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VOL.XXYI1I. BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1901 NUMBER 115
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WASHINGTON SEES
UP-TO-DATE ALICE
IN A WONDERLAND
Tlie Gridiron Club's Dinner
Is a Notable Suc
cess
RAILWAY MEN IN BEAUTYSHOW
Prize Is Won By B. W. Wrenn—Fake
Meeting of an Alleged Cabinet
In Which Various 8ports
Appear.
■Washington. December 7.—The Gridiron
Club, composed of forty Washington cor
respondents, scored another notable suc
cess tonight on the occasion of the De
cember dinner.
About 160 guests assembled around the
gridiron table at the Arlington Hotel,
which was beautifully decorated for the
occasion. As usual the entertainment con
sisted of burlesque and satires upon pub
lic events, and things and numerous pub
lic men, and prominent guests were
treated to the usual course of gridiron
broiling, which is always of a good-na
tured kind.
The features, as usual, touched upon
public events In a Jocular manner, and
began with a menu which was a "new
Alice In Wonderland." By the most del
icate fnferrence the Illustrations and
quotations could be applied to some of
the events In the life of President Roose
velt. The arrival of the "collier Merri
ment" (Merrlmac) with a supply of
champagne to All the bunkers of the
diners was a laughable skit, and the
selection of a delegate to London to at
tend the coronation furnished opportuni
ty for the nomination of a number of
guests and of their rejection for various
reasons. ,
Wrenn the Beauty.
There was a large number of railroad
men present and they were all brought
out In a competition for a beauty show,
and Anally the prize was awarded to B.
W. Wrenn. The comments of the mem
bers of the club upon the various qual
Idcatlons and appearance of these rail
way officials caused the room tb echo
with le lighter. '
ntTherl au g hable skit was a fake
mwetlng of _an' Alleged cabinet In Which;
various sporting characters appeared and
tried to pass themselves off as the real
thing. They were dnally hustled out un
cermonlously.
Among those who made excellent
speeches were Postmastcr-Oeneral Smith,
Senators Allison and Mitchell, the Chi
nese minister, former Senator Carter and
Governor Francis, both now connected
with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition;
Representative Landis of Indiana. So
licitor General Richards of the depart
ment of Justice, and others.
The musical programme consisted of
Solos, quartettes and choruses, as well as
Catchy topical songs.
List of Guests.
Among those present were Postmaster
General Charles Emory Smith, the Chin
ese Minister Wu Ting Fang. Senators
Allison, Burrows, Hanna and Mitchell;
Representatives Foerderer, Underwood,
Joy and Landis; Gen. John R. Brooke,
Gen. Henry C. Corbin, Gen. J. F. Weston,
Gen. Francis V. Greene, F. N. Barksdale,
Pennsylvania railroad; Former Represen
tative Jumes R. Belford. Colorado; Mr.
Charles Boynton, superintendent Eastern
Division of Associated Press; George W.
Boyd. Pennsylvania railroad. Former
Secretary C. N. Bliss, New York; Lud
wig von Callenberg. secretary of the Aus
traln Legation; R. F. L. Bunch. Seaboard
Air Line; Thomas H. Carter, chairman of
the government comthlssion of the Louis
iana Purchase Exposition; Wm. M. Fin
ley, vice-president of the Southern rail
road; David R. Francis, president of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition; Arthur
Hale and J. H. Maddy, Baltimore and
Ohio railroad; Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Wm. M. Johnson, Inter-State Com
merce Commissioner; R. T. Knapp. Harry
W. Fuller. Chespeake and Ohio railroad;
Director of the Census W. R. Merrlam,
Paul Morton, Atchison. Topeka and San
ta Fe railroad; Hon. Henry C. Payne of
Wisconsin. Mr. John G. Mllburne, Buf
falo; S. H. Hardwick, general passenger
agent Southern Railway; Solicitor Gen
eral John K. Richards, W. S. Self, Pitts
burg Dispatch; Marcus A. Smith and
James H. McClintock, Arizona; B. W.
Wrenn, Plant Railroad system; Mr.
John F. Waggaman, Annapolis; T. C.
