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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
CHAFFEE AT ATLANTA.

Atlanta, Jan. 26.-Gen. Adna r. Chat
fee, commander Of the Department OF
the East, arrived in Atlanta late to-
night, his train from Chattanooga hav-
ing been greatly delayed Gen. Chat
fee viii spend two or three days In
specting conditions at Fort McPher-
son.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
seized 100000 Cigars.

New York, Jan. 26.--Agents of the
United States internal revenue arrest
ed B. Cassossa, cigar manufacturer
Of this city, to-day and seized about
100000 low-grade cigars, upon which,
1t is asserted he had paid no govern
ment tax.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
KILLED HIS DAUGHTER.
James Wray Then Turned His wea-
pom ON Himself.

DOH HImNeT.
Roanoke. Va, Jan. 26.-James Wray,
Franklin county farmer, shot and
killed his 16-year-old daughter Bette
and blew out his own brains in his
home twelve miles south of this city
Sunday night.
Wray had just returned home from
Roanoke and had not been in the house
long when he seized revolver and
threatened to kill his wife and five
children. After a struggle Mrs. Wray
wrenched the revolver from her hus-
band. Later he again got the weapon
and going to room where his daughter
Bette was, shot her through the heart
and Immediately sent a bullet through
his own brain, dying instantly
The tragedy is attributed to the tenn
porary insanity of Wray.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
SAW AN ERUPTION.
Excursfonists Were in Danger from
Pelee.


Castries, Island Of st. Lucia. 3. w.
l., Jan. 26.-The Royal Mail steamer
EsIe took over 400 excursionists to St.
Pierre. Island Of Martinique. Saturday
and returned here to-day. She reports
that while at st. Pierre at O'Clock in
the afternoon Mont Pelee erupted Al
the time there were more than 200 per-
SONS ashore. and great alarm was felt
for their safety. Volunteers from the
passengers who had remained on board
assisted the crews of the ships boats
in Fastening to the rescue. After for
ty minutes of excitement, all the pas
sengers were brought back safely to the
ship.
Apparently about 800 feet of the cone
Of the volcano has been blown away.
Dense clouds of smoke passed three
quarters Of mile from the Esk.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
WARREN FOUND DEAD.

Kessimmee, Fla, Jan. 26.-W. B.
Warren Of Charleston, S. c., was found
dead by the Atlantic Coast Line track
tnis morning with his neck broken and
skull knocked in. The coroner's jury
mas not yet returned a verdict.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
KILLED THE BULLY.
Body of the Murderer Was Cremated
in His Cabin.

New Orleans, Jan. 26.-John Thomas.
who shot and killed Sheriff Benjamin
F. Dry in st. Charles parish early to-
day. met his fate this afternoon.
Although wounded in the arm, he
escaped and hid in the drainage ditch
of Ashton plantation, a mile away. He
was discovered by his pursuers, riddled
with bullets, placed in his cabin home
and he and all of his effects cremated.
Thomas was the bully of the section
and had assaulted a negro with a
pistol. Sheriff Dry went to serve the
warrant and Thomas killed him with
a shotgun, the sheriff succeeding in
reaching him with one bullet as he
fell
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
SAVANNAH

in the committee room when Doblin
gave his testimony. He said he was
as much surprised as anyone present at
Doblins testimony.
Il don't know what to think" he said,
land for the present. l have no state
ment to make"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
CARNEGIE TO DUNGENESS.

Steel Magnate viii Pay Mrs. Mary
Carnegie visit.
Carnegie is on his way to Dungeness
on Cumberland Island. near this place,
where he will visit Mrs. Mary Carne-
gle, who has one Of the largest and
costliest homes in the South. A large
party of his friends have preceded him
to this place, where he annually spends
a season of rest. The yachts Skibo.
Hornet and Ascot, belonging to the
Carnegie family, are already anchored
at Dungeness.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
BROUGHT II CENTS.

London, Jan. 26.-The first shipment
of twenty-six bales of West African
cotton were sold on the Liverpool Ex-
change to-day, and realized IL cents per
mound.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
B0L0ED VOLUNTEERS.
LndrOnes Defeated Them, Amerl-
cans Dying Fighting.

Ns'H'" ~ HHHt7 II u HHNHHFs
Manila, Jan. 26.-It is reported here
that the volunteer force organized at
Bolinao, province of Zambales for the
purpose of dispensing the ladrones in
that vicinity. has been defeated, and
that three Americans including Mr..
Osborne, teacher, were killed, The
ladrones outnumbered the volunteers.
surrounded the latter and boloed them.
The Americans died fighting.
The details of the affair obtainable
at present are meager.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
KILLED THE SHERIFF.

