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The Jones County News.
VOL. IX.
STORM IN ILLINOIS
Corpses and Ruined Homes
in Wake of Tornado.
MANY KNOWN TO BE DEAD
Various Towns In the State are Swept
by Wind Terror—Streator Deems
to Have Been the Great¬
est Sufferer.
A special from Streator. Ill., says:
A tornado Friday evening killed five
persons, fatally injured a score of
others and caused a property loss of
$ 2 , 000 , 000 .
The dead are: Harry Doyle, Nels
H. Bivens, R. Purcell, Charles Sny¬
der, W. D. Row, colored.
The following are reported fatally
injured: George Doyle, Mrs. Doyle,
Bessie Boucher, Charles Snyder, Fred
Crone, fractured skull; Mrs. Crone,
Mrs. Smith, Miss Smith, Captain Pea¬
body and wife, Ralph Boucher, Mrs.
Henry Pease and baby, George
Hunter, George Doyle’s little child,
three children of A. J. Daugherty and
a man employed on the latter’s farm.
Killed at Race Track.
All except Purcell were killed at
the race track. A new building had
just been erected and the races wore
to have been given week after next.
Not a building is left Standing. All
of the buildings at Case Electric park
were destroyed and the fence and am-
pitheatre of the ball park were blown
away. Stauber's clothing factory, a
two-story brick building, was blown
down and all the stock was ruined.
The Vulcan Western 'Company’s
plant suffered heavy loss. Pvcell
was killed there. The Illinois, Indiana
and Iowa bridge, costing nearly $1.-
000,000, is nearly half gone. The hoist¬
ing works and building in Kangley,
four miles west of Streator, were
blown down and ssveral persons were
injured. Many houses were unroofed
and otherwise damaged. Telepiion®
and telegraph Iine3 are nearly all
down and details are meager.
Four Killed; Ten Injured.
Four persons were killed and ten
wore seriously injured by a tornado
which struck tho northern part of
Mendota, Ill., Friday night. The
known dead are: Cora Reisdorf, aged
15; Ora Lundy, aged 19; Daniel Schi-
mel, aged 13; - Schamel, aged 4.
Tho injured are: Mrs. John Wirs-
chem, Miss Wirsehem, Mrs. Oscar
Milligan, Jerome Milligan, Alice Wil¬
son, Edna Auston, James Smith, Hen¬
ry Schweitzer and Mrs. James Smith.
Town of Gardner Destroyed.
A Chicago special says: There
were unconfirmed reports that the
town of Gardner, in Grundy county,
had beep destroyed and many people
killed. All wires leading to tne town
are down and no definite Information
can be secured.
MANY PROMINENT NAMES
Were Attached to that Jewish Petition
Turned Down by Russian Bear.
A list of names of some ot the sign¬
ers to the petition against the recent
Kishinef massacre has been made pub¬
lic. Among them are tne names of
Senators Thomas C. Platt, of New
York, and Money, of Mississippi; Gov¬
ernors Terrell, of Georgia; Montague,
of Virginia; Jeiks, of Alabama, and
Longino, of Mississippi; the entire
legislature of Georgia, Justices Peck-
ham, Herrick and Chester, all of the
Justices of the appellate division and
the supreme court of Illinois. Chief
Justice McSherry, United States Dis¬
trict Attorney A. W. Packett and
United States Judge Henry C. Niles
and W. F. Stevens, of Mississippi;
Bishops Gallagher, of Texas; Burke,
6f Albany, and Galloway, of Missis¬
sippi; many representatives in con¬
gress, the mayors and city officers of
over fifty cities, including Mayor Lo-v,
of New York, and Mayor Harrison, cf
Chicago, the county an„ state officers
of many cities, besides a host of well
known private citizens of the country.
JOINT BOARD IS FORMED.
Matters Relating to Army and Navy
In Hands of Eight Officers.
