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The Jones County News
M. C. QREENE, Editor and Proprietor.
JUBILANT OVATION
Accorded President on Hi
Brief Stop at Louisville.
THE OLD KENTUCKY WAY
Confederate Veterans Prominent In
Monster Parade—Chief Executive
i. Captures Immense Throng in
Patriotic Speech.
1*1
President Roosevelt and party pas 3
•d through Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana
and Illinois Thursday and at 8:30
o’clock p. m. Tuesday left St. Louis fov
the southwest over the Missouri Kan-
sas and Texas railroad. The most no-
table reception of the day was at
Louisville, Ky„ where the
spent two hours. Here, in the shad-
ow of a magnificent bronze statue of
Jefferson, just in front of
architecturally pleasing courthouse
of Jefferson county, President Roose¬
velt, in something less than fifteen
minutes, delivered a notable address
to a crowd which extended for t*o
blocks on the east and west sides of
the speaker’s stand, which jammed
Intersecting avenues, and overran tha
broad lawns which skirt the square.
Not more than one-fifth of those who
saw the president could hoar what he
said, but they cheered him heartily
nevertheless, interruptions of applause
occurring almost momentarily. The
president’s welcome to Kentucky was
typical of the state, and his references
In his speech to “a united country,”
his greeting of confederate veterans
as “my comrades,” and his allusion to
the wearer of the gray who bore aloft
at the head of the procession of es¬
cort the flag of one united country,
pleased those who could hear him im¬
mensely. His reception in the resi¬
dent section of the city was cordial;
as he passed through the business
section there were demonstrations of
hearty good will, and at the speaking
stand and on the short drive over
the business section it was an assured
ovation. The president was greatly
■pleased at the cordiality of the crowds.
In introducing the president, Gov¬
ernor Beckham said: “Ladies and
Gentlemen: Not only the people of
Louisville, but the people of all Ken¬
tucky rejoice today in welcoming
among us the president of this great
republic. We look forward to him
during the next four years as the
ruler of this republic, to obliterate
the last faint line of sectional differ¬
ences that may exist in this country.
(Applause.) I believe that it is in
the power of this great man, who
more than any president since the bigi
brained and big-hearted Lincoln, holds
the affections and the confidence of
the people of this country. I say, I
believe it is more in his p- wer than
in the power of any other Jan to es¬
tablish beyond question the fact that
there is no north, no south, no east
and no west in this country.” (Pro¬
longed applause.)
As the president stepped upon the
platform and the crowd saw him, a
prolonged cheer went up. The pres¬
ident tried to speak, but good natured-
ly waited until the applause had died
out. Then he said:
“Governor Beckham and you, my
fellow Americans: (Applause.) Sure¬
ly, any man would indeed be gratified
to be greeted in this way by such
an audience and be introduced aS
you have introduced me, Governor
Beckham. (Applause.) As the gov¬
ernor has so well said, upon all the
important question, the questions that
infinitely transcend, mere partisan dif¬
ferences, we are fundamentally one.
“Naturally, I feel particularly grat¬
ified at seeing here today Joined in
procession the men who wore
blue and the men who wore the
gray. (Laughter and applause.)
“In the dark days—now keep just as
quiet as you can; you won’t be able
to do anything more than see me,
any how (Laughter and Applause); in
the dark days, each of you fought for
the right as It was given him to see
the right (A Voice: ‘That’s right!’),
and each of you has left us the right
to feel pride not only in your valfr,
but in your devotion to what you con-
scientiously believed your duty (Great
Applause), and now, we are all ofie
(Cheers and Long Continued Ap¬
plause), and as a reunited people we
have the right to feel the same pride
in the valor of the man who consci¬
entiously risked his life in the con¬
federate uniform that we have in the
man who fought in the blue. (Ap-
plause.) And as I passed by your
ranks, O! my friends in gray, today,
and saluted the flag of'our commSn
country, held up by a naan in the gray
uniform, I felt that indeed we are one,
and that we have been able to shdw
mankind the most perfect union that
any nation now knows. (Great Ap-
plause.)
