Benson and the other officers and men
who fell with him. In Benson the ser
vice loses a most gallant and capable
officer, who invariably led his column
with marked success and judgment.
' The fighting was at very close quar
ters and maintained with determina
tion on both sides The enemy suffered
heavily, but * have not yet received a
reliable estimate. - • >:'■*
“The Boers retired east.”
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT FIGURES.
More Than One Hundred and" Forty
• Millions Required for Pension*. -
The estimates for the expenditure of
the interior department during the fis
cal year beginning next July, to be
sent to congress this session, aggre
gate $170,000,-000. Of this amount a
total of $142,161,200 is asked for pe r
sions and the !
the pens , r to the
$12,516,210 already appropriated for
the twelfth census, an additional ap
propriation of $1,972,120 for next year
is asked. Other items call for $7,-
I'OO.OOO for the Indian service, $2,286,-
Bj>6 for,the ; general land office, $1*069,-
-"‘t for- the geological survey, and
$•49,000 for the patent office.
MERCER has THE “DOUGH.”
F-ckefeller. -an Now Come Across
With His $15,000 Donation...
resident Pollock, of Mercer .qniver
e'ty, at Macon; the leading BaptJsi led*
urational institution of Georgia, ah
nounepg that he thinks the amount of
• M'" l for the endowment fund lias*
(en subscribed by-the friends of the
j ‘'ersity, thereby securing the dona
‘(>n of $15,000 from John D, Rpcke
r predicated upon the former
(mru bein 8 raised by November 1.
PLATE GLASS PLANT
®* at Chattanooga and Will
, an ofactur* on a Large Scale.
1 ompany has been organized at
aC ° 0ga ' Tenn -- to manufacture
e e ‘ asg on an extensive scale. An
,D V' e of glass -sand has
tip H] scovered near the city. A bot-
N'o aE? fat ’ tor y,is almost completed,
p- r ' capitalists are interested and
" - probably be erected soon.
En *or Gets Reappointment.
C Pnt Roos *velt has reappointed
gP' '^ sor postmaster at Columbia
p. Roya l "Kidling” Makes Debut.
Tied 658 Elizabeth, who was mai>-
he ir ° ber 2, 1900, to Prince Albert.
giumT Umptiv t 0 the throne of Bel ‘
. ,* s Siven birth to a sou who will
'•nristened Leopold.
\ ® reeder * Turned Down. .
Bute " ° rb herald dispatch from
infr,r^ & '^ Jes s ays the government has
j. American minister that
A . ncot a E°W the importation cf
-'■--can cattle for breeding purposes.
DADE COUNT V SENTINEL.
ANTI TOXINE KILLS INNOCENTS
Alleged Remedy For Diphtheria Causes
Death of Many Babies In St.
Louis From Lockjaw,
A St. Louts, Mo., special says: The
list of deaths attributed to lockjaw as
a result of the administration of diph
theria antl-toxine manufactured by the
city shemists number eleven, two new
deaths being reported Friday. Eleven
other children are reported to health
department as suffering from lockjaw,
with slight chances for recovery. The
cause of lockjaw in each case is said
to be poisoning from the city’s diph
theria anti-toxine.
Asa result of the charges, the health
department has begun the free distri
bution of tetanus anti-toxiae. It is de
signed to inject the serum Into the
blood of the diphtheria patients who
have been inoculated with the tetanus
infected serum and this exposed to
lockjaw.
The health department has announc
ed that no more diphtheria anti-toxin*
will be manufactured by the city of St.
Louis.
The investigation ordered by the
city coroner to determine positively
the cause of the deaths of the eight
children who are alleged to have died
of. loQlijiaw following the administra
tTbnbf the city’s anti-toxine is being
pushed, and it is expected that its
object will be accomplished in a few
days. Doctors Bolton, Fish and Wal
dron, three of the most experienced
bacteriologists in St. Louis, are mak
ing tests with the anti-toxine and the
1 serum taken from the spinal columns
of the dead children,
i Dr. Ravold, city bacteriologist, who
made the anti-toxine complained of
from serum taken from a horse which
developed tetanus on October 1, and
was shot, declares that if the animal's
1 system contained tetanus bacilli on
August 24, when the last serum was
taken from him, it was impossible to
detect it by an inspection of the horse.
