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The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
GENERALS MUST WAIT.
shnfter, Lee and Wilson to BE Al
lowed TO serve Out Their Vol
untcer Comma ssiOns.

washington, Feb. 2.--It is stated at the
War Department that no immediate action
win be taken on the provisions of the
army reorganization Till. which permits
the appointment Of Brig. Gen. William
r. Shafter as a major general and OF
Gems John NJ. Wilson and Fitzhugh Lee
as brlgadier generals in the regular army
and their retirements in the grade named.
Gen. Shafter holds the rank Of major
general OF volunteers and G ms. Wilson
and Lee the grade of brgadier generals
of volunteers and the present purpose is
TO allow them to continue to serve until
their present commissions expire by limi-
tation Gen. Shat er now commands the
departments Of California and of the Co
lumbia and Gen Lee the department OF
the Missouri, under their volunteer com
missions. They will retain such COM
mands until the end Of June, when the
provisions Of the new law VII be put in
to effect.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
DOUBLES HIS NUMBERS.
DeWet Now Has 5000 Men in His
Command.

Pretoria, Feb. 2.-Gen. DeWet had 5000
men in his command when he crossed the
Thaba N'Chu. line going southwark.
The Beers have collected In forces in
the Eastern Transvaal in order to facili-
tate their escape.
The horse sickness now prevails In sew
eral districts and is making communica-
ton more difficult.
Organized attacks have been made
along the eastern line and a large COM
blned movement has been arranged
against those taking port in them, with
the object of clearing the whole region
of the Beers and of supplies Columns
commanded by Smith Dorrien, from Won
derfontein; Campbell from Middleburg,
Anderson from Eerstefa brieken, Knox
from Koolfontein. Allenby from zuurfon-
tein. DARKNESS from Spring and Colville
from Greylingstad, all in touch with
each other are moving In an easterly d.
rectiOn.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
Millions Witnessed the Procession
Through London.
A GRANDLY SOLEMN PAGEANT
Xmas and Princes Followed the Corpse
of Victoria.

In
Tough
glimpse I in
victoria station where the
the and
the Comm No Repre- A
seriOu at
Winds by Of LordR
Services nj Albert Chapel
Beuui an
Body md
Guard a the Atar Until
Morning
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
SHOT NEGRO PORTER.

Pullman Car Conductor Surrenders
10 Police.
New Orleans, Jan. 2.--J. T. Todd. Pull
man conductor of Chicago, surrendered to
the police tonight after having shot his
negro porter. George w. Weaver. in the
groin.
Todd said the negro was impudent and
attempted to assault him with a stick.
The shooting occurred In this city. Weav-
inRham.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
SERVICES AT NEW ORLEANS.
Memorial TO Queen Victoria at Christ
Church Cathedral.

New Orleans, Feb. Queen Victoria
memorial services were held at Christ
Church Cathedral in this city this after
noon at o'clock. Admittance was by
card and hundreds were turned away.
Capt. Martin of Jackson Barracks and
Commander Selfridge of the light house
district represented the United States
army and navy, respectively
British Consul Van Slttarl and the for
eign consuls attended in a body as did
the officers of the German warship
Vineta, now here.
The Vineta fired a salute Of 81 guns, one
for each year Of the Queens life.
The Cotton. Sugar Stock and other ex-
changes were closed.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
THE MOB MISSED NEGRO.
virginia Sheriff successfully Lands
Hnpist I'm Jail.

Richmond, Va, Feb. 2.-William Will
son, the negro charged with attempted
criminal assault upon Mrs. Watkins,
and who was arrested in Norfolk, was
to-day committed to Nottoway jail La
ter the county Judge learned that mob
was forming to lynch the prisoner and
ordered him taken to Petersburg for
safe keeping
When the train reached Blackstone,
which Is near the scene of Wilson's al
legged crime, a mob Of several hundred
had assemb ed and a search was made
for the prisoner He was concealed In
the lavatory of Pullman, however, and
escaped, reaching Petersburg In safety.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
BOLOMEN KILL AMERICANS.
Company VI Forty-FOurth Regiment
Has a Severe Experience.

