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VOL. X. FRANCE TRIUMPHANT Turk Yields Unconditionally To Every Demand Made. SPILLING OF GORE OBVIATED Xerms of Settlement and Concessions Made Arc of Far-Reaching Char acter and of Great Im portance. A special from Paris says: France has scored a complete triumph in the Turkish dispute. The foreign office Friday morning received advices an nouncing that the sultan has yielded to the entire demands formulated ty the French government, and only the question of form regarding the execu tion cf this agreement remains to be settled. This may be done within the next twenty-four hours, or it Is expert td. at the latest, in two or three days. Then Admiral Caiilard will relinquish his occupation of the island of Mity lene. The Temps prints a dispatch from Constantinople under Friday’s date which says that the sultan, in accept ing the French demands, firstly, au thorizes the working- of the French schools, hitherto unrecognized; sec ondly. he recognizes, officially, the ex istence of the religious and hospitable institutions already foundeu and ac cords them customs immunity and ex emption from certain taxes, and third ly, he authorizes the reconstruction of the schools aud hospitable Institutions destroyed at the time of the Armenian troubles, of which a detailed list is at tached to the French note. Tewflk Pasha, the Turkish foreign minister, has announced that the rec ognition of the Chaldean patriarch, de manded by France, has been already accorded. MAY SUCCEED RUCKER. Report that Atlanta Man Is Slated For Georgia Collectorship. /' Nngion special says: From | lie Nlissea h-i |horitative source the statement was made Friday that T. H. Martin, of A.t!ania, Ga.. will be ap pointed collector of Internal revenues of Georgia to succeed Henry A. Ruck er, the incumbent. The announcement that Rucker, the negro collector, is to be removed is no surprise, since there has been a per sistent rumor to that efleet since Presi dent Roosevelt held his first confer ences with prominent Georgia white republicans at the capital. When it was learned that Mr. Martin had re signed two important positions in At lanta, it was an open secret that he had done so in order to accept the col lectorship. The official appointment, though it may not be made for some time, is believed to be only a question of time. The appointment, If it is made, is one that will doubtless meet with the approval of the white republicans of Georgia. Mr. Martin is well known as one of the most prominent as well as one of the most active republicans in the state. In 1896 he organized the McKinley Club of Fulton county ar J niade a strong fight in the int***' the — ' GEN. WHEELER INTERESTED. Army Officers Plan to Establish Gun Factory In Philadelphia. A company, of which General Jo seph Wheeler is a director, is contem plating the establishment of a plant in Philadelphia for the manufacture of a new firearm. The general purposes making Philadelphia his home. The chief merits claimed for the new weap on are freedom from recoil and in the File automatic action in loading and firing. ihe l nited States board of ordnance cud fortification, it is said, has had tests made and given appropriations l! J 01; ier to conduct the tests and to ap • the device to artillery. Army offl ccir are interested in the company. |T INERARY -good ROADS TRAIN.” Stop of Four Cays Made at Greenville, ienn., and Convention Held. ‘be special “good roads train” of be National Good Roads Association ■'“l the Southern railway slopped at Greenville, Tenn., Saturday for four ! r a ; '/ ' n the interest of good roads. *— is is the special train which s tour ’be Southern railway on that ac ''’ ‘ n • A section of sample ronij is be cor|slructed at Greenville, and a ‘cntcntion is part of the program. r Tne K°od roads train will go from ovcnviiie to Chattanooga, where an er invention will bo held. CONSIDERING THE EVIDENCE. ree Members cf the Inquiry Court Meet Behind Closed Doors. j. : . U . n:ira * George Dewey and Rear Ad ,-jj^ ra , I!i ’'ham and Ramsay, compos ' . e Schley court of inquiry, met ''•r quarters in the McLean build* ', ' as^'n ßt°n, Monday behind closed i' ljp san the discussion and 1 ■'-•deration of the evidence brought ' ‘ Ha din the investigation conclud es last week. oade county sentinel. TliitEE CONVICTS DIE GAMELY. Escapes Frcm Leavenworth, Kansas, Prison Corralled By Posse of Citizens and Filled With Lead. Five of the twenty-six convicts who escaped frcm the stockade of the fed eral prison at Leavenworth, Kans., Thursday