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The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
SPEAKER HENDERSON TALKS.
Makes Few Facetious Remarks
Anent His Own Detection From the
Firing Line.

Chicago, Sept. 21.-David B. Hender-
son, speaker of the national House of
Representatives, passed through Chi
eago to-day on his way to Atlantic
City, where he will join Mrs. Hender-
son. Before leaving for the East,
Speaker Henderson reiterated his de-
cision to retire from the congressional
race in Iowa, denied any intention of
"abdicating'' his present position until
his term of office shall have expired,
and declared himself in perfect accord
with the tariff views of President
Roosevelt, as enunciated In his Gin
cinnati speech.
II have spent twenty years of my
life fighting for protection for Ameri-
can industries and American laborers,
and l shall not be a party to any Jug
Cling at this late day." he said. Pres
ident Roosevelt's tariff views set forth
in his Cincinnati speech coincide with
my own. There is no difference in our
belief. His speech was strong one and
it has my hearty endorsement"
"Then the differences are confined to
your own state?" was asked.
Eyes, largely. Let the new lights
shine" The speaker smiled broadly as
he used this phrase.
us there any chance of your friends
prevailing on you to reconsider your
action?"
Absolutely none. l cannot see my
way clear to crafty their wishes. 1t
drives me to remain firm WITH them,
but it Is matter of principle. The
pressure brought to bear on me has
been strong. Senator Allison and a
host of my old friends came to the sta
ton this morning to make a final as
sault on me. l had to say, No"
"Will you resign from Congress and
give up the speakership before the end
of your term?"
II. shall not" was the prompt reply.
MY declination of a denomination Is
one thing, and resignation from Con-
gress is another thing. l shall serve out
my term in Congress and / shall con-
tinue to fill the office of Speaker.
have had no other Intention
The suggestion was advanced that
ideas" and policies" in Mr. Hender-
sons home state might change after a
brief period.
Let the new lights shine" again
came the answer.
When told that Secretary Shaw and
Congressman Babcock were understood
to be awaiting his arrival at Chicago
with a view of adding their efforts to
those already made to induce him to
recede from his position, Mr.. Hender-
son said:
Il am on my way to Atlantic City
and shall arrive there tomorrow
night"
When II was suggested that certain
leaders had intlmated that he was not
loyal 10 his party by resigning. a shade
Of regret passed over the Speakers
face. but he quickly said.
"The retirement Of one man or ten
men from an Office cannot affect the
future Of the party When one steps
aside another takes his place. and the
work goes on"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED.
Freight Train Ran Into 1t Mt Flor
ence, s. G.

Columbia, S. c., Sept. 21-An excur-
sion train from Wilmington to Column
bia, on the Atlantic Coast Line, was
wrecked at the passenger depot at
Florence last night, and number of
people, estimated at from 20 to go,
were more or less injured.
1t seems the excursion train was run
in two sections. The first section had
discharged its passengers at the sta
ton and sidetracked on to the main
line used by the freight in going to the
yard. 1t had been there but few
minutes when the Wadesboro freight
came round the curve at a lively gait
and the engines crashed together. The
freight engine being the lighter, one of
the wood burners, mounted the mogul
that was pulling the excursion and top
pied over In the ditch.
The coaches on the excursion were
not injured, but the passengers, many
of whom were standing in the aisles
and sitting on the arms of the seats,
were thrown down and bruised and cut
and hurt in various ways. There was
the greatest excitement for a time The
injured passengers were taken into the
waiting room and dining hall, where
their wounds were attended by physi-
clans.
Engineer Bowser of the excursion
train, and Engineer Tom Bissett Of the
freight, were slightly bruised and cut.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
is SELF-UNFROCKED
IOWA MINISTER REFUSES TO
STAND FURTHER TRIAL.
HAD DESERTED HIS WIFE.
AND IN SO DOING LAID HIMSELF
LIABLE.

