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Newspaper Page Text2 Ftiimcra NDMINSTED ON FIRST PHILADELPHIA MAN HAD NO TROUBLE IN WINNING NOMI NATION ON FIRST BALLOT AT CONVENTION YESTERDAY. • CONVENTION HALL. HARRISBURG. Pa.. June IL—The nomination of Judge Samuel W. Pennypacker, of Philadel phia, for governor was practically assur ed when the Republican state convention assembled today. The followers of Attor new General Elkins were full of fight, though, and declared they would not con cede defeat until the nomination was made Ex-State Senator William M. Brown, of Lawrence county, seemed to have the field to himself for lieutenant governor. There was no opposition to Major Isaac Brown, of Erie, for secretary of Internal affairs. i When General Reeder called the con vention to order at l«: 40 there was not a vacant seat and late comers with stage tickets crowded around the reserved ta bles in a manner suggestive of discomfort. So great became the crush that police men were obliged to clear a space for newspaper men and others entitled to stage privileges. Senator Penrose was selected as tempo rary chairman. A resolution was unan imously' adopted that Senator Quay be elected state chairman. While the com mittees were organising, speeches placing in nomination candidates for governor and lieutenant governor were made. Penny packer and Elkin were the only names presented for governor. Mayor F. E. Lewis, of Allentown. and ex-Benator Brown were the nominees for lieutenant governor. Major Isaac B. Brown was the only candidate nominated for secretary of the internal affairs. The committee on permanent organisa tion reported the selection of Congress man Sibley for permanent chairman. He ■aid: "W» bare assembled to voice to the na tion the patriotic sentiment of Pennsyl vania and send her declarations of loyal ty to aH that dignifies labor whether in factory or upon farm, her fidelity to all that ennobles human character, her ad herence to those policies which throw wider open the door of honest opportuni ty tp every man. woman and child, to proclaim her allegiance to all that makes for material progress and her seal for all that strengthens, protects and defends our social, industrial, moral and national life. ‘ * •"The Republican party of the Keystone State trill strike the keynote for that har mony and concert of action which shall Insure the continuance of our present na tional prosperity and the realisation of that more glorious destiny whose open doors we have but entered. The record of her progress is the history of all that is truest, highest and best tn our national life for the past 40 years." Pennypacker was nominated for gover nor on the first ballot. affirming the principles enunciated by the Republican national convention which met in Philadelphia in IMO the Republi cans of Pennsylvania. In representative convention assembled at Harrisburg de ciare the following platform: Under Republican rule the country has prospered and Pennsylvania with her gy commercial, agricultural and indus trial interests has derived a just measure of the benefits. For this we make ac knowledgment to the wisdom and energy of our United States senators and repre sentatives in congress, who have assisted in maintaining the national prestige and in promoting the welfare of the state. We demand that this policy in so far as it protects and tends to develop the indus tries and interests of the American people shall be firmly adhered to. Since our last state convention the un timely and tragic death of President Mc- Kinley has plunged the country into sor row and brought to a loving people the deepest sense of personal loss. We lament this national calamity and cherish his exalted character and patriotic service as the most precious legacy he could leave to a devoted land. The great policies and achievements of his administration raised the republic to the highest plane of gen eral happiness, prosperity and glory, and gave It a new position of greatness and in fluence among the powers of the world. His memory will best be honored by faith fully adhering to the principles of which be was so Illustrious a representative and by steadfastly carrying forward the meas ures which will forever be associated with his wisdom and statesmanship. To President Roosevelt and his adminis tration we give our heartiest approval and support. We recognise the fidelity with which he has carried out the poll ’• cies of his lamented predecessor. He is strong in conviction, wise in action, thor oughly American, of high and patriotic ideals and his leadership establishes con fidence both in the success of Republi can principles and In the continued pros perity of the country. We pledge our selves to his renomination to the great office, which he has filled with such abil ity and patriotism. In the Puilippine Islands under Ameri can rule despite protracted guerrilla war fare now brought to an end. schools have ' been established; justice administered by courts has for the first time become prompt and certain; the habeas corpus has been made a writ of rights; provincial and municipal governments by vote have been established and the Filipino people have been started upon the road of ■elf-go vernmen t. To the end that our contributions to the cause of Cuba may not be imperiled but that prosperity and Independence may go band in hand we endorse the recommen dation of President Roosevelt that the United States shall enter into reciprocal trade relations with the republic of Cuba that shall be mutually advantageous