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The Mankato free press., 1903-08-14
DEATHS ROLL CALL.
From Saturdays Daily.

Ida, wife of Geo. Bienapf, died at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gust
Renstrom, PA North Front street, at
three o'clock this morning of pulmonary
tuberculosis. She was born and raised
in Mankato and was twenty years OF
age. Her marriage occurred a year age
last May Besides her husband and
parents, the deceased left two brothers
She had many friends who will sincerely
regret her early taking off, in the promise
and bloom of youth.
The funeral will occur from the house
Tuesday at p. M, and the interment
will take place at the Swedish Lutheran
cemetery.
The Mankato free press., 1903-08-14

AMINO 1t does not require much space
: -ANDS. privilege gives early buyers VIII
/. The prosperous days just beginning for Wese
: Your Choice of Over 1900. 900 Acre;
The Mankato free press., 1903-08-14
THE INYESTQR

Icouutry has never been equaled by any land nj
hundred thousand settlers will go into these dis
nificent condition and the crop yield will be en-
treble in value, and the advance will be very rap
The Mankato free press., 1903-08-14

Farm for rent in town OF Juqson
Known as the Griff J. Lewis farm, sec.
tion "a. Inquire at R. /. Roberts, 81
Pleasant street, Mankato, Mimi.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
AN ATTACK is FEARED
FROM M0UNTAlNEERS.
Report That They Are Banding to
Rescue Prisoners.

Jackson, KY. May 29.-The town is
perfectly quiet tonight. A heavy
storm has been raging since sunset
The guard has not been increased in
numbers the past twenty-four hours,
but all roads are under surveillance.
There is no press censorship. The
correspondents are kept within the con-
fines of Camp Jackson after shutdown,
but their dispatches are given to mes
senger boys, who are escorted to the
telegraph office, one mile away, by a
detail of militia.
Rumor is persistent that the noun
taineers are gathering and will make
an attempt to release Jett and White,
and the vigilance of the authorities has
been doubled. The Calling and
Hotchkiss guns are now in places be-
lieved to be the most advantageous to
the troops and for the protection of the
Jail.
What is believed to be the first as
curate information regarding an at
tempt to release lett and White came
in to-day 1t is said that several of
the mountain desperadoes have been
riding night and day since the two
prisoners were lodged in Jail here,
spreading the news of the capture and
pared to rescue their comrades. The
military authorities here have no fur
Their intelligence from the mountains,
and although many efforts have been
made to secure something more def
mite, il has been quitless.
1t has been decided to keep an out
post on all roads and mountain passes,
not only at night, but during the day.
This probably will result in call for
more troops and the field of operations
is thus Widened.
Attorneys for both sides in the Jet
and White cases agreed to-day to al
low a jury to be drawn from another
county than Breathitt. When court
convened Judge Redwine, over the OBJ
lection of Mr.. McNeal of the defense,
set the case for Monday, June l, when
the commonwealth will make its an
nouncement. The trial will not be
entered into then unless conditions are
considered favorable by both sides.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
SAID HER HUSBAND
COMMITTED MURDER.
Trouble in Burke County Over Dis
appearance of Holmes.

Trouble in Burke County Over Dis
appearance of Holmes.
Louisville, Ga, May pa telephone
message was received here this MORN
ing from Stellaville. in Burke county,
by Sheriff Farmer, stating that trouble
in that district was imminent, and his
services were needed. He Immediately
left for the scene with a deputy.
The trouble arose over the disappear
ance of a young man, Mr.. Dupree
Holmes, who is supposed to have been
murdered by an old negro, Leroy Glib
bons. MIR. Holmes disappeared mys-
teriously on Tuesday, and has not been
seen since.
Gibbons was captured and taken to
Stellaville and placed under a guard
which was later overpowered by the
friends of the missing young man.
Gibbons was taken to the swamp and
a rope was put about his neck to bring
out the truth of the matter.
His wife was also taken to the woods
with him. He protested his innocence
but his wife, after a severe beating
said that he was the murderer. In the
meantime Gibbons escaped from the
mob and came in and gave himself up
and was placed in Jail for safe keep
ing.
The negroes in that vicinity thought
that Gibbons had been lynched and
became very indignant After the
sheriff arrived upon the scene the ex-
citement abated.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
RIVERS ON RAMPAGE
KANSAS AND MISSOURI CAUSE
GREAT DAMAGE.
LIVES AND PROPERTY LOST
IN THE FLOODS THAT SWEEP
THROUGH THE WEST.

