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GEORGIANS AT BALLOT BOX
White Voters of Every County In the State
Express Themselves at the Polls.
WERE BUT FEW CONTESTS
Little Interest Shown In Majority
of the Counties—Judges’ and
Solicitors’ Race Was
Interesting.
In every one of the 137 counties in
the state of Georgia ballots were cast
Tuesday for Btatehouse officials.
In more than two-thirds of this num¬
ber, there was a primary for state
senator, member of the legislature and
for county officers.
In the third district, represented by
Hon. E. B. Lewis, there was a contest
for congressional honors. With this
exception there were no other contests
in congressional districts in the state.
Congressman Lewis was opposed by
Judge Allen Fort.
The internal dissension in the Chat¬
ham county Democratic executive com¬
mittee was of exciting interest.
In Baldwin county,’Hon. Daniel B,
Lanford, candidate for the legislature,
withdrew from the primary, declaring
that he could not get justice.
In the Cherokee judgeship contest
there was a red-hot fight made on
Judge George Gober.
A similar fight was waged in Bartow
county, whore spicy features were in¬
jected into the campaign.
In Chatham county the fight was for
the solicitarship, and there was much
excitement and bitterness at the polls.
The friends of both candidates worked
hard. The Osborne crowd captured
the polls at 4 o’clock aud got about
300 votes in the lead. In Savannah
fights were of frequent occurrence.
Forty police and twenty-four extra
deputy sheriffs could not keep the fac¬
tions apart.
The absence of a contest over the
governorship and statehouse officers
centered the strength of the fight in
the judicial races which, in some cases,
reached proportions of sensationalism.
In the Cherokee circuit there was
sprung an exciting race in the judge-
ship between Judge A. W. Fite and
Colonel Robert J. McCamy. The
canvass preliminary to this vote was
bitter in the extreme, many features
of it being regrettable. The people,
however, gave Judge Fite the indorse¬
ment, and he will be unanimously
elected to succeed himself.
BOERS ARE HERE.
Peace Envoys Reach New York
and Receive a Royal
Welcome.
The steamship Maasdam, with the
Boer peace envoys on board, arrived
at New York Tuesday. The revenue
cutter Hudson, with the reception
committee on board, went down the
bay to meet and welcome the dele¬
gates. escorted the Maasdam
The cutter up
the river to the docks in Hobol.au. On
board the steamer Judge Van Housen
welcomed the envoys, saying.
“We are a committee of citizens of
New York who sympatize with your
country in its struggle for liberty and
independence and who wish to make
your visit to the city of New York agree¬
able to you and personally advanta¬
geous to the nation of which you are
representatives. In the near future
we will extend you a more formal re¬
ception but on this occasion we simply
cay: “Welcome!”
According to a Pretoria special to
the New York Herald the envoy is
empowered to take important action.
The correspondent says: “I have
the highest authority for making the
statement that rather than see their
country conquered by England the
commissioners are empowered to ask
the United States to assume a protec¬
torate over the republics.
Secretary Reitz, who is rapidly go¬
ing down under the strain he is un¬
dergoing, voiced this national hope in
the words: “We will maintain our in¬
dependence if we can. If not, we will
appeal to the American people to take
us under their wing. Surely the de¬
claration of independence is broad
enouch to span the ocean. Our last
hope is that, having again carried our
burden of persecution into the wilder¬
ness to escape from England, we may
be permitted to deposit it at the foot
of the statue of liberty, to find peace
and protection under the stars and
stripes. ”____
BOERS ARE CONCENTRATING.
Hcport Is That They Are Massine on tUe
Vaal River for Hie Battle.
It is reported, according to Kroon¬
stad advices, that the whole of th.3
Boer forces are concentrating on the
Vaal, drawing from Biggarsburg aud
.
southwestern borders for a bold stand.
TAR HEEL CROP REPORT.
Korth Carolina Department of Agriculture
Sends Out First Bulletin.
The North Carolina state agricul¬
tural society has issued its first crop
report for 1900, based on returns re-
ceived from over 1,000 correspondents,
The condition and progress of farm
work is given »n average of 91 per
cent; the percentage of cotton planted
as compared with last year is 108, and
of corn 98. The condition of oats is
90, and of wheat 99.
In the nearby district of Blue Ridge
there was another contest between
Judge George F. Gober and Mr. Moul¬
trie M. Sessious, which was somewhat
lurid, dividing the people to an extent
not often witnessed in political cou-
tests. Here again the sitting judge
was successful, having been nominated
to succeed himself.
