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PENROSE HAS SIGNED
LIBELBILL,
Says Application of the Law Is Not
Confined to Citizens, but Affects
All Reputable Citizens,
Holds Press Responsible
for Crimes.
Harrisburg, Pa., May 12.—Governor Pen
nypacker approved the Grady-Salus libel
bill today and at the same time issued
n long statement giving the reasons for
bls action. The bill, which was in the
governor's hands for more than a month,
goes into effect immediately and it re
peals all laws or parts of laws inconsist
ent with the new act.
The governor claims in his statement
there is nothing in the terms of the meas
ure which prevents any newspaper from
making such comments upon legislative
Erasures or upon the official acts of state,
municipal. eouhty or public officers as are
pr : information of the public or are In
the !in<- of legitimate public discussion.
Continuing he says:
“The bill in its application is not con
fit • ■ offici tls, bin aff< cts a s well the
i iiz n or business man. whoso conduct
c.. itutes no part of the right of the
public to information The corporation
It: er who ha.-, been falsely charged with
ci ,:i > . the manufacturer who is falsely ac
cus- d of bring a drunken brawler; the
" a wlm.-.- domestic griefs have be. n
unfeelingly paraded, or whose chastity
impreoerlj suspected; the student who
b n : i.sell* aeciis--,! <>f miir.i, r; the
■rg.vmui who has been cruelly maligns.,;
• quiet citizen whose peace of mind has
h< i n destroyed by the publication of evil
gost'.,.; the merchant whose credit. has
'■'ii .ifioet'd by groundless rumors; the
S-Ifferers from wreckless but not neecs
.‘.iril*. malicious publications, are given
t r light not to prohibit publicotion. but
to re,- >ver damages which they have sus
’■lin-u. provided they prove negligence or
'■'* '• ■ i- 'i'e on the part of the publish-
ing m wspapers.
Pennypacker Give.' Instances.
■ All of tiiese are instances of what
‘ ’ |! '■ recently occurred A mayor
‘ , ■■■ ■ ity has b'.-n called traitor,
senator f the United States has been
yokel with sodden brain,
-•I*-. wiT:::; to last quarter of a century
two pre i.'lvnts of the United States have
.*■ I, nmrd rd .md in each instance the
was ea y traeeable to Inflatnma
b r.\ ami earei, ss newspaper utterances.
A .irto-m In i lailv Journal of May 2
: i 'll with entii,- pre
eisioti Ai. ugly attic dwarf representing
the governor o; the commonwealth stands
on a crude stool. The stool is subordi
nate to and placed alongside a huge
printing pre ' with wheels as large as
tho*-* ■ of an ox team, and all are so
lit ranged as* to g;\>* in,. idea that when
i o press starts the stool and its occu
i mt will be thrown to the ground.
‘Put into words, .he cartoon asserts to
the world that the pr, s is above the law
and greater in *: igih than the govern
ment. No .- ,*!( r* sp. it,ng people will per
mit such ar. attitude to be long main
tained. In England a century ago the
' if,mb. r would have been drawn and
quartered and his head stuck upon a pole
without the gates. In America today
this is the kind of arrogance which
S 'tn 1 fme a '.III."
'I he governor says If such abuse of the
prlvil' g. s allowed to the press is to go
unpunished, if such tales are permitt"d
to be pour'd into the ears of men t.> be
profitable it is idle to contend thin reput
able le wspapers < nri retain their purity.
He als , says that many years experi
ence on the bench has Jed him to the con
eiusion tii.it crime, ar,: widely propa
gated not by rhe malice, but by the reek
:■ sm-ss of the press and. that In certain
classes of cases, among them murder, the
.■l'Ciisod were at times convicted or .ac
quitted before they reached tho court,
room.
Governor Pennypack'T says the repu
t able press need have n ■ feir of the oper
ation of the law. but that it will have
I repressive effect upon the evil tenden
cies of modern journalism.
AMERICAN ZOLLVEREIN:
SHALL WE HAVE ONE?
By Wharton Barker.
Tin these days much is said about
trade expansion and all kinds of reci
procity treaties are urged. Men who
want to foster some special trade press
'ir.itb's t , !»wm trade on unnatural lines.
We In, . • embarked on n policy in tho
J nr East that opens a path that In my
judgment is not for us true trade ex
?i*i'i''a If the Philippines produced ar
■ cl. ;- that cannot be raised advanta
geo .si, nearer lmme it would be to one
iterest to buy fr in them. But of such
products there is only one. tho far-famed
manila hemp, which it. has so far been
u'd ii'O>‘*'ssible to successfully grow
c ; side the Philippines. So outside of
trade in manila hemp we can expand our
trade with the Philippines only at the
expense of our trade with the West In
dies and South .America, which, by its
r. : ;:*■?, must be. most advantageous trade.
Trade with the Philippines is in unnatu
ral channels. What we need to extend
cur foreign trade In profitable directions
is not territorial expansion, but a customs
union with all the .Americas. The only
argument set forth to support tho policy
of buying tropical products in the Ear
East is to avail of the cheapness of these
pro.;., *is. .1 .»;•’>• s due to cheap labor
o ■
ch.is- in th .-•> m.irk"’.-* w» must suffer
the paid
transportation at
v. .
