Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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 The dispatch then says: "I assume that the Two guns have been recovered and the enemy has withdrawn, but I have no further de tails.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. • .... * - :• . ■* ■' 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.