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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
Judge McIver, south Carolina.

Columbia, S. c., Jan. 12.-Chief JUS
tice Henry McIver died in Cheraw to-
day of cancer of the tongue. He was
SO years old.
Judge McIVer was rated as as able
a lawyer and jurist as South Carolina
ever produced. He was member of
the secession convention, and his death
leaves but four survivors of that body
In 1877 Judge McIver was elected as
sociate justice of the Supreme Court.
In 1880 he declined the chief Justice
ship, but ten years later was elected to
the position. He had been on the SUI
preme bench for a little more than
twenty-five years, and up to the time
of being taken i'll six months ago had
never lost a day from court. In the
political upheaval in 1890, in which
Hampton Abuler and other leaders of
note were swept away, Justice Nc
lver was the only opponent of Tillman
held too sacred to supplant.
Justice McIver was signer of the
ordinance of secession, a captain OF
cavalry under Hampton in the army
of Northern Virginia in the war be-
tween the states, and one of the lead
ers of the constitutional convention of
1865. AS soon as white men gained
control of the state he was elected a
justice of the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice McIver was assiduous
in his duties and has himself written
more opinions than any other judge
who ever sat in any county in this
country. not excepting chief justices
nor associated justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13

which the railway penetrated only
eighteen years ago, lay too far apart
to participate in the general indus
trial progress. Still the mountainous
home of the tuneful crofters was not
so barren as to compel them to seek
their bread abroad, for IL yielded corn,
fruit, wine and all kinds of farm pro-
duce
Perhaps it was the poor field labor
ers, dissatisfied with the wage of 10
shillings they received for weeks
hard work Tor schaffen. creation" in
their own beautiful language), that
made the first musical wanderings;
and as these proved not only lucrative,
but interesting and romantic, the sons
of even well-to-do farmers devoted
themselves to this curious avocation-
surely a more reasonable solution of
the land question than shooting peo-
pie from behind hedge. The musi-
kanten would confine their earliest
peregrinations to the neighboring
towns, but in course of time they
doubtless extended the sweep of their
orbit over Germany, France. Holland
and Belgium, till they reached the
ports on the North Sea; thence they
would b tempted by the tabled wealth
of England to cross to our Ell Dorado.
and once there they were on the high
way to the rest of the world.
During the absence of the bandsman
his thrifty wife looks after the croft,
and her no less thrifty husband reg
ularly sends remittancCs to exc out
her scanty earnings. The event of the
day is the arrival of the postman, and
the women gather in the street anx-
iously to await his approach. Good
news from your MANI" asks one. Yes;
he's playing in beer garden at Hell
singfors. ip Finland. and sends me ca
a month. He's coming back in the
autumn"
And where Is your Heinrich"
Hes in Johannesburg. and is get
ting on well; for though living is dear
there. the people are so free with their
money that he hopes to bring with
him a little fortune when he 0omes
back next year"
II wish my man was as near home"
says another. I'm his letter he tells
me he has reached Sydney in safety.
but the long voyage from San Fran
cisco has eaten up his savings. and
he'll have to stay for year in Aus
tralia to make enough to pay his way
home and bring something for me.
When he was in America he never sent
me less than pound a week"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
HISTORIC CHRISTMAS.
Noteworthy Occurrences During the
Holiday season.

