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GOAL STRIKE
MAKES GAIN
RAPIDLY
MANY DISTRICTS ARE COM*
PLETELY TIED UP TODAY
ANO ALL-ARE OBEYING THE
ORDER. ,
HAZEUTON. Pa.. June 2.—There baa
been an almost unanimous obedience in
the Haaekon district on the part of the
•agiaeera. firemen and pump runners to
the strike order of the executive board
of the United Mine Workers.
. Al the offices of some companies whose
operations are in isolated portions of the
districts the officials, when called up by
hatophone. said they did not know how
many of their men had quit. The mine
workers have not yet received any definite
‘figures at their headquarters, so a correct
estimate of the number of strikers cannot
bo given until Jat.v in the day. All the
companies whose men deserted their posts
promptly filled the places of the strikers
with non-union men brought here from
Philadelphia and their agents say the
operation of the pumps will not be in
terfered with by reason of the strike.
Everything is quiet in the region today.
There will be a special meeting of the
Clerk's Protective association today to
airge the merchants to offer their sym
pathy and support to the strikers. The
merchants will also meet. It is stated
that resolutions will be adopted condemn
ing all the men who furnish supplies to
the special officers and noa-union men.
hundreds of whom are stationed at the
colliery.
In order to avert trouble the coal com
(panles will keep their officers at the mine
[until the strike is over.
The situation is so acute that the pres
ence of these men in the city, especially
lat night, is liable to be the cause of an
(outbreak.
; Colliery' clerks who refused today to
take charge of fire or pumps were dis-
■charged.
Later reports from the collieries show
that all the firemen and pump runners
stopped work and 9* per cent of the en
gineer*. Where no imported non-unionists
could be slvured to man the fires and
pumps, colliery firemen have been pressed
Into service. g
IN WILKESBARRE DISTRICT
NINETY PER CENT ARE OUT
WILKESBARRE. Pa.. June L-Tbe
strike of the engineers, firemen, pumpmen,
employed tn the anthracite coal collieriea.
for an eight-hour day at present wages
was Inaugurated at 7 o'clock this morning.
There were conflicting reports as to the
number of men who quit work. The mine
workers officials claim that fully 90 per
cent of the men obeyed the Strike order,
but the companies dispute these figures.
FURNACES OF NEW YORK
ARE BURNING SOFT COAL
NEW YORK. June X-Scarity of an
thracite coal in this city is now more ap
parent than at any time since the strike
began. Big trucks laden with soft coal
age to be seen depositing their loads In
front of many office building*, the super
intendents being willing to risk fines rath
zor than have their elevator* stopped,
r Not a single bid fbr anthracite coal has
been received by Dock Commissioner
Hawk*. in response to advertisements.
It is said the Manhattan elevated rail
road has four weeks supply of anthracite
and will mix it with soft coal in order to
make it go further. Other large consum
ers are using soft coal freely, and are
willing to let.the use of it now be tested
in the courts. It is a question of burning
■oft coal or going out of business, they
say.
BIG BOYCOTT IS NOW ON»
NONUNION MEN VICTIMS
WILKESBARRE. Pa.. June 4.—There
was much speculation around strike head
quarters today over the purpose of Pres
ident Mitchell’s visit to Scranton last
night, where he saw some of the National
Railway* Labor union leaders. All at
tempts to get him to talk about the nature
of his conference was futile. He said,
however, that the railway workers may
be involved in the near future.
The entire region was reported quiet at
starting time today. The strikers claimed
a few more additions to their ranks to
day, but in most instances the coal com
panies were able to supply the places of
those induced to leave.
A system to boycott all persons and
•otabllshrnents that in any way supply the
wants of non-union men has been- inaug
urated and Is having its effect in bringing
men out of the mines. Bartenders, butch
ers. grocery clerks, etc., are organised
fn the coal region. A non-union man in
most places cannot be served and the
families of non-union men are having
much trouble In buying the necessities of
life tn stores.
Hilf IS ARRESTED
FOR ANNOYING
MISS COULD
SOLDIER HAS WRITTEN MANY
LETTERS DECLARING HE MAR-
RIED'HELEN GOULD TEN
YEARS AGO.
•* NEW YORK. June 2.—A man wearing
a volunteer silver shield with two crossed
bars and bearing the inscription "J. H.
Anderson. Captain Company K Fifth In
diana Volunteer Cavalry.” has been ar
rested. and is being held at White Plains
pending an examination by alienists, for
annoying Helen Gould. Anderson has
written M*ss Gould doxens of letters in
which - he . declares he married her ten
years ago. The prisoner is 64 years old
and aays his home is in Kansas.
EPWORTH LEAGUE TO
MEET IN AUGUSTA.
. The Epworth League of the North
Georgia conference is to meet In Au
gusta today and will remain in session
until the Sth.
Nothing has been spared by the program
(committee or by the leaguers in Au
gusta to make this one of the most suc
cessful Epworth league meetings ever
held fn the state. A large delegation is
‘.expected from nearly every city In the
'State. Those delegates who expect to be
present are requested to send their names
to B. E. Lester. Augusta. Ga.. tn order
that full arrangments may be made for
their entertainment.
