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The Jones County News.
M. O. GREENE, PUBLISHER.
END OF STRIKE
NOW ASSURED
Arbitration Commission is
Named by President.
EXTRA IBEMBMER ADDED
Mitchell Called to Washington for
Final Conference a t Which Satls-
factory Agreement is Reached
and thc Conin',iciicn
Selected.
A Washington special says: The
great anthracite coal strike is settled
t last. A commission cf six persons,
Util a seventh, Carroll II. Wright, f.s
recorder, will adjust differences he
tween operators and miners, Presi
dent Mitchell, of the miners’ union,
will take the necessary measures to
call the strike off. The president will
urge immediate resumption of mining
and operations are expect d to begin
within a few days.
Announcement that the great stri’/e
was off was made by Secretary Root,
with exub rant good humor, at the
white house shortly after 1 o’clock
Thursday morning. Organized labor
has a representative on the com mis
sion in the person of E. E. Clark,
grand chief of the Order cf Railway
Conductors, named as a sociologist.
The president added Bishop Spalding,
cf Illinois, to the list of five members
suggested by the operators.
As named the commission is per
feot.ly' satisfactory to both miners and
operators. Assent of the miners was
given through President Mitchell and
Mr. Sargent, commissioner of immi¬
gration, and of the operators through
Messrs. Robert Bacon and Goorge W.
Perkins, of the banking firm of J Pier-
pent Morgan & Co. Thc final outcome
followed a sjjfies of conferences . be
ginning with' fwo during the day with
Mr. Mitchell and two during the night
with Messrs. Bacon and Perkins.
Events moved quickly at the last, the
^^renidentl settlement. be loss determined on a
few days and choose a chairman, prob
ably General Wilson. It then will ar¬
range for sessions and testimony.
Official Statement Made.
The folowing official statement an
nouncing the close of the strike was
issued at the white house at 2:20 a.
m.:
After a conference with Mr. Mitch¬
ell and some further conference with
representatives of the coal operators,
the president has appointed the mem¬
bers of the commission to inquire into,
consider and pass upon ail questions
at issue between the operr.».rs and
miners in the anthracite coal fields:
Brigadier General John M. Wilson.
United States army, retired, late chief
of engineers, United States army,
Washington, D. C.. as an officer of the
engineer corps of either the military
or naval service of the United States.
Mr. E. W. Parker, of Washington.
D. C., as an expert mining engineer.
Mr. Parker is chief statistician of the
coal division of the United States geo¬
logical survey and editor of The En¬
gineering and Mining Journal of New
York.
Hon. George Gray, of Wilmington,
Del., as a judge cf the United States
court.
E. E. Clark, cf Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
grand chief of the Order of Railway
Conductors, as a sociologist, the presi-
ent assuming that for the purpose of
uch a commission the term sociolo¬
gist means a man who has thought and
studied deeDlv on social questions and
has practically applied his knowledge.
Thomas H. Watkins. Scranton, Pa„
as a man practically acquainted with
the mining and selling of coal.
Bishop John L. Spalding, of Peoria,
Ills. The president has added Bishop
Spalding’s name to the commission.
Hon. Carroll D. Wright has been ap¬
pointed recorder of the commission.
DEFENDS HIS NAMESAKE.
Governor Jefferson Cavis Addrccees
Mississippi Sons of Veterans.
Standing under a portrait of the
late president of the southern ronfed-
craey at Jackson, Miss., Wednesday
ulght and addressing the Mississippi
division cf the Sons of Confederate
Veterans, Governor Jefferson Davis, cf
Arkansas, delivered a strong defense
cf his illustrious namesake, and
clared that never since the days cf
Pontius Pilate have such injustice and
cruelty been heaped upon an innocent
man.
REPORTED RAILROAD DEAL.
umor Has It That the L. and N.
Takes Over West Point R°acf.
According tn •» <51 Tonis disnateh
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company has acquired or will soon ac-
Quire control of the Atlanta and West
Point railroad, from Atlanta to West
rJ %>lnt and the Western Hallway of
i; »abama from West Point to Montgom-
>Jy, ^ and will merge the new acquisi-
with the Georgia railroad.
SAKflENT’S ANNUAL RIPOST.
