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THE MORNING NEWS. I
Presl‘dent ate<s 1 17.618.
I CLASH MAY COME
AT YALU RIVER
RUSSIANS OUTNUMBERED JAPS
ODD*. YAJIAGATA SAYS, MAY BE
TWO TO ONE.
Eiclil Marshal, Next to the Mikado
in Command of the Japanese
porceit Disensses the War Out
look—He Thinks It Would Have
Been Better Had the War Been
Koua'ht Several Years Ago- I The
Jn la lies© Army.
EVENTS IN THE EAST.
Russians have ceased to operate
the railroad across Lake Baikal
because the ice is breaking up.
They found the railroad of incal
culable value in the transportation
of troops.
Press boat arrived at New
Chwang, with two Japanese serv
ants aboard. The Japs were prompt
ly arrested and will be held as pris-
I or.ers. The press boat has been
|| ordered a wav.
\ The Custom House at Vladivo
i | sink is to be closed because the
| I war has cut off business.
I Russians bury the Japanese who
II were killed in the last attack
I | upon Port Arthur. Military *hon-
I | ors are shown the dead.
I It is reported that 2,000 Russian
■ | cavalry and infantry are entrench
■ | erf about the gate on the south
H side of Wiju.
II Chicago, April 2.—A special cable
Bfrnm a Chicago Daily News staff cor
respondent from Tokio says:
■I Field Marshal Yamagata, who, afte£
Hi Emperor, is first in command of the
Hppimese forces and was the original
Htittanizer of the Japanese army, said
Hfu-ii c that the Japanese may have
Htn :i s ht odds of two to one and that
clash may come at the Yalu river.
Marshal said:
H •■Russian troops have been coming
for a long time, and it is evi
■>nt that a conflict must result. As
have turned out it would have
better if the war had occurred
Helen the Russians first occupied Man-
because ever since they have
H".: s'rengy#nin^|^r r> |k*iUon in
i province.* -fiat - ' statesmen, how
wished to preserve peace as long
possible. *
■ I h is difficult to say where the first
land battle will take place. The
Hi Asians seem to be in force between
Yang and Kaiping on the Man-
Railroad. They may cross the
■•".iiitnins and possibly meet us at the
H’alU.
M Bridges and roads of Anju have
n destroyed by the Russian troops,
■"d therefore the Japanese advance
be difficult. No doubt if the
H:u.'s„ins destroy the: Manchurian Rail.
H"nl it may not be difficult to repair
the use of the Japanese troops. We
even replace old material with
H'W, but the difficulty is to reach the
H • id. Five months ago, the Rus
■"'H generals planned to put 350,000
in the field. They must have eon-
Hfinplated supplying them with ain-
and food.
B| Two rivers that empty into the
Hi Ur sea run near Lake Baikal. They
navigable in summer and can be
H l ' I for transportation. The Rus-
H is in this way need not rely entire-
H on the railroad. Large supplies of
flour have been going to
IH'i.'olivostok for years, and we must
Meet to meet a well equipped and
'TI nourished army of 350,000. It is
difficult matter .to fight a nation with
Wm.OOO soldiers. We have to lay our
'lans very carefully.
There is no doubt that the Cossack
ivalry will worry the Japanese army,
dieh was originally intended ' for
mme defense in the mountainous
°'h:try, and is mainly composed of
tit mtiy. We must work with the ma
eri:'l we possess. When the Japanese
finy is compared with other armies it
nnsi he remembered that it only has
lately organized. I had no small
hl) '- in its organization, and, there
ore I see its faults and try to im-
T ‘ n 'e it. but never find that it reaches
W ideals.”
10 REPORT AT TOKIO
OF A SEVENTH ATTACK.
April 2, 6 p. m.—The Navy
’t-p.ntment has no information con-
Pr "'>ig the reported Japanese attack
!l I’ort Arthur March 30-31, and the
ails doubt that a general attack
' '"irred. It was added that it was
Hs ihle lhat a few Japanese cruisers
in the vicinity of Port Arthur, and
11 there may have been an exchange
'hots with Russians, but it is cer
-51 that the main Japanese fleet was
1 engaged at the time referred to.
