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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
FOR CAMP OR RENT
MILITARY CAN SAY HOW MONEY
SHALL GO.
THE GOVERNOR WILL DECIDE
AFTER HE HAS HEARD THE Ex-
PREsSIONs.

Col. WoOten and Col. Thomson
Were ut the Capitol Discussing
the Military with the Governor.
Tniked About an Encampment mt
Grimn-Senator Bacon Has Writ
ten Col. WOOten About the Militia
BilI-Capt. Anderson is Made Major.
blanks for Retired Service.
Atlanta, Jan. 12.-Several matters of
interest to the militia of the state are
being discussed at the Capitol Col.
w. E. Wooten OF the Fourth Regiment
and Col. Usher Thomson of the Third
were in conference with the Governor
on the question of a state encampment
at Griffin in the summer.
Governor Terrell said he had not
given the matter much consideration.
yet because of a lack of time. The
question seems to be however. whether
the military of the state prefer to have
an encampment or would rather that
the state continue to pay their armory
rent as at present. There is not enough
money on hand for both purposes. and
expressions will be awaited before anv
dehnite action in the matter is taken.
Col Wooten has just received a let
Ter from Senator A. O. Bacon. explain
ing his attitude with reference to the
DICK militia bill, now before the SEN
ate. Senator Bacon is not opposed tn
me militia bill, he states, and VIII do
everything in his power in behalf of
the state militia. What Senator Ba-
con Is fighting is the effort to tack on
a provision creating a reserve of 1O0.-
600 for the regular United States army
from the citizens of the several states.
This. Senator Bacon declares. is an
obnoxious amendment and strikes III
timately at the state militia itself.
Capt. Harry w. Anderson was to-
day given commission as major of
the Fifth Regiment, succeeding Mai.
w. w. Barker, who was promoted to
be lieutenant colonel.
Blanks for officers who desire TO be
placed on the retired rolls of the state
have been printed, and will be sent to
| offcers who desire them.
| Under the new military law retired
officers are entitled to all ilonors which
are shown officers on the active list
and can perform any duties, such as
staf work or sit on court-martial. ex-
cept to command troops
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
DINGLEY THOUGHT RATES
WERE TOO HIGH.
Congressman Fleming Produces n
Letter to Prove 1t.

Congressman Fleming Produces
Letter TO Prove 1t.
Washington, Jan. i2.--A letter which
Congressmas Fleming received in June,
1901, and which he had carefully pre-
served for just such a purpose, figured
prominently in the discussion before
the Senate to-day of the late Mr. Ding
ley's attitude toward the rates in the
Dingley bill.
When the Philadelphia Bulletin, a Re
publican newspaper, stated the other
day that Mr.. Dingley had, while his
bill was under consideration, made ac-
acknowledgement that many of the rates
had been placed especially high so they
might be reduced in the furtherance of
reciprocity concessions. Senator Hale,
Senator Aldrich and other Republican
senators took it upon themselves to
repudiate what they characterized as
the misrepresentation and injustice
done Mr.. Dingley. To-day Senator Vest
produced a letter from Congressman
Fleming, enclosing one he had received
from Judge King then the representa-
tive from Utah, in which the latter gave
the details of conversation he had
with Mr.. Dingley when the latter had
plainly intimated that in his judgment
some of the schedules of the Dingley
bill were too high, and that the future
would see a decided change in our
tariff system.
Judge King did not pretend to be able
to quote Mr.. Dingley's exact words,
but his recollection of the conversa-
ton was strong Endorsement of the
original article, which started all this
discussion and seemed to knock the
pins from under Mr.. Dingley's self
appointed defenders
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
LEFT HIS COUNTESS.
DE LONYAY DESERTED AUSTRIA'S
EX-CROWN PRINCESS.
FUNDS WEREN'T SUFFICIENT
TO MAINTAIN HER FORMER MAG
NIFICENT STATE.

