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The Jones County News
VOi X.
OWNERSHIP ASKED
Chicago Citizens Favor Pos¬
session of Street Car Lines.
DECISIVE INDORSEMENT
Some Surprises of Tuesday's Election.
Results In Chicago, Milwaukee,
Kansas City and Nebraska
Municipalities.
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Iu the municipal election at Ch'cago
Tuesday the republicans elected eight¬
een aldormen and tile democrats six¬
teen. The council contained thirty six
republicans and thirty-two democrats.
The next council will contain thirty-
six republicans and thirty-one demo¬
crats.
The chief interest In the election,
however, centered in the vote on pro¬
posed municipal ownership of the
street railways. In this connection,
what is known as the "Mueller law’’
passed by the last state legislature
was submitted to the people. The law
authorizes cities In Illinois to con¬
struct, own, operate and lease street
railways and to provide the men;i3
therefor.
On this proposition, tho vote stood
152,434 for the proposition, 30,104
against.
On the proposition that the city
should at once take over the street
railways into its control, he vo:a
stood 120,744 for and 50,893 against.
For the temporary licensing of street
railways int oits control, the vote
is prepared to take them over, the
vote was 120,181 ./for- and 1 4S,Oo<3
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against.
High License in Nebraska. :
A special from Omaha says': Muni¬
cipal elections were held in Nebraska
Tuesday except in Omaha-. The, issue
generally was on the question of li¬
cense or no license, althought party
lines were drawn’ in'isonTe" places 'and
the result is expected to forecast iu
some degree what may be expected
at the fall elections. ’The^tflajority of
tho towns outside of Omaha voted, for
high license. ' K
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Mayor Rose Carries Milwaukee.
A dispatch from Milwaukee, Wls.,
says: Mayor Dav.id S. Rose, demo¬
crat, carried the city In the mun cipal
election Thursday, having a plurality
of 5,93 2 over Guy D. Goff, republcan.
Victor L. Berger; social democrat, rail
about 2.000 votes beh nd Goff. The
democrats will control the common
council.
Republicans Win in Kansas City.
Unofficial returns from one-third-of
Kansas City, including decisive pre¬
cincts, assure the election of the
whole republican ticket, headed «by J-Jy
H. Neff for mayor, by pluralities rangr/
ing from 1.000 to 2,000. except that of
police judge, Brady;: democrat. add ia--
bor candidate, is probably reelected
by a small plurality The„ new council
will have, a republican majority- The ’
'cify government has. be§n in the i^jupls
of the democrats for four yeare
There were two democratic tickets'
in the field.
BALKED AT NOTORIETY.'
Mrs. Sully Assigns Claim Rather Than
Appear as Witness In CouW,..’
A New York dispatch says: Believ¬
ing her appearance upon the witness
stand in the bankruptcy examination
before a court commiasioner would
subject her to unpleasant notorietv,
Mrs. Daniel J. Sully decided Tuesday
to assiegn to the j-.ecfij.ver. Jher..claim
to the $150,000 of surplus money ae-
cru’ng l.o the F. W. Reynolds Company
from the sale of Sully’s hypothecated
cotton.
Richard B. Comstock, the attorney
for the Reynolds -Company, In which ■
Mrs. Sully is the largest shareholder,
agreed to this disposition of the sur¬
plus, and E. B. Bowens, counsel to the
Corn Exchange Bank, which sold the
6,000 bales upon which it had advanc¬
ed $450,000 to Sully, promised npt -to
call Mrs Sully as a witness In the
hearing, unless it Is absolutely neces¬
sary.
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS
Hold State Convention, Elect Judge
and Instruct for Roosevelt.
Former Attorney General George P.
Elkin was nominated unanimously for
spireme court justice Wednesday by
the Pennsylvania- rtepubllcan
tion at Harrisburg.
Governor Pennypacker, James Elver-
son, O. D. Blakely and Francis^LeHpi;-
bins were elected delegates at large to
the national convention and .instructed
to vote for the nomination of President'
Roosevelt.
