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2 Jil m Motion of the Five Men C Sherman Anti-Trust 1 Judgment Rsfus< Myers Sentei Savannah, Ga., Serial.-Thc hotly contested suit against what is known vjas'the Terpentine Trust ended last ^Saturday night by finding certain heads cf the combm?l interests u guilty of violating the Sherman anti trust law. . A Savannah dispatch of Friday flays:. Overruling the motion in arrest of judgment, offered hy the defense, Judge William Sheppard Friday - afternoon, sentenced the five^aaBB* found guilty of viohj^ing the Sher ' {nan anti-trust*iaw, and for-the first time, so far as is known, jail sen ^?v. tanc^i?^-t^-^ws,1- were, imposed. The sentences follow: Spencer P. Shotter,. chairman of the directors, of the. American .Naval; - Stores Company, * three months in jail and a fine of $5,000. Edmund S. Nash, president of the company, $3,000 fine. J. F. Cooper Myers, vice president Vt the Ameiican company and pres ident of the National Transportation ind Terminal Company, three months in jail and a fine of $2,500. George Mead Boardman, of New \ York, treasurer of the American Na rai Stores Compnay, $2,000 fine. Carl Moller, of Jacksonville, Fla., ?gent of the American and general manager of the National Transporta tion and Terminal Company in Jack sonville, $5,000 fine. Mr. Shotter and Mr. Myers were sentenced to terms in the Chatham county jail, Judge Sheppard' impos ing the punishment upon them, be cause they had been before the court two years ago, entering pleas of THE DAVIS BROTHERS CHA Washington, SpeciaL-John C. . . Davis and- his/, brother, Martin T. Davis, whose alleged ' questionable dealings in high finance came to an abrupt elose last week with a deluge of complaints from residents of this city, Alexandria, Va., and other cities were indicted by the grand jury here' Thursday. Tho indictments charge em. bezzlemenjt and misappropriation of VBfit sums of money, forgery and the attering of the forged papers and false .pretenses^ Five true bills, charging embezzle ment and' two charging \forgety and utterance, were returned against John ^-C. Davis. Embezzlement from this Potomac Building and Loan Associa tion, of which he was secretary and treasurer, and forgery iure alleged against Martin T. Davis. In addition to these, joint indictments charge the. SERIES OF TORNADOS Kansas City, Mo., Special-A ser ies of tornadoes iu Kansas, Misson and Oklahoma late Friday killed a dozen persons, injured about 100, de vastated Hollis, Kan., wrecked a train and did great damage to property. Twenty-five were injured in suburbs of Kansas City. At Hollis three men were killed and ten seriously injured. The Eck strom family of five persons is miss ing and may be dead in the ruins of the home. . Near Great Bend, a tomado killed two and injured 20. All wires are down in that vicinity and it is feared that the death list may be greater. William Aekerly, a Sante Fe en-. KILLED WHILE TRYING Roanoke, Ya., Special.-William , Bailey and H. M. Young, two young men of prominent families of Lee county, this State, shot and killed each other while trying to kill an other man Thursday night at a school entertainment at Dryden. Young rad Bailey had an altercation with William Jesse over, the matter of tickets of admission. Young and. STRICT PARTY LINES ARE Washington, SpeciaL-After a day devoted to discussing the duty on iron ore, the Senate, just before ad journment Thursday adopted by , a vote of 61 to 24, the recommendation of the committeeman finance fora duty of 25 cents per ton on iron ore. The House had placed that article on the free list while the presen t. law levies a da ty on it of 40 cen* s per ton. In tliis vote party lines were annhilat ed, as seventeen Democrats voted "aye" with the Republicans and twelve Republicans voted '?no" T***3* NATIONAL MOVEMENT Eichmond, Va., Special-The In ternational League for Highway Im provement began its convention here Friday. Mayor Richardson made the welcoming address and Governor Swanson, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and a number of other prom . inent men made addresses. Delegates from all over the coun ' try were present. President John A. Stewart, of New York, stated that the object of the organization -as to INHERITANCE OR. INCOME Washington, Special.