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The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
BY Alderman Watson

BY Alderman Watson
An ordinance for the Improvement Of
west Broad street, from the south side
OF Gwinnett street to the south side of
Anderson street, under the terms and
provisions of an act of the Legislature
of Georgia, approved Oct. l. 1887.
Section l. BE it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah, in Council assembled, under
the terms and provisions of an act of
the Legislature of Georgia, approved
Oct. l, 1887, That the director of pub
lie works for the city of Savannah and
the Committee on Streets and Lanes of
said city, be and they are hereby, au-
thorized and directed to build and con-
struct on West Broad street in the
city of Savannah, from the south side
of Gwinnett street to the south side of
Anderson street, a roadway of vitri-
fed brick sixty-six (66) feet in width,
between the curbing already laid on
said West Broad street, said pavement
at all street and lane intersections TO
extend over the full width OF said West
Broad street; that is to say, to lines CO.
| incident with the respective property
lines, and they are authorized and di-
rected to do all the work In the way
OF grading, the placing of catch basius.
drains, crossings and all other things
incident to the construction and conn
+ pletion OF said roadway on said por-
tion of said West Broad street.
Sec. 2. BE II further ordained, That
a street railroad company having
tracks running through said portion OF
West Broad street to be improved un-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
Shipping Memoranda.

Charleston. s. c., April 27.-Arrived,
steamers Comanche. Plat, New York,
and proceeded for Jacksonville; Iro-
quois, Watson, Jacksonville, and pro-
ceeded for New York; Huron. In
gram, Boston, and proceeded for Jack
sonville and Brunswick; Vale (Nor),
Aarseth, Banes, Cuba; schooner
Charles H. Valentine, Williams, New
York.
Jacksonville. Fla, April 27.-Arrived,
schooners Mary H. Hall, Haskell,
Perth Amboy, N. j.; Longfellow, Hell
lend, Havana.
Cleared, steamer Apache, Staples,
New York; schooner Charles G. Endi-
colt, Staples, New York.
Port Royal. S. c., April 27-Salled,
schooner j. E. duBignon, Beaufort.
Beaufort, S. G., April 27.-Arrived,
schooner j. E. duBignon, Port Royal.
Fernanddna, Fla. April 27.-Arrived.
steamer Maren (Nor), Holowsen, Glas-
gov; barkentines John Swami, Nash.
New York; Jennie Sweeney, Hudson.
Philadelphia.
Key West, April 27.-Arrived. steam
ers Mascotte, Turner, Port Tampa, and
sailed for Havana; Fanita. -. Tam
pa, and sailed for Havana; tug Mas
Sasoit' - Tortugas; schooner Wave.
Punta, Rassa.
Pensacola, Fla. April 27.-Arrived.
steamer August Belmont (BrO. Rogers.
Tampico, and cleared.
Cleared, steamers Thomas Wayman
(Br), Williams, River Merser. and
sailed; Lowlands (Br), Thomas,
Client; Norwood (BD. Clark, Hen
fienr; banks Rolf (Nor), Torkasen.
Buenos Ayres; Birman (Nor), Hansen,
st. Petersburg.
Baltimore, April 27-Arrived
schooner The Josephine, Savannah.
Rotterdam, April 24.--Arrived, Sand
sen, Savannah.
St. Malo, April 24.-Arrived. Irln-
gard Horn, Pensacola.
Grangemouth, April 24.-Arrived
North Sea, Pensacola.
Liverpool, April 24.-Arrived, Daven.
try, Savannah for Manchester: 26th
Doyedale, Brunswick for Manchester.
st. Michaels. April 26.-Arrived, Firth
of Forth, Pensacola for Genoa ano
Trieste.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
By Alderman Colding-

By Alderman Colding-
To amend an ordinance to assess and
levy taxes and raise revenue for the
city of Savannah.
/. Be It ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city Of Savannah,
that the above entitled ordinance is
hereby amended by adding after the
words, every owner of a wagon or
other vehicle used as moving adver-
tisements, one hundred dollars, the
following, the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall not apply TO a street wag-
on hired for the purpose of advertis-
ing any theatrical performance, base
ball game, football game or athletic
contest.
Q. Be it further ordained that all
ordinances and parts of ordinances
are hereby repealed so far as they ap-
ply to this special case.
Ordinance read in Council for the
first time March 4, 1903, and referred
to Committee on Finance.
w. P. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
OCEAN FREIGHTS.

