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The Jones County News.
VOL. IX,
DEADLY EXPLOSION
Occurs in Torpedo Factory
in Cleveland, Ohio.
CAUSED BY PLAYFUL GIRL
In Frolic She Steps Upon Dangerous
Fulminate, Which Set Off Pow¬
der—Building Was Totally
Wrecked.
An explosion disastrous in results,
occurred at the plant of the Thor
Manufacturing Company, in Cleveland,
Ohio, Saturday afternoon. Three peo¬
ple were killed outright, while twenty-
eight others are lying at hospitals,
some fatally and others more or less
seriously injured.
The Thor Manufacturing Company
is engaged in the manufacture of top
torpedo canes and other explosives. A
stock of material was on hand
extra girls were being employed.
The force of the explosion was tre-
mendbus and windows within a radius
of a quarter of a mile were broken.
In the house on Orange street, next
to the factory, lived Maurice Cohen,
with his wife and eight children. With
the collapse of tho house simultaneous¬
ly with the explosion, the woman and
four children were caught in the fall¬
ing partitions and all horribly crushed.
Mrs. Cohen died on the way to the hos¬
pital.
In the house directly in the rear
were Mrs. Barney Quass and two boys.
All three were badly injured.
The fire originated in a peculiar
manner. The torpedo caps are filled
in molds, and there is constant danger
of some of the loose powder, supposed
to be fulminate of mercury, dropping
on the floor. For this reason the
girls and boys who are employed in the
factory are compelled to remove their
shoes while at work, so as to avoid
the danger of striking sparks.
The explosion was due to the frolic¬
some propensities of a new girl who
had been employed at the plant less
than a week. The girls had their shoes
on that the lunch hoar and one play¬
fully shoved another of the girls. As
the girl slided along the floor her shoes
struck a spark in some loose powder.
Ty»e:t"Y»n •' _ i.'hjR floor* 'W 1 » *
At this juncture a pai-iter who was
on the Brudno house, next
glanced through the open win-
and saw the fire. The girl s did
not seem to realiez their great danger
and were trying to extinguish tbe
flames. Tho painter, however, realiz¬
ing what was stored in the building,
yelled to tho girls to run for their
lives. There were ten girls, four boys
and one man in the factory when the
explosion occurred. All of these got
out except Florence Lipstock, Willard
Cole, son of one of the proprietors, and
Arthur Conway, a 14-year-old boy.
The flames were easily subdued by
the firemen after the explosion, as
there was nothing left of the factory
but a pile of debris. The fire fighters
at once commenced the work of dig¬
ging in the ruins for the imprisoned.
LIVELY FIGHT IN CHURCH.
Congregation of Slavs in Joliet, Illi¬
nois, Engage in Bloody Combat.
Women and men fought hand to
hand with each other and then fought
hand in hand against the police in the
Slavonic Roman Catholic church at
Joliet, Ill., Sunday. The trouble was
started by several women from some
unknown cause, as the collectors were
circulating through the church. Thero
were 2 000 men, women and children
in the church when the fight began.
The members fought with fists and
pieces of furniture, knock'ng each oth¬
er right and left. Some one finally
1 police from for the help. church and called on
In a few minutes a patrol wagon full
of policemen drove up to the church
and the patrolmen entered the edifice,
which was filled with whacks, thumps,
din and tumult. Bloody noses and lac¬
erated faces were numerous. The men
nad been penned in by a cordon of an¬
gry women, who pelted the stronger
sex with clenched hands and books.
By the time the police had arrived
some of the combatants bad fled to
the street. As the police entered the
church those on the outside returned
to the fight armed with clubs, stones
and revolvers. Those within left off
fighting with each other and unitedly
best the police. Those from without
fired into the patrolmen from the rear.
Women and children cried out in ter-
ror and many men ran from the church
or leaped out of windows. Then the
policemen drew revolvers and threat¬
ened to shoot unless order prevailed.
