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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
VOLUME
CASTRO’S FOES AIDED
Through Gernniiy’s Failure fo
Return Captured Vessels. .
BILL WANTS MONEY AT ONCE
Bowen, However, Informs Him that
He Will Have to Wait Until March
15th for First In¬
stallment.
The German government, through
its representative at Washington, -Ba¬
ron Spec von Sternberg, has made a
request of Mr. Bowen for the immedi¬
ate payment qf the £6,500 which it
was- stipulated in the protocol, signed
on February 13, should he paid with¬
in thirty days from that date, as a
preliminary to the raising of .the block¬
ade against Venezuelan ports and the
agreement to send the question of pref-
erential treatment of the blockading
nations to The Hague for determina¬
tion.
Mr. Bowen -promptly declined to
cede to the request, but informed Ba¬
ron Sternberg that, as provided in the
protocol, the money would be paid to
the German representative at Caracas
thirty days from February 13, which
would be on the 15th -of March.
The reason that animated the Ger¬
man government in making the re¬
quest is not disclosed at Washington,
nor-is Mr. Bowen a\vare of it. The
matter, however, has soma signifi-
eanee'; perhaps, iifi view of the fact
that the ships taken by the Germans
during the blobkad-edrave not yet keen
returned to Venezuela.
During the day Sunday Mr. Bowen,
had calls from the French ambassador,
M. Jusserand; the Spanish minister,
Senor Ojeda, and the Belgian minister!
Baron Monclieur, in regard to the pro¬
tocols that are in preparation for_ the
settlement of the claims of the citizens
of their countries against Venezuela.
.Rciugh drafts of these instruments are
already on their way by mail to the
European governments interested, but
there are certain provisions regarding
which the envoys desired to consult
Mr. Bowen. The protocols are expect¬
ed to reach their destinations the lat¬
ter' part of this week pending which no
final steps for their joint signature can
be taken.
Germans Aid Castro’s Foes.
It is a matter of comment in official
circles at Washington that the Ger¬
mans are aiding the Venezuelan revo¬
lutionists in refusing to return Presi-
dent Castro’s ships. Word has been
received that the German commander
has informed the Venezuelans that the
ships will be turned over to them at
the Port of Spain. In the protocols it
was provided that all ships should be
returned and it was the intention of
the allies’ representatives that the
transfer of tne vessels should occur in
Venezuelan waters, where they were
captured. The interpretation which
Germany has put upon this article is re¬
garded as somewhat petty, but it will
not be noticed officially. Instead the
state department will' place the Mariet¬
ta at the disposal of President Castro
and carry officers and men to Trinidad
with which to man the vessels. The
Venezuelan* rebels are importing large
supplies of arms and ammunition into
Coro-and mother, unguarded ports. Presi-
dent Castro has no navy to prevent
this, and is therefore becoming restive
at Germany's conduct.
OREGON ELECTS SENATOR.
On Forty-Third Ballot Charts Fuiton,
of Astoria, Wins Out.
At Salem, Oregon, shortly after mid¬
night Friday night, Charles W. Fulton,
of Astoria,“was’'elected' United States
senator on' the 43rd ballot, he having
received forty-six votes.
When the result was announced a.
scene of wild enthusiasm followed.
Men hugged each other, threw up their
hats and shouted themselves hoarse,
It was several minutes before order-
could be restored. Then President,
Brownell, in a few words', introduced
Senator Fulton, who tharikod the mem¬
bers and pledged that he would repre¬
sent no particular section of Oregon,
but would give his best efforts to the I
upbuilding of every section- "of. the
state.
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Or.
FOR PRESIDENT’S’ PROTECTION,
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Senate Accepts House Amendments to
Original Bill. !
The conferees on the bill for Abe pro- I
tection of the president have , agreed , j
and their report has been submitted to j
the house. The senate accepts till
house amendment to the original bill, j
with some changes in ihe wording. j
The death penalty is provided mali-1 for j
any one who shaii wilfully or
ciously kill the president, official. or vice presi¬ |
dent, or any government
An attempt to murder is made pun j
lshable by death or imprisonment for
not less than ten years.