previOus High Records Bid Fair to
ne RrOIen-Great Apprehension
Felt for Property That Has Not
Already Suffered From the High
WATERS Reports From Various
sections Show the Terrible Results
of the Rivers Raging Torrents.
Kansas City, May 29.-The Kansas
and Missouri rivers are rising here at
an alarming rate, and tonight the in
dfcations are that all previous high
water records at this point will be
broken. Much damage has already
been done to property in the lowlands
along the two rivers, and much appre-
hension is felt for the safety of prop
ertv in the west bottom district of this
city.
The Kansas river is rising at the rate
Of an inch an hour, and the heavy rains
of to-day have added to the gravity of
the local situation. Supt. Conner of
the Kansas City Weather Bureau says
that the volume of water from the
Kansas river and other streams for
which the Missouri river is the outlet,
added to the usual June rise, will car
ry the Missouri to a higher stage than
it reached in 1881, and 1892, when it
broke all records.
At the little town of Harlem, across
from this city, the residents in the
flooded district We're rescued tonight
from their houses in boats, after los
ing most of their personal effects. The
embankment of the Burlington railroad
is holding the flood from the rest of
the town, but a rise of a few more
inches will carry the water over the
embankment.
The Kansas river has forced hun
dreds of families to leave their homes
in Argentine and various parts of Kan
sas City, Kan. The basement of the
packing houses are flooded.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
Killed With n Hoe.

by the Chronicle tonight from Wrens
and Spread show that the escape of
the negro Gibbons, who was under ar
rest for the killing of Mr.. Dupree
Holmes, was a genuine escape, and
the rumor that he was lynched is not
true. Gibbons made his way to Louis
vile and surrendered to the sheriff
of Jefferson county. He denies the
killing, but his wife and grandson both
describe the killing. and say Gibbons
killed Mr.. Holmes with a hoe and
threw his body over the fence into
the woods, where it remained until
wagon and threw it in Briar creek.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
WITH A DAMAGE SUIT
Giles, the Montgomery Negro, Now
BObs Up SereneIy

Washington, May 29.-Jackson w.
Giles, the negro of Montgomery coun-
ty, Alabama, whose suit in equity to
test the validity of the suffrage pro-
vision of the new constitution of that
state, was recently decided against him
by the United States Supreme Court,
will have two more opportunities to
make the test in that court, which will
come as the result OF writs of error
allowed to-day by Justice White.
One of the suits was brought to com
pei the board of registrars of Montgom-
cry county by a writ of mandamus to
enter his name as voter upon the reg
istration list, and the other for dam
ages because of the failure of the
board to make this entry.
Giles is represented by MILFORD Hall
Smith, and the application was made to
Justice White as the presiding justice
of the Fifth Circuit. There is no pos
sibility of a hearing in the cases before
the beginning of the next term of
court in October. Both of the present
state courts and both came up from
the Alabama Supreme Court, whose
finding was against Giles.
When Giles equity case was decided
by the Supreme Court an intimati
was given that his only channel of re-
lief was in a suit for damages, and
he has now decided to avail himself
of that chance.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
CHAMBERLAIN is NOT
AFTER PREMIERSHIP.
If He should Carry an Election
BalfOur WouId BE the Head.

London. May 29.-Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain's protectionist policy is
the al-prevailing topic of discussion
here. His masterful assertion that he
would make reciprocal trade between
the mother country and her colonies
the question of the hour has been SEN
sationally fulfilled. Everyone is asking.
Does ii mean dissolution?" Some peo-
pie maintain that the government con-
templates appealing to the country on
preferential trade and old age pen
sions Immediately after the close of the
present session of Parliament, at the
beginning of August. while others
maintain that the government has not
the slightest intention of giving up its
uneXpired term of office
A definite decision will probably be
arrived at shortly and will depend al
most entirely on the result of the pro-
paganda now undertaken by the press
and the members of the House of
Commons If the indications show that
Mr. Chamberlain is likely to have the
country at his back, general cleo
ton at the end of this year is ex-
tremely probable.
The Colonial Secretary himself, it is
learned, is doubtful if he could win out
just at present, but he is enthusiasts
tically positive that with political agi-
tation the constituencies can be
brought to see the wisdom of his policy.
Those who have discussed the prefer
entail scheme with it's author say he
never exhibited such keen interest in
any topic.
In this crusade, the Colonial Secre-
tary is absolutely in harmony with
Premier Balfour, and harbors no de-
signs on the premiership. If general
election occurred tomorrow and Mr..
Chamberlain programme was car
ried. Mr.. Balfour would again take
the reins of government
The only practical development like
ly to occur in the near future is a Sc
ries of political speeches from the lead
ers on both sides. The opposition is
almost solidly opposed to a modifica-
ton of free trade and will endeavor to
arouse that public ferment which was
associated with the corn tax days. In
all the arguments the example and
probable attitude of the United States
will figure largely.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
FOUR ARE DROWNED
AND 100000 LOST

