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The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
PERSHING WRITES
ABOUT THE M0R0S.
How He Is Trying to Piacate the M
tiyes.

HOW lie 10 tplhCANe tnG MI
tives.
Washington. March 27.-Capt. John ].
Pershing, Fifteenth Infantry, who has
been in command in the Moro county.
has written a letter, under date of
Camp Vickers, Jan. 2S, to a personal
friend in the War Department, in
which he says that after he was placed
in charge of Moro affairs he worked on
the theory that it is necessary to es-
tablish mutual confidence between the
Moros and the United States IF we
are to govern them without lot OF
trouble"
He endeavored to demonstrate to
them that the United States are their
friends, having no desire to carry them
off into slavery or to take anything
belonging to them, without paying for
it. This, he writes, is all contrary to
what they have been accustomed to
in the past.
The Moros are very jealous of their
religion and the Spaniards sought to
civilize them by Selling and baptizing
them. There were atrocities commit
ted on both sides as a result of these
differences.
Capt. Pershing says the question of
slavery is Intimately connected with
their religion and is something of a
vasslism of serfdom, and not slavery
as known in this country. He thinks
it is a subject that should remain I'M
touched until 1t is understood better
Capt. Pershing says the Moros have
some admirable traits of character.
"Once friend they will go to the
limit for you" They are Industrious
and have splendid rice fields and other
agricultural crops. The country is
capable of great things, from an agri-
cultural standpoint. The country is
somewhat like the Mohawk Valley. and
the whole district can be compared to
that about Lake George.
Capt. Pershing says that he believes
the troops could march around the lake
now and be received in a friendly spirit
everywhere, except at Bacalod. He
has a number of reliable secret service
Moros, and they inform him of the
conditions and feeling among the coun-
trymen. He says there are 10000 peo-
pie that live in that region, and they
are in fair way to become real
friends.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
RUSHED WITH ROAR
THROUGH CREVASSE TO INUNDATE
RICH DELTA LANDS.
WORST BREAK OF THE RISE
LEAVES MISSISSIPPI PLANTATIONS
AT WATERS MERCY.

Swelling Roar of the Rushing
VILE, Five Miles Away From
Where They Were Sweeping
Through the Broken Levee-Lands
of Three Fertile Counties Are to
Lie Under Water For Two Weeks.
News From other Points.
Greenville, Miss. March PA vol
ume of water sixteen feet deep is pour
ing steadily through a crevasse in the
levee five miles south of here, and is
flooding thousands of acres of the fin
Yazoo delta.
The break in the levee occurred at
II o'clock this morning, and the roars
of the waters can easily be heard in
Greenville. Only 200 feet of the en-
bankment gave way at first, and a
mighty effort was made by hundreds
of laborers. in charge of the govern
ment engineers, to check the rushing
flood by cribbing and sacking, but 1t
was soon apparent that it was beyond
human power successfully to combat
the resistless fury of the current.
An hour later it was seen that the
ends of the levee on either side of the
crevasse We're melting fast. the force
of the current cutting the embankment
away as though it were built of sand.
Tonight the back water has reached
this city, but it is believed there is no
danger here from the flood. as the
water will pass rapidly to the south
ward.
Maj. John NJ. Sears, who has charge
of the government offices here in the
absence of Capt. Potter of the third
levee district, who is i'll. in an inter-
view tonight stated that the break
is unquestionably the worse in the his
tory of the levee system. He says the
entire delta south. as far as VickS-
burg, will be inundated, and the fine
farming lands in Washington, Bolivar,
and Sharkey counties viii be under
water for more than two weeks.
This is the first break to be reported
on the Mississippi side since the present
rise began. Reports from the interior
are very meager, but it is believed the
people were fully prepared for a break
and the loss of life, if any, Will be re-
duced to a minimum.
Another break on the Mississippi
side is reported in the Albemarle levee,
in lower Issaquena county, but infor-
nation from there is that the damage
from this break Will not be heavy.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY
VIII BE the Name of the New New
Jersey Corporation.


