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VOLUME Y.
IS GOOD FOR
Is Amended Caban Treaty as
Ratified in the Senate.
EXTRA SESSION IS ADJOURNED
Fight for this Section Wa3 Led by Ba¬
con, of Georgia—Products cf Our
Cotton Mills on Equality
With Eastcrh Factories.
A Washington special says: After
formally approving tho Bacon amend¬
ment providing that the ireaty shall
li. t become effective until approved by
the congress, and after adopting, also,
another amendment, Introduced by
Senator Bacon, which materially af¬
fects one of the south’s greatest in¬
dustries, the senate Thursday after¬
noon ratified tho Cuban reciprocity
treaty.
As to final ratification there never
has been a doubt since tho committee
on foreign affairs, upon the insistence
cf the democrats, accepted the first
mentioned amendment. There was
some doubt for a short while during
the day, howeter, whether there would
bo a quorum of the senate present, so
many republicans having loft the city,
but there wore many more than enough
senators present on the final round up,
the treaty being ratified by a vote of
DO to 16.
Imps Gout.h.
Of chief importance to the south
was tho acceptance by the
tee and the adoption by the
cf r.n amendment which Senator
con has been quietly pressing. This
gives to the coarser grades of cotton
fabrics, which are made principally in
the southern states the same percent¬
age of advantage which Is given the
finer grades cf New Eng.and man¬
ufacture. In the original treaty,
there was a 5 per cent discrimination
against the coarser grades. The finer
grades imported into Cuba wore to be
accorded a 30 per cent redaction of the
duties in the general thrift act of Cuba,
while the coarser grades were to bo
given but a 25 per cent reduction. Sen¬
ator Bacon and other southern sena¬
tors construed this ns an. uncalled for
advantage given uio finer grades of
New England mills. But some of tho
New England senators seemc.. to .link
this was all right. Senator Bacon in¬
sisted. however, ar.J as his contention
was backed by other southerners, who
stood with him, tne committee finally
accepted his amendment, and It was
incorporated into tho treaty. This puts
ail grades of cotton fabrics on a plan
of equality.
After ratifying the Cuban reciprocity
treaty the senate adjourned sine die at
5:J5. Practically the entire day was
spent behind closed doors in executive
session. Most of the time was devoted
to consideration of the Cuban treaty.
The Detailed Vote.
Several speeches were made In oppo¬
sition to the treaty and one in favor of
it, and then, promptly at the agreed
hour, 3 o’clock, voting began. Roll
calls were had on a number of amend¬
ments and the treaty itself wa3 made
the subject cf an aye and nay vote,
vne motion to ratify was adopted by a
ballot of 50 to 10, somewhat more
(ban a three-fourths vote, whereas
only a two-inirds vote was necessary
to secure a ratification. The detailed
vote follows:
Yeas—Aldrich, Alger, Alleo, Allison,-
Ankeny, Bacon, Ball, Beveri. go, Elack-
burn, Burnhnm, Burrows, Burton,
Clark of Wyoming, cockreii, Gullom,
Depew, Dietrich, Dolliver, Dryden, El¬
kins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster of
Washington, Frye, Fulton, GaL.nger,
Gamble, Gorman, Hanna, Hansorough,
Ileyburn, Hopkins, Kean, Latimer,
Lodge, Long, McComas, McCreary,
McCumber, Nelson, Overman, Penrose,
Perkins, Simmons, Smoot, Spooner,
Stewart, Stone, Warren, Wetmore—60.
Nays—Bailey, Bard, Bate, berry,
Carmack Clark of Montana, , Daniel, _ , ,
Foster of Louisiana McEnery Mallory,
Mart.n Money, Morgan, Newlands,
Pettus, Taliaferro—16.
In making the pairs two senators
were paired for the treaty with one
against it.
A KCLD-UP THAT FAILED.
Trcllcy Passenger Fired on Masked
Men and Fatal Duel Followed.