At the Baptist hospital an independ
' ent investigation has convinced Drs.
A. B. Nichols, P. C. Harris and C. C.
| Morris that the presence of tetanus
germs in the city anti-toxine is in
disputable. A guinea pig was inocula
, ted with the anti-toxine Wednesday
night, developed symptoms of lock
jav Thursday moinfng and died Fri
day.
Agues Kec-nan, the 7-year-old daugh
ter of Mr., and Mrs. William Keenan,
died Friday from tetanus. Ches
ter arid Mamie Keenan are also suffer
,'ihg with lockjaw and their physician
! does not hold out any hope for their re
covery. Two of the Keenan children
who have died were inoculated merely
for the sake of precaution, neither of
them being sick, though both had been
exposed to diphtheria.
CENSUS BUREAU STATISTICS.
Interesting Figures Relating to School,
Militia and Voting Ages.
The census report ov. school, militia
and for all states and ter
ritories following summary
for ihe countryVs a whole:
Persons of schcVage 5 to 20 years
26T10.759, of whon ><^B97, 130 are na
tive born, 22.490,21 V’hite and 13,-
086,160 are males. of militia
age, 16,360,3<'“ *— ’ <> 280 are
native bor l *°‘
and .-ung age 21,329,8ia, ...
iu,227.260 are native horn and
.j,036,143 are white. Of the total
number of males 21 years of age and
over, 2,426,295 are illiterate. Of the
16.227,285 native born males 21 years
old and over, 1,70f,293 are illiterate,
and of the 5,102,534 foreign born, 620,-
| 002 are illiterate.
| ' TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER.
Two Killed and a Dozen Injured In
Smash-Up-on Pennsylvania Road.
; Two men were instantly killed and a
dozen injured Friday night in a collis
ion between the local freight on the
‘Pennsylvania road and the work train
lot.-tie Clifford Construction Company
r of •Valparaiso, Indiana.
>■ dead and mangled men were
buried in the mass of wreckage.
, N'ot-.a man in'the crew escaped un
injured,-and it ‘is- feared several of
them .are so badly wounded that death
is inevitable.
• ....
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BUSINESS BLOCKS BUR"
Town of "1,., Louisiana,
Heavily From Conflagrating^
At an early hour Monday Mrn\ng
fire broke out in a Jen
nings, La. The wind was flowing a
heavy gale, and- by 6 o’cloc*ive blocks
of the main business the town
were in smoldering and ashes.
The heaviest individual loser is A. D.
McFarlan,- $.70,000.' The houses destroy
ed were not of a substantial character,
and the fire spread so quickly that
there ,was small chance to save any
thing. Loss, $160,000; -insurance, $69,-
099;*
** *
Dock Safely Passes the Jetties.
The New Orleans dock is-on. her-way
up the'rlvhr: having-passed through
the jetties about noon Monday. The
dock will be at New Orleans on Wed-?
nesdav morning and the reception will*
take place. - ■■■'*•” :
Seventh National Reinstated.
New York clearing bouses Monday
reinstated the reorganized Seventh b
1 (ionai bank tp full membership.
TRENTON, GA. FIND . NOVEMBER 8.1901.
GEORGIA CRIMINAL STATISTICS
The State Prison Board Makes Report
Which Shows Some Highly In*
teresting Figures.
Georgia’s state prison board report,
which has just been issued, is an ex
ceptionally interesting document which
will be read with interest all over the
state.
It consists of a pamphlet of forty
pages, and contains a mass of careful
ly compiled statistics relating to the
convict system of Georgia. According
to the figures set forth, the present
system in vogue has proved a decided
success from a financial standpoint,
and the state is derivng a substantial
income from this source.
Following is an extract from the re
port showing the financial condition
of the system and list of commit
ments;
From January 1, 1900, to October 1,
1901, there was paid into the treasury,
net. over and above the appropriation
made from this hire, $61,826.32, and
from October 1, 1900, to October 1,
1901, $81,904.60, aggregating, net, for
two and one-half years, $168,730.41.
For the original investment of $50,-
000 the state has a farm and equip
ment well worth this sum and more,
besides farm products on hand valued
at $34,600.
