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THE BLACKSHEAR TIMES
E. Z. BYRD, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XX. No.Bi.
Pierce County Directory.
Ordinary—J. I. Snmmerall.
Clerk Suptrior 0< u t—John Thomas.
SI eriff—J. E, Carter.
Tax R-ctiver— J. O. Waters.
Tax Collec or—J. A. Jacobs.
County Treasurer—B D. Brantley.
Cou y urvcyor—W. H. Bowen.
Cor..ucr—Dr J. M. Brown.
Superior court fiist Monday in May
and third Monday in November.
COUNTY COURT.
Robt. G. Mitchell, Jr., Judge.
W. A. Milton. Solicitor.
e ach 0 monfh; S quari i erir’se U sL F us! la third
Monday in .March, June, September
and December.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
Robert G. Mitchell, Jr., Mav >r.
B. D. Brantley, W. G. McMillan,
John A. Strickland, Jos. A. Harper,
Couu oilmen.
M. C. McAlpin, Clerk and Treas
urer.
\\ . L. McMillan, Marshal.
Police sonrt every Monday morning.
SECRET ORDERS.
Blaekshear Lodge No. 270, F & A.
M., meets first and third Friday nights
in each month.
A. B. Esrcs, W. M.
J. I. Summehali., Sec.
Alabaha Lodge No. 16, K. of P„
meets every Monday night.
B. D. Brantley, C. O.
E. Z. Byrd. K. of R. A S.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
\ EMMET COCHRAN, LAWYER,
Practices in United States courts,
district, circuit and supreme courts,
aud in all counties in Brunswick cir
cuit..—Redding Block, Waycross, Ga.
1> O. MITCHELL, Jr7 I
"* Auoruey-at Law and J L
County Court, Blaekshear, ge
Ga.
A. B. ESTES. E. L. WALKElt,
Jj'STES & WALKER, Attornpvk Law,
at
Blaekshear, Georgia.
\V M. TOOMKR,
* * * Attorney at-Law,
Office Waycross, Ga.
in First National Bank Building.
TV ALTER A. MILTOnT -
County Altoruey-at-Law aid Solicitor
Court. Office iu tho court
house. Biackshear, Ga.
|-yb A. Physician L. R. AVANT, Surgeon,
and
J’attrTsou, Georgia,
Calls promptly answered day or
night from my office or residence.
\\/ * N. BROWN, Denti t,
’ • Office Near the Courthouse.
Offers his professional services to
the citizens of Pierce and adjoining
counties. Guarantees sat sfaction.
Crown aud bridge work a specialty.
Blaekshear, (iu.
-Y A LLEN BRO v N, D. D. S.
Office nptairs in MoGulley &
Walker’s now building. Tenders his
professional services to the public.
Crown and bridge work a speeialty.
Waycross, Ga.
BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT.
COURT CALENDAR.
Appling Superior Court—First and
second Mondays in Match; third and
fourth Moudays in September.
Camden Superior Court—-Tuesday
after the third Monday in March;
Tuesday alter the first Monday iu
October.
Coffee Superior Court—Fourth Mon
day in March; second Monday in Oc
tober.
Charlton Superior Court—Tuesday
after the first Monday in April; Tues
day after the fourth Monday in Oo
toner.
Clinch Superior Court—Second Mon
day iu April; third Monday iu Octo
ber.
Ware Superior Court—Third and
fourth Mondays in April; first and
second Mondays iu November.
Bierce Superior Court—First Mon
dav iu May; third Monday in Novenr
Wayne Superior Court—Second
Monday in May; fourth Monday in
November.
Glynn Superior Gourt—Third Mon
day in May and first Monday in De
cember; to continue for sucL ticno as
the business may rcairre.
A SPECIAbT*
h
j
J. C. BREWER. I
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DENTIST, j
BLA CKSII ea n, GA.
Gold Crowns and Bridge Work a
specialty. 5-5, ’99
HOTEL PHOENr
j. W, STRICKLAND. Manager. I
RATES: $2.00 PER DAY.
YiayrrO^S, uPOrjflA
Convenient to depot. Hot and cold
£ bst ,s. Table first class. Electri*
hgat, . t::tag . , , at . ...e hn brnm.^ ;
^
BARBER • • SIIOI*.
JOHN ALDRIDGE, Proprietor.
BLACKSHEAR. OKOKOIA.
Hair Cutting, Shaving, Dyeing,Hham
Er.*' do ” “ ““
Cutting hair, 15 cents.
