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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-17

Vessels publishes in a neat little
volume Sir George Savile's "The Ladys
New Years Gift; or. Advice to a
Daughter. There is no preface or note
that this is reprint of a work which
appeared in the year 1705. price. ST.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-17

While it is the part of wisdom not to
Judge a book by its cover, there is no
denying. that handsome binding. good
paper, clear printing and generous mar
gins are advantages which enhance not
little the pleasure one receives from
Father Faber's translation of Racci's
Life Of ST. Philip Neri,'' published half
a century ago, was an interesting and
a valuable work. but not a typograph-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-17

Cardinal Gibbons held his annual
I New Years reception after the big5
mass at the Baltimore cathedral Mora
than 800 persons. Catholic and Protest.
ant. called at the archiepiscopaI resi-.
dence to pay their respects to the high.
est prelate Of the church in this coUn.
try.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-17

The work of draining the swan,
known as the Green river bottom ' sv
tending through Lee. Whftasfds D..
reau and Rock Island counties of Ti
nois, a distance of fifty miles. has b a,,,
completed and the great pumping a..
ton in the Meridocia swami is ro-.
throwing 100000 gallons of water i7,o
the Mississippi river every hour dsy
and night.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-17

Early this year Sir Francis c. Bur
nand, the editor of Punch, will publish
his "Reminiscences. 1t is safe to pre-
diet that it will be one of the most
widely read books of the year, for the
career of Sir Francis has been one of
uncommon interest, and there are few
prominent figures in the social, literary
and artistic circles of London who will
not yield the humorist one good story.
AS Burnand is an earnest convert,
there is little doubt that his 'Reminis-
cences" will be more than usually in
teresting to Catholic readers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
ATTEMPTED H0LD-UP
IN RHODE ISLAND.
Engineer DIsreEarded Danger Sig
nal and Saved a Robbery.

Woonsocket. r. l.. Sept. 25.-Because
the trained eye of Engineer George w.
Boss recognized in the awkward swing
of a lantern the work of a novice. he
pulled the throttle wide open. and drove
his train swiftly by a danger signal set
dead against him and frustrated what
is believed to have been an attempt to
hold up the boat train at Plummers
Ledge. a lonely spot, q mile north of
Whitins station on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad last
night.
The boat train drew out of Worces-
ter at $40 last night, and was due
in Providence at 7:25. 1t had reach
ed a point within an eighth of o. mile
of Plummers Ledge where Engineer
Boss saw green signal light indicat-
ing clear track. Suddenly the light
changed to red, and the engineer closed
the throttle, and set the air brakes.
AS he did so lantern was swung
across the track. but not in the easy
manner acquired by experienced train
men, and it flashed across Boss mind
that the man who gave the signal was
not stopping the train for any good
purpose.
For second he hesitated. AS far as
he could see unobstructed track lay
before him. Another second and his
mind was made up, and he rushed the
train past the danger signal. Lean
ing out of his cab, Engineer Ross saw
the man with the lantern jump from
the track two other men standing on
the ladder holding the stationary light
and tampering with the signal, while
seven other men were lined up along
the road bed.
Immediately on reaching Providence
he reported the matter to Supt. Whaley,
who gave Deputy Sheriff Bacon charge
of the case.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
WAS ACT OF FIENOS
DYNAMITED TWO MEN IN BUGGY To
GET MONEY.
SECURED SATCHEL OF CASH
AND MADE G0OD THEIR ESCAPE
FROM THE SCENE.

Thought to Have Been Work of
POlcs-TwO Men Under Arrest ms
Suspects-Farmers Have Another
mt Bay in Deserted Mine-Paymas-
ter Killed Outright by Explosion,
His Assistant VIII Lose an Arm.
Rig Literally Torn to Pieces.
StacheI Contained $4,000 to Pay
Railroad Hands.
Washington, Pa, Sept. 25.-One of the
most friendish and bloodthirsty muir
ders, and robberies in the history Of
Washington county, occurred this aft
fifteen miles from here. Samuel T. Fer
guson, of the Ferguson Construction
Company, of Pitttsburg, was instantly
killed, and his secretary, Charles Mar
tin, of Cincinnati. was fatally injured.
The two men were driving along the
road in a buggy, carrying $500 in cash
with which to pay off some of their
men employed on construction work
along the line of the Wabash Rail
road, when suddenly an explosion of
~ holiAAbC III tic IOduWdy illSEdlly IoAS
the rig to pieces, killed Ferguson, out
right, and threw Martin 200 feet, tear
ing his left arm almost from the
socket.
1t has been learned that two men
supposed to be Polas, placed the dyna-
mite in the road for the purpose of
killing Paymaster Ferguson, and had
arranged to explode it by means of
an electric battery. The satchel con-
tanning the money is missing.
Two suspects are under arrest in
the camp of the construction company
near the village, but the farmers of
the section, who are securing the coun-
try for traces of the murderers believe
they have one of them at bay in an
abandoned coal mine about mile and
half northeast of West Middletown.
So quickly was everything accom-
plished that the men who are impli-
Gated got away with their booty be-
fore they could be overtaken, although
the county authorities believe that if
the right men are not those under
arrest they will have little difficulty
in taking them.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
YELLOW FEVER
is ON INCREASE.
Laredo Guaranteed Against in All
Directions.

