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The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
FLOODS IN GEORGIA
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTION
DELUGED.
FLORIDA AND ALABAMA, TOO.
ALBANY AND CORDELE REPORT
DAMAGE.

The ChattnhoOchee at Columbus
Rose Seven Feet Yesterday and
the Flint Is stiII Rising Mt Albany.
Southwest Georgia Is Flooded, the
Brunswick and Birmingham Is
Running no Trains and the South
ern's Schedules Are Badly Broken
Into. PierpOnt Morgan and
Iarty Delayed by WashOuts.
Atlanta, March 16.-Heavy rains
yesterday and last night in Northern
and Middle Georgia to-day caused the
Atlanta Weather Bureau to send flood
warnings to Eufaula, Ala, and West
Point and Columbus. Ca. predicting a
rapid rise in the Chattahoochee. North
Alabama was deluged, as were portions
of South Georgia and Northern Florida
and streams in those sections of the
South are out of their banks. At AL
bany, Ga, the Flint river, which rose
at the rate of a foot an hour last night,
has not yet reached the maximum hight
expected. The rainfall there in the past
three days Is nearly twelve inches.
Many sewers burst and houses in the
lowlying quarters of the town were
surrounded by water for several hours.
The river is still rising, and all creeks
north of there are out of their banks.
The tracks of the Central of Georgia
and Plant System, between Albany and
brownsville are under water in several
places.
The Chattahoochee at Columbus rose
seven feet to-day, and is still on the
upward move. The Southern has
washout near Molena, Ca, on one of
its small branches. The washout near
Everett City has not yet been repaired
and has prevented the departure of ].
Pierpont Morgan and party, who were
to have left Brunswick yesterday for
Cincinnati by way of Atlanta. Mr..
Morgan. however, expects to depart to-
morrow morning.
Traffic on the Central of Georgia was
delayed several hours by washout
near Union Springs, Ala.
Some damage was done to the town
of Cordele Ga. by the heavy rains,
and a washout Is reported near there.
A special from Montgomery, Ala,
says:
"The Seaboard Air Line suffered Sc
verely by last nights rains and ITS
trains in this part of the state are in-
definitely annulled 1t lost bridge,
and considerable track near Hurts
boro and lesser washouts are reported
at other points"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
BLACKMAIL AT PlTTSBURG.
Prominent and Wealthy Business
Man Driven by Threats to Remove
His Family to New York.

His Family to New York.
Pittsburg, March 16.-The Dispatch
to-day publishes the following:
Repeated threats to abduct his three
children unless a ransom of $4,000 was
left in a certain spot, and warning
that murder would follow the placing
of detectives on the case, will cause
Alexander r. Peacock, former first
vice president and general sales agent
of the Carnegie Company, to remove
his little family temporarily from his
Lexington avenue home to the Holland
House, New York.
The case was put in the hands of
detectives. and 1t is said arrest of the
guilty parties is now practically GER
tain.
About two months ago during the
absence from home of Mr.. Peacock a
letter was received at the Lexington
avenue house through the mail ad-
dressed to him. Mrs. Peacock opened
the envelope and the letter enclosed
was found to be a warning that three
little children of the family, aged, re-
spectWely IA. 10 and years, would be
kidnapped unless Mr.. Peacock deposit
ed at certain appointed spot on
North Highland avenue $4,000 in
money The letter was unsigned. Not
many days later a second letter was
received by Mr.. Peacock stating that
the sender was aware of the fact that
detectives had been put on the case,
and that if sthe@money WAS not depos-,
tied in the designated place the writer
would not steal the children, but
would murder them. This second let
ter produced CONSERVATION in the
family. Mrs. Peacock became ill
and thinking it necessary that his
wife should have the services of dis
tinguished New York physicians, Mr..
Peacock removed her, together with
the children, to New York city, where
they have resided since.
Mr.. Peacock is one of the most prom
inent and wealthy business men of
Pittsburg. The Sensational prominence
he gained in industrial events the
past two years is believed to have in
duced the connection of the scheme to
blackmail him.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
THE QUEBEC EMIGRANTS.
Greene and Gaynor Will Not Meet
Judge Speer To-day.

