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The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
MOLINEUx's MOTION DENIED.
Court Refuses to- Qunsh Indictme NJ
or 90 open Up Minutes.


or 90 Open Up Minutes.
New York. Dec. 6.-Judge Newburg-
err, in the Court of General Sessions
this afternoon, handed down a decis-
ion denying motion to dismiss the
Indictment for murder against Roland
b. Molineux. The motion was to
quash the Indictment, or, as an alter
native, for leave 10 inspect the minutes
of the grand jury. Both applications
were denied. The attorneys for Moli-
neux alleged that evidence introduced
before the grand Jury concerning what
are known as the Barnet letters, was
improper under the decision Of the
Court Of Appeals, setting aside the
conviction of Molineux. The Judge in
denying the motion, said the Court
of Appeals had power to direct a final
Judgment, and that II had exercised
this power by directing that a new
trial should take place.
AS to the application for an inspec-
ton Of the minutes. Judge Newburger
held that branch OF the motion had
been disposed OF adversely by Judge
Blanchard on application made before
him by the defendant. No leave hav-
ing been obtained TO renew the mo-
tion, and no new facts having been
stated, II could not be entertained at
this time
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
PEACE AT THE HAGUE
LONDON REPORT SAYS ALL is NOW
SERENE.
A PRETTY LITTLE STORY.
cHivALRIC DEVOTION OF THE
QUEENS BoDYGUARD.

All In Love with sTheir Royal Mis-
tress and Ready to Fight for Her.
Prince Henry an Unpleasant Per-
son who Eats and Drinks Too
Much and NegIects His Wife-An
the Romance of the Marriage Has
Disnppearcd-Maj. Van Tits Re-
ported Dead.
London, Dec. ga dispatch to the
Evening News from the The Hague,
published to-day, says:
Peace reigns again at the palace.
and the happiest man in Holland is
Maj. Van Tets, who was wounded in
defense of Queen Wilhelmina, by
Prince Henry. or, as all Dutchmen now
contemptuously call him, The Ger
man. van Tets is one OF the ter no
BILE youths who formed the bodyguard
of the smiling young Queen when she
was married in February and who
have since been at their royal mis-
tress' beck and call on every occasion.
They pride themselves on their servi-
tude, and. in this matter-of twen-
tieth century, their chivalrous devotion
to nswiihelmina is a pretty thing
to see IT is whispered that every
man of the ten handsome youths who
surround Her Majesty's carriage when
she drives abroad. skate with her when
she skates, ride with her when she rides
and dance attendance on her general
ly, has been at one time or another
over head and ears in love
with the dainty little lady
in whom Hollands hopes are
centered. Official contradictions
Notwithstanding. nobody at The
Hague doubts for moment that the
| Queen and her consort have been at
loggerheads practically since the we'd
ding. Prince Henry is an unpleasant
person. He eats too much, drinks too
! freely, and hunting occupies him far
more than his wife, and Wilhelmina,
on her side. Is not a woman to allow
herself to be neglected with impunity,
| 1t is said that she stanched Van Tets
| wound with her own hands and in
| sisted on her husband begging pardon
of the Joukherr as well as of herself
before she would forgive him. All the
romance of the marriage of WiIhelmina
and the man she herself chose has dis
appeared"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
THRICE A MURDERESS.
Woman Pleads to
Terrible Charge.


Barnstable, Mass Dec. 6.-Miss
Jane Toppan of Lowell stood UP in the
Superior Court room this afternoon
and heard the grand. jury's indictment
charging her with the murder of three
persons whom she had been engaged
to nurse back to health, but who had
died under her charge and. according,
to the indictment, by her hand. The
indictments, and there are three-one
charging her with the death of Mrs.
Mary D. Gibbs: a second. with the
death of A. P. Davis, both of Cauta-
met, and the third, with that of Miss
Genevieve A Gordon of Chicago-all
allege that the cause was the admin
stration of poisonous drugs, ten grains
of morphine, or atrophine, or morphine
and atrophine together, or by some
poison unknown to the jury.
For ten minutes the woman stood
tightly clutching the rail while the
clerk read the indictment charging her
with the murder of Mrs. Gibbs. Ar
length Miss Toppan's counsel spared
her further agony by waving the
reading, and all that remained was
for her to plead. Three times she was
asked if she was guilty of murder.
and three times she replied in a low
voice, mot guilty"
After the woman had entered her plea
her counsel asked that .she-state- -ap-
point counsel for her, and Chief JUS
tice Mason, who presided, said that he
would take the matter under advise
ment. Miss Toppan was then led away
to her cell, where she win remain until
some time early next spring, when she
will be given a trial by Jury.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
CHAFFEE'S REPORT
MILITARY SITUATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
CANNOT TRUST FILIPINos.
THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND OUR
FORBEARANCE.

