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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
VOLUME V.
STRIKERS LAID LOW
Resisted Deputy Marshals and
Five are Killed.
PITCHED BATTLE WAS FOUGHT
Seventy-three Arrests are Made,
Trouble Caused by Violation of ‘
Blanket Injunction by West
Virginia Court.
A pitched battle took place at
Wright’s Coal Works in Raleigh coun-
ty, West Virginia, Tuesday evening be¬
tween one hundred United States dep¬
uty marshals and deputy sheriffs un¬
der Chief Deputy Cunningham, of
Charleston, and Sheriff Cook, of Ral¬
eigh county, and two hundred and fif¬
ty striking miners who refused to
permit federal officers to serve injunc¬
tion papers.
The posse met with a mob,armed
with Winchesters, which defied arrest
and service of papers. The mob fol¬
lowed the defiance with hostilities,
opening fire on the deputies at once.
The deputies responded and the battle
raged furiously for several minutes.
? Five striking miners were killed,
twelve wounded, two mortally; one
colored deputy marshal was killed, two
wounded ar.d Special Officer Howard
Sir.Lth, of the Chesapeake and Ohio,
was shot in tho arm.
- A striker slipped up on him and
fired. Smith dodged the bullet intend¬
ed for his 4-cart and received it in his
arm. He then killed the striker with
a pistol.
Seventy-three arrests were made,
ten falling to the share of Deputy Cun-
ningham and sixty-threo to Sheriff
Cook. All the prisoners were taken
to Boekiey, the comity seat ot Ra¬
leigh, where the United States prison¬
ers wore given a preliminary hearing
by Commissioner Dunn and held for
their appearance in Charleston, whith¬
er they were later taken.
The federal authorities will try to
get the state to give up the sixty-
three, so that they may be tried in the
federal court, but it is doubtful if it
will be done, as the state court will
meet on Monday, and it is thought
they probably can be tried more ex¬
peditiously there.
S. C. Burdette, attorney for the mine
workers of America, went to 'Berkley
Wednesday afternoon to attend' the
case' of the miners. The injunction
Which the minora were charged with
violating was the blanket. writ-«f„
Judge Keller, in the suit for the Ches
apeake and Ohio Coal Agency Com¬
pany. ;
POLICE AND SOLDIERS MiX.
Incipient Riot' at Pensacola Dance
House—Several Shots Fired.
For a long time bad feeling has ex¬
isted between the soldiers and the po¬
lice in Pensacola, Fla. Wednesday
morning shortly after midnight, Officer
Fendebiila went into a dance hall in
tho tenderloin district and arrested a
disorderly soldier. As he was passing
out, his club was' snatched from him
by a soldier, who struck him in . the
face. Tho policeman knocked kftn
down, and with the assistance' of -an¬
other policeman placed tho soldiers un¬
der arrest. About hfty soldiers who
had congregated made a rush for the
patrol wagon and attempted to release
their comrades. The policemen drew
their revolvers and fired into the mob,
but without hitting any one. The ar¬
rival of a number of officers from the
barracks prevented further trouble.
VICK WILL FAiL TO L«NP.
Colored Postmaster in North Carolina
Not to be Reappointed.
A Washington dispatch says: Re¬
cently Senator Pritchard, of North
Carolina, withdrew the name of the
man whom he had recommended for
the postmastership of Wilson, N. C.,
and requested the president to appoint
Dr. B. T. Person to the post.
The incumbent is Samuel H. Vick,
colored, who has made a spirited con-
test for reappointment. It is said now
by authority that he will not be reap-
pointed.
TUNNELED TO LIBERTY.
Four Prisoners Take French Leave of
Columbia, Ga., Jail.
One of the most daring jail deliv
eries on record in Georgia took place
Tuesday night at Columbia, Appling
county.
Four prisoners, after several days
of arduous labor, succeeded in escap¬
ing through a tunnel they dug from the
jail cell out into the street. The fol¬
lowing note was found pinned to their
“We hope this will find you well. We
are sorry, but had to hurry. We want
to see George, so we leave it with
you, old boy,”
MABINI MAKES PROMISE.