The affrighted combatants ceased
fighting and the policemen began to
make arrests. Of all the persons in¬
jured, none had to be taken to a hos¬
pital.
BRITISH JACKIES SLAIN.
Report that Fifteen Lost Life in Riot
ing at Port of Spain.
is reported in Halifax, N. S., that
fifteen of the crew of the British sec-
ond-class schooner Pallas were killed
and a number injured during the rlot-
lng at Port of Spain. Trinidad, a few
days ago. The officials at the admi-
raity refuse to confirm or deny 'the
reports.
BOTH TEDDY AND GROVER
Guests at Dinner Tendered Them by
Ex-Governor Francis at His
Home in St. Louis.
President Roosevelt arrived In St.
Louis Wednesday afternoon to partici¬
pate in tfce dedication ceremonies of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
To avoid the great crowd, arrange¬
ments were made to have him leave
the train at Forsyth. Junction, three
miles from the center of the city. Mem¬
bers of the national commission of the
world’s fair, a reception committee,
headed by President Francis and a'
crowd of spectators were present at
the junction to welcome the president.
After an informal welcome to St.
Louis, the president was at once driv¬
en off to the Good Roads convention
at Odeon hall. The hall was packed
with a crowd which had been waiting
patiently for hours. The president
spoke of good roads in tones which
showed, as well as his words, that he
was thoroughly in sympathy with the
object of tne associations.
“Roads,” he declared, “tell the great¬
ness of a nation. The influence of the
nations which have not been road
builders has been evanescent. Rome,
the most powerful of the older civiliza¬
tions, left her impress on literature
and speech; she changed the bounda¬
ries of nations, but plainer than any¬
thing else left to remind us of the Ro¬
man civilization, are the Roman
roads.”
At this point in the president’s
speech the crowd rose and cheered,
waving handkerchiefs and hhts.
The president declared 'that good
roads probably were the greatest
agency for regulating the flow from
the country to the city of young men
and young women.
From Odeon hall the president was
driven at a sharp trot to St. Louis uni¬
versity. A few minutes were spent
there, after which the president and
other guests repaired to thb home of
President Francis for dinner.
President Cleveland arrived over the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern at
5:50 o’clock p. m., twenty-five minutes
late, and a large reception committee
was waiting for him. The members
of the diplomatic corps arrived shortly
before. As Mr. Cleveland alighted
from the train, he was warmly greeted
by President Francis, who had driven
rapidly to the depot after greeting
President Roosevelt at Forsythe Junc¬
tion. The members of the committee
eroapdpd around and Mr. Cleveland
was unable to proceed for several min¬
utes, so thick was the throng about
him. A passage was finally cleared
and with President Francis he walked
through the aisles formed by the crowd '
and entered a carriage, was driven to
the residence of President Francis,
where President Roosevelt was also a
guest.
APPROPRIATION IS IMPERATIVE.
Resolution Adopted by the Good Roads
Convention at st. Louis.
At the last day’s session of the na¬
tional and international good roads
convention at St. Louis, Hon. T. G.
Harper, of Burlington, la., chairman
of the committee on resolutions, pre¬
sented the report of the committee,
which was adopted. The resolution
declares:
“First—That the building of good
roads in the United States .s now para¬
mount to national prosperity and com¬
mercial supremacy.
“Second—That we recommend the
harmonious co-operation of the town¬
ship, county, state and national gov¬
ernments in the furtherance of this
great end.
“Third—That the association be¬
lieves that the appropriations hereto¬
fore made for the building of railroads,
canals and the improvements of riv¬
ers and harbors has been wise and
beneficial, but an appropriation for the
improvement of our highways has now
become necessary to extend the bless¬
ings of intelligence and to promote a
high order of citizenship among all
classes of people and to meet the ever¬
growing necessities of the agricultural
interests.
“Fourth—That we recommend the
establishment throughout the United
States of a complete and perfect or¬
ganization from the nation down to
the township, which organization shall
so overlap each other and make a com¬
plete national association.”