Three masked robbers attempted to
hold up a car on thc Los Angeles and
Pacific Electric railway between Los
Angeles and Santa Monica, Cal., Sat¬
urday night, and after a pistol fight
between C. W. Henderson, a passen¬
ger, and one of the robbers, the other
two lrghwaymen began shooting
through tho crowded ear.
H. A. Griswold, cf Manson, Iowa,
was killed and three other persons
were wounded. It is believed that ona
of the robbars was wounded, but tho
three desperadoes escaped.
FORCIBLE CURE FOR LAZiNESS.
Indiana Whitecaps Severely Flog Man
Who Refused to Work.
Twelve white caps took Henry Math¬
is from his log cabin a mile south of
Nashville, Indiana, Thursday night,
tied him to a fence post and beat him
unmercifully vrith a buggy whip. The
members of the mob wore handker¬
chiefs over their faces and haltered
down the door of Mathis’ log cabin
with rails.
STM!RS l[( collision.
' Freighter and Passenger Boat of Fall
River Line Crash in Fdfc—Six
People Loe e Life.
A special from New London, Conn,,
says: Traveling at a moderate rate
of speed through Long Island Eound,
early Friday morning the big passen¬
ger steamer Plymouth, of tne Fall Riv¬
er line, bound for Fall River, from
New York, and tho iroight steamer
City of Taunton, of the Same line,
came Into collision iu the fog just Oast
cf Hum Island, tho bow of the freight
steamer raking the starboard side cf
the Plymouth and causing the death of
six of those on board the . ljmouth
and serious injury to a number of
others.
The complete list of injured Is im¬
possible to obtain, for the reason that
many who were slightly hurt were at¬
tended to immediately upon the arrival
of the Plymouth at New London wharf,
and then proceeded on their way
Three of the injured are at the hos¬
pital.
The responsibility fer the accident
has not yet been determined, and will
be the subject of an investigation. It
Is said by the officers of the two ves¬
sels that both were going at a fair
speed, considering the fog, snd that
there was no time after the warning
whistles which followed the lookout’s
discovery of tho danger, to avert a col¬
lision.
Tho steamers apparently were under
good headway when they met. The
bow of the City of Taunton, which
was proceeding westbound from Fall
River to New York, penetrated ten feet
into tho bow of the eastbound vessel.
When the vessels pulled apart the bow
of the freight steamer raked the upper
works of the Plymouth, tearing out the
second cabin and ripping out state
rooms like card board. Seven cabits in
all were swept from the starboard
bow of the big passenger boat.
RECORD !S DEMANDED.
Friends cf Murdered Soldier Want Pa¬
pers in Courtmartial Caso.
At » meeting of citizens of Boston
at Faneuil hail Thursday night to
protest “against the suppression of
truth about the Philippines and pray¬
ing for further official inquiry into
conditions there,” the case of Mrs. 131-
len C. Richter, c-f Syracuse, N. Y.,
whose son, an enlisted man, recently
died in the Philippines, and whose
death is said to have been the result
■: f torture, was referred to by Herbert
Welch, of Philadelphia. Mr. Welch
said that Mrs. Richter made every en¬
deavor to obtain the records of the
courtmarti.al whiia tried Lieutenant
W. T. Sinclair, of the Twenty-eighth
Infantry, who was charged with being
responsible for her son’s death. She
was put off by many excuses, and
General Davis laughed in her face.
“Is that not so?” asked Mr. Welch
of Mrs. Richter, who was sitting on
the platform.
“Yes, General Davis was the man,”
said Mrs. Richter, rising. *
Mr. Welch claimed that Lieutenant
Sinclair ordered Richter brought out
of the guardhouse, bound and gagged,
and that ice water be poured Blowly
on his face by the dipperful. The tor¬
ture lasted, according to many witness¬
es, Mr. Welch said, for two hours and
a half, and was not desisted until life
was extinct. Lieutenant Sinclair was
tried by a general courtmartial fur
causing Richter’s death, and was ac¬
quitted.
Mr. Welch said that Richter had in
his possession information detriment¬
al to the officers of his company, and
he had threatened to “squeal” on them.