Noteworthy Occurrences During the
Holiday season.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
While no event comparable with the
event of all events in the history of the
world which is commemorated by all
Christendom on Dec. % has ever taken
place on or about that day, 1t has new
ertheless marked the occurrence of not
a few noteworthy deeds and other
happenings in the annals of our race.
Some of these things have been of that
happy and propitious character in
keeping with the spirit of the time it.
self, and others have been quite the
reverse of this. Among what may
be regarded as joyous events taking
place on Christmas day. or thereabouts,
may be included the coronation OF VIII
liam the Conqueror, which took place
on Dec. 25. 1866. In the same category
we would place the landing of the Pill
grims, which occurred only four days
before Christmas, in 1920 The same
happy season. in 1S41, Witnessed the
ratification of the quintuple alliance
for suppressing the slave trade.
But, strange to say, occurrences of
been more common on Christmas than
any other notable events. During the
fourteenth century there were three
dramatic Christmases. In 134S the
black death was raging. In 1884 the
persecution of Wycliffe was rapidly
bringing on that paralytic stroke by
which he died on Dec. 81. Saddest per-
haps of all was the Christmas spent by
Isabelle. Dowager Queen of Edward
II, in Castle Rising. where she re-
manned a prisoner for the next TWEEN
ty-seven years of her life.
For the Stuarts of England Christ
mas sometimes breathed a tragedy.
Mary. Queen of Scots. was born on Dec,
8. Eight days later she was hurried
off to France, Immediately after the
death of her father, James V, on the
18th. During December, 1914, Mon
,trose opened his fruitless campaign in
Scotland; on Dec. %, 1648 Charles /
made his last mournful journey. under
escort. to Windsor, andS i'm 1850, on
Christmas Eve, Edinburgh surrendered
to Cromwell. On Dec. %, 1888. James
ii escaped to France, leaving Judge
Jeffreys to flee for safety to the Tow
err, and on Dec. 28, 1894, Mary Stuart,
wife of William, died, comparatively
young. On Dec. %, IT'S, the old Pre-
tender landed at Petershead, and, Gu
riously, in 1745, 1t was during Deem
Der that the campaign opened in Cum
berland.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
MUST RAISE BLOCKADE.
This is Said to be Demand as n
Preliminary.

Washington, Jan. 12.-W. w. Russell,
Bnited States charge d'affaires at
Caracas, yesterday cabled the State
Department announcing the departure
of Minister Mowen from LaGuayra on
board the Dolphin, but not stating
what port he expects to make in the
United States. The Navy Department
was informed that the boat would stop
first at Kingston for coal.
Advices received here indicate that
while Minister Bowen comes as vene-
zuela's commissioner in negotiations
looking to a settlement of the claims
of the allies, President Castro
has made it a condition that
the blockade shall be raised
before Mr.. Bowen proceeds with
the preparation of the protocol for the
peaceful adjustment of the claims.
Moreover, it now develops that in this
request Venezuela is likely to have the
support of Italy. The United States,
though not party to the negotiations,
of course, will throw the weight of its
moral influence on the same side. The
Italian government is influenced in its
course by purely economic consider
atoms.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
MRS. CURRENT is OUT.
AFFLICTED Woman Gives Up the Gen.
tefviIIe Office.


Washington, Jan. 1.-THE case of
Mrs. Matte E. Boyd Current, postmas-
ter at Centerville, KY, who lost both
legs by railroad accident in her
youth, and whose affection, coupled
with efforts of several influential Ken
lucky politicians to remove her from
office, attracted much attention two
years ago, has been finally settled by
the acceptance of her resignation and
the commissioning of John C. Mont
gomery as her successor.
Montgomery was appointed postmas-
ter by President Mckinley, March 6,
1901, but sympathy for the afflicted in
cumbent was largely responsible for
his failure to receive his commission.
The outgoing postmaster has held Of
flee for twenty years.
About a year ago the Postoffice De-
partment learned that the then Miss
Boyd had married James M. Current.
a mail carrier of Centerville, who was
about 80 years her junior. The mar
riage was not reported, although post
masters are required on marriage to
take a new oath of office. Early this
month an inspectors report was re-
ceived recommending Mrs. Currents
removal, but her resignation anteceded
this report by several days
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
STRIKE COMMISSION
HEARD C0LLlERlES.
Statements That showed Miners Do
Not Work so Hard Now.

