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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1902-09-08

! the cavalry escort and entered a csrrf3 70
! with General Boynton. Secretary CartaI-
! you and Acting Grand Master Hanna
] nan, OF the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
F1remen. whose convention u. gins acre
tomorrow SnodgraSs tower which is
~ feet high. was soon reached and no.
( withstanding the WARM weather. the .res-
ldent walked "a the top, where sp.cn-
H'u view Of the battle field was obtained
General BOynton and Captain Srna~t
pointed out the many points of interest
ana explained the positions occupied ~
the different commands
Inc president was greatly INTEREST,"
Ut many Of the monuments w'tirh mars
me 'tttIc heid. and after reading the in
scfiPllnns Oh that erected bv the state
81 ~, NehtUcNy. had Assistant Secretary
Htrhcs make copy If it,
The drive extended through Missioner,
Ridge To Orchard Knob. Along the ~oIjre
the president frequently was greeted In
groups ot people. 10 whom he responded
by raising mis- hat.
NJ one point on The road a number Of
children waved small American FLAGS -.
the president passed g"
hcn Orchard Knob was reached tho
president walked through to the trollet-
.afs, Whlch conveyed the party 10 tho
root OF Lookout mountain. At the ION
'i the mountain q large crowd mad as
7empled, which cheercd the president a.
ne lett the car. Accompanied bv General
boynton and the other members Of ms
party. tho presidcSt proceeded 10 Point
lookout. where a r1agnifce1t 10 - ~. ~
..'li'y 81 the tennessee and surrounding
country was had
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! irom the shore. owing Ia tho b,,o -
neared off Fort Rodman early this morn
ing. and AT once opened fire. The fortf-
"'ailons speedily replied 10 the bombard-
mcnt. ''''''i y
After a hot battle. LASTING eavsrol t.,,,-.
N invading vessels left the bav To re-
J'Il the squadron. The result * h, .t,,,f,.
n." viii ~ until the official repOrts ans
enad,. Colonel Frye claims Tho victory
Qeet ana nCfT hi f tEEii2 trtBfpR iIr
called IN arms At that hour searchiSht
M : pickcd up the cruiser brooklyn as
she was speeding to the westward toWai"
The Race. At first II was supposed that
the cruiser was on her way to New 1"rh
for repairs but she came SO close 10 TN
island that warning shot was hrtu' an"
- mo s,rnrise ~ the officers she replied
vigorously. This action leads 10 the ne
tef mat the reported accident TO the
RroolIlvn mas been exaggerated by the
navy officials tor the purpose OF throwing
tb, defenders of the tort of their guard.
The firing had been on but rev mo-
mcnts when the olympia was slsh'ed
closely following the Brooklyn and she'
too. opened up with every available gun
on the forts. After these two Ve9Stta
I ,,assed through The Race three b'ttll'
/ shtns were picked up 10y the searchhShts.
mn. hnttIc ships were soon rcCognlled
I "a, the kearSarge, Massachusetts anu No
hama AMI they we're proceeding ''"H'u
] -i'bc Race in the order named. As theS
| na,ssed tho forts they opened fire. Every
\ nm Al Fort Wright was now pldzlhS
/ away and Fort Terry ana fott Nll'i'.c
were also making valiant art'li %, ~
put the ships out OF business me id"se
| was at least. loo" yards. -
! INC dense smoke. both from the guns
/ Of the battle ships ana the loT'S' NJ" -
veIoped the former Inc snlps go" .o,', !.
advantage of this ami scudded away
Q o. Race.
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New London. Conn. September twin
the game Of war ended. the officers ana
men of the respective commands of MI
ior General Macarthur aud Admiral Iils
pinson are once again in peaceful CO.
operatiou Early this afternoon the Jas
shin Kearsarge. with the Alabama ana
Indiana. came through the Race. made
loon toward the harbor's mouth ana uth
sailed hack toward Newport
General Macarthur went out IN MS
vacht Kanawha and exchanged saiultS
with Admiral Higginson by dipping h'5S
as the Kearsarge passed.
Through his chief OF stan. IhoiAtS "a.
Barry. Major General MacArthur t"oeE
sent a telegram To all commanders eN-
pressing hisC entire SATISFACTORY Win ,'l
work Of the army during the war h1
uritVr-s which came Ia. close tti'S il.''Li
The first news given out at heautlu l1l
.cgarling the war balloon HSeu ii S."
nection with the war maneuNerS taiat l''
day when the following message was
roi}-ad from the balloon 10y telephone
,Asccnded at $50 a. m. Ascension SAG
| caxsful i'm spite Of wind and iAt SteH
| diolrulties We have encountered l-ts' 20
4 tenant Clifton and myself Assembled j
/ tha balloon Discovered enemy ~
/ SQUADRON off Sandy Poin,. Block iSlah1
( Cnnnacticut can command tntIr c'"i
nv i'm adjacent waters from haii"'li. q
/ rnilgtar, balloon will always prove 2
| great value for military purposes WAt'
used In suitable weather. i'rhf-iN-
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GOVERNOR 0OEll HAS A
VERY NARROW ESCAPE

