The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 28, 1903, Image 8
SECRETARY OF WAR
ROOT LEAVES OFFICE
Resignation Is Accepted By
President Roosevelt.
TAPT WILL BE HIS SUCCESSOR.
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Resignation I* Accepted by Chief
cutive With the Understanding that
the Secretary Will Continue In Offloe
at Least Until January 12.
Oyster Day, L. I., August 25.?Secretary
Root, under date of August 19,
presented' his resignation formally to
the president.
The resignation was accepted by the
president with the understanding that
the secretary continue at least until
Jan. 12.
Governor General William H. Taft,
of the Philippines, will succeed Sec
icimnuui ns sctreuiry 01 war.
President Roosevelt tod-ay authorized
the following statement:
"The president some months ago
tendered the secretaryship of war to
Judge Taft and at that time it was arranged
that he would succeed Secretary
Root. Secretary Root will go
etit of office Eome time in January,
and Judge Taft will assume the duties
?f the ofTice shortly afterward."
The president also authorized the
publication of the correspondence between
him and Secretary Root concerning
the latter's resignation. In
full the corresjKmdencc follows:
"Dear Mr. President: You have
been good to assent to the sufficiency
of the reasons for which I fiave wlsh
dto retire to private life as soon as
practicable after the establishment of
the general staff of the array and the
completion of my full four years of
service as secretory cf war, while it
Is understood that you probably will
not arrange to fill the office as you
wish before the end or the year, and
f am f/a mm o I It* ?? ?? a U ~
v..?v ?.?! ?<v/ iviuaiil lit wiuvt? Ill Lilt;
meantime, it Is probable that you will
be ready to send a name to the senate
hi November or December, and before
you do so my resignation should be
In your hands.
"I find myself on the eve of sailing
for England to attend the sessions of
the Alaska boundary tribunal and am
quite unable to judge how many
months I shall bo kept away from
his country, and I, therefore, now
tender nyy resignation of the office
of secretary of war to lake effect
upon the appointment and qualification
of my successor. I shall carry away
v with me unabated loyalty In your administration.
confidence in the sound
conservatism and patriotic unselfishness
of your policy and end-urlng gvatitude
for your kindness and consliderotlon
with which your friendship has
honored me. I shall not cease to appreciate
the sympathy and loyalty to
President McKinley with which you
took up and carried oS {lis work?and
I shall always be happy to have boon
ft part of the administration directed
by . our sincere and rugged adherence
to right and devotion to the true interests
of the country.
"? am. with great respect and esteem,
alway, faihfully, yours,
"ELTHU ROOT.'
"To The President,
"Oyster Bay, August 24. 1903."
Hon Elihu Root, secretary of war.
Washington?My Dear Mr. Root.: It
! hard, indeed, for rae to accept your
resignation, and I do not only with
Veen personal reeret. hut with ? iu-<?iv
understanding of the gap your withdrawal
will create In public life. My
sense of personal loss Is great, and yet
aiy sense of the loss to the nation as
a whole is oven greater. You have
been over four years secretary of war.
I wonder -if you will realize how much
you have accomplished during that
period.
"If you will turn to your first reports
and will read therein the recommehdatlons
you made in order that the
army might be put on an effective basil,
you cannot but be pleased at the
way in which these recommendations
bare now been adopted by congress
as well aa by the administration, and
became enacted law or crystallized
Into custom. We have never had a
public servant of the government who
hai worked harder than you ,have
worked during these four years a-nd a
half and this Is not merely in point of
time, but. above all. In point of intensity,
add your success has been equat
to your labor. The only reward you
have had or can have, is the knowledge
of successful achievement of the
performance in fullest fashion, of a
great pflbllc duty, the doing of which
was of vital importance to the nation's
welfare.
? "Your duties hare Included mor^
than merely the administration of the
department and the reorganization of
the army on an effective basis. You
alao have been the head of a department
which deals with the vast and
delicate problems involved in our possession
of the Philippine islands, and
your success in dealing with this
part of your work has been as signal
as your success in dealing with the
purely military problems. To very
few statesmen, indeed, In any country
la it given at the one and the Banie time j
to achieve single and striking triumphs
in the administration of what was in
effect a department of Insular depen- j
dencles, where the problems were ,
pew to our people and were In them- I
Selves of greet dlffioulty. j
"Moreover, aelde iron your .work la
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thsve tvro divisions of th? government
service I appreciate more keenly the
Invaluable advice and assistance you
have renderod me In Innumerable matters
of weight not coming directly In
your departmental province, but In
which 1 sought your aid with the certainty
of not being disappointed. Your
position on the Alaskan boundary
commission at the present moment Is
an illustration of these aervtces.
