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The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
RETURNED OFFICIAL CALLS.
Admiral won Bandissin Visits Ad-
mirnl BARKER, Mai. Gen. Brooke
and Mayor Low and Is Received
with All Due Courtesy.

New York, Feb. 1S.--Rear Admiral
Count Won Baudissin, commander of
the German Imperial yacht Hohen>
zollern, accompanied by his chief of
staff, Lieut.. Rebensburg. and K.
Buenz, the German consul at this city,
returned to-day the official calls made
yesterday afternoon. The first visit
was to Rear Admiral Barker COM
mander of the navy yard. This was
followed by formal calls on Maj. Gen.
Brooke, commanding the Department
of the East. and on the Mayor of New
York at the City Hall. The rear ad-
miral was in full uniform. He wore
a dress suit of blue, heavily embroid-
cred with gold lace, and with the Ger
man Imperial Crown on each cuff OF
his coat. He wore number of deco
ratiOns.
The party left the Hohenzollern on
the navy yard tug Narkeeta. A de-
tachment of fifty marines, under com
mand of Capt. Thee p Kane, was lined
up in front of the landing place at the
navy yard and the band of the Marine
Corps played The Watch on the
Rhine as the party disembarked
there.
Rear Admiral Barker received his
visitors, assisted by Capt. Joseph
Coghlan and Commander West The
party Immediately went to the admi
rails residence, where they remained
for a quarter of an hour. After the
usual civilities had been exchanged,
the German admiral and his suite were
escorted back to the landing by the
admiral and his aides.
The Columbia, flying the Admiral S
pennant at the main truck and the
German naval colors at the fore, fired
a salute of thirteen guns from it's for
ward battery as the guests departed.
The marines along the quay pre-
sented arms, the band played THE
Star-Spangled Banner" and the Ad-
miral and his suite, after saluting the
marines from the bridge of the Mar
keeta, steamed away for Governor S
Island.
Gen. Brooke walked to the landing
float at Governors Island with an aide
and met the German admiral. The tug
proceeded to the headquarters of the
commander of the Department of the
East, a detachment FROM, the islands
garrison serving as escort. At the
headquarters they exchanged the for
NAL compliments customary on occa-
sions of this nature.
At the City Hall Consul Buenz pre-
sented the rear. admiral to the Mayor
who shook hands with him and said:
L am very glad, indeed to welcome
you to our city"
The Admiral replied that he was
pleased to be in America.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
Our Cordial Relations.
REASONS FOR THE TREATY.
status Quo, the Open Door and
Peace in the Far East.

status &uOs the open DOOR ana
Peace in the Far East.
London, Feb. 13.-The Foreign Secre-
tary, Lord Lansdowne, in the House of
Lords to-day made a somewhat SINH
lar reply on the subject of the new al
lance, to the one made in the House
of Commons by Lord Cranborne. The
object of the alliance was three fold,
the maintenance of the status quo, the
policy of the open door, and the main
tenance of peace in the FareEast.
BritoHs must not be -Swayed by eold-
fashioned superstition in regard to iso-
lation, but must consider whether the
objects of the alliance are cornnenda-
BILE, whether the price is too great. If
these questions are satisfactorily an
swered then the alliance was a good
thing. Great Britain desired to protect
Japan against what she conceived to
be the gravest peril that might menace
her., namely, a coalition of the Powers
against her The agreement would
compel Great Britain to come to the
rescue of'a friendly country whose OBJ
Iteration by a coalition of the Powers
Great Britain could not, under any cir
cumstances, tolerate.
Lord Rosebery expressed general ap-
proVal of the treaty.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
MANY INDICTMENTS FOUND.
New York's Grand Jury Goes for
Those Responsible for Dynamite
Explosion.

Those Responsible for Dynamite
Explosion.
New York, Feb 13.-The grand jury
to-day returned series of indictments
against the contractors and workmen
alleged to have been responsible for the
fatal and destructive explosion on Park
avenue on Jan. 27 and against the city
officials charged with dereliction in
connection with the storing of eXplo-
sives. An indictment for manslaughter
In the first degree was found against
Ira A. Shaler, the Rapid Transit sub
way suh-contractor who Is building the
Park avenue section of the tunnel in
which the explosion occurred. Shaler
also was indicted for Illegal storage
of dynamite, a misdemeanor. Moses
Epps, the powder house watchman,
Ernest G.. Matheson, chief engineer,
and Joseph 'Bracken, laborer, were in
dicted for manslaughter in the first
degree and Matheson and Bracken for
Illegal storage of dynamite Superin-
tendent George Murray and Inspector
Smith, of the Bureau of Combustibles,
were indicted on a charge of negl-
gence and Charles Il. Fraser, engineer
for illegal storage. Bail was fixed in
each case at $4,000 except for Murray
and Smith whose bail was made 81 900
each
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
SUDDEN CHANGE ron BETTER.