• The railroads have agreed to give a rate
es one fare and a third for the round trip,
providing every delegate will get a certi
ficate from the secretary of his league,
•nd pay his full fare to Augusta. He
wll\ then be allowed a rate of one-third
i«n the return trip.
J. D. HOUGH, OF MACON,
PASSED AWAY SUNDAY
MACON, June 2.—Mr. James D. Hough,
one of the best known cotton mill men In
the state, being for years general mana
ger of the Manchester mills at this place,
was found dead in his bed yesterday
morning in Vinevllle. Dr. Mettauer went
to see him in answer to a call from Mrs.
Hough and found that Mr. Hough had
been dead for several minutes. Deceased
was 53 years of age and was reared In
Talbott county, having attended school
at the old Franklin academy. His eldest
daughter. Miss Mary Hough, is attend
ing school In Baltimore and the funeral
arrangements will not be made until it
is learned when she can reach here.
Mr. Hough has been grieving considera
bly during the past few weeks, because
of the drowning of his son in the Ocmul
gee river and It is thought the general
depression of spirts contributed indirectly
to the acute indigeattion which caused
his death. He was down town Saturday
afternoon, but became ill Saturday night.
Dr. Mettauer visited him twice during the
night and was summoned again yesterday
morning.
MANGLED BODY OF NEGRO
FOUND ON RAILROAD
MACON. Ga.. June 2,-The mangled re
mains of a negro man were found on the
Central of Georgia railroad tracks yester
day morning In the rear of the union de
pot. It was supposed at first that he was
a negro from Decatur street in Atlanta,
but he was later identified as Charlie
Moore, an ex-convict in this county. It
was supposed from the circumstances at
tending his death that he was drunk and
asleep on the track when an engine struck
him. His body was severed, so that the
legs lay on one side and the trunk on the
other side of one of the rails. <
coloWElebs
TO FIND RAVEN
IN AMERICA
RESIDENTS OF CAPE COLONY MAY
FLEE TO ESCAPE IMPRISON
MENT IN ENGLAND’S
JAILS.
NEW TORK, June 3.-As a result of
the penalty which the Cape Colony Boers,
who assisted the Boers of the South Af
rican republic and the Orange Free
state, may be called upon to pay by the
terms of the peace agreement, an effort
may be made to find homes for some of
them in the United States. W. D. S. Ny
man, of Cape Colony, who fought with
the Boers, and who has been speaking
in the United States for the Boer cause
during the past year, said regarding the
terms of surrender:
"The colonial Boers are to be punished.
I am a colonial Boor, born a British sub
ject and I am liable to Imprisonment for
from five to ten years If the terms as pub
lished are correct. 1 am acquainted with
President Roosevelt and shall see if there
is not away for some of our people to
come to this country. I fthere is a
great opportunity for us here. There are
feW here now, but in Portugal there are
a good many colonials, and they probably
will not want to return to South Africa
now. They are men well born. If the
United States government would open the
way, they would be glad to settle in some
state like New Mexico. Arteona, Texas or
Colorado. They would make good citl
sens; no one would need to be ashamed
of them. I shall use every effort to open
the way to bring them here.”
Mr. Snyman's son. who fonght with him
in South Africa, has Just passed his ex
aminations for admission to Columbia unl
versitj\
miss carriFeTaullT
DIES IN NEWBERRY
NEWBERRY, 8. C„ June 4.—After an
Illness with peritonitis of only a week's
duration Miss Carrie E. Aull breathed her
last Monday afternoon at 1 o’clock at
the residence of Coionel O. L. Schumpert.
She was 52 years old.
In 18K Miss Aull accepted a position as
teacher in the Newberry graded school,
which duties she discharged most efficient
ly up to the time of her death.
. Besides a host of friends Miss Aull
leaves five half brothers. Messrs. W. B.
Aull, of Pendleton. S. C.; S. B. and J. J.
Aull, of Jalapa. 8. C.; Ed and Henry
Aull, of Florida, and three half sisters—
Mrs. Ducy Lake, of Texas; Mrs. Sitton
and Mrs. Anna B. Russell, of Autun, S. C..
to mourn her death.
rogerF&joinercasF
TAKES ANOTHER TURN
MACON, June 3.—So many proceedings
and ccunter-procedfngs have been taken
in the Rogers & Joiner case, that it is
difficult for the lawyers on either side to
say what is the status, and still another
move was made yesterday. Mr. R. M.
Rogers filed an application for voluntary
bankruptcy for the firm of which he is
a member. It is thought this will be re
sisted by Mr. D. C. Joiner, of Hawkins
ville. who is the other partner, and who
is unwilling to be adjudicated a bankrupt.
Abdut 3100.000 of property is involved.
ALABAMA MAY YET~
HAVE WHITE PRIMARY
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 2.—lt begins
now to look as if the popular clamor for
a state primary, to which it has been
thought the state executive committee is
opposed, will yet win. A number of the
candidates for stato offices. including
Treasurer Craig Sm-.n, who is in a posi
tion to represent the administration, have
declared that they favor a white primary.
The state committee will probably meet
•bout July Ist and pass upon the question.
Former Governor Johnston is desirous of
a primary, and would not lose by it.