HEARST DELEGATES BOLTED.
Were Against Unit Rule Proposed in
County Caucus Convention.
The Esse* county delegates to tfie
democratic convention. <jgucus met in
Newark. N. J., Friday night and sev¬
enteen Hearst delegated, bolted when
a motion to adopt the Obit rule^pre
vailed. The remaining delegates de¬
rided to support Former Senator Jas.
Smith for one of the delegates at
large. * .
INDISTINCT
IEVEES ARE IN DANGER.
Wind and Wave Threaten Calamity
Along the Mississippi—Blizzard
and Snow Storms Rage.
Friday the Mississippi river at Mem¬
phis registered 37.8 feet, a rise of 4.S
feet in three days. This stage is 4
8-10 above the danger 1 ne, and pros¬
pects now point to 38 feet, or possibly
higher water.
The strain upon the levees contin¬
ues to increase with the increasing
height of the flood, against which an
unceasing watch must be maintained
night and day.
Captain Lucas and Chief Engineer
Pharr expresses firm convictions that
the levees with careful watching will
stand the ordeal, Active measures.
however, are being taken to guard
against every approach of the water.
A number of streets in North Mem-
"phis have been overflowed with back¬
water from Bayou Gayoso, delaying
traffic to some extent, but no damage
has occurred. Railroads have expe¬
rienced no interruption whatever, and
it will take a 40-foot Btage of water to
give them any serious trouble.
Notices have been given to steam¬
boat captains passing tho exposed
levee In the vicinity of Luxora, Ark.,
to reduce speed or keep on the oppo¬
site side, of the river In order to pre¬
vent damage to the levee from wave
wash. The water at this point is high
upon the levee and is causing consid¬
erable. alarm to the Inhabitants of that
vicinity.
•The levees at Golden lake and Brad¬
ley Landing, Ark., are under a very
severe strain and forces are at work
topping and strengthening them. The
water on the Arkansas side, opposite
Memphis covers the low lands to a
distance of from 15 to 20 miles.
Snow Storm in Dakota.
A severe wind and snow storm pre¬
vailed over North and South Dakota,
Thursday night and Friday,
ai)d in some instances railroad traffic
was blocked and telegraph service se¬
riously hindered.
Fair Building Wrecked.
The high wind that prevailed in St.
Louis Friday complltely destroyed the
partially completed bazar building in
. the ^ Japanese reservation in the
world's fair, not a timber being left
standing. None of the workmen was
injured. The work of reconstruction
was begun almost immediately. No
-other buildings on the grounds were
damaged.
Blizzard in Nebraska.
Nebraska was swept by the worst
blizzard of the year fr'.day and the
most severe April storm known in
'many years. A' fine sheet of sleet and
snow was driven by a wind that at
times reached the proportions of a
hurricane.
Minor damage was reported from
several towns. Cattle on the ranges
turned out for spring grazing will suf-
'let, the temperature having fallen 20
degrees within twelve hours.
ANENT ANTI-JUG LAW.
Representative . Clayton Files Favora-
ble Committee Report in House.
* A Washington special says: A re¬
■port 1 favoring the passage of the Hep-
bnkn and Dolliver bill granting the
state's polico power over original pack¬
ages of liquor shipped within their bor¬
ders-as interstate commerce was filed
in the house Friday by Representative
Clayton, of Alabama. The report
says.
“There has arisen considerable mis¬
apprehension as to the meaning and
purpose of the proposed legislation. It
has been said by some to he a prohi¬
bition measure and by oi'ers to be
an attempt to deprive the individual
citizen of the right to have beer, wine
and other Jlquors sli pped to him from
anc/ther state for his own use and en-
•joymsnt. Neither of the assertions is
true, as ,(we think} has been demon¬
strated.
