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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29

rance the cause or our V4osUo1
helning 60 organize the church Wnica
now holds services 5us5 there. I5 was
cb;eay Though nay efforts that tne
lot mas purchased and after the htsse
hand had raised all they could, In,
scIna;np nv subscri ption, they Lacked
s;rtaen dollars Of the necessary so 20
rav,for the lot, and this amount I
ss,s;d sd Tnvse]f. z worked with the breth-
rer IN The bonds Of love for third
: a. : century and the records OF the
chnrch show nv work on almost every
~ Saoa Besides, sixty-fve years ago the
ebgreh by special vote granted me
sss r;cht 10 bury my loved ones here
: s-,d .,,sS Ac be buried here myself. Enc
80. a-ss.snt nastor. In reference to this.
ssid of me-: g Locking back now over
his usefulness 60 the ehurch one IS
aonssrained to feel that it would nave
Seen fitting to bury him unoer sse
nnIDit, allowing each Successive Du1io-
mo TO stand as monumenS 90 MS
memory But, brethren. our success
aors have not only let the D1rying
g-onnd ron 90 to rack, the fences decay,
e1an. mules, horses, carts ana wagons
-nYa orer cur sleeping bodies, and the
t.ass - nlanted by loving hands and
wssarsd sss with tears become hitchlng
S,esSs ,s for beasts; but have nov begun
r. | |Sesacrate our resting places them,
.ss,gss = by building horse stables ana
osher o unsHghtiy things in our mldst
enc mon the graves OF our loved ones.
N RTa Moderator, it is a serious matter
and q, needs our Immediate attention.
-..,I The chair recognizes Mr.. DnPree
and Io he SAYS SAYS: Bro. Moderator, ! know,
I and 80 do you, that what Brother
M;IIer MI saws is true, for I served as
nsssor ,ssasa more than ten years; though the
sgsIary g was, small I had the love OF you
sIIsl s1i and Was faithful to my flock. But
a. short si time after 1 resigned my
charge here, the only one l ever nae,
se- sEe ereat Father put bis loving hand
mon srrS me and separated my soul Iroln
nv body. so that while dwell IN sne
nresence 1 Of God my body lies mere
& waiting the final day for resurrecslon.
! Tha h ST stone which you see there marx,
mo no. nv grave was bought and piaceo
there by The church, and there ioyang g
hands laid my body. ! cannot oehese s
that the church intends TO desecrase
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
BULLS UNLOADING,
COTTON GOES DOWN
Heavy Declines in Near Options,
May Dropping 45 Points.

NEW YORK. May 15.-The opening of
the cotton market disappointed the
bulls. The cables were to points
higher and very strong, but our market
opened weaker, with October the weak
est position. Such response could be
explained on no other theory than a
heavy unloading of long accounts and
more confident bear operations. Local
traders tried for scalp On the short
side. but covered soon after the call,
promoting a quick rally. The weather
in the East Gulf States is wet but con-
ditions are favorable in the western part
of the belt.
BY 1890 the market turned weak on
near months. with the bull crowd SELL
ing freely, May going TO 11.2S, or II
points under the start; July fell to 1886.
or 8 points lower; August sold 1850,
September $40. October $50. January
$50.
May cotton broke sharply and sensa-
tionally after II a. m. to the extent of
thirty points, or about 43 points under
the opening. on continued unloading by
the bulls. July is off to 1916, or about
90 points under last night August is
off to 1885, or Is points under yester-
day
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
-FOUR VACANT LOTS
SOLD FOR A BIG PRICE
Three Dollars Foot for Ground
on Massachusetts, Ave. Extended.

What is perhaps the most important
transaction in real estate recorded this
year was closed today when four unim-
proved lots on Massachusetts, Avenue
changed hands. The consideration was
s5S, 800. Willard & Reed. real estate
brokers, negotiated the sale, through the
firm of Wescott & Story.
The property is known as lots s, 9, 10
and II, square II, and is situated on
the north side OF Massachusetts Ave
nue. extended, at the point of intersec-
ton with Sheridan Circle. The lots
are each 90 feet front, by depth OF
81 feet 6 inches, containing in all 49,
500 square feet. The price paid was
SO per square foot
Westcott & Story, who purchased the
property. declined to give the name of
their principal, but 1t is understood to
be the intention of the new owners TO
erect four handsome dwellings on the
sites. A rumor was also current that
one of the foreign legations had bought
the property and a palatial legation
home would occupy the ground, but
nothing definite could be learned in this
regard The property belonged former
ly to H. A. Willard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
N'KIM SUPERSEDED
BY COLONEL SYhONS
Army Officer Will Hereafter Direct
All White House Improvements.