Groton, Mass. Feb. 13.--President
Roosevelt left for Washington at 4:s0
o'clock this afternoon on a special
train consisting of an engine, a pass
enger coach and the private car Co
lumbia. The President was driven to
the station in the carriage of DR.. Pea
body. the head of Groton school, who
accompanied him. A crowd had gath
cred about the cars and the waiting
room to greet the chief magistrate,
and as he sped to the car he was
cheered. The response was a smile
and repeated bows.
A few moments after the President
entered the Columbia the train pulled
out. Meanwhile, Secretary Cortelyou.
Executive Stenographer Barnes and
DIR. Lambert had Joined the President
AS the train started the people at the
station cheered again and the Presi-
dent bowed his thanks from the plat
form.
This afternoon President Roosevelt
accompanied by DR.. Lambert, came
over to the Powell cottage. the news
paper headquarters, to personally meet
the reporters and correspondents who
had been in Groton since Sunday. He
was in extremely good spirits as he
shook each man by the hand and said
a. DtdIlN WOfu 10 edcn. ne SdIu.
Il want to thank you boys for the
consideration which you have shown
myself and my family and for all the
courteeies which have been extended to
me by the press. There has been such
a sudden change in Ted that he has
come up all of a sudden, and he is
now out of the woods"
Continuing, the President said.
"Alice will come over from Wash
ington tomorrow to take my place to
a certain extent while Mrs. Roose-
welt will remain here perhaps ten days
more. Then. when Ted Is in condition
she will take him 60 the White House
for a while, but he will return here
and continue his studies"
While referring to the illness of the
boy and some of the games which he
was fond of playing, the President
said:
You know Ted broke his collar bone
last fall playing football and Mrs.
Roosevelt said she was very thankful
for that, as she considered that it in
sured him against breaking his neck"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
BOY is ALL RIGHT
PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT
ARE HAPPY.
FORMER LEAVES FOR CAPITAL
"TED is OUT OF THE WOODS NOW, >
HE SAID.

Great JOY Given the white House
the Doctors and the Evident Inn
prOvement in Young Theodore's
ConditiOn-The President Returns
To the Capital While Miss Alice
VIII Come 10 Groton TO Relieve
Her Mother mt Her Brothers. Bed
side.
Groton, Mass, Feb 13.-The most
eventful day at the Groton School
since Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. became
i'll closed with the departure of Presi-
dent Roosevelt for Washington late
this afternoon Before that the Presi-
dent. in the homely phrase, Tied has
improved with such rapid jumps that
l am sure he is out of the woods" had
told to the world of the load lifted from
his mind.
The day was full of happiness for the
President AND Mrs. Roosevelt. and, i'm
deed, for all who were at the infirmary
or near the school grounds. The first
report from the bedside Of young
Roosevelt showed that he had passed a
good night. After the morning exam
ination by Drs. lambert and Warren Ii
was announced that the boys condi-
tion was progressing favorably. The
report said that the lungs were clear
ing well, although the patient was still
in the second stage of pleuro- -pneu-
monia known to medical men as the
stage of exudation.
Later in the day, DR. Warren stated
that the patients temperature, respira-
tion and pulse were normal, a decided
contrast TO his condition the past few
days. The boy rested well all day, al
though his pulse was somewhat accel-
Grated for short period this afternoon
because of the departure of his father.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
ANOTHER SCHOONER WRECKED.
The Frank Herbert, "a Victim 10 the
Ice, is Deserted and Burned.

Ice, - Deserted and burned.
Cape May. N. j., Feb. 13.-The
schooner Frank Herbert, with a cargo
of pine lumber from Opecoke, N. c.,
for New York, was abandoned in a
sinking condition off here to-day, il
being the second vessel to fall a vic
tim this week off this coast to the
great ice fields flowing out of Della
ware bay. The distress of the schoon>
er was first discovered on shore by
the Cold Spring life-savers, who inn
mediately launched their yawl and
made am effort TO reach the vessel.
The Herbert was about five miles off
shore and owing to the heavy ice fields
the life-savers were unable to reach
the schooner. Fortunately the tug
Harold, with a tow OF barges, hove
in sight, and, after signalling the
barges to anchor, the tug went to the
rescue. 1t was found that the schooner
had been caught in the ice and that
she had been pierced in several places
by the heavy mass. She was full of
water and sinking and the captain or
the Herbert decided to abandon her
Before he and the crew were taken
off by the Harold, the sinking vessel
was set on fire and was soon mass
of flames. The fire burned for several
hours after darkness fell
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
CABLE CORPORATION ATTACKED
Government Should Lay Its own
Cables, Said Mr.. COrIiss.