- REDONIA. y. Y. September d
- Especial -Governor Odel had d
| hair-breadth escape here TO-DAY from
be.nr crushed To death under wheels OF
locomotive while walking from his train
:, carriage which was to take him
n the residence Of Justice Narre" -
Hooker.
4 switch engine was backing several
coal cars through the station. Because
., tho cheering and the crowd the gov
ernor did not notice the approaching ears
and stepped ON the track. Just as cry
Of warning was raised man VINO was
rot identified rushed forward and showed
The governor and Justice Hooker OH the
track. lie himself was hit by a car pare
~. escaping being knocked down.
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MOB AFTER
NEGRO WOMAN,
Whites, Infatuated at Her Return
Stone Her and Are Fired On by
Three Soldiers Who HAD
Been Ordered To Act
as Guards.

Carbondale. Ill, September G.-The
trouble at EldoraGo. Saline county. over
the presence of coloreI citizens ana tn.
establishment of the colored normal and
Industrial institute modelled after The
IuSkegte. Ala, institution. ana which
caused Governor Yates TO send dctach-
ment Of the Illinois national guard. broke
out anew Thursday nIcht.
\ colored woman VIII, once before had
been run out OF toan. came back. and nj
nightfall a crowd went 10 the place where
she was stopping ana stoned the hons,
The guard Of three soldiers. which for
many nights had guarded the homo whe-e
the woman took refuge. ordered the mob
TO disperse, and on its failure t. obey.
fired So far as known no casualty on
sued
The occurrence probably VIII cause The
retention Of the troops here Indefinitely.
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Bail of 5000 for Madden and g 5oo ~,
Nelly was continued The presiding Judge
was Joseph Tucker. president of the
street railway company. Had a hearing
oyen nad ne probably would have givfn
,bace To an associate II is believed IN ~
Two weeks hence another postponemcnt
VII, De granted ana that the preliminarics
"hu aS'l"n ny the grand jury. If the case
much time that actual trial will NOT lee
reached before January
ne BODY Of William Craig. the secret
;, iNlcc oflcer was taken 10 Cbiroro
rms afternoon. 4 delegation of citizens
appeared az the uuiertaker's rooms AMI
later followed the caskct to the donot
our police officers acted rs a guard of
nohnI- mere We're number of boauti-
M foral tokens. As the body left the
Undertaking rooms the bells Of the vari-
Gus churches were tolicd. this continuing
n,ut"ls tne passage Of tho procession to
the depot. More than fftv citizens fol
lowed the body TO the station
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ARMY AND NAVY WAR PLAY COMES TO FND

