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ESTABLISHED IN 1820.
MACON, GA„ SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1901
DAILY—$7.00 A YEAR
STEEL STRIKE IS STILL
FAR FROM SETTLEMENT
Morgan Positively Denies the Story That the Strike Has
Been Settled, and Declares the Companies Will Not
Change Front-=President Shaffer Reviews the Con-
dition of Affairs and Gives Hope and Encourage-
ment to the Strikers.
NEW YORK. July 19.—J. P. Morgan
gave positive denial today to rumors
that the steel strike had been settled.
He made this statement to the Asso
ciated Press:
‘•There Is not a wo^d of truth In it.
There has been no settlement and
there can be no compromise on such a
question. The position of the operat
ing companies is perfectly Blmple and
■well understood, and so far as I am
' concerned, has my unqualified appro
val.’*
MADE APPLICATION
FOR A RECEIVER
New Orlcnn
routl 1're
Company.
nd Nortlnrciitern Itnll-
il by Central Trust
SAVED II11II
TIIB FIRE BROKE OUT LATE AT
NIGHT, BUT FIREMEN AND
OTHERS PREVENTED GREATER
LOSS—T11E PRINCIPAL LOSERS AWE
VALDOSTA TIMES, VALDOSTA FUR
NITURE COMPANY AND W. D.
DUNAWAY, DRUGGIST.
SIinfTer Is Satisfied.
PITTSBURG, pa., July 19.—The strike
situation tonight cannot be termed
materially changed. Many rumors are
in the air to the effect that a settle
ment of the trouble is imminent, but
none of these reports have been veri
fied.
At the offices of the Carnegie Com
pany, and at the headquarters of the
manufacturers the same silence Is pre
served.
President Shaffer of the Amalgama
ted Association expresses his entire
satisfaction with the progress of the
battle and says the workers have
gained steadily, while the manufactur
ers have lost continually since last
Monday. He says up to the present
time the Amalgamated forces contem
plate no change in their programme,
being perfectly satisfied with the show
ing their people have made. Presi
dent Shaffer says the advance in wages
offered the tube mill workers at Mc
Keesport today, while seemingly large,
will not bring the pay up to the union
£calo.
Commencing in a day or two, weekly
bulletins will be Issued from Amalga
mated headquarters to give workers
and strikers offlcinl news of the exact
condition of strike affairs.
From the storm centre at Wellsvllle,
O., tonight comps word that the strik
ing mill men In that vicinity spent an
uneasy, restless day.
The American Sheet Steel Company
have many of the town’s largest mer
chants back of them in their light
against the workmen, the merchants
fearing that if the present trouble goes
along much farther the Wellsvllle plant
•will bo brought across tin* line into
Pennsylvania. Gropers, clothing men
and others are trying to show strikers
that they are wrong and foolish In
keeping up a fight.
Pressure brought to bear along this
line, the strikers say, Is energy wasted.
Many of the workmen have money in
vested In property here.
The proposition hns been put to the
Btrlkers in a semi-official way that if
the strike Is settled within u reason
able time the mill at Dennison, O., will
bo brought here to Increase the re
sources of the place, and If the contest
is long-drawn-out the local plant will
bo removed to Vnndergrlft, Pa. It re
mains to be seen what effect this lino
of argument will have on the striker.
Mayor Dennis openly condemns tho
merchants far their course In the mat
ter and says they are going beyond
their province in trying to influence
the workmen.
The Wellsvllle plant was running to
day about one-fourth full. Klghteen
skilled workmen, together with many
laborers and boys, are employed. Su
perintendent Rrockmnn says the force
consist of forty persons. The report
from Pittsburg that twelve non-union
skilled men have been secured to come
here proves untrue up to the present
time, non having made their appear
ance today. The company officials say
the plant will be running full In a
short time. The reports tonight from
Apollo and Vandergrlft, where the
Amalgamated Association is making
ftrenuous efforts to gain recruits, are
that the situation Is practically un- i
changed, but much uneasiness Is felt.