Secretary Root and Secretary
Moody Friday issued the following
joint order:
“The department of war and the de¬
partment of the navy have agreed
upon the formation of a joint board.
to be composed of four officers of the ;
army and four of the navy, to hold
stated sessions and such extraordina
ry sessions as shall appear advisable
for the purpose of conterring. discuss¬
ing and reaching common conclusions
regarding all matters calling for the
cc-operation of the two services.” j
KOREA WANTS OPEN PORT.
Permission is Asked of China to Let
Down the Bars at Wiju.
The Korean minister at Pekin has
urged Prince Ching, head of the for-
eign office, to Instruct the Cbineso
minister at Seoul to authorize Korea
to open Wiju, Korea, to foreign trade,
as a means of mutual defense against
Russian encroachment, but his action
|3 regarded as futile.
TR0UBL|: [°L BIGPLANT
Southern Car and Foundry Company
Forced Into the Courts Through
Big Floating Debts.
Judge Kirkpatrick, in the United
State3 circuit court, at Trenton, N. J.,
Friday, appointed Thomas A. Gill 23
pie, of West Orange, N. J., receiver for
the Southern Car and Foundry Com¬
pany, a New Jersey corporation, wilh
plants at Gadsden and Anniston, Ala.,
and Memphis and Lenore, Tenn. The
liabilities consist of about $2,300,900
of floating debts. The company had
no bonded indebtedness. The assets
consists of $500,000, the value of the
plants, and $100,000 bills receivable.
There are also about $1,800,000 of ma¬
terial and supplies, the bulk of which
has been pledged for loans and ware¬
house receipts given to cover the
same.
Among the liabilities are $50,000
due on the purchase price of the An¬
niston plant and $325,000 due on notes
to the Standard Steel Car Company,
of Pennsylvania, upon whose applica¬
tion the receiver was appointed. The
remaining liabilities are made up al¬
most exclusively of notes.
Application will be made at once_for
the appointment of ancilliary receivers
In those states in which the company s
property is located, in order to pre¬
vent the taking out of attachments.
In addition to the appointment of a
receiver Judge Kirkpatrick made an
order restraining the company from
doing business.
The company was incorporated with
a capital stock of $3,500,000, and of
the stock of the company $7G5,000
worth is owned by the Standard Steel
Car Company.
A dispatch from Chattanooga says:
A number of creditors have brought
suits against the Southern Car and
Foundry Company, which has plants
in Gadsden, Anniston and Birming¬
ham, in Alabama, and in Memphis
and Lenoir City, in Tennessee. The
First national bank of Birmingham
was the first to take action, suing the
company on an alleged indebtedness
of $20,000 and taking out an attach¬
ment against the plant at Gadsden,
Ala., placing it in the hands of the
sheriff. This threw a number of men
out of employment. Immediately fol¬
lowing this action creditors located at
Gadsden brought suit and otner at¬
tachments were issued against the
plant in that city. Friday the Roane
Iron Company, of Chattanooga, attach¬
ed the funds belonging to the compa¬
ny in the Chattanooga national bank.
The company is the largest manu¬
facturer of cars in i*.e south and lias
been doing a tremendous business,
running the plants on full time at the
places mentioned. No explanation has
been made in regard to the suits, but
the company claims that it is not
financially embarrassed.
MORE GRACE FOR BLACKS.
Epworth Leaguers Would Solve Race
Problem Through Religion.
A special from Detroit says: There
was no lessening of the enthusiasm
among the Epworth Leaguers Friday
night and Tent Ontario, Auditorium
Epworth, the Detroit opera house and
Central Methodist Episcopal church,
where tt counts were held, weie again
crowded.
Dr. H. M. Hamll, of Nashville,
Tenn., talked on "The Held .tear at
Hand” at the tent meeting, and in his
address referred to the negro ques¬
tion. “We have made the negro,” he
said, “a thing to be batted to and fro
by political parties and we have for¬
gotten his religion in a large measure.
