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BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD.
VOLUME 23_BIRMINGHAM, ALA., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1837. “* NUMBER” 1G4
THE SMALLPOX SITUATION
Energetic Measures Are Prov
ing Very Successful.
ONLY A FEW NEW CASES
All of Which Have Been Promptly Removed
to the Pest Camp.
MAYOR EVANS IS AGAIN ON HAND
And Takes Up the Work Where Alderman
Pearce Left Off—Montgomery and Other
Towns Reported as Having the
Disease—Rumors Branded.
The small pox situation remains about
the same. No startling developments
have oecuredand the physicians say thaL
they have the disease under absolute
control. The disease does not appear, to ,
be spreading to any extent and the only
cases being reported are those that have
been in existence some time and are jusC
being discovered.
Spclal officers, with young physicians,
are canvassing the city and vaccinating
everybody they meet who have not air
re,ady felt the prick of the vaccine point.
Among the young medical men engaged
in this work are Drs Charles Whelan,
Jr., and J. L. Scott. These young men
dl a landoffice business as they caught
people on tile sidewalk. In stores, offices
and shops and compelled them to sub
mit to vaccination. *
The corps of canvassers as they might
be termed, meet every afternoon with
the health officers where they report,
compare notes and receive instructions
for the following day's work.
THE SPECIAL OFFICERS.
As published in Sunday’s State Herald
Chief McDonald decided to use four of
his most trustworthy men for th: purpose
cf Investigating the sanitary condition
of the city, especially closets without the
necessary sewer connections.
These men went to work early Monday
morning, starting from the center of the
-city. A large number of cases have been
docketed against agents and occupants
of premises for violating the sanitary
regulations. These violations are not
confined to any particular class or color.
Four extra police officers were appoint
ed in pursuance of the resolution adopted
by the police commission. These extra
men are C. H. Cole, J E. Gambill. P. A.
Lewis and Hester Garner. No member
of the force will be allowed to work un
less he submits to vaccination. This or
der went Into effect last night at 12
o'clock.
MALICIOUS REPORT DENIED.
For some days the rumor has been
afloat that Mayor Evans’ sons, John T.
and Frank V., Jr., were afflicted with
small pox. It was stated that because of
their connection they were not compelled
to go to the Red Mountain camp, but
were allowed the freedom of the city.
Mayor Evans, when he heard the report,
became very indignant and bad bffllpof
bis sons thoroughly examined by Dr.
Barclay, county health officer, Dr. Saun
d- rs, state health officer, and Dr. Wilder,
c'ty physician. Th se medical auth 'titles
p onpunce the cases as not small pox,
but bad blood.
The eruptions on the faces of the-young
nun ate sources of much embarrass
o nt to them as they do not like to have,
it said that they are afflicted with that
dread dis ase. The physicians are very
positive that the young men have not
entail pox anti requested the State Her
ald reporter to so quote them.
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Tile following bulletins were issued by
the county heat h officer yesterday:
Parties vaccinated for the first time are
requested to apply no their physic a in:: j
for re-vacoi-natlor.' if ir does not take in I
tune days. J. W BARCLAY, M. D„
Ooun'.y Health Officer.
The daily report of the sRuatlo-a is
given as follows:
We have sent three cases of smallpox
do the peet house. They were all mild in
form und in the first stage. They were
taken from the following localities: Fifth
av.nue, between Twee y-thlrd and Tw n
ty-founth streets; Third alley, between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets; one
from Fountain “H' ights and one from
1125 Fifvh avenue, which will be removed
tonight. As fast as the patients are re
moved the houses are disinfected.
Today we put on eight physical ns to go
through the stre ts and alleys, from house:
to house, to vaccinate all who have not
been'vaccinated. Everything seems to be
working very well.
J. W. BARCLAY, M. D„
County .Health Officer.
THE WEEK’S WORK.
'Over 2,000 people hav been vaccinated,
as is shown by the following repot t:
Number of persons vaccinated Thurs
day. 107; ntlmbtr of persons vaccinated
Friday, 640; number of pers ns vaccinated
Saturday, 620; number of persons vaccin
ated Sunday. 73: number of persons vac
cinated Monday, 20fl: number of p reons
vaccinated Tuesday, 225; number of per
••on? vacclra-ed Wednesday, up to 12 m..
313. Total. 2,067.
Vaccination will be compulsory af.er
two days, as seven of the nine have ex-'
Pircd. J. s. HILL.
Register Clerk.
MAYOR EVANS IN CHARGE.