--Income or ./ inheritance tax legislation . may be - passed at the special session... -Next to tariff .income tax is the most discuss ed thing in Washington today. ' ' This is because of a growing con - viction upon members of Congress that the present annual .deficit of more than $120,000,000 is likely to iprtrease^ in spite of high tariff duties. Congress' extravigance has gone on increasing year after yeai on til now onvicted of Violating the Law, for an Arrest of 3d-Shotter and need to Jail. guilty. At that time Judge, Emory Speer, who was presiding, stated that a term, in prison would he imposed, of they should come before the eourt again. Mr. Nash was excused on tht former occasion, when the,' grand jury retufne? a "no bill" against him, as he was a witness before the grand jury; . Mr. Moller's sentence was made heavy because of bis connection with the: terminal yards in Jacksonville. Svhere re-grading and re-gauging weer alleged to have taken place. . The case will be appealed to the '"United* States Court of Appeals, just as seen as the bill of exceptions can be prepared, and certified to by the coust. In the meantime, a motion for a new trial will not be made before JudgB'f Sheppard.'- A writ v-bf " error citing fifty-three, grounds were filed by the defense immediately after sen tence was passed. Councel attack nearly everything the court permitted to come before the jury, to which' the defense entered protest. It be gins with the eoprt's failure to sus tain the demurrer to the indictment and ends with an exception to the jury's verdict. Bond in the sum of $20,000 waa given for all the defendants joint ly and they were discharged, pend ing the determination of their appeal. The costs they must pay, if the con viction and sentences stand, will, it is said, reach $17,000, whi?h will, in . the event the sentences stand, be ap portioned among the five convicted men. The defendants were sentenced separately. Judge Sheppard made no long address, but merely gave them an opportunity to say why sentence should not be pronounced, a privilege of which they took but smalradvan tage,- and then passed the sentences. Mr. Shotter was the last to he sen tenced. Ju'ge Sheppard made his longest speech then, probably a hun dred words. . AGED WITH MUCH WRONG brothers with forgery and false pre tenses. The embezzlement .charges so far acted on by the grand jury against John C. Davi3 aggregate $52,000. As sistant United States Attorney Proc tor says the total claims brought to his attention aggregate $150,000. In addition-he knows of a case where $25,000 was secured from a person, who has not made complaint up to. this time. Other claimants, it is ex pected, desiring to avoid publicity, have not made complaint. Including +*?*<SA elaims, United States Attorr $150,000, the John Davis fi Mr. Baker ment exonerf who was arte spiracy with released on S S WEE gineer, was ku lea wiuie ?u*~...n ... a bridge gang between Great Bend and Kinsley. Frank Nicholson, a conductor, was also killed. The storm spread over a wide farming "area and laid waste man} farm houses and barns. An estimate of the rural casulties'could not be ob tained. At Hoisington, Kas., a tornado in jured a number of persons and greatly damaged farm property. At Pond Creek, Okla., a seve* wind storm injured four persons and unroofed several houses. Many washouts interrupted traffic Electrical disturbances cripp?ecT tele graph and telephone wires.? i TO SHOOT ANOTHER Bailey abused Jesse and the lattei struck one of them.' Jesse and Young clinched and Bailey, in an effort to shoot Jesse, shot Young. - As Young w*s falling he fired aimlessly, the bail killing his friend, Bailey. Jesse was shot in the side and anothesjjnan was slightly wounded. Pandemonium reigned in the hall where the enter tainment was held. BROKEN ON THE TARIFF the Democrats. During the day Sen ator . Bailey, in announcing that he prpposed to vote for thc duty on iron ore as z revenue measure, declared that such -action did not affect the prosperity of the United States Steel Corporation, and added that even ii it did there,was a better way to deal with that organization, which was an enforcement of the anti-trust law against it. He declared that he ex pected to see this law enforced and he expressed ?confidence that eventu ally the officers of the steel corpora tion would either be in the peniten tiary or fugitives from justice. FOR BETTER ROADS arouse the country to p:ress upon Congress the necessity for establish ing a national.plan of good roads.and carrying it out with liberal appropria tions. A letter from President Taft was read expressing hearty approval of the object of-the convention. .Final draft of a bill to be pre sented to Congress for approval, pro viding for an appropriation of $1, 000,000 for a surrey of a system oi national roadawaye. TAXES A REAL NECESSITY the deficit is considered by Republi cans as well as Democrats tp .be one of the . biggest problems in finance that "has confronted the government in a quarter of a century. Therefore, incoKB or inheritance tax measurer will soon be- a necessity, and will re ceive consideration along with tarif! revision. President Taft favors eith er of the taxes, but of the two, pre fers the inheritance tax because ht believes it wculd be ' eas^ of colle? ?on. GCItTY OF Fi??NSLAUGHTER 7erdict Rendered in the Case of Capt. Haines, Who Killed Wm. ^E. Annis. Flashing, ;?N. ., Y., Special.