Marriage of the Widow of the Arch
duke Was StrenuOusIy Opposed by
King Leopold - As Widow She
Received S125,OOO n Year-As the
Countess de LOnyay Her Income Is
hut $25,O0O - She Couldn't Get
Along on T'his-DivOrce Proceed
inRs Looked For.
Vienna, Jan. 12.-Serious differences,
according to Die Zeit, have arisen be-
tween the Count and Countess de Lon
yay formerly the Crown Princess
Stephanie, during their stay in the
south of France. The Count is re-
ported to have suddenly left his wife
and to have since given no informa-
ton of his whereabouts. The nature
of the alleged differences has not de-
veloped.
The Crown Princess Stephanie of
Austria Hungary. widow of the Arch
duke Rudolph and a daughter of King
Leopold of Belgium, was married
March %. 1900, to Count de Lonyay.
popular diplomat of. high standing
in court circles. The marriage of the
Princess to Count de Lonyay was Bit
terly opposed by King Leopold.
The story published in Die Zeit is
repeated in other Vienna papers. They
report that the Count left his wife at
Mentone on Jan. and that his present
whereabouts is not known. Friends Of
the Count assert that in addition to
difficulties in his financial affairs, the
Count has found his position in society
as the husband of the former Crown
Princess of Austria Hungary to be ex-
ceedingly uncomfortable and unpleas-
ant.
That the Count will seek to obtain
a divorce is regarded as by no means
improbable. The disagreement be-
! tween the couple has long been evident,
and it is believed that pecuniary trou-
bles underlie the affair. AS a widow
the former Crown Princess enjoyed an
income of $125,000 and had free resi-
dence at the imperial palace and the
use of carriages and servants.
| 1t is reported that the couple mar
ried in the belief that Emperor Fran
| els Joseph and King Leopold together
would contribute handsomely to their
maintenance; in this, however, they
were disappointed. The Emperor gave
the Countess de Lonyay $4,000 a year
only, while King Leopold stopped her
former allowance of $4,000 a year. The
Countess consequently tried to meet
all the expenses of maintaining her
household with one-ffth of her for
mer income, and found the task i'm
| possible.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
FLAMES AND EXPLOSIONS
Gave the New York Department n
Hard Struggle.

New York, Jan. 12.-Fire early to-day
destroyed the eight-story building at
Alien and East Houston streets, which
was occupied by Fayerweather & La
dew, manufacturers of leather betting
Large quantities of oil and grease
were stored in the building, and these
made the fire fiercely hot and caused
two explosions. One of them nearly
caught a squad of firemen with sheets
of flames, and as a result of the other
a water tower of the fire department
was destroyed. The occupants of all
nearby buildings. including several
thickly populated tenement houses,
were driven out.
A portion of one of the walls fell
on the Second avenue elevated rail-
road structure and crushed a girder.
fire battalion of fifteen men, work.
ing on the railroad, just got out of the
way In time to save their lives.
The origin of the fire has not been
ascertained. While the loss on the
building is estimated at about $500, 600
George Hull, one of the managers of
the betting firm, said that stock valued
at over $500,000 had been destroyed
The firm carried 1921 900 insurance.
Edward Ladew said that their en-
ployes, who had been temporarily
thrown out of work, would be sent to
the firms factories at Fall River
Mass. Newark, N. j., and Charlotte,
NJ C..
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
MRS. TINGLEY GETS A
VERDICT FOR $500.
End to the Celebrated California
Libel Case.

Libel Case.
San Diego, Cal, Jan. 12.-The jury
in the Tingley-Tmes libel suit has
found for Mrs. Tingley in the sum of
$780,
Judge ]. w. Mckinley of Los An
geles made the closing argument for
the plaintiff in the Tingley-Times trial
to-day. Judge e. S. Terrence in his
charge to the jury said that there had
been no legal proof furnished to sup
port the following allegations:
That numerous outrages were COM
mitted by plaintiff and under her di-
rection at Point Iona; that people
were deprived Of liberty; children and
women starved; women imprisoned in
cells, and that Mrs. Tingley was a
spiritualistic medium and an imposter
The court further declared there was
no proof that Mrs. Tingley had caused
parents and children to be separated
and had kept the children in confine-
ment, or that there were immoral prac-
tees at the home.
The court instructed the jury to re-
gard all the above allegations as false.
The court declared there was no legal
proof of the charge that the institu-
ton conducted by the plaintiff is a
fake" and is carried on by the plain
tiff for the purpose of defrauding peo-
pie who are induced to attend it.
The charges that the men and wom-
en- at Point Iona were in the habit
of making pilgrimages insufficiently
clothed and were in the habit of in
dulging in immoral practices under the
direction Of Mrs. Tingley were sub
mitted to the jury.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
SECRETARY MOODY
LEAPED FROM CARRIAGE.
Result Was That He Was Bruised at
Annapolis.


