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J. H. ESTILL, President.
PAN-AMERICAN OPEN
BUFFALO** BIG SHOW MAKES \
START.
ROOSEVELT THE ORATOR.
A I,L THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS
REPRESENTED.
glnffnlo in Gain Attire and Thousand*
Helped to Make the Occasion n
Sneceaa —A Day of Parades, Ora
tion* and Illuminationi)—lo,ollo
Homing Piitcona Released to (ar
ty the Nrora—Vice President Kooae
velt Welcome, the Other Repub
lic*, Praise* American Enterprise
and Discusses Corporation Con
trol.
Buffalo, N. Y., May 20.—1n the presence
of a vast concourse of people with, cere
monial both conventional and novel, the
Pan-American Exposition was dedicated
formally to-day. The day was fair, and
to-night the industrious, energetic men
who planned this great enterprise rejoice
In flattering success. The day began with
a parade in which there were men from
nearly every country in the world and
ended with an aerial bombardment from
flying bombs and a brilliant electrical il
lumination. Between the two were the
formal exercises of the dedication, with
oratory that took its theme from the les
son of the time, prayer for right, music,
song and poetry. The city was bright in
dress of flags and bunting, the exposition
group is brilliant in color, the moving
crowds were in holiday garb and the
whole effect was highly pleasing. The
record of attendance for to-day was fully
up lo the expectations of the most en
thusiastic. The procession that formed
at the City Hall and marched by way of
the main thoroughfares to the Exposi
tion grounds was an interesting specta
cle, and thousands of people lined the
route. The day was a battle of sun and
clouds with a victory for the former, as
no rain fell and the crowds were not re
strained by weather conditions. The en
try of the procession to the Exposition
grounds at noon was a magnificent spec
tacle. The crowd In the grounds at the
time numbered fully 40,000.
The formal dedicatory ceremonies in the
presence of a crowd limited only by the
size of the bail, were impressive. There
were strong words for closer union among
the American republics, and the re
marks of Vice President Roosevelt on
that point end the congratulatory tele
grams from She Presidents of the Ameri
can republics excited the greatest enthus
iasm.
All of the American republics were rep
rercnied at the dedication, and their mil
itary attaches and commissioners were
given conspicuous places in the group of
special guests. Fncrv ly expressions came
by cable fiom national neighbors and tile
local directors rejoiced in the kindly feel
ing and interest shown.
SCENE AT THE CITY HALL.
A Brilliant Array of Foreign and
Slate Representatives.
Buffalo. N. Y., May 20.—The military pa
rade formed at the city hall and the
streets radiating from it, and the foreign
and state commissioners and distinguished
visitors were received at the main en
trance to the municipal building. They
were welcomed by the representatives of
the exposition committee ana later es
corted to their carriages. The scene about
the city ha.l was a. brilliant one. The for
eign representatives came in evening at
tire and there were a dozen military and
naval officers in full uniform in the group.
The parade moved off at 10:10. a squad
cl mounted police clearing the way. State
•roops led, followed by United Slates ar
ti brymen. The Mexican contingent fol
lcwed, and a f ter then, were more militia
men Vice President Roosevelt viewed the
marching column from a carriage at the
entrance to the city hall driveway.
" ';* n 'he last of the military had pass
ed \ ice President Roosevelt was escort
ed to a carriage where he was seated
with President Milburn. Vice President
Roosevelt was cheered along the line and
repeatedly bowed.
Homing Pigeon* Carry the New*.
About noon the multitude began to cen
l* le ea P* ana 'le about the Temple
o luslc. where the exercises were held.
"* lirst of the ceremonies on the
* rounds was the flight of 10.000 homing
Em-on-. The pigeons, suddenly released
r< m their captivity, rose in a great
circling round and round through
were of the buildings, rising higher
f" higher until gradually, as they got
r bearings, the darted away, lirst in
'hen by the score, until all had
Wared to the four points of the
mpass bearing their messages nnnounc
ns !lf ' dedication of the Exposition.
!> troops were massed on and around
VC ~ of triumph and at 12:15 o’clock
y.’ otl i ia,s and special guests headed by
-‘resident Roosevelt and President
- un of the Exposition marched
"jpl, open ranks and on through the
‘ l" 1 '"closure to the Temple of Music.
- 1 ■ ;3 ° o’clock the galleries of the
were opened to the public and as
>n as they filled the portals were closed
Prs.'ia r ’ olloe - Twenty minutes later
_ , " nl Milburn led the speakers and
a. guests to the platform.
, i closing strains of the "Halle
- •', - norm" played by the Seventy
zlinent Rand, died away. Bishop
V- . the opening prayer.