Directions.
Laredo. Tex, Sept. 25.-The yellow
fever both in this city and Neuvo
Laredo, Mexico, is on the increase. Re-
ports from Nuevo Laredo are to the
effect that shere have been five deaths
since yesterday and many new cases
are reported. Two hundred cases of
Illness are said to exist there but The
majority of them are pronounced by
the physicians to be dengue fever and
not yellow-fever. Among the stricken
in Nuevo Laredo is the American vice
consul, j. F. KiInbell. His case has not
been pronounced yellow fever yet.
Both the men who were reported
yesterday suffering from yellow fever,
died to-day.
The United States Hospital Marine
Service yellow fever expert DR.. Gui-
terrez, in company with George F.
Tabor, the chief state health officer,
arrived here to-day. This city. has
now been quarantined against in all
directions.
Towns along the line of the Texas
Midland Railway established a quarau-
tine some time ago. Many of the
people who had not left the city at
the first sign of the fever left to-day,
their objective point being Saltimo,
Mexico, and points south of there in
the mountains and in the northern
part of Texas.
If the state of Texas puts on a
quarantine this city will be isolated
from the outside world.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
STEEL STILL WEAK
COMMON, PREFERRED AND BONDS
MADE NEW Low RECORDS.
BEAR GAMBLERS IN CONTROL
THE EXPLANATION OFFERED IN
EXPLANATION OF SLUMP.

Dealings in Stocks Enormous--AE-
gregnted over 175,OOO shares, n
Fifth of the Days Business-Gen-
eraI Distrust in Industrial World
Responsible for It-RumOred That
One Firm Sold Privately 10000
shares Preferred and 10000 Com
mon Investigation of Bankers
shows no Dangerous Features.
New York, Sept. 25.-The stock mar
ket as a whole showed very decided
improvement at to-days close. SentI-
ment was apparently more cheerful.
Nevertheless the same influences that
have made more directly for lower
prices during the past few months
were again in evidence-namely. the
extreme weakness of United States
Steel issues.
The common and preferred shares,
us well as the 5-per-cent bonds began
the dav with new low records. recov-
cred in Fart on good support, and in
the early afternoon burst wide open"
on a fresh bear raid. In the final deal
ings. while the balance of the list was
showing Il very firm undertone, an
othec attack on the steel issues &C.
Cured and the stocks closed with net
losses of Is and 1 per cent. for the
common and preferred respectively
while the bonds closed at TN, after
touching new low record of 70B.
Dealings in steel were enormous, to-
tai sales of the common and preferred
issues aggregating over $4,000 shares,
about one-fifth of the days business.
Trading in the bonds was also in tre-
mendous volume and completely over
Swallowed all other issues in the bond
list.
No particular reason can be advanced
for the continued weakness of the steel
securities, aside from general distrust
regarding conditions in the industrial
world and the apparent lack of sup
port, except at critical periods. One
of the days many rumors had it that
a firm prominent in the original steel
syndicate and later in the conversion
syndicate, had, through necessity, sold
privately some $4,000 shares of preferred
and 10000 shares of common at 60
and Is. ~. AA.-
This report was fatty denied by I'M
terests in position to know. The
same interests offered no explanation
for the steady depreciation in the mar
ket value of the steel issues. except
to dealers that the stock market is
now. in control of bear gamblers" who
are making the most of conditions that
are largely fictitious and imaginery.
The Evening Post said to-day:
prominent banking interests stated to-
day that after the close of yesterdays
market they had undertaken an investi-
cation to see whether there were any
weak houses in the Wall street region.
The investigation, although Informal,
was conducted by interests of such ex-
tensive connections as to make 1t un-
usually trustworthy.
"They make the unequivocal statement
to-day that the situation had developed
no dangerous features. and that not a
single Stock Exchange house was in
the slightest way embarrassed. Ihey
said, however, that the feeling OF UNI
certainty prevailing in most quarters
had given rise to many rumors. all OF
which were without foundation, so far
as they related to the stability OF any
large interest"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
NEGRO FIREMAN
FLOGGED TO DEATH.
Returned Sailors Tell of Cruelty ON
Spanish steamer.