afternoon have been account ed for. These three of tne five are dead; James Hoffman, aged 20, white; J. J. Poffenhol, aged 25, whits; a soldier convict; John Green, aged 21, white. The fourth, Willard Drake, white, aged 19, is wounded and recaptured, and the fifth, Fred Moore, aged 16, a negro, is recaptured unhurt. The five men were discovered In the barn of Fay Weishaar, a quarter of a mile from Nortonville, Kans., about 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. Weishaar went into the barn and was ordered out at the point of guns. He rushed to Nortonville and gathered a wagon load of men, who, with revolvers, shot guns and a few winchesters, hastened to the scene. The convicts saw the men coming and rushed from the barn. They had two shotguns and revolvers. The posse pursued them, an a run ning duel resulted. The convicts were at a disadvantage, and their shots had no effect, while at every volley from the posse one of the convicts fell. Af ter two of them fell, two of the others gave themselves up, one being wounu cd and the other unhurt. The fifth was fuly 200 yards away, when a man wun a winchester drew a bead on him and fired. He was evidently hit, but tried to go on, and a volley was tired at him snd he fell dead. None of the citizens were hurt. Reports came from numerous points Friday of the arrest of men supposed to be the fugitive convicts, but none oi the suspects have been identified. The oldest of the fugitives is aged 28 years. Quinn Fort, who was killed Thursday, was 19 years old. One of the convicts still at large is a military prisoner, and the remainder were serv ing terms for robbery or assault. One is an Indian and two are negroes. Nearly all came from Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and they are sup posed to be mak.ng for that country. They are hardy men, used to firearms anu horses. Some have obtained both, but others are afoot and defense less. Warden McCiaughey says he will capture every-one of the men. tho districts around the city every road and river crossing that the fugitives might expectco to use is guarded by armed men, the farmers having turned out to earn the S6O reward that will be paid for the return of each convict. Those of the men that are armed are likely to be shot on sight. Two more convicts —Donald Norie and R. L. Davenport—were captured Friday in a field two miles north of Jarbaio. They were hiding in a ra vine, and being unarmed, they surren dered without resistance. JAMES CALLAHAN ACQUITTED. For Second Time He Is Exonerated of c'AUhy Kidnaping Charge. At OaiiV Neb., the jury in the ease of James CaNdian, after being out thir ty-six hours, in a verdict Fri day night, findii Nh defendant not guilty, and the i °r was discharg ed. This is the U o in the Cuda hy kidnap’- - ""■ practically the seco ’ ““i ae on’*' .vumaping cuaigi.. „as remarked that there is now little to prevent Pat Crowe from sur rendering. The evidence on which Cal lahan has been tried would probably prevail in case of Crowe being tried on the same charges and liberated. SWITCHMEN STOP WORK. Strike Order Obeyed By Every Man on the Rio Grande System. Advices received by Grand Master Frank E. Hawley, of the Switchmen’s Union of America who is in charge of the strike on the Denver and Rio Grande, called into effect Thursday evening, indicate that the strike or der has been obeyed by every switch man employed on the Rio Grande sys tem, numbering 235 men. Mr. Hawley, in an Interview, stated that the switch men did not expect assistance from the other trainmen orders. MARY MAY LOSE PENSION. Old Woman of the Blfurca* e Talked To* M Pension ..ooioner E in vestigaflng utterances attr ced o Dr. Mary Walker, the ex-a iy nurse, who has worn masculine dire in re cent years, and who is a’ ged to have called the execution o* Czolgosz, the late President McKin' y’s assassin, a murder and the late resident himself a murdered on account of his policy in the Philippines. The commission er explains that he has no authority to revoke the w-oman’s pension, but that congress could do so if it desired. SCHLEY ACCEPTS INVITATIONS. Will Visit Memphis and Nashville, Tenn, In January. Rear Admiral Schley has agreed to visit Memphis, Tenn., some time in January, the exact date to be settled later. He goes there to receive a sil ver service bought him by contri butions through The Commercial-Ap peal. A delegation from Nashville called on him Friday and he accepted an invitation to visit that city. He may go to Knoxville on trip. TRENTON. GA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 