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VOLUME XVI
BATTLESHIP OHIO
IS NOW AFLOAT
President Took Part In
Launching Exercises.
NAVAL PAGEANT WAS FEATURE
Mrs. McKinley’s Place on Pro
gram Was Filled By Her
N’eice, Miss. Barber.
A San Francisco special says:
Fortunately Mrs. McKinley condition
Saturday permitted President McKin
ley to attend the launching of the bat
tleship Ohio from the yards of the
Union Iron Works. To witness the
launching of the ship named in honor
of his native state, was the real ob
ject of the president's long trip across
the continent, and was the event
which has attracted to the Pacific
coast the governors of three states,
the Ohio congressional delegation, sev
eral United States senators and many
other notable and distinguished peo
ple. Dramatic and picturesque as
was the sight of 14,000 tons of steel
sliding into the full tide of San Fran
cisco bay, it was not so splendid and
magnificent as the great naval pa
geant which accompanied, nor as pro
foundly impressive as the greeting ex
tended to the president by the 4,000
employees of the ship yards.
When the president left the sick
room of his wife every arrangement
had been made to notify him on the
instant of any change for the worse
in her condition. The physician as
sured him that there was no indica
tion of a setback, but at his request
telegraphic communications were
made made at the wharf and at the
ship yard, and save from the time ha
was on the water, he was not a min
ute away from direct communication
with the Scott residence. He was
driven to the wharf in a closed car
riage, escorted by a squad of mounted
police. The cabinet and other distin
guished guests were already aboard
the transport tug Slocum, which was
to convey the party to the Union Iron
Works, two miles up the bay, when he
arrived.
The president’s flag, an eagle and
shield on a blue field, was flying from
the main mast, and the union jack
was at the bow as he stepped smiling
upon the gangway to the accompani- !
ment of the cheers of the thousands
who blackened the neighboring pier
heads. Then began the sail over the
shining waters of the bay. It proved i
to be a triumphal journey, the like of
which has not been witnessed in this
country since Admiral Dewey, upon
his return from the Philippines, sailed >
up the Hudson on the Olympia.
Every craft in the harbor was deck- I
ed out in gayest attire, and the city in j
the background was a perfect mound
of waving flags. Every wharf on the |
sea swarmed with people. Up near
the ship yards the grim warships of
the Pacific squadron were swinging
at anchor with streams of signal flags
extending fore and aft of the peaks
from prow to taff-rail.
The president and his party moved
to a stand, where the representative
of the 4,500 employees of the Union
Iron Works, in a neat speech, in which
he asked a heartfelt blessing upon the
head of the president and expressed
tender sympathy for his suffering
wife, presented the president, as a to
ken of the esteem of the workmen,
with a gold plate, engraved with a
suitable inscription.
The president’s response aroused
much enthusiasm. He told his audi- |
ence of his friendship for the working
men during his entire public career, i
and touched the hearts of the surging
crowd before him as he spoke elo
quently of the patriotic response
which California had made during the
Spanish war.
The ceremonies were simple but
significant. There was the formal
exchange of acceptances on the part
of the government and then the tide
having reached its flood, the word was
given, and Miss Barber pressed the
button. Miss Deshler smashed a bot
tle of California champagne, and at
12:26 p. m. the big battleship took her
first dip into the sea.
Description of the Ohio.
The Ohio is a sister ship of the
Maine, now building at the works of
the William Cramp & Sons Ship and
Engine Building Company, and of the
Missouri, building at the yard of the
Newport News Ship Building and Dry
Dock Company.
The hull, which is divided like those
of the most recent battleships, is built
of steel and is unsheathed. It is 389
feet long on the load water line, 72
feet 2 1-2 inches extreme breadth, and
at a mean draft of 23 feet 6 inches, dis
places 12,230 tons.
The main battery of the ship con
sists of four twelve-inch breech-load
ing rifles, placed in two balanced tur
rets, and sixteen five-inch rapid firing
guns.
ft\)e JHflntflflmert) illonitiu*.
I MRS. iVT KIN LEY BET IE k >
1 She Is Able to Sit Up and Crisis j
In Illness Is Thought to
Be Passed.