COTTON-Savannah to Boston, per
100 pounds. Csc; to New York, per 100
pounds, zoe to dock: 23c lightered; to
Philadelphia, per bale, $1.OO; Balti-
more, S1.00.
FOREIGN DIRECT - Genoa, S5c;
Hamburg, 22c; Barcelona, $50; Trieste
3Sc; Venice, 40c Bremen. 1Sc; Havre
Csc; Rotterdam and Amsterdam, zoe;
Liverpool, Csc; Manchester, Csc; Ant
werp, zoe.
LUMBER-By Sail-Freight active,
to Baltimore, $500: to Philadelphia,
s4,75; to New York, S5.621a; to Port
land. $500
LUMBER-By steam-Savannah to
Baltimore. $500; to P. r. r. or B. and
o. docks. $3.50; to Philadelphia Is Pa
per cwt. a pounds to FOOT. to New
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
Rice-Market steady; demand good;
EILO

a
Good .........- ..................412 94%
Common ...... ..................3
Rough rice, 75c6$1.O0 per bushe1, ac-
cording to quality.
Fruits and Nuts.
APPLES-Fancy reds, $4.0004.50.
BANANAS-$1.25 d2.00.
p PINEAPPLES-S3.OO crate.
NGES-California navels, 1925
DEMONSTRATED easy; 1925.
PRUNES-2Os to SOs. 101zc; Dos to 4Os
9%c; 40s to sos, 7S4c; sos to COS. &c;
COS to 7es, 61zc; 70s to sos, SIC; sos tc
sos, SIC: 90s to zoos. 411c.
PEANUTS--Ample stock, fair de-
mand: market firm; fancy hand-rick-
ed Virginias. sac; n. c. peanuts. 4Kc;
ex Virginias, &C.
NUTS-AImonds Terragona, 15c;
Ivicas, 141Ac; walnuts, French. 1214c;
Naples, 15c: pecans. 12c; Brazils, &c;
flberts. lie; assorted nuts, 50-pound
and 25-pound boxes. 121hc
Dried and EvRPOrated Fruits.
APPLES Evaporated. 71s@Sc; sun
dried, 7c.
Acknowledgements. lie pound;
nectarlnes. 1O1zc.
RAIsINS-L. L.. 2-Crown. $3.50; s.
Crown, $500; 4-crown clusters. $3.50;
loose muscatells. TIC; 1rb seeded, 91ac;
imperial cabinets, $500 per box.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, peeled, Ice;
unpeeled, SKc.
PEARS-Evaporated lie.
CITRON-A. S. drums, 1870; Fancy
Corsican, in 10-pound boxes, 13c.
CURRANTS-Bar SIC; 25-pound
boxes. SIC; 1-pound cartons. &c.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

MISCELLANEOUS

FISH-Mackerel, half-barrels, No. 1.
1880; No. 2, $1,000; No. 8, $500; kits,
No l, $1.45; No. 2, $1.35; No. 8, SLIPS;
Goldfish, 1-pound bricks, &c; 2-pound
bricks, SIC; smoked herrings, per box,
10000; Dutch herrings, in kegs, $1.10;
new mullets. half barrels. $3.75.
SYRUP-Market quiet; Georgia and
Florida syrup. buying at 25@26c; SELL
ing at 28@30c; sugar house at 15h@
| lSc.
HIGH WINES-Basis, $1.31.
HONEY-Fair demand; strained, In
barrels, 40c gallon.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
COTTON SEED OIL.

New York, April 27.-~Cotton seed oil
was dull and about steady. Prime
crude f. o. b. mills. S4@351zc, prime
summer yellow, 4Sa@44c; off summer
yellow, 3S@3s11c; prime white, $50
47c; prime winter yellow, 46@47c;
prime meal, $27Oo6275O nominal.
Liverpool. April Election seed oil,
hun refined, spot steady 21s. Cd.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

Per steamship Memphis to New
York, April PISA bales upland cot
ton. 100 bales sea island cotton, 144
barrels naval stores, 1913 tons pig iron,
GIG, 164 feet lumber, 6,6O7 packages gen.
eral merchandise.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
Notice to Mariners.