Shaving, 10 cents.
Shampoo, 20 cents.
Blacking, 25 cents. Dec a-' *7,
L. y_~, 5 C- . .
TBi ’
(nJ TUASD, IVK.WWTISCATEUSRAPIH,SPECIALTIES.
iVo vacation. Enter now, ftr&tluatcssncccflsful. efrpocrro'’Tf!feaTre'.!!
In order to knee *our M'cta reach tw, adrest only
»Mtneari u \m>ttw-taiu i.i attendant iaal year.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Schedule In effect Jttly 1 st, 1900.
Northbound. No IN <>. I ,\ *.
2 r> _iy | 15 | 13
F/vTBrunswick _ . 8 2 >p! 6uoaj 6 4 u
“ Everett ......J 4 0/p| 5 ttJa! 4.2a 722a!..
Ar. desup..... . ...i 4 ,.0p 6 8 Oca
Lv burrenoy.........
M " Bttx.ev Hazlehurs'........ ............ .....| 91 >a ..
Lumber ..... 9 45a
" City lu U'iaj ta
...... .. .. .
" Me Helena............ Kao.....*...... . Id loUba!.. deal..
M
.....
“ Missier............. ..Id 54a
.....Ill .
“ Eastman lsa
........ 1
^_Empire............ Lv. .7 -----ill 44r
H awkins vi 1 Jo 7,. ! 1 15a
" Cochran’..,7., Nt> b — ii . No. 7 l
“ “ Macon.......... .! S hU.i ►-* 7 lop a
Flo villa ....... 9 3j.il to 17p! 8 lip
“ McDonough.... IOOjh; 53p 8 5<»p
.
Ar. A tlanta........ 'll leal co 50n| 9j.5p
Lv. Atlanta .7777777 .. i 4 0j]-| ! OJniinOp n
Ar. Ar. Chattanooga... Memphis .1 ! 8 40j» 1 oc 40a| id -i 45a 9 7
___ 7 40a - 7 1 Jp
r. Louisville ..........1 '7 bvi\ 7 6ua 7 3>»p!
Ar. St. Louis, Air Line.] 80 i 7 04m!
Ar. Lv Cinciimatr,Q. (: , 7 icii 7 45a j 7 iiup:
Ar. Atlanta......j~4 Birmingham_____ 17>i
“ Memphis. lOOdi
Kansas ... i ; l.Mi
“ City..._
Lv* Atlanta 11 5.1
Ar. “ \Vashington..... New York.. . 7 j it 4.7
12 4: Jii
Southbound. N <• ' <>. • o
10 8 1 ID 14
CvTNfov York.......... Ta5p T7TT HlSa
Wa shin gton.. ...... io 4>i li i-ia
Ar. tlam 77 .77777 8 55p 5 L.“A 1
a g.
Lv. KansviH City....... 9 -4o| iflll
“ Memphis....... 9 OJi
Ar. “ Birmingham....... Atlanta 6 Oua
........ 11 30a
Lv. Cincinnati, Q. & (J 8IKj:i 8 !!0a! 8IX Ip Hilda
£v^ St.X ouis, Ai rXIiK ; 8 O^a 8II.SU; 9 ii>|> li lop
“ Louisville.......... 7 45 7 45a
p
Lv. Lv. Chatt Memphis 7777 . Tm>\ C7-0C OP
anooga. ti 4on lu 10]) I 0 Oil*
Ar. Atianta..... 11 50a 5 0- a 11 25p
Lv. Atlanta. .. 4 —-SI^O S 80 ;, 12 lap,lu 43 a
" McDonough........ 5 fimm 12 .Dp. ....
a
Ar.M«on
Lt. Cochran. ........... |......| ....-ip 21la
Ar. Ha wk i naville...... 4 is-i ......
..
Ly. Empire............. i it4;ip......
“ Missier...............'j......
u : .....
“ LumberciiVy 5 i 4 pj it 4 .«
ii Baxley !U8t ...........i...... 5 Mn! 4
“ burreiicj.......... ?22a j777 b'S) 6l0p!......
Ar. 71_Brunswick Kv-eretti:.....ii”: 8o»a| 748p S2Sa
. . ...... u25p H;5t»' 7 10 a
Nos. la and 14.—Pullman sieening Oarn lw
sm“u,e B Fr W ^d , i 1 iLdm'.a t 8 ' b * tW ‘ !CllJack '
Nos. lii.-PuinnSu l “eeuiny i
15 and (Mrs he
tween also Tampa between and Chattanooga Cincinnati, via and Chatta
nooga; Mem
phis.
