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rs'abilshed 1850. - - Incorporated ISBB.
E j. H. ESTILL, President.
SLEW MANY CHINESE
x WALDEnSEE REPOBTS ON
GERMAN EXPEDITION.
GERMANS HAD HOT FIGHTING.
, niM.SE DEFE ATED AFTER STI R
BORN RESISTANCE.
(.prninn* Had Four Olliers and Three
Hilled and .12 Wounded—Ll
Hnnß ClimiK Can Hardly Credit
,I,p Netra—A Farewell Banquet
Given American Officers by Gen.
l.nselee anil British Contingent.
,i Hunß Chants Congratulate*
l oianil**loner RoeUhilt on Antcri
en Position.
Berlin. April 28.—The German tvar of
i , has received the following advices
from Count von Waldersee:
"Pekin. April 27.—Three engagements
occurred April 23 and a fourth April 24
si the great wall, between four columns
„ n aer Gen. Kettler and the Chinese troops
, inder Gen. Lin. The Chinese were ev
c-:\where defeated, and after a stubborn
resistance were forced back over the wall,
Being forced back as far as Kan Lieu.
Casualties, four officers killed and three
men killed and thirty-two wounded. The
French troops were not engaged.”
The following additional dispatch re
garding the four engagements was receiv
ed from Count von Waldersee:
"Pekin, April 28.—The following reports
only arrived last night owing to the diffi
culty of communication: ,
"Gen. Kettlcr’a brigade reinforced,
marched in four columns ngalnst the
great wall. Col. Ledebur's being the right
wing, then those, commanded by Col.
jloffmeister, Col. Wallmerich and Maj.
Huehlenfels. Lcdobur reached the wall
April 21 after a slight engagement near
Hat Shan Kwan.
Eleven Honrs fighting.
"Iloffmeister drove back the enemy
April 23. On the same day Huehlenfels
r ountcred a strong party of the enemy
occupying a bastion on the bights com
manding the pass. The enemy fought
stubbornly in a particularly strong po
sition, which was taken only after eleven
lours fighting.
"Huehlenfeis and Lieut. Reichert were
> chtly wounded and Lieut. Dreiwels was
seriously wounded. A standard-bearer and
another were killed-and six meet seriously
i.ii.i ten slightly wounded.
ivaiimerleh attacked and dispersed
April 22 a far superior force of the enemy
in a strong position east of the breach of
Hae Ho and effected a junction on the
bdfjeftcd with the battalion under Maj.
Musimahn from. Tsftig Ohlng, which,
• iking up the pursuit overtook the enemy
i 1 're-h position to the south. Tins was
captured and the enemy were pursued as
fir as Ku Kuan. Wallmerich followed
t.irm thither.
Chinese Snffrreil Severely.
The enemy sufTcred severely. Eleven
old in-J Iv, o quick tiring guns were cap
tured. On our side one man was killed
a;:d three were severely wounded and nine
slightly. Lieut. Duesterburg was shot
through the right arm.
The enemy are everywhere In retreat.
Gen. Von Leesel has arranged with Gen.
Hailloud that the French troops shall oe
■ "py Ku Kuan for the present and secure
his left flank.
' Kettler - s brigade is marching by short
tkages to Pao Ting Fu, and Huehlenfels’
huita.ion along the mountains to Pekin.”
WIN. KETTBLER’S REPORT.
Inflicted Immense Daniuge on Chi
nese, He Say*.
I’ekin, April 28.—The report of Gen.
Kettler, received here from Kuo Lu, dif
fers from the other reports concerning
the German-French expedition previously
received. Gen. Kettler’s report shows
that the Chinese troops did not leave the
Province until they were forced to do so.
pc entire brigade, commanded by Gen.
K'ttler, met the enemy on April 23 and
Inflated immense loss upon them. The
report does not give this loss. The Ger
hi-um had one. officer and three soldiers
Filled and twenty-eight soldiers wounded.
'I he Chinese were forced to leave the
Brovin <• and were fully demoralized. The
French authorities stated that the Chi
nese had crossed the border of the prov
!•: " on April 19, in which case they must
1 ute subsequently returned.
l-i Hung Chang says It is impossible
to believe that Gen. Lul Kwang Ting
w'oi<l, l have so flagrantly disobeyed his
ord< i>, and anxiously awaits the Chinese
reports of the encounter referred to by
•j'ui Kettler.
hi Hung Chang returned calls to the
efferent legations yesterday and con
tl uiuluiud Special Commissioner Rookhill
• " the stand taken by the Americans In
h " matter of indemnity. It is not gen
‘ ’ dly thought among the ministers of the
- that Mr. Rockliill’s efforts in this
<ilr-iHon will prove successful, though
■ni,st of them admit that they must be
KuM.-d j n Hie mot rby the Instructions
’"'•y receive from their home govern
ments.
* bailee Sign* Death Warrant*.
Mile < hlnamen will be executed to-mor-
| 0 "’ In the American district for highway
Id-wry a nf j violence. The im n 111 ques
u,n were tried and sentenced according
1 Fldnese law. but they are the first of
sentences to is approved by Gen.
