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OVER A HUNDRED ARE DEAD!
Horror Follows Stampede in Baptist
Convention at Birmingham.
Two Delegates Started to Fight and
Cry of Fire Was Raised—Whole
Audicnc c Rushed Pell Mtli for
the Door and Victims Were
Crushed or Smothered
to Death—Sickening
Scenes Witnessed.
In an awful crash of humanity
caused by a stampede in the Shiloh
negro Baptist church at Birmingham,
Ala., Friday night one hundred and
five persons were killed and about
ninety seriously injured.
The calamity occurred at !) o'clock,
just as Booker T. Washington had con¬
cluded his address to the national con¬
vention of Baptists, and for three
hours the scenes around the church
were indescribable.
Dead bodies were strewn in every
direction and the ambulance service
cf the city was utterly incapacitated
to move them until after 1 o'clock a.
in.
The injured were first looked after
and dozens cf dead bodies were ar¬
ranged in rows on the ground outside
the house of worship awaiting removal
to the various undertaking establish-
ments, while more than a score were
laid out on the benches inside.
The church is the largest house of
worship for negroes in Birmingham,
and the pastor says there were at
least 2,000 persons in the edifice when
the stampede began. Instructions had
been issued to allow no one else to
enter, but the negroes forced their way
inside the building, and were standing
in every aisle. The entrance was lit¬
erally packed.
Origin cf Horror.
Just as Booker Washington
ed his address Judge Billou, a negro
lawyer altercation from^altiniore, with the choir engaged leader in con- an
cerning an unoccupied seat, and it is
■ said a blow was struck. Borne one in
the choir cried, “They are fighting.”
Mistaking the world “fighting” for
“fire,” the congregation rose cn masse
and started for the dcor. One of the
ministers quickly mounted the ros¬
trum and admonished the people to
keep quiet. He repeated the word
“quiet” several times and motioned
to his hearers to be seated. Again the
excited congregation mlsfcck the word
“quiet” for fire, and rushed pell mell
for the door. Men and women crawled
over benches,, fought rheir way into
1he aisles and those who had fallen
were trampled upon like cattle.
The ministers tried again to stop
the stampede, but no power on earth
could stay the struggling, fighting
mass of humanity. The screams of
women and children added to the hor-
ror of the scene and through mere
fright many persons fainted, and as
they fell to the floor were crushed to
death.
The level of the floor is about 15
feet from the ground and long steps
lead to the sidewalk from the lobby
jnst outside the main auditorium.
Brick walls extend on each side of
these steps for six or seven feet and
this proved a veritable death trap. Ne-
groes who had reached the top of the
steps were pushed violently forward
and many f *1. Before they could
move others fell upon them and in fif-
teen minutes persons were, piled upon
each other to a height of 10 feet. This
wall of straggling humanity blocked
the entrance and the weight of fifteen
hundred persons was pushed against
it. More than twenty persons lying
on the steps underneatn the heaps of
bodies died from suffocation.
Two white men who were in the rear
of the church when the rush began
escaped, and, realizing the seriousness
cf the situation, rushed to the corner
near by and turned in a fire alarm,
OWENS AGAIN FOUND GUILTY.
For Fourth Time Verdict Has Hcen
Rendered in Mississippi.
“We, the jury, find the defendant
guilty as charged in the indictment,”
was the verdict rendered in the case
of the state against Whit Owens at
Oxford, Miss., Friday afternoon. Four
times has a jury returned a verdict
against the accused, convicting him
of aiding and abetting the taking of
human life.
Forty-eight men as grand jurors
have unanimously indicted Owens in
petit ...
the cases and forty-eight men as
jurors have unanimously sustained the
indictment.
FOUR LOST IN MINE.
^Cave-In of Stack Mines at Covington.
M Va.. Claims Victims.
A Covington, Va., special says:
cave-in at the Stack mines Friday
a
mnr men all colored, lost their lives,
The hodv of one was recovered soon
rter and it is thought the force of
er now at work will be able to short take
out the other three within a
time.
The department came quickly and the
arrival of the wagons served to scat¬
ter the crowd, which had gathered
around th e front of the church. A
squad of police was also hastened to
the church, and with the firemen final
ly succeeded In relieving the negroes
from their pinioned position in the en¬
trance. The dead bodies were quick¬
ly moved and the crowd inside, find¬
ing an outlet, came pouring out.
