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VOL. IV.
GOV. STONE DECLINES
TO CALL OFF TROOPS
Pennsylvania Governor
Wires Negative Answer
to Request of Strikers
toWithdraw Soldiers.
HARRISBURG. Pa.. Aug. 2,-Governor
fltona made the reply from the request of
the officials of District No. 9. United Mine
Workers, asking for the recall of the
troops at Shenandoah. z
•‘Harrisburg. Pa.. Aug. 2. 19G2.
"Mlles Dougherty, et al.,
“Yours of the 31st ultimo requesting the
recall of ths troops was duly received.
Upon full consideration of the letter I
am of the opinion that it would not be
wise nor safe to withdraw the troops at I
present. W. A. STONE,
“Governor."
The governor left this afternoon for
Atlantic City to spend Sunday. He said he
believed there would be no further trouble
in the strike region. He will return to
Harrisburg Monday.
OFFICERS OF STRIKERS
ARE AT WORK FOR PEACE
SHENANDOAH. Pa.. Aug. 2.—President
Fahey. District No. 9. United Mine Work
ers. who arrived here last night, held
conferences today with the officers of the
local unions. Mr. Fahey, following out
instructions from President Mitchell, is
making every effort to have the striking
mine workers maintain peace. In this
connection he said today that all persons
in or out of the organisation who in any
. way violate the law are enemies of the
union, and that the organisation will d%
all la its power to place such persons in
jalf.
Brigadier General Gobtn had no Infor
mation from the Surrounding region of
any trouble today, everything being re
ported extremely quiet.
Provost Marshal Farquhar has a large
force of men on duty and as far as possi
ble he is preventing the troops from ming
ling with the strikers. Altogether there
are a little over 1,400 men in the camp.
BY RAILWAY TRAINMEN
MINERS WILL GET HELP
WILKESBARRE. Pa.. Aug. I—A letter
has been received at strike headquarters
from Grand Chief P. H. Morrissey, of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, in
which be says ft is the intention of the
Brotherhood to give the striking miners
practical assistance at once.
It is said that is the first tknft in the
history of the strike that an executive
officer of the railroad brotherhoods has
defined the position of the railway em
ployes of the country.
The following official statement has been
issued from strike headquarters:
“The anthracite region finds strikers
firm and unyielding.
"West Virginia men are still firm.
Judges Jackson and Keller has enjoined
the strikers from doing anything save
swimming, flying and steeping.
"No signs of settlement in Michigan.
"West Pennsylvania strike still on with
the strikers firm and confident.'*
SHENANDOAH’S WEEK
REACHES PEACEFUL END
SHENANDOAH. Pa., Aug. 2.-Shenan
doah’s eventful week closed tonight with
out the slightest indication of disorder.
The town and surrounding country con
t’nues to remain peaceful and no trouble
is looked for hereabouts so long as the
troops are kept in this vicinity.
Brigadier General Gobin continues to
keep close watch on the other mining
towns tn Schuylkill county. He Is deter
mined to support Sheriff Beddal and will
promptly put a stop to any general dis
turbance that may arise. The sheriff Is
apprehensive of an outbreak at several
places, among these being New Philadel
phia, Tamaqua and St. Clair. While It
has not been officially stated, it is known
that the sheriff wants the brigadier gen
eral to station a detachment of troops at
thoeq places, but it is the commander's
Intention at present not to locate soldiers
anywhere else than Shenandoah until the
sheriff has exhausted all his powers.
Last night unknown men threw stones
•nd rocks at the sentries of the Eighth
regiment. Two of them were struck but
were not Injured. A detail of troops made
a search for the men but they escaped in
the darkness.
Many rumors are in circulation here that
attempts, will be made to start up the
collieries under the protection of troops
It was said by one of the officers at head
quarters that two collieries operated by
individual companies in the Hazelton re
gion will resume work Tuesday. This can
not be confirmed.
The mine workers’ officials take no stock
tn the reports of an early resumption of
work.
District President Fahey, of this district,
reiterates the statement that the
men will not return until the strike is
caned off by President Mitchell.
MITCHELL ANSWERS ADDRESS
OF CITIZENS’ COMMITTEE
WILKESBARRE. Pa., Aug. I.—Presi
dent John Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers, started to work early today
upon a reply to the open letter ad
dressed to him yesterday by the Citizens*
Alliance of Wilkesbarre. an organisation
made up of business and professional men
and others.