Following His Resignation From
Church and Ministry He Turned
to His Wife and Dramatically Ex-
claimed, 'WOman, Behold the
Wreck of Man You Have Nader
Continued NagEing on Part of the
Wife Said to Have Been the Cause
of the CIergymnn's Fall From
Grace.
Keokuk, Iowa, Sept. 21.-The case of
Rev. P. ]. Henness, before the Iowa
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, came very dramatically to an
end early to-day. After the trial COM
mittee, appointed by Bishop Hamilton
and composed of thirteen prominent di-
vines, had been in session far into the
night, Mr.. Henness himself took the
stand.
He said it was evident to himself
and to his attorneys that he was not
to have a fair trial, and he handed
the parchments of his ordination to the
committee, following which came his
resignation from membership of the
church as we'll as the ministry. Turn
ing 10 MS WIFE, VINO was present, Tic
self unfrocked minister exclaimed:
woman. behold the wreck of a man
you have made!"
His wife broke down at this dra-
matte exhibition. The committee for
the trial of Mr.. Henness Immediately
closed it's session, having lost its juris-
diction of the case by his action in
placing himself outside the pale of
the church..
Mr.. Henness, after maintaining ST.
lence stubbornly for a year, said to-
day that the reason he left his wife
was because of her continual mag
ging'' which broke down his health and
rendered it impossible for him to do
ministerial work. The charge against
him before the conference was his sep
aration from his wife, whom he agreed
to support, but refused to live with.
No question of immortality was in
volved the claims of the prosecution
being that Mr.. Henness' conduct was
unclerieal, and that minister SO sep
arated from his wife, should not be
sent out as a pastor over a church
by the bishop. Mr.. Henness will go
to North Dakota to engage in mining
business. His friends say that move
ment will be started from his case to
have the general quadrennial confer
ence of the Methodist Church take ac-
ton against one OF the Oldest and most
prominent bishops, who also separated
from his wife under similar conditions.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
SOCIALIST GAINS.
They Claim an Increase of Nearly
100 Per Cent. of Seats in Reich
sting.

They Claim Increase of Nearly
100 Per Cent. of Seats in Reich
stag.
Berlin, Sept. 21.-Reports from all
the electoral districts of the empire, re-
ceived by the Executive Committee of
the Socialists, give the party managers
basis for announcing that they expect
to obtain 100000 votes in the general
election next year, and 100 seats in the
Reichstag, as against 2,190,00O votes in
1888, and So seats in the Reichstag.
The last annual convention of the
Socialist party preceding the election
closed Yesterday at Munich after. hax-
ing spent most of its time in discus
sions between the doctrinaires and the
opportunists on questions of party dis
cipline. But before the convention ad-
journed 1t amended the standing plat
form of the party upon which the plat
form of next year will be made by de-
manding that the old age pensions be
extended to all working people, and
that the cost of these pensions be
borne by all classes National insur-
ance for the unemployed widows and
orphans was also demanded, as was a
law making the employment of women
for one month before and one month
after childbirth illegal. The Social
list members of the Reichstag were
instructed by the convention to use
their discretion in proposing an eight
hour day.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
FLEEING FROM COLON.
Refugees Swarming to Jamaica to
Avoid Rebel Attack.

Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 21.-The
British steamer LaPlata arrived here
to-day from Colon bringing a large
number of refugees from the isthmus
1t is reported that owing to the fear of
rebel attack great many people are
leaving Colon and Panama. The Co.
lombian government is still sending
achievements to the isthmus, and the
LaPlata carried government soldiers
from Savanilla to Colon. The Colom-
bian revolutionists are said to be mass
ing in the neighborhood of the railroad
over the isthmus. The refugees de-
clare the situation at Panama and CO.
lon to be extremely critical.
Officers on the LaPlata say they were
Informed while at Colon that several
liberal sympathizers had been impris-
oned at Panama because they violated
the order recently issued by the gov
eminent and appeared upon the streets
OF that city.
Business at Colon is entirely sus-
pended.
The intention of the revolutionists
would seem to be to attack the gov
eminent forces without interfering
with railroad traffic over the isthmus.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
NO TRACE or YOUNG.
The Fugitive and Suspected Murder
er of Mrs. Pulitzer still Babies
Incnfinn.

ch VI MIS- ,
Location.
New York, Sept. 21.-The search for
William Hooper Young. the man want
ed for the murder of Mrs. Joseph Pu-
liter, whose mutilated body was found
floating in the abandoned Morris canal
near Jersey City Thursday morning
last, up to a late hour to-day had been
unavailing.
The chief development of the day
came from Brooklyn and it leads the
police to believe that the fugitive has
escaped to the vicinity of Canarsie, L.
1. Capt. Titus of the Detective Blu
reau, is inclined to believe that Young,
finding all avenues of escape shut off,
has fled to this spot on the Long ISL
and coast to commit suicide. The cap
tain ordered a special force of detec-
tives to Canarsie to conduct a thor
ough search of the neighborhood.
At midnight tonight it is said that
the police of Canarsie had reported
they had found no trace there of
Young. The Brooklyn police tonight
arrested man whom they believed to
be Young, but who proved not to be
the man wanted.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
GUlDPS CONSIDERATION.
Philippine Apostolic Delegate I'M
pressivcIy Invested With High Or

