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Newspaper Page TextTHE MACON TELEGRAPH FA III INVEST, LOCAL BAINS I\ KVSt POIIT1 OX FRIDAY | S ATI'flDAY SHOWERS? LIGHT TO FRESH 801'THW EST WINDS. F.5TA BI.ISHED IX 1S20 MACON, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, 31 AY 22, 1903 DAILY—#7 A YEAH ROMAN’S LOYALTY DURING THE WAR Veterans at the New Orleans Reunion Determine to Build a Monument in Her Honor—The Jefferson Davis Memorial—Reports of Trustees of Various Funds—Gen. Joe Wheeler Gets an Enthusiastic Greeting—Gen. Gordon Regains His Strength—A Grand Ball Witnessed by Many Thousands. dler. This brought Gen. Lee to the front in an Impassioned appeal for the passage of the resolution. He declar ed the offer Itself was n Proof of the Integrity of the government. The res olutions were then passed. The selection of the place for the reunion of 1904 was taken up. Gen. B. H. Young of Louisville offered a mo tion that the selection of the city be left to the executive committee with lower to select a city at some future time. Gen. Hickman of -Nashville. .sec onded the motion, saylng'lt was desir ed to see If arrangements could not be ma le whereby the railroads could l Induced fo grant a rate which would permit the delegates to attend the re union and at the same time go to St. Louis for the World's Pair. Gen. Got- don, who was late in arriving In the hall, explained the matter, and the res olution waa carried, leaving tbe selec tion of the city to the .xvewtive com mittee. A resolution was adopted providing that no persop be chosen sponsor for a Confederate camp unless Jhe wife or lineal descendants- of an honorably discharged Confederate soldier or- sal- SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE RAILS Accident oi» the Srnlinnril Air Line hear Saviuimilt _ I'nitHciiKcrn Are Shaken Up—Some Sliaht Injuries. The time NEW ORLEANS, May 21—The actual business of the Confederate reunion was brought to an end today, and the delegates adjourned sine die dt noon. Gen.*Gordon was re-elected commnn- der-In-chlef. and all .the department commanders. Gena Lee, Walker and Cabell* were at the same time chosen to All for another year the offices the> have held so long. All ths elections were unanimous, and were made b> one shout of "dye.** The place of holding the next reunion was left to the executive committee. It wU^be held In Louisville, Nashville or 8L Louis. It Is the desire of the offN ciats of ths organisation to arrange matters so that a single rallroat] rate will allow tbe delegates to attend the reunion and visit the World's Fair ut St. Louis, either going or coming. In ths absence of any definite agreement with the railroads, and their inability to say what could be done, the depart ment commanders asked that the entire matter be left to the executive coun cil for a final decision, after consults- A resolution urging moderation tlon with the railroad .official.. Their •*>« «P«n» by eltlce entertaining the with waa granted by a unanimous vote. vo ^ rant WRB edopted. (ten. Young, Oen. 8. D. lxe preaided at the open- ‘peeking for Loulivlllo, anld that his lag session of the reunion. In the ah- ***7, jot penult the aaaoc'atlon pence of Oen. Gordon, who remained ,0 " ml * "* Th ' ™* ol “ t 0B In hi. room at tbe hotel to gain a. much *** "'>» understanding Ktronffih ■■ •*>..iKi* i.-i tb®y chose, but that the veterans will J^e nar.de t^^Iw he utl.lhd with lee. pomp than ha. The attendance waa amall.r than at Charaeterlied the last few reunions, anv n^vmu. ,n. n.l O'"- I- C. Walker, from the commit- *"* S «!Id l!i . l re ' tee appointed to eetntill.h clo»er rela- wraa w.U mi^tKfore the May for ad- „ oni P ^ twten , he veteran. and journment. Ths committee on creden- , ... „ # _ *»._ *1-1- . a.—. ...... „ , _,—* . veterans, reported a plan for the r.m^ep^-me”.7 ,he reul„! ■* * h ' *« •*'««• *»* wmttf ycoperly accredit#* «.*#■»•■ The pl . n provldM , hll at rtunl on. A P mew^rt Melw.d d r1.nnr» lh ' ,on " ot 'eterona shall have the full Oen. A. P. Stewart presented a report pr | vUtf , of th; , Hoor l)Ut w ithout the cot-erlng hi, connection with th, pro. . y0(e That a|| d „ ject to .0.1 a monument to the wo- , h>n wp , cla| „,. orl ot the ro a'?a 0, . ,h .V u . 