Apparently the situation at Vander*
grift is favorable to the company.
No official report has reached here
concerning the situation at Duncans-
vllle. There was nothing of Interest
in affairs at Pittsburg, the strikers
keeping away from the mills, which
are closed.
A dispatch from Monesien, Pa., anys:
•’It has Just leaked out that a secret
meeting was held Thursday night by
the men of the National Tin Plate
plant and a large representation of
workers decided not to participate in
the strike, as they have obtained an
advance voluntarily and the manage
ment agreed to protect them.”
President Bhaffer hat not yet made a
move toward extending the strike to
other plants of the great steel combine.
Extra measures will not likely be taken
unless it Is found to be absolutely nec-
eseary In order to win. The contribu
tions of the men at work are needed
to carry on the strike.
A long strike Is now expected
some quarters. A consumer of sheet*,
who had placed tome large orders with
the American Sheet Steel Company for
delivery during the next three months,
writing to steel broker.* and jobbers
here, said In one of his letters that the
combine informed him that h»s order
could not receive attention for at least
three months.
It is reported that consumers who
have pressing need for tin plate have
ordered from Wales. The American
Tin Plate Company's supply will be
exhausted within ten days, and as all
plants but that ar Monesxen will he
tied up soon, consumers feel compelled'
to Import the costlier Welsh plate.
JACKSON, Miss.. July 19.—New Or
leans attorneys filed an application In
the federal court here today for a re
ceiver for the New Orleans and North
western railroad and asking also a
foreclosure of a $2,000,000 mortgage exe
cuted In 1890 to the Central Trust Com
pany of New York, on which $30,000 19
now due. Default was made on the
bonds In 1898, and the foreclosure is
asked for the protection of the bond
holders. The road has very little mile
age in Mississippi but connects Natchez,
Miss., with Rayvllle, La. The Goulds
are recent purchasers of the road and
It Is thought they are behind these pro
ceedings as the first step In the formal
transfer of the property.
LORD ROSEBERY’S
RECENT MANIFESTO
flln Lordship Adhered to llld Utter-
a nee* and Glved Rcadoiid for Writ
ing Them.
L PLEASURE PARTY CAUGHT IN A
SOU ALL IN NEW HAVEN SOUND,
YACHT OVERTURNED AND FIVE
PERSONS DROWNED, AND.OTHERS
WERE RESCUED.
LONDON, July 19.—Speaking at the
City Liberal club this afternoon. Lord
Rosebery said that his recent mani
festo, In which ho decla’red tho Liberal
party could not exist under present
conditions had' been followed by such
an extraordinary hullaballoo that he
felt convinced he had expressed in this
manifesto the clear and exact truth In
respect to the situation. The speaker
sal-d ho wrote the manifesto because,
after the rn—tlngy in hall ami
at the Reform club, unless some clear
repudiation of tlm Htat-im nt. ivi;ardltig
the war was made, it was Impossible
for the Liberal party to continue to
exist as a sound fdree, appealing to
tho highest sympathies of the country.
On the question of the war his lord-
ship said his starting point was that.
In spite of. the Jameson raid and in
spite of the South African commission,
the Boers had invaded the dominions
of the late queen, and from that mo
ment, although he had criticised the
methods of the government, yet, on the
main Issue, to carry the war to a tri
umphant close, it would have hi*
warmest support.
HE TOOK POISON
AND ENDED LIFE
VALDOSTA, Ga.. July 19.—Nothing
but good luck and a kind providence
saved tho fairest part of Valdosta’s
business district from the flames in the
fire of last night.
It'in not known exactly how the lire
caught, though It is said to have orig
inated in a little warehouse adjoining
the large stables of the Roberts-Cran-
ford-Dasher Co. It was quickly com
municated to those stables, covering
over an acre of ground and separated
from the business hourea by only a
narrow alley. A dozen streams of wa
ter were poured on the surrounding
property and on the) flames and almost
every citizen of the community Joined
the firemen in battling against the fire.
