The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, May 06, 1903, Image 1
The Batesfourg Advocate. ^
VOL III BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 0,1903. NO 14
MANY LIVES LOST. !
Mi lions of Tons of Rock Crush the
Sleeping Victims.
A TOWN WIPED OFF THE MAP. I
Thiind<'ri>UH Shook When the Croat
Kiltie Occurred. Women ami
Children Killed in the
TwinkliiiK of an Kye.
A dispatch from Vancouver, Hritish
Columbia, says the little town of j
Frank, situated at the fool hills, on !
the eastern slope of the Kooky tnoun-1
tains, was overwhelmed with disaster J
tilmnt. .1 '111 iw?1ni?b Wiulnncrloo ??<??* ?
iUK- What was apparently volcanic
eruption on the top of Turtle mountain.
overlooking the town, scattered
and immense quantity of rock and
debris over the town, stopping a mine, i
imprisoning the miners, crushing a
number of houses and killing 112 poo- |
pie. The entire top of Turtle moun-1
tain was scattered over the sleeping!
village of Frank. Immense pieces1
of rock, thrown high in the air, and, j
descending, crushed In the roofs of
houses and stopped up the mouth of
the Frank mine.
IIOUSKS CHl'SIIKI).
Most of the buildings in the town
were destroyed and many of the houses
were crushed like egg shells and their
inhabitants instantly killed. The
earth was opened by a gigantic fissure;
three-quarters of a mile long. The
Old Man river, which runs through
the town, was completely dammed up
and the railroad track war. rendered
impassable for a distance of two miles.1
The number of known dead is now '
placed at 112. Of these 18 men are;
imprisoned in the mine, 12 miners. '
working outside the mine, were killed
by flying debris, and 82 men, women \
and children were crushed to death by
the flying rock as they lay asleep in
their beds. The list of those killed is
uot yet obtainable. About t?U of the
dead are said to be women and children.
MILLIONS OF TONS.
Half the inhabitants of the town
awakened to a realization of the impending
danger, when from the top of
i uiuc uiuuuiaiu, uiclRKJUIIlg U1U SCL
tleiucnt, millions of tons of rock J
were hurled.
The frank mines, operated by the
French Canadian Coal company across
ihe river from the town, were seen to \
l>e buried under hundreds of feet of
rock just as the morning light was
breaking. Inside of five minutes from
Llie lirst thunderous shock and before
half of the town realized what had j
happened, a small force of men had
started to the relief of the miners, despite
the great risk they ran of being
burled under the rocks, which were
still being precipitated from the lofty
mountain top. The volunteer relief
force was unable to get into the mine, j
but managed to get near enough to
determine that not a man at the work-1
ings had escaped death. Many had
been fearfully mangled. The disaster
was merciful to those men who were j
employed above ground, in that they 1
must have been killed instantly, I
while those men in the workings of
the mines may yet be alive if they
have air to breathe. If all the airi
shafts to tlie mine were closed up under
that awful avalanche, all the men
must have died by Wednesday after- j
noon. The disaster was not conliend
to the vicinity of the mine alone, for
many of the dwelling houses in the
town of Frank were demolished by the j
falling of rock. Some of the occu- j
pants of these houses escaped death, i
but many others were instantly killed.
It is conservatively estimated that
the loss of life will exceed 100 and the j
latest returns place the number of
dead at 112. When reports concerning
the magnitude of the disaster and
details concerning it commenced to
come in from reliable men who had
been prospecting for news, it was discovered
that the earth opened for
three-quarters of a mile and many
feet in width and that the whole
northern face of Turtle mountain slipped
fruin its placeA
TKKKIKIC SHOCK.
'PIin kliflcl' rocnlt 'inf nnon tl.n nrn.
cipltation of the millions of ions of
rock into the valley, while only actually
demolishing comparatively few of
the houses, shook the foundations of
a majority of the dwellings in the
town, so that they are unsafe to live
in and many hundreds of people will
have to live in the open or under such
temporary shelter as may he procurable.
The railroad track for a distance
of two miles or more east of the
station is covered with from 10 to to
feet of rock and the telegraph wires
are down. All communication is
being conducted over one wire running
west, and this one line is so
blocked with private messages and inquiries
from the outside that it is
only with the greatest ditllculty that
press matters can be sent out. At
(iusk Wednesday the rock was still
being thrown on the town from Turtle
mountain, and it is impossible to
venture within half a mile of the
mine workings. it is now certain
that 1H men are buried in the workings.
