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CAR.NE iVIIXE
VOLUME VI.
FORTY MEET DEATH
As Result of Frightful Col¬
lision on Illinois Central.
MAJORITY WERE NEGROES
In Addition, Twenty-Three are Injured,
and cf These Twenty Were Col¬
ored-Wreckage Caught Fire
and Many Bodies Burned.
A rear end collision on tho Illinois
Central railroad near Kentwood, l.a.,
85 miles from New Orleans, at 7:30
Saturday night resulted in the kill¬
ing of forty people and injuring of
twenty-three. Thlrty-ntne of tho dead
and twenty of the injured are negroes.
Tho collision was between the Me-
Comb City accommodation train and
the northern express bound to Chi¬
cago.
Tho McComb City train left Now
Orleans at 3:50 p. m. It should have
sidetracked to let tho express, which
left at 5:20, go by, but got behind be¬
fore reaching, Kentwood. Near that
station the express ran it down. The
rear coach of the accommodation, fill¬
ed with negroes, many of thorn section
hands who had been picked up on tho
way, was completely wrecked. The
engine of the express did not leave
the track, and after an four’s delay
tho through train proceeded on her
way.
Physicians from McComb City and
Kentwood were sent to the scene of
the wreck to attend the inlured.
Most of the bodies were burned to
a crisp, some of the wreckage having
caught lire soon after tho collision.
MRS. SMYTHE PRESIDENT.
United Daughters cf the Confederacy
Elect New Officers.
At the closing secoion of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy at
Charleston, Mrs. Augustine T. Smythe,
of that city, was elected president of
tho United Daughters of the Confed¬
eracy by 3 vote of 74G to 425 over
Mrs. Henderson, of Mississippi.
Upon the conclusion of the call of
states, and before the result of '.he
voting had been' announced, Mrs.
Henderson withdrew her name, and
moved that the election of Mrs.
Smythe be mads unanimous, and this
motion was carried.
Tho election of the other officers re¬
sulted as follows: First vice presi¬
dent, Mra Basil Dukes, of Kentucky;
second vice president, Mrs. J. D.
Bealie, of Alabama; recording socre
tary, Mrs. John P. Hickman, of Ten¬
nessee; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Virginia F. McShcrry, of West Vir¬
ginia; treasurer, Mrs. Jane J. Leigh,
of Virginia; custodian, Mrs. S. B. Gab-
bett, of Georgia. The lard four offi¬
cers were re-elected.
St. Louis was selected as the place
for the next meeting of the order.
LAEOR BIFFS ROOSEVELT.
President’s Name Brought Up in Con¬
nection With Miller Case.
President Roosevelt’s name and his
action in the so-called Miller open
shop case were brought before the
convention of the American Federa¬
tion of Labor, in session at Boston,
Mass., when several delegates criti¬
cised his decision not to discriminate
against non-union labor in federal em¬
ployment. Tile question came before
the convention in the way of a re¬
port regarding open shops. The sub¬
stance of the resolution was that the
“open shop,” whether under private
or government control, “cannot bo
recognized by organized labor."
AMERICANS WIN POINT.
Dominicans Yield to Demands and
Will Appoint Arbitrator.
A dispatch from San Domingo states
that United States Minister Poxvell
has finally carried his point against
the Dominican government that it
should f.<ree to (he provisions of tho
protocol and appoint arbitrators.
MONEY LENDERS INDICTETD.
Justice Court Bailiffs A'so Charged
With Misdemeanors.
As a result of the investigation by
the Fulton county grand jury, at At¬
lanta, Ga., into alleged Irregularities
ot the money lending business, nine
true bills wore returned Wednesday
by the grand jury against three bail¬
iffs and two money lenders.
Bailiff M. F. Barnes, ot Jugtice
Bloodworth’s court, three true bills;
R. F. Mauldin, of Justice Shirloy’B
court, one true bill; B. F. Ozbyrn,
money lender, two true bills; L. B.
firmer, money lender, one true bill,
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DECISION NOT BINDING.
According to Pennsylvania Judg;, Ar»
bitratlon Commission Was N, G.