-After four hours' delibration, the jury in :he case of Cap? Peter C.-Haines, U. 3. A., charged with the murder, of tVilliam E. Annis on August lo "last, brought in a verdict of guilty of man slaughter in the first degree Tuesday ifternoon. The maximum sentence is twenty years' imprisonment. Quickly following the young army officer's conviction, his counsel an nounced that they would produce af fid?vits to show that the jury had not been properly guarded daring the trial and upon this allegation* will arge that a new trial be granted. These affidavits will be submitted Monday, the time set for passing sen tence and for any motions that the defendant's counsel" desires .to make, lhere will, of course, bc the usual mo tions to set aside .the verdict as against the weight. of evidence, and contradictory to law,, but the unguard ed jury feature is the only departure from tho stereotyped procedure look ing to a new trial. Night Riders Convicted. Waverly, Tenn.,'Special.-A ver dict of guilty was returned late Tues day afternoon in the case of the four teen alleged members of the night-f riders' organization charged with whipping Esquire J. M. Reece on October 15, last. Thc punishment was fixed at 1? days in jail and a fine of $500 for each. They were remand ed to jail under strong military guard, to reappear in court Wednes day, when a motion for a new trial was made. ^ After the verdict was announced, the defendants shook hands with each other and secured a band and musii and dancing were heard in their, cells. The names of the men convicted are Wyart Cbwart, Charles Pitea, Leo Warren, Walter Wa n en. Jim Divin ey, Charles Hopper, Walter Gordon, George Hodge, Harry Marshall, Jim Murrell, John Meran, WyCe Sanders, Sam Dickerson and Frank Estes. The indictment on which they were tried contained four counts-going mask ed through towns and villages with unlawful purpose in view; going in disguise upon the premises of another with intent to do him bodily hann; assault with a deadly weapon while wearing a disgui?e, aiid assault and battery while masked. ' New Orleans'?elebrateii. New Orleans, La., Special-For the double purpose of celebrating the first passage of a big modern warship ap the Mississippi river to a point as high as Natches:, thus giving great impetus to the deep waterways move ment and also a public reception to the officers of the battleship .Missis sippi, the citizens of New Orleans en tertained at an elaborate banquet Tuesday night in the palm garden of *ws-j^_Charles_ Hotel. UeputiCS, a; ici ? ?,?.^ . four hours Tuesday, adjourned the debate on the interpellations on the postal situation until May 13. The response of the postal employes was quick and decisive. Within half an hour the Federal committee had is sued an order for a general strike, and the railway mail clerks walked out in'a body. An hour later a meet ing of 6,000 postal employes at the Hippodrome took up the gage of battle and unanimously voted to strike. There was no great enthusi asm shown, but determination and resolution to force the hand of the government were apparent. Ambushed by Africans. British West Africa, By Cable. Lieut. D. A. Vanrenen. associate resi dent general administrator of a dis trict in northern Nigeria, three other Englishmen, and thirty-fivo native police were ambushed recently hy na tives at a point 50 miles northeast of Zungeru. The lieutenant and twelve of the policemen were killed. A British force has been despatched to the locality to punish the natives. French Tariff Bill Made Public. Paris, By Cable-The Senate's new draft of the tariff bill has been made , public. In addition to concessions af- , fecting the United States already published, the maximum duty on can ned meats has been reduced from. 30 francs to 23 francs per hundred kilos! ' Increases in the maximum ,witfr re- 1 spect to apples, hops, meat extracts. ' preserved vegetables, cotton seed oil, 1 vaseline, iron, steel, machinery, tools, wire, cutlery, nails, bicycles leather ] and shoes in which the United States i is interested are generally maintain- t ed; in some cases they ?re notably j higher. 1 Eilis a Rhonocerons. . Nairobi, British East Africa, By 1 Cable.-A bulky bull rhinoceros is tho ] latest prize wrested from the jungle ] by-Colonel Roosevelt.: From the ex President's camp near Machakos < word was brought down Monday that f the luck bf the Roosevelt party con- ( tinues, and that fifteen variations of , game, including he big rhineo, have j been bagged on the last expedition. The rhinoceros was chairing Mr. Roosevelt when the hunter fired. 