All hope for them lias been
Abandoned. All hope for them has
been abandoned. The streets are
browded with the relatives and friends
of those known to be entombed. The
women are behaving in a most heroic
manner. 'J'lie re Is no explanation for
the continued upheaval of rock. The
eruptive influences seem to centre at
the crown of Turtle mountain.
I
THREATENED WITH FLOOD.
Overwhelmed by countless tons of ;
rock the little mining town of Frank, j
in southwestern Alberta, is threatened ?
with complete destruction by Hood.
Old Man's river, which Mows through j
the centre of the town, is damned up '
by the falling rocks to the height of
nearly 100 feet and the entire valley
above the town is Hooded for miles. A ! T]
big body of water Is pressing with |
force upon the dam, the only protcc- J
tion the town of Frank now has un- w
less the river shall tind another chan- I
nel. Should the impromptu dam j
break, the entire village would he;
swept away. The latest information j
from Frank Is somewhat more reassuring
than earlier news, in that there
now seems to be less danger than was
at tirst anticipated of extensive disaster.
The threatened Hood, which bid j)(
fair to duplicate the Johnstown dis- j
aster, seems less probable. A large jar
force of men has been at work trying M
to create a new channel that the]as
dammed up water of the Old Man's t|,
river may be run otr. The men will
work throughout the night, and it is ol
hoped that the water will be runitig | wi
through the new channel before morn- | m
'?? pr
FIFTEEN MINE US ESCAPED. !
Most of the men imprisoned in the y|
mine, whose death .it tiret seemed cer- rp(
tain, got out alive late Wednesday
afternoon. There were 17 men in the to
mine. Two died from suiFoeation.
but the other 15 worked their way .
out. The rescuing party above ground 10
despaired of saving the entombed er
miners, for the entrance was blocked j ',c
by immense piles of broken rocks, j 'l>
The miners within, however, found j1,1
an exit where there was less rook and j su
after cutting their way through 30 ; *?r
feet of debris all but two emerged j
from the mine uninjured. One of the i
imprisoned who so narrowly escaped zo
death went home after emerging from j P.r
the mine and found his house destroy- c'l
ed and his wife and six children dead.
There is now plenty of air in the mine ')(
and the inside workings are intact. ur
TFTK CAUSE EXPLAINED.
A special from Frank estimates the rj,
total number of dead at 95. The ti(
latest theory as to the cause of the tjj
disaster is that it was due to a rock C(]
slide which carried the top of Turtle UI
mountain down upon t! c village be- tv
low. It is now thought that was sup- ^
posed to be the smoke of a volcano p,
was dust and that the continued fall p(
of small bits of rock during the day pf
was merely the aftermath of the origl- uj
nal rock slide. A repetition of the ov
calamity is now considered unlikely. pL
nc
Iliot on a Boat. p]
A dispatch from lieaufort to The or
State savs the steamer Clayton left co
Savannah early Wednesday morning of
V?IUI1 a IICKIU I'ACUIMUli lur l^lUlUSKIC UI1
island. When near the land a row so
was started lietween several negroes, co
which resulted in the killing of a ne- hi
gro named Ingram by Jim Thomas, cl
alias Chinaman Jim, another negro, de
Five other negroes have been arrested P<
us accessories. Thomas escaped from so
the boat, but afterwards gave himself wi
up. The tight was begun by Thomas tr
shooting a negro woman through the fo
nose and when Ingram endeavored to ca
defend her Thomas shot him three of
times, killing Ingram almost intantly.
Provided with a warrant from Mag- T
lstrate T. G. White, SheritT Porter of
left Iieaufort Wednesday afternoon 1<*I
for Savannah in response to a notitlca-1 m
tion from the Savannah police authori- I vt
ties that all the negroes were in eus- tt
tody. They will be brought lie re fur
preliminary trial. j m
' to
Woman President ol'n Hank. ! til
The town of Lafayette, Colo., enjoys
the distinction of having a hank ir
presided over by a woman. The presi- u,
dent of this bank is Mrs. M iiy A. ('s
i Miller, and she is said to be the only ^
woman bank president in tlie country. 1..