A San Francisco dispatch says:
At 8 o'clock Saturday night Mrs. Mc-
Kinley's physicians held a consultation,
after which the following bulletin was
given out:
“Mrs. McKinley s physicians report
that she has had a comfortable day.
But there is a slight rise in tempera
ture tonight.”
Secretary Cortelyou said no further
bulletins would be given out unless
unfavorable symptoms should develop.
In the event that Mrs. McKinley con
tinues to improve the president and
his party will prepare to return to
Washington.
Sunday morning Mrs. McKinley’s
condition was so far improved that she !
was able to sit up a short time. Gen
eral Shatter had called on President !
McKinley, and while they were talk- j
ing, word came down stairs that Mrs. j
McKinley was sitting up. The presi- I
dent at once asked to be excused, and 1
hurried to the sickroom.
There were many callers at the j
Scott residence during the day Sun
day. There was a general feeling that j
the crisis had been passed, and that
Mrs. McKinley would continue to gain
strength. No definite date has yet j
been decided upon when the president
will start for the national capital, but |
it is hoped that .Mrs. McKinley will be :
able to travel within a few (lays.
Secretary Long left Sunday morning 1
for Colorado Springs to visit his
daughter, who is ill.
Sympathy of Royalty.
President McKinley is in receipt of
a cablegram from the king and queen
of England, President Loubet. of I
France, and many other potentates in
quiring as to Mrs. McKinley’s condi
tion.
Among the callers on President Mc-
Kinley was Calvin S. Titus, the first
American soldier to mount the walls
of Pekin, who returned Friday on the
transport Sheridan.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY.
Agreement to Call Off Big Strike Sat
isfactory to All Parties.
As is usual, both sides to the con
troversy claim the credit in the settle- ;
ment of the big street railroad fight
in Albany, N. Y. From the face of the
agreement it is evident that the strik- J
ing men won these concessions:
Increasing night men and extra
men's wages to 20 cents per hour.
Granting men the right of appeal
from a decision of an inspector or the
superintendent to the Traction com
: pany’s executive board.
The road to pay any employee for
lost time when suspended and found
not guilty.
Employees permitted to ride on
i their own divisions free by showing
i their badges.
No discrimination against strikers
who have not committed violence.
The Traction people obtained these
concessions:
That men who were on strike and
committed violence shall not be rein
j stated unless proven guiltless.
That the road may hire or discharge
any man without reference to his af
filiation or otherwise with the union.
That no proposition to strike shall I
be acted upon until forty-eight hours
has elapsed from the time of notiflea
! tion and that if a strike is ordered it
| shall not take effect until six days.
General Oliver waited for some time
i to have Sheriff McCreery notify him
that the strike was ended, but finally
j ordered the return of the troops to
their home.
The strike lasted twelve days, and
i required the presence of three thou
| sand members of the national guard
j in the city, costing and entailing an
expense to the county of Albany of
over $39,000.
REPORTS ARE UNFOUNDED.
Servian (Jueen Not to Be Banished
and King Not to Abdicate.
A cable dispatch from Belgrade, Sor
via, states that all rumors regarding
the abdication of King Alexander, the
resignation of the cabinet and the ban
ishment of Queen Draga, growing out_
of the recent sensational experiences
of the Servian royal family, are de
clared to bo without foundation.
SLAIX BY BOBBERS.
Atlanta Man 1 one to Keith By High
waymen In Pratt ( Hr, Ala.
Without a word of warning, after :
having been robbed, G. A. Boylston, a
prominent citizen of Atlanta, was shot
and killed in Pratt City, Ala., by one
of four negro highway robbers. He
was with E. D. Evans, of Pratt City, '
who was robbed while standing with
his hands in the air directly under the
glare of an electric light. While Evans
was being robbed Boylston was shot
in the back. Three negroes, suspected
of the crime, have been placed under
arrest.
ML. VERNON. MONTGOMERY COUNTY. (»A.. THURSDAY. MAY 'l-\. RMU
BULLETS WHIZZED
IN ALBANY STREETS^:
Two Innocent Hen Shot In
Crowd of Strikers.