Erstwhile Bellicose Filipino Official
Takes the Oath of Allegiance.
A dispatch from Manila says: Ma-
bini, the former president of the Fili¬
pino supreme court, and nt one time
minister for foreign affairs in the Fili¬
pino government, took the oath of alle¬
giance Friday on his arrival Irom
Guam, to which place he was deported
December, 1889.
COLIMA VOLCANO IS BELCHING.
Flowing Fiery Lava is devastating
Many Farms in Cultivated Val¬
leys of Mexico.
Advices from Guadalajara, Mexico,
state that Colima volcano which
broke forth in violent eruption Tues-
day evening, is still active. The lava
which is flowing down the mountain
side has already devastated many
farms in the cultivated valleys at its
base, and the inhabitants for 50 miles
around are terrorized.
All of Wednesday night explosions
occurred at intervals within the vol-
cano and frequent earth tremblings
added to the terror of the people. The
fires in the crater wore reflected on
the dark pall of smoke which over-
hangs the mountain and the brilliant
spectacle could be seen for 100 miles.
Poisonous gas, similar to that which
destroyed St. Pierre, was emitted
from the volcano, but was swept off
seaward at a great height from the
earth. The earthquake shocks have
done considerable damage to buildings
in tho cities of Colima, Tuxpan, Toni-
ta, Aullan and other towns of that
section. Many people are leaving the
port of Manzanillo through fear of a
tidal wave.
The people, terrified by the belching
flames and pouring lava, arc seeking
refuge in distant towns and villages.
The city of Tuxpan, in the state of
Jalosco, continues under a heavy
cloud of smoke. The volcano is alight
with flames. The new eruption has
increased the general fear.
FINE SUBJECT FOR LYNCHING.
Degraded Brute Gave Insult to All
Women in Police Court.
A single remark brought a mob into
instant existence in the Paducah, Ky.,
police court Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. Will Sheldon, alias A, Perkins,
was on trial in the circuit court on
the charge of duping numbers of
young women who came to town in or¬
der to join his theatrical troupe. W.
S. Stanley, of Memphis, Tenn., Shel¬
don’s former partner, was testifying
against him. In his evidence he made
a stunning reference to a young wo¬
“Do you make a business of trying
to ruin young women? ’ asked special
Judge Berry.
“Yes,” replied Stanley, “when I
can. Any woman can be ruined if you
go at it right.”
The spectators rose as one man. An
attorney for the defense sprang to his
feet and denounced Stanley as a liar
and something much worse.
“We’ll get him when.- court ad-
jourils,” rose a voice over the uproar.
“Court is adjourned,' said the judge,
prcmptly. ’
There was a wild rush for the trern-
bliug witness, Three brawny police-
men dragged him- into a side room and
held-the door until Stanley could be
hustled into the cells down stairs.
If Stanley is released before the ex¬
citement dies cut bis life will be in
danger.
CORTELYOU A WANDERER
Head of New Department in Search of
a Place Wherein to Locate.
Secretary Cortelyou was wandering
about Washington Wednesday with his
new department of commerce
nis arm, looking for a house in which
to set up his establishment. Mr. Cor¬
telyou appeared before the house sub¬
committee on appropriations during the
morning and submitted an estimate of
the expense for running his depart¬
ment during the next fiscal year.
He wanted one million, seven hun¬
dred and fifty thousand dollars.
The members of the committee,
among whom was Chairman Joe Can-
non, laughed at him and agreed to
give him seventy-five thousand dol-
lars. They went further and told him
to hurry up and get quarters for his
department before Thursday morning,
if he wanted to get the seventy-five
thousand.
Prominent Georgian Dead.
Judge Henry B., Tompkins, one of
the most prominent lawyers'of Geor¬
gia, and one of Atlanta s leading and
influential citizens, died Wednesday
afternoon at his residence, 760 Peach-
tree street, after an illness of several
months.
