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THE MACON TELEGRAPH \\ FATHER INDICATIONS! PARTLY CLOim FRIDAY, PROBABLY SHOWERS IX NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTION! XOT SO WV1HI IX XOllTH^VESTERX PORTION. SATURDAY FAIR, FLXCEPT SHOWERS OX COAST. ESTABLISHED IX 1S24J. MACON, GA., FKIDAY MORNING, JULY 2G, 1901 r.00 A YEAR SECRETARY LONG SELECTS COURT OF INQUIRY Admiral Dewey at Its Head, With Rear Admirals Kimberly and Beaham—Special Effort to Choose Officers Who Have Not Expressed Opinion on the ™ e Controversy and Are Free From Prejudice by Reason of Service in Navy Under Schley or Sampson. WASHINGTON, July 25.—The court of Inquiry which Is to Investigate the controversial points in connection with Admiral Schley's conduct during the Spanish war will be composed of Ad miral Dewey, president of the court; and Rear Admirals Lewis A. Kimberly and Andrew E. K, Benham. The court will meet at the navy de partment in Washington, September 12. Secretary Long announced these facts today. The judge-advocate of the court lias not yet been selected, and the pre cept to the court, which is being pre pared by Capt. Lemley, Judge-advocate- general, has not yet been completed. Tbe scopo of the Inquiry will not b9 known until the precept and order for the convening of the court are issued. It is expected that they tjlll be pro mulgated by the navy department to morrow. Secretary Long says, how ever, that the proceedings of the court will be open and the widest latitude will be permitted in the matter of wit nesses and that Rear Admiral Schley will be allowed to be represented by counsel. The secretary had nothing to say about the composition of the court, except that he thought it spoke for it self. and to express the hope that the members chosen would be satisfactory to all concerned. He pointed out that none of the officers chosen had. so far as he knew-, expressed an opinion con cerning what Is known as the Samp- ron-Schley controversy, and it was therefore to be presumed that they would enter upon their work In an Im partial and unprejudiced spirit. All day Secretary Long was engrossed In the consideration of- the details of the court, seeking particularly for a suitable Judge advocate, realizing that upon this officer would devolve the Urge share of responsibility for the conduct of the Inquiry to a successful Issue. It was thought that such a man had been found In the person of Com mander John K. PJllsbury, a sailor who has the brightest reputation profes sionally and Is moreover regnrdcd as of a judicial temperament. In fact. It was announced early In the dny at the navy department that ho had been se lected for the place. But later, on more mature consideration, his name was abandoned. It was recalled that ns commander of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius ho had. served under Snmpson off Sanltago.anrt moreover, as equipment officer of the Boston navy yard, was now a^nln a subordinate of tho same admiral. Ip Jils desire to escape all criticism on the point of biaB, Secretary Long felt that these reasons were sufficient for looking for material and for a man who was absolutely disassociated from tho groat controversy In any phase. Late this afternoon he believed that he hod found such an officer In the person of Capt. Samuel C. Lemly, *.h© Judge-ndvocate-genernl of tho navy, a selection calculated, because of the rank of the officer, to constitute a full recognition of tho dignity and Import ance of the forthcoming court of In quiry. While it cannot be said that tho matter is absolutely settled. Secretary Long went so far as to ask Capt. Lom- ly if he felt free to accept the assign ment If It were offered to him, und it Is believed that Capt. Lemly will answer affirmatively. Capt. Lemly would feel hurt to have It even Intimated that he had sny per sonal feeling whatever fit the Sampson- 8chley controversy. In all the time he has been at the head of the legal de partment of tho navy, his service dat ing back to 1892, he has never had oc casion to pass upon any question that Involved either Schley or Snmpson in any personal aspect. He has known both men—Schley better than Samp- eon, perhaps. He waa one of PehlfV’s personal friends when he (Lemly) was In active line service. He accompanied Schley on the famous Greely relief ex pedition and he rendered valuable ser vice to him on that occasion. On the other hand. Captain Lemly hat known Sampson officially In the navy department when the Admiral ■was at the bead of the ordnance bu reau, and they thua were thrown Into close contact In a business point of View for several years Captain Lemley had arranged to de part from Washington on hie annual leave on a trip through Canada some time In August. Should he accept this new trust he will arrange to leave on an earlier date In order to | return In season to study thin cele- I bra ted case before the court meeta Sop- [ tember 12 Meanwhile the clerical | force of the Judge advoc ment can prepare the m mentary evidence necesf before the court, and distant point® may be sui der the ordinary rules of judge advocate general o: THE TRAIN OF BLACK L.XnoBEIIS TO TAKE PLACES OF STRIKERS WERE FRIGHTENED SO THAT THEY DECIDED TO RETURN AND TAKE A “BACK TRACK.