MISTRIAL IN PEONAGE CASE.
Verdict Results in Italian Contrac¬
tors’ Case at Charleston.
After being out all night a federal
court jury at Charleston, S. C, report¬
ed inability to reach a verdict in the
peonage case involving Italian labor
contractors who are charged with
holding employes in involuntary serv-
itude. Judge Brawdey ordered a mis-
_ the jury.
trial recorded and dliaiiied^
I OPERATORS ARE BLAMED.
Coroner’s Jury Renders Verdict on
Recent Mino Horror in Alabama.
The coroner's Jury which haa beeh
investigating the Virginia mine disas¬
ter in Alabama in which 111 persons
lost their lives, returned a verdict
Friday afternoon which charges four
mine operators with wilful and crimi¬
nal negligence.
The jury returned a separate ver¬
dict in the case of each man killed
in the mine, which sets forth that the
deceased came to his death by ex¬
plosion in the Virginia mines, Jeffer¬
son county, Ala., on the 2t0h day of
February, 1905, said explosion was a
dust explosion caused by the collec¬
tion of dust that was allowed to ac-
i cuumulate in said mines of Alabama
, Steel an<1 WIre Company and their
| a S ents although - the state mine i«-
j s r' ector - and his assistants had ‘repeat-
edly warned them of the d * n S CT <>us
conditlon of the mine over a year
prior t0 the ex P losion - “d that the
said named party came to his>fleafh
in an unlawful manner by the wilful
antf criminal negligence of Everett
1 T. Schuler, Geoorge H. Schuler, Amos
I W. Reed and Sam Ilartiy, operators,
I managers and mine foreman of said
mine, against the peace and dignity of
the state of Alabama.
ALL HONOR TO THE MOTHERS.
President Pays a Glowing Tribute to
j Matrons of the Nation.
In his address at San Antonio, Frl-
I day, President Roosevelt said of
mothers;
“There is only one of my fellow
citizens to whom I will touch my hat
quicker than to the soldier and that
Is the mother, because I think she has
a little harder time of it. The moth¬
er who has brought up as they should
be brought up a family of young
children is entitled to such respect as
no other person in the community is
entitled to. When the end of her life
comes there has been any amount of
hardship, tho sitting up by beds of
sick children, the talcing care of them,
and a mother is not allowed to know
the difference between night and day
as far as the ending of the day’s task
is concerned, but after all when It Is
done she can look back with a proud¬
er sense of gratification than any one
else can have if she has done her
duty for her children and her husband
shall rise up and call her blessed.”
EARTHQUAKE KILLS HUNDREDS.
Frightful Disaster Caused by Great
Seismic Wave in India.
A cable dispatch from Calcutta, In¬
dia, states that it now appears that.
400 of the Seventh Gurkhas were
killed at' the Dharmsala cantonment
by the collapse of a stone barrack
building in consequence of the roceirt
earthquake. In addition, twenty
members of the First battalion and
fifty members of tho Second battal-
ilon of the First Gurxhas were killed,
while it is roughly calculated that
from 20 to 30 per cent of the native
population of the surrounding vil¬
lages were killed.
SLOP WOULD DO AS WELL.
St. Louis Brewers Ask That Beer be
Used at Christening.
Announcement that Miayor Wells of
St. Louis has selected Miss Gladys
Bryant Smith to christen the United
States cruiser St Louis to be launched
at Philadelphia May 6, was followed
by expressions generally from St. Lou¬
is brewers that the cruiser be chris¬
tened with beer, instead of the cus¬
tomary champagne.
INDIANS HAVE MAD SPELL.
Think They Will Not See Roosevelt
and Are Growing Sullen.
Indians in the White river country
in Colorado, where President Roose¬
velt will hunt, are reported to be sul¬
len and ugly.
