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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
THE TOUR is ENDED
NINE COMMISSION FINISHED ITS
INVESTIGATIONS.
REASSEMBLE IN SCRANTON
NOVEMBER IL TO TAKE THE TES-
TIMONY OF MINERS.

The Last Day of the COmmissioners'
Trip the Biggest Days work Was
Accomplished - Complete Inspec-
ton of Two Large COIIierfes-COm-
missioners Distribute Small Coin
Among the Dust BeGrimed Boys of
the Breakers-OId Miners Claim to
Have Been Disseminated Against
in Giving Positions.
Mahoney City, Pa. Nov. 5.-The
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
ended it's tour of observation of the
coal fields in the Panther Creek valley
to-day and the members of the party
will return to their homes tomorrow
and will meet again at Scranton on
Nov. II to take the testimony of the
miners. The biggest days work of the
entire trip was accomplished to-day
when the commissioners made COM
plete inspection of two large collieries
and tour of the region lying between
Mount Carmel and this city.
Six working days have been con-
sumed in travelling from place to place
In the anthracite coal regions. In all
the commissioners were lowered into
seven mines of varying conditions and
went through several breakers.
Among the points visited was the
Maple Hill colliery of the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company,
few miles from Shenandoah. This is
one of the best mines in the entire an
thracite field, and is equipped with all
modern appliances. The bottom of the
shaft is $50 feet below the surface, and
during their two hours stay in the
workings, the commissioners went
about a mile and a half from the
shaft. The whistle blew the noon hour
just as the party came to the surface.
At the breaker near by the commits
sioners talked with the boys who were
black from coal dust. Judge Gray and
| Bishop Spalding seemed the most in
terested in the lads and gave some of
| them small coin.
Then the arbitrators visited the No
| colliery of the Lehigh Coal
| and Navigation Company of Coaldale
| The entrance to the mines was through
| drift which is a horizontal opening
! into the base of a mountain. About loo
| feet inside the entrance the party was
| lowered by means of a shaft to the
! bottom. which is $50 feet down. Ths
mine proved to be quite wet and every.
one in the party got more or less of g
| wetting.
After leaving the mine a number OF
| idle miners crowded around Chairman
| Gray of the commission, and told him
| that they had been Disseminated
against by the company in the matter
| of getting their old places back. They
| said Supt. Behner would not take
them back for some reason unknown
| to them, and that other men had been
| given their positions. On the other
| hand, the company officials claimed
that they have not enough work at
this time for all the men on account
| of repair work now being done in the
| mines. Judge Gray listened to them,
| but made no comment.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
REPUBLICAN VICTORY.
That Party sweeps Porto Rico In
Yesterdays Election.


San Juan Porto Rico, Nov. 5.-There
were no serious disorders anywhere in
Porto Rico yesterday. The election,
which resulted in a sweeping Republi-
can victory, passed off quietly. This
was largely due to the fact that Gov.
Hunt sent twenty-five special repre-
sentatives covering the whole island,
with plenary powers to adjust differ
ences summarily.
Federico Degetau was reelected res
ident commissioner at Washington by
a large majority
The Federals have ten delegates in
the Legislature and the Republicans
twenty-five.
In most of the turbulent districts
and cities, Guayama, Cayey, San Lo-
renzo, Aibonito and others, the FEEDER
ais, through intimidation, abstained
entirely from voting and lost five dele
gates to the Legislature. Fraud was
charged everywhere and the govern
ment has promised prompt prosecu-
lions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
KILLED HIS FATHER.
A Mere Child Purchases a Gun ana
Becomes a Patricide.


St. Louis, Nov. 5.-A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Columbus, Neb..
tells of the killing last Friday of far
mer named Gerhard Borchers. living
several miles northeast of Humphreys,
by Herman, 14-year-old son, who used
a shotgun, which he had purchased for
that purpose. With the help of two
brothers, August aged TO- and John,
aged years, Herman dragged the body
of his father to a straw stack and set
fire to 1t. This is the story secured by
Sheriff Byrnes from the three children
who are in custody.
Each of the children practically told
the same story, the only variance be-
ing in the degree of culpability In the
killing accorded to each. Herman, who
is said to have fired the gun that killed
his father. duplicates his younger
brothers equally with himself, while
they put the blame on him. The only
motive for the crime given Is that the
father, with whom the children had
lived alone since the mothers death,
had not treated them kindly Neigh
bors of the Borchers say they know of
no mistreatment on the part of the
farmer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
TARIFF REFORM.
Considered at Monthly Meeting OF
New York Board of Trade.