Chaffee.
Gaselec, the Britinh commander,
officers of iris slaff and the entire
'' ‘’i'li eontlngent gave a farewell enter
•fininent to the American officers Inst
' kiu All officers who were not aciually
' ll duty were present, and the utmost
1 ''•uisiasin prevailed. Speeches wei.
< .id, |,y <Jen, Gaselec and IVn. Chaffee
•i I* said ni German headquarters
' " Hie brigade of flen. Kettler Is r<-
u, hihg lo I'ao Ting Ku.
‘ hi near Hilled In Train Wreck.
f 1 di, Aprll 2*.--While the hrel train
ui p. iii,, to .j. |M Tain was travel ring
•i '' r| dg, between Ixih Ka and Yang
, 11 k ml* morning It was derailed
■' '*>* colla|*Ke of a culvert. Eleven
*”*' *ere killed and forly fiblMtr afid
?m*rkans wera lujund. on* of He
" insna • annot reoover.
Nlhaalea. ai their Old I rleka.
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i(i 1 tilff Allt.Jl) lallfr ill 4|*J MTVMft
'’mmttliig *fM/U"tAU‘ CMlt
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CAILLES CAMP BROKEN UP.
Worst Filipino Commander of the
Lot Ha* Narrow Escape.
Manila, April 28,-Capt. Wilson Chase,
with a dtaehment of the Twenty-first In
fantry, on April 26, surprised the camp
of the Insurgent Gen. Cailles, at Dugot-
Dugot, situated nine miles northeast of
Cavinti, in the province of Laguna.
Cailles was at his camp at the time of
the attack, but managed to escape. Capt.
Chase's force, captured his adjutant gen
eral. five other of his staff officers, four
teen men. twenty rifles, a large amount
of ammunition and stores and oil the pa
pers and personal effects of the Filipino
general. The insurgent Maj. Veto was
killed during the engagement, as were
Corpl. McGill and Private Tipps, both be
longing to Company A of the Twenty
first. Several columns of the American
troops continue vigorously to pursuo Gen.
Cailles.
Gen. Cailles recently offered a reward
of SIO,OOO for the head of Capt. Edward
N. Jones, Jr., of the Eighth Infantry.
Caillc*’ Hail Record.
For more than a year past Cailles has
commanded the insurgent forces operat
ing to the east of Bay lake, not far from
Manila, lie is said to be a French half
caste. He lias a reputation for vindic
tiveness and cruelty and is one of the
two of three Filipino leaders still in the
field who have clearly ignored the observ
ances of honorable warfare. The So
ciety of Mando Ducats, whose practice is
was to assassinate and bury alive those
of the countrymen who accept
ed American sovereignty whenever
the latter fell into their
hands, operated with the cognizance
if not the support, of Gen. Cailles. If
Cailles w r ere captured It is doubtful if he
could claim immunity for past actions
under the terms of the amnesty. In Jan
uary of this year Cailles offered a re
ward of $lO apiece for the heads of all
Americans brought to him.
GREETED THE COMMISSIONERS.
•■Out AVlth the Friar*,” Sniil People
of South t amarine*.
Neura Caceres, Province of South Cam
arines, Luzon, April 28.—This turbulent
region is now nearly pacified. The Philip
pine commission has traveled twenty miles
by river to this point, having established
provincial government for North Cama
rines and South Camarines. The commis
sioners have been greeted with banners
inscribed with “Long live the comission,”
and “Out with the friars.” The question
as to whether a native or an American
shall be governor, has been settled by
the appointment until such time as an
election may be held,' of Lieut. George
Curry of the Eleventh Volunteer Cavalry,
who was formerly of Roosevelt's Rough
Riders. Maj. Henry B. McCoy, of the
Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry, was ap
pointed treasurer, and Lieut. Elmer O.
Worfick of the Forty-fifth Volunteer In
fantry. supervisor. The population is es
timated at 150,000. The people aro peac.-e
--ahle, but the morals of the masses are
lax.
A REVOLT IN ALGIERS.
Inhabitant* Saved Tlielr Live* l>-
Professing ißlamism.
Algiers, April 28.—1 t now appears that
the revolt at Marguerite was provoked by
Hadji Denaissa. a Marabout who had
preached the extermination of foreigners.
Many of the inhabitants owed their safe
ty to simulated conversion to IRlamism.
Sixty Arab rebel prisoners have been
brought here, but no chiefs have yet
been captured.
The Mayor ol' Marengs has appealed for
troops, reporting that armed bands of
Arabs are descending upon the town, but
the government believes they are only
flying from the pursuit of the troops at
Marguerite.
i s ' 1
BOERS GET i V THEIR WORK.
Derail Two Train* and Oiplnre Men
of Wale*' l.tght Horae.
X.ondon, April 29.—Lord Kitehonef con
tinues the process of wearing down the
Boers, who. however, are very active in
the Kroonstad district, where they re
cently derailed' two trains' and also
captured', after a severe fight, twenty-five
men of the Prince of Wales' Light Horse,
whom they stripped of their horses and
accoutrements and then liberated.