IS08, I, anfl S-fy.V^n Sleeping Cars be
* tween Atianta A and Chattanooga, and Pullman
Drawing-room Buffet Sleeping cars between
f lac f >nan ,d■Ashevilte.
Nos. 9 and Id—P ullman Library Observation
Cars in* ween Maron and New York.
Connectionat Union Depot, Atlanta, for all
Jaetr-sinvitte. points north, east and west. Also at Jesup for
luninia, Washington Tampa, and etc amt Savannah, Oo
tho east.
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WORK OF LONE KOBHEtf.
Fast Mail Train Held Up and
Relieved of Registered
Pouch and Letters.
The southbound Illinois Central fast
mail due at New Orleans at 7:15 p. m.
was held up and robbed by a lone train
robber a out one mile above the upper
limits of that city Thursday night
Though some of the train crew say
they saw four or more men concealed
in the bushes, ouly one man figured
in the action, and his booty consisted
of only one registered mail pouch from
Duranr, Miss., and six other registered
letters from points between Cairo and
New Orleans.
Conductor Kinnebrew wns shot in
the groin and J. C. Parker, railway
mul * clerk, has his left eye powder
burned hv a shot directed at his head.
ihe robber got on the train, it is sup
P 0 i, e<l, at a point above the city, and
after passing Kenner, the last stop be
fore the train arrives in New Orleans,
he climbed over to the engine and
covered ths engineer and firemun, and
brought the train to a standstill,
LI HEADY FOB HUslSESS.
CliinHinen Scrnl OfflcJ*! Notification to tto
Mlnlii'fra In P«-kin.
Advices of Friday from Pekin state
that Ki Hung Cbaug aud Prince
Ching hav«%nt an ofiicial notification
to the ministers that they have re
ceived the promised documents an
thoriziug them to act in behalf of
Chins in the peace negotiations and
announcing that they are ready to pro
ceed ss soon as the ministers desire,
fourhcoke koxkks ExEci;TEn *
yaw ( lilnftae Governor la fiUafbt«rln(
Th« Leader* Right nud Left.
The Chinese minister In Berlin has
banded the foreigD office officials a let
ter from Li Hung Chang te the effect
that Bib Liang, tbe new governor of
Shan alii, has publicly executed up
ward of eighty rebel leaders,and assert
tbat be is otherwise acting with
,he , ,
non of the bettors and a energetically
Reefing the trfittionatie*.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF PIERCE COUNTY.
HLACKhUKAK. Ga. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1900.
AiRINfi BOOZ CASE
Board 0? Inquiry BegillS IflVCS"
, ligation of Cadet’s Death.
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PARENTS GIVE IN TESTIMONY
Unfortunate Boy’s Letters Are
Presented As Evidence--Board
Goes to West Point.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: The
... taking of , testimony . ■ the of ,
in case
Oscar L. Booz, the West Point cadet
| w Uo i died , some two . weeks , from ,
j ago
injuries which his parents alleged
, Wefe jullioted. at the West Point Mili
tiny Academy, was begun Monday by
the board of inquiry appointed by the
secretnry of war. Two sessions were
held at Bristol, the home of the Booz
family, and anchor in Philadelphia
in the late afternoon. The members
of the board are Generals Brooke,
Clous and Bates, accompanied by
Captain Dean, of the Fifth artillery,
who acted as recorder.
The court sat in the study of the
clmrch which adjoins tho Booz home
stead. The witnesses were William
H. Booz, father; Mrs. Sarah Booz,
mother; Nellie Booz, sister of the
y.'iiug man; Itev. Dr. Alison, Dr.
Weaver, a Bristol physician who at
tended Oscar Booz, and several others.
The board left for New York Monday
night and from thence to West Point
to continue the investigation.
Mr. Booz. the father, testified that
his son had written homo ou several
ooeasions that he had been hazed. He
entered the academy iu June, 1898,
and in August he wrote home that ho
had been iu a fight and had received a
pair of black eyes and that he had
been knocked out by a blow over tho
In art. Mr. Booz said ho went to West
Point to see bis son and told him he
must stand it. Oscar told his father ho
expected to be hazed, but he did not
want to be treated brutally, The
father said Oscar did not want bis
mother to know how he was treated.