At Supbury, Pa., Thursday, Judge
Auten has rendered an opinion, In
which he decides that in the eyes of
the law the decision of Ihe anthracite
strike commission is not binding on
either the miners or the operators.
This is the first legal decision on thc
subject,
»am of
Brit* Summary of Most
1 1 lportant Events
of Each Day.
—Th- dieted violator* of tho law at
Qalneat Is, Qa., who havo been or
dtired t. leave Hall rounty, announce
that the. will way and fight the Law.
and Ord r League In the courts. Whis¬
ky ndvo ales have bad another prohi¬
bition o' ctlon called.
—A - ovement I* on foot to bring
back to leorgla remnant ot tho Irwin
county i dony of negroes who cmlgrnt
ed to ’ berla, many of whom have
*......... * ,h0 MlMl
-Th, reunion of ficergl. Cmdclcr
ato \et ran* at Augusta came to a
close T irsday. Itomo gotg the next
reunion N
—Th» synod of Alabami, in session
at Unit. Springs, voted in favor ol
accc ,ii Atlanta’s proposition Tor
tho big TcsbytorUn unlvorstty.
— ''he United States circuit court
of appsr s ha : decided against Whit-
wcll In he stilt, which he brought
against he tobacco trust because the I
combine refused th octl him goods.
-Tho Hyde liner Chorokeo, which
has arrl >d at Nov, York from Sail
to Ilomli -o, reports that several shots
were fir 1 across her bows by the i
Domlnlci i war ship
-Repr sentatlve Crumpackor, ol
'niliaua, \a* again Introduced a bill
to rut d< vn tho representation of thc
noutli be *an*o of tho disfranchise
ment cl e negro.
—Anni Greyer and several other
clerk« hi o been dismissed from tho
Tt. Louts uostofilce because they plot
ted the t moval of Postmaster B&um-
holf.
—Dem, ratio ton a tors have deter¬
mined to oppose the ratification of a
canal t, ( ty with tho new Republic
of Pana.r. .
—The ueotlnn ci tho eligibility of
Reed Sm ot. the Mormon, to a feat
in the s< ato was discussed in that
body Tin ?day.
—Accoi it ,g. to a report issued at
Washingt a, Atlanta, Ga.. leads all
tho large postofficcs in the Un’.ted
Stales in the percentage of increase
in receipt for the month of October.
1903, over the same month in 1902.
—Tho 1 resbytcriim synod of Geor¬
gia at Its meeting in Ilrunswlck over¬
whelming indorsed tho proposed
million di lar univers ty to be estab¬
lished in ItlanU by merging Clarks¬
ville and lolumbia universities.
—R. H, Burton, ol,Columbus, Ga.,
who staht 3(1 his son to death when
the boy ct ,*eed him. has been indicted
for mtirde by the Muscogee county
grand Jurj.
—At Fall River and Taunton, Mass.,
alt the ensloyes of the cotton mills,
about 32,00 in number, have been
notified cf a 10 per cent reduction 111
wages. Ti e order will will probably
cause a g leral strike, tnrowing 80,*
000 men oi t of employment.
—It is i lid that the democrats in
congress w 1 attack the course ot the
President :, tho Panama matter.
—The ff ir that the president may
appoint n, gru officers over white
troops is mpairing the efficiency ol
the national guard in the southern
states, acc irdlng to the report of Ad¬
jutant General Hall, of tho Unite!
States army.
—Miss .Vargaret Hobson, sister of
Captain R. chmond Pearson Hobson
has been s led for $10,000 damages by
her negro laid, who charges false ar¬
rest in c( inectlon with the loss of
Hobson’s fiamond medal.
—Secret ry of Agriculture Wilson
has purcho ed 300 tons ol Georgia cot¬
ton seed f r distribution in Texas in
an effort i t alley the ravages of the
boil weevl
—Tho n< gro congress, In session at
Washingto , urges Attorney General
Knox to d Rend the fifteenth amend¬
ment from the flUackn being made
on it.
—The In reduction of the Stars and
Stripes at tho close of a play in a
Montreal t 1 eatie causod a riot.