President Roosevelt, if he makes an
extended stay, will hardly fail to en¬
counter some of the bands of angry
Indians. They have heard that the
"great white father” is coming and
some of the redskins have announced
their intention of holding a powwovV
with him.
BAKER TURNS ON LIGHT.
Former Secretary of Swift Company
Throws Gaft Into Packers.
Members of the federal grand jury
at Chicago, which is investigating the
beef trust, were placed in possession
of “inside information” Friday by My¬
ron C. Baker, auditor for the Boston
Elevated railroad, and for two years
private secretary to Edward C. Swift,
vice president of Swift & Co. Mr.
Baker was questioned for nearly two
hours, and is said to have furnished
a great deal of information concerning
the inner workings of the big meat
packing firms.
CONTINUED PEASANT UPRISING
Causes Extreme Disquiet and Alarms
the St. Petersburg Court.
The news reaching St. Petersburg
of the continued uprising in the Bal¬
tic provinces, especially in the Lithu-
nian country, is extremely disquiet¬
ing. The Cossacks and infantry are
being scattered through the country, j
as the troops are unable to stop the
plundering of the estates by the larger
peasant band*.
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 13. 1905.
WITH ROUGH RIDERS
President is Royally Greeted
by His Old Regiment.
SAN ANTONIA TURNS OUT
Touching Feature of Reception Was
Gathering of 8,000 Small Children
to Cheer Him—Makes Char¬
acteristic Address.
With the city covered with pa¬
triotic emblems, a display of flags ot
all sizes, likenesses of the president
in many windows and the streets and
plazas filled with cheering throngs of
people, President Roosevelt could not
mistake the hearty welcome accord¬
ed him ill San Antonio, Texas, Fri¬
day. Enormous crowds of peoplo
greeted him along the route of the
procession from Fort Sam Houston
to Alamo plaza, where an address of
welcome was delivered and a response
made. The people felt that they had
as their guest, not only the president
of the United States, but a man to¬
ward whom the people of San An¬
tonio feel especially friendly on ac¬
count of the fact that it was in their
city that the regiment was organized
with which his name has become a
synonym.
The president was delighted with
the reception accorded him. He was
kept busy bowing right and left ac¬
knowledging the outburst of enthu¬
siasm. It is seven years approximate¬
ly since President Roosevelt left San
Antonio with his rough riders and
“no human being ever dreamed after
that I would return as president of
the United States,” he said in a short
address at the depot.
The most spectacular scene of tile
day was at Travis park. The presi¬
dent's reception by 8,000 school chil¬
dren was the most inspiring feature of
the program. All the way the crowd
cheered and the children sang “Amer¬
ica,” while a band played the na¬
tional air.
On Alamo plaza, within the shadow
of the old Alamo, which the pres¬
ident In his speech said had seven
years ago filled him with a determi¬
nation to do nothing to reflect on the
heroes who died there, be wob groot
ed in a manner which profoundly
touched him. His arrival was the sig¬
nal of an outburst of c.iecring which
lasted until after he had taken his
seat on the stand, and which was
renewed when he arose to respond to
the address of welcome by City Al¬
derman Kirkpatrick. The president’s
speech was frequently punctuated by
applause. He made a characteristic ad¬
dress. He was pleased that San An¬
tonio agreed with him in his ideas
on race suicide. He noted with sat¬
isfaction the attention Texans arc
paying to education. The laws of tne
worthy life, the effort in a cause wor¬
thy of striving for was his theme.
His reception throughout Texas had
touched him.
“While I thought I was a good
American when I came to Texas,”
lie said, “I am going away from Texas
a much better American.”
The route back to the city was along
Roosevelt avenue and past the arse¬
nal grounds. A large crowd in ve¬
hicles of various kinds followed the
party and the throngs grew more
dense, as the cavalcade drew near tho
hotel.