DEWEY HOISTS HIS PENNANT.
Off to Drill Grounds to In.
spect Higginson’8 Fleet.
Flying the four-starred flag of the
of the navy, the yacht May¬
sailed Tuesday morning from
Washington navy yard for the
drill grounds off Cape Henry,
Admiral Dewey will inspect the
Atlantic fleet unaer command of
Admiral Higginson.
At the conclusion of the inspection
review the fleet, Rear Admiral
will relieve Higginson of the
RESULTS IN FATALITIES.
Passenger Train Runs Into Switch
Engine at Terre Haute, Indiana.
Three persons were killed, two fa¬
injured and a dozen seriously
in a wreck in the railroad yards
at Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday night.
A westbound Vidalia passenger train
struck a switch -engine and two -cars
near the Highland steel mill, causing a
bad smash-up.
r r GUAY, JONES CO., GA.. THURSDAY. MAY T. 1903.
i FAIR IS DEDICATED
With Ceremonies Replete in
Pomp and Splendor.
A BRILLIANT AUDIENCE
l President Roosevelt and Ex-President
Cleveland Principal Orators
of the Occasion—Imposing
Military Parade.
A St. Louis special says: Vhe rites
which presented the Louisiana Pur¬
chase exposition to the world were p«r-
formed in the liberal arts building
Thursday with all the dignity and
splendor befitting such an occasion, a
parade of 11,000 soldiers down Lindelt
boulevard of the world’s fair grounds
forming a brilliant prelude to the cere¬
mony of dedication.
The sight of the marching thousands
from the point occupied by President
Roosevelt’s reviewing stand was in¬
spiring. For a half mile to the left
and for an equal distance to the right
the winding column was in complete
view. The president watched them
march past with eager attention. From
end to end of the line of march the
cheers of the immense crowd were as
cordial as President Roosevelt’s ap¬
proval. The parade in all features was
a most beautiful and imposing inaugur¬
al of the ceremonies. .
Sixty thousand people were crowded
Into the big auditorium, where, in the
presence of official representatives of
all the civilized nations of the world,
the words of dedication were spoken
by the president of the United States
As the last syllable fell from the speak¬
er’s lips and dedication of one of the
world’s greatest fairs was completed,
sixty thousand voices rose in a prodi-
gous note of applause.
President Roosevelt, ex-President
Cleveland and an imposing company of
diplomatists, governors, senators, con¬
gressional representatives of the expo¬
sition came to the liberal arts building
from functions which were served in
tents on the grounds.
At the president’s right sat tue visit¬
ing diplomatists, a distinguished look¬
ing contingent. In this section also
were other distinguished foreigners
and representatives, representing con¬
gress, foreign- cemrr'fsioners- to he
fair, General Miles, Adjutant General
Corbin and General Bates with many
others, scarcely less distinguished.
The two front sections of the audito¬
rium were occupied by the governors
of states and their staffs, the national
world’s fair commissioners, United
States senators and congressmen who
were not members of the congression¬
al Join delegation and other notable
guests.
Across the aisle was a brilliantly
gowned assemblage of women, includ¬
ing wives of guests of the men con¬
nected with the ceremonies and the
board of lady managers.
Back of these rose tier on tier the
thousands, commonly spoken of as the
"general public.”
In every way the exercises were a
success. But the weather was bad.
The wind blew fiercely from the west.
Added to the discomfort of the wind
and dust was a temperature which
sought for the marrow and generally
reached it. The women who on the
strength of the warm weather of the
day before came in summer dresses to
the reviewing stand, suffered keenly,
although the commanding guard
around the reviewing stand provided
them with blankets. Both President
Roosevelt and Former President Cleve¬
land remained in the reviewing stand,
exposed to the icy wind until the end
of the parade.
The effect of the cold was evident
in all the speeches, as the speakers,
commencing in clear tons, were with¬
out exception given over to catarrhal
Inflictions as they finished.
