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MANY MANGLED
IN CRASH OF CARS
Fourth of Jj|y Accident
in New York State.
FIFTEEN KNOWN TO BE DEAD
Trolleys, Loaded With Pleasure
Seekers,Meet on Mountain Side.
Three Die in Another Wreck.
On an electric railroad near Glovors-
ville. New- York state, Friday, was a
collision between two ears crowded
with passengers by which fifteen per-
s one were killed and twenty-nine n-
jured.
For a distance of four miles north
of Gloversville the Mountain Lake rail¬
way. Bn electric road, connects Glov¬
ersville with a popular place of resort,
or inen ic ground. As it was the Fourth
of July the place wa3 crowded with
The cars were filled with people re¬
turning home from the grounds. At
10:30 p. m., at a distance of about
two and a half miles north of Glovers¬
ville there was a collision between, two
cars, one bound north and one bound
south. As a result fifteen persons were
killed outright and twenty-nine injured
the latter more or less seriously. Be¬
ing a general holiday there were many
business men among those on the cars.
The Mountain Lake railway tracks
followed the side of a mountain, the
grade being about 1,000 feet in four
miles. Coming down the incline the
motorman of one car carrying about
seventy people lost control of the car,
which in a short distance acquired
a frightful velocity. Then it met a car
ascending the mountain, and also car¬
rying about seventy passengers. The
impact was teerifle, but for a few mo¬
ments neither car left the track, the
ascent of the one being overcome by
the rush of the other, and for a dis¬
tance of several hundred feet they
went on down the Incline. Then they
left the rails and the dead and woun<V
ed were hurled together In an inex¬
tricable mass.
At 2:30 o'clock Saturday morning
ten bodies, mangled
Among the victims there were more
women than men.
Three Detective* Mangled.
Three detectives employed by the
Central Railroad of New Jersey were
killed by a train between Claremont
and Jersey City early Friday. Their
bodies were found alongside the rails
by a track walker. The men were Rob¬
ert Smith, John Cosgrove and William
J. Hanson. The men were watching
for freight thieves.
SOME NEW PENSIONERS.
Foldiers Forced into Conf derate Ser¬
vice Now Get s\ Draw-Down.
Among the numerous bills which
were rushed through in the closing
hours of congress was one introduced
by Senator Pritchard, of North Caro¬
lina, providing that those confederate
veterans who enlisted and served in
the federal army prior to January 1,
1865, shall be eligible to receive pen¬
sions from the United States govern¬
ment.
By the passage of this bill about
$3,000,000 in pensions will be disburs¬
ed in North Carolina and Tennessee.
At the time of the war there were
many northern sympathizers who were
forced to join the confederate forces
but who afterwards deserted and join¬
ed the union army.
Train Plunges Into Washout.
Two men were instantly killed and
three were injured Thursday in the
wreck of a double header Michigan
Central freight train near Thomas, N.
Y. The train ran into a washout.
President in Pittsburg.
President Roosevelt left Washingtot
Thursday night via the Pennsylvan
railroad for Pittsburg. Pa., where he
attended the Fourth of July celbra-
tion at Schenly park.
a M'spirmi's proceeding.
Newly Married Couple May Have Used
Poison a* Aid lo Wedl ok
A news item states that Mrs. Flem¬
ing and a Mr. Jenkins, living near Lau¬
rel Bluff. Roane county, Tenn., are
suspected of being implicated in the
poisoning of Mrs. Fleming's husband
and Mr. Jenkin's wife.
Mr. Fleming and Mrs. Jenkins both
died suddenly about a month ago. In
less than three weeks Mrs. Fleming
ar.d Jenkins were married.
Suspicion was aroused by tho inter¬
ception of a letter written by Mrs.
-Fleming to Jenkins.
FREIGHT TIED UP.
Warehouse Employes of Railroads
Entering Chicago Decide
to Quit Work.
A strike of 9,000 freight handlers in
Chicago was called Monday, and every
freight house of the twenty-four rail¬
roads concerned was practically tied
up. Business men fear that the strike
will be the most serious which has af¬
fected their interests in years.