to it and to the United States and all ef forts to that end of our representatives in both houses of congress we cordially endorse. . We reaffirm our unswerving loyalty to the Republican principles of a protective tariff and deprecate any suggestion un der existing circumstances of a general revision of the existing tariff laws. We believe It to be the dictates of wisdom to let well enough alone and not to imperial business Interests by any suggestion of present Interference with revenue legis lation. We heartily approve the action of the president of the United States through his attorney general instituting proceedings to check the growth of unlawful combina tions intended to raise the price of com modities at the expense of the consumer and we recommend that similar action be taken in all cases where the people are oppressed by trtists or combinations through the illegal manipulation of fuel or food supplies. BROTHER KILLS BROTHER OVER TRIVIAL DISPUTE WAYCROSS. Ga.. June 11.—Jim Little, tae son of T. A. W. Little, who lives. In the Bickley district, this county, hit his brother with a rail Saturday, from the effects of which he died this morning. It seems that the brothers were la the field plowing and got into a difficulty over one whipping his horse. LAWYER AND NEGRO MAID BENEFICIARIES OF ESTATE NEW YORK. June 11.—Protest has been made against the probate of the will of Mrs. Man- J- Kemp Cook, widow of Captain A. P. Cook, of the United States navy, who died recently in Paris, leaving a life interest in $30,000 and valuable fam ily portraits and jewelry to Jennie Jig getts. a negro maid. When relatives in this counttT. exam ined the will they found that George Prat Ingersoll, Mrs. Cook's attorney; was not only to receive the principal of the bequest to the maid at her death, be sides valuable pictures and jewels but was made executor of the estate without bond, and empowered to dispose of any part of the property and invest the pro ceeds as he saw fit. Undue influence and the fact that the executor is a beneficiary under the will are the chief grounds of contest. The es tate is estimated to be worth about $150,- 000. Mrs. Cook was a daughter of Aaron Kemp, a wealthy’ merchant of this city. Captain Cook also died in Paris four or five years ago. U. S. SHIP BUILDERS FORM BIG CONCERN NEW YORK, June 11.—Articles of the United States ship building company, just formed with a capital of $20.000,000. not in cluding $16,000,000 in bonds, probably will be filed In Trenton. N. J„ tomorrow. The presi dent of the corporation probably will be H. T. Scott, of San Francisco, with Lewis Nixon as vice president. These two officers posslbly tnay be Interchanged, Mr. Nixon being made president. _ ' The directors will include Charles J. Canada, Lewis Nixon. E. W. Hyde. Henry T. Scott, John S. Hyde. C. R. Hanseombe, Irving M. Scott and H. W. Gause. ceobOiTtists IN SESSION IN MACON NINE APPLICANTS FOR STATE LI- . CENSES ARE UNDERGOING EXAMINATION BY • BOARD. MACON. June 11.—The Georgia Dental Association is in convention here. The meetings are being held in the Elks’ hall. The board of examiners, consisting of Dr. John H. Coyle, chairman, of Thomasville; Dr. H. D. Atkinson, secretary, of Bruns wick; Dr. Thomas Cole, of Newnan; Dr. N. A. Williams, of Valdosta, and Dr. B. F. 81ms, of Cedartown, is conducting ex aminations with a view to issuing license to nine applicants. The examination is being held under the Georgia dental law, which requires a license from this board. The following papers are to be read and discussed during the convention of the dentists: > . . Gold and Porcelrfln Inlays—Dr. Thomas P. Hinman, Atlanta. Orthodontia (Illustrated Models)—Dr. D. D. Atkinson, Brunswick. Pink Gutta Percha; Its Uses in Dentist ry-Dr. W. L. Smith, Macon. Report on Chemistry and Metallurgy- Dr. George H. Wells, Augusta. Prenatal Influences in Dentistry—Dr. Jos Broughton, Atlanta. Dentistry Under Disadvantages, or the Trials of a Country Dentist—Dr. L. F. McKoy, Palmetto. ( Some New Remedies’; Their Uses in Den tistry-Dr. S. W. Foster, Atlanta. Dental Education! and ‘Litefatffre—Dr. W. H. Weaver, LaGrange. a . Necrosis—Dr. L. F. McKoy. Palmetto. The j-anagement of Pulpless Teeth—Dr. A. M. Jackson, MiHedgeville. • The Principles of Surgical Procedure as Applicable to the Treatment of Alveolar Abscess-Dr. R. B. Adair, Atlanta. Metallurgy. Past and Present—Dr. H. J. Pratt, Atlanta. • Mechanical Dentistry—Dr. E. L. Holmes, Sandersville. Antrum Trouble, Report of Cases —Dr. George 8. Tignor, Atlanta. Dental Education—Dr. John H. Coyle, Thomasville. The Surgical. Mechanical and Therapeu tic Treatment of Diseased Roots of Teeth —Dr. A. L. McArthur, Cordele. Hygiene—Dr. C. B. Colson, Charleston, 8. C. Dr. T. M. Allen, Birmingham, Subject not announced. Address. Some Phases of Practice—Dr. H. D. Wilson. Education of the Masses on the Impor tance of Prophylaxis in Regard to Their Teeth Through the Public Schools and Other Institutions of Learning—Dr. J. M. Mason, Macon. ■, RATHBONE AND NEELY TO SOON GET LIBERTY NEW YORK. June 10.