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The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
HAS A CIVIL WAR.
Situation in Salvador, Also, is Grow
ing Worse.

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ing Worse.
Panama, Feb. ga cablegram re-
ceived this morning from Honduras
announces that civil war has broken
out in that country. According to the
dispatch, Gen. Sierra, the retiring
President, having refused to give up
the presidential post to the President
elect, Senior Bonilla, the latter has
started civil war.
The date of the revolutionary out
break is not known.
The situation in Salvador is grow
ing worse. Troops are constantly leav-
ing the capital for the Guatemalan
frontier Nicaragua is actively helping
Gen Regalado, President of Salvador.
The Nicaraguan cruiser Momotombo
last week landed at Acajutla. a sea-
port of Salvador on the Pacific ocean,
1,5OO rifles and 100000 rounds of am
munition, which the President of Mic
aragua, Zelaya, sent for the Guatema-
Ian revolutionists. 1t seems that the
movement is aimed against Guatemala
and Costa Rica.
A Central American union will be the
ostensible object of the war. which is
really due to the wish of the Presidents
of Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras
to initiate MeXico's President
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
UNITED STATES SHIPS
GO TO HONDURAS.
Navy Department Advised of a Rev
OlutiOn There.

Washington, Feb. 3.-Disturbed con-
ditions in Honduras, growing out of
the recent presidential elections in that
country, have caused certain American
commercial interests to appeal to the
government here for protection from
anticipated damages to their proper
ties. Bonilla, who was elected to the
presidency of the country, has taken
refuge on Amapala Island, where he
is organizing a force to displace the
incumbent of the presidential office,
who refuses to surrender the reins of
power. The turmoil is reported to en-
danger the American interests in that
quarter, and the Navy Department, on
notice from the State Department. to-
day sent the following order to Ad-
miral Casey:
PLEASE proceed with the vessels of
your squadron to Amapala, Honduras.
The department is informed that a
revolution has broken out in Honduras,
and you will confer with the United
States minister to Honduras and the
United States consul at Amapala in
reference to the protection of Ameri
can interests in Honduras.
THE department desires that you
shall keep the vessels of your squadron
together, as it is the intention of the
department, whenever practicable, to
have the vessels of the squadron cruise
in company"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
MURDERED HIS WIFE
AND KILLED HIMSELF.

Winston Salem, N. c., Feb. g.
Banks Miller, young man, shot his
wife tonight and then killed himself.
Both died in a few minutes.
Miller and his wife had a dispute
yesterday and decided to separate.
She left her husband, taking their
two children to the home of relatives.
Tonight Miller called to see his
wife, and after talking over their mis-
understanding, the wife consented to
live with her husband again. As he
started to leave the room, he asked
his wife to come to the door and kiss
him goodnight. She complied with
the request Miller Immediately
thereafter turned around and fired at
her, the ball taking effect in her right
breast. The husband then placed the
pistol to his head and fired.
When the officers arrived at the
house, Miller and his wife were lying
ON the floor, dead. There were two
eye witnesses to the tragedy.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
A TRIBUNAL OF SIX
MAY CONSIDER THE ALASKAN
BOUNDARY QUESTION.
GUIDED BY TWO TREATIES
TRIBUNAL is TO REACH AN EQUI-
TABLE DECISION.

senators Had Some Discussion UpOn
the Agreement Between the
United states and Great Britain.
some of the Senators Oppose II.
Say There in Nothing to Arbitrate,
the Treaty of 1928 Between the
United States and Great Britain,
Being Clear Enough.
Washington. Feb. 3.-There was
some discussion to-day in the execu-
tive session of the Senate with refer
ence to making public the treaty re-
Gently negotiated by Secretary Hay
and Sir Michael Herbert for settle
ment of the Alaskan boundary dis
pute. Owing to the fact that number
OF articles are in French, It was de-
cided to await a translation before
making the treaty public. The Secre-
tary of the Senate was directed to
procure a translation.
The treaty provides for a boundary
line tribunal of six members. three to
be named by the President and three
by the King of England It provides
that the tribunal shall consider the
treaty between Great Britain and Rus
STA of 1925 and the treaty between the
United States and Russia of March
30, 1867 The text of certain articles
IN these treaties is quoted, and a Sc
ries of questions relating to their in
depreciation is laid down for the guild
ance of the tribunal. These questions
mainly refer to the lines which the
boundary shall take; whether, where
the coast is indented by deep inlets.
the line should run from headland to
headland, and which mountains shall
constitute the eastern boundary.
IL Is provided that the first meeting
OF the boundary tribunal be i'm Lon
don. A decision is to be made as soon
as possible after the arguments are
concluded. and within three months.
unless the President and the King, by
common accord, extend the time.
AS soon as decision has been sent
10 the contracting parties, each shall
send one or more scientific experts to
lay uown the boundary line in accord
ance with the decision. Should there
De FAILURE OF the majority to agree
on any of the points submitted. the re-
spectiVe governments are to be notified
through the agents.
While there was no discussion of the
terms of the treaty on the floor of the
senate IN to-day's executive session
some conferences among senators weLe
held with reference TO it, and the fact
became generally known that the
agreement would not be accepted With
out opposition. The Northwestern SEN
ators manifest especial opposition, TAX
ing the ground that there is nothing to
arbitrate; that the terms of the treaty
of 1925 are clear, and that If there
should chance to be a decision against
the United States, this country would
not accept the result
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
ROBBERS HIT A BANK
FOR ABOUT $4,000.
Were Easily Tracked in the SNOW
and Captured.

