The Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 188?-1905, June 01, 1903, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MACON TELEGRAPH RAIN MONDAY, COOLER IN EAST PORTION| TUESDAY FAIR IN WEST, RAIN IN EAST PORTION! FRESH SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING*. , ESTABLISHED IN 1820 MACON, 6A., MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1903 DAILY—#T A YEAR INEXPRESSIBLE IS THE HORROR OF IT How Death Rode on the Waves of the Floods That Have Partly Submerged the Great Cities of the West-List of the Dead Now Over Two Hundred. Calamitous Scenes That Appall the Hind—People Drown to Escape Fire—Loss in Kansas City, Topeka, Des JToines Beyond All Calculation—Cities Without Light or Water Works—Destruction at Armourdale. , cold, dta- TOPEKA. Kan., May 31.—There Is ground for hope that the worst has passed. Tonight City Engineer McCt- ble Issued a bulletin giving out the cheering Intelligence that the * ater® tJt the Kansas river ha . subsided Ms Inches. With 175 or 200 live* lost, mill ions of dollars of property destroyed, with hundreds of pistol shots as sig nals of distress, blended with the ago* nlzlng cries of unwtlll.ig inhabitants of tree tops and roofs,of houses and the waters creeping upward and then alow- ly aubslding and alternately changing hope to depsalr, the capital city has passed the most memorable Sabbath day of Its existence. Throughout all this discomforting condition of affairs was added the presence of rr.al rain. The arduoue work of the rescuers was nbt abated in the least by the ditlons which confronted them! For long, dreary hours, knee-deep In water and sometimes in water up to-their necks, they worked with might and main. Tonight they can point to 300 or more rescued persons who otherwise might have been swept away in the current. Briefly stated, the present condition Of the flood are there; One tiundred and seventy-five to two hundred peop> drowned. Eight thousand p*op'o without ho Tee Four million dollar* loss of property. ; Hehtlned dead, six. Floating bodies seen, twenty. People missing, two hundred. Houses burned, result Of fire In lum ber from slacking lime, probably two hundred. . Banks collapsed, two; wholesale gro cery flooded, two. Big business blocks almost ready to crumble, fifty. Wholesale commission houses de serted. six. Rock Island trains containing UO passengers held here by high water. City water works plant useless. The known drowned: Karl Rupp, Orville Rupp, two Rupp girls. O. II. GffYretts, and five year old son. Twenty unidentified bodies. Leading men have made n careful examination of the flood nnd all Its conditions, and m * result of their In vestigation. they give 350 aa the prob able number of lives lost. A more conservative estimate places the num ber of dead at 175. The higher num ber Is as apt to be correct as the low er. The number of dead Is merely a mat ter of guess. Twenty member* of res cuing parties tell ho* they saw pe.,plo drop from houses to be swept away by the flood, and others tell of men. who terrified at the approach of the fire, J \ dropped Into the water where they | r not necessarily be a much larger loss of life. Large contributions have already been received for the benefit of the suf ferers. « The nmount given by Topeka cltlxens alone will aggregate $100,000. To this Is to be added an Immense quantity of thing, provisions and general* sup plies. Outside towns have generously ffered aid, notable among which Is Galveston* Texas. Tonight the portion of * Topeka not affected* by the flood Is crowded with refugees. There Is great anxiety tonight as to what tomorrow will bring forth. If the river shall not receive any more flood water west of here the Improve ment In the situation will be marked. If the water shall rise at Manhattan and Wamego tomorrow will aee a rep etition of the worst of the flood scenes and the distress 'here will be greatly Intensified. TOPEKA’S TKRHII1LR STORY’. TOPEKA. Kan., May 31.