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THIRTY-THIRD YEAR, Vol.
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ELECTION
II TEXAS
Both Sides Claim Victory and
Contest Seems Assured Re
gardless of Result of Final
Count of Ballots,
INCOMPLETE RETURNS
SHOW WET MAJORITY
Five Small Counties to
Hear From Majority for Open
Saloon Aggregates Twenty
Seven Hundred,
IBy Mornln Jmirnxl Upwls' Wlrnl
Pallas. Tex.. July 1!.'!. Returns from
the Mate liquor election received by
the ihilvcston-lVillas N'WK, up to
l; 3(1 a. m. give:
yr prohibition. 2J.",.r3.'S. Against
prohibition, J l: K , it :t 3 .
Auli majority, 3. mill.
Xfi returns have been received from
five j, 'unties, but these perhaps have
,asn,i more than 1.UD0 votes. Forty
picn counties have made only partial
returns, but in most of these only a
few small boxes are missing.
T.ie total unreported vote probably
will nut exceed 2,000. it belli indi
cated that the tidal vote polled was
ulHiut 475.0IMI, which with one ex
ception is the largest vole ever polled
In Texas.
A survey of the terrltoiy not yet re
ported which is well scattered over
th. state indicates that the returns yet
to mm" hold about as mnc:i promise
fir one side as the other and the
result even now seems doubtful.
The total vote cast Suturday prob
ably will reach 4 7 5,01)0. Probably 90
n.iu is rennrtcd.
Today's returns cast up a majority
against' prohibition runniiiK from 2,
oui) to 5.0U0.
nnlv a few small counties which
Id. k Un- inrllijrs 1,,-vc riot been
heard from and Licre are scatttred
boxes In many othar counties still out.
The territory trj-m which the returns
are incomplete is about evenly di
viuVd as between the "wet" and "dry"
districts.
The indications aw. favorable to the
uiitl-prohibltlonists, whose leaders
claim the victory by a majority id' 8,
tuiii. The iiroliibltlon Icailers, how
ever, insist upon the full returns.
The totals of the returns tip to
11:30 p. in. give Vi:, 474 for the prohi
bition amendment and ::ii,701 against
the amendment.
WITH SII1FR ST WD ItKADV
TO lOTIT Till: Kl TCTION
Dallas, Tex., July 23. With the.
luiti-proliibitionists leading by 4,234
v,,l,s In the returns counted op "
11 o'clock tonight from the state-wide
liroaihltion election of Saturday; with
th,. leaders of each side issuing state
ments claiming victory and with the
additional feature of fraud charges
todav made by prohibition leaders,
the outlook shortly niter midnight is
that full returns will be ntcessary to
ilu-ide the result.
Until sides stand ready to contest
the vote. For twenty-four hours the
retiii'i.- ii.'.ve nbO"t divided tlienu.clv" s
far and against prohiftion. The to
tal vote cust Saturday possibly will
exceed 450,000.
I'llOlilP.ITlON I.KADKU
( LAI MS "IIIIV" VK TOUA'
Houston, Tex.. July 23. The fol
lowing statement was given out this
i veiling bv T. II. Pall, chairman of
the stuti wide prohibition executive
,'oininiltee:
"Despite wholesale fraud in various
sections of the state in poll tax pay
ments by liquor interests, and a pruc
tieally solid Mexican vote and 65 per
cent of the rugro vote against the
prohibition amendment, prohibition,
in my best judgment, has been carried
by not less than 10,000 majority."
J. F. Woltcrs, president of the anti
slat, wide amendment committee, is
sued this statement:
"Almost complete returns Indicate
la vend (Ucsti,,n that we have won by
n good majority. It it absolutely neces
sary, how, ver, to guard closely the
boxes and returns so that the actual
results will be protected everywhere."
( ITV OP Kl, I'ASO C. U K "
1(138 MAJORITY I'OK WKTS.
PI Paso, Tex., July 23. The city of
Kl Paso gave a rnnjori'-- of 1U33 in a
total of 2732 votes cast. There were
4.r, votes cast for the amendment and
217S
againsi u. rue poll lists snow
that
1HS4 of the (nullified voters of
'Ills city did not vote. That Is about
1:1 per cent of the iiualilied electors
remained tuvay from the polls.
