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(" PAUL KRUGER DEAD! * ! ???? j .i % Ex-President of Transvaal Republic Goes Hence. fc A NOTABLE CHARACTER 1 *? on?re in Their Fruitless r\9 bVUU v I VI wvv? W ^ Contest With England He Won Patriotic Plaudits of the W World. 1 . . ? Paul Kruger, former president of the Transvaal republic, in South Africa, died at Clarens, Switzerland, Thursday morning from pneumonia and supervening heart weakness. Mr. Kruger lost consciousness Mon' > day. His daughter and son in law were with, him at the time of nis death. He had been out only once since hie arrival at Clarens at the beginning of last month. The ex-president's body was embalmed at once and the remains placed in a vault pending funeral arrangements. Application will be made to the British government for authority I to transport the remains to the Trans- [ v vaaL In the meantime they will te j temporarily interred at Clarens. Mr. Kruger, who was staying at the Villa du Roichet, had been gradually failing for a long time, but he wa3 able to attend to affairs, read the : newspapers and received visits until J < Saturday. ^ A change for the worse set in on ! x Sunday. He became unconscious Monday and remained so until his de.ith. On several occasions Mr. Kruger i had expressed a desire to be buried F beside his wife, in his own countrj' The post mortem of the body showedp thf.t Kruger died of senile inanition. The state of the ex-president's health had been kept secret. Stepbanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, ex-president of the South African Republic, was born in Colesburg, Cape Coloily,? October 10, 1825. His ances* tor, Jacob Kruger, went from Berlin in the <Dutch East India Company's service in 1713, at the time when the foundations o? many of the leading Boer families were being laid by immigration. In 1836 young Paul shared with his family the hardships of the . great trek, when the blunders of the ? British colonial administration made enemies of the leading Boers of Gape Colony and drove them to a self-im' posed exile which resulted in the ^ founding of a new South African Republic bfeyond the Vital. In preparation- for the'struggle with - England which he had long regarded as inevitable, JCroger - had; put . the Transvaal into an excellent defensive state by the purchase o? large quantities of arms and ammunition. The events and results of the Boer war are matters of history. After*the -fall of Pretoria (June 5, 1900),< President Kruger fled into Portuguese? territory, and On October 19th ; > sailed from Lourenzo Marques for-Eui rope in the hope of securing foreign aid or .intervention. He was received ! ^..^1 ^ Cm Ijmam aa V...f *1 n/I i Willi eillliuatacui ill c lauyy^, uui lan^u I , to obtain an audience with the Ger- ! man emperor .and took up his residence in the Netherlands, making his home in Utrecht and The Hague. His efforts to secure foreign intervention . -u failed, but he continued to exbojt the Boers to stand fast to the last. Causes Sorrow in Paris. A Paris special says: The death of,, the president of the Transvaal, Paul | > Kruger, at Clarens, Switzerland, arouses widespread regret, owing to i French sympathy for the Boer cause . and personal admiration for the ex- ! president. He avoided reference to the Boer i war, bufc; when it- was. occasionally |, mentioned, hd showed no resentment : ' * and expressed the belief that Provi- ;, dence would eventually render justice to the Boer cause. Berlin Eulogizes Kruger. The evening papers of Berlin, Ger- : many, print warm eulogizes of former ; Premier Kruger, studiously avoiding ' v anti-British expressions. I WINERS REShlX l SNUD. j Pennsylvania Coal Diggers Feel Sere j Over Action of Roosevelt. Delegates from the Central Labor Union of Scrantcn, Carbondale,Wilkes- , t' barre, Pittston, Plymouth and Nanticcke met at Scranton. ?a.. Sunday 1 to hear the report of the commit- I " tee which was unsuccessful in seeing < ? President Roosevelt to present the J joint petition of the unions in behalf 1 - of the Colorado miners. Much feeling was shown according to the report of the press commit- 1 tee over the failure of the commit- 1 tee to secure an audience 1 * PREPARING FOR COMMITTEE. President Cetting Ready to Hear the | News of His Nomination. At Oyster Bay President Roosevelt , and Secretary Loeb are perfecting ar- : rangemonts for the ceremonies inci- | i 3 I dental to the president's formal noLi- j f.caticn of his nomination which will ; occur at Sagamore Hill on the 25th. j j