CHILD LABOR BILL A LAW.
Measure Passed in South Carolina Leg¬ I
islature Signed by Governor.
A Columbia, S .C., dispatch says:
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The child labor bill has been signed by
governor. It is not so sweeping
J
as was asked for, but the compromise
seems satisfactory. From May 1, this
year, no child , under the age ot „ eleven ,
shall be employed in any factory o**
textile establishment.
mm FL# ™ a »* fuel.
Result of Scarcity of Coal In St. Louis,
Frightful Frigidity Throughout
the Northwest.
Owing to the scarcity of coal at the
“Pour Courts,” which contains the
jail, police headquarters, criminal
court, etc., at St. Louis, the building
was closed Wednesday.
Not a pound of coal could be found
in the engine room, and old floors wero
torn up to keep the 250 prisoners in
the jail warm.
The grand jury investigation into in¬
vestment companies was suspended,
and the two branches of the criminal
court and the court of crinTTnal cor¬
rection adjourned for the day.
This condition is the result of negli¬
gence on the part of the contractor,
who failed to deliver the coal already
cohtracted for. Other city institutions
are also short of fuel, and an investi¬
gation will be held to ascertain whc
is to blame.
Ten Below in Chicago.
A Chicago special says: A “rein¬
forcement” of the cold • wave, w-h+etj,
according to the official forecaster,
‘precludes any moderation in tempera¬
ture” in the immediate future, gave
Chicago a temperature
which promised to beat the record for
the winter, reached early Tuesday, 10
degrees below. A biting wind that
sprang up during the night increased
in keenness and reached nearly the
velocity of a gale as the day advanced.
There was much suffering among the
destitute, notwithstanding the best ef¬
forts, of all charitable organizations-.—
Through trains continued to arrive
-.behind schedule, while surbur-
and traction li»es operated with
-or less irregularity.
A Tumble in Quaker State.
Reports received in Philadelphia
Wednesday from up the state are to
the effect that Tuesday night was a
- record breaker for low temperature.
At Pittsville early Wednesday morn¬
ing it was 14 below ;at Tamaqua, 6 be¬
low; Reading, 10 below, and at many
other places the thermometer regis¬
tered from 1 to 3 below.
Bilzzard in Wyoming.
According to a Cheyenne dispaten
the blizzard that has been raging in
the southern part of Wyoming for a
week continues fiercer than ever and
the blockade on all railroads is practi¬
cally complete.
The storm on Sherman Hill has been
very severe and every cut is filled
with snow. The average depth of the
snow on the Union Pacific track over
the hill is four feet and in places the
telegraph poles and wires are com¬
pletely buried by drifts.
Frigid Throughout Northwest.
A dispatch from St. Paulfi Minn.,
says: The northewest is still in the
grasp of the ice king, the lowest official
temperature in the city Tuesday night,
being 18 below, while intense coid
weather was reported from all weath¬
er stations in the northwest. A biting
wind intensifies the cold.
TO BRING SETTLERS SOUTH.
Is Object of New Association Formed
by Railroad Industrial Agents.
For the purpose of formulating plans
that will result in an influx of desirable
settlers from the north and northwest
into this section, a number of the land
and industrial agents of the railroads
of the southeast met in Atlanta last
Tuesday.
As a result of that meeting the
Southeastern and Mississippi Valley
Railway and Industrial Association has
been organized, and its object is the
furtherance of the pldris which were
discussed at the meeting which took
placeiri the rooms of the Southeastern
Passenger Assocation at the Equitable
building.
The meeting began aflout? 10 o’clock
in the morning and- lasted until 1
o’clock. During that time immigration
methods that are now in force and
those, that have been in operation in
years p^st, were thoroughly discussed.
Ideas were exchanged and out of the
mass, of evidence submitted it now
seems certain that great good to this
section will result.