IIOTII FACTION'S CLAIM
VK'TOHY: DHVSCHV 1UAI'I.
Dallas, Tex., July 23. Heturns at
";I p. ni. with several counties and
baits of counties yet to be heard from
Hive the "antis" a lead of 2,611. Lead
ers. r both factions claim victory, and
'liairman Mall or the prohibitionists'
'"mmitte,. cries "fraud."
Contest of the election seems im
minent whatever the result.
The contest Is the closest In the
history of the state. Tens of thou
sands of persons collected around
bulletin boards watching the re
'"rriH. It is practically impossible to
'"recast what the final returns will
show. The "antls" are claiming a
u,t"ry. but the prohibition leaders
"re confident. About elghtv-five per
''nt or the estimated Vote cast Is tie
enunted for.
The counties still missing are wlrle
V distributed over the state. Some
" them are admittedly prohibitum
""d others certain antl-prohlbitlon.
""'iin of them are very large.
CXXXI, No. 24.
FIVE MEN ENTOMBED BY
ARIZONA MINE CAVE IN
Kl Paso, Tex.. July 23. A special
to the Times from Kay, Ariz., tonight
tolls of a taw-in in the Mathias ami
Hall shalt of the Kay Consolidated
Copper company yesterday, which en
tombed live linii. Tim Gallagher, an
American timbernian was taken from
the mine diad, and four .Mexicans
were taken out alive.
The enve-in occurred in a raise in
the first level of the mine.
.
AMERICAN CADETS
MISSING IN NORWAY
Ilersen. Norway, July 23. Two of
the cadets of the American practice
squadron here have been missing
since Thursday when they set out with
an excursion party. They were last
seen nt a tourist hotel at Haugustoel,
and it is feared they are lost in the
mountains.
ALL HEAT RECORDS
WATER FAMINE ADDS TO
SUFFERING AND DEATH
Histoiic Fontainebleu Blue For
est Swept by Blaze; Germany
Reports Highest Temperature
in Many Years,
f Bv Morning Journal Kpecttil netirl Ylr.l
Paris, July 23. Paris Is sweltering
in the worst hot wave experienced In
twenty-five years, which if made
more severe by the phenomenal
drouth, not a drop of rain having fal
len for a month. The thermometer
has risen steadily for the last elKht
days for from SB to 97. the latter t'lK
ure being attained yesterday.
All indications point to a contin
uance of the heat 'for several rias. To
add to the suffering of the people,
(there has been a partial break in tlw
I water system. Tw o biyr leaks in the
I main water pipes, which were dis-
covered yesterday, necessitated the
cuttintr off f the supply lust night.
jiany ueains nave umunu, ua.
daily average being six until yester
day when eleven were reported.
At Fontainebl, uu the drouth was
responsible for the spread of a fire,
which broke out in the most pic
turesque part of the forest, fifteen
acres of which were destroyed. The
Harrison troops were called out and
succeeded in getting this fire under
control when a more serious outbreak
occurred around Salamandrc rocks.
rci... rim loirtiuil i.itp nhoiit ir0(i Hcres
and kept the troops busy all night tie-
tore tney masiereu u.
Alter apparently being under con
trol the fire broke out anew In the
forest and is still burning. It is es
timated that the flames spread over
three thousand acres. For a time the
great powder magazines at Marlotte
were threatened but the efforts of the
entire garrison aved them.
The authorities say that the fire
was the work of incendiaries, it will
probably smoulder for a fortnight.
Lmanv
I'KOKTK.VnONS
ItHHUMKI) IN OKIIMANY
P.erlin, July 23. (iormnny is suf
fering from the most oppressive heat
wave since PJ04. Some of the regis
tering instruments recorded 1"
Krues. Multitudes nave gone io i
suburban lakes, but have experience,!
I little relief.
Business Men Unite to Further
Projects for Betterment of
Fertile Valley Now Enjoying
Its Most Prosperous Year,
(Special Corretnondrnce to Morning JimrnHll
Fslaneia, K. M., July 22 Kstancia
is to have e. "C'oinniercial club to as
sist in boosting the f rtil Kstancia
valley, and In furthering the busi
ness propositions calculated to aid In
the development of this section. The
meeting was called under the chair
manship of Fred H. Avers and I.. A.
liotisseau was elected temporary sec
retary. The officers elected for the first
year of the club were:
President O. If. VanStone; vic:
presldont. J. JL Tutlle, Sr.; treasurer,
Karl Scott; recording secretary, L. A,
Ifousseau; corresponding secretary,
H. 11. ltoberson. The executive com
mittee, the president, secretary, It. C.
