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The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
MANY WILL BE DISAPPOINTED.
Thousands of Homeseekers i'm Okla
homa Are without Means.

Fort Sill. o. T.. July 21.-Disorder
and distress, II is feared, will follow
the actual opening of the Kiowa-Co-
manche lands on Aug. 6. 1t is now
estimated that fully 10000 people will
have registered for a chance to secure
one of the $4,000 claims to be awarded
by lottery when the registration booths
close on July rs. Thousands of per-
sons now on the reservation, who are
neither mechanics nor artisans and
have little or no money, announce their
intention of locating around Lawton
If they shall fail to win claim. Camp
ers, who came in prairie schooners by
the thousands, generally brought with
them provisions sufficient to last only
from five to ten days. Drought caused
the water to be restricted and for days
a hot wind has blown over the prairles
and the temperature averaged above
the hundred mark. With these condi-
tions before them, many are already
beginning to grumble, and when this
will be followed by disappointment in
failure to draw a lucky number the
hopes of many doubtless will give way
to more serious conditions.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
FREE TRADE FOR PORTO RICO.
President VIII Issue Proclamation
July 25.

Canton. O., July 21.-Gov. Charles
Allen of Porto Rico, reached Canton
from Washington to-day and left to-
night for the East for vacation. His
mission here to-day was to present to
the President the resolution passed by
the Porto Rican legislature providing
for a system of local taxation for the
island. such as under the act of Con-
gress entities the island to free trade
with the United States. The Presi-
dents official acknowledgment of the
receipt OF this resolution will be made
July 25 the anniversary of the landing
of American troops in Porto Rico,
when a proclamation will be issued de-
claring free trade between the United
States and Porto Rico.
THE question of my return to Porto
Rico has not been determined" said
Gov. Allen. II went there at the re-
quest of the President and when he is
through with me. he will doubtless
let me know. / have not resigned
After the proclamation has been issued
l expect to ask to be relieved, but the
President may not be ready to relieve
me just at this time"
Gov. Allen is we'll pleased with the
conditions in Porto Rico and antici-
pates a bright future for the island
The people, he says, are taking kindly
to the new regime. He says there Is
much enthusiasm on the subject OF
education. The taxation plan adopted
he believes. is fully adequate to the
needs of the island.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
SCRANTON MACHINISTS SPLIT.
One Crowd Decides TO Return to
Work and Another to stay Out.

One Crowd Decides TO Return TO
Work and Another to stay Out.
Scranton, Pa, July 21.-There is a
split IN the macl1inists' union as re-
suit of yesterdays special meeting.
Friday night at the regular meeting 1t
was decided to continue the fight. The
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad men wanted to declare the
strike off. but the Allis- Chalmers men
outvoted them. Yesterdays special
meeting was called in the morning for
tended by few of the Allis-C Chalmers
men and as a consequence those in ia
vor of capitulating were in the major
ity. The Chalmers men say they
will not go back to work Tomorrow.
They believe the Allis- Chalmers men
in Chicago are going to win and
that by staying out until they do win
they will share in whatever conces-
sions are secured by their Chicago
brethren. The capitulations of the ID.
L. & w. Cos. 600 and Lackawanna
Iron and Steel Company's so men
leaves less than 1000 men on strike in
Scranton, where there were 2,300 men
out the day the strike was declared,
two months ago yesterday.
Senator J. c. Vaughan went to New
York to-day at the request of the strik-
ing Lackawanna car builders to see
President Trusdale and make an effort
to arrange some satisfactory terms Tor
the settlement of the strike.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
MAY BE SERIOUS CONFLICT.
Moonshiners Defy Revenue Officers
in Their Mountain Fastnesses.


Nashville. Tenn. July 21.-Reports
to-day from Monterey. Tenn, near
which place the internal revenue raid
ing party was ambuscaded by moon
sinners" Saturday morning, say ex-
citement in that district is at high
pitch. The natives seem to have gen
orally sided with the moonshiners and
Collector Bell deemed it advisable to
carry his posse to Cookeville TO await
the reinforcements which leave here
tomorrow morning. Every deputy
collector and deputy marshal in the
district has been summoned to join in
the raid. which is contemplated. The
moonshiners have boasted they would
not be taken alive and as they are well
armed and fortified in the mountains
a serious conflict is expected.
Collector Bell reports that one of the
moonshiners, Frank Whitaker, has
died of wounds received in Saturdays
fight and that another, Will Hall, had
his leg amputated as a result OF a
wound received in the same ARRAY.
Thomas Prince, the wounded deputy
marshal, has been taken 10 ms nome
in Sparta, while Corder Mackey, the
wounded posseman, is at Cookeville
and is reported to be in critical con-
dition.
United States Marshal John Overal,
~ the middle district of Tennessee, Will
head the reinforcement party leaving
here tomorrow. Col. Chapman, rev.
enue agent Of this district. Will also
accompany the force. which viii invade
a wild country. inhabited by hardy
and desperate people. almost universal
Iy hostile 10 the revenue men on gen
eral principles.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22

