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TOGO DEFEATS RUSSIANS
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Japanese Admiral Practically Annihilates Navy
of the Czar
BATTLE IN THE STIAI1S OF KOIEA
According to Information Received at
the State Department In Washing
ton, the Battle Began Saturday, the
Japanese Sinking the Rueslan Bat*
tleehlp Borodino, Four More War-i
?hlpe and a Repair Ship.
According to the latest Information,
the battle between the Russian and
Japanese naval forces for the suprem
acy of the Oriental seas, on which
hangs the outcome of the far Eastern
struggle, has begun. If It has not term
inated decisively. All the dispatches
received point to a Japanse victory,
though It is not yet known whether
the full force of Vice Adrlmal Rojest
vensky's lighting ships took part in the
contest, which, according to the dis
patches, took place in the comparative
ly narrow waters of the Straits of Ko
rea. The first information came in a
dispatch from the American consul at
Nagasaki to the State Department at
Washington, telling that the Japanese
bad sunk one Russian battleship, four
other warships and a repair ship in
the Korean Strait, and this was fol
lowed by a dispatch received by the
State Department, the date of which
was not given, that the "Japanese gov
ernment had made the announcement
that its fleet had engaged the Rus
sians in the Straits of Korea Saturday
and had held them." The State De
partment also received information
that two of the vessels reported to
have been sunk were the sister battle
ships Orel and Borodino, and that three
of the other ships were cruisers. From
Tsingtau, the German port on the
Shantung Peninsula, came a report that
a running naval engagement took place
near the Island of Okl, in the Sea of
Japan, 200 miles northeast of the
Straits of Korea, and that the whole
Russian fleet did net participate, the
slow vessels having been sent around
Japen. Russian sources give no news
of the battle, while the Japanese gov
ernment. following its custom, is silent
as to either the battle or Its outcome.
THINK TORPEDO BOATS DID IT.
Washington Naval Circles Comment
on Dispatchcs to State Department
?Battleship and Five More Vessels
Sunk?Straits Held Against Rus
sians.
Washington, Special.?A dispatch re
ceived at the State Department says
that the Japanese Government has
made the announcement that its fleet
had engaged the Russians In the
Straits of Kofoa Saturday and had held
them .
The reported sinking of the battle
ship Bordino Is mentioned in a dis
patch received at the State Department
from the consul at Nagasaki.
The belief In the naval circles In
Washington is that the Japanese re
sorted to the free use of torpedo boats
In their attacks on tho vessels of Vlco
Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet. The
Japanese have a large number of tor
pedo/boats In their fleet and they de
monstrated their effectiveness In tho
operations around Port Arthur. Na
val officers here express the opinion
that it was unlikely that such serious
losses as those reported could have
been Inflicted by ordinary flre.
The following is the text of the No
Texas Town Not Destroyed.
Austin, Tex., Special.?S. J. L. Math
er, mayor of Mineral Wells, Tex., re
quested a correction of the report sent
to several papers that the town hart
been badly damaged by a tornado laRt
week. He says that no damage was
done at all, and that excepting a very
high wind, which swept over the town
last Wednesday, there was no prova
cation for such a report.
Floods North of El Paso.
El Paso, Tex., Special.?A half mil
lion dollars is a conservative estimate
of the dnmagc done by the overflow
of the Rio Grande north of El Paso
In the Messilla valley. Some 7,000
acres of farm land are under water,
crops and farm machinery have been
lost, p.nd all houses in the path of the
waters washed away. The water In
most places Is six feet deep. Every
abode house In Anthony, N. M.. has
been washc-d away and the people
have fled to Kl Paso. The water Is
still rising rapidly, threatening great
damage, especially at El Paso. *
McC aW Fined.
New York, Hperlsl.? Manager Mc
Oraw. of the New York National lea
gue Baseball Club, hax boon fined $!."?()
and suspended for IS tU'ys for using
profane language to President Dreyfus,
of the Pittsburg club. McGraw will
be eligible to resume the privileges of
tho hall field on Juno 11th. providing
that previous to that date the fine of
1150 Is psld, together with the sum of
$10, which fine wss Imposed by Pres
ident Pulllam because of his being re
jDored from the game Mag 20th,
gasakl dispatch to the State Depart
ment:
"Nagasaki, May 28.?Japanese sunk
the Russian battleship Borodino and
four more warships and a repair ship."