The old Northern circuit, renowned
for its historic politics, nomination sprung a sur¬ of
prise by the apparent Judge Reese
Hon. J. N. Worley over the
and Colonel Holden, because of
phenomenal majority of 1,200 by which
he carried the single county of Elbert.
Colonel Holden made a strong race,
but in view of this barricade set up in
Elbert, Judge Worley seems to hold
the fort.
Judge John S. Candler, of the Stone
Mountain district, has been haud-
some Iv indorsed and will still continue
to dispense justice in his part of the
state. There were several judges who
had no opposition, notable among
whom was Hon. Sarnpse W. Harris,
who always carries everything before
bim, and Hon. John C. Hart, of the
Ocmulgee circuit.
In the nominations of members of
the general assembly the result was
not so general, owing to division of
opinion in many counties about unit¬
ing that race with the state house
ticket. Many candidates wished to
have a contest for the legislature and car¬
ried on under other auspices, free
from the influence of accompanying
contests. In a number of counties
dates had already been fixed, and work
had been directed so as to meet them,
brtt in a respectable number the voting
for members of the legislature was con¬
solidated with that of the state house
ticket.
The only contest for congress which
Georgia will have during the present
campaign was that of the Third dis¬
trict between Hon. Elijah Lewis and
Hon. Allen T. Fort. Mr. Lewis came
home to meet the campaigning of Mr.
Fort, and a two weeks’ fight preceded
the primary. The renomination of
Mr. Lewis is a strong indorsement of
his career in the house.
The crowning though a quiet feat¬
ure of the contest, was the vote in
every county for United States senator.
For the first time the official ballot bore
the name of a candidate for United
States senator, and Hon. Augustus O.
Bacon will owe his next nomination to
the act of the voters themselves with¬
out intermediary or previous cam¬
paigning.
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS ADJOURN.
Convention Emls at Hot Springs to Meet
Next Year In New Orleans.
The Southern Baptist convention
adjourned at Hot Springs Monday
night to meet next year in New Or¬
leans. The feature of the closing day’s
meeting was the speech of Charles 8.
Morris, a negro missionary from
Africa. The convention, disregarding
the rules, applauded him again and
again for his utterances. He said
Africa was the negro’s field. The
white man could not stand it. Tho
negro was the true missionary for this
country. The first modern missionary
work was not done by Carey, but the
noble white women of the south who
had taught the pagan blacks in that
first Dutch slave ship about Jesus and
His love.
This love in their hearts had caused
Pompey and Sambo to lie as bulwarks
of protection in front of their master’s
door for four long years. The women
of the south had clothed the poor pagans
and given them a language that was
designed to conquer the earth. He
could see God’s hand in all of this as
he was preparing for evangelizing
Africa, and the time had come for the
negro to enter upon this work. He
pleaded for a negro to be sent out
among the churches of his people in
the south to arouse them to more ac¬
tivity in missions.
At at the suggestion of Dr. Eaton,
of Kentucky, a collection for this pur¬
pose was taken up, amounting to $108.
The boards of the convention were
re-elected with few changes. Dr. W.
W. Landrum was elected president of
the home board to succeed Dr. Mc¬
Donald. Dr. Willingham was re¬
elected secretary of the foreign mission
board; Dr. Kerfoot of the home board,
and Dr. Frost of the Sunday school
board.
In the midst of great enthusiasm
the convention pledged itself to in¬
crease its offerings for foreign missions
from $140,000, the amount given last
year, to $200,000.
Convicted of Mail Bobbery.
In the United States court at At¬
lanta, Tuesday, Duane A. Russell,
formerly a railway postal clerk on the
line between Atlanta and Birmingham,
was convicted on a charge of robbing
the mails. Russell was arrested last
year by Postoftice Inspectors Barry
and Ro8son. Decoy letters were used.
MISSOURI REPUBLICANS
Hrt« a Harmonious Meeting At Kansas
City—1,025 Delegates Present.
Missouri Republicans met in state
convention at Kansas City iuesday to
nominate a full state ticket and to
select four delegates at large to the
Philadelphia convention. The con¬
veation, whioh is compoeed of 1,025
delegates and as many more alternates,
is one of the largest in the state. There
were practically no contests in sight.
DEMANDS AN INQUIRY |
Georgia Senator Wants Light On
Cuban Postal Frauds.