Siie is practically owner as well as
manager. The otlices in the institution
are kept in tlie family, for Mrs. ;1>:
Miller's son. George, is vice president, ,l
her son, James, cashier and his wife, ^
Elizabeth, assistant cashier and pay- i
ing teller. Mrs. Miller moved intoj(.a
Colorado with her husband in 186.'!,
i traveling liy ox team and taking into |
i ttie state the tirst threshing machine, j,s
| Mr. Miller died i-i lsTs. When coal!1"
| was discovered on her land in 18H7,111
; Mrs. Miller became a rich woman. 101
She leases the mines to the operators n
I and invests her larpc revenues throuph "r
her bank. Mrs. Miller is regarded as w
tlie foremost business woman in tlie '
state.
The Invincible Country Boy.
111
A plance at a list of the preat men d
I of the blp cities of tiie i'nited States ca
; will prove beyond a doubt that the at
! country-bred hoy is far superior to his
I city born cousin in point of business &
land professionial ability and pen- ti
| oral capacity. Many reasons are ad- tl
I vanced for the success fif the country d
boy in the larpe cities, but the one' ij<
that seems to hit the nail on the head u(
i is that the younpster of the provinces se
j is tauplit to work, and by this is in
I meant a pood and honest day's work, m
! one of twelve hours, lie is a sticker, p
too, who is willinp to start in at tlie jj
I bottom, and when you tind a country pi
I boy who is a worker and a sticker, he as
is invincible. You can't keep him |
down. vi
Brier CJelw There. ^
Charleston has been a ill ic ted with ; to
another nepro otlicial, this time in to
the person of J. A. I trier, who lias st
I been appointed l?v I'nited States I w
Marshal Adams to he a iiailiif of the j el
court, succecdinp a very competent in
and obliplnp white man, (.'apt. Isaac la
II. Dappett. llrier look charpe of Ids pi
J olllce Monday. The appointment of a
i Brier makes two nepro bailiffs of the
[ederal court. \ dr
A GOOD SPEECH
ade at a Democratic Harmony
Gathering in Brooklyn.
HE DEMOCRACY OF THE WEST
a? the Subject Discussed by EjCongressman
Chus. A. Towne,
u Republican Who Turned
Democrat.
i ne annum uuiner or tnc urooKiyn
emoeratic club to commemorate the
mlversary of the birth of James
onroe, and which had been spoken
a "harmony dinner,'' was held at
ie Germania club rooms in Brooklyn
i Tuesday night of last week. There
is about 3;>0 persons present, lieran
A. Metz, president of the club,
eslded, and those at the guests'
hie included Charles A. Towne, of
Innesota, and James L. Slayden, of
. xas. Mr. Tow no responded to the
ast, "The Democracy of the West,"
ying in part: j
"Ileal harmony is to be found more
co-operation of ellort than in vocifation
of good intentions. What we
ed today is less discussion of ourdifretices
and more emphasis on the
ings about vfchich we agree. And
rely tlre.se things furnish us a proam
than which none other ever more
rongly appealed to the patriotism,
o reason, the conscience of the citill.
Tire formulated and accepted
lnciples of Democracy are the prinples
that inspired the American Ltevution,
tlrat were proclaimed In tlie ,
eclaratiou of Independence, and that
iderlle tlie constitution of tire Unld
States. They comprise substanilly
tlie doctrine of the inalienable
.'lit of self-government; of just taxam;
of religious liberty; of freedom of
ie press; of trial by jury; of absolute
uallty under the law. They deny (
id condemn the entire system of;
ranny and favoritism that make up
day the code and practice of tlie Iteibllcan
party. Show me one great
irpose or policy of the dominant
irty that is not in irreconcilable conct
witli the very splritand theory of i
ir institutions. Over against the j
irienwus siiaauw or colonial empire
>w looming In the eastern seas, I
ace the glorious accomplishment of
ir ancestors who rebelled against a
lonial status and founded a new kind
government among the nations,
ic limited to the ends of Justice and
eking the source of its power in the
nsent of the governed. The existg
system of special privilege that
ther creates or fosters conditions unr
which monopoly has become more
iwerful, more splendid and more Inlent
than ever medieval feudalism
is, 1 confront with that great docine
of American liberty which, as
rmulated by 1 homas Jefferson, heme
and remains a fundamental tenet
Democratic taith: 'Equal rights
r all, special privileges to none.'
Ills doctrine is a charter of universal
iportunity. This opens the road to
Kitimate effort. Under it, ability
id genius are insured a fair lield mixed
by executive caprice or leglslave
contrivance.
