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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY! LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS.
ESTABLISHED IN
MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 26. 1903
DAILY—#T A YEAR
PRESIDENT WILL
BE IN THE RACE
Makes Practically an Announcement That He Will
Endeavor to Succeed Himself—Denies He Has Had
Anything to Do With Raising the Issue of His En
dorsement—Has Asked No Man for His Support.
Highly Pleased With the Republicans in McKin
ley’s Old Home.
TROOPS AID '
THE DEPUTIES
On Active Duty in Breathitt
County, Ivy.
HIE COURT IS GUARDED
WALLAWALLA. Wash., May C5.—
Secretary to the President Loeb this
afternoon gave out the following state
ment:
‘‘In speaking of the sudden political
developments In Ohio, the president
this afternoon said:
" ‘I have not ask*l any man for hla
support. I have had nothing whatever
to do with raising the issue as to ray
endorsement. Sooner or later It vva\
bound to arise, and Inasmuch at It has
now arisen, of course, those who favor
my administration and . nomination
will endorse them, and those who do
not win oppose them.*
“The president also said he was deep
ly touched by .the action of Pr» shlent
McKinley’s home county, In which
Canton le situated. In Instructing so
heartily In his favor. Nothing could
have pleased him more.”
PASCO. Wash., May IS.— 1 The presi
dent’s trarti, which left Seattle last
night over the Northern Pacific rail
way, glided down the beautiful Yakima
valley today. The first speech of the
ly was made at Clellum. In the Cas-
do mountains, to a thousand coal
miners who had come down from
Hoslyn.
At North Yakima the president spoke
on Irrigation to an audience of It,000.
A feature of the crowd here was the
presence of thousands of the Indians
from the Yakima reservation.
At KUensburg the president spoke
fifteen minutes on' good citizenship to
5.009 people. The president asked that
Capt. Reinman. of the First Washing
tr>n regiment, be presented to him at
the close of the syeerh. While speak
ing he referred to Htelnman’s company
having been the severest sufferers
among the volunteers In the Philippine
campaign, when Stelnman was Intro
duced the. president grasped his han 1
and satd "irmly: “Captain, I know
all about you and your company; your
company was a crackajack and I
mighty glad to meet you and to know
you.” *
TORNADOES SCATTER
DEATH IN NEBRASKA
TWO TORNADOES ORIGINATED AT THE SAME POINT—ONE GOES NORTH
AND THE OTHER SOUTH—FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED AND MANY IN
JURED-LARGE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO. PROPERTY—A MINISTER
KILLED WHILE HOLDING SERVICE.
HASTINGS, Neb., May IS.—A ssrles
of heavy storms, two of which devel
oped Into the worst tornadoes that hav*
visited Southern Nebraska In years,
passed over portions of Cloy, Franklin
and Kearney counties last evehlnW.
Fifteen persons are known to have lost
their lives and over a score of persons
were more or less seriously Injured.
The casualties are as follows:
Near Norman, I>rn<I.
Daniel McCurdy.
Robert McCurdy.
Mrs. John Wehlever.
Mrs. Esrl Bacon.
Mrs. C. A. Tipple.
Injured. •
Mrs. George J. Meer, arm broken.
Icey Meer. leg broken.
George J. M* er, badly hurt.
Robert Chambers, badly hurt.
Earl Racon, John Wehlever, Mr. and
Mrs. Klnear, not serious.
Nenr Upland, Dead.
Lutheran minister, name unknown.
Mrs. John Peters, farmer's wife.
Mrs. Chris Lamsrs and mother.
Injured:
Chris Lnmers and two children.
William and Minnie Rebuilt.
Fred Pope and mother.
Mrs. Isaac Casper.
At PmmIIm, Dead.
Mr. and Mrs. James Mund and child.
Frank Qulgg.
John Palmer.
Flora Palmer. *
At Fairfield. Injnred.