;-Mde n , Milburn received on ovation
tii v* aro!< '‘ to speak and It was some
f ° r * h * • R< '"red attention. He be
by reading the telegrams and cable
,, r,° f 8 ron k ra tulatory nature, recelv
, l i urln *t 'he day. commencing with that
'csident McKinley, as follows:
' 'lessage From the President,
"bvn Francisco. May 20, 1901.—Hon. Wil
.Wl 1 Buchanan, Director General Pan
ial n ' rlr * n Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y. Fel
. * 'he United States and fcl
‘ from all our neighbor na
r- f I send you greetings from the
tores of the Pacific, with fervent pray
"fT 'he benediction of Heaven upon
, 1 “nefleent enterprise, with sincere
. 111 *'lons to all thosa whose energy
x ' vo 'lon have brought It to pass and
, \ r n b’ trtfelt welcome to our guests from
rrl republics, to whom we wish
tu * n< * “hundant prosperity. Ma
v ’ *' nr) cloud upon this grand festl
ot p **re and commerce, no thought
ties , ' r,r except that generous oompefl
" u **ful arts and IqdusLrlaa wklah
JSateintiaj) Ulornimj Wctosi.
| benefits all. I earnestly hope that this
great exhibition may prove a. blessing to
every country of this hemisphere,
and even that the world at large
may profit by the progress of which we
give proof, by the lesson of our efforts
and their results. I trust that it may
become evident before this exhibition
closes that onr vast and increasing pros
perity Is fruitful of nothing but good to
our elders in the brotherhood of nations,
and that our onward march may forever
exemplify the divine sentiment of ’Peace
on earth and good will to me.’
“William McKinley.”
Telegrams or letters of congratulation
were also read from the governor general
of Canada, the presidents of Haytl, Co
lombia, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua- Uru
guay, Paraguay, Argentine and Santo
Domingo, and the governors of Jamaica
and Martinique.
Mayor Diehl next addressed the audi
ence and was followed by Robert Cam
eron Rogers, who read a poem. At the
conclusion of a song by the Orpheus So
ciety, Vice President Roosevelt was pre
sented and a storm of applause gave
him greeting as he came forward. He
said:
Mr. Roosevelt’s Address.
Vice President Roosevelt said, in part:
To-day, on behalf of the United States,
I welcome you here; you, our brothers of
the North, and you, our brothers of the
South; we wish you well; we wish you
all prosperity; and we say to you that
we earnestly hope for your well being,
not inly for your own sakes, but also
for our own; for it is a benefit to each
of us to have the others do well. The
relations between us now are those of
cordial friendship, and it is to the inter
est of all alike that this friendship should
ever remain unbroken.
Nor is there the least chance of Its
being broken, provided only that all of
us alike act with full recognition of the
vital nerd that each should realize that
his own true interests can best be served
by serving the interests of others.
You, men of Canada, are doing substan
tially the same work that we of this re
pubbe are doing, and face substantially
the same problem that we also face. Yours
is the world of the merchan', the manu
facture! and mechanic, the farmer, the
ranchman, and the miner; you are subdu
ing the prairie and the forest, tilling farm
laud, budding cities, striving to raise
ever higher the standard of right, to
bring ever nearer the day when true jus
tice nhsll obtain between man and man;
anc wc wish godspeed to you and yours,
and may the kindliest ties of good will
always exist between us.
To llie Republics of the South.
To you or the republics south of us I
wish to say a special word. I believe
with all my heart in the Monroe doc
trine. This doctrine Is not to be invoked
for the aggrandizement of any one of us
here on this continent at the expense of
any one else on this continent. Itshould be
regarded simply as a great international
pan-American policy, vital to the inter
ests of all of us. The United States has,
and ought to have, and must ever have,
only the desire to see her sister republics
in the Western Hemisphere continue to
flourish, and the determination that no
one world power ihall acquire new terri
tory here on this Western continent. We
of the two Americas must be left to work
out our own salvation along our own
lines; and if we are wise we will make
it understood as a cardinal feature of our
joint foreign policy, that on the one hand
we will not submit to territorial aggran
dizement on this continent by any Old
World power; and that on the other hand
among ourselves each nation must scru
pulously regard the rights and interest?
of the others, so that instead of any one
of us committing the criminal folly of
trying to rise at the expense of our
neighbors, we shall all strive upward in
honest and manly brotherhood, shoulder
to shoulder.
A word now especially to my own fel
low countrymen. I think that we have all
of us reason to be satisfied with the show
ing made in this exposition as in the
other great expositions of the past, of
the results of the enterprise, the shrewd
daring, the business energy and capacity,
and the artistic, and above all the won
derful mechanical, skill and inventive
ness of our people. In all of this we
have legitimate cause to feel a noble
pride, and a still nobler pride in the
showing made of what we have done in
such matters as our system of widespread
popular education, and in the field of phi
lanthropy—especially In that best kind of
philanthropy which teaches each man to
help lift both himself and his neighbor
by joining with that neighbor hand In
hand in,n common effort for the common
good.
• •••••*
A Word on Corporation*.
There are certain truths which are so
commonplace as to be axiomatic; and yet
so important that we cannot keep them
too vividly before our minds. The true
welfare of the nation Is indissolubly
bound with the welfare of the farmer and
the wageworker; of the man who tills the
soil, and of the mechanic, the handi
craftsman, the laborer. If we can Insure
the prosperity of these two classes we
need not trouble ourselves about the pros
perity of the rest, for that will follow as
a matter of course.