The changes in the White House
grounds. as outlined in The Times a
month ago. will be begun Immediately
under the supervision of the new Su
Grounds, Colonel Symons. This decision
was reached at E. conference at the
White House between that official, Ar
chitect McKim and Mrs. Roosevelt. Not
the least significant result of the con-
ference is the transferring of authority
over further improvements to Colonel
Symons.
The determination to have the work
done under direction of Colonel Symons
is interpreted as an unmistakable re-
assertion of the power and privileges o.
the Superintendent of Public Buildings
and Grounds in the matter of White
House management These have been
somewhat eclipsed for almost a year
past. during all of which time Architect
McKim has been the directing head of
White House alterations.
An indication that Architect McKim' S
personal supervision over the mansion
and GROUNDS Is COnSlueTeu at an eDQ mas
been given in an announcement by
Colonel Symons. This official said to-
dav that decision had been reached
that hereafter no work is to be done
about the mansion grcsnds except
upon the orders of the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt, or of himself. as official
in charge.
who else has been permitted to give
orders heretofore?" Colonel Symons
was asked.
well, no one" was the response,
but people have been going to the
mansion and saying they had orders to
do this Sr that thing. Sometimes they
mentioned Mr.. McKim's name, as was
done few days ago. Mr.. McKim has
disclaimed responsibility for the acts of
such persons"
The underlying reason for the promul-
CATION of this rule is, it is said. the at
tempted removal Of a large number of
soxwood trees last Tuesday from the
east and west terraces of the mansion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
WORLDS FAIR BALLOON
NOT YET IN SIGHT
Reported to Have Been Captured at
Mount Vernon.

ALEXANDRIA. May ia report was
received here from Washington yester-
day that the balloon sent up at the ded-
ication of the st. Louis Exposition had
fallen at Mount Vernon Inquiry from
Mr. Dodge. superintendent of Mount
Vernon, elected the information that no
balloon had fallen there.
The rumor about the balloon being in
this section has caused the people 10
keep a sharp lookout from all the hills
and high places, and some with keener
eyes THAI others occasionally point out
what they assert to be the aerial wan
derer. only TO find later that they have
allowed their imaginations TO deceive
them.
Should the balloon be bound this way
en- a trip to the tomb of the Fathe- of
His Country the airy visitor is sure of
a warm welcome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
READY TO CONTRACT FOR
GREAT FALLS RAILWAY

At meeting of the board of directors
of the Old Dominion and Great Falls
Electric Railway. held in the office of
John r. Mclean at noon today, final
steps were taken for the construction
of the tracks across the Aqueduct
Bridge and along the Virginia side of
the Potomac River. Plans for the oper-
alton of the road were discussed in de-
tail, but several points remain TO be de-
cided before a public announcement will
be made.
Senator Stephen B. Elkins. who, with
Mr.. Mclean. is the leading spirit in the
enterprise. stated to a Times reporter
after the meeting that nothing remains
to be done but let the contracts for the
work
I'VE have secured permission to cross
the bridge and enter the city" he said
and our right to run along the Vir-
ginia bank of the Potomac was obtained
some time ago. We are going TO keep
matters moving, and expect to begin
construction in the early fall
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
MONUMENT PLANNED
IN REEDS HONOR
Local Surgeons and Others
Interested.
MADE A GREAT DISCOVERY
Proved That Mosquitoes Spread Yellow
Fever and Malaria-New
Army Orders.