15.1901. CONVICTS IN MUTINY Inmates of Leavenworth Prison Battle With the Guards. DESPERATE RUSH FOR LIBERTY Two of the Prisoners Had Revolvers which Were Freely Used—Twen ty-Six Succeed In Breaking From Stockade. A special from Leavenworth, Kans., says: One man was killed, three oth ers dangerously wounded and twenty six desperate convicts are at large as a result of a mutiny late Thursday af ternoon at tke site of the new United States prison, two miles southeast of ihe city, where 400 prisoners from the federal prison, in charge of thirty armed guards, were at work. When the trouble began the rebel lious prisoners had only two revolvers. These had been secreted in one of the walls of the building by some unknown person. Gus Parker, of Ardmore, Ind. TANARUS., one of the ring leaders of the mu tiny, under pretense of a necessity, walked to the corner of the stockade, where the revolvers were concealed and under the cover of some weeds secured them without being detected. He re turned to the gang and passed one of the revolvers to Frank Thompson, a negro, who secreted it about his per son. When T. E. Hinds, superintend ent of construction, and three unarm ed guards prepared to round up the men at the end of the day’s work, the two armed convicts covered them with revolvers and encouraged by the oth er mutinous convicts, forced the men to walk before them to the northwest ern corner of the high wooden stock ade, where they expected to make a rush through an opening. On the out side of the stockade was an armed guard, and the convicts were met at the opening by C. E. Burrows, who fought them back, but who received two shots in the neck. The convicts then rushed over to the soutl. *all to another opening and were met by Ar ti.ur Treelford, an armed guard, who is in charge of all the convicts. Treel rftrd resisted the convicts and was shot twice, but not dangerously wounded. Defeated in their attempt to escape at this point, the men rushed to the guard house, a temporary frame struc ture, where the arras were kept. The guards from the outside rushed in at this point and drove the convicts away from the guard house. J. P. Waldrupe, a guard, shot and killed Ford Quinn, from Ryan, Ind. T. The prisoners then made a grand rush for the main en trance and twenty-six of them succeed ed in escaping. The convicts, in their flight, com pelled F. E. Hinds, superintendent of construction, to go with them and he was not allowed to return until they had gone almost two miles into a for est. W. F. Peaslee, one of the fugi tives, who has only fifteen months more to serve, deserted the band a few moments after Superintendent Hinds was released. The two men reachd Leavenworth almost at the same time. They reported that the fugitives, after holding a consultation, decided they would form into several parties, so ’-‘•t some might escape, though oth ers o, v, u. f ,ptured. Twenty-four members of the Fourth cavalry hastened to the scene of the trouble, but when they arrived the con victs had escaped and the soldiers could not participate in the chase with out orders from their superiors. However, forty armed guards from the federal started in pursuit of the rugitives. The wounded men are in the prison hospital. J. B. Waldrupe, who was shot in the head and neck, is in a p.e carlous condition. . Smallpox P ents Rescued. Tracy Hon a hospital at Des Moines in • n fifteen smallpox pa tients wy** quarantined, was badly fire Thursday. The in mate 1 were rescued, the firemen and. pc’ a risking exposure to the conta ' 1. SHORTAGE IS SIXTY THOUSAND. Finance Keeper of Knights of Macca bees Took Large Sum. The board of trustees and the su preme officers of the supreme tent, Knights of the Maccabees, held an ex ecutive session in Port Huron, Mich., with representatives of National Fi nance Keeper Thompson, who is short in his accounts. It was announced that the shortage was $60,000 instead of ss7,vuj. New Prince of Wales. A London special says: The duke of Cornwall and York has been created prince of Wales and earl of Chester. GEORGIAN DIES IN MANILA. Captain Robert Anderson, of Ninth Infantry, Victim of Pneumonia. A cablegram received at the war department Thursday from General Chaffee., at Manila, announces the death of Captain Robert H. Anderson, of the Ninth infantry. Captain Anderson was appointed to the army in 1884 from civil life, being accredited to Georgia. Official Organ of Dado County INQUIRY CiURT ADJOURNED. Judge Advocate Lemly Makes Closing Speech—Report Will Now Be Formulated. A