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THE MORNING NEWS.
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J. H. ESTILL. President
BRITISH ARE IN KROONSTAD.
doers maiie weak defense of
THEIR HEADQUARTERS.
(iiejn Fled After Vainly Endeavor
ing to Vcrsnnde Free Staters to
Continue Their OppOKition— Ltnd
ley Is the Sew Sent of the Free
State Governjnent—British Met hit
tie Opposition—Some Fighting Re
ported in Other Quarters.
London, May 12.—The war office has re
ceived the following dispatch from Gen.
Roberts:
“Kroonstad, May 12, 2 p. m.—l entered
Kroonstad at 1:30 without opposition to
day when the Union Jack was hoisted
amidst cheers from the few British resi
dents.
"President Steyn fled last evening af
ter vainly endeavoring to persuade the
burghers to continue opposing us. The
Transvaalers said they would no longer
firiit on Orange Free State soli and made
eft for the Vaal river. Free Staters accus
ed the Transvaalers of having made use
cf them and then deserting. Many of the
Free Staters have gone to their homes.
"The precession entering the town was
headed by my body guard, all of whom
were colonels and after my staff and for
eign officers came, the North Somerset
Imperial Yeomanry, followed by Pole-Ca
rew’s division consisting of the guards
and the eighteenth brigade navals, the
Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth and Eighty
fifth batteries, two 5-ineh guns manned
by the Royal Artillery Company and the
Twelfth engineers. The rest of the force
encamped around the town.
“Before leaving Kroonstad President
Steyn issued a proclamation making
Lindley the seat of government of the
Free State.
“Gene. Botha and Dewet accompanied
the Transvaalers.”
The March to Kroonstad.
The war office has received the follow
ing dispatch from Lord Roberts:
“Boshrand, May 12,9:05 a. m.—l am eight
miles south of Kroonstad. The enemy
evacuated the first line of entrench
ments during the night. We are now re
connoitering toward Kroonstad.
“Gen. French's cavalry seized the drift
over the Valsoh river at 4:30 last even
ing. Just in time to prevent passage being
opposed by the enemy.”
Lord Roberts telegraphs to the war of
fice, under date of Geneva Siding, May
11, evening, as follows: *
“My headquarters, with Pole-Carew’s
division, marched twenty miles to-day,
and are now at Geneva Siding, fourteen
miles from Kroonstad and about six miles
from Boshrand, where the Boers are hold
ing entrenched positions. Gordon’s bri
gade is in touch with them; Tucker's
division is a short distance southeast, and
Hamilton’s' force Is still further east.
Broadwoed's brigade overtook a part of
the enemy's convoy yesterday at Potgie
ter’s laager, southeast of Ventersburg and
captured several wagons and some pris
oners.
“French, with Porter’s and Dickson's
brigades and Hutton's mounted infantry
is some distance due north of this place.
“We have taken nearly ICO prisoners dur
ing the last two days. All the Free Staters
who could give a good account of them
selves have been disarmed and allowed to
return to their farms.
"The nTghts afe getting much ecoterr”
Situation Is Satisfactory.
London, May 13, 4 a. m.—The situation
nt the seat of war in South Africa is as
satisfactory from the British viewpoint
os the most sanguine friend could have
hoped a week ago. The occupation of
Kroonstad practically places the whole
Grange Free State in British possession.
It is evident from Lord Roberts' last
dispatch, that the disintegration has com
menced. The Free Staters are scattering
■o their homes, while the Transvaalers
have gone northward, declining to tight
longer in the Orange Free State. Whal
li;tle resistance the former still are like
ly to make, seems to be centering nt Lind
ley, whither President Steyn has trans
ferred his government.
It is evident that the strategy of Lord
Roberts and the rapidity of his advance
h ive bewildered and disheartened the
Boers, as their resistance since the Brit
ish reached Zand river has been slight.
The only point where they seriously at
tempted to cheek the advance seems to
nave been on the British right, where
they defended with some vigor two kop
jes, which eventually W ere carried ny the
Lanoashires and Sussex, the Boers final
ly retreating, leaving a group of gun
ners dead on the top of one of the hills.
The only point In the Free State where
the Boers seem in any force except at
Lord Roberts’ front, is on the southeast,
tch-re Gens. Bundle, Campbell and Bra
c'd are holding them in check, west of
lioksburg and LadybranA, and are grad
ually pushing them back, as well ns ef
fectually defeating nil their efforts to
break through and threaten Lord Rob
erts’ communications.
There is no further news regarding the
advance of the relief column to Mafeklng,
but it is possible that Lord Roberts’ aue
e>--:es will result in forcing the Boers
to rai-e the siege.
"rota-in advices via Lorenzo Marpn-z
rta'c that the Boers’ supply of smokeless
powder Is exhausted, and that all attempts
to manufacture u fresh supply have been
unsuccessful.
dispatch from Cape Town, dated May
L. says that Lord fttratb'ona’s horse have
('“be to the front and that Lord Castle
town has bo n appointed commissioner of
Wepener district.
BOERS' GREAT MOBILITY.