—There are per haps a dozen persons who will benefit by the amnesty act just signed by President Palma, includffig two or three Cubans who are naturalised Americans, says a Havana dispatch to The Tribune, Estes G. Rathbone and C. W. F. Neely, who were convicted of postoffice frauds amounting to many thousands of dollars, are best known of those who will secure pardon. Neely has been in prison two years of his sentence of eight years. Rath bone is out -on 1100.000 bail, awaiting a de cision of the supreme court on appeal. His sentence was for eight years. News that he is to be a free man in a day or two failed to arouse Neely from the in different demeanor he has maintained since he was arrested. He smiled, but showed no particular interest in the infor mation. "I have been here twenty-five months," he said, “and I’ll be real glad to get out. I must say. though, that I have been very well treated by the Cuban prison au thorities. I am in excellent health, not withstanding reports that I am suffering from consumption. I have no definite plans. I probably shall remain here a week or two. then go up to the states. Perhaps I shall take up some business schemes here in which I was Interested at the time of my arrest." BIG SUNDAY SCHOOT - CONVENTION MEETS SOON '■ The International Sunday school con vention will be held at Denver, Colo., from June 26th to 31st. Hon. Hoke Smith, of thia city, is presi dent of the convention, which has several thousand delegates each year. A aplendid program has been arranged for the meet ing this year, and quite a number of Sun day school workers from Atlanta will at tend. The Georgia delegation is going in a body, and will leave Atlanta at 8:20 o’clock Monday morning, June 23d. Dr. Joe Broughton, of Atlanta, Is in charge of the delegations. Difficult Digestion That is dyspepsia. It makes life miserable. It* sufferers eat not because they wttnl to, -but simply because they mu»t. ~t l They know they are irritable and fretful; but they cannot be otherwise. They complain of a bad taste in the mouth, • tenderness at the pit of the stom ach, an uneasy feeling of puffy fulness, headache, heartburn and what not. Tho effectual remedy, proved by perma nent cures of thousands of severe cases, is Hood's Sarsaparilla i’< • l \'l v ’• 3 ./ t uiA, >U2\E : - MO SIYS WILL FIGHT TO FINISH REBELS ARE SWEEPING COUN TRY, HOWEVER, AND INSUR RECTION IS NOW MORE SERI OUS THAN AT ANY TIME. ♦♦ H ♦♦♦♦< 11 »»♦♦♦ 1I ♦ GERMANY HASTENS * + SHIPS TO VENEZUELA. + + BERLIN. June 11.—The German <• <|> cruisers Gaxette and Falke have + 4. been sent to LaGuayra, Venezuela, + 4. at the special request of the German 4- 4. charge d’affaires at Caracas, Herr 4, Von Pllgrlm-Baltazzi, in conse- ♦ 4> quence of a revolution having brok- + 4, en out in the suburbs of LaGuayra, 4* 4. leading to the bombardment of the 4> town by the forts and Venezuelan 4* * warships. „ ♦ (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinidad, Wednesday, June 4. —Events are march ing with giant strides in the country of Bolivlar. President Castro, of Venezuela, has been forced to recognize that the Matos revolution is not a myth, for his best troops are beaten daily by the revo lutionary forces and at the present hour, from neffth to south, from east to west, the country is rising as one man against Castro. General Matos, who likewise entitles himself president, has personally taken command of the revolution, and was, on June 1, at Urica, twenty leagues distant from Carupano, marching toward Cara cas with an army, which some persons es timate at 5.200 men, and others at 7,500. To believe, however, that he will reach the capital and take possession of the presidency without a deadly struggle would be an illusion. General Castro Is preparing to offer resistance and hopes to bar the Invasion either in the plains of Carabobo or in the valley of the Tuy. This Is not the only direction in which the president’s political horizon Is men aced. Coro, Valencia and Barqulsmeto are all more or less In the power of the revolutionists. .Aft Coro Generals Riera and Solagnl have effected a junction and are absolutely masters of the environs. Revolutionary troops enter the city of Vanencla every night, and as the town is no longer lighted, give themselves up to all sorts of reprisals. Even LaGulra, the port of Caracas, is attacked nightly by armed bands, who on the night of May 27 killed the military chief of Maiquetia be fore his own door. All this is hard fact, and will give a vague idea of the social condition of Venezuela. All these bands only await the approach of Matos’ army to their districts to hasten to join him. President Castro’S political conduct leads to the belief that before his departure he will indulge in the committal of all sorts of extra arbitrary acts. Ha has lately suppressed the newspapers El Ttempo and La Lintema, arrested the manager of the Bank of Caracas, Mr. Castillo, imposed on the widow of the late Guzman Blanco a forced war contribution of one million, and has arrested the president of congress. 'Gen. Tosta Garcia, entl-.the president of the Society Francaise, Mr. DeVidale Rlg6, a highly respected man on very slight supposition. Such Is tho way in which he treats his supposed enemies. He has also caused his faithful officer. General Davila, the vanquisher of El Mocho, to be arrest ed after a very violent scene at the palace of Miraflores, during which Davila re proached him for his Ingratitude. The relation of these facts will prove the nature of the atmosphere In which Ven ezuelans and foreigners resident of Vene zuela are obliged to live. Everybody is expecting the Imposition of a forced war contribution. Business is parallzed, and the banks are without specie. The Bank of Caracas, the capital of which is’six million bolivars (a bolivar Is equivalent to about 20 cents), has only 126,000 bolivars In its coffers, that- it to say about $25,000. Whatever may be the result of the revo lution General Castro said to one of his intimate friends a few days ago; "I shall show’ them that I am neither Andiexa nor Andrade, whom they sent to LaGuaira In a basket. If I leave my palace at Miraflores it will be feet fore most." jmETWSis FORSUPREME BENCH PEOPLE OF CARROLL AND NEIGH- BORING COUNTIES MAY URGE HIM TO SUCCEED LEWIS. BREMEN, Ga., June 11.