In an address at the convention of min
ers of the first district of the United Mine
Workers held at Nanticoke some weeks
ago, Mr. Mitchell criticised the alliance
because, he claimed, it was not consistent.
It wanted to prosecute all miners who
violated the law. he claimed, but overlook
ed the many violations of the law com
mitted every day by the coal combina
tion. The alliance replied in an open tetter
in which it enumerated many outrages
said to have been committed by strikers
and others in the coal region since the
•trike began.
. Mr. Mitchell was called upon to define
bis position and to issue a proclamation
to his followers warning them to keep
on the side of law and order. He made
no reply to the tetter.
Yesterday the alliance issued another
open tetter to the labor chief, and after
consulting with his advisers, Mr. Mitchell
decided to answer tt. In his reply he takes
the ground that he has always been a
stanch defender of law and order and that
hia followers know it.
Mr. Mitchell has nothing to say with
reference to the suit in equity brought
against him and other national officers of
the United Mine Workers by a coal com
pany In West Virginia.
President Mitchell, in the course of his
reply to the Citizens' alliance, which com
munication he will make public this after
noon. says:
“Permit me to say that I do not recog
nize your right to make demands upon
me to specifically declare myself opposed
to ahy special classes of‘lawlessness. As
a citizen of the United States and chief
executive of the miners' organization. I
have declared on innumerable occasions
and in language not susceptible of miscon
struction. that I am opposed to lawless
ness of every character and I do not pro
pose to alter my .views to conform to the
MRS. JOHN MACKAY
IS VERY ILL IN
■ LONDON
WIDOW OF BONANZA KING IS SUF-
FERING GREATLY FROM THE
SHOCK OF HIS DEATH.
SON 18 VERY BUSY.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2—Mrs. John W.
Mackay is suffering severely from the
strain of the past few weeks, according to
a World dispatch from London. Twice
there has been a consultation of
doctors. She is suffering especially from
heart trouble and sleeplessness. The doc
tors have ordered her tcf see as few peo
ple as possible. Possibly she may go to
Manheim for treatment. Her mother,
Mrs. Hungerford, the latter’s sister. Bar
oness Telfener. and Mrs. Mackay’s daugh
ter. Princess Colonna, have left for France
and Italy, but Clarence W. Mackay re
mains for the present, as a great deal of
business must be done In connection with
the settlement of the large estate of his
father.
Cochran’s First Bale.
COCHRAN. Ga., Aug. I—Cochran re
ceived her first new bate of cotton yester
day. brought in by Mr. William J. Coody.
The same was bought by the Planters’
Warehouse company for 10 cents per
pound.
so. W co.
MAY PENSION
OLDJEN
PRESIDENT HARRIMAN IS AaVING
A CENSUS OF MEN OVER
SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF »
AGE TAKEN.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Aug. 2.—Acting
on inztructlone issued by President Harri
man, the heads departments of the
Southern Pacific company have begun
taking a census of the employes 65 years
of age and over.’lt Is thought that this
is the forerunner of some sort of pen
sion system, although Mr. Harriman has
not announced his plans. It Is found that
white there are no engineers or conduc
tors 65 years of age, quite a number of
the men in the rhops and in ofher depart
ments are on the list.
tenets of the Citizens* Alliance, namely,
wink at capital crimes while inveighing
against miners' organization. I never
have myself thought to condone an unlaw
ful act. I have thrown the full weight of
my personality and influence on the side
of law and order; and I can say without
egotism that the miners' union and its
officers have done more for the conserva
tion of peace than all the citizens' alli
ances that have been or could be formed
by men like yourselves whose sympathy
with the poor and oppressed is like unto
the friendship Brutus entertained for
Caesar.
“I did not assume to say that there have
been some transgressions of law by mem
bers of the miners' union, but I do say,
and defy you to successfully contradict
the statement, that there has been much
les lawlessness on the part of the min
ers. and that which has occurred has been
less serious in proportion to their number
than on the part of the deputies and coal
and iron police who are charged with au
thority and are specifically commissioned
to preserve the law. and against whom
you have made no protest and your asso
ciation has taken no action whatsoever.
And, further, the records In the police
court will demonstrate that a smaller
number of miners have been convicted of
crime tn the anthracite mining towns dur
ing the progress of the strike than for a
like period preceding it.
"Again I have no hesitancy in saying
that there never was a great upheaval,
either industrial, political or social, In
which there was as little lawlessness as
has existed in the anthracite region since
the strike was inaugurated.
