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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established ISSO. - - Incorporated 1888.
J. H. ESTILL, President.
BIG STRIKE ON TO-DAY
PRESIDENT O’CONNELL'S order in
EFFECT AT 7 A. M.
ABOUT 50,000 MEN AFFECTED.
many concerns have conceded
UNION TERMS.
The Demand of the International As
sociation of Machinist* Is for a
Nine-Hour Working Day With an
Increase of Cents in Pay.
Thousands of Machinists at All
fhe Manufacturing Centers Will Be
Affected—'The Hardest Fight Ex
pected at San Francisco Where the
Ohio Has Jnst Been Launched.
Washington, May 19.—The strike order
issued by the Executive Board of the In
ternational Association of Machinists
goes into effect at 7 o'clock to-morrow
morning. President O'Connell said to
night that about 20,000 will be affected.
The officers of the association expect
that in many cases a settlement will be
reached during to-morrow, and that the
men will return to work during the day
or Tuesday morning. Word came to-day
that a l the firms in St. Louis, and also
all those in New Orleans, had granted the
demands of the men.
Scattered reports from other cities favor
able to the men also were received. The
estimate now is that 35 per cent, of the
employing firms have signed. At least 25,-
000 union machinists were working nine
hours or less when the question was tak
en up by the association.
The 50,000 men who will suspend work
are scattered all over the country. The
national officers are hopeful that speedy
settlements mtiJl be reached in most of
tlii Eastern cities, but they fear a more
nrekmgea struggle on the Pacific coast.
The Union Iron Works at San Francisco
where the battleship Ohio is building, and
other large concerns are preparing to re
sist the demand.
MAY APPEAL TO J. P. MORGAN.
May Be Asked to Lie Hi* influence
With the Combines.
New York, May IS.—Whether to-morrow
is to see the beginning of a machinists'
strike, which shall rival the one in the
engineering trades in England, which
played so important a part in the open
ing of the markets of the world to the
Americans, is problematical. Leading la
bor men and representatives of thf lead
ing- tlKWffl*' “BKW* 10- doty * WaT' Ifivy
thought pending questions would be set
tled without any general strike. It was
intimated that J. P. Morgan might be
appealed to and requested to use his in
fluence with the great industrial com
binations in the interests of peace, thus
preventing any trouble, in much the same
manner as great coal strikes have been
prevented during the past year.
Meetings of the machinists were held at
■various places in this city to-day to dis
cuss the local situation. After getting re
ports from all the shops in the metropoli
tan district the conclusion reached was
that shops employing about one-half of
all the machinists in the greater city
would grant the nine-ihour day and the
I2H per cent, increase of wages without
trouble and that not more than 4,000 men
at the outside would go out on strike.
Isaac Cowen of the Amalgamated So
ciety of Engineers, reported to the Cen
tral Federated Union to-day that the
20.000 members of the organization in this
country had decided to assist the machin
ists in thpir general movement for a nine
hour work day.
Tunnel Worker* Want Higher Wage*
Three thousand drillers, tool
a.carpeners, engineers and mechanics
etr.p.oyed in the rapid transit tunnel
threaten a general strike on Tuesday for
an advance in wages and an eight-hour
work day.
delegate Green of the Rock Drillers
1 nion, reported to the Central Federated
' nion to-day that the contractors for the
npld transit tunnel, at a general meet
ing, had refused the demand* of the tun
> o workers for higher wages. Haying
tney would pay no more than $2.75 a day
to tunnel workers.
ABOUT 2.000 AT PHILADELPHIA.
Majority of Firm* There Have Ac
cepted Union's Term*.
Philadelphia, May 19.—About 2,000 ma
ehinitists wti' go on strike In this city
te-moTrow for nine-hour day, accord
ing to John J. Keegan, business agent in
: s vicinity of the International Assocla-
Uon of Machinists. There are about 6,0 M
hinlsts in the city employed by about
I rms. Of these firms forty-seven will
g on nine-hours to-morrow. Committees
machinists will call on the Baldwin
motive Works, Cramps Shipbuilding
1 ore puny, the Midvale Steel Works.
• nnsylvanla Iron Works Company and
Southwark Iron Foundry, which firms
Employ about 1,500 men and which have
vet signified their willingness to grant
-oc demands of the men,
AGREEMENT AT CINCINNATI.
1 resident Gompera to Take Charge
of Strike There.
mrlrvnatl. May 19.—N0 agreement has
*. ’** reached between the Maehln
' nton and the Meial Trades' Assoet
•ind one of the greatest strikes In
Industrial hiatory of this city will be
l‘,"".‘.''rathd to-morrow, unless Ihe labor
| who are expected to arrive to
il , w ' succeed In bringing the
r; nn * Actions together. President
tr s of the American Federation of
• a > r will arrive from Cohimbus to-mot
. mn rnlng to take charge of the strike.
