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The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
HELD As WITNESSES

After Being Dismissed on the
Charge of Committing the Barrel
Murder.
New York, April 22.-Guiseppe Mo-
relic. who was supposed to have been
one of the most important of the pris-
OIL ers held in connection with the muir
der of Benedetto Madonna, the victim
of the barrel murder, was discharged
in the Tombs Court to-day
Subsequently all the thirteen prison.
ers were discharged, but Coroner Scho-
Ter ordered that all of them be held as
witnesses. Bail for Laduca, Geneva
and Morello was fixed at $4,000 each.
They are alleged to have been seen
with Madonna short time before his
body was found. The others were held
in lesser bail, varying from $1,000 to
500. All the men were then taken to
the house of detention.
When the suspects were arraigned
to-day Salvatore Saglmbine a step
son of the murdered man, brought from
Buffalo to identity the remains of the
barrel victim, scrutinized the faces of
the prisoners to see if he could recog-
LiZe any of them as callers at his home
He told the detectives that he did not
Know any of the suspects.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
SOMETHING ABOUT
THE CHARMING WIDOW.

New York, April 22.-Mrs. Anna H.
Rutherfurd is a sister of oliver Harrl-
man, Jr.,. of this city and of Mrs.
William R. Travers. Mrs. Travers, it
is understood, is to sail for Europe in
a day or two, presumably to attend the
marriage of her sister to Mr.. Wander
bilt
Mrs. Rutherfurd has lived abroad for
many years. She is about 35 years old.
She was married to Mr.. Rutherfurd at
st. Georges, in Hanover Square, Lon
don, in 1890, the nuptials being a lead
ing event of the time. She was then
the widow of Samuel S. Sands, Jr., a
wealthy New Yorker. Before her first
marriage she was Miss Anna H. Harri-
man.
Mr. Sands was killed while riding to
the hounds in the Meadow Brook
Hunt, and soon after his widow went
abroad to live. Her second husband
was a member of the old New Jersey
and New York family of Rutherfurds.
and was a leader socially and in ath-
letics. He held the racquet champion
ship of the Racquet Club for several
years, and before hissdeath abroad was
widely known among autolnobilists. He
was brother of Mrs. -Tienry White,
wife of the secretary 0ffthe American
legation at London.
Mrs. Rutherfurd has two children by
her marriage with Mr.. Sands Her
marriage to Mr.. Rutherfurd took place
thirteen months after the death of her
first husband She is a perfect blonde,
with an oval face, regular features,
bright blue eyes and light golden hair.
She is the owner of Tranquility Farm,
fine country estate at Allamuchy, N.
j., and recently inherited a large for
tune by the death of her mother.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
BOARD SAYS MILLS
ARE IN THE RIGHT.
Are Not Able to Grant Their Opera
tives Higher Pay.

are NOT Able to Grant Their Opera
tives Higher Pay.
Boston, April 22.-According to the
report of the State Board of Arbitra-
ton and Cancellation presented to
Gov. Bates to-day the textile corpor-
ations in Lowell involved in the pres
ent strike of 1900 operatives, with a
single exception, cannot afford to pay
their help the 10 per cent. increase in
wages demanded by organized labor.
The opinion of the board is corrob-
GRATED by a statement from a statis-
tician, based on the figures of an ac-
countant employed to make an eXami-
nation of the financial condition of the
seven mills in question. The excep-
ton is the Lawrence Manufacturing
Company, the books of which, accord
ing to the report, show that it is able
to grant the advance demanded.
The report says wages in cotton
mills in Lowell have been increased IA
per cent. since 1897, against 1887 per
cent. increase in the cost of living. The
books of the Massachusetts mills show
increase in wages since 1898 ranging
from IA to 1873 per cent.
The report says that Lowell manu-
facturers are at disadvantage, hav-
ing to meet Southern competition on
coarser goods and that of the best
equipped modern mills in finer fabrics.
The report refers to the formidable
increase in Southern competition, the
Southern mills producing the plain
coarse goods largely made in Lowell.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
BOTH OF THEM HAD
DENIED 1T VIGOROUSLY.

Paris, April 22-Intimate friends of
William K. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Lewis
M. Ruthefurd accept the authoritative
statement from London of the ap-
preaching marriage as confirmatory of
what they have believed for some time.
The difficulty has been that both of the
parties Immediately concerned have
continually denied that their marriage
was to take place. These denials, ap-
parently, nave been due to the legal
impediments existing until the New
York court proceedings of Monday.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was present at
small dinner party Sunday night. when
the question of his engagement was
broached. He professed to be in en-
tire ignorance of the matter.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
ABANDONS POLITICS,
CLINGS TO MASONRY.