New London. Conn, September . TIL,
defending forces in The New london
district are tonight on tho alert and
awaiting an attack by tho navy. At
midnight no de,isi, move had been made
hy the ii,et under Admiral Hirginsou
~ that hour General Macarthur l.ft
MS headquarters and boarded his yacht
hanAW ha for The night leaving AIain-
Harrison iu charge.
ihr impression prevails here that New
port .s iao point which wiI, he next at
lacked. although Tbs .nr...an.,~s.r,.,,. .'.rr-
..,-in.--s. Thsv can be sc'n plainly from
Fort Nrlrh- ana -he scar Knights arr
k.,- ou thorn continually. The dri"uIlhs
force IS ail M So bee regard 90 tn" n'Ni
move q. Do. made hy Admiral iliEg in~on.
ana every possible precauti"n has h'.
taseu To- guard against surprise Early
Zen the cvtI ing b was feared ihai aa all
t,.k would be maac on headquarters
This IS hardly 20 % expected. however
t.r rh, weather conditions are against
fh. navy and il T.. believed 90 Doe impos-
sil,-. for them 10 safely reach point NJ
,rl,t..b thev could land enough men 70
averpawcr the defenders without hclAG
Attack on the Fort.
Tho second attack On the island forts
.nak n-.-e at O'Clock tAis morning. an'
49, f,r as they went the maneuvers were
practically repetition of last night
rnuag-ineut. though. of course. therr
were different tactical movements Ih'
arrav men claim second victory h'
-rtus attempted ~ pass through Plum
t;,;t. hut were DISTRACTED los mines. ihr'e
~ Tho vessels being pat ont of action
. After 81. engagement. whi.h lasted over
an huur the ships proceeded toward
Block island
At noon General Macarthur. command
ing .he army OF the defense. made inns
report 20 the adiutaut general;
New London. conn, September :. l''-
-Adjut8ut general war department
+ Washington;
Ar = O'Clock last night Information
Z sent li~tisc. commanders 10y these he'a
& .luartrrs that tne enemy fleet ~ou'
{ divide tn squadron. attacking west enc
{ IN ,u,. and attempting go force race
I other squadron attacking N-wporl \
+ ln-Is %. IN eremy'~ iicet sighted slmni
E tan-aii-l, LN forts Wright. Mlcn.'
T Terry AMI Gardeners Point I"nceh
trtteI ami well sustained IRE m1ini me
{ Ill snius bv Mi~hir aud Terry Tor ioIt
( minutes. with result as reported 10y, nv
..nmmauIers. that Brooklyn ana lndial
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,lismounted ana - the accompaniment
of the band performed their eNoiuuonS.
The president 1T first was diSir"4htd
~ witness e drill on Sunday. but upon
it's being represented 10 him thaL tue
men We're particularly anxious td't i'c
should see the arlil ana - T+,,-a =.
the only opportunity ne WoH4d h'Ne t,i
do so he consented. Lunch was StINep
soon aftcrward. and then divine services
which the president offended. were h''"
or the parade grounds.
Georgians Present Cane.
A very pleasing incident occurrei i
shortly before the president resumed his
inspection of the battle field. y deieba-
non of citizens of Georgia headed by a..
Il Harner. Of Rome, preS"nt-l % him.
n care cut from the ChickaTausa bat
lefield II is Of hickory. with a siive'
read ana band suitably Inscribed. on
the head IS the following.
presented to President Roosevelt by
citizens of the seventh congressional dis
trlct a. Georgia. september !. 1902
on the. band are the names Of six gen
erals who participated in the Battle OF
| Chickamauga-Longs " neeler, Hood
| Rosecrans. Thomas and Boynton. The
seventh Georgia district was the home
! of President Roosevelt's mother, and M
| alluded to this fact in accepting the gilt
The presentation speech was made b!
Hon. Moses Wright, of Rome, TO whici
| the president responded as follows:
| MY Dear Mr. Wright. ] cannot sa,
how touched and pleased | am car
| imagine no gift that would have i'iease'
| me more than TO have the young me
| from my mothers state present me TN
cane with the name of six ScEtrdis. tire
| of whom wore the blue and thice oil WhoT
| wore the gray but whose descendant
and kinsfok are equally loyal To the fla
as II now is | want to mention on
| curious thing. You have on here Ger
eral Wheelers name. 1 served under MI
! AT Santiago. General Hood fought !
command Of the southern army one {
his sons was i'm my regiment and fouSf
with great gallantry. | AN 50 niue
Obliged can't tell YOU how appr'
ciate il. No gift could nave been MOI
appropriate and given in pieas"nter spir
and exactly at the right time. l than
YOU most warmly.
Battle Field Is Viewed.
When he resumed his inspection OF u
battle field the PRESIDENT dispensed vii
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eide Great SAT- Pond harbor.
Several Of the small craft had been sem
- tho northward The men appattniIN
are firing OF the mimic war, with an Us
hard work Today tho marines Were az
w, - ,-estrr.ieV WAS pay day they were
I,ery much in evidence about town
The navy failed 10 make IFS daliI CdP-
,,,rr of the signal station TO-DAY ne
ttroolxlvu's damage IL not considered 20
g. ssr.o1s as she made T. knots an hnnr
very wen in coming here from New BED
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HUSTLED NEGRO FROM STATE.
Brought from Massachusetts To An
swer Charge of Arson.