Mrs. W. A. Broderick and child, it
rlous. *
Detachments Sent Ont to Protect
Witnesses ami to Arrest Indicted
Persons—Grand Jury Acts Prompt
ly—'Trial of Jett and White for
Killing Attorney MiTrcum Will Soon
lie Under Wny—Fendlsts Held.
MRS. BEDFORD’S CHILD
WAS NOT HER OWN
John McReynolds, Internally Injured.
Mr*. Nobellnzy.
Charles Taylor, caught by falling
chimney, serious.
Near Norman, at the home of Daniel
McCurdy, a number of relatives ar
friends were spending the day and n<
a one in the house escaped death <
setipus injury. Two mlleR south ot
TTpInnd, German Lutheran services were
bring held In a school house when U
•torrfi struck and demolished it. kill!
four of the oe< upants, in' 1 'lulling t
minister and injuring a number of
The storm was squally destructive
at Fairfield, but tHe people were warned
Cf its coming and sought cellars for
safety. Fix dwellings were blown to
pieces at that place, but their occu
pants escaped injury with a few excep*
tlons. Every dwelling and outbuilding
in the path of the tornado was blown
to pieces, and the financial loss thus
far accounted for, will reach about IW,*
000.
The family of Peter Hooklnson, nine
in number, was reunited late today.
They lived near Norman and were sep
arated by the storm, it being feared at
first that most of them had been killed.
There were two tornadoes, both orig
inating within a mile of Fairfield. The
first ons moved to the northwest and
the second off to the southwest. The
one to the northwest did the greater
damage and all the fatalities peem to
have been In Its path. The greatest
loss of property was sustained by farm
er*. Tty* heaviest individual loss re-
ported Is thst suffered by Charles Ta>
lor, who places the damage to his stock
farm. Including cattfe and horses killed
at $21,000.
JACKSON, Ky., May 25.—After nn
all day's session of the special grand
Jury to and from which the principal
witnesses was escorted under protec
tion of a guard of soldiers, Curtis Jett
and Tom White were tonight indicted
for the assassination of James B. Mar
cum. The action taken by the grand
Jury was prompt and decisive and to
night there Is a growing impresrlon
that Justice will at last be administered
In the Hargls-Cockrlll feud of which
Attorney Marcum was the latest vic
tim!
Aside from the protection accorded
Capt. J. R. Ewen, the proceedings were
unmarked by any unusual incident.
Tl»e work of selecting a grand Jury
bri» f. Only eight witnesses were ex
amined. Captain Ewen, the principal
witness, has been a prisoner in his
home since It became known that he
would testify. At the time Marcum
killed he was standing beside him
In the court house door with his hand on
the attorney's shoulders. A crowd of
soldiers escorted him from his homo
the court house and back again
after he had been for two hours in the
grand Jury room giving testimony.
The streets were crowded during the
Journey but no demonstration was
mode.
The Indictments were returned this
evening after the Jury hnd spent two
hours in weighing the evidence.
Curtis Jett la already under arrest
Winchester, having been arrested s<
eral days ago on n warrant charging
him with the murder of Marcum. Ti
White, who was indicted Jointly with
Jett, Uvea In the mountains some dis
tance from Jackson. It Is said that
witnesses testified that he was thi
who passed near Marcum and E’
moment before the shooting.
Tonight a deputy sheriff with a squad
of soldiers started for White’s home
In the mountains to arrest him. The
party carried provisions for two days.
Another squad of soldiers with a dor
uty sheriff will bring Curtis Jett fro;
Winchester to Jackson tomorrow.
It w i« stated tonight by attorney
that Jett and White may be reache
this week and that the military ma
main on guard unfil the cases ai
finished.
The trials will In all probability he
held In Jackson, but before a Jury
posed of citizens of some other county
In this Judicial circuit.
There Is nothing aa yet to indicate
that Judge Red Wine will be jworn off
the bench and a trla* Judgo appointed.
The town is quiet tonight.