"'May all good fortune attend you
wherever you are; the American people
Wish /you weir and appreciate to
the full the debt due you for all that
you have done on their behalf. Faithfully
yours,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT." I
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UR OF THE CHALDE3.
| Turkish Qovernment Refuses Excavation
Privileges to Americans.
'New York, August 26.?After more
than three years of preparation and
effort, and the expenditure of more
thau $<5,000 a plan for the excavation
of Ur of the Chaldcs and other places
In Babylonia by American explorers,
has been formally abandoned because
I VIA TI.AVIoK A _.?H - - ?
~v xiiniau n/in unit-111 win 1101 Kram
pcrm.!ssicn to American citizens to do
work. In a letter to subscribers of
the Ur exposition, tho Rev. Dr. John
P. Petors, chairman of the advisory
board says:
On June 19, 1900, an application was
made for an irade to excavate Maugheir.
Ur of the Chaldes, and Nawawis
ruins In close proximity in southern
Babylonia, and tire required topographical
map was submitted with
this application. The application was
in all respects in conformity with the
law of the Turkish empire governing
excavations.
"No permission to excavate has been
obtained, nor has any satisfactory reason
been given for the failure to grant
such permission. I-ater, at the suggestion
of the Turkish authorities. To!
rbr?!ilm was substituted for Maugheir,
with tho same result.
"Dr. Edgar J. Banks, the director
of the expedition, has been In Constantinople
since Jan. 17, 1901, earnestly
pressing the Turkish government
with the co-operation of the Uulted
States legation for permission to excavate."
HOT DAY IN CHICAGO.
Mercury Crept Abnormally High, Accompanied
with Much Suffering.
Chicago, August 25.?Yesterday was
the hottest day in the year thus far
In Chicago. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon
the thermometer In the weather
bureau stood at 92 degrees, and on
th# street level the record waa 1 degree
higher.
Tne heat found ct* vlntlnt a,,*-!?
the day, one man falling: dead In the I
street.
The intense boat continued all nigrht
and in the crowded tenement districts
of the West Side where scarcely a
breath of air stirred, the suffering
was groat. Men. women and children
lay on the sidewalks, on stairways
an:? on roofs.
BULGARIAN VILLAGES ATTACKED
Circassians Said To Have Maesaored
Many Inhabitants.
Constantinople, August 25.?Three
Bulgarian villages near Tscherkoskel,
vilayet of Adrlanople, are reported to
have* been attacked by Circassians
and their Inhabitants massacred.
The presents of food and cigarettes
which the sultan sent to the Russian
squa iYon shoHly after it anchored off
Iniada, on the east coast of Turkey,
were not permitted tY> be received on
board the Russian warships. Admiral
Kruger refusing to aecept them.
Received in Audience by Pope.
Rome, August 25.?Cardinal Moran
and Archbishop of Sydney, N. S. W.,
was received today 1-n private audience
by Pope Plus X and presented to the
pontiff the congratulations of the Catholics
of Australia. The pope was
very much pleased and said that the
telegram which Cardinal Moran had
dispatched to him from Ceylon had
given him the greatest pleasure. He
manned tne prelate lustily and Imparted
to him the apostolic blessing,
which he also bestowod upon the
faithful of Australia. The audience
lasted half an hour. Pope Plus X
is particularly pleased with the presence
of Cardinal Moran In Rome, as
with his meeting with the latter, he
has now seen every foreign cardinal,
Pioneer Reformer Dead.
New York, August 25.?John Foley,
New York's pioneer reformer, who
brought the famous Injunction suit
which ended in the rout of the Tweed
ring. Is dead after a lingering illness
at his home in Lexington avenue. His
health was shattered 20 years ago by
his persistent flght for good government.
Woman Is Arrested on Arson Charge, i
Walla Walla, Wash., August 25.?On I
a warrant from Kentucky Mrs. Nina
Thompson, nee T^angford, was arrested
laKt night on the charge of arson,
alleged to have been committed in
Kontucky three years ago. The offi*
! cots of that state have been on her
track ever since,
Meir to Large Fortune.
New York, August 25.?William G.
Quinby, a Journeyman carpenter, of
Orange, N. J., is reported to have received
notice from I>envor, Ool., that
-he Is heir to a large fortune left by
an uncle. Hobart M. Qunby. ii is
aid the amount le about 9140,000. '
RELIANCE i AGAIN
VICTOR IN RACES
Second In Series of Race for
America's Cup.
