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Atlanta
VOL. IV.
BUSINESS TIED UP IN
I GREAT BOSTON STRIKE
■trikers’ Army Mas In
-1 creased in Four Days
q From Six Hundred to
■_ Twenty Thousand.
BOSTON. March IX-The strike of 600
■tw York. New Haven and Hartford
■ilroad freight handlers which began last
Kturday. has extended until now there
■e W.«O men idle in this city. Os these
■m to 5. COO were employed by manufac
■rtag concerns, which have been compell-
■ to shut down because of the difficulty
■ handling freight.
■The various lines of Industry directly
■presented by the strike include freight
■mdlers. team drivers, wool handlers,
■ngshoremen and railway switchmen. If
Be claims of the strike leaders are borne
Bt today will see the strike extended to
Be building trades unions and to the
■lions connected with the foreign steam-
Btp traffic.
■The business men of the city find them-
Blves staggered by the strike. Many con-
Brences have been held, the influence of
Be civic federation has been invoked and
Be state bogrd of arbitration has tried
B And a ground for agreement between
Be parties at war. but apparently there
B little confidence that the desired result
Bill be reached by these means.
■There is great hope that a meeting ar
■nged by Governor Crane between the
■bor leaders, railroad officials and mes-
Bants to be held at the statehouse to-
Bx win show some way out.
New York. New Haven and Hart-
Brd road and the Boston and Albany sys-
B»n ot th* New York Central have forces
■equate to handle all traffic. There is no
Bouble over the movement of outgoing
■eight, but incoming merchandise has
■ctunmulated in formidable quantity,
■he Boston and Maine read has not yet
Bm its regular force of freight handlers
Btd clerks, but with teaming tied up, their
■eight houses and yards are becoming
■ages ted like those of other lines. Ao
[mgemer.ts have been made for transfer
■ through freight without delay.
■The longshoremen are out and the ma
■rial cannot be moved in the coastwise
Bu ll »■ which are becoming badly piled up
■ith merchandise.
[The strike of the coal teamsters pre-
Bn ts one of the alarming features of the
■cubic. as it menaces not only many
■dustries. but also the welfare of hou»~-
■olders and especially the people in the
■orer quarters of the city.
■Practically the only teaming firm do
■g any business is the R. S. Brine Trans
portation company, the non-union con
■iu over whose teams the trouble orig
■ated. The other teamsters, whose men
■ire joined the strike, declare that the
■touble could be settled and the strike
■ided in an hour if the merchants would
■gree not to deal with the Brine company.
■During the forenoon some of the stearn
■lp companies secured small gangs of
■alfans in place of the striking long
■toremen and they were put at work be
■h?d c-xM premises were
guarded by police
■ The conference with the governor was
■eld at the statehouse at 10:30 o'clock, but
■l far as could be learned, it resulted in
■othing definite. The strike committee
■ld the government that their organiza-
Boas had decided to stand by the prop-
Btfton that the strike would be declared
■T if the railroads would consent that no
■eight handled should go on any team
■slivering goods at the freight sheds. The
■rilroads have refused to consider this
■reposition and the governor decided that
■e could do nothing.
■ Mayor Collins received the following re-
Bly today to his telerram asking Senator
Bi. A. Hanna to aid him in putting an end
B> the strike:
| -WASHINGTON. March -. 1902.
■Hon. P- A. Collins. Boston:
I ‘Telegram received. If you will point
But away I will be glad Xo be of service.
Bve should have Indications from both
Bides that our good offices would be ac
■■thhlg. M A. HANNA.”
■ The arrival during the forenoon of a
Beet of fis-.ng smacks bringing 250.000
Bounds of fresh fish further complicated
■e situation that confronts the fish deal
■rs. who cannot get teams to handle the
Bsh. The pressure brought to bear on the
Bnion men at the Boston and Maine
■eight yards, which was resisted yester-
Bay. began to tell today and by 10 o'clock
■bout seventy old men remained at work,
■'acant places were promptly filled by
■en who had been secured in antlcipa-
Eon of trouble.
Lock mountain road
I SUFFERS FROM STRIKE
I MISSOULA. Mont.. March 12.—The
■trike situation on the Rocky Mountain
■{vision of the Northern Pacific has as-
Kumed a graver aspect. The committee of
■he Trainmen and Switchmen's union
■wiled out the trainmen and switchmen of
■he Helena. Butte and Wallace yards, and
■ll work train operating between Deer
Lodge and Thompsons Falls. But four
■rains have moved out of the yards since
Monday, those being made up by the
Eardmaster and his assistant and taken
But by new men.
