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BLACKS LEAD CUBAN REVOLT No Serious Uprising, However, is Feared by Authorities* MOVE IS TO GET OFFICES A ‘ Very Few Places Have Been Given Them and They are Sore-Three Cuban Generals Arrested. A Washington special says: War de partment officials, while admitting that agitation is rampant among the negro population in Cuba, because of llieir failure to receive their proper •hare of ot&cea, discredit the proba- aay uprising against the pio visional government on that account. The negro population, composing 90 per cent of the people, who opposed Palma’s government, claim they have not been fairly treated. A continua tion of this agitation, it is admitted, might have a serious effect in driving t some of the malcontents to attempted risings in isolated places, but Gov pernor Magoon is said to be prepared to prevent anything like an insurrec tion. Acting Secretary of War Oli ver was at* the white house Thursday, hut he did not regard the stories of 41 Cuban revolt of sufficient import ance to bring it to the president’* at tention. Governor Magoon is keeping the war department advised of the situ ation and is consulting freely with •General Barry and ether military om cers in Cuba. The agitation has been alive in Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces, in the latter province be ing among the lawless class, mainly negroes. In a large measure, the gov ernment is disposed to treat the whole matter as not of any serious conse quence, as the leaders of the last rev olution are actively opposing the pres ent agitation. General Barry tele graphed Thursday from Havana: “Referring to newspaper accounts agitation in Cuba, have beei|j.'alive to situation for some days, though noth ing has developed worthy of Reporting. All intelligence officers and station •commanders have been alert arid have reported everything concerning it. Re ports from them show tranquility in all provinces except Pinar del Rio, where there is some light agitation among lawless class, mainly negross. Am satisfied any friction which may arise will be promptly and success fully handled.” A special from Havana says: The. secret' police early Thursday arrested General Maeso Parra and a little later took int,o custody General Juan Du cassi and General Lara Miret, charged with conspiring against public erdm. General Parra is the alleged leader of the conspiracy to start a revolution against the Americans in Cuba, with the use of funds supplied from or brought from some firm on Broad way, New York. It is known that simultaneously with the arrival . of Parra at Havana three San Doming •-ans, well known on account of their previous revolutionary records, also •reached this port, and it is stated that otfefer individuals of a similar charac ter are working in eastern Cuba. The government has knowledge of ■the fact that General .Jiminez, the ex president of Santo Domingo, has re cently been at Santiago de Cuba, but whether he was connected with the conspiracy is not yet known. It is known that the conspiracy originally was hatched in Ne" iork by certain Americans whose names, It is said, already are in the posses sion of the United States government secret service officers, and it is stated that the leaders here were simply pio fessional revolutionists hired for the job. In consequence of the arrests made here, it is believed the movement will •result in a miserable farce. Governor Magoon, however, is not taking any chances. He is amply pre pared with 5,000 American soldiers and 5,000 rural guards to crush any movement an instant after it is started. A general strike of the employees of the United railroads and the Ha vana Central railroad was declared Thursday. Trains are running v, ith the help of the engineers onlj’, >th out firemen or conductors. A tie-up of all the roads in the island is feared. DEATH-DEALING WRECK Occurs on Baltimore and Chio Railway. Eight Killed and Score More or Less Hurt. Eight men were killed, four fatally injured and seventeen more or less injured late Saturday when the Chi cago and Wheeling express train No. 14, on the Baltimore and Ohio rail road, was wrecked in the yards at Bellaire, Ohio. A freight train had just taken a siding for the express. The passenger train, however, failed to pass over the switch and crashed into the freight. The wreck was due, it is said, to the failure of an operator to throw a switch. The west-bound freight had received orders to meet the passenger at the limits of the Bellaire yard, and was moving slowly along the siding. At the point where the wreck occur red there is a very sharp curve, which prevents the engineers of the east bound trains from seeing more than a few feet ahead. The passenger train swung around the curye very rapidly, being three hours late, and