What we need is to spend more time
in putting the grace of Christ in the
hearts of the black people. What we
need to do to solve the negro problem
is to transform any Instinct of savage¬
ry that may exist in the few of that
race, in order to stop the lighting of
faggots and the raising of stakes. It
is our only hope. And when you cf
the north write resolutions condemn¬
ing mob law, remember that it is not
Methodist hands that pull the ropes
and light the fires.”
In Auditorium Epworth, Rev. M. N.
Waldrup, of Bentonville, Ark., was
chairman, and Rev. A. B. Leonard, of
New York, spoke on “The Field Far
Away.” Referring to the negro ques¬
tion, he said:
“Whether it be Englishman, French
man, Turk, German or Portuguese
that makes conquests in Africa, the
African is bis helpless victim. Nor is
America free from tjie shame and sin
of oppressing asd cruelly treating the
children of Haro. Brought here, with¬
out their consent, as human merchan¬
dise, liberated after two centuries of
slavery by the exigencies of war, they
are now outcasts, socially and politi¬
cally, and often denied the right of
trial by jury, they are shot or hanged
or burned at the stake, both in the
north and in the south. American
Christians must see to it that the ne¬
groes shall have a fair chance in the
race of life in America, and also do
their utmost to give him the gospel
in his native land.”
NEGRO WOMAN EXECUTED.
paid Penalty for Murder of Girl,
White Man Also Swung Up.
At South McAlester, Ind. T., Friday,
Dora Wright, a negress, was hanged
for the murder of Annie Williams, a
7-year-old negro girl. She mounted
the scaffold without a tremor.
Charles Barrett was also hanged foi
the murder of John Hennessy, an aged
man, whom he shot, from ambush
Robbery was tbe motive.
GUAY. JONHS CO , GA.. TH URSDAY. JULY 23. 1003.
| ASSAILS CLEVELAND
Bryan Scores Ex-President
In Severest Terms.
MAKES TALK IN CHICAGO
Nebraskan Alleges That Cleveland
Stood In With Corporat'ons and
that Odium Still Pursues
i the Democracy.
At Chicago, Saturday, William Jen¬
nings Bryan addressed several thou¬
sand enthusiastic democrats at the
Chicago democratic picnic at Brands
park, in the outskirts of the city. He
was received with cheers and waving
of hats when he stepped to the cen¬
ter of the platform after a short intro¬
ductory speech by Mayor Harrison,
and was frequently interrupted by ap¬
plause.
His oration \yas toned with special
reference to the possible candidacy
of Grover Cleveland In 1904, and his
supporters came in for some severe
excoriation at the hands of the speak¬
er. He said in part:
“Surely if there ever was a time
when the preaching of the democratic
gospel ought to be opportune, now is
the time. The character of our par‘y
is to be determined by the manner in
which it meets an opportunity, and
the manner in which it meets an op¬
portunity will be determined by the
ideal that dominates it. Will our parly
hesitate or take counsel of its fears?
Will it abandon its championship of
the people’s interests in tho hope of
conciliating relentless foes or of pur¬
chasing a few officers with campaign
contributions that carry wilh them an
obligation to be made good out of the
pockets of the people? The democrat¬
ic party must appeal to the democrat¬
ic sentiment of the country, and this
sentiment is far wider than any party.
Wherever the question has been sub¬
mitted in a way that it could be acted
upon independently, there always has
been an overwhelming majority In fv
vor of that which was democratic, and
our party ca^ appeal successfully to
this democratic spirit if we hut con¬
vince the people of our earnestness
and of our fidelity to those principles.
“We are handicapped just now by
the fact that the last democratic id-
ministration that we had was more
subservient to corporate dictation
than any republican administration
thait had preceded it, and the record
of that administration has been a mill¬
stone about the party’i neck ever
since. The Influence exerted by Wall
street over the administration's pol¬
icy. the use of patronage to reward
those who betrayed their constituents
and the employment of the most rep¬
rehensible of republican methods
made the administration a stench in
the nostrils of the people and sept in
the republican party many who were
disgusted at that party’s course. The
odium which Mr. Cleveland’s second
administration brought upon the party
which elected him did more to defeat
the party than any one plank of the
Chicago platform, or even than nil the
planks that were most severely criti¬
cised. But for the reputation of the
administration it would have been im¬
possible to make any campaign at all,
and even the repudiation, thorough
and complete as it was, could not com¬
pletely disinfect the party.
