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UNIONS DENOUNCED
Strong Resolutions Adopted
at Manufacturers’ Meeting.
NO WORKER RESTRICTED
Organization of Labor Bodies Not Ob¬
jected to, But Dictation In Any
Shape or Form Will Not
Be Tolerated.
Interest in Wednesday’s session of
the National Association of Manufac¬
turers at New Orleans centered in the
report of the resolutions committee,
which was made at noon. The labor
question immediately came to the
front in the shape of a resolution em¬
bodying a declaration of principles,
declaring against boycotts and lock¬
outs, recognizing the rights of labor
to organize, but "without Interference
with the liberty of employers,” deny¬
ing the right ef unions to fix wages
and pledging the association to oppose
all legislation not In accord with the
foregoing principles.
The resolutions contain the follow¬
ing declarations:
“1. Fair dealing is the fundamental
and basic principle on which relations
between employees and employers
should rest.
“2. The National Association ot
Manufacturers is not opposed to or¬
ganizations of labor as such, but it Is
unalterably opposed to boycotts, black¬
lists and other illegal acts of interfer¬
ence with the personal liberty of em
ployer and employee.
“3. No person should oe refused
employment or In any way discrimi¬
nated against on account of member¬
ship or non-membership in any labor
organization, and there should be no
discrimination against or interference
with any employee who is not a mem¬
ber of a labor organization by mem¬
bers of such organizations.
“4. With due regard to contracts, It
is the right of the employee to leuve
his employment whenever he sees fit.
and it is the right of the employer ta
discharge any employee when he sees
fit.
“5. Employers must be free to em¬
ploy their work people at wages mu¬
tually satisfaetory, without interfer¬
ence or dictation on the part of indi¬
viduals or organizations not directly
parties to such contracts.
“0. Employers must be unmolested
and unhampered in the management
of their business and In the use 3f
any methods or systems ot pay which
are just and equitable.
“7. No limitation should be placed
upon the opportunities ot' any person
to learn any trade to which he or she
may be adapted.
“8. This association disapproves ab¬
solutely of strikes and lockouts, and
favors an equitable adjustment of all
differences between employers and
employees.
“9. The National Association of
Manufacturers pledges itself to oppose
any and all legislation not in accord
with the foregoing declaration.”
The following resolution, encourag¬
ing the organization of non-union
workmen, was adopted:
“Whereas, an alarming tendentv
has arisen on the part of organized la¬
bor to infringe on the Just rights and
privileges of the individual, as guaran¬
teed by the constitution and laws of
our country; and,
“Whereas, In several localities there
has arisen on the part of independent
workmen a movement toward the or¬
ganization of such workmen to protect
themselves against the methods of co¬
ercion and Intimidation used by cer-
tain unions; be it
“Resolved, That the National Asso-
elation of Manufacturers of the Uni-
ted States of America, In convention
assembled, heartily commends such
organization of independent workmen
to secure and maintain their rlght3,
and that this association hereby
pledges its moral support to such ef-
A spirited discussion resulted when
the subject of convict labor was intro-
duced, and after a half hour’s debats,
the following reso.ution was adoptei:
“Be it resolved, That the National
Association of Manufacturers, in con-
vention assembled, at New Orleans on
April 15, does hereby recommend that
prisoners and convicts be employed in
7nT m^klS^rS mSls
crushing stone for use on the public
highways, and the care and cone true
tion of the buildings and pounds
where they are permanently confined;
all of such labor to be performed in
the communities which are taxed for
their conviction and support.”
May Not Ratify Canal Treaty.
A private cable dispatch from Bo¬
gota, Colombia, received In London
Wednesday, says that the ratification
of the United States Colombian Pan a-
ma canal treaty is extremely doubtful.
GENERAL BALDWIN “EXPLAINS.”
Says His Remarks Regarding Negro
Soldiers Were Misunderstood.
General Franklin D. Baldwin, com¬
mander of the department of Colorado,
who has been asked by the war depart-
ment at Washington to explain an it.
terview in Denver in which he was
quoted as speaking disparagingly of
the negro as a soldier, said that
statements were misunderstood.
ONLY HOPE OF NEGRO
Rests Upon Friendliness and Good
Will of Southerners, Says
Ex-President Cleveland.
