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QUESTION OF COLOR CUTS NO FIGURE Roosevelt Anxious to Be Strictly Impartial. HOOD MEN ONLY ARE WANTED If Republicans are Unavailable Hold Democrats Will Have The Call, Says President. A Washington special says: At the cabinet meeting Friday the question of southern appointments generally again came up and the president reit erated his policy of appointing j\.pub licans, if suitable applicants could be found, and, if not, of appointing gold democrats. His policy in this respect meets the approval of the cabinet. With a positiveness almost convinc ing, it is stated that the president has definitely decided to appoint Dr. V. P. Clayton, of Columbia, collector of in ternal revenue for South Carolina, as already indicated in the Associated Press dispatches. The turning down of Mr. Blalock was so unexpected that cautious persons are disposed to wait until the president puts his official signature to the commission before proceeding to gossip on the subject. President Roosevelt is experiencing considerable political impatience and personal discomfiture in trying to ad just his policy in dealing out federal patronage in the south on a strictly meritorious basis. He does not hesi tate to state to his personal friends, and make it perfectly plain, that with in the past week ho lias been deceived by misrepresentations made in behalf of certain aspirants for office and their friends. ile is perfectly sincere in his desire to emphasize the merit system in mak ing appointments in the south as well as in the north, the east and the west. He has remarked to more than one southern delegation within the last few days that a man’s complexion, be it black or white, shall not operate to his advantage or disadvantage in the distribution of federal patronage. The president has endeavored to impress upon all of his political callers the fact that he proposes to exercise his best judgment in selecting the best availa ble man for every appointment he may be called upon to make. He does not hesitate to state that this is a republi can administration, and, all things be ing equal, the preference will he given to a meritorious member of the party in power, it was with the best inten tions and with an honest endeavor to benefit the public service generally that he stated at the very outset of his administration that it is impossible for him to become personally familiar with the qualificaions and personal habits of every individual who may he suggested for a federal office. Under the circumstances, lie announced that ho would cheerfully receive advice and suggestions on the subject from men of influence and standing in all sec tions of the country, without regard to party. To this end he has freely con suited democratic senators and repre sentatives about public affairs OUTLOOK NOT ASSURING. Consul Dickson Tells of Progress Made In .Miss Stone Case. The state department has heard again by cable from Uuited States Consul General Dickinson and Secre tary of Legation Spencer Eddy touch ing the progress of the negotiations looking to the release of Miss Stone. None of the details were made public, however, and all that can be gathered as to the status of the case is that the conditions are by no means as reassur ing as has been expected. COSTI.V warehouse blaze. no „ undi t I Hales oi (ottoii „ Scorch, Thp The lniln^\rtn large cotton SS | iron ,S warehouse at Sylacauga, Ala., owned by Lane Broth ers, containing upward of 200 bales of cotton, was destroyed by fire Friday morning. The loss is estimated at $6, 000. with $3,000 insurance. Many farm ers had stored cotton in the warehouse without insurance. SUFFOCATED BY BLACK DAMP. Father and Two Sons Lose Life In a Small Air Shaft. Three lives went out in a little air shaft, only 2 feet in diameter and 20 feet deep, but filled with deathly black damp, at the mines of the Juniata Coke Company, near Junlataville, Pa., Sunday. The dead are: John Gilleland, a miner, aged 50, and his two sons, James and Winfield, aged 11 and 15, respectively. All three bodies were rescued, but in the effort John Nicholson, mine fore man, and John Baker, fire boss, were seriously overcome by black damp. MURDERER; RAMS! Y CONVICTED. Gets a Life Sentence For Slaying His Brother. In* Law. At Chattanooga, Tenn Tuesday Da vid Ramsey was sentenced to life im prisoument by Judge Estell for mur dor. Ramsey was convicted of having shot his brother-in-law, Matthew Amos while seated at the supper table in his own home because Amos re used * longer to support Ramsev ' s J ’ ,ho Tim is a cripple. CHADWICK ON STAND. Captain of Flagship New York Reveala Sampson’s Hatred Of Admiral Schley. Captain F. E. Chadwick, who was in command of Admiral Sampson’s