Quebec, Que, March 16.-Col. John
F. Gaynor and Capt. Greene, whose
bail was escheated because of their
non-appearance before court in Sa-
vannah to answer to the charge of
defrauding the United States govern
ment, are still at the Chateau From
tenac in this city. No attempt has
been made to arrest them, and there
are some lawyers who claim that ex-
tradition proceedings would fail to
force the men to accompany United
States officials to Savannah.
Col Gaynor stated last week that he
might return to the United States vol
unfairly on the 18th. When asked to-
day if he would leave the city to-mor-
row, Col. Gaynor declined to answer or
to discuss any phase of his case. He
talked freely on general matters, but
steadfastly refused to speak of his po-
sition before American courts. Both
men appear to enjoy residence here,
and take daily outings, Col. Gaynor
usually driving with his wife, while
Capt. Greene may be seen frequently
promenading on the Terrace.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17

Washington, March 16.-The House
during the present week will pass the
river and harbor bill, will decide the
contested election case of Moss VS..
Rhea from the Third Kentucky dis
trict. and will consider the bill for the
retirement of officers of the revenue
cutter service. Such is the programme
of the House leaders. The report in
the contested election case is against
Mr. Rhea. the sitting member, who
is o Democrat. and it is regarded as a
foregone conclusion that he will be un-
seated. The revenue cutter service bill
was defeated in the last Congress. but
its friends claim to have hope that II
will meet a better fate now. 1t is
believed that the river and harbor bill
will not consume more than two days.
A few members who are dissatisfied
with appropriations for improvements
in their districts will make an effort
to amend it on the floor to meet their
individual wishes. but the committee
believe they will have strength enough
to prevent any attempt to amend it,
and that 1t will pass in the form in
which it was reported from the COM
mittee.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
ALBANY'S DELUGE CONTINUES.
Two Mules Driven by Negro Drown
ed In Open Field.

Albany, Ga. March 16.-The tremen-
dous rainfall which was recorded In
this section Friday and yesterday did
not diminish last night and up to
o'clock to-day. The record for the 81
hours is unprecedented. Flint river
and the creeks north of Albany are
rising with great rapidity, and are al
ready away out of their banks. The
tracks of the Plant System between
Albany and Thomasville, and of the
Central of Georgia west of this place
were covered with water at several
points this morning and all trains over
these lines have been delayed
In a field four miles south of Albany
last night, a negro drove into river,
which had been formed by the heavy
rains, and at a point where water had
never formed before. Both the mules
attached to the wagon were drowned
and the negro narrowly escaped with
his life, floating for some distance in
the wagon body. The rainfall for three
days has been nearly II inches.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
METHUEN'S REPORT
,oRD KITCHENER FORWARDS DE-
TAILS OF FIGHT.
THE BRITISH FOUGHT WELL.
Rur BOERS HAD BEST OF THEM IN
MANY WAYS.

rba wounded General Gives Partic-
uIars which Place His Men In
Retter Light-His Forces Seem to
Have Been Too Much Scattered.
Most OF the Beers Wore Khaki
Uniforms and Many More British
Radges-Infantry and Artillery
Fought WeII-It Was the Mounted
Troops That Fled.
London, March 16.-The war Office
has received the following communica-
zion from Lord Kitchener at Pretoria:
Lord Methuen has sent me a staff
officer with a dictated dispatch, from
which it appears that certain partic-
ulars previously given are inaccurate.
The rear screen of mounted troops was
rushed and overwhelmed at dawn.
There was a gap of a mile between
the OK and the mule convoYs. The
mounted supports to the rear of the
screen, with Gen. Methuen, immediate
" reinforced by all the available
mounted troops and a section of the
Thirty-eighth battery, maintained
themselves for an hour. during which
the conveys were closed upon without
disorder.
"fn the meantime two hundred in
fantry were being disposed by Lord
Methuen to resist the Boer attack,
which was outflanking the left of the
rear guard. The Beers pressed that
attack hard, and mounted troops, at
tempting to fall back on the infantry,
got completely out of hand, carrying
tooV with ths,n in the rout the bulk
of the mounted troops. Two guns of
the Thirty eighth Battery were thus
left unprotected, but continued in
action until every man, with the ex-
lCl oil Lieut.. Nesham, was hit.
Lieut. Nesham was called. on to sur
render, and upon refusing to do so, was
killed.
Lord Methuen with two hundred of
the Northumberland Fusiliers and two
guns of the Fourth Battery then
found himself isolated, but fought on
for three hours. During this period the
remaining infantry, namely, one hun
bred Of the Lancashires, with some
forty mounted men, mostly Cape po-
lice who had occupied the kraal near
the wagons, also continued to hold out
against the repeated attacks of the
Beers
BY this time Lord Methuen was
wounded and the casualties were ex-
ceedingly heavy amongst his men.
Their ammunition was mostly ex-
pended and the surrender was made at
about $3.50 o'clock in the morning.
The party in the kraal still held
out and did not give up until two guns
and a pompom were brought to bear
upon them at about 10 o'clock, making
their position untenable.
Could Not Distinguish Beers.
1T is confirmed that most of the
Beers wore our khaki uniforms. Many
also wore our badges. Even at close
quarters they could not be distin-
guished from our men.
1t is clear the infantry fought well,
and the artillery kept up the tradi-
ton of the regiment. In addition to the
forty members of the Cape police al
ready mentioned, few parties of i'm
perial yeomanry and Cape police con-
tnued to hold their ground after the
panic had swept the bulk of the
mounted troops off the field"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
WHERE METHUEN FAILED.
Delarey "a Brave and Humane Lead
er-His Kind Treatment of Gen.
Methueu