Former President Grover Cleveland
was the principal speaker Tuesday
night at a meeting held in the concert
hall of Madison Square Garden, New
York, In the interests of the Tuskagea
Normal and Industrial Institute, nt
Tuskegee, Ala.
Among those on the platform with
Mr. Cleveland were Mayor Low, who
presided; Booker T. Washington, Ed-
gar (J Murphy, Dr. Lyman Abbott,
President Nicholas Murray Butler ami
Doan J. Van Amringe, of Columbia;
W. H. Baldwin, Chancellor McCrack¬
en, of New York university; John De-
Witt Warner and George F. Peabody.
Mrs. Cleveland sat in the gallery with
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, who
were Mr. Cleveland’s host while in the
city.
Mr. Cleveland was greeted with pro¬
longed applause as he was introduced
by Mayor Low. He said in part:
•’I have come here tonight as a sin¬
cere friend of the negro and I should
he very sorry to suppose that my good
and regular standing in such company
needed support at this late day, either
from certificate or confession of faith.
Inasmuch, however, as there may iis
differences of thought and sentiment
among those who profess to be friends
of the negro, I desire to declare myself
as belonging to the Booker Washing-
ton-Tuskegee section of the organiza¬
tion. I believe that the days of “Un
cle Tom’s Cabin” are past. I do not
believe that either the decree that
made the slaves free or the enactment
that suddenly invested them with the
rights of citizenship, any more purged
them of their racial and slavery-bred
Imperfections and deficiencies than
that they changed tbe color of the
skin. I believe mat among the nearly
nine millions of negroes who have
been intermixed with our citizens,
there is still a grievous amount of ig¬
norance, a sad amount of viciousness
and a tremendous amount of laziness
and tbrlftlessness. I believe that
these conditions inexorably present to
the white people of the United States
a problem which neither enlightened
self-interest nor the higher motive of
human sympathy will permit thpm to
put aside. I believe our fellow coun¬
t southern nnd late slave
trymen In the
holding stateG, surrounded by about
nine-tenths of nearly eight millions ol
this entire negro population, and who
regard their material prosperity, thei r
peace and even the safety of their civ¬
ilization interwoven with the negro
problem are entitled to our utmost
consideration and sympathetic fellow¬
ship. I am thoroughly convinced that
the efforts of Booker Washington and
the methods of Tuskegee institute
point the way to a safe and beneficent
solution of the vexatious negro prob¬
lem at the south; and I know that
the good people at the north who have
aided these efforts and methods have
Illustrated the highest and best citi¬
zenship and the most Christian and
enlightened philanthropy.
“I cannot, however, keep out of my
mind the thought that with all we of
the north may do, the realization cf
our hopes for the negro must, after all,
mainly depend—except so lar as it
rests with the negroes themselves—
upon the sentiment -and conduct of
leading and responsiDle white men of
the south end upon the maintenance
of a kindly and helpful feeling on
their part towards those in their midst
who so much need their aid and en-
couragement.
“Let us try to be tolerant and con¬
siderate of the feelings and even the
prejudice of racial instinct of our
white fellow countryment of the south
who, in the solution of the negro prob¬
lem must, amid their own surround¬
ings, bear the heat of the day and
stagger under the weight of the white
man’s burden.”
At the conclusion of his address Mr.
Cleveland introduced Rev. Edgar O.
Murphy, who also discussed the race
pr ^ yman Abbott , wbo fo „owoi,
said credit that for taking the south up as de ^ r '° c < j
tried problem in he.ping the negro to
be, P hi® 8 ® 11 -
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Washington’s speech was
temperate in . tone.
Big Purchase of Land.
C. H. Rexford & Son, of Pennsylva-
nla, Tuesday purchased 12,000 acres
of timber land in Swain county, West-
era North Carolina, for which the/
paid $75,000. It adjoins a tract of
18,000 acres recently bought by tie
same parties.
TO FIGHT FPANCHISE TAX.
Georgia Corporationis Shy at Law
Passed During Last Legislature.
There is every indication, Georgia
state officials at the capitol think, that
the large corporations of the state are
preparing to engage in an extensive
legal battle for the purpose of prevent-
lug, if possible, the collection of a tax
on franchises under the law passed a.
the last session of the legis.ature.
GUAY. JONES CO, GA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 23.1903.
POINTS TO TAYLOR
Witnesses in Howard Case
Give Damaging Testimony.