flag ship, the New York, and who was also chief of the admiral's staff during the war with Spain, testified before the Schley naval court for a short time Friday afternoon. He was the last witness called, and when the court ad Journed was still under cross-examina tion by Mr. Raynor, who stated that he had only a few more questions to ask him. There was considerable in terest in Captain Chadwick’s appear «.nc because of his close relationship to the commander-in-chief of the north Atlantic squadron. Captain Chadwick’s testimony re lated very largely to dispatches sent by Admiral Sampson to Commodore Sehiey while the latter iay off Cien fuegos in May, 1898, and to the code of signals agreed upon by Captain Mc Calla, of the Marblehead, and the Cu ban forces operating near Cienfuegos. He said this code had not been sent to Commodore Sehiey by dispatch be cause Captain McCalia had expected to Join the commodore immediately and communicate the code to him. Captain Chadwick said he had not ap proved Admiral Sampson’s dispatch of May 28 congratulating Commodore Schley on his accomplishments to that date. Five other new witnesses were heard during the day, two of them being offi cers of the New York. One of these was Lieutenant C. C. Marsh, the flag secretary of Admiral Sampson, who testified concerning dispatches to Com modore Sehiey, and the other was the ship’s flag lieutenant, E. L. Bennett. Lieutenant Theodore G. Dewey, neph ed of Admiral Dewey, who served on the Massachusetts; Lieutenant Adel bert Althotise, also of the Massachu setts, and Lieutenant Francis Bought er, who served on the Marblehead, were the other new witnesses of the day. FOR ROBBING ACTRESS Car Inspector at Ithica, N. Has Been Placed Under Arrest. Charles Norris, car inspector for Lehigh Valley railroad, was ar rested at Ithica, N. Y„ Friday charged with the theft of bonds, jewelry and other property, valued at $70,000, be longing to Mrs. Denman Thompson and Mrs. Franklin Thompson, of “The Old Homestead” company. The arrest was made while Norris was acting as an inspector in an election booth. Most of the property, including $60, 000 worth of bonds, has been recovor ed. The theft was reported to the po lice a week ago. The property was missing from the company s baggage car, in which were trunks belonging to Mrs. Thompson and her daughter-ia law, and is said to have been taken while the company was playing at the Lyceum theatre. Locks of the trunks were plckea and the articles selected at leisure. Norris, in his capacity as car inspector, had access to the car, but the robbery was not discovered un til the company reached Albany. Detectives in New York, as well as the local police, were notified, and some of the jewelry was traced to the place where an attempt to sell it had been made. Further evidence led to the arrest of Norris. WAS THE WRONG MAN. Will Cartwright, Colored, Narrowly Escaped Being Lynched. So far the negro who criminally a« saulted Mrs. Sims at her home in Barnesville, Ga., is at large. Wiil Curtrlght, who was thought to be the guilty party, was caught at Thomas ville, returned to Barnesville under heavy guard, carried before Mrs. Sims for identification. He was promptly declared not to be the man. A mob of a thousand men were on hand await ing the result of the identification meetin Customs Receipts “^wfped.” It has just transpired that a month ago the sum of $5,200 receipts of the Buffalo customs house had been stolen, evidently while in transit from Buffalo' to the sub-treasury in New York. FARMERS NEED HELP. Cotton Fields Are White But Pickers Are Hard to Secure. Farmers throughout southwest Geor Sia and the section about Eufaula, Ala., arG experiencing difficulty in gathering the cotton crop - Ti,e fields are whiter than known in years for the season, while there is a decided scarcity of la bor. The price for cotton pickers has steadily increased from 30 to 45 cents Per hundred, and yet hands sufficient to keep up with the work cannot be secured. A great hardship is the re sult, as corn, hay, peas and potatoes are ready to be gathered and the sea son for scattering oats is near at hand. FORTY MILLIONS CAPITAL. Gigantic Coal and Coke Company In «° r P® p * ted •* - Trenton. -r, ^ Pocah °^ as C oa * and Coke Com ,ated V ^at C f P i‘ Trenton. a ' J 40 ' 0d N. J'°J J., 0 - Friday. "' a * mcorpo- The ° th e c ° m P a ">'. is a <^re J d !