Considered at Monthly Meeting OF
New York Board of Trade.
New York, Nov. 5.--Tarfff reform
was considered at the monthly meet
ing of the Board of Trade to-day. and
a resolution was introduced that a
committee OF the board be appoint
ed to support the suggestion Of Pres
ident Roosevelt that a permanent nom
partisan expert tariff commission be
created. There was opposition to re-
viving the question at present. and the
resolution was referred to the Execu-
tive Committee.
Resolutions indorsing the Ray bank
ruptcy bill and urging congressional
action on trademarks, We're passed
A resolution to inquire into the re-
port that the coal distributors Of this
city have concert of action in fix-
ing the price OF coal, was referred to
the Committee on City Affairs.
T. S. Sharretts. special United
States tariff commissioner to China.
gave an address, in which he said
New York would come 70 look upon
the Asiatic race as customers OF great
value,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
R0OSEVELT'S RETURN.
President and Family Installed I'm
RemodeIIed White House.

Washington, Nov. 5. - President
Roosevelt returned to Washington at
1920 o'clock tonight from Philadelphia,
where he stopped on his way from
voting at Oyster Bay. Accompanying
him were Mrs. Roosevelt and two of
their children, Secretaries Cortelyou
and Loeb, DR.. Lung and a number of
the servants from his Oyster Bay
home. The President and his family
were driven to the White House,
where the improvements, though sEJl
incomplete, have been advanced to
such an extent as to give accommoda-
lions to meet the immediate demands
of the household.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
MASON STILL HELD.
New Phase in Case warrants "A Fur
Their Hearing.

Cambridge, Mass. Nov. 5.-A1an G..
Mason, who was arrested yesterday on
suspicion Of having committed an as
Waverly last Saturday night. causing
Miss Morton's death, was to-day held
for further hearing on the charge OF
murder in the Third District Court for
Eastern Middlesex. II was understood
last night TO be the intention of the po-
lice to release the man to-day. as they
had been unable to make out a case
against him. But IT is claimed that
new phases brought to light this morn
ing warrant a change in procedure.
Mason was remanded without bail.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06

Baltimore, Nov. 5.-Compiete returns
from city and state show that Mary
lands representation in the next
House will be four Republicans and
two Democrats-a gain of two seats
for the Democrats. Except in the two
city districts-the Third and Fourth
the candidates were elected by conn
Portable pluralities. Wachter, Repub-
lican, in the Third, has 159 plurality,
with one precinct in dispute, which
when counted, it is thought, will swell
his plurality over Meyer, Democrat, to
200. Denny, Democrat in the Fourth,
has 1896 plurality over Schirm, Repub-
lican.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
0DELL TALKS.
"Let Them Cry Fraud, Am Elected
and That Is All There Is About It,"

@Let CEg All EleCNeO
and That Is All There Is About IT."
Albany, N. Y, Nov. 5.-Gov. Odell
telephoned the following from New
burg concerning the statement of Sec
rotary Mason of the Democratic State
Committee:
LET them claim all they please. Let
them cry fraud. I am elected and that
is all there is about it,"
William Barnes, Jr., chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Republic
can State Committee, said:
ANY statement that Albany county
was purchased by the Republicans is
without foundation"
Ex-senator Hill refused positively to
be quoted about the result Of the cleo
ton.
The state board of canvassers that
complies the returns consists of the
secretary of state, the controller, at
torney general, state treasurer and
state engineer, all Republicans, and to
them belongs the right to reject or &C
cept any returns objected to by indi-
viduals or parties.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06

Trenton, N. J., Nov. 5.-The returns
from New Jersey show Democratic
gains, but the Republicans elected
seven of the ten congressman and re-
tain control of both branches of the
Legislature, although by reduced ma
jorities. In the new congressional del
egation each party shows a gain of
one member.
In the Fifth District, c. N Fowler,
Republican, was elected over Dewitt
C. Flanagan, Democrat. for whom ex
President Cleveland delivered the first
campaign speech he had made for
many years.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
Arrested for Bribery.

