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THE MORNING NEWS.
J. H. K STILL, President.
Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888.
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT
WAS THE WAY THEY
JUDGE PARKER.
MET GEORGIA LEGISLATORS.
*EW YORK JURIST ENTERTAINED
IN' ATLANTA.
judge Fnrlier Was Tendered a Pub
lic Reception ut the Capitol—Leg
islature Took a Hall-Hour Recess
to Enable Its Members to Meet
lllm— Banquet Tendered Him by
Hie Georgia Hur Association—He
Hoes to Tallulah Kails—Atlanta
News Notes.
Atlanta, July 1. —Judge Alton B. Par
ker of New York was tendered a pub
lic reception at noon to-day In the
State Supreme Court room at the Cap
itol, where he was the guest of six
justices.
The General Assembly, House and
Senate, took a recess of half an hour
for the purpose of meeting the dis
til.gulshed visitor, and during that
time he shook hands and talked with
several hundred persons, including sen
ators, representatives, state officers and
others, among them some of Georgia’s
most prominent citizens.
President Clark Howell of the Sen
ate introduced the members of the
body to Judge Parker, who made a
splendid Impression on all sides. His
greeting had in it a personal element
in almost every case. Many who met
him declared they hoped he would be
the next President of the United
States, that they would vote for him,
and that the South would be with him.
Some greeted him as “Our next Presi
dent.”
To all of these expressions Judge
Parker replied modestly.
Hon. Benjamin M. Blackburn of the
executive department pleasantly re
marked that every man he was. meet
ing “was registered.” Judge Parker
looked him straight in the face and
held on to his hand, waiting for an
explanation. “Not registered voters,
judge,” said Mr. Blackburn, “but of
registered stock. They are all thor
oughbreds.”
“There is quite a difference,’ quickly
answered Judge Parker.
Judge Parker spent some minutes In
conversation with Gov. Terrell before
leaving the Capitol. He was shown
over the city this afternoon, and to
night was the guest of the Georgia
Bar Associatidn at an elaborate ban
quet, at which, besides Judge Parker,
Gov. Terrell, Hoke Smith, F. G. du-
Bignon. Senator Clay, Clark. Howell
and others responded to toasts.
To-morrow morning Judge and Mrs.
Parker will leave the city for Tallulah
Falls, where the sessions of the Geor
gia Bar Association will be held, and
where he will deliver his address on
Friday.
Wnrdena Are Dismissed.
Three of the chief officials of the
Federal prison here. Warden S. A.
Hawk. Deputy AVarden Bradford L.
Dawson and Assistant Deputy War
den Moses L. Petty, were to-day re
moved from their positions by direc
tion of Attorney General Knox.
The orders making these changes
were brought to Atlanta to-day from
AVashington by William H. Meyer, a
special examiner of the Department of
Justice, who has been appointed war
den to succeed' Mr. Hawk. C. C. Mc-
Clanghey of Chicago, son of the war
den of the Fort Leavenworth peniten
tiary, has been appointed deputy war
den, and F. A. Chappell of the guard
succeeds Assistant Petty.
Neither Warden Hawk nor any of
the others had the slightest notice of
what was coming, and the arrival of
the orders here this morning was
somewhat of a surprise and shock.
Friction among the officials of the
prison is given as the cause of the
changes, though it is freely rumored
that politics had no little to do with
it. It is well known, however, that
there has been considerable dissension
among the officials at the prison, the
result largely of official jealousy.
Other changes in the prison force
are expected to follow shortly.
Broughton's Tech Charge*.
As the result of correspondence be
tween Dr. Len G. Broughton and the
Executive Committee of the trustees of
the Technological School, Dr. Brough
ton will meet with the committee to
morrow afternoon to discuss the
charges which he recently made
against the Tech in one of his sermons.
The meeting will be held in the office
of lawyers friendly to Dr. Broughton.
Dr. Broughton refused to give the
source of the information on which
his charges were based, by letter, but
states that he is willing to disclose
it to the Executive Committee and will
do so at this conference. W. B. Miles,
chairman of the Executive Commit
tee, declined to discuss the matter, but
said the committee would willingly
meet with Dr. Broughton and would
be glad to hear from him.
Soldiers* Home Meeting.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Soldiers’ Home trustees was held at
the home to-day. In addition to 'he
regular routine business, the report or
the board for the year was prepared
and will be submitted to the Legis.a
ture. So far as is known, the home
is in good condition. It is understood
that a larger appropriation will be
asked for next year.
