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VOL. IV.
FRIENDS IN AMERICA
HONORED BY KAISER
With Lavish Hand Ger
man Im per or Gives Pres
ents and Bestows Hon
ors on Americans.
BERLIN. July 30.—The German emper
or baa conferred a number of decorations
incidental to the visit to the United -States
of Prince Henry, of Prussia. The Red
Eagle of the third class is bestowed on
Samuel H. Ashbridge. mayor of Philadel
phia; Justice Fleischman, mayor of Cin
cinnati; Rolla Wells, mayor of St. Louis;
David R Francis, former governor of
Missouri; Arthur Eddy, of Chicago, and
Gustav H. Schwab, of New York.
The Red Eagle of the fourth class is
given to W. A. McChestney, manager of
the St. Louis Terminal; Gustav Schorr,
president of the German Maennerehor, of
Chicago; Chief of Police Kiel, of St.
Louis; Prof. Camlllo Von Kleuse, of Chi
cago. and the Rev. Gustav Zimmerman,
of Chicago.
Those who received the crown order
of the third class are John N. Partridge,
police commissioner of New York; Detec
tive Captain Titus, of New York; Harry
Rubens, of Chicago, and William Vocke,
of Chicago.
The crown order of the fourth class is
conferred on Consular Agent Bamback
of Milwaukee; George C. Boldt, manager
of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. New Tork;
F. F. Coakley, station master. St. Louis;
and WUhelmn Schmidt, of Chicago.
The emperor also presented an auto
graph photograph of himself to the de
signers of the yacht Meteor 111, Harry
Smith and Henry Barbey.
The foreign office announces a list of
presents made by Prince Henry. Some of
them were conferred by the prince while
he was in the United States, but most of
them were sent recently.
David J. Hill, assistant secretary of
state, received a gold snuff box bearing the
letter “H” and a crown In diamonds.
Rear Admiral R. D. Evans, was given
an enpmeled photograph of the prince,
surrounded by diamonds.
Major General Corbin's present was a
gold cigarette case, on which was the
prince's portrait In diamonds.
Colonel Theodore Bingham and Com
mander W. 8. Cowles, of the navy, each
received a gold cigarette case on which
was a crown tn diamonds and the letter
“H.”
A bracelet bearing the prince's portrait
in rubles and diamonds was presented to
Mrs. H. H. D. Pierce, wife of the assist
ant secretary of state and to Mr. Pierce
was given a framed portrait of the prince.
Other presents were given as follows:
Major Richard Sylvester, superintendent
of the Washington. D. C.. police depart
ment; Frank Wilkie, chief of the United
States secret service; J. S. Stubbs, rail
way official; Cornelius Van Cott, postmas
ter at New Tork and J. B. Reynolds, sec
retary to the mayor of New York, dia
mond scarf pin; McDougall. ' Hawkes,
stock commissioner, New York, dismond
scarf -pin; Thomas Sturgis, fire commis
sioner, New York and Detective Thurs
ton. New York, gold cuff buttons; Pollcs
Inspectors Oortrtght. Brooks, Harley.
Thomas Thompson, Kane and Goss. Police
Captains Schmittberger and Wendell and
Captain Smith, of the harbor police, all
of New Tork; Assistant Superintendent
Hunsdorfer. of the Pinkerton bureau; Mr.
Deutsch, who was telegraph agent at
the Thirty-fourth street pier. New York,
where the Hohensollern lay, and Louis
Murphy, of the United States secret ser
vice. all received scarf pins.
Postmaster Gredock E. Coyne, of Chi
cago. is given a gold cigarette case. Chief
of Police Frank O'Neill, of Chicago, a gold
scarf pin and the manager of Willards'
hotel. Washington, a gold cigarette case.
Framed portraits of the prince are sent
to Beth Low, mayor of New York; Pat
rick A. Collins, mayor of Boston; Carter
H. Harrison, mayor of Chicago; to the
navy department at Washington, naval
and military academies, the New York
Yacht club, the University club. New
York, to the armory of squadron "A”
New York, and to the Milwaukee museum.
BY FRENCH GOVERNMENT 1
AMERICANS DECORATED
PARIS. July 30.-Gen. Patrick A. Collins,
mayor of Boston. Mass., has been appoint
ed an officer of the Legion of Honor, and
Paul De Capdevielle. mayor of New Or
leans. Thomas St. John Gaffney, an sttor
ney, of New York, and Mr. DuVeen. a
merchant of New York, have been ap
pointed chevaliers of the legion.