Statements That Showed Miners Do
Not Work so Hard Now.
Philadelphia, Jan. 12.-The proceed
ings before the Anthracite Coal Strike
Commission to-day consisted princi-
pally of the calling of witnesses by the
Delaware and Hudson Company to tell
of the conditions. existing in and about
its collieries and to refute certain tes-
timony presented against the company
when the miners side was being heard.
The first witness to-day was Abel I.
Culver of New York, controller of the
Delaware and Hudson Company. On
cross examination Mr.. Culver said that
the Delaware and Hudson Company
was selling coal to middlemen at tide
water at IS ton for prepared sizes.
He did not know what prices the
middlemen We're receiving from the
public beyond what he read in the
daily newspapers.
George Anderson of Scranton, clerk
in the coal department of the COM
pany, presented a statement showing
that the fwenty-eight collieries of the
company lost 368 ten-hour days in 1901
for which the employees were RESPONSE
bic. OF these lis were lost on account
of picnics and other holidays mot in
Guiding legal holidays; SO days on ac-
count of Mitchell day." and other
union days, and 1874 days on account
of strikes and suspensions.
Another statement offered by the
witness was that since the strike end
ed in the latter part of October the
twenty-eight collieries lost 10 days, re-
ducing the coal production of the COM
pany $4,000 tons.
Thomas R. Thomas, outside foreman
at the Jermyn colliery of the company,
told of the difficulty he had in induc-
ing the men to mine more coal. He
produced a paper alleged to have been
drawn up by Local Union 1925, which
stated that any man loading more cars
in the headings than are loaded in the
chambers, would be expelled from the
union. Two men, he said, violated this
alleged rule of the union, and their
tools were destroyed and one of their
houses was dynamited as result of
not restricting their daily output.
Two witnesses testified that since the
Strike of 1900, miners and laborers will
not load as many cars as they did be-
fore the strike.
William H. Dettrey of Nuremburg,
the newly elected president of district
No. Z of the miners5 union, against
whom it was testified last week that
he said non-union men should have
their throats cut or should receive a
good humping" denied the charges
absolutely.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13

within an inch or half an inch of the
edge of this notch. he is drilling at a
furious rate, making the instrument
fairly hum between his palms.
AS he drills, a brown-colored and
charred wood dust wears away from
the block and flows from the drill point
through the notch, falling on the
finder placed underneath. AS the drill
moves faster, the brown dust in
creases, piling up until it reaches the
top of the block and at the same time
giving off a thin, blue column of
smoke.
Now comes the strangest part of the
operation. At the very time when one
observing the performance expects ev-
cry second to see the pile of brown dust
burst into flame, the operator suddenly
ceases work, lays his drill aside, and
for a few seconds contemplates the
pile of brown dust before him. Then,
STOPPING over, he blows ever so gently
upon the smoking wood dust, and in
the next instant dust, finder. and all
burst into flame, and glowing ember,
where a second before there was no
sign of flame other than the smok-
ing wood dust.
This Is where the klamath method
of making fire differs from that which
is in vogue among all other savage
tribes and races, who continue drill
ing until they produce either sparks
or flame. Local ethnologists are some
what puzzled over the matter. Prof.
Holmes is of the opinion that actual
fire is present in the heap OF charred
wood dust before the driller ceases
work, but in such form, perhaps, that
1t is not readily perceptibule. Ad-
hitting the fact that the pile of dust
il heated to an Intense mitch he is I'M
able to see how the mere act of blow
ing upon 1t would serve to make ii
break forth into flame. At all events,
the klamath mode of fire-making is
intensely interesting and decidedly
new thing. regardless of whether the
fire is or is not present before the OPP
orator ceases drilling.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
WANTS COAL EVIDENCE.
senator Stewart Introduced Resolu-
ton Requiring 1t.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Stew
art Of Nevada, who is conducting the
coal investigation before the Commit
Zee on the District of Columbia, to-day
introduced resolution providing that
The committee shall be authorized to
tsehd for persons and papers. admin
a. yer oaths and compel the attendance
VI witnesses.
owing to the expense involved, the
resolution had to go to the Committee
I'll contingent Expenses of the Senate.
tn. me committee met later and author
leu favorable report. The object
me resolution is to secure the at
EN- enuance of officers of the coal roads
tn t,.u coal companies and to secure tes-
b t,lIoIly from dealers in the city who
nave refused to answer questions.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
M'MILLIN ON TRUSTS.
What Tennessee's Governor Says
AbOut Them.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 12.-Gov Nc
Millin retires from office this month,
after an incumbency of four years,
and his last message was presented
to the General Assembly to-day. On
the cubject of trusts. Gov. McMillin
says:
Our people have no prejudices that
would cause them to urge the enact
ment of laws discouraging the use
of capital, however large the amount,
for industrial development. Against
this there can be no complaint, but
combination to crush competition, re-
strict reproduction and thereby en-
nance the price of necessities are pref
judicial and demand the wisest legisla-
ton.
The message declares that to Con-
gress must be left the application of
those remedies against trusts which
exist by reason of a protective tariff,
but that there are on the statutes
strenuous laws against trusts, for the
efficient enforcement of which a fund
should be set aside to be used by the
Governor or Attorney General, or both,
acting conformity.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
Georgia Appreciated.
from the washington Post.

