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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
STATE BOARD OF PARDoNs.
No Action on Petition of Yang ana
 Taylor.


 Hartford, June 1.-The board of par dons to-day pardoned five convicts from state prison and paroled one pris- oner. The pardoned conviets are: s-.
 Mary Daly, sentenced in Windham county, January 20. 1902, for life, mur- der in the second degree; William L. Johnson, sentenced in New Haven coun- ty, July 3, 1900, to ten years for criminal assault on a female: William F1itcroft, who is now on parole. sentenced in Fairfield county, May F, 1896, to ten years for rnanslaughter: Oscar Penney CT. sentenced in the same county, Feb- ruary 26, 1902, for from two and one half years to four years for statutory burglary. and Lafayette S. Main, sen- fenced in New London county, septem- Der 4, 1901, for one year, but who was held at the prison as having been con- vieted July 10, 1902. The paroled pris- oner is Charles Kospatski, sentenced in Fairfield county, September 10, 1896, for dsSdulI WdlH 4HlellI 10 UlurueT. The board will meet June fl, at Ii o'clock a. m.
 Twelve petitions from New Haven county were heard. Among them was George Yarz, who was sentenced to prison October l, 1901, for five years, for manslaughter. Attorney Jacob B. Ullman of New Haven appeared in be- half of Yang before the board.
 The petition of James F. Taylor, sen- fenced for life July IS, 1884, was also heard. State Attorney Williams fa- vored the release of Taylor, as did Colonel George D. Post, and Attorney Harry W. Asher MT. Williams stated that the compact entered into by the late State Attorney Doolittle and the attorney for Taylor should be carried out. This compact was that Taylor was to be released after ten years inn prisonment on account of, his having pleaded guilty of murder in the second degree. Taylor's mother also appeared before the board in his behalf
 The session was very lengthy one, no less than twenty-three applications being considered.
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STATEMENT BY EMPLOYERS.
The Plans of New York AnGI-LaboI
 Association.

New York, June 1.-The board of gov ernors of the Building Trades Employ erss association met to-day and issued the. following statement:
 Whereas, during the past few years the demands of organized labor have become unreasonable and the actions of it's representatives have often been un- fair and unjust, we the board of gover- nors of the Building Trades Employers association of the city of New York, in meeting assembled, declare:
 That in many instances the present condition of affairs in the building in dustry of this city is unbearable and will no longer be tolerated. That it shall be our duty to avert sympathetic strikes, including the at tack upon individual firms and corpo- rations, as well as the arbitrary attitude of the business agent. ITO eliminate opportunity for extor- tion and bribery; ''To settle all questions as to the juris- diction of trades;
 ITO secure proper relations between skilled and unskilled drivers;
 To establish proper courts of arbitra- tion in order to accomplish the above results:
 And to provide ways and means to enable the members of this association and those employed by them to lawful ly prosecute their business without un- necessary interruption, financial loss or humiliation;
 That in doing this we have at heart the best interests of all concerned, in- cluding the investor, our own member ship and our employees"
 All negotiations for a settlement of the strike have gone over until tomorrow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
KANSAS CITY IN GLOOM.
Light and Water StIli Shut Off-Hun-
 dreds of People Homeless.

Kansas City, June With gas and electric lights extinguished, the water works shut down and the city practi- cally at the mercy of the first fire that shall break out; with railroad trans portation feeble and uncertain, Kansas City may, if the waters do not recede within the next two or three days, be compelled to fight for her very life. And tonight the skies are dark and lower ing-the rain is falling heaviy-more stormy weather is sweeping up from the west, and the unsuitable river is stoutly holding its own. It is practi- cally stationary tonight, but what the flood has it keeps and there is no cer- tain promise of when it will recede. The gauge tonight is 34.9. Chief Connor, of the weather bureau; says that while the outlook is for continued rain, it would necessitate a very heavy fall if the present high water is to continue.
 The first authentic information from Kansas City, Kansas, was received to- night. In that district 10000 people are homeless. Many have been drowned, but the number cannot be estimated. The property loss has been heavy. The situation there is a parallel to the situ- ation here-apparently no better and no worse.
 There is no great probability that there will be further loss of life, if the river does not rise very suddenly. All through the wholesale districts and in the east and west bottoms there are people still in houses, many of them anxious to be taken away-a goodly number of them content to remain where they are, with all the chances of the flood.
 The police have done wonders to-day
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GOVERNOR CALLS FOR AID.
Places the Number of Dead at Two
 Hundred.

