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VOL. I V.
SAMPSON GOES HEAD
President Puts Bis Name Before
That of Admiral Schley.
SENATE WILL SETTLE MATTER
Old Controversy Concerning Rank
!s Renewed—Hobson and Blue
Advanced In Numbers.
The president Thursday sent a
special message to the senatq recom¬
mending that the same recognition
that has been given Dewey and his
officers and men for his services in
Manila bay should be given Sampson,
commander of the north AtiaDtio fleet
and his men for services in and about
Cuba. The message was as follows:
“During our recent war with Spain
the United States naval force oil the
north Atlantic section was charged
with varied and important duties,
chief among which were the mainten¬
ance of the blockade of Cuba, aiding
the army in landing troops, and iu
subsequent operations, aud particular¬
ly in the pursuit, blockade and de¬
struction of the Spanish squadron
under Admiral Cervera.
objects “This of naval wide campaign, and embracing
scope grave re¬
sponsibilities on the part of the com¬
mander-in-chief and of the officers and
enlisted men under bis command. It
culminated in the annihilation of the
Spanish fleet in the battle of July 3,
1898, one of the most memorable naval
engagements in history.
“The result of the battle was the
freeing of our Atlantic coast from the
possibilities to which it had been ex¬
posed from Admiral Cevera’s fleet, and
the termination of the war upon the
seas.
“I recommend that, following our
national precedents, especially that in
the case of Admiral Dewey and the
Asiatic squadron, the thanks of con¬
gress be given to Bear Admiral Wil¬
liam T. Sampson, U. S. N., and to the
officers and men under his command,
for highly distinguished conduct in
conflict with the enemy and in carry¬
ing on the blockade and naval cam¬
paign on the Cuban coast, resulting
in the destruction of the Spanish fleet
at Santiago de Cuba July 3, 1898.
“William McKinley.”
The nominations in part were as
follows:
Rear admirals to be advanced in
rank from the 11th day of February,
i9G William T. Sampson, five num¬
bers, to take rank next after Bear Ad¬
miral John A. Howell; Winfield Scott
Schley, three numbers, to take rank
next after Bear Admiral Sampson,
when advanced.
Captains to be advanced in rank
from February 11, 1901: members,and
Robley D. Evans, five
to be a rear admiral; Henry C. Taylor,
five, and to be a rear admiral; Francis
A. Cook, five numbers; Charles E.
Clark, six; Charles D. Sigsbee, three;
French E. Chadwick, five; John J.
Hunker, two.
After these came a list of command¬
ers, lieutenant commanders and lieu¬
tenants. In the latter Richard P.
Hobson and Victor Bine were included.
Hobson was ’ advanced ten number*
and Blue rive.
OLD CONTBOVEBSY BENE WED.
The Sampson-Sebley controversy
was renewed as the result of the
presidential nominations, and a num¬
ber of senators announced their oppo¬
sition to the nominations. During
the afternoon a number of them re¬
ceived a telegram from General Felix
Agnus, of Baltimore, protesting
against the preferment of Admiral
Sampson. This telegram was as fol¬
lows:
“I ask in the name of truth and jus¬
tice that you will not allow history to
be perverted by making the advance¬
ment of Admiral Sampson over Ad¬
miral Schley, for a victory in which he
had not part, not even firing a single
shot. Had Sampson, in announcing
the American victory, told the truth
and said that while he was unavoidably
absent at the time of the action, be it
said for the glory of the flag that
Schley was on the spot, America would
still be ringing with his plaudits.
This he did not do, as you well know.
Instead he started the controversy
•which has just culminated in the nom¬
inations sent to the senate. If they
are confirmed history will have been
falsified and a monstrous injustice
done a brave American officer. May
I ask you to prevent these confirma¬
tions at this session.”
YOUNG FORGER CONFESSES.
Green H. l>elaperricre, a Georgia Boy, Ic
Arrested at Washington.
Green H. Delaperriere, of Hosch
ton, Ga., who disappeared from At¬
lanta February 11, is under arrest in
Washington, and made a confession to
the detectives that he had forged his
father’s name to a check for $220. He
induced two boys to accompany him
on his trip north.
JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1901.
MURDER m SUICIDE.
Mystery of Young Widow’s Dis¬
appearance From Atlanta Re¬
vealed In Bloody Tragedy.
Ac Atlanta dispatch says: The dead
bodies of Mrs. H. M. Wilson, a young
widow, and William Hamilton, who
mysteriously disappeared from the
city over a week ago, were found Sun¬
day evening about a mile from the
bridge over the Chattahoochee river
in Cobb county.
