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ZtAUMD IS SHVR1 ITEHS IN WIU EXIR* SIS- If* (011 till IS 10 ANSWER FUN
The Great American Fleet*Meets
With a Warm Welcome There
Inhabitants of Auckland are on Tip
toe of Expectancy and are Pre
pared to Give the Ships a Great
Demonstration—Bluejackets Will be
Entertained at Luncheon Thursday.
Auckland, N. Z„ Aug.| 7.—The 175,-
OOO Inhabitants of the provincial dis
trict of Auckland are on the tiptoe
of expectation In anticipation of the ar
rival of the fleet of American battle-
j Ships. Auckland la the first port In
the New Dominion at which the fleet
will touch, after an unbroken stretch
of 3,850 miles from Honolulu. The re
ception of the battleships will provide
a notable spectacle, and one to which
the people of New Zeland have been
looking forward with keen Interest
(or weeks past
The fleet is due to reach port S'™*, placed officially under.the control of
day, but the official landing will not
be made until the following day, ac
cording to the programme as arrang
ed. The landing will be an Imposing
affair, the; visitors marching' In pro
cession to the Government house, un
der triumphal arches and past beauti
fully decorated buildings. The New
Zeland Volunteers will act as escort,
and the Federal officials, the mayors
and municipal authorities of the chief
cities of New Zeland will form the
reception party, which will be headed
by the governor general, Lord Flunk-
-ft*-* 11 — .... \ ‘ w.! — - —
X municipal welcome will be given
Tuesday and will Include a reception
by the mayor of Auckland. In the ev
ening there will be a state ball at
the Government house, the men being
entertained In various halls,
The entertainment committee has
prepared a large number of excursions
to places of Interest, and Wednesday
will be devoted chiefly to this part of
the programme. Perhaps the most
Interesting of these trips will be that
to Rotora Lake, where there will be
tournuments by the Maoris. '
The bluejackets will be entertained
at a municipal luncheon Thursday.
In their honor there will be special
matinees at the theatres and athletic
sports and other forms of outdoor
entertainments. All the places of en
tertainment will be thrown open free
to the visitors.
Friday the concluding day of th? vis
It, will he given over to races and foot
ball and lacrosse matches, and a
special entertainment for the surgeons
of the fleet by the BritlBh Medical
association of New Zeland.
The preparations for the entertain
ment of the visitors are practically
complete. Excursion parties are ar
riving from Wellington. Dunedin,
Christ church and other cltleB and
towns and by tomorrow night It Is
expected the crowd will he .the largest
that has ever been seen In Auckland.
Thouaands of persons will go out to
the headlands to catch the first
glimpse of the arriving vessels. As
soofi as the fleet arrives Auckland
will let loose Its enthusiasm In sa
lutes and daylight fireworks.
Every American flag in Auckland
wus Bold days ago notwithstanding
the fact that the dealers had brought
net. large stocks from San Francisco
and Honolulu In anticipation of the
demand. Business houses and pub
lic Bklldlngs are bJng decorated In
an elaborate manner and In every part
of the city the Stars and Stripes will
fly on the day of the arrival of the
fleet At the suggestion of lord
Plunkett the mayor of Auckland has
requested the people to observe the
day of the official landing aa a gen
eral holiday. Scores of private hous
es will bo thrown open for the enter
tainment of the officers and men of
Die fleet and every effort will bo
made to assist the men In finding
entertainment, besides the public fee-
tivltles supplied by the committee.
There will be scores of dinners, ath
letic events end theater parties, at
which the sailors win be guests of
honor. During the entire period of
«*tr stay the ase of the street ears
win be bee to the men wearing to*
American naval uniform.
ALL SECTIONS
The News for Today io Brielfara
South Manchurian Railway Inaugu-
ratea Weekly 8ervice—National
Tennla Tournaments and Meeting
of American Cathollca—Justice, Mc
Kenna Celcbratea hla Sixtieth Birth-
day Today—Other News.
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 10—Chief
Carpenter J. B. Fletcher of the navy
was placed on the retired Ust today
on account of age.