Immigration Chief Exposes Rank Vio-
lation of Law in Landing Hordes
of Undesirablo Foreigners,
The annual report of the commis¬
sioner of immigration was made pub¬
lic at Washington Saturday. It shows
that of the 648,743 immigrants who ar-
ri\-ed In the United States during the
last fiscal year were 466,369 males
aud 182,374 females. Of the entire
number of arrivals Italy supplied 173,-
375, an Increase of 42,374 over the
number for 1901; Austria Hungary,
171,989, an increase of 58,699, and
Russia 107,347, an Increase of 22.090
Most European countries showed an
increase, but there was a falling off in
the arrivals from Ireland amounting to
1.423, the total from that country be^
ing 29.138. The figures concerning
Asiatic Immigration shows a decrease
from China of 810, the total being
1,649, and an increase from Japan of
9,001, the total being 14.270, or 170
per cent. Of the entire number 162,-
188 were unable to read or write, but,
71,063 were under 14 years ol age.
Commenting upon this circum¬
stance, Commissioner Sargent says:
“It can be roughly estimated from
the foregoing figures how effective in
excluding aliens would be a reading
test, such as that proposed during the
recent session of congress, which
would not be applied to children under
15, and adults over 50.”
The total "number of aliens refused
permission to land was 4.974, or about
two-thirds of one per cent of the total
arrivals. Of these about 3.944 were
paupers, 709 with loathsome diseases,
nine were convicts and 275 contract
laborers.
Reference is made to the alien con¬
tract labor bill pending in the senate
and the commissioner expresses the
hope that it may pass during the next
session c-f congress. ,
Mr. Sargent finds that the sanguine
view expressed in the last annual re¬
port of the bur e an as to the effect of
careful examination by the United
States marine hospital surgeons upon
The transportations bringing in diseas¬
ed aliens to American ports has not
been confirmed by the experience of
Ihe past. year, lie urges the necessity
for legislation which shall inflict upon
the transportation lines who have the
means cf protecting themselves from
the effect of a violation of the law by
compftent medical inspection at the
port of foreign embarkation, a penalty
proportioned to the gravity of the risk
to the health of the American* people
for bringing diseased aliens to the
ports of this country.”
JIM YOUNGER SUICIDES.
Former Member of Jesse James’ Out.
law Bend Tireal of Life.
James Younger, formerly a member
of tho notorious James band of out¬
laws, which infested the western coun¬
try a quarter of a century ago, commit¬
ted suicide at St.. Paul, Minn., Sunday
by shooting. On a bureau in the room
was found a long manila envelope, on
one side cf which was written:
“To all that Is good and true I love
and bid farewell.
“JIM YOUNGER."
On the other side of the envelope
were these words:
“Oh, lassie, goodby.
"AH relatives just stay away from
No crocodile tears wanted.
“Reporters, be my friends. Burn
up. JIM YOUNGER.’’
The envelope contained a package
letters that had passed between
and a lady with whom he Is
to have been much in love.
SON’S HEINOUS CRIME.
Killed Father to Get Money and Estate
Willed to Him;
John Wilmore, a prominent mer-
chant in Scott county, Virginia, has
been placed under arrest on a charge
of having murdered his father .several
Y cars a * 0 '
The elder Wilmore disappeared and
his 6 on spread a report that his father
had gone to Mexico and later he told
cf his death in that country. The elder
Wilmore, previous to his disappear¬
ance, willed all his property to his
son.
Last week the senior Wilmore’s
bones were found under John Wil-
more's store.
SEWELL OFF TO GUAM.
Governor of Little Island Begins Long
Journey for His Post
Accompanied by his family, Captain
william g Sewell, U. S. N., sailed
from New York Saturday on the sla-
tion s y,f p Supply for Guam, to assume
tbe governorship of the station The
supply, which was Commander Pils-
bur y’ s flagship during the recent natal
man e uv ers, has handsome quarters for
D . .. , ,.
lie ° 10frs ' '
three months ter complete the voyage
to Guam. ’i
TWO SUNDAY WRECKS.
Passenger and Freight Trains Are
Smashed Up In North Carolina.
A PaE^ngerand , , rcg , ....... . ,v. -
Seaboard Air Line collided ^ near ^ Rock
Ingham, N. C., Sunday morning. Her-
bert Holland, a flagman, whose home
was at Sanford, N. C., was kliied
A freight train on the Southern rail-
way was also wrecked near Wilson
Mills, N. C.
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1902.
TRUSTS AND STRIKES
Will Have Attention <f President
in illcssige to Congress.
