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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
LIMITS C0URTESIES.
Abuses of Privileges at Ports of En-
try Cause 1t.


Washington, Dec. 26.-Because of the
abuse of the practice of extending spe-
cial courtesies to arriving passengers
at ports of entry. the Treasury De-
partment has Issued circular limiting
considerably the granting of such
courtesies in the future. 1t says:
THE chief officers of customs are
hereby instructed that the extension of
special courtesies to arriving passen-
gers will hereafter be limited to for
eign ambassadors. ministers. charge
d'affaires, secretaries, naval, military
and other attaches of embassies and
legations, and high commissioners, and
to similar representatives Of this gov
eminent abroad, returning from their
missions.
I'm the case of invalids and their
companions, and of persons arriving in
charge OF their dead. or summoned
home In haste by news OF af1iction or
disaster, Instructions Will be issued to
facilitate the landing and examination
Of their ba gage. but such instructions
viii be construed as only relieving
such persons from waiting their turn
In line. Their baggage win be care
fully examined and duties I'm full coll
lected, as though no favor had been
shown"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
DENMARK Is VISITED
BY A TERRIBLE STORM.
There Is n Loss of Lives and of
shipping.

Copenhagen, Dec. 26.-The worst gale
OF many years visited Denmark Christ
mas night and this morning and has
done enormous damage to property and
shipping.
The telegra phc and railroad services
have been interrupted and delayed. 1t
is unsafe to walk the streets of Copen-
hagen owing to falling ties. etc. Some
streets were closed to traffic to avert
this danger. The hospital reports show
that several persons were killed End
many sustained injuries in the city.
The pillars holding up the overhead
trolley lines were blown down and the
street car service was stopped. Many
houses have been unroofed and some
mills and factories have been partly
destroyed.
The water in the sound rose sudden
ly nearly as high as il did in the great
their anchors and colided or were sunk
In the outer harbor The ferry service
between the Danish Island and Sweden
has been forced to stop. The gale was
accompanied by thunder and light
ming.
kilograms received here from the
provinces report enormous damage to
property throughout Denmark Two
boats have been wrecked off Elsinore
and eight persons were drowned in the
wreck of the Norwegian bark G.. S.
Penny, which went ashore at Scaw.
The Penny will be a total wreck and
her cargo is washing ashore. Only one
OF her crew was saved. There was
also a severe gale in the south of
Sweden
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
HOW LONDON VIEWS 1T.
disappointed Because Roosevelt
VIII Not Act.

VIII Not Act.
London, Dec. 26.-Except by the
opponents of the government, who
view it as a virtual defeat and as dis
crediting the ministry, the latest
phase of the Venezuelan trouble has
bene welcomed very lukewarmly. Ar
bitration by President Roosevelt has
been anticipated as so desirable an
issue from a difficult business that his
refusal, which is regarded as final
has caused keen disappointment. 1t
Is foreseen that if even satisfactory
conditions to the submission of the
disputes to The Hague Court can be
arranged this method will entail end
less and wearisome details, with no
assurance that at the end President
Castro will still be in power or Ven
ezuela in the mood to abide by the de-
csion of The Hague.
In short, that element of guarantee
which would have accompanied Presi-
cent Roosevelt's acceptance of the Of
nee of arbitrator is now lacking. At
the same time it is readily admitted
mat from the American point of view,
resident Roosevelt has acted wisely
IN declining to act.
The foregoing represents the general
unit of newspaper comment this morn
ing. The only paper which really well
comes the decision to refer the Vene-'
Iuelan matter to The Hague is the rad
zeal Daily News, which sees a chance
Vi making arbitration once more
reputable theory.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
BELL TALKS ABOUT HIS
FLYING MACHINE PLANS.
what He Says He Has Accomplished
In Experiments.


Washington, Dec 26.-Dr. Alexander
Graham Bell. who has just returned to
Washington from his summer home in
Cape Breton Island, tonight made the
following statement in connection with
reports that have appeared in the pub
lie prints that he has invented flying
machine:
THE newspapers have been prema-
ture in announcing that / have been
at work upon flying machine. | have
not any flying machine at all. and
have not been trying to make one.
II am, of course, interested in the
problem, and have come to the con-
clusion that a properly constructed fly.
ing machine should be capable of be-
ing flown as a kite, If anchored to the
ground; and that conversely a prop
erly constructed kite should be capable
of use as flying machine IL provided
with suitable means of propulsion.
MY experiments have had as their
object the building of a kite OF solid
construction capable of carrying up in
moderate breeze weight equivalent
to that of a man and engine, and SO
formed that Il could be suitable for use
as the body of a flying machine and
with supporting surfaces SO arranged
that when the kite is cut loose 1t viii
come down gently and steadily and
land uninjured.
II nave successfully accomplished
this, but do not care at the present
time to make public the details of con-
st-uction"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
WILL OF MRS. GRANT.
Beaneaths Har Fortune I'm Four
Equal Parts.

