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REVISE TARIFF
THEIR SLOGAN
The National Association 6f Man
ufacturers Express Wishes,
QUICK ACTION WANTED
Members Go Ga Record by Adopting Reso
lution at Closing Meeting in New
York-Other Reforms Planned.
The National Association of Manu
facturers of the United States went
on record at their closing session in
New York Wednesday as in favor of
-a revision of the tariff at the earliest
opportunity, and the negotiation of
juore reciprocal treaties.
A lively debate preceded the vote,
tyhich was upon the acceptance of the
report of the committee on tariff and
-reciprocity. The committee based its
recommendations on a poll of the 3,-
000 members of the association. Of
the total number replying 55 per cent
declared for immediate revision, while
20 per cent expressed a “hands off”
sentiment.
An effort to table the report was
defeated, and it was adopted as re
ported.
The mass of resolutions adopted by
the associatioi at the wind-up includ
ed indorsement of the open shop, in
dustrial education, the improvement
•of the consular service, commendation
at the national river and harbor con
gress, urging the president to with
draw approval of the new German
treaty until testimony can be obtain
ed regarding the effects upon domes
tic labor and industry likely to rollow
the customs administrative changes,
and opposition to all illegal combina
tions, either of capital or labor.
This last resolution was given, add
ed force by the convention’s declared
intention to raise ?1,500,000 to carry
•out a campaign of education, concern
ing dictatorial combinations.
Of this campaign of education, Pres
ident Van Cleave, following the closing
session, said;
"We shall endeavor to assist in
-educating the .public in industrial
.righteousness. We shall be just as
ready to oppose unlawful acts by com
binations of labor. We believe in in
halations of law. We believe in in
dustrial liberty and we are opposed
to all forms of individual oppression.
And, if anybody undertakes to com
pel any one to submit to such op
pression, we shall endeavor to as
sist the party so assailed.”
The association, re-elected James W.
Van Cleave of St. Louis, president, and
F. H. Stillman of New York treas
urer. The convention closed Wednes
day night with a banquet.
FIENDISH WORK OF WRECKERS.
Pails Were Disconnected and Fast Limit
ed Tumbles trom a 1 restle.
Train No. 20, one of the Southern
Pacific coast line train, was wrecked
at West Glendale, ten miles north of
Los Angeles, at 12:30 Wednesday
morning.
The wreck was the deliberate work
of train wreckers. One man was kill
ed and twenty-two injured, three prob
ably fatally. In acomplishing the
wreck of the train, a devilish ingenui
ty had been exercised. At a point on
a trestle over the Arroyo Seco, me
fish plates and bolts of two connect
ing rails had been removed, and in
.the apertures, where the bolts were
taken, strands of heavy wire were fas
tened at the cud of each rail.
It was evident that some person had
hidden on a hillside close to the tres
tle, had pulled the wire as the train
Approached and spread the out
ward toward the edge of the trestle.
Yellow Fever Appears in Cuba.
A report from Havana is to the
effect that one yellow fever patient
•of the province of Matauzas, was re
ceived in the Havana hospital Tues
day, the first case reported from that
city for several months.
REPORT OF CHEMIST AWAITED.
Dr. Rowland and New Wife Still Languish
in North Carolina Jail.
Safely secured behind prison bars,
charged with the crime of poisoning
his 11-year-old son, and accused Oi
causing the sudden death of Lngineei
Strange, Dr. David Rowland, a prom
inent physician of Raleign, N. C.,
eagerly awaits the results of the anal
ysis of the stomach of his son and
Strange. With him at the jail at Hen
derson is his young wife, erstwhile
widow of Strange, whom he married
one week after the mysterious death
of her husband.
MRS. M’KINLEY DEAD.
Wife of Haityr Preside: t Joins Husbcnd
in Great Beyond-Victim oi
Apoplectic Stroke.
At Canton, Ohio, Sunday afternoon,
Mrs. McKinley, wife of the martyred
president, passed from earth, as the
result of a stroke of apoplexy. The
transition from life to death was so
peaceful and gradual that It was with
difficulty that the vigilant physicians
and attendants noted when dissolution
came.
There was no struggle, no pain.
Mrs. McKinley never knew of the
efforts made for days to prolong her
life, nor of the solicitous hope against
hope of her sister and other relatives
and friends for her recovery.
Mrs. McKinley's last words were for
death. An attendant said:- "Mrs. Mc-
Kinley would say, ’Why should I lin
ger?’ ‘Please God, if it is Thy will,
why defer it?* She would say also,
‘He is gone now, and life is dark to
me.’ Other kindred expressions would
also fall from her lips.”
At the McKinley home when death
came, there were present Secretary
Cortelyou, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Bar
ber, Mrs. Sarah Duncan, Mrs. Luther
Day, Justice and Mrs. William R. Day,
Drs. Portmann and Rixey aud the
nurses.