It Was Only Adopted—She Is Given
a Noniinnl Fine and Is Released.
LOND9N, May 23.—Mrs, Gunning 8.
Bedford, who was arrested at Queens
town May 16 on the arrival there from
New York of the steamer Umbria,
charged with making a false declara
tion of a child's birtl), was brought up
remand at the Bow street police
eburt here today and pleaded guilty.
She admitted that the child was pot
,vn and said ghe had adopted it.
Mrs. Bedford wns lined $30. The pros-
ecutlon showed that Mrs. Bedford
to England from Paris In Decern*
ber and that she had advertised as
Madame B., desirous of adopting a
male child." with the result that tho
Illegitimate baby of a working girl in
Isleworth was transferref to Mrs.
dford's keeping under the name of
Margaret Csrnette. Mrs. Bedford reg
Istered the child as her own and took
it to Paris and thence to America.
Counsel for the prosecution asked the
magistrate to deal with the case as a
technical offense. Mrs. Bedford then
admitted her guilt.
Mrs. Bedford applied for her prop
erty held by the police and everything
returned to her except a loaded
revolver. This she excite fly deinand-
Certalnly, I want it. I Jmve al-
enrried one ever since my hus-
bnnd and myself were attacked." Tho
lawyers- qulete 1 her. hut Mrs. Bedford
"It doesn’t matter. I'll get anoth-
Mrs. Bedford retains the baby as
her adopted daughter.
FEARFUL RAVAGES
OF FAMINE IN CHINA
I.-THIRTY-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE
k BUY—MOTHERS SELL CHILDREN FOR
A BOTTLE OF
-SPEEDY RE1
F NECESSARY,
VICTORIA, B. C y May 21.—Heart
rending details of the suffering' and
death of families as a result of the
famine in Kwanj 81 were given In
Hong Kong papers received by the
steamer Indravefll, New York, from the
Orient.
Mr. Hess, a missionary at Wu Chow,
who has been investigating on behalt
of the Hong Kong charities, says that
owing to three successive failures ot
* starving and
fef
hundreds, .During March, and April It
Is computed that 25.000 people were sold,
men selling themselves for employment
In the Straits settlement and the women
and children being sold Into slavery
on the coast.
jitory after story of distress was.told
by the missionary. He told of famished
people? dying In that act, of eating when
food was brought to them, of people
reduced to skeletons being abandoned
and mothers selling their daughters in
to lives of slavery for a men
rice. It was said by the ml
report that thousands would ]
less speedy relief is given.
KN'HOMNG OF
Philadelphia
Hu It Inin
. W. E. <
Drnnnnri 1 It.
Washington. May s-R#*o!ut!ons
nounclr.g the movement for collecting
fuade to promote legislation to per
ex-slaves were adopted at today’s
ilm of the Philadelphia and Baltimore
conference of the A. M. E. church.
WAS W. D. TANNER
VICTIM OF POISON
Suspicion Thst Stryehnloe Had Been
Put Into n Matt of Buttermilk.
Wife Placed Under Guard.
GREAT MASSACRE
IN MACEDONIA
Insurgent* Fought the Turkish
Troop* for Thirty hour*—A Whole
Town Darned.
ASSEMBLIES OF
THE PRESBYTERS
Interesting Deports of Com
mittees of Church.
THE NORTHERN BRANCH
Mnch Time Devoted by the Latter
Body In DlHcaanliig tlie Education
of Frecdinen — Resolution Adopted
That tlio Church Must Give More
Attention to the Negro and III*
Need*—Negro Commissioner* Speak
STRIKES MAKE IDLE
200,000 WORKMEN
Norton* Condition of Labor Affair*
In New York City — Dalldlng I*
StiMpended.