Atlanta, Ga., June 1.-Governor Ter rell tonight issued the following proc 1amation:
 ssTo the people of Georgia: The terri ble calamity visited on the people of Gainesville to-day by the fury of storm that left about 200 dead in its wake and thousand in need of imme- diate aid calls for a quick and heroic response from the humanity of our state.
 "Georgians are noted for their readi- ness to go to those in need, and I feel that I can call on them in this unusual hour to contribute quickly and literally to their fellow Georgians dying and to hundreds who, though living, are left in hunger and despair.
 'As governor, urge the people of the state to send contributions to T. B. Parker, mayor, or D. T. Fitzgerald, cashier National bank, Gainesville who will apply same to meet the pressing necessities of the people of that city and vicinity that have been rendered destitute by the storm"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
Took SIS Fr0m Pocket,

F'rikor Franklin was arrested last evening and charged with the theft of $15 belonging to Mihran Farzian. Both of these men live at fl Charles street. Farzian, who is employed at Malley's, went to work last Thursday morning, leaving $15 in his trousers pockets in his room. The house in which he lives is boarding house and Franklin is the cook. It is alleged that after MT. Far zan went to work he went up to his room and stole the money. He said last evening that MT. Farzian gave him permission to take it. The arrest was made by Patrolnlan B. Daley.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
DRYEST IN 75 FEARS.
Records of tho Albany Weather
 Bureau.

Albany, N. Y, May 1.--Records of the Albany weather bureau show that the month of May here was the dryest in seventy-five years. The amount of rainfall recorded for the past month was .15 of an inch, trlfle more than the ordinary average of precipitation for one day. The usual average for May during twenty-nine years is 3.17, and during seventy-seven years S.63 inches. On only three days of the last month did rain fall here in amounts recognizable by the instruments of the weather bureau. The local bureau re- ports that since January there is a de- ficiency in precipitation, as compared with the average, of 5.51 inches.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
section Hand Kaliets.

Danbury, Conn.,, June 1.-Tmothy Griffin, forty years old, a section boss on the Highland division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road, was struck and almost instantly killed by a freight train at Hawleyville tbis afternoon, His body was badly mangled. Griffin was walking along the track and evidently did not notice the approach of the freight train. He is survived by a widow and one child, who live in Hawleyville.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
STATE JUDGES MEEE.
Attachments for County Courts, CiYil an ss
 4,.1 Criminal

All Criminal. Hartford, June 1.-The annual meets ing of the supreme and superior court judges was held in the retiring room of the supreme court at noon to-day. Appointments of clerks and assist ants in the eight counties were made, and in four counties state attorneys were elected, the attorneys in the other four holding over.
 The salaries of the different ap- pointees were voted the same as lasta years with the exception of Clerk Ly- man T. Tingier of Holland, whose sal ary was increased from $1,7O0 to s1,90O per year.
 The appointments of the superior court clerks, assistants and attorneys were as follows: " Clerks and Attorneys.
 New Haven county-Clerk, Edward A.. Anketell; assistant clerks. John s. Fowler, John c. Gallagher, Samuel J. Marsh at Waterbury; attorney, William Il. Williams; assistant attorney at Wa tSlUulyt JOIlu r. heIlOSS. sE55 Hartford county Clerk, George A. Conant; assistant clerk, J. Lincoln Fem. Y
 Fairfield county-C Clerk, William R. Shelton; assistant clerks, William T. Haviland, Fred w.. Tracy; John R. Booth at Danhury.
 New London ,county-C Clerk, John c. Averill; assistant clerk George E. par- sons; attorney, Samuel Lucas.
 Litchfield county-Clerk, Dwight c. Kilbourn; assistant clerk, Wheaton P. Dowd.
 Middlesex county Clerk, Charles G. R. Vinal; assistant clerk, Frederic Vinal; attorney, John M. Murdoch. . Windham county-C Clerk, Edgar M. Warner; assistant clerk, George w. Melony. a.>= .sEa.>
 Holland county-Clerk, Lyman T, Tingler; assistant clerk, Edwin s. Agard; attorney, Joel H. Reed.
 State Poiics Commit ssioner.
 It was expected that at this meeting the new state police commission would be named, as provided in the bill signed by the governor. No action was taken however, although it's personnel was discussed. An adjourned meeting will be held in New Haven June 1, and at this time the commissioners will be named. ss>
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
Strfcke en on Street hy shncIx.

