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M? PETER IS
WELCOMED BY SERVIANS.
Grand Military and Civic Demon?
stration in Belgrade,
Great Official and Popular Gathering at
the Railroad Station to Greet the
New King.
Belgrade, June 24.-King Peter ar?
rived here at IO o'clock >:his morning.
He was received with great enthusi?
asm. The ministers, Government
officials, Judges, municipal and mili?
tary authorities and leading citizens
were assembled on the platform of the
railroad station, which was profusely
decorated. The only foreign repre?
sentative who participated in the re?
ception of the King were the Russian
minister, M. Tcharykoff, and the
Austrian minister, Herr Dumba, with
the members of their respective lega?
tions. A guard of honor, with a band,
saluted as King Peter descended from
. his car. He then greeted the Cabinet
ministers. The premier, M. Avaku
movics, introduced M. Tcharykoff to
the King, and the Russian minister
presented the Austrian minister. Thus
the Austrian minister had no interview
with the Provisional Government,
with which thus far he has had no
relations.
A procession was then formed and
the King proceeded to the Cathedral.
The streets were lined with troops and
crowded with people.
From the moment Kin ? Peter left
the train and the band welcomed him
with playing the Servian national
anthem, his progress was greeted by
prolonged, hearty cheers, the exultant
shouts, "Lon;? Live Peter the First!"
wherever he appeared.
The premier made a speech before
the King's departure from the railroad
station, welcoming his Majesty, who,
in a brief reply, expressed his ap?
preciation of his election to the
throne. TheKing then exchanged greet?
ings with the Cabinet ministers, in?
cluding Col. Machlin, minister of pub?
lic works, who took ? leading part in
the assassination, and exbanged com?
pliments with the Russian and Aus?
trian ministers.
The ceremony at the Cathedral last?
ed half an hour. The edifice was
crowded. On the arrival of the King
Mas3 was celebrated with the brilliant
observances of the Greek ritual, the
King standing erect and impassive,
maintaining the same grave demeanor
which marked his movements through?
out. /
After the Mass the Metropolitan
made a short address. He said God's
guidance was; evident in everything;
delivered a short eulogy of the past
history of the Karageorgevitches and
prayed God to grant King Peter the
power to rule wisely and well
A special prayer for the King was
then offered, and the splendid choir
sounded the old Gregorian "Kyrie
Eleison."
The King then approached the
Metropolitan and kissed his hand as a
tribute of the temporal to the spiritual
power, and the congregation burst
into hearty cries of ''Long Live the
King!"
The officials thereupon moved down
the aisle, opening a way for the King,
who slowly marched out of the Cath?
edral, gravely bowing to the people,
his sallow face having become sadder
and more stern since his entry.
On leaving the Cathedral the King's
processsions moved at a brisk trot to
the new palace. King Peter when
he descended, entered the state ball
room, where the members of the
Skupsbtina presented him with an ad?
dress of welcome.
The scene was extremely picturesque,
the homely garb of the peasants who
had been allowed to enter the room,
and the simple attire of the Deputies
present contrasted with the white and
gold decoration of the ball room and
the splendor of the uniforms of the
members of the King's staff.
In reply to the address King Peter
remarked that he could only repeat
what he had said at the railroad sta?
tion ; that he would do his best to rule
in accordance with the Constitution.
Prolonged cheers and shouts of
"Long live the King" greeted the
close of His Majesty's remarks. Out?
side the palace a vast crowd had by
that time collected and shouted for
the King, who, however, did not ap?
pear, and the crowd gradually melted
away. The women heartily participat?
ed in the King's reception, waving
their handkerchiefs and vying with
the men in their shouts of welcome to
the King sis well as in the cheers of
the passing soldiers and citizens. Many
cries of "Long live the army" were
heard. One of the moss striking im?
pressions of the whole day's proceed?
ings was the evident relief caused by
the arrival of the King. There was
an entire absence of disturbance and
apparently the only thought given to
the tragedy which changed the dynasty
was that of King Peter, who, when
passing the old palace, momentarily
ceased his salutations to the cheering
crowds to gaze on the scene of the
murder of his predecessor.