JefTrey, Midland Railway, England; Mr.
Myron T. Herrick. Cleveland, O.; Mr.
Scott Bone, Washington Post; T. P.
Schocks, president of the I. I. 1. Railway
■ystem and Prof. Max Bendlx, New
York.
TO DELAY TARIFF
BILL UNTIL 1903
HERR BEBEL AND ASSOCIATES
WILL FIGHT GERMAN GOVERN
MENT—SHOW AMERICAN WORK
MEN ARE THE BEST.
Berlin. December 7.—The tariff bill goes
to the committee next week and nobody
expects Its rc-appearance for months.
Herr Bebel and Richter and other oppo
sition leaders have agreed to delay the’
measure as long as possible in commit
tee. They are determined to make a
fight on every one of the 940 items. It is
possible that the final vote will not be
reached until 1903. unless the government
offers to compromise, which is unlikely.
The government is considering chang
ing the rules of the house so as to block
the obstructive tactics of the opposition.
There is a general impression that the
government commands a large majority.
It is not the United States that the gov
ernment would be concerned about should
the tariff bill be put through in Its pres
ent form, but Russia and Austria-Hun
gary. It is the belief of the foreign of
fice that Germany is well able to uphold
her side should the United States maKfe
reprisals. Russia and Austria-Hungary
have already informed Germany that
they are not willing to negotiate commer
cial treaties on the basis of the pending
tariff. These notifications are considered
equivalent to the declaration of an
economic war in* which the broad markets
now open to Germany will immediately
be closed and the considerable volume
of United States products now finding
its way to Russia through German trad
ers would, in consequence, be excluded
with German goods.
The manager of an American tool com
pany’s works in Berlin has made a re
markable comparison of the w'ages paid
and cost of tools made here with the
wages paid and cost of tools at the
American works, both sets of laborers
using identical machinery. He finds that
the American workman, making an ex
act allowance for the difference in wages,
turns out a clear 25 per cent, more pro
duct for the same unity of* wages. A
shoe factory at Breslau using American
machinery secured better results by im
porting eight American working men and
paying them by the piece to stimulate the
German workmen who then came within
10 per cent, of the Americans’ work.
The American Insurance companies
which have complied with the law coming
Into force with the new year, trans
fenring t> control of if» uranee from the
Sta. • governments to tHe imperial gov
, ernment. know that these eohcfcSBtons
rnily be withdrawn whenever the govern
ment chooses, and Atnericans run the
risk of having their privileges cancelled
should Germany and the United States
have an economic disagreement.
NELLIE CROPSEY
IN BALTIMORE?
NORFOLK POLICE CHIEF THINKS
THE MISSING GIRL LEFT ON A
BOAT FOR BALTIMORE—ABDUC
TION THEORY.
Norfolk, Va„ December 7.—Police Chief
Veiling of thla city is confident that Nel
lie Cropsey, the Elizabeth City girl, whose
mysterious disappearance on November
20 from her home, has to this time re
mained a mystery, Is now In Baltimore.
On the morning of November 22 a girl
came to Norfolk on the Seaboard Air
Line train from Franklin, Va.. and secur
ed a room in a boarding house. During
the day she met Edward F. Kelly, who
boarded at the same house, and she din
ed with him at a restaurant. She went
by the name of Jessie Baker and told
him that she was from Elizabeth City
and on her way to Baltimore, where she
would visit for six or eight weeks and
possibly go to Pennsylvania. Kelly spent
the major part of the day with the girl
and saw her board'the Baltimore steam
er that evening. She was alone and with
no baggage.
Police Chief Veiling wired Attorney A.
G. Cropsey of New York tonight that he
had every reason to believe Nellie Crop
sey is alive. Police Chief Dawson of
Elizabeth City. Is here tonight and still
insists on the murder and abduction the
ory.
Charlotte. N. C., December 7.—A special
from Suffolk, Va., says:
The mother, sisters and cousin of Nel
lie Cropsey say her dress at the time of
her dlsapperance varies from the descrlp
i tion given them yesterday by Edward
KENTUCKY GIRL AND TEXAS
MAN WED BY TELEGRAPH
Bowling Green. Ky„ December 7.—Miss Maud Wlllcutt stood In the telegraph
office here tonight and became the bride of Dr. J. W. Simmons of Peaator, Tex.
