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Uflanfa Semi-Wdd!) 3onrnal.
VOL. IV.
BV YANKEE TONGUES
MANY CHEERS GIVEN
President Makes Trium
phal Journey Through
Vermont, Receiving
Ovations at Stops.
BURLINGTON. Vt.. Aug. ».—Every
where in the state of Vermont today Res
ident Roosevelt was received with enthu
siasm He crossed over from New Hamp
shire into Vermont about noun in a tally
■ho drawn by six horses. Seated on the
box with lytu were Mr. and Mrs. Winston
Churchill and Serfator Proctor. When
Windsor, where ,the people had patiently
■waited his coming, was reached, the
most cordial welcome was extended and
«a the county fair was in progress, many
persons from out of town wetje given an
•pportunity to see the president. The 15
mile drive through the mountains seemed
to gii-e him new vigor. He was in the
happiest vein and as he passed through
the streets of Windsor he bowed first to
one side and then the other on his way
to the tracts residence, where he tpok
ißncheoa.
•The start from the Blue Mountain club
Bouse wag begun promptly at. 8 o'clock
this mornfr.g and the route to Windsor
Was through the Corbin reserve and some
of .ae most beautiful of New Hempshire's |
Country, the whole journey occupying
•bout four hours. At Cornish the presi
dent was met by Mr. and Mrs. Winston
Churchill, who extended him a cordial
welcome, which was participated in by
the eptlre population of the town. In a
brief Speech the president again took up
•nd discussed the duties of citizenship.
Three rousing cheers were given as the
party mounted the tally ho for Windsor, a
distance of eight miles. The president
on the drive, to Cornish got out of his
carriage and walked up some of the steep
grades. He outdistanced those who at
tempted to follow him and although he
was bathed in perspiration when he again
rwsunffe-i his seat n his carriage, he had
•Offered no ill effects from his climb.
Four stops and as many speeches were
g&ieduled for today, but be yielded to
Wfsure and made eight stops and eight
•pstches. South Royalton. Bethel. Ran
dolph and Waterbury were 'the places
where the additional stops were made. On
ths platform at Bethel was Mrs. Sarah
Chapman z who had all but rounded out
her century of life. Still another centena
rian. Marshall Shaw, was in the crowd,
but he did not sit upon the platform.
Northfield gave the president a noisy
greeting as the train sped by. The place
has been made famous since the battle of'
Manila, for it was at Norwich university
there that Dewey received his early edu
cation.
•The stop at Waterbury had been Quietly
Arranged by Senator Dillingham. The
president spok£ from the station platform,
•nd tn a few words paid a tribute to the
senator. • »• *'
• The president had started for the train..
when suddenly he turned back and told'
the jwopia he dkl uot thtak they deserved
any credit for being good, because they
could hot help it. which produced consid
erable merriment.
Tonight, after paying a brief visit to
the home of ex-Governor Woodbury,
Fyesident Roosevelt, accompanied by Sec
retary Shaw, who has traveled through
the state with the pr»*ident. today board
ed a yacht at the secretary's summer resi
dence at Thompson lending, where he will
remain until Monday morning.
The president was given an enthusias
tic reception here. At the point where the
Coaching party entered the town, a num
ber of prominent citizens, mounted, were
waiting to perform escort duty. Governor
Stickney met the president to extend to
a welcome ts the state. •
The streets through which the presi
dent was taken was gaily trimmed with
bunting and flags and as his coach passed
the throng cheered repeatedly. The presi
dent tcok lunch at the home of Maxwell
Kvarts.
Between eight and ten thousand people
had assembled when, shortly, after 1
o'clock, the president was driven into the
fair grounds.
. Enthusiastic Speech.
Governor Stickney introduced the presi
dent. who spoke for about twenty minutes
as follows:
"Mr. Kvarts and you men and women
Os Vermont, my fellow citizens, my fel
low Americans: I am glad Indeed to have
the chance of greeting you and of saying
a word to you today. This is the place
Where tlye constitution of your state was
formulated: the first constitution definite
ly to forbid human slavery in this con
tinent.
