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STRIKERS DISPERSED
I MO* MINERS CAMP AT NORTON
VILLE BROKE* IP.
STATE GUARDS MADE USE OF.
EFFORT ON FOOT TO MAKE IN
JUNCTION PERMANENT.
Only Twent>-#Te Men Found In the
Camp. .Mont of Whom Were Taken
Prisoners— All Negro Miner* Hud
I'lecl— County Judge Hall, Who 1m
• ucil the Order Heudcd the Party.
.Inline Evans ot the Federal Court
Will Hear Arguments in the Case
at Owensboro To-day.
Madisonviile. Ky., Nov. 24.—The oamp
of the striking union miners, a quarter
of a mile from Nortonvllle, in the
southeast part of the county, was
inarched upon to-day by County Judge
Hall. Sheriff J. H. Hankins and two
deputies, Adjt. Gen. Murray and his
aides, Oapts. Ellis and Gordon, and
two companies of the State Guard, the
Madisonvllle company, commanded by
i'apt. Powers, and the Hopkinsville
company, under Capt. Strang.
Of the 200 men that had been in
camp, defying the order of County
Judge Hull to move, only twenty-five
remained when the officers and the
militia descended upon their strong
hold. Most of these were taken pris
oner, though a few escaped.
Four large tents and all the oamp
paraphernalia, except the arms and
ammunition, which had been removed
before the officers appeared, were con
fiscated and were loaded on
a freight car brought along for the
purpose and brought to Madisonviile.
The captured strikersare now in jail
here,, charged with a breach of the
peace, "unlawfully assembling and
banding together, thereby making the
camp a menace to the public peace.”
The move against the camp follow
ed the refusal of the striking union
miners to break camp after an order
commanding them to do so had been
issued by County Judge Hall, who
commanded that the union camp at
Nortonville be disbanded by daybreak
Saturday, and that the campers as
semble no more in the county.
Why Order Whs Issued.
Judge Hall issued the disbanding or
der after receiving sworn statements
from more than 100 reliable men re
siding in the southern portion of this
county, who swore that armed men
went forth from these camps and were
responsible for the nightly attacks on
the mines and property and homes of
those who were peaceable, law-abiding
and hard working citizens and that
the union camp is an unlawful assem
bly of men banded together for the
purpose of destroying property ana
intimidating men who persist in work
ing independent of the United Mine
Workers of America, who have had
representatives of their organization
In Hopkins county for more than a
year trying to persuade and force the
miners employed in the mines to join
their organizations.
After President Wood of the United
Mine Workers, and Judge Yost, chief
counsel for the union, demonstrated
their intention not to heed the order
of the court, and defied the officers,
declaring that they “would not move
until they were moved,” Judge Hall
called on Adjt. Gen. Murray and the
two companies of state guards from
Madisonviile and Hopkinsville that
were here to help him disband the
camp. The plans for carrying out the
order were completed last night and
put into effect to-day.
N’egroe* Were Scarce.
One of the features of the capture
was the absence of the negro members
of the camp. Yesterday there were
more than a hundred negroes in camp,
but to-day there were none in the vi
cinity of Nortonville or the camp until
after the arrests. It was evident from
the condition in which the camp was
found that a visit by the authorities
was expected very soon.
Judge Walter Evans of the Louis
ville district of the Federal Court will
hear arguments in the case to-morrow
at Owensboro. The attorneys for the
ccal operators in the county have been
gathering evidence with a view of
making the injunction issued several
days ago by Judge Evans permanent,
and include all the mines in the coun
ty. as well as that in the Reinicke dis
trict. . _
WILL CALL EXTRA SESSION.
Got. YanSant Will Aok for Money
to Fight Railway Combine.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 24.—The Pion
eer Press to-morrow will say:
Gov. VanSant has determined to
fight the great railway combine as
represented by the Northern Securi
ties Company to the last ditch. He
has decided to call an extra session of
the Legislature for the purpose of
providing funds for the legal battle,
and says that should the Legislature
fail to appropriate the amount asked,
he will use his own private purse to
carry on the contest.
While the governor declines to make
public his plans he does not deny that
lie has decided on an extra session.
One hundred thousand dollars with
which to fight the combine will be ask
ed for. Beyond appropriating the mon
ey the Governor does not believe the
Legislature can aid him materially.
The anti-trust and anti-consolidation
law-s now upon the statute books of
this state are looked upon as embody
ing the limit of legislative powers and
the fight will be made in the courts.
The call for the extra session will
probably not be made until the first
of the year, and the date of convening
will very likely be Feb. 1.
BIDDING FOR SAX JUAN BONDS.
<!• M, Cebnllos A Cos. of Mow York
Offer lOa for ♦OOO,OOO.
fcan Juan, Porto Rico, Nov, 24.—J.
M. Ceballos & Cos., of New York, are
the beet bidders for the latest issue
of San Juan municipal bonds of th*
'lue of SBOO,OOO. They offer 108. The
bids were opened last night.