The ceremonies will not be elaborate ! or ostentatious. Indeed, they will bs i marked by simplicity. * j i AIMED AT SOUTHERN. ! Packers Insist on Retaining New Employes, But Will Reinstate Old Men in Order of Application. In the Georgia house of representatives, Wednesday, after a warm debate which was participated in by several of the ablest speakers in the house, a bill, requiring that all railroad companies which enjoy the privilege of doing business in Georgia, and of occupying its roads and streets, shall secure a Georgia charter, was passed by a vote of 97 to 29 and ordered immediately transmitted to the senate. It is said that this bill, while general in its terms, is aimed primarily at the Southern railway, as that Is claimed to be the only railroad system in the state which comes within , the provision of the bill as it is drawn. Should the bill become a law the effect of it would be to require the Southern to take out a state charter, unless the measure should be declared unconsti luuonai Dy ine courus. "All that this bill requires," said Mr. Hall, its author, in addressing the house, "is that those railroad corporations which exercise the right of eminent domain, which enjoy the valnaole franchises of this state, shall become citizens of Georgia and abide by its laws." Mr. Hall claimed there was no right or justice in a great railway corporation being incorporated in a foreign state and enjoying the valuable privileges granted by Georgia, without-conforming to its laws and statutes. A great principle is involved, he de clared. "This great corporation," said Mr Hall, referring to the Southern railway, "controlled by W-all street pow- J er, can make or unmake any man 01 community ia tbe state of Georgia." "One man in Wall street can touch a bell and destroy any citizen or com- j munity in the state of Georgia "Have the people of Georgia los: all 'v-Ck?ll too Nsnnin a dp. IJLiCU 115co; uu?n ? ? pendent of Wall street?" Mr. Hall ask*! ed in conclusion. # Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, made the only speech in opposition to the bill. Mr. 1 Slaton said he considered there was an existing evil to be remedied, but he was sure it could not he done through the bill of the gentleman from BibK. The United States supreme court, he said, had passed 01^the question-involved and had held that such measures were unconstitutional. The bill was retroactive, Mr. Slaton said. No tfuch law could be passed and made to apply to a railroad that has been here fourteen years. : The remedy, Mn Slaton declared, Was- in application to the interstate commerce commission or the national congress. Slaton declared that no burdens were imposed on the people of the state bv the Southern that are not im posed by other roads. Within the state the power of the railroad commission to remedy evils complained of is full and .explicit. But when it comes to a shipment from outside the state it becomes a national question, and the legislature cannot 'deal wit-h it. The decision of.'the United States supreme court referred to by Mr. Slaton was in a case brought against a simHar law passed by the legislature of North Carolina. <? FEREE VOLUNTARILY RETURNS; I r t , .( y ? > T ' " Jt -4- * i Embezfing Louisiana Postmaster Is "Brought Back, from Canada. United States Postoffice Inspector , */? Im -A Anderson reached New Orleans Thursday with Horace S. Feree, "the defaulting postmaster of Jennings. L&., whom he'arrested some days ago in Montreal. When the postoffice department discovered that Feree was a fugitive from Jennings. Anderson was put on the case. He found Feree had registered in New Orleans under an assumed >iame with a woman represented as his wife. He got away before he could be arrested. Anderson traced the pair to Cincinnati, thence to Chicago, thence to Toronto and finally to Montreal WOOD FORCED TO VACATE. Alabama Probate Judge Quit* His Official Position Under Fire. Probate Judge J. Calvin Wood, of Lowndes county, Ala., against when: impeachment proceedings are pending in the supreme court, resigned Thursday, effective at once. He has been relominalod for re-election next November, but it is not known whether he will relinquish this or not. Wood was charged with purchasing rotes and failure to discharge the duties of his office. The impeachment proceedings will be abated. SAVANNAH IANS THANKED. Parker Sends Message to Club of Which He is Honorary Member. A message was received in Savannan, Friday, from Judge Parker by the Citizens' Marching Club of Savannah, thanking