Aotlr.g Mayor W. J. P area surrendered
authority to Mayor F. V. Evans, who has j
returned from his vacation much im
proved. 'Mayor Evans cut "hert his time |
end came h ime a week earllo- han he In
tended. and will prosecute lie crusade
agaii.et '.he eruptive disease with determ
ination.
Acting Mayor Pearce has earned the I
thanks and gratitude of the entire city by
the buslr.-ss-like manner In which he,:
coped with tie situation. IT worked inr I
cesaantly night and day, and to his en
c-rgq.ic and prompt actions are due the
present situation. He says he is very
much pleased to be able to return to bis
business cac.-s.
CARD FKOlM MR. R. E. LEE.
Yesterday a physician called at the
r. ridunce of Mr. J. T. Lie, 508 Nineteenth
street, and slated that a cass of smallpox \
had been reported in ' he servants’ -house, i
of Mrs. Squires’ residence, which is th* j
same as above. ns Mrs. Squltva: boards
with her mother. Mrs. Lee Mrs. Lee’s
servant does not live op the premised, and j
the servartt quarters Wave not been, oeou- I
pied for over a year. Cons quertly if 1
was found to be a malicious falsehood.
concocted by person nr persons ■wishing '
*t'j injure some one concern 1.
U. E. LEE.
CONTENT TO GO.
About 6:30 p. m. yt ier liy a. suspect
was taken from Fifth avenue, near
Twenty-third street. to the pest camp i n
K d mountain. The susp et was a n -
Frogs, and when told to got in The wagon
she promptly mounted the wagon and
took a scat beside the driver and rota
away happy, saying, “Hurry up and get
there, as I am hungry."
A large crowd of negro s gathered n ar
the wagon to see the carrying off proce s
and watch the burning of the bedd.ng
and olothing used by th - woman.
GROUND FOR COMPLAINT. .
Complaint Is made by interested par
ties that the garbag barrels are not be
ii g emptied as often as necessary in view
of the hot weather new prevai lng, which
naturally causes rapid decay of all per
ishable matt r placed in th- barrels. It
is stated, for instance that th< 'baire s
olong Fifth avenue above Twenty-first
street have not been emptied finos last
Friday. Wonder is expressed by many
that the barrels are ordered placed t;i
front of houses upon th. streets where
nine-tenths of the travel Is instead of in
ith. main, or inside alleys, etc., where th< y
would proye less obnoxious and un
healthy.
Hogs would undoubtedly prove a potent
factor In rapidly spxeadlr.g the dis a e
if uiiow-d to run at large, stirring up ali
filth piles, as is the habit, running under
and about houses, etc. In this oannec
tl.on it is stated for the information of :
Hie proper authorities that the past five \
or six days hogs have been running loose 1
in considerable numt ra in the territory 1
bounded by Twenty-sroond and Twtentv
fifth streets ar.d Fourth and Sev nth
avenues.
OTHER PLACES INFESTED.
It was reported here yesterday that
■thr* ? eruptive cases had been reported at
Hell Ellen, a minlng'camp below BHo
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OLD FASHIONED HARMONY
Prevailed at the Maryland Dem
ocratic Convention.
GORMAN WAS AT THE LEVER
And by His Manipulations the Two Wings of
Democracy Were Brought Together for
a Signal Victory—The Ticket.
Baltimore, July 28.-—Harmony oif tlba
old-faphion'd kind prevailed a1. Uhe dem
ocratic state convention here today, and
it was easily demonstrated that United
- States Senator Gorman has his hands on
'the lever that controls i.he movements of
tire organization. The candidates named
by the convention, were selected by him,
and the re oluitions adopted were of his
dictation. As chairman of the committee
on resolutions he framed the platform
and read it in such a way as vo indicate
that he knew it almost without looking.
Ait hit- suggestion one of Uhe candidates
for comptrolf r withdrew when his norn'l
nntlott seemed assured, and another was
•taken up by be convention a'. hi.= request;
the gold and silver men waived their
convictions for the nonce and voted to
adopt a platform tht.it declares for bimet
allism, but is sir nt as to the grea'. ques
tion of ra io.
The plauform declares tljat the funda
mental principles of democracy remain
unchanged;- that the democrats of Mary
land believe now and always have be
lieved in "honest money," the gold and
silver money1 of Lite cons; Hut Ion, and the
•coinage of bath me als without discrimna
itiion against ■ oi.-her into Jtanlard dol
lars of first payment and redemption, and
assfertS the demands of more tnan 6,500,
000 democratic voters forced Presiiden'n
McKinley and a republican congress to
Send a commission abroad to aiegotiaee
with European oourJtries for the reseora
tion of bimetallism. The Dingley tariff
l'aw i- named a more odious measure
than the McKinley laiw of 1890 and it Is
^predicted tha'; it will be more signally
condeimnied in 1898 than the McKinley act
was in 1892.
