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VOL. V.
NAY, SAYS UNCLE SAM
Proposed Bombardment of City
of Colon Will Not Be Allowed.
OTA COBUNDER INSTRUCTED
United States Government Hat For¬
mally Taken Charge of Isthmian
Transit and Will Keep
Railway Open.
A Washington special says; It Is
pretty well understood at the nation¬
al capital that there is to be no bom
brrdment of Colon by either side.
While Commander McCrea was given
wide discretionary power and nothing
was said to him about stopping the
bombardment directly, nevertheless
the state department established a pre¬
cedent in these matters last year when
it instructed Mr. Gudger to warn some
insurgents at Panama that they would
not be allowed to bombard that port.
If the government troops on the Pin
zon should persist in their purpose, it
is said that the commanders of the va¬
rious warships at Colon would require
that ample time be allowed for the
withdrawal from the town of all for¬
eigners, and the attacking force, to es
cape restraint, would be obliged to dl
rect its bombardment with such rare
precision as to destfoy the Insurgent
defenses without harming the railroad
property, and even without endanger¬
ing the passage of trains, conditions
probably not to be met.
The secretary of the navy Monday
cabled Captain Perry, of the Iowa, to
assume full command of all the United
Spates navai force* on both sides of the
isthmus, is order to assure harmonious
operations.
Consul General Gudger’s last dis¬
patch, which came after 1 o'clock p. m.,
was about as follows:
“Our troops have arrived at Match
in, one-half of the way across the isth
mus. No obstructions and Columbian
government seemed to be victorious
over*the insurgents."
Uncle Sam Takes Charge.
The United States government has
taken charge of Isthmian transit. A
dispatch received at the navy depart¬
ment from r ~ptaln Perry, of the battle
ship Iowa, at Panama, reports that
fact. Captain Perry says that General
Alban has landed with a detachment
of men from the Iowa and has started
with a train to clear transit and also
establish detachments of men to keep
Jt so.
Commander McCrea, of the Machias,
at Colon, has cabled the navy depart
raent notifying the department of the
approaching bombardment of that
town and asking for instructions. He
has been Instructed to take such steps
as he deems necessary for the protec¬
tion of American interests at Colon.
While no specific statement is made as
to the details of this instruction, it is
understood that it leaves discretionary
with Commander McCrea the preven
tion of a bombardment.
Mr. Herran, charge d’affaires of the
Colombian legation, received the fol¬
lowing cablegram Monday morning:
"Panama, November 25.—Colombian
Minister, Washington: Rebel army
completely defeated at Culebra and
Emperador, Governor marched last
night upon Colon. Traflic interrupted
yesterday, but will be re-established
today. ARJONA,
“Acting Governor.”
Colon Capture Confirmed.
The state department has received
confirmation of the reported defeat of
the liberal troops by the Colombian
government troops. This came in a
cablegram from Consul General Gud¬
ger, at Panama, Monday afternoon, in
which he says that the railroad is now
unobstructed and that the government
forces have been victorious over the
revolutionists. He further reports that
the blue jackets from the Machias
have gone inland and now occupy a
point midway of the isthmus.
October Revenue Stamps.
During October. 1901, internal reve
nue receipts were $24,359,907, a de
erease as compared with October, 1900,
of $3,104,672. The decrease for the
four months of the present fiscal year
amounts to $8,460,058.
AUDIENCE CHEERED FOR SCHLEY
An Exciting Scene Occurs During Play
In Theatre at Chicago.
Much excitement was caused at the
Cleveland theatre in Chicago Monday
night when Aldrich Libbey was sing¬
ing a new ballad entitled “All Honor to
Admiral Schley.” At the concluding
lines of the chorus:—
‘Then off with your hats,
And give him three cheers.
All honor to Admiral Schley”—
over half the audienee rose to its feet
an d cheered vigorously. The singer
was forced to respond to seven en¬
cores.
Wayne County News.
JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1901.
CREAM OF NEWS
$ Summary of the Moat
+ Important Daily
+ Happenings Tersely Told.
