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VOL. XII. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AI'RIL 22,1903. NO. 5.
CLEVELAND SPEAKS.
Ex-President Talks at Tuskeegce
Institute Banquet in New York.
SOUTH ENTITLED TO SYMPATHY
In the Solution of the Worn Prnhl?ni
'1 hey "Must Lear the Heat of the
Day."
New York. Special.?Former President
CI:ever Cleveland was the principal
speaker Tuesday night at a meeting
held in the concert hall of Madison
Square Harden in the interest of the:
Tuskeegee Normal and Industrial
School iustltuto.
Among those on the platform with
Mr. CI- vrlnnd were Mayor Low, who
presided. Hooker T. Washington. Edgar
G. Murphy, Dr. Lyman Abbott,
president Nicholas Murray Butler, and
Dean J. Vau Amringe, of Columbia; W.
H. Baldwin, Chancellor MrCrackeu. of
New York University; John De Witt
Warner, and George F. Peabody. Mrs.
Cleevland sat in the gallery with Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, who are
Mr. Cleveland's busts while he is in
the city.
Mr. Cleveland, who was greeted with
prolonged applause, as he was introduced
by Mayor Low, said in part:
"I have come here tonight as a sincere
friend of the negro and I should
be very sorry to suppose that my good
and regular standing in such company
ne eded support at this late day
either from certificate or confession
r\ r 1? " ?? ? "
.. luiuuiuiii, mnvrver, uh mi'l'C
may he differences of thought and sentiment
among those who profess to be
friends of the negro, I desire to declare
myself its belonging to the Booker T.
Washlngton-Tuskeegce section of the
organization.
THE DAYS OP UNCLE TOM'S
CABIN PAST.
' 1 believe that the days of Uncle
Tom's Cabin are past. I believe that
neither ti e decree that made the slaves
free, iu r the enactro- nt th?t suddenly
Invested them with the rights of citizenship
any more purged them of their
racial and slavery-bred imperfections
and deficiencies than it changed the
color of their skin. I believe that
among the nearly nine millions of negroes
who have boen intermixed with
our citizenship, there is still a grievous
amount of ignorance, a sad wnmint r>r
vicionsness and a tremendous amount
of laziness and thriftlessness. I believe
th?.t these conditions inexorably
present to the white people of the United
Stat'-s. to each in his environment
and under the mandate of good citizenship.
a problem, which neither enlightened
self-interest nor the higher
motive of human sympathy will permit
them to put aside.
THE SOUTH ENTITLED '>3 SYMPATHY.
"I relieve our fellow-countrymen in
the Southern and late slave-holding
States, surrounded by about ninetenths.
or nearly eight millions of this
entire negro population and who regard
their material prosperity, their
peace and even the safety of their civilization.
interwoven with the negro
problem, are entitled to our utmost
consideration and sympathy and fellowship.
I am thoroughly convinced
inai inr erroris or Hooker Washington
and tlio methods of Tuskeegee Institute
point the way to a safe and beneficent
solution of the vexatious negro problem
at the South, and I know -lie godd
people at the North, who have aided
these efforts and methods, have illustrated
the highest and best citizenship
and the most Christian and enlightened
philanthropism.
"I do not know how it may he with
mind tonight, the thought that after
all we of the North may do. the realization
of our hopes for the negro
must, after all. mainly depend?except
so far as it rests with the negroes
themselves?upon the sentiment and
jonduct of the leading and responsible
white men of the South nnd upon the
maintenance of a kindly and helpful
feeling on their part towards those in
their midst whoso much need their aid
and encouragement."
Mr. Cleveland closed with a strong
appeal for the uplifting of the race and
in closing introduced Booker T. Washington.
Nine Killed by Cyclone.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.?A
brief special to The Age-Herald from
Evergreen. Ala., says that at least
nine persons were killed and an Immense
loss to property was caused
?y a cycionG wmcn visitoa Burnt
Cork and Petcrman, in Monroe county
Tuesday night.
Largest flint |)-nd.
Faryctteville, Special.?At 11
o'clock Tuesday at his residence on
Gillespie street, died Mr. James A.