The whole town was given over to
rejoicing. The peasants held their na?
tional dance and everybody was in
holiday garb. There are no lack of peo?
ple conversant with the inner life of
the Servian capital, who declares that
the apparently universal enthusiam
was a cleverly "staged managed" de?
monstration.
Columbia., June 23.-The supreme
coart today rendered a decision in
the case of Pinckney W. Hut to, a
well-known citizen of Orangeburg,
who was convicted of manslaughter,
but who appealed. Hutto and his
son were tried last September for the
murder of 15. W. Hutto. The son was
acquitted and the father convicted of
manslaughter. The court dismisses the
appeal and Hutto must go to the
penitentiary.
The end of a social affair that at?
tracted the attention of the country
a few years! ago baa come to its very
natural end during the past week.
James W. Aubery, Jr., former son-in
law of Chief Justice Fuller, was sen?
tenced to four yeara in the Wisconsin
State prison on Tuesday at Milwaukee.
Aubery was tried and convicted re?
cently of the forgery of a check for
$25, though a strong defense was put
up on the ground that be was under
the influence of morphine or other
drugs when the offense was committed.
Aubery eloped to Milwaukee from
Washington with Chief Justice Full?
er's daughter some years ago, but was
divorced scon afterward.
THE EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA.
This is Menelik's Title and he is
a Descendant of Solomon.
And who is the Emperor of Ethiopia?
Those who happen to know may con?
sider it an absurdly easy question to
answer. But such is the ignorance of
things most necessary to know in
which our people are sunk that only
a few are aware that Meneiik II, of
Abyssinia, has borne that title since
1889. He used to be called the Negus,
his full title being Negus Negasti,
meaning King of Kings. The Abys?
sinian monarch used to be a mere King
of Ohoa. But now he rules the united
kingdoms of Choa, Godjam, Djimma,
KafFa and Watamo, with some other
j provinces. Consequently he is an Em
I peror.
Ancient blood is expected in an Em?
peror? and it is remarkable that he of
Abyssinia, the most obscure of the im?
perial band, is of the oldest stock of
all At least that is his claim. AUu,
his father, came of the old royal
family of Ethiopia that traced its des?
cent to Menetik I, son of Solomon by
the Queen of Sheba Allu was eldest
son of a great chief named Sella
Selassie, under whom the kingdom of
Chea attained to its highest pitch of
power. Now Sella-Selassie's own
name had formerly Hbeen Meneiik, but
he had been warned by a monk to
change it, otherwise he would suffer
great misfortune. He should, however,
said the monk, call the son of his
first born by the name of Meneiik, and
the child so christened would one day
be the conqueror of. all Ethiopia and
the greatest of her rulers since the
days of Meneiik I, son of Solomon. As
soon, therefore, as the grandson
was born he was named Meneiik. The
really curious thing abont this story
is that it was certainly told and retail?
ed by an Italian traveller some years
before Meneiik "conquered Ethioipa"
and consolidated his realm.-London
News. '
English Mill Owners Alarmed.
English cotton mill owners are be?
ginning to calculate how far ahead, of
them is their finish. At a meeting in
Liverpool recently the chairman an?
nounced to his colleagues that "Ameri?
ca is growing in population at an enor?
mous rate, taking an average of half
a million cotton goods users from
Europe every year, and the time is
coming when the United States will
probably require all the cotton she can
produce for herself.''
It is not strange that our English
cousins are beginning to sit up and
take notice of the increased American
consumption of cotton. The growth
of our southern cotton mills is of itself
a fact sufficient to warn them that the
words of the mill owner quoted above j
are fully warranted.
In 1892 93 we raised 7,140,867 bales of
cotton and exported to Europe 4,365,790
bales, or something more than three
fifths of the crop. In 1896 be began to
decrease our exports of cotton and in
1889-1900 we retained for home con?
sumption nearly four and one-half
tenths of the crop of 10,000,000 bales.
As our average crop for eight years has
been 7,286,825 bales, it can be seen
that if our mills do not decrease their
demands materially we are now using
nearly two-thirds of our production.
