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VOL. V.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS
TURN DOWN DEVERY
in Great Uproar and Ex-
citement Convention
Votes to Unseat
Policeman.
SARATOGA. N. T.. Oct. I.—lnterest cen
tered tn the meetings this morning of the
committees on platform and contested
•eats of the Democratic state conven
tion.
It eras conceded that if William S. De
very and his delegates from the Ninth
New York etty district were not seated,
there would be troublous times. Mr. Dev
ery has declared that he would make an
appeal on the floor of the convention.
Devery held more than 6M spectators
seats for the convention hall. Curiously
enough these were given him by sympa
thising delegations from all over the state
and quite a large number came from Tam-
BIRD S. COLER.
many delegates. It was learned this
morning that Mr. Devery had been ap
proached with the suggestion that the
wisest way out of the difficulty would be
to leave the representation of the Ninth
district vacant. To this he replied;
•*I will make no such agreement. I won
by a big majority. 1 have the certificate of
election and I am entitled to the seats
unless the Democratic party wants to go
on record aa «aying that an election cer
tificate is of’no value and that the wrill of
the majority mean*-nothing. In wdtHeinn
to that I want to call attention to the
fact that Goodwin received the lowest
vote on the ticket. Mr. Sheehan’s party
received the second lowest and he does
not contest. The Goodwin people are
pretty nervy to, appeal from the people's
complete throw-down of them."
□every Found Backers.
When Mr. Devery had made this state
ment. several of the leau>ng politicians
took up his case and urged that the com
mittee seat him and avoid trouble as well
as the establishing of what might prove
an unfortunate precedent.
Almost up to the time set for the re-as
sembling of the convention there was no
change in the ticket proposed last night. ■
In deciding the Devery contest in com
mittee a number of heated speeches were
made and when it was explained that
it was Senator Hill’s desire that neither
Devery nor Goodwin be recognised a mo
tion to that effect was carried with but
few dissenting votes.
When Senator Hill entered the conven
tion hall there was a gi eat outburst of ap
plause.
At 11J7 the temporary chairman took
the gavel and rapped for order and the re
port of the committee on credentials was
callrd for. Chairman McMahan said:
’ln presenting the report. I move the
previous question.”
This was to prevent debate.
Cheers and Hisses.
When the secretary read "in the Ninth
district. New York, neither delegation is
entitled to seats in the convention because
of the wholesale corruption ” a rear of
cheers and hisses went up and as it con
tinued Devefry was seen making his way
to the platform. Vainly the chairman
rapped for order. Vainly a band played.
Down the aisle Devery forced his way,
the crowd clearing the way for him. When
he reached the platform steps he raised
his hands in an effort to stop the pande
monium that reigned. The sergeant-at
arms. with his hands on the big ex-chief’s
shoulder, tried to force him back to a
seat, but he shook him off and started to
speak.
He said amid cheers:
"Democrats of this convention. Samuel
J. Tilden was deprived of his right of
franchise as were the people of the United
States. We do not want that to occur
here today. It was through the work of
a clique of this convention that the people
of the Ninth district are about to be de
prived of a similar right.
e Aska Hill For Justice.
"Mr. Hill, as state leader of the state of
New York, we ask justice from you as
leader of the Democratic party. We do
not come here as honest Democrats to be
deprived of our rights."
As Devery left the platform not a dele
gate was in his seat and the gallery was
in a wild state of excitement.
A Devery delegate fought to the plat
form and attempted to speak. The chair
told him that he could not address the
convention. Amidst a tremendous uproar
he started to speak, but a sergeant-at
arms hustled him down the steps. For
fully ten minutes the convention and
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4 FULL STATE TICKET 4
4 NAMED AT SARATOGA 4
4 SARATOGA. N. Y.. Oct. 1.-The 4
4 following is the Democratic state 4
4 ticket named today: 4
4 Governor: Bird 8. Coler. of 4
4 Brooklyn. 4
4 Lieu tenant governor: Charles N. 4
4 Bulger. Oswego. 4
4 Secretary of state: Frank Mott. 4
4 Chautauqua. 4
4 Comptroller: Charles M. Preston. 4
4 Ulster. 4
4 Attorney general: John Cunneen, 4
4 Erie. 4
4 State * engineer and surveyor: 4
4 Richard W. Shenrfan. Oneida. 4
4 State treasurer: George R. Finch, 4
4 Warren. 4
4 Assistant judge court of appeals: 4
4 John C. Gray, New York. 4
4 DEVERY MAKES THREAT 4
4 TO HOUND DOWN HILL 4
4 SARATOGA. N. T„ Oct. 1.-Mr. 4
4 Devery early expressed the belief 4
4 that he would not be seated. He 4
4 took a seat in the rear of the con- 4
4 vention hall, saying: 4
4 "If Mr. Hill and his friends re- 4
4 fuse me a seat in this convention 4
4 to which I have been duly and 4
4 properly elected, I will hire a 4
4 special train, and if Mr. Hill goes 4
4 campaigning, I will follow him 4
4 to every place in the state he may 4
4 go to tell the people the story 4
4 of the rank injustice." 4
4 When he made this statement 4
4 Devery was surrounded by his 4
4 friends and was with one of his 4
4 counsellors who acquiesced in his 4
4 action. 4
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spectators roared, applauded and hissed
and then the noise subsided. Temporary
Chairman Stanchfield said:
Thugs and Ruffians.