The other dispatch read aa follows:
"Toklo. Hay 27.?Japanese met and
engaged the Baltic squadron this af
ternoon In the etralts of Fushlma,
which was held. Cannonading was
heard from shore." *
From Information which has been
received In Washington It is believed
that two of the Russian ships reported
to have . been sunk In the Korean
Straits by the Japanese are the Orel
and her sister ship, the Borodinoi
They are battleships of 13.000 tons.
Three other vessels reported sunk are
believed to have been cruisers, the
remaining one being a repair ship.
The Orel and Borodino are of 13.51C
tons displacement each, heavily armed,
well protected, and were designed to
make 18 knots. They measure 397 feet
by 76 feet, with 26 feet draught, and
both have a lofty spar deck fully 30
feet above the water line, extending
from the bow to the quarter deck. For
ward is mounted a pair of 12.4-inch
guns in a turret protected by eleven
Inches of Krupp srmor. Another pair
of guns, of same size. Is mounted aft.
There are thirty other guns on the In
termediate battery, the vessels carry
two submerged torpedo tubes and two
above the water, a special feature of
the vessels is their verdlcal longitudi
nal bulkheads of inch armor, running
throughout the whole length of the
ship at a distance nine or ten feet
inboard from the ships' sides, designed
to localize the effects of a blow from
a torpedo.
Failed to Mislead Togo.
Chefoo. By Cable.?Private tele
grams from Korea to the Japanese
consul here state that a battle was
progressing Saturday afternoon at or
near the Korean straits, between the
main portion of the Russian squadron
and the Japanese fleet under command
of Admiral Togo.
Telegrams almost Identical with the
above have been received here, and
announce that a large portion of the
Russian fleet was sighted approach*
Ing the Korean straits Sunday, head
ed for the channel between Tsu Island
and the Japanese coast.
According to the best information
receievd here recently, the main por
tion of Admiral Togo's fleet has been
almost constantly at Masainpho bay.
Advices from a reliable quarter re
ceived here are to the effect that threo
Russian battleships, three armored
cruisers and several- colliers were off
Shanghai Friday. It is believed that
Vice Admiral Itojestvensky sent suffi
cient ships io tho vicinity of Shanghai
in order to induce the belief that his I
main fleet was there, while the major
portion of .it pushed on toward tho Ko
rean straits.
Sinking of American Ship.
Washington, Special.?Confirmation
has been received here from Shanghai
of the press report that tho Russian
warships have sunk an unknown Amer
ican merchant ship off the Chinese
coast. Heavy gun fire is plainly heard
to the northward.
St. Petersburg. By Cable.?Nothing
is known at the Admiralty of the re
ported sinking of an unknown Ameri
can steamer off Formosa by Vice Ad
miral Itojestvensky. It is recognized at
the Admiralty as qu?t? possible that
"Rojestvcnsky may have been com
pelled by military necessity to destroy
a neutral. If lie feared that to allow
it to proceed and report the where
abouts and direction of the Russian
fleet would endanger his strategic plan,
he had no other alternative except to
take off the crew and sink the ship.
Such an incident is unfortunate, but
every naval officer must admit that the
risk in such a crisis is too great to
take any chances. If the ship was un
justifiably sunk from the standpoint of
international law, Russia, of course,
will have to foot the bill; but any cost
Ik cheap If it furthered Rojestvensky's
mission."
Shot Chief of Police.
Nashville. Tcnn., Special.?A special
from Jackson, Term., says that A. D.
Dugger shot and seriously wounded
Chief of Police Onston, of that place,
Four shots were flred, two of which
took effect. Dugger wan drinking and
Gaston attempted to arrest him. Dug
ger was subsequently locked up.
An Interstate Railway.