{SENATOR HANNA SILENT,
I BUT AT WORK ON STRIKE
I WASHINGTON. March 12—Senator
Hanna when asked about his conectlon
Krith the effort to settle the Boston strike
Kidd that he is doing what he can. but
lid net care to discuss his plans or inten
tions in the matter. At present he was
ooking into the situation.
BOSTON STRIKE AFFECTS
BUSINESS IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. March 12.-The effects of
the strike of freight handlers and express
men in Boston were felt here today. Pas
lengers who arrived in trains from Bos
ton said they had experienced difficulty In
letting their baggage to the trains and
j»at the strike caused much trouble in
>ther ways. As perishable freight is not
being accepted at Boston, the supply of
Fresh fish for this city was short today.
iarchTselecteOs’
RETURN DAY FOR TAXES
All persons Who owned property on
March Ist must pay tax on it. Comptroll
er General W. A. Wright announced to
day that March Ist has been fixed as a
day for the returning of property for tax
ation.
At • conference between Governor Cand
ler. Comptroller Wright and State Treas
urer Park held at the governor's mansion
Tuesday afternoon it was decided to fix
March Ist as the day.
People who owned property on that day.
pnd who have since transferred it will
have to pay the tax. Great secrecy is
observed in selecting this day for if it
should be known some folks who own
bonds and other taxable values which
can be transported would take th»m
across across the state line until after
that day.
All the tax receivers and collectors will
be notified of the date for the returning of
the property.
t SITUATION IN BOSTON +
♦ > HOURLY GETS WORSE. ♦
♦ BOSTON. March 12.—The strike +
4> now declared by the freight hand- +
lers is hourly becoming more com- ♦
+ plicated and the situation is crlt- <f»
+ leal today. The strike was inaugu- ♦
4> rated last Saturday, when six hun- +
dred freight handlers went on strike +
+ because the railroads were patron
-4» ising a non-union concern that did <{•
a transfer business. +
4> There are more than 20,000 men +
+ out this afternoon, and the tndica- ♦
4> tions are, unless something is done +
<• quickly to pacify the strikers, all <•
+ lines of business will be suspended. ♦
4- including the passenger transfei\ ♦
♦ It is now very difficult to get bag- +
+ gage transferred to depots or ho- ♦
:tels. ♦
The railroads decline to consent ♦
+ tn accept the strikers’ demand that +
+ the non-union concern be refused 4*
employment. Were this request ♦
♦ granted. It is said the strike would 4*
4> be instantly called off. Both sides, «fr
4> however, are determined to carry
4> their point, and the end of the con
♦ flict Is not believed to be near at +
hand. 4*
4- The strike has gone beyond local 4*
♦ limitations and today New York, 4*
4> Albany. Hartford and other cities 4*
♦ are suffering great inconvenience. 4*
4* The railread yards are congested 4*
♦ with freight, and to add to the <•
+ gravity of the situation a fleet of 4>
♦ fishing boats has just arrived in 4>
4> port, but there is now no way in 4*
4» which to handle the fish. 4*
Coal famine is threatening the 4»
♦ city. *
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CRUISER TO VENEZUELA
TO PROTECT GERMANS
NEW YORK. March 10.—At the request
of the German Orinoco Asphalt company
the • cruiser Falke has sailed from Trini
dad for Pedernales. Venezuela, to pro
tect German interests there, says a Port
of Spain, Trinidad, dispatch to The Her
ald. A battle between the government
and insurgent troops is impending at Ped
ernales.
There is great revolutionary activity
along the eastern coast of Venezuela. The
insurgents, apparently, far outnumber the
government forces.
The Venezuelan revolutionary steamship
Libertardo was seen approaching Carup
ano at 4 o’clock Friday afternoon.
TOLSToTDEFiED DEAftT
TO COMPLETE STORY
NEW YORK. March 10.—Count Tolstoi,
who has been so seriously ill of late, has
given a singular proof of hla literary
<'on*<ieiyiousne»s. according to a Paris
correspondent of the Journal and Ameri
can.
Previous to his illness he had sent to a
Paris review an article which will appear
shortly.
On the very night when he and those
around him believed that he was dying,
it occurred to him that he had omitted
some important point in the article. His
strength rallied as though for a last ef
fort. and he dictated the correction.
CHINA PLEADS TO
ENTER AT OPEN DOOR
PEKIN. March 12.—The Chinese govern
ment has presented to the U. 8. minister.