the club for its expression of good will upon his receiving the presidential nominaton. Judge Parker is an honorary member of the club, baving been taken in when he was in Georgia last summer. STRIKE DRAWS GORE Seven Men Hurt in a Fight Upon Negroes at Chicago. GUNS AND KNIVES USED cmninwH aa Strike I VWiUI CU IIIVII Breakers, Are Set Upon by Crowd of White Men and Boys While Returning from Work. In an attack Sunday afternoon on four colored strike-breakers by a mob composed of spectators at an amateur baseball game in the vicinity of the stock yards, at Chicago, two white men, one policeman and the four strike-breakers were severely injured. Revolvers and knives were used and three of the injured men are in a serious condition. After finishing their day's work at Schwarzchild & Sulzberger's plant, the four colored strike breakers on their way home had to pass the grounds where an amateur ball game was in j progress. There were fully 1,000 persons watching the game, most all of whom were friends of the meat cutters out on strike. As the four workmen approached the place, some one in the crowd yelled "scab," and instantly a rush was made for the negroes. One of the latter, Sam Wood, had a revolver, j and another, Grant Baker, had a knife and as the mob started for them they drew their weapons. Before they could use tbern, however, they were knocked to the ground by a dozen white men. Baker scrambled to hi^feet and began slashing right and left, and before the knife could be taken away from him he had stabbed several. Wood fired into the crowd while lying on the ground, two of the bullets hitting Durand of the attacking party. This opposition of the negroes set the crowd into a frenzy and had not the police made a quick response to a riot call that was sent in, some of the strike breakers v;ould undoubtedly have been killed. As it was, they were thrown to the ground and knocked insensible before the police could , c/io+f?r ?%rr?wd ffpveral of the riot ers were placed under arrest, as also were Wood and Eaker. Philadelphia Afcbatoir Running. A special from Philadelphia says: For the first time in years the West Philadelphia abbatoir was in operation Sunday because of the threatened scarcity of meat, due to the Chicago strike. During the day 500 head of t cattle were slaughtered by independent dealers of the city.5 ' * The Philadelphia houses of the western packing concerns have only a small supply of meat on hand, and the independent butchers of the city are striving to take up whatever business the western houses are unable to handle. The independents declare they can take care of the entire city. There is plenty of live stock in sight, but prices have been advanced about two cents. Recruiting offices were opened for the purpose of filling the places of the strikers in the west. It is claimed that at least forty men have be?n engaged during the . last. week and sent west. Packers Give Out Guns. i* J*- - , * x * * ; A dispatch from Sioux 'City, la., says: For their protection in case ot an attack by strikers, the Cudahy Packing Company Sunday distributed revolvers among all its non-union employees. Matters at the plant were quiet during the day, no violence being reported. Tho plant will resume killing with a fair force of men. . On the mayor's return from several weeks' absence, the Cudahy Packing Company appealed to him for additional police protection at the plant. &ALL. COWN FOR CANADIANS. Uncle Sam Objects to Government Taking Up Immigration Business. A Washington dispatch says: It is probable 'that the attention of the British government .will be directed to a movement conducted officially by the Canadian government to induce immigration from the United States to the northwest territory. There can be no objection to such efforts cn the part of private agencies, but when the government itself acts, the matter is one which calls for remonstrance. TwrNTV-fiFVPN SURVIVORS. Arrive at Boston from Liverpool on Board Cunard Steamer. On board the Cunard steamer Saxonia, which arrived at her dock in east Boston from Liverpool Thursday fore noon were twenty-seven persons who were on the Scandinavian-American line steamer Norge, wrecked off the the north coast of Scotland while on a voyage from Copenhagen to New York. j MUST ADJUST RATES. If Georgia Railroad Commission Rendsri Decision in Fight Against Roads by Atlanta Freight Bureau. The Georgia state railroad commission handed down an opinion Saturday afternoon in the case of the Atlanta Freight Bureau against the railroads, in