Washington special says: After sittings covering forty days, and with a record which, when completed, will cover about 2,000 pages, the Sch.ey court of inquiry at 3:45 p. m. Thursday adjourned its last public session. To Captain S. C. Lemly, the judge advo cate in the case, had been assigned the | duty of making the closing "argument in the case, and soon after he had com pleted his speech Admiral Dewey, bringing his gavel uowu upon the big flat table said: “There being no further business, the court is adjourned.” As was the case Wednesday, when Mr. Raynor spoke, the attendance was large. There was only one session dur -1 ing the day. It began at 2 o’clock. The entire time was devoted to Cap tain Lemly’s address. He read his speech in clear and distinct tones, and was given careful attention. The speech, In the main, was an analysis of the testimony, but occasionally a conclusion was drawn and frequently there was a criticism of the course pursued by Admiral (then commodore) Schley. Speaking of Commodore Schley’s conduct, Captain Lemly said: "From my knowledge of the man, having served under his command on two cruisers, I have never believed, nor do I claim from the evidence, that personal misconduct —or, to call a spade a spade, cowardice—was exhib ited by Commodore Schley in any part of his career as commander in chief of the flying squadron. But I submit, with regret that in the passage from Key West to Cienfuegos, while at the latter port, en route to the southward of Santiago, without settled destina tion in the retrograde movement, in the return to the vicinity of Santiago, and in the affair of May 31 the com modore exhibited unsteadiness in pur pose and in push, and failure to obey orders.” This statement was made toward the close of Captain Lemly’s remarks. After adjournment the members of the court. A ’.miral Schley 'and coun sel' lingered for a time about the bail in which they recently spent so much of their time, and there were many affectionate words of farewell spo ken. Admiral Schley, ui. ah was carted upon receive tnegfetuiiKs of a number of admirers and a hundred or more people waited at the door of the building to bid him adieu. NEGRO KISSED WHITE GIRL. Big Mob Gathers In New York Street Ready For Lynching. While shopping in New York city Thursday, May Cunningham, a pretty young girl of Yonkers, was hugged and kissed by a big negro on the public highway. He was quickly taken in hand by Policeman Kirke, who was at tracted to the spot by the girl’s screams. In less time than it takes to tell a crowd of several hundred people were collected and cries of “Lynch the black devil” were heard on every side. The policeman made such quick headway, however, that his man was landed in the station before the threats were put into execution. He gave his name as Charles Smith, of Atlanta, Ga., made no defense of his conduct, and was held for on the charge of disorderly -induct. COLLECTOR KOESYt INS. President Roosevelt Is Satisfie ind the Appointment Stands. President Roosevelt as fully inves tlgated the charges ainst Internal Revenue Collector K ster in connec tion with "a lynchir party” in South Carolina. Various dement* on the subject were pres< ed to the presi dent, E. t . a hour he had commis sioned Kn the latted had flier* his b'~ , Jent determK-i-d to make a *dy of t> subjecL Koes o .atlon o' .is partici pation a the 1 ychir.g r sed the pres ident to decla /that .o far as Koester isjrt’oncerned rthe incident is closed. details l *e lynching were laid before the * Jesident. Koester related every poin touching the work. RATHBt MAKfcS CONFESSION. Prisoner teveals Attempted Scheme to P 3 Insurance Companies. Newel C. Rathbun, who was sup posed b have been found dead in a Jeffersc ville, Ind., hotel last Thurs day, v ; arrested in i/ouisville, Ky., Mondi According to ; Rathbun, the corpsD which was shipped to Little Rock/or burial as the body of Rath bun /as the body of W. L. Ten Eykc. Thefcollce say Rathbun has confessed to desertion from the United States army and to having formed a plan to fraudulently collect $4,000 insurance on his life. SIX KILLED IN WRECK. Report cf Fearful Disaster on the Iron Mountain Railroad. A special to The Little Rock Gazette from Texarkana says that trainmen ar riving there Monday night on the Iron Mountain railroad state that a work tiain was wrecked at Prescott, near Texarkana, killing six negroes and in juring fifteen others. The names of the dead men are not obtainable. TWO OFFICERS HELD Escaped Convicts Tara Tables On Their Pursuers. UNIQUE