At the conclusion of the speeches
the day being the one-hundredth anni¬
versary of the signing of the treaty
which transferred the Louisiana pur¬
chase from France to the United
States, a centennial salute of one hun¬
dred aerial guns was heard.
The day’s demonstrations concluded
Thursday night with a display of fire¬
works on a magnificent scale.
A DISGRACE TO CHURCH
Was Vanderbilt-Rutherfurd Wedding,
Says Bishop of London.
At a session of the London diocean
conference the bishop of London, the
Right Rev. Arthur F. Ingram, made a
statement to the effect that he had
thrice sent for an explanation from the
Rev. Hadden regarding the Vander¬
bilt-Rutherfurd wedding and that none
had been received.
The bishop characterized the use o?
St. Mark’s church for the performance
of the ceremony as constituting a
“grave moral scandal,” and expressed
his determination not to enter the
church until duo reparation Is made.
RICH HAUL BY ROBBERS.
Express Agent Forced to Open Safe
and Give Up Valuables.
Agent John Peterson, of the United
States Express Company, at Britt,
Iowa, was compelled by two masked
and armed men to open tne safe In hia
office Thursday morning and permit
the robbers to take a package contain¬
ing $10,000. They also secured other
packages of money, and after binding j
and gagging Peterson, they escaped. J
PLEAS FOR GOOD ROADS.
W. J. Bryan and General Miles Make
Interesting Addresses at National
Meeting in St. Louis.
The second day’s session of iho Na¬
tional and International Good Roads
convention at St. Louis opened Tues¬
day with a far better attendance than
on Monday. President Moore intro¬
duced General Nelson A. Miles, U. 3.
A., and president of the National High¬
way commission, who made the prin¬
cipal addross of the forenoon. General
Miles was received with great enthu¬
siasm by the delegates.
He spoke -on the subject of mllitar-.
roads and a national highway, .uni
said in part:
"I know of no one element of civili¬
zation in our country that has been
more neglected and yet is susceptible
of bestowing a greator blessing on peo¬
ple than improvement of our lines of
communication and avenues of inter¬
national commerce. Our government
has expended $500,000,000 for the im¬
provement of our harbors and water¬
ways, and now the attention of the
public is being callod to our postal
roads and avenues for communication
that aro most useful and important to
all our people.
“If such expenditures of the national
treasure have been made in the past
for the development of railroads and
waterways, is it not now a most appro¬
priate time that the improvement of
your roads receive national attention
and governmental aid? Tho property
of the people and the wealth of the
nation comes from the ground. There¬
fore, every measure, whether by the
national government, the state, the
county or municipal authorities, that
can promote tho welfare of the people,
should not be withheld.”
Hon R. H. Jesse, president of the
University of Missouri, spoke on “The
Relation of Roads and Schools.” He
was followed by former Governor J. R.
Hogg, of Texas, who made an *m-
promptu speech on the subject oefore
the convention.
Hon. W. J. Bryan was given an en¬
thusiastic reception. He said in part:
“The expenditure of money for the
permanent improvement of the com¬
mon roads can be defended, first as a
matter of justice to the people who
live in tho country; second, as a mat-
ter of advantage to the people who do
not live in the country; third, on the
ground that the welfare of the nation
demands that the comforts of cou * r ry
life shall, as far as possible, keep jiaco
with the comforts of city life.
“It is a well known fact, or a fact
easily ascertained, that ihe people in
the country, whilo paying tneir full
share of county, state and fsderal
taxes, receive as a rule only the gen¬
eral benefits of government, while the
peoplo in tae cities have in addition to
the protection afforded by the govern-
ment, the advantage arising from the
expenditure of public moneys in their
midst.
“The improvement of the country
roads can be justified also upon tho
ground that the farmer, the first and
most important of the producers of
wealth, ought to be in a position to
hold his crop and market it at the
most favorablo opportunity, whereas,
at present he is virtually under com¬
pulsion to sell it as soon as it is ma-
tured, because the roads may become
Impassible at any time during the fall,
winter or spring. Instead of being his
own warehouseman, the farmer is com-
peiled to employ (lie middlemen and
share with them the profit upon his
* a,1or -
“It is important for the welfare of
our government and for the Improve-
ment of our .civilization that we make
life upon the farms as attractive as
possible.
