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VOL. X. TO WATERY GRAVES Twaly Son's on 111-Fated Steam ship Go Down. DISASTER CAUSED BY COLLISION Supposed French Bark Crashes Into Steamer Walla Walla on the Pacific Coast, Sending Her to the Bottom. A San Francisco special says: A collision at sea early last Thursday morning between the steamship Walla Walla and an' unknown sailing vessel resulted in the sinking of the steam ship and the probable loss of at least twenty lives. The Walla Walla, owned by the Pa cific Coast Steamship Company, sailed from San Francisco January 1 for Pu get Sound ports. She carried thirty six first-class passengers, twenty-eight second-class, and a crew of eighty men. When off Cape Mendocino, on the California coast, at 4:10 o’clock Thursday morning, an iron bark, be lieved to be French, loomed up in the haze and crashed' into the Walla Wal la’s bow. Then the sailing vessel slid off into the darkness and was seen no more. - All the passengers and crew of the Walla Walla, except the few on watch, were asleep but were aroused by the crash. The steerage quarters, were in the bow and it is believed that some of the steerage passengers and crew were crushed to death. A big hole was made in the steamer's bofr, and she sank in thirty-five min utes. The officers and crew maintain ed strict discipline and boats and life rafts were lowered. Captain Went Down With Ship. All who we-fe ,uot .killed in the col lision got off except Captain Hall, who went down with his ship. He was picked up lated by one of the boats, un injured, with the exception of a few bruises. A choppy sea was running and the small boats could not. make a land ing oa- IWore, a few miles distant. They drifted all day, and finally sixty-five people were picked up by the steamer Dispatch, which took them to Eureka. Another boat under command of Engi neer Brown and containing thirteen persons attempted to land at Trinidad and were quickly swamped. John Wil kinson, quartermaster; William Mar tel, fireman; L. Drube passenger, and three unknown men were drowned. Those in the boat who were saved were Engineer Brown, Foreman Mc- Clellan, Coal Passer William Shinn, Sailor O’Leary, Chief Cook Marshall and Passengers William B, Smith and Morhouse. • When the Dispatch reached Eureka with the survivors, tugs were Imme diately sent out for missing boats. The tug Ranger picked up one containing eleven passengers and three of the crew. The Walla Walla was valuel at about $250,000. She was formerly used as a collier and about ten years ago was converted into a passenger ves sel at a cost of $175,000. The vessel v.as insured for about $200,000. LOW REGISTERS A KICK. New York Mayor Charges Tammany With Using Bribery. Interest in the organization of the hoard of , aldermen of Greater New York, when i'l is expected the fusion members will be in the majority, is very great. ' Mayor Low issued a state ment Friday irtdicating that he has reason to believe that a movement is on foot among the opposition to upset the majority confidently counted upon The mayor’s statement, as given to the newspapers, said in part: “Pretty definite rumors have reach ed me that'money is being used to in duce aldermen elected on the fusion ticket to stay away from the meeting of the board for organization on Mon day next, or, if present, to vote against the fusion side.” ' ' The mayor’s statement is the politi cal sensation of the hour. JUDGE POPE BARROW. Appointed by Governor Candler as Suc cessor to Judge Faliigant, Deceased. Judge Pope Barrow will hereafter Preside over the Eastern judicial cir cuit of Geqrgi^., Governor Candler Monday morning issued an order ap pointing Mr. Barrow for the unexpired term of three years, caused by the death of Judge Robert Faliigant. Judge Barrow was not an applicant for the position, and the announcement °f his appointment will no doubt be a great surprise to his friends through cut the state. Will Increase Capital Stock. Stockholders, in Swift & Cos., Chicago Packers, have decided tp increase the capital ot th'e corporation from $20,- 000,000 tb .as recommend, cd by the board of directors., British Ambushed By Boers. The Boers amlurshed a party' of thd Scots Grays Saturday near.Rronkhorst Spruit (about forty tniies east of Pre toria). The British casualties were aix men killed and thirteen wounded. HADE COUNTY SENTINEL. CONGRESS RESUMES BUSINESS. Both Houses Adjourn For the Day Out of Respect to Memory of Sena tor Sewell, Deceased. A Washington dispatch says: When the house met Monday