As Patrick Dean of 52 Salem street, of the tailoring firm of Doolittle & Dean of 94 Meadow street, was leaving his place of business last evening about o'clock, he was suddenly stricken to the sidewalk by shock. He was pick ed up and carried to his home in a car- riage. Medical aid was summoned and late last evening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
STRUCK BY CYCLONE. One Hundred Killed and Two Hundred Buildings Razed in Gainesville,
 Georgia.
COTTON MILLS DESTROYED
EIGHTY LOST THEIR LIVES
 WHILE AT WORK.

Five Hundred at Work in Cotton Fac-
 tory When Cyclone Fell Upon the City
 -Many People Probably KtIied in
 Other Places.
 Gainesville, Ga., June 1.-Within the space of two minutes to-day tornado dealt death and destruction to the city of Gainesville and environs, killing at least one hundred people, wounding one hundred and fifty more and levelling one hundred cottages to the ground and tearing two stories off the factory of the Gainesville cotton mill. Of the killed probably eighty were women and children who were operatives in the cotton mills. The death list includes only about six negroes.
 The storm came from the south out . of almost clear sky, sweeping down on the Gainesville cotton mills, near the southern railroad station, at fifteen minutes before one o'clock. With a terrible crash the two upper stories of the building were swept away, leaving thirty-two operatives dead in the room. The storm then swept around the out skirts of the city to the suburb of New Holland, two miles away where are To- cated the Pacelet cotton mills, one of the largest institutions of this charac- ter in the south. The mills were dam aged to the extent of $75.000 and prob ably one hundred cottages standing near by, occupied by operatives in the mills, were completely demolished, kill ing thirty three people. These were mostly women and children, as the heads of families were nearly all in the factory at work.
 The store of Joseph Logan, near the Gainesville cotton mills, was crushed to ruins by the wind, and eight men, who had taken refuge in it, were instantly killed.
 The Jones general store met similar fate and in the ruins two people, one man and one woman, were crushed to death. The woman was the wife of the proprietor.
 Reports from White Sulphur, seven miles from Gainesville. are to the effect that the storm struck there with terrific force, killing dozen people. This, how ever, is not confirmed.
 Dr. Smith, city physician of Gaines vile, says he has visited one hundred wounded and has personal knowledge of one hundred dead.
 The Gainesville cotton mills are dam- aged to the extent of $40,O00
 The local physicians were unable to cope with the situation and surgical and medical supplies have been ordered sent from Atlanta. A special train carrying corps of surgeons and sup plies arrived tonight, making the total number of physicians now in the city about forty.
 A meeting was held tonight to or ganize relief committee and it was de- cided to issue an appeal to the public for funds to assist the mill operatives who are thrown out of work.
 Gainesville, it is stated, can take care of those now suffering, but there will be considerable distress occasioned by the closing down of the mills.
 The physicians who have assisted in the work of relief say that the scenes at the mills are appalling, the victims being crushed and mangled in every conceivable manner.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
WRIGHT WILL BE EXTRADITED
U. $. Supreme Court Upholds New York Courts Decision.

