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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
CRY is FOR COAL
BUSINESS MEN WILL MOVE ON
WASHINGTON.
WANT NATIONAL CONVENTION
TO IMPRESS ON ROOSEVELT The
NEED FOR RELIEF.

Prominent Men Conferred in Chi
cagO-They Decided to Issue n Call
for Meeting Mt Washington.
General Representation of states
Will BE UrEed-Attorney General
Knox Censured for Not Enforcing
the Laws, which Would Provide
Redress.
Chicago, Jan. 10.-A national conven-
ton at Washington, for the purpose of
impressing on President Roosevelt the
urgent need for immediate relief from
the stringency of the coal situation,
was decided on to-day at a conference
in the Grand Pacific Hotel. The call
for the gathering will be issued prob
ably Monday by Mayor Maybury of De-
troit. acting as chairman of the per-
manent committee of the Detroit coal
convention. 1t was this committee
which to-day agreed on the necessity
for national meeting at the capital.
The conference opened at 10 o'clock
this morning. and at an adjourned ses-
sion it was voted to reconvene the De-
troit convention at Washington at the
earliest practicable date. This decis-
sion followed a series of speeches in
which Attorney General Knox was
censured, it being said in the meeting
that he had not enforced the laws, by
which redress could be secured.
There was considerable divergence
of opinion at first as to the most eff
fective method to be pursued to obtain
relief from the present prices of coal.
Suggestions were made that an open
letter be addressed to President Roose-
welt, that convention be called at
Detroit or Chicago, or that Congress
be appealed to for action. The pro-
posal to move on Washington in a
body" finally prevailed, it being agreed
that the enforcement of existing laws
offered adequate means of relief.
The delegates to the Detroit Con-
vention will be members of the Wash
ington Convention. In addition,
chambers of commerce, boards of
trade. governors of states and mayors
of large cities will be asked to name
representatives. The date has not
been fixed.
The speeches made by Senator Ma
son, Mr.. Tarsney, Rev. r. A. White
and Mayor Maybury indicated that the
convention at Washington would be
devoted largely to the presentation
of charges that Attorney General Knox
has failed to give the relief that the
laws make possible.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
BOWEN SAILS TO-DAY.
Will BE i'm Washington Within
About Ten Days.


Washington, Jan. 10.-A cablegram
received from Minister Bowen at the
State Department to-day conveys the
information that he has decided def
nitely to sail from La Guayra for the
United States tomorrow, and he
should be in Washington within a
week or ten days. The minister also
stated in his message that considera-
BILE distress is being felt through the
operation of the blockade in cutting
off food supplies.
While arrangements have not yet
been made for the meeting of the Ven
ezuelan commission, some attention
has been given to the subject, and it
appears that the United States gov
eminent will be expected to provide
accommodations for the body. 1t is
probable that accommodations will be
procured in one of the hotels here, for
the State Department has no availa-
pie room to devote to such purposes.
SignoE Mayor des Planches, the Ital-
ian ambassador here, is by virtue of
seniority entitled to preside if the
proceedings are to be in the nature of
a Joint meeting, and his long diplo-
matte service is regarded as peculiarly
hitting him for the important work
imposed upon the commission. All four
OF the prospective members of the
commission, namely, Signor Mayor des
Planches, the Italian ambassador; Sir
Michael Herbert, the British ambassa-
dor, and Count Quadt and Baron
Sternberg, as well as Minister Bowen,
all speak English perfectly, and it is
likely that this language will be the
official medium of communication in
the commissions proceedings
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
NO IMMUNITY AFTER
ONE PLAGUE ATTACK.

bubOnic Terror Seizes Patients
While They COnvaiesce.
Mazatlan, Mex, Jan. 1O,-The plague
continues without material abatement.
There are forty-six patients at the
lazarettos, and the disease is now at
lacking people convalescing from pre-
vious attacks.
The city has been divided for SAM
tary purposes into four sections, and
each section will be thoroughly disin-
fected under medical supervision. The
sewers are to be cleaned and the
streets paved.
The congress of the state of Sinalao
has been convoked in extra session to
consider questions arising by reason Of
the stagnation of business and to con-
slider also the future of the post.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
WANT OFFICE OPENED.
IndianOIn Even willing to Accept
Minnie Cox Again.


Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Nc
Laurin of Mississippi to-day conferred
with Postmaster General Payne re-
garding the Indianola, Miss, postof-
flee, and again urged the re-opening of
the office, either with or without Minnie
Cox, the present postmaster, in charge
of the office.
Senator McLaurin showed Mr..
Payne a telegram he received to-day
from P. c. Chapman, an attorney of
Indianola, stating that the postmaster
resigned voluntarily; that she left town
voluntarily, and that she will be pro-
tected if she returns. Senator McLau-
rim said he was able to give assn ance
that the postmaster would be EN- ely
safe in returning, and that the present
situation imposed great hardship on the
people of Indianola.
The present attitude of the admins
tration is that the postoffice will be re-
opened and Minnie Cox reinstalled as
postmaster if the authorities of Indi-
anola furnish assurance of protection.
If the Mayor and sheriff will give as
surance of her safety, it is said, Post
master General Payne will recommend
to President Roosevelt, who is per-
sonally considering the case. that the
postoffice be re-established and the
present postmaster taken back to In
dianola and again installed in charge.
Senator McLaurin was told that while
assurances from private citizens were
gratifying, official assurance is a pre-
requisite, and this assurance will be
requested by Senator McLaurin.
Senator McLaurin also conferred
with the President regarding the case
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
GERMAN FILLER WITH
SUMATRA WRAPPER.
A smugEIer Was Found Swathed in
Tobacco.

1OnuccO.
New York, Jan. 10.-Customs officials
tonight arrested Jacob Won Sternber-
gen, charged with smuggling tobacco.
and subsequently made a search of the
Red Star steamship Finland, lying in
the North river. Won Sternbergen,
who is employed on the vessel, was
found to be wrapped with tobacco,
which was cleverly concealed under his
clothing.
Several months ago the customs in
spectors unearthed a plot to bring SUI
matra tobacco from Antwerp into this
country without the payment of duty.
Two seizures of considerable proper
tions resulted. Tonight Inspectors
Hooley, Angle, Cipperly and Nevins
saw Won Sternbergen leave the Finland,
and noticing that he was of peculiar
shape, halted and searched him. They
found many thin bundles of tobacco
under his clothing.
The vessel was then searched and
while the officers were at work the
crew of the Finland made a raid on
the dynamo room for the purpose of
shutting eff the electric lights. The
chief engineer and the custom house
inspectors drew their revolvers and
drove the men back. The inspectors
then sought police assistance and com
pleted their search. They did not sue
coed, however, in finding any more to-
bacco. Six customs and police officers
are now in charge of the vessel.
Early in the day inspectors observed
two men near the gangway of the Fin
land acting suspiciously The men were
searched and about fifteen pounds Of
tobacco found upon them. The men
CnPpna6nd L a 90
ting back to the steamship. The Of
ficers declare that yesterday they
chased one of the crew across street
near the craft, recovering ten pounds
of tobacco, and that the man got
away.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
HELD FOR LARCENY.
Boston banker Accused of Having
stolen Thousands.

stolen Thousands.
Boston, Jan. 10.-Edward j. Dun
ming, State street banker with a res
idence in Brookline, was to-day indict-
ed arrested, arraigned and held in
$4,000 bail to answer a charge of lar
ceny.
1t is alleged in the Indictment found
by the Suffolk grand jury, that Dun
ming fraudulently obtained $23, 900 from
Francis A. Brooks, for years a leading
member of the bar, who died last fall.
Assistant District Attorney McLaugh-
lin stated to the court when Dunning
was arraigned, that the counts Of the
indictment do not represent all the
money obtained from Mr.. Brooks, as
Dunning received large sums within
the past two years.
When Dunning was brought before
Judge Bond, Assistant District Attor-
ney Mclaughlin briefly reviewed the
principal points in the case, and said:
THE money was secured by the de-
PENDANT through a series of gross
frauds on Mr.. Brooks during the two
years prior to his death. The state Of
Mr.. Brooks health was such that he
should not have been permitted to at
tend to large financial matters, and
petition for the appointment of a con-
servator for his estate was pending at
the time the defendant got the money"
Being unable to secure bail Dunning
was taken to Jail.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
SCORED MRS. TINGLEY.
lawyers Speech for the Defendant
Newspaper.