' 4 00,1 out of 6,000 machinists In the
cl, > Will go out.
"EFISBD COMPANY’S OFFER.
1 hi-ee Thousand Machinist* at
Nvranton May Be Ont To-day.
Canton, ro.. May 1.-The 1,000 Bcran
' " and Wilkesbarre employes of the
'"on Manufacturing Company Mi
e Shops, now a part of the Chal
| " combine, to-day refused to accept
. * Pony's offer of a nine-hour day.
' arbitration of the wages question, anj
. *° °® strike in the morning.
‘ k, * to -nlht as if all of the 1,000
Athlnlsu of Scranton and vicinity, ex-
jlatmnnalj Utoftting fifato£.
cepting the 100 men of the Dunmore Iron
and Steel Company, will be on strike to
morrow.
WILL CALL THE MEN OUT.
How the Order Will Be Enforced in
Chicago.
Chicago, May 19.—According to the de
cision of the executive board of District
No. 8, International Association? "ief Ma--
chinists, representing all union machin
ists of Chicago and vicinity, the general
strike will go into effect in this city to
morrow mornng.
In a dozen shops the men will refuse
to go to work unless their employers
agree to grant their demands for a nine
hour day and an increase of 12*a per cent,
in wages. The men in other shops will
be called out during the day as
the busines agents of the union
visit them and find a refusal
on the part of the employers to sign the
scale. No discrimination will he made
between the shops of members of the Na
tional Metal Trades’ Association and out
side shops. The pattern makers at the
Gates Iron Works and at the Frazer and
Chalmers machinery manufacturing plant
have decided to make a demand for 33>/i
cents an hour, and if the demand is not
granted to go out on strike. The pattern
makers will ask the same scale of hours
as that granted to the machinists. The
union machinists at the Union Horse Shoe
Nail Company shops have struck because
the shorter hours and higher pay were not
granted.
BOSTON SIGNS THE SCALE.
Manufacturers There Generally
Agree to the Union'* Term*.
Boston, May 19 —The call for a machin
ists' strike will not findr such a hearty
response in New England to-morrow as
had been anticipated for some weeks,
chiefly because the unions In the smaller
manufacturing centers are not well or
ganized or have not the financial re
sources to back them up. The movement
will be seen in its full strength in Boston
where about 1,800 machinists will strike
in the morning. One hundred and four
teen firms will run on the nine-hour
schedule, employing about 2.500 machin
ists and it is confidently expected that
cihers will grant the new schedule before
noon.
To-day, while the union was enrolling
members until It had a total of 1,850,
twelve large concerns granted the men’s
demands.
In Quincy the Tubular Rivet and Stud
Company, employing 1,200 men, of whom
200 are machinists, granted a 54-hour
week, beginning to-morrow, while the
Fore River Ship and Engine Company is
already giving ter. hours' pay for nine
hours work.
In Providence 500 machinists will go out.
SERIOUS IN CONNECTICUT.
About 0.000 Men Will Strike and
Trouble Is Expected.
New Haven, Conn., Mfly 19.—0n the ewe
TrrTie nay Sdt Yy m -ThYsYrrarransr'Asso
ciatlon of Machinists for thb enforcement
of their demands for a nine-hour work
day, the situation in Connecticut, on re
port* from the manufacturing centers of
the state.has a serious aspect. The strikes
to-morrow wilt be, It seems, confined
to a portion only of Connecticut cities,
but where they will occur they will be
very general and will accomplish a vir
tually complete tying up of the machin
ists, screw workers and metal workers in
dustries. Hartford, Waterbury, Bridge
port, New Britain and the neighboring
cities of Ansonia and Derby are the storm
centers. In these on estimated total of
6,000 men wilt be idle in the opening to
morrow morning.
At Waterbury the situation promises
to become acute because the manufactur
ers have expressed their intention to fill
the places made vacant with non-union
men, and the unionists say that this shall
not be done.
The largest strike will be at Hartford,
where about 3,500 hands are concerned.
ATLANTA MACHINISTS TO STRIKE.
Southern Railway Men Have Not De
cided the Matter Yet.
Atlanta, May 19.—The machinists of At
lanta held a meeting this afternoon and
decided to strike In three of the shops
In the city, namely the E. Van Winkle
Company Foundry, the Deloach Mill Man
ufacturing Company and the Atlanta Ma
chine Works, provided the agreement for
a nine-hour day, with ten hours' pay,
is not signed by 7 o’clock to-morrow.
It is understood the Arms named will
not sign the agreement, and the ma
chinists will walk out. The question of
a strike of the machinists at the South
ern Railway shops here has not yet been
determined. ) The matter will be taken
up with thh railroads officials in Wash
ington before any definite action is taken.
NO STRIKE IN ST. LOUIS.
Workingmen Deride to Stick to
Peaceful Methods.