“Notwithstanding the introduction
of free letter delivery, the telephone,
gas manufacturing plants, and the ex¬
tension of electric car lines, there still
remains a pressing need for better
country roads, a need emphasized and
made more apparent, by the pavement
of city streets. As long as mud placed
an embargo on city traffic, tne farmer
could hear his mud-made isolation
with less complaint., but with the im¬
provement of city streets and with the
astablishment of parks and boulevards,
the farmers’ just demands for better
roads find increasing expression. The
peoplo now realize that bad roads nre i
indefinite and are prepared to considei
the remedy,”
SAFE CRACKERS CONVICTED.
Another Batch Falls Under Law’s Ban
in Trial at Greenville, s. C-
Charles Rogers, James Long, Walter
Wood and H. B. Wilson, alleged mem¬
bers of the famous Nolan gang of safe
crackers and postofflee robbers, were
convicted at Greenville, S. C., Friday
on the charge of robbing the postofflee
at Greers, after a trial lasting three
day. Tho government put up thirty-
one witnesses.
Each was sentenced to five ycirs’
hard labor in the federal prison at At¬
lanta, and to pay a fine of $500 each.
The defendants’ counsel filed notice
of appeal.
ALLEGED INSURANCE SWINDLER.
Mar* Who Feigned Death to Defraud
is Landed in Jail.
William A. Hunt, or William A. Hun¬
ter, who is alleged to have disappeared
on the banks of the Pecos river, in
Loving county, Texas, in December,
1896, and whose heirs are said to have
obtained Judgment for $15,000 on an
insurance policy on his life, together
heavy damages, b is been arrest-
ed Birmingham, Ala,
pQQj^ slIOE
Overwhelms a Small Town
in British Columbia.
NEARLY HUNDRED KILLED
Great Mass of Boulders Dislodged from
Top of Turtle Mountain Hurled,
Without Warning, Upon Sleep-
' iy VM'Sqer^.
Overwhelmed before daylight Wed¬
nesday by countless tons of rock hurl¬
ed from the top of Turtle mountain
by some unknown force, which killed
near a hundred persons, Frank, a min¬
ing town in southwestern Alberta,
British Columbia, was threatened with
destruction by a flood.
Old Man’s river, which flows through
the middle of the town, tvas choked
with the fallen rocks to the height
of nearly 100 feet. The waters of the
river baqked up for miles and the en¬
tire valley above Frank was flooded.
A dispatch from Frank says: “A
tremendously loud reverberation shook
the whole valley of the Old Man’s riv¬
er this morning at 4:10 o’clock, and
before the inhabitants had awakened
to a realization of the impending dan
ger from the top of Turtle mountain
there were hurled millions of tons of
rock.
“The Frank mines, operated by the
p renc j 1 Canadian Coal Company,
across tho river from the town, were
seen to be buried under hundreds of
feet of rock just as .-e morning light
was breaking. Inside of five minutes
From the first thunderous shock, and
before half of the town realized what
had happened, a small force of men
|, ad startert to the relief of the miner*,
respite the great. riRk they ran of bo-
lng blirled u „der the rocks, which
were still being precipitated from the
lofty mountain top. The volunteer re¬
lief force was unable to get into the
mine.
“The disaster was not confined to
ihe vicinity of the mine alone, for
many of the dwelling houses In the
town of Frank were demolished by the
j a ]ij ng rock. Romo of the occupants
of , hese houseg escaped death, bn*
many others were instantly killed,
At i 0 ’ r lock in the afternoon the
j 0W [ ng conservative estimate of the
| 0Ss of , jfe wag ma(le: Men, women
nnd chiW ren k ji) C d in their beds, 82;
miners working outside the mines and
instantly killed, 12; imprisoned in the
mine, 18.
