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„ XXXVI. NO. 19.
LAWIfcR MARCUM KILLED
ON STEPS OF COURT HOUSE
Reign of Terror in Breathitt County, Kentucky—Several
Other Persons, It Is Now Believed, Are Marked.
History of Cockrell-Hargis Feud.
Lexington. Ky., May 5 -Not a line is
being sent out of Jackson, Ky., by local
or resident correspondents for fear ot
the feudists A reliable man arrived t- -
day fr -m Jackson at Lexington, over the.
Lexington and Eastern railway, on being
promised by the Associated Press corre
spondent that his name should not be
used, said the conditions at Jackson wei «*
deplorable and renewed hostilities be
tween the friends of Marcum and those
now in power, are imminent.
No arrests have been made and no
efforts ire being made to apprehend the
nssass;ns. The wile of Marcum went to
see the dead body of her husband today
for the lirst tune, but Marcum’s friends
have been airaid to be seen taking any
interest in him.
Wiped Up Husband’s Blood.
Mrs. Marcum w« nt t < the court house
and wiped up the blood of her dead
husband with h«r handkerchief. Before
the shooting, two men suspected of ki<»
Ing others m tins feud in former yrais
passed Marcum. 'Then remarked to Mi
Ewen:
• I don't like the actions of those men;
I'm afraid they are up to something.’’
Subsequent].-, said th** informant, th- st*
two men, who are well known to the
oflicers and iht public, went out of the
< ji t house 1 • »r and reentered the build
ing by another door. Shortly after this
came the shots, the first striking Mar
cum in the back and the next in the
head. The indications are that the assas
sin ran close to the body and fired tlu
last shot at close range. Suspicion points
to three v. ► 11-known men, the third,
standing near Marcum ami giving the
signal. The case has been brought to the
attention of the United States marshal
hero, as Marcum was United States com
missioner. Governor Beckham will be
asked for relief, wh’le martial law is be
ing suggested.
Another pa-ssenger on the Lexington
and Eastern train, said he was an ey<
■witness to the shooting. Jl* says he can
_ aine the man wh > fired the ;ot Two
.T’rls r’»*re first arc! the court
J'ji:sa some time after the . hooting? No '
man has entered the court house as yet 1
to prosecute the search.
Wood G. Dunlap, of this city, left to
day for Jackson, Ky, as attorney for
• the fuslonists in the Breathitt county
< *on tested election cases. H» succeed.- as
c ounsel James B. Marcum, who was kill
ed in the court house yesterday while fil
ing papers In these cases. It is feared
hero that the proceedings at this time
•will pr< dpitate furthei trouble in the
<' irkrilhllargis feud in which half a
dozen lives have already been lost.
Others Are Marked.
A telegram from a member of the Har
gis faction to former Senator Alexander
Hargis, at Wim hester, said that Belvin
Ewen, who was talking with Marcum
yesterday when he was shot by the as
sassin in the Breathitt county court
I house, recognized tho murderer. It is
.lakeji that this message means that
■ Ewen lias born ‘ 'maiivdHe is a < ’nek
rill sympathizer. He owns the Ewen ho-
• to’ at Jackson and has considerable prop-
erty. Ewen when s* - n today positively
refused to say anything regarding the
shooting, except t > describe how they
were standing when the shuts were fired
Mo refused tn say who fired ihe shots or
who was r<••*gnize-i in the hallway of
’ I # '■ t
1 «. I and that
Ed Callahan and Co., .ty Judge Julie s
Hargis have been “mark' d.’'
Turn CockriU, who w.<> charg’d with
killing B-n Hargis a id in whose* defense
Mr. I 1 B. •ax and Jim Cork rid lost fh-dr
]jv»*s. is ];• re having returned from tho
Eornwr Town Mar.-Hal John Brown. by
the killing of M i be n brough!
Into th* fond, ns I »... famLies f
T’nstmast r T>. I>. Hur-!, and -f the Lit
tles. “up nf the ohi ' families in the
feud.
Kep- Cockrell and Hargis Apart.