They were married by wire. The questions were asked from the Texas end by a
Justice of the peace and were answered by Miss Wlllcutt.
Miss \\ tllcutt. whose home Is at Lewlsburg, Logan county, is teaching school
In Butler county. She and the doctor met recently. The operator and newspa
per correspondents at Bowling Green wltneised the marriage. Mrs. Simmons
leaves next week for Texas to Join her husband. He will meet her cn route.
THREE HOTELS REFUSE
WASHINGTON LODGINGS
Springfield, Mass., December 7.—Booker
T. Washington the noted colored edu
cator, was refused accommodations at
three Springfield hotels Tuesday night.
He finally secured a room at the Rus
sell Hotel.
The Incident has resulted In much com
ment. The hotels that turned Mr. Wash
ington away are the leading hostelries
of the city. The proprietors said that
he had been refused accomodations be
cause there were no vacant rooms.
“It Is trus,” said the proprietor of one
hotel, “that we were obliged to refuse
Mr. ashlngton a room last evening,
Just as we were obliged to refuse thir
ty or forty others. The refusal was not
based on his color, but was made neces
sary by the overcrowded condition of the
hotel."
“If Mr. Washington was turned away
it was because the hotel was crowded,”
said the night clerk of another hotel.
Clerks on duty in other hotels laBt
night say that they had rooms at their
disposal at 10 o'clock, the time at which
the colored educator arrived in Spring
field,
OBERLIN CARTER A FLORIST
WHILE HE WEARS HIS GRAY SUIT
IN DARK CELL OF KANSAS PRISON
'-CiiOiiiiiiiPi!_
OBERLIN M. CARTER OBERLIN M. CARTER
As He Appeared Before Arest. As He Appears in Prison Garb.
F. Kelly, on whose Information Chief
Vellins of Norfolk bases his story of the
alleged discovery. It is said that the girl
wore new shoes on the boat at Baltimore,
light jacket and a red waist with brass
buttons. The family say Nellie wore a
red waist with no brass buttons, old
shoes and no coat. The sisters claim
to know that Nell had not more than
five cents when she left.
Wilcox, her sweetueart, has returned
to Elizabeth City.
SHERIDAN IN PORT.
Left Manila for America Fifty-one
Days Ago.
San Francisco, December 7.—After
I many exciting adventures in oriental
waters, having narrowly escaped foun
j dering, the transport Sheridan !a safe
J in pore. With several Congressmen on
board and a large number of sick and
discharged soldiers, the Sheridan left
Manila fifty-one days ago bound for San
Francisco. She had been at sea but a
few days when she ran into a typhoon
that all but shook her to pieces. When tlio
storm abated, the Sheridan tried to make
headway, but the machinery became dis
abled. The transport drifted for a time
with the currents of the sea, and almost
went ashore on the Japanese coast.
O* October 30 she reached Nagasaki,
much the worse for wear, and wus put in
dry dock. The passengers were trans
ferred to the Warren, sent from Manila
for the purpose. Then the Warren went
aground and the passengers went on
board the Hancock. That steamer
bumped on a reef in the inland sea, but
after a delay of twenty-four hours, was
towed off and resumed her voyage,
reaching here uninjured.
After being thoroughly repaired the
Sheridan left Nagasaki and made the
rur to this port in seventeen days an-1
five hours.
HOLD TWO SESSIONS.
! Committee On Revising Presbyterian
Creed Is Progressing Slowly.
Washington, December 7.—Two sessions
were held today of the revision commit
tee of the General Presbyterian Assem
bly. A statement issued by the committee
says:
The committee is making progress, but
in discussing the great questions pending
progress must be slow and nothing final
can be reached for a week or more.
When such themes as God and the Trini
ty, revelation and creation, the divine
decree and the fall of man are under con
sideration and statements that will be
satisfactory to the church are to be pre
pared, it is obvious that care and time
must be required. The discussions have
been harmonious and the committee is
animated by the one purpose of prepar
ing a form that will be at once true and
toast, “The Presbyterian church.”