Norfolk. Va. Sept 25.-=T hendore
Saunders, a young white man of al
Chapel street, Atlanta, Ca, and Paul
Jordan, colored, of Norfolk, have ar
rived here from Hamburg, being
brought back to this country by order
of the Department of Justice, to testify
against Frank Moore, a sailor board
ing house runner, under indictment on
several charges of shanghaing in Nor
folk
Saunders describes the killing of
Reuben Minyard, negro, who he says
was shipped with them on the Spanish
steamer Diana, from this port June Fl.
He says that Minyard, while the ship
was in mid-ocean, was lying in an ex-
hausted condition, caused by overwork
in the fireroom. According to Saun-
ders, the fourth engineer, second en-
gneer and donkey engineman fiogged
Minyard with a two-inch knotted rope,
from which beating he died.
A day afterwards, at midnight, with
CRATE bar tied to his body, the dead
man was thrown overheard. Jordan,
Saunders and two others, Moseley and
Nelson, saw the proceedings, and when
the ship reached Hamburg they were
landed without a cent.
AS Migrants they were jailed and
were subsequently sent to this coun-
try by the American consul on order
of the Department of Justice. They
were met at Hoboken by Assistant
District Attorney Hugh Gordon Mill
Ter, who is in charge of the crusade
being waged against shanghaing at
this port by the government
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
MANS LIFE SAVED
BY HIS SUSPENDERS.

Augusta, Sept. 25.-Mr. John Williams
hired an unknown negro at his gin
merry across the river in Carolina yes
terday for the days work. and to-
day some knives, and other things were
missing Williams remarked that he
supposed the strange negro took them.
Later the negro came In, and again
applied for work, when he was told
what had been said by Williams. He
became very surly and quarrelsome at
having been accused of theft, and fin
ally made a vicious cut at Williams
with a razor. slashing him across the
abdomen, and making his escape.
Either the negro was little short
in his reach or Williams suspender
saved his life. The keen blade cut a
cash six inches long across his alb
domen, but 1t was only flesh wound
not penetrating the cavity. Efforts TO
catch the would-be murderer has been
unsuccessful,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
MRS. DAVIS STILL
CRITICALLY ILL.
Her Daughter Has Been Summoned
and VIII Arrive Tonight.

Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 25.-Mrs. Jeffer-
son Davis, widow of the President of
the Confederacy, is still in a critical
condition at the Castle Inn, in this city.
Drs. Charles G.. Stockton, Roswell G..
Park and Allen Jones have been in
continuous attendance upon the patient
throughout the day and night. At IL
o'clock tonight DR.. Stockton said Mrs.
Davis condition was unchanged
There were some signs of improve
ment at noon, but they did not con-
tinue, and toward evening Mrs. Davis
condition again assumed a more Sc
rious aspect. A telegram was sent to
Mrs. J. A. Hayes of Colorado Springs,
a daughter of Mrs. Davis, summoning
her to her mothers bedside. She will
reach Buffalo tomorrow night.
DR.. Stockton gave the Associated
Press the first official statement re-
garding the nature of Mrs. Davis ILL
ness. He says:
Mrs. Davis is suffering from OBJ
struction of the alimentary canal. Her
condition is serious. but not necessarily
fatal. No surgical operation is antic-
ipated at this time
Castle Inn, where Mrs. Davis is i'll,
was formerly the home of Millard Fill
more, President of the United States
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
ATTORNEY GENERAL
UPH0LDS LEARY.