This Is the first Instance where
American capital has been Invested In
I’orto Rico bonds. The city officials
*'e much surprised that any bid should
have been made above psr.
• IRISH 1.Kt1.l Fits vr CM ((’AGO.
l-arae Autllenre M elcttates Tlirui at
the Auditorium.
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misted st A,OOO persons, gathered In
1 "• Auditorium to Web ome (tie envoys
Jj'dn th< l ‘tilted Irish Isfugue, John E.
'tedwond. Pa trick Mr Hugh and Ihom
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THE CUBAN PRESIDENCY.
Gen. Conies Presides at a Palma
Meeting—Tl,e Negro Question
Comes to the Front.
Havana, Nov. 24. —The campaign of
Senor Tomas Estrada Palma for the
presidency of Cuba was opened last
night in Havana with an overflow
meeting at the Tacon Theater. Gen.
Maximo Gomez, who presided, made a
short speech, recommending the candi
dature of Senor Palma. He was fol
lowed by Senor Gonzales, who extolled
the civic virtues of Senor Palma. He
said that, although he recognized the
patriotism of Gen. Bartolome Maso, he
did not consider him so desirable a man
as Senor Palma for the presidency.
Garcia, a negro, made an effective
speech, in the course of which he
pointed out that in a number of the
Latin republics the negro was not sep
arated from the white, and asserted
that Gen. Maso's programme, inasmuch
as it tended to separate the two, was
an offense against patriotism and an
attempt to divide the Cubans. He pro
tested against Gen. Maso's
manifesto as “an unwar
ranted attempt •to provoke party
strife and race prejudice.” He refer
red to the autonomists as “traitors
who would betray the country to the
Americans to-morrow, and who have
insulted the negro in their manifesto,”
that there were no longer negroes in
Cuba, as all had been made one by
the revolution.
Maru Delgado, 'a negro, said Gen.
Maso's manifesto was a trap to catch
the negro vote, and that Senor Palma
was a man above reproach, at whose
hands the negro had nothing to fear.
Senor Zayas attacked the followers of
Mayor Gener. who have come out for
Gen. Maso. He said that Senor Palma
combined all of the qualifications
necessary in a President and warned
the soldiers that Gen. Maso's manifes
to was a bait to capture votes.
Gen. Maso's political managers assert
that their candidate made large gains
last week in Havana.
La Lucha has come out for him and
to-morrow Juan Gualberto Gomez will
publish the first issue of the Indepen
dence in Gen. Maso's interest.
Senor Palma's supporters, on the oth
er hand, feel confident of victory, since
they have complete control of the elec
tion machinery.
TITULAR BISHOP OF SAMOS.
Mgr. Comity, Rector of the Catholic
University, Consecrated With Im
presalve Ceremonies.
Baltimore. Nov. 24.—At the Cathedral
in this city this morning Mgr. Thomas
Conaty, reutor of the Catholic Univer
sity at Washington, was consecrated
titular bishop of Samos.
The impressive services were graced
by the presence of an unusually large
number of archbishops and bishops of
the American hierarchy, as well as
many clergymen from all parts of the
country.
Cardinal Gibbons was the consecrat
ing prelate, assisted by Bishop C. P.
Maes of Covington, Ky., and Bishop
Thomas D. Bevans of Springfield,
Mass., the diocese to which Mgr.
Conaty belonged for thirty years. The
mass, which was of splendid character,
was celebrated by the cardinal. Very
Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Sheahan, professor
of church history at the university,
preached the sermon.
The music, which ■yvas of a particu
larly beautiful and impressive charac
ter, was under the direction of Mr. F.
X. Hale, director of the Cathedral
choir.
The elevation of Mgr. Conaty to the
dignaty of the episcopate, comes as a
recognition of his labors in behalf
of Catholic education, and also as a
token of the appreciation of the Pope
of the recent very apparent increase
in standing and influence of the insti
tution of which the bishop is the head.
The position of titular bishop of Sa
mos is entirely honorary, the see of
Samos, from which the title is derived,
having been extinct fbr many genera
tions.
Those bearing the title have all the
rights of regular bishops and can at
tend general councils, but having no
diocese to report upon, they are not
obliged, like other bishops, to make
regular visits to Rome.
ADMIRATION FOR THE BOERS.
Irish Nntfonnllsts of St. Loots Want
Neutrality Laws Enforced.
St. Louis, Nov. 24.—At a meeting of
local Irish Nationalists held to-day for
the purpoee of celebrating the 34th an
niversary of the death of -the "Man
chester martyrs,” resolutions were
adopted, of which the following is a
part:
“We express our profound admira
tion for the gallant Boers who are de
stroying British armies and power in
Africa, and appeal to this government
to prevent the further flagrant breaches
of the neutrality law- by the shipment
of munitions of war in the shape of
mules and horses from New Orleans to
the British army in South Africa.”