after the holi day recess, there was a large attend ance in the galleries, but more than half the seats in the floor were unoccu pied. The chaplain in his invocation referre dfeelingly to the death of the late Senator Sewell, of New Jersey. No business was transacted outside the introduction of a fe wbills. Mr. Loudenschlager, of New Jersey, an nounced the death of Senator Sewell. In doing so he paid a warm and feeling tribute to “The citizen, soldier and statesman.” He offered the custom ary resolutions, which were adopted and as a further mark of respect the house at 12:10 p. m., adjourned. Representative Jenkins, of Wiscon sin, of the judiciary special committee which is framing an anti-anarchist bill, introduced a measure which, in addition to providing the death penal ty for assaults on the president, re quires alien immigrants to take oath not to assault those in government au thority and not to publicly uphold the subversion of the government by vio lent means. Representative Cummings, of New York, introduced a bill to appropriate $2,500,000 for anew postoffice building in New York city. Another Schley resolution was intro duced in the house Monday by Repre sentative Schirm, of Maryland. It pro vides an appropriation of $12,000 for bronze tablets commemorating six great naval victories, beginning with those of John Paul Jones, in 1797, and closing with the battle of Santiago bay, “Commodore Scott Schley com manding,” in 1998. No business was transacted in the senate on account of the neath of Sen ator Sexvell, of New Jersey, and ad journment was quickly taken. In his invocation at the opening of the session the chaplain. Rev. William Milburn, made a touching reference to the death of Senator SeweTl. He referred also to the disability of Sena tor Berry, of Arkansas, and prayed that he might be able to soon return to the senate. Mr. Kean, of New Jersey, formal’ ' announced to the senate the death ef Mr. Sewell and offered the customary resolutions expressive of the sorrow of the senate and providing for an im mediate adjournment to his memory. Asa mark of respect to his memory the senate adjourned at 12:07 p. m., immediately upon the of the resolutions. The seat formerly occupied by Sena tor Sewell has been assigned to Sena tor Depew, of New York. BEFORE A GEORGIA JURY Messrs. Greene and Gaynors Must An swer to Accusations. The United States- supreme court Monday affirmed the decision of the United States circuit court for the southern district of New York in the case of Benjamin Greene, John F. Gaynor, .William ,T. Gaynor: and Ed ward 11. Gaynor. ' . Greene and Gaynor are charged with being in complicity with Captain O. M. Carter, now serving a term at Leaven worth, Kas., on the.charge of defraud ing the government of a large sum of money while superintending public works at Savannah, Ga. Greene and Gaynor have sought by habeas corpus proceedings in New York to avoid being sent to Georgia WINTER TOURIST RATES To All the Famous Florida Resorts and Island of Cuba. Tickets on sale daily, good for re turn passage until May 31st, inclusive via the Seaboard Air Line Railway in connection with the “Dixie Flyer” route from Nashville,' Chattanooga, Ronje, Atlanta, Macon and other points. ....• . i • The Seaboard Air Line railway reaches all the famous resorts of Flor ida and Cuba, and its train service in the state of Florida is superior in ev ery respect. For information call upon nearest ticket agent, or address Wm. B. Clem ents, T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. OHIO LEGISLATURE-MEETS. Both Branches Abide By Previous Ac tion pf Caucus. The Ohio legislature assembled in Columbus, Ohio, Monday in biennial session. Both branches elected the officers nominated at the republican caucuses held Saturday evening. Th'e forenoon was spent in the usuaLroutiue of draw ing seats, taking the oath of office, etc! At noon Governor Nash's message was' read. The Foraker candidates, in. the sen ate and the Hanna candidates, to the houese were elected with their respec tive full party votes. UPHOLDS KENTUCKY LAW. United States Supreme Court Renders Decision on Long and Short Hauls. A Washington dispatch says: .The United States suprem'e court Monday rendered an opinion holding as -Valffi the state constitution of Kentucky con cerning long and short hauls by rail road companies and statutes enacted under that provision of the constitu tfcn. TRENTON. GA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 10.1902. WRECK ON SOUTHERN Disastrous Head-On Collision Be* tween