On the other hand, it is equally true
that the prosperity of any of us can best
be attained by measures that will pro
mote the prosperity of all. The poorest
motto upon which an American can act
is the motto of "some men down,” and
the safest to follow Is that of “all men
up.” A good deal can and ought to be
done by law. For Instance, the state, and
If necessary, the nation, should by law
assume ample power of supervising and
regulating the acts of any corporation
(which can he but its creature), and gen
erally of those immense business enter
prises which exist only beciuse of the
safety anil protection to property guar
anteed by our system of government. Yet
It is eotully true that, while this power
should exist, it should be used sparingly
and with self-restraint. Modern industrial
cof.irefltion Is very keen between
nation and nation, and now that our
country is striding forward with the pace
of a giant to take the leading position
In the International industrial world, we
should beware how we fetter our limbs,
how we cramp our Titan strength, while
striving to prevent lnduatrlal weakness
abroad. This Is a task for which we need
the finest abilities of the statesman, the
student, the patriot and the far-seeing
lover of mankind. It Is a task In which
we shall fall with absolute certainty If
we approach it after having surrendered
ourselves to the guidance of the dema
gogue or the doctrinaire, of 'he well
meaning man who thinks feebly, or of
the cunning self-seeker who endeavors to
rise by committing that worst of crimes
against our people—the crime of inflam
ing brother against brother, one Ameri
can against bis fellow Americans. My
fellow countrymen, bad laws are evil
things; good laws are necessary; and a
clean, fearless, eommonsense administra
tion of the laws Is even more neeeaasry;
but what we need most of all Is to look
to our own selves to see that our con
sciences as Individuals, that our collec
tive national conscience, may be Instant
to respond to every appeal for high ac
tion and lofty and generous endeavor.
There must and shall be no falling off In
. - j on ffjfUi Psgs.j,
SAVANNAH, GA„ TUESDAY. MAY 21, 1901.
THE AYRES’ KILLING
WASHINGTON’S SENSATIO\* NO
LONGER A SHYSTERV.
MRS. BONINE’S STATEMENT.
SHE CLAIMS THE SHOOTING WAS
ACCIDENTAL.
Says She Accepted Ayre’s Invitation
to Go to His Room at an Early
.Morning Hour to Talk Over Their
Differences—Arriving There She
Fonnil Him Indressed and With n
Pistol In His Hand—A Struggle Im
mediately Ensued lor the Weapon,
Several Snots Were Fired, Ayres
Fell and She Left the Room by the
Fire Escape.
Washington, May 20.—The mystery at
tending the killing of James Seymour
Ayres, a census office clerk, in the Ken
more Hotel early last Wednesday morn
ing, and which because of the peculiar
circumstances surrounding It, has aroused
Washington more than any tragedy in
several years, was solved to-day by a
voluntary confession from Mrs. Lulu I.
Bonine, a married woman and a guest at
the house, that the three shots which end
ed Ayres’ life had been fired in a strug
gle between herself and Ayres. Mrs. Bo
nine, w’hose husband is a drummer for
the wholesale drug house of DeWitt &
Cos., of Chicago, explained her presence
in Ayres room at 2 o’clock in the morn
ing by saying that he had come to her
room complaining of a chill and asking
for medicine, and had induced her
to follow him to his room to
talk over some matters of difference
there bad been between {hem. She said
that she dresesd herself in a wrapper and
went to his room. He had preceded her
and when she opened the door and walked
in he quickly closed it and informed her
he had enticed her to the room for his
own purposes and said if she did not
submit to his wishes he would kill her.
Ayres, she said, was undresed and had
a revolver in his hand and in the strug
gle for its possession, which ensued im
mediately after she entered, it was dis
charged three different times, the shots
striking Ayres at each discharge, the last
one proving fatal.
After her statement, which was made
to the chief of police and a number of
other officials. Mrs. Bonine was placed
under arrest and taken to the House of
Detention, where she will be held pend
in the result of the coroner’s inquest,
which has been in session since Satur
day, and at which Mrs. Bonine was to
have appeared to-morrow as a witness.
History of the Tragedy.
The tragedy which resulted in Ayres'
death was discovered first about 8:30
o'clock last Wednesday morning when his
dead body was found in his room at the
Kenmore. a small family hotel situated
not far from the capitol. An examination
of Ayres’ body showed that he had been
shot three times, one ball entering the
left leg, another the left arm, and the
third penetrating the heart and causing
death. Suicide was the first theory ad
vanced, but statements from two wit
nesses that on the night of the murder
they had seen a woman descending a fire
escape leading from in front of Ayres’
room at the hotel, and disappear into the
parlor of the house ended this theory,
and the killing quickly developed into a
mysterious and sensational affair that
baffled the police until to-day.
Saturday the coroner began his Inquest,
but no substantial clue was found to con
nect any person specifically with the
tragedy. The Inquest was resumed to-day
and had developed nothing directly bear
irg on the tragedy except that Mrs.