Trnnvnnl Engineer Captured.
London, April 29.-Col. Plumer’s force
captured a small laager of forty-five men.
including the notorious Tranvaal state en
gineer, Minnick, who planned the destruc
tion of the Johannesburg mines in the
spring of last year, and his father, who
was formerly landrost at Boksburg.
Ml KUEHED A till ItATiCti.
Horrible Kate of tlrrman Millionaire
anil III* Secretary.
Sydney, N. S. 11.. April 38. Herr
Mercke, a German millionaire, who was
cruising in his yacht, and Herr Caro, his
private secretary, were recently murder
ed by natives of the Island of New Brit
ain. off the northeast coast of Papua.
Herr Caro's body was eaten.
Germany to Avenge the Morder.
Berlin, April 29,-Emperor William has
ordered Capt. Passchew of the German
second-class cruiser Hansa to command a
punitive expedition from China to avenge
the murder of Herr Mercke.
Iluhonic Plague* Heavy Fatality.
('aim Town. April 28,-Durlng the last
forty— eight hours sixteen fresh cases ot
the bubonic plague have been officially
reported. Eight of these are Kuiopeune.
Sime the outbreak of the disease there
have been 319 cases, of which 217 have
proved fatal.
Natives Object to Sanitation.
Calcutta. April -The official* ngag
id in combating the bubonic plage were
, -auU .i lure to-day by native* while
disinfecting Hevnal arrests w< re made.
Bubonic Plague In Turkey.
Constantinople, April a.-Three a*e* of
11,. bubonic p.ague iiave occurred si Bas
ra, Asiatic Turkey
llampolls Has *< Mealgnrg.
Rom'” April 2 - Tim Bella deni*, tli*
. moti ma la yeatndsy by tfc< Patrta
tba* Cardinal Maiinno Renifaolla, pop-
HIP at secretary ol Male bay tnalgmd
A < sit tlursys Plaat llsrsrf.
i iii.iiai.ooaa Tam*.# April g*l lit
kUiistser holier and cold Simas* plants
, It. ia!ai. Mioiorr* IVMing J'-ORP
bury tail iij.i.iaiit, Rf* fLAW, iuatM'
a a poo * jw. *ssi,
SAVANNAH, GA„ MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1901.
PARKHURST’S VIEW
THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTH AS
HE SEES IT.
A VERY FAIR STATEMENT.
HE REPLIES TO GOV. CANDLER’S
CRITICISM.
Neither North Nor South Like the
Negro—The Southern linn Doe* Not
Love Him mid Sn>* So—The North
ern White Man Dislike* Him and
Lie* About 11—I nli ml ted Suffrage
for the Negro n Serious Blunder.
The Relation* of the North unit
South Aptly Slated.
New York, April 28.—Rev. Dr. Charles
H. Parkhurst preached to-day at the
Madison Square Presbyterian Church on
topics connected with his recent trip
South. He also made, an incidental reply
to Gov. Candler, who was reported as
having denounced those Northerners who
took an interest in educational matters In
the South.
Dr. Parkhurst said that the party of
Northern people who recently made the
trip referred: to did it not because they
had any special interest In the
South as a distinct section, but
because they were conscious of the
unity which makes the North and South
members of each other. The conference
held at Winston-Salem, in North Caro
lina, he said, was characterized by the
utmost frankness on both sides and yet,
from first to last, not an embittering
word was spoken. Referring to Gov.
Candler’s criticisms, Dr. Parkhurst said
they would not have been made, "had the
Governor of Georgia, as did the Governor
of North Carolina, come into direct touch
with the personnel of the conference, or
for five minutes respired the atmosphere
which the conference exhaled.”
Referring to the estimation in which the
people of the South and of the North
hold the negro, Dr. Tarkhurst said:
“The Southerner does not like the ne
gro any better than the average North
erner does, and the two carry themselves
toward the negro with just about the
same amount of Christian consideration —
only of the two. the Southern white, man
has perhaps this advantage, that he does
not make quite as flamboyant a pretense
of loving the negro as his Northern con
frere does, The Southern white mac dis
likes the negro, and owns up to it. The
white man in the North dislike* the ne
gro and lies about it.”
.Suffrage a Great Blunder.
The preacher said further:
“The umMs’crlmin-ating act by which
the negroes had conferred Upon them
the right to vote, was one of th© blun
ders that it is not easy to escape from
after It is once committed, but which it
would seem we ought to have had North
ern statesmanship sufficiently Intelligent
to prevent.
“The counsel that both the Northern
and the Southern friends of the negro
are now giving him is to keep quiet upon
the. whole suffrage matter, to keep out of
politics, not to talk about the constitu
tion. not to insist upon his rights, but
to attend industriously to the work of
getting himself well ready—which he Is
not now—for what God and the country
and the future may have in store for
him.”
Present Condition* In South.