Columbia. Special.?Definite an
nouncement of a railroad from Charles
ton, 8. C. to Monroe, N. C.f
N. C.. giving Charleston, Sum
ter and intermediate points sea
board connection at Monroe, was
made. In the shape of a petition for a
commission to Incorporate the "Caro
lina & Virginia Railroad." The com
mission was granted with Wm. H. Ing
ram, Nelll O'Donnll and Marlon Molse,
of Sumter, and State Senator Thomas
0. McLeod, of Lee county, as incorpor
ators. The initial capital Is forty thous
and dollars, and the ultimate two and a
half million. The "purposes" state that
it 1b the Intention of the corporation "to
acquire rights of way ami build and
maintain cotton worehouses,
News of the Day.
The mayor of Philadelphia won out
In a stubborn fight against the. ring he
opposed.
Stockholm, fly Cable.?There wero
riots here Saturday night in connec
tion with the scavengers' strike. A
mob stoned the police, who drew their
swords and cleared the streets. Many
persons were injured and a number
wero arrested. Mucli damage was
don# to property.
NEWS TIROUGdOlIT TUE COUNTIY
Minor HappeningeYof the Week at
Home and Abroad.
Down In Dixie.
Major John William Johnston died
at Richmond.
A new railroad ia projected from
Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort, N. C.. along
the North Carolina coast.
The noted "moonshine"' distillery of
William Nowlln, In Franklin county,
was destroyed and Nowlln captured.
Miss Lilly Cary has been appointed
sponsor for Virginia at the Confeder
ate reunion.
A contract for building 100 miles at
the Tidewater road will be awarded
June 1.
The trial of Reynolds Carlisle,
charged with the murder of John D.
Krombllng, was begun at Berryville.
Majority and minority reports on
federation were made by the special
committee of the Southern Presbyte
rian Assembly appointed to deal with
the subject.
Wesley G. Parker, until last Tuesday
exchange teller In the Arkansas Na
tional Bank, of this city. Is missing,
snd it is claimed that his accounts
show a shortage of $10,000. President C.
M. Rix, of the bank, admits the short
age and said that the institution is fully
secured by a bond.
At the National Capital.
Second Vice-President Gage E. Tar
bell, of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, was examined by State Super
intendent of Insurance Hendricks.
Through the North.
Mrs. I^ease was robbed in New York
Saturday Night.
The Merchants' Trust Company of
New York closed its doors and receiv
ers were appointed.
Chicago's teamster strike spread, as
was expected, but efforts to bring
about peace were renewed.
A wide difference of opinion on union
developed among the Cumberland
Presbyterians at Fresno, Cal.
Considerable opposition developed In
the General Assembly to the cathedral
Idea of Justice Harlan.
A check so cleverly raised that it de
ceived even the banks which cashed it
caused the arrest of a New York bar
keeper.
The Chicago express companies re
fused to recede from their decisions not
to reemploy strikers, and the strike
will now be fought out to the end.
The entire plant of the National Fire
Works Company at West Hanover,
consisting of ten wooden buildings of
one story each, was destroyed by an
explosion in the mixing room. Of the
ninety employes at the plant only five
were lnjuied, one seriously.
Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia, re
moved his Director of Public Safety and
Director of Public Works as a step in
his fight to prevent the len.?? of the
gas works to the United Gas Improve
ment Company.
Ono train crashcd into another on
the high trestle of the elevated near
the bridge over the Harlem river and
20 persons were hurt.
May elm went up 6 cents a bushel
on the Chicago Exchange, and there
was talk of n corner, wheat also un
dergoing a sharp flurry.
The United Ftatcs assayer nt Seat
tle states that the output of gold from
the northern country this vear will
amount to $22,000,000. if not more.
From the Klondike alone he predicts
an output of from ten to twelve mil
lions, the balance coming from the
camps on the American side.
Foreign Affairs.
Oreece is to be warned against sup
porting Oreeian hands now active in
Southern Manchuria. :
The Servian Cabinet has resigned.
A detailed report to confirm tho I
Identification of John Paul Jones'
body has been sent from Paris to I
Washington.
Oen. Llnevltch, under date of May 23,
reports that a Russian detachment suc
cessfully attacks the Japanese trem-heg
on the heights south of the station of
Changlufu, May 21. forcing the Japa
ueso to evacuate their trenches.
It Is believed the Injuries sustain
ed by Empress Augusta Victoria by
falling down a stairway at Wlsebaden
were moro serious than at first re
ported.
Miscellaneous Matters.