The president was given a banquet
in the Menger hotel in tho evening at
7:30 o’clock by tho Business Men’s
Club. At its conclusion he was pre¬
sented by the club with a handsome
pair of silver spurs with gold buttons
and ornaments. r Rhe presentation
was made by Nat. M. Washer, who
welcomed the rough riders to San
Antonio. After the banquet the pres¬
ident bade farewell to tho members
of his command.
Engine Goes Over Mile a Minute.
Engineer Wared of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad lias broken a
record on tho eastern division of tho
road, by driving his engine from Clin¬
ton to Boone, Iowa, a distance of 202
miles in 189 minutes.
CRIME LAID TO HUSBAND.
Aftermath of Cremation of Mrs.
Thompson and H e r Two Children.
On Saturday, Mlarch 31, the charred
remain of Mrs. W. G. Thompson and
her two children were found in the
ruins of their burned home at Shad-
well, Albemarle county, Va. Wednes¬
day the husband of the woman was ar¬
rested on the charge of murdering the
three.
Shadwell is near Charlottesville,
where former Mayor J. Samuel M'o
Cue was recently convicted of anJ
executed for wife murder.
HEAVY DAMAGE BY FIRE.
Rockymount, N. C., Suffers Loss of
$110,000 in Disastrous Blaze.
Fire at Rockymount, N. C., Tuesday
afternoon did damage estimated at
$110,000 with $54,000 insurance. The
losers are the Tar River Lumber
company, $60,000, with $24,000 insur-
ance . an( j Rockymount Ice com¬
pany $50,000, with $30,000 insurance.
^ flre itarted ln tbe ary k]ln the
| Um b.r coajpa0 y. j
“HELLO, OLD PAL”
//as Hearty Word of Welcome That
Greeted President from Men of
the West—Many Ovation*.
President Roosevelt Wednesday night
was the guest of the Lone Star state
The train bearing the president
end his party arrived in Dallas over
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail¬
road promptly at 6:20 o'clock p. id.
Reception committees were in attend¬
ance when tho train rolled into tlH'
depot, and the chief exeeutivo was
driven through the streets to a public
stand, where he delivered an address.
The streets were densely packed with
citizens and viistors, and the reception
accorded the president was nothing
short of a continuous ovation.
After delivering his speech the pres¬
ident and party attended a dinner at
the Oriental hotel, tendered by the
citizens of Dallas.
His train left for Waco; Au6tlnand
San Antonio at 5:40 o’clock Thurs¬
day morning.
Wjlien the president awoke Wed¬
nesday morning his train was travers¬
ing the plains of Kansas. At every
station large and enthusiastic crowd3
were in attendance, all bent on see¬
ing and if possible hearing the chi/f
executive. The special train entered
the Indian Territory before noon. At
Vinita a short stop was made, and
the president briefly addressed a large
crowd. When Muskogee was reach¬
ed fully 10,000 people surrounded tiro
railroad station, and one enthusiastic
person perched in a tree cried:
“Hello, old pal, wo are with you.”
A stand draped in the national col¬
ors had been erected nearby, and, al¬
though the program did not call for
a speech the president yielded to the
loud acclaim of the people and made
a brief address. His subject was
“Statehood,” and enthusiastic ap-
plause greeted his utterance that the
Indian Territory would add its star
to the galaxy of states within a year.
Brief speeches were also made at
South McAlester, Atoka, Caddo and
Durant, after which tho train crossed
the state line into Texas.
At Caddo, I. T., President Roose¬
velt said in part “I want to congrat¬
ulate you upon the type of men you
have and upon the quantity and qual¬
ity of your children. One thing I
have been particularly pleased to see
today is the evident attention you are
paying to schools. In any territory
like this schools and .roads are mighty
well paying investments in the Jong
run.”
