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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-06-11

Paterson, n. j. June 4,-The bronze
statue Of Carrot A. Hobart, erected
here in his honor by friends, has been
unveiled. Mrs. Hobart, the widow Of
the late vice president and her son
Carrot occupied seats on the platform
with the state officers Gov. Franklin
Murphy and United States Senators
Kean and Dryden were also present.
The orator of the day was John w.
Griggs, attorney general in McKinley's
cabinet
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Danger Of LynchinR Over.

La Crosse, Wis, June S.-TeIephone
reports received from Sparta Satur.
day morning stated that danger OF
Montgomery being lynched has passed
for the time being. During the night
the mob thinned out, and finally dis
pcrsed, Montgomery is well guarded
by squad Of deputies, and Sheriff Cas-
sells said at $50 Saturday morning
that he did not anticipate any further
frpDblp
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GEORGIA CYCLONE VICTIMS.
Deaths from the Terrible Disaster ~
Gainesville Over 1OO-SOme
Fatally Injured.

Gainesville, Ca, June 1.-THE 5000
inhabitants of this city have just be-
palling disaster OF Monday. Figuring
from all availa BILE sources and giving
credence only to those reports which
are believed to be trustworthy the
following is summary: One hundred
and ten killed; 300 injured. OF whom
probably 20 will die; 800 homeless,
their residences having been wiped out
Of existence; property boss OF about
100000. none of which was covered by
storm insurance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-06-11

East Las Vegas, N, NJ, June 4-Judge
James Cobb, Of Tuskegee, Ala, died in
this city Wednesday morning of tuber-
culosis. Judge Cobb for IL years rep
resented the Fifth Alabama district in
congress. For IL years he sat on the
bench of his state, In 1901 he was
unanimously elected member Of the
constitutional convention OF Alabama.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-06-11

Washington, June 9.-The Grofl
brothers, manufacturers of the patent
box fastener, have been indicted by the
federal grand jury upon substantially
the same evidence that was produced
TO secure the Indictment OF A. w.
Machen, former superintendent of
free delivery, who is charged with hav.
Ing received brides from them for Sc
curing the adoption of the fasteners.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-06-11

Redwood Falls, Mimi, June A.
Thieves blew open the safe Of the Gold
Stabcck bank at Vesta with dynamite
and made big haul, securing So, 800 in
currency and $50, OOCin notes, The rob.
bers stole team Of horses and made
their escape. They are believed to be
amateurs There is no clew.
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Heavy Damage NV Pr.

La Crosse, Wis, June e.--The bust.
ness portion Of the town Of New Lis
bon was almost entirely destroyed by
fire early Friday morning and the loss
is approximately 100000. Two entire
blocks Of buildings were entirely de-
St-oyed
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Students uroy,n.d

Chicago, June Jesse J.. Muller,
Of Lincoln, Neb., medical student at
South Park academy, and Miss
Frances Evelyn Moore, Of Davenport,
la, student at the University Of Chi
cago, were drowned in the lagoon al
jackson park, near the Spanish car
ayels
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Church Blown I'm.

Rochester, Mimi, June 6.-The Bap.
list church In Byron was blown up
by dynamite Friday morning at one
O'Clock. There has been a bitter feel
Ing there between the churches ever
since the Baptist minister, Rev. Mr..
Utton, now of Lanesboro, resigned and
united with the Methodist church. No
arrests have been made.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-06-11

New Capitol Dedicated.

Jackson, Miss. June 4.-Thc hand
some new capitol building, erected at
cost Of s, geo 900, was formally ded-
icated Wednesday. The ceremonies
were most imposing, and were partici.
pated in by distinguished visitors and
citizens.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-06-11

Washington, June Sat the first
cabinet meeting held at the white
house in ten weeks practically the
entire time was devoted to discus.
sion Of the postal scandals and the
massacres Of Jews in Russia and the
Christians in Turkey.
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Over 100 I.lyes Lost.