bhC Washing bOh OoLs
Twenty years ago. said Mr.. Henry
S. Reed of Athens, Ca, at the Coch-
ran, while living in the North. l heard
a friend say that he had tried all parts
of the world, including Southern Cali
fornia and Italy, and that he preferred
North Georgia over any other corner
of the globe"
This remark stuck in my memory.
and so about five years ago 1 went
down there to see for myself. The trip
convinced me of the JUSTICE of my
friends statement and 1t did not take
me long to buy plantation and settle
down to the placid life of a Georgia
farmer. had lived in New York state,
and had farmed in Nebraska, and knew
agriculture from the practical side. To-
day I am free to say that / wouldn't
swap my place in jackson county in the
northern part of Georgia for the finest
estate in the North or West"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
ENGINE STRUCK TEAM.

Columbus, Ga, Jan. 12.-The Central
passenger train, from Columbus to
Birmingham, ran into the team of
Massey Bean, a young farmer five
miles out this afternoon. The engine
struck the two mules, which were Just
crossing the track, and killed them in
stantly. One of the mules was car
ried fifty yards up the track. Fortu-
nately the engine was not derailed.
The wagon was demolished, and Mr..
Bean was thrown back on the ground,
pieces of the wagon falling on him.
He was severely cut on the head, but
his injuries are not very serious.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
Y0UTSEY is MAKING
A FULL CONFESSION.

Frankfort, KY. Jan. 12.-Henry
Youtsey to-day continued his testi-
mony before the grand jury. and there
is more excitement over the case than
on Saturday. 1t is stated that he is
making a, full confession, not only of
his part, but also telling all he knows
about what others did in the alleged
conspiracy, three years ago, to assas-
sinate Gov. Goebel.
1t is currently reported that new ev-
idence has not only been secured on
those already indicted. but also evil
dence such as to involve others not
hitherto mentioned in the celebrated
case.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
MITCHELL ASKS MINERS
TO GET MORE COAL.
Makes n Plea to His Union on BE-
half of the Public.


Philadelphia, Jan. II. - President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
of America tonight issued the follow
ing circular letter to all local unions
in the anthracite district:
Philadelphia, Jan. II. 1sOS.-To the
of u. NJ. w. of A, in the Anthracite
Regions: Gentlemen-You are no
doubt aware that serious coal fam
Inc exists in all the Eastern and sea-
board cities, due to the shortage of the
anthracite coal supply. The situation
has reached an acute stage and has
resulted in great suffering and hard
ship to the poor of the cities, whose
earnings are insufficient to enable them
to pay the excessive price now being
charged for fuel, and it is subjecting
the general public to great inconveni-
ence.
To relieve the situation and allevi-
ate, as far as possible, the suffering
now being endured, is the duty of
everyone connected with production of
coal. With this end in view we are
prompted to address this communion
ton to all members of our union and
request that they cooperate with the
management of the mines in an effort
to Increase the production of coal The
gravity of the situation is such as to
require that every mine worker shall
exert himself and use every means at
his command to this end
Upon reading this communication
in the columns of the daily papers, local
unions should hold meetings and de-
wise means whereby the daily output
of the mines may be. increased. These
efforts should be continued until the
weather moderates and the great ne
cessity for fuel shall have passed.
John Mitchell,
President u. NJ. w. of A.
"T. d. Nichols, Thomas Duffy, John
Fahey, Presidents Anthracite Dis
tricts,"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13