Mr. Conger, a strong memorial against
the re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion
law by the United States.
The government here particularly ob
jects to the exclusion bt the Chinese from
the Phillpppine and Hawaiian islands, rep
resenting that the Chinese had acquired
extensive commercial interqpts there, and
were closely connected with the islands by
family ties, so that repression ©f free In
tercourse would result in peculiar hard
ships.
FLEEINOImiGT
SHOT TO DEATH
BT OFFICER
AS FUGITIVE ATTEMPTED TO
DRAW HIS WEAPON HE WAS
SHOT DEAD IN HIS
TRACKS.
MOBILE. Ala.. March 12 —Shields Brad
ley, a desperate escaped convict from the
penitentiaary at Jackson, Miss., was shot
and killed last night at 8 o'clock at Oak
Grove, this county, by Deputy Sheriff
W. S. Bunstei', while resisting arrest.
Bunster gave himself up and was re
leased by the coroner on the ground that
he was justifiable.
Bradley had been badly wanted and his
whereabouts became known to Bunster
yesterday afternoon.
* Accompanied by his young son. the de
puty went to the house where the convict
was in hiding. When he came out to
make for the woods, he was halted and
ordered to throw up his hands. But in
stead of doing so. reached in his pocket
for a pistol. 'As he did so he was shot
dead with a load of buckshot from a
breech-loading gun Death came in
stantly. with his hand in his pocket clasp
ed on his gun.
Bradley was captured at Whistler, near
this place, just as he was about to be
married to a pretty girl. He was taken
to Quitman. Miss., and while awaiting
for the penitentiary officials to come for
him. he eacaired and announced that he
would not be taken alive.
MISS LIZZIE THOMPSON
DIES AT WAYCROSS
WATCROSB. Oa.. Marrh H.-Mlae Llxaie
Thompson. » popular young lady of this
city, died yesterday afternoon after an ill
ness of several weeks. Miss Inompson
was the daughter of Mr. John Thompson,
of Waresboro. and the granddaughter of
the late Rev. Dan Morrison, of this city.
She was a beautiful singer and was
often employed In protracted meetings
throughout this section to sing. She was
a lovely, Christian character and her
death is greatly deplored. She lived with
her uncle, Mr. Ed Cason, of this city.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1902.
NO ACTION TAKEN:
ON RECIPROCITY
TUESDAY NIGHT
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS AT MID
NIGHT AFTER FOUR HOURS OF
HEATED DEBATE—NOTHING
IS ACCOMPLISHED.
WASHINGTON. March 12.—The fourth
conference held by the house Republicans
on the Cuban reciprocity problem result
ed again in failure and after a stormy
session last night, continuing until the
hour of midnight, an adjournment was ta
ken until hext Tuesday. The adjourn
ment. It is claimed, is a decisive’ victory
for the advocates of reciprocity as the
leaders of the other side contended for a
session at which something positive would
result.
When the conference was called to or
der last night,' there were about 130 per
sons present.. The session grew and In
creased in sensational interest as resolu
tion after resolution was brought before
the attention of the body and votes were
cast for and against them.
When the conference was adjourned. It
was admitted by both sides that really
worthy of mention had been done
and the two factions were as much at sea
as before.
The next conference, according to the
terms of adjournment last night will be
held next Tuesday evening.
WAYCROSS GUERRY CLUB
OPENS HEADQUARTERS
i ——
WATCROBS. Ga., March 12,-The or
ganization of the Wiregrass Gperry club
has been perfected with headquarters at
this place. Hon. Leon H. Wilson Is pres
ident Mr. V. L. Stanton, vice president,
and Mr. Has. W. Hitch, secretary.
The club has mapped out a big work for
this part of the state and a strong effort
will be made to assist Dupont Guerry In
Wiregrass Georgia.
The club was partially organized when
Mr. Guerry spoke in Waycross the first
time, and since that time a large number
have been enrolled as members.
NORTHEN WILL LEAVE
BAPTIST CONVENTION
Is President of the South
ern Baptist Convention
and the Georgia Con
vention.
Ex-Governor W. J. Nor then will not al
low his name to be presented to the
Southern Baptist convention, at Ashe
ville, N. C., or the Georgia Baptist con
vention. at Rortfe, as a candidate for re
election as president.
This announcement is made at his re
quest In the Christian Index of this week,
and comes as a surprise to his friends
all’over the state, many of whom thought
he would remain in the office in which
he has served for many years. Governor
Northen makes the announcement before
the convention of each of these bodies
so that other candidates for the presiden
cies maj; anonunce.