The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church, voting at Winona
Lake, decided unanimously for union
with the Cumberland church.
More than 100 Methodist ministers
marched to the Philadelphia City Hall
and protested to Mayor Weaver
against the proposed gasworks lease.
Milton E. Rose, of Stafford county,
was drowned at Acquia creek.
The Charcoal Clu* opened Us an
nual exhibition, the standard of the
work being higher than ever.
I.abor agitators In Paris threaten
to make a demonstration against King
Alfonso of Spain- when he visits tuat
city.
Wreckers ditched a train on the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fo rail
road, east of Emporia. Kan., and six
passengers were Injured, two of them
fatally.
ROTHSCHILD IS DEAD
Passiis of Oie of the World's Most
ftaoas Ftaaackrs
WAS A FAUNDEK OF CIAIITIES
Eminent Financier Who Financed the
Billion Dollar Indemnity France
Paid to Germany and Who Wae the
Leading 8plrtt of the Rothechilde In
Their Relatione With European
Government* Succumbs to Acute
Bronchitie, Aged 78.
Paris, By Cable.?Baron Alphonse de
Rothschild, head of the French branch
of the banking house bearing the name
of Rothschild and governor of the
Bank of France, died at 4:30 Saturday
morning from acute bronchitis aggra
vated by gout The eminent financier
has been sinking flowly for many days,
but there was no apprehension that his
death was imminent.
He passed away peacefully surround
ed by his family. The announcement
of the baron's death caused widespread
regret, for besides his position in the
financial world. Baron Alphonse was
known for his lavish charities, one
of the latest being the gift of $2,000,000
for the erection of workingmen's
homes.
The deceased who was bom in 1827.
will be succeeded as the head of the
Paris banking house by Baron I^ambert
de Rothschild, of Brussels, whose bus
iness capacity has earned him a world
wide reputation.
The burial of Baron Alphonse will be
most simple, according to the strict
rule of the Rothschild family, includ
ing a plain coffin without mourning
tributes. The funeral, the date of
which has not been fixed, will be the
occasion of a notable tribute of re
spect.
A member of a Franco-American
banking house said: "Huron Alphonse
was the leading spirit of the Roths
childs in their relation with practical
ly all the governments of Europe.
Besides the colosisal task of financing
the indemnity which France paid to
Germany after the Franco-Prussian war
of 1870-*71. he carried on relations with
other governments. In Italy theae in
cluded both government and Vatican
finances. The house has also had con
siderable dealings with American se
curities through the Relmonts. J. Pier
pont Morgan and .tylja W. Gates, in
cluding Ix>ui3ville & Nashville and
Atlantic Coast Line transactions, and
also has extensive Interests In mines
in California."
Baron .Alphonse loaves two children.
Baron Edouard and Baroness Beatrix.
He has two surviving brothers, Baron
Gustav and Baron Edmond.
Speech by Judge Parker.
Chicago, Special.?Judge Alton B.
Parker, of New York, addressed the Il
linois State Bnr Association at the Chi
cago Beach Hotel on "The Lawyer in
Public Affairs."
Judge Parker was greeted by hearty
applause as he arose to speak. After
returning thanl'S for the cordiality of
his reception, he said in part:
In studying, however casually, or
with whatever care, the modern de
velopment of the law. and the scope of
the men who follow It as a profession,
it Is impossible to escape from a knowl
edge of the close relation which the
latter bear, almost as a direct result of
their professional life, to our politics.
It is seen all along tho line of public
effort whether In village, town, city,
county, State or nation. Its existence,
therefore, cannot be overlooked nor can
Its importance as a feature In the his
tory and development of the law, or of
politics be exaggerated. It is not a
new tendency, having manifested itself
even In our earliest days when, owing
to the simplicity of conditions, the need
for the lawyer and the recognition of
his place In our social fabric became
only slowly apparent. Yet, it Is a ten
dency which has grown with the
growth of the country and with the en
larged facilities for the study of poli
tics and also with the a^dcl dignity of
the lesal pro'cr?s'on itself.
In the earlle,- days In the history of
the thirteen colonies, the questions dis
cussed were those relating to rights,
then popular denominated natural,
most of which. In their practical asser
tion. have since become legal, or re
cognized as a part of our institutions.