"As I said in my speech at Nanticoke —
to which you took exception—the miners
are as law-abiding, as patriotic, as liber
ty-loving as any other class of citizens in
our country. And I shall not permit you
to malign them or defame the residents of
this community either by direct charge
or insinuation, without registering an em
phatic protest.”
FLAGLER’S MILLIONS
WILL BE SHARED BY
NEW YORK FOUNDLINGS
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Evidences, hun
dreds of pages of it, have been taken by
J. _E. Hedges, referee, who has prepared
his report for the supreme court as to
kinship of relatives of Ida A. Flagler, for
merly wife of Henry M. Flagler, of the
Standard Oil company.
The estate of Mrs. Flagler, which has
been in charge of committees since she
was declared incompetent, amounted to
$2,273,000 on August 4, 1899, and has in
creased. The net income runs from $116,-
000 to $117,000 a year.
An Important point tn the proceeding
was whether Mr. Flagler had. through his
divorce. Jost his Interest in the estate of
his wife, if she should die first. Mr. Flag
ler laid no claim to such an interest, but
the question had not been judicially de
termined.
The referee will report that Mr. Flagler
has no Interest whatever in the esrtate.
A mass of evidence was sifted as to how
the three foundlings, who are nephews of
Mrs. Flagler, came to learn of their re
lationship.
Mrs. Flagler’s maiden name was
Shrouds. Her sister, Mary Emma Tay
lor, died on February 28. 1864, and Mary’s
huibaud. Edward Tailor* gave the
GHORGHES ROAST
KAISER FOR
PARDON
LONDON, Aug. 2.—Your correspondent
rtated on Thursday last that the kaiser's
pardon of Lieutenant Hildebrand, who
kilted Lieutenant Blaskovits, in a due),
was condemned by the pastors of Ber
lin and the moral sentiment of the Ger
man people.
Tomorrow will undoubtedly see the par
don denounced from many pqjplts, as a
defiance of the Christian religion, and
Indeed of every religion based on moral
principles and essential in justice.
German duelling with the pistol Is not
the joke that it often is in France. It
is cold-blooded murder. The Germans
shoot to kill—the quickest trigger and
surest aim at the combat.
With the sword duelling is a different
thing, this often resulting in miner
wounds which are regarded as suffeienf
to satisfy injured honor. Outside army
circles the system is looked on as bar
barous and useless, and wasteful of val
uable lives. It is not a test or school of
cotu*age, for no one questions the cour
age of English or American officers in
whose armies duelling is not tolerated.
The victim is often the person who has
been wronged, and perhaps grossly
wronged, as in the case of young Von
Benigsen, killed in a duel by a man
who had been too friendly to Von Benig
sen's wife.
The kaiser professed to be horrified by
the jleath of Von Benigsen and yet in
the pardon of Hildebrand he indorses the
system responsible for that tragedy. ■
FROM DISEASE OF EYE
NEW YORK TOTS SUFFER
NEW YORK, 31.—Contagious eye dis
eases have reached the proportions of a
full fledged epidemic among the school
children of Manhattan, according to a
report of Health Commissioner Ledle Jto
the board of education.
"A few weeks ago,” said he, "In order
to learn the extent of eye diseases In the
schools of Manhattan, I appointed twelve
specialists to go as far as they could in
the fortnight of the school year then re
maining. .They examined 55,470 children in
96 schools, and learned that no less than
6,670, or 12 per cent, exhibited contagious
eye diseases.
“Os these 2,328 were of the severest type
of trachona, necessitating almost immed
iate operation. In the opinion of the ex
aminers all of these children should be
excluded from the schools to prevent fur
ther infection.”
The commissioner asked that a room
be set apart in each building suitable
for medical operations. To this the board
agreed. Several of the members ex
pressed an opinion, however, that the re
ports qf the special examiners had been
grossly exaggerated.
EX-PRESIDENT STEYN
IS EN ROUTE TO KRUGER
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. I—Former
President Steyn, of the Orange Free
State, arrived at Southampton today with
his family ‘on the steamer Carisbrook
Castle.
He was met by Messrs. Fischer, Wes
sels and Deßruyn, the former Boer dele
gates.
He will go to The Hague, where former
President Kruger will go from Utrecht
to meet him on Monday.
.Mr. Steyn was too ill to bear the jour
ney to London, althoug’h a special salon
carriage had been attached to the regular
train for him. His physician would not
allow him to be interviewed, but Mr.
