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ONE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY MILLIONS
Asked For to Build Great
Isthmian Waterway.
MORGAN INTRODUCES HIS BILL
Senator Lodge Talks on New Hay
Pauncefote Treaty in Execut¬
ive Session of Senate.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, intro¬
duced a bill in the senate Tuesday pro¬
viding for the construction of the Nica¬
ragua canal. It provides an aggre¬
gate of §180,000,000, of which §5,000,000
Is made immediately available, and of
which aggregate sum such amounts as
are necessary are to be appropriated
by congress from time to i.me. The
control of the canal and of the canal
belt is vested in a board of eight citi¬
zens of the United States in addition
to the secretary of war, who is to be
president. The members of the board
are -to be paid a salary of §5,000 a
year each, and they are to be chosen
regardless of political affiliation.
There is a provision authorizing the
establishment of a regiment from the
regular army on the canal belt to prop¬
erly guard it, and courts also are au¬
thorized conformable to the powers
granted by the governments of Nicara¬
gua and Costa Rica. There also is a
provision making three divisions of the
canal during the construction and
there is to be a chief engineer and two
assistants on each division, the chief
to receive a salary of $6,000, and the
assitants §3,000.
Lodge Advocates Treaty.
After the senate went into executive
session Tuesday Senator Hoar present¬
ed the report of the committee on the
judiciary, recommending the confirma¬
tion of Attorney General Knox. He
made a brief statement referring to
the protests against confirmation as
made by the anti-trust league, but said
that after giving careful attention to
the representations the committee had
decided to recommend a confirmation.
No opposition was voiced, but action
on the nomination was postponed by
common consent.
The senate then, before taking up
the isthmian canal treaty, proceeded to
pass upon other nominations, of which
there are an exceptionally large nuna
her before the senate.
After a number of nominations had
been confirmed, Senator Lodge called
up the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and
made a brief statement regarding that
convention. The senate then adjourn¬
ed in order to give the democratic
caucus committee an opportunity to
hold a meeting.
Mr. Lodge contended that the new
treaty does away with the objection¬
able feature of treaty of the last con¬
gress, and enumerated the particulars
in which the revised agreement con¬
formed to the action of the senate in
the last congress, when the old treaty
was before It. He analyzed the treaty
from beginning to end, showing that in
specific terms it abrogates the Clayton-
Bulwer treaty of 1850, which, he said,
had stood constantly in the way of the
construction of an isthmian canal. The
abrogation of this treaty, he contend¬
ed, was a most important achievement,
and he did not believe that the United
States hould or would lose an oppor¬
tunity to make secure that concession.
Senator Lodge also called attention
to the omission in paragraph 1, of ar¬
ticle 3, of the words “in time of war
as in time of peace.” He said that in
the old treaty the paragraph read,
“The canal shal be free and open, in
time of war as in time of peace, to the
vessels of commerce and of war of all
nations on terms of entire equality,”
etc. He urged that the omission of
this phrase had the effect practically
of leaving the United States to do with
the canal in time of war according to
its own good pleasure.
llackett’s Resignation Accepted.
President Roosevelt has accepted
the resignation of Mr. Frank Hackett
as assistant secretary to the havy.
ROCKHILL’S REPORT IN.
Document Relating to Chinese Trouble
Is Presented to Congress.
The long-expected report of Special
Commissioner Rocknili to the secre¬
tary of state on the results of his work
in connection with the Chinese nego¬
tiations in Pekin has been submitted
to congress, along with the full text
of the protocol, which has been al¬
ready published, and a mass of de¬
tailed statements. It -was upon
this report that President Roosevelt
based his commendatory reference to
Mr. Rockhill’s work in his recent pub¬
lished message to congress.
NEW DEPOT ASSURED.
Georgia Senate Approves Action
On Important Measure With
Only One Adverse Vote.
By the very decisive vote of 37 to 1
the Georgia senate, Tuesday morning,
passed the bill just as it came from the
house, with the additional amendment,
which provides that the president of
the senate and the speaker of the*
house be added to the commission un¬
der whose direction the depot is to be
built.