The fire crossed the alley and got
Into the building occupied by the Val
dosta Times, the Valdosta Furniture
Co. and W. D. Dunaway’s drug rtore.
The building was partially gutted, the
furniture company’s loss being almost
total, while th*» flames burned to tho
presses In the Times office. By almost
superhuman efforts, tho mnehinery, sta
tionery, £tc„ in the Times’ office were
saved, though the damage from fall
ing plastering, water, ashes and fire
renders the loss almost total, though
partially covered by Insurance.
8. B. Godwin Sons suffered a loss
of $1,500, with no Insurance, on goods
stored In a warehouse which was de
stroyed. I. L. Marks, clothing store,
and \V. D. Dunaway, druggist, suffer
ed severe losses from water and smoke.
The Christian church was consumed
and the Central hotel badly damaged
by smoke and water.
It looked for a while as If tho entire
western portion of the business district
would go. The night was perfectly
still and this fact helped the 'firemen
to control tho flames. Messrs. W. L\
Converse, J. N. Griffin and C. C. Brant
ley, while directing the work of fight
ing tho lire in tho Times office, were
caught under a falling wall, but neither
of them was Injured. There were sev
eral prostrations from heat and several
narrow escapee from falling awnings,
etc. The files of the Valdosta. Times,
making a record of the happening?
here for tbo past thirty years, were
saved, though those who rescued them
were almost suffocated with smoke I
doing bo.
Though tho property loss will harflty
exceed $20,000, the fire was one of the
lurgcst that the city has ever had.
is understood that the burned buildings
will bo rebuilt.
For the first time in many years, tho
Times was forced to miss Us Ispuo to
day. i
NEW HAVEN. Conn., July 19.—Five
persons were drowned In the sound
yesterday afternoon by the capsizing
of the yawl rigged yacht Venitzia of
Philadelphia.
Tho drowned are: Arthur C. Col
burn. owner of the yacht, and hla
daughters Ada and Annette Colburn
of Philadelphia; Capt. Flint of Brook
lyn, N. Y., master of the yacht, and a
sailor, whose name Is unknown.
The others on hoard the ill-fated
craft—Mrs. W. J. Sprankle of Philadel
phia, another daughter of tho owner
of the yacht, and the steward, James
Stanbrldge, of New York—were
cued by the tug Gertrude, after cling
ing for two. hours to the b^’.tom of a
capsized long boat. They say the ac
cident happened in the afternoon. The
sky was very squally,, and the steward
heard Mr. Colburn say to Cnpt. Flint
that It wouJd b»» well to take In some
of the light sol?*, but that the captain
replied that the boat would stand all
the wind that was coming. She then
had on all her light salla Including
Jibs, staysail and topsail. He went to
the galley to prepare supper, and, feel
ing the boat keel over, reached the
deck as she capsized.
When In the water he swam to tho
yawl’s tender, which was bottom up.
Mrs. Sprankle, who Is an expert swim-
caught hold of the other end and
they balanced themselves thus until
the tug Gertrude appeared and picked
up both.
The Bteward saw nothing of the others
of the party after tho disaster and be
lieves that some were carried under the
sails and rigging and that others wvre
drowned Ip the cabin.
The yacht was elaborately furnished
nd finished. Mr. Colburn was a
ealthy splco manufacturer of Phila
delphia.
FRAYEIt MEETINGS HELD AT VA
RIOUS PLACES AS THE SUN ROSE.
SUtUllCTS OF THE ADDRESSES AT
TUB CHURCHES WHERE MEET
INGS WERE CONDUCTED—STRICT
LY LEAGUE BUSINESS WAS IN OR
DER DURING SECOND DAY OF
CONVENTION.
LORD PAUNCEFOTE'S INTERVIEW
IS REGARDED AS SIGNIFICANT OF
A PURPOSE TO PREPARE BRITISH
PUBLIC FOR CHANGE OF POLICY,
AND PROBABLY CONCESSIONS. '
Secretary to Lord Illicit Chancellor
of England Kills Himself »t Gal
veston.