Washington. Feb. 13.-Mr. Corliss of
Michigan, who is the author of a bill
for government cable from San
Francisco to Manila, delivered a
speech in the House to-day in op-
position to the laying of such a cable
by a private corporation. He spoke
earnestly in opposition to Congress-
yielding concessions to private cable
monopolies, notably the Commercial
Gable Company controlled by the
Mackay- Bennett forces, and dwelt en-
phatically on the importance of the
United States operating its own cable
lines. '"rhe right to construct cable
lines" he said. lis an Inherent right
of the nation. No one has a right to
lay cable without permission of
Congress. There is no law in existence
under which cable lines may be laid"
Mr.. Corliss attacked the proposals
of the Commercial Cable Company as
intended to establish a foreign cable
monopoly.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
ROBBED HELEN GOULD.
Butier Helped Himself 90 Many Ar
ticIes In Her Absence.

New York, Feb .13.-DanieI Dona-
van. known to Miss Helen Gould as
John ONeill. her second butler, was
arraigned In a police court to-day and
pleaded guilty Of having robbed Miss
Gould's residence lie was formally
charged with stealing combination
opera and marine glass valued ~ $3.50.
but Capt Titus Of the Detective Bu-
reau thinks be may have stolen ~
much ~ $4,000 worth ~ property
Tha robbery took place while Miss
Gould wss away on her recent tour Of
the West. Tho police have
thun faF recovered the f0is
i0wlng articles one Russian
sable coach robe valued nf Nr
000 and nawned FOR 500 . pair ~
opera glasses valued af 800 nnd pair
~ marine glfsses values "a 500.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
-
HUSBAND DID NOT APPEAR.
Caused Postponcment of Burnett
Trial in Chicago.

Chicago Feb. 13.-The trial of DIR.
Orville S. Burnett, accused of the
murder of Mrs. Charlotte Nlchol, wife
Of w. l.. Nichol commercial agent OF
the Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis Railroad, was called in Judge
Kavanagh's court to-day and was then
postponed. owing to the non-appear-
ance of Mr.. Nichol. Attorneys in the
case were at a loss to account for his
absence.
fatuated with each other and on Oct.
% last went to a hotel and agreed to
die together, rather than be separated.
Mrs. Nichol committed suicide, but
Burnett failed to fulfil his part of the
agreement. The charge of murder was
based on the fact that he allowed Mrs.
Nichol to take her own life.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
TO PAY EX-CONFEDERATES.
Sum of $4,000 Allowed for stolen
Horses and sfdearms.

Washington, Feb. 13.-Two bills of
general Importance were passed by the
House to-day, the remainder of the
ume being devoted to minor business.
one was a Senate bill to provide for
the payment of the claims of Confed-
crate officers and soldiers whose horses,
sloe arms and baggage were taken
from them by Union soldiers, contrary
10 the terms of the surrender of Lee
ana Johnston's armies. The amount to
De paid under the bill was limited to
So0OOO. The other bill was to confer
upon the Spanish Claims Commission
authority to send for persons and pa
pers and to punish for contempt
Bills also were passed to transfer
carroll county. Georgia, from the north
western division of the Northwestern
district Of Georgia to the Northern dis
trlct, and to construct life-saving sta
tlon at Bogue Inlet, North Carolina.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
WOULD HAVE FAVORED PANAMA.
Col. Haines states His Position as "a
the Isfbmian Canal

Washington, Feb. 13.-Col. Peter C.
Haines, an engineer member of the
Isthmian Canal Commission, was be-
fore the Senate Committee on Inter-
oceanic Canals to-day
Col. Haines said, in reply to a ques-
tion from Senator Hanna, that II the
proffer Of the Panama Canal Company
to dispose OF its property for $40, 900. OOl
had been made before the report OF the
commission re commending the Nicara-
qua route Was made, he would then
have been in favor of adopting the
Panama route and that he believed
that would have been the position OF
the commission.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
LAWYER ASHBY ACQUITTED.
Took NewpotSt y News Jury only
Eight, Minutes TO Reach Its ver-
dict.

