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I The Bamberg Herald. i - -?-? . ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22,'1900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. W A BLACK FIEND DIES IN FLAME Colorado Citizens Avenge Ontrage and Murder of Little Girl. ANGRY MOB SHOWED NO MERCY Burning Culprit Begged Repeatedly to Be Shot?Crime Was Most Horrible One. A special from Limon, Col., says: j Chained to a railroad rail, set firmly j in the ground, on the exact spot where his fiendish crimd was committed, Preston Porter, Jr., colored, or, as he was familiarly known, John Porter, j Friday evening paid a terrible penalty j for his deed. It was 6:25 o'clock when the father j .of the murdered girl touched the ! match io the fuel which had been piled ' around the negro, aqd twenty minutes ! later a last convulsive shudder told j that life was extinct. "What agony ! the doomed boy suffered while the j flames shriveled up his flesh could only be guessed from the terrible contortions of his face and the cries he gave from time to time. ! . The executors, who numbered aboht 800 citizens of Lincoln county, had ^ not the least semblance of the ordina- ; i A ry mob. Their every act was delib- ( * erate, and during all the preparations, ; . 1 as well as throughout the sufferings J of the negro, hardly an unnecessary ( word was spoken. Grimly they stood in a circle about the fire until the body ^ was entirely consumed, and then qui- j ^ etly they took their way back to Li- J mon, whence they departed for their , homes shortlv afterwards. t j Preston Porter did not seem to real- ^ ize the awful punishment that he was ^ destined to undergo. As he had ex- , hibxted indifference to the enormity of ( his crime, so be seemed to lack all un- (< derstanding of its terrible conse- 1 ^ _ .qnences, "For more than an hour, while preparations for his execution ? were in progress, he steed mute and 3 sullen among the avengers. I , 7. When everything was ready he walk- j ] " ed to the stake with a firm step, pans- ; ^ ing, as he reached the circle of broken ( boards, to kneel in prayer. He was ] allowed to take his time. He arfise j and placed his back to the iron stake ( and half a dozen men wound chains j about his body and limbs. ( VICTIM'S FATHEB APPIiEES MATCH. ] Kerosene oil was applied to the \ wood, and, after a brief pause, Rich- j ard W. Frost, the father of little ] Louise Frost, whose cruelly mutilated \ body was found one week ago on that ! ' very spot, applied a match. For a < moment a little fliokering flame arose. ; 1 Then the oil blazed up, sparks fiew | into the air aud the wood began to ; 1 crackle. Almost instantly the ne- j 1 gro's trousers caught fire. ^ At first he did not utter a sound. 1 The flames crept slowly upward on his 1 clothing, the sparks flew up in a cloud < of pale smoke. Porter turned his head 1 and a frightful expression came over < his face. With a sudden convulsive f "T* rrnr? n cr Vi a cfrof oil C./1 Vlia Vioorl at fay ( **&? "<> ? from the rapidly increasing dames as ? possible and ottered a cry of pain, I 'Oh, my God, let me go, men." The cries of the wretch were redoubled, and he begged repeatedly to be shot. Some wanted to throw him ^ * - over into the fire; others tried to dash oil on him. Boards were carried and a large pile made of the prostrate body. ^ They soon were ignited, and the terri- 1 ble heat and lack of air quickly render- j ed the victim unconscious, bringing * death a few moments later. 1 Throughout the entire affair but lit- * tie was said. As they had calmly prepared for the avenging, so the people * , of the eastern part of the state carried f out their plan coolly and deliberately. 1 Not a weapon was drawn, there ^as 1 - no angry discussion. After the fire had bnrned low they told each other good night and then went home. They ^ did not 8top to discuss the affair. j POKTKli CONFESSED CRIME. j While in jail at Denver the negro 1 confessed every detail of the hide'ous ] crime. The little girl was the daugh- i ter of a ranchman liviDg four miles from Limou and attended school iu town, driving back and forth. On Wednesday last, while on her way home, she was waylaid, assaulted and murdered, her body showing no less than fourteen knife wounds. Notices have been posted warning Negroes of bad character to leave Lincoln and Elbert conn ties, and declaring that if they do not go they will be escorted across the border. Officials of the Union Pacific and the Rock Island railroads have also been petitioned to remove from these counties all the imported colored section men. This action was taken in pursuance of resolutions adopted at a mass meeting ~ of cltiaena. CHINESE TO OPPOSE ALLIES. * One Hundred Thousand Troops, It Is Reported, Are Being Raised. ( It is rumored that a rebellion has broken out in the province of Kan Su. Chang Chi