HOUSTON, Tex., July 19.—William
Montague Muir McKenzie died hero
yesterday • from the effect* of poison,
and today It war stated that the drug
was taken with suicidal intent. Tho
dead man was the only eon of Sir Ken
neth McKenzie, secretary to the lord
high chancellor of England. McKenzie
and his wife have lived here quietly for
some time, and it Is said the young
man had been receiving remittances
from home. The widow will return to
her parents In London,
GOOD WHEAT CROP IN INDIA.
BumIs AU
Consular Forecast to
Kdually Promising.
WASHINGTON, July 19.—Report*
from United State* consuls at Calcutta
and St. Petersburg, respectively, rep-
nt that the prospects for unusually
large wheat crops thin year In India
(1 UukkIu are very bright.
’he weather conditions throughout
Russia have been very favorable for
heat, and It Is expected that the crop
111 bo largely in excess of last year s
crop.
The final estimate for tho year’s
crop in India Is 6,£90,000 ton«, or 1,750,-
000 tons more thnn lust year. English
long tone of 2,240 pounds are referred
to In Hie estimate. About 22,500.000
acres of land are now under cultiva
tion for wheat In India.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-The sec
ond day of the International Epworth
League convention was devoted strictly
to the work of the league. Ah the nun.
rose this mornf?)g from cloudless sky,
presaging another day of perfect
weather, prayer meetings were held In
three spacious religious edifices, located
In widely soparated sections of tho
cltv.
At Grace Methodist church the devo
tions of the assembled congregation
ere led by Uev. George Stuart of
Cleveland, Tonn. At tho Centennary
Methodist church, South, Rov. E. A.
Pcamon of Aurora, Ont., made tho
opening prayer. Across the bay, In
Oakland, services were conducted by
W. II. Fisher of Los Angeles.
Tho first sessions of tho convention
begun simultaneously at 9 o'clock In
the Pavilion and at the Alhambra the
atre. The forme** meeting was attend
ed by about 6,000 persons, Including a
portion of the grand chorus. Bishop
Crnnston of Portland, Ore., served as
chairman. The music was In charge
of J. M. Robinson. Prayer wus led by
Rev. O. E. Batson of Charleston, S. C.
The initial address of the day wus
delivered by Rev. William H. Anderson
of Hprlngfleld, Ill., his subject being
The Church and tho Liquor Traffic.”
“The Church and the Workingmen”
vaa discussed by Rev. E. J. Helms of
Boston.
Rev. T. E. Hhoro of Toronto spoke on
Church and the Young Man.” "The
Church and the Newspaper” was tho
hjoct of un utldress by Rev. James
Buckley of New York city. While
ho found much to criticise, Dr. Buck-
ley also had praise for the newspapers
of today. Ho deprecated sensational
ism and pointed out tho good that can
done by tho press if conducted in
accordance with u high standard of
morality.
’Our Imperiled Sabbath" was the
subject of an address by Rov. I. It.
Scott of New Orleans.
Tho morning session was closed by
ev. Frederick D. Loot of Rochester,
N. Y.. who spoke on "Tho M
SUDDEN DEATH OF
ROBERT WESTCOTT
Thrown Fro
rUge, He
Fell Backv
Arms Make* n Statement.
NEW YORK. July 19.—Mr. Warner
Arms, vice-president of the American
Tin Piste Company made the following
statement today to a representative of
the Associated Frees:
“Mr. Bhaffer wants these companies
to sign for all the non-union mills. .
vase agreement la a contract enter**
Into voluntarily between two or more
personc, representing certain Interests
Mr. Shaffer has no right to ask three
companies to sign an agreement with
him for pemns he doe* not represent.
These companies are not antagonistic
to labor and have proved It by enter
Ing Into wage agreements In the past
with Mr. Bhaffer for those he repre
seated. This year the Americas
n an Overturned Csr-
ItralgUtrued up and
nrd Demi.
