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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
TUE8DAY, APRIL 1C, 1007,
YORK, April 13.—Six million
dollars for pleasure in a single day!
~ v -' ' la the Saturday average of New
York's Great While Light district
■which extends from Fourteenth street
to Fifty-ninth street along Broadway
and tor a block or two on either side.
Within this restricted area are two
opera bouses, 52 theters, 84 hotels, 232
restaurants, 93 clubs, saloons on nearly
every corner and flower stores. Jewelry
stores, department stores, candy stores,
hat shops, soda water fountains and an
o hr oat cndlefs number and variety of
other places designed for spending
money. It is the greates amusement
center in the world, the spot where
every good Amerioan hopes to squan
der n few dollars before lie dice Every
X>w Yorker, every wealthy.Pittsburger,
everybody else anywhere In the United
States who wants to make a noise with
his money brings it here. From noon
to midnight cn Saturday Broadway is
t ironged with the best dressed people
in America, all In their best clothes,
all spending money. All the theaters
give two performances, always to
packed houses, and there Is hardly a
restaurant where It Is possible to get
a tahle S'turaay evening without or
dering It in advance. The Items of ex
penditure on a recent Saturday Includ
ed *1.240,000 spent In the swell res
taurants of this quarter, $1,480,000 for
Jewelry. *1*400 for soda water. SI 672-
000 for surc-cni ugh drinks, $138,414
for thenter and opera tickets, balls and
dances. $01,000 for clothes and fur
nishings. fr.10.200 for trinkets, sou
venirs and picture postal cards. $85,000
for flowers. $480,000 for car and cab
fares and automobile hire. $40,000 for
photographs, *124,600 for tips to wnlt-
ef», $32,800 to manicurists, *05.000 for
billiards, b-iwling and pool, and $45,000
for candy, while *33,750 went up In
tobacco smoke.
3o why raise inopportune
respecting the fate of the
eggs? That Teddy Bear was no molly-
c ddle. Ke was a doer. As Artemus
Ward said of Napoleon. “He tried to
do too much, and he did It.” So we of
today are constantly, almost hourly,
enjoined to be doers and builders. But,
pray, where are true examples to be
found? Who are the doers and build
ers—the Hill and Morgans who have
will be at least fifty foreign delegates, i opened the gTeat West to civilization
the guests of Andrew Corn--- end won for -,ur r sun try the coKxtr-
gla. who, seemingly determined to ljave | cial supremacy of the world, or ite
peace at any price and a Mttle doubt- Roosevelts and the Bryans, who from
ful whether the much-desired object : the beginning of their manhood hive
will be attained through the millions ' divided their time between office-hold-
whlch he has devoted to the erection : ing and office-seeking, and seem
of an international dovecote In the
forests of The Hague, has asked them
to accept his hospitality and let him
foot the bills for themselves and their
friends from the time they leave their
own doorsteps until they return to
them again.
Jefferson Dinner
at Waldorf Astoria
Editor of North American
Review Wields Verbal Cat
O’ Nine Tails
Down on avenue A In this city, E.
H. Hflrrlmnn has a group of several
hundred friends who are not to be
moved in their allegiance to him by
any trifle like a dispute with the Pres
ident of the United States over the de
tails of a campaign fund. These friends
are the members of his “boys' club”
and their friends. The notions of these
.youthful hero worshippers concerning
Mr. Hnrrlman are somewhat vague
but It Is a popular belief among them
that he is a much greater man than the
President, anyway, and that ho could
have paid nil of the bills out of h!
loose change, had he been so minded
just as he does for their club. It isn
a matter very murh talked about, but
•whenever this extremely active man
gets fired of playing with railroads and
the none-too-docllo hulls and bears of
Wall *tre»t. he runs down to the club
for an hour or two with the youngsters
In the handsomely appointed club
house which ho has fitted up with the
latest and best of boys' club parapher
nalia. He hfls systematized their ath
lelles. organ'zed inter-settlement con
tests, gives tWem a play every year, to
which fashionable folks go. and after
the play treats them to a banquet at
one of the big restaurants This year
the banquet was held at Sherry’s, on
Fifth avenue. "He ain't what I - would
ealle a fine lookin' man.” says one of
the boys, "but I bet he kin put up a
good fight."
"I solemnly bind myself that I will
give my vote as I shall judge In mine
own eonselonee may best conduce to
the public weal, so healp me God.
That is the old-time “Freeman’s oath”
with which the Pilgrims of Massachu
setts Ray colony in 1834 affirmed their
loyalty to the public weal. It sounded
A little archaic, perhaps, from the lips
of ?.0na "flr«t voters on Xew York’s
Fast Side, the very stronghold of ma-
Vhine politics. 'But it was given with
such hearty. resonance that it brought
astonished policemen to the scene to
discover what If was all about. The
occasion was the “Voters’ Festival”
given In historic Cooper Union last
week under the auspices of the Peo
ple's Institute. The novel institution
was borrowed from Boston, where It
has been an annual event in Faneull
Hall, that older forum of the people,
for a number of years. Special sig
nificance attaches to this Innovation In
Xew York politics, inasmuch as it 1
the definite expression of an attempt
which the People's Institute for a num
ber of years has been making to or
ganic from the masses of East Side
populntlor. a sort of public conscience,
always with effective means at hand
for making its promptings heard. So
far this season the attendance at the
various meetings of the Institute has
numbered more than 200.000 persons,
and their unqualified condemnation or
indorsement of Important measures Is
something which legislators have
learned to regard with respect.