Boston, Mass. September flames ".
r,e,ors Tho colored man wanted i'm North
carolina on a charge of setting fire TO
dwelling house. is beyond the jurisdiction
~ any court In this state. After Juds
Hammond, of the supreme court, had de-
MED a petition for a writ of habeas cor
nus. having for its object the releaSe -
lima hustled the negro out of the state.
While the prisoner was being taken away
his lawyer was applying to the tedera'
rourt for writ of habcas corpus.
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CONGRATULATIONS for President.

Washington. September 4-Messages on
CONCENTRATIONS over the escape OF lhe
president from his accident yes''rc'V
have begun To- come to the sttae 'l'l@it-
mon, from abroad. one 81 the mrs; was
Tho following from Emperor i'3a"l "a
Germany. ~.
..,,oso, Santemher 4.-President, Wash
,,,,,n. Wtth an Americans, praise
providence that saved your lie from ihe
i i1tII o.c,dant WILLIAM |. r.
rha president. through Acting Secretary
Adae made the following response 10
Emperor Wiluam's message;
Mis- Majesty, William, Germany I'm
,.,.,,r posen. / warmly appreciate your
matestv's sympathetic message.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Messages were received from President
I,oubet of France. and the shah OF Fer'
/ STA. 10 both OF which the president mad'
1 apprapriate responses.
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KICKED ON WORD "WHITE."
Hot Color Line Discussion by the
Stationary Engineers.

BOSTON. September 4.-Discussion OF the
color question precipitated warm se9-
sion Of the National Assoeia ton oil ota-
tionary Engineers today
While proposed amendments to the CON
stltution were being discussed n delSsatg
a. ne text. Instantly there was storm
II arose quickly and did not subside untlI
most Of the elements in the convention
bad ~ \ greater or less extent exhausted
themselves. -.
FINALLY the convention decided 10 let
the constitution stand as IL Is
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mittee composed of Governor Mcmillan
y. w. Chamb!iss. Congressman John \.
moon, General III. V Rovnton. General
a. I. Stewart and Captain J. T.. Smart.
| members Of the Chickamauga Park com
! mission. General A. w. Wylie and Can.
( tam !. 7. Shipp entered tho president.s
car ana welcomed him To the city. Troll
icy cars were in waiting and after the
iofhlaI greeting was over the start for
the Chickamauga battlefield was made
~ the entrance 10 Chickamauga park
the seventh United States cavalry. i:nis :
command of Colonel Baldwin which act
90 rs me presidents escort through tn
park. was drawn NJ.
The president. with General Rovntor
ISldfht OF the p.rk commission. mount
81 norses, and after the other members
~ the party had entered carriages the
drlNe through the park began The c,,-a,
Cade was hardly under way before IN
PRESIDENT started his morse III a -i,arn
lrot. ana FOR n milo ana D haIf lad mo
= Sihenl merry chase over the bafti..
h"d me pace was SO hot that several
of the troo.-rS was uub0rsoI 49, -.
was necessary IL call the arntI1Iancc
corps into service
After Inspecting q portion Of the fieiI
the president stopped at the ...Ir,r,fut.
grounds Of the regiment and reyI-vr,.,i
the regiment. e gethcr with tbe Thrill
hatteTv OF field drtillerv. uude~ cnr,-
mand Of Captain Niles. The review tool, I
place upon the spot where tbirt,-,,-,e, (
years ago. on SUNDAY morninT ~ /
roniederate brigade of General Naui,a,s{t 7
pt Hindman'S division was rs.Dil-cJ -
raj N,-iinor.g" irEc ~ portion Of Gen
Roosevelt Witnesses Drill
At the conclusion Of the review tho
seventh cavalry went through their now
a'esthenlcS drill. The troopers we're
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President Entertains Duke.