“The greatest menace that the par¬
ty has to meet today Is in the prob¬
ability or the possibility of the party’s
return to the position that it occupied
in 1892 to 1896.
“If the democratic party would
stand erect, face the future with con¬
fidence, defend the rights of the peo¬
ple and protect their interests wher¬
ever attacked—whether 'the attack
comes from the financiers, the mono¬
polists, the tariff barons or from the
Imperialists—it can look with confi¬
dence for a revolution of sentiment
that will give us victory worth having,
and this victory, when it comes, will
not end as the victory of 1892 did—in
the demoralization of the party, but in
the building up of a democratic organ¬
ization which will deal aggressively
with all of the evils of the government,
and find its bulwark In the affections
and confidence of .the masses.”
MR8. BLAINE PARSES AWAY.
Widow of Great Republican Leader
Dies at Old Home In Augusta,Me.
Mrs. James G. Blaine died at the
Blaine homestead in Augusta, Maine,
Wednesday, at the age of 76.
From Washington, a short time ago,
she went to tho old family residence
in Augusta. She was in an enfeebled
condition, and during the past week
she failed rapidly, her condition being
due to a general breakdown of the
system. She leaves one son, James
G. Blaine, two daughters, Harriet
Beale, and Mrs. Walter Damrosch, of
New York.
SCHWAB UNDER AN ALIAS.
In Order to Dodge the Public He As¬
sumes Name of “Charles Lee.”
The Philadelphia North American
prints the statement that Charles M.
Schwab is staying in Philadelphia un¬
der the assumed name of “Charles
Lee, of New York city.”
Schwab left New York on June 30,
in the company of his physician, and
since that time all trace of him nad
been lost.
judge lumpkin dead.
Beloved Associate Justice of Georgia
Supreme CouT 1 ? Stricken by
the Grim Reaper.
Samuel I.unipkln, associate Justice
of the supreme court of Georgia, died
very suddenly in Wilkes county early
Saturday morning.
The immediate cause of Judge
Lumpkin’s death was hemorrhage of
the lungs, though he had been in fail¬
ing health for more than two years,
Judge Lumpkin's death was very
sudden and wholly unexpected. So
quickly did the stroke come that it
was impossible for a physician to
reach his bedside.
Jmlgo and Mrs. Lumpkin had been
In Wilkes cour.'iy at the home of Mr.
Richardson only a few days.
Friday Judge Lumpkin attended a
fish fry on Dry Fork oneok, and while
he was not feeling well, he was In tuo
host, of spirits and his wit and humor
contributed greatly to the pleasure of
the eVening. He intended leaving
Sunday morning for Atlanta.
Saturday night he retired as usual,
saying lie was tired from his day's re¬
creation and wished to get a good
night’s sleep. Just a* daylight he was
seized with hemorrhage of the lungs
and expired almost instantly.
There were no premonitory symp¬
toms of serious lung trouble, indeed,
no symptoms of any affections of
those organs, and 'the manner of Ills
death was as startling as the death
itself was sudden and unexpected.
The news of the sad event created
a sensation throughout the state, for
aside from the prestige of his high
office, 'the rare personality of Judge
Lumpkin had won him friends
throughout the length and breadth of
Georgia.
When the nows was flashed to At¬
lanta the supreme court, with whom
he was never to sit again, met hastily
to discuss the dread event. Grief wa t
depicted on every face and voice i
trembled with the emotions of stron'i
men. The governor sent out mes¬
sages of condolence to the widow, and
he and the supreme court made prepa
rations for doing honor to the distin¬
guished citizen, taken so suddenly.
Judge Lumpkin comes from a [a
mous family in Georgia, a family Ilia
has long been identified with public
life in Georgia, and that has given
mapy distinguished men to ihe state.