Mr. Booz then told how Oscar had
informed him that tabasco sauce had
been forced down his throat. Oscar
said the cadets would pull tho blankets
from him and pour hot wax from a
candle on his body. Mr. Booz thought
the officers at tho academy could stop
the brutality, but he would not say
‘>>'Y condoned it. lie could not nn
derstsnd why they treated his son in
spent
all of last year at homo in an endeavor
to build up his health. Ho never
would reveal the identity of his perse
euiors.
Mrs. Booz testified that her son had
"ritten her that West Point was unfit
f, .’ r ’* y*»«ng man who wauteil to do
»ight and that parents should not send
‘“Mr sons there.
Nellie Booz, ft sister of the deceased ,
young man, testified that in a letter
" coiv ” d l, Y * l, « flimil y ou All 8 llst 7lh
-
Oscar told of the tight he had with an
other cadet «nd that he fought until
< lie winded. • i i m« 1 ho cadets i . called ,, , . him •
was
a coward and a disgrace to the corpH.
TP , bo did not go into the light, ho said, ,
the “fellows would make life unboar
at>le for him. lie a*ked his father
for permission to resign. Oscar do
scribed , .. little which . .
many indignities ,
were practiced ou him. If he had not
swallowed . ,, the tabasco . , sauco bo would
have strangled. They were holding
him down und lie could do nothing
else.
Dr. J. Solis Cohen, a throat special
ist, testified tliut Oscar had tuberculo
sis of the larynx and that when he
came to Philadelphia for treatment his
ease was hopeless. He thought if
tabasco sauce had been forced down
Booz’s throat it may have made him
more susceptible to tuberculosis.
Sigmund 8 . Albert, a classmate of
Oscar Booz, said that Booz was not
hazed more than any other cadet. He
was one of Booz’s tent mates while in
camp. He and Booz and other fourth
year men, he said, were made to do
“ridiculous stunts,” such us making
the upper classmen’s beds and “other
unmanly and disgraceful” things.
What he meant by the latter, ho said,
wns none of the public’s business,
One night some fourth year men were
forced to open their mouths and shut
their eyes, when some one squirted
into their mouths what he believed to
be tobasco sauce.
INTEiiKST MANIFESTED
in Brumwtak Maritime ComcreM cities
Nmnlnir Delegate. *
, ,
in Brunswick', Ga'.^ofdelegates to'the
national maritime congress, having
linen appointed from Denver. New
York, Louisville, New Orleans, Phila
delphia and other places. Interest is
growing ,n tbe congress, which con
venes January 30th next.
Ihe Brunswick board of trade has
issued a statement regarding the eon
grese, which states that free and no
trammeled discussion will be accorded
to all who attend, and the large nnrn
ber of delegates booked already 1 indi
caus , a i nig ■„ sm eens.
MAYOR LOCKED UP.
Follce Toko fy'harjp** of Atlanta’a Intoiicitt*
♦-d Kit Tiillvf*.
Mayor James G. Woodward became
so greatly intoxicated ou the streets of
Attanta Monday night that he had to
be taken in charge by the pol.ee.
A rase waa entered again't htrn or.
the polu-e docket and tbe charge was
ML, ply drunk Me was b-sked up
in one of he deUBtaon wards on the
reaoiid tlo« o. the c.t' prison and
h.r.t 11,ere until Tuesday morning.
atuntatextileE xposimn.
Citizens Meet and Inaugurate
Plans For a Big Show Dur
ing the Year igoa.
The city of Atlanta, Ga., the citi
zens, business houses and railroads
“S.^orwo^lard TprlmF
nary fund for the purpose of the In
teruational Textilo exposition.
This defluito decision was reached
at mu enthusiastic meeting of the gen
eral textile exposition committee and
the board of directors of the Interstate
Fnir Association, held Monday after
noon in the rooms of the Business
\i e „> 8 Leasrue
l’hat a big ° exposition should he held
1902 j rtlA positively ,1 decided, i • i i and *
iu was
plan, were formulated and net in mo-
11011 looking to the acquisition of im
mediate coutrol and ownership of the
buildings now ut Piedmont park. Iu
cidently a resolution was adopted 10 -
commending that a fair be held us
usual next fall. If the present plans
of the exposition committee are car
riod out an interstate fair is guaranteed
every year for the next ton years.
A central executive committee was
appointed with plenary power to form
ulate the scope and a detailed plan of
organization, and engineering the gen
l ' r al hwvement for a great textile ox
hibition in 1902. The adoption of the
above resolution was tho most import
ant and definite step accomplished at
the meeting. They were offered by
Colonel W. A. Hemphill.
