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cr,,,c,.m caused His Suicide.

Fort Scott. Kan. Aug. l5.--F. Romans. a
farmer living ten miles west of this city,
committed suicide at Eldorado Springs,
Mo. yesterday, by cutting his throat. He
was nominated for County Commissioner
by the Republicans last week and political
opponents had attacked him sharply. He
was an over-sensitive man and II is said
this criticism drove him to suicide.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
AMELIE RIvEs is QUITE ILL.
Disappeared and Was Found mt n
spot She Wrote About.

Richmond Va, Aug. ia Charlottes-
VILE special says that the Princes Trou-
betsky-Amelie Rives. the authoress--wno
has been suffering from severe attack OF
nervous prostration. disappeared from her
rome at castle Hill yesterday afternoon, ana
after search. was found near an old pond
AZ the foot Of Peters mountain. which fig
ures in one Of her stories. Her husband is
~ Castle Hill
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16

REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN FUND.
Important Conference Held at Re
publican Headquarters.

New York, Aug 15.-An important con-
ference on the financial condition of the
national campaign fund was held at Re
publican headquarters to-day. Members
of this conference were Senator Hanna.
Postmaster General Charles Emery Smith,
Senator o. II. Plat of Connecticut. Treas
urer Cornelius N. Bliss and Senator Scott
and j. II. Maniey. the two latter being
called in occa sionaliy for short consulta-
lions. Senator Hanna absolutely refused
10 discuss what occurred at the confer
ence.
Among those who called on Senator
Hanna in the afternoon were a couple of
gentlemen, one of them a clergyman
from Boston, who came in behalf of Miss
Lillian c. Jewett, the Joan of Arc" who
wanted to have the National Committee
irdorse the Anu-Lynchng League and
help out in running a newspaper. The
interview was brief.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
SPEECHES IN POWERS TRIAL.
impossible 10 Discover which Wa,
the Jury Leans.

Georgetown, KY, Aug. 15.-Three good
speeches have been made in the Powers
trial and the fourth is under way. The
Iurymen have been so impressive that the
close st observer has not been ale 10 dis
cover the drift of their sympathies,
vi tor Bradley W II conc,Uda his speech
tomorrow, followed by w. c. Owens
for the defense and r. B. Golden for the
prosecution. and J. II. Tinsley for the de-
Tense. Col T. C. Campbell will speak Fri
day followed by ex-Gov. Brown and Com
monwealth's Attorney Franklin will close
Friday or Saturday The large majority
of people in Georgetown still believe it
Will be a hung jury.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
Cnrey Resigns Presidency.

Charleston. $. c.. Aug. BIT was
learned here to-day that Mr.. f. X. Carey
of Baltimore has resigned the presidency
Of the Consolidated Gas and Electric
Light Co Of this city and that the place
has been offered to MIR. S. II. Wilson Of
Charleston. Mr.. Wilson has taken the
matter under advisement He Is the
president Of the Dime Saving Bank and
is Identified with many Charleston busl-
ness interests
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
CHAFFEE REACHES sHATOw.
That Put Him Within About Twenty
Miles of PelSin

Washington, Aug. 15-The Bureau of
Navigation has made public the follow
ing d'snatch:
Teku, Aug. 12.-Just received undated
from Chaffee: Matow yesterday; opposi-
ton of no consequence, yet terrible heat /;
many men Frustrated. Please inform Sec
retery Oh war. Remey"
Matow is about eleven or twelve miles
beyond Ho 81 WI. The road between Ho
81 WI and Matow is indicated on the
war department map as the worst section
of tie road between Tien Tsin and Pc
kin.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16

Toledo. o., Aug. 15.-Under instructions
from Mayor Jones and the city Council
CITY Engineer w. f. Brown yesterday IS
sued a mandate that on Aug. 49, eight
hours should in every department consti
tute a days work. Penalty will be in
nicted for violation. Contractors propose
"a test the consututionaitty Of the Law
in the courts
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
AUGUSTA STRIKE IS OVER.
Carpenters Give u Up and VIII Go
Back 10 Work.