Judge Lumpkin was 56 years of age,
and would have been 57 had he lived
till October. He was born In Ogle¬
thorpe county, near Lexington, and
had lived there a greater part of hi«
life.
He attended the common schools o(
Oglethorpe county until he entered
the University or Georgia at Athens
He remained at the state school for
three years graduating there with first
honor in a class of 56.
He studied law after leaving (he
university and after serving several
terms in the legislature, he was ap
pointed judge of tho Oconee circuit, a
position he held until he was elected
judge of the supreme court in 18'Ji
Judge Lumpkin’s grandtathcr came tn
Georgia from Virginia in the early
days of the state and was one of the
first members of the Georgia legisla¬
ture.
Judge Samuel Lumpkin married
Miss Mary Richardson, of Alabama,
and it was at the house of her brothel'
that Judge Lumpkin died. No children
survive I ho judge. He leaves only Ills
wife and one sister, Mrs. Lucy Oliver.
FOUR KILLED BY TRAIN.
Victims Were Walking on Track and
Were Literally Ground to Pieces.
A Cincinnati dispatch says: Twc
boys and two young men were In
E'tantly killed Sunday afternoon near
the Avondale suburban station, on tne
Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern di¬
vision of the Pennsylvania railroad
While walking on the tracks.
While in a deep cut. on a curve they
got out of the way of an outgoing ex
cursion train and were struck on the
bther track by nn incoming passenger
train, all being ground to pieces.
Artist Whistler Crosses the River.
A London dispatch says: James Ab
bott McNeill Whistler, American ar
tist, died Thursday afternoon at his
residence, 74 Cheyne walk, Chelsea, al
the age of 69 years.
CHIEF ARTHUR FALLS DEAD.
Head of Brotherhood cf Locomotive
Engineers Succumbs at Banquet.
P. M. Arthur, grand chief engineer
cf the lirothedhood of Locomotive
Engineers, dropped dead at midnight
Thursday night while speaking at. the
banquet closing the annual convention
of (he Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers at Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Mr. Arthur had just arisen to re¬
spond to a toast and repeated the
words: "It, may bo my parting
words to many of you,” when ho fell |
backwards afterwards. and expired a few minutes j i
■
MAY RATIFY CANAL TREATY.
American Advices to Colombian Rep- j
resentative Favor Such Action. j
Thomas lierran, tho Colombian ,
charge at Washington, received ad¬ i
vices Wednesday from Americans in j S
Bogota that chances of the ratification ,
of the treaty have improved greatly In
the last few days. No reason Is as- !
signed for this change. j
PORTS OPEN TO ALL
Agreement Reached Between
Russia and Uncle Sam.
!
| WILL BENEFIT THE SOUTH
Manchuria Will Not be Bottled Up.
j Co Far as Trade \Alth the Out¬
side World is Concerned.
Satisfaction Expressed,
According to advices received in
Washington Thursday, the Manchu
rlan question hns been settled satis-
factorily to this government. Assur¬
ances hnve been received from the
Chinese government tnat it will, in
the near future, open as treaty ports
several ports now closed to Iho
world's trade. Tho Russian govern
ment has conveyed formal assurance
to the United States government that
it, will not, in any way, oppose such
opening. While the ports to be open¬
ed are not yet specified, It Is gathered
from tho communications received
that they are Moukden, the principal
Inland port of Manchuria, and Ta
Tung Kao, at tho mouth of tne Ynlu
river,
It is now known that tne negotla
tlons which have terminated so suc¬
cessfully, so far as broad lines are
concerned for only details remain to
be adjusted, were practically brought
to thetr present phace by Secretary
Hay and Count Cassini, at a meeting
at the Rucslan embassy on Juno 28,
the day the secretary departed for
Newport, for the ambassador then had
In hand the necessary authorization
from Ms own government to make the
pledges which are now in process of
redemption. These pledges were re¬
duced to writing by Mr. Hansen, the
Russian charge, during his call at the
state department Tuesday.