£ 1 P , and * contaiuin S coal, iron a,K ,° ther ° re ^ and to ,“ 5ne and dGa .l n tde sarne ' T le ca P !t al stock is . di '‘Hied into $20,000,000 preferred and $20,000,000 common stock. NARROWLY ESCAPE RUSHING WATERS Reservoir In Ohio Town Suddenly Collapses. HUNDREDS FLEE FOR SAFETY Children Swept Away But Rescue Was Miraculously Effected. Loss Aggregates $150,000. A t East Liverpool, Ohio, Sunday a large rese rvoir, containing 10 ' 000 000 f ’ aU u ° nh . water ’ bur8t and caused sreat dama «e. No lives were lost, but a score of people had narrow escapes, The money loss will reach probably $150,000. The reservoir, which is owned by the city and which was completed only a few days ago, was filled Sunday morning for the first time. It was taxed to its utmost capacity when the break occurred. A gang of laborers were laying pipes near the wall which gave way. They miraculously escaped death. The basin is located 500 feet above the pumping station, on the highest hill in the city. A number of houses are located on the hillside between the reservoir and the city proper, When the wail gave way the water shot down the incline with a mighty roar, the noise warning the ocupantst of the endangered houses, who rushes to a place of safety in time to save them selves. A party of children were playing in a road directly in the pathway of the torrent, and though caught by a por tion of the rushing water, were res cued. Dozens of large trees were torn from their roots and carried down the hillside with lightning rapidity, being Jammed with terrfic force against the walls of the Harker Pottery Company plant. The main building, with several smaller structures, were badly wreck ed. Two large kilns and sheds were dashed to pieces and $25,000 worth of ware ruined. The tracks of the Cleve land and Pittsburg railroad were cov ered with thousands of tons of wreck age and traffic was blocked. The street car line, running parallel with the railroad, suffered severely and traffic on a half mile of the line has been abandoned. The pumping station was in the pathway of the flood and filled with wreckage, which so damaged the en gines that they cannot be used. Sev eral houses were moved from their foundations, outbuildings carried away and a number of freight cars on a side track overturned. The loss is estimated at from $100,000 to $150,000. SHARI* PASSAGE OF WORDS. Raynor and Judge Advocate Lem ley Engage In a Little Npat. The Schley court of inquiry held but one session Saturday. Captain Chadwick concluded his testimony and Lieutenant Commander Sidney A. Staunton, who served on the New York as assistant to Captain Chadwick as chief of staff for Admiral Sampson, and Lieutenant Nathan C. Twining, formerly of the Iowa, were introduced as new witnesses. Near the close of the day’s session Judge Advocate Lemly and Mr. Ray nor became engaged in a controversy over the admissibilit at that time of a chart showing the speed of the ves sels of the flying squadron, and when Mr. Raynor made a statement concern ing the matter to be introduced, the judge advocate took exception to its reception, saying Mr. Raynor’s sum many might be inaccurate, as other statements made by him, referring es pecially to the contents of documents presented, had been. Mr. Raynor re sented the expression and replied to the effect that if uttered outside of the court room he would say that it was false. Before the court adjourned Doth Mr. Raynor and Captain Lemly made statements concerning the inci dent to the court and Admiral Dewey expressed the opinion that Captain Lemly’s explanation should be satis factory to Mr. Raynor. BREAK IN RESISTENCIA. Strikers In Tampa Are Rapidly De sorting Their Leaders. There is a breach between the lead ers and members of the Resistencia un ion in Tampa, Fla., which is now offi cially on a strike. The two factions are at war. Hundreds of men have re turned to work, supported by one fac tion of leaders. Friday an appeal sign ed by 250 Resistencia men, including a number prominent in the union, was issued calling upon all members to re turn to the factories and alleging that some of the leaders were keeping the strike effective for personal gain. INTERESTED IN GOOD ROADS. Southern Railway Will Send “Good Roads Special”Through the South It is announced at the headquarters of the Southern railway that a train of twelve cars to be known as “The Good Roads Special” is to be sent out from Washington on the lines of the Southern railway about November 1, to stop at ten or twelve of the chief cities reached by the system and aid j n organizing good roads associations. PAT CROWE WRITES ' Alleged Kidnaper of Cudahy’s Boy Makes Proposition to Omaha Officials to Surrender. Saturday Chief of Police Donahue, at Omaha, Neb., received from Pat rick Crow, through a friend of the lat ter, an offer to surrender himself and stand trial in the courts if the reward of $50,000 hanging over his head for the alleged kidnaping of Edward A. Cudahy, Jr., is withdrawn. Chief Donahue did not accept the proposition, but made a counter offer to waive the reward himself, saying nobody else could secure