Augusta, Ga, Aug. 15-W. ]. Williams,
member of the Executive Board of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters 9nd Joiners
Of America. also general Southern organ
izer. has brought che carpenters strike
In Augusta TO a close. IL was so an
nounced this afternoon and Williams left
for Atlanta.
The union carpenters In Augusta-some
$50 In number-struck for q nine hour day
with the Same pay they were receiving
for ten hours. The demand was refused,
and after two weeks of contention, the
strikers give up and will return 10 work
tomorrow with the old ten-hour day and
the same pay.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
MESSAGE SENT MACDONALD.
II Informed Him of the Progress OF
the Relief Force.

London, Aug. 15.-The British foreign
office, replying to the latest cipher dis
patch from the British minister at Pekin
Sir Claude Macdonald, the wording OF
which was almost identical with the mes
. sage from Sir Claude received by the Can
ton correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph and published Aug IA, and which
was transmitted to the foreign office by
the Chinese minister here bids the Brit
sh minister to be of good cheer and gives
the progress made by the relief column.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
snodgrass ont of the Rnce,

Nashville, Tenn. Aug. i5.--Judge d. L.
Snodgrass, chief justice OF the State su-
preme Court, tonight formally withdrew
from the race for United States Senator
from Tennessee. His action leaves Hon.
+. w. Carmack the only avowed cand-
date for the position
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16

Kansas City, Mo, Aug 15.-Mrs. Sarah
Sigman, 81 years OF age. was shot and
Instantly killed on Troost avenue last
night by Minnie clarldi. a negro woman
Of the town. The negress had quarreled
with negro and was chasing him down
the street. She fired Ave shots at him as
he was passing the residence of Mrs Sig
man. The latter was sitting nenr sec
ond-story window and one of the bullets
struck her in the Left temple.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16

lhls probably will assume the aspect of
CABINET conference if indeed it is not
ielt desirable to hold a special cabinet
meeting. The regular meeting day of the
CABINET is on Friday, at which time there
VIII be further opportunity of going over
the Chinese deVelopmt nts.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
SURPRISE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Moody Named for Congress From tbc
Ninth District

Ashevilie, N. c., Aug. 15-James Mon
traviie Moody was to-day nominated for
Congress by the Republicans of the Ninth
district. This was a surprise. as IL was
supposed Richmond Pearson would be
named 10 succeed himself Pearson GUST
ed w. T. Crawford in the present Congress
on a contest
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16

Bowling Green. KY. Aug. 15.-The
Third District Republican Convention
yesterday nominated j. Mckenzie Moss
for Congress. Mr. Moss has already been
nominated by the Brown (anti-GoebeD
Democrats. Mr., Moss is a cousin OF Hon.
Adlai Stevenson and a nephew of Hon.
James A. Mckenzie, late minister 10
Peru
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
GREAT BRITAIN HESITATING.

seems in Doubt About Landing
Forces at Shanghai.
London, Aug 16.-The Times has the fol-
lowing dispatch from Shanghai, dated
Thursday:
The viceroy has withdrawn his oppo-
sition to the landing of British troops on
condition that this does not entail the
presence of other forces, but instructions
have been received from the British gov
eminent that Decentralization is to await
further orders. The fact is generally
known that Great Britain is hesitating.
The public, official and unofficial, is unan-
imously OF the opinion that withdrawal ut
this stage would be deplora BILE and would
produce the worst results"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
THOSE SICK IN PHILIPPINES.

Macarthur Gives Number ms 5,I20 or
SAT Per Cent. of His Army.
Washington, Aug l5-Gen. Macarthur
has cab,ed the War Department brief
statement concerning the health of the
troops in the Philippines. The number
Of sick in the hospitals Is set down at
3,S6s, and In quarters at 1,26l making
total OF 5,129 sick soldiers. or 8H per
cent OF the entire army in the archpe-
lago
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
denomination of spighf.

Jackson Miss, Aug. 15.-The returns re-
ceived this morning from the entire dis
trict confirm the election of Thomas
Spight to Congress in the Second Dis
troct over his opponent, Hon. W. A.
Mcdonald. Spight is the present incum-
bent.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
williams to Go TO Congress.

Jackson. Miss, Aug. 15.-By a primary
election held In the Fifth Congressional
district to-day, Hon. John Sharpe will
Hams was selected as the Democrat ito
nominee for Congress. He had no opposi-
ton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
bowie Named for Congress.

Selma. Ala, Aug 15.-Prof. Sidney J.
Bowie was unanimously nominated by the
Democrats of the Fourth Congressional
District here to-day.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
France Accepts. waIder.ee.