Two Provinces and Four Islands
Still Disturbed by Armed Insur-
gents-He Regards Civil Govern
ment as an Experiment. and Says
Troops should Not he Withdrawn
Hastily--Forccs Should Not Be Re-
duced-The Massacre at Balangiga
Due to Over-cOnfidence in Natives.
Washington. Dec. 6.-The War De-
partment to-day made public the first
annual report of Maj. Gen. Adna r.
Chaffee, military governor of the Phil
ippine Islands. Gen. Chaffee sums up
the situation in the Philippines from
a military point of view by stating,
that the provinces of Batangas ani
Laguna, in Luzon, and the Islands Of
Samar, Mindoro, CebG and Bohol, con-
stitute the area now disturbed by any
embodied force of insurgents. He says
that to the physical character of the
country, to the nature of the warfare
of the rebels, who are amigo and foe,
in the self same hour, to the humanity
of the troops, which is taken advan-
ants who sympathize with them, and
to the fear of assassination on the part
of the friendly disposed if they give
information to the American forces, is
due the prolongation of the guerrilla
warfare.
Commenting upon the plan of grad
ually replacing military with civil ad-
nlinistration, Gen. Chaffee says:
THE withdrawal of interference with
civil affairs does not contemplate
withdrawal of the troops from their
stations to any considerable extent;
on the contrary, this should not be
done hastily, and when undertaken
should be gradually and more in the
nature of concentration rather than
reduction of force or abandonment of
any considerable area of territory"
He, therefore. recommends that
there be no further material reduc-
tion of troops before January. 1903.
The civil governments which are be-
ing organized-proyincial and munic-
ipalAGen. sChaffee says, are both new
and untried and there is but one GER
tain and reliable method of ascertain
ing the progress of the Filipinos in
self government, namely, observation
by the army.
Gen. Chaffee devotes a good part of
his report to the terrible disaster which
befell Company c, Ninth Infantry, at
BaIangiga-- -Sarnar, and which, he says
was largely due to over confidence in
assumed pacif1ed conditions, ana in a
people who, TO a great extent as yet,
are strangers to and unappreciative
of our humane and personal liberty,
beliefs and actions"
American soldiers. he says, fail to
discriminate between real and assum
ed friendship on the part of the Fill
pinos.
A table is submitted showing that
since Jan. 10. last. the date of the last
table submitted by Gen. Macarthur.
up to Sept. Is, 361 Filipino officers
and 1858 men surrendered to the
American military and 26 officers and
494 men were captured.
Great attention is paid in append
ed reports to the subject of the prev
alence of venereal diseases in the
army of te Philippines and the Wig
orous measures taken to segregate dis
soiute women, and by rigid physical
inspection, guard against a. spread of
such diseases.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
TWO BURNED TO DEATH.
Young Lady and Little Girl Die In
Flames at Bayon des AIlemandes.

New Orleans. Dec. 6.-In fire at
Bayou de Lesmain des Allemandes,
La, early to-day. Misses May Ernest
and Flossie Delabretonne members of
prominent New Orleans families, were
burned to death.
The fatalities resulted from a. fierce
fire that broke out shortly after mid
night and which spread so rapidly
that the residents Of the burning build
ings found difficulty in escaping. The
property less Is unknown.
On the property of the Bayou des
Allenandes Lumber Company were
three five-room cottages owned by the
company One OF them was occupied
by Fl. v. Delabretonne. his wife, child
and sister -in-law. Fire was discover
ed in the Delabretonne home at
o'clock this morning How it occurred
no one is able to tell, but the whole
building was quickly enveloped in
flames. Mr.. Delabretonne, his wife and
the two victims were asleep when the
fire started. The husband and wife
succeeded in getting out of the burn
ing building, but Miss Ernest and the
little child were overcome by smoke
and before they could be rescued were
both burned TO death. The bodies were
recovered and arrangements made for
their interment this afternoon In
Houma
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
A FAMILY IN FLAMES.
Mother Dies Trying to Save Daugh-
ter, While Father Throws other
Children From BurninE House.