Bonine was much in Ayres' room, when it
was suddenly adjourned on information
that the district attorney and others were
wanted at police headquarters to hear a
statement made by Mrs. Bonine.
Its substance as related by Maj. Syl
vester, chief of police, is as follows:
Mrs. Bonfne’s Statement.
Mrs. Bonine acknowledged that she was
present when the shooting occurred. She
said that sometime prior to March 4 there
had been a disagreement between herself
and Ayres, and that their friendly rela
tions had been broken until this morn
ing before the tragedy, when she
became friendly with him again.
She said she had no watch nor clock to
tell the time, but some time In the morn
ing, presumably about 2 o’clock. Ayres
knocked on her door. She opened it, and
he told l.er he thought he was going
to have a chill and wanted to know if
she had anything that would prevent it.
She sail that she thought she had some
laxative quinine and went to her boy's
room, adjoining hers, to get It. In the
meantime lie was standing in the hall.
He was dressed In his pants, coat and
undershirt. When, she came back she
said she could not find the quinine. Ayres
threw his arm over her shoulder and ask
ed her if she would not come over to
his room.where they would talk over their
differences. To this she assented, saying
she would go as soon as she could
dress herself. She had been in bed
when he aroused her, anil went to
the door In her night gown. Ayres left
her and went back fo his room. She dress
ed herself, putting on all her clothes ex
cept her corset, Including a wrapper. She
then went to his room, opened the door
and entered. Ayres stood behind the door,
and as soon as she entered he slammed It
and bolted the lock. He was attired only
In his night shirt and had a revolver In
his right hand. She was very much agi
tated and attempted to make a break to
ward the window to get out. He went
over and threw his left arm around her,
saying:
“I guess you will listen to me now.”
The Straggle fur the Pistol.
Ayres still had the pistol In his right
hand. She grabbed It with her right hand
and threw it up and it went off. In the
struggle which followed she got hold of
the weapon with both hands. She does
not know how many shots were fired and
does not remember anything about what
took place until Ayres fell over against
her and his blood spurted over her shoul
der Mr*. Bonine said it was she who
cried for help and moaned.
Miss Minas, who occupied the. next
room, had testified to hearing moans, but
said ehe was too frightened to give an
alarm.
Mrs. Bonine said she then went through
the window and down the fire escape to
the second floor where thene is a landing
She passed through the parlor and up
stairs to her room on the fourth floor
Hhe then washed her hands and the
wrapper which she wore. Mrs
Bonine declared that she had
never been intimate with Ayres, but !
that when ehe went Into Ihe room that
night he made a proposition to her which
she resented. This wss the first time he
had ever maos such a proposition. l‘t lag I
to March 4 he had sometimes been affec
tionate in his remarks, but had never
made any sort of improper proposition.
She declared that the reason why she
had not said anything about the crime
before was that she wanted to preserve
the good name of her two boys.
Mrs. Bonine’s statement will be sub
mitted to the. coroner’s jury to-morrow
anrl on their verdict will depend the
course to be pursued toward Mrs. Bonine.
She has engaged an attorney.
Formerly Lived In Rrnnswli’k.
Mrs. Bonine apparently is about 2? years
of age and says she was born in Macon,
Mo. She then removed to Hamfl’.on, in
the same state, and later to Richmond,
Kan., where her husband was engaged in
the drug business. Subsequently she went
to Brunswick, Ga., and thence to Florida,
where her husband was engaged in or
ange growing. At her husband's solici
tation, she says, she learned to practice
with a relovler. He had mode the sug
gestion that she learn this art for self
defense against possible assault. Mrs.
Bonine said twice, in her lift she had
fired a revolver to frighten burglars and
said she had brought a bulldog revolver
with her to Washington, but had given
it away to a negro man. Her husband at
present works for DeWitt & Cos., whole
sale druggists, of Chicago. He is a trav
eling salesman in charge of the south
eastern district of the firm, and can visit
his home only at occasional intervals a
week or two or more apart.
MRS. MCKINLEY* IMPROVING.
President’s Chinese Callers Present
a Handsome Gift.
San Francisco, May 20.—The night at
the Scott mansion was quiet. President
McKinley retired at 11 o'clock and slept
all night without being disturbed. This
morning at 9 o’clock Drs. Gibbons, Hirsch
felder and Cushing called and remained
about an hour in consultation with Dr.
Rixey. They left the house apparently
well satisfied with Mrs. McKinley's con
dition.
At 9k20 a. m. Secretary Cortelyou gave
out the following:
“Mrs. McKinley's physicians reported
that she had had the best night since
her illness and that her progress is very
satisfactory."
The President had some early callers.
A deputation of clergymen, comprising
Rev. Drs. Pond, Gardner, Dennet and
Hammond—the latter superintendent of
the Methodist Chinese mission, in com
pany with four Chinese ministers, called
on the President. The Chinese presented
to Mr. McKinley a beautiful banner, to
gather with a memorial, thanking him for
his efforts In aiding the Chinese during
the recent trouble in China.