Tung, the Wn Chang vice roy, is said to be raisirg 100,000 troops and to have proposed to tho Nankin viceroy that they should combine forces to oppose the allies, making the Yang T8o their base for operations against Shen Si. ROW OX GRIDIRON. Members of Cincinnati Team Were Han* <l!e<l Ronclily at Danville, Kj. , The football team of the University of Cincinnati arrived home at a late hour. Saturday from their game with the team of Center college at Danville, Ky., and it was about the most crip- I pled combination that ever reached thelocil depot, most of the players being taken direct to the city hospital. Their condition was the result of a lively row over the first decision of ths umpire. GERMANY IS MODEST. Chancellor Buelow Says the Partition of China Is Not Desired Just Now. A Berlin ppcciai dispatch scy?: In the Reichstag Monday, on the occa- j siou of the presentation of the supplementary credit for China,Count Von Buelow, the imperial chancellor, emphatically denied the assertion frequently made abroad that the China embroglio was traceable to the German occupation of Kiao Chon. This statement was greeted by the social democrats with loud cries of "It is quite true!" Count Von Buelow expressed keen regret that such a cry should be heard 1: i. rri.o. iu lue ureimau parumjueuw. xuu iuuucellor further declared that he did not wish at present to say anything which might be prejudicial to the common objects of the powers in China, bnt he felt the need of placing himself iu touch with the nation. Germany, he explained, had adhered to the aims and policy outlined in the circular to the allied governments. The allegation that the government had not foreseen the Chinese crisis was true. But most of the other nations likewise failed to anticipate that the storm in the far east would burst so violently or so soon. "But," added Count Yon Buelow, "the premonitory signs did not escape us. We directed the attention of the other cabinets repeatedly to these signs. We at once agreed to everything our representative in China described as necessary, to take as a measure of precaution and despatched a force, offering even more than asked for. I wish to reproach no one, least of all Baron Yon Ivetteler, who in endeavoring most earnestly, in the fulfillment of his duty, to bring the chief Chiuese authorities to reason, went, almost without fear, to his death, worthy of the land he represented and the name be bore." Continuing, Count You Buelow said: "In the face of the Chinese attitude we had to take the necessary measures An*? **inV>+a o n rl lur IUC pi UlCtUVU VU VUl 4 ifjUlU uuu the defense of onr honor. The other powers were in the same position and ill the civilized people alike were compelled to act in self-difense. A Jispassionate observer caDnot doubt that the recent movement is triced neither to Kino Chon, Hong Kong, Tonquin nor Port Arthur. It is directed agaiust European civilization, with which Japan has thrown in her ot. What Germans desire is not a political adventnre, but the assertion >f our interests, cur rights and onr nonor as a great people. "We are waging no war of ccnqnest >n China. We only wish for atonement ror Chinese misdeeds and a guarantee 3f reforms. We especially desire atonement, since otherwise such things night occur again. We desire the nflnence accruing to Germany in the present movement shall be preserved :o her. We desire our share in what !s to be won from China. Wo will not pverreach auy one and we will not let my one overreach ns. "We have nothing to gain by a parition of China aud do not desire it. 5Ve shall fare best if China recovers jerself, so far as possible, auder the pest ordered administration obtainable, aud remains solvent. We wish to confine onrselves to onr present position and will not shake China unnecessarily. . We have no reason for joing beyond the convention of August 3, 1898, or strive for territorial icquisition which will place a disproportionate strain upon our resources." WAR SECRETARY IN CUBA. With General Wood He Inspects Morro Cafttle and Troops. Secretary Eoot and General Wood Monday morning inspected the Morro parraek3 and the garrison at Santiago. Mr. Eoot expressed himself as very nucii pleased wiin me conamon 01 :he post and the appearance of the joldiers. The party visited the San Juan bat;lefield and later rode over the new government highway. This thoroughrare is probably one of the finest in the vorld. Tampa Strike Xot Settled. Up to Monday night the situation in ;he labor troubles in Tampa, Fla., between the organizations in the cigar trade remained unchanged. No settlement of the difficulties has yet been eaihed and the laborers are geuerally in an unsettled state of mind. BROWN WAS A BIRD. Embezzler Spent More Than Ills Year's Salary In One Day. The experts who have been working with Receiver Tucker on the books of the German