It was almost a necessity that the few
members of (he bar whose services
were then called for should become at
once the assertors of these rights be
fore the courts. It was even still more
Imperative that thoy should come to
tho front In the discussion of them in
the forum, In those bodies where hear
ings must be held, and also in the re
spective assemblies of the people. This
was In the declining days of a theo
cratic age when eve.y profession other
than that of the clergymen had to
?truggle for a position. He argued fur
ther that no truly groat lawyer ever
has been a demagogue.
More Chicago Riots.
Chicago, Special.?Rioting broke out
afresh In the teamsters' strike. Al
though nobody was seriously hurt,
there were a number of vicious fights In
tho lumber yards during which the po
lice were compelled to use clubs, and
in one Instance, revolvers, to disperse
the crowds.
Four Killed In Collision.
Augusta, Ga., Special.?'Two were
killed, one fatally Injured, two prob
ably fatally and three slightly Injured
In a collision Thursday night between
a passenger trolley car and a Louis
ville ft Nashville coal car on the Au
gusta ft Aiken Hallway, In a stretch of
woods some miles from Augusta, on the
South Cnrollna side of tho river:
The dead: J. E. Hcldmnn. motormnn;
Felix Uoddic, employe of railway, who
was riding with tho motormau.
100 COLD AND WET FOK COTTON
Good Stands Are Generally Reported
From Eastern and Central Sections,
But Present Conditions Are Adverse.
Washington, Special.?The weather
Bureau's weekly bulletin of the crop
conditions says :
"While good stands of cotton are
generally reported from the eastern
and central, sections of the cotton
belt, cool nights hsve checked growth
and the staple Is suffering from lack
of sunshine and cultivation, com
plaints of grassy fields being received
from nearly every State In these two
sections. Planting is finished In South
Carolina and Alabama, nearly com
pleted In North Carolina and Mississ
ippi, but about 25 per cent, of the
area remains to be planted In Louis
iana and Arkansas. Chopping is well
advanced In the Carolines, continue in
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi and
has begun in some places in Arkan
sas. In northern Texas, though cot
ton was damaged somewhat by heavy
showers and is still poor In places, is
very weedy, and much planting is un
finished, the prospects are improved.
With more favorable conditions for re
planting and cultivation, the crop
looks better and cultivation and chop
ping are progressing. Cotton is grow
ing well in southern Texas; chopping
and cultivation are general; squares
are forming and some has been laid
by. Bo!! weevils and other Insect
pests are active In some counties.
Tobacco plants are plentiful In Ken
tucky, and transplanting continues in
that State, as well as Indiana, Mary
land and North Carolina. Consider
able has been planted In Virginia,
but the soil is too wet, locally, for
this work. The crop is suffering from
lack of proper cultivation in North
Carolina, and the weather has been
unfavorable for plants in Ohio."
Real Tornado in Georgia.
Itcidsville, Ca., Special.?The most
destructive tornado that his swept
Tattnall county for ' years occurred
Tuesday afternoon, lasting ten minutes.
During this brief period a section be
tween Reldsville and Collins was prac
tically cleared of all crops, and only the
strongest trees remained standing.
Houses were leveled, and it is remark
able that thus far report of but one lifo
having been lost has been received. Tho
victim was a negro employed at the
saw-mill of A. C. Parker & Son. A fall
ing smoke-stack struck the man. At
Collins, a family of five were struck by
lightning. They were stunned, but were
revived. Their house was destroyed. So
j heavy was the accompaning hail that
the stones iny on the ground to a depth
of 12 inches.
Linevitch Ready to Fight.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The news
from the front continues lo point to
the imminence of a renewal of light
ing on a large scale. General Linevitch
Is pressing the Japanese center both on
tlie line of the railway anil on the man
darin road but whether he is simply
feeling Fleiu Marshal Oyama's strength
or hi:s assumed a genuine offensive, is
not yet clear. There is no doubt, how
ever, that Lincvitch?has mnde complete
preparation for a battle. All the Rus
sian sick and wounded, who we*.e at
Harbin and places south of there, have
been transported westward to Irkutsk,
and orders have been given to clear the
intervening hospitals. The sanitary
trains have also been ordered to the
front.