New Orleans, Jan. 26.-Sheriff Ben
jamin F. Dry of st. Charles parish
was shot and killed by a negro pris-
oner, James Jackson, to-day.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27

London. Jan. PA dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
Holyhead says that a portion of the
crew of the liner reported ashore off
Aberfoam Point, numbering II men,
have come ashore in their own boats.
wreck.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27

Holyhead. Jan. 27.-The name of the
ans-Atlantic liner ashore off Aber-
fraw Point, Isle of Anglesey. is not yet
known. Part of the crew have gained
the shore in the steamers boats. but
1t is stated that the remainder are UNI
able to get ashore owing to the heavy
seas running.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
ROBBERS DRIVEN OFF.
Tried to ToucI, the Bank Mt MocISs-
VILE, N. G.

Charlotte, N. c., Jan. 26-An inef-
fectual attempt was made to rob the
bank at Mocksville, N. c., early this
morning. The noise of the explosion
aroused the cashier, who, with another
officer Of the bank, rushed to the build
ing and was fired on by the robbers.
number of shots were exchanged,
but no one was injured. The robbers
secured a small amount of loose money
and were driven off.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27

New York. Jan. Fit is very i'm
probable that any vessel of the Ameri-
can line of steamers is ashore at
Aberfraw Point
Vessels Of the American lines of the
Philadelphia Liverpool service sail
from Liverpool on Wednesdays and
the only steamer bound from Philadel-
phia to Liverpool which might be in
that locality is the Noordland.
1t is not likely that the
Noordland has reached ST. George
channel, as she has not
been reported passing off the Irish
coast. nor arriving at Queenstown.
where she always stops, unless pre-
vented by a severe gale.
1t is not improbable that the vessel
is the Chesapeake and Ohio Steamship
Company's steamer Shenandoah. which
left Newport News Jan. 10 for Liver
pool, and which passed Kinsale on the
Irish coast early Monday, bound Ia
LiYerpool
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27


him by the President of a seat on the
supreme bench of the United States.
William r. Day is SO years old. He
was born at Ravenna, o., the son of
the chief justice of the Supreme Court
of the state. He was graz uated at
the University of Michigan in 1870 and
was admitted to the bar in 1872 He
began the practice Of his profession at
Canton, o.. the same year. He was
elevated to the bench Of the Common
Pleas Court in 1886, and served there
until 1890. In the latter year he was
appointed judge of the United States
District Court for the Northern district
of Ohio, but on account of poor health
he resigned before taking his seat on
that bench. He was appointed assist
ant secretary of state in 1897, and sue
ceeded John Sherman as Secretary of
State in April, 1898. In September Of
the same year he was succeeded in the
Office by John Hay, when Judge Day
became chairman of the United States
Peace Commission at Paris. Returning
from that mission, he resumed the
practice of law at Canton, o.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
STABBED BY A GAMIN.
Wenthcrs Had just Put Noisy Boys
Out of His Place.


New Orleans, Jan. 26.--Leopold s.
Weathers, an employee of mutascope
parlor in this city, was stabbed to death
last night by an unknown street gamln
who afterward escaped. crowd of
boys from the street were acting disor-
derby in the parlors and Weathers was
forced to eject them. He had Just
pushed the last of them on to the side
walk when one of the crowd drew a
knife and drove it into Weathers'
breast. In the confusion the murderer
escaped.
Weathers was II years Old, was
known to many in Savanna h, and was
liked by all. He left here about a week
ago for New Orleans, to join his
brother, who conducted the establish
ment at which the younger Weathers
was killed.
Until the departure of Capt. Walter
r. Corbett from Savannah, young
Weathers occupied a place in his Office
as stenographer. The removal of Can't
Corbett to Jacksonville threw the
young man out of employment, and he
felt greatly depressed. Relatives tried
to cheer him, and, aided by the OPP
portunity that offered In New Orleans
for his employment, they were sue
cessfuL He left Savannah in great
hope Of making a success; his brother
having done well in his conduct of his
nyutascope establishment.
Young Weathers was afflicted with
rheumatism, and this rendered him
sensitive. He was not strong physI-
cally, and was scarcely able to have
attempted to cope with the boys whom
he elected from his brothers place.
Weathers was graduate of the
Richmond Business College. He has a
sister in Savannah, Mrs. ID. s. Poser.
who resides on Henry street, and with
whom Weathers lived while In Savan-
nah. He came here from the old fanli-
ly home at High Shoals, Ala. His sis
ter has the sympathy of her Savannah
friends In her misfortune.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
OCEAN GREYHOUND
REPORTED ASHORE.
Vessel N Total Wreck on the Coast
of Wales.