‘‘Mrs. McKinley lasted hours longer
than we expected,” said the secretary.
‘‘Her vitality was wonderful,” said Dr.
Portmanu.
It was by Secretary Cortelyou that
the announcement of the demise was
given to the public. While little hope
was entertained in Washington for
her recovery, the news of tho death of
Mrs. McKinley caused profound sor
row in the national capitol, where she
so long made her home while her
husband was a member of congress,
aud later president. President Roose
velt learned of her death shortly af
ter 2 o’clock, when he received a tel
egram from Secretary Cortelyou, who
has been in Canton since Mrs. McKin
ley was first stricken. He immedi
ately announced that he would at
tend the funeral.
There were expressions of regret
from many officials | whose duties
brought them in contact with the
white house, and fron all attaches of
the executive mansion many of whom
served there during the McKinley ad
ministration. All paid the highest trib
ute to the memory to the late presi
dent’s widow.
The body of Mrs. McKinley will be
placed in the cault in West Lawn
cemetery which holds the remains of
her husband until the completion ,of
the new mausoleum on Monument
Hill, when both caskets will be trans
ferred to receptacles in tliat tomb.
Mrs. McKinley’s life of almost sixty
years has been more familiar to the
nation by the fact that more than
half of it was a period of invalidism.
Through all this, however, she show
ed a firm and unwavering belief in
the career of her husband and by
her cheering words, in simile of'persou
al afflictions, encouraged him when
there was darkness at hand.
She "believed that his star of des
tiny would never set until he had be
come president, and for more than a
quarter of a century cherished that
belief until her hopes were realized.
After President McKinley’s death,
she expressed a desire to join him and
prayed daily that she might join him.
Lately, however, she frequently told
friends she desired to live until the
completion of the McKinley mauso
leum, which is the gift of the nation,
and which is to be dedicated on Mon
ument Hill, September 30, next.
BONDS GIVEN BY MILLIONAIRES.
Six are Indicted on Bribery Charges by
Grand Jury at San Francisco.
The grand jury at San Francisco
Saturday afternoon indicted six mil
lionaires on charges of bribery and at
tempted bribery and returned addition
al indictments against Ruef and Mayor
Schmitz.
Judge Coffey fixed bail at $..000 on
each of 126 counts contained in the
twenty-eight indictments. All the ac
cused furnished bail.
The grand jury adjourned until June
10, when investigation of alleged brib
ery by officials of the Home Tele
phone company and by other persons
will be resumed. r
AN APPLICATION OF BED SLATS
Would Be Mora Effective Than Sunday
C.osing, Declares Chicago Mayor.
“Bed slats applied to unruly boys
will do more than Sunday closing re
form in Chicago,’’ says Mayor Basse
of Chicago, “and most of the people
do not want Sunday closing.”
This was the mayors answer to the
delegation of the Sunday Clos ng
League. The mayor said he would
order the saloons closed on 3unday
if he was commanded by the supreme
court to do so, but not otherw^.
BRONZE STATUE
OF GEN. GORDON
Unveiled at Atlanta With Impos
ing and Elaborate Ceremonies.
HOST IN ATTENDANCE
Thousands of Georgians and Many Visitors
from Other States Join in Paying
Tribute to Confederate Chieftaa.
Many thousands of Georgians and
visitors from other states gathered in
Atlanta Saturday to participate in aud
witness the exercises incident to the
unveiling of the heroic bronze eques
trian statue of General John B. Gor
don, which stands majestically in re
viewing attitude on the northwest cor
ner of the state capitol grounds.
Elaborate preparations for the
event were made by the commission,
which, more recently, has had charge
of the work under legislative resolu
tion, and the occasion in every detail
was so arranged that it was one long
to be remembered.
The unveiling ceremonies which be
gan promptly at noon around the
monument, upon stands erected for
the occasion, was preceded by a
splendid military pageant. In it par
ticipated state and federal troops,
and one of its divisions was com
manded by General W. S. Edgerly
of the United States army. The oc
casion was indeed a significant 'one.
The troops assembled at the junc
tion of Peachtree and West Peachtree
streets, and included the Fifth and
Second regiments infantry, national
guard of Georgia, four troops of Geor
gia cavalry, the Atlanta artillery bat
tery, federal troops from Fort Mc-
Pherson, cadets from the state univer
sity at Athens, from Gordon institute
at Barnesville, from the Marist col
lege of Atlanta, hundreds of Atlanta
school children, confederate veterans
and many civic bodies which united
in doing honor to Georgia’s typical
soldier, statesman aud patriot.