Trenton, N. T., March 27.-counsef for
the United States Steel Corporation to-
day filed in the office of the Secre-
tary of State articles amending the
charter of the National Steel Com
pany, which was filed yesterday for
the purpose of merging the Carnegie
Company, the National Steel Company
and the American Steel Hoop Com
pany.
The amended articles change the
name from the National Steel Com
pany, as filed yesterday, to the Carne-
gle Steel Company.
The papers are the same as those
filed yesterday, with a single impor-
tant exception. In connection with the
provision that there shall be maintain
ed in this state a registered agency at
which shall be kept list of the stock
holders of the concern for inspection
of the stockholders, there is an added
provision as follows: But registered
agent may refuse permission to ex-
anime the same Except as to the en-
try affecting the shares owned by such
stockholder) unless satisfied that such
examination and the information to be
acquired thereby is desired for legti-
mate purposes and not for a purpose
alton or its individual stockholders,
and the determination of the register
ed agent shall be final and conclusive"
This provisions follows the lines of
a decision in the Supreme Court a few
DAYS ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
NEW WITNESS FOUND.
BaTISeeper Seems to Know Some
thing About the Burdic!z Case.

BaFIkeeper Seems to Know Some
thing About the Burdic!< Case.
New York, March 27.-Police Inspec-
tor McCluskey refused to-day to deny
or confirm report that he had been
asked by the police of Buffalo to get
a statement from Alexander I. QUINN
a bartender. who. it was said. heard
Pencil threaten to kill Burdick.
Quinn, who was employed as a bar
tender at the Hotel Roland when Mrs
Edwin I. Burdick stayed there, said
to-day
"Pennell visited the hotel while Mrs.
Burdick was, staying there, but / am
not now at liberty to make a state
ment of what was said The story, as
it is told, is not correct, however. He
didn't say anything about waiting I'M
til week before the trial to kill Bur-
dick"
Ibid he say anything about killing
Burdick?''
THAT 1 must decline to answer
now
Later, Quinn said he had been sub
poenaed to appear on Monday at the
inquest in Buffalo.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
GERMANY'S EMPRESS
THROWN FROM HORSE.
She Sustained slight Fracture of
the Arm.

Berlin. March 27.-While the German
Empress was galloping through the
Grunewald. a forest near Charlotten-
burg, this afternoon, her horse, startl-
ed by a doe that ran across the
path, Shield and threw her off. She
broke the fall with her left arm and
one of the bones snapped just above
the wrist
The Emperor, Prince Adelbert, Gen.
Won Loewenfeld. Gen. Won Wedel and
the numerous following of adjutants
and aides-de-camp, quickly gathered
around her. The Emperor was the
first to lift her from the ground. She
screamed with pain at the first shock.
but after that showed much fortitude.
"Loewenfeld" said the Emperor,
ride TO the hunting lodge and tele-
phone Tor Luthold" (the Emperor's
physician)
Gen. Won Loewenfeld left the adju-
tants @r behind in the dash for the
hunting lodge, which was about a mile
away. He had some difficulty in To-
eating DR.. Luthold, but presently To-
Gated him at the army headqua rters.
Emperor William, in the meantime,
had aA>lied first aid to the injured
limb and made d sling out of the En-.
press veil.
DIR. Luthold, in an automobile be-
longing to a member OF the Emper-
ors staff, which happened to be at
army headquarters, went full speed to
GruneWald, arriving an hour and
half after the accident He was fol-
lowed by Maj. Ilbert, the Emperors
surgeon, and DR.. Sunker, the special
physician of the Empress. The frac-
tured arm was dressed and bandaged
at the hunting lodge. and Her Majesty
was then driven slowly back to Berlin
The Empress sat in the carriage with
her arm in a sling, the Emperor rid
ing behind on horseback The EN-
peror's close attendance caused some
wonder as the party passed through
Inter den Linden. 1t was an hour
later before extra editions explained
the reason.
No bulletins have been issued by the
doctors, who affirm that the injury is
a case of simple fracture Dr. Bunker
will stay at the palace all night.
II is recalled that the Empress a
few years ago broke a bone in the
left foot through being thrown from
her horse at Bercheesgaden.
Her injured arm was bandaged in
the hunting lodge. Her majesty's body
physicians who We're also summoned
to attend her, subsequently returned
to Berlin. IT is announced tonight
that, considering the circumstances,
the condition of the Empress is salts
factory.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28