Impossible to Say Where They May
Turn Up Next.
Eden, Friday, May 11.—The Boers retir
ed somewhat to-day, but It is Impossible
to sn.v wh. re they may turn up next. Gen.
Grenfell succeeded In pushing them back
m t Rapntlslvop, while Gen. Brabant
l'-Mued forward in the direction of Brand’s
“ i t. along with Gen. Campbell and the
b-Menih brigade.
1 '*idy of Boers has appeared at Vcorna
0,1 the Ladysmith road.
FIRED OX INMSKILLIXG9.
Baers Killed and Wounded Several
of the Trooper*.
Geneva Siding, Friday, Mty 11.-Morn
*n“- The British farces have arrived
1 0 " > marching splendidly, Gen. French
* 1 the advance. Firing was heard yester
d;,y In the direction of hla force.
Same of the Inn (skillings had approach-
fpje |®ofnine ffchjj£.
ed a< kraal, where a force of Boers was
concealed. A white flag was flying from
the kraal. While the troopers were un
saddling their horses a deadly fire was
poured in upon them from the windows
°f the farm house, killing several of the
Inniskillings. A score of them were also
captured, most of whem had been wound
ed. • -
It Is expected that the railway to the
Zand river will be completed to-nlgg.. The
line was almost entirely destroyed north
of the river, but beyond, where the Brit
ish are, the Boers retreated from their
positions too hastily to do much damage.
AX APPEAL FOR MAFEKING.
Lady Cur von Seeks n Fund for the
Beleaguered Town.
London, May 12 —Lady Georgians Cur-,
zon has Issued an urgent appeal for help
for Mafeklng. She says:
“Nothing but absolute knowledge of the
sufferings of the people of Mafeklng
prompts me to inaugurate another fund;
the heartrending accounts receive from
my sister. Lady Sarah Wilson, must be
my excuse. She writes with authority,
having shared equally with them the
anxieties and privations of the long siege.
She describes the destitution of the inhab
itants and the absolute ruin of all the'
small trades people, whose homes in
many cases have been demolished. The
nuns convent has been rendered roofless
by Boer guns, yet the sisters are unre
mitting in cheerful atlen iance upon the
wounded and the sick. For months the
Inhabitants have not slept in their beds.
They have given lives and property and
stood by the gallant Baden-Powell until
their courage and endurance have thrill
ed the whole world."
The appeal concludes with hoping the
day the relief of Mafeklng is announced
the writer will be able to wire congratu
lations accompanied by a substantial sum
of money.
ALLEGED AMBULANCE MEN.
They Are Arriving at I.orenvo Mar
tine* on Every Steamer.
London, May 13.—A special dlspa'.ch
from Lorenzo Marquez says:
‘‘So-called ambulance men arrive on ev
ery steamer and they are hurried to Pre
toria and sent o join, commandos In the
field.
“There has been, further trouble with the
Irish brigade at Johannesburg. The Boer
government recently expelled an I:lsh
priest named Delacey, who was accused of
having British sympathies. The brigade
protested vainly and sixty men resigned
from the Service in disgues!.”
NO WELCOME FOR GATACRE.
Warren Made Military Governor of
Cape Town.
London, May 12.—Gen. Gatacre has ar
rived from South Africa, his coming be
irg unmarked by a demonstration of any
kind.
A dispatch received here to-day from
Cape Town says that Gen. Sir Charles
Warren has been gazetted military gov
ernor of Cape Colony, north of the Orange
ilver, with the exception of Kimberley.
CHAMBERLAIN’S INSINUATION.
Wants to Know Who Is I'M yin* for
Literature of the Iloers.
London, May 12.—Joseph Chamberlain,
in the course of his Birmingham speech,
made a curtoha Insinuation. He had been
struck, he said, by the flood of literature
poured out, not only In the United King
dom. but in the United States.
"All that printing.’’ he said, "costs
money. Where does the money come
from? Are there any capitalists on the
side of the Boers? Are there any secret
boards we have net yet explord?’’
German Prisoner Taken,
Brandfort, May 11.—Among the prison
ers of the foreign legion, captured during
the fighting at Zand river, was a German
named Trickman. from Erfurt. He
claimed to be a journalist, but was found
hiding in the cactus brnsh with a rifle in
his hand.
THEY WILL BE AT LOUISVILLE.
Daughter ami Grnnddnuislitcr of
JelYerson Davis.
New Orleans, May 12.—1 t is announced
from United Confederate Veterans’ head
quarters here that Mrs. Margaret Jeffer
son Davis Hoyes, the only surviving child
of Jeffersen Davis, will be at the Louis
ville reunion; Gen. Gordon has appoint
ed her daughter, the granddaughter of
Jefferson Davis, Miss Varina Howell
Davis Hayes, ns sponsor for the entire
South, and Miss Mary Waits Woods of
Charlottesville. Va., as chief maid of hon
or for the South.
LI MBER PLANT DESTROYED.
Fire Was Caused by Friction of n
Pulley With n Post.