dict.
Newport News, Va, Feb. 13.-At 4:49
O'Clock this afternoon, the jury in the
case of C. Alvett Ashby, the lawyer,
charged with the murder of City En-
gineer E. A. Marye, brought in a YER
dict of acquittat 1t took the jury but
eight minutes to reach this conclusion
just long enough to get from the
/ court room to the jury room and poll
the jury and get back to their seats
In spite of the judges admonition to
the contrary there was an outburst
of applause on the part of the specta-
tors.
The verdict is looked upon here as
vindication rather than a mere ac-
quittal.
1t will be recalled that Mayre, while
in nervous state, attacked the home
of Ashby during the latter's absence.
His wife telephoned for him and on
his way home he met Marye under ar
rest and shot him and also the police
officer. Marye's death was due to shock
attendant upon an operation subse-
quently performed at the hospital. ac-
cording to the testimony of attending
physicians.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
THE RICE Will SIGNATURES.
handwriting Expert Osborn shows
s.4 Alleged Discrepancies.

Il
New York, Feb. 13.---The trial OF Al
bert It. Patrick, accused of the muir
der of William M. Rice, the Texas mil
lionaire. was continued to-day before
Recorder Goff. When court was ad-
journed Tuesday evening Albert s.
Osborne, handwriting expert of Ro-
chester, ~ Y, was on the witness
stand. Mr.. Osborn to-day began Illus
trating on the blackboard the char
acteristics he found in the genuine sig
natures of MIR. Rice, and what he stat
ed to be discrepancies discovered by
analysis of the alleged forgeries.
Mr.. Osborn contended that the sig
natures on the disputed papers were
made by tracing and said this was
made Obvious because all of them are
exactly alike, whereas ehe genuine sig
natures differed. Handwriting Expert
Osborn continued on the stand through
out the afternoon session. He made
series OF strations in support OF
his testimony that Rfce's name was
forged to the several checks the as
signment to Patrick and the 1900 will
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
WE KNEW OF THE TREATY.
our Relations with Britain in China
Most Pleasantly Referred to BY
Lord Cranborne,

London, Feb. 13.-The Parliamentary
Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Lord
Cranborne replying in the House of
Commons to-day to Henry Norman,
Liberal who asked whether the Anglo
Japanese treaty of alliance was COM
municated to the United States gov
ernment before it's text was published,
and, if so, whether the government of
the United States expressed any opin-
ion thereon, said the substance of the
agreement was communicated to the
united States government before pGbli-
cation. The United States did not ex-
press any opinion on the subject. Lord
Cranborne added the information that
Manchuria was no more excluded from
the scope of the agreement than any
other province of the Chinese empire.
The substance of the agreement, Lord
Cranborne said, also was communicate
ed to Germany.
Continuing Lord Cranborne said
Russia had recognized Japan's special
position in Corea by the agreement OF
1898, and almost every power had en-
dorsed the principle of the "open door"
and the territorial integrity of China.
The new treaty, therefore, was merely
along lines already accepted by almost
every power. NTIGdl OIlldlu
cial position in China, though great
was not challenged. Spheres of in
fuence did not suit her. She wanted
the whole of China open to industrial
enterprise.
Our Cordial Relations.
Lord Cranborne said that he would
supplement his earlier statement re-
garding the United States by saying:
Throughout China the relations be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States were marked by the greatest
cordiality. At almost every crisis, and
in the case of every small difficulty
which had arisen during the negotia-
tions at Pekin, the United States and
British representatives had always
acted together. There is no doubt that
this agreement will command the full
approval of the government of the
United States.
This statement was received with ap-
plause.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
COLLISION ON ELEVATED.
Hundreds Badly Frightened and
Many Passengers Hurt.

New York. Feb. 1S.-Cwo express
trains on the Third Avenue Elevated
Railroad were in collision this after
noon at One Hundred and Fourth
street. The huntreds of passengers
were thrown into a panic. scores were
cut with flying glass, and seven were
more severely hurt.
The rear train should have taken a
switch at One Hundred and Fourth
street, but from causes unexplained
the switch was not thrown and the
engine telescoped the rear coach of
the first train. In this coach were
most of those injured.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
CAN NOW GER PASSPORTS.
Action In Favor of Porto Ricans and
OflSrr CoIOnfsts.

