The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, September 05, 1906, Image 3
BRYAN'S jKEYI
Opens Democratic (
Son. Squar
OULINE O ITH ISSUES;
Greeted by More Then 20,000 Persons
in Madison uare Garden, While
Other Thosands Choked Streets
Outside for Blocks, Returned Trav- I
eler is G/iven Such a Thunderous
Welcome as to Bring Tears to His
Eyes. /
Newl York, Special.-Such a wel
come s seldom in this country's his
tory has been accorded to a private
citi4en was given to William Jennings
Bigan at Madison Square Garden in
e celebration of his return from a
ear's absence, spent in foreign
t"ravel
As the guest of the - Commercial
Trvelers' Anti-Trust League, Mr.
Bryan was greeted by more than 20,
000 persons, who filled the great
structure from floor to upper gallery.
At the same time the streets and
avenues outside the garden wee
.choked for blocks by other thousands,
who stood patiently for hours for the
: ...... ....
WILLIAM JENN~
privilege of even a fleeting glance at
the distinguished visitor. The inter
ior of the garden was a waving sea
.of color. Every person in the audi
ence had been provided with a mina
ture American flag and every cheer
from 20,000 throats was accentuated;
by the waving of 20,000 tiny staffs
bearing the Stars and Stripes.
When Mr. Bryan entered the hall
the prceedings. which already had
begun, were brought to a temporary
pause while for eight minutes volley
after volley of thunderous 'cheers.
rolled through the great building.
When Chairman Tom L. Johnson, in
his introdluction of Mr. Bryan, refer
red to the guest of the evening as
"the first citizen. if not the first offi.,
eial. of the land-not yet the first
official,'' and Mr. Bryan rose, the
End of the Odell Rule.
deter Bay, Special.-The Presi
eldeng a seven luncheon guestsin
duigBrander Matthefs and Rep>
resentative Herbert Parsons, chair
man of the New York county Repub
. lican committee. Mr. Parsons pre
dicted the end of the Odell rule in
New York Sept. 23. This announce
ment was made with some emphasis.
Deadly Candy to Prisoner.
Fort Worth. Tex.. Special.-As the
result of eating poisoned candy mail
ed to a prisoner in the county jail by
some unkonwn p)erson, the recipient,
SA. S. Fitzgterald. is dead, Henry
Peake. Louis W eaver. W. H. Norris
- and J. T. Cross are dangerously ill,
and Frank Grundy, who tasted the
confectionery, is also ill. Fitzgerald,
a boy of 19 years, was held ona
charze of burglary. An exanination
of tile candy after Fitzgerald's death
showed that it had beeni sprinkled:
with stryehnine.
302 Killed in a W'eek.
St. Petersburg. By Cable.-Officil
statistics of the terorism of last week
show that 101 officials. gendarmes,
police and soldiers were killed - 92.
were wounded: 291 priv ate persons
. were killed or w oun(ldd 34 spirit
shops were phuidered; private anai
individua! inistitui 'tis were robbed
of $1S0.S15 and' Sat institutions of
$84.891. Pesides this there were a':
er 150 armed atitmpts to rob banks,
houses. etc.
Wz:l-K::-r. Actress ililed.
to take th ele.vat'r io "4 a Iia roond
before it had w stpe oni thet .4
fioor. '-e was~ eauht between theI
, elevaitor an th -ie of the .shaf
and~ was (.o:r-d to the seond floor
from where sUe wgas dIropped to the
basement. Miss Dean was from New
vmkeit annd 30 years of age.
WO SPECH
lampaign At Madi
e Garden
great gathering brke o-: in unres
trained cheering, while the band play
ced "Hail to the Chief.'
So touched was Mr. Bryan by the
welcome that as he stood waiting for
the cheers to subside his eyes filled
with tears and he strode nervously
from side to side of the narrow plat
JLrm.
"How can I thank you for this
welcome home?" he said.
"My heart would be ungrateful if
it did not concentrate itself to your
service. It was kind to prepare this
reception. It was kind of Governor
Folk to come here all *the way from
Missouri. It was kind of Tom John
son, that example of the moral cour
age we so much need in this country,
to lend his presence here.