Newspaper.
San Diego, Cali, Jan. 10.-With the
court room packed to the limit of it's
capacity; with people perched on win
dow stills. and an immense throng
struggling to retain positions, in the
remote parts of the corridors, Samuel
M. Shortridge of San Francisco began
the closing argument in behalf of the
defendant in the Tingley-Times libel
suit to-day. Mr.. Shortridge said:
who is the plaintiff in this case,
whence does she come? Is her past
not shrouded in mystery? She stands
on the record as Kate Tingley, suing
the Los Angeles Times. The legal per-
sonality of the defendant is known.
Who is this plaintiff of unknown
past"
Here Mr.. Andrews of the plaintiffs
counsel objected to the inference that
Mrs IIngley had an unknown past.
Mr.. Shortridge was allowed to pro-
coed, and he insisted that Mrs. Ting
ley's past was unknown, because it
was not allowed to be shown to the
jury. Mr.. Shortridge enlarged upon
the freedom of the press and declared
that the object of the suit was money,
and not vindication.
As to the charge that Mrs. Tingley
had suffered damages, he asked:
rs there any evidence that her fol-
lowing has fallen off; that any of the
earnest, but misguided, women who
cluster round her have been driven
from her side; and any of the loyal
subjects who do her bidding have de-
serted? Has her crown been taken
from her? Has her scepter been shak-
en-? Has rebellion broken out in her
kingdom? Has there been disloyalty
among her ladies-in-waiting, who lift
her royal robes, although they are
much too sacred for human touch?"
Speaking of the mysterious power
which he said Mrs. Tingley exercised
over others, Mr.. Shortbridge said.
I'VE see full-grown men proud to
surrender their individuality; willing
to become her Understanding to APP
pear as servitors i'm her royal retinue
Whether we call the men feeble-mind-
ed and the women earnest and sincere,
the fact remains that the power this
woman exercises is extraordinary and
repugnant to the spirit of American
ism. Instead, 1t goes back to the dark
ages and to foreign countries. II seems
that she snatched the scepter and
grasped the crown from the dead
"She claims to be the successor of
Madame Blayatsky and William O.
Judge-a successor self-appointed. She
has taken her seat upon the throne, and
American citizens are proud to do her
bidding. 1t is extraordinary. She is
vested with life-tenure and with power
to appoint her own successor. and with
power to cast into outer darkness such
members of her organization as come
under her displeasure. 1t is power
autocratic. un-American un-Christian,
yet, revolving as it is, there are those
who seem proud to be her subjects. No
despot of Constantinople ever claimed
to exercise such power over men and
women as Mrs. Katherine Tingley does,
and strangest of all, she does it with
their consent"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
-s--e-e---
TOOK NO FINAL ACTION.
subcommittee Considering Trust
Bills StiII Undecided.

Bills StiII Undecided.
Washington, Jan. 10.--The sub-com-
mittee \of the House Judiciary Conn
mittee, of which Representative Lit
tlefield is chairman, and which has
been engaged since early in the ses-
sion in the consideration of all pend
ing antitrust bills and the prepara-
ton of bill to be reported to the
full committee, held a session to-day,
but took no final action. The sub-com-
mittee had before 1t the draft of the
bill which 1t had practically agreed
upon, but inasmuch as the two bills
drawn by the Attorney General had
come before the subcommittee and as
1t was stated that they were intended
as suggestions to the committee ac-
ton on the question OF the adoption of
bill was deferred until they can be
considered and comparisons made with
the conclusions reached by the sub
committee. 1t was announced after
the subcommittee had adjourned to-
day that a report would not be made
to the full committee on judiciary I'M
til next Friday.
1t is claimed that there is not a wide
uIlIereHce between the Dill drafted by
the subcommittee and those drawn by
the Attorney General, the former be-
Ing somewhat broader and going fur
Their in the direction of publicity. 1t is
also understood that instead of Great
ing new commission provided in the
Attorney Generals draft, the sub
committees bill will propose that the
collection and dissemination of infor-
nation concerning corporations shall
be done through the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
EMPEROR WANTS ONE
WITH PERSONALITY.
That Is Ills Idea in Sending BarOn
Speck Won SternburE