Pittsburg. Dec. 6.--Two persons were
burned to death and seven injured in
a fire at Carnegie. Pa, this morning.
The dead are Mrs. Sarah Klee and
her 9-year-old daughter. Seven mem
bers of the klee family were injured.
The klee. residence is d two-story
frame house on Broadway, the ground
floor front being devoted to a grocery
store kept by Klee. and the rest of
the house being occupied by the fam
lily.
The fire was discovered about 4:4o
O'Clock this morning by the grocery
clerk. Norris Fizis. He Immediately
gave the alarm, but the flames spread
so rapidly that the occupants of the
upper story were shut off from the
stairway. and Klee and his wife re-
allied that there was but one way to
save the children and that was to
throw them from the window. dis
tance of about twenty feet. One by
one the children were brought to the
front window and dropped to the
ground by the father. All of them
were more or less seriously injured,
but all escaped death from the flames.
except Mary. BY the time Harry, the
baby, was reached, not only was the
and the terrible conditions under
which he worked but the flames were
fast making his efforts impossible.
When he was able to get at Harry 1t
was found that the fire had already
reached him and that the little ones
face and feet and hands We're blister
ed and burned. He was snatched from
the burning building just in time and
1t is thought that he will survive.
After rescuing his baby the father
looked around for his wife, whom he
had missed for some time. Unable
to locate her, he called those whom he
had to saved. for the purpose of as
certaining whether she had Joined
them. She had not, and the husband
became almost distracted. 1t seems,
however, that while the father was
rescuing the youngest and most help
less child she was making an attemut
to save the life of Mary and In doing
so, gave up her own life.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
MORE DEATHS AT MALVERN.
Two whites and Three Negroes Adj
ded to List of Fatalities.


Malvern, Ark, Dec. 6.-Five more
deaths have occurred in consequence
of the head-end collision between two
passenger trains on the st. Louis. Iron
Mountain and Southern Railroad near
here last night.
Maggie Stevens, colored, of LADDERS
Vile, Ala, died to-day from injuries
received in the wreck. Two negro
children, names not known. also died
to-day from injuries. Two white men.
names unknown, who had been riding
on the front end of the baggage car
on the fast mail south-bound train,
were found dead in the wreckage to-
day.
1t rs supposed they were saw mill
hands. None of the white passengers
injured in the collision will die. Twen-
ty-eight injured colored passengers
were taken TO the railroad hospital at
Little Rock to-day. The coroner's Jury
has been holding an inquest all day,
but has reached no conclusion as vet.
The DEVELOPMENTS to-day were that
the wreck was the result of a misun-
derstanding of orders.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
HELD CLOSE TO THE BODY.
Expert Evidence in the Bonine Case
at washington.

Washington, Dec. 6,-During the ex-
animation of DR.. w. p. Carr, who was
called as an expert by the defense to-
day, in the case of Mrs. Lola /. Bo-
nine. on trial for the murder of James
S. Ayres, Jr., counsel asked him to
give an opinion as TO the relative po
sitions of Mrs. Bonine and Ayres when
the shots were fired. District Attorney
Gould claimed that the only person
able to give such information was Mrs
Bonine herself. Counsel for the defense
answered that the detectives and the
district attorney and his, assistant,
with their skill and experience, had
alicited from the defendant at police
headquarters detailed statement of
every fact and circumstances, and that
placing her upon the stand would ad-
duce nothing new. Upon this state
ment, he said, counsel based their de-
fense. The court held that the question
could be asked, as to the effect of the
firing produced by a pistol at a certain
distance from the object, and also
within what distance the person using
the weapon might have stood in order
to inflict wounds such as found upon
Ayres body.
The witness answered that from the
nature of the wounds on Ayres' body
the pistol could not have been held at
a distance greater than twenty-four TO
eighteen inches from the body. Court
at this point adjourned until to-mor-
row
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
TROOPS FOR ANDALUSlA
sherin Wires That Mob Ia Prepar-
ing 20 Attack the jail.

Montgomery. Ala, Dec 6.-Sheriff
Bradshaw of Covington county this af-
ternoon wired Gov. Jelks that he had
positive information that mob from
OPP would attack the Jail at Andalu-
sia tonight for the purpose of lynch
ing the twenty-five negroes implicated
in the killing of the town marshal and
a merchant at Opp. Wednesday.
The sheriff asked that soldiers be
sent to Andalusa without delay. Imme-
diately upon receipt of this telegram
the Governor ordered the military COM
pany at Greenville to proceed by train
to Andalusia and arranged with. the
railroad company for a special train.
Capt. Gamble, of the Greenville COM
pany. replied i'm twenty minutes that
his company would leave for Andalusia
at o'clock this afternoon. The dis
tance from Greenville TO Andalusia is
about so miles, and a change of cars at
Georgiana is necessary. The military
are expected to reach AndaIusia at Z
o'clock.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
WARM SHOT FROM FLEMING.
Proposes to Investigate Right of
Massachusetts Members 10 Their


