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BranF ^^Hsevelt Asks for Resigna^^Vtions of all Members. ^DESIRES A FREE HAND Commission to Be Reorganized with Fewer Members?Secretary of War Transmits President's Order to General Davis. The first practical step having fn lew the reorganization of the -Panama canal commission was taken at Washington Wednesday when, in compliance with instructions from President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft requested the members of the commiseion to tender their resignations. This xequest was promptly complied with by those members of the commission now in Washington, and their resignations will be placed in the hands of the president. The purport of Secretary Taft's letter requesting the resignations of the commissioners was sfent to Major General George W. ' Davis, retired, of the navy, the governor of the canal zone, and also one of the members of the commission, and a prompt answer is expected from him. As indicated in the letter of Secretary -Taft, the resignations are required in order that the president may 1? in nonr<rani?in(r the xittve a, ii cc uauu iu commission. That the president contemplated the reorganization of the .commission has been known for some time, and he has been in frequent consultation with Secretary Taft as to his future policy in choosing its personnel and directing its work. It was believed originally that better results might be accomplished by the appointment of a smaller commission than now existing, but a recent opinion of Attorney General moody held that under the law the president was required to name seven members in all. The appointments probably will be announced by the president during the progress of his southern trip. A FEW RENEGADES. 8ad Advice Given Small Farmers by Mercenary Tradesmen. Reports have been received from several sections of the south that small merchants who furnish farmers supplies have been secretly advising the farmer to break away from the rules and regulations of the Southern Cotton Association, and plant more -eotton, on the ground that the acreage was. going to be reduced ali over the south and now was their time to .make money. While such reports may he true in some instances, it was no more than the Southern Cotton Association anticipated, a3 there will always he a few (people who try to tear down anything that is planned and heing carried out ior their own benefit. It is not believed, however, that the farmers are .going to take such advice. They have already seen what the Southern j Cotton Association has accomplished j toward putting up the price of cotton, and they are pinning their faith to the association. Just as certain as the acreage is reduced so certain will he the price of cotton to rise, and that the acreage is going to reduced there is not the slightest doubt. The newspapers in every state are filled with reports from the interior towns and cities,the articles stating that the acreage is being reduced, that fertilizer is being reduced and j that more corn, potatoes and other lood supply crops are being planted than ever before. So, despite the narrow policy of some few merchants and some few bankers, who are evidently on the bear side of the market and who see i nothing ahead of them but their own j profit and- not the welfare of the ! south, the cotton acreage is going to j be reduced, and at the end of the j year the people of this, section are going to be in better shape than ever. MRS. ROOSEVELT COMING SOUTH. First Lady of the Land to Cruise in Southern Waters. It is stated in Washington that Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by some of her children and relatives, will take ? trip to the the south, probably to Jacksonville, where they will go aboard the yacht Sylph for a short cruise. The president, it is said, desires that his wife and children spend some time on a cruise, believing it will benefit them. MISSOURI AFTER OIL TRUST. Proceedings Begun^in Supreme Court to Void Franchise. Attorney General Hadley of Mlssou ri has filed in the state supreme court an application for a writ of quo war- ! ranto for the purpose of ousting the Standard Oil company, the Republic Oil company and the Walters-Erie Oil company of their franchises for doingbusiness in Missouri. I PRESIDENT IS OFF. , Leaves Washington for Western Trip to Be Absent Two Months?Will Meet Rough Rider Friends. President Roosevelt left Washington j Monday morning on a long trip to the west and southwest and will be absent I | from the capital for nearly two j months. The chief object of the trip j which the president long has had in i J !? + V". i-/vnni'An -fVlO Rftll (rh UUUUU, 10 tile 1UUU1VU Vi. LUV AWUQRiders iegiment of the Spanish war, which is to take place at San Antonio, Texas, and for which an elaborate program of exercises has been arranged. There will be several brief stops, where the president will make addresses on the way to San Antonio. After leaving San Antonio there will be a brief stop and address at Fort Worth, which will end the public part of the trip, after which the president is to go hunting in the Pan Handle of Texas and later in Colorado. No plans have yet been arranged for the return trip. All arrangements have been