With exception of this minor amend¬
ment, which must go to the house for
its ratification, the measure now lacks
only the signature of Governor Can¬
dler.
The depot bill was made the special
order for the day in the senate, and as
the public quite naturally expected
some debate and perhaps a fight, quite
a large crowd gathered in the galleries.
But there were no arguments forth¬
coming and the measure was passed
by the largest favorable aye and nay
vote cast in the senate during the
present session. Mr. Sw r ift, of the
Thirtieth district, cast the only nay
vote.
(SLAYER OF WOMAN CAUGHT.
Arthur Price, Colored, Confesses to
Murder of Mrs. Rowland.
The murderer of Mrs. R. J. Row¬
land, at Macon, Ga., has at last been
captured and is now safe behind the
bars of the Bibb county jail.
Since the horrible murder of Mrs.
Rowland, which occurred last week,
officers cf the law have been constant¬
ly on the trail which led to the arrest
of Arthur Price, a negro man, Tuesday
afternoon, near Fort Valley. On the
way to Macon, after much persuasion,
Price made a clean confession of the
crime.
He resided near the Rowland place
in South Macon, and was well ac¬
quainted with the Rowland family. A
few days before the murder Price bar¬
gained to trade Walter Rowland a re¬
volver.
On the morning of the crime, he
says, he went to the Rowland home to
deliver the pistol to Mrs. Rowland’s
son. Mrs. Rowland was alone and
when the negro approached with a pis¬
tol in hand, she became frightened
and began to scream for help.
Price says he tried to get Mrs. Row¬
land to be quiet, telling her he only
wanted to deliver the pistol to her sen.
According to the negro’s story, Mrs.
Rowland continued to scream, and
when she started to leave the house to
alarm the neighbors, he struck her
with his fist.
This did not quiet her, and, fearing
the neighbors would gather and lynch
him, he took an ax and struck the
helpless woman on the head. He ad¬
mits that he struck her a second blow
with the ax after she had fallen to the
ground.
Walter Rowland says there was a
trade between himself and the negro
about a pistol, and this partly confirms,
in the minds of the officers, the story
told by Price.
FOUGHT WITH POCKET KNIVES.
Two Men Engage In Bloody Duel In
Coach of Southern Train.
In the aisle of the ladies’ coach at¬
tached to a fast moving train of the
Southern, and in the presence of wo¬
men and children, horrified and fright¬
ened almost to death, James Pierce
.and Thomas Collins, with pocket
knives, fought a duel to the death near
Doraville Ga., Tuesday morning.
Blood spurting from ugly, ghastly
wounds darted from the arteries and
veins, which had been severed by the
keen blades, upon the clothing of the
terrified women and children, as well
as upon the men looking on, but power¬
less to stop the death struggle.
Within a few moments Pierce was
a corpse, while Collins was growing
w r eaker each second by the loss of
blood from a countless number of
gashed about his heau, face and neck.
The two men were brothers-in-law
and had been unfriendly for a long
time, and those who were cognizant of
their dispositions were not surprised
when the encounter became known.
GALVESTON MIORT ON FUNDS.
Effect of Great Storm Being Felt In a
Financial Way.
A conference will be held in New
York on December 17 of Galveston’s
bondholders to discuss what steps are
necessary to meet that city’s financial
difficulties. Galveston has failed to
pay interest on some of its bonds and
the default was made on December 1
when the city was unable to meet the
interest on the forty-year bonds of
1881. A committee representing tin
city of Galveston will be present at the
conference.
GUERRILLAS SLAY
LOYAL FILIPINOS
Reign of Terror in Many
Parts of Archipelago.
WHOLE FAMILIES OBLITERATED
General Chaffee’s Report far From
Roscate--The Women of Manila
Organize a Peace League.