"For the sake of the delegates to this
convention and thoae present. I desire to
say that the party does not propose to
have its voice put down or allow its con
vention to be run by thugs and ruffians
and ”
Here the Devery adherents broke out
again and drowned Mr. Stanchfield’s voice
by cheers for Devery. For several min>
utes it went on and then the chair said:
"I want to say to the gallery, every
body will get fair play. If the gallery does
does not cease the galleries will be clear
ed.”
(Cries of "Try it: let’s see you’”)
Finally some semblance of order was ob
tained and then Devery presented a mi
nority report.
After remaining at the rear of the hall
for a short time Devery started down the
aisle. In a minute the convention hall was
In an uproar. The band was drowned out
as delegates and friends stood on their
seats and cheered and waved hats and
handkerchiefs.
"He’s seated, he's seated!" yelled the
crowd, but Devery raised his hand and
called out "Not yet. not yet!"
Then arose the cry from one side of the
gallery:
"What’s the matter with Devery?"
Back in the rear came the answer:
"He’s all right."
The chief of police took a seat in the
right of the hall and shortly thereafter the
announcement reached the convention hall
that the credentials would not seat either
Devery or Goodwin. Immediately there
was great excitement.
Devery said to a reporter:
"Did you see my reception? It pleases
me very much to see the people appreciate
my presence in this convntion.
"I have nothing to say except that I
have been a Democrat. I am a Democrat
and wSI continue to be a Democrat. That
is all I will »*y now."
Platform is Adopted.
At the conclusion of Mr. Littleton’s
speech the platform was presented. It
calls for steadfast fidelity to American
principles, for the lack of which it ar
raigns the Republican party: deems the
return of the principles of Jefferson to
stop the demoralisation of the country;
opposes trusts that Injuriously affect con
sumer and employer and drive out small
manufacturers; especially condemns the
so-called beef and coal trusts for *’unrea
sonably depriving the people of necessa
ries of life."
Restriction of the amassing of wealth is
advocated and the amendment of the tar
iff law by placing the necessities of life
on the free list is demanded. The Dingley
tariff law is condemned as a whole. The
president is criticised for dilatory conduct,
and is accused of not wanting to offend
the trusts.
Points to Subterfuge.
The platform asserts that the proposition
to amend the United States constitution
to enable the federal government to pro
ceed against the trusts is merely subter
fuge for delay; condemns the neglect of
the national and state administrations to
enforce the Sherman law and the Donnel
ly state law: favors trade expansion, but
objects to this country "aping England in
trying to establish a colonial govern
ment;” condemns the action of the gov
ernment In its treatment of the Philip
pines: demands justice for Cuba In the
matter of trade by reducing the tariff to
a strictly revenue basis; demands public
ownership of anthracite coal mines, so as
to ensure peace in the mining regions and
relieve the consumer; arraigns the state
administration for extravagance In the
administration of state affairs; declares in
favor of a 1.000-ton barge canal: denounces
the present state excise laws and demands
the return of all moneys received to the
county where collected; sympathises with
the Jews in Roumania; favors the election
of United States senators by direct vote;
condemns the national administration for
trading judicial positions for state aid.
The majority report of the committee
on credentials throwing out the Ninth dis
trict. declared that neither the Devery nor
the Goodwin delegates were entitled to
seats by reason of "wholesale corruption
pertaining to the primary election in said
district, whereby it cannot be determined
what delegates were legally elected.”
LITTLETON IS CHAIRMAN.
The majority report was sustained.