At Durant he said in part: “In
.-hanking all of you for coming here,
let mo thank first the union and con¬
federate veterans, the men who wore
the blue and the grey; the men who
proved their truth by their endeavor,
who risked life itself for their convlo-
tions in the great days of tho civ-'J
war, and who left us as a heritage the
duty of doing no less, should ever the
call to arms come again.”
Denison, Texas, was reached at
2:35 o’clock. An immense crowd had
gathered to greet the president. A
party of school children advanced to
tho platform and presented the pres¬
ident with a magnificent floral offer¬
ing in the shape of a Texas flag.
BROKE RECORD; LOST LIFE.
Little Girl Jumped Rope Over Two
Hundred Times and Then Died.
Louise Rivers, of New Rochelle, N.
Y., 11 years of age, lias sacrificed hor
life in a successful effort to becoming
the skipping rope champion of her
neighborhood. To jump the rope 200
times has long been tho champion¬
ship record of the district. The c?*r , i
had often tried in vain to exceed it.
At the 218t.h jump the girl fell, scream¬
ing with pain and died shortly after¬
wards at the hospital.
SANG “OLD TIME RELIGION.”
Two Negroes Pay Penalty for Crime of
Murder in Nashville.
At Nashville, Tenn., Wodnosday, An¬
drew Hibbett and James Scudder, col¬
ored, were hanged together In the jail
yard. The former’s neck was broken
and the l8;tter strangled to death.
Scudder murdered his crippled son
and Hibbett killed his mother in law.
Both men sang “Old Time Rollgion”
just before tho drop fell, Neither
made any statement on tho gallows.
HOTEL CLERK IN LUCK.
With His Suavity and Diamond He
Captures Millionaire’s Daughter.
Miss Pearl White, daughter of W.
D. White, the millionaire manufacture
er of Cleveland and former congress¬
man, has been secretly married at
Hot Springs, Ark., to James T. Ban¬
croft, who three weeks ago was a
clerk behind the desk of one of the
prominent hotels at Palm Beach, Ha.
Bancroft gave up bis position on the
second day after meeting Miss White.
His home is in Brookline, Mass., and
he is 25 years of age. His parents
are poor people.
HORSES DIE IN FLAMES.
Livery Stables and Other Buildings
Destroyed at Newburn. N. C.
At Newburn, N. C-, L. G. Daniel's
livery stables, S. Dill’s livery stables,
the Ga.skiil Hardware and Mill Sup¬
ply Company’s Craven street store and
John C. Green’s plumbing establish
ment were burned.
There were fifteen horses in the
Daniel (table* and they were ail lost.
GENERAL UPHEAVAL
in Doma’ns of Czar Sched¬
uled for Near Future.
TERRORISTS ARE ACTIVE.
Radical Forces Preparing to Strike a
Revolutionary Blow and Nicholas
and Hi s Advisers Are in a
8tate of Panic.
According to advices from St. Pe¬
tersburg, -the prospects of a general
upheaval of tho city and country with
the advent of spring increase rap¬
idly. Evidence accumulates that the
radical forces arc acting In unison,
and awaiting a signal which It is
generally believed will bo given short¬
ly after the Russian Easter. The ter¬
rorists are showing great activity, ami
reports from all over tho country
prove that workmen who, in many
cases, have been formulating petty
demands, which are no sooner grant¬
ed than they are succeeded by others,
aro acting under instructions from
the revolutionary leaders, who are
only hiding their time. The employ¬
ers frankly admit that it is impossi¬
ble to try to continue their business,
and- some of them have already shut
down.
The people aro plainly becoming
panicky, and the authorities cannot
conceal their alarm. The guard reg¬
iments which usually go to camp In
April will be retained in St. Peters¬
burg, it is announced, until June, os¬
tensibly in order to allow the camps
to be cleaned, in view of the danger
of cholera, which Is regarded as be¬
ing so dangerous that the sanitary au¬
thorities have ordered the Immediate
cleaning of the streets, sewers, cess¬
pools and canals of the capital, and
have issued specific instructions to
householders, and especially In the
-poor districts, where the peoplo live
in cellars.