A denianel Is made that slhe govern
tnenr lake steps to ameliorate the atroc
ities now prevalent in Cuba and to pro
tect the American cl.lzen In tlie enjoy,
m nt of his life and property.
The following state ticket was adopted:
FV>r comptlviiler, T. H. Smith, of Car
olina counity ; tor court ot appeals, James
Foril, oif St. iMary’s.
PREUMINARY REPORT
Of Receipts by the United States Com
missioner of 'Internal Kev
i, ettue.
Washing ton, July 28.—The preliminary
report of t'he commlssloiner of internal
pewnue for the year enided June 30, shows
1 he total receipts during'.hat period were
$116,619,508, a decrease its compared wi "h
the previous year of $211,106. The re
ceipts from the several ounces of r-.ve
ntre with the increase or decrease as com
pared with the fiscal year 1896 are stated
as fallows: Spirits,, $83,008,558, Increase
$1,338,487; tobacco, $30,710,297, decreaS'.
$1,331; "fermented liquors, $33,472,162, de
crease $1,312,073; oleomargarine, $1,031,129,
decrease $185,302; filled cheese, $18,992
(law not in1 force in 1896); miscellaneous,
$357,283, deer ase $69,829; bankers and
banks, $57, decrease $49. The "amour,1, of
withdrawals for consumption during the
hv.-i, year is given as follows: Frill
brandy, 1.146.131 gallons, deepase 291.679;
whisky, 68,833,445 gallons, Increase 1,783,
235; beer porter and ale. 24,243,094 barrels,
decreae-i 1.403,004. Number of cigars and
cheroots weighing over three pounds per
thousand. 3,C63,169,007; number of cigar
ettes, 4,153,152,470. increase 109,543,733;
snuff, pounds, 13,268,640, Increase, 720,041;
tobacco, ehvWing and smoking, pounds,
260,784,812. increase 7.067,675; oleomaigar
ble, pounds, 42,534,559, d .crease 6,089,214.
The states from which the larger collec
tions were made during the period are
given as follows: Illinois. $92,152,122; New
York. $18,320,766; Kentucky, $15,067,967;
Ohio, $12,74S,787: Pennsylvania, $12,466,317;
Indiana, $8,664,368; Missouri, $7,364,682;
•Merj'ilind, $5,454,795.
HE WAS SECLUDED.
Washington, July 28.—The train con
veying President McKinley and party to
Lake Champlain, where he will spend
part of his vacation, arrived in Jersey
City at 5:35 and proceeded by the West
Shore road. The president dil not ap
pear outside the car while, the train was
in the station. He oould )>e seen through
the window by the small crowd that waa
admitted into the'depot. Abtrer MoKin- .
ifey aiuj wife end Mrs. Seortttary Porter
Joined the pqrty at Jersey City. I
An Ocean Greyhound Crashes
Into a Barkentine
WHILE IN A DENSE FOG
The Vessels Were Too Close to Avert the
Disaster,
AND TIVE PRECIOUS LIVES WERE LOST
The Captain of the Ill-Fated Bark Tells ol
the Loss of His Men and Hia Mate
Tells of the G'nptatn’a
Great Loss.
Boston,'Mass., July 28.—The Allan Line
steamer -Sca.nd'in'avian arrived thb after
noon from Glasgow ami brought with her
'.he four survivors of tihe crew of ‘ :he
British barkentine Florence, Captain
Henry Oteen, which sunk in a collision
with the Scandinavian' las; Saturday
while in a dense fog, twenty miles south
of Cape Race. Four m -miters of th crew
were drowned, together with the wife of
Capt. Olsen. The Florence was bound
from Sydney, N. S. W., to St, John’s, j
N. F.
IThe men who lo-s't "heir lives were;
NOAH -MORRIS, cook, aged 28 years. |
ABB BIjSEiLY, aged 25, nephew of -the
captain's wife.
JAIMES NORiM-AN, seaman, aged 32
vears. •
WHjIJT-AM FRY, -«man, aged 33 years,
of Poole, England.
The former thr.e were from St. John’s,
v p
Capt. Olsen said: "We lef. port on Tues
day, the 20th -Inst., for St. John’s, N. F.
Thinking we were approaching land, I
-ordered th-e vessel put abo-ut starboard
tack. At 10 p. m. .'he shrill tilas'r of a
steamer’s whistle was heard right abeam
and t> fore t-he sound died away uhere
-loomed up, making directly for us, itha
huge hull of an ocean steamer.