"It was kind in you to fully recom
I.ense me in being absent so long front
my native land. I thank you. I re
turn to the land of my birth more
proud of my citizenship than ever
before."
Mr. Bryant was introduced by
Mayor Tom L. Johnson. His speech
was quite lengthy and here only are
given paragraphs showing the cen
tral thoughts. On being introduced
Mr. Bryan said:
"Like all travelers who have visit
ed other lands I return with delight
[INGS BRYAN.
to the land of my birth, more proud
of its people, with more confidence
in its government and grateful to- the
kind providence that cast my lot in
the United States. My national pride
has been increased by abundant evi
dence I have seen of the altruistic in
terest taken by Americans in the peo
ple of other countries. I return more
deeply impressed than ever before
with the responsibility which rests
upon our nations and more solicit
ous that we, avoiding the causes
which have led other nations to de
ay, many present a higher ideal than
has ever before been embodied in a
national life and carry human prog
ress to a higher plane than it has
before reached.
Each nation can give lessons to
every other, and while our nation
Germans in Cuba.
Berlin, Special.-The foreign office
called the attention of the Associated
Press to a New York dispatch stat
ing that German representatives in
Cuba are negotiating direct with the
Havana government. The foreign af
fee says Germany at the present is
without official representation at
Havana.
Raid American Property.
Washington, Special.- According
to a dispatch received at the State
Deartment from one of the Ameri
an owners of a Constancia estate,
near Cienfuegas, the Cuban insur
gents raided the property four days
ago. The State Department did not
make public the name of the Ameri
en who sent the dispatch. This is
the first protest received from the
Americans. Mr. Sleeper, the Ameri
can in charge at Havana, was cabled
to demand of the Cuban grovernmnent
adequate proteetion for the Constan
eia er ate and all American property.
Nlews in Brief.
The members of both Congression
al Naval Committees have been ur
gently- invited to be the President's
uests at the Oyster Bay maneuvers
in the hope that they will be inspired
to further Adminstration plans for
21n numense navy.
G;en. Scott Shepp, superintendent
o thie Viriniia Military Academy, re
sianeCd.
Nekw Ycrk Frnit Grovicrs I.2et.
rowerS Ifromf all parts of the State
ar in attendance at the anual con
vetion of the New York State Fruit
Growers'- As.ociation which opened
hs session here. The sessions will be
dlevotedl to the readlinZ of a number
experts. The memabers in attenidance
wvill make a tourl througrh Chautauqua
county to inspect th~e extensive indus
is in a position, as I believe to the edu
cation of the world, it ought to re
main in the attidude of a Dupil and
be ever ready to profit by the ex
perience of others.
The first message that I bring fron
the old world is a message of peace.
The cause of arbitration is mln.:
real progress in spite of the fact thai
the nations most promnmept in th
establishment of The H2ague trie
:ml have themsilves beIn engagedl 1!:
wars sinve tlat court was5 organiW
There is a perceptible --rowti of t;ie
sentiment in favor of the settlemeit
of international disnutes by peaceful
means.
While men ma-- differ . t the re
lative importance of issues, and whil;
the next Congress will largely shape
the lines upon which the ew.i nres
idential campaign will be fought.
think it safe to 'say that at present
the paramount issue in the minds of
a large majority of the people is the
trust issue. I congratulate President
Roosevelt upon the steps which he
has taken and my gratification is not
lessened by the fact that lie has fol
lowed the Democratic rather than the!
Republican platform, in every ad
vance he has made.
The tarift question is very ~closely
allied to the trust question and the
reduction of the tariff furnishes an
easy meeans of limiting the extortion
which the trusts can practice.
While free trade would not neces
sarily make a trust absolutely im
possible, still it is probable that few
manufacturing establishments would
dare to enter into a trust if the Pres
ident were empowered to -ut unon
the free list articles competing with
those controlled by a trust. I cannot
permit this opportunity to pass with
out expressing the opinion that the
principles embodied in the protective
tariff have been the fruitful source of
a great deal of nolitical corruption as
well as the support of many of our
most iniquitous trusts.