Turning to Mrs. Richter again, Mr.
Welch said:
“Did you appeal to President Roose¬
velt?”
“Ye3,” she replied, but he showed
me no sympathy at all, and treated
me with even les3 consideration than
the army officers.”
MISSISSIPPI JURIST DEAD.
Judge Terrall, of State Supreme Court,
Gees to Final Rest.
Governor Longlno, of Mississippi,
Frlda afternoon received the news of
the death of Judgc s . H Terrall, as .
60ciate justice of thc state supreme
court
Judge Terrall about three weeUs
agQ retired from the bench tenipo .
on account of his health
EIGHT HELD FOR MURDER.
Among the Number are Six Brothers.
Victim Was a Detective.
A dispatch from Wynne, Ark., says:
The coroner’s jury widen has been in¬
vestigating the recent killing of John
H. Brown, of Memphis, returned a ver¬
dict Thursday charging eight men with
murder in the first degree. Tho eight
will be held without bond to await the
action oi the grand jur> . Fifteen ar¬
rests were made immediately after the
killing and of the eight men connected
with the crime six are brothers. Brown
was in that section with other detec¬
tives investigating alleged vvhitecap-
ping raids.
Gaston’s Thirtieth Cotton Mill.
A charter has been granted thc Mo-
ro-Wobb cotton mill, of Dallas, Gaston
county, North Carolina, with $150,000
capital. It will be the thirtieth cotton
mill in Gaston county.
Germany to Exhibit at St. Louis.
A special from Berlin says: The
reichstag has adopted the appropria¬
tion of $750,000 to cover tne expenses
cf Germany’s participation In the St.
Louis exposition.
CARNESVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. MARCH 27. 1908.
REPORT PLEASES MITCHELL.
Hoad of Mine Workers’ Union Says
Great Victory Is Won.
"The doclsion of the anthracite coal
etrlltG commission la, on the whole, a
decided victory for the mlnerB and
I om pleated with It,” said President
John Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers of America, In an interview
Saturday night with an Associated
Press representative.
“The anthracite miners of Pennsyl¬
vania have reason to be much pleased
with the commission’s awards and I
am sure that they are,” he saVl.
In reply to a question as to whether
the miners were given as much as had
been hoped for, Mr. Mitchell answer¬
ed, after an Instant’s deliberation: “I
do not care to say.”
"The most Important feature of the
awards,” he continued, ‘‘is, of course,
tl’.o increase of 10 per cent given the
minors. This will result in an annual
Increase cf wages of 140,000 anthra¬
cite miners of Pennsylvania of $6,000,-
000. The sliding scale provided for by
the commission is very unsatisfactory,
inasmuch as a minimum of $4.50 per
ton Is fixed. With white asn coal at
$5.50 per ton at tidewater, the in¬
crease provided In the sliding scale
rill be equivalent, to 20 per cent more
on the miners’ wages.”
President Mitchell was asked if he
was disappointed because the com¬
mission did not recognize tho union
formally, end ho replied that he was
not, because the decision of the com¬
mission and its awards were in them¬
selves recognition of the power and in¬
fluence of the United Mine Workers.
“After the increase of wages given
the miners,” said Mr. Mitchell, ‘‘the
most important of the awards from
the miners’ standpoint are the ones
fixing a nine-hour day ana providing
for a board of conciliation, The
awards give a nlno-hour day with ten
hours pay directly to 90.000 men and
practically all of the other employes
of the anthracite mines will get a
nine-hour day by reason of their short¬
er hours. Tho provision for a board of
conciliation will result In great good,
and I am much pleased with It. It
will compel investigation of both sides
of controversies between the miners
and operators and bring the employ¬
ers into closer relationship with their
men. This cannot help but bring
most beneficial results.”
RATH BONE ACCUSES WOOD.
Former Military Governor of Cuba
Charged with Wrong-Doing.
