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THE MORNING OEEGQNIAN, MONDAY. APBIL' 7, 1902.
BATTLE OVER RECI PROCITY
WILL BE FOUGHT OUT OX THE
FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.
Ultimate PnHBagc of the Payne BUI
Is Regarded as a Foregone
Conclusion.
WASHINGTON, April 6. The great
battle over Cuban reciprocity, -which
created such a protracted struggle among
the Republicans, both In caucus and in
the committee on ways and means, -will
be fought on the floor of the House
this -week. The ultimate passage of the
Payne bill, providing for a 20 per cent,
reduction on the products of Cuba after
the negotiation of a reciprocity treaty
and the enactment of our immigration
laws by the Republic of Cuba, is re
garded as a foregone conclusion, but
the situation Is a complicated one, ow
ing to the division among the Demo
crats as well as the Republicans. How
far the Republican opponents of the
proposed legislation will carry their op
position Is not definitely .determined.
The strength of this opposition has
dwindled until it probably numbers less
than 30.
On the other hand, up to the present
time a large majority of the Democrats
favor the greatest possible freedom of
trade with Cuba and would vote for a
deeper cut "than the ways and means
bill proposes. Others, like Newlands of
Nevada, are in favor of the immediate
annexation of the islands and under the
leadership of the Louisiana members
will oppose strenuously any tariff con
cessions whatever. It is hinted that
the attitude of the Democrats in the
Senate, who have fix&l on a programme
of opposition there, may result, before
the vote shall be taken, in more unity
of action on the part of the Democrats
of the House. Some of the Republi
can opponents of the bill will speak
against it, but the leaders of the Repub
lican opposition show a strong disin
clination to participate in the debate on
the ground that there is no hope of de
feating the bill and that their speeches
would become Democratic campaign ma
terial in the coming Congressional cam
paign. The bill will be brought up Tuesday
as a revenue bill, which is privileged
under the rules, but no special order
.will be brought in for its considera
tion. In this way, the possibility of a
defeat of the rule through a combina
tion of the Republican recalcitrants and
the Democrats will be avoided. The
general debate will be allowed to ex
haust itself. The leaders on both sides
estimate that not more than three days
will be consumed in general debate.
The real fight will come subsequently
when the bill is ready for amendment
under the live minute rule. It will be
then that the Democrats will seek to
offer amendments having -for their pur
pose the opening up of the' whole tar
iff question. "While some of these amend
ments might command some Republi
can votes if they should actually come
to a vote, they ' will be ruled out of
order in the House as they were in
committee, and the only method by which
they can be reached would be by over
ruling the decision of the chair. It
Is certain that no half dozen, If Indeed
any, Republicans will go to this length.
So the Republican leaders feel assured
that none of these propositions will
come to an actual vote. The only
amendments which will be held to be
germane and in order will be those in
creasing or decreasing the amount of the
concession and the leaders feel reason
ably safe In the prediction that the
caucus decision of 20 per cent, reduction
will stand. It is their hope that on
the final vote the bill will be passed
by Republican votes.
The Chinese Exclusion bill, which will
come to a final vote tomorrow, will com
mand practically every vote in the
House. The only question is as to how
far the majority bill will be amended
by the insertion of provisions to make
It more In line with the more drastic
substitute which has been offered by the
minority. .
THE WEEK IX THE SEXATE.
Exclusion Bill Will Be Disponed Of
Early Debate on Philippine Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 6. The expecta
tion of the friends of the Chinese exclu
sion bill is .that its consideration by the
Senate will be concluded by the middle
of the present wek, if not before. The
Philippine government bill will be taken
up immediately afterward. This bill prob
ably will occupy attention for a consider
ably longer time than any measure since
the Philippine tariff bill was passed, and
the Democratic members of the commit
tee of the Philippines are now very in
dustriously engaged in preparing for the
debate. They do not profess to be able to
defeat the measure, but say they will
make strenuous efforts to secure material
amendments. They object to features of
the bill, and will charge that its primary
purpose is to permit the granting of fran
chises. They also will take exception to
the unqualified continuance of the admin
istration of the affairs of the archipelago
without making any provision looking to
any form of self-government for the Phil
ippine people. Other points of contro
versy will be the disposition of the friar
lands and of the public lands. Strangely
enough, in view of recent controversies,
the currency provision, for the present at
least, seems to be the one feature on
which there is harmony among all of
the factions.
Senator Lodge, as chairman of the Phil
ippine committee, will have charge of the
bill, but will make no preliminary ex
planation of its provisions. He will seek
to have the Senate proceed Immediately
to the consideration of the details of. the
measure. All the early speeches will be
made by members of the minority of the
committee, but which of them will lead
off has not yet been decided. All of them
are preparing speeches, and, with the as
sistance of other Democratic Senators in
the general debate, they count upon de
moting two or three weeks to the bill.