"This bill is not intended to pro-
hiblt the sale and use of beer, wine or
ether intoxicating liquors which have
be6h un formiy held by the United
States to be legitimate articles of com¬
merce, nor is the measure designed to
abridge the right of a citizen Of one
state to import from another state
8 his bfb beverages ! as he may desire for
ow-n use, as before saying. The
purpose of ths proposition law and its
.sphe ckfty purpose is to allow each state to
out Its own domestic or internal
policy in regard to tho control of in¬
toxicating beverages within the bound¬
aries of the state.
-The sole effect will be to permit
the state, if it so wills, to circumscribe
the sale of. intoxicating beverages
within its boundaries to the full extent
"that it may desire to restra'n such
traffic or to regulate the sale of the
same through the medium of its own 1
laws, including local option laws, high i j
laws or dispensary laws.”
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... . NEW YORK FOR PARKER.
Majority’of Delegates Favoring Judge
Is Practically Conceded. |
According to latest advices, every
poll which has been made* of the dele- j j
gates who have, been chosen and
those York, state yet to convention be chosen shows to the that New ap- j |
proximately two-third?—some polls
show ah even larger number—will be
pronounced Parker men. This is prac-
tically conceded on all sidbs.
Gl!AY. JONEb 00. GA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 14. 1904.
HOW WE DO CROW!
Census Office Issues State¬
ment as to Population. -
EIGHTY MILLION PEOPLE
The Bulletin Shows Estimates of 1903
for All Cities of 25,000 Popula¬
tion and Upwards in the South¬
ern States.
The Census bureau at Washington
issued a bulletin Thursday, which
gives the estimated population of tho
United States for 1903, exclusive of
Alaska and the insular possessions ot
the United States, at 79.900,389. This
is an increase of 3,905,814 since the
census of 1900.
According to these estimates New
York is now a city of 3,716,139 inhab¬
itants; Chicago is rapidly approaching
the two million mark, having 1,873.880
inhabitants; Philadelphia has 1,367 -
716; St. Louis has just passed and
Boston has almost reached tho six
hundred thousand mark; Baltimore
lias 531,313; Cleveland, Ohio, is now
a considerable distance ahead of Cin¬
cinnati, which cities have 414,950 and
332,934, respectively.
Detroit, Milwaukee and New Orleans
have just passed 300.000 and Wasliing-
lon is close to that figure.
The following are the estimates oi
tho population in 1903 of all cities giv¬
en 25 000 and upwards in the south¬
ern states:
Arkansas—Little Rock, 42,036.
Kentucky—Covington, 44,759; Lex¬
ington, 27,809; Louisville, 215,402;
Newport, 29,315.
Louisiana—New Orleans, 300,626.
Tennessee— Chattanooga, 30,469;
Knoxville, 34 344; Memphis, 113,669,
Nashville, 82,711.
Texas—Dallas, 44,159; Fort Worth,
27 182; Galveston, 31,742; Houston,
20.760; San Antonio, 58,016.
Florida—Jacksonville, 31,798.
Georg a—Atlanta, 98.550; Augusta,
41,283; Savannah, 64.562.
' South Carolina—Charleston, 56,062.
Virginia—Norfolk i 55,149; Richmond'
86,148.
Alabama—Birmingham, 42,087; Mo¬
bile, 40,686; Montgomery, 32,884.
There are no cities credited with
25,000 population in Miss ssippi and
North Carolina.
Considered by states New York
leads in population, with mere than
seven and a half million;; Pennsylva¬
nia exceeds six and a half million, and
Illino s has passed five million; Texas
has over three million, having passed
Missouri.
But twenty-two states now have less
than a million inhabilants, and four¬
teen exceed two million
INDIANS DIE IN WRECK.
Untutored Children of *.he Forest Man¬
gled in a Railroad Smash-Up.
A fast mail crashed into a passenger
train on the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad near Maynard, Ohio, Thursday
morning, causing the death of three
Indians and injuries to twenty-three
others who were on their way to New
York for exhibition purposes.