1 ?- P?"; veteran#. Thar camps ot the United cdthat .tlheM-mphl. reumon lnlMl. v ( „r..n» l,e aulhorl.ed to.enroll tho ** a n A". 2~~r ,or . \ hr eona in #MOCl#t» meraberahtp. That tbe fund, but bed later rerlgned hie poeltlon aona ln confe.lcrute gray in favor of a Arm which had prevloualy but w „ houl ot rank< „ nd th , t been appointed for the ah, purpojw. I a „ n , mtary tin-- he abollabed among lng to $2‘<2. whirh he wan prepared to turn over to th* rotdinRtce, unless it should be otherwise oreeretfby the con vention. Ths matter, upon the sugges tion of Gen. Lee. went over until a later tlms for action. Ths report of the Battle Abbey com* | mlttes was then offered by Gen. Clem ent A. Evans. He hsd'sald but a few words when Gen. Joseph Wheeler cams Into tbe hall, and for s few minutes It was all over with the Battle Abbey re port, while the delegates cheered a wsi- come-to the little commander. Oen. Whfceler, after reaching the ros trum, made a short address. He urged upon his hearers the necessity of pro viding for the needy soldiers of the Confederacy, suggesting that the best way to bring this about was through the various stats legislatures. At ths conclusion of Gen. Wheeler's* speech. Gen. Evans resumed the read ing of the Battle Abbey report. He an nounced that ths cash In hand and In Immediate prospect amounts to $204,- 4TL Of this amount. $104,471 Is cash In bank. $49,099 In the remaining portion lie Roues donation: $$0,009 has been donated by ths city of Richmond, and 10.000 by the residents of that place. The committee therefore recommend- •1 that as $200,090, the minimum mount desired for the erection of the bbey, had been secured, the tlm#^ had rrlved for ths commencement of ths rork. The report was adopted. Dr. Q. II. Tlchnor, for the Southern M••mortal association, reported that tbs fund for the erection of a monument i Jefferson Davis had been finally *e- ired. Ths snnouneement was recefv- I with tumultuous -applause. He •ged In addition that the plan to erect monument to the women of the South be taken up with energy. A delegate from Texas asserted that he wished to ass a monument erected to the private soldier* claiming that none existed. He was promptly srown sd under by the declaration that they existed all over the South, three of them being In his own stats. H. T. Davenrort of Amerteus, On.. delated that the private soldier built a monument to himself when he built one for Jefferson Davis. He declared that Mr. Davis waa a patriot ard Abraham Lincoliv a traitor to th- country, and that tbs Davis monument ought to he erected. Judge Christian of the Davis Memo rial Afsoclatlon announced that all the money required to build the memorm was not yet In hand. Ths commUtet desired at least 178.909. and It had but SAVANNAH. Ga., May 21.—An acci dent ^befell Seaboard Air Line train No. 3. northbound, at a place fourteen miles south of Savannah this after noon at 3 o'clock. While a short d s- tance from the point at which the ac cident occurred, the engineer noticed that something seemed wrong with the rails, he immediately applied the air-brakes which tended to # partially stop .the train before the point w&3 reached. As the train reached the damaged track, where the rails had buckled from the heat two express cats and a combination baggage car and coach left the track and turned over. Two other coaches left the tmek but did not turn over. Three ne gro wAmen passengers were slightly injured In the combination coach, and other passengers, of whom there were forty-one, were somewhat shaken. Pos tal Clerk G. C. Beavers, Express Mes senger R. L. Lewis and Express 'Mes senger G. P. Bevlll sustained hurts. A wrecking crew wns sent out from 8a- inh. Until the track was cleared thi> Seaboard had to use the Atlantic 4t Line tracks south of Savannah, CROATIAN REVOLT RAPIDLY SPREADING r the election of nfTIrors ivlng arrived, nil dhe* former officials cri elected by n*-elnmatlon. Following the el-ctlon of officers, *lef addresses of thanks were made by Generals Gordon, Lee, Cabell and Irvins. Addresses were Mso made by Gen. rands T. Nlcholls of Louisiana, Gov ernor Frasier of Tennessee, Gen. Ooorge W. Gordon of Nashville and ex- Governor Robert Lowry of Mississippi. Then came Gen. Gordon, who, respond ing to repeated calls, came to the front of the platform and said: “Boys, I am willing to spend and he spent In your service, but T am just about spent.