St. Louis, May 19.—At a meeting of the
Allied Metal Trades Council to-day the
question of the proposed strike for a nine
hour work day was discussed and It was
decided by all the different organizations,
except the molders helpers, to go to work
as usual to-morrow and to make one
more effort to Induce the employers who
have not as yet signed the compromise
agreement, to accede to the demands.
Forty-four of the largest shops In the
City have signed the agreement, leaving
only four iarge concerns that have not
signed.
UNION MACHINISTS QUIT WORK.
About 1.200 Men on a Strike in
Cleveland.
Cleveland, May 19.-The greater number
of the union machinists of this city are
already on a strike, for when they quit
work Saturday tt was until their demands
were granted by the employers. The ma
chinists held a large meeting to-day and
ure enthusiastic In their intention to re
main out. Probably 1.200 men will be idle.
Eleven concerns have agreed to pay the
union scale and reduce the hours. Their
men will not strike. They comprise the
email facterlen. The larger concern#
show no signs of yielding.
TO CONFER WITH MACHINISTS.
General Manager Gannon to Meet
Labor Representatives.
Knoxville. Tenn., May 19 —The demand
of the Machinist#' Union of all tha shop#
on the aystem of the Southern Railway
for nine hours' labor snd a readjustment
of the schedule of wages will be con
sidered st a conferanca between Genjral
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SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY. MAY 20, 1901.
FILLED THE PULPITS
MANY PRESBYTERIANS PREACHED
YESTERDAY.
THE* MODERATOR’S SERMON.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TOO MICH SECU
LARIZED.
Presbyterian* Must Remember That
Creed* Are Not All—The Iy*iic El
ement Is Needed—Dr. Greene Tell*
of Immoral Conduct of Soldier* in
I’orto Rico—Committee'* Report on
Revision of Confession to Be Tak
en Up Thursday—Much Difference
of Opinion as to NYhnt Should Be
Done.
Philadelphia, May 19.—The custom of
having visaing commissioners fill the
Presbyterian pulpits on Sunday in the
city where the General Assembly is be
ing held was strictly adhered to to
day. There probably was not a Pres
byterian Church in the city that did not
have one or more of the visitors at its
services. Many of the commissioners
filled pulpits in the suburban churches
and in Camden, N. J., across the river.
The weather was chilly and threatening
throughout the day.
The. Mecca of most of the lay commis
sioners was Calvary Church, where the
assembly Is sitting, and where the mod
erator, Rev. Dr. Henry C. Minion of Cal
ifornia, preached his first sermon as the
presiding officer of the assembly. The
services were conducted by the Rev. J.
Sparhawk Jones, pastor of the church,
and he was assisted by Rev. J. S. Nic
colls of St. Louis. Dr. Minton took for
his subject the parable of Christ restor
ing eight to a blind man, emphasizing
that the miracle was effected gradually.
“We are born blind,” he said, "for a
cataract of sin covers our eyes. Mul
titudes have received the first touch, but
want the second. This Is a day when
the church of God should be on guard
against the intelligence of her faith. We
believe in creeds, of course, but we Pres
byterians forget that creeds are by no
means all. We boast of intelligence, but
we should be wary lest our glory be
come our shame,
"The mystic element Is needed to give
tenderness to the soul, but Christianity,
like Mohamedism, has Us whirling der
vishes. Some see but along the line of
sincere purpose and ethical endeavor. It
is not enough to be sincere, one must
be right.” „ , . . . • ..
Tire Fiiallr <school 94 stem.
The moderator, in dealing with evange
lization, said that mtr must not only be
sought, but redeemed to a present ca
reer of honor. The church must teach,
train and develop her eons. In educa
tion there must be consecration. The
moderator sounded a note of warning re
garding the public schools.
“God forbid,” he said, “that I should
say an ill word against our public school
system, the safeguard of our nation, but
Is there educational machinery subsidiary
to the only worthy end of fashioning
character? Have we. so morbidly afraid
of uniting church with state, gone so far
as to disunite God from the state? This
is a most serious question. The faith of
our sons and daughters is involved an 1
the kingdom of God in this country is
involved. It Is not an organized skepti
cism that threatens, but a God-forgotten
secularism.”
There were three popular meetings
scheduled for this afternoon and this
evening. The largest of these gatherings
was at the Witherspoon building where
a meeting in the Interest of the woman's
board of home missions was held. The
Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, D. D., presided.
The Rev. J. Milton Greene, now station
ed in Havana, but formerly of San Juan,
Porto Rico, where he organized Presby
terian missions, created a pro
found sensation by sevSrely criticising
the alleged Immoral conduct of United
States soldiers in Porto Rlio. Dr. Greene
addressed the meeting on the conditions
existing in that island. He said the con
duct of the United States soldiers there
tvas a disgrace to humanity. Twenty
drunken soldiers, he said, could be seen
on the streets to one drunken native.