The banner bore this description, in Chi
nese:
"Presented to William McKinley, Au
gust President of Great America, by the
Chinese Members of the Church of Jesus
Christ in San FranciscO as a Token of
Their Honor and Praise."
The President accepted the banner and
thanked the delegation, which then re
tired.
Her Condition Excellent.
San Francisco, May 2(1, 9 p. m —Secre
tary Cortelyou gave out the following
statement:
"Drs. Hirschfelder and Gibbons met
Dr. Rixey at 8:30 p. ni. They find that
Mrs. McKinley’s improvement has con
tinued throughout the day and that her
condition to-night is excellent. Drs.
Hirschfelder, Gibbons and Cushing will
meet Mr. Rixey at 11:30 a. m. to-morrow.
TWO SHAMROCKS CONTEST.
The Challenger Apparently Makes
the Rest Showings.
Ryde, Isle of Wight. May 30.—The two
Shamrocks started this morning for a
race over an open sea course. The wind
was steady from the east and was blow
ing a club top sail breeze.
The Shamrock I had the advantage of
the start and crossed the line ahead of
the challenger. When they tacked, half
an hour later, neither yacht had gained
any advantage.
Turning at the weather mark, the boats
started sheets and reached along the wind
for an Isle shore breeze. Soon after the
yachts jibed around the Erin, still in
close company, but the Shamrock II
leading. The challenger was first to
cross the line. The time at the finish was:
Shamrock 11, 4:01:50.
Shamrock I. 4:02:27.
On this course they had a fair test of
beating to windward and reaching free
on both tacks.
For the purpose of testing the yachts
down the wind, booms were squared
away and spinnakers were set for a fin
ishing trial before the wind. The Sham
rock II continued to hold the lead which
she had gained over the triangular
course. The challenger passed the War
ner leading by three minutes and four
seconds. From there home the wind was
soft and catchy and the gap was repeat
edly closed and opened as they ran for
their moorings.
From start to finish the race was with
out a fluke. The challenger's los* in the
beginning was due to the fact that the
sails were not then sheeted home and
the manner In which she caught the ex
challenger In cross-tacking suggests that
she will probably come with even more
credit from future trials.
HOEHS GET IN THEIR WORK.
Armored Train Dynamited and Maj.
Heath Killed.
London, May 2d.—Lord Kitchener report*
lo the war office under date of Pretoria,
May 18, as follows:
"An armored train has been dynamited
south of American siding. Maj. Heath of
the South Lancashire* was killed."
Gen. Kltchener’s Work.
Ixxndon, May 20 —lx>rd Kitchener reports
that last week nineteen Boers were kill
ed. fourteen were wounded, 238 were made
prisoners, seventy-one surrendered and
that 312 rifle* and 106,000 rounds of am
munition were captured.
WANTS DIVORCE RESC INDED.
An Extraordinary fuse Before Eng
lish High Court of Justice.
London, May 30—The Marchioness of
Angelesy to-day made a somewhat re
markable application to Sir Francis
Jeune, president of the divorce division
of the high court of Justice, asking the
court lo rescind the divorce granted her
Nov. 7. las*. Justice Jeune chararterixed
the whole case as a most extraordinary
one. and decided to hear the application
In Camera, May 23.
Will Be Hurled la Virginia.
Philadelphia. May 50—Mrs. Arabella K.
Howell, wife of Rear Admiral J. A How
ell, president of the naval retiring board,
who died at a private sanitarium hers,
will b* burled st Wsrrenton, Vo., the
home of Admiral Howell. w
THE BIG STRIKE IS ON
ESTIMATED THAT (50,1900 MACHIN
ISTS ARE OCT.
FIGHT FOR NINE-HOUR DAY.
PRESIDENT O’CONNELL CLAIMS
STRIKE IS GENERAL
A Very Large Number of Firms Have
Aerepted (he Association's Terms
anil .Many Others Are Expected to
Accept—The Indication* Are That
the Strike Will lie of Klrlef Dura
tion, Except at Sun Francisco,
Where 6,500 Men Are Out—South
ern Rnilway Men 191)1 Not Strike.
Washington, May 20.—Approximately
50,000 machinists throughout the country
struck to-day for a nine-hour day; a
scale of wages equal to the present ten
hour per day scale, and for other de
mands. This Is the rough estimate of
President O’Connell of the National As
sociation of Machinists, based on tele
graphic advices that have reached him to
day from the machinists’ headquarters in
the various cities.
The strike thus far has not extended to
the allied trades, save In one or two in
stances, as at Scranton, Pa., where men
in a part of tho allied trades are out.
No Machinists engaged in government
are affected. This is due to the fact that
on such work an eight-hour day scale al
ready prevails. Railroad machinists as
a rule ate not Involved in the strike,
though the- men on several roads are out.
The Central Vermont shop machinists at
St. Albans, rumboring probaibly 300, nave
struck. The Lehigh Valley Railroad
machinists at Buffalo, Sayre, Wllkesbarre
and Elmira are out, aggregating
about 500 all told. The Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western men at Buffalo,
Scranton, Wllkesbarre and intermediate
points are out. The Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe men also are out. The strike
order, however, does not apply to the
railroads generally.