The receipts and expenditures for
the entire penitentiary system of the
state is shown as follows:
To balance brought forw’d $ 5,177.12
To executive warrants .... 120,040.00
Received from farm prod. 13,005.05
Total receipts all sources $138,222.17
Pay rolls, $95,485.01; farm supplies,
$16,157.24; office salaries, $8,880; farm
waterworks system, $5,875.49; perma
nent improvements at farm, $1,300.83;
rewards, $1,114.11; camp expenses,
$907.86; farm hospital supplies,
$711.51; inspection account, $770.73;
office expenses, $77. 57; incidentals,
$610.59; litigation account, $368.59;
inquest account, $99; incidentals,
$22.93 —total expenditures, $132,082.46.
Balance carried forward, *6,139.71.
Grand total, $138,222.17.
The number of inmates in the peni
tentiary and the discahrges, eta, are:
On hand, last report, 2,258; commit
ments. 458;- recaptures, 12; received
■from the asylum, 1; total handled, 2,-
729. Discharges, 348; pardons, 20;
deaths, 75; escapes, 32; return for new
trial, 1; sent to asylum. I—total1 —total 484.
On hand October 1, 1901, 2,245.
The appended list of convicts shows
some surprising things. Among oth
ers. farmers figure as'second in numer
ical degree of criminality.
Accountants, 11; artists, 1; awning
makers, 1; bookbinders, 1; butlers, 33;
broommakers, 2; brickmasons, 13; bar
keepers, 7; butchers, 18; blacksmiths,
22; bakers, 3; boilermakers, 2; bar
bers, 13; bootblacks, 14; carpenters,
25; clerks, mercantile, 14; coachmen,
16; candymakers, 9; cooks, 58; coop
ers, 7; dairymen, 22; distillers, 4; dy
ers, 1; farmery, 681; harnessmakers,
4; jockeys, 13; laborers, 955; locomo
tive engineers, 1; merchants, 6; ma
chinists, 5; molders, 3; miners, 3; mar
ble workers, 1; pilos, 1; physicians, 2;
preachers, 9; plumbers, 3; porters, 28;
painters, 19; printers, 5; plasterers, 4;
railroad firemen and others, 21; rail
road hands, 128; silversmiths, 1; sta
tionary engineers, 3; stevedores, 7;
stonecutters, 5; sailors, 6; shoemak
er, "ojehers, 6; stonema
sons, 2; singi-fT teachers, 1; stove
makers, 1; tailors, 6; tinners, 2; tele
graphers, 1; welldiggers, 1; waiters,
4; mill operatives, 4. Total, 2,245.
Number of women in the penitentia
ry—blacks, 79; whites, 6. Total, 85.
CROKER DECIDES TO ABDICATE.
Turns Over Leadership of Tammany
to John F. Carroll.
A New York special says: Mr.
Croker, Maurice Untermeyer and Sena
tor T. D. Sullivan were together at
dinner Tuesday nighjp&nd it is said, on
good authority, little later Mr.
Croker said Ibjflie had fought his
last political He asked Senator
Sullivan he desired as leader.
Senator fipflivan answered that John
F. CaryjPn would be pleasing to him.
Therz/nd there, it is stated, Richard
Cr r abdicated his leadership of
”, limany hall and turned it over to
,nn F. Carroll.
“BOXERS” STILL IN FAVOR.
Former Leader Appointed to Important
Office In China.
A Pekin dispatch says: Na Tung,
former “boxer” leader, has been ap
pointed to the Chinese foreign office
by an edict received Tuesday. He re
cently returned from Japan, where he
w'ent as special envoy to. apologize and
express condolence for the murder of
Sugiyama Akira, chancellor of the
Japanese legation at Pekin, shortly be
fore the legations were besieged. This
appointment is considered a test of the
attitude of the Chinese ministers to
ward the restoration of the "boxers” to
imperial favor.
A DAY OF ARGUMENT.
Hanha Closes His “Hafrangue” and
1 Attorney For Schley Takes Floor.
The tirhe of the Schley court of in
quiry was entirely devoted Tuesday
to hearing arguments intheease of Ad
miral Schley. Mr. Hanna finished hip'
argument in behalf cf the department
which had begun Monday, and Cap
tain James Parker began, but did not
! conclude his presentation of the case
, for Admiral Schley,
Official Organ c Oado County
TREATY D iDNCED
Nicaragua Term*: ?s Provisions
Allowing Build: of Canal.
