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6 THE T'ircCE-A -\Y EEK TELEGBAPH TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1907. I CANAL ZONE NEEDS Y. M.C. A. SAYS SECRETARY TAFT DAYTON, f V.’ar V. : : and had rlvj p: question! of tlnn thi? Ohio. AprII 88.—Secretary III ,rr H. Taft arrived in this n today in a special car over natJ, Hamilton & Dayton mpanled by his brother, Taft; some personal friends ed by Judge B. F. McCann, gone* to Cincinnati as the .1 representative of the Young Christian Association, chcon awaited the secretary’s ar- tnd the succeeding time was em- 1 greeting people and evading tearing upon political topics, lony of laying the corner- le new Young Men’s Chrls- atlon building began at 2:39 „ ion. and after singing, pray er md Scripture reading, the secretary xv,*i introduced by E. L. Shuey. At the conclusion Mr. Taft formally placed the relic box In the crypt prepared for It. nnrl sealed It. The secretary’s ad- EjnM dealt mainly with the growth and purpose of the Young Men’s Christian Association. After the cornerstone ceremonies, Sitrttanr Taft returned to Cincinnati, where he will deliver two, possibly • hr< e addresses tomorrow. In the morning he will visit the university of Clncinnntl. where he is a professor In :ho law school, and will deliver an ad- d!-■ to the students. loiter In the day ho may visit the chamber of com merce. for a short time. In the even ing ho will speak to the members of i\. Business Men’s Club on “The Pan ama Canal.” Secretary’s Address. At today's ceremony Secretary Taft said. “The great advantage of the Institu tion 1 that after long experience It has come to be conducted on the most approved business principles. Another characteristic of the association is Its non-sectarian religious quality. We arc nil more tolerant today than formerly. . I never was as fully conscious of this fact as when the question arose which had become intensely acuto In the Philippine Islands In regard to the con tinued ownership of a large body of agricultural lands by certain religious orders of the Roman Catholic church. The solution which offered Itself was. that the Government should buy these lands from the Friars and then sell them on easy terms to the present ten ant'. It was thought wise to send a representative to Rome to confer with 7,00 XIII. upon this question, and If pos lble. to bring about a friendly ard nmlcnhlo solution. The President, after considering the reports of the leading protestant denominations, counted upon the good sense and the religious tolerance of the people of the United States, and' concluded to fob- low the odlnary business principle that when one wishes to accomplish a re sult he should deal directly with the person having the power effectually to agree upon the re'ult desired, and a report was sent. The business, after much negotiation both at Rome and Manila, was finnlly conclued. and no persons were more considerate of the difficulties presented and sympathetic with the policy adopted to meet them by the President than the protestant denominations whose opposition had been feared. T venture to think that fifty years ago such a result would nor have followed, and that the mo tives of the Government nnd of the President would have been misunder stood or misconstrued. I regard that n«; one striking Instance of the greater brotherhood that now exists between the great Christian denominations—a brotherhood that finds no more elo quent proof than the continued pros perity and the growth In Influence and power of the Young Men’s Chris tian Association, which dedicates this building todny. “Nowhere Is the opportunity for usefulness of the Y. M. C. A. greater than among Americans In the Fhilin- plnes, Porto Rico. Cuba . nnd on the Isthmus of Panama. It Is inevitable that a great many of the Americans -who go first to our tropical dependen cies. a long distance from the United States should be wandering and Irre sponsible.” He pointed out that even staid and upright men of good habits at home often yielded, when in the tropics, to the temptation to drink and otherwise to dissipate, due in a measure, he thought, to the fact that there were few place-' .>f :i;nu--e:re; tile libraries were Insufficient and home surround ing.-- were lacking. “Nothing contributes.” said the sec retary. “more to the support of the views of opponents of our plans of progre---' than the presence in Manila nnd other cities nnd towns of disso lute Americans whose example is any thing but edifying and who form an object lesson to enforce the claim made by our opponents that there Is l nothing of value In American civiliza tion f -r them to follow. Their people are generally a temperate people, as most tropical people are, while north ern people In the tropics are not fre quently glyen to intemperance. “Now the way to avoid this result is to furnish a place in which the leisure hours of Americans in these dependencies can he passed in ra tional. elevating an I moral pursuits nnd entertainments. The Y. M. C. A. Is one of the most effective instru ments to this end we have.” ptveiarj Taft said that on the Isthmus of Panama. In the American zone the canal commission had con- strueted f.-vr - h-v.:<--s one e.n. h at Cult-bra. Empire. Gorgon*, and Cristo bal ail alike In design. A comprehensive plan, he said, had been devised whereby the commission, working in cor.j-.tn t'.on with V M. C. A . will manage these and other similar buildings in th“ chief labor centers. In closing he referred to the appointment of secretaries for these chib houses and a superintendent of club h uses, all from the A. At. C. A. ranks and to the Government’s paying for i-’-.ot • -.