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I %<♦ , ># .y ; VOL XXVI MANY LIVES LOST. Xi'liont of Tons of Kook Crush the Sleeping Victims A TOWN WIPED OFF THE MAP. BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY. MAY 7, 1903. TbuniL runs Shock When the Great SltiL" Occurred. Women and ' t'litldren Killed in the Twinkling of an Kye. mi A dispatch from Vancouver, British Columbia, says the-little town of Frank, situated at the foot hills, 01Y the eastern slope of the Rocky moun tains, w.is overwhelmed with disaster about 4.30 o’clock Wednesday morn- tog. What was apparently volcanic eruption on the top,of Turtle moun tain^ overlooking the town, scattered and immense quantity of rock and debris dver the t&wn, stopping a mine, lmprl.Mi!)lBg' : the miners, crushing a numbeTbf hbuses and killing 112 peo ple.- The entire top of Turtle moun tain was scattered over the sleeping vtnage' TVf Frank. Immense pieces -^uLrock, thrown high in the Aif, and, descending, crushed in the roofs-of- ouses.and stopped up the :t»dptjb of he Frank mine. norsiss cKusHEb, Mast of the buildings in the town were 'de wtroy ed fH>4-mftoy-of..U.a.lini)iias THUEATENED WITH FLOOD. Overwhelmed by countless tons of rock the little mining town of Frank, in southwestern Alberta. Is thmilened with complete destruction by flood:" Old Man’s river, which flows through the centre of the feown, is damned up -by the failing rocks to—the_- height of nearly 100 feet and the entire valley above the town Is flooded for miles. A big body of water Js pressing with force upon the dam, the only pro tec-' j tion the town of Frank now has un less the river shall find, another chan nel. Should the impromptu dam break, the entire village would be swept away. The latest information from Frank is somewhat more’ reas suring than earlier news, in that there now seems to be less danger than was at.first anticipated of extensive disas ter. The threatened flood, which bid fair to duplicate the Johnstown, dis aster, seems less probable. A large force of men has been at work Frying to create a new channel -that the dammed up water of t,be Old Man's river may be run off. The ■ men will work throughout the night, and It is- hoped that the ^water will be riming through the new channel before morn ing. — FIFTEEN- MINERS ESCAPED. Most of thp men Imprisoned In the mine, wliose death at first seemed cer tain, got out alive late Wednesday afternoon. There were 17 men tirt+re- mlne. Two died from sulTocatiori, but the other 15 wo?ked their way out. The rescuing party above ground despaired "of saving the entombed GOOD SPEECH 1930 is now to be ^ J896 and aibout. It is possible that Made at a Democratic Harmony Gathering in Brooklyn. ' v .v . ' * THE DEMOCRACY OF THE WEST qulred may en have been a profound Qelle^gr in the great fundementai -pripcipalsNof Democracy^ but* that he may ha withheld his support from the party from either honest doubt- made the particular policies advocated would subserve these principles or from sincere conviction that they not. Oa the other hand, either be liefs or sympathies adverse to the general doctrines of the party may Tho Awfuly Disgrace to the Amer ican Arm Told by wSI xn\«A»Pn wmtgiv An Awful Story of Murder, Torture, GEN. MILES PLAN. Ha Says Good Roads Should be Made 'With Public Money as Wkm the Humect Discussed by Ex- have caused him to make Of these par- Extortion sml Unnecessary ConKressmun ^bas. A. Towne, a Republieau Who Turried Democrat. The annual dinner of the Brooklyn Democratic club to commemorate the anniversary Of the birth of James Monroe, and which had been spoken as a “harmony dinner” was held at the. Germania club rooms In Brooklyn on Tuesday night of last week. There 1 was about 350 persons present. Her man A. Metz, president of the club, presided, and those at the guests’ table included Charles ' A. TOwne, of Minnesota, and James L. Sla^den, of Texas. Mr. Towne responded to the he should neither expect or receive the treatment of a friend and ally. His place is among the ranks of the enemy. To those Democrats, therefore, who -were not with the party in 1896 or 1900 let Us say: Afe you sincerely with us now?.. If they answer ‘Yes,’ let us examine the record of those cam paigns only as bearing upon their good faith. r If satisfied with that I shall lie gtyd fqr my party to keep step with _ypu qnd them to the music of the con stitution and the Declaration