Hums, a prominent business man of
this city, of groat energy and ampl,
means, carrying on a grocery on
Gillespie street, with u largo slothing
house in the Williams-Morgan
Iron-front block on Hay street. Mr.
Burn.i was probably in physique the
itir&eai man in iNonn Carolina, weignJr.g,
wh(>n In health, ab&ut 620
pounds. He waa a native of Alamance,
a near relativa of Mr. Ransom
Hums, of this city, and cf the
lato Sheriff Burns.
SUPPRESSING THO BOXERS. |
Heads of the Criminals Arc Cut Off
and Fxposed to Public View.
Washington, Special. Minister Concm*
rejn rts from Pepin. under March j
12. that an attempt has boon made in
the district of Yu Tien, about 1,700 ,
miles west of Pokin. to reorganize the )
Hoxer movement, hut was promptly 1
suppress* d by tii" energetic action of J
the Viceroy, the famous Yuan Ship-Ki. i
who stood like a rock against the ,
ni xors in iyuu. several soldiers lost
thetr lives in the- attempt to arrest the
criminals. Several cf the criminals 1
wore killed and ten others wercarres,,'?d
who are to bo beheaded and their heads
exposed. Mr. Conner says only sueh
prompt and sewre measures will pre- i
vent : imilar organizu:lans In ether lo- I
eulitlo3. and It is hoped and believed i
Youan Shih-Kt will eontlnue as he has :
begun. The native official report 011 the 1
uprising Is as follows:
"The Tung Cliou Yungping brigade.
General Lian Tlang. and the distriet 1
magistrate of Yu Tien. Cheng Chin, report:
"In the matter of Boxers drilling at
Liu-Ho-Tao, in the district of Yu-Tien.
we sent petty oflleers to make thorough
search and on the 2Gth of the first '
moon (February 23rd. 1903), they arrested
Ling Chiang and other men and
women. 10 in all. who were.practicing
Boxer arts and who now ask for orders
as to how we shall deal with them."
"To this reply we received n?s fol- j
lows: The contents of the report have
oecn carefully noted. Proclamations .
hav< been issued strictly forbidding
any revival of the disturbances of <
1900. which were originated by the
Boxers, but Tuan Lun-Chiang and his
party, having no regard for the law
assembled a lot of people to form a
band of Boxers and drilled them in the
dead of night. When thoy wore boing
searched by the civil officers they dared
to resist arrest and killed and
wounded several soldiers. Thereupon
seven cf them were killed, men and women.
and their head s cxposod as a
warning. Ten others, men and women. 1
woie arrested and their swords, spears,
flaga. charms and pledges, all proofs of
their evildrsigns. were brought to light
1 shall depute Tnotai Chang Hai-Luan,
of the military secretary, of the regular
force. k> proceed at once with all haste
and make a thorough investigation and
deal with the matter according to the
regulations alrendy in force. As to the
ten men and women in custody, let
them he carefully tried and afterwards
beheaded and let their hea ln he sent
to the place of iheir rebellion and suspended
an a warning of all and a testimony
to the rigor of the law. We shall
expect also that some plan be devised
to secure the remainder of the band.
Let overv exertion bo made In rnnl it
out us to prevent further trouble. Forward
this with all haste."
The proclamation of Viceroy of Yuan
Shih-Kai. shows clearly the rigor of
the measures taken by him to stamp
out the Boxer movement. These persons
are to be beheaded: Those dealing
in magic spells to befool the people;
those practicing evil teachings and evil
arts; those banded together to commit
violent crimes; soldiers in sympathy
with Boxer societies.
Heavy tines md penalties arc imposed
on householders who furnish
quarters for Boxer meetings; on Boxers
themselves and on those who fall
to expose Boxers to arresf. Altars
propagating evil teachings are to he
destroyed and a reward of 200 tnels is
offered to any one delivering up hound
any Boxer. Smaller rewards ore offered
for Information 0:1 which arrests
can be made. The magistrates are to
be impeached for failure to prosecute
any Boxers.
renin, 0|>fi'iiU.?*. Ill'll I I'.lien nsuan
has been appointee! viceroy of Kwang
Tung and Kwang Si provinces, and Hsi
Liang has been made viceroy of
Szcheun province. Both arc strong
rapn and probably will suppress the rebellion.