When Uncle Sam announces his reg
ular semi-annual clearance sale, all
roads lead to the Public Stores at
■Washington and Christopher streets,
whore bargain hunters of all sorts and
descriptions gather, from the hoblttues
of Fifth avenue In search of laces and
jewels to the East Side junk dealer
who hopes to find an honest profit in
more modest purchases of hardware
nr.d old clothes. The importations at
the port of Xew York for the past six
months have been extremely heavy,
and for the month of March broke all
previous records. Consequently It took
two days of last week tn dispose of the
accumulation of unclaimed and ren-
demned merchandise, which Included
such miscellaneous articles as maca
roni. old clothes, wines and cigtrs. min
eral water, ily-catehlng apparatus,
photographs, glassware, wooden shoos,
asphalt, preserved fruit, cement, and
nearly everything els*' made or used by
man. to the appraised value of many
thousands of dollars. T.ot Xo. 33, a
package of digestive tablets valued at
*1. which some philanthropist in Eng-
land had sent as a gift to John D
F. 'ckefeller. was sold for la cents
Three bottler of hair tonic which a
German chemist had destined for the
sire Illustrious consignee brought
Si r.ii. while Consul, the moth-eaten
stcjfed chimpanzee, which figured
1 . inertlv tit e Xew-iort hmou, t
s one years ago, fetched *33. The
gn-aicst bargain of all. however, waff
the a hand ned airship of Santos Du
mont. built to be shown at the St.
1 -.;i Exposition of 1904, which was
knock. 1 .1 wr f >r to a Brooklyn
man named Green, who disclaimed any
relationship to Darius Green of famous
o'e r ry. but thought the machine
might 'fT?rd n more reliable means
than at present exists for getting home
from nis Xew York office in time for
consider their sole mission In life to be
the regulation of the affairs of others?
But it Is demanded, “What hath our
King done that he should be condemn
ed?” Rather I should ask , What hath
he-not tried to undo that he should be
praised? The actual accomplishment
of either good or ill may be balanced
by a feather. The roaring of the lion
Invariably subsides Into the cooing of
the dove. It is not the vainglorious
boasting, as In the latest speech at
Cambridge, of much already done, but
the supplementary threat of “girding
up lions to do more” that has caused
havoc at home and apprehension
abroad. It Is not the enforcement of
old laws, however unwise, nor the pro
posal of new* ones, however socialistic
and unconstitutional, that alarms.
Despite executive assaults upon hon
est judges, we still have an indepen
dent judiciary and the time may come
when even Congress itself will cease
to bo supine. It is the illimitable
volume of violent fulminatlons from
the source of power that is “choking
up the fountains of industry and dry
ing all its streams." Already great
undertakings have been abandoned;
new enterprises have been halted; the
business world looks apprehensively to
the future, and all who have anything
at stake or aught in anticipation thank
God in their hearts for the promise to
forego a third term, and devoutly pray,
though with no little misgiving, for the
keeping of the pledge.
I say “with no little misgiving,” be
cause signs aro manifest that the
“spear that knows no brother” Is again
to be hurled into the arena. “My poli
tics” Is the battle cry and who but
“Me” personifies them? “All corpora
tions should be accountable to some
sovereign,” was the language of the
message of December 5th, 1905, im
mediately followed by the gracious
phrase “I am in no sense hostile to
This Is ar. erroneous and unjust view
of'the situation. The doctrine of
States' rights now does not mean what
it did a half of a century ago, for the
simple reason that since that time new
amendments have been added to the
Constitution of the United States, and
for the further reason that as the
result of the Civil War, and of the
adjudications of the Supreme Court
a great many of the rights that were
considered as
at that time
realm of Federal
we mean nowll^l
States Is that the Federal Government
shall not legislate upon matters purely
of local and domestic concern, and by
unlawful construction interpolate such
a power into the provisions of the con
stitution.
“In the next place we are opposed to
Governmental paternalism. I predict,
with great respect to others who may
differ with me. that the day will never
come when the Government of the
United States will own and operate Aho
WIRT SHOULD
HUE BID'M
AIR. THOS. GUYTON
DIES IN ATLANTA
Capt. W„ H. Sloan received Informa
tion yesterday that his brother-in-law,
EVANSVILLE Ird Anril 13—The w "I'.* Th ° mas . Guyton died suddenly
rendr.vv, h.v.l i.E—lWii.i.TIrFriday morning, at the residence of
which time he has been In falling
health. Death came rather unexpect
edly, although it was known his health
was not good. He was a native of
Anderson. S. C., and wherever known
had hosts of friends. He was regard-
telegraphed to John Temple
Graves, of Atlanta, Ga.:
“The Hendricks Club of Evansville
believes that, In the interest of a
‘square deal,’ Roosevelt should nomi
nate Bryan for President in 1903, as
there Is now no doubt that Bryan was - . . . .
beaten In 1S96 by the contribution of ! e ? a * an “l" 1 ** 4 ma ?- Possessing many
money from Insurance companies, rail- ?.£ ei , !n ? Qtmhties of head and heart,
road companies and tariff protected I He had never married and spent much
monopolies and that President Roose- of his !lfe wlth hls sisters - Hls friends
_ „ lo velt knows this to be a fact, and that wU1 . learn of hls de ? lh with dee P re *
rallroads of the country. We do not I Br - van . * n 1S96 stood on the platform gr 5i' . .. ... — T _
want to own them. Wo own enough I on y h,ch Roosevelt now stands on rail- ; _, He wa ? a. brother of Mrs. W. H.
now. We had better soil some things ; road regulation.” | Sloan, of this city, who has gone -
we have than enlarge our holdings.
I have studied the question of Gov
ernmental ownership of railroads in
other countries carefully: and my con
clusion is that It Is a failure from a
political or commercial standpoint
wherever It exists.