Ud japs receive"
MILITARY HONORS.
t Arthur, April 2. —All is quiet
} ' tnd there is no change in the sit-
The weather is warmer, and
1,1 k and wounded are making
f l rogress toward recovery.
1 'Japanese who were killed in the
1 st tack upon this place were burled
. to ‘ d it; the Chinese Cemetery, out
town, with military honors.
Tt hoped it will be possible to raise
tile nanese Are ships, which were
Mmtc the attempt to block the har
bor.
Say ‘M}o6 RUSSIANS
ENTRENCHED AT WIJU.
S * oul \prll 2.—lt Is reported here
p hat 2 ‘ Russian troops, including
°s*aok ln( j irrfnntryman, are, en
*ide°of out th * * atC ° n th ® * outh
Subunnal) jiUornino iVctos.
TRANSPORTATION PLANS
WORK WITHOUT FRICTION.
St. Petersburg, April 2. —Gen. Levas
koff, director of military communica
tions of the general staff, in an inter
view, gives interesting facts about the
Russian line of communications. He
says:
“The transport of troops over the Si
berian and Manchurian railroads work
ed without a hitch, except for a six
hour stoppage caused by a collision.
Men, guns and ammunition, equipment
and provisions have gone forwawi with
clockwork regularity.
“The sketches of scenes along the
route appearing in English newspapers
are ludicrous. The pictures of en
counters with Chinese bandits along
the line, with broken rails, tangles oi
telegraph wires, prostrate poles and
Cossacks galloping with what look like
miniature searchlights all belong to
the realm of fancy. I do not know
of a single interruption due Chinese
bandits.
“The protection of the line is as
sured by more practical, though per
haps less poetic, means than depicted
in the illustrated papers. For exam
ple, take the case of armored trains.
We discussed the subject and decided
against them. The conditions did not
call for them. The line runs througn
territory held by our troops. There
may be a few robber bands, but there
are no Japanese, at least at present.
The only things of the kind introduced
are armored cabs for the engine drivers,
to protect them from stray bullets.
“There will be no difficulty over the
Impending stoppage of me ice railroad
across Lake Baikal. The lake gen
erally is free from ice about the mid
dle of May, but long before that time
the ice breakers will have opened a
channel and the ferries will be running
regularly.” .
MANY RODE IN CARS
ACROSS LAKE BAIKAL.
Irkutsk, April 2.—The railroad across
Lake Baikal has ceased operations in
consequence of the breaking up of the
ice and is being removed. Its assist
ance to the government,in transporta
tion of supplies has been incalculable.
As an indication it is stated that be
tween March 2 and March 28 there
passed over it 1,693 freight cars, 673
troop cars, twenty-five ordinary pas
senger coaches, carrying officers, and
sixty-five engines. The cost of the
undertaking was $250,000.
CLOSE CUSTOM HOUSE
AT VLADIVOSTOK.
Vladivostok, April 2.—Twelve of the
customs officers at Vladivostok have
been withdrawn and sent to Irkutsk,
This is the first step in the direction
of closing the custom house here be
cause of the poor trade prospects in
consequence of the war. It is expect
ed here that Vladivostok will be de
clared a free port after the conclusion
of the war.
NEW CHWANG GIVES
PRESS BOAT TROUBLE.
New Chwang, April 2.—The authori
ties here were considerably aroused to
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F.DWIN H. CONGER, TWITED STATES MINISTER TO CHINA. FROM WHOM
ADVICES THAT THE RPSSIANS PC T NEW CHWANG IN BE II MARTIAL.
LAW W'AS RECEIVED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
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J' ' '
\IEW OF THE Sl’\Kp\ Rl SSI AN GUNBOAT KOIIIETZ AT CHEMULPO AT EXTREME LOW TIDE. EXPLOSION BROKE THE SHIP AND TURNED THE WHOLE FORWARD PORTION
COMPLETELY OVER.
TIBETAN BATTLE
WAS A SHAMBLES
MOWED DOWN BY BRITONS,
ILL-ARMED TIBETANS YET ESSAY
ED TO FIGHT.'