Bv blocking Tom < in the negro
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THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. i
Atlanta, Ga, 1
[ compartment of the smoking car today
the conductor of the Louisville and Nash-
I Ville east-bound train prevented a nieet
! ing between the sole survivor of tiw
I Cockrells a young man ot far in his
twenties- and Alex Hargis. Cockrell
I killed Ben Hargis about one year ago
; when the Hargis-Co, krvll feud was es
' peclallj bitt.-r. and James Covk.- 11, the
I town marshal who was assassinated
I from the com t hous • steps at Jackson
i hist July, was bis brotiwr.
Hargis is one of the three surviving
■ brotilers who gave the name to one of
tile factions. H< boarded the train at
! | Winches, r. bound for Jackson, where
1 ; the assassination of J B Marcum had
1 reopr n* d :r ■ 1 etid Al <»n< m y. t ’<>> krell,
. ! wh > is a voluntary exile from Breathiit
; county, boarded the train at Richwood.
. climbing on the front steps of the lor-
I ward ear. In his hand he carried a •!•!-
I calibre Colt's revolver. Realizing in
istantly that a meeting would probably
I mean a tragedy, the conductor locked
i COekrell tn the negro comparimt ut at
Walker creek, a small flag station. Cot k
roll ..prar.g from the window of this
| coach, leaped behind the depot and se
-1 cured rest for hi.- pistol, cue. ing the
’ lint of windows in tne coaches. Hargis
, was not in sight as the train passed on.
Whether Cockrell intended to be the
' aggressor or on the defensive In bis ac
tions cannot be stated.
Ewing' Shot To Death.
Lexington, Ky.. May 9. A report reach-
. d Winchester from Jackson tonight that
i J, B. Ewen was issasslnatcd from am
i bush at sundown, but the report i in
l not be confirmed tonight, as Jackson can
I not be reached by telephone or telegraph.
I Ewen was standing in the court house
door with J. B. Marcum, when the latter
i was killed last Monday, and, it has been
. said, recognized the assassin.
Later information from Winchester
I says that B. .1 Ewen was shot while
i washing his face on his back porch at j
I Jackson atsundown. The assassin was
cont < ale in bushes near Ewen's house.
> it . .uld not be s'ated whether the wound
i was fatal, but that the shooting occurred.
; was said to tome from a reliable source.
Jackson ■ .n;rl not be rcachd by tele
phone or tek'giaflb after S o'eP ..k.
! rial corresp. n tents had 'ft the place
; at noon ami re. ident correspondents have
■ feared to send out news since Marcum I
i was assassinated.
Ewen Still Exists.
I Louisville, Ky.. May 10.—Private tele- .
I grams received from Jackson and Lex
. Ington, K> . state that •he rep ■ t
an attempt had been made to assassinate
J. B. Ewen, who was with Marcum wlnn
;be was shot, is untrue. A curious feature ]
i of the affair transpired today when an ,
I interview with Ewen was published by ;
j The Courier-Journal. The correspond
: ent published it on receiving information .
that Ewen was dead. Ewen, according
' to the story, retracted his first Interview,
■ feigning Ignorance of the assassin’s iden- :
i tity. given out in the presence of a incm- !
I her of the Hargis faction He told the
reporter that he recognized Marcum's
nen w is stand
ing near Marcum when the shots were ■
tired. He made tile second statement with .
I the understanding that It should be pub- :
llsimd when he "shomd be out of harm's ;
" ai __
Jett Captured Without Trouble.
i Lexington. Kj . May 10. The capture '
I of Curtis Jett, charged with the assass!- i
nation of J. B Marctlrn in Jackson Mon- 1
day, was accomplished without bloodshed i
;at 3 o'clock Sunday morning He is now ;
in the Clark county jail at Winchester. ,
• Bearing a warrant which had been j
i sworn out by Sam Jets. uncle of Uhe I
. accused. Sheriff McC'nord and a posse t
i of .- >ven left Winchester at midnight I
j Sunday. Reaching Jackson's ferry, 10
i miles distant, at 2:30 a. m., they put
! away their buggies ami crossed the Ken
tucky river to Madison county in canoes.
' They proceeded on foot to the home
of Mrs. A. Haggin, Jetts mother. 2
I miles from the ferry. Six of the posse j
were stationed around the dwelling and .
Sheriff McChord end Deputy Stockly
approached the front door and knocked.