Grand ForkB, N. D., Aug. 10—The
seventh annual tournament
North Dakota Tennis association
opened here today under favorable
auspices. The principal events
the week’s program are the state
championships and the ^ed River
Valley championships.
Toklo, Aug. 10—The South Manchu
rian railroad, which recently
the Department of Communestlons
of the "Japanese Government, today
Inaugurated a weekly- service between
Dalian and Shanghai.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 10—The ninth
biennial convention of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Stationary Fre
ni en began In Detroit.today with del
egates present from eU- parts of the
United State# and Canada. The ses
sions will last till the end of the
week.'
Boston, Mass., Aug. 10—Delegates
2,000,000 Catholic f men
imsn'iiisi isi umpi
.tea were present this afternoon
when the seventh national convention
pf the American Federation of Cath
olic Societies began Its sessions In
Symphony Hall In this city. Presi
dent Feeney ot Brooklyn, called the
gathering to order.
Naragansett Pier, R. I., Aug. 10—
A national open tennis tournament
under* the auspices of the Point Ju
dith Country club began here today
with a good attendance. The events
to be decided during the week In
clude men's singles, men’s doubles
and mixed doubles. A $400 silver
challenge cup Is offered for men.
Quito, Aug. lOVTbe congress of
Ecuador convened In special session
today pursuant to the recent call Is
sued by the government. The session
promises to be of particular Import
ance, as It will have to provide funds
to relieve the present financial atralta
of the government.
Washington, D. «C., Aug. 10—Justice
Joseph McKenna of the United States
Supreme Court reached his sixty-
fifth birthday today. Justice McKen
na Is a native of Philadelphia, but
has passed the greater part of hts
life In California, from which state
he was appointed to the Supreme
Bench by President McKinley In 1898.
Dallas, Texas, Ang. 10—Leading Re
publicans of Texas, Including the
members of the state executive com
mittee, met In conference here today
to complete the arrangements for the
state convention to he held here to
morrow. The convention will select
candidates for governor and other
state officers to be voted for at the
November election.
Brie, Ps.. Aug. 10—There was e
large and representative attendance
today at the opening of the annual
convention of the Luther League of
Pennsylvania In this city. The Initial
session In Luther Memorial church
this afternoon was devoted to reports
showing the work being done by' 1 the
various local organizations. The see*
•tons will be concluded tomorrow.
Boston, Mass., Ang. 10—As the da7
draws near for the “Cy” Young testi
monial Interest In the event Increas
es among the baseball fans of Boston
and vicinity. Next Thursday Is the
day, end the American league perk
Is the place. The people of Greater
Boston will then honor the world’*
greatest baseball player as he de
serves. The game on the day of the
testimonial will be participated In
by two players from each club of the
American league. The veteran pitch
er in whose honor the event Is held
will be the recipients of numerous
gifts from the “rooters” clubs and
from individual admirers.
SION BE HELD?
It is Not Believed That it la
to Impeach the Commission
Employee of the Ccmmlssloi
demnatlon of Jake Moore and
Prison Management May be ond* H
the Results.