Norfolk, Va., May 12.-The West Nor
folk Lumber Company’s plant, located In
West Norfolk, was burned last night. The
plant consisted of saw mill, planing mill,
sheds, large quantity of lumber and three
railroad cars. Abilsk northwesterly wind
made it impossible to save anything. The
leg i is estimated at from JtfO.OtO to ?75,000,
largely cove rd by Insurance. Friction
caused by the uonmeion of a pulley with
a post caused the flic.
Apologized to Miss Gonne.
Dublin, May 13.—The criminal libel suit
brought by Miss Maud Gonne against the
editor of the Irish Figaro came up for
hearing yesterday. The charge was with
drawn. however, the editor apologizing.
The Figaro had published a statement
that Miss Gonne was a government pen
sioner, and therefore a government spy.
Husnliiiim to limit for Gold.
New York, May 12—George D. Rob’ns,
an American, arrived to-day tn the Cam
pania with a party of Russians, who ere
on their way to develop the mines of E st
ern Siberia, a great iract of miring land
near Cape Nome. Mr. Roberts said that
his party would remain in town about a
week.
German Lutheran S;. nod.
Boston, May 12.—The German Lutheran
Synod for the Eastern district began its
session yesterday. The report of the ne
gro mission was read and Rev. John
Schmidt of Goldsboro, N. C., announced
that there were now twenty-one negro
congregations In North Caroltnu, Louisi
ana, Virginia and Mississippi.
SAVANNAH. GA., SUNDAY. MAY 18, 1900.
CUBAN POSTOFFICE SCANDAL
MEIKLEJOHN AVILL PROSECUTE
TIIE INQUIRY.
Conference Held in Root's Office to
Determine l poll the Plan, to Re
Pursued—Even Rathbone May Be
Suspended Along AVith Auditor
Reeves—Effort to Be Made to Bx
truilite Neely—Administration \\ 111
Go to the Bottom of It.
Washington, May 12.—'Assistant Secre
tary Meiklejohn has apparently been
charged with the direction of the nrose
cutlcn of the Inquiry into the alleged Cu
b-n postal frauds.
At noon to-day, the assistant secretary
retired into Secretary Root’s private of
fice for a secret conference with Deputy
Auditor Lawshe, and the postofflee in
spectors who have been detailed by Post
master General Smith to invest'gate these
Cuban postal frauds. Col. Edwards, the
army officer in charge of the division of
customs and insular affairs, also was call
ed into the conference.
At the conclusion of the conference at
the war department this afternoon it was
announced that Acting Secretary Meikle
john had appointed Abraham L. Lawshe,
deputy auditor for the postoffice depart
ment, to be assistant auditor for auditing
the accounts of the department of the
p stoffices In Cuba in place of W. H.
Reeves, who has been suspended pending
the result of the investigation of the al
leged frauds. Mr. Lawshe will leave for
Havana Monday.
A Prompt Investigation.
To-day’s conference lasted for several
hours, and it is believed that the officl Is
concerned have progressed as far with the
inquiry at this end as the material in hand
permits. The papers, under the close scru
tiny of the experts, have sufficed to e.-tah
llsh a state of things in the Cuban postal
service demanding prompt and strict inves
tigation into the relations of other em
ployes than Neely at the earliest moment.
It was rumored that Mr. Rathbone, the
director of the Cuban posts, had b on sus
pended in order to clear the way for ihe
inquiry. This rumor, however, appeared
to be at least premature; the e we e no
suspensions ordered In the m e b vor.tl
that of Auditor Reeves. But Gen. Wool
has been cabled full authority tomokesu?-
pensions Of officials if the inquiry h > is
making at his end tends to connect Mr.
Rathbone or anyone else with the frauds
in the slightest degree. In view of the
activity with which Gen. Wood is proceed
ing writh his investigation immediate de
velopments may be looked for in Havana.
Acting Secretary Aleiilejohn received
an express package to-day from Gen.
Wood, at Havana, containing an appli
cation for the extradition of Neely. Mr.
Meiklejohn immediately sent the docu
ment to the department of Justice for
the action of the Attorney General, who
undoubtedly will cause i<s presentation
to the Governor of New York without
delay.
It Is declared to be the purpose of the
administration to leave nothing undone
to ascertain the true situation of affairs
in Cuba and to bring a speedy justice
every person who may be found to have
been connected in any manner whatso
ever with frauds upon the postal reve
nues.
EXTENT OF POSTAL FRAUDS.
Iteeves nnd Reynolds Are Now Un
der Close Surveillance.
Havana, May 12.—Messrs. Reeves and
Reynolds, ihe auditors of the postal de
partment, who have been under surveil
lance have not been sent to Jail but are
detained In their own rooms under the
charge of a detective.
They will not be allowed to communi
cate further with any employes of the
posteffiee until after the investigations of
the postal frauds have been completed.
Since their suspension Messrs. .Reeves
and Reynolds have been communicating
freely with various suspected men and
the division felt that it would be better
to prevent any further communication of
this kind.