The principal railroad systems af¬
fected by the strike are: The Chicago,
Cincinnati and St. Louis; Chicago and
Erie; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe;
Chicago Terminal Transfer Company;
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern;
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific;
cago and Alton; the Monon; Chicago
and Eastern Illinois; Wabash; Grand
Trunk; Chicago, Burlington and Quin-
cy; the Pennsylvania; Chicago and
Northwestern; Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul; Illinois Central; Michi-
gan Central and Nickel Plate.
The strike was called by a commit-
tee appointed at a meeting of 1,000
freight handlers held Sunday ni fe Kf.
The committee was instructed to call
a strihe witnin torty-eight hours unless
the railroads should meet the demands
of the men at once for an increase in
wages, extra pay for overtime and holi-
days and recognition of the union.
The men on the Michigan Central.
Illinois and Wisconsin Central houses
on the lake were first to act.
With cheers 1.000 men walked out
from these warehouses alone. They
congregated at the foe-’ of the Ran¬
dolph street viaduct, where several
speakers counseled law-abiding meth¬
ods.
Anticipating the possibilities of such
a strike, the railroad companies had
brought to Chicago a considerable
nummber of men to take the places of
the strikers. These men were inter¬
cepted by pickets of the strikers and
most of them were induced to join the
Freight Handlers’ Union.
A later dispatch states that hopes of
a speedy settlement of the strike are
entertained by officials of the union
and members of the state board of ar¬
bitration. The officials of the union
at a conference Monday night inform¬
ed Chairman Job, of the board of arbi¬
tration, that they were willing to per¬
mit employees of the different compa-
nies to meet officials of the same to
•• a
joint conference should be he d at
which officials of the union would be
permitted to act as advisers to the j
men. The arbitration board is now
working on the matter in an effort to j |
bring about a conference between the
railway managers and committees rep¬
resenting the men.
LECTURE OX RACE PROBLEM.
Senator Tillman Addresses a Large
Crowd at Marietta ( lintaiiqua.
At the Marietta, Ga., Chautauqua
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
spoke to a large audience on “The
Race Problem.”
Senator Tillman was introduced by
Senator A. S. Clay and for an hour and
a ha f he discussed his subject. When
he stated that he was about to close
voices throughout the audience urged
him to continue. But the senator said
it was too hot. The heat was intense
and the glare under the white tent al¬
most unbearable.
Senator Tillman thinks the solution
o! the race problem is by suitable
legislation and constitutions by the
states, such as South Carolina, Ala¬
bama and other southern states have
passed. He says the first and control¬
ling problem is political supremacy by
the white people at all hazards. Should
the negro become successful in domi-
nating his politics above the white
man then the next step would be an
attempt at social equality, which could
never exist.
He spoke of the eight years just fol-
lowing the late civil war, when South
Caro ina was under negro domination,
and told how the white people, regard-
less of negro majorities and the pres-
ence of federal soldiers to guard the
polls and have a fair ballot and fair
count, carried the state democratic by
a good majority. They have since, he
said, and will forever more hold power
there.
He urged Georgia to follow the ex-
ample of her sister states and by con¬
stitutional amendments make suitable
electoral qualifications.
ESCAPE SHOOTS OFFICERS.
Pursuer* Overtake Convict Tracy Rut
He Fights His Way tint.
Tracy, the escaped Oregon convict.
in a battle with a Seattle posse near
Bothell. Wash.. Thursday evening,
shot and instantly killed Charles Ray¬
mond, a deputy sheriff from Everett, j
and danger- ,
who joined the pursuers i
ously wounded Deputy Sh -in. John i
Williams, of Seattle. Carl Anderson. f
a newspaper man. was graz'd on h r ,
arm. Louis Seefrit. another reporter, j
was wounded in the face.
HALF MILLION PR
GUESTS OF KINGD
Slum Dwellers of Loon
Have a Royal Fea.