Butte, Mont. Nov. SC. II. Casey,
chairman Of the Democratic county
central committee. and c. r.. Alsop,
candidate for the legislature, have
been arrested. charged with bribery.
A report gained circulation that
Charles w Clark son of Senator w.
A. Clark, had also been arrested, but
this Is untrue. Young Clark happen
ed TO be with Mr.. Casey at the time
OF the arrest and thus the story was
started. The two men have been
placed under bonds Of $4,000 each.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
Fatal Election Quarrel.

Raleigh, N. c., Nov. 5.-A special TO
the News and Observer from Asheville,
N. c., says: An election quarrel on
Upper Hominy yesterday afternoon re-
suited in the death Of Sylvester Black.
The difficulty took place in the road
only a short distance from the voting
place. Black attacked a man named
Young with a knife. Young responded
by almost disembowelling his assailant.
Young was brought TO Asheville and
is In ialI.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
Killed in n Row.

Bristol. Tenn. Nov 5.-Charles A.
Campbell. a young white man. was
killed by a North Carolinian at Fish
Springs, in Eastern Tennessee last
night as a result of a general fight
with Campbell, who is said to have
been intoxicated. The North CAROLYN
ian, who was a stranger in the COM
munity, struck Campbell on the head
with a stick. Campbell died a few
hours later
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED
And Fifteen People Were More or
Less Seriously Hurt.

New York, Nov. 5.-The Black Dia-
mond Express of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, which left Jersey City, west
wrecked near the Jersey Meadows
shops, east of Newark to-day and If
teen people were more or less serious
ly hurt, one coach and the engine be-
ing overturned. The express ran on
a siding and collided with an engine
standing there. One of the pass
enRers hurt was Mrs. Carrie Nation Of
Kansas. Her hand was slightly cut
and her arm badly bruised.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
Arizona.

Phoenix. Ariz, Nov. 5.--The election
of a. delegate to Congress from ART
IONA Is still in doubt. Whether Re-
publican or Democratic, the majority
will probably be less than 300. Morri-
son, Republican, carried the five north
ern counties by more than 1000 ma
1ority and claims two other counties.
The six remaining counties have GER
tainly gone for Wilson, Democrat.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
MR.. PLATT's OPINION.
odeII's Majority Too smaII-CoaI
Strike No Factor In Result.

oNEHINC NO II stCtTN III ENtNNEN
New York, Nov. 5.-Senator T. G.
Platt was asked to-day for a state
ment on the election. He said:
I'VE have to be satisfied. Odelps
had expected"
Senator Plat said that in his opin-
Ion the trust question and the coal
strike had nothing to do with the re-
suit of the vote.
The Democrats got together" he
said, "and held together, and a few
Republicans slipped over to them"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
English Mills Destrovea.

London, Nov. 5.-The Vernon cotton
mill at Stockport was destroyed by
fire this afternoon. One operative was
killed by fall. A score of employees
sustained injuries and are suffering
from suffocation. and have been re-
moved 10 the infirmary.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
TO Tert ConstItntinn-

Richmond, Va, Nov. 5.-A suit was
filed here to-day in the Federal Cir
cult Court TO nullify the suffrage clause
OF the new constitution which disrran-
chiseg the negro
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06

The Eighth Tennessee district and
the First and Second California dis
tricts are not included in this table,
being classified as still doubtful. leav-
ing three votes to be added to the col
umns, according to later returns.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
NnrfE, Carolina.

Raleigh. N. c.. Nov. 5.-Seni-offi
cial figures, with one county lacking.
give the Democratic state ticket a ma
iority of 1926. Democrats elect for
ty-i1ve of the fifty state senators. The
House is 81 Democrats. q Republicans.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
REPORTS VARY LITTLE.
omoiaI Figures Vary Little on From
Those Unofficial.

