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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
FOIt GEORGI A i FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY| VARIABLE WINDS.
ESTABLISHED IN 1S2«J
MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1903
JUDGE REDWINE
18 VERY SEVERE
Summons the Grand Jury in Breathitt County, Ky.,
and Demands That Those Who Burned Witness
Gwen’s House Shall Be Indicted Immediately—
Will Hold a Special Term to Try Them—Defense
Trying to Prove an Alibi in Jett’s Case—Jett De
nies He Fired the Fatal Shot—City is Terrorized.
JACKSON. Ky., June 15.—Interest In
the trial of Curtis Jett and Thomas
White for the alleged murder of J. B.
Marcum was secondary today to the
preliminary hearing of the teamstera
of th* Hargis brothers, arrested by the
[ soldiers on the charge of burning the
hotel jreaterday morning of B. L. Ew-
i en. the principal witness of the com*
| monwealth against Jett and White.
I Although this place has become accuse
tomed to assassinations and Incendia*
j ry flres during the feud of the past
[ three years, it never had such a night
of terror as that of last night. Many
I rpent a sleepless night, not os members
any vigilance committee patrolling
' streets, but within their own doors,
I ci they were expecting the torch to
j be applied to their houses next.
Joe Crawford and Ed Thorp were
[ brought before Judge Red wine this
I morning and testimony was heard on
E the writ of habeas corpus sued out for
I their release by the Hargis pc ople yes*
| terday. Gray Haddlcks and Jerry
I Lunsford identified Crawford as one of
I the men seen coming from the Ewen
I house just before the fire was discov*
md A.U. Short said he saw Craw-
k ford and Thorp crossing the bridge go*
|ing In the direction of the Ewen hotel
■ hour before the fire. The prison*
Kers told conflicting stories of their
■whereabouts. Judge Hargis and <he
■attorneys he employed to defend Jilt
lii). ] white, represented the prisoners.
■Judge Redwlne decided to hold them to
|the grand Jury which was re-convened
his morning.
After the habeas corpus proceedings
■ disposed of the trials of Jett and
[White for the assassination of Marcum
ere called. There was much exdte-
ent about the court house and those
Bering the court room were not only
Searched but also closely watched.
Attorney Gol ten made the opening
nent for the defense In the os>as*
i case tllif
n nllbl which the
oa Whits
forecasted. Acco
nlng. l!e ou
defense w
nnd Jett,
rdlng to M
and will urge that White alone entered
the side door of the court house prior
to the shooting. Golden said they
would prove that Jett came out of the
side door after he went to see Mar
cum's prostrate Torn in the doorway
and he then learned what had hap
pened.
Curtis Jett was then called to the
stand in his own behalf. He was cool
but answered questions from his nttor
neyt with considerable hesitation.
The Jury waa excused for a few min
utes and the grand Jury filed Into the
court when Judge Redwlne charged
them to investigate the burning of
Ewen’s hotel. Judge Redwlne
very forceful In his charge, saying that
arson was next to assassination and
that he wanted the grand Jury to rc
nort to every fair means to Indict th
men who were guilty of setting fii
to the home of Ewen. He said it was
doubtful if life and property were ever
so hnecuro in a civilised county as It
is Ui Dreathltt county today.
Judge Redwlne intimated that a spe
cial term of court would be held to
try Incendiary cases If Indictments
were found. Meantime the overworked
troops were sent out with summons pa
pers to bring in witnesses for the grand
Jury. •
The.murder case was then resumed.
Jett was asked what he had said to
Mrs. Johnson on meeting her after
Marcum was killed. He replied:
*'I said that shs could not lay thle
on me; that every time a man was
killed they said I did lt. M
Mrs. Johnson testified that Jett said:
"Hargis' money killed him; I fired
the shots."
He said at the time of the shooting
his right hand was so badly swollen
that he could not have pulled a trig
ger. He said he had had n finger am
putated iwo weeks before. When court
adjourned for dinner Jett.was still on
the stand.