MURDER PLOT REVEALED
Cecil and Youtsey Give Tragic Details
of the Murder of Governor Goe¬
bel—Taylor Says Cecil
is a Liar.
Frank Cecil, the first new witness
of tho present tr al of Howard, at
Frankfort, Ky., and who Is himself un¬
der indictment for complicity in the
Goebel murder, was called to the stand
by Commonwealth Attorney Franklin
Wednesday morning. Cecil only re¬
cently surrendered himself to the com¬
monwealth, after being a fugitive for
a year, in California and Honolulu. He
Is now under bond.
Cecil told a story substantially the
testimony of Culton, Golden and
Broughton, witnesses of Tuesday, who
detailed the alleged plot to bring
about the death of Goebel. Cecil
says Caleb Powers adopted the sug¬
gestion of Henry Broughton that ho
(Cecil) might be contracted with to
commit the crime, and asked him
to do it.
Powers, in the conversation relative
to tho killing of Goebel, told the wit¬
ness that other arrangements had been
made to bring about his death, and
that Cecil wag. wanted in the event
that this arrangement miscarried.
This conversation took place, he testi¬
fied, in the public office of the secre¬
tary about dark on the afternoon of
January 18. Continuing Cecil said:
“On January 80 I was in Taylor’s
office, and Taylor said:
"Goebel has to be killed or I’ll be
robbed. I have $2,500 of the cam¬
paign fund and I’ll give that and a
free pardon to the man who will kill
him.”
“I told Taylor I was not In that
business,” said Cecil. Cecil said he
went Into the agricultural office after
the shooting and was there until the
soldiers came. He saw Harlan Whit¬
taker arrested and proposed to help
take Whittaker away from the man
who had him.
Youtsey’s Startling Testimony.
At Thursday’s session of court,
Henry E. Younsey, for tne first time,
told on the witness stand his story of
the killing of Goebel. Ho named
James Howard, the defendant, as the
man who fired the shot. Youtsey said
he saw Howard for the first time
a few minutes before the shooting.
Howard had a letter sent him several
days before by the witness at Gover¬
nor Taylor’s dictation. Youtsey says
he took Howard into the office of Ca¬
leb Powers, the secretary of state,
which had been especially arranged
for tbe shooting. He showed Howard
tho Marlin rifle, the bullets and the
window from which the shooting was
to be done, He says Howard asked
what he was going to get for doing
the shooting.
"What do you want for it?” Yout-
sey says he asked, and that Howard
said he wanted a pardon for killing
George Baker.
“I told him he could have that and
more, too,” said Youtsey. "About that
time,” said the witness, “Goebel came
in the gate, and I pointed him out to
Howard and then ran irom the room.
As I disappeared down the steps to
the basement I heard the crack of
Howard’s rifle.”
Youtsey said that after the shooting
he passed through the state house
basement and 'a Tew minutes later
came back into the executive building
from the east entrance.
“I stayed In tho office of Assistant
Secretary of State Matthews,” said
he, "for a few moments and saw Mat¬
thews break open Caleb Powers’ of¬
fice and find the guns that had been
left in there.”
Youtsey said at tne time of the
shooting he was private secretary to
Auditor Sweeney, but, while his po¬
litical status was not definitely fixed,
it was understood he was to have a
good place.
“Governor Taylor,” said Youtsey,
“directed everything we did. We re¬
garded him as our leader and he was
morally responsible for all we did. We
knew we had the governor and the
pardoning power behind us, and we
were not afraid of punishment for kill-
ing Goebel.”
Taylor Says Cecil is a Liar.
A special from Indianapolis says:
Ex-Governor Taylor, of Kentucky,
Wednesday afternoon characterized
the story that he had offered Frank
Cecil $2,500 to shoot Goebel as “an in¬
famous lie.” He did not know Cecil,
he said, and had never seen him that
he knew of.
DEPOT PLANS INSPECTED.
Prominent Railroad Officials Hold
Special Meeting in Atlanta.
A number of the plans for the now
Mitchell street union depot at Atlanta,
Ga., were examined and discussed at a
meeting of prominent railroad officials
held at the Piedmont hotel Wednes¬
day, and the terms upon which the
different roads wnl enter the station
were also a topic at the meeting.
I Cream of News.J
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each "Day.
r
—Colonel John E. McGowan, editor
of The Chattanooga Times, died in
Chattanooga Sunday.