National bank at Newport, Ky., place the shortage of Frank M. Brown, the missing assistant cashier, and individal bookkeeper, at $191,500. According to reports from those who were with Brown when he left he has less than $500 with him. Brown's salary was only $1,500 per year. Cases are now cited where he spent more than that amount in one day. His bond was for $10,000, and it is good as far as it goes. GOTHAM TO BE PURIFIED. Croker Leaves For Enrope?Talks of Tain, many'* Latest Move. Richard Croker sailed from New York for England Saturday on board the steamer Lucania. At the Democratic club, before starting for the | steamship pier, Mr. Croker said: "This movement by Tammany hall against vice means business. We have taken up the fight to purify the city in earnest, and we propose to carry it to a successful issue." SEVEN YE IRS FOR EYANS. Gainesville, Ga., Young Han Convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter. The jury in the case of Will Evans, charged with the murder of Ed Merck at Gainesville, Ga., on the* night of the 16th of April, returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter, after being out many hours. Judge Candler sentenced Evans to seven years in tbe chaingang. The prisoner took his sentence quietly and seemed pleased at the result cf the jury's verdict. via;-., -U- lirv'."- <: * "PEG-LEG" AT WORK Doughty Emigration Agent Opens Office in Atlanta, G-a, DECLARES HE WILL PAY NO LICENSE. Says He Is Engaged in Satno Business as IV. J. Xorthen, and Will Await l>ecision of the Supremo Court. It. A. Williams, commonly known as "Pegleg" or "Peg" Williams, aud not entirely unknown to fame throughout Georgia and the Carolinas as an emigration agent, has opened an emigration bureau in Atlanta. Ilis success in depopulating three or four of the southeastern states of ne[ gro farm hands and laborers has won hitn an unenviable notoriety and some personal atteution at the hands of angry fanners that would cause the average man to seek some less exciting metLod of earning a livelihood. Williams is doing business without license. He makes no secret of the fact.- A law of the state requires emi, gration agents to pay a tax of 8500 in each county of the stato in which they do business. "Peg" has not paid this license in Fulton county, and says further that he will not pay it unless I the supremo court of the United States decides that such a tax is legal. Stories of Mr. Williams' wrestling matches with the law of the state have recently filled maDy columns in the newspapers. Before recourse was had to the law, the infuriated farmers who saw their crops goiug to ruin in the lield for lack of hands to harvest them, while hundreds of negroes were being shipped to Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and other southwestern states, threatened Williams with tar and feathers, and warned him out of several counties. Then he was arrested. The case was fought through the lower courts and is now before the supreme court at Washington. It has been argued, but no decision has been rendered. If 41*A nmtrrvnfiAn PAOOAr? UU ? Ulic; IUU Ulivyu has opened and Williams has gone to work again. He lias opened an ofllce at 30 Wall street, opposite the union depot, and advertises in The Atlanta Constitution that lie wants 2,000 negroes iu families to ship to^various points iu the southwest. Williams took so many negroes from Green and Hancock counties last year that each county will locc one of its representatives in the next legislature. When teen by a reporter, Williams gave a thoroughly characteristic interview. He said: "I occupy the same relation to the southwestern states as ex Governor Northen does to the northern and eastern states. He-brings white men to Georgia from those states and I take negroes from Georgia to give the white farmers he brings room. I'll bet you never thought of the question in that light before. I represent the western lines who are trying to help their section of the country." "If the Fulton county officials demand that I pay a $500 license because I have au office in Atlanta I will refuse to pay it, and will light the matter in tho courts. My case will be decided by the supreme court in a little while and my lawyers are confident of victory. That will settle the question of charging emigration agents a big license in Georgia and the Carolinas. I am not going to pay any more license until the supreme court decides the question. *T now have orders for 5,000 negroes I to be distributed in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Indian Territory and Mississippi. I shipped about -3..000 last year and I expect to ship as many more this season. I am getting nearly as many letters from white men as from negroes, and will ship out a lot of white people. RATIONS WERE STOPPED. Striking Cotton Mill Operatives Forced To 0u't Union an<l Keturn to