GYPSY GIRIIs HELD “
FOR KILLING HER HUSBAND
NEW YORK. June 3.—A coroner's Jury
has held Grace Galloway, a gypsy girl, to
answer for the death of her husband.
Leon, who was shot in the back recently
while mingling with a crowd watching a
fire near his home in this city. The per
son who fired the fatal shot escaped at
the time owing to the prevailing excite
ment. but Galloway In his dying state
ment charged his young wife with the
shooting and she was shortly afterward
arrested.
Scrofula
Few are entirely free from it.
It may develop so slowly as to cause
little If any disturbance during the whole
period of childhood.
It may then produce Irregularity of the
stomach and bowels, dyspepsia, catarrh,
and marked tendency to consumption
before manifesting itself in much cutaneous
eruption or glandular swelling.
It is best to be sure that you are quite
free from it, and for Its complete eradica
tion you can rely on
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
The best of all medicines for all humors*
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 5. 1902.
BY PARTY VOTE
PHILIPPINE
BILL WINS
MAJORITY OF EIGHTEEN WAS
ALL THAT WAS GIVEN THE
PET SCHEME OF REPUBLIC
AN PARTY.
WASHINGTON, June 4.—The long
drawn out fight over the Philippines gov
ernment bill in the senate was brought to
an end late yesterday afternoon when the
republican bill was passed by practically
a party vote.
On the final passage McLaurin, of South
Carolina, voted, of course, with the Re
publlcaps. while Hoar, Wellington and
Mason voted with the Democrats against
the bill. On the test vote upon the adop
tion of the minority substitute, which pro
vided for a period of qualified independ
ence with a large amount of self-govern
ment at the end of this period, the recog
nition of the absolute independence of the
islands, the lines were drawn about as
above with the exception that Senator
Morgan voted against the minority bill.
The bouse will pass the bill prepared by
the Republicans of the Insular affairs
committee, which differs in some partic
ulars from that which the senate has
passed, and then the differences will be
settled in conference between the two
houses. It is said that th senate bill will
stand in all Its esentials.
The Detailed Vote.
It was shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon when the bill was passed by a
vote of 48 to 30.
The detailed vote on the bill follows:
Yeas—Allison, Bard, Beveridge, Burn
ham, Burrows. Burton, Clapp, Clark of
Wyoming, Cullom, Deboe, Dietrich, Di
lingham. Doliver, Elkins, Fairbanks, For
aker, Foster of Washington, Frye, Gal
linger. Gamble, Hanna. Hawley, Jones
of Nevada, Kean, Kearns, Kittredge,
Lodge, McComas, McCumber, McLaurin
of South Carolina, McMillan, Millard,
Mitchell, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins. Platt
of Connecticut, Platt of New York, Pritch
ard. Proctor, Quarles, Quay, Scott, Simon,
Spooner, Stewart, Warren and Wetmore
Nays—Bacon, Bailey. Bate, Berry,
Blackburn, Carmack. Clark of Montana.
Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Dubois, Foster
of Louisiana. Gibson, Harris, Heitfeld,
Hoar. McEnery, McLaurin of Mississippi,
Mallory, Martin, Mason, Money, Morgan.
Patterson. Simmons, Taliaferro, Teller,
Tillman. Vest. Wellington-30.
The debate on the measure has been in
progress for seven weeks and two days.
Just at the close of the discussion yes
terday a sharp exchange occurred be
tween Mr. Deltrich. of Nebraska, and Mr.
Patterson, of Colorado, in the course of
which the former reflected caustically up
on the Colorado senator. He was called
to order, his remarks were read and he
was declared to have been out of order in
uttering them. He withdrew his state
ment, thus ending the controversy. I
During much of the time yesterday the
senate was in recess, no senator caring to
discuss the measure.
TWELVE INDIANS SLAIN
IN BATTLE WITH TROOPS
PHENIX, Arlz., June 4.—ln brief, the
story of. the latest Yaqu! disturbance, as
furnished from Nogales by a man who
talked with Genera! Torres Friday at Tor
res’ station. Is as follows:.\
Juan Guamez, Mayor Dow and Juan
Martinez, time keepers at El Carmen
ranch, had trouble Wednesday with Yaqui
employes and were killed. A small num
ber of Yaquls took up arms to prevent the
arrest of their friends, the murderers.
Governor Izabel and one hundred soldiers
went to El Carmen ranch and found that
the Yaquls had retreated up the river,
where their friends were Joining them
with arms from various ranches.
Thursday afternoon Isabel's command
found one hundred fighting men and three
hundred women and children and engaged
them at Los Tanques on the Sonora river.
Eight Yaquls gnd two Mexicans were kill
ed. The Yaquls retreated towards Mazat
lan and General Torres Is in pursuit, hop
ing to cut off their retreat to the river and
the Sierra Madre mountains. Other mili
tary officers are working with him and
they have the situation well in hand. Only
twelve men were killed.
KILLEfnOIFE
FOR BURGLAR
OF MISTAKE
HUSBAND SENT BULLET INTO
HIS WIFE’S BRAIN IN DECA
TUR, ALA., LAST , I
NIGHT.
ROME, Ga.. June B.—At Decatur, Ala.,
last night, T. K. Boggs shot his wife.