made whereby the president will keep in touoh with public affairs both during his railroad ride and while hunting, I so that he will be enabled to pass on I all matters requiring his attention. I Hie is looking forward with keen pleaaj ure to his long vacation. ! The president left over the Pennsyl-1 j vania railroad. ?ie was accompanied by Secretary Loeb, Dr. Alexander Lambert, General S. B. M. Young, Lieutenant Fortescue, M. C. Latta and J. L. McGrew, stenographers and representatives of news-paper and press associations. The first stop was made at Louisville, Ky., at 9 o'clock Tuesday morn- ~ ing. The president and party passed | in procession through the city ahd the president made an address. GUATEMALAN ANT A FAILURE. Alleged Enemy of Boll Weevil a Complete Disappointment. A Washington special says: The tests so far made with a view to establishing the kelep, or Guatemalan boll weevil-eating ant, in Texas, have been complete failures. Not one of I the colonies which were "planted" last j year in the cotton fields of the state named has survived the winter. Some of the scientists of the department of agriculture believe that this fact Is due to certain unfavorable conditions, which may be remedied, rather than to any naturals inability of the insect to hibernate in this country. They assert, further, that the ant is not really an ant at all, and must I . - J.-J tart not oe irtateu as auvu. iUC ? it has been so treated, they claim, is partly responsible for the failure of the experiments made up to date.They still have a great deal of faith in the kelep as an effective enemy of the boll weevil, and, during the coming [ season, they will proceed to work out | their new theories in the hope thai success may finally crown their efforts to introduce and maintain an active enemy of the pest which threatens the cotton industry of the whole south. WORLD'S LONGEST TUNNEL. Cut Through the Alps Now Connects Italy and Switzerland. A special from Rome, Italy, says: The simplon tunnel, the longest in the world, was inaugurated Sunday morning, when from the Swiss and Italian sides the first trains passed through, meeting at the center, where therfe was an iron door which originally prevented the overflow of a torrent of hot water, and which on this occasion was opened for the first time. The weather at the entrance of the tunnel was springlike, rnougu iuc sunvuu^ ing mountains were covered with snow; but once insidp, the temperature became very high. Big Blaze in Cleveland, Ohio. Fire Saturday at the plant of the National Refining company in Cleveland, Ohio, caused a loss of $250,000. The flames spread to the works of the Brooks Refining company, where oil and gasoline valued at $10,000 were destroyed. INVITED TO OPPOSE GIFT. All People Given a Chance to Kick Against Cash of Oil Magnate. The committee which iheads the protest of the Congregationalists against the action of the American board of commissioners against the acceptance of $100,000 from John D. Rockefeller, issued a statement inviting all persons, whether clergymen or laymen, who wished to record themselves as in sympathy with the protest, to send their names to the chairman of the committee Rev. Daniel Evans of Cambridge, Mass. ANOTHER OFFER BY CARNEGIE. Philanthropist Tenders $50,000 to the University of North Carolina. It is announced at Chapel Hill, N. C., that Andrew Carnegie had offered the University of North Carolina $50,060 for a library, provided the friends of the institution raise a similar amount. It is said this will be done. NEW TRUST"Mono Law Evaded, No Harm Done Quoths Magnate Rogers. ROCKEFELLER DEFENDED Declares Dr. Gladden Would Not Trust Church Deacons With the Ten Commandments for a Space of Ten Days. At New York Friday H. H. Rogers, vice president and director of the Standard Oil company, made a state ment as to the conduct of the Standard Oil company, which was evidently prompted by the prudential committee cf the American board of foreign missions in accepting a gift of $100,000 from John D. Rockefeller. Mr. Rogers said: "Ministers say queer things. Dr. Washington Gladden says that everybody knows that John D. Rockfeller has obtained his money dishonestly. With as much reason I could say that everybody knows that Dr. Gladden would not trust the ten commandments for ten days with the deacons of his church because they would surely break some of them and bend the rest. "Slavery in certain sections of the United States was legal until President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. Rebates on railroads were Just as legal until the passage of the interstate commerce commission act. After an exhaustive examination by the industrial commission, authorized by congress, July 18, 1898, in a review of evidence, the commission reported as follows: "'It has been charged as a matter of general belief on the part of almost all the opponents of the Standard Oil company that these discriminations in various forms have been continually received, even up to date. On the other hand, charges have been denied in tcto and most emphatically by every representative of the Standard Oil company with reference to aN cases excepting one, which they claim was a mistake, the amount of freight due being promptly