philadelphia, Jan. 12.-Edwin A. AL
derrnan, president of Tulane Univer-
sity, New Orleans, tonight delivered
an address before the American Acad-
envy of Political and Social Science on
the topic, "Sectionalism and National
ism in Education"
A brief address was also made by
Robert c. Ogden, president of the
Southern Educational Board.
Following Mr.. Alderman's address, a
reception was rendered the members of
the German Educational Board and
the Southern Educational Board, two
examinations composed of men of ma
tional reputation who are interested in
educational and charitable institutions.
Mr. Alderman spoke as follows:
The education boards. whom you
honor tonight, think of themselves as
the agents of democracy, asking them
selves this great question, How can
nation begun, advanced, and beset
as ours, be so guided that the citizens
shall become freemen entering contin-
ually into the possession of intellec-
tined. material and moral benefits?
They do not stand for philanthropy,
but for democratic idealism. In them
may be seen the corporate genius of
the nation transferring it's energies
from material to spirit and seeking to
enter humbly into the task of enrich
ing the life of the people. They ex-
press the heroism, the, resiliency, the
patience, the idealism, the devotion of
the South, making cause with the con-
science, the efficiency, the moral
persistence, the unlimited desire for
helpfulness, of the North for national
ism and unity. Education for all
classes, races and conditions in their
creeds Their field is the nation.
If the South needs greater average
intelligence among the masses, a great
er exactitude of thinking among the
leaders a greater industrial efficiency
everywhere, a more scientific attitude
towards racial and social phenomena,
does not the whole nation stand In need
of better manners, or a soberer disci-
pine, of a quieter tone, of more spirit
ual sturdiness, of less exaltation of
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
j. Penrce, Florida.

Tallahassee, Fla, Jan. 12.-John A.
Pearce, sheriff of Leon county, and
one of the best known officers in the
state, died at 5 o'clock yesterday
morning at his home in this city, from
pneumonia, afteK an illness of just one
week. Mr.. Pearce had been sheriff of
this county for period of eighteen
years, and during that time had more
narrow escapes probably than any
other man who ever served in that ca
pacity.
He was 40 years old and leaves a
wife and six children. His remains
were laid to rest at o'clock yesterday
afternoon, in the Episcopal Cemetery.
Funeral services were held in the
Episcopal Church.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
SAY THEY WILL STRIKE
AT THE TRUSTS.
Senators Say That Some Action VIII
be Taken.


be Taken.
Washington. Jan. 12.-Following the
conference at the White House last
night, attended by Senator Aldrich and
Speaker Henderson. there has been a
great deal of discussion to-day among
the Republicans of the Senate as to the
prospects of the antitrust legislation
during this session of Congress, and
it is said that some measure will be
passed.
There will be no radical legislation"
said one prominent Republican senator.
but a measure embodying some fea-
lures of the Knox bill may be passed"
Another prominent senator said he
thought there would be legislation this
session, not on the lines of the bill in
PRODUCED by Senator Hoar, but more
along the suggestions made by Attor-
ney General Knox.
An antitrust bill will be reported to
the House Judiciary Committee at its
meeting Friday by the subcommittee
of which Representative Littlefield is
chairman.
An effort will be made to have the
bill reported out to the House at the
earliest possible date in order that it
may be taken up for consideration
without delay,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
Floyd scoaeId, Macon.

Macon, Ga, Jan. 1.-THE family of
Mr.. Floyd Schofield were notified by
telegram of the death of Mr. Schof1eld
at 2:30 o'clock yesterday at Colorado
Springs, Col. The deceased had been
in poor health for some time and had
gone to Colorado Springs in the hope
that change of climate would restore
him.
Mr.. Schofield was SO years of age.
He organized the Schofield Knitting
Company. one of the prosperous manu-
featuring industries of Macon, and
was president of the company
Ee is survived by wife and two
children. The remains will reach Ma
con Wednesday.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
HOPES FOR A SHIPYARD.
beaufort Doesn't Want to Lose the
Entire Plant.

Beaufort, S. c., Jan. ia copy of
the report of Secretary Moody to Con-
gress in reference to the Port Royal
Naval Station was received here to-
night. He practically recommends
the sale of the land and the entire
plant, there being only a portion of
the machinery that could be removed
TO the Charleston station with any adj
vantage to the government.
The hope is entertained here that
some shipbuilding firm viii buy the
land and plant and establish a ship
yard.
Messrs. H. C. Prick, Henry w. Oil
Yer, R. B. Melton, Francis L. Robbins,
r {. Knox and j. H. Harding, promi-
hent men of Pittsburg, are guests of
senator Don Cameron for a few days.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
VOTING FOR SENATOR.

Charlotte, N. c., Jan. 12.-After TAX
ing eleven ballots without making a
nomination for United States senator,
the Democratic legislative caucus at
Raleigh adjourned until tomorrow
night. Following is the vote on the
final ballot:
Overman, So: Watson. 80; Craig, rs;
Carr, 16; Alexander. s.
Judge w. A. Hoke's name did not
figure in the voting tonight.