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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. * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦««l I»♦♦»♦♦♦♦< » 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. • ■ 4 . 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.