Annapolis, Md, Jan. 12-Secretary of
the Navy William H. Moody was in
jured in the Naval Academy grounds
to-day by a runaway accident
Accompanied by Senator Hale, chair
man of the Senate Naval Affairs Com
mittee, the Secretary arrived here at
O'Clock to inspect the new building be-
ing erected in the Naval Academy
grounds, being driven from the rail
road station in Superintendent Brown
sons private carriage
The battalion of cadets were drawn
up in line of salute just inside the
academy grounds, and as the carriage
bearing the secretary, Senator Hale
and their escort, Lieut.. Poyer, passed
in review, a salute of seventeen guns
was given from the guns on Santee
wharf. The FESTIVE horses attached to
the carriage swerved suddenly and got
beyond the control of the driver. The
breaking of the pole of the carriage
as the spirited animals dashed down
the road, served to render them more
excited. The driver, seeking to stop
them, suddenly turned their heads
into a vacant lot between two houses.
Secretary Moody, who had opened
the door of the carriage as the horses
dashed over the frozen ground, sud
denly jumped to the pavement as the
carriage made the turn into the in
closure. He landed on his face on the
pavement, and was rendered uncon-
scious by the shock
He was carried to the nearby resi-
dence of Supt. Brownson, where he
shortly recovered consciousness. Slight
cuts and bruises on his forehead, nose
and face are thought to be the extent
n a n IN al
nor Lieut.. Poyer was injured, as the
horses were brought up against a wall
shortly after making the turn into the
open lot.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
LEPERS OF HAWAII.
Report Upon the Islands Made by
the Commission.


Washington. Jan. 12.-The report of
the Senate Committee on the Pacific
Islands relating to conditions in Hawaii
was made public to-day. The commit
tee made a thorough inquiry concern
ing the leper settlement on Molokat
Island, which is under territorial con-
troll, with the result that it recon-
mends that the management of the col
ony he transferred to the Marine Hos
pital Service with headquarters in
Washington, and that a general lepro
sario or retreat for all the lepers of
the United States be established on
that island.
At the time of the visit of the COM
mittee there were SOS leprous patients
in the settlement. The committee dis
cusses the moral conditions which
prevail, saying:
Your committee has been some
what surprised to find that under ex-
listing management of the leper settle
ment indiscriminate legitimate and il
legitimate cohabitation is permitted IN
the settlement. Marriages are suffered
to be celebrated between leprous men
and women, regardless of their physi-
cal condition. Children are born in the
settlement of leprous unions and as a
result of Concubinage; and. strange as
it may appear, the leading officials
seem to regard all this not only as
permissible, but protest vigorously
against a system of segregation that
would prevent it,"
Regarding the labor question, Sena-
tors Mitchell and Foster, a majority
of the committee, oppose the removal
of restriction on Chinese immigration.
Senator Burton states matters have
been growing worse since annexation,
until to-day the spectre of hard times
is found everywhere throughout the
islands.
The committee opposes the policy Of
leasing lands, and comment severely
on the centralized character of the
present government, which they say
differs little from that of the mon
archy.
Referring to the recent defalcatlons
on the part of officials in the islands,
the committee says:
There has recently been a perfect
saturnalia of defalcations involving
the administration of Gov. Dole in a
cloud and enshrouding his name in a
maze of embarrassment"
The present system, which requires
no bonds from persons engaged in
fiduciary positions, is sharply criti-
cised, and the Governor and Secretary
of State are charged with negligence
in not requiring sufficient bond.
1t is recommended that some provi-
sion be made for former Queen Liliuo-
lSalani in lieu of the rental of the crown
lands
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
MAY MAKE COAL FREE.
House is Likely to Pass IA Bill Re-
moving Duty.


Washington, Jan. Pit is expected
that Congress will pass a bill remov-
ing the duty of G7 cents ton on coal
imported into this country. This bill
may take the form of rebate or
drawback for nonety days, and also
will provide for reciprocity, admitting
free of duty coal imported into this
country from countries granting the
same privilege to the United States.
This means Canada, and will allow
Nova Scotia coal to come into this
country free, while coal from the AL
leghanies and westward will go into
Canada free of duty. The Ways and
Means Committee will meet tomorrow
and, according to the present pro-
gramme, report a bill on the above
lines. 1t is expected the bill will pass
the House tomorrow.
1t will be taken up in the Senate
very soon, and the intention is to have
it pass without much delay A num-
Der of Republicans who have hereto
fore been opposed to changing the duty
on coal said they would not oppose
the bill, provided it did not open up
the whole tariff question and afford an
opportunity to offer innumerable
amendments.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
WHY RATES ADVANCED.
Railroads File Answers With the
Commits sioner.