Tibetans Could Not Reach Their
Enemy for the Close Quarters in
Which Their Only Hope of Victory
I,ay—Tibetan General and His Per
r >nal Escort Slain Retreating
Tilictn us Were Torn by Shrapnel.
Tuna, Tibet, April 2. —The Tibetan
general, the whole of his personal es
cort and five high Lhassa officials were
among the hundreds killed in the fight
ing of March 31, at Guru, Tibet.
The small British losses are ac
counted for by the fact that the Tibe
tans were so huildled together that
the majority were unable to either
use their swords or to fire. The swords
men in the front rank could not reach
the Sikhs, who had fixed bayonets,
while the men in the middle of the
mob could not reach the enemy, but
'many of them probably killed one an
other in the mad excitement.
The .ecei)* r#uj}Ued old time fights
in cockpits, the grim, determined faces
of the Tibetans, lighted with devildom
savagery, expressing contempt for the
Sikhs, whqm they outnumbered six or
seven to one.
When the Lhassa general fired the
first shot the Tibetans, with wild
shouts, drew their swords, fired their
matchlocks and surged forward. About
a dozen swordsmen made a desperate
rush in the direction of Col. MacDon
ald and a small knot of officers.
Four Tibetans attacked Mr. Candler,
the correspondent of the London Daily
Mail, but Col. MacDonald seized a
rifle and shot two of them at a few
yards and another officer killed the
other two, thus saving Mr. Candler’s
life.
Those of the Tibetans who tried to
climb the wall were met with a ter
rible magazine rifle fire, but they did
not falter, those behind springing over
the heaps of dead and continuing the
fight until riddled with bullets. When
finally the Tibetans retired they
tramped back slowly and steadily,
though followed by a hail of bullets.
A mountain battery was brought into
action and tore the retreating lines
with shrapnel. A terrible trail of dead
and dying marked the line of march.
At length the last wounded, limping
Tibetan turned the cofner, some 400
yards from the scene of the grim
tragedy, where the best of the Tibetan
army had perished.
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Arkansas Conventions.
Little Rock, Ark., April 2.—Demo
cratic. county conventions were held
in the seventy-five counties of Ar
kansas to-day for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to the state convention,
which will be held in Hot Springs
June 14. Carroll, Clay and Green
counties instructed for William R.
Hearst for the presidential nomina
tion. Crawford county instructed its
delegate for D. R. Francis of Missouri
for the presidency. No other expres
sions on the question were recorded.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. APRIL 3. 1004.
TRAINS COLLIDE;
TWO MEN KILLED.
EijirrM mid Freight Train Crashed
Toßother on the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Reading, Pa.. April 2.—Two persons
were killed and a dozen others In
jured in a collision between an express
train and a freight train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad near Pottstown
to-night. The dead are:
Andrew Fegley, Philadelphia, and a
man supposed to be Sig. Hirsch of
Baltimore.
The coal train was lying on a sid
ing, and the- engineer's orders, it is
said," were to wait for an accommoda
tion, and the express. The accom
modation passed, when the coal train
pulled out on the main track and the
express crashed into it.
Both engines were wrecked, a dozen
cqal cars were derailed and a bag
gage and a passenger car thrown down
an embankment. .
FOUR MOTIONS MADE
FOR M’BEE AND FINCH.
Continuance '.runted nud Other Mo
tions Considered.
Raleigh, N. C., April 2. —Four motions
were presented to the Superior Court
this afternoon by the attorneys of V.
E. Mcßee and K. S. Finch of New
York, charged with conspiracy in ob
taining a receivership for the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad, two
thirds state property. These were first,
for a bill ot particulars; second, to
quash the indictment; third, denying
the jurisdiction of the court and say
ing the case should be tried by the
federal court; fourth, asking for a con
tinuance.
The attorneys urged a continuance,
stating they were not ready, as they
had believed tnere w r as an understand
ing to stop the case. Mcßee filed an
affidavit alleging undue expenses in
running the road, making improper
contracts for supplies and giving free
passes to local attorneys off the line of
road and boarding people free at rail
road hotels. This the president of the
road denies in .1 telegram to-night.