COUP IS PERPETRATED Soerlff and His Deputy Compelled te Promise Immunity In Ordar to Gain Their Own Liberty. a Topeka, Kans, special eayw: Sher iff Cook and deputy Sheriff Williams were captured by two convicts from the Fort Leavenworth military prison Sunday afternoon at Pauline, five miles south of Topeka and held prisoners on the farm of a man named Wooster for several hours. They finally escap ed between a line of police sent from Topeka to reinforce the sheriff and are now at large. Both were slightly wounded. Wooster was badly wound ed by one of the convicts when he tried to fire on them. Mrs. Wooster and Sheriff Cook were held Defore the convicts as a shield by the prisoners in making their escape. At 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon some farmer boysi near Pauline learn ed that the convicts were in the neighborhood. Hastily forming a posse, armed with target rifles, pistols and clubs, they gave chase. Neither of the convicts was armed .and they were unable to make a sitand. Later Sheriff Cook and Deputy Williams ar rived. Coming upon the convicts-, bom of the officers fired, wounding the men, but not disabling them. The convicts then fled through a small opening in the timber and ran into the house of Farmer Wooster. Sheriff Cook telephoned to Topeka for assistance and then took up the chase. Thinking the convicts had run around the house, Cook darte- through the open door, intending to surprise them at the rear door, but instead of this the convicts had gone Into the house and the officer almost fell into their arms. Sheriff Cook was ordered to give up his gun, which he did. Deputy Williams by this time had reached the house and entered without knowing what had happened inside, and he, too, was made captive by the COUVIctS. In the meantime Chief Stahl, of Topeka, with eight officers, were on their w r ay. They arrived at the Wooster house about an hour after the officers had been imprisoned. Chief Stahl imme diately began negotiations! with the convicts to give up their prisoners and to surrender themselves, but the con victs only laughed. Farmer Wooster then managed to get a gun and was aboui to make an attack on the con victs, when one of them lain him low with a blow from the butt of a revolv er taken from one of their captives- One of the convicts told Sheriff Cook that he would be killed if he made the slightest move looking toward uieir capture. In the meantime the police officers on the outside surroundeu the buildfng, but were afraid to make a move for fear that Cook and Williams would suffer. Mrs. Wooster had fainted during the excitement. She finally revived aud at 7 o'clock the convicts placed the wo man and Sheriff Cook in front of them as shields and maue for the door. Then, after an exacting promise from the sheriff that he would not permit any of the officers outside to fire on them, they started for the open. As they left the house, the frightened farmer’s wife and submissive sheriff before them, the convicts passed between a cordon of police, who could easily have cap tured them, and started for the rail road track. The sheriff had in turn exacted a promise from the police that they would not molest the convicts, and they did not. • After covering th<' ">selves a consid erable distance down *racs the con '••ts suddenly diss through a i.edge fence bK .. ''fiice’N,"* mocking farewell. The convicts had s are- ood start before the officer had re from their surprise. T som policemen wanted to Sursue b -tar iff Cook would not pe> nit it, ra h had promised the convicts immi uity l om arrest. FORMER FOES FRATERNIZE. Officials of Rival Street Railways In Atlanta tifie Together. The magnates of Atlanta’s erstwhile rival street railway companies met around the board Thursday night at an elegant dinner tendered them by President Ernest Woodruff, of the At lanta Railway and Power Company. This is the first time these gentle men have ever met at a social func tion. and the occasion was one of inter esting significance, showing the friend ly relation now existing between those who only a short while ago were the bitterest of financial foes. “PAUNCY” HOB-NOBS WITH HAY. Subject of Confab Was Preparation of the New Treaty. Lord Pauncefote, the British ambas sador, had a half hour’s talk Friday with Secretary Hay in regard to the preparation of the new Hay-Paunce fote treaty. It Is expected that in view of the progress that has been made, the convention may be concluded, sc far as the executive branch of the gov ernment is concerned within a week. BECKHAM