NEW YORK. M
mated that there a
hundred thousand n
different boroughs
25.—It Is cst!-
closc on to two
If!la today In the
! Greater New
AUTOMOBILE HORROR
SICKENS ALL FRANCE
LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED GROW S—A WOMAN ON-LOOKER HAS nER
LEGS CUT OFF—NO MORE RACES EXCEPT IN ENCLOSURES WHERE
THE DRIVERS MAY 11E CONUIXEQ TO KILLING THEMSELVES—SPEED
LIMIT FIXED OX HOADS IX 1IOTII FRANCE AND SPAIN.
VIENNA, May 25.—About 150 Mac«
donian Insurgents were killed at the
village of Fmordesh, south of the Inke
of Presbo. May 21, a.-cording to i
patch to the Neue Freie Press* from
Saionlcs. The insurgents, who hnd po»-
version of quantities of dynamite^
sought.refuge In the vlllnge and worn,
attacked by Turkish troops.. The fight
ing lasted, for thirty hours and. ulti
mately, all the bouses wsgs burned or
blown up by dynamite by the Turk*.
One hundred and fifty, bodies were
found in the ruin*.
BERLIN, May 25.—The Loka! An-
sMger today prints a dispatch from
8aIonics, which says:
“The insurgents seized the village of
Srr.erdesh, on the lake of Presba and
Turkish soldier* surrounded the plnce.
They fought for thirty hour*. Th •
rebels threw- dynamite and dynamite
bombs at the houses which caught fire.
The wind tir*-ad the flames and burneo
up the whole town. One hundred and
fifty bodies of insurgents were found
In the ruins."
York os a result of strikes ordered by
different union* and the lockout decided
upon by material- men and contractor!!
in their fight against the unions. Work
most of the building* and In the snw*
milts and brick yards I* practically at
standstill. Along the tmbwny
en are at work. Home of the contrac
tors having even mpre titan bsfor
Italian excavators and rock men went
out.
RUSSIAN NEWS WELL-COOKED.
vniMintlon of Southern Manchuria
< iiune* UloorUer— lluaolrtn Tim
her rnnmiloni
8T. PETERSBURG, May 23.—“The
evacuation of southern Manchuria by
tho Russian troop* led to a display of
ever increasing insolence on the part
of ths disorderly tribes. whose numbers
rapidly augmenting," says a Vlad-
lvostock dispatch to the NoVoe Vremle.
The correspondent says: "Many Chi
nese and Mam luirJans In tb> province
of Mukden and Kirin are in terror of
their lives and property."
Referring to tho Russian timber con
cession on the Yalu river ths dispatch
•ays: "A Russian company, with a
capital of $1,500,000 has been formed in
Corea to exploit the com-«**Hlon and
eever.nl thousand workmen have al
ready been engaged in Manchuria and
rent to Corea. Russian workmen are
also being dispatched thither In great
numbers."
COAL STATION IN ALASKA.
Admiral nrnry Vlrpnmmrmla If* Im
mediate Emtnhi l«li in<mi I.
WASHINGTON, May 25.—Admiral
Dewey, na president of the general
board, has mndo a report to Secretary
Moody n
LEXINGTON, Va., May 25.—Today’s
session of the Southern Presbyterian
assembly was mainly taken up with
pnrtial reports from' the committee on
bills and overtures and the committee
on publication. The annual report of
the assembly’s trustees showed a total
from all sources during the year of
$19,908; disbursements $15,881; balance
on hand $4,027. The sum of $8,955 had
been bequeathed to the assembly by
Miss Mary Stuart of Alexandria, Va.
Dr. Craft* of Washington addressed
the assembly on Sabbath observance.
The committee on bills nnd overture
through Dr. Hall, reported against the
overture to amend the book of church
order to substitute “may” for “shall"
,1 tfv- assembly adopted the report.
The overture of Columbia Presbyterian
to moke the synod of Tennessee a rep
resentative body wns rejected.
The assembly adopted resolutions
commending the work of the American
Tract Society and thanking Dr. T. L.
Shearer, the secretary. Tho assembly
then took ft recess until tonight.