Freight Trains. THREE MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES Fire Breaks Out In Wreckage and Bodies of Two Victims Cremated. Over Thirty Cars Are Totally Destroyed. Three men were burned to death, and thirty freight cars were destroyed by fire as the result of a wreck on the Southern at 11 o’clock Saturday night near Rex, Ga., fourteen miles from At lanta. The three men who died in the flames are: Engineer C. C. Wal lace, of Atlanta; Flagman Z. H. Har ris of Jacks, Ga.; Fireman Prater. The injured are: Engineer Lee Whatley and Fireman Hicks, both cf Atlanta. Freight train second No. 51, in charge of Conductor J. A. Wood and Engineer Wallace, was bound north and passed McDonough at high speed when they should have waited there for the freight coming south to pass tiie.il. Conductor Wood states that no sig nal for a siding (the red board) was hung out at McDonough. The opera tor asserts that he gave Wallace the red board and it was disregarded. Freight first No. 54 going south in charge of Conductor Strickland and Engineer Whatley, went into the north bound freight head-on, a mile and a half from Rex. Both engines were derailed with a number of cars on both trains. Both freights had just passed a trestle and the smash-up which occurred on a sharp curve, took place between the two trestles. Wreck a Mass of Flames. The cars of the two trains, which numbered thirty in all, took fire and were soon a sea of flames. The train men on the scene, who escaped injury, found it impossible to get water to their aid. The fire burned all day a fearful mass of ruins is all Gratis left of the two trains. The body of Fireman Pi ! ater, cut and mimed be-, rond recognition, was taken out of the wreck Sunday morning and sent to At lanta. The t.ccnes of F.i gin r r . ('. Wallace, of Atlanta, and Flagman Z. H Harris, of Jacks, Ga., had not been located up to an c; : ly hour Monday morning The men of the wreckiug crews do not believe the two bodies will ever be found. The flames swept through the cars piled up in a mass of ruins like a scourge, leaving nothing that fire could destroy. If any sign of the two missing men is found it will be only their charred bones. This is the belief of the railroad men. NEELY TRIAL BEGINS. With Rafhbone Et Al. He is Arraigned For Embezzlement In Havana. The trials of: the cases arising from the £uban postoffice embezzlements opened Saturday in the audiencia court at Havana before five judges. The court room is located over the prison in which Neely has been con fined. One hundred and two witnesses had been called to testify, and of these about eighty responded. .- . Of the lud Reeves were^Vnvil'Tni'WnP'Witt of the room, and Moya and Mascara,- the Cuban stamp clerks, on the other. Neely showed no signs of his ment. He has grown stouter, and ’kF*. in good spirits. Upon the opening of bone was * u a t his counsel had withdrawn. court asked, the other counsel i'W the de fense if they would assucJT charge of Rathbone’s case, and answered in the negative, appoijjjed Lawyer Pas cua, a court gave. Ratlin bone : one hour in which to: consult with his new counsel. The court then asked Neely to plead, and the latter responded that he had never heard the accusations against him, but after-consulting with his counsel, he entered a plea of not guilty. Rathbone, Moya and Mascara also pleaded not guilty. * FORTY MILLIONS ASKED. • V ' * Owners of Panama Canal Offer Their Property to Uncle Sam. A formal proposition to sell the Panama canal .properties to the United States government for $40,000,000 was submitted Saturday to the authorities at Washington. It was made by Ms Boeufve, representing the company, to Admiral Walker, as chairman of the isthmian commission. M. Boeufve act ed: under, cable instructions received from the Panama canal officials at Paris. Admiral Walker brought the proposition to the knowledge of the secretary of state and the president, going directly to the state department , $ - 4 , - FORTY-SEVEN STILL MISSING. ' Steamer Puts In at San Francisco With Survivors of Walla Walla. The steamer Nome City arrived at San Francisco Saturday with six sur vivors of the wreck of the steamer Walla Walla. They included five of the crew' and one second-class passen ger. They were picked up o’f Trinidad island from a life raft. This reduces the list of missing to forty-seven. Official Organ of Dade County ROOSEVELT AFTER COMBINES. Interstate Commerce Commission Is Instructed to Secure Data For Special Message. The Interstate commerce commis sion will at once begin a series of three investigations in Chicago, which are said to have for their purpose the gathering of data for a special mes sage by President Roosevelt to con gress. It is said that in this special mes sage President Roosevelt will deal with three subjects as follows: 1. Railway combinations. 