DeIarey "a Brave and Humane Lead
er-His Kind Treatment of Gen.
Methuen.
London, March 17.-Lord Kitchener's
graphic report, showing that the fight
ing lasted much longer than was sup
posed, confirms the belief that the dis
aster to Gen. Methuen's force was due
to leaving too large a gap between the
front convoy and the rear, and to plac-
ing an insufficient screen behind the
rear guard, which brought about
panic among the troops as a result of
the Boer onslaught.
Much resentment is felt here that
the Beers wore British uniforms and
badges, but satisfaction is expressed at
the latest accounts of the affair, as in
dlcating that the British troops be-
haVed better than was supposed from
the earlier reports.
From other dispatches it appears that
Gen. Methuen was shot while riding TO
bring up the mounted troops and that
his horse was killed. After the SIR
render Gen. Delarey rode up and treat
cd Gen. Methuen with the greatest
courtesy and consideration. He ordered
--+H ACtui II W AlSIhSuOIP uIiQGI lAtC Nell Z
OF his own nephew and a medical Off
Ger.
According to the Klerksdorp CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail, the burgh-
ers We're so angry at this that party
OF them went out and brought Gen.
Methuen back. Gen. Delarey, however,
overruled the objections of the burgh-
ers.
Tribute to Delarey.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
pays a tribute to Gen. Delarey's hui
imanity and describes him as a bril-
nant fighter and a born leader, who
brings no bitterness or racial feeling
70 his task. and who sternly reoresses
any excuses on the part of the burgh-
ers."
further evidence - the ability of the
boers to penetrate the blockhouse lines
IS contained in a dispatch from He'll
ofon, Orange River Colony, which de-
scrlbes how Commander Mentz, on the
night of March 10, crossed the He'll
prom Wolvehoek Railroad line at Cot
Senoerg. One Boer advanced, nring
ms rife. Two pickets between the
Dlockhouse returned the fire and killed
me Boer and his horse. The Beers
ehen cut the wire fence and drove in a
mon of loose horses which knocked
uoWn 200 yards of the fence. Com
Inandant Mentz then dashed through
Win over 300 Beers. and the pickets
IRE powerless to stop the overwhelm-
Ing rush.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
WOULDN'T HAVE HAIR CUT.
Full Blood Cherokee Indians Sign
Objectionable Document I'm Pref


ercnce. - r-..s-.
Muskogee, I. T.. March 1s.-Rather
than, submit to hair cut eight full
blood Cherokee Indians arrested yes
terday. charged with being in con-
tempt of the Federal Court. to-day en-
rolled before the Dawes Commission.
These Indians are members of the Ke-
toowah Society, composed of an ele-
ment in the Cherokee nation, opposed
to enrolment. Last month Judge
RAYMOND of the United States Terri
torial Court, ordered them to present
themselves for enrolment under pain
of CONTEMPT. They disobeyed the or
der and were arrested and placed in
the federal Jail here. Last night the
government officials pleaded with them
to submit, but they declined stoutly,
Redbird Smith, their leader. making
an impassioned speech in defense of
their action. Argument being of no
avail. an order was issued to-day that
each prisoner should have his hair cut.
They were lined up to take their turn
in the BARRIERS chair. When the first
Indian had lost his shock of hair, the
others broke down and signified their
willingness to enroll. With sullen faces
they signed their names to the enroll
ment and were released.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
HUNGER IN THE ozARKs.
Missouri and Arkansas Farmers Liv-
ON short RntiOns.