*' CHICAGO, July 25.—General Mana ger Aertsen, of the Latrobe Steel and Coupler works at Melrose Park, gave out the statement this evening, declar ing that the company has .abandoned the effort to bring colored laborers to Melrose Park and that, they will bo pent back to their homes In Alabama. All day tho 300 colored men sat In their cars, 28 miles from Chicago, In fear. A committee of five citizens of Melrose Park called on them during the morning and urged the men to tp- turn to their homes in Alabama. They informed the negroes of the actual state of affairs In Melrose Park, where 300 armed men were awaiting the rival of their train, determined that they tihould not be allowed to alight In the village. Their rtatement alarmed the Imported men moro than ever, and finally five of them stepped eff the train and made their way into Chlcngo, where they sought nn lnt«* view with Chief of Police O’Neil, nel Ing protection which he could not giv an tho trouble was not within tho city limits. After the five men had left th»» train to come to Chicago, the fears of those left on the train increased greatly, nnd it was with difficulty that the trainmen managed to ke«»p them from running away In a panic. Nearly all of the colored men said that they would not go to Molrose Pork and that if taken there on the train, they would refuse to get off. At 2 o'clock Marshal Rau, of th< town of LaGrange, ordered the train bearing tho colored men to move out of the village. It did so and was placed on a siding at Salt Creek, two miles routh of LaGrange. In the meantlmp, attorneys for the steel com pany called upon Sheriff Magerstadt and a.vkod that the company be given ample protection against the mob vi lence which was threatened. They stated positively that the laborers would ho landed in the ehops of the company late this afternoon whether the sheriff furnished any aid or no! Out at Melrose Park the armed cit izens remalnpd on watch until assur ed the negroes were not coming, when they dispersed. GRANDFATHER CLAUSE DIS CUSSED IN CONVENTION—HEFLIN SAYS THE “NEGRO IS NOT FIT TO VOTE, AND THE TIME HAS COME TO LOOK AFTER YOUNG BUCKS.** WEATHER CONTINUES DRY AND HOT WITH NO PROSPECT OF IM MEDIATE CHANGES IN THESE CONDITIONS—SLIGHT SHOWERS IN SOME SECTIONS HAVE FALLEN* MONTGOMERY. Ala., July 25.—The issue in the constitutional. convention today was the grandfather clause in section 4 of the suffrage article. Will iams of Marengo took the floor in de fense of the clause. His people, he »ld, wanted to got rid of the negro i>ter, and wanted to disfranchise]no hltc man. lie would be glad to /lx ip heredity feature so that every white tan would have the hereditary right to ote. Gen. Georgo Harrison of Leo spoke against the grandfather clause. lie pudlated for the sons of Confeder ate soldiers the idea that they desired such discrimination in their favor. He painted what might happen If the courts should declare the clause uncon stitutional. L.‘ Heflin of Chambers spoke in favor of the majority report. “The ne gro," said Mr. Heflin, "is not fit to rote, and tho lively imagination of the minority cannot paint him so. They tell us what tho supreme court may say and do. 1 tell you to beware of what the people may s ty and do unices we obey their mandate.” He answered the plea of Governor Oates for the faithfulness of the old slave. “They all right," said Mr. Ilellin, “hut are passing away. The time has come hen we have to look after the young bucks.” (Aplause and laughter). Frank White of Jeffer.ion spoke for the minority report. In the course of his address he said: The question is not what wo would do or what we want, but what can wo do In the face of the Fifteenth amend ment. Do not the same ojebotlona np- ply to the soldier clause ns to the grandfather clnuso? The old soldiers# excepting those of th*» civil war, are nearly all dead, and most of them are maimed. Including the descendants of the soldiers of the civil war, !*5 per cent, were white men and only G re* ent. negroes." VIRGINIA ON SUFFRAGE. RICHMOND. Va.. July 25.