Panama Assembly Adjourns.
Panama. Special.?The Assembly of
the Department of Panama lias ended
its session. Among other important
matters which were settled wao the
placing of a duty of 2.r> per cent, on all
merchandise Imported to the isthmus,
and the approval Qf a contract for the
lighting of Colon, made with the Colon
Electric. Illuminating Company. This
company was organiz-ni in West Virginia.
The contract with it was made
in 1898. hut was suspended a year
later by the governor of the department
when the revolution broke out.
Strike Declared Off.
Pittsburg. Special.?The strike of the
painters and decorators, which has
been on in the Pittsburg district for
nearly two months, was partically
settled Sunday, at a mass-meeting. The
men agreed to accept $2.40 for a day's
work of 8 hour*, and pay their own car
fare to and from work. Last year they
received $8.20 and hnd their car fare
paid. This year they demanded $3.f>0
and car fare. The compromise proposed
by the masters was agreed to
with the proviso that the scale jcommittce
should endeavor at another conference
with the masters to secure
sttcot car fare and some modification
or wo-Kinc runs.
River Continuor to Pall.
New Orleans, Special.?Th" river
continues to fall hero, registering ID.7
feet. If the nresrnt rate of decline
eortlnues for a week ail the temporary
! levees along tlie commercial front will
disappear. The work at Hynvolia went
, along successfully except for a deep
i hole, which some didleulty will be
found in crossing.
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SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
Industrial Miscellany.
On April 2 the Manufacturers'
Record announced that the Mecklenburg
Cotton Mills of Charlotte. N. C..
was to be organized for the erection
jf a plant. Permanent organization
las been effected during the week, and
it is stated that a $100,000 mill will
be built for the manufacture of lowgrade
cotton and waste. Win. Coleman
lias been elected president; E. \V.
Thomas, vice-president, and it. I..
Tate, secretary-treasurer. Messrs. Coleman
and Thomas, Robert it. Ray. .John
M. Morchead. 11. I). Heath and S. B.
Alexander, Jr., are the directors.
l.ast week reference was mudc to
statements emanating from Itome (la.,
that the Massachusetts Mills in Georgia
at I.indale. near Rome, was to huiid
another $500,000 mill. The Manufacturers'
Record has been authoritatively
informed that there is no truth in the
report, as further additions are not
contemplated at this time.
Three Methodist college.; of southwest
Virginia, namely: Emory and
Henry College for males; Sullins College
and Martha Washington College
for young ladies, will he consolidated
wiien me connni; scnooi year opens.
Hr. H. G. Waterhouse, of Emory and
Henry, will be president of the combine.
The Iowa Indians who live neai
Stroud. O- T.. number among their
most valued possessions a scalp quit
(Ivo feet square, which is supposed to
be "good medicine" for all diseases.
The scalps of which it is composed
were taken by the ancestors of the
lowas 150 years ago.
The People's Furniture Co.. of
l.ittle Rock, has been incorporated
with a capital stock of $1,500. The
incorporators are P. 11. Osborne. T. P.
Murray, E. E. Murray and others.
The planing mill plant of Martin
Wiegrand. of Washington. I). C.. was
partially destroyed by fire last week.
Involving a loss of $8,000. which is
covered by insurance.
The Hitter Lumber Co., of Saginaw.
N. C? will establish a branc h mill at
Johnson City. Tenn.. instead of Elizabethton,
as first intended.
The Eau Clalre-St. Louis Lumber 1
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $100,000 to $100,000.
Textile Notes.
H. 11. Neal of McDonough, Ga.. was
mentioned last week as organizing
company to build cotton mill at
Neals. Ga. He contemplates developing
10,000 horse-power at Neals Shoals
and building an electric plant to transmit
said power. A mlliion-dollar cotton
mill is contemplated in connection
with these developments. Surveys are
now being made of the property. W. T.
