The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES

lELEIRAPHlC BNEVlllES NEW YORK, Jan. I5.-The appraisers' report
 of the value of the personal estate of the late John W. Mackay was filed today. All of such estate goes to the son. Clarence H.
 Mackay, the gross value being given as $2 6oi, 726 and the net value as S2,46I,726.
 The property consists mainly of stock in
 electrical companies in addition to large in
 terests in the Commercial Cable Company and
 hfty-six shares in the Maurice Grau Opera
 Company. MT. Mackay left no real estate in
 New York. His will was probated in Ne vada-
 FUNCHAL, Madeira. Jan. I5.-Th0 British
 steamer Brunswick. Captain Brown, from
 Maranham. Brazil. Dec. 2I, for Liverpool.
 arrived here today. She reports that the
 British bark Veronica was burned at sea Dec 20. Part of the Veronica's crew Is on
 board the Brunswick; the remainder took to
 the boats and have not been recovered. The
 Veronica halls from Windsor N S. It
 sailed from Ship Island, Miss. Oct 26. for Montevfdeo. She was owned by William E Mason & Co. of Windsor. ". S., WASHINGTON, Jan. l5.-Senator Morgan in-
 troduced today a bill which Ia intended to secure Americans the pecuniary benefits to
 be derived from the construction of the pro- posed inter-oceanic canal. It provides that any contract made with a person or corpora tion not a citizen of the United States or of countries through which the canal may pass for the construction of the canal or any part of 1t, or for the doing of any auxiliary work connected with 1t shall be void. WASHINGTON, Jan l5.-President and Mrs Roosevelt entertained at dinner at the White House tonight in honor of the diplomatic corps. More than seventy guests enjoyed the hospitality of the executive and his Wffa All thA nations dfnl0unatlcaIlv scented at Washington had a representative at the dinner with the exception of Belgium which still mourns the memory of the late
 Queen.
 CHICKAsIA, I. T., Jan. IS.-Captain J. C. West and twenty six members of the, Indian Police Department this morning began the work of rounding up and driving up I4,-
 900 head of oatle belonging to Maxwell. Morris & Norton. the principal nonresident
 owners of cattle in the Chickasaw Nation. This Ia the result of their persistent refusal
 to pay the tribal tax of 25 cents a head. KANSAS CITY. Mo. Jan I6-The next con-
 vention of the National Association of Re- tail Grocers win be held in San Francisco. The per capita tax was fixed at 10 per cent. per annum. The following officers were
 elected. President 0. R. Lott. Chicago. Vice-Presldent 4. W. FarIinger. Atlanta;
 Secretary, Fred Mason. St Paul; Treasurer. D. A. SSWihAus AOp~1@~
 FRANKFORT. Ky, Jan. I8.-Henry E. Yout- sey resumed his testimony before the grand jury today In the Franklin Circuit Court in the secret chamber of the grand jury room It is not known when he will complete his evidence His statement is thought to be the first complete story of the assassination and details surrounding the murder though
 the proceedings are being kept Seoret
  con. President of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company announced today that his company would erect a new blast flu mace
 at Ensley. the work to begin Immediately.
 As this work Is under way. four or
 five of the present furnaces will be replaced
 by larger ones. The cost Is estimated be-
 tween S4oo. .ooo and Ssoo.ooo.
 WASHINGTON. Jan. I5.-Thsre were only two
 combinations in today's executive session of
 the Senate. as Senator Bailey announced that
 he would oppose unanimous consent to the
 consideration of business until he could re-
 ceive assurance for the consideration of his
 bill making Port Arthur, Tex. port of
 entry.
 TANGIER, Jan. l6.-Advices received here
 from Fez are to the effect that there is no probability of the proposed exped Itlon against , the pretender to the throne being dispatched
 until the Sultan musters e larger force,
 which he will lead personally.
 GIBRALTAR, Jan. I5.--It has been officially
 announced that a battalion of Spanish infan- try Is expected to reach Algeciras five miles
 west of Gibraltar) tonight. A mountain bat
 tery Is expected at Algsciras Jan. l7 NEW YORK. Jan. I6.-A coal famine con-
 fronts the officials of tine Brooklyn Navy
 Yard An inventory taken today disclosed
 the fact that there ia only enough coal on
 hand to last five days.
 WASHINGTON Jan. iS-ThS thirty-thtrd
 annual convention of the National Board of
 Trade came to an end today. The president
 received a number of the delegates in the
 forenoon.
 NEW YORK. Jan. i5.-Mayor Tom L. Johnson
 of Cleveland. who Is here today. denied that
 he will be a candidate for the Democratic
 nomination for Governor of Ohio this year. CHICAGO Jan. i5-Detroit was selected to-
 day by the Cigar Dealers Association for
 the second annual convention of the organi- sation. which will be held Jan 2, leo4 COLUMBUS. O.. Jan I5.-The Ohio miners,
 in convention, blamed the eoal-cRrrying raii-
 roads for the shortage of coal in this State BOMBAY. Jan. i5.-The rate of discount of the Bank of Bombay was today raised from toCe per cent
 PARIS. Jan I5.-M. Fallieres was today re- elected president of ths Senate.