It remains for Mr. Conger to define,
In the trade treaty which he Is nego¬
tiating with China, the terms and con¬
ditions ugner which tho new ports a e
to bo opened.
Important to the South.
The prospect, giveB the keenest sat¬
isfaction here for Secretary Hay lias
been for more than two years In
steady put suit of the open door '.n
Manchuria, which he hns already
pointed out is so Important to tho cot¬
ton interests of the south.
Simultaneously with the promise to
open up Manchuria to the world’s
trade comes a report to the bureau
of commerce and labor from United
States Consul M.iier, at Nlu Chwang,
which is so far the only open port, in
Manchuria, respecting the cotton
goods trade of that province. He says
that the great market for cotton goods
in Manchuria is attracting the atten¬
tion of Russian manufacturers at Mos¬
cow. They are trying to capture a
good sharo of the 21,000,000 taels
($12,180,000) worth of cotton goods
trade that, annually comes through
this port and are offering most lempt-
lng inducements to merchants here to
go to Moscow to purchase supplies.
The completion of Ihe Siberian rail¬
way, says the consul, has brought a
new factor In the great, cotton goods
trade of north China, and American
manufacturers must, be alivo to the
situation and adjust their business ar¬
rangements to meet the new condl-
tiotis if they wish to hold their trade,
The volunteer fleet, heavily subsl-
dized by the Russian government, is
carrying Russian goods into North
China at. low freight rates, and these
goods are being entered at Port Ar¬
thur and Dalny without paying any
customs; besides the port charges
for merchant, ships are nominal, and
there are no pilot charges. American
goods go first, to Shanghai, whore cus¬
toms duties and port charges, storage
and handling are paid, and then are
reshipped to Niu Chwang, when
freight, pilotage, port and handling
charges are again paid, This fleet
consists of fourteen steamers, with a
total tonnage 38,481 tons.
Venezuela Has Paid Indemnity.
The Venezuelan government Thurs-
day, paid to the representative of tho
allied powers the last installments of
the indemnity as stipulated by the
protocol.
GEORGIA NEGRO ODD FELLOWS
Meet in Annual Convention at Macon.
Great increase Shown. \
The Georgia grand lodge of colored
Odd Fellows diet in annual session at
Macon Wednesday, Reports showed
that the membership has doubled in
the state among the negroes in the
past year and is now 4,000 as against
2,000 a year ago. The Insurance fea-
turn provides that a one year member
gets $100 benefit, two years, $200, and
three years, $300, and that’s the limit.
They say this feature Is growing
rapidly, as it is about the only Insur-
anee that. is issued to negroes in the
state.
HOLOCAUST IN SANITARIUM.
-
Four People Lose Life in a Fire at
Bo h, n er Springs, Kansas.
Four persona lost their lives in a
fire early Thursday morning, which
destroyed the Bonner Springs, Kan-
sas, sanitarium. All those who were
burned were evidently suffocated, as
none were heard to scream,
The building was three stories high
and contained sixty rooms. Loss
$30,000.
Cream of
Brief Summary of
Important Events
of Each Day.
—Colquitt county, Ga., farmers who
raiso sheep sold their wool clip at
Moultrie Saturday, realizing $15,000
on the sale.
—The funeral of Jucticc Samuel
Lumpkin, of the Georgia state su¬
preme court, oernred Monday morn¬
ing at the old Lumpkin family burying
ground In Ogtelhorpe county.
—Tho encampment of the First
Georgia cavalry began at Savannah
Monday. A troop of the Sevent.i Uni¬
ted States cavalry is taking part.
—Renewal of feud Is feared at,
Jackson, Ky., If court orders investi-
gallon of charge of attempt to bribe
* ,jW en not to testify.
—Governor Aycork, of North Caro¬
lina, has received a letter from King
Carlos of Portugal thanking him for
the courteous treatment, extended Por-
tugueso who were wrecked off the
North State coast.