New York. Nov. 5.-Ohicial reports
on the vote for Governor vary but
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06

CONTINUED on Fifth Page.)
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25
TO TX a.
n..-.,ba n The Kind You Have AwayS Bought
Signature Of &eHzZzZw

Pension commissioner Ware is
likely to become as Objectionable
to the grand army cormorants and
pension sharpers as was his prede-
cessor Ii. Clay Evans. One of his
first acts upon entering the Office
was to announce that his govern
ing rule would be the adherence
to 'cold evidence and cold law"
and that the promotion of clerks
and employees would involve mo
precedence to political pull and no
consideration for religion or nativi-
ty.' If commissioner Ware will
execute that programme We will
retract all fiattering(?) remarks
about his poetry and taunts in re-
gard to his hailing from Kansas.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25
I1A3X593 9'Il155223 39DlE522G5,

After all. it appears that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is not dispos ed to
pander to the southern negroes as
much as to those in some northern
communities where their voting
strength is potential, though not
in the majority 1t was that ele-
ment that strongly petitioned for
negro for head of the naval de-
partment at New Orleans, and not
particularly the demand of his
party in the Crescent City or the
state of Louisiana. The appoint
ment as yet is being held up
though the vacancy has existed
several months, and will probably
not be made until after the elec-
ton, when it will doubtless go to
some competent white fellow-citi-
zen.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25
q a ST % RIA.
Bss-s. Tho !, The Kind You Have klxays Bough
Signature ss &2zzNx
Onr sister state Of Alsba-

Our sister state of Alabama has
Il curious thing in the way of a
railroad commission law. The
commissioners are appointed by
the governor of the state. and
their salaries are paid by the
several railroads. 1t would be
hard to see just what kind of a
show the people and the business
interests of the state of Alabama
have under the operation of such
law The business men of Bir-
mingham have entert d into a COM
pact to have the commissioners
elected by the people of the state,
and railroads have announced
their determination to see to it
that the present law is not changed
Mississippi would not put up with
any such of curiosity in the way
of railroad commission minute
it is all she can do to hold on to what
she has, and which is great i'm
provement on the Alabama aggre.
CATION jackson on-Ledger
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25

Notwithstanding opportunities
and the exertion of every imagi-
nable effort by the relatives and
friends of Ashley Cocke-many in
mum Der and prominent in inhu-
ence-Governor Longino refused
to commute his sentence or even to
grant respite of few days. Cooke
and his accomplice Tom Lauder
dale paid the penalty of the cold
blooded murder of engineer Wray
on the gallows at Greenville last
Tuesday. The other accomplice,
Blackburn, was convicted of man
slaughter and is now serving a life
sentence in the penitentiary.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25

President Mitchell, of the Uni
ted Mine Workers, is the ablest
leader that the labor organizations
have yet produced, and is handling
the strike of the anthracite coal
miners with consummate tact and
diplomacy. He has vetoed any
thing like sympathetic strikes"
from other quarters, concentrating
the issue as much as possible upon
the anthracite mines, while other
labor organizations are kept at
work without interruption, and
consequently in good condition to
extend substantial sympathy in
the way of assessments for susten-
ance of the strikers. His cam
paign thus far IL this instance has
been by far mo-e successful than
anything achieved by his numer-
Gus predecessors, with hattering
promise of final victory. About
the next thing we may expect to
hear about Mitchell will be the
recognition of his executive ability
by the mine owners and operators
and his being seated behind do
nation of a couple of millions of
coal trust stock.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25
The National Democratic con-

The National Democratic con-
gressional campaign committee,
from reports being received are
very hopeful of capturing the next
house of representatives. They
claim a solid delegation from
Greater New York besides several
rural districts of the state; one or
two districts in each of Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and Michigan where
the recent Cuban reciprocity fight
stirred up such commotion in
Republican ranks; chance to
capture two or three additional
members from Ohio. 1t is even
said that Representative Hepburn
of Iowa, one of the republican mo-
guls, is in danger of defeat. The
committee do not anticipate any
gains in Illinois.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25
The Same Old Story.