After the bodies of the dead had
been removed from the wreck and
placed in a row on the prairie bes’de
the tracks, an incident probably un¬
paralleled in railway records took
place. The uninjured among the In¬
dians gathered about and led by Chief
Iron Tail, solemnly chanted the Indian
“death song.”
The dead are; Kill Head, Philip
Iron Tall, Thomas Comelast.
Fatally injured: Big Chief White
Horse, Luther Standing Bear, Annie
Gooseface.
Those less seriously injured were:
Mrs. Thomas Comelast, Tommie Come
last, 6-year-okl boy; Sammy Lonebear,
Abraham Ooodlnow, Blind Eagle, Lit¬
tle Elk, Charge the Enemy, Head Chief
Highball, William Sitting Bull, son of
Chief Sitting Bull, 27 years old.
STATEHOOD BILLS OPPOSED.
Minority Report Filed in House by
Tennessee Representative.
Majority and minority views of the
statehood bill, recently reported from
the house committee on territories,
were filed in the house Friday by Rep¬
resentatives Hamilton, of Michigan,
and Moon, of Tennessee, respectively.
Mr. Hamilton reviews the provisions
of the bill at length and urges the
necessity and justice of admitting the
four territories as two states. The
minor ’ t views
y are signed by Repre-
sentativef > Moon, Loyd, Robinson, of
Indiana and Thayer.
NEWSPAPER MEN PRISONERS. /
Russians at Niuchwang Will Be Asked
to Release Pencil Pushers.
A Washington special says: Secre
tary Hay has instructed by cable Am-
bassador McCormick, at St. Peters
burg and Minister Conger, at Pekin,
to take immediate steps to secure the
release of two American newspaper
correspondents now held by the Rus-
slans at Niuchwang for indiscreetly
bringing In Japanese servants.
BURTON GIVEN SENTENCE .
Kansas Senate^ Must Serve Six
Months in Jail and Pay Fine of
$2,500 Was Edict of Court.
At St. Lou's, Wednesday, United
States Senator Burton, of Kansas, was
sentenced to six monthsT'ui prison meat
in the Iron county jail and fined $2,500
for having been convicted of using his
influence before the postofflee depart¬
ment in behalf of the Rialto Grain
and Securities Company of St. Louis.
and having received payment from in®
company for his services, in passing
sentence Judge Adams said:
"After a fair and impartial trial by
a jury of exceptional Intelligence, you
have been found guilty of the offense'
charged in the indictment against you.
‘‘A motion for a new trial in year
behalf has afforded me an opportunity
to carefully review and consider the
evidence. As a result of this, 1 am
satisfied that the jury reached tin
just and true result. The eviden o
abundantly warranted their verdict.,
and I find no reaeon, either in "the law
governing the case or in the proceed¬
ings attending the trial, for disturb¬
ing it.
“Your conviction necessarily results
in your punishment. Its importance,
in my opinion, is not confined to its
effects upon you.
“Your exalted station in life, and the
character of your offending give unus¬
ual significance to your conviction, it
demonstrates that the law of the laud
is equal to any emergency and that 't
can be administered regardless of the
personality and station of the aroused,
it also demonstrates to all the people
that public office cannot be prostituted
m self serving purposes and that pub
lie office is not a sure and safe sup¬
port to private thrift.
“The humiliation attending your con¬
viction and the statutory disqualifica¬
tions resulting therefor, which forever
incapacitate you from holding any of¬
fice of honor, trust or profit under the
government of the United States, are
in themselves heavy punishment fo-
your offenses, and leave but little in
the way of severity which could he
added.
“It is neither my pleasure nor pur-
pose to impose any- ;; i ,, , essary pun-
ishment. l ,
“I think the majetiy of! the law will
be sufflcienTTy vindicate!} and the nub¬
ile welfare sufficiently safeguarded hy
imposing a single sentence, warranted
as it is on any one of the six counts,
indictments, of which you were con¬
victed.