The Georgia Baptist convention will
meet in Rome late in this month. Gov
ernor Northen Is now at Clearwater, Fla.,
where he will probably remain until the
convention In Rome. He has always been
an active worker among the Baptists all
over the south, and has held many high
offices in the Baptist conventions. He has
served well, in every capacity, and It' is
with regret that the Baptists of the state
will hear of his refusal to accept the of
fice of president of the Southern Baptist
convention and the Georgia Baptist con
vention.
HOT HOUSES AT EXPERIMENT
STATION A FINE SIGHT
GRIFFIN. Ga., March 12.-The hot
househouses at Experiment are beautiful
just now. with great rows of crisp and de
licious lettuce ready for use and sold daily
in the markets; radishes that are the
harbingers of spring and cucumber vines
reach the top of the hothouse and are
filled with fresh, fine cueumbers that are
delicate and delicious in flavor. An Eng
lish variety which is being tried at Ex
periment for the first time, has cucumbers
fifteen inches long and the white spine,
which is always a popular variety with
gardeners, are full grown and sold daily.
The tomato vines are filled with large
sized tomatoes that are just beginning to
ripen and a quantity of this favorite veg
etable can be procured at the station at
a normal cost. The hothouses are lovely
with the yellow blossoms of the cucum
bers mingling with the green vines and
ripe fruit of the tomatoes, making a pleas
ing picture to the eye.
A curiosity seen in the hothouses was
a number of sweet potato plants raised
from seed, an experiment tried for the
first time, the plants will be ready to
transplant in June and seem as healthy
as those raised from bedding the potato.
The hothouses are under the especial
care of Mr. Fulton, who is proving his
ability by tne beauty and rich production
of the early vegetables under his care.
The broad fields at Experiment are dot
ted with different shades of green of
the wheat barley, oats and rye plants
that border the long public driveway from
the beginning 'of Experiment up to the
big gateway that marks in large letters
the entrance to the station.
DR. BATES BLOCK HONORED
BY GERMAN SCIENTISTS
Dr. Bates Block, of Atlanta, son of F.
E. Block, has been lhade a member of the
German Pathological Society, of which
there are only three American members.
One is Professor Mallory, of Harvard, the
other is Dr. Wright, of Harvard, and the
third is Dr. Block.
Dr. Block studied in Germany for two
years and became well acquainted with
t..e leading scientists in that part of the
world. After h.s return to the United
States his name was proposed for mem
bership by his former teacher, von Reck
linghausen, and he was elected to the, so
ciety. ’
To become a inember It is necessary to
accomplish certain work in chemistry.
This was done by Dr. Block, and as he
compiled with all the other requirements
he was admitted. i
PAULKRIGER
APPLAUDS
RELHET
PATRIARCH OF THE BOERS DE
CLARES HIS CONFIDENCE IS
GREAT IN FINAL
NEW YORK, March 02. A dispatch
from Utrecht over the signature of for
mer President Paul Kruger to the Jour
nal and American says: I
“There will be more goot news yet from
DeLarey. This victory of his reminds me
of General Botha's alligilon a year ago
to the miracle of faith which saved Daniel
out of the lion’s den.
“My confidence in the ultimate triumph
of'the Boer cause could not be greater
than It Js now, and, indeed. It never has
been shaken.
“I liopte England will thit she
sees her folly of attempting to subdue the
Boer race by recognizing it now and by
restoring independence to tne Transvaal
republics. By doing this > she will spare
herself as well as the Boers further blood
shed and expense, and will retain the re
publics as friendly neighbors.”
NICARAGUAN
SELECTED YESTERDAY BY
SENATE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, March 12.—The sen
ate committee on Isthmian canals has
decided by a vote of seven to four to
report the Hepburn bill providing for
the construction of an iathmian canal
via the Nicaraguan route. •
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THE SENATE OF IOWA
PASSES RAILROAD BILL
DES MOINES, lowa, March 12.—8 y a
vote of 33 to 9 the senate has passed the
ways and means committee bill for the
taxation of railroad property on a basis
of stocks and bonds, net and gross earn
ings, and physical conditions. The meas
ure requires publicity of the records of
the executive council in making the as
sessment and its reasons for reaching re
sults. An effort to substitute the Nichols
stocks and bonds law of Ohio for the com
mittee measure failed.
It is predicted that the measure will pass
the house also.
