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The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15
Cleveland Not d Candidate.

Athens. Ga. May 12.-In reply TO a
letter from X. f. Holder. Jr., editor OF
the Athens Banner, in which was given
the result OF a poll of the business men
of Athens, showing a strong sentiment
for the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland
and which contained this question:
Are you now considering or would
you consider making the race for the
presidency next year on the Democratic
ticket?" EX-President Cleveland
writes as follows:
princeton, n J., May 8, 1903.
'B. +. Holder, Jr.
Dear Sir:-I thank you for your
letter of the ith inst. and for the edi-
torial clipping from your paper which
accompanied it. | CannO, fail 10 be
gratified by the kindly expressions
which frequently come to me in these
days from all parts of our country. and
| desire to thank you for your loyal
support in the past and for your eX-
ceedingly friendly expressions at this
time.
in answer to the question with
which you conclude your letter. can
say 10 more than to assure you that at
no time since the close of my last ad-
ministratiOn have | been deSiruus OF
carrying the Democratic banner for the
fourth time in presidential contest
Yours truly.
GROVER CLEVELAND"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15

Denver, May 12.-Unless some com
promise is arranged Immediately it
! looks as if Denver is on the verge o.
! the biggest labor strike ever known in
/ the state
The joint executive committee OF or
eanized labor and the executive COM
mittee Of the Citizens Alliance held
| conferences yesterday afternoon. but
! did not reach an agreement regarding
/ arbitration. hence the strike of the
( bakers and van drivers and the lock-
| out of the teamsters remain in full
/ force
! 1t was due to the fire and police
| board that the two committees met in
| the formers Office yesterday afternoon.
! The committee representing labor sub
| mitted a proposition agreeing to arbi-
| trate the labor troubles. subject to the
stipulation that the arbitration com
mittee must be composed of an equal
number of the employers and en-
ployes concerned.
The proposition was taken up at the
general meeting of the Citizens Al
iiance last night, and a counter propO-
stion made to the labor committee.
This proposition named five members
of the Alliance to meet committee
of equal number to be selected by the
labor organizations, and the full COM
mittee to select an eleventh member.
The labor committee met last night.
and after considering the proposition
of the Alliance voted it down and de
cided to stand by its original proposi-
ton, which provides that the arbitra-
tion committee must be composed of
employers and employees concerned in
the controversy.
The proposition of the joint execu-
tive committee of organized labor was
as follows:
Denver, Colo. May II, 1909.
"To the Fire and Police Board of the
City of Denver:
CONTAMINATION your invitation
we submit the following: On behalf of
each and every labor union at this
time involved in difficulties with EN-
ployers in the city of Denver the nn-
dersigned executive committee repre-
senting organized labor offers to sub
nit the entire matter for arbitration,
only stipulating that arbitration com
mittees must be composed Of an equal
number of employers and employees
concerned. Respectfully submitted,
JOINT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF ORGANIZED LABOR OF DEN
YER"
Following is the reply of the Citi-
zens' Alliance:
Headquarters of the Citizens Al
lance. Chamber of Commerce, Den
yer, Colorado, May II.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15
TRYING ARAPAHOE
COMMISSIONERS

Denver, May 12-The trial of Thom-
as Phillips, Frank Bishop and Fred 2.
Watts, members of the old board Of
county commissioners OF Arapahoe
county, who. are charged with maifea-
sance in Office, began yesterday after
noon with the opening statement made
to the jury by George Allan Smith,
deputy district attorney.
The statement consumed nearly two
hours and half and at 4:30 o'clock
adjournment was taken to $3.50 o'clock
this morning. Charles j. Hughes Jr.,
attorney for the defense, announcing
that several new points had been
brought out which the defense wished
to consider and that with such ad-
iournment the defense would be able
to condense its statement so as TO
consume but very little time.
Judge Vorhes of Pueblo, who is sit
ting in the case, vainly endeavored to
secure assent to the proposition to
hold night sessions.
Mr.. Smiths staten ent Of the case
went into minute de,ails of the points
W Dc toIlSlutI tN Ilt announced tsA lii
beginning that the prosecution pro-
posed to prove in a charge of twenty
one counts misconduct in office, The
charge in this case he announced. sis
failure and neglect to perform the du-
ties Of the Office of county commission
er, and a violation of the oath OF
office. We expect to prove that in fail
ing to look into the bills of the Smith
Brooks Printing Company grossly eX-
fessive amounts were allowed
Mr.. Smith presented the items in the
twenty-one counts in which it will be
endeavored to prove excessive sums
were charged and paid, and only twice
during the statement was any Cbjec-
tion made. One was when repeated
references were made to John 7. Bot
tom. who had been county attorney at
the time and whois now associated with
the attorneys for the defense MI
Hughes protested that Mr.. Bottom was
in no wise concerned, but the court
oyerruled.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15