—Although South Carolina laws al¬
low no divorce a Charleston woman
has been grnnted alimony.
—If the alleged safe robbers now on
trial at Charleston are acquitted by
the federal court tnc state will at once
proceed against them.
—Tho Manr. liquor bill recently eu-
acvted In Virginia is expected to de¬
crease the number of saloons in the
stato and at the same timo increase
the liquor revenues.
—Nothing was heard from President
Roosevelt Sunday. Wires in Yellow¬
stone park are down.
—Cloudburst at Henryvllle, Ind.,
Sunday did great damage. Two lives
lost by the swelling of streams.
—Two persons burned to death and
several others badly Injured by tho
burning of a residence at Indianapolis,
Ind., Sunday.
—President John Skelton Williams,
of ths Seaboard Air Line railway,
thinks the decision in Northern Securi¬
ties Company case will prove a great
blessing.
—Gustavo Meineicke, connected
with various German newspapers, Is
dead.
—Big Improvements will be made
at once in the service of tne Standard
telephone In Atlanta, Ga. A new $40,-
000 switch hoard nil! be installed.
—Georgia saw mills prepare to fight
increase in lumber freight rates to tho
west. Action will be brought at once
In the circuit coi.rt of the United
States.
—Ed A. Isaacs, of Macon, was
elected president of the Georgia, di¬
vision of the Travelers’ Protective As¬
sociation.
—Miss Julia Rqfe, of Valdosta, Ga.,
has left for Sitka, where she Is to wed
a man she has never seen. The 9,000
mile journey was arranged through
a matrimonial advertisement.
—While swimming in the St. Johns
river, Florida, Friday, a boy 18 years
old. and a girl of 20 were drowned.
—It is runiord in Norfolk that Vice-
President J. M. Barr, of the Seaboard,
has been offered $50,000 a year by the
Southern.
—The Mississippi senatorial cam¬
paign was opened at Columbus Friday,
Senator Money and Governor Longino
meoting In their first joint debate.
—The explosion of the 12-inch gun
on the Iowa was caused Dy a defec¬
tive fuse. The battleship was so badly
damaged that she will go out of com¬
mission.
—The flood situation In tho Louis¬
iana district shows no Improvement.
About $200,000 has been sunk In a vain
effort to close tho Hymella crevasse.
—The records at Ellis island show
that more immigrants entered tho
United States in tho first week of April
than In any similar period In history.
—Army officers’ who are members
of the Metropolitan Club of Washing¬
ton, which recently rejected General
Corbin, are so indignant that they
threaten to Ioave in a body.
—The Pennell inquest was ended at
Buffalo, N. Y., Friday. A statement
made by Pennell just before his death
was read in which he said his relations
with Mrs. Pennell were platonic.
—Assistant Attorney General Beck,
who represented the government In
the anti-merger proceedings, says htal
the decision means that “holding com¬
panies” and "community of Interest”
plans are unlawful,
—Tho leaders of the Holland strik¬
ers have ordered tho men to return to
work, but the strikers refuse to obey.
—The American minister at Bogota
claims that the Colombian government
has been seizing tho property of cit¬
izens of the United States.
—Vice President Barr, of tho Sea¬
board Air Line, is expected to succeed
Vice President Finlay, of the Southern,
when the latter succeeds Samuel Spen-
cer.
—Tho American force under Cap¬
tain Pershing has defeated the Moros.
One hundred of the latter were Idled.
"—The United States warship At¬
lanta prevented tho bombardment of
San Domingo by the domlnican war¬
ship Presidente.
—Tho first work of clearing the way
for the new passenger station at At¬
lanta was started Friday.
—Dr. C. W. Byrd, pastor of tho First
Methodist church of Atlanta, declines
the presidency of tho Wesleyan Fe¬
male college at Macon.
—Three men were killed and five
Injured by tho explosion of a 12-inch
gun on tho Iowa off Pensacola Thurs¬
day.
—Leila Tiller, a 14-year-old girl, of
Camden, S. C., killed herself by taking
strychnine because she had been pun¬
ished by her father.
—Late reports from tho Alabama cy
clone add three more names to Tne
list of victims.
—Following an old custom Emperor
Brands Joseph washed the feet of
twelve aged men.
•—Major Howzc, accused of whipping
Filipinos to death, has arrived ai
Washington and demanded an inquiry.
It SAME AS A CUR if
General Baldwin Likes the
Negro as a Soldier.