which it declared that Atlanta is being unjustly discriminated against in interstate rates. The commission further declares that in accordance with the suggestions of the complainants and the ?uw in such cases, the attention of the various railroads concerned is called to this discrimination and the railroads are urged to make a correction of these rates within sixty days, failing in which the commission will appeal to the interstate commerce commission for relief in benalf of the Atlanta Freight Bureau. The commission further declares that while in its opinion the rates established by the state railroad commission do not discriminate against Atlanta, nevertheless, if the various roads entering Atlanta fail to make a satisfactory readjustment of the rates complained of, fully correcting the discrimination, then the commission will undertane to so revise its tariff, especially as to long distance, as will mitigate the discrimination on interstate rates and in a measure give relief. / mi? J?/lATrimlaefnn HnPS J. 111; UCUISIUU Ul lug vviuu?wu>va ! not give Atlanta all the relief asked j for, though some regard it as a vie-1 tory in that the commission goes on J record as recognizing that the. inter- J s:ate rates do grossly discriminate against the city. NEGRO PROBLEM AT FAIR. For Slight of Colored Troops Lieutcn ant Haight is Out of a Job. A St. Louis dispatch says: Lieu-" tenant Sydney Haight, of the Fourth j United States cavalry, military aide to President Francis and director of the military camps at the Lousiana Purchase Expstion, has tendered his ! resignation to the board of directors of the fair upon the request, it is said, of the war department, which acted after hearing the result of an investigation into the negro problem at the exposition. This investigation was ordered by President Roosevelt, it is said. The resignation of Lieutenant Haight is believed to be the direct result of trouble .created over the Eighth Illinois, a negro regiment of Chicago, which was originally assigned to th? regular military camp at I khe fair. It was learned later that | the Eighth Illinois was a negro regi- J ment, and Lieutenant Haight wro'e to Colonel Marshal, its commander, to ask him if he would consent to occupy a camp in a remote part of the -grounds.. Colonel Marshal, in reply, advised Lieutenant Haight that his regiment had abandoned its plan to visit the fair. Friends of the negro regiment called President Roosevelt's attention to ; the affair, it is said. ; . A MONUMENTAL FAKE. ! r ' ^ f . Loss of 30,000 Japs at Port Arthur Is Now Officially Denied. [ An Associated Press dispatch from j.Tokio, Japaa, says: The imperial headquartert' staff officially deny the i reports of St. Petersburg that the .Japanese lost thirty thousand men in a battle near Port Arthur on July 10 or 11. Not a shot was fired on either date-* / ; ; A St. Petersburg special dispatch savs: Since the receipt from Tokio of an official denial of the report of a Japanese repulse at Port Arthur with the loss of about 30,000 men, skepticism as to the truth of the report from Viceroy Alexieffs headquarters has pervaded all circles, but the members of the general staff decline to accept the denial unreservedly. Despite the attitude of the general I staff, who evidently are reluctant to | give up a report for which they are not responsible, the public ardor has cooled down.v TO REPOSE IN TRANSVAAL. England Gives Permission for Kruger's Body to Be Sent to Africa. At a meeting cf the privy council at Buckingham palace, in London, Friday, at which King Edward presided, the request of the relatives cf the late Mr. Kruger, former president of the South African republic, for the interment of his remains in the Transvaal, was considered, and it was subsequently announced that the desired ! nermissicn had been telegraphed to Clarens, Switzerland, where Mr. Kru* ger died, through the British minister at Berne. ADVICE GOES UNHEEDED. Mississippi Rpublicar.s Not Hankering After Congressional Honors. President Roosevelt's intimation to the republicans of Mississippi some time ago that he would like to have i them put congressional tickets in the ! field this year does not seem to hav8 i been heeded. Only one republican has thus far ventured to offer himself for congress, and there are no indications that others will do so. _ ' ^ REJECTALrOFFERS Strikers and Packers Try in Vain to Reach Agreement. BOTH SIDES OBDURATE Proposals and Counter Proposals Galore are Turned Down With Prompt Regularity?Many Conferences