Congress is to be asked to appropri-
ate money at the next session to erect a
monument to the memory of Major Wal
ter Reed, the army surgeon who proved
that yellow fever in Cuba was spread
by the mosquito which discovery re-
suited in suppressing the disease. The
discovery was made in 1890. UP to which
year there were hundreds c/ deaths an
nually in Havana. and the other Cuban
cities. Since Major Reeds contribution
20 science there has not been any cases
reported. Several army officers and
President Gilman, of the Carnegie In
stitution; Prof. H. Welsh. of Johns Hop
kins University; Prof. Victor c..
Vaughan, OF Ann Arbor; General Stern
berg, the retired Surgeon General, and
DR.. George NJ. Kober have been corre-
spending on the subject for several
months, and last night a meeting was
held at which the officers and surgeons
named were appointed a committee to
lay the matter before Congress.
Changed Old Methods
Medical men regard Major Reeds dis
covery as one of the greatest of the cen
tury. Ii Immediately changed the
methods of treating tropical fevers and
malaria and kindred diseases, in all
parts of the world, and it caused many
improvements to be made in the United
States army.
Up to the death in Havana Of young
assistant surgeon, who had been bitten
by a mosquito, which had been allowed
to feed upon the body of yellow fever
victim, it was supposed that germs in
the earth and water in tropical countries
caused the spread of disease. There was
much surprise in the medical world
when Major Reeds discovery was an
nounced. All nations began experiments,
which in the end confirmed Major Reeds
views.
Major Reed died last fall. but his
methods are still very much alive in
the armY as orders. issued this week
si,9w. 0Gs of <tsse is that all native
troops in the Philippines must hereafter
slee7 under mosquito nets as do the
Americans. Surgeons at Manila have
been Investigating the assertion that
certain natives are immune to malaria
and kindred smaladies, and in dispatches
received yesterday at the War Depart
ment it was announced that the belief
is false.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
INDIGNATION OVER
MASSACRE OF JEWS
United States Not Warranted Interfering Russias
Internal Affairs.

among the Inflated Kisheneff victims.
Therefore, the United States can take
no action in the matter.
The note addressed to Roumania sew
eral months ago cannot be taken as q
precedent. Roumania was bound by
treaty to other powers to use justice
in her treatment of Jews resident within
her territory, and for that reason Sec
retary Hay was entirely free to send a
note condemning the persecution, es-
pecially as it reflected unfavorably upon
the interests of the United States.
No Right to Interfere.
But as to Russia. no matter how far
Slayonian brutality may go in its treat
ment of those of the Hebraic faith. the
attitude of the State Department must
be that Russia is a sovereign power. iu-
dependent of all other powers.
The United States would have no more
right to interfere in her domestic gov
ernment than Russia would have to pro-
test against negro lynching in the South.
or the beating OF woman by White
Caps in Indiana.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
PROTEST AGAINST
REMOVAL OF TREES
Rumored Improvements Re
suit in Objection.
WOULD MAR BEAUTY OF PARK
Petition to Be Presented to Colonel
Symons Asking Rather to Add to
Foliage and Shrubbery.

People in the vicinity of Iowa Circle
are disturbed over persistent rumors
that some of the trees and shrubbeTy
in the circle are to be removed by
way of what is termed Improvement OF
the grounds. 1t appears that there is
good shade in Iowa Circle, and the trees
having attained some size have interfer-
ed with the vista which formerly existed
with the Logan statue in full view.
Residents on the circle and in the
adjoining streets have Information to the
effect that Col T. w Symons, ofTfcer
in charge of public buildings and
grounds. in company with Mrs. John a.
Logan. recently visited the circle and
discussed at some length certain changes
in the arrangement of the trees and
shrubbery so as to give a better view
of the statue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15

Intense indignation is expressed by
officials here regarding the atrocious
massacre of the Jews of Kisheneff by
Russians. While without definite official
advices, the State Department has no
reason to believe that even the most
horrible stories that have come from
Kisheneff have been overdrawn.
Enough has been published to con-
vince officials of the Department, that in
its blind rage, the Russian mob COM
mitted indescribable outrages, hendish-
ly tortured men. women, and children.
and killed without mercy many innocent
people
4 Second St. Bartholomew's.
1t was a second Saint Bartholomew
day, with the Jews, this time, the vic
tins. That such an incident should oc-
cur in so-caIled civilized country in
the twentieth century is subject of
much bitter comment.
Unfortunately, the hands of Secretary
Hay are tied in the matter. So far as is
known, there were no American citizens
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
POLICE SEE HAND OF
ROSSOW, THE DYNAhITER
He Is Believed Responsible
for Cunard Outrage.
HIS RECORD OF CRIMES
Made Bombs Used in Haymarket Riots
and in Chamber of Deputies
in Paris.