Work. A special from Burlington, X. C., says, regarding the strike at the cotton mills in Alamance county, that the National Textile Union having given notice that it will no longer issue rations to the strikers, the latter are returning to work. To do this they have, of course, to abandon the union. CKOKER~STAKTS A CRUSADE. On Eve of His Depnrturo For Europe He Talks to Tamxnanyites. The executive committee of Tammany Hall held a meeting Thursday night, at which Richard Croker bade all the leaders goodby and took a hand in starting a movement to rid the city of vice. In a little speech the Tammany leader said ho was going to Europe for health, not pleasure. Dog Law Knocked Out. Salvation has come to Georgia dogs. After a bitter fight Thursday afternoon, the general judiciary sommittee of the house decided that the dog law must die instead of the dogs themrelves. 8AMFORD WILL RECOVER. Alabama's New Governor Declared to Be Out of Danger. A special from Opelika, Ala., says: Governor-elect William J. Samford is improving, and every indication points to his being able to take the oath of office and assume his duties at the proper time. This information will be glad news to all the state. There is now no doubt of his recovery. CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER DEAD. Well Kuown Literary Man Succumbs Suddenly to Heart Jf aunre. Charles Dudley Warner, of literary fame, one of the owners of The Hartford Cour&nt, died suddenly in Hartford, Conn., Saturday afternoon. Air. Warner had a very severe attack of pneumonia two years ago while in New Orleans, and had never fully recovered from it. Last spring he had pnoumonia again while at his home, and this had weakened bis heart. Of laic he has bean much better, and his death was somewhat a surprise. .. .. .. ?.;5 RIOTERS USED GUNS Bloodless Affray Between CigarMakers at Tampa, Florida* TWO UNIONS FAIL TO HARMONIZE: Spanish and Araerlcau Workmen Arc Fighting Desperately For Supremacy in the Florida City. Rioting between the International and Resistcncia unions of cigarmakers began at Tampa, Fla., Thursday morn- ! ing about 9 o'clock. The fight occurred at the factory of Gonzalez, Mora & Co., of Tampa and Chicago. They were working full force of Resistencia men, numbering about 500. The International demanded that these men come out. This was refused. Internationals declared they would put them out. The management warned the Inter* nationals not to come upon their premises, which wero enclosed. An International man started to enter the gate and an Italian doorkeeper fired upon i him with a Winchester. This was followed bysevcral hundred shotsbetweeu the men from the outside and inside. The front of the building was riddled with bullets, but no one wa3 hurt. The wildest excitement prevailed and the streets in the neighborhood of the cigar factories were thronged with people. All of the factories in the city were practically closed on account v.f the prevalence of mob rule. No arrests wero made for the rioting. For some time trouble has been brewing between the members of the : International cigar makers and tho Spanish union known as the Resistsencia. Members of the International union have quit work in a number of factories,throwing about 2,000 persons out of employment. The Spanish union is apparently not in sympathy with the movement, and about 500 of its members continued at work in the Gonzales factory. Thursday morning the Internation als marched up aud demanded that the men come out, and there refusal to do so precipitated the trouble.' Thursday afternoon and immense mass meeting of leading business men was held in the courthouso and ringing speeches made denouncing mob violence and strong resolutions adopted assuring the manufacturers that they would be protected. The meeting also passed a resolution authorizing the chairman to ap. point a committee of three business men, tbree manufacturers aud these to ask the two unions to appoint similar committees and see if the differences could be settled between the unions. TO riiOTECT VOTERS, Bill Passed In Goorgln Senate to Keep Ballot* From the Public. The bill by Mr. Harrell to prevent the inspection of votes after the election is over passed the Georgia senate Thursday morning. Mr. Earrel explained that under the presennt law any ono who wishes can, five days after an election is held, go to the office of the clerk of the superior court and examine all the ballots cast. A man j had not only a right to vote as he pleased, but to keep the fact as to how he voted to himself uuless he saw fit to divulge it. The senate agreed with him. ARMOR PLATE TROUBLE ENDS. I The Government Will Pay Maximum Price of 8455 53 a Ton. Secretary Long has announced the conclusion of the long controversy over the price of armor plate for naval vessels, and an agreement with the Carnegie and Bethlehem companies