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in ■ riental markets, as compared to
Stout
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bet w
the pi ist, the mot e
dist. >wer
brin-
tries nisphere. which for us are
■gr- — r"T"l * Great Di<tro\cry
8k _ - DROPSY
‘ * ’ KEDwi-h regulable
m£x'" r*n>r<! !e<;. i-nt rr L \ harm
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I I rial tre .' nient Iti r
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Id CURES WHERE ALL ELSE LAUS. |SJ
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Q tn time. Fold by druggists. Pjl
w>3
much the nearer markets, of course,
where cheapness is not due to cheaper
labor but to some natural cause, then it is
to our advantage to avail of such cheap
ness. In other words, where any other
people have a natural advantage over
us in the production of some article, and
that, advantage enables them to produce
at a lesser cost of labor and energy
than we can, a lesser cost more than
equal to the increased cost that purchas
ing from them will put us to an amount
of increased cost of transportation, then
It is to our advantage to buy such article,
not to keep out such article by tariff du
ties and strive to produce it for ourselves.
And when there are several lands equally
enjoying such natural advantages then
It is to our great advantage to buy in
the nearest and thus keep down our
outlay on transportation to as small u
figure as possible. And nearly all those
products that we cannot produce on terms
of equality with all the world, so far as
natural conditions favorable to produc
tion are concerned, are tropical products,
and product conditions for the production
of which are just as favorable in the
countries lying to the south of us as any
where on the globe.
Consequently, from such countries as
tho nearest we should buy In preference
to the lands of the Far East. Further
there are many things which we pro
duce, but. which such countries cannot
produce to advantage. Tims these trop
ical countries lying to the. south of us
cannot produce to tiny advantage the
wheat and Hour they consume; they can
not produce to any economic advantage
many articles of manufacture, for they
arc lacking in coal fields. So if is to
their advantage to buy such products,
buy them in exchange for the peculiar
products of the tropics, and these things
we can supply them with. What is more,
being nearest t > them, they should nat
urally look to us.
So between the United States and the
countries and islands south there exist ail
the elements for a mutually advantageous
fra e, a trade more advantageous for ail
than any pther foreign trade can possi
bly be. Therefore, I would encourage
It to the extent of establishing a com
mercial union that would secure absolute
free trade between all tho countries of
the western hemisphere, and give a
common tariff to all. and. of course, a
fair division and distribution of alt cus
toms receipts among them.
Into such union I would welcome Can
awt. for trade should be as free between
Montreal and Chicago as between New
York and Philadelphia. <>f course, such
extensions of a common tariff would
greatly derange the ’-"venue system of
all countries concerned and oblige all to
look up new' sources of revemi”. But I
would have no regrets for such rear
rangement and the disappearance to some
extent of the practice of raising reve
nues by tariff dull' * Ind. ■d, sin h du
ties being levied on consumption, and
largely on articles of general consump
tion. partake much of the nature of per
eapl'a taxes, as such ire inequitable and
their supcreession by juster taxes, lnx-s
imposed n t upon men's needs, but upon
what they have, should lie welcomed.
Tho plans I suggest for a commercial
union of all the Americas is not Utopian,
It Is workable and wise, and therefore
such commercial union should be secured
by the American people,
I have said the people of the United
Stat-s should not work to establish trace
with the Far East, to prejudice to Amer
lean trade, and 1 have given the rea
sons for the opinion I hold. There are
many good reasons why trade with China
mill Japan should greatly incr- use. and
on natural lines. There are m.inj rea
sons why Americans should embark with
Chinese In operations within the Chines,
empire. In fact, 1 .believe, no such field
fur great and profitable enterprises i- now
open as in China. While there is little
reason to look for any great exivinsion
"f tho Chinese markets lor American or
British or any other foreign goods, there
are reasons for a belief that the Chi
nese are about to awaken and introduce
many improvements of America, and Eu
rope in the development of China. I have
reason to believe the Chinese, who must
direct if not control this developm. u:,
would prefer American to European ra
operation.
China is beyond a doubt a country of
unsurpassed natural resources. It is al' .
UII.|U! stloncd that these great re.-. e:r‘
remain undeveloped There are great
anthracite coal fields in northern China
uiidoul.U'dly more extensive and appnr
ently richer than the tinthrtuTte ft id- of
Pennsylvania. There are bituminous
fi.-lds that can - . 'ora U-led, If ; a ~m ■,
by < ur own; there are rich Iron deposits
In close proximity to the < ail, sneli as
promise the production of iron and ste> I
for China's development at pi ices at
which American and British and Ger
man iron masters cannot hope to lay
down iron ami steel In China. There Is
an area, in the Yang-tse valley, suited
to cotton culture that rivals our own, and
wiilml a country teeming with a lafiorl'>us
population, a. population as bidable
as it is industrious and teeming, and
such as Insures the development of al)
China’s great resources, a development
that will lie appalling in its rapidity to
tho rest of the world, the moment the
path is open for tlie entrance of Ameri
cans and Europeans to give direction. I
believe tho path will lie open in a very
short time. And those Arn.-rl ms and
Europeans who join the Cliinese. taking
capital Wo. them, will doubtless have
opportunities tn richly recompense them
selves. and some have the opportunities
to amass great fortunes. But they will
do so not by developing trade with China,
but trade within China,
This is a point I would impress. China
Is n country of unsurpassed productive
capacity, but not at present of great cm
sumptive ea.pa.clti*. And that .ns imp
five capacity cannot grow until her pro
.luctive capacity grows. The importation
into China of material can Is? but. of a
temparory nature, for China has within
herself the means to develop lu rself all
the means but the energy of the western
nations, now needed to give direction
to the iinnicasurable resources of her jieo
nle. And that energy she must import.