LEXINGTON. Ky.. June 15.—A sub
scription list for the benefit of Capt.
B. L. Ewen, whose hotel at Jack>on
was burned by incendiaries yesterday,
has been: started by local newspapers
and Gas met with a liberal response
already. A call has been made on the
I*-opl*» of Kentucky to mako good th»*
loss, which It la said Ewen suffered for
hD attempt In assist In aiding the Jaw
In feud*rldden Breathitt county.
OREGON TOWNS SWEPT
BY FEARFUL FRESHET
Five Hundred Lives Lost in Heppner—-A Fierce Thun
der and Rainstorm Visited the Region and a Sud
den Wave Twenty Feet High Rushed Down the
Gulch Dealing Death and Destruction to the Towns
and Villages Along the Banks—No Warning of the
Calamity—Measures of Relief.
VT EW YORK’S PLAN OF
CERTIFICATING COTTON
[ go BE EXTENDED TO LICENSED WAREHOUSES IN THE SOUTH—COM
MITTEE APPOINTED BY THE NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE HAS
DRAFTED AN OUTLINE OF ITS REDOUT—1IOW
CARRIED Ol'T—WILL
WILL INCLUDE SAVANNAH,
KCTIOS WILL IIE
litN WITH FIVE DISTRICTS, ONE OF WHICH
HA1U.F.STON AND AUGUSTA*
NEW YORK, June 15.—The commmlt*
lee named t"in* time ago by the man*
Beers r if.- N* % Y* :k <’ 11.. Lx^hang*
to study the subject and report to them
i for extending the present sya-
|tem of certificating cotton to Incused
warehouses In the South, have prepar
’d the brief form of their plan and It
ias been mailed to all the members of
he exchange for consideration.
The committee consists of Fergus
RelJ. Norfolk. Vo.; James F. McGoaan,
uguata. Oft.; Henry Schaefer, Nr*
ork; P. A. Fachlri, New York and
imes F. Maury, chairman. New York.
Home of the details of the plans are
The rules that govern' classification
ad Inspection in New York, with a few
langes, will apply In the South. Ware*
ouses In the South which apply for
censing must be carefully Inspected as
> size, character,, rate of Insurance,
roper protection of cotton atored there-
i. ease of receipt and delivery, etc M
nd must furnish bonds and ogre* to
bide by the rules of the managers,
ey shall have the privilege of free
nlssion to the floor of the Exchange
during certain days of ths year. "If
any state or city," says the report,
"shall pats laws which in the Judgment
of the board of managers are unjust
or burdensome for the transaction of
cotton business, they shall have tbe
i Ik hi to cancel any or all licenses nnd
withdraw from that city or state.'’
The Inspection of cotton shall be In
charge of an Inspector-ln-chlef, who
shall be represented by deputy inspec
tors in chargs of the districts.
It is proposed to begin with five dls-
trl u, as follows: One for Norfolk and
Wilmington; one for Charleston. Sa
vannah and Augusta; one for Mobile
and New Orleans: one for Galveston
un i Houston and one for Memphis nnd
surrounding cities.
Cotton will be sampled at New York.
th» samples being drawn from the bales
ond shipped to New York for Inspection
nnd classification. To secure a cot
feeling and harmonious working ■
the Southern exchanges it is prop
to add a representative on the classifi
cation committee of the New York ex
change, one from each of the towns
* h- —n and one from any others where
the classification amounts to 100.000
bale* a year. This representative is to
be chosen by the local exchange in the
Fmjth, but subject to approval or re
jection by the New York board of man-
rO RID ALABAMA
OF PEONAGE SYSTEM
ptroMK « barter i
Jntlir Jonn
the Grand Jury h>
the t ailed States
MONTGOMERY, Ah
charge to the grar
ok occasion to say that these
Jor.es h-ld that all <
ch debt. Judge
SITUATION AT EL PASO.