This is really the first time the rail¬
road land and industrial men have got-
ten together for concerted action rela¬
tive -tq the question of immigration
and the enthusiasm with which they
went at the subject would indicate that
they propose doing all in their power
to turn the tide in this direction.
The following were the officers ot
the company elected at the meeting:
President, M. V. Richards, of Wash-
ington, D: C., land and industrial agent
of the Southern railway- first vice' -
President, G A Park, of Louisville
Ky., land and industrial agent of the
Louisvi n e an^ Nashville; second vice
president, J. E. Ingraham, of St. Au-
gustine, Fla., vice president of the-
Florida East Coast railroad; secretary,
W. L.' Glessner, of Macon, Ga., com-
missioner of immigration of the Geor-
gj a , Southern and Florida railway,
Two meetings of the Association will
be held each year. The next confer-
ence will be held at Miami, Fla., on
March 6, at which time various plans
will be given consideration.
PRESIDENT HAS COLD.
Took Ride in Snow Storm and Has
Throat Trouble in Consequence.
President Roosevelt’s insisting upon I
leading the strenuous life has put him
again in the doctors’ hands, says a
Washington dispatch. This time the
trouble is with his throat. A couple
of days ago he and Baron Speck von
tennbeT g, t i ie German envoy, went
for a four hours’ horseback ride in a
blinding snow storm.
CARNESVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 190.'!
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Guests Engulfed in Flames of a
Veritable Death Trap.
TEN KNOWN TO BE CREMATED
Those Who Escaped Death Were
Forced to Jump From Windows.
Forty-Two Were Thus
Injured.
Fire early Friday morning destroy¬
ed the Clifton hotel, at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, cremated ten of the guests, and
caused injuries to forty-tWo persons,
who were scorched or forced to jump
to the frozen street from second and
third story windows. The loss is $60,-
000 .
The dead are: W. A. Mowery, What
Cheer, Iowa; E. C. Yo.ung, Mipneapo-.
Iis7' Minn.; two unidentified men,
bodies recovered; five bodies still in
debris.
Nearly all those injured were Iowa
people. While their injuries are se-
in many cases, no one was fatally
hurt.
The fire started at 2:30 o’clock, and
at 10 o’clock the smouldering debris
furnished so fierce a heat that search
for bodies was impossible. The list
of dead may prove larger than the
number given, but it is hoped that the
which accounts for all but
this number
Hotel a Fire Trap.
The hotel, a three-story brick veneer
structure, Is said to have been a verita¬
ble fire trap. The flames started in a
pile of rubbish in the basement, pre¬
sumably ignited by defective electric-
light wires. The night clerk was on
the third floor when the cry of fire,
raised by a bell boy, startled him. He
took up the cry and in an instant the
hallways were choked with frightened
guests. A rush was made for the stair-'
ways. It was then that the crowd, al¬
ready collected in the street, hearu
heartrending cries of anguish and des
peration, for the fire, feeding - raven¬
ously on the tinder-like material of the
lower floor, had completely cut off es¬
cape. There followed a stampede for
the windows, the only means of exit
left. The street below was now filled
with a crowd scarcely less frantic than
the despairing ones in the fast' burning'
building. It was like a Dore picture of
“Inferno sprung to life,” said one spec¬
tator in describing the scene. “The
flames, looking blood-red from reflec¬
tion against the snow, lit up the pale,
drawn faces of the people in the win¬
dows with the glow that was un-
earthly.”
Forced to Leap.
The victims were literally driven by
the flames to jump. Nearly every one
of them lingered to the last moment,
urged by the people below to wait as
long as possible in the hope of assist-
ance. Then a cry would tell that th*
fire had reached them, or the smoke
had made it impossible to breathe, ant*
one after another jumped, some to the
street and some, more fortunate, to
the roofs of buildings adjoining. In
a short space of time the street was
filled with men and women bruised,
battered, broken-limbed and half-craz¬
ed. Ail were in their night garments.