Compilers >l Rosters to Meet.
Former Gov. Allen D. Candler, who
is compiling the Confederate records
for the state of Georgia for the United
.States War Department, has issued a
<bll for the compilers of the other for
mer Confederate states to meet in At
lanta on Monday, July 20. The idea
is to get as much information as pos
sible about the various troops of 'he
Southern states and to exchange ideas
as to how* the work should be done.
Do Not Like Juvenile Bill.
The commissioners of Fulton county
will urge Gov. Terrell to veto the Mil.
"‘hich has just been passed, authoriz
ing the Recorder of the Police Court to
sentence Juvenile offenders to the coun
ty rformfatory. They object to the bill,
because they believe such sentences
should be preceded by a trial by jury,
and because they think the Recorder
has no power to sentence for a longer
Ix-riod than thirty days.
Hugs Eat San Jose Seales.
State Entomologist AV. M. Scott sees
touch promise of success in his experi
ment of annihilating the San Jose
s < ale with the Asiatic ladybug. About
11 year ago the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture sent Mr. Scoff
twenty of these bugs, and he placed
Satnmnal) looming
them on a peach tree in an orchard at
Marshallville. There are now forty
thousand of them, and they are eating
up the San Jose scale like mad. He ex-
Jpccts soon to he able to distribute them
fto other orchards in the state.
Dr. McConnell Resigns.
Dr. F. C. McConnell has resigned as
secretary of the Home Mission Board
of the Southern Baptist Convention, to
take effect Aug. 31, for the purpose of
accepting a call to the Calvary Baptist
Church of Kansas City. His resigna
tion has been accepted, but no succes
sor has been namted. Dr. S. Y. Jame
son, state secretary of the board, and
Dr. John E. White, pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist Church of Atlanta, are
prominently mentioned in this connec
tion.
Arranging for B. Y. P. U.
Preparations for entertaining tjpe
Baptist Young People's Union of
America, which will meet in annual
session in Atlanta, July 9-12, are com
plete. Cool weather is looked for dur
ing the convention. A chorus of a
thousand voices trained by Prof. Por
ter will render musical selections dur
ing the sessions of the convention.
The headquarters of the gathering
will be at Piedmont Hotel. The audi
torium at Piedmont Park, with a seat
ing capacity of 6,000 to 8,000 people,
will be used for the daily sessions.
Looking for Stolen Tickets.
H. A. Keach, one of Pinkerton's men,
arrived here to-day and succeeded in
finding a large number of railroad
tickets which were among those stolen
on the night of May 9 from the South
ern Pacific ticket office at Cuero, lex.
There were about SIB,OOO worth of tick
ets taken at that time, and the de
tectives are tracing them to all parts
of the country where they have been
sold, principally to scalpers. It is ex
pected a search will also be made In
Savannah.
NEGROES’ PAPERS WERE
DECLINED BY BOARD.
Charged That Thirty Cheated on
Examinations.
Charleston, S. C„ July I.—The
Charleston County Board of Education
has thrown out the examination pa
pers of thirty negro men and women,
who sought to be teachers in the pub
lic schools because, as the hoard al
leges, the applicants “cheated" in the
preparation of their papers. The ex
amination was held May 22, and the
board has just announced that certifi
cates will be refused to thirty of the
thirty-five applicants, for the reason
assigned.
County Superintendent of Education
Milligan said to-day that he saw the
irregularities being practiced, and
warned the applicants that their pa
pers would be thrown out if they did
not desist, but his warning had no ef
fect. .
THEY KILLED A NEGRO
AND WHIPPED WOMEN.
Deeds of a Mob of Whites In An
derson County.
Columbia, S. C., July I.—Reuben El
rod, a respectable old negro living
near Piedmont, Anderson county, was
shot to death in his home last night,
and three negro women occupants of
the same house were taken out and
given severe whippings.
The women, who testified at the In
quest to-day, said that fifty white men
came to the house, and after killing
Elrod, flogged them, warning them to
leave the state.
The crime is deplored in the com
munity. The supposition Is that the
women, probably relatives of Elrod,
were objectionable In the community,
and when the mob went to whip them
the old man Interferred and was
killed.
No one has been apprehended.
HAY FIRED oV BRIDWELL.
Charged Him With Making Re
marks About Mrs. Hay.