PANTHER IS CAPTURED
AFTER EXCITING CHASE
NEW YORK. July 30 —The young pan
ther which escaped on Sunday from
Bronx park and which has been dubbed
•Tracy.'' after the Washington outlaw,
has been captured In Bronxville by a
crowd of farmers living in the neighbor
hood and returned to his cage.
John Steam, who lives about one mile
east of the Zoological Gardens, caught
sight of “Tracy" near his barns. He gave
the alarm and about two hundred persona
responded, armed with ail sorts of weap
ons. The psnther was overtaken, but only
two of the pursuers stood their ground.
They succeeded in throwing a net over
the animal and carried it back to the
MIM
DUEL TO BERTH
15 FOUGHT
RIVALS USE KNIFE AND PISTOL
AND WHEN FIGHT IS OVER
BOTH PARTICIPANTS
QUICKLY DIE.
EAGLE PASS. Tex.. July 30.—Augustine
Aiajarasa was fstslly stabbed at an early
hour Tuesday morning by Estanislado
Peres in Ciudad Porflrto Diax Mexico.
Peres in return received shots thajt
caused his death a few hours later. Both
m«-n were enamored of the same woman,
and in a quarrel which followed a conver
sation shout her. the shooting and cut
ting occurred. The heart of Alajarasa
was severed, but he succeeded in inflicting
fatal injury to his adversary before he
died.
Alajaxara was well known in musics]
fdrcles here snd Perex belonged to Mon
terey.
BODIES OF 1 CANAL
VICTIMS ARE
■recovered
DENNIS CAHILL TRIED TO SAVE
LITTLE PALLAS KITCHEN, A
WIDOW’S DAUGHTER, BUT
BOTH ARE DROWNED.
AUGUSTA. July 30.-The bodies of the
two victims of yesterday's canal disaster
were recovered.
The body of the man,i Mr. Dennis
Cahill, was found an Hour after the
drowning near the place where he sank,
but the little girl's body was not located
until nearly night. It had floated down
stream, and lodged against the screen to
the Enterprise mill race. Not until the
body was recovered was her Identity es
tablished. She was Dallas Kitchen, the
oldest child of a widow living near the
place.
The high bridge was being repaired and
flooring of the footway had been partly
removed, a rail being laid across at each
end of the bridge. Unnoticed by the work
men the child crossed under the rail, and
looking down fell into the water below,
a distance of some twenty feet. Cahill
was one of those who saw it. He was an
excellent swimmer, and more than once
before bad saved persons from drowning.
He ran down the steep embankment, and
without taking time to remove any* of his
clothing, jumped in. With a few strokes
he reached, the child, and held her above
the water, when suddenly he uttered a
cry for help and sank with his burden.
Neither of them was seen to rise
again.
It is supposed that being very warm
when he jumped in the sudden chill of
the immersion produced cramps, and
rendered him helpless.
The untimely death of this brave man
while trying to save a human life has
produced a shock through the whole
city.
Mr. Cahill was an old employee of the
city, and was unmarried.
U. S. CONSUL MAYER
DISCUSSES ARGENTINA
NEW TORK, July 30.—Dr. D. Mayer,
United States consult at Buenos Ayres.
Argentine Republic, who is in this city,
declares Argentina is the best republic in
South America.
“Trade with the United States from my
district.” he said, “is increasing daily.
Five years ago the United States ranked
fifth in exporting and importing; today
it ranks second, having outdone Germany,
France, Belgium and Italy. There is
nothing that you can buy In New York
that you can't buy in Buenos Ayres. The
only difference Is tn the price, Buenos
Ayres being one of the most expensive
cities in the world to live in. This is due
to the fact that Argentina is not' a manu
facturing country and everything outside
of native products is Imported. The main
industry of the republic is raising of cat
tle. sheep and wheat. All these are so
plentiful that a good deal is exported to
other countries.
'Tn order to Increase trade between the
United States and Argentina, we must
have a direct steamship service connec
tion between New York and Buenos
Ayres. In fact, the Argentine govern
ment is ready to meet us half way by
paying a subsidy of from twenty to thirty
thousand dollars a year to such an enter
prise. •
"The Argentine people themselves prefer
American goods to all others on account
of superior workmanship and finish. For
instance 75 per cent of all the machinery
for farming and other industries comes
from American manufacturers.
"Dry goods, for the moat part, are im
ported from France, England and Italy.
There is no reason why we should not
have that trade.