In an hour St. Luke s hospital contain¬
ed fifteen injured, while many more,
chiefly those who had escaped with
compatatively slight injuries, were be¬
cared for in buildings near the
scene of the tragedy. Some who jump-
cd owe their lives to the fact that their
was broken by telegraph wires
interposed in their downward
AGREEMENTS NOT EXECUTED.
Caracas Newspapers Say Allies are lg-
noring Terms of Protocols.
The Caracas papers publish a pro-
test directed to Venezuela, the United
States and the European nations, as
follows:
“In order that the public may know
how Germany, Great Britain and Italy
execute their agreements, we call at-
tention to the grave fact that up to to-
day, February 20, the ships taken by
the three powers have not been de-
livered to the goverment of Venezuela,
as stipulated in the protocols.”
POPE’S SILVER JUBILEE.
Catholics Celebrate Twenty-Fifth Year
of His Ascension to Pontificate.
Friday was the twenty-fi.th year of
the pontifical reign of Pope Leo, and
Catholics throughout the world cele-'
brated at their altars the noUble
event.
Elkins’ Rebate Bill'Signed.
The president Friday signed the El-
kins rebate bill/ With the. signing
of this measure the administration’s j
anti-trust program for this session ot
congress is completed.
FOUR KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
Disastrous and Fatal, Accident in
Workroom of Naval Magazine. |
Three men were killed outright, one
man so injured that he died later, two
other men fatally and at least seven
seriously hurt in a powder explosion in
work room of the naval storage
magazine at Fort Lafayette, in New
York bay, about 2 o’clock Thursday af-
,
ternoon. A". G:.i dead and injured
were workmen at the fort.
VAN WYCK GIVES ADVICE.
In Banquet Speech Former New York
Mayor Says Southerners Alone
Can Settle Race Problem.
Tho annual banquet of the Southern
Society of New York took place Satur¬
day night at the Waldorf-Astoria ho-
tel.
The annual address of the president,
Hon. Augusta Van Wyck, was very
striking, for the reason that it dealt
with the race problem. Mr. Van Wyck
took the position that the southern
whites are the best friends of the ne¬
groes and that the former should be al¬
lowed to settle the problem without
Interference. In part, he said:
“Prior to 1796 the south led all sec¬
tions in variety of products—agricul¬
tural, miueral and manufactures. When
Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin
made the cultivation of that staple so
profitable, the whole product selling
readily for 50 cents per pound', that’
she abandoned to a large extent all
other enterprises for that during the
period of about fifty-years, while the
north.rev.elled in manufacturing that
staple. The result was a loss o\' her
leading position In variety of products
and enterprise. Cotton monopolized
until 1845,' when its price fell to 5 1-2
cents per pound, causing the south to
recognize her mistake and extend her
lines once again into every field of
human endeavor and enterprise. In
1860, fifteen years thereafter, she
herself again fuliy abreast of
the ever alert north in commercial, in¬
and agricultural enterprises.
Her wealth, prosperity and prestige
so great as to arouse the envy of
world. Her wealth was 44 per cent
that of the country, her agricultural
products 50 per cent, her banking cap¬
30 per cent, her mileage of rail¬
roads over 50 per cent.
"In the meantime, as a result of her
good climate, the cotton gin and rich
lands, she attracted to her cotton fields
all the northern slaves; slavery, an in¬
stitution for which th-e south was no
more responsible than the north, soon
aroused a northern sentiment against
it, they no longer having any practical
or pecuniary interest tnerein—the ir¬
repressible conflict broke out into act¬
ual revolution in 1861, at a time when
the south was leading in wealth and
enterprise. Appalling was the devas¬
tation and ruin, impoverishing the
south and proportionately enriching
the north. In the decade from 1860 to
1870 her wealth actually decreased 40
per cent, and in the decade ending in
1880, the dark days of her reconstruc¬
tion, her values were still further re¬
and her poverty and prostration
seemed complete. But finally peace
came and with it a change, which in
the next two decades advanced her
72 her
on amount invested were 25 per cent,
she was producing 75 per cent of the
tobacco of the country and, 100 per
cent of the cotton of the country and
75 per cent of that of the world. Her
cotton spindles increased 415 per
cent, her manufactures 222 per cent,
her pig iron product increased in 1900
550 per cent over that of 1880 and her
coal products 716 per cent over that of
1880. The percentages cited, for which
I am indebted to Richard H. Edmonds,
can be relied upon. Today these
gifts utilised by an energet¬
ic .intelligent p.nd industrious popula¬
tion, have made our southland once
again triumphant in material progress
—a fair and just competitor of the
north once again, to the glory of both
and to the common welfare of our na¬
tion.