There is. I repeat, a great opportunity
for individual Americans in China, but
not for Americans to soil produe's of
American mills to the Chinese, i speak
with almost positiveness, bcca.use, having
been in ClTma, I believe 1 understand the
Chinese, and the resources of China.
In conclusion I urge the creation at
once of an American commercial union
of all the Americas as the way to great
and permanent trade expansion. The
broad policy I urge upon my country
men must Insure peace to all Americas,
North and South, ami must, bar further
trade aggression of British and Germans
on the American continent. The Monroe
doctrine was declared to stop territorial
aggression of European nations upon
American nations. I.et us now stop trade
aggression
I'IU olelphia. May 11. 19m.
CUP DEFENDER'S FIRST TRIAL.
Reliance’s New Spars and Rigging-
Worked Satisfactorily.
Bristol. B 1 . May 12. Tho Reliance
had her first trial spin today since be
ing refitted with spars and sails. When
she left her moorings In the afternoon
she carried a new mainsail, which proved
to be a good fit. also a new main boom
and a main gaff, both of which seemed
to work well in taking up the slack in
the mainsail. After the trip Mr. Iselin
said tha.t. the test of the spars and rig
ging today was satisfactory and that
everything had worked well.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. MAY 18, 1903.
FAMED DR. LORENZ IS
UNDER FIRE,
Alleged That the Operation on Lolita
Armour Has Not Been Entirely
Successful —The Little Boy
Operated on by Lo
renz Died.
Washington, May 13.—The methods of
professor Adolph Dorenz, the Austrian
surgeon, in the treatment of congenital
hill disease and club feet, furnished tho
feature of general interest at the meet
ings of the American Surgical and Or
thopedic Associations. To the surgical
association the case of Charles Willet,
operati-d upon last November by IT.
Lorenz for chib fed, was presented. Al
though one of excessive difficulty, the
operation was pronounced a perfect suc
cess. No discussion specially condemna
tory of Lorenz's method was elicited, but
some of the more conservative members
of the association were adverse in their
criticisms.
Tile statement was made that tho op
eration of Dr. Lorenz upon Lolita Ar
mour, daughter of J Ogdon Armour, of
Chicago, to perform which tho Austrian
surgeon had come, to the. United States,
had not proved entirely snceossful. It
was evident from the tone of tho discus
sion that a majority of the surgeonsJn
attendance wit.' supporters of the Lorenz
methods. No action, however, was taken.
Tin* storm venter of tho discussion of
th, l.orenz method was at the session of
the Anicrii an Orthopedic Association, be
fore wiii. h Dr. A. J. Steele, of St. Louis,
0i1,,| the ease of a boy 8 years old, af
flicted witli hip disease, who had been
o;n‘i'ated upon by tin? Austrian surgeon
and subs.o iciitly had died of meningetis.
il,. (11,1 not attribute the death directly
io tli ■ op< ration, but warned his col
league:-* that the Lorenz methods ought
tn be empb'yi'il with great: care
Dr. H. Augustus W ilson, of the Jeffer*
n hospiial. Philadelphia, presented a
report upon twenty-three cases obsetwed
in the hospital, eight of which were op
'■rat'd upon by Ui. Lorenz. Lr. Wilson
made a del'ense of tlie Lorenz methods
.and. a« he had assisted ttie Austrian suf
g....n in all the cases presented, liis judg
ment carried gnat weight.
In*, f',*. M i,. i'.plin, of f ’Mladelphia,
reported the case of a 7-year-old girl who
di. J .after Dr. Lorenz had operated upon
Ini, death, in tlie view of Dr. Coplin,
being dm to shock.
Dr. Gwilym G. Davis, of the University
of I'ennsy ivania. read .i |a|»*i in which
ho maintained that the D,n*nz methods
were too severe and that they had been
nrr- panied by injuries, paralysis and
death.
Dr. ftosswi*:l I’.irk, of Buffalo, one of
the surge who attended tin- late Bn s
idem McKinley, did not approve of the
iu-.-iking of bones tjnd the. impairment of
tissue*- iii' ideut to tlie operations of I'ro-
Dr. Moore, of Minneapolis, thought tlie
term “bloodless surgery ,*' applied to the
Lorenz method, was unfortunate, as It
appealed strongly to parents who wished
liieir children to I without the
use, of tin- knife. Tlie fact, was that a
ce*an inii.-ion would bi* Uss bloody than
an opera t.f.in by the lain nz method.