The house committee on .railroads has
voted to report for passage the Carter
bill reducing the passenger fare on rail
roads in lowa to two cents a mile and to
report without recommendation the Don
ahue bill to require railroads to furnish
all public officials with passes.
ILLINOIS STILL NURSES*
ANTITRUST MEASURE
SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 12,-Accord
ing to the opinion of Attorney General
Hamlin and other officials, the decision
handed down by the United States su
preme court declaring the anti-trust law
of this state unconstitutional is not near
ly so significant as some persons believe.
The law passed upon by that tribunal is
not. as commonly supposed, the only one
providing for an annual report by the
corporations of the state to the secretary
of state, with an accompanying affidavit
to the effect that the corporation has
not entered into any sort of a trust. The
law passed upon is one making thejict of
entering into any such Combination'S mis
demeanor and providing a penalty for
such action.
CHICAGOWINES AND DINES
GENERAL FRED FUNSTON
CHICAGO, March 12.—The entertain
ment of General Funston, which began
here last nigrht with a banquet given by
the Marquette club was continued today
despite the rain. He visited General Otis
at army headquarters, spent a few mo
ments at the board of trade and then
w ent to the stock yards. Later he attend
ed a reception in his honor at the press
club.
This evening General Funston will be a
spectator at the Studebaker theater,
where George Ade’s Sultan of Sulu had
its premier appearance, last night. After
the theater he will attend the Chicago
yach club’s banquet.
TWO WOMEN SHOT
BY UNKNOWN MEN
CAMDEN, N. J.. March 12.—Mrs. Lase
Gruss and Mrs. Frank Gowie, of West
mont, four miles south of here, were shot
at 9 o’clock yesterday on the outskirts
of town by two unknown men, who made
their escape. Mrs. Gruss was instantly
killed, and Mrs. Gowie was brought to
Cooper hospital in a critical condition.
Physicians say her recovery is doubtful.
The husband of the murdered woman,
who has been separated from her about a
week, has been arrested.
DUMONT HIS RIVAL
IN NEW MACHINE
FOHJHE SIR
ENGLISHMAN HAS FLYING SHIP
i
THAT HE IS CONSTRUCTING
FOR THE BRITISH
WAR OFFICE.
NEW YORK, March 12.—Details of a
flying machine which Dr. C. F. Burton Is
constructing for the war office were given
by him in a paper read at a meeting of
the Aeronautical'society, says the Lon
don correspondent of the Herald.
The machine, he explalrfed, is a com
bination of gas vessel and screw pro
peller principles, the balloon being fish
shaped and divided internally into four
compartments. The driving mechanism
consists of six screw propellers coupled to
motors.
Sir Hiram Maxim, who presided, thought
the model contained more mechanism than
it could carry.
Sir Hiram Maxim took occasion also to
deny that he had offered a prize of >ICO.-
COO to be competed for at the St. Louis
exposition airship contests. He is pre
pared, however, he said, to offer a large
sum of money for a prize, if a really prac
ticable and tried airship is produced.
FARMERS’
WILL MEET IN MACON
MACON, March 10.—Macon has secure
the Farmers’ National congress for this
year. It will be held October 7,8, 9 and
10 at the Academy of Music. And while
the visitors are here they will be given
special excursions to various parts of the
state. It is expected that between 500 and
1,000 delegates from the states of the
north and northwest will be here, and sev
eral times that number will come from
points nearer here. This is the first time
the congress has been held in the south,
and it was the desire of the members to
have it in a typical southern city, where
agriculture is the main dependence of the
people. Macon was the choice and Vice
President Harvie Jordan saw to it that
Macon’s interests were properly repre
sented. He h?s just made the announce
ment of the decision to have the meeting
here. Committees of citizens will at once
be appointed, to look after the arrange
ments in detail.
BURGLAMSSLAIN
BY OFFICER’S BULLET
PEEPSKILL, N. Y.. March 11.—One
burglar was shot and killed and another
was wounded by a policeman here early
today.
The men had broken into the hard
ware store of Durham Brothers and were
seen by two policemen.
The burglars tried to escape and fired
two shots at the policeman, one of whom
returned the fire. The dead man was
Clarencje Outhhouse, 31 years old. of
Peepskill. Hl» companion, who is under
afrest, refuses to give his name. Outh-*-
nouse was shot twice. One'bullet lodged
in his breast and another passed through
the heart, causing Instant death.
The policeman fired a third shot which
struck the other burglar in the hand.