“Of course I may be mistaken, and
every one Is entitled to hls opinion, but
I regard the Governmental ownership
of railroads as a vision and a phantom.
Laying aside the legal difficulties that
surround the subject, I cannot look
upon the scheme in this country as
practical or feasible; nor do I believe
that the Democratic platform will con
tain any provision holding out the
hope of such an undertaking.
"There is one proposition, however,
that the Democratic party must con
tend for in this connection; and that
is, it must demand a complete obedi
ence to the existing statute. The rail
road presidents and officers of our
trunk lines must be made, once and for
ever, to realize that they are the ser
vants and not the masters of the peo
ple.
“Governmental ownership will never
come to pass unless they force the
issue. They are the real agitators!
and I would kindly warn them to
further desist from pursuing the tricks
and mysteries that have now been laid
bare before the gaze of the American
people.
'There is another proposition that
XEW YORK, April 13.—President
Roosevelt's policies and official con
duct were severely criticized at tho
Jefferson birthday dinner at the Wal
dorf-Astoria, under the auspices of the
National Democratic Club, by Col. G.
B. M. Harvey tonight. In responding to
the tons!; “A Lesson from the Scrip
tures.” he said:
My text will bo found In Ecclesiastes,
tenth chapter, thirteenth and sixteenth
verses:
"Woe to thee, O land, when thy kiug
Is a child. . . . The beginlng of the
words of hls mouth is foolishness, and
the end of hls talk Is mischievous mad
ness.”
The .preacher had In mind a ruler,
not necessarily young in years, but boy
ish In mind, in temperament, in impet
uosity, In love of excitement, in pas
sion for notoriety, in heedless disregard
of considerations born of sobriety and
calmness; a daring leader, though an
unsafe guide; a professor of talents,
but not of knowledge; noisy, confused,
contradictory, inconsistent. Illogical, Ir
rational. yet so emphatic and insistent
in expression as in effect to pose fis
the discover of all truths, while, in fact,
only an enunciator of the principles or
fallacies of others; maintaining each
tenet with uncompromising arrogance
until compelled to abandon it and then
shroulding retreat in impregnable am
biguity: a constructive stateman by
profession, a destructive politician in
practice: in seeming, a chivalric Or-
-lando; in fact, a Bombnstes Furioso!
Such a King whom the preacher de
picted as likely to bring woe upon the
land, whose talk beginning in foolish- i „*■ *v. ■_ , , .— ~,— t ox ms uuueriaiuns
"“rearr.rmi^und^anSng^flo^he 1 instltutians? Then Phenomenal popularity with the peo-
pertlnence of the present application,
let us admit at the outset that such
also is the ruler under whom we now
live and have the remnants of our mor
al and political being. We are told
that a President chosen by the people
is immune from criticism, that he is i ■■
a thing apart, not a mere executive of- sroat S ame
fleer, but a tribune enveloped In the
odor of sanctity which safeguard the
Kings of old. It is a new idea. Criti
cism of official conduct has ever been a
prerogative of the people. Not so now!
The heavy hand of fear rests upon the
land. The audacity of one has* tri-
Atlanta and will accompany the re-
RUSSIAN TROOPS ' 1 mains to Anderson. S. C.. ‘where the
ON PERSIAN FRONTIER I Interment. will be made Capt. Sloan
ST. PETERSBURG April 13—Ad- ‘ rema!n at hom <> wIth his children
vices from the Caucasus says' that ! durin " the-absence of Mrs. Sloan.
Russia is assembling a body of troops
on the Persian frontier for a demon
stration which, it Is thought, will bo
necessary soon. Newspaper correspon
dents are not allowed to telegraph
news of the movements of the troops,
but it is known that twenty railroad
cars loaded with artillery and three
regiments of Cossacks passed through
Kars' on their way south last week.
The Russian diplomats describe the
condition of Persia as complete chaos,
but they hope that the moral effect
produced by tho massing of troops on
the frontier will be sufficient to enable
the Shah to restore order without an
actual invasion.
Norcome n s 0 the en unp n r e 0 cedonted | Sy Tntm’y
a n free r n°e^e d f C ' aratl , or ? . puking to from its anchorage, and that is that
a free people, of the right of a PresI- | this is not- on execute-. —,.1
dent of these United States to name j that tho governmental di-Urihutaun"^
his own successor-the violent denun- ! powers nrortded for ln d ih«
that 1 °ere°rn th « S ° ven i urin ~. “> action ; tion must be preserved; and that the
LateT a^fss^n as . C ? nS!JiratorS ' , en : ; President of the United States to
gaged necessarily in treason against whatever nartv he mav heiorTcr
revTnuLa^b^V*! 16 , the ' noTexcee^ the funeZLs of°hls office
J L'Ie 1 , ° f a , lawless ; and encroach upon the remaining de!
"?‘ nd V- Aad . thoughtful men look on, payments of the Government,
shocked and terrified, yet nnn-resist- <«r have said over and
predation, stand ready to welcome the . ce — of his undertakings and w.
destruction of the very fabric of free phenomenal nonullr tv with the
gfssir' t “'”
mint irmnwlTii sober govern- ! patriotism than he has may ignore
^telling bj ’ than these fundamental distinctions and at-
are now in themidst of ^ nd’gt^v tempt to divcrt our Institutions from
melodrama R?ath?r elll it .a gamJ a j S ,anS and PUrp0Ses of their cre ^
| Vi T^/STLkS^erT
“i?es,r“bo j s r 1 ^
mnphed over the eour^ge of ‘the many. I Se°^eaS" riNSE* ** | the' drums"ihat‘ propase'To^prac-
| oTa i^ i
personal machine. Its former leaders free people to rule themselves sue- j ij tt ) e new in tho wav of a Democratic
have drawn back affrightedly into their <?ssfu ly in the communities in which j doca i 0! p Uc . j would? of couraT incor-
corners. Their wishes are no longer i ' he >‘ » ve ' ! nstead of submitting to the porate a plank for a low tariff and for
revn-ded ,hc,n — despotism of centralized antwitv P ommerci P , reciprocity^ with theTrad-
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
AND LEGISLATORS AT OUTS
AUSTIN, Tex.. April 12.—With fric
tion evident between Gov. Campbell
and the members of the Texas Legis
lature, that body adjourned sine die
today after a four months' session, and
was reconvened in extra session with
in ten minutes by Gov. Campbell.