for Krupp armor at $429 a ton, witlpthe possible addition of royalty, less fees, making the maximum prioe $455.52 a ton. The amount of armor involved is the largest ever placed at one time * ? it i. ? J ?; J oy xue governmeai, auu earn 10 eqnal all the armor purchased by this government up to 1^6. Regiment to Remain In China. General Chaffee lias cabled the war department as follows from Taku, under date of November 14th: "Sixth regiment United States, cavalry will remain in China under command of Colonel Theodore J. Wint, with troops I, K, L, M. OhjlFFEE. " THE HAWAIIAN ELECTION. Royalists Win Over Republicans ami Whites Are Depressed. Robert Wilcox, the independent Royalist candidate, has been elected Hawaiian delegate to congress by a small majorityjover Samuel Parker, Republican. Much depression has resulted among all whites, as Wilcox was strongly opposed by Republicans and Democrats alike. His campaign was an anti-white canvass, with promises on the part of some of his campaign workers that if he were elected Queen Lillioukalani should be restored to the throne. The result of the vote shows the native bitterness over annexation to be still alive. ALASKA INDIANS STARVING. Department of Interior Will Be Officially Apprised of Their Condition. "Unless government aid is extended the Alaskan Indians the death rate this winter will be appallingly large." This is the statement of G. B. Swinokart, of Nome, Alaska, who is on his way to Washington, where he will bring the matter before the notice of the department- of the iutericr. One Thousand Bales Burned. A dispatch from Montgomery states that at noou Friday, fire broke oat in the Alabama warehouse and compress, near Biverside Park, and destroyed oue section of the bnilding-and 1,000 bales of cotton, causing a total loss of $50,000, covered by insurance. Cudahvs Increase Their Capital. The John Cudahy Packing and Provision Corapauy was incorporated Friday at Springfield, Ohio, as the first step in organizing a $10,000,000 corporation, embracing all John Cudahy's packing interests. . CASHIER LOOTS BANK Institution at Newport, Kentucky, Forced to Close Up. BANK EXAMINER TAKES FULL CHARGE Women, Wine and Gambling Caused Frank M. Urown to Swipe Ovor Two Hundred Thousand. A Cincinnati special sajs: United States Bank Examiner Tucker took possession of the German National bank, at Newport, Ky., Sunday and posted a notice that the bank would remain closed pending an examination. Examiner Tucker also announced unofficially that Frank M. Brown, the individual bookkeeper and assistant cashier, was missing aud that a partial investigation showed that Brown was short about $201,000. Brown had been with the bank eighteen years, was one of the most trusted men ever connected with the old bank, and it is stated by the experts that his operations extend back as far as ten years. The capital stock of the bank is only 8100,000. Brown's alleged shortage is double that amount, and more than the reserve and all the assets, including the real estate. While Alvord got away with $700,000 in New York, he did it in a large bank, but Brown did net have so much to go on, and seems to have gone the full limit for a small bank in a city of less than 30,000 inhabitants. The First National bank of Newport was wrecked two years ago by Cashier Youtsey, aud now, with the German National closed, Newport has only one bank left. For two weeks there have been rumors that Brown was short and some depositors withdrew their accounts. Three weeks ago the bank examiuers made a good statement for the bank and the officers and directors allayed suspicion by referring to the report of this examination and to their last statement. Last Wednesday Brown left, and it was announced tha^he had gone hunting on a vacation. He did get a ticket for Odin, Ills., but it is learned that he did not go there, and it is generally believed that he is out of this country with plenty of money in his possession. The alleged shortage caused a panic fn Newport Sunday, so that the bauk had to be taken in charge by the examiner. Brown, it is alleged, was living a fast life with wine, women uud gambling. His career was not cut short by any discovery at the bank till a jealous woman gave him away. The only farewell letter that Brown is known to have left was to this woman, whose apartments are on Ninth street, in Cincinnati, and in this letter ho admits that he had secured about all that he could get and that the time had come to say farewell. Brown was a great poker player, with the limit, it is said, never too high and he had been a pluoger on borse races for years. His bets on the horses, it is alleged, were frequently loo high for the poolrooms in Covington, Ky., and he had brokers in both Chicago and New York. The officess of the bank rrre all wealthy and responsible men, and they will be able to make the losses good. There are about 1,500 depositors in the institution, among them being nine building associations that have the savings of many people. Brown wrote to the Cincinnati woman that he was bound for South America, but The Enquirer says that it has good authority that Brown sailed from New York Saturday and that his destination is China. GOVERNOR HAS BILLS. Alabama Lecislature Passes Governsliip "Succession" Measures. n-- ?i-i o?4. 