It is difficult to condemn the man
vufacturers for unitinz to take advant
age of a high tariff schedule- when
the schedule is framed on the theory
that the industries need all the pro
tection given and it is not likely that
the beneficiaries of ,these schedules
will consent to their reduction so
long as the publie waits for the tarif
to be reformed by its friends.
Plutocracy is abhorrent as a repub
lic; it is more despotic than an
archy, more selfish than bureaucracy.
It preys upon the nation in time of
peace and conspires against it in the
hour of its calamity. Conscienceeless
compassionless and devoid of wisdom,
it 'enervates its votaries while it im
poverishes its victims. It is already
sapping the strength of the nation,
vulgarizing social life and making a
mockery of morals. The time is ripe
for its overthrow. Let us attack it
boldly, making our appeal to the
awakened conscience of the nation in
I phe name of the counting room
'-hich it has defiled, in the name of
business honor which it has sullied
in the name of the nieople whom it
has oppressed, in the name of the
homes which it has despoiled, and in
the name of religion upon which it
has placed the stigma of hypocricy.
And, if I may be permitted to sug
gest a battle hymn, I propose a staza
strongest of the poems of Scotland's
but slightly changed from one of the
democratic bard:
"Columbia! My dear, my native soil!
For whom my warmest wish to
Heaven is sent!,
Long may thy hardy sons of rustic
toil,
Be blest with health and neace and
sweet content!
And, 0, may Heaven their simple lives
prevent
From Luxury's contagion, weak and
vile:
Then, thro' unearned wealth to wick'
edness be lent,
A virtuous ponulace may rise and
stand,
A wall of fire around their much lov
ed land.''
Democrats and Silver Party.
Reno, Nevada, Special-The joint
Democratic and Silver party State
convention met, organized. adopted. a
platform and made the nomination of
a ticket the order of business for the
day The platfor-m adlopted declares
that the Democratie Congress needed
to enfor-ce the existing laws and prais
es the legislative work of Senator
Newlands.
Short Weight Lard.
Chicago. Ill., Special.-City Sealer
Joseph Grein directed that suits be
instituted against Ar-mour & Com
pany. Nelson Morris & Compan .
Swift & Company and the Anglo
American Provision Company on a
hage of selling short weight hirdr.
The city sealer declared that he andl
one of his inspectors purchased five
pound pails of lard at the sto-k yards
and found~ them to be from three to
twelve otunces short in weight.
Filoppino Students.
Washington. Special.-W. A. Suth
erland. of the Bureau of Insular Af
fairs, who has charge-~' of the Filip
pino student's be ing edluca'ted ini this
country at the gvmnt9'qfl's ' expense.
left for New Orlcan'- to arrnge tu
lhf'- the agieul tural stutdents in the
position wher'ie they may a(cquire a
knowedge of the meCthod used in
roin'lg sugar. toba)'cco'. r'ice and! ot her
rop'- suited to the Pi'lippuineishmnds.
New Rilroad Por Virginia.
Railroad~ of V irain ia wxas chin we~d
by the( State Cor-por-ation (Commission.
The -rpro-Sd roiad is 1to uni a
'lark. Londonn~i. Fa irflx andt Alex
anriat couunt.y or ciy to a point 0op
posite Wasu.himiton or George"'towni.
Caubanas. a seapor-t of Pinar del
Rio Proine-e. is rep1orted captured by
President Roosev
to the
(0 List of 300 Words That H!
Documents From the Wii
According to the
the Mattheu
President Roosevelt announced his
conversion to the spelling reform
movement. He has issued orders to
Public Printer Stillings that all mess
ages from the President and all other
documents coming from the White
House shall be printed in accordance
with the recommendations of the
spelling reform coihmittee headed by
Professor Brander Mattheevs, of Col
umbia, and backed by Andrew Car
negie.
Spelling reform had its greatest
impetus when Andrew Carnegie
made an offer to finance it. For
many years professors and others
have been laboring to have the public
accept reforms in the spelling of cer
tain words. The public, while admit
ting that the existing spelling is 'a
philological monstrosity, refused to
take kindly to the suggested changes.