Council Grove, Kan, May 29.-The
loss by flood in Morris county is esti-
mated at $1,000000.
Four persons were drowned here last
night. Edward Clements perished
while endeavoring to save his daugh-
ter. Ralph Phillips, while trying to
rescue a little girl named Woods, was
drowned with her. A baby was found
dead in the Missouri Pacific yard.
SHAKING lime set fire to the M. X.
Smith lumber yard, which was burn
ed, together with the Farmers land
Drovers' Bank and Robbins drug
store, the loss being $4,000. The big
Main street bridge over the Neosho
river went down. All the business
houses were flooded.
Miles of Missouri Pacific and Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas tracks were
washed out. More than hundred
houses are under water and twenty
have dOated away.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
GLASS WEATHER MAP
FOR SAVANNAH EXCHANGE.
Daily Weather Service May Be Sc
cured by Senator Bacon.
By r. NJ. Larner.

By r. NJ. Larner.
Washington, May Ex-senator Bacon
visited the Department of Agriculture
to-day to urge the construction of a
glass weather map for the Cotton Ex-
change of Savannah, which will show
promptly each day weather conditions
throughout the cotton belt.
The department, in answer to appli-
cations previously made, has replied
that it would be impracticable to fur
nish this map and the service until
after the close of the next fiscal year,
ending July 1, 1904 there being 70
appropriation available in the appro-
priation act already passed for that
year
Senator Bacon, in his interview, this
morning urged the Importance of this
map, and this weather service on the
ground that Savannah is the first cot
ton port on the Atlantic coast and the
third cotton port of the United States.
In consequence of his urging, the de-
partment has reconsidered its former
deClson, and while the promise is not
positive, there is every reason to hope
and expect that the desired glass map
end daily weather reports will be es-
tatlished at Savannah soon after July
l of this year
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
GUERRY PRESIDENT
ELECTED BY TRUSTEES OF wES-
LEYAN COLLEGE.
HAS ACCEPTED THE POST.
SALARY AND PERQUISITEs WILL
BE $4,000 A YEAR.

One Hundred Applications for the
Presidency Were Made-NO AppIi-
cant Was COnsidered-Dr. Chap
pel of Nashville Was rendered
the Place But Declined-SI<etch of
the Interesting Career of Hon.
Dupont Guerry-He Was Candi-
date for Governor Last Yesr.
Macon. May 29.-Dupont Query has
been made president of Wesleyan Fee
male College. The salary has been rails
ed from $4,000 to $4,000 per year, and
there are enough perquisites to make
the place worth about $4,000.
Mr.. Query has accepted.
One hundred applications were made
for the place, but no applicant was
considered.
The position was rendered DR.. Chap
pell of Nashville, who declined this
morning.
Hon. Dupont Query was born in
| Sumter county in 1S4S The earlier
years of his life were spent on his
fathers farm in that county, and in
Americas.
Mr.. Query was admitted to the, bar
in Americas in 1868, and began practice
there two years later. He became
! citizen of Macon in October 1885, and
has been u resident there from that
time to the present.
There is probably no stronger sup
porter of the prohibition cause in this
| II
he has been closely identified with
numerous questions in Georgia politics
where prohibition was made an issue.
Considerable prominence was gained
| by Mr. Query in the recent legal fight
over the question of paying the teach
ers' salaries from the public property
fund. He was leading counsel at this
! time for State Treasurer Park, by
whom the litigation was inaugurated.
Mr.. Query is the law partner of
Hon. Joe Hall, representative from
| Bibb in the last Legislature, with
whom he became associated in 1887. He
was an officer in the Confederate army,
| and was in several of the principal
battles OF the Civil War. He volun-
teered for service in the Army of
Northern Virginia when he was IA
years old but was rejected on account
Of his youth. Later he Joined the
Georgia militia when call was made
for officers and later when the militia
proper was called out and a reorgani-
cation took place he was made a lieu
tenant. being at this time Is years old.
He was in the battle of Atlanta in
July, 1864, and also in the battle of
GriswoIdviIle. near Macon, in Novem-
her of the same year.
Mr.. Query was married in 1876 to
Miss Fannie Davenport of Americas.
They have four children-Mrs. W. o.
Kennedy, Mrs. George L. Snowden,
Davenport Query and Dupont Guer-
ry. IT., all of Macon.
Mr.. Query was a candidate for
Governor of the state last year, run
ming against Gov. Terrell and Col ].
H. Estill Of Savannah.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
ITALIANS ATTACKED
NEGRO LAB0RERS