CORONATION DINNERS GORE
Beef and Beer Liberally Disused.
Americans Act Waitersnd
AdJ Vim to the Occasi:.
Haif a million of London’ slum
dwellers were King Edward'guests
Saturday afternoon. They we scat-
j | schools tered in and about parks four in hundrej hals,
the varying ambers,
greater number of royal tneficia-
r i e s being at Stepney, wher«no less
than 45,000 enjoyed a dinnefeiucn qs
they seldom partake of. At ev&V gath-
ering was read a message fr the
king to London’s mayor, signed by his
nrivate "Buckingham secretary, as follows: f 3 f
Palace, 11:?° *v v - -
a *u commauucu
your lordship that his majesty ind tie
queen had intended visiting cme of
his coronation dinners today, and he
deeply regrets that his illness ireveats
their doing so. The king has lepmed
members him of his family to njpresmt
at as many of these diiiiers as
possible. I am further commanded by
the king to express his hope |hat his
guests are enjoying themselves md
passing a happy day. “KNOLLYS”
Saturday morning’s bulletin an¬
nouncing that King Edward was out
of danger was a so circulated, so chat
half a million poor folks drank his
health in no restrained enjoyment out
of the coronation cups presented to
each of them as souvenirs of the occa-
sion. The prince and princess of
Wales traversed the metropolis fiom
end to end in semi-state, the carriages
being escorted by a detachment of the
horse guards, and appeared at central
gatherings in several districts.
Americans as Waiters.
The principal dinner was at Fulham,
where Sir Thomas Lipton, who organ¬
ized the -whole feast, did the honors
of the day to 14,000 of the poor, aided
by a host of titled and untltled volun .
___ o ... nuomuu,
lieutenant governor of New York
atat Vice Commodore Eourne , of the
New York Yacht Club, and other
Americans, who handed around plates
of beef and pudding, or filled beer
mugs with an enthusiasm emblematic
of the whole spirit of the occasion.
The dinners were followed in every
case by variety shows, upward of 1,500
operatic, theatrical and music hall ar¬
tists and 418 pianists giving their
services for the occasion.
During the course of the afternoon
a second message from the king was
read at the various gatherings, saying
his majesty was very glad to feel that
they were his guests, and hoping that
w °uld all be happy and comforta¬
ble, and spend a pleasant afternoon.
EXPLORER AX DUE J1U RDM RED.
Band of Fskinio Make Mistake and
Massacre I i’tle Onip.inv
Advices from Winnipeg. Manitoba,
state that Rev. Dr. Farlies, a Church
of England clergyman, arrived from
York factory, northwest British terri¬
tory, Saturday and brought authentic
information of the fate of Explorer
Andre and his company. Two years
ago 1,800 miles north cf York a party
of Eskimos, under the leadership cf
“Old Huskie,” saw the Andre balloon
alight on a plane of snow in that vi¬
cinity, which is about two miles north
of Fort Churchill. Three men emerged
from the balloon and some of “Hus-
kie’s” people approached them out of
curiosity,
-^ s they did so one of Andres.com-
panions fired off a gun. 1 h*s is a sig¬
nal to uncivilized natives for battle.
D regarded as a challenge, and a.-
most instantly the natives fell upon
the three explorers and massacred
them.
Everything pertaining to their outfit
w’as carried away to the homes of the
natives on tho north borders of the
Arctic region,
MILL RETUN HI.n NAME.
Holmes Was Offered a Handsome Sum
to Adopt Name of the Donor.
Twelve thousand dollars which the
late Louise Frisbie, formerly a Wall
strret broker, wi led to Lumas H.
Holmes, of Spring eld. Mo provided
he change a his name to Frisbie, will
go instead to Vassar college.
Louise Frisbie was Holmes’ aunt.
In her will, filed in New York a year
ago. Holmes was given intli July 3 to
deciae whether he would change his
name to that cf the donor. He au-
nounees that te will retain the name
of Ho mes,
aquinaldo is cowed.
Since Being- Given Freedom He
Fears Harm at the Hands of
Luna’s Friends.