Tin.mas I>. Colem.'in, of Augusta. Ga..
was today elected one of the vice presi
dents of tin* American Climatological So
DR. BROUGHTON WRITES
FROM THE LND OF ALPS.
3 Ui'ERNE, SW'ITZEItI.AND. April
| ■*-. IfitK!. -In mv last litter ! said I
*—> might pi rha.ps feel in.-lined to give
rny views of the Spanish bull fight, which
the captain -aid he would take us t<. see
when we arrived at Gibraltar, but in
-■•■■.■id uh tell you of seeing the king of
England and the king of Portugal. Short
ly after w*c went ashore w.- were told
:i:.*.t th* * gi* it monarchs w add land
m a short time We knew' somctliing
was up, for the whole city was ligliied
wdh lanterns and the people were all
out in lull dress, s.iim* a bit too full, even
'or a .'-well socfii! function In Atlanta,
much less in a country like this. W'e
didu * knew how much to believe about
the , lining of these kings -you never
know what Io in Have among these people.
Bo: we :*.*d .< jnisilion and visited
I'nnilly Wo saw th'un and .-i w them good.
Tl:e lying of England sat by the side
of tlie king ~f Portugal. They looked
very well and seemed very* pleased to
s*. i; ■ The 'swat parly got. a good joke
on me, but I m not going to tell il now.
W'. all got supper in Gil.rralta r. One
thing I 'ially enjoyed was tlie eggs,
you see, the Spanish hens had done their
best, le i .r.i.-o it. was Easter, and then
tli'>- king.-, in-'i'idiug the sultan *f Mo
i*o, ei, we:*'* there. Certainly they did
wail, for bi tier eggs I never saw* in my
life.
From Gibrai'.ar we sailed io Algiers.
A*-!'- . This was a great sight. W*o camo
up with another state oi-easlou. The
presi.*■ nt of France, was In Algiers. It
Jaws
Tightly Locked From
Nervous Spasms.
Physicians Could
Not Prevent Fits.
Dr. Miles’Nervine Cured
My Wife.
Dr. Miles' Nervine has been successfully
tried in thousands of cases of nervous disor
ders, but never Rias it mode a better record than
ti eatment of tits or spasms.
Thousands of testimonials prove this, and in
nearly every instance the writer has stated
that the fits ceased after the first dose of Ner
vine wa; given. The statement is repeated
in the following:
“Seven years ago my wife commenced
having spasms or fits and I called in mv
home ph' sician and he said she was para
lyzed. lie rubbed her with salt water and
eave her calomel and she eventually got
some better, but in a short time she had
another attack. She was confuted to her
bed for three months and the doctor could
not help her. She had fits frequently, some
times very severe. Her hands would cramp
so we could not open them and she finally
got so her jaws would become locked,
b'inailv I saw the d' Ctor was doing her no
good and ordered a bottle of Dr. Miles’ Re
storative Nervine. She received so much
benefit from the first bottle that 1 got some
more. She has taken a number or bottles
but has never had a tit since taking the first
dose. She also thinks very highly of Dr.
Miles’ Nerve and Liver Pills and is never
without them. If there is mix' wav of mak
ing this testimonial stronger do so because
of the good tlie Dr. Miles Restorative Nerv
ine did mv wife.” —Wm. Y. Allen, I’. M.,
Elkville. Miss.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tle Dr. Miles’ Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
seems that everything is contriving to
make our tour enjoyable, even all the
monarchs are turning out to do us pleas
ure. Algiers is one of the prettiest cities
in the world. It is quaint but beautiful.
Os course, there Is all the filth and pov
erty there that one would expect from
an Arab settlement, but there is also
great wealth and culture there in the
French settlement, 'rhe French govern
the people. While there we attended
service with the Mohammedans. As best
we could we put on the holy slipper and
did what was required. My! These peo
aro to bo pitied beyond any that I’ve
ever seen. They call these natives Moors,
but to mo they are real negroes. Some
of them, however, are very finely dressed.
I saw one priest among them whose
street dress cost over a thousand dol
lars. But for tho most part they were
dirty and repulsive. Talk about tho. ne
gro in tho sotith, I want to tell you
that the dirtiest Georgia. negro
is five hundred years ahead of his
tribo over here. Say what you please,
tho best, thing that ever was dope for
our negro was what was done for him.
Slavery was his best schooling. If they
could all so** tills they'd stop "cussing”
their old masters and stop fighting
against their young masters and spend
their time In thanking God, blessing those
who have blessed th"rti. and trying to still
more advance tliolr condition. By the
W’ay, I've hoard no little comment mi cx-
President Grover Cleveland's speech in
Now York on tho negro question. It
was published in tho Paris edition of
The New York Herald. To my mind, il
is the best thing that has ever come from
the north on that question. Cleveland Is
tho biggest, man in America today.