ACT CHARACTERIZED “MURDER”
Street Car Company and Em
ploye* Kerch Agreement to
End Strike.
At a conference in Albany, N. Y.,
Thursday night the strike of the Trac
tion company employees was called
j off. All demands of the strikers were
conceded by the railway company.
Three men fatally wounded, hun
dreds of others with broken heads
I and cut faces, cars running merely as
| arsenals with no patrons, the city un
j der martial rule, with its citizens in a
i frenzy of excitement, and the city au
j thorities and leaders of the strikers
I trying to get the railway company to
I come to an amicable settlement, was
the situation when darkness put an
i end to the strife growing out of the
j street car strike at Albany, N. Y.,
j Thursday night.
Those fatally wounded are: Wil-
I Ham Walsh, a merchant, and Leroy
I Smith, a merchant, both shot by na
tional guardsmen, and William Mar
shall, a non-union motorman, skull
I fractured.
I Others most seriously injured are:
George Booz, citizen, cheek ripped
open by bayonet. William Rooney,
i citizen, shot by national guard. Gil
bert Hall, a non-union motorman, shot
I by mob.
The bloodshed came after a (lay of
peace. From early morning the crowds
had melted away before bayonets and
! shotguns, cars had been operated un
der heavy guards and there was an
impression that the spirit of turbu
lance was waning. There had been
some minor demonstrations, particu
larly in North Albany, but not a shot
had been fired and as the day passed
j along the running of cars attracted
but little attention.
j The volley fired on Broadway by a
squad of the Twenty-third infantry
men, in which Leroy Smith and Wil
liam Walsh, well known citizens, fell
i mortally wounded, changed all that.
It stirred anew the feeling of hatred
j as the exciting tidings swept through
the city, and the guardsmen were bit
terly denounced.
Neither of the men had been guilty of
1 any offense, but were caught in a
crowd, some member of which had
stoned the guardsmen and by mis
i chance were hit. The disturbance
was not a serious one and “murder"
is the title applied by inflamed public
; sentiment to the shooting. The guards
men seem but to have followed their
| duty as soldiers, for they were under
orders to shoot if assaulted,
i It was on the last run of the soldiers
on the cars that the tragedy of the day
: occurred.
William Walsh, one of the men
wounded by a bullet from a squad of
the Twenty-third regiment defending
a car, died at 15:15 p. m.
I Leroy Smith, shot in die same me
lee, was slightly improved at mid
night.
The shooting of Smith and Walsh
had a very depressing effect upon the
members of the Twenty-thiru regiment
and during the night when stones
were thrown at the picket men around
Quail street barn they did not fire into
the dark. Two privates were hit and
hurt, but they did not care to take a
chance by firing. It was held by the
officers and men generally that the or
der of fire was entirely justified, but
L-erc was general regret at the conse
quences of the volley.
UX ACQUAINTED WITH GOLD,
Irnorant Negro Sells Twenty-Dollar
I’leees For Fifteen Cents Eaeh.
A negro at Burlington, N. C., plowed
up a pot of gold. There were sixty
three S2O pieces. He sold some for
15 cents each before he found out
their value. It is said the money was
owned by a New Berne bank which
buried it in 1865 at the approach of
the federal troops.
STRIKE AGREED l TON.
Machinist* Will Walk Out Unices Uc
marxls Art) Conceded.
The representatives of the Machin
ists and Allied Metal Trades National
and International Unions, who have
been in session in Washington for two
days considering the enforcement of
a demand that union machinists here
after shall be required to work only
nine hours a day with an increase of
wages that would make the daily pay
the same as under the present ten
hour scale, late Tuesday afternoon de
cided that there should be a strike on
May 20th In shops refusing to grant
the desired concessions.
JACKSONVILLE’S CALL.
Official Appeal for Help is Ad
dressed to People of the
Country.