—Severs 1 hundred potltlono pro-
testing agu nit Reed Smoot retaining
Ills seat (i ; United. States senator
from Utah. have been filed in 'he
senate,
—Hon. ’illinm J. Bryan and his
son sailed or Kuropo Thu; .lay. Mr.
Bryan refu ed to discuss tho Panama
situation.
—Tho tr ith annual convention ol
the Unltei Daughters of ihe C'.mfcd-
eracy was ailed to order at. Charles
ton Thurad ,y.
—Judge Umonfon, of tho United
States dre It court, revoked the or¬
der naming receivers for the Olympia
mil's, of C ttmWa, a. c.
- A geni ni strike In tho northern
Colorado c d fltb!s*hag been declared,
About IM men will be Idle.
against, —Colonjl the ictlon a lodges formal protsst
of tho United States
tn recent e cuts in Panama.
—Dowlc enounced his congregation
in New Ym : Sunday night as a scraw¬
ny and nili cable set.
—The ci mention of the American
Federation 1' Labor opened in Fanuell
hall, Blstoi Monday for a session ci
ten days,
CARNESVI ,LE. GA.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1903.
M E MILITIA WAIN
: r of Black Officers Hat
Mi ^ jlmpaircd the Service,
I ADJUTANT GENERAL
~zr*'
M fjS inual Report Hall Declares that
v. lie Fe-ir Has Been Unfortun-
atoiy Accentuated by South¬
ern Newspapers.
*
W a8b * n * ,on H'ectal says: Fear
//V under the president’s orders
////A WM ■ national guard*man may *
« lied to servo under negro «R
,, 1 , rs thc efflelencr „f the
i
| ' military organizations . in . ‘
, according to the annual report
( Hall,which
ting Adjutant General
0 public. Much of
. ust been untile
*' '• J°|>n 1 the national
< °foilov eport 1r devoted to
i, e 1 and Us reorganization under the
K Medl, militia law. In many of tho
*' i
tlemen ern states the military organiza-
ueysai are reported poorly equipped
advert narked opposition to the organi-
' 1 °t the exists in some places,. Coio-
*, i ir
vl 1 “* {aU discusses this as follows in
h, >yport:
ul ,rju! some cities of Virginia. Gcor-
g! \? — urc J ‘\ "prejudiced Louisiana the minde the newspapers of thfe mil-
hi “ icobFle'; by their distorted vows. The
ti Ilrooklyr en
lg expressed in somo southern
-- now a -unities that under the presi-
« ty-flvr dera whi - e national guards-
, cl -
Jnl n a; jg* a t be compelled to serve un-
® tfieig. i ored mnmnder and still
_ co CO
ha! infia t believo that they are state
** . antl should not be orllered lor
! mavbe >' All these ex-
te form outside the state.
- i, however, are to be regarded
a oradic rather than contagious,
a r ,s . the Intent of the law becomes
and S HU j understood, with it is perhaps believed some that
S’ (MM *t legislation,
" osition w,!l be c ° nflned to such
- icilable elements as are not to
.
' gSQHEr' itofied with anything less than
j .iEAMA B : (ijliUon of all agencies that make
fi>. ue preservation of law and or-
■
actual strength of the army on
: er 15, 1903, was 3,781 offirers
° n
aL ’ JlSJSOO enlisted men. There were enil-
lo~t IdSFVy” -jo the army during the year
ed . J ,' J f Ir J't ne 30, 1903, 29,279 men, as Jol-
'°q ^ D ,i hundred twenty-five and thirty-eight killed offi¬
cers 4 m j of whom were
g J; fion or died of wounds or dia-
m ‘ ft! 28,141 enlisted men, of whom
837 . |jg-"ere killed in action or died of
worn ; d-„ Is or disease, the remainder rep-
resej’i ting men discharged for expira-
tlon ((■ \fji >f term of service, for disability,
by sjj | ’ ntence of court martial, deser-
lions i and retirements,
Fo 31J’ ; cy-two officers resigned and sev-
enty- |i«e retired; 5,053 enlisted men
de3ei ■jjK* * Jbd .lotion and is 203 directed retired. the work
Atvi to
of m f e ‘ ■ itary attaches abroad, which (he
repo: iijf f ‘s states has been very satisfac-
tory ft ,; ^ r ^,jfnd proves the wisdom cf select*
ing ,icers peculiarly adapted to this
c te semi-diplomatic work.
delici jjffO?,!:.