Near the body of the woman was
her murderer, William Hamilton. The
man had killed the woman and then
himself.
Before he met death Hamilton evi¬
dently %et fire to the woods near the
place where the bodies were found, as
both were fearfully burned.
The finding of the bodies gave the
solution of the mystery that has been
vexing the detective department and
making frautic with grief the relatives
of the couple since their sudden disap¬
pearance. It has resulted in the total
prostration of the mother of Mrs. Wil¬
son, and leaving an orphan, a sweet
little girl of seven.
The bodies were found by two little
negro boys about 150 yards from the
road crossing Chattahoochee river near
some old breast works, half a mile
from the bridge.
The body of Mrs. Wilson lay near
that of Hamilton and through her
right temple was a hole made by a ball
from a 32-calibre pistol which sent her
soul to eternity. Her features were
distorted and her body charred and
burned almost beyond recognition.
The left foot was burned entirely away,
all her hair was burned off, one band
was charred and but little remained of
the clothing she had worn when she
left home.
Hamilton lay with a hole entirely
through his bead, made by a ball
which entered two inches above the
right ear and plowed its way through
the brain. His clothing was also badly
burned and the disturbed leaves and
growth near the place where the bodies
were found proved that death came
after a struggle.
A 32-caliber revolver of the Smith &
Wesson type lay near the right hand
of Hamilton. Three of its chambers
were emptied, and this circumstance
told the story of the murder and sui¬
cide.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Imltmtries Reported In the South
During: the I*ant Week.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported for the past
week are as follows: A brasB foundry
at Birmingham, Ala.; a broom factory
at Tuscumbia, Ala.; a $50,000 carpet
factory at Charlotte, N. C.; a chair
factory at High Point, N. C.; a cooper¬
age plant at Nashville, Tenn.; cotton
gins at Bristol, Fla., and Bex, Ga., a
$50,000 cotton company at Greensboro,
N. C.; $80,000 cottou mills at Ruther
fordton, N. C.;dry kilns at Nashville;
electric light plants at HawkinBville,
Ga., Orange, Texas, Fairfax C. H.,
Va.; a $1,000,000 electric light and
power plant at Pine Bluff, Ark., and
others at Huntington, Ark., and West
Nashville, Tenn.; an excelsior factory
at Montgomery, Ala.; a$l,000,000 fer¬
tilizer factory at Charleston, 8. 0.,
flouring mills at Cookeville and Spring
Hill,Tenn.,and Savory,Tex.; a $50,000
furniture factory at Burlington, N. C.;
ice factories at Hawkinsville,Ga,Smith
ville, TexaB, and Newport News, Ya.;
knitting mills at Wankeeuah, Fla.,
and Scotland Neck, N. C.; a $50,000
land company at Norfolk, Va.; a $400,
000 land company at Richmond, Va.;
a $50,000 lumber company at Valdos¬
ta, Ga., and another at Atlanta, Ga.;
a $50,000 lumber mill at Danville, Va.;
a $1,000,000 manganese and iron com¬
pany at Staunton, Va.; a $50,000
packing company at Fort Worth,Texas;
a $500,000 oil company at Halletts
ville, Texas, and another at Port Ar¬
thur, Texas; a $30,000 oil and coal
company at Greenville, Texas; oil
mills at Dawson, Ga., New Albany,
Miss., and Laurinburg, N. C. a $60,
000 rice mill at Donaldsonville, La.;
a sugar refinery at Bristol, Fla.; a
sash, door and blind factory at Staun¬
ton, Ga.; a shuttle and bobbin factory
at Hickory, N. C.; a $25,000 Boap
factory in Knoxville, Tennessee
and another at Corsicana, Texas; a
stave factory at Crossville, Tenn.; tel¬
ephone companies at Ashland and Lex¬
ington, Ky., and a wire-drawing plant
at Ashland, Ky.—Tradesman (Chatta¬
nooga, Tenn.)
ELECTION RIOT IN ST. LOUIS.
Shower of Lead Prevent* Fourth Ward
Polls Prom Being Opened.
A St. Louis special says: More thau
150 shots were fired, a sergeant of po¬
lice and two negroes were wounded
and a ballot box was stolen iu the
course of a riot about the second dis¬
trict polling place of the fourth ward
early Monday evening. call
It was only after a riot bad
brought forty policemen and riot guns
to the scene that a semblance of order
was restored. Even then the streets
were filled with negroes and some
white men, all of whom were armed,
many of them intoxicated and looking
for trouble. Not a ballot was caet
CUBANS STAND FIRM
They Are Not Willing For Uncle
Sam to Have Naval Stations.