“What the south needs and must
have is peace at home and jointly with
the rest of the nation, international
peace. There is but, one unsettled
problem peculiar to that section, com-
raonly called the negro question. The
south understands it and if left alone
It will be settled rightly and justly in a
Christian spirit. The national friend-
ship between whites and blacks of
long standing (with no idea of social
equality) is well known to those at ail
familiar with the subject. The best
friend of the black rare is the white
race of the south. The future welfare
and development of the former rests
upon the absence of conflict between
two, and he who destroys or Iess-
the amity so existing between the
is not a iriend of ihe black man,
an enemy, intentionally or uninten-
to civilization,
ABOUT “NEW” WHITE HOUSE.
Congressman Gaines Asks for a Thor¬
ough Investigation.
Representative Gaines, of Tennes¬
see, Saturday introduced a resolution;
requesting the president to transmit
to the house at this session a detailed
staten ient of the character and cost of
repairing, remodeling and adding
to the white houses- ■s-
Famous Showman Dead.
George F. Bailey, who was famous as
a circus man and was first a rjval and
then the partner of^ P. T. Barinum, is
dead in New York'at the age of 84
Death was due to paralysis.
JUSTICE SHIRAS RESIGNS.
Quits Supreme Court Bench, and Day
is Named as His Successor.
A Washington special says: Justice
sjjiras, of the United States supreme
cour t presented to the president Wed-
negday his resignation as a member of
tribunal to take effectjlfetiruary
24. '
Former Secretary of Stat;.- William
R. Day, of Ohio, has been Selected, as
the successor of Mr. Shira,s.
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CHILDREN
Train Crashes Into Trolley Car
Crowded With Little Ones.
A DISASTER MOST
Happy and Light-Hearted Victims
Horror Were on Their Way from
School When .Icy Rails
Caused Their Doom.
A fast express train on the
ware, Lackawanna and Western
road Thursday cut through a
car crowded with school children
Clifton avenue crossing, in Newark, N.
J., killing eight of the children and
juring a score of them. The motorman
of the car, who stuck to his post, will
die, and the engineer of the express
train was so severely hurt that there
is little hope of his recovery.
Both the express and the trolley
were on steep grades going at right
angles. Tho train wr.s signalled and
the crossing gates were lowered, while
the trolley car was only half way down
the hill. The motorman shut off the
power and applied the brakes, but al¬
most immediately the car began to
slip along the icy rails. It gained tre¬
mendous momentum, and at. tne bot¬
tom of the hill crashed through the
gates directely in the (rack of the on¬
coming train.
The locomotive plowed its way
through the car, scattering the. chil¬
dren in all directions.
hose killed were Viola Hill,
Maud Baker, Ernestine P. Mueller, Ma¬
bel K. Karschner, Tiffin, Ohio; Alma
Loehnberg, Rosebud Kohn, Ella Wer-
puph, Evan L. Eastwood, Jr.
Nearly Hundred Pupils.
The accident happened within three
blocks of the high school building and
in the car at the time were nearly one
hundred pupils. As many as thirty
other's had managed to throw them¬
selves from the car before the crash
came. The troliey was one of the
specials which every day took the chil¬
dren to school. It had more than its
ordinary load, owing to the cold. It
contained every child that could
.squeeze inside and others stood on the
•rear platform. Because this car had
been so crowded many who were
awaiting it before it was reached could
not get on, although some climbed on
the platform with the motorman.