Commissioner.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE Norfolk
and Western. Michigan Central, Balti-
more and Ohio and the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railways have filed
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission their answers to the request
OF the Commission for statement of
reasons for the increase of freight
rates on grain, packing-house pro-
ducts, dressed meats and other arti-
Giles on the trunk line roads.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
cites the large increases in taxation,
ana says that an aggregate of almost
100000 is involved in needed addi-
IONS to the equipment.
Inc Michigan Central says it's rea-
SoHs are great increase in the cost of
maintaining and operating its road,
oohSequent on the increase in the
wages of it's employees already made
aHq the increase in the cost of mate
'laiS and large increase in taxes.
Inc Norfolk and Western says it's
enormous business has taxed the re-
sources of the company to the utmost
ana additional equipment is needed.
-Iaterlal advances in wages of EN-
Ployes nave been made, and other adj
Hdhces are in contemplation in the near
-uture. The increases in freight tariff,
%eccordlng to this answer, are necessi-
.dIed by the advanced price of ma
eerial and the partly advanced price
81 labor and a steady increase of about
SIoV,UOO per annum in taxes. The de-
lands of the public are stated to be
III easing, and the only thing the COM
Pany mas to sell is transportation. The
pIlce OF transportation, the road says,
ruust be sufficient for the adequate and
Upper ~ per management and conservation
Vi the property.
ne answer of the Lake Shore is
Nouched along similar lines.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
THE ARMY RESERVE
IS NOT WANTED.
That is What Democrats object to
in the Militia Bill.

in the Militia Bill.
Washington, jan. IA great deal
of surprise is manifested in Democratic
circles here on criticism aimed at Sen
ator Bacon because of his attitude to-
ward the militia bill pending before
the Senate.
This criticism is so clearly based upon
misunderstanding of the attitude of
Senator Bacon and other leading Demo-
creEs that it is suggested they have
been inspired by persons especially in
terested in getting through one fea-
ture of the bill. which it is believed
is in reality against the interest of
the militia. Senator Bacon has been
active in opposition to this feature,
which has no real bearing upon the
militia proper and his position is in
dorsed by Senator Clay, the members
of the Georgia delegation in the House
and by Democrats generally.
The feature of the bill which they
oppose is that which creates a reserve
for the regular army in each state.
This is not only regular army Tegisla-
ton, which does not belong in the mill
ia bill, but as the men to be enrolled
upon this reserve list will not be under
states, but the President, it is believed
it would operate ultimately to the in
jury of the state militia.
This provision was put into the bill
at the instance of Secretary Root. 1t
was not fathered by the militia, or by
General Dick or other special repre-
sentatives of the militia who have been
most active in their support of the
other features of the bill. A telegram
received to-day from Adjutant General
Robertson states that he has read Sem
ator Bacon's speech and indorsed the
position he takes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
WILL IN STENOGRAPHY
Is Being Contested by MiIlionaire's
Legal Heirs.

Cincinnati, Jan. pa peculiar con-
test began in the probate court to-
day when the widow of the late mil
lionaire, John Mccormick Gibson, of
this city, who died at Asheville, N. c.,
a few months ago, presented for pro-
bate copy of his will made from
stenographic notes alleged to have been
preserved by Attorney Wells of Ashe-
vile.
The original will, it is asserted, has
never been found since the death of
Mr. Gibson. 1t bequeathed his entire
estate to his widow, to whom he was
married a few hours before his death.
His legal heirs, his mother and a
brother contest the probating of the
will, and a legal argument is in pro-
gress on the question whether a will
of this description is valid or not.
Mrs Gibson, the widow, was Miss
Cecilia Wolf of Providence, R. 1. She
was called by a telegram to Asheville
when Mr.. Gibson was critically i'll, and
was married on her arrival Hesdied
the next day. Mr.. Gibson's first wife
was one of the victims of the Windsor
Hotel fire in New York.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
PRESIDENT APPOINTS.
ANOTHER NEGRO.
This Time He BestOws Him Upon the
People of Boston.