of la- dejiendenCe- until the principles of teftS4-r'‘ThO- Democracy otJihe West," hot.h are, (irice, \agaln the recognized be found more V lh voclf* What vfe miners, for the entrance was blocked j need today Is less discussion of ourdlf- by Immense piles of broken rocks, j ferences and more emphasis on the things about which we agree. And saying in p&rt: “Real harmony ifL in co-opera- eration of good intentions. were crushed like egg shells and Their inhabit,tots instantly kiHed. The earth wa* opened by .agiga otic flssu re; three-quarters of a mile long. The' Old Man river, which runs through the town, was completelyttonnmed up • arid the railroad track war v rendered impassable fur a distance of tvto miles. The number of known, dead is now ' placed at 112. 7 Of these 18 men are ——..imprlsimediii ihe mine. 12-Hmlnera, Working outside the mine, werd killed by flying debris, and 82 men,- women and children were crushed to death by the flying rock as they lay asleep In t heir beds. The list of thoseAillled Is not yet obtainable. About 60 of the ~~ dead are said to be women and chil- rilren: 1 — — The miners within, however, found an exit where'tTiereus a pro-, After cutting their, way: through 30 feet of debris all but two ernergeff from the tn^ne uninjured, tine of the imprisoned wh^j so narrowly escaped death went hc>me : after emerging from giLLIUNS OF TONS-. Half the Inhabitants of the town Awakened to a realization of the 1m- .puidiug danger, when 'from the top of Turtle mountain, overlooking the set tlement, millions of tons of rock were hurled. . The frank miues, operated by the French Canadian Coal company across the mine and -found hisjiooserjostroy- cd and his wife and six children dead. There fo now plenty of air in the mine and the Inside workings are intact. - * . THE CAUSE EXPLAINED. -A special from Frank estimates the total number of dead at 95. The" latest theory as to the cause of the disaster is that It was due to a rock slide which carried the top of Turtle mountain down upon tie village be low. It is now thought that was sup- fMMiad hi ho thft amuke of a volcano continued’fair ataa Hiwt, anrl thal, the of small bits of rock during the day was merely the aftermath of the origi nal rock slide. A repetition* ofr the calamity Is qqw considered unlikely. _ vTu Riot on a Boat. ^ , A dispatch Tfom Beaufort to The State savs the steamer Clayton left Savannah early Wednesday morning gram than whl^B none other eTef taore. STtongly appealed to the patriotism, the reason, the conscience of the citi zen. The formulated accepted principles .of Demiicfacy are th^ prin ciples that inspired the American!Rev olution, that w^re proclaimed, in the Declaration of Independence, and that underlie the constitution of the Uni ted States. They comprise substan tially the doctrine of the Inalienable right of self-government; of Just taxa tion; of religious llhertyTrrf freedom of the press: of trial by jury;.of absolute equality under the law. They deny^ and condemn the--entire system of tvranny and favoritism that make up today tho code and practice of the Re- publlcan-parly. Show me one great purprwc nr policy of the donainapLp ‘^ravaimrr^reursH* 1« Uautekte. lieTnirlwr under liundreds of feet, of islaD(t When neaf .the land - — • . rock Justus the morning light was breaking. Inside of live minutes from Die tirsi thundero.uS shock and before -•half of the town realized what had 'liappehed, a small force of men' had _ ! >»tarted to the reljpf of the miners, de spite the great risk they ran of being hurled under the rocks, which were ^still l»elng precipitated from the lofty mountain top. The volunteer re life f f .rce was unable to get into the mine, but managed to Ret near enough to determine that not a man att£e work ings bad escaped death. Many had u en f. ai fully mangled. The disaster was mercAful to thote men who vie re -employed above ground, In that they must have been killed instantly, while those men In the workings of | the mine's may yet be alive if they If all a row was started between several negroes, which resulteflln the killing of a ne gro named Ingram >by Jim Thomas, alias Chinaman Jim, another negro. Five other negroes have been arrested as accessories. Thomas escaped from the boat, but afterwards gave himself up. The tight was begun by Thomas shooting a negro woman through the hose and when Ingram endeavored to defend her Thomas shot him three times,'kBBng Ingram almost Intantly. Provided with a warrant from Mag istrate T. G. White, Sheriff Porter left Beaufort Wednesday for Savannah In response tft a notlfica ticular policies an excuse or pretense for Inactivity or for open aid to the Republican program. In the former case X.maintain that a man, If he be now in harmony with Democratic purposes, has a right to a seat at the Counsel table and a place In the fight ing lincST ln th^ latter case, I con- THE WHOLE TRUTH for all time, to dirt fit that any orders or circulars of personal Inptnictlon which would inspire or encourage anjk act of cruelty be annulled.