Dr. Parkhurst closed by the following
general reference to present conditions
among Southern people:
“The South does not altogether love us.
but no one there hates us nearly as much
as it would be perfectly natural for them
to hate us. They are all glad that
slavery is done away with, they ore glad
that they are in the Union. They all
glory in the flag, even while in tender be
reavement they lay flowers upon the
graves of the Oonfedrate dead. We be
long to them and they belong to us. and
every deed of kindness wisely rendered,
every word of sympathetic Intenst pru
dently spoken, every new commercial re
lation* and every interchange of hospitali
ties discreetly arranged will be so much
contribution to that perfect readjustment
of relations which shall make for the
enrichment of our common history.”
A SAVINGS^BANK SUSPENDS.
Trnstee* nt Y\ eaterly. 11. 1.. Act Hon
estly Y\ ith Depositor*.
Westerly. R. 1.. April 28.—The Me
chanics Savings Bank of this town will
not open for business to-morrow morn
ing. Late this afternoon the following
notice was issued:
“The trustees of the Mechanics Savings
Bank, owing to the doubtful vaJue of
some of the bank's assets, have decided
that it is for the best interests of the
depositors that the bank go into liqui
dation. and action already has been tak
en looking to this result. Pending the
granting of the authority no money will
be received or paid out."
This action came as a groat surprise
to the town and great excitement pre
vails among small depositors. The esti
mated amount of deposits is something
less 'than a million, the securities on their
face values, something less than one
million, one hundred thousand, and the
number of depositors about 2.000.
Many of the securities .are Western In
vestments, which are understood to have
decreased In value year by year.
A SNOWSLIDeTn KLONDIKE.
Twenty Live* Reported to flay*
Deen Lost at Hunrlae Flty.
Port Townsend, Wa*hn., April 2*.—Jacob
Ruah, who has spent three year* in Alaw
ko, returned from Valdez on the meam
ahip Rena lor to-day. Just before sailing
from Valdez for Juneau, Mr, Hush says, a
courier arrived at Valdez from Hunrise
Ci'y, stailn* Fuji a rnowslidi had or.
, urred Mt that peace on April 12. in which
i wenty or more lives were lost and a
number of bo ■ burled l*/icti, snow
and ice.
The courier left Bunns* snartly af'< r
cite a.tde had occurred and could not give
lu.) purlieu Jarr
Ylr. ttuen is > I akl <t b crowd'd wPh
idle men who ate anziouely uwaltlo* the
! comitate etpent of work on tl*e govern
noth nail to the .nu not ll* repot** that
■*n ■— ~ a♦ s— ——
10l Jasssre V sksssss ID ad
Aitonth'ity * J April M iw
y guannun. proyrtit m of in* '*.***
llutMH IL.lt boot' died bus suddenly la*
ga* $i oil* new* i tflsuWesn
PORT ARTHUR TO BE OIL PORT.
Big hale of Land to .Standard Oil
4 oni iiixii > Held Up.
Kansas City, Mo.. April 28.—Foreign
stockholders of the l*ort Arthur Land
Company have interposed an objection to
the sale of 28,00t> acres of land at Port
Arthur, Tex., negotiated last week, ac
cording to local officials of that company.
Negotiations for tho sale of the land,
which lies around Port Arthur and be
tween that city and Beaumont practically
were consummated in Kansas City last
week, for a sum said to have been $2.0
per acre. The prospective buyer was W.
J. McKie of Corsicana, Tex., said to be
the legal representative in Texas of the
Standard Oil Company. The property is
in the hands of E. L. Martin, Arthur E.
Stillwell and J. CVI. Trimble of this
City, former owners at Hie Kansas City.
Pittsburg and Gulf Railway, as trustees.
These officials assert 4hai they have full
power to dispose of the property.
Mr. Martin confirmed the sale of an un
divided half interest in the land, but
said:
“Someone seems to have wired some
of the foreign stockholders in the com
pany that we were about to give away
a good thing. They notified tis not to de
liver the deeds until they had further in
formation on the subject. In the mean
time. however, the deeds had been sent
to Corsicana, but we telegraphed the
bank there to hold them unttl further
notice.”
Mr. Stillwell declines to discuss the
details of the deal. He says, however,
that the result of it will be the centering
of the oil industry of Texas at Port Ar
thur.
TWO OIL GEYSERS SOLD.
Standard Oil Company Paid gTSO.OOO
for Port Arthur Land.
Beaumont, Tex., April 28,-Two more oil
geysers were bought In here to-day. The
first is on what is known as the Gladys
City property, owned by the J. M. Guffy
Company. It is close to the other gush
ers. Tho oilier well is owned by the
Texas and Colorado Illuminating Com
pany. It is of importance chiefly be
cause it widens the oil circle, being
furthest from the original Lucas gusher.
The rumor that parties acting for the
Standard Oil Company have purchased
the property of the Port Arthur Land
Company was confirmed to-day. There are
30.000 acres in that tract, and the price,
according to reports, is $750,000.
FORTY BISHOPS PREACHED.
A Great Sunday School Mas* Sleeting
at \err Orlcann.
New- Orleans, April 38.—Over forty bish
eps ofid distinguished preachene attending
the grefet missionary Conference, occupied
the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian
pulpits tc-day. The dwy’a feature of the
conference was a Sunday School mass
meeting, which was also made the anni
versary of the local Sunday School Asso
ciation. Mrs. M. I. Lambuth spoke on Sun
day School work In Japan. Dr. W. H.