should have gone on in safety on the main line. The switch to the siding, however, had not been turned, and the train shot on to the siding and into the freight. There was scarcely time to apply the brakes, and no time for the enginemen to jump. The two big engines were reduced to junk by the impact, but the worst damage was done to the smoker, which was telescoped so completely by the baggage car that every seat was thrown out of the coach. Every occu pant of the smoker was badly injured. The passengers in the other day coach and the two Pullman cars were tumbled from their seats, but not se riously injured. Engineer Galbraith was burned to a crisp by escaping steam. The injured were taken to the Glendale, West Vii ginia, and Bellaire hospitals. General Manager Fitzgerald, who was in the neighborhood on an in spection tour, and General Superin tendent W. C. Loree of Wheeling per sonally superintended the rescue worn. Great difficulty was experienced in re moving the injured passengers from the wrecked smoker. Work was slow because every movement of the debris caused someone to shriek with pain as the victims were entangled in a mass of timbers and twisted irons. Among the passengers on the wreck ed train were the members of Richard Carles’ “Spring Chicken’’ ccrnic opera, which was to have played at V\ heel ing Saturday afternoon and evening. All the members of the company es caped serious injury except Alfred Bolby, the musical director. It was found necessary to amputate his right arm, thus ending his career in his profession. He was riding in the smo ker, and was found with a heavy tim ber binding him by the arms. At the office of Superintendent Loree it was said that they were net yet certain which operator is to blame for the accident,'but a thorough investi gation was under way. A curious feature of fhe wreck is that the baggage car and the smoker were the only cars on the passenger train damaged. Engineer H. A. Lipscomb, on the passenger train, underwent probably the most heroic surgical operation in modern times. Caught beneath his en gine, it was found impossible to re move the broken iron from his body on account of the way in which one of his legs was entangled. Escaping iam across his face made it impos sible to administer an anaesthetic and as a result physicians amputated the leg as he lay there conscious. It is feared that he will die. Thanksgiving services were held Saturday night by every member of -The Spring Chicken”" company of 7 people, from Richard Carle himself down to the humblest chorus man. ROOT WELCOMED BY MEXICANS. Secretary's Advent Over the Line Heralded by Music of Brass Bancs. At 8 o’clock Sunday morning Secre tary of State Elihu Root crossed the Rio Grande river at Monterey and be came the guest of the republic of Mex ico. The train drew into the little sta tion on the Mexican side to the : str ains of two military band, . wch : played lively American airs. When . came to a halt, General Rincoin Gal lardo in the name of President Diaz and the people of the republic of Mex ico tendered the distinguished vmßor the freedom and hospitality of the | country. CUBANS PLOT A REVOLUTION Move Against American Rule in Island is Frustrated. MAGOON IS WATCHFUL Outbreak Could be Easily Quelled Saya Governor-New York Capitalists Said to Be Involved. A conspiracy to start a revolution ary movement in Cuba has been dia covered, according to a Havana dis patch. Under instructions issued by Governor Magoon a number of sus picious persons believed to bo eon nected with the conspiracy have been shadowed for sereral days past. It is believed that the movement is backed by New York capitalists. Governor Magoon lias been aware for several days past that certain in dividuals were conspiring against the government, but he did not attach to the matter much importance, owing to the fact that the Cuban rural guard and the American forces in the island had been so assigned as to ho able to crush any such movement in a few hours’ time. The fact that Governor Magoon was cognizant of the conspiracy and the movements of the agitators, seems to have served to suppress the threat ened outbreak, and advices received by the government Wednesday from all the provinces show that there is no ground at all for apprehension. It is a fact that certain parties dn Havana have been conspiring fdr the purpose of starting a revolution simul taneously in the extreme eastern and extreme western provinces of Cuba, and members of the secret police have shadowd a number of Cubans promi nent politically who had taken lead ing parts in the revolutionary out breaks. If by any chance the revolutionary movement had started, the rural guards, backed by the Arm rioan forc es in the island, would have crushed it in its inception. It is persistently stated that, the money to