1 Will Go To Supreme Court. Savannah, Ga., Special-The so called turpentine "trust" case, in 1 which a verdict of guilty was ren- 1 derod Tuesday night against five of- < fleers cf the American Naval Stores } Company, in the United States Court ' will, without doubt, find its way to 1 the Supreme Court of the United. < States. It was stated that in this ] case, for the first time, were the penal ) provisions of the Sherman anti-trust 1 law attacked, and this question will J probably be passed upon by thc Su- 'j prent?? Court in 'the naval stores case. 1 THE NRt?f Wff Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY T9 ,0AY Live Items Covering Events of Kore or Less Interest at Homo and Abroad. ; ,g ; ? ? President Taft kill receive a salute of 21 guns "when he arrives at Peters burg on the 39thJ Marie Fron, 20 years old, danced herself to death Tuesday night at Chicago. Fourteen Night Eiders were con victed Tuesday at Waverly, .Tenn., of whipping J. M. Reece last October and were fined $500 each and jailed for ten days. John P. Brady .has, erected .on his. premises near Qardensville, Md., a monument in honor of Adam, the first man, saying it is better late than never. He j's a learned man too., Thirty men overloaded a naphtha boat and in attempting to er?os* the river at Pittsburg, Pa., Tuesday night sank the boat and 23. were drowned. B. E. Raybold, 19 years old, died last Sunday at Hyattsville, Md., of tetanus (lockjaw V from running a nail in his foot two weeks before. Mrs. Boyle gave it out before she was convicted in ibe Willie Wbitla case, that in the event she were sen tenced, she and her husband would both commit suicide. The great battleship Mississippi ac commodated as many- as 5,000 vis-, itors at once while at New Orleans. R. H. Sweet, his wife and four children, .and Geor^?^' Hall, were drowned by the capsizing of their gasoline boat in the Chippewa" river. Wis., last Saturday night. Three brothers and one sister who were making a bare living in Ireland, have heired $100,000 from a batch elor brother, who died, 'recently in Philadelphia.. James Patton, the wheat king, bas promised to quit gambling. Mrs. Helen Boyle was convicted last Saturday of complicity in the kidnaping of Willie -:Whitla. J3he gets 25 years in the penitentiary. Her husband i got a life sentence. Six fishing steamers ?t Norfolk. Va., last Saturday made ? haul of 400,000 pounds of deep sea trout, equal to 2,000 barrels. Mrs. Augusta J. Evans Wilson, the Southern author, died. at ' her home at. Mobile, Ala., last Sunday. The day before was her 70th birthday. Schuyler Holley, at Logansport, Ind., fixed a pistol to fire- on an ex pected chicken thief last Saturday night. The ; thief didn 'ii . come and *" " ' "' T-*?n*lr tim pnn breakdown that -he committed sui cide last Tuesday night. The Porto Ricans take President Taft's message very unfavorably; They think they could govern them selves. ' , ; . , President Taft sent a message to Congress Monday, asking for new legislation for Porto Rico, practical ly declaring too much power had been given thu islanders before they were prepared. Representative Hollingsworth stood practically alone in opposing the Davis engraving on the Mississippi silver service. Judge Wm. L. Penfield, former solicitor for Department of State, and authority on, international law, died last Sunday. The evidence in the Brownsville colored soldiers affair makes 6,000 pages. ' x Judge Henry G. Connor, of Wilson, N". C., a Democrat, was appointed Monday to the Federal bench by President Taft, succeeding Judge Purnell. Foreign News Notes. The new government at Constanti nople has hanged another batch of 24 mutineers. This make? 38 such executions since the change. . " .'. * ? -t > ?. Edgar Thompson^ left Albion, 111., 25 years ago, motive "adventure. He landed on one of the Kgi' Islands, narried a princess and was crowned ling. Late news chronicles his death. Two missionaries to the Congo Free ; States. Africa, protested ?gainst a rubber company's oppres sive methods against tho natives and ire now being sued by the trust for ibel. , Friends of Castro tried recently to raise a revolution in Venezuela, in lis favor, but failed.. It is believed ?owever, that the army is, partial to iim rather than to Gomez. At Orleans, France, last Friday and Saturday, a most enthusiastic celebra ion was held in honor of Joan of Arc. 3ne hundred thousand people wit iessed the ceremonies and bells rang ;heir merry peals. 8 new commanders of U. S. battle ships were appointed lust Saturday. Twenty Men Killed. Albany, N. Y., . Special.-At least twenty men were killed Wednesday by a premature blast of 1,000 pounds ?f dynatmite in a stone quarry. Elev en miles south of Albany. The lead: John Hoyt Callahan, vice aresident and general manager of the ;ompany; Charles D. Callanan, JL arother of The manager; Leroy "Mc Millan, ^assistant superintendent; John Hendrickson, steam driller; Fred Snyder, master mechanic; Jas. Maloney, William Baumes, Fred Zap pert, and tw Ive Italian workmen. MAINE REMEMBERED WH! Erect Monument to Sailors Who Went Down With Her SIGSBEE DESCRIBES DISASTER Admiral Who Was in Command of the Ul-Fatcd Battleship at the Time of Its Destruction Delivers Dlus trated Lecture For the Benefit of the Maine Memorial Association. Washington, Special.