OFFICIALS TAKEN LY SURPRISE
Motive For Action Unknown to Off 1 .-
cialsas Yet—Desire is Expressed
For Conclusion of New
T reaty.
A Washington special says: Th
government of Nicaragua has termi
nated the treaty under which the
United States was empowered to con
struct an inter-oceanic canal across the
territory of Nicaragua. This action
has been notified to the state depart
ment by the Nicaragua minister for
foreign affairs. That officer says that
the denunciation in m wise effects the
friendly relations 1c ween the two
countries, and the > -aguan govern
ment desires the sion of new
treaties.
Beside the tre; iship, com
merce and navig 7, thus de
nounced, the s: nveys the
denunciation o bn treaty
of 1870 betwee ites and
Nicaragua. U * the de
nunciation th N, aor
ering the ri; guar
antee a car. ar 24,
1992, which ' date
the notice t state
department. treat/
will terminate ->rovid
ed in the con
The Nicarag -te Cbn
vevs absolutely .a as to
the motives w he Nica
raguan governi :e these
two treatties, r, rry, the
United States aragua,
thrown any iig abject. It
may be recalle the treaty
of 1867, that mltting the
Hay-Pauncefote tr_ congress last
year, Secretary Hay drew' up a set of
protocols with the minister of Nicara
gua, whereby these officers bound their
governments to negotiate treaties with
the United States fm the necessary
concessions under which to construct
and control canals in the event that
congress should authorize the begin
ning of such W'ork.
The first officia ' cf any
kind made for > c relation to
the Nicaragua: been ob
tained by the nress at
London. It co. t that
Lord Pauncefote mbassa
dor *o the Unite ith him
the draft of a i rogating
the Ciayton-Buß ’“h is in
every particulai o Lord
Salisbury's cal
Carneg
Mr. and Mrs wers
passengers on rhing
her dock at J irday
afternoon.
Sir Julian Ps British
ambassador, aft- of two
months, also retu. c. Louis.
It is said that he e confer
with Secretary Hay , the Isth
mian canal. He rei scuss the
matter or to say an. * publica
tion.
Mr. Carnegie was nt.
“Have you any view's on ie su t
cf the isthmian canal?” w 3 the .
question put to him.
“I do not believe in a anal at „u.
I do not believe a canal v .1 render th
service for the transport ion of goods
that a first-class two- .clc railroad
would do. Freight cor be unloaded
into 50-ton cars and lo id on the oth
er side at far less cr than running
even 10,000-ton ships ven if you had
to pay no tolls.”
“Would you, th ore, favor a Te
hautepec ship r," such as has
been proposed?”
"They are bull ng a railroad there
now, but not of ;hat kind. I do not
the Niriragqa canal can be
lynt. I do not Believe that canal can
be worked, ev A if it is built.' The
Panama canal an be made workable.
There is mor entiment behind that
canal than g- , sense.”
NOTED “PONDER MONKEY” DEAD
Man Who F Jght With Faison at Tra
faieir Passes, A*ay.
John O’BJen, 108 years old, a prom
inent citiz'M for many yirs, is dead
at MiddlefArth, Illinois,*wjnty miles
west of oon. ne.wa'Crn in Ire
land sea at 9 p %. served in
as powder r.OTkey at the
battle o#Trafalgar.
I 4
Two Blocks of Burn.
A fire in Friday |
morning destroyed ten bnwaings, cov
ering two blocks. One life is reported
to have been lost and Ae property
damage is estimated at S^IQ9O.
ED’S CORRECTED COGNOMEN.
K ng of England Perfects His New and
Extensive Title.
King Edward, at a meeting of the
privy . council in London. 'Monday,
,signed the proclamation giving him his
new' title as follows:
“Edward the Seventh, by the'grace
of God of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and of the British
domains beyond the sea, king, defend
er of the faith and emperoh of India,”
FOR NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.
President Roosevelt Issues Proclama
tion Naming Thursday, Novem
ber 23th as the Day.
President Roosevelt Saturday issued
his proclamation fixing Thursday, No
vember 28, as a day of national thanks
giving. It follows:
A PROCLAMATION.