New York. May 29.--About 300 Ital-
ians, who were formerly employed on
the subway, but are now out on strike,
gathered in Harlem to-day. and made
a descent on the non-union negro la
borers who were at work on the tunnel
The Italians were armed with picks,
shovels. clubs. pieces OF lead pipe and
similar weapons In a moment there
WAS a lively ARRAY
A squad of patroimen advanced on
the Italians and rained blows on them
right and left. The rioters made q
brief show Of resistance. and then scat
tered and fed IN all directions.
A majority OF the gang gathered To-
gether again, however. and attacked
the men engaged IN work on the con-
course. Again the police were on the
spot IN the nick Of time and prevented
serious rioiing.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
ROOSEVELT SPOKE IN
MORMON TABERNACLE
This Followed a Great Parade in
His Honor at Salt Lake.


His Honor at Salt Lake.
Salt Lake, Utah. May 29-President
Roosevelt and party arrived here to-
day and were enthusiastically greeted
by a large crowd. Preceding the Pres
ident's carriage was an escort of
mounted polices while fifty Rough
Riders. splendidly mounted and in
typical plainsmen's attire, acted as
special escort.
Bringing up the rear were nearly
800 mounted COW punchers and sheen
men. many of them having come over
$50 miles of rough trails to greet the
President. The sun-burned. brawny
plainsmen in their sombreros and blue
shirts, formed a most picturesque part
of the parade, and the President rose
in his carriage and bowed in response
to their cheering
Excursion trains had been run from
every point of the state, and it is prob
able that $4,000 people saw the Presi-
dent here. Among the spectators were
many old Mormons, some of whom
had come across the plains with Brig
ham Young.
President Roosevelt reviewed 5000
school children. and addressed IL 900
people in the tabernacle, speaking in
eulogy of the Utah pioneers who. he
said, came here not to exploit the land
and then go elsewhere, but to build
homes here. Leaving the tabernacle,
the President went to Senator Kearn's
residence for luncheon.
President Joseph E. Smith of the
Mormon Church, Senator Smoot, Gov
Wells and others were present After
luncheon the President left for Ogden.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
PLEA SELF DEFENSE.
WhereOn Haywood Bases His Hope
for Safety.

for Safety.
Raleigh, N C., May 29.-This after
noon in the second days hearing in
the case of Ernest Haywood, indicted
for the murder of Ludlow Skinner,
seeking bail under habeas corpus, the
defense rested.
character, testified that an alteration
took place in front of the postoffice;
that Skinner struck Haywood in the
face, knocking him down. AS Hay
wood rose, Skinner. with his right
hand behind him, was backing and
Haywood fired.
Charles Hocutt. a clerk here cor
roborated Lawyer Schmitzs account
that Skinner struck Haywood in the
face. Testimony was introduced show
ing that a pistol not discharged was
taken from the dead mans hip pocket
The states first witness was a drug
gist, w. E. Gwaltney. He testified that
Haywood shot first, when Skinner was
off the sidewalk.
Representative Simpson of Perqui-
mans testified that after the first shot
he saw Skinner on the street, who
iinched at the second shot.
Big crowds attend the trial. The
questions asked show that the de-
tense will urge self-defense, and that
the state will argue that there was
no blow struck, that Skinner was shot
at as he life the sidewalk and that
the second shot. made while he was
still going from Haywood, killed him.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
PRESBYTEHTENS VgEsFF
SMo0T EXPELLED.
Northern General Assembly Makes
Bold Declarations.