Marseilles, June S.-A terrible
shipping disaster occurred a little
distance from this port at noon yes
terday, when two passenger steam
ers, the Insulaire and Liban- both be-
longing to the Fraissenet Steamship
company, Of Marseilles. came into
collision. The Liban sank and over
100 Of her passengers and crew per-
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Convention Called.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 1.-THE dis
trict executive boards OF the United
Mine Workers OF America Wednesday
issued a call for convention, to be
held at Pottsville, Pa, June Is. The
object Of the convention Is to decide
whether the miners shall suspend
work pending the settlement of the
difficulty existing In the Cancellation
hoard
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Mnny I'm rnInrnnfn

Warrington, June 6.-The number
OF immigrants arriving IN this country
continues 10 increase Statistics for
the u months ending April 30 last.
the returns for May not having been
compiled, show that the immigrants
arriving numbered 603,272.
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Drought Ended.

Boston, June 9.-Rain, and plenty
OF it, has ended the 80 days drought
In northern and southern New Eng.
lind and quencted most Of the for.
est fires which have turned vast
areas into blackened wastes.
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Found Dead In He'd

Caro-, Mich, June civilian NJ.
Bell, an eccentric bachelor who lived
alone In squalor and wretchedness on
his farm mile from Caro-, was found
dead in bed Thursday. Friday over
$4,000 was found hidden In his wood.
shed. Government bonds worth So, 1000
were found and 81, 800 was located bur-
led In fruit cans
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New York, June 4.-The fire losses
in the United States and Canada for
the month Of May were $780, 800,
against s14,s66,oo0 in May. 1902. The
losses during the first five months of
the year have been sos, $50 900, against
$40, $50, 500 In the same months last
year.
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BIG STEAMSHIPS COLLIDE
Terrible Ocean Disaster Occurs OH
the Coast of France Near the
City of Marseilles.
OYER ONE HUNDRED LIVES ARE LOST.
Ths Steamer Libnn Is Run Down by
the Insulaire and the Former si"A'
in Seventeen Minutes-Ehorts M
Rescue Were In Vain-story Oh
Survivor.

Marseilles, France, June o II
steamers Insulaire and Lban coIl!ueu
off this port at noon yesterday Inc
Liban sank, and more than 100 OF the
passengers and crew drowned
Both vessels were passenger steam
ers The Liban, with 240 passengers
sailed on its regular trip for Bastia'
Corsica, Sunday morning. The In
sulaire was coming into port. Mare
island. at the entrance to the harbor'
hid the steamers from each other uh'ii
Il was too late to avoid the COLLISION
Races for shore.
The Jnsulaire crashed into the
Iiban's side at full speed, cutting
great hole, through which the water
poured with a rush.
The captain Of the Liban turned the
steamer and ordering full speed aheaa
began race for shore, hoping TO
ground hs vessel. For II minutes the
steamer kept the course and then the
fore part Of the vessel plunged under
the water and almost in an instant the
ship had disappeared.
Steamers Go to Rescue.
The collision was witnessed from
the pilos boat Blechamp, which was
about two miles distant. The
Blechamp Immediately repaired to the
spot 10 render assistance. The steam
er Balkan and other vessels also drew
near the sinking ship and made des-
perate efforts to rescue those on board.
The Blechamp picked up 40 persons,
many of whom were at the point OF
exhaustion. The Balkan rescued 81
passengers, and up to the present it Is
known that IN addition to the passen-
gera II of the crew were also saved.
Work of Rescue DlmcuIt.
Officers of the steamer Balkan de-
scribe the scene just before the Liban
disappeared as "a terrible one. As the
vessel was sinking it was inclined to
such an angle that the masts struck
the water, causing an eddy which made
the work Of rescue most difficult. A
mass Of human beings were clinging
to the laundering vessel and uttered
despairing cries as 1t went down.
AS the vessel sank the boilers ex-
ploded, intensifyiug the horrors. For
few moments the victims were seen
struggling in the sea, then the waves
closed over them and all was silent.
story OF n Survivor.
One of the survivors gives the fol.
lowing details Of the disaster:
"When the Insulaire crashed into us
a great panic prevailed on board. At
tempts were made TO lower the boats.
but only one boat was got away and in
that / and few others escaped to the
Blechamp. As the vessel sank bow
first the passengers took refuge on the
after deck, which was covered by an
awning. This as the Liban foundered,
became a cage in whichthe passengers
were caught and dragged down be-
meath the waters"
Many Of the rescued were inju rcd in
the collision. The lnsulaire sustained
considerable damage to It's bows, but
managed to reach port safely. Thou
sands Of persons gathered round the
morgne, hospitals and on the quays
throughout the evening. Thus far
only four bodies have been identified.
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Dropped Dead,