Manila, Feb. 2.-Lleut. Hicken and a
detachment OF thirty of Company M, For
ty-fourth Regiment, while crossing river
gents gathered at Fiesta San Lucia, Island
of Ccbu. They were attacked in front
and on both hanks by 100 rifles and more
holomen. Five Americans were killed.
four wounded, and two are missing. The
lnsurgent loss is believed TO have been
heavy. Capt. Malley, with a detachment.
reinforced Lieut.. Hicken. They recovered
some OF the bodies, which were mutilat-
ed Additional detachments were sent out
and are endeavoring to surround the in
sUrgents.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
MURDER AND OUTRAGE.
Negroes victims of DastardIy Crimes
I'm Louisiana.

Amite City, La, Feb. 2.-Two brutal
murders we're perpetrated near Arcola last
night. the victims being an old negro
named Arthur Nickenon and his 5-yeor.
I'D daughter. It Il charged that the per-
otrators OF the outrage were white mon.
After killing the old man and his child
they shot his grown daughter, who was
endeavorIng TO escape, but she was only
slightly wounded. After this they caught
rother girl, aged 10. took her into an ad-
dining room and outraged her.
The officers have a cue TO the murder
ers, but ne arrests have yet been made.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
FIRED AT GEN. MASToFF.
desperate Russian Attempts TO XIII
Military Chief.

ST. Petersburg. Feb. IA man named
Pavloff, who had been condemned TO BAN
ishment by the Archangel government
yesterday, fired twice at Gen. Masloff, the
chief OF direction Of military sentences
The General. however, escaped uninjured
Pavloff has been here on two weeks
leave visiting his sick mother. He had
unsuccessfully tried to persuade Gen
Maslon to procure a mitigation of his
sentence.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03

washington. Feb. 2.-The War Depart.
mcnt expects 70 Issue at once a general
order 10 the army reciting the enactmert
II the army canteeu c.osing Jaw, and en-
Joining upon an army officers ana enlist.
cd men obedience 20 is provisions.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
The nrus.eI. Convention

Washington, Feb. 2.-The United
States government has adhered formally
TO the Brussels convention for the pre-
vention and restriction OF the sale Of
spirituous liquors Ia certain regions OF
Africa.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
President sIrnn Armr nlIl.

washington, Feb. 2.-The President
signed the bill for the reorganization OF
the army at i2aO p. m. to-day II 70 nov
a law.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
A LETTER FROM MCKINLEY.
Read mt Christian EndeavOr Meeting
nt Portland.

Portland, Me, Feb 2.-To-day witness
ed the crowning event of the four days
meeting Of the Young Peoples Society
of Christian Endeavor when a bronze
memorial tablet was unveiled In Willis
ton Church, the birthplace Of the move
ment Secretary Baer read letter Of
cordial greeting from President McKin-
ley. The last clause OF the letter was:
az wish the society God speed in its
good work"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
CANNOT FIGmT IN ONO.
Gov. Nash TeleEraphs Cincinnati
AfhIeflc ARHOcIn ton.

Columbus. o.. Feb. 2.-Gov Nash has
teiegraphed to tho directors Of the saen-
gerfest Athletic Association at Cincinnati
that the Ruhlin-Jenries eight cannot be
held la Ohio
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
FOR MURDER or GOEBEL.
Durnette Ripley Indicted as Ac.
cessOry

Lexington. Ky. Feb. "A special from
Emnence brings Information that Bur-
nett Ripley Of Henry county is among
those indicted as accessory TO the murder
of william Goebel. He has been quietly
arrested az his home and taken to Frank
fort. He is OF distinguished family con-
nections and is farmer.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03

cOuunued on Ninth Page
The bee., 1901-03-21
To the Voters Of Hopkins County.