registered 1O6. One death and two
prostrations are reported.
At Dubuque all high temperatures
for 43 years were broken. At p. IN.
the thermometer registered log. The
intense heat of the sun fired the dry
grass on Dubuque's grave bluff and
several acres were burned over.
AT Indianapolis it was the hottest
for several years. During brigade drill
at the National Guard camp grounds
fifteen men fell from the heat. All will
recover.
Lincoln, Neb., reports that all heat
records were smashed everywhere in
Southwestern Nebraska. There were
three deaths from the heat in that
city.
At Paducah, KY. the temperature
was 10S in the shade.
AT Cincinnati it touched 10S with a
maximum humidity. of 2S.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
CAR MORE LIBERAL
NEWSPAPERS TO BE GIVEN A LIv-
ING SHOW.
A NEW PRESS LAW GRANTED.
EDITORS PRESENTED THEIR HUM
BILE PETITION.

Found the Cznr Gracious and Ready
TO RespOnd--The Reactionnry
Crowd Held Them Up, hut the
Cznr at Last Granted the Request.
This Action Is Taken by Many to
Indicate nm Era of Reform I'm
Russia.
st. Petersburg. Monday, July S.-The
grant of more liberal press regulations
affords additional proof that Emperor
Nicholas has emancipated himself
from the advisers VINO still hold the
ideas which prevailed during the un-
happy period that followed the murder
of the Car liberator. Alexander 1. AS
all instance of more benevolent reforms
the following example is given:
A deputation of editors. led by a
courageous literateur, who is no lon
ger actively connected with the press.
went before his majesty with their
humble petition.
Give us press law" they pleaded.
Let 1t be as your majesty may deem
proper, but give us a law. Let us
know where we stand. Free us from
the domination of officials whose will
is their only law. Give us as much
freedom as you can, We will not abuse
it,"
The Emperor made a gracious re-
sponse. The editors and publishers
breathed a deep sigh of relief. But
they were cruelty disappointed. The
reactionary crowd gained the ear of the
Emperor. An artificial agitation was
started. The machinery of government
and the police were set in motion and
the Emperor was persuaded that fana-
tical elements only waited for the
grant of a modicum of liberty in or
der to attack throne, altar and his own
life.
A Nice State of Affairs.
The law now granted will restore
courage to the press. Hitherto one
warning from the censor has sent
panic through the editorial rooms. Two
have put them under the sword Of
Damocles and three We're regarded as
preliminary to extinction, which was
rarely long delayed. After three warn
ings the authorities could shut up the
newspaper at any moment. Now, the
first notice or warning will remain In
force only year II second does not
follow within the year; the second will
expire within two years, II there is not
a third within that period, and the
third Will remain in force only three
years.
The action with regard to the liberty
of the press is taken by many to be L
forerunner of an era of reform in
Russia.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.
Republicans Make Slight Gains i'm
the Provincial Councils.

hepubilcans Mnke slight Gains I'm
the Provincial Councils.
Paris, July 22.-The elections for the
French councils general took place yes
terday throughout the provinces, there
being l,45S members of these depart
mental legislatures to be chosen in as
many cantons. The Importance of the
elections lies in the fact that they
serve as a weather cock to show the
drift OF public opinion regarding the
policy of the central government. Al
though the issues involved are purely
local, the voting is invariably conduct
ed on strict partisan lines. Moreover,
many councillors are also members of
the Senate. or of the Chamber of Dep
uties; and their reelection or defeat
Is Indicative of the view of their con-
stituents take of their parliamentary
acts. Dispatches from various points
show that the elections passed off
quietly everywhere. The returns are
as yet very incomplete, but such as
have been received Indicate that the
Ministerialists have gained a number
of seats, principally at the EXPENSE of
the Radicals and the Conservatives. NJ.
Paul Deschanel, president of the Cham
Der of Deputies, is among the re-elect-
ed councillors.
M Delcasse. the foreign minister,
and M. Mellne. former premier. were
also reelected councillors. Among the
new councillors are Francois Carnot,
son of the late President Carnot, and
Paul Loubet, son of the President.
Both are Moderate Republicans.
Returns received uo to the time of
the filing of this dispatch show the
election of 1888 Republicans of all
shades and 10 Conservatives, with a
gain of 10 for the Republicans.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
FIREMEN MAY RESUME WORK
United Mine Workers Tell Them TO
Come on the Perch.