Pilot charts and photographic in
formation will be furnished masters of
vessels free Of charge in the United
States photographic office, in Custom
House. Captains are requested to call
at the Office. Reports of wrecks and
derelicts received.
This office operates a time ball on
the roof Of the Cotton Exchange. drop
PED daily al l2h. com. O0s., (sundays
ana holidays excepted) 10Th meridian
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
United Confederate Veterans Re-
union New Orleans, La, May 16-
oo IGOR

Atlantic Coast Line will sell round
trip tickets to New Orleans account
Confederate Veterans Reunion at
$500 Zone cent per milel, tickets to
be sold May 1921, inclusive, with re-
turn limit May "a. Extension of limit
to June Is can be secured by deposit
of ticket with special agent at New
Orleans and payment of fee of so cents
at time of deposit. Passenger service
unexcelled. Ticket Agents. De Soto
Hotel and Union Station.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
Vessels sailed Yesterday.

Steamship City of Memphis, Savage,
New York
Steamship Dunster (Br), Ross, Bre-
men.
Schooner Arthur McArdle, Sheppard,
Philadelphia.
Schooner Rebecca M. Walls, Little,
Philadelphia.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

The hight of the Savannah river at
Augusta, at 8 a. m. (75th meridian
time) yesterday, was 11.6 feet, rise of
A of a foot during the preceding
twenty-four hours.
Cotton region bulletin. For the "a
hours ending at a. m, 18th meridian
time April 81 1908
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago, April 27.--Lower prices pre-
vailed on the Board of Trade to-day
but wheat rallied late in the day and
closed firm, with May 1sc. higher and
July up h@Ac. May and July corn
were down &c. May oats were off
&c. and July A@3sc lower. Provisions
were weak, the July products closing
from 1001215 to 12A@15c. lower.
The leading futures ranged as fol-
lows:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
THE WEATHER.

Morning News barometer, April q
1880 p. m. Observation-Disclosures. .5O.IS
Morning News thermometer, April
u, 1880 p. m. ....................o z
Washington, April 27.-Forecast for
Tuesday and Wednesday,
For South Carolina: Fair Tuesday,
warmer in interior; Wednesday fair;
fresh northeast to east winds.
For Georgia: Fair Tuesday, warmer
in interior; Wednesday fair, except
probably showers and colder in west
portion; fresh east to southeast winds.
For Eastern Florida: Fair Tuesday;
Wednesday partly cloudy, probably
showers in north and west portions;
fresh northeast winds.
For Western Florida Fair Tuesday,
fresh south winds; Wednesday, partly
cloudy.
Yesterdays weather at Savannah
Maximum temperature p.
m. ...... ....................f az ueSIees
Minimum temperature Z a.
m. .. ..................... so degrees
Mean temperature ..........6 oil degrees
Normal temperature ..........IO degrees
Deficiency of temperature :. degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
April l ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS o degrees
Accumulated excess since
Jan. l. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES liz degrees
Rainfall :. ...................O 0 men
Normal -.lO men
Deficiency since April l. LII inches
Excess since Jan. 1 ........1.Sl inches
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
Passengers by Steamships.

Passengers for New York by steam
ship City of Memphis. April 27-Mrs
w. F. Hart, Miss Hart, Miss F. j.
Werntz, Mrs. Hines. Miss Pomey. M
Dean, Mr.. Blackman and wife, j. S.
Bodder and wife, Mrs. G.. Witkowski,
Mrs. ]. A. Clark, Miss Emma Conant,
II. It. Raymond, Mr.. Clarkson, Mrs.
A. Nicholson, H. Lewis and wife,
John Critics, j. H. Phimley, b. F. Mar
ten, Mrs. r. A. Rowlinski, Mrs. Webb,
Miss Anna Schuldice. Mrs. L. a.
Thomas and maid, Mrs. S. r. Fletcher,
o. H. Carpenter and wife, Mrs. L. A.
Warner, Mrs. w. d. Alexander Miss
Eva Bartlett, John Walker and wife.
Mr. Sargent Rev. D. H. Bailey, Miss
Anna Smith, Rev. J. l. Smith, w. b.
Alexander and wife, Percy Gordon, A.
]. Daily, Dr. William Newcomb. Miss
Mary Sullivan, Miss Mary Katharine
Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. Heutis, M. Bloom
ingthal, DR.. Weeden and family, A. j.
Underwood, Allen Wilson, Miss King,
Miss Wimbush.
Passengers by steamship Nacoochee,
New York for Savannah, April 25-Mr
Levy, T. Turner, G. Stevens, r. f.
Bowker, c. Stern, H. r. Howson, r.
N. Stable and wife. j. H. Dickinson,
Mrs. Sexton, S. Wilson, Mr.. Pincus.
F. A. Clark, E. ]. Mcknight. Mrs. En-
ma Cohen, Miss ella Maxwell, Miss r.
Sapp. Mrs. L. Golfer c. Henry, ].
Beckies, R. l.. Fisher Miss e. Peterson,
p. Contains.
Savannah Almanac, 18th Meridian
Time.
Sun rises at 5;42 a. m, and sets at
1901 p. m.
High water at Tybee to-day at sos
a. m. and S:2S p. m. High water at Sa-
vannah one hour later.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