Whatley of Newnan, Ga., Is engineer
In charge.
Fnlton Bag and Cotton Mills. Atlanta.
Ga., has purchased all the machinery
required for its 50,000-spindle addition
announced last week as to be
built. Messrs. W. B. Smith Whaley &
Co. of Boston, Mass.. and Columbia, S. 1
C., are the engineers-architects in
charge of the improvement, which will
cost, as mentioned last week, from
$2r>0,000 to $300,000. Bids on the construction
of the buildings will be
wanted in two weeks.
Morton Manufcaturing Co. will he
organized to build the cotton mill reported
last week as proposed at Clover,
S. C. W. E. Morton will lie chosen president
and general manager; William P.
Smith, secretary, and M. L. Smith,
treasurer. Messrs. E. W. Fressly, H. L.
Wright, W. E. Morton, M. L. Smith and
W. B. Smith will lie the directors. Fur
ther details are now under consideration.
Messrs. John Ramsay and Thomas E.
Gore of Paterson N. J., have made a
proposition to i.. business men of
Clarksburg. Va.. for the establishment
of a silk mill In the latter city. It is
proposed to form a local company, with
c apital stock of $150,000. Mr. Ramsay
is president, and Mr. Gore, secretary,
of the Ramsay & Gore Manufacturing
Co.. which has a $50,000 silk mill at
Paterson.
David Armstrong of Columbia. N. C.,
contemplates establisning a mill for
the production of knit coods. Hp in
vitcs prices on the necessary machinery
and on water-power equipment to
suit.
Liberty (S. C.) Cotton Mills will increase
capital from $75,000 to $175,000.
Doubtless this action will be followed
by an enlargement of the plant. Company
now has 5000 ring spindles and
170 looms.
It is rumored at Huntsville, Ala..,
that the Madison Spinnings Co. will
increase capital from $100,000 to $200,000
and double its plant 7.200 spindles.
A icport to this effect was current
several months ago. but authoritative
statement did not follow.
Klots Throwing Co. of Carbondale,
Pa.. New York office at 487 Broadway. |
is hsvlne nlnnu nrcnnrml hv l n ii?i_ I
den. 1133 Broadway, New York, for its
silk mill, previously reported as to be
located at Cumberland, Md. Arthur
Cowsill of Washington, D. C.. has contract
to erect the building, but tho
machinery has not been contracted for.
A t'?00-hor8e-power steam plant will be
required.
A. K. Clark of Augusta, Ga., states
that there is no truth In the report,
mentioned last week, that he will
build a cotton factory at Jackson, Miss.
American Net & Twine Co.. Anniston,
Ala., contemplates increasing its
capacity to a considerable extent this '
year. A new enginc-hou^o and a moistening
department will be contracted
for at once. .
THE GOEBEL MURDERSome
Important Testimony Taken
Bffore the Court,
Frankfort. Ky.. Special.?Henry B.
Youtsey for the first time told on the
witness stand his story of the killing
of the late Governor Corbel. He named
James Howard, the defendant, as the
man who fired the shot. Youtsey said
he saw Howard for the first time a few
minutes before the shooting. Howard
had a letter sent him several days before
by the witness at Governor Taylor's
dictation. Youtsey says he took
Howard into the office of Caleb Powers,
then Secretary of Stale, which had
been especially arranged for the shooting.
He showed Howard the MarHn
rifle, {he bullets and the window from
which the shooting was to he done. He
says Howard asked what he was to get
for doing the shooting.
"What do you want for it?" Youtsey
says lie asked, and that Howard
said he wanted a pardon for killing
George Baker.
"I told him he could have that and
more, too." said Youstey. "About that
time." said the witness. "Gcebel came
in the gate and I pointed him out to
Howard and then ran from the room.
As I disappeared down the stops to
the basement I heard the crack of
Howard's ritle."
Youtsey said that after the shooting
he passed through the State house
basement and a few minutes later eame
hack into the executive building from
the east side entrance.
"1 stayed in the office of Assistant
Secretary of State Matthews,' 'said he,
"for a few moments and saw Matthews
break open Caleb Powers' office
and find the gun that had been left in
there."