Park told of -the work in China. Rev. J.
J. Methurn described the dealings with
the American Indians. Dr. C. F. Reid
spoke of mission schools in Corea, and Dr.
Tarboux told' of similar work in Brazil.
At night Bishop Galloway of Mississippi
preached a brilliant discourse upon lessons
from master missionaries.
MubacPlbed Over R 50.000.
The night session closed with great en
thusiasm. the raising or a collection of
$.i0,150 marking one of the most remark
able scenes in Methodist history. Mrs.
W. W. Carre and sons of this city head
ed the list with $5,000. The principal part
of the fund goes to Bou-Chou Univer
sity.
A HOLOCAUST InTexAS.
Entire Family Meet* Death In Blaz
ing Livery .Stable.
Houston, Tex., April 28.—1n a fire which
destroyed a stable and three residences
at ar* early hour this morning Job Cop
ping, his wife and three children, were
burned to death. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hop
per Jumped from the burning building and
both were badly injured*. The fire started
in a livery stable over which several
families lived. The building was a mere
shell, and was a mass of flames when the
firemen arrived. The Hoppers were cut
off from escape by the stairs and Jumped,
Mr. Hopper's leg being fractured and Mrs.
Hopper receiving internal Injuries. The
body of an infant of Mrs. Copping's,
which had been born during the progress
of the lire, was found with its mother.
A n< gro has been arrested on a charge of
having fired the building to revenge his
discharge by his former employer.
SHE CALCIMINE!# THEM.
Dranken I’alnler'* Wife Adapt* Ef
fective Measure*.
Cincinnati, April 28.—Mrs. Richard
Grater, the wife of a house painter, on
being unable to keep her husband from a
saloon on Ludlow avenue, went to the
place to-day with one of Ills calcimine
buckets and a whitewash brush. She cal
cimined him from head to foot in the sa
loon. lie returned to Ihe saloon after he
had accompanied her home and changed
clothing. She followed him again, anti
the next time calclmined the saloonkeeper
and his bar and Its fixtures, and gave
notice that she would repeat the perform
ance to anyone selling liquor to her hus
band.
A SERMON ItV REV. HALLECK.
New Yorker* to I oottnur Their Tour
of Te*.
Llano, Tex.. April 28.—The New York
ers tourijig Texas as guests of th*: Butte
LeginlaUir*, arrived here this aftirnooti
In the evening they attended religious
services In tlie county court house, the
sermon bring delivered by the Rev.
James Newton Haling, editor of the
Christian World, N'-w York, The party
returned to Austin at midnight and will
l*-av Monday foe Temple, Waco and
Fort Wort h.
‘l'lllf EE Will NDEI* DY ER t MMi,
Alabamian* ler Y Inebrsler* Me.
ranae a Do* Hw Milled.
filraungham Ala . Apfll 2* A dog wee
Ihe of e tunning tight peer Oafaed
yeeteidey In ahi- li three iaftl< pant#
•■ I* wounded Four pewfde part!* ip*i.*|
J W lfou- and ton <lu* sod M K
ji ill*r--i* aid ble iblee* ol* sub fllotb the
Mouaes and lb> * Ids* Johnson *>• ebo*
ait n Wiir**ea**i < ifb # and one 4ai*g*f
oust# wound* ') T*ie Doubt* ***** ***** *
dug **f Jobnown e a pick the idti fivuee
4*Ml kU**d,
CUBANS ARE EVASIVE
WASHIXGTOW CONFERK3ICES WERE
SATISFACTORY.
AND THEY ARE WELL PLEASED
BIT WILL NOT SAY WHIT THEY
W ILL RECOMMEND.
\ l*it line Item Very Pleasant and
Instructive anti llepri-Mi-ntationn
Made by President McKinley and
Secretary Rout Very Salfafnetory,
Say* Senor t apntc—The Delegation
Has Prepared a Full Reporl, hut
Has Not Yet Formulated Any Rec
oin mendntion*.
New York, April 28.—1n talking of the
visit of the Cuban delegation to Wash
ington, Senor Capote, head of the delega
tion. said this evening:
“Wo obtained very important and very
valuable information and we shall Im
part it to the convention immediately
upon our return to Cuba, but we cannot
say what the convention will determine.
Whatever expressions I might make
would be merely my personal views and
It would be improper for me to express
them.
"Our visit has been very pleasant and
instructive and the representations made
by President McKinley and Secretary
Hoot were very satisfactory.”
When asked whether the delegation
would report in favor of th© acceptance
of the Platt amendment, Senor Capote
said:
“That I cannot tell.”
“It has been said that your conferences
at Washington have removed all grounds
for opposition to the American policy. Is
this correct?”
"No. I cannot say that. It is for the
convention to say. All we can say is that
we are very much pleased with the In
formation which we have received as to
the intentions of the American govern
ment. The delegation has prepared a full
report of its conference for the Constitu
tional Convention, but It has not yet for
mulated any recommendations.”