3?? me Aiauauiu seuuie, oaunnaj, ^nosed house bills Nos. 1 and 2, which provided respectively that the president of the senate should succeed in the event of the death of the governorelect; and that the governor-elect might take the oath of office otherwise than in the presence of the general assembly. As soon as these bills passed the senate they were enrolled and signed by the presiding officers of the two houses, after wnich they were sent to the office of the governor to await his signature. TO LI311T TAXIJitt POWER. The Georgia State Seuato Passes an Important New Measure. In the Georgia senate, Thursday morning, Mr. Chappell's bill to limit the taxing power of the legislature to one-half of one per cent was taken up and put upon its passage. The bill involves a constitutional amendment, wjiich, if adopted will be effective in 1905. No speeches were made in opposition and the bill went through with a rush. The vote was 36 to 1. The amendment will be submitted to the people for ratification at the next general election. TWO MOKE FEVER CASES. Advent of Jack Frost, However, Allays all Apprehension. The Missippi state board of health has received official notice of two | cases of yellow fever and one death at Brookhaven. Owiug to the fact that several heavy frosts have occurred throughout the state no apprehension is felt. The report that a case had appeared in Jackson is incorrect. FADUCAK HAS BIU FIRE. Was of Incendiary Origin,'and Destroyed 8200,000 In Property. The most disastrous fire that haa visited Padncali, Ky., for year?, broke out in Morton's opera house Sunday morning at 1:30 o'clock. The largest dry goods establishment in the city, owned by L. B. Ogilvie & Co., occnpying the ground floors of the buildiog, was destroyed, as well is many offices and a barber shop. David Van Cuba's book store was also a total loss. The entire losses are estimated at about $200,000. LOOKS DUBIOUS SAYS CONGER Chinese Problem Seems Far From Being Solved. THE SITUATION AN OMINOUS ONE Foreigners In the Empire Apprehend That Seas of Blood Will Flow Before the End. Advioes from Pekin under date of November 17 stated that the preliminary note had not yet been presented. Its terms are Dot completed and there will probably be a further delay. The foreign envoys have reopened the discussion of the death penalty for the princes and other high officials. It is evident that the ministers are weakening as they have reduced their proposal from execution to the severest pnnishment provided by Chinese law, forgetting that princes lie beyond the reach of Chinese law. Mr. Conger, the United States minister, had the following to say: "What the result will be it is impossible to foretell. Events have | have placed China in a very critical position. Whether she will be able to preserve her integrity and save her trade relations with the rest of the world will depend upon whet the powers demand in the final settlement and upon her willingness to accept promptly the conditions proposed. Sanitary conditions in Pekin are becoming serious. Since the foreign occunatiou inanv Chinese have died of | smallpox and other infectious diseases. Fearing that their fuuerals would be interfered with, they have kept most of their coffins containing their dead in their honses and courtyards. As the natives are forbidden to deposit refuse in the streets, there is now an enormous accumulation in their dwellings and yards, which threatens a serious epidemic. In view of the large number of troops in and near the capital, the consequences of such an outbreak would be frightful. MORE TROUBLE IS PREDICTED. An Associated Press correspondent at Shanghai says: From Pekin tc Shanghai it is next to impossible to meet a European or American who has resided any length of time in China but who believes the real trouble has not really commenced. They bitterly reproach the powers for not being more severe in their measures, partinlarly for not absolutely destroying the Forbidden City at Pekin. Old residents at Tien Tsin, Che Foo and Shanghai say it was a grave blunder that will in the near future cause the loss of thousands of lives and the destruction of much property. It is a well authenticated fact that hardly ? Chinaman outside the province of Chi Li believes that the allies have had any success at all. Papers are sold in Shanghai, giving graphic details of the alleged capture of Admiral Seymour, General Chaffee and