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the morning news.
J. H. ESTILL, President.
Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888.
GIVES MINERS’ SIDE
PRESIDENT MITCHELL ISSUES AD.
DRESS TO PUBLIC.
A REPLY TO THE OPERATORS.
MAK.ES A STRONG SHOWING FOR
MINERS.
Mitchell Produce* Figure* on Oper
ators Contradicting Tlielr State,
inenta—More Coal Mined and More
Profit in It Than Ever Before—Coal
Railroad* Charge Extortionate
Hate* for Handling Anthracite and
Thus Absorb the Profit*—Anthrii
cife Mining the Poorest Paid of
Any Work and the Most Hazard
ous. More Men Being Killed and
Injured Every Year Than in the
Spanlsh-Americaa War.
Vilkesbarre, Pa., June 22—President
john Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers of America to-day issued an
address to the public for publication
in the newspapers to-morrow. It is
partly a reply to the letters of the
operators declining to accede to the
demands of the union, which were
published about ten days ago.
Briefly summarized, the address
says that every possible means was
resorted to in the effort to prevent the
strike, that the cost of living has in
creased to the point where the miner
is compelled to ask for higher wages,
denies the allegations of the oper
ators that the productive capacity of
the m*ne workers has fallen off,
and says, on the other hani,
it has increased; Quotes official figures
to substantiate the contention that the
employers can pay higher wages with
out increasing the cost of coal to the
consumer; asserts that the coal-carry
ing railroads, which control about 85
per cent, of the mines, absorb the prof
its of their local companies by charg
ing exorbitant freight rates; that a
ton at the mines means anywhere from
2,740 to 3,190 pounds, instead of 2,240,
and says that more men are killed and
injured in the anthracite mines of
Pennsylvania annually than were kill
ed or wounded during the Spanish-
American war.
The address also says that in the
event the union is crushed, which, it
adds, is not likely, anew organization
would rise from its ruins. It conclud
es with another appeal for arbitration
of all questions in dispute. The ad
dress says:
President Mitchell's Statement.
Wiikesbarre, Pa., June, 23, 1902. If
the contest now in progress in the an
thracite coal regions of Pennsylvania
affected only the welfare of the rail
road and mining corporations on the
one hand and the coal mine workers
on the other, the public would have no
vital interests at stake and would con
sequently be less concerned than it
now is in the continuance, the exten
sion or the termination of the con
i!.. t; but, inasmuch as there is a
ihird and important interest involved,
which, although in nowise responsible
for the present strike is nevertheless
an innocent victim thereof, it is but
fair and proper that the general pub
lic should be fully and accurately in
formed upon the merits of the ques
tion in controversy. If it shall be
asked why we have waited until the
close of the sixth to issue a state
ment of this nature, sufficient answer
may be found in the fact that we
have hesitated to utter any word or
to take any position that would im
pede or embarrass easy reconciliation
with the cbal operators. Every delay
and precaution, every conceivable con
ciliatory effort that honorable men
could take to avoid a rupture, and
every means that thought could sug
gest to bring the matter in dispute to
arbitration was resorted to by the
union, both before the stirke order
was issued and since it went into ef
fect, but without avail; the coal mag
nates replying to all our overtures
with the declaration that there
was nothing to arbitrate. This
statement on their part is
equivalent to saying that the
coal mine workers have made unrea
sonable demands, and struck without
real or sufficient cause. To this let
plain, unvarnished facts and figures
reely. „ * .
Case of Miners Presented.
For more than -twenty-five years the
anthracite coal mine workers of Penn
sylvania have chafed and groaned un
der the most Intolerable and inhumane
conditions of employment imaginable.
Their average annual earnings have
been less than those of any other class
of workmen In the United States, not
withstanding that their work is more
hazardous and the cost of living greater
than in any other important American
industry. The total number of persons
employed In and around' the anthracite
coal mines is 147,500; they are employ
ed never to exceed 200 days in any one
year, and they receive as compensation
for their service? am average of $1.42
for a ten-hour work day. It will thus
be noted that they earn annually o?ss
than S3OO. Such pay may supplgt a
living on a par with some classes of
European laborers, but who will say
that it is sufficient to support Ameri
can citizens or educate and properly
maintain their families? True it is that
a 10 per cent. Increase In wages was
granted by the coal operators as a
strike concession two years ago, but
it is also true that a large proportion
of this 10 per cent, was paid back to
the companies to buy the suppression
°f an old powder grievance; morover,
according to reliable commercial agen
cies. the cost of living has
increased, particularly In the
purchase of foodstuffs, from 30 to 40
P<r cent., so that the purchasing pow
er of the miner's wages Is less than
More the strike of 1900.
Mltrbell (lives Figures.