The dilatory tactics of the govern¬
ment elaborating tho scheme for pop¬
ular representation provided for in
the Imperial rescript of March 3,
tends to intensify the acuteness of tho
coming crisis, as the liberals arc firm¬
ly convinced that the real purpose of
the bureaucracy, if the crisis is E-afo-
ly passed, is to smother the f/liole
reform movement. The state of pub¬
lic opinion on this subject is appar¬
ent from tho fact that over 800 mu¬
nicipal councils and public institutions
have already petitioned for partici¬
pation in tho task of working out thT.
project.
Official advices report continuing
disorder in the Caucasus within the
past week. Peasants have looted ✓and
burned public offices in many villages
In the Gore district, sacked schools
and private estates, cutting down
trees and threatening to kill tho po¬
lice if they interfered.
ST. LOUIS STILL DEMOCRATIC.
Mayor Wells Re-Elected by Small Mar¬
gin Over Republican Opponent,
Complete election returns In St. Lou¬
is give Holla Wells, democratic can¬
didate for re-election to the mayoralty,
a plurality of 1.425 votes over John
A. Talty, republican. The total voto
for mayor stand*:
Roll a Wells, democrat, 44,367; John
A. Talty, republican, 42,892; William
Brandt, socialist, 7,124; Lee Mlerri-
wbthcr, independent public ownership,
2,936; grand total 97,-rTj votes.
The new house of delegates will be
composed of 19 democrats and nine re¬
publicans.
WANTS TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION
Shaw Calls in Banks Holding Govern¬
ment Bonds to Deliver.
A Washington special says: Secre¬
tary Shaw of the treasury has an¬
nounced that he will make a call on
national hank depositories for about
$27,000,000 In two Installments, tho
first falling due on May 15, and the
second on July I, 1905.
VETERANS CALL ON SCHLEY.
Admiral Receives Token of Esteem
on His Visit to Mobile, Ala.
At Mobile, Ala., Thursday afternoon
the members of the Raphael Semmes
camp, United Confederate Veter¬
ans, clad in their uniforms of gray,
and carrying an old battle flag, re¬
cently returned to them, called on
Admiral and M!rs. Schley, and pafd
their respects.
In behalf of the camp, O. J.
Semmes, son of Admiral Semmes, pre¬
sented the admiral with a maglnflcent
thirty-second degree Masonic jewel.
DISPENSARY KNOCKED OUT.
Asheville Citizens Vote to Continue
the Open Saloons.
Approximately three-fourthg of
those casting their ballots at an elec¬
tion in Asheville, N. C., Thursday,
piled up an overwhelming majority
against (he establishment of a munic¬
ipal dispensary in Asheville to replace
the open saloons. The size of the ma¬
jority wa* a surprise to the leaders of
•ach side The actual majority wa* BSP.
VOf* XI. NO. 22.
FLORIDA SOLONS MEET.
State Legislature Assembles In Ta!fa-
haesee and Organizes—Governor’s
Message Presented and Read.
Organization of the Florida legisla¬
ture was completed at Tuluhassoe
Tuesday at noon by the election of
Park Trammell, president of the sen¬
ate, Thomas F. West, president pro
tem; Thomas J. Appleyard, secretary;
Albert W. Gilchrist, speaker of tho
house; J. O. Kcllum, chief clerk; A.
C. Stephens, assltant governor.
Governor Broward’s first message
was presented shortly after the noon
hour. It consisted of more than tweu-
ty thousand words and covered a va¬
riety of subjects, but nothing of un¬
usual character. Tho usual routine
was oovered in the message, and, fu
addition, the governor recommended
the passage of a uniform textbook
measure.