When the vote had been announced,
Devery left the hall, followed by his dele
gates and friends. There was not much
trouble or cheering. The committee made
its report and named Martin W. Littleton,
of Brooklyn, for permanent chairman. In
assuming the chair, Mr. Littleton said in
part:
"In |he very midst of a profound polit
ical peace in the nation two years this
side of a national election, we find a most
extraordinary activity among prominent
Republican officials.
"The president, although serenuously
diligent in the discharge of his grave du
ties. finds it necessary or agreeable, or
both, to make a tour of the New England
states, speaking at every place of inter
est. The burden of his vigorous ora
tory at first was an extravagant defense
of his cabinet, coupled with a perpetual
Injunction to his hearers to not hesitate
in doing the ’rough work of life.’ Mucn
of this could be forgiven.
"But something in his keen observation
of the people led him to believe that they
were not so much Interested In his offi
cial family and the rough work as they
were In the question of the regulation of
trusts. True to reckless disregard of
consequence, he undertook to dispose of
the profound economical problems In a
skirmish fight. Let It be said in praise of
his candor, if not of his ingenuity, that
he admitted at the outset the urgent ne
cessity of a strong supervising hand—an
admission which the whole Republican
party would rejoice were it unmade. He
hastened to assure them of a remedy.
Simply stated, the remedy is to have all
the states meet in due season and first
solemnly admit that they are powerless
to cope with these harmless ‘captains of
industry.’ and to agree to delegate to the
Continued on Page Two.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1902.
WONWOMAN’SFIIITH
BUT HE BETBHED
HER TOPOLIGE
HARRY HOLLADA SAYS WOMAN
KILLED HER HUSBAND AF
TER SHE LEARNED TO
LOVE ANOTHER.
DES MOINES, la.. Sept. 29,-The trial
of Mrs. Josephine Gallaugher for the al
leged murder of her husband opened at
lowa City this morning.
Mrs. Gallaugher expressed absolute
confidence In acquittal and clearing her
name of the blight cast upon it by the
alleged confession of Harry Hollada, who
is also under arrest on the same charge.
Hollada claims that while as farm hand
in Gallaugher’s employ, he won the heart
of Mrs. Gallaugher and that she murder
ed her husband without his assistance
last April, telling him of it afterwards
and confiding in him her intention before
the crime.
FOR POOR OF NEW YORK
COAL MAY RELIEVE COLD
NEW YORK, Oct. I.—A plan Is said to
have been put into operation, at the
meeting of coal roads presidents just
held in this city, for the supplying of
coal, first to the dwellers in the tene
ment districts; second, to the hospitals,
and, third, to the transportation com
panies.
According to The Herald the scheme
came up during the weekly discussion
of the miners' strike and the presence
of Robert W. DeForest, who is tenement
house commissioner, president of the.
charity organization society, and general
counsel of the Central railway of New
Jersey, was that the other officials might
have placed before them the tenement
dwellers' crying need of fuel in cold
weather.
Mr. DeForest was listened to atten
tively, and there was not one of the
dozen present who did not agree that
something must be done. Before the
matter was turned over to the sales
agents of the companies who, in co-opera
tion with Mr. De Forest, will decide on
the best possible methods of proceeding
with the work, a tentative plan had been
outlined by the meeting.
It was In effect that the companies
should unite In forwarding to the city
enough coal to serve the desired pur
poses. Then the sales agents were to
have their men, horses and carts ready,
and for each cart a route through the
lowliest sections of the city would be
mapped out. In this way the business
of the retail dealers would not be af
fected. as their safes are not made in
these locations.
The coal will be sold by the pail or
the basket, or bushel, at a rate propor
tionate to the wholesale price to which
the cost of freightage has been added.
This will frwure to the purchaser who
now pays 25 cents for a pall of poor coal,
or 75 cents for a bushel, good coal at a
less cost than he had to pay even be
fore the strike began, and when coal was
at Its normal price.
With this want filled, the diminishing
blns of the various hospitals will be
replenished and the street railways will
be supplied.
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES
IN NOPERIL IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 30.-The mission
aries at Catorce. whose case has been a
matter of diplomatic action, have sent a
communication to the Mexican Herald
saying that although they were threaten
ed with death if they did not leave the
town by the 16th Instant, they have been
amply protected by the municipal govern
ment and have received assurances re
garding protection by many of the re
spectable citizens. Menaces were made
by a few ignorant fanatical and wholly
Irresponsible persons who have ho right
whatever In Catorce, which Is an import
ant mining town.