■•••> serv!.-'" at these !' :do ings. and s id the President had a right to expend money for this pur pose under his authority to build the canal. "To render the canal laborers efficient for the purpose for which t]. 0 v are transported there,” he added “it Is absolutely necessary that they he surtoiind-'-i with the Influences and furnished with the attractions noces- sprv to keep them in a moral and physical State which will make them efficie: t laborers, to the end which the Government has in view in expending these millions." TAFT EXPECTED TO MAKE AN Political Interest this week centers In the possibility of a definite an nouncement of his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President on the part of Secretary of War. Taft. On Monday he is scheduled to ad dress the Business Mens’ Club at Cin cinnati. He Is expected to have a conference with some of ills political friends in Ohio, -out of which some positive action may come. About 1,000 delegates are expected to attend the convention of the Inter national Kindergarten Union, which will Ae held in Xew York city, begin ning on Monday, and continuing four days. The question as to who will rule Zion City, built under the direction of John Alexander Dowle. Is expected to come to an issue on Wednesday, as Wilbur Glenn Voliva has Issued an ultimatum declaring that unless the people 6f that community, accept him as their head 'by May 1, he will tako radical action to assert his control. The Independence Cigar Manufac turers at Havana have decided to close their factories April 29 in sym pathy with the strikers of the tobacco combine and as a result 9,000 cigar makers will be out of employment on that date. The employes of the com bine struck two months ago to com pel the payment of wages in Ameri can instead of Spanish money. The International Maritime Exposi tion organized by the French naval union under the official patronage of the French Government, will open at Bordeaux May 1, and continue until October 81. Elections for members of the Spanish Senate will be held May 6. UNION TEAMSTER DIED OF WOUNDS OF STRIKE BREAKER. SAVANNAH. April 2?.—Guarded with the utmost secrecy, the deliberations of local lumbermen. In a conference with the j officials of the railroads entering the city i and steamship companies plying between : Savannah and coastwise points, have j been persistently withheld from the news paper men of the city. Yet despite the extraordinary precautions taken by Chairman Harvey Granger and associ ates. it Is learned from an authentic source that at a special meeting of the Board of Trade which was called April 24. the railroads were given a practical ultimatum by the lumbermen, which will result in legal proceedings should the railroad and the ocean carriers Involved continue obstinate and refuse to grant the concessions asked by the lumber in terests of the city. The special meeting held last Wednes day was a “monster affair." The entire fourteen members of the lumber commit tee were present, besides some ten or twelve railroad and stamship men. and members of other committees such as transportation, etc., were also requested to be present in order that they might be thoroughly familiar with the steps taken at the meeting. That there was some pretty warm talk indulged in bv both sides is not to be denied. The lumbermen presented their side of the controversy which deals with the questions mentioned in a previous letter, viz: the refusal of the Central railroad and tile Merchants and Miners Transportation Companies, alleged to be working in unison with a previous under standing. to accept shipments, and since the railroad mentioned practically refuses to book further orders for placement of cars on the terminals of the company, the lumbermen, naturally perhaps, feel that they have Just cause for complaint. The railroad and steamship officials on the other hand say that the lumber Inter ests have no Just cause for complaint: that if they wish to nfMI to accept cars of lumber from other lines entering the port they have every right to do so. and that there is no law which can force them to do so. The lumbermen, however, think otherwise, and they have given the rail road and steamship company a few days to consider the matter before giving a decided answer. It appears, however, that there Is lit tle likelihood of the railroad either taking the cars until they feel so inclined, or the Merchants and Miners Transportation Cn placing additional steamships on the Bal timore and Philadelphia schedules. It is therefore obvious that the opinion ex pressed last week that the matter would And its way into the courts for adjust ment is being practical!*• verified by the very interests which denied the report less than a week ago. The Savannah lumber market other wise Is in good shane. Orders are plen tiful and prices show a stiffening ten dency. “BOSTON, April 28.—Michael Cun ningham, a union teamster who was shot by a strike breaker in South Bos ton last Wednesday, died of his In juries today. William Harris, of New York, is under arrest charged^ with shooting Cunningham. 4 ' While one of the teams employed by a firm involved in the strike was passing the South Station this after noon. a crowd collected and the driver fearing trouble, fired three or four shots, none of which struck any one. OFFICERS OF CHINESE NAVY AND ARMY HAVE ARRIVED SAN FRANCISCO, April 2S.