“This sentence will be that you he
confined In the Iron county jail for a
period of six months, and that you pay
a fine of $2,500.”
The case will now bo appealed to
the United States district court of ap¬
peals, the highest tribunal in the mat-
ter.
Senator Burton, who is senior sena¬
tor from Kansas, was convicted after
an exhaustive trial, in which various
letters from him to the Rialto Oral l
and Securities Company, the checks
which he received in payment for his
services in behalf of the concern be¬
fore tho postofflee and the testimony
of numerous agents of the government
were introduced. Senator Burton’s de¬
fense was that he was acting merei.v
in the capacity of an attorney and did
not employ his senatorial influence in
the work.
A POINTER FOR CARNEGIE.
Fearing to Die Rich, Miser Gives Away
Property to Deserving Poor.
Clark Ridley, of Newmarket, Mas 3 .,
having reached the age of 85, has de¬
cided that it is a disgrace to die rich
and announces that he will at once
give all his property to deserving per¬
sons of his own selection. Already he
has disposed of three houses and lots
and says he has several left, togoth' r
with other property valued at $15,000.
Ridley has been known for many
years as a miser. “The rich men give
property to some Institution,” he said.
“That is not really a deed of charity.
If a man has got something to give
away he should give it to somebody
that will appreciate it and do 'hem
some good.”
PROHI8 BOOM GENERAL MILES.
Party in Indiana Holds State Conven
tion and Outlines Campaign Work.
Indiana prohibitionists held the i
state conventon at Indianapolis Tues
day. J. C. Rhodes, of Kokomo, tempo
rary chairman of the convention, in a
strong speech, advocated the nomlna
tion of General Nelson A. Miles foi
president.
“With that noble American bearing
our nat'o'nal banner aloft,” said h.?
“with a candidate for every state,
county and municipal office next No
vemhe?, we will march, faith conquer¬
ing and to conquer.”
RUSSIAN EXHIBIT BEING SOLD.
Disposed of at Auction for Benefit of
the Red Cross Society.
A SL Petersburg special says: The
Russian volunteer fleet steamer
Kasan, damaged during the first bom
bardment of Port Arthur, has been
converted into a hospital ship.
The peasant Industries exhibit for¬
merly intended for St. Louis is being
sold at auction for the benefit ot the
Red Cross Society.
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CHOICE OF CROVER
Former President Cleveland
Favors Judge Parker
AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
Interviews Published in Two New
'
York Papers are the Subject of
Much Comment by Demo¬
cratic Leaders.
The published interviews with for¬
mer President Cleveland, which ap-
peared In two New York papers of
Wednesday morning, in which ho vir¬
tually comes out for tho nomination
of Judge Parker, proved tho political
sensation of the day in Washington.
Most of the friends of Judge Parker
aro of the opinion that this utterance
of Mr. Cleveland will prove of value
to his candidacy, particularly in New
York and the east,. They argue that
it not only finally disposes of the taix
that Cleveand is himself a candidae,
but that it also disposes of the charge
that Parker Is David B. Hill’s man, Mr.
Cleveland says:
“The recent movement looking to n
concentration upon Mr. Parker’s candi¬
dacy afforded me the greatest possible
relief and satisfaction, not only so far
as my personal comfort Is concerned,
but as a democrat anxious for my par¬
ty’s supremacy and delighted with the
prospect of Its return to sanity and
patriotic effort.
“I do not see how any one profess¬
ing to be a real, Intelligent democrat
can hesitate to help Mr. Parker, if he
should be nominated, as a fit repre¬
sentative of safe and conservative
democratic principles, entitled to heur-
ty and unreserved democratic support.
“Some of us may have been of the
opinion that another nomination might
he more expedient. But that should
be a mere matter of opinion which
should pass ou tof sight Immediately
if the cholcd of the convention should
fall upon Mr. Parker.
