The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-21
BIDS ARE ASKED FOR
THE. NEW BATTLESHIPSS
Findings Of Grand Jury in Case Of. Fight
Between Miners and United States @
Deputy Marshals ln5 West n, vlr-s .Ilr:s 3
glnla Laid Before the Pres s5s.s
ident Has Not Been XII " #5I3 8l5S
vs. Maid Public.
Il Times-D Dispatch 3 Bureau, ~
No. 1417 G. Street, N. !,

l.53i Washing tom, 2. CT March 20. .3slfs
! 3 The President late this afternoon re-
I appointed w. d. Crum. colored. Ri TO tho
position Of collector Of the port OF Char
lesion The Senate at the regular Sos
sion did not act on the a appointment
though the Committee on Commerce to-
which such appointment arc referred vi
reported against conflrma ton The mos tsa
strenuous efforts were made by the Re-S
publican Senators closest to- the admins
ltratla.srto have the commit ct on the d
nomination At the tra zsassion. but III u
Democrats. with thu Said "of Senator E l.-sss=
skins and two or threSS other Republicans
on the committee, prevented tho Il cons
l.mttee's reporting sS3 s5s
! al Tho tdent who has never swervel /.
| in his de termlna tion to force the appoint
l$ments Of the negro upon the, white peo-
|Sple Of Cha rleston, desp pite the pro testEof&g
nearly! every business man II in TIL q ci WI
reap ppointed Crum to-d ay tg and Che Senate
Wi sbe aslSed to- act on the app ointment ts
when it8next convenes. VIII vii almost
5certalnly b in October. here thought
to be 4$no doubt that an extra session.
will be called for about October 10TH lgSS
4s5 gy5 NEW BATsTLIISH[Ps. .Ss n
The circulars asking FOR bids II for I'll e5
three 16,OOO-tont battleshps authorized by
the last naval q pprop ton act were sis-i
sued to-day. The ships will be Spractlcal-A II
| ly Identical with: the Connecticut and u
Louisiana, the princlp pal - change being
| slightly heavier armor IA sforisstlle super
structure and slightly lighter armor3 a ts#
|stho top OF tho regular armor belt The
bids sareT to be opened u Jnno Sd. The shlnsS II
are to be completed gi1 forty.tw wo months
x-Governor Atkinson, Of Yves lr-sS ~
gnia, United States Attorney for the
southern district of that State to-day
| presented tile President with an lilll-3a
portant report made byS the grand jury
to Judge Benjamin I. kel Ter on the Sre-aiiss
cent conflict between miners and deputy,
marslinls at stundirord. Raleigh county
West Virginia &S in which five mem were
killed and nearly twice as many wound -S
ed The grand jury; IN Judge Ke llcris
court Investigated the tragedy n great II
detail, and has gone int ia full report
Of the affair Judge Keller thought Y It
was his duty to send the report to- tho
mltted to Solicitor Ganernl IIoyt, acting
sAttorney-Gen to-day by Mr. a tkifl-Iss
son., who brought the 5reportTto Washing
lton by direction of the Federal & judge
Mr. IIoyt directed that the report be i.
| laid before the President MS fit was re-
gardcd as an important document. Thu d
|$grand Jury fixes the blame for I he 4
|tragedy. Sss 3 U SSa VI 3l SSS
rs MADE PUBLIC, AZ 4,
The special report or the edera l grand
l}jury In Judge Kelar's court, was N made
public tonight by permission Of lAttor-s,
ney-General Knox. The grand jurF a.,asa
signs as u reason for making a special
report, tho fact that there had been.
grave violations Of the law ending In
bloodshed. and that vide gnowspape no
torety, with gross misrepresentation,
! had been given the affair and great ms
jury done the officers ofs tho court sss
The report recountsy the 81 efforts OF
| Charles Evans. organizer Of the United
Mine Workers. to prevent resistance to
the service of the fwrts. and goes on to E1
say that thoi3mob was composed largely
| OF the lawless element of tho COM
Immunity, or strangers who had come In !
there to take advantage Of the lawless-
ness originating with, and fostered by +
tho United Mine Workers In the vicinity
Eof the trouble.
/ A report signed by thirteen members Of
the grand Jury, praises the conduct OF
Deputy Marshal Cunningham and Sheriff n
Cook. 81 ~ sSSs
MR., JONES PROMOTED nj
| It was announced at the general of-s
city to-day that MI. A. Gordon Jones
had been appointed assistant TO General
Superintendent Sumner ]. Collins. The.
position Is one created for Mr., Jones.
| who for several years, md up to about
two weeks ago was superintendent Of
| the Southern, 25, f Il
Warren n. Choate succeeded him yes 4
! terday, Nh, Jones will have his head-
| quarters at Salisbury, N, q, taS5is S
TILIMAN ASTUTE.
II has been discovered at tho Treasury
Department. tina Senator l'illman is more
than n match for Uncle ,loe', Cannon.}
and all of the rest OF the Republicans
here, who have persstently refused to
allow the payment ky the Government Of
its Just debts to individual States. II the
State he south OF Mason and Dixon. 4
Mr., yrillman came near causing an extra
session OF Congress because OF the action
of the Republicans. headed by Mr.. Cam
non, in refusing to allow the claim of
South Carolina for $1,000 for moneys ad.S:
yanced In al, old indian war. To avoid \
an extra session OF, or to- defeat the gem
eral deficiency bill, Mr.. T1llman's amend-s
ment had to be accepted, s @
Senator Tillman went over 10 tho Treas
gry Department the other day 70 $50 I
about tho claim. Controller 1Ira1awe:lf
examined the bill as passed BY the last 3
(,nnuras ,t5s IIa found that Mr.. Ttltman 4 i