BROKE PLATE GLASS WINDOWS.
Mnnlnc Made Town of Eaton, 0.,
Look Like Thirty Cents.
Eaton, 0., Nov. 24.—Between mid
night and Sunday morning about $5,-
000 worth of plate glass windows in the
business portion of this town were
broken by William Rossman, who had
recently been disAarged from the asy
lum for the insane at Dayton, as cured.
Rossman used stones for demolishing
143 windows, 113 being large plate glass
in the windows of business houses. He
is a member of a prominent family, his
mother ow-ning the Hotel Rossman. To
day the town looked as if it had been
struck by a hurricane. Rossman was
Anally landed In Jail. His hands are
badly cut. His mania before commit
ment was the breaking of windows.
STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK.
But Utah Tide Delays Things In
Harlem River turds.
New York, Nov. 24.—There was a
rurh of business at the Harlem River
yards of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad to-day, for at
it o'clock In the morning all the men
who went on strike last Tuesday went
back to work.
The work was somewhat Interrupted
by the high tide In the Harlem river,
caused by the big easterly storm rag
ing
The headquarters of the strikers was
deserted all dsy. giving evidence that
the etrtke Is over for good
Kansas I blldres o*l f Sebunl.
Topeka, Hsu., Nov. 24 —Frank Net
son. superintendent of public Instruc
tion. is completing an Investigation of
the Kansas educational system, wlibli
children of who age In the state go
not riteud e> toad Ksnese ties a to*
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THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 25.1901.
INTERNATIONAL LINE
MR. DAVIS' PLAN FOR PAN-AMERI
CAN RAILROAD.
TO BISECT TWO CONTINENTS.
NOTHING IMPRACTICABLE ABOUT
IT, HE SAYS.
Would Bring the American Nations
Into Closer llelatlon by Stimulat
ing Intercourse. Besides Aiding in
Development of the Countries
Traversed South Americans
Would Not Then Hnve to Ilcaeh
City of Mexico ly Way of New
Vork-lle Outlines Plans and Pro
poses Permanent Committee.
City of Mexico. Nov. 24.—The report
of ex-Senator Henry C. Davis to the
Pan-American Railway Committee of
the International American Conference
will be submitted to the session of the
conference on Wednesday next. Mr.
Davis suggested that a sub-committee
be appointed to study his report, but
his colleagues would not hear of any
thing of the sort and adopted his re
port unanimously. Mr. Davis says
in his report, that there is nothing im
practicable nor visionary in the con
struction of the road, nor In the flota
tion of the necessary stock. He re
marks that each of such systems us
the Pennsylvania, the New York
Central, the Atchison, the Northern
Pacific, the Union Pacific, the South
ern Pr rifle, the southern Railway and
others has a greater mileage than is
now necessary to assure the realization
of the international railroad, while the
bonds and shares outstanding of each
of such systems are In excess of the
sum estimated as necessary for
the construction of the railroad
In question. The Russian gov
ernment has just completed, says the
Senator, a railroad through Siberia at
a cost considerably in excess of the
amount estimated as necessary for the
completion of an American inter-con
tinental railroad, and in so doing has
overcome greater natural difficulties
than are to be looked for in the con
struction of the latter. Mr. Davis also
refers in complimentary terms to the
great trunk lines built in recent years
by Mexico.
In dwelling on the expediency of con
structing an international railroad Mr.
Davis mentioned the fact that some
of the South American delegates, in
order to reach Mexico for the present
Pan-American conference, had to make
the journey via Europe or New York
A letter mailed in the United States
for some of the South American re
publics, goes first to Europe and thence
to its destination. Mr. Davis esti
mates the mileage of the international
railroad, to be constructed, at 5,000
miles in order to link existing systems,
and calculates the coat at $200,000,000,
or at the rate of $40,000 per mile.
How It Can Be Done.
The report terminates with the fol-
lowing recommendations:
First, that a railroad connecting all
or the greater part of the nations rep
resented in the conference, will con
tribute powerfully to the development
of the national relations and interests
of the said nations.
Second, that the said railroad ought,
as far as common interests permit, to
connect the principal cities situated
alorig its route.
Third, that if the .direction of the
railroad cannot be changed for the
object stated in the foregoing article
without great inconvenience, branches
should be built to connect the chief
cities with the main line.
Fourth. That in order to lessen the
cost of work, existing railroads be
utilized as far as possible, and as far
as compatible with the location and
purposes of the inter-continental rail
road.
Fifth. That all the material neces
sary for the construction and opera
tion of the railroad be declared free
from port duties, while taking suitable
measures to prevent abuses.
Sixth. That property, real and mov
able of the railroad, employed in con
struction and operation of the road be
exempted from all national, provincial,
state and municipal taxation.
Seventh. That the realization of a
work of such magnitude deserves to be
encouraged by means of subventions,
land grants, or guarantees of minimum
rate of interest.