Wednesday the Governor vetoed the
legislative measure providing for the
consolidation of several branches of
the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Rail-
rond under one management. The Sen
ate -and the House passed the bill over
his veto. The Governor, during the
present session, has repeatedly de
manded that the Legislature pass
stringent anti-corporation laws, also
certain legislation demanded by the
Democratic platform. At the final ad
journment today many of these laws
had not been enacted.
HAD FAMILY ROW
IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
GAINESVILLE, Ga., April 13.—The
most exciting scene the public square
has had for some time was today when
a “family row” was enacted there for
the benefit of many bystanders. An
old man and his wife had “agreed to
disagree” and were moving from their
mountain home to different localities
below Gainesville. They had their
household goods packed into wagons
and everything < apparently moved
along smoothly until they reached the
public square. After making some
purchases at tho stores each went to
their teams and started off. As is
usually the case, there was a cow and
a dog in the inventory of “belongings.”
The old man Started off with the cow,
when the “old ’oman” called a halt. The
cow was ‘•her’n” and she up and
“lowed” she was " 'agwine to have it.”
A heated discussion followed, to which
a large and interested crowd was at
tracted. The old man “lowed,” and the
crowd yelled with laughter. Finally
the old woman led the cow away with
a spirit of haughtiness that led the old
man to believe that it was best to say
no more, and he meekly tied the dog
to the “hind-end” of the wagon and
likewise went his way—and the family
row was a closed incident.
FAMINE SITUATION IS DESPERATE
AND MONEY IS NEEDED.
SHANGHAI. China, April 13.—The
famine situation is desperate and
Americans are urged to give $3,000,000
in tho next three weeks, not for Chris
tian, but for humanitarian work. It is
suggested that it would be best to cable
money to the American consul here.
James Linn Rodgers, as supplies can
be purchased in Shanghai.
The relief committee here is prompt
ly sending supplies to the front hut
the funds are now near exhaustion. Re
lief measures adopted up to late are
inadequate. Ten million persons are
suffering from Inadequate supplies of
food and three million are nearing star
vation. The members of the commit
tee at the front report that they 3rd
the bodies of the sufferers bloated and
that their faces turn green or black ns
the result of starvation. The people
are pulling up the growing crips for.
food. While families have been found
dead In their houses and corpses are
seen lying by the roadside.
Probably five thousand persons are
dying dally from starvation. A few ]
cases of rioting for food have occurred
and cannibalism Is beginning to be re-,
ported. Newly made graves have boon
rifted of the bodies and parents are
exchanging their children to bo eaten.
LONDON PRESS CRITICISES
AMERICAN JURY TRIALS
SNOW IN ALABAMA
AND IN GEORGIA
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 14.—Snow
has been falling here for several hours.
The thermometer registered at the
freezing point. Advices from Southern
Kentucky and North Alabama indicate
that early fruit has been killed by the
snow and cold.
regarded, their consultation no longer i d ® s , pa ' ,
desired; obedience to edict Is not only ; even n ° w ’ everywhere else, is , ing nations of the ^ orld . x wouI(3
exacted from, but enforced upon them, j becoming a relic of past ages. i then add a !ank declarln( , that ,“
So, too, with the representatives of l s rl no s P lr it of partisanship, but 1 no cuc jj thing as an unwritten eon
the party founded by Thomas Jeffer- | ‘"Unite sadness, that we foresee Utitmion of the'united States* that/if
son! With substantial unanimity i abandonment of principle in a national ft'Requires change^ it must bKmend-
Democratic Senators and Repres-nta- ! campaign led by two false prophets ed nof b secretary Root but bv "he
tives eat the crumbs of patronage from 1 striving only to determine which may i su ff ra ”es'of the people- and that ! t
the hand that smote them, and lick the j raise a banner most attractive to the j p" a ffe a ?.,nalMe act to insert mf 0 U
boot whose impact they have felt ) multitude. whethrr bv iudicial construction or
while simultaneously their undisputed. ! But ° h . the pity of it all! The men- ! otherwise anv wwer o? grant that is
if not, in fact, peerless leader, hobbles j dacious duplicity of those holding pow- j not coiSn°d within the ^well-defined
like a cripple in the wake of his suc _ er! The- noxious demagogy of those aruhori"y and Mmitations oDthe fnsWu-
cessful rival, gathering as he goes the ! seeking it! The sordid trafficking in ment. In obedience to the constitu-
Jf,i e nJ°^ e b b0U ^«V. n e S an \ e f ° r , in - I tion I would then unequivocal^ ‘de-
, fluoa f. a to . b ? '' OI V . Tile shameless , c ] are f or the supremacy of the States
; Thc^ffnhiu- th fi!ou m0 ! snd not yield the smallest portion of
o. uprightness. The unholj alliances . their Koveretp-n ri*zhf« m-cr mrtt«rr nr
Snow Fell in Atlanta.
ATLANTA, April 14.—The weather
is cold here. The wind is strong and
there was a slight fall of snow.
Ohio Fruit Crops Damaged.