UTICA. N. Y.. July 19.—Robert Rol-
ger Westcott, the head of the West-
cott Express Co., died .suddenly at
Richfield Springs today. He was out
driving on Rum Hill,* when his horse
shied and the carriage was overturned,
throwing Mr. Westcott and the lady
with him Into the roadway. Mr. West-
cott straightened up the carriage with
one hand, holding the reins with the
other. Then he leaned over a moment
and suddenly fell backward, dead.
Mr. Westcott was the father-in-law
of former Captain Oberlln M. Carter,
United States engineer corps.
MACLAY’S HISTORY REFLECTING
ON ADMIRAL SCHLEY'S ACTION AT
SANTIAGO WILL NOT HE USED IN
THE NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAP
OLIS—TIIE SECRETARY NEVER
SAW OlIJ RUCTION ABLE PAGES UR.
FORE PUBLICATION.
WASHINGTON, July 19.—The secre
tary of tho navy has decided that the
third volume of Maclay’s History of
tho United States Navy, which con
tains the history of the Bpanish-Amer
ican war, shall not be used as a text
book at the Naval Academy unless the
obnoxious language it contains In char
acterizing the action of Rear Admiral
Schiey is eliminated. The secretary
says that it would be manifestly lm-
DIPLOMAT1C CORPS CONSIDERING
PROPOSALS FOR EVENTUAL IN
CREASE OF THE TARIFF TO MEET
INDEMNITY DEMANDS—PRKIN TO
BE SURRENDER ED TO CHINESE
AUTHORITIES AUGUST 14.
WASHINGTON, July 19.—The inter
view of Lord Pauncofote, the British
ambassador to the United States, on
the cknal negotiations, given out In
London last night, in which he ex
pressed the belief that a canal treaty
would be formed and accepted, is re
garded here as significant of a purpose
prepare the British public for a
change of policy. Lord Pnuncefote
speaks of reaching a "happy medium”
In tho negotiations, as If each country
were to concede something, when, in
favt, he fully realizes that the United
Btutes senate does not purpose to make
any concession whatever.
The result of Secretary Hay’s sound
ings of the senate, after adjournment,
was. It will be recalled, that no treaty
could bo expected to secure a two-
thirds vote which illd not embody tho
features embodied In tho Hay-Paunce-
fote convention by the Davis and other
amendments. Lord Pauncofote went
homo, realizing that this wus practi
cally an American ultimatum and he la
evidently now preparing the British
public to accept It. England wants the
canal; with her great shipping she'
would make more use of it than we
would, nnrl no she is Inclined t<» find a
way to accept the senate conditions,
behoving that American common sense
would prevent their rigid enforcement.
Even if the permission to fortify were
given un. England believes we should
never plant millions of dollars In forti
fications there to become In war tho
prize of the strongest power on the
sen. Ho while Lord Pauncefoto’s inter
view’ wan Intended primarily for tho
British public, it Is very significant to
ua of what Ik coming.
Ho also alluded to the Joint high
commission and Its work. It Is not
known here that tho memhci-H of the
commission are nlrondy discussing a
reassemblago, although no formal plans
for It have yet been laid before tho
stato department.
COL. B, F. SAWYER
PASSES AWAY
nt.”
The Vetei
nud Old
uldler Died
Ago
Nft-
WASHINGTON. July 19.—Special Com-
mlMloner Rockhlll has provided the state
department by cable the following state
ment of the present status of the negotia
tions at l*ekln:
“Diplomatic corps at Pekin la engaged
in considering the RusMan proposals for
the eventual increase of the tariff (mar-
atlme customs). A solution of tho prob-
lorn Is hoped for.* The indemnity fix* -l at
4fi(f,00tk000 taels and 4 per cent. Interest
hss been formally accepted, and Japen
has waived preferential treatment. The
proper to have history containing such formal surrender of Pekin to the Chinese
intemperate language used as a text- authorities is expected to take p’aco on
hiiAlf r,,y Ih. II.. —.Ill | n I n>IH . .... . ... '
KXCITKI1 OVRIt Oil,.
