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! - i I " : ! ' t A MILLIONAIRE DEAD Marshall field is Unexpectedly Summoned WAS MAN OF ENORMOUS MONEY End Comes, After Eight Days' Illness .of Pneumonia, in a New York "Hotel Remains yU Be Taken to ; Chicago for Internment. New York. Special. Marshall i . Field, the mil lonaire Chicago nier chant, died at the 4 o'clock Tuesda Holland House at I: afternoon, after ot pneumonia. eight days' illness Death came peacef folly while mernj been in bers of the family almost constant at who had endance for sevr eral days deathbed. were garnered ar bund the ji They as well as the dying merchant himself were prepared for the end. jFor day s thev had been swayed between hope and fear bu when .the alarming turn came aftei- the remarkable ralljy , it was nized that the end had been only briefly deferred. Those : who were present Avhen the merchant died were Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., Augustus N. Eddy, Cath erine Eddy, Mrs. Henry Dibblee, Rob ert T. Lincoln and Mrs. Preston Gib son. Mr. -Field'si, illness developed about a week ago while he and Mrs. Field were on theirijway from Chicago to this city. He was traveling on the Pennsylvania limited, and he was tak en ill early Tuesday morning just before the train .reached Pittssburg. There a physiciari boardede the train and came Field. ' on to this city with Mr. New Issue of Tenn. Goal and Iron Common Stock. New York, Special. Directors of the -Tenhessee Coal and Iron Com- -pany, at a meeting in tins city au- thorized common an issue of $7,009,000 of new stock of that company. This will increase the total Of common stock to $30,000,000. The directors renewed;, an offer to accept the out standing 2,483' shares of preferred stock and to give stock in exchange therefor -at the rate of $1S0 a share for the preferred. A meeting of the stockholders of the company to pass m this action of the directors will be held at Tracy City, Tenn., Janu- arv 31 Resigns Under Fire. Aunopolis, Md., Special. The evi dence of those wlnm Midshipman Mi nor Meriwether, Jr., is accused of haz ing, was given rapidly after the court had disposed of the objections offered by counsel for the defense. . Six midshipmen of the fourth class con nected Meriwether m some way with the hazing and -the testimony was pos itive in four of these; cases. Mid shipman Meriwether, has handed in his resignation kfroni the Naval Aca demv. it is not likely that it will be accepted, as there ate charges pend ing against him and as he is under sentence of confinement to the Aca demy grounds for one year. ' T. J. Emery Dies in Egypt. i Cincinnati, O., Special. Thomas 0" Emery, multi-millionaire of this citty. is dead in Egypt from pneumonir., the news Jiavmg been received Dy caDie Mr. Emeiy was one of the principal .heirs to tile Tliomas W. Emery estate, the largest owners of real estate m Cincinnati and Southern Ohio. He es tablished the Cineinnaati Orphan Asy lum as a memorial to the two de- - '. - i t -v . . ceased sons, and was a large contri butor to the colored orphan asylum Largest Cotton Mill in South in Re ceiver's Hands. Jackson. Miss., Special. The Mis sissippi Mills, at Wesson, the larges cotton mills in the South, have gone into the hands of a receiver. Thad B Lampton, ex-treasurer of Mississippi, being named! bv Federal. Judge Niles There is a bonded debt of $300,000 -a I 1 V i , -l out other liabilities and aassets are not known. Retired Naval Officer Deaad. . Washington, special. me iavy Department is informed that Lieu "tenant Commander . Benjamin H. Buckingham, U. S. N., retired, died at Currituck Inlet, North Carolina, Monday. Commanded Buckingham was born in Canton, O. -r-rr i si i frni "v- Shortage in Kansas State Treasury. Topekia, Kan., Special. A report of the examination of the- Kansas State treasury by expert accountants given out by Governor Hoch shows a shortage of close to $60,000. The report covers the term of F. E. Grimes and the . present treasurer. ; Brother of Former Presideat Cleve land Dead. - Columbus, O., Special. Rev. W. N. Cleveland, brother of former Presi dent Grover Cleveland, died from th& effects of paralysis. He was 73 years old and died at the home of his son, W. N.' Cleveland, in this city. Rev Cleveland was a retired Presbyterian siiiiisier. CONGRESS AT WORK -it What Our National Law Makers Are Doing Day by Day. Row Over Patronage. Representative Overstreet (Ind.), secretary of the Republican congress ional campaign committee announced that the President's failure to allow him to name the surveyor