Berlin, Aug. 15.-The newspapers of Ber-
lin announce that France has accepted
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee as
ccmmander-in-chef of the allied forces
in China.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16

NATIONAL CAPITAL GOSSIP.
The Presidents Movements-Chaffec
PIcnses War Department..

The Presidents Movements-Chaffec
PIcnses War Department..
Washington, Aug. 15.-Col and Mrs.
Myron Herrick will accompany the pres
ident and Mrs. Mckinley upon their re-
turn to the city on Friday and will re-
main here for some days, probably until
the president returns to Canton. 1t is
the present plan of the president and
Mrs. Mckinley 10 go back to their Ohio
home in about a week or ten days, unless
there should arise some great emergency
to make the presidents presence here
necessary. During their absence from the
White House there has been thorough
renovation of the residence part of the
building, which the president has 10 use
both as office and home. The private din
ing room has been done over In red and
presents a vastly improved appearance.
Chaffee's Clear Dispatches.
The officials of the war department are
thanking their lucky stars that the com
mander in charge of che American forces
in China is not a certain portly gentle
man now resident at San Francisco. Not
that these officials hesitate to give Gen.
Shafter full credit for the success of the
military operations about Santiago, but
because the dispatches they are receiv-
ing from Gen. Chaffee recall the trying
times when they We're seeking 10 get
information out of the dispatches sent
by Skater, Major General, Command
ing" and could get nothing. Gen. Chat
fees dispatches have, on the contrary
been most satisfactory. He seems to
realize the desire on the part of the de-
partment for everything possible In the
way of Information, and he has given
it. A number of his dispatches have not
been given to the public in their en-
tirety, for they relate to military
ondiions; but war department Off
Gals who have seen these are unstinted
in their praise of Chaffee for the COM
mon sense he has displayed in his mess
ages and the completeness of these docu-
ments.
A Doubtful Rumor.
Democratic leaders here are inclined to
be skeptical over the report sent from
Cleveland that former Mayor McKisson
has decided to support Bryan. While they
realize McKisson antipathy sor Sena-
tor Hanna, they doubt very much that
he will allow that antipathy to take him
into Democratic ranks. They are inclined
to believe that If the report is true, he
will prove a valuable addition to the anti
Mckinley forces, and will give additional
trouble 10 the Republicans in the Pres
ident's own state. But they have not be-
gun shouting yet, for they very much
doubt the truth of the report.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
Adamson for CONGRESS.

Warm Springs Ga. Aug 15-w c.
Adamson was nominated for Congress by
the Democrats OF the Fourth Districts
here to-day.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16

Yokohama, Aug i5-Seyere foods have
occurred. and II Is said that 200 persons
have been drowned. Railway trafiic Is
interrupted
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
STABBED FRIEND To DEATH.
Alderman Killed by CurIs in
Drunken Dispute.

Columbus, Ga. Aug. ia special to
the Enquirer-Sun from Moultrie, Ca,
says:
w. j. Alderman was stabbed 10 death
to-day by his friend ]. c. Curtis, while
both men were riding in a buggy. No
cause except drunkenness is given. Both
were prominent citizens. Curls has been
arrested
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
CHINESE MOUNTING BIG GUNS.
Troops Seen Going Up West River
Probably for PcEin

Hong Kong, Tuesday. Aug. 14.-Contin-
ued Investigations at Canton show the
Chinese are mounting larger guns, old
gunboats are being overhauled and mines
have been made ready to lay in the West
river. steamer from WI Chow reports
passing co derable numbers of Chinese
troops going up the West river, probably
bound for Pekin.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
LIKE MANY OTHERS
Clara Kopp Wrote for Mrs. PinIham's Ad-
vice and Tells what it did for Her.

"DEAR Mrs. PrNKHAM Il have seen
SO many letters from ladies who were
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies
that thought would ask your advice
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
POPULIsT HEADQUARTERS.
Marion Butler Has Gone 10 Washing
ton 40 Establish Them.