Montgomery, Ala, June 6.--While in
dorsing a check 20 pay the premium on
u life insurance policy Of 10000 which
he had just taken out, J. s. Farrier
dropped dead here in the Farley bank.
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Nine Killed.

Stillwell, Kan, June Mine per
sons were killed and three injured BY a
Lead-on collision Of two Santa Fe rad
road passenger trains near here.
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Failed to Identify.
Lynching In the south.

Macon, Ga, June 9.-W. Copeland
Winslow, Jr., whose father was one OF
the leading members Of the Georgia
bar, was instantly killed by n negro
named Banjo" Peavy on the formers
farm near Fort Valley yesterday after
noon. The negro was captured and
hanged by mob.
The independent., 1903-06-18

Reach were both the s.ols of the ring
of which Samuel E. Morss has been
the head. Morss and Taggart had 4
difference-exit Taggart. Morss has
been blowing the antitrust horn with
considerable vigor and some eclat un-
til the public learned that he is a
member of the Pierpont Morgan
Standard Oil-Economic league. Reach
was selected by Morss to complete
Taggart's overthrow with the result
that, practically, the same old infin-
ence is in control of the committee
with Keach as chief-of-staff in place
of Taggart. The men who supposed
they were helping to get rid of what
they are pleased to call the Taggart
ring have made fools of themselves,
and have assisted in perpetuating the
control Of Morss in the city organi-
zation. Neither Taggart nor Keach
knows anything about the principles
of true democracy, nor cares anything
abor: them. Neither of them in any
sense represents the friends of Mr..
Bryan, although they both played for
their support, and beth by deceptive
professions had the aid of few Of
tenn. 1t is remarkable that any one,
who wants democratic principles y
prevail in the party, or who desires
the party to preserve any semblance
of decency, could be induced TO toler
ate man like Reach, who left the
party and did what he could from the
outside to defeat it; or how he could
have any confidence in a man like
Taggart who, although he remained
with the party and professed loyalty
to it, kept up very intimate relations
with it's enemies, trying to keep him.
self solid with both, but actually
ready TO betray either.
The mass of democrats took no in
terest in this contest between the two
fragments of the Morss crowd, the
immaterial. There are Democrat,
voters enough in the city, who were
spectators, to have prevented this dis
graceful struggle, and to have taugh,
both parties that dishonesty and
treachery would not be tolerated. 1t
is shame that they did not do it.
It is matter of the greatest re-
gret that John W. Kern allowed him
self to be identified with, and use1
by, the Taggart fragment. But even
his great popularity was not sufficient
to overcome the disgust excited by
the memory of Taggart's administra-
tions as mayor, and his double dealing
politically. Unfortunately, Mr.. Kern
has occupied somewhat ambiguous
attitude in the public mind. At one
time he denounced the principles of
the Chicago platform, but changed
his views. There is no doubt about
his being sincere, and the change has
been SO accepted by the supporters d
that platform. There has, however,
been a feeling that Mr.. Kern has been
too intimate with Morss, Taggart and
Others known to be opposed to Mr..
Bryan, or under strong suspicion II
duplicity. There has been some cur
iosity, that has found expression, to
know how he was able to maintain
his popularity with them
If MIR. Kern could have seen his
way to have said some time ago, Ill
the same public way, what he has
said recently, and have cut loose from
al those who openly or secretly op-
posed Mr.. Bryan, he would have made
himself the undisputed leader of his
party in the state. II he had taken
The independent., 1903-06-18
KERN'S MISTAKE
Mr.. Van Vorhis Discusses the Cleve land
Democrats of Indianap polls and Points
Out Their Duplicity