Washington, Jan. 12.-William H.
Lewis, a negro, has been appointed es-
sistant United States attorney for Bos-
ton. The appointment was made by
Henry P. Moulton, the United States
district attorney for the Boston dis
trict, but it is understood that the Sc
lection was made upon the suggestion
of President Roosevelt.
Lewis is a graduate of Harvard Law
School. While he was in college ne
was held in high regard by both the
student body and by the faculty. He
took high rank in his studies and
was a popular member of the football
squad He is said to be a lawyer of
excellent attachments, and In every
way well equipped for the Office to
which he has been appointed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
PLAGUE HASN'T ABATED.
New Cases Reported and Its Spread
is shown.

Mazatlan, Mex. Jan. 1.-THE plague
does not yield as rapidly as was hoped
to the new sanitary precautions and
medical treatment. Six persons died
yesterday and eight fatal cases are re-
ported to-day.
The number of patients in the laza-
retto is steadily increasing. Sanitary
stations have been established on the
high roads outside the city with physi-
clans in charge The plague has brok-
en- out at Ahome, causing many deaths.
1t is also reported here that a case
Batopilas. Chichuahua
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
COLD IN THE SOUTH.

Louisville, Jan. 12.-The coolest
in many parts of the South, but little
suffering has been reported, owing to
the fact that the supply of fuel is
generally sufficient to meet the. de-
mands. Reports show the following
minimum temperatures: Atlanta, II;
Birmingham, 81; Montgomery, 26;
Vicksburg, "a; Memphis, 49, Nashville,
l6; Chattanooga, 20; Knoxville. Is; Lit
tie Rock, IS. Three degrees above zero
was the minimum temperature here to-
day
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
CLARKE TO BE SENATOR.
He VIII Succeed Senator Jones from
Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 1.-THE Thir-
ty-fourth General Assembly of Arkan-
sas effected organization this after
noon, thus fixing Tuesday, Jan. 20. as
the day for balloting on the United
States senatorship. Ex-Gov. James P.
Clarke has a majority of the instruct
ed votes, and will be elected to sue
coed James K. Jones.
In the Senate Joseph L. Short of Full
ton county was elected president, and
in the House John I. Moore Of Phillips
county was elected speaker.
Gov. jefferson Davis viii deliver his
message to the Legislature Wednesday
and be sworn in for his second term.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
HIS WIFE AFTER MONEY.
How Gress Answers Allegations of
Her Salt.

Atlanta, Jan. 12-G. v. Gress, former
representative from Wilcox county, now
of Midtown, Berrien county, and who
has been sued by his wife for divorce,
published a. statement this afternoon,
in which he says If any of the charges
by his wife of inhdelity can be proven,
he will give 5000 to any charitable in
stitution In Atlanta. He says he in
tends to enter political life in Georgia
again, and that he will do so with
clean record. He declares the sole OBJ
ject of his wife's suit was TO get all
the money she could from his estate.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
NEGROES OBJECT TO
A. POSTMISTRESS
There is Turn About of the Indian
ola Case.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Mason,
chairman of the Committee on Post
offices to-day received formal notice
from w. A. Pledger of Atlanta,
who is vice chairman of the Republi-
can State Committee, that the con-
firmation of Mrs. Minnie Awtrey as
postmistress at LAGRANGE would be
opposed. Charges are to be filed
against Mrs. Awtrey, but the nature
of these has not been disclosed.
Mrs. Awtrey was appointed post
mistress by President Mckinley, and
seems ia hove given thorough salts
faction. Her present appointment was
recently made by President Roosevelt,
in the face of candidacy of l. M.
Rodgers, a LAGRANGE hotel man, who
had the Endorsement of the local Re-
publican organization.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
INVESTIGATION LOGS ON.

Thus Far No Developments In At
Iantn's sensation.
Atlanta, Jan. 1.-THE police investi-
cation continues before the Council
committee so far without any results.
Only three members of the Police Com
mission have been on the stand so far,
and the only thing shown is that there
are two strongly antagonistic factions
on the board, and that policemen get
on the force principally through politi-
cal influence.
Commissioner johnson said on the
stand tonight it would be a good thing
If the Police Commission were aboI-
ished altogether