Wiikesbarre. Pa. July 21.-The sta
tionary firemens strike has practically
collapsed. At a conference here to-
day between the executive board of
the United Mine Workers and the
striking firemen committees were ap-
pointed to wait>o the coal companies
and if the strikers are taken back the
strike will be declared off.
The strike InOppOrtune.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 21.-At to-
days conference the United Mine
Workers We're represented by twenty
six of their district officers and the
stationary firemen's association by
President Mullahy and four others.
The representatives of the mine work.
ers said their men were opposed to the
strike and that 1t was inopportune at
this time. 1t was detrimental to the
miners who were under agreement
with the operators to remain at work
for one year, and if the United Mine
Workers remained out it would mean
the sacrifice of the good will of the
coal operators.
Secretary Gerrity spoke for the flre-
men and the sacrifices that had been
made for true union principles. He
said the strike had been declared by
the unanimous vote of 200 delegates.
1t was plain from the discussion that
the United Mine Workers were over
whelmingly against the continuance of
the strike. The firemen realized this
and they submitted the following ques-
tions to the United Mine Workers:
Queries of the Firemen.
''Will you withdraw all men of your
organization from our positions If
strike be declared off?
Second. Will you use your infiu-
ence to have all engineers and Others
reinstated to their former positions il
the strike is declared OFF,"
Third, Will you allow us to meet
United Mine Workers in joint confer
ence and to present grievances at the
same timer"
To the first two questions an af-
firmative reply was given. To the third
this reply was made:
Yes. if you join the United Mine
Workers"
A resolution was then adopted call
ing on the grievance committees of the
| firemen's association to call on eacf
coal company tomorrow and ascertain
if the men who went out on strike
| Tuesday will be given back their posi-
| tions. These committees are to make q
report to the same joint committee
which met here to-day. and if the re-
plies from the companies are favorable
| then the strike will be officially de-
! clared off tomorrow night.
The firemen issued a statement tC
the effect that If any men were not re
instated they would continue the strike
| to the end.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
PRAYED FOR RAIN
ssorR1ANs nEEDED GOVERNORS
PROCLAMATION.
thermometer WENT TO 1o8.
,noKE ALL WEATHER RECORDS
FOR ST. LOUIS.

,,.oury stood at 90 at a. m. and
Climbed Upward Steadily-The
,.,Ie Were Praying for Rain,
u,vever, and Not for Cooler
,vo,tber-The Drought Has Pre-
.,od for Several Months and All
N.aetation Is Threatened With
destruction.
G, Louis. July 12.-On this, the day
chat Gov. Dockery designed for fasting
aud nraver to God that the present
aroueht might be broken in missouri,
al records for hot weather in st. Louis
wore broken, the weather bureau ther-
or,ater on the Custom House regis
tariro 1OS degrees. on the streets and
- avnosed places the mercury went
many degrees higher. The record brok-
on was that of JOG, made in the early
eighties.
A. early as Z a. m. the day gave
,ro,,ise of being unusually warm. At
that time the thermometer registered
On degrees, and from then on, until $3.50
- m the mercury steadily climbed up
ward under the impulse of fierce sun
shining from a cloudless sky. Hardly
q breath of air stirred all day. The
Governors proclamation was very
generally needed, nearly every church
IN the citv holding well-attended SER
,ices given up to prayer that the
drougbt. which has prevailed several
roontbs and threatens the destruction
Of all vegetation might be broken.
This is the second proclamation OF
the character ever made in the history
Of Missouri. In 1875 a time of drought
and grasshopper pest, Gov. Charles H.
Hardin called upon the people to pray
for relief. This call was also gener-
oI7- observed
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
THE KANAwHA At NEW YORK.
Gen. woods Yacht Comes to Await
His Arrival.