oyster Bay, y. Y. September Tho
president today entertained Grand Dul,a
Boris N luncheon The grand duke cor.o
10 oyster Bay from Newport on Ogden
Mills yacht Tho Felicia. With him were
count Cassini. the Russian ambassador
az Washington: Private Secretary TO the
Hrand Duke Grcavcs; ogden MINIS. and
Assistant Secretary or state Pierce. tho
representative Of this governments Tho
president met his distinguished guests in
IN" wide hall of his home on Sycamore
nm ana after the presentations which
were made 10y Count CasSini. luncheon
was announced. The grand duke called
Simply 10 pay his respects AM 80 $50 IN,
party leit on The Felicia for Newport
ii'nrN White. secretary 10 the American
h"dSSY Al London, also called on he
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they were reported off NarraranSa.. T,i.r
amour miles ont at sea Three Of tba
rhchN heet homhaniod Montauk Point
ana landed marines about O'clock mis-
.ioIHlhS 10 capture signal station there
M movements OF enemy's ships reported
ana ms movements covered during n9st
tWcnty-four hours ..NacsI,-rtftst3'
Major General Ccmrnandir.-
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NTacArthur'S Report.

New london. September AT noon
Major General Macarthur sent the fol-
lowing daily report:
"Adtutant General. Washington y. -
Fort Rodman was attacked nj , d. III.
Ua,.fIo,yer. Montgomery and Aileen. flre
commander claims all ships. except lul =
tan. put out of action. lansing par's
attempted and repulsed. SAID shipS rTr
,notnsd I'm vicinity of Fort Rodman an
dav Battle snips returned To Block Is
land after attack on forts. where they r.
mained until early this morning, Wheh
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ROOSEVELT HAD NARROW ESCAPE
CARRIAGE HIT BY A TROLLEY CAR