Steyn sent word that he - wished to ex
press his thanks for the courtesies ex
tended him by the British authorities since
the surrender and’have giving him during
the voyage. The former president was
raised on a stretcher to the Dutch steam
er Batavier HI., which was moored close
-to Carisbrook Castle. He will be landed
at the Hools of Holland and conveyed In
an ambulance to the cottage reserved for
him near The Hague.
LYNCH WAS IN AFRICA
A3 MAGAZINE EDITOR
LONDON, Aug.,* I.—Col. Arthur Lynch,
the national.member of parliament who
is accused of high treason during the
Boer war, was taken to Bow street court
today.
Before the court committed him for
trial Colohel Lynch made a long state
ment, In which he said that he had gone
to South Africa undfer contract with the
Paris Journal and that he had not ex
pected to stay more than two months.
He also arranged to serve the Century
Magazine, Collier’s Weekly and several
other American publications.
He denied that he saw Dr. Leytfe, the
Boer agent, before starting, and he de
clared that he had no mission from Leyds
to the At the close of his
statement Lynch was committed for trial.
going to court, Colonel Lynch
was visited in his prison cell by W. H. K.
Redmond and other nationalist leaders.
ROOSEVELT IS ASKED~
TO UMPIRE ROUGH RIDERS
DENVER, Aug. 2.—The Denver Horse Show
Association has ■ sent President Roosevelt an
invitation to attend its annual exhibition and
to act as judge of the rough riding contest,
which will take place on the opening day, Sep
tember 1.
custody of their three sons, William, Rich
ard and George, to New York Foundling
asylum. Ten years latter they were ap
prenticed to farmers in lowa. In 1901
William, who had become a harness mak
er, became interested in his family tree
and discovery of his relationship to Mrs.
Flagler followed. Richard, one of the
three foundlings. Is a painter, while the
third Is an engineer on the Northern Pa
cific railroad.
The relatives, as judiciously determined,
of Mrs. Flagler and the proportion each
will get of her estate If she dies, are:
Charles F. Shrouds, brother, one quar
ter; Stephen E. Shrouds, brother, one
quarter; Mrs. Mattle Atkinson, sister, one
quarter, and the other quarter will go
among the three Taylors.
The referee advises that $4,000 a year of
Income be paid now to the three Tay
lors so that each will get a third of It.
The two brothers and sister of the incom
petent have previously obtained orders
for $4,000 a year each from the surplus
Income of . Mrs. Flagler. All charges
against the Income of Mrs. Flagler, In
cluding allowances made for her support,
leave a surplus Income of above $60,000 a
year. u - r .
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, AUGUST' 4, 1902.
ONE IS KILLED
II INJURED
IN WRECK
REAR-END COLLISION OF TROL
LEY CARS WAS FATAL-OTH
ER ACCIDENTS ON THE RAIL
MAY CLAIM LIVES.
HUDSON, N. Y„ Aug. 2.—One dead and
25 injured is the record left by a rear end
collision on the Albany and Hudson elec
tric railway at Roosmans station, four
miles north of here at 6 o’clock tonight.
Majorle Hoys Radt, about 20 years old,
Is dead.
She, with the 25 injured, composed a
party of pleasure seekers from Hudson
and Philmont.
The injured were taken to the Hudson
hospital immediately after the accident.
The accident was caused by a misun
derstanding. A car running ahead \was
forced to stop because of disabled ma
chinery. No warning was sent back to
a second car which was approaching at a
rapid rate and before the passengers
could move to escape, the crash came,
hurling men and women from their seats
and crushing them under the splintering
woodwork and seats. Assistance was
telephoned for Immediately and several
doctors went to the scene of the accident
with ambulances.
ENGINEER AND BRAKEMAN
ARE MANGLED TO DEATH
JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 2.—No. 52. a
north bound freight train on the Illinois
Central jumped the track near Magnolia
this morning and Engineer Hall . and
Brakeman Alverich were instantly killed.
All trains on the road were delayed sev
eral hours. ’ The officials are now endeav'-
orlng to place the responsibility for the
accident; the negro fireman on the train
received Injuries which will probably
prove fatal.
CROWDED TROLLEY CAR
IS STRUCK BY TRAIIN
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 2.—Vanda
lia passenger train No. 13. west bound,
limited, struck a loaded street car on the
north 13th street crossing at 8:13 o’clock
this evening and six people were Injured,
two probably fatally. The Injured:
John Davis, disemboweled and internally
hurt, will die.
John McNeary, motorman, concussion
of the brain, hurt internally, will die.