“Feeling assured, as I do, that a
nomination will be made representing
true democratic principles, I am only
concerned about the platform which
will he presented to the people with
our candidate.”
“It should he remembered that tho
more unobjectionable the candidate
we select, the more will our oppo¬
nents be driven to search for campaign
material in our platform declaration.
“I do not believe that I can bo mis
taken in my conviction that in this
campaign, of all others, our platform
should be short and to the purpose.
“There have been campaigns in
which platform-makers have Induged
in useless, foolish vagaries In safo’y.
"There may be such campaigns
again, but I know this ,’s not one of
them.
“There are certain democratic doc
trines believed in by thnt conserva¬
tive element of the party which will
control at St. Ixmis.
“Tliesti doctrines should, in no event
be evaded.
“Such of these as appear to furnish
at this time the most vital camiia'gn
Issues should be given the greatest
prominence and should be announced
in such a way as lo exclude all doubt
as to their moaning and all appear¬
ance of compromise.
“In other words, there are certain
lines of battle whleh promise, hotter
than others .successful results.
“These lines having been carofully
selected and plainly marked out,
should ho followed persistently and
with faith and enthus'asm.
“I earnestly hope that our platform
will be short—so that the voters of
the land will read.
“I hope that in this platform our
party will say precisely what it means
and that every word it contains will
bear its share of meaning in a declare
tion of principles free from doubt, eva¬
sion or disingenuous comprom'so.”
Extraditlon Treaty With Cuba.
A Washington special says: Secre¬
tary Hay and Senor Quesada, the Cu¬
ban minister, Wednesday signed a
treaty of extradition.
SENATE EULOGIZES HANNA.
Many Speakers Review Life and Pub¬
lic Career of Departed Statesman.
The senate Thursday listened to eu¬
logies of the late Senator Hanna. The
galleries were well filled and the
speakers given close attention. Those
who spoke were:
Messrs. Foraker, ■ Scott, Cockrell,
Platt of Connecticut, Cullom. Black
burn, Elkins, Fairbanks, Daniel, Per
kins, Depew, Beveridge, Dolliver,
Kearns and Dick.
Mr. Foraker’s address was a candid
review of the public career and a frank
analysis of the character of hia late
colleague.
WATSON BACK AT CLEVELAND.
Reiterates Charges that Ex-President
Entertained Negroes.
Hon. Thomas E. Watson has replied
to the denial made by ex President
Cleveland that he. (Cleveland) invited
Fred Douglass and his white wife to
receptions at the executive mansion,
Mr. Watson forcibly reiterates ev
ery change made and places the mat¬
ter once more up to -Mr. Cleveland.
TO INVADE MANCHURIA.
Japanese Army at WIJu Prepared to
Cross Yalu River in Their Chase
of Russian Detachments.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Ghee Foo says: The Japaneso are
now occupying Wlju, on tho southern
hank of tho Yalu In forco and are pre¬
paring to cross the river Into Manchu-
ria.
It is estimated that there are 45,000
troops of all arms in Wlju and this
number is being added to dally. The
troops in Wlju are among the host in
the Japanese army. They consist of
the Imperial guard, which is a crack
corps, and the second and twelfth di¬
visions. Those troops are supported
by artillery and cavalry.
The advance to Wlju was marked hy
constant skirmishing with Russian do
tachments which, after exchanging a
few shots with Japaneso advance
guard, would retreat. Probably not
more than 100 men were Rilled and
wounded on both sides during the ad¬
vance on Wlju.
The moBt hotly contested affair’oc¬
curred at CUong-Ju, about. 80 inilea
southeast of Wiju, between a detach
ment of 500 Japanese infantry ami
cavalry and 700 Cossacks. In tills nt-
falr, the Russians were routed, losing
thirty men killed and as many more
wounded. The Japanese lost five men
killed and had eleven wounded. Among
the killed was Lieutenant Kato, who
was shot down while loading a charge
on the retreating Cossacks.