Mobile, Ala, April 22.-Congressman
James D. Richardson, Democratic
leader of the House, who is here at the
reunion of Scottish Rite Masonry Of
Alabama, when closing his speech to-
night at a banquet in the Battle House,
announced that he had decided to quit
politics and devote himself to the work
of Scottish Rite Masonry.
He said that he had been honored by
reelection to Congress nine times, and
also had been elected grand commander
of the Southern Supreme Council, thir-
ty-third degree Scottish Rite Free Ma
sonry, and that the duties of the two
offices conflicted so that it was neces-
sary for him to give up one or the
other, and that he had now decided to
give up politics entirely, and to devote
all his time in future to the further
ance of Scottish Rite Masonry.
The announcement was received with
great demonstrations of applause.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
TAYLOR ASKED HIM TO
BE EASY ON Y0UTSEY.

Frankfort, KY, April 22.-In the
Howard trial to-day ]. B. Mathews.
former assistant secretary of state.
told further of the breaking open of
Powers office and the search for the
assassin The search continued no fur
ther than that room, and as soon as
he and others there learned what had
been done they began preparing to
protect themselves. He did not see
Howard.
He said he had been offered immu-
nifty by the prosecution when Powers
was on trial If he would testify that
he led the assassin into and out of the
Secretary of States office.
George T. Hemphill. clerk in Caleb
Powers Office, was the most sensa-
tional witness in the trial this after
noon. Hemphill said that he was sum-
moned before the grand jury in April,
1900, and that on the day he was sum-
moned Gov. Taylor asked him to be as
easy as possible on Henry Youtsey.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
SOUTHERN NEGROES
ARE UNFIT TO RULE.

Senator MallOry's Statement Before
the FIOrida Legislature.
Tallahassee, Fla, April 22.-Senator
Mallory was escorted into the Legis-
lature's hall to-day and delivered an
address lasting forty-fve minutes, in
which he reviewed the work done IN
Florida by the general government dur
ing the past six years. He also touch
ed upon the Philippine question, the
Panama canal and the negro problem
''The Southern negro" he said, 'is
no more fitted to rule than are the ne
groes Of Hayti, and the people of the
North are beginning to realize this
fact"
His speech was received with tre-
mendous applause.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
TWO CARS RAN WILD.
COIlided with "a Train and Caused
a Fatal Wreck.


Spring Valley, Wis, April 22.-One
man was killed and three others were
injured in a wreck on the Spring VAL
ley branch of the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad to-
day.
A mixed train was stalled on a hill
two miles west of here, and two cars
that ahad been left on the track, while
the rest of the train went over the
ridge, broke away. They gained ter
rife speed and collided with another
train coming up the grade.
When the cars started, most of Inc
passengers and the train crew jumped,
and were only slightly injured. Only
two persons remained in the coach
when the crash came. The casualties
were: .ttsl A
Killed-E. C. Stuhlfier, ST. Paul, pas
senger.
Injured-Adolph Simonson, brake
man, arm cut off and otherwise badly
hurt; B. H. Joslin, Moline, Ill.,, pas
senger, arm broken and body badly
bruised. la a 4
James Mullin, pumpman, foot and
head bruised and lacerated.
A broken brake is said to have caused
the accident.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
WILL MOVE STATION
IF NATIVES PERSIST.
Secretary Moody Doesn't Like the
Law Applied to His Officers.

Secretary Moody Doesn't Like the
Law Applied to His Officers.
Washington, April 22.-Secretary
Moody is inclined to believe that the
prosecution of the naval officers at San
Juan, Porto Rico, who are charged
with smuggling, is rapidly becoming
persecution, and it is estimated at the
department that unless the attitude of
the local officials there changes, the
desira bility of San Juan as an impor-
tant naval station may be impaired.
1t is even intimated that the naval Off
GERS there may be withdrawn.
The charges against these officers
were Investigated, and in accordance
with the practice at the Treasury De-
partment the offenders paid double the
duties to which the goods brought in
were subject. The President and MEM
bers of the cabinet decided that the
officers had amply paid for their in
discretion.
Gov. Hunt fully appreciates the at
titude of the government and is doing
what he can to straighten out matters
and relieve the officers of further EN-
harrasSment.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
UNFINISHED SHIPS
CLAIMED AS ASSETS.