A‘score or more .of children followed
the car afoot. They say that when the
car was still less than half way down
the hill, the railroad gates began to
drop. Peter Brady, tho motorman,
promptly shut off the power and ap¬
plied the brakes. The speed of the car
was checked, but it continued to de¬
scend. There was no thought of dan¬
ger. When it began to move faster,
the ice covered rails afforded no hold
for the wheels, and although Brady
jammed his brakes harder and ttien
swung on the reverse, the momentum
of the car grew at every yard and the
car shot down toward the railroad.
When it was right at the gate3, the ex¬
press thundered into view. Warned
by cries of those afoot and by their
own sense of danger, those on the
platform began to throw themselves
off into the snow, and as the car
sped along the few remaining feet to
the rails perhaps one-third escaped
death or injury in this way, but there
was no time for those within the- car
to do more than rush toward the rear.
Cries of Maimed Children.
Tlie gates were snapped like twigs
and the car was struck by the locomo¬
tive, which had slowed,down. The air
was filled with the cries of the help¬
less children.
The wreck of the trolley car was
complete. The locomotive turned it
partly around and then cut, it in two.
<pj, e children were hurled in every di-
rection. One-half of tho car, was
thrown to one side :and lay on the
tracks. The other section was hu-rleu’
SO me distance away. In every direc¬
"tj on ] ay the injured and dead. The
e pgj ne was brought to a standstill,
and from the train and from near-by
houses men rushed to the rescue.
Within five minutes as many dead
bodies had been laid side by side in the
snow along the track.
MENACE TO .CANAL TREATY.
Its Fate May Depend on Disposition of
Statehood Bill.
A Washington special says: There
jg a movement on among some of the
friends of the statehood liGl in tho
senate to couple the fortunes of that
measure with those ot the Panama ca¬
nal treaty and make the ratification of
the one depend upon the passage of
(he other , The details of the plan
jj ave n0 t come to light fully, but it is
understood that the scheme is to me-
nace the treaty by delay until an
agre ement to vote on the statehood bill
can secured.
INDIAN CHIEF SEES MILES.
Red Man Calls at War Department and
"Shakes” With His Captor.
One of the most unique meetings
Washington has witnessed in years oc¬
curred at tlie headquarters of the com¬
manding general of the army in the
war department Friday, when Chief
Joseph, of the Nez Forces Indians,
grasped the hands of the “great white
chief” Miles who conducted the cam¬
paign which led to his capture.
NEGROES IN MASS MEETING
Pass Resolutions Condemning Disfran¬
chisement in .the South .and
Charging Up Many Wrongs.
Spirited and earnest speeches wero
made at a negro mass meeting held
Thursday nighl at. tho Cooper Union,
New York city. The meeting, which
was for the purpose of protesting
against the disfranchisement of the ne¬
gro in (lie south, was held under the
auspices of the 100,000 colored voters
in New York state and to raise money
for the legal contest of the new con¬
stitution of Virginia before the su¬
preme court of the United States.
Among (ho speakers were Bishops Der¬
rick and Walters, M. D. Conway and
John E. Mulholland. Resolutions were'
passed and a letter from Susan B. An¬
thony was read. In her letter Miss
Anthony said:
“To refuse to qualified women and
colored men tho right to suffrage and
still count them in the basis of repre¬
sentation is to add insult to injury, and
is as unjust as it is unreasonable.
“Tho trouble, however, is further
back and deeper than disfranchise¬
ment of the negro. When men deliber¬
ately refuse to include women in the
fourteenth and iiftenth amendments to
th national constitution they leave the
way open for all forms of injustice to
other and weaker men and peoples.
When men fail to be just to their moth¬
ers they cannot be expected to he just
to each other.