"The name of Monroe, which we
ention with grateful remembrance
night, is immortally associated with
ic dedication of this hemisphere to
ic righteous experiment of self-govnment.
The American people is a
lit in the maintenance of that prop '
ition. But a greater danger threat- '
is than any menace to the Monroe
Octrine. That doctrine applies to
ic outer boundaries of liberty. The
sault of the Republican party is
rainst the citadel itself. Of what
ail to mankind to preserve for a
Idle the soil of South and Central
merica from the burden of monarchiil
systems, if meanwhile we are to
irrender the government of the I'nid
States to the practices of absolutm?
Why vindicate to the people of;
igliboring republics the right to be !
luiMiiiuL'u in tut* rt'^uuni<hi ui i iit*ir
vn alTairs unless we propose also to
store to American citizenship its
'Iginal prerogatives? Kind's may as
e!l rule in Spanish-America if levied
monopoly is to he king in the
eat republic.
"This, fellow-citizens, as it seems
> me, indicates clearly. enough -the
ity and the opportunity of the
emocratic party now and in the
impaign of 1904. To restore the
icient landmarks of the constitution,
wrest from private interest the
introl of tlie government and bring
?e people to their own again; is not
its a program in which all genuine
emocrats can unite? And if a man ,
mestly Join in such a cause, is lie
?t a Democrat? Speaking for my- 1
If, as a man who advocated before !
j rui reds of thousands of citizens in
any states the principles of the
emocratic platforms of 1890 and |
>00, and who Ixdieved in tliose princi-1
es then, and lielievc in them now.
> applicable to the same conditions,
am very frank to declare my con-!
ction that both Justice and expedi- I
icy demand that no greater test, of a
an's Democracy should be required
day than his liellef in and readiness
> labor for the principles that, are at
ake today. If a man Is sincerely
Ith me now I have not. the right, i
tlier to deny him the glory of tightg
nor to deprive myself of Ills usslsnce
In our common cause on the I
ound tliat we were not agreed upon
former occasion.
"Let me not lie misunderstood. 1
i not mean that a man's attitude in
18U0 and 1U30 is now to l>e in<|Uired
about. It is possible that be may
then have been a profound believer in
the ureal fundamental principals' of
Democracy, but that he may have
withheld his support from the party
from either honest doubt made the
particular policies advocated would
subserve these priuciples or from ^
sincere conviction that they would
not. On tlie other hand, either beliefs
or sympathies adverse to the A
general doctrines of the party may
have caused him to make of these particular
policies an excuse or pretense
for inactivity or for open aid to the
Republican program, in tlie former
case 1 maintain that a man, if lie bo
now in harmony with Democratic
purposes, lias a right to a seat ut the
counsel table and a place in the light- G<
ing lines. In the latter case. I con- hi
tend Just as stoutly, lie should neither w.
expect or receive the treatment of a .
friend and ally. His place is among
tlie ranks of the enemy. To those W
Democrats, therefore, who were not tr
with the party in 1 H'.iti or l'.?00 let
us say: Are you sincerely vsith us
now? If they answer 'Yes,' let us
examine the record of those earn- ^.1
paigns only as bearing upon t heir good zc
faith. If satisfied with that 1 shall m
he glad for my party to keep step with ^
you and them to the music of the constitution
and the Declaration of Independence
until the principles of in
both arc once again the recognized in
and honored bulwarks of the repub- di
lie. I,j
Editor lleurNt Taken a Bride.
Congressman-elect Wm. Randolph -Hearst,
proprietor of The American KU
and evening Journal of New York, the tlJ
Chieago American and the San Fran- I fr
Cisco Examiner, was married in New | i)t
^ ork Tuesday to Miss Millieent Will- !
son. daughter of George II. Willson, j m
president of the Advance Music com- C(]
pany of that city. Tiie ceremony was ;i(
performed in ttie chantry of Grace ),(j
cliureh, iilshop Potter officiating. A Q|
n iber of the personal friends of the
couple were present. Mr. Hearst's rP
best man was Orrin Peck of San Fran- rtl
clsco, and the witnesses were S. S. |
Carvallio and P. J. Mar. The newly
married couple will sail by the steam- 1
er Kaiser Wllhelm II tins afternoon (.n
for Europe. j J,
in
A Back Set.