finance this revolution was furnished from Wall street. There are reports current that a certain American who was In Cuba recently and spent four days in Havana, is connected with the conspiracy. The movements of this man were myste rious. No matter who is behind this attempt, Governor Magoon is prepar ed to stamp it out immediately. There is every reason to believe that not more than one general or other prominent officer who was a party to the pact with Secretary '1 aft at the conclusion of the last revolu tion is connected with this conspir acy. FIRST LOCKER CLUB CHARTERED. Superior Court Judge at Atlanta Grants Petition cf Incorporators. Georgia Club is the name selected for the latest social organization to be launched in Atlanta. A charter, the first since the prohibition law was enacted, and its subsequent at tachment to the tax act of a SROO tax on social clubs carrying lockers, was granted in open court by Judge W. D. Ellis of the Fulton county superior court Wednesday. The petition states that the club is to have no capital stock, but Is to exist from the receipts of Its mem bers secured as initiation fees and dues. It aaks for the right to sue and be a&ed, to contract or buy, sell and exchange property, make loans and the like. The principal object as named is to promote social inter course. BANK CASHIER SKIPS OUT. Swiped $74,000 and Sleuths of Uncle Sam Are Hot on Tcail. Oscar Kondert, formerly cashier of the First National Bank at Baton Rouge, La., is missing, while United States officers are searching for him with a warrant sharping hirn with a defalcation of 74,000. 'lhe shortage was discovered over a month ago, but Kondert and bis friends made good the greater part of the loss. The bank officials, it is said, de clared themselves satisfied, but the federal officials decided to prosecute the cashier. FOR MURDER OF GIRL Ack Ha’e is Arraigned in Court at Bristol, Ten*.—Victim’s Mother Creates Scene in Court Room. The trial in Blouiitville, Tenn., of Ack Hale for the murder of Lillie Davis, his sweetheart, iu East Hill cemetery, in Bristol, March 27, came to a dramatic climax HWdneaday.when Mrs. J. W. Davis, mother'erf the dead girl, as a witness for the prosecution, arose and, pointing a finger of scorn at the prisoner, who satr>pale and wan, shouted: j "You scoundrel, you killed my child, and you know I know you , did." At this she collapsed and was car ried from the court room. % The state, introduced practically all of its evideuce during the day. John Bruner, a farmer residing near Bristol, testified that he saw Hale hold the girl and pour whiskey down her throat several times sfiortly before she was. found dying, and that he made a dpsperato effort to assault her. He was sustained by a number of other witnesses. Hale was indicted on two charges, criminal assault and murder. There was no eyewitness to the girl’s death and for tills reason the evidence against Hale is all circum stantial. Dozens of witnesses told of having seen him abuse and whip the girl shortly before lier death, and several little children saw him practically force her into the cemetery, where ho says she committed suicide with J his pistol, while between sobs she! pleaded with lilm to allow her to go j home. M. M. Floyd, who was first to reach | the dying girl, stated that she wan unconscious when he arrived and 1 made no coherent statement. This came aS a blow to the defense, who,' it is said, expected the testimony ( would be more consistent with the j suicide theory. Efforts will be made by the defense | to prove the girl impure; but nearly j all of their witnesses on this point are admittedly women ot 111 repute, and the state will seek to impeach the evidence of Jill of them. Dr. W. R. Rogers and Dr. \V. C. Boolier gave expert testimony. Rog ers was unwilling to give it as liis opinion that Miss Davis, had been a virtuous girl, but Boolier, who had twice been called in to assist with the autopsy, was positive that there existed strong evidences of criminal assault. FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Thirty Thousand Dollars Borrowod to Maintain Georgia Institution. Provision was made Wednesday by the trustees of the Georgia state uni versity at a meeting held in Atlanta to secure $30,000 for the maintenance of the state colege of agriculture at Athens during the coming year. The fund will be borrowed by the board, as follows: There will be taken from the funds of the state university proper $lO,OOO to be applied to the agricultural col lege. The trustees of the university will make a note for $13,000, each of them endorsing It, and the trustees of the state agricultural college will mase a similar note for $5,000, these three amounts making up the $30,000 that is needed. BIG BUSINESS DONE BY ROAD. Annual Report of Illinois Central Show's