The Japanese army at Wiju is sup¬
plied wllli all the material necessary
for crossing the Yalu, and it Is be¬
lieved that the passage of the river
will soon be attempted.
There seems to ho no strong Rus¬
sian force on the north bank of the
river opposite Wlju, and It Is thought
the Russ'ans are concentrating on
Mukden in order to protect that city
and tho ralroad line from Harbin to
Port Arthur.
It Is rumored that the Japaneso have
landed In force on the Liao Tung pe¬
ninsular in the vicinity of NIuchwang,
Ths seemg to Indicate that tho plans
of the Japanese general staff contem¬
plate a flank movement. If the Jhj>
aneso have landed on the peninsula
it means that the Russians are caught
in a trap and will be between two
flres.
PLEA8URE SEEKER8 DROWNED.
Five Out of Party of Seven Find Wa¬
tery Grave Near Tampa, Fla.
All members of a pleasure party
from the Florida Methodist college a
Sutherland, Fla., near Tampa , were
drowned Monday night in tho waters
of the gulf near Anclote light house
The‘drowned aro: Miss Ellen O’Con
nor, of Atlanta; M ss Laurie McRa?
Atlanta, teacher in Sutherland college;
Miss Slaughter, of Sutherland; Mrs
Walker, wife of presidor.t of college;
Mr. Bouland, of Sutherland.
President Walker and Miss Newton
the remaining members of the party
both reached 1 ho beacii alive.
The. bodies of. Mrs. Walker and Mis,*
O’Connor have not yet been recovered.
The bodies of Miss McRae, Miss
Slaughter and Mr. Bouland were wash¬
ed on the beach TuesTIky morning.
President Walker had taken the par¬
ty out for a cruise to the l'ght house,
but met wlih rough weather, and ths
boat was overturned In (he gulf.
The Florida Methodist, college Is lo¬
cated at Sutherland, on (he west coast,
along the gulf, about 30 miles from
Taropa.
MORGAN ASSAILS CANAL DEAL.
Declares Panama Company is Only
Lessee of Waterway Rights.
In tho senate, Tuesday, Mr. Morgan
called up IiIh resolution directing the
attorney general to Inform tho senate
whether he has made or Is making on
behalf of the United States a purchase
of rights granted by Colombia to N
U. Wyso for the construction of an
Isthmian canal or any interest In the
Panama railroad.
He declared that the new Panama
Canal Company Is only a lessee of the
property r’ghls on the Isthmus, nnd
said that when we pay to the govern¬
ment of Panama the $10,000,000 this
government will be entitled to deal
with the canal company as a tenant.
EGGROLLING AT WHITE HOUSE.
Children of Both Colors Disport Them¬
selves on Spacious Grounds.
A Washington dispatch says: Hun¬
dreds of children, of all colors and
conditions, participated In the Eastor
Monday egg-roiling festival on t.ha
white house grounds. Experience had
shown that the sport of children on
previous egg-rolling days had been In¬
terfered with by adults who were un
accompanied by little ones and a reg¬
ulation was enforced on this occasion
that no grown ups should be admitted
to tho grounds. The rule worked ad
tairably.
BOMB-THROWING DENIED.
Alfonso, of Spain, Says No Attempt
Was Made to Kill Him.
King Alfonso, of Spain, received a
telegram from President Diaz, of Mex¬
ico, congratulating him on his escape
from an attempt on his life at Barce¬
lona.
The king replied, assuring the pres¬
ident that the report that the explo¬
sion was an attempt on his life was
abeoi«tely unfounded.
>0. SI.
DREADED SCOURGES
Cause Frightful Loss Among
Russians in Manchuria,
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CHOLERA AND TYPHOID
Diseases Ssid to Be Killing 8oldiers
by the Score in Harbin—Forces
Arrive in Terribly Emaciated _
Condition.