When the 16th national independence
day arrived the authorities of the town
took great precautions to avoid trouble
and so careful were they that the good
behavior of the populace was remark
able. only two arrests being made. The
missionaries say:
“We have nothing but praise for the
government and the liberty-loving citi
zens. We have been kindly treated since
our arrival here by the better class of
citizens and the municipality has always
furnished us ample protection against thd"
disturbing element.”
This communication will set at rest all
reports derogatory to the municipality of
Catorce and shows that the Mexican au
thorities afford Americans proper protec
tion.
SENIORS W FOR
PAINTING J
TW
UNIVERSITY BOYS ’MAKE AT-
TEMPT AT GAIETY BUT ARE
CAUGHT IN THE ACT BY
POLICE.
ATHENS. Ga.. Oct. I.—Yesterday morn
ing Mayor Rhodes put a fine of $25.00 each
on two students who had been caught In
the act of painting the water tower.
The boys were members of the senior
class, and the mayor thought they should
know better than to engage in the pas
times of the freshmen.
CLUB STEWARD ROASTED
TO DEATH BY LIVE WIRE
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Half a hundred
members of the North Hudson club,
West Hoboken, witnessed the death of
their steward, William Wiebach, who was
killed by a live electric wire on the rpof
of the club house, while they stood pow
erless to save him.
Wiebach went to the roof to raise
the wire, which had blown down from
the insulator. The current, coming in
contact with the wet tin, showered sparks
In every direction. With Wiebach were
two members of the club. They cau
tioned him not to go near it, but he de
clared there was no danger.
A moment later the wire encircled him.
His cries brought the other members of
the building, but the body was extricated
with great difficulty and danger.
J. S. CANDLE B
IS CHOSEN
JUDGE
THE REGULAR DEMOCRATIC
TICKET FROM GOVERNOR
DOWN WAS ELECTED YES
TERDAY.
In the regular state election held on
yesterday the full democratic ticket was
overwhelmingly elected and Judge John
S. Candler named for the supreme court
judgeship.
The principal interest of the day cen
tered in the contest for the unexpired
term of Judge Hal T. Lewis, of the su
preme court, and the returns received
from 107 counties indicate that Judge
John S. Candler, of Lite circuit, received
a splendid majority over his only op
ponent, Judge John t. Ross, of Bibb.
Judge Candler’s frtends throughout the
state had little of the success of
his campaign, which! was carefully plan
ned and had been waged with vigor dur
ing the past few wteks. Upon the re
tirement of Judge R t ' B. Russell recently
they declared there dould be no possible
doubt of his election,, Judge Russell had
announced as a car didate for relection
as judge of the sti tenor court of the
western circuit and r Hired from the con
test for the supreme court judgeship to
devote his attention to the contest for
judge of the circuit .court.
The counting of th4 votes had not been
completed at an early hour this morn
ing. but from 107 Counties heard frdm
the estimates give Candler elghty-s.X
and Ross twenty-one, leaving thirty yet
to report. Judge Cgndler carried every
county in his judicial circuit and every
county In which he had ever held court,
with but one exception.
HOWELL IS ELECTED
MAYOR OF ATLANTA
Captain Evan f. Howell was yesterday
elected mayor of the city of Atlanta.
His total vote In the seven wards of
the city was 3,231.
His opponent, James G. Woodward, who
ran second, received 2,300 votes.
Harvey Johnson, the third man in the
race, got a total of 394 votes. .
AT TOP OF TALL POLE
TWO BOYS ARE KILLED
NEW YORK. Oct. I.—Within sight of
his father and 2.000 persons, Richard
Houser and his 9-yeer-old companion,
Freddie Peholo, of Woodhaven, L. 1.,
have been killed by an electric current.
Peholo had climbed t® the top of the
iron pole to recover "Ms hat, which had
caught on th® wire and was slowly be
ing burned. As he reached out for the
cap his hand came In contact with the
wire. The shock pasced through his
body, killing him instantly, and forming
a circuit between the pole and the wire.
Young Houser, believing his comrade
only stunned, climbed up the pole to re
lease him and carry him to the ground.
When he reached the top he placed his
arm around the body, holding fast to
the pole with the other hand. The cur
rent from the body passed through him,
forming a second circuit with the pole.
The bodies were badly burned before
the current could be shut off.
THIRTY DROWN IN
WRECKS AT SEA
VICTORIA, Oct. I.—The steamer Moana
brings news of the loss of several Austral
ian vesels during gales in the south seas.