Oil In Stt])|ti»ril lf> ltav, llrrn Pnimil
\,»r Prl,*tf*. III*. Trnn.
KNOXVILLE. Tm.ii., July l»._ A
upecial from Vtfeatavlln ,T,nn.. ray.
the eqtlre population fa exulted over
the fin-1: Hi? of what fa believed to be
Oil on a farm near the town. The aup-
poaed oil woa rtruck at a depth of only
forty-alx feet.
book for the endeta. He will Inform
both Commander Walnwrlfht, who la
In command of the Naval Academy,
and Mr. Maclay, the author of the hla-
tory, of hla declalon. ... , ... .,
In thin connection, the aerretary aaya J® ”' *? ‘"" ei “*.*{■""• * BJ* C "M. of the
that the proof, of the entire volume ~, , M , Sav mJiJm 1 ik? , i5Sr*..*°5' rn '
w.re not .ubmltted to him by the hla- | tS,? roumrtM. I™ l” ^ und«.
torlan. He received only the proofa atom! that thl. Inereaxe Mnof toulta
of the third chapter, that relating to 1 effort at once, and perhaps not at ail.
the mobilization of the fleets, which I It will depend upon the resource* of Ohl-
contaln**d a summary of the orders 1 ??■> r *** rn - This
which he, as secretary of the navy, had j
issued in making the naval prepara- j jJV-ll un to the ^United gUt#sthin P !jI!;
tlona for the war. That chapter was ordinal proposition "to make an absoiun
satisfactory, and he returned it to Mr. and immediate Increwre of the
Maclay with an Intimation of his ap- duties to the extent proposed,
proval. He nays he never saw the ac-
count of the battle of Santiago and L, 1 .Vo ?*** ****** Bpeeial
the criticism of Admiral Schley until r e5l£55Liil a, e p Ji! lp, - n *^ hU
after the book was published. • Mr. jjft>ftEtSSittn
Maclay was appointed to this present (of <;r*nt Britain yielding on th»-
of the customs
the Uth of August. 1
I mentioned Is the anniversary
of thw relief of tho legattoners by the
International forces. The Russian propo
sal referred to Is understood, in substance.
customs
»HMl TED
Plate Company entered Into an agree
ment for one year from July l, but Mr.
Bhaffer violated that agreement by
calling out the men on a sympathtlc
strike when they had no grievances.”
WANT NEGRO UBORgRl
NKW ORLEANS. July I,-Two men
hxv. come here from I*utid>urK to vet
negro laborer* to take the place of *trl-
k*r» In the Me»l mine* of the Ifnited
Stele, Steel Corporation. They aeeured
fifty men here and hed report* from rllrl
•tmllar scent* In Annlalon and Be***- de7t»i ruw-e , h i
mer Al^ tb*t they tad «cur«d££ y 0,^1 IS]
rncD * 1 ^ Bermuda.
itlon, that of clerk in the New York
navy yard, August 23, 1900, having been
transferred from the lighthouse s*r*
CLERGY HAVE FLED.
(nttiollr* and
Pffe Thinker
HARAGO88A. Spall
Re
nit.
. July It,—As a
result of the encounters here during
the past two days between Cathol c»
and Free Thinkers, the majority of the
clergy have flfd from the city, some
going to the neighboring villages, oth*
ere leaving the province. Pome con
vent* and most of the church** of Sar
agossa are closed and barred.
RAINS IN TEXAN.
Lars** Portion of thf cotton S«*r
u .
HOUSTON, Tex., July lt.~-Heavy
rami are reported from many parts of
T.xn last night, today and tonight.
Whll** the rain Is not general, a large
Portion of the cotton country ha* been
soaked. There is Mill a considerable
part ■)! central Texas suffering to rime
extent.
PI ENTENTES.