New York, May lO.-The discovery
yesterday afternoon of an ingeniously
constructed infernl machine, continuing
100 pounds of dynamite in half-pOund
sticks and an electrically operated
mechanism, on the pier of the Cunard
steamship line, frustrated what is
believed to have been plot to sink
the steamship Umbria, Which sailed at
2 o'clock, when she was twenty-four
hours out at sea.
A letter received at police headQuar-
ters less than two hours before the
Umbria sailed revealed the presence of
the internal machine. This letter ap-
pears to have been written by wom-
an of education. The handwriting is
fine and cultured. 1t was signed. but
The police refused to give out the
name.
At the time the internal machine
was discovered the pier of the Cunard
line was crowded with prospective pas
sengers and their friends. Almost a
panic ensued when they were ordered
from the pier before the sinister-look-
ing box was removed from its position
alongside the gangway leading to the
After the internal machine had been
thoroughly soaked in the Hudson river
a careful inspection made by Superin-
tendent Murray of the bureau of com
bustibles and explosives, showed that
the powder fuse connecting the light
ing the lighting device with the case
of dynamite had been actually ignited
and that its end had been charred.
The 200 half-pound sticks of dyna-
mite were encased in boxes, which also
held three sets of clockwork mechan-
ism, two dry storage electric batteries
and quantity of loose gun cotton and
gunpowder The mechanism was click
ing noisily when box lid was thrown
back.
Chief Murray of the bureau of COM
bustibles declared that it was the most
perfect internal machine he had ever
seen or heard about. Had it gone off,
he said, it would have blown the Um-
bria out of the water. Nothing but
it's discovery on the pier, he declared,
would have prevented the tiendish pur-
pose of its constructors from having
been carried out There was no name
or consignment mark on the trunk
shaped box which held the machine.
1t was taken to the Cunard line pier
yesterday afternoon by two men sup
posed to be Italians.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15
Moros Thoroughly Whipped.

Manila, May 12.-Captain Pershing
and his column have returned to Camp
Wears. Mindanao, from the expedition
through the country east of Lake La
mao. The column experienced no oppo-
sition after the fighting at Taraca. The
prisoners captured at Taraca took the
oath of allegiance to the United States
and were released Among the Moros
killed in Taraca forts were nine dattos
and one sultan. The moral effect of
this fight will be far-reachng and it
is doubtful if there will be any further
hostility in the Lake Lanao country
Captain Pershing estimated the pop
ulation OF Taraca at 30 600 and that of
the district at 100000. He says the
population of the Lake Lanao district
has been underestimated
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15
Greed Revision Assured.

Philadelphia, May 9.-Eev. Or, WI
liam II. Roberts. stated clerk of the
Presbyterian general assembly, has re-
ceiyed returns from 2u3 of the 231
preshyteries on the question of creed
revision. Eleven overtures we're sent
to the presbyteries by the last general
assembly.
OF the returns received 1855 are in
favor of all the overtures, thirteen are
partly affirmative. two negative and
three took no action.
This vote ratifies the proposition,
which required majority Of two
thirds of the presbyteries. and practi-
cally assures the adoption of the re-
vised confession of faith by the gen.
eral assembly, which meets in LoI
Angeles this month.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15

Mrs Leonel Ross Anthony, Colo
RADIOS brilliant newspaper woman,
known throughout the entire North
west as Polly Pry.' is the governors
latest appointee TO the Board Of Com
missioners of the St Louis World s
Fair.
The Legislature. by special act in
creased the number of commissioners
from five to seven, Thomas Walsh,
mining man and publiC-spirited mil
lionaire, and Polly Pry,' the versatile,
diplomatic, forceful, brainy leader of
Colorado's aggressive mOulders of pub
lie opinion, being Immediately appoint
ed to the place it was tacitly under
stood was created for them.
AS the board now stands it is COM
posed of six men with Mrs. Anthony
as the one woman-the governor being
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15
DYNAMITE PLOT TO DESTROY
CUNARD STEAMSHIP UMBRIA