Macon, Ga., July I.—AV. A. Hay, rep
resenting Collier’s publications, opened
fire on C. C. Bridwell, a mattress
maker, here to-night. The two men
met in Becker’s furniture store, and
Hay accused Bridwell of saying damag
ing things about Mrs. Hay. He de
manded a retraction.
Bridwell refused to retract, and Hay
drew his pistol. As Bridwell plunged
into the opening of the stairway, a bul
let tore his shirt just behind the shoul
der.
Hay is in the barracks charged with
shooting at another. Threats have
been made by Hay that Bridwell will
be prosecuted for slander.
Mrs. Hay has fainted a half dozen
times since she learned of the shoot
ing. The physicians have been sum
moned to her.
FOR COUNTERFEITING
Three Men Were Arrested Near
Lawtry, Fin.
Starke, Fla., July I.—Samuel Raims,
Aaron AVilson and Clarence AVilson
were arrested for counterfeiting near
Lawtry to-day by Deputies Chambers
and Richard. Considerable parapher
nalia was captured with them.
JUDGE DECIDED AGAINST
MISSISSIPPI LUMBERMEN.
Jackson, Miss., July I.—Judge Niles,
in the Federal Court here to-day,
ruled against the injunction of the
lumbermen of Mississippi, praying that
the railroads be prevented from adding
a rate of 2 cents per hundred pounds
to the present rates.
THIS BOY WAsIiTTEtT
THREE TIMES BY SNAKE.
Athens, Ga., July X. —This afternoon
on Lumpkin street a snake bit Louis
Patman, a 12-year-old boy, three times
on the leg. and it is feared that the
boy will die. He cannot tell what
kind of snake it was that bit him. It
will require several hours more to tell
the extent of his injuries.
SAVANNAH. GA.. THURSDAY. JULY 2. 1903.
AT ARM’S LENGTH
SENSATIONAL PISTOL FIGHT ON
STREET AT 1 RHINE.
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BOTH MEN HIT THE MARK.
HENRY LANCASTER AND J. D. He
RAMi: THE DUELISTS.
Quarreled Over Testimony Given In
Court by Meßaine Against Lan
caster—Whipped Out Pistols and
Regan Firing, While Lancaster
Held Meßunie’s Hand—Mcßanle
l'uaetured Five Times. Lancaster
Once—Uotli Men Prominent in
Tlielr Section.
Rhine, Ga., July 1. —As the result cf
a shooting affray here yesterday, Henry
Lancaster has a slight wound in the
he'ad and John D. Mcßanie lies fatal
ly wounded, with five bullet holes in
his arms and body.
The difficulty grew out of a case in
the justice court, in which Mcßanie
was a witness. Mcßanie’s testimony
offended Lancaster, who, after court
adjourned, approached Mcßanie con
cerning what he had testified. Hot
words weer spoken, and in a flash both
men whipped out revolvers and fired
at close range until the chambers were
empty. Lancaster’s aim proved to be
true, all five of the balls hitting Mc-
Ranie. Mcßanie’s hand was held by
Lancaster, which kept his aim from
being so accurate.
The affair caused considerable excite
ment, as both men have hosts of
friends and relatives. Up until yes
terday Mcßanie and Lancaster were
the best of friends, and the affray
sprang from the most trivial circum
stances.
Mcßanie’s condition is critical, as
one ball entered his right side, about
two inches below the nipple. Lancas
ter was shot in the head, but it proved
to be a glancing ball, consequently
his injury is slight.
The tragedy is deeply deplored by
every one, as both were prominent men
in this section.
A NEGRO IS HELD FOR
KILLING TWO PERSONS.
Suspected of Having Committed
Murders at Jacksonville.
Jacksonville. Fla.. July I.—A negro
known as John Anderson, John Doe,
John Dawson and John AVilliams is in
jail here, believed tp have murdered
Raymond Currie, a white boy, and W.
AV. AVeeks.
The authorities were informed that
he boasted to his employer that he
killed a white boy and stole his bicy
cle and knocked a groceryman in the
head. The discription of the two tallied
with young" Currie, who disappeared
Jan. 1, and Weeks, who was killed a
few days before.
The negro denies having confessed
these murders, but admits saying he
killed a negro near Jacksonville three
years ago.
Raymond Currie was last seen riding
on his wheel last New Year’s day. Dili
gent search was made for him. All
ships leaving port were boarded at
their destination and officials in all
cities of the Union were wired des
criptions of the boy. A reward of S6OO
was offered for finding him dead or
alive.