In Europe there is much talk, espe
cially by tlie Germans, about Dewp?y and
the United States. To say Germany is
mud don't express it. The fact that the
United States sent war ships to Naples on
tho occasion of King Edward’s visit and
ignored Germany only a. short while ago
is regarded as a great insult. Germany'
hates Italy and has no love for the Unit
ed States. Everywhere, in tlie hotels and
other public, places, it is tlie. talk. But
what difference does it make. With Eng
land holding her hands in the Mediter
ranean at Gibraltar, we are not afraid
of the whole of Eiyope. I have never
seen, as I do now, wliat a mighty power
wo are, especially when we are so close
t<> England. The stall : men of the future
will keep good eye.s on this close friendly
relation wjth England Praise God, I'm
tin American citizen.
W e are now crossing lie continent after
a. very enjoyable stay in Naples. W'o
have taken in tlie sights of Rome, this
weex. There is no way of describing
Bonn-. It. must be n to know ujiy
thing about, it. in se- ng it, one will at
once see two cities; i. :- d, three —Rome,
of tho Caesars, Rom-, of the Middle
Ages, and Rome, of t iay, These three
cities are all dearly -a, either In ruins
or in actual life. W'hit a contrast they
present! Ancient Ron,.-, towering in alj,
her glory, the proudest, vainest and most,
wicked native of th- world. Ev<*ry
thing that tlie flesh equid desire was
used. The ruins of gi'-a.t pagan temples
everywhere standing With them they
endeavored in some w.iy to appease the
public i-.ms' ii ii'''. .?' *'. R nnv is igno-
rant, poor and lielple a How forcibly
the text comes to my mind; ''Whatso
ever a man soweth that, shall he also
reap.’’ Tin* first days were there we
saw the king of Italy. Ho is a very pop
ular king. By thus who know, he js
said to J.-e the best koiij Italy bus had
since his grandfathei Victor Emman
ucl. There is much t * rest concerning
his feeling ai.'aiust tin- ,'*'pe. He is said
to despise tin pope t o the position th *
church takes in matt- :* 1 of state. Os
eolirse, the p 'i>es d<-ni' Italy Recently
tlie king ref* ."’<l to .illow the emperor
of Russia to call on ■ !■- nope. Tin- king
is very friendly to ill jiroXestants an-,!
has rooently cons-i rcd the highest honor
iil'i'O a Ab t In. list pi-om-h- r in • liary of
Methodist at Rome. How
strange Ibis se"ins It was my pleasure
to preach in Rome My interpreter wis
th.* pastor of the Baptist chur *h there.
No more gt present.
LEN G. BRQUGHTON.
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MONEY SUPPLY INSUFFICIENT
Ex-Secretary Gag'e Asserts in Letter
to Texas Bankers.
[film. Toxas, May 12. The Texas
Bankers’ Association met. in annual ses
sofn at Woodlake nt II o’clock this morn
ing and after listening to an address of
W'leome, adjourned for a tom of the
cities of Denison and Sherman. Ex-
Secretary of tile Treas’irj* Gage and S> e
rotary Shaw sent their regrets.
In his letter cx-Sei’rotary Gage dis
cussed the question. ’’l* I.he Money Sup
ply if the United Si.c-s Sutil.fi'-nt
“I answer the quest ion,*' he said, “by
expressing the very gri*e: doubt whether
1- lie adequate in v>imne, and a clear
conviction that, it is not economical in
etia rncter. The provision tor supply
ought t<> have t i't'< r, a,., to recurring
needs, ri s]iondtug in Volume xx in n occa
sions for use. of ciiri*en<*y are the great
est and retiring naturally as tlie re
quirements glow less i x.icting "
tie argued for credit t asset ettrron.-y.
saying that he was well aware that
deep prejudice exists against cither, "but
an honorable hlstor.x* of such a ctirrom-y
for a generation lit several states, ami
a history ol sei’cral generations abroad,
tally justify the beliet' that, with some
reasonable and Just guards around it.
we can gain the advantage of an ade
quate currency without any risk of dis
aster, or tlie loss of a single dollar.”
Former Comptroller of the Treasury
CTi tries G. Dawes, ol' C'hieago, in a. letter
v.hich was also read, urged that in the
passage of any provision for elasticity
in tlie currency there ■■■:>-’ttld be no radi
cal experiments made, and we should
risk in no degree whatever the absolute
safety and solidity of ur present bank
not. currency in order to secure addi
tional fluidity.
Overdue Ship Causes Worry.
Washington. Max I" The training ship
Alliance, with 300 land:-*men aboard, is
seventeen days overdue at 11.impton
Roads, and the nm v department is wor
ried about iter. The v*. -* ol sailed from
Kingston. Jamaica, April 17. and that has
be it the last h'-ard of her. it was be
lieved at til*' department that she ought
to make the passage of 1,200 miles to
Hampton Roads, in twelve days.
Tin- authorities say thm yr" not sur
prised th»t tlie vessel li.is been delayed
in arriving in )>ort. as she may have en
connti red head winds. She is in command
of Commander J. B. Murdock, an expe
rienced officer, and the officials are sat
isfied that he will bring her safely into
port.