Later Nows More Cheering.
Information from Frank later Wed-
neS( ] a y evening was somewhat more
rcassur ing than earlier nows, in that
tbere now seems to he less danger
than was p.t first anticipated of an ex¬
tensive disaster through the threaten¬
ed flood. A large force of men went,
to work to create a new channel, that
the dammed up water of the Old Man
river may run off.
Most of tho men imprisoned in the
mine, whose death at first, seemed cer¬
tain, got out alive later In the day.
There were seventeen men in the
mine. Two died from suffocation, but
other fifteen worked iheir way out
lln | n j ured after cutting their •way
throl)gh thirty feet of debris. One of
men who escaped went home after
emerging from the mine and found his
houge deserted and his wife and six
children dead.
T be ] a t e st special from Frank esti-
matcs the totaI number of dead at
n inely-five.
COL. GIBBS PASSES AWAY.
Carolinian Who Secured Big Loan for
Confederacy, Joins Silent Army.
Colonel James G. Giboes, state land
agent for South Carolina, and one of
Columbia’s oldest and most distin¬
guished citizens, died at his home In
the city Tuesday. He had been In
failing health for some time.
Colonel Gibbes was mayor of Colum¬
bia when Sherman’s army passed
through. Perhaps the most distin¬
guished service he rendered ills coun¬
try during the war was the securing,
from a wealthy German nobleman, the
i oan „f $6,000,000, to repay which was
pledged the product ef Ihe cotton fields
the southern states.
WANT JURIST IMPEACHED.
Florida Senate Lands Heavily on Fed¬
eral Judge Swayne.
By a vote of twenty-one to two the
Florida state senate Friday passed
the Joint resolution introduced by Sen¬
Bailey declaring United States
Charles Swayne, northern dis¬
trict of Florida, to be incompetent,
neglectful of duty, non-resident of
extravagant, a disgrace to Flor¬
and generally unfit, for his office,
urging Florida’s representatives in
to use every effort to have
Swayne impeached and a fit
substituted.
LOUBET WELCOMES EDWARD.
Ruler of England Accorded Much At¬
tention in Republican France.
King Edward arrived in Paris Friday
afternoon and was accorded a hearty
reception by republican France. His
majesty’s welcome by President Lou-
bet and the chief officers of state and
his drive through the avenues, the
Bois de Boulogne and the Champs Ely
see, presented a succession of brilliant
spectacles.
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—At Carthngo, Tox., a negro chnrgod
tvltb assaulting a 4-year-old whito girl,
tvas rolled on bond only 10 be lynch¬
ed by a mob.
—An engineer on the Gulf and Ship
Island railroad saved the lives of those
aboard a passenger train by chasing
$ «<rs for six irlloe down, a
ale ;• gru ’
—-The yacht Reliance, defender of
Amorim's cup, took another trial spin
at Bristol, U. I„ Sunday, and she
proved to be very fast.
—Circulars announcing the Incorpo¬
ration of a now steamship company
have been issued. G"ggenhelmer, of
New York, is president.
—Columbus, Ohio, was vlsltod by a
$600,000 conflagration Sunday. Cap¬
tain Lewis, of one of the fire compa¬
nies, lost his life by being caught un¬
der a tailing wall.
—Archie, son o7 President Roose-
felt, has measles and wanted to see
his potty. The lad’s mother would not
let r.im leave the house, so tho groom
had the pony taken up in the elevator
to the sick bey’s room.
—Tho Netherlands government re¬
turn:? thanks to Andrew Carnegie for
his i'ift. to international court of arbi¬
tration.
■Mr'jor Couch, in command of ft col¬
umn m Somaliland, engaged tho ene¬
my near Dahop. He lost thirteen kill¬
ed, 'Deluding two officers.
—Hugh Canon, Mormon missionary,
Intr Is to appeal to Emperor William,
of Germany, for permission for Mor-
moi s to remain In that country.