TO SUGGEST IMPORTANT LAWi
Legislation Wanted that Will Not Only
Present Strikes, But Will Make
Trusts Amenable to the
Chief Executive.
A Washington special says: The
president, guided by bis experience
with the coal trust, ir preparing to ask
congress to enact laws that will not
only prevent future strikes, but make
all trusts amenable to law incapable
of revision of forensic dispute as to
the meaning cf its terms.
The appointment cf the commission
by the president to consider all ques¬
tions in dispute between the coal oper¬
ators and the miners in Pennsylvania
is the prelude to this important legis¬
lation. The president desires that the
commission report at the earliest prac¬
ticable day, so that he may be guided
by Its findings in wording his message
to congress. The commission is to
make recommendations which will
suggest plans by which strikes may be
prevented or settled summarily.
If the result of the commission be
at all substantial, a law may be sug
gested which will give, the president
legal power to do In all disputed cases
precisely what he did in the case of
the coal trust, namely appoint a com¬
mission to settle dangerous disputes
affecting the public welfare.
CASTRO’S GREAT VICTORY.
After Seven Cays cf Fighting Revolu¬
tionists are Crushed—Three
Thousand Dead.
A messenger" arrived at La Victoria,
Venezuela, Saturday from the scene
of the engagement near'that place be¬
tween the government troops and rev¬
olutionists, bringing news that after
seven days of terrible - fighting nine
thousand rebels under General Men¬
doza had abandoned the field, having
retired from their last positions, six
miles from La Victoria. Friday night,
retreating in the dre-tion of Villa do
Cura. According (o President f astro,
the killed and wounded number three
thousand.
During the last days of the fighting
the temperature rose to 110 degrees
and a visitor to the scene of the en¬
gagement declares he never f-aw such
a terrible spectacle as was presented
by the battle field.
The victory of the government
troops, which is said to be due to the
personal courage of President Cast.ro,
who twice with a Mauser rifle in his
hand charged at the head of his cul-
diers, Is considered a serious setback
for the cause cf the revolutionists.
RACE RACKET IN ALABAMA.
White Men and Negroes Exchange
Shots With Fatal Results.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says:
One white man Is missing and sup¬
posed to be dead, another is fatally
wounded and two negroes are serious¬
ly shot as a result cf a race riot at
Littleton, a small mining town 23
miles from Birmingham.
Tho 'trouble was precipitated by a
negro woman, who pushed Joe Thomp¬
son, a white man, from a railroad tres¬
The woman was accompanied by
Will Tolbert, a negro, who fired on
white man after
Thompson, who was not seriously
hurt.. went for assistance, and, aceom-
panied by Ira Creel an 1 John Rouse,
began a search for the negroes. Other
negroes had joined Tolbert by this
time, and from improvised breat-
works they fired upon the white men.
Thompson fell at the first shot and his
companions sought cover. A fusilade
followed and only ceaspd when both
sides had exhausted their ammunition,
The white citizens cf Littleton be-
came alarmed for fear of further trou-
ble and called on Sheriff Burgin for
assistance.
GENERALS LEAVE LONDON.
Crowd of Friends Bid Them Farewell
at Southampton.
A London special says: The visit
of G e nerals Corbin and Young to Eng¬
land was concluded Saturday morning
when they left Waterloo railroad sta¬
tion to embark on the American line
steamer Philadelphia at Southampton.
A crowd cf friends was present, in¬
cluding Sir Thomas Lipton, Secretary
Carter, representing Ambassador
Choate, Naval Attache Clover and Mili¬
tary Attache Cassatt.
EXPLOSION WRECKS TUG.
T wo Peopl e Killed Outright and Four
are More or Lees Injured.
Two persons were killed, one fatal-
]y and three slightly Injured In an ex-
ploglOB „ hitb partlaUy wrecked the
tug boat Fre( j Ne ii l8 , ot st Louis, near
Mound City, Ark-, early Sunday,
The explosion, which came without
warning, was caused by three boiler
flues giving away. The upper deck of
^ wrecked. ’
CALL ISSUll) 10 MINtKS.
Convention to be Held In Wllkesbarie,
Mitchell Makes Statement and
Cleais Up the Situation.
A special from Wilkesbarre, Pa,
says: Information from Washington
early Thursday morning that both par¬
ties to the eonlrovcrsy in the nntiira-
cite coal strike had reached an agree¬
ment to arbitrate and that the great
conflict is about to close was received
throughout the entire hard coal region
with the greatest satisfaction, The
news did not become generally known
until well into the day. and It created
considerable excitement in the mining
towns.