The lawlessness of the soldiers, he con
tinued, is proverbial. He attacked the
present system tinder which chaplains of
the army work and said some appeal
ought to be made to the government for
a system by which the spiritual welfare
of our soldiers could be better looked
after.
Among other speakers of this meeting
were Rev. S. J. McCilenaghan, Asheville,
N. C., and Rev. D. J. Sanders, president
of Biddle University, Charlotte, N. C.
The other two meetings were, one in
the Interest of home and foreign missions,
held in Tenth Church, and another at
Northmlnster Church in the interest of
Sabbath observance
Revision of the Confession.
The great question before the Presby
terian church for years—the revision of
the Confession of Faith—will be taken up
by the assembly on Thursday. The hear
ing and the consideration of the report of
the committee on the revision of the
credai statements of the church appointed
at St. Louis last year, was made a special
order for that day, and the matter will re
main before the assembly until it Is dis
posed of. At this time it is impossible to
forecast the action of the commissioners.
The committee in Its report recommends
the appointment of a committee as pro
vided for In the form of government, and
that this committee be Instructed to pre
pare a brier summary of "the reformed
faith, bearing the same relation to the
Confession which the shorter catechism
bears to the larger catechism, and formed
on the general model of the consensus of
creed prepared for the assembly of W 2,
or the 'articles of faith' by the Presby
terian Church of England."
There Is u considerab'e number of com
missioners who believe such a committee
will be appointed, but many of them will
not venture an opinion as to what will be
the character of the Instructions to be
given the new committee. There are si*
or seven factions and each one will con
tend that the committee ought to be given
Instructions along the Ilneß of Its be
lief.
After the credai question Is out of the
way the matter of Judicial commission
will be the order of business.
the “ELECT ISKAST” CLAUSE.
Special Committee Appointed at Lit
tle Roek to Pass Ipon It.
LKtle Rock. Ark., May 19,-Many of the
commissioners to the Southern Presbyte
rian General Assembly fllUd pulpits in
the local churches to-day. The assembly
tvHl resume its deliberations to-morrow.
The proposition to revise the church taw
on ecclesiastical commissions will be
taken up and an interesting discussion Is
expected. Rev. R. C. Reed of Columbia,
S. C., leading on one Side and Hon. Jos
eph W. Martin of Ltttie Rock on the
other. The catechism on the church pre
pared by the committee of * which Dr
Robert P. Kerr of Virginia is chairman,
will also be passed upon by the assembly
to-morrow.
Moderator Woods has appointed a spec
ial committee to pass -upon the problem
of inserting a foot nod* io the Confession
of Faith on the "elect infant" clause. The
report of this committee will doubtless
bring out a spirited discussion. A num
ber of protests against inserting the foot
note are before the committee. The mod
erator selected the following committee:
Rev. F. B. Beattie, Kentucky: D. G. Arm
strong, Georgia; J. B. Hutton, Missis
sippi; J. A. Wallace. South Carolina:
Thomas Gallaher, Missouri; J. D. Mc-
Lean, Alabaiba; J. L. Caldwell, Arkansan;
F. L. Ewing, Memphis; S. P. Green,
Texas.
PAN-AMERICAN*OPENS TO-DAY.
Riiffnlo in Joyfnl Anticipation of the
Realization of Her Hopes.
Buffalo, N. Y„ May 19 —The eve of the
dedication of the Pan-American Exposi
tion sees a welcome break in a cheerless
rain storm, a city gay In a dress of bunt
ing and a happy people proud of the
realization of their hope and work of two
years. To-morrow at tiooon, after a pa
rade, partly military and partly civic,
with ceremonies of dignity becoming the
occasion, the great fair will be dedicated
to the liberal and peaceful arts which it
typifies. Dedication day will find the
Rainbow city almost ready for its pleas
ure seeking population. The great
buildings in the Exposition City are
practically completed, but the installation
of exhibits has proceeded very slowly and
completeness in that respect stretches
away to some indefinite date in June.
If to-morrow dawns bright it is esti
mated that 150,000 persons will partici
pate In the ceremonies. Vice President
Roosevelt, accompanied by the members
of his family, arrived to-night.
Senators Hanna and Henry C. Lodge
reached here to-day.
The directors of the St. Louis exposi
tion, who arc also here, were banquetted
to-night at the Iroquois Hotel by the di
rectors of the Pan-American.
An aureola of light hangs over the ex
position grounds where an electrical dis
play is in progress to-night. Fower gen
erated by nature jpg' the mighty falls of
Niagara supplies plant on the
ground* and the agfcenne of |jg hts i s the
most elaborate ever undertaken. The ef
fects attaine.' ere b otiful and make the
lighting plan one of TBs most conspicuous
and successful of the fair.
BLOODY ELECTION IN SPAIN.
