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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Meet in National Council at New
Haven.


New Haven, Conn.,, June 2.-Nearly
100 delegates, representing the various
state councils of the Knights of Column
bus. met here to-day for the twenty
first annual convention of the National
Council of the order.
Among the important matters to be
brought to the attention of the dele
gates is the appointment of commits
sion to purchase a site and erect a
building which shall be the national
headquarters of the Knights of Column
bus. 1t is probable that this city Will
be chosen for the building.
Edward L. Hearn, supreme knight,
In his annual address, said that the
order had during the last year extend
ed its operations into North Carolina
and other states. Mr.. Hearn reported
that the work of establishing fund
of $50. 600 for the maintenance OF
chair of secular history in the Catholic
University at Washington is nearing
Under the head of Charity" the su-
preme knight spoke of the Cathohc
missions for Indians in the Southwest
being most deserving, and continued:
Let US stop and consider the con-
dition of our co-religionists in Cuba
Porto Rico, Mexico, and in the distant
Philippines There is need for strong
active and permanent Catholic organi-
cation, especially in the Philippies
where a crisis in Catholic affairs is ap-
preaching, which must be met and
averted. The schism of the Independent
Catholic Filipino Church is fact, and
is growing in strength and numbers in
defiance of rightful authority. The
united influence of American Catholics
must be brought to bear against this
dangerous movement. and the knights
Of Columbus ought to take a promi-
nent part in the work"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
WILL RETURN TO WORK.
Idle Men VIII Again Have Employ
ment in New York.

New York, June AT the conclusion
of a conference to-day between repre-
sentatives of New York lumber deal
ers, building material dealers, and
united Building Material Drivers AS
ISOLATION, and the United Board Of
Building Trades, Michael Stanton,
chairman of the committee from the
United Board of Building Trades, said
that although no settlement had been
definitely reached, it was safe to say
the yards would all be open by Thurs
day or Friday.
The settlement means the return to
work of 100000 men. The employers
have gained what they have been con-
tending for. as the truck drivers and
the men who handle the materials in
the yards are to return to work under
the same conditions as existed before
they were locked out
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
TEACHERS OF COLUMBUS.
Results of the Election Held by the
Trustees.


Columbus, Ga, June 2.-The school
trustees elected teachers for the Co
lumbus public schools for next year
to-day. Quite a number of changes
were made, some of them unexpect-
ed. The new principals are: Mar
shall Mortin, succeeding Robert A.
Ryder principal of Sixteenth Street
School, resigned; Fuller Mynat, sue
ceeding Lester c. Slade, principal of
Rose Hill School, resigned; T. C. Ken
drick, and Miss Ella Jones.
Prof. ]. H. Purdy, Jr., resigned as
teacher of modern languages and COM
mercial branches in the High School.
His place was not filled tonight.
New teachers elected to-day to
places in the schools are Prof. John
T. Bowen, of Georgia, now in Harvard
University, teacher of English and
mathematics in the High School; Miss
NJ. NJ. Nelson, Newman, Miss Martha
Porterfield, Auburn. Ala; Miss Janet
Chalmers, Madison; Miss Georgia Mon
roe, Macon, and Misses Mary Cord,
Ina Williams and Lucille Smith of Co.
lumbus. The old corps of grade teach
ers was almost unanimously re-elect-
ed.
Supt. C. B. Gibson was unanimous
ly reelected at a recent meeting of
the board.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
EXPERT TESTIMONY
coree Tried and Found Guilty,

No one who has studied its effects on
the human body can deny that coffee Is
a strong drug and liable to cause all
~inds of ills while Postum is food
drink and a powerful rebuilder that
vii correct the ills caused by coffee
when used steadily in place Of coffee.
An expert who has studied the sub
iect saws: az have studied the value
If foods and the manufacture OF food
products from personal Investigation
and wish 10 bear testimony to the
yvo1derful qualities Of Postum Cereal
Coffee. 1 was an excessive conee
drinker although I knew it to be slow
poison. First it affected my nerves and
then nv heart but when l once tried
Postum I found II easy to give up the
coffee confirmed coffee fined though
l was.
Postum satisfied my craving Tor cof-
fee and since drinking Postum steadily
IN place OF the coffee all my troubles
nave disappeared and am again
healthy and strong.
IT know that even where conee Is
not taken 70 excess Il has bad ELECTS
~ me constitution IN some form or
ether and / am convinced by my m
ysstl0afion that the only thing % %
h health and happiness are OF any
value Ia one Is 70 quit coffee AMI drlnk
pssfuun." Name given BY Postum CO..
Battle Greek. Mich,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
STRIKERS MAKE ATTACKS.
Police Have to Go to the Aid of the
WOrlkmen.