The situation this afternoon was sum
marized by President O’Connell In the
following statement to the Associated
Press:
“We. ore demanding a nine-hour day
universally throughout the trade, with an
Increase of wages sufficient to overcome
the loss of the hour in
time; regulation of the ap
prenticeship system and the number that
shall he employed; in accordance with the
number of journeymen machinists em
ployed; agreements as to arbitration of all
disputes that may arise in the future; the
right o( the machinists to be represented
by a committee; and agreements that
there shall be absolutely no discrimina
tion against machinists because of their
membership in the union.
The Orders Generally Obeyed.
"From the present indications and ihe
statements issuing from headquarters at
ihe varloti- points, the orders are being
generally obeyed and in larger numbers
than was anticipated. In certain cases
where only a few hundred were expected
to be Involved the Indications are that
the number will be increased 50 per cent.
The number of firms singing
indicates that In localities where the
agreements are being made the strike will
not last over a few days. In other local
ities, where a larger number of men are
being Involved I look forward to an ad
justment being reached within the pres
ent week.”
Following Is a statement of the num
ber of men out at Important points:
Hartford, Conn.. 1,000: Ansonla and Der
by, Conn., 500; Hamilton, 0., 1,000; Buf
falo, 1,200; Scranton, 2,500; Cincinnati com
pletely tied up and 3,000 men out; Con
norsvllle, Ind., 200; Palestine, Tex., 200;
fork. Pa., 300; East Orange, N. J., 30:i;
Oswego, N. Y., 300; Norfolk, Va., all
shops out 600 men.
Word from other large cities is tardy
In reaching here.
Over Nine Hundred Firms Blgn.
Mr. O'Connell said to-night that up to
5 o'clock reports show that 9t>4 firms, em
ploying approximately 30,000 men, had
signed the agreements for the nine-hour
day oi made satisfactory arrangements
with the local organizations.
THE NEW ENGLAND MACHINISTS.
Strike Not General Outside of Lead
ing Cities.
Boston, May 20.—The machinist* of New
England, excepting those In unions In
Boston, Providence, Springfield and two
or three other cities, did not pay much
attention to the general order to strike,
judging from returns from various places,
for the entire numlwr of men refusing to
work was but n small fraction of the total
number of the craft.
The Boston machinist* claim to-night
that 939 more men have obtained the
nine-hour day, leaving 1,184 men still out
and 1,500 whose cases go over for settle
ment until Wednesday. The total number
now asserted to have secured the nine
hour concession with or without striking
Is 3.430.
MANY OliT AT RICHMOND.
Southern Hallway .Men Have Not
struck, ns Yet, However.
Richmond, Va,, May 20.—About 230 ma
chinists went out hero io-day on the de
mand for a nine-hour labor day on a
ten-hour basis of pay. The greater num
ber were employed at the locomotive
works, the Trigg shipyard and the Tre
degar Iron Works, but It Is stated that
work at those plants will not be delayed
for the present. None have quit at the
Southern Railway shops, though it Is un
derstood that committee* will be sent
from the principal shops along the sys
tem to confer with the company’* au
thorities at Washington.
Norfolk's Mo.ps Are Itdle.
Norfolk. Va., May 30.—A1l machine
shops tn Norfolk and Berkly, including
those of the Norfolk and Southern rail
road In the latter place, are to-day Idle,
except three small establishments In Nor
folk These three have met the demands
of the International Association o< Ma
chinists.
It Is stated that the local shop owners
ere willing to grant a nlne-bour day. but
are unwilling to accept the demand as to
apprentices.
No Strike at Newport Newe.
Newport New*. Va., May 30. All of the
marhlnleta employed by the ehip yard
continued at work to-day and from pres
ent Indications there will be no etrtke.
No demands have been made, It la un-
derstood, and a conference with General
Superintendent Post is said to have re
sulted satisfactorily to both sides.
May San Be Settled.
New York. May 20.—H. S. Denvers, sec
retary of the National Metal Trades' As
sociation. to-night expressed the opinion
that the strike would not be a pi-longed
affair, and said he hoped to see the settle
ment of the difficulties within a day or
two.
A Hitter Struggle In Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, May 20.—The session of the
Metal Trades’ Association held this after
noon decided to close all shops affected
by the machinists’ strike Indefinitely.
This means the beginning of a bitter
struggle here. About 3,(XX) men are out-
Mncon Machinist* Did Nat Strike.
Macon, May 20.—The one hundred ma
chinists in this city decided not to go on
strike this morning. They will do noth
ing until after the conference between
General Manager Gannon and the South
ern machinists in Washington on Thurs
day.
The Strike on at Pctershnrg, Vo.
Petersburg, Va., May 20.—A1l the ma
chinists of the city are on a strike, their
employers having refused to accede to
the demand for reduced hours and In
creased pay.