The schooner Sybil of Sidney, a recruiting
vessel, left the Solomon Islands in April
with 110 persons on board for Queens
land and was never heard of again.
The steamer Qulrange, of Queensland,
was lost on the Australian coast with all
hands, numbering 30, never having been
heard of after leaving Sidney on a coast
ing trip.
The steamer Mammbare, a 2,000-ton
steamer, belonging to Buris, Philip and
Co., of Sidney, on the inter-oceanic trade,
was lost off the coast of Santos, but for
tunately all hands were saved and taken
to Nouame, by H. M. S., Phoebe.
The schooner Eclipse was lost in the Sol
omon Islands and Father Rouillaie, a
French priest, was drowned.
J. T. Holleman places loans on Atlanta
property and Ga. farms. 8 W. Ala. street.
FIVE PERSONS KILLED
BY BOILER’S EXPLOSION
GLASGOW, Ky.. Out. I.—Five persons
were klllled by the explosion of a boiler
at Jesse Hinslow's mill •at Rocky Hill
touay. Their names:
JESSE HINSLOW.
WILLIAM HINSLOW.
ALLEN SHACKLEFORD.
JOHN V. CRUMP.
CRUMP.
The accident is reported to have been
caused by low water in the boiler.
BIDS FOR BATTLESHIP
OPENED BY NAVY YESTERDAY
WASHINGTON. Oct. I.—Blds for the
construction of the battleship Louisiana
were opened at the navy department to
day. In the absence of Secretary Moody,
Judge Advocate General Lemly opened
the various proposals. The lowest bid
was that of the Newport News Ship Build
ing and Dry Dock company, of Newport
News, Va., which offered to build the bat
tleship within 41 months from date of
contract for $3,990,000.
FOR DEFENDING MOTHER,
FATHER KILLS HIS SON
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Oct. I.—A special to The
Banner says John Byrum shot and instantly
killed his twenty-year old son in a family row
at Mitchellsvllle last night.
Byrum was whipping his wife and murdered
his son. who sought to protect his mother.
Byrum has not been arrested and is thought
to have eseaped into Kentucky.
Jumped From Fast Train.
JACKSON, Miss.. Oet. I.—J. S. Flem
ing. well known in Memphis and other cit
ies, who has just been convicted in the
circuit court of Quitman county, Miss.,
attempted to suicide Monday night
while en route to the penitentiary here at
Jackson, by jumping from the car win
dow of the train, going at the rate of 60
miles an hour.
He made the leap near Bolton, a station
a few miles west of Jackson, and remain
ed unconscious for eight hours. He was
found this morning by a section boss and
brought to Jackson. The doctor says he
will recover.
SHARP WILL LIKELY
MAKE RAGE FOR
CONGRESS
CHATTANOOGA’S REPUBLICAN
POSTMASTER WILL ANNOUNCE
AGAINST MOON, DEMOCRAT,
THIS WEEK, IT IS SAID.
CHATTANOOGA, Octi 1.-The Repub
lican congressional committee ol Itjid
third division met yesterday morning iti
the office of Postmaster R. S. Sharp
and was in session for several hours.
The matter of putting out a candidate
for congress had been referred to the
committee by the convention, but no
definite action was taken yesterday.
However, it may be stated with a con
siderable degree of certainty that Post
master Sharp will make the race as the
nominee of the Republicans.
The 'committee endeavored to secure
the consent of Mr. Sharp to accept the
nomination yesterday, the consensus of
opinion being that the Republicans had
a fine chance to win if he would take the
race. They urged him to start in at once
and make a vigorous canvass. How
ever, he stated that he had been out of
the city for some days and had not had
time to think over the matter and asked
that he be given a few days in which
to make up his mind. The committee
therefore adjourned to meet upon the
call of the chair.
The convention did not make a nomina
tion on account of the fact that no gen
tleman was willing to take a losing race
and pay the entire campaign expense®
out of his own pocket. However, the
finances have been secured in some way.
It was proposed in the convention that
they be secured from the national cam
paign committee, and, though it is denied
that anything came from that source,
still it is the general opinion that the
Republicans of the district have secured
quite a sum from the national commit
tee to be used in the race. It is known
that Mr. Sharp would not take the race
unless the funds were ample. It is learn
ed from his close friends that he has
decided to become the candidate and that
he will be so declared some time this
week.