AVeeks was killed in his store a short
time before the boy disappeared. Rob
ert Smythe, a negro, was arrested for
his murder and tried at the last term
of the court, with a mistrial as the
result, and he was released on bond.
MACHEN AND THE GROFFS
PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
Washington, July- 1. —August Ma
chen, against whom three indictments
have been found for accepting a bribe
in connection wi,th government con
tracts for letter box fasteners, was ar
raigned to-day before Justice Pritch
ard in Criminal Court No. 1. He waiv
ed the formal reading‘of the indict
ment, pleaded not guilty and was giv
en until July 20 to file a demurrer,
should he wish to do so.
The Groff brothers, who were indict
ed with Machen. appeared in court and
pleaded not guilty. It was announced
that Machen and the Groffs would be
tried at the fall term of the court,
their cases being taken up in the reg
ular order. The fall term begins in
October and continues several months.
FOR THE PRESBYTERIANS
An A plica 1 Is Mnile in Congo Free
State Matter.
Washington, July I.—Because Pres
byterians in the Congo Free State claim
they do not enjoy all the religious lib
erty coming to them under the pro
visions of the Berlin treaty, Repre
sentative Livingston of Georgia and
other representative Presbyterians
called at the State Department to-day
and left a statement of the facts, with
the request that the Washington gov
ernment take up the matter with Bel
gium and call her attention to the re
ported violations of the Berlin treaty.
The course of the department is not
yet indicated.
SEABOARD DENIES IT.
Says Hates on Georgia Peaches Are
Not Exetlvf.
Washington. July I.—The Seaboard
Air Line to-day filed with the Inter
state Commerce Commission an an
swer denying the charge of the Geor
gia Peach Growers’ Assoclalion that
the railroad tariffs on Georgia peaches
are excessive and discriminative.
fireman" was'killed;
engineer fatally hurt.
Knoxville. Tenn.. July I.—ln a col
lision between two trains on the Vir
ginia and Southwestern Railroad, Fire
man L. H. Kain of Bristol was In
stantly killed and Engineer R. C.
Clovers of Bristol fatally wounded The
engineer and fireman of the east-bound
train Jumped.
WILL NOT RECEIVE IT.
Russia Doesn't Want llie Petition
from Roosevelt.
AVashington, July I.—The Russian
government most positively and ab
solutely denies the report that it has
offered any official explanation to tne
American government, cither through
the Russian embassy at AVashington
or the American embassy at St. Pe
tersburg, regarding the Kishineff in
cident, and declares that it has never
been addressed by the American gov
ernment upon the subject.
The Russian government has cate
gorically refuse to receive from any
Power any petitions, representations
or communications relative to its in
ternal affairs.
HAS NOT THE ADDRESS.
That Is Why This Government Has
Not Sent it On.
Washington, July I.—The State De
partment to-night authorized the fol
lowing statement:
At the State Department it was
stated by a high official, in the ab
sense of Secretary Hay, that the de
lay in forwarding the petition of the
American citizens of the Jewish faith
as to the ill treatment of their co
religionists in Russia was due solely
to the delay in furnishing the address
to the State Department by the pe
titioners. The State Department would,
of course, pay no heed to any state
ment purporting to emanate from the
Russian government, unless such state
ments were made officially in some
form or other to our own government.
The State Department has been scru
pulously careful to act only in accord
ance with all the requirements of of
ficial propriety, but within the limits
thus laid down It will most certainly
not hesitate to give expression to the
deep sympathy felt not only by the
administration, but by all the Ameri
can people, for the unfortunate Jews
who have been the victims in the re
cent appalling massacres and outrages.
In this connection it was pointed out
by another official, who disclaimed any
purpose to speak in his official capac
ity, however, that it seemed somewhat
strange, to say the least, that the Rus
sian government should choose this
particular method of making a state
ment to the American people at the
very time, when methods are certainly
the reverse of friendly to the United
States, it has sought to make China
loin in breaking the plighted faith of
all the Powers as to the open dooi in
Manchuria, and has endeavored to bar
our people from access to the Man
chur'an trade.
The above statement was shown to
Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa
dor, to-night, but he declined to make
any comment on it.
Any reply to this statement must
he made under direct instructions from
St. Petersburg. It Is realized, both at
the State Department and the Rus
sian embassy, that the situation is ex
tremely delicate. '
MADE SMITH RECEIVER
Of the United States Shipbuilding
Company.