Small Strike In Atlanta.
Atlanta, May 20.—About one hundred
machinists and apprentices went on strike
this morning, their employers refusing 'o
grant the demands of the International
Order of Machinists.
6,5019 Strikers in Sun Francisco.
San Francisco, May 20. —The machinists
of the Union Iron Works to-day Joined
the ranks of the strikers, and It Is now
estimated that 6,500 men have left their
work benc hes.
ANTI-TAM MANY*DEMOC RATS.
Meet and Denounce New York's for
rnpt Gorernmrnl.
New York, May 20.—The Organization
Committee of the Greater New York De
mocracy met to-night at the Cooper Union.
The speeches were directed against Tam
many Hall. A platform was adopted,
the opening paragraph reading:
"The Greater New York Democracy
stands, first and foremost for Democratic
principles, pure and undeflled, for econo
my, honesty and simplicity in the ad
ministration of public business and for
the protection of the Democratic masses
agnlnst public extravagance, public plun
der, official corruption and ’boss’ rule.”
Following this Is a lengthy denunciation
of the present city government and Tain
many Hall is accused of bringing about
what is termed "a carnival of crime and
cotruptiou."
The finances of the city are discussed
and said to be in bad shape. The May
or's holding of ice company's slock Is re
ferred to, as Is Controller Color’s arraign
ment of city officials for New York’s
financial condition.
The concluding paragraphs of the plat
form Invites the Democrats of the city
to enroll their names In the organisation
In everv assembly district to "drive the
despoilers out of power.”
MEMPHIS' HOSPITALITY.
W ill Be Extended to Ihe Veterans on
n Most I.ihernl Seale.
Memphis, Tenn., May 20.—George Moor
man, adjutant general and chief of staff
of the United Confederate Veterans, mads
a thorough inspection of the arrangements
being made for the entertainment of the
ex-soldiers and visitors in this city on
the occasion of the Confederate reunion,
and to-night submitted a report, In which
he says:
“The large sum of money, approximate
ly $100,00(9, which has been raised, lias
enabled the 'Memphis committee to intro
duce features and comforts which the vet
erans never enjoyed before.
’’No one need stay away for any cause,
as all classes of the good people of Mem
phis are earnest in their efforts to give
you a genuine and a royal welcome. 1
am happy to report that the greatest suc
cess has attended the effort* of the Re
union Committee In securing cheap and
comfortable board and lodging for all the
veterans who will attend the reunion.
Provision has already been made for 70,-
000 visitors, out of which 3iy)oo have been
assigned.
"For all veterans who are not able to
pay, cots and meals will be furnished
free."
JAMES CALLAHAN DISCHARGED.
All the Cndnhy Kidnaping Cases
Withdrawn.
Omaha, Neb., May 20.—Attorney* for
Jamc2 Callahan, alleged kidnaper to-day,
api eared be I' re Judge Baker and moved
for n olschatge In the robb-ry and lar
ceny cases pending against him in con
nection with tie kidnaping of young Kd
waid C’udahy, on the ground that Calla
han alvtady been put In Jeopardy for
the same offw.se, as It Is alleged 111 each
of these retn.llr.Uig case*. The court uns
tained the root on to discharge This ac
tion Anally and -posed of all the cases
against Callahan, excepting the one of
false Imprisonment and the iew case of
p?rjury. Calk ban's bond wta reduced
from $8,500 to i.1,000.
ALLEE SAME AMERICAN.
Head of ( lilnrsr Firm Arraigned for
Eiiihexsleinent.
New York, May 20.—Fou boy Tal, alias
Lout* Lou. alias Tal Hook, senior mem
ber of the Chinese firm of Lou Loy Tal
A Cos., of New Orleans, arraigned In
Police Court here to-day on a charge of
having embezzled $30,000. The charge wo*
made by the chief of pollde of New Or
leans. The Chinaman admitted his iden
tity, but denied that he was guilty as
charged. He was remanded to await ad
vices from New Orleans.
IRELAND'S POPULATION.
A Decrease of 5.3 Per Cent. Daring
the Last Dreads.
London, May 20.—The census of Ireland
•how* the population to be 4,456,546, a de
crease of 6.3 per cent. Thla I* less de
crease than during the previous decade.
Scotland, the census allows, ha* a pop
ulation of 4.471.987.
Havana’* New Floating Dock.
Havana. May 20.--Th* new floating dock
for Ihe Havana Dry Dock Company was
launched with elaborate ceremonlea. and
In the presence of mlMtary and civil offi
cial* and of numerous representative* of
Cuban society.
Mgr Hfcaretti .battxop of Havana, Messed
tbs dock.
DAILY. $8 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A-COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TTMES-A-WEEK.iI A YEAR
MR. CARNEGIE’S GIFT
FOUR SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES GET
£2,1)09,1900.
TO BE FOR SCOTCHMEN ONLY.
MILL PRACTICALLY MAKE HIGHER
EDUCATION FREE.