Scores of them lost their footing and
rolled down the long steps to the pave¬
ment, sustaining broken limbs and in¬
ternal injuries.
A Sickening Sight.
In an hour the church had been
practically cleared and the sight
which greeted the eyes of those who
had come to aid the injured was sick¬
ening. Down the aisles and along the
outside of the pews the head bodies of
men and women were strewed and the
cries of the maimed and cripple was
heartrending. In a few minutes the
work of removing the bodies was be¬
gun and the wails of the relatives of
the dead who bad waited on the out
si[lc cou i d be heard for several blocks,
The ghiloh church is located just In
the edge of the South Highlands, th*
fashionable residence section of the
city, and all the physicians living in
that part of town went to the assist¬
ance of the injured. As many of the
suffering as could be moved bv
the ambulances were taken to hospit-
a is and the rest were laid out on the
ground, and there the physicians at¬
tended to them. At least 'fifteen of
those brought out injured died before
they could be moved from the ground.
During the stampede many promi¬
nent negro leaders were on the stage
and were unwilling witnesses to the
frightful catastrophe. None of those
in the choir or In the pulpit were in¬
jured in the least. For a few minutes
they attempted to restore, order, but.
seeing their efforts were-fu f lie, waited
until the struggling crowd had ad-
vanecd ^ ar enoi| sh for them to pick
11 n dead and injuied. ,
Most of the dead are women, am
the physicians say in many eases they
fainted and died from suffocation. A
remarkable feature of the calamity is
that, no blood was seen on any of the
victims. They were either crushed or
died from suffocation.
Washington Explains Disaster.
Prof. Booker T. Washington, when
seen shortly after the accident said:
“I had just finished delivering my
lecture on 'Industry,’ and the singing
had commenced, when some woman
back of me was heard to scream,
Some member of the choir yelled
‘quiet,’ which the gallery understoon
to be ‘fire, This was repeated and
started the stampede.
“I found on investigation that, a Bir-
mingham mnn had stepped on the toes
of a delegate from Baltimore named
Ballon,
“Ballou resented it and made a mo-
tion as if to draw a gun. This caused
the woman to scream.
‘There was little excitement in the
center and front of the church. The
rear of the church was congested and
some of the men tried to walk out on
the heads of the crowd. At the time
of the alarm there were probably 3,-
000 people in the church and fully that.
number without. The crowd on the
sidewalk surged in and this in a meas-
sure accounted for the large loss of
life,
“The majority of those killed were
smothered to death, very few having
broken bones,
“When I saw that, a stampede was
imminent I started the choir singing
and part of the audience joined them,
1 remained until the excitement had
subsided for fully thirty minutes. One
good sister,whose name 1 did not learn,
caught me firmly by the waist and
held me throughout the excitement.
saying 'Keep still.’
“So far as is known, about ten dele-
gates were among those killed, two
from Texas and two from New Or-
leans being among that number.”
SET-BACK FOR DEVERY.
Tammany Elects Charles F. Murphy
as Single Head Leader.
A New York dispatch says: Charles
f. Murphy was Friday night elected
lea( j er 0 f Tammany Ha'l at the mee-t-
ing of the executive committee.
A protest was made against William
S. Devery becoming the accredited
representative of the district on the
ground of fraud.
sjie matter was referred to (the com-
cittee on elections.
After the meeting Devery made a
formal demand for his credentials, but
was unable to get any satisfaction.
DOSE FOR COAL BARONS.
Bill Drafted to Put Anthracite Minec
in Hands of Receivers.
Daniel H. McCarthy, lawyer of Ha-
zleton, Pa., visited Senator Quay at
republican state headquarters in Phll-
adelphia Friday and submitted to the
senator the draft of a bill making p'o-
vision for the appointment of a receiv¬
er to assume control of the an-hracite
teal mines under certain contingen¬
cies.
GRAY. JONES CO..GA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1902.
FUNtRAl DAY IK BlRMiNUHAH
Victims of Shiloh Church Horror
Buried Amidst Gloom and Sorrow
in the Alabama City.
Sunday was a day of funerals In Bir¬
mingham, Ala., and the remains of
thirty-eight victims of the panic in
Shiloh church were Interred in the va¬
rious cemeteries for negroes around
the city.