Mr. Sharp will not resign his position as
postmaster here. It is stated that Presi
dent Roosevelt’s civil service policy has
changed to suit present conditions. The
internal revenue collector at Knoxville
and the district attorney at Nashville
both have races on their hands and re
tain their positions, so that Mr. Sharp
will do the same. Postmaster Sharp made
the race two years ago and was defeated
by a majority of 1,600, which is very small
for this division, so that he is regarded
by the Democrats as a very formidable
candidate.
TO PROVE CORRECT
- THE COTTON REPORT
MACON, Ga., Oct. 1.-Mr. E. C. Sam
mis, of the United States department of
agriculture, who has been in the city for
several days, finished his work today.
Mr. Sammis was sent out 'by the depart
ment at Washington to ascertain what
amount of cotton was sold in the state
of Georgia before August 31, 1902. The
government is making the investigation
in order to explain the difference of the
estimate ot the cotton crop of last year
made by Statistician John Hyde of the
department and that made by H. D. Hes
ter, secretary of the New Orleans cotton
exchange. The government report placed
the crop at 9,670.000 bales, but the com
mercial report was 10,000,680 bales.
Mr. Hyde claims that the difference in
the estimate of about 1,000,000 bales Is due
to the fact that the commercial report In
cluded a great deal of cotton which be
longed to the present crop more especially
because of the early harvest this year.
Mr. Sammis says that he finds that
3,617 bales were sold in Macon before Au
gust 31 and that he expected to find some
thing like the same figures in other mar
kets of the state. In this way, by taking
account of all the new cotton that went
into the count for last year, he expected to
prove that the government's report was
correct.
TO SUSPEND HOSTILITIES
MANILA, Sept. 30.—Brig. Gen. Sum
mer, in reporting to General Chaffee the
departure of the second Macln expedition,
telegraphs that he hopes to hear that
Captain Pershing will show the Macln
sultans the folly of further opposition.
General Sumner sent the sultans a letter
by Captain Pershing, warning them aglnst
shooting Americans and advising them to
be friendly. The general also directed
Captain Pershing not to attack the native®
or destroy property unless the sultans in
sist on being hostile.
•general Sumner says it is wrong to call
the operations a war as there is no gen
eral uprising.
The sultan of Marapln, whom General
Sumner describes as the most intelligent
Moro leader he knows, visited Camp Vi
cars Saturday and promised to remain
peaceful and volunteered to visit the
Moros north of the Lake and tell them of
the futility of fighting against so many
men and guns.
The sultan of Ari has fled to the Butig
mountains.
General Chaffee has now decided to
leave here for San Francisco, October 2,
on the United States transport Sumner.
He will be accompanied by Vice Governor
Wright.
ISLANDS OF PHILIPPINES
DEVASTATED BY CHOLERA
MANILA, Oct. I.—lt is announced that
5,124 cases of cholera and 2,740 deaths
from that disease were reported in the
province of Iloilo, Island of Panay, on
Monday.
This is the highest record for any dis
trict since the outbreak of the disease,
and exceeds the total of Manila and many
of the provinces since the commence
ment. The people are fleeing to the moun
tains, leaving the dead unburied and the
dying uncared for. The number of vic
tims makes ordinary sanitary measures
impossible.
The totals for all the provinces Monday
were 5,390 cases and 3,091 deaths.
STRANGEBELLEVUEMAN
IS SAID TO BE INSANE
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—After vain ef
forts to find some language which could
be understood by the unknown man who
was recently taken from the Bowery to
Bellevue hospital, where he was treated
for malaria, the doctors have decided the
patient 13 insane. He was taken to the
hospital on September Ist, and all ef
forts to get him to talk have failed, al
though fifteen languages were tried.
PRESIDENT
WILL ACT
CARPENTERS
FIND THEIR
BUSINESS
MILWAUKEE SELECTED AS THE
PLACE FOR THE NEXT MEET-.
ING AND THE 12TH BIENNIAL
SESSION COMES TO END.
The twelfth biennial convention of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America came to an end Tues
day when Milwaukee was selected as the
place for the next meeting. A strong fight
was made by St. Louis for the place, but
Milwaukee won out and the next conven
tion will meet there on the third Monday
In September, 1904.
Nothing of much importance wa? done
by the carpenters at the session that
night save the selection of the place for
the next meeting, and this occupied near
ly all the time of the night session.
The carpenters Were in session here for
fifteen day® and did much work during the
convention.
CHARGED WITH FORGING
NAME TO MONEY ORDER
MACON. Ga.. Oct. I.—Luke Rogers,
front Pinehurst, is in Bibb county jail
charged with forging his name to get a
postoffice order for $25 cashed.