A Manila special says: As a resu t
of the proclamation of amnesty July 4,
the guard of American soldiers has
been withdrawn from the house where
Aguinaldo lived in Manila, and Lieu¬
tenant Johnson, Aguinaldo’s custodian,
brought the Filipino to see General
Chaffee. It was the first meeting be¬
tween the American general and the
leader of the Filipino revolution. Lieu¬
tenant Wil.iam E. McKinley, of the
Ninth cavalry, acted as interpreter.
Aguinaldo was told that he was free
to go anywhere he
eral Chaffee asked him if he had any
complaint to make of American, dis¬
courtesy or harshness. Aguinaldo re¬
plied that he had no such complaint
to make. He told General Chaffee that
he was going to visit friends at his
ho^e in ruvito Viejo, in Cavite prov-
inee, and innuired what protection t.n
Am^iioan authorities would afford him
He seemed to be an am u> venture out.
General Chaffee replied that Aguinaldo
would get the same protection as an¬
other citizen.
The former Filipino leader then
asked General Chaffee to prevent the
courts from requiring him to testify
in civil suits. General Chaffee replied
that he had no authority to grant this
request, and advised Aguinaldo to
make a social call upon Acting Civil
Governor Wright. This Aguinaldo said
he would do, but that he would go at
night, as he was timid about appearing
on the streets in daylight.
The release of the former Filipino
leader has rerfewed speculation as to
possible vengeance upon him by
friends of Luna and his ether enemies.
Luna was a Filipino leader whom
Aguinaldo caused to be killed in 1899.
TOWS SUFFERS 1I1M LOSS.
Business and Dwelling Houses of
Clinton, S..U., Go l'p in Smoke.
The most disastrous fire in the his-
tory of Clinton, N. C., occurred Sun-
day, and the damage is estimated at
$100,000. with insurance not exceeding
$ 20 , 000 .
The fire started from an unknown
source m J. n. warr s gruoory stora at
11 o clock a. m. It spread and swept
everything to the corner of O. J. Pow¬
ell and crossed to the other side of the
street and took C. P. Johnson’s store
and residence. The flames spread up
Elm street to D. E. Clifton's residence,
burning forty-two stores, residences
and other buildings. The principal
part of the town is gutted. Nearly all
of the buildings were of wood.
Goldsboro sent fire apparatus on a
special train, and at 2 o’clock Sunday
afternoon the flames were under con¬
trol.
OX EMRFZZI.EMEXT CHARGE
Wealthy Mississippi Capitalist is Ar-
raig od in ( om t at Jackson.
The trial at Jackson, Miss.. Thurs-
day of Phil A. Rush, a wealthy Sena-
tobia capitalist, on the charge of em-
bezzliHg $100,000 from the state treas¬
ury, was commenced in the Hinds
county circuit court, and promises to
be the most notable criminal trial that
has taken place in the st te for many
years.
The chief witness was Captain F. T.
Raiford, former cashier if the treas¬
ury, and his evidence was a thorough
exposure of the entire treasury affair.
He admitted that he had devised the
plan to loan the state’s cash.
WENT DOWN IX HEAP.
In Collapse of Church Veranda I nen-
ty Negroes are Hur .
Twenty negroes were injured in
Charleston, S. C., Sunday afternoon
by the falling of the front veranda cf
a church.
The funeral of a colored preacher
was being held and after the body had
been borne from the building the ne¬
groes made a wild rush for the en¬
trance to get a last view of the coffin.
Just as the crowd assembled on the
high veranda entrance it fell with a
erash and two hundred men, women
and children were buried in the debris.
APPEAL TO UNCLE SAM.
I
Chinese Claim That Agreement is Pip¬ I
ing Ignored by the Powers.