Many Killed and Injured In Elect
ing New Deputies.
Madrid, May 19.—The elections to the
new Chamber of Deputies were held to
day. At Bilbao there was a quarrel be
tween a Ministerialist and a Socialist, and
the latter was klllled. Another person
was killed at Cuence, a suburb of Bil
bao.
The strikes of agricultural labors in
Andalusia are assuming alarming propor
tions.
Serious conflicts occurred in Barcelona,
where Senor Cubelles, an electoral com
missioner, was killed with a dagger. Sev
eral other persons were severely Injured,
some of them, it tc believed, fatally.
It is reported that the Catalan home
ruie candidates were successful.
Disorders occurred in several other
towns, and people were injured In Salam
anca, Seville, Valencia, Badajose and Al
mond Ralejo.
All tiie ministerial candidates In Madrid
were successful.
Sufficient returns have been received to
show shat the government has obtained
a working majority In the chamber.
BREAKING UP THE CONVENTS.
The Government Dispersing Monks
and Nnns In Mexico.
City of Mexico, May 19.—The breaking
up of the convent of the Carmelite nuns
In this city is believed to be the begin
ning of a movement all over the country
to drive out monks and nuns living In
communities In disobedience to the reform
laws. There Is much agitation of the
matter In religious circles, but the Lib
eral party newspapers commend the firm
action of the government. Efforts are
making to get the dispersed Carmelite
nuns to return to their homes In various
states, but they, evidently believing they
can remain here and reunite, refuge all
offers to be sent home free of cost. Ev
idently the government hag taken this ac
tion to show that It will not tolerate any
violation of the reform laws enacted dur
ing the anti-clerical regime of President
Juarez.
REV. BABCOCK A SUICIDE.
Severed nn Artery and Sxvalloxvril
Corrosive Sublimate.
Naples. May 19.—Further Investigation
Into the case of the American clergyman
who committed suicide here yesterday at
the International 'Hospital by severing an
artery of his wrist and swallowing corro
sive sublimate, and who was mentioned
In yesterday’s dispatch as Mr. Maltlc, an
American evangelical minister, proves the
suicide to have been the Rev. Maitble
Davenport Babcock.
YVos Pastor of llrlrk Church.
New York, May 19.—Dr. Babcock wao
pastor of the Brick Church, to which he
was called from the Brown Memorial
Church of Baltimore. It ts stated that
he was In the best of health and spirits
when he left here.
TURKEY WILL APOLOGIZE.
Assume* a Very Humble Tone in the
Foreign Postal Business.
Constantinople. May 19.—Ahmed Tew
ftk Pastia, Ottoman Minister of Foreign
Affairs, called upon the embassador* and
notified them of Turkey's desire to re
establish the status quo ante In the pos
tal question and her Intention to send n
high functionary, probably the Foreign
Minister himself, to apologize for the vi
olations of the foreign mall bags.
The ambassadors met yesterday at the
residence of the German ambassador to
determine whet attitude to adopt In view
of the complete aubmisslon of tba Su
blime Porta.
TO LIMIT SUFFRAGE
THE CHIEF QUESTION BEFORE
ALABAMA'S CONVENTION.
TO GET RID OF NEGRO VOTE.
EVERY DELEGATE IIAS A SCHEME
OF HIS OWN.
A Suggestion to Leave *lte Matter to
the State Legislature—Terms of
State Official* May He Changed to
Four Yenra Instead of Two—Small
er Counties, School luxation anil
the Elimination of Local Legisln
tion From Work of General As
• emhly Are Mutter* to Re Consld
ered.
Montgomery, Ala., May 19.—The consti
tutional convention which Ihe people of
Alabama have voted to hold, meets here
next Tuesday, In the hall of the House of
Representatives. There are several im
portant questions to be determined, the
paramount Issue being the elimination of
the negro vote.
Among the other matters to be consid
ered are: Smaller counties for the state;
an effort to eliminate local legislation
from the work of the general assembly,
and school taxation.
There is much gossip regarding a move
ment to urge the convention to change
Ihe present two-year term of statehouse
officials to four years. Many prominent
political thinkers favor this change, and
they have the support of the leading news
papers of Alabama. The idea is to do
away with so many elections.
There Is a disposition among a large
number of lawyers to do away with the
chancery courts as useless; the present
constitutional common courts having the
same Jurisdiction. The chancery court
officials, of course, strongly oppose the
abolishment of this branch of the state
courts, and It Is understood they will
have representation on the floor of the
convention to fight the movement.
The Suffrage Quc*tlnn.
From the diversified views of the dele
gates on the suffrage question. It appears
that the convention will be In session
probably sixty days. Nearly every del
egate In town Is expected to offer some
particular scheme to best rid the state
of the negro vote. One proposition, al
together unusual, was heard, and while
It presents a simple solution of the ques
tion, it is not likely that It will carry
any weight with the majority of the
delegates, the propoatlon Is to leave the
suffrage clause blank and refer the whole
matter’ to the state legislature, but as
this really destroys the purpose for which
the convention is assembled. Its advocacy
is not favored.