Our immigration for the last decade
Was 3,844,420-equal to one-tenth of
the population of the United Kingdom
-and this means an annual diminution
of European cotton goods markets
equal to two-thirds of a million pur?
chasers annually. No wonder our
British competitors are beginning to
feel the pinch of our home progress in
cotton milling and invasion of the
markets where cotton goods are staples
of merchandise.
What we need to do in the south is
to keep right on pooling our capital in
the building of cotton mills. Fluctua?
tions in prices of the staple will con?
tinue so long as our raw surplus is
marketed in Europe and priced for us
by the Liverpool exchange. But ?
when our population catches up, as it j
soon will, to the measures of our cot?
ton crops and the capacity of our mills
to take it jjere at Home, there will be
no surplus for Liverpool to juggle with
and the price-fixing boots for cotton
and cotton goods will be on the leg of
Uncle Sam. His legs are in the south
so far as his cotton interests are con?
cerned, and it is our duty to ourselves
to pull 'em for all they are worth !- j
Atlanta Constitution.
The Russian Succession.
It is reported that the Czar intends,
should his next child be a daughter, to
publish a new law of succession, under
which, on a failure of sons, the eldest
daughter of the reigning sovereign
would, as in England, succeed to the
throne. The decree will, it is said,
greatly irritate the princes of the im?
perial house who will thus be pushed
back or superseded ; but there can be
no doubt that it is within thepreroga
? tive of the Czars, who have repeatedly
decreed rules of succession. The new
scheme is, moreover, in full accord?
ance with the history of Russia, where
women have so often reigned, and
there is no reason to be believe that it
wolud be unpopular. The arrangement
seems to Englishmen the one most in
accordance with the principle of here?
ditary monarchy, the Salic law involv?
ing the risk that a dynasty may perish.
Male heirs have never been wanting in
France; but they failed in Austria
when Maria Theresa mounted the
throne, and they have failed entirely
in our own time in Holland. It is
quite possible that the consent of the
next heir has been obtained, as he
is in ill health, and his chance of sur?
viving his brothers but a doubtful
one.-London Spectator.
Bill Arp's Condition.
Carterville, Ga., June 23.-There
seems to be no material change in the
condition of Major F. H. Smith (Bill
A rp). He is feeble, bat is still able
to be up and about the house. His
appetite is fairly good and he rests
weil at night.
Bill Arp retains his jolly disposition
and pleasant mcod.
Earthquakes are due to discharges of
electricity betwen strata of good con?
ductivity and insulating strata, like
granite and silica, in the view of
Prof. Pilsudsk. The discharges gen?
erate gases, to which the observed
effects are mainly due.
CRIPPLES HAVE FI6HT.
Inmate of Old Folks Home Deals
Another Blow on Head, Knock- m
lng Him Senseless.
A bloody fight took place at the Old
Folks Home yesterday afternoon be?
tween James Mackey and a man called
Pennny, both of whom are cripples,
Mackey's legs being cut off at the knees
and Penny being deformed in both feet
and paralyzed in one side. Both men
are colored. Penny is a well known
character about town and is often seen
on the streets, walking with a long
stick, begging pedestrians for a penny.
Penny and Mackey live at the Old
Folks Home. Yesterday afternoon
Mackey, who is a big,- broad shoulder?
ed negro, perfectly healthy and
strong, and in good condition physical?
ly, except for the absence of both his
legs, made an attack on Penny, who
defended himself as best he could, but
he was no match for Mackey. Penny
wielded his long stick, striking
Mackey on his arm. The latter seized
a short heavy club and dealt Penny a
severe blow on his head, knocking
him senseless. Mackey was about to
strike again, when the janitor of the
building appeared on the scene and
placed Mackey under arest.
Judge Jervey heard the case this
morning and the evidence was against
Mackey, for it was shown that he
brought on the difficulty. The janitor
testified that Mackey would have cer?
tainly killed Penny if he had not ar?
rived on the scene when he did. Mack?
ey was sent to jail for thirty days.
Charleston Post.
THE PEONAGE GASES.
A Prominent Alabama Planter
Found Guilty.
Montgomery, Ala, June 24.-Today
in the United States Court J. W. Pace,
a prominent planter, of Tallapoosa
County, was arraigned for trial on
eleven indictments charging him with
peonage.