—At 1 o'clock the number of drowned people was known u> be at least 1&0 and a large number were yet missing. Several were reported burned to fleath but this cannot be substantiated. From all over eastern Kansas bdats are being rushed here for thfc rescue of Up sufferers. Shortly boats arrived fion train and they were put into active I - •». U- e**t V 1>nt mu Soon after report* of drowning began to come In. A boat containing eight y in the swift cur* which immediately capsized. The three found resting places in trees, where they remain at this time. Another par ty Is trying to rescue the trio. At 3:30 the water had receded one-half Inch In an hour. Before this a rise of an Inch had been reported. The gauge went up and down nil the afternoon until at 3 o'clock a fall set In. At 4 o'clock the water had left the first floor of the Hock Island general offices, but was yet six feet deep Just outside the building. It was then that a gang of telegraph linemen succeeded In get ting a heavy wire cable stretched across the top of the pontoon bridge. A Inrgi sand dipper was attached to this nnd used to take large quantities of pro visions to those who were not. yet reached. By this cable many people were rescued. The first flood victim to be rescued by means of the cable was the Rev. A. N. Pearson, pastor of the North Topeka English church. Mr. Pearson said: "We spent three days on the top of our house*. We were fairly warmed .by dress but had only two loaves of bread for our family of four. Yesterday my wife and children were rescued: today my turn came and I cannot begin to tell how thankful I am." W. N. Kephsrd and wife, aged peo ple, were rescued at 4 o’clock. They were so numb tlmt they could not feel and had io be knocked down Into the water before the men could reach them. Their minis hud given way under the strain. They cannot recover. A Mrs. Anderson and her year old baby, for three days w*tre In a tree In plain sight of people who were powerle heaviest * loss is at Armourdale, where the losses to the packing industry and others is placed conservatively at $2,600,- 000. Argentine, another suburb, has suf fered losses estimated at. $600,000. Other losses which cannot now be estimated, will Increase the total very materially. Armourdale, with a population of 16,009 people Is deserted and Its site marked only by the tops of buildings and a num ber of flre*. Seven fires, believed to be chiefly box cars burning? could bo seen from the bluffs tonight. There Is some danger that the flames will spread to the par tially submerged buildings adding great ly to the already heavy Iobs. Tho first started from the flowing of the flood into lime pit. Refugees from Armourdale for the most part aro huddled together In the Immense auditorium of convention hall, although several hundred found refuge with friends fortunate parts of the city. Two* thirds of Argentine is under water. More than 4,600 .people in this suburb found safety Imthe higher part of town.’ All bridges over the Kaw river down and fhe only communication with Armourdale la by boat. Kansas City to night Is without a water supply, flood having disabled the pumping sta tion and tho utmost ‘cere’ ts being taken that no Area shall break out. Even small flre, it is feared, would start conflagration. Only one street car line In the city la running «might owing the disabling of tho poweip plants by tho flood. The railroad yard# are blockaded with* trains unable to get out. Not a train gone out or the city oxcept *to the cast today and It U said that there U little prospect of an improvement In the situation for several days. Tho'stage of the river at 6 o'clock* to night was 30 f*ot 7 Inches. The previous high record was made In 1881, when tho fact 3 Inches. By to* morrow morning according to the pre diction of Superintendent Connor, of tho weather bureau, the test will show 31 feet. The union passenger station by the rise of the flood today w*ns rendered practically useless. At one end the water waa three feet deep, and at the other four feet. In tho baggage-room baggage was fastened to tackle anti suspended in the nir out of the reach of the water.