—The steamship Siberia, which arrived to day from the Orient, had on board a distinguished party of Chinese officers who are to repsent the Imperial army and navy of China at the James town Exposition. The party consists of Lieut. Liu Sung Chwang. of the navy: Col. LI Ting Hsin, Maj. Wang Yu and Capt. Wang Yen Pin, of the army. V The party was met by Capt. A. W. Brewster, U. S. A., who will escort them across the continent. Admiral Brownson, ltitely in charge of the Asiatic squadron, was also a passen ger on the Siberia. ATLANTA WILL RAISE FUND FOR THE FAIR. ATLANTA. Go.. April 28.—Secretary’ Frank Weldon, of the Atlanta Fair com mittee nnnounred today that the total subscriptions to the guarante fund for the State Fair had reached $12,492. leaving something over $2,500 to be raised by Wednesday. Uq_ states this amount Is assured and that the fair will be held in Atlanta. INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS PROMISING IN NEW ENGLAND. BOSTON. April 2S.—According to the union officers and business agents of working men’s organizations, the Industrial situation in New England on May 1 will be marked by fewer con tentions between capital and labor than for many years. In the build ing trades several small strikes are threatened in a number of cities, but in Boston there promises to be little suspension of work in any branch of industry- The building laborers union, the members of which are unskilled, have registered new wage rates In Boston and vicinity. It is understood that prospects for settlement without a strike are favorable. The painters of Eastern Massachusetts are endeav oring to establish a uniform wage of S3 a day minimum in Metropolitan Boston, but there will be no strike in May. ns the wage question will not be adjusted until later. The most serious condition existing in Boston is due to the strike a month ago of teamsters. In New England at large there are several causes for unrest in cotton mills, and It is re ported that an attempt will be made to advance wages in Fall River seme time next month. SAVANNAH. Ga., April 28.—Contrary to what had been expected by the greater portion of the trade, spirits of turpen tine during the past week developed a further weakness, and while there was really no actual changes In the current price, the undertone generally was bad | toward the latter part of the session which ended yesterday. I The re-entrance of foreign buyers into the market war. a feature of a rather un- interresting week. Exporters and brokers for days prior to the opening of the week 1 just passed, remained out of the market. apparently for the purpose of awaiting j until the market touched "bed rock” and then getting in on the ground floor. The I actual sales effected for foreign require- | ments were rather limited, however, and of the total purchased but 150 casks were forwarded. Despite the fact that it was another of these "five day” weeks, the volume of business was considered good. Buyers for domestic requirements were "In” at J all stages with the single excep»on of Saturday, when, because of the uneer- to intv n C otMilnnn .1 In 4ha tona FATHER DID HOT SAKE; BOY SAID HE SLEPT STRIKE AT BEAUMONT REACH CRISIS TODAY. BEAUMONT. Tex., April 2S.—Late reports from the Batson. Saratoga and Spindle Top oil field, where a strike of the employes of the Guffey oem- pany is on, are to the effect that a crisis may be expected tomorrow, when the operators declare that a large num ber of men will be put to work in the places of the strikers. An officer • of one of the Guffey companies states that any of the strikers who desire to return to the employ of the company will be given work, but that recogni tion of the union is out of the ques tion. A lagre number of special deputies have been sworn in by the sheriff. The union men still declare their intention of using every effort to pre vent the introduction of strike break ers. BIGGEST ELK IN WORLD WEDS AT WAYCR0SS TVAYCROSS, Ga., April 2S.—W. T. Brinson, who weighs 585 pounds, and is claimed to be the largest member of the order of Elks in the world, was married this afternoon to Miss Lucius Allen, of Soperton, Ga., daughter of TV. G. Allen, of that place. The wedding occurred at the Methodist parsonage. Brinson is a wealthy turpentine oper ator, and is a widower of about a year. tainty as evidenced in the tone. v they doubtless thought it prudent to stay out until Monday's opening. It was rather the consensus of opinion that the market would ease off to 65c per gallon, or JAc below official board values. Turpentine. however, remained at 65%c throughout the week, but shifted to “steady'' at Saturday’s opening and to "quiet” at the final call. The lower grades of rosins remained practically unchanged during the past seven days and were in exeetlant demand. There was quite a deal of “bear” activity evidenced In the pales and mediums, and during Friday and Saturday some sharn declines were recorcd. amounting in all to about 25 to 30c. The quotations at yesterday’s call were: Water white. $5.50; window glass. $5.45: N. $5.10; M, $5.35: K. $5.25: I. $5; H. $4.80; G. $4.65: F. $4.60: E. $4.50: D, $4.45: CBA. $4.35. The statistics: 1907-8 1906-7 Receipts Spir. Rosin. Saturday 505 1.632 Week 2.416 7.674 Month 8.359 25.5S6 Season .8,359 25,586 Exports:— Saturday 1,070 2.4S7 ■Week 2.178 2.557 Month 10.600 44.189 Season 10.600 44.189 Foreign 250 26.01S Stock Saturday..4,216 23,813 Spir. Rosin. 549 1.891 3,634 9,540 11.126 28.884 11.126 28.SS4 WAYCROSS. Ga., April 2S.