Carrydon Rich was the man who con
fessed to a knowledge of many of the
transactions, which in the opinion of law
yers tends to implicate others beside
Neely. Rich Was Neely’s partner in a
number cf business en'erprises In Cuba,
anil also holds power of attorney for him.
It was through Rich that $5,000 of new
issue stamps were recovered and he has
not been arrested on account of the val
uable assistance he Is now giving In un
ravelling the plot. Further, he has agreed
to give evidence when Neely Is arraigned.
The amount of tho defalcation, so far
as discovered at present, is $36,000 dur
ing the year 1900 and $39,000 during the
year 1899.
Of this amount $5,000 has been recov
ered. $2,000 deposited in a bank her" In
Neely’s name has been attached and $6,500
he had in his possession when arrested.
A brick yard and cocoa groves, the value
of which is yet undecided, the property
of Neely, han been nttached. Neely’s
bond with the Fidelity Deposit Company
amounts to $30,000 and the estimated bonds
of others against whom evidence is ac
cumulating will amount .to from $15,000
to $20,000. The probability In that the gov
ernment will lose In the neighborhood of
*30,000 or more. It Is reported that
the local Postofflee Is short some thous
ands of dollars.
NEELY WILL HE EXTRADITED.
Shortage In Havana Postofflee Will
Reach *7.1,000.
Washington. May 12.—1 t is understood
that Oov. Roosevelt will leave here for
New Y rk at 9 o’plock to-morrow m ~rt-
Ing and that an officer of the department
of justice will meet him there on Monday
morning when the requisition for the ex
tradition of Neely will be promptly hon
ored.
Late advices received at the war de
partment from Gov. Wood Indicate that
it is the opinion of the Havana officials
that the defalcation In the postal funds
will not fall short of $75,(100.
R ATHER HE TRIED IN NEAV YORK.
Neely and Ilia Counsel Do Not Like
the Laws In balls,
New York. May 12.—John D. Lindsay,
counsel for Neely In the Cuban postofflee
mntter, said to-day that Neely was per
fectly willing to go to Cuba, If Gov. Gen.
Wood desired his presence there, and be
thought even that extradition papers
might be superfluous.
Ha admitted, however, that both Neely
and Ills counsel preferred to have the case
tried here, when It would come before
the federal courts of the Southern dis
trict of New York.
“Everybody knows the condition of the
courts In Cuba,” explained Mr. Lindsay.
“All manner of irregularities exist there,
made worse, if anything, by the passage
of war over the island. From time to
time Gen. Wood issues an Imperialistic
edict, stating that so and so will obtain
in the courts hereafter, or gives out a
statement from Washington to the effect
that henceforth such and such a section
of the penal code will be changed."
Mr. Lindsay went on to intimate that
the state of affairs in the Cuban courts
was so uncertain on account of the ca
rrieiousntss of Mr. McKinley's policy
that Neely much preferred, if possible,
to stay under the jurisdiction of the plain
United States law.
GLAD TO HAVE THE BOERS.
Three Governor* Aviso Declare They
Would Welcome Them.
St. Louis, May 12.—The Sunday Pos*-
Dispntch will print the result of an hour’s
conversation held by it, over 691 miles of
telegraph wire, with Govs. Dan W. Jones
of Arkansas, William E. Stanley of Kan
sas, and Lott V. Stephens of Missouri,
at their respective state capitals, In con
nection with the announcement of State
Secretary Reitz of the Transvaal, that ho,
with others, intends to emigrate to the
United States, In the event of the defeat
of the Boers by the British. Each Gov
ernor was asked if he would extend an
invitation to the Boers to locate in ids
state. They answered as follows
Gov. Stephens: “As the chief executive
of the slate of Missouri T desire to hereby
extend through the Sunday Po-t-Dbpatch
a cordial and an affection ite welcome 10
the Boers. Missouri would feel honored
if they would locate within her bounds "
Gov. Jones: “The state of Arkansas will
gladly welcome the Boers to become citi
zens and guarantee to them freedom and
protection under a truly republican gov
ernment.”
Gov. Stanley: “The people of Kansas
would gladly welcome the Boers. We nave
no better citizens than the thousands cf
Germans who have already prospered and
added to the happiness of our state. Kan
sas would feel honored if the sturdy citi
zens of the Transvaal would locate within
our borders."
In answer to a question propounded by
the Post-Dispatch as to the advisability of
conveying by special messengers this In
vitation to the Boer peace envoys due in
New York city soon, each Governor ex
pressed hearty approval.
Gapfhern-s shrdlu etaoin shrdlu xzfifliTffl
DEWEY VISITS KNOXVILLE.
Will Unveil a noolder nt Farragat'i
Birth Place.
Knoxville, Tenn., May 12.—Admiral
Dewey and paiiy arrived by special train
this afternoon from Nashville, and will
remain until Tuesday night. He was met
at the depot by a delegation of citizens,
and greeted along the streets as he made
his way to the hotel by thousands of peo
ple. He will spend Sunday quietly. A pa
rade and reception will be the order of the
day Monday.
On Tuesday a trip will be made by boat
to the birthplace of Admiral Farragut, a
few miles west of this place. A marble
boulder placed by the local chapter of the
Daughters of tho American Revolution at
that point where the first admiral was
born will be unveiled by Admiral Dewey.