Berlin. Jan. 1O.-Baron Speck Won
Sternburg. the newly appointed charge
d'affaires of Germany at Washington,
conferred with Chancellor Won Buelow
for two hours to-day. He was in con-
ference with the chancellor for an hour
yesterday evening. The Baron will be
received in audience by the Emperor
Tuesday or Wednesday, He has en-
gagged transportation on the Ham
burg American Line steamer Auguste
Victoria, which is to sail from Ham
burg Jan. 20 for New York.
The Cologne Gazette to-day, in an
apparently inspired statement, denies
that Ambassador Won Holleben's re-
tirement from Washington is connect
ed with President Roosevelt's refusal
to arbitrate the Venezuelan dispute or
alleged i'll feeling in the United States
towards Germany.
In spite of the unfriendly comments
In the American press" the Cologne
Gazette says, the attitude of the
United States and President Roosevelt
towards Germany has always continued
very correct, in fact, even friendly"
The statement also says that DIR. Won
Holleben's leave of absence is mot
connected with the Pauncefote affair"
Baron Speck Won Sternburg will he
given ample rank. He will not be a
simple charge d'affaires, but from the
beginning will have a special rank,
probably that of ambassador extraor-
binary. so that although DR.. Won Holle-
ben will retain for an indefinite period
the title of ambassador to the United
States, Baron Speck Won Sternburg
will really have a rank equal to or SUI
perior to that of DR.. Won Holleben.
Since the Emperor has been giving
special personal attention to Germanys
relations with the United States, he
has said on two or three occasions, it
is understood. that Germany ought to
be represented at Washington by a
personality which would win the re-
gard to the American people. as we'll
as the confidence of the American gov
eminent. His majesty on one occasion
alluded to the personality of WI Ting
fang, the former Chinese minister at
Washington, as being of exceptional
value to China
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
MARSHAL WAS CAUGHT
IN A POKER GAME.
Terror to Evil Doors Is in Trouble
Himself.

Atlanta, Jan. 10-Marshal E. P.
Ryan of Oakland City, who has been
a terror to the law breakers, was him.
self arrested last night for gambling.
Marshal Ryan was caught in a polk
er game with some soldiers at the
Fort, stripped of his insignia of office
and ordered off the reservation. The
marshal declares that he went into the
game for diplomatic reasons, and was
only trying to discover some important
facts which the Mayor of the town had
ordered him to get at.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
CRAMPS WILL BUILD
THE MIGHTY CRUISERS.
hoard of Construction Finds in
Their Favor.

Their Favor.
Washington, Jan. 10.-The Board of
Construction of the Navy Department
mas submitted to Secretary Moody its
recommendations that the bid of
william Cramp & Sons. for the con-
struction of the cruisers Tennessee
and Washington, be accepted. Their
DID, which was the lowest submitted,
was 100000 for each cruiser, to be
completed in thirty-six and thirty
nihe months, respectively. The board
also recommends that the firms bid
oi $4,000 each for installing electrical
pants in the new ships be accepted.
an conclusion the board says:
With regard to that part of the de-
partment's Endorsement calling the at
Sehtlon of the board to the provision
VI the act of authorization with re-
spect 10 combinations intended to de-
pye the government of fair, open
ana unrestricted competition IN letting
vontracts for the construction of the
ssessels herein referred to, the board
LI iSs, no reason to suppose that the
o1oaing on these vessels has been in
S S,y way influenced by any such COM
DInation intended or calculated to de-
i pLlVe the government of fair, open and
estrlcted competition"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
PRAIRIE FIRES RACED.

st. Paul. Jan. 1O.-A special from
Manden, N. D., says:
News comes from the southeastern
part of the county of tbe1oss of 5000
sheep and 300 cattle belonging to diff
ferent ranchers by prairie fires. The
fires broke out during the late high
wind and spread with great rapidity.
Seventeen ranchmen suffered severely,
some of their houses being swept
away by the flames.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
CRAZED BY HIS ILLNESS,
COMMITTED SUICIDE.