New York, June 2.-Women led an
attack to-day by striking members of
the rockmen's and excavators' union
on workmen on a new building on
Avenue B, during which one policeman
was badly hurt and scores of the strik-
ers and workmen were dubbed by the
police reserves
Knives were used by the rioters, and
the women threw stones and bricks at
the workmen and the police. Eight
arrests were made.
Granite paving blocks were used to-
day as weapons by 300 strikers, who
attacked fifty workmen paving Elm
street. Several workmen were injured,
and the strikers were badly beaten
by policemen.
A general strike of iron workers, en-
gineers and helpers was declared to-
day on a new hotel being erected at
Fifty-ifth street and Fifth avenue.
The reason advanced for the strike is
that a number of iron beams were de-
livered during the night by non-union
drivers under the protection of Pink
erton men.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
GEORGIA WOMAN GOT
HER DOCTORS DEGREE.

Washington, June 2.-The feature Of
the graduating exercises OF the law
department of Columbian University
gree Of Doctor of Civil Law on Mrs.
Emma r. Bailey of Georgia, the first
woman TO receive this degree from
the university. The determination to
confer the degree on Mrs. Bailey
aroused such opposition among the
members Of the class that the ma
1ority at one time decided not to ac-
cept the degrees. The only one, how
ever, who protested 10 the end was
Haskell b. Talley u Tennessee, the
president Of the class. who remained
away and thus failed 70 receive q de-
gree, although he qualified for Il.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
SIGN LANGUAGE.
Used by Birds and Animals as Means
of Communication.

From the New Orleans Tinles-Demo-
crat.
1.-THE sign language, once forming
such an extensive part of the human
vocabulary, and still used with much
profit, is not unknown to lower orders
of life," said man who takes much
interest in matters of this sort, and
l have had occasion in my time to
observe some rather impressive in
stances. Some of the signs are under
standable. Many of them are plain as
the words of human speech, as, for in
stance, the sapsuckers love call, the
rabbits drumming, the head gesture
which accompanies the cluck Of the old
hen when she is trying to attract the
attention of her brood to a bit Of food
she has uncovered in the soil.
But there are many mysterious and
altogether inexplicable things to be
found in this strange realm of signs.
Every sign means something. We may
be sure of that. 1t is a part and parcel
of speech. 1t conveys a meaning def
mite enough to the creatures in the
particular order of life. But there are
80 many signs which are not followed
by results which throw light on their
meaning that the field becomes one
for interesting speculative inquiry.
What does the duck mean for instance,
when simply bobbing the head up and
down? 1t is not confined to one sex.
brakes and hens resort to the same
form of speech. have seen them go
throuhg this motion in perfect silence,
and when the motion Of the head would
not be followed by any other activity,
or by sound of any sort.
They just nod at each other. 1t
may be simply a friendly sort of greet
ing, a nod Of reinsurance that all is
quiet on the Potomac and that there
is no fox or other dangerous intruder
anywhere around. Or it may be a
fiirtative sort of speech, the ducks way
of smiling and goo-gooing. don't
know how this is. / only know that
II happens. It may be, of course, that
this movement of the head and neck is
physically necessary. like the habit Of
yawning or the unconscious movement
Of the limbs of human beings. But
ducks yawn and stretch very much
after the fashion Of the human kind.
Still, the movement to which I have re-
ferred may result from a similar mo-
tive. I would like to know. Can any
man tell me what a duck means BY
silently nodding to one or more Of his
compartment"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
MORE STRIKERS JOIN
The Ranks of the Philadelphia
Textile Workers.