it. The chief say6 Crowe is tired of being hunted, and is willing to take chances of a trial if the reward is withdrawn. He »ays Crowe is less than 500 miles away from Omaha, and is not with relatives. Edward A. Cudahy, Sr., was asked if the reward for Crowe would be with drawn. In reply he said: ’Y’ee; we will do anything to secure Crowe. I still believe Crowe was one of the abductors of my son, but if he surrenders he shall have a fair trial, and if he gives himself up under the circumstances named the reward will be withdrawn at once.” A secret letter was received Sunday irom Crowe naming the terms on which he will surrender. The letter came in care of an Omaha newspaper, in which it is pub.iShed and covers fif teen closely written pages of manu script. The postmark is illegible, but the letter was mailed at 8 oclocK in the morning and reached the city at 8 in the evening of the same day, indi eating that it had not traveled a long ! distance. In the letter Crowe agrees to give himself up at once and stand trial for the kidnaping of Edward Cu dahy, provided he is not locked up tin til a Jury shall adjudge him guilty. He says he is unable to furnish bond in excess of $500, and demands that bail be fixed in that sum. Chief Donahue when asked his opin ion of the genuineness of the letter, expressed himself as quite satisfied that it came from Crowe. Donahue has known Crowe for several years, j is acquainted with his manner, hand writing and style of speech. The chief also received a letter from Crowe’s un cle at Manchester, Iowa, submitting similar terms for Crowe’s surrender, which lead the police to believe that they are dealing with the right man. COMPLETE CENSUS REPORT. Total Population of United States By Nativity, Color and Sex. The final census report on the pop ulation of the United States by sex, na tivity and color was issued Saturday. It shows that the males number 39, 059,242, or 51,2 per cent of the total population in 1900. The increase of 13,233,631 in total population since 1890 is made up of 6,- 744,179 males and 6,489,452 females, an increase of 20.9 of males and 21.13 fe males. rp, . 0?,ri2 4°™.,' ““L £.* nl creased 9 1 a me na tive born population 22.6 per cent since 1890. As to color and race the population of 1900 comprises 66,990,- 802 white persons and 9,312,585 colored persons, the latter comprising 8,840,- 785 persons of negro descent. The col ored element as a whole shows an in crease of 17.6 per cent since 1890. EMPLOYEES IN GREAT LUCK. Illinois Central Railway Will Disburse $500,000 More in YVages. Five thousand employees of the Illi nois Central railroad, including prac tically every conductor, brakeman, switchman and yardman, except those in the .far south, will receive an in crease in wages within the next month, This was decided on in a conference between the officers of the road and representatives of the Order of Rail way Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. It involves an increase in expenditures on the part of the company amounting to between $400,000 and $500,000 annually, the largest single increase in wages grant ed by any westtern road for ten years. Last Mayor of Washington Dead. Matthew C. Emery, the last mayor of the city of Washington under the old form of government, died in that city Saturday. He was 83 years of T‘. age. FIRE WRECKS TOWN. Business Portion of Los Gatos, Cal., Is Completely Destroyed. The entire business section of Los Gatos, Cal., was wiped out by fire Sunday. The area covered by the fire is estimated at about four acres, and property worth from $100,000 to $150, 000 was destroyed. A dozen or more business . blocks, several manufacto ries, a livery stable and a church and many dwellings were burned. The ’fire department was powerless to cope with the flames owing to a strong breeze. STEAMER GOES ON ROCKS. Passengers Were Assured of Rescue and Panic Was Averted. In a dense fog, the Canadian Pacific steamer Hating, from Skagway to Van couver, went ashore Saturday after noon at Tucker bay, Jervis island, and is now' hard and fast on the rocks. The Hating had on board 170 passen gers. There was no panic and the passengers were soon made aware that no danger was to be apprehended. GEORGIA’S BANKS IN FINE FETTLE The Examination of Their Status About Complete, TREASURER PARKS ENTHUSED Financial Condition of Each of the 176 Institutions In the State Is at High Tide. State Treasurer R. E. Park and State Bank Examiner Sterling G. Tur ner have about completed the work of examining the state banks of Georgia ror the current year, and their report will make an excellent showing for Georgia’s financial institutions. One of the most gratifying facts in connection with Georgia’s banks for this year is that they are now