++F+++++++++++++++++++++++
—At Atlanta, Ga., Monday, Judge
George Hillyer was elected permanent
chairman of the commission to revise
the city's charter.
—House committee on congressional
reapportionment in Georgia decides to
make no change in fifth and seventh
districts. There will be a minority re¬
port on the plan proposed.
—Detective Coffee, of Savannah, de¬
clared if he was to tel! all he knows
relative to the mysterious death of
one Albert H. Helyligenberg, it would
not be well for some people in the po¬
lice department. An investigation
will follow.
—The conference of those who made
the fight against the ratification of the
new constitution of Alabama was held
Tuesday. The legality of certain sec¬
tions of the instrument is attacked.
—Mrs. Powell, a woman living near
Salem, S. C., was shot to death Monday
night by a mob which first almost de¬
molished her house.
—President F. B. Merrill, of the Mo¬
bile, Jackson and Kansas City railroad,
announces that his road has purchased
the Kingston and Central Mississippi
railroad.
—The United States does not pro¬
pose to allow Colon to be bombarded
by either the government or the rebel
forces, and has so announced.
—The storm which swept up the At¬
lantic coast left wreckage in its wake.
The damage is estimated at over $1,
000,000.
—Mrs. Bonine, on trial at Washing¬
ton for the murder of Ayres, maintains
her composure while the most revolt¬
ing evidence Is given. The trial is
now well under way.
—Lieutenant Van Shaick, single
handed, fought a company of Filipinos.
He killed three, was unhorsed and con¬
tinued the fight on foot until rescued.
He was severely wounded.
—Much indignation is felt in certain
paits of North Carolina because of
the death of Nellie Tripp in the Chris¬
tian Science school at Madison. She
was denied the attention of a physi¬
cian, and to this fact is her death at¬
tributed.
—The camp of striking union miners
at Nortonville, Ky., was descended
upon Sunday by officers of the law and
military, and numerous strikers cap¬
tured. Others escaped with arms and
ammunition,
—John Laddison, a negro, who on
Saturday fatally wounded Mrs. Perry
Craft, a white woman, of Anderson, S.
C., for trivial cause, was captured Sun¬
day and lynched by a party of citizens.
—A heavy gale prevailed on the
coast of Hew York Sunday and great
damage was done at Long Branch, As
bury Park and other places.
—After remaining under water fif¬
teen hours, the submarine boat Fulton
came to the surface Sunday from the
bottom of Petonic bay, New York. The
test was satisfactory.
—Mr. Raynor, leading counsel for
Admiral Schley, refuses to accept a fee
for services rendered at the court of
inquiry.
—Governor Van Sant, of Minnesota,
is preparing to fight the great railway
combine to the last ditch.
—Editor Stead in a lecture in Lon¬
don Sunday, said that King Herod’s
slaughter of the innocents was saint¬
like when compared with that of Eng¬
land's actions in South Africa'.
—American soldiers climb a preci¬
pice, rout Filipinos and capture their
fort. Filipino loss heavy. They were
completely surprised, as the Ameri¬
cans came up in the .ear of the fort.
—The goods roads special train is to
reach Atlanta, Ga.. December 7; work
to begin on Soldiers’ Home road De¬
cember 10.
—At a meeting of the mayor, mem
beis of council and bond commission
of Macon, Ga., it was decided to i-3ue
$900,000 in bonds to take up the in¬
debtedness of the city.
—The Filipino rebels on the island
of Samar are being starved into sub¬
mission. The United States forces are
succeeding in their efforts to keep
food from the rebels.
—Birmingham. Ala., furnace owners
make experiment with crude oil as a
fuel in making steel and are highly
gi stifled with results.
—A special term of court has been
called at Oxford, Miss.,, to try Will
Mstbis, a negro charged with the mur¬
der of two white men.
—Federal Judge Grosscup has re¬
fused to restrain the Illinois tax as
sessors from raising the assessment
of the Chicago public utility corpora
tion. Immediately after the decision
the assessors increased the valuation
from $3,800,000 to $75,000,000.