J. A. Kelly relates an experience SINH
lar to that which has happened in almost
every neighborhood in the United States
and has been told and retold by thou
sands Of others. He says: Last summer
had an attack of dysentery and pur-
chased a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which
used according to directions and with en-
tirely satisfactory results. The trouble
was controlled much quicker than former
attacks when / used other remedies" )"
Mr.. Kelly is we'll known citizen Of
Henderson,, n. C.. For sale by w. Y.
6HOLS0N.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25

An effort has been made to in
duce the Hon. Baxter Mcfarland
to run for the Senate in Monroe
county. The people all over North
Mississippi would be glad to know
the Hon. Baxter Mcfarland was a
member of the State senate. His
term as Chancellor for number
of years endeared him to the
people and he is known all over
the district as good true sensible
conservative man.-Prentiss Plain
dealer.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25

John w. Mackay of California,
the last of Bonanza Kings" died
in London Saturday, from heat
prostration. He was by many
years the survivor of the quartet
of Mackay, Flood, O'Brien and
Fair, who in the early SOS develop
ed the great gold mining indus
try of California, by which they
became immensely wealthy and
added millions;and millions of gold
to the currency of the country.
He landed in America from
Panama and was prospector with
pick and shovel, from which he
a rose to be one of the richest men
on the continent.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25
The State Campsieu.

Last week the esteemed As>h
deem Weekly contained a strons,
editorial urging full and free dis
cussion of state issues during the
time that intervenes before the
state primary next year. The
Weekly is eminently right in as
suming that there are issues of
vital Importance that should re-
ceive the most intelligent con-
sideration at the hands of the
voters in the coming primary.
The old order of things had pas
sed away; the old time politician
is no longer the autocrat he once
was with full power to declare
local and state policies, and select
our officers from the highest to the
lowest. A new order of things
has been introduced, and though
untried it has the sanction of our
purest and best statesmen, and is
the law of the state. Upon the
individual voter will now rest the
responsibility of selecting those
candidates whose ideas of state
policy and ISSUES best accord with
his. One mans views weigh as
much in the general result as any
other mans, and that the best men
and measures should prevail, each
voter should have a comprehen-
sive knowledge of the needs of the
state, and cast his ballot for the
man who, in his opinion, will best
carry them out That the individ-
ual voter may receive that informa-
tion which will acquaint him with
the states needs, all issues affect
ing the public interests should be
fully and freely discussed by the |
press. the candidates and the |
people at large. Generalities should
not be INDUCED in but such mat
ters as affect the state, educa-
tionally, industrially and socially |
should be discussed without re-
serve e-Tupelo Journal
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25

A Washington dispatch reports
six rural free delivery mail routes
recently established in Tennessee.
from which the following statisti-
cal information is compiled: Num-
of carriers nine; number of miles
of routes 2lO: number of square
miles embraced in territory served
1876: number of houses on routes
1879; aggregate population of the
six routes o205.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25

Director of the census William
r Merriam, President Roosevelts
private secretary George B. Cor
telyou and Lucius II. Littaur of
New York. are candidates for the
position of Secretary of Commerce
as soon as that department is Great
ed by law.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25
Vacation Days.

Vacation time is here and the children
are fairly living out Of doors. There
could be healthier place for them. You
need only TO guard against the accidents
Incidental to moss open air sports. No
remedy equals Dewitt's Witch Hazel
Salvs for quickly stopping pain or re-
moving danger of serious consequences.
For cuts, scalds, and wounds. Il used
Dewitt's Witch. Hazel Salve for sores,
cuts and bruises" says L. B. Johnson,
Swift, Tex. ut il the best remedy on
tie market" Sure cure for piles and
skin diseases. Beware Of counterfeits.
For sale b. Phoenix Drug Co.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-25

Our people in the near future
are promised the pleasure of an
entertainment at the opera house,
by home talent. The title of the
play is"The Little Minister, "and is
being arranged and rehearsed
under direction of Miss Annie
Lowe Jonas. With her zeal and
talent as the director "behind the
scenes" We may we'll become i'm
patient for the treat that is in store.