The season is nigh when, according
to the time hallowed custom of our
people, the president appoints a day
as the special occasion for praise and
thanksgiving to God,
This thanksgiving finds the people
still bow'ed with sorrow for the death
of a great and good president. We
mourn President McKinley because we
bo loved and honored him, and the
manner of his death should awaken in
the breast of our people a keen anxiety
for the country, and at the same time
a resolute purpose not to be driven by
any calamity from the path of the
strong, orderly, popular liberty
w'hicb as a nation we have thus far
safely trod.
Y'et in spite of this great disaster,
it is nevertheless true that no people
on earth have such abundant cause for
thanksgiving as we have. The past
year in particular has been one of
peace and plenty. We have prospered
in things material and have been able
to work for cur own uplifting in thing*
intellectual and spiritual. Let us re
member that, as much has been given
us, much w'ill be expected of us, -and
that true homage comes from the heart
as w'cll as from the lips, and shows it
self in deeds. We can best prove our
thanksgiving to the Almighty by the
w r ay in which on this earth and at this
time each of us does his duty to hi*
fellow men.
Now. therefore, I, Theodore Roose
velt, president of the United States, do
hereby designate as a day of general
thanksgiving, Thursday, tha 28th of
this present November, and do recom
mend that throughout the land the peo
ple cease from their wonted occupa
tions, and at their several homes and
places of worship reverently thank
the Giver of all good for the countless
blessings of our national life.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done rt the city of Washington this
second day of November, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and one, and of the independence of
the United States the one hundred
and tw'enty-sixth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the president:
John Hay, Secretary of State.
SWORE HE WAS INNOCENT.
Hanging of Rapist In North Carolina
Has Highly Sensational Features.
Louis Carroll, who was convicted of
committing criminal assault on Mrs.
James West, a young white woman,
was hanged in the jail at Fayetteville,
N. C., Saturday. Just before the black
cap was adjusted Council swore that
he was innocent.
Sheriff Burns at this moment
sprung “the trap, but the rope broke
and the body of the negro rolled to the
floor beneath. Another rope was se
cured, and the man, with wonderful
nerve, walked into the trap again. This
time the rope held, and the negro was
dead in a few minutes.
Jury, judge and solicitor before
whom the case was tried recommend
ed commutation to fifteen years’ im
prisonment, but this had no effect on
Governor Aycock.
BALLOONISTS’ NARROW ESCAPE.
Captive Air-Ship Broke Safety Line
and Almost Landed In Ocean.
A captive balloon of the Ghetto park,
in San Francisco, which has been in
use making aerial trip; “"ith safe re
turns, went up Saturi Mternoon
with eight women an'’ in th
car. When 200 feet fr.
safety line broke and the
ed away, speeding toward the Pi.
Sunday the occupants of /the ba
returned safely to San F incisco
lng landed near Pascadtfo, 50 s
away, and but a short tstanc/froi
the ocean. The balloon ,Afcas P the aiil
nearly two hours, and at one nme was
out at sea, but was blown back over
the land.
HOT FIGHT OVER KOESTER.
Appointment Creates Political Stir In
South Carolina.
A Charleston dispatch says: While
the bitter fight which is being waged
against George R. Koester, recently ap
pointed collector of internal revenue,
will hardly prevail, the facts which
have been brought forth are highly
sensational ,and politicians are using
the incident as a means of injuring
the McLaurin cause.
The publication of the story charg
ing Koester with having been impli
cated in a negro lynching has created
a tremendous stir irf political circles in
this state.
SWUNG TO TELEGRAPH POLE.
Negro Who Attempted Assault on Leg
islator's Wife Promptly Lynched.
Early Friday morning, at Allentor'n,
1 Ga., Theo Booth, colored, who, on Mcfs
- last, attempted to assault Mrs. GrS
O. A. Daughtry, wife of the member of
the legislature from Wilkinson county,
paid the penalty of his crime with his
life. He was strung up to a telephone
pole near the Allentown depot and rid
dled with bullets,
ACTION OF FRANCE SUSTAINcP.
Members of Chamber of Deputies Ap
prove Warlike Demonstrations
Against Turkish Government.
A Paris special says: In the cham
ber of deputies Monday M. Sembat
(radical socialist) interpellated the
government on the Franco--Turkish
dispute criticising the action taken as
being for a material ed and contend
ing that France ought to have inter
veened at the time of the Armenian
masascre.