Washington, Sept. 25.-According to
the Attorney General. the constitution
did not follow the flag in the case Of
the establishment of the United States
government in the island of Guam!
This decision was made in a case
where the late Capt. Leary, then gov
ernor of Guam, condemned to govern
ment use a house owned by Lieut.. w.
E. Stafford, having been unable to
agree with the owner as to the price.
Lieut.. Stafford protested, and the At
torney General has now sustained the
action of Gov. Leary as being legal UNI
der the peculiar circumstances of the
case. In his opinion, the Attorney Gen.
eral holds that the constitution has not
been extended to Guam by congress
sional enactment, and that in appropri-
ating the property of Lieut.. Stafford he
was entirely within his authority in
the exercise Of the right of eminent do
main.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
AS SEPARATE LINE
rIBOARD AIR LINE WILL BE
MAINTAINED.
WILL NOT GO TO ROCK ISLAND
ruOUGH NINETY-NINE-YEA con-
TRACTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

williams VIII Continue at It's Head.
ANY Changes VIII he Among Sub
ordinate OmciaIs-ThOught Best to
Keep the Southern Interests in
the COmpany-WilI Assist I'm Main
tanning Its Prestige and Influence.
when Extension Is Completed to
birmingham Through Route Will
BE Opened From Kansas City.
Baltimore, Sept. 25.-The syndicate
controlling the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way has finally decided to keep the
property Independent and to develop it
for the benefit of it's shareholders only.
Therefore it will not go to Rock Island
or any other system. 1t has been de-
cided that it is the best policy to main
tain the prestige and influence of the
company in the South and to keep the
Southern interests in the property that
have been in it with Mr.. Williams since
its organization.
Ninety-nine year contracts have been
made with connecting lines. and when
the extension into Birmingham is fin
ished next year the new through route
will be opened from Kansas City to
the Southern ports, but the Seaboard
All Line Railway will perform it's
part in the transportation problem in
the South as an Independent property
1t is not owned by any other railroad
and it is not in contemplation that it
will be owned or controlled in any way,
except in the interest of its owners.
1t has never been admitted by the
interests which have always control
led the property that the new ele-
ments in its management had bought
or secured a majority of the stock of
the company. So far as Mr.. John
SHELTON Williams is concerned it seems
4 sure thing now that he will con-
tinue as president, and should there
be any changes they would be only
such as usually occur in the operation
of railroads and be among subordi-
nate officials.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
DECLARED A FORGERY.
Lieut. Burbank Asks Court to Annul
Pretended Marriage.

Pretended Marriage.
Lavenworth, Kan. Sept. 25.-First
Lieutenant Sidney S. Burkan, Sixth In
fantry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth,
filed suit in the District Court to-day
to annul a pretended marriage with
Mrs Conception vazques, a Filipino
woman.
The filing of this suit is the out :
come of a charge made by Mrs. Vaz-
ques to the War Department last
spring that Lieut.. Burbank had MARI
ried her while in the Philippine Islands
and that she was his lawful wife and
wanted him. to support her. The first
notice of this alleged marriage was
made public after the announcement
of the enga cement of Lieut.. Burbank
to a society girl of Leaverlworth.
To offset this Lieut., Burbank and
Corporal Burns sent affidavits to the
War Department stating that Lieut..
Burbank was not in the village, but
out on a. campaign at the date of the
pretended marriage. Also that there
was no notice of the marriage posted
or announced by the town crier going
up and down the streets of the village
and proclaiming 1t according TO the
Filipino custom and that the pretend
ed marriage is a fraud and any docu-
ments to back it a forgery.
1t is said Lieut.. Burbank'h solution
of the affair is that a justice of the
peace and a presidente of the village
where he commanded the troops were
imprisoned for six months for insubor-
dination; that the justice had charge of
the records and permitted the woman
to apply and make out a marriage GER
ticate.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
BEATRICE is LOST
WENT DOWN IN BIG STORM WITH
ALL HANDS.
PART OF WRECK FOUND.
LIFE SAVING CREW DISCOVERED
1T NEAR CAFFEYs INLET.