The strikers, as a rule, however, fnl
lowing th c example of their leader,
are not disposed to prematurely cele¬
brate the outcome of tile long struggle.
Their reward for thc fight they made
Is yet to come In the finding of the ar¬
bitration commission, assuming that
the miners officially endorse the agree¬
ment of Mr Mitchell made Wednesday.
Mitchell's Statement.
At 9:55 a. m„ President Mitchell is¬
sued the following statement regarding
the plan for the settlement of the
strike:
“Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 16, 1902.
"Appreciating the anxiety and Im¬
patience of the public and the mine
workers for some authoritative state¬
ment from this office, 1 Issue this bulle¬
tin to say that I was unalterably op¬
posed to the approval or of acquies¬
cence in the form of settlement pro¬
posed by the coal operators because
it restricted the president of the Uni¬
ted States In making selection of the
men who were to determine the ques¬
tions involved in the coal strike. These
restrictions having been removed and
representation given to organized la¬
bor as well as to organized capital, I
am now prepared to give my personal
approval to a settlement of the issues
involved in this strike by the commis¬
sion selected by the president and
shall recommend to the executive otii
cers of Districts No. 1, 7 and 9 in their
meeting today that an immediate call
be Issued for a convention whose au¬
thorization is necessary to declare the
strike at an end.
"In the meantime, I trust that the
people of our country will he as patient
as possible, as we are moving as rapid¬
ly as the Interests of our people will
permit. JOHN MITCHELL,
"President U. M. IV. of A-
Situation is Cleared.
Mr. Mtchell’s public statement
cleared the situation considerably. It
is now for the miners to act and there
is not one person can he found around
headquarters who Is not of the opinion
that the district hoards will call
convention and the the convention will
decide to send the men hack to work
immediately.
Call Issued to Strikers.
The executive hoards of the three
anthracite districts cf the United
Mine Workers of America, In joint ses¬
sion at Wilkesbarre Thursday, unani¬
mously decided to recommend to a
delegate convention of striking min-
ers the acceptance of thc arbitration
propositions submitted by the presi¬
dent of the United States, and it is
reasonably certain that the advice will
be followed and the great struggle
brought to a close, The convention
was called to he convened In Wilkes¬
barre Monday morning, and It is the
hope and tho belief of the officers of
the union that the mining of coal will
be resumed before the close of the
week, after a suspension of more than
five months. The citizens of the entire
region are much elated that the strike
is almost over, because business in the
coal fields has been practically para¬
lyzed since thc strike began.
FOUR BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Premature Explosion of Dynamite
Whelms Bridge Builders.
As the result of a premature expio-
sion of a charge of dynamite Thurs-
day four men were killed, fragments
of their bodies being scattered a dis-
tance of several hundred feet.
The scene of the accident was 12
miles southeast of Talladega, Ala., on
the Eastern Railroad of Alabama.
The explosion occurred as an at-
tempt was being made by a gang of
bridge builders at blasting.
SAWMILL MEN TO ORGANIZE.
New Association Proposed as Offset to
Lumber Men's Combine.
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
says a strong effort is being effort is
being made in Tennessee, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Arkansas to organize
every saw mill firm of any importance
into the Hardwood Manufacturers' As-
soelation of the United States.
Thc indications are that this now
association will organibe so thoroughly
to be able ,, „ to .. ho . .
as overcome
sale dealers and the adoption of th.
unlform inspection.
BRITISHERS ARE INTERESTED.
Great Satisfaction Expressed at End
of Our Strike Troubles.
The London papers express great
satisfaction at the apparent favorable
outcome of the coal strike in the Uni-
ted fln.es for the sake of Great Brit-
ain as well as the Uul’ed States. “It.
is a notatue personal triumph for tho
president in getting the masters to ar- j
bitrate,” says The Westminster Ga-)
zette.
IRISH DEFY BKIIUNS
Fxciting Scents Enacted at Open
ing of English Parliament.
f
ERIN’S DELEGATES AROUSED
O’Donnell, White With Rage, Shakes
His Fist in Premier Balfour's
Face and Is Suspended by
Commons.
A London special says: During an
exciting scene in the house of com-
mons Thursday Premier Balfour
moved the suspension of John O'Don¬
nell and the latter crossed the floor,
stood In front of Mr. Balfour, shouted
defiance and shook his fist in tile pre¬
mier's face.