ENGINE FLIES TRACK;
TWO OF CREW HURT
NEOLA. la., March 10.—The Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific fast mail train.
No. 2, eastbound, was wrecked at the Mil
waukee and St. Paul crossing, west of this
place late last night.
Engineer Shultz and Fireman Gotts
chalk. who w’ent down an embankment
with the engine, were Injured, but pone of
the passengers was hurt.
The accident was caused by a misunder
standing of signals.
MAN IeUEVEdTo RE
DUNCAN ARRESTED
I
AUTHORITIES AT HILLIARDS, 0.,
HAVE MAN FILLING BIRMING
HAM’S MAN DESCRIPTION.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., March 12.—Infor
mation was received in Birmingham yes
terday afternoon of the arrest in Hilliards,
0., of a man answering 'the description of
Frank Duncan, the noted safe blower and
convicted murderer, who escaped from
the Jefferson county jail a few weeks ago
along with George Bullar, A. J. Dye and
Jeff Van Horne. Since the receipt of the
telegram, the sheriff has been in telephon
ic communication with the officials at Hil
liards and they say that the man under
arrest fills the description of Duncan to a
nicety, though he gives the name of
George Wallace.
Frank Duncan was one of the famous
Miller-Duncan gang of crooks and was
under sentence of death at the time of
his escape for killing Policeman G. W.
Kirkley. A reward of SSOO stands for his
apprehension.
PORTABLE SAWMILL
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
CARROLLTON, Ga., March 12.—One of
the most unique and singular pieces of
machinery heard of has been arranged by
Mr. J. F. B. Boswell, a machinist livifig
four miles north of this city in this coun
ty. He has equipped and mounted a per
fect sawmill with all fixtures' complete
whereby he has made it possible to trav
el the country from one location to anoth
er every few days for saw milling, after
the manner of service rendered tire public
by traveling thrashing machines. He can
move to a distant location, settle his ma
chinery on a practical foundation and
have the plant running in full line in one
day. He transports the plant with a road
engine.which he utilizes also as the motive
power for running the plant when at work.
Over the county there is a great demand
among farmers and others for this service,
having only small bills of lumber and lit
tle belts of timber so insignificant as to
be unable to induce sawmills of the old
plan to put down their plant.
GEO. M. NAPIER TO ADDRESS
SOCIETY IN CHATTANOOGA
Col. George M. Napier, of Atlanta, has
accepted an invitation to deliver an ad
dress at the annual meeting of the Geor
gia Society of Chattanooga. Tenn., on
Friday night. The society has been grow
ing for several years and the member
ship now numbers several hundred. Col
onel Napier is a brilliant speaker, and his
address will, no doubt, be a splendid one.
ALTGELD, OF ILLINOIS,
DIES FROM APOPLEXY
I
EX-GOVERNOR ALTGELD.
CARRIER CONTRACT SYSTEM
TALKED IN THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, March 11.—Governor
Odell, of New York, was on the floor of
the house renewing old acquaintances
when session opened yesterday. Mr. Bur
ton, of Ohio, chairman of the river and
harbor committee reported the river and
harbor bill and gave notice that he Would
caH it up after the disposal of the post
office appropriation bill.
The senate amendments to the diplo
matic and consular appropriation bill
were non-concurred In and the bill sent to
conference. Messrs. Hitt, of Illinois; Ad
ams. of Pennsylvania, and Dinsmore, of
Arkansas, were appointed committees on
the part of the house.
Mr Day filed the minority report on the
irrigation bill.
Bills were passed to extend for one year
the time for the construction of a bridge
across the Niagara river which hereto
fore has been authorized by an act of
congress; to authorize the Dothan. Hart
ford and Florida railroad to construct a
bridge across East St. Andrews bay at
Farmdale, Fla., and to grant permission to
the Grand Army of the Republic to erect
a monument to the memory of Benjamin
F. Stephenson, founder of the Grand Ar
my of the Republic, in the District of Co
lumbia.
Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, offered a reso
lution tendering the thanks of congress
to Secretary of State Hay for his McKin
ley memorial address and asked imme
diate consideration for It.
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, thought
the resolution should first be considered
by a committee and upon his objection it
was referred
The house then went ipto committee of
the whole and the bill* to classify the
free delivery service and place the car
riers und.« the contract system, was read
.and placed under consideration under the
five minutes’ rule.
Mr. Swanson, of Virginia, offered an
amendment for salaries for carriers at
not exceeding 1600 per annum with an ad
ditional provision that "no further allow
ance of salary shall be made to said car
riers.”