“The whole evil comes from the fail¬
ure to apply equal justice to all man¬
kind male and female, alike; there¬
fore, I am glad to join with those who
are like sufferers with my sex i.i a pro¬
test against counting in the basis of
representation in the congress of the
United States or in the state legisla¬
ture any class or sex who are disfran¬
chised.”
The resolutions in their preamble
recited that the south has halted at
no crime to strip from the negro the
privileges gained as' a result of the
civil war, shooting 25,000 black men
from 1868 to i880, and from 1880 to
1890 perpetrating ballot trauds to dis¬
franchise negroes. It further recited
that the south, after 1890, sought to
disfranchise colored men in various
states by constitutional amendment,
administered so that illiterate white
men are allowed to vote, while the ed¬
ucated negroes are excluded from the
polls. The resolutions in part were as
follows:
Resolved, "That we, the negro citi¬
zens of New York and vicinity, in
mass meeting at Cooper Union, Feb-
19, 1903, do hereby commend the
Negroes of Virginia for rendering the
nation a patriotic servico in contesting
before the supreme court of the United
Slates the revolutionary constitution
of Virginia, recently proclaimed a law
without having been submitted to the
people for ratification; that wo pledge
them our very proper support and call
upon colored men everywhere to con¬
tribute liberally to this cause.
Resolved, That we urge the republi¬
can senate in the name of 100,000 ne¬
groes in the state of New York to con¬
firm the nomination- of Dr. Crum, a
man of ability, good education and ir¬
reproachable character, whose appoint¬
ment is opposed solely on the ground
of the color of his skin. It would be
an unheard-of thing for the party of
Lincoln to ratify the position of thq
south on this question and thus side
with the extremist form of southern
prejudices and formally consent that
the door of hope, of opportunity, is to
be shut on a man, no matter how wor¬
thy, purely upon the grounds of race
or color.
trol.ley car HELD UP.
Highwaymen Do Bold Piece of Work
in Los Angeles, California.
The daring deeds of highwaymen
who seem to have invaded Los An-’
geles. Gal,, in force, reached a climax
Wednesday night, when two unmask¬
ed men held up and robbed a carload
of passengers on Ihe Los Angeles Pas-
sadena electric line.
Thirty-tfl'o passengers, one half of
whom were women were forced at
points of revolvers to, surendev cash
and jewelry to the amount of between
$500 and $700. The robbers perform¬
ed their work quickly but effectively.
The car was held for ten minutes. The
men then left it and disappeared in
the darkness.
G. A. R- BANQUETS GORDON.
General Warmly Received by the Peo¬
ple of Toledo, Ohio.
General John B. Gordon, of Atlanta,
was banqueted at Toledo, O., by the
G. A. It. post of that city, and the af¬
fair was a very enjoyable one. Gen¬
eral Gordon was in Toledo for the pur¬
pose of delivering his famous lecture,
“The First Days of the Confederacy."
He was warmly received by the peo¬
ple of Toledo and was greeted by a
largo audience. After the lecture a 1
public reception was held, and then
the banquet by the G. A. R. was given.
MORE TALK OF EXTRA SESSION.
President Insists That Action be Taken
on Canal and Reciprocity Bill.
President Roosevelt will call an ex¬
traordinary session of the senate of
the fifty-eighth congress unless both
the Panama canal and the Cuban re;
ciprocity treaties are ratified at the
present session. The president made
this declaration of his intention to sev-
eral senators Thursday, and he made
it as emphatically and unequivocally
as he was capable of making it.
NUMBER 15.
AFTER BEEF COMBINE
Trust Loses Out on First Round
in Chicago Court.
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION ISSUED
Demurrer of Packers Overruled by
Federal Judge Grosscup—Illegal
Restraint of Trade is the
Averment. I
At Chicago Wednesday, the so-called
“beef trust” case was disposed of by
Judge Grosscup in the United States
circuit court, the demurrer of the pack¬
ers being overruled, and a temporary
injunction granted. The attorneys for
tho packers made no announcement of
their future intentions. They have un¬
til March 4 to discuss the matter
with their principals, it they deny tho
facts upon which Judge Grosscup
based his decision, tho matter will go
beforo a master in chancery, who will
her the evidence, and the case again
will be argued before Judge Grosscup.