'•"Hie people of the Argentine republic
are very progressive, and are kindly dis
posed towards Americans and American
made goods.”
LAURENS REPUBLICANS .
HAVE STORMY SESSION
DUBLIN, Ga., July 30.—The Republicans
of Laurens county held a meeting a few
days ago which proved equal to a circus,
so some of the onlookers state.
The object of the meeting was to elect
a chairman of the party and it consumed
the entire day.
Dan Williams resigned the chairman
ship recently, and J. J. Jenkins was elec
ted to succeed him. A ratification of the
election was necessary, hence the meeting
was called. It was composed of a numoer
of negroes and a few white men.
Charge after charge was made by
one against the other of the two factions.
Everything in the way of crime known,
from a misdemeanor to the most heinous
crimes were hurled from one side to the
other. One side wanted Jenkins when the
other wanted John Dasher.
After all Policeman Cawart was called
in to preserve order, having to allo# only
three men in the jury room at once to
vote.
The result of the votes were Jenkins for
chairman and Brogden Mason for secre
tary. Mar seems to be brewing among the
Republicans of Laurens county.
FARMERS CONGRESS WILL
BE LARGELY ATTENDED
MACON, July 30.—Such a crowd of
visitors will be here during the Farmers'
National Congress October 7th, Bth, 9th
and 10th that the hotels are already re
serving space. One hotel has warned all
commercial travelers that Macon will be
a good place to avoid during the week the
congress is held here, because all the
rooms are now engaged. Private board
ing houses and residences will have to be
thrown open for entertaining and caring
for the visitors.
CROPS ARE GOOD IN
POPE BROWN’S SECTION
MACON, July 30.—Hon. J. Pope Brown
passed through Macon last night on his
way to Brunswick on business connected
the adjustment of railroad taxes.
He says that the prospect for crops down
tn his part of the state were never better.
He says great quantities of peas are being
raised, and that the weather is especial
ly favorable to their growth.
SIMMONS GIVES IIP
ACTIVE LEADERSHIP
CHAIRMAN OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMIT-
TEE WILL DECLINE RE
ELECTION. ?
» . * •
CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 30.-It Is
rumored, says a Raleigh special, that
State Chairman Simmons, who has en
gineered four successful campaigns for
the Democratic party In North Carolina,
will decline re-election next Tuesday at
the Meeting of the state executive com
mittee, and that James R. Young will
succeed him.
While Senator Simmons has been a
most energetic and successful campaigner,
he has not failed to make enemies in his
own party, and his tendency to push the
negro question forward whenever such a
thing was possible has made him very
unpopular with many of the leading mem
bers of his party, and his retirement will
be hailed with delight by those who have
hoped that the last negro campaign had
been fought.
Some weeks ago Simmons Issued an
open letter in which he charged .that the
Republicans would attempt to nave the
disfranchisement of the negro declared
null and void and attempt to continue to
vote the negro solidly. This pronuncia
mento was not received with the enthu
siasm that had evidently been the wish
of Its author. On the other hand, it was
strongly condemned by Democrats, and
there w’ere signs at the recent Democratic
state convention that showed unmistaka
bly that many of the delegates resented
any attempt to further run a campaign on
the negro issue. It is suggested that
these things had their bearing on the
state chairman in his decision to retire
from active leadership.
IN MURDERER’S CELL
'HEIR AWAITS FORTUNE
NEW YORK, July 30.—Held by the
grand jury of Suffolk county on the
charge of causing the death of Clarence
W. Foster and “Dimple” Lawrence at
Good Ground, L. 1., Louis A. Dlsbrow, In
a cell in Riverhead jail. Is believed to be
the heir of 350,000 from the estate of his
grandfather, Hosea B. Perkins, who has
just died.
He had been sick for more than a year,
and when the Good Ground tragedy and
Dlsbrow’s connection with It became
known, there was much speculation as to
whether It would make any change in his
will, which, it Is understood, provided a
legacy of 160,000 for each of his grand
children. •
Mr. Perkins’ condition of health was
such that news of the tragedy would
have hastened the end, so he never was
informed of his grandson’s plight.
Mr. Perkins was 83 years old.
Bocnstmiwo
SAID TO OWN
’FRISCO
OFFICIAL DECLARES THE ROCK
ISLAND DEAL FOR THE ’FRISCO •
SYSTEM HAS BEEN COM-
PLETED. . 'x’
CHATTANOOGA. July 30.—An official of
the Rock Island, who was in the city last
night, gave out the statement that the
Rock Island has acquired the 'Frisco sys
tem. V
It well known fact that negotia
tions have been going on for some time,
but it is now practically a certainty that
the deal has been made and it is said that
for business reasons the completion of the
system has been kept a secret.