All of the negro churches were
crowded, and the naturally excitable
nature of the southern negro was
wrought to a high pitch by the eulo¬
gistic sermons over the dead bodies
at the various churches.
From all the churches wails of the
grief-stricken negroes could he heard
and great throngs of mourners follow¬
ed the hearses to the cemeteries.
The death list is now known to num¬
ber 105 and 100 of these have been
identified. The .police assert that at
least five bodies have been taken to
private houses that have not been re¬
ported. This would swell the number
to 110.
All of the dead negroes identified Sat¬
urday night and Sunday are residents
of Birmingham except George Wright,
who is said to be from Savannah, Ga.
In nearly all of the churches for
whites sums were raised to assist the
negroes who are unable to give their
dead proper burial, and with amounts
contributed by wealthy citizens a bur¬
ial funed aggregating $500 has been
accumulated.
Among the victims of the disaster
Friday night was Kassouge, an African
hoy brought from the Congo Free
State two years ago by the Kev. S.
Phillips Vermor, of Tuscaloosa. Mr.
Vfrmer was a missionary to the Con¬
go country and had the misfortune to
fall into a game pit and was severely
wounded by the point of a poisoned
stake. Kassougo sucked the poison
from the wound and saved Mr. Ver-
mcr's life. The latter brought him
with him on his return to this country
and was educating him at Stillman in¬
stitute with a view to his returning to
Afrira as a teacher of his people.
During the summer vacation he was
working at the Hardie Tynos machine
shops. His father is a chief of one of
the Congro tribes. He heard there were
- delegates from Africa at the conven¬
tion and he attended hoping to see or
hear them, and was caught in the aw¬
ful crash.
Negro Lawyer Arrested.
Judge J. H. Ballew, the negro law¬
yer who is said to have precipitated
the panic by engaging in an alterca¬
tion with Hicks, the choir leader, has
been arrested and is in jail charged
with disturbing public worship. Hicks
has not been located. Ballew is a
resident of Baltimore.
Booker T. Washington received the
following telegram from President
Roosevelt in regard to the disaster
which befell so many people at the
National Baptist convention at Bir¬
mingham. His reply also follows:
"Cincinnati, Ohio, September 20,
1902.—Booker T. Washington: I am
shocked and horrified by the disaster
at Birmingham and desire to express
my great grief at the sad loss of life.
“THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
Washington replied as follows:
“Birmingham, Ala., September 20,
President Theodore Roosevelt, St.
Nicholas Hotel, Cincinnati: Our peo
pie most grateful to yon for your
words of sympathy in the matter of
the terrible calamity which has befall¬
en so many of our race. Everything
possible L' being lone by !>otb whote
and colored citizens to help. Birming¬
ham city officials have been most
thoughtful and generous. The crowd
at the meeting was very large, but
was perfectly orderly. The disaster
grew out of one of those incidents
which it was almost impossible to
foresee.
“BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.”
SLAIN BY HER LOVER.
Myctcry of Murder of Woman is
Cleared Up by Police.
The mystery of the murder of Mrs.
Annie Pulitzer, whose nude body was
found in the Morris canal near jersey
City, has been cleared up by the dis¬
covery that the woman was killed by
her lover in a flat at 103 West Fifty-
eighth street, New York, whore her
clothing was found Friday night.
HENDERSON REMAINS FIRM.
Urged to Reconsider, H e Reiterates
His Irrevocable Decision.
David B. Henderson, speaker of the
naOona) house of representatives,
passed through Chicago Sunday on his
way to Atlantic City, where fie will
join Mrs. Henderson. Before leaving
for the east, Speaker Henderson reit¬
erated his decision to retire from the
congressional race in Iowa, denied any
intention of abdicating his present po¬
sition until his term of office shall
have expired, and declared himself in
perfect accord with the tariff views of
President Roosevelt.
BIG 8TEAMSHIP ON FIRE.
Heroic Work of Crew of St. Paul
Saved Many Lives.
The American liner St. Paul, which
arrived at New York Saturday, report-
ed that a desperate fight had be'n
mad e against a fire which raged for
twelve hours in th eclothes room.
The fact that the ship was afire was
kept from the women passengers, al-
though the men of the first cabin were
aware of the possible danger.