Newark, N. J., July 1. —James Smith,
Jr., w*as appointer receiver of the
United States Shipbuilding Company
to-day by United States District Court
Andrew Kirkpatrick in the suit
brought by Roland B. Conklin.
Judge Kirkpatrick’s decree orders
that all the property of the company
shall be turned over immediately by
the directors and officers of the insol
vent comiAiny. The decre also di
rects the receiver to take such property
and to immediately assume the man
agement and operation of the com
pany.
Judge Kirkpatrick said that one of
the duties of the receiver would be to
confer with the Reorganization Com
mittee, with a view to extricating the
company from the difficulties into
which it had been thrown.
Directors Held Meeting.
New York, July I.—A meeting of the
directors of the United States Ship
building Company was held to-day.
After the meeting it was said that
nothing had been done except to talk
over the situation. Mr. Nixon was
urged not to press his resignation as
president of the company, and the res
ignation was not acted upon. Another
meeting will be held to-morrow morn
ing.
OFFICES WERE COMBINED.
Part of the ’Frisco Absorption Plan
of the Rock Island.
Memphis, Tenn., July I.—A confer
ence of high passenger officials of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the
St. Louis and San Francisco, the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois and the
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Rail
roads was held here to-day and the
consolidation of the ’Frisco and the
Choctaw passenger and freight offices
in this city was effected. The action
to-day is the first of the move -in the
actual absorption of the ’Frisco by the
Rock Island.
Announcement was made of the pro
motion of Division Passenger Agent J.
N. Cornatzar of the Frisco to be gen-,
eral agent of the passenger depart
ment of the consolidated systems.
The party left to-night for Hot
Springs, Ark., where the conference will
be continued to-morrow.
DECIDED HE WOULDN’T DIE.
Esmarch Bcnlggcd at the Crltlenl
Moment and Wouldn't Drink.
New York, July b— Rudolph Esmarch
is under arrest in Hoboken, N. J., on
the charge of manslaughter, he having
failed to live up to a suicide pact.
Charles Borrowsky, a life long friend
of Esmarch, committed suicide last
Thursday. Later Esmarch met another
friend, Jacob Koelleo, at the dead
man’s house, where, according to the
police, the two agreed to follow their
companion the next day.
They met in a saloon and borrowing
two glasses retired to a rear room. A
few minutes later Esmarch came out
•.vith carbolic acid in the glass and
placed it on the bar remarking: “The
other man took his: I did not.”
Roelleo died an hour later.
Will Sell Cotton Mill.
Charlotte, N. C., July I.—Capt. David
Clark was to-day appointed receiver of
the Ada Cotton Mill in this city. The
mill will be sold on Aug. 18. and will
probably be bought by the stockholders,
who will reorganize it and operate It
on anew basis.
LIMIT IS FIVE MILLS
LEGISLATURE KEEPS TAX RATE
WITHIN BOUNDS.
GOVERNOR WILL SIGN BILL
AND IT WILL GO TO THE PEOPLE
FOR RATIFICATION.
Tlgnor's Bill I’nssed the Senate
With Even Less Opposition Than
It Encountered in the House—Ef
fort Aloot to Make Savannah In
stead of Brunswick the Terminus
of the Stale Road—Various Matters
of Legislation Are Passed Upon in
Both Houses.
Atlanta, July I.—The most interest
ing feature of the day in the General
Assembly occurred in the Senate this
morning when that body passed, by an
almost unanimous vote, the bill by Mr.
Tignor of Muscogee amending the con
stitution so as to Unlit thff power of
the Legislature to levy and assess
taxes to five-tenths of 1 per cent, or
5 mills.
This bill recently passed the House
by a vote of 138 to 7, and in the Sen
ate to-day there was only one vote
against it, that of Senator Symons of
the Fourth district. Senator Perry
made a short speech in favor of the
measure, calling attention to the fact
that a similar measure had once be
fore passed the Senate and he hoped
this would receive the unanimous sup
port of that body.
The bill, which is the first to pass
both branches of the Legislature at
this session, now goes to the Gov
ernor, who is sure to sign it. It will
be submitted to the people at the elec
tion in 1904 for ratification and will
go into effect Jan. 1, 1905.
Killed Several Mills.
The Senate killed several bills by
agreeing to the adverse reports of com
mittees. Among these were the fol
lowing: By Senator Comas, to require
the rotation of Judges of Superior
courts; by Senator Golden, to require
manufacturers of shoes to stamp in
the soles the material from which they
are made; by Senator Duncan of the
Tenth, to require trlai judges to purge
juries, etc.