Interest centered to-night In the elec
tion of officers for the convention. A
caucus for this purpose will be held Mon
day night. For the presidency, Hon.
John B. Knox of Anniston, Gen. Wil
liam C. Oates and Hon. Tennant Lomax
of Montgomery are the strongest candi
dates. Of Ihe 155 delegates composing the
convention, 142 are eligible to seats In
the caucus. This leaves a requirement
of 72 votes for a caucus majority, and
the friends of Mr. Knox claim that he
is assured of that number.
The candidates for secretary are R. E.
L. Nell of Dallas county, F. N. Julian
of Colbert and Elmore Garrett of Cal
houn.
TWO FUNERALS IN ALBANY.
Reappearance of Street Car* Cannes
a DenionHtratlon.
Albany, N. Y., May 19.—The incidents of
this, the first day of active operation of
all the railway lines affected by the great
strike, have been few because of the
heavy fall of rain. The two men shot by
National Guardsmen In defense of life
and property were burled this afternoon,
but the pouring rain kept away the. thou
sands of sightseers that otherwise would
have marked the occasion with their
presence. The departure of the Twenty
third Regiment early this morning was
the eecond feature of the day, and stir
ring sermons in many city pulpits aided
In closing the Incident.
The funeral of Leroy was without Inci
dent. except that tt was attended by city
officials and directors of the street rail
way company. At the funeral of William
IValeh there was nearly a riot. While the
services were proceeding In the church
the crowd rhat had been unable to gain
admission saw a uniformed soldier com
ing down the street. Instantly the people
were in a state of ferment. A rush wax
made for the unlucky soldier, but a few
wise heads held the crowd back for a
minute while several other* advised the,
man to run. Arguing that discretion was
the better part of valor, he did run and
trouble was avoided.
The starting out of the first cr of
the Inter-city line after noon to-day wa*
the cause of a demonstration. Pistols
were fired, flags waved, torpedoes were
placed on the track and exploded, the
motormen and conductors wore flags on
their coats and fully 203 men and women
fought for the privilege of the first ride.
When the conductor got the ear start
ed nnd rang up the fares he found that
he had seventy-three passengers, where
usually fifty Is a crowd. Within an
hour so many car* were running that
the monotony deterred people from rid
ing for novelty’s sake.
EX-JOCKEY A SUICIDE.
Rrlttnn Rode Proctor Knott land Vo
Tombien to Victory.
Cincinnati. May 19.—Thomas M. Britton,
a once famous Jockey, committed suicide
at a lodging house here early this morn
ing by drinking tJarbollc acid.
Britton left a note asking that his body
lie shipped to his mother, Mr*. Suson B.
Frarikiln, I.exlngton, Ky.
Britton began to ride at the age of 12
years for James Williams of l-oulsvllle,
and since that time he had ridden for a
number of well known owner.-. Among
the noted horses which he rode to victory
were Proctor Knott and Yo Tamblen.
While riding in Chicago In 1891 he wa*
thrown.and hi* skull wo* fractured.
A Peruvian Cabinet Crlal*.
Lima. Peru, May 19, via Galveston.—A
cabinet oriels I* reported to be Imminent.
It la satd that the Peruvian minister of
finance, Domingo Alemnara, has threat
ened to resign as he disagree* wtth his
colleagues on the details of tha a alt mo
nopoly. |
KILLED THREE AND HIMSELF.
Everett Conway** Desperate Work at
Evanavtlle, Ind.
Evansville. Ind.. May 19.—Everett Con
way, aged 27, married, shot and killed
C. W\ Harrison and his wife in this city
to-day and fatally wounded Patrolman
Benjamin Wallis.
After being driven to desperation by
the |x>l!ce, Conway killed himself.
The crime was committed in the lower
end of the city as the church bells were
ringing.
Conway was a neighbor of Garrison.
The two families had not been on friend
ly terms for several months, the wives
of the men having quarreled.
Conway wrote a letter to Garrison Sat
urday, in which he accused him of cheat
ing Conway’s father in a trade. Garrison
showed the letter to Conway’s father,
who upbraided his son. This led to the
tragedy.♦
Two n> slanders Wounded.
The same shot brought injury to two
bystanders who had been talking with
Wallis, Edward Davidson and Adam
Crawford. Both were struck several
limes and both were taken to the hos
pital. but neither is seriously Injured.
It was not until Chief of Police Henke
surrounded the house with fifty men that
Conway killed himself.
When Coroner Walker entered the
house he found note which Conway had
addressed to a local newspaper charging
that Garrison had caused Conway’s lath
er to disown him and had threatened to
kill him, the son.