others, as did many of the wonderful stories that emanated fiom Shanghai a few months ago describing the butchery of the ministers and their families, which were so freely published in all the European and American papers Not only are the details given at full length, but pictures are published showing the admiral and several generals with carques around their necks being tried before the native judges. Two Chinamen were beheaded recently in Shanghai for publishing "willful olnnz-lavo on/1 ffllsfthoods" in OiauUOlQ uu%! ... ? stating that Pekin had fallen into the hands of the allies and that the empress dowager and the emperor had fled. The most serions part of the whole affair is considered to be the fact that the Chinese judges themselves believed the men were really lying. The white people in that part of China say that Chi Li is but a very small part of the country, only one province of eighteen, and but of medium size in population, and that if it took as many men as it did to subdue Chi Li, what will it take when the whole country rises as it is ripe to do, STOCKHOLDERS OF COAST LINE, Hold Annual Meeting at General Offices of the Company In Richmond. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company was held at the general ofHces of the company in Richmond, Va., Monday. Presideut Elliott's report says the gross earnings and receipts from all sources for the year were 87,717,758.15, and of this amount 87,586,745.56 was received from operating the roads and $131,012.59 from other sources. The expenses of maintenance and operation and the taxes paid amounted in the aggregate to 84,568,803.25. rid ST UNCEXSOREI) DISPATCHES, Great Activity Witnessed the Past Week In tliu Philippine*. The first uncensored news from the Philippines shows that last week witnessed considerable .increase iu rebel aud American activity in the field. Many skirmishes occurred and several small engagements in north and southern Luzon. The termination of the rains permits a resumption of the operation on both sides. OWES OYER A MILLION. Well Known Wall Street Broker Flies Petition In Bankruptcy. A New York dispatch says: Francis D. Carlev, a well known Wall street broker, filed late on Saturday, at Trenton, a petition in bankruptcy. The petition declares the liabilities to be more than a million and the assets nothing. He furnishes a long list of the principal creditors. These claims against Mr. Carley, he 1 says, are the result of a venture in the ' south several years ago iu which he lost $1,500,000. j?tNiCNJfMr^CNJrNjrN*rs?? 2 SOUTH CAROLINA I i STATE NEWS ITEMS, j *C\HMrsl<MrsMMCNJfSl# Negro Sentenced to Hang. Charles Brown Field, who killed a special depnty in Georgetown six weeks ago, has been convicted of mnrder and sentenced to be hanged. To prevent the threatened lynching at the time of the killing infantry, cavalry and artillery were hnrried to Georgetown and kept there several days. ?** School Building Burned. The Yorkvillo graded school building, formerly nsed as a female college, was burned one day the past week. When the fire started there were many children in the building, but all escaped without injury. Many lost books nnd trrans. The buildincr cost about $10,000: insurance $2,000. Some New Enterprises. The Spartanburg Street Railway, Gas and Electric company has applied for a charter. The capital stock is to be $400,000. The corporators are P. 11. Knox, J. C. Norcross, T. C. Steedman. The Powell Hardware Company of Aiken, has applied for a charter. The capital stock is $25,000. The corporators are Robert Powell and James Powell. *% Weavers Quit Work. The Bath cotton mills, at Langley, are idlo. The weavers have gone out and the mill management have given them a certain time in which to return. In the event they fail to do so, the mills will be shut down for two months. The weavers demanded that a female weaver in the mills be discharged, because she refused to join he union. The management refused o discharge the woman. V, Dl<jpf?n?ary Profit*. The official report of the legislative exinrnmg committee as to the condition and operatiou of the state dispensary or tin quarters ending August 31st has l?eeu filed with the governor. The committee speaks highly of the new management and the system employed. The assets were $626,829, including among the main items, 8142,503 cash in bank; $190,986 stock on hand in the state dispensary; $210,144 merchandise in hands of county dispenses. Expenses and losses were $65,647; gross profits, $87,272. V For Murder of Old Miter. James Kelly, a negro, has been sentenced to be hanged on January 4th by Unoliatifln in fV?A rtnnrl ftf flAfl. U uu^o l^utuauan AU IUV wm* * v* sious at Charleston for a crime which was the most revolting known in this * section in years. He was convicted of the murder of Willis Bonneau, the Mount Pleasant miser, who had saved a can