PRESIDENT ON JAUNT
Receives Royal Welcome by Citi¬
zens oi Cincinnati.
MAKES SPEECH ANENT TRUSTS
Guest of Honor at Annual Festival.
People of Detroit Also Extend
Patriotic and Enthusias¬
tic Welcome.
Roosevelt dr-^ jt. the Cincinnati fall
festival Saturday broke all records of
attendance at these annual carnivals.
President Roosevelt was the attrac¬
tion as well as the guest of honor, and
h e served his hosts with untiring will¬
ingness continuously from 10 a. m.
until 10 p. m., without consulting his
own convenience er comfort.
The directors of the fall festival had
arranged an elaborate program for
every hour of the day and night and
the president was always ready, so
that none of the events were behind
time. Everywhere the chief execu¬
tive was the recipient of the wildest
enthusiasm. The president arrived to
the minutes from his hotel and ar¬
rived at the exposition grounds nt the
scheduled hour. The same precision
characterized i‘ < evening demonstra¬
tions •• if its
The preside** ' kept on his feet
and busy for o\ ■ * twelve hours, with
the exception of Die time at the noon
luncheon and the evening banquet,
and even then he was engaged in dis¬
cussing matters of public interest with
the guests of honor at his table.
Among the imlulfjencies of tho day
was an hour or nu)re in the afternoon
in sightseeing at the fall festival, in
eluding a variety of "side shows.” Af¬
ter this experience lie was escorted
into the auditorium or music hall,
which is on the exposition grounds,
and delivered an address to an im
mense audience, Over 1,000 business
men and manufacturers being seated
on the stage with. him.
After being welcomed officially by
Mayor Fleischman and introduced, he
monstration was again greeteV^ that with bands such broke a de¬ in
uie
and secured order. After thanking May
or Fleishchman and the officers of the
festival for their courtesies and the
audience for its hearty greeting, the
president especially requested atten¬
tion, as he proposed, ns the chief execu¬
tive of all the people, without regard
to party, to make an argument on a se¬
rious question. Silence prevailed un¬
til the first mention of the trusts,
when the applause broke out and con¬
tinued ut frequent Intervals.
While speaking about holding corpo¬
rations to the same responsibility as
individuals, he was interruped by a
demonstration of approval. There was
another demonstration when he ad
voeated such a constitutional amend¬
ment as would give national control of
such corporations as had outgrown the
jurisdiction cf the state.
Detroit Extends Welcome.
For the second time In its history
Detroit entertained the chief execu¬
tive of the nation. President Roosevelt
arrived at 8 o’clock Sunday morning
over the Michigan Central railroad and
found Detroit awaiting his arrival in
gala attire. Flags were flying, tho city
was bright with bunting and pictures
of President Roosevelt greeted the eye
at every turn. Throughout the day
crowds lined the streets about the Ho
tel Cadillac, anxious for a glimpse of
the chief magistrate and his appear¬
ance was always the signal for enthu¬
siastic cheering.
FIVE DIE IN WRECK.
Passenger Trains Crash in Pennsylva¬
nia With Frightful Results.
Five trainmen were killed and two
seriously Injured as the result of a
head-on collision between Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburg and Pittsburg
and Western passenger trains at Wit-
mer station, Pa., Saturday. A number
of passengers were cut and bruised by
f-ing splinters and broken glass, but
none were seriously hurt.
HOLDS THE SPEAKERSHIP.
Mr. Henderson Will Not Give Up Pres-
ent Position in |the House.
It was announced at Dubuque, la.,
Thursday night that Speaker Hender¬
son does not intend to resign the
speakership at the coming session of
congress.
The republican congressional com¬
mittee of the district met Thursday
and decided to call a convention at
New Hampton, Iowa, (September 25, to
consist of the delegates to the conven¬
tion which nominated Colonel 1). B.
Henderson to nominate a candidate to
succeed him.
MI8SOURI CAMPAIGN OPENED.
Democrats Start Ball to Rolling at
Meeting in Joplin.
The democratic campaign in Missou-
ri was ope ned at Joplin Tuesday even¬
| ng at a meeting attended by 5,000 peo-
p j e w. J. Bryan was the principal
speaker. William J. Stone, national
committeeman and candidate for sen-
ator to succeed George West, Governor
a. M. Dockery and Mayor James A.