Considerable space was devoted to
the convict lease system. Twelve hun¬
dred convicts were recently leased by
Governor Broward at greater advan¬
tage to tho state than ever. Of this
he says:
"The problem of tho proper and
best solution of the convict question
in our state Is one of the gravest im¬
portance and about which there has
been and will be endless discusion.
Under the terms of the present lease
tho utmost care has been taken to pro¬
vide for their humane treatment by
lessees. From the figures of the con¬
tract, It Is shown that cn a basis of
1,200 convicts the revenue derived
fsorn the lease will bo 1)1,000,000 for
tho four-year contract.”
DEMOCRAT WINS IN CHICAGO.
With Mayoralty Incidentally Goes City
Ownership of Public Utilities.
In Chicago’s municipal election
Tuesday, a political tornado over¬
whelmed one of the most ruggedly
unique leaders in the country. Inci¬
dentally the republican party met de¬
feat in a memorable offort to capture
the mayoralty of Chicago. As a di¬
rect result the city Is officially cou7
mltted to the policy of the quickest
possible cessation of private fran¬
chises for public utilities. Municipal
ownership Is especially threatening
street car lines, valued at the enor-
moiiH sum of 8200,000,000.
After winning successively four re¬
markable biennial fights of Independ¬
ents against the regular republican
party organization in the city, John
Maynard Harlan, son of Associate Jus¬
tice Harlan, of the United States,‘su¬
preme court, was a loser in the day s
balloting as republican candidate for
mayor. The defeat is attributed to
an extraordinary whirl of causes, start¬
ing with political revengo and taking
in a wide sweep, embracing the most
up-to-date socialism as a factor. The
victor is Judge Edward F. Dunne, a
democrat.
Seldom, If ever, has Chicago wit¬
nessed a more lively, picturesque con¬
test.
DEPENDING.QN ROJESTVEN8KY.
Russia Stakes Hopes on Result of a
Probable Sea Fight.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: Thb
announcement that President Roose¬
velt has left Washington on a vaca
lion trip is accepted in official cir¬
cles as evidence that tho efforts to
draw Russia and Japan into peace ne¬
gotiations have come to grief for t*)
moment. No definite explanation of
the exact status is forthcoming, but
the general impression is that Japan
either declined to treat upon the Rus¬
sian basis or demanded a direct avow¬
al that there was a pacific dlsposY
t'.on.
At any rate the advocates, of a con¬
tinuance of the war seem secure of
their position and everything Indi-
catos that the hope of an immediate
change of fortune Is staked on Vico
Admiral Rojestvensky, whose squad-
ron, according to the best Information,
Is now actually on tho way to meet
Admiral Togo.
President’s Train Kills Man.
Peter Hargis, aged 26 years, was
killed by President Roosevelt’s train
Monday night at Mingo Junction, Ohio,
whlle attempting to Ixrard an east-
bound freight train.
ELECTED by VOTES OF WOMEN.
A Political Revolution Occurred in
Kansas Elections Held Tuesday.
Elections were held in the larger
cities of Kansas Tuesday. Tho dem¬
ocrats carried Kansas City, Kansas
and Leavenworth, this being a revo¬
lution and entirely unlooked for in
each case. elect¬
William Rose, democrat, was
ed mayor of Kansas City, Kansas, by
probably 1,500 plurality. Of a total
registration 18,000 voters, 5,000 were
women and the election of Rose is due
to the fair sex.
CHICAGO 8UES JOHN D.
Standard Oil Company Called Upon
to Pay for Inspections.
The city of Chicago has filed suit
for $40,000 against the Standard Oil
company. Tho bill Is based upon (ho
alleged non-payment of Inspection foes
by tho Standard Oil company. It Is
claimed that the company haa for
year* refuted to pay for inspections
mad* by the slty.
HOB-NOB OF RULERS
Suggests Alliance Between
England and France.
BLOCK KAISER BILL
King Edward and President Loubet
Have a Cordial Meeting, While
Kaiser and Dago King ‘‘Slob-
.
ber" Over Each Other.