^ .. rr Gen. Miles directs attention to the acts of reconoentratiou by General Bell and ctydidFghat they were in di rect violation of the law. He say* the law was also violated In handling and WATERWAYS HAYS BESM MADE, buying large quantities of rice which was sold at a profit. The people who were in the reooncentration camp, Bryan Receive* says General Miles, were “considered prisoners of war, but weie compelled NO 35 Ovation and hft i tend Just as stoutly, Cruelty inN^ba Philip- to buy food from those who held them . „ at a large profit.” General Miles pine* Diaada. characterises this as unprecedented. *; AS TO THE XOROS. Of the Moros General Mile! says: “The problem of reducing or con trolling these people In case of con tinued hostilities does not appear to be a difficult one. They are very poor ly armed, and have no means of with standing our mountain artillery and Jd mortars. Their forts possess but slight resisting power and cyi easily be destroyed by modern artlljery.” Of the roads to Lake Lanao, TelU Why she Farmer le Entitled to Good Public V-: Hifthwaya. and honored lie." The extended report of\Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles concerning his observations in the Philippines, was made public last week by thh.war department. It is dated Feb. 1903, and covers all features of hli trip through the Islands, together with his recommendations. General Mite* describes axtatt t» Ltpa, where, he says, a party Of citi zens, headed by the acting presldente, met him and stated that they desired to make complaint of harsh treatment of thejpeople of that community, say ing that they had been concentrated In towns and had suffered great In- 'iigfiftles, “that fifteen of ttyeif pbople had been tortured by what is kuown as the water torture, and that one man, a highly respected citizen, aged 55 years, named Vicente Luna, while suffering from the effects’of the tor ture and unconscious, was dngged he set ag:Bnst that-of-hliom hlk bouse, ’Wnlch had been set ' burned To*"deSTTn The' International Good Roada Convention met in St. Louis on Mon day of 4ast week. Senator Latimer of this State addressed the convention on the first day. The next day Gen. Nelspn A. Miles, who is president of National Highway commission, made an address on “Military Roads and v he National Aid.” He aaid, in part: says: \ a “Our government has expended $500,- At the time of iny visit there were 000 for the Improvement Of harbors bulwarks of tho repub- For the Thoughtful. ^ If Christ possessed no other au thority ”IWan that: derived from his blameless and hjeruic life, his testi mony might uirthe morbid, the diseased, the blind, and the evil-minded who have borne witness Lo ttie futility of virtue effort. ' In knowledge of life Tt Ts spiritual rectitude and insight which cohqt; numbers have -no signitlcance. If we are to suffer, let us suffer as he did, in'sublime silence; if wo are to be scourged and rejected, let us keep our themselves and to the country, officers and soldiers made a spiritual dignity amid the squalor of sin; if we. are to die, let us die for and with our race. Such a bearing plucks the bitterness out of sorrow, and raakesdeatb a revelation of Immortali ty. And such a bearing translates life into a speech full of spiritual neali- ty and promise.