Jett s mother answered, and after some
parley, admitted that Curtis was within.
I They were admitted and found Jett
; awake, but still in bed He shook hands
■ with the aherlff and said that be would
; give no trouble. Reaching under his pll
; low he drew out his pistol and turned it.
I over to his mother to keep. He made
i no show of resistance and was landed in
| jail at Winchester at fi a. m.
Jetts stepfather, A. Hag'gln, charges
■ that when Jett reached his house lust
, night from Jackson lie proceeded to
| draw his pistol on him and ordered him
Ito get out of the neighborhood, llaggin ;
1 went to Richmond ami swore out a war- :
i rant charging Jell with breach of Hie
! peace bj assault wjth a pistol. In the '
: jail today Jett was communicative on ail
; matters save the killing ot Marcum. "1 11 I
j get out of this ail rignt. ' was lite only i
statement he would inaKe that could be i
I construed as a reference to tlie charge.
| He .-aid lie wanted to be tried In Breathitt
'county. lie was bitter in denouncing
I his uncle who had him arrested, am! said
■that the score would be evened up when
| he was at liberty.
i When asked in reference to the sta.te-
I ment that five men would testify that
, hi killed Marcum, he simply .sneered and
I replied: "What's that to you?” To
! Sheriff Mct 'hord he was equally non
| communicative as to ,the Marcum trag-
i Jett Is 28 years old, athletic In build
with deep set. keen eyes and has bushy
red hair. That he submitted to arrest
was an agreeable surprise to the officers,
who feared an encounter. Jett denied
that he drove his stepfather from home,
fie will be arraigned Tuesday and it is
supposed will be transferred to the Jack
son district for trial.
DODGING ASSASSINS
MARCUM LIVED LONG
lc \ i n*.: I .Hi. Kt May 6 (Special.) j
James B. Marcum, who was done to death I
by assassins as a result of his sympathy !
with the Cockrell faction in the Hargis- i
, Cockroil feud, h id been living for many
i months at the very door of the violent
death Im has just met.
: About the middle of November he had
I occasion to confer with Governor Beek
| ham concerning the appointment of a spe
-1 clal judge to try an election contest In
which he represented the republican con
testants. The Lexington jind Eastern
train leaves Jackson about 1 o’clock in
the afternoon and. surrounded by a guard.
I composed of his wife and infant, baby and
his son in law, he was escorted by a rear
path to the railway station and boarded
tlie train. On his return to Jackson ho
alighted from the train several hundred
feet from the depot and crossed the
river over auditor bridge and was safely
barricaded ir. his own home. He assign
ed for liis reason for not leaving Jack
son. as dozens of refugees bad done be
fore. that he owned hundreds of acres o;
I valuable timber lands in am! around
■ Breathitt county, and said that if Ito did
i not remain there to protect the property
! the tim’vr would bo stolen. His friends
J at Jackson and all over the state urged ;
him to leave the city and comity forever.
I i'or a wiii'e he considered moving his of
fice to Beattyville, a few miles from .1 i k
j son. Beattyville > ruled by republican
I oifieials. and Mr. Marcum had hosts oi
friends there. lie also had friend.-; nt '
' Jackson, but he always dec’ared that ho ;
and his friends wore unwilling to proc- ;
; lice the same methods of exterminating '
' mankind Hint ids enemies had practiced. :
The Election Contest.
| In the last county elections In Kentucky .
; a contest arose between the republican :
; and democratie claimants to several of
fices in Breathitt county. Mr. Marcum
i had always represented the Hargis fa"-
j lion, the head of which family was Jam s
Hargis, now tlie democratic county judge.
I In the election contest Mr. Marcum fij.il
ed to take sides for a time, but finally I
I became engaged as counsel for tlie repub- ,
i Bean contestants. He himself at that i
: time was United States commissioner, and I
j was an intense republican. It thus be- :
I came necessary for him to antagonize '
I tile Hargis faction of tin feud, tne jil'in-
I cipal leaders of which were Judge Janies
| lia'gi - and Ed Callahan, the sli-.-iiIT.