Holyhead. Wales, Jan 27.-An Ameri-
can liner is reported to be ashore off
Aberfoam Point (Aberfraw Points, Is
miles south of Holyhead) A heavy
gale is raging in st. Georges chan
mel
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-27
JUDGE DAY ACCEPTS.

Washington, Jan. 26.-It was an
nounced at the White House to-day
that Judge William r. Day Of Canton,
o., had accepted the tender made to
him by the President Of seat on the
supreme bench of the United States.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-11
BUY FOREIGN MATERIALS.
Nearly 100000 Tons Of Raw and Half.
Finished Supplies are Imported.

Nearly 100000 tons of foreign iron
and steel material-pig iron, scrap
iron, OLD iron, rails. crop ends, iron
plate, bar iron, structural iron, steel
billets, steel wire rods, scrap steel,
old steel rails, also iron ore, iron py-
rites and manganese ore-were i'm.
ported at New York last month, Pitts
burg mills were purchasers. The Inn
ports of pig iron represented consid-
erably less than half the tonnage
handled in January. when 76.47G tons
were imported. The February total
was 1892 tons, 22,613 tons having
been sent from Great Britain and 81
257 tons came from continental Eu-
rope. The pig iron shipped from
Great Britain was sent from Liverpool
principally, 9.645 tons Eavlng been for
warded. West Hartlepool sent 1850
tons. Three thousand. seven hundred
and fifty tons-one shipment-was for
warded from Mlddlesboro, as against
31,0iS tons in January. Hull sent
1920 tons, while Glasgow shipped g.
GAS tons. Five thousand tons came
from Barcelona. Twenty-nine hundred
and elghty-four tons were sent by Rot
terdam. Antwerp and Marseilles
were also shippers Of pig iron to this
country in February. The imports of
scrap iron. old iron rails, iron plates,
bar iron. structural iron, crop ends,
steel billet, steel beams, steel blooms,
steel wire rods, scrap steel, old steel
rails. etc, amounted in all to 12.252
tons, as compared with 17.422 tons for
January. The bulk OF the shipments
were made from Antwerp, Liverpool
and Hamburg. Eighty-four thousand
seven hundred and seventy-nine tons
Of iron ore. iron pyrites and mangan-
ese ere were imported last month
about a similar tonnage as was ship
ped &c the United States in January,
The February iron ore imports aggre-
gated 75,507 tons. being an increase
of nearly 80 per cent over those Of
the previous month. This material
came chiefly from Cuba, as heretofore.
Spain was a shipper to the extent of
12,967 tons. The iron pyrites-7,932
tons-came also from the Iberian pen
insula. The manganese ore was for
warded by Rio Janeiro. Liverpool,
Trieste and Batoum. The Westing-
house interests were big buyers of the
aforementioned material.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-11
SPANISH GUNS JUNK"
General Brooks Had So Testified, but
Will Be Taxed.

Nearly 400 ancient Spanish pieces of
ordinance, some bearing dates show
ing that they were cast nearly 200
years ago. were declared in the United
States circuit court of appeals at New
York to be subject to duty of IS per
cent ad valorem as manufactured ar
ticles." The guns, which once formed
the armament of MORO Castle and
other Cuban fortresses, were bought
from the Spanish government at the
close of the war for their value as old
trass and bronze. the purchasers ex-
pecting to import them free of duty
as scrap metal. When the case was
tried in the circuit court on the con-
tention of the appraisers. that in spite
OF their age the guns were neverthe-
less manufactured articles" General
Brooks and other prominent officers
testified that the ancient weapons
could, from military standpoint, only
be regarded as Junk" The court.
however found for the appraisers, and
this decision is now finally confirmed
by the court of appeals.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-11
ARBoR DAY PROCLAMATION.
Gov. Pennypacker Designates Days
for Planting Of Trees.