This is the letter of warning ad-
dressed to Commissioner Greene:
The box with handles Is among the
trunks for the steamer lImbria.
Dear Sir-The Malta greets you
and wishes you well At the Curard
dock is a box containing 100 pounds
of dynamite. Inside also is machine
that, properly set, can explode the
stuff at any time within thirty-siX
hours
The society has declared war
against England and has ordered the
destruction of every steamer flying the
British flag sailing out of New York
harbor The undersigned received or
ders to begin operations by sinking the
Oceanic, but SO many women and chill
dren took passage on that boat that
the society's plans were changed at
the last minute.
THE machine in the box the first
made and a crude affair, is inclosed
simply to show how easy it is to sink
a steamer and to convince those in
terested that the society is not making
idle threats. The society has under
taken to clear New York harbor OF
British ships. and it will succeed.
THE reason for this movement the
society does not wish to disclose. Suf-
fee it to say that the society, to protect
itself, must carry the war into the enc
my's country. 1t proposes to wage the
war as fiercely as it knows how.
This is the society's first and last
warning, and those who propose to pat
ronize British steamers must take their
, chance in the future.
The society asks and gives no guar
| ter, so, lay on, lay on, Macduff, and
damned be he that cries hold, enough.
"PIETRO DE MARTINI.
"P. S.-The battery is not attached
fuse is without caps and lighter not
set. Consequently there is no danger
in handling the box"
Inspector George McClusky of the
detective bureau said tonight:
Il am satisfied that this is not the
work of the Malta. or any other secret
society. The fact THAI the letter re-
ceived at headquarters is undoubtedly
the wCrk of an intelligent person and
that the machine itself Is the product
of some intelligent person, may mean
that both were the work of one All
night we have been working on the as
sumption that it was dynamite that
i the box contained. Inspector Murray
of the bureau of combust.bies reported
to me that it was dynamite
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15

Baldwin. but was garbled from the ar
ticle in the Post of April 18th; that
General Baldwin's interview with the
reporter the afternoon of April 18th
was not sensational enough to suit the
paper and the story was twisted and
put in such shape that the reporter was
not willing to be held responsible for
it and he resigned in consequence of
the position in which the publication
of the article placed him. The News
is also sensational paper.
Il was told that when the Post ar
ticle came out. the News reporter who
interviewed General Baldwin the night
OF the 18th was scored for not getting
this sensational story. Tie News of
the 18th, in publishing an authentic in
terview with General Baldwin, added
to it the original sensation which the
Post had published.
so far as could gather from con-
versation with newspaper men, they
did not credit the original Post inter-
view from the start.
The Republican, the only conserv-
ative paper in town. did not try to
learn anything about it, nor mention
it.
Il found General Baldwin much cha
grined at the notoriety thrust upon
him by this newspaper episode and
greatly Inundated at the thought that
any one would believe him guilty of
,, the utterances alleged in these news
paper articles; that any one could be-
lieve him so poor a soldier as to be
Indifferent to the lives OF the men he
commanded was to him a source OF
deep regret"
Secretary Roots endorsement is as
follows:
War Department Washington. May
s, 1903.-It appears by this very eA-
|, haustive Investigation. in which testi-
mony was taken under oath by a duly
| authorized officer, that the publication
ascribing to General Baldwin state
ments rejecting upon the Filipino sol
diers in the service of the United States
| and also upon the negro soldiers of the
| United States was false, that no such
statements were made by him.
The papers accompanying the re-
| port of the inspector general leave nc
| doubt in my mind as TO the correctness
| of his conclusions.
| The report and papers will be flee
! without further action.
! ''ELIHU ROOT, Secretary of War
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15
New Army Rifle Favored

Washington, May 9.-The army
board which has been for months past
considering the merits of the new ser
vice rifle or musket has finally de-
clared in favor of a weapon with a
barrel only twenty-four inches in
length, using a 80 ball.
The new gun is a remarkable weap-
on, according to the ordnance officers.
for while it is four inches shorter than
the Krag, and only two inches longer
than the carbine, it is more powerful
than either, with a higher initial We
locity and hatter trajectory.
1t can easily penetrate twenty-four
one-inch pine panks. 1t is a pound
lighter than the service rife. which
is a consideration in the tropics. A
new feature is a complete encasement
of the barrel in wood, to prevent burn
ing the hands of the marksman when
the gun is rapidly discharged.
The weapon was evolved by United
States army officers and is not patent,
ed. 1t is asserted to be the most pow.
erful musket in the world.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15
Collapse of Denver Building.