EL PASO, Texas, June 15.—The Rio
Irande fell or.e Inch today at this point.
iut reports from up-stream lndhate
hat another rise Is to be expected,
rhe <" hie-f of police and hie levee work-
t* have the situation well under con-
rol tonight and tbe general opinion
PORTLAND, Ore., June 16.—Five
hundred people lost their lives in a
cloudburst that almost entirely de
stroyed the town of Heppner, Ore.# at
6 o'clock last night. Heppner is ihe
county seat of Morrow county nnd had
about 1,250 inhabitants.
All the telephone anil telegraph wires
are down nnd no* accurate Information
can be obtained, but the estimate of
loss of life la based on the most reliable
reports received up to tonight. A re
port from lone, seventeen miles from
Heppner. Is to the effect that 300 bodies
have been recovered. A messenger who
arrived at lone said that a wail of
water twenty feet high rushed down
into the gulch In which Heppner is sit
uated, carrying everything before It.
The flood came with such suddenness
that the inhabitants were unable to
seek places of safety and were, carried
down to death by the awful rush of
water.
Almost the entire residence portion
of the town was destroyed, but some
of the business part, which is on higher
ground, escaped.
Huge boulders weighing, a ton were
carried down by the current ond many
people were killed by being dashed
against the rock bluff.
Early In the afternoon a thunder
storm occurred, covering a wide region
of country, and later a heavy rain storm
set In. many of the small streams over
flowing their banks In a short lime.
Bridges were swept away like straws.
As soon ns possible after the flood
had subsided the work of relief was
commenced by the citizens of the town.
Dozens of bodies wete found In tho.
creeks ond In some places they were
piled over one another. Up to 2 o’clock
this afternoon over two hundred bodies
had been recovered almost within the
city limits.* The buildings which were
t carried away were moved from
their foundations or toppled over.
Hundreds of horses, rattle, sheep an 1
hogs that had gone into the cre«k bot
toms for wuter perished.
<if the i .<Limity did n«>t reach
th. outside world until today, all the
means of communication having censed.
Soon ns possible news was sent by
courier to tbe nearby towns. The Ore-
Rallwny nnd Navigation Company
started a relief train with physicians
and supplies from The Dalles shortly
after noon. At 1:30 o'clock this nfter-
another train of relief started for
the scene from this city. Th»- citizens
of Portland started a relief fund as
ns the news of the disaster spread
the city, nnd within a few hours
$5,000 wan raised.
Supplies will* be rushed to Heppner
s soon ns th»*y run he assembled.
Following H a list o the ldentlflfl"d
bo Iks: ■>, •
— Krug and family.
Thomas Howard nnd family.
James Jones nnd his family.
Dr. McBwards.
Family of O. A. Rhea.
Mrs. Carr'n family.
Mr». Chns. Andrews nnd children.
Mrs. Robert Baird nnd children.
— Walls, Pr.. and family.
Dr. Ring's children.
James Matlock.
Th mns Matlock's family.
Miss K'.llOtt.
Mies Elder.
William Cohen and.fam’ly.
Mr. Geiger.
W. M. Walton and family.
Herbert Bartholomew's family.
John Meyers.
George Noble and family.
Robert Hinds and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson.
Ocrupont* of Heppner hotel,
Peveral Chinamen.
Mrs. Charles Curtis.
Georgs Tinsley. wife nnd child.
II. A. Boyd s family,
Mrs. W. It. R<rr.
Chr!» M. Ashbaugh.
Carl Jon*-s nnd family.
Grorge Hwntdard.
John M. Keirnnn and wife.
Agent O. U. nnd JC. railway.
C. F.. Maltfteld end family.
Albert Cabots and (unilf.
Benjamin Patterson and family.
H. C. Clerser nnd family.
Fifteen buildings In the town of Lex
ington, nine miles below Heppner on
Willow creek. were waih*»d away but
with no loss of life, the inhabitants
having time to save themselves from
the surging torrent.
At lone, seventeen miles away, can
id- damage was done to build*
lUtiough no lofs of life I* report-
burst occurred last evening. Large
part of town destroyed. Help needed.