Cambridge, ILL.,, Feb. S.-The First
National Bank here was robbed of
about $4,000 at o'clock this morning
by four men, and within a few hours
the robbers were captured by citizens
and marched to the county Jail. where
they are now held pending an exami-
nation.
No trace of the money has yet been
discovered, but it is believed it will be
found soon, as the robbers had prac-
tically no time for effective conceal
ment of it.
While the robbers were working in
the bank snow began falling. This in
creased in volume, and it was an easy
matter for the posse to track the rob
bers to barn two miles east of the
city. Four men were found buried be-
meath the straw, and were taken to
the Jail.
The robbers stole a handcar at Gal
va, fourteen miles east of here, and
left it a few miles from Cambridge. 1t
is believed they had intended to es-
cape on it, but the snow storm pre-
vented them from doing so.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
HELD FIRST CONFERENCE.
Decided Differences Over New De-
Dartment Bill.

Dartment Bill.
Washington, Feb. 3.-The Senate and
House conferees on the bill creating
the Department of Commerce held
their first conference to-day. but adj
journed without reaching a conclusion.
The House provision, comforting on
the President authority to place the
Interstate Commerce Commission I'M
der the control of the proposed depart
ment, proved to be the principal fea-
ture of difference, the representatives
of the House standing out stiffiy for
the House provision, and the Senate
representatives contending as firmly
for its elimination from the bill. All
the Senate conferees, Senators Hanna,
Nelson and Clay, stood together on
this point. Senator Clay went so far
as to say that he would never agree to
report accepting the House pro-
vision.
The House conferees indicate a will
lingness to accept the amendment sug-
gested by Senator Nelson and Endorsed
by the Senate Committee on Com
merce, for the control of trusts, and
members of the conference express the
opinion that that provision will be in
corporated in the bill without substan
tial change.
The conferees meet again tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
LEADER OF GH0ULS
MADE FULL CONFESSION.
Theft of SweetIeart's' Body Prompt-
ed Him to Tell Complete story.

Theft of Sveefheart's Body Prompt-
ed Him to Tell Complete story.
Indianapolis, Feb. 3.-The examina-
ton of jurors in the trial of DR.. ]. C.
Alexander, charged with completely in
the grave robbing cases, was resumed
to-day in the criminal court. Many
men were called, examined and re-
jected.
A story is made public to-day to the
effect that Rufus Cantrill, a negro
leader of the alleged ghouls, of whom
thirty-nine are under indictment, re-
vealed the secrets of the gang because
he found the body of his sweetheart,
Stella Middleton, in a medical college
when he returned to the city after an
absence of several days.
He did not know that she had died
while he was away, and, according to
his story, which he is said to have
told before the grand jury, he was so
wrought up over the discovery that he
made a full confession to the prosecu-
tor. 1t was this confession that
brought to light the wholesale devas-
tation of the graveyards around In
dianapolis.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04

alliance, and it is believed that it APP
preciates the necessity of an early set
Element of the whole dispute.
The President to-day received a call
from Baron Won Sternburg, and the
TWO spent half an hour or more in in
formal conversation on the Venezue-
Ian affair. The President is most anx-
icus that the blockade be raised at the
earliest possible moment, and it is be-
heved that this fact will have consid-
cradle weight with Emperor William.
Citizens of Mexico also have claims
against Venezuela, and that govern
ment has asked to be put on an equal
footing with the other nations when
the time comes for settling up. No
tice of Mexico's intention was COM
municated to Mr.. Bowen to-day by
the Mexican ambassador.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
LOOKING INTO WRECK.
Coroner's Inquest Investigating the
GraceIand Disaster.