“Are the delegates unanimous In their
view of the representations made to them
at Washington, or is there any difference
of opinion aong them?”
“They ore quite unanimous in their
satisfaction received.”
The delegation will return to Cuba on
Wednesday on tho steamshtp Havana.
THE PRESIDENT’S TRAIN.
One of the Hnnd*nme*t Ever Run
Over an American Hallway.
Washington. April 28.—Standing in the
yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany here Is the train which will carry
the President and his party for the next
seven weeks throughout the length and
most of 'the breadth of the United States.
It reached here thin morning and Is one of
the finest trains ever run over an Ameri
can railway system. The start will be
made at 10:30 o'clock to-morrow morning
with Engineer Frank Larraond'a hand on
the throttle. W. VV. Albright as con
ductor will be In charge. Both are trusted
employee of the Southern Railway. Not a
detail has been overlooked for the com
fort and convenience of the guests. The.
Southern Railway Company will have
charge of the train from Washington to
New Orleans. At this point the party
and train will be under the supervision
of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
The train, which is practically new. la
made up of seven cars. The President's
own car is the Olympia In the rear of the
train.
TO RECEIVE THE PRESIDENT
New Orlrnn* Ha* Prepared an Elab
orate Programme.
New Orleans, April 28.—The programme,
•for the reception to President McKinley
and party is complete. The train will be
met by a military and civic parade, which
will escort the visitors to the St. Charles
Hotel, where there wll lbe a banquet In
the evening.
Thursday morning there will be a car
riage ride to points of interest, including
a special reception by colored people at
the Southern University. About noon
there wil lbe a reception by the Louisiana
Historical Society at the Oabildo, where
the transfer of Louisiana territory took
place, in what Is now the Supreme Court
room, and an ovation by school Children
in Jackson Square opposite, where the
American flag was hoisted. The party will
then l>oard the steamboat City of St.
Louis for a view of the harbor, escorted
by the gunboat Scorpion, revenue cutter
Stranger and a large fleet. The visitors
will then be escorted to the Southern Pa
cific depot where their train will start to
the West.
TO BREAKFAST IN MEXICO.
Ladle* of Fn-iidsat's Parly lo Have
Unique Entertainment.
El Paso. Tex., April 28.—Representative
Bridges of El Paso county, has received
letters from numerous members of th*
legislature stating that they will be In
El Paso during the visit, of the presiden
tial party. The Texas Legislature was
Invited hern before the session adjourned,
■hut no time for the visit was mentioned
The reception here will be unique In
many respect*. The ladles of the party
will breakfast at the residence of Don
Ihocente Oehea In Jaurez. Max., Mon
day morning The affair will be held Iri
the large old residence and the feast
will consist of rare Mexican dirties.
i*i MAKS hi IF COAL <• iv
New Invention Produce* II at Two
Penes Per I JIM# Feel.
Itondon, April 29. The Dally Chronicle
*uy* It barn* that Dr. Ludwig Mood ha*
discovered a method of producing lliuml
nallng cos I ***> ** two pels * ir !.**<>
Ini. wiiich will effort a revolution by
cheapening cbcirh power and nl*<> nr
leering upon Ihe production of opn
heart#) *<*<
< omedlnn Moiphr Allere Ml* Name.
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BEET SUGAR CULTIVATION.
_——
The Indnstry on the Increase In
North and YY'est.
Washington. April 28.—C. F. Saylor, of
lowa, the special agent in charge of the
beet sugar investigation of the Depart
ment of Agriculture is In Washington
and has submitted his report to Secre
tary Wilson. He says this year shows a
very active tendency toward the insti
tution of new beet sugar enterprises.
Next autumn, he says, Michigan will
have three new factories and Ohio, In
diana, New York, Colorado, Utah. South
and North Dakota and Illinois will In
stall new factory enterprises, making
thirteen throughout the United States
now in contemplation. A conservative es
timate, he says. Is that there will be
forty-two licet sugar factories In opera
tion throughout tho United States by the
end of next autumn. Everything Indi
cates that the industry is thoroughly es
tablished throughout the country. Mr.
Saylor says:
"Even in the inclpiency of tho industry
these factories have shown good profits.
They have maintained themselves without
any apparent real contest with tho sugar
trust. The sections of the country tnat
seem most adaptable to the industry are
where conditions call for new resources,
as In Michigan, where there has* been a
phenomenal increase in the last three
years, largely due to the waning of the
lumber industry of that region. There
will be fourteen: factories there next sea
son. California lathe leading state in pro
duction, with* eight factories, including the
largest in the world. The immense
amount of pulp and refuse left after the’
extraction of Ihe sugar appeals to the
farmer and corollary industries that grow
ouit or farm products. No other feed. Mr.
Saylor says, is so Valuable and so cheffp
for the dairy and stock feeding interests
as beet pulp.
FATHER OF THE TELEGRAPH.
Jamea Doaglau Held. Who Saw It*
Inception. Dead.
New York. April 28,-James Douglas
Reid, kpowni to telegraphers throughout
the country as “Tho Father of the Tele
graph,” died this afternoon at his resi
dence in tills city. He had been ill for
many weeks.