Still the cloud of actual hostilities lid
' not hang over the little c lty until the
I assassination of Dr B. D. Cox. a lead-
I ing physician. Dr. Cox was riddled with
j bullets one night about 8 o'clock, two
| y ears ago. He was the guardian of Tom
Cockrell, who until a short time before)
had been town marshal and was at that
time charged with killing Ben Hargis.
Cockrell was removed from the, office d
town marshal and James Hargis was ap
pointed In his place. Mr. Marcum and
the Cockrells were intimate friends, and
.Marcum represented Tom Cockrell. It
was last July that James Cockrell was
shot down from the court house.
Marcum’s Affidavit.
Shortly after the assassination of James
Cockrell Mr. Marcum filed a sensational
1 affidavit in the office of the circuit clerk,
i asking for a change ot venue for Tom
Cockrell to some o.ther county. It was
In this affidavit that Marcum declared
that he was marked fir death. He said
that several attempts to take his life
had been frustrated in time to save him.
ai d ..Inn i? he -hr’.ild n?i ea' “
court house or in range vj' the court
, house he would be In danger of assas
! sination, and that he was informed, and
| he then produced affidavits to prove,
1 that a conspiracy existed having as its
' object his assassination.
j Aside from his office of United States
) commissioner Mr. .Marcum was a trustee :
' of the Kentucky State college, and was j
i attorney for the Lexington and Eastern :
. railroid and tor large mining and laii’A
I interests.
Many of. Hie relatives of the Cockrells ;
: loft the country on account of tlie fetid. )
j They sold their homes and lands for :
' anything they could get. It is estimated :
] that twenty-five or more refugees have
; left tlie county. There tire others con-
■ nested remot «y with one faction pr the j
| other who visit Jackson only in tlie day- '
I time.
Sin'e the assassination of .l imos Cock
i reli business in the little hamlet has
' been almost paralyzed. Residents of !
1 Jackson almost to man keep within the '
' bounds f their own homes night, and )
trt praet 'ally de?erted
; It is said that, at least, forty deaths
; have resulted directly and Indirectly from ;
I tlie feud within the past two years.
Interview with Mr. Marcum.
i On November 14, last, Mr. Marcum
) visited Lexington and ar. that time sub- ■
i mitted to an interview, in which he )
) graphically’ described the alleged plots
, against his life His story follows in
, full as he repeated it:
"I will begin my story with last March,
■when persistent rumors stated that Dr.
i Cox and 1 wet - ., slated to lie assassinated.
I Dr. Cox and I diseussed these rumors j
freij',l ntly. and finally came to the con
clusion that they were groundless. I I
went to Washington and stayed a month. !
While 1 was there Dr. Cox was assas- j
sinated.
"I was attorney for Mose Feltner. On ■
the night of May 30 he came to my house )
i in Jackson and stated that he had en- ;
j tered Into an agreement with certain ofil- !
dais to kill me and that his accomplices
were to be three men, whom he named.
He said that their plan was for hirn to
entice me to my office that night and
for him to waylay ma and kill me. Ho
said that they had provided him with a
shotgun and $35 to give me. He displayed
the gun. which had never been shot, and
also showed the money. I know that
ho did not previously have the money.
"Four Rifles Hidden.
"A few mornings later Feltner took me
to the woods near by and showed ma
four winchester rifles, concealed there,
and stated that he and three companions
had been leaving them there in the day
time and carrying them at night to kill
[ me with.
i "Os course, he did not Intend to kill me,
j but by pretending that lie would assassl
. nate me. ho said, these, officials had guar-
I anteed him immunity from punishment :
) in the Fields case. And lie continually
I led them on in this belief to secure their
| protection, ail the time warning me of
plans to kill me. He could visit me with
out arousing suspicion, as he was my’
client and supposed to pretend friendship
for me.
"(in the following morning I sent my
wife and little boy byway of a deep
ravine 200 yards from my house, in good
rifle range. This was the only place as- j
.-assins could conceal themselves and kill I
me at my home, for by’ this time I had i
censed visiting my office, and their only i
chance was to kill me at my home. It :
was early In the morning, and when my
wife and son arrived at the ravine four i
men, carrying guns, ran away. My son '
recognized two of them, lint did not rec- I
ognize tlie other two, one of whom Felt
ner later said was himself.