—Four persons were killed by train
while they were walking on the track
near Cincinnati Sunday.
—The funeral of Chief Arthur of the
Brotherhood of locomotive Engineers
took place Monday at. Cleveland, 0.
—Former Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith replies to the
criticism made by Proctor, of the civil
service commission.
—At Basin. Wyo., Sunday, a mob
stormed tho jail and took therefrom
two condemned murderers and lynch¬
ed them. During the attack on the
jail a conn'ty officer was killed.
—The king of Spain has approved
the now cabinet.
—Chance of war between Japan and
Russia over the . lunchtirinn question
Is increasing dally.
—King Edward and Queen Alexan¬
dra’s trip to Ireland has been mapped.
They start next Saturday.
—The Hourdet family at, Paris, to
whose house the bodies of Charles
Fair and wife were taken after the
automobile accident, are not satisfied
with the $100 sent them by the de¬
ceased's relatives.
—The trial of Mrs. Onlo Tnnner,
chaged with poisoning her husband,
will occur in Gainesvlllp this week.
—Troops were railed out at Bain-
bride, Ga., at nn early hoar Saturday
morning to protect the Jail, owing lo
the threat of a mob which held up a
deputy and demanded the keys to tho
jail.
—Michigan beet suger men are con¬
sidering the practicability of erecting
a large cane factory at Valdosta, Ga.
Farmers around Valdosta have agreed
to raise sufficient cane to supply the
plant.
—The federal grand jury at Mont¬
gomery, Ala., which hns been Invest-
gating the peonage cases in Alabama
made its report to Judge Jones Fri-
, lay flnrt «'Uottrned.
—In Aiken count, South Carolina,
mol >» chasing negroes to avenge
I* 18 death of PoBtmnster Hall, at Chin-
quepln. Two negroes have already
been killed.
—A receiver has been appointed hi
New Jersey for the Southern Car and
Foundry Company, which has plants
at Anniston, Ala., Memphis and Le-
nore, Tenn.
—It has again been stated that the
big Toxaway dam, in the Piedmont re¬
gion, Ib unsafe and f.earH are enter¬
tained in northern South Carolina
that great damage may be done by Ita
breaking.
—Heart, failure, due to over-emotion"
is given as the cause'of the sudden
death of Grand Chief Arthur.
—President Roosevelt. has on
nouneed that on Ihe retirement of
Genera! Miles, General Young will
succeed to the command of the army,
General Wood v.ill be promoted to
major general.
—At the convention of ginnere jf
Alabama, at Montgomery Wednesday, '
a Texas bool weevil was shown, tak ;
er> from a large plantation In Alabama !
with the statement that the insect, wa?
doing great damage to the crop.
—A bench warrant has been issued
for George W. Beavers, formerly a
high official of ithe postal department
It is alleged that Beavers accepted
bribes while in office.
Secretary Hay has made public the
text of the Jewish petition which Res
sla refused to receive. Governor Ter
roil and the members of the Georgia
legislature were among the signers.
—Several officers of Portugal’s army
have been arrested on a charge ol
conspiring against. King Charles,
—Near Norway, S. C., where a ne
gro was recently lynched and the
blacks threatened to exterminate th«
whites, a negro killed a postmastei
Wednesday.
—Mrs. James G. Blaine, widow cl
the great, republican, died Wednesday
at, the old homestead in Augusta
Maine.
—The (Kentucky republicans, in
B tate convention, indorsed President
Roosevelt for 1904.
—At Maysville, Ky., a mob lynched
Thacker, a white man, who had been
given a life sentence for murder.
—It is announced that Russia has
no intention of abandoning Manchu-
rla.
NO. 35.
NOW IN quandary;
President Uncertain as to 1
Sending Hebrew Petition.
BEAR’S GROWLS DISTURB
Czar’s Warning May be Heeded at thd
Last Moment—Prominent Jews
Call Upon Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay.