At a meeting of the executive co:n
--1 mittec of tlie Jacksonville Relief
: Association it was the concensus
jof opinion that the amount of
money contributed for the relief
]of the fire sufferers was far from
adequate to meet the demands and
j President Garner of the Relief Asso
! ciation. Bishop Weed, of the Episcopal
diocese of Florida, and Mayor Bowden
| were appointed a committee to issue
; an address to the people of the United
i States. The committee has issued tho
j following address:
j To the People of the United States:
“We, the undersigned, representing
■ the people of Jacksonville, wish to ex
press to tho people of the United
! States the heartfelt gratitude of the
people of this city for the way in
which they have responded to our
i needs. The relief committee of Jack
j sonville sent, out a statement some
; days ago in answer to the numerous
| inquiries which the committee have
i received. It. was then too soon to esti
) mate the extent of the needs of the
j people.
“It is now ten days since the great
fire, and we are beginning to realize
tho greatness of the calamity which
has befallen us. We have received
I many generous donations in the way
of supplies of food and clothing, but
we find ourselves confronted with the
need of clearing away the debris and
maintaining order and discipline, try
ing to prevent sickness, and 6f caring
for those who are sick. It is Impos
sible to render aid to ten thousand or
more people homeless without extreme
suffering; it is impossible to meet all
the cases at once.
"The sanitary condition of this city
must be perfected and maintained,
and unless we can have the aid of
the people of the United States we are
compelled to acknowledge our inabil
ity to cope fully with the situation.
Only those who have been in the city
and can realize the nature of tho dis
tress of many who have been turned
out of houses and homes can appieci
ato the danger of sickness from the
huddled condition of the people, mak
ing the situation here alarming. It
will take a very large amount ol mon
ey at the smallest estimate to care
for the actual needs of the people and
put the city in proper condition. Our
duty compels us to call upon the gen
erous and always ready people of this
country for assistance in this, our
hour of need.
"C. E. GARNER,
"Ch'n Jacksonville Relief Association.
“J. E. T. BOWDEN,
"Mayor.
"E. G. WEED,
•‘Bishop State of Florida.”
FIFTEEN LOST LIFE.
Casualties Resulting From Sink
ing of Steamer City of Pad
ucah Hade Known.
The first authentic Information con
cerning the wreck of the City of Padu
cah, of the St. Louis and Tennessee
River Packet Company, which occur
red at Brunkhorst Landing, 111., late
Sunday night, was obtained upon the
arrival of the steamer City of Clifton
at St. Louis early Tuesday morning.
In all fifteen persons lost their lives,
six whites and nine blacks.
The dead are as follows: Dr. J. W.
Bell, of Cuba Landing, Tenn.; Miss
Mabel Gardiner, of St. Louis; Charles
Johnson, aged 84, deck watchman;
Frank Gardner, Texas tender of Padu
cah, Ky.; two white firemen, names
unknown; Grant Woods, colored, boat,
baker; eight colored soustabouts,
names unknown.
The crew and their roustabout help
ers being on the lower deck In the
midst of the cargo when the vessel
struck, were placed in a position of
most awful peril. As the steamer ca
reened in settling the big cargo, con
sisting chiefly of sacks of corn, shifted
and before the men could escape half
of them were pinned down and either
crushed to death or held until the
water brought about their end.
The passengers lost all of their be
longings, and had to be supplied with
clothing by those on shore.
The City of Paducah lies in about
thirty feet of water and the loss will
be total. She was valued at $15,000.
COTTON BUCK CORPORATION
Outlines Plan of Procedure at n Meet
ing In Boston.
A meeting was held In Baltimore,
Md., of representatives of various
Interests connected with the United
States Cotton Duck corporation, at
which the terms of exchange of stock
were ratified.
Following the meeting was a con
ference relative to the organization
and policy of the new corporation. A
resolution was passed that no change
be made In the price of the products
of the mills acquired or to be acquired
until after May 27th.
A PITIFUL PLEA
MADE BY CHINA
Bankrupt Empire Asks
Eor Leniency.
WANT TIME EOR PAYMENTS
Promises to Pay In Monthly In
stallments of Ten Million
Dollars Annually.