Coroner's Inquest investigating the
GraceIand Disaster.
Plainfield, N. J., Feb. S.-The coro-
ner's inquest on the collision a week
ago between a Philadelphia express
train and a local near Graceland, on
the Central Railroad of New Jersey.
when % persons were killed or
fatally injured, was begun to-day be-
fore jury composed chiefly Of city
officials and merchants
The most important testimony of
the day was that introduced by DIR.
Westcott, county physician of Union
county, who read the statement made
to him by Engineer James Davis of
the Reading express. DR.. Westcott
said he obtained the statement from
Mr.. Davis on the evening of Jan. Is.
1t Is as follows:
II started from Jersey City, going
west, at Glib p. M, with a leaking
steam chest, which had been cracked
for a month or so. Steam in large
quantities was escaping. and 1t was
necessary for me to shut down the
steam to see the tower signals I said
to the fireman. We must go carefully
in order to see the signals
I'VE arrived at Elizabeth two min
utes late. Between Crawford and
Westfield the front injector broke,
and, jumping up to put 1t back, /
missed my signal after passing Cram
ford I saw the Westtield Station and
the passenger train when within sixty
feet of it, I applied the emergency
brakes and knew no more until
found myself in the back of the cab.
with a car seat upon me and fire all
around me-"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
PROHIBITION IS DISCARDED
AFTER FIFTY YEARS.

White River Junction, VT, Feb. g.
The advocates of local option carried
the state to-day, and after more than
half a century of prohibition. cities
and towns of Vermont WILL after
March l, be permitted to decide
whether or not intoxicating liquors
shall be sold in those communities.
The total vote, with seven small
towns missing. is 30,586 in favor Of a
license law, and 2s.946 opposed. The
missing towns gave a total vote OF
less than 300 at the last election. 1t
is a coincidence that Vermont voted
for prohibition in 1853 by 1900 major
ftv
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
KILLED BY SNOW SLIDE.

Silverton, Col, Feb. S.-Nunerous
snowslides have occurred in this vi
entity during the past forty-eight
hours. but only one fatality has been
reported
At Howardsville, four miles east of
silverton. F. A. Hayes, aged 80 years,
superintendent of the Big Five Mining
Company, was caught by slide and
killed.
Fully six feet of snow fell above the
timber line during the storm, which
began on Sunday and continued until
to-day. No train has reached Silvery
for three days.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
ALLIES MINISTERS
WILL ADVISE THEY YIELD.
Only One Month of Preference is
Their Advice.

Their Advice.
Washington, Feb. 3.-There are as
yet no advices from the allied govern
ments respecting the nature of the
next proposal they will submit to Mr..
Bowen, Venezuela's representative,
for a settlement of their claims. but
there is good authority tonight for
the statement that the note of Mr..
Bowen addressed to the British am
bassador last night will result in an
adjustment of the trouble.
At the British embassy to-day the
most important conference that the
representatives of the allies here have
yet held among themselves took place.
Mr. Bowen, of course, was not pres
emit The conference was called to con-
slider the recommendations which the
Italian and British ambassadors and
the German minister should make to
their governments as to the next step
to be taken. AS a result of this con-
ference the foreign offices at London,
Berlin and Rome are in possession OF
suggestions, which, if adopted, will
mean the success of the Washington
negotiations and the raising of the
blockade.
The allied Powers have been again
requested by their representatives to
consent to priority of their claims for
limited period only, and equality of
all claimant nations thereafter. Mr..
Bowen has stated that he is willing
that the allies receive preferential
treatment for one month, if at the end
of that time all the claimant nations
be placed on an equal basis as TO time
and proportionate payment.
II lie 10 conviction of one OF the ne
gotiators at least that this proposition
of Mr.. Bowen is eminently fair. 1t in
wolves a compromise of the Powers
original request for six years prefer
entail treatment, but will enable them
to retain a part, at least, of their pres
uge. The feeling is growing tnat
persistence in their present position
can result only in loss of prestige Tor
the allies and bad feeling against
them, not only in Venezuela, but else
Where throughout the Americas.
AS a result of these considerations at
the conference at the British embassy
IT was agreed that a note should D.
addressed to the governments OF Great
Britain, Germany and Italy, setting
forth the exact attitude of the United
States with reference to the Powers
preferential demand, the state OF pup
lie feeling here regarding 1t, and TO
"a Sc prompt acceptance u u
ual payments for period of from one
TO six months. An answer is hoped Tor
rom one, if not all of the allies with
IN the next twenty-four hours.
Confidence that a settlement Will De
forthcoming at Washington in snort
ume is based to a considerable eN-
tent on the activity of Baron Speck
Won Sternburg. He has given every
evidence that he sincerely wants the
dispute adjusted without prolonglne
the blockade. The German government
mas been informed of the dificultles
with which public feeling In this
country has been restrained from au
outburst against the Anglo-German
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
TWO WOMEN HANGED
IN AN ENGLISH JAIL.