Drowned Self and Children.
Dallns. Tex.. Special.?A special to
Tho News from Sulyhur Springs,
Tex., sayr. that Mrs. Tip Sanders
drowned herself and three children
in a creek near her home two miles
south of town Tuesday. Tho oldest
child was a boy six years of age. The
other children were girls aged 3 years
and 10 months, respectively. The
tragedy it is said, was tho result of
domestic troubles. Sanders, the hus
band, left home this morning to work
on the public road. Returning homo
for dinner, he found a note on the
table from Mrs. Sanders telling him
that he would And the bodies of his
wife and children in the creek.
Contesting Yachts Sighted.
New York, Special.?Lord Brassey's
yacht, Sunbeam, a contestant in the
trans-Atlnntlc cup race, was passed
Tuesday by the steamer Kron Prinz
Wilhelm, bound for this port, 817 miles
from Sandy Hook. Captain Nlcrlch, of
the North Germnn Lloyd steamer Bre
men, which arrived from Bremen, be
lieves he sighted the Atlantic, which is
supposed at least among the leaders, on
Sunday morning. May 21st. The yacht
was then 827 miles from Sandy Hook,
j more than one hundred miles further
| east than when sighted the day pre
vious by three liners.
Five Firemen Injured.
Tampa, Fla., Special.?Five firemen,
one of whom will probably die, were
Injured in a fire which destroyed two
buildings here Tuesday, entailing a
property loss of $40.00n, with only $8,
000 Insurance. The fire was caused by
the explosion of n pns?ollnc lamp. W. T).
Kirk, a fireman, was caught under a
falling wall and so badly crushed that
he is not expected to recover.
News of the Day.
Upon the counsel of close advisers It
Is said Emperor William did not de
liver a specch severely arraigning
France.
Cardinal Gibbons conferred the pnl
lium upon Archbishop John James Mc
Glcnnon, of St. Louis.
Mrs. Jessie Bartlett Davis, the well
known opera singer and long-time
member of the Bostonlans, died sud
denly in Chicago of nephritis,
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL MEET
Parliament to Consider Questions Relating to
the South's Welfare in Session
MANY STATES WERE REPRESENTED
North Carolina Executivo la Unanl
moualy Made Temporary Chairman
of Gathering at Washington and Do
livers the Opening Address.
Washlngtoc. Special.?Eleven States.
Alabama, Arkansas. Georgia, Florida.
Mississippi. North Carolina. South Car
olina. Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia
and Virginia are represented by dele
gates to the Southern Industrial Par
liament. which began its sessions here
Tuesday and will continue through Fri
day. There are also present represen
tatives ftt>m New York. Philadelphia
and Baltimore, who are interested in
the objects for which the parliament
was called, which Includes the exchange
of ideas regarding matters of impor- I
tance for the development of the 1
South. The feature of the day was the
address of Gov. Robert B. Glenn, at the
morning session.
Addresses were made by W. W.
Lumpkin, of Columbia. S. C.; M. V. |
Richards, of the Southern railway, who I
discussed mainly immigration to the
South. Dr. Charles A. Cary. of the
Alabama Agricultural College, who
urged steps to exterminate tick fever
among the cattle and advocated that
that the Southern people raise more
live stock, particularly for beef pur
poses.
T. B. Thackston, of South Carolina,
was elected permanent secretary of the
parliament.
Gov. Robert B. Glenn, of North Caro
lina, was unanimously elected presid
ing officer, and delivered the opening
address. At the outset of his remarks
he received applause by stating that
while he had come to Washington with
his heart filled with love for the sec
tion in which he lived, there were no
men living that loved, honored and re
vered "the great Nation in which we
live more than the delegates who are
here today from South of the Mason |
and Dixon line." i
After drawing a pen picture of the '
development of the country during the '
last hundred years. Governor Glenn J
touched upon the devastation wrought
in the South by the contest between'
the States, nnrt said the people of that
section had gone ahead witli a will to
redeem, reclaim and build up. He i
spoke of the enormous production of
cotton, iron, timber and other commo
dities in the South, and declared that
it had risen to the place where it ought
to stand?"equal, if not superior, to any
other section of the universe in which
we live." But. he said, while tho har
vest of the South was great the labor
ers were few. laborers were needed
anywhere and everywhere, and lie de
clared that tho South held out oppor
tunities. and if they would come there
was no reason why they could not have
the same returns, tho same wealth
and be even greater and grander than
In any other section of the country.