"I was below when the first intimation
came of the steamer’s approach and was
hurriedly called on deck -by the look-out.
On the way out from the cabin 1 called
-to my wif , and she In turn aroused First
Mate Edward Brodnitek, who came oft
wotch alt It p. m.. and was sleeping in his
bunk. Hardly had he reached the deck
when the steamer, which proved to be the
Scandinavian, was upon us. She struck
us on the port side btitwe.p t-he main amf
mizzen rigging and before ‘her headway
was stopped she won't h'alif way through
us. While the vessels were locked to
gether wo were In no -tmm -1!aoe danger,
except from falling spare which were
dropping all aibout us on- ’.he deck. The
order to reverse the steamer's engines
which were given as soon as sh? saw us
, »n had the effect of backing her away
Ifrorn us, and soon she pulled her sharp
no-SC- out of -our bow, and our vessel, the
Florence, we-ni down in ninety fathoms oi
wat r. Of our crow, Norris, Elsley, Nor
mian and Fry, were never seen after -the
collision. They were proba-bly asleep in
thetr bunks. When Ithe ?hock came fares
seam n jumped into t-he main rigging
'and were soon followed by Mate Hr---I
nick, and all the men swung themselves
on to'the steamer’? de-clc by means of the
Tower guard being assisted in doing-si}
by the. carp inter of 'he ste amer. Poor
Fry appeared on 'the side of the g.cam-r-r
j-u. It before she wen; down. A rope wad
thrown to him by hts mate? on board hh-4
steamer. He was pulled lhalf way up the
st amer'ts side, when he relaxed his hold
and was never seen again.”
The captain was too much ovet-a >trr?
to tell of the drowr.'lrg of Ills wife and
Mate Brodnitek took up the thread of the
captain’s narrative.
After tcdlir.-g of lying summoned oil' of
Tils bunk by the -captain’s wife and jump
ing on deck clad only in hi. shirt and
trousers, he s-a-id:
"Invmediate-ly a'Pter roachirg the Scan
dinavian’s deck I got a rope and -threw it
to Capt. Olsen, who all this tim was
standing near th? gallsiy o-f the barkentine
with his arms around his wife. Mrs. O’
s.-'n was crying and I heard the oapta n
say that if need be they would die 'to
gether. The captaJn secured the end of
the rope and attempted to make it fast
around h-ls wife, but the rope wu“ not long
en ugh, and the steamer backing aw ay
pulled 'the rope from his lian-1. I ca- Tod
to those on the steam-er to lower a boat
and Oliver and myself took hold and r.s
slsted the crew In getting the boat out.
In the confusion no one knew just what to
do. No kr.ife could be found 'to cut the
lashings of the life boat, and finally the
■carpenter was ordered to sever the crips
with a hatch t. AM -this was valuable
time lost, and before the life boat had
been gotten into the w'a'ter the barkentine
had gone down. Whe-;i the vessel to ik
her last plit-nge the captain became sepa
rated from -his wife. They were j) th
drawn into the vortex caused by the slr-k
ing cralft and Mrs. Olsen never re-ap
p-eared above the water. The captain
soon came to the surface ar.d swam to
the life bouy thrown from the st amer
and this, with a life belt which he had
secured and adjusted, kept him afloat
until the life beat, marrued by the second
off-ocr of the steam-er. three of th? crew
and myse'if, reached him. He was e >m
pletely exhausted a-nd inconsolable at th’
to-ss of his wife. Win n 1-t was fourd
there was r-o hope for th rest of the'eraw
the Steamer's bow was headed we«t and
she continued on her w-aiy.”
The Florence registered 170 tons r-'t,
and her dimensions were 118 feet; br a-lth.
24 feet: depth of hold, 13 fret. Sh. w’S
built at Br'xham. England,' In 1873, and
was valued at $4,500.
TO INSPECT THE PROPERTY.
Knoxville, Tenn., July 23.— Mr. Henry
Tyler, the representative of the English
syndicate which has an option on coal
mines In East -Tennessee, arrived here
today. His duties largely consist of an !
inspection of the property. The opth-p is |
for $1,000,000. The mines employ about \
3.000 men and have a oapacty of about !
3,000.000 tons annually. Th» syndicate |
which Mr. Tyler represents is composed i
of Boston and English capitalists. The
stocks are already taken and bonds sold. -
Extensive Improvements are eontcmplat-, I
ed at the mines and a railroad from Jel- I
lico to the sea is Intended. Mr. Crossey, j
manager of the mines, Is showing Mr.