An important conference was heltf
at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, t». I.,
Tuesday, between the president and
representative Jewish citizens of tha
Society of me U’iNat B’rlth regarding
the petition of the Russian govern¬
ment cxi the Kishinef outrage*. Be¬
sides the president the parties to the
conference were Simon Wolf, of
Washington; Oscar Strauss and Lao
H. Levi, of New York.
The administration has been embar¬
rassed by the delay of the represent*?
tives of the B'Nal B’rith Society in
presenting the petition. A draft of
the document was handed to Presi¬
dent. Roosevelt several weeks ago by
Mr. Wolf, but it was decided after
some consideration to modify the text
of the petition before presenting it
formally to this government for trans¬
mittal to Russia. Time was desired,
too, to obtain to the petition the sig¬
natures of representative citizens of
the United States of ail the religious
faiths. Aa a result the document was
not placed in the hands of the presi¬
dent until Tuesday.
The result of the conference at Sag¬
amore Hill has not been disclosed, but
a strong intimation is given that the
petition may not be forwarded to the
Russian government. The desire of
both the president ajid Secretary Hay
1 b that the Kishinef Incident should
be closed as soon as possible, as fur¬
ther delay in Its consideration might
prove embarrassing to this govern¬
ment in other diplomatic negotiations
with Russia.
Inasmuch as the Russian govern¬
ment has indicated by the adoption of
severe measures a genuine disposition
to punish adequately the perpetrators
of the Kishinef murders and in addi¬
tion those who instigated them, it Is
a problem for the president and Secre¬
tary Hay to solve, whether representa¬
tions concerning the Incident now are
either desirable or necessary.
Members of the Jewish committee,
together with Dr. Albert Shaw, editor
of Tho Re view of Reviews and nis
friend from England, Maurice Amds,
wore the guests of tho president at
luncheon.
Messrs. Wolf, Levi and Strauss con¬
cluded their conference with the pres¬
ident. and left, for New York by the
4:18 o’clock train. Prior to their de¬
parture they announced that while
their conference had been eminently
satisfactory, they were not in a posi¬
tion at this time to discuss the result
of the interview. The petition in ita
modified form was presented to the
president, but it is understood that
signatures to It are yet being added,
and probably will continue to be add¬
ed for several days. While many citi¬
zens of Jewish faith have signed the
petition, a majority of the signatures
are those of persons of other religious
beliefs. It is learned that a statement
will soon be made by the state depart¬
ment in Washington which will dis¬
close the steps taken and to be taken
by this government, but there are rea¬
sons why publicity at this moment
should not be given to the precise
method of procedure.
KEAR8ARGE TO RACE HOME. *
-
Speed of Staunch Battleship la to be
Most Severely Tested.
Captain Hemphill, of the United
States flag ship Kearsarge, received
instructions at Portsmouth, England,
Tuesday to clean the war ship’s pro¬
pellers, fill her bunkers with the best
eoal^and go at, once at the highest
speed with natural draught to French-
mans Bay, Maine. This is the first
occasion, in time of peace, that an
American battle ship has been sub-
jocted to such a severe test. It recall*
a similar voyage of the battle ship
Oregon during the war with Spain.
PROUD OF OUR RIFLEMEN.
President Roosevelt Sends Congratu¬
latory Message to Mr. Jones.
President Roosevelt is delighted
over the success of the American rifle¬
men in recapturing the Pi >ma trophy
In England. Secretary Jone3, of the
National Rifle Association of America,
cabled the president the result of the
contest, and the president responded
as follows:
"Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 13. 1903.—
.
Jones, Secretary National Rifle Ai so-
clation of America—Accept my heait-
lest congratulations for the American
victory.
“THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
CLAY’S ARSENAL OBLITERATED.
Revolvers and Bowie Knives Taken
from General's Little Room.
A dispatch from Lexington. Ky.,
says: The room In which General
Cassius M. Clay is confined has been
stripped of all weapons by order of
court. The revolvers and bowle knives
which made the room a little arsenal
were taken away by the attendants.
As a consequence Gene^il Clay is ua-
consolahle.