HAMROCK 19 AGAIN BEATEN.
i White Wings of Defender Unfolded to
Wind and 3ped Rapidly, Away From
the British Challenger, Which Would
Lift Trophy.
-.Sandy Hook, August 25.?Marconigram.?Reliance
wins by 52 seconds.
New York, August 25.?The prospects
for another good ^pontest between
the Relianco and Shamrock III
today wore encouraging at 7 o'clock, l
A fine 7;knot breeze ws^.blowlng out !
of the southeast, the sea wrj fairly I
smooth and the horizon cluar for many
miles, giving the yachts, especially
the Shamrock, every opportunity to
prove their worth over th? SO-mlles
triangular course, which, according
to the program, must he sailed in the
soroKd contest between the boats.
The courso as signalled was south
for the first leg. Tlio other two legs
wero north by east one half east and
northwest by west.
The preparatory sigual was fltW
at 10:45.
At 11 o'clock the starting gun was
fired.
Reliance crossed the line first.
The unofficial time is: Reliance.
11:00:37; Shamrock, 11:02:>00.
At 11:05 Shamrock III was apparently
handicapped about 25 seconds,
as she crossed that much after the
handicap gun was fired. Thus her
starting time Is 11:02:00. although she
crossed some second? lttf er.
Reliance crossed the lino on the starboard
tack, but Shamrock held away
too long and was behind the handicap
gun. She immedately upon
reaching the line came about on the
port tack and headed- for the Jersey
shore. Reliance followed at once.
At 11:42:30 Reliance tacked to starboard,
having held port tack since
11:03. At 11:43:30 Shamrock III
went about on starboard tack after
getting to the weather of Reliance's
wake. It looks as if Shamrock had
gained on Reliance during the past 5
minutes.
With a strengthening wind Reliance
has increased lead to three-eights or
half a mile.
The yachts are holding starboard
tack, and are about opposite Monmouth
beach, nearly 5 miles offshore
Reliance ia leading by a quarter of a
mile. Shamrock seems to point highAr
ifLtl?V K
%vw/ itmt lWiiailCC.
The Reliance crossed the line a
minute and 24 seconds ahead of the
Shamrock. She will have to lead the
challenger at the finish at 8 minutes
and 21 seconds to win the race.
At 1:05 p. m. both boats turned the
first mark and set spinnakers for the
run to second.
Trial of Caleb Powera
Georgetown. Ky., August 25.?Caleb
Powers took the wiluess stand again
this morning at the session of court
and made a denial of the testimony of
the commonwealth with Henry
Broughton and' Robert Noakes that he,
Powers, had ashed them to select some
one to do the killing. He also denied
that he had ever asked the state witness,
Frank Cecil, not to tell anything
on him. George Page, of Monroe,
county, a new witness for the defense,
testified that he participated In the
meeting to get up the mountain army,
and it waa only to petition the legislature.
Former Officer Suicides.
New York. August 25.?Frederick D.
Pressler, until seven months ago captain
in the United States army, stationed'
at Seattle, in the paymaster'
department, today shot and killed himself
in Carroll park, Brooklyn. He
J was 50 years of age and a West Point
| graduate. Financial straights and despondency
are ascribed as the cause.
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Coroner's Jury Return Verdict.
Chehallls, Wash., August 25.?The
coroner's Jury which inquired into
the wreck of the Elks' excursion train
near here Saturday has ??
hearing:. It found that the accident
wat caused by the explosion of the
boiler of the engine. The Jury did not
attach the blame.
Blood Poison from Pimple.
New York, August 25.?William
Trueedale, president of the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western railroad,
has been in a critical condition for
two weeks at his residence near Greenwich,
Conn., as a result of blood poisoning
originating from a pimple on his
arm. He has Just been pronounced
out of danger.
First White Hanging In 60 Years.
Media, Pa., August 25.?Robert KlIPatrick
was hanged here today for the
murder in Feb., 1902, of Elizabeth
Bearmore. his housekef?n?r ??
. *10 wa;i
the first white man to be executed In
Delaware county in more than 60
years.
Savannah Team Wins.
Savannah, Cta., August 25?The team
from the Georgia Hussars, of Savanhan?
captured the corblne novice
match interstate rifle shoot at Avon
dale range this morning. The score
was 339. A rifle novice match is being
shot this afternoon. Taems from 1
four states have entered, the Jacksonville,
Fla., team having arrived today.
BILL ARP It DEAD.
I Georgia Humorist Enters Into Greet
Beyond.
Carterevllle, Ga., August 25.?'Major
Charles H. Smith (Bill Arp) is dead.