Howell, Will Elgin and II. L. Mi'i
tint.
Committee on bv-laws: I'. 11. Ayers,
K. W. ltoberson and P. A. Speckmann,
to report nt the next meeting.
MlglHy Ilwt Alembics.
Provlncetown, Mass, .July 23. Con
tinning the summer practice ma
neuvers, the greatest fleet of Ameri
can warships ever assembled will
make provlncetown its headipiai ters
for the next fornlght.
The program calls for mimic bat
tles, day and night, battle formations.
Run practice, torpedo drills and ex
periments in connection with the
adaptability of naval' guns for war
fare against ueroplunes.
BROKEN
SWELTERS
COMMERCIAL CLUB
one ai
ESTAMCIA
11 DAUGHTER OF
THE Bill
REVOLUTION
DISCOVERED LIVING IN
POVERTY IN GEORGIA
Mrs, Proctor, 1 1 1 Years Old,
Cared for by Spinster Daugh
ter Who Cultivates Cotton
and Garden Patch at Ninety.
j fT Moral, i ,lurn.il Sm-UI Iim1
.-uaiiia, t,a., juiy -J. .ii:r iui
Tracwick Pi actor, 111 years of age,
a real daughter of tin American revo
lution, has just been discovered in a
humble one-rune, cabin in 1'artow
county, this state. Mrs. Proctor's sole
companions are her daughter. Miss
Mary Pro-tor, tin years old, and two
grand chil lien, descendants of an
oth' r daughter.
Mrs. Pro. tor was born in Wake
eonetv. cirth Carolina, April 30. ISO".
In her nineteenth year she married
liram Proctor a veteran of the lev n
lution and o, the war of 1M2. She
has lived under the administrations
of twinty-six presidents, including
John Adams and William H. Tuft.
dn a rough lied of straw, so thin
that the rough wooden slats can he
seen throng, i the mattress, tiiis daugh
ter or the revolution lies, her form
emaciated, skin wrinkled and almost
a skebton. Her aged daughter ad
ministers as best she can to the ne
cessities of the little household and
betimes tills the soil of a small cotton
and Harden patch. The meagre prof
its of this labor she adds to the i12
per month pension Mrs. Proctor re
ceives for the services of her husband
rendered in tin war of 1812.
A movement has been started In At
lanta to raise funds sufficient to pro
vide for the necessities of the aged
mother and daughter for the balance
of their lives.
Beatrice Reports Eight Inches
in Twenty-Four Hours; Swol
len Streams Paralyze Rail
road Traffic,
(By Morning Jonrnnl Anrciul 1-mnwd Wire)
Oninlm, Ncb July 23. Reports re
ceived In this city from Cage and
Johnson counties In the .southeat part
of the, state Indicate that section was
visited today by one of the heaviest
rainfalls ever recorded in the vicinity.
At Tecumsch, in Johnson county,
four Inc hes of rain fell in lour hours,
During the same time over six Inches
tell at Crab Orchard and ne ami one-
half inches at Klk Creek.
Near Crab orchard, two miles of
the track of the .Nebraska City-llold-
redge line of the Ibirlinglon railroad
was washed out.
From Peatrice comes the report
that the government gauge recorded
a fall of eight inches of rain and that
the Blue river rose twenty-six feet
The Hlue river early ibis morning
rose at the rate of three feet an hour,
submerging the railroad yards and
endangering the residence and busi
ness districts.
Women and children were rescued
from the tops of box car. bouts be
ing used in the rescue work. As far
as can be learned no lives were lost.
All the railroads were hit hard by
the floods. The llurllngton bridge
over Hear Creek and nearly all the
trackage in the Purllngton. Hock Is
land and 1'nion Pacific yards at Pea-
trice were washed out r Inundated.
For twelve miles between Hewitt and
Beatrice most of the track is gone.
No trains are running in or out of
Beatrice and It is expected to he sev
eral days before the service can be
resumed.