Isaac N. Rumley, and wife, hurt inter
nally.
Ruth Solomon, aged 8, badly bruised.
Mrs. C. L. Lola, back sprained.
David Collins, rib broken and bruised
about face.
The street car stopped at the crossing
as usual and in answer to the signal “all
right” of the gatemsto’|Khe tower, start
ed across'the track. *
The limited was coming at a rapid rate
and the car had nearly crossed the main
track when the engine crashed into the
rear of it.
All were thrown Into a heap to one side
the track and the car was turned com
pletely around. It was a miracle that all
were not killed. The stories of eye wit
nesses lay the blame on the gateman who
allowed the car to go under the gate.
KILLS WOMAN
AND THEN
SELF
SALT LAKE CITY MINING MAN
SHOOTS LOTTIE RUSSELL,
. WOUNDS MAX PETERS AND
COMMITS SUICIDE.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 2.—At
the Salt Palace grounds early this morn
ing J. C. McCaslin, a well-known mining
man of this city, shot, and killed Lottie
Russell, seriously wounded F. Max Peters
and then committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head.
McCaslin, Miss Russell, Peters and an
other man whose name has not been
learned formed a party which attended
the bicycle races. IV is said that McCas
lin had had trouble with his wife and had
been drinking. Peters and Miss Russell
are reported to have taunted him about
his domestic troubles, whereupon he be
came enraged, drew a revolver and shot
Miss Russell, who had started to run,
through the back. Peters, who attempted
to keep McCaslin from shooting the girl,
was shot through the chest.
McCaslin, after firing a shot at the other
member of the party, placed his revolver
to right temple and fired a bullet through
his head. He died an hour later.
Peters Is In a precarious condition, but
it Is thought he will recover.
NO BULLET WAS FIRED
AT PRESIDENT LOUBET
PARIS, August 2.—LaPresse this after
noon published a report that a shot had
been fired at President Lou bet at Ram
bouillet yesterday afternoon.
Inquiry was made regarding the state
ment and it was learned that the report
was entirely without foundation.
BROKE HIS COUSIN’S
NECK WITH A STICK
COLUMBUS, Ga.. Aug. 2.—Will Pitts, col
ored, of Russell county, Alabama, struck hit
cousin, Jim Chadwick, on the neck yesterday
with a stick and Chadwick’s neck waa broken.
Pitts is now In jail at Seale charged with
murder.
» I I I ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'»♦
% ♦
♦ FEAR OF INSANITY +
+ DROVE MAN CRAZY ♦
♦ GRANGER, Tex., Aug. 2.—While 4*
4» brooding over a fear of insanity, 4»
4* G. W. Gray today shot and killed 4>
♦ his daughter, Mrs. Earl .Johnson, 4.
♦ and then committed suicide. They 4*
4> had recently removed to thia county 4*
4* from Arkansas. 4 1
PIERPONT MORGAN
WILL GOME HOME
growneo king
LONDON, Aug. 2.—J. P. Morgan goes
back to America with every plan accom
plished that he had set out to achieve.
He goes back one of the greatest figures
of his time, a man to whom kings and em
perors paid court and whom they ac
knowledged in fact If not in title, their
superior.
The shipping combination Is fully form
ed. Every contract Is being fulfilled to
the letter and all reports to the contrary,
are as White Star officials answered:
“Simply rubbish.”
The governments of Great Britain and
Germany are In complete accord with Mr.
Morgan's plan, and the Kfiiser, King Ed
ward and President Balfour are among
Mr. Morgan’s first friends. The Anchor
Line with its branches reaching out in
the Mediterranean and Indian waters, as
well as American, admits an understand
ing with Mr. Morgan and It Is probable
that all existing trans-Atlajitic lines not
In the combination will either enter it la
ter or agree on a modus vlvendi that will
eliminate disastrous competition.
The most remarkable feature of Mr.
Morgan’s campaign has been the energy
and frankness with which he has met
every issue raised by his antagonists,
grasping every condition of his vast un
dertaking, dealing, not with underlings,
however, titled, or endowed with delighted
powers, but with the very heads of states,
with the men who have their hands on
the throttle of progress and who make
or mar the instruments of their authority
and yet Morgan after all his triumphs,
goes back to America a plain American
citizen without a red eagle or ribbon.