REVOLUTION IS INCREASING.
It Has the Sympathy of the Colom
bian PopnJaee.
San Francisco, May 12.—The chief offi
cer of tho steamer San Juan, which ar
rived to-day from Central American
points, said:
“The claim of the Colombian govern
ment that the revolution ha been sup
pressed Is absurd. The revolutionists are
Increasing in strength every day. and
Panama is liable to fall into their hands
at any time. They are not only better
armed than the government forces, but
they secretly have the sympathy cf the
people, who have become greatly incensed
at the arbitrary acts of the government.
SIX MEN WERE KILLED.
Severe Explosion in Coal Mines at
Tonis Creek, Vft.
Bristol, Tenn., May 12.—News was re
ceived here to-day at the headquarters of
the Virginia Iron. Coal and Coke Com
pany of an explosion In their coal mines
at Toms Creek, Va. Six men wore kill
ed, the names of whom have not b'en
learned here. Only meager detsils hive
b* < n received owing to the remoteness .f
tho mines from telegraphic communica
tion. Ten days ago two men xvere suffo
cated in the same mines.
NEAV YORK'S ICE TRUST.
Ice Magnates Ordered Before Mnigls
trr.te Zeller.
New York, May 12.—Tn police court to
day Magistrate Zeller issu and summonses
against the officers and directors of the
American Ice Company, commonly known
as the Ice Trust, ordering them to appear
on Monday next to show cause why they
should not be proceeded against for con
spiracy In combining to control the prffi*
and product of Ice, contrary to aw.
Headquarters at LluroHV.
Lin- oln. Neb., May 12.—The Populist
Natlc al Committee will establish head
car sin Lincoln, and J. H. Edmlston,
<n, e chairman, will be In charge.
Senator Butler, tho chairman, will be kept
busy with other interests until August.
After that he will establish an Eastern
headquarter# at Washington.
riainis Against Government.
Washirgton, May 13.—Secretary Root
has sent to the Senate a report showing
thut 356 claims, aggregating $142,555, have
been filed for private property taken and
used dur.ng the war with Spain. A bill
accomp " ie* the report to authorize their
settlement.
B t Visits Mount Vernnn.
Wazh!c don. May 12.—Secretary Root
and Ad' Gn. Corbin visited Mount Ver
non to ,y. Secretary Root's purpose was
to Insi t the projected national boule
vard, whi h Is to connect Mount Vernon
with the capital.
ANOTHER LABOR INJUNCTION.
SWEEPING COURT ORDER ISSUED
AGAINST STRIKERS.
striking; Street Car Men In Kansas
City Ordered by the Uutted States
Court Not to Interfere lu Any Way
With the Cnr Lines—The Injnne
tlon Is Rased ou the Fart That the
Lines Handle I fitted States Mail.
Deputies Sworn lu.
Kansas City, May 12.—The federal au
thorities found alleged cause for inter
vening this evening in the strike Inaugu
rated this morning by the union employes
of the Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany.
Judge William C. Hook of Leavenworth,
Kan., sitting in Kansas City, issued from
the United States District Court to-night,
an injunction that is more absolute and
sweeping in its terms than any injunction
ever before secured in this district in a
contention between labor and capital.
The Injunction is made absolute for a
week, the matter being set for a hearing
on Saturday next, and if its restrictions
shall be observed by the strikers, tho
Metropolitan Company has its tight won,
for the strikers’ hands are tied for seven
days, and in the meantime the Metropoli
tan Company can go about the reorganiza
tion of Its disrupted forces.
The injunction is predicated upon the
fact that several of the persons complain
ed against as threatening the interests
of the company are residents of other
states, and the further fact that the strik
ers threaten to prevent the company from
carrying out its contract with the United
Stales government to transport the city
mail carriers to and from their routes.
Sweep Ing la Its Effect.
The Injunction restrains the persons
named and all others from in any manner,
directly or Indirectly, stopping or interfer
ing with the running of cars on the lines
of the Metropilitan dompany; enjoining
them from harassing, assaulting or In any
manner Interfering with any person who
may be in the employ of the company, as
he goes to or from his work or as he is
engaged in the operation of a street car;
enjoins union men and all others from
picketing or patrolling the car houses,
stopping place#, stations, tracks, or ap
proaches thereto, or loitering In largo num
bers In or about any of the place# named,
or making loud or boisterous noises in the
vicinity thereof for the purpose of intim
idating or Interfering with the company's
employes.
The Injunction even goes further than
this and enjoins any concerted action to
cause any act or annoyance which will
assist In stopping the operation of tho
cars, or Interfering in anywise with an
employe In moving a car which may car
ry a mall carrier, or a messenger, or upon
which a mall carrier or a messenger may
wish to ride.
Deputy Marshals Sworn In.
In addition to the police and the deputy
county marshals sworn In to-day. a force
of United States marshals will be on hand
to Interfere in case tho injunction is Ig
nored and there is every possibility that
the strikers will not desist in ther efforts
to b:lng out the men who have so far
failed to Join them.