of the port at Indianapolis has discouraged 4 him so badly that he will not again serve on the committee. j Phillinnine Bill Passed. The House passed the Phillippine tariff bill 25S to; 7.1. This result was attained after decidedly the most strenuous daj- of the present Congress. Many amendments 'were 'launched and went to pieces in the storm of debate. Republican opposition to the bill in the interest of American beet and cane sugar and tobacco t It' Led out its strength early ana gave up. This ! opposition refused to Democratic efforts. affiiate with Philippine Tariff in thfe House. The Philippine tariff debate in the house consisted more of pkrty manoe- vouring lor advantageous campaign material than a discussion of the puestion at issue. The tariff was the text of a speech by Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who began the debate, and of an extended reply by Mr. Williams, the minority leader. ! Mr. Adams of Wisconsin, opposed it I'll! i 1 11 I i tne Din, Dut aavocatea a readjustment of the tariff on business principles. Mr. McKinley of California, deliver ed his first speech in the house in favor of the pending measure and pointing a finger of warning toward the growing industries of Japan. In secret session the senate discuss ed the status of Senator Bacon 's Moroccan resolution for three hours and in the end it was left on the calendar. Vice-President Fairbanks declared that his course in placing the resolution on the calendar had been the unvarying practice and he produced as 'a precedent, a ruling made by Vice President Morton in an identical situation. Several other precedents were quoted in brief speeches. Senator Teller and Morgan defended the contention of Senatoi Bacon that the resolution had been placed on the calendar wrongfully. the first mentioned making a long speech in support of his position. No Republican members talking on the resolution, leaving the course of the presiding officer to himself to defend. Debate in House. Generat debate Vy the j Philippine tariff bill was concfuded in the House, having been in progress daily since January 4. The bill will be taken up. tor amendment under the five minute rule and put oh its passage. Proceed ing the debate the Statehood fight made its appearance on the floor for the first time, in the form of a per sonal explanation by Mr. Babcock, of Wisconsin, credited with being the leader of the opponents of the joint Statehood forces. Mr. Babcock deni ed tht his course in opposition to the bill was dictated by a feeling of re venge because he had not been made chairiaan of the appropriation com mitted. He also took occasion to state his position in favor of tariff revision. Taijiff talks were made during the day by Mr. DeArmond, o:: Missouri, and Mr. Kelhir, of Massachusetts, who spoke particularly with reference to the needs of that State. Speeches for the pending bill were made by Messrs. Parker, of New Jersey ; Lamb, of Virginia; Bennett, of New York; and Randall, of Texas. Those speak ing a&qinst ' the measure included Messrs.! Goebel, of Ohio ; Davis, of Minnesota; Tindell, of Missouri; and Campbell, of Ohio. The debate was closed by an extended speech by Mr. Routell of Illinois, a member of the Way aid Metuis Committee, and in favor of the bilj,; A word picture of the prosperity of of the South wa;s made by Mr. Lambe (Va.), who-will j vote for the minority substitute and on its defeat, for the majority bill. The tariff, he predicts.' will cause the downfall of the Repub lican party in the next Presidential election. Senator Beacon Speaks. Mr.Bacon succeeded in securing an open door discussion of the Moroccan question by the Senate. This result was accomplished by jthe introduction of a resolution making' a general de claration against interference on the part of the government of the United States in any controversy among Eu ropean nations concerning their inter national affairs. Mr. Beacon's resolution is as fol lows: ''Resolved, by the senate, That in terference with no particapation in any controversy between European governments relating to European in ternational questions is a violation of the well settled, well defined policy of this government, ;whieh has been re cognized and observed: for more than a century past." M. Baedn contended that partici pation in the Algeeiras conference is liable to involve the ijhited States in the entanglements of European coun tries. He then dwelt upon the magni tude of the controversy over Moropco. The point at issue is. he said, whether France shall exercise - ' ' 1 exclusive Non