Philadelphia, June 1.-The strike of
textile workers of Philadelphia for a
ffty-five-hour week spread to-day to
the hosiery mills, tieing up the textile
industry tighter than it has been since
the great suspension was inaugurated.
Fully 5000 persons joined the already
large army of idle workers. Most of
these were women and children en-
ployed in the hosiery mills in the Ken
sington district. These workers are
unorganized, but they decided to join
the ranks of the unionists in other
branches of the textile trade when
they saw the magnitude of the move
ment for a shorter 80
1t was given out by the executive
board of the textile workers tonight
that ten additional firms had agreed
to give their employees the fifty-five-
hour week. This makes fifty-eight
firms that have conceded to the de-
mands. 1t is estimated that upwards
of 10000 persons are now working on
the conditions demanded by the unions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
CLAIM MINERS HAVE
VIOLATED INJUNCTION.

Knoxville, Tenn, June 2.-Union
miners blockaded the Tennessee Coal
Company's mines near Coal Creek
again to-day.
The company was unable to resume
operations as planned. Its officials
claim the union men have violated
the Injunction Of Chancery court,
which was served a few days ago, re-
straining union men from interfering
with the Tennessee Coal Company's
miners or property Chancellor Kyle
will be asked to issue bench warrants
and imprison the men If he consid-
ers they have violated the injunction.
It is probable another attempt will
be made to work the mines tomorrow.
If the appeal to Chancellor Kyle is
not effective, it is said Gov. Frazer
will be asked for help.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03

Puts the Minnesota Reservoir ON
RnmpnEe-FamiIy Drowned.
st. Paul, June 2.-The Minnesota res
ervoir is on a rampage, caused by the
bursting of the dam at Big Stone lake,
near the source of the reservoir. One
mile this side Of Henderson, Mimi, the
stream is a mile and half in width.
and at Henderson bridge, where at nor
NAL stage, the water flows thirty feet
beneath the angry waves are now Law
ing the planking of the roadway.
The members of an unknown family,
recently arrived from Oklahoma, are all
drowned, and their house has been car
ried down into the Mississippi. Farm
buildings near the river and the bridges
have been damaged and the loss to
crops will be heavy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
TRAIN HAS BEEN LOST.
No Trace Can BE Found of A. C. b.
& Q. Passenger.

& q. Passenger.
Kansas City, Mo, June 2.-The Jour
nal tomorrow will say:
A Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
passenger train from Chicago to Kan
sas City, due here at o'clock Sun
day afternoon, has been lost. 1t is not
deemed possible, nor is the thought en-
tertained by the railroad officials that
the train has run into the flood. Never
theless, General Agent Harmon was no.
titled yesterday from Chicago offices
of the extraordinary occurrence, and
Supt. Mulhern was urged to exercise
every possible effort to locate the miss
ing train and relieve it's passengers at
all cost and hazard.
The tug John LentZ was chartered
and a voyage made down the Missouri
river to Birmingham. Nothing was to
be seen of the train. Men have started
on horseback to Liberty with orders
to keep as close as possible to the
track and carefully investigate a great
washout two miles east of Birming-
ham,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
GRIM WITH DEATH.


just so much away from the actual
sufferers. There will be two daily
meetings of the citizens of the city at
the Court House at 10 o'clock In the
morning and O'Clock in the after
noon for several days, until all the
work is under good Roadway. All new
subscriptions are to be reported to the
meeting. and the citizens are acting in
conjunction in forwarding the relief
work.
Swept All Before 1t.
The work of the tornado was com
plete. From the factory, where it first
descended upon the doomed city, TO the
hills beyond New Holland, where it
rose into the upper air, the destruction
of property is appalling. Along this
entire course for a distance of two
miles, there is not a fence standing,
ter being reduced to strips like lathes
and scarcely a tree left.
At New Holland the storm did it's
worst. Nothing but the barren red hills
are left there to tell the story of the
awful disaster.
For distance of three-quarters of
mile on the hill sides and in the val
ley to the left of Pacolet Mills, the
ground is obscured almost entirely by
the fragments of the $50 houses that
were there when the twisting tornado
swept down.
Standing on the hilltop nearest the
city of Gainesville and looking north
east, strip of perfectly smooth-swept
territory is presented to the eye of the
observer, and the entire vista is paved
with the wreckage of destroyed homes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
DISCHARGED HIM FOR
LEADING IN THE PLAN

Washington, June 2.-Second Assist
ant Postmaster General Shallenberger
today removed Svend Schibsby CT
Kansas City, a railway postal clerk.
on the charge of violating the postal
laws. Schibsby is charged with leading
a movement of railway postal clerks
TO secure payment for travelling ex-
qenses. a claim that has never been
recognized by the government, ana
Which would involve payment of about
N,5OO,000 annually for the 800 or more
clerks in the country.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
NEW BANK FOR oCALA.
The City Has Regained It's Former
POsitiOn-Other News.