paid on discovery of the error. "'The Standard Oil company not merely challenged the opponents to bring forth proof of any case, but produces many letters from leading officials of railroads to show that the company had in no case received any favors or asked for them." BANKERS BACK MERGER. Deal for Consolidation of Steel Properties in South Seems Cinched. Definite form has been given to the negotiations for the merger of southern iron companies through the intervention of the project of the leading * "* ? ^ T.oilanKiiro' nouses or Uittir oc auu Thalman & Co of New York. The banking houses would not discuss the progress which the transaction has made, but said that some arrangements through them for the consolidation might be reached. One of the bankers said that all reports ofa completion of the transfer were premature. Besides the Tennessee Coal and Iron company, the Sloss-Sheffield and the Alabama Consolidated, it is expected that the Pioneer plant of the Republic Iron and Steel company and possibly one or two smaller concerns will be included in the merger. The capitalization and liabilities of these three properties is in the neighborhood of $125,000,000, and it will be on this basis with additions for working capital that the capitalization of the new company will be formed. Carnegie Donates to Negro School. Andrew Carnegie has given $10,000 for the negro normal school in Montgomery, Ala. The gift was secured by President Patterson, who visited New York for the purpose. It will be used to build a library. AGED MINER GOES HENCE. Worked in Coal Pits Many Years and Lived to Be 102. Hugh McGroarity, one of the first miners in the anthracite region, is in wiiVf?sharrf>_ Pa., at the age ucau J.U ?r , _ of 102 years. McGroariiy worked hard in the mines until a few years ago, and never had a serious accident. Negro Mortally Wounds Sheriff. Sheriff A. H. Glenn of Chattooga county, Ga., was shot and mortally wounded Friday afternoon by a negro whom he tried to arrest FOUR DIE IN BURNING HOME. Mother and Three Children Meet a Tragic Fate in Virginia. The home of W. J. Thompson, fen j miles south of Charlottesville, Va. was destroyed Saturday by fire during ! the husband's absence. Mrs. Thorn;) j son and three children were burned tc death. The origin of the fro is u:i known. ' TERMS OF THE CZAR Cession of Territory and Payment of Indemnity Barred?Japs May Balk at Such a Proposition. Officially the authorities at St. Petersburg continue to deny stoutly that Russia has made any proposals to Japan. This is literally true, as Russia has only made known the nega' tive conditions, leaving the intermediary to convey these conditions on its own responsibility to Japan. Diplomats in St. Petersburg are con' a a f ATM ntViin 5 c? in nrAtrrOQQ nuucu uiai suuictmuj u iU ?" VQ1 W.JW, but none of those in a position to know will acknowledge that they are aware what actually has been or is being done. Russia has indirectly made known to Japan the negative conditions on which peace may be concluded, namely, no cession of territory and no indemnity, leaving Japan to determine whether negotiations can be begun upon that basis. The above represents practically all the facis obtainable. Through what channel or channels Russia has indirectly communicated with Japan, is not known definitely, although there is reason to believe that it is through the United States. It is practically certain that France, and possibly Great Britain, as the two allies of the belligerents and the United States as the country acting for Japan, have been apprised of Russia's position. Russia avoids the attitude of suing for peace or actually submitting proposals and besides places the United States and Great Britain, and the powers generally, in a position where they could offer Japan advice as to the reasonableness of the proposed basis. Having been apprised of Russia's position, Japan has two alternatives, either to decline absolutely to open negotiations on such a basis or indicate I her own attitude. If the negotiations are opened, Russia iprobably will be prepared to make broad concessions on collateral issues, as stated by officials. Russia's attitude was described by a prominent diplomat as follows: "Th# government is now'for peace, but continues to prepare for war." " ? ? ? ? Ma* Annrft3/>h*H nuU8C?Cll llvh n^pi A Washington special says: Neither Russia nor Japan has asked President Roosevelt to assist them in eniT 1 ing the war. So far as the Washington government is aware, Emperor Nicholas has not yet weakened in his announced decision to "prosecute the I war to the bitter end." The genuine wish of this government for peace in the Far East is not based upon selfish interest American financiers have not overloaded themselves with the bonds of either ni. the belligerent nations. Washington believes that it is to the advantage of both belligerents that the Far Eastern war come to a speedy end, and anything that this government can do to bring that about will be done gladly. From the outset of the war, the president has taken the position, as has been repeatedly announced bf Secretary Hay, that he will do anythingx in his power to assist Russia and Japan to a peace basis when his services shall be acceptable