Mrs. Boggs was mistaken for a burglar
by her husband.
Boggs shot her through the head with
a pistol.
News of the tragedy came to relatives
residing here.
ALLEGED FRIEND OF BOOTH
DIES OF APOPLETIC STROKE
NEW YORK. June 2.—Absalom Ruggles
Bainbridge, who at one time was under sen
tence of death for assistance he was charged
with having given John Wilkes Booth while
the latter was making his escape after assas-,
sinattng President Lincoln, is dead from apop
lexy at his home in this city.
Mr. Bainbridge was bom in Virginia in 1845.
He entered the Confederate army under Col.
Mosby when he was 16 years old, and at the
close of the war held the rank of lieutenant.
When Colonel Mosby's command was dispersed
Bainbridge and a cousin, Major Ruggles who
died in this city two weeks ago, were on their
wav home when they met Booth whom they
unwittingly assisted to cross the river. The
young lieutenant and his cousin were arrested
and sentenced to death, but subsequently were
released.
majorlohn c. key
DIES IN MONTICELLO
MONTICELLO, Ga., June 2.—The death
of Major John C. Key occurred at 4
o’clock yesterday aftprnoon. As a promi
nent citizen, faithful church worker and
public benefactor, he will be greatly
missed. He had represented Jasper coun
ty several times in the legislature and at
the time of his death was a candidate for
representative.
Major Key was in his 76th year. He Is
survived by his wife, three sisters and
one brother. The funeral will be held
from the Methodist church this after
noon.
It appears that General Len Wood also
had an expense account. But he doeaa’t
have to go to Jail about It.
ON CUBA’S TARIFF BILL
REPUBLICANS ARE AT SEA
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 3.—Relief
for Cuba in the form of tariff concessions
has growp into a mountain of discord In
the Republican party and today the great
barrier between the factions is more pro
nounced than ever because of several in
effective conferences held last night.
Yesterday it was reported that the beet
sugar Republicans, who are opposing tar
iff reductions or reciprocity with Cuba,
could count only seven votes in the sen
ate, where the Cuban reciprocity bill is
soon to come up.
Shortly after noon. Senator Elkins, lead
er of the opponents, called his forces to
gether to count noses and found that he
had 18 determined senators with him.
They formed themselves into a band of
"bolters” to defeat President Roosevelt’s
policy to give Cuba tariff reduction.
When he heard of this movement, the
president Immediately called the leaders
of the "bolters” to him and consumed
the entire afternoon in trying to win
them over. His failure to do this was un
derstood when, last night. Senator O. H.
Platt, of Connecticut, leader of the reci
procity advocates, appointed a commit
tee to confer with a committee from the
bolters. The president suggested thia con
ference in the hope that something might
be done to close up the dangerous breach
in his ranks. The conference was held at
the white house, but It is understood that
nothing wps accomplished. Further con
ferences will be held tonight. It Is be
lieved. The bill cannot pass with 18 Repub
licans opposed to it.
There is only one chance, politicians
say, for the breach to be closed. The sen
ate might let the reciprocity bill go over
this session and allow Cuba to rock along
as best she can. The beet sugar men
would then be satisfied and the Roosevelt
administration wodld no| be burdened
with a divided party in congress. This is
likely to be the solution.
cinmOiEß;
WOHST FLOOD
INWS
JOLIET, ILL., IN GRASP OF WORST
FLOOD IN ITS HISTORY—SEV
ERAL LIVES ARE REPORTED
TO BE LOST.
JOLIET. 111., June 3.—Joliet is In the
grasp of the worst flood in its history.
All the lower portion of the city Is un
der water and It is rumored that several
lives have been lost.
The police have names of Eddie McGov
ern, Lixzie McGean and a little girl named
Kennedy, drowned.
Several families had narrow escapes and
the police rescued many in boats.
Several houses and other buildings were
swept away in tlie floods. Jefferson and
other principal streets are under water
and business places are flooded, causing
thousands of ’ dollars of damage. The
street car lines are all severely damaged
and no cars are running. All trains are
stalled, water being two feet deep over the
railroad tracks. Severe washouts have
occurred on the electric lines between
here and Chicago. Heavy rains which
continued all night caused Hickory and
Spring creeks to hurst their banks and it
is rumored that Hickory creek dam east
of this city has partially collapsed, send
ing the flood waters down In a torrent.
Scores of homes have, from one to three
feet of water In the first stories.
Mayor Barr has balled a special meet
ing of the city edurjefi for this afternoon
to take measures for the relief of , the
sufferers. Many of the people were
driven out of their homes by the flood.
The damage was more widespread than at
first supposed.
The estimated property damage reaches
175.000 to 8100,000. Factories and stefres all
over the city are flooded. Many streets
are ruined, the 'pavements being all
washed away and hundreds of-small build
ings are wrecked. The early report that
a portion of Hickory creek dam was
washed out has been confirmed.
There has been no serious trouble as
yet from the drainage channel.
Part of the penitentiary was flooded,
but not seriously and the convicts are at
work as usual. The water did not reach
the cell houses or shops.