* Nunv erous rescues, some of them made by the narrowest of margins occurred during the day. Two-thirda of Argentine, a railroad and manufacturing town on the south bank of lhe Kansas river, alx mlle3 from Kansas City, Is Inundated by twenty feet of water nnd probably $600, 000 damage has b< on done. Forty-five hundred of G.W Inhabitants are hotm and nearly 3.000 are destitute. Five bridges have been swept nway, all th‘ railroad tracks nn r | fac tories are und< water and businesM Is suspended. Tt DESTRUCTIVE FORCE OF ERZEROUM QUAKE Nearly 1,000 People Were Killed. ias of Cattle Incalculable—Nearly Score of Villages Destroyed. LONDON, May 31.—The Brltieh con sul ot Erzeroum reports that an offi cial estimate places tho number of per sons killed In. the earthquake In the Van district of Asiatic Turkey at 860, while the loss of cattle was incalculable. Nearly a sedre of villages were com pletely destroyed, and many more were partially demolished. The centre of the seismic disturbance was In the neigh borhood of Mount GIpan. knot all being able II v ck> ■ drowned, other lent, final) b-iti in the swirling North Topeka Is a scene of utmost desolation. Not a square foot of land can be seen In any direction. There la but i **n. ill • ban ..m <f th*- i* hi denrea being left standing at the end of the flood period. Wherry, Oakland nnd the region about the Reform school north of Topeka are all under the rushing water*, but the Situation is favorable In these place® compared with what North Topeka them. The mother lashed the child inyllght nine • clo®e In her arm® and managed-to brace sTurner bridge, three mile® bore Arp i on a special | heraelf agalnat a tree In a reasonably , tine, went out nt l":$0 o’clock this mo secure position. For three day® she Ing. It® wreckage lodged against the kept up the battle for life. At four bridge pi Argentine, which succumbed o'clock her rescue was very near, but noon. Tho bolt line steel railroad brldg she lo*t fonsclousnee-. Both mother nnd just below the county br tlge fell 1mm child fell Into 13 feet o' water nnd . dlntely nfterwnrd. ' ThMl-** 1 it■■wneeesaton were drowned. I the Twenty-fourth -treet brio go und liv lUrvtjr I'ar»on«, n local MftUapw | mnt r brMg , .WPIflh .lr..I wtf, crrlM away. The railroad bridge was valued at 375.000 and the other four at IS.001 each, mnk ng the bridge Ioks $'.78,000. Five olng. DEMONSTRATION BY 30,000 IRISHMEN 2x<rnnr<l!nnry Affair In Liverpool. Home Rule In Demanded, LIVERPOOL, .May 31.—The conven tion of the Irish Nrytlonal League* clos ed today with a demonstration by 30,- 000 Irishmen. T. P. O'Connor, who presided, referring to the fact that Irish votes saved the government from defeat over the London education bill, aald: n The English people must renlize that Balfour Is premier by the virtue of the Irish vote. If they nr** fit to rule England they are also fit to rule Ireland.” LIGHTNING KILLS ATLANTA LADY And Burns the Georgia Avenue Presbyterian Church. Fire Spreads to Two Residences—Miss Lula Hig gins Struck Dead on Her Porch While Viewing the Action of the Elements—Thirty-Six Electric Street Cars Knocked Out of Service—Phones Made \ Useless and Whole City Alarmed. ATLANTA. May 31.—A storm of con- i out by lightning nnd.rendered useless, siderable violence visited Atlanta thl® | The church had Just been completed afternoon about 6 o'clock, doing ,much damage. The wind blew nt a terrible rate and rain fell in torrents. During * been dedicated Sunday JEWS IN KI8IIINBFF. People of Richmond Express Sym pathy for Thom. RICHMOND, Vo., May 31.—A mass- meeting was held nt the Bijou theatre here this afternoon to express indigna tion at the mnasacre of Jews In Machi ne ff, Russia. Henry 8. Hutzlcr presi ded. The opening prayef was made by the Rev. Dr. John Ilannon of tho Meth odist church. Addresses were made by Governor Montngue, Mayor Taylor,-the Itov. Dr. Evans of the Ep'scopal church, Ilozcoe Nelson, Professor 8. C. Mitch ell of KDlimond College (Baptist), Hon. Georgo C. Cabell of Danville, Lleutennnt-Governor Willard and Rab bi Cnllsch. 'Resolutlonri calling on the government to remonstrate with Rul- sln 'were read by John C. .Easley and unanimously adopted. The meeting was a Inrge one, nnd represented the Intel ligence, wealth and culture of the city ns well a® all shades of religious be lief. the storm lightning struck the Georgia Avenue Presbyterian church at the cor ner of Georgia avenue nnd Grant street, setting the building on flre. The struc ture wot entirely destroyed in a short time. The residences of Mrs. Vera Strauss. 