-. Seats.
Washington. Dec. 6.--The PROPOSE
ton of Mr. Moody of Massachusetts,,
for a. congressional investigation of
the right of Louisiana members of
Congress to hold their seats to-day,
drew a rejoinder from Representative
Fleming of Georgia, who presented a
resolution for the investigation of the
right of the Massachusetts, members
Of Congress to hold their seats. The
resolution of Mr.. Moody asserted that
a certain class of voters were dis
franchised in Louisiana. thus invali-
dating the election of Louisiana. rep
resentatives. Mr. Fleming's resolu-
tion in part recites:
Whereas, the constitution of the
state of Massachusetts, in contraven-
tion of the provision of the federal
constitution. imposes additional quail
fications for suffrage by declaring that
no person shall have the right to vote
who shall not be able to read the con-
stitution in the English language and
write his name.
Resolved. That when the said select
COMMITTEES. shall be appointed. it shall
be charged with the further duty of
inquiring and reporting by bill or
otherwise, whether the Representatives
from the state of Massachusetts, are
entitled to membership in this house,
and whether the number of representa-
tives- from said state should not be
reduced"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
THREE NEGROES KILLED.
Another Committed Suicide When
Pursued by Posse.

Andalusia, Ala, Dec. 6.-The Gov
ernor sent troops tonight to aid Sher-
iff Bradshaw in protecting the negro
rioters in jail here. eand the town is
now under martial law. The sheriff
is fearing an attack at any moment
by mob from Opp, and is prepared to
protect his prisoners at all hazards.
Three negroes. names unknown, were
caught and killed by a posse Of citf-
zens near Opp to-day for alleged i'm
plication in the riot. and the, whole
country is in arms against the negroes
Up 10 a late hour tonight the mob
had not made an appearance. The
troops are on guard and the knowl-
edge of this fact may prevent an at
tack.
News has Just been received here
that yesterday morning a negro COM
mitted suicide near Opp. He was be-
ing pursued by a posse with blood
hounds. and seeing that escape was
impossible. the negro shot himself.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
HOUSE COMMITTEES NAMED.
Democrats Lose and Republicans
Gain n Member on Each.


Washington, Dec. 6.-The House was
In session to-day only long enough to
permit the announcement by the
Speaker of the Committees on Ways
and Means. Appropriations, and En-
rolled Bills. In each of these commit
tees the majority representation was
increased one, and the minority repre-
sentation reduced to that extent. This
policy is to be followed in the appoint
ment of the other COMMITTEES. Mr..
Metcalfs of California is the new Repub-
lican member on the Ways and Means
Committee, and Messrs. Brownlow of
Tennessee, Gardner of Michigan, and
Burkett of Nebraska, the new Repub-
lican members on the Appropriations
Committee. Mr.. Underwood of Ala
bama was the Democrat dropped from
the Ways and Means Committee. The
retirement of Mr.. Allen of Mississippi
from Congress, made it unnecessary to
drop a Democrat from the ApproDria-
tions Committee.
Mr.. Wachter of Maryland succeeds
Mr.. Baker of the same state as chair
man of the Committee on Enrolled
Bills. Mr.. Baker was not reelected.
The new COMMITTEES are as follows:
Ways and Means-Payne of New
York, DalZell of Pennsylvania, Hop
kins of Illinois, Grosvenor of Ohio.
Russell of Connecticut, Steele of In
diana. Tawney of Minnesota, Mccall
Of Massachusetts, Long of Kansas
Babcock of Wisconsin. Metcalfe of
California, Republicans; Richardson
Of Tennessee, Robertson of Louisiana,
Swanson of Virginia. Mcclellan of New
York. Newlands of Nevada. Cooper of
Texas, Democrats.
Appropriations-Cann of Illinois.
Bingham of Pennsylvania, Hemenway
OF Indiana, Barney of Wisconsin,
Moody of Massachusetts,, Vanvoorhis
of Ohio, McCleary of Minnesota, Lit
tauer of New York, Brownlow of Ten
nessee. Gardner Of Michigan. Burkett
of Nebraska, Republicans; Livingston
Of Georgia, McRae of Arkansas, Bell
OF Colorado, Pierce of Tennessee Ben
ton Of Missouri and Taylor of Ala
bama, Democrats.
Enrolled Bills-Wachter of Marty
land, Bah of Delaware, Burk OF Penn
sylvania, Currier of New Hampshire.
Republicans; Lloyd of Missouri and
Edwards of Montana, Democrats.
The House adjourned until Tues
day. .. -..
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS.
Lntin-Americons Surprised That
United States issues no Degrees.