Richmond. Va, April 22.-It appears
that representatives of the Trigg Ship
building Company, which was yester-
day made the subject of a petition for
involuntary bankruptcy, claim that
the cruiser Galveston and the gunboat
Mohawk. now partially completed on
the ways of the company, are assets
of the company. while representatives,
of the government contend that they
belong to the United States. 1t Is ex-
peeted that the issue win be fought
out in the courts
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
TROOPS OUT AT BEAUFORT.

A Mob of 500 Negroes still Sur
rounds the Jail.
Beaufort S. c.. April 22.-There is
no change in the negro riot situation
here tonight. About 500 of them still
surround the Jail. Trouble is appre-
hended when the prisoners are taken
out and started for Hampton to-mor-
row morning.
Gov Hayward has ordered out the
Beaufort Artillery. subject to the
sheriff's orders.
1t is hoped that serious trouble can
be averted.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
ROOSEVELT, OF COURSE,
EXCELS ONCE MORE.
Visits inaccessible Parts of Yellow
stone Park.

stone Park.
Cinnabar, Mont. April 22.-President
Roosevelt has completed his tour of
the Yellowstone Park. He arrived at
Fort Yellowstone about noon to-day
from Norris. and tomorrow will in
spect that post: Secretary Loeb met
him this afternoon and reports that
he is in the best of health and en-
thusiastic about his trip through the
park. The secretary tonight issued
the following statement:
Maj. Pitcher states that the Presi-
dent and he have Just returned from
their six-day trip in the interior of
the park. The party went on sledges
but used horses between upper and
lower geyser basins, and skis around
the canyon, where it was impossible
to go without them. The snow was two
to five feet deep on the level, through
out the country traversed. 1t was get
ting into bad shape.
This is the first time the interior of
the park has ever been visited before
the snow went Off by any one except
the scouts or soldiers on duty at the
various stations"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
CONSOLIDATED CO.
GETS MORE TIMBER

Fort Myers, Fla, April 22.-The Con-
solidated Naval Stores Company has
added to it's holdings of timber lands in
Florida 100000 acres of land in this
CLee) county, by the purchase OF the
charter and holdings of the Beach Land
Company. This company was organ
lied last fall with w. w. Beach of
Waycross q president, and D. H. Me-
MILAN, vice president. The sale took
effect to-day, $4,000, it is said being
the purchase price.
The company now holds about 2,000,-
900 acres of land in this state.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
LIKE WHIPPED DOGS
NEW YORK HOwLs WHEN A DE-
CENT PRICE is ASKED FOR COAL
so CAMPBELL BITTERLY SAID
SHEARN ANSWERED. HIM WITH
STINGING SARCASM.

Opposition Counsel Grew Heated at
the Hearing Before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission of
Henrst's Charges Against the
COnI-CRrrying RaiIroads-Camp-
bell Said New York Had Wrung
the Bowels Out of the PennsyI-
vanin Coal Regions.
New York, April 22.-Hearing on the
complaints of William r. Hearst
against the Pennsylvania and other
railroads was continued to-day before
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Mr.. Shearn, counsel for the complain
ant, called for all the contracts entered
into between the Lehigh Valley road
and the Lehigh Valley Coal Company,
explaining that he expects to prove by
them the differences between the actual
price of carriage charged to that COM
pany and the published schedule price
charged to the Independent companies.
Judge Campbell of the Reading and
Mr.. Kerr of the Ontario and Western
protested that no such conditions OBJ
tanned on their roads.
Mr.. Shearn said the contracts would
show the creation of a monopoly; that
the coal companies have no power over
the output of their mines because they
can only get rid of the quantity the
railroads are willing to take from them,
and the railroads will not handle the
coal in sufficient quantities to reduce
the price to the consumer.
These companies" he said, brought
the coal to this tidewater for 35 per
cent. Of the price of IS per ton, and
then turned it back again to the coal
companies to be sold for $12 to SIS
ton"
Then Campbell Broke In.
Where do the complaints come
from?" interrupted Judge Campbell
From the independent companies :?
No, from the owners of the palaces
about Central Park, the crowded tene-
ment and the business buildings in
the lower part of the city. Yet, If the
price of coal is reduced, will your
rents be reduced? Not a bit of It..
Cheaper coal is the hysterical demand
of your newspaper, not of the think
ing public. We will show this COM
mission that for more than a quarter
of century the people of New York
have wrung the bowels out of the coal
regions OF Pennsylvania, practically
getting their coal for nothing and
whine like a pack of whipped dogs
when a decent remunerative price is
asked by the miners"
Shearn's RejOinder.
1--WE appreciate very much" Mr..
Shearn, replied, "the courteous words
of the representative of the divinely
ordained agent of God in the coal re-
gions. The people fof New York, of
Albany, of Buffalo, and of Boston will
be grateful for the comparison with
whipped dogs because they objected to
being rolobed-"N
Il think the hearing is going beyond
even the wide limits we purpose to al
low" put in Chairman Knapp of the
commission.
The commission decided that the
railroads should produce the contracts
demanded.
Counsel refused, and the commission
certified the point raised to the United
States Circuit Court, where a decision
will be rendered.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
BETTER OFF IN THE SOUTH.
Lyman AbbOtt's Views on the status
of the Negro.