—Eight mining experts who entered
a colliery near Blueflelds, W. Va., Fri¬
day were overcome by black damp.
FIGHT ABOUT CHRIST
Bloody Battle Between Students
and Troops in Athens, Greece.
SEVEN KILLED; MANY INJURED
Proposal to Translate Gospels of Our
Lord Into Modern Greek Lan¬
guage Causes Much
Bloodshed.
According to dispatches sent out
from Athens, Greece, the agitation
against the proposal to translate the
gospels into modern Greek were con
tinued Thursday.
During the encounters between the
military and the turbulent demonstra¬
tors seven persons were killed, thirty
were wounded severely and many oth¬
ers were slightly wounded.
Twenty thousand persons assembled
around the ruins of the temple of Ju¬
piter Olympus and took part in a de¬
monstration organized by tbe students.
A resolution was passed calling on the
holy synod to excommunicate any per¬
son who translated the gospels into
Greek as now spoken. Eight hundred
marines were landed and co-operated
with the troops in patroling the local¬
ity. Several collisions occurred and
occasionally shots were fired. The stu¬
dents still hold the university build¬
ings. During the demonstrations fol¬
lowing tbe assemblage several shots
were fired at M. Theotokls, the Greek
premier, but without effect.
Great excitement is prevailing.
Strong military detachments guard
the palace and the residence of the pre¬
mier. Everywhere anxious groups are
discussing the situation.
Heartrending scenes occurred when
the bodies of the dead were handed
over to their relatives.
It is rumored that armed men have
arrived *t the university, but the build¬
ing la still guarded by the student!,
who are adopting military discipline.
Opposition deputies paraded the
streets during the day, exciting th>
rioters by violent language.
There were no further dusturbances
during the evening, but it is feared
that there will be a renewal of disor¬
ders later on.
Among those slightly injured are the
prefect of police of Athens and tho pre¬
fect of Attica.
A force of 800 marines has been
landed to help maintain order.
As a result of the demonstrations of
the day the metropolitan has resigned
b'.s office.
UNDER FIVE GOVERNORS.
Faithful Negro Butler of Georgia Exec¬
utive Mansion Dead.
Martin Dbyl, butler at the executive
mansion, Atlanta, Ga., through five ad¬
ministrations, is dead of Bright’s dis¬
ease. He had served faithfully dur¬
ing the administrations of Governor
McDaniel, Gordon, Northen, Atkinson
and Candler, and the state never
had a more faithful servant. He was
known to most of the public men of
the state, and but few men of his race
had more friends among the white
people.
TO MAINTAIN MRS. FLAGLER.
New York Physician Is Awarded By
Court $25,000 Per Annum.
At New York Thursday Dr. Charles
F. McDonald was awarded $25,000 a
year by Justice Clarke In the supreme
court for the proper maintenance and
care of Mrs. Ida M. Flagler, who has
for a considerable period been a
tient in the doctor’s sanitarium. He
was also allowed $5,000 for his profes¬
sional services to Mrs. Flagler. Mrs.
Flagler was, until the recent divorce
decree, the wife of Henry M. Flagler.
Transport Homeward Bound.
General Chaffee cables from Ma¬
nila that the transport Thomas has
sailed from there for San Francisco
with forty-nine furloughed and dis¬
charged aoldiers, 102 prisoners, 127
sick and 949 short term men.
LIBERAL8 ARE WELL BEHAVED.
Affairs In Colon Under New Regime
Are Perfectly Quite.
The city of Colon was perfectly quiet
all Wednesday and Thursday. It Is
claimed In behalf of the liberals that
there has been no unseemly behavior.
Foreigners are being respected and pro¬
tected and their transit across the isth¬
mus is uninterrupted.
Colonel Barrera, commander of the
liberal forces, asserts that he has no¬
tified the district representative of de¬
partment* of the interior and other
former officials of the government that
he has appointed a commission to for¬
mally take over their offices.