Denver, May 9.-One woman is
dead, man is missing and probably
dead, and several persons We're in
jured as result of the collapse of
the building at Nos. 1510-12-14 Lari-
mer street, a little before s O'Clock.
last night. Firemen and policemen
dug in the ruins all night. as several
persons were not accounted for and it
was feared had gone down with the
building.
Michaelson Brothers occupied the
ground floor of the building with a
large stock of furnishing goods.
Above were rooms, in many OF which
was valuable furniture and other per-
sonal property. All will be total
loss. The financial loss is estimated
at 100000.
The building was undergoing repairs
which contemplated alterations to the
front For this reason the front was
temporarily supported by heavy tim
bers. 1t is supposed that the cause of
the collapse was the pushing over of
the old walls by the heavy supports.
The contractor and others had said
that the work was being properly done
and the building perfectly safe.
Following are the dead and injured :
MRS. THOMAS M'kERNAN. died
at Emergency hospital from injuries.
George Hayes, iron moulder, recent
" from Pueblo; body thought to be
in ruins.
e. E. Doan of Florence. oil man
compound fracture of right leg and
scalp wounds; will recover
Thomas McKernan, iron #. moulder
living in the upper story; scalp
wounds and bruises; not serious.
George Heberln, oil man, scalp
wounds and bruises; not serious.
S. NJ. Sorenson, clerk in store, cuts
on harts and head and bruises; not
serious
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15
Successful Lorenz Operation.

Washington, May 10.-Yesterday the
plaster cast was removed from the
limbs of eleren-year-old Charles Will
let, who was operated upon last fall by
DR.. Adolph Lorenz. the Austrian spe-
cialist for an extraordinary case of
club feet. The result is pronounced by
the boys attending surgeon to be a
perfect cure. The boy walks easily
and naturally. The case will be pre-
sented to the Medical Congress which
convenes here this week
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15
California Anarchist Arrested.

San Jose, Cal, May 12.-Clay Taylor,
alias Prof. Plutte. was arrested by de-
tective Pickering yesterday for sup
posed designs upon the life of the Pres
ident He has served three terms in
prison.
1t is alleged that he wrote to the
President advising him not to come
here. He is also accused of recent an
archistic utteranceS.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15
GEN. BALDWIN DID NOT ISLANDER
FILIPINO AND NEGRO SOLDIERS

Washington, d. c., May 9.-Inspector
General S. c. Mills, who was detailed
by the secretary of war to investigate
the alleged interview with Gen. Frank
D. Baldwin, published in the Denver
Post April 18th, and in the Denver
News April 18th, to-day submitted his
report, which is endorsed by Secre-
tary Root
In the report, which is comprehen-
sive, General Mills states that Walter
Hurt, q reporter for the Post, testified
under oath that he interviewed Cen
eral Baldwin in the Albany hotel lobby
about $50 a. m April 18th. The tes-
timony of Lieut.. H. A. Drum Manager
Tanning, Head Porter Frye and Din
Ing Room Man Schultze of the Albany
hotel, agrees that General Baldwin and
Lieutenant Drum, shortly after a. m
came to breakfast and left the hotel
FOR army headquarters. reaching there
according to the testimony of head
quarters clerks, before $50 a. m. Es-
tablished facts show that there was no
interview by General Baldwin with
any one at the time claimed by Hurt.
The afternoon of April 18th General
Baldwin was interviewed by Mr.. AL
drich of the Republican and Mr.. Her.
rick of the News and stated that Fill
pinos would make excellent soldiers
under proper training. Summing up
the newspaper quotations of General
Baldwin in the interview the night of
April 18th, the two April 18th and
one April 14th. he spoke highly of the
Filipinos These interviews are all
we'll established and the reporters still
retain their notes.
On the other hand. there is an al
legged interview the morning of April
18th, which Reporter Hurt states he
had but which neither General Bald
win nor Lieutenant Drum remembers,
and which none of the hotel people
saw.
After full examination. General
Mills states that he is convinced that
no such interview as described by Hurt
took place, and that the interview is
fake pure and simple He added:
''The Denver Post is a sensational pa
per, said to be given to scare heads.
red type, full page charges one day and
obscure, small paragraphs of denial
later on.
''As to the article in the News of
April 1ith, am convinced it was not
the result OF an interview with General
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15
Killed by Dynamite.