LEXINGTON, Va., May 25.—The gen
eral assembly met in session tonight
but did not transact any business the
aesslon being converted Into n popular
meeting. The topic of the evening was
ministerial relief. Many commissioners
availed themselves of the long recess
between sessions today to visit the nat
ural bridge.
A large audience assembled at the
popular meeting, which was addressed
of Bov. Drs. J. T. Plunkett of Augusta,
Ga., W. M. McPhoters of St. Louis. J.
8. McElroy of Richmond and Henry A.
Moore of Texarkana, Tex.
PARIS, May 25.—As a result of yes
terday's automobile races six persons
were killed,two so dangerously injured
that they may die and ten seriously
Injured. A carefully revised list of the
casualties follows:
The dead; ,
Pierre Roderiz, Mr. Barrows' machin
ist; In collision with a tree near Ll-
bourno.
Nixon, Mr. Porter’s machinist, burn
ed under automobile.
Normand, M. Touran's maohinist, at
Angouleme.
Dupuy, soldier, at Angouleme.
Caillon, cyclist, at Angouleme.
Unknown peasant woman, ot Aklls.
Tho injured are:
Mr. Barrow, pelvis nnd thigh brok
en; amputation of leg expected.
M. Marcel Renault, Injured about
body and head.
Mr, L. Porter, cut and bruised.
Mr. Stead, overturned, badly injured.
Mr. Stead’s machinist, head cut open.
champion cyclist; broken
cap.
Richard, chest crushed, ribs
machinist,
George
broken.
Henry Jeannot, Rlchord’i
shoulder fractured.
E. Chard, hend cut open.
Tourand, severely crushed.
Gaston Rnffet, boy; fractured skull,
leg nnd arm- broken.
Marcel Renault's machinists, severe
ly bruised.
Some miraculous escapes have been
reported.
M. Terry's machine was burned at
fcolgnier*. but he and his machinist
were unlnfurei.
M. Rodolph Rodens nnd his machin
ist were thrown out near Borden
and were practically unhurt though tho
car was destroyed, i.
The manufacturers have agreed that
ns u road race is impossible the meet
ing will be resumed within u closed
The correspondent of the Associated
Press IntervltWd a numb r rf the lead
ing Atnerlean nnd French autninobiilsta
nnd they all expressed horror at tho ee
rie* of accident* and added that in
their opinion It would end speed rncss
In France and at other points on the
continent.
Foxhall Keene said: “The killing or
maiming of so many persons is a ter
rible blow both to Individual* and to
rive
THE CUMBERLAND ClIURCn.
NASHVILLE, Tcnn.. May 23.—The
cession of the general assembly Of the
Cumberland Presbyterian chureli
opene d today with the reading of n mes
sage of fraternal greeting* from the
general nssembly of the Presbyterian
church in session at Lexington, Vn.
Uov. J. Darby, of Indiana, respond
Ing to tho nddresa of several Alabama
negroes, expressed the deepest frater- I automoblllng. I had *hoped
mil feeling*. He said th«r« were differ- |
••lire* between the White end colored
x&cci Which both recognized could
never be obliterated, nnd when these
differences were properly understood
there would then be erected a platform
across which tho right hand of fellow
ship could be extended.
Tiic assembly then adjourned until
tomorrow*
LOB ANGELES, Col., May 23.-The
reports of the standing committee on
freedmen, tho special commltteo on
education, young people’s societies nnd
Presbyterian building, and the break
ing of ground for sdltlonal building nt
Occidental college, made up tho pro
gram of tho Presbyterian general as
sembly today. The friSdmen's' commit
tee report gavo opportunity for all'the
colored commissioners to be beard, nnd
there were ringing speeches from the
representatives of^the negro churches of
the South. The report of the freeil-
men’s' commltteo was rend by Dr. C.