The exercises took place upon a
specially erected grand stand, upon
which sat the many guests specially
invited for the occasion, including the
members of General Gordon s tamily,
ex-governors of Georgia and their
families, judges of the United States
courts, members of the John B. Gor
don monument association, Sculptor
Solon H. Borglum, the officers of the
Ladies’ Memorial Association of lue
United Daughters of the Confederacy
aud many others. Platforms had been
placed immediately in front of the
monument, where seats were provid
ed for those who took part in the cho
rus, aud seats were also specially ar
ranged for the 200 voices which
participated in singing the song, ‘‘The
New South,” especially written and
arranged for this occasion.
The invocation by Rev. William F.
Glenn and music by the band was fol
lowed by the reading of the history
of the John B. Gordon Monument As
sociation by its first president, Judge
W. L. Calhoun of Atlanta.
Then followed the principal address
of the occasion by General Clement A.
Evans, comrade and lifelong friend of
General Gordon, who was with him
on the famous 12th of May, ISG4, at
Spottsylvania, when, by forcing Gen
eral Robert E. Lee to the rear, the
gallant Gordon probably saved the in
trepid confederate leader’s life.
The statue was unveiled, following
General Evans’ address, by Mrs. Fran
ces Gordon Smith and Mrs. Caroline
Lewis Gordon Brown of Vermont, the
two daughters of General Gordon.
The dedication poem, following
''Dixie,” by band, was read by Its au
thor, Charles W. Hubner, of Atlanta,
and the exercises closed \vith the for
mal delivery of the monument to the
state by Captain N. E. Harris of .Ma
con on the part of the commission,
and its acceptance by Governor Ter
rell.
GARNER IS FINALLY CORRALLED.
Alleged Embezzler Located Through Move
ments of His Wife.
R. F. Garner, wanted in New Or
leans, on the charge of embezzling
$36,700 from the Southern Pacific road,
was arested in Cartersville, Gu., Fri
day afternoon at the Beil residence.
Garner has been living near Car
tersville for about two months. Sev
eral weeks ago his wife arrived in
Cartersville, and stopped at the Bell
home. Since her arrival every move
she made has been watched and final
ly the detectives learned that her hus
band hod entered the residence.
PILE OF INDICTMENTS
Returned Against Alleged Grafters in San
Francisco—Fourteen Counts
Against Pat Calhoun.
The grand jury at San Francisco
Friday evening returned bribery in
dictments as follows:
Against President Patrick Calhoun
of the United Railroads, fourteen.
Against assistant to the president,
Thoruwall Mullaly, fourteen.
Against Attorneys Tierey L. Ford
and W. M. Abbott of the legal de
partment, -fourteen each.
Against Mayor Eugene Schmitz, six
teen.
Against Abraham Reuf, fourteen.
Against President Louis Glass of
the Pacific States Telephone and Tel
egraph company, two.
Against Theodore V. Halsey, for
merly an agent of that corporation,
one.
Reuf, Schmitz, Calhoun, Mullaly,
Ford and Abbott are charged with
bribing fourteen supervisors to grant
an overhead trolley franchise to the
United Railroads. Schmitz is further
charged with bribery in connection
with the fixing of the gas company’s
rate, and with receiving ?5,000 in the
United Railroad’s franchise deal.
The indictments against Glass are
additional to the eleven Indictments
already returned against him on the
charge of bribing supervisors to re
fuse a competitive telephone fran
chise. The indictment against Halsey
is for the same offense.
Superior Judge Coffey fixed bail in
the sum of SiO,O(JO on each of the
charges, and gave the accused until
until Saturday morning to furnish
bonds.
OKLAHOMA PLEA PRESENTED.
Three Commissioners Confer With Presi
dent Regarding state's Constitution.
President Roosevelt Friday gave an
audience to Messrs. Ledbetter, Moore
and Hayes, democratic members of
the Oklahoma constitutional conven
tion, who were appointed by the.pres
ident of that body to go to Washing
ton to consult with the officials of the
administration regarding its attitude
toward the constitution recently
adopted.
The committee declined to state
what the president said to them, hut
admitted that he had referred mem
to the attorney general for another
conference. They pointed out that
they were anxious that the president
should indicate the objectionable fea
tures of the present constitution be
cause then the convention could be
reassembled and those features cor
rected.
They did not want to have the con
stitution submitted to the people for
ratification, to be, followed by the
president’s disapproval of the instru
ment, which would delay the admis
sion of the state until a later date.
The committee said the people were
anxious to have the constitution con
form to the provisions of the enabling
act.
OUSTER MOVE IS RECOMMENDED.
Three Oil Companies May Be Forced to
Leave State of Missouri.
Judge Robert A. Anthony, appoint
ed by the supreme court of Missouri
to lake testimony in the suit insti
tuted by Attorney General Hadley
against the Standard Oil company, the
Waters-Pierce Oil company and the
Republic Oil company, charging a
conspiracy, has made his report to
the court.