Estes G. Rathbone, former director
general of posts of Cuba, filed with
the adjutant genera! of the army Sat¬
urday specific charges against Gener¬
al Leonard Wood, in connection with
the latter's duties as military gover¬
nor of Cuba. In brief Major Rathbone
charges that General Wood manipulat¬
ed the Cuban courts, that he received
gifts from a gambling concern
amounting to $5,000, and that the gifts
were admitted into Cuba free of duty,
contrary to law.
General Wood Immediately placed
in the hands of the secretary of war
a voluntary statement regarding the
charges. No official notice of Major
Rathbcne's charges had been taken by
the secretary as yet, but General
Wood, on reading them, asked and re¬
ceived permission to file at the depart¬
ment a statement sotting forth his
side of the case before his departure
for service in the Philippines. Gener¬
al Wood leaves Washington Wednes¬
day afternoon whence he sails on
Thursday for Manila. Pending the ac¬
tion of the secretary on his state¬
ment, General Wood refuses to com¬
ment on the charges, most of which,
he says, have been presented before.
CUBAN SENATE CALLED.
Will Reconvene at Once to Ratify
Amended Reciprocity Treaty.
A special from Havana says: Pres¬
ident Palma at 9 o’clock Saturday
night issued a call for an extraordi¬
nary session of the senate on March
2. for the purpose of ratifying the
reciprocity treaty as amended by tho
United States senate.
Five men of the crew of the tug
boat Pilot, of Philadelphia were
drowned in a collision between the
tug and tho steamer P. Winifred, in
the Delaware river, off Marcus Hook,
Pa., late Friday night. The remaining
three members of the crew v/ere
saved.
WON'T SERVE UNDER CRUM.
Or.c Employe cf Charleston Custom
House Decides to Quit.
A Charleston, S. C., special says:
While Dr. Crum, the new collector of
port, has not yet declared his inten¬
tion of making changes in the custom
house service, Stephen E. Barnwell, a
representative of one of the aristocrat¬
ic families, now employed in thc de¬
partment, sent In his resignation Sat¬
urday.
Barnwell said he would not work
under the negro, and he wanted to get
out before Dr. Crum can be sworn In.
TRIPLETS WED TRIPLETS.
SIx People Born on Same Day Link
Fortunes Together.
A most unique wedding took place
at Hayton, Wis., recently. John,
James and Andrew Andrews, brothers,
were married to Agne3, Elsie and
Clara Maxwell.
The brides are the daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Hiram Maxwell, of Hayton.
All six young people were born in the
same day.
REPORT OF ARBITERS
Strike Commission Awards Much
to the Miners.
NO RECOGNITION OF THE IN ON
Ten Per cent Increase in Wages, Re¬
duction of Hoo>-s of Work and
Provision for Arbitration
Principal £cnccssion3.
The report of the anthracito coal
strike commission was made public
at Washington Saturday morning.
It provides in general for an In¬
crease of ten per cent in the rates of
wages paid contract miners and for a
reduction in the hours per day of the
other mine workers.
Water hoisting engineers are to
work hereafter in eight hour shifts,
with ten per com increase in wages
where they were working heretofore
in such shifts.
Firemen are to have eight-hour
shifts without an increase.
The other mine workers are to be
paid the same wages on tho basis cf a
nine-hour day that they have been
receiving for a ten-hour (lay.
A board of arbitration is provided
for to settle disputes arising out of
the interpretation or application of
the commission’s awards, to consist of
three members selected by the opera-
tors and three by the miner’s organ!-
zation, and an umpire in case of a tie,
to bo appointed by one of the circuit
judges of ib.. Third Judicial district
of the United States.
No strikes or lockouts shall take
place pending adjudication by this
board.
Union Not Recognized.
Tlio commission declines to recog¬
nize the United Mine Workers of
America as such, by compelling oper¬
ators to enter into any contract with
that organization, but nullifies this in
the manner above stated by providing
that the miners’ organization shall
have a hand in tho machinery where¬
by the findings of the commission
shall be put into effect.