* All I can nay now Is, that you boys must not die until you have built that monument to Southern women. Build It white and pur# and let It* tower to show* what the men of the South think of the women.’* lien. Bennett If. Young of Louisville d* < lnred that Kentucky had built four monuments to Confederate dead and none to Federal dead. He also strong ly urged the erection of a woman's monument. The convention then adjourned sine | dI9. The last feature of the reunion will be the great parade tomorrow; sched uled to move at 1 p.~m. Elaborate preparations have been made for the eVefit. and It la expected to surpass anything of the kind ever ***en In the .South. It Is estimated that fully 20.- men will be In line. Unfortunately It Is expected by ihe weather bureau j that the Ideal Trouble Due to the Extreme Pov erty of thc*I*eiiMi«nta mid the Ex- rraxlve Taxea Levied. VIENNA. May 21,—'The revolt In Croa tia 1r threading to every part of the Ti tular kingdom and threatens to extend to Dalmatia. The celebrations at Agram yesterday of the anniversary of the death of Jellaci hleh von Buslm, culminated In a. tierce conflict with the police, who attnekod tho crowds with ssbrea, wounding many per sona and making $80 arrests, including several students afid women. The city of Agram ts now completely under military rule. The principal streets me closed by cordons of troops. Pour reglmer\je, fully equipped for war, have been ohL-red The present outbreak has two main sources. First, the general discontent of the peasantry, arising from the extremo poverty prevailing everywhere, and from the fact that In some parts of the country the peasants are on the verge Of star vation. Second, the Indignation aroused by the *llea«M tyrannical rule of Count Khun llederv.iry, the pr*-s«int ban of Croatia, BLIfS' NATIONAL HOME. ed will not last throughout tomor row, and the forecast Is for “occasional showers.” Rain or shine, however, the parade will he held. NEW ORLEANS. May 21.—The Sons of Veterans today elected the following officers, and adjourned: W. McL. Fayssoux of New Orient)*, ronimander-ln-chlef; W. H. Kearfoot of West Virginia, commander of the department of Northern Virginia: W. E. Daniel of Yazoo city, Mins., com mander of the department of Tennes see; H. It. Tisdale of Fort Worth. Tex., c ommander of the tram-Mississippi de partment. I)c«llcnle<! In the Prcacnrr of H,IM People—1)1 NtImtitInIie«l Speakers, ROANOKE. Va„ May 21.—The Elks' national home nt Bedford City, Vo was dedicated today Ip the presence of fully 5.000 people, who cam^> from all sections of the i ountry. Tne speakers of the occasion Included some of the moft distinguished injn In the o among them being Governor Andrew Jackson Montngue of Virginia, Unite Fl it* .-• n.-tPu Ji'hu \V. I * ml. I ..f Yu glnin, Frederick Wards, the tragedian George P. Cronk, grand exalted ruler Omaha, and Joseph T. Fanning, In dlanapolls. The oration of the day wa* made by Meade D. Detwller of Harris burg, Pa. After the dedication exercises, 2,800 people were fed In a grovo at ai Virginia barbecue. The home which Is now open for the aged and Indigent Elks of the Unite States will iicromodate 280 guests. The building, which wns originally a sum rn* r hotel, is of Nelson county grnnlt and wns erected at u cost of $9 The Elks have spent about $40,000 in renovating and furnishing the home. « I Mnr.HI. %NII PIIFMII) Tr.lt I AXS. Session of the final NASHVILLE i sis in Ay of ttu rlan * him h coi ing, answering Itors were welec l.enernl Aaneinbly—Dr. n Mott ere (or. May 21.—The general Cumberland Presbyt ivened here this morn the roll call. The vis med by Rev. J. C. Rust NEl gra •V ORL1 ball gb audit elr Mr. Da >ort insisted that It e to erect, a mon lew than $1.0Q0.