An appeal may be taken, in order to
hasten the final adjudication of the
case. It is not believed likely that
the packers will let the matter go bj
default, thus making the injunction
permanent.
In Restraint of Trade.
After reviewing the averments in tho
petition asking for the injunction,
Judge Grosscup said: "No one can
doubt that these averments state a
case of combination. Whether the com¬
bination be unlawful or not depends on
whether it is in restraint of trade. The
general meaning of that term is no
longer open to inquiry. It has been
passed upon carefully by the supreme
court in the freight association of rea¬
sonableness or unreasonableness in
tho combination averred; nor is it to
be tested by the prices that result
from the combination. Whatever com¬
bination has the direct and necessary
effect of restricting competition, is,
within the meaning of the Sherman
act as now interpreted, restraint of
trade.”
The defendants against whom the
injunction is issued are: Swift and
Company, Cudahy Packing Company,
Hammond Packing Company, Armour
and Company, Arm out- Packing Com¬
pany, G. H. Hammond Company,
Schwarzschild and Sulzberger Compa¬
ny, Nelson Morris and Company (part¬
nership); J. Ogden Armour, P. A. val¬
entine, Calvin M. Favorite, Arthur
Meeker, Thomas J. Connors, Charles
S. Langdon, Michael'Cudahy, Edward
A. Cudahy, Patrick Cudahy, Albert F.
Boscherdt, Gustavus F. Swift, Lewis F.
Swift, Lawrence A. Carton, Wm. J.
Russell, Albert Ii. Veeder, Henry
Veeder, Edward C. Swift, Ferdinand
Sulzberger and W. H. Noyes.
BONDS ABE QUICKLY SOLD.
For Purpose of Raising Money to Build
Costly Depot in Atlanta.
President Samuel Spencer, of the
Southern Railway company, has sold
$1,500,000 worth of bonds of the Atlan¬
ta Terminal company and the money
VFhich was realized from the sale will
be used in the construction of the de¬
pot.
This announcement was made at the
meeting held in Atlanta Wednesday
morning between President Spencer,
of the Southern; President John M.
Egan, of the Central; J. J. Thompson,
of the Southern; Major J. F. Hanson,
of the Central ; A. R. Lawton, of the
Central, and James W. English, presi¬
dent of the Atlanta Terminal com¬
pany.
The bonds wer sold to a trust com¬
pany in New Yotk, and the money is
now ready, for use. It-is,, understood
that at the meeting which was for the
purpose of preparing for the erection
of the newdepot, it was decided that
each railroad desiring, -.to. (inter the
.
new station should purch&sd $25,000
worth of stock iu the • tcorifiinal com¬
pany, pay its prorata share for the ex¬
pense, of maintaining the station and
for paying the interest on the bonds.
President Rngllsh jeaid, after the
meeting, that actual.work on the con¬
struction of the ’now station would
begin withiri thirty tS ilxty days.
CORTELYOU SWORN IN.
New Cabinet Officer Takes Oath of
Office Before Chief Justice Fuller.
At Washington Wednesday morning
George B. Cortelyou took oath as sec-
retary of the department of commeite
and labor. At the same time William
Lqeb, Jr-, was sworn in as secretary
to the president
Died the of a Heroine.
The residence of C. A. Robinson at
Caps, Texas, was burned Tuesday
night, his 18 -year-old daughter arid two
young sons pepishing. Miss Robinson
had an opportunity, to escape, but tried
to save her brothers.
COAL STRIKE COMMISSION
Meets in Washington to Prepare Its
Final, Report.
The anthracite coal strike commis¬
sion has met in Washington to begin
the work of formulating their conclu¬
sions and framing their report. AH
the members of the commission are on
hand. The commissioners state it 14
impossible to say even approximately
how long it will take to frame the
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