—The anticipa ted retirement of Justice Hal Lewis from the supreme bench has set the people of western Georgia to grooming Judge Sampson W. Harris, of Carrollton, for that honor. Judge Harris has been judge of the Coweta circuit for many years and Is recognised to be one of the most pro found jurists In the state, holding the best record of any superior court judge in Georgia, as shown by a comparison of cases in the supreme court reports. Judge Harris was a gallant Confederate soldier and served with distinction to the end of the fierce conflict. In his long and distinguished career on the bench he has admitted to the bar many young men who have since won distinction and oc cupy a conspicuous place in the history of the state, among the number being Governor-elect Joseph M. Terrell. Some years ago Judge Harris was a candidate before the legislature for asso ciate justice of the supreme court and was defeated by a small majority. Soon thereafter Governor W. Y. Atkinson ap pointed him to a seat on the supreme bench to fill a vacancy caused by the res ignation of Justice Spencer R. Atkinson, but that grand old man of Carroll very graciously declined to accept the position by appointment, following as it did close ly upon his defeat by the representatives of the people in the general assembly. It is generally believed, however, that should a primary be ordered to nominate a -suc cessor to Justice Lewis, Judge Harris could m all probability be Induced to be come a candidate. Judge Harris Is well known through out the state and has many warm friends who would be pleased to see him adorn a seat on the supreme bench. He Is a star of the first magnitude in the constellation of Georgia jurists. Furnishing the Clue. Guess what young man was overheard quar deltng with his best girl on the way from church last Sunday. Oliver, he more careful hereafter. Mr. Oliver Cropps and Miss Minnie Rents were out driving Sunday afternoon.—Baxley Banner. She (sentimentally Inclined)—“We never know the true value oi anytntng until we have lost it." He—" That depends upon whether It’s in sured or not." SOME DREDGES ARE MAKING MONEY FOR THEIR OWNERS Mr. G. S. Scofield, a broker of this city, writes a card to The Journal today In re gard to the story published Tuesday about a dredge boat on the Chestatee, which told of a court paper asking per mission to dissolve the dredge boat com pany, in which he states that some of the dredge boats on this river are making money, and that he thinks this one would have been profitable had not there been trouble among the owners. His card is as follows: Editor of The Journal: Last evening’s Journal gives an account of trouble with a dredge boat in the Ches tatee river. This account does a great injustice to the gold interests of the state of Georgia. It will be found that this same dredge boat, under the efficient man agement of Captain Jaqulsh made a large amount of money and that for the past few years, this boat has been pulled this way and that in the court and out of the court by many owners of many minds, leading to much unpleasantness and loss, while the dredge has not been digging for gold—only a subject for opposing sides to dispute over. The article in The Jour nal puts all the trouble upon "Gold that cannot be found," much to the injury / of this rapidly growing and profitable Indus try In the state of Georgia. "Dredge boats are and have been stead ily working In the upper waters of the Chestatee river for the last four or five years, making good money for the owners every year. Gold Placer mining In Georgia Is not a failure but is an eminent success, as any one can prove by a fair investigation. Yours truly, G. S. SCOFIELD., WATSON LECTUBED TO PLEASED HEW SPOKE OF THE SOUTH AND PAID GLOWING TRIBUTE TO JEFFER- SON DAVIS, BEN HILL AND BEN TILLMAN. The right of the south to hold up her head with pride at the glory of her past deeds was never more fully proven than It was in the lecture of Hon. Thomas E. Watson on "The South” at the Tabernac cle Baptist church Tuesday night. About 900 people heard Mr. Watson’s lecture, and when, after he had spoken for nearly two hours, they were not ap peased, but called for more. His words held his hearers In a manner truly re markable, and he was Interrupted time after time with bursts of applause which has never before been heard in the church. W. S. Weir, of the Henry Grady De bating society, under whose auspices the lecture was held, was the first speaker. He told of the work of the society, of Its inception, and of the rank some of its members had attained. One of the mem bers of the society, according to Mr. Wler, had even reached to the diz ziness of chief justice of Cook's district. Hon. Clark Howell, who introduced Mr. Watson in a few short words, said that the Grady club was composed of self made men, and that in Introducing Mr. Watson he wished to Introduce the great est self-made man.)n Georgia. Mr. Watson begin his speech at 3:15, and spoke for an hour and fifty minutes. From his first wbVds Until ills masterly and eloquent peroration he held his au dience spell bound. 