The arrival of King Edward In Par¬
is, Franco,' Thursday, was tho occa¬
sion for a notable manifestation of
Anglo-French cordiality which is be¬
ing generally interpreted as a con¬
spicuous response to Germany’s atti¬
tude regarding Mtorocco, although — .o
king remained but a short time. He
was met outside the city by Presi¬
dent Loubet, who held a private con¬
versation with his majesty, lasting
nearly an hour.
The details of the conversation' ex¬
cited a wide range of speculation, but
its actual purport has not been dis¬
closed. However, a semi-official com¬
munication recites that the meeting
had far less reserve than that be-
tween King Edward and President
Loubet last year, and that it was
marked by the freedom of the confi-
dences exchanged.
Beyond this private conversation,
King Edward confined himself to the
usual public expressions of good will.
He spoke at the station of the pleas¬
ure a visit to France always gave
him; hut there was not the slightest
public utterance having significance
upon pending political affairs. In tills
respect life king's reserve Is being
compared with the freedom of Empor-
or William’s recent utterances.
King Edward loft Paris at 7:10
o’clock for Marseilles, to join Queen
Alexandra on board tho royal yacht
Victoria and Albert.
A seml-olli.eial communication rela¬
tive to the meeting ot King Edward
and President Loubet says:
“It is natural to suppose the con¬
versation between the king and the
president led to an exchange of views
upon diplomatic questions of the day,
hut as neither has divulged the con¬
fidence it is necessary to receive
with reserve the more or less inge¬
nious versions which will be placed
In circulation, Judging, however,
from external appearances, one can¬
not but remark that the meeting today
was marked not only by less reservo
than that of last year, hut notably by
tho greater freedom of the confidences
exchanged.”
Emanuel Meets Bill.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy ar¬
rived at Naples Thursday, accom¬
panied by Foreign Miinister Tlttoni
and Naval Minister Mirabello, to
meet Emperor William of Germany.
Tho harbor presented a magnificent
spectacle. An Italian squadron was
anchored around the imperial yacht.
Ilohenzollern and the decks, steam-
era and small craft were crowded
with thousands of spectators.
Tho royal lnuneh approached tho
Ilohenzollern amidst the booming of
cannon and with the Italian sailors
cheering tho Germans and the Ger¬
mans responding with cheers for tho
Italians. Emperor William received,
the royal visitor at tho gangway, and
their majesties embraced nnd kissed
each other In the most cordial man-
ner, The einporor then shook hands
with the Italian ministers, whom he
already knew, after which the sover¬
eigns presented to Oach other the
members of their respective suites.
Tho whole parly lunched on board the
Ilohenzollern.
v.
Negro for Desk Sergeant.
William Childs, a nOgro policeman
in Chicago, has been appointed as
desk sergeant, by Chief O’Neill. This
Is tho first such promotion of a col¬
ored policeman In the history of Chi¬
cago and Is possibly the only one
in the history of the country.
NO MONEY, NO PEACE.
This is Slogan of Japan, Say* an Ex-
Minister of the Interior.
Baron Snyematsu, formerly Japan¬
ese minister of the interior, has writ¬
ten an Interesting and significant ar¬
ticle for The Outlook, a London mag¬
azine, under the heading, "War and
Indemnity—the Japanese Claim.” The
whole trend of the article is Intended
to show that Japan will carry on tho
war until Russia consents to pay in?
demnity.
BAGGAGE MASTER ARRESTED.
Emanuel Charged with Stealing Valua¬
bles from Passenger*.
Gus Emanuel, baggage master of
the Florida East Coast railway, who
was arrested Wednesday at Miami,
charged with robbing the baggage of
diamonds and other valuables, arrived
in Jacksonville Thursday morning,
and was lodged In the county jail.
There are thought to be others im¬
plicated, and warrant* hay* been If-
tued.