The third demand of the miners,
weight which was wh‘;ro.- VtjL'lP,/’ '''cticftblo, be P aid {or by
was re¬
fused, the commission refraining from
making an obligatory award.
It, declined to fix the standard of a
ton where coal is paid for by weight
and from imposing upon the owners
of collieries where coal is now mir.od
and paid for by the car the obligation
to pay by weight and make the change
in the plants necessary therefor.
A sliding scale is provided whereby
miners may increase their earnings
according to the increase in tho mar¬
ket price for coal, the above rates
awarded being in all cases minimum.
There shall be no discrimination
against any workman becauso of I 1 I 3
membership or non-membership in a
labor organization nor snail there be
any interferences by union men with
non-union men.
The awards shall continue in force
until March 31, 1906.
The entire report of the commission
comprises S7 printed pages or 50,000
words.
Loss Incurred by Strike.
Particular stress Is laid by members
of the commission upon the fact that
the findings were unanimous. A large
part of (he report is devoted to the
history of the strike and a review of
the conditions prevailing in the an¬
thracite regions.
One chapter deals with losses oc¬
casioned by the strike. Tho total de¬
crease In the production is estimated
at $40,100,000. The total loss in
wages is $25,000,000. There was ex¬
pended about $1,800,000 in relief funds
and the total decrease of freight re¬
ceipts is placed at $28,000,000. The
aggregate loss is thererore approxi¬
mately $100,900,000.
Shaw Favors Ship Subsidies.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was
the principal guest at the first annual
banquet df the New Orleans board of
trade Saturday night. In the course
of his speech he strongly advocated
ship subsidies.
PACKERS HEAVILY FINED.
Missouri Supreme Court Hits Trust
Members a Big Whack.
The Armour, Cudahy, Swift, Ham¬
mond and Schwartzschilds & Sulzber¬
ger Packing companies, the five de¬
fendants in the ouster proceedings
brought by the attorney general of
Missouri against (he alleged beef com¬
bine last summer, were fined $5,000
each in the Missouri supreme court at
Jefferson City and ordered to pay the
costs of the case, which amount to
$5,000. Unless the fines and costs are
paid within thirty days, the defend¬
ants will be ousted from the state, so
the court orders.
CRUM IS REAPPOINTED.
Notwithstanding Opposition, Presi¬
dent Again Names Negro,
A Washington special says: The
President Friday reappointed Dr. W.
D. Crum, colored, collector of customs
at Charleston, S. C., and William M.
Byrne, United State district attorney
for Delaware. Both oi those nomina¬
tions failed of confirmation at the re¬
cent session of the senate.
PRESIDENT CASTRO RESIGNS
But Venezuelan Congress is Loth to
Let Him Go, and Beg His
Reconsideration.
;
A special from Caracas, Venezuela, i
says: President Castro has resigned.
He placed his resignation in the hands j
Df the Venezuelan congress after road- i
Ing the presidential message. i
In the ordinary course of events,
President Castro'3 term would have
ended February 20, 1908. IIo was
elected president of Venezuela last
year in February for six years. Ilo
had been elected provisional president I
Df Venezuela on March 30, 1901, by ;
the constituent assembly. Seuor Cas¬
tro, when tho presidency changed
hands some time previous to that date,
had proclaimed himself president, and
the United Slates government in No¬
vember, 1899, had oiTlcially recognized
the defacto government headed by
him. The action of the constituent as¬
sembly legalized hi3 position and in¬
vested him with the full powers of a
presidential ruler to the limit of Us
authority. Up to that time, while be¬
ing generally recognized as president
of Venezuela, ho had in reality been
simply dictator of the republic. A
year later, as already stated, the Vene¬
zuelan congress ratified his election
and regularly installed him as presi¬
dent of Venezuela for a term of six
years, dating from February 20, 1902.
Congress Refuses to Accept.
A later dispatch from Caracas says:
Tho Venezuelan congress, by a unani-
mous vote, has declined to accept
President Castro’s resignation, and
has passed a resolution requesting
him to reconsider his decision. It is
believed that President Castro will
yield to this expressed desire of con-
gress, and remain in power,
The News in Washington.