James Douglas Reid was born in Edin
burg©, Scotland, March 22, 1819, and came
lo America in 1834. Hlsi entrance into the
telegraphic service was In 1845, when he
assisted in th© organization of the Atlan
tic and Ohio Telegraph Company for the
construction' of a scries of lines connecting
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Detroit,
Cincinnati, S't. Louis and New Orleans,
the most extensive series projected at
that time. Becoming acquainted with
Prof. 8. F. B. Morse, a mutual attachment
sprang up between them, which led to Mr.
Reid's appointment as superintendent of
the Magnetic Telegraph Company, a line
extending from l New Y’ork to Washington,
at the nm time retaining his connection
with the Atlantic, and Ohio Company. He
entered the service of the Western Union
Telegraph Company in I*s, wherein lie re
mained until 1889, when he wns appointed
United States consul to Dunfefmllne.
Scotland, through the Ihfluenoe of Andrew
Carnegie, who as a boy had served as a
messenger and telegraph operator under
Mr. Reid nt Pittsburg. He relinquished
this office In 1897.
FARMERS ArFhEAVyToSERS.
Thousand* of Acre* of Wheat De
stroyed by the Flood.
Evansville, Ind., April 28.—The river reg
isters 12.4 feet to-night and will be fall
ing by morning. The greatest damuge
in this region ts to farmers. It Is esti
mated that 400,00) acres of wheat between
this city and Paducah, Ky., ore destroy
ed. The losses to houses aggregate SIOO.-
000. Over half a million bushels of corn
are destroyed In the crib. Th© lumber
men along Green river estimate their
loss at SIOO,OOO. Merchants in this city
lose considerably by th© water creeping
through cellars. The lose to farmers
along the Wabash river is heavy, 200,000
bushels of corn being swept away. Tnree
farm houses were destroyed.
NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
Important DDcuaslon to Take Place
In Hoehe*ler.
Philadelphia, April 28.—The seventh an
nual meeting of the National Municipal
League and the ninth conference for gol
city government, which will be held In
Rochester, N Y., May 8. 9 and 10,will be of
more general interest than any of the
meetings which have preceded It. The
array of speakers Includes men of na
tional and international prominence. The
subjects to be considered and discussed
in the paper* that will be. read are also
of exceptional importance to the commun
ity at large, but particularly to Students
of the problem which confront* those
who are working for municipal reforms.
The theme of this year's meeting -.vlll
be "Uniformity In Municipal Account
ing.”
OHIO RIVER NTILL FALLING.
Condition* In Some Place* Very Rad,
However.
Cincinnati, April 28.—The Ohio river has
continued falling here slowly since yes
tterday. Siphon pumps were clearing the
cellar*) to-day where water had receded.
Navigation, Including many sightseeing
excursions, was resumed to-day and the
railways will all be using their regular
depots to-morrow.
Further down the river on both the Ken
tucky shore and the Indluna side the
condition* are reported as very bad. Jus:
above Henderson. Ky., there Is danger of
the channel being changed owing to Ihe
water taking another A'ourae In the over
flow.
REPORTS PROU HILY UNTRUE.
?iiilili lo kualaln f liurir* of Pol.
■ anlnx Mock nt New Orlran*.
Washington. April 28.—The department
of agriculture ha* recetvnl no Informaliott
bearing on the report* tluit have been In
eireulailon In England rharg'ng Boer etn.
I snarl#* with Inoculating hot*** *lilp|>ed
to koutn Africa with glanders und other
animal inJa*h's. Hesiiry ft’llnou place*
Do rradeoce In the story. I|e ray*, how
#tr, t hat It la poaatt) e It t nig I" have I# so
do he. prohobly t*y Iwoo ilora or oilier at
itfidanto aiMftrd *Mp if at all. There hi*
u**n la/ saaiiitoat pm of the borai* Ship-
Hit me by Ihe defertwa-nt s representative*
a# th* Mr it loti a#*nte It ov#r have < equi M.
#4 ouch inopt* than
katalo'* Fwiaissitr l#*od,
•offatd. k V . Apnl 2# Poo* mooter 8
If. Dorr dl*4 ouddtui# this tßorotug g
hJSOdft 01 si Od
DAILY. $8 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY* 2-TIMES-A-WEETC, $1 AYBAI
CALLAHAN ACQUITTED
JIRY BRINGS IN \ SURPRISE VER
DICT AT OMAHA.
THE ACCUSED REARRESTED.
JUDGE SEVERELY CRITICISES THE
Jl RORS.
Chief of Police Donohue l rge* Mr.
Cnilahy to Mltliilrnw Reward of
%%,000 for Pat Crowe—The Latter
Might Surrender and Get It lllni
*clf—The IMMWIU Reward for I on
vlctlon of Kidnaper* Stand—Jnry
YVn* Suspicion* of the 4 n*c Gotten
Ip liy the Police.
Omaha, Neb., April 28. Jamrtt Callahan
was declared not guilty to-day of any
complicity in tho kidnaping of Edward
Cudahy, Jr.