<M». H< grew and to i of War Root for the offer of tiorta! government to prepare j of all the soldiers of Jwth Btdei the civil war. Gen. Jos-ph Wheeler sppke Taylor Stratton ore and maids of honor, Ur of exceptional brilliance, so many preliminaries and lengthen* <1 to such an ex- uipent | t* nt that It was 11 o'clock before the e wa* I actual dancing commenced, , j The bell was opened by an elaborate report- I quadrille containing many complicat'd red by j measures which necessitated much thanks | marching about the fca'I. Sixteen griz- •derate j zted veterans In company with six- •retary I teen young % lndles, each of whom bor? be na- | on the bosom of her dress tbe blue roster j cross of the Confederacy, took part in duriur I this portion of tbe program 1 giy -v dull* the which were alt performed 3 the aln of “Dixie” and "The Bon- I** Blue Flag,” called forth great ap- l*iuse from tbe many thousands who rere crowded into dbe hall. Following tbe quadrille • ame the rand march, 'In which the Memphis ug!» corps was the bright partf*-t -eture. The striking uniform on:I pastor of the Edgefield Baptist church respond#** being made by the retiring moderator, itev. s M. Templeto Clarksville. Tex., Rev. A. O. Bergen o Chicago and Rev. L. D. Beck of Cotto: Grove, Oregon. Dr. Templeton, the retiring moder • tor. delivered the annual sermon, h subject being - The Unity of Believers Itev. Dr. It. M. Tlnnon of Denver < Colorado was chosen moderator ov*>r I cletles have contribi Judge W F Feiti** of Frankfort. Ky , caum. by a vote of 221 to 117. Two aesa ons | “A dozen new churches hav PRESBYTERIANS OE THE SOETH First Day’s Session of the General Assembly IMPORTANT RETORTS Dr. Fraser of 211neon Chosen ns One of the* StRtrd Clerks—Dr, Aimer C. Hopkins of Charleston, W, ChoNou M«Ml«*rntor — Urports ns to the I'rimrei* of Work in the Homo him! ForclKo Mission Fields LEXINGTON, Vn.. May 21.—The general assembly of the Southern Pres byterian church of the United States convened today in the Lexington Pres byterian church. The retiring mode rator, Rev. W. T. Hall, of Columbia, 8. preached the opening sermon af ter which the assembly proceeded to business. The enrollment read by Dr. Alexander, stated citlk, showed 155 commissioners present Three new presbyteries organlxe<!Maa follows: From Mecklenburg »sbytery to be known ns King s Mounkiln presbytery; from Tuscaloosa pr>- bytery to b' known ns Mobile presbytery, and from Indian presbytery to be known os Du- rent presbytery. The following nominations were made for moderator: Dr. A. C. Hop kins, Charlestown, W. Vu.; Dr. R. A. Webb, Clarksville. Term.; Dr. Wm. D. Morton, of North Carolina; Dr. W. H. Marquess, of Louisville; Dr. J. 8. Moore, Dallas, Texas,'Dr, H. Smith, of Richmond. After Ihe nomination speeches, seconding speeches followed and consumed the entire remaining time of ths ‘morning session. With these nominations made the Assembly proceeded to vote by roll call and after one roll call the assembly adjourned fbr the morning. At the afterhoon station Drs. Mar quess and Smith on the second vote for moderator were dropped. Tho final ballot resulted in tho election of Rev. Dr. Abner C. Hopkins of Charleston, Jefferson county, W. Va„ of Winches ter presbytery. His olect’on was made unanimous. The election of two tem porary clerks to nudist the permanent and stated clerks resulted in the choice of Rev. Edward L. McCue, Jackson, Miss., and Itev. W. 11. Frazer, M icon,, Georgia. Dr. 8. H. Chester of Nashville, secre tary of foreign missions, read the for eign mission report. •• ore able to report, ns indicated suits, that this has been the most prosperous year in the history of our work. The total number of additions our mission churches on professions "f i.Mill i* 1,11 'I in- v ■ WORD COMES STRAIGHT FROM KISCHINEFF Atlanta Man Receive* n Letter From HI* Ilrother Telling of the Atroct. ties to Which Huaslan Jews Are Subjected. ATLANTA. On., May 21.