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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
CRIMINAL PRACTICE
Alleged Against n Doctor Arrested
in New York.

New York, Nov. Pas a result of a
combined movement of the County
Medical Society and Health Commits
sioner Lederle, DIR. Francis Gray Blinn
was arrested to-day in his sanitarium,
charged with attempting to perform an
illegal operation.
Upon several previous occasions DR..
Blinn has been involved in serious diff
culties, but on each occasion it has
been impossible to prove the charges
made against him.
Upon the recommendation of the
County Medical Society, Edwin Wat
kins. a medical student. recently en-
tered into correspondence from Bay
onne, N. J., with DR.. Blinn, giving his
name as DIR. ]. Sterling Loomis,' and
arranged to have a young woman cali
upon DR.. Blinn. The correspondence
resulted in Detective Friedman going
to the doctors house to-day with a
woman. Other detectives and Assist
ant District Attorneys Lord and Cor
rigan remained outside.
Friedman, who posed as a liquor
dealer of Bayonne, gave Mr.. Watkins
$500 in marked bills to hand to DR..
Blinn as Mr. Watkins was conducting
the meeting. 1t had been previously
arranged between DIR. Blinn and Mr..
Watkins, Mr.. Lord says, that the lat
ter should receive a commission Of
500 for bringing about the meeting
After payment of the money Mr.. Wat
kins and Friedman were permitted by
DIR. Blinn to remain in the room with
him. AS he was about to administer
chloroform, Friedman drew a revolver
and explained to the doctor that he
was under arrest.
Quickly stepping to a desk before
the detective realized what he intended
doing, Mr.. Blinn reached for a re-
volver in a pigeon hole. Friedman
was upon him before he could get pos
session of it and forced him into
chair and held him until the other
detectives, with Mr.. Corrigan and Mr..
Lord were admitted Handouts were
then placed on Dr. Blinn, and he was
taken to the police station.
A woman, who said she was Mrs.
Mary Miller, but whose name is be-
lieved to be Craig, a nurse in the en-
ploy of DR.. Blinn, was also arrested,
charged with being an accomplice. Two
other nurses in the house were not ar
rested
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
LIKENS UNITED STATES
TO LUNATICS OR THIEVES.
Irate FreDchmnn Writes of the
Canal Situation.

Paris, Nov. 22.-Bonaparte Wyse,
the French engineer to whom Colom-
bta granted the original concession for
a Panama canal, addressed a long let
ter to the Eclair, in which he says:
1.-THE impudent attitude of the Wash
feet of arousing France and bringing
about a common action by the Eu-
ropean governments against the Amer
lean peril, and also of proving to the
most incredulous the immense impor-
lance of piercing the isthmus."
After calling attention TO the in
terest which every European power
has in this question, the writer says:
"A reasonable understanding between
the powers Of Europe should suffice to
maintain the sovereignty of Colombia
and prevent the United States from
following to it's logical end the dan
gerous course on which the govern
ment of that country has started"
This great people," says the writer,
though carried away by eXuberance
of temperament, possesses much COM
mon sense, and a discreet warning
would be sufficient to bring it to a
hiOAC iSt9OiiipIC NlcWs 1HlS WOulQ UOI
mean that Colombia should he allowed
to oppose the construction of the canal,
which ought to be accomplished by
those who began it. If France should
finally renounce her rights the United
States might play the leading part on
condition that it indemnify the inter
ested parties"
Having regard to the dignity of Co
lombia, M. Wyse suggests that if di-
plomacy should fail, the questions at
issue might be submitted to The Hague
tribunal He points out that Colom-
bias efforts to regain the isthmian
territory might meet with difficulty.
1t would be impossible to send troops
overland, and should they be sent by
sea, American warships would stop the
transports. He suggests that an escort
of European warships to the Colon
bian troops would prevent this.
Finally the writer says that if the
United States should resort to the en-
ployment ''of brutal force" Colombia
would be justified in resorting to re-
prisals and seizing the United States
minister at Bogota and other Ameri-
can residents of Colombia.
when we have to deal with danger
Gus lunatics or highwaymen," says M
Wise, lit is rendering a service to all
TO defend ones self, even by excessive
means"
M. Wyse insists that arbitration by
The Hague tribunal is the only proper
solution of the question at issue.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
REPORT ON PHILIPPINES.
Progress of the Islands Under
American Ownership.

