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County News 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. ■IBS 111 m ! ■A m RRK :>v m I _. i i e ■IF 1 mm : jjt-J to II lx ' ji I a: Hg m : t Km i 8 ft; WA u L fe. ;; pgg!$| w &n|1| I m l; !lP m m wJiiplSIPI! f :t 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.