The presidents of the various coal
1 “rrylng railroads have given publicity
i statement that during the year
l"'l the productive capacity of mine
""liters deteriorated an average of
E •* per cent. In otehr words, the mine
workers' organization ! accused of
ouraglng poor workmanship An ex
* nation of tin* reports on coal pro
'luitlno compiled by the Untied (itatee
’ eminent discloses the fact that the
“'■'gutlons of the railroad presidents
' misleading Slid U'lHUe. as the f"l*
' * ng figures will demonstrate
I Situ to 1900, Inclusive, the
'iiiug ’toff* in , fjv# • v *
' of 19* day# per year, and for
I* person employed Ibere wars
' iud mu (Ana of oml l**r year,
• tor ear'll day lire mines were In !•
Jlataiinalj lUofnina
eration -.16 tons were produced per
Employe; while in the year 1901,
against which the operators so bitter
ly coruplain, the mines were in opera
tlf>n days and there were produc
ed 475.43 tons for rgch person em
ployed, or for each day the mines were
in operation, 2.36 tons were produced
per employe, thus showing that instead
of a deterioration, there was a decided
improvement in the productive capac
ity of the men arter they be
came thoroughly organized. Can the
unprejudiced reflect upon these facts
and conclude that the anthracite min
er is not a better workman than he
was before the 10 per cent, commission
in wages two years ago?
Figure* on the Railroads.
The railroad presidents contend that
they cannot increase wages without
making a corresponding increase in the
selling price of their product to the
consumer, and have accused the mine
workers of suggesting a proposition
that would impose a hardship upon
the public by increasing the market
price of coal 10 cents a ton, the amount
that would have been required to meet
all the demands made by the miners,
however, their solicitude for the public
weal has not deterred them from ad
vancing the market price of coal more
than $1 per ton since the strike was
inaugurated without giving any part
of their increase to the mine work
ers. In substantiation of our claim
that the coal companies can afford to
pay increased wages to the mine work
ers without increasing the cost of coal
to consumers, we submit the following
extracts from the government reports
showing the selling value of coal load
ed on cars at the mines for the eleven
years, beginning from 1890 and ending
with 1900, as compared with 1901. The
average home value of all coal mined
and sold during this period was $1.48
per ton, while a press bul
letin recently issued by Charles
D. Walcott, director of the
United States geological survey,
says that for the year 1901, “the In
crease in the value of the anthracite
produot received at the mines showed
a gain of $27,746,169, or more than 31
per cent, over that of 1900. The aver
age price for the marketed coal, that
is, the product shipped to market or
sold to local trade, was $1.87, the high
est figure obtained since 1888.” In oth
er words, while, according to Presi
dent Olyphant, 13 cents per ton repre
sents the operators' increased cost of
production in 1901, 39 cents per ton, as
compared with 1900, represents the in
creased value of the product to the op
erators. In view of the fact that this
enormous increase in the selling price
of coal has been extorted from the con
sumer by the coal trust, can anyone
say that the demands of the miners for
a small portion of the increased wealth
their labor produces are unreasonable
or unwarranted?
A teal Operator’* Evidence.
Further evidence of the ability of the
coal mine operators to pay Increased
wages is found in the gworn testimony
of Mr. John Markle, managing partner
of the G. B. Markle Coal Company.
This firm operates the three mines in
the Lehigh region, and is known as an
independent operator. In the Supreme
Court’of Pennsylvania, Markle vs. Wil
bur (Pennsylvania State Reports, page
200), “John Markle was sworn, and
during his testimony swore that he wa„
appointed superintendent or manager
by the articles of copartnership, at a
salary of $15,000 per year, and
that under his management
from 1890 to 1894, inclusive, the i part
nership made large profits of over sl,-
000,000.”
During the five years referred to
by Mr. Markle the government reports
show that the home value of coal pro
duced by the anthracite coal compan
ies was $1.51 per ton. If the G. B.
Markle Company could make a profit
of over $1,000,000 in five years when the
selling price of their coal at the mines
was $1.51, does it not seem reasonable
to suppose that the larger companies,
whose cost of production is necessarily
less, could make a sufficient profit in
1901, when the home value of their coal
was $1.87 per ton, to enable without
detriment to their business, to pay the
anthracite mine workers the samll
pittance asked for by them?
Coat in Human Life.
The reports of the mine inspector's
bureau of the state of Pennsylvania
sho-.v that during the past decade the
average yearly fatalities in the anthr
acite coal mines were 437: and that
for the year 1901 there were 494 fatal
and 1,256 non-fatal accidents; this
means that for every 119,000 tons of coal
brought to the surface one person is
killed and more than two seriously
injured; it means that for each day
the mines are in operation more than
two persons’ lives are sacrificed and
more than five persons are injured. In
deed, it is a matter of re
cord that eight times as many men
and boys are killed and Injured an
nually in the anthracite coal mines of
Pennsylvania as were killed and
wounded from the American ranks in
the Spanish-American war in Cuba.