Island o! Manhattan Swept bp Coal
Breezes Much of Time
Atlanta, Ga., August 10—-Wlti tff
work of the Investigating oomu ilte [
on the convict question narrowl
down to a conclusion speculation 1
now busied with the probaMe recoin |
mendatlons that will result from ite
lousands of New York’e Citizens
'Is# to Other 8cctlonc, However, to
■ flet Away From the City’s Warmth
-Where They Cheok Bsbiss—The
Acquarlum Draws. , Largo Crowds
BM'y-
j! New York, August—The men or
woman who spends the summer
jponths in Manhattan is as a rule
ghlte as enthusiastic over Gotham as
a- summer resort as he Is to proclaim
three weeks hard work. That t^£ R ,u i& e<U winter home. This 1, not
committee has done Its work ithoh
oughly and has probed to the bottom
of every available lead is
The oommlttee Is made op of a stronj
and able bod7 of men, and they ha-vj
spared no me where evidence se
ed obtainable, or who seemed In anj
way derelict In duty towards'the st&j
In handling the convicts. . -
Among the things that It -Is
erally believed their report will
neither to tho fact that there Is
so much in or near the city In the
m of amusement parks and cool
f gardens but rather beoause the
Kate itself is as cool aa at many
Summer resort and In addition there
TrI# comfort of the home surround-
It Is to he remembered, howov-
that Manhattan la an (aland,
'jjpl* by cool sea breezes, and while
fibre aro comparatively few ahade
eraiiy Deuevea ineir report william — ——
body, when submitted, are the follows T* th ° U *erv e the
Negligence and Inattention on ™ e purpose - DurIns: 4310 recent hot
miimns
liners” In Savannah Fur-
The City of Savannah Mad* a Good
wad Out of the Recent Raid Upon
Liquor Houses—Savannah Juries
Not Fast to Convict Those Accused
of Violating the Prohibition Law,
Savannah, Ga., August T.—'When
the cases against sixty-seven persona
and flrmB charged with running “blind
tigers’’ or rather violating the city or
dlnunce by having In their possession
liquor Intended for the purpose of Il
legal sale, were called In police court
this morning there was no answer
from the defendants Recorder Schwarz
promptly declared all bonds for
feited and -the cases were at an end.
When the cases were made the de-
ing . _
the part of the commission. Ccte
demnatlon on the sub-leasing of
vipta. Gross violations of the rail
and regulations of the ^ommlffeioi
Impropriety of deputy Widens) ha-
lng accepted compensate* front h
Sees or contractors. Condemn;
of former Warden Jakejkl,
lnteresyin the transfer ot
Condemnation of th
I
Don to Improve eincline/
reformatory, and the segregation
sexes there; also adequate approprf;
Don to equip and care for the tSjffH
atory. Condemnation of wilds' cafl
camps, and legislation to outlaw suc’t.
Also legislation to stop-cruel and In
human conduct towards convicts.
Condemnation of working
by task. These are believoCTfo
the possible outcome of-the ^fork-ol
the oommlttee, although there' ms:
be two reports, embracing somewhal
different recommendations.
It Is not believed now that the qpagj
mlttee will find anytfifc^fl'';on V
to embrace Impeachment
mission, nor In fact any
the department. That the
simply content dtself with a si
rlmnnd for these officials seems no'
assured. It also Beems certain th
the committee will not recommi
the abolishing of the commissi
such as Is contemplated by the bll
of Representative Emmett Shaw,
Clay.
It Is pointed out that the state hi
a splendid nucleus for a first cli
state Juvenile reformatory on I
state farm near Mfiledgerlll*. It l
a fine building with plenty of Isi
and the means, properly equipped I
taking excellent core of the state’s
young wards. It Is believed that ugi-
der proper management the 1*D
Don oould soon he made self
Ing.
It Is said that a move Is now
way whereby the necessity for
extra session may be brought to
end. and legislation relative to
convict question passed satisfactory
the governor and others, who bp-
pose the Holder bill. It aeemS assur
ed that the house and senate are
badly split as between tho Holder and
Felder bills. The proposition now I*
to Introduce a substitute measure,
differing from all measures contem
plated so far, which would be script,
able to *11 parties. This can he njsh-
ed through the senate and hui
over to the house and passed
Wednesday, when the session lei
terminates. There can be no
In this plan, however, for that
mean complete failure of any
latlon, and, of course, an exera »'
Many of the lawmakers sue oppos
ed to coming back for an extra j ses
sion and would he wllUng to accept
a compromise now to avoid that-'con
tingency.
purpose. During the recent hot
poll the people In the city found It
ite as tomfortable, except In the
‘ crowded tenement districts as
fthe people who lived In the su-
Ithough thousands of New
rry away from the city on
daf In June an do not
' '' iber, still there
to New
fendants wore made to furnish bonds
of five hundred dollars signed by a
real estate owner, or a cash bond of
one hundred dollars* In every case
the cash bond of one hundred dollars
was furnished.