Washington, Nov. 22.-The develop
ment of the Philippine Islands during
the past year. together with review
Of pending questions of Importance re-
lating to the archipelago, is contained
in the annual report of Col. Clarence
r. Edwards, chief of the bureau of in
sular affairs of the War Department,
made public to-day
The accomplishment Of greatest i'm
portance to the islands during the year
has been the successful launching of
the new fiscal system. By Jan. next,
the new system will be in complete
operation. The new circulating me-
dunn consists of 100000 pesos and
fractional silver coins, and 10000, 600
pesos in paper money. To establish
the new system and purchase the sill
Yer for coinage. two issues of bonds
were made of $5,OOO,OOO each, both of
which were sold at a premium. The
proceeds of the sale of these bonds
were deposited and drew interest at
the rate of 81 per cent, so that the
government actually made money by
going into debt
Col. Edw ards emphasizes the neces-
sity of reduction of the Dingley tariff
rates for the encouragement of the
trade between the United States and
the Philippines. There is an active
desire on the part of Philippine COM
mercial interests, he says, for tariff
concessions, and the report states that
the same desire also has been evinced
nv the intaFhGtG n thic
The chief exports of the islands to the
United States are sugar, tobacco, hemp
and copra. The latter two commodi-
ties are on the free list.
Aside from the tariff question, the
| matter of most serious moment for
the future is the enforcement of the
| congressional act requiring the carry
ing trade between the United States
and the Philippines, as well as the
| coastwise trade of the islands, to be
| confined strictly to vessels carrying
the American flag after July l next.
The education of Filipino youths in
| this country for the purpose of maxi
ing them the future teachers of the ma
tive schools of the islands has begun
under an act passed last summer by
| the insular government. Ninety EIGHT
young Fflipinos are now on their way
| to this country for that purpose. They
will attend the grammar schools of
Southern California, during the win
ter, and in the spring be distributed
through the Middle West and Eastern
portion of the United States for fur
Their instruction.
Col. Edwards optimistically predicts
that the Filipino exhibit at the St.
Louis Exposition will be the feature of
that show. There are to be something
| like twelve hundred Filipino partici-
pants, and every phase of native indus
try and domestic life in the islands is
| to be represented.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
LABORING MEN TO
BE R00SEVELT'S GUESTS

Washington, Nov. 22.-Representa-
tives of the labor unions of Butte
Mont, who arrived in Washington to-
day, are to be entertained by Presi-
dent Roosevelt at luncheon Tuesday
The visitors were the leaders of an
entertainment committee, who receiv-
ed the President at Butte during his
Western trip. and Mr.. Roosevelt now
desires to return the courtesy
The members of the party are NAL
colin ellis, president of the Stationary
Engineers Union; Ed. Long, president
of the Miners Union; M. r. Demp-
sey, former president of the same or
ganization: +. w. Cronin, president Of
the Hotel and Restaurant Helpers
Union; William Robinson, former sec
rotary Of the Miners Union ]. W.
Gilbert, president of the Workngmen's
Union, and Frank Doyle, president of
the Trades and Labor Assembly.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23

Columbia, S. c., Nov. 22.-Last night
about IL o'clock a negro was shot and
killed and another shot through the
shoulder in a negro gambling den in
Coons' alley in Graniteville The ne
gro killed was lobe Redd, living at
Graniteville, and the negro wounded
is Quitman johnson of Aiken.
The details of the affair are some
what mysterious. 1t seems that about
twenty-five negroes were at the house
of a negro named Neel which has long
been considered a gambling dive by
the people OF the neighborhood. A
young white man of Aiken, John
Seigler, came to thu house during the
night with a negro named John Lundy.
1t is said that some time afterwards
a row was started between Seigler and
some of the negroes, and Seigler left
the house. Shortly after the crowd
in the house was fired upon, and about
ten shots were fired through the Win
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
NEGROES WERE SHOT
I'm A GAMBLING DIVE
Young White Man Of Aiken, S. c., and Negro
Are Charged With the Shooting

dow. This morning Redd was found
dead near the house, and Johnson was
found at his home at Aiken, with a
pistol ball in his shoulder. 1t is
charged that both Seigler and his man,
Lundy did the shooting.
Coroner w. w. Plunkett Of Aiken
went to Graniteville this morning and
held the inquest over the body of
Redd, and the jury of nine white men
and three negroes brought in the fol-
lowing verdict:
From the evidence brought out at
the inquest we believe that the said
lobe Redd came to his death from
gunshot wounds at the hands of John
Seigler and John Lundy.''
Tomorrow Coroner Plunkett will
have warrants issued charging the two
men with the shooting.
Shortly after the shooting occurred
Seigler went to Aiken on the Augusta
Aiken trolley and took his horse and
buggy from stable here, where he
had left 1t in the afternoon, and drove
out of town.
Seigler is a son of one of Aiken coun-
tvs most prominent farmers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
BY A DOSE OF TRIANOL
John l.. jerome Was Ushered Into
His Long Sleep.