But while men of brains and energy
were wanted, the South did not want
the riff-raff of the countries of the
world.
Governor Glenn then aroused his au
dience to a high pitch of enthusiasm
when he denounced the methods of cer
tain Immigration agents of the West
ern railroads to turn the tide of imuil- J
gratlon from the South by sending
abroad maps showing the marvelous
prosperity In the West, but picturing ]
the Southern States in black, in order
to show that the negroes have the su
periority over the whites; that the
South is n place where very few. If
any, whites live; where men of money j
only can endure, and where the white,
laborer rnnnot endure because It is the
home of the negro and where the ne
gro is made an equal partner with the
whites. "That assertion," he vehem- j
ently declared, "is false, and I herald
it here today. It is the duty of every |
honest man in the I'nlted States,;
whether he Is a Northerner. Southern
er or Westerner, to remove this calum
nlty from the best and purest people j
thla country has ever known,"
Returns With a Plan.
New York, Special.?Mayor John
Weaver, of Philadelphia, came to New
York especially to consult with Ellhu
Hoot about his fight with the Philadel
phia Republican organization on the I
gas situation and returned at night ;
with a well defined plan as outlined i
by the former secretary of war to b-.- j
carried out In a crusade against the gaa
monopoly.
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Not the Work of Terrorists.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Though
no details of the assassination of
Prince Nakacldze, have been received
the Impression here is that the outrage
was the work of the Armenian revo
lutionary committee In revenge for
the attitude taken by the prince dur
ing the racial war between Armenians
and Tartars In February last, and It
le not attributable to the Russian Jer
rorlsts, even though Hie latter are ex
tremely active In many parts of the
empire. The Armenians laid the re
sponsibility of the deaths of those
slain in February at the door of Prince
Nakachldze.
Tuskege? Trusteec Meet.
Tuskcgee, Ala., Special.?At the an
nual meeting of the trustees of the
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In
stitute. former Mayor S<th l/nv. of
New York, and former Mayor VV. M. I
Drenrteti. of Birmingham, Ala., were'
elected, among others, to membership ]
of the board. The annual exercises <?r i
the thirty-seven agricultural and tnd<*,
divisions of the school wero held Wed
nesday. The subjects Included many I
of the most practical nature, each be
ing illustrated in an Interesting man
lier.
In the South, the Governor said, the
negro is given every legal right be is
entitled to. Their children are edu
cated as are the white children; they
are given asylums for their deaf, dumb,
and blind, and are everywhere given
the merciful hand; "but." he said,
"there is one distinction, one line wn
draw, and that Is the line of social
equality." That, he proclaimed, could
never be. The races were separated by
the laws of eternity, because, he said,
the white man never was intended to
be put on a social equality with the
negro. He appealed to every one pres
ent to make known the truth and thus
"correct any error and lie."
The Session Wednesday.
Washington. Special.?A discussion
of immigration and an address by
Gustav H. Schwab, of New York, on
"Foreign Commerce and Ocean Trans
portation" were the features of Wed
nesday's sessions of the Southern In
dustrial Parliament. The immigration
question was discussed by Senator
Simmons, of North Carolina, and Com
missioner General Frank P. Sergeant,
of the Immigration Bureau. Perman
ent organization was effected by tho
election of Gov. Robert II. Glenn, of
North Carolina, as president, and oth
er officers as follows : Dr. W. C. Mur
phy, of Washington, secretary; T. P.
Thaxton. of Columbia, S. C., treasurer.
Vice presidents: Alabama. Win. Rich
ards. Huntsville; Georgia. W. O. Mc
Cowan, Hoffman; Mississippi. Henry
Kernoghan, Jackson; North Carolina,
It. S. Reinliardt. Ltncoluton; Soutb
Carolina. E. J. Watson. Columbia;
Tennesee, Robert Gates, Nashville;
Texas. Thus. Schwartz, Corslcans;
Virginia, C. L. Holland, Danville.