Germany shall trol in Morocco or share in that control. "The question may be settled so as to bring peace," ne said, and it may be so determined as to result in ' war. lie - asserted hat all the European governments re gard war as the possible result, but even if peaee was to be the result it would be quite ; as injurious as war would be because of the precedent it would establish. : I as much committed to tne doctrine hat entangling foreign alliances must be avoided as though it were a part of the written constitution. Philadelphia Jury Acquits. Philadelphia, Special. Acting up on the instructions of Judge Auden r'eid, the jury acquitted John W. Hill, former chief of tbje Alteration bureau, who was on trial iharged with forgery and falsifying the records of his bureau for the benefit,! of a firm of contractors The scenes following the acquittal have seldom, it ever, been ! witnessed in a local court room. For- mer Chief I Hill shed tears of joy as his son, Henry, lasped him in close embrace. Shot I and Cut to Pieces. Elizabeth! City, Special. The body of George Hopper, colored, was found Saturday -afternoon by I Henry Dun ston, colored fisherman; it was float ing in Currituck sound, near Coinjack. The body jwas horribly hacked and slashed with a razor and a pistol ball had plowedj its way through his head. DunstonJ was jnanipulaating his line in Piney Island bay, on the east side of the Albemarle and Cheaspeake canal, when he discovered the body floating in the water. ! Burned to Death. j Monroe, Special. While burning1 broom straw around her home, Mrs.! Rebecca Louny, of Buford, was burn ed to death Wednesday evening. She lived alone and was about 60 years of age. Miss Gracie Belkj her niece, who lives about 300 yards away, was the first one to discover the accident. She went to her home and missed Mrs. Louny. She found her aunt's 'lath ing scattered over the yard aud hex body in the corner of the fence. Dogs had mutilated her body. NewsNotes. Attorney-General lladley, of Mis souri; is trying to get information about the Standard Oil Company 's so called confidential department. The Empire Life Insurance Com pany i one of those in which the New York Investigation diclosed irregu larities, applied for a rpceiver in vol untarv dissolution. j Private services were In body of President Ilerpcr, University, preliminary t in state in the -university Id over ihe of Chicago o IS IVMlg Mrs. Julia H. Simpson told a graph ic story of the shooting of her father Bartley Tj. Homer, by her husband. Dr. James H. Simpson. The battleship Louisiana again leads the Connecetieut in the constru ction race. The Senate, under protest, finally shed Senator Bacon's Moroccan re solution. . Anti-Foreign sentiment is growing in the south and in the Yangste valley of China. NEWSY GLEANljsGS The Mss. of Swinburne's "First Book of Ballads" has been sold. The immigration ijito Canada for the nonth of October was S388. The" taxpayers of Lincoln County, Nebraska, are suing for an increase in the tax levy. A Kentucky home-coming week, in .Tune next, with Louisville as the host I city, Is projected. J An international motor oar exhibi tion is to be held in Berlin, Germany, from February a to 18. A newspaper correspondent recently found near Kimbeiiey. South Africa, a diamond of 149 carats. : Magnetic compasses are to be sup plied in future to all British and na tive, cavalry regiments in India at the rat of four per squadron. I In a recent speech at Belfast Mr. Redmond, M. P.. said: 'Parliament next session will be no place for Irish members who cannot attend." A British Magistrate has made the suggestion that criminals caught com mitting a crime under an alias should be branded with their real name. A second-hand bookseller at Weimer has been arrested in connection with the theft of valuable Goethe manu scripts from the Goethe bouse there. The library of the late Professor Max Muller a collection of books of pe culiar interest to Oriental students has been bought by Baron Iwasaki for the University of Tokio. The Roman Catholic bishops of Ire land have issued a circular to be read in all the chapels of the four provinces, warning the young generation against the, evils of emigration. The sum of 480,000. which repre sents a one per cent, tax on betting transactions under the French law, be tween January 16 and December 1 of the present year, is now available for the relief of the poor of France. Town Clerk in Petticoats. Miss Clara McAlpine, the young daughter of William McAlpine of New Hartford, Conn., and recently a stu dent at the