Mr. Carnegie Has Been Considering
Sninethlng of the Kind for Several
Years—The Ileneflta Are Open to
Rich and Poor Alike—Under Hla
Finn Any Seotrli Roy or Scotch,
Girl, Who t an Pass the Examina
tion Can Get n Free Unlvernity Ed
ucation.
Tendon. May 20.—Andrew Carnegie has
given £2.000,000 to establish free education
in four Scotch universities, Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Aberdeen and St. Andrew's. Ha
stipulates that the beneficiaries be his
‘Scottish fellow-countrymen" only, no
English, Trish, colonials or foreigners.
The fund will apply to medical as well
as to commercial education and will bo
placed in the hands of trustees, who will
pay the expenses of Scottish students ben
efltted under the scheme.
Mr. Carnegie had for some years been
considering the plan for helping Scotch
students to obtain a university education.
He consulted with Lord Balfour of Bur
leigh. Ix>rd Elgin, Thomas Shaw,
Member of Parliament, and other
representative educators, and the result
was that he presented the fund referred
to, which will produce an Income of £50,-
000. Mr. Carnegie’s inquiries show that
the total fees paid to the four universi
ties is £49,000 annually. He considers that
the £2,000,000 he has donated will give an
Income sufficient to provide free univer
sity education for every boy and girl in
Scotland capable of passing the entrance
examinations.
Mr. Carnegie Is determined that the
benefits shall be open to rich and poor
alike, so that there will be nothing sug
gestive of pauperism connected with the
g'tt. He desires that all Scotchmen an.l
Scotchwomen shall enter the universities
on an equal footing, hence the money is
given not to tho students to pay their
fees, but the universities themselves. The
system Is made perpetually free and will
probably be under government auspices,
fax II at tarn ogle's Gift.
According to the educational authori
ties, the administration of Mr. Carnegie’s
gift presents considerable difficulty, and
for this reason the Scotch papers, for the
present, are rather looking the. gift horse
in the mouth, while the English press is
Inclined to cavil at the method of Mr.
Carnegie's munificence.
FATHER PHILLIPS’ FUNERAL
Thousand* Gather to Dn Honor tn
the Miners’ Friend.
Plttston, Pa.. May 20.—Father Edward
H. Phillips, the "miners' friend," who
met death In New York so mysteriously,
was buried in the Catholic Cemetery In
this city to-day with impressive cere
mony. Before daylight thousands gath
ered at the entrance to St. John's Church
to participate in the services. On the al
tar of the edifice, where Father Phillips
had served as altar boy and priest, clergy
from every section of the state were
gathered to assist in the celebration of a
solemn mass for the dead. Thirty minutes
after the doors of St. John's, which ia
the largest Catholio edifice in Northeast
ern Pennsylvania, were opened, 6,000 peo
ple filled all the available space, and It
is estimated that 15,000 were in and about
the church.
TWO SOLDIERS KILLED.
Hebei* Worst nn American Detach
ment In the Camerlne*.
Manila, May 20. It is unofficially re
ported that a body of rebels under An
geles attacked a detachment of Ameri
can troops supposed to be of the Twenty
seventh Regiment, near Pasaco, in Mouth
Camerines province, killing two soldiers
and one native scout and taking one sol
dier prisoner.
The insurgents are still in possession of
the mining town of Paracole, North
Catharines. The nearest troops are at In
dian, thirty miles away.
THE TOBACCO STEMMKHS.
Company 1 linnaes INnme and Multi
plies Capital Stack.
Trenton, N. J . May 20.—The Underwood
Stemming Machine Company to-day filed
paper* with the Secretary of State chang
ing its name to the United States Tobac
co Stemming Company and increasing its
capital stock from $1,000,000 to $5,000,00n.
The papers were signed by William Gray,
president, and George W. Littell, secre
tary.
NEW YORK’S FINE CONTRIBUTIiyX.
Her Total Subscription to Jackson
ville Beaches g.'ltuim.
New York, May 20—The Joint Commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce and the
Merchants’ Association announced to
night that contribution* amounting to SB4B
had been received during the day for tne
relief of sufferers from fire In Jackson
ville. Including this amount a grand to
tal of $53,370 has been subscribed through
the offices of the committee.
ESTHER CLEVELAND ILL
Nlne-Year-Oltl Dnnghter of Ex-Pres
ident Ha* Diphtheria.
Princeton, N. J., May 20 —Esther Cleve
land. the 9-year-old daughter of tha for
mer Presklent, Is suffering from diphthe
ria. The physician In attendance says the
child Is not In a dangerous condition, and
he expects no serious development In the
case.
Mr. Cleveland, who has been on a fish
ing trip to Mlddlebass island near Toledo,
0., is expected here to-morrow.
PANNED AT ANNAPOLIS.
Gordon Halnea and Three Other
Georgia Boy* Go la.
Annapolis. Md., May 30.—The following
candidates for admission to the Naval
Academy have passed their physical and
mental examinations’. G. W. Haines, R.
A. Dewar, J. W. Wilcox and John F. At
kinson, Georgia; Winfield Liggett, Vir
ginia.