Reed, of Kansas City, also spoke.
HENDERSON RETIRES
Speaker tf House Won’t Accept
Renom natiim for Congres.
DISAGREES WITH CONSTITUENTS
His Friends are for Tariff Reform,
While He Does Not Believe
That Trusts Can be Cured
by Free Trade.
A special from Dubuque Iowa, says:
Speaker Henderson, of the house of
representatives, finding that his views
in rospc-ct to the treatment of trusts
by reducing the tariff in whole or in
part, are not in accord with the views
of many of Ills party in Iowa, lias de¬
clined to accept the nomination for
congress and has withdrawn from the
race.
The following letter was addressed to
C. E. Albrook, chairman of the' noti¬
fication committee, El Dorado, Iowa,
by Mr. Henderson, Tuesday.
“My Dear Sir: I have never answer¬
ed the kind notice communicated by
you and your associates; advising me
of my nomination for tho eleventh
time by acclamation as the republican
candidate for congress for the third
congressional district of Iowa. Re¬
ported conditions tn tho pnbllc mind
Li my district upon public policies in¬
duced mo to make this delay.
"Since my return to the district 1
have made a careful study as to the
• sentiment. In the district and state and
l believ e there is no little sentiment
and a growing sentiment among re¬
publicans that I do not. truly rep¬
resent their views on the tariff ques¬
tion. Believing this condition to ex¬
ist and knowing that I do not agree
with many of my people that trusts
can be cured, or the people benefltted
by free trade, in whole or in part. I
must decline to accept the nomination
made.
“I havo devoted twenty of tho best
years of my life to the service of my
people and my country and I have
fought for what I believed to bo the
best for the farmer, the laborer and
the business interests of this district
*and state. I am grateful for the de¬
votion that has ever been accorded me
and to the hour of my death I will
hold in a grateful heart the memory
of that devotion. 1 will give later on
in some detail my v'cwb and convic¬
tions and will s’ate my reasons why
the republican party and its policies
should continue in the confidence of
the voters of the United Statc-s and
why the doctrines of the democracy
should find no lodgment in the faith
and teachings of the republican party.
“Very truly yours.
“D. II. HENDERSON."
Speaker Henderson announced Ills
withdrawal after a conferc r.re of sev¬
eral hours with Chairman Glasser, of
the congressional committee, and sev¬
eral friends Tuesday afternoon. He
had been contemplating this action for
two weeks. At the conference his
friends implored him not to take the
action, but he said he had made up Ills
mind and no argument could cause
him to change his decision.
BLIND MAN IN GREAT LUCK.
Gains Decision Involving About Five
Millions Against Steel Company.
At Pittsburg, Pa., Tuesday Judge
Buffington gave a decision against the
Carnegie Steel Company in favor of
John Bri.elin, former roller who helped
Antonio Vlnnac, another roller, Invent
and patent a table for carrying hot In¬
gots of steel to and from rolls mechan¬
ically.
Brlslin Is blind and Is 75 years of
ago. His partner died two years ago.
Ho left hie interest to Brlslin. If
BrlslJn ever lives, to secure his rights
he can recover at least $5,000,000 In
royalties for infringements on pat¬
ents.
Nomination Is Declined.
Robert Burrow, of Johnson City,
Tenn., who was last week nominated
for congress by the democrats of the
first Tennessee district, has written a
letter to the district chairman, declin¬
ing to accept the nomination.
CARPENTERS HELP MINERS.
Convention at Atlanta Appropriates
$10,000 for Strikers.
By a unanimous vote, and amid
much enthusiasm, the delegates to the
12th biennial convention of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join¬
ers of America in session at Atlanta,
appropriated $10,000 to the striking
coal miners in the anthracite coal
fields, and General Secretary and
Treasurer Frank Duffy, of Philadel¬
phia, was ordered to send the money
on immediately, as the striking miners
are greatly in need of funds.
NEWS FROM SHANGHAI.
Boxers Swarming in Great Force
Around th e City of Cheng Tu Fu.
Cabling from Shanghai under date
of September 17, the correspondent of
The Dally Mall (lyondon) says that
Cheng Tu Fu, capital of the province
of Sze Chuen, is surrounded by 60,000
boxers, but that their attempts to at
tack the city have so far failed. With
out Immediate help, however, Cheng
Tu Fu must fall.