321 Grant street, nnd Mrs. R. D. .Neely, 376 Georgia avenue, caught from the church nnd were partly con sumed by the flames. Efforts were made to secure tho services of tho flre de partment, but nil private telephones and those connected with tho flre de partment In the vicinity were burned During the prevalence of the storm. Miss Lula Higgins. 18 years old. living with the family of Noah Hazlings. 721 Marietta street, was killed by lightning while standing on a portico in the rear of the house watching the antics of the elements, rthe was engaged to be mar ried and the event was to have occurred Sunday next. Thirty-six street ears were knocked out of service, the electrical apparatus of each being destroyed nnd hundreds of ’phones were also put out of busl- On Bellwood avenue this afternoon Murray Jones was sho( through tho lungs with a pistol by another negro, nnd will die. TULLOCH’S CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED FORMER POMTM ASTER GENERAL SMITH SAY* HE HAD TfcJKftE INVES TIGATIONS LONG AGO—IT WAS FOUND THAT TULLOCH WAS IGNOR. ANT OF THE METHOD OF DOING RUSINESg IN THE SERVICE—MAIN* TAINS THAT THERE W r AS NO FRAUD AT ANY POINT—OTHER FORMER OFFICIALS OF PROMINENCE TELL WHAT THEY KNOW OF THEM. Frldny night In n boat rescued a I woman and her baby, names unknown, j from a house They had proceeded only a short distance when the boat capslk- , ed. Parsons contrived to get himself j hundred from* dwelling house* are un- and the others up into a tree and them | d **' wot *r “'“1 ">th a further rise many they remained until 3 o'clock thl* of- w,l l ternoon, when rescued they brought to a place of safety but moth er and child probably will not survive. Two small steamboats were put into service at 4:30.one from Ottawa nnd the other from 81. Joseph. By thla the work of rescue was greatly facilitated. R. L. Wlcze, a former city engineer, was dragged from the hay loft of n barn almost unconscious. Ry aid of small stenm and gnno]lne launches 40 men In Bouth Garfield Park were rescued. They had perched them- | selves ,n treat inf had tad nothing to I Mk tOT bourn * * D.lrlpl/ ll.ll.tj. 81* 1 Nearly all the fires were put out by the heavy rain, which fell nearly all r.lght. Messages were sent to Ft. Jo- e-ph saying: "Topeka wants three to etx steam launches, and twelve or eighteen cllnker-hullt row boats, with men to handle. I Patrick Relln®, his wife nnd three 2f ln »> n ’ cu ‘- '"■"V' !" *" r ' 1 ' l .null chlldr.n w.r. tah.n from tho Top.lt*. Th" tr. n «»• *° 1 1 J** attic of thr lr .mail dwoi:in*.Th« pinnt. ns far an possible on th** submerged | ... tracks and then the boata would b Inun<bed. It was expected that th launches could reach here about o'clock. In which event many of th people < north side could yet b3 Meanwhile the beleaguered e encouraged to hold on a little i the hope that rescue would effected The Santa Fa shop* and the Argentine smelter stand In deep water. The 1.090 employee of the Santa Fe nre idle. The lose of the brldse® nnd the sus pension Of street car travel,nnd telephonj service have almost Isolated Argent life, the wagon road to Kansas City being IN PAR-OFF JAPAN Educational (laicliiln Charged With the* Aei*|ilnni*e of Krlhrs—Cabinet Ignorra the Dint, The today bi orator t yards ai who set for ivy M I. been a i amine there for the discovery of two refrig- irloade of meat in the railroad d the generosity of a contractor i n wagon load of bread from ’Ity for free distribution. Many E. L. B ailey Th* and E. M. Alexander per- iomc of the most heroic work night. In the night they tiuc- ln reaching one of the burning yards and rescued a dozen wo- d children. On the way to the women fainted ped the boat. *d the pontoon argo. The obliged to hold the two younger I children constantly to keep their heads above wster.They were nearly starved and probably cannot recover. Miss Annie Noble, operator at the I union depot railroad station, In North (Topeka, the headquarters of the Un ion Parin', was forced to leave the building and with a slater take refuge In on abandoned horse car. The water rose a foot above the floor of the car, but today they were rescued. Near the Ro k Island depot is a pas s' ruM-r