Demurrers, which were filed in all
of these cases, were overruled, and he
then pleaded guilty to all of the eleven
charges and appealed to the Circuit
Court of Appeals at New Orleans,
making bond in the sum of $5,000.
The sentence of the Court on Mr.
Pace was five years in each case, to
be served concurrently.
THE GEORGIA CASES.
Macon, Ga., June 24.-In the United
States Court today Judge Emory Speer
imposed a fine of 81,000 each on three
young men-Wm. Shy, Arthur Glaw
son and Robt. Turner-for holding a
negro in involuntary servitude. He
suspended the fine under conditions.
In fining the young men Judge Speer
said :
"In view of the fact that it is the
first crime of this kind which has ever
occurred in Georgia, and because of
the frank confession of the young
men, sentence is imposed in order to
convince the public that the purpose
of the Court is to warn and deter others
from a like crime. During good be?
havior the fine is suspended upon
pyment of $100 by each party."
The offence was that the young men,
who are prominent farmers, caught a
negro who had gotten indebted io
them, gave him a whipping and made
him go to work for them. Judge Speer
said that the problem of the times
could not be solved by harsh measures,
and that the laws of Georgia were
against such treatment.
Drowning and Suicide in Florence.
Florence, June 24.-Mr. Samuel J.
Willoughby, a well known citizen of
this place, was drowned in Muldrow's
mill pond, four miles south of Flor?
ence, this morning. Mr. Willoughby
was fishing in the pond and was at?
tempting to cross the bridge over the
wasteway when one of the boards tilted,
throwing him into the pond. An at?
tempt was made to save him, but it
was of no avail, as the body was drawn
by the current a considerable distance
from where it sank and it was half an
hour or more before the body was
found. All manner of restoratives
were applied, but without effect. Mr.
Willoughby was originally from North
Carolina. He was about 55 years old
and was a deep-well contractor.
Mrs. Alice Hyman, wife of Mr.
John.Hyman, of Hyman, S. C., this
county, commited suicide this morning
by taking Paris green. Mrs Hyman
was about 50 years old.
Four Killed in Family Fight.
Brooksville, Fla., June 24.-W. B.
Hunter and Mrs. Cephas Eiland were
killed and Cephas Eiland badly
wounded in a shooting affray at Spring
Lake last night.
Eiland and Hunter were brothers-in
law but were not on good terms.
Hunter was in Brooksville all day
yesterday attending court. He left
early in the evening and instead of go?
ing directly home went to Eiland's.
What occurred there is told by
Eiland, the only survivor of the
tragedy. He says Hunter being under
the influence of whiskey began using
profane and abusive language in the
presence of Mrs. Eiland. Eiland or
derd bim to leave. He pulled his pis--,
toi and began firing at Eiland who
returned the fire. -Mrs. Eiland sprang
between the two while they were
shooting and was instantly killed in
the presence of her three little chil?
dren. After emptying his pistol
Hunter ran a short distance and died.
Eiland is badly wounded.
A few days ago a negress school
teacher was appointed to the George
Francis Train Public School, one of the
largest in Omaha. At noon the pupils
reported the matter to their parents.
The attendance for the afternoon was
olny 50 per cent, of the normal. On
the next day still more deserted, and
the ultimatum has gone forth to the
school board to "take away the negress
or we will close the school in which
she teaches by keeping our children
away. "
Peoria, 111., June 23.-Detective Mur
; phy has been killed by a nes;ro desper
j ado. T!ie city hall is surrounded by
! a mob. The fire department has just
j been called out to assist the police
j force and all the electric lights in the
; centre of the .city have been turned
! out.
IS THIS A GRAND STANO PLAY?
Was it Arranged by Hay and
Cassini in Washington?
Washington, June 25.-The Presi?
dent has decided to transmit to the
Russian Government the petition pre?
sented to him by the executive council
of the B'Nai B'Rith, regarding treat?
ment of Jews in Russia.