Eighth. That the railroad be declar
ed forever neutral in order to assure
freedom of traffic.
Ninth. That the delegates to the
conference recommend, with all possi
ble earnestness to their several gov
ernments, the granting of liberal con
cessions to the enterprise, in such form
as may appear most suitable to each
government.
Good Jolt for a Promoter.
The suggestion is also made that
the United States send a competent
person to all of the republics of
America to study the resources of the
several countries, the location and
status of existing railroads, present
trade conditions, prospective traffic' for
the inter-continental ruilroad when
built and what concessions each gov
ernment would be disposed to grant.
It is also suggested that the commit
tee be permanent and submit a report
to the next conference and be given
power to call meetings, to increase the
number of Its members and to appoint
sub-commttees to secure all reports
and all aids and encouragements nec
essary for the realization of an inter
continental American railroad.
THE UNIVERSITY EDITORS.
Ralph Meldrlm Made Athletic Editor
of Red and Blaek.
Athens, Oa„ Nov. 24.—The Red and
Black, the college weekly, this morning
elected officers as follows: Editor-in
chief. Edwin H. Camp; associate edi
tor, W, O. Fleming; local editor, H. F.
Hcott; athletic editor, R. XV. Meldrlm;
business manager, D. A. Deupree; as
sistant business manager, J. C. Vin
son; exchange editor, James Sibley.
Mr. Meldrlm Is from Savannah, and a
son of Hon. Peter Meldrlm.
Death of James Sheppard.
\V alley. Ua., Nov. 24.—Mr. James
Sheppard, one of the leading citizens
and merchants at this place, died sud
denly yesterday morning of neuralgia
of the heart. Mr. Sheppard was an
old ex-Confederate soldier, having
served In the Twelfth Georgia through
the war. He leaves a widow and four
children. Ills remains were burled at
Bethany yesterday afternoon, Mr.
Sheppard was 64 years old By his
death our town loses one of Its most
prominent and uaefui citizens,
i#i -
Miners to Make Demands.
Indianapolis, Ind,, Nov, 24.—At the
convention of Weet Virginia end Vir
ginia miners and operators at Hunt
lugimi ibis week a scale of from 61 <4
65 rents will be demanded by Ike min
a Mil a luc ,ul _ie bans, slid •' ’*o
pounds to tbe ton. It Is known tint
sotne of iin big uporstore will attend
ibe convention, but the position ua
attests sill take Is O matter of aonjaa-
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
SALIENT FEATURES OF SECRETA
RY’S ANNUAL REPORT.
Nenrly g 11,000,000 Indian Expendi
tures—Penslona Reach tllickwater
Mark in tbe History ot the Bureau.
Increase of American Ingenuity
as Seen at the Patent Office—ln
crease In School Enrollment—Por
to Rico.
Washington. Nov. 24.—The annual
report of the Secretary of the Interior,
made public to-day, is a voluminous
document of 267 printed pages. More
than 65 pages are devoted to Indian
affairs. It shows that the total In
dian population of the United States,
exclusive of the New York Indians and
those in the Indian Territory, em
braced in what is generally known as
the five civilized tribes, is approxi
mately 178,919; they are located on 156
reservations in various sections of the
country, containing about 55,127,000
acres. Sums were expended on ac
count of the Indian service for the fis
cal year ending June 30, 1901, from
moneys appropriated, from trust funds,
including principal and interest, and
from grazing moneys, in all aggregat
ing $10,896,073,35.
The report of the Commissioner of
Pensions shows that the total number
of pensioners on the roll during the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, was 1,-
041,321, and the number remaining on
the roll at the close of the year was
997,735, an increase of 4,206 as compared
with the number of pensioners at the
close of the fiscal year 1900. This is
over 4,000 in excess of any previous
year. and constitutes “high-water
mark'' in the history of the bureau.
The additions to the roll during the
year consisted of 44,225 new pensioners
and 3,567 restorations, a total of 47,792,
while the losses to the rolls during the
same period from deaths and other
causes were 43,586.
Pensions.
The amount disbursed for army and
navy pensions during the year was
$138,531,483.84, of which amount $67,-
867,233.84 was paid on account of pen
sions under the general law; $66,973,-
481.15 on account of pensions under the
act of June 27, 1890; $1,175,225.76 for
pensions <sn account the war with
Spain, and $2,389,218.99 for pensions
account of wars prior to March 4, 1861.
The amount disbursed by treasury set
tlement was $126,324.10. The amount
disbursed for navy pensions was $3,787,-
698.03. The Increase over the expendi
tures for the previous year was $69,-
353.19.
Patent Office.