MRS. M’KINLEY IMPROVED.
Able to Jilt Up niwl the Cri*!* Be
lieved io He Fast.
San Francisco, May 19.—Mrs. McKin
ley's condition was so far Improved this
evening that she was able to sit up a
short time. This welcome news was giv
en out shortly after 5 o'clock.
Gen. Shatter called on President Mc-
Kinley, and while they were talking word
came down stairs that Mrs. McKinley
was sitting up. The President at once
asked to be excused and hurried to the
sick room. The anxiety caused by last,
night’s bulletin, stating that Mrs. Mc-
Kinley’s temperature was higher, was
dispelled at 10 o'clock this morning when
Secretary Cortelyou announced that she
had passed a comfortable night, and that
the slight fever noted last night had sub
sided. The President did not attend
church, but remained at home nearly all
day, going out for a short walk Just be
fore noon. There were many callers at
the Scott residence to-day. There was a
general feeling that the crisis had been
passed and that Mrs. McKinley would
continue to gain strength. No definite
date h* yet been decided upon when the
President will start for the national cap
ital. but It is hoped that Mr*. McKinley
will be able to travel within a few days.
Secretary Long left this morning for
Colorado Springs, to visit Mf daughter
who it ill.
MRS. McKINLEY'S GOOD DAY.
Many Potentates Cable Inquiries as
to Her Condition.
San Francisco, May 19.—At 9:15 p. m.
Secretary Cortelyou gave out the follow
ing statement: (
“Mrs. McKinley’s physicians report
that she. has had a very good day. The
progress made since morning is satisfac
tory.”
President McKinley is in receipt of ca
blegrams from the King and Queen of
England, President Loubet of France and
many other potentates inquiring as to
Mrs. McKinley's condition.
Among the callers to-day on President
McKinley was Calvin S. Titus, the first
American soldlpr to mount the walls of
Pekin, who returned Friday on the trans
port Sheridan.
Mrs. McKinley Resting Well.
San Francisco, Mag 19.—Secretary Cor
telyou to-day gave out the following
statement:
"Mrs. McKinley’s physicians reported
that she had a comfortable night and
that the slight rise In temperature ha3
disappeared. She is resting well.
END OF CHInTeXPEDITION.
Gen. Chaffee Issue* Hi* Farexvell
Order.
Pekin, May 19.—Gen. Chaffee at mid
night last night Issued his farewell or
der ending the American relief expedition
In China. The American troops will board
the transport* next Wednesday al Taku,
and Thursday will leave for Manila.
M. I’lchon. the French minister, left
here for home this morning.
A meeting of the foreign ministers will
he held to-morrow, but it Is not likely
that much will be accomplished as some
of the ministers have not yet received in
structions from their home governments.
The ministers, commenting on the blame
sttached to them by the people for their
slowness, say that ns a matter of fact,
they are itowerless to net without orders
from home. One of the foreign ministers
told the correspondent of the Associated
Press yesterday that he had been in
structed to co-operate heartily with the
other ministers. He found, upon consul
tation with his colleagues, that their In
structions were absolutely different from
his. Consequently co-operation was prac
tically impossible.
SERVIA’S ROYAL SCANDAL
Pli)*leinn Declare I'hnt Qneen Wa*
( oiler False linpresslon,
Belgrade, May 19.—A1l rumor* regard
ing the abdication of King Alexander, the
resignation of the cabinet and the banish
ment of Queen Draga, growing out of
tho recent sensational experiences of the
Servian royal family are deeinred to he
without foundation.
Prof. Cantacusene of Bucharest, who
was summoned with Dr. Wethlem of
Vienna, announces that Queen Draga pre
sents all the symptoms of false or nerv
ous pregnancy and that the rapid develois
iTient of tho symptoms was brought
about by th* advice given her majesty by
Dr. Caulet. who. In urging her to lejd a
sedentary life, encouraged the Queen In
the opinion that she was rnclente and
produced an abnormal condition calcu
lated to mislead both herself and her en
tourage.
The two specialists declare that the
Queen Is suffering from netrltis, but that
her condition Is not serious.
Royalty Arrive* at Brisbane.
Brisbane, May 20.—'The Duke and Duch
ess of Cornwall and York arrived here
this morning over land from Melbourne.
The city Is beautifully decorated In honor
of their presence.
DAILY. $8 A YEAR
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TI.MES-A-WEEK.tI A YEAR
THE CUBAN REPORTS
NEITHER RECOMMENDS UNQUALI
FIED W.UEI'I ANCE.
WANT NO PROTECTORATE.
RIGHT OF UNITED STATES TO IN
TERVENE QUALIFIED.
The Majority Report Accept* Secre
tary Knot'* interpretation* In
Term*, but Finer* Specific Limits
on tlir Rig lit to Intervene— I Tbei
Minority Report Say* the Flatt
Amendment Doc* Not Fax press
Wlhe ol Feople of United States.