Tried To Leave Jackson.
"Finally’ I decided to leave Jackson. In
the early evening I went to the Arling
ton hotel with my wife and made ar
rangements to lie rowed amiss the river !
to tin tunnel early the next morning and !
board the train unobserved. Later in the |
night Feltner eame to my room and '
i stated that the party I had seen had ■
I told them Iha t I was preparing to leave ■
town, and that certain officials thereupon )
| placed four men at. tlie depot, two men i
I at the tunnel and two men at tile railway j
j station to kill me. i took his word anil j
j did not attempt to leave town. I sent ■
tlie next morning tor my wife and baby |
and carried baby in my arms to my
office and at 7^a from there to my home.
I was later informed by Feltner that a
party was waiting in an upper room of
a store to kill mo. Ho wanted to shoot
ATLANTA, GA., MONBAY, MAY 11, 1903.
me with n rifle, but others Insisted that '
lie use a shotgun, saying that Dr. Cox i
had been killed wit', a shotgun. After '
1 passed by they asked the man with the
gun why he did not shoot, and he an- :
swered that with a shotgun he would
have killed the baby, but if they had 1
let him httve bls w . an I been given a
rifle lie would have ■ lint me through the 1
head without endangering the baby.
"The night previoi :•■ my decision to
lenve Jackson my si-i. r i-amo to mo and
warned mo that anothir plan had been i
formed to kill tne. I! >r Informant was :
Mose Feltner, who w: - cngiged until a '
I late hour in dlscu.:;: g the best plan.
When this mooting . i' luniod it was to-,
late for hint to come r> my house, on 1
so he w’ent to my s •■ ■'s nouse in sock
feet and told her.
Again Warned.
"I was awai; ne.i - ■■ ~p Sunday
morning, June j.’ i . ■ n,:. r who
had ridden IS tnii's p-.t niglii to Ining
me a not.- from n !'>':• nd, who was also ■
a friend of my enein - h,.,| W ;is in ;luir
i councils. The not.- h • -.| that two ar n .
I would come to town s ollov ing 'I ies
; day morning; tli.it ■ ~i- v..oild adjourn
lat noon and that .. ic. nip! w'ouiil be
I made to a sassinate ; the afternoon. ■
. I knew the men in ution. d had been 1
j out of town, ’out did • . believe that I
i court would adjourn ■ ip. following
! Saturday. I asked . . . . member of lb"
) bar, and their 'in : ni.r. is opinion was
that court would ho:.. . Hi! i'riday or’Sal- .
i urday. ami this .sa :■, ■ e,union of :iio
circuit clerk. I ' my "a ads ahead
‘ Tuesday morning an i .1 out to I.my 's
store, near the —ri ■. they having
I reported that tin- win- w.i char. I found
) that the rm n ~.•:••• od kill me hid ar-
I rived in town. I win homo at 10 1
o’clock, for it was then getting too close
Ito niy funeral time. .-hh i adjourned )
: just as the clock
I ! do not mean io ■ ■ u an." reflecti ns i
' Upon tlie judge. 1 in mi mv roo.n that I
I day. i
I "On another o■■ .: ■ 1 slipped away I
i to visit n.y .- ister's b on th v. ay I '
I met a sympathizer of I . whoso enmity :
i I had incurred. I de iid not to return '
: and sent my two . i ■ and wifi ahead. ,
| They passed by a ravine on the wav >
‘ and there saw two m armed with guns.
Later they turned " 'heir lights and
observed one man *ni,. bls station In
front of my house, and the other, both
still armed, and ft : lime dressed ns
women, below my v. i - i w in an adjoin
ing garden.
A Wal’ninef on Sunday.
"Last Sunday morning a messenger
came to my bouse at <: . light H< ha i
been sent by a neu:- party who did
not want me killed. :1c told mo that
two men had arrived the night before
and W'-ro t. have i: n a Iron 1 room
in a house near by ami from there am
bush me. The next, morning I observed a
■window raised aboic 4 Inches and the
curtain drawn, in w ; i b position the win
dow and en: ‘in b remained since.
The men occupy rm ms, ami I suppose )
the front room iri ..t house, f have :
not even be
■ rived the TH :-Ml
Marcum Dead n Warning Came.