, There is general preparation about the
Senate for the Cuban reciprocity bill, as
It is already apparent that when it comes
up for consideration In the Senate its
passage will be stubbornly resisted. The
conference on the oleomargarine bill prob
ably will take place during the week,
and as the Senate made a vast number
of amendments to the bill, the conference
may be somewhat prolonged. Senators
generally express satisfaction over the
fact that Senator Protftor will be at tHr
head of the conference committee for the
Senate. His management of the bill In
the Senate is universally commended by
the friends of the bill, who say that he
several times saved it from defeat by
wise concessions. They now express con
fidence that, with the assistance of his
colleagues on the committee; he will be
able to reiain a fair share of the Senate
amendments.
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS.
Shipments In 1901 the Largest In Oar
History.
WASHINGTON, April c! The Depart
ment of Agriculture has Issued a state
ment of the foreign trade of the United
States iff agricultural products. It shows
that during the fiscal year 1901 foreign
countries purchased American farm prod
ucts to the value of 5952,000,000, represent
ing the largest agricultural exports in our
history. Compared with the record for
1900 they show an increase of over $100,
000,000. Our agricultural Imports, on the
other hand, disclose a considerable fall
ing off when contrasted with the trade of
the year preceding. The various products
of agriculture received from foreign
sources during 1901 had an aggregate
value of only $33,000,000, '$28,000,000 less than
in 1900. -In comparison with the value of
our agricultural imports, our- agricultural
exports show the exceptionally large ex
cess of $C60,000.000.
It Is further shown that owing to the
fact that our import and export trade
with Hawaii and Porto Rico was not in
cluded, as previously, in the foreign com
merce returns of the United States for
1901, a comparison with the statistics for
that year and the year preceding Is not al
together eatlsfactory, and that to make
an accurate comparison of our total ag
ricultural imports and exports for 1901 and
the year before the 1901 figures should be
increased to the extent of our trade with
Hawaii and Porto Rico, but complete sta
tistics as to the value of the products of
agriculture extended In that trade dur
ing 1901 were not to be had. In 1900 our
agricultural imports from Hawaii and
Porto Rico were valued at about $24,000,
000, and our agricultural exports to those
Islands at about $5,000,000.
The leading items among our agricul
tural Imports for 1901 were: Coffee, hides
and skins, silk, vegetable fibers, fruits and
nuts, tobacco, wool, tea, wine, cocoa,
vegetable oils, distilled spirits, seeds, vege
tables and spices, the combined value of
these items amounting to about 5358,000,
000. During 1901, for the first time in several
years, our exports of cotton exceeded in
value our exports of breadstuffs. After
cotton and breadstuffs, which held the
first and second places in our agricultural
export trade, meat products formed the
largest item. Additional exports of lead
ing importance, as named In the order of
their value, were live animals, tobacco,
vegetable oIIb. oilcake and oilcake meal,
fruits and nuts, dairy products and seeds.
These 10 Items comprised in value 87 per
cent of our total shipments for 1S0L
Civil Service Examinations.
WASHINGTON, April 6. The Civil
Service Commission has sent to the Sen
ate, in response to an inquiry, a state
ment showing the operations in the way
of examinations of that bureau since its
organization in 1SS3. The statement shows
that in that time there have been 49S.E91
examinations, and that of this number of
persons examined 321.2S3 passed. All told,
8,779 persons, or 27.C per cent of those who
hav passed, have been appointed to po
sitions. The present eligible roll contains
30.5S4.
President Goes to Charleston.
WASHINGTON, April 6. Tomorrow af
ternoon at 3:S0 o'clock the President and
a party of friends will leave Washington
for a visit to the Charleston Exposition,
going via the Southern Railway. The per
sonnel of the party is as follows: The
President, Mrs. Roosevelt, Attorney-General
and Mrs. Knox Secretary Wilson,
Secretary Cortelyou Assistant Secretary
Loeb and Mrs. Loeb, Commander W. S.
Cowles and Mrs. Cowles, Dr. John F. "Urie,
J. K. Grade, Murat Halstead, M. C. Latta.
Fnnston Oft for His Post.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6. General
Frederick Funston left for Denver to
night to assume command of the De
partment of the Colorado. General Fun
ston was accompanied by his wife and in
fant son.
Danish Cruiser Goes to St. Thomas.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Hayti, April 6.
The Danish cruiser Valkyrlne has left for
St. Thomas, Danish West Indies,
FOR BOER SUFFERERS.
President Sends to Cape Town Moncy
Ralsed In Illinois.
CHICAGO, April 6. A certified check
for $5000, drawn to the order of President
Roosevelt, was forwarded to the Presi
dent March 28 by the committee of citi
zens which Governor Yates appointed in
December last to raise funds for the relief
of Boer women and children sufferers in
the concentration camps of South Africa.