CARTER’S EXTRAVAGANT WORK.
Fernandina Jetties Badly Constructed
and Almost Total Loss.
At the hearing Friday in the case
of ex-Captaiu O. M. Carter, at Savan¬
nah, Ga., before Examiner Hewlitt., tes¬
timony was introduced to show that
Carter had conducted work in Fernan¬
dina harbor with great extravagance.
James H. Bacon, a civil engineer, tes¬
tified that the Fernandina jetties built
in 1896, lost 90 per cent of their vol¬
ume by 1900. Jetties built by Gillette
at the same place- were cheaper and
more substantial. The attorney for
Carter made frequent objection to in¬
troduction of testimony.
TO FIGHT OIVORCE LIBEL.
General Phil Byrd Alleges Service of
Papers by Sheriff Was Illegal.
An Atlanta, Ga., news item states
that General Phil G. Byrd will appear
at the next term of the DeKalb county
superior court, which meets in a few
days, and attempt to have the divoYce
libel brought against him by Mrs. i
Byrd dismissed on the ground that the
service of the sheriff oi DeKalb county
was illegal.
CARNESVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. MARCH (>. 1903.
DOWN EMBANKMENT
Fast Train on the Southern
Dashes to Wreck and Ruin.
THREE DEAD; SCORE INJURED
Accident Result of Spreading Rails
Caused by Heavy Rains—Dying
Engineer Refused Proffered
Whisky.
Tho Southern railway’s fast passen¬
ger train, Chattanooga to Salisbury,
leaving Chattanooga at 11:15 Friday
night, was wrecked about 3 1-2 miles
west of Lenoir City, Tcnn.. Saturuay
morning about 2 o’clock. The wree.i
was caused by spreading of the rails.
It was first reported that six were
killed, but later investigation revealed
only three fatalities, all of whom are
trainmen. Twenty-four people were
injured, one of whom may die. The
dead are: »
John H. Bibb, of Knoxville, engin¬
eer; A. J. Tucker, of Newport, Tenn.,
mail clerk j Alfred Best, of Knoxville,
colored porter.
Where the Wreck Occurred.
The wreck occurred on tne top of a
steep embankment and the train
plunged down this. The locomotive
went within thirty feet of the Tennes¬
see river. Four of the coaches were
telescoped and partially piled up on
the engines. Three coaches were burn¬
ed outright. Tho Cincinnati southern
train from Chattanooga to Cincinnati
was traveling behind the ill-fated
train, it having to . o by way of Knox¬
ville on account of the damage to the
tracks of the Cincinnati Southern be
tween Chattanooga and Harriman.
The train was awaiting orders at Lou¬
don, Avhen it was an/iseu of the wreck.
The engine of the Cincinnati Southern
train ran up to the scene of tne wreck
and by pulling two oi the rear sleep¬
ers back on the track and away from
the wreck succeeded in saving them
from destruction by fire. The wreck¬
ing train with physicians and railroad
officials left Knoxville immediately af¬
ter the wreck was reported.
It is stated tha,. the wreck was
caused by two landslides. In the first
it is thought a big boulder came down
the side of a bluff and fell on the
track. These landslides spread the-
track and when the locomotive struck
the boulder, it was thrown down the
embankment carrying several coaches
with it.
Just before Engineer Bibb died a
physician' endeavored to have him
drink a little whisky in the nope of ex¬
tending has life as long as ossible.
The engineer refused it, saying: “I
have never touched it and don’t expect
to begin to drink it now.”
Continuing, he said: “As I am go¬
ing to die, go and look after the wo¬
men and children in the coaches.” He
expired a,,Jew minutes later.
The 'Chicago and F-orida limited of
the Cincinnati Southern road, one of
the finest trains in the country, run
ning from Jacksonville to Chicago,
was but a short time auean of the
wrecked train. Haa tms train been
wrecked the loss of fife might have
been much greater, as u always car¬
ries a long fist of passengers and
runs on a very fast schedule.