The Men's Society of the Church of the
Covenant gave a dinner tonight to the
committee.
The Rev. H. C. Minton,. D. D., modera
tor of the general assembly, spoke to the
toast. "The Presbyterian chursch.”
District Commissioner McFarland spoke
of the “National Capital;” Bishop Sat
terlee on "The Sister Churches;" JRev. H.
VanDyke, D. D., of Princeton, on "Edu
cational Institutions," and Mr. J. E. Par
sons on “The Laity.”
ISSUES MARINE REPORT.
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Second Cate of Bubonic Plague In the
Hawaiian Islands.
Washington, December 7.—The monthly
health report of the Marine Hospital is
sued today contains a report from Dr.
L. E. Coper, chief quarantine officer of
the Hawaiian Islands, dated Honolulu,
November 14, saying that on account of
a second case of bubonic plague having
occurred there from a new focus within
a week, he had begun the certification of
passengers, crews, vessels and freight
bound for ports on the Pacific coast.
Under date of November 18 he confirms
a d^ath by plague reported by telegram,
also two other deaths from plague on the
island of Kauai.
Dropped Dead of Heart Disease.
Kansas City, Mo., December 7.—Edwin
H. Brown, aged 78 years, of Girard. Kan.,
who has been prominent in politics and
railroad circles, dropped dead of heart
disease today. He was a delegate to the
convention which nominated Abraham
Lincoln for President and was one of the
promoters of the Union Pacific Railroad.
He built the Joplin line from Joplin. Mo.,
to Girard, Kan., now a part of the Frisco
system.
Will Elect Judge January 22.
Chattanooga, December 7.—(Special.)—
At the meeting of the Democratic exec
utive committee for the fourth judicial
circuit, Martin A. Fleming of this city
was elected chairman of t*e committee
and it was decided that the convention
to nominate an attorney general and
Ciicuit Court judge should be held her**
on January 22.
Business Improves in Pretoria.
Pretoria, December 7.—As an indication
of the more normal condition prevailing
all restrictions on transactions in the
stocks and shares at present prohibited
will be removed January 1. The, money
order business will also be resumed.
Clad in \k Prison Garb of
Graf Go Writes tbe
Prison Records
GAG SURRENDERED $700,000
As a Prisoner His Behavior Has Been
Perfect—There Is Not a Scratch
of a Pen Against
Him.
Fort Leavenworth. Kan.. December 7.—
(Special.)—Capt. Oberlin M. Carter,
known here as Convict No. 2094. 1b calm
ly awaiting the decision of the Supreme
Court in his effort to be released on
habeas corpus, argument in which was
had last Tuesday.
From behind the bars of the United
States penitentiary, Captain Carter has
tossed $700,000 into the scales of justice
that he may have another trial.
Clad in the prison garb of gray, brand
ed on every garment with the red fig
ures of disgrace, “2094", he awaits impa
tiently the moment when, before a civil
court, he may vindicate his honor.
If he fails then he loses all. Should he
win he recovers a jeopardized fortune
amounting to nearly three-quarters of
a million dollars.
Exoneration in the United States Cir
cuit Court in Chicago, where Captain
Carter has agreed to risk all. will have
no affect upon his prison sentence here.
That was inflicted by a court martial.
One hope of release he still has, and
that is in the Supreme Court of the
United States. Captain Carter's attorney
argued for a writ of habeas corpus on
the technical ground that the court mar
! tial exceeded its jurisdiction.
| Should that court grant the prisoner’s
| plea the gates of the prison will swing
I outward and “2094" would become but
j a memory.
I Shrinking from notoriety and visitors.
Carter has given way just once to his
feelings. A fortnight or so ago his attor
! ney, Horace G. Stone, came here to see
! his client in the office of Warden Mc
Claughry. Briefly his attorney told the
prisoner of the agreement proposed by
which the government offered to allow
Captain Carter to establish his right to
property found in his name—if he could
do so in a civil court.