Inasmuch as the committee was without
satisfactory means of forwarding the
money, President Roosevelt was requested
to accept the fund and have it forwarded
through such channels as he might deem
best, to be disbursed for the relief of the
sufferers for whom it was intended.
A letter from Secretary Hay, under date
of April 3, has been received by Peter Van
Vlissingen, secretary of the Illinois com
mittee, acknowledging the receipt of the
check by President Roosevelt and stat
ing that, as directed by the President, the
money has been forwarded to the United
States Consul at Cape Town, that being,
in the President's opinion, the most ex
peditious way of transmitting it to its
destination. The Consular office at Cape
Town, Secretary Hay states, has been
directed to distribute the funds in the
manner Intended.
President Roosevelt and the Secretary of
State having so readily complied with this
first request, Mr. Van Vlissingen an
nounced today that it is now the purpose
of the committee to undertake the collec
tion of a much larger sum and that a
systematic effort will be made throughout
the state to collect checks and drafts for
$1 each, payable to the order of Theodore
Roosevelt. These checks and drafts, Mr.
Van Vlissingen states, will be forwarded
to the President from time to time as they
accumulate on his hands.
FOREIGN MONEY MARKETS
Stagnation In All Departments of the
Berlin Bonrse.
BERLIN, April C The phenomenal suc
cess of the Russian loan has not influ
enced the Bourse, and all departments
during the last week exhibited stagnation
bordering on lethargy. The unfavorable
situation of the coal trade continues to
grow and in Westphalia numerous further
discharges of operatives have been an
nounced for April 15. The conviction also
gains ground that the Improvement In the
iron market will not realize expectations.
The attempts to bull Canadian Pacific
shares failed. The shares of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company and
the Hamburg-American Steam Packet
Company weakened during the week, the
Increases in the capital of these companies
being unpopular. The money market Is
easy.
London Stock: Exchange.
LONDON, April 6. As was expected, the
turn of the year's first quarter brought
somewhat easier money, and operators
were enabled to repay $3,000,000 o the
Bapk. The Stock Exchange has not Im
proved since the Easter holidays. The
chief feature last week was a sharp re
vival In American railroad shares, but
the operations of Friday revealed a total
absence of these stocks on this side. Other
sections of the Stock Exchange displayed
little interest. Mining shares were very
.quiet during the last wdek on the absence
Qt further peace news.
THE DEATH ROLL.
. Peter Land.
NEIHART, Mont, April 6. Peter Lund,
one of the well-known mining men of
Montana, yesterday expired suddenly, as
the result of an attack of heart failure.
Lund has been connected with many
prominent mining ventures. The deceased
was 45 years old and leaves no family.
James Broderick.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., April C JameB
Broderick, formerly of Chicago, an attor
ney and newspaper man, died today at the
County Hospital of morphine poisoning.
Ei-Congrensmnu Xewcomb.
ST. LOUIS, April 6. Ex-Congressman
Carman A. Newcomb died at his home in
this city today, aged 78 years.
Pure-Food Question In Mexico.
CITY OF MEXICO, April 6. President
Diaz has Issued an important decree
amending the sanitary code in the Fed
eral district, directing that care shall be
taken hereafter to insure the purity of
milk, dairy products, bread, lard, etc.
Great stress is laid on the necessity of
having milk handled 'with care.
OXFORD DONS APPROVE IT
RHODES' EDUCATIOXAL PLAN
MEETS WITH THEIR SUPPORT.
American Students Can Do Well on
the Allowance Emperor Will
iam's Vievrs.
JXNDON, April 7. The Dally Mall this
morning gives the opinions of some dis
tinguished Oxford dons concerning the
Rhodes scholarships.
Mr. Moberly, canon of Christ Church
College, spoke in eloquent terms of the
plan. It would, he said, bring picked men
of the best type of Americans rather than
the wealthy Americana who had come to
Oxford mainly for social advantages.
Mr. Skane, bursar of Christ Church Col
lege, said If the yearly allowance of 200
was merely for the semester. It will en
able the scholar to live comfortably, but
if it was intended to Include also vaca
tion expenses the balance left for the uni
versity would render it Inadvisable that
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Republican nominations on the tnto and Congressional tickets were disposed with fine regard for the geographical claims of
everj part of the state. Eastern Oregon gets two nominations both moat important and the extreme southern district, border
ing closely qn Southeastern Oregon, has tha Treasurer. Pqrtland has only the Superintendent of Public Instruotton, but both
United States Senators come "from here, so there is no cause for complaint. Albany has the State Printer, and one Judge on
the Supreme bench Is also from Linn County. No other county has been given more than one plaee. The defeat of Governor
Geer leaves Marlon County without a representative on the ticket, but. Inasmuch as many of the appointive-state officers and
employes are chosen from there, doubtless there will be no occasion for criticism. '
the beneficiary of the scholarship come to
Christ Church,
Dr. McGrath, the popular provost of
Queen's College, was emphatic In his pre
dictions of future good arising for Oxford
from the Rhodes scholarships. He said ho
was particularly struck with the wisdom
of Mr. Rhodes In arranging that the grad
ual operation of the plan spread over
three years. "It will give the scholars,"
said Dr. McGrath, "time to aesimllate
with the mass, and It will prevent undue
herding with their own kin." Although
the scholars will enter as undergraduates.