Gilbert preparatory school, is the only woman town clerk in the state, having qualified to act in the absence of F. A. Jewell of New! Hart ford, who has gone to Buffalo for an extended stay. Sh issues marriage licenses and discharges the other duties of the office satisfactorily to all applicants. E BUREAU Plan For a New Department of Government REVISED DRYDEN BILj. READY ' ; New Jersey Senator and President of the Prudential Will Soon Re Introduce His Measure Designed to Correct Practically all the Evils Ex posed by the liew Yiork Inquiry. Washington, Special,: Senator Dry den has revised his bill contemplating government control of insurance and will re-introduce it in the Senate soon. He has followed very closely the investigation now being conduct ed by the New York legislative com mittee and this has aided him in per fecting his measure, until he expesses the belief thaat it will correct par ticularly all of the insurance evils exposed by the New York inquiry. Publicity is the keynote, and coupled with are safeguards for the detect- i ion of wrongdoers and the punish ment of those so offending. It de fines politics or insurance contracts, as instrumentalities of commerce, and provides for the regulation of the business through the medium of a Comptroller of Insurance and along lines similar to the control exercised over netional banks. The Senator says that the. bill has the endorsement of the President, administration offi cials, and eminent mistitutional law yers in and ow; of Congress. Discus sing the principal features of the bill Senator Dryden said : "The bill contains some 50 separate provisions, of which the first 13 relate to the organization of the proposed Bureau of Insurance in the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor, in charge of Comptroller of Insurance, bondede at $100,000. Dominician Rebels Routed. Cape Haytiam, Hay ti, By Cable. A sanguinarj' and what probably will prove to be the final battle has taken place near Guayubin, between the troops of General Caceres, the tem porary President of Santo Domingo, and the insurgents. The former were victorious, both sides were Several generals on killed or wounded. The gunboat, Ihdipendencia, which recently went over to the insurgents, intends on the advice of former President Morales, to rex urn to Santo Domingo and surrender if the govern ment will guarantee the safety of its officers and crew). It is expected also that the Governor of Monte Christi will follow the jadvice of General Morales and surrender that place, provided the necessary guarantees as to safety be given. J $25' 000 Fire At Aydn. Greenville, N.j C, Special. Ayden this county, hadja lire Sunday. Five stores, all wood were destroyed. The total loss is about $25,000, with hot over one-third insured. Those burn ed out were the following named W. C. Johnson & Co.; S. W. Tyson, IP S. Cannon, Mack Stancil, W. H. Dew, J. H. Tripp & Bro., and Horton & Mackbone. The two last named saved most of their stock. J. J. Edwards & Co. and J. W. 'Quinerly & Bro., on the opposite side of the street from the fire, sustained some damage :to stock.; Friday night the Quinerly schoo building, near Grift on I was burned. It was the best rural school building in the country, and haq. good library, which was lost with the build ing. Schooner Goes, to Pieces in Hampton Roads. Richmond, bpeeial. -Marine ex perts on the coast believe that the schooner. Samuel' L. liussell has gone to pieces in Hampton Roads, and that Captain Jones arid four men are lpst. Tugs coming ill report wreackage which has been identified as being timbers from the Russell . A 60 mile gale lias been blowing off the coast for several days and it is al most certain that the schooner is lost. Girls Have A Dewel Over Lover. Mexico City, Spcial.f Two girls Nieol-asa Elizaldc and Franeisca Funfe, rivals in love, decided to set tle thf puestion of possession of their lover by a dewel and met in a field in the suburbs of the city and fought with knives. The Elizaide girl was stabbed neve times and fatally injur ed. The surviving duelist has been arrested. News Notes. ; President WiT am Raincy Harper, oif the Chicago University, died of cancer. i The United States Court of Appeois at Cincinnatti denied the motion of Mrs. Cassie Chadwicks attorneys for a new trial. I President Roosevelt was at the White House j initiated into the Im proved Order !of Red Men. MORE TIME FOR PATRICK Time to Bring Before Court Alleged Newly Discovered Evidence is Granted by Gov. Higgins i After Hearing Addresses by Counsel of the Man Under