to the belligerents. But it is authoritatively stated that no official of the Washing- i ton government is ambitious to pose as the mediator between the czar and the mikado. L. & N. ISSUES MORE BONDS. Sum of $50,000,000 to Be Expended on New Cinci-nnati-Atlanta Line. The stockholders of the Louisville and Nashville railroad at a special meeting held in Louisville authorized the issue of '$50,000,000 additional bonds. Out of a total of 600,000 shares, 400,000 shares were voted and no votes were cast against the .proposition. None of the eastern stockholders or directors was present. To secure this bond issue a mortgage was issued for $50,000,000 on the line of railroad extending from Cincinnati by way of Knoxville to Atlanta, Ga., and now known as the Atlanta, Knoxville and Cincinnati division of the Louisville and Nashville, which is Hearing completion. BANKERS BEHIND PRISON BARS. Cashier, Assistant Cashier and Bookkeeper Under Serious Charges.* Cashier E. F. Kaneen, Assistant r R Walker and Bookkeeper j Dana Walker, charged with embezzling the funds of the Citizens' Savings Bank of Lorain, Ohio, have been placed in the county jail at Elyria. Later the three men were arraigned before Justice E. E. C. Lord. They each pleaded not guilty and waived a preliminary hearing. The justice fixed the surety bonds at $6,000 in each case. EXTRA SESSION FOR OCTOBER. j Roosevelt Announce? That He Will | Assemble Congress Early in Fall. I The president gave out the statej ment Saturday morning that he would ! call an extra session of congress the first week in October. The purpose of the extra session, he said, was the consideration of legislation looking to freight rate regulation and tariff revision. TROOPS OPEN FIRE] Bloody Sunday in Warsaw . Follows Parade by Jews. < WOMEN MADE TARGETS j 1 Thousand Hebrews Were in Crowd and Four Were Slain Outright, While Forty Were Wounded, Some of Whom May Die. A serious conflict occurred at 7:3? o'clock Sunday evening in Dzika street, Warsaw, where a Jewish socialist society, known as the Bund, had organized a demonstration. The troops which came to disperse the gathering fired into the crowd, killing four persons and wounding forty others. Other disturbances are reported to have occurred. The streets had been patroled throughout the day, the authorities having anticipated trouble. Conditions in the city are causing much uneasiness and nervousness. Hand-printed (proclamations have been found in the streets, warning the pubic against walking near government buildings and other places as bombs would be thrown in those quarters. Several parents, whose children are attending school in defiance of the school strike, have been warned by letter to withdraw their children as the school buildings would be blown trp. RpDresentatives of the party of vio lence (it is not quite clear whether they are revolutionaries or socialists) are visiting private persons and levying contributions for "ammunition." WJhen Governor General Miaximoritch arrived in Warsaw ten days ago to assume his official duties he ordered that the Cossack detachment awaiting him at the station be retired, saying he did not want an escort. Driving through the city Sunday, 'however, the governor general's carriage was surrounded by twenty Cossacks. The trouble in Dzika street began, when, under the pretext of holding a memorial meeting for a late Jewish socialist leader, a crowd of over 1,000, mostly Jews, , carrying red flags, marched into Dzika street, and was met by a mixed police and military patrol of twenty men. The police declare the socialists fired revolvers at them, the leaders inciting the mob to attack the patrol, which thereupon fired several volleys into the crowd. Four men were killed and forty were wounded. The crowd removed all but nine of the wounded, two of whom were women. These were taken to the hospitals, and it is expected that two or more of them will die. The dead and wounded were all Jews. The police made many arrests. FOUR DIE IN TRAIN CRASH. Diaaatrous Collision Occurs on South Carolina Division of Southern. The worst wreck that has occurred on the South Carolina division of the Southern railway in many years happened Sunday moriiing about 3 o'clock a few miles below Branchville, near a small lumber station called Badham. The through freight from Columbia to Charleston and the fast passenger train from Charleston to Columbia ran into each other at the abovenamed point. There was a very dense fog at the time. It is reported that Freight Engineer Reed's watch was 30 minutes slow, and that this was the direct cause of the wreck. So far four are known to be killed outright, as follows: Tom Conlon, engineer on passenger train, and one or tne oiaesi emyiu?co of the Southern. Conlon's body was mashed into an almost unrecognizable mass, with one arm cut off, the hand of which still grasped the emergency brake. - Another white man named Stokes, brakeman, and two negro brakemen, Adams and Stephens, were killed. Freight Engineer Arthur Reed has both legs broken besides severe internal injuries, and cannot possibly live. MAY GO AGAINST TOGO. Russian and Japanese Fleets PJearing Each Other cn High Seas. A cable dispatch from the Island of Perim, Straits of Bab ID! Man deb", is