The foreigs minister, M. Delcasse,
replied that Trance’s patience was ex
hausted by the porte’s breaking its own
promises. In the present difficulty
France pursued no fresh advantage,
but everybody would agree that this ef
fort on the part of France ought to
at least serve to put an end to the an
noyances and unjust treatment to
which France is subjected in the
orient.
After a full discussion of the mat
ter, the chamber, by 305 to 77 votes,
sustained the government's action to
ward Turkey and expressed confidence
in the government.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Reported In tha
South During the Past Week.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported for the past
week are brick and tile works at St
Marys, W. Vn., car shops and round
houses at Keyser, W. Va.; coal mines
and coke ovens at Bon Air, and Petros,
Tenn.; a $200,009 coal and coke com
pany at Moorefield. W. Va.; a $20,000
coal and ice company at Henderson, N.
C.; a $250,000 cotton compress at
Mount Pleasant, Tex.; copper mines
at Lockville, N. C ; a cotton gin at
Pinevllle, N. C.; a SIOO,OOO cottou and
export company at Norfolk, Va.; a
SIOO,OOO dock and realty company at
Fernandina, Fla.; an electric plant at
Amite, La.; a $1,000,090 fertilizer fac
tory at Birmingham. Ala.; a fertilizer
factory at Palatka, Fla.; a 50-barrel
flouring mill at Pinevilie, N. C.; the
contemplated erection of two iron fur
naces at Sheffield, Ala.; a furniture
factory at Lexington, N. C.; a handle
factory at Sparta. Tenn.; a heading
factory at Amite, La.; $50,000 iron
works at Knoxville, Tenn.; a laundry
at Greenville, S. C.; lumber companies
at Tampa, Fla., and Louisville, Ky.;
machine shops at Sheffield, Ala.; ma
chine aud boiler shops at Richmond,
Va.; a mattress factory at Decatur,
moss factory at Thibodaux.
La.; a $50,000 oil company at Danville,
Ky., and a SIO,OOO oil company at Som
erset, Ky.; an oil company at Win
chester, Ky.; a $500,000 oil company at
Jennings. La.; a $1,000,000 oil company
at Beaumont, Texas; a $20,000 oli com
pany at Charleston, W. Va.; a packing
plant at Memphis. Tenn.; a SIOO,OOO
power plant at Griffin, Ga.; a $25,000
pulley works at New Orleans, Da.; a
SIOO,OOO shoe factory at Huntington,
W. Va.; a stave and heading factory
at Knownlton, La.; steel tank works
at Houston, Texas; stove works at
Catlettsburg, Ky.; a $25,000 stove foun
dry at Knoxville, Tenn., and a tele
phone company at Jacksonville, Fla. —
Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
MONEY TO REBUILD HOME.
Georgia Legislative Committee Ap
proves $20,000 Appropriation.
The appropriations committee of the
Georgia house of representatives Mon
day reversed its action on the Confed
erate Soldiers’ home appropriation bill,
ai 1 after hearing from President W. L.
C, houn recommended favorably the
bi carrying an appropriation of $20,-
OOi for maintenance, furnishing and
eqi >ment of the home for the year
1&
a former meeting the committee
e :he appropriation down to $16,000,
fc the bill was recommended for a
' er hearing. President Calhoun
Secretary W. H. Harrison appear
eu -cu _the committee and showed
that on account of the destruction of
"he home and the increased number of
coming in, the full amount
a ed for .. ’ be necessary.
Jpon this showing-, re
considered its action and reculflftnend
ed the appropriation of the full $20,000.
This, of course, is in addition to the
$19,500 insurance money which will be
appropriated for rebuilding.
BRYAN SPEAKS IN OMAHA.
He Champions Cause of Fusionists In
State of Nebraska.
William J. Bryan closed the cam
paign in Nebraska for the fusionists
with four speeches in Omaha and
South Omaha Monday night. At each
place Mr. Bryan was greeted with en
thusiastic crowds, notwithstanding a
snow storm. The principal speech was
at Franck hall, where he spoke on na- j
tional issues.
Mr, Bryan said that he expected that
Nebraska fusionists would elect their
state ticket by a fair majority, but re
fused to make an estimate on other i
states.
OLD WOMEN IN DEMAND.
It Is Reported From Salonika that
Brigands Have Made Another Haul.