-For the ben efit of the recently organized Maine Memorial Association, whose purpose is to erect in the national capital a suitable monument to the American sailors who met theif death in the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee, who was in command of the fated vessel at the time pf her destruction, Saturday gave-by request an illus trated, lecture here before a large audience, describing the disaster. "In many ways it is made obvious that public sentiment regarding the Maine has continued beyond ordinary bounds, ' ' said Admiral Sigsbee. "Many disasters have occurred be fore and since, yet none in recent times ?has held public- interest like that of the Maine. Her destruction was a turning point in our own his tory and in the history of Spain-a " turning point for the better in both cases, let us hope. "The mission of the Maine was en tirely friendly," he explained. "It bad no further import than to re assure our citizens in Cuba "and to protect them and give them assistance in case of necessity." .. Admiral Sigsbee narrated in detail the events succeeding the Maine's departure from Key West for Havana on January 23, 1908. Arriving at Havana, the Maine was taken by ih? pilot to one of the bouys commonly reserved for war vessels. "It wa* widely supposed in tba United States that the Maine was afterward shifted by the Spanish authorities to another buoy, but this was an error," he said. He also denied that the Maine enter ed l?avana harbor militantly. Continuing, Admiral Sigsbee said it was important that he should know that state of popular feeling in Havana regarding the Maine and ap parently the Best way to learn this was to attend a bull fight. "I have been made anathema for this by cer tain pious people. Bull fights were given only on Sunday but my object was not pleasure. It ha's been decid ed that my ship's company was doomed because of attendance at the the bull fight on Sunday, yet none who went to the bull fight were in jured in the loss of the Maine." Admiral Sigsbee graphically de scribed the scene on the Maine on the night of the explosion. To bear out the contention of the court of inquiry that the Maine was sunk bv a submarine mine, hri nallpd attention -. _j. ?.* uvvbUii A3 vUC only practical solution of the prob lem. Seaboard Losas by Fire. Portsmouth, Va., Special.-Fire of unknown origin, accompanied by an explosion, destroyed the general warehouse of the Seaboard Air Line Railway at the railroad terminals here early Sunday entailing a loss of from $100,000 to $150,000, and re sulting in the injury of four men, one being seriously hurt. The injured a:e: Fireman Walter Bissett, Night Yardmaster Matheson, Tom Sellers, colored, unknown white man. Sultan's Women Driven From Palace. Constantinople, By Cable.-Eighty women from Abdul Hamid's harem, richly dressed and veiled* were driven in carriages Sunday unoer the escort of four eunuchs and a troop of cavalry from the Yildiz to the ancient Seraglio palace, which has been un occupied since about 1824. Curious bystanders were driven away from the exit of the Yildiz palace by a guard of soldiers. The Confederate Reunion. Memphis, Tenn., Special.-An nouncement is made by the general executive committee that all will be. in readiness foi the Confederate re union, which will meet in Memphis on June 8, 9 and 10 and all indica tions point to one of the most suc cessful gatherings in the history of the organization. All Confederate veterans, who desire free accommo dations, will be cared for in a general manner. The general committee makes announcement that food, lodg ing and medical attendance will be provided for, each and every old sol dier, who shall make his wants known. Ask Governmental BUL Richmond, Va., Special.-The In ternational League for Highway Im provement Saturday adopted a bill, asking Congress for an apropriation of $1,000,000 to support the' work of the body through eight commissioners' to be appointed by President Taft. The league purposes to open perman ent headquarters in Washington, and its first effort will be lo build a nat ional model highway from Maine to Florida. Will Restore Order. Constantinople, By Cable.