Shortly after 9 o'clock this morning the
Jury signified that It was reed to report,
having been out since 8:10 o’clock last
night. A small audience of the, attorneys
and interested persons was waiting when
the twelve men filed in. The foreman
announced that the verdict was “Not
guilty.”
The judge had evidently been expecting
another verdict and was openly disap
pointed.
"It ts impossible for me to understand,’ 1
he said, “how twelve intelligent men
could have agreed upon such a verdict
after listening to the testimony. The de
fendant could not have chosen more wise
ly if he had ben selecting hi* own repre
sentatives, and the community could not
have made a more unfortunate selection.
This jury Is discharged without the com
pliments of tho court."
Callahan’s attorneys were not present
and the defendant expressed a desire to
thank the Jurors tn bis own behalf. This
the court refused to permit. He said the
Jury did not deserve any thanks, two
other counts still exist Bgr.inat. Callahan
and he was at once rea treated under these.
There is doubt, however ..whether the state
will bring the cases to trial. Chief of Po
lice Donohue announces that the ss.om>
offered for the apprehension of Patrick
Crowe will ho withdrawn. He says It ia
one thing to arrest the culprit and an
other to convict him.
The reward of $50,000 offered Jointly by
the city arid* Edward Cudahy, however,
will still remain in force.
< ullnliiin's NiMiulttul Wan Ea*y.
As far as could* be ascertained from
the Jurymen, there was at no time any
serious differences as to their opinon of
Callahan's innocence. Three were In
clined to favor a verdict of guilty, but
were soon convinced by their colleague*
that a reasonable .loubt existed.
Chief of Police Donohue snys that he
will urge. Mr. Cudahy to at onc> with
dnrw the proffered reward of 95,000 for
the apprehension of Pat Crowe.
■'Crowe might easily make an appear
ance and claim the reward himself," said
Chief Donohue, “as the evidence against
him is no more direct than that against
Callahan.
"In my eighteen years of experience
with criminals I have never heard more
absolutely convincing evidence than that
presented against Callahan.
"There was not a single flaw in the tes
timony. and the evidence of guilt was
overwhelming. From the information I
have secured as to tho sentiment of the
Jury. 1 believe that its decision was based
largely on the theory that the victim of
the affair was a wealthy man. and, as
such, is able to suffer. Two of the Jur
ors, I am Informed, expressed their opin
ion that no kidnaping had occurred, and
• hey had taken their oath as jurors with
this conviction Ip their minds.
"I do not approve of any reward be
ing offered in a case of thin kind, and
believe that it operated In the Callahan
trial for the acquittal of the accused.
Several times I heard the expression that
the police had simply concocted a plot
to send an innocent man to the peniten
tiary in the hope of securing the reward.
“The $50,000 offered for the conviction of
the three men concerned in- the crime,
however, will stand.”
PRO DICE TRAVELERS MEET.
Adjourned nt Wilmington to Meet at
Alnron In .July.
Wilmington, N. C., April 28.—The con
cluding session of the third annual meet
ing of the American Fruit and Produce
Travelers’ Association adjourned early
this morning with, the election of the
following officers: President. A. E. Make
ly of Buffalo; vice president, S. S. Sudler
of Boston; secretary and treasurer, J. R.
Franklin, Baltimore.
The appointment of executive and other
standing committees was delegated to the
president. ,
Macon, Ga., was chosen as the place
for the next annual meeting In July.
Reports of all the offl.ers showed the as
sociation do be In a healthy and prosper
ous condition. The membership is made
up of traveling representatives of lead
ing fruit and produce commission houwes
in all the large cities of the country.
HONOR* FOR W tUK HAMPTON.
Tn Be Presented With Cro* tlf
Honor by Women of Carolina.
Columbia. 8. C.. April 28.—C01. H. V.
Horton of Asheville has arranged a three
days' Taring programme here While the
Veteran* are in *th<* city, May 8, 9 and 10.
The old Confedrale* will do all honor to
Gen. Hampton. The plan is for the coti
ventlon to adjourn from the state house
on Wednesday aid murch to Gen. Hamp
ton's house, where the old chief will make
an a,hires*, and be presented by the wo*
men of Houth Carolina with a Crotn of
Honor.
I#> •
RECORD BREAKER AT Ml FPAM>.
Folly ttO.INMI People \ I*l ted the F.s
lioaltlon I.round*.
Buffalo, N. V.. April 2*.-Today's St*
tendance at the Paii-Atm-rlcaii Exposi
tion was a record lireaker for a pre-ex*
position vr *wd. Fully Mi* people p*
rd through tin- gates, about 75 ir cent
of lb*au paying tor sdmlsaUm. All hough
tb* *xpooliten la still far front * .applet*
rveryoti* twitwl HtWItJ with wltai
tiara tat to gee,
tilt la *tlll Akaaae Danger Mae
laailaailta tty., A|*rt. ~TW ft do river
gt lol.villa was *< • tiaial Hite even
Wtg •* V feet 1 In. ue w hi* h ia U feet
9 tic he a above th*. daw# *f 111* Til* Hotel
ta Mgai*. tea* tu eouti pose #e> tM>* *M|D
omM ds<n*g'