WOODS’ WORK IS UNAVAILING
Governor Genera! Holds Confer¬
ence With Delegates, But Noth¬
ing Was Accomplished.
A special from Havana says: The
speoial committee appointed by the
Cuban constitutional convention to
draw up a proposition defining the
future relations between the United
States and the republic of Cuba have
returned from a conference with Gov¬
ernor General Wood at Batabano, and
will report to the convention in secret
session.
The question of the United States
maintaining naval stations in Cuba
met with strong opposition, and the
commission will report to the conven¬
tion not to accept this condition. The
other clauses in the proposed relations
have been practically agreed to.
The Cuban constitutional conven¬
tion held a secret session lasting sev¬
eral hours Saturday afternoon consid¬
ering the question of the future rela¬
tions between the United States and
the republic of Cuba. The commis¬
sion which met Governor General
Wood at Batabano Friday night offered
no fomal report, but asked that the
matter be considered in committee of
the whole. A majority of the dele¬
gates opposed the granting to the
United States of the right to maintain
naval stations in Cuba, and a large
number favored leaving the relations
between the United States and Cuba
for the future republic to settle.
The right of the United States to in¬
tervene at any time for the present
preservation of peace was also the sub¬
ject of a strong discussion. The ques¬
tions of regulating loans and the for¬
eign relations developed no opposi¬
tion.
One of the delegates in the course of
an interview said that the convention
would never agree to allow the United
States to establish and maintain naval
stations, as the people look upon this
concession as unpatriotic and a practi¬
cal giving up of independence. The
only way the United States can obtain
this right, the delegate said, would be
by insisting upon the concession, the
responsibility for making which the
convention does not want to take.
ONE “YELLOW" HEAD OFFERER
Chinese Not Partial to Decapita.
tion Program Agreed Upon
By the Powers.
A special dispatch from Pekin ssys:
A message was delivered to the foreign
ministers before the meeting Saturday
morning, from the Chinese peace com¬
missioners, which contained the word¬
ing of an edict,dated Friday, practically
reiterating the recent dispatches of the
Associated Press, sentencing Princes
Chung to commit suicide and Yu
Hsien, former governor of the prov¬
ince of Shan Si, to be executed, both
in the presence of a high government
official, in order to satisfy the foreign¬
ers.
General Tung Fu Siang is deprived
of his rank and will receive further
punishment afterwards.
Yang Nian and Chao Su Kian are im¬
prisoned.
Sentence of death is suspended on
those culprits who are already dead
and all their honors are canceled, also
the posthumous honors granted to
their families.
Owing to the lateness of the hour at
which the translation was made, the
ministers did not consider the matter,
leaving it until Monday.
A Washington special says: Minis¬
ter Wn, the Chinese minister, called
at the state department Saturday and
spent nearly half an bonr in close con¬
ference with Acting Secretary Hill.
He had no late news from China, but
wbb seeking to assist as far as he could
in the pursuit of some agreement that
will settle the question of indemnity
for the losses suffered by the foreign¬
ers in China from the boxer move
ment.
SUBSIDY BILL DISPLACED.
Senate Take* Up For Dincusaion the Oleo
margarine Measure.
A Washington special says: At the
conclusion of the morning hour in
the senate Saturday, when the unfin¬
ished business—the shipping bill—
was laid before the body, Mr. Spooner,
of Wisconsin, moved to proceed to the
consideration of the oleomargarine
bill. By a practically unanimous
vote—only two senators voting in the
negative—the motion prevailed. Thus
the subsidy bill was displaced as the
oleomargarine bill was taken up. After
little over an hour’s consideration of
that measure it was laid aside.
ALLEGED KIDNAPER ARRESTED.
James Callahan, Identifed By
Young Cudahy, Is Behind
Bars In Omaha.
The police have under arrest at
Omaha, Neb., James Callahan, charg¬
ed with complicity in the abduction of
Edward Cudahy, Jr., December 18th.
Callahau was arrestod lust Saturday,
but the police kept the fact a secret
until Monday in the hope of securing
other arrests.