DENTIST IS EXONERATED.
Wh* Clinrged With Trying to Kin* n
Young In*<ly I’liHtoincr.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The pro
ceedings against Dr. John S. Thomp
son, who was arrested on a chnrge of
i-sanlt on Miss Ida Hollingsworth,
were stopped in court, the warrant
withdrawn and the dentist exonerated.
The story of tho arrest together
with tho charges of improper conduct
toward Miss Hollingsworth, who had
gono to his oflioe to linve some dental
work done, caused a sensation owing
o tin high standing of tho dentist,.
The attorneys on both sides and the
irties iute'eHted reached a mutual
tgreement and there will be no further
iioceedings.
PRESIDENT COMING StH'TII.
: He YVill l’a*« Through This Section on.
His Way to San Franobon,
| President McKitilev will pass
through the south some time next
May. The date is not yet fixed, but
it will probably be about the middle
"f the month. Be will then be ou his
way to Han Francisco, his route being
over the Southern railway, the Atlanta
and West Point and the Louisville
and Nashville to New Orleans, and
from there to San Francisco by the
Southern Pacific.
Tho PactUo coast people havs for a
long time been endeavoring to get the
president to go out there and Witness
the launching of thebuttleship Ohio at
ff 10 Union Iron works, und this fur
nishes a special reason for his visit at
that time,
l)lt. IIUOUIIHTON EXPLAINS.
Hid Charged Again*! Atlanta Policemen
Were MIhcoiihI rued.
Dr. L.G. Broughton uppeared board before
the Atlanta, Ga., police Monday
night for the purpose of explaining
his remarks in n recent sermon about
the mayor and policemen drinking and
gambling at the races.
The doctor took tho position that he
spoke of tho mayor and tho police
conjunctively, und that the word
“drinking” referred to the mayor, and
the word “gambling” referred to the
police. Ho stated he had proved that
the police were betting on borso races,
and that that was gambling. The
outcome of the meeting was satisfac
tory to all concerned, and the matter
was promptly dropped.
HUSSAINS FEEDING CHINESE.
Over **700,000 Worth of Itir.o Is l'tirdins
**<l Tor DeO.Mutfi ThIIh."
Advices from I’ekiu state that the
Russians have purchased 8700,000
worth of lice, which is being given to
destitute Chinese. General Chaffee,
the American, is also having a large
amount of rice issued and the other
nations uro displaying liberality.
M. Do Giers, the Russian envoy,
says tiiut Russia is making no excep
tion in favor of Christians, because the
latter have tlie least needs.
TIME Kill VOTE FIXED.
Uay-l’uuiirrfoie Treaty It-fnre Con K re„
To It” ‘»f A! Oiic«, j
A VV,;sl,il, <f to,i Tn,t '
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before adjourning late Monday after- I
noon the eenatu gave ihi eon sen t to j
the fixing of a definite time to vote
, ll)OI1 Hav-Pauncefote v^^and bid^oecnnied treaty Sen- ! !
“ tor " Mom M eVecuGve Mason ses^oo
’ i, !
w' k x.7 f , eechcs upon 7 the treat van hS
‘ 77, M ftKon ho was the !
7 *“ ! cm.clnded riouest Senator tike Lodge I
777 , hi J]7 , to a v de
^ nr £ No vob-e was raised I i
,n opposition .• a .'1 d the tne nnanimou nnanijnous
agreement was recorded.
STUDENTS CELEBRATE VICTORY.
Tronble In Ainhurnu Cotl«K« K«ru1!n In
|7 o,
tbe st 0 ( in , of the University of Ala
} , t Tnskaloosa, was enacted
Monday.
Dnring tbe day it was announced
that Commandant West h.d reeigMd,
b ja ie siguati< 4 U to take effect at oats
phe beys immediately begwa a eele
j^gtiou of the event with cknnen eraek
«„ „nd shentlBg.
HOUSE IS FOR HOME
Georgia’s Representatives Pass
the Soldiers’ Home Bill.
STOOD EMPTY ELEVEN YEARS
Vote Was 106 to 50 and the
Announcement Greeted With
Prolonged Applause.
Tho Georgia house of representa
tives Wednesday morning, by tho
overwhelming vote of 106 to 50, passed
the Soldiers’ Home hill, w hich provides
for the acceptance of tho homo by the
statu. The bill was before tho house
a few' days ago, but was lost, owing to
the failure of a number of friends of
tho measure to bo present. The hill
was recousidered, however, nud the
fond hopes of the Confederate veterans
of Georgia were realized, ufter eleven
years of . xpectant waiting.