Gov. Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania,
Issued the following Arbor day procla-
nation: THE success which the for
estry reservation commission of Penn
sylvanla has achieved in the acquisi-
tion of valuable forest lands and in
reclalming the once-wooded areas of
our State, has been a source of much
encouragement to the people who are
interested in the restoration of our
forests and In beautifying our parks
and highways. The lack of forest lands
Is a menace to the water supply and
greatly affects the climatic conditions
of the country. Everyone is under OBJ
legation to render aid In this important
work. which benefits not only the
State, but the entire country. Nature
alone cannot repair the injury, but 1t
is necessary that We join with her in
replacing the forests. In order that
O. movement so essential and valuable
may continue, and in order that oui
citizens may have an opportunity to
contribute to this laudable work by
planting trees to protect our lands and
beautiful our sire cts and highways,
do hereby designate and proclaim
Friday, the third day of April, and
Friday. the seventeenth day Of April,
1903. to be observed as Arbor days
throughout the Commonwealth"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-11
.FIFTY-SVEATH CONGRESS CLOSED
NOTEWORTHY EVENTS.
Two Great Figures-speaker Hender.
derson and Galusha A. Grow Say
Last Goodby.

The book Is closed so far as the
fifty-seventh Congress Is concerned.
The completion of its records took
place at the customary hour, noon.
March 4, when in Congressional fiction
the last minute of the I'D day of March
had come. All incidents denoting the
approach of the last hour except one
were also according to custom. The
exception was the refusal of the mi
nority to extend the courtesy of vote
of thanks to the retiring Speaker,
David b. Henderson, who goes into
private life much against his WILL hav-
ing been driven to it by peculiar
combination of circumstances, both
personal and political. The refusal
hurt the feelings of the Speaker. The
only comforting thought he could find
in the fact was the other fact that the
opposition had also denied the courte-
sy to Henry Clay and Thomas b. Reed.
The customary resolution of thanks
was offered by Representative Payne.
Cochran, from Missouri, objected to
the immediate consideration of the
resolution and tried to force roll call.
Only IL voted against the adoption
Of the resolution when a rising vote
was ordered. When the Speakers
gavel fell and General Henderson came
down from the rostrum to shake hands
with the members gathered in front of
1t, there was an effort on the part of
some of the Democrats to prevent the
rank and file of the Speakers partisan
opponents going up to shake hands
with him. But this failed. While an
improvised quartet sang God Be With
You Till We Meet Again" the men,
bers filed past the retiring Speaker
to bid him goodby. While the retiring
Speaker was saying goodby to those
with whom he had been so long asso-
ciated, members were holding a recep-
tion around former Speaker Galusha A.
Grow, who had finished a legislative
career unlike anything else in the his
tory of this country. He came to Con-
gress over 80 years ago and became
the war time Speaker The Senate
finished its work in manner even less
dignihed than that of the House. In
that body Senator Mason made a real
ly humorous speech about the snuffbox
that rests on the table of the presid-
ing officer, relic of the early days Of
the Republic. sacredly preserved and
kept in working order. He said the
rules and practices of the Senator are
as antiquated as the snuffbox. Then
he talked to death a bill of Senator
Bailey. one OF the greatest sticklers
for the privilege Of unlimited speech.
Mason tried to yield to Patterson.
Bailey objected and said he proposed
to make the Illinois Senator occupy all
the time. mo task could be pleas
anter." said Mason. "for love the
sound of my own voice as we'll as the
Senator from Texas loves the sound
OF his" Mason yielded to permit the
committee which had been out In the
Presidents room to announce that the
President had no further communica-
ton to make. The Senate then ad-
journed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-11
MOODY 70 ACCEPT RESIGNATION
CROWlNSHIELD RETIREs.
Commander In Charge Of European
Squadron Decides to Quit
Country's Service.

Two interesting and significant COM
munications have been received at the
Navy Department from the European
station. One was from Rear Admiral
Aren't Schuyler Crowninshield, COM
manding the European squadron, asking
to be placed on the retired list of the
navy under the provisions of the per-
sonnet law. The other was from Lieu
tenant Henry II. Ware, naval secre-
tary to Admiral Crowninshield, resign
Ing his commission in the navy.
Prompt action was taken by Secretary
Moody in regard to the case of Rear
Admiral Crowninshleld, and 1t was de-
cided to relieve him from active duty
at once. His application for retire
ment undoubtedly will be granted.
Rear Admiral Charles s. Cotton, COM
mandant of the navy yard at Norfolk,
Va, was assigned to the command of
the European squadron and will start
for Europe as soon as he can arrange
his official and private affairs. The
Navy Department contented itself at
first with the brief statement of the
Admirals application for retirement.
without explanation of the reason
therefor. It Is known. however, that
the officer was dissatisfied with the re-
arrangement of the armored squadrons
following the Caribbean maneuvers
last winter, which deprived him of the
further use of the Illinois as flagship.
Admiral Crownlnshield retires under
that section of the personnel act which
permits him to do so at an advanced
grade, In consideration of at least 4O
years of credtable service. He Is now
No. 20 on the list of Rear Admirals.
| and thus In the junior grade. so that
his retirement will place him In the
| first grade where his retire pay VIII
be s5,625 per annum, or S1,5OO more
than he would receive were he retired
in his present grade. 1t Is expected
that the Admiral will haul down his
| flag about March 80. He will not re-
turn to the United States on a naval
vessel Admiral Cotton was instructed
to go to the squadron at the earliest
moment and he replied that he could
close up his business at the Norfolk
navy yard and be ready to start In
about three weeks. Admiral Crownin-
shields retirement In the ordinary
course. will promote Captains COOK
and Harrington to be Rear Admirals.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-11
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.