Judge Brown agrees to a continu
ance of the trial and has the other
motions under consideration. The At
torney General is appearing with the
solicitor.
BREATHITT COUNTY”
HAS A NEW KILLING.
Nephew of Maremu Shot Down
Without Provocation.
Jackson, Ky., April 2. —News was
received here to-night that James
Johnson was shot and instantly killed
by Bummer Spicer, at the mouth of
Gorge creek, ten miles south of here.
Spicer was standing in a houseboat
in the river and Johnson on a sand
bar, and the shot was fired without
warning and apparently without provo
cation. Johnson was a nephew of J.
B. Marcum, who was assassinated in
the Breathitt county Court House door
a year ago, an'd Spicer is a cousin
of Sheriff Ed Callahan, a leader of
the faction which is charged with
bringing about Marcum's death.
The presence of the militia in Jack-
Json until nearly Christmas had a
quieting effect in Breathitt county.
Johnson is a son of Mrs. Mary John
son, sister of Marcum, who was an
important witness in the case against
Curtis Jett and Thomas White, con
victed of Marcum's assassination.
Spicer has been arrested.
RAILROADED THROUGH.
Pension Bills in Grcnt Number Pnim
cl the House.
Washington, April 2.—Three hundred
and nineteen pension bills were passed
by the House to-day in two hours. ‘An
other hour was devoted to rapid-fire
legislation by unanimous consent, in
which a large number of bridge bills
and other matters of minor importance
were disposed of. At the expiration of
this time Mr. Maddox of Georgia, who
had threatened to stop the proceed
ings by a point of “no quorum” when
the pension legislation was finished, in
sisted on the point and as there were
but few members present, the House
adjourned.
Bills were passed to authorize the
holding of a regular term of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for
the Western district of Virginia at
Big Stone Gap; granting the state of
Texas the light to place statues In
Statuary Hall of Sam Houston and
Stephen F. Austin.
Tennessee Republicans.
Knoxville, Tenn., April 2.—Republi
cans of the Second Congressional dis
trict met here to-day, and after se
lecting N. W. Hale and H. M. Lafol
lette as delegates to the National Con
vention, Indorsed President Roosevelt
and Congressman W. P. Brownlow for
national committeeman for Tennessee.
John B. Holloway of Morristown was
chosen district elector. N. W. Hale
Is Um nominee for Congress.
CONGRESS NEARING
ADJOURNMENT
SESSION MAY END NEXT WEEK
GORMAN SAYS ADJOURNMENT IS
HASTY.
Democratic Members Longing lor
Pol tl ten 1 Excitement—Concluding
Days of the Session Will Prohnlily
Be Devoid of Usual Wrangling
Over Appropriation Bills—Most of
These Bills Huve Been Agreed
I pon.
By R. M. Larner.
Washington, April 2.—The Demo
cratic issue, as developed during the
last six days, is the hasty adjourn
ment of Congress, when, as alleged,
there is important legislation to at
tend to. Mr. Gorman, the minority
leader in the Senate, virtually sprung
that in his speech Wednesday. . His
Democratic colts, who are hard to
keep under rein for a|iy one proposi
tion, are generally willing to agree to
that. Accordingly, they propose to
ring the changes oh this issue for
the remainder of the sassion, which
will probably be only two or three
weeks more, and see how it takes with
the country.
Asa matter of fact. Congress has
been in session now almost as long as
during the long session. It met this
year one month earlier than usual,
because of the extra session, and much
of the work of the regular session
was advanced thereby. Nevertheless,
anything that all Democrats can agree
upon, after having failed on the canal
issue and the issue against enlarging
the navy, is very acceptable. At both
ends of the Capitol they have been
perking up considerably of late, and
hope to make what has been a very
dull session from a political standpoint
and in a whirlwind of agitation.
Tlic Parker ami Hearat Rooms.