it to several persons, and it soon be-
came public property.
j. NJ. Culp, one vice president of the
Southern Railway Company, said the
Coast Line and the Louisville and
Nashville We're regarded more as fe i'd
ers to each other than competitors.
Z. b. Compton, traffic manager of
the Louisville and Nashville, gave sim
liar evidence. He added that there had
been no increase in rates since the At
lantic Coast Line interests secured con-
troll of the Louisville and Nashville.
After Vice President Anderson of the
Atlantic Coast Line had sworn TO the
deposition which he made when the
proceedings We're initiated the commits
sion adjourned.
The commission will meet again in
Washington and hear arguments after
securing dispositions of witnesses resid-
ing in Louisville, XIV.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28

ARBTTR ALTON OFFERED.
Not Expected, However, That the
ORer Will BE Accepted.


OGcr viii ne Accepted.
Lowell, Mass, March 27-Acting I'M
der the law, the State Board of Arbi-
tration and Cancellation to-day formal
ly requested the mill agents and the
textile council of this city to submit
the question of a wage increase in
the cotton mills of the city to arbitra-
ton, as a means of avertipg a general
strike next Monday. Both sides have
the request under consideration.
Very slight hope, however, is enter
tanned by the citizens of Lowell that
the state boards request will be
granted The mill agents repeatedly
have expressed their opinion that d
wage increase is impossible, and the
textile council having in view last
years result of a civic board of ar
bitration, has said since receiving the
request that it did not care to be
trapped. as they say they We're last
year, when after a strike was declared
off nothing was done to advance their
interests.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
NEW FEATURES FOUND.
On the Publication of the Text of
the Irish Land Bill.

On the Publication of the Text of
the Irish Land Bill.
London, March 27.-The text of the
Irish land purchase bill, which was
introduced in the House of Commons
by the Irish secretary, Mr.. Wyndham,
on Wednesday last, was given out to-
day. 1t occupies thirty-nine pages of
parliamentary paper. and bristles with
technicalities.
The full wording reveals many i'm
portant features which were not men,
toned in Wyndhams speech when the
bill was introduced. All arrears of rent
due at the time of the purchase of land
are recoverable by the land commits
sion, and not the arrears for a year
only as previously cabled. The land
commissioners, however, are given
power. in special cases to remit part
of all of the arrears.
The commissioners are not permitted
to purchase estates which are not
merely agricultural or pastoral. Thus,
Killarney is exempt under this clause.
In cases of untenanted estates pur-
chased by the commissioners, they are
empowered to execute the necessary
works of improvement, which tre-
mendously enlarges the scope of the
commissions expenditure. The COM
mission is empowered to declare sub
tenants to be tenants of any holding
occupied by them, which will vastly
benefit hundreds.
Fishing, sporting and mineral rights,
which are among the most controver-
sial, viii be vested I'm the commission
ers when an estate Is purchased, and
can be disposed Of as the commission
ers decide.
The commission has the first claim 10
purchase bankrupt estates and can re-
sell them 70 tenants or Use portions
OF them for the restoration Of evietad
tenants. The latter point Is regarded
as being one Of the most vital features
Of the bin
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
FIEND MAY BE LYNCHED.
Little Girl Whom He Assaulted Will
Die.