BACON MAKES A SCATHING SPEECH
Scamlnl Has Grown To IntmenH** 1'ropor-
liouH Htid I* Eliciting th« Greatest
Concern In Official Circles,
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, made a
two hours’ speech in the senate Wed¬
nesday in support of his resolution to
investigate the receipts and expendi¬
tures of money in Cuba. He declared
that the honor of the United States
government was at stake, and evon if
there were no rumors or indications of
fraud and corruption, it would be wise
to investigate such a system of absolu¬
tism as is employed on the island, but
unfortunately the country had been
shocked by an admission of frauds of
the most sweeping character.
He said it was due the people of
this country to know just how affairs
in the islands were being conducted,
and since the disclosures of the past
few days had been made with respect
to the alleged misappropriation of
funds in the postal service, the obli¬
gation upon congress to make an in¬
vestigation was doubly heavy. He
urged that the honor of the country
depended upon its being able to clear
away the fraud and corruption which,
it,was charged, had been discovered.
He insisted that the government of
the United States had no authority in
Cuba, and demanded to know how-
soon it proposed to redeem its pledge
and leave the government of the is¬
land to its inhabitants.
INVESTIGATION DEMANDED.
Obligation of naiional honor de¬
manded that we investigate the affairs
of Cuba and see that they have been
rightly conducted. Perhaps at no
time had auy people constituted them¬
selves the ageut for a trust such as
that wo had imposed upon ourselves
in Cuba. In the degree of honor with
which this duty was performed would
the country be adjudged by the world.
If there were no rumors, he said, of
mal-administration on the island of
Cuba, the duty to investigate the bus¬
iness and governmental affairs of the
island would bo upon us.
“But,” he declared, “we are not
urged alone by the voice of duty. The
facts urge the investigation to be
made. There has been in Cuba the
most exhorbltant. and extravagant ex¬
penditure of money.”
Mr. Bacon then called attention to
the statements in reports submitted
by the secretary of war to the senate,
which showed that during the year
1899 the receipts in Cuba were $10, -
346,015, while the expenditures were
$14,085,805.
“If,” said the Georgia senator, “we
had before us only the naked fact that
the receipts on the island during a
single year were more than $16,000,-
000 and the expenditures more than
$14,000,000, we would be bound to in¬
vestigate the subject to see that this
vast sum had been properly and pru¬
dently handled.”
Continuing, Mr. Bacon presented a
statement showing tlie receipts and ex¬
penditures of the various states, in¬
cluding Georgia, Missouri and Massa¬
chusetts. They were in every instance
less than those of Cuba.
Mr. Bacon discussed at length the
allowances made to various officers in
Cuba by direction of Secretary Alger.
He inquired why allowances were not
made to General Wilson aud General
Lee. He read the order of General
Alger making an allowance of $7,500
per year in addition to his salary to
Governor General Brooke.
“What is there,” Mr. Bacon inquir¬
ed, “in the office of governor general
of Cuba which requires him to exercise
functions of greater dignity than a
general commanding an army in the
field? What obligation was thereon
this government to place him in a po¬
sition of vice regal authority? Whnt
obligation was there on the govern¬
ment that any one who claimed to
have an official dignity in Cuba should
be the guest of this man?”
“Still further,” said he, “within
the past week the facts have been dis¬
closed, a fact that brings the blush of
shame to the cheek of every American
citizen, that trusted officials in Cuba
have misappropriated large amounts
belonging to the people of Cuba. No¬
body knows how large these amounts
are. At first it was stated they were
$30,000; next it was said they would
amount to $75,000, and it is intimated
now that the amounts may aggregate
$400,000. involved
“At first only one man was
in the difficulty. Now‘herearo many—
so many that it is intimated that it
may amount to a conspiracy.”
Mr. Bacon then Tead the order un¬
der under which Major Bathbone was
acting as director of post# in Cuba,
and said the power conferred upon
him by the order was so great that it
had resulted in a disgraceful and mor¬
tifying condition of affairs.
House Has Dull Session.
At Wednesday’s session the house
accomplished little beside passing the
senate bill to incorporate the American
National Red Cross. No progress was
made with the Alaskan code bill, owing
to the inability of the two sides to
agree as to the time to be allowed for
general debate.
Gold Goes to Europe.
Thursday one million dollars in
gold were shipped to Europe from
New Pork.
ALL INTEREST
IN MAFEKING'
England Is Intently Watching the
Beleaguered City.
BOERS DESPERATELY RESISTED
Baden-Powell Succeeds In Beating
Them Back and His Work
Is Highly Praised.