London, Feb. 3.-Amelia Sach and
Annie Walters, baby farmers" were
hanged at Holloway Jail to-day. The
women were recommended to mercy
on account Of their sex, but the home
secretary was unable to grant the re-
prieve usually accorded. The women
walked to the scaffold unaided and
displayed remarkable fortitude. No
woman had previously been hanged in
England since March. 1900.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
BY A WEST POINTER
REBEL FORCE IN VENEZUELA IS
DEFEATED.
ALCANTARA WAS THE LEADER
OF THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS
THAT PROVED THE VICTORS.

Rebel General Duchnrme, With 300
Men, Was Met by AIcantara With
1000 - There Was Fighting for
Seven Hours. After which the
Rebels Fled, Leaving Prisoners
and Munitions in the Hands of
the Government Force - Victory
Helped the Market at Caracas.
Caracas, Feb. 3.-The government
troops under Alcantara, a graduate
from West Point, have defeated a
force of rebels, numbering 900, under
the. revolutionary general, Ducharme,
on the Camatagua river, about fifty
miles south of Caracas.
The rebels were routed, their ammu-
milton and 23O prisoners were captured
On the receipt of the news of the vic
tory, prices on the Stock Exchange
here jumped points.
Since the rout of Gen. Matos and his
army of 10000 men by President Cas-
tro near La Victoria, Oct. Is, the rem
nants of the rebel forces have been
dispersed in all directions. These scat
tered bodies of rebels, believing that
arms and ammunition had been land
ed, lately reunited, and to the number
of about 1000, under Gems. Rolando and
Ducharme, at Altagracia, at the en-
trance to the Gulf of Maracaibo and
Orituco, a village sixty miles south of
Caracas.
Gen. Ducharme, with 900 men, ad-
1yapced on the Camatagua river. Pres
ident Castro sent a force of 1000 troops
against him under Gen. Alcantara,
who took the rebels by surprise and
routed them, after a seven-hours' fight.
Alvantara cautured thirty officers and
200 soldiers, 10000 rounds and all the
rebels reserve ammunition and so ami
mails.
The balance of Ducharme's army fled
in the direction of Orituco.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
REDMOND, RELEASED,
RETURNS NO THANKS.

Dublin. Feb. S.-William Redmond,
N. p, who was sentenced last year to
six months Imprisonment because he
refused to give bail for his future
good behavior, as the result of an al
legged incendiary speech at Wexford.
was released to-day, although he had
only served half his term. In an in
terview he said:
II do not know why l am released
but / certainly do not thank the gov
eminent, who have kept me in jail for
three months for really nothing"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
NEBRASKA FROZEN STIFF.

Omaha, Neb., Feb. 3.-For twenty
hours a storm of wind and snow has
ragged over Nebraska and Western
Iowa, forming the worst blizzard that
has visited the state for years.
Street car traffic in cities within the
range of the storm is almost at a
standstill, and the railroads are con-
filming their efforts to moving passen-
ger trains. freight traffic being almost
entirely abandoned for the present.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
EDWARD HAS INFLUENZA.
Kings Illness Affected Quotations
ON ConaOIS.

London, Feb. 3.-King Edward. who
is suffering from a mild attack of in
fiuenza, passed a good night and is
making favorable progress towards re-
covery. His proposed visit to the Duke
and Duchess of Denvonshire at Chats
worth has, however. been indefinitely
postponed.
which was attributed to the Kings
indisposition.
Late tonight Baron Knollys inform
ed inqulrers at Windsor Castle that
the Kings progress was quite salts
factory.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
DON'T LIKE GERMANY.
Her Ambassador in London Tells
His Government So.