Washington, June l. -- The United States supreme court to-day refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Whitaker Wright, the financial operator, who is in custody in New York awaiting the extradition on charges of fraud made in England. The opinion afflmns the decision of the United States circuit court for the southern district of New York, which held that the crime alleged against Wright is an extradit- able offense under the terms of the treaty between the United States and Great Britains <
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
MEASUREMENT OF RELIANCE.
To he Made by the New York Yacht
 Club,

Bristol, R. l., June Tt was learned this evening that the cup yacht Reli- ance will be measured by one of the officials of the New York Yacht club just before she leaves for New York on Wednesday. Although the measure ments of the yacht are known in a gen. eral way no official figures have ever been compiled to show how much time the new boat should allow to the Con- stitution and the Columbia in race. It has been estimated, however, that the Reliance will be found somewhat larger than either of the other two boats, and will have to allow the Con- stitution between a minute and a min ute and a half and the Columbia be- tween two and three minutes over a thirty mile course.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
Democrats Carry Norwich

Norwich, Conn, June 1.-The city elec- ton here to-day was carried by the democrats by an average majority of a little more than four hundred. The vote was light owing to the fact that it was an "off" year, there being no election of mayor. The democrats now have the entire common council. the repub- licans having had one councilman last year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
I,5OO Pounds of Jovite Blows Up

Elmira, N. Y, June 1.-About 1,50O pounds of jovite, powerful high ex- plosive, caused the death of three men and seriously injured several others by exploding in the screening room of the Explosives Manufacturing company's plant, just south of this city this after noon at 5:10 o'clock. Hundreds of win dows were broken for a radious of two miles. The entire plant was destroyed. The loss is 5,000s;
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
Election in Quts,cy,

Quincy, Ills, June In an election held to-day for Illinois supreme court justice from the Fourth district, the re- suit is close and an official count may be required: The contestants are. Jo- seph N. Carter, republican, and Guy Scott, democrat. The plurality appar- ent for Scott is, ,260s, >. ,>.... <,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
Attempted to Commit suicide.

Miss Belle Guerin of Fairmont ave-. nue tried to commit suicide yesterday afternoon by taking a dose of carbolio acid. She was taken to the New Ha- ven hospital, where she was reported last evening as doing nicely. No reason for her rash act could be learned.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
STRIKE IN PHTLADELPHTA.
Greatest Labor Conflict in History of
 Cit Now On.

Philadelphia, June It did not need the assertion of the executive board of the textile workers to-day to carry con- viction that the greatest conflict be- tween employers and employees ever seen in Philadelphia is now on. The crowd of idle men, women and children that congregated on the streets of the citys textile mill districts formed a story without words. It was estimated this evening by leaders in the strike that more than 75,O00 textile workers refused to go to work to-day as pro- test against the employers refusing to reduce the working time of the workers from sixty to fifty-five hours a week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
Signed the Water Contract.

Governor Chamberlain yesterday signed the bill ratifying the contract between the city of New Haven and the New Haven Water. company,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
State Police Commtssio,,er.
ILLEGAL ELECTION.
Grand Jurors Not sworn in Last Even-
 iMg.

| The newly elected grand jurors were not sworn in last evening as it was claimed that although it was announced that all six were elected, that legally
 there can only be five. The two men receiving the least votes were, M. Barr
 letta and Anton Staub. These men each received s,16o votes. Until the tie
 is settled there is no way of knowing
 which one is elected.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
GERMAN CRUISER ASHORE.
Prince Henry's Fiagship Grounded on
 Breskwater nt Erest.

Paris, June 1.-The German cruiser Ariadne, flagship of Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia, which arrived at Brest with the rest of the German squadron on May IA, grounded amid ships to-day on the extension of the breakwater, now in course of construc- ton at Brest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02

A dispatch from Madrid, May 2S, an- nounced that Prince Henry had left that city, where he had been visiting King Alfonso, for Vigo, Spain, to rejoin the German squadron.
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NEW BOARD OF ALDERMEN
HELD THEIR FIRST MEETING
 LAST EVENING.

Mayor and City Officials Take Their Oaths at the Same Ttme-AIderm
 Logan Elected Prssidsn and Thomas E. Moran CIerk-Ninth Regiment
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Tapestries and Velours

A large assortment of do- mestic and imported tapes tries, for furniture covering and draperies variety of col ors and patterns; also oriental effects.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-10-03

IMPOSING THE CITY TAX FOR
THE YEAR NINETEEN HUN
DRIED AND THREE.