presS1VGly invested WIN hlSh cr-
ders.
Rome, Sept. 21.-The conservation to-
day of Monsignor Guidi, apostolic del
egate in the Philippines, as archbishop,
assumed considerable Importance as it
was conducted by Cardinal Rampolla,
who, after the Pope, is the highest po-
lltical parsonage in the Vatican. Car
dinal Rampolla was assisted by Mon
signor Constantine the papal almoner,
and Monsignor Gaspardi, secretary ex-
traordinary of ecclesiastical affairs,
and who also acted as secretary to the
Commission of Cardinals which treat
ed with Gov. Taft of the Philippines,
in his negotiations with the Vatican
concerning the disposition of the friar
property in the islands. The entire
diplomatic corps accredited to the Vat
lean, all the generals of the religious
orders, and a number Of prominent
friars, Mgr. Lacchi, the new paDal
nuncio in Munich: the mayor and the
bishop OF Alatri, Mgr. Guidis birth
place, were present at the ceremony.
The United States was represented by
Rev. J. =. Farrelly Of Nashville, Tenn,
who was recently appointed privy
chamberlain TO the Pope.
The function Of conservation was
most impressive and the effect was
heightened by the presence Of numerous
prelstes IN their scarlet and purple
robes.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
COMBES POURS OIL
ENDEAVORS TO STILL TROUBLED
DIPLOMATIC WATERS.
TRIES TO REPAIR DAMAGE.
DONE BY UTTERANCES OF PELLE-
TAN AND ANDRE,

French Premier Strongly Protests
Against Action of His Political OPP
pOnent, Whom, He Says, In En-
deayOring to Besmirch the Gov
ernment's Policy Seized Upon Re-
marks of individuals Delivered
Premier's Speech Received With
Enthusiasm.
Paris, Sept. 21.-At a political BAN
quet given at Mata, department of
-Infereure, to-day, Premier
Combes endeavored to efface the dam
aging effects of the recent indiscreet
utterances of the minister of marine,
Pelletan, and the minister of war,
Gen. Andre. After declaring that the
governments religious policy had not
violated the concordat, which he said
the cabinet respected, M. Combes
strongly protested against the action
of his political opponents, who, he said.
animated by a desire to besmirch the
governments policy, had seized upon
the remarks of individual ministers,
delivered by them in the fervor of ex-
temporary after-dinner oratory and
not always correctly reported and had
used them as government utterances.
The premier contended that such in
dividual statements could not involve
the responsibility of the government,
which under the parliamentary system
could only be involved by the premier,
who alone was responsible to the
chambers and the country. In the mat
ter of foreign policy, said M. Combes,
only the minister of foreign affairs is
entitled to speak and act in the name
of the government. In conclusion, the
premier summarized Frances foreign
policy as a desire to strengthen the
existing good relations with foreign
countries, and he reiterated that there
had been no changes in the govern
ment's policy since the day he assumed
Office.
The premier's speech was received
with prolonged and enthusiastic cheer
ing.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
SULTAN URGED TO ACT.
macedonian Situation Brought to
His Attention - DardaneIIes De-
cision May Cause Protest


Constantinople, Sept 21.-The Rus
sian ambassador to Turkey, NJ. Tin
ovieff. in the course of an audience
with the Sultan yesterday. called his
attention to the Macedonian situation
and strongly urged that necessary
measures be taken to improve it. The
ambassador also referred in the most
precise terms to the lack of order
among the Albanians, who have fierce
~ resented the appointment of a Rus
sian consul at Mitrovitsa, European
Turkey.
The decision of the Sultan to permit
four Russian torpedo boats which are
In reality torpedo boat destroyers, to
pass the Dardanelles. is considered here
to be violation of an international
convention, and action in the matter
is expected from other signatory Pow
ers.
An trade has been issued authoriz-
ing the passage through the Dardan-
Giles of the four Russian torpedo-boat
destroyers on condition that they sail
under the commercial flag of Russia
with an interval of twenty-four hours
between each boat and that they car
ry no armament or naval crews, in or
der that International treaties be not
violated.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
M'LEAN CALLS HALT
REFUSES TO TRANSPORT ARMED
MEN, OTHER THAN AMERICAN.
TROOPS BLOCKED THE ROAD.
oSTENsIBLY TO PREVENT REVOLT.
TIoNARY SURPRISE.