COLUMBUS. O.. April J 4.—Reports
from farmers in Central Ohio are that
the fruit crops have been badly damag
ed by the cold weather of last night.
Today it snowed. A freeze tonight' is
predicted.
STEAD THREW AWAY
HIS BAGGAGE CHECKS.
WASHINGTON, April 13.—Because
of his ignorance of American methods
of checking baggage William T. Stead
was compelled to dine with the Rus
sian ambassador, Baron Rosen, in his
traveling clothes. When Mr. and Mrs.
Stead left New York to come to Wash
ington Dr. Albert Shaw, who accom
panied them, attended to the checking
of their baggage. Dr. Shaw handed
over the paper checks to Mr. Stead.
“If you’ll give me your checks I’ll at
tend to your bagage," said Dr. Shaw
when the party left the train this
morning.
“What checks?” Mr. Stead asked in
amazement.
“Those paper tags I gave you in New
York after I checked your trunks,” Dr.
Shaw said.
“But I’ve thrown them away. I did
not know they were of any value.”
“Well, you’re in a pretty fix,” Dr.
Shaw said. “Now you won’t be able
to get your evening clothes.”
Dr. Shaw saw the railroad officials
and discussed indemnifying bonds, but
did not get the trunks until nearly
midnight.
LONDON, April 13.—The conduct of
the trial of Harry K. Thaw, for tho
murder of Stanford White, as compar
ed with the rapidity and exactness of
English justice, as Illustrated in the
ease of Rayner. the murderer of Wm.,
Whitely, forms a basis for comment
in the newspapers this morning. All
the papers publish long editorial arti
cles on the Thaw case, and most of
them review the various stages of the
trial. It Is declared that American
prestige has suffered severely and the
case Is called a "signal proof of the
utter Inefficiency of American states
manship to evolve a practlacl legal
system."
One paper says: “Law, dignity,
common sense and order all have been
wanting.” while another declares “a
strong English judge would have made
short work of the trial, reducing to a
minimum its degrading sensational
ism.”
Surprise is expressed that Justice
Fitzgerald did not dominate the pro
ceedings as would an English Judge
and prevent tho defense from “getting
up gush and greasy sentiment about a
girl wife ” and the prosecution from
"such flagrant abuse of justice” by the
questions Mr. Jerome was nllowcd to
put to Thaw’s wife. Tho methods of
the counsel generally are condemned.
Tho editorial articles practically ignore
the tremendous interest this trial
awakened in England. A majority of
the newspapers here have devoted
much space to pictures and nows of
and comment on the trial, breaking tho
record in this respect of all other for
eign criminal cases.
Kansas Touched By Frost.
WICHITA Kan , April 14 —Small
and large fruit and gardens in .Kan
sas were injured last night by frost. It
is believed the loss will be heavy.
Miners Smothered to Death.
MEXICO CITY, April 13 —News
reaehed this city today that fourteen
miners were smothered to death in
NECULA FOUND WIFE WITH AN
OTHER MAN LATE AT NIGHT.
CLEVELAND. O., April 13.—Alexan
der Neeula, twenty-nine years old, was
shot and killed and Mary Canzanno,
twenty-five years old, mortally wound
ed tonight by John Canzanno, the wo
man’s husband, In a boarding house
where Canzanno is said to have found
the couple shortly before midnight.
Neeula made an effort to escape, but
was shot several times. Canzanno then
turned the revolver upon his wife. It
is said she will die. Canzanno escap
ed.
BONILLA TAKES REFUGE
ABOARD AMERICAN WARSHIP
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 13.—
The Honduran forces who nave been
beseiged in Ampala by the Nicaraguan
gathering as he goes the
few scraps that are left of his own
fallacies. Publicists heretofore cour
ageous, hasten to follow the crowd.
Every business man. Republican or
Democrat, every one you know, rages H
in the protecting silence of private d!s- j of need! Their ruthless divorcement 1 clearly*within their Province and thei-
eussion, but speaks with bated breath when ambition has been realized! The i jurisdiction" I wan'd then exniieitlv
or not at .ninth, face of possible daily, aitmost hourly. «hibition of j th7 w
publication. All have grown so accus- j roaring cataracts of twaddle! The j in favor of the str!ct and impartial en-
tomed to unstinted preachments, un- j lava streams of invective turned on to for cemert of every Federal enactment
merciful scoldings and scornful invec- wash away obnoxious evidences of utlon ?he s t atnte book nnH
tive, t-hat it seems but natural that the ! double-dealing!- The cowardice of
few who still venture to insist upon those who resent but dare not speak!
the inalienable right of communities, The wretched fear of personal conse-
whether encompassed by State city or quences manifested on every hand!
township lines, to govern themselves The refusal to accept manfully and
hould be denounced as a reactionaries j with gratitude the penalties of impop-
nd the yet smaller number who raise ularitv for the doing of the right!
their feeble voices on behalf of cau- I Is there no courage left in us? Must
t™ A N°KE. Va„ April 12-Wllliam ...|
. - - . - , - _irjan in an interview today (capitulated unconditionally this morn-
fire yesterday in the mine of the Dos was asked for an expression on the \ , n Z in tha cnemv President Bonilla
Estrellas mining camp of Elore. It is ; suggestion made by John Temple ; taken refuge on board the Amerl-
thought the number of casualties may | Graves, of Atlanta, at a banquet on < _ cr ui er flr'caco and he will not :>o
be increased. The mine is still burn- W ednesday night at Chattanooga that j nermitted to disembark on Central
1 ^H n ^ C ,/' eSC ^ WOr i C IS Carrie , fl "I SET riKn%. eve,t f ° r Pre3i * j American soll.^ The ^pltulktlo?"^]
with difficulty. The miners employed aont. Mr. Bryan said: f - . — ----- — . . - -
are of the Peon class. . "I said at the banq
banquet in Chatta
nooga all that at present I can say. I
then said: 'As at present advised, I
Belgium Cabinet to Resign.