Dr. McGrath said that possibly he would
be quite willing, If his colleagues agreed,
to place them In Queen's College on a
level with Queen's own scholars, provided
the educational tests proved adequate.
Dr. Esson, of Merton; Professor Smith,
history tutor of Balllol, and others, wel
comed the idea most heartily.
The dean of New College said he con
sidered 300 ample, even if the student
had to maintain himself the year round,
but he said that Cecil Rhodes had fallen
Into the same error as most educational
benefactors in forgetting that the uni
versity needed an endowment quite as
much as the scholars.
Canon Weldon, of Westminster Abbey,
and late bishop of Calcutta, also expressed
Approval of Mr. Rhodes' plan.
Dr. Stevenson, of Exeter College, said
he thought the plan would bring Oxford
good athletes and enable the university to
achieve the much-desired object of van
quishing Cambridge In athletics.
The Daily Chronicle, also publishes the
opinions on this subject of Lord Strath
cona and Mount Royal, the Canadian
High Commissioner in London, and the
Australian Agent-General, both of whom
concur in Cecil Rhodes' splendid Idea.
A member of Oriel College approved Mr.
Rhodes' plan, especially as one likely to
lead to other benefactions, particularly
from America. This Oxonian referred to
the fact that Mr. Rhodes' plan would
prove expensive to the university, which
he said was already poor.
The Times, in an editorial on the recep
tion of Mr. Rhodes' plan abroad, says:
"It Is unnecessary to discuss the polit
ical aspects of the scheme as Indicated by
Mr. Rhodes' aspirations for a better un
derstanding between England, Germany
and the United States; but It cannot be
doubted that tha effect on Oxford will
be far-reaching. The Influx of Americans
and Germans will tend to quicken the in
tellectual life." Owing to the absence of
most of the authoritative men of Oxford
at the present moment, says the Times,
it would be impossible to get an expres
sion of university opinion on the subject,
but doubtless the trustees have many Im
portant points to decide under the large
discretion left them. The Times consid
ers that If Lord Rosebery would accept
the presidency of the trust the decision
would be generally welcomed, and says
that he ie by far the best executor for
that office.
The Dally Telegraph today announces
Emperor William and President Roosevelt
both received an Intimation from Mr.
Rhodes' estate as to what the bill pro
posed before that document was made
public. The President and the Emperor
both Intimated to the trustees, according
to the Telegraph, their pleasure and ap
proval of the legacies in friendly and
gratified cables.
RHODES' VISION OF THE FUTURE.
Emperor William's Opinion of the
Financier's Will,
BERLIN, April C "This bequest shows
the wide range of Cecil Rhodes' mind and
his vision of the future," said Emperor
William to Dr. von Lucanus, the chief of
His Majesty's Civil Cabinet, who alluded
to the will of Mr. Rhodes during an au
dience with the Emperor yesterday morn
ing. It was pointed out to His Majesty that,
while Mr. Rhodes left precise directions
as to the selection of the beneficiaries of
the Rhodes scholarships in other coun
tries, the selection of the beneficiaries of
the 15 scholarships that were set aside
for Germany had been left to the discre
tion of Emperor William. The bequests
of Mr. Rhodes are regarded at court as
constituting an enduring impulse to good
feeling between Germany, Great Britain
and the United States and the colonies of
these countries, and as giving more sub
stance to the grouping of the Teutonic
powers.
'The earth belongs to the vital, living
peoples, and these should act as one when
inefficient powers check advancement" la
another utterance attributed to the Ger
man Emperor when His Majesty was
speaking of Prince Henry's trip and the
need of a bettor understanding with the
United States.
The inclusion of Germany In Mr. Rhodes'
aims, as set forth In his will, has brought
out some considerate expressions concern
ing his imperial purposes from even the
Anglophobe journals, although most of
the commentators on his purpose hold him
responsible for the Boer War. "Why, I
have no such Minister," Emperor William
Is said to have exclaimed after an inter
view with Cecil Rhodes in 1SS9. This ro
mark Is widely reproduced, and It enables
the opposition paragraphlsts to revile the
present Ministry.
Increasing Poirer of Education.
CLEVELAND, April 6. Concerning the
bequest of Cecjl Rhodes for college tuition
for young men. President Charles F.