Tyler over the properties.
OFF TO HAWAII.
New York, July 28.—Rear Admiral Mil
ler today hauled down his flag from the
Cruiser Brooklyn, lying at Tompkinvllle,
Staten Island, and will leave for Sari
Francisco to assume command of the Pa
cific station as soon as he can reach Ha
waii. The Brooklyn will probably be at
tached to the North Atjantlc squadron !
during-the summer cruise and will sail
for Newport, R. I., when* the fleet were
ordered to congregate early next week.
“UNIFORMITY" CONFERENCE
Concludes Its Labor and Ready
for Signatures.
THE PLAN AS PROPOSED
Will Abolish Commissaries, Allow the Men for
All the Coal Mined
AND PAY OFF TWICE EACH MONTH
Outlook for the Miners Not at All Satic
faotcry—West Virginia ProveB a Boom
erang -Troops Asked for From
the Illinois Governor. KSUf
Pittsburg, July 28.—The "uniform!.y"
conference of coal operators of the Pitts
burg district concluded ins work tonight
at 9:15 o'clock, after a two days' session
of close and persistent work. The tw-en
ty-on-e sections of the uniformity agree
ment were thoroughly discussed and
adopted, sc'ctlor- by section. The best of
feeling prevailed throughout the 'meet
ings, the only exception being the bolting
of Col. Rend at yest. rday’s session. Juet
previous to adjournment, however. Judge
Owens announced that Col. Rend had
authorized him to state that any agree
m nt 'the conference adopted would meet
Ks hearty approval and he would sign it
If 95, 50 or even 25 per cent, of the op >:a
tors were sincerely In favor of it. A com
mittee compered of W. P. Dearmit t, J. B.
Sear, J. B. Dyert and N. E. Sanford,
-with Gen. John N. Little to secure the
signatures of the operators to the agree
ment was appointed. The committee will
begin 'Its work" tomorrow. It will be
aided by the Ohio board of arbitration.
When the requisite number of signatures
have been secured another meeting will
be held to ratify 'the agreement. Spe* ches
were made by Dearmitt. Dempster, Lit
tle, Star and others, all expressing s.viiil
faetlon over the result of the meeting and
predicting success of the plan.
. Th e agreement as adopted provides for
cash payment of wages, ^000 pounds to
the ton. cheek weighmen on the tipples,
miners to be credited with the full quan
tity of coal contained in the mine car,
abolition of company stores, semi-month
ly pay days: uniform price for pick min
ing in the thin and thick vein districts
and screens not exceeding one and one
half irjcihfia It also provides that in case
cf the violation of the provisions and
terms of the agreement a penalty of 10
cents per ton on the 'total output of coal
mined by the violator will be charged
which penalty is to bo paid to a com
mittee subject to the right of further ar
bitration and appeal. Said penalty when
contributed Is to be distributed among
the signers of the agreement pro rata
in proportion to the total amount of ton
nage of product mined.
The board "formed shaH- be-known as
the uniformity commission. It shall be
composed of nine miners, thick and thin
.vein operators having proper representa
tion. The members shall b? sworn to
faithfully and impartially perform the
duties of their office and will be author
ized and empowered to enforce the judg
ments and awards. It shall also be em
powered to enforce provisions subject on
ly to the act of Pennsylvania regal ding
forcible arrangements. The act shall be
on forced on or before January 1, 1898,
when 90 per cent have signed and when
enough signatures have been secured to
put into,force a meeting shall be called
in Pittsburg to declare it officially opera
tive.
It is distinctly understood that all
miners are to adopt the same scale, etc.,
but that it has nothing to do with the
strike. They want the miners to dis
abuse their minds on that score. The
operators prohibit the miners’ officials
from taking any part in the conference
between the operators and the miners by
inserting the clause that the committee
shall be composed of workingmen em
ployed by the subscribers. Heretofore
the miners’ officials have represented the
miners, but now the miners, are to grap
ple with the question in dispute alone.
It was decided that present contracts
could not be made the basis of arbitra
tions. Many companies have contract
ed for a stipulated period at a fixed price.
It is understood that these shall have
the right to make contracts to nil them at
the rate on which th- contracts are based.
Here Is where the miners and operators
will separate.
The attendance at the session today
was not as largo as the day previous.
Operators from eighty-five rail mines and
five river mines agreed to take part In
the conference, which is a larger per
centage than it was hoped to gather.
■The operators worked smoothly and few
objections were raistd to the agreement -
as written. There was a close vote on
the question whether the committee to
be appointed should be privileged to tam
per with the differential in the thick and
thin vein regions.