The report of the Commissioner of
Patents upon the business of the pat
ent office sHows that there were re
ceived during that year 42,082 applea
tions for mechanical patents, 2,368 ap
plications for designs, 101 applications
for reissues, 1,860 caveats, 2,312 applica
tions for trade marks, 1,036 applications
for labels, and 176 applications for
prints. There were 26,481 patents
granted, including reissues and de
signs; 1,826 trades marks, 824 labels,
and 124 prints were registered. The
number of patents that expired was
20,690. The number of allowed appli
cations which were by operation of
law forfeited for nonpayment of the
final fee was 4,288. The total receipts
of the office were $1,408,877.67; the to
tal expenditures were $1,288,970.13. and
the surplus of receipts over expendi
tures, being the amount turned into
the treasury, was $119,907.54.
The volume of work of the patent
office has reached unprecedented fig
ures. and the regular character of Us
increase indicates that it is likely to
continue.
Education.
The total enrollment In all schools,’
elementary, secondary, and higher,
public and private, during the year,
was 17,020,710 pupils, an increase of
282,348 over the previous year; the en
rollment in public institutions support
ed by general and local taxes was 15,-
443,462; including special institutions.
About 21 per cent, of the population
of the United States attend some school
supported by taxation, while but 2 per
oent. attend private schools. There
has been a notable increase in the
number of public high schools through
out the country; 2,526 were in opera
tion in 1890, which increased to 6,005
in 1900. In the North Atlantic states
in 1890 there were 786, and in 1900, 1,448.
In the South Atlantic states in 1890
there were but 115 high schools, where
as in 1900 they had increased to 449
The South Central Division of states
shows a still greater ratio of increase,
their public high schools being 156 in
number In 1890 and 675 in 1900.
Porto Rico,
Notwithstanding the deplorable con
dition of the laboring classes at the
time of the cession of Porto Rico to the
United States, the awful destruction of
life and property and consequent mis
ery and woe wrought by the hurricane
of 1899, the injury to trade and com
merce caused by the necessary change
in the circulating medium, and in spite
of pernicious opposition to and mali
cious representation of the methods and
policies adopted and pursued, there are,
in all matters relating to the depart
ment of the interior, evidences of sub
stantial progress made, and the pros
pects for the future are reasonably
bright. There remuins much to be
done; indeed, it would seem that only
a fair beginning has been made, yet
the commissioner expresses the belief
that with the exercise of patience, in
dustry, wise discretion, and zeal, the
speedy habilitation of Porto Rico as a
veritable garden spot, rich and pros
perous. and the people fully employed,
contented, and happy are conditions
that may be confidently predicted.
Capital is needed for restoration of old
plantations, the opening up and culti
vation of new state?. Investigation
by persons Interested in fruit culture
has, as a rule, proved satisfactory.
Some have Invested and are planting;
the prospect is that others will soon be
at work. It Is predicted that in the
near future fruits and vegetables will
become large and profitable features
of the agricultural industry of the Is
land and a leading item, in the exports
to the United States.
The total population of the island is
963,243, and the school population, 322,-
393; the number of schools open at end
of year was 733, of which 182 were
boys' schools, 71 girls', 52$ mixed, and
2 night schools: the average number of
schools open each month was 698. The
number of buildings In use for schools
was 120 in towns and 387 rural, aggre
gating 607. There were 489 white male
teachers employed at end of year. 260
white female, 42 colored male. 81 col
ored female, aggregating 812 teachers.
The total number of American teachers
employed during the years waa 104.
The number of pupils anrollad at the
end of the year warn 31,(02; of these.
16.542 were white and 6.(95 colored,
boys, and 1.7(2 while and 3>02 colored,
girl* The total number of troys was
21,231. and of girls. 12,848. The average
dally attendance during the year was
23.463. The per rent of total popula
tion ertrolled In schools was 16, slid lbs
per tent, of colored pupils In totel en
rollment was 2(. K* Unrated value of
all school properly was (212.4(6 97.
Will try l,|*rh far Tresses,
1 ,**ndorr Nov. 26 Arthur Lynch, the
newly elected member of Parliament
far ijalwey, has been informed that if
he <**M to Mhgtard he will be Vied
2m ll<with let UMsstg
THE TROUBLESOME MR.MEALY
AMERICAN ADVENTURER MAKES A
MESS IN MEXICO.
Got Into Troultlr With Government
by Withholding Legal Taper* in
Mining Suit—Now Makes Charges
of 111-Treatment. Which Are
Known to Be Unfonnded. and Is
Sore on Ambassador Clayton for
Not Espousing His Cause —He
Claims to Valuable Mining Prop
erty.
City of Mexico, Nov. 24. —Much at
tention is being given to the case of
W. H. Mealy, an American miner, v ho
has brought complaint to the Ameri
can ambassador regarding alleged ill
treatment by officials and judges in
Northeastern Mexico. Ambassador
Clayton has given proper investigation
to the case, and has followed it care
fully in all phases. The matter is a
complicated one and a charge is made
against Mealy that he is in contempt
of court for the subtraction of papers
in a mining litigation, which were part
of the court records. These papers
were finally returned on demand of the
list, and he is charged with having
wilfully withheld papers which had
been turned over to him by his law
yers .