Mr. O’Donnell was suspended by n
vote of 341 to 51.
Parliament was re-opened without
any formalities, the house proceeding
immediately to the duties of the day.
Owing to the controversial character
of the educational bill, and the un¬
bending determination of both sides,
the session promises to be the occa¬
sion of the most serious party struggle
witnessed in the house of eofnmons
since thc last liberal government re¬
tired from office.
The sitting opened with a turbulent
debate. Premier Balfour moved that
the remainder of the session he en¬
tirely devoted to government business
which, he explained, would consist
mainly of the discussion of the educa¬
tion bill and London water bill, while
the Indian budget, the Uganda railroad
sugar bounties and the supply vote
would take up the proceedings later.
The Transvaal, he added, also would
require attention.
Sir Edward Brice, leading the Lib¬
erals, in the absence of Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, made a mild
protest and then came a storm.
Patrick O’Brien, sitting in the place
usually occupied by John Redmond,
the Irish leader in the house, asked
that at least a day between now and
Christmas holidays, be devoted to the
discussion of the serious state of af¬
fairs in Ireland.
Mr. Balfour replied that if the re¬
quest for such an opportunity came
from the Liberal leaders, the govern¬
ment would grant it, but they could
not l0t ‘ ” [° ra th « ,rlsh , , , * ,artv ’,
William O Irten thereupon made
an Impassioned speech, warning the
h °" so “at <>"
of revolt The constitution he said,
was practically suspended and now the
members were gagged in tho only par
llament they had.
Throughout Mr, O’Brien’s remarks
the Irish members kept up a perfect
storm of applause. When Mr. Wund-
ham, the chief secretary for Ireland,
entered the house, the Irish members
hissed him loudly and tho speaker,
who was frequently on his feet, ask¬
ing for order, sternly repressed tho
demonstration.
Mr. ’Lloyd Gerard, hacked up by
Irish members and T. P. O'Connor,
wrought the excitement to fever heat,
bitterly upbraiding Mr. Balfour for
declaring that Irish matters must only
be discussed by favor of the English
liberals.
Members of the house of lords, as
spectators, crowded in to the house of
commons In expectation of a scene, as
th (! Irish members became more and
more excited. The climax came unex¬
pectedly. Mr. Hcaly, amid intense
excitement, said:
Healy Sizzling Nlatl,
“I wish to speak as n native of
Uganda,” and then in a speech which
on all sides was characterized as one
0 f the finest satires ever heard in the
bouse of commons, Mr. Hcaly, always
as a Ugandan, thanked the premier
f 0r }]consideration, which enabled
the Imperial parliament to devote ttmo
i 0 the discussion of native affairs. He
complimented Mr. Balfour on being
able to sufficiently detach himself so
ag jj e oblivious of the vital disturb,
ances prevailing in “that distant and
distressful country, Ireland.”
QUICK JUSTICE METED OUT.
Murderer in Texss Tried, Convicted
and Hanged in One Day.
At Nacogdoches, Texas, Friday Jim
Buchanan, colored, the murderer of
the Hicks family, was tried, a plea of
guilty was accepted by the judge and
thg I)egro was legally hanged within
two hours after sentence had been
passed. Some ten days ago the dead
bodieg of Farmer Hicks, his wife and
daughter were found in the Hicks
home, and Sheriff Sprailley immediate
ly began a search for the perpetrators
^ cHm( , A WC(;U la ter Jim Much-
waf5 arrested and finally confess-
e l to th , triple murder.
GEORGIA’S LUNATICS.
Trustee# of State Sanitarium Make
Report to Governor.
Governor Candler has received the
report of the trust ees of the Georgia
statc eanUar i um for the year ending
eepte . mber x m2 .
The rfe p 0rt ghowg that during tho
y C , ar 3 359 patients received treatment
at th e sanitarium. The average num
ber rece iving treatment at all times
during the year waa 2 , 6 35.
VOL. VIII. NO. 48.
mob *l<AACEit MUKDtRtKS.
Slayers of Chinn at Lexington, Ken¬
tucky, Spirited Away by Sheriff
to Louisville Jail,
Earl Whitney and Claude O’Brien,
under arrest on the eharge of murder¬
ing A. 11. Chinn, were late Wednesday
spirited from tho jail at Lexington,
Ky„ by officers and placed aboard a
Chesapeake ami Ohio train hound for
Louisville. A mob spirit prevailed in
the city, and hundreds of men and wo-
men were on the streets nearly all day.