The city makes $6,700 out of the
raid. It all mesne that Savannah has
adopted the method of dealing with
blind tigers which Is commonly sup
posed here to prevail In Charleston.
In that city, say those who pretend to
know, the proprietors oftlgers are
hauled up periodically and made to
furnish bond and that ends It until
the next raid. If to« system Is car-
■ ' 1 ~t be *" " “
Ride Free oo k Cars
The Question as to Whothor or not
tho Law Prohibited Thom From Rid-
Ing Free on- tho Cars hes Boon Do.
elded In Their Favir-Wolont Don’t
Want an Extra Session.
Atlanta, Ga., August 8—Several
soore of mall carriers in Atlanta are
breathing easy again. A question
arose aa to whether or net the con
tract between the 'local street car
company and the government was not
in violation of the anti-pass order
passed by the railroad commission,
and the camera have bees, a greatly
perturbed lot of folk. Now, however,
the commission has decided that the
contract between Uncle Sam and the
trolley company la not In violation
of the order of the commsslon, and
thp carriers are happy. The govern,
meut pays a lump sum, for carrying
the carriers, and as the contract ex
pired shortly it would not be renew-
ed until authority of the commission
was secured.
iMoro Appropriation ■Ilia,
The honse was huey yesterday
passing appropriation Mils, The sum
of $7,000 was given the State Normal
at Athens; $7,671 to the Georgia
Normal and Industrial at ■ Milledgo
-Vtllo; $5,000 to build a wall aroum
the Confederate ^cemetery at Marj
lugnst Among these
Southerners who find
York an ideal spot In which to
d their slimmer vacations.
Where They Check Babies.
b Jffi/one of the old and historic sec-
tfons of New .York known as Grocn-
Vlllace there Is a place where
check babies. They don’t check
In exactly the same manner as
do.umbrellas, but It Is possible
wifeless men and working moth-
to leave their little ones here all
and be- sure of getting their own
wten tiptjrifSturu for It at night
To lie sure the p'laco' Is only a day
nursery .but It 13 run on tho plan of
an up-ttedato hospital and the chll-
l&fi' very best of care. The
are carefully fed according
formulas Issued by the Board of
,Itb. Eeverything In tho way of
usement Is provided for the little
tilts, but they are made to take their
naps regularly end of course have to
be bathed and fed on scheduled time.
It Is not an uncommon sight to see
father taking his motherless chil
dren to the nursery on his way to
work where he leaves them for the
entire day. In addition to oaring for
Dto children the mothers are Instruct
ed In the proper ways to care for
their little ones at home. ^
Visiting the Acquarlum.
One of the places that the outof
town sightseer Inevitably visits Is the
Acquarlum, which Is situated on the
lower end of Manhattan Island. It Is
visited by all classes and by all race*.
It Is doubtful If any place attracts
such a mixture of races os doc* the
Aoquarlum. It Is the first place that
the Immigrant visits, for It Is' free
end near the foreign hotels and
boarding plaoes. It Is not uncommon
to have twentv thousand visitors
In a day. The building In which the
Acquarlum is located Is historically
Interesting, too, because It was form
erly a theater where Jenny Lind
made her first appearance. ,
So many houses are closet
burg that number* of cats
need of food, and recently
have been attacked on the
tho shap'o of forfeited bonds,'and-
be some regulations to be lnsfsted
upon by the police.
It hoe been demonstrated that Sa
vannah Juries do not convict as a
rulp those charged with violation of
the state prohibition law. This w'as
shown by raids earlier In the yew 1
When Juries In tho city court refused
to convict but a very small percent
age of those carried beforo them. The
liquor question has been the prolific
source of discussion from pulpit and
law and order league advocates here,
This new turn of affairs will no doubt
cause great Impetus In tho discussions
and some Interesting times may he
looked for In this connection.
INITIATIO BY LONG DI8TANCE.