His findings hold that the oil com
panies entered into an agreement to
control prices. He recommends that
their charters be revoked and that
they be ousted from the state.
RUSSIA VOTES BIG FAMINE FUND.
Parliament Provides Nearly Nine Millions
for R|iief Measures. •
The lower house of the Russian par
liament Friday by 176 to 146 votes,
adopted the law providing for the
appropriation of $8,750,000 for famine
relief purposes. The Poles and mem
bers of the group of toil abstained
from voting.
MANY EMPLOYES TO LOSE JOBS.
Railroads Will Reduce Expenses By Cur
tailing Their Payrolls.
Between 50,000 and 100,000 men will
be thrown out of employment by the
railroads of the country before the
end of the first week in June, accord
ing to reports in Chicago.
In addition to the employees in the
regular service, many thousands ol
laborers will be discharged by the
railroads which have abandoned new
work and new extensions, owing to
the difficulty of raising money.
ANOTHER ROW
WITH THE JAPS
Work of Mob in San Francisco
Greatly Angers Foreigners.
VIGOROUS KICK IS MADE
Restaurant and Bath House Wrecked by
Hoodlum3~Protest is Made and Sec
retary Root Takes Action.
Information that Japanese have
been subjected to ill-treatment and
Indignaties in San Francisco reached
the state department Sunday from two
sources, and Secretary Root has taken
measures for their protection through
two channels.
Ambassador Wright at Tokio cabled
the information, through Japanese
channels, that a Japanese restaurant
and a Japanese bath house, in San
Francisco, had been demolished by a
mob, and Viscount Aoki, the Japan
ese ambassador at Washington, laid
before Secretary Root dispatches from
the Japanese consul general at Suu
Francisco detailing the same occur
rences.
Secretary Root at once made a re
quest on Attorney General Bonaparte
of the department of justice that iho
United States district attorney in
San Francisco be directed to make
an immediate investigation of tha
complaints. Mr. Bonaparte thereupon
telegraphed both the United Stales
district attorney and the United Slates
marshal at San Francisco to make a
thorough investigation and to forward
their report by telegraph to the do
pa rtmeut of justice.
Besides setting to work the machin
ery of the federal government, Secre
tary Root telegraphed the information
to Governor Gillette of California, in
this telegram he called upon the state
of California to perform tho duties
imposed upon her by the terms o£
the treaty between the United Slates
and Japan, which stipulates that Jap
anese shall have the right to reside
in the United States, and shall have
full protection to their persons, prop
erty and business.
Jhe double move affording protec
tion to the Japanese was taken by
the secretary because of what is re
garded as doubtful authority vested
hi the officers of the federal govern
ment to prosecute violations of the
criminal law. The secretary docs not
go so far as to say that the federal
government is without authority In
this respect In the absence of pro
cedure by a state, but ho is frank to
admit that federal jurisdiction may
be somewhat weak.
As to the merits of the case, Sec
retary Root is inclined to ascribe tfie
occurrences; both reports of which
have come through Japanese sources,
to the disturbed conditions existing
in San Francisco as the result of la
bor conditions.
Japanese Indignant.
A special from Toltio, Japan, says:
A report from the consul for Japan
in San F/ancisco confirms the news
of attacks made recently upon Japan
ese restaurant keepers in that city.
The public here is indignant, but the
press refrains froni’**any hasty com
ment, trusting the Washington gov
ernment to prevent the repetition of
similar occurrences.
The disturbance occurred in a res
taurant conducted . by Japanese on
Folsom street and was followed by an
attack upon a Japanese bath house
on the opposite side of the street.
The trouble arose over the expulsion
of two white men from a Japanese
restaurant on Eighth street. They
were followed by a mob when they
went around to the place on Folsom
street, which wrecked both places, the
men themselves escaping through a
rear entrance. The police say the rea
son that there was no interference
was because all of the patrolmen on
the street had been withdrawn for
duty in other sections of the city,
where disturbances prevailed, owing to
the strike of the car men.
OFFICIALS OUSTED BY COURT.
Contented Election Case in Louisville Do
cideU Against ius ocinoeiats.
The Keutucity cOur., oi appeals on
Monuay fianuui uown its oy.iiiuu in
me conii'Hteu electron casta irum the
city of Lours •'Me and JeiveroOit coun
ty, upnoidiug uie contentions or iho
iusioursts and acciai.:. o uie eiccuou
void.
The court ruicn that Governor Beck
ham ha., Luc 4,0- v -o nil me vacan
cies by appointment n.iti an election
for all city ana coumy oiitciais ia
ordered tor next Nu’ember. The de
cision of tuc cour.. is unanimous.