X PRESIDENTIAL JOKE.
i
“^an R ran n a Jack Rabbit Jumped Too
■ P-’- toon for His Own Good.”
All 11 lx kind Washington is talking about a
r ni renvorsation that occurred Wed-
little co!b between the president and
uesdii r Adamson. The judge had call-
Judge 3IANC
ed at ^ :he white house and said:
“M President, my only business Is
to pafc-^ n Z ™T. C 8 \ " 6 r S ae0
of ’“ftp!!; ,J3 IS S v Tan-? - P * H
Ss aVffnn' ' president: "I am always
i a see you, , but . . I am especially . ,,
- delif ed to see * you 5 today and speak- *
. „ ‘Br , er Rabbit, , reminds me that .
? Jack Rabbit on the isthmus
3 ’row Dfi one time too many for his
g0ad m
M--rr.ua, f . .darason replied: “I guess that
1 e jumped he was disappointed
11 kshirr did not against bowleg-
that ; run a
god J j ’, sident who could not head him
in ? oke the president
1 amused very
mu, '. ;i'diate p ;id he repeated it to nearly all
of lllers during the remainder of
•X ’’Rtf.
ft/ABA ILLS FREE OF COURTS.
tenue,
Jui.gt Revokes Order Naming Recciv-
Si'S I ,'or Olympia Cotton Factory.
■’) t .,e United States circuit court
at f ,mond, Va., Judge Simonton
dismi : d the receivers appointed for
the 0,; .-lpia cotton mills in Columbia,
S. C. ,i $2,500,000 corporation, and
dlssoll ; thc injunction that had been
grant< h a dl en appointed In the
The,cured reivers were
suit that eonard Phinizy against the
o further hearing Judge
m m g iininch i >• on a
Simoni' ^ u. reversed his action.
Thii ( will occasi n ■ft their the plan mills, of It reorganization. is stated, to
carry i> ■
ipsiciai _
tb “ .L TO REPUBLICANS.
NatlorBottle, fan orcii Committee to Meet in Wash-
.
supply ,ton December 11th.
Sen fives rel c.c Hanna, chairman of iihe
ropub; national committee, has
mallei each member of the com
rnittei I t letter calling them to meet
at hi ' ( .ubngton hoti-l, Washington
Frl iaj J I,Tiber llth. Tho call ah;':
lore Perry S. Heath, secretary
Is M «;i days; cf
of the in 30 to o.vi Mttee.
given fre
HEPORT NOT BELIEVED.
Washington Official® Scoff at Warlike
Stories from Colombia—No Army
Allowed to Approach Panama.
A Washington special says: Tho
state department had no Unowledgo
up to a late hour Saturday night of
tho marching of any army from Co¬
lombia upon the isthmus of Panama,
anil the officials state that were any
such movement in progress It would
certainly be Informed by its agents In
the south, tho cables being still open.
The officials scout tho Idea that any
such inarch is in progress, as the
president of Colombia is reported to
have described to tho president of
Ecuador. It is assume! in Wahlngton
that tho ‘’army’’ said to bo marching
on Panama was nothing more than a
few men, perhaps 500 all told, that
were about to embark at Buena Von-
tura a few days ago when they were
turned back from the Isthmus by no¬
tice of tho determination of the Uni¬
ted States naval commanders to allow
no landings in that quarter. These
troops, cannot reach the isthmus by
water and the officials here are posi¬
tive that they cannot do bo by land.
Tho character of tho country is such
that there is no subsistence for an
army on the route of wild mountain
twills and the passages through the
morasses that tie between Colombia
prope r and the isthmus. Even if there
were subsistence the trails are so
roug h that it would require many
weeks or even months lor even a
small army to make tho journey.