There were over four hundreu pack¬
ages of letter mail and ICO sacks of
paper mail in the mail car destroyed.
There were two pouches of regis¬
tered letters for New York ant Wash¬
ington destroyed.
SOLONS WORK ON SUNDAY.
Four-Hour Session of House Held
While Church Bells Chimed.
A Washington dispatch says: The
house of representatives held a four-
hour session Sunday and put the Dis¬
trict of Columbia appropriation bill
through its last parliamentary stage
in the face of the democratic filibus¬
ter. The previous question of the con¬
ference report on the Alaskan home¬
stead bill was ordeied.
That was the net result ol the Sun¬
day session. Although u was Sunday
by the calendar, it was still Thursday,
February 20, according to parliament¬
ary fiction.
SOUTHERN WANTS FRISCO?
Numerous Rumors to that Effect Afloat
in Wall Street, New York.
Numerous rumors are afloat in New
York concerning the St. Louis and San
Francisco railroad, including one of
competitive buying for control by Mor¬
gan interests, another that the Sea¬
board Air Line is buying the stock, and
a third that Rock sland interests are
after the property.
Official confirmation is lacking, but
conservative opinion leans toward the
theory that J. P. Morgan & Co. will ul¬
timately be found in control, in which
event it is believed the property will
be turned over to the Southern.
OR. CURRY’S WILL FILED.
Document Was Drawn at Madrid, and
Leaves Property to Wife.
The will of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, of
Richmond, Va., dated Madrid, Spain,
December 28, 1887, was filed Wednes¬
day. Dr. Curry leaves all his property,
except a life irsurance policy, to his
wifa, Mrs. Mary W. Curry. The life in¬
surance, the amount of which is not
stated, is for the benefit of the chil¬
dren of Dr. Curry.
(itNtiUL GORDON STRICKEN.
Unknown and Among Strangers Ho
Wa3 Taken Violently III on Board
a Train in Mississippi.
General John B. Gordon, commander
in chief of the United Confederate Vet¬
erans, was taken violently ill on board
an Alabama and Vicksburg train while
on route to Jackson, Miss., Thursday
night from Clinton, where he delivered
a lecture.
It was necessary to remove him from
the train on a stretcher, and he suffer¬
ed several severe spells of nausea
while being carried to the Lawrence
house.
Unknown for a Time.
The following dispatch was sent
out from New Orleans:
A man apparently in the greatest
suffering and agony was taken off the
Alabama and Vicksburg train at Jack-
son Miss., a short time before mid¬
night. He was moaning and scream¬
ing in his pain. He lilfl to be carried
on a stretcher from the depot to the
hotel. On account of the hotel being
overcrowded he was left soated in (lie
rotunda.
No one knew him, but when he re¬
covered from the worst of the attack
he told them he was General John B.
Gordon, of Georgia, commander in
chief of the Confederate Veterans.
As soon as this was known a room
was obtained for him and doctors w r ere
sent for. They found his condition
serious.
For years General Gordon has suffer¬
ed from spells of acute indigestion,
which always cause intense pain to the
sufferer and are accompanied by dan¬
gerous symptoms. The last serious
spell of this nature came some time
before the reunion of Confederate vet¬
erans in Atlanta, and while General
Gordon v:as on his way to the city
from his home near Decatur. He was
removed from the Decatur car to the
Aragon hotel, -where his condition was
shortly relieved. It, was some time,
however, before General Gordon fully
recovered from this attack.
Throughout the greater part of the
winter General Gordon has been on
his plantation near Miami, Fla.,, with
the members of his family. His health
there was better than it has been in
years. The members of his family
who are still -at Miami have been noti¬
fied of his serious condition.
General Gordon has been on an ex¬
tended tour of the country for the last
few weeks. He has lectured in several
western cities and has everywhere
been received with ovations.
BIG BLASE IN CINCINNATI.
Half Square in Center of City Burned,
Entailing Enormous Loss.