HIS Long Steep.
Denver, Col, Nov 22.-John L. Jaro-
mo, a prominent capitalists and former
treasurer of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company, was found dead in bed
this morning at his summer home at
Buffalo Park. forty miles from Den
yer. Death was caused by an over
dose of trianol, a drug he had been
in the habit of taking to induce sleep.
Death was evidently accidental.
Mr.. Jerome was found by a servant
whom he had instructed to wake him.
The coroner made the following
statement:
AFTER a careful examination of the
premises and the circumstances of the
death of John L. Jerome, as far as /
am able to learn he came to his death
as a result of an over dose of drugs he
had been in the habit of using to in
duce sleep. The circumstances at
tending the death are entirely natural.
There is no evidence of any suicidal in
tent"
The body was brought to Denver to-
night for burial.
John L. Jerome was born at Fabius,
N. Y, forty-nine years ago and became
treasurer of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company, which position he held
until last July. He leaves a widow and
two married daughters.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
THREE HUNDRED M0R0S
ARE KILLED IN J0L0.
The American Loss Was Ridiculous
Iy Small.

IL Small.
Manila. Nov. 23.-Three hundred Mo-
ros are known to have been killed and
many others were carried off dead or
wounded as a result of five days fight
ing in Jolo between the American
troops, under Gen. Leonard Wood, and
the insurgents. Maj H. l.. Scott of
the Fourteenth Cavalry, and Ave
American privates were wounded.
Gen. Wood landed near Siet lake
in Jolo, Nov. H. The Moros were soon
located, and fighting began immedi-
ately and continued until Nov. II.
Mai. Scott was taking Ranglima Hes
sen, the Moro leader, who had been
taken prisoner, to Jolo. While en- route
Hassen asked to be allowed to see his
family. His appeal was granted, and
he thereupon led Maj. Scott into an
ambuscade, where the American de-
tachment was fired upon. Maj. Scott
was shot in both hands. Hassen sue
ceeded in escaping during this unex-
pected attack. but is supposed to have
been killed the following day.
The fighting took place in country
covered with rocks. The Moros were
driven across the country from Siet
lake to the town which Hassen had
made his headquarters. and where it
was reported the Moros were 1000
strong
The rebel position was attacked in
the flank by the American troops who
occupied the town and inflicted loss
of fifty killed on the Moros. Hassen,
with a small party, surrendered. The
rest of the Moros went into swamps
out of which they were driven on Nov
is, leaving seventy-six dead behind
them. On Nov. II the American forces
renewed the attack on the remaining
Moros, Of whom forty more were killed.
The rebel forces have been literally
destroyed by these operations and Gen.
Wood says the indications are that
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
r.. d. Murray, Laredo, Tex.

Laredo, Tex, Nov. 22.-Dr. r. D.
Murray a yellow fever expert of inter-
national renown. and dean of the Ma
rine Hospital Service, died at an early
hour to-day from injuries which he
sustained in a runaway accident one
week ago to-day, while returning from
the bedside of a yellow fever patient
whom he had been treating. When he
had been in the hospital several days
pneumonia set in, resulting in his
death to-day.
DR.. Murray was native of Ohio, Ga
years of age. He was a Civil War
veteran and a member OF the G. A. X.
For several years he held the chair of
instructor of anatomy in a Cleveland,
o., medical college. He was the dean
of the Marine Hospital Service. having
associated himself with that service in
1872 During his connection with the
service he had been stationed in
charge at Norfolk, Va. Mobile, Ala,
Philadelphia, New Orleans, Key West.
Fla, and had also been in charge Of
the quarantine station at Dry Tortu-
gas four years.
DR.. Murray has been a prominent fg-
ure at all points where yellow fever
has occurred through the last three
decades All the flags of the public
buildings both in Laredo and Nuevo
Laredo are at half mast. For his many
acts of kindness he has endeared him
self to the entire community.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
AT THE THEATER

The Ted E. Faust Minstrels, will be
the attraction Wednesday matinee and
night. In the makeup of his COM
pany, Mr.. Faust has been mindful of
the old school of burnt cork; of the
art of the late Billy West; the style
of Geo. Primrose, and the melody of
Dan Emmett. All this he has applied
to his organization, and taken step
in advance by engaging acts and fea-
lures superior to those Of all other min
stre organizations. His company
numbers fifty people. The singing,
the dancing, the comedy, and the
music, is said to be on a high scale.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23

there will be no extension Of the up
rising, which was handled without diff
Guilty.
On Nov. Is Gen. Wood started on an
expedition against q body of 1000
Moros, who are in the mountains back
of Tablibi. No news has as yet been
received as to the result of this move-
ment.
Gen. Wood has under him two bat
talions of the Twenty-eighth Regi-
ment one of the Twenty-third Regi-
ment a platoon of Capt. George Sat-
tley's battery, two troops of the Four
teenth Cavalry and a detachment of
engineers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
FEVER LESS VIOLENT.