For many months past l have
been solicited by good men from
all parts of Hopkins county to
allow my name to 20 before the
people as a candidate for the
Office of county court clerk.
l have given this natter thor
ough consideration, and after
weighing the facts and conditions
of the present situation in our
county, l have come to the con-
clusion to announce myself as
candidate for said Office, subject
to the action of the voters of
Hopkins county at the November
election.
l shall present no further
claims for anyone to vote for me
The bee., 1901-03-21
LIQUID AIR sCARES A TEXAS WAITER
Steak Was Frozen Solid. and Spinach
Looked Like a Piece OF Malachite.

Mr.. Roberts and Mr.. Rugg,
district managers of the liquid
air lectures, are stopping at the
Oriental. They entertained some
Dallas friends at dinner yester-
day afternoon and decided they
would have joke. Mr.. Roberts
armed himself with a bottle of
the air, and when the negro
waiter had served the juicy roast
and gone back for some other sec
tions of the order, Mr.. Roberts
covered it and the side dishes
and the spinach with liquid air.
When the darkey returned his at
tention was called to the adaman-
tine nature of the steak, and he
was asked what he meant by
serving steak as hard as n rock
and colder than ice.
''Fo' de Lawd, boss, dat steak
wuz all right when l fotch it out.
Shore it war. l never seed no
such meat as dat befo'," exclaim-
ed the astonished darky.
The head waiter was called up
and asked to explain, and that
lordly individual was dumb
founded and speechless with as
tonishment.
The steak Clipped off like a
brick and the vegetables were
like paper. The order was re-
peated, but the darkies kept
clear Of that table the rest of the
evening.-Dallas News.
The bee., 1901-03-21
ABSENCE OF pALAsT WORRIES HIM.
Arthur Miller, OF Evansville. Ind, Claims
TO Have Been Robbed.

Evansville, Ind, March III.
F. Shire, alleged professor of
palmistry and clairvoyance, has
left here and his departure is
mourned. Arthur Miller is out
nearly $500, and has asked police
assistance.
Miller's wife has consumption,
and he went to Shiro for rem
edy. The latter, it is charged,
induced Miller to bring his money
along in bills, and pretended to
secret them in a belt, which he
had Miller wear. A shift of belts,
it is said, was made, and in few
days Miller examined the belt
and found he had been robbed.
The bee., 1901-03-21
Resolutions

WHEREAS, 1t hath pleased our
heavenly Father who doeth all
things well, and unto whom we must
all bow in humble submission to His
divine will, to remove from our midst
after long and patient suffering, our
beloved sister, Mrs. Ava Wood;
F RESOLVED, That the life of Sister
Wood In her relation to her family
and friends, and in cases of sickness
and distress, furnishes standard of
right living, and an example Of char
itableness worthy to be emulated /;
that in her deatl., her family loses a
kind and loving member, those who
knew her q devoted friend, the COM
munity an upright Christian citi-
zen, and the church q consistent
n
RESOLVED, That to her sorrowing
husband and daughter, relatives and
friends, we extend our heartfelt sym-
pathy and coincidence, and commend
them TO the Great Father OF all, who
,omforteth and poureth balm on ach-
Ing hearts. LIZZIE PEYroN, a..
ETHEL EVANS. S0ni'
The bee., 1901-03-21