"Tour state was founded by men who
knew how to fight when the need was
to fight, and who knew that fighting was
not all; that they bad to work in civil
grfty hfe towards things better, which
** also. Vermont has understood that,
while it was a mighty good thing to pro
duce material prosperity, it is a better
thing to produce men and women fit to
enjoy it. You look through our history
and you will see that while of course
material prosperity Is the basis, the foun
dation upon which we build, yet that the
leadership ®f the nation has always lain
with those who realize that material pros
perity was an indispensable foundation
but useless If there was not a superstruc
ture upon it—the superstructure of the
only a great and generous people ean
feet
"And our forefathers—the men who
founded this country—they understood
that no one quality was sufficient for the
successful founding of a country mot’s
than any one quality will do to make a
citizen a success. You have got to make
a number of different qualities In the
firs* place you must recognise t._e sphere
that the nation hae. Something, a good
deal. can be done by wise laws—by fear
less administration of the laws, but after
that done there remains the fact
that you must trust to the citizen himself
to work out the ultimate salvation of
state. You can restrain men by the law
and by the execution of the law from
wrong-doing. And the wrong-doing man
takes either of two steps; took these
Steps a century ago, takes these steps
DOW. ’
Violence and Craft.
government must be just; the law must
be no respecter of persons. The law must
get at the |>ig man who goes wrong just
as it gets at the small man who goes
wrong (cries of "that's right.” cheer-),
and it must get at him in his own interest.
You can protect the man of big means
against wrong doing by the law just so
long as you make him himself responsi
ble to the law.
The Evil of Mobs.
”* "On the other hand, the worst enemy of
the people upon whose behalf mob vio
lence is often invoked is the man who in
vokes it. the man who connives at it or
incites it. The worst wrong that can be
gone to our people is to try to teach
them that aught can be obtained by mob
yule or violence of any kind. We can make
ffais government—we can keep it what it
twe can not only make It what it is.
t we can raise it to still loftier heights,
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UNIVERSAL PEACE
FINDS ALLIES IN
EWE
ITALY, GERMANY AND RUSSIA
WILL NOT OBJECT TO LONG
PERIOD OF PEACE THE
WORLD OVER.
LONDON. AUg. 30 The reason why
Victor Emmanuel stood up in his car
riage while replying to the address from
the First Burgomaster of Berlin. was
that he did notacare to descend to the
ground and exhfeit his dwarfed stature
In the presence of the stalwart Germans.
It is a remarkable fact that the fate
of Europe should be so largely in the
hands of these voung men. the czar, Kais
er William and King Victor Emmanuel,
not one of them up to the average of hu
manity in physical development and not
one above the average Intellectually.
It is fortunate, however, that they all
mean well, that they really wish to bene
fit their fellow men and have no desire to
gain glory at the expense of human lives
and-weeping families.
King Victor Emmanuel is following tno
example of the czar in urging the cause
of universal peace and both have found
already a listener in the kaiser who Is not
willing however, to go so far as disarma
ment in the interest of harmony.
The kaiser clakns»that his army is the
best guarantee of peace, and he is ap
parently right, judging from the recent
French demonstration at Marsh-Lu-Tours,
and other evidence that France means
yet to avenge Sedan and regain Alsce-Lo
raine. , .
Indeed the German army is the best
guarantee also-of German unity, for with
out the army behind him. the kaiser
would be treated with scant courtesy by
some of the other sovereigns of Germany
who retain their old hatred of Prussia and
who - regret the times when there was
neither kaiser nor reichstag to limit the
absolutism of each petty princeling in his
few square miles of his dominion.
The kaiser has undoubtedly, however,
been impressed by the appeals of his fel
low rulers of Russia and Italy and he is
with them in avoiding war by every
means short of dishonor.
King Victor Emmanuel's visit to St.
Petersburg and Berlin, and the recent in
terview between the kaiser at Reival, have
certainly postponed for years the struggle
whlo(gstatesmen regard as inevitable.
RED PEPPER IS~USED ~ - -
TO BLIND A JEWELER
CLEVELAND. 0., Aug. 30.—Early to
night an unknown man entered the jewel
ry store of Charles Wllsderf. on Payne
avenue, and after the jeweler had placed
a tray containing about 11,000 worth of
diamonds on the counter, the man threw
a handful of red pepper into the jewel
er's eyes, grabbed the tray of diamonds
and made good his escape.
Mr. Wilsderf. notwithstanding the fact
that he was blinded by the pepper,
grasped a revolver and followed the man
«nto the street, flring as he went. A-big
crowd joined in the chase, but the robber
succeeded in eluding his pursuers.
Mr. Wilsderf was found wander
ing helplessly about the street and the
phvslclan at the hospital to which he was
taken ts of the opinion that his sight has
been totally destroyed.
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but it must be done through orderly, de
cent process of liberty, working through
law.