Thwlng, of Western Reserve University,
said today:
"The bequest of Cecil Rhodes Is signifi
cant of the Increasing power of education
for the organization and betterment of hu-
HOW REPUBLICAN NOMINEES ARE
ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION FROM ALL PARTS OF
inanity. This power has rapidly Increased
In recent -decades. Mr. Rhodes bequest is
both a, sign and cause and a result of the
Increase. This increase in the power o'f
education Is subject to various perils.
Chjef among these perils Is- that of an un
due emphasis upon Intellectual fact and
force. However important the intellect
may be, the will and the heart are of
greater importance. The application of
Mr. Rhodes bequest to the colleges of
each state in America should occasion no
particular difficulty. The executive gov
ernment of a state should be able to
choose the best men with comparative
ease."
THE GLASGOW DISASTER,
Rcsnlted in Deaths of 21 Persons
and Injury of 250.
GLASGOW, April 6. The casualty list
of the Ibrox Park disaster, when a num
ber of persons were kilied or Injured by
the collapsing of a spectator's stand dur
ing the football game yesterday after
noon between England and Scotland, was
completed today. It eclipses all the re
ports a,nd estimates which were current
last night.
The disaster resulted In the death of 21
persons and the Injury of 250. Nearly 200
of the latter are so seriously hurt that
they were taken to infirmaries for oper
ation and treatment. One hundred and
fifty of them still remain In the infirma
ries. A largo proportion of the Injured
had limbs broken, bodies crushed and
mangled, and heads and faces gashed.
Several more deaths will undoubtedly re
sult from the critical cases of fractured
skulls.
Today the infirmaries were besieged by
friends and relatives of the victims of
the disaster, and heart-rending scenes
were witnessed when the names of those
who died today were posted outside the
buildings. The action of the authorities
at Ibrox Park in averting a panic by per
mitting the game to proceed, while they
encouraged the Impression of the crowd
within the inclosure that the accident w$s
not so direful, Is now generally commend
ed. The Incongruity of the yells of ap
plause mingling with the groans of the
struggling sufferers will never be forgot
ten by those who witnessed the scene at
the rear of the terrace.
German Opinion of American Dishes.
EERLIN. April 6. General von Trotha,
Emperor William's Adjutant, asked at a
dinner party what he really thought of
Prince Henry's visit to the United States,
said:
"I have been to entertainments at the
principal courts of Europe, and I have
never seen such luxury and good taste as
at the series of banquets and receptions
In America. Nowhere is there such an
exquisite cuisine."
Referring to Amerjcan dishes, the Gen
eral said none of the party liked canvas
back duck, because it was served almost
red, but Prince Henry ordered Jt at the
farewell lunoheon on board the Dcutsch
land to please his American guests. The
German cooks, however, produced the canvas-backs
well done, which the Ameri
cans did n'ot like, but which the Prince's
party on this occasion did like. All the
royal party liked terrapin.
Professor Muensterberg, who entertained
the Prince's party at Harvard, writes to
Dlewoche his impressions of the trip un
der the title of "A Moral Conquest," con
cluding that, though the United States
was delighted with the Prince, he was
also deeply fascinated by the United
States.
Americans as Theater-Goers.
LONDON, April 6. Charles Hawtrey,
the actor, lately returned from America,
at a welcome supper of the O. P. Club, to
night, made a speech in which he eulo
gized American hospitality and American
audiences. Mr. Hawtrey dwelt upon the
enormous Interest the people of America
take in theaters, which he ald Is almost
a National recreation.
Sbarpe Sang; Before the Emperor.
BERLIN, April 6. By Imperial com
mand, Ernest Sharpe, the American basso,
sang American and modem German songs
before Emperor WUHam and the Empress
last Wednesday evening at the palace.
HELD A MOB AT BAY
BATTLE FOLLOWED ATTEMPT TO
ARIVEST A NEGRO.
When the Smoke Cleared Arvay
Three Men Were Found Dead
and Seven 'Wounded.
TUSOUMBIA, Ala.. April 6. Three men
are dead, three more fatally wounded and
four seriously wounded as the- result of
Sheriff Cassaway attempting to arrest
Will Reynolds, a desperate negro. The
dead are:
HUGH JONES, shot through the head.
BOB WALLACE.
WILL REYNOLDS.
Fatally wounded: Sheriff Charles Cas
saway, shot through arm and abdomen;
Will Cassaway, shot through abdomen;
P. A. Proiit, shot through stomach.
Seriously wounded: Payne, shot
through chest: Jim Finney, shot through
right 6houlder; Robert Patterson, shot
through leg; Jesse Davis, shot thrqugh
Jaw.
All the foregoing casualties, except tie
DISTRIBUTED
THE STATE.
death of Reynolds himself, are the result
of the deadly fire of Reynolds with a. 45
callber Winchester, The negro was in
his turn riddled and thrown in fire.