FIRST SUGGESTED
L
Mrs, Sue Landon Vaughn Pass
es Away in Home of Order of
the Eastern Star at Washing
ton, fBr Morning Journal Spulal Wlre.l
Washington, July 23. The woman
credited with having tirtt expressed
the Idea of a general memorial day,
Mrs. Sus Landon Vaughn. Is dead st
the home of the Fastcm Star, a Ma
sonic order or which she was depen
dent. She was a descendant of John
Adams, the second president of the
United States.
On April 26, 180',, she led some
southern women in strewing with
flowers the confederate graves in
Vicksburg. and the date nnd custom
were pepetuated in the south.' Three
years later, May 30, was adopted
throughout the north as Memorial
day.
Mrs. Vaughn was of distinguished
nncostorv find was the wife of Judge
J. H. Vaughn of Snn Francisco. The
earthquake there destroyed the fam
ily property and his subsequent death
left Mrs. Vaughn without resources.
Her body will be cared for in Wash.
Ington by the Masonic order.
Cute Suffers IYom Hewt.
Paris, July 23. John W, Oates
passed n fair day, but the heat Is a
little ogainst him. The attending phy
sicians, however, express them
selves as satisfied with his progress,
BUM
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ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1911,
CHOLERA KILLSUAREZ POLICE II
WO ill III
BOSTON
VICTIM PROPRIETOR OF
SAILORS' BOARDING HOUSE
Twenty-Five Families Including
Scores of Children Exposed
to Dread Disease Before It
Was Recognised,
Hv Morning Journal S4J luwd Vlr 1
Fusion, July 23. Asiatic cholera
has reached Boston and caused one
death, according to a statement given
out today by Chairman Samuel II
buruin of the Boston board of health.
The cholera victim was Mrs. Ta
llin: sino .Mastrodenii o who died at
the detention hopsital on (lallup's
island Thursday. .Mrs. M astlodeuico
look into her home a ledgers a lew
weeks ago two sailors who were mem
bers of the crew of a steamer sup
posed to have sailed from an Italian
port. The sailors snhse,Ueiitlv were
taken ill and disappeared. F.fforts
are now being made to locate them.
The children of Mrs. .Mastrodenico
are under observation at the quaran
tine station nnd the board has already
begun, examining the many persons
who may have come Into contact with
Hie dead woman. Her bouse, in the
congested Italian district, will be
tnorougniy rumigaieo anil all preeau
tious taken to protect the twenty-live
tamilbs, including ball' a hundred
children, who live in the building.
The delay in determining definitely
that the woman died of cholera was
due to difficulty in recognizing the
germs of the disease from the culture,
the diagnosis being made possible on
ly yesterday by the receipt from
Washington of a Mipply of nntl-chol-
era serum witn wnun tests were
made. Mrs. Mustroileinco, until site
as isolated was attended constantly
by her daughter Mary, who slept with
her. The girl is being detained at
the ijnaratitine hospital and closely
wati lied. Tomorrow morning a thor
ough examination of nil the tenants
of the hulldlntf where the woman
lived will be made by Dr. John Long
and Dr. Allen McLaughlin of Wash
ington, who came here two days ago
when the presence of cholera was
suspected,
in nddition. four inspectors of the
health department ''w have been
watching in the north end districts for
four days for any uprVarance of the
disease among the relatives of the
Mastrodenico family,
HEM FY EI) WAKANTINE
MEASl'ltES WILL HE EFFECTIVE.
New York, July 23. The cholera
situation lacked developments today,
The health authorities believe the
prompt detection of the case at Melle
Vtie hospital yesterday. Its removal to
quarantine and the fumigation of pos
sible sources of Infection at the lodg
ing houses whole the malady at
tacked its victim will be effective In
averting; an outbreak of the disease.
The condition of Manuel Bermudes,
the Spanish sailor, whose Illness gave
Bellevue the first case of the plague
since 1S92, was reported unchanged
at Swlnburn Island today. There
were no further deaths there, nor
were there any new cases at llofiinan
Island where several hundred Immi
grants are under observation. Health
Officer Doty pronounced the situa
tion at quarantine as satisfactory.
The steamer Martini Washington
from Mediterranean porta brought 9S7
passengers to qiiaiantlne today. There
was no illness aboard and as the Ves
sel did not touch Italian ports, the
health officers permitted her, after u
minute inspection, to proceed to her
dock.