—N. Welt- mann, a Hebrew resident of Atlanta, today received a letter from his brother Abraham Weltmann, dated Klschlneff, In which the writer tells of the recent massacres, and relates tho murder o£ their uncle and aunt. A translation of the letter follows: “I am not able to write much, because I am so excited, ns the massacre oc curred only four days ngo In which our uncle Tche (Isaac) and aunt Reeve (Rebecca) were murdered, with over one hundred other Russian Jews. If I wrote too much about It, the govern- nn-ut inii;ht i-,. t my lettrr, and 1 would be murdered. It was on Easter, April 19, that n mob of 200 started the mas sacre. I and my wife hid three days ln a cellar without food or water, -,nnd when we went back into our quarters we found everything in It demolished. Besides killing over one hundred men, women and children,' the barbnrianx. who call themselves Christians, broke up everything they found in the houses. Klschlneff is desolate. Please, for God's sake, send me enough money for my wife and I to go to your great country, where a man can live In peace and wor ship God us he chooses. 1 know you will regret to hear that our uncle and aunt were among the victims. But for the cellar under our house, I and my wife would also have been murdered.” lffftRANCH MEN. MACKEY IS MADE THE SCAPE GOAT Postmaster-General Payne Accuses His Former Sub ordinate of Loose Administration—Large Deficit Discovered in the Free Delivery and Rural Route Branches of the Service—Payne Says Dachen was Reprehensible—Will Be No More Rural Routes Authorized During Present Fiscal Year. etary $180,488, on incionss Of $18,575, and th t of work $184,968. The cost psr mis sionary wns $1,000. Eleven now missionaries wore sent out during th»* year—two*to Africa, four to Cubn, two to Japan, two to Korea mid one to Mexico. The total now on tho roll Is e hundred nnd- seventy-four. "Jn all our field our opportunities e Incalculable nnd our obligation ts imcosurabl*>. The need of the work cry year Is enlargement. "We belicv that larger remits will bo attained in nil our Held" when we mnke n much larger outlay than we have • loti- If I * -1 *' f »re in Ml* training nnd «.- J • of a competent native minister.” Dr. 8. L. Moir s of Atlanta, of home missions, followed with tho port of his committee. •TT)e second year of the present ad ministration of home missions close with th« work In splendid shape, con s dering all the environments of th work nnd the disadvantages nt which we labored. The contributions have been larger than last year by $1,157. More new churches have h*9h organ ized and more new territory occupied than ever before, showing that It has been tho most prosperous year In al! tho history of the church “The receipts were $41,033 nnd the disbursements $29,150. Th- bain hand March 31, 1903. was $8,066 “The large hulk of the home mission funds Is spent In the three synods—Ar kansas, Florida tnd Tex.'ir-nnd work has hoen very satisfactory. “The Indlnn Territory Is the most hopeful nnd fruitful field in the T byterlnn church “Durh g tho year we made a large advance over the previous years In mis sion schools. Increasing from e'gh 1 schools with 17 teachers and 900 srho! nrs (o 11 schools with 23 teachers and nearly 1,200 scholars. Th** majority of th**se schools sre now s- If-supporting • The Ladles* Aid and Missionary so 1 loyally to th were held tine hushii of synodic, being ani;< slderable : emlv-l In In nber ho 1 Ui «n disposed of, a nui 1 .and Presbyterial char urn ed. itlon from President D. vihit the Cumberlnr L*banon on Saturday ccvpled. Thft assembly til tomorrow, morning. I.KI'KR IS i ll AS. C. MIX. OTON. May N-Tha Identity of whr, le puttering from leprosy tun cnrrp In Georgia, but whdse »r ha;* not 'been made public. today by the action o( the ■ of t».** tr- ntjry, who has said •tlon connected with the draw* soldier's pay without signing rrltory nnd Ok ier growing towns Invite Will the church retreat promlslr g Arid? Is It call The hut It could u« and does greatly work. Will the church furnish Dr A. L. Phillips of Rb hmor retary of committee on puhllcntL i sen ted the report of his committee, i whh h ' up -I r> me ter-pth eluding report of the fe«*|on w-n* from the committee on ministerial reltef, which was presented by the secretary, Dr, I. 8. !