2. The interstate commerce commis sion. 3. Legislation governing interstate traffic. Originally it was the purpose of the president to cover those subjects fully in his annual message to congress, but owing to the inability of the interstate commerce commission to get all the facts necessary, these subjects were touched upon but briefly and were left to be handled in a supplementary message. The investigations which will be made and which will supple ment those already made are: 1. Tuesday at Chicago, the trans portation of packing house products and dressed beef. 2. Wednesday at Chicago, the Bur lington-Northern Pacific-Great North ern combination. 3. Thursday at Kansas City, grain and grain products to eastern and sea board points. Subpoenas Are Served. United States Marshal Ames’ dep uty was busy Friday serving and try ing to serve subpoenas on represen tatives of packing house interests. He had six summonses and succeeded In serving two. Several of the men sought are said to have escaped ser vice by leaving the city hurriedly, one of them missing the deputy by only a few seconds. While the packing house men are apparently shunning the investigation, the railroad men are not seeking to avoid it. Many of them believe thal anything is better than the present conditions and that with stable rates come lower rates, to the great benefit of the entire country. The parking house men who were served with flubp' m lire: George .B. Robbins, vice president of Armour car lines; W. P. Jenkins, superintendent, of transportation for the Hammond Tracking Company. No subpoenas were issued for the railroad men but in their stead letters were received from the commission re questing their attendance at the inves tigation. It is said that every person in charge of traffic on the road'center ing in Chicago and known to carry packing house products and dressed beef has received a copy of the letter. Railroad men have been given to un derstand that tho investigation into iate matters is not for the purpose of inflicting punishment upon any one, but simply in the line of investigation for facts and data This is understood as confirming the purpose of the presi dent to send a special message to con gress. SHAW IN WASHINGTON. Secretary Gage's Success Talks With Roose-Jlt. Governor*Shawjl of lowa, who is yG Hon. Lymjn 3. Gage the treasiJfy, arrived Friday ‘nigbt. . He is pl r -jr up al: the Ar bngton hotel and h p there but a short time when, ,#c.Tesponse to a message from the smite house, he walked to thq presi dent’s home and remained.. with him until after 9 o'clock, Later he ealled on Speaker Henderson. LEARY WAS REAR A'DMIRAL. jfcj Brave Officer Died Without KnowySS of His . Information fn rfi Washington ffkows that Captain Ric-Jard P. Leary, Tlnited States navy ,who died at Chelsea re-, cently, died a rear admiral .wifhout be ing conscious of the- fact, a promotion which he had looked for and R is said to have been the one thing which trou bled him in his last momenta- The appointment was made the- day before he died. • USEu MAYOR’S SIGNATURE. Private Secretary Grasty Works At lanta Banks and Disappears. With a number of Atlanta banks holding worthless notes gnd with the police anxious to find him for several forgeries, Robert Ware Grasty, ex private- secretary of Mayor Mims, of that city, has left for parts unknown. To the amount of $725 Grasty com mitted forgeries, and in each instance he used the *name of Atlanta’s mayor— who had appointed him to the remuner ative and trusted, position of private secretary. Four banks hate the forgud and worthless paper on hand. ROOSEVELT IN CHARLESTON. Arrangements Already Under Way For President’s Trip Irt February. Arrangements are' being made in- Washington for-the president’s trip to the Charleston exposition in Feb ruary. The president will probably be accompanied by BioSt'of the members of the cabinet and some of the cabinet ladies. They will leave probably on February 10th arriving in Charleston the following day. TURNED TO TRAITORS Nine American Soldiers Ask Their Fellows lo Desert. STRANGE PROCLAMATION ISSUED Charge Is Made That the War Was Started to Fill the Pockets of Mark Hanna and Other Capitalists. The war department has received from the