FUBKIUZE
Over Two Thousand Houses
Burn in Ancient Quarter of
Constantinople; Many Hurt
Thousands Destitute,
flty Morning Journitl Siwelul I.mril Wlrs.l
Constantinople, July 23. During
festivities this afbinoon In celebra
tion of the anniversary of the granting
of the new constitution, fire broke out
In Stamboul, near the war ministry,
which narrowly escaped destruction.
A violent north wind funned the blaze
which swept over a residential dis
trict, levelling several hundred hous
es. These were cliteiiy in the inriusn
quarter in the vicinity of Suleiinani
yell Mosque.
Late tonight the fire Isg hnrnln
fiercely nnd the plight of the Inhabi
tants Is pitiable. Several persons were
injured, Including the former min
ister of war, Ahhmoud Sehclket
Pat lia. Biimors are current that the
fire wag of incendiary origin.
Stniriboul covers Hie whole area en
closed by the Theodoslan walls of
Constantinople. It Is the Moham
medan purt of the city.
Within its walls are the Seraglio,
the principal mosques, the mnsob'ums
or the sultans, the baths, tlw bazaars,
the public otices of the government,
end the remains of ancient Constan
tinople. Separate miarlers are allot
ted to tlio Armenians, the Turkes, the
Greeks and the Jews. The quarters
were destroyed bv fire in ISbr,,
It is estimated that 2,001) houses
have been destroyed, including the
general staff building.
Democratic lender Dead.
Washington. July 23. John W.
Tomllnson, deinoiratle national coin,
mllloetmiri for Alabama, died at his
homo hore today, . j , i t t'
STAMBOULSGENEOF
PITCHED BATTLE
w s
ONE MAN SLAIN AND
TWO SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
Fifty Shots Fired Before Dis
tuibance Is Quelled by Gen-
era! Blanco; Bitter Feeling
Prevails in Border Towr
llr Morning Journal Kwclat I raurd Win
Juarez, Mex., July 23. one man
killed, one mortally wounded and an- j
other shot tn t" places. Is the re-1
suit of a battle between police and j
insnrrccto soldiers here this alter-j
noon. .
The affair had Its beginning In an I
argument between Dolores M irtiticz.
a civil official und Danllo Hernandez,
a soldier In the Madcro army. Win n J
Martinez ordered Hernandez to dc- j
idst from Hie argument the latter is
said to have threatened Ills life. M;u
tiness ran Into his house, procured a
rifle and shot llernaiidci through the
head, killing him instantly.
Comrades of Hernandez at once
mounted the garrison building, nearby
and opened a hot Hre on the Marline,
residence. The fire was relume by
u detachment of police which had ap
peared on the scene. About fl!t
shotg were exchanged before tleiieial
lllaneo. who vves summoned, was aide
to quell the disorder.
Marline, was shot through the arm
and sustained a scalp wound in the
frav, and Pallo Lomell, another Insur
reito soldier, was shot through the
stomach and will die.
The town Is quiet tonight, but there
Is an undercurrent of bitterness be
tween the police and military which.
It is feared, may result in another
clash.
LIIUKALS THKEATEX
TO ATTACK JI AUF'A
Juarez, Mex., July 23. That there
Is a force of liberals camped n few
miles south of this city, who have
announced their Intention of atlack-in.-t
Juarez, is stated by city officials
of Juarez tonight.
There are approximately 12,r In the
parly, all heavily armed and it l
known thai another band is in the
hills south or the Kl l'a smelter.
Nothing has been heard of the men
sent out from this cll.v 1o Cuadulpe
yesterday, numbering thirty, to dis
perse the Liberals in possession of
that town.
A courier was sent out bv Mayor
Medina lonlght to try to locate the
missing men.
UOYttttNOIt ELECTED
WITIIOl'T HlXIODSIH.I)
Queretaro, Mex., July 23. Early
returns Indicate that Ju.u'n N. Frlas,
liberal candidate wwt elected governor
of the. state of Ijueretaro by a large
majority. Carlos M. Noyola, Inde
pendent candidate stands in second
place, while Alfonso Veraza, the
choice ot the Catholic party appear
to be a bad third.