1 His voice is smooth and almost musical. His gestures are al ways timely and when he gives special stress to any sentence, his whole attitude Is striking. He stands with one foot slightly in front of the other, and leans forward. "The South," began Mr. Watson, "has never received a very generous treatment at the hands of those who write the books . The south has been relegated to the rear, and has been placed in a peni tential attitude on the mourner’s bench. This has been done eo much that eVen we of the south are Inclined to take this slighting estlmatb placed on our section. Soulhern legislators have crept Into the white house in Washington like the ne gro servant In the old ante bellum house when ‘Marster’ was taking his afternoon nap. "But I thank God there haye been two notable exceptions—Ben Hill, of Georgia, and Ben Tillman, of South Carolina. I glory in the courage of Hill and in the spunk of Tillman. "I shall speak of the south, not partic ularly the old south, or the south of the revolutionary days, or the ante bellum south, or tho new south, but of the south, the wnole south. God bless her, whom I love with every throb of my heart.” Mr. Watson then spoke of the beginning of religious liberty in Virginia, while Mas sachusetts was still burning peculiar old •ncn and women at the stake as witches. He said it was the work of Patrick Hen ry whlph began th? active revolt against England, and not the tea party of Boston, which, by the way, he said, had been more daringly carried out by the people of Maryland, without any disguise. The fighting at Lexington and Concord was not the first time blood was shed 4n the revolution. Further tack, at Alamance, In North Carolina, 3,000 hardy backwoods men had fought. English had given up their lives. He told of how the northern troops had lost battle after battle, had mutinied and had deserted, and how the turn of the war began with the battle of King’s Mountain. He spoke of the ride of Paul Revere in bitter and biting sar casm, and described it as a ride of a well fed man on an easy gaited horse, over well paved roads, and contrasted it with the awful ride of the backwoodsmen of Virginia, Georgia and tho Carolinas to reach King’s Mountain In time to stop Furgerson’s raiders and turn the tide of the war. President Roosevelt, he said, had given the south credit for that, and he thanked him for it. "But I don’t thank Roosevelt to single out Jefferson Davis as an arch traitor.- I am afraid that the man who takes out our leaders and classes them as arch traitors, has not fully forgiven the rest of us. But I don’t want to be In any oth er class than the class of Jefferson Da vis.” Mr. Watson was interrupted with cheer ing and applause which lasted for several minutes. He told, in glowing terms, of the dar ing ride of John Laurens, of South Caro lina. who went to France after Ben Franklin had failed and who secured ships and men from France which made possible tho victory at Yorktown. Lau rens, he said, had never been given his rightful place in history, and he Intended to see the young hero set aright. At the conclusion of ' his lecture, Mr. Watson was given a great ovation. ROOSEVELT MAY USE CRUISER MAYFLOWER NEW YORK, June 9.—Rear Admiral Barker, commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, has received orders from Washington to place the converted cruis er Mayflower in commission within two weeks. It is understood this vessel, which formerly was the yacht of Mrs. Ogden Goelet, will be used by President Roosevelt as a dispatch boat. He probably will wit ness the autumn maneuvers of the army and navy off the coast of Long Island from the deck of the Mayflower. Ml PLIN KILL STOP Ellll IF SPOONER AMENDMENT GOES THROUGH IT MEANS THERE WILL BE NO CANAL FOR A LONG TIME AT LEAST. June 11.—If the senate passes Spooner's Panama substitute for the Nicaragua canal bill by the house, there will very likely be no canal legisla tion at this session, and it is altogether likely that the senate will pass the Spoon er substitute. The senate and house must agree on a bill before it becomes a law. The house leaders declare they will never agree to the Panama substitute, after passing the Nicaraguan bill by a vote which was prac tically unanimous. It can be seen then how dangerous Is the situation as regards the proposed American canal. It is a desperate fight between legislation and no legislation. Nicaragua means a certainty of comple tion. Panama means uncertainty of be ginning. Nicaragua means a clear and freedom from scandal. Panama means legal and diplomatic clouds, and the possi bility of almost endless scandal. Yesterday afternoon during the debate, Senator Clay brought out a point against the Panama route which is enough in It self to stop consideration of that route. He said, and was backed by Senator Mor gan, that If we bought the Panama scheme we were bound not only in equity, but In law, under the proposed terms, to purchase all machinery and implements used In the construction of the canal from the French nation. There Is a movement on foot today, said to be a Hanna movement, to reach an agreement by which the debate Is to close this week and a vote taken Saturday. So numerous are French promoters of the J“anama sale in Washington that the sen ate galleries look like the galleries of the French chamebr of deputies. Frenchmen hang over the railings on all sides, and seem more Interested than even the Amer icans. It Is probable that all the money we would pay for Panama would not go. to the stockholders. JAKE DELK BOUND OVER FOR CUTTING CHINAMAN Jake Delk was Tuesday afternoon bound over to the state court by Recorder Broyles on the charge of stabbing. In default of a SIOO bond he was committed