Bluefeld Va, March 27.-Harvey
Williams, a burly negro, to-day out
ragged Mary Jones, the 13-year-old
daughter of a respectable white miner,
and left her for dead on the noun
tain between Pocahontas, Va. and
Cooper, w. Va.
After regaining consciousness the
child managed to reach her home
where she told what had happened
The story spread quickly, and several
posses went in search of Williams He
was located near Pocahontas and taken
to Bramwell, where he was lodged in
Jail.
The Jail is being heavily guarded to-
night, but information from Bramwell
points to a lynching, and probably a
burning, before daylight.
Williams victim will die.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
River at Natcbey.

Natchez, Miss. March 27.-The river
gauge at p. m. read 50.3, a rise of
two-tenths in the twenty-four hours.
This reading shows the river is 6.3
above the danger line. With the ex-
ception of the report that the work on
the Sycamore levee, over in corcordia
parish, Louisiana, is being continued,
there were no developments in the To-
cal flood situation to-day
James NARROW, a prominent levee
contractor came down from Hole in
the Wall, La, at which point boats are
not allowed to land, and says that the
levee there is perfsctly sound, six feet
above the water
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
M'FADDEN'S FLATS
WERE ROTTEN-EGGED.
Irishmen Are Determined to Put "a
Stop to Such Plays.

New York, March 27.-Two hundred
Irishmen, whose feelings had been
outraged by the performance of NC
Fadden's Row of Flats at the New
Star Theater, rose in their seats in the
theatre at a signal tonight and pelted
the performers with rotten eggs, de-
cayed vegetables and fruit
The audience of over 1900 was thrown
into uproar. and the actors were
driven from the stage.
The affairs was the elimination of a
series of attempts to bring the per-
Torrance of this play to an end, ana
to stop forever the production of such
plays. Not for years had play been
rotten-egged in New York city. Mai.
Edward T. McCrystal, formerly of the
Sixty-ninth Regiment, declared openly
and forcibly that New York Irish men
have banded together to stop such
performances. Five arrests were made.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
She Passed wreckage.

New Orleans. March 27.-The British
steamship American, Capt. William
Howell, from Liverpool, March z. re-
ports that on March 10, latitude 81 3s
north. longitude 41.17 west. she passed
submerged wreekage with twelve feet
Of spar above water.
on March II. latitude 342sA north,
longitude 52.94s west, passed the dere-
lict schooner Maggie +. Hart Of New
York. awash with jibb0om and stump
Of aftermasf several feet above the
surface ~ the water Vessel upright.
She 10 directly IN the tract Of vessels
bound out 70 Hole IN The Wall. and
dangerous 30 navigation.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
PLAYED WITH A PISTOL.
Weapon Was Fired, Fatally Wound
ing Young Woman.

Gainesville. Ga, March 27.-Near
Gillsville, in Banks county to-day. Mrs.
Lula Wheeler accidently shot and
fatally wounded her sister-in-law. Miss
Wheeler, with n revolver. They were
playfully handling the weapon not
thinking It was loaded. when II was
discharged. the ball entering the body
u the young lady and iniilcting a fatal
wound. Mrs. Wheeler Is Frustrated
with GRIEF over the unfortunate oc-
curenee. The Wheeera are weli-to-do-
people ~ Banks county and are wen
known ~ Hall county.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
LIEUT.. REESE is A GEORGIAN.

Carrollton, Ca, March 27.--Lieut.
Boss Reese. who was seriously wound
ed to-day in the engagement with San
Miguers forces in the Philippines, is
the son of Col. Oscar Reese, an at
torney of this city and nephew of
Congressman w. c. Adamson. He is
% years old. He served in the Sec
ond Georgia Regiment during the
Spanish war
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
FELL FROM A CAR.

Montgomery, Ala, March 27-Frank
H. Hartman, formerly of Macon, Ca,
night car inspector for the Central of
Georgia Railway, was killed this morn
ing in the Centrals yards by falling
from a car and' heavy box of tools
falling on him
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
CHINA Is PEACEFUL.
DIR. Ryan Says Reports to the Com
trary Are Exaggerated.