Thta morning at 11 o'clock Sheriff Cas
saway went to a negro settlement,
Knardstown, to arrest Will Reynolds for
obtaining merchandise under false pre
tenses. The officer was met by the pegro,
who opened fire with a- Winchester,
wounding the Sheriff, and immediately
fired upon the deputy, Will Cassaway,
Who was some 300 yards away, mortally
wounding him. As soon as possible every
man In town who could procure a gun
wa in ine neignoornoao, put owing to
the location none dared to venture within
the open space. Dynamite was procured
and the .house In which the negro was
barricaded was fired upon, but to nq ef
fect. At 1 o'clock Captain Simpson, of the
Wheeler Rifles, arrived with 12 guns and
1000 cartridges, which were distributed
among 12 picked men. The company was
stationed around the house and riddled It,
but the negro had taken refuge in the cel
lar and returned .the fire, killing Jones
and wounding Finney. Coal oil was then
procured, and after four hours of hard
work the houses adjoining that in which
the negro was located were fired. About
8 o'clock the house in which the negro was
looated was fired by the Wheeler Rifles,
who had arrived on the scepe. The negro
took refuge in a shed and opened fire,
killing Wallace and wounding Davis, but
the people and some militiamen riddled
the negro, and the crowd, numbering 1000
people, grabbed the body and threw it
into the burning building. Wallace, who
was killed. waB closing In on the negro,
who shot him through the body. His body
fell Into the burning debris, but was re
covered. Davis, Wallace and Falkner
were the men who fired the building.
Rellc-aeekers cut off the negro's fingers
and such parts of the body a3 could be
procured.
Three houses were burned In the effort
to reach the negro. Several horses were
killed In the battle Tonight it is rumored
that the Sheriff and his brother cannot
live. So deadly wan the negro's aim that
It was possibly an hour before the body of
Prout could bo recovered. Not a shot
fired by Reynolds failed to count when
those ho was firing upon could be plainly
seen by him. The excitement today was
intense, but there is nq fear of an up
rising among the negroes. Fully 3000 peo
ple frpm Florence and Sheffield were here,
and every surgeon In the two towns was
pressed Into service.
Young: Negro Lynched.
LYNCHBURG, Va April 6. James
Carter, a young negro who shot and seri
ously wounded Don Thomas, near New
Glasgow, In Amherst County, Thursday
night, was taken from jail at Amherst
Courthouse last night just before mid
night and lynched. A party of men, esti
mated at 200, and supposed to have come
from the neighborhood of Cliffords, seven
miles from whero Mr. Thomas lives, rode
into Amherst late last night. All wero
masked or had their faces blackened.
When Jailor John Jones left the jail for
his home several members of the lynch-
ing party made him surrender the keys.
The men secured Carter, took him a half
mile north of the village, hanged him
to a tree, and fired 35 bullets into his
body.
Rp.ce War in Oklahoma.
GUTHRIE, O. T.. April 6. April 6, the
last day set for the negroes to remain in
Lawton, O, T., passed with no direct at
tacks on the colored people. Many of
the "negroes have left. A number, how
ever, are determined to remain. Tho
county officials expect trouble and have
arranged matters as well as possible to
preserve order. One hundred Deputy
Sheriff have been sworn In and an at
tempt will be made to control the stlua
tion, however serious it becomes. Tr-e
Governor staed today that If necessary he
will use extreme efforts to quell any
lawless action, and he has the proffered
assistance of the Federal authorities also.
Victim of Kaockoat Drops.
BUTTE. Mont. April 6. Mrs. Emma
Proulx, the widow of Oliver Proulx. who
was well known In Butte before his death
several years ago, was found near tho
hour of noon today in a carriage near
Rocker by a milkman, unconscious and
robbed of several hundred dollars worth
of diamonds. At the city jail Mrs. Minnie
Grady, who conducts a small boarding
house at 20S East Granite street. Is con
fined, charged with the crime. It Is be
lieved by the police the two went on a
buggy-ride and that the victim was
given "knockout drops," Mrs. Proulx'
condition Is very serious and may prove
fatal.
Bank Robbers Escape.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. April 6. The Ruskln,
Neb., bank robbers, four In number, who
secured $15,000 yesterday morning, were
today chased by a posse "of farmers for
30 tnlles until the robbers crossed Into
Kansas and separated near Belleville. A
running fire was kept up for several
miles. Bloodhounds were put on the trail
of the bandits, but lost It near Scandla,
Deputy Sheriff Killed.
MACON. Ga., April 6. Deputy Sheriff
John W. Bennett, who was shot Saturday
night by David Rice, son of a prominent
citizen, the latter using the former's re
volver, died this morning.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Four Persons Perish In a Fire In a
Michigan Town.