Mr. Loud, in charge of the bill, intimat
ed that this amendment had been instigat
ed by some one at the postoffice depart
ment.
Mr. Swanson denied this.
Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropria
tions committee, got a burst of applause
when he declared that in his opinion car
riers could not furnish their equipment
(horse, wagon, etc.,) and cover 25 miles
a day and give an efficient service for S6OO
unless they were permitted to do an ex
press business.
After some further debate Mr. Swan
son’s ameTidfnent was adopted without di
vision.
Mr. Cannon it-n moved to increase the
amount of the maximum salary from S6OO
to SI,OOO, but the motion was lost 35 to 107.
CLERK DUFED FIRM;
GOT FIFTEEN THOUSAND
NEW YORK. March 12.-A dispatch
from Rosario Argentina says Enrique
Rossi, a employed by the firm of
Castagnio and company has obtained by
fraud $15,000 from the IJew York firm of
Fleming, Thedy & Co. by a letter, accord
ing to the Buenos Ayres correspondent of
The Herald.
Rossi, it is alleged, got Castagne to
sign a letter addressed to Fleming. Thedy
& Co., authorizing the latter firm to give
Rossi any money -that he would require
during his stay in the United States.
The letter was mixed with a lot of other
papers and Senor Castagnio signed it
without knowing its contents. Rossi re
signed his position, went to New York and
obtained $15,000 from the New York firm.
There is no firm having the name of
Fleming, Thedy & Co., in New york city.
A member of the American Trading com
pany, into which Flint, Eddy & Co., was
merged and Which has South American
connections, said the fraud was not per
petrated upon his company.
COUNT VON WALDERSEE
HAS POSTPONED VISIT
NEW YORK. March 12.—Count Von
Waldersee has postpone!! his journey to
the United States for a year, says a Her
ald dispatch from Berlin. An amusing
story is going about to the effect that
Countess Von W’aldersee, reading the ac
counts of wQjat happened to Prince Henry
and the almost superhuman efforts he
was called upon to make during his visit,
has become much alarmed lest anything
like it should fall to her husband s share
so the story goes. Countess Von Walder
see. who is anxious about her husband’s
health, resolved that the American trip,
about which she was enthusiastic recent
ly, be deferred until the American pro-
German enthusiasts have time to cool
off. - ,
BODIES, BADLY MANGLED,
RECOVERED BY RESCUERS
NEGAUNEE, Mich., March 12.—The bo
dies of four of the ten victims of the Ne
gaunee mine disaster of January 7 were
recovered today.
Some of the other bodies are in view
of the workmen and it is expected that
all will be recovered within the next 24
hours. The bodies are mutilated beyond
recognition.
The drift where the bodies are is in a
treacherous condition owing to quicksand.
MISS ATiCEROOSEVELT
HAS ARRIVED IN HAVANA
HAVANA, March 12.—Miss Alice Roose
velt, accompanied by a party of friends,
including Thomas C. Platt, arrived here
today on the steamer Mascotte from Tam
pa, Fla.
NO. 52.
Former Governor Was
Stricken Tuesday Night
in the Joliet
Theatre.
JOLIET, 111., March 12.— Former Gover.
nor John P. Altgeld, died in room 58, Hotel
Munroe, this morning at 7:09 o’clock. He
had been unconscious since midnight.
Mr. Altgeld was the principal speaker
at a pro-Boer mass meeting last night
iu the Joliet theater.
Just at the* close of his speech, d sudden
dizziness seized him and he was assisted
from the stage. The meeting proceeded,
the audience not realizing what had hap
pened. Mr. Altgeld was taken to the door
of the theater where several vomiting
speels seized him.
It continued for nearly an hour and was
so pronounced he could not be removed
to the hotel. Physicians were hastily
summoned and Mr. Altgeld was carried to
the hotel across the street. He retained
consciousness and urged the newspaper
men to keep the affair quiet for fear of
alarming his wife. Shortly before mid
night he became unconscious.
He remained in this condition until
death.
At 3:41 this morning It was thought ne
had died, but he revived and from that
time until shortly before death showed
wonderful vitality, although he made no
move. I
The medical men here had a banquet
last night at which Dr. J. B. Herrick,o£
the Rush Medical college delivered a lec
ture. Physicians w*ere called from the
banquet to attend the patient. They re
mained with him the balance of the night.
The cause of death is given as cerebral
I hemorrhage, there having been an apople
tic seizure of the brain.