A messenger who 1< ft the interior of i
Breathitt county at dawn Monday to )
bear warning to Attorney J. B. Marcum i
that a. plot had been forme ; to kill him !
the night before reached Jwk ■-n a few )
l minutes after the assassin's bullet had '
j crashed through Marcum's 'rain and
i heart as he stood In the court door. 1
j During Sunday night Edward -c oiig, a j
i friend of Marcum, was inform'.: that a I
I conspiracy had been entered into at a ;
i meeting of several d’:-p. ia to mon at a '
I blind tiger 3 miles from Jackson to as- :
stis.-inat" Mart :m Monday. At Tiylight
t me
j formation to the attorney, who lay de.id i
' when he arrived, '1 his statement was
. made by Mrs. Mure an in :n; interview
today. It' the meeting at the blim.l tiger
| Sunday night told of 1. Um- widow can be ■
i proved the assassin ami the plotters may '
i yet be known
i Any Investigation mast be strictly’ with- )
in legal bounds, and it may be Impossible. ;
even then, to make pi.-opie feel secure in :
I telling what they know.
i A newspaper man who arrived from I
| Jackson tonight described the situation :
i there by saying:
' "The town may be compared only to
! a man sitting on a bar: el of powder in .
) a shower of sparks. W c-n the explosion
: will come no one knows, but 1 heli- I
it i sinevitable. At least three men know )
■ who assassinated Janes Marcum, nml,
though they .-iro .dent, j js . d tlieir ;
) doom is sealed, Su< h knowledge in i
! Breathitt county means de.uh or exil". |
i There are also others left who know wiio |
' r.ssassinatoil Jim Uockrei:. Tlmv will not i
Ibe overlooked. I: tle se people remain, j
i or there is tlie possibility of a rigid in-'
j vi stigatlon by the lav. I believe that ;
I they will lie put out ■ f the way at an i
I early day Si vmal tamili.-s o pr' i u )
: ing to follow tlie exam co of more than I
I fifty people who. during tlie last, six i
| months, have fled the country. Male
members will leave Immediately and
xvhen they have fmind a home tlie women
and children w'll foilov, ■
A dispatch from Jackson. Ky., says
that tlie people not involved in the. feud
contemplate calling on Governor Beck
ham to bring peace to Breathitt county.
It is expected that the contingent xvith
which Marcum was allied, which includes
the influential faintly of Postmaster
Hurst. Marcum's father In law, are unit
ing against the Cockrell family with a
x’leiw of precipitating a fight. Conserva
tive citizens yx’ho are acquainted with
either family do not express surprise at
the report.
NEGRO MAIL CARRIER WARNED.
Washington. May 7. (Special.) Serious
trouble broke out in a new place in the.
liost.ifflce Jepartment today. Postmaster
i General T’ayne received telegrams from
postal officials in Tennessee, slating that
John C. Algood, a negro rural free de
livery carrier at Gallatin, had been holo
up while performing ids duty, by masked
men, and told to leave the service at
once under threats of death.
Postmaster General Payne has suspend- j
i ed the service on tlie route, pending in
' vestigation. He looks upon the matter
as very serious, as there are many negro
' carriers m tlie rural free delivery dls
i tricts of tlie south and a suspension ot
I tlie largo part of the service is possible
' if tho white people maintain their pres
-1 ent attitude. The incident may become
1 a second Indianola case. The news of the
| affair rea med the postmaster general to
day in tlie following telegram from Post
master 11. Swaney, of Gallatin:
"Carrier rural route one, while making
trip today, was held up by masked men.
Ordered not to make another trip. Ad-
BUYING MEXICAN DOLLARS.
El Paso, Tex., May 7. i'rom persons
i closely in touch with tlie official circles <
’ from Mexico it is learned that It is the i
: purpose of that government to pertna j
; nent.ly establish the value of its silver
| dollar at stl cents in gold. That is the
; proposition with which the monetary
, commission xyill have to deal.
Many speculators are buying large
quantities of silver dollars with the ex
pectation of reaping a rich harvest when
the permanent value is settled. T’ois ac
counts in a. measure for tho recent phe
nomenal advance of Mexican money.