Remarks-Cooler over the central and
eastern districts, while in the western
portion the temperature has remained
about stationary except a slight warm
ing in the Oklahoma, district. Showers
over the eastern portion of the belt.
Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time April q, 1903, 500 p. M,
18th meridian time.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

Flour was steady. No. spring wheat
7S11c; No. 8. 7S@75c No 2 red, 700
TIC. No. 2 corn, 44Bc: No. 2 yellow
44Ac. No. 2 oats, $3.50; No. white,
321a@36kc. No. 2 rye, soc. Good feed
ing barley SS@42c. Fair to choice
mailing, 4s@55c. No. 1 flaxseed, s1.0S;
No. Northwestern, $1.10. Mess pork,
per 100 pounds, ST. .5O@17. 621A. Lard, per
100 pounds, $9.45@9.55. Short ribs sides
(loose), $9.550965. Dry sailed shout
ders (boxed), $S.5O0S.6215. Short clear
sides (boxed), $10OO@10.12h. Whisky.
basis of high wines, $1.30. Glover, con-
tract grade, $3.50
Receipts - Wheat 100 bushels;
corn, $1,000 bushels; oats, ls9. 300 BUSH
els; hogs, $4,000 head.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
Cnnntmise Exnnrts.

time. In case Of failure the ball is
lowered slowly 5 minutes after II.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
GRAIN. PRoVIsIoNs. ETC.

York. $6.75 per NJ. to dock; lightered
$3.50; to Boston, to dock. $S.75.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

The Building of Lighters and other
Small Craft on the River Conttn-
ues on Fair ScaIe-SteambOnt
business Good in View of Dull
SeasOn-Of Interest TO shippers
The building of lighters by William
Kelly & Son. opposite the city, con-
tinues upon a fairly active scale. The
demand for this class of craft promises
to keep up as long as the dredging OPP
erations continue in the Savannah
river. which calls for both lighters
and scows in the prosecution of the
work. The firm has just launched
two scows for one of the dredging
companies, and is next to build scows
for P. Sanford Ross. Seldom has the
outlook been better for this class of
work, for with the prospect of its con-
tinuing we'll through the summer the
approach of the fall season will proba-
bly, witness preparations that may call
for the building of many lighters and
other small craft. If this turns out
to be the case the lighter builders will
have no cause for complaint.
The present is the off season with
the steamboats,. While the movement
of freight by them is upon a fair
scale it is the season for the volume to
be at its minimum, and the fact that
steamboatmen are not complaining
means that they find enough freight
moving to at least offset operating
expenses.
The Two States of the Savannah
River Steamboat Companys fleet is
hauling her share of the freight be-
tween Savannah and Stoney Bluff. the
steamer Louise of the Georgia-Caro-
lima Navigation Company, is doing a
fair business, though the fact fertili-
zers, oysters and other freights are
not moving at present makes ii an off
season with that boat. What general
merchandise there is goes by the Lou
Use, but the amount is not large
enough to make the business attraC-
tive during the summer. On the line
between Savannah and Augusta, oper-
ated by the Southern Transportation
Company, the boats have been doing
satisfactorily.
At Columbus Ga, the Board of
Trade adopted a resolution requesting
the Ocean Steamship Company TO
name its next new steamship the City
.nf C.1r 1,rtc
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
Sugars.