The voting was heavy. Serious
trouble was not reported from any
district. This election wns to namo
,i....i,.,. to.i to, one sinllctiintcs that
the result will he changed', by them.
Chihuahua, July 23 To shnw that
Provisional Ciovernor ( iOnzHJes anil
Central Pasoual (Mosco are mends
and that harmony prevails between
i.. ...o...i n nieellnu was licbl
here todav at which bot.H were prais
ed and the heroes of Hie revolution
eulogized.
Hundreds of lormer insurgent
were present. A few of! the orators
ascribe the attempt to Incite trouble
between the two men to persons hav
ing ulterior motives.
The election for all st ate officers,
Including congressmen and supreme
court Judges will be lick thee third
Sunday In August instead, of the first
Sunday in September as planned. It
Is believed that Oonzahn will have
no opposit Ion.
PORTUGAL COMPLAFiNSOF
ALOOFNESS OF .eOWERS
Lisbon. Portugal, via Badajos,
Spain, Julv 23. -To- Lisbon newspa
pers print long articles .oriiplalnlnK
1 1, 1, 1 Dm oowers. nartleii'arlv dreat
Britain have not yet definitely recog
nized the republic.
It Is said, howe ver, on the highest
authority, that the powers before giv
ing official recognition, desire not
only that the constitution, be voted and
a president elected, litnt Bint nn
amendment to the separation law,
wherebv the rights id foreign
churches will he respect ed, shall be
nuhllshed and approved by the con
stituent assembly in aeoordance. with
promises made by tin g,vernmeni n
the British, French, dor man una
lan legations.
Morse I lies New Apis al.
Xew iirlchtis. July 23. Charles W.
Morse has appealed to the Fuited
.States circuit court from the recent
decision of Judge Wlllhim T. Newman
of Atlanta when he vvnii iltnled a ha
beas corpus will to s.urn his free
dom from the Atlanta prlsun where he
is serving a fllteen year sentence for
violating the national bunting laws.
The papers in the rxn' will he filed
this week.
i.'iobi I ircioc.ii Injured.
Toledo, '!., July liX Light firemen
were in lured here today III H fire
which destroyed D'o manufacturing
i, bint of the B. A Stevens company.
eight small dwellings "lid four store
rooms. The firemen were injured ny
flying bricks and window glass who-l
one of the walls in ,ue raro-m roi.i
collapsed. The tjdal loss Is estimat
ed at ,32!i,0O0.
Cardinal t'lMums' Ki-thdiiv.
Baltimore, July 23.- -Cardinal Gib
bons today spent 1lie sevelity-sevenl ll
niinlversarv of hlsl birth quietly nt the
home of friends tieur Westminster,
where he had bi-on staying for sev
eral days. He eiOohruled mass thlsi
morning In a ehaiiel In Hie house, lllfi
health Is cxccllciM. .
III Mall 50 Cent
TROLLEY CAR HITS VG0N
CARRYING PliKNICKERS
FU-aheth. X. J . JoK -diknickeis
returning It on
utmg were hurled in :! dir.
uht serioul injured and
'.St. lined mortal weoteis i h. n
car crashed into then- u.,k
tht near the cuv limit. mv
u luns were taken me mix i.o -en,
r it hoxpit it hot , it ,.,
ast two would die.
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0UEN OF OKLAHOMA
ARRESTED AS SPEEDER
Washington, July -Onrii
of Oklahoma wa., on.
th.
eighteen persons ati'eM.,1 todav m
Chevy Chase, Md.. etiaiiv d vviih over
speeding uutomohih s. The del. n l
ants put up colliii.ial to insure sub
s, 'luent appearance.
HK BEHEAD
Church Property Sacked by
Victorious Rebels; Attack on
Poit au Prince Delayed,
Hy Morning Jonrnnl M,fs'ltil l.ntKed Wlra.l
Port au Prince, llavti. July 2:1.
The expected advance of the revolu
tionists on the capital has been delay
ed, the insurgents at Miivhnlais. eight
een miles to the north, apparently
waiting for additional foices which
are on their way Item Cape llavticn.
All the government troops are con
centrated In re and today comparative
quilt reigns, although some shots
were fired last night.