But there are more than physical
obstacles in the way of tho approach
of an army upon Panama. The effl
cialsi do not care to express publicly
their plans, but enough has --- been _
gloaned from the instructions given
our nava j commanders to make It
ev j dcn t that never again will the isth-
ruus become the seat of warfare, so
j op g aa the United States government
can prevent it.
TO TEST ANTI BOYCOTT LAW.
Contest on in Birmingham Against
New Alabama Statute.
The teat of the anti-boycott law
adopted by the recent general assem¬
bly of Alabama, i? on in earnest at
Birmingham with the arrest of one
mand and warrants Issued for many
others, all union men and charged
with embarrassing the Alabama Steel
and Wire Company in Us business at
Virginia City, where that company op¬
erates a mine which it has been at¬
tempting to make non-union several
months, during which time there have
been numerous collisions between its
UHployes and tho union men, many
irreats ,prosecutions for contempt of
lourt, several injunctions and what,
tot, all owing to the determined posi-
icn taken by either side.
The Labor League of Alabama has
alien up the cudgel of the union men
,md employed the best talent in the
i,ate to defend the accused. They
.re arrested under the conspiracy
muse of the anti-boycott law. Tho
ase will be fought through the state
ourts and may go to the supreme
ourt of the United States.
BILTMORE ESTATE LEASED.
‘ast Acres of Vanderbilt to Be Used
as Hunting Preserves,
The deal which has been pending
, , AaheviUe , N . C., for some time be-
,, veen Q eorge Vanderbilt and Ed-
, l;ar B Moor0( of Kenilworth for th"
, agjng Qf the BjItmore estate was
, . impleted Saturday.
With the exception of 1,000 acres
’ ™<*'*<*y surrounding tne Biltmore
’ an S ‘° n ’ Mr ’ ^ oare Wil | have contr '> 1
1 ir f ten years of the vast estate vrhl 1 h 1
“
* >vers „ an area of . 125 ’ 000 ac:res Thi s
-
great tract of land will be converted iu.ivi.riia
: <* . h tin
1 u ” f Preserves.
A c * , ub °' 100 m8 ? bers ’ represent-
1 ’S t the hI B her aristocratic circles,
T 1,1 be for, ” ed Mr - Moore for the
’ lr P° se of hunting and fishing on the
e f ‘ ate ’ Z 18 salfl ,hat ,hese preserves
k 1 ,,e tbe beEt stocked in (he coun-
' y- Deer, bear, grouse, turkey and
q ,ail abound in large numbers. A
s iff of rangers and guards will pa-
t >1 the estate to prevent the en-
c oachments ot poachers.
ANCIENT GEORGIA RECORDS.
R 'ceived from London by Ex-Governor
Candler for Transscrlption.
Former Governor Candler, who Is
c in piling Ihe revolutionary and Con-
fi derate records of 'Georgia, has rc-
c ived from London several volumes
o, the minutes of thfe ; executlv o coun-
cl of Georgia embracin S a period of
3. years, from 1732 to 1752.
These records were not in thc Geor-
p i file, having been stolen or mis-
P aced, and It. was necessary for Hie
1< t islanire to appropriate a sum of
rr, ney to have them transcribed from
tl e original copies, which are now in
L mion in tbe government library.
BUST OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
li. Offered United States by France to
Replace One Destroyed.
Secretary Hay has received through
A ubassador Porter a letter asking
him to accept, on behalf oi thp gov-
ei ament, a marble bust of Washing-
ti i, to replace the one presented by
r Httce which burned in the fire wbi- h
d< itroyed the library of congress De-
c< inber 24, 1851.
COUP CONDEMNED.
Democrats Will Oppose a
Treaty With Panama.
ILLEGALITY IS CLAIMED
Steering Committee in Congress
Unanimous in Condemnation of
Recognition of New Govern,
ment cf Panama. ^
Democratic senators havo dete.-
mined to oppose the ratification of a
canal treaty with the new republic
of Panama, should tho administration
enter upon treaty negotiations with
that comraltteo. The democratic steer¬
ing committee is said to be unanimous
in condemnation of the recognition
tho United States has given to tho
creation of a new government on tho
isthmus, though tho announcement
has been made that no course of op¬
position has been definitely adopted.