The announcement of the vote was
greeted with a tremendous hurst of ap
plause, both from the members of tho
lumse and from the largo crowd iu the
gallery, that hud been diav/n there by
interest in the depot bill. The steer
ing committee reported during the
morning that the Soldiers’ Home bill
and the depot bill bo made the special
order for the morning session, after
tho consideration of the tax bill had
been concluded. The report specified
that tho vote on the former bill ho
taken in twenty minutes utter the read
ing of tho bill, and that tho vote on tho
depot bill be had at 12:30 o’clock.
Wltet) tho Soldiers’ Home hill wus
reached tho bill was not read, as the
members of the house were fnmibur
with its provisions, and Major Gary,
of Richmond, tho author of the bill,
'CCtipted the twenty minutes with an
impassioned and eloquent appeal for
the passage of the bill.
Ill beginning, Major Gary thanked
the lumse on In half of himself und on
behalf of tho Confederate veterans of
the state for their uction iu reconsid
ering the bill. He explained that the
home nt "present is in good condition,
and declared that w was needed by the
Oonfederate veterans of the state, lie
-aid that God, on Mount Sinai, had
eommauded thut we honor onr fathers
and our our mothers, ami he stated
that they would be honored if this
home was given to the veterans.
“For,” declared be, “there is not a
member of this house but who iH
either a Confederate veteran or the
son of u Confederate veteran.”
As passed in tho house the bill pro
vides for the acceptance of the home
and lit) I 1 acres of land, all of which
tins cost about $15,000 aud paid for
1 >y contributions of citizens of the
state.
The sum of $15,000 is appropriated
or maintaining and furnishing tho
biiiii for the first year, hut no pa>t of
th s sum shall be expended until there
are 45 applications for udmissinu
'1 here shall be a hoard of II trus
tees, one from each congressional dis
trict, who shall have charge of the
home and serve without compensation.
These trustees shall appoint a su
perintendent at a salary not to exceed
$500. Shull »-lect a treasurer, steward
and such other assistants as may ho
ueoessftrv.
Ex Confederate soldiers who are
residents of the statu of Georgia und
have been residents of the state for
a term of five years, shall be admitted
to the home, and these shall perform
such duties as may tie required by the
superintendent.
No soldier who is admitted to the
home shall draw a pension from tho
state.
Admissions shall he from the several
counties of the state aoeording to
population.
The bill was immediately transmit
ted to the senate.
MILES TAKES A KAIL.
Htuir r.tl of At my In Thrown Front Ilia
llorm During I’Hiiule.
General Miles was thrown from liis
horse at the head of the centennial
parade in Washington Wednesday.
lie had reached the reviewing stand
in front of tho Capitol when his horse
reared and fell hack. The general
vas thrown but not hurt.
He arose promptly and took his
position among the parade reviewers.
FIE MCE CON El, It T RAGING.
Uoeia and IS,Ilona die Mill Haying Live
ly Time In Hotlth Afrlcn
f-nd Kitchener o*bles the Lomlo'
war office from Pretoria, under date o'
DecenjLer J2, ilint General Kuox, re
'7"* fr " m “'^vetiea that he is eugag-
7 ' & w" r 'i U t,wl 4 V '"Ai the ,: ‘' 7'" W ‘7 y ! (}e,)e " ,ov,r, . ra «
'" 7 “ , 1 l where there ,s »
™ T^y
"u B '^ 8 t""? iV ,l " 1 1 ,os ] T"’"
T’ Were " 7 °
* *“' 1 thirteen taken pn
U> Iin . 7 h 7 ih
'"‘"J ur ,,j 0,1 men . |, e BV „ "‘ been ' released, , e ca l J ’
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MAIL CAR ROBBED.
Poatn) CJI«rk fiddly und FoijgJi**
Rlflad of Tlulr Content*
^Ttl j},7 fail"
occurred Thursday at
TV^rka^. Texo. ^he thirty miles coming south o
train north
in which Postal Clerk John V Den
llU WM kl ,led and the mail
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ESTABLISH LCD 18^0
DEPOT BILL IS DEAD'
Muchly Discussed Measure Fails
In the Georgia Legislature.
VOTE COULD NOT BE SECURED
Final Chance of Resuscitation
Was Smothered In Rush of
Closing Days of Session.
The house end of the Georgia gen
eral assembly has refused to agreo to
tho improvement of the state’s termi
nal property in Atlanta.