The vomiting at first was taken to indi
cate ptomaine poisoning, but it was de
termined that this was due to different
manifestations of the brain trouble. The
physicians desire to hold a post mortem
examination, if the relatives will agree.
Mr. Altgeld came to Joliet yesterday af
ternoon, having been widely advertised as
the principal orator for the big Will coun
ty pro-Boer meeting. He complained of
not feeling well, having been troubled
with some apparently simple stomach
ailment.
'He was not willing to allow that to in
terfere with his speech, however, his
great interest in the South African strug
gle having been heightened by the an
nouncement of the Boer successes of a day
or so ago. It was noted during the address
that the ex-governor threw an unusual
amount of energy and feeling into hia
words, and the collapse, the physicians
think, resulted from overstraining his al
ready weakened physical powers.
Ever since the failure of the Globe Sav
ings bank in 1896, in which he was involv
ed, Mr. Altgeld has not been a well man,
and for months after the Spalding crash
I it was feared that his life was only a
question of a short time.. Wheii serving *
his last year as governor bis health was
none of the best.
When it was learned that he was a vic
tim of locomotor ataxia his friends gave
him up. But be rallied, although he was
never again his old vigorous self.
Lately, however, the disease marked
him strongly, and quite recently his ap
pearance caused grave forebodings and.
anxiety. His mind was just as clear and
active as of old, but though the spirit
was willing, the flesh was weak.
Clarence Darrow, a lifelong friend and a
law partner of the former governor,
reached here this morning.
It’ Is said that the governor died as he
had lived, pleading for the cause of the
lowly.
Mr. Altgeld. in the speech which was
fated to be his last, declared that all
friends of humanity ©wed a debt of grati
tude to Governor Yates for issuing a proc
lamation soliciting assistance for the Boer
women and children in the concentration
camps which the British are maintaining
in South Africa.
The speaker said that the people of
America had raised a large sum of mon
ey with which to relieve the distress of
the Boer women and children, but were
unable to send It to them because Lord
Pauncefote, the British ambassador at
Washington, objected to it. He further
charged that Lord Pauncefote had for
years meddled in American affairs.
There were 18 counts and specific
charges In Governor Altgeld’s indictment.
He said in substance:
“Just before the beginning of the Span
ish war. Lord Pauncefote, representing
the aristocracy, meddled in our affairs and
tried to unite the governments of Europe
In making a joint protest against Ameri
can Interference in behalf of Cuba. But
when the American people asserted them
selves and our government was compelled
to go to the rescue of Cuba, England is
sued a strong neutrality proclamatlon.for
bidding all of her subjects everywhere
from furnishing us any aid or doing any
thing that would In any way be a viola
tion of the strictest neutrality."
It was a speech characteristic of the old
governor who had risen from the tow path
to the chiefest office of the state. Death
was at hand, but his voice had all the old
fire and all the old sympathy which bad
won him the hearts of many people. It
was Governor Altgeld who pardoned the
three Chicago anarchists and Whose views
were frequently called anarchistic, yet
his sincerity was questioned by few.
Mr. Darrow, upon his arrival, took
charge of the body and opened scores of
telegrams fyom all parts of the country.
Some had asked for early information of
the conditon of the patient and
the deepest regret at the former govern- ‘
or's condition.
No post mortem will be held on the body
of John P. Altgeld. The family does not
want it, beirjg content with the statement
of the physicians that he died from ce
rebral; hemorrhage. The remains were em
balmed and sent to Chicago this after
noon.
DEATH KNELL OF SABBATH
IS SOUNDED SAYS MINISTER
NEW YORK. March 10.—In discussing
“America’s Religious Crisis,” Rev. Dr.
George C. Lorimer, pastor of the Madison
Avenue Baptist church, said:
“Religion, especially evangelical relig
ion, is today of very low validity. The at
tendance at church service is shamefully
small. We are attacked by secular writ
ers. They tell us that the ministry is dete
riorating. that the churches . have lost
their Influence to the schools, and that
education alone can encompass all the ac
tivities of life. They say that the churches
spend more for the superfluities of life
than for the gospel, and point with scorn
at the Ice cream suppers and other cheap
ening methods of obtaining money to sup
port the gQspel. They condemn us fdr
sending missionaries abroad when our
people are spiritually starving at home.
But. however true these, accusations may
be in part, they are overdrawn. They
must be taken with allowance. Yet a
thoughtful man will not ignore them. He
must admit that there Is a crisis in Amer
ican religious life.