At first the full significance of the
statement did not strike the prisoner.
Then, grasping it all at once, he burst
Into tears, and in a voice far from steady
said:
“Why, that—that's what I have been
hoping for, dreaming of. for months!"
Then his self-control returned, and he
was again the sturdy military figure that
he was as captain of engineers in charge
of government work at Savannah.
How He Looks a Prisoner.
There is non6 of the convict about him.
The suit of prison clothing fits him per
fectly. and he wears It aB though it wer<«
hiB uniform of old. His well-set figure is
a bit heavier than when his friends saw
him in New York, for he is in splendid
health, and the regular habits and disci
pline of the prison have removed the ef
forts of worry and tribulation. His com
plexion is clear, and has none of the
prison pallor.
To congenial occupation must be given
I credit for much of the prisoner’s good
t health and buoyant spirits Most of his
waking hours are spent with his flowers,
for he has developed into an enthusiastic
florist, with the flower beds and green
houses of the prison hospital in his
charge.
As secretary to Dr. Thomas, in charge
of the hospital, he accompanies the sur
geon through the wards and records the
/history of the various cases, and is in
general charge of .the hospital office and
records.
Carter’s clothes are like those of all the
other prisoners. His underclothes, of fair
ly good grade, are stamped plainly with
his number. “2094.” His outer garments
consist in winter of coat, vest and trous
ers, made of a neat gray cadet cloth,
wool on cotton warp, cut to measure by
a citizen tailor in the prison shop and
made by convicts.
In the front of either trouser leg. just
above the knee, is branded the number In
red. It appears again on the back of the
vest and again on the coat just over the
shoulder-blades. It is stenciled there In
indellible red, a constant reminder that
he is without a name so far as the prison
Is concerned—simply "2094."
Carter’s Daily Routine.
Carter sleeps in a little room on the
second floor of the hospital, directly over
the office. Two other hospital attendants
bupk In the same room with him. one of
them being a negro. Each has a small
iron cot, a counterpart of those in army
barracks the country over.
Breakfast and all other meals are the
same for all, except patients in the hos
pital, and vary little from the fare In
other penal institutions. Caotain Carter
eats with hearty appetite, and immediate
ly breakfast is over hurries to the office
to assist at "sick call."
Seated at the desk shown in the in
terior view of the office Carter records
the call, while Dr. Thomas, standing in
the barred doorway, examines the pris
oners as they report to him. After this
Carter accompanies the doctor into the
wrest ward, where accident cases and
patients with slight non-infectious dis
eases are nursed to recovery.
From the physician’s dictation the cap
tain records the daily conditions of tile
cases, and repeats the operation iti the
east ward. where more serious fever and
other cases are cared for. His work sel
dom carries him to the consumptive
ward, where prisoners suffering from
tuberculosis are segregated. After this
there is routine work in the office and
errands to the other part of the prison.
Sometimes when the doctor needs a
steady hand to hold a bandage or aid
him in an operation Cartel* varies his
duties to that extent. This occurred re
cently w'hen many prisoners were wound
ed in an attempt to escape.
But It is the flowers that the prisoner
loves the best. In summer the yard in
front of the prison hospital is filled with
bright blossoms and thrifty plants. Ev
ery spare moment of the day the Cap
tain is there watering, trimming, weed
ing, coaxing his flowers into blpom. Tu
lips. hyacinths, dahlias and all the old
fashioned flowers that he can raise are
found there.
When autumn comes his possessions are
transferred to the greenhouses at the
west end of the hospital and there in
blizzard or sunshine he guards the health
of his floral patients with assiduous care.
Record of Prisoner 2094,
The record of Prisoner 2094 is absolutely
perfect. There is not a scratch against
his behavior. He has been a model pris
oner, and will go free, if all other at
tempts fail, at the expiration of his sen
tence, on November 28, 1903, ten months
having been deducted for good behavior.
Carter's sentence began on September
29, 1899, but he was not received at this
prison until April 27, 1900, and since that
day he has received no visitors save his
attorney, his brother, 1. Stanton Carter
of Chicago, and Col. L. D. Carter, an
uncle, of Oakland. 111. Since that time,
to, he has been protected from interviews
by a special order of the attorney gen
eral at Washington.