Young Cudahy identified Callahan
as the man who accosted him near the
Cudahy residence and represented
himself to be a sheriff from an adjoin¬
ing couuty aud forced him iuto a bug¬
gy, and also as the man who kept
guard over him at the Melrose Hill
house peadiug the rausom of $25,000
which Mr. Cudahy paid for the return
of his boy.
Daniel II. Burris, who sold a horse
and buggy to two men who aro sup¬
posed to have used it to procure the
abduction, also identified Callahan as
one of the men with whom he made
the deal.
Marie Larsen, a servant in the em¬
ploy of J. N. H. Patrick, of whom the
kidnapers rented a house, was the
third person to identify Callahan, and
says he is tue man who paid a month’s
rent in advance for a cottage in Happy
Hollow, which the baudits abandoned
two weeks before the abduction.
Mr. Cudahy, Sr., said his son and
two others had identified Callahau as
one of the abductors. Mr. Cudahy
feels confident that the police now'
have one of the right me. i aud thnt
other arrests of equal importance will
follow.
With his father young Cudahy called
Sunday at the office of the chief of
police and confronted the prisoner.
The men had a conversation lasting
half an hour and after Callahan had
been taken away Cudahy said:
“I would never forget that voice,
and I also remember distinctly his
peculiar manuer of pronouncing cer¬
tain words. In his present talk he
used these same words and pronounced
them the same. As I had several good
looks at the man while he was guard¬
ing me, I can be pretty sure that this
is the man wanted.”
Callahan denies absolutely that he
had anything tfiit to do with the kidnap¬
ing, admits that he was a close
friend to Crowe. He says he can prove
an alibi.
Callahan states that during the time
which it is claimed he spent guarding
young Cudahy he was at the home of
his sister, a Mrs. Kelly, living at Pop
pleton avenue anil Fifty-third street,
which is a short distance from the
Melrose Hill house.
Mrs. Kelly was asked concerning
the whereabouts of Callahan at the
lime of the abduction and said the day
following the deed he was at her home,
but acknowledges that she does not
know his whereabouts the night be¬
fore.
Tuesday night the police secured
information which they expect to lead
to the arrest of another man connected
with the crime. He is a coachman of
a friend of Mr. Cudahy.
Callahan is 38 years of age and was
employed in the packing house of the
Cudahy Packing Company at South He
Omaha up to three months ago.
has not bpen employed for some time,
but. L’ i police claim he has been spend¬
ing money freely. He has served in
the penitentiary for highway robbery.
Callahan has made a statement as
follows:
“I know nothing,absolutely nothing,
about the kidnaping of Edward Cuda¬
hy, Jr. If I did I would be the last
man in the world to tell it, because if
I did and Pat Crowe proved to be
connected with the crime he would
run me to the end of the earth and run
a knife through me.
“There is no danger of me turning
state’s evidence, even if I had knowl¬
edge of the deed which would assist
the state in a conviction, Bather
would I serve a term in the peniten¬
tiary than take chances of acknowl¬
edging that I had information incrim¬
inating to myself or anybody else,
because I know the people of this city
would not rest until they had hanged
me to the nearest telegraph pole. I
have seven people who will swear to
my whereabouts on the night of the
abduction and the two days following.
The statements of those who have pre¬
tended to identify me with the case go
for nothing. I know none of them,
have never seen them, nor had any
dealings with them.”
AN UNVERIFIED RUMOR.
Report Sent Out That Seven Nations Will
Fight Stubborn Chinese.
It is reported in Tien Tsin that
seven nations have declared war
against China.
It is asserted that the real reason
for the deadlock in Pekin is a difference
of opinion between the foreign envoys
and the military authorities, the
former favoring a withdrawal of the
troops to Tien Tsin and the latter urg¬
ing a forward movement.
The Tien Tsin dispatch regarding
the reported declaration of war against
China is not confirmed from any
source.
A QUESTION.
“I shall endeavor,” said the young
man with the clear, steadfast eyes, "to
make my life one of practice as well as
profession.”
“That’s a very good idea,” said Mr.
Sirius Barker patronizingly. "What
have you been studying, law or medi¬
cine?”—Washington Star.
Out of 120,000 farmers In Norway, all
but 11,000 own their farms.
World to End This Year.
This Is the recent decision of one of the
prominent societies of the world, but the
exact day has not yet been fixed upon, and
while there are.very few people who believe
this prediction, there are thousands of oth¬
ers who not only believe, but know that
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is the best med¬
icine to cure dyspepsia, indigestion, consti¬
pation, biliousness or liver and kidney
troubles. A fair trial will certainly con¬
vince you,of its value.