train <>f **•••, <ui con h< « et tlDd in l'i I'l.iy of the light. Ro Island "Y” of tho destitute are negroes who have not even saved sufficient clothing. The slti/atlon In the suburb of Armour- dale tonight Is one of utter desolation with every prospect that the financial loss will be greater within the next twen ty-four hours. In the mci| n are sit uated all the large packing houses. Ar mour’s Hwirt's, Cudahy'S and Bchwarz- ehlld nnd HulsbergeFs, Tho I r* to these plants alone will be close to $:.iOO.OOO *■ the agents of fliift ft Co., catlmnte their tors alone to be close to $1,(40,00&, Tho Armour Packing company suffered, a loss from water roughly estimated *t a half- million dollars. The great plant will be Idle for some time to com*- There are at numbers of freight Cara upon tho j j track* with the freight utterly ruined. of the did not td oil skin? mated number of deni doe® not In- | elude the large number classed, ns miss ing. who cannot otherwise be account ed for. Neither doe* It Include the number who are supposed to have lost I their lives in the flre. In the latte,- | class there Is absolutely no means of I arriving at even an approximate num* j ber of Victims. The wat»*r 1» so high i and th* current so strong that all that I up tkelr br .old water rescuing r children, the men being le e later. ,wdy and his brother are i who escaped the flood. 1 for a story of hi* experlei •mild lx* high. the , ns d.d also most of the n— ....... , which the rallB were told, and, n» An lho residences In the district are un- ;e«utt cars cannot bo moved out of ,1 * r water, most of them being but one- .• for' two weeks or more* after tho "«”ry affairs and fully 16,Wf people from >d shall subside. About 160 passen- I this suburb having been compelled to •s sire on the train. They are not In abandon their homes nnd tnk<* to tho I Linger nnd nre well cared for by higher ground for safety In very few At 1 ople be th. It ill b- thre the correct number oi dean will b* known. The work of rescuing the vic tims of the fleod Is bMi.g push'd witi vigor. Better results have character' lzed the efforts of the organized f^roe* since 4 o'clock this afternoon than dur Ing all the pri ding twenty-four hours than the peop! folio In B street church 100, in Topeka J the stn woolen mills 100, In Casey's flour mill I the Ka 81, In Page's elevator M, In the fire station 81 Food was gotten late today and those in the church and elevator were fed. At 5 o'clock the first sight ;w0 I of the floating bodies wo* seen, twelve the ; bod leu were s<*»»n passing by the Nortn ual j Topeka fir* station and it was then t?- ’ t 1 lim ited the Iops of life would reach 20o m:** | but nothing definite will b*? known for of | During th- height of the rescue work '•••! j this afternoon, a man occupied hi* tlm* ep- in going among the hou*' 1 ® rematnm** g**t J In North Topeka nnd looting them. Po- i* h | Hoe officers started after the fellow ;e n j with the Intimation that It would g»» •use I hard with him wh«n caught. Instances reet of this sort nre rare, people giving it i>r!«l as their opinion that never in an event In*, of this kind has been am rt a minimum 1 n of this order of crime. •of them saved i most mats Ail through ds of this section the waters o river have backed up and ther Is very little current, a fact that ma tend to lessen the damage. In the wholesale district there will h no active business some* time aftc the abatstnnt of th flood. Late this al YOKOHAMA. May 31.—The cabinet has Ignored the resolutions passed by tHe diet May 29, demanding the fixing of the ministerial r/epnnslLIUty in co 'on with the rcan als resulting fri educational officials from the tei book publishers. WASHINGTON, May 31.