A Washington special says: In his
annual report General Chaffee assign¬
ed as one of the principal factors in
the prolongation of the warfare in the
Philippines to terrible vengeance vis¬
ited on any native who is even suspect¬
ed of friendliness to the American
cause. In passing upon the case of a
L' .1 ipino recently tried by courtmartlal
for such a crime, General Chaffee said:
“As guerilla and all other bandit
chiefs have no shadow of lawful au¬
thority to take the lives of the inhabi¬
tants of these islands, and it is the duty
of the United States to protect their
lives and property, the warning, often
given, will be repeated until all shall
heed it, that both the chiefs w r ho order
and the followers who obey their or¬
ders to do murder, must, upon convic¬
tion thereof, expect to suffer the ex¬
treme penalties of the lav/.”'
Cannibalism has appeared among
the crimes charged against Filipinos
by American military courts. Accord¬
ing to the record of a courtmartial in
the department of Viscayas, P. I., Ray-
mundo Fonte, a native, found his work¬
ing companion, Liberato Benliro, sleep¬
ing in his (Fonte’s) boat.
Fonte became enraged and killed
the slumbering man with a blow of an
oar, cut off his nose and ears, and, ac¬
cording to his own confession, cooked
and ate part of the body.
He w r as sentenced to be hanged at
Capiz, Panay, on the 13th inst.
A military commission headed by
Major Henry S. Turrill, surgeon, sen¬
tenced Jual Olivar, a Filipino, to he
hanged. Olivar was the leader of a
band of Ladrones which made an at¬
tack upon the house Teodoro Labra¬
dor, presidente of Minea, Panay, and
captured him, his brother, Wife, grand¬
mother, godmother, small daughter
and a policeman. The grandmother,
godmother and daughter were shot to
death in the vicinity of the capture;
Labrador, his wife and the policeman
were taken to an isolated spot and
killed with bolos. The brother made
his escape.
Murdered Entire Family.
A band of Tulisancs armed with bo-
los, rifles and daggers, killed eleven
members of the Echevarria family at
Naro, Mas oate, on August 14, 1900, for
the sole reason that the victims were
Spaniards. Two members of the band
were brought to trial and were sen¬
tenced to be hanged, but in view of the
fact that the more responsible partici¬
pants in this crime already had paid
the death penalty, the sentences were
commuted by General Chaffee to life
imprisonment.
Ygnecio Siaotong, an insurgent lead¬
er, operating against the American
government, after having taken the
oath of alliance, was sentenced to hang
for murdering a native woman suspect¬
ed of friendliness to the United States.
Filipino Women Want Peace.
A special from Manila says: The
Women’s Peace League, organized un-
der the leadership of Senorita Uoblete,
a Filipino, has transmitted letters,
with the permission of General Chaf¬
fee, urging peace upon the insurgent
General Malvar and other Filipino
chiefs.
The letters remind the Filipino lead¬
ers in the field that the war has de¬
stroyed innumerable homes and de¬
vastated large territories, all of which,
while It abundantly proves the tenac¬
ity of the insurgents and their faith
in their cause, does not remove the
fact that the operations of the Ameri¬
can soldiers throughout the islands de¬
monstrate the resolution of the people
of the United States to make their sov¬
ereignty respected throughout the ar¬
chipelago. The league urges the lead¬
ers to make peace and avoid greater
evils.
TERROR IN PHILIPPINES.
Inhabitants of Batangas Province are
Fieeing For Their Lives.
A Manila special says: Thousands
of people are leaving Batangas prov¬
ince for places of safety, owing to in¬
creased activity of rebels.
The natives are stirred up by the
closing of the ports and bitterly object
to reconcentration.
General James M. Bell reports an
engagement between a force of Insur¬
gents at Labo, province of Camarines,
and a detachment of the Twentieth in¬
fantry. Three Americans were killed.
The loss of the enemy is believed to
have been heavy.
SOLONS SAVE THE DAY
Resolution Passed in the Georgia
Legislature Makes Payment of
State Debts a Possibility.
The Georgia house of representa¬
tives, Thursday, by a vote of 99 to 44,
passed by substitute the Howell resolu¬
tion, providing for the payment of the
interest on the bonded debt for 1902
out of the public property fund, if the
courts say this can be done.