It Accepts the Monroe Doctrine,
lint Opposes Interx'eution.
Havana, May 19.—The committee on re
lations of the Cuban constitutional con
vention will submit minority and majority
reports to the convention to-morrow. The
majority report, in an introduction, quotes
article I of the treaty of Paris, the joint
resolution of the United States Congress
and the Platt amendment, and then pro
ceeds a* follows:
"Inasmuch as Secretary Root, being au
thorized by President McKinley, av that
the Platt law has for Its object the guar,
nnteeing of the independence of Cuba,
and docs not mean interference wtth its
government, or the exercise of a protecto
rate or of sovereignty, and also that in
tervention will take place only when In
dependence is endangered by outside pow
ers or grave interior disturbances, creat
ing anarchy; and, inasmuch as Secretary
Root has Fuld that the naval stations will
not to be used for vantage points of
Intervention, but only to protect Cuba
against foreign Powers, we report as fol
lows:
"That, In virtue of the fact that the
Platt law, in its preamble, says It is •
fulfillment of the joint resolution and has
been adopted by Congress with the prin
cipal object of establishing Independence,
we do propose to the convention to ac
cept the following a s an appendix to the
constitution:”
The first, second, fourth nnd fifth
clauses are quoted In their entirety. The
third clause has the following addition;
A tlunlffled Intervention.
"It being understood that the United
States have the right to intervene to pre
vent the action of a foreign power or dis
turbance* causing a state of anarchy, and
that the Intervention shall always be the
act of the United States and not of iso
lated agents. The Intervention shall sup
pose neither sovereignty nor a protector
ate nnd shall only last sufficiently ion*
to establish normal conditions. Said ki
te rvenor, it is also understood, shall not
have the right to interfere In the gov
ernment, but only the right to preserve
Independence.” , j
An addition to the sixth clause says
tiiat th- ownership of the Isle of Pinea
shall be settled by a future jtreaty.
An addition to the seventh Clause says:
"It shall he understood that the naval
stations do not give the United States the
right to Intervene in the Interior govern
ment, but are established with the sole
purpose of protecting American waters
from foreign invasion, directed against
Cuba or the United State*. Cuba will sell
or lease the necessary land at points to
be agreed upon Inter."
They Desire Reciprocity.
An addition to the eighth clause eays
Hint the government of Cuba suggests at
the same tint.- a treaty of commerce biased
upon reciprocity.
The minority report says:
“The explanations given to the com
mlsston In Washington show that the
Platt law does not express the wishes
of the United States. It wns Intended to
protect the Independence of Cuba, but
the wording gives other Interpretations.
"The United States are inconsistent In
asking naval stations, when the amend
ment provides that no concessions shall
he given to foreign Powers. Such a de
mand raises the question whether the
United Htates do not consider Cuba a
part of their possessions.”
The report of the minority virtually ac
cepts the first and second clauses. Fop
the third clause the following ts substi
tuted:
"That the government of Cuba sub
scribes to the Monroe doctrine and will
help the United States to enforce It
ogalnsl other nations trying to violate It.”
For the fourth clause the following la
KUbfltitutedt
"Cuba doe* not recognize acts of Inter,
ventlon which are not in conformity with
the Foraker resolution and the laws of
the country."
Fulfil Mill Balmain Station*.
The seventh clause reads:
"Cuba wltl maintain naval .station*,
handing them over to the United State*
in time of war.”
The report of the minority recommend*
n commercial- tregty based upon reci
procity.
The report of the majority has caused
considerable surprise. It was generally
believed that the committee on relation*
would recommend acceptance of the Platt
amendment on the basts of the interpret
tatlon given by Secretary Root, btrt It
wa* not expected that suen additions
would be made to various clauses as tha
majority recommend.
CONGHESN OF MOTHERS.
National Gnflterlnu to Convene in
Cntumbna, O.
Columhu*. 0., May 19.—The National
Congress of Mothers will convene in this
city next Tuesday evening and will con
tinue In session four days. The local Fed
eration of Women's Clubs has made elab
orate preparations for the entertainment
of the delegate*. There will he several
social functions. Including a reception to
the visitors on the campus of the Btata
University on Wednesday afternoon.
Among those who are expected to ad
dress the Congress are Mrs. Robert R.
Cotten of North Carolina; Mr*. Kata
Walker Barrett, Alexandria, Vt„ Mrs,
J P. Ottley. Atlanta, Oa.
Mrs. Thccdore W. Blrney la president
of tha Congress. •
Walked Into Niagara River.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., May 19.—A man
supposed to be William Oardhouse of
Brampton, Ont., walked out Into Niagara
river, near the falls, In Prospect Park,
this afternoon and was swept over tha
brink and dashed to death on tha rock*
below.