Saturday night Secretary Ilay re¬
ceived a dispatch from Mr. Russell,
the United States charge at Caracas,
confirming tho report of President Cas¬
tro's resignation, but stating that he
doubted if the Venezuelan congress
would accept it.
The first intimation received by Sec¬
retary Hay of President Castro's resig¬
nation was given him by the Associa¬
ted Press dispatch announcing the
fact. He would not discuss the mat¬
ter, however, beyond stating that the
news was unexpected.
Herbert W. Bowen, Venezuela’s
plenipotentiary in Washington, like¬
wise hod not been informed until
shown the dispatch.
CORPSES LEFT IN ROAD.
Two Wagon Loads of Dissected Cada¬
vers Deserted by Drivers.
Nows comes from Atlanta that
eighteen headless bodies of men and
women, white and black, were found
in four broken boxes on two wagons in
tho public road one mile from the city
Saturday morning.
The bodies had been taaon from the
Eclectic Medical college, where they
had been used by the Atlanta Dental
collego for dissecting purposes. They
had been placed In charge of David T.
Howard, a negro undertaker, for in¬
terment, and he had hired two negroes
to place the bodies in boxes early Fri¬
day night and take them to Oakview
cemetery, near the river. A thunder
Storm coming up so frightened ths>
drivers that they deserted the wagons
a mile from the city and returned with
their horses. All night long, the wag¬
ons with their grewsome freight, stood
in the public road, and one of them
was directly opposite a residence.
Tho eighteen bodies were incased
in four boxes of the type used as the
outside covering of a casket, and a
grave was to be dug for each of these.
This would necessitate five or six
bodies being In the same grave, ne¬
groes and white people, women and
men together, in indiscrlmnate heaps.
The people living in the neighbor¬
hood declare that investigation of tho
affair will be had. They seriously ob¬
ject to having wagon loads of decay¬
ing human bodies standing in front of
their houses all night and a big part of
the day.
Some of the boxes in which were
bodies had been broken by the weight
of human flesh. Headless bodies and
feet were hanging out of the ends of
these flimsy receptacles. Tho sight
was a most horrible and disgusting
one.
KILLED BY RUNAWAY CARS.
Three Killed and Half a Score Injured
in Peculiar Mine Accident.
The breaking of a coupling followed
by the runaway of a string of loaded
coal cars in the Sunshine mine at
South Fork, Pa., late Thursday after¬
noon, caused the death of inree men,
the fatal injury of one, and more or
less serious injury to nine others.
New Tobacco Company Incorporated.
The Hilson Company, capital $1,-
000,000, was incorporated a Trenton,
N. J., Thursday, to grow tobacco and
to manufacture cigars and cigarettes.
MIAMI’S NEW CHANNEL.
Active Work Degun on a Shorter Wa-
terway to the Sea.
Dredging began actively at Miami.
Fla., Thursday morning on the new
channel, 100 feet wide and 18 feet deep,
as provided by. recont congressional
enactment, The new channel to the
sea will be less than 3 mile3, whereas
the present intricate canal is seme 13
miles to deep water,
Cream of News.
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—The First national bank of Jack¬
sonville, the oldest bank in Florida,
closed Its doors Monday.
—Safe robbers got in their work
Monday at, Chattanooga, Tenn., and
at Lincolnton, N. C.
—Four prisoners were released trorn
prison at Jackson, Miss. Tuesday morn¬
ing by a woman.
—President Samuel Spencer denies
that he will retire from tho Southern
Railway and be succeeded by W. W.
Hnley.
—A complete roster of the officers
and enlisted men who served in the
federal and confederate armies will
bo prepared by tho government.
—Miss Marion Burdick, daughter of
Edwin L. Burdick, testified Monday
at the inquest, but nothing of impor¬
tance was elicited from her.
—Thirty-four graves will be opened
at Philadelphia in an effort to obtain
evidence against tho negro vodoo doc¬
tor who, it is alleged, ran a murder
factory.