to the Tower. , Young Delk some time ago c,ut Lum Woo, a Chinaman. He has been held at police station for several days on this charge, while the detectives were trying to work up another case against him In connection with the Majestic diamond robbery. They have so far failed to con nect Delk with It. Delk gave himself up to the pollcb. He had been wanted several weeks for cutting the Chinaman and the officers had been unable to catch him. After surrendering he was allowed to go on a copy of charges. On his way to police station to-stand trial, as he had agreed, he passed and spoke to Sergeant Bedford. The detective arrested him and he has since been held, but evi dence against him has not so far been forthcoming. The Chinaman case was ready for trtafthe afternoon Delk was-ar rested, but It was put off In order that he might be held on that charge while the other was Investigated. The diamond robbery mystery Is still Un solved. TO BURYOUR DEAD > PRESIDENTS AT ARLINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 9.—Repre sentative Thompson, of AlAbama, today Introduced a joint resolution In the house providing for the removal of the bodies of ■ll dead presidents, except Washington, from their respective resting places to the National cemetery at Arlington. The resolution recites thgt a comrtilsslon shall be appointed by the president in each state, where a dead president lies, the commission to take charge of the re moval with appropriate ceremonies. At Arlington a grand mausoleum Is to be erected, wherein the bodies shall re pose hereafter, and a monument Is to be erected In connection with it. "Our dead presidents should be more fltttlngly honored than they are,” said Mr. Thompson today. “All other coun tries except ours have charge of their dead presidents and rulers. In ours the various states have charge of the graves of our presidents, when It Is clearly the duty of the nation to care for them.” Mr. Thompson believes the resolution can be passed at this session. EPWORTH LEAGUE TO “ MEET IN AMERICUS AMERICUS, Ga., June 11.—The state Epworth League of the South Georgia Conference will hold its first session since the division, in Americus, commencing next Thursday morning and continuing through Sunday. About two hundred delegates are expect ed and the homes and hearts of the citi zens of Americus are wide open to receive them. _ President E. P. Pdlbody, of Waycross, and First Vice President W. M. Howard, of Bainbridge, will be present and it Is possible that Bishop Candler may be In at tendance also. Owing to the fact that the league con venes while the Methodist church is be ing built the services will be held in the First Baptist church. It has been six years since the league met here, and a hearty welcome awaits their arrival. MUST ALL SALUTE AUGUSTA, Ga., June 11.—An order is sued to the police force Is provoking a good deal of criticism. It Is that all pri vates when on duty must salute in mili tary stylo every superior officer whom they may meet, this including the police commissioners and the members of coun cil. The wags of the city are asking the question whether this order to salute also Includes the judge of the police court. Naturally this official should be classed as one of the superior officers of the police establishment, but it so happens that the present recorder, though a terror to evil doers and regarded with awe by the petty criminals equal to that inspired by “Jedge Brlles,” of Atlanta, is the most unmilltary man in appearance In the state. TRe cops have received the new order in good faith, and are now practicing the military salute. A Counter Irritant. Philadelphia Press. “Still bothered by that amateur cornet player next door?” "No, I bought a dog.” “What had that to do with It?” “Well, this was one of tnose dogs that howl frightfully every time they hear any sort of music." A Present For Hubby. Mr. Will Fox's wife presented him with a fine boy last Thursday. The boys say that the last they saw of Will he was going straight up.—Calhoun Times. MECKLENBURG COUNTY DEMOCRATS SPLIT UP CHARLOTTE. N. C.. June II.—A call signed by 1,000 or more Democrats of Mecklenburg county is published J.oday for a convention to be held in this city on June 21st for the purpose of putting out a county ticket. This movement is taken because of the adoption by the county Democratic executive committee of a law which provides rules for holding a pri mary,. among which Is the provision for an oath to support the nominee, etc., which every person participating must subscribe to. This is a new departure for the Dem ocrats of this county, and there Is strong feeling against the committee on account of its action. The people In the country are especially up In arms about the mat ter and the independent convention will likely be largely attended. Good local politicians predict victory for the candi dates nominated at the mass meeting on the 21st, as against those named by the legalized primary two weeks later. Meck lenburg is probably the strongest Demo cratic county in the state, and considera ble interest attaches to the new move ment. DOES UNCLE SAM WANT* SOLDIERS FROM ENGLAND? NEW YORK. Jine 11.