The Chinese government has ap¬
pealed to the government of the Uni¬
ted States to use its good offices to
cause the, allied powers who still re¬
tain theif soldiers in Tien Tsin to evac¬
uate that place in conformity with the
spirit of the agreement of Pekin. This
appeal was made Saturday by Minis-
ter Wu directly to Secretary Hay in
the shape of a cablegram from the j
Viceroy of Chi Li. which the minister !
supplemented with a long verbal ex- j
placation. j
GENERAL AMNESTY
IS PROCLAIMED
President Declares Peace
in the Philippines.
DOCUMENT READ IN MANILA
Moras are Excepted From Pro¬
visions, Likewise Certain Of¬
fenders Against Laws.
President Roosevelt: has formally
declared the restoration of peace in
the Philippine archLpe’.ago. He has
placed the islands under the complete
civil control and has extended general
amnesty to the Filinos who have been
in rebellion. These three things, mark-
Ing one of the mo3t important chap-
tci s in Pnmppine history, were accom¬
plished through the issue of three sep-
Brate or( j er3 an d proclamations, one
by the president over his own signa¬
ture, extending amnesty; one through
Secretary Root, by the president’s or¬
der, relieving General Chaffee from
his duties as military governor, and a
third, which takes the shape of a gen¬
eral order addressed to the entire
army of the United States, in which
Secretary Root takes occasion to ex¬
press the president’s high appreciation
of the work it has accomplished both
in Cuba and in the Philippines.
Amnesty Proclamation.
The amnesty proclamation is as fol¬
lows:
“Whereas, Many of tie inhabitants
of the Philippine arehlpelgo were in
insurrection against the authority and
sovereignty of the kingdom of Spa in
at divers times from August, 1896.
until the cession of the archipelgo by
that kingdom to the United States if
America and since such cession many
j 1 of the persons so engaged in insurrec-
tion have until recently resisted tha
authority of the United States; and
j “Whereas, The insurrection against
authority and sovereignty of tbe
United States is now at an end and
peace Ea g established in a l pans
of the archipelago except in the coun¬
try inhabited by the Moro tribes, to
which this proclamation does apply;
and
••Whpreas, During the course of the
insurrection against the kingdom of
Spain and against the government ol
the United States persons engaged
therein, or those in sympathy with and
abetting them, commited many acts in
violation of the law of clv'iized war¬
fare, but it is believed that such acts
; were generally committed in ignorance
’ of those laws, and under orders issued
I by the civil or military insurrectionary
leaders;
"Now, therefore, be It known that
I, Theodore Roosevelt, president of the
United States of America, by virtue of
the power and authority vested in me
and^dedarel^withou 0 !
condition except as hereinafter provid-
ed, a full and complete pardon and am-
nesty to ail persons in the Philippines
archipelago who have participated in
the insurrection aforesaid.
Persons Excluded.
Provided, however, that the pardon
and amnesty hereby granted shall no:
include such persons committing
crimes since May 1, 1902, in any prov¬
ince of the archipelago at the time
civil government was established, nor
shall it include such persons as have
been, heretofore, finally convicted oi
the crimes of murder, rape, arson or
robbery by any military or civil tri¬
bunal organized under United the States authority of
of Spain or of the
America
Provided further. That ever}'
son who shall seek to avail himself of
this proclamation shall take and sub-
scribe the following oath Ly any a'-
thority in the Philippine archipelago
authorized to administer oaths, name
ly:
“I,--, solemly swear (er affir® 1
that I recognize and accept the ■
preme authority of the United Staffs
of America in the Philippine isla:- s
and will maintain true faith and
giance therto; that I impose upon
self this obligation voluntarily
mental reservation or purpose of fi va '
iion, so help me God.” f
Given under hand at the tJJ 0
my :n
Washington, this 4th day of July.
the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and two, and in the -
hundred and twenty-seventh year ^
the independence of the United
THEODORE ROOSEVJLT-
By the president, " ar
EL1HU ROOT, Secretary of -
Filipinos Hear Proclamation. ^
A Manila special says: Pres:d
Roosevelt’s amnesty proclamation English a ^
read at EOOn Friday in
Spanish, from a flag draped stand
parade ot six - ^
the Luneta, after a
saU£ j Filipinos,