•>Elroy of Rlchrr* All of the* ocmrflltlee r« | sented were referred to th*- for Its active The Rontlicnstern Tnrirf Association Takes Important Action. OLD ,POINT COMFORT, Vn., May 21.—The twenty-second annual conven tion of tho Southeastern Tariff associa tion adjourned this evening. The most Important act of the asso ciation was the decision to re-enter tho state of Virginia, In which It lias done no business for several years. Ilow- before the association finally re* turns, a committee of ten special agents and officers, with the resident Virginia mber of the executive committee as chairman, It Is to undertake the new’ general tariff nnd establish stamplr.g offices throughout the stute. The com mittee Is to be named later by th*- pres ident of the association. Another Im portant matter wns the report on cht- ton forms and rates nnd marine Insur- The report creates a special om- rgency committee on cotton, consist ing of nil the resident managers of At lanta. Thin committee has the power hnnge the trannlGi and excess cot ton forms- s also decided to appoint a com mittee looking to the taking over of the Southern Inspectors’ bureau and merging it with the association, under the direct charge of nn expert. The following officers were ^elected: President. W. E: Clin pin, Atlanta; president, \V. L. Reynolds, Atlun* to; Bocretary-trfnsurer, E. E. Flem ing, Atlanta. Executive Committee—A. Abr.ahnms, A. E. Andrews, C. J. Dexter, J. S. Mid dleton, W. II. Prescott, J. H. Rnlnes- , l>. H. Harris. ..11 of Atlanta. Ah- Inte members executive committed F. Q. Harkins,Alabama; A. F. McCaf* roll. Florida; Edgar S. Wilson, Georgia! J, W. Cockrnne, North Carolina; Guy Carpenter. South Carolina; Edward C. ’nschnl, Virginia. The selection of a meeting place for next year was left to the executive omm It tee. SOUTH HUN GOLF. Leaders nt the Meet In North Tam il n a—Clin in pi nan It Ip (up. ASHEVILLE, N. C.. May 21.—Th** cond day's contest In th** Southern Golf association's' tournament was rgely attended and marked by splen did playing. In the morning, the first round, match play for the three cups, first, championship; second, Dixie tro phy, and. third, a consolation, wets played. In the afternoon the second round, match play for the same nips, wa# played. The results of today's play leaves McClosky, Gaines, Edwards and Hill to play for the championship cup. Davidson, Baugh, Ward and Smith are left In the contest for the Dixie cup. In tomorrow- morning's game there will four ball foursomes played. In tne •moon the semi-finals for th* charn- nshlp, Dixie and consolation cups I be played. limit hi ii.dim.x hi hm;d lllaiiafmu* Fire la Lnalsltarg, V. C". Hotel, Foul office anil Hank. LonsnrKG. N r. May 21- At 2 clock this morning fire broke out ln the business section here, and before me* could be checked eight buildings were consumed. Those de stroyed Include the Loulrimrg hotel, in which was the postnfflre, the Farmer) r.d M i- h ints' H .nk, th** livery Stahl*) Of R. P, Hill and Hays .V Fuller, nnd Saunders’ saloon. Esetlmated loss $30.. 000,; not half covered by Insurant* The origin of the fire Is unknown. WASHINGTON. May 21.—Congress will be .naked nt the opening of its next session to make an appropriation to cover deficiencies in both tho regular free delivery service and the rural free delivery service of the postoffice de partment. Postmaster-General Payne tqday announced tfint this deficiency now aggregates $227,300, of which $105,- 700 Is in the free delivery branch and $121,600 In the rural free' delivery scr-‘ vice. Tho postmaster-general said ho very much regretted the existence of the deficit, nnd for the first' time pub licly criticised the administration of A. W. Mnchen, tho general superintendent of the free delivery system, who Is on Indefinite IeaVf of absence, 'TNds is not the first time that a deficiency has ocurred In the free delivery service,” said Mr. Payne, “but I regrot its ex istence. At the opening of the last con gress Mr. Mnchen pointed ' out that Ithout additional appropriations no more routes could be established be yond those ready to he installed Janu ary 1.' He said, however, if congress appropriated $500,’000 for the purpose the work could be continued during the rest of the fiscal yenr. Tills appropria tion was pronjptly made but It was ex hausted. Despite this fact the office (tho free delivery office) was going on name Is Char!