Commander Mclean, However,
could Not See 1t That Way and
Put Armed American Guards on
Every Train, and Issued to the CO.
IOmbian Government the Follow
ing UItimatum; "NO Armed Men,
Except Naval Forces of the United
states, Will Be Allowed on or to
Use the Railroad Line"
Panama, Colombia, Sept. 21.-As far
as can be learned in Panama there has
been no friction whatever between SOL
diers of the Colombian government and
the American blue jackets who are
guarding the railroad line.
The government ordered it's soldiers to
place obstacles on the railroad track
TO aid in stopping the trains, which
measure was taken to prevent the rev.
olutionists from boarding trains and
surprising the garrison at Panama or
Colon as they did in 1901. Comman-
der Mclean of the United States
cruiser Cincinnati complained of
this measure to Gen Salazar, COM
mander of the government forces on
the isthmus. To this complaint Gen.
Salazar replied that he would attend
to the matter and ordered his soldiers
to cease placing such distractions. 1t
seems the orders were misinterpreted
at Colon, where Commander Mclean
saw an obstacle placed on the railroad
track last Thursday. Commander Nc
Lean thereupon declared the traffic
over the isthmus to have been inter
rupted and decided to place American
guards on the train.
Friday the 18th, Commander Nc
Lean sent communications to the Co.
lombian government and to the insur-
gent general Merrera, in which he said,
in part: ..ax9
No armed men except naval forces
of the United States will be allowed
on or to use the railroad line"
This declaration that the railroad
of armed government troops has Gre
ated resentment in conservative cir
cles, where it is considered as an at
tack upon Colombia's sovereignty
rights on the isthmus.
1t is reported that Gen. Salazar, in
a communication addressed to the act
ing American consul here, yesterday
insisted that Commander Mclean
should guarantee to him the rights of
the Colombian government to trans
port troops and munitions of war by
rail across the isthmus, Gen. Salazar.
has received no answer to this com
munication.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
NO OUTSIDE HELP.
hevolutiOnist Matos ScOrns Sugges-
ton of Foreign-Run Government
in Case of Success

RevOlutiOnist Matos ScOrns Sugges-
ton of Foreign-Run Government
in Case of Success.
Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Sept.
N'-Five schooners, bearing about 1,5O0
government soldiers under the COM
mand of Gen. Castillo, left Maracaibo,
venezuela, yesterday morning in tow
OF the Venezuelan gunboat zumbador.
1nls expedition will attempt to reoc
cupy LeVala de Coro, which is in the
power of the revolutionists.
News has reached here from Vene-
zuela that the revolutionary Gen. Men
GOA continues to retreat with his
forces to the interior of the country
IN the hope of drawing President Cas-
ro from Valencia.
correspondent of the Associated
1Iess has had an interview at Alta
Nacla, in the state of Zulia, Vene-
Zaela, with Gen. Manuel A. Matos,
leader of the revolution against Presi-
ueht Castro, on the subject of the re-
PoIt that Gen. Matos intended, in case
Vi ms success, to turn over control
VI venezuelan finances to certain Ger
man powers. Gen. Matos said:
MS is absolutely false, and TO at
S TIpate such an idea to me Is stupid.
me surrender, direct or indirect, of
venezuela to foreign control would be
contrary to my ideas and to my char
Seler. | said recently in Paris. Lon
eoH and Hamburg, and / am not afraid
~ repeat ii here, that the government
81 venezuela should put an end to
.Ae squandering of the country's reye-
ue and administer the national
.lahees, not for the benefit of the
~ but for that of all Venezueians
l the satisfaction OF our territory.
Nenezuela does not need TO be con-
,Soled. During the ten years between
'V ana 1900 Venezuelan customs pro-
s1sed S4,O00,0OO; during the same PEE
" time the legitimate expenses
ine country amounted 10 70000, 900,
.'flng a surplus Of $4,000. 900. This
''Y9o has disappeared, and instead
~ surplus. the country owes 81 2o0,-
t9f interest. Within six months
me re-esta blishment Of peace 10
s1aria ] intend 70 show the fnan-
world what the financial resources
ne country are.
d is true that 4 desire Venexuelan
-'sss 70 be controlled, but nof b.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
NOT TO BE EMBALMED.