SECTION l.-Be Il established and ordained oy
the mayor, Counsellor and Aldermen o. t ne
City Of Annapolis. and by the antnorlt1s u tno
the same That AZ 2, Hns eo.sA, :a s eacS one
hundred dollars Of the aase.sable property OF
the city OF Annapolis Tor the year nlneteen
The laws of the state OF Maryland. and the
ordinances and bylaws Of the corporation Of tne
Uity Of Annapolis.
sxcrron a.-And be IL established and ordatn-
% % sn Sasa n sse ss sscon q Ss or
dance the sum Of twenty cents on eacn one
hundred dollars Of the ansesable property De,
Fnnd % pay the interest on the bonds OF the
City Of Annapolis, ~ required by the Acts OF
the General Assembly Of Maryland, sessions OF
teen hundred and ninety eight and nineteen
hundred.
SECTION 3.-And be 10 established and or
0aned by the authority aforesAid, That ~
shall be the duty Of The Collector ana dreasnssl
sinking Funds and 20 keep separate the reeelpts
and accounts thereof, and deposit the same 70
the credit OF the sinking Fund In the ANNAPOLIS,
Savings Institution, ~ required by the several
ordidances relating TO and providing for said
several bond issues aud % receive on accouns
ssstes and Il shall he the duty Of the Collector
and Treasurer, and he Il hereby directed 70
express upon the said tax bills for she presen m!
year that sevsntyswo eents on eae1 ons ~ tbe
city, and eight cenh ON each one hundred
dollars IL for the sinking Fund. for the paymen.
the General Assembly Of Maryland, sessions OF
1894. 1898 and 1900
sEcTfoN And be Il further established and
ordained by the authority Aforesaid That TINS
ordinance shall take effect from the date OF
its passage.
Approved August 25th. 1909.
SAMUEL JONES. Mayor.
Test .--CHAs. N. ROBINSON, CLERK. 80
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-10-03

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, Tfat the sut.
AZ scfiber OF Anne Arundel county. has OBJ.
tanned from the Orphans Court Of Anne Arur Gel
county. In Maryland. Letters TestamcniAry on
the personal estate OF
HENRY sMOTHEks.
late OF Anne Arundel County. deceased All per-
sons having claims against the deceased are here
by warned 10 exhibit the sane. with the yont hers
thereof. 70 the subscriber, ON or before the lsl
day on April 1904 They may otherwise. BY
law De excluded from all benefit oftht said estate.
All persons Indebted TO said estate are requested
70 make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 20th day OF Sep.
'o"'''' ~ J, p. SWAMI.
Administrator.
Latham A 10
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-10-03

Whatever may be the outcome OF
Lieutenant Robert Il. Peary's attempt
to reach the north pole. his p0rsever-
ance and faith in his ability to succeed
are of high order. as is shown by
his statement:
II feel more confident of success than
before any OF the other trips have
undertaken"
II il not surprising. therefore, that
the navy department has granted him
three years leave of absence for his
next arctic trip. In his letter to the
explorer Acting Secretary Darling thus
deals with the old cry that arctic ex-
ploration is n needless risk of human
ife:'
1.-THE discovery of the pole Is all that
remains TO complete the map of the
world. That map should be completed
I'm our generation and by our country
men. II 1t is asserted that the enter
prise is fraught with danger and pri-
walton, the answer is that geograph-
zeal discovery in all ages has been pur-
chased at the price OF heroic courage
and noble sacrifice. Our national pride
ls involved I'm the undertaking"
AS arctic expeditions In the past have
been handicapped by poor vessels the
intrepid Peary has acted wisely In de-
Gliding TO use a stanch wooden craft.
sheathed with metal and equipped with
as powerful machinery as can be found.
He will depend almost entirely upon
steam as the chief motive power. and
sails, IL used, will be an auxiliary me
dunn.
A striking feature OF the expedition
is the great esteem the lieutenant man
ifests for his trusted negro body serv-
ant. ofTwhom he says:
THE only man know positively will
be in the last dash will be Matthew
Hansen. the coloted man who has been
with me on former expeditions"
In fact, he declares he would not
think of going without Hansen.
Peary's vessel in all probability will
be named the Charles II. Darling, In
honor OF the acting secretary Of the
navy, who is one Of the explorers
heartiest supporters. Whatever name
his gallant craft may bear. let us here
with wish the king OF arctic explor
ers" all success In his quest. and may
be and his colleagues return trium-
plant In their Darling to their darlings
at home.