The bill by Senator Middlebrooks,
requiring that one-half of the felony
convicts be leased and the other half
worked on the roads of the state, was
taken up, and the adverse report of
the committee disagreed to so that it
could be laid on the table for further
consideration.
Appointed by the Governor.
A message was received from the
Governor, containing the following
nominations; George W. Jordan, to be
judge of the County Court of Pulaski;
Charles J. Lester, to be Judge of the
City Court of Barnesville; W. W.
Lambdin, lo be solicitor of the City
Court of Barnesville.
Senator Jordan Introduced two bills
to day, one providing for changes in
the methods of inspecting commercial
fertilizers, and another providing for
the return and payment of taxes by
all corporations, not required to make
their returns to the Controller General,
in the county where they are located.
The Day la llie House.
There was little of importance done
in the House to-day. More than two
hours of the session was spent in de
bating a measure by Mr. Fussell of
Chattahooche to repeal an act passed
in 1901, providing for the equitable ap
portionment of the cost between two
counties which are connected by
bridge or ferry. While the bill is a
general one, it is local in application,
and tt seemed to-day that ojily Chat
tahoochee and Muscogee counties were
involved.
The law of 1901 apportioned the cost
of bridges connecting counties both on
a basis of taxable property in each
county and on the amount of travel
from each county over the bridge. Mr.
Fussell’s bill simply proposed to go
back to the old law, which apportion
ed the cost altogether on the basis of
taxable property in each county. The
bill was finally passed by a vote of 99
to 38.
( hil<l Labor Bill Next Tuesday.
The House passed a resolution mak
ing the child labor bill the special or
der for next Tuesday, July 7, and pro
viding that the previous question shall
be called at 11 o’clock on Wednesday,
July 8.
Accepts All Invitations,
The House accepted an invitation to
attend a barbecue at Colquitt, Miller
county, on Saturday, July 4. It also
accepted an invitation to attend the
exercises in the hall of the House un
der the auspices of the Daughters of
the American Revolution on July 4.
This makes the third invitation the
House has accepted for the Fourth,
the first being to go to Lindale.
Of a dozen bills introduced, perhaps
the only one of special Interest was by
Mr. Martin of Elbert, providing for the
employment of a veterinary surgeon In
connection with the Department or
Agriculture.
Savannah instead of Brunswick.
The bill by Mr. Carrington of Madi
son to -extend the Western and At
lantic Railroad to Brunswick came up
for consideration in the General Judic
iary Committee this afternoon. Mr.
Evans of Washington moved to amend
by inserting Savannah in place of
Brunswick. After some discussion, the
bill was reported back to the House,
with the recommendation that It be re
ferred to a special committee.
Mr. Stovall's bill to make bribery In
primary elections a crime was dis
cussed, but owing to several objections
it was temporarily tabled.
Negro Taxes for Negro Schools.
The House Committee on Constitu
tional Amendments among other things
recommended favorably a bill providing
for an amendment under which only
the money paid as taxes by the negro
race khall be expended for the educa
tion of that race.
A constitutional amendment, author
izing the Legislature to combine t— -,
or more county offices, was also recom
mended favorably.
Miles Will Inspect Seventh.
Washington. July I.—Lieut. Gen.
Miles will leave here to-morrow for
Chickamauga Park for the purpose of
inspecting the Seventh Cavalry in
their new quarters on that military
reservation. The Inspection will be
made on July 4.
EDUCATORS AT ASHEVILLE
Hear Addresses I poa Mailers of In
ter os ( to Them.
Asheville, N. C„ July 1. —The South
ern Educational Association conven
tion at this morning's session discussed
"The High School. Its Functions and
Curriculum.”
Mr. P. P. Claxton, University of
Tennessee, spoke of the need of bet
terment in high schools and urged the
installation of physical and chemical
laboratories, as “Through that means
the work that to our fathers seemed
drudgery might to its beneficiaries be
come an art to which its master was
wedded, both by training and educa
tion.”
Prof. Currington of the University
of West Virginiia spoke along the same
line.
Miss Marion Brown, vice principal
of High School No. 3 of New Or
leans, La., read a paper on “Co-opera
tion of Home and School,” and cited
the great benefits from such co-opera
tion in the city of New Orleans.
“Music in Public Schools" was dis
cussed by Prof. Enoch Pearson, in
structor of music in the public schools
of Philadelphia, and he gave an outline
of the refining influences upon the pu
pils' mind from its surroundings.