Editor Independent: The recent
contest for craftsmanship of the demo-
cratic city committee Ought to be
enough to set the people, not only of
Indianapolis but of the state, to think
ing and acting
For several years this city has been
controlled by the worst elements il
it, and public business has been a
private snap" No difference what
party has been in control, it acquired
power by the support at the polls OF
the classes that prey upon society and
prosper because of depraved appetites
and bad passions. BY the aid of such
influences the vicious classes have
been controlled and men, by their
votes, lifted into prominence who
could be depended upon to remove le-
gal restraints, give free sway to the
qualification of appetites and passions,
close their eyes Will, gamblers rob
the ignorant, assist corporations to
steal our public utilities, and open
opportunities for contractors to ROB
the taxpayers.
Never before, however, has anv
party given such slap in the face to
public opinion and so audaciously dig
regarded even the appearances OF po-
litical decency. There are not twenty
men in the city who do not know that
the man selected to head the organi-
zation has the reputation of being in
full sympathy with the classes in
politics and business that prosper
most when appetites and passions ars
least restrained. His reputation is
that of man who must necessarily
seek the association of the lowest, and
who will necessarily be controlled b.
personal and pecuniary motives. It
will be absurd to expect him to have
the ability, or even the inclination, to
make any effort in the direction of the
enforcement of law or the improve
ment of public morals. 1t is unrea
sonabie to suppose that he can a.
tract to the party, or have any in
fuence with, men whose motives have
a moral basis, or are controlled by "a.
unselfish desire for public welfare. 1t
will be difficult to find single man
in the city of Indianapolis who will
say he believes that MIR. keach viii
be controlled in his political action By
regard for public morals or for the
morals of any question. 1t is well
known that, for several years, he has
been doing all he cou,. TO disorganizo
and defeat the party.
1t is probably true that the party
is in no worse condition than when
Taggart was in ostensable control. He
represents no worse crowd than the
republican crowd now in control, bu.
no man in the city is SO prominently
identified, in the public mind, as tha
leader of the low, degraded and un-
scrupulous classes. lie is, no more a
leader, really, than Taggart has been.
There is no difference between them
except Taggart's smooth surface.
They have both taken their instruc-
tions from Morss, editor of the Senti-
nel There were some democrats who
were foolish enough to believe that
in supporting Reach they were op-
posing the Taggart ring. Properly
speaking, there is no Taggart ring
and never has been. Taggart and
The independent., 1903-06-18