Leaped to Death To Save Honor.
Chicago, 111.-=. May 13- (Special.)-Mlss
Laura Stickler, a member of the Votmg
Women's Christian Assc.-j.ition, ratlK-t
than sacrifice her honor to Will am Ro d.
an alleged board of trade broker, leaped
from a so.'ond-st.ory xvlndow of the New
port hotel early today and received in
juries that may cause her death. The
young woman is now lying unconscious
nt the county hospital. Reed, whom site
has accused, is a prisoner at detective
headquarters.
TWO WEEKS WITHOUT
FOOD 00 WATER,
Immigrants Drank Sea Water for
Five Days to Escape Perishing of
Thirst—One Man Literally
Died for Lack of
Food.
Norfolk, Va., May 11.—Tlie 433 ship
wrecked Portuguese immigrants from tlie
barkentine Vera Cruz II t, driven ashore
at Ocracoke inlet, North Carolina. Satur
day night, are still being cared for on the
coast. Tuesday a revenue cutter will
carry them to New Bedford, Mass.,
whither tlie barkentine was bound when
she. anchored off the North Carolina coast
Friday for food and water, and was later
wrecked. Os tlie immigrants, 390 are men
and 34 women. One man died from
starvation. The others are well.
The barkentine lies high and dry, and
may yet be saved. Norfolk wreckers left;
for the scone today. A most thrilling
story of the experience at sea of the
barkentine came to Norfolk today over
tho government seacoast telegraph wire
from Hatteras; N. C.
The Vera Cruz, with her 433 immigrants,
bound from tho Cape Verde islands to
New Bedford, Mass., was within 135 miles
of the. Massachusetts coast two weeks
ago. when a terrific storm carried away
the vessel's sails and drove her far out
to sea.
It was thought, the craft would founder
and most, of those aboard abandoned all
hope of ever reaching shore again. Jury
sails were finally rigged, but another
storm carried them away.
The barkentine arrived off Ocracoke
helpless Friday afternoon, and the im
migrants aboard had been drinking sea
water for five days to prevent perishing
from thirst. Food of all kinds had also
given out. The immigrants' baggage and
portions of the shlij's deck load had to
be. burned for a tire to make as good
condensation of salt, water as possible.
T'ne captain upon arriving off the North
Carolina coast declared he would never
put to sea again witli his hitman freight.
' That, night a bad storm drove the. ship
i asrtoro. All of tlie immigrants are d’sti
; title and depending entirely upon charity
until th'- government takes charge of
I them on the revenue cutter Boutwell.
Schooner Godfrey Wrecked.
Jacksonville, Fla.. May 11. -The schooner
Mary Godfrey was completely wrecked on
tho jellies near Pilot Town, at the mouth
of the St. Johns river, today. The crew of
seven men ami the captain narrowly
escanoci with their lives.
Tho schooner was sighted from the tugs
Admiral I>< xv'-y and Biseayne, flying sig
nals of distress. They went to her as
sist. 'iic •* and found her waterlogged. A
haxvser was attached, but it was broken
in th. hoax y sea that was rolling, and It
was impossible to attach another. The
i-tew took to their boats and reached the
Admiral Detv-v and the schooner xvas
pounded to pieces against tlie Jetties.
BAPTISTS CLOSE CONVENTION.
I Tlie Cuban Matter Was Gone Into
Fully and Dismissed.
Stivann.ih, Ga., Max* 11 --(Special.)—The
fifty-eighth annual convention of tlie
southern Baptists adjourned tonight after
tin- larg'-st gathering in its history. All
of the sessions have been largely at
tended, as have also the many devo
tional and auxiliary meetings, despite
the fact t!:.it four of the days were
marked by Incessant rain.
Tile morning session today was marked
by the. report of Dr. T. T. Eaton as
chairm an of the committee that Investl
; gated tlie report of the home mission
i board on Cuba. This report held that
| th" title of the board to Havana church
| property was absolutely secure. The
: reporl .also recommends the appoint
i ment of a committee to give the fall
j facts of tho situation in Ilaxana to the
I Baptists. An extract from the report is
as follows;
".Vs a result of our investigations xve
at*': i 'tivinced that Dr. Diaz's resigna
tion was accepted only after he insisted
upon it by offering it a second time. \Ve
are also convinced that the title to the
board property in Havana, is secure and
<annol be disturbed, ant that the board
! fs taking ail pre< autlous steps to protect
! said title. We tire further convinced
I that representatives of the board pro
posed to Dr Diaz to arbitrate the dif
i l'-I'eiie'-.s between tlie board and himself
: and that lie declined the proposition."
I'he convention pledged J-fir'i.i'W for tlie
: home mission I'oard's work.
Last year Jl-lil,(.'OU was devoted to this
work. Then was a determination man
ifest to extend the home mission efforts
: .'i'i<i tlie convention seemed disposed to
have I; lie*re:i. •<! fnun year to year. Dr
J B. Gambrell, of Texas, formerly pres-
I Ident of Mtri’er university, made a talk
i on negro work.