Rhodesia has, as yet, no producing
coal mines of its own. The coal
seams are there, however, and with
in year or two some of them will
have been opened M. The coal is
situated principally In the Wankie
and Tuli districts, and 1t is also
known that there are carbonaceous
deposits along the southern bank of
the Zambesi and elsewhere. Until
such times rs the means Of trans
port In Rhodesia are greatly i'm
proved Zambesi coal must remain
outside the economic pale, and 1t is
to the Wankie and Tuli districts
principally to the Wankie-that the
country must look for its future sup
ply of fuel.-Mines and Minerals,
Scranton, Pa, for March.
The bee., 1901-03-21

than the fact that / am uncon-
ditionally opposed to "ring poll
TICS" and believe in and shall
endeavor to the utmost to put
into practice the principles en-
bodied in the proposition that
public Office is a public trust,
and public officer is a servant
of the people and not a master in
politics.
My life for forty-three years in
Hopkins county is an open book.
If after due consideration the
people shall by their votes elect
me to the clerkship of the county
| pledge an impartial admins
tration of its duties.
Asking a careful consideration
of the voters of the county,
/ am, yours respectfully
O. H. MURPHY.
The bee., 1901-03-21
Ordinance.

The city council of the city OF
Darlington do ordain as follows:
That any person who shall within
the limits of said city, bear, have or
carry, any deadly weapon, openly,
in such manner and under such
circumstances, as to excite terror or
alarm, or to disturb the public re-
pose, shall be guilty of d breach of
the peace, and the person or persons
SO offending, and each of them shall
be fined, not less than one cent, nor
more than one hundred dollars, or
imprisonment not less than five nor
more than fifty days, or both so fined
and imprisoned.
WILLIAM +. BURR,
PAUL M. MOORE, Mayor.
City Clerk.
KY, March l3, 1901.
The bee., 1901-03-21
CLOVERPORT'S BIG FIRE.
Loss Estimated at Over Half Million
Dollars, and Three Hundred People
Left Homeless.
FoRTY.FlvE HOMES DESTROYED.

Oloverport, KY, March 49,
Early reports of the damage from
fire to Cloverport were not exag-
gerated, on the other hand they
failed to convey proper idea of
the terrible disaster that has be-
fallen the town. There are no
wrecks to mark where the houses
stood. Where once were large
business houses, nothing but
heaps of ashes can he seen.
The fire originated in II. A.
Oelze's two squares below the
main business portion of the
town at IL O'Clock Wednesday
night, and before the flames
could be checked six blocks on
both sides the leading street had
been sweep. Forty-five resi-
dences, two hotels, two churches,
two large tobacco factories, the
Cloverport News office, the
Breckinridge Bank and several
stores were destroyed. TIL post
Office was also burned to the
ground.
The local fire department is a
volunteer bucket brigade, and
was unable to cope with the ter
rife confagration, famed by a
March gale, which ragged without
hindrance until it burned itself
out. A fire engine arrived on q
special train from Evansville,
at 4 O'Clock and did valuable
work in extinguishing the burn
ing debris.
The loss is estimated at $780,
600, and is covered by about half
that amount of insurance. One
hundred tents were sent by Adjt.
General Murray to the homeless,
who until their arrival sought
shelter with their more fortunate
neighbors.
Many were left destitute, not
even saving a change of cloth
ing from the angry flames, but
Kentucky citizens are responding
literally to the vail Of the un-
fortunate, and it is thought that
much Of the loss wili be repaired.
The only fortunate thing about
the whole occurrence is that no
lives we're lost.
The bee., 1901-03-21
Sent First Train Order by Wire.