The strike was ordered early to-day on
all the street car lines of the Metropolitan
Railway Company. About SCO of the 1,500
conductors, motormen aid grlpmen of this
city and Kansas City, Kan., responded.
Up to a la'te hour to-night there had
been no disturbance at any point, and
the company was maintaining a fairly ef
li.lent service.
UNSETTLED IN ST. LOUIS.
Car Strikers There Also Threatened
With Injunction.
St Louis, May 12.—tAn earnest ofTort
was made to-day to settle the street rail
way strike by means oC arbitration along
the lines suggested by W. H. Woodward
and other employers of union labor.
The efforts came to nothing, however,
as the strikers and the street car com
panies! could not be brought together on
any proposition Involving the recognition
of the uniciujivthe manner desired. An
other effort will be made Monday.
With the assistance of tho police the
transit company succeeded In getting three
more of Its lines open to-day although
one wns put temporarily out of commis
sion by cut wires and barricades. No cars
were run after 7 o’clock p. On any of
the lines.
In general, the fifth day of the strike
was rather quiet. A few cases of violence
wore reported and some shooting was
done, but without serious results. A num
b:r of arrests on minor charges growing
out of tho present difficulties were re
ported. In East Si. Louis, where a strike
Is supposed to bo In progress, nearly all
the Unea are bring operated as usual.
Injunction Threatened.
That the federal authorities are watch
ing the strlko situation closely is shown
by the statement of United Stales Dis
trict Attorney Rosier. Rosier demands
that the mall cars bo not Interfered
with, either by barricading the roadwtws,
cutting the wires or In any other Way,
and his tnlk contains a threat that the
United States government may yet take
a hand In Iho strike. The custom of
piling stones and old Iron on the street
car tracks and cutting wire*, which ha*
sprung up only within the last few days,
ovlilently furnishes the Inspiration for Mr.
Rorier’s words, and It 1* likely the strik
ers and their sympathizers will heed the
warning.
No street cars will he run In St. Louis
Sunday. Chief of Police Campbell con
sidered it necessary that his men should
have some rest and refused to detail them
to keep the street car lines open to-mor
row. Finding that the chief could not
b" movutd, the street ri.llw.iy people de
rided to make no attempt to keep the
lines open.
Nine men succeeded tn shattering a
number of switches with dynamite on
Papin street to-night. They worked open
ly and wlthcut being molested by the
Urge crowd h m the explosion of the
charges had attracted. When the pollco
came to the scene the men scattered and
escaped. Several Innocent bystanders
were clubbed as the bluecoats cleared the
streets.
Considerable excitement was created at
9 o’clock to-night, on Ba-ah and Manches
ter avenue because of a fuaillade of shots
fired by the police.
A car on the Suburban was turning In
and when it reached the point mentioned
it was found that the track had been ob
structed by stones and limber*. While
the trainmen were removing the obstruc
tions a crowd collected. The police or lo -
ed the crowd to disperse. The oro.vd rc
tused and the police drew 'heir revolvers
and tired a volley over the heads cf the
men. The police report that no ono was
hurt, and that after one volley was fir and
the crowd dispersed.
A PARISIAN SENSATION.
Alleged Ahdnction of the Famous
Author “Gyp.”
farls, May 13.—The Parisian sensation
of the hour Is tho alleged abduction of
the celebrated writer “Gyp,” whose real
name is Comtesse Marlel de Mlrabeau, a
descendant of the revolutionary Mlrabeau.
Sho was found early on Sunday morn
ing wandering about Pont de Bergicy.
Her clothes were torn and her face
scratched, and apparently, she did not
know where she was. The Comtesse toll
the police that she had been taken away
In a carriage by three men to an unknown
chateau and locked In a room from which
she succeeded in escaping with great diffi
culty. Tho police believe she le the vic
tim of n hallucination.
Tho ConUeese when found by the police,
asked where she was, and, being told, re
quested that she lie driven to tho house of
a friend. Before complying with this re
quest, however; the police took her before
the police commissary in the Salpetrlero
quarter, to whom she told a remarkable
story. She said:
“On Saturday evening about 9 o'clock I
was being driven to a public meeting in
the Rue d'Alesia, organized In favor of
the candidature of Rene Lecolnte. At the
corner of thut street and Rue Sante, ihe
carriage was stopped, owing to road Im
provements, and a man approached and
asked me If I really was ’Gyp.' On receiv
ing an affirmative answer, he said that
M. BarlUler, the new councillor for the
Rochechouart quarter awaited me a few
steps away and he had an Important com
munication to make. I got out
of my carriage and followed
tho man, walking about twenty
steps down the Rue d’Alcala. Suddenly
my head was covered with a sack. I felt
myself lifted and carried to a closed car
riage, which drove off at full speed. Af
ter a very long Journey the vehicle stop
ped and tho sack was removed; I was
made to descend. Three men surround
ed me. We were in an open country be
fore a large gilded gateway, through
which we passed. We penetrated an Im
mense park, reached tho chaleau, which,
In my opinion, must bo situated about
500 meters altitude. Tho men did not
speak, but they took me to the first door
and looked me In a room containing a
bed. As soon as I was alone I opened
the window and scrutinized the country.