The gentleman in question is one of the
most prominent men connected with the
Rock Island, but for obvious reasons did
not desire to give his name In connection
with the statement.
NICARAGUA TREMBLES
IN FINANCIAL PANIC
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 28.—Five
hundred per cent premium is now being
offered for foreign exchange here. Mer
chants have greatly advanced the prices
for their goods In the past few days, and
will probably further increase in the near
future, or refuse to take Nicaraguan pa
per money. There is but .little silver coin
and gold coin in circulation in this coun
try.
Nicaraguans are very much disappoint
ed and depressed over the passing by
the American congress of the Spooner
amendment. They had been indulging in
high hopes that the isthmian canal would
be constructed in their country, and that
the money to be derived from the build
ing of the canal would relieve the dis
tressing financial condition of Nicaragua.
CHINAMEN SMUGGLED"
IN PRAIRIE SCHOONERS
EL PASO, Tex., July 30.—A prairie
schooner, loaded with six smuggled China
men, piloted into this country from Mex
ico by an American, has been captured
near Douglas, Aris., by custom guards.
The driver of the wagon escaped, but the
Chinamen are in custody on the charge of
violating the exclusion act. Detective
Riley, of the Bisbee railway, who was
here today said that an investigation dis
closed the fact that Chinamen have been
smuggled into the United States regularly
for some time by means of prairie schoon
ers, which failed to arouse the suspicion
of the border guards.
FOURTEEN-YEAR OLD BOY
TRIED TO KILL CAPTAIN
LOUISVILLE. Ky„ July 30.—" Sparrow”
Walker, aged 14 years, who says he ran
away from his parents in Asheville, N. C.,
was arrested last night by Patrolman
Horn and charged with malicious assault
with intent to kill. The assault was made
on Captain Jim Dugan, of the Big Kana
wha. Captain Dugan says the boy had
been cutting open wheat sacks on the
steamer, and when ordered to stop drew
a knife and made at the captain. He was
taken to jail.
Increase In Tax Return*.
DUBLIN, Ga., July 30.—The tax returns
of Laurens county will show up well this
year. The increase over last year will
not be large, but the returns will be far
above a 111411 ber of other counties. Lau
rens county is in a fine condition and
stands near the top of the counties of the
state.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902.
BLOODY RIOT
CAUSED BY
STRIKE
OVER TWENTY PERSONS ARE
SHOT IN RIOT WITH STRIKING
MINERS IN SHENANDOAH
LAST NIGHT.
SHENANDOAH, Pa., July 30—A reign
of terror compared with which the scenes
enacted during the riots of 1900 seem in
significant held Shenandoah in Its grasp
tonight. "V -
From 6 o’clock 4n the evening Center
street, which Is one pf the principal
streets of the town, was in the hands of
an Infuriated mob. Two of the borough
policemen were shot, one perhaps fatally.
Joseph Beddai, a leading merchant and
cousin of Sheriff Beddai, was brutally
clubbed to death and upwards of a score
Os strikers whose name* could not be as
certained were shot by policemen, and
it is expected that many deaths will re
sult.
Sheriff Beddai arrive* from Pottsville
ait 7:45 o’clock with a posse of deputies.
He took up his headquarters at the Fer
guson hotel, which was surrounded by
several thousand men late tonight. The
sheriff after the trouble occurred asked
Governor Stone to sen* militia and the
governor wired that if the citizens of the
town petition for the trbops he will send
them.
Subsequently Govern** Stone ordered
two regiments of troods to proceed at
once to Shenandoah. "J
COAL STRIKERS WILY -
GROW MORE TURBULENT
... ■■
SHENANDOAH, Pa., . July 30.—The at
titude of the striking mine workers here
Is dally becoming more demonstrative.
AU last night a mob *f fully 1,000 men
and boys were on the rrtpreh.
They drat visited West Shenandoah col
liery and drove the ncfi-union workmen
from the engines, pumps and fire rooms.
The workmen were compelled to seek ref
uge In the camp of the coal and iron
police.
. The strikers assailed the breaker with
stones, doing much damage to window
glass. . /
From the West Shenandoah mine the
mob proceeded to. Indian Ridge colliery,
where they were confronted by a body of
special police, whose presence prevented
violence.