* - * In the Fifth comp The >mmlttee i Ml: the pr**gra , tr I r.f lh. up Jl\ *-iVt artillery I was devoted t the Bible rails by Dr. T. II. Lf field agent of lng b subject br R«* le ball Yrrk. represer jlly 10.- I Bible society, nd peo- J Dubose, a r** • n than China, height The Mssembl- -•I missionary from floor at one. ismblv a/*-opted an !ov| i u Washington and I,**- Fi y tomorrow and participate ln exer-1 sermon. increasing the deficiency, and lf we had not tnken steps to curtail the expendi tures nnd suspend the establishment of routes until the beginning of the next fiscal year tho deficit would have been much larger. It wan not good admin istration." On May 9 the postmaster-general sent ■ a letter to Mr. Krlstovv. fourth assist ant. stating his wish that there be no deficit nnd asking him to curtail ex penditures with'that end in view. Postmaster-General Payne tonight itj discussing the Mg deficiency ln the free , delivery service sold: “It Is very reprehensible for a bu reau officer to have a deficit of $200,009 rolled up on the first of May. It was . bad. very had administration. A bu reau officer shculd not incur a deficit without consulting his superior officer, the postmnster-Genernl. I cannot stand • for that kind-of administration and I do not approve of It. I do not say that there was anything criminal, nor . anything wrong In Mr. Mnchen’# action, but It wns certainly loose admlnlatra- - tlon and he should have had his busl- ncss more In hand." rostmnster-Gf nernl Payne wa# asked a number of questions ns to the effect of the discovery of the deficiency on the status of Maqhen but parried all the questions. He said thnt the matter would he looked Into, nnd a communi- i cation might he sent later to Mr. Mn- < hen asking for an (vcplanation of the condition of nffalrs. NEW CUP DEFENDER IS VERY GOOD BOAT DKFBATS THE COLUMBIA !»V A COMIllXATION OF LI CK AND SAILING ABILITY-DEMONSTRATED THAT THE IIELI.VNC’B IS THE* BEIT YACHT THAT 1IAS KVEIt UNDERTAKEN TO DEFEND AMKItICA’S CUP NEW YORK. May, 21.—By a com bination of good luck and # splendid sailing qualities the new cup yacht Ite- llam-e today Inflicted such a defeat upon the former cup defender Colum- la as she had never before suffered, adlng her over the finish line of a .venty-five-mlle course of Gleta-ovo by 14 ininuteH anl 43 / seconds, official time. Not nil the glory of that rosy victory us fairly enrned by the new boat. If It had been, there would be no doubt that tbe Reliance would be the next defender. But despite the Colum- < 111 luck, the Reliance convincingly showed herself to be the better boat. 8hc had beaten the Columbia nearly Ight minutes In a broad reach of leven miles of fluky zephyrs, beaten er 1 minute nnd 15 seconds running r*-e for three miles In a steady twelve- knot breezo nnd beaten her 4 minutes and 15 seconds In an eleven-mile thresh vlndwarfi close hauled In lift* knot southwester. This timing Is un official and allows for the Reliance's fifty-five seconds advantage at th** start. When tho Reliance crossed the nlsh line the Columbia was rnllc-n stem and hopelessly beaten. Hut the h tory was not so great ns tin* result might Indicate. The Columbia's 111 luck In faulty wind In the three hours *Tiry to cover the first eleven mlb's had contributed ■ to her defeat. Thnt first leg was I Ot a f ilr text <>f the in‘*l Its of the two boats, but 1» sufficed to develop surprising drifting shlllth-M In the Reliance, supposed until today to l.e a heavy weather boat. The Reliance led the Columbia across the line by fifty-seconds. Hho vn# not more than 200 yard# ahead. Fifteen minutes afterward the Reliance began Iraw slowly away from tho Colum- V) n, nnd steadily Increased h*-r lend during two hours and a half. Her sail* seemed to catch every'-breath of sir. When half of (his leg had been salted. * and two hours ufter the