Queen Henriette's Desire Was That
Her Body Should Not BE So Treat
ed-Reported Quarrel Between
King and His Daughter.
Brussels, Sept. 21.-By Queen Marie
Henriette's own desire. her remains
will not be ambalmed, and an amulet,
a gift of her dead son, which she al
ways wore, will not be removed. When
Princess Stephanie arrived at Spa the
King ordered her away. There are
various versions of the quarrel between
King Leopold and Princess Stephanie.
his daughter, the most reliable of which
is to the effect that the Princess was
in the death chamber when his majes-
ty arrived at the palace. He refused
TO enter until she had left the room.
Princess Clementine, the Kings third
daughter, came and took Princess Ste
phanie away. King Leopold then en-
tered the death chamber and prayed
before the coffin for twenty-five min
uteS.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
PELEE'S LAST ERUPTION.
Described by an Eye-Witness-Na-
tivcs in south Martinique Suffer
for Nothing.

tivcs i'm south Martinique Suffer
for Nothing.
New York, Sept. 21.-The Quebec
Steamship Company's steamer Korona
arrived fo-day from the West fndies.
Among her passengers was Capt.
Walker Mckay, agent for the steam
ship company in the West indies. Capt.
Mckay said:
81 was at Fort de France, Martin
ique, Aug. 30, the day of the most re-
cent eruption of Mont Pelee. The ex-
plosion was terrific and the rumblings
and detonations were continuous for
long time. This eruption, it is esti-
mated, caused the death of 1000 peo-
pie and covered an extent of territory
ten times greater than did the great
eruption of May last. This time the
track of the disaster was beyond the
mountain ridge and spread out over
the interior. / saw the mountain in
eruption. There appeared to be nu-
merous apertures below the edge of
the crater from which the steam is
elected. The great cone is truncated,
and has changed considerably in ap-
pearance. The natives were abandon
ing large sections of the country in
eminent has warned the people to re-
move their effects to high ground in
the interior in anticipation of posi-
BILE tidal wave.
Martinique in the northern part is
greatly devastated, but the south is
in full blossom and Is thriving. We
are shipping more freight now than
before the eruption. 1t Is a mistake
to say that the people are starving
and are crowding the fertile parts of
the island. The fact is that, consid-
ering so many have been victims of
the eruptions. the fugitives are COM
paratively few in number. There is no
need of food supplies. The natives will
not go to work as long as they can
obtain food for nothing. There is room
for all and employment is easily OBJ
tained.'
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
BURYING THE DEAD.
Birmingham scenes of WaiIins
and Lamentntion.

Birmingham Scenes of WaifinG
and Lamentntion.
Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 21.-This
was day of funerals in Birmingham.
and the remains of 3S victims of the
panic in Shiloh Negro Baptist Church
were inferred in the various negro
cemeteries around the city.
All the negro churches were crowded
and the naturally excitable nature of
the Southern negro was wrought to a
high pitch by the eulogistic sermons
over the dead bodies at the various
churches.
From all the churches walls of the
grief stricken negroes could be heard
and great throngs of mourners follow
ed the hearses to the cemeteries.
The death list is now known to num-
Der los, and one hundred of these have
been identified. The police assert that
at least five bodies have been taken
to private houses that have not been
reported. This would increase the
number to 10.
All of the dead negroes identified last
night and to-day are residents of Bir-
mingham. except George Wright, who
is said to be from Savannah.
In nearly all of the churches for
Wuile people sums were raised 10 as
sist the negroes, who are unable to
give their dead proper burial, and with
amounts contributed by citizens. a bur-
ial fund aggregating $500 has been ac-
cumulated.
Among the victims of the disaster
Friday night was Kassougo, an Afri-
can boy brought from the Congo Free
State two years ago by Rev. S. p. Ver-
ner of Tuscaloosa. Rev. Werner was a
missionary to the Congo country and
had the misfortune to fall into a game
pit and was severely wounded by the
point of a poisoned stake. Kassougo
sucked the poison from the wound and
saved his life. Rev. Werner Drought
Kassougo with him on his return to
the country and was educating him at
Stillman Institute, with a view to his
returning to Africa as a teacher of his
people. During the summer vacation
he was working at the Hardie Tyne's
machine shops. His father is a chief
of one of the Congo tribes.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-22
ANTHRACITE MOVING.
Three Train Loads Pass Through
Reading From Strike Region.

Reading, Pa, Sept. H.-There pass
ed through this city last night and to-
day three trains containing a total of
$50 cars of anthracite or about $500
tons. One-third of this is said to have
been recently mined and the remainder
is washery coal and anthracite, which
had been held in storage at Cressona.
1t is newly mined coal and comes from
the western end of Schuylkill county.
The Reading Company's officials here
believe that the increased shipments
of washery coal promised from now on
will solve the question of supplying
the market with fuel during the strike.
They are of the opinion also that more
men will return during the coming
week