- -It is said there Is a secret under¬
standing between Germany and Rus¬
sia regarding Manchuria, and that
Gi-'ttt Britain Is anxious to get the
United States into the quostion.
-—Physicians over the country are
showing great interest in the case of
leprosy at Fort Screven, Savannah.
—Robert C. Ogden was elected pres¬
ide: t of the Southern Educational
Con*rens at Richmond.
- Four hundred laborers on tho
Ji > sc i City, Tenn., Soldier's homo,
> ■^*u.k for,an increase of pa/,
—A big athletic carnival Is being ar-
ranged at New Orleans for the benefit
of the approaching reunion. Jeffries
and Fitzsimmons may take part.
—The United States will protest
against. Russia’s attempt to retain pos¬
session of Manchuria. Russia’s action
is in violation of her plighted word.
—Lieutenant Governor Lee appear¬
ed beforo tho grand jury at St. Louis
and gave evidence as tc boodllng in
the legislature. Later he sent in his
resignation to tha governor.
—Mrs. Tyner claims that tho papers
she abstracted from tho safo in the
post office department aro purely per¬
sonal. Tho matter Is In tho hands of
attorney General Knox.
—Tho Ffoisslan authorities have ta¬
ken steps to expel tho Mormon mis¬
sionaries from the kingdom.
' —Nine negroes who went from Ala¬
bama to Mexico to work on a planta¬
tion, complain that tho agent who
lured them there misrepresented the
situation. They filed their complaint
with American consul general at Mex¬
ico City.
—A movement is on foot to have the
next reunion of the Spanish-Amerlcan
veterans hold in Asheville, N. C.
—A Minneapolis oil plant was de¬
stroyed by explosion and fire. About
a dozen persons perished.
—Tho municipal ownership bill
caused a riot in tho Illinois legislature.
An attempt was made to pull tho
speaker from tho chair.
—The British flying column sent
against Iho Somalis, has been cut to
pieces. One hundred and ninety men
wero killed.
—The budget was presented in tho
British houso of commons Friday. Tho
revenue is estimated at $750,000,000
and tho surplus at $54,000,000.
—Tho Allied Printing Trades Coun¬
cil decides to put the union label In
ail union shops In Atlanta, Ga., regard-
loss of tho Employing Printers’ Club.
—As the result of a beating adminis¬
tered by a molt, Andrew Rainey, a no
gro, died in the Bainbridge, Ga., Jail
Tuesday.
—Senator Stephen R. Mallory was
re-elected by tho Florida legislature
Tuesday.
—Alexander Blair, formerly mayor
of Asheville, N. C., was found dead in
a Charleston, S. C., hotel Tuesday.
—In a wreck on the ’Frisco, near In¬
dependence, Mo., three persons wero
killed and twelve injured.
—General Gillespie, chief of tbe en¬
gineer corps, has left the Metropoli¬
tan Club, Washington, because of the
rejection of Corbin. Other officers
will also withdraw.
FIFTY-ONE YEARS ON STAGE.
Veteran Comedian, Stuart Robson,
Dies Suddenly in New York,
Stuart Robson, the veteran come¬
dian, died Wednesday night of heart
disease at the Hotel Savoy, in New
York. Ho was 67 years old, and had
been on the stage for fifty-one years.
Mr. Robson was born March 4, 1836,
in Annapolis, Md., and in his time
played many parts—more parts, prob¬
ably, than any actor who survives him.
NO. 24.
MAY DAY STRIKES
Put Stop to Many Industries
in Various Cities,
MANY THOUSANDS OUT
Mammoth Walk-Out in New York Was
Only Partially Effected—De¬
mands are for Increase
of Pay.
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A Now York dispatch says: The
strlko of mechai'ics and la, orers which
was looked for Friday did not material¬
ize to tho extent that had been antici¬
pated, although a great many men, In¬
cluding 30,000 Italian excavators, went
on strike.