A London special says: England
still waits with intense and almost
breathless interest for news of the re¬
lief of Mafeking. A crowd remarkable
for the number of men in evening
dress, aud including many ladies, lin¬
gered around the war office even after
midnight Thursday night hoping for
some announcement. Only reluctant¬
ly did the people disperse, when the
lobbies of the war office were finally
cleared with the word that nothing
had been received.
One thing seems clear. The town
still holds out. Were it otherwise the
wires laid to the camps of the beleag¬
uers would have flashed the news.
Skeleton messages from Lourenzo
Marques, based upon information that
leaked out at the Pretoria war office,
show that the stormers Saturday fell
into a trap. Colonel Badeu-Powmll
permitted them to seize one fort aud
he then surrounded and overbore them
before the large forces near at hand
perceived the stratagem. It was thus
that Sarei Eloff, President Kruger’s
grandson, aud part of his command
were taken and fifty Boers killed.
The Canadian artillery contingent
of the Rhodesian force is now reported
to have reached Buluwayo May 2nd.
The distance from Buluwayo to Mafe-
king is 490 miles. As the railway is
open all the way to Pitsani, twenty-
eight miles from Mafeking, where
Colonel Plumer is, the Canadians may
yet take part in the relief.
General French, scouting north¬
ward, found the Boers in strong force
at Rhenost.er spruit, thirty miles from
Krooustad. General Botha, De Larey
and Oliver, with artillery, were hold¬
ing the position.
President Steyu, according to one
dispatch, has gone to Pretoria. An¬
other says he is a fugitive at Lindley.
The Free Staters are surrendering on
all sides. A dispatch from Cape Town
says that proclamations are being
printed them to be published on the
queen’s birthday, May 24th, annexing
the Free State.
One of President Steyn’s brothers,
who is a prisoner of General Brabant,
says that the Free Staters will accept
anuextion. Those who took up arms
the second time, he explains, had to
do so under threats of iustant death.
Five hundred rifles have been sur¬
rendered at Kroonstad in excess of
the number of Boers who have taken
the oath of allegiance. Lord Roberts
has directed the British commanders
to receive all comers in a good spirit
and to issue to them passes to go to
their farms.
General Buller is pushing straight
ahead without opposition. He has
only lost five wounded during the
movement. Apparently ho is aiming at
Laing's nek, which is the direct road
to the Transvaal, although he may
diverge to Botha’s pass.
Michael Davitt. according to a dis¬
patch from Lourenzo Marquez, is said
to have advised the Boers, while he
was in Pretoria, that if they could
hold out until tho presidential election
in the United States they might feel
“pretty sure of intervention.”
At Johannesburg the women are
forming a police corps, so as to release
every man for fighting purposes at the
front.
Dr. Archer, who was at Dundee dur¬
ing the Boer occupation, asserts that
there several hundred Englishmen
serving in the Boer forces who would
desert if assured of pardon from the
British. The Pretoria official list of
foreigners shows 160 Englishmen who
are not fighting, but hold their resi¬
dence in the Transvaal by speoiai per¬
mission. They are hank clerks, en¬
gineers xnd shopkeepers.
DONNELLY RECEIVING VOTE.
International Typographical Union Elects
Oftioers.
An Indianapoii- dispatch says: Re¬
turns from the election for the officers
of the International Typographical
Union are coming in very slowly. The
official count will not be made until
June 5th, although the result of the
race for president of the organization
may be known before that time.
President Donnelly has received by
wire the vote in some of the larger
cities, but will not give them out and
says the figures he has received are of
no value in deteimining the final re¬
sult.
A RE COUNT REFUSED.
Ordinary’* Contoat In Atlanta. Ga., W»»
» Close Shave For Winner.
An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch says:
John R. Wilkinson’s small majority
over Judge W. H. Hulsey in the ordi¬
nary’s race led to a discussion of a re¬
count of the ballots.
At the meeting of the executive com¬
mittee Wednesday afternoon the sub¬
ject of a recount was brought up in a
resolution. After a lengthy disous-
cion the matter was snowed under.
CAROLINIANS A UNIT
For W. J. Bryan ani the Ohio.vjo
Platform.
STATE CONVENTION iN C0LU.H31A.
I'almetto Delegate* Go to Mannas City
Instructed Meeting Entirely
II arinoniou*.
The South Carolina State Demo¬
cratic Convention in session at Co-
lumiiia Wednesday was harmonious
for the first time in a decade and »
unit for Bryan and the Chicago plat¬
form with added planks. W. F. Ste¬
venson, of Cheraw,presided. He con¬
gratulated the state upon the harmony
in the democratic ranks.