-The American ambassador, John G. A. Laishman, has made representations to Ferid Pasha, the minister of the interior, on thc importance of restor ing order in Adana province so that the refugees crowded in the towns may return to their farms. Ferid Pasha replied, saying he would take additional steps to restore the confi dence of thc Armcniaus and give them protection in the country where needed. MR,TAITS MESSAGE President Not Satisfied With Affairs in Porto. Rico. IKCAPABLEOFSELFGOVERNMENT Biuaiion of Unusual Gravity in Porto Rico-The Island Without Support ATter June 30 Next-Time Has Provan That the United States Has Gone Too Fast in Extension of Po-, litical Power in Islands.' President Taft Monday sent to Congress a special message recom mending legislation at the presen ex tra session, amending the Foraker act under which Porto Rico is governed. The President directs the attention of Congress to affairs on the island laying particular stress on what- he. ierms "a situation of unusual grav ity" developed through the failure of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico to pass the usual appropriation bills, leaving the island without sup port after June 30 next. Porto Ricans have forgotten the generoisity of the United States, the President says, in the desire of cer tain of the island's political leaders for power, and he adds that the pres ent situation indicates that the United States has gone too fast in the ex* tension of political power to the Porto Ricans. He concludes that the abso lute power of appropriation should be taken away ?xom "those-who have shown themselves too irresponsible to enjoy it." The President suggests to Congress the wisdom of submitting to the ap propriation committees the question of qualifying some of the provisions of the fundamental act as to the re spective jurisdictions of the executive council and the Legislative Assembly. But no action of this kind, the Presi dent says, should be begun until the Foraker act be amended so that when the Legislative Assembly shall ad journ without making, the appropria tion necessary to carry on th? gov e rn meut, sums equal to the appropria tions made in he previous year for the respective purposes shall be available for the current revenues, and shall be drawn by the warrant of the auditor on the Treasurer' and countersigned by the Governor. Such a provision applies to the Legislatures of the Philippines and Hawaii and "it has prevented in those to conn tries fcny misnse of the power of ap propriation." The President reviews the estab lishment of the present government for Porto Rico by the Foraker act. He says the statue directing how ex? the institution of the present Assem bly the House of Delegates has uni fcrmely held up " the appropriation bills until.the last minute of the regular session and has sought to use the power to do so as a means of compelling thc concerrence of the Executive Council in legislation Which the House desired. In the last regu lar Legislative Assembly the attitude of the "Execuive Council in refusing to pass bills led the House of Dele gates to refuse to pass the nc?ssary appropriation bilis. x Mr. Taft discusses the acts of the Legislature and of the council in de tail and says the facts recited demon strate the willingness of the Repre sentatives of the people in the House of Delegates to subvert. the govern> ment in order to secure, the passage of certain legislation. The question whether the proposed legislation should be enacted into law Was left by the fundamental act to the joint action of the Execulve Council and he Htnse of Delegates as the Legislative Assembly. The House of Delegates, says the Presi dent, proposes itself to secure thia legislation without respect to he op position of the Executive Council, "or else pull down the government." This growing spirit shows that too great poorer has been vested in the delegates. Th.!, message presents an exhaustive economic review of con ditions on the island, its trade and its wealthy its improved educational facilities. It peints out that "there never was a'time in the history of the island when the average prosperity of the Porto Ricans has been higher, his opportunity greater, his liberty in thought and action moro secure." For the first time in its history, ? The President points out that If th* Porto Ricans desire a change in the form of the Foraker act this is a mat ter of congressional consideration, dependent on the effect of. such a change on the real political progress on the island. Such a change, he says, should be sought, in an orderly way and not brought to the at^ntion of Congress by "paralyzing the ann of th', exist ing government." The fact of tht Porto Ricans forgetting the gener osity of this government) "should not be an occasion for surprise, nor in dealing with a whole people can it be made the basis of a charge of in gratitude." "When we assumed guardianship orer them and the guidance of their destinies we must have been conscious that a people that had enjoyed so little opportunity for education could not bo expected safely for themselves . to exericise thc full power of self government and the present develop ment is only an indication that wc hs vc gone somewhat too fast in t he extension of political power to them for their ov,-u good. CR??T MAN PASSES Bishop Galloway Dies After a Brief Illness of Pneumonia, QUITE NOTED