* "America Is good enough for me," he
said as he took the steamer for Europe,
and an American he has remained amid
royal banquets and imperial Interviews,
ever true to the land of his birth and this
calls attention to the fact that the Kaiser
Is said to be much displeased with Mayor
Low's rejection of a red eagle of third
class, which his majesty proposed to be
stow on the mayor of New York. There
is not a burgomaster in Germany who
would not jump at the red eagle even if
the fifth class If dangled before him, and
the Kaiser cannot understand why an
Amerlqaq mayor looks at things differ
ently .
The fact Is that the Kaiser, with all
his learning and his really large abilities,
does not understand America. He cannot
comprehend why the American people re
ceive so coldly his offer of a statue of
Frederick the Great, apparently forget
ting if he knew, that the statues of kings
ate out of place In America. The cor
dial reception of Prince Henry as repre
sentative of Germany by the American
people has been mistaken by the Kaiser
for an American tribute to royalty.
BRYAN DOES NOT TALK
16 TO 1 ANY LONGER
■T
WASHINGTON, ‘ Aug. 2.—According to
the press reports from Maine during
Bryan's visit to that state the ex-Derao
cratic candidate talked about free' coin
age of silver, 16 to L and the gold stand
ard.
Senator Carmack, who has returned to
Washington from his trip through New
England with Mr. Bryan, denied the truth
of the report.
"I heard every speech which Mr. Bryan
delivered In Maine,” said Mr. Carmack,
yesterday, “and he did not mention 16 to
1 at any time. He did not advocate the
free coinage of sliver nor did he denounce
the gold standard. The whole story is a
lie."
Mr. Carmack says that Bryan’s speeches
in Maine were simply repetitions of the
address which he delivered at Nantasket
Beach, near Boston.
FILIPINOS WILL NOW
BE GIVEN PASSPORTS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Passports will
be Issued to Filipinos now and they may
travel abroad under the protection of the
United States if they are loyal to the
United States, for President Roosevelt has
approved certain rules which have been
forwarded to Acting Governor Wright at
Manila. This rule also applies to Puerto
Ricans and all other people whose na
tive homes are now classed in the list of
Insular independencies.
During the last session of congress a
law was passed authorizing the ’ssuance
of passports to persons owing allegiance
to the United State whether they are
citizens or not. The law had heretofore
precluded the issuance of passports to oth
er than citizens of the United States.
CAPTAINHOBSbIriSAGAIN
IN AT THE RESCUE
SPRINGFIELD. O„ Aug. 2.—While
Captain Richmond P. Hobson was on his
way to Urbana Chautauqua, where he de
livered an address on “The Navy,” the
trolley car In which he was riding ran
on a derailer and left the track about a
mile north of this city, narrowly escaping
being plunged down a steep embankment.
Captain Hobson Immediately devoted
himself to quieting the women in the
party and helping them to places of safe
ty. While many were tfruised, no one was
seriously hurt. He heDped the wrecking
crew put the car back on the track and
the party was taken to Urbana on a spe
cial car.
NEW YORK HEALTH BOARD
WILL FIGHT MOSQUITOS
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—President Led
erle, of the health board, has decided to
wage systematic and scientific warfare
against mosquitos. He will assign sev
enteen inspectors to go over all the terri
tory in malaria districts of greater New
York. They will make maps of ponds and
Indicate wherever there Is a pool of stag
nant water. Twenty-five barrels of oil
will be placed on the water in Central
park.
:: IN HYPNOTIC SLEEP
THIS MAN PROMISES (
TO SLEEP TEN YEARS
• •
< » FITZGERALD, Ga., Aug. 2.—Under a self-induced hypnotic spell Sigel
4> Smith is sleeping a perfectly normal sleep that promises to break all rcc
♦ ords.
4b Mr. Smith Is a night engineer at the city water and light plant, and has
4. lost considerable tfleep of late. He very naturally became sleepy in the
+ warm months in the southern climate, being from a northern state.
4> He related to his family and friends early In the week that he had a
4. presentiment that he would sleep ten years. He did not wake Wednesday
4» and has slept soundly ever since in spite of the efforts of all local physl
-4» clans to wake him.
4i The opinion generally expressed is that he became Impressed with the
4> presentiment and being naturally sleepy from loss of sleep he has suc
-4» cumbed to the suggestion of perpetual sleep and is making fair progress
4- in carrying out the contract for a ten years’ nap.