It has been learned upon the au-
thority of a member of tho democrat-
le steering committee that the sent!-
ment oi the committee is to attack
any effort to open negotiations with
tho new republic and go before the
country In support of the Spooner
act, to show the party is not antago-
nistic to the building of a canal. I*
is claimed that the law is on the side
of tho democratic program inasmuch
as tho Spooner act is a republican
measure. This act authorizes the
president to proceed to the construc¬
tion of a canal on the Nicaragua and
Costa Rica route in the event negotia¬
tions with Colombia are not concluded
within a rcaonable time for the Pana-
ma route.
GEORGIA VETERANS ADJOURN.
State Reunion at Augusta Comes to
a Close—Rome Gets Next Meeting.
The Georgia Confederate reunion
came to a close in Augusta Thursday.
The verdict is unanimous tnat tt was
the greatest in the history of Georgia.
It was almost like a general reunion
of the United Confederate Veterans
rather than a state reunion.
At the clos ng session
for tho next reunion were
with appropriare speeches from Rome,
Macon and AEliedgeville, but the se-
lectibn of Rome was made
amid great enthusiasm.
An interesting incident occurred
Thursday afternoon in the parlors ot
*ho Albion, when Adjutant General A.
C. Oxford, of the Fourth Alabama
brigade, United Confederate Veterans,
presented to little Miss Louise G«lt,
of Kentucky, a costly and beautiful
badge as United Confederate Veteran
sponsor for life for the state of Ala¬
bama.
Miss Galt came into the affections
of tho veterans through her refusal,
somo time ago, fo sing “Marching
Through Georgia" In a
school.
FIRED ON CLYDE LINER.
Dominican War Vessel Sends 81
Across the Cherokee’s Bow.
The Clycie line steamer Chero|teo
arrived at New York Friday from :lai>
to Domingo. Intelligence of the exist¬ ;5n-
surrectlon reports an exciting
ence with a Dominican man of V/af,
by which the Cherokee was sto/ipcd
several times, on one ocuasion ‘shots
being fired across her bows and 'On an¬
other the ship eluding the war vessel
under cover of darkness.
ATLANTA HEADS POSTAL RECORD
Georgia Capital Shows Largest In¬
crease for the Month of October.
According to a Washington dis¬
patch, Atlanta, Ga., heads the list of
all the large postofflees in the country
in tho percentage of iner'eased rove-
■ ue for October, 1903, over the same
month of last. year.
Tho records of the fifty largest
cities of tho country were given out
at tho postoffico department Friday
afternoon
WILL STUDY RACE PROBLEM.
Sociological Society Natnes Commit¬
tee to Make Investigatiori.
Tho National Sociological Society,
to consider the race pnoblem, dosed
its sessions at Wash ini? ton by the
adoption of a series of resolutions) on
the subject. One of Ihe important
results of tho meeting was tho crea¬
tion of a mixed special committee of
six members, three from each race, io
carry the plans and conclusions into
effect, to lay the matter before con¬
gress, to gather material and to aid
as a permanent body In the solution,
of the nace problem.
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ALABAMA SYNOD ACTS.
Presbyterians Vote Favorably on Mer¬
ger of Colleges at Atlanta.
thc Alabamq. synod in session at
Union Springs, Thursday, the ques¬
tion of uniting the Southwestern Pres¬
byterian university and the college at
Columbia, S. C., and tbe establishment
of a big university at Atlanta, Ga., was
decided favorably by an almost unani¬
mous vote,
MILLS HAVE CUT WAGES
Cotton Factories In New England
Announce 10 Per Cent Reduction.
80,000 Workers Affected.
About thirty-two thousand opera¬
tives In cotton mills lu Massachusetts
were notified Wednesday of a ten per
rent reduction In wages. If it Is fol¬
lowed by the step which Is usually
taken when the mill owners of Rhode
Inland and Connecticut take similar
action, 80,000 men will be out of em¬
ployment.