"It is not a kindness to bring up a child
tn the belief that it can get through life
by shirking the difficulties. I pity no man
because he has got to work. I despise the
man who will not work. He Is not worth
anything, no matter at which end of the
social scale he is. Each man of you who
looks back on his Hfe will feel proud to
hand on to his children, not the memory
of the days of ease, but the days that
were pretty hard, that meant hard work,
but wherein he did something. (Applause.)
"Now. in every audience that I speak to
here all through New England I see men
like you, friend, there, who wear the but
ton that shows that you fought in the
great war. You went down in the prime
of youth, the prime of your strength,
leaving all that there was at home, to
spend four years, knowing defeat as well
as victory, until withr stern courage from
defeat you wrenched ultimate victory.
"But tney were not easy years; not a
bit of It. They were years of heart
wearing work for a righteous end. and
thrice fortunate the nation which has cit
izens witnln its borders who tn time of
peace and in time of war alike are willing
and anxious to spend the best there is in
them to do all that their strength allows
to war for decency and righeousness, to
struggle with all their might for a wor
thy end.”
•• nen he concluded he was driven to the
railroad station, where his special train,
which was sent on from New Hampshire
yesterday, was waiting. The train started
at 1:15 p. m. for Mont Peller.
“DON’T LOOK DOWN ON
MAN BECAUSE HE’S POOR”
RANDOLPH. Vt., Aug. 30.-The presi
dent in response to an urgent invitation
from ffie people of Randolph made a short
stop here and delivered an address during
the course of which he said.
“The orderly law abiding liberty of the
people Is the secret of our success as a
nation.
“Don't look down on a ma* because he
is poor, and don’t envy him o> villify him
because he is rich. The man who envies
and hates another shows that he is not
quite satisfied that he is that other man's
equal."
♦ »♦♦■»♦♦<■♦»♦♦♦« I If
♦ BIRMINGHAM INVITES +
♦ ROOSEVELT AS GUEST ♦
+ BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 30. +
+ A telegram inviting President 4*
♦ Roosevelt to visit Birmingham was 4<
♦ sent today by Mayor Drennen and 4>
<• President B. F. Roden, of the Com- 4>
+ mercial club. 4.
+ The invitation was also extended ♦
4* by the county convention of the 4.
+ Republicans, now in session, and +
+ further efforts will be also made to 4»
4* induce the president’to accept the 4»
+ invitation. <|>
ATLANTA. GEORGIA; MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1902.
• _
0. S. GENERALS
ARE GUESTS
DF KAISER
CORBIN, YOUNG AND WOOD ARE
RECEIVED BY WILHELM AT
REVIEW OF GERMAN ROYAL
GUARDS. .
BERLIN. Aug. 30.—Major Generals Cor
bin. Young, and Leonard Wood, of the
American army, who are guests of the
kaiser at the army maneuvers, were to
day introduced to the kaiser, who receiv
ed them with great cordiality and made
several inquiries about the American
army. "
The officers from America were present
at the review on Templehof Field and
their oplhlon of the troops, their discipline
and general appearance was sincerely fa
vorable.
General Count von Schlleffen. chief of
the general staff, spoke in highly com
mendatory terms of the conduct of Amer
ican troops in Cuba and the Philippines.
King Victor Emmanuel also had a
pleasant interview with the American
generals.
hungarTtouse autos
FOR MILITARY PURPOSES
VIENNA, Aug. 30.—For some time the
Austro-Hungarian army administration
has been devoting careful attention to the
development of automobiles and has al
ready made sundry experiments with a
view to ascertaining the most practical
manner in which machines could be used
to military advantage.
Hitherto these trials have been almost
exclusively restricted to automobiles for
heavy' traction purposes, and compara
tively little has been essayed in regard to
passenger transportation. During ths
grand maneuvers to be held this autumn,
however, at which the emperor and the
German crown prince will be present, far
reaching and important innovations are
to be Introduced for the first time, and
among these will be a well organized au
tomobile system for orderly and recon
naissance duty. As a ' preliminary step
about 20 men are now receiving instruc
tions at various factories.
BABY HELDINJAiL; ~
KIDNAPING IS BELIEVED
WASHINGTON, August 30.—1 n jail here is
a three year old brown eyed baby, Mary Rogers,
and German Brandon, while the local author
ities are attempting to learn whether the child
was kidnapped from some point In Arkansas.
The trio was taken Into custody here after the
man and woman had a fight while drunk, and
in a frenxy of passion the man accused the
woman of stealing the baby. She say* it was
given to her, by a farmer in Arkansas.
visit Tmjb
HAILED WITH
' DELIGHT
r - ——
LIBERAL HANDED MILLIONAIRE
18 ANXIOUSLY AWAITED BY
THE MONEY TAKERS
OVER IN EUROPE.