Hy a decision last week the United i,r
States Supreme (3ourt sustained e
tl>e clause of the new constitution of : h;
Alabama disfranchising colored voters, i nj,
Giles, a colored man was denied the is
privilege of registering as a voter un- j is
dor the new constitution of Alabama. ! w
and the ease was brought to test the ' in
validity of the portion to the state ; Q
constitution bearing upon tliis ques-1 pi
tion. The relief sought was denied on ; Cr
the ground that the ease was political. ) tl
Justice Holmes who delivered the tt
opinion said that for the court to In-: hi
terfcre would be unheard of relief in tl
cases presenting only political ques- ei
tions. di
; so
lie Killed Two. | j|
A special to the Augusta Chronicle 1
says a double murder occured at a negro
church three miles from Talbotton,
Ga., on Tuesday of last week.
Judge Mahoue, Pete Harvey, Shep,
Veasy and John Mahone were playing \ rt
craps near the church, a dispute arose, j '1:
John Mahone, the father-in-law of j
Judge Mahone, requested Judge to j
kill Veasy and Harvey, which he did.
Hoth negroes escaped, hut John Ma- s'
hone was arrested Tuesday and placed ai
in the Talbot ton jail. Judge Mahone j
is still at large and is thought to he in ; Cl
Atlanta.
H
Three ??? Hang. jj
For the first time in the history of ol
the state of Tennessee three negro I et
brothers have been sentenced to hang | m
the same day for the same crime, ci
which was murder. John, Fete and ki
Clay Johnson were sentenced by Judge tl
Tyler to be hanged May 29. The crime ai
was committed in the Need morsj tl
vicinity Oct. 1. A negro festival was i hi
in progress and Oscar Redmond, color- p:
ed, was engaged to keep the peace. | F
The Johnson brothers attended tlie i tl
festival and raised a disturbance. |
Redmond attempted to quiet him j gi
when thev killed him. \ u
A Hank Hotibed. fr
, , . w ! m
A special from La Grange, N. C., | jr
says: The safe of Rouse Rros., bank- ; C|
ers, was blown open after inidnighl
Wednesd ly night and aixnit $3,50u
taken by burglars, who effected their
escape. There were six men in the I L
gang and it is Ix'licved tliey left In a ts
stolen rig, owned by I)r. J. M. Hodges, fr
While operations were In progress i et
Prentis Wooten, w ho rooms across the ! t.?
street, put liis head out of the win- ti
dow, hut a bullet from the burglars hi
forced him to take cover, bloodhounds ot
have been nent for. w
tl
Mangled Under Car Wheels.
A dispatch from Charleston to The
State says H. S. Jones of Columbia (),
fell olT an Atlantic Coast line train
Wednesday night near Magnolia cros- a
sing and his arm was so badly mangled ^
by the wheels passing over it that the
member was amputated early Thurs- j,
day morning at the city hospital.
Jones had been in Charleston for sev- (),
oral days and was on his way to Lanes , j
preliminary to returning to Columbia.
lie is unable lo say how he fell from
the car or tell anything about it. j n
; at
I'aCiilly Humeri.
A dispatch from Helton to The1 V
State says Mrs. Stuart, a lady living oi
in the mill village, was. a fatally
burned Thursday. It. seems that j
while she was cooking dinner a tire
brand dropped from the stove unno- tl
ticcd and set her clothing atire. She w
was horribly burned from head to ir
foot before assistance could reacli her. di
She is still living but is expected to t)
die at auy moment. m
1
HE WHOLE TRUTH.
he Awfuly Disgrace to the American
Arm Told by
HE COMMANDER OF THE ARMY. 1
ii Awt*al Story of Murdor, Torture,
Fxtort ion Anil l'nn?*ce?snry
Cruelty in the I'hilitipiucM
ImIuikIh.
The extended report of Lieutenant
eneral Nelson A. Miles concerning
s observations in the Philippines,
as made public last week by the war
partment. It is dated Feb. lb,
Oil, and covers all features of his
ip through the islands, together with
s recommendations.
(icneral Miles describes a visit to
ipa, wnerc, ne says, a party of oitins,
headed by the acting presidente,
et him and stated that they desired
make complaint of harsh treatment
the people of that community, sayg
that they had been concentrated
towns and had suffered great inanities,
''that fifteen of their people
id been tortured by what is known
th^ water torture, and that one
an. -i highly respected citizen, aged
years, named Vicente Luna, while
ffering from the effects of the torire
and unconscious, was dragged
om his house, which had been set
i lire, and burned to death. They
ate,i that these atrocities were coinittod
by a company of scouts under
iminand of Lieutenant Hcnnessj,
id that their people had been crowdI
into towns, ?100 being confined to
ic building."