Fank Osborne made a motion to let
It stand as usage and custom had made
it, but W. P. Dearmitt argued that if
the differential was fair and just nore
should fear to have the subject arbi
trated.
The vote on the question was thirteen
to have it settled by the committee and
eleven to have it stand as at present.
LOOKS BAD FOR MINERS.
Situation in West Virginia Causes a Set
Back of Hope—Last Effort.
Pittsburg, July 28.—The general strike
situation is less encouraging from' the
miner?/ standpoint than it was a week
ago. Breaks in 'the ranks dt the river
men and dlseou-ragemei.'t ovtr the West
Virginia situation have combined to
quench enthusiasm in a remarkable de
gree. One prime factor in bringing back
this corditior.' of affairs is thought To ba
the inaction of the Whetting convent! or !
In devising means to stop all shipments ;
from that territory. AK1 s-ldea were care- I
fully looked upon by the men as putting
a settlement to the West Virginia sllna
tion a ;J making the tie-up general. In-j
tfic.id the long resolution was in the - 1
ture of a boomerang. Tomorrow’s V.
safely predicted to be th. last great i, ,s i
meeting of the present strike. AH' eff- rrs ■
have been cer.'terc-d on Dearmltt’s mTn:*s,
arid miters' officials are to rally men '
from all over the country. Eugene V. I
Dehg.and President Ra'tchford, of the
Minors' union, will be among the speak
ers, while there will be a -host of Minor
orga nlzers.
MINERS BECOME DESPERATE.
'Macamora. 111., July 28.—Twenty dep
uty sheriffs have been sworn in to go im
mediately to-Roanoke, where an Invasion
of miners la expected todav from Minonk,
Streater, Wenona and other places for
fire purpose of compelling the miners to
Join the strikers. A telegram from 'Ml
-, . « , , £ .
rink say^ 300 men have left there and
will meet o Caere at Benson, the mire
force to number 800 to 1.000. They throait
tn to stay at Roanoke until every miner
is out- The marching miners carry pro
visions sufficient for several flays.
TROOPS CALLED'FOR.
Rpan ike. Ml. July 28.—The sheriff has
wired Gov. Tanner asking for 'troops
eo protect the mines and miners. The
sheriff h'as sworn in fifty deputies and
has some special police, but Is unable
to procure a sufficient force to resist
tit" 1,000 men mart hing here from sevt ral
near towns. Great exeitem nt prevails.
NAVAL MILITIA INSPECTION.
Washington, July 28.—The Torpedo
boat Porter has gone from N w York to
Oyster Bay, L. I. There she will bo
boarded tomoruw by Assistant Secretary/,
Roosevelt and Li ut. Goodrich and a for
mil inspection wil1' be made of the navaO
militia at New York and Brooklyn duS
ir-ar the drills now In progTea*. Tho mu*
will bo drilled on board the warslj^s’
Massachusetts and Texas and trial- 1
Friday on shore at Gravesend Bay. ** ie
nav&(j movement received a strong^Jn
petus from th? organization of tihr bat
talion?* in Florida. Th° person* is
large, made up of employes of th.# Mart
system, the head of which has done much
to assist Lieut. Gibbons, the officer in
c’harg- of the naval militia, in Ills efforts
to strengthen the' militia in the sou till.
«A SWEEPING VICTORY.
‘London, July 28.—Rt. Hon. Joseph
Cha.mb.irlain, secretary of state for the
colonies, has received a dispatch from
her majesty’s (high commisisoner at tihe
cape, in which it was started .'hat in the
fighting at Fort (Martin, near Hartley,
Chief Mtassington w'ap slain -and between
400 and 500 of his followers killed. The
government forces took possession of
their jfJrong'holds and took nearly 1,000
prisoners.
MURDERED AT THE ALTAR
P. H, Patterson, Colored, a Leader
of His Race,
VICTIM OF A CONSPIRACY
——
State Congress of Ministers at Montgomery
Opens With a Tragedy—Murderer Captured
—Great Excitement for a Time
Montgomery, Ala., July 27—In th? First
Baptist church, colored, here today at
noon while the state congress of minis
ters was In session, Prof. P. H. Patter
son, one of the leaders of -his race in tho
south, a graduate of the University of
Michigan, a teacher in the state Normal |
college and a highly respected negro,
was murdered at the altar.
Th8 tragedy grew out of a bitter fac
tional fight between local negro Baptists
over the expulsion of Rev. J. T. Brawn
from the pastorate or a big church fhi*
Immoral conduct with a member of his
flock. Patterson led the tight against :
him and Rev. A. J. Stokes, pastor of an
other church, sided with Brown.