POstt1On-Other News.
Ocala, Fla, June 2.-Ocala will soon
have a national bank. It's name will
be the Central National and it will
have $4,000 capital. Mr.. H. A. Ford,
the well known phosphate man, senior
partner of the recent firm of Ford &
Hitler, will be president. Frank L.
Watson, now cashier of the CONNER
cial Bank, will occupy the same posi-
ton with the new bank. 1t will open
for business about Aug. 1, next.
Ocala already has two good banks.
Ocala has recovered from the disas-
trous years of '95, '96. '97, and now has
more people and is doing more business
than ever
Mr. C. r. Harvin, who lived near
the mouth of the Willacoochee river,
in Citrus county. came to Ocala for
medical treatment Saturday. Sunday
night, at his room in the Carleton
House, he took an overdose of lauda-
mum. from which he died this morn
ing. He was from Charleston, S. c.
An unknown negro tried to board a
moving train at Dunnellon this morn
ing, but fell under the wheels and was
cut to pieces.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
PIG IRON PRICE CUT.

Birmingham, Ala, June AIT con-
ference of Southern iron manufactur-
ers held in the Office of Chairman Don
H Bacon of the Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad Company to-day, the ex-
listing price of pig iron was cut $3.50
ton. This makes No. 8 foundry $14.50
instead of $17, and No. 2 SIS instead of
s17.5O The meeting was entirely har-
nonious and the vote for the $3.50 cut
uJas unanimous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
PROSECUTION SURPRISED.
VIII Ask That the order of the
Court BE Hescfndeds

Jackson, KY, June 2.-The prosecu-
ton in the cases of Curtis Jet and
of J. B. Marcum will ask Judge Red
wine tomorrow to rescind his order
granted to-day transferring the cases
to the Morgan Circuit Court. The
prosecution was taken by surprise to-
day when Judge Redwine transferred
the case to Morgan county. The at
torneys for the prosecution anticipated
that Judge Redwine would send the
case to a county not in the mountains.
1t is believed that the fear of as
sassihation would prevent witnesses
going 10 West Liberty, the county seat
of Morgan county, which is nine miles
from q railroad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
BRIDGE WENT DOWN.

Kansas City, Mo, June "A dispatch
from Kansas City. Kan, says:
1T is reported that the Missouri Pa
cifc bridge has gone down. great
crash was heard in that direction and
II looks as though one span has fallen.
The bells on the switch engines stand
ing on the bridge can be heard ringing,
and men are calling for help. The re-
port is verified by fremen."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03

sixty miles long is now under water,
and the crops, which never looked, bet
ter, will be total loss. Much of the
land overlooked has not been flooded
for thirty-th three years. The loss Will
reach 81, 100000.
The town of Alexandria, Ia. six
miles south of Keokuk, is entirely sub
merged and the people living in the
second stories are making preparations
to move. ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03

Norfolk, Va. June 2.-There was
practically no change IN the situation
Of the engineers trouble, with the ex-
cepfion Of the running again Of the
ferry boat Twin city between Ports
mouth and Berkeley. the company hav-
ing agreed 20 the demands Of the en-
rineers There are still a number OF
vessels temporarily out Of commission.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
Rondr Mnrt Show Cause.

New York, June 2.-Judge Lacombe,
IN the United States Circuit Court to-
DAY granted an order to show cause
against the defendants in the complaint
OF w. r. Hearst against the coal-carry-
ing railroads. why they should not an
swtr certain questions propounded dur
ins the investigation Of the complaint
oy the Interstate Commerce Commls-
sion. The order Is returnable June 10.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
THREE WERE DROWNED.

Boat Capsized and Mother and
Children Perished.
st. Louis, June 2.-The first loss at
tending the present flood in this city
was reported to-day in the drowning
of Mrs. William Schmidt and her two
children, in an attempt to escape on a
fiat boat from Catfish Island in the
Missouri river.
Schmidt and his family of four were
compelled to abandon their home on
the island early to-day and put some of
their household goods in the small boat
on which they depended for safety. In
midstream the boat capszed, and
Schmidt was able to save only one of
his children.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
ROOT AND GARDNER
Sign Articles to Fight for the Light
heavyweight Championship.