A strong revival of the Parker boom
in various states has also immensely
encouraged the Democrats In both
branches. They were very much cast
down by the Hearst successes. The
wealthy New Yorker’s invasion of’div
ers states was followed by the election
of Hearst delegates and for several
days there were many blanched faces
on the minority side of the Senate and
House. But the Hearst boom has
been checked, due to the heroic efforts
that were directed from Washington,
so the Democrats believe, and they
claim, with little dissent, that it looks
like very smooth sailing for Parker.
That makes them feel much better,
and gives them courage to dive into
debate critical of the administration.
Democrats often lament their lack
of discipline in Congress. One of the
very prominent Democrats in Congress
said to-day that if his party in the
Senate and House was as submissive
to discipline as the Republicans, won
ders could be accomplished. “We have
a mob in the Senate and in the
House," he added, “where the Repub
licans have a drilled army. The same
thing is true of the two parties gen
erally.
No Wrangling* in Sluht,
The concluding days of the session
of Congress will probably be devoid
of anv of the wranglings over appro
priation bills, which usually crop out
prominently at that period. Asa rule,
it is difficult to reach agreements on
appropriation bills until right at the
close of the session. Conferees will
talk and talk and the Senate men will*
hold out for their provisions and the
House men likewise and nothing is done
until the time is so short that some
thing must be done. This year, how
ever, has been an exception and most
of the appropriation bills are already
agreed upon by the conferees and
adopted by the two houses. The navy
bill and the sundry civil bill are usual
ly the bones of the greatest contention.
They will apparently be the case this
year, although not to the same extent
as heretofore.
The House Is always extremely Jeal
ous of the Senate for piling Into the
sundry civil bill many odds and ends
of legislation that failed to pass by
the regular channels. Therefore Uncle
Joe Cannon has declared that no reso
lution of adjournment shall be adopt
ed this year till the conference of the
sundry civil bill has been fixed up.
He doesn’t want his conferees driven
Into agreements, which otherwise they
would not make. But everything pro
well for an adjournment by
May 1, and it would be no surprise if
it were reached a little before that
date.
Conleetnnt I’rlolrnn.
Prioleau, the South Carolina negro
contestant for Representative Begare’s
seat in the House, is a constant vis
itor at the Capitol. He occupies a seat
in the far southwestern corner of the
House, and fills the chair of different
Republican members who are absent
from their seats.
Representative Cushman of Washing
ton, a warm friend of Mr. Uegare, and
several other of Mr. Leg are’s Republi
can friends, were chaffing him as to
Continued on Sixth Page.
NEGRO IS FOUND WITH
MRS. BURNS’JEWELRY.
Hail Her D. A. 11. I’in, Inscribed
YVHIi tier Name.
Chicago, April 2. —The first trace of
Mrs. John C. Burns since her disap
pearance from a Chicago hotel two
years ago was found to-day, when
James Taylor, a negro, was arrested at
Cincinnati. He had in his possession
Mrs. Burns' Daughter of the American
Revolution pin, engraved with her
name, as well as several articles of
jewelry which bore initals. The pris
oner is said to have disclosed the hid
ing places of other Jewels which are
alleged to have been the property of
Mrs. Bunts. The total value of the
property recovered is nearly $5,000.
About two years ago Mrs. Burns an
nounced that she was going away on
a short visit. Her husband was be
lieved to be in Europe. Taking sev
eral trunks, but leaving many of her
belongings in her rooms, Mrs. gums
left the hotel, giving instructions to
hold mail until she sent her forward
ing address. From that day to this
no word has been received from her
or her husband. •
Mrs. Burns was prominent as a mem
berof the Daughters of the American
Revolution and also was connected
with several women’s clubs, most of
the organizations to which she be
longed having been located in the
East, where she resided before coming
tc Chicago.
MAY HAVE BEEN THE
PALM BEACH INN THIEF.
'i'nyliir In Suspected of Having Rob
bed In Florida.
Cincinnati. April 2.—lt is believed
that in the arrest of James Taylor
here the police have solved the mys
tery of the big theft of jewels from
the Palm Beach Inn, at Palm Beach,
Fla., several weeks ago, in which New
York society people lost diamonds and
other valuables worth thousands of
dollars. Taylor attracted attention by
his lavish use of money here, and De
tectives Reed and Allen arrested him.