The first station agent of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
to take advantage Of the pension
system recently adopted by that
company is George F. Brigham,
agent at Sharon, Wis. Mr.. Brig
ham had been agent at that point
continuously for thirty-fve years
on March Is, the date of his re-
tirement. Mr.. Brigham ranks
among the oldest railroad men
and telegraphers in the country,
having learned telegraphy, and
was employed by what is now the
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, at Dun@lrk, N. Y, in lS43.
At that time Dunkirk was the
terminus of the New York q
Erie Railway, which was the only
,railroadbetween New York and
the West. Shortly after that
rime he was telegraph operator
in the office of the superintend-
ent of the Erie road, where the
system of moving trains by tele-
graph was first adopted, and he
bears the distinction of being the
first man to dispatch a train by
telegraph, having sent the first
"'train order" The system
adopted AMI the terms and ex-
pressions decided upon at that
time are largely in use to-day.
Mr.. Brigham moved to Chicago
in 1851, where he was manager
of the United States Telegraph
Company which was afterward
absorbed by the Western Union.
He moved with his family to
Sharon, Wis, March Is, 1886, as
agent for the Chicago & North
western.
His eldest son, EdmuRd ID.
Brigham, is general freight agent
of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway Company. His second
son, George f. Brigham, Dr., is
general freight agent for the
same line of railway, and his
third son, II. IL Brigham, is traf-
fic manager FOR the fish trust and
the United States and Dominion
Transportation Company at Chi
cago. From the day of his re-
he will receive one
third pay.
Mr.. Brigham, in addition to
his secular duties, has found time
to take an active part in church
works. On going to Sharon there
was no church of his faith, and
he started a Sunday-schoOl in the
railroad station for his own chill
lren, which later on, led to regu-
lar services. Since that tame he
has built a chnrch and has been
4 regularly ordained minister of
the Episcopal Church for nearly
twenty-five years.
The bee., 1901-03-21
Shut Timberiag N Swelling Ground.

In Mines and Minerals, of
Scranton, Pa, for March, q cor
respondent from Spring Valley,
ILL.,, writes;
My method of securing a shaft
that is sunk through ground that
swells is TO use round timber, oak
or hard pine, s to 10 inches in
diameter for cribbing. Leave 3
to 3 inches between sets by plac-
ing o 2 or B inch cleat on each
corner of each set, and one be-
hind the wall plates and guides.
Spike the cleats fast TO the sets;
this keeps the sets a uniform
distance apart and prevents sag
ging. The round backs of the
timber will direct the ground as
it sweils towards the openings
between the sets where the extra
pressure due to it's swelling will
readily force it through and it
will be carried to the shaft bot
tom either with the cage or by
crumbling of itself. If a set of
timber shows signs of strain at
any time it can be relieved by |
going around the openings next
to it with a pick and cutting out
the dirt. By this method very
little swelling of the ground will
be noticed as it has perfect drain
age from the first and no water
Is retained behind the timber.
II the tagging behind slope tim
Ders be treated the same way the
timber will be greatly relieved
If the pressure due to the expan-
sion and swelling of the ground.
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The bee., 1901-03-21
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
Big Fire Loss in MadisonviIle Tuesday Night
Gives the Town TerrorS

CATION shows that it is not so
great as at first supposed. Per-
haps $50, 900 will cover the fire
loss, to which may be added the
various small damage to house,
hold goods moved out for fear
many dwellings might burn. The
insurance carried amounted to
$26, 900 on the property destroyed
and damaged in the burned
block.
The losses and values and in
.surance carried are, as nearly as
can be ascertained, as follows:
Ohesley Williams, old stem
merry and store buildings, loss
So, 800; insurance 5000.
H. e. Coleman, meat market,
loss $500: insurance 5000.
Wash Cover, meat market, loss
5000; no insurance.
A. r. BLANKS, tobacco in Will
liams' stemmery, loss $4,000;
insurance $4,000.
Blink & Lancaster, tobacco in
Williams stemmery, loss$ 5000;
insurance $500.
S. III. Holloman d Son, stem
merry and stock of tobacco, loss
$25, 900; insurance $4,000.
James Pemberton, Exchange
Hotel, loss $1,000; insurance
$1,000.
James Pemberton, brick resi-
dence, occupied by Mrs. France
Nisbet, loss 1900; insurance
81, 900.
James Pembcrton, blacksmith
shop and brick store house, loss
5000; no insurance.
James Pemberton, livery sta
BILE building, occupied by Barn
hill, loss $500; nc insurance.
w. j. Barnhill, small loss GA
hay, ETC., in stable. Saved most
of. contents.
James Young, family residence
and contents, loss $4,000; insur-
ance 5000
James Young, Mareroom, loss
$3.50 no insurance. 80
Mrs. Wash Smith, dwelling,
loss 81, 200; no insurance.
n w. "A. Nisbet, corn crib and
other outbuildings, loss 5000; no
Joel Oldham, damage to brick
store house and removal damage
on stock groceries, 1000; COW
cred by insurance.
Will Ross (col. removal dam
age, 5000; covered by insurance.
Two small frame honses, occu-
pied by .colored families, one
owned by Alex Pritchett, loss
$500; no assurance.
Considerable other damage to
household goods in many cases
removed from dwellings in path
Of spark laden gale.
Madisonville citizens have late
ly been discussing municipal
ownership of waterworks. The
town has no fire protection nor
later supply and it is thought |
this fire will help crystalline
public sentiment IN favor of es-
sablishing waterworks. |
The bee., 1901-03-21