“It is reported from Salonica,’’ says
the Vienna correspondent of The Lon
Vdon Daily Express, "that brigands have
Cly-ried off the mother of the chief of
pce of Seres, in Macedonia, about 50
inAks northeast of Salonica, to the
saw spot where Miss Stone Is de
taflfd,”
NO. 25,
CLOSE OF TESTIMONY
Arguments Begin in the Schley
Inquiry Case by Attorneys.
ADMIRAL MAKES CORRECTIONS
Opening Speech In Behalf of Govern
ment Is Made By Mr. Hanna.
Sessions Will Soon
End - \
The Schley court cf inquiry reached
the argument stage at the beginning of
the afternoon session Monday. Ttuf’
morning sitting was devoted to listen
ing to Admiral Schley and Captain
Sigsbee in making corrections of their
testimony, which had been given pre
viously, and the introduction by Judge
Advocate Lemly of numerous docu
ments bearing upon different phases of
the inquiry. Admiral Schley did not
make any material additions to his
previous statements, but devoted him
self largely to the clearing up of em
blguous points In his evidence.
Admiral Schley began his correc
tions with the very first of hie testi
mony. Most of these corrections were
of typographical errors or the chang
ing of words to make sentences read
more smoothly.
Referring to his testimony regard
ing the reconnolssance of May 31, the
admiral changed his statement that
’’fifty if not more shells passed over
the fleet,” to read, “A number of shells
passed over the fleet.” He also ch{L£*-
ed his evidence concerning suspldte
movements in the harbor of Santia’gcf' l
July 2d to read that "Before dark I
noticed in the harbor a great deal of
smoke The official rec
ord, he said, i3fe.de him say that
saw the smoke after dark.
Coming to his answer to a question
in reference to his order sent below
during the early part of the battle to
stand by to ram, Admiral Schley em
phasized his former testimony by say
ing that there was a distinct attempt
to ram on the p%st of the Maria Te
resa, Admiral Cervera’s flagship, and
the Viscaya.
He also reiterated his confidence in
the Brooklyn’s speed, by stating that
with one engine and all the boiler pow
er she could have gotten up all speed
that was needed. As to the passing of
the flying squadron by the Eagle oa
the morning of May 19, and the lat
ter's conveying the Information that
there was “no news,” Admiral Schley
corrected his testimony wherein he
said that he was not mistaken as to
this, by stating that he might hare
been mistaken.
Admiral Schley also corrected his
statement regarding his visit to the
flagship New York, when he made his
preliminary report of the battle of
July 3 to Admiral Sampson. The rec
ord, he said, did not make the matter
quite clear.
"The admiral said to me,” continued
the witness, “that I had omitted a very
important detail, which was to state
that the New York was present.”
The witness corrected but one of his
answers to the questions of the court.
This question was as to whether he
should have communicated with Cap
tain McCalla to secure information.
The answer as corrected reads:
"The communication which he made
to me, through the Eagle, indicated
that Captain McCaHa knew it was
bound for Cienfuegos, and I, of course,
took it for granted if he had had any
thing important he would have notified
me of the fact without my inquiry.”
At this point Admiral Schley an
nounced that he had no more correc
tions to make.
The opening speech of the argument
In the case was made in behalf of the
government by Mr. Hanna, assistant
to judge advocate. He begun his pre
sentation of the case a few r minutes af
ter the court convened at 2 o’clock,
and when the court adjourned, two
hours later, he had not covered more
than half of the ground involved In
the controversy,
A FRATERNIZING MOVEMENT.
Northern and Southern Methodists
May B e Again In Friendly Union,
The decision of the board of bishops
of the Methodist Episcopal church, in
session in Cincinnati, to hold the next
meeting in Chattanooga, Tenn., marks
an epoch in the history of the Metho-J
dist church. It will be the first tinu4
northern Methodist bishops have mf
on southern soil since the sectional di
vision of the church. It is said a
strong efTort will be made at the meet
ing of the bishops in Chattanooga to
effect a union of northern and south
ern Methodists.
Public Debt Decreased.
At the elose of business, SI.
19° 1 the public debt, in the
tna-ury, was
from last month of The
cash balance was $325.655,6!^w
Missing "Base” Silver Found,
The ton of “base” silver bullion
which so mysteriously disappeared
from the Omaha criminal court room,
was hauled, to th§ smelter.