HIS REASONS THEREFOR
Death of Black Warrior Don’t Count.
Cynical Remarks May Bring the
Usual Call-Down In
Such Cases.
A Washington special says; Because
ho compared the negro ns a soldier to
the Filipino and gave somewhat
unique reasons for liking both In that
capacity, Brigadier General Frank D.
Baldwin, formerly stationed at Fort
McPherson and now commander of the
department of Colorado, will, it is un¬
derstood, be called to task by the war
department.
General Baldwin, who has just ar¬
rived In Denver from tho Philippines,
has allowed himself to be interviewed.
Excerpts from that interview tele¬
graphed to Washington papers have
attracted the attention of his superior
officers, and General Baldwin will bo
called upon to explain. It is not so
much that General Baldwin likes the
Filipino In the capacity as a soldier,
but that ho gives his reason for h!s
liking in these words:
“One of my reasons for liking the
Filipino as a soldier is the same that
gives me a preference for the negro
In the same capacity—in a fight 1 am
not worried about his safety; as it does
not make any difference whether he
gets killed or not. There Is nothing
more to It. If a person owns a thor¬
oughbred or full-blooded dog, is It not
natural that he should prefer to have
the cur killed before tbe oifier?’’
When prominent negro politicians
in Washington saw this reported Inter¬
view they lost no time In telephoning
tho war department. It seems that
their questioning had been expected
by the officials and steps had already
been taken to ascertain from General
Baldwin whether ho said It or did not
say it.
On this subject of the merits? or de¬
merits of the negro as a soldier the
present administration is very lender.
Prominent negro repuoilran office
holders recall that at the time Presi¬
dent Roosevelt’s book upon the Cuban
campaign appeared he was severely
criticised by the colored press for
what were asserted to be misstate¬
ments concerning the colored troops,
which served, and, it Is said, saved
the Rough Riders. One episode de
scribed by the then colonel of the
Rough Riders made them particularly
angry, because it put the writer in the
attitude of preventing the retreat of
colored soldiers at a critical time,
when Ihe officers commanding these
men asserted that the circumstances
wore entirely different from tho state¬
ment. made.
So strong was the antipathy then
felt by the negroes for Coionel Roose¬
velt that it is claimed they had deter¬
mined to oppose his re-election to the
New York governorship to a man, and
that the only thing that saved him
from defeat was his sudden promotion
to the vice presidency. Negroes who
served in Cuba havo never quite for¬
given him for what they considered
unwarranted reflection upon them and
their fellows.
It is thought that President Roose¬
velt will he especially prompt to repri¬
mand General Baldwin, if It Is found
that lie gave utterance to tho senti¬
ments ascribed to him.
REGINALD AND CATHLEEN,
Pampered Childrn of Much Wealth,
Are Made One at Gay Newport.
The wedding of Reginald C. Vander¬
bilt, of New York, the youngest sou
of tho late Cornelius Vanderbilt, and
Miss Cathleen G. Nellson, also of New
York, which occurred at noon Tues¬
day, waa a brilliant, as well as an ear¬
ly beginning of tho social season of
] 903 at Newport, R. I.
A reception followed and an inspec¬
tion was made of the bridal gifts,
which wero declared to be probably cs
costly an array as was ever bestowed
on two young people at tho advent of
their married life, Then came tho
wedding breakfast.
ANXIOUS ABOUT DIVIDENDS.
Northern Securities Company Re¬
quests Suspension of Court Decree.
At St. Paul Friday Circuit Judge
Sanborne set Monday morning, April
20, as a time for hearing arguments on
a request by the attorneys for the
Northern Securities Company that the
deereo recently handed down be sus¬
pended in so far as It prevented the
payment by the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific railways of dividends
to tho Northern Securities Company,
since these dividends were ultimately
to reach the sanje people anyway.
REBELS WIN IN VENEZUELA.
Castro’s Forces Completely Routed in
Fight Near Town of Coro.
Advices received from revolution¬
ary sources in Venezuela say the gov¬
ernment forces hare been completely
routed In the neighborhood of Coro by
the revolutionists, under Genera! Rei
ra, who, it is further asserted, cap¬
tured many prisoners and a quantity
of arms, ammunition and baggage.
MUST HAVE HOME RULE.