The substitute for Senator Howell’s
resolution was trasmitted immediately
to the senate and passed by that body
by a unanimous vote of those present.
The resolution was at once enrolled
and made ready to go to the governor
for his signature.
After signing the resolution Gover¬
nor Candler will at once notify State
Treasurer Park to transfer §325,800
from the public property fund to inter¬
est account. Treasurer Park will re¬
fuse to do this, and Governor Candler
will then instruct the attorney general
to bring mandamus proceedings
against the treasurer and the matter
will go through the courts.
It is expected the supreme court will
render a decisionn within a week or
ten days. Governor Candler is anxious
to have a decision in the matter before
January 1, as the interest on the bond¬
ed debt must be paid at that time.
Governor Candler will be represent¬
ed in the matter by Attorney General
J. M. Terrell and the state treasurer
will have as his counsel former Chief
Justice Logan E. Bleckley, who has
taken a great interest in this matter,
and Orville A. Park, of Macon.
The deplorable situation into which
the state’s finances have fallen will
thus be saved by the action of the sen¬
ate in passing the Howell resolution in
the event the supreme court holds that
the money can be used as desired. T he
general belief is expresed that the de¬
cision will be favorable.
NEGRO LEGISLATOR DEAD.
Rev. L. Crawford, of the Georgia
Assembly, Dies In Atlanta,
Representative Lectured Crawford,
a negro representative from McIntosh
county in the Georgia general assem¬
bly, died in Atlanta early Thursday
morning.
Crawford was serving his fourth
term in the state legislature. He lived
in Darien. He had been sick during al¬
most the whole of the present legisla
tive session and had only been present
twice. About two weeks ago he re¬
turned to Atlanta from Darien, where
he had been to regain his health, but
was not able to go to the capitol after
his return.
Crawford "was about 56 years old. He
was a preacher in the African Metho¬
dist church, and attended faithfully to
his duty. He leaves a wife and one
daughter.
In the house Representative McKay,
the negro member from Liberty, in a
resolution put the house on notice of
the death of Representative Craw¬
ford. Resolutions of regret were adopt¬
ed and the member from Liberty was
appointed a committee of one to ac¬
company the body back to McIntosh
county. Later a resolution was unani¬
mously adopted granting the per diem
and mileage accruing to the dead rep
resentative to his widow.
HOWARD STILL IN TROUBLE.
Gay Swindler Released From Pen to
Face Another Indictment.
The board of managers of the Ohio
penitentiary at Columbus, Thursday,
released Rev. G. F. B. Howard, a feder¬
al prisoner from Tennessee, that he
might be taken to Detroit, Mich., tc
answer to an indictment there. He
had served six years. Just before the
expiration of his good time, Howard
escaped, and while at Jackson, Mich.,
resumed his old game of swindling.
After he was captured and returned
to the Ohio penitentiary he was indict¬
ed in Michigan for sending letters tc
persons in England representing that
they were heirs to large estates and
offering to look after their interests in
the same for stipulated fees.
—The relations between Chile and
Argentina are strained and there iq
fear of war. In both countries there is
activity in army circles.
PATRICK ASSURED A TRIAL.
Date Is Fixed as Result of Habeas
Corpus Proceedings.
Albert T. Patrick was carried before
the New York supreme court Thurs¬
day on a writ of habeas corpus obtain¬
ed by his counsel on the ground thai
the district attorney had failed to pros¬
ecute.
The court said he would take the
papers in the case on the understand
ing that the district attorney will movt
the case on December 26, and, after a
pause, the justice added, “or on the
27th or on the 30th.”
This closed the hearing and Patrick
was taken back to prison.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Paramount Events of the
Day Briefly and Succintly
Paraphrazed.
—At the meeting of the Georgia Saw
Mill Association of yellow' pine manu¬
facturers in Tifton Thursday it was de¬
cided that no advance in prices will
be made until January 1.