The two companies of militia or
dered out by Governor lieckham held
themslves in readiness at the armories
for some time. At 7:30 o'clock Wed¬
nesday evening George Main and A. L.
DeLong, two citizens of high stand
ing, were aditted to the jail as repre¬
sentatives of several hundred men
present outside ami were permitted to
search the prison from top to the dun-
gf " n ®'
Ihoy , later reported that he men
wanted were not in the jail. The
erowd then raised an uproar and at the
suggestion of the leaders adjourned to
the court house square.
Ex-County Clerk Claude Chinn, a
confederate veteran, accompanied the
crowd and made a speech to about
200 men. lie Is a brother of the man
murdered. He said:
"I do not know wlmt to advise you
to do nt this moment, but something
must, bo done. These murderers must
be punished. 1 have had a man watch¬
ing the jail since noon. He says the
men have not been moved.”
“Will you go with us?" was asked
by a member of the crowd.
“1 will go to any place with you;
you know my record," replied the old
soldier.
One of the more quiet of thc erowd
suggested tlmt before anything radical
was done, Mr. Chinn search tho jail
in person. 'With this the crowd, now
numbering four or five hundred, went
to tho jail. A strong force of police
guarded the entrance to the jail.
At the Jail there was a parley and
a number of citizens approached Mr.
Chinn and gave assurances that the
men were not in the jail.
Mr. Chinu at 8:45 o'clock mounted
thc Jail steps and addressed the crowd.
He told them ho was now certain the
murderors were not. In th jail and
urged them to disperse.
EDITOR A STRIKE BREAKER.
Trouble In Alabama Amicably Settled
by Newspaper Man.
A Birmingham, Ala, special says:
The strike at the coal mines of the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway
Company, which lias been in full
force for the past ten days, was settled
at noon Wednesday and 4,500 men
will return to work at once. The terms
of the. settlement were not given out.
Tho gettlemnt was brought about
through tlie Rood offices of Rufus N.
ithodes, editor of the Birmingham
Nows.
FAST TRAINS CRASH.
Two Killed and Many Receive Injuries
in the Smash-Up.
A fast west bound passenger train
on thc Vamlalia railroad ai d the Terre
Haute and Indianapolis rccoramoda-
Uon collided at Reelsvllle, 8 miles west
of Green Castle, Ind., Wednesday af
ternoon killing two men and injuring
several others.
SULTAN BARS MISS ELLEN.
Noted Missionary Will Not be Allowed
to Return to Turkey.
Ellen M. Stone, the American mis
slonnry who was captured by Bulga¬
rian or Turkish brigades last year and
held for a ransom, cannot go back to
Turkey. This is tho unofficial notice
which has reached Miss Stone at Bos¬
ton from tho officials of the Ylldlz pal¬
ace at. Constantinople.
Death Follows Pulling of Tedth.
Weakened by the extraction of
twenty teetli In fifty seconds, Mrs.
Minnie Smith, wife of Milton G.
Smith, a carpenUr, died at. Columbus,
Ohio, Wednesday afternoon a few
minutes after being removed from the
operator's chair at the clinic of thc
Ohio Medical University.
ALEXANDER GOES TO PEN,
Gets Five Years for Murder of Cherry
In Blakely, Georgia.
R. W. Alexander was tried In Blake¬
ly, Ga., the past week for the killing
of George W. Cherry In May, 1900.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty
of voluntary manslaughter. The sen¬
tence placed was five years in the pen¬
itentiary.
This Is the second trial of the case,
the first verdict being the same as at
this time, The Supreme court in the
first case granted a new trial. A mo¬
tion has been made again for a new
trial.
MINERS SELECT DELEGATES.
A Day Occupied by Unions In Voting
In Anthracite Region.
All the locals throughout the an¬
thracite coal fields were engaged Fri¬
day In electing delegates to the mine
workers’ convention to be held for the
purpose of considering the acceptance
of the plan of arbitration submitted
by President Roosevelt. These meet¬
ings were held in accordance with the
call sent out,
TARIFF COMMISSION
Will be Urgci by President in
Mt ssa tc to Congress.