this course and stood for the trut.,,
as there is no doubt he sees 1t, with.
out so many complimentary refer
ences to Cleveland, Hill, German, Wa
terson and others well known to be
untrue, not only to the party, but to
democratic principles, he would haze
had standing and influence In his
party possessed by no other man IN
this state. He might not have been
the candidate for governor in 1900,
but he would not have been in sit
uation to be used by Taggart to main
tain his position in the party, in the
hope that it would assist him in his
ambition to be national chairman. To
be used by such a man as Taggart,
and defeated by such a man as keach
for such position as city chairman,
and feel compelled to publicly de-
clare his fealty to Keach, must bring
a feeling of humiliation that is itl-
describable. While there is no doubt
about his sincerity, it would appear
that he has allowed his political
Fl iendships and his hopes to deceive
him concerning the real purposes OF
Morss and other members of the old
Indiana Cleveland ring.
This ring had practical control in
the campaign of 1910. They would
have been glad to have Mr.. Kern
elected governor il they could have
Leen sure that Mr.. Bryan would not
carry the state. To have had the
state ticket elected and Mr.. Bryan de-
fe;.ted would have given them added
pleasure.
AS for Keach, what reasonable as
surance can be given, If he is to lie
judged by his past conduct, that he
will not use his position at the head OF
the democratic city committee to elect
the republican ticket. There is no
man in this city crazy enough to be-
lieve that he has any political prin-
ciple that will not give way to his
private interests. From this stand
point there is not single reason why
lie will not prefer the election of
Bookwalter to the election of any
democrat, who cannot be controlled
by the elements that have controlled
botn Taggart and Bookwalter.
In the face of Mr.. Keach's political
record and his reputation, 1t is dl1Il-
cult to understand how democrat
of this character can afford to accept
the nomination for mayor and take
the risk OF betrayal in the headaaar-
ters Of his own party. In the face OF
tho general want Of concern mani"
tested by the better class OF democrats
the same kind of influences that Sc
lected Reach for chairman can select
a candidate for mayor The chances
are that they have already determined
who it will be, and that we are again
to be left the alternative of 'choice
between evils" or taking to the
woods"
FLAVIUS J. VAN VORHIS.
Indianapolis, Ind.
The independent., 1903-06-18
Excursions to Boston

June rs to 27 inclusi, e; also July
l to 5, inclusive, via Nicke Plate Road
Especially low rates. Liberal raturn
limits Particulars at cit! ticl,ef Office
III Adams ST., and Union tickEt office,
Auditorium Annex, Chicago.
The independent., 1903-06-18

Since Roosevelt stepped into the
presidential Office he has made 1853
speeches It is no wonder that the
great dailies have not had much to
say OF late about Bryan's Jaw"
The independent., 1903-06-18
HAIL INSURANCE

The United Mutual Hail In
surance Association-the larg-
est and most successful hail in
surance company in the state.
The independent., 1903-06-18
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.

EdwadM Incon; W Secretary NJ
Dr. Lincoln
ton t. M
p L
tebn oauntiny direct in
fha best Has
business Nebraska only there keqs the home Your liability exceed the
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
STOCkMEN AND
FOREST RESERVES

Denver. Oct. 13-Charles Martin
secretary of the Live Stock Association,
has returned from trip to Salt Lake
City, where he met with the Utah Wool
Growers Association. He says the
stockmen of Utah are stirred up over
the question of segregating the forest
reserves.
Forest reserves is one OF the ques-
tions that will cause discussion at the
meeting of the National Live Stock As
sociatiOn when it meets in Portland in
January" said Mr.. Martin. The In
terror Department has set aside so
much Of the grazing land of the West
in forest reserves that the stockmen are
beginning to believe that the range is
being lost to them. Unless some steps
are taken to discourage the depart
ment in making forest reserves of the
best grazing land of the West the
sheepmen will be crowded to the wall
In the state of Utah there are 81
900, 600 acres of land, and of this
amount of 100000 acres is arid
The arid land makes good grazing land
when the snow is on but in the summer
the sheep must be taken to the noun
tains. OF the 12.O00,000 acres in Utah
that is not in the arid belt 100000 are
set aside as forest reserves, guarded by
rangers to keep out the sheepmen. 1t
Is said that the sheep destroy the young
growth in the forest reserves. The fact
is that the grazing of sheep in the re-
serves would be a good thing. 1t would
clear away the underground of weeds
that feed the forest fires every year
and destroy thousands Of acres of tim
Der.
I'm Oregon out OF 100000 acres
of grazing land in the state 23,0OO.OO0
are set aside as reserves In Colorado
the condition IS becoming just as bad.
Recently 36S. 900 acres were set aside in
Gunnison. Pueblo. Leadville and Del
Norte districts. That means so much
less grazing ground for sheep.