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T DOE> HE LISTEN TO TnE EUSY BEE? \
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How doth the little busy bee Lrorn near and far you hear 'em cry— •
Toil on while we’re delaying, "What messag'e does he bring me?” *
And catiav 4,i.e citizen to asa. 0, bus-y Whet word for-
- ® ?
• "What is it that you’re saying?” Pray, hurry uy and sting me!;’ •
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FINANCIERS AIM IS TO]
BEAT TEDDY. I
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Morgan, Hill and Others Down on ;
Roosevelt Because of His Anti- |
Trust Ideas—Cleveland Is
Saia To Be Morgan’s
Candidate.
Boston, Mass., May s.—(Special. j
’oterle of big Boston and New York !
■ fitianci' rs, Including J. P. Morgan and '
.j. J Hill, but not Including Harriman, i
. are looking around for a candidate to '
| lent Roosevelt because of bls anti-trust 1
!Ideas.
; A. careful canvass has just been com- j
I pleted for thorn which shows that Bryan ’
’ I i ly not be able to dictate the next dem- '
:o ratio nomination, and the combination
| de-ided to finance a Cleveland boom.
I Judge Parker has been used merely as
I i "chair warmer” for Cleveland, Mor-
I gan’s candidate for president. He is to
be pushed steadily from now on. If the
financial interests confirm the news they
have just received from a high demo
cratic source, that the next democratic
platform will not be based on allver.
So far Cleveland's direct assent has
not been squarely asked. It has been
rather taken for granted. Their alm Is |
anything to beat Roosevelt.
PARTY MAY NAME CLEVELAND.;
LOOKS THAT WAV TO SENATOR
MARK HANNA.
! Ohio Senator Thinks There Is Much
Significance in the Cleveland ;
Revival at St. Louis.
Chicago. Ills., May 4.—(Special.)—Sena
tor Marcus A. Hanna Is not a candidate
for the republican nomination for presi
dent next year. He concedes the distinc
tion to President Roosevelt. Ho thinks
j there Is much significance In the Cleve
land revival nt St. Louis last week.
"This Cleveland revival certainly looks
significant,” he said.
”I.io you regard Mr. Cleveland as a
democratic possibility?”
"Yes, I think he Is.”
"Does it look to you as If he would get
the nomination?"
"One can't tell this far ahead what a
convention will do.”
"Do you think a party would go on
record for a third termer?”
"It might.”
"Do you think Mr. Cleveland could
be elected?”
"Oh, that's another thing."
"Your friends seem to be talking a
great dcil about the likelihood of your
; nomin.'ition.'
| "Oh. it is only my foolish friends who
: are doing that.”
"Then you will not be a candidate?”
"No, f will not be. I shall not meet
any of the political leaders hero. I came
only to attend the meeting of the civic
f, deration.”
Senator Hanna delivered an address to
the students at the Armour institute and
shook hands with hundreds of friends
who flocked to the hotel.
! CLEVELAND SIDESTEPS
THE QUESTION.
•
. In His Anstver the Former President
I Says He Has Had No Desire for
Third Term, but Rtates
Nothing as to the
Future.
’ Athens. Ga., May 9.—-(Special.) The
I Athens Banner mads a poll of the (jusl-
I ness men of this city a few days since
■ In regard to their preference as to the
| democratic nominee.
1 The result of the poll showed that fully
160 per cent of the business men of Athens
were outspoken In favor of the nomina
tion of Mr. Cleveland, the remaining 40
I per cent being divided among a number
1 of prominent democrats of the country,
and fifteen out of one hundred expressing
no choice.
Editor 13. F. Holder, Jr., of The Banner,
wrote Mr. C'leevlaud a letter, stating the
result of the poll and Inclosing clippings
from The Hanner relating to the matter,
closing his letter with the following ques
tion:
Are you now considering, or would
you consider, making the race for the
presidency next year on the democratic
ticket?”