(ONSI L INVl:«TlCIATr.H
GftKEWfl.LE, Miss
♦ sail, the Its Pan »'.n-ul
s: ■. Orleans, har arrive t
ventilating th*
stuns at Erw
KILLING.
•<f the It
CARE TOWN, July IP.—Lord Klt^h-
«ier his'commuted the sentence of
hlrty-four Boer pr:s-
rvltude for life at
RKDl'CS:i) PRICE
PALLA8. Tex., July 19.
' rr;<.«ny Imre today re j
* **ll pay producer* to
i no in the, Corsicana
P*r oar re v 20 «.•
At the Alhambra theatre. Ho
thnn Newby of Los Angeleg acted ns
chairman, 15. L Made musical director,
and thrf devotional exrrcJm*fi were led
by Rov. J. D. Kills of Decatur, Ala,
"The Church and tho Liquor Traffic”
was discussed by Rev. B. Palmer of
Bt. Louis.
"The Church nnd the Worklnmen”
was the subject considered by Rov, O.
R. Turk of Toronto.
Rov. C. E. IVttlllo of St. Louis spoko
on "The Church nnd the Young Mon.”
"Tho Church and the Newspapers”
was discussed by Rev. F5. E. lloss of
Nashville, Tonn., nnd "Our Imperilled
Sabbath,” by Rov. K. M. Randall of
Seattle.
Th*? session was dosed with nn ad
dress on tho "Institutional Church" by
Rov. M. 8. Kaufman of Fall River,
Mass.
At the noon hour largely attended
meetings of business men were held
In the down-town district.
Hervlces In the Palace hotel court
were led by B. L. Paine of Lincoln,
Neb., nnd Rov. O. D. Wolfe of New
York conducted the devotions in tho
Chamber of Commerce.
At the afternoon Hessian of the con
vention the first subject was "Forward
ments in the Church." Roth the
pavilion nnd the Alhntnhra theatre were
crowded with attentive visitors. At tho
pavilion Rev. Lee Hcott of Vancouver
waa chalrmnn. Prayer was offered by
Rev. John Foster of New Orleans. Rev.
J. W. Rash ford of Delaware, Ohio,
Kjmko on "Our English Bible and Row
to Use It."
"Systematic Benevolence" wms con
sidered by Itev. R. 8. Hay of Houston,
Texas.
"The Results Achieved by tho Mis
sionary Forward Movement In the
league” was discussed by Rev. J. W.
Baunby of Medicine lint, N. W. T.
"The Missionary Work Before 1JF’
was the aubject of an nddresK of Wil
lis W. Cooper of Kenosha, WIs.
"Personal Work for Christ” ws* dis
cussed by Rev. W. E. Thompson of
Little Rock. Ark.
Edward D. Hopper of Harrisburg.
Pa., closed the afternoon sewdon with
an address on “Young Lady Members
as Boul-wlnners.”
The Alhambra theatre services this
afternoon were conducted by Wllilam
Burdette Matthews of Charleston, W,
Va. Robert Husband was musical di
rector, and Rev. J. W. Churchill of
Cohlwater, Ont., led In prayer.
Rev. R. W. Canting of Lo* Angelea
spoke on "Bystematlc Benevolence.”
Various phases of mimlonary work
were then discussed by tyev. Joshua M.
Frost of Bangor, Me., Rev. P. L. Cobb
of Nashville, Rev. C. T. Bcott of All-
mer, Ont.. E. T. Colton of Chicago snd
R*»v. J. W. Bnshford of Delaware, Ohio.
The first of the series of meetings
scheduled for the Metropolitan Temple
wan hHd this afternoon. The chairman
was Rev, J. B. Moore of 8an Francisco.
Addressee on "The Forward Movement
In the Church,” considered from va
rious aspect* were delivered by the fol
lowing delegates: Rev. O. 8. Clenden-
n*ng of Brockvllle, Ont., Rev. T. A.
Moore of Hamilton, Ont., Rev. F. R.
Hort of Wilmington, Del., Rev. A. F.
Watkins of Rrookhaven. .Miss., Uev.