The delegation to the national con¬
vention was, after debate, instructed
to vote as a unit upon all matters. The
delegates are large are: Senator B. If.
Tillman, Governor M. B. McSweeney,
State Chairman Wilie Jones and A.
C. Latimer.
From the congressional districts:
First District—W. B. Wilson, Thom¬
as Talbird.
Second District—James H. Tillman,
C. W. Garris.
Third District—T. H. McCalla, W.
J. Steybling.
Fourth District—J.A.Mooney, John
Gary Evans.
Fifth District—T. A. Williams.
Sixth District—D. H. Taxler, T.W.
Touchier.
Seven th District—J. William Stokes,
W. B. Gruber.
The platform declares allegiance to
the national party and demands reaf¬
firmation of the Chicago platform at
Kansas City. It condemns the finan¬
cial legislation of the Kepublican par¬
ty as subservient to trusts and nation¬
al banks.
It decries the power of trusts and
the hypocritical attitude of the Repub¬
lican party, “using money stolen from
the people to debauch the ignorant
voters.”
It denounces the foreign policy of
President McKinley, saying:
“The ‘benevolent assimilation’ of
the Filipinos has murder proven to be the
benevolence of and the assim¬
ilation of robbery. We denounce it as
an outrage to the consciences of liber¬
ty-loving persons. Free institutions
cannot long survive the destruction of
these principles upon which they rest,
and the spectacle of subject peoples
held down by the bayonet and robbed
by carpet baggers but foreshadows the
fate for our country unless the people
are aroused to our danger. The un¬
just war of subjugation now being car¬
ried on in the Philippines by Presi¬
dent McKinley should be ended at
once.”
The platform demands a strict ad¬
herence on the part of the United
States government to the solemn
pledges by which congress promised
independence to the Cuban patriots.
The treatment of Porto Rico is also
condemned, and the wise party lead¬
ership of Bryan commended, “believ¬
ing that he will restore the lost pres¬
tige of the high office of president.”
Concerning England’s course in the
Transvaal, the platform says:
“Great Britain’s unrighteous course
deserves the condemnation of all lov¬
ers of self-government, and we de¬
nounce the cowardice of the present
administration for not extending an
offer of its good offices to terminate
the unhoiy war of subjugation.”
Colonel Lawrence W. Youman made
a bitter attack upon Senator Tillman’s
record, but the convention, with the
exception of his vote, passed resolu¬
tions indorsing his policy in opposing
imperialism.
The convention passed resolutions
condemning the jute trust.
FIVE NEW BISHOPS
Marie By the African Methodist Episcopal
Church Conference.
The general conference of the Afri¬
can Methodist Episcopal church, in
session at Columbus, O., elected five
new bishops, as follows:
M. M. Moore, D. D., Washington.
Evaus Tyree, D. D., Nashville.
O. S. Smith, D. D., Nashville.
C. T. Shaffer, D. D., Philadelphia.
L. J. Coppen, D. D., Philadelphia.
But one ballot was taken.
With the election of five additional
bishops tho council now contains thir¬
teen, aud all elected for life, Bishops
Turner, Arnett, Tanner,Gaines, Grant,
Lee, Salter, Handy aud Derrick being
the former bishops.
JONES FOLLOWS BACON.
Resolution Relating te Cuban Frandfi In¬
troduced In House.
A Washington dispatch says: Rep¬
resentative Jones, of Virginia, intro¬
duced a resolution in the house Thurs-
doy directing the secretary of war to
furnish information in connection with
the Neely disclosures in Cuba. It
follows the Bacon resolution in the
senate, and adds three further in¬
quiries.
CONFERENCES UNAVAILING.
Street Car Strike Trouble In St. Louis
Hard to Settle.
The culmination of the prolonged
struggle between the St. Louis Transit
company and its miniature army of
employes is not yet in sight, notwith¬
standing the conferences held during
the past week. Thursday, like the
preceding days, was devoted to con¬
ferences, but up to a late hour no so¬
lution tending to end the fight had
been arrived at.
SOLDIER BOYS
SLAUGHTERED
Filipino Force At Cutnbis Killed
Twenty-Three Americans.
MACARTIIUR SENDS IN REPORT
Department Waited Long Time
To Hear Details of the Un¬
fortunate Disaster.