He had $93 in cash, two carat diamond
rings, valued at SSOO, some other jew
elry and several pawn tickets. In all
he had valuables to the amount of S7OO
on his person.
The pawn tickets were traced, and it
was found that he had pawned a dia
mond set badge of the Daughters of
the Revolution, on which the name
"Louise Burns” was inscribed.
Through the national headquarters ot
the order at Washington the detec
tives traced Mrs. Burns to New York
and learned that within the last few
weeks she visited New York, Wash
ington, Chicago and Palm Beach, Fla.
The New York police were asked to
investigate, and to-day Chief of Po
lice Millikin received a telegram from
Inspector McCluskey of New York,
asking that Taylor and the jewels be
held for Identification. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles W. Dabb and Mrs. Burns are
now en'route to this city to Identify
the jewels and Taylor, if possible.
It was stated that a few weeks ago
the ladles and gentlemen named were
guests at the inn at Palm Beach
when they and others were robbed
of a large amount of Jewelry, total
ing several thousands of dollars.
Among the pieces which had been
stolen were Mrs. Hums’ Daughters of
the Revolution badge and other pieces
which have been partly identified by
the description.
NEW OFFER WILL BE
MADE BY SULLY & CO.
Expected That the Creditors* Com
mittee Will Report To-morrow.
New York, April 2,-*-A meeting of
the creditors of D. J. Sully & Cos. to
consider the latest offer of a settle
ment made by the suspended firm may
be held as early as next Monday.
The committee representing the
creditors has been ‘holding daily con
ferences with Receivers Taft and Mil
ler at Sully’s offices, and it was stated
to-day that it probably will have
enough information to enable it to
make a report to the creditors gener
ally early next week. If that is so
Supt. King of the Cotton Exchange
will be asked to call a meeting on
Monday or Tuesday afternoon. At
that meeting the committee will make
a report, and it is probable that the
meeting will determine whether it
would be wise to accept the latest of
fer made by Sully.
FLORIDAOFFICERS
PURSUING HARDING.
lie Ik Under Arrest, en Houte (or
Cincinnati.
Tampa, Fla., April 2.—l* C. Harding,
accused of using the United States
mails to defraud and for whom the
Governor of Alabama two months ago
issued a requisition which the Govern
or of Florida refused to honor, was to
day brought before Commissioner
Crane and discharged, but was imme
diately re-arrested on a requisition
from the Governor of Ohio.
Detective Callahan left with the pris
oner at once for Ohio, but the state
officials are in pursuit with a writ
of habeas corpus issued by Judge
Wall.
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| WEEKLY 2-TIMOS-A-WE EK,sl A YEAR
DABNEY DEALS OUT
FACTS FOR SOUTH
ITS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
ABE SET FORTH IN AN ADDRESS
IIE DELIVERED.
Eilili-ntni- Iteclteii Ante-Bellum Con
ditions unit the Metunioriiln.' s the
War Canned—Pointed Out he ll
literaey of the Southern Staten,
Muhina Coniiniriaonn With Other
Sections Thinks That There
Should Bea Ulan ot National Aid.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 2. —Dr.
Charles W. Dabney, president of the
University of Tennessee and President
elect of the University of Cincinnati,
in an address before the Southern In
diana Teachers’ Association, in session
here, under the subject, "Educational
Needs of the South,” outlined the work
which has been taken up by those in
terested in the move of which he is
regarded the head and leader.
Much imoortance is attached to his
utterances on this subject, it is ex
pected great results to Southern edu
cators will follow from the address,
and that such hostility as was shown
formerly against the Blair bill will not
be used against the proposed methods.
Dr. Dabney, by way of introduction,
said that the present educational needs
ot the Southern people arise from clr-
cumstanees in the past, in the old
South there was a caste system 6t tour
general classes. The aristocracy ot
the wealthy planter and slave owners,
the small farmers living chiefly in the
hills, the poor whites of the low coun
try and the African slaves.