—The con stitutional convention was in session, only thirty minutes today. Mr. Robert son laid before the body a memorial from the associated merchants of Vir ginia on the subject of homestead ex- mptlon and offered a s-H of resolu tions embodying their views. Mr. Parks offered a suffrage clause, which was referred. It calls for the payment of the capital tnx provided by low. All Persons desiring to vote shall be nble to read and write a selection of the constitution of Virginia or pay taxes on <300 worth of property, real nnd personal, or either, except that this shnll not apply to those who have rendered military service or their sons, to those who were 21 years of ago on January 1, 1871. A minority report of the committee on reduction of ex penses, signed by Merer*. Btebblns, nnd Willis R. Crlsmond was presented, setting forth that they did not cor.dur In the report offered by tho majority the committee on tho following points: Reduction of tho governor's salary, reducing the contingent funds of state officers nnd electing nil state officers by the people. This report was laid on the table and orJ»red printed, Delegate Dnrman of Rockingham pre sented a resolution providing for th* election of superintendent of public In structlon by the people. WASHINGTON, July 25.—Weather bureau official reports show that the corn belt region continues hot and dry with no prospect of Immediate chan ges In these conditions. Showers have fallen in the northern, half of the corn belt area since last night, including eastern Nebraska, Iown, northern Ill inois, northern Indiana, and Ohio. Most of these rains, which generally were light la amount, fell Inet night. Today there were some slight rain r falls In western Nebraska nnd Oklaho ma. These slight precipitations, how ever, tho forecast officials say, are not always conducive to the best re sults to tho growing crops, hs they are mostly thunderstorms Immediately fol lowed by a hot sun. Showers, It is said, poealbly may oc cur in the drouth-stricken region to morrow ns they usually are insepara ble from visitations of Intern*? heat, but no general occurrence of them 18 forecasted. Temperature® in tho corn belt, while a few degrees lower today than yesterday, were again high, rang ing from 05 to" loo degrees and'higher. Nebraska, Kansas nnd Missouri, the otter two particularly, are greatly In :1 of rain, the other states of tho orn belt, including Iowa, Nebraska lorthern Illinois, having had somo ainfnll, though generally very light in mount 4 PRESIDENT McKINLEY ISSUES PROCLAMATION The Provision of the Foraker Act Becomes Effective Giving Porto Rico Civil Government and Free Trade With United States=*-The Issuance of the Proclama tion Is in Accordance With Resolutions Passed by the Porto Rican Legislature. CHAIR OF ST. PETER IS IN DEMAND will contain the detail of officers who cannot be said to be officially appoint ed until It is promulgated. Rear Admlray Schley was not noti fied today by tho navy department of the officers who will decide hit case, but the precept will be sent to him and ft wHl constitute his official not! ficatton retary Long dW not formally no tlfy the officers who had been chow to constitute the court, of their o?le tion and he was disappointed to learn from the Associated Press dispatch that Rear Admiral Kimberly would ask to be relieved on account of 111 health He said that Admiral Dewey, •with whom he has consulted, had ex pressed tbe opinion that Admiral Kim berly’s health would permit him to dis charge the duties which he will be re quested to perform Shoplrt he decline, the secretary will Meet one of the other retired rear admirals to take his place Rear Admirals Ramsey Luce, Jouett, Gherardi and Walker are s9me of the name# that have been advanced I for consideration. Schley Has Nothin* to Sny. NEW YORK. July Z5.-Ilear Admi ral Behley Is spending the day with his family at Great Nsck, I. THE KAISER TO ACT FOR THE BOERS Is Raid Tlmt Eti ny Inaugurate t*e irror Wllllnn ce Negotiation call to re vie the pr id courts Lemly tha cate of th empted fr< proceedlni advocate * quiry. The pr« will be la to be a r tbe scope s depart- of docu- for use 1 ZtvV. '•1 sm mttnc," he »!<1 to an A»»i- clated Pre« reprenent.tlve, "an<i have nothin* to fay an to the proposed In quiry In the Kantlafo controversy,” 'eilngji of KIMBERLY TOO SICK TO SERVE. WEST NEWTON, Mass.. July 25.— f Inquiry. ,111 Ha dry that, owing to ill health, he would aak to be relieved from wrvlng on th. Bampaon-Schley court of Inquiry. ewin# the w« judge art of tn-: SAMPSON JS SICK. BOSTON, July 25.—An attack of 111- ness prevented Rear Admiral W. T. Sampson from attending to his duties at the Charleston navy yard today, it was said that the trouble was not of a serious nature and that the command- ant would be at his post again in a day ipe or that, yielding to the advice of friends. ; Admiral Sampson will have nothing to say about the Schley matter until th* j lnresUgxtkw begin*. LONDON, July 25.