—The shipments of pig iron cast
iron pipe and steel from Alabama anu
Tennessee during November aggregat
ed 161,089 tons.
—The chamber of commerce of
Huntsville, Ala., has received informa¬
tion that New York capitalists are
forming a §7,000,000 company to build
from Alabama one of the largest trunk
lines in the south.
—The senate at Thursday’s sessioj
agreed to vote on the canal treaty
Monday.
—Several labor leaders have been
convicted in Porto Rican court of a
conspiracy to raise wages and sen¬
tenced to terms of imprisonment.
—There is great excitement in Cuba
over the presidential campaign. In
Santiago a clash Detween the support¬
ers cf Maso and Palma were narrowly
averted Thursday.
—Officers James and Youngst and
an alleged bunco steerer, Sid Preacher,
were killed Wednesday at Houston,
Texas, where a carnival is in progress.
The trouble arose over an attempt on
the part of the officers co arrest Hol¬
land.
—Elaborate preparations are being
made for the reception of tae South¬
ern good roads special, which will be
in Greenville, S. C., next week. Sena¬
tor McLaurin and Congressman Lati¬
mer say they will be present.
—Mrs. Nannie Cheek, who was re¬
cently convicted in Henry county, Ala¬
bama, of killing her divorced husband
in a fight to secure her children, has
been released on parole'by Governor
Jelks.
—Senator Bacon, speaking of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty Wednesday, de¬
clared that the measure was objection¬
able to him, but that he would not op¬
pose its ratification.
—General Chaffee reports that the
Filipino insurgents are seeking to pro¬
long the war by inflicting terrible ven¬
geance on all natives w'ho are friendly
to the United States.
—The democrats of the senate, in
caucus Wednesday decided to present
a united front on all questions and to
oppose the republican plan to reduce-
their representation on committees.
—Lord Kitchener reports that the
Boers have murdered nearly one hun¬
dred blacks in cold blood. War Secre¬
tary Broderick declares that the Boers
will not long be treated as belliger-
ants.
—By a vote of 37 to 1, the Georgia
senate passed the Atlanta depot bill
Tuesday.
—The Blalock resolution was again
defeated in the Georgia legislature
.uesday morning, and as a conse¬
quence, the indigent widows will not
get pensions and the school teachers
of the state will receive only a portion
of their pay next. year.
—A negro man, Arthur Price, cap¬
tured in Fort Valley, Ga., Tuesday, has
confessed to the recent murder of Mrs,
R. J. Rowland, in South Macon.
—Following the recent closing of
the two cotton mills and the Barnes-
ville Savings bank at Barnesville, Ga.,
the New South Savings Bank, Qf that
place, closed its doors Tuesday and a
receiver w r as appointed.
—A plan for a negro world’s fair in
1904 has been set on foot by some of
the leading members of the race. Bish¬
ops Turner and Halsey, of Atlanta, are
said to be interested.
—James Pierce, a farmer, and Thom¬
as Collins, a merchant of Sheltonville,
Ga., engaged in a bloody duel with
knives on a Southern railway train
Tuesday. Pierce was killed and Collins
probably fatally wounded.
—The verdict of the coroner's jury
in the case of Justice of the Peace
Coffman, who, on Sunday last shot and
killed the Rev. J. W. Bradford, of
Brookside, Ala., was that “tfie killing
was unlawful, malicious and premedi¬
tated.”
—Tuesday Senator Morgan intro¬
duced a bill appropriating §180,000,000
to build the Nicaragua canal.
—The republican senators have de¬
cided to take care of Senator MeLau-
rin in the matter of committee assign¬
ments.
—General Patrick Collins (demo¬
crat) was elected mayor of Boston,
Mass., over Hart (republican) by the
largest plurality given a mayoralty
candidate in twenty years.
—Mrs. Dennis, a fashionable .dress¬
maker of Washington, D. C., was found
in her room in an almost dying condi¬
tion from the effects of blows struck
by an unknown person. Robbery was
not the motive of the assault.
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