Washington, Dec. 26.-The win OF
Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant was filed to-day.
The estate is to be divided into four
equal portions. 1t also provides that
a memento presented to her by the EN-
press of Japan, sail to be a thousand
years old, shall go to the Museum Of
Arts. New York. Mrs. Grant named
as executor the trustees to be select
ed by my three sons, majority, or
the survivors of them
In a petition asking the District Su-
preme Court to admit the will to pro-
bate, Gen. Fred d. Grant explains that
his mother left surviving her as heirs
at law and next of kin, In addition
to himself Ulysses S. Grant, Ellen W.
Sartoris and Jesse r.. Grant. The de-
ceased died possessed of a house in
this city. valued at $4,000 money
amounting to $10,065; stocks, bonds and
other securities of value of $3.50, 600
and household and kitchen furniture
of the value of $4,000
Gen. Grant further sets forth that
under the terms Of the will the three
sons of the deceased have designated
him executor. He therefore asks the
court to grant letters testamentary to
him.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
is TRYING TO PACIFY
CHAMBERLAIN MAKES SPEECHES
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
HE AND HIS WIFE ARRIVED
AND WERE WELCOMED BY LARGE
CROWDS AT DURHAM.

Strong Tone of Cancellation Marked
the Speeches That Were Made by
the Colonial Secretary During the
Reception observation-disclosures Must
Bury All AnimOsity-Two Races
VIII Grow in Respect and Friend
shiD-Both Sides Fought Well and
Must Now End Strife.
Durham, Natal. Dec. 26.-Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain and Mrs.
Chamberlain, who left Portsmouth,
Eng, Now 25. on board the armored
cruiser Good Hope, landed here at 10: 30
o'clock this morning. They received a
warm welcome from large crowds of
people.
The long speeches made by Mr..
Chamberlain in the course of the re-
ception functions were notable for their
strong tone of Cancellation and his ex-
preston of confidence in Lord Miner,
British high commissioner in South
Africa. Bearing in mind, seemingly, the
rumors that his visit would lead to the
displacement of Lord Miner. Mr..
Chamberlain declared his belief that
his visit would have the effect of
strengthening the hand of Lord Mil
ner. who. he hoped, would be as great
in Cancellation as he had been in the
maintenance of the rights of the en-
pire.
Referring to the war, the Colonial
Secretary said the Dutch and the Brit
ish had fought in courageous rivalry.
Between the two races, not kindred in
origin or nature. such a struggle for
supremacy had been inevitable. From
that struggle two proud and kindred
races will grow in mutual respect, ap-
probation and lasting friendship.
Victor and vanquished,' said Mr..
Chamberlain, "bravely played their
parts. We soorn to glory in our tri-
umph; the enemy need fear no hu-
Mutations in their defeat. Let us
see, as Britons worthy of the name,
that nothing be done to revive the an
imositieS of the past. We must awe
our new fellow subjects equality of
position with ourselves. We ask,
however, something in return; it is
with them thar the issue lies. We
hold out our hand and ask them to
take it without thought of the past,
but frankly and in the spirit in which
it is offered"
Mr.. Chamberlain elaborated his
theme with eloquence, and was loudly
cheered. He announced incidentally
the acceptance of the Boer offer to
fight in Somaliland
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
SERIOUS IN GUAM.
Finances of the Island Need a Lit
tie UphOlstering.