All of his Interviews with his relatives
and attorney have occurred in the office
of Warden McClaughry. and have been
mostly devoted to details of the coming
trial in Chicago. When the day for the
trial arrives Carter will be taken from
the prison on a writ signed by Judge
Kohlsuat, and, accompanied by Warden
McClaughry, will go to Chicago.
He has agreed to go on the stand and
to answer all questions that can be asked
him. His brother and his uncle, who have
held some of the fortune, now at stake,
have agreed to do the same.
Deposition will Ife taken all over the
country by Carter's attorneys, through
officers of the United States courts, which
will corroborate Carter’s contention that
the $700,000 was given him by his father
in-law, Mr. Westcott, and that the se
curities whose ownership is to be finally
decided, were purchased by Mr. West
cott with his own money—many of them
before he ever knew Carter.
In the agreement entered into a fort
night ago by Horace G. Stone for Car
ter and by Marlon Erwin, a special as
sistant United States attorney, for the
government, all the suits to recover this
property are to be consolidated in Chica
go, the property is to be turned over by
Carter and his relatives into the custody
of the court and the future ownership of
the property Is to be determined by the
decision in this one case.
If Carter is able to prove to the satis
faction of the bench that he had naught
to do with the securities before they were
given to him by his father-in-law, then
his title to the property is safe. If he
fails he loses the fortune, which goes to
the government.
Carter’s Request for Suits.
After Carter had begun to serve his
sentence of three years’ imprisonment he
wrote to (he Department of Justice ask
ing that civil suits be brought against
him to recover the property which the
government contended he had obtained
through irregularity at Savannah. In
this way he hoped to get before a court
evidence he was not able to introduce at
the courtmartial.
Suits were brought by the government
in Georgia. New York. New Jersey, West,
Virginia and Northern and Southern
Illinois. These cases have all been merg
ed into the one which is to bo tried be
fore Judge Kohisaat. While this will not
affect his reinstatement Jn the army,
even if it should be successful in proving
his Innocence, it will resuli in a trial of
the case on its merits. FUntil all the
depositions are completed no date will be
fixed for the trial.
In the argument for a writ of habeas
corpus, the contention will be made by
Carter’s attorney. Mr. Stone, that the
court martial had no jurisdiction to in
flict all the punishment it. did. It ill be
argued that no evidence was offered be
fore the courtmartial proving that Car
ter got a cent of the money out of the
Savannah contract.
The prisoner’s attorney will urge the
Supreme Court to release the prisoner
because the courtmartial inflicted pun
ishment on him for an alleged offence,
punishment for which was proj/?rly with
other tribunals than those military.
And while lawyers and courts are ar
ranging the preliminaries of a legal bat
tle for great stakes, Carter is serenely
raising flowers and writing hospital
laaordi.
KING EDWARD WILL
WEAR CLOTH OF GOLD
AND MANY DIAMONDS
SATURDAY REYIEY?
FEARS AMERICA
ADVOCATES AN ALLIANCE BE
TWEEN ENGLAND AND GER
MANY TO OPPOSE AMERICA’S
GROWING POWER.
London, December 7.—In an Intensely
bitter anti-American article the Saturday
Review today advocates German-English
friendship for the purpose of holding the
United States in check. Emperor Will
iam. it declare says he sees in the grow
ing German population of Chili and
Brazil the inevitable necessity for future
interference which “in any form involves
a conflict with the United States.”
This the Saturday Review holds is im
possible for Germany to wage successful
ly if Great Britain is hostile. While not
advocating an alliance with Germany
against the United States, the Review
says: “We advocate a still less one with
the United States against Germany. In
the event of a conflict we might, with ad
vantage to ourselves, hold the balance.
With a friendly Germany forever elimin
ated from the political chess board of
the new world. We should with our pres
ent policy admitting the unbridled pre
tensions of the United States everywhere
one day And ourselves elbowed out for
ever from both North and South America,
while Canada would be found to have
become a fraction of an empire.