The depot bill is a dead issue at this
session of tho legislature. Its com
plete demise was pronontioed when the
representatives gathered at Thursday
night’s session and realized with vary
ing and conflicting emotious that the
final chance for recuseitation had gono.
Neither at the afternoon or night
session was the depot lull reached,
or even approached by the house.
It was too lute for tho measure to
go through the senate, eveu though it
succeeded in passing the house, and
were this not the esse, it is very prob
able that tho steering committee would
make no further attempt to place the
bill on its passage.
Of all tho sessions of tho general as
sembly of Georgia, that of tho house
held Tltursday afteinoon is regnnded
by many of itH members as one of the
most remarkable. Member after mem
ber took the floor, either to a question
of personal privilege or debate a pend
ing appeal from tho decision of llic
chair. Personalities were largi ly
dealt in. Boungniztng that even et
that time the depot oill was practical
ly dead, members lose one after an
other to respond to tho unasked ques
tiou: “Who delayed the work of the
house iu order to defeat the depot
bill?”
The question was answered in deep
voice and shrill voice; with the flourish
of finished gesture and with no gesture
nt all; but in (lie end it was answered
at least to the satisfaction of those
who, being iudifferetit tj tho matter,
wished to sen the work of the guueral
assembly go forward at last.
Representative Hinton, of Fulton,
Hounded the note of the majority in
rising to a question of personal privi
lege.
“In the years to come,” declared be,
u I sbiill look hack with )>ersonul pride
to this session of the general assembly,
when I made the effort to improve the
terminal properly of the Mule. ”
HOLD HANK ItOlIKKRS.
They Held tllllnni of Ohio Town Hi ll»5
und gfourari !W<l,ODO.
A special from Hlinnesvtlle, O , says:
Four masked men, discovered in the
act of dynamiting th« vaults of John
Doerschuck’s private bank eariy Thurs
day morning, drove off nil who at
tempted to interfere mid got away
with between #3,000 and 84,000.
An explosion of nitro glycerine
about 3 o’clock a. ui. awakened John
Rhodes, who lives opposite the bank.
Rhodes saw two men working nt the
vault doors while two others stood
guard ut the iiiniu entrance of the bank
building. Rhodes, revolver in baud,
rushed into the street and was mot by
a volley from the seiitinela.
Dozens of llto inhabitants appeared
only to be greeted iy u shower of lull
lets. The robbers removed the doors
of llio vault and pried open the money
drawers. Dumping the specie into
bags, they backed to the railroad
Burks and disappeared on a hand ear.
Bloodhounds wire secured and
a largo posse ut once started on the
trail.
EXCITEMENT IN IIO.NG KONG.
( hlnn «<4 Poif riticartlf, Urging a CLtnerail
t/prlftlnu; Againnt Foroigtittra.
! Advices from Ifong Kong statu that
llio city wus placarded Thursday wiili
statements inciting this people und tho
members of tho secret societies to unite
! and rise during the month of January
and drive out all the foreigners.
Crowds gathered around tho placards,
biji. no actual outbreak is reported.
Reports have been received from
Canton to the effect that Yeung Hung
I’o, the reformer, has been horribly
tortured. Though lie wus strniig up
by the thumbs and toes, he wonld cor -
'ess nothing.
NEW KATTEKHIIIP TESTED.
Alabama Hall* From Cannon Island
Njavv y-.nl For Nnw York
The UnitediSlates battleship Alabama
sailed Thursday from the League Island
navy yard, ut Philadelphia, for New
York, where she will awa.t further or
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which •. • \ began as soon as she !’ passed "’/'"'I out
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,H * ea Vo »votd shipping, as al , of her
guns and turrets are to he tested and
a r,: > ,ort ,ua,1, ;. to tb ® navy
as soon an tho vessel reaches New
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TWO TRAINMEN KILLED.
ff«ad-ICnd Odlfalnn Ighi
In *
Mo., Wednesday between freight.rains
two trainmen were killed end four iu
jured. Both cngn.es were demolished:
The dead are: Engineer James Britt
and Br.keman F.dw.rd Bradley.
! Barrett wus jiiniouid beneath the
wreak aud it wss tound necessary to
sbnp off his left arm to jirevetit dseth
from scalding.
TRAINING SHIP SINKS
^ ore jj, aiJ a fl un( j rc d German
Cadets Go Down With Her.
CAUGHT IN STORM OFF MALAGA.
Unable to Stand Heavy 5eas Ves
sel Breaks Up and Officers
and Students Are Lost.