Washington, Dec. 26-The annual re-
port of Commander Schroeder, Gover=
nor of the island of Guam, which is
dated July 16, and which has just
reached the Navy Department, indi-
Gates a rather serious condition with
reference to the finances of the is
land, owing to the failure of Congress
to appropriate the sum asked for last
year.
The receipts last year were in round
numbers $4,000, and the expenditures,
$57, 000 leaving a balance of $4,000,
which, however, is a decrease of over
$4,000 in the cash balance for the
preceding year. This loss is largely
due to the unexpected expense incident
to the establishment of the leper
colony and the decrease of over $40, 900
in import duties.
The census of the island taken last
autumn shows the total population to
foreigners, fourteen being citizens of
the United States. The Governor says
there is a desire for United States citi-
zenship among persons domiciled in
the island. He calls attention to the
case of Pedro M. Duarte, at present the
auditor of the island. He occupies an
anomalous position. He was an officer
in the Spanish army, resigned after the
war and obtained an acceptance of re-
nunciation of allegiance. The result is
that he is to-day a citizen of no coun-
try.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
BRYAN TALKS SILVER.
Its Apostle Is on Trip to Mexico
With His Family.


City of Mexico, Dec. 26.-The papers
all comment on the arrival of w. j.
Bryan here, but it is understood that
his visit is merely one of pleasure and
recreation, he being accompanied by
his wife and children. Talking on the
silver question, Mr.. Bryan said:
While India has suspended the coin
age of silver, she still uses silver as
her money and England coins large
number of rupees annually for midas
needs. If Mexico were to adopt the
gold standard it would naturally re-
duce still further the price of silver.
and if Mexico, in spite of being a large
producer of silver, were to discard that
metal as a standard money, it is not
improbable that India and China might
be led by the same influences to do the
same thing. While this is only specu-
lation, it is a possibility that must be
considered; an addition of seven hum
dred million of people to the present
gold-using population of the world
would cause an enormous demand for
gold over and above the present de-
mand. No one can estimate accurately
the effect of such a demand on the
purchasing power of gold, but it could
hardly fail to materially reduce prices
and enhance the value of money and
fixed investments
Mr.. Bryan proposes to make trip
to Toluca, capital of the state of Mex
lea, where Gov. Villada, a warm per-
sonal friend, is chief magistrate
Mr.. Bryan was received by President
Diaz this afternoon. The interview
was very cordial, but of a purely per-
Sonal character
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
DIVORCE FROM BYRD
is SOUGHT ON GROUNDS THAT ARE
SENSATIONAL.
AFTER BRIEF Welded LIFE
MRS. PHIL C. BYRD is READY TO
SEPARATE.

On Sept. %, Last, Col. and Mrs. Byrd
Were Married-Mnny of the For
mer's Friends Were Present I'm
UnifOrm-Au the officers in the
state Service Were Invited-sen-
sationnI Allegations of Mrs. Byrd.
Col. Byrd Is Now Ill In the Grady
Hospital.
Atlanta. Dec. 26.-Mrs. Phil G.. Byrd,
who was Miss Carrie Louise Montgom-
cry, has filed in De Kalb Superior
Court a petition for total divorce from
her husband, and makes quite sensa-
tional allegations.
They were married Sept. 25 last, the
ceremony being attended by a number
of military friends of Gen. Byrd, in
full uniform. Mrs. Byrd charges her
husband with hahitual intoxicatisn ~
the use of a certain drug, about which
she knows nothing, with cruel treat
ment, consisting in cursing and abus-
ing her, beginning on the first day
after their marriage, and with unfaith-
fulness.
The application of these specifca-
tons make a highly sensational docu-
ment. She asks total divorce on
these grounds and that her maiden
name be restored to her.
Phil Byrd was for a short time ADJ
jutant General. succeeding Gen. John
Mcintosh Kell. Since his resignation
he has occupied the position of AS
sistant Adjutant General. and has had
in part the duties of keeper of public
buildings and grounds. For the last
two weeks he has been quite sick from
nervous prostration at the Grady Hos
pital.
He was a widower before his recent
marriage, and has three children liv-
ing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
HAD A PISTOL FIGHT
AT FORT VALLEY.
w. II. Wells Was Shot and Killed
by VIII Joiner.