'resident Simon, who a iter bis ar
rival a few days ago from Fort
Liberie, took to a sick bed. appears
much better and attended services at
the cathedral today. The failure of
the Insurgents to make an attack upon
Fort au Prince and the fact there Is
now a strong government lorce in the
capital has greatly encouraged the
pr 'Sldent.
Tin revolts at Croix des Bouquets
and dressier were the result of arbi
trary orders Issued by the military
chiefs.
(leneral Thomas, commandant-ln-rharge,
when the revolt becanu active
at Croix des Bouquets, took refuge In
the presbytery. He was made pris
oner by the rebels, who cut off his
head with ma, holies. The Insurgents
(hen pillaged the prcsbyti rv ami the
church school, which Is conducted by
French sisters.
The yacht American, willed recent
ly gave protection to foreigners nt
Cape tUv-tu-t), has I ron traiuf' rre
Into a guiihont. She is now anchored
at Mole St. 'h Indus, without coal,
having been towed there by a Dutch
steamer.
I'M'l l :i KTYTEN ;i Miovr
AUKIYES AT CAPE II YTIFN
Cape llavticn. Julv 23. The Full
ed States gunboat Peoria arrived to
day from San Junn, P. It. She Is now
In the rondsteil nnd Is expected to
remain there to protect American in
terests, dem ral Cinclniuitus l.ecomte, who
recently returned to I lav II from exile
In Juiunlea today entered the city at
the head of a considerable force of
guerillas. He was received with wild
cheers.
Aim of Galliciins Is to Pro
mote Better Understanding
Between People of All Races
and Colois,
(By Correspondent Associated Press.)
London, Saturday, July l !. Dole
gates, many "f llioin from America,
are gathering in London for the uni
versal races congress, the fruition of
an Idea originated by Dr. Felix Adb r,
prolessor of social ctbbs In Columbia
university. The regular meetings, at
i, , u loiiehine on every point
of the race problem by authorities In
every pari of the world will begin
July 2fi an, i tlnue until July 2!i.
In the words of the official pro
gram, the obleel of the congress Is
to "discuss In the Hull' "r science and
the modern conscience, the general
relations -subsisting between the peo
ples of 'be wesl and those ot the east
between Ho-alled "bite and so-called
colored peoples, with a view to en
couraging bl ween them a fuller un
d, rstandlng. the st friendly leellngs
and a heartier co-operation."
on the rirst day the subject for ,1m
rtisslon will be "Fundamental Con
siderations." The second day will be
devoted to "Ci, millions of Progress.'
The same subject will be considered
the third day, but the papers will all
(f. ,y eastern and colored men. Wu
'Plnir Fang, former Chinese minister
to the Fulled Slates for example, hav
ing sell! one on China.
The latter davs of the congress will
have the greatest Interest for Ameri
ca, for there will be discussions id
papers bv Fred Croxlon of the
J.urcau of labor. Washington, ano
Vrofessnr W. J. Lunck, chief cxuml
ir.T of the t-irllT board; Israel Zang
willl, Sir Harry H. Johnston and Dr.
I ra'tie II, Kigali.
The congress will be presided over
by Lord Wenrdale and the vice presi
dents Include Premier Asqulth. Lord
Curzoii, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
Lie chief rabbi, the lord mayor and
P.TtfeeM vice chancellors "t unlieisl
tltts of (Ileal Britain.
Huge Lumber Piles Bum.
Scuttle, Wash , Jui 23. I'D" here
ItMkiy destroyed the saw mill mid
lumber yards of the Montana Street
Mill company. Ad lucent property suf
f.trc,' slightly. The loss Is estimated
at i.lMi.omi.
UNIVERSAL RACES
CONGRESS IN
LlllOfj
Month; single t oprt, 8 crnts.
Hy Carrier, (Ml Cent a Mouth
TAFT JUBILANT
ft! SUCCESS
OF TRADE
TREATY
Dednes Ratification of Reci
procity At Foment Marks
Epoch in Relations of Ameri
can People With Canada,
DEMOCRATS GIVEN FULL
CREDIT FOR GOOD WORK
Piesident Confident Dominion
Government Will Promptly
Accept and That Benefits
Will Aeeitie Rilit Speedily.