—Hamilton W. Mable. on fire, and burned To* deklh. ,T1IBY stated that these atrocities were com- and (knitted by a Company of scouts under comrtfand of Lieutenant Heonessy, and that their people had been crowd ed into towns, 600 being confined to iMrlous detriment to the service. one building;* _ * A doctor ofihe party said be was ready to testify tfial some of the 600 died from suffocation. Howard Found Gnilty._ ■purixiM- nr uuiiuy ui tiic uumuiam/i - Fijinkful I Kr ^Tn thc third party that Is not in IrreConcTIBbld 1 y V r n , . nc ■ , ■, . ra our InstitutioM. Over against the portentous shadow of colonial empire now looming In tbe eastern seas, I place the glorious accomplishment ot our ancestors who rebelled against a colonial status and founded a new kind of government among the nations, one limited to the ends of Justice and seeking the source of its power in the cousent of the governed. The exist ing system of special privilege that either creates or fosters conditions un der which monopoly has become-more powerful, more splendid and more in solent than ever medieval feudalism was, I confront with that great doc- tdftft of American liberty formulated by Thomas which, as Jefferson, be came and remains a fundamental tenet of Democratic faith; ‘Equal rights for all, special privileges to none.’ This doctrine Is a charter of universal afternoon fopportunlty. This opens the road to legitimate effort. Under it, ability ahd geirtasAra Insured nfalt-fleld un vexed by executive caprice or legisla- havc air to breathe. If all the air shafts to the mine were dosed up un- 1 . der that awful avalanche, all tTO men : must have died by Wednesday after noon. The disaster, was not conflend to the vleinity-oMhe mine sloua, foril, many of the dwelling houses in the 1 tton from the Savannah police authori ties that all the negroes were in cus tody. They will be brought li-re fur! live contrivance preliminary trial. — * > “The name of Monroe, which : mention with grateful femem wc n rm ( tonight, Is imtoorlalty asROclaled with. , r , .* r- i 1 the dedication of this hemisphere to . Th .® t0 ,^ n . nf ^afayette, Colo.-, en-! the r | ght/eous experiment of self-gov- joys the distinction of having Akbank ernm ; Qt . Th e American people is a ’ presided over-by a woman. ThBpesi-1 dent of'thls bank is Mrs. 1 M ir>- A 600 of our men at work on this road. The heat was Intense, and there were at “the time seventy men sick and some 200 men on sick report. Unless there should be soma great military necessity—and I know\of none—tills work should not be performed by troops. There appeared bo be very dissatisfaction and Just ground for complaint.” The more Important obser^tlons and recommendations of Gen' Miles are as follows: ‘ ‘The general condition of the troops Hr The kretttpetsgu -wax credttartrte SIMILAR ATROCITIES. ' General Miles then refers to pther cases, saying that on the Island of Obu, it was reported and published in November, 1902, “that two officers, Captain Samuels, Forty-fourth Infan try, United States volunteers, and Lieut. Peeler, Nineteenth .infantry, _ had committed similar atniolttes depressing, and* to some extent, lias a against the people of that ishmeh—Hr The ap pearance, - •—-—— .. “The effect of the climate in a most The rh'eh' go there In perfect health and In the prime of manhood, but,as a body are seriously affected In the course of' two or three years 8ervlce v Very few escape, but the majority are debil- uteff: MILITARY STATIONS. As the military stations, with but few exceptions, are-very remote, and the troopS are required to be In com munities that are neither Jbeoeficlal nor congenial to them, the service is and waterways and now the attention of the public fs being called to our postal roads and avenues of communi cation that are most useful and Im portant to all our people. * - dll -such expenditures of the na- tionaf treasure have been made in the past for the development of railroads and waterways, is It not now a most appropriate time that the Improve ment of our roads should receive na tional attention and governmental ld?~ B«'Governor Hegg ol Tew potatsd~ ouVthe necessity for good roads, which, be believed oould be secured only through the aid of the national governmi xdicy of some of the dered in the years, ago, the prisoner was found guil ty.'The Jury first reported that It could ;not agree. Judge Cantrell then sent Its members back with Instructions To remain uhlil an agreement was reached. A half h ur later the jury again reported with a verdict of guilty, and fixfng the punlshmentat life imprisonment. The Jurors all voted for a verdict of guilty, the dls- agre&ment being as to the extent of punishment. Death was favored by all but Juror Burkes, who announced that he would under no circumstances vote for thedeath penalty and a ver dict for life "sentence was agreed up- is also reported that at Laoag, on the