as follows: "The British cruiser Promethus, which arrived here from the north, reports having p3ssed. March 30, a Russian squadron of fivo fhin; fnnr trnnsnorts and a hos pit.al ship. The Russian sh.'g Kostroma, bound for Jibutil. French Somaliiand, arrived here and is taking coal and water." POSSE MAKES FATAL MISTAKE. On? of Them Shot Dead While on Hunt for Murderer. News reached Selma, Ala., Tuesday night of a tragedy that occurred Monday night near Schuster, in Wilcox county, growing out of the hunt by a posse for the negro, Will Ptomey, who. a few days ago, shot Profesosr Claude Hardy near Pineapple. J. B. Rowell, a well known citizen of Pineapple, who has been with the posse, was mistaken in the darknes9 for Ptomey and shot dead. 0 / / ,, y \NOTHER MINE HORRQfl. ThiPty-flvc Men Hurled Into Eternity by Disastrous Gas Explosion In Illinois Pit. Fifty miners were entombed Monday in Joseph Leiter's mine at Zeigler, 111., by a terrific explosion of gas, and It Is probate that thirty or more of the buried men are dead. T3ie explosion, It is supposed, was due to the fact that the Leiter mines are not anrlfoH rvn Snndav thus Allowincr rfts to accumulate in the lower workings. After thirty-five or forty-five miners had descended into the mine Monday morning to resume work a loud explosion blew the ground about the mouth of the mine high in the air. One of the steel cages was blown to the surface from the bottom of a 500foot shaft. . . The shock of the explosion was felt at Benton, twelve miles northeast of Zeigler. A teamster driving along a road half a mile from the mine was covered with falling cinders and ^ debris covered the floor of his wagon half an inch deep. One miner was killed and four wera severely injured at the mouth of the shaft in which the cisplosion occurred. The work of rescue was begun at once by miners- who were on their way to work' at the time. The main shaft was demolished so that rescue work had to be carried on through the air shaft. The bodies were found 40 feet from the bottom of the air shaft and this was as far as the rescuers were able to penetrate into the shaft This has hindered the work of aiding the entombed men to such an extent that when darkness fell Monday night only three bodies and one injured man has been removed. Miners from DuQuoin and other neighboring mining towns, headed by -a District President MJarris, hastened to*Zeigler soon after the explosion occurred, and offered their aid. THE WORK OF TRAITOH5. a A Few Merchants and Bankers Are M Attempting to Hoodwink Farmers. Additional schemes are being re- ^ sorted to by some few merchants and > *8 some few bankers, so It is understood, ^ by which they are urging their cus- v| tomers to plant more cotton than ever before, because of the fact that the ^ acreage is going to be reduced all over the south. They tell the fanner that now is his chance to make a big thin? for, as everybody else is going to yyjl cut down his crop, why, he can go ahead, plant a big one and reap the profits of the (high prices. % Now, of course, if the farmers took y this advice, there would be no rednfc5 ^ tion of acreage this year. But, for- ii tunately, there are only a few farmers who have such little patriotism or such little regard for his neighbor ;j who will take advantage of them in such a mean way. People who are giving such, advice are being branded as traitors all over :~,i the south. NEWSPAPER CHANGES HAND8* I Ancient Augusta Chronicle Once More / J Under New Management The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle changed hands again Monday morning. Who the new owners are has not yet been -y| divulged. Mr. Thomas W. Loyless, rj who has been editor and joint man- i ager of the paper since its re-organ* izatlon, has been placed in complete control by the new owner. The deal came as a surprise to the people of Augusta, and there is much speculation as to who the new ' - -1 owners are. it is buuusi; suiuwou ^ that local politics are partly responsible for the change. PRINCE OF WALES UNDER KNIFE. Operation Performed on His Nibs for Disease Not Divulged. A London dispatch says that the prince of Wales underwent an opera- ( tion Monday morning at Marlborough ; house, the nature of which was not . divulged in the official statements subsequently issued. The public was | assured than nothing serious was the matter by the court physicians. BILL JARS THE FRENCHMEN. . j German Emperor's Visit to MoroecO t Generates HI Feeling. A Paris special says: The Morocco incident is daily making a deeper impression and, while calmness continues to prevail, there is a growing sense of the rudeness of the shock which Emperor William's visit to Tangier and his declarations give to French policy. fViq nrtxmnt if ia Pffl XlUWCF^i XVI Li'V vwvmvj ? .v ??? , dent that the purpose of France is to adopt a passive attitude and await the developments of events. ? ' 1 LINEMEN ENCAGE IN RIOT. i| Several Western Union Employes Said to Have Been Hurt Passengers on the 11 o'clock north* bound train reaching Winder, Ga., on Monday night gave account of serious rioting among a crew of Western Union linemen at Dacula, a small sta* " tion on the Seaboard south of Winder, in which several received serious injuries. . "la