—Accord ing to the verdict of the coroner’s jury, John Grantham, thirty-five years old. was murdered 'by unknown parties at the new A. C. L. shops here this morning. The body of the dead man was found by his little son at 12 o’clock today when he went to the shops to carry his dinner to him. The boy thought his father was asleep and ran home and told his mother that his fath er was asleep and that he could not wake him. Mrs. Grantham then went to the shop and found that her hus band was dead, a bullet having en tered his breast near the heart. The body was about seventy feet from the building in which Mr. Grantham’s pis tol was found with one chamber empty. The dead man was watchman at the shops, and it was at first thought that he accidentally killed himself, but after the body was examined by a physician and the coroner's jury it was decided that from the course of the bullet it would have been almost impossible for him to have accidentally shot him self, so the Jury returned a verdict to the effect that Grantham came to his death at hands of parties unknown. Mrs. Grantham is overcome with grief and her condition is said to be serious. Grantham was a native of Vermont, but had been in Waycross since last June. Fiftieth Anniversary of Their Wedding. COLUMBUS, Ga., April 28.—Mr. and Mrs. I. Joseph, two of the oldest and most prominent residents of Columbus, celebrated today, with a family reunion at their residence on 'Broad street, the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. All of their ten children were present and the occasion was a most happy one. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph were mar ried fifty years ago today in Trinity Episcopal Church, in this city, and have resided Jtiere ever since. . Mr. Joseph, who is now retired, was for merly engaged in mercantile and steamboat enterprises. OUTLOOK IN COUNTRY 100 ESCAPE PLUNGE TO DEATH H WRECK PITTSBURG, Pa., April 2S.—Two men were killed and one hundred pas sengers had a thrilling escape from a like fate in the -wreck today of a passenger train on the Wabash Rail road, when the engine and one c’oach left the track a half mile west of the Bridgeville station, near here and plunged into Chartiers Creek, forty feet below. Scores of people missed death or Injury through a circumstance which is now regarded as providential. The dead are: Marion Boyd, en- glneman, of Rook Station; Frank Mc- Isaacs, fireman, of Barberton. Ohio. The train was made up of four pas senger coaches. When it was crossing g trestle over Chartin' Creek, without warning, the engine suddenly leaped from the rails and shot to the stream underneath, taking the first coach with it. The forepart of the engine sank several feet into the mud of the creek bed. The coach was smashed to splin ters by its terrific impact with the lo comotive. By what railroad men re gard as little more than mere chance, there were no passengers In the front coach. The coupling between It and the second coach was wrenched in two when it was torn from the tres tle by the engine. None of those in the three rear coaches'knew of the ac cident or realized how close they had come to death until several minutes NEW YORK. April 2$.—The open ing of the outdoor construction season finds’ New York, both city and State, without apprehension of serious labor troubles. In the building trades especially prosperous and reassuring conditions prevail. There Is a largo nnd well met demand for both skilled and' unskilled labor, due to the exten sive private construction projects now- under way and the tunnels, railway tenpinals and other undertakings of a, public or quasi-public feature. This contentment is generally reflected in the manufacturing and industrial cen ters and beyond a few localized and sporadic strikes, the labor situation is regarded as brighter than for many years. Never So Harmonious in Chicago. CHICAGO. April 2S.—The relations between employer nnd employe were probably never so harmonious in Chi cago as they are now. In the past, on May 1. there has usually been differ ences between the labor unions nnd the employes in Chicago, but this year there is scarcely a cloud on the in dustrial horizon. Every union In tho building industry, with the exception of the Structural Iron Workers has renewed contracts with employers and the iron workers expect to reach a settlement without a strike. Machin ists have demanded an increase of 3.» cents a day in wages, but the indica tions are that there will practically be no trouble in putting the new schedule into effect. Most of the larger firms In the city have signified a willingness to grant the increase and if any strikes are railed Mav 4 they will bo The — - , , , . r j confined to individual firms afterwards, when the ears deprived of | brickmakers arp now holding confer- their motive power, slackened their j cneeq vvItb their employes and will speed and came to a step. probablv reach a settlement, before A new schedule went into effect on ; r . week the railroad 'today, and to this fact ; * - many owe their lives. Under the new | Better ; n st. Louis Than for Years, schedule, train No. 27 left this city I OUTS \pril 28—Employers forty-five minutes earlier nnd over fifty j aad j abrir , ea) j ers 0 f St. Louis and' the persons missed the train for this reas- , Southvvest roport labor conditions bet- on. On account of the reduced number ; f Mav ' t thIs year than for many of passengers all were placed in three ; ' t Practically all wage rear coaches while the front coach was j '^ s in st Louis a nd the surround- unoccupied. iw territory of 200 miles are signed. Boyd and Mclseacs were crushed to ; ™« " is , one tbfs ino ,udes 120- death. A short time after the wreck j The unions allied with Odd Fellows Celebrate* FITZGERALD, Ga., April 28.