Mealy has been released on
bail, and has appealed to
the Federal Circuit Court in
this city, and it is expected
the matter will soon be heard. Mealy’s
charge that he was confined in jail
in Monterey with murderers and
thieves is denied here, as after an
hour and a half in the general cell
with petty offenders he was removed
to-one of the offices of the comma e
dante of the prison and allowed to have
his own bed sent to him. and letters
from Mealy on file at the embassy show
that he was grateful for the kindness
manifested to him by the prison offi
cials. Mealy complained again that
at Ciudad Porlfirio Diaz he was thrown
into a foul cell, but the United States
consul at that place has reported to
the embassy that the cell was clean
and as good as any in that prison.
Ambassador Clayton, who has exert
ed himself in every proper way in this
matted conferring with the state de
partment at Washington, has. it is
claimed, incurred the enmity of Mealy
and his friends because of the ambas
sador's refusing to take unproved
charges to President Diaz. The am
bassador says he could not ask the
government to set aside the decisions
of the highest court in the land, but
whatever possible is to be done to aid
Mealy has been done.
Mealy desires to come to this city to
be present when his case is reviewed
by the Circuit Court, but this cannot
be allowed as his bail bond restricts
him to a certain district and his pres
ence is not necessary as. the court will
not take testimony, only passing on
the acts of the lower courts. Mealy
claim* that he is menaced with being
dispossessed of mining property worth
several million dollars.
The American ambassador is inter
ested in the ease and sees no reason
to doubt that justice will be done
Mealy.
About quinine.
From the New York Press.
The druggist on the next corner
charges 10 cents for a dozen two grain
capsules of quinine. The one In the
middle of the black charges 7 cents.
Both are "cut-rate’’ houses. Now, let's
see: An ounce of quinine costs the
dealer 31 cents. Each ounce contains
480 grains, sufficient for 240 two grain
capsules, or twenty dozen, sold over
the counter for $1.40 to $2; Capsules
cost 20 cents a pound, and there are
enough in a pound to contain many
ounces of quinine. The quinine the
druggist sells for $2 costs him (cap
sules Included) 32 cents. He is mak
ing, therefore, a profit of over 500 per
cent, on what is actually a household
necessity.
It is no exaggeration to say that qui
nine is a staple. In numerous locali
ties it is eaten as regularly as food.
Men and women pour It into the palm
of the hand and toss it down their
throats. Ohio and Florida—my! my!
The government might regulate the
price, as the English government does
in India, where quinine is more neces
sary than meat. Quinine is sold at
every rural postofflee in India at the
rate of five grains for a farthing. That
is ten grains for a cent, or 48 cents an
ounce, retail. In Bengal alone 1,440,000
five grain packets are sold annually.
The government used to Import $250,000
worth of quinine every year, but Lieut.
Col. King, superintendent of the Royal
Botanic Gardens in Calcutta, has in
troduced its cultivation in India, anil
there are now 4,000,000 tress in Ben
gal.
Ciller as a Small-pox Care.
From Leslie's Weekly.
It Is reported, on what appears to be
excellent authority, that pure apple
cider may be used with good effect aa
a preventive and a cure of small-pox.
The discovery of this new and wonder
ful medicinal value in apple Juice Is
attributed to Arizona physicians. It
appears that during an epedimic of Ule
dread disease In that Territory last
winter an attendant in a pest-house
discovered by accident that the use
of pure apple cider was helping his
patients, one of them having received
a quantity from the East and distribut
ed it among his fellow-sufferers. Resi
dent physicians made tests with cider
on other patients and found most
gratifying results. A pint each day, In
doses each hour, drove away the erup
tion in from five to fifteen days, and
ten patients were entirely cured and
discharged within a month. The medi
cal fraternity in Arizona and regions
adjacent have followed up the matter
with other experiments and investlga
gions all of which have proved satis
factory. This will be good news to the
farmers of the Eastern States and
other parts of the country where the
products of the apple orchard during
the past few years have brought dis
tressingly low prices. That cider has
valuable medicinal qualities has long
been the belief of country people by
whom It has been used In combination
with wild cherry or other ingredients
for various ailments.
—Peter Devllle has arrived In San
Francisco alter two years’ travel In
Alaska. He was in the Moon country,
between the Porcupine and Mackenzie
rivers, and asserts that he found there
a race of white people who he thinkx
are Sir John Franklin’s descendants.
Devllle tried theni with French, Rus
sian, Spanish and English, but they
could not understand any of them.
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THE MELDRUM CAMPHOR AND CHEMICAL CO.,
Caoiplior and Celluloid Crystal Reßuers and Manufacturing Chemists.
Incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Capital $50U,000.