DOA0
Los Angeles, Cal, May 29.-The Pres
byterian General Assembly to-day
unanimously adopted resolutions call
ing upon the people of the United
States and the senators themselves to
use their utmost endeavors to secure
the expulsion of Apostle Reed Smoot
from the National Senate.
The preamble declared that the Nor
mon Church persists in the active en-
enlargement and practice" of polyg-
amy, and that Senator Smoot is "a
direct representative of polygamy,
born of its system and in cordial SYM
pathy with it as a divine institution,
revealed as law of primary obliga-
ton and made mandatory by the most
solemn sanctions. and has encouraged
its perpetuation and practice by his
personal influence as an apostle and
that in doing this the apostle senator
aids and abets criminals, menaces the
American people, is .unfaithful to the
laws and constitution of the United
States, pays his first allegiance to the
first presidency and apostolate, to
which he belongs end is a reproach to
the honor and dignity of the Ameri
can Senate"
The resolutions also call upon the
people and Congress of the United
States in both houses and each MEM
Der of each house to employ and to
exhaust all legal means to secure such
an amendment to the federal constitu-
ton as shall define legal marriage as
monogamic and name polygamy under
every guise and practice a crime
against the United States, punishable
by adequate penalties, including dis
REIMBURSEMENT and disqualification to
vote or hold Office in the United
States or in any state or territory I'M
der the jurisdiction of the United
States
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
WILL, DOUBLE TRACK
SOUTHERN RAILWAY WILL SPEND
S25,OOO,OOO.
WASHINGTON TO ATLANTA
THE STRETCH TO RECEIVE THE
DOUBLE TRACK.

Announcement Is Made by President
Spencer-Other Betterments Are to
BE Made-ShOps at Alexandria to
Be EnIarEed-Mr. Spencer Snys the
General Offices Are Not to Be Re
moved From Washington to At
Ianta-OmciaI Personnel Not to BE
Changed.
Washington, May 29.-President Sam
uel Spencer of the Southern Railway
Company, who is in Washington. said
to-day that the road would be dou-
bIe-tracked between Washington and
Atlanta, and $25, 10000 spent on bet
tSrments, including double trackage.
1t will be impossible to complete this
work in one or two years, but it will
be prosecuted until finished. Portions
of the line will be double-tracked to
relieve the present crowded condition,
and then the double links will be con-
nected. The Washington division will
be the first section of the road to get
two tracks.
The shops and yards in Alexandria,
Va, will be enlarged and the greater
portion of the present equipment will
be rebuilt.
Mr.. Spencer declared there is no in
tention to remove the general offices
of the Southern from Washington to
Atlanta or to change the official per-
sonnet of the road.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
SLEPT ON THE TRACK
AND WERE RUN OVER
One Negro Was Killed and Another
Possibly Fatally Hurt.

Hazlehurst, Ga, May 29.-The north
bound passenger train put off a negro
raft hand from Darien named Tillman
here last night, because he did not
have money sufficient to pay his fare
to Lumber City. His partner, Ransom
McRae, colored. got off with him.
They went on up the railroad 300
yards with another negro named Mos
ley, who left Tillman and McRae on
the track and went to a house nearby,
where he stayed during the night, and
did not return. as it was understood
by Tillman and McRae that he would
Tillman and McRae were heavily
charged with whisky and fell asleep.
The through freight train later struck
them, killing Tillman. 1t crushed the
arm and toes of McRae and knocked
a hole in his face.
McRae's arm has been amputated,
but the chances for his recovery are
unfavorable. When asked about t. Nc
Rae said; Il don't know how II hap
pened; we were all drunk"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
WOULD APPEAL CITIZENS
If They Knew What Their Grand
Jury Had Learned.

ANaN
St. Louis, May 29.-In making its
final report the April grand jury re-
views the evidence concerning legisla-
tive boodling. and among other sugges-
tions strongly recommends that more
stringent laws be enacted for punish
ment of lobbying at the State Capitol,
and that the statute on limitations be
extended to seven years. 1t recon-
mends that franchises obtained through
boodling methods be forfeited.
The report, says, in part:
THE testimony we have heard has
shown a state of affairs most amazing
We have listened to the confessions Of
state senator's, and were we at liberty
to make known all they have told, the
recital would .appal the citizens of this
state. The venality existing among
the makers of our state laws is alarm
ing to those who believe in free gov
eminent.
"Our investigations have gone back
for twelve years, and during that time
the evidence shows that corruption
has been the usual and accepted thing
in state legislation, and that, too with
out interference or hindrance.s& The
tendency has been to hide or to ignore,
rather than to expose and punish this
infamous crime.
Laws have been sold to the highest
bidder in numerous instances that we
have evidence Of We believe that
laws should be passed making 1t I'M
lawful for lobbyists to ply their pro-
fession in the manner that some of
them now operate, and providing for
the forfeiture of franchises procured
by corrupt methods.
I'VE have found some indictments for
bribery and there would be many more
were it not for the statute of limita-
ton, which should be extended to
seven years from the date Of the
crime"