Great Convention of Irishmen Ends at
Dublin—Passage of Land Bill
Is Assured Fact,
The national convention in Dublin,
Ireland, called by the Irish League to
consider the new land bill which as¬
sembled Thursday reconvened early
Friday morning.
In view of a misunderstanding in
the case of certain English papers,
John Redmond, tho chairman, intro¬
duced a strong home rule resolution
declaring that the Irish nation would
never be satisfied until it obtained a
full measure of self-government.
“No substitute,” said Mr. Redmond,
“can or will bo accepted.
Mr. Michael Davit t briefly seconded
tlio resolution, saying Irishmen would
bo neglecting their sacred duty to tho
cause If they did not send such a mes¬
sage to their race throughout tho
world.
Mr. Redmond's recommendation
was carried by acclamftt.on.
William O’Brien then proceeded to
explain the various suggested amend¬
ments to the land bill.
An amendment of Mr. O’Brien pro¬
viding for extending financial assist¬
ance to tho evicted tenants was wel¬
comed, but many of the delegates
wished It to go further. Patrick Flynn,
of the Cork branch of tho United Irish
League, a man of great girth, with a
shillclah In one hand and a broad
brimmed hat In the other, then mount¬
ed the platform His appearance crea¬
ted laughter.
“1 did not, said Mr. Flynn, “travel
150 miles to be laughed at. ’
A few seconds later Mr. Flynn held
tho convention spellbound by tho ex¬
traordinary eloquence with which he
Insisted that the present occupiers of
homes which formerly belonged to
evictod peasants should themselves bo
evicted. This peasant orator worked
up a storm against the “grabbers,” but
Mr. O’Brien’s more moderate counsel
prevailed. Throughout the morning
peasant spoakers discussed the de¬
tails of the bill with Intelligent consid¬
eration.
The convention concluded Friday
evening. In two days It got through
a large amount of controversial work,
and emerged, to quoto T. P. O'Connor,
“scatheless and honored from a test
which the whole world was watching.
It was not only shaping tne destinies
of Ireland, but It, held in Its hand the
fate of the powerful British ministry."
T. P. O’Connor, summing up tho
closing day’s proceedings, wrote ihe
following for tho Associated Press:
"This was tho day for agreeing on
the amendments to tho land bill
which are considered essential. Most
of these were proposed by William
O'Brien. They covered several impor¬
tant questions, including demands for
more liberal treatment of the congest¬
ed districts and of the laborers. The
proceedings were extremely harmo¬
nious. There was an animated, but
good humored discussion cm the reten¬
tion of an eighth of a rent charge pro¬
posed by Mr. Davltt and myself, the
former representing the views In favor
«f tho nationalization of tho land, de¬
clared that, the convention was a cred¬
it. In every particular to Ireland.
In a statement Mr. Redmond makes
the important announcement that the
amendments adopted by the conven¬
tion will be accepted at the Joint con¬
ference at which I/>rd Dunraven, Lord
Mayor Cautain Shawe-Taylor, John
Redmond, 'William O'Brien and T. W.
Russell will meet. This practically
insures the passage of the Irish land
bill.
WILSON IN MISSISSIPPI.
Agricultural Secretary One of the Ora¬
tors at Corner-Stone Laying.
The corner-stone of the new $40,000
science hall at the agricultural and
mechanical college was laid at Starks-
ville, Miss., Friday.
The feature of tho forenoon was the
speech of Hon, James Wilson, secre¬
tary of agriculture, who received an
ovation.
The feature of tho afternoon was
tho address of A. D. Tompkins, of
North Carolina, who was presented by
Governor Longino.
General Stephen D. Lee spoke of the
great, industrial awakening in Missis¬
sippi.
ALBANIANS DEFY SULTAN.
They Refuse to Accept Scheme ef Re¬
form Devised by Powers.
A special from Constantinople says:
It. 13 now understood that the commis¬
sion sent, by the sultan to appease the
Albanians failed to secure their adhe¬
sion to the reform scheme of the pow¬
ers, except on the condition that the
Albanians be allowed to choose their
own governors and civil officials and
that minor concessions be granted
them. The porte has decided to estab¬
lish a military campaign at Herixo-
vitch and has ordered nineteen bat¬
talions to concentrate there in view of
possible eventual operations.
OVERTON PAINE ASSIGNS.
Meteoric Career of Young Wall Street
Financier Comes to a Close.