Yet if we are to credit the stories
that appear in the columns of the
daily press it would seem that the men
who constantly risk their lives work
ing in the bowels of the earth were a
lawless class, who have no high con
ception of the duties of American cit
izenship: that they have been grossly
maligned is proved by the records of
the police courts and the testimony of
the chiefs of police departments of
the four largest mining communities
in the anthracite field, namely, Scran
ton, Wilkesbarre, Hazleton and Sham-
The reports of these cities and the
statements of the burgess and chiefs
of police prove that there have been
less infraction of the law and fewer
arrests during the time the strike has
been in progress than for a like period
preceding >*; in fact, a person passing
through the coal fields and mining
towns of Northeastern Pennsylvania,
would not know that a great indus
trial contest is in progress, but for the
presence of a perfect army of coal and
iron police, who proudly display their
revolvers and Titles, and flaunt their
authority In an efTort to overawe
peaceful strikers or provoke them to
ai ts of violence.
Pul par of the Operators.
It Is declared that It is now appar
ent that the real purpose of the coal
operators Is to destroy organisation
among their workmen.
We repeat our proposition to arbi
trate all questions In dispute, and If
our premises are wrong. If our posi
tion Is untenable. If our demands can
not he sustained by facts and figures,
ue will again return to the mines
take up <ur tools of Industry ant
await the day hen we Shall have a
more righteous cause to claim the ap
proval of the American people
President Mm hell then tails atten
tion to the annual report to the director#
of his company f l , re*tdent Tiuesdale
of the l>rla*re, • | !j!
Western, saying that ib* w,* ">'•
into history aa anm of th* most
•ettefei lory, if not ths banner ya# for
<< unti**ud o*> fifth ¥§• )
SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY. JUNE 23. 1902.
A TREATY WITH CUBA
PRESIDENT SAID TO HAVE ONE UN
DER WAY.
CONGRESS TO ADJOURN SOON.
MANY ODDS AND ENDS TO FINISH
UP THIS W EEK.
Republican Disagreement lln* Made
Reciprocity Legislation at This
Session Impossible lf Treaty
Should Be Presented It Would
Hurdly lie Aeted on Non—Adminis
tration Leaders Want to See W'lint
the People Think About It—Extra
Session, If Any, Will Be Called Aft
er November Election*.
Washington, June 22.—Senators gen
erally predict that the Congress will
disperse between the first and the
Fourth of July. The session will
probably be extended somewhat by the
necessity of concluding consideration
of the Philippine government bill be
fore all the appropriation bills could
be disposed of finally during the pres
ent week. The House, however, will not
pass on the Philippine bill until the lat
ter part of the week, and it is expected
that it will be necessary to devote con
siderable time in conference to the
differences between the Senate and
House. No senator now places the
day of adjournment beyond the
Fourth. The conference between the
two houses on the inter-oceanic canal
bill has been arranged and it is ex
pected that an agreement will be
reached during the present week.
The sessions of the Senate during
the present week will be devoted to
odds and ends of legislation. It was
the purpose of the Republican Steer
ing Committee to make the Cuban reci
procity bill the order of business after
the disposition of the inter-oceanic ca
nal bill, but the two Republican con
ferences have rendered it evident that
there could be no reciprocity legisla
tion this session, so tne Steering Com
mittee had abandoned its purpose.
It is possible that the Cuban Com
mittee will report the reciprocity bill
before adjournment, but if It should
do so there will be no effort to secure
action on it in view of the well known
opposition of a large part of the Sen
ate. The friends of the policy of reci
procity, however, are quite determined
to bring the matter up the next ses
sion, and repeat what they said in
Friday’s conference, that they will not
desist until they accomplish their pur
pose. Whether in the end they will
do this through a bill or through a
treaty they do not now undertake to
say.
A Caban Treaty Under Way.
It Is generally understood about the
Senate that a reciprocity treaty with
Cuba is well under way, but it is now
believed that there will not be any ef
fort to ratify it during the present ses
sion, even if the document should be
sent to the Senate. The disposition in
brief is to go to the country on the
question, in the hope that the cause
will be strengthened thereby and that
at least some of the beet sugar Repub
licans will be won over by next De
cember. Senators generally do not
count on an extra session immediately
in case a treaty should be sent in. but
many of them are inclined to believe
that if the treaty is completed the Sen
ate will be callet together in extraor
dinary session for its consideration
soon after the November elections in
order to get the treaty out of the way,
if possible, before the beginning of the
regular session in December. Indeed,
it may be said that this is the present
programme so far as a programme has
been outlined, though its execution will
probably depend somewhat on the re
sult of the elections, and whether they
are favorable to reciprocity or not.