island of Luzon, two natives were whipped to death. At Tacloban, Leyte, it was reported that Major Glenn ordered" Lieut. Caullfleld,- Rhllipptne scouts, to take eight prison ers out into the country and that if They did not guide him to the camp of the Insurgent aulson. he was not to brlng a them back. It was stated that the men were takenout and that they either did not or could not do as directed. One of the men who had a son among the scouts, was spared, but the others were shot or bayonetted to death,"some being Id a kneeling post tion at that time.’ on. t0WD.0f Frank were demolished hv the falllpg of rock. Some of the occu pants bTthfese houses escaped death, but many others were Instantly killed. “HTTs"conservatively estimated that the loss of life will exceed 100 and the -"totrnt rrlurnn place the nnmlyr n f dead at 112. “ When reports conceru- details concerning it commenced to come in from reliable men who had been prospecting for nfews, it was dis covered that the earth opened for three-quarters of a mile, and many Miller, and she is said to be the only woman-bank president in the country. Shfe Is prarTicaHy’owner as well as manager. The offices In the iostltu- tion are kept In the family, for Mrs. Mlller'ftsen, George. txvice president, her son, James, cashier rrod tm ~wife, Elizabeth, assfSiam'caslliei and pay of the disaster and 5 "leg teBer. Mrs. Miller moved Into , j feet In width and that- the whole northern face of Turtle mountain slip ped from Its place- -• - .*V- : „ A TERRIFIC SHOCK. Tbe shock resultant upon the pre- TDipltatlon of the millions of tons of ' rock Into the valley, while only actual ly demolishing comparatively few of the houses,"shook the foundations ot a majorit} of tbe dwelliniH^ln tbe town, so that they are unsafe to live in and many hundreds of people will CT- AC - have to live In the opentirxmder such temporary shelter as may be procur able. The railroad track for a dis tance of two miles or more east of the station is covered with from 10 to 40 feet of rock and the telegraph wires are down. All communication is being conducted over one wire run ning west, and this one line is so blocked with private mc^Ages and in quiries from the outside that it Is only with tbe greatest difficulty that press matters can be sent out. At dusk Wednesday the rock was still being thrown on tbe town from Tur- tie moontaiBy and it is impossible to venture within balf a mile of the mine workings. - It Is now certain that 18 men are buried in tbe work ings! All hope for tbem has been abandoned. All hope for them has been abandoned. Tbe streets are browded with tbe relatives and friends of tlMse known to be entombed. The women are behaving in a most heroic manner. There is no explanation for the continued upheaval of rock. Tbe eruptive influences seem to centre at the brown of Turtle mountain. Colorado with her husband in 1863, into traveling by ox team and taking the state the first threshing machine. Mr. Miller died In 1878. When coal was,.discovered on her land In 1887 Mrs. Miller became a rich woman. She leases the mines to the operators and Invests her large revenues through her bank. Mrs. Miller is regarded as the foremost business woman In tbs state. w— Editor Hearat Takes a Bride. Congressman-elect Wm. Randolph HearsL_proprlctor of The American andevenlng Journal of New York, the Chicago American and tbe San Fran-: cisco Examiner, was married lh New York Tuesday to Miss MBHcent WH1- son, daughter of George IT! Willson, president of the Advance Music com pany of that city. The ceremony was the chantry-ot-Grace church, Bishop Potter officiating. A n iber of the personal friends of the coifple_ were present. Mr. Heartt’s best roan was Orrin Peck of San Fran cisco, and the witnesses were S. S. Banralho and P. J. Mar. The newly unit in Hifijnalutenance of that prop ositlon. But a greater danger threat ens than any menace- to the Monroe I Doctrine. That doctrine applies to j OT .Kaiser Wilhelm It this afternoon the outer boundaries of liberty. The It of the Republican party Is against the citadel Itself* Of what avail to /mankind to preserve for a’ while, tim soil of South and Central America from the burden Of t» cal systems, if meanwhile we are to surrender tbe government of the Uui The Invincible Country Boy. A glance at a list of tbe great men of the big cities of the United States Will prove beyond a doubt that ^be country-bred boy is far superior to his city born cousin in point of business and professionial ability and gen eral capacity, Many reasons are ad vanced tor the success of the country boy In the large cities, but tbe one that seems to hit the nail on the head is that the youngster of the provinces is taught to work, and by this is meant a good and honest day’s work, one of twelve hours. He is a sticker, Too, who Is willing to start in at the bottom, and when you find a country boy who is a worker and a sticker, ne is invincible.