"The negroes." h" said, "are not the
: great problem -f tocay it is the white
' man. On white shoul.li'rs rest ail Ute
j burdens If :• it solve the white pr >b-
I lent, if you rank" all white men good.
■ th‘*y will solve lite negro problem and
; all others.”
CITY MISSIONS FOR SOUTH.
Organized Movement of Methodist
Church. South.
St. Louis, May II- (Special..' -The board
of missions of tho M E. ehurcti, soiitu,
met: at St. John church in filial session.
Tlie conshlerat ion of estimates was con
tinued. Bishop Candle", in sptvaking of
Cuba, said:
"Education rather than medical assist
ance is tlie necessity of Unba. If I un
derstand the Milne of medical missions
it is Io get access to the people. 'l’he
trouble in the island is not aeeess. but
in getting rid of tin surplus. We already
have more than we can do there."
The report of the committee on city
missions was presented by Bishop Hoss.
It provided that a system of city mis
sions be inaugurated by the secretaries,
who were instructed to carry on an in
v<stigation of the conditions obtaining
in the city, factory, mining and rut al
populations throughout the south, looking
toward the establishment of mission sta
tions whieli shall undertake to care for
people w'hom tlie regular church methods i
fail to reach. The secret:iri'*s were tur- ;
ther instructed to take steps toward th'* ,
selection and training of men w ho should I
make a study of tlie conditions, with i
spe'.'ial reference to the unreached masses I
of our city and laboring population.
In introducing tlie resolutions before i
tlie board Dr. VY. R. Lambuth read a i
paper including a statement to the 10l- I
lowing effect:
"Workingmen in the south, as a class, i
are not opposed to tlie church, and are!
in the main very fur from being opposed i
to religion. In the northern and western I
states the feeling is hostile; with us it I
is merely one of indifference But as the ■
industrial life increases in complexity and I
the differentiation of classes continues, i
this indifference xvill develop into hatnd, I
as it has elsewhere, unless tlie church i
is true to her highest mission."
An organized movement for tlie evan |
.“PainkiUeY PERRY DAVIS’ 1 j
I The world-known household remedy for cuts, burns
I bruises cramps, diarrheoa and all boweloomplaiuta
RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA
To Health and Usefulness Were These
Two Grateful Women.
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Women,
Dr. Hartman,
Advice Free.
Miss Flore nee
Miller, 492 Alabama
street, Buffalo, N.
Y., wrifes:
"I am proud and
happy that I am
able to praise Po
runa as It deserves,
as tlie best medi
cine tor the ills so
many women suffer
from and do not
know which way t>
turn for help. If all
women who suffer ,
as I did with peri
odical backache;
headache, and that
all worn-out feel
ing would take I’e
runa. they would
soon find that It put new life into the !
body and took away' all the aches arid i
pains and weariness.” —M'fss Florence
Miller.
Perfect Health Regained.
Mrs E Von Stlenau. 332 Fifth street,
Milwaukee, Wiß., writes:
"I feel it iny duty to write and tell
you how much good Peruna has done m".
I have bem a sufferer for years witli
female trouble, causing backache and at
times terrible headaches. J bad also com
plications from indigestion ami heart
trouble, so that 1 often had I* lie down.
A friend advised me to try Peruna. I
had litil" faith in nay medicine, as I
bad tried so much without getting any
relief, but to please her T gave It a tri::’.
After three days' use I felt so much
better that I d"eide<l to continue its use
and by the time I had taken six bottles
, was in perfect health, was regular, h i 1
no more headaches, in fact my health
is now all that i could wish. Peruna is :
certainly an estimable medicine and well >
worthy of praise." Mrs E Von S I' fiin ■
Women are subject to pelvic catarrh. ■
This condition has been called all sorts !
of names .and is often referred to tin- ’
> gulizatlon of 11. v unrKiched class-, s < f the
! city, factory, mining and rural popuiut am
!is most siguhioant. The northern Metii
' odist church has undertaken similar c£-
! Fort, and now the M. K. church, south.
! N' t;:- her. elf in lim- w.;h th'- work T!c
! growing cities of the south have pro
i peund' d a problem, the board of mis
sit»ns has undertaken to prepare for its
; Soldi i‘ >ll.
CASTOR IA
For liiiants Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
I Signature of
HATE FOLLOWS OUR HERO DEAD
Ohio People Won't Decorate Graves
of Confederate Dead.
I Columbus. Ohio, May 14.—The Hill Top
Inipl'ovem. nl \ A an org .. t
! tloit of citizens in the vicinity of the U-m
! f-. derate cmnetery at G imp Chase, after
: 3 stormy session, refused to participate in
' the annual services which are to be held
! next month at the cemetery in mommy
iof tli'- eoiif'-di-rate dead. President W. it.
Potts hail planned forth" association to
take part In the ceremonies, but win n
! the matter was brought before the asso
i eiation it met with stormy opposition. A
j resolution was at once preS'-nt. d d<* tar
ing the refusal of the .issoeiatiori to ji.tr-
! tieipatc in the exercises.
i Dr. Warner, a member of the associa
tion. declared the war was not over. He
said It would never lie over until the con
federates recognized the fourteenth tnd
fifteenth amendments to the national con
stitution.