—“The rumor as to early peace negotiations which has pervaded tho house of commons for aome flays,” says tho Pally Express, “has taken the more definite form that Emperor William Is soon to enter the role of peacemaker. Mr. Kruger and his advisers are represented as having empowered the kaiser to act for the Boers, and he Is considered willing to take the Initiative in order to popular ize his relations with the German peo ple, who disprove the friendship for Great Britain. Something Apparently la on foot, whether Emperor William Is In It or not.” Mr. Krugers' arrival at The Hague Is connected, the Express thinks, with the rumored peace suggestions. THE HAGUE, July 28.—Mr. Kruger arrived here this afternoo.) and pro ceeded to the residence of Mr. Wolmar an*, one of the Boer envoy* at 8<hev enlngf, a watering place on the North BAHIA, Brazil, July 25.—Le Solr to- lay publishes a dispatch from Rome rblch says Mr. Kruger will arrive iu Elome early In October on .Tils way *o South Africa via Naples. THE RACE 15 OFF. vrrnl Candidates Wlm Eye th Have Tlieli ROME. July 25.—Although the popo Is in excellent health, the feeling pie- vails that a mooting of tho collcgo of arctinnls cannot be far off and there 4 no secret that the candidates to the apacy aro making claborata* prepara tions for this conclave. One of tho chief characteristic* of the next .conclave, according to a high prelate, will be tho largo number of candidates for lho chair of Ht. Peter, whereas, aftor tho .death of Plus IY. there were only two or three cundldatas hose chances for the papacy were se rious. Today half the Hicrod Collcgo aspires to tho chair, and a flrat scru tiny Is oxpectcd to enow six or peven cardinals are favored for the pontifi cate. Those who are well Informed antici pate a deadlock, nnd tho ultlmute se lection of an outsider, who has not yrft been mentioned. PURPOSE IS VO INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK FROM HALF MILLION TO JULftOO.OOO AND ISSUE 42,4)00,OOO MORE IN STOCK-TUB OLD OFFI CERS ARE VO RESIGN. HAIL STORM STRUCK LONDON Streets Turned Into around Railway Flo nnlki Overflowed. vers, Under, ed nnd Side. 5.—Trainer jnred thit * The Ab- AHUI) OFF. LONDON, July 25.—A phenomenal thunderstorm, accompanied by hall and Incessant lightning, raged for a couple of hours in London this after noon. Tho streets were turned Into riv ers. The water, overflowing the side walk, entered dwellings, and pourtd down every opening. Tho underground railroad was flooded and trains were s toped. The storm flooded Mrs. Lantry's new theatre, the Imperial. A number of public buildings were damaged, crops In tho surrounding country were laid low, and the telegraph wires were torn 4lown. Several suburban trans portation lines are temporarily block ed as a result of the storm, the water In some cases reaching over the foot boards of th trains. ROOSEVELT CLUB WAS ORGANIZED Konftit* City Repnbllrsns to Urge Hla Nomination for Presidency In IDOL KANSAS CITY, July 25.—Fifty prom inent Kansas City Republicans organ ized a 1904 Theodore Roosevelt Club here today. Its purposes are these: To secure the nomination of Vice-Presi dent Roosevelt for president In the Re publican national convention in 1904; to have th!* convention held In con vention hall, Kansas City, and to turn Missouri present a solid Roosevelt del egation in the convention. A public meeting urn of tbe club is planned Kansas CKy soon, at States Senator Burton others will b* n*jc* d to < NEW YORK, July 25.—With tho fed eral grand Jury In session on an Inves tigation of their affaire, the board of directors of tho Seventh National Bank met today and decided upon a plan for tho reorganization of tho bank. The capital stock Is to bo Increased from <500,000 to $2,500,000 and tho additional Issue of $2,000,000 In stock will bo sold at $130 per sharo with flrut purchaso prlvllego to the present stockholders. Tho cash proceeds of tho a»sc«tfinent on the existing stock and the salo of tho new stock will, It Is claimed, pay all present obligation® and completely restore solvency. Existing stockhold ers are to bo required to pay tho as- reosment ordered by the comptroller of tho currency. Edwin It. Thomuw, Ed win Gould, WUUam Nelson Cromwell, Frank Hay, William H. Taylor and Edmund K. Stalls )mvo boon consti tuted a committee of subscribers with plenary powers to carry out tho plan. They aro to receive mibncrlptloriH and represent tho stockholders in all mat ters relating to tho hank and receiver ship. The present directors and officers are required to tender their resignations und a majority under tho new * scrlptlon will elect their successors. The plan Is made binding upon stockholders when 00 per cent, of the wtock Is subscribed ami 80 per cent, of assessment Is paid. A subscription form embodying the main featurea o the plan of reorganization was nls< drawn up and approved. A substun tlal amount of the now stock has a! ready been subscribed. United Staten District Attornej Henry L. Burnett says tho plan to re organize tho Sevonth National Bank will not affect tho Investigation by