When Andrew Carnegie announced
himself as a convert to the reform
the matter was discussed more than
at any time withinthe past 100 years.
Mark Twain promised to take it up
after Mr. Carnegie had announced
his conversion and had agreed to
finance the organization of reformers
calling themselves the Simplified
Spelling Board, of which Brander
Matthews is the president of the Ex
ecutive Board.
This board announced at the be
ginning that it did not propose any
radical or revolutionary scheme of
reform, but simply wanted to make
easy the spelling of certain words. It
selected 300 words which it* asked
the public to accept.
Following is the list of 300 words
already given out by the Simplified
Spelling Board in which changes are
proposed:
NEW FORM. OI.D 1O1M.
abridgment :.'ridgement
accouter nccautre
accurst accursed
acknowledgment acknowle:ig"w.:
addrest addressed
adz adze
afii:: aiixed
altho -2though
:mapaest
anema anaemia
anesthesia anaesthesia
anesthetic anaesthetic
antipyrin anipyrmne
antitoxm antitoxine
apothem apothegm
apprize apprise
arbor aroour
Iarchelogy archaelogy
ardor ardour
armor armour
artizan artisan
assize assise
ax axe
bans banns
bark barque
bless blessed
blusht blushe~d
braizen brasen
brazier brasier
un bun
bur bur:
calibe:- calibre.
caliper calliper
<andor candour
carest caressed
catalog catalogue
catechize catechise
centel- centre
chapt chapped
check -checque
checker chequer
chimera chimaera
civilize civilise
clamor clamour
ciangor clangour
clanp, clapped
ciaspt clasped
clips clipped
clue clew
coev'al coaeval
color colour
colter coulter
comimixt comumixed.
comprest compressed
comnorize comprise
eorfest confessed
controller comptroller
coquet coquette
c'riticize citicise
cropt cropped
cro-. crossed
crue:crushed
cue queue
curst cursed
cutias cursass
cyclop'edia cyclopaedia
dactyl dactyle
dashit dashed
de'alog decalogue
defense defence
demnagog demagogue
demieanoz demeanour
deposit deposite
deprest depressed
develop . dev'elope
di{resis , diareesis, diaeresiu
dike dyke
dipt. dipped
d iscust discussed
dispatch despa~tch
distil distuil
distrestdistressed
dolor dolour
domicil domicile
draft draught'
drIam ~ drachm
dre;. dIressed
(rjnt dripped:
dro'pt dlrooped'
dropt dropped
duiness dullness
ecumencal oecumenical
edalu aediile -
c;S aegis
enamoir enamnour
enerciopedia encyclo'paedia
ed'ar'r endeavour
enveilp env'elope
E'olianl Aeolian
on aeon
enan'.et eaulette
esophaus ceophagu
esthe~tic aesthetic
esthe'tics oeteties
estivate ntivate
srv.or invur
Reflections of a Bachelor.
Our idea of strong will power is that
of a man who can fast until he starves
to death.
Women ougzht to make satisfactory
angels because they are so fond of
"harping."
It doesn't cost half as much to live
as it does to make a favorable im
presioni on the neigbors..
Observe the edge. and take the lin
en; observ'e the mother, and take
the dau-~tm.--rom the Turkish.
New8tyle S3peflig'
Nealier in All M sgs~
ite House Will Be Pjrinied
Recommendation C!
S CO0fmIttee.
fiber fibre
fixt fixed
flavor flave.
fulfil fulfill
fulness fullness
gage gauge
gazel gazelle
gelatin gelatine
gild guild
gipsy gypsy
gluze glose
glyceri i glycerine
good-by good-bye
gram gramme
gript gripnwl
harbor hai-oour
harken hearken
heapt heaped
hematin haematin
hiccup hiocough
hock hough
homeopathy homoeopathy
hionionym homonyme
honor honour
humor humour
husht hushed
hypotenuse hypothenuse
ilOhiZe idohise
imprest impressed
instil instill
jail gaol
judgment Judgement:
kist : kassed
labor labour
lacrimal iachrymal
lapt lapped
lasht lashed
leap' leaped
legalize legalise
license licence
licorice liquorice
liter litre
lodgment J lodgemen4
lookt looked
lopt lopped
luster lustre
mama mamma
maneuver manoeuveit
materialize materialise.