LONDON. Aug. 30.—That large class in
Europe whose business It is to entertain
Americans hail with delight the arrival
of Charles M. Schwab, the American steel
millionaire.
When here last Schwab scattered money
lavishly from Budapest to Monte Carlo,
and the beneficiaries are hungry for more.
The season at Monte Carlo is remarkably
dull, and a Schwab or two would enliven
it. Money is scarce at the various health
resorts, for European business men are
not making much, and Americans spent
theirs at the coronation. Mr. Schwab's
coming, therefore, is like a rainfall on a
thirsty field.
Letters advancing propositions for the
purchase of iron mines to coats of arms
have reached him.
Mr. Schwab is said to be suffering from
nervous prostration, and if he did not have
it when he arrived, the piles of mall await
ing him at Havre have probably given it
to him.
WAR DECLARED LAST NIGHT
BETWEEN ARMY AND NAVY
NEWPORT, R. 1.. Aug. 80.—The army
of defense and the attacking squadron
under Admiral Higginson, have spent the
first twenty-four hours of the period of
preparation in strengthening their forces.
The Massachusetts heavy artillery came
from Boston today, part going to Fort
Rodman at New Bedford and six bat
teries coming here as additional rein
forcements to Fort Adams and Fort Gre
ble.
The army received, in addition, the
Rhode Island signal corps of twenty
men. .
As for the navy, the Massachusetts
naval brigade was sent on board the war
ships by means of the two naval tugs.
This evening General MacArthur again
visited the forts in this vicinity, this time
on the war yacht Kanawha, accompanied
by a large staff made up of officers, not
only of this division, but from the war
department. The gunboat Gloucester,
which came in during the forenoon, left
for the fleet at 3 o'clock with the mall.
She may return tomorrow, as Admiral
Higginson has until midnight on Sunday
to disappear from the coast, war being
technically declared, at that time.
During the afternoon Brigadier General
Greeley arrived and spent some time in
inspecting the signal arrangements, pay
ing special attention to the searchlight
station at Price’s Neck. Upon his recom
mendation a third telephone wire was
strung to this station so all the signal
stations from Fort Adams, around the
southern end of the island of Rhode
Island to eastern points, are now connec
ted by telephone.
Just at sunset the big steam yacht Kan
awha came into the harbor with General
MacArthur. He was received by Colonel
but no salutes were fired.
The arrangements at the fort In this vi
cinity are complete, but the evening was
spent irt additional searchlight prac
tice.
Tomorrow night the guards at all the
forts will be strengthened and the signal
stations fully manned in preparation for
the attack, which according to the ar
rangements may begin at any time after
midnight.
GENEHMJLGEB
WITHFRAUD
tHMGED .
FAMOUS LAND LITIGATION IS
REOPENED IN TENNESSEE BY
HEIRS OF JOHN F. ANDER
SON.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 30.-A
special to The Tl«ne« front Winchester,
Tenn., says:
The noted lawsuit bcaveen ex-Becretary
Russell A. Alger and heirw of John F.
Anderson, deceased, involving some 15,000
acres of land in the rafuntalns of middle
Tennessee, has been rd*>ened by the filing
of a bill In the chanffijry court of ».ln
chester.
The bld is filed by Messrs. Williams and
lencaster and BrownAand Spurlock, of
Chattanooga, in behalf of the heirs of
John F. Anderson, degased, and alleges
fraud on the part of GMeral Alger, while
the case was before tM courts, previous
to its apparent settleuwt in 1900.
The bll lai leges thaWwhile the lands
were In controversy Ad while General
Alger was seeking a rAovery of his pur
chase money and askidft that the heirs of
John F. Anderson, deAzsed. be compell
ed to take back the la* and pay- all ex
penses incurred toy GeSral Alger in pur
chase, taxes, inaprestl etc., (which suit
General Alger won aft* six years of lit
igation in the United SBltes circuit and
United! States circuit coirt of appeals), he
(General Alger) sold thAnnds to Governor
Bliss, of Michigan, for 1 consideration of
about 890,000, but by fljkud and persua
sion, prevented Govern* Bliss from reg
istering the deed givenjfc him.
The bill claims that Gbperal Alger was
not entitled to a recovAy. in as much as
he parted with his tlt» while the case
was still in cougt and smile be was seek
ing to have the sale to Bini from John F.