Cincinnati was visited with fire
Thursday that destroyed one-half of a
square in the most central part and
caused a loss cf over two millions oi
dollars.
The burning embers were carried for
miles, the Kentucky suburbs being cov¬
ered with them.
The fire departments of Covington,
Newport and other Kentucky towns
caine promptly to the assistance of the
local firemen and it was noon before
their combined efforts had the conflag¬
ration under control.
The American Book Company will
lose a quarter of a million on their pub¬
lishing house and stock cf machinery.
The plates of the eclectic system of
school books are all stored in this
building, which was well equipped with
presses' and eleclrical apparatus in
publishing work. Robert Clarke &
Co. place their loss at $ 350,000, includ¬
ing $175,000 in plates of law books and
other works. Among the jithcr large
losses are the following:
Pike building, $175,000, insurance
$180,000; Seasongood building, $125,-
000; Harrison building, $125,000; For-
dick building, $125,000; Duhme Bros.,
jewelers, $75,000; Richter & Phillips,
jewelers, $50,000;- Joffce’s grocery, $13,
0C0; Strauss, wholesale cigar store,
$75,000.
Most of those in the Pike building
were without insurance as the rate
has recently put at what some of them
considered too high.
Mrs. Fairbanks Again President.
Mrs. Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, of
was unanimously re-elected
general of I lie Daughters of
American Revolution at Washing¬
Thursday.
QUAY ASTOUNDS COLLEAGUES.
As “One of the Trust” He Begs to
Be Excused for Voting.
Senator Quay sprung a sensalion in
tho senate when a motion was made
to take, up the Littlefield anti-trust
bill. He said:
“Should the Dill be taken up it is
my purpose to ask that I be excused
from voting, a% I happen to own stock
in some of the corporations that arc
generally called trusts.
Senator Hanna nearly fell out of
his seat at the spectacle of a republi¬
can senator acknowledging that there
was such a thing as a trust and that
he owned stock in some of them.
TALKS OF CRIMES IN SLEEP.
Multi-Murc'erer Knapp Thoroughly
Impregnated with Depravity.
It is currently reported about the
jail at Hamilton, Ohio, that Knapp is
considering a confession that will
cover other crimes.
He is a pronounced talker in his
sleep, b‘ut his words are not -plain. He
mumbles tilings all the ilmc, and the
opinion is that he is going over and
over the scenes of his awitU crimes,
DEMOCRATS WRATHY
Over Action of Republicans in
Unseating Fuller in House.
VOW TO BLOCK LEGISLATION
Minority Charges that Alleged Sum¬
mary Action Was Taken
Without Quorum Being
Present.
A Washington special says: Mr.
Fleming, of Georgia, was able to force
admission upon Hie journal and (ho
record of tho house Friday the facts
concerning the ousting of Congress¬
man Butler. Mr. Fleming rose to a
question of privilege and submitted a
resolution citing that Hie records show
there was no quorum present when
Speaker Fro Tem, Dalzeil declared the
resolution unseating Butler to havo
been passed.
Under the rules of the house Mr.
Fleming was entitled to opportunity to
explain his point and to furnish author¬
ity in support thereof. He had an ar¬
ray of authorities on the desk before
him, but Speaker Henderson did not
intend to give him any opportunity to
have the action of the republican ma¬
jority aired upon the floor of tho
house.
Fleming Is Silenced.
Immediately after Mr. Fleming’s res¬
olution had been read, Mr. Payne, of
New York, acting upon the speaker's
instructions, moved that the resolution
be tabled. Under the rules, Mr. Flem¬
ing still had the floor, and it could not
be taken from him for a motion of this
kind, but that, of course, made no dif¬
ference. Speaker Henderson declared
Mr. Payne had the right to make such
a motion, and the speaker then put it
to the house. The democrats could
only demand a roll call. The republi¬
cans struck lo the speaker and Payne
to a man, and the resolution was ta¬
bled by a party vote.