Squads of strikers picketed the ap
proaches to several mines where the
pumping is In progress and urged the
men employed to quit work. Deputy
Sheriff Coombs. :Unlon Organizer Gingley
and a posse of deputies are here endeavor
ing to maintain
ANTHRACITE STRIKERS
ARE MAKING THEIR EXIT
WILKESBARRE. Pa., July 30.—The de
parture of miners from the anthracite re
gion continues. The officials of the Uni
ted Mine works find they cannot provide
places for al) the applicants who want to
leave and this is causing some dissatisfac
tion among the strikers.
Fully 500 idle miners were gathered
around President Mitchell's headquarters
today and they all wanted to go west.
The men were told that as soon as work
was found for them they could make the
journey.
A mob gathered at Duryea again today,
expecting that an attempt would be made
to start up the washery. Sheriff Jacobs
sent a number of deputies to the scene
but their services were not needed as no
teffort was made Ho resume work.
WALTOV’STAXRETURNS
SHOW FINE INCREASE
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga.. July 29.—The
tax returns of Walton county for the
year 1902 show an increase of $101,253 over
the returns of 1901. The returns of 1901
over 1900 were $280,322, making a total
gain, in the two years, of $381,606. The
total returns of the county now are
$3,134,517. Despite the fact that the
leather has been dry and the people
have been inclined to give in their tax
lower than usual on that account, the
growth of the county is expressed in
the figures. Tax Receiver H. L. Conner
has been diligent in his work and he beA-
Moves in five or six more years the re
turns for the county will be over $4,000,000.
BEBELHOOT
VOLUNTEERS
IN BATTLE
TROOPS FLEE IN PANIC TO
CAPE HAYTIEN AFTER AT
TEMPTING TO FIGHT SAL
NAVE’S TROOPS NEAR CITY.
OAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, July 30.—Gen.
Albert Salnave, commanding an army in
support of M. Firmin's candidacy for the
presidency, is camped with a large body
of troops, three miles from this
place.
General Notd, who went out to give
battle to General Salnave was defeated
and his army retreated in panic to Capa
Haytlen.
The volunteers have abandoned their
posts.
Confidence has been restored among the
foreign residents of the city, thanks to the
energetic measures taken by Commander
McCrea, of the United States gunboat
Machias and United States Consul Living
ston, to guarantee them protection in case
of an attack on the city.
♦♦♦*<♦h I m »♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦* i c >
♦ NEARLY SIX SCORE *
♦ WAS YEARS OF NEGRESS ♦
+ CHARLESTON, S. C., July 30. +
♦ Annie Smiley, a negress, died here ♦
♦ today aged 117 years. Though she *
+ was the oldest person in this state *
♦ on record, she died possessed of all 4»
.♦ her faculties. ♦
MOTORMAN ANO
CONDUCTOR HELD
CORONER’S JURY ATTRIBUTES
JOHN CARTER’S DEATH TO
BLOW ON HEAD WHICH
FRACTURED SKULL.
AUGUSTA, Ga., July 30.—The coroner’s
jury of Aiken county. South Carolina, re
turned a verdict that John Carter, the
white man found dead near Clearwater
yesterday morning, had come to his death
from the effect of a blow on the head,
which had fractured his skull.
The conductor and motorman of the
car on which the fight occurred, and who
beat Carter in the effort to make him
behave himself aboard the car, are held
for trial. It Is alleged that during the
fight Carter was struck on the head with
the metal motor key, and that this blow
produced the fracture of the skull.
PEDDLER MEET DEATH
UNDER WHEELS OF TRAIN
WEST POINT, Ga,, July 30.-Englne
No. 37 of the southbound passen
ger on the West Point route
route knocked down and killed J.
W. Hunt, a peddler from LaGrange, un
der the car shed in the Twin Cities this
morning. It is supposed that there were
50 people under the shea at the time the
accident ’ occurred, yet not one person
interviewed seems to know exactly how it
happened.
There was a freight train switchiing just
outside the depot and it may have been
th. c Hunt was so closely watching it
he failed to see or hear the approach of
the passenger train and he was standing
too near the track.
His left arm was severed at the shoulder
and his forehead crushed in and he was
otherwise painfully wounded. He lived
nearly three hours after the accident hap
pened, part of the time suffering the most
excruciating pains despite the fact that
the best physicians did everything possi
ble for his relief. He was 60 years old.