Fort Valley, Ga. Dec ga very UNI
fortunte homicide occurred here just
before dark this afternoon. w II.
Wells, a young carpenter, was shot
near the heart and instantly killed by
Will Joiner, a carpenter, who received
bullet in the right breast, though
the wound is not considered dangerous.
The shooting occurred near the CEN
trail business portion of town and was
witnessed at distance by several per-
sons, but owing to the suddenness with
which the difficulty was precipated and
the rapidity of the firing, no correct
statement is obtainable from eye witt
nesses.
Joiner makes the following state
nent:
Yesterday, while talking with friends,
Wells came up intoxicated and draw
ing his pistol ordered the crowd to
dance or disperse. The crowd scatter
ed Wells was summoned before Coun-
ell to-day for disorderly conduct. Upon
meeting him to-day he accused me OF
reporting him to officer Newell and
being paid therefor, This | denied.
and mutual friends suggested we drop
the matter and shake hands as friends.
l consented but Wells refused. and
asked that 1 step aside and talk the
matter over with him privately.
we had only gone a few yards
when he renewed his ACQUISITION and
began abusing me. I asked him to
desist, but instead of doing so, he slap
ped me twice in the face, drew his
pistol and began firing. With the APP
pearance of his gun, l pulled mine
and the shooting began. After firing
two shots knowing l was wounded. |
turned and ran.
II regret Wells DEATH but was forced
to shoot for self protection"
Joiner has lived in this neighborhood
his entire life and has a family Wells
was unmarried. His parents are re-
spectacle people and live on a farm
between here and Perry. The shooting
created considerable excitement and
Is greatly deplored as the first tragedy
during Christmas.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
COLD AND NO COAL.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 26.-Advices
received to-day indicate severe weather
throughout Kansas and Missouri.
Hutchinson, Kans., reports the coolest
weather in years, the thermometer at
the point registering five below zero.
At Atchison five below is recorded At
Mexico, Mo-, a coal famine confronts
the people. There is no more coal for
sale at any of the yards and the tenn
perature was at zero last night.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
WILL BUILD CANAL
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

Charter Granted for the Cypress
Canal Company.
Atlanta, Dec. 26.-Secretary of State
Phil Cook to-day granted a charter to
the Cypress Canal Company, of Balm
bridge. The interesting feature is that
this is the first charter granted to a
canal company since the passage of
the act of 1S93 authorizing the secre-
tary of state to issue charters to this
class of corporations.
There is only one Georgia among the
incorporators, A. l.. Townsend of Balm
bridge. Others are A. S. Mohr and
III. b. Gasllin of Apalachicola, Fla. The
capital stock of the company is $4,000,
with the privilege of increasing 1t to
5000, 900. The canal will run through
the counties of Calhoun, Miller, Clay,
Early and Decatur
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
KANSAS MOB LYNCHED
THE WRONG MAN.
Four Negroes, Brothers. Seemed to
nn fhn E[EUIsn~

Four Negroes, Brothers. Seemed to
BE Implicated in the killing.
Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. 26-It is re-
ported that Joe Cooley, brother Of
Montgomery Cooley, who was lynched
by a mob here yesterday, is wounded
and in hiding at Weir City, Kan, and
later investigation of the trouble be-
tween officer Hinkle and the Cooley
brothers tends to show that Joe, and
not the man who was lynched, fired
the shot that killed the policeman.
Two other brothers, Gus and Jess,
are in Jail, charged with being impli-
Gated in the murder, but Joe escaped.
The mother of the Godleys is said
to have asked a physician to treat Joe
for a gunshot in the neck. She would
not tell the whereabouts of her son,
and the doctor refused to go with her.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
KILLED BY A WOMAN.

Mobile. Ala. Dec. 20. News reached
here to-day ~ the killing on Dauphin
Island. ia Mobile bay. ~ Fred Mathews
~ . daughter ~ George Sprinkle.
Mathews WA a con ~ q former Mayor
~ scranton. Miss. where hia remains
aefe taken Tor burial The details ~
ans HhQptlng Hff ngf kuUNn. although
one lfppn states thaf 4 NaH aefi-
dental
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
MAY APPOINT conhTY.

Rome. Dec. 20. Bishop conaty. rec
tor ~ the Catholic University a.
Washington, appears " have the best
chance ~ appointment % che bishop
ric uf IoH Angeles. Gal When the
congregation ~ iAf Propaganda meeis
Jon. ~ after the holidays. the 9illnR
~ fhf FHnAnfy WiN he among nc
earliest business trsnFactsa
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
SUIT. AGAINST MORGAN
HAS BEEN SETTLED

New York, Dec. 2G.--The suit against
]. p. Morgan, brought by Harry Newell
son for the alleged failure Of Morgan
10 provide heat in an apartment leased
by heyelson. has been settled out Of
court Mr.. MOrgan's agents promised
that there would be an ample supply OF
coal IN the apartment house
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
WEAVER FOR MAYOR.
He VIII seek 20 Succeed Ashbridxe
ia philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Dec. 20. Insurance
commisfioner Israel W Durham. the
leader OF the Republican organisation
IN this city announced that the party
leaders have unanimously decided on
John Weaver. the present district al
tcrneY, Tor the Republican Nomination
f0f Mayor ~ Philaeelphia 10 succeed
samuel 4, Ashbriaee The mnyoraltss
election takes piaee % teDrnarg 5nhn
year aRp ever n ~ Rathermei. NV
che Union rarity candidate. after ~
eAriiinE eempalep
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
TO THE SUPREME COURT.
O'NeaI Carries His Case of Assault
Upon Greenhut.