Chicago, June 2.-Jack Root and
George Gardner signed articles to-
night for a 20-round battle at Fort
Erie, Ont, on the afternoon of July
for the light heavyweight champion
ship OF the world. The international
Athletic Club agrees to put up a guar
anteed purse of $500 or the men can
have the privilege of taking so per
cent. Of the receipts.
The weight agreed upon Is 1865
pounds at the morning of the fight.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
STRIKERS ARE RETURNING.
Backbone of the Lowell Strike
Seems to he Broken.

Lowell, Mass, June 2.-More than
half of the operatives in the six cotton
mills which have been idle for the past
nine weeks had returned to work be-
fore the machinery stopped tonight
according to statements of the agents
On April 1T was estimated that 1890
persons left these mills. and of these
number 1928 have returned. or 59.S pei
cent.
The Executive Committee of the tex
tile council, however. declared that the
strike is a success, that the agents fig
ures are only on paper, and that skilled
help is almost entirely lacking in ev-
cry mill.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
Cnbaniss Will Speak.

Augusta, June Jefferson Davis
birthday will be observed tomorrow
NV the Confederate veterans and other
like organizations. H. H. Cabaniss
will make the address on the life and
character of Davis.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
OBITUARY..


Frank Coke, AsheVIIIe, y q
Asheville, N. c., June 2.--Col. Frank
Coke, proprietor OF the Battery Park
Hotel. died at o'clock this morning
at his Green river plantation in Ruth
erford county o. heart disease.
Col. Coke was in splendid health
yesterday and his death Is a great sur
prise and a matter Of wide regret. He
was one Of the most successful men
Of Western North Carolina, being
worth q million dollars or more.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03

Fear of Life and Property Loss Is
Now Felt.
ST. Louis, June 2.-Thirty feet, the
danger point, was reached and passed
to-day by the flood that is coming
down the Mississippi river. The river
continues to rise rapidly and a point
considerably higher than thirty-four
feet which Weather Forecaster Bovine
had predicted would be reached by
Thursday or Friday, will be accom-
plished. The crest of the flood in the
Kansas and Missouri rivers is yet to
come, and when it reaches here and is
increased by highwater in the Missis-
sippi some loss of life is feared and de-
struction to property must follow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
BACK TO wATERY HOMES
People Are Going I'm ms the Waters
Go Out.

People Are Going I'm ms the Waters
Go Out.
Des Moines, Ia, June 2.-The situa-
ton in Des Moines is still dishearten-
ing, although the water continues to
fall rapidly.
The wide territory that was flooded
presents a sad picture. Men and wom-
en-, who have anxiously watched for
the water to go down to-day, wandered
over the muddy streets to the houses
which had been homes.
Train service here on the main lines
is once more nearly normal At OF
tunwa the water has begun to decline,
but it is still rising between Keosawqua
and Keokuk Water floats through the
main streets of Ottumwa, four miles off
the main line of the Burlington tracks
are under water, the light and water
plants are shut down and business is
Frustrated.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
Aid Going from Macon.

Macon, June 2.-The Chamber of
Commerce appointed a committee to So
licit aid for Gainesville this afternoon.
The City Council tonight voted $3.50
for the sufferers
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03

Son Francisco. June 1.-The new
cruiser Tacoma. built AZ the Union Iron
Works, vas launched here to-1ay. The
Tacoma, which o. intended for Oriental
sefvice. e ~ very light draft SHE "a
. projected cruiser ~ 80 tons Qiss
placement
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
Athens Sends 1890.

Athens, Ga, June 1.-The City Coun-
Gil and the citizens of Athens will send
tomorrow to the Gainesville cyclone
sufferers $3.50, and will send more if
necessary.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
COTTON GOES IN DIVIDENDS.
Mills Sell 1t and Give Stockholders
Per Cent.

Boston, June 2.-The directors of the
Appleton Cotton Mills of Lowell, at a
meeting here to-day, passed the follow
ing:
That out of profits accruing from
cotton sold during the recent idleness
of the mill caused by the strike in the
textile industry at Lowell, a dividend
of per cent. be declared, payable June
Is, to stockholders of record at the
close of business June 5, 1907
A year ago per cent. was paid; six
months ago 4 per cent.