Lyman ADDOtts y views on the status
of the Negro.
Richmond, Va, April 22.-Dr. Lyman
Abbott to-day gave an interview on
the negro question. He said among
other things:
II think, in the main, that the re-
lations between the blacks and whites
in the South are better than they are
in the North; that the doors to indus
trial relations are more open to the
negro in the South than in the North;
that if he is honest, industrious and
reasonably intelligent, he has, on the
whole, a better chance in the South
than in the North; and to put the
whole thing in q few sentences, If
were a negro l would rather live in a
Southern than Northern state.
II must add the qualification" DIR.
Abbott continued, that probably
there are exceptional communities in
the South where the negro is subject
ed to exceptional prejudices and pos
sibly exceptional communities in the
North where he would enjoy excep-
tional privileges
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
FOR RIFLE CONTESTS
FINDINGS OF THE BOARD AP-
PROVED BY ROOT.
WILL SHOOT AT SEA GIRT.
REGULARS AND NATIONAL GUARDS
MEN WILL COMPETE.

Sept. s and 8, 1908, Fixed as the
Dates for the COntest-Teams of
IL Men VIII Participate-HOw
They Will BE Drawn-What the
Prizes viii Be-RecOmmen ndatiO ms
of the Board Cover Important
Questions of Rifle Practice Shoot
in Middle West Next Year.
Washington. April 22.-Secretary
Root to-day approved the proceedings
of the board appointed to prescribe
tests to govern awards of national
craftsmanship trophy and of medals
and other prizes for Workmanship.
The national match is to be shot on
Sept. and 3, 1908, at Sea Grt, N. j.,
and will be open to teams of twelve
men from the following: The army Of
the United States, one team from the
troops stationed within each of the
military departments; the United
States navy; the United States Ma
rine Corps; the National Guard or uni
formed militia of the several states
and territories, including the District
of Columbia Zone from each state or
territory.
The Prizes offered.
The prizes are to be: First, the
team making the highest aggregate to-
tai in two days contest-"The National
Trophy" (authorized by act of Con-
gress) to be competed for annually,
81, 900; and cash $500; second, the team
making the second highest total-"The
Hilton Trophy" and cash $500; third,
the team making the third highest to-
tal-the gronze Soldier of Mara thon," ="
presented by the chief
or behalf of the state of New York,
and cash $500; fourth, the team making
the fourth highest, cash $3.50; fifth
highest, $1OO; sixth highest, $50. Also
medal to each member of each win
ming team.
Among the recommendations of the
board are the following:
To Use Government Ranges.
That the national guard and militia
be invited to shoot in department COM
petitions with the Regular Troops each
year for the same prizes for which the
Regular Army shoots; and that the
men of the national guard and militia
sent to these competitions be taken
from the states in the geographical
limits of the department where the
competitions are held.
That the national guard of the sew
eral states be permitted to use the
United States government rifle ranges
for target practice at such dates as
may not interfere with their use by
the army and marine corps.
That the contest for the national
trophy in 1904 shall be at some rife
range in the Middle West.
That every facility should be offered
citizens outside of the army and Or
ganized militia to become proficient in
rifle shooting, and that this purpose
can be best accomplished by means OF
rife clubs.
This board gives it's hearty approval
and Endorsement to the sending of a
military team to Bisley to compete FOR
the foreign trophies, and urges on the
patriotic citizens of this country TO
give it their financial support.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
ProcIaimed Now Emperor.