Sentence For Mur der of Millionaire Rice. Albany, N. Y., Special. Albert T. Patrick, the New York lawyer convict ed and awaiting execution ' in Sing Sing prison next week for the murder of Wm. Marsh Rice in New York city in September, 1900, was reprieved by Governor Higgins until March 19,5 a space of 56 days. This reprieve is granted for the purpose of giving Pat rick 's counsel time to bring before a trial court alleged newly discovered evidence. Its granting followed a hearing before the Governor and ! was in accordance with the request ojt'j for mer Senator Hill and Judge William K. Olcott,of counsel for Pa i rick, and with the full consent of District At torney Jeijome who was present in per son. Senator Hill came forth for the firjst time from his sick room kfter aii illness of more than two! months ini order to attend the hearing! and ad dressed the Governor at considerable length. Iln announcing the reprieve! of Pat ri0k, Governor Higgins gave following memorandum : out the !"It appears that Patrick not at this time an applicant for executive eleuency, but that he desiresjlto pre sent newly discovered evidence bear ing upon the question of his iult or innocence which has not been pres ented to the court. A motion for a new trial on the ground of nejwry dis covered evidence may be madtj at any time before execution in ease of a sentence of death and Patrick s counsel state that it is their intention to make a motion in his easejjif time is given them. Patrick should have ample opportunity to present ;iis case to the court, and when his case is ended in the courts an appeal to the Ciciuuve jlui meic win uc iu.vuuci. , 1 Southern to Build Coal Road. i I Knoxville, Special. Chief Engineer of Construction yells, of the; South- era Railway, awarded a contract here for the construction of the j Johnson City Railroad, a cpal road which will run from Embreeyille, Tenn.,1 to Mar ion, N. C. The Southern lias been practically forced1 to build this line proposed by the construction,! of the South & Western Railroad along the Wautauga' river into the Carolinas The new road will be about 90 miles long and will have many tunnels. It will save the Southern a haulage - of abcut 70 miles, the road now hauling all icoal from the Virginia fields into the1 Carolinas by way of Motiristown. The Soujthern has awarded jhis con tract to JW. J. Oliver & Co., of this city, and the price will be in excess of $5,000,000. It will require fully three yeairs to complete the enterprise. Re-Elect President Jordan. i n New Orleans, Special. The South ern Cottton Association held its an nual business meeting with almost a full board sitting. HarvieN Jordan was re-elected president and' Richard Cheatham was re-eleceted secretary. F. H. Hiatt, of Columbia, S. C, was elected treasurer and George T. Jes ter, of Corsiciana, Tex., was -hoseu vice president in place of Myj. Peters, of Texas. The salary of ihe president was fixed at $5,000 a year. Secretary Cheatham's salary "was raised from $2,500 to $3,000 'a year. The salary of the treasurer was fixed at $500 a year and the vice-president! is to serve without salary. The salaary of, the general financial agent and or ganizer, E. D. Smith, who was elected according to the suggest ionjs of the mass .meeting, was fixed at $5,000 a year. ! . Arrested on Charge of Forging Mon ey Orders. j Montgomery, Ala., Special:. J. P. Coker, alias Powell, was arrested by the Montgomery police Monday, it be ing alleged that he is wanted by the United States government for the for gery of j postoffice money orders at Pensacola and Mariana, Fla. It is said by the police that Coker skip ped a bond of $500 in Pensacola. Confederate Bills in Vienna. J Vieiiua, By Cable. What seems to be an organized effort to pass -off bills of the American Confederacy ; has come io notice lately in ibis jelty, the shop-keepers of which have, been, vic timized to a considerable amount. The first case occurred during the Christ mas holidays when several accepted Confederate notes ment of purchases. The pi ijewelers in pay- biication of the swindle caused tthe ope1 rators to cease, but they have aaaiu become ac tive and have secured another crop of victims. , Bonaparte to Charleston. - , Baltimore, Special. Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte left on the United States dispatch boat Dolphin for Hampton Rciads, where he will board the United States crui ser, Charleston and proceed to Char leston, S. C, where the J citizens of Charleston are to present a silver ser vice to the cruiser. Secretary Bona-. parte is expected to reach Charleston in time to attend a reception on Tues day evening. A HEAVY SWINDLE Arrest is Made For Offering f orgrd Certificates WORKING ON A LARGE SCALE 'Newspaper Writer" is Nabbed on Charge of Selling One of Bogus Nor folk & Western 100-Share Certifi cates to Broker and Subsequent Revelations Show That Operations on Large Scale Had Been Planned. New York, Special- Following the arrest of , Samuel . Humphreys, a newspaper Avriter," on the charge of selling a bogus certificate of .100 shares of the Norfolk & Western Rail way Company to a dealer in securities in this city, it was learned that 500 of the bogus certificates were printed and that the operations appear to have been planned on a large scale. As only four or five of the certificates have been discovered and each of them is for 100 shares with an aggre gate market value of about $8,000, it is evident that the amount realized by the operators is very large if they have disposed of many of the certifi cates. The police say that they be lieve that at least three men had a hand in the transaction. Humphreys was arraigned on an af fidavit that he acted in concert with C. Augustus Seton, in selling a forged certificate to Bernard & Clark, of this city, last September, for $3,000. Ha was held in $2,500 for examination, In default of bail he was remanded to police headquarters. According to information; given out at the detective baureau, Humphreys went to the office of Bernard & Clark, of this city, with a letter introducing himself as "Mr. Collins," a wealthy builder, of Pennsylvania, and present ed two forged certificates of the Nor folk & Western . which he wanted to dispose of at the market value, $1, 000 to $15,000. Shot Father's Slayer. Thomas villa, Ga., --Special. A bloody shooting affair took place on the public road near Akridge, 'JO miles northwest of Thomasville, in the new -county of 1 Grady and as a result William Drew- and Newton Threlkeld, two prominent and wealthy farmers, are fataly: wounded. Herbert Drew, the 13-year-old son of William Drew, took a prominent part in the affair, firing the shots that struck Threlkeld down. .. Young DreAv tels the Story of the encounter and says that when he and his father met Threlkeld in the road the latter be gan to curse his father and tehn pull ed his pistol and fired three shots into Drew's body. Young Drew then drove 12 miles to the nearest tele phone and told the sheriff of the af fair. Threlkeld is a brother of Drew son-in-law. Both families are widely connected in . Thomas and Grady counties and further trtouble is feared. Must Pay. Georgia- Taxes. Atlanta, Ga., Special. The suit0 of . the Central of, Georgia Railroad Corn pan and of the Georgia Railroad Com pany against Comptroller (irn.-ral William A. Wright to enjoin him from the collection of taxes alleged to have been due the State from those railroads, on ownership of stock in the Western of Alabama Railroad, was decided in favor of the State by the Supreme Court of Georgia. The State asked, in the case against the Georgia Railroad, that it b compelled to pay back taxes from the year 1S83, but the decision bars the collection of taxes prior to 1895 by the statute of limitation. The road therefore, will be compelled to pay about $70, 000 on its million and a half of stock. Greensboro Firm Bankrupt. Greensboro, Special. A ! voluntary petition in bankruptcy was f!ed in the. United States Court by J. A. Canua day, a .merchant on Faye.tteville sl.ret. The assets are stated to be $7,7-14; liabilities, $4,072.62. The petition was filed by Z. V. Taylor, attorney foi Cannaday, who said the reason for it was that certain creditors were .push ing him". The Southern Life and Trust Company vas named as trustee, pond ing the hearing bef of e Maj. J. F. Al exander, of Winston-Salem, referee in bankruptcy. To Close S. C. Bucket Shops. Columbia, S. C, Special The State House of Representatives., passed a bill prohibiting the operation of buck et shops" in South Carolina. There was no debate cn the measure and the action of the House was some thing in the nature of a surprise. All shops are declared to be gambling places. It is more than probable that the measure will pass the Senate. Same Time and Place For Sons of Veterans. s Montgomery, Special. Dr. Thomas M. Owen, commander-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, an nounced that the reunion of ihe or ders will be held in New Orleans ! April 25, 25 and 27, coincident with the reunion of the United Confeder ate Veterans.
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