Was a Fishing steamer and Carried
Crew of Thirty-fve-Five of These
White and Remainder Negroes.
Lost Wednesday, Sept. 16-Became
Separated From Her sister Ships.
Life savers VIII Board Wreck To-
dny-Stenmer Was Valued at S25,-
600.
Norfolk, Va, Sept. 25.-The United
States weather bureau tonight re-
ceived information from Capt. Drink
water of the Currituck life saving
station that the stern of a steamer
bearing the name "Beatrice-New
York" was pounding bottom up in the
breakers two and one half miles South
of Caffeys Inlet life saving station.
Caffeys Inlet is half way between Cur
rituck and Kitty Hawk.
The wreckaGe is thought to be from
the fishing steamer Beatrice which
was caught in the recent hurricane
when South OF Delaware Breakwater
Wednesday, Sept. 16. She carried a
crew of thirty-five men, and was load
ed with 100000 fish. Her captain was
j. w. Leland, of Baltimore. H. S.
Roy was the engineer, and Thomas
e. Latham his assistant. Both of these
men were from Norfolk There were
two other white men in the crew, and
the remaining thirty were negroes.
The Beatrice in company with her
sister ships. the Atlantic and Swan, put
out from Cape Charles Tuesday, Sept.
Is, for Delaware Breakwater with car
goes of fish. They were overtaken by
the hurricane. and became separated.
The Swan made the Brealxwater in
safety two days later, and the At
lantic managed to battle her way back
to Cape Charles. She is now in this
port being repaired.
Nothing has been heard of the Beat
rice since until tonight. when the
coast wires brought the news Of her
stern washing ashore. The messag
says the life savers will board the
wreck tomorrow morning at low tide.
The Beatrice was owned by the At
lantic Fisheries Company of Cape
Charles and was valued at $4,000.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
SHERIFF FIRED ON MOB;
PRISONER WAS KILLED.
Three of Mob Captured and One Has
Confessed.


Lynchburg, Tenn, Sept. 25.-Sheriff
George r. Davidson. in attempting to
save the life of a negro early this
morning, fired into a mob. which was
assailing the JAN, wounding a man
whose name is unknown. The sheriff
summoned assistance. but he and his
aides were overpowered, the Jail enter
ed, and the much wanted negro, Allen
Small. shot to death in the corridor.
The mob was composed of about
twenty-five people. Sheriff Davidson
was alone at the time. He refused to
give up the keys, and opened fire from
a window. He wounded one of the
mob, but his identity is not known.
The sheriff then called for the police.
Two officers, and several citizens rush.
ed to the Jail. but despite their pres
ence, the mob battered down the wood
en- door at the foot of the stairs Lead
ing to the corridor.
The sheriff and posse made a stout
resistance, but were unable to pre-
vent the mob from breaking in the iron
door at the head of the stairs, and
entering the cell occupied by the negro,
about whose neck they placed a rope.
AS soon as the men emerged from the
cell. it became apparent that the negro
could not be taken from the jail, and
hanged for fear of being fired on, and
he was shot to death.
The mob then made an effort to es-
cape, but the sheriff. and his guard
captured three of them. and they are
in Jail One of them. it is said, has
made a confession, duplicating thirteen
men in the affair.
Small was under arrest on the charge
Of assaulting Mrs. Eliza Eggleston, and
at his preliminary hearing the war;
rant was amended as to charge a
simple case of assault. The negro had
waived examination, and was awaiting
the action of the grand jury.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
VIRGINIA COAL FIELDS
TO BE DEvEL 0PED
Company with Capital of $3,5OO,OoO
Organized to DO 1t.

Company With Capital of $3,5OO,U 900
Organized to DO 1t.
Bristol, Tenn, Sept. 25.-An important
transaction in the development of
Southwest Virginia and East Tennes-
see, and particularly of the Virginia
coal fields occurred here to-day when
the Cranes Nest Company was organ
lied with capital of SO, 500, 900, for the
purpose Of taking over coal properties
in Wise and adjoining Virginia coun-
ties, aggregating considerably over 100,-
900 acres.
Mr.. George L. Carter is the president
of the new corporation, and the or
ganization was effected at his Offices
to-day.
The directorate is composed of the
following gentlemen: Evans R. Dick
of Dick Bros, bankers, New York;
George Blakiston, president Union
Trust Company, Baltimore; F. ]. Lis
man of +. J. Lisman & Co., bankers,
New York; Nelson Perrin, capitalist,
Baltimore; Otto T. Barnard, president
Continental Trust Company, New York
Miles White, Jr., capitalist and banker,
Baltimore; Samuel Hunt, president De-
troit Southern Railroad, Detroit, Mich.
Seymour Mandelbaum, capitalist, Bal
timore; George l.. Carter, Bristol, Va.
At the same time the above named
gentlemen were elected to the direc-
torate of the South and Western Rail-
way Company, and it is understood
that the line of this railroad will short
ly be completed so as to. give trans
portation facilities from the Virginia
coal fields to the Atlantic coast.