San Francisco. March 27.-The Rev.
DR.. r. T. Ryan of the Southern Bap-
list Church, who for the last seven
teen years has been a missionary In
China, has reached here on his way
10 his home in North Carolina. He re-
ports that the rumors Of prospective
trouble from an insuTection in South
ern China have been greatly exagger-
ated.
China has. in fact, according 70 Or.
Ryan, never before been IN such good
condition for the invasion Of peace
ful missionaries and other foreigners.
some inconvenience ~ always 10 be
feared ln out-of-the-way places from
small hands 81 insurrectioBists, but IN
the main the country H. not disturbed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28

Clifton Forge. Va, March PA tor
nsdo passed over the vicinity of Cor
more last night, doing great damage,
but no loss of life is reported The
track of destruction shows that the
tornado came from the southwest and
levelled buildings, fences and forests
for a distance of over a mile, carrying
some material a great distance.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
QnnIse in Mexico.

Chilpancingo Geurre, Mexico. March
2T.-A sharp earthquake in this city
caused much alarm last night as the
people feared another destructive
shock. similar TO that which partly
ruined the city some time ago. The
shock was very violent. There have
been sharp shocks at Desarropos and
other points.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
KILLED BY A POLICEMAN.

Attala. Ala, March PIP. c. Voc. a
notorious character, was shot and
killed at this placeslast night by Police
man A. P. Jenkins. Jenkins claimed
that he acted in self defense.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY
Will Dorsey, "a Negro, Is Hanged i'm
Alabama.

Birmingham, Ala. March 27.-Will
Dorsey, colored, was hanged here to-
day for highway robbery, it being the
first instance in the states history
where the death penalty has been i'm
posed for this crime.
Dorsey was convicted for entering
the home of David Mcnamara, a mine
operator near Pratt Mines. three years
ago, and shooting down Mcnamara
and robbing the place. Mcnamara,
though badly wounded. recovered.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28

Tyler Tex, March 27-~Fire OF gncen-
diary origin early this morning de-
Htroyed q row Of two story brick bnsi-
ness houses. and most OF their con-
tents, the loss being above $500 900
The highest losses are Abe Harris A.
Co, stock and building. amounting 20
si50.e00.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
Heavy Rainfall.

Baton Rouge, La, March 27-There
was one of the hardest rainfalls of
the season here this afternoon. AT 4
o'clx the gauge read 2925, a rise of
three tenths for the past twenty four
hourS
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
CLAYBAuGH APPOINTED.

To Succeed HrIeham ia the Districf
Of Columbia Court.
Washington, March 27.-Justice Clay
baugh of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia has been appoint
ed chief justice of that court, to sue
coed Judge Bingham, retired. Former
Senator Pritchard of North Carolina
will be appointed to fill the vacancy
created by Justice Claybaugh's pro-
motion. The retirement of Chief JUS
tice Bingham and the appointment of
former Senator Pritchard will take eff
feet April 3d. next.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
ALBERMARLE LEvEE BREAKS.
second cFevasse Appears ON the
Mississippi side.

Yisksburg, Miss, March 27.--The Sec
ond ereyasse Of the day on the Miss
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28
HAVE TAKEN 1T UP
OFFICIALS AT LAST MOVE IN THE
HOSPITAL MATTER.
WYMAN TO SUGGEST PLANS
TO BE FOLLOWED BY TREASURY
DEPARTMENT ARCHITECTS.

Surgeon General of the Marine Hos
pitaI Service Called at the Treas
ury Department Regarding the
building For acknowledgement
to the Morning News, Showing the
Little Interest Displayed in the
Matter, Was Seen by officials.
other News From Washington.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-28

President Keppler OF the Stock Tx
change testified that Mr. Gates had
told him that no corner was intended.
lend the stock 20 enable shorts 70 cover.
lie felt the situation was critical and
called on Mr. Gates for bis opinion No
formal announcement was made ~
what ar, Gates said, bat be spoke 81
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