In addition to Mayor Barr’s call for a
special meeting of the city council, this
afternoon, he has issued a proclamation
for a general meeting of citizens, this
evening, to devise relief measures. Sub
scriptions for the homeless and needy are
being raised and one merchant has do
nated SSOO worth of provisions. The flood
Is slowly receding.
The railroads are in a helpless condition.
The Rock Island bridge over the drain
age canal has been moved 18 Inches out
of line by the flood and no trains can pass.
The tracks of the Chicago and Alton and
of the Santa Fe are under water and a
Santa Fe bridge south of the city was
washed away.
Ten miles of Michigan Central transfer
track is ruined, and a bridge leading to
an elevator was carried away.
The Joliet Stove works' plans is flooded
with four feet of water, and the damage
amounts to nearly $15,000: the Joliet Ware
house company is damaged to the extent
of SIO,OOO and other losses in the same
ratio are reported from all parts of the
city.
Business is paralyzed and schools are
closed. The -streets that are not sub
merged are thronged with sightseers. The
polite and firemen, assisted by volunteer
squads of helpers, are at work all over the
city relieving suffering and trying to re
store order,
TERRIFIC STORM OF WINO
WRECKS WISCONSIN TOWN
PLATTEVILLE, Wis* June 3.—A tor
nado struck Louisburg, a small town 16
miles southwest of Platteville, last even
ing and according to reports received here
today, the damage was very heavy.
Barns, outbuildings, etc., were demolished.
Seeing the fury of the storm Edward
Ward, a well-to-do farmer, hurried his
team homeward. He was unhitching it
when the barn was blown to pieces, a
heavy timber striking him in the forehead
and crushing his skull. He died Instantly.
Heavy rains also caused great damage
to crops and It is said that the season’s
work on many farms has been a total loss.
The Sisson dwelling at Jamestown was
totally destroyed.
NEGRO WOMAN WISHED
MORE POLICEMEN WERE DEAD
Lulu Scott, a negro woman, arrested by
Dectectlves Langford and Kilpatrick, was
fined $10.75 by Recorder Broyles Tuesday
for saying she “ didn't give a d—n if
all the policemen in Atlanta were killed.”
The woman denied making any such
.statement and claimed that negro women
who swore against her were swearing
falsely because of enmity. The remark,
it was stated by witnesses, was made Just
after the killing of Officer Grant had been
mentioned. ’
Macon to Get Lower Rates.
MACON, June 3.—The Southeastern Tar
iff Association through Secretary Flem
ing, has authorized a revision of the in
surance rates in Macon, In accordance
with the agreement it made with the
mayor and council. The citv has added
a more complete ftre department, and for
doing this the tariff association has agreed
to allow a basis rate of 50 cents Instead
of 75 cents. Mr. Fred Williams, is now
engaged in making up new schedules, in
accordance with this rate.
BHERS SIGNED
PEACETERMS
IN SILENCE
MORE LIKE A FUNERAL THAN
JOY AT CESSATION OF HOS
TILITIES WAS THE CEREMO
NY OF SIGNING.
PRETORIA, Transvaal, Monday. June
4.—The signing of the peace agreement on
Saturday night last was carried out with
the least possible ceremony.
Lord Kitchener and Lord Milner and
General Dewet and others representing
the Orange Free state and General Schalk-
Burger, and others oi the Transvaal gov
ernment quietly met in the dining room
of the residence occupied by the Burgher
delegates, adjoining Lord Kitchener's
house. The document lay on a table
ready.
Amid profound silence the Boer leaders
took a pen, in order of precedence, and
affixed their signatures, thus surrendering
the independence for which they ,had so
gallantly struggled.
The document was then entrusted to
Colonel Hamilton. Lord Kitchener’s mili
tary Becretary, and Captain Marker, an
aide-de-camp, who left Pretoria tonight
to deliver It to King Edward.
There was great rejoicing in all the con
centration camps upon the news that
peace had been concluded.
The occupants assembled In the open
spaces and chanted "Psalms,” the women
weeping with Joy. Arrangements are be
ing made to send representatives of each
unit of the British army in South Africa
to participate in the coronation festivities
in London.
PERSONALITY OF CHAMBERLAIN
NOW OVERTOWERS ALL OTHERS
NEW YORK. June 4.—There is no mis
taking that Colonial Secretary Joseph
Chamberlain Is now the dominant per
sonality in the unionist party, says a
London dispatch to the World. Arthur
'Balfour could scarcely conceal his cha
. grin at the significant ovation given the
former when the commons listened to the
announcement of the Boer surrender.
Still on calm reflection, the ministerial
opinion as expressed in the lobby was
that the Boers had got virtually every
thing they demandeu. and that the terms
accorded them left llttie ground for ac
claiming a British triumph.
The reason given for the Boers surrender
of independence Is that tney are practi
cally bankrupt, and even if they could
prolong the war for two years more they
still wou.4 be unable to reconstitute their
states from the condition of ruin into
which the devastation policy has landed
them.
Great Britain now will provide the funds
for this re-constitution and the new sys
tem must inevitably lead to a federal
union of the South African states In which
the Dutch Influence must predominate.
It is t-elt, too, that all the rebels will be
amnestied and that every franchise dis
qualification cannot be maintained for
more than two years.