meager meagre
medieval mediaeval
meter metre
mist missed
miter mitre
mixt mixed
mold mould
molder moulder
molding moulding
moldy mouldy
miolt moult
mullen mullein
naturalize naturalise.
neighbor neighbour
niter nitre
ni t nipped
ocher ochre
odor odour
offense offence
omelet omelette
opprest oppressed
orthopedic orthopaedic
paleogriphy palaeorahy
paleolothic palaeouithic
paleontology palaeontology
paleozoic palaeozoiq
parafin paraffin
parlor parlour
partizan partisan
past passed
patronize patroise
pedaog api pedagogue*
pedaoats paedobaptist
phenix phoenmx
phenomenon phaenomenon
pigmy ~ pygm
plow plogi
polyp polype
possest possessed
practise .#ractice
prefixt -. prefixed -
prenomen praenomen
prest pressed
pretense pretence
preterit preterite
pretermit praetermit
primeval . primaeval
profest . professed
program programme,
prolog prologue
propt :propped
pur -purr -
quarteti quartettei
questorj quaestor
quintet quintette
rancor rancour
rapt rapped
raze rase
recognize recognise
reconnoiter reconnou r
rigor rigour
rime rhyme
ript ripped
rumor rumour
saber sabre
saltpeter. saltjpetre
savior saviour
savor sa'vour
scepter sceptre
septet septette
sepulcher sepulchre
sextet sextette
silvan sylvan
simitar cimeter, scimitar, ete,
sipt sipped
skilful skillful
sithe scythe
skipt skipped.
smolder Anoulder
snapt snapped
somber sombre
specter spectre
splendor splendour
stedfast steadfast
stept stepped
stopt stopped
strest stressed
stript stripped
subpena subpoeua
succor succour
sufixt suffixed
sulfate sulphate
sulfur - sulphur
sumae sumach
supprest suppressedI
surprazesurprise
synonym synonyme
tabor tabour
tapt tapped
teazel teasel
tenor tenour
theate-- theatre
tho though
thoro thorough
thoroly thoroughly
thru through
thruout throughout
tipt tipped
-tont topped
tot tossed
transgrest transgressed
trapt trapped
tript trippen
tumor tumour
alor valour
vapor vapour
vest vexed
vi r vigour
vizorvisor
w'.urt wrhippel
whi-ky - whiskey
wilful willful
w~inkt winked('
woful w'o2lu
wrap; wrapped .
Pointed Paragraphs.
Any kind of a woman's hat is in
syle it she pays enoug:h for it.
Lots of mn would rather hold a
pblc job than makte a living.
T he man who lacks polish doesn 't
alays lack humanity.
it's furny how mucht more crowded
a fa seems after you have beecn mar
rid a little while.
Adam must have been mighity glad
he didn't have any plumbing to try
GIVES HIS REASONS
President Expiains the Object
of the Simplified Spelling
WILL LEAVE IT TO TMTh PEOPLE
Carnegie Syste, "Noth~ing but a
Very Slight Extension of an Un
conscious Movement," Says Chief
Executive After Charging Most of
His Critics With "Entire Ignor
ance" and Bidding Them Defiance
Hedges, However, to the Entent
of Promising to Drop Changes of
They Do Not "Wholly or Partially
Meet Popular Approval."
Oyster Bay, N. Y.. Special.-In a
letter to Charles A. Stallings. Public
Printer at Washington.' made public
President Roosevelt wrote that if the
changes in spelling advocated by the
simplified spelling board and put into
use in official documents meet popu
lar approval they will be made per
manent. If not. he wrote, they will
be dropped. The president's letter
follows:
Hon. Chas. A. Stallings, Public Print
er, Washington, D. C.