The officials of the war department,
after waiting for nearly a week to hear
something from General MacArthnr, at
Manila, confirmatory of the press re¬
port of the bloody three days’ engage¬
ment at Catubig,which resulted in the
heaviest loss of life the American army
has sustained in any one engagement
in the Philippines, cabled General
MacArtliur Tuesday a request for infor¬
mation. The answer was received Wed¬
nesday confirming the press reports
and adding some interesting details.
General MacArthnr transmitted a re¬
port from Henry T. Allen, a major of
the Forty-third volunteers, who com¬
manded the United States forces on
the island of Samar.
It appears that this force was divided
among several ports on Samar, and
while details are still lacking, it is be¬
lieved that this particular force, which
was besieged at Catubig, was com¬
manded, not by a command officer,
but by u sergeant, either George or
Hail, both of -whom were killec.
Catubig, where the engagement oc¬
curred, is a seaport town of nearly 10-
000 inhabitants. General McArthur’s
cable message is as follows:
“Manila, May 16.—With reference
lo your telegram of the 14th, the ru¬
mored engagement in Samar reported
in cablegram of Genera! Otis, May
4th, has been confirmed by reports ro-
ceived from Henry T. Allen, Forty-
third regiment, U. S. V., commanding
Samar island.
“A detachment of thirty-five men
stationed at Catubig were attacked
April 15th by 600 men with 200 rifles
and one cannon. Our men were quar¬
tered in a couvent, which was fired
next day by burning hemp thrown
from an adjoining church. The de¬
tachment attempted to escape by the
river. Men getting into boat were
killed; remaining men entrenched
themselves and held out two days
longer, facing most adverse circum¬
stances, until rescused by Lieutenant
Sweeney and ten men. Over 200 in
the attacking party (many of them are
reported as having come from Luzon
island) are reported killed and many
wounded. Lieutenant Sweeney re¬
ports street covered with dead insur¬
gents. L.
“Killed—Sergeants, Duston
George, ffm. J. Hall; corpora's, H. H.
Edwards, John F. J. Hamilton; cook,
Burton E. Hess; musician, Burton R.
Wagner; privates, Trefflie Pomelow,
Otto B. Loose, Stepbeu Appertti,John
Noeill, John E. Kuhn, Ralph Zim,
Edward Braman, Chester A. Couk'i'u,
Walter E. Collins, J. J. Kerins,Henry
Damns, Phi ip Salin and George J.
Slack; all company H, Forty-third
rssiment, U. S. V.
“Wounded— Privates Lester Rustch-
worth, Harry C. Lee, M. J. Faron, J.
H. Clancy, company H. Forty-third
regiment, U. S. V.; Corporal White,
company H, Forty-third regiment.
“Copy of Henry T. Allen’s report
forwarded yesterday by mail. Iloilo
(Panay) cable is broken by earthquake.
Difficult to procure moro definite in¬
formation. MaoAp.thdb.”
(,0V. SMITH DISGRUNTLED.
Says Act of TAeuteiiant Governor In Ap¬
pointing C ark Is a Wsjfrace.
Gov. Robert G. Smith, of Montana,
arrived in Ogden, Utah, Wednesday,
enroute from the coast to Helena.
Relative to the appointment of Senator
Clark to the United State senate by
Lieutenant Governor Spriggs, he spoke
in very vigorous terms of what ho
termed “contemptible trickery.” He
“It is a disgrace, shame and hu¬
miliation upon the people of Montana
and the senate should not act upon tho
resolutions aud show Clark that they
do not want him there, as he can take
the hint in no other way.”
BOILER EXPLODED.
,rwo Men Are Instantly Killed and Seven
Badly Injured.
Two men were killed and seven in¬
jured, three fatally, by the explosion
of the boiler of a locomotive attached
to the southbound passenger train No,
21 on the Illinois Central railroad at
Dubois, Ill., Thursday.
The dead are Charles Pricke, en¬
gineer, and Tom Wright. The injured •
are: Sam Asshoff, will die; Fred Craw¬
ford, will die; John Hampton, will
die; Henry Haitall, Frank Johm-ou,
Charles Novaok, William Scherer; all
section men.
Demands for Relief Increasing.
The vioeoroy of India, Lord Cutbod,
wires London that the recent rain
storms have not improved the situa¬
tion, that the demands of relief are in¬
creasing, now reaching 5,139,000 per¬
sons, but that the arrangements fox
relief are equal to the increasing strain.
Daughters of the Revolution.
The general Society of the Daugh¬
ters of the Revolution in session at
New York elected Miss Adeline Ster¬
ling of New Jersey president general.
Delegates were in attendance from all
over the country.