Since the successful operation and
removal of s ton en from the gall bladder,
which prolonged life, he has been
gradually growing weaker, a battle between
his fine constitution and the effects
of the obetructlone going on.
Of his family, his wife, his daughters,
Miss Marian and Mrs. Brumby,
are at the home, the well known
"Shadows." The other daughters,
Mrs. Aubrey and Mrs. Youbg, are residents
here and have been at the bedside.
Dr. Ralph Smith, of Jacksonville,
Fla., and Hlnes Smith, of Rome,
tho major's sons, are here.
The other sons, R. R. Smith, at Rockmart,
and Frank Smith, at San Antonio,
Tea., ars telegraphed a-nd are expected;
also Victor Smith, of New
York, and Carl Smith, of Mexico.
The funeral will take place at 10:30
o'clock Wednesday morning.
FELL A CORPSE ON BALL FIELD.
Eugene Carry, Newton County Farmer,
Dies at Covington.
Covington. Ga? August 25.?'While
two local teams were playing ball
here, Eugene Corry, & well-known and
Industrious farmer of Newton county,
dropped- dead on the field.
Physicians were at once summoned
and pronounced the cause of his death
to be heart failure, which was brought
on by the excitement of the game.
Mr. Corry was busily engaged In
coaching and rooting for his team
when the attack struck him. He fell
between the third base and home plate.
Mr. Corry's home was in ltichardsville,
where his body will be carried
tonight, the funeral taking place there
tomorrow. He leaves a wife and several
children.
His death caused the players to become
panic-stricken, and the ball
game was broken up and left unfinished
in the third inning.
CAR STRIKE OFF AT RICHMOND.
Lasted Sixty-Nine Days and Cost Approximately
$255,000.
Richmond. Va., August 25.?The
strike of the street railway employes
here has been officially declared off.
It had lasted just sixty-nine days,
and is estimated to have cosit the
street car company $125,000! the strikers,
In loss of wages, $500,000; the
state, by reason of the necessity for
troops to maintain ordter, $75,000, and
the city for special police, etc., $5,000.
One man was shot and killed by the
soldiers during the progress of the
trouble.
One motorman was stabbed by another,
while scoros of persons have
been more or loss seriously injured in
various ways as a result of the disturbance.
Fireman Is Crushed to Death.
Atlanta, Ga., August 26.?J. G. Tref?er,
a fireman on the Western and
Atlantic railroad, was crushed to death
yes-ternar at noon while at work on
a switch engine In the railroad yards.
T(he engine was moving coal cars
and had to pass a train which was stationary.
Trefzer was standing on the
rear of the tender watching to *ee If
there was room to pass the train, and
In some way he was knocked from the
tender. He was caught between the
engine an-d cars and so badly crushed
that he died In a few minutes.
Alabama Turns to Calvin Law.
Columbus, Ga., August 25.?'At the
approaching session of the Alabama
legislature a bill is to be introduced
embodying the provisions of the Calvin
vagrancy bill, which recently became
a law in Georgia. A prominent
Alabama legislator has written to Columbus
for a copy of the bill, saying
that he will Introduce It on the first
day of the session of the Alabama legislature.
Conditions in that state
have been practically the same as In
Qeorrgla, a-nd a practical law which will
enable the authbritieaJto reach the vagrants
Is badly need?r In that state.
Sudden Death Stampeded Negroee.
Wilmington, N. C., August 25.?Oscar
Fullford, a member of the choir of
a leading negro church In this city,
dropped dead in the midst of a meeting
The congregation was thrown dnto
great commotion and several members
made a hasty retreat from the choir
loft. When the preacher announced
the hymn and the choir rtood up to
sing. Fullford opened his mouth and
then fell back dead. Excitement was
so great l<n t.he church the parson was
forced to hastily dismiss the congregation.
Horse Trainer Suspended.
8t. Petersburg. August 25.?John Ob
frer Kel-n, of Lexington, Ky., a trainer.
has been nnsnonflo-t ?
a ....... >ui a jcar uw
ing to the alleged drugging of a horse.
The stable with which Keln was connected
has met with pheriominal success.
During the last Ave months It i
won $100,000. Keln denies the charge |
^nd lias appealed to Or&nd Duko Diainrl
Constantinovich, the protector of
Ausslan racing.
Ten Perished In Fire.
Budapest, Hungary, August 26.?It
it -now believed that apart from those
who were killed by Jumping from the
building, only ten persons perished in
the lire which brol$e out yesterday evening
In Goldberg's fancy goods warebouse
here, endangering the lives of |
20v? working people. I
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