• ”8. H, NATSON, Mayor,"
Mayor Wlllinmr. Immediately wired
the following reply:
"What do you n. c l, money or provis
ions. Give more details."
It Is Impossible t•> < oinmunlcate dl-
ith Heppner
K1SHINEFF
m HER WOES
epho
wire
along Willows
« d2Si3 B ,NaI B’Ritb Ollieial Confer
bee
I NDUED COFFINS.
THREE
PORTLAND, June iS.-Word was
received here from lone IMe this after*
no in that 3()0 coffins were needed at
once at Heppner. The weather l.i
worm ond It Is necessnrjd that the dead
should be bur’ed at once.
One hundred coffin* were sent on the
Or. on Railway nnd Navigation over
land train tonight nnd one hundred
more will be ■»nt from The Dalles and
Portland.
j The Port’nnd office of the Oregon
| Railway nnd Navigation Company this
morning received the following tele
gram from Ihppner:
"Roughly estimated almost all the
whole people living on %he banks of
the Willow errak w«*to drowned."
MINER’S MAJ
STRIKE AGAIN
Shadow of Trouble Omin
ous in Anthracite Region.
With President.
TO TAKE THRONE
AS PETER, THE 1ST
Karageorgevitch Proclaimed King of Servia by the
Servian Parliament—Becomes Hysterical When
Hears the News—Conditions Attached to His Ac
cession, One of Which is That Those Who Killed
Alexander and Draga Shall be Exiled—Brother of
the Dead King Shows a Disposition to Hake Trouble
SYMPATHY EXPRESSED
DinlOilttoM tit the Way of Reaching
Hu* Csnr’s Enr itre Dlirmuird-Two
I'Jiiiin Suggested—Both the I'rest-
dent nml Secretary liny Bendy to
Do nil In Their Power to Mlllssle
the Condition of tlie Persecuted.
MEN IN UGLY HUMOR
Hectare the Operators Itave In Itc-
fiialiig to Accept tbelr < oncJlln>
llona Ylolnted the Terms of tlie
Recent Award—A Colored Dele
gate Who Waa Ofkp« ord to Hfrlk*
fusing to Acept Their Concilia*
Ini,
SCRANTON. Pa., Juno 16.—The spec-
iol convention of the united Mine
Workers of the three anthracite dis
trict^ called f«»r the purpose of dealing
with tho refusal of the operator* to
recognize the conciliators appointed by
the Joint executive board, opened her*
today with National President John
Mitchell presiding and M0 delegate* in
attendance. Tho conciliation matter
nnd all other grievance* the different
districts want to have considered, wove
referred to a committee on resolutions.
Thia committee met tonight and will
present a report for revision or adop
tion at tomorrow's session. The scntl-
inent altnoMt unanimously expressed In
the motions and speeches was In favor
of the convention contenting Itself with
endorsing the uctlon of the executive
hoard and leaving It to the operators to
accept the three district presidents as
conciliators or tnko the consequences
of their refusal. Not a few of tho dele
gates declared openly for a strike to
enforce acceptance of the district I confe
WASHINGTON, June 15.—Through
their representative association, B'Nul
H'Rlth, tho Jews of America today laid
their case before President Roosevelt
and Secretary Hay and they are con
tent to abide by whatever the execu
tive decides Is best for them. By ap
pointment at 10:30 this morning the
oxecutlve council of this association
called at tho state department. They
were Leo N. Levi, president, New
York: Jacob Furlh, vice-president and
treasurer, of Cleveland; Holomon Sulz
berger, honorary secretary. Now York;
Joseph D. Coons, Wllktsbario, Pa*;
'Adolph Moses, Chicago, and Simon
Wolfe, of Washington,
Secretary liny received the council
in tho diplomatic room and spent three-
quarters of nn hour listening to their
representations and commenting upon
them. Then the secretary escorted his
c.jI.o.h to the White House, where they
were received by President Roosevelt
and again sot out their views and 11s-
tom d to what he had to say in reply.