Mr. Fleming’s resolution was as fol¬
lows:
“Whereas, It appears from the Con¬
gressional Record of February 2G, 1903,
that by actual count and announce¬
ment by tho speaker pro tem., a quo¬
rum of the house was not present
when the resolutions were voted upon
declaring that James J. Butler was not
elected and that George Cl. Wagoner
was elected a in
the fifty-seventh congress from the
twelfth Missouri district, and- that tho
point of no quorum was duly raised
upon the vote of each of said resolu¬
tions, and that the same, in each in¬
stance, was overruled by Ihe speaker
pro tem. in violation of tne constitu¬
tion, the rules of the house and all
parliamentary bodies;
'Resolved, That the announcement
uy the speaker pro tem. (hat said res¬
olutions were adopted was, in fact, un¬
true, and tnat said James J. Butler is
still entitled Lu his seat in this house,
and that, said George C. Wagoner is.
not now entitled to same.'
Democrats Filibuster.
At Friday’s session tho eurocrats of
the house carried out their threat
made, that if Mr. Butler was unseat¬
ed they would do everything In their
power to block legislation from now
until congress expires March 4. - The
result was another stormy session, pro¬
longed from 11 o’clock Friday morning
until 7 o’clock p. m. Roll call succeed¬
ed roll call, and at every pause party
passion pnanifested itself in bitter and
acromonious denunciation.
Two rules were brought in to expe¬
dite the legislative day of Thursday in
order to reduce as much as possible
(he minority power lo obstruct legisla¬
tion. During the deeate on tho rules
the democrats voiced their condemna¬
tion of what they denominated Thurs¬
day’s outrageous action of the chair.
Legislators Denounce Congress.
The Missouri house of representa¬
tives, Friday, adopted tho following
resolution relative to tho unseating of
James J. Butler, of St. Louis:
“Resolved, That this house denounce
tho action of the present national
house of representatives for unseating
the congressman from the twelfth dis¬
trict as rank partisanship.
REV. MORGAN RAISES RUMPUS.-
Moody’s Successor Won't Affiliate
With Universalists and Unitarians.
In an impassioned speech in Allan
ta Sunday afternoon, to an audience
of 3,000 men, among whom were many
of the tuost prominent ministers and
clergymen of Atlanta, Rev. George
Campbell Morgan, tne successor of
Moody, announced -that he would not
and could not take part in any non-
denominational movement which in¬
cluded among its promoters and labor-
era men who denied the absolute deity
of Christ and salvation inrough His -
blood, His reference was -o Jniver-
salists and Unitarians.
SMOOT A POLYGAMIST.
Affidavit that He Has Two Wives Pre¬
sented in Senate.
Senator Burrows, chairman of the
senate committee on privileges and
elections, presented to tho senate
Thursday a protest signed by Rev. J.
L Lcitch, representing the Ministers
Association of Salt Lake, against the
Beating of Reed Smoot.
The statement, which is sworn to,
declare? that Smoot is a polygamist
FAMINE IN PHILIP,’.NiS.
President Sends Message to Senate
Asking that Immediate Relief be
Given Islanders.
President Roosevelt, late Friday af¬
ternoon, sent the following message to
the senate:
"I havo just received a cnbio from
Governor Taft which rcaus as lollows:
“ ‘Necessity for of the
passage nouse
tariff bill most urgent. The condi¬
tions of productive industry and busi¬
ness is considerably worse than it was
in November, the date 01 tho last re¬
port, and growing worse eac h month.
Some revival in sugar and tobacco
prices due to expectation of tariff lav/.
The lniercsts of Filipinos in sugar and
tobacco extensive and failure of bill
will be a blow in the face of those in¬
terests. Number of tooarco factories
will have to close, ami many sugar ha¬
ciendas will he pul up tor sale at a
sacrifice if the bill will not pass. Cus¬
toms receipts have fallen this month
one-third, showing decrease of pur¬
chasing power of islands and general
business stagnant. Ail political par¬
ties, including labor unions, most
strenuous in petition for tariff bills.