JELKS MEN JUBILANT -
OVER OATES’ SUPPORT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 30.-A large
number of dates have been announced
by both the J elks and Johnston campaign
committees and speakers will be shelling
the woods in all directions within a week.
The campaign, which has really just
opened, has* less than a month to run,
as the primary takes place on August
25.
The early date was not pleasing to the
followers of Johnston, but as it could not
be helped by them they are making the
best of It. i
At the headquarter* of both candidate*
it is said that encouraging reports are
coming in from every quarter and the
friends of each claim to have the situa
tion well in hand. The followers of Jelks
And considerable gratification in the fact
that Ex-Governor William C. Oates ha*
coms out strongly against .Johnston and
tn favor of jeTks.
ONE FOUNd'dYING
OTHER WAS DEAD
DES MOINES, la., July 30.—Firemen
early today found one man dead and an
other dying in the Stoner Wall Paper com
pany’s building, in South Des Moines,
while trying to put out a fire which de
stroyed $50,000 worth of property.
The dead man's name is David Watt,
night watchman for the Stoner Wall Pa
per company. t
The other man's name Is I. P. Miller,
night guard for the Longshore mill.
It Is believed that the two men secured
a quantity of liquor, repaired to the office
of the wall paper company, and after
drlnkihg the liquor went to sleep. In some
manner the building was set on Are, and
before the firemen could reach the factory
the flamer had gained such headway that
it was Impossible to save much of the
stock and machinery.
EX CHIEF OF CREEKS
APPEALS FOR HELP
MUSCOGEE, I. T., July 30.—Ispar
hecher, the aged ex-chief of the Creeks,
has sent the following telegram from his
home In the Creek nation to United
States Marshal Bennett:
“Send officers to my house. I am in
trouble. t>o not fall.”
Isparheeher has recently been subjected
to many indignities at the hands of the
full bloods, known as the "Snakes,” who
are opposing the dissolution of their tribal
government, and It is believed that they
have threatened the ex-chief. Marshal
Bennett has sent six deputies to the
scene. Bennett on Monday arrested ten
members of tpe “Snake” band whom it
was believed are exciting the Indians.
The full bloods seem to think that Ispar
hecher has deserted them.
HAWAII SENDS CHAFF
TO MANUFACTURE PAPER
SAN FRANCISCC, July 30.—Twenty
three sacks of chaff or refuse of cane
aQer the sugar has been extracted were
brought from Hilo by the bark Santiago,
and will be shipped east to be used in an
experiment for paper manufacture.
Thousands of tons of chaff are annually
burned or otherwise destroyed on sugar
plantations in the Hawaiian island, but
observing men believe it can successfully
be utilized in paper manufacturing.
millioYdollar mortgage*
FILED BY TOMATO TRUST
BALTIMORE, July 30.—The officials of
the American Packers’ association, known
among canners of the" eastern shore of
Maryland, as the "Tomato trust," is hav
ing a $1,000,000 mortgage recorded in all
the counties on the Maryland and Dela
ware peninsula in which the trust has
been able to acquire canneries.
STRIKERS AT WHITE HOUSE
HAVE RETURNED TO WORK
WASHINGTON, July 30,-The differ
ences between the striking electricians and
the New York contractors having in
charge the electrical workers at the white
house have been satisfactorily adjusted
and the men have returned to work.
STANDARD OIL FOLK
DENY MERGER REPORT
NEW YORK, July 30.—Regarding the
cabled reports that the Standard Oil
company has entered or will enter into an
agreement with the Rothschilds and
Nobel interests to control the world's pro
duction, M. F. Elliott, the attorney of
the Standard Ofl company, today made |
IN STATE OF TEXAS'
RIVERS ARE FIENDS
VICTIM OF WAVES
WASFOEm
GIRL
MILTON REED, OF ATLANTA*
TRIED TO SAVE RUTH BUR
ROUGHS FROM DROWN
. ING BUT FAILED.
CONWAY, S. C., July 30.-Miss Ruth
Burroughs was drowned in the surf at
Myrtle Beach, a popular South Carolina
resort near Conway, Tuesday afternoon.
Milton Reed, of Atlanta, was taken out
of the water unconscious after a desperate
effort to save the young lady and was
resuscitated with difficulty.
Miss Burroughs was the beautiful
daughter of one of the wealthiest and
most influential families In this section.
She was universally admired.
The ebb tide, made more dangerous by
a strong northeast wind, caused the break
ers to be ■ unusually heavy. A tremen
dous wave swept Miss Burroughs and her
•segrt off their feet and carried them out
and down the beach.