Anderson rescinded . J
The bill exonerates GoWstnor Bliss of all
blame in the matter, ans alleges that the
information upon which this MH is filed
was gained recently from Governor Bliss
and his attorneys in Chattanooga, while
they were attempting to dispose of the
lands which Governor Bliss bought from
General Alger whHe the former suit was
pending, but the deed of which was never
registered until the land* were sold after
the decree to repay General Alger, at
which sale they were ixwght 1n by Gen
eral Alger. The amount involved is 8300,-
000.
MATRIMONY A MEANS TO
DEFEAT IMMIGRATION LAW
NEW YORK, Aug. Bh—After having
been pronounced by ths ©omißissioner of
immigration an undeSirabte , immigrant,
owing to a disease of the (rye, Maria Bur
gio will b« permitted to Syd-here through
a decision of Judge Lacombe.
Salvadore Burgio Came to this country
several years ago and became a citizen.
Recently he went to Italy for his old
sweetheart, -.aria Lazzara. At Ellis Is
land the doctors discovered that she was
suffering from a disease of the eye, and
would not let her enter.
Burgio's lawyer drew up a civil mar
riage contract. Burgio signed this in the
city and it was taken to Ellis Island and
signed by Marla. Under the law this con
stituted a marriage. A demand wras then
made that as an American citizen she be
released. Judge Lacombe found the point
well taken and ordered her discharge.
The immigration authorities fear the de
cision will open the doors to many unde
sirable immlgratfts.
THIS INSANE WOMAN
DUG OUT NEGRO’S EYES
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., AUg. 30.-A re
port reached The Sentinel from Sevier
county today that Mrs. Earl Sharp, aged
about 16, presumably while in a fit of in
sanity, attacked a negro servant and dug
her eyes out with a table fork and then
'threw the negro on a hot stove, almost
, burning her to death.
The negro is said to be still alive.
The report states .that Mrs. Sharp, who
is a daughter of Colonel McMahan, one
of the most prominent citizens of the
county, surrendered and was bound to
court on 810,000 bond, which she gave.
BATTLESHIP MAINE
FAILS ON TEST RUN
Monster New Sea-Fighter.
Built by the Cramps,
' Falls to Come Up
to Its Speed.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Aug. 30.-For
the first time in the history of the United
States' navy, a modern battle ship has
failed to attain the speed qualifications
of her contract.
The Maine in her trial over the Cape
Ann course last Saturday, failed to make
eighteen knots per hour as specified in
the contract between the Government and
William Cramp and Sons, of Philadelphia.
The Maine, tlje keel of which was laid
on February 15, 1899. the anniversary of
the destruction of the old Maine in Ha
vanna harbor was the first of several
18-knots ships authorized by Congress.
In her trial she went over the course, two
hours outward and two back, at an aver
age speed of 17.965 knots per hour accord
ing to the official figures.
Although these figures rurpass any ever
made by any battleship of the navy, they
werd disappointing, for the Maine had
made an excellent showing on her build
ers trial and predictions were made that
she would run far ahead of eighteen knots
at the official test. Heretofore nearly
every battleship built has easily surpassed
her contract speed and expense to the
Government was so great when bonuses
were offered for extreme speed that the
premium system was discontinued. Des
pite disappointment it was expected that
that official allowance which are made for
the effect the tide would allow the final
official figures to make her record a little
more than eighteen knots.
Commander Walter C. Cowles, U. S. N..
INDIANA MOB
TOOK LIFE
OFNEGBO
CRIMINAL ASSAILANT IS TWICE
LYNCHED FOR REVOLTING
CRIME IN SPARTA, ILL, LAST
NIGHT.
St’ARTA, 111., Aug. 30.—Ardee Wilson, a
negro, who was arrested here for assault
on a young white woman today, was rid
dled with bullets by an angry mob to
night.
The mob took him from the jail, slip
ped a noose over his head and swung him
up to a telegraph pole, but in some man
ner he slipped the noose and fell to the
street. In an instarit he was on his feet
and running away.
He apparently escaped In the darkness,
but a posse pursued him and surrounded
him several hours later within two blocks
of the jail, and shot him to death.
RLFUTITmiDE
WITH COLORED
BROTHERS
LABOR UNIONS OF CHARLOTTE IN
A TANGLE OVER POSITIONS
IN THE LABOR DAY
PROCESSION.
CHARLOTTE. N. C., Aug. Unusu
ally elaborate preparations are
made for the celebration of Labor T>ay
here Monday. Jerome Jones, of Atlanta,
will be the principal speaker.