Handsome Receipts. The annual report of the Illinois Central Railroad company, of which J. T. ilarahan is president has been Issued. It shows that the gross re c. Ipts from traffic for the year end ing June 30, were $36,610,633.10, while the operating expenses and taxes were $40,065,524.76, leaving $16,545,- 108.40. This left the net income, af ter interest bad been paid, at 13,* 000,918.03. ACK HALE MAKES STATEMENT. Denies Murder and Says He Was Intimate V/ith Victim. Ack Hale, on trial at Blountville, Tenn., for the murder of Lillie Davis, took the stand in his own defense Thursday. He made a sweeping de nial of the charge of murder, and contradicted all the witnesses for the prosecution. IU testified that he had been intimate with his alleged victim, but ocers were call; and in rebuttals, who declared that he denied while under arrest that there had been anj Intimacy between them. 'TAFT WAVES OLIVE BRANCH On Arrival in Domains of the Muchly Dicussed Jap. A HEARTY WELCOME Yellow Men Look Upon Big Sccietary as Peace Envoy and Greet Him With Joyous Spontaniety. Secretary Taft arrived at Yokohama, Japan, early Saturday morning and his first day in the mikado’s domain con tributed much toward reassuring the Japanese in the matter of the feeling entertained regarding them in Amer ica. Thomas O Brien, the new Ameri can ambassador to Japan, who arrived with Mr. Taft, did not fail in doing his part in the creatkffi of hotter feel ing between the two countries. The llochl Shimbum, displaying commendable enterprise, published a half-tone picture of the secretary land ing at Yokohama and an interview in which Mr. Taft is quoted as saying: “America and Japan will always be friends. 1 speak as the secretary of war of America and also as the secre tary of peace.’’ The newspapers of Sunday published similar Interviews, as well as lengthy editorial articles, welcoming Secretary Tal’t as the representative of ’Amer ica, the friend of Japan.’’ After an uneventful voyage across the Pacific from Seattle, which port she left September 13, the Minnesota stole up Toklo bay just as dawn was breaking Saturday morning and an chored at the Yokohama quarantine station. Among those who were received by Secretary Taft on board the Minnesota were a number or leading journalists of Japan. Replying to a felicitous speech of welcome, Secretary 'I aft said, referring to the matter of racial prejudice, that it was only necesrary to refer his questioners to the mes sage of President Roosevelt on this • # Eubject. The secretary of war was tlion a-:k ed if the United Staton intend and to sell the Philippines. To this Mr. Tatt replied that America had no intention of selling, adding that he had no mis sion in Jupap except a friendly greet ing and a visit with old friends on his way to Manila. Continuing, the secretary outlined his proposed trip around the world, and spoke of his plans for tho future government of the Philippines. In con clusion Mr. Taft said: “Tho future lies in Mr. O’Brien’s hands.” Mr. O'Brien then Krade a brief ad dress, in which he said his mission was a peaceful one, and that lio was extremely gratified at nls reception. Preliminary to three days of social and diplomatic activity, Secretary of War Taft and his party spent a quiet Sunday resting in the palace of Shiba, an ancient and picturesque residence belonging to the Imperial family in Toklo. Charlie Taft organized a baseball game on the famous lawn of the cas tle with a number of Japanese youths. It wan Intended to play the game Sun day, but his father objected and caus ed a postponement until Monday. Among the most important of the callers of the secretary was Lieuten ant General Terauchi, the imperial minister of war, who had a lengthy conference with Mr. Taft, and from this fact it is believed in certain quar ters that the ground work is being laid for an entente concerning immi gration which, it is conceded, is the •only point on which there Is difference of opinion between the two countries. Another of Mr. Taft’s callers was Loveus Wilfley, representing American commercial interests in Shanghai, who is anxious concerning the attitude of the United States in vi w of the talk of the dismemberment of China,t and who came to request Mr. 'I aft to make a positive statement concerning this on the occasion of the dinner to be given in his honor by the American Association of Shanghai. It is under stood that Mr. Wilfley was informed that Secretary Taft would make statement on the question. Secretary Taft and his family took a long drive In the imperial carriage Sunday afternoon. The crowds in the streets recognized the American secre tary of war, and greeted him with cries of “banzai" and bows and smiles. It was quite evident that the enthusiasm waft spontaneous. The Japanese lleve Mr. Taft is a peace envoy.