There is an overseer also at Pinehurst
whose name is Luke Rogers. The colored
bearer of the name received the order for
the money and went forthwith to the of
fice to get the cash, signep his name got
it and went his way. t
The order was purchased by P. N.
Brown, at Fitzgerald and mailed at Mi
lan.
When arrested and asked about the mat
ter Rogers, colored, said that he had
signed his name and had the order cashed
because he was expecting to receive $5
which he had loaned a friend two years
ago and that he thought that this friend
was now paying him back the loan. He
said that he thought that the other S2O be
side the $5 loaned as principal was for
interest during the rime. The authorities,
however, either thought that Rogers’
story was a fake or that his rate of in
terest was»too high.
Rogers was given a commitment trial
this morning before United States Com
missioner L. M. Erwin and bound over to
the next term of court.
BOY DIES FROM EATING
POISONOUS MUSHROOMS
MONROE, Ga., Oct. I.—Thursday after
noon Miss Miller, governess in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Foster Hester, who
live about six miles east of this city, gath
ered some mushrooms and prepared them
for supper. As it happened, the kind
gathered was the poisonous kind and Mr.
Hester. Mrs. Herbert Hester, Miss Miller
and little Abbott, the 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Hester, ate the
dish with serious effect—little Abbott los
ing his life.
At the time of eating Mrs. Foster Hes
ter and her brother-in-law. Mr. E. H.
Hester, were away and, on that account,
escaped.
TUSKEGEE NEGROES WILL
JOURNEY TO AFRICA
NEW YORK. Oct. I.—Booker Washing
ton. of Alabama, is in this city arranging
for the transportation of three colored
graduates of the Tuskegee college to the
German possessions in South Africa, to
instruct the natives in practical methods
of cultivating cotton.
The experiment was tried by the Ger
man government with five students, who
were sent two years ago, and proved so
successful that the German embassy ar
ranged for further help.
MONEY IS NEEDED
FOR HOSPITAL
WOB_K
PRESBYTERIANS ASK ALL CHARI-
TABLY INCLINED PERSONS TO
AID THEM IN SUPPORT
OF INSTITUTION.
The board of trustees of the Presbyte
rian hospital has formulated plans for
raising $3,000 which will be needed to con
tinue the work of the hospital for another
year.
J. K. Orr was appointed chairman of a
committee which will undertake the work
of raising subscriptions and the canvas
will be begun during the next two weeks.
The committee will first draft a letter ap
pealing to leading church members and
others here and elsewhere, after which a
personal canvas will be made by commit
tees appointed from the different
churches. Several plans have been
discussed for raising the needed money,
but the plan of soliciting subscriptions
was considered the most feasible and was
adopted
According to reports submitted the $3,000
is needed in addition to $4,000 which has
already been subscribed through the ef
forts of the Ladies Auxiliary and the
Young Ladies’ Auxiliary of the hospital,
making a total of $7,000 for the mainte
nance of the hospital for the year.
Negro is Strangled by an Angry Mob.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. I.—A Scimitar special
from Pine Bluff. Ark., says:
Walter Sullivan, a young negro, was quietly
lynched at 2 o’clock this morning in Port
land. where Sullivan last Saturday night shot
Dr. J. Reddy, a white man, in the back.
Roosevelt Decides To Call
Conference of Opera
tors and Strikers
Be Held Friday i
WASHINGTON, Oct-. I.—The president
Secretary Root. Secretary Moody. Attor
ney General Knox and Postmaster Gen
eral Payne resumed their conference on
the coal situation at 10:30 o’clock this
morning.
The conference closed shortly befor®
noon. It is understood a decision was ar
rived at, as it was announced that ther®
Would be no more conferences on the que»-
tion. /
By direction of the president an official
statement was given out at the temporary
white house at 2 o’ciocK this afternoon.
Call Fcr Conference.
The following was made public at the
white house this afternoon. The telegrams
are the result of conferences between
Roosevelt and members of his cabinet
which were held yesterday and today.
Telegrams:
"WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, Oct.
1, 1902.
"George F. Baer, president Reading
Railway system, Philadelphia; W. H.
Truesdale, president Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western company, 26 Ex
change place. New York; E. B. Thomas,
chairman of the noard, Erie Railroad
road company, 21 Cortland exchange. New!
York; Thomas Fowler, president New
York, Ontario and Western Railway com
pany, 66 Beaver street. New York; R. M.