Yountsey said that at the time of the
shooting he was private secretary to
Auditor Sweeney, but that while hia
political status was not definitely fixed
it was understood he was to have a
good place under Taylor. "Governor
Taylor," said Youtsey, "directed everything
we did. We regarded him as our
leader and he was morally responsible
for all we did. We knew we bad the
Governor and the pardoning power
behind us, and were not afraid of punishment
for killing Goebel."
Youtsey, on cross-examination, said
that after he was arrested and later
sent to the penitentiary, he still had
hope of gaining his liberty. lie
thought Ycrkes would be elected Governor
and would pardon him. Yerkes
was defeated, however, and about a
year ago he decided to talk and did toll
his story to Prison Physician Tobin.
Youtsey said further that he had an
additional incentive to tell the story,
as Taylor, Towers and others had used
him as a eat's paw and scape-goat and
then deserted him when he got into
trouble.
Serious Fire in B.-aumont.
Beaumont, Texas, Special.? A careless
workman kicked over a lanteran
at one of the Caldwell oil wells on
Block 38, Hogg-Swayne tract, on Spindle
Top and started a fire that resulted
in the loss of property valued at $1,000,000
and the bankruptcy of twenty
or more of the smaller companies.
There were 175 wells on the three
blocks of the tract, and only five of
the derricks and pump houses are left
standing. Every company that had
property in the Hogg-Swayne tract is
a loser. The fire swept the three blocks
covered with derricks and pump houses
clear of all its buildings. The derricks
lt?ft are on the edge nnd nre few
and far between. None of the companies
had a cent of insurance.
The fire started near the scouthern
edge of Block No. 3S and spread three
ways. Pumping stations, derricks and
pipe lines all fell before it. Large enjgiius
and thick pipe melted in the
heat. It is estimated that 170 of the
wens sustained an average direct loss
of This is exclusive of half a
million dollars more, the aggregate loss
on production and other damages. Fifty
or more wells probably nre ruined
by the dropping of tubing into them as
the result of the fire. Among the losers
arc: fxindon Oil and IMpo Dine
Company. Caldwell Oil Company. Spindle
Top power Company. Centra^ Power
and Equipment Company. Pumping
Station Dividend Oil Company, Detroit-Beaumont.
Palestine-Beaumont.
Sun Company, Advance Oil Company.
Qrcen City, Queen of Waco. Drummers,
Alaino. Buckeye. Ground Floor,
Manhattan. Boreaulls and Buffalo. All
pumping rigs, uncus ana pipe line
equipments were destroyed. Extensive
losses were sustained by owners of
drilling rigs, among whom were H. B.
Ford, Cartwrlpht Oil Company, John
Markham and J. W. Ennls. Mr. Funis
estimates his I03S at $15,000 and others
at from $1,000 to $4,000.
Metal to li Tested.
Washington, Special.?Unable to determine
with any deflniteners the real
car.se for the recent explosion on the
Iowa, the board of Investigation appointed
has recommended a critical
mechanical and chemical test under the
direction of an expert board to establish
the condition of the metal of the
burst gun. Secretary Moody, acting on
this recommendation probably will appoint
nn expert hoard. Rear Admiral
Higginson has reported to the Drpartmonl
Uioi ( K motn ft f *Ka I ? *.. - - .1 ~ ? I
...VUV v.iut iiit; aiui< ui i Jic illJilll'U
waa damaged by the explosion, receiving
several deep scores and scratches
along lta chase. It Is recommended that
this gun be not fired until thoroughly
examined, tested and aligned.
LABOR RESOLUTIONS
Manufacturers Speak Out Against
Boycotts and Lockouts.
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TlltV RECOGNIZE RIGHT OF LABOR.
Labor Commissioner Wright Addresses
the Convention?The Resolutions.