BRUSSELS. Anril .13.—In the Cham- ! cannot see that it is my duty to iiomi
Ui uunsiumM- x ne unnoi- alliances - - , . .. - - , ber of Deputie? today. M. De Smet De i nat e Mr. Roosevelt.’ In both of my
of mammon and sanctimony in time 1 sov ? Te } sn r, ? hts over matters of Na yer. the premier, announced that the i campaigns 1 stated that I would not be
of Theil I local, and domestic concern that lie cabinet being unable to command a a candidate for a second term, if elect-
majority in the house had decided to i ed > and as I have endeavored to secure
resign. The formation of a new min- a constitutional amendment making a
istrv will not lie undertaken until the ' President ineligible for a second term
return of King Leopold from the riviera ! 1 could not conscientiously, urge the
and the chamber accordingiv adjourned ! renomination of Mr. Roosevelt for a
until further notice. ! se cond term, even if there were no
other reasons.”
tion and restraint in the conduct of time-honored Democracy follow the
great affairs, should be held up to Republican party into the vortex of
painful derision as contemptible molly- fallacies? Is there not somewhere to
coddles. Never before was there such j be found inspiration to tear down the
universal heed of the injunction of the flag of shreds and patches now waived
preacher, “curse not the king: no, not . insultingly in our faces, and raise,
in thy thought, for a bird of the air I whether for success or failure, but
hail carry the voice and that which ' everlastingly for the right, the banner
hath wings shall tell.” J planted 'by the fathers of the republic?
How happens it that a whole people ■ May not one final attempt be made to
lias been thus brought under the yoke join hands with the conservative
of taelt submission, with no voice 1 South and blaze the way for the en-
aised in protest, wit-h none even to trance of living truth and real sincer-
sk the reason why? Primarily, we ity to supplant the hollow sham and
re informed with much blare of trum- j glaring hypocrisy before which now la
rets that at last we have an honest | shame we bow our heads? It govern-
President. But did we ever have a dis- ment by the people must perish and
honest President? Tn a land where the pendulum be swung back to auto-
for more than a hundred years no blot • cracy, then woe. indeed to the land!
has stained the personal escutcheon of But let us. at least, go down with our
its chief magistrate is there so great faces to the front, trampling expedien-
occasion for boasting now? Or may cy under feet, spurning compromise
the undue emphasis placed on honesty defying mobs, following the fixed star
be. perchance, the outcome of css^n- of undying principle, and trusting to
tial canning akin to that of the cut- the return to reason of the Americati
. t'.ofish? How else can we account for ' people and the working of God's im-
.s the persistent and distressing charges mutable laws for a resurrection that
of wilful prevarication? TVhen before shall be glorious because deserved!
has a President of the United States.
upon the statute book, and that the
greater and the more powerful the
criminal who violates it. the more
severe should be the penalties that
ought to be visited upon him. I wouid
then announce that the party is not in
favor of territorial expansion: that our
arms should be
should be called
HARRIMAN'S STEAM YACHT
LIBELLED FOR BIG SUM
NEW YORK. April 13.—The Sultana,
the large steam yacht owned by E H. [
In speaking of the Harriman-Roose-
velt episode. Mr. Bryan today Baid:
“The President seems unduly excited
over the alleged $3,000,000 raised by
arranged by Commander Robert M.
Doyle, captain of the Chicago. The
Salvadorian forces who were at Ama-
pala, are returning to La Union. Peace
now believed to be assured.
WASHINGTON, April 12.—The end
of hostilities in Central America is
recorded in’the following cablegram re
ceived at the State Department this
afternoon from Consul Olivares dated
at Managua, the Nicaraguan capital
today:
Amapala has been surrendered by
Bonilla and the war is ended.
UiC Id I gt! OltMIIl JrtLill \Y IlCU (IV Hi II. | ... „ . , , “ ... , »
— — .... , Hnrrlman, was libelled today in the ' to prevent lus re-election,
stacked and a halt admiralty branch of the United States } f , Wa J l at ^ et J® ? ppo . sed *° any d °c- fen of the city
in our march of ag- j District Court, bv tho Spoolers Island * r, " e I h f ,d by President Roosevelt it is j last night after
,,q a.!.-* , 1 . , „ * x. ) certain]v not n Remiblfcan rlnntrlnd months. For t
grandizement; and that while we do Shipyard Company, which insists that I “ tainly not a Republican doctrine
jiot object to this Government becom- j $20,182 is due it for repairs. The libel-
' ing a world-power upon the field of lants ask that the Sultana be condenon-
commerce and of enterprise and of i ed and sold to pay the claim,
civilization, upon the field of war we
do not propose to unite with other
robber governments in the despoilment
of foreign territory and in the con
quest of helpless races.
“If the Democratic party will take a
PETITION TO RHODES BROWNE
TO RUN FOR MAYORALTY
COLUMBUS. Ga.. April 12.—A peti
tion was circulated today and was
largely signed requesting Rhodes
stand for principles substantially like - Browne, to become a candidate for
these, in my humble judgment, and j Mayor of Columbus. Mr. Browne is
rid itself of the delusion that it can i president of the Georgia Home Insur-
attain success by simply becoming an j ance Co., chairman of the City Koard
annex of the Republican party, then T i of Water Commissioners, and one of
believe there is a chance* for victory; j the leading citizens of Columbus.