THESE PRISONERS BELIEVE
INDEPENDENCE GRANTED
JAMESTOWN, . Island of St. Helena,
June 4.—The news of the peace agreement
In South Africa aroused great enthusiasm
among the Boer prisoners here and was
celebrated with singing Boer and British
anthems. The majority of the Boers on
this island insist that the peace carries in
dependence with It.
BOER PRISONERS IN BOMBAY
REGRET THE WAR IS OVER
BOMBAY, June 4.—The news of the con
clusion of peace in South Africa was re
ceived with mixed feelings In the Boer
prison camps here. A majority of the pris
oners rejoiced, but many of them consid
ered the news to be bad, as it meant the
loss of all they had been fighting for,
"We would have stayed in captivity for
years without complaint," said many of
the Boers, "had such been the Judgment
of the burghers." «
KING DESIRES TO
REWARD GEN. KITCHENER
LONDON, June 4.—lt was announced
this afternoon that Lord Kitchener had
been created a viscount by King Ed
ward. «
LONDON, June 4.—ln the house of com
mons today the government leader, A. J.
Balfour, presented a message from King
Edward as follows:
"His majesty, taking into consideration
the eminent services rendered by Lord
Kitchener, and being desirous, in recogni
tion of such service to confer on him
some signal mark of his favor, recom
mends that the king should be enabled to
grant Lord Kitchener £50,000."
LORD KITCHENER LEAVES
AFRICA FOR ENGLAND
DURBAN, Natal. June 4.—The Tlmee of
Natal states that Lord Kitchener has left
for England, and that General Littleton
is acting commander-ln-chlef of the Brit
ish forces in South Africa.
THE VOTE TO SURRENDER
WAS ALMOST UNANIMOUS
PRETORIA. Transvaal, June 4.—The
ballot of the Boers at Vereeniging result
ed in 54 votes in favor of surrender and
6 against it.
Preparations are being made here for
the surrender of the Boer commandoes
who will take place on the race course.
Ail the Boers are allowed perfect free
dom.
There will be a thanksgiving service
Sunday, June 8, on the church square, in
which it is hoped the Boers will partici
pate. The women in the concentration
camps are anxious to return to their
homes immediately, but this will be im
possible until a system of supply depots
for the outlying districts is re-established.
General Baden-Powell is arranging for
the distribution of mounted constabulary
in various districts. The police, railroads
and telegraphs will be handed over to the
civil authorities as soon as possible and
the restrictions of martial law will be
gradually relaxed. The Boer delegates
who, during the peace negotiations, were
stiff, formal and unfriendly, are now ex
tremely cordial. All the commandants are
returning to their commandoes in order
to explain the situation.
General Louis Botha, the Boer com
mandant general, has written an open
letter to the burghers, thanking them for
their obedience In the past and exhorting
them to be equally loyal in their obedience
to the new government.
Lord Kitchener’s address to the Boer
delegates at Vereeniging in which the
British commander in chief said if he had
been one of them he would have been
proud to have done so well in the field
as they had done—made the best possible
impression and drew forth a hearty re
sponse from General Byers, the chairman
of the Boer conference, who expressed the
pleasure the Boers experienced at meet
ing Lord Kitchener as a friend, adding
that they had fought so long against him
that they had acquired full appreciation
of his worth.
The question "What shall we do with
our ex-presidents?” does not seem to be a
pressing one as long as the fishing is good.
LITTLE MARGUERITE
IS NOW IN AMERICA
NEW YORK, June 3.—W. A. Taylor, of
Cincinnati, and his young daughter, Mar
garet, who was kidnaped by her aunt and
taken to Italy, were passengers on the
steamship Kaiserin Maria Theresa, which
arrived yesterday from Genoa and Naples.
Mr. Taylor said he had no trouble in se
curing his child. She was In good health
and spirits, he said.
Albert Vinton Taylor, Margaret’s father,
subsequently made the following state
ment: ,
"We will not prosecute the unfortunate
woman. Her love for the child and her be
lief that we would take her away from her
eventually caused her to flee with the
child. My sister was arrested in Bardigh
era, Italy, on May 10 last, after an ab
sence of three years. I found my sister
much depressed mentally. She constantly
wept and was dreadfully upset when she
found I was to return with Margaret and
leave her behind. While I, personally,
shall not prosecute her, what the district
attorney of Cincinnati may do is another
matter.”
OPELIKA LADY HURT
BY RAILROAD TRAIN
OPELIKA. Ala.> June 2.—Mrs. Mary
Hodge, aged 65 years, wife of one of the
most highly respected citlxens of this
county, was struck by a train on the Cen
tral railroad Saturday evening and sus
tained injuries from which she may not
recover. Sne was crossing the track in
the city limits in West End when the
fast Birmingham passenger train ap
proached and before she passed it hit her
and threw her 20 feet into a ditch, in
juring her internally and skinning her
face badly. She is a relative of Hon. A. P.
Hodge, sheriff of this county.
GREAT NORTHERN
FORCER TO JOIN
. THE sms
CHICAGO’S LARGEST HOTEL IS
BROUGHT INTO LINE BY LA
BOR WITH QUICK
WORK.