No Chalice for New State*.
Some Interest is manifested in the
notice Senator Quay has given that he
will call up to-morrow his motion for
the discharge of the Committee on
Territories from further consideration
of the omnibus statehood bill, in order
to secure action on it during the pres
ent session; but the understanding now
is that he will not press his motion
and that the question will go over un
til the next session of Congress in
obedience to the wish of the Republi
can leaders. Senator Bate, however,
has stated that if Senator Quay does
not press his motion he (Senator
Bate) will move to have the commit
tee discharged and the bill taken up.
This motion would bring the question
up, but coming from the minority side
of the chamber, it would be predestin
ed to defeat, as it -is understood there
are very few if any Republican sena
tors who will support such a motion if
made by a Democratic senator.
The Week’s Programme.
On Tuesday the Senate will take up,
in obedience to the wish of Senator
Burton, the bill creating a national
forest reserve in the Southern Appala
chian mountain range, but the under
standing is that consideration of the
measure shall be confined to one day.
Wednesday Senator McCurnber will be
heard In suport of the pure food hill,
but consideration of this question under
agreement will be confined to a speech
by the senator and there will be no
effort at that time to pass the bill.
Senator Stewart’s bill confirming the
agreement with the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indians is the unfinished
business, and it is understood to be
Mr. Stewart’s purpose to press its con
sideration when there is no more high
ly privileged matter to be considered.
Senator Penrose on Monday will re
port the general immigration bill and it
is understood that he will make a
strenuous effort to have this measure
considered during the week, or at least
before the final adjournment of Con
gress.
For the rest the week will be given
over to conference reports on appro
priation bills and other measures in
dispute between the two houses. The
conference report on the naval ap
propriation bill will be submitted on
Monday and early consideration will
be given the report. There will also
be an effort to have the dispute over
the army bill adjusted during the
neck with some pro*|*ect of success
The Committee on Appropriations will
take up the general defli lency bill to
morrow -ind will probably rej**rt It
the latter part of the week Thla la
the Isst ci the appropriation bill*, and
with Ita disposal there will be little
In ih* way of final adjournment of
Coagtaaa.
MILITIA GUARD PATERSON.
May Remain on Duty for Some
Weeks—Weaver* Are Split on
Qneation of Workinß.
Paterson, N. J., June 22.—There was
no disorder here to-day, though the
streets were filled with curious people
from other places who came to see the
militia at their posts.
Mayor Hinchcliffe issued a proclama
tion calling attention to the ordinances
which prohibit the setting off of fire
crackers, other explosives and the fir
ing of pistols, guns, revolvers and can
non; the carrying of concealed weap
ons and the storage of explosives. He
deemed this necessary because of the
4th of July spirit which is Just begin
ning to manifest itself. He holds that
explosive noises tend to draw crowds,
and that recent sales of weapons by
the stores of the city indicate that
large numbers of people are carrying
them.
Several houses In the Italian quar
ter were visited by the police to-day
who searched them for arms, but the
visits brought no resuU,
The militia is on guard at the
mills and some- men of the details are
stationed at the upper windows of
each place, armed with rifles. The
general oredrs are to shoot to kill if
a mob appears. Although everything
is peaceful it would not be surprising
if it were weeks before Paterson
ceased to be guarded by troops. The
weavers are divided into two sections,
one portion favoring going to work in
the morning regardless of exisMng
conditions. Just about half, how
ever, object to working under the pro
tection of soldiers. .
SILK WORKERS TO STAY OUT.
——————
Those at Hudson to Show Their
Sympathy With Paterson.
New York, June 22.—Twelve hundred
silk w’orkers employed In the Hudson
county. New Jersey, mills met to-night
at West Hoboken and decided not to
go to work to-morrow morning. These
workers represented about 50 per cent,
of all the employes in the mills of that
section. The move is made to express
sympathy with the Paterson mill work
ers who are out. Those at the meet
ing declared no violence would be at
tempted, but as soon as the police
heard of the action taken they made
preparation to protect all workers who
w’ant to go to the mills.
STRIKERS RULE AT TORONTO.
Effort to Run Car* With New Men
Resisted With Violenee—Troop*
Appealed for To-day.
Toronto, Ont., June 22. —The first at
tempt made by the Toronto street rail
way to run their cars with men hired
to take the places of the striking mo
tormen and conductors was met with
violence. Only one effort was made to
reopen the traffic and the temper shown
by the strikers and their sympathizers
convinced the officials that it would be
impossible to run cars without strong
protection. It was therefore decided to
appeal to the authorities for troops and
to suspend operations until their ar
rival to-morrow morning.