The Saturday Review stigmatizes Great
Britain's policy regarding Nicaragua and
other matters, as fatuous, ridiculous and
unpopular.
Today’s Spectator devotes its chief ar
ticle to advocating a closer understand
ing with Russia in order to head ofT Ger
many from Shorn. It declares it is im
possible for Great Britain to expect
friendliness, adding: “A German alliance
is the least stable ground on which we
can lay the foundations of foreign
policy.”
Inspecting Western and Atlantic.
Chattanooga, December 7.—(Special.)—A
party of nine members of the Georgia
Senate and nine of the House of Repre
sentatives arrived here yesterday on their
annual tour of inspection of the Western
.and Atlantic. The Legislature will prob
ably be asked by the committee to build
a business block on their property here.
Rejects Chattanooga’s Request.
Chattanooga. December 7.—The South
eastern Freight Association has formally
rejected the request of the city of Chat
tanooga to extend full recognition to
Chattanooga as a river point, and make
Chattanooga rates from Eastern cities on
at least as favorable basis as rates from
the above cities to the competing and
similarity situated city of Nashville.
JAMES KING HAS
OBTAINED BOND
WAS CHARGED WITH BEING ONE
OF THE MOB WHO LYNCHED
CHARLEY BELL — SOLICITOR
GRAHAM'S FIRST CASE.
Ashville, December 7.—(Special.)—James
King, charged with murder In the first
degree, sued out before Judge W. S.
Forman a writ of habeas corpus. Bond
was fixed in the sum of $1600.
King was accused of being one of the
mob implicated in the lynching of the
negro Charley Bell near Leeds on last
August 7. The negro was said to have
killed an old man and severely Injured
. his wife. Upon being caught he was
hung by an angry mob.
Mr. King made bond immediately, some
of the best citizens of this and Shelby
county being here for the express purpose
of securing his immediate release.
Hon. J. B. Graham represented the
State in this trial—his first visit since his
appointment as solicitor for this district
NEW BANK OPENS.
People's Savings Bank of Clanton Be
gins Business.
Clanton, December 7.—(Special.)—The
Peoples’ Savings Bank, which was organ
ized here a short time ago, and has since
erected a substantial bank building, said
to be the most elegant building between
Birmingham and Montgomery, opened its
doors for business this morning.
By noon nearly $10,000 had been deposit
ed. and it was expected that before the
close of the day’s business fully $20,000
would be placed bn deposit.
Clanton, which has already this season
received over 0000 bales of cotton, has
long needed a bank, and the Peoples’
Savings Bank starts off under favorable
auspices.
W. E. Holloway of Montgomery is pres
ident, Dr. E. A. Matthews of Clanton is
vice president. The directors are S. M.
Adams (Judge of probate), W. I. Mullins,
E. M. Pinckard and W. T. (’alien, all
leading business men of Clanton.
Coronation Rites in Westmin
ster Rail Wilt Last
Over Four Honrs
QUEEN WILLWEAR OLD ROBES
Over 3,000 Precious Stones, Diamond*
Pearls, Rubies, Sapphires and
Emeralds Will Be In the
King's Crown.
London, December 7.—The designs for
the coronation robes have finally been
decided upon. King Edward will wear a
cloth of gold, underjacket embroidered
with palm branches and the shamrock, I
rose and thistle. On the King s stole the
cross of St. George, the royal crown and
the rose, shamrock and thistle will hoi
woven In gold thread. His cape will be a.'
| magnificent garment, decorated with sil
ver eagles and fleur de lis and the na
tional floral emblem.
The Queen will wear robes almost ex-,
actly similar to those of Queen Adelaide,
which will be brought to Marlborough
House from Brodie Castle, where they,
are kept as heirlooms. In spite of their'
age they are In excellent condition. They
are of black velvet manufactured on
hand looms, elaborately embroidered and
laced, having gold trimmings and with
huge hanging sleeves.
The coronation rites will last four hours.
After the sacrament has been adminis
tered to the King he will discard the
church vestments and put on his state
robes.