To this letter Mr. Cleveland has sent
the following reply;
? ”B. F. Holder, Jr., Esq., Athens,
Ga—Dear Sir: I thank yo_ji for your
letter of the 4th Instant, and for the
’ editorial clipping from your paper
t which accompanied It. I can not
' fall to be gratified by the kindly
I expressions which frequently come to
me in these days from ah parts of
the country, and I desire to thank
you for your loyal support hi the past
and for your exceedingly friendly
expressions nt. this time
| "In answer to the question with
( w’hlch you conclude your letter. I can
C’’ no more than to assure yon that
: time since, the close of my last
administration have 1 been desirous of
c'”rying thn democratic banner for
tjm X-pnrth time in a presidential con
test. Yours very truly.
‘’GROVER ' ’I,EVELAND,
"Princeton. N. J.. May 6. 1903.”
This Is regarded here as the most sig
nificant statement made by Mr. Cleve
land In connection with the democratic
nomination since the expiration of his
last administration as president of the
United States. Prominent citizens here
who have seen the letter today are as a
unit In the belief that Mr Cleveland is
willing and ready to make the race for
the presidency on the democratic ticket
next year.
Lava Spouts from Colima.
Mexico City. May 9.—Colima volcano
continues in violent eruption. People at
Tuxpan are tn a state of great alarm.
On the evening of the 7th there was a
terrific eruption and a violent outpouring
of lava occurred at fl o'clock. The next
morning a torrent, of lava flowed out of
the western slope of the mountain. There
was still another eruption on the after- I
noon of the same day The government !
has confirmatory telegrams.
To The Hague Protocols Go.
Washington, May 7.—The Venezuelan
protocols, submitting the question of
preferential treatment to The Hague
tribunal, find also protocols for the mixed
commission at Caracas, were signed at
the British embassy shortly before 7
p. m. by Minister Bowen, Ambassador
Herbert. Minister Sternburg and Ambas
sador Mayor des Planches.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
ONLY FEW FAVOR
I CLEVELAND.
' Those Opposed Say Cleveland’s Nom
ination Would Be Tantamount
to Political Suicide—Some
View His Candidacy as
a Huge Joke.
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• Democratic nat -n.il cm
• men on Cleveland s Candida
• Xit’/nYu-? in fn r : ; m;::;
d nosed, 17; non-committal. S. *
? “Grnver Cleveland made th-- -= *
e presktnt the c-.intry ov -
• I al.- > am of the < • a
j • would mike < strong indie a
• he
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• mitteem.iri from N"w Y ■ k e
? "To nominate Mr <" v.d.-w 1 i *
? e
a 1901 wmiM o to put •
• Hercules In the hands of t- ■ •
? publicans. ' Clark How- 1- £
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s Georgia. «
• "Frankly, I have not Ing
• —John R. McLean, demo,-,".
« tlonal committc >rr n from 1 o
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Chicago, May 10.—(Special W I
Grover Cleveland be the chcl •© cl
democratic party for standard be?’’ ■■■
In 1901? Leaders differ. But the ar-- ■
quoted excerpts, crisp and brief ns
are, epitomize the sentiment of promln---;
democrats concerning the possibility a
wisdom of Mr. Cleveland’s candirbie:
assuming that ho Is willing to h.i
name used. Os the twenty-eight demo
cratic national committeemen inter, i-'w
iby correspondents of The Record-H ra I
j three expressed themselves strong).
favor of placing the ex-presiden'' - nan
I before the democratic cmv ti n, -••vc
teen manifested decided opposition 'if- i
there are eight who declined to ■ -li
mit themselves. In some install .- t'
attacks upon Mr. Cleveland are
From other quarters coma the vvirme i
praise and a manifestation of the m>s.
friendly spirit.
That the interest In this talk about
Cleveland is widespread there can be
no doubt. That the bee is buzzing •
generally suspected. Whether Mr. "it-vc.
land put it in his hat or allowed some
one else to do so is the question And
that the question puzzles the n.iti-.n'-
democratic committeemen is manifest.
LIST OF THOSE FOR’
AND AGAINST CLEVELAND
The three committeemen who believe
that Mr. Cleveland would make as strong
a candidate as the democratic party
could propose are Norman E. Mark, of
New York; John S. M. Neil, of Mon
tana, and James B. Eaton, of North
Dakota.
Those opposed to him are Thomas Ga
han, of Illinois; D. C. Dunbar, of Utah;
Adrilr Wilson, of Colorado; Urey Wood-