Washington. Aug. Ex-senator Marion
Butler arrived here to-day to establish the
national headquarters of the People
party in Washington. He said that he
would attend the meeting of the Nation
AL Committee in Chicago. Aug. q, but
declined to say whom he favored as vice
presidential candidate.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16

Ind, Sept. 81, 1898.
The labor world., 1900-06-09
The Federation was organized July

The Federation was organized July Z,
1890.
It's central idea is to bring local bod
les into closer affiliat tion and to initiate.
and carry on general forms Of agita-
tion that could not be successfully
handled by local bodies, and it pays
special attention to legislative matters
affecting Industrial affairs. It holds
annual meetings at places designated
by the preceding conventions. Prior to
1894 the sessions We're held alternately
in the, Twin Cities, but that year the
experiment Of holding the sessions in
other cities of the state proved so sue
cessful +ha 1t the two larger cities of the
state have no longer a monopoly of the
Federation's conventions. In the inter-
i'm between conventions the general
work of the organization is left to an
executive council Of five members,
elected all from the same city annually.
The Federation has already done
much to inspire a feeling of unity be-.
tween the various labor organizations
of the state, and its legislative work
has been productive of much good. to
the interests it represents In time to
come there is every reason to expect
that it will still more fully justify it's
existence.
Although it has always been averse
to entering party politics it will be
seen by the following platform that
it is somewhat of a semi-political Or
ganization. It's political demands are.
for: Compulsory education; a legal
eight-hour Workday; sanitary lslspec-
ton Of workshop, mine and home; liza
bility Of employers for injury to health,
body or life, whether caused by the
negligence or incOmpetency of employ
es or not; the abolition Of the contract
system on all public work; the aboli-
ton of the sweating system; the nu-
nicipal ownership of street railways
and gas and electric plants for public
distribution of heat, light and power;
the naturalization Of te1egraphs, tele-
phones, railways and mines: direct leg
islation through the initiative and ref
erendum.
For several years it labored unceas-
ingly in the state legislature endeavor-
ing to secure the enactment of meas
ures calculated to benefit the working
| classes, but with poor success. It fin
1 ; :
| ally discovered that so long as labor
was poorly organized so long would
they have difficulty in securing desir-
able legislation Three years ago it
began campaign Of organization and
has met with unusual success. 1t has
been instrumental since then in or
ganizing fully 100 new unions. The
membership of the trade unions in the
state has been doubled and this year
has been the most successful of all. At
/ the next legislature its influence will
be keenly felt, and d goodly amount
/ of labor legislation may be expected.
4 It is difficult to say what will be the
program for Mondays meeing. There
will, of course, be the usual amount Of
lsuperf1uous resolutions and unnecess-
,!ary debate. but it expected that con-
/ siderable time. will bes spent in devils
The labor world., 1900-06-09

judge made a speech in which he
sounded this slogan: Il
Eight hours for work, eight hours
for sleep, eight hours for God and
brethren =
The sentiment was instantly adopted
by advanced labor reformers, and mark
the goal to which organized labor has
since been straining.
OF course we read of even earlier ag-
itations for reduction Of working hours.
AS far back as 1906 the shipbuilders
and caulkers of New York city asked
for d reduction Of working hours from
fourteen to ten.
The members of the union formulate
ing the request We're Iblacklisted, and
the merchants of the city formally de-
nounced trades unions Gas they are
wont to do at the present day. on the
grounds that such demands would fa-
tally handicap competition with other
points.
1t was not until 1925 that an opinion
favorable to ten hours as a proper lin
it for all trades and occupations began
to Win its way in the public mind.
Many factories then ran on fifteen
hours time.
Thenceforth the agitation was car
fied on year after year, with unWeary-
ing pluck in the face Of many forlnid-
able obstacles, until today, comparing
conditions then and now, we must find
that unionized effort staunch and true,
is of some avail, and has brought us
Very near the; coal marked ont Inv the
The labor world., 1900-06-09
SADLER'S WELLS.
The Oldest Theatre in London il
About to BE Demolished,

tADOut 10 lie DcmOIlSheu.
Old sadler's Wells, the oldest .theater
in London, is now, it seems, to dis
appear, and to be pulled down for res
idential flats. Its glories have long
lsince departed. The place dates back to
1888, when the original John Sadler,
surveyor of highways, built u music
house, which was more than once pre-
sented' as disorderly house, or place
where unlicensed entertainments were
carried on. The '.Wells,' which were
vainly enough reputed to be medicinal,
whereas they We're, of course, derived
|from the New river head adjacent, were
|supposed to be discovered about this
| time.
| The place became fashionable and
Iattracted the attention of the light
| fingered brigade, SO that the advertise
ments of the period announced that a
horse patrol would be stationed along
| the new road to protect the quality on
returning to town from the theater
Later on it got a license and in 176f
the father of Grimaldi. the clown, was
chief actor there Then it was circus;
land then the celebrated Mrs. Siddons
ibecame proprietor.
| In the second decade Of the present
century, the water shows, which We're
Hong a feature, began; and the bat
| tie Of the Nile With real water, de-
IriVed, Of course, from the adjacent New
lriver. became a great attraction. The
palmy days of Sadler's Wells, We're
however, in the '40s and sos, wher
| Messrs. Warner and Phelps made it 8
home for the Legitimate" comedy an6
drama.-Newcastl (EnglanD Chroni-
inlo
The labor world., 1900-06-09