Fayette L. Thompson of Jackson. Mich.,
and Rev. W, A. Cook of Cyprem River,
Manitoba.
A great missionary mass-meeting
was held tonight at the pavilion. Rev.
Dr. Fhlelds of Kansas City presided in
place of Governor Bliss of Michigan.
Th** first address of the evening was
made by Bishop Henry W. Warren
Denver. He dw«dt on the growing Im-
o of missionary work by mem-
b* r« of the league. Itev: John J. Tig>il
| of Nash villa. Term., and Itev. James
r*n of Toronto also spok*? o~
» subject.
At the Alhambra theatre. "Civic
IH'zhteousness” was Ihe theme of the
evening discomfort. "The Young Chrl»-
Hm as ft Ctftsei” w"»a the subject of
ft r»dr?r*M |#y (}. H. Cobb'rrWk $,t
Both w ell. Out. "Th
ATLANTA, Ga., July 19.—Col. n. 1\
Sawyer, Journalist, Inventor and Cl*
tlngulihvd voteran, died bore tonight
nt the age of f,8. Col. Sawyer was of
French Huguenot stock, served under
L6pcz ns a filibuster In the Cuban In
surrection of fifty years ago, and was
colonel of tho Twenty-fourth Alabama
in tho war between .tho stater*.
Col. Sawyer was the inventor of the
aquare-bottomed paper hag. of a tynj-
settlng mnchlno and claimed aim* tho
Invention of a printing prc«8 in general
use bjr large newsfriper*. He was tho
editor at different times of two papers
In Rome. Ga., nnd of the Atlanta Com
monwealth, which ceased publication
many years ago. His wife wna a Ml**
ro of Charleston. Several of
In Ht. Louis, Mo., and
KMors is a doctor la
his child re
one of hla d
Philadelphia.
SHOT HIS FRIEND
AND CLASSMATE
• rd Lavr Student Shot Ills Cla
e. Mistaking Him for n llurul
thli
Bn ATTLEBORO, Vt. July 19.—A
kenlng between 2 and 3 o’clock
morning to find himself In the grai
of a mnn, Morton Starr Crerwy, a I la
vord law school student, who la gpen<
ing tlm summer here, strugKlrd un<
fres and snatched a revolver from tl
bureau drnwer, fired four shot* at h
assailant. On lighting his lump ho w
horrified to find that he had shot h
friend and classmate, Sidney Grey nn
tol, of Hattie Creek, Mleh., who eat
here yeeterday as n c&nvaxsar ni
invited by Creasy to ntny’ove
night. It Is believed that Bristol, whl
k nightmare, took ho]
sy said he thought !
attacked by a burglar.
ressy.
IRENE CANNING
NOT YET IDENTIFIED
GOSHEN, Ind., July 19.—Irene Can
ning, the myst rouM girl found near .
hero several days ago snd who claims
to hat’s been alxluctcd from New Ha
ven, Conn., haw not ber?n identified.
The girl still insists >*ho Is an helrc?*
* I300.000 estate at Galveston. Tex,
The police hsve bo*?n asked to ax-
certain If she l« Bertha A. MattRh.
who *fa Mid to hsve recently dlK'ip-
peared from the Mount Holyoke, Musa,
seminary.
From telegraphic dispatches sent
from Holyoke, Masa., U Is believed that
the girl detained here as Irene Canning
is Bertha A. Malish.
It is believed her mother remarried
after Mr. Canning dleJ. The girl acta
very strangely.
ti
lla” waa considered by Rev. James M.
| Buckley of New York. Rev. J. N. Ken*
j n»»r of California dlv uesed the problem
of th- poor, and. C. W. Berkes of De-
i Unit made a forcible pica for the abo
lition of the saloon,
j At Metropolitan Temple th<* subject
d»*ru»a*4 was “The Christ Life In the
i N-* c ritury.”
Frofes -*»r h i win Mlmms of Durham,
ty and Its Per- W. C., and others apok*