I’. Chcscinnn, who In commenting upon
it raid:
’’Something I* wrong when the richest
churches In tho land give a m
tanco to till* work while they glvo large
my sixty horse power car. It was at
wonderful machine, showing 112 kilo
metres without effort.”
There is not the slightest ground for.
the suggestion that Henry Fournier, W.
IC. Vanderbilt, Jr., nnd Baron De Forest
withdrew from the rare on account of
the dangers. Each had a damaged cyl
inder and could not proceed. J.’B.
Worden, who arrived tlfth at Bordeaux,
Is the only American remaining in tho
contest. He has only a touring ear,
but nevertheless made a line race Tho
speed limitations which have now been
fixed by the French and Spanish gov-
:s will put nn end to nny chanc»
of fast time being made between Bor-
ond Madrid, nnd the balance of
e will be run under tourist con
ditions. •
ieo Moore, of Washington, has
returned from nn inspection of tho
track for which unusual fnoUltlet*
wore granted him by the Judges of yes
terday's race. He gives n graphic de
scription of the trrrlflo speed of thq
racers. He timed Louis Renault's car
as It passed him and he found it was
ranking 7412 miles an hour. The auto
mobile of M. Gabriel, yesterday's win
ner, he said, gave forth a roar as it
leaped the sleep incline nenr char
treuse, like n huge rabbit bounding up
n hill. He snw Jnrrott npproaehlng at
lightning speed. A huge black mas
tiff got right in the path. Jarrott ro-
atlzed that to try to nvoid the dog
would throw his car against a tree apd
he ptpered directly ahead. He struck
the dog squarely and it ( was pinned In
front of the automobile for a moment
an:l then dropped to the ground be-
tw*en th • wheels. Every hone in its
body wns broken. Rome of them in a
dozen places.
PARIS. May 23. A late dispatch from
Bordeaux adds another tprrlble accident
to the long list of casualties. Mrs.
Chayrsas, accompanied by her husband,
both riding bicycles, were watching the
passing automobiles at St. Andfcp Do
Ciibznc, twelve miles from Bordeaux,
when a horse, frightened by the noise,
ladled and overturned the woman, who
fell under a racing automobile. Both
her legs were rut off. The hope of sav
ing her life Is slight.
MADRID. May 25.—The Spanish gov
ernment has prohibited the continuance
of the Paris-Mndrid automobile races In
Spain. The automoblllsts jpay croft
the frontier hut they are to be consid
ered simple excursionists and- must
travel at reduced spued.
MU'
A INSEVILLE. Ga., May 25.—Wiley
Tanner, ag*d 19. *on of J. W. Tan-
11 I ner. died from what la believed to have
►q been strychnine, poured Into a glass
m I of butter milk whieh he drank at dln-
Ie i n * r Saturday at his home, Chestnut
t | M untaln, CUayhgm district, this coun*
tv It " e Hu .ght to have been dot.-
•* I through mistake at first, but yesterday
of I suspicions caused hie father to have
>>g i an filquest' held and an analysis of the
j etomarh made by phyricktni today.
| Mr*. Tanner ha* been placed under
I guard, pending final Investigation by
j Coroner Dor .-♦»y tomorrow. Tho par-
tivs are prominent* Mrs, Tanner being
May 25.—Mrs
. the story
ank Dun
T!u
LONDON. May 25.—The Sofia corre
spondent of th* Times say* negotiations
between Bulgaria nnd Turkey have
opened favorably in that city. It is
evident, he adds, that there is a slack
ening in the struggle in Macedonia, but
fighting 1* reported from the districts
of KlUbtro nnd Nevrokop, where i
trnl village* ar ** b’oekadsd. Mace-
' on Ian circle* in Sofia are disposed to
await the result of the recent pacific
idlng the immediat* sums to
nt Dr. E.
abllshment of a coaling
Dutch harbor, Alaska, and the erection'
e of a coal depot with an initial
irlty of £.000 tons. Believing the
establishment -of n / .*oal depot at this
nieglc point, will istreugthen the
United States on the Paclfie nr*nn, the
president has heartily approved the
l Ian.