Philippines copies of a re markable proclamation, signed with the names of nine Americans, seven of them stated as being in the United States military service, inviting Amer ican soldiers to desert and join the Filipino soldiers. The text of the doc lment is as follows: “TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.” “Dear Fellow-Countrymen: After many months among the Filipino peo ple, studying their customs and char acters, we, the undersigned, have come to the conclusion that the time has ar rived for us to break the silence and let you know the real truth, so that you will see the follow of continuation of fighting these people, who are defend ing their country against the cruel American invasion in the same manner in which our forefathers did against England in those glorious days of our grand and noble liberator, General George Washington. “Since the day we were led by our conscience (and) presented ourselves to the Filipino authorities we have re ceived the best of treatment, and we are enjoying a life of luxury without having to put our lives in danger, as you do who still remain in the Ameri can ranks fighting for an unjust cause, which, sooner or later, must surely rroye disastrous, as it did to the Span ish, notwithstanding that they knew the country and customs of the people better than the Americans do. “For the above mentioned reasons, and also that the war may soon end, we ask the men of the American army stationed in these islands to present themselves to the Philippine author i ties as we did, thereby showing your selves to be true Americans, upholding the policy of Washington and the Monroe doctrine against the ?inbif'.cus policy of President McKinley, who for two years has carried on this '■ruel war, spilling the innocent bleed of thousands of American soldiers, and with what object? To fill the pockets of Mark Hanna and several other American capitalists who have been for years and are now ruling America today, or, in other words, changing your blood for gold and robbing many a loving mother or wife of son or hus band, thereby making many a once happy home sad and miserable. “Before we close, let us tell you that near every town there are always sta tioned forces, of Filipino troops to whom should you so desire, you can present yourselves, with or without your rifles,-and avoid danger, it is best to hide it in a secure place, and after ycu have presented yourself, inform the Filipino officer or chief of the guerrillas, and they will recover it and., pay.vou some money in return. “With this we conclude, wishing you the best of fortune. We remain, yours most sincerely, “HARRY HORAE ALMAN, “JOHN BLAKE,’ ’ “IKANK L. CLARKE, ”%HOMAS KREkDER, “CI%LE3 BUCHANAN “Ch¥lley wßight, ■ “HARfSIf RICHTER, J . SMITH, / “JOHN ftkAN.” . P GAS ASPHYXIATES .FOUR. Father, Mother and Child and Young Woman Meet Death. A dispatch from Hartford, Conn., says: Anton Cahves, his wife and 2- year-old boy, Joseph, and Miss Mary DeVida, aged 18, were asphyxiated early Sflnday morning at their home in New Phrk avehue. The gas escaped from a defective meter in the cellar. COLONEL AYRES DROPS DEAD. Veteran Confederate Soldier and Noted Journalist Dies Suddenly. Col, E. W. Ayres, at one time .Wash ington correspondent of the Kansas City Times, dropped dead in the Citi zens’ National bank at Washington Friday. Colonel Ayres was born in Lynch burg,' Va., in 1837, and served with distinction in the Confederate army, j He belonged to the famous Richmond Blues and was a member of the com pany that officiated at the hanging, of John Brown. • • MISS ROSSEVELT ACCEPTS. *' • ■■■■ - ■ •'*.?;* President's Daughter - Will rC-hristen German Battleship at Staten island. Miss Alice Roosevelt, the eldest daughter of President Roosevelt, will christen the German Raiser's new yacht, now being built.at Staten. Is land, N. Y. This announcement /as made at the white house Friday. The kaiser’s invitation to Miss Roosevelt was extended through Dr. Von Hoileben, the German ambassador 10 ACCEPT CARNEGIE OFFER. Secretary Hay and Others File Articles cf Incorporation For Big Educational Institute. A Washington special says: Secre tary Hay and a number of gentlemen interested in the Carnegie project of a national university met at the state de partment Saturday and formed an in corporation known as the “Carnegie Institution.” It is understood that Mr. Carnegie has removed the obstacles that existed to the acceptance of his $10,000,000 donation to the cause of education, and Saturday’s action was the first