Stones, sticks, eggs and stale vege
tables were the weapons used by the
strike sympathizers to prevent the rail
way company from giving a service.
Several of the imported men were
roughly handled by the mob and Mo
torman Johnson, an old employe of the
company, came near losing his life.
The worst riots occurred at the cor
ner of Scollard and Yonge and Bloor
and Yonge streets in proximity to the
Yorkville barns. Very lew arrests \var e
made.
The attempt to run out five cars at
the King street east barns at 8 o'clock
was attended by scenes of the greatest
disorder and violence, several persons
being injured by flying missiles, in
cluding W. H. Moore, private secre
tary to Mr. MacKenzie, president of
the road, who was severely injured in
the face by a brick. Three arrests
were made. All five ears were badly
shattered in less than five minutes af
ter they made their appearance.
FOUR HOURS CoTtLY BLAZE.
Portland, Ore., Ha* a SOOO,OOO Fire.
Six Bloeks Went Up In Smoke.
Portland, Ore., June 22.—A fire that
started before midnight last night in
the Phoenix Iron Works, formerly the
Wolff & Zwicker plant, burned for four
hours and destroyed six blocks of
buildings, valued at $600,000. The In
surance amounted to about $200,000. It
was long after daylight before the fire
burned itself out.
The principal losses are: East Side
Lumber Company, SIOO,OOO, Insurance
$30,000; Phoenix Iron Works, loss, SBO,-
000, Insurance, $45,000; J. H. Johnston
sffip yard, $75,000, Insurance, $40,000;
Portland City and Oregon Railroad
Company, $30,000, insurance, $20,000;
Madison street bridge. $25,000; City of
Portland roadways, $20,000; Standard
Oil Company, $15,000; Parlen Orendorff
& Cos., $15,000, insurance, $10,000; Tor
pedo saloon and hoted, $10,000; miscel
laneous, $30,000.
Ten minutes after the fire was dis
covered the entire plant of the Phoenix
works was in flames. The fire spread
to Johnston’s ship yard and to the East
Side Lumber Company's mill, destroy
ing both.
AGUA DULCE CAPTURED.
Colombian Gunboats Report Govern
ment Victory.
Panama. June 22.—The fleet of gov
ernment gunboats returned here this
afternoon with the news that the town
of Agua Dulce had been captured June
19.
As the government forces approached
Augua Dulce, over 1W) government
soldiers, who had previously been cap
tured hy revolutionary forces under
Gen. Herrera and had been Incorpora
ted In the Liberal army, Joined the
government troops under command of
Gen. H*rti.
Agula Dulce was captured without
tertstance. The government gunboats
went up the bay a* far as the town of
Alice When the Liberals were at
tacked they fled from the town, leaving
behind Jflb head of cattle and one ■ail
ing vessel full of produce.
Another t clone *1 I roe* Key*. *.
Columbia, 8 C., June 22 —The *ecoi*l
cyclone of the season struck Cross
Key*. Union county, to-day. Many
negto cabins were biown down, but
no live* were loal, *o far aa reported
Field* of cotton, knee nigh, war* swept
mM User a* * floor.
SCENES IN LONDON
SUNSHINE MARKS OPENING OF COR
ONATION WEEK.
THE COURT RETURNS TO-DAY.
THOUSANDS OF VISITORS THRONG
CITY’S STREETS.
King Edward’* Health Said to Be
Good—Anyway He Attended
Church With the Ret of the Fnm-
Ily Yesterday—The Congestion ot
Londou’s Street* Ye*terduy Make*
an 111 Pronpect lor Condition uu
Coronation lluy- American Flag*
Much In Evblcucc—Lord Robert*
Dine* Connt von Walder*cc.
London, June 22.—The reappearance
to-day of brilliant sunshine, after
weeks of rain and murky weather,
gave to the first day of coronation
week an air of unusual gaiety and
gladdened the hearts of thousands of
British subjects and foreigners.
The announcement that King Ed
ward, Queen Alexandra and the court
would return to London from Wind
sor to-morrow at noon increased the
universal anticipations for that day
and served to quiet to some extent the
flood of extraordinary rumors con
cerning the King's physical condition,
varied In some quarters by weird tales
of plots to assassinate His Majesty,
and other fictions.
King Edward's health was authorita
tively declared to be good at Windsor
Castle to-day and his majesty attended
divine service acotnpanied by other
members of the royal family. This
evening he enjoyed a drive through the
royal gardens of Wlnsdor Castle In a
closed carriage.
Street* Already Congested.