Forsyth Mo-, March 16.-Hundreds
of farmers in the Ozark hills of South
ern Missouri and Northern Arkansas,
whose crops failed during last sum-
mer's droughts. are living in a des-
perately poor way on short rations. 1t
is estimated that probably 10 per cent.
of the population in the district has
felt the pangs of hunger this winter.
Offers of aid have been refused. The
chief distress now comes from a lack
of seed for the spring planting. This
is being relieved by the distribution of
seed purchased by the Governor of
Arkansas, with money personally bor-
rowed from the banks. A member of
the Missouri state board of charities,
who has just investigated the situation
at the request of Gov. Dockery, will
recommend that the Missouri delega-
ton in Congress send what govern
ment seeds they can.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
RAINS IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

The Country Flooded and Train
Movements Greatly Delayed.
Brunswick. Ca, March 16.-Informa-
ton received in Brunswick tonight is
to the effect that the entire surround
ing country is flooded as a result of
the recent heavy rains. Not train is
moving over the Brunswick and Bir-
mingham Railroad ON account Of the
track being flooded in Buffalo Swamp.
But for the Plant System. Brunswick
would be cut off from the outside
world. as all traffic over the Brunswick
and Birmingham is at a standstill,
and trains over the Southern are COM
ing in from five to ten hours late. The
lower Altamaha river is still on rise,
but the washout on the Southern, near
Everett City, has been about re-
paired.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
MORE TROUBLE FOR ECUADOR.
She Has an EngIishman i'm Jail
NOw-American Citizens Compli-
ment Perry De Leon.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, March 16.-
News was received here by telegraph
yesterday that man named Kennedy
had been locked up in the Jail at Alausi'
the same place where Michael Bolan,
of Springfield, o., was formerly inn
prisoned. Kennedy is not an employee
of the Guayaquil and Quito Railroad,
but an Englishman trading legally in
Alausi. He. appears to be well con-
nected. 1t is believed here that as a
result of Kennedy's Imprisonment the
British government will have to con-
slider the matter of affording protection
to British subjects in Ecuador. 1t is
expected that the United States cruiser
Philadelphia, which has been anchored
off Puma Island. at the mouth of the
river, since March 10, will depart to-
day.
Certain American citizens here have
signed and forwarded a statement to
the Secretary of State at Washington,
in which Perry M. de Leon, the Aeeri-
can consul at Guayaquil. is compli-
mented upon his stand in the matter
of the recent alleged impositions upon
American contractors in Ecuador on
the part of the Ecuadorian officials.
An American Rescued.
The Philadelphia left the mouth of
the river to-day. She takes with her
an American citizen named Leonard
Selser, from Minnesota, who has been
in Jail without trial since July 10 last
on the charge of murder. AS a result
of efforts made in SeNser's case before
Consul de Leon, it was learned that
no evidence existed upon which he
could be condemned. He was there
fore released. Selser was formerly a
carpenter in the United States navy.
Michael Boian was one of the
Americans whose Imprisonment was
alleged to have been illegal and an out
rage.
The cruiser Philadelphia went to
Guayaquil to make an investigation of
the allegation that American citizens
had been ill-treated in Ecuador.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
JAPAN'S FOREIGN TRADE.
Figures for Last Year the Largest
ON Record, Exceeding SOC, 900
Yen.

Figures for Last Year the Largest
Yen.
New York, March 16.-S. Uchida,
consul for Japan at New York, has re-
ceived reports from Toxic dealing with
the foreign trade of his country for last
year and the development of its rail-
ways. The reports showed that in both
fields there had been substantial gains
over the marks set in previous years.
The report on foreign trade says:
THE foreign trade of Japan for last
year has shown the largest figures on
record, the total amount of exports and
imports having exceeded SOC, 900, 900 yen
in value.
Although it is a fact that the eco
nomic condition of the empire during
the last few years has been much dis
turbed by tightness of the money
market advance in the interest, and
crisis in financial circles, the foreign
commerce of the country has made
rapid progress, not being hampered by
those unfavorable circumstances. The
continuous excess of imports over ex-
ports is due partly to the remarkable
progress of enterprises and partly to
the rise in the standard of living in
general since the China-Japan war, and
especially in 1898 to the excessive inn
ports in anticipation of the en-
forcement of the higher tariff.
In the year 1899 reaction
of the previous condition on the one
hand and an extraordinarily favorable
condition of the raw silk trade on the
other, account for a comparatively
small excess of imports over exports,
and in the last year the excess was
reduced to so small an amount that if
there had not been unusually large i'm
portations of sugar and petroleum.
owing to the law increasing the duties
on those articles, made operative in
that year. the balance of trade might
have been favorable to the country"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
a DELUGE AT CoRDELE.
Bridges Washed Away and water
Stands Deep In Yards.