Beneath tho chateau flowed a‘river, and
at some distance away was a railway via
duct. I resoved Jo flee. I made a
cord of tho bedclothes and let myself
down Into space. The cord being too short
I let myself fall into the mattress which
previously I had thrown out of the wln
diw. 1 Injured my knee and tore my
dress. I crossed the park quickly as pos
sible and wandered into unknown parts
of the suburbs of Paris.’’
The prefecture of police Immediately
opened an Inquiry on receiving the com
missary’s report on the declarations of the
Com:cusp. She gave an approximate des
cription of the throe men, but since her
first statement she has told a varying
story nnd this leads the authorities to be
lieve she Is under a delusion. Moreover,
the cabman who Is said to have driven
her to the Rue d’Alesia cannot be found
and no carriage was seen to stop near that
street at the time during Saturday even
ing.
Used as Political Capital.
Paris, May IS.—'The Nationalist and the
anti-Semite press endeavor to make po
litical capital out of the "Gyp/’ abduc
tion in view of to-day’s elections, by ac
cusing her opponent# of the crime. Th
Libre Parole prints an anarchist poster
of a threatening nature, in which the
Coiniesse's name is mcr.tier.cd.
TO GET IN WORK FOR TOWNE.
His Candidacy Will He Puwlied nt
State Convention.
Minneapolis, Minn., May 12.—The Jour
nal says;
At a conference of Populist and silver
leaders, held after the return of the state
delegation from Sioux Falls, It was de
cided to push the Towne vice presidential
candidacy before all state Democratic
conventions to be held between now and
the meeting of the National Convention
at Kansas City. Michigan has al
ready declared for Towne. The Minne
sota Democrats will do the same and
the Towne leaders count confidently upon
the open or tacit support of all the North
western states at Kansas City.
Towne also stands well with the New
England anti-imperialists by reason of
his recent speeches there. In fact, his
candidacy began as the result of a speech
before the Bridgeport (Conn.) Board of
Trade. The Connecticut Democratic con
vention will, it is claimed, declare for
him and the Massachusetts delegation,
already elected and pledged to George
Fred Williams’ candidacy, is expocted to
be swung to the Minnesota man by Mr.
Williams. Developments In favor of
Towne are expected In Ohio at the ap
proaching Toledo conference of antl-ad
rnlntstrßtion leaders. Towne headquarters
are to be established In Chicago.
FILIPINO JUNTA IS ACTIVE,
i
lab) to Have Seenreil Arms nnd Am
munition From Germany.
New York, May 12.—A dispatch to the
Evening World from Hong Kong, says:
Tho Fitlpino Junta has been receiving
large amounts of money at Manila. Within
the past three months, three ship loads
of arms have arrived here from Germany
for tho Insurgent cause. The Junta gave a
Mg banquet here last night in honor of
the reorganization of their government.
The Filipino* claim they will open ag
gressive hostilities Just as soon as the
rainy season begin*.
SECOND AMERICAN CARDINAL.
Important Mission to Home of Amer
ican Prelates.
Rome, May 12.—Archbishops Corrigan
of New York and Kaln of St. Louis have
arrived here. Bishop McDonnell of
Brooklyn, with a company of American
pilgrims. Is expected to-morrow. It is noi
believed that Cardinal Gibbons la coming
here. The presnoe of the other prelates
Is connected with tho creation of a sec
ond American cardinal. They have so
licited an audience of the Dope.
DAILY. $S A YE AIL
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMKS-A-WEBK,U A TEA*
COTTON GROWERS IN SESSION.
S
GEORGIA COTTON PLANTERS’ ASSO
* < I ATION FORMED.
Executive Committee Named Includ
ing Three From Each Copgres
sloiinl District—The Committee la
Empowered to Act and Will For.
multi lea Plan—To Co-npernte AVithl
Other States In Protecting Inter
ests of Cotton Planters.
Macon, May 12.—The Georgia State Cot
ton Planters' Association was o ganizel
hern to-day. It Was the most rep < sentie
tive gathering of bimine s men nnd plant
ers ever us#erabled in Grorgli. Fully)
I, prominent Georgians aUtnded iIM
convention Ma on was selected as th 1
permanent headquarters for iho as Dela
tion. |
An executive committee was appolnte 1 tx
whom was given Ihe piwer (o p. rf cl
plans for the future, and to co-opera to
with other slates with a view to organize
lng similar associations la every cott n
growtng state. This commute •Isto me •
In Macon on Saturday, May 26, to dec’.dff
on a plan from the many plans that ara
to be submitted In the meantime, Thred
excellent plans arc already bifore then*
one from Mr. Harvey Jordan of Jasper. )
Mr. Jordan Was made president cf 'ha
new association. Mr. Pope Brown is chair
man of the Executive Commltiee and Mr.