This morning when the state congress
convened an argument between Stokes
and Patterson over the Brown case re
sulted in a. listic. encounter, when some
negro from the crowd shot and killed
Prof. Patters, n iu front of the pulpit.
The entil e colored populace la very much
wrought up.
This afternoon a posse composed of ne
gro' s captured George Pritchett who had
gone into the wo ds. He confessed to
having (J"lie the shooting. Preachers
Stokes. Brady, Bracy and Bra.nnan and :
live other prominet negroes have been
arrested, and a conspiracy is alleged to
have existed.
An Investigation by the coroner was
begun this afternoon, but has not been
completed. The grand jury Is being held
in session to consider thecas-. Lynching
was talked of, but tonight there is every
indication that the law will take its
course.
LONG MEANS BUSINESS.
Has Named Two Members of the B ard
ito Ascertain the Cost of a Gov rn
ment Armor Plat? Plant.
Washington, July 28.—Secretary Long
'has taken the preliminary steps towards
the creation of a board of naval officers
to ascertain the cost of a government 1
armor plant. Two merob rs of the b-ard
have b:en selected—Commodore Harwell,
commandant at the League Island navy
yard, and Capt. McCormick, of the Nor
folk navy yard. Both of these officers
arc possessors of great technical knowl
edge and may be said to rank high as j
experts upon the subj.ct or armor. The
field of work of the board will be exten
sive; they must not only ascertain the
cost of a modern armor plant, but must
also take into account the propriety or
ra'ther the necessity of estab lg'ilng a new
government plant for the pr duction of
sueel Ingots, a very large undertaking.
The experts are of the opinion that It w 11
be necessary to manufacture armor be
ginning with the ingot at the very in
stant it has formed and before It has
cookJ. This 1s deemed the best practice
and If it should be held to he absolutely
necessary the government wll: b? obliged
to establish a stfoel plant alongside Its
armor plant If it embarks In th 1 business
of armor making. Th- h ard Is to report
to oaugress at Its next session.
. NOT WORTH THE BOTHER.
Washing ion, July 28.—State department
official's say eh'at no new Issue is pr seat
ed by the seizure of Palmyra Island by
the British, reported seine days ago by
an incoming vessel, for Great Britain has I
maintained a protectorate over the island
for the last nine years. Th Island is said i
to lay In the Polynesian group, and al
though 'VI'' w’-iii hap asp- rted a claim tj j
it, our government h is not been strongly !
Impressed with the validity of the claim, j
Meanwhile, the British have mot only es- I
talyjiishod a claim to it, but have actually !
maintained possession of It for some !
years. In iko event of. Hawaii being an
nexed by the UnPed StoteB the matter I
wll! doubtless receive cl per all - TVtion by I
■our government, but it is not expected j
Ch'at rjhe subject will claim much noto
riety, for according to wtafe and naval
officers Palmyra Is nothing more than a
barren rock.
WARNED*!N TIME
IJohdon, July 28.—The colonial office has
warned lri;ending gold seekers that it
will be useless to-it.iirt for '.he Klondyke
before April, as the Journey Ib possible
in, the summer time only.
BUILDING ANDIOAN MEN
Holding Their Fifth Convention
at Detroit.
VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE
"T^nty States With Branch Organizations
£•' Have Delegates Present.
THE SECRETARY’S ANNUAL REPORT
Shows Large Accessions to the Banks and.
Great Increase of Capital Invested—
Topics of Vital Importance
Freely Discussed.
(Detroit, Mich., July 28—The United
S ates League of Building and Loan as
sociations opened 'its fifth annual meet
ing today in the o3ty council chamber,
with a fair repres nUatton of all the
stakes, about itwenty In. number, which
have branches of the organization.
■Af er the convention was called ’,o order
by President Brown, Mayor Maybury was
lmtroduced and welcomed the league ;o
D trblt.
iFrcetden-t Brown appointed a commit
tee tvith Irvin B. Rich as chairman on
credentials and one on resolutions, with
Charles H. Dexter as chairman. Thu
commi'.i.ee on credentials repored fifty
six delegates entitled to participate in the
convention. Ohio, Illinois and Pennsyl
vania are the states moat heavily repre
sented.