—The Odd Fellows of this city observed the eighty-eighth anniversary of the founding of the order in America last night by a fine program. The Empire band furnished the music. BODY OF PROF. NOBLE TAKEN TO CINCINNATI. NEW YORK. April 28.—The body of Prof. Thomas S. Noble, who died at the Presbyterian hospital last night taken to Cincinnati today. Professor Noble tstts 35 years old. head of the Cincinnati Art School and was well-known as a painter. DELI LINE Bf MR ROOSEVELT PARTY RETURN TO WASHINGTON SUNDAY. NEW YORK, April 28.—The sea son of field and track sports, amateur as well as professional for 1907. will be fairly well underway with the com ing of the present week. All the lar ger colleges booked to participate in the annual rowing regatta are turn ing attention to ..the conditioning of their crews and with the coming of May track athletics will take on new life. The baseball season of the major leagues has progressed far enough to permit the followers of this popular sport to size up. the chances of their favorites in the pennant races and the yachtsmen will break out their sails to the early May breezes. Chief inter est in horse racing necessarily centers in the Metropolitan tracks on which will be run all the old established classics with prospects of an unusual ly large number of contestants for the rich prizes. The college cre.ws are all aboat now working hard for the Poughkeepsie regatta to be held June 26 and subse quent races. Reports from all training tables say the 5 oarsmen are rounding into form nicely. Yale’s green crew— there are only two old men in the boat—is making vigorous efforts to get into shape for the match with the midshipmen at Annapolis next Satur day. Bolton has been- definitely pick ed to stroke for the Blue, and the sons of Old Eli hope 'to wipe out the defeat administered by the Middles last year. The navy boat has but two men in it. Harvard-Dartmouth Meet. Harvard and Dartmouth will meet in field sports in the stadium at Cam bridge Saturday. Much interest is evinced in the negotiations now going on between Harvard and Yale for an athletic meeting on this side of the Atlantic during the summer with the Oxford and Cambridge universities teams and the hope is everywhere ex pressed that tiie Englishmen can be induced to comef'over. Miss Annette Kellerman, the worlds’ was j champion woman swimmer, will ar rive in New York during the week and will give exhibitions in various cities. It is not improbable that a race be tween the Australian woman and Miss Ellaline Golding, of Bath Beach, New York, will be arranged. The rules and conditions of the Van derbilt automobile cup race on Long Island the blue ribbon event for mo torists, will be announced May 15. The race will take place this year two weeks later than last season. The course may be somewhat changed this year. _ , . Richard Croker’s Stable. The English turf will again see Richard Croker’s stable on the famous tracks there this season. Croker has sent a string of horses across the Irish channel with Orby, a grandson of Flying Fox, who won the derby in 1899, at its head. With this horse Mr. Croker hopes to land the much coveted is best thought of by the handicapper, who has allotted him top weight 126 pounds. The Pickfet is ten pounds better off, and Water Tight has still one pound less to carry. Grapple Pul sus, Brookdale, Nymph, Kuroki, Jac- quin, Creina and Lambesia are among the entries. Police Inspection. COLUMBUS, Ga., /April 2S.—The semi-annual inspection of the Colum bus police department.. took place to day at noon. The officers, attired in their new uniforms, were addressed by various city official?. The department made, as usual, a fine showing. Capt. Wiley Williams, chief of police, was in charge of the ceremonies. T. P. A. STRONGLY FAVOR FLAT 2XCE/ T PASSENGER RATE. WASHINGTON. April 2S.—Return ing from the visit at the Jamestown Exposition and the day’s holiday on the James river. President Roosevelt and party arrived here on the cruiser yacht Mayflower this afternoon. All I of the party were well. The May- flowe was late:- than expected. The Mayflower reached the Wash ington navy yard dock shortly after : 1:30 o’clock. President Roosevelt t stood on the starboard side of tho j vessel and waved a greeting to the ; crowd and officers who had gathered : to welcome the party home. The 1 President was the first to come ashore and he was greeted with cheers. The ■ Presidential party were at once driv en to the White House. Secretary Loeb said that the President and ev ery member of his party had a de lightful trip. There was no special in- j cident on the return trip. KNIGHTS TEMPLARS INSTITUTE COMMANDERY NORFOLK, Va„ April 2».