Cordele. Ga. March 16.-Heavier
rains have fallen in the last twenty
four hours than in the past six years.
Two washouts have occurred on the
Seaboard Air Line road in the city
limits. and the westbound train on
the Seaboard Air Line was delayed
here four hours. All city bridges in
the low places are washed away, and
in yards of many residences, water
stands six inches to two feet deep.
Several houses occupied by colored
people, had to be deserted. The wealth
Ell is still very cloudy and indications
are for more rain.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
CYCLONE NEAR BIRMINGHAM.

cd and Several Injured.
Birmingham. Ala, March ia cy-
clone struck the mining town of Piper,
Bibb county this morning, wrecking
forty houses and damaging thirty-five
others. Ed Turner, colored, was Killed
and John Allen, wife and three chill
dren were severely injured. The storm
also did great damage at Guerne juno
ton and Belle Ellen. The mines in that
section are flooded and cannot be oper-
ated for several days.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
PRINCE HENRY WILL RESIGN.
Not His Royal Rank, but His Conn
mand of the First Squadron of the
German Navy.

Berlin, March 16.-Admiral Prince
Henry of Prussia, after completing the
fleet maneuvers during the coming
summer, will resign the command of
the first squadron which he has held
for two years.
Prince Henry has held all positions
in the German navy up to that of adj
miral. The only possible higher com
mand is that of the double squadron
maneuvers. which hitherto have been
conducted under a general inspector of
the navy. 1t is expected that Prince
Henry will be in command of the dou-
BILE squadron maneuvers next year.
Emperor William has ordered the bat
tleships Wuertemburg and Baden to
appear before Cuxhaven next Tuesday
to welcome Prince Henry on his return
to Germany on board the Hamburg
American steamer Deutschland.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
SOUTH DAKOTA SUFFERS.
Heavy Losses of Cattle and sheep
Predicted.

Pierre, S. D., March 16.-The storm
which has prevailed since Friday
night is the worst of the winter While
severe enough to stop stage service on
mail lines out of the city, it has had,
however, no effect on the movement
Of trains. The temperature is about
zero. No lives have been lost.
1t Is probable that there have been
heavy losses of cattle and sheep
At Aberdeen the blizzard continues
with no sign of abating. 1t is the worst
storm for several years.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
MILES AGAIN TURNED DOWN.
Requested to BE Sent to Philippines
to Bring War to a Close by His
Indian Methods.

Washington, March 16.-The Post
to- morrow will say:
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles of the
army has made a special request to
the War Department to be sent to the
Philippines and in connection there
with submitted a plan by which, in his
opinion, the war could be brought to
an end without further loss to either
side. He proposed to employ methods
similar to those used by him so sue
cessfully in his Indian campaigns.
Secretary Root after due considera-
tfon denied Gen. Miles request and
disapproved the plan submitted, and
on March 5 the President concurred.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-17
TO VOTE ON SUBSIDY
SENATE WILL BEGIN BALLOTING
THIS AFTERNOON.
THE PRESIDENTS BILL NEXT.
HOUSE WILL PASS RIVER AND
HARBOR BILL THIS WEEK.

Senators Who still Wish to Talk on
acknowledgements Canal Bill
Will Have to Wait on Presidential
Protection and Chinese Exclusion.
Bill to Retire Officers of Revenue
Cutter Service to BE Taken Up in
House.
Washington, March 16.-In accord
ance with the agreement reached a
week ago the Senate will begin voting
on the ship subsidy bill and amend
ments tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. There will be no speech-mak-
ing after the voting begins. The Sen
ate will meet at IL o'clock, an hour
earlier than usual in order to give sem
ators. who may still wish to be heard,
an opportunity to speak on the bill
before the time to vote arrives.
With the ship subsidy bill disposed
of, the bill introduced by Senator Hoar
for the protection of the President of
the United States from assassination
will assume first place on the calen-
dar, having been made the unfinish-
ed business. 1t is not expected, how
ever. that there will be prolonged de-
bate on this bill, and either the oleo-
margarine bill or the Chinese exclu-
sion bill will be made the unfinished
business to succeed the presidential
protection measure. The Nicaragua
canal bill is pressing for attention, but
according to present understanding
will be compelled to wait on both the
other bills. There is a suggestion to
allow the Chinese bill and the oleomar-
garine bill to run along side by side,
one of them occupying the morning
hour, and the other taking the time
after the aXniratinn of that hour