VOL. Vi 11. NO. 44.
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—Mayor Myers, of Savannah, Ga.,
In interview, says trade interests
should charter or buy two steamships,
and that state should build railroad
from Atlanta to Savannah to stop
t're-'ght rate discrimination against
that port.
Hon. A. C. Woods declines presi¬
dency cf South Carolina college.
--North Carolina democrats claim
that President Roosevelt suggested ac¬
tion of republicans in throwing negro
out of party.
—Governor Longtno refuses to call
extra session of Mississippi legislature
to repeal coinsurance clause of law.
—The itinerary of President Roose¬
velt's tour of the west has been an¬
nounced,
—Speaker Henderson announces
that he will not resign the speakership
tho coming session of congress.
—At Marshfield, Oreg., Thursday a
negro guilty of assaulting a white wo¬
man was lynched.
—The serious illness of Lord Salis¬
bury, for years prime minister of
Great. Britain, is announced in The
London Times.
—Advices from China indicate that
the boxers are rising throughout tho
empire and a repitition of the disor¬
ders of 1900 is feared.
—The Colombian government lias
protested against the action of the
United States in placing marines on
tho trains which cross the Isthmus.
—Thousands of Hebrews are leav¬
ing Roumania because of persecution
of tho government. The protest of the
United States Is supported by Great
Britain.
—Carpenters and Joiners in their
convention at Atlanta, Ga., vote $ 10 ,-
000 to aid striking coal miners; move¬
ment begun to secure an eight-hour
day.
—University of Georgia opens one
hundred and second session at Ath¬
ens with record breaking attendance.
—Alabama republicans Indorse
Roosevelt by close vote on account of
picas ot office holders, and put out
state ticket.
—First pension to Indian confeder¬
ate Is granted in North Carolina.
—The action of Speaker Henderson
in declining to accept renomlnatlon
lias caused a sensation throughout, the
country. Importuned by Roosevelt to
reconsider, the speaker states his de¬
cision is final.
--Secretary Hay addressed a note to
the powers protesting against the
treatment of the .lews by Roumania.
—The Mar-such usetts democrats
have nominated Colonel Gaston for
governor and repudiated Bryan and
the Kansas City platform. George
Fred Williams fought in vain for the
Nebraskan.
—The republicans of Connecticut
and New Hampshire have Indorsed
Roosevelt for the nomination In 1904.
—Carpenters and Joiners of America
take steps looking to contributing
$10,000 to fund of striking coal miners.
—Savannah cotton exchange claims
tiiat city is being discriminated
against in freight rates.
—On application of minority stock-
holders a receiver is appointed for the
Hueomuga cotton mills at Greensboro,
N - C-
—Good Roads Association Is formed
at Hanford, N. 0., and 150 miles of
gravel road will be built.
—Speaker David B. Henderson has
withdrawn from the race for congress
in the Dubuque, Iowa, district because
his constituents favor revision of the
tariff as a means of checking the
trusts.
—Former Chief W. 8. Devery has
been chosen Democratic leader for the
9th district of New York city after
a most spectacular campaign.
—Tho president sot the coal rail¬
roads were In'conference in New
York Tuesday. After the conference
It was announced that no concession
of any sort would be made to the
strikers.
“WOMAN IN BLUE” WANTED.
Mrs, Pickles, of Boston, Needed at
Inquest Over Dead Millionaire.
According to Assistant District At¬
torney Garvan, at New York, Mrs.
Margaret Pickles, a sister of Mrs.
Casey, who is said to have been in
tho company of Mrs. Casey and Mrs.
Phllllps when Nicholas Fish, the bank-
er, was struck by Sharkey, has iKen
located in Boston, and arrangements
are being made to have the woman Gar- |
present during the inquest. Mr. I
van said he believed her evidence
.
would go a long way in clearing up
the mystery Mrs. Pickles figures in
the case as the “woman in blue.”
TELEPHONE LINES CUT.
Strikers at New Orleans Again Har-
rassing Company, j
The strike of the telephone linemen
at New Origans broke out into a new
state of confusion Monday morning
when three union men were arrested
for attacking a non union lineman.
T n more lines were cut. Sunday
night. It is estimated now that more
than half of the telephones in the city
are out of service.
IN BEHALF OF JEWS
Secretary Hay Appeals to Powers
in Strong State Paper.