borrowing nearly all their money from state banks instead of going to New York and other financial centers for it. The banks have been gradually work ed up to this point until uow they are patronizing home banks almost alto gether. There has been an increase of more than $5,000,000 in loans made by Geor gia banks during the year, and the P iac ^ ce ot allowing overdrafts of ac coun 't s baa been reduced to a mini mum - B was smaller during the year * ba * ; bas c l° se d by $121,060.87 than was fbe case the year before. There were twenty-four new banks added to the list during the year, the ^ ncl ease ' n fbe capital stock being $ 579 ’ 800 - The total number of banks requiring the attention of the state bank examiner was 176, and all of these have been examined with the ex ce Ption of three, the banks at Law renceville, Roswell and Rockmart. These will be finished up within a few days Speaking of the condition of the Georgia banks, Treasurer Park said: ‘‘The total increase in the loans from November 1, 1900, to September 5, 1901, is $5,393,945.81. ““ >r, b “ n »>• »«>■« f 0!scourage the unfortunate habit that many banks in the country have of allowing over drafts by depositors. There was a de crease in the overdrafts last year, as I see from report, of nearly $ 18 , 000 ; but from . the report, of nearly $18,000; but this year there is a decrease in over checking of accounts of $121,060.87. This is the case notwithstanding the fact that there has been a much great er demand fer money than last year or any previous year that I have any rec ord of. The bonds and securities have increased $26,804.60, and they all ap pear to be of a higher rating than here tofore, and they are vrorth the amount at which they are carried. In many instances they exceed this amount by many thousand dollars. The banks «“>' ”°»ey during the current year that not a few of them have disposed of their securi ties and put the money in actual use among their customers. “The erection of new bank buildings has increased the real estate and fur niture fixtures account $90,165.04. This increase in values is caused by the nu merous new bank buildings and fitting up of offices in many small towns of the state. A large number of these banks have marble or granite fronts and present handsome and attractive appearance. “It is very pleasant to note that large number, indeed a great majority of the new depositors are to be found among the farmers. In my travels through the state I have heard many humorous stories told in regard to the hoarding of money by parties who have heretofore refused to have confi denee in the stability and honesty oi banks and who have, it is said, secret ed their money, refusing to deposit it with their local banks. There is a change of sentiment growing in this particular. At one bang in soutn Georgia I found a deposit by one wo man farmer of several thousand dol lars saved from one cotton crop, and in the same locality another woman farmer brought out $4,000 in cash from an old trunk or chest which had grown musty and mouldy with age and plac ed in a newly organized bank near her home.” ENGLAND LOSES NOTHING. No Principles Will Be Surrendered In the New Canal Treaty. There has been no surrender by Eng land to the United States in the mat ter of the new isthmian canal treaty, according to the best authority in Washington. It is said to be equally true that the United States has sac rificed no principle in these negotia Cons, and the effect of contrary state mea ts is deprecated as likely seriously *-° jeopardize the chances of the con summation of the convention which f ba11 flnaII y and peacefully settle an issue that has been a source of danger for the past fifty years. PURSUIT IS STOPPED. Bandits May Kill Captive Missionary If Pushed Too Close. A cable dispatch from Constantino ple says: In compliance w'ith a recent request from Washington, the search by Ottoman troops for the abductors of Miss Stone, the American mission ary, has been abandoned, it being he? feared that the brigands would pursued! kill should they be closely A Cork-Faced Pulley. A new type of pulley has a metal 1 « fac with inserts of cork. dianieteJ Holes three * fourths of an inch in ar ' in the pulley face and filled « made which is allowed with cork, to project sl 'ghtly Great economy of transmission is the chief aim of the invention. A HEATED discussion "At this point," said the narrator «£',” brok ' <w " ,nd w «Pt scald! ’ lit My f goodness !” exclaimed ,he li sten ' fJ:’ she must have been boiling 8 ° with rage.”—Chicago News. M America I,cad*. “tton than Great Britain, “ a? r * w c which h a family modicine, and which h.ts retained M? a preauge for over fifty years. 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