Executive committee: W. T. Hrowu,
Regland. Ga.; P. J. Holliday. Wash
ington. (la.; Miss J. S. McCarthy,
Batesville, S. C.; J. A. Brown. Chad
bourn. N. C.; Albert Akers. Nashville.
Tenn.; E. C. Robinson, Houston, Tex.;.
J. S. Browning. Pocahontas, Va.; II.
L. Vest, District of Columbia.
Iu the absence of Governor Glenn.
W. O. McGowan. of Georgia, presided.
Gustav H. Schwab, of New York, lu
liis address on the Subject of "l?Y>r
eign Commerce and Ocean Transporta
tion," was the first speaker. He was
followed by Senator Simmons of
North Carolina, who spoke on tho sub
ject of immigration. He said as a re
sult of the agricultural and industrial
activity and expansion In the South,,
there was a demand fur labor which
could not be supplied from its own
people, and that in consequence the
South was struggling with a labor fa
mine.
Nearly every section of tlie country,
lie ?ai;J. had claimed an 1 obtained a
Hiare of the enormous immigration to
tin? United States from ubroad during
the last 25 years. The failure of tho
South to get a part of the new com
er:; not only accounted for tin- present
labor famine in that section, but in
many other ways, he said, ha 1 boon
disadvantageous to the United States.
The kind of labor the South needed,
he said, was a debatable question. He
described tJ??* system of wages iu the
South as being almost universally on
:lie share plan, and advised those ac
tually engaged in efforts to induce emi
gration to tli-? South from other sec
lions or from foreign countries to pnv
sent that plan, and not be misb-d into
a comparison of wage scale:.. If labor
ers for the present could not be gotten
fn.in this country, it was certain, ho
:-*aid, that with proper effort the right
kind of me n could be obtained abroad.
Mr. Sergeant declared that per
cent, of all the immigration to A her
ica came into the Slate of New York,
the great bulk of the aliens remaining
in New York city. They do not, before
coming here, be said, look up tho geo
graphical situation, simply going to
where their friends have preceded
I hem. What was needed was to offer
advantages to aliens coming to tlui
I'nited States whereby they may gat.h?
or some knowledge of the country out*
side the great cent era of population.
It would be a good thing not only to
say to the alien, "You may laud," but
also to furnish him Information ro
gurding the opportunities in various
sections of the country.
Suddenly Killed.
IJrlstol, Vn., Special.? Olon A. Kon
y(>n, n prominent lumberman of Nao
mi, Midi., was killed near Oamaucuf*,
Va., Monday In an aeeldent on a Iok
Slnp railroad. lie wau largely inter
etted in tlio T. W. Tlmyer LuiiiIht
f'ompany, operating in that Kcrtion.
The tody will be Kent t<? Naomi, Mlcti.
Buying 193,000 Acrcs in Florida.
Brunswick, (ia., Special,--A deal ln
\olvinj? one million dollars and IlKi.HW
aero* of laii'l in Liberty and Franklin
counties, Florida, was closed Wcdncft
day. The purchasers are a synd lento
or Chicago and St. Louis capitalist?.
The closing of tlilH deal. wiii<:h hast
been on f*>r the past several week?,
a majority of those Interested have
b<tn in Uiimswick, means the bullrt
liij; of a railroad to Apalnehte.ola, Fla..
fioin St. Joseph, a distance of forty
miles. The road will then cxteud
I'Ortiiwjrd 100 miles to Qulney, and It
Ik understood that It will then iiea-J for
Atlanta. The purchase also mean?
the settlement and building of a etty
at St. Joseph.
Denounce Immigration Plan.
Doentur, Ala.. Special.?The HupI
iiohh Men's l.caKue, at an enthusiastic
Dueling her", hns denounced iu r<!W>
lutions the plans ??f flooding 'lie South
with Ionian ifniiilKraUou. Tin* icm*
Kitions ?-t forth that while labor ift
badly needed in the whole Tonne'**#?
river valley north ?>f Alabama. th**
farmers r?rc opposed to tin? pnimlwu
oily Importation of s'.hlftleto; and uned
ucated foreigners. The reaoluii<*Mi
coll for men from the North atwl
Northwest to come South \