Mayor Brown has followed Governor
Aycock in Issuing a Labor Day proclama
tion. Two excursion trains will be run to
Charlotte on that day and.a largo crowd
will probably be on hand.
The labor organizations of the city will
havo the usual parade as a preamble to
the crcak.*ng, and the race question has
caused some discussion in this direction.
There are negro tradesmen in this city
who, it is said, expect to have positions
assigned them in the line of march, and
as nothing of the kind has been done here
tofore in this city there is opposition to
marching with the negroes.
Among the plans suggested is that ths
negro organlWHlons will bring up tha rear
of the parade, and be separated from the
whites by a platoon of policemen. This
plan, however, does nbt meet the approval
of all labor union members and a number
may not participate in the parade feature
of the day.
TWO BRICK BUILDINGS
COLLAPSE IN BROOKLYN
NEW YORK, August 30.—Tons of brick, mor
tar beams and coffee fell with a crash into tha
street and on the elevated structure and trolley
tracks today irhen twq five-story brick build
ings on Fulton street. Brooklyn, collapsed.
Twenty-five thousand bags of green coffee
owned by J. H. Taylor and Smith and Wal
bridge. of Manhattan, were stored In the build
ing and proved too great a burden.
By marvelous good fortune, not a man waa
in the building st the time. No one wae on
the sidewalk . nor were any trolley cars or
elevated trains nearby. The loss ts estimated
at about |60,000.
ROBBERS TRY TO ROB
AGENT OF SIOO,OOO
LOGANSPORT. Ind., August 30.—Two des
perados in true western style attempted to hold
up and rob Adams Express Depot Agent Morris
J. Callahan this morning at 8:30.
Callahan had just received a sum in the neigh
borhood of SIOO,OOO from Louisville.
Several shots were exchanged, one of which
passed between Callahan’s arm and body.
Detective Stras, hearing the shooting, imme
diately gave chase, but ft is believed the rob
bers made good their escape on a passenger
train, which was just pulling out of the station.
who acted as recorder of the board has
estimated the total Influences and still
the Maine is found wanting. The exact
figures will not be available until the re
port of the trial board, of which Captain
C J Train of the board of inspection
and survey was the head, is submitted to
the nevy department next week. The re
cord of the Maine will stand between 17.-
965 and 18 knots. Terms of the contract
provide that unless eighteen knots, the
builders shall pay a forfeit at the rate
of $25,000 per quarter knot between eigh
teen and seventeen and a half knots.
There Is no provision for premium for
excess speed. As the forfeit is paid pro
portionately to the degree of failure, the
Cramps will not in any extent have to
pay more than $3,500 which is a much
smaller sum than would be the expense
of a new trial.
The stigma of placing a ship, which
failed .to make its contract speed, is suf
ficient perhaps, to induce application for
a new trial, especially in view of the fact
that many naval officers hold the opinion
that the Maine would, exceed eighteen
knots on a new trial. *
Unable to secure a good quality of
steaming coal before the vessel left Phil
adelphia for the trial course, poor fuel
was taken aboard, the builders feeling
confident that the ship would exceed eigh
teen knots in any event. Overconfidence
appears to haye been the cause of the
minute stretch at the rate of 18.75 knots
and it was thought she might even reach
nineteen.
The Maine was built more rapidly than
any other battleship in the navy. Her
cost when completed fcas close to $5,770,000.
She Is sister ship of the Missouri and the
Ohio now building and is also the first
ship to be fitted with the niclause water
tube boiler at the suggestion of the
Cramps. Her Indicated horse power is
16,000 tons. This is 4,000 greater than that
of any of the other battleships in the
navy.
COTTON CROP PLACED
AT 9,713,394 BALES
SB.OOO I MINUTE
TO TALK WITH
MHN
PAID $24,771 FOR A THREE MIN
UTES’ TALK WITH J. PIER
PONT MORGAN ON
jl)|| BUSINESS.
CHICAGO. Aug. 30.—The hearing of the
testimony in the legal tangle that comes
. as an echo of the absorption of the Car
negie company by the United States steel
corporation was closed today before Mar
shall Samsell, clerk of the U. S. circuit
court, acting as special commissioner.
The suit involves the transfer of over
$6,600,000 of stock Carnegie company held
by the Pittsburg people and specifically
is In the form of • petition for an ac
counting of profits received by William
J. Hllands, of the flrm of inlands, Cart
ridge and Company, of this city for se
curing stocks for the United States steel
corporation. William H. Vantine, of Pitts
burg is the complainant.