, When we came up against the corrupt
; ion fund in 1896 we found no more ar- ! growing
I dent champion of these special ifiter-
! ests than Mr. Rcosevelt.”
j Mr. Bryan spoke here tonight under
j the auspices of the Daughters of the
' Confederacy and met here his daugh-
| ter, Grace, . who is a student at Hollins
[institute, and whom he had not seen
I since last fall.
Death of Mr. J. V/. Adsms.
BARNESVILLK. <!a.. April 13.—Mr.
J. Y7. Adams, an old and valuable cit
izen of the city die I at his home here
an illness of several
months. For the past two years he
has been feeble and has been gradually
worse. Hls death lias been
expected for some time. He was nearly
60 years old and was a gallant Con
federate veteran. The funeral took
place this afternoon and was con
ducted by Rev. H. D. Pare and the
body was interred in the Greenwood
cemetery.
and if we are defeated again then at
least we will have the comfort and the
consolation of knowing that we went
down fighting for a principle.”
SAVANNAH POLJCE
ON MILITARY BASIS
lesser or greater, at what seemed the NEW YORK, April 13.—Democratic
eruical moment In his own candidacy. | societies and clubs in all parts of
besought large sums of money for ' Grcater Kelv Xork tonight celebrated
i.re. not in conducting a political can- ! Jefferson day. The Democratic club
vass over protracted period, but on ■ held its annual banquet at the Wal-
election day. When before has it been , dorf-Astoria, the woman's Democratic i . ------ = —
necessary to purge an official con- > club of the citv met at the Hoffman ; P° ,nte fi first sergeant and Patrolman
science and reinforce a claim of civic | House the Independar.ee League had I J - J - Diegnr.n and J. D. Semken were
rightness by classing one who has : as its guests Wm. R. Hearst and At- appointed sergeants in addition to
been a friend in need, however un- torney General Jackson,
worthy, with anarchists and mur- The principal speaker at the Demo-
SAVANNAH. Ga.. April 12.—The
analogy between the Savannah police
department and a military company
was carried to a greater degree today
by the appointment of Sergt. Jos. Mc-
Cooi to ce second lieutenant of the
force. Sergt. H. W. Baughn was ap-
WIFE ANSWERS DIVORCE
CHARGES OF HER HUSBAND
ATLANTA. April IS.—Mrs. J. L. Gale,
formerly of Brunswick, made sensation
al answer today to divorce suit charges
of her husband, statipg that they had
left Brunswick on account of the yel
low fever scare, and because he had
talked himself out of practice and was
greatly in debt. The petition falrlv
Judos Beverly T. Crump Resigns.
RICHMOND, Va., April 13.—Judge
Beverly T. Crump has tendered his res
ignation as chairman of tho State cor
poration commission to take effect May
1, the delay being caused by a desire
to complete the rate cases before the
body.
A BULLET IN HEAD 44 YEARS.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 12—Rev. Frank
Riley, formerly a member of the South
Georgia Methodist conference, commit
ted suicide at his home here today,
locking himself in his room, barricad-
bristies with specific allegations of i* 10 door and turning on the gas.
cruelty | Despondency, induced by Ill health is
j believed to have been the cause of
the act. He leaves a wife and seven
children. Recently Mr. Riiey ha3 not
,’cr two European rulers meet
the lime >f day. no matter
■ --icn — y hr imtitfii't '-h-
- ■ 'u: with snewil-tivo
f fresh deals it: international
cd She try t-lond in the East.
”.-cvi •• rre = ‘ Vnt Rrosey.-lt
, r rt<-.-...-of Cet'-'j'i
\pr;l ’1 at the banquet which
f e four-day rear-' fortfer-
h is to he 're’: i in New Yrrk
; as a preliminary to the Tn-
il C ingress. K'- g Edward is
d to worry about the loval-
o-..,:..' of Canada The
■, v -.'t Vo .so larttest of
n Jift los'ttg and the most
• .- hi'M in nis country
■ to f--' v f titled and
re’guers who will be present,
,-’d it the H -tel Astor :n
Square. Among the guests
derers?
But the end. we are told, justifies the
means—any means, apparently. “No
natter what you do if your heart be
true." A well-meaning man, Horatio!
Excellent also were the intentions and
quick the resentment of the restive cow
in Chicago that ktx'ke-d over a lamp fill
ed with the oil of those engaged in
predatory activities. Great was the
fame won by that cow: so why ask
what happened to the city?
Again in ancient times the fabled os-
-trich left her nest to seek means of
alleviating her thirst, and a bear came
t'ior.g and saw the eggs, and he roared
I -".id'y and drew a big audience, and
he made a great speech and savagely
denounced the faithless ostrich, and
inveighed in mighty voice against race-
suicide, and deep was the awe :ho=o
who heard him. But mere speech did
r.ot suffice: to act was his motto. “Be
hold!" he said, "the ostrich has proven
her incapacity cr unwillingness to per
form her duties. A stronger power is
required. I wil] hatch the egg." And
he proceeded forthwith to do so. Who
can deny the praise-worthiness of the
cratic club's banquet was Senator
Rayner. of Maryland. He responded
to the toast: “What should be the
proper policy of the Democratic party
and what is true Democracy.”
Following is abstract of Rayner'-S
speech:
“I do not accede to the view that
the parties have coalesced on the con
trary. I believe that they are as wide
ly apart as they have ever been. The
President will not have a permanent
tenure of office. One prediction can
be safely made, and that is when the
Republican party has another candi
date. and it is bound to have or.e at
some day or another it will gradually
drift away from a great many of his
plans and purposes, and it will resume
business at its old stand. Then it
will be necessary for us to come back
to our old principles, unless in the
meantime we have so disfigured them
that we wil! r.ot he able to recognize
them or to find them.