New York. July 21.-The United
States government steam yacht Kama
wha, Capt. Miller, arrived this morn
ing from Havana via Charleston. The
Kanawha has been in Cuban waters
for the past eighteen months and has
been used by General Wood in his trips
around the island of Cuba. The Kama
wha started north in advance of Gen
eral Wood, who is expected to leave
Havana on Tuesday next by the Ward
line steamer Esperanza and is due to
arrive here on Friday. Lieut.. Carpen-
ter of General Woods staff, who was
a passenger on the Kanawha, will per-
feet the necessary arrangements for
the transfer of General Wood to the
Kanawha on his arrival at quarantine
He will probably take an extended
trip along the New England coast inn
mediately after his arrival.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
THE HEAT WAS GENERAL.
Almost the Entire Country Covered.
Dvration in the West without Pre-
cedent.

Almost the Entire Country Covered
Duration in the West without Pre-
cedent.
Washington, July 21.-The weather
bureau tonight issued the following
special bulletin:
Practically the entire country was
covered by the hot wave to-day, except
the immediate Pacific coast, and in the
states of Iowa, Missouri and Illinois
nearly all previous. high records were
exceeded. The maximum line of 100
degrees, encircles the entire great corn
belt At Davenport and Dubuque,
Iowa, and Springfield, ILL.,, the maxi
mum temperature of 106 degrees were
two degrees above the highest previous
record, while at st. Louis the maxi
mum of LOG has been equalld but once
before, Aug. II, 1881.
At Chicago the maximum of 102 de-
grees equals the previous high record
OF July 10 of the present year. In the
states of Iowa, Missouri and Kansas
the duration of the present heated term
is without precedent, there having been
practically no interruption to tempera-
lures of 80 or over since June IS, a
period of thirty-four days. On eigh-
teen days of this period the maximum
temperature at Kansas City was 100 or
more
There are as yet no indications of
any relief from the abnormal heat. No
rain has fallen in the corn belt for the
past three days and none is in sight.
II is of course probable that scattered
local thunderstorms, which are always
compartments of protracted periods
OF heat, may fall at times, but no hope
can be entertained at this time of any
general rains or permanent relief.
H. c. Frankenfield,
Forecast Official
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
MANY KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Children Ring Church BELLS TO Avert
IL and -Four Are Killed.

London. July 22.-Over the greater
part of the British isles the weather
continues very hot. The temperature
in London yesterday reached SS degrees
Fahrenheit At many points in the
provinces it was higher. the record for
Bristol being 49, Cooler weather. how
ever, is now prognosticated. An extra
ordinary number OF persons have been
struck by lightning in storms of short
duration. Eight instances are reported
in England. six in Germany and seven
in Holland. While six tourists were
climbing Mount Tribulaun, in the Aus j..
tTian Tyrol, the lightning struck two,
killing them outright, while the four
others were disabled.
In Palan. France. some children went
to ring the church bells. believing they
would thus avert the lightning, but
four were killed by a bolt.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
STRANGE NEWS FROM CHINA.
VIII the Powers Have to Do Their
work over ARains

Tien Tsin, July 21.-Europeans here
consider that the prevention of a
speedy recrudescence of trouble de-
pends entirely upon the firmness dis
played by the Powers. 1t is thought
that this fact should be recognized in
Europe and the United States. The
general feeling in Tien Tsin is that
China is in no wise overawed or re-
pentant.
Ii Hung Chang is reported to have
adopted an off-hand tone toward a
member of the provisional government
and to have talked confidently of GUST
ing the provisional government soon.
The Chinese have recommended cut
ting telegraph wires.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
MISSIONARIES WELL RECEIVED.
Found RascaIIy Magistrate Stili
Holding Office, However.

London, July 22.-"The party of Brit
ish missionaries, who accompanied
Major Periera to Tai Yuen Flu, in Shan
ST. to investigate the conditions of the
mission property and of the native
Christians, Travelled unarmed," says
dispatch to the Times from Pekin, re
lying upon a promise of protection
which was faithfully fulfilled. Every
where they were well received.
'"They were surprised and indignant
to find still holding Office Sheo Yaug
Hsien, the magistrate who during the
massacre sent several British mission
aries to Tai Yuen Flu, where they were
murdered. His name was on the black
list to be sentenced by imperial de-
cree to perpetual exile. Sir Ernest
Satow, British minister to Pekin, Is
demonstrating and has shown an inten-
ton to take action to enforce the i'm
mediate fulfillment of the sentence"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
COURT CLOSES SALOONS.
Action Taken at Fort scott TO En-
fierce New HerreII Inv.

Fort Scott, Kan, July 21.-The Dis
trict Court has issued an injunction
ordering all saloons in town closed,
and 1t has been obeyed. The order
came as the result of evidence obtained
by three local ministers and several
church members who visited the diff
ferent saloons and bought whisky and
beer. Suit will be brought against
each keeper and the owners OF the
buildings used for saloon purposes for
violating the Herrell law, passed by
the last Legislature.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
Boston Tube Mill to Resume.
Toledo Plant to Resume.