BOYNB CITY, iiTch.. April 6. This
evening the frame dwelling of Dr. Boyne,
occupied by two families, was destroyed
by fire, and four persons were burned
to death. The dead are:
MRS. JAMES THOMPSON.
MRS. FRANK LITTLEFIELD.
SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
BOY.
Mrs. Llttiefleld and her two children
were from Spokane, Wash. At the time
the fire broke out, all the persons In the
house were upstairs asleep. The crackling
of the fire awakened the sleepers, but only
(Mr. Thompson escaped.
Fire in nn Iowa Town.
LEMARS, la., April . Fire today de
stroyed the grocery and dry goods store
of Barron Bros. The building and print
ing plant of the Lemars Post . and he
furniture store of the Grand Rapids Fur
niture Cqmpany were also destroyed. Loss,
$50,000.
Indiana Town Partly Destroyed.
LAPORTE, Ind.. AprJl 6. Fire late to
night destroyed a large part of Chester
town, a town of 1500 inhabitants, 23 miles
west of Laporte, on the Lake Shore Rail
road. An estimate of the loss is not yet
obtainable,
CONGREGATIONALISTS.
Annnal Meetings of Several Societies
to Be Held at Syracuse, N. Y,
SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 6. The Con
gregational Home Missionary Society will
hold its 76th annual meeting here June
3, 4 and 5. The sermon will be delivered
by its new president, N. D. Hiills, D. D.,
of Brooklyn. The committee In charge is
composed of Mrs. F. Egbert, president of
the Oregon Union; Mrs. S. Knapp, presi
dent of the New Hampshire Union, and
Mrs. C. M. Patton, president of the Mis
souri Union.
The Congregational Sunday School So
ciety, the Congregational Education So
ciety and the Congregational Church
Building Society will participate In the
proceeding. The field of the Home Mis
sionary Soclet extends from the Arctic
circle in Alaska to the tropics in Cuba.
Its missionaries are at work In cities and
rural communities In all the states and
territories, and its work In behalf of the
Congregational churches will be fully
gone Into at the Syracuse meeting.
ARMISTICE IN SAMAR.
General Smith Says It Is Being" Kept
Faithfully.
MANILA, April 6. General Jacob H.
Smith, Commanding the American forces on
the Island of Samar, has arrived here to
testify In the case of Major Waller, of
the Marine Corps. General Smith said he
considered Gueverra. the rebel leader in
Samar, who is to surrender April 15, a
man of energy and Intelligence, and that
the armistice in Samar is being kept
faithfully,
Conditions In the Provinces of Batangas
and Laguna, Luzon, are satisfactory, and
rifles are being turned In dally.
There has been a total of 166 cases and
119 deaths from cholera here since the
disease first broke out.
Dividing: Up Show Territory.
NEW YORK, April 6. Announcement is
made that by a recently completed ar
rangement Barnum & Bailey's circus will
be brought back from Europe next year,
and Buffalo Bill's Wild West show will
succeed it there. Mr. Bailey concluded
the arrangement for this practical division
of the Old and New Worlds during his
recent trip to the United States, and on
his return here In May the details of the
plan will be worked out. The Wild West
show, after Its Spring engagement In this
city, will go entirely across the continent,
taking in Arizona and other Western
States which gave birth to the life It plo
tures. For the first time In Its 18 years
of existence It will visit the Pacific Coa3t
States. With the close of the season the
show will be taken abroad for a stay qt
possibly two years. Barnum & Bailey's
circus will then closs Its long stay abroad
and return to America. Negotiations are
already under way for the necessary
steamship transportation for the two big
amusement enterprises'.
Fr.te of Rlqtins Students.
ST. PETERSBURG, Mr.rch 26. There la
little doubt that many St. Petersburg stu
dents will share the fate of their Musco
vite comrades exile to Siberia or impris
onment. It is known that at least four
students of this city have already been
sentenced to exile In 81berla for three
years, and that another has been sent Q
Central Asia for the same period.
The Russian, police gazette says tha.t
another St. Petersburg student has re
ceived a three months' sentence for con
nection with the recent riot. This stu
dent was hurt while resisting the police
and was taken to a hospital.
Loubet and a Cranlc.
PARIS, April 6. While President Loubet
was, driving to the Elysee Palace this
morning, a man named Sejourne, carry
ing a revolver, approached his carriage
and exclaimed: rtI demand Justice." Se
journe was Immediately arrested. He ap
pears to be weak-minded.
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NEW YORK'S DRY SUNDAY
SUSPENSION OF THE LIQUOR TRAF
FIC IX THE METROPOLIS.
Expedients Resorted to by Persons
Seeking: Spirituous Refreshment.
-The Day's Arrests.