CHICAGO, June 3.—The most serious
and at the same time the most hopeful
phases of the teamsters’ strike developed
yesterday. The Great Northern hotel, one
of Chicago’s largest hostelrles. was cut off
from its ice supply in the morning because
it patronized Irwin Bros., who sell meat
for the Mg packers. This pressure had
been threatened by tne strikers and the
hotel at once cancelled its contract with
the big interests and will obtain its sup
ply through minor packers who have sign
ed the union agreement.
Strikers say this is simply one token of
their strength and a forerunner of their
ultimate victory.
ROCHAMBEAU DELEGATES
WILL REMAIN TWO WEEKS
NEW TORK, June I—J. Guilemen,
Michael LaGrave and Robert Deßilly, of
the Rochambeau mission, reached this city
today from Boston. M. Gnillemen said:
"We had a thoroughly enjoyable time in
Boston and Cambridge. The only unfor
tunate feature of the trip was the aceident
to Major Berthelot He left on the Gaulois
Instead of remaining with us, because of
the accident. So he will have rest on the
water instead of a fortnight more in ho
tels. M. Croiset is planning to visit Yale.
"The Count De Rochambeau, the Vls
comte De Chambrun, M. LaGrave, M.
Deßilly and I leave for St. Louis at 10 a.
m. Tuesday.
"The Rochambeau delegation no longer
exists. With the sailing of the Gaulois it
ceased to be an official delegation. We are
merely a party of private gentlemen visit
ing our personal friends in America. If
St. Louis gives us the freedom of the city
and welcomes us officially, we shall be
grateful. But we are no longer a delega
tion. After St. Louis We shall visit Chi
cago and perhaps Cincinnati. I may re
turn byway of Montreal. We shall meet
in New York and sail on the 12th.”
BY COURT’S DECISION
MANY MEN GO FREE
LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. June 3.—The pris
oners affected by the United States auprema
court decision in the casa of et-Captaln Peter
C Deming have been released from the federal
penitentiary and furnished with tickets to their
homes. _ .. _
The men are Clifton Bridge. Washington. D.
C.: James Dungan. Philadelphia; Thomas Feaa
tor. Knoxville, Tenn: Joseph Gannon. Savan
nah. Ga.; Patsy Haffey, Chicago; Henry Holi
day. Pittsburg; William Wilson. Birmingham,
Ala., and James Meadors, Vanßuren. Ark.
The men boarded trains Immediately after
their release and are now on their way home.
Wilson.’ a negro was convicted of murder in
the Philippines and waa sentenced to be shot,
but President McKinley commuted bis sentence
to thirty years in prison.
Four other prisoners had been released on
bonds pending the Deming decision and are
now entirely free. They are ex-Capta!n M. J.
Spellman. ex-Ueutenant Delbert P. Jones, ex-
CSptain J. C. Read and Charles Farris.
MEATS ARE DELIVERED
UNDER POLICE ESCORT
CHICAGO, June 2.—The beginning of the
second week of the strike of the team
sters of the Chicago packing establish
ments found the packers with a little the
better of the situation. This morning early
non-union men continued the work of yes
terday and carted considerable quantities
of meat under heavy police protection.
The strikers, in turn, are expecting the ice
and,coal drivers to come to their assist
ance.
Much anxiety is expressed over the cur
tailed meat supply at the big hotels and
fish and poultry are being used as much
as possible.
CHICKAMAUGABOARD
APPOINTED YESTERDAY
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 4,-The fol
lowing board has been appointed to meet
at Chickamauga Park for the examination
of officers ordered before it for promotion:
Major Geo. F. Chase, 7th cavalry; Capts.
Loyd McCormick, and William Mercer,
7th cavalry; Contract Surgeons Harry
James, Herbert Hatch; first lieutenant,
Ewing Booth, 7th cavalry, recorder; Sec
ond Lieutenant George W Biegler. 7th
cavalry, will report to the above board for
examination. < ,
TIN WORKERS’ WAGES ~
REMAIN AS FIXED
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., June 2.—William
Jenkins, vice president for the seventh
district of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron. Steel and Tin workers, has return
ed from Columbus. 0.. where he attended
the scale convention. The Alabama and
Georgia scale was renewed on the old ba
sis, with some few changes here and
there in favor of the men. The agreement
affects all rolling mills in Georgia and
Alabama, and is good for a year.
Death In Carrollton.
CARROLLTON. Ga„ June 3.—At the
home of her son, Mr. George West, a
cotton man on Depot street, this city, Mrs.
Frances L. West died Friday night at the
age of 72 years. She was the widow of
Major Dock West. Mrs. West is sur
vived by two children, Mr. George H.
West and Mrs. Bqn F. Bums.
“HOOSIERS”
CHEER BRYAN
. IN INDIANA
THE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRA
TION IS SEVERELY ARRAIGN
ED FOR THE MANAGEMENT
OF PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 4.-The
Democratic state convention was called to
order at 10:20 o’clock by W. H. O’Briea,
chairman of the state central committee. •
The following ticket was nominated:
For secretary of state—Alfred Schoen,
over, of Attica.
Auditor—James R. Riggs, of Sullvan.
Treasurer—Jerome Herff, of Peru.
Clerk of superme court—Adam Heim*
berger.