—It has been stated in the lobby of the house of commons, says a Herald dispatch from London, that an officer of the United States army is at the present time in London enrolling recruits for service in the Philippines from the ranks of seasoned soldiers who are returning from South Africa. The matter will be mentioned next week in the house of commons in the form of a ques tion by one of the members. United States army officials pronounce the rumor ridiculous and absurd, especially In View of the fact that the American army is fast being reduced in numbers in the far east and the soldiers coming home by regi ments. ROOSM DIRECTOR HAS RESIGNED W. J. NEEL, CHAIRMAN OF COM MISSION, GIVES UP HIS OFFICE. HE WILL BE RELIEVED AT ONCE. * ROME, Ga., June 11.—Hon. W. J. Neel, chairman of the dispensary commission, has tendered his resignation to the elec tors to take effect immediately. Mr. Neel only accepted the position temporarily, and therefore his withdrawal is no sur prise. Mr. C. A. Hight, a member of the Simp son Grocery company and director In the Exchange Bank, Is spoken of as Mr. Neel's successor. Mr. Hight will probably be elected. He is one of Rome’s leading business men. Mr. Neel will be out of the city a large part of the summer. ROADS NOW RESPOND TO STRIKERS’ CAUSE WILKESBARRE, Pa.. June 9.—“ The tightening up” process, which has been In progress since the anthracite coal strike begun four weeks ago today, continues. All classes of trades pnlons in the hard coal belt have taken a hand In helping the miners, and now the long predicted move of the railroaders in the region has been made. The decision of these men at meetings held In different parts of the region yesterday to refuse to aid the com panies in their fight against the miners has encouraged the’strikers greatly. At Freeland yesterday’ the railroad men of the Delaware, Susquehana and Schuyl kill River decided to refuse to handle the trains carrying deputies, coal and Iron police or non-union men. The Lehigh val ley company men met at the same town and will not handle soft coal that may be wanted to displace hard fuel and yester day the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western company employes protested against the hauling of soft coal and con demned the action of railroad conductors In acting as deputies. It was reported that sixty-eight new men were taken into the No. 5 colliery of the Susquehana Coal Company, at Nanti coke, at 3 o’clock this morning. It Is not yet known whether the men are to man the pumps or be placed on guard duty. The local union at Nanticoke has selected fifty of its men to act as special peacemen in the borough. The burgess has sworn them In. ARBITRATION BOARD PROPOSED FOR STRIKES CHICAGO, June 9.—Alarmed by many disturbances which marked the strike of the packing house teamsters last week, employers have started a movement for the prevention of strikes. In the shape of an arbitration board. It is proposed that all difficulties which cannot be settled by (he men directly with their employers shall be submitted to a joint advisory body composed or representatives from the employers’ associations aid the unions affiliated with the National Teamsters' union for arbitration. . The most Important of the eight asso ciations of employers and the tacit ap proval of President Young of the National Teamsters’ union. The initiatory action will be held at the Great Northern hotel, when delegates from each of the eight employers organizations will meet. These delegates are expected to select a com mittee of eleven to meet a similar oom mittte from the teamsters’ unions to de vise a plan whereby all serious differences may be adjusted. ROOSEVELT’S INTEREST IS PURELY PERSONAL NEW YORK, June 9.—Carroll D. Wright. United States commissioner of labor, said today that for him to tell whom he expected to see or what he In tended to da, might seriously interfere with his investigation of the anthracite miners strike. He sal(l that under sections 7 and 8 of the law under which thq labor bureau Is operated, charged the commissioner to Investigate and report all labor disputes. “Os course,” said Mr. Wright, “ I can not interfere or act as arbitrator. Al though possessing no power under exist ing conditions, as a patriotic citizen. President Roosevelt is interested in set tling this trouble. He cannot Interfere, but he can advise or suggest and the officials of the organization may reveal chinks in the situation which have not as yet been touched upon in the general re port, and upon which he may be able to act. He wants all the Information ob tainable and all the agencies of my de part meht are being directed to that end. Perhaps we may be able to discover something below the surface. I shall hold a conference this afternoon and don’t an ticipate I shall have any trouble in get ting the information asked for.” COL AJC SCHUMPERT’ DIES AT AMERICUS AMERICUS, June 11.—Colonel A. K. Schumpert died yesterday at 12 o’clock at his home on Lee street. His death, while daily expected, was a great shock to the community where for nearly half a cen tury he had been so closely identified. Colonel Schumpert was bom in Sou tn Carolina, but moved to Georgia when quite a young man. He married Miss Sailie Pickett, who, with one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Hightower, survive him. In his death Americus loses a sterling man and a leading citizen. At the time of his death Colonel Schumpert was In his 88th year. - . BI INGBf MOB two in LYNCHED SALISBURY CITIZENS AVENGE MURDER OF MISS BENSON BY STRINGING HER SLAYERS TO LIMB OF A TREE. CHARLOTTE. N. C., June 11.