Senators Gamble and Kittredge and
Representatives Burk and Martin pre-
sented President Roosevelt a solid
gold invitation to attend the Black
Hill Mining Congress. TO be held at
Deadwood and Lead, s. D., next Sep
tember
Rear Admiral Glass wired from
Amapala. Honduras, that all was quiet
there and that reports from the in
terror OF the country indicate the sue
cess of President Bonilla, who went to
war to force Sierra. former president,
to surrender the executive chair.
Among the nominations that failed
Of confirmation at this session of Con-
gress were those of w. ID. Crum, col
ored, for collector of the port at Char
lesion. s. c.; Joseph NJ. Blors. post
master at Titusville. Pa. and John H.
Martin, postmaster at Clearfield.
The case brought by United States
Attorney General Knox to prevent the
merger Of the Great Northern, North.
ern Pacific and Burlington railroads
In the State of Minnesota will be ar
gued In st. Louis before the United
States court of appeals March 1s.
Secretary Moody reached a decision
as to the States after which the FIVE
battleships provided for In the new
naval law shall be named. The three
10000 battleships are to be named
Vermont, Kansas and Minnesota, and
the two $4,000 vessels Mississippi and
Idaho. l,---f
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-11
CABLE FLASHES.

Violent earth shocks were felt for
two days in the district of Voigtland,
SaXony. The inhabitants of Graslitz
loft their houses and passed the night
in the streets.
The carpenter OF the British ship
Cambrian Prince, from Coquimbo for
Middlesborough, has been picked up
in the North sea. He reports that the
Cambrian Prince capsized and sank.
The state of the health of Baron
Nathaniel de Rothschild, who has been
suffering from intestinal trouble at
Naples for some time, has grown
worse. The patient is nursed by his
sister
United States Minister Powell has
achieved another success in obtaining
from the Dominican government the
withdrawal of the degree lowering the
port charges, which seriously affected
the interests Of the Clyde steamship
line.
Dr. Lapponi at Rome, Italy, visited
the pope March and found him no
worse. with regard to symptoms of any
special illness. The physician has for
bidden anyone to see the pontiff, ex.
cept the latter's nephew, Count Ca
milo Pecci.
The question of the date of the de-
parture from Cuba of the 900 remain
ing United States artillerymen still
guarding the coast batteries at all the
principal ports is much discussed at
Havana
The announcement that Emperor
William of Germany will not visit
King Christian at Copenhagen, on his
birthday, April s, because it falls on
holy week. is officially confirmed; but
1t is added that the emperor will ar
rive there April 2.
A woman certified to have bten in
cinerated at the Opera Comique, Paris,
France, catastrophe Is years ago, now
living at Lisbon, CHANGED to hear of
her own death, and has brought ac-
tion against the witnesses who swore
they saw her burned, to recover dam
ages.
Referring to the Behring sea seal ar
bitration the Official Messenger says
Russia and the United States were
fully In concord regarding the gen.
| eral questions connected with the dis.
| freedom OF action necessary for the
further treatment of questions in ac-
cordance with her own rights and in
terests.
The reports Of the impending re-
lease Of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the
American woman sentenced to life i'm
prisonment at London, England. for
poisoning her husband. have only tho
ground that, according to custom In
the case of prisoners of good behavior
she can be liberated In April. 1904.
A collision has taken place between
Macedonian revolutionists under the
famous leader, Boris Sarafoff, and a
body of Turkish troops. near the vii.
iage of vladinirovo. It is reported
that 10 Of the insurgents wero killed
or wounded while tho loss on the Turk
tab side WAS much grc0t0r.