Held. Negotiations for peace in the stock yards at Chicago were practically at a standstill Friday night ahd the strike will continue until one side or the other abates something of the demands made up to the present time. Both sides are anxious for a peaceable settlement, but the stumbling block to a final adjustment is that neither side is prepared to allow the other to dictate the basis of arbitration. The packers Friday afternoon considered Mr. Donnelly's reply to their proposition of Thursday night, but it proved unsatisfactory and the unioD officials were notified that it would be impossible to reach an agreement along the lines suggested by -Mr. Connelly. In their answer to Mr. Donnelly the packers declared themselves willing to arbitrate, but stipulated that the arbitration should include the entire scope of the strike and not do subject to the restrictions or limitations of any kind. This communication of the packers was identical with the one sent previ ously by them to Donnelly and tc which his counter-proposition of- Friday is a reply. Mr. Donnelly's latest proposition tc the packers was as follows: All grievances to he submitted tc prhitratioa: all strikers to be reinstat ed in a body; men employed by the packers since the strike may be maintained :-.f use can be found for them; that the temporary wage scale to be that in effect previously to May 28. This means that unskilled labor is tc be paid pending the decision of the arbitrators 18 1-2 cents instead of 15 to 17 1-3 cents, the prices paid since May 28. The following is the reply of the packers to the proposition of Mr. Don nelly; All grievances to be submitted tc arbitration; the strikers to be reemployed as rapidly as places can be found for them; preference to be giv en the strikers in the order of their applications for work; all men novj at work to be retained and the tern porary wages to be in accordance with the schedule in effect at the time of the strike. The allied trade unions at the stock yards are becoming restless,and unless a Settlement is reached in the near future they may decide to stoji work in sympathy with the men already out. The members of the allied crafts at the yards in Chicago number 14,000 or 15,000, and a majority of them belong to a union. MILES INDORSES PARKER. Former Head of Army Writes Letter to the Judge at EsopusJudge Parker received a letter Fri day from General Nelson A. Miles The entire letter is in General Miles' own handwriting and in part is as fol* lows; "It is fortunate that the democratic party has given to the country a canJl'nrflc-iHont in whom that uiuaic lux y*. vu.uv-w great council of representative men have every confidence, and we have the best of reasons for beliving that that confidence will be confirmed by the intelligent patriotic people of the country. "I believe you will be elected and thereby have an opportunity of rendering our country a service of immeasurable value that will redound tG the honor of the democratic party and the glory of the republic. "I have the honor to remain very trmy, NELSON A. MILES." I NEW YORKERS BUY VOLCANO. Popocatapet! Charges Hards and Its Sulphur Will Be Marketed. A dispatch from Mexico City says: The formal transfer of the Volcano Popocatepetl to New York capitalists will be completed next week. The Inter-Oceanic railroad will take the sulphur from the volcano to Vera Cruz. It is believed that sulphur can be landed at New York for $48 per ton (gold), which would make Popocatepetl sulphur an effective competitor of the Italian article. KYLE TAKES THE OATH. Alabama Man Assumes Office as Judge in the Canal Zone. At Washington Friday Osceola Kyle of Alabama, took the oath of office ai Judge in the canal zone in Panama and will sail from New York nexi week. There will be five judicial districts with a judge in each, but Kyle will serve alone for a time. A prosecuting attorney for the canal zone will b announced shortly. : STRIKERS TURNED DOWN. ! Bill Passed in Georgia House Requin ing All Railroads to Secure Reg* ular State Charter. A Chicago dispatch says: The strike I which has demoralized the packing ^ ; industry throughout the country has not yet been settled, but there are indications that it will soon be end- j ed by the adjustment of the difficul* ties by arbitration. After a conference which lasted all. ^ of Thursday afternoon between repre- J sentatives of the packers and officers of the unions, the employers are waiting for an answer to a counter-proposal which they submitted to Michael Donnely in reply to a statement of Che - fu| terms on which he would be willing to make a settlement. Mr. Donnelly --?JS later said that the counter-proposal of the packers would be rejected, and .