The name of William J. Bryan wag
greeted with loud cheers when it waa
mentioned by Mr. Kern.
The Platform Adopted.
The platform was read by Chairnum -
Shively, of the committee on resolution*,
and is as follows:
"We denounce the Republican party
for its surrender to and alliance with ths
trusts and we favor such legislation as
will suppress and destroy all trust* or
combinations to control the production
and the price of commodities.
"We denounce the Dingley tariff law
as the breeder of trusts and demand that
tariff duties shall be levied; for the pur
poses of revenue only and limited by ths
needs of the government honestly and
ecomonically administered.
“We condemn the Republican party for
refusing to give the interstate conunere*
commission power to enforce its decis
ions against discriminations in railroad
rates, which discriminations have been a
potent cause of the creation and mainte
nance of trusts and we demanfl dthat ths
commission be given power to suppress
this evil.
The Merchant Marine,
"We favor the restoration and expan
sion of our merchant marine. To this
end we demand the reformation of our
navigation and tariff laws which arq
and have been the chief obstacles to our
ocean commerce. We denounce the ship
subsidy bill recently passed by the Uni
ted States senate with the assistance of
the senators from Indiana, as an iniqui
tous appropriation of public funds for pri
vate purposes, and a wasteful, illogical
useless attempt to overcotae by subsidy
the obstructions raised by Republican leg
islation to the growth and development
of American commerce on the sea.
"We are opposed to the Fowler bank
bill indorsed by the Republican leaders
which would give the people a paper
currency based on bank assets of un
known value and for which the govern
ment is not responsible; we are also op
posed to its proposal ofconcentra
tion and the formation of a great banking
trust; and are also opposed to its propsal
to destroy the security Os depositors in
banks.
"We recognize as an economic fact the
increase of standard money arising from
the vast increased production of gold,
from our own and from foreign mines and
the prodigious influx of foreign gold into
this country as a result of an exceptiopal
demand for our products arising frotn _
foreign wars and other causes, and we
point to the result consequent on this In
crease of circulating medium as a demon
stration of the truth of the quantitive
theory of money.
All Created Equal.
"We hold these truths to be self-evldsnt
that all men are created equal, endowed
by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights, that among these are liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. That to secure
these rights governments are instituted
among men deriving their just power
from the consent of the governed.
"Therefore, we condemn and denounce
the Philippines policy of the present ad
ministration. It has embroiled the republfo
in gn unnecessary war, sacrificed the lives
of many of its noblest sons and placed ths
United States, previously known "and ap
plauded throughout the world as the
champion of freedom, in the false and un-
American position of crushing with mili
tary force the desire of our former allies
to achieve liberty and self-government. |
"The Filipinos cannot be citizens with-i
out endangering our civilization; they can* ■ f ;
not be subjects without imperiling out
form of government, and as we are not
willing to surrender our civilization, or
to convert the republic into an empire, ws
favor an immediate declaration of the na
tion’s purpose to assist the Filipinos to
establish for themselves an lnd»pen4g® ■.
government, protecting them from outside
interference and securing to this country
such commercial and moral rights and ad
vantages as would be just and fair and
fully protect American interests."
Vital Questions Discussed.
"The platform then pays a tribute to
the soldiers and sailors of the republic -
and favors liberal pensions; congratulate*
the republic of Cuba upon its entering in
to the family of nations; deplores the
death of President McKinley at the hands
of a self-confessed anarchist whose un- ;
holy crime was committed against th*
whole nation.
,/e denounce anarchy in all its forms
and declare that it should not be permit
ted to find an abiding place in this coun
try.
"We endorse the course of our Demo
cratic representatives in congress in
standing for economy in public expemß
ture, for Just. principles of government
and for the doctrines of the Democratic
party.”
The remainder of the platform is devo
ted to purely state affairs. The last par
agraph is as follows:
"We condemn the Republican governor
of Indiana for his violation of the laws
of the United States and the state of In
diana in his refusal to honor the requisi
tion of the governor of Kentucky upon
regularly returned Indictments for mur
der against fugitives from justice and de
nounce-this flagrant violation of his oath (
to support the constitution of the Unßdd
States and state of Jndiana as a sped«
of official lawlessness, yicious fln itself
and subversive of that comity among the
states which is an essential element of
the union of the states.
As an additonal resolution Mr. Shively
offered a resolution declaring that the
Democrats of Indiana bore testimony to
the fitness of Thomas Taggart for the
position of chairman of the Democratic
National committee and urged his selec
tion for the place. The motion was car
ried with enthusiasm.
FLORIDA MINISTER HAS
CONFESSED TO ARSON
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., June 4.-Rev. J.
Laurier Rogers, formerly a well known
Baptist minister, who recently embraced
Mohammedanism, has confessed himself
guilty of arson, and is now in custody-
He sat fire to several buildings at a
dairy where he was working for the
benefit of his health, as he e-xplatned.
His motive for the crime, he says. wa a
revenge on those who had competed him
to do menial service. The fire destroyed
his clerical library, three minsterial suits
and a gold watch presented to him by his
former congregation at Ocala. Fla. While
in charge of a church at Jacksonville he
taught English to many Cuban refugees.
He will be examined as to his aaalty.
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