NEW YORK, April 6. Tho police and
the liquor men gave Greater New York
a "dry" Sunday today. Though there
were degrees of dryness, so to speak.
In different sections of the metropolis,
the day has had no equal in the sus
pension of the liquor traffic since fiv&
years ago, when Superintendent Thomas
F, Byrnes closed the saloons ope mem
orable Sunday. Persons seeking spirit
uous refreshment then were compelled
to resort to places outside of Chief
Byrnes' sphere of influence. His task,
however, is said to have been easier than
that which confronted the police today,
for he had no Raines hotels with their
sandwiches to contend with. ,These
hotels must be taken into consideration,
therefore, when the word "dry" Is used
In connection with these evepts of today,
for the man who had money to buy a,
sandwich and a drink had small dif
ficulty In satisfying his thirst. Few
liquor dealers had the temerjty to keep
open and serve drinks alone, and of those
who did. a majority were invited to
the nearest police station, there to re-
main until bondsmen appeared.
Unquestionably the driest part of New
York to day was the section where last
Sunday the "second platoon" of police
made so many arrests. This is known
as the West Thirty-seventh police pre
cinct. Only one alleged vlolater of the
excise laws was found today by the
lynx-eyed officers. Only two "or three
Raines law hotels opened their doors
and the proprietors say, that the law
was closely pbserved.
In the tenderloin, now known as the
"White Light" district, liquor was sold,
but only under conditions which proved
drawbacks to many of the thirsty. In
many of the saloons the shades were
drawn in the barrooms, but it is said
that Improvised bars were established
in upstairs rocms. In a few places the
proprietors are alleged to have estab
lished what Is known as the "Kansas
speak easy," or "blind pig," consisting
of a circular board arranged so as to
swing about. On each side of the round
door was a shelf on which the bartender
could serve drinks to the waiter without
being seen, and even if the police had
succeeded in getting in, they could not
have arrested the bartender, as no one"
could see him. The customer slmply
placed his change on the little shelf
and then rapped, at the same time call
ing out his order. A moment later the
little door would swing around and on
the shelf on the reverse side of the
circular door the customer would find
the desired drink,
Drinks were served all day In the dining-rooms
of the big Broadway and Fifth
avenue hotels, and although they were
sold wlthjn the. proscribed hours, no at
tempt at Interference was made. No
one, however, was permitted to sit down
and order a drink, even though he
ordered a sandwich at the same time.
The hotel folks Insisted that something
akin to a substantial meal at least be
ordered.
For the first time In many years the
saloons in the residence section of upper
Harlem were all closed. Despite the
excise excitement In the city from time
to time, the liquor dealers In that sec
tion have kept open.
On the Bowery it was exceedingly hard
to get a drink. The saloon-keepers
were notready to take chapces of arrest;
and for the most part kept their doors
closed. In Brooklyn and other parts of
Greater New York the closing law was
generally observed.
The police also compelled the small
shopkeepers throughout the dity to close,
except that the grocers and delicat
essen shops were permitted to keep open
until 10 o'clock, as provided by the law.
For the first time in years the small
dry goods shops In the upper part of
the city had their doors locked, and the
stationery stores and newstands were
also compelled to close up In many
sections of the city. In some Instances
the police eyep ordered the confection
ery stores closed.
Seventy-nine arrests for violations of
the excise lav were made in Manhattan
and the Bronx between the hours of
midnight Saturday and 11 o'clock to
night. There were in these two boroughs
14 arrests for violation of the excise
laws, In Richmond one and In Queens
none. This is a total of 121 as against
M last Sunday.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
1 In Ohio.
CINCINNATI, O.. April 6. Municipal
and township elections will be held
throughout Ohio tomorrow'. In this city
the contest between W. H. Jackson, Dem
ocrat, and Howard Ferris, Republican, for
Superior Judge is the only issue. In other
cities 6f this section the election Is for
Mayor and other city offices, as well as
the usual local positions. No National
or state questions are Involved anywhere,
but In some localities delegates to Con
gressional and other conventions will be
chosen by popular vote.
In Montana.
BUTTE, Mont.,, April 6. A city election
Is to be held In Bue tomorow. at which
eight Aldermen are to be elected. In
Helena a Mayor, City Treasurer, Police
Judge and Aldermen are to be named.
Other cities throughout the state also will
elect various municipal officers.
.
Episcopal House of Bishops.
CINCINNATI, April 6. Sixty of the SO
or more bishops of the Episcopal church
are expected at tha meeting of the House
of Bishops in this city, April 16 to 17. Th!p'
will Include nearly all the foreign mission,
ary bishops. Owing to the feebleness of
Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, Bishop
Dudley, of Kentucky, will preside.
Bishops of Sallna, Kan., of Honolulu and
of Porto Rico are to bo elected, and the
question of the admission of the Mexiccn
Episcopal church will be considered.
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