Denver, Col, Aug. 7^—Tomorrow
night, for the first time on record, the
“work” of a secret order will be trsns
milted toy long distance telephone,
when Manley J. Hemmens, Supreme
Councillor of the United Commercial
Traveller*, will alt In his home at
Green Bay, Wit, and listen to the In
itiation of fifty candidates by Plks’s
Peak Co noil 18 of this city. That ab
solute Secrecy may bs Insured It has
been arranged to place members of
th* order; In charge of all connections
atonf the line as well as at Orton
Bay and Denver,
SPANISH WAR VETERAN8
HOLD ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT.
8t. Louis, Aug. 7,Today Is the open
ing day of,tho fifthannual encamp
ment of the Department of Missouri,
United Spanish War Vstsrsns. The
attendance Is quite large and all the
twelve'^camps of the state ar# repre
sented by large delegations. The
headquarters of the Department Com
mander 8. F. 8cott, of Kansas City,
and the general headquarters of the
convention are at th# Planters Hotel.
Great activity orevalls at the head
quarters, as two St. Louis men, Man
tin 8cherer, Jr, and E. H. Hoeber, are
candidates for ths position of Depart
ment Commander and their friends
are working hard for thslr success.
An elaborate program of entertain
ment haa been proposed by the St.
Louis City Board, a foundation of the
three St. Louis camps. Th# principal
meeting* of th# encampment will be
held *t the Odeon and the encamp
ment will close on Aug. 9.
The Large** B » b 7 Ever Born -
Tho largest new-born babe on
record came to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Thomas, near Senon, r. few
days ago. It measured 38 Inches In
height, and weighed 36 pound*.
Around the muscles of the arm It
measured six Inches and around Its
Chest eighteen Inches. The baby
was larger than many three year-old
children.—Hawklnavllle News.
president of the"
were pronounced by Reprcaentatlv.™
Hall, Senator Martin, Senator Camp,
Representatives Candler, Alexander
and Covington and Speaker Slaton.
Senator Felder’s fight to abolish
the position of compiler of records,
a. puce held by ,.ex-Gorersor, A. D.
Candler, has failed. The'senate kill
ed bis bill to dp away wltu toe posi
tion by a vote of 25 to 12.
Don’t Want Extra Session.
That many members do mot want
an extra session Is certain, ft was
evidenced yesterday by the action
of the house In adopting the resolution
of Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond, by a
vote of 66 to 50, calling on the sen
ate to side-track everything else and
devoting Its attention to passing on
the convict measures now pending
before It. The hdbse killed the reso
lution by the strife member propos
ing to makb 8mfday dies non In order
to extend the .forking time of tho
legislature one day.'
A strong effort Iriunder way now to
railroad the Holder bill through the
senate quickly In order to dodge the
extra session. The senate peniten
tiary committee, of which 3. R. Brock
Is chairman, reported the Holder Mil
favorably. Brock says this MU will
pass surely, but that a determined
fight will be mode on It Is also as
sured. It,Is doubtful If foe measure
can be rammed through by next
Wednesday, and qven If it is done.
It Is doubtful If Governor Smith would
approve It
The investigating oommKtee, It Is
believed, Is nearing ti^,' jfltdiiof **»
work, although matters may arise to
string it out for days yet Secretary
Goodloe Yancey Is about the last wit
ness to be placed on Die stand.
Letter to W. 8. Fender,
Valdosta, Qa.
Dear Sir: This Is dbort:
Every Job painted Devoe takes less
gallons than of any other paint
If not, no pay-
Yours truly,
58 F. W. DEVOE ft CO.
P. B. W. H. Briggs Hardware Co.
■eU our paint
QUIET LYNCHING AT TIFTON
ON SUNDAY MORNING.
Tlfton, Ga, Aug. 10—Charlie Lokl,
a negro about 18 yean of age, was
lynchsd here at an tarty hour yester
day morning for making Insulting re
marks to a prominent young whit#
woman o( this pise*.
Th* lynching was a very quiet one.
The negro wte a deseperate charac
ter, and had been under tHe eyes of
tho people here for some time.
No excitement was raised over the
lynching.
Several hundred negroes and wdilte
people were out viewing the corpse
during th* day.
The Southern voter who takes Taft
Instead of Bryan osawft do so upon
soy reasonable grounds.