Secretary Ooi'arius, of Cincinnati, pre
senred the secretary’s annual repot’;. It
show d that Uhe total assets of the build
ing and loan asocialions represented in
the league was $508,877,685, an increase of
$17,760,030 during the paslt year. The total
number of local associations in '.he sev
eral states is 4,776, i.'hfJr membership },
160,300, ail inertas.- of 65,171 during the
year. The high-,st proportion of gains
were made in eastern and central elates,
where laws are more favorable to budd
ing and loan associations
The secretary present d a summary of
legislation In the different states after lug
budding and loan associations. In Mich
igan, however, a bill (authorizing com
panies to borrow up to 50 per cent, of
their assets and issue properly paid up
and dividend b aring stock, although
passed by both houses, did not become
law by reason of Tts failure »o secure Gov.
Pingrec’s approval. In New York nearly
all of the bills which were passed by .ha
legislature 'affedtlng 'bnildlr g and loan
associations imclud d a number favorable
to them except one requiring associations
to deposit with the superintendent of
banking sums from $25,000 to $50,000 to be
•applied i.o'the paym; n'. of any assessment
made upon (them by the, banking depart
m«nt, whiclh was pass d. I'll nils In
diana. Wisconsin. Colorado, Connectl
ctti;, Alabama and Tennessee passed laws
favorable to the maintenance and per
manence of association!!.
The report of the treasurer showed a
small balance on hand.
Addison Buik”. i f 1 hllsdelphia, read a
brief address on "Security Fou: d in La- -
ce • Building Sod ties."
The del gates listen,, d to a few : emit Us
from United States Senator Fora'ier, of
Ofiio, wb'.i was escorUd into the lnall and
introduced as an abl friend of building
and loan ass -clatinns in tlte senate.
Senator Foraker sp.ik ■ of bundling as
s '.nations as doing more than a: y nth r
in their effci't to save. He predicted a
return to prosperity und r th new tarifT
bill. Ser.ctor Fonak-.-r was loudly ap
plaud'd.
An address on “Ecancnny and Sys
tematic Saving,” prepared by J. War en
Bailey, of Somerville, Mass., was re id by
J. W. Hayes, of Massachusetts.
At th? aft rroon sessfin Judg - J. II. C.
Royoe, of Terr, Haute, Ir l . r.ad a paper
on “The Value of Penr.am nee and S la
bility In Building and Lorn Associa
tions,” principles which he said find Illus
trations in all Hops of human activity,
while tih- trains!, rot man and Institution is
regarded with suspicion.
Ho deprecated organizing building as
sociations on th? ”ru ping out plan," th®
permanent plan he advocated as bettir
•than the trial pia.n on account of its p r
rrmnerep.
"A Pointer in Civics” was the subject
of a papr rea l by E. B. Lighter, of
Three Rivers, Mleh., the assistant treas
urer cf the 1 cague. He spoke of the
hub'dii g association and its Influence on
citizens.
“When they supplant Impr vidence
aud the home drives out the bar,” said
he, "the national problem will b- solved
and the first step In this direction is the .
building ass ciatl ns.
'Mr. A. T. Bee read a paper denunciatory
of the alleged extravagance of some
members of the building association.
“Within the past three years,” he said,
"the people have been cheated out of
$300,000,000 by various classes also called
building associations. They bore the,
mask of co-operation and as a result of
their operations state after state has en
acted laws against the buildings asso
ciations. It was a death struggle in
which honesty triumphed. The- plan
to enlarge upon the plan ■ f the local as
sociations has proven disastrous to the
work if building and loan associations.
The locals must, therefore, strife to-gain
the public confidence shaken by the na
tionals."
William C. Shepard, of Grand Rapids,
Mich., spoke on collective capital. He
thought it probable that the tendency
to ctnwalizat on cf card al was so mark cl
throughout the world and will receive no
decided check until it has reached the
full limit of human endurance.
He said: “Let the concentrated capital
of ravings banks, trusts and Investment
companies make a rate of Interest slight
ly lower than that now current and ac
cept smaller payments on their loans and
the co-operative ravings and loan asso
ciations would fall before it.”
Three fundamental principles of build
Ind and loan associations were given by
the speaker, viz: The collection of small
capital into a common fund, the control
of the funds by representatives and the
equitable distributi, n of the gains.
The delegates enjoyed two hours of
recreation in the form of a trolley ride
around the city at the close of the af
ternoon. sessb.n.
Politics s mlghit cast a rippla of dis
cord over the annual con cm ion at Uhe
United Shiites League of Building amt
Loan associations. Tap disturbs r elf
monk crept out In wh'a't was considered
an injudicious expres-lon in President
Brown’s address, in which he said "free
trade and low -tariffs" were a decided in
jury r.o lho country's trade. These re
marks did not take wclll with th” demo
crats present. Tie y said nothing about
it an uhe time, but after Hie session had
biguu tonight a resolution was offered to
wipe politic* out, ivhlc-h prevailed.
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