A Sneer.
“I have given the best years of my life to the
service of my country,” said the statesman,
leaning back In his luxurious chair.
“Given!" ectwed the visitor from the old
home. “VV’y, BUI, all the folks down onrway
say you sold ’em,"
All goods are alike to Putnam Fadeless
•Dies, as they color all libers at one boiling.
Sold by all druggists.
New Coal-Shipping Record.
The shipment of coal from Baltimore for
foreign proto In January aggregated 56,199
tons, making a new monthly record. The coal
went to ten different countries.
the Happinoss hindrances cannot be bought, but one of
great to its attainment can
be removed by Adams’ Pepsin Tutti Frutti.
Can’t Hide It.
Judge Hicks, of Mineapolls, being in London,
inquired his way of a policeman.
ji‘You’re ‘•Yes. sir.” from Hamerlca?”
“You can’t ‘Ida the hacoeni.’ ”
CAPTAIN OF FIRE DEPT.
Gapt. H. of H. Dr. Thomson Greene’s Advises Nervura. the Use
This Wonderful Body Builder and Strength Re¬
storer Should Be Used Now.
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CAPT. H. H. THOMSON OF MINNEAPOLIS FERE DEPT.
No occupation in the world requires more perfect nerve force and physical
strength than is demanded of its members by a modern fire department.
The members of this branch of the degrees public of service heat, cold must be ready at all hours
of the day or night, and in all or exposure, to answer
the call of the public, and protect life and property. At all times they malt
have bodily strength and a clear brain. Without this we would never hear
of the wonderful feats of bravery and rescue performed by them. Nothing in
the world will build up strength like Dr. Greene’s Nervura blood aqd nerve
remedy. Captain Thomson’s strong statement, which we publish herewith,
carries weight, and is echoed everywhere by those who rely on Dr. Greene’s
Nervura blood and nerve remedy, when this disease attacks them, or they get
run down in health which is so easy at season of the year. There is no
medicine in the world which will ward off attacks of the fatal grip, which is
now so prevalent, and there is nothing which will drive It away so qui<!k}y
or reinvigorate the body as well after the grip, as this famous remedy.
Captain Thomson, whose address is 2406 Lincoln St., North East, Minneapolis,
Minn., says :
“I am a great believer in the wonderful curative powers of Dr.
Greene’s Nervura Blood and Nerve Remedy. It has been used in my
house for years as a body builder, strength restorer and general
family medicine. It never fails to give beneficial results. It
strengthens the nerves and purifies the blood. As a health builder,
1 believe there is no medicine equal to Dr. Greene’s Nervura Blood
and Nerve Remedy.”
Remember that Dr. Greene’s Nervura Blood and Nerve Remedy is the pre¬
scription of a regular physician, Dr. Greene, who can be consulted St.^^w^ork ahwxkrtely
free of charge either by mail or calling at his office, 35 W. 14'th
City. Consultation is absolutely free of charge. If you cannot him
at his office, write him a letter, telling all about your cause, apd you caja be
treated just as well at home as if you called in person. Remember hi* advice
l* absolutely free.
NO. 39.
N.v . OF HIS. ■
Housewife.—Shame! You are going
to the dogs.
Tramp Caller—Not at all, lady! I'm
tryiu’ to keep out o’ dere way.— Chi¬
cago News.
THE ARTIST’S WAY TO SUCCESS.
“What is the Indispensable gift of a
successful artist nowadays?”
“Well, he must have the knack of
making his work look crazy and sty¬
lish.”—Detroit Free Press.
Better Than A Deed.
When the Virginian who lived Us
the wretched log cabin with a family of
seven had told me that forty acres of
his land was a solid coal bed, I asked
him if his deed was all right.
“Never had no deed, sah,” he rather
proudly replied,
“But have you no paper at all?”
“No paper ’tall, sah. I jest squatted
down on this yere land thirty years
ago. and hev bin yere ever since.”
But if you have no papers won’t the
owner come along some day and
bounce you out?”
“Not skassly, sah—not skassly.
That is to say, sab, that the real owner
has come along three different times
and tried it, and every time he got
killed and had to give it up. Deeds
and sich things are all right ’naff in
their way, but my old gun, with a
barrel seven feet long, is e heap better
right around yere.
FRIENDLY ADVICE.
Smith—A friend of mine has a good
scheme, and—
Brown—I can suggest a better one.
Smith—What Is it?
Brown—Don’t Invest In the scheme.
—Chicago News.