ROASTS DURBIN. Governor of Kentucky Indites a Hot Letter to Indiana Chief Executive. Governor Eeckham, of Kentucky, has addressed to Governor Durbin, cf Indiana, a letter replying to the criti cism by that executive cf the courts and officials of Kentucky iu his recent letter refusing to honor the requisition for Taylor and Finley, wanted for al leged complicity In the assassination of Goebel. He severely arraigns Dur bin for his refusal, charging that in doing so he violated his oath of office to support the constitution of the Uni ted States and that he becomes “a party after the fact to the most Infa mous crime in the history of this state, the cold-blooded and dastardly murder of an eminent and distinguish ed citizen of Kentucky.” The Kentucky executive also charges that Governor Durbin s refusal was the result cf a political bargain made before his election to office and charac terizes his charges against the courts and officials cf Kentucky as slanderous and inexcusable misrepresentations. He takes the stand that the gover nor of a state has no discretionary power, but only ministerial power in the honoring of legally drawn requisi tions from other states, and this is ta ken here as indication that steps will shortly be taken in the courts to com pel Durbin by mandamus to honor the requisitions. If such proceedings are instituted, they will be in the courts of Indiana and taken on appeal to the supreme court. ESCAPADE OF GAY EVANGELIST. Weds Young Woman and Then Skips. Fathcr-in-Law Offers Reward. James L. Douglas, who recently con ducted a revival service at Lithonia, Ga., is the principal in the biggest sen sation DeKalb county has known in years. One day last week Douglas married Miss Grace George, daughter of B. F. George, one of the best known citizens of Lithonia and DeKalb county. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Wil liam Shaw, pastor of tK< Berean Con gregational church, of Atlanta. Three days after the wedding Douglas left his young bride at their boarding house in Atlanta, saying he was going out on business and would not return until late. That is the last any one has seen of him. It is believed he took a train for New York and from New York sail ed for Europe. of S2OO has been offered by B. F. George, and every ef fort will be made to bring him back to Atlanta. Six weeks ago Douglas went to Li thonia from Atlanta for the purpose of conducting a revival service. He carried a letter from Rev. William Shaw, of Atlanta. He made a good im pression on the people, and was re garded as a strong preacher and a well-educated man. He told a story of his alleged experience in the Galves ton flood, where he declared h lost his only sister. He lived at the George residence during his stay in Lithonia, and among other admirers won the esteem of Miss Grace George, a pretty and accomplish ed young woman. He claimed to be directly from Edin burgh and a member of the United Brethren. Finding none of this sect here, he affiliated with the Congrega tionalists. RINGLEADER CAUGHT BY POSSE. Negro Escape From Fort Leavenworth Puts Up a Game Fight. Frank Thompson, the negro leader of the munlty at the federal prison at Leavenworth, was captured eight miles north of Council Grove. Kansas, Mon day evening by a posse. Thompson would not surrender, but was taken af formity with a notice which the for r eign office sent to the legations, all tho ’.hinese officials in the capital gath .< at the board of rites to “rescue the sun,” wmch was sunerlng from a partial eclipse. The rescue was "•’eompllshed by pros.rations, the burnuit, ' ’icense and the beating of drums. A for the first time in history, to wit ness the ceremony. SIX SOLDIERS DROWNED. Disastrous Attempt to Cross Babyon River In Samar Island. A dispatch from Catbalogan, Samar, says: The insurgents are becoming more active in the island of Leyte, Wednesday the town of Matalon was attacked. At Inopaean the Insurgents cut the telegraph lines. While a de tachment of American troops were re pairing it they were fired upon by a band of insurgents. After a brief skirmish the rebels were dispersed. First Lieutenant Robert T. Crawford, of the First infantry, a sergeant and five men, while attempting to cross the Babyon river in Samar, were drowned. SEIZED AMERICAN SCHOONER. Stoppe By Portuguese® Gun Boat For Smuggling Emigrants. The Exchange Telegraph Company, at London has received a dispatch from Lisbon announcing that a Portu guese gunboat has seized the Ameri can schooner Nettie and Lottie at Horta, island of Fayal, in the Azores, for clandestinely conveying twenty-six emigiants, who were trying to avoid military service. NO. 20. ratifiers jubilant Cfaim Majority cf Over 30,000 In Monday’s Election. OPPOSITION ALSO MAKE CLAIM All Black Belt Counties Go Heavy Against Measure, But Cities Gen erally Counterbalanced the Vote. V. According to a Birmingham special the ratificationists in Alabama have won ij cotween 30,000 and 35,000 ma- Jority. >. - .