A doctor of the party said bo was
ady to testify that some of the 000
d from suffocation.
HIMILAK ATHOCITtKS.
General Miles then refers toother
scs, saying that on the lslaud of
;bu, It was reported and published
November, 1902, "that twoofileers,
iptain Samuels, Forty-four* h infany,
United States volunteers, and
lout. Poeter, Nineteenth infantry,
id committed similar atrocities
cainsl the people of that Island. It
also reported that at Laoag, on the
land of Luzon, two natives were
hipped to death. At Tacloban,
eyte, it was reported that Major
lenn ordered Lieut. Caulltield.
hllippine scours, to take elg'A prlsons
out into the country and that li i
ley did not guide him to the camp of i
ie insurgent quison, ne was not to
ing them back. It was stated that
le men were taken out and that they
ther did not or could not do us
rccted. One of the men who had a
m among the scouts, was spared, but
le others were shot or bayonetted to
ath. some being in a kneeling poslon
at that time.
TtlK I'KIKSTS TOKTUHKD.
"At Calbayog, Samar. it was report1
that several men in that district
id been subjected to water cure. I saw
iree men who had been subjected to
lis treatment. One was the presl,'nte
of the town, Mr. liosale.s, who
towed mo long, deep scars on his
m, which, lie said, were caused by
le cords with which lie was hound,
itttng into Ills llesh.
"The second man was named Jose
orga and the third was Padre Jose
iaznes, who stated that he was one
' three priests who had been subject1
to torture by the troops under comand
of Lieut. Gaupot, Tenth
ivalry: that his front teeth had been
nocked out, which was apparent;
lat he was otherwise maltreated,
id robbed of $300. It was stated
lat these priests were taken out to
i killed and were saved only by the
ompt action of Major Carrlngton,
irst infantry, who sent out for
lem.
"Lieut. Gaujot was tried, pleaded
uilty, and was given the trivial sennee
of three months' suspension
om command, forfeiting $50 per
until for Hie same period. Ills pleadig
guilty prevented all the facts and
rcumstanees being developed.
OUT TO TOKTUIIK.
"It appears that Major Glenn,
ieut. Conger and a party of asstsmts
and native scouts were "loved
om place to place fur the purpose of
[tortirig statements by means of
>rture and It became so notorious
iat ilns party was caljed 'Glenn's
rigade.' Whether it was possible for
tlcials to Ik; engaged in such acts
itii< ut ttie personal knowledge of
te general upon wliose staff they
ere serving at the time, namely,
rigaoier General Hughes, 1 leave for
,hers to conjecture.
"These facts came to my notice in
casual way, and many others of
mllar character have been reported
i diiTerent parts of the archipelago.
1 fact, I was informed that it was
>mmon talk at the place where i
fleers congregated that such transac-1
ons had been carried on oil tier with
10 connivance or approval of certain
> nmanding officers. it is, however
lost gratifying to state that such
Lrocltles have been condemned by
i<di commanders as Generals Lawton.
.hide, Summer, Lee Baldwin and ;
he rs.
TilK ORDRII IIK OAVB.
"1 found that with certain officers '
le impression prevails that such acts
ere Justifiable and 1 felt It my duty,
i order to correct such erroneous and
ingerous impression, and to prevent
le possibility of such acts being comilttcd
in the future, which must 1m
pair Hie good name of American arms (
and bring discredit to our service fur
all tune, to direct that auy orders or
circulars of personal instiuction which
would inspire or encourage any act of He
cruelty be annulled."
Gen. Miles directs attention to the
acts of reconcetitration by General
Iiell and claims that they were in di
rect violation of the law. He says the WA
law was also violated in handling and
buying large quantities of rice which
was sold at a profit. The people who Hry
were in the reconeentration camp,
says General Miles, were "considered
prisoners of war, but were compelled
to buy food from those who held them
at a large profit." General Miles
characterizes this as unprecedented.