This decision has ' been taken after
much consideration. At first it was
decsded that if the petition were pre?
sented to the Government of Russia it
would lead to a repsonse that would
cause a break in the relations of the
two countries-. However, the first
conclusion has been reconsidered and
by direction of the President the peti?
tion will now go forward. What the
result will be is problematical. As
indicated in the following note from
Secretary Hay to Simon Woolf, the
presentation will probably be made to
the Russian Government through the
United States charge at St. Peters?
burg. The note reads :
"Department of State, Washington,
June 24, 1903.-Dear Sir: The Presi?
dent has concluded to transmit to the
Russian Government the petition of
which you presented him a draft on
the 15th of this month. The matter
which he had to consider most serious?
ly was whether or not such a proceed?
ing would be to the advantage of your
persecuted and outraged relatives in
Russia. On this point he has decided
to accept your opinion, and that of
the numerous and intelligent groups
of American citizens of the Jewish
faith whom you represent. He re?
quests that you will send him the pe?
tition in due form at your earliest
convenience. Of course you will un?
derstand that the President cannot
tell you what reception your petition
will meet with at the band of the
Russian Government. I am yours
faithfully, John Hay.
"Hon. Simon Woolf, Washington,
D. C.
The petition which will be transmit?
ted to the Russian Government is the
one which the executive council cf the
B'Nai B'Rith handed to the President
as a tentative document to be signed
by leading citizens of the United
States, outside of Federal office-hold?
ers. It is stated that it will take
about two weeks to obtain these sig?
natures, work along that line already
being in progress.
Upon learning that the Government
of the United States had decided to
forward the petition to the Russian
Government Count Cassini, went to
the State department and consulted
with Secretary Hay. The call of the
ambassador upon Secretary Hay was
shorter than usual, but it developed
officially the fact that the Government
of the United States intended to for?
ward the Jewish pettion to the Czar
if it was possible to do so. At the
White House conference on the 15th
instant the Jewish delegates had
made the point that the Czar was
kept from knowledge of the truth as
to the condition of the Jews in his
Empire by the bureaucrats, who
hedged him about on all sides, and
they were sure that if the President
would only assist them in laying their
case before the Czar himself he would
at once adopt measures to alleviate
their condition. The President at that
hearing promised to do what he
could. It was at once perceived that
to do what was asked involved the
danger of a short reply, and a disposi?
tion developed to regard the full pub?
licity which had been given to the
White House conference as sufficient
to meet the needs of the case, for it
was assumed that the Czar could not
fail to see some of the newspaper com?
ments and reports upon this subject.
The Jews, however, were not satisfied
with this passive attitude and the
President decided to adopt the bold
course of sending the petition directly
to the Cazr, through the United
States embassy at St. Petersburg.
Officially it is predicted that this will
be received, but privately it may be
stated that there have been no lack of
intimations from informed sources that
the Czar will never be permitted to see
the petition, as the Russian prime
minister will not receive it for trans?
mission. In fact, it is realized that
the Russsian position is still correctly
described in the statement telegraphed
from Washington on June 9 by the
Associated Press, from which this ex?
tract is taken :
"Nor will it be possible for Russia
to receive any representations regard?
ing the Kischineff incident from a for?
eign Power. The Kussian Govern?
ment takes the same position as. that
long held by the American Govern?
ment, namely, that it refrains from in?
terference in the internal affairs of
another Power and must insist on simi?
lar treatment for itself."
If there is to be a refusal on the part
of the Russian Government to receive
the Jewish petition, then upon Mr.
Riddle, the United States charge at St.
Peterburg, will the mortification fall,
for the ambassador, Mr. McCormick,
has not yet returned to his post from
his hasty visit to Chicago, and it is
entirely possible that what happens at
St. Petersburg when Mr. Riddle un?
dertakes his disagreeable task may de?
lay the ambassador's return tQ St. Pe?
tersburg indefinitely. Of course in
such case ?cunt Cassini, who is sail?
ing a week from today for Russia,
might make a correspondingly long
stay at home.
One Atlanta gas company having
swallowed the other, as is the invari?
able result, sooner or later, when two
companies try to do business in a town
only big enough for one, it will be in?
teresting to see how soon there will be
a change in the price of gas.-Augusta
Chronicle.
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