car continued until IL struck the carriag.
with great force
No one on the car seems 10 h. able n
explain how the accident happened. Even
n. n motorman and persons on the front
--&f,. are apparently upable To tel why
! &c. not avoided. N is said Driver
iFaNt @ed To- cross the track sooner
t t...n ordinarily make the turn.
nut thai Z forced to do SO because OF
ene i','l tha, ,7s am Of four horses Re-
IN the right Of tE.e? irriage also n@eJrd
space 10 get through. Motorman Madden
night "'' u
The. charges against them are man
slaughter They viii probably be- AZ
i ralSned tomorrow morning. The defense
VIII prnha bly present no evidence auI
the mon will be held for the grand inrv
President Reaches Home.
Oyster Bay. y. v. September 3-Pres,-
dent Roosevelt returned Ia OYSTER Pay AZ
$50 tonight hut little the worse for his
ihrliiing experience Of the morning His
right cheek + swollen there IS a bl,rls
bruise under hts right eve and his mouth
= slightly swollen. Otherwise he shows
n" effects ~ the accident He will 90
S"u'h the letter part Of the week A.
""r'iiug 10 the original schedule and VII
he accompanied bv Secretary Cortelvou
who. while considerably shaken mn *.
poets that his Injuries will not incanaci-
tAte MN Tor duty Mr.. Cortclyou's nose
: BADLY bruised. there is lump on tn
hack OF his head ana bruises behind hi
l"ft ar and On his body.
The president was busilv engaged to
Hlght IN signing commissions ana dis,,,..
Ing - work that had acctimuIgto1 drrinr
MS ahs'nce. Mr.. Roosevelt was sim 4
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e,reated nv n vast crowd at the depot anu
emitted his appreciation despite his OauN
,liscolored face Ills right cheek was
rather badly swollen and confused anu
his left eve showed signs of dlscolor''"",
Mayor Sweeney. President l.auShhh am
Secretary Birch. OF the board OF u"ue'
Postmaster Hail and Councilman N"'''
house formed committee when reCe'N "a
~, president The entire body, when
embodied Secretary CortelNou anu 49,
az correspondents, entered NehlcleS anu
,,,..r,. driven 10 the Mcclure house, htautu
hv a military band. Throughout the IN
tire route enthusiasm was rlit' tie 81 80, 80
being lined with people from 9Va-t
PENNSYLVANIA. eastern ONO ana -
Virginia At the hotel the cmef eNec,'tlN I
met delegation of prominent cle ~.
of Wheeling. introduced by senator
PRESIDENT Roosevelt seemed IN very
iovial humor and toked with MS newly
made acauaintanCes. He addressed an
! enormous crowd from the baIcoliS VI ~
hotel. standing at the hottnMeS' ~
| where he had a range of four dlHereh'
lie spoke long beyond his sche 6,.i
| time which necessitated the cur'aiiiii''''
. of the regular programme
Roosevelt Views Chickamauga Field
Chattanooga. September I.-PresldeA'
pcoeeveIt was the guest today OF 'he
! citizens of Chattanooga and right roEdis
they entertained him. He came to Chat'
tan,ogn specially to attend the nad"na
| convention of the brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen. and tomorrow ne VII
20 the guest Of the railroad men, pu
today Chattanooga. as whole, enter
tanned him. 49,,
From carly morning until iate u'.
o,.on,ro he was driven from one Eistorl'
niare Ia another, and the details OF IN
battles that have made tins city iaiIlou
were explained To him by men WHO WI
participants in the struggles. ~,
Tho battle fields of ChickamauS' ME
stonarv Ridge. orchard KNOB ana l-ooh
cut Mountain were driven over.
Tonight he attended the FIRST Bap,lS
cburch of which Rev. j. W. ETcuShe
is the pastor.
President Is Welcomed.
The presidential train arrived her
nronptIv at $50 a. m. There was a iarg
crowd at the station. and notwithstandin
; that the dav was Sunday. the presider
was accorded O warm welcome. a con-
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president today 10 presau' his son, jn m.
Hbn win enter a college tn this country
i'm ia. fan Mr. White was tut $50
~ Mrs James Roosevelt AZ lunthooh'
Nrs Theodore Roosevelt also h' ~ pres
ont ,,....,r,. COR
President Roosevelt and Secrgtar, ct.' %.
en,,ir accident Yesterday, but stu bear
awkward marks Of the catastrophe.
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MN killed In Mimic War.

Fort Wright. Fishers Island,
September While the guns "l ,uy ~
were firing ON the Net to''t Nv
D.. u.s. INSTANTLY Killed 10y the prema-
So. ,,iscb,r.-e of a l2-inch gun and liar-
-, Davis and samuel CievcnEer WEI"
.rh,ps fatally wounded several others
Suffered slight injury. All thc men W. y.
,,rirat.s of the second company '""''
rtilIerv ~ the regular army.