The Interviews with both the president
and Secretary Hay were extremely sat
isfactory to tho council.
The massacre nt Klshlneff was tho
principal topic of discussion. Rut .the
Jews realized, after heating what the
president and Secretary Hay had to
ray, that there was nothing that this
government could do at this moment
to undo what had been done In Bessa
rabia. So, looking to tho future, the
council besought tho president to use
his good offices to secure the ear of the
wiring i
■blent'
id.
identials
they
Th® president and secretory listened
with the deepest Interest nnd sympa
thy to these repnoHtntlons ond both , , , .
r.plle-1 in term. th.A „hmv.-.l th, depth
of their feeling in the matter. It was
promised that everything that the cx-
•• utlve could property do without vio
lating tho principles of International
comity would be done but neither Pres
ident Roosevelt nor Secretary liny was
able to make any definite promise be
yond this which was accepted a* sat
isfactory. »
Tonight the statement wns given out
While House concerning tho
ce on the Klshlneff affair. The
lamentable events have caused the pro-
foundest impression throughout the
world, but most especially In this coun
try, where there are so many of your
co-religionists who form such a desir
able element of our population In indus
try, thrift, public spirit and commercial
morality. Nobody can ever make tho
Americans think 111 of the Jews as a
class or as u race—we know them too
well. In the painful crisis through
which wo nre now passing, tho Jews of
the United States have given evhlenco
of the highest qualities—generosity,
love of Justice, and power of self-res
traint.
"The government of the United Staten
must exhibit the same qualities. I
know you do not doubt tlie sentiments
of the president. No or.e hntea more
energetically than ho does such acts
of cruelty and Injustice as those we
deplore. But he must carefully consider
ail the circuinatanccH nnd then decldo
whether any official action can be taken
In addition to tlie Impressive and most
effective expressions of public opinion
in this country during the last month.
You will have observed that no civilized
government in the world has yot taken
official nctlon—this consideration alone
wonld bid us to proceed with care. The
emperor of Russia is entitled to our res
pect, not merely ns the ruler of a great
and friendly nation, but as a man
whose personal character is even nioro
elevated than his exulted Htatlon. Wo
should not be Justified In assuming that
thla enlightened sovereign, who has
given so many proofs of his devotion to
peace and religious toleration, has not
douo and is not doing all that lies In
Ids power to put a stop to these atro
cities. to punish the guilty, whether
they belong to tho ignorant populace
or to high official circles, and to pre
vent tho recurrence of tho outrages
which have so shocked humanity. In
fact, all we know of the atiito of things
In Russia tends to Justify the hope fhnt
even out of tho present terrible situn* |
tlon some good results may come; that
He who watches over Israel does nut
slumber, and. that t)io wrath of man,'
now ns so often in tho past, shall bo
made to praise him."
The call on tho president at the Whlto
House followed and thorn President
Roosevelt aftuft.tbe ntsmoluuduwj was
laid before him said In part:
"Mr. Chairman: 1 need not dwell
upon a fact ho patent.uh the wMespteaU
Indignation wiiri which the American
people lu-nrd of the drendful outrages
upon the Jews In Klshlneff. I have
never In my experience in this country
known of a more Immediate or a tkep*
er expression of sympathy for the vic
tims and of horror over tho oppulling
calamity that had occurred. It is nat
ural thut while tlie whole civilized
world should express such a feeling, it
should yet be most intense nnd most
widespread In tin.* United BtntcM; for
of nil the great powers I tldnk I may
say that the United States is that
country In which from tho beginning
her
In opening the conventlo
jon, President Mitchell »
viewing the i
statement consisted of a memorandum
I submitted by the B'Nai H'Rlth on tho
i this nfter- j mnsfa< re In April, a tentative draft of
ndti a brief ■ n petition to the czar which it was d*-
* that have | sired this government should unoffi-
ln the way of acknowledging th
due to the Jewish race und of en
do Justice to those Amorl- |
who uru of Jewish anceu- J
try and faith.”