Laredo, Tex, Nov. 22.-The decidedly
cold weather during the past week has
worked wonders towards stamping out
the yellow fever. and in all probability
the end of the epidemic is not far
away. The official bulletin tonight is
as follows:
New cases, 6; deaths, none: total
cases to date. 1,016; total deaths, 81.
Fever conditions in Monterey now
show a Slight Improvement
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
IN HOUSE OF CORRECTION
Evidently Were Not All Who Should
Have Been.

milwaukee. Wis, Nov. 22-Experts
who have for some time been investi-
eating the books of the Milwaukee
county House of Correction for 1902
report that the institution operated at
loss during that period Of nearly
$4,000. The annual report filed with
tne county clerk only shows loss OF
ABOUT $4,000. Particulars concerning
the nature of the losses have not been
made public.
All of the county institutions are
.pelng investigated and the result. 1t
y said, will furnish much material
Tor the grand jury, which will con-
Vsne early In December
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
DEPUTY SWEENY
BRINGING PRISONERS.

Jacksonville, Fla. Nov. 22.-Marjorie
S. Smith and w. H. Nichols are under
arrest here for cheating and swindlng
a Savannah man. Deputy Sheriff
Sweeny of Savannah arrived here to-
night and will leave tomorrow with
the prisoners in charge. The Smith
woman is a well known police charac-
ter here.
Both prisoners are willing to go
without papers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
Mrs. Susan Hniton, Lincoln, Neb.

Lincoln, Mob, Nov. 22.-Mrs. Susan
Haiton, woman of distinguished rev.
oiutionary ancestry, died at the home
of her son, in Lincoln, yesterday, and
was buried to-day. She was born in
Snotsylvania county, Virginia, and was
9S years old. Three of her uncles, one
a general and two colonies. served IN
The war of the Revolution, and cous-
in Daniel D. Thompkins, was Vice
President during the Monroe admins
tration. She leaves many relatives In
Nebraska and Virginia.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
FRIENDS GATHERING
So. TO RESCUE O'DAY

Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 22.-Tom
O'Day formerly a member Of the Cur
ry band, was captured to-day by
posse near Summit, in the Big Horn
mountains. He is now being taken to
Casper and his friends are gathering
in the Lester mountains to rescue him,
A bloody fight is expected. When
captured O'Day had twenty-three
horses.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
james NJ. Pullman, Lynn, Mass.

Lynn, Mass, Nov. 22-After preach
ing a. sermon of unusual vigor and elo-
ouence, Rev. James Mimic Pullman, d.
d.. pastor of the First Universalist
Church. in this city, and a clergyman
widely known in that denomination,
died suddenly of apoplexy at his home
to-day. He was brother of the late
George NJ. Pullman, the millionaire par
Ior car builder. He was 81 years of
age and a native of Portland, N. Y.
He was the organizer and first presi-
dent of the Young Mems Universalist
Association of New York in 1869, and
was elected secretary of the Universal
ist General Convention in 1869 and 1877.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
Deaths mt Charleston.

Charleston, S. c., Nov. 22.-The
deaths of an unusual number OF well
known men were recorded here to-
day. They were Messrs. Jonn James
Mcpherson, Henry j. OMEN, CharIes
crosby and Dr. Charles K. Sherlock.
Tn their respective callings they were
ali quite prominent, and 1T is re-
markable coincidence that the end OF
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
OBITUARY..
Mrs. George H. Richter.

Mrs. George H. Richter died at her
nome at Guyton early yesterday morn
ing after an illness of ten days. Serv-
ices were held at the residence yester-
day afternoon by Rev. John Seal.
Many friends gathered to pay the last
tribute of respect to the memory of
the deceased, and numerous beautiful
floral tributes attested the affection in
which she was held by the residents
of Guyton.
Mrs. Richter, whose husband is
stenographer for Lawton & Cunning
ham, was formerly Miss Louise DUNK
er of Macon. Her mother was with her
during her last Illness, a fatal termi-
nation of which was feared from its
beginning. The body was taken to
Macon on last nights train, where the
interment will take place this morn
ing at Riverside Cemetery.
In addition to her husband two
young children survive Mrs. Richter.
The deceased for several years resid-
ed in Savannah and had many friends
and acquaintance here who will be
grieved by her death. She was a
member of the Guyton Methodist
Church, a woman of a sweet, affection
ate nature, and her death is felt as a
personal loss by those who knew her.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
George II. Stuart, baltimore.