Mr. Reed, who is an expert swimmer,
went to her. rescue, while her escort went
ashore ■'calling for help. In the confusion
much delay was caused. The boat house
was finally broken open but before a boat
could be launched and the struggling
swlmfner reached, he and his unconscious
burden sank 20 yards from shore.
Mr.' Reed floated Into shallow water
still feebly moving and was dragged out
Insensible. Miss Burroughs' body was re
covered this morning three miles down the
beach.
Milton Reed is well known In Atlanta
and for years has been a traveling sales
man for large hardware firms.
. • Throe Young Women Drown.
MONTICELLO, Minn., July 30.—Miss
’Mabel Wells, of this place, and Eva See
ker and Laura T. Tye, both of Fairbault,
were drowned in Lake Jefferson last
evening. Their boat capslsed during a
storm.
HAGUE WILE
CHINESE QUESTION
DE INOENINin
KNOTTY PROBLEM MAY BE PLAC-
ED BEFORE THE HAGUE CON-
FEREES FOR FINAL ADJUDI
CATION RUMOR SAYS.
WASHINGTON, July 30.—1 tl* within
the bounds of probability that the issue
which has arisen between the powers In
terested In China as to the medium In
which the Indemnities are to be paid, will
be settled by reference to The Hague tri
bunal.
Jt Is now announced that under no cir
etances will the United States govern
ment be forced Into the position occupied
by some of the powers who demand pay
ment from China on the gold basis and
there are assurances of steadfast support
of the United States In this contention
ffom some of tne most powerful govern
ments concerned In the Pekin agreement.
Owing to this disagreement the proposi
tion is advanced to refer the whole sub
ject to the Hague tribunal.
China was one of the original signato
ries to the Hague convention and is there
fore in a position to demand a reference
of this question and if the Chinese de
mand is supported, as It will be by the
United States, England and Japan, with
perhaps Germany, there is every reason
to believe that there will be afforded an
opportunity to test the utility of the
Hague tribunal on a great issue.
MOURNERS GIVE BATTLE TO
INSULTING EYE WITNESSES
NEW YORK. July 30.—The funeral ser
vices of the late chief Rabbi Jacob Jo
seph were held here today in the six Jew
ish synagogues on the east side; succes
sively the body was born to each. 'Hiou
sands of people thronged the streets
along the route of the procession.
After the services the remains were
takeh to Brooklyn for interment at Cy
press Hill cemetery. The crush on the
streets was so great that police reserves
had to be summoned.
While the procession was passing the
works of R. Hoe & Co., manufacturers of
printing presses, at the corner of Grand
and Sheriff streets some of the employes
turned a stream of water on the several
hundred mourners following the hearse.
The act was resented by the mourners,
who threw stones and other missiles at
the building breaking many windows.
The police charged the crowd, using their
clubs freely. A number of persons are
said to have been Injured.
Farmer Kill* Neighbor.
GRENADA, Miss., July 30.—At Rose
bloom, fifteen miles from here. In Talla
hatchie county, Addie Allison, a farmer,
was shot and killed by another farmer and
neighbor, John Little.
The dead man leaves a wife and four
children. Little made his escape and is
still at large.
the following statement:
"I am authorized to say that the story
has absolutely no foundation in fact. It
is false from beginning to end. Futher
more the Standard Oil company has at
no time considered a plan of this kind.
And at no time has that company entered
into negotiations about this matter."
Raging Floods Sweep:
State From Center to
Circumference—Death
and Destruction.
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DALLAS. Texas, July 30.—The flood sit
uation was nowhere improved In south
T' as yesterday, while in many places it
was worse and the area of destruction
greater. The San Marcos river overflowed
at San Marcos and destroyed much prop
erty. The Brazos continues to rise. Con
ditions in west Texas are better, from a
railroad standpoint and with the water*
slowly receding traffic Is resuming. On*
I life was lost In the flood yesterday.
San Marcos yesterday experienced th*
most destructive flood ever known there.
T,.is wa' - went three feet higher than th*
record in the great flood of six years ago.
Property losses wftl amount to thousands
Oa dollars.
Thirty Inches of rain has fallen Kyle
within twenty hours. At Upland. G.
Smith, a blacksmith, was drowned in
Plum Creek. That stream is a mil* wide
at Lockhart.
Advices from Cameron say that hun
dreds of acres of fine cotton are under
water from the overflow of the Brazos,
Little River and their tributaries.