Do You Suffer with Pi’.esP
Do they protrude?
Do they bleed?
Do thev pain you?
Do you have mucous or bloody dis
charges? j
f can certainly cure you. Write me I
fullv Advice perfectly free. Dr.
Tucker. 15 Broad street Atlanta, Ga.
SHOCKING TALES OF CRUELTY.
Alleged Bad Treatment of Italians in
West Virginia.
Washington, May 15. Air. Speranza, sec
retary of the Society for the Protection
of Italian Immigrants of New York, who
has b'wn in 'A est Virginia for several days
investigating complaints of ill-treatment
made by a number of Italians, who went j
to Virginia to work on a railroad, stop- I
ped in Washington today on his way back ;
to New York and a< quainted Seller Mayor ’
des Pl.incites. Italian ambassador, in a
g, neral way of the facts ascertained.
Speranza. in all. spent three weeks in
vari 'iis portions of v est Virginia, in
which Italian laborers are employed, in
vestigating complaints which have been
leecivi"! by the soviet J dating as far back
as January last. In tlie Piney ('reek re
gion Mr Speranza investigated allega
tions to the effect that a number of Ital
ian laborers who had been sent to work
on a railroad near Briekley had been sub
jected to cruel treatment. Mr. Speranza I
asserts that he had corroborative evidence
to support the charges.
These laborers said that they left work
end went to Briekley and that they were
tied to a mule to be dragged to work.
Speranza says the laboret s' hands were
i der the genera! phrase, fem-ile dis.
i eases
Peruna cures these cases.
Peruna cures them because it cures
catarrh wherever located.
The nature of most of these ailments
!e catarrhal.
CatairU is liable to ettark any organ
of the body.
It Is especially liable to attack - .e or
more, organs of the female pelvl?
No wonder women talk about P-Z ira
No wonder they think, it is the g't
medicine tn the world.
Peruna cures the catarrh wherever lo
cated.
Peruna Is not a gue.es nor an experi
ment it Is an absolute geientiflo cer
tainty.
Perur.a has no substitutes—no rivals.
Insist upon having peruna.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use f P- ■ *"i.?
■ write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
! full statement of your case, and '*.." w. I
I be pleased to give you Ills valuable ad
j vice gratis
! Address Dr. Hnrtmnn. prcGdcr' "f
I Hartman Sanitarium. Coltint’-us. Ohio
tied in a grand jury room and that this
was done under the direction of a .'■!■
T. <,'. Harmon, a sub-contra ctor. A ju -
i tiee of the peace. Is said to hav- use-'. ■'. e
: ropes. Th.- district attorney, he .iiH-.'.
had promised to bring the matter to :!<•
attention of the grand jury. In ot’i
places he visited, Mr. Sm-ranza secure.l
affidavits supporting scatter--.1 im.irg-s
| of brutality to laborers
i Mr. Sper.anza s.iys the a■■ '■ y i-: wi s»
behalf In has l:--i-n making th ■■■' ;
I gations will seek. by givi: g put'kif.’ !->
I his findings, tn aid int<
and others who may arrive in ti-;-- n-
I trv.
————• —•
,! FORT VALLEY NEGRO SCHOOL.
- Prominent Men Speak of Its G m
Work and Its Needs.
| Philadelphia. May 15. -The 3 „1
I work of the Foi t X’a Iley High <
j dustrial School for < 'oJ--r< d P- - st
I Fort Valley. (;a were ed at a
I mooting heid here tonight. F-i:m--r !' -■
maste r General Smith presided -; . .i-
| trodu-i d ex-M ay or Charles I-’. AV .ire. k
and ,X. I< . i
senator; George Foster Peabody. of X v
i York, Dr. XValla-'e Buttrb k. of X-*
York, ail of whom addressed the m • -
James II Torbert, a --sista at prin-u, il
of tile Schoo!, dis.■USS. d the aims - ■ 1
explained the m mis of the in.-t;: -..
Mr. Gray, in his address, said.
"The negro question is -Hstini-t iv--i -■ >.i
American question. Th-' ballot d I
thing for the . olor-'d mar. bu: w- '■ -'
do mote. This Fort V.-l!< y - i ■
found.-’ tion of Darning and for it- f; '
greatness of the negro race Yet
problem presented is a vas- ■ -m. < . 1
I easily handled. XV.- must b il.i ■•> .'e
I school In every way. The north nm" .! '
its part by the south."
Hon. Clark Howell, of A.lianta. G> .
was to have be.-n present, but s.-nt i
telegram saying that hu.-dness .mmi;;-?-
ments detained him elsr-wh-’rc.
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Jailer Killed with His Own Gun.
Guthrie. Okla.. May It—ln escaping
tonight from the county jail XV. V..
Montgomery, a bigamist, shot and killed
the jailor. Emerson, and was in turn
shot by Emerson's wife. Montgomery
has confessed to three wives, one in
Hi-atriee, Nebr., one in Seward. Okla.,
and one in lowa. Two of the wives ap
peared against him and he and was in
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