—About 2:30 o’clock this morning, Harrison and James Gillespie, colored bbys 16 and 13 | years of age. respectively, who Monday j afternoon killed Miss Benson, in Rowan > county, were taken from jail at Salisbury I and hanged to a tree in the railroad ysxd £ on the edge of the city, their bodies then j being riddled with bullets. A telegram was received from Governor .? Aycock about midnight authorizing the T use of the military company. After being € called out, everything seemed to grow quiet and the military was disbanded. About 2:20 o’clock a number of shots | were fired in front of the jail just after | Mayor Boyden had appealed to the as- I sembled mob and this was apparently taken as a signal. Immediately a hundred men came from I the direction of the passenger station, | having previously assembled in a large 1 building. About half of these were mask- i ed. The masked men, about 50 in all, were j the only ones who took active steps tn the lynching. Other men joined the tnob, « coming from different parts, attracted by | the firing. A had assembled by this I time and the two terrified little criminals . were taken from the jail, placed in a car- | rlage and driven rapidly down the street. 1 the crowd following and firing as it went. . - Arriving at a tree on the outskirts of the a railroad yard it was found that a light 3 was lacking. This want was quickly sup plied by several members of the mob J boarding a yard engine and securing a } torch. Two big engines backed up within two hundred feet of the fatal place and 1 their crews watched the lynching. 'i® Only once did either of the boy? give | any outward signs of emotion, and this A was just before the younger boy was 3 made to climb the tree, when he a down and cried pltqously. The older bdy, fl Harrison Gillespie, was hanged first, be- I Ing drawn up straight with, the rope 4 around his neck. The younger boy was made to take a leap from the tree. The crowd then lined up »nd delivered 1 a volley from their revolvers into the I swinging bodies. They then, after making sure of death | by applying lighted splinters to the ex- J tremities, broke up quietly, leaving the ■ bodies hanging on the tree. In addition to the mob. perhaps about g four hundred people, attracted by the 1 commotion, witnessed the lynching. The occurrence is deeply felt by the clt- <sj izens of Salisbury. This Is the second lynching in the history of Rowaa county. 3 The first took place in 1869, when a negro slave was lynched for assaulting a white » woman, he having previously been ac quitted of the crime. , . It is a circumstance worthy of note that ■J the two negroes. Dick Fleming and Rich ard Blaton, who are under sentence to be hanged July Bth, were convicted of crim inal assault upon Mrs. Belle Livengood, of the same locality, were not molested by the mob. The little negroes admitted killing Miss ? Benson, saying they knocked her down with rocks and beat her brains out. TERRIFIC WIND STORM . DESTROYS MANY LIVES Continued from Page One. several prominent buildings of the place | were destroyed. , . . ... Oskaloosa reports considerable damage • j from the wind. By far the most | report received is from Grinnell to the | effect that the town of Laurel has been J wiped out. It is a small place and without J telephone, while the only telegraph line la ,1 down. Efforts are being made to reach 7J the place by team. , ONE FAMILY OF FIVE KILLED BY HURRICANE DETROIT. Mich., June 11.—The list of' the killed in the tornado of Monday af ternoon is as follows: MRS. E. Y. BERG and four children, of Andrew Hlum, two girls aged IS and 11. and two boys aged 15 and six. The Hiums had five other children who ; were more or less Injured Mrs. Hlum wax * hurt probably fatally, but Hlum himself : was unscratched. Thirty farm houses and ’ barns were totally destroyed. GREAT DAMAGE IS DONE THROUGHOUT M-LINOIB PEKIN, 111., June 11.—A tornado passed over Tazewell last night, killing three and fatally injuring two persons at Kingston . mines, south of there. The dead are: MRS. THOMAS MURRAY AND IN FANT. WILLIAM M'ELWELL, aged 3. Patrick McElwell and wife were fatally H Injured. The entire ehst end of the village of 000 people was swept away, causing sls,- j 000 damages. Physicians frotn surround- n ing towns were called to care for the In- ~ jured. Houses and barns were •' blown down In Groveland, Minier, Dillon, Hope- , dale and Delavan, but so far no loss of life in any of those places have been re ported. I ' _ Opposite Pekin thfe river overflowed lt» banks and covered 60,000 acres of corn, which Is believed to have been ruined. DAMAGE TO SHIPPING WAS GREAT IN PEORIA PEORIA. 111., June 11.—The storm at Peoria was very destructive. Many lives were lost and the property damage ex tensive. The mercantile loss will be hundred* of thousands of dollars. The Chicago, Rock Island and Paclfl* passenger train was caught In a landslide and the engine and mail car buried in the mud. All train service badly delayed, many tracks washed away and thousand* of acres of corn a total loss. One man was killed this morning by B live electric wire and two were Injured. There has been serious damage to shlpr ping in the river. SPANISHWhi CLAIMS TO BE REPORTED AT ONCE WASHINGTON, June 11.—The bill to al low a number of small claims against the ■ government for stores furnished the army during the Spanish war will be reported from the senate committee on war claim* and passed by the senate this week. It hah passed the house. In the bill Macon gets $5,304; the state of Georgia, $916. There are 44 Georgians whose claim* aggregate about $5,000. r Situations Secnred for graduates or tuition refunded. n,e at once for catalogue and special oners. MsiQQAV Business lYldSoCj Colleges Lovlsvllle, Ky. Montgomery. ***• Hmistor.. Tex. Columbus, Ga. Richmond, Va. Birmingham, Ala. JacUenvfflA. FH.