(B. Morning Journal ( i,tal I riinrit M lr
F.evcrly. Mass., July In thu
tlrst statement he lias made since tin
passage of the reciprocity bill by th
senate. President Tatt. at the sum.
mcr white bouse tonight, freely ac
knowledged that his long hard cam
lalgn hi behalf of that measure
would have proved unavailing If tho
democrats had not helped him.
"The democrats did not 'play poli
ties' In the colloquial sense In which
those words were used." said thn
president, "hut they followed tho
dictate of a higher policy."
For secretary Knox and his as
sistance in the state department w ho
conducted negotiations and framed
the pact; the president said mora
than a word of praise. Those repub
licans, he said, who lougnt for reci
procity "and some of those votes were
necessary to the passage of the bill
properly may enjoy mutual felicita
tions nn a work well done.' '
In his own Judgment, the president
said tie agreement would mark an
epoch In the relations between tho
I ' n It ml States and Canada ami thosu
who opposed the bill In congress
would find their prophesies disproved
and their fears allayed by Its actual
operation. Its passage by the Canad
ian parliament, the last step beioro It
becomes a bond between tho two
countries, lie believes, will bo forth
coming. "The satisfaction that tictual ex
perience In Its working will give," he
juld, "we confidently hope will se
cure its permanence, in a decade its
nciielits will conlributc much to a
greater
l 'a naila
The
matin"
alter ft
ing out
Airs.
Charlie
Fulled Slates and greater
president arrived at "I'nr ra
the new Tall collage, shortly
o'clock this morning, niotor
Irom Fusion in an hour.
Tall, .Miss lie, en Tuft and
were wailing and he had
breakfast with bis family (or the Ural
time since he left Hevcrly for tho
west. July
i in the way from Washington thu
president had time lor u, long chat
with Sciiutor Penrose, vvliu led the
light lor reciprocity und with Secre
tary of the Treasury MacVeagh and
Secretary Hilles. Mr. Penrose left
him al Philadelphia, Secretary llilles
at Newark, .. J., und Mr. MacVeagli
deserted the party al lloHtou,
Tho pi cHi, but had been thinking;
about a statement, however, and
'alter sleeping over It," as lie put It
today, decided it should be written
and credit be given where credit was
due.
With Mrs, Tall ami children and
Major Hull he motored for ten miles
lo l.jnn to hear HcV. Hr. Hubert Coll
ier ot New York, pleach lit the First.
I'nitarian church. I, until over, a
stenographer was call, d In and the
Matemeiit dictated, tho president re
storing lo the hist person, unusual in
statements Irom tho While House,
ibnl it uiighl appear more truly his
ow n.
The slaleiueiit reads us follows:
"That
with the
ciproclly
congress
hove and
sin, liar a
llaniclit,
I am very much pleased
passage of the Canadian re
tail through both houses of
goes without saying. 1 be
hope It will be lollowid by
Don by the Dominion pur-
"In my Judgment, lliu going into
effect ol the agreement will make, a
new epoch '.ii the rcla'lons between
the Fulled Slates and Canada, and
will tend to a marked Increase In thu
trade between the two countries
which will be in every way beneficial
to both.
"I hope the credit that belongs to
Secretary Knox and his special usHlst
auin in the state department in tho
niuolintlous and framing of the pact.
anil their lucid explanation und de
fense of Its terms, will not be with
held. "Ill a sense, the bill passe, was a
non-p.irtlsiin measure, though the re
publicans who luted for it probably
did so on one economic theory and tho
democrats who voted for It on an
other. II should ho wanting; In
slruightforvvaid speaking, however, if
I did mil freely acknowledge tho
credit that belongs to the democratic
majority In tho house and the demo
cratic minority In the senate lor their
consistent rOipport of I he measure. In
un earnest and sincere desire to se
cure Its passage.
"Without this reciprocity would
hate been Impossible. II would not
have been difficult for Iheni lo fast
en upon the bill amendments effect
ing the la riff generally In such away
as to embarrass the executive and to
make It doubtful whether he could
.-imi the bill nnd yet to claim popular
approval of their support of reciproc
ity in Its defeat.
"In other words, tho democrats did
not 'play polllles' In the colloquial
sense In which these words are used,
hut they followed the Ulctute Of a
higher policy.
"We republican who have earnest
ly soiighl reciprocity and tome of
whose voles were neressary to tho
passage of the bill may properly en
joy mutual felicilnllons on u worK