My Dear Mr. Stallings:
I enclose herewith copies of cer
tain circulars of the' simplified spell.
ing board, -which can be obtained free
from the board at No. 1 Madison
avenue, New York city. Please here
after direct that in all government
publications of the executive depart
ment three hundred words enumer
ated in circultr No. 5 shall be spelled
as therein set forth. If any one asks
the reason for the action, refer him
to circulars 3, 4 and 5 as issued by
the simplified spelling board. Most
of the criticism of the proposed step
is evidently made in entire ignorance
of what the step is, no less than in
entire ignorance of the very moder
ate and common sense views as to the
purpose to be achieved. which views
are so excellently set forth in the cir
culars to which I have referred.
There is not the slightest intention
to do anything revolutionary or ini
tiate any. far-reaching policy. The
purpose simply is for the govern
ment, instead of lagging behind pop
ular sentiment, to advance abreast
of it and at the same time abreast
of the views of the ablest and most
practical educators of our time as
well as the most profound scholars
men of the stamp of Professor
Loundsbury and Professor Skeat. If
these slight changes in the spelling
of the three hundred words proposed
wholly or partially meet popular ap
proval, then the changes will become
permanent without any reference to
what public officials or individual
private citizens may feel; if they do
not ultimat:ely meet with popular ap
'proval they will be diropped, ,and
that is all there is about it. They
representing nothing in the world bu~t
a very slight extension of the un
conscious movement which has made
agricultural implement makers and
farmers write "plow'' instead of
''plough,'' which has made most
Americans write ''honor,'' without
the somewhat abrupt, superfluous
"u,'' and which is even now imaking
people write "program'' without the
"me'' just as all people who speak
English now write "bat,'' ''set,''
"dim,'' "sum,'' and "fish,'' instead
of the Elizabethan "batte.'' "sette,''
"dimme,'' "summe'' and "fysshe;"'
which makes us write "public,'' "al
manac,'' "era,'' "fantasy'' and
"wagon,'' instead of the "publick,''
"almanack,'' "aera.'' phantasy"
and "waggon'' of our great-grand.
fathers. It is not an attack on the
language of Shakespeare and Milton.
because it is in some instances a go
ing back to the forms they used, and
in others merely the extension of
changes which as regards "other
words'' have taken place since their
time. It is not an attempt to do
anything far-rehing or. sudden or
violent, or indeed anything very
great at all. It is merely an attempt
to cast what slight weight can
properly be cast on the side of the
popular forces which are endeavoring
to make our spelling~ a little less
foolish and fantastie.
Sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Negro Commits Suicide.
Anderson, S. C.. Special.-Jason
Thmoas, a negro on the plantation of
Mr. S. C. George near Hunter's
Springs. committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the heart with a
shotgun. He borrowed the gun, lay
down on a quilt in his cabin, and by
means of a stick pulled the trigger.
The load entering his body causing
immediate death. Despondency over
the loss of some money and general
bad luck seem to have been the cause
of the taking of his life.
Many Complaints.
Washington, Special.-Discrimina
tion and unjust rates are the charges
fled with the itnerstate commerce
commission against many of the im
portant lines of railroads of the coun
try by shippers. The complaints.
each invoh-ing important points for
the consideration of the( conlimission,
were placed on file and it is likely
that both wvill result later in hearings.
Sheridan Still Aground.
H-onolulu i. By (Cable.-The army
t ransuor t'h rbhm remains onth
reel where she sruck. A c'ombied~
att empt to) iu!l the vessel fr~om her
perlious5 posian was madek by th~e
tuiz Fecrless. the revenue cutter Man
ning and the steamer Caludine. hur
dcspite' all the'ir efforts the Sheridan]
was*~ not movedl. The inter-island
steamer Helene arri-:ed here with a
number of the 'assenger~s of the
st randedl transport Sheridan, includ
MAY ANNEX CUBA&
it Looks Like Revolution is Be
yond Control
NEITHER SIDE ABLE TO CONQUER
Ardcnt Hope That Prerogative c'
Platt Amendment Will Soon be
Utilized.
Havana, Ey Cable.-"Neither side
can whip the other,;' is the concise
statement now heard everywhere in
Havana, and it may also be fairly
construed to be the growing convic
tions of thoughtful persons through
out the island. In Havana at least
the conviction has led, among all un
prejudiced persons. to expression of
an ardent hope that the prerogative
of the Platt amendment soon will be
utilized by the United States for the
purpose of effectually putting an
end to a condition that everybody
believes is otherwise- bound to grow
more and more intolerable.