—Something new under the sun is the "Water Belt j Line” that has just been projected as a means of transportation between the Jamestown Exposition grounds and the several cities and points of interest around Hampton Roads and Tidewater Virginia. The “Belt Line” on land, by steam or trolley cars, is a familiar in stitution in many cities, but here for the first time has been organized a water belt line, boats instead of cars being used. 1 Splendid observation steamers will be 1 derbv this year, but turf followers run on this novel route. Each steamer j cannot see that he has a chance, will carry about 1,500 passengers with- ' Universal regret is expressed on the out crowding. A regular schedule of continent that William K. Vanderbilt’s trips will be made, the boats starting ! s tar performer. Maintenon. has gone from Campbell’s wharf In Norfolk, j wrong and has been relegated to the touching at Portsmouth, the Norfolk ; stu d. Navy Yard. Newport News, Old Point ] Much of the $246 000 won by the Comfort, Fortress Monroe and other 1 Vanderbilt stable last year was historic points en route, and complet- I brought heme by this fleet horse. Wil ing the one-way trip at a fine pier to be ][ am Duke the Vanderbilt trainer, built cut into the waters of Hampton was pointing Maintenon for the Ascot Roads directly in front of the exposi- go i d cup> ; n which Mr. Vanderbilt had tion site. Boats will run every fifteen . hoped to reverse the defeat of Main- minutes. A minute and valuable feat- tenon bv Spearmint in the grand Prix ure of the plan is to issue coupon tick- > de Paris last year. Both horses were ets on these trip?, giving the passenger ent ered for the gold cup. the privilege of disembarking at any Toung Jay Gould- it is expected, will or all of the stopping places mentioned win t bt5 amateur court tennis cham- and taking the next boat or any boat pi 0ns hip now being contested in Lon- later in the day. This will give oppor- d on. H | s p i nv irfg thus far has shown tunity for seeing all the sights. The him to be {„ a c i ass by himself since round trip to the exposition in this p-ustacc Miles decided not to defend manner will be full of incidents. These bl „’ tuIe Water Belt Line trip? are to be in no “ Interest in Pugilism. soe'C' on on the order of the average ; A degree of international interest "cheap excursion.” where the riffraff bas bi , t Cn aroused in pugilism since and bobtail of humanity usually take tbe arr j va ( a t San Francisco of the possession of the boat:_ on the contrary; Australian champion heavy weight, RURAL FREE DELIVERY SCHEDULE APPROVED WASHINGTON. April 28.—Post master Gener.'.l Meyer has approved the detailed idjustmen: of salaries of rural free delivery carriers, which was submitted by Assistant Postmaster General DeGr.tw ar.d the new s.hdule which will became effective July 1 next will make .1 graded increase in the compen-a:Ion of carriers of from nine to twenty-five per Cent, based upon the number ef miles traversed by carrl - rs ns shown bv the records of the de partment. The readjustment adopted, with the increase of upwards of $5.- 000.990. made in the appropriation ay Congress, will involve an aggregate ex- L pendlturr for rural service during the fc. FITZGERALD. Ga.. April 25.—The Knights Templars Instituted a enm- rr.andery here last night with thirty members Eminent Grand Recorder W. S. Rockwell presided. The work was exnmplified by the team of Cyrrno Commandery No. 13. of Cordele Emi nent Commander P. H. Willis presid ing. A class of twelve rereived the Rod Cross and Temple orders. The Red Cross was conferred before sup per and the entire company adjourned to a banquet at the Lee-Grant Hotel. After the banquet the Temple order was conferred end at 1:30 the com pany adjourned to the Seiby Cafe for a morning lunch. Csrdi-a! G'bbcns Goes Home. NEW ORLEANS. La.. April 25.—Car dinal Gibbons, who came to this city at the direction of Pope Pius X. to he'tew the pallium upon Archbishop Plonk, of New Orleans. last Wednos- dav left tonight for his home in Balti more. they will appeal to the best class of people, no liquors being sold aboard and no rowdyism being permitted. Besides the regular trips, the com pany is planning to have numerous ex cursions to such places as Jamestown Island. Yorktown and other points of historic interest In and around Tide water Virginia. At Yorktown. where Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington, Is a beautiful monument erected by the Government to commemorate the great victory. There stands the first custom house ever opened in the L,ni--:-d States The ruin? of the old church built in 1660 are still to be seen. Of equal Interest is the trip up the James river, on the way ro Richmond, to Jamestown Island, where the first permanent English settlement was made. Here can be seen the ruined church tower and the old graveyard wi;h its historic tombs and inscrip tions. The peninsula between the James and the York rivers has been tho scene of more bloody conflicts than have occurred or. any territory of sim ilar size in the Xew World. William Squires. • who comes to these shores with the highest reputation as a boxer of class. Americans have not forgotten the other great fighters who came from the antipodes, and made their way against this country's best and are inclined to take Squires as the only man in sight capable of giv ing battle to Champion Jeffries. Squires must first show his worth, however and as an earnest of his de sire to do so. he has posted a large forfeit at Los Angeles to meet the winner of the Jack O’Brien-Tommy Burns contest, scheduled to take place in that city May 28. Should he defeat th° winner of that match the Aus tralian champion will ask Champion Jeffries to give him battle and thus will occur a real international ring contest in which there is always in tense interest. The next big stake event of the Eastern horse racing season will be the Metropolitan handicap, to be run May 9 at Belmont Park. Twenty- seven horses, a majority of them good ! performers, are entered. Accountant ATLANTA. Ga.. Anrii 2S.