The cengested condition of the streets
of London throughout to-day furnished
an omen of the conditions of travel
through these streets the latter da.vs
of this week. The barriers
across the streets which Intersect those
through which the coronation proces
sions will pass, and which have now
been completed are proving an impedi
ment to ordinary traffic. To-day it was
Impossible to proceed faster than at a
snail’s pace through the thoroughfares
between Hyde Park and the Mansion
House. The omnibus companies have
increased previous fares two and three
limes, and further increases In these
rates are probable. The obtaining of
a seat on an omnibus, however, was
to-day more a question of physical
than financial ability. The crowds out
to-day were singularly good natuted,
and accidents were few and of a minor
character. The police are distinguish
ing themselves even more than usual
by their courtesy and altertness in the
interests of pedestrians.
Kensington Gardens and the beau
tiful groves about the Crystal and
Alexandra palaces are filled with <'o
-and native troops clad in scar
let, white, khaki and blue uniforms.
Scene* for Sightseer*.
The throngs In the streets at night
find much to engage the eye. The
fronts of innumerable buildings are
hung with lighted decorations and the
Venetian masts are covered with gar
lands and connected by strands of
ropes. The streets are filled with mile
after mile of many colored lights, and
the various stations of the royal cor
onation procession are marked wdth
arches representing Great Britain’s
colonies. American flags were in evi
dence at a great number of windows.
Some hotels are flying both American
and British flags from their staffs in
honor of the many American visitors
domiciled within.
Count von Waldersee, one of the Ger
man representatives to the coronation;
the Duke and Duchess of Aosta, from
Italy, and many other distinguished
representatives of foreign royal per
sonages arrived in London to-day.
Von Wnlderwee Compliment* Rob
erts.
Count von Waldersee and the Ger
man officers with him were entertain
ed at dinner to-night by Field Mar
shal Lord Roberts. In toasting King
Edward and the British army. Count
von Waldersee paid a high compliment
to Earl Roberts. He said:
“We German soldiers know how diffi
cult and arduous was the task the
British army had to accomplish in
South Africa and that this task was
accomplished with bravery, humanity
and the utmost devotion to the coun
try."
King Keeps Good Ilnur*.
King Edward’s daily life for the past
week has been regulated to conform
very closely to his physician's advice,
and this regime has had a very bene
ficial effect in bringing about his rapid
recovery from his recent indisposition.
He retiree early and rises late, break
fasts alone and receives the fewest
possible guests.
Many of the privileged persons who
will occupy seats in Westminster Ab
bey next Thursday will see little, if
anything, of the actual coronation cer
emonies. Quite a number of the peer
esses and others who were admitted
to the Abbey to witness the recent
coronation rehearsals were chagrined
to find how little could he seen from
the seats allotted to them, and, in
consequence, they have decided not to
occupy these seats, but to accept. In
preference, Invitations to view the pro
cession from points along the route of
march, where they will not have to
wait so long and where there will be
less restraint. A number of seats in
the Abbey, including those of the
Judges, only command a view of the
royal procession as it enters the build
ing.
Queen Alexandra was seen In
Windsor Park yesterday riding horse
back for the first time in many year*.
KING’S HEALTH IN ALL RIGHT.
Nut * Word of Truth In Humor*.
Stay* the l’li> slt'lnn.
latndon. June 22.—Var!'* , i* wild ru- i
mors current In London to-night |
cernlng the health of King Edward
war* referred to (Hr Franc I* Knolly*. j
private secretary to the King. To
leh** quert** Sir Fran* U ha* tele
graphed the following from Windsor
Castle
There is not wit word of truth to 1
these reports.’' j
CARDINAL RAMPOLLA’S REPLY.
Gov. Taft Hn Received It, bnt Doe*
Not Deem It Advlsnhle to Make It
Politic.
Rome, June 22.—The reply of Cardi
nal Rampolla, papal secretary of
state. to the presentation by
William H. Taft, civil governor of
the Philippine Islands, to the Vatican
of his instructions from Secretary of
War Root, was received by Gov. Taft
last night. It has been translated
into English, and, after due consider
ation of the Cardinal's answer. Judge
Taft does not deem it proper to permit
its publication at the present stage of
the proceedings, because he fears that
by so doing he might embarrass the
negotiations.
Cardinal Rampolla has submitted a
copy of his reply to Judge Taft to
the committee of cardinals which was
formed to consider the matter of the
religious orders and other church af
fairs in the Philippines, in order to in
form them of the precise scope of th%
questions involved and upon which It
is hoped that definite results will
shortly be arrived at.
It cannot be said that 'any conclu
sion has, as yet, been reached, but the
general tenor of Cardinal Rampolla's
reply gives reason to expect that Gov.
Taft's negotiations will be entirely
successful.
Gov Taft will answer Cardinal Ram
pol'.a’s letter next Wednesday.
LANDSCAPE GARDENER KILLED.