—Taxes have caused riots in Portu¬
gal, resulting in the killing and wound¬
ing of many persons.
—Advices from Samoa state that the
hurricane which recently swept the
islands killed 600 people and caused
property I 033 of $500,000.
—It is reported in London that Whit¬
aker Wright, the promoter arrested in
New York, has letters involving the
British royal family in his operations.
—Over 1,000 acres of Houston coun¬
ty, Georgia, fruit lands were purchased
Tuesday by the Maine Valley Fruit
Company for orchard purposes.
—Rube Collins, of Albertsville, Ala.,
was shot five times while trying to
catch an eloping daughter.
—Governor Aycork, of North Caro¬
lina, has named State Auditor Dixon
to compile the roster of confederate
soldiers furnished by Ills state.
—It is probable that President
Roosevelt will extend his western trip
to Hawaii.
—C. S. North, of Boston, has been
appointed director of the census to
succeed former Governor Merriam, re¬
signed.
—The announcement that Grover
Cleveland will make a western trip
has caused Henry Watterson to attack
the former president
—By a vote of 73 to 5 tho senate
Tuesday ratified tho Panama canal
treaty. Every amendment was voted
down and the treaty passed as it came
from the state department.
—At the Burdick inquest, Charles S.
Park, business partner of the murder¬
ed man, said lie believed the crime
was committed by Arthur R. Pennell,
said to have been Mrs. Burdick’s lover.
—A revolution has broken out in
Uruguay which promises to prove for¬
midable. '
—Foreigners are fleeing from cer¬
tain provinces in China because of
Boxer outbreaks. It is said three mis¬
sionaries have been murdered.
—Shamrock III, which will try for
the American cup, was launched at
Glasgow Tuesday. Sir Tnomas Lip-
ton believes the yacht will prove a cup
winner.
—The king of Saxony has written a
letter to his people in regard to tne
elopement of Princess Louise. He
says the princess fell long ago.
—The cut in prices at the Athens,
Ga., dispensary has only caused an
Increase In the profits of the institu¬
tion.
—Seventeen negroes have been ar¬
rested at McRae, Ga., charged with
robberies from the Southern railway’s
freight depot.
—Pastor Williams, of Trinity Meth¬
odist church, at Savannan, Ga., Sun¬
day night reiterated his charges that
the Savannah courts are to blame for
tho prevalence of gambling.
—A Mississippi man convicted of
manslaughter has asked for a new
trial on the ground that a member of
the convicting jury is not an American
citizen.
—Mayor of Evansville, Ind., member
of labor union, was compelled to shut
off the gas from his house during the
boycott.
—Colcne! Cody (Buffalo Bill) writes
to the president, appealing for the pro¬
tection of underbrush on western
mountains from the ravages of sheep.
That unless this is done settlers will
have to move.
—During a storm in Havana harbor
Sunday, the crew of thc Dolphin, Sec¬
retary Moody’s vessel, rescued live
Cubans from drowning.
—King Edward bad a conierence
with Colonial Secretary Chamberlain
Sunday and taked about. Chamberlain’s
tour to South Africa.
—The Ocean Steamship Company
has contracted for two large steam¬
ships which will ply between Savan
nah and New York.
—At New Market, Ala., Joe Powers,
a white man, tried to exterminate an
entire family.
—It is alleged that Standard Oil
men are planning to secure control of
the American cotton trade.
—Count de Bostari had a joyous
time while circulating $250,000 in forg¬
ed checks in England.
NUMBER ID.
MORE OAFS ARE CU1
Resistless Waters Continue De¬
struction of Levees.
VAST AREAS MOW FLOWED
City of Memphis Is Already Over¬
crowded with Refugees—Govern¬
ment Asked for Aid and Tents
are Promptly Furnished.