- You-can’t keep him dowirr ——' '—■;•*•• -A W»rirli»K.- - When soldiers camped in Greenville a young soldier by the name of Het tinger married Adele Grace Kettle, aged 14. Her parents objected and took the girl home. The soldier has now become Captain Charles H. Het tinger, military instructor at South Jersey Institute, N..jL „ He now asks for a divorce on tbe ground of deser tion. These foolish-girls bring about much trouble by their Indiscretions In marrying, . ted States to the practices of absolut ism? Why vindicate to the people of neighboring republics the right to be undisturbed in tbe regulation of Their own affairs unless wr propose restore to American citizenship its original prerogatives? Kings may as well rule In Spanish 1 America if legal ised monopoly is to bs king is the great republic. “This, fellow-citizens, m It -wremt to me, indicates clearly enough the duty and the opportunity of the Democratic party now and in the campaign of 19w. To restore ths ancient landmarks of the constitution, to wrest from * private Interest the control of the government and bring the people to their own aga]n; is not this a program in which alf f genuine Democrats can unite? And if a man honestly join in such a cause, Is he not a Democrat? Speaking for my self, as a man who advocated before hundreds of thousands of citizens in many states the principles of the Democratic platforms of 1896 and 1900, and who believed in those princi ples then, and believe in them how, as applicable Xnp the same conditions. I am very frank to declare my con- -..LviCtlOU llJilt. hol-h Justice and expedl- mand of Lieut. Gaupot, Tenth cavalry; that bis front teeth bad been knocked out, which was apparent; married couple will sail by the steam-fth a t was otherwise maltreated, , and robbed of $300. It was stated for Europe. • that these priests were taken out fo be killed and wereaaved only by the prompt action of Major Carrington, First Infantry, who sent out for them. “Lieut. Gaujol was tried, pleaded A Back Set. 1 . - week tbe United Supreme, Court sustained the new cbn&ti tUUon of Alabama disfranchising colored voters, Giles, a colored man was denied the pHvIttjpriSf registering as a voter un der the Dew constitution of Alabama, and tbe case was brought to test the validity of the portion to the state &1 ^i^[con*titutlon bear!bg upon this ques tion. The reiiersought was denied on the ground that the case was political Justice Holmes who delivered the opinion said that for the court to In terfere wbuld be unheard of relief In oasei presenting only poll Heal ouee- tloniv " eney d^naod that nogeeatet WSUttL* *tW.: TtejtffcPf Bowie man's Democracy should he required today thau bis belief In and readiness to labor for the principles that are at stake today. If a man is sincerely with me now I have not the right, either to deny him the glory of fight ing nor to deprive myself of his assis tance in our common cause on> The ground that we were"hot Agreed upon -a former occasion. . “Let me not be misunderstood. 1 do not mean that a man’s attitude In Three to Rang. For the first time in tbe history of the state of Tennessee three negro brothers have been sentenced to bang the same day for the same crime, which was murder. John, Pete and ( Clay Johnson were sentenced by Judge Tyler to be hanged May 29. Tbe crime was committed ih the Needmors vicinity Oct. 1. A negro festival was in progress and Oscar Redmond, color ed, was engaged to keep the peace. The Johnson brothers attended .the festival and raised a disturbanoe. attempted guiltyTahd was given the trivial sen tence of three months’ suspension from command, forfeiting $60 per month for the same period. His plead ing guilty prevented all the facts and circumstances being developed. OUT tO TORTURE. “It appears that Vsjor Glenn Lieut. Conger and a party of aasis tants and native scouta were movec from place to place