N. R. Hutcherson of LaGrange, Troup#
county, Is secretary. Plans ara aek and
from all who wish to see the organization
a success and these plans are to be send
to Mr. Hutcherson. lie will lay them b -
fore the other committeemen, and the com
mittee will be ready to cull ami comblua
from the plans, one to be acoept'd whiff
the committee next meets. j
Uinnera are Invited to Join the associa
tion. After a session of several hours,
the Executive Committee decided to aslt
the convention for more time, and it waa
granted. The committee in empowered ta
act in future without consulting the as
sociation und all vacancies are to be fllleil
by the committee, Its membership being
J. Pope Brown, PulaSki; Thomas Harde
man, Jefferson; It. E. Park, Bibb; T. 8.
Jones, Bibb; I. B. English, Bibb; F. E.
Calloway, Troup; J. E. Dunson, Troupg
R. C. Mc.Gough, Monroe; Jacob Haas,
Fulton; John H. Booker, Harris; C. P.
Morton, Floyd; Thomas G. Lawson, Put
nam; B. T. liethune, Baldwin; R. J. Tay
lor, Bibb; C. D. Hudson, Troup; W. J.
M. Preston. Jasper; J. L. Boynton, Cal
houn; A. J. Holmes, Washington; Byron
Bower, Decatur; William Paul, DodgeJ
C. H. Jordan, Jasper; W. A. Broughton,
Morgan: John M. Stubbs. Laurens; W. A.
Bates, Fulton; W. J. Houston, DeKalbJ
M. B. Council. DeKalb.
W hut the Committee Reported.
The report submitted by the commute#
and adopted by the conx’entlon as as fol
lows:
“Roallzlng that the present plan of mar
keting the cotton crop of the South dur
ing the limited time of three months ha*
been unwove, and that organization Is nec
essary among the cotton planters to se
cure a plan by which cotton will be mar
keted only ns It Is required by the manu
facturers: with this end In view, there
fore, be It
"Resolved, first, That we hereby organ
ize the ‘Cotton Planters’ Association ol
the state of Georgia.’
"Second. That we Invite the cotton
planters of all the cotton growing state*
to organize similar associations. .
"Third. The officers of this association
shall consist of a president, vice presi
dent and secretary and treasurer.
"Fourth. That the business of this as
sociation shall be conducted by an execu
tive committee of three from each con
gressional district, two of whom from
each district shall be planters and one ofi
whom from each district shall bo con
nected with some business other than
that of platylng. The officers of the a*-
sotlatlon shall be ex officio members ol
the Executive Committee, and the Exec
utive Committee shall be called together
from time to time by the president of this
association, who shall preside at the meet
ings of the Executive .Committee.
“Fifth. The president of this associa
tion is authorized to communicate at one*
with parties In the cotton growing Btate*
and urge the Importance of organization
of similar association# In all such states.
To Tnkr In Other Staten.
"Sixth. When one or more organiza
tions similar to this organization t per
fected lr> one or more additional eta lee,
tho officers and boards of directors of
this association are authorized to Join
the representatives of such association foe
the purpose of forming a central associa
tion for the cotton (trowing stales.
"Seventh. The president, vice president
and secretary and treasurer, shall be nom
inated and elected by this meeting, and
shall serve until their successors ar
elected. - "
"Eighth. The Executive Commute*
shall he nominated by the representatives
of tills meeting, assembled together In
district conventions, which shall report
nominations at once to this meeting for
confirmation by this meeting.
"Ninth. This oommlttee finds It Impos
sible, on account of the shortness of timo
to go further In perfecting the detail*
necessary for the government for the Cot
ton Planters' Association of the state of
Georgia, and we ask two weeks' additional
time In which to perfect this work, and
we submit to tho convention whether tlta
plan as perfected shall be submitted to a
subsequent meeting of this convention for
ratification, or whether this committee,
together with the new Executive Commit
tee may perfect a plan, and put the saw*
Immediately into operation, this conven
tion ratifying In advance the action of this
committee, and the Eixecutlve Commute*
sitting Jointly.’’
The (executive Committee.
In compliance with tho foregoing, tl*
following gentlemen were selected to
resent tho various congressional dlstrler*.
and they are now members of the Execu
tive Committee. In case of vacancy tha
remaining representatives of the dlstr'ct
nominate a person to fill the vacancy and
the committee elects:
First District Not reported.
Second District—B. H. Bower, Jr., of D
oatur, Balnbridge; J. L. Hood of Mltc'~ell,
J. L. Boynton of Calhoun
Third District—W. C. Hamilton of Cor
dele, M. T| Council of Amertcus. J. P.
Drown of Hatvklnsvllle. %
Fourth Ml~: . In—J. E. Dnnson, Troup.
bOrsi.n Cn.; s. h. Flemlrg, Maro|
VV. A. Ri t Heard. Ultlley.
Fifth 1 —W. L. P. -k, R ckda'e;
F. J. Merrl.ttn, Fulton, Battle Hill; Hikj
Smith. A.linta.
Sixth District—l. H. Hnglßh, Bibb, Ma-
ICaollautd oa ou.Ui i, <or*