Advises from Madrid, Spain, an
nounce that the German training fri
gate Gueiseneau has foundered of
Malaga, sixty five miles east-northeast
of Gibraltar. According to the naval
pocket book, tho Gueisenenti, which
was built nt Dantzie in 1879, was an
iron ressel sheathed with wood, aud
had n displacement of 2,856 tons. She
was 242 feet nine inches iu length and
forty-live feet eleveu inches iu tho
beam. Her armament consisted of
fourteen 5.9 inch Krupp breech load
ers, two three quarter inch quick
lit ers, one boht or field gun, and seven
torpedo tmnta. Hejr complement was
401 and the was useu for tra iling boya.
The Gueisenuu foundered at the en
trance to the port of Mnlsgn, where
► he was about to take refuge from ths
terrible storm prevailing. After the
vessel went, down only the masts were
vifihlo and a largo number of cadet*
could lie seen from the ahoro clinging
to tho rigging. They were shouting
and signalling for help. The enptnir,
and many of tho cadets ware drowned.
It is believed that forty who left iu
one of the ship's boats and have not
been seen since are also lost.
The total Iosh is thought to bn no
less thsn one hundred. Homo reports
say 140. Forty of those saved are
badly hurt. The training ship had
been at Malaga since November 1st
practicing with gnus of large eulibor.
She hu l been previously ut. Megador,
Morocco.
KITCHENER REFORTS LOSSES.
New British Commander In South
Africa Tells Straight Story
Of Defeat.
A Loudon special says: Lord Kitch
ener reports that eighteen officers and
655 men are missing from General
Clements force. They consist of four
companies of tho Northumberland fusi
leurs. Judging from the message
these were <• iptured by the Boers.
Clements’ casualties December 18th
amounted to tire officers and nine men
killed and apparently ninny wounded.
Lord Kitchener's message to tho wai
department is as follows:
“I’fiicronu, IJeoi-mbor 14. —Clements
brought in his force to Commando Nek
unopposed. Tho casualties were, 1 re
gret to say, heavy—killed five officers
uni nine of other ranks; missing,
eighteen officers nud 655 of other
ranks. These latter were four corn
paniesof Hie Northu mbt-rland fusiliers,
who were stationed on the hill, und
some yeomanry and other details sent
up to support them. Names and na
ture ol wounds are being teb-giuphed
from Capetown "
Under date of December 15th, Lord
Kitchener reports to the war oflleo
from Pretoria as follows:
“Clements lias come to sen me. lie
►ays tlm four companies of the North
amberlauds held out ou the lull as
long as their ammunition lasted. The
Boer force attacking the hill was 2,000
strong, while another force of 1,000
attacked Clements’ camp. By 6:30 a.
in. the hill was carried. Reinforce
ments of one company of the York
shires failed to roach the top. Clem
ents' retirement was carried out with
regularity, hut as many native driver*
bolted a considerable amount of trans
portation was lost. All their ammu ii
tion not tuk'di away was destroyed.
IlerdporiH that all behaved well.”
Will Compete With *iigar Trust,
It is slated authoritatively that the
formation in 1 ‘liiladidphia of u new in
dependent sugar ri lining company is
contemplated and that among those
interested are citizen* who have been
identified prominently with the sugar
making indusliy.
BOOK* A UK DEMANDED.
Standard Oil Company ll Olvan Final Ol
lier, By Nabraaka Court.
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We d'esdayT^M'l'^^rmal ordsr" to
tbe Standard Oil Company to permit
^he uttorntj general to inspect tha
b „ okj of tha eompany, giving the l.st
of stockholders at present and at tbe
th * co,n l'* n 7 »« organized, th.
mlI . nU hooka of ths company and other
books and papers. The order follows
the ul ,h# cunrt *
wherein it declared it w.e competent
, 0 t tUo case of the attorney general
ut tha Standard Oil Comp.uj in
vhioh it ia , oll(jbl to debar it from the
* «»•.« taW ’
HAVANNAH IH HOPEFUL.
Sh« Ia Praotleulljr Aaaurrff of a Deeper
Uh»un«l to tlto Hea.
P-ct.cal.y posittve information
cornea from Waabtogtoo that the pro
jeet for a 28-foot channel from Severn
to the sea will be reported
upon favorably by the house and oomm that
tee on river, and harbor,
liberal provision will be ma e.
The reason nothing it M 1
I pnbliciso fur is that the commit
been doing its work In secret.