A St. Petersburg special says: The
Japanese are not the only enemies the
Russians have to fight. They have
cholera and typhoid fever to contend,
with, as well as the armies of Japan.
Advices received from Harbin state
that tho two diseases named are epi¬
demic there and that hundreds of
troops have been stricken.
The new levies are the greatest suf-
ferers. These men reach Harbin af-
ter a five-thousand-mile journey In a
terribly emaciated condition and fall
easy victims to cholera and typhoid.
Hundreds of the troops who ar®
arriving at Harbin from Europeai
Russia are suffering from frost-bitten
noses, feet and hands. It is no uncom¬
mon thing to meet soldiers on th®
streets of Harbin whose noses hava
dropped off as a result of frost bite.
Of course tho cholera and typhoid,
which Is raging, finds easy marks in
soldiers whose strength has been sap¬
ped by the trials they had to undergo
on the Journey to Harbin.
Cholera’s Fearful Ravages.
The mortality, according to advices
received Jn St. Petersburg, is very
great, and Is said to be increasing
dally. Entire regiments are reported
unfit for service.
The military authorities express
much concern over the reports from
Harbin. They fear that unless the
cholera is checked it will render th®
Russian armies unablo to meet the
Japanese in the field.
The cause of the epidemic is ascrib¬
ed to the filthy conditions which exist
at Harbin. The streets are full of
offal and refuse, and the soldiers have
to use the water of the Sungari river,
which Is as foul as any sewer.
Harbin is the Russian base in Man¬
churia. From Harbin all troops arriv¬
ing for the front are distributed. Thus
it is apparent that an epidemic of chol¬
era at Harbin threatens the entire Rus¬
sian army in the oast.
No Consuls to Manchuria.
A Washington special says; Th®
stato department has decided to find
temporary employment for the persons
recently appointed to consular offices
In Manchuria and wll make no effort
to place them at thoir designated posts
pending the Issue of the war between
Russia and Japan. Mr. Cheshire, who
was nominally United States consul
to Mukden, will be attached to th®
United States legation at Pekin. Mr.
Davidson, who was named as consul
lo Antung, on the Yalu river, will bo
sent instead to Niuchwang to servo
as assistant to Mr. Miller, the consul
nt that point.
Edwin Morgan, who was to havo
been consul to Dalny, will be sent to
Shanghai as assistant consul.
TROUTMAN SHORTAGE PAID. I
Bonding Company Hands Georgia
Treasurer Check for $22,885.
The American Bonding Company,
through its attorney in Atlanta, paid
Treasurer Bark $22,885 Friday, th®
amount due the slate because of tho
shortage of Cashier C. H. Troutman,
of the bank at Mllledgeville, Ga. Trout¬
man recently committed suicide be¬
cause of the shortage. He was kreas-
urer of tho state sanitarium and ha t
been speculating with the state’s
funds.
Tho bonding company which was on
his bond made an investigation of th®
hooks and as soon as the exact amount
of the discrepancy was discovered ten¬
dered the check to the state. The
check was accepted, and the state re¬
lieved Tiie company from any further
liability.
COWHERD SUCCEEDS GRIGGS.
Missouri Man Elected Chairman of
Democratic Congressional Committee.
Representative W. S. Cowherd, of
Missouri, was elected chairman of th®
democratic congressional committee
without opposition at a meeting in
Washington Thursday night.
About thirty members of the con¬
gressional committee were present.
The question of the election of a
secretary caused considerable discus¬
sion.
Representative Griggs, of Georgia,
the retlrng chairman of the committee,
presided at the meeting.
THIRTY-TWO MILLS CLOSE.
Fall River Operatives Now Work Only
Four Days in the Week.
Thursday’s developments in the
movement at Fall River, Mass., look¬
ing toward a widespread curtailment,
shows that at least thirty-two cotton
mills owned by foreign corporations
will be shut down for two days of
each week.
The curtailment movement affects
about thirteen thousand operatives.