According to Mr. Vantine he represented
the Carnegie company shareholders in
Pittsburg and acted as selling agent.
He alleged that the Chicago broker was
on the other side of the deals and by
agreement was supposed to divide the
profits with Mr. Vantine equally. The
profits from the brokerage dues from the
transfer la said to be in excess of 8200,000,
of which the Pittsburg man asks for half
instead of only $2,600, which he says he
received. Vantine alleges that he secured
certain stocks and turned them over to
Hilanda.
The deals were carried through In Feb
ruary, 1901, and It is alleged that Hilanda
represented J. P. Morgan and Company
in the transaction. Hilanda la said to
have received $1,300 a share for some stock
and Vantine alleged that his client re
ceived only 8100 a share.
* He is said to have made $75,000 profits
out of the deal, but It la said that he In
turn had to pay President Delafield $24,-
171 “for a three minutes interview with J.
P. Morgan.”
Mr. Hilanda today dented all the
charges.
cubansapphoVe of
niHisEm
SPEECHES
THEY THINK THEIR PROBLEM
WILL BE SUCCESSFULLY
SOLVED BY PRESIDENT.
WORDS OF PRAISE.
NEW YORK. Aug. 80.—President Roose
velt’s recent speeches advocating recip
rocity of Cuba cause a great impression
here, cables The Tribune correspondent at
Havana. The newspapers all print com
plimentary articles, and every one prais
es the president. El Mundo, which hah
been somewhat anti-American, saya;
’"The Cuban question requires a firm
hand and clear head to be successfully
solved. President Roosevelt is the man
to handle properly this important subject.
He deserves thd thanks of all Cubans.”
C. F. W. Neely, who was among the
Americana recently liberated under the
general amnesty proclamation, will sail
for New York today on the steamer
Morro Castle. He will go to Washing
ton and demand the $6,000 which was
found on him when he was arrested in
connection with the Cuban postal frauds.
CAPE HAYTIEN IS CRIMSON
WITH BLOOD OF SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Under date of
last evening a dispatch from Port Au
Prince, Minister Powell cables that severe
fighting has taken place on Thursday at
Cape Haptlen and it was still in progress
at the time his cablegram was sent.
Great loss had occurred on both s’des.
General Juneau was in command of the
revolutionists.
The town of Marmalade and Limbe had
been totally destroyed in the course of
the fighting. t
The Cincinnati, in command of Captain
McLean, is now at Cape Haytlen, so that
American interests in that vicinity are
well protected.
MUST FACE JURY TRIAL FOR
KILLING MAN WITH AUTO
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Harry W. Dupuy
a wealthy Yale student, whose automobile
recently ran over and killed D. Thorpe
Munro, has been declared by the official
report of the coroner to be criminally re
sponsible, says a New Haven dispatch to
the Press. Dupuy’s arrest will follow, it
is said, as soon as the accused can be
reached in his Pittsburg home.
The formal finding of Coroner Mix was
to the effect that Dupuy was violating the
speed regulations and rules of the road at
the time of the fatality, driving his ma
chine in an “unobservant, careless, reck
less and unlawful manner.”
Slew His Step-Father.
MERKLE, Tex., Aug. 30— As a result of a
disagreement over alleged mistreatment of his
mother, Tom Brqwnlee. aged 17, today shot
and killed his stepfather. Justice of the Peace
Tuckett.
* H H ! I !♦♦♦♦♦♦»! !♦♦♦♦♦♦
+ ROOSEVELT IS ASKED ♦
« TO VISIT HUNTSVILLE ♦
* CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Aug. 29. *
4 —A special to The News from
4» Huntsville, Ala., says:
4- An official invitation has been <•
4* telegraphed to President Roosevelt 4»
4» to extend his visit from Chatta- 4»
4> nooga to that city next month. 4-
NO. 101.
Commissioners of Agri
culture in Session At
Nashville Flake Their
Annual Estimate.
NASHVILLE, TCnn., Aug. 29.—Members
of the Cotton States Association of Com
missioners of Agriculture have K turned in
an estimate of the growing crop of cotton.
These estimates are, of course, subject
to weather conditions during September,
and are based on great deterioration that
they believe has taken place in a number
of cotton states during the latter half of
August.
The total estimate is for 9,713.394 bales,
as compared with 9,952,762 bales ginned
last year. 1
The following table shows the estimate
for this year and the yield last year: i
State. 1902. 1901.