. FORI CAST OF THE DOCUMENT
Reciprocily With Cuba Will Also Bo
One of th e Most Urgent of Rec¬
ommendations—Payne
Tqlks. /
Postmaster General Henry C.
Payne, in an Interview at Milwaukee,
Wis., Tuesday, said that the forthcom¬
ing annual message of President
Roosevelt to congress probably will
recommend that a permanent tariff
commlsslon llt , api)olnte d'
" Xlu , „„ 8Wcilt . virwafin regard to
a
tIlf; revision of the tariff arc substan-
Ul|)y t||( ^ as (hc)S0 gIven „ y
Senator Spooner," said Mr. Payne,
.. He proba0 | y wH1 favor re(lllctlon of
a
lmpc>rt dul]l , a lipon productg whlch no
longer need protection. He also is in¬
clined to favor the creation of a per¬
manent tariff commission, which, at all
times, can receive testimony, subject
to expert consideration, concerning the
varying interests of production and
trade, submitting their own reports
and recommendations to congress, as
other departments of the national gov¬
ernment.
“This will insure (lie thorough and
ea:ofnl compilation cf all Information
accessible, and will rave to congres¬
sional committees a vast amount of la¬
bor. This was the policy outlined by
the president In his speech at Logana-
port, Inti., in which he had prepared
for delivery at Milwaukee, and which,
it is safe to predict, will be embodied
in hi." annual message to congress'. He
is strongly in relation to reciprocity
as a feature of our commercial Inter¬
course with foreign nations.
"Since the adjournment of congress,
overwhelming manifestailons that tho
people favor reciprocity with Cuba In¬
dicate that the opposition to that
measure 1 ms faded away and that con¬
gress at an early day will redeem the
pledge made by President McKinley
for reciprocal trade relations with the
young republic."
MEXICO LOSE3 i
PIUS CASE.
Hague Arbitration Court Decides in
Favor of United States.
Advlceo from The Hague state that
the arbitration court In the Plus case
fund has condemned Mexico to pay
the United States *1,420,682.87 in Mex¬
ican currency. Tho decision of the
court was unanimous. The tribunal
flnds^—
First. That the claim of the United
States in behalf of the archbishop ot
San Francisco is governed by the
principle of res judicata In virtue ot
tile arbitration decision pronounced by
Sir Edward Thornton, November 11,
1875, and amended by Sir Edward
Thornton October 24, 1876.
Second. That In conformity with
this decision thc government of th«
United States of Mexico should pay
the government of the United States
$1,420,682.87 In mono yof tho legal
currency of Mexico, within the period
fixed by article 10 of the protocol of
Washington. This sum will cover tho
total payment of annuities duo from
and unpaid by the government of tho
Mexican republic, namely, tho annual
payment of $43,050.99 In Mexican cur¬
rency from February 2, 1869, to Feb¬
ruary 2, 1902.
Third. The government of the Uni¬
ted States of Mexico will pay to tho
government of the United States, Feb¬
ruary 2, 1903, and every following year
Cor th esanie date forever, an annual
payment of $43,050.99 of money of the
legal currency of Mexico.
Negro Suing Saline County.
A dispatch from Carbondale, Ill.,
says: John Bean, one of the colored
men driven from Eldorado and whose
property was destroyed by fire during
the reign of lawlessness which caused
Governor Yeats to send a company of
the Illinois national guard to the scene,
has brought suit against Saline county
for damages.
SHROUDER’S SLAYER CAUGHT.
Posse Forces Bundrick to Surrender
by Using the Torch.
Andrew Bundrlch, one of the men
who killed John Shromler and serious¬
ly wounded Mrs. Shrouder on the 24th
of September, In Dooley county. Ga.,
was captured Sunday morning at 5:30
In John Warsharn’s barn, six miles
west of Roberta, by D. C. Wallace, W.
T. Anderson, of Macon, and Henry I.,.
Byrd, of Houston county, Ga.
They had to fire the barn to dislodge
the fugitive, whereupon ho surren¬
dered, and the fire was extinguished.
He had $545.80, a Winchester rifle and
pistol on his person. 1
MILL OPERATIVES TO MINES, i
Twenty-three Leave Grecncboro, N, C.,
For West Virginia.
Twenty-three laboring men of
Greensboro, N. C., and vicinity left
Tuesday for Elkhorn, W, Va., to work
In the coal mines. They were induced
to leave the cotton mills by agents of
the coal mines, who represented to
them that they would improve their
condition by entering the mines.