Now Orleans. Special.?Interest in
Tuesday's session of the National As
soeiation of Manufacturers centered in
the report of the resolutions committee,
which was made at noon. The labor
question immediately came to the front
I in the shape of a resolution embodying
a declaration of principles, declaring
against boycotts and lockouts, recognizing
the right of labor to organize,
but "without interference with the liberty
of employers or employe," denying
the right of unions to fix wages
and pledging the association to oppose
all legislation not in accord with the
foregoing principles. A motion to adopt
the resolutions brought a protest from
j Jas. K. Tater, of Cincinnati, who de
uiouurn iii.ii mi; resolutions no printeu
ami hold over until tomorrow. Mr.
Tater was supported by Mayor Jones,
I of Toledo, and a rising vote was demanded.
The motion to defer action
was lost by a heavy vote and the resolutions
were adopted. They contain the
following declarations:
"1. Fair dealing is the fundamental
and basic principle on which relations
! between employes and employers
should rest.
"2. The National Association of
I Manufacturers is not opposed to organizations
of labor as such, but it is unalterably
opposed to boycotts, blacklists
and other illegal acts of interference
witli the personal liberty of employer
and employe.
"3. No person should be refused
employment or in any way be discriminated
against on account of membership
or non-membership in any labor
organization, and there should be no
discrimination against or Interference
with an employe who is not a member
of 21 labor organization by members of
such organizations.
"4. With due regard to contracts, it
is the right of the employe to leave his
employment whenever he sees fit and it
is the right of employer to discharge
any employe when lie sees fit.
"5. Employers must be free to employ
their work people at wages mutually
satisfactory, without interference
or dictation on the part of individuals
or organizations not directly parties to
such contracts.
"6. Employers must be unmolested
and unhampered in the management
of their business and in the use of any
methods or systems of pay which are
just and equitable.
"7. No limitation should be placed
upon the opportunities of any person
to learn any trade to which he or she
may be adapted.
"8. This association disapproves absolutely
of strikes and lockouts and
favors an equitable adjustment of 21II
differences between employers and
employes.
"9. The National Association of
Manufacturers pledges itself to oppose
auy and all legislation not in accord
1 with (hp f,ipno/iln? -I
.u.vBuih6 tin miauiiu.
At the morning session Carroll D.
Wright, Commissioner of I^ahor, made
an address in the course of which he
said: 'The workingman has risen from
ignorance to intelligence, and as he
lias reached intelligence he has heroine
more or less a greater complication
in industrial affairs. In his ignorance
he did not strike; in his intelligence
he does strike. The next step in
the development in his intelligence
will be that he will not strike; that he
will he able to accommodate himself to
conditions because he will understand
them better. He will he able to recognize
his rights in relation to the rights
of others and to know fully what is '
uecessary for successful production, |
where he now understands only a part, i
This means of course the organization, j
the continuance, the perfection, of labor
unions. Some of the methods or
labor unions are to be condemned. So'
are som cof the methods of the capitalistic
organization to he condemned,
hut because they cannot get on together
does not mean that either or
both should be destroyed. They must
iu6viuvi. j no great question fnr |
employers and employes is: Will they
in conduct of their mutual affairs ex-1
cet-d the militant spirit, or invoke that
peaceful consideration which leads to
the adoption of the highest elements
of business interests?"
Not (lullty of Murder.
Newport News. Va., Special.?William
S. Shelby, alias "hanky Hob."
Ryan, was acquitted of the charge of
complicity in the murder of Amos l)yF.art
in April. 1902, by a jury in the
Elizabeth City county court Tuesday.
The jury was out only ten minutes.
Shelby was indicted at the last term of
the court with H. J. Pritchard, a Phoebus
saloon-keeper in whose place it
was alleged Dysart was murdered for
the purpose of robbing him of a sum of
money won at cards in the house
earlier in the evening. Pritchard's attorney
asked for nolle prosequi when
the verdict in the Shelby case was rci
turned. It was denied and Pritchard
will be placed on trial tomorrow.
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Alnny Matters of (icneral Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
Down In Dixie.
A tornado Tuesday morning killed It)
persons in Alubania.
Fire in the Iteaumont oil field, Texas
caused loss estimated at $1,000,000.
Representatives of the city Chambers
1 of Conimori>i? ? ? 1 *?
. ... >vi< iiiiiuiiii lurnien a
Stat*' Hoard of Trade.