start, Ilance caught a llsjit air and moysd quietly away while the Columbia drifted and gradually dropped astern till the Reliance was leading her bp ; nearly three miles. The breese f/sttl* cued and the Reliance romped aw|iy * fur the first turn at an eight-knot clip ' hut the Columbia, did not feel tho In- creaseil wind until fifteen minutes later. Then she began to gain, nnd in half an hour's sailing had cut the Reliance's lend to a 'little more than half a mile. Designer Nat HerrenhofT took the wheel on the Reliance as the boat ap- pronchcd the first turn. Tho Reliance took tho turn, going Ilk** a bird. Once filled away on th® thrc**-mlle tun across the sound, she caught a stiff puff from the southwest nnd put her rail down Into th® smoother, rolled her polished bronzed bilge and rolled away for the turn, which she made nine minutes ahead .of her rlvql. The Reliance wns hnlf way norms th® next turn before the Columbia had cir cled nbout tin* first. The Columbia wa® dropping astern again, not having car- r ed so good a wind on the short leg. The Reliance was outsailing her nearly thirty seconds to the miles, nnd that In n rattling breeze. At the second turn th** Reliance was ten minutes and fifteen seconds ahead of her rival. Tho Reliance was leaving her astern, sail ing at a ten-knot *-llp within three and a half points of the wind. Phe fetched hnlf a mile to the leeward of the finish line and after two short tacks swept across It and through n lam* of wel coming steam yachts that greeted hsr nnd acknowledged h**r victory with ear- splitting siren- good three ml TJii* official Head boat. Rslianc® Columbia ..... The Columbia was * award, as follows: finish elap tlm® 6:14:36 4:17:36 6:29:19 4:32:19 FREE RELIGION IN THIS COUNTRY 1*11 F.M DENT’S ADDHEHH IN OllEGON—AMERICA !H SPA It ED THE CURIE OF ItKI.IGIOI* I’KHMEf I TION HATH ED — NO ANIMOSITY UK. TWEEN JEW AND RENT ILK, <111 II ETWEE) CHIUHTIAN SECT®. PORTLAND, Ore, dent Roosevelt trav fertile Willamette v this morning until 2 May 21.--Presl- he SOUTHERN PRE#nYTF.RIANS. LOS ANGELES. Cal , May 21-Tne 115th general sszernM **f the pr* gby te rlan church convened today at .Em manuel church. Rut few <•( the 700 ac'redlted commlssI«in**rs were at.s* > nt when President Henry Van Dyke cal> e4 the gathering to order and the gal leries were crowd*-*! by visitors. A in- table feature of the present aeseinhly Is the unusually large tfinmher if That Is explained campaign for *< . • .i, •■• vbl ■ final adoption of «-i exceptionally war that th* Dyke delivered his lem. the capital of three hours was m •lent delivered an : ship. The only sto toleration before the law. but a genu ine religious toleration among our- ndves. We in America are to be hel<2 thrl'-e blessed that the chance for anl- mority between the Jew and Gentile, or between Christian sects has become Infinitesimal to the vanishing point." day Ore, turlng town, twelve city. AM along the and gav re • i -I r-d ®t 4 i enthu made two speeches, oi * of the cornerstone d Clark monument ar give In h.** Hotel Portia "In thl« fre ldful • llgl' hatred and worked so much evil ln time# pa the world at large We realize tt oorrwr»t ne jn the building o’ this .. vll . N axnuiuu must be nul merely religious Imtn* SON •:tm THE MONEY. Hoy Shows That He Wm the tom of <‘h«rte« Broadway Rome. NEW YORK. May 21.—The Jury In the suit of Charh-s Broadway Rouase, who -a a a suing the Charles Broadway Rous.'** estate for $100,000 for malnte- nuri-e and support, returned a verdict f<.i the full amount today, with $5,766 Interest. Th»* hoy in suing claimed to b*i the non of <*haa. Broadway Rouse®. DENVER STRIKE NETTLED. DENVER, <*•.!»> , May 21. -The strike wbl Ij. for “cveral days ha# practically paralyz. ,1 th** business of thin city ln- '"1'big nearly !0,000 m*n and women, was tonight through the effort# of a committee of the chamber of commerce, and on*- from tho local typographical un ion. Though both sides made concession*. via* to b« with th* Laboring

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The Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 188?-1905, May 22, 1903, Image 1