Baltimore, Nov. 22.-Gen. George H.
Stuart died at his country home at
West River, Anne Arundel county, to-
day, aged 65 years, from complication
Of stomach troubles. He was gradu-
ated from West Point, and entered the
regular army, but resigned and Joined
the Confederate forces in 1861. He was
promoted by degrees to the rank OF
brigadier general.
At the close of the war Gen. Stuart
returned to Baltimore, where he has
since resided. The Society of the Army
and Navy of the Confederate States
will conduct funeral ceremonies, ar
rangements for which have not been
completed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
TO ABOLISH QUARANTINE
Majority of the Powers Voted mt the
Conference.

Paris, Nov. 22.-Although the results
of the international sanitary confer
ence held here have not yet been made
public, it is affirmed that a great ma
jority of the Powers represented there
at voted for the practical abolition Of
quarantine messages. Turkey, Greece
and Bulgaria strongly oppose such ac-
ton, and it is probable that their dele
gates will receive orders not to sign
the clause of the conference report,
providing for such abolition. The con-
ference decided to establish a perma-
nent international sanitary office in
Paris.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
KELLY NOT IMPLICATED.

John Kelly, who was reported as be-
ing under bond to answer in the case
Of the shanghaiing of young Rucker
and Seage, is not under bond, having
been discharged. He is not in any way
implicated In the case and says he
never saw either Of the boys in his life.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23

Fort Gaines, Ga, Nov. 22.-Capt. S.
E. Lewis, for many years county school
commissioner of this county, died yes
terday of blood poisoning. He was
prominent in county affairs. He was
in his 65th year.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
IRON WORKERS STRIKE.

BOSTON, Mass, Nov. 22.--Frank Blu
Snanan' president of the Bridge and
sStructural Iron Workers Union, is au-
s.iy Tor the statement that a gen.
trs al strike Of bridge and structural
I'm I'm workers has been ordered on
very ,,.tiy contract throughout the country
in Wnicn is executed by any member of
o New York Builders' Association
or by the Iron LEAGUE This strike
order will take effect tomorrow,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
MICHELTREE ARRESTED
Charged with the killing of Will
liam CIendenin.

Wiliamsport, Pa, Nov. 22.-Arthur
L. Micheltree of Youngdale was ar
rested to-day by a constable of that
place on suspicion of being connected
with the murder of William Clendenin,
telegraph operator.
Micheltree was taken to the Clinton
county Jail at Lockhaven. He was ar
rested as he was about to enter the
Union Church at Youngdale, where the
funeral services over the remains of
Clendenin were held. The constable
made the arrest on his own responsible
ity, the detective of the New York
Central Railroad Company working on
the case being of the opinion that
Micheltree knows nothing Of the MUIR
der.
Micheltree was a witness at the cor
oners inquest on Saturday, at which
time he told of his own movements
on the night of the murder.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23

Rome, Nov. 22.-The project of Tu-
rim has forbidden the manifestation of
organizations there against immigra-
ton into Italy of the religious orders
expelled from France. Notwithstand-
ing the prohibition, ten societies held
public meetings to-day which, after
they had progressed for some time,
were broken up by the police.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
Loans and discounts ..$1,16S,S 21 "a
Overdrafts. secured and

Loans and discounts 80. 81, 1884, "a
Overdrafts secured and
unsecured ........ 1872 10
u. S. bonds to secure cir
culation ........... 200, 900 90
Premium on II. s. bonds. 1000 90
Stocks, securities, etc.. 1,214 SO
Furniture and fiXtures... 1881 so
other real estate owned. 29,66S OS
Due from national banks
(not reserve agents).. 30,314 80
Due from state banks
and bankers .... 24,629 26
Due from approved re-
serve agents ....... 31,149 26
Notes of other national
banks MINIMUM. 5000 90
Fractional paper curren-
cy nickels and cents. 1,242 II
Lawful Money Reserve in
Bank, viz
Specie ...$72,5 500 90
Legal tender
notes 49,. Ash CO. 117,011 90
Redemption fund with u.
S, Treasurer Is per
cent. of circulation).. 10000 90
Total ....... .....$1,629.375 80