Over three thousand precious stones—
diamonds, pearls, rubles, sapphires and
emeralds—will be Included In the King’s
crown. There will be 1860 pure white dia
monds and 1270 rose diamonds. The his
toric ruby which the King of Caatlle gave
the Black Prince In 1367 and which was
subsequently worn by Henry V at Agln
court, is In the center of the crown,
placed In the heart of a maltose cross.
There Is a smart saying current In Lon
don that nowadays all the peeresses are
either actresses or Americans and that
the members of the old aristocracy have
all gone Into trade.
The latest recruit from the latter Is the
Duke of Cambridge’s daughter-in-law.
Mrs. George Fitzger, whose husband is a
colonel. This lady will shortly start a
hygienic beautifying concern in the heart
of Mayfair, where she hopes to rid her'
fashionable friends' faces of wrinkles and
other blemishes.
NEED MORE MONEY.
Not Sufficient Fund* for Episcopal
Missionary Uses.
Rochester, N. Y., December 7.—The
Episcopal miHslonary conference came to
an end tonight.
The conference in the opinion of those
who are closest in touch with It has
brought .out distinctly the following
things:
1. The Episcopal church has a pre
eminent call to mission work In Latin
American lands.
2. It sadly needs young men for It*
mission work, both at home and abroad.
3. Its present supply of funds for prose
cuting Its present mission work and for
entering upon Its larger opportunities
Is Inadequate.
4. The laity and even some of tha
church's bishops and clergy are respon
sible for the apathy which prevails to-'
ward mission work.
5. The church at large needs a revival,
fresh baptism of Holy Spirit and sysV
tematlc Instruction in order that zeal tap
mission work may be aroused, stimulated!
and sustained.
6. The men of the church should be,
systematically organized for the purpose,
of coming to the aid of women anil
children in the missionary cause.
The Rt. Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe, D.i
D.. bishop of Alaska, said to a represen-!
tatlve of the Associated Press:
"We sadly need money for school and,
for native helpers whom we train In the
missionary work. We have three hos
pitals in Alaska, but we want to build
more, especially one at Nome. Our na
tive schools should be planted every
where. but we have not the money to
plant them. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, the
commissioner of schools for Alaska, Is a.
Presbyterian, and he has helped the
schools of his own denomination with
government money. Qur schools receive
not a penny from the government.”
Urging McDonald’s Appointment
Washington, December 7. — (Special.) —■
Senator Pettns and Representatives Rich
ardson and Bowie saw the President to
day to ask that Captain John Bacon Mc
Donald, Third Cavalry, be appointed to
one of the vacant positions in the line ot;
brigadier-generals.
Will Appoint Zalabrinl Delegate. [
Rome, December 7.—The Journal dej
Roma publishes the announcement that'
Mgr. Zalabrinl. archbishop of Placensa.]
who recently returned from a visit to thoj
1'nlted States, will be appointed apostolto!
delegate at Washington.
DYNAMITE INJURES THREE
LITTLE BOYS AND A NEGRO
Alexander City, December 7.—(Special.)
—Three little boys and a negro man were
perhaps fatally Injured by an explosion
of dynamite this afternoon.
The negro had been engage* In blasting
In the well of James Sasser, and was
holding some damp dynamite over a fire
to dry It. Seeing no cap on the dynamite
stick he believed there was no danger.
He was surrounded by three little white
boys, Jerome Carlisle, Otto Sasser and
Kalph Richards, the respective sons of
R. H. Carlisle, James Sasser and W. O.
Richards.
Suddenly a terrific explosion ocoured..
. The three little boys were severely |
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wounded and perhaps fatally, and were
picked up stunned, burned and bleed
ing. The negro's hand was torn Into
shreds, and it is believed that he la In
ternally injured.
J. H. Belyew. a well known farmer re
riding one mile north of this city, shot
and severely wounded Lee Pearson, a ne
gro man. who had attempted to force
an entrance Into his room at bedtime
last night. The negro was shot In the
breast and nock and is severely wounded.
He was on a drunken spree, and did not
make known his Identity ^*nen he tried
to enter the house. Believing him to
a burglar, Mr. Belyew let him have
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