Georgia., ..1,000,000 1,401,851
Louisiana.. .. M 700,000 858,000
Arkansas.... w .. 950,000 736.740
Tennessee.. .. .. 241,000 209,186
Alabama.. 875.000 1.163,7»
Texas 3,000,000 2,690,704
Mississippi L 087.394 1,279,286
South Carolina.. 7K.00(r 730,603
North Carolina 500,000 454,354
01/lahoma 200,000 149,416
Indian Territory 300,000 280,000
Florida 50,000 t 57.198 ‘
All others.. .. 35.000 32,110
Totals.. .. 9,713,394 9,962,782
TRADE WORLD EXPECTS
ELEVEN MILLION BALES
Mr. C. B. Howard, Jr., of Sanders.
Swann & Co., one of the largest cptton
firms in the south, was surprised at the
figures given out by the commissioners.
"The ttade world,*’ be stated, "has been
expecting a crop of at least 11,000.000 bales
and the figures as given out by the com
missioners is over 1,670,000 less than the
trade has been expecting.
"I hardly think that the crop will be
that small. Last year the department of ..
agriculture of the United States gave out
the figures as 9.600,000 for the year's sup
posed crop. In reality the crop was over
10,700,000 bales, being V-0,000 bales more
than had been anticipated by the govern
ment statistician.”
ONE MILLION BALES
IS GEORGIA’S OUTPUT
Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture
R. F. Wright stated Friday that the
probable output of cotton in Georgia this
year would be 1,000,000 bales, or perhaps
950,000. This was the estimate given to the
commissioners of agriculture at the meet
ing in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday and
forms a part of the basis on which the
statement that the south would produce
9,718,904 bales was made.
This information, says Assistant Com
missioner Wright, ws secured from relia
ble sources in different sections of the
state, and allowance*.fcav* ham made for- >. .
deterioration during the iftllhfh of Sep
tember.
Mr. Wright states that the meeting at
Nashville was a very successful one, and
will result in great benefit to the cotton
growing states of the south. In addition
to the commissioners of agriculture of the
various states there were many officials
from the state experimental stations and
from the agricultural department at
Washington. The address of Mr. Wright
was one of the features of the meeting.
Commissioner Stevens was unable to at
tend the Nashville meeting on account of
illness.
EIGHT MILLION NEW
FRUIT TREES IN GEORGIA
Eight million fruit trees have been
planted in Georgia within the past 15
months.
Such was the statement made to tha
commissioners of agriculture in Nashville
Thursday by Assistant Commissioner of
Agriculture R. F. Wright.
The fact that it was possible that so
many trees had been set out In Georgia
In such a short time was a great surprise
to the commissioners from the other
states. i
But the trees have been planted. how- >
ever, and Georgia Is destined to become <
the greatest fruit growing state 4n Amer
ica if not in the world, says Mr. Wright
A majority of the 8,000,000 trees have
been set out in north Georgia, as many
fruit growers believe that the conditions
in the northern part of the state are bet
ter adapted to the raising of fruit than is
the southern section.
Many of the trees have been planted
by people who are new in the business ‘
while many of the old orchardmen havo ■
set out new trees. Commissioner Wright
states that great Interest is being shown
in the fruit Industry and that there is •
constant demand for new trees.
fINIEFHGfiWONTGET
NEW CARDINAL,
MME '
NO OTHER AMERICAN CARDINAL
WILL BE APPOINTED AT
LEAST FOR A LONG
WHILE.
ROME, August 30.—The reports re
lative to the creation of another Ameri
can cardinal are unfounded, or at least
premature.
For fifteen years efforts have been made
to secure another American member of
the Sacred college, but it was found that
the American episcopacy wos not suf
ficiently favorable.
General Di CesnoM came to Rome to
advocate that Archbishop Ireland end the
late Archbishop Corrington both be pro
moted, to avoid their rivalry, but New
York’s geographical position was regard
ed at the Vatican as lying too near Bal
timore to permit of Archbishop Corrigan's
appointment.
With the passing away of Archbishop
Corrigan the situation was much altered.
and it was considered that a satisfactory,
solution of the Philippine question might
bring recompense to Archbishop Ireland
for his services in tha affair. « •
At the Vatican it is said that newspaper
talk will only delay Arcbishop Ireland’s
chances as the pope Is always irriated at
the idea of anything being imposed upon
him by the press.
Prohibition In Texas.
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 30.—Four big Texas
counties went for prohibition. The wave
is sweeping the state. The liauor dealers •
are becoming alarmed.