th federal grand Jury. WlUlnm E. Btoken who Is a stockholder of tho Soventh National Hank, has taken out rw menses in tho supremo court agal the directors of tho bank. President Thomas and Receiver Raynor. Tho complaint charges tho directors with making reports to the stockholders to tho effort that tho capital of the bank was unimpaired when, as a matter of fact, it waa already Insolvent. It fur ther charges that the directors "utterly failed and neglected to perform their official duties;** that they suffered nnd "permitted tho accounts of said bank to bo kept In on Inaccurate manner, which failed to show the true character of its affairs." In the complaint the directors are further charged with having employed Incompetent persona as officers of the bank, “who were unable to properly nnd efficiently dBrharge their duties, all of which was well known to the di rectors." After having further charged them with having given loans to Insolvent persons nnd corporations, without ad equate and valid securities, the com plaint goes on: "That the said directors, defendants herein, so negligently and carelessly conducted the said bank and ♦ ness and the affairs thereof, that* the entire capita) and surplus, and much of th* profits and effects thereof have been lost, and stock of the said bnnk rendered worthless, and the stockhold ers thereof rendered liable for a large sum of money on account of the debts of the said bnnk remaining unpaid." The plaintiff then asks judgment for the total amount of his loss as a stock holder of the bank, and the costs of the suit, PROTECT FOREST PARK. Stilt to Itefttrnfn Htpnafflon C »T LOUIS. Ju court this aftern to restrain the 1a position Compon park as a site f t be held here In 11 The petitlo WASHINGTON, July 25.—The presi dent today issued his proclamation ees tablishing free trade between Porto Rico and the United States and de claring the organization of a civil gov ernment for tho island. The proclama tion is purely formal, and only In the body of the resolutions passed by the Porto Illcan Icglslature( heretofore pub- llBhcd) does It appear that the island Is set free commercially today in com memoration of tho anniversary of thi planting of tho American flag on th: Island. The proclamation is headed: "Cassation of Tariff—Porto Rico." It recites that the act of April 12, 1900 (otherwise known ns tho Foraker act) provided that whenever the Por to Rican legislature has enacted and put Into operution a system of local taxation to meet the ncedli of the gov ernment and by resolution so notify tho president, tho latter shall issue it proclamation and all duties on good* passing between the United Stutes and Porto Rico shall cease. Ah the legis lature has compiled with that require ment of the uot In terms set out in res olutions, which are quoted In full In the body of tho proclamation, that doc ument says: “Therefore, I, William MoKlnloy, 1 president of tho United States, in pur- nco of tho provisions of law above quoted, and upon tho foregoing duo no tion, do hereby Issue this my proc lamation and do declare and make known that a civil government for Porto Rico has been organized in nc- cordanoe with tho provisions of th • fgld net of congress. "And I do further declare and xnako mown that tha legislative assembly of Porto Rico has enacted nnd put Into jperutlon a system of local taxation o meet the nccensltllt) of the govern ment of Porto Rico. "In witness thereof I have hereunto set my band und caused the seal of the United States to bo affixed. "Dne ot thtt city of Washington, this twonty-flfth day of July, In tho year tlu ;iml nlno In and one, and of tho Independence of the United States tho one hundred and twenty-sixth. (Binned) "WM, McKINLEY." By the President: "DAVID J. HILL, "Acting Secretary of State." WASHINGTON. July 26.—Assistant Secretary Spaulding today gave tele graphic notice to all collectors of cus toms that freo trade exists on and af ter today between the United Stnt-;. and Porto Rico. Tho telegram roa<Ja as follows: "Merchandise going Into Porto Rico from tho United States, or coming Into the United mates from Poito Rh-.j, withdrawn from warehouses exempt from duty on after July 25, 1901, under section :i, act April 12. I'J'X), and i lutlon nnd proclamation pursuant theroto." auepti held in United budding ioday hr H. W« fdent ingmei that t of the ul Jo —in the circuit i* world s fair to Is filed by Henry COLUMBIA LEAD CONSTITUTION The 1.alter Ve lint in Sir NEWPORT, It. lumbta today, In windward from i port, gavo the < beating, tho latt< third of a mile as and being defeat five seconds. The victory wfl nhly Lost I on a l.rilu utiling thresh istltutlon finishing surprising, for tlu Wiisthtr that, nn r •1 the Constitution ake of tho Columbia,tho landing yu< hi r Race Rock light substantial bump < Constitution b< All her old-tlm