The answer of China to the slate
ment of the ministers of the foreign
powers as to the losses sustained by
nations and individuals in China was
received in Pekin Tuesday. The an
swer commences with an appeal tr
mercy, saying ttiat the country is im
poverished.
The first paragraph states that Chi
na has not the slightest intention of
trying to escape from tho payment of
her just obligations; that she is pledg
ed to pay all tho legitimate expenses
of the allies and all damages actually
incurred by foreigners during the re
cent trouble and will do so.
The third paragraph sets forth that
the resources of China are diminish
ing. The government in recent years
was only able to raise 88,000,000 taels
($61,000,000) a year, of which 24.000,-
000 taels ($17,000,000) go to pay tho
war loan and 16,000,000 taels < $11.000,-
00b) more to other foreign obligations.
After dwelling at length upon the di
minishing revenue and the great num
ber of outstanding obligations of the
country the plenipotentiaries propose
to set aside 15,000,000 taels ($10,000,-
000) annually, to be paid to the pow
ers in monthly installments until the
sum agreed upon Is made up.
This amount will be derived as fol
lows: “From salt, 10,0(10,000 taels;
from the likin tax. 2,000,000 and from
native customs, 3,000,000.”
The communication further asserts
that were this done it would leave the
country unable to meet the expenses
of government without assistance. It
requested that the foreign customs bo
given to China for the purpose of gov
ernment. The ministers refnse to dis
cuss the answer until it has been con
sidered by them in meeting.
A cablegram from Mr. Rockhill, spe
cial United States commissioner at
Pekin received at Washington Tues- i
day mentions the receipt by the min- j
isters of the response of the Chinese
eni s to the ministers' demands for
indemnity. The dispatch indicates |
briefly that the Chinese represent that
an annual payment of $10,000,000 Is
the full extent of their power to pay ,
on indemnity account. It will take
thirty years to discharge the debt at
that rate without Interest.
Mr. Rockhll makes no mention of
the subject of interest, nor does he
touch upon the means by which tho
money is to be raised by China, or say
who is to guarantee a loan necessary
to be made. It appears that the Chi
nese feel obliged to submit to the
powers in this question of indemnity, 1
as in all other things, and though real
izing their inability to assume this in
debtedness of 450,000,000 taels they
feel obliged to make the effort. Mr. j
Rockhill has been Instructed to con- !
tinuc his efforts to se< lire an abate
ment of the total Indemnity, but in j
the present disposition of the powers
little hope of success is entertained.
Plan Satisfies Germany.
The news that China agrees to the
payment of the Indemnities demanded
is received In Berlin with general ap
proval in official circles and privately,
insomuch that all Germany desires is
to wind up the China campaign.
it Is understood that the proposal to
extend the payments over a period of
thirty years meets with a qualified as
sent.
Torch Applied to Boer llome«,
A parliamentary paper has just
been issued at London showing that
634 farm buildings, mills, cottages and
hovels were burned In the Orange Riv
er eoloney and Transvaal from June,
1900, to tho end of January, 1901.
Sustains Antl-Lynchlng Acl.
What, is known as the antl-lynching
aet was sustained by the supreme
court of Ohio in a decision handed
down Tuesday.
MANY da V ION PLANT-* CLOSER.
I
Demands of MarlilnM* Ignored and
Dig Strike Is the Result.
Not one concern In Dayton. Ohio, j
has acceded to the machinists’ de
mands. Several plants agreed to the
hours and wag<- scale, but reserved
the right to employ and discharge. :
When this was declined by employees
the plants closed.
There are now idle the National
Cash Register. W. P. Callahan, Buck
eye Brass Works, Stlllwen-Bierce
Company and many smaller plants.
Thirty-five hundred men are out of
work. The carpenters’ strike Is prac
tically complete.
NO. 7
RIOTOUS STRIKERS.
| Troops are Called to .Suppress
Street Car Employees at
Albany, New York.
\t Albany. N. V., Tuesday, riot fol
lowed the attempt of the Union Trac
tion Company to resume the operation
of its eioctrie stroll railway system
ir that city, which had been tie - ! up by
the strike of the employ* os itm.RH
rated last week.