NEW YORK. May ia new theory
that is being developed in connection
with the search for the man who last
week sent an Internal machine to the
Cunard Line pier, is OF great interest
to the police departments Of New York
and Chicago. 1t is to the effect that
the man who went under the name OF
G.. Rosseau at the Thirty-frst Street
boarding house was none other than
Jean Rossow, the famous dynamiter.
Rossow constructed the lead pipe
bomb that wrought so much havoc in
the Haymarket riots of Chicago in 1886.
and IS also suspected of manufacturing
the bomb which was thrown in the
French chamber of deputies in 1884. He
escaped from the United States immedi-
ately after the Haymarket riots and has
never been aoprehended.
Eluded the Police
He returned to America some years
ago. and the Chicago police traced him
as far as Seattle, from which point he
started East a few months ago with an
unknown man. Here all trace of his
movements is lost unless 1t develops
that Rossow and the New York dyna-
miter are one and the same
Police Inspector McC1usky. who is
now in Chicago. has learned that G.
Rosseau, who sent the dynamite 10 the
Umbria, occupied room in Washington
Boulevard, in that city, for week. In
that time he did a great deal of car
penter work. Incidentally three Chicago
mechanics innccently assisted Rosseau,
who was known there as c. Russell, in
constructing the dynamite machine.
Took Machine to New York.
Rosseau brought the machine with
him 10 New York, took it 10 the Thirty
first Street boarding house. charged it
with dynamite, and then sent ii to the
Cunard pier Why he afterward IN
formed the police is at present a mys-
terry, and will probably remain such un-
i'll he is captured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
VERA CRUZ PASSENGERS
TO GO TO NEW BEDFORD

Instructions were today dispatched to
the immigration inspectors ct Newbern,
N c., TO send the Portuguese aliens
wrecked on the Vera Cruz III, to New
Bedford, Mass, the destination of the
bark The crew of the bark will also be
taken to New Bedford. making All in all
to be cared for.
Officers of the TT lsury Department
believe that the pr pnged absence of
Capt ]. NJ. Ferna IL. of tt ra
Cruz, can only be aimed by CT
that he has about 5000 belonging To mis-
passengers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
HARTMAN THINKS He
HAS APPENDICITIS

OMAHA. Neb,, May 15.-E- H. Harri-
man. of the Union and Southern Pacific
Railways, who arrived here late last
night from the West. believes himself
afflicted with a serious attack OF ap-
pendicitis. Before his special train
reached Omaha DR.. Summers, of the
Union Pacific medical department, had
been called in and is now travelling with
him to New York via Chicago
The first news of his illness leaked
out when representatives OF the striking
machinists called upon him 30 arrange
the projected conference between the
Union Pacific and its men. ~. Harri-
man could not see them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
Want Grounds Undisturbed.

Acting upon the information which has
come to them petition has been cir
culated and signed by about $50 resi-
dents requesting that the grounds, es-
pecially the trees, be left as they are.
The movement was undertaken by S. r
Bond, who lives on Iowa Circle, and R.
Ross Perry has ably seconded his ef-
forts The petition is now completed
and is about to be presented to Colonel
Symons The two attorneys will pre-
sent it and will lay the views of the
citizens before him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
WEATHER REPORT.

Rain has continued to fall in Georgia.
South Carolina. Florida, Alabama, and
Tennessee, and there have been light local
rains IN New England and on the north
Pacific coast. 1t is much cooler this
morning in the Plateau region, and the
northern portion of the Rock Mountain
region; elsewhere the changes have been
unlmportant The temperature con
tinues below the seasonal average in the
South.
Generally fair weather is Indicated for
tonight and tomorrow, except along tae
South Atlantic coast, where rain will
continue tonight. clearing carly tomor-
row.
Marked temperature changes are not
anticipated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
TAKES POISON
o4ND CHEATS THE GALLOWS

cealed is mystery to the Jail officials.
They claim that his clothing had been
thoroughly examined and his cell clean
ed out and searched several times day
since the death sentence and the pIae-
ing OF the deathwatch over him. The
man who acted as deathwatch was sta
toned outside of McCarthys cell
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
GENERAL LORENZO
SENTENCED TO DEATH

PANAMA, May 15,-Victoriano Lor
EMO. the revolutionary general who has
martial for crimes committed in the re-
cent revolution, has been condemned 20
die. He will be shot. probably tomor-
row.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
coNsULATEs UNDERMINED.