for tbe purpose o extor;log statements by mens of Torture and It became sq "notorious inat this party ' waa called ‘Gitnn’a During visits W ffbmurallzlng effect. the garrisons, it so happened .that I did not see a single soldier under tbe Influence of liquor. As the result of my observations, it is my Judgment hat the discontinuance of the liquor feature of the canteen has been bene- ilciaj. Temptation was removedfrom the immediate presence of tbe young n of the army and they are l Indulge 1q liquor! f “The number of troops that will be required to occupy the Philippine is- ands is still problematical. While It a claimed that the people are pacified, evidences of hostility toward Ameri can sovereignty are apparent. The newspapers published in both Spanish and English contain almost dally ac counts of hostilities, depredations or disturbances of the peace. Against these armed bands the civil-govern ment Is employing the constabulary, a force of about 6,000 “I found a large proportion of the troops_ occupying church property, monasteries, colleges and convents. This 1 believe to be entirely wrong and it^abould be discontinued without delay. “While the supplies as a rule, have been_abundant and of good quality there is, In my opinion, too much cold THE PRIESTS TORTURED. “At Calbayog, Samar, It was report ed . that several men in that district had been subjected to water cure. I ssw tbrecanen who had been subjected to this treatment. One was the presl dente of the town, Mr. Rosales, who showed me long, deep scars ob his armrwhlch, he said, were caused by the cords with which he was bound, cutting into his flesh. “Tbe second roan was named Joee Borgs and tbe third was Padre Jose Diaznes, who stated "that he was one of three priests who had been subject- _ ed to torturetjy the trOOpS dhdU Mm- ataage meat used:4©f guodaf, the many eminent physicians, It is not the most healthful.” General Miles says the Philippine islands are as defenseless today as they were five years ago Ind renews his recommendation that at least one strategic position be fortified beyond the possibility of capture by any for He spoke of tbe insular government and said if y that Is being aquae- lippinea oould be need here In the ImpTOvementof highways, our roads would be In far better con dition. .. \. BRYAN RECEIVae AN OVATION. Wm. J. Bryan spoke at tbe aftere noon session, receiving ah oration. He said, in part: “Tbe expenditure of .money for the permanent improve ment of tbe common roads can be de fended, first as a matter of Justice to the people who live in tbe country; jncnhd. as a matter of adrantege to the people who do not live in the country, and third, on tbe ground that the welfare of the nation de mands that the comforts of country life shall, as far as possible, keep pace with tbe comforts of city life. “It is a well known fad, or a fact easily ascertained, that the people in the country while paying their full taxes, recei ve as a rale only tbe gen eral benefits of government, while tbe people of the cities have In addition to tbe protection afforded by tbe govern ment, tbe advantage arkdog from tbe expenditure of public moneys in their midst. “Thfi-improvement of the country roads can be justified also on the ground that tbe farmer, the first and most Important of tbe producers of wealth? ought to be in a position to hold his crop and market it at tbe most "favorable opportunity, whereas at present he Is virtually undwr com- pulsion to sell It as soon as it is ma- ~*»A- ■J tured because tbe rttads may become Impassable tnr thnrdaring Uie fsB> winter or spring. Instead of being his own warehouseman, the farmer la compelled to employ middlemen and share with tbem tbe profit npon his labor. The farmer has a right to in troops. Its constant -use becomes «tst upon roads that will enable him very distasteful, and in the opinion of Togo to town, to church, to tbe school fllgn nr In my journeys through the archl- ImmediatelfrTipon the house and to the homes of bis neigh bors, as occasion may require, and with the extension of rural deliesry he has an additional need for good - roads in order that he may be kept In communication with the onteide PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS. U ■- -1 * arrival of aid in assisting the people to obtain a food supply, of which they will be id great need In the near future. 