—Postmas ter General Payne today made public the reply of former Postmaster General 'harles Emory Smith to the charges ot former Cashier S. W. Tulloch, of the Washington city postoffiffee, regarding the postal Investigation. Mr. Smith says he Investigated the allegations of Irregularities when they were made and that the evidence adduced, In most rases, was believed to b? a Justification of the transactions complained of, add ing that the criticisms betrayed a lack of knowledge of conditions incident to the Spnnlsh war rindAha measures nec essary to meet the requirements. Mr. \ let- rldent, although other documents on the subject will he made public lMt<*r. These include the replies of former First Astlstnnt Pdltmaster Gen“rnt Ileith and of Fourth Assistant Post master General Bristow. Mr. Smith’s letter shows that the Tulloch eharg.s were Investigated nt the time but Mr. Smith had forgotten this fact when ho Wrote his first letter to Postmaster General Payne. In answer to Mr. Tul- lorh's charges Mr. Smith says In part; "The transactions mostly grew out of the conditions Incidental to the open ing of the Spanish war, and the criti cisms betrayed a wnnt of knowledge both of the conditions nnd of the meth ods adopted to meet their require ments. The war was declared April 21, 1898. Within a few weeks an army of 260,000 men was raised and organized In camps. It became necessary to pro vide at once for the prompt handling* of the mail of this large body of sol diers and their million friends at home. Any failure to do so would Justly have excited universal condemnation. no special appropria tion was available, and the means hud to be provided from the general postal appropriations. Afterwards congress made a specie] appropriation of |600,« 000. for the military postal ssryjgt, to b>* expended entirely at the discretion of the postmaster general und of thla wprt ifrrtn lain Um treasury. Mr. Smith then upholds the actfLot, his department and says that with' ® few exceptions which he promptly c(r- dereil stopped when discovered tftff postal service* was administered |n ac cordance with law und good practice. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow has recommended to Postmas ter General Pnyne that the order di recting the posting of names of resi dents on rural free delivery routes In the post offices on these routes be re scinded. No action has yet been taken, on the recommendation. RIOTOUS -DAY IN PARIS. Free Tlilnkers, Antl.ClerfralN, So- «■ In I la t m nml Police In the a Melee. PARIS, May 81.—The free thinkers and anti-clericals attempted to make a manifestation In the Place de la Jte- publlque, but an Imposing display of the police and the republican guard prevented them carrying out their plan. Several rows occurred, however, be tween the police and mnnlfestants,lead ing to thirty arrests. The manifest- ants, head'd by Hebastlnn Fauro, fin ally assembled at the labor exchange this evening on the occasion of the re ception of Its delegates from the Bel gian Socialist society. This meeting broke up In great disorder. The police charged the crowd around the building and ievcral persons were Injured and a number arrested. TEXTILE STRIKE WILL NOW BEGIN OVER 100,000 OPERATORS WILL Rb IT THEIR PLATES TODAY IN PENN- iYLVANIA AND OTHER MILL®—A FEW OWNERS HAVE CONCEDED THE WAGE DEMAND OF THE MEN—TEST OF STHEXGTH OF UNION. PHILADELPHIA. May 31.—The gen eral strike of the textile workers of Philadelphia for a reduction in working time from 60 to 66 hours a week will go Into effect officially tomorrow, and the leaders of the textile unions tonight lalm that fully 100,000 persons will re. fuse to go to work unless their demands agreed to. The figures given out by the PRESIDENT’S SUNDAY IN WYOMING Attends Clinrcli anil Taken i to IIIk t nltle It am* In* n—llan i Hide Wyo., May *31.—Al- irns supposed to be en- r to jest by President (■:! At • red to I I ASK 1 Ing up &r.< survivors. th f flood fha ar : nr* In this. 1' I ns*- further and TRRHini.E NIGHT l\ K A NBA# CITY. KANPAK CfTY M'i> u With the w®* ters tf the Kaw and Missouri’® nearly four fe-t above th- dlxa-irons level of » valley •en this Hirt has longer tLtr® need * river They got the Hu SITUATION IN NEll LINCOLN. Neb., May 31. 