Tho notice of the reduction was
posted In nil the cotton mills of Kail
Klver, where 30,000 operatives are
employed, and also at Taunton, where
2,000 mill workers are affected. The
reduction In Fall River goes into ef¬
fect November 28 and that at Taun¬
ton five days earlier..
The cutdown is attributed to tho
unsettled state of trade, resulting
from the high price of raw material,
and to a pronounced hesitation to buy
on the part of the usual purchasers.
The action taken in Fall River is ot
widespread importance, since a step
of this nature in that city usually is
followed by mill owners in southern
nnd cc utral Massachusetts, Rhode Is¬
land nnd eastern Connecticut, where
a total of about 50,000 men are em-
ployed. It is thought that no general
strike will bo ordered at thi3 time by
the Textile Workers’ Union, which is
.arranging to consider the situation,
It was learned that the reduction
was decided upon at a conference ot
Fail River men in Boston November
2. Ahant eighty mills, owned by forty
corporations, are represented in the
organization. Most of the local mills
make print cloths and coarser goods,
although a few of them are engaged
tho manufacture of line goods. Tho
mills of Fall River, Now Bedford,
Rhode Island and those nt numerous
points In central and westorn Massa-
together with mills in cast-
Connecticut, made n general art-
vance In wnges early In 1002. The
rot I on mills ol northern New England
did not increase their scale and tt Is
not considered probable that the pres¬
ent change in southern New England
will affect the Industry further
CLEAR ROAD FOR TREATY.
Speaker Cannon is Notified cf With¬
drawal of All Opposition.
Speaker Cannon was assured Wed¬
nesday by one of the most prominent
leaders of the opposition to Cuban
reciprocity in the last congress that
there would be little or no opposition
among republicans to the bill carry¬
ing into -effect the Cuban reciprocity
treaty.
The. speaker was assured that the
sentiment among tne republicans was
to s/md by the speaker, that it would
be ‘impolitic to have a division of the
party at tho beginning ot the session.
The senate began business in ear¬
nest Wednesday by receiving for the
first, time during the session a num¬
ber of petitions and a number of bills.
One petition protested against Sena¬
tor Smoot remaining in the senate.
In preeenting a numerously signed
petition asking the senate to expedite
ihe consideration of the charges
against Mr. Smoot, Mr Hoar took oc¬
casion to remind the senders of the
petitions bearing upon Mr. Smoot’s
case that, the proceeding is out of or¬
der and improper. Ho based his re¬
marks upon a purely judicial proceed¬
ing to be determined by the laws and
tho constitution of the United States'.
The senate at 12:20 went into exec¬
utive session and adjourned at 1:45
p. m.
The house convened at 12 o’clock.
After prayer by the chaplain and the
reading of tbe journal Messrs. C. C.
Heed and Minor Wallace and T. B.
'Kyle, of Ohio, were eworn in as mam- !
hors of the house.
On motion of Mr. Payne, the house,
at 12:05 p. m., adjourned.
Reply to Colombia's Protest.
The reply of thc state department
to the protest of Dr. Herran, the Co¬
lombian charge, was forwarded to him
Wednesday. It, was merely a forma)
acknowledgment that tho protest had 1
been received.
BILL AIMED AT TAYLOR.
Kentucky Congressman Seeks to Have
Extradition Law Amended.
Rdpnfescntatjve James, of Ken¬
tucky, lias introduced in congress a
amending the extradition section
the revised statutes so as to re¬
quire state officers to arreet and de¬
liver persons who are fugitives frum
justice from other states, upon the
presentation of proper warrants sign¬
ed by tho governor of the state mak¬
ing tho requisition. The bill is
ed to cover the. case of former Gover¬
nor Taylor, of Kentucky.
COLOMBIA MAY REPENT.
Prospect cf Negotiations Being Re, j S
sumed in Canal Treaty Matter.
Reports were current in Washing- j
ton Monday night to the offeot that an
effort was making whereby negotia
tlons for a Panama canal treaty migh:
yet be resumed with Colombia, not
withstanding the defection of the de-
partment of Panama and the establish-
ment of an independent government
there, _
NUMBER 1.