Effect of itsjailure are very discourag¬
“Vice Governor Luke Wright indors¬
ed in tlie strongest manner all that
Governor Taft has said, and states
that he has the gravest ; pprehensions
as to Ihe damage that may come to
the islands if there is not a substantial
reduction in tariff levied against Phil¬
ippine goods coming into tne United
States. I very earnestly ask that thi3
matter receive tho immediate attention
of congress and that the relief prayed
for be granted.
“As congress knows, a series of ca¬
lamities have befallen the Philippine
people. Just as they were emerging
from nearly six years of devastating
warfare, with the accompanying de¬
struction of property and wreaking up
of the bonds of social order and the
habits of peaceful industry there oc¬
curred an epidemic of rinderpest which
destroyed 90 per cent, of the caribou,
the Filipino cattle, leaving the people
without draft animals to till the lands
or to aid in the ordinary work oi farm
and village life. At Ihe same time, a
peculiar Oriental horse disease became
epidemic, further crippling trr.ns orta-
tion. The rice crop, already reduced
by various causes to but one-fourth of
its ordinary size, has been damaged
by locusts, so that the price of rice
has nearly doubled.
“Under these circumstances, there is
danger oi famine in the is¬
Congress is in course of gener¬
ously appropriating $3,000,000 to meet
the immediate needs; but the indispen¬
sable and pre-eminent need is the re¬
surrection of productive industry from
tlie prostration into which it has been
thrown by the causes enumerated. I
ask action in the tariff matter, no 1 ,
merely from the standpoint of wise
governmental policy, but as a measure
of luimanily in response to an appeal
lo which Ibis great people should not
close its ears. We have assumed re¬
sponsibilities toward tho Philippine is¬
lands which we are in honor bound to
fulfill. We have the specific duty of
taking every measure in our power to
see to their prosperity.
“The calamities which have befallen
and Are above enumerated could have
been averted by no human wisdom.
They cannot be completely repaired;
but the suffering can be greatly alle¬
viated and a permanent basis oi future
prosperity be assured if the economic
relations of the islands with the United
States are put upon a satisfactory
basis.
“THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
“White House, February 27, 1903.”
PETTICOATS IN POOL ROOM.
Alleged Gambling Joint Run by Wo¬
men Raided in New York.
At New York, Friday, a number of
policemen raided an alleged women’s
pool room in the rear of a saloon in
West Eighth street. There were
about twenty women in the place at
the time, and they were thrown into a
panic. A woman who said she was
Miss Annie Simmons was arrested on
a warrant charging her with keeping
the pool room, and several allege/
male attendants were also arested.
TO COMPETE IN COTTON.
Britishers Anxious to Promote Cultiva¬
tion of Staple in West Africa.
The colonial officials in West Africa
aro making strenuous efforts to com¬
pete with tho United States in growing
cotton for manufacture in England,
and II. Clay Evans, United States con¬
sul general at London, reports to the
stato department that through Mr.
Chamberlain’s influence the West Afri¬
can railways will give free carriage to
cottori for two years, wnile tho ship¬
ping companies will carry the first
thousand tons without freight charge.
ANOTHER PROTOCOL SIGNED.
Little Holland and Venezuela Have
Also Reached an Agreement.
At Washington, Saturday, Baron
Gervais, tho minister to the Nether¬
lands, and Minister Bowen, signed the
Netherlands protocol providing for the
settlement of tne claim off that coun¬
try against Venezuela.
It is provided that President Roose¬
velt will name the umpire in event
f a disagreement. The protocol fol-
lows tho lines of mat of the United
State?, -
NUMBER 1 <.
IN RAGING ELEMENTS
Loss of life and Great Destrac*
tion of Property is Entailed.
STORMS, FRESHETS, LANDSLIDES
No Part of the South Seems to Havo
Escaped at Least Some Damage.
Nine Lives Known to Have
Been Lost.