1 ater* In some of th** swollen str began receding today, but the <• i remain practically as b id fore. Fait Creek, at Lincoln, ban down two feet, but near Wnverls Ashland It overflowed thoinu*r seres. Help was m*k"d todey to r farmers Imprisoned by th*» waters Blue river has gone d».v n two f* Beatrice, but farther up. near ( the rise today was ■ ufflclent to down bridges. Railroads we tb-l up and l cP wagon brl*! have be-n CHEYENNE, I though Sin.day Hrely given ov Roosevelt, ho was on the go most of the day. This morning the chief ex ecutive and party attended the First | Methodist church, where special ser vice! for the president were held. The Itev. Mr. Forsythe preached a beauti ful s-rmon on "Btrenuousness.” im mediately after the close of the service* carriages were taken to the residence of former Senator Carey, where lunch eon was served. In the afternoon a long pro* '-sslon of carrlAgeM, headed by the pre:-. leflt and party, Mirte*l for Hen .itor Warren’s ram h, fourteen mile* south of the city. Here the routine work on on- »of Wyoming’s biggest ranches waa shown the party. An ele gant supper WiiH s**rved, after which the start for Cheyenne was made When the president reach' d hi.*! hot *1 tonight he was In Jubilant spirits an I remarked that he was looking forwnr*' With tfreat pleasure to the frontier ex position to held tomorrow morning previous to starting for the Warrer ranch tie Eagles JxMlge of this city itoullnurU . ■ impassable Page Two.) cutlvo committees of th»j claimed to ba rkms trades uffec too high. Four additional firms agreed today to give their employes the flfty-flv® hour week, making a total of forty- seven Arms, who employ 12.000 persons. It 1m expected that nearly all the dyers In the cky will rerun., to go to work tomorrow. Tin dyers. In addition to nuking for a fifty.ru** hour week, want an advance In wages from $12 to $13 a THE “CITY OF MACON” ON INITIAL VOYAGE Welcomed on Her Arrival nt Sa na no h—Immense Frelicht Carry Inis n imcltr — t'sn Accommodate* SUM SAVANNAIV, Ga . May 31 -The City f Macon, the new ehti> of the Ocean Steamship company, made her maiden •>yage arriving this Aiornlng from New ork. Hhe win, hailed with dipping coi rs ncrearnlng whistles and discharge* of irdna of der comma Aboard her were Vice Pleasants of the Ocean pany and a number of i that line and the M**rch Transportation company. The city of Macon In the City of Memphis, ai largest of the company’: r:irry seventy-two n r *t- TIt AIN IN THE SEA, rinnged Over a ''orly-Foot Em. hankment—Wnny Were Injnrsd. SANTA IIAKH.UA, < aL. May 31.*— A Southern Paclfl poassenger train was derailed at a point about a mile south of Rincon Inst nlglt. Four cars plutuf- **d down an emba'km«*nt forty feet high, two of them i.i'ng partly’sub- merged In the sea. Abo.t forty people were Injured, some of th* ,i seriously. Many sustained broken and wero badly bruised. A wouim whrse name was given an Mrs. J. r Smith ha A both arms crushed so badly that they will have to be amputnt* 1 nt the shoulder. It Is a matter of the greatest surprise • that none were killed, as many people .'•ere fastened beneath the wreckage. Steamship r orn- >th»T officials ot infs and Miner* pr« i In I Writ Roosevelt a he order. I.irv P.FFIf IBXT RG May 31.—Thl taken by th« life • rd» r during Friday’i t! • 1 'er-i *ry of th** Uctcubtirg. fining ->f th* of Ft of i UVI AN ELECTIONS. I'ronhlr That Manvel Cnndnmn Will He Next President. LIMA. I’eru. May 31. The Peruvian elections were (ondudM p*-.i* cfullj yesterday. The results, so f:ir as known, Indicate the election of Manuel Candamo a- president and that Lino Al- arco and Heraphlo Cald»ron are t-d first and seconi vice-president, rca **<- -lively. 01*11 M MONOPOLY. Effort to Exclude Traffic From Phil* Ipplne Islands. MANILA, May 31.—Opposition Is de veloping to the plan providing for tha sale by the government of an exclu sive opium concession. The evangeli cal union Is urging that opium be en tirely excluded from the Islands, claim ing that its use in spreading and work ing great Injury to the Filipinos. The Chinese and other residents oppose the creation of such a monopoly. PILGRIMAGE OF ft^.41B» ATLANTA. May <1.. The %bles ot Y.tarab Temple of Atlanta have re- «elvi 1 an Invitation to attend the meeting of Oasis Temple to lie hold at ‘ Anheville, N. Or, June 4th and 6th. The Luge number of nobles will go. Quite a party of lady friends will also visit Asheville at that, time, and as a com pliment to them a grand ball will bo given at Rattery Park hotel *n4 A lunch on the mountain,

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The Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 188?-1905, June 01, 1903, Image 1