Washington. Feb. i3.-rhe ambigu-
Gus position Of persons residing In
Porto Rico and other insular posses-
slOns 0f the United states. who al
though owing allegiance 90 the goy-
ernment, are not citizens, led 90 favor
abie s~tiOn to-day by the House Com
miiiee on Foreign Affairs on a bill
framed by Attorney General Knox, al-
lowing passports 10 be issued ~ such
pnraOnH fhe same ~ 90 citizens, The
sroseuf law restricts passports 90
United EfHffa cluEruf.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
WILL ABOLISH COLLISIONS.
overhead Beam of Light for Loco
motives Which Can BE Seen for
Ten Miles.

motives Which Can BE Seen for
Ten Miles.
Chicago, Feb. 13.-A practical dem
onstration of the utility of a new de-
parture, which, it is claimed by rail-
way officials, will effectively prove the
solution in a large degree Of the rail-
way collision problem, was made last
night on the Chicago Milwaukee and
st. Paul Railroad near here. The de-
vice consists of an exceedingly pow
erful electric headlight, which not
only perfectly illuminates the track
with an intensely brilliant light for
a distance of a mile, but also en-
braces the striking and novel feature
of a beam of light of almost equal
brilliancy penetrating over 700 feet
above, which can be clearly seen ten
miles distant. This vertical beam will,
in hilly country especially, where
curves in the tract are numerous so
positively fix the location of trains
that nothing but carelessness on the
part of the engineer Will permit col
lision.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
THE MOUNTAIN FIGHT
ACCOUNTS DIFFER AS TO NUMBER
or DEAD.
MORE BLO0DSHED EXPECTED.
TURNER WILL REBUILD HIS FORT
AND SALOON.

GERS, He Says--His Four Dead Al
lies Each Buried in Handsome a
Casket-The bones Found in the
Ruins of the saloon Not Believed
to he Human, Says One Account.
Knoxville, Tenn Feb. ia special
from Middlesboro. Ky, says:
The precise number of dead as a
result of the battle at the Quarter
House yesterday at sunset is now be-
lieved to be five. They are Charley
Cecil, the Middlesboro deputy sheriff,
who was killed at the opening of the
fight; Mike Welch, Frank Johnson,
Perry Watson and jeff Prader. The
last four men were buried this after
noon in the same grave at the Old
Turner burying ground.
Lee Turner, the proprietor OF the
fortress and saloon which were burned,
bought each handsome casket The
men were his stanchest allies.
John Doyle. the town man. who was
thought to have been mortally wound
ed, will likely recover. Tom Hopper,
an old man who was with Turner $
band, was shot three times, but sue
ceeded in reaching his home alive. Lee
Turner is now at the mines. He in
tends to rebuild his saloon and fort,
and says he will remain If he has to
keep a standing army of FIVE hundred
mountaineers within his palisades.
All is quiet tonight and 1t is be-
lieved that for the present the trouble
is over. Bones were found in the ruins
of the saloon, but it is believed that
they are not human. Many, however,
are of the opinion that if the exact
number of deaths were known, ten
would hardly cover it,. A man named
Russell, is said to be missing.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
TO FIGHT RAINES LAW HOTELS.
DIR. ParLhurst Says Concerted Move
VIII BE Made.

New York, Feb. ia tacit under
standing has been reached between
official and semi-ofTicial bodies in this
city to fight the so-called Raines Law
Hotels This statement is made by
Rev. DR.. Parkhurst, who says a plan
has been arranged whereby the State
Excise Board, the district attorneys,
the city police, the Society for the
Prevention of Crime, ands the Society
for the Suppression Of Vice are to
work together to the end. DIR. Park
hurst said tonight that the concerted
movement has nothing to do with Sun
day selling at present, but to move
against saloon-keepers who either IA
grantly violate the Raines Law or dis
regard many of its provisions.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14

New Legation Building TO he Ereet>
ed fn Pekin.

Washington. ID. c.. Feb. is.-The dip
lomatic apd consular appropriation bill.
completed to-day BY the House Com
miftee on Foreign Affairs. carries
about Si900.0oo small Increase over
last year a new United states legation
building "a Peifin IN provided 20 cost
900, ,Oo0. The emergency fund for dinlo-
muflr and consular purposes ia tIs co.,
buf n b. stated that this does not c0gea
any unusual iifmA.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-14
VANDALISM IN MEXICO.
honument to Liberal Martyrs over
turned at Tacubiya.

Mexico City. Feb. 13.-Unknown per-
sohs supposed to be members Of the
clerical party, have thrown down the
monument to the Liberal party mar
city.
me monument commemorated the
e%Secution by the Imperialist General
ldiquez Of a number of medical stu
uvnts ts and others who had shown their
tgmpathy for the Liberal cause dur
s uhe war of the French interven-
ION Ihere win be a public meeting at
asuolya in protest against this out