1 do not think there Is today a people so MTsrely afflicted aa the eight million ft Red round when killed him. to v quiet him A Bank Robbed, special from La Grange, N. street, put bia head out of the win- -dow, but a ballet from the burglars forced him to take cover. Bloodhounds hats been sent for. ^ brigade.’ Whether it was possible for officials lo be engaged hi such act without the-personal knowledge the general Upon wbose staff they were serving at the Time, namely, Brigadier General Hughes, I leave for others to Conjecture. _ ** “These facts came to ray notice In a casual way, and many others of similar character have been reported in different parts of tbe archipelago. In fact, I was Informed that it was common talk at the place where of Inhabitants of this archipelago. Pestilence has prevailed, having been In some districts a serious scourge, re sulting In she reported death of nearly 76,000 people, while it is estimated that the Dumber not reported ti fully as large.”' ' , - * “ —fteovrsl Miles recommended that transports should be used lo bring out wheat and corn, and then used to bring earabds and cattle. Shot Oat Both Eye*. officers congregated that such transac- bns had been carried on either with the connivance or approval of certain commanding officers. It is, however most gratifying to state that atrocities have been conde^^ . .such commanders asGeneraivtvawton. m*] Wade,sumraer, Lee '‘BaTif&ln"' and others. /v , THE ORDER HE GAVE. “1 found that with certain officers , however that such emned by era, was blown open a Wednesday night and about $3,500 taken by burglars, who effected their escape. There were six men in tbe gang and it is believed, they left In a stolen rig, owned by Dr. J. M. Hodges. . While operations were ,ln progress wefe Justifiable and I felt it my duty, Pretitts 'Wooten,-who rooms across the la order to correct such erroneous and tbe impression prevails that such acts wefe Justifla 1 dangerous impresaion, and fib preYedT the possibility of such acU being com mitted In the future, which must im pair the good name of American arms entered the right temple and lodg in tbe left, near the surface, destroy ing both eyes. He was conscious when found and asked for bis platol to finish the Job. Ha left several letters Nr" Haas, lawyer, Harrisburg? Va, that hi* brother was dead. His reason was, "Am in trouble, want toddle.” His condition Is very critical.* Haas was on a Jurlougb, his stattcntiehig Portsmouth, Va. President Roosevelt in St. Louis on Wednesday he was driven to tbs Good Roa^ Convention. The military com panies and a platoon of police bad been waiting two blocks away, and as soon as the line of carriages appared a slower march was taken op to cover the three miles to Odeon ball. Peo ple were congregating along ths Streets and wildly cheered as the president passed. He continually doffed his bat In acknowledgment. Tbs bail was packed with .§ crowd, which bad been waiting patiently for bonis. The president spoke of good roads in tones which showed, as well as his words,.-that he was thoroughly in sympathy with the object of tbs as sociations. “Roads,” be declared, tell the greatness of a nation. The influence of the nations which have H. H. Haas, assistant surgeon In ^ the Ooltri SUW. M.,, taT suicide at a hotel at Staunton, va., Wednesday by shooting. >The bal r 5^ van recent. Rome, ths most power ful of tbe older civilizations, left her impress ou literature and speech; she changed the boundaries of nations, but plainer than anything else left to remind us of tbe Roman civilization the Roman roada” At this point ^ are the Roman roada” At this point to friends, also a^requTsTTo rrotlfy Tr ^ Lhe pre8jdeQl > B Bpeec)l tt » erowd A Fatal Fall. At Monchester. N. H, Wilbert R. Hamlin, a painter, jumped up on some staging 50 feet above the ground In order to test It Wednesday morning. Tbe slagging ‘broke and Hamlin was precipitated to the sidewalk. He struck on Tils head and was killed In stantly. rose and cheered,, waving .handker chiefs. and hats. Tbe president de clared that good roads probably were tbe greatest agency tot regulating the flow from the country to tbs city of young men and young*women. Rioting Ballon Killed. it is reported that 15 of the crew of tbe British second-class cruiser Pallas were killed and a_ number in jured during the rioting at Port of Spain, Trinidad on Tuesday- officials at tbs admiralty rsfuaad confirm or deny the reports. • -.r A i.,-