Fifteen inches of rain has fallen at
Palestine In three days, causing several
washouts on the International and Great
Northern road.
At Texarkana torrents of rain fell last
about 8 o’clock. The streets wer*
flooded and traffic suspended. Water wa*
reported over a foot deep In the Western
Union Telegraph office at 10 o'clock.
At*Brenham over eight Inches of rain
fell. In eight hours—the heaviest known
there—and crops are said to be ruined.
No trains reached Cleburne on the Gulf.
Cc.orado and Santa Fe from the south
yesterday otj account of washouts. There
was a thirty one foot rise In the Colorado
river at La Grange and at Bastrop th*
river rose twenty-one feet.
Many hundreds of acres of valuable
cotton lands are under water along Cham
bers creek near Corsicana, with little
change of salvage.
At Hearne the situation continues se
rious. The Brazos Is steadily rising and
spreading over adjacent farms. Several
hundred yards of railroad track is badly
washed just north of Hearne. '
TEXAS PACIFIP ROAD
ABANDONS THROUGH TRAINS
DALLAS. Texas. July 30.—At noon to*
day the flood situation continue* serious.
The Texas and Pacific Is running local
trains as far west as Big Springs and a*
far east as Stanton. The-water is weed
ing very slowly. The company hope* t®
build around the break In th4 track today
or tomorrow. Tracks of the same road
are under .*»»« east of DaUM. *t
and trains are delayed.
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas servlc*
Is discontinued to San Antonio and th*
"Katy Flyer” is being handled over th*
Santa Fe tracks.
The Texas Central Is washed out -east
of Whitney. Rain has ceased to fall In
the greater portion of the state, but
streams are still booming.
FLOOD CONDITIONS TODAY
ARE REPORTED AS WORSE
HOUSTON, Tex., July 30.—Flood condi
tions In the Brazos valley continue to
grow steadily worse. The river is again
rising about Waco'and the crest of th*
flood Is only, a short distance below that
point this morning. The first water 1*
now a hundred miles from the gulf and
the whole of the lowlands are Inundated
with water yet to come down, which will
put the river over record mark. . .
Railroad and wagon bridges are washed
out and railroads are again in very bad
bt»pe. All trains on the Mineola-Troup*
branch of the International and Great
Northern have been abandoned and no
trains are coming Into Austin from th*
South. The San |farcos river Is higher
than ever before as a result of the ex
cessive rains along the headwaters. Th*
whole country around San Marcos Is In
undated and heavy damage has resulted
In the Guadalmipe valley Itself.
The Red river, Colorado, Trinity and. In
fact every stream In the state, has mor*
water in them than for years past.
In the cattle country creeks which have
had no water in them for 20 years are now
running bank full.
There Is no way of even approximating
the extent of the damage, though It 1*
known to be away up in the hundreds of
thousands of dollars a* the valleys ar*
used largely as cotton fields.
The people were vail given ample warn
ing and are getting out of the bottom*
with their stock, so the loss of life la
very small. So far since the flood began
nine persons have been reported drowned.
WEATHER BUREAU SAYS
WORST IS YET TO COME
GALVESTON, Tex... July 30.—Th*
weather bureau here has announced that
the worst will not be over In the lower
country drained by the Brazos river until
some time Friday. The river at Duke 1*
now less than 10 feet from the Santa F*
bridge and rising all the way south of
Waco. The heavy rains In nearly all
territory traversed by the Brazos river
make an overflow almost a certainty.
Warnings have been sent out to all point*
In the territory which will be probably af
fected and there should be no loss of
life.
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PEACH IREES SOON
SIXTY ACRES NEAR ROME
BE DEVOTED TO GROWING
POPULAR ELBERTAS.
ROME, Ga., Ju’y 29.—Mr. Paul Cooper’
and Mr. James Alexander are preparing
to plant 10.00 C Elberta peach trees on th*
land of the latter ten miles west of Rome
near Lavender. It will require 60 acre*
to accommodate the orchard. The gentle
men Interested contemplate planting at
least 25,000 trees in the near future.
The peach Industry is steadily grow
ing in this section of the state and It
will not be a great while before thousands
of acres will be given over exclusively
to orchards. The Elberta peach is just
being marketed. The crop this year will '
not be quite so large as usual but the
fruit is superior in flavor and the peach
is much heavier and sounder. Dozens of
cars will daily be shipped from this sec
tion within the next few days to eastern
and northern markets.
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