Nobody appears to believe that the
insprgents will take Havana, although
this. is not regarded as impossible,
especially when it is considered that
co-operation in such a movement as
suredly would come from within.
Everybody concedes that the govern
ment troops can continue their record
of victories in almost all open fights
with the insurgents, but how the gov
ernment with the forces now at its
command and in view of the small
number of enlistments, even can pre
vail against its enemies who fight
in the same old method of guarillia
warfare is a conundrum which no
b<ly pretends to solve.
That the insurrection is growing
ponstantly is undeniably evidenced
every day and the decree of pardon
recently extended by the government
has brought no appreciable change in
the situation. One of the few Ameri
cans who joined the -insurgent ranks
came into Havana. He has been a
farmer in Cuba for several years
past, and presumably is a reliable
source of information. He informed
the correspondent of the Associated
Press tha.t 15,000 insurgents now
south of the Artemisa. in scattering
parties, shortly will be concentrated
with others from the vicinity of Guan
ajay with the intention of capturing
both Artemisa and Guanajay and
holding the entire width of eastern
Pina del Rio province. They will
thus control the situation far better
than did the Spanish troops in the
days of the famous trocha and at
precisely the same points. The insur
gents already have . taken Cabenas
and Bahia Honda on the north coast
of Pinar del Rio province, and accord.
img on conservative statements they
have easily 75 per cent, of the people
of this district with them.
Three hundred insurgents under
Gen. Carillo and Campos Marquetti,
the negro congressman, occupied
Bahia Honda, on the north coast of
Havana province. More than 50 resi
dents of the town have already joined
the band.' This body of insurgents
does not interfere with the, property
of Americans or other foreigners.
*It becarnie known that the insurrec
tion has spread to the province of
Puerto Principe. Seventy men have
taken up arms at Moron, that prov
ince, led by Garcia Canizares, speaker
of the house of representatives, dur- -
ing the Liberal ascendancy in that
body .
Demise of J. L. Jones, Grand Master
of Masons.
NashvilleTenn., Special--J.L.Sloan
of Lin Den died in this city follow
ing a surgical operation several days
ago. Mr. Sloan was a lawyer and
was elected grand master of Tennes
see Masons in 1904. He was 65 years
old.
Wounded By Terrorists.
Warsaw, By Cable.-Gen. Tumen
off, com'mander of a brigade at the.
garrison here, was wounded but not
seriously, by five revolutionists, who
fired upon him with revolvers as he
was leaving his residence. General
Tumeroff participated in the recent
piflcation of the Baltic provinces,
serving under General Orloff, Gover
nor- General of Livonia.
Kills Wife and Himself.
Mahcon. Ga., Special.--A special to
The Telegraph from Albany, Ga.,
says Howard Hayes, a middle-aged
mant, placed his left hand over the
eyes of his wife and fired a bullet
into her brains. He then killed him
self. Before the shooting occurred
the woman's screams were heard,
thea two reports of a pistol. When
neighbors arrived, Mrs. Hayes was
dead and her husband dying. There
is no clue to the cause of the horrible
crime.
Charged With Peonajge.
Gainesville. Fla.. Special --Jotn P.
Lynch. a prominent lumber manufae'
turer. was arrested here by United
States officers charged with poonage.
He was taken to Jacksonville. where
he will be arraigned, before a United .
States comnissioner the plaintiff, an
Italian. claimed that with four comn
panions, he had been held in bondage
by Lynch's azent or manager and
nlot permitted to leave the place.
Great Chilean Demonstration of
Thanks to Nations.
Santiago. Chile. By Cable.-A great
demonstration was held her~e in order
to expres to foreizn nlations~ *he
thanks of the reputb!ie for the sym
paithy and aid giveni Chile becanse of
the recent earthquake. Thiry thou
sand persons marched in revier p)ast
President Rieseo and P'resident-eiett
Montt and the diplomatie corns.
I l~ihu Root, the Americ'an Secretary
of St2:e. who was present, was loudly
cheered.