—C. L. Hol lingsworth. member of the board of direc tors of the T. P A., stated i’t an inter view today tba* the attitude of Max Krauss. of Savannah, against the re duction of the passenger fare in Georgia, is inexplainable. except on the basis that Mr. Krauss favors the railroad? He de clares that the State board of directors of the T. P. A. Is stronglv in favor of a flat 2-cent rate and will work to that end. GRADUATE NURSES WILL HOLD CONVENTION SAVANNAH. Ga., April 28.—There will be a convention of the graduate nurses of Georgia for the purpose of forming a State association, held at Savannah on May 15, 16 and 17, Will all graduate nurses holding diplomas from training schools in good stand ing, and who wish to attend, commu nicate with Miss Wilson, Savannah Hospital, president Graduate Nurses Association of Savannah or Miss Clark. Telfair Hospital, Savannah, secretary Graduate Nurses Associa tion of Savannah. der'"the ^ debris Vn^the^tallow ’ water ! Ending "Trades Council here aro A wreeki^cAw"wa'Vspatched'from i «'• ^^^"men‘empfoyed' 6 m Rock Station and after a delay of sev- j There 'are SSW 0W ral hours the track was repaired and j ’J™* 1 ' lh r ~ imlrms . other branches with an engine attached to the three , l " 1 '^^joWv'"■ood ^; ('ondl- coache S which escaped the wreck the J " f ‘ ra< L e *fe-v^^workeri who were passengers were taken to their desti- j Hon. he ; ’ „„„ have now nations. The cause of the accident -S8S5 a mj el 2l J sav there will be nothing this year in local circles to hinder great building MILES WILL DC BFST TO DEFEND CHAMPIONSHIP j activity. LONDON. April 38—Eustase S. j M- A^rently Satisfied^ PiUsburg. Miles, holding the court tennis cham-5 PITTSUuku. Apr i Miles, nomm? me court lenms ' - lf , to pionshlp. says he will do his best to Pittsburg and vicinity Is expected to {srrway* ■ms&.n -HrKSw to be played Friday and the winner trades, but this year scales Mmvmn -e -vriW dofenU was signed and tbe men are apparently of it. by reason of Miles’ default, was , - t ho exception of the t0 Jay Gould. 6 file ^American player, who machinist* about 300 of whom art has reached the semi-final stage to- £ 'amfcably adjust- day expressed annoyance at this I :V S ° The machinists are striking for den change In Miles’ plans. He. said j ed. ^ a nd shorter he came here expressly to meet Miles. --- -------- 0 foundries the men are but as the champion had declined to hours. At . f the union plnv he had accepted the situation and 1 non- out “”A el I h ° r ’ b]e wil ] become Enrrlend immediate- and it is said the trouble Will oecome arranged to leave England immediate . tb( , FriSr s,m ' “ pw ’ a -“issatw i. the union scale is REFUSFD TO ENDORSE LABOR’S ATTACK ON THE PRESIDENT i ST. LOUIS, April 28.—The Central Trades and Labor Union bf St. Louis | todav refused to endorse a resolution j by the pattern makers organization j attacking President Roosevelt for his terming "undesirable citizens” Moyer Jj ... _ r nnd Havwood officers of the Western fact (ll3t twelve iarim .mim-s have been Federation of Miners, charged with in opera tion for two days .'1 mine No. 35 complicity in the murder of former 0 f ;he Berwind White Company, Foust- Oov Steunenberg. Members of the j well where sewn 1men ^'’^J^^ater Central Labor Union declared^ '^a'bandonrd' working?, so little process has been made that the miner UdL JOHNSTON. Pa.. April 28.—Despite the No matter what we may think of Mr. Roosevelt we must, as good citi zens, respect the office of chief mag istrate of our republic.” GREAT DAMAGE WROUGHT • WHEN ARCH OF BRIDGE FELL Italian Bank Stranded. BALTIMORE. April 28.—A dispatch to the Maritime Exchange from Cape Henry. Va„ reports the Italian bark Oriente stranded on the outer bar 500 yards off shore from the Poyners Hill life saving station and says that j completely"” damming the she appears to be loaded and to have . The Ioss is variously ~-‘ ! been abandoned, as there is no sign j - RICHMOND, ,Va.. April 28.—A Bed ford City. Va. special says abput a hundred feet of the arch of the new concrete bridge over Utile Otter riv er at Lowry. Va., gave way yester day and fell in the stream below, car rying with it many hundred tons of not be reached in time to save their, lives. All day the tapping on the com pressed air pines -continued. The floo d was due to the breaking away of a wall between headings. Die men caught were all in the employ or Michael Boyle, a contractor of the en tombed. who alone knows their names. Experts say that a rescue would be im possible until tomorrow afternoon. The miners have now been shut off from the world for nearly 72 iiours. Their supply of food is long since exhausted and it is only a question of time, untliti*.' supply of air In the heading in which they are imprisoned will be exhausted. esti-’ UNION WOULD NOT CONDEMN Deen aDanaoneci, as mere is no sign 1 ~----- . .„ a quarter to a half | of life on board and a part her doUars, besides the delay sails are set some of them being badly . the road . PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT tern. The Italian bark Oriente was last reported at Iquipue March 11, in completing the CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR RAPIDLY INCREASING IN U. S. WASHINGTON. April 28-—The'Con sumption of sugar In the I " ite £ in the fiscal year which ends with the month of June will probably exceedI that of any of tho earlier year in the history of the country, according to a statement issued bv the bureau of statistics of the I department of «\mmerce andalbortoday The uuantitv of sugar imported into'this 1 country in the nine f onths of the fiscal year ? s larger than in the corresponding THE KING NEVER LEAVES THE SIDE neriod of anv'earlier year and the estima ted quantity of siigir 'produced In the OF THE QUEEN NOW. United States in 1906 was'larger than that of any earlier year. ROY rflLLED WHEN GRAND STAND boy pARK collapsed . MADRID. April 28.