President Hoosewlt reviewed vividly
the part the Jews have played in the.
d**vo.opment of th United States. He
said they always were foremost In up
holding the honor and credit of the
country. Ho alluded to their bravery
in war and to their energy and Indus
try in peace. Ha tefured to Iwldent*
In his own official life, both civil and
military, in which Jews had borne a
GENEVA, June 15.--Prlnce Peter
Karageorgevitch has telegraphed his
acceptance of the Servian throne.
King Prtfer also telegraphed to the
emperors of Russia and Austria and to
the king of Italy, announcing his elec
tion and adding thnt lie hoped to work
for the good of Servia. king Peter re
ceived calmly, but with evident satis
faction the telegraphic notification of
his election ns king.
Subsequently as he received congrat
ulations, King Peter became ihore ex
cited, laughed hysterically, marched
vigorously up and down the room and
finally flung himself Into a chair, trem
bling with excitement.
His acceptance of the throne Is stated
to be subject to four conditions:
First—That the action of 'he Skup
shtina ta constitutional and entirely
free from bribery or force.
Second—That those directly impli
cated In the assassinations and revolu
tion should be exiled.
Third —That tho civil list he In-
Fourth—That nn official delegation
come to Geneva to confer with him.
King Peter In an Interview announced
that ho had accepted tho crown of 8er-
vla nnd would assume the tltlo of Peter
the First.
"I am profoundly touched," he said,
"at the confidence shown me."
The king has addressed a proclama
tion to the people of Servia which will
1)0 placarded and read throughout the
country. In it he thanks the Servians,
who have shown a desire fo return to
tho traditions of tbelr ancestors. He
promises to he faithful to those tradi
tions, drawing special Inspiration from
tho memories of his regretted father.
Tho king promises to Ignore all that
has happened during tho past forty
years and not to benr 111 will to thoee
who opposed him.
King Peter will probably start for
Belgrade Thursday evening, by wa-jr of .
Vienna, accompanied by his Swiss.At
tendants. Ills residence Is watched by
private detectives. Tbe many caller* are
rapidly filling up the new. king’s vis
itors' book with their congratulations.
King Peter received at 2 o'clock this
nfternoon a telegram from Belgrade An
nouncing (hat a sharp fight had taken
place In the streets between the 'parti
sans of the new king and those of Mi
lan, thu kgltUnatlaed son ^|B^|qriner
King Milan, father of Alexander.
Young Milan had recently been liNtM
In Constantinople. His partisans posted
a proclamation on tho walls of Bel
grade. and It was torn down by King*
Peter’s supporters, after a free fight.
THE FORM OF ELECTION.
HEM LIN, Hungary, June 1C.—The
skupshtlna nnd senate of fiervlA met
In Joint session precisely ot noon today •
and within fifteen minutes hud elected
Prince Peter Kurageorg-vltch as king
of Hervln.
Long conference* wore held between
the ministers nnd deputies on Hund&y
resulted In a cut and dried programme
which went through without a hitch.
Tho parliamentary gathering was
held In toe White und Gold ball room
In the m-w wing of the palace within
a few yards of the spot where King
Alexander and Queen Dragu’s bodies
were thrown from tho window. Not
the slightest reference wns made to
Wednesday's tragedy. The ministers of
the provisional government sat at a
table at the top of the hall, the prom
inent figure among them being the chief
Ply
transpired since tlie close of the strike dally or seml-offletolly assist In dellv
and making suggestions us to what j erlng to tho czar and procuring a
plan of prureedure the convention j thereto, and copies of the repip
ry II
** memori
irnlng
officially
-onspleuous part,
p dice commission
bad detailed u .1
forty Jewish pollc'
lie
of Ne
said In part:
Be.
should follow,
j "It Is needless to say that the refusal 1 velt to their
«,f the coal operators to accept the i dum says tho
I award of the strike commission, in a j Klshlneff masi
i b o.id, liberal, fair spirit, Is a deep dls- j ported by the Russian government have
appointment to me, I had hoped that, appalled nnd horrified not only the Jev
of the conspirators, Col. Mnrhin, Queen
Draga'r. brother-in-law, who was res
plendent In his full uniform.