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The bee., 1901-03-21
Wind Blew a Gale, but in the
Right Direction. and Town
Was Saved.
EVANSVILLE FIREMEn GAME OVER
A Wind From the West Would
Have Gutted the Business
Portion.

MaOlSOnVllle narrowly cScapeu
destruction by fire early Tuesday
night during a high wind, the di-
rection and velocity of which for
tunately carried the flames and
the scattering sparks away from
the business portion.
The fire was first seen to ap-
pear in the old tobacco factory
just east of the old Exchange ho-
tel on Gross Main street west of
the railroad. This old frame fire
trap was surrounded by a NUM-
Der of smaller frame houses and
the fire spread very rapidly lick
ing up everything in its track
with startling energy.
The heavens, overcast with
clouds, lighted up with u mag
nificent torch Of distress for miles
around and signalled to thous-
ands of people in neighboring
towns and country the impending
disaster. Many persons went from
darlington and the ether towns
to the distressed county seat and
the highways were alive with fly
ing vehicles, all bearing sympa-
thetie and willing men, ready to
lend a haad if the opportunity
presented
The local railroad officials, Mas
ter Of Trains Desney and Chief
Dispatcher Sheridan ran the
switch engiae hurriedly over to
Madisonville, going themselves
to see the situation and and rem
any assistance possible.
A call was made On the EVANS
vile fire department, which met
with ready response and the l..
& N. officials hurried the volun-
teer detachment over to Madi.
-sonville by special train. The
firemen reached MadisonVille
sometime after the fire had spent
itself, but the wind having
changed, the firemen did valua-
BILE service in extinguishing the
smouldering debris.
The fire was confined to the
block west of the main line of
the l.. d N. railroad and north OF
Gross Main street. The brick
block of business houses escaped,
except that the building of Old
hams grocery was considerably
damaged and his stock damaged
by being removed from the |
threatened building. There are
seven business houses in this
brick block, including the livery
stable of w. A. Nisbet.
The wind blew directly from
the south with great force, the
flames were swept swiftly through
the frame houses abutting on the
west of Oldham's grocery and
borne on by before the latter
building could get beyond con-
troll.
Besides the brick business
houses everything else in that
block was burned except the big
frame Tabernacle and a cottage
just soath of the Tabernacle
fronting on Seminary street.
The night of the fire the loss
was variously estimated at from
s76, 600 to $l50,000, but investi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-22
How It EaAla.

In concluding his sailors log Forty Years in the Navy" Rear Ad- miral Evans says: "I was attending a reception in the Chamber of Com merce. where many people had assem- bled to greet me. A white haired old gentleman stopped in front of me and. taking my hand. said: Captain. I want to know how 1t feels when you are sure that there are 7O00O.0OO of people each of whom would like to look into your eyes and say: God bless you."
 'I could have told the kindly old man that it made me feel like fighting by day and watching by night that danger in storm and suffering in tropic calm were but reasonable service to such a country and such fellow countrymen as am bound to it by every feeling of my heart"