A special from Louisville, Ky., says:'
The annual spring freshet, which
yearly does damage to railroads and
crops, and, at times, inflicts loss of
life. ha3 left this season’s impress on
many parts of the south, after a tre¬
mendous two days’ rain, w-m an ac¬
companiment of nigh winds. Acci¬
dents Friday night and Saturday
morning directly attributable to tho
elements have resulted in tho death
of nine people and injury to twenty-
nine, Three deaths, together with a
long list of injured, were brought
about by an accident on the Southern
railway early Saturday morning, as a
train bound east from Chattanooga,
ran into a washout near Lenior Cliy,'
Tenn.
Six Drowned Near Hickman.
Six people were drowned while try¬
ing to cross the Ohio river near Hick¬
man, Ky„ the swift current carrying
their boat into some driftwood, and
five people were hurt by a cyclone
which passed over Hickory Level, Ky.,
Saturday morning.
Cloudbursts are reported in Ken¬
tucky and Tennessee, and it is feared
there has been some loss of life in the
affected sections.
In Middlesboro, Ky., every house in
the lower section of .uie ,place was
flooded and every merchant suffered
damage to stock. The valley of Yel¬
low creek was flooded for several
hours from mountain to mountain. \
Near Anderson, Tenn., a cloudburst
carried away a quarter of a mile of
track on tho Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis railroad.
High water carried away three
bridges and a trestle on the Tennes¬
see Central, near Crab Orchard, Tenn.,
and damaged other bridges.
A steamer was blown against the
Southern railway draw bridge over
the Bigbee river in AJabama, sending
a part of the structure to the bottom.
Landslides occurred in two tunnels
on tlie Cincinnati Southern railway,
near Harriman, Tenn. All streams
were hank full, the Alabama river ris¬
ing 19 feet at Millstead, near Mont¬
gomery, during tne night. Flood
warnings were sent on. by the Mont¬
gomery weather bureau.
The Mississippi passed tne danger
line at soveral places, but huveea held
intact.
SEVEN DIE IN MINE.
Frightful Explosion in a Pennsylvania
Put Caused by Fire-Damp.
Tho Hostettcr Connelsville Coke
Company’s mine near Latrobe, Pa.,
was the scene of a fire damp explosion
Saturday in wnich seven men lost
their fives.
About six hundred men are employ¬
ed in the mine. The cause of the ex¬
plosion is a mystery. It was not heard
outside of the mine and none except
those at work knew anything of it un¬
til those who escaped came rushing
to the main entry and spread the new3
af the disaster.
Superintendent Marshall states that
locked lamps were used throughout
both mines. These were locked beforo
being given to the men and his theory
is that tho explosion was caused by a
spark from some hard substance by
a pick, or by spontaneous combustion.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE Ei'QS.
Adjourns to September After Intere t-
ing and Fruitful Cession.
Tho Alabama legislature adjourned
at Montgomery Saturday at 11:45
amid the usual scenes.
Up to the last hour efforts were
to change the date cf reassem-
bliug, but in vain.
One of the last acts ot the houso
was the passage of the Johnston state
uniform text-book bill by a vote of
68 to 20.
GEN. GORDON RESTS WELL.
Flood of Telegrams cf Inquiry Show
Affection in Which He is Held.
A special from Jackson, Miss., says:
The love and the reverence of the peo¬
ple of the south for General John B.
Gordon, commander in cniet of the
United Confederate Veterans, was
strikingly shown i riday when hun¬
dreds of telegrams making anxious in¬
quiry concerning his condition poured
into Jackson from all parts of llio
south and many northern states.
The distinguished patient passed a
good day, although he is quite weak
from his illness, caused by acute iiuli-
gestion and nervous collapse.
COTTON ABOVE TEN CENT8<
Another New Record for the Season
Made in New York Thursday.
Cotton made a now high figure for
the season Thursday and tho feeling
on ’change is that prices havo not yet
reached the limit in this movement,
With an active dry goods trade and
a small stock of cotton in tho visible
supply, operators in control of the fu¬
ture market are able to advance prices
easily.