METHODIST DIVINE Vost Prominent of the Bishops of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, -Hanked Among Greatest Pulpit Orators of America-His Writings Covered a Wider Range, Perhaps. Than Those of Any Other Person Connected With the Church, Jackson, Miss., Speoial.r-Bishop Charles B. Galloway, of the Metho dist Episcopal church South, died of pneumonia at his home here at 5 o'clock Wodnesday morning. Bishop ?Galloway, Mississippi's most distin guished divine and best-known pub licist,.for the last twenty years held rank among the "greatest pulpit ora* tors of America. Orders were issued for all depart* ments of the Federal, State, cennty and municipal government to remain closed Thursday, and Mayor Crowder has issued o proclamation urging all the business houses to closo for tb? day. Bishop Galloway was possibly th? most prominent of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. He was born at Kosciusko, Miss* September 1, 1S49, and graduated in 1868 from the University of Missis sippi. The decree of doctor of laws was later conferred upon bim by th? Northwestern University and by Tu lane University. He entered the min istry in 1869. Bishop Galloway's writing covered a wider range, perhaps, than those of any other person connected with the Methodist Episcopal chureh, South, and he'traveled extensively. For a . number of years he took an active interest in the prohibition campaign in Mississippi and other Southern States. He was president of the. beard of education of the Methodist Episcopal church, South; president of the hoard of trustees of Milisaps Col lege ahd.Vand- ~** University and was a mr'' ?L of tne board of trus tees of lie John F: Slater Fund. MONUMENT TO HENRY WIRZ. Veil From the Tali Straight, White Monolith Was Loosed by Mn. Per rin, Only Living Daughter of th* Bead Commander. Andersonville, Ga., Special.-Under the Stars and Stripes and the Con federate Stors and Bars, there was dedicated "here Wednesday the monu ment to Capt. Henry Wira, comman der of Andersonville prison, and exe cuted at Washington at the ead of the war on order of a military com mission, which tried him for murder and flagrant cruelty-martyred, not executed-the Georgia Daughters of the Confederacy unveiled the monu t--I Wn^nMulnv in .rho Knna fhflf i? Spring nine jju?vt.i._ ...?.??.- ~~.t^.-v? upon the monument, apd speakers, who loved the respected "Lost Cause,*' stood near its base under the once rival flags and told many incir dents in thc career of Wira, stories of kindness to Northern prisoners and of attempts to secure for them food and shelter which he could not get. . ' Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of The Savannah Press, said that the dedi? cation was not intended to reopen questions long since settled, but to do an act of justice too long delayed. Of the difficulties under which Wira worked, he said: "Wira was ham pered at every step hy the exigencies of his own government. While Gen. Dick Taylor was traveling through south Georgia during the latter part of the war, he related that the train stopped at Andersonville. There en tered his ?ar a Confederate officer named Wira, who said he was in charge of the prison and that the men were greatly in need of provisions and protection. They were without blankets and shelter and were, inade Q ii at civ snnlied with food." Memorial Tablet Unveiled. Petersburg, Special.-A memorial tablet on the baattleneld of "Bloody ' Angle" and a monument at Salem* church, in memory of the New Jersey volunteers, who fell on the battle fields of Spottsy1?an;a county iu the civil war were unveilod Wednesday. Col. B. Massey, representing Governor Swanson, delivered the address of welcome at tho tablet unveiling. General Joseph Plnmo then transfer red the memorial to the State oj! New Jersey, and Governor Fort, ol' that ?tate, made a speech accepting and transferring it again to the Fifteenth Ndw Jersey olunteer veterans asso ciation. Roosevelt's Luck Continues. Nairobi, British East Africa, By Cable-Theodore Roosevelt's hunting luck continues. The former Presi dent, on his last expedition, .shot a leopard and capured the animal's two cubs. A buffalo and two giraffes also have been captured by the expe dition. The party is still in camp at Machakos. No further cases of small pox have developed among the port ers of the expedition.,_ Wrights Home A?ain. . New York, Special.-Wilbur and Orville Wright, tho American aero plainists, returned from the scenes of their European triumphs Thursday. They were accompanied by their sis ter. Miss Katherine Wright, who made three nights at Pau recently, and said that she was not ^seared a bit by her experience. The brotV said that they had signed contrats to kc,:p them busy until they could get back to "Europe and sign more, that about sixty of thei. aeropknes wers now in process of construction.