An agreement reached ut the last
moment, by the railroad officials and
tho marine engineers to submit their
differences to arbitration put a stop to
the general tie-up of all frctrht steam¬
ers in the vicinity.
The 30,000 Italian exoavat.ers ana
rock men who are out ask $2.50 a day
for all men experienced and inexperi¬
enced, whilo the contractors say they
can pay this to experienced men only,
Tho strikers paraded the streets, each
waving an American flag. This strike
practically put a stop to work on the
subway and also on excavations for
new buildings.
At Philadelphia more thaw 7 O’iO men
in the building trades went on strike.
Tho action directly affects 1.000 addi¬
tional workmen, and should the strike
continue a week building operations
will ceaRe and over 40,000 men will be
rendered idle. The carpenters demand
60 cents an hour for an-elght hour day,
the hoisting engineers ask $18 for a
week of fifty-four hours.
At Chicaga 2,500 membet a of tho
l«aundry Workers’ Union quit work
during the day, precipitating a famine
of clean linen upon Chicago and ltn su¬
burbs. Chinese laundries, of -..hieh it
is estimated there arc many, fie to be
involved. The employers ha e issued
a call for a meeting of over laundry
proprietor in the city and sut -irb-- aid
efforts aro being made to oSuco the
Mongolian washermen toUtbiA*tfy 'me'
landrymcn’s association in its efforts
to withstand the demands of the work¬
ers.
The boiler makers, ornamental and
architectural housesmlths and station¬
ary hoisting engineers in Pittsburg
and Allegheny, Pa. quit work, the em¬
ployers having refused to concede
their demands. Six hundred boiler¬
makers and 400 helpers are idle. They
demand $4 per day and eight hours'
work, an advance of 50 cents a day
and a reduction from nine to eight,
hours a day. In tho towns of Fayette
City, Cahreroi, Belle Vernon, Mones-
sen and Donora, along the Monongaho-
la valley, building has been almost, en¬
tirely suspended by a strike of carpen¬
ters, brick layers, stone masons, plas¬
terers and hoil carriers.
At Omaha Neb., eighteen hundred
men, including teamsters, hotel and
restaurant employees and members of
the building trades went on strike,
and a number of sympathetic strikes
are anticipated, which will bring tho
number out to 3,000. Hardly a wagon
was to be seen on the streets and all
the large restaurants were closed.
Not, In many years has the labor sit¬
uation In Boston, Mass., presented a
more complicated aspect than it did
on May Hay. The employees in nino
trades at least had made demands,
and 10,000 men were Interested. In
many cases, however partial settle¬
ment had been reached.
A general strike of union workmen
In the building trades at Baltimore
also went into effect Friday morning.
It is estimated that. 4,000 men have
quit work, including carpenters and
affiliated workmen. Several of the un¬
ions demand a readjustment of the
wage scale and an eight-hour day, but
the main issue is the union cord sys¬
tem, which will not admit of non-
unionists working on ho same build¬
ing with union men. About $8,000,-
000 of work now In progress will be
affected by tho strike.
HEARST NOW A BENEDICT.
Well Known Multi-Newspaper Proprie¬
tor Takes Unto Himself a Wife.
Congressman-elect William Ran¬
dolph Hears!, proprietor of The New
York American, New York Evening
Journal, Chicago American and San
Francisco Examiner, was married in
New York Tuesday to Miss Miliicent
Wilson, daughter of George H. Wilson,
president of the Advance Music Com¬
pany, of that city.
The ceremony was performed in the
chancery of Grace church, Bishop Pot¬
ter officiating. A number of the per¬
sonal friends of the couple were pres-
ont.
JAMES SWANN DEAD.
Well Known Financier and Philan¬
thropist Joins Silent Majority.
Announcement of the death pf
James Swann, the well known cotton
merchant, financier and philanthropist,
in New York city, reached Atlanta, his
former home, Friday afternoon.
Mr. Swann was a great philanthrop¬
ist, devoted to the cause of education,
particularly along industrial lines.