{M that he would in turn present a counter,proposal at once. 't'.M The hitch in the negotiations is over the reinstatement of the strikers. 3jB j The union demands that every man . ! who went on strike shall be given his ; J|B old position before an agreement to -ffil , arbitrate will be considered. The . packers declare that they will retain the men they have employed since the $9 strike began* and will take the old men , in the order in which they file appiications for their former positions. '3|"' . While the peace negotiations were /vsjj . in progress Thursday, additional preparations were making by the packers [1 for a long siege. The packers hearing ( that efforts were being made to induce laM , railroad men not to handle supplies for; [m : , packing plants where the men are on . , strike were busy all day putting in . great stocks of coal ^for fear the rail- ~ 1 J o^omnt tft ctrtn tflA , ! lUctU JJJvU iuigut an^mjL/c tv wThe proposition made by Michael J. Jf Donnelly for the strikers which le&Jjl ; ( to the conference Thursday contains ? the following demands: * , That all employees who struck shall ' .-^8 . be employed in their old positions with-/J3:t ( in three days; that the packers pay the - J|j . wages prevailing prior to the strike ' pending arbitration; that the arbitra* | , tion board be composed of one repre-.4^ sentative of the packers, another of , the strikers, the two to select a third, ( These three arbitrators to be practical || ; packing house men; that the award in fla i wages lo be made by the arbitrators '% shall take effect from the time of the jjln , resumption of work, but that the award'jK , shall not involve any reduction inwages. M ) The representative of the packers replied to Mr. Donnelly-as follows: " jm , "In reply to your note and your 'ex- Jjv ;|| planation of what you are willing "-V-Ii.ilna nannnf a/wfinf tflA Uma 'fll ft ttlUlliaCUi n c vauuvv nvvvyv vmv vw>.y, , We are willing to arbitrate the whole -v|Hp| matter, covering wages and working - Jl ( conditions of all employees out on? .iM ( strike, you having the privilege of bringing before the arbitrators for de- $5 , cision any question of wages or convli- : 11 tions, or any other grievances yoir^^H may think you have; we to have like privilege and both to abide by the de- -J. cision of the arbitrators. We will re- : tain ail now at work and will re-em- | ' ploy all the men now out as ;jj , fast as possible, giving preference in the order of application at the wages received waeu going uu aumc yvivwig the decision of arbitration." The note was signed by Armour & | Co., Swift & Co., Nelson Morris & Co., SWarzchild & Soilsbzerger, National | Packing Company, Cudahy Packing ^|| Company and Libby, McNeil & Iibby.igW Rioting commenced in the stock JsB yards Thursday and one man, Alfonso-^*? Andrulis, was shot in the left shouMet ; by the police. He is not fatally injur* Ji ed, however. ' - / RUSSIANS SURRENDER YIN-KOW. M Important Port at Mouth cf Liao River in Possession of-Japs. 4 . It was reported in Tokio Thursday ^ that Yin Kow has been occupied by $1I i the Japs without any resistance upon tV?A DMOO?on trAAnc - luc pau ui IUC ivuc^IUU nwi/sf "jjj. ! Yin Kow, located at the mouth pit. J8 ; the Liao river, is the port erf N!nj chwang, and its capture means the. fallrjjfg ' of that city. j This move on the part of the Jap* |?| anese has been expected. B7 it they .i&m gain a new base of supplies. ; JEM TO FIGHT CORRUPTION. Memphis Citizens Hold Meeting and .^.J| Roundly Score Many Officials. 1 wppo nnanimouslv adopt" '-{liSi ed by a largely attended mass meet- ,|Jp I ing of citizens of Memphis, Tenn., ! Thursday night which, in substance, ' demanded that lawlessness and crlmo I must he rooted out of Memphis. The ||| | resolutions severely criticise certain j public officials for not enforcing the V^g i laws and a committee was named to | visit those officials with a request that I they make a public statement as to j v/hat may be expected of them in the NOT BELIEVED IN PEKIN. Report of Heavy Japanese Losses, is Received Wth Skepticism. The report of the Japanese reverse aj at Port Arthur is not confirmed at Pe- ^,;J| i ldn. It is considered in official cir- < v|^ cles that it is probable heavy fighting has occurred, but the immense loss of 28,000 men reported is regarded in all quarters as much exagger