Divided Into 50,000 6 per cent, preference shares of $5.00 each and 50,000 ordi
nary sares of $5.00 each. Payable $2.00 on application, SI.OO on allotment and
$2.00 three months after allotment. Issue of 27,000 6 per cent, preference and
27,000 ordinary shares of $5.00 each at par.
DIRECTORS:
ARCHIBALD MELDRUM. F. I. S., Blackshear, President.
M. FRANK, 904 Cauldwell avenue, Bronx, New York.
GARDNER W. KIMBALL, of Delaware Trust Cos.. Wilmington, Del.
C. G. MURRAY, Blackshear, Ga., Resident Director for the Globe Mfg. Cos.,
Ltd.
SOLICITORS—ESTES & WALKER. Blackshear, Ga.
ASSISANT CHEMIST—T. S. GRAY, Blackshear, Ga.
BANKERS—BLACKSHEAR BANK. Blackshear, Ga., GERMANIA
BANK, Savannah, Ga. i
Office and Works, BLACKSHEAR, GA.
M. TEMPLE TAYLOR, Secretary and Treasurer Pro Tern, Savannah, Ga.
Registered Office, 902 Market Street, Wilmington, Del.
ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
This company has been formed to adopt and carry out an agreement be
tween Archd. Meldrum, Manufacturing Chemist, Blackshear, Ga., U. S. A.
(lately with the Blackshear Manufacturing Company, Blackshear, Ga.), and
the Globe Manufacturing Company,Limited. Camphor Refiners and Manu
facturing Chemists. 11 Mansion House Chambers, London, Eng., and whoee
works are situated at West Norwood. England. Hoboken, Antwerp, France,
the said agreement being dated 2nd day of September, 1901.
The agreement comprises the sole rights of United States and Canada
to manufacture camphor, celluloid crystals, and by-products under the Globe
Manufacturing Company's various processes.
The processes being secret, it. is not desirable in the interests of the
company to give any details, but the secret documents have been duly sealed
and deposited with the company's solicitors as per agreement with Mr. Mel
drum.
A working capital of $50,000 is ample for the manufacturing of 50 tons
of camphor, celluloid crystals and by-products per month, and for which a
market has already been acquired. The gross profit on this production is
estimated to give, after bearing all charges, a sum of not less than $120,000
for distribution on the Preference and Ordinary shares, leaving a sum of
$70,000 for the purpose of reserve fund, or for further extension of the
business.
The company also acquires 250 acres of land, a dwelling house, and an
abundance of fine timber. The purchase price for the land is $6,200; for the
rights to manufacture, under the various processes, $282,000, leaving a bat
machinery capable of producing 3 tons uildlng works and installing plant amd
ance of $211,800. The total cost for bper day is $61,800, leaving the working
capital at $50,000, and SIOO,OOO for future issue.
The only agreements existing are:Flrst. Between the company and
Archd. Meldrum, wherein he sells to the company the American rights for
manufacturing at $282,000 and 250 acres of land, including dwelling house and
timber at $6,200, total $288,200, payable as to $158,200 in cash and $130,000 in
Ordinary shares, -
Second. Agreement between the company and Archibald Meldrum,
wherein the latter agrees to act as managing director for ten years at a sal
ary of $5,000 per annum.
Third. Agreement between Archd. Meldrum and the Industrial Trust
Company, 60-62 Liberty street, New York, as to the guaranteeing of this
issue.
Mr. Meldrum will be a large stockholder, having agreed to accept a large
portion of the purchase price in ordinary stock, thus showing the business
will be conducted upon safe lines. Mr.Aleldrum is a thorough, practical man
ufacturing chemist, understanding the practical manufacture of camphor, its
by-products, borax, boraic acid, sulphuric acid, areeqle, starch, and many
other chemicals too numerous to mention. Any improvements that Mr. Mel
drum may bring out as regards reducing cost of manufacture, or new pro
cesses, become the property of the company. This company will consider
the manufacture of various chemicals and more especially arsenic and for
which there is a growing demand. A convention was held at Brunswick, Ga.,
on April 9, 1901, to consider the cultivation of the plant known a* "Cas
sava.” Starch cun be manufactured at a low cost from this plant, and should
it be planted to any great extent in this state, starrh manufacturing will
also be considered. It is estimated the company will be in a position to
fill orders early next year. Already arrangements have been and are being
made for the sale of the total output of the company’s products.
The advantages of manufacturing at Blackshear are many. Firstly, the
air is pure; secondly, the water is good and free: thirdly, labor is cheap;
fourthly, transportation Is easy, as the railroad would run into the works;
fifthly, It is handy for New York and other markets, also for shipping. The
imports of camphor for year 1899 amounted to 1,807,541 pounds, valued at
$322,100, and in 1900, 1,789,000 pounds, valued at $485,071. It will be seen there
is a good outlook for this company.
No promotion money is being paid and Mr. Meldrum pays all ex
penses up to allotment. Prospectuses and application forms may be had of
the bankers, solicitors, offices of the company, or secretary.