TO SUBDUE PANAMA
Colombia Said to be March¬
ing Great Army to Isthmus.
WASHINGTON IS ADVISED
Four Corps, Under F our General**
Delegated by President Morro-
quin to Contest for Control i
of Territory.
According to advices from Guayaquil,
General Plaza, president of Ecuador,
cabled to President MafToquin, of Co¬
lombia, sympathizing with him in tho
recent events on the isthmus o? Pan¬
ama. •
President Marroquin replied thank¬
ing General Plaza and adding that
General Reyes, Cabelleros, Ospina and
Holguin were marching on Panama
with a large army to subdue the isth¬
mus. .
Punish “Isthmian Traitors.”
Tho Colombian minister to Peru has
published in Lima cablegrams receiv¬
ed from his government, dated at Bo¬
gota, November 10, 11 and 12, respec¬
tively. The cablegrams say that the
Colombian government has taken
measures to suppress “the isthmian
traitors” and add that all the parties
and classes have offered to the gov¬
ernment their lives and property in
defense of the national territory.
What Will Uncle Sam Do?
Rumors were current in Washing¬
ton Friday that the government in¬
tended to send United States troops
to the Isthmus of Panama, but posi¬
tive official denials were made that
such was the intention of the adminis¬
tration which some time ago asserted
its purpose to prevent fighting that
would endanger the free transit of the
isthmus. *
Situation at Bogota Critical.
It is rumored that the situation at
Bogota is extremely critical, and that
there is a continuance of the manifes¬
tations of furious despair over (he
loss of tho isthmus. The feeling
against President, Marroquin is grow¬
ing in intensity and one rumor has it
that he has been deposed. The popu¬
lace of Bogota is talking of sending a
big expedition to recapture the isth¬
mus at any cost, in their excitability
losing sight of the futility of such an
attempt, ft Is believed here that Ad¬
miral Glass, commander or the Uni¬
ted States Bqundron, wifi soon call of¬
ficially on the junta, and that his
pquadron will salute the flag of the
republic.
ANDREW GREEN MURDERED.
"Father of Greater New York” Shot
to Death by Crazy Negro.
Andrew' H. Green, tho “Father of
Greater New York," and one of the
city’s oldest and most remarkable
citizens, was shot and instanlly killed
on the oteps of his home, on Park
avenue, New York city, Friday, by
Cornelius M. Williams, a negro who is
believed to be insane.
The shooting was evidently the out¬
come of an insane delusion on the
part, of tho negro that Mr. Green had
slandered him, for when ho was
asked why he had committed the mur¬
der, he replied: “I did it to save my
character.”
There were three witnesses to the
tragedy, Mrs. Anna Bray, a domestic
in Mr. Green’s family; Emil Mlchel-
sen, an errand boy, and Patrick Dyer,
a cabman,
__
Parker Head of Olympian Mills.
At a meeting of die directors of the
Olympia cotton mills at Columbia,
S. C., Friday, W. B. Smith-Whaley re¬
signed the presidency, and L. W. Par¬
ker, of Greenville, was elected presi¬
dent temporarily.
ON MISSION OF PEACE. -
ir
Officers Leave Colombian Capi ^ f or
Isthmus of Panama.
A delayed dispatch 'fro m Bogota
states that Generals Rey es, Holguin
and Ospina left there on November
10 for Panama on a diplomatic mis¬
sion with full powers t0 offer the isth
.
mus a satisfactor y treaty and such
other concession ag majr bring the
isthmus back , 0 ( be Colombian union.
It is expected that amicable ar-
rangemer.tS will be made and such are
heartily* desired in Bogota.
COTTON IN JAMAICA.
Report Made that Island 'is Suitable
for Cultivation of the Staple.
Sir Daniel Morris, imperial agricu'-
tural commissioner to the West I
dies, addressing a large Catherine
planters, at Jamaica, reported onm
recent tour of tne American
states. , ,
Sir Daniel said that maav o£
the districts of the island of Jam-W
were suitable for the cultivation of
cotton, portancp anti he strongly urged* the im
of establishing the industry
on an extensive scaie, :