BLOW IS AIMED AT ROUMANIA
Protect Against Inhuman Treatment
of Hebrews in the Balkan States
Couched in Strong¬
est Terms. t,< •s
A Washington special says: With
the douhte purpose of protecting the
long suffering Jews of the Balkan
states, and cf averting the very pres¬
ent peril cf the immigration into the
United State - of a horde cf paupers.
Secretary Hay has adopted the unus¬
ual course of appealing to the pow¬
ers of Europe to force, cue of their
children to observe the obligations of
humrgilty In the case of the Jews.
The appeal takes the form of a ctato
paper, remarkable in several respects,
which has bean dispatched in identical
form to every ambassador and minis¬
ter of the United States residing In
one of the courts of Countries, which
were parties to the famous Berlin
treaty of 1878, namely. Great Britain,
France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Ay 3-
tria and Turkey, marking tho termina¬
tion c-f the Turko Russian war, and
the creation by the direct act of tho
powers cf the Independent Balkan
states. Because the powers are thus
responsible for the existence of Uou-
manla, the culprit in this race, the
secretary of state has directed the
note to them In the hope that, they will
bring his government to a senre of
its duties toward civilization at large,
ns well as to cause it to ameliorate
the frightful condition of the Rouma¬
nian Jews. In a measure, this action
by the department of state may be
traced to numerous petitions from
Jewish societies and humanitarians
generally, as well as to the warnings
of publicists respecting the growing
dangers of the immigration of degen¬
erates.
The document, which is dated Au¬
gust 11, says In part:
“The United States welcomes now,
as it has welcomed from the founda :
tlon of Its government, the voluntary
Immigration of all alb-us- coming hith¬
er under conditions fitting them to be¬
come merged into the body politic of
this land. Our laws provide the means
for them to become Incorporated in-
distlngulshaldy In the mass of citi¬
zens, and prescribe their absolute
equality with the native-born, guaran¬
teeing to them equal civil rights at
borne and equal protection abroad.
Tho voluntary character of their com¬
ing is essential; hence, we shut out
all Immigration aesieted or constrain¬
ed by foreign agencies. The purpose
of our generous treatment of tho alien
immigrant is to benefit us and him
alike—not to afford to another state a
field upon which to cast its own ob¬
jectionable o'ements. It behooves the
state to scrutinize most jealously the
character of the immigration from a
foreign land, and, if it be obnoxious
to objection, to examine tho causes
which render it so.
“With the lapse of time these just
proscriptions have been rendered nu¬
gatory In great part, as regards the
native Jews, by the legislation and
municipal regulations of Roumania.
Starting from the arbitrary and con¬
trovertible premise that the native
Jews of Roumania, domiciled they,for
centuries, are 'aliens now subject to
foreign protection,’ the ability of the
Jew to earn even the scanty means of
existence that suffice for a frugal race
has been constrict-!d by degrees, until
nearly every opportunity to win a
livelihood Is denied; and until the
helpless poverty of the Jew has con-
strained an exodus of such propor¬
tions aa to cause general concern.”
ANARCHISTS ON COMMITTEE.
Two “Reds” Among Those Selected to
Greet President in Chicago.
Tho startling announcement was
made at Chicago Wednesday that two
anarchists, or strong anarchist sympa¬
thizers, had crept into the reception
committee which is to greet President
Roosevelt upon his visit to that city
REDUCTION IN RATES.
Florida Railroad Commission Cuts
Ta-iff on Fruit Carrying,
The Florida railroad commission
has just put in force a reduction of
1C 2 3 per cent in the freight rates on
oranges, lemons, pineapples and vege-
tables moving over the Florida East
^ oagt railway, This railway trav-
erses the most important fruit and
vegetable section In the state, if not
in the south, and • reliable estimates
place the saving to shippers by the re-
duction just made in freight rates at
$50,000 per annum.
KICK ON OUR BLUE JACKETS.
Colombian Government Lodges Protest
With Consul Malmros.
United States blue jackets, with a
small quick-firing gun from the cruiser
Cincinnati, continue to accompany
each passenger and freight train
across the isthmus of Panama, not-
withstanding the protests against such
measures which the Colombian gov-
eminent has lodged with Oscar Malm-
ros, the United states consul at Colon,