| The vote in the state appears to have been heavier than was expected. The interest in the issue became great ly enlivened during the last few dajs of the campaign, and this fact, togeth er with the presence at the polls of large numbers of negroes, brought out many voters who had heretofore been lukewarm in their support of the new constitution. There seems to be no doubt but that a heavier vote was cast than has been cast in either of the two last state elec tions. Of the sixty-six counties in the state, the ratificationists appear to have carried about thirty and the anti ratifications an equal number. The re mainder of the counties are in doubt. The ratifiers carried the large counties and caught the large majorities, how ever, while their opponents landed the smaller fish. Jefferson county gave 3,500 for rati fication, Montgomery about 3,000, Mad ison about 2,400 and Dallas at least, 2,- 000. while moot of the opposition coun ties sent up majorities in the hundreds. Mobile county was a close battle ground. Governor Jelks’ county, Barbour, gave the ratifiers a majority of about 2,000. Mr. Knox’s county, Calhojin., gave them about 1,500. One ofjlhiiai greatest victories for the ratifiers wa>, in Pike, the campaign there for the new constitution being lea by Hon. W. J. Samford, of the late governor. The anti-raflAers appear to have car ried the counties of Lee, Lauderdale, Blount, Dale, Walker, Etowah, St. Clair, Cullman, Lamar, Marshall, De- Kalb, Jackson, Choctaw, Coosa, Talla poosa. Clay, Marion, Morgan, Frank lin. Cherokee, Chilton, Butler, Conecuh, Lowndes, Henry, Fayette, Geneva, Shelby and Winston. Almost the entire seventh district voted against ratification. This had for years been the weakest district in the state from a democratic stand point. Chairman Shelley, of the anti-ratifi cation state committee, has by no means surrendered. He says he has not heard from anything like all of the counties, but that he calculates a ma jority of 20,000 against ratification upon the returns he ha-s received. Provisions of Measure. The new- constitution for the stats of Alabama was framed primarily to improve the character of the suffrage. It provides education or property qual ifications for those who were not sol diers or descendants of soldiers, and. contains a good character clause. The new instrument provides for a lieuten ant governor, governor and state offi cials with four-year terms; provides for quadrennial instead of biennial ses sions of the legislature; reduces the limit of taxation to 65 per cent; in sures a fixed appropriation for public schools; prohibits judges and members of the legislature from acquiring free railroad passes, and prohibits lobbying. It also provides a penalty for persons who buy or sell votes. PIGTAILS "RESuvE” THE SUN. The Heathen Chinese Indulge in Pecu liar and Silly Ceremony. A dispatch from Peinn says: In con fer a hard fight with the officers, in which he was shot in the head, but not severely injured. Lawrence Lewis, another of the es capes. was mortally wounded Monday morning near Quenemo in another sec tion of the state while making a dash through a cordon of armed deputies. Lewis is a white boy 20 years old, who was sent up in October, 1900, for lar ceny. CAPTIVE IS ROUGHLY TREATED. Miss Stone Says She Is Being Dragged Over Mountains By Brigands. In the latest letter received at So fia, Bulgaria, from Miss Ellen M. Stone, the captive American mission ary, she says she is exposed to muchi hardship and suffering, owing to the! constant movement of the band ovel hills and ravines, notwithstanding rigors of the winter. National Prison Association M The annual congress oi the fdmon al Prison Association opened at Kan sas City Saturday night for a session of five days. VOTE FELL FAR SHORT. Ohio Returns Show Decrease of 100,- 000 compared With 1899. With almost half returns from the eighty-eight in Ohio received it is the total vote may be 100,OuO leoßhan for gov ernor two years ago, when 920,872 votes were cast, and almost a quarter of a million less than for president last year, when the total vote of Ohio was 1,049,121.