METHODIST CONFERENCE ENDS.
Next Meeting to Be Held In Atlanta.
Notes and Incidents of the Meet¬
ing Just Closed at Rome.
During the Monday morning's ses¬
sion of the North Georgia Methodist
Conference an unusual incident oc
curred while the characters of the min¬
isters were being passed upon. When
the name of Rev. W. A. Mallory, of
the Athens district, was called, a state¬
ment was made that Mr. Mallory had
seriously impaired his usefulness by
the practice of mesmerism. It would
seem that Mr. Mallory is a hypnotist
of no little ability, and simply used
his powers in experiments. Some of
his members thought he was practic¬
ing some strange form of sorcery, and
it finally resulted in Mr. Mallory re¬
signing his charge. He asked to be lo¬
cated again.
Rev. H. R. Davies, statistical secre¬
tary, made his report, which is con¬
densed into the following interesting
facts and figures for the North Geor
gia conference;
Local preachers, 307; members, 99,-
486; Infants baptized, 1,108; adults
baptized, 2,407; Epworth Leagues, 124;
members leagues, 4.077; Sunday
schools, 725; Sunday school teachers,
5,568; Sunday school scholars, 43 ,oj«;
collected for widows and orphans, $15,
944; collected for missions, $53,247, an
increase over $5,000; paid for support
presiding elders, $19,392; of preachers
in charge, $132,044; bishops, $2,916.
Total collections for all purposes, $228,-
660. .
There are 782 societies, 763 churches.
Value of.churches, $1,003,282. Parson¬
ages, 181; value,''*267,655. During the
year 3,963 were received into tho
churoli on profession of faith and 9 r -
966 by certificate. Good increase in
all collections.
Dr. C. E. Dowman made a statement
concerning Emory college and its
needs. Jle said that a new science
hall oij#*of the crying needs, and
that | tain $15,000 Williams, (of of this Savannah,
had o ■ed purpose
on londifldn that $15,000 more would
be raised. He said $7,000 had been
secured. Bjphop Galloway arose and
made, an. eloquerd. appeal and In half
ei hour the conference had pledged it
*' if to raise o*r“*|000 next year. Dr.
Dowinan stated afterwards that he had
no fear now but that the new science
hall would be secured.
The admission of a minister from
the Florida conference with the North
Georgia conference gives the body ex¬
actly the requisite number to have sev¬
en clerical and seven lay delegates to
the general conference. As only six of
each were elected, one more lay auu
one more clerical are thus secured.
Dr. C. W. Byrd Invited the confer
ence to meet with the First church,
Atlanta, next year. An invitation was
also extended from Milledgevllle, but
Atlanta won easily. The conference
will meet in Trinity church, Atlanta,
next year.
The appointments of pastors to
charges for 1902 were read out Monday
night by Bishop Galloway. K
FOUR GIRLS CREMATED.
Horrible Catastrophe Results From
Careless Use of Kerosene Oil.
Four persons were burned to death
and injured in a fire Monday morn¬
ing, which destroyed the residence
of J. G. Miller at Knoxville, a suburb
of Pittsburg, Pa. The dead are
Rose Miller, aged 23, terribly burned
and died on the way to the hospital;
Amelia Miller, aged 19 years, suffocat¬
ed by the smoke; Amanda Miller, aged
16 years, suffocated; Sylvia Miller,
aged 9 years, suffocated.
The injured are: J. G. Miller, the
father, Jumped from second story win¬
dow; leg broken; will recover; Mrs.
i Miller, badly burned and on verge of
nervous prostration.
The two other daughters, aged 11
and 13, escaped without injury.
The fire was caused by the eldest
daughter, Rose, pouring kerosene in
the stove to start the fire for breakfast
The oil In the can ignited, and the ex¬
plosion which followed scattered the
burning oil over the room.
—Heavy fighting has occurred along
the line of the Panama railway be¬
tween the government and insurgent
forces. Many were killed and wound
ed.
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