GREAT EXPOSITION
—at—
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
OPEN SUNDAY, DEC. I, 1901.
(Continues Six Months.)
Special Train Service
Via PLANT SYSTEM.
Leave Savannah 2:30 a. m., t:3O a. m., 3:05 p. m. (city time).
Arrive Charleston 6:40 a. m.. 12:30 p m„ 5:10 p. m.
RETURNING
Leave Charleston 1i:35 a. m., 5:30 p. m. 6:10 a. m.
Arrive Savannah 4:00 a. m., 9:30 p. m., 9:io a. m. (city time).
Pullman Sleepers on night trains. Parlor cars on day trains.
WARD CLARK, Ticket Agent, De Soto Hotel. Both Phones T3.
R. C. BLATTNER, D. T. A. Georgia Phone 911.
B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager.
McDonough & Ballantyne, W
Iron Founders, Machinists, 0
Blacksmiths, Boilermakers, manufacturers of Stationery If
and Portable Engines, any size from 150-horse power to 6-
horse. Boilers and Pumps—new and second-hand Vertl- r v •>y
cal and Top Running Corn Mills, Sugar Mill and Pans,
Shafting, Pulleys, etc. TELEPHONE NO. 123. | |
ONLY FIFTEEN MORE DAYS.
IN WHICH LEGISLATURE MAY COM
PLETE ITS WORK.
Constitutional Amendments. Redls
trlctiiiK of State and Other Im
portant Matter* Yet to Be Attend
ed to—Military Law Revision Hill
Ha* Keeelved No Attention and
Soldiers’ Home and Atlanta Depot
Dill Are at Bottom of Calendar.
The Public Property Fnnd Meas-|
ure to Come Up Till* Week.
Atlanta, Nov. 24.—There are only
fifteen more good working days ahead
of the Legislature and very few of the
important measures have yet been
reached. The General Assembly must
adjourn Saturday, Dec. 14, twenty days
from to-morrow, but oyt of these two
are Sunday, one Is Thanksgiving Day
and two Saturdays, on which no work
of consequence Is done. Most of the
Important committee work has been
finished. There are, however, two more
Important measures to be Introduced,
the constitutional amendment bill,
which comes up in the Senate to-mor
row, and the congressional redistrlct-
Ing bill, which will probably be Intro
duced Tuesday or Wednesday.
Among the important measures to
which no attention has yet been given
Is the bill providing for the revision
of the military laws of the state, pre
pared by a special commission appoint
ed by the Governor. This measure has
beau Introduced In the Senate, but not
In the House. Gov. Candler has urged j
that this matter bs taken up .without I
delay. There are 260 bill* on the Houa*
calendar and that body having refused
to permit i|ny special orders Injun
fixed, each must lake Its turn.
The Meddlers' Home blti and the At
lanta depot bill are near the foot of j
the calendar, and to that extent are In |
danger The question of using the pub- '
IP property fund to pay internal on ike ]
uoitdcd debt w6U probably iomv up
ibis week, as Ik# Blaio l k resolution U
Avar the head of the intend*) Tin nil
to fight this tut well ae the fioptr <n*ur
yet tfi ?ty*i*ti'l,
Bobby's Composition on Parents.
From Tit Bits.
Parents are things most boys have
to look after them. Most girls also have
parents. Parents consists of Pas and
mas. Pas talk a good deal about what
they are going to do, but mostly its
mas that make you mind.
Sometimes it is different tho. Once
there was a boy came home from col
lege on vacation. His parents lived on
a farm. There was work to be done on
[ the farm. Work on a farm always has
to be done early in the morning. This
boy didn't get up. His sister goes to
the stairway and calls:
"Willie, ’tls a beautiful morning. Rise
and list to the lark.”
The boy didn’t say anything. Then
Ma calls:
‘•Wiliam, it Is time to get up. Tour
breakfast Is growing cold.”
The boy kept right on, not saying
anything. Then his Pa puts his head
In the stairway, and says he:
"Bill!”
"Coming, sir!” says the boy.
I know a boy that hasn't got any
parents. He goes In swimming when
ever he pleases. But I am going to
stick to my parents. However. I don't
tell them so. ’cause they might get It
Into their heads that I couldn't get
along without them. Says this boy to
me:
"Parents are a nuisance; they aren’t
what they're cracked up to be."
Hays I to him:
"Just the same, I find 'em handy to
have. Parents have their fallings, of
course, like ull of us, but on the whole
I approve of 'em."
Once a man Maya to me;
“Bobby, do you love your parenteT”
"Well," saya I, “I'm not a-quarreltng
with ’em.''
- Kut ouregln*.- He: My train goes In
fifteen minutes. Can you not give me
one ray of hope In fore I leave you
forever? *
Hhe: Kr- that < lock Is half an hour
feat.- Brooklyn Life.
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