O'DOnOhue, New York Millionaire,
Jumped From window.
New York, Jan. 10-Crazed by The
pain attending his illness of typhoid
fever, Thomas A. O'Donohue, treasurer
Of the O'Donohue Coffee Company,
sprang from the window of his room
on the seventh floor of the Ormonde
apartment house, landing on the side
walk. He died ten minutes later.
The sick man was attended by a
trained nurse, whom he had sent from
the room by a ruse. The attendant re-
appeared just as Mr.. O'Donohue was
about to take the plunge and sprang
toward him, but was too late to pre-
vent it. Mr.. O'Donohue was 80 years
of age and a millionaire
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
DRY GOODS BURNED.
The Lyle & Black Company of Nash
willie Has a Fire.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 10.-The
wholesale dry goods establishment of
the Lyle & Black Company was de-
stroyed by fire this afternoon. The
fire started in the basement, and it's
origin is supposed to be due to a de-
fective electric connection.
The flames spread rapidly and the
house was ablaze by the time the de-
partment arrived. The dry goods
houses of Norman & Sawyer and
O'Brien Brothers on either side of the
burned building caught fire, but the
flames We're extinguished without
much difficulty. These concerns sus-
tanned considerable damage to their
stock by water. The loss on the Lyle
Black stock is estimated at 100000
and is covered by insurance for $780,
600. The house is valued at $4,000 and
is insured for $4,000.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
0DELL FOR PLATT.
The Governor Wants Him Reelected
Senator.

New York, Jan. 1O.-In reply to ques-
lions as to his attitude toward the re-
election of Senator T. c. Platt, Gov.
Odell to-day made the following state
ment:
'I am for Senator Platt's re-elec-
ton to the Senate unequivocally and
unreservedly, and 1 believe that the
Republican party owes to him this re-
newed honor because of his service 10
it, and any rumors which may have
been in circulation to the contrary are
false and unreliable. / shall not only
ask, but expect, my friends to aid in
this direction, and l shall do all in my
power to accomplish this result"
The statement was made by the
Governor subsequently to a confer
ence between him and Senator Plat to-
day.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
CasteIIo-Obregon, Mexico.

City of Mexico, Jan. 10.-Francisco
Fernandez Castillo and Miss Dollie
Rubio Obregon were united in mar
riage here to-day. The groom is the
son of Justine Fernandez, minister of
justice and public instruction in the
cabinet Of President Diaz, and the bride
is a niece of Joaquin obregon Con
zales, Governor of the state of GUIANA
juato. Mexico's official and social life
witnessed the ceremony, President and
Mrs. Diaz being among those present.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
TO QUESTION RUBlN0.

Paris, Jan. 1.-THE correspondent at
BRUSSELS of the Matin, telegraphs that
the police of Madrid have wired to the
authorities in Brussels a request that
Ruhino, the man who fired three shots
at the King of the Belgians in Brus-
sells on Nov. Is. and who is now wait
Ing trial, he interrogated with a view
TO obtain further light regarding Fei-
los attempt
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
BY ANOTHER STORM.
south Dakota Is visited, and There
Is Distress.

Huron, S. D., Jan. 1O.-Another Sc
we're wind and snow storm struck this
part of the state to-day, and tonight
the wind is blowing gale and The
air is so filled with fine snow that
travel is unsafe. Railway cuts are
again filled with snow, and great drifts
are seen everywhere. The storm is
severe on stock, and the scarcity of
fuel makes conditions in this locality
alarming.
Because of the shortage of fuel, the
various churches have held their meet
ings in private homes. The strictest
economy is practiced everywhere.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
THE HlBERNIAN RIFLES
MAY BE DISBANDED.

Atlanta, Jan. 1o.-There is a proba-
billty of the Hibernian Rifles, one of
the companies Of the Fifth Regiment,
disbanding. Capt. Erskine says he will
not stand for reelection. The matter
will be decided at the meeting Monday
night
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
NO COAL AT TOPEKA.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 1o.--A heavy snow
is falling here, with the weather grow
ing colder, ana the city is out Of coal
Not dealer in town has a carload
on hand, and none is in sight. It Is
expected that there will be suffering
before the famine is relieved, as many
of the poor are entirely out OF fuel
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
Y0UTSEY TESTIFIED.

He Gave Evidence Before Grand
Jury in GoebeI Cases.
Frankfort, KY, Jan. 10.-Henry E.
Youtsey, serving life sentence in the
penitentiary on a conviction for COM
plicity in the murder of Gov. Goebel,
was before the grand jury in the
Franklin Circuit Court to-day. Yout-
sey recently made statement that he
would testify in the Goebel cases If
called, and would tell what he knew
about the conspiracy.
This is the first time Youtsey has
been before the grand jury or testified
in the cases, and it is believed he will
be used as a state witness in the
trials,