step toward giving legal form and substance to the proposition. Be sides Secretary Hay, the incorpora tors, all of whom were present at the meeting, are Edwin D. White, justice of the supreme court; D. C. Gilman, late president of Johns Hopkins uni versity; Charles D. Walcott, superin tendent of the geological survey; John S Billings, ex-surgeon general of the navy, and Carroll D. Wright, commis sioner of labor. Marcus Baker, of the coast survey* was present, not as an incorporator, but charged with the preparation of the ai tides of incorporation. The articles were later filed with the recorder of deeds. They fix the name and title of the institution as the “Car negie Institution,” and show that it is organized “for perpetual term.” Its objects are the promotion of study and research, the power to acquire, hold and convey real estate and other prop erty and to establish general and spe cial funds; to assist investigations in science, literature or art, to co-operate with governments, universities, col leges, technical schools, learned so cieties and individuals; to appoint committees of experts to direct special lines cf research, publish and distrib ute documents, conduct lectures and hold meetings, acquire and maintain a library, and in general, to do and perform all things necessary to pro mote the objects of said institution. The affairs, funds and property of the corporation will be In general charge of a board of trustees. RESOLUTIONS DECLARED LEGAL. Georgia Supreme Court Renders Im portant Decision In Mandamus Case. The Howell resolution, passed by the Georgia legislature, has been de clared constitutional by the supreme court of th estate, as well as by Judge Candler. The mandamus asked for .by Governor Candler against Treasurer Park has been granted, and the $325,- the public property fund can nowbe used for the payment of the interest on the bonded debt' of the state. The decision of the court was hand ed down Saturday morning. Chief Justice Simmons, Associate Justices Lumpkin, Lewis and Little favored the resolution, and Associate Justices Cobb and Fish dissented. Mr. Justice Lit tle rendered the opinion of a majority of the court. The opinion is a very strong one and goes into every detail of the case. .It is held by the majority of the court that the interest on the bonded debt is a part of the debt, and the public property fund set aside for the payment of the bonded debt, ex clusively, can be used to pay the in terest. In dissenting justices Cobb and Fish take the position that the public prop erty fund can be used for the payment Cff the principal on the public debt alone and thht the constitution provid ed expressly that the interest should be raised by taxation. ■ The- question is- a • very ’important ode, and the decision of the court, 'hi the opinion of many of'the stateliouse •effipers, will save .the state serious financial embarrassment. • There was only one question in the case, and that is fully met in the ma jority opinion of the court. That question was whether the interest was a part of the debt, and whether thd fund could be used for payment oi the Interest. MRS. PLANT WINS SUIT. * • #. • Widow of" Late Magnate Is Awarded Seven Millions By Court. Justice Leventritt hi the'NCw York 1 supreme'-court announced a decision Saturday in the action brought by Mrs. Mary J. Plant, widow of Henry B. Plant, the founder of the Plant sys tem of railways and steamships, against the. executors and trustees qf the will. Justice Leventritt decided that the will should be probated and established in New York state, on the ground that Mr. Plant was a resident of New York at the time of his death. . The will was executed in Connecti cut a few days before Mr. Plant’s .death and was offered for probate there. Mrs. Plant maintained that the probate was Invalid. In the will she was left orily a life annuity of $30,000, and the effect of Judge Leventrltt’s rul ing will be to give her full dower rights, amounting to about $7,000,000.' < FIRE MENACES MANIACS. ■ f .