The fooling of hope that was pro-
Juced Thursday by the Mississippi riv¬
er coming to a stand at Memphis with
(0.1 feet on the gauge was dispelled
Friday by the occurrence of two addi¬
tional breaks in the St. Francis levees
north of the first crevasse ->t Trice's
landing, Ark., and grave reports re¬
ceived from Mississippi points as well
a 3 by a rise of one tenth of a foot at
Memphis.
Tho St. Francis levees gave way at
Random Shot and Shawnee village,
Ark., the first about 42 miles from
Memphis and the socond about 35
miles. Both crevasses are reported to
bo serious, the one at Shawnee being
tho worst of the three. The two breaks
will probably slightly increase the wa¬
ter in the territory of Arkansas which
was flooded by tho break at Trlco’s,
and in addition they are flooding a vast
scope cf country which has thus far
been free of any considerable amount
of water. The situation therefore in
Arkansas is much complicated and
made more grave than at any time dur¬
ing the flood.
Just what, will be the extent of the
damago and suffering will not be
known for several days and the calam¬
ities have ccme so thick and fast that
relief measures have been and must be
for several days ‘ completely inade¬
quate.
The long line of levees that guard
the river front of Mississippi and pro¬
tect tho vast and fertile delta region
of that state and which have thus far
stood firm against the great flood are
reported to bo in a critical condition
at many points and news of disasters
from that country will not be sur-
prising. At points the water is seeping
th'-ough the embankments, flooding vil-
lages and plantations, and at other
places the embankment Is overtopped
by the flood and enormous quantities
of water are being discharged into the
country behind the earthworks. Tho .
most encouraging feature is the fact
(hat the river here has remained sta¬
tionary and that a falling stage is re¬
ported from St. Louis, Cairo anti other
points on the Mississippi and its tribu¬
taries.
Refugees are continuing to arrive in
Memphis in great numbers, and the
facilities are completely too limited to
for them. In response to a tele-
asking for aid lrom Mayor WI1-
Secretary of War Root, has an¬
that he will supply all needed
as well as provisions for the
Tents for the Refugees.
This order will oe accepted and it
will be of great assistance to the au¬
thorities in handling the proposition
for caring for the needy. Those tents
will be pitched on vacant lots and
commissaries will be established so
that all the destitute may be cared
for. Secretary Root was authorized
by tho cabinet to give the aid sought
and the prompt action of the secretary
and tho cabinet have given the great¬
est satisfaction to the people of the
city, as well as to those of the sur¬
rounding territory who have been at¬
tempting to cope with the grave situa¬
tion that confronts tnem.
Out of tho refugee situation there
is growing a great hardship on tho
city and the planters of the regions
that are not as yet flooded.
Anxiety at Vicksburg.
A special from Vicksburg says: The
levees around Palmyra island, which
Includes tho old Jefferson Davis home¬
stead, will be cut to prevent devasta¬
tion by the flood. Showers, accompa-
ned by a stiff northwest wind, have
caused increased anxiety for the safety
of the levees in thia section. A more
rapid rise cf the river is also noted,
the gangs registering 50.1 Friday
night, a rise of six-tenths in twenty-
four hours.
•»r
WOULD-BE VOTERS MEET.
National Women's Suffrage Associa¬
tion in Annual Convention.
The National Woman’s Suffrage As¬
sociation began its annual convention
in New Orleans Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt pre-
siding.
Mayor Capdeville, Manager Richard¬
son, of the Progressive Union, and Ed*
gar H. Farrar, were tne welcoming
speakers, Mrs. Catt not only respond¬
ed, but read her annual report. Susan
B. Anthony and Rev. Anna Shaw
were the other speakers.
INTERNATIONAL LOVE MATCH.
Son of President of Cuba tupes With
American School Girl.
It was learned in New York Thurs¬
day that an international love match,
in which the principals were Jose
Palma, arid a student at Columuia univer¬
sity son of Tomas Estrada Palma,
president of the Cuban republic, and
Miss Mabel Jacobs, a pretty normal
school girl, daughter of a wealthy to¬
bacco importer, culminated on Fettru-
ry 11 in the elopement and mfifriage
.£ the two young people*