Tronimerhnn*en NYna Getting Off n
Spree and Thought Marshal Unit
Come to Arrest Him.
Augusta, June 22. —John Trommer
hauser, a middle-aged German land
scape gardener,was killed this morning
hy George Heckle, marshal of the vil
lage of Summerville. Trommerhauser
lived alone and occupied one side of a
small tenement on the outskirts of
Summerville. The other side of the
house is occupied by a negro employed
by Marshal Heckle to tend his horses.
This morning the negro failed to ap
pear at Heckle’s place to feed the
horses, and the marshal saddled his
horse and rode to the negro's house to
find out why. Arriving at the house,
he called several times. He heard
someone moving in the house,
and a moment later was
startled hy seeing a rifle barrel
thrust through the window, where a
pane was out, and leveled straight at
himself. Marshal Heckle Jerked out
his pistol and fired through the sash
at the figure at the other end of the
gun. His bullet went straight to the
mark, struck Trommerhauser in the
chin and going through into the back
of his head, producing death in a
short time. It seems thaX Trommer
hauser had gotten on a Saturday night
spree and that when drinking was a
turbulent fellow. Hearing someone
railing, he looked out and raw the
marshal. Thinking he had come to
arrest him, he was about to shoot the
officer, when the latter shot first.
TROLLEY CARS COLLIDED.
Many Injured In Philadelphia'*
Fnnliloitalile Suburb.
Philadelphia, June 22. —A score of
persons were injured to-night In a col
lision of trolley cars at Chestnut Hill,
a suburb, but the majority of the vic
tims proceeded to their homes after
being treated at a hospital. Both cars
were crowded with passengers, who
were piled in an indiscriminate mass
by the force of the impact. Most of
the passengers are suffering from
contusions and shock.
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TO REPRIMAND CAPT. WILD.
Because Hl* Soldier* Burned Cock
pit In Spirit of Hevenae.
Manila, June 22.—Capt. Frederick 8.
Wild of the Thirteenth Infantry has
been sentenced by court-martial to be
reprimanded for the burning of a na
tive cockpit at Lingayen, province of
Pangasinan. Luzon.
It is iresumed that the soldiers of
Capt. Wild’s command burned this
cockpit from motives of revenge for
the attempted killing of two of their
comrades by natives.
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A OKIDK FOR RING ALFONSO.
dufcn ltcK*it llan Ank*l the Pope
to SriHKFNt One.
•
London, June 23.—The correspondent
of the Daily Express at Rome says, in
a dispatch, that the Queen Dowager of
Spain has asked the Pope to suggest
an eligible bride for King AlfonßO. It
is reported, continues the correspon
dent, that the pontiff has recommended
either an Austrian or a Bavarian prin
cess.
NEW GOVERNOR OK TRANSVAAL.
Lord Mllnc-r, Once Hated of Boer*,
Take* th** Oatli.
Pretoria, June 22. —Lord Milner, who
was British high commissioner In
South Africa, took the oath as gov
ernor of the Transvaal here to-day in
the presence of a large assemblage of
people. He was heartily cheered by
those present and a salute in his honor
wai fired from the fort.
TRAIN WRECK IN IOWA.
Two Train Han.l* Killed and Many
Other Person* Hurt.
St. Paul, June 22.—A passenger train
on the Sioux City branch of the Chi
cago. St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha Railroad Jumped the track
near Ashton. la.. early to-day. Two
trainmen were killed, five others se
riously hurt and a number of passen
gers received minor injuries.
NINETY DEAD FROM t HOLERA.
Ntrlnae.it Kc*ulullou* Hz In* En
forced In Philippine*.
Manila, June 22.—Ninety American
soldier* have died of cholera aiw* the
disease first broke out. Owing to the
increase of choleta the health author!
tie* here and In the province* are en- j
foiling stringent relation*
K*i tkouakf Shock la I l*krl*.
Rom*, June 22- —A violent rho< k of !
earthquake ■ * * 1 -*tipanied by subter
ranean tumbling* I* reported from
Ca.Mnu AlJotno, In the irpwUSMt of
Cslabna. No damage tag* dung
DAILY. 18 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPT.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK. *1 A YEAR
FOUGHT ABOUT ARMY
BLOODY DUEL WITH KNIVES AT
KNOXVILLE.
ONE DEAD, OTHERS MAY DIE.
EX-SOLDIER DEFENDED CHARAC
TER OF COMRADES.
Alonso Borgrr Said Two-third* of
Soldier* In Philippine* Wen
Hoodliiin* nml Rent Were Coward*
anil Halite*—Survivor of Halunglga
Resented Till* and Three Men
Went for Mini—All Four Used
Knives and Ex-Soldler Was Get
ting the Worst of It When He Pro
cured n Pistol nnd Killed One of
Ills Anlnaonlat*.