Tlie company had secured 200 men
to take the place of strikers, and Mon
day night housed the newcomers in
the Quail rtieet barns, where they
were guarded by police ..nd deputy
sheriffs.
Outside the barns a lat>< number of
strikers and their sympathizers as
semblod during the night the crowd
growing until it numbered 2,000 or
more by the time the company was
ready to send out its first car.
Two policemen were ou the platform
with the mortormnn and two guarded
tne rear platform.
The crowd greeted the appearance
of the ear with derisive and Insulting
cries and obstructed its passage, but
a squad of police cleared the wav and
it passed on ami from tin vicinity of
the barn.
Half an hour later a second car
emerged from the barn.
Tlie crowd Immediately made a dash
for It, some of them hurling missiles
at the motorman. The police could
not withstand the rush of t ho mob and
some of the rioters were soon upon
upon the platform.
The motorman was struck several
times on the head until blooding and
senseless tie relinquished Ills grasp
of the handles. On the rear platform
two men pulled the trolley pole down
and bent it until it broke The ear
bad obtained some momentum and
striking the switch went off into t'lio
gutter. Once tlie mob had accom
plished their purpose they withdrew
with cheers. The police arrested four
or live of the rioters.
One of the trolley wires fell to tho
street, a few minutes after having
been cut, putting one line out of com
mission. The car which had previous
ly left the barn made several trips up
and down town, not carrying any j«i«-
aengers.
A thousand national guardsmen and
a hundred mounted men occupy Al
| bany streets.
The Twenty-third regiment, of
Brooklyn, the Tenth battalion, of Al
| bany, and the Third signal corps are
j on hand and will he reinforced by 200
1 special deputies, 300 policemen and
over a hundred Pinkerton detectives.
MXI’OItTS SHOW IMG IXCUKASP.
Ilurunn I.niic* Knciiurnuirig SlstlMlrnl
ICeimrt For Month of April.
The monthly statement, of Imports
and exports cf the railed Htatcs is
sued Tuesday by the bureau of Ktatis
tlcs shows that during April, 1901, tho
imports of merchandise amounted to
$7(>,750,982, of which $46,461,728 war,
free of duty. The whole amount is
sl,ooo,ooo In excess of tin Imports of
April, 1900.
The exports of douicsih merchan
dise during April aggregated $120,780,-'
590, an Increase of $2,000,000.
IIKO.XXK ( ItOSSKS FOR VMS.
Many Old llfroi** IO<« Ivc Honor- nt
If and* of l r alr hnuclilori.
The. hearts of many old veterans of
the ’(>o,s were gladdened at. Atlanta,
| Oa., Tuesday by Hi** receiving from
fair hands bronze crosses of honor,
emblems of the heroism and courage
with which they served their country
for which they would have died l.cd
their deaths been necessary.
The hall of the house ol repVcscnta
tives was filled with confederate v< t
erans and their frb mis. and the pro
gram as carried out was impressive.
TO FIGHT 1110 lit PVT.
Outihlfi Ste*l ('onrorfH (iiittliiic Tot;#lf»«i
In a Common Ohiiim.
A Chicago dispatch says: A com
bination of the outside steel concerns,
with a capital of $200,000,000, Is said
to be in process of promotion by John
W. (iates, John Lambert ami Isaac r>.
Ellwood, the promoters and organize is
of the American Steel and Wire Com
pany. The object of the alleged com
bine Is to wage war on Lhe big t;t< tl
trust.
\ N A 1 IOXA I, ( FMKTKItV.
Body of Captain Uavl«, Jiaral Hero,
to Me III!t ied at Washington.
The nody of Captain Austin Davis,
of tin United States Marino corps,
who was Hi led in battle at Tien Tsin
on July 13th. last, ycart, left quarantlno
in San Francisco Tnursday for Wash
ington, where the interment will bo
in the National cemetery.
Captain Davis was from Atlanta,
Ga.. and bis rise in tlie marine corps
was exceedingly rapid. Ho was ro
! garded as one of the brightest officers
in the service, and was remarkable
for his bravery. His daring resulted
i in his death