Denver, May 11.-Martin P. Pels. Jr,
a member of one of the prominent fam
lilies of Denver. and one of the promis-
ing young mining men of the state,
was literally blown to pieces by the
explosion of seventy pounds of dyna-
mite at the Green Mountain mine in
Cunningham gulch, near Siiverton,
early yesterday morning. The news
reached the city in a telegram to his
father, NJ. p. Pels, who lives at No.
1177 York street.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31
SHAW UNIVERSITY,
Prof Booker Washington Visited the School
Yesterday.

The attendance is 43O, the largest in the
history of the institution 50 early in the
season. Every room is occupied and the
president for three weeks has been rafus
ing all applicants for admission. Some
will leave to teach school in few weeks
and others can then be received in THEN
places. Quite number have already been
admitted for the school session opening DC
tober 1st, 1904 There are over $50 in the
boarding department, and plans will soon
be formulated for the enlargement of the
chapel, dining room. kitchen and laundry.
The cooking school has been started with
Miss Bronson, of Providence, r. l.. as in
structor. The student body represents
eighteen States and five foreign countries
A pleasant future of life at Shaw yester-
day was a reception to Prof. Booker T.
Washington. The distinguished visitor
was driven between Il double line of stu
dents that extended from the entrance OF
the campus to the front of the chapel The
students then marched into the chapel
and each one received from this worthy
leader of the race a warm grasp of the
hand and hearty word of encouragement
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31
Mrs. W, L. Walker Laid to Rest
Especial to News and observer.)

Especial TO News and Observer
Durham, n. c., Oct. 30.-The body NJ
Mrs. W l.. Walker, who died suddenly
AT her home in New York Wednesday
morning, reached here this morning apo
was laid to rest in the city cemetery this
afternoon. The funeral service was con-
Quoted by Dr.. E. A. Yates from Trinity
Methodist church this afternoon at three
clock. He was assisted by Rev. K. G..
Beaman. pastor of Trinity.
Large number of friends and relatives
from New York, New Jersey, Richmond
and other places were present, and the
auditorium was packed to overfiowlng.
The floral offerings were the most beau
tiful and elaborate ever seen on a flu-
eral occasion in Durham. There wen
from fifty to seventy-fvc designs of the
finest and most costly flowers that could
be furnished, many of them coming fro u
Freshman, New York. The entire chan
eel, from one end to the other, was deco
rated and banked with these beaut.l1
designs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-31
THE GlMGaOULs BANQUET.
An Occasion Of Rare Pleasure at the Univer.
sity of North Carolina
(Special to News and Observer


Chapel Hill, N. c., Oct. 3O.-Tlns even,
ing before the October german, the
Gimghouls, at their lodge, served to their
visiting young lady friends their annual
October spread. The menu, prepared by
Dughi, of Raleigh, and consisting of delici-
Gus courses, was served the guest. while
the orchestra added pleasure to the occa-
sion by the rendition of popular music.
The colors of the order. red and black,
We're used as decorations.
Those present yere A. l.. Cox with Miss
Louise Orrick, of Baltimore, Md; NJ. c.
lotte; G. R. Berkeley with Miss Margaret
Alexander, of Chapel Hill G. Kenan with
Miss Reba Bridgers, of Tarboro; G. c.
Green with Miss Lois Carr. of Durham
j. H. Winston with Miss Mabel Young OF
Raleigh; F. A. Cox with Miss May Oates
Caldwell, of Charlotte; H. V. Worth with
Miss Erma Bailey, of winston; H. Mop
Jones with Miss Janet Hawkins, of Ridge
way; C. NJ. Carr with Miss Amy Tuttle,
of Fall River Mass; w. L. Sheep with
Miss Agnes Makeley, OF Edenton; Vernon
Howell with Miss Wheatley; C. R. Dey
with Miss Wheatley; DR.. Bernard with
Miss McCrae: H. Skinner with Miss Mar
garet Turk, of Washington, D. c.; D..
and Mrs. Mangum, of Chapel Hill: Il.
Moses with Miss Skinner of Greenville.
Chaperones-Miss Kate Cheshire, of Tar
boro; Mrs Taliaferro. of Charlotte; Mr..
Gore. of Chapel Hill.