Madrid, April PA special dispatch
from Moli1la, Morocco, says Muley Mo-
hammed, the Sultan's brother. has
been proclaimed Emperor at Fez.
Advices from Ceuta, Morocco, say
the Kabyle tribesmen besieging the
port of Tetuan, have sent an ultima
'tum to the Pasha in command of the
Sultans forces, demanding the dismiss
sal of the Sultan's tax collectors, and
saying that otherwise they will at
tack Tetuan. The Pasha refused the
demand of the Kabyles, and appealed
to all men capable of bearing arms to
assist in the defense of the town.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
RAILWAY COMPANIES
IN RECEIVERS HANDS
Chicago Electric Lines DefauIted
on Their Interest.

CnlCakO
on Their Interest.
Chicago, April 22.-Upon default of
interest on five notes, aggregating ST.
154,183, the Chicago Union Traction
Company, the North Chicago Street
Railroad Company and the West Chi
cago Street Railroad Company to-day
passed into the hands of receivers.
Suits for the collection of the inter-
est were filed in the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals by the Guaran-
tee Trust Company of New York, and
the Fraction companies admitting the
default Judge Grosscup at once enter
ed judgment. Demands were then
made upon the treasurers of the respec-
tive companies, and upon their return
unsatisfied, three receivers were ap-
pointed, as follows: In behalf of the
trust company, r. r. Gown of New
York; for the traction companies,
James II. Eckels of Chicago, and as
special adviser of the court, Marshall
E. Sampsell, clerk of the court.
The companies are alleged to be in
solvent.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
BY BOILERS EXPLOSION
Three Men Were Killed and One
Wns Injured.

Winston-Salem. N. c., April 22.-The
boiler at Shore & Moser's saw mill,
near Bethany, exploded to-day, killing
three men and injuring another. The
dead: Gid T. Shore. one Of the mill
owners, married; Luther George, sin
gle: William Logan, married.
Injured, but not seriously, Samuel
Moser.
Luther George, who was loading lum-
Der at the time of the explosion, was
struck by a piece of the boiler, his
head torn from his body and flung
upon a pile of lumber.
Shore was crushed under a mass of
falling timber. Logan was scalded to
death.
Part of the boiler was blown three
hundred feet. The explosion was
caused. it is thought, by low water in
the boilers
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
HOW Is A LEPER
TO SIGN PAY ROLL?

Washington, April ga curious
case, involving leper soldier from the
Philippines. is before the War Depart
ment, having been referred to the
Judge advocate general to determine in
what manner the afflicted soldier shall
receipt for his pay.
The leper is an enlisted man in the
artillery, and at present is isolated on
an island in South Carolina, near Sa-
Vannah.
Pay officers do not care to have him
handle the rolls to sign the receipt
for his pay, so an arrangement prob
ably will be made whereby the SOL
dier can be paid through a power Of
attorney, executed in the presence of
the physician and nurse in attendance.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
NEW ISLANDS FOUND.
Not Recorded in Any of the Philip
pine Charts.

Washington, April 22.-Official ad-
vices received at the Navy Department
from the Philippines record the discov-
cry of number of valuable islands in
the southern part of the archipelago,
which are not on any of the charts in
the possession of the government.
So far as known no foreign govern
ment as yet has laid claim to this ter
ritory, and to preclude the presentation
of such claim Secretary Moody has
taken steps to have the islands prop
erly charted as the property of the
United States, after first having every
effort made to learn if any other gov
crnment had ground for claim to the
new islands. A naval vessel probably
will be ordered to the southern part OF
the archipelago to prepare the neces-
SarY charts.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
parIing MaIsen Innuiry.

Beaufort. S. c.. April PA telegram
received at the Port Royal naval sta
ton from Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Darling, making inquiry as to
the number of men that could be ac-
that IL will be shortly used as a train
ing station. There are ample accom-
modations for 1000 men.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
REPORTS ON SUPPLIES
Are Being Received by BristOw
from the POstmasters.

Are Being Received by BristOw
from the POstmasters.
Washington, April 22.-In response
to requests for information from
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow, who is directing the investi-
cation of Postofiice Department af-
fairs. reports are being received from
numerous postmasters throughout the
country regarding the supplies fur
nished them from the department.
The object of these reports is to as
sist in the investigation by furnishing
specific, detailed information regard
ing the character and necessity or
otherwise of supplies sent to post
offices by the department. The
charges are that supplies were sent to
postoflices regardless of the recon-
mendations of postmasters as to their
necessity.