The members of the skupshtlna and
senate entered the hull and took their
seato Informally,
I*ievident Vnllrlmovlcs, rose Immedt-
ately und begun speaking umtd breath
less silence. He said the national aa-
jiiwlah agitator. II hml ■'"■ilWy Im.l tn.-t to doct a kin* ot th*
vetlvo able t Uhkou. Some fatherland, having already agreed upon
personal friends, b>- said, t,l « principles of tbe new constitution,
md Inevitably, therefore, J Immediately the whole assemblage rose
"long llvo Karageorgo-
■ of i
In Russia
American people
done nnd whose
nothing was don
* I fled nnd fixed.
here hut the whole
who want something
hostility to Itnsnla If
i might become lm
The Jews, it say*,
likewise fearful of the future.
Two propositions were submitted.
First, that a petition to the e*nr from
ding men of oil states of the Union
the
AV VITIOVA
CITY. June
iretary of tl
i the:
after the award wns made, each side
would accept It, nnd carry out its pro
visions to the last letter, I desire to
say that If the Mine Workers had refus
ed to enrry out even so much a* the
slightest provision of that award, 7
would be the first man to condemn
them for such conduct. We expect to
keep Its provisions inviolate. When we
are ready to live up to the award. It Is ! be prepared, the government to assist
not UM'-’isonahle for us to ask the op- in securing its delivery to the czar and
erutors to do th- same." a reply thereto; secondly, use the Klsh-
S- r< tary George Hnrtleln followed I Inoff Incident as the basis for an official
with a spirited speech In which he I Invitation by the United HtateB, ad-
provoked resounding cheers by dectar- i dressed to all tho powers, to an lnt**r-
ing "I can s<-e a six months strike in I national conference to consider perse,
every one of your faces to get what we cutlons growing out of racial nnd re-
nr- entitled to." Ilglous prejudices nnd to protect clv-
A colored delegate, William Tarr, of ! lllzatton from the evil offer t* of such.
Shamokln, arose to protest against Se.-« j A tentative draft of the petition to
retary llartb.-in talking strike. "We've | the czar was presented, reciting In
had enough of strike. We've had our ' some detail the recent outrage* against
sonal sym
orror over th*
man. In couclu
TO l*F.PI»*RR'!l RELIEF.
PORTLAND. Ore,, June 15.—Prepara
tions for relief of Heppner are in pro
gress at various point* from Portland
to Pendleton. The Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company dispatched a re “ 1 j» r #..j,j
belly full of 1
He declared "What
we re here for is to avoid strike. We're
not looking for bother."
Tarr wns Interrupted frequently with
crle* of ‘Put him out" and the like,'and
when he had been Induced to nunsid*
delegate aw- and formally made a
motion to ej. ■ t him from th<* ball.
MM» hell smiled and went on
)ole question finally w:n
tbe committee on resold
convention adjourned m
omorrow morning.
rk.out Ms fin
;£• Federal coast;tutien in u*t l: i tor.t-o
lief train from Th
at IY'" p. m. a train left this city carry- I Tjj,. N
ing Hupt. J. R. O'Brien and a party of ! {erred %
K igons with sup- I an ,j
doctors are being ?"»nt to r /* c ; 0 < ^
orn nearhy points, where i
ml. "»rr>rnunlc.itIon*. j SUICIDE AFTER MAflRMGE. | -nfi gu.'
o.'wool buyer* from Boston NEW ORLEANS. June If, -Within by the
l t'- have been at Heppner jm hour of h**r marring** today Miss I In r*
| .bn the cloudburst r, < urred and are Hattie A. Thomas s% .-(flowed dose of tary II
| un-osed to h;»\e perished. laudanum that proved fatal, leaving a | ' No
j Mayor Georg* H Williams today ft- J rot'- to her family to - pray for 1:
| ‘he following dispat* h: !?>.• had I :, man,*.-! be for* but
LEXINGTON, Ore., June JJ.—Cloud- | talned a divon.*.
the Jews in Rusttl.-i
they were due to race and reUgloua
prejudice^
It therefore petitioned "that by a
onvlncing expression
Jenty v. Ill pro'-hrim not only
:overnrn'-nt of your own sub-
t also for the guidance of all
men, that none vball suffer In
roperty, liberty, honor or Iif•».