AS TO TIIK MOHOH. T
Of the Moros General Miles says: Con
"The problem of reducing or con- day
trolling these people In case of con- this
tlnued hostilities does not appear to 0n 1
be aditllcult one. They are very poor- Xelf
ly armed, and have no means of with- jsa
standing our mountain artillery and an i
tiold mortars. Their forts possess but >';il
slight resisting power and can easily "Ot
be destroyed by modern artillery." 000
Of the roads to Lake Lanao, he and
says: or t
"At the time of my visit there were pc>st
500 of our men at work on this road, eatii
The heat was intense, and there were port
at kthe time seventy men sick and "
some -00 men on sick report. Unless tion
there should be some great military past
necessity?and 1 know of none?this and
work should not be performed by appi
troops. There appeared to be very men
dissatisfaction and just grouud for tion
complaint." aid?
The more important observations E
and recommendations of General out
Miles arc as follows: whi<
"The general condition of the t roops only
In the archipelago was creditable to gov<
themselves and to the country. The poll
officers and soldiers made a good ap- som
pearance. dert
"The efli. :t of the climate is a moit here
serious detriment to the service. The our
men go there In perfect health and In ditii
the prime of manhood, but as a body
arc seriously affected in the course of
two or three years service. Very fow
escape, but the majority are debll- "P01
ltated.
of n
MILITARY STATIONS. mei]
"As tlie military stations, with but fenc
few exceptions, ,ire very remote, and the
the troops are required to lie in com- seco
munitles that are neither heneticial the
nor congenial to tliem, tlie service Is coui
depressing, and to some extent, has a thai
demoralizing effect. During visits to mat
tlie garrisons, it so happened that I life
did nut see a single 6oldier under the paa
influence of liquor. As the result of "
my observations, It is my Judgment east
that the discontinuance of the liquor the
'eature of the canteen has been bene- shai
ticlal. Temptation was removed from taxi
the immediate presence of the young eral
men of the army and they are less peo|
likely to indulge in liquor. the
"The number or troops that will be met
required to occupy the Philippine is- exp<
lands Is still problematical. While it mid
is claimed that the people are pf'fled, "
evidences of hostility toward Anieri- roai
can sovereignty are apparent. The grot
newspapers published in both Spanish mos
and English contain almost daily ac- wea
lAjuiiin ui uuBiiiHicti, uepreuauon.s or Uolc
disturbances of the peace. Against moe
these armed bands the civil govern- at
ment Is employing the constabulary, a puU
force of about 6,000. tur(
"I found a large proportion of the imp
troops occupying church property, win
monasteries, colleges and convents, hist
This 1 believe to be entirely wrong, cone
and It should be discontinued without sha:
delay. labc
"While the supplies as a rule, have sist
been abundant and of good quality, tog
there is, in my opinion, too much cold hou
storage meat used for the good of the non
troops. Its constant use becomes ; wit!
very distasteful, and in the opinion of I he
many eminent physicians, it is not' roa<
the most healthful." icon;
General Miles says the Philippine ' wor
islands are as defenseless today as they 1
were five years ago and renews his |
recommendation that at least one j I
strategic position be fortified beyond ; Pre
the possibility of capture by any for- We^
eign ileet or fleets. Itoa
"in my Journeys through the archi- pan
pelago 1 was frequently appealed to wai
aid in assisting the people to obtain a as
food supply, of which they will l>c in slov
great need In the near future. 1 do the
not think there is today a people so pie
severely afiltctcd as the eight million and
of inhabitants of this archipelago, pas:
Pestilence has prevailed, having been bat
in some districts a serious scourge, re- was
suiting In the reported death of nearly bee:
75,000 people, while It is estimated Tlx
that the number not reported is fully toil'
as large." wor
General Miles recommended that syir
transports should l>e used to bring soci
out wheat and corn, and then used to "te
tiring carabos and cattle. Infl
n/\f
uuu
Shot Out floth Kyp?. qv&
II. II. Haas, assistant surgeon in ful
the United States navy, attempted imj
suicide at a liotel at Staunton, Va., cha
Wednesday by shooting. The ball but
entered the right temple and lodged renin
the left, near the surface, destroy- are
ing both eyes. He was conscious in t
when found and asked for his pistol to ros<
finish the Job. He left several letters ehi<
to friends, also a requist to notify T. clai
N. Haas, lawyer, llarrisburg, Va., the
that his brother was dead. His reason the
was, "Am in trouble, want to die." of y
Ills condition is very critical, llaas
was on a furlough, his station being
Portsmouth, Va.