SOFIA, Bulgaria. May 15.-It is re-
ported from Salonica that the French
and Russian consulates there have been
discovered to be undermined. Large
stores Of dynamite have been seized.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
PRE- ES|DENT MOURNS
UNCLE JOHN YANCY
Yellowstone Guide Dies in
Lonely Cabin.
"UNRECONSTRUCTED REBEL"
Renowned as Indian Fighter and Slayer
of Game, Big and
Little.
"UNRECONsTRUCTED REBEL" "

ON BOARD THE PRESIDENTS
TRAIN. EN- ROUTE, IN CALIFORNIA
May 15.-President Roosevelt was dis
tressed to learn several days after the
occurrence that old Uncle John" Yancy,
a famous character of Yellowstone Park.
had died in his lonely cabin. Scarcely
three weeks have elapsed since the
President visited him in the park.
Uncle John" was. up 10 the time of
his death, an "unreconstructed rebel"
in the language of the President. He
gloried in the fact that although Lee
surrendered at Appomattox he had not
and he still held to the beliefs and the
hopes of the Lost Cause" He served
through the war, enlisting from Ken
lucky, and shortly after the close of that
struggle went West to rebuild the little
fortune that war had wrecked.
A Picturesque Westerner.
Unlettered and uncouth in his earlier
years, the environment Of the noun
tains, the mining camp, and the round
up did not improve his manners, and at
the time of his death he was one of
the toughest and most picturesque OF
Westerners. Long before the Govern
ment took Yellowstone Park he occu-
pied a cabin on the banks of the rives
about twenty-one miles from Fort yell
fowstone.
He lived from gun and rod to mouth.
and in his day had killed many hun
dreds of buffalo, bears. mountain lions,
and elk When Uncle Sam appropri-
ated Yellowstone. Yancy managed to OBJ
tain a lease, it is believed. through the
influence of Senator Vest. who was his
brother in law. and with whom he cor
responded in his illiterate way al in
tervals until the end.
Gave Up His Gun.
He gave up his gun. much against his
will, for he believed that he had right
to kill the wild creatures about him,
law or no law But finally. when 1t was
brought home to him that unless he did
quit shooting in the park he. must
leave it, he adopted the profession of
guide and fisherman
Many stories of Uncle Johns" ex-
pIoits are told TO the tourists He was
a great Indian fighter in his day, and
more than once was obliged to hold
his little cabin fort against whole bands
of red men until white endorsements
raised the siege.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
MooRs ATTACK CARAVAN.

ALGIERS, May Is. - Word was re-
ceived here today that a force of Moors
from Figurg had attacked and captured
ffty-seven. camels and convoy of sup
plies for the French frontier stations
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
DIED AT IL

SALEM, Ore. May 15.-Joseph Basaaw
one hundred and fourteen years old, was
found dead in bed last night He was
a Frenchman by birth and had served in
the French war 1S06-15 under Napoleon.
He drove an ox-team TO Oregon in l847
and was then a gray-haired man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
Condemned to Death for Bra-
tai 5Nurder OF His Wife.
Kentuckfan Eludes Oigi-
lance Of HIS DeathqUatcb.

LEXINGTON. KY. May 15.-William
Mccarthy, who was to have been hang
ed at O'Clock this morning for the mur
der of his wife in April, 1902. took
poison of some kind about l o'clock this
morning, and was in such low condi-
ton at the time set for the execution
that Sheriff WiIkerson postponed the
hanging, and Mccarthy died at 8:22.
About 70 o'clock. Alexander McKeev-
er. the deathwatch, noticed what he
thought was a capsule between McCar-
thy's fingers, when he started to hand
him a drink of water. The deathWatch
had Jailer Wallace informed. and the
latter, with his deputies, made a search
OF McCarthy's cell and his clothing, find
ing nothing. :s -t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
WRIGHT
TO RETIRE NEXT YEAR
Saws Labor Need Not Worry
About Him.
ANNOUNCES HIS INTENTION
VIII Resign as Soon as His Office Is
in Order-To Go to
Clark College.

A dispatch from Davenport, Iowa, says
that the State Federation of Labor is
discussing a resolution criticising Car
roll D. Wright, United States Commits
siouer OF Labor. and asking President
Roosevelt to appoint union man in his
place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-15
Asked for Whisky.

JaiIer Wallace then placed the con-
demned prisoner in a hallway in front of
the cell and closed the door. He theE
seated himself in a door leading to the
hallway, so that he might watch him.
After awhile Mccarthy asked for q drink
of whisky. but was given cup Of cof-
fee instead. Within ten minutes after
drinking the coffee. he was noticed to
be N commissions, and the Jail physician
was summoned. All efforts TO bring the
murderer back to consciousness were
fruttleSs.
How Mccarthy kept the poison con-