•f his religious bo||#>f; that the
subject or citizen may wnr-
>rdlng to the dictates of his
“ l‘*m »•, and that government.
Ms form or agencies, must
1 tb*«<* rights and IrmnunlMej
zeroise of all Its powers"
In rep’.y to the memorandum Secre
tary Hay raid:
"No person of ordinary humanity
can have heard without deep emotion
the story of the cruel outrng>-s i,;f!!"f*d
•jpoa the Jtvts of Klshlneff. Xh«i«
he had "felt a deg
pathy and person.'
dreadful tragedy" i
1st ltv the mind of
slon th'* president sail:
"I should hold myself unworthy
my present position If I failed to t
Just as d'• ep sympathy and Just as d-
sorrow and Just as deep horror O'
art outrage llk«* this done to the Jew
people In any part of the earth. I
confident that rnu< h good Inis nlrer
been done by the manifest ut
throughout this country, without i
regard to creed whatever, of horror s
sympathy over what has occurred.
Is gratifying to know what we wo
of course assume, that th*- governm*
of Russia shows the feelings <.
and Indignation with which the Anie
lean people look upon the outrages
Klshlneff, nnd l* moving vigorously n
only to prevent their continuance b
to punish the perpetrators. That go
erpment takes the same view of tho
it rages that our own governin'*
k**s of the riots and lynching* will
rnethn-H occur In our country, l»
* not’characterize either our gover
s
r,:i
Vltfl!,"
Tin- roll cgll follower^ each member
rising quietly in his place and suylngi
| ‘ J’« t« r Karageorgevitch."
f I There were no desentlng votes and
l I proceedings'^ closed with brief speeches
tl delivered by the president and the prt-
i j mler. congratulating the assembly upon
i Its day’s work, which It was hoped
i forebodf -1 better days for fiervta.
>■ ! I)ir«- tly afterw'ords the soldiers out-
a Gdo took the oath of allegiance to th*
v - new king, the lute Queen Draga's regt-
il j n.cut being the first to do so.
The inhabitants of Belgrade are re
markably quiet and apparently uncon-
rerned. Th** cafes are filled with people
reading the newspaper* and playing
cards or chess, the shops are open and
there is little to Indicate thut the nation
has been engaged In the election of a
n* w sovereign. The new constitution
closely follows that of 1888 and Is even
more democratic. It Is described aa
making Seivla virtually a republic with
the king at its head. ,
l'. , r-t.-.ty Ha
has notified i
Inquiry on n;
of Klshlneff
between thre
pa rtlrlpants
arrested; am
most that th
"I will co
suggestions i
on illy, wit ho
that the go
*EW COLLEGE PREttlDEXT.
KNOXVILLE. Term.. June 15,-Rev.
1**')!ge i>. Booth of Clarksville, Tenn.,
today elected president of King's
'oil* ge, Bristol, Term . vice Dr. George
1. Uum»**y of Richmond, Va., resigned.
•d; tha
ditlo
horn we sympathize so deeply. Noth-
dred of th-* j log that has occurred recently has had
i have b*-eii rny more constant thought, and noth-
stated that lug will have n »y more constant thought
d to the id - j than this subject. In any pro|w*r way
ermlt. , by this beneficial action may be taken
irefully th" ( It will be taken, to show the sincerity
ubrnitted t» of the historic American position of
vheth-r the now* existing con- I treating each man on his merits as %
•»* **uch that any further off|- i man without the leant reference to hts
•• "ii would be of advantage j 1 reed, bln ra<.e or hts birthplace."
UufortunaU survivors with »(Applausv-i