Knoxville, Tenn., June 22. —An at
tack upon the American army in the
Philippines, made at a garden party
here last night, started a desperate
fight, which may cost four lives. One
man is dead and three others, includ
ing the man who criticised the sol
diers and a discharged regular recent
ly returned from Manila, who defend
ed the name of the military, are prob
ably fatally wounded.
The dead:
JOHN KENNEDY, aged 45.
The injured: Alonzo Barger, stabbed
twenty times, cannot recover; Charles
Hobbs, badly cut about the face, neck
and breast; Lincoln Monday, stabbed.
Jugular vein almost severed.
Monday, who served three years in
the archipelago as a member of the
Ninth Infantry, and who is a survivor
of the massacre of Company C at Ba
langiga. Samar, gave Barger the lie
when the latter declared that “two
thirds of the American soldiers who
went to the Philippines were hoodlum#
ami the other third were cowards and
bullies.”
In the fight that followed, Hohhs and
Kennedy took the part of Barger. All
fought with pocket knives upon Mon
day, who, weak from the loss of blood,
sank to the ground. Then one of his
friends in the crowd handed him a re
volver and he shot Kennedy dead.
Monday then shot at Barger and
Hobbs, but failed to hit either.
L 0 U B ETUR GeTtOLER ANC E.
Hnth in Hellaliin* llellefs anil In Po
litical Matters He Deprecate* Par
tisan Ham'iir.
Lemans, France, June 22.—President
Louhet, accompanied by Premier
Combes and Gen. Andree, the minister
of war, arrived here to-day to preside
over the fete of the gymnastic clubs.
The town of Lemans was decorated In
honor of the distinguished vlsotors end
President Loubet received an ovation.
Two thousand gymnasts took iart in
the competitions and M. Loubet pre
sented the prizes and decorations to
the owners.
in the course of different speeches
which he made in reply to several
addresses, President Loubet urged his
hearer* to respect religious beliefs, to
have mutual tolerance and to be de
voted to the republic. He dilated upon
the necessity at the times when foreign
interests were in question and when
France's good name and dignity were
at stake, of the president of the re
public being left outside of the party
quarrels. He said that he personally
did not desire to complain of attacks
upon himself, hotvever bitter these
might be. but that it was highly ad
vantageous for the republic that the
President should be preserved, not from
criticism, but from extreme attacks di
rected at the authority he may per
haps need when called upon to speak
In the name of France.
CHINESE CRUiTeR WRECKED.
Explosion Results In Death of 150
Officer* nml Men.
London, June 22 A dispatch to the
Central News from Shanghai says
that the Chinese cruiser Kal-Chl was
wrecked to-day by a terrific explosion,
while lying in the Yang-tse river The
Kai-f'hi sank in thirty seconds and 150
officers and men on board were killed
or drowned. Onl£ two men on board
the cruiser escape'! death.
MAY ME SERIOUS CRIME.
Mr. Barter Kinnril Cremated In Res
idence Near Newberry, S. C.
Colombia, S. C„ June 22.—The resi
dence on the H. H. Evans place, sev
eral miles from Newbery, was burned
last night, and Mr. Butler Klnard.
quite an old gentleman who was oc
cupying it, was cremated. The coro
ner is investigating. There are con
flicting stories told by negroes on the
place. It is believed the old man was
robbed and murdered.
FOt K BOYS WERE DROWNED.
Bunt Capsized at tit. Loal* Tarnver
eln’s Annual Picnic.
St. Louis, June 22. —Four boys were
drowned this evening by the capsizing
of a boat at Kern Glen, a resort fif
teen miles from here. They are; Ed
die Flynn, 17 years old; Robert Regan,
16 years old; Peter Larkin. 17 years
old: Alphonse Kerns, 16 years.
The drowning occurred at the annual
picnic of the St. Louis Tumvereln.
Twenty Year* fur Treaebrroa* FflY
pl aw.
Manila. June 22.—Senor Villegas, for
merly presidents of Santo Toma*, ha*
been sentenced to twenty year* Im
priKomnent for violating in several In
stances his oath of allegiance to turn
United State*.
AI too na Miner* Secure tt<-r***ll|**,
Aitoona, Pa.. June 22.—The 800 bi
tuminous miners, who slave April ha e*
been on a strike at the Aonuntn shaft
to force the operator* to recognise Ihe
unton. have succeeded In obtaining roe*
ognition and will return to work gt
one*.
ftoiMti Mumlk !!• >mol lam*.
London. June a— A dl*p*tcb frost
Cz4e**a published this morning to the
b<end*id a*y* that report* received
there float all the blwfc Mil gi a in
producing region* oi lustittr* (1 mails
indicate that an abundant Uhj vaet le
assured