GIVES UP AMBITION
TO BECOME PRESIDENT
PASSENGER TRAIN
DITCHED BY
WRECKERS
WASHINGTON AND PLYMOUTH
MORNING TRAIN IS THROWN
FROM TRACK, BUT NO
ONE IS INJURED.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. Aug. 2.—A special,
to the Observer from Washington, D. C.,
says the Washington and Plymouth pas
senger train leaving Plymouth at 6:30 a.
m.. and due to arrive here at 8:30 a. m.,
was wrecked near Hinson this morning
by, someone moving two rails from the
track. •
» During the night the rails were taken
up a quarter of a mile ahead probably
to derail the relief train. The rails vrere
not only removed from the track, but
were secreted and have not been found.
The engine and two coaches were
thrown .from the track and considerably
damaged, more particularly the engine.
Fortunately no - one was killed or in
jured.
How the passengers and crew escaped
Is a mystery. Engineer Dupree discovered
that the rails were gone just In time to
prevent more serious damage. Although
the engine was derailed and thrown some
distance the engineer stuck to his post,
hailed the fireman and told him to jump.
STBIWIm EE
MAY SOON BE
SETTLED
REPRESENTATIVES OF STRIKERS
AND RAILROAD WILL HOLD
A CONFERENCE IN CHI
CAGO TODAY.
CLEBURNE. Texas, Aug. 2.—George
Mulbert-y, third vice president of the In
ternational Association of Machinists and
a committee from the strikers left here
last night for Chicago to meet with offi
cials of the Santa Fe road. It is expect
eu the machinists’ strike will then ba
settled. If It is not at this meeting a fin
ish fight may be expected.
ARCHBISHOP DEL VAL
MAY COMEAS DELEGATE
WASHINGTON, August I—lt is be
lieved in Washington that one of the de
velopments as the result of the Taft ne
gotiations will be that Archbishop Mery
del Vai will come here as apostplic dele
gate. * ’
It Is believed that the consent of the
pope to withdrawal of the friars from the
Philippines will be taken with some um
brage In Spain, and the nomination of
the young Spaniard as apostolic delegate
will be to smooth matters for the *holy
father.
Again It Is believed that his nomination
will have a good effect on the relations
between America and Spain, and will do
much to make them more friendly. The
relations between the two countries have
been friendlier since the Spanish war than
for a half century befdre, and It is be
lieved that this action of the pope will
make the relations even more cordial.
GENTLEMAN ELOPER
RELEASED FROM JAIL
GREENSBORO, N. C„ Aug. 2.—The gen
tleman who eloped with Mrs. Nannie
Jones, of Danville, Nick Carter, alias Tom
Hicks, was let out of jail today. His
mother, a widow, came over from Randle
man, and put up SSO cash for his appear
ance bond.
Sheriff Jordan gave nim SSO worth of
mixed lecture and advice when he turned
him loose.
Mrs. Jones did not cut up at all at being
left behind. SaicK she had found out
Hicks wasn’t what he seemed, "Nick Car
ter,” for Instance, and they had been
quarrelling since Sunday.
Some good Samaritan ladies here are
getting up a purse to get her out of jail
and send her to her people at Danville.
The other elopers In jail seem to be do
ing fairly well.
NEGROES FIGHT DUEL
TO DEATH WITH KNIVES
BRENHAM, Tex., Aug. 2.—Two negroes.
John Arnold and Wesley Davis, foiight
a duel to the death near Independence
last night. Arnold Is dead and Davis
will probably die. The men had had a
several weeks previously and
meeting in the road agreed to fight it out.
Each was armed with a jack knife, with
blades six inches long and both were hor
ribly cut and slashed. Davis managed to
stab Arnold to the heart and then came
to Brenham where he gave himself up.
He will probably die from his wounds.
Declares Before Audience
of Four Thousand That
He Had Rather Be a
Citizen Than King.
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, Md„ Aug. \
—ln the presence of an au.dlence of four
thousand persons assembled in the amphi
theatre of the Mountain Lake Park Chau
tauqua association, Hon. W. J. Bryan
this afternoon discussed the "Problems of
Government.” Mr. Bryan his
address, which was of two*' hours’ dura
tion, with a denial that he will again seek
to become the national standard bearer of
the Democratic party, his denial being
contained hi the following phrases:
“I hope you will give me credit with pos
sessing a higher ambition than that to be
satisfied with the office of president of
the United States. I am too democratic
to covet an ambition that only a few in
one generation can share. I prefer the
honor of being a private citizen as in
honor greater than that of a king.”
Throughout his discussion of the mo
mentous problems now engaging the at
tention of the two great political parties,
Mr. Bryan' occasionally tapped a vein
of quiet humor that brought smiles to
many countenances.