Rear Admiral Bedford In hi* report
recommeryling this new coaling station
called attention to the settlement of tho
boundary between tho territory of
Alaska nnd ths Dominion of Canada,
nnd said there was abundant evidence
going to show that tho spirit of Canada
on this matter may be considers^ as
threatening.
EMI’UliOH IS SATiniClL.
WEEDING OUT FRAUD
IN POSTAL SERVICE
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY MILLER, CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING BRIBE IN
THE RYAN CASE, DISMISSED FROM OFFICE AND IS AT ONCE ARREST
ED—HE PARTICIPATED IN GIVING THE TURF INVESTMENT COMPANY
FREE USE OF TUB MAILS. , r
Make
OrlKlnnl Rejoinder i
Crlffe*.
r If A
-’.STON EXPOSITION.
Ln«t of the < ImIiiii
Reen Pi
WASHINGTON. Ma
of the claims against
warrant aggrey >
congreea appropr
purpose.
MEXICO CITY.
1 Ne w Yor k excl
ortra.um.
Aicnlmt It Ifn*
y 23.—The last
the Charleston,
pa nr tor labor,
rendered to that
lay by treasury
59.74.1. The last
$160,000 for that
BERLIN. Mar 2T, -The n
been printing Items to th
statue of Errperor Charlei
placed In the new cathedra
a number of Pmnuatant oi
thenwelve* as helot palne
Emperor William wrote ot
-ping something of Ihii
him, Diocletian, Nero, T
Alva will be placed In
Lucifer himself ha* bWh
the pulpit or In ths emperor * u
e North German Gazette t
above at .the head of Its column-
lemi-offldal answer to th»-
critics.
ther objects.'
’. Cowan, secretary of the
board of freedmen. said in brief
"There are in this land of our* more
than nine million of freedme
many have become educated that they
have added to the social statu* of the
mass of uneducated. These will learn
something. Ih It not better that they
would learn the finer thing* Of life ln-
H< id *>f Hiking tludr thirst for educa
tion In the muddy stream* of *uper*ti-
tlon nnd vlco7’’
Half a dozen or more of the colored
commissioner* were given five minute*
In which to urge the church to
bmd It* aid In the education of the
of tho South, arguing
that education wan tho only solution of
the race problem that now confronts
thi* government.
“In 1866." y.dd one colored brother,
'.‘there were four million of us: now
there arc ten mlllins. You have got to
educate us as a matter of *eif-protec-
tlon."
The report was adopted.
INTEREST SECURED
ON THE CUBAN LOAN
on Liquor*, Tobacco, Snicm
Matt-lira — Amount Will R<
KmtlNEI
MASSACRE.
asking
to all cl
The re
f3.V
HAVANA. May tf,—President Palma
has approved the regulation* for th-?
coll'-ctlon of the stamp taxes and tho
tax's on liquors, tobacco, sugar and
matches, whirl, an- Intended to me-t
the payment of the Intercnt on th** pro
jected loan. The •colle<-ti»a
will begin a month hence and will
atii'.'ini to $1.800.<t00 annually. Bids for
the loan v. Ill not Ih- advertised unt-l th"
WASHINGTON, May 25.-Po*tmaa-
ter-General Pnyno todny. Humninrily
dismissed Daniel V. Miller, a**lMtnnt
attorney In the office of the assistant
attorney-general for the postoffico de
partment, for pcceptlng a bribe In con
nection with the case of John J. Ryan
A Co., charged with fraudulent use cf
the mails. A warrant hn* been Isnue 1
for Miller’* arrest. 1
Another warrant has been Issued f'»r
the arrest of a man who I* charged
with b*-lng the pnrtneror go-between in
the transaction, A po*toffice liifei^-to-
lui* gone West from Cincinnati to effect
lh«- arrent, which Is expected to occur
tonight or tomorrow. The bribe I* al
leged to have been accepted at Cincin
nati last December.