At the afternoon session President H.
B. Blerly, of the Child Study Depart
ment, made a report of the work done
by his branch during the past twelve
months and gave the results of in
vestigations which he had made. Tile
department now has a complete ac
count of what is being done in child
study in every Souttiern state. In a
few months an article will be written
giving an account of the investigation,
which, however, was made order to
become better acquainted with the
men for the purpose of working up
more interest in this movement.
The department has been having an
extensive correspondence with the
women’s and mothers' clubs ana
learned that some few discuss this
subject at their meetings, and that
about seventy-five of the one hundred
women’s clubs are anxious to take up
this subject with the assistance and
direction of the department. Tne de
part merit also issued a few circulars
on food, study haelth, etc., for higher
Institutions only. Twenty-five of the
largest state and church universities
and colleges In the South are submit
ting this circular to their students.
new Ingland yarn co.
A in,on nee* the Plan for Its Oraanl.
nation.
Boston, July I.—The organization
plan of the New England Cotton Yarn
Company was announced to-day. A
new corporation to be organized under
Massachusetts laws is contemplated to
acquire the property of the New Eng
land Cotton Yarn Company, Bubject to
all its indebtedness, which shall issue
$3,000,000 of 6 per cent, preferred stock
and $3,900,000 of common stock, making
a total capitalization of $5,900,000, as
against $5,00(1,000 of each now out
standing.
The present holders of preferred
stock will be assessed S3O per share
and will receive in the new company
for every ten shares of present stock.
three shares of new preferred and sev
en shares of new common.
The present holders of common are
to be assessed $lO per share, and for
every fifty shares of present common
will receive five shares of new pre
ferred and four shares of new common.
Assessment payments are to be made
within thirty days after formal >*e
quest.
An underwriting syndicate has been
formed to provide $2,000,000 cash nec
essary to take up the floating indebted
ness and to make payments not made
by the stockholders under the reorgani
zation. Stockholders will have until
July 14 to deposit their securities.
THEY WORKED FOR HAWK.
Many Trleil to Huve llie Warden
Retained la Office.
Washington, July I.—Strong efforts
w’ere made by the friends of Warden
Hawk to have him retained in office
Hundreds of letters were received at
the Department of Justice from Mr.
Hawk's political friends, and both Sen
ator Elkins, who Is In Europe, and
Senator Scott took up the matter with
the department.
Friends of the warden. In reply to
charges that he was incapable of the
work of the office, say the whole
trouble originated over his stringent
methods in discipline.
It is understood that one of the in
spectors of the department, under
orders from Maj. Strong, general agent
for the department, reeently made a
personal visit to the prison at Atlanta,
but the department officials decline to
divulge the nature of his report.
STRIKERS QUIET AT RICHMOND.
People of Mnnehester Ask for Mili
tary Protection.
Richmond, Va., July I.—There has
been no development In the street rail
way strike situation to-day or to
night. Nearly the usual schedules
are being run on all city lines. Three
or four hundred men are now regular
ly employed by the company. They
are all on the same footing as to pay,
and receive $2 a day for twelve hours’
work.
To-morrow the Manchester lines are
to be opened and the authorities over
there decided to-night to ask for mil
itary protection. The line to Seven
Pines is also to be opened to-morrow.
One of the new street car men was
arrested while on his car to-day by a
militiaman for cursing a citizen. The
man was promptly bailed.
TEACHERS OF MUSIC
Hear Addresses and Concerts at
Asheville.
Asheville, N. C., July I.—At to-day’s
session of the National Music Teach
ers’ Association an address was made
by Mr. J. W. Jendwine, president of
the Southern Association, with re
sponse by Mr. R. G. Cole, president
of the National association. Both
eclated to the closer affilia
tion of the two bodies.
There was a round table for teachers
of the piano and one for the teachers
of voice. A concert was given this
morning by Miss May Walters of Phil
adelphia and Mr. Walter Spray of
Chicago.
A drive over Biltmore was taken
this morning and afterwards a con
cert was held at All Souls Church, Blit
more.
DAILY, $8 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.SI A YEAR
DEAD NUMBER 235
FEW OF THE MINERS AT HANNA
ESCAPED.
FINLANDERS AND NEGROES
CONSTITUTE MAJORITY OF THE
DEAD.