Oliphant, president Delaware and Hudson,
New York: John Markle. New York:
"I should greatly like to see you on Fri
day next, October 3, at 11 o’clock a. m..
here in Washington in regard to the fail
ure of the coal supply, which has become
a matter of vital concern to the wh?le na
tion.
"I have sent a similar dispatch to Mr.
John H. Mitchell, president of th® United
Mine Workers of America.
(Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
Mitchell Summoned.
"John Mitchell, President United Mine
Workers of America, Wllkesbarre, Pa.: X
should greatly like to see you on Friday
next, October 3, at 11 o’clock a. m., here
in Washington in regard to the failure of
the coal supply, which has become a mat
ter of vital concern to the whole nation.
“I have sent a similar dispatch to the
presidents of the anthracite companies.
(Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
PRESIDENT WILL NOT
CONFER WITH RAILROADS
NEW YORK, Oct. L—The report that
President Roosevelt had been in commu
nication with the presidents of the various
coal railroads, who will represent the op
erators in the present strike in the anthra
ctee-i by PresldeiU Qly-
phant, of the Delaware and Hudson com
pany.
"There is no truth in the story,” he
said, "and there would be no conference
between the operators and miners even if
President Roosevelt should make the re
quest. The situation is unchanged. We
have received no advices Yrom President
Roosevelt or from any one representing
him, so far as I know.”
MITCHELL HAS AGREED
TO BUFFALO CONFERENCE
DETROIT, Mich., Oct. I.—President D.
M Parry, of the National Association of
Manufacturers, who is in this city today,
received the following dispatch from;
President Mitchell, of the United Mine
workers:
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 1.-D. M.
Parry, Detroit, Mich.: Committee ofl
five representing our organization will
meet representatives of your organiza
tion Buffalo, Saturday, any hour you
may designate. If this arrangement is
agreeable, wire hour and place of meet
ing.
"(Signed) JOHN MITCHELL.”
"I shall proceed at once to get into
communication with our people,” said
Mr. Parry, "and arrange for a committee
of five to meet the commtttw designated
b>- Mr. Mitchell in Buffalo, next Satur
day, probably at 9 a. m. I will not (
announce the committee of manufactur
ers until I hear from telegrams which
I will send at once.”
MAYOR TOM JOHNSON
WILL FIGHT COAL STRIKE
CLEVELAND, O M Oct. 1.-Mayor John
ston today issued a call for a mass meet
ing of the citizens of this city to be held
Friday evening next to take action rela
tive to the coal strike. Resolutions will
be presented to the meeting urging th®
federal government to either tak® control
of the anthracite mines or to name a re
ceiver to operate them until a settlement
of the strike.
ENGINEER IS STONED
BY ANGRY STRIKERS
MT. CARMEL, Pa., Oct L-Whil®
Engineer F. Hoffman was on a Lehigh
Valley locomotive here last night he wai
stoned by a mob because he was running
a car full of supplies into the soldiers’
encampment. The car was almost total
ly wrecked. Hoffman escaped injury by
lying down. Before the mob could jump
on the engine a detail of soldiers drove
them away.
Sheriff Dietrich discharged thirty-eight
deputies today. The militia will here
after do guard duty at the collieries.
PRESIDENT MITCHELL
DIDN’T GO TO NEW YORK
WILKESBARRE, Pa.. Oct. I.—President
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers,
did not leave for New York today. It wa®
reported last night that the miners’ chief
would go to the metropolis early this
morning but up to noon he was still in th®
city.
Mr. Mitchell declined to comment on the
conference held yesterday between the
president and members of his cabinet in
which the coal strike situation wa® dis
cussed.
MORO, SINGLE HANDED,
ATTACKS THREE COMPANIES
MANILA. Sept. 29.—Three companies
of infantry, commanded by Captain Hel
minlk, of the Tenth infantry, left Camp
Vicars. Island of Mindanao, Thursday, to
reconnoiter the Moro forts and to recover
stolen arms. They encountered only slight
resistance. They destroyed the Butig
forts. A few Moros were killed. The
American troops had no casualties.
A fanatical Moro, armed with a bolo,
charged the column alone.
Brigadier General Sumner is preparing
to send a second expedition against the
Macln sultans, who still reject the over
ture for peace negotiations. .The sultans
have a strong force in position and stout
opposition is expected. Many friendly
Moros arrived at Camp Vicars yesterday
to visit General Sumner. They promised
to conrfnue peaceful.
NO. 6.