"The war not only freed the black
man, it freed the white man as well, '
said he. “It made a way for the small
farmers, liberated the poor, white man
from the bonds of a semi-feudal system
and established both for the first time
in full citizenship. It also freed the
minds and spirits of the aristocratic
class, and by throwing them upon their
own resources, made them a stronger
and better people.
“The old South, whose ruling class
was an aristocracy of land and slaves,
has given place to a political and in
dustrial Democracy, with no ruling
class. But herein lies our danger, and
out of this fact grows the snecial ne
cessity for a system of popular educa
tion, which shall train all of our citi
zens to think clearly and act fear
lessly, each for himself.
Retarded Sellout Development.
“The actual development of such a
system of free public schools was long
retarded by the conservatism of the
urlslocratlc class, which refused to
recognize the new Individual, and held
as long as possible to old Institutions
and ideals. It has been delayed fur
ther by the poverty of the people, by
the sparseness and consequent Isola
tion of the population and by the ab
sence of roads. But this new concep
tion of manhood has now caught the
mind of the plain man and will give
rise to a great new system of edu
cation, supported by all the people for
all the people.
“In 1900, out of the 8,500,000 whites,
10 years of age and over In the eleven
South Atlantic and Gulf states, in
cluding Tennessee,and Arkansas, 1,000,-
000 were illiterate. One-third of the
illiterates of the ynited States are
found in these states, which have only,
however, one-fifth of the population.
Of the 5,000,000 blacks in the same
states, 10 years and over, 2,500,000 were
illiterates. In the same states, of 4,-
400,000 males, 21 years of age, 1,100,-
000 were illiterate. More than one-half
of all the illiterate males of voting age
In the United States live in the South,
Disfranchisement can be only a tempo
rary good, a partial remedy for this
awful condition.
"Of the 4,000,000 white and the 2,500,-
000 black children in these states last
year, only 45 per cent, were in school
eighty or ninety days.
IVo Hew Minir Hill Wnntod.
“It Is not anew Blair bill that we
want; we rejected that long ago. I
hope for my part, that that particu
lar measure may never again be
brought forward, but that some plan
may be adopted which shall make the
wealth of the whole nation contribute
to the education and general social im
provement of all peoples who by rea
son of their poverty, their race, or
recent condition of servitude, or from
any other cause, have not been able
to take thetr place in the grand arrnj’
of American citizenship, or to catch
step with the march of modern pro
gress.
“Bvery Intelligent Southerner now
believes that the right kind of edu
cation makes the negro a more thrifty,
a more useful, a more moral and a
more law-abiding citizen, as it does
every other man. Every Southern
state is now committed by Us constitu
tion and laws to the principle of negro
education, and in their Legislatures
and courts they have so far success
fully resisted all proposals to divide
the school funds. In fact, the dis
franchisement acts are all working to
compel his education. The Southern
people will be fair to the negro In
these matters. Any other course of
conduct will not only dishonor, Nat
will Injure their own race.
Should Have National Aid.
“Any plan of national aid should pro
vide, not a largess for the South, but
a consistent, rational plan for up
lifting the retarded and depressed
populations in all portions of the coun
try. The people in some counties in
Maine and In New York are as illit
erate as those in the counties in the
South Appalachians. This is truly a
national problem, not one for the South
alone.
“Methods can also be found to aid
needy communities without paralyzing
their powers, either at initiative or
support. While we are helping the
Porto Ricans and the Philippines to
establish their schools, we should aid
our own neglected people whenever
they need assistance.”
ACHINESETwERE EASY
FOR THE DUTCH TROOPS.
Flir Hnndred and Forty-one of tle
.Native* Were Killed.
Amsterdam. April 2.—A dispatch to
the Telegram from Kota Raja, Islapd
of Sumatra, to-day announced that a
column of Dutch troops operating in
Achln (Northern Sumatra) engaged a
strong, entrenched body of Achinese In
the Gajocloeas district with the resuit
that 541 Achinese were killed.
The Dutch lost three men killed and
had twenty-five men wounded.