sacks, 39c; 100-pound cotton sacks, 40c;
125-pound burlap sacks, ACC; 125-pound
cotton sacks, SOC; 20O-pound burlap
sacks, re.
HIDEs-Market fine; dry flint, 13c;
dry sailed, lie; green sailed. SIC.
WOOL-Firm; prime Georgia. free
of sand burrs and black wool, nominal
ut 1Sc; black, lie; bury, 10Q12c; Wax,
nc; tallow, e. Deer skin. zoe.
c. r. r. and Banking collat-
Hardware and Building Supplies.
LIME, CALCIUM. PLAsTERS AND
bama and Georgia lime
in fair demand and sell at $4,000 a
barrel; special calcined plaster. $500
l.65 per barrel; hair, 4@5c, Rosedale
cement, $120@1.25; carload lots, spe-
cial; Portland cement, retail, $2.75;
carload lots. $20092.10.
LUMBER-Market firm. Quotations:
Sawn ties, per NJ feet, $10.50@11; hewn
ties (7x9xS12), 4Oc each; hewn ties
(6xS), 26c; switch ties, $11.50; minimum,
easy size yard stock, $12@14; car stills,
s14@D16; ship stock, S22.
barrels; Pratt's Astral, Ice, in bar
rels; Aladdin Security, 151sc, in bar
rels; Water White, 15c, in barrels;
Standard White, lac, in barrels; d. S.
Gasoline, in barrels, Ice; D. S. Case
lire, in drums, lac: Sc degrees Case
line, IN drums, lSc; 6o Den21ne, IN
drums, lac; linseed oil, raw, 47c;
boiled, ACC; lard oil, 91c.
SHOT-Drop, $1.60; B. B. and large,
$1.S5; chilled $l.S5.
IRON-Market firm; refined $40;
Swede. SC,
NAILsLCut, s2.45 base: wire. s2.45
base.
BARRED WIRE = 1925 per 100
pounds.
GUNPOWDER - Per key, Austin
crack shot, $3.50; half keg. $3.50; quar-
ter kegs, $1.40; champion ducking,
quarter key, $2.25; Austin smokeless,
half kegs. $3.45; quarter. $4.30; three
pound, $21O; one pound, 75c: less 20
per cent. on smokeless.
Cotton BnEging and Ties.
BAGGTNG-Market firm: jute, 2
pound, SEC sea island bagging, lie.
Ttes-Standard 45-inch arrow. large
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
Savannah Almanac, 10Th Merida
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

Vessels Arrived Yesterday.
Bark Saranc, Porter New York.
Master.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

FLOUR-Patent. $4.S5; straights,
s41O; fancy, $SS5; family. $3.50;
spring wheat. best patent. $500.
MEAL-Pearl, per barrel, $40; per
sack, $1.4212; city meal, per sack, bolted,
S1.35; water ground, $1.40; (Pierce);
city grits, sacks, 81. 40; Pearl grits,
Hudnuts, per barrel, $S.15; per sack.
$1.45.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

Texas Rainfall: Corpus Christi. T.
Light Frost: Chattanooga, Tenn;
Covington, Tenn; Milan, Tenn; Brink
ley, Ark: Russellville, Ark; Meridian,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

At Columbus, Ga. the Board of
Trade adopted a resolution requesting
the Ocean Steamship Company to
name its next new steamship the City
of Columbus.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Note-These quotations are revised
daily and are kept as near as possible
in accord with the prevailing whole
sale prices. Official quotations are not
used when they disagree with the
prices wholesalers ask.
POULTRY-Market bare and firm;
springers, 50660c per pair; hens, 70@
soc; ducks, 75@S0c; turkeys, 15@1Sc per
pound.
EGGS - Tennessee, ice; Georgia
country, 15c.
BUTTER-The tone of the market is
firm. Quotations: Cooking, 21c; New
York state, 25c; Elgin, 2SQ29c; Best
Elgin, sic.
CHEESE-Market firm; fancy. full
cream cheese, 151a@16c for 20 and %
pound averages; % to S0-pound aver
ages, 15Q151sc.
WHITE PEA BEANS-$2 60 bushel.
POTATOES-$2. 25 per barrel.
CABBAGE--$2.00 Q2.25 crates or bar
relS.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
Cotton BaEging ana Ties.