Mr. Miller came here from Terre
Haute, Ind., about two years ago. He
wub appointed by Former Assistant At
torney James N. Tyner. The i-hargu
against Miller haa been pending for
three months. The Ryan company wui
a turf investment concern which oper
ated at St. Louis and Covington, Ky.
Its methods and working operat nun
are said to be similar to thou*- of the
Arnold company, which ha* figured
conspicuously in the postoffice Invest!-
gAtion. The Inspectors have be**n
etly at work on the case nnd action
been delayed. Postoffice Inspector
J. Vickery and R. M. Fulton, nt
Louis, recently were given full chi
of the en*e. Complaint was made by
Inspector Fulton before a United KUi
commissioner Saturday nnd a warrant
wiiH then issued for Miller nnd for
other party. Inspector Fulton Imrne-
d ately came to Washington, while an
other Inspector went West from Cin
cinnati to make tiie oth- r nrrer.t. In-
yp.-f tor Fulton today exhibited the pa
pers In the case to United States Din-
Attorney Beach Tonight 51111* r
I* in the custody of a postoffb e inspec-
<1 his formal arrest will follow
tomorrow morning. Miller was nt hi*
desk -.'I d ly tod ly He vros tile ! Into
the office of A*«!«tant Attorney-General
Robb shortly after 1 o’clock this after
noon and notified of his Immediate de
partment, who was then acting assist
ant attorney-general on account of Mr.
er's protracted UIne*s. Mr. Chrlnt-
y whh at the postofflce department
today nn a summons from the depart
ment and was closely examined regard
ing the case.
It 1* stated that the amount offered
Miller aa a bribe aggregated several
thousand dollar* and wan In the form
of a rash payment, followed Ky a check.
This payment In alleged to have taken
place In r nclnnatl, eo the case will ba
tried there, probably In -the October
term of the court. Mr. Miller probably
will give ball for bl* appearance at
that time. The penalty for the offense
la a fine of not more than three time*
the amount asked or accepted, and by
Imprisonment for not more than three
WASHINGTON. May 25.—Miller was
alien to the elty hall tonight and placed,
tnder arrest by a deputy marshal. H*
valved examination and tv # a* released
FINANCIERS ARE
IN TUO OF WAR
Trotilile Between the Pennsylvania
nnd Weater* Union I* Asltntla*
the Stock Market.
-•ID ■ tlo
I’nlma Is
ad\ ,i
t th:t
l.Ol.ll FOR F.t H01*1
NEW YORK. Ma
000 gold to Germany tomoAo
sal i
id of the *t»p* that hnd be
Ho
alto
•y-generml,
alting.
NEW YORK. May 25 -Following the
close of the stock market it wai ru
mored In Wall street that a conference
of th«* leading financial Interests would
be held up town In the evening to re
view the situation, and If necessary
adopt remedial measures. It was
strongly Intimate 1 in certain quarter*
that the warring faction* In Pennsyl
vania railroad and Western Union Tel
egraph would come together and make
mutual
failed to
inqulrieH 1
Showed th;
be allowed
esslons.
■ of the clubs and hotels
*ar out these report*,, and
authoritative quarters ail
the liquidation which was
us In today’s market would
!o run its course.
Gossip at the up-town resorts was
bu-y with the names of a number of
well-known individual* all of whom
ire reported to have been badly
Th*- I. -t Information was all to the
> ff>- t that tin* Hltuatlon was not suffi-
i 1-ntly critical to warrant the official
Interv* ntion of the - I -tiring hou»e or
th<* formation of "money pools.”
U 4 AFIELD PLEADS NOT G» ll.TY.
NEW YORK, May 25.—Richard A.
Canfield to-lay pleaded not guilty to an
IndPtment of four count*, among them
b*ing the "common gambler” charge
and was released under bonds of $1,M(L