ANAh-Ahleflcons surprised That
United States ISSUES no Degrees.
City of Mexico, Dec. 6.-The session
to-day of the Pan-American Conference
was taken up with a discussion of
Chilis project regarding the practice
of learned professions, chiefly whether.
even if accepted the convention would
be of any practical value. These doubts
were strengthened by the explanations
of c. NJ. Pepper of the United States
delegation, to the effect that in his
country this matter came under state
legislation, over which the federal au-
thorites had no control.
Mr. Gil Fourtout of Venezuela asked
Mr.. Pepper whether a professional di-
ploma issued in one of the states of
the United States was recognized in
the others.
Mr.. Pepper replied that each state
made it's own laws, and that there was
no obligation on the part of any of
them to recognize diplomas issued in
another. Mr.. Gil Fourtout said that
that was really very serious, and he
did not see the use of going any fur
ther. If the various states of the
United States, he asked, do not recog-
nize one another professional degrees,
now can IIle OIlST HdllOllS VI tlllS NOh-
tinent be expected to recognize them.
Mr.. Pepper further explained that
neither the federal nor state govern
nents in the United States issued pre-
fessional degrees: the universities III
certain states issued degrees. but not
the states themselves. Therefore, the
wording of the proposed convention,
which requires that degrees in order
to be recognized in other countries
must be issued by national authorities,
would debar from its benefits in Span
ish-A America the holders of the de-
grees of such famed institutions OF
learning as Harvard, Yale and Penn
sylvania universities.
Sanchez Marmol of Mexico said that
the members were discussing the pro-
ject in detail instead of in general as
they ought to be doing. The ques-
tion was whether the delegations were
in favor of the proposed convention in
general way. This being put to
vote, the convention in general was
accepted by seventeen votes. Bolivia
voting adversely, and Uruguay's rep
resentative being absent.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
PLACED NUTS ON TRACK.
Oregon Train Knocked Out and
Trainmen Badly Hurt.

Portland, Ore, Dec. 6.-The east
bound passenger train on the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Line which
left this city at Q a. M. was wrecked
twelve miles east of The Dalles, this
afternoon. The engine turned COM
pletely over and the mail car left the
track. The composite sleeper and din
er also left the track. but remained
upright. The other cars, including a
private car containing r. c. Clowry,
general superintendent of the Western
Union Telegraph Company. and his
party, remained on the track.
Engineer Maurice Cavenaugh was
badly scalded and perhaps internally
injured. Fireman Frank Chase was Sc
riously injured. None of the passen-
gers was hurt.
The wreck was undoubtedly the work
of train wreckers, as an examination
showed that a %-inch square nut had
been placed on the outside rail on a
curve. Another nut was also found on
an outside rail, about 100 feet from
the first. The company has offered $500
reward for the arrest and conviction
of the criminals
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
A CLAIRVOYANT'S TALE.
She Leads Committee and Report
ers a Long Chase for Nothing.


Elizabeth City, N. c., Dec. ga
woman clairvoyant from a distant town
came here last night and went to the
Cropsey house early this morning.
telling the family she could unfold all
the mystery attending the disappear
ance of Nellie. While she was in a
supposed trance members of the COM
mittee of five visited the house. The
clairvoyant told them she could take
them to an old we'll over ten miles
away where the body of the girl was
hidden. She led the committee and
several others, including two New
York reporters, after a twenty or twen-
ty-five mile ride to two old wells,
where nothing was found. The reports
OF a womans body being washed
ashore at New Begun creek and st
Sand Hills, proved to be untrue.
Jim Wilcox. the accused young man,
is supposed to be still at his uncle's
farm about twelve miles from town.
Public feeling is very much against
him and is increasing.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
TOBACCO PLANT BURNS.
Hughes & Co. suffer Heavy Loss ne
DnnviIIe.

Danville. Va, Dec. 6.-Fire broke out
here this morning about 3 o'clock and
totally destroyed the leaf tobacco plant
OF John e. Hughes e. Co, and the
storage warehouse, with contents.
Hughes G. Co. occupied two factories
belonging to Adams Brothers Of Lynch
burg. Both were filed with leaf tobac-
co, in hogsheads and loose. The stor-
age warehouse contained 500 hogs
heads of leaf tobacco belonging to
the American Tobacco Company. Dib-
brell Brothers leaf plant and the
Banner warehouse and dwelling were
slightly damaged. Total loss will ex-
ceed $3.50, 900, exclusive Of the advance
in the price of tobacco since the de-
stroyed tobacco was purchased, which
Is considerable The insurance is sur
ncient to cover the loss. except the
advance In price.