BAGGING-Market firm: jute, 2
pound, SIC; sea island bagging, lie.
Ttes-Standard 45-inch arrow. large
lots $1.05. small lots. $1.15.
~. Bacon, Hams and Lard.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

$50 bid
Baltimore, April dashboard Air
Line common, ss@25h; do preferred,
42Q421s; do AS, S2@S2s; Atlantic Coast
Line common, 127A @129; do preferred.
unchanged.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

H. b. Boyer,
Local Forecast Official.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-04
NEGRO TO BE ELIMINATED
 FROM THE AMERICAN NAVY
Sailors on Board Ship Object to A8Socang With the Black Man and Officers Have Decided to Let Him Go in
 the Interests of Good Order.
BY PATTERSON srEALEY.

leaving the service will be greater than those entering it, and in time all the ne- groes will disappear.
 It is alleged that the white men in the navy are dissatisfied over the present practice of enlisting negroes freely, and are constantly in a state of discontent by reason of unavoidable association with the blacks on board ship A striking Illus tration of the feeling of the white sailors against the blacks was furnished a lew days ago, when at a northern port the white men of an American naval vessel committed series of assaults on negroes serving on the same craft. Both parties were on shore leave, and the whites com ing in contact with the blacks, beat them until the negroes were obliged to seek refuge on board the ship where they were under the protection of commissioned off, eers.
 The white enlisted men. object especially to being obliged to mess with the negroes on board ship. They also object to other forms of the service which compel them to regard the negroes as their equals in every respect From time to time there have been grumblings and evidences of dscontent and officers Of the service have come to the conclusion that it would be in the interest of good order and discipline on board ship and on shore to organize a white navy and allow the blacks to dis appear from the service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-04
CIVIC FEDERATION
 FAILED TO SETTLE
TEXTILE WORKERS OF PHlLADEL- PHIA MAKE PUBLIC THE FAIL URE OF THE ORGANIZATION OFFER NOT ACCEPTED.

Philadelphia, AuI t s.-The fact that the industrial bra | of the Civic fed- eration has made | effort to settle the textile strike In u city and failed was made public by ders of the textile workers. The atten was made in June and was kept quiepantil today, when the correspondence was made public.
 The textile workers agreed to return to work on a fifty-hve-hour-a-wee basis, and also agreed not to ask for higher wages until reasonable time had elapsed The dyers, also on strike, agreed to modify their wage demand.
 The Civic federation communicated with the manufacturers, but the employers would not accept the offer.
 The strike leaders declare there are 55.- 900 men, women and children engaged in the industry still idle. Some of the man. ufacturers tried to start their mills today but failed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-04

Washington. August 8.-(Special)- )-The negro as a part of the enlisted force of the United States navy Is to be elimi- mated. Hereafter 1t is to be the policy of the recruiting agencies of the navy to discourage the enlistment of black men for service on American war vessels. A system of elimination is to be inaugu- rated, and while 1t is to be put into op- eration gradually, it will eventually weed out every negro serving before the mast, and the enlistment force of the navy will be composed exclusively of white men.
 officers of the navy are not willing now to discuss the subject, for fear of raising protests and criticism, but 1t Is believed the idea of the white navy is to be realized. notwithstanding any criti- elsm that may be made.
 At present there are about 29,OOO en- listed men in the navy. It is estimated that about 800 of these men are black. It is probable that only few enlistments of negroes will be made during the next three or four years. and as soon as the terms of those now serving expire they will be allowed to go. Thus the number
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-04
WOMAN USES GUN
 ON HER HUSBAND
PROSPEROUS FARMER IN WEST VIRGINIA FIRES ON HIS WIFE AND MISSES AND SHE USES A RIFLE AND HITS THE MARK.

Mattewan, W. Va, August 3.-Willlam Adair, prosperous farmer and timber dealer. was shot and killed last night by his wife in front of their home on Pig con Creek, this county. Adair, who had been in Cincinnati disposlng of some of his lumber, returned home unexpectedly, found his wife away from home. He went in search of her and found her In the home of a neighbor, became jealous and pulling revolver from his pocket fired three shots at her. all of which went wild.
 Mrs. Adair ran into her house, seized her husbands rifle and returning to the yard just as he was entering the gate, shot him. He attempted to escape by run ming to the woods nearby but bullet from the rifle killed him. He died with out uttering a word. The woman rode horseback to Williamson where she sur rendered and is now in jail. Mrs. Adair comes from one of the wealthiest families om Mingo county. She will plead self defense.