A New Yor-k dispatch says: J. Over-
ton Paine, the young man who came
from Florida a few years ago and ran
a $20 note up to $1, 000,100 and thee
ran the $1,000,000 back to $20, mote
or less, through the fascinating raetb
«ds of Wall street, filed an assignment
Thursday, and, almost immediately,
was arrested for doing it.
NO. 22 .
COURTS COERCED
Revelations of Official Crook¬
edness Causes Sensation.
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
Attorney General, However, Requested
a Hold-Up and His Action Brings
Out Charge that ventilation
is Being Avoided.
Tho Atlanta Constitution's Washing¬
ton correspondent wires his paper as
follows: The discovery that high of¬
ficials' of tho administration have lent
their support to an attempt to influ¬
ence the Porto Rican courts and pre¬
vent the prosecution of officers impli¬
cated in smuggling, is tho latest chap¬
ter In the saturnalia of crookedness
which has developed under the present
administration.
The acknowledgement has been
forcod from tho department of justice
that the attorney general of the Uni-
ted States sent peremptory orders to
ihe United States attorney at Saa
Juan to dismiss the pending smuggling
cases and present, no new cases until
otherwise directed.
That, such an order should have beer,
sent frem Washington is regarded by
many officials as most extraordinary.
That the disclosure of this proceeding
should have come just at a time when
the attention of the country is directed
to the charges of rottenness In other
departments la considered as most un¬
fortunate.
"Conditions of moment not confined
to Porto Rico or to Individuals Involv¬
ed have moved administration, after
full investigation and deliberation, to
the course directed, which will be ad¬
hered to,” This is the reason given
by the attorney general of the United
States for his Instruction to the legal
authorities in Porto Rico that it is
thoir duty to "obey my instruction to
dismiss pending smuggling cases and
present no new cases until otherwise
directed.”
This course was, confessedly, taken
at the instance of Secretary Moody,
who is naturally anxious to proveut
disclosures reflecting upon officers of
the navy, and of Postmaster General
Payne.
Postmaster General Payne shifts tho
blame or credit for this solution of
the difficulty upon the shoulders of the
secretary of the treasury. Just at tho
time when the secretary of the treas¬
ury was decreeing thl» condign punish¬
ment, for the offending officers of tho
government, ho and his customs offi¬
cials worn confiscating a three-thou-
sand-dollar pearl necklace which an
American woman brought into New
York from Paris, and on which she
failed to make declaration for customs
duties because she had been told that
so long as tho article was for her own
ucs she would not have to pay duty
upon it. In this case there was no
sneaking by the customs officials, as
was the case in San Juan, The offi.
cers of the army and of the navy and
the officials of the civil government in
Porto Rico who wero Implicated In
this disgraceful affair know that thei"
act was a plain and deliberate attempt
at smuggling and could give no excuse
whatsoever for it. They are let off
with slight fines and the department
of justice lends Its aid to the white¬
washing by sending Instructions to tfio
law officers at San Juan to stop all
criminal prosecutions.
Indictments Returned.
A Washington special says: The
department of justice Friday received
tho following cablegram from the
United States attorney at San Juan,
Porto Rico, respecting tho pending
smuggling cases:
“True bills returned today against
Merritt, of navy; Lowndes, marines;
Crabbs, army; Giles and Butler, civil¬
ians. PETT1NGILL,
“United States Attorney.”
These are the officers whom the ad¬
ministration advised the Porto Rica i
court not to prosecute.
DAKOTA DIVORCE LAW VOID.
New York Woman Put in Sorry Pre¬
dicament by U. S. Supreme Court.
The United States supreme court
has decided the divorce case of Lillie
Winston vs. Walker Winston, both of
New York, in favor ef the latter Tho
case involved the validity of a decree
granted Mrs. Winston by a South Da¬
kota court which was claimed had
been granted her without a sufficient,
residence, The decree was not ae-
cepted by the New York courts and
that view is upheld. Mrs. Winston
married after she secured her decree
and is now known as Mrs. Ludden.
PRESIDENT PARftY RE-ELECTED.
Head of Manufacturers’ Association
Honored With Another Term.
At Tuesday’s session o. the National
Association of Manufacturers at New
Orleans, President Parry was re-elect-
ed for another term.
The nominating committee’s report
named all of the officers of last year
except Hamilton Carhart, of Detroit.
Mich. Mr. Carhart declined to again
serve as national treasurer.