Berlin, Feb. 3.-The German ambas-
sador at London, Count Wolff Meter
mich, in a dispatch to his government,
referring to British public opinion on
the Venezuelan question and the Brit
ish cabinets attitude in consequence
thereof, says the government is con-
scious of lack of popular support in
its association with Germany, espe-
cially of the disapprova1 of the middle
classes. The ambassador ventures the
opinion that Lord Lansdownes posi-
ton is weakened through loss of pub
lie support, and that the cabinet is
in mood to accept almost any way
out of the Venezuelan ENHANCEMENT
that promises the ultimate payment of
the claims.
Ambassador olff-Metternich also
says a very genuine dislike exists
generally in Great Britain to the gov
ernments partnership with Germany.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
TALK OF COMPROMISE.
Suggestion That is Made for Aspf-
rants 10 Statehood.

Washington, Feb. 3.-There was
again to-day considerable talk about
the Senate of the possibility of COM
promise on the statehood proposition.
with some favor on both sides of the
controversy, Is that the two territories
of Oklahoma and New Mexico be ad-
mitted as states and that Arizona be
united with New Mexico until the area
now covered by that territory in
cludes 100000 people, when it shall be-
come a state, and that Oklahoma be
admitted as it now stands. but that
at some definite time in the future In
dian Territory should be added TO it.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
What TIL
WATCHMAN AND ROBBERS
EXCHANGED SHOTS.

Columbia, S. c.. Feb. 3.-At 1 o'clock
this morning burglars dynamited the
safe in the store of the Pendleton Man
ufacturing Company at Austen, S. c.,
and robbed it of 800 in currency and
stamps. The latter are the property of
the postoffice, located in the store The
Waterman was aroused and fired en-
the robbers, who returned the fire and
escaped. No one was hurt.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
SHOT HIS SWEETHEART
AND THEN HIMSELF.
To Make Sure BidIich Also Drank
CarbOIic Acid.


New York, Feb. "A man named r.
Bidlich, a waiter, went to the residence
of Bernhard Beincke, president of the
Illinois Cattle Feeding Company, to-
day, and asked for the housekeeper, a
woman named Garlin. When the wom-
an came to the door Bidlich shot her,
the bullet entering the breast. AS she
turned to run. the man fired two more
shots, both of which struck her in the
back, and she fell dying. Bidlich then
drank carbolic acid and fired two shots
into his head. Bidlich had been the
woman's sweetheart until recently,
when they quarreled.
Both Bidlch and the housekeeper
were taken to a hospital. where Bid
Itch died few hours later. The wom-
an was unconscious. and it was said
could not recover. Pinned to the mans
suspenders was a photograph of the
woman and himself. The members of
the Beincke family are Frustrated by
the tragedy.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
FOUR DIE OF PLAGUE.

Mazatlan, Mex, Feb 3-There were
four deaths from the plague and
eight new cases to-day.
There is no abatement In activity on
the part Of Gov. Canedo and authori-
ties in the matter Of sanitary work,
cleaning drains. disinfecting and burn
ing infected houses.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
WOMEN DON'T WANT
STATUE OF GEN. LEE.

Washington, Feb. S.-The Woman's
Relief Corps of the District of Column
bia, an auxiliary organization of the
Grand Army. at its fourteenth annual
convention tonight, adopted resolu-
tions protesting against the placing Of
a statue of Gen. Robert +. Lee in the
statuary Hall of the National Capitol
as proposed by the Legislature of
Virginia.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04

$4,000 Required for This Purpose
IL Subscribed.

Jackson, Miss. FEB. 3.-Ten thous-
and dollars. the amount required for
the purchase of Beauvoir. the old
home of jefferson Davis, President Of
the Southern Confederacy, was sub
scribed at "a meeting Of the Beauvolr
Committee of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans in this city to-day
II is said that deed VIII be granted
by Mna- Davis in a few days.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04
JEsuTFs MAY RETURN.
German Government Decides DO
Readmit Them.

Berlin, Feb. 3.-The German govern
ment has decided to readmit the
Jesuits, who since July 1872 have been
excluded from Germany
Chancellor Won Buelow in the Reich
stag to-day. said he would use his
influence to instruct the Prussian mem
bers of the Bundesrath TO support the
repeal of the anti-Jesuit law so far as
to permit individual German and
foreign Jesuits to reside in Germany,
but not TO allow the founding of Jesuit
chapters. which the chancellor believed
the confederated governments would
not accept.
The chancellor's announcement caused
sensation among the members.
though 1t was not unexpected, in view
of the cabinets negotiations with the
majority parties over the passage of
the tariff bill