—Queen Victoria went driving thi3 morning, and this evening attended a banquet at the palace in honor of Cardinal Aguirre-Y-Gareia. bishop of Borgos. upon whose head King „. nc — v ,-. IT y X J April 28.—By the Alfonso today placed the red hat. a stand with people watching The King never leaves the sldo of the thL afternoon Russell Neil- Queen now. He has abandoned ail of his » ball game this an d a num- usual automobile excursions. Tho dowa- sen. r. } ears mu, u in _ per Queen Maria Christiania and the ’Tj; , of men ana ' Princesses are busily engaged in making jureo. NEW YORK. April 28.—The Central Federated Union today instead of unanimously condemning President Roosevelt for his action in the Moyer- Haywood matter stood about evenly divided on the question which has stirred labor unions all over the coun try. The discussion, which lasted for more than three hours, was the most hitter one ever heard at a Central Federated union meeting. The up shot was that the meeting, represent ing more than 100,000 workers in Manhattan, ordered that the commit tee of three appointed at last Sun day’s meeting do what It was in structed to do—that is go to Wash ington and have a heart to heart talk with President Roosevelt on the sit uation. additions to the layette for the expected royal babe. A royal perambulator, a gor geous specimen, arrived at the palace Saturday. The Queen is going about almost as busily a s at any time since her wedding. Her favorite amusement has rc->ritly been visitng the. circus entertainment Sli» has been there three times within the past fortnight and each time with a feel ing of superstition sat In the same chnir occupied twenty-one years ago by the Queen’s mother Just before the present King of Spain was born. It has been sett!id that after th« birth of the Queen’s child the royal family will go to the Granja palace where the' King and Queen spent their honeymoon. KB EM fllEnHH REV T D SIMMONS FOUND ' UNCONSCIOUS ■■ N ROOM. PARKERSBITtG. W. Va. April 28.— J. D Simmons. of this cliy. editor of the Baptist Banner, was' found unconscious today in his room at Buchanana hotel. He had suffered a stroke of apoplexy. He cannot recover. IT EM AN '^OTHe'seIVaR JAMAICA. XEW YORK, April 28.—A section of land 80 b- 390 feet on the east end of a barren island, which lies between the entrance to Jamaica bay and the At lantic ocean, siipoed into the sea tods}. About one-third of a large new building of the New York sanitary utilization eem- nanv containing several large garbarge diggers disappeared under water. Loss absut $1 ft 9,0G0. , , The eddvinp of the tides around the end nf -v.f. 1 , n’ge breakwater built to protect . . have unrler- ATT-AXTA. Ga.. April 28.—In a warm prelude to his sermon at the Capitol ave nue Baptist church this morning. Rev. Dr. T. T. Martin .waved high above his head a copy of an afternoon paper in which was published an grti-re by Rev. E. D. Ellenwood. of t'-e Universalist church, containing a stat- I :-nt to the effect that everv Christian v. no accepts Christ is filled with cowardice and selfishness to an extent to be unable to appreciate the higher virtues, such as gratitude, and de clar'd that it was a gross libel upon the entire Christian religion. He said that adverstis meat of saloons were as noth ing to this article, and demanded that the paper which published it should re pudiate it in tdto. the island" is supnosed to have under, mined the end of the island. The 1500 employes of the companj lit - ing ‘on the island are alarmed, fearing the whole island is doomed. EODY OF “SILENT” SMITH HAS ARRIVED AT FRISCO. SAX FRAXCISCO. April 28.—The body of James H<>nry Smith, of New York who died recently at Kioto Japan, arrived .o- dav on the steamer Siberia and will leave tomorrow for tbr East-on a spefla' train. Accompanying the body are the vidotv and the Duke and Duchess of Man chester1 who we--e traveling with Mr and Mrs. Smith who- :he death of Mr. Smith occurred. The Duchess of Manchester V--.C me* bv h"r father Eugene Zimmer man. of Cincinnati. The body of Mr. Smith will be conveyed to New York for burial. a SICILY SIIC SHOCKS VEGETATION IS DAMAGED IN BOTH COUNTRIES. NAPLES, April 28.—Frequent slight shocks of earthquake were felt in Cala bria todav. The populace of Southern Italy, especially in Calabria, is fearful lest" there be a repetition of thfl earth quake disaster of 1905. CATAIAXIA, Sicily. April 2S.—The royal observatory on Mount Etna reg isters an extraordinary eruption of the volcano on the Island of Stromboii. The volcano Is throwing out large quantities of ashe3 and cinders, which are dam aging vegetation in both Sicily and Calabria. GEJXOA. April 28.—The Stromboii volcano is again in active eruption. An explosion so strong that the concus sion broke a window here was felt to dav. The peasants were terror-strick en. The extent of the eruption is not known here as the cable line with the Lipari Islands Is interrupted. The only news received at Messina has been by means of signals. GOV MAGOON SUSPENDED COLLECTOR OF PORT. HAVANA. April 258.—Governor Slagoon hr- suspended Ygnaeio M -ntaivi. collector of” the pert of Guantanamo, who is charged with demanding tribute from the railroads and importers.