Washington, Dec. ga case was
filed in the United States Supreme
Court to-day which involves the ques-
ton whether a court may punish for
contempt for assault upon one Of it's
officers.
The case is that of W. C. ONeal of
Pensacola, Fla, who is charged with
having assaulted A. Greenhut of the
same place, a trustee in bankruptcy
proceedings against Scarritt Moreno.
O'Neal is president of bank which is
involved in the proceedings, and he
fell into an alteration with Greenhut
last October and cut him with knife
He was summoned before the Judge
of the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Florida
and sentenced to 30 days imprison-
ment.
The case has been brought to the
Supreme Court on the ground that the
Judge exceeded his Jurisdiction, and
that O'Nears offense was not one pun
ishable by contempt proceedings.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
NUMBER OF DEAD GROWS.
Twenty-Five or Thirty May Have
Been Killed.

Trinidad, Colo, Dec. ga coal
miner from north of Trinidad, who
was taken out of the debris of the
Colorado and Southern freight wreck
north of Trinidad last night and died
a short time later, said just before
expiring that there were fourteen coal
miners besides himself in the car in
which he was riding, and which was
smashed to splinters.
The ruins of this car still remain un-
der tons of wreckage. All the men
in ii must have persisted
1t Is now estimated that the number
of dead will reach from twenty-five to
thirty. All Of the men In the wreck
ed car were going to Trinidad to spend
Christmas. They all came from coal
mining camps north of this city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
THEY LIVE IN CARS.
Great Distress Follows the Earth
quaSe at AndiJnn.

Ashkabad Russian Turkestan. Dec.
26.-The oscillations of the earth at
Andijan continue. The people there
are using railroad cars to live in;
they are not leaving the town on ac-
count of their business interests.
Committees have been appointed TO
prepare lists of the losses to life and
property. In the Andljan district 49,
900 houses were destroyed. Until the
shocks cease guards will be kept on
the railroad between Andijan and Fee
dohenks to ybNch for assures along the
line. The railroad station at Andiian
threatens to collapse. Barracks to be
used as dwellings are being rapidly
constructed and will soon be ready for
occupancy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
WILL LEAVE THE STAGE.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 26.-Mfle. Zelie
de Lussan, the prima donna, an
nounced to-day in Lincoln that she
would marry Henrico Dobeldo of Bra
I'll and leave the stage. The mar
riage will take place some time In
April, 1908, in New York city, where
they will live.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
POWERS ARE WILLING.

Berlin, Dec. 26.-A sefni-oifieial note
published to-day says.
~ ~ the case of the Italian note,
NE British and German notes GA Vene-
10 t4,ia' presented Dec. %. declare that
"a scent Roosevelt does nof accept
s1ht of arbitrator The Powers
.Naia be prepared subject ~ certain
,r. seuonf. 90 submit ans matter io
4Ae Hague tribunal"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
BOND CONVERSION PLAN
NOT ABANDONED.

New York. Dec. 2s.-Reports that the
bond conversion plan OF the United
States Steel Corporation Is TO be modi-
fled or abandoned because OF the re-
cent acquisition 81 the Union and
Sharon steel companies were authOri-
tauyely denied to-day The plan VIII
be carried out AZ soon a. the legal
obstacles now pending are removed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
VANDERBILT GAINING.

New York. Dec. 26.-"Mr. Vanderbilt
has passed his best day since his SER
ioUs Illness. He has made "A distinct
gain since yesterday"
DR.. Austin Flint IT,, made this
statement as be left the Vanderbilt
residence this evening. Dr. Pint
eyinced great confidence as 10 the re-
cOyery Of the patient.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-27
PRINCESS AND ARCHDUKE
COMING TO AMERICA.

Vienna, Dec. 26.-It is reported here
on good authority that Archduke Fer
dinand and the Crown Princess OF
Saxony and their companions purpose
going to the United States, there being
little probability OF their finding con-
genial homes in Europe.