Work of Rescar Is Pnshed Boldly
On—Some of the Rescuers So
Weakened hy Their Labors and
Noxious Gases as to Be Unable to
Carry Oat the Bodies They Found.
Sian* of the Flabt for Life Made
hy the Pent-Up Miners—Force of
Explosion Terrible.
Hanna, Wyo., July I.—According to
the best information obtainable to-day,
235 men, out of 282 who were In the
mine, were killed in the explosion here
yesterday. The majority of the victims
are Finlanders and negroes.
A small army of rescuers, spurred
on by the frantic appeals of wives,
mothers and children who gathered at
the mine, worked with desperate ener
gy all night. They tell of pitiful
scenes at the seventeenth level, the
lowest point reached during the night.
Survivors Driven Insane.
Some of the survivors were driven
insane and fought furiously against
the rescuers. Dazed, listless survivors
were found sitting on cars or lying on
the floor, careless of whether they
lived or died.
Near the seventeenth level twenty
bodies were found strewn over a pile Of
debris, which the men had striven
to surmount before they were over
come by the deadly fumes. Some were
seared and blackened by flames, hut
all had died crawling toward fresh
air.
The eleven rescuers who penetrated
thus far were too weak to bring out
a body.
For hours the scene at the mouth
of the level was heart-moving. With
clothes and hair awry, mothers, wives,
sweethearts and children huddled to
gether. weeping and wringing their
hands. Many sat on shattered tim
bers blown from the mine’s mouth,
insensible to their surroundings. The
most of the frantic women pushed
to the edge of the gap and tried to
force a way into the slope.
Killed In Mine They Reported Rale.
An expert, who went almost to the
seventeenth level, says the mine can
not possibly be cleared for a month.
It is feared that men in the lower
levels were torn to pieces hy the ex
plosion, which hurled great timbers
high over the town and 1,700 feet be
yond the mouth of the slope.
Among the dead is Alfred Hapgood,
who turned the first shovel of dirt in
starting the slope.
The fire bosses, who had reported all
safe before working time yesterday,
met death while making a second in
spection.
Ordered ISO Coffins.
Omaha, Neb., July I.—An order for
150 coffins, in which to bury victims
of the mine horror at Hanna, Wyo.,
was received here to-day.
WILEY WILLIAMS AGAIN
necomes the Head of .the Columbus
Police Force.
Columbus. Ga., July I.—The City
Council this afternoon held the annual
election of city officers, re-electing all
the old officers, with the exception of
Clerk of Market P. L. Burns, who was
defeated by R. Kunsberg.
The Police Commission this after
noon elected Wiley Williams chief of
police, C. E. Ryckeley first lieutenant,
and A. Reynolds second lieutenant.
Capt. Williams resigned as police chief
a year and a half ago, and was suc
ceeded by A. Reynolds. Capt. Wil
liams not only becomes police chief
again, hut the salary of the position is
Increased from $1,330 to $1,500.
MEET AGAIN AT GETTYSBIWG.
Sevfrnl Thonunil Velerann Hold a
Celebration There.
Gettysburg, Pa., July I.—Several
thousand veterans and their families,
representing both North and South,
gathered to-day and began a three
days' celebration of the fortieth an
niversary of the battle of Gettysburg.
The chief features of to-day's pro
gramme, which was carried out at
Reynolds' Grove, were historic ad
dresses by Gen. O. O. Howard and Gen.
H. S. Huidekoper, followed by the un
veiling of a bronxe statue of John
Burns, the aged Gettysburg man who
was wounded three times in the his
toric battle.
THAMMKI, allowed bail.
Held In $7,000 Bond for the Killing
of Tnylor.
Montgomery, Ala., July I.—By an
agreement of the counsel for the state
and the defendant in the case of United
States Deputy Marshal Byron Tram
mel, charged with the killing of C. E.
Taylor, a former deputy marshal, the
defendant was allowed bail in the sum
i of $7,000.
Frosts Kill Crops.
Mexico City, July 1. —The unseason
able frosts near Lake Chaleo, Valley
of Mexico, have caused heavy losses of
corn. Crops to the value of a million
dollars are said to have been destroyed
by frosts, which, coming at this sea
son are quite unprecedented.
Minister to Argentina.
Washington. July I.—-John Barrett,
commissioner general of the St. Louis
Exposition to Asia and Australia, bus
been appointed United States minister
to Argentina.
Slignr Wns Reduced.
New York, July I.—All grades of re
fined sugar were reduced 6 cents a>
hundred pounds to-day.