-, ■State Insane Hospital Burns and Dan gerous Lunatics Are at Large. < The state insane hospjtal at Wil ' lianjshurg, Va., was badly burned Sat-• ; urday.' Many thousands of will be required to make good the loss. • tVhlit'may prove to be more serious is the fact that seven lunatics, able bodied men, escaped from the grounds 1 in the early morning, and at nightfall only two of this number had tteen found. At least eight are missing NO. 34. MAKES FINAL APPEAL Schley Gees to Roosevelt and Talks Over His Case. SATISFIED WITH INTERVIEW Admiral Talks Interestingly of His Proposed Trip to Savannah —At- torney Raynor Sees House Members. A Washington special says; Ad miral Schley leaves for Savannah on Thursday, where he and Mrs. Schley will be the guests of General and Mrs. W. W. Gordon. The admiral will not make any other stops on this trip. A number of other cities have extended him invitations to visit them, but he has told Rep resentative Fleming, who sought to have him visit Augusta, that he will not extend'his tour, explaining that while he greatly appreciates the invita tions, he feels that it is better not to enter upon what might be miscon strued as a junket for his own glorifi cation. Charleston a Stopping Place. He will, on his return from Savan nah, fill several engagements that he made some time ago, going, first to_ Chicago, then to Louisville, and later he will go to Charleston, to be at the exposition upon Daughters of the Rev olution day. He will not be there when the president pays his visit, as on Monday Schley had a long confer ence with President Roosevelt, /tich gave rise to a good deal of talk. It was reported for one thing that the president had sent for him to advise against his making these visits, but the admiral declared there was no truth whatsoever in this. He says the talk was of the friendliest character. The fact is, he talked with the presi dent at length about his case. He en tered formal notice of appeal with the secretary of navy before Secretary Long approved the finding of the board of inquiry, and he has the right tb ap peal to the president before the latter takes final action. He went over cer tain features of the case at the white house interview, and, judging by his expressions, he feels that he has reason to be well satisfied with the outcome. “There is nothing but a purely so cial visit in my Savannah trip,” said the admiral later. "General Gor don is my personal friend, and some time ago 1 promised him I wguld be his guest some time this winter. It Is not a public visitation to that city, for I expect to spend most of my time with rod and gun and such other diver sions as my host may propose. There will be nothing like a public demon stration in my honor.” Mr. Raynor, Schley’s chief counsel, was with him before he went to the white house. All Raynor would say about the visit was that “Adiniral Schley has a right to appeal t 6 the president before he passes upon the findings of the court.” Raynor Sees House Members. Isldor Raynor, the counsel for Ad miral Schley • before the court of in- ' quiry, spent some time on the floor of ' the house of representatives Monday. ‘He had been at the supreme ..eourt, .and later visited th.eghouse s where he served as a member, fpr some years. • Mr. Raynor jqined Representative., Cummings, of New York; a member of ‘ -t,he house committee on naval affairs, and learned from him the general sit-' nation of affairs concerning the many ~ bills proposed in the Schley case. Mf. Raynor said later that his visit * was without bearing on the admiral’s ’ case, although being among old friends, he had taken occasion to learn’ the general condition of affairs. In this connection it is understood that the friends of Admiral Schley have ex pressed approval of the bill which has been introduced making the judgment of Admiral Dewey the judgment of con gress. However, the informal talks led to the conclusion that a bill of this .- character was not likely to be reported from the, naval committee and that if action was to be taken it must be on one of-the various other plans pending. JUDGE FALLIGANT DEAD, , After Lingering Illness Well-Known Georgian Passes Away. Judge Robert Faliigant, distinguish ed Georgia jurist, died at his residence in Savannah Friday morning after a long illness. Asa soldier Judge Faliigant stood , in thg front rank; as a legislator his j course was marked by numerous in- . stances of sagacity. He sustained a desirable rank among the public , speakers of the state, his gifts as an orator making him a natural leader, a position jully Justified. by his course on the bench and at the bar. , # ’ - - , r . * • SUCCESSOR TO “HISTORIAN.” * . . \ - . John Kearney Given “Important Posi- ' tion” Vacated By Maclay. Secretary Loiig has appointed John A. Kearney, of Cohoes, Y.,-as.the successor to E. S. Maela^“historian”■ .and laborer at the navy yard. The office is officially designat ed “Special laborer in the department of supplies and accounts, navy yard, New York,” with pay at the rate of $2.48 per day.