“We aro charged." he continued
“with advocating a doctrine of states'
rights that would tend to nullify He
powers of the Federal Government.
those already holding the latter posi
tion. Patrolman P. J. Kelly was ap
pointed quartermaster. This makes
the organization consist of the above
named and Capt. W. G. Austin as
chief and S. N. Harris as first lieuten
ant. On assuming the post of chief,
Capt. Austin showed a determination
to put tlie department on a semi-mili
tary basis.
BLOOMBERG, Pa., April 13.—With
a Confederate bullet in his head that
has been there for 14 years and six
months. Abraham Strausser. of Xo. 28
West Third str< et, hale and hearty,
celebrated the 75th anniversary >f his
■birth on Sunday. At 30 years of age,
on November 5. 186L he enlisted in
the Union army, and at the battle of
South Mountain, on September 14,
1862, Mr. Strausser was struck square
ly between the eyeiJ with a niinie bail,
and was left lying on the field for dead.
He was unconscious for two days.
mW VardoriVnd off the” Grand i J et had been unscrewed and the gas 'Then, when he did finally com" to his
' Newfoundland. The Vader and ; poured into the room. . i senses, he was discovered by his com-
The escaping gas was noticed by Mrs. I races and carried to a hospital.
Moore, the hout; keeper, and she j At the hospital he hovered between
(liately tried to get into the room. The j life and death for nine weeks, but
SHIP SIGHTED SEVEEAL
HUr-5 ICEBERGS .
NEW YORK, bnril 12.—rny huge lee- ! been active in his profession, but has
hores. one of which resemolod n chureh j been soliciting life insurance,
in j8^ n ^^* a .lATV?*' a i*ance wit b olof tv st'-eole j jjr. Riley had gone into the room and
the e s'?.rf t ;ce n, oflthr:^ nS wora righted °br I locked the door behind him. The gas
the stem ” * **
Banks of
arrived h^re today from Antwerp and Do
ver after a rough passage.
Policemen Protect Strike Breakers.
BOSTON. April 13.—Over 109 police
men were summoned to South Boston
tonight to protect the strike breaking
teamsters and escort them from the
barns of the firms affected by the
teamsters strike, to the strike break
ers quarters. Bricks, stones and vege
tables were hurled and police eharg d
the 'crowd. .Miss Gossie P. Reinhart
was severely injured by being hit by
a stone.
Capt. Wendell Dishonorably Discharcied
ALBANY. N. Y„ April 13—Capt.
Louis Wendell, commanding offic'r of
the third battery, has been dishonora
bly discharged from the military ser
vice of the State, upon conviction by
the military court-martial recentlv
held. of irregularities in his manage-
nrnt of the bn Eery armory under his
control. Gov. Hughes as commander-
door was locked and had to be broken
open. Mr. Riley was found in an un
conscious condition and died before the
ambulance from Grady hospital reach
ed the house.
Mrs. Riley, who i= engaged in mis
sion work at the Terminal station, was
called, but her husband was dead be
fore she arrived. Mr. Rilc-y Is said to
hove been a Methodist minister, though
Fournier Guilty of Murder.
BE3IIDJL Minn., April 32.—Foul
Fournier tonight was found guilty of
murdf«-*.-g N. O. Dahl and hi.s -laugh
ter, Aagat, in April 1904. The pen
alty is death. James Wesley is also
under conviction for the same crime.
in-chief, tods.;-' announced his approval , no' recently en.g?-g: 1 in active church
of the findings and sentence of the j work. He is survived by his wife and
court-martial except that he diran- seven children.
proved a fine of 8100 imposed in addi- ; His wife stated that he was subject
tion to the dishonorable discharge. j to fits of despondency.
PAYMASTER IRWIN NOT : CRAZY NEGRO WAS SHOT
GUILTY OF EMBEZZLEMENT AT BY YOUNG G!RL
WASHINGTON. April 13.—Paymas- . ATLANTA. Ga.. April 12.—Miss Ada
ter John Irwin, of the Navy, who was j Smith, r. g:r! of fifteen, escaped death
tried at Mare Island on charges of neg- at the hands of a supposedly crazy no-
lent of duty, making false returns and ! gro today by nor quickness in grabbing
embezzlement, has been acquitted of , up a gun and firing twice at him. The
the charge of embezzlement, hut found i negro. Jim Sellers, entered her home
guilty on the other ch-.—os. The court near Decatur, while she was a lone with
sentenced him to dismissal. No recom- i a bay and threatened to kill her. When
mendation was made, but the President ! she fire-1 he lied, was captured, tried
commuted th-^ sentence to a reduction I in Decatur and bound over for assault
of fifteen points. with intent to kill. ]
finally recovered and was discharged
from the service. Since that time Mr.,
Strausser has spent nearly all of his
life in Columbia County.
On several occasions he has had X-
ray photographs taken of his heed, and
the ball was plainly located between
the roof of his mouth and the fron’ai
bone of the skuii. Tho photographs
were made by eminent exrerts. and
they all said it was a v.-onder that he
was . not instantly killed.
New Yo-k Lawyer Disbarred.
NEW YORK. April 13.—The Appel
late Division of the Supreme Court to
day handed down a decision granting
a motion to disbar George Burnham, Ir.
The petition for his disbarment was fil
ed on behalf of ; ru- bar association and
was based on tiv* fret of Burnham’s
conviction of n. felony. Burnham was
convicted on December 16. 1906. of the
crime of grand lereesv in the first de
gree In concretion with *ne affairs of
the -Mutual Reserve Lifi- Insu-ance
Company, and was sentenced to State’s
prison for two years. Burnham was
admitted to the bar in 1S8L