Religion snd Politics.
“You will recall,” he said, "that the Re
publicans have had two telling chances at
me and on this occasion 1 would seek one
at them. In dealing with' the theme of
‘Problems of Government,’ I shall en
deavor to Inject enough religion to suit a
Republican and enough politics to curry
favor with a Democrat.” «
Mr. Bryan stated that primarily it was
his purpose to deal with the moral phase
of the subject. ' .
He declared that “the partisan discus
sion of the tariff, free sliver, the trusts
and imperialism had been dragged down
by campaign orators Into the 'mire of dcJ
lars and cents.”
In civilization, which Mr. Bryan definaai
as “the harmonious development of tha
human race, morally, mentally and physi
cally,” he cited an essential to the con
tinued progress of the nation. He regard
ed that history supported his contention
that moral decay had preceded the ruin
of every nation that had fallen.
A Nation’s Strength.
"A nation,” said Mr. Bryaffi "is strong
only In proportion to Its moral excellence.”
He declared that the present adminis
tration had developed a tendency to
emend God’s holy ordlnancea
"Thou Bhalt not steal: thou shalt not
kill; thou shalt not covet—by adding an
apologetic clause—“save when done on a
very’ large scale.”
Reference was made to the Philippine
question and the conduct of the American
soldiery In suppressing the insurrection.
He denounced “imperialism” at great
length, then reverting to the currency
question, proclaimed himself as devout an
apostle of free silver as ever.
He further denounced what he termed
.the plutocracy of wealth, the tariff and
injunctions and said that the only possi
bility of suppressing anarchy rested in
the education of the people to love thejr
government.
Mr. Bryan stated with marked emphasis
that If he had the power every article
manufactured ,by trusts would be placed ,
upon “the free list.” although he sincerely 1
doubted if this strenuous and radical
measure would whdlly frustrate the
trusts. /
IN HOiffilDN
RIOTINBOCCUBS
ONEVEBYHIND
I
ROWDY SAILORS IN PORT RUN
AMUCK AND BOXERS IN IN
TERIOR TAKE LAW INTO
THEIR OWN HANPS.
VICTORIA, B. C„ July 31.—Late ori
ental advices were received by the steam
er Olympia, which has reached here
from Yokohama. A somewhat serious
disturbance took place at Kure. About
700 bluejackets from men of war In the
harbor Invaded three Inns, smashed all
the furniture and were with difficulty re
duced to order, after nearly three hours’
rioting.
■The alleged cause Is that the men were
enraged because the Inn keepers had op
posed the attendance of Geishas at the
entertainment recently given to British
sailors. The Empress Dowager Is said to
have recently expressed radical dissent
from the Boxer propaganda and another
foreign campaign. Her majesty said that
the instigator of the Boxer qutbreak was
Yui. Nen and that Princes Tuan and
Chuan encouraged it. Replying to a min
ister, who, since the flight of Johol in
1880, said the Imperial house had suffered
only Insults at the hands' of foreigners and
that to treat them with kindness was a
mistake, the empress dowager severely
condemned such a doctrine.
Because the magistrate of Yang Hslen
would not give them permission to destroy
the Christian churches in that town, some
2,uuo Boxers attacked the village.. They
were met by the troops and twenty of
them were killed and their bodies dis
played In public places. One of the lead
ers, who was captured, was tortured and
Christians who are causing trouble In
China. The converts of Shan Si and their
priests complain that the Indemnity paid
on account of the Boxer outrages was not
great enough and the converts have at
tacked villages for the purpose of in
demnifying themselves.
Details were received of the attack on
Bishop Moores, Revs. Appenzeller and
Swearer and the Misses Moore and Mel
vin by Japanese coolies in Korea. Tho
coolies who were wheeling Bishop Moore s
rickshaw stopped to talk with a friend,
and the bishop lost his temper and rap
ped the coolies over the knuckles, where
upon the coolies called out and a lot of
Japanese qamped In the vicinity rushed
at the missionaries and stoned them.
Bishop Moore being rather severely hurt.
OREGON PREACHER
GOES TO CHATTANOOGA
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Aug. 2.—Rev.
Dr. Luther Freeman, of Portland, Ore.,
has accepted the pastorate of the First
Methodist church in this city, and will
arrive Immediately to take charge of the
work. Dr. Freeman Is said to be one of
the ablest pulpit orators and strongest
workers In the church. The congregation
to which he comes is the largest northern
Methodist church Id the stat*.
NO. 93.