The Duluth delegation of the Red
Wing convention of the Minnesota
State Federation of Labor which will
convene next Monday, will leave to-
night. That the convention will be the
largest and most interesting gathering
of labor ever held in this state is now
an assured fact, and that the meeting
will be productive of very good results
is also assured
The State Federation of Labor is a
delegate body composed of delegates
from the trades unions and similar or
ganizations of the state. 1t bears the
same relation to state industrial affairs
that a trades assembly does ito city.
The labor world., 1900-06-09
Too Brainy to Live.

The professor was hurryings With d
friend to catch Il train, when he stop
ped suddenly and exclaimed, There.
I've come away and left my watch
Lets go back and set it, suggested
his friend.
No. l don't believe we shall have
time, said the professor, and he drew
the lost watch out of his pocket. looked
carefully at the dial, counted the min.
utes and added: No, there won't be
time enough"
Then he pressed on toward the sta
ton. saving: "Oh. We'll [. suppose
can get along for one day without {
watch. Golfers Weekly.
The labor world., 1900-06-09

What sort Of a Dutchman is this
President Steyn?t' inquired Yapsley.
Seems to be a capital fellow re-
piled Blocker.
The labor world., 1900-06-09
ing ways and means to further the


ing ways and means to further the
work Of organizations.
Some sort Of political action may be
discussed, but few can tell how far the
convention will go in the matter A
great many new unions have affiliated
with the Fedora ton during the past
year, and each week adds several to
the already large list. This week the
two largest that affiliated are the Min
neapolis Flour Mill employees, with
over 400 members, and the Plumbers
Laborers' Union, with a, membership of
1877.
The Labor World will publish next
week a full and concise report of the
meeting.
The labor world., 1900-06-09
EIGHT-HOUR DAY. F.

strugs'e for a shorter Work Day
Not Il New Battle.
We clip the following from the Inter-
national Bookbinder and gladly repro
duce it,.
The desire for an eight -hour workday
is not at all of recent birth. AS far
back as 1914, When some of the ship
builders of Bath, Me. had voluntarily
reduced the hours of labor in their
yards to ten, the Workmen in other
yards struck for a Similar reduction.
At a public meeting then held a local
The labor world., 1900-06-09
MONDAYS Meeting
THE LARGEST LABOR GATHERING
ever HELD IN TEE STATE.

Duluth Delegation Leave Tonight
No Program Of the Convention has
Been Prepared. but Much Time
Will be Given to Organization and
Legislative Worl>-Political Plat
form of the S. f. of l..
The labor world., 1900-06-09
|LAB0R'S ENEMIES
ARE NOT THE EMPLOYING CLASSES
But RATHER THE WORkMEN

Organized Labor has Fought the Hat
ties and Non-union Men Enjey the
Benetits-What a Mighty Power
for Good Would Organized Labor
to Realize it.
The labor world., 1900-06-09
More Clearly Defjnin" If.

Well, anyway, a conference is a
No, not always. Sometimes it's a
circus.
The labor world., 1900-06-09
FIirteI With the Girls.

The king of Sweden went to Biarritz
for repose and hated allusions to his
rank or to formal recognition. He
conversed most affably with every one,
Went to afternoon tea parties, flirted
With the sprettiest girls, and made him
self vastly popular. But there was one
English woman in Biarritz who per-
sistently mobbed him, always bobbed
down in profuse courtesies, and fairly
WorrieG the genial potentate.
At last she pressed him for his pho
tograph, and he gave it to her with the
remark: This is the portrait, remem-
ber, Of a SWede. and all over the worlo
there is no rank with ladies outside
occasions of state'--a neat rebuke
Which the lady had not the wit to see
turned against herself, but which she
has related ever since. Cleveland
Leader.