Toledo, O., July 21.-The Toledo
plant of the Republican Iron and Steel
Company, which suspended operations
shortly after it passed into the con-
troll of that corporation, about two
years ago. will resume operations in
about three weeks, or as soon as men
and materials can be secured. Up
wards of 400 men will be employed.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
THE DANGEROUS CABLE CAR.
Many Passengers Badly Hurt In Chi
caKO Accident.

Chicago. July 21.-Nine passengers
were seriously injured and six others
painfully bruised in the wreck of a
Madison street cable car to-day. The
train waG running at full speed. when
the grip car was brought to a sudden
stop, because of defective cable rope.
The trailer bounced from the track,
rose skyward and crashed with terrific
force into the rear of the grip car
The shock was of such force that the
passengers were thrown from their
seats, several landing in the street
head foremost and others falling
against the seats and sides of the carp.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22

Charlotte. n. C.. July 2i.--A special
from Albermarie 20 the Observer says
that J. Allen Smith and Joel smith.
iilixer works m that place and Athens.
Ca, have sold the two plants % the
mill trust The price paid was 1900,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
AGAINST THE COMBINES.
New York's FedcrntIon of Labor
Pledges Help 90 strikers.

New York. July 21-The Central
Federated Union adopted resolutions
to-day pledging the financial support
Of the union 20 the steel strikers and
calling on workers 10 combine and "by
the use Of the ballot overthrow the
system that makes combinations OF
capital like the steel corporation possi-
ble j"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
AmnusIIED ~ TENNESSEE.
killing Believed 90 ne Result of an
Old Fe1d.

Knoxville. Tenn. July n.-News has
lust reached here from Tazewen. Tenn.
stating that clint Legres was shot
from ambush and instantly Killed in
Hancock county TeDnessee, late yes
terday afternoon. Hs was killed ana
robtsd Of about 500. which he had on
~ person. n 10 thought that the
crime was committed by an eusIny, go
tbs result u az % fepa.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
KRUGER BURST INTO TEARS.
She WINS n Good wife and They
Never QunrreIed but Once.

London, July 22.-"Owing TO the Sun
day telegraph hours in Holland" says
a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Hill
versum, "Mr. Kruger was not inform
ed Of his wife's death until the even
ing. The news WAS broken to him by
Or. Heymans and Secretary BOeschOt-
en-. Mr.. Kruger. who had just return
ed from Hilyersum Church, burst into
tears and asked 10 be left alone
'sHe exclaimed. She was good
wife. We quarreled only once, and that
was six months after we were mar
rled.' he prayed for n long time and
Il now calmly sleeping, his Bible be-
side his bed.
'.'rbe Transvaai and Orange Free
state nagF nying above the white villa
we're draped and hnlf-mant@d."
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
FATAL CARRIAGE DRIVE.
Four Men Instantly Killed by Mon
treaI Express.

Lebanon. N. H.. July 21.-A carriage
containing James Goodwin Of Hinsdale,
Mass, william Thurston Of Percy, N.
H., Thomas Burns Of Winooski. VT,
and Eddie McCabe OF Lebanon was
struck by the Montreal express on the
Boston and Maine Railroad shortly af-
ter midnight and all four were instant
ly Killed.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
WORLDS RECORD BROKEN.
Duffy Makes the IOO-Yard Dash I'm
% 4-5 Seconds.

London, July 22.-Arthur Duffy of
Georgetown University, in the infirn-
airy sports at Leicester Saturday, won
the 1OO-yard dash in Q As seconds, the
worlds record. beating Mclean, the
amateur champion of Scotland, by two
yards.
Kraezlein OF the University Of Penn
sylvanla. competing in the police sports
in Dublin. won the 120-yards hurdle
handicap from scratch I'm II 2-5 seconds.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
MRS. PAUL KRUGER DEAD.
Many sorrows and Long Separation
From Her Husband Had Broken
Her Spirit.

Pretoria, July 21.-Mrs. Kruger. wife
of President Kruger of the South Az
rican republic. died yesterday of pneu-
monia after an illness of three days.
She was 81 years old.
Mrs. Kruger's long separation from
her husband. combined with the death
Of her favorite daughter, Mrs. Smith.
last week, had completely broken her
spirit.
Mr.. Eloff and many members of the
Kruger family were at her bedside
when she passed away.