A bill was offered in the Virginia
Senate providing for a Stute Hoard of
Arbitration to settle lalmr disputes.
Operators and miners, in session at
Hunting. W. Va.. are unable to agree ,
on a scale, and a widespread strike is
threatened.
Condn* tor Montgomery Thompson,
who had been with the Baltimore and
OlHo for 42 years, was hilled near Martinsburg.
West Virginia.
The West Virginia commission which
has a $50,000 appropriation. met at
Charleston to make plans for the exhibit
at the St. Louis Exposition.
After bring out only 10 minutes, the
jury at Newport News aequitted PolloeI
llf C ?
...? v?. o. nncioy. or Washington,
charged with the Dysart murder.
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The Manufacturers* Association, at ?
New Orleans, passed resolutions condemning
organized labor, and listened '*
to addresses by Commissioner of l^abor
Carroll I). Wright.
At The National Capital.
The new Chinese Minister paid his
respects to Secretary May.
Target practice has developed weakness
in the gun supports of the new
battleship Maine.
Russia has specifically promised to
maintain an open door for American
trade in Manchuria.
Fl. II. Creecy, who served during the
Spanish-American war. on the Panther,
is among those designated by the Secretary
of the Navy for examination for
appointment to second lieutenants of
the marine corps.
At The North.
Rabbi Gustav tlottheil died in New
York city.
The Pennsylvania legislature completed
Rh business and will adjourn today.
Th? t ?a- "*
....^t.huuuii i ii (x) orooaung"
charges, nt Jefferson City and St. Ixniis
is being vigrously pressed.
One of the worst storms in years has
been prevailing along the New Jersey
Delaware and New York coasts.
Diroctois of the company which controls
the New York "L" road refused to
grout the demand of the trainmen and
* strike is expected.
The steamer John II. atarin. the nonarrival
of which at New Haven had
catasod much anxiety, was located in
Huntington bay, Long Island.
The police of New York failed to
identify the body of the murdered man
found in a barrel on the street Tucsilnv
! rooming or to got any clue as to the
perpetrators.
An Indianapolis, Prosecutor Ruckelshatie
announced that the second trial
of Dr. J. C. Alexander, demonstrator
of Physicians and Surgeons, charged
with connection with grave robbing,
has been postponed indefinitely.
P. A. Wldener, the Philadelphia capitalist.
has ofTered to the city his entire
art collection providing, an art
museum is erected nt the (Ireeno street
entrance to Fairmont Park. Mr. Widoner
snys that the collection of Mr. and
Mrs. Wllstach will be offered.
From Across The Sea.
A congress of the Latin peoples was
opened in Rome.
President Lou bet arrived at Algiers
and was given a notable international
welcome.
The Albanian soldier who shot the
Russian Consul at Mitrovltza was sentenced
to death.
A convention under the auspices of
the Ulster Farmers and Landlords' I n
ion rruicisen tne iri.sh i-and bill.
A Constantinople dispatch says: "M.
Stcherblna. the Russian consul at Mitrovitze,
who was shot by an Albanian
sentinel there recently. Is dead.
The army and navy officers charged
with smuggling goods into I'orto Rico
will not be prosecuted. They will pay
lines equal to double the amount of
duty.
Miscellaneous flatters.
An international anti-aleohol congress
began in Rerlin.
Kmperor William is described as now
expressing warm admiration for
French Socialist leaders.
Artificial ire is sold by the government
in Manila to all persons in the
military service at ."<0 cents per 100
pounds.
A Ixmdon dispatch says: ' Miss Fllen
Thorneyeroft Fowler, the author, was
married last week, to A. I?. Felkin, at
ITetr nhull.
Fnsign Hussner, of the Herman Navy
v.ill Ik? court-martialed for killing an
artilleryman who failed to salute him
properly.
The German Government began an
investigation of th-i arrests of natives
under American protection on I\uk Island.
in the Cai^dines.
An alleged plot to kill General Otis
who commanded United States troops
in the Philippines, has been revealed by
an examination of papers captured
from the Filipinos. .
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