'1
A K?(al Fall. and
At Monchester. N. II, VVllbcrt It. Ing
Hamlin, a painter. Jumped up on some l'er
staging 50 feet above the ground In and
order to test it Wednesday morning, oflli
The slagging broke and Hamlin was 3rd
precipitated to the sidewalk. He of
struck on his head and was killed in- Coi
stantly. tl v?
UEN. MILES PLAN.
Bays Good Bo&ds Should be Made
With Public Money as
TEBWAY8 HAVE BEEN MADE.
nn Receive* an Ovation and
Tell* Why the I "armor ia
Kntitlod to Oood Public
Highways.
lie International Good lloads
vention met in St. Louis on Monof
last week. Senator Latimer of
State addressed the convention
Lite first day. The next day Gen.
>on A. Miles, who is president of
tional Highway commission, made
address on "Military lloads and
lional Aid." He said, in part:
ir government lias expended $">00,for
the improvement of harbors
waterways and now the attention
tic public is being called to our
al roads and avenues of communli>n
that are most useful and im:ant
to all our people.
If such expenditures of the naal
treasure have been made in the
. for the development of railroads
waterways, is it not now a most
ropriate time that the improvet
of our roads should receive naal
attention and governmental
ill
x-Governor Hogg of Texas pointed
the necessity for good roads,
ch, he believed could be secured
through the aid of the national
jrnment. He spoke of the insular
cy of the government and said if
e of the money that is being squan d
in the Philippines could be used
5 in the iraprovementof highways,
roads would be in far better conon.
BRYAN RECEIVES AN OVATION.
Tm. J. Bryan spoke at the aftcr
session, receiving an ovation,
said, in part: "The expenditure
loney for the permanent improveit
of the common roads can be deled,
first as a matter of justice to
people who live In the country;
>nd, as a matter of advantage to
people who do not live in the
otry, and third, on the ground
t, the welfare of the nation deids
that the comfcrts of country
shall, as far as possible, keep
; with the comforts of city life.
It is a well knewn fact, or a fact
ly ascertained, that the people in
country while paying their full
re or county, State and federal
:s, receive as a rule only the genbenefits
of government, while the
pie of the cities have In addition to
protection afforded by the governit,
the advantage arising from the
jnditure of public moneys In their
St.
The Improvement of the country
Is can be Justified also on the
and that the farmer, the first and
t Important of the producers of
1th, ought to be In a position to
1 his crop and market It at the
t favorable opportunity, whereas
present he Is virtually under common
to sell it as soon as it is maid
because the roads may become
assable any time during the fall,
ter or spring. Instead of being
own warehouseman, the farmer Is
ipelled to employ middlemen and
re with them the profit upon his
>r. The farmer has a right to inupon
roads that will enable hlra
o to town, to church, to the school
se and to the homes of his neigh<,
as occasion may require, and
h the extension of rural delivery
has an additional need for good
Is in order that he may be kept in
imunication with the outside
Id."
PKB8IDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS.
mmediately upon the arrival of
sident Roosevelt In St. Louis on
ilnesday he was driven to the Good
id Convention. The military com
ies and a platoon of police had been
ting two blocks away, and as soon
the line of carriages appared a
ver march was taken up to oover
three miles to Odeon hall. Peowere
congregating along the streets
wildly cheered as the president
sed. lie continually doffed his
in acknowledgment. The hall
packed with a crowd, which had
u waiting patiently for hours.
? president spoke of good roads in
es which showed, as well as his
ds, that he was thoroughly in
ipathy with the object of the asations.
"Roads," he declared,
11 the greatness of a nation. The
uence of the nations which have
been road builders has been
nescent. liome, the most power?>f
the older civilizations, left her
>res8 On literature and speech; she
nged the boundaries of nations,
plainer than anything else left to
dnd us of the Roman civilization
the Roman roads." At this point
he president's speech the crowd
s and cheered, waving handker?fs
and hats. The president dc ed
that good roads probably were
greatest agency for regulating
tlnw frnrn thr> tvinntrv t/-> t Ha aI?w
oung men and young women.
l'ufliofflon llobbers Convicted.
'human Hamilton, William Oliver
I J. A. Itird, charged with breakiuto
the postotllce at Autun, near
jdleton, on the 2nd of February,
I also with breaking into tho pontic
at lva, Anderson county, on tho
of February, 1903, were convicted
the charge in the United Sates
irt on Wednesday and sentenced to
5 years In the penitentiary.