of money throngh hard years of work. The evidence against Kelly was so strong that little or no defense was put in, and he will pay the penalty on the scaffold. ** Smalls Issues Circular. Ex-Congressman Robert Smalls has issued a circular to his race in which he attempts to stir np his people on the disfranchisement matter. Smalls wishes to get a strong showing made to congress at this session so that the representation may be cut down in conformity with the provisions of the seventeenth amendment. Rev. W. W. Beckett has filed notice of contest in the first district, in which Colonel William Elliott has been declared re-eledted to congress. It is understood that J. B. Odom, a white Republican, will contest the seat of J. W. Tolbert. *% Charleston Gels Naval Station. Advices received in Charleston from Washington are to the effect that the navy department, with all the reports submitted) has decided, to transfer the dry dock and naval station from Port Royal to Charleston. The damage to the Port Royal dock has been made known to the department, and this has had great weight in demanding the change. Rear Admiral Rodgers, who is in charge of the naval board, has been in Charleston several days looking into matters of detail, and he will submit a final report to the seoretary of the navy at once. The ' * ' 1 ' At-- ? A ? A " Z Iki. 8118 seiecieu ior mo biuuuu 10 vu wu Cooper river, adjoining Chicora park, where splendid facilities are offered. Congress is expected to act on the recommendation. of the navy department early in December. ?* Brattpn Brother* Acquitted. At Yorkville, after remaining out one honr and thirty-six minutes the jury in the case of Paul Bratton and John S. Bratton, charged with the murder of Harry A. Brown, returned a verdict of not guilty. Although the verdict was a popular one and the courthouse crowded, there was no demonstration, exoept a rush of scores of people to congratulate the defendants. The sensation of the triAl occurred when John S. Bratton was put on the stand and took upon himself the whole responsibility for the shooting, shielding his brother at every point. Bratton told, to an immense crowd that packed the courthouse to the walls, the story of the tragedy in which his wife had played so prominent part on the night of September 13th. He said he had made an investigation of suspicious noises in his house. On going down stairs, in his night clothes, he had surprised Brown in Mrs. Bratton's room, Brown had jumped out of a window and Bratton followed and caught him. Brown as the most powerful man and a swing being near, he got the rope around Bratton's neck and nearly strangled him. Before losing consciousness Bratton had cried "Murder!" and neighbors came and released him. These neighbors testified to having come upon the scene and rescuing Bratton from Brown. Mrs. Brown was in her night clothing and Brown partially disrobed. Bratton left Brown with them to hold, while he went to look for a pistol with which to kill him. In his absence Brown told them he had been canght in a terrible predicament and to take him off and bang him, or do what they would with him. They released him before Bratfon's return. Bratton continued his testimony by saying he determined to follow Brown to his home at Rock Hill and kill liim Fie a^ked his brother, Panl, to accompany him. He tried to dissuade hast] action, bnt fiually went, as John wet determined to go, if alone. He tola about the midnight drive to Rock Hill, being directed to Brown's home by policeman, following Brown's fatherin-law from the street door into ^ Brown's room, and shooting him in 7^ bed. Mayor* and Constables. Governor McSweeney has received . some more replies from mayors as to how the dispensary law is enforced. The mayor of Barnwell says he doesn't need a constable and he has no suggestion to make. The mayor of . Abbeville makes the same reply. The mayor of Newberry says: "I think it best to havo a constable here tot / l-Qj effect As to the violation of the law . ;* in the town, he says it is done: "Only .3 by selling drinks from bottles bought . from the dispensary." The mayor of Winnsboro says: *1 don't think the law is being violated in our town to any extent. Our citi- - < zens generally are well pleased wit& ''%!$ the law and its present enforcement.** ~ * Mayor McBetn loung, 01 union, says the law may be violated to a limited extent As to suggestion, he ^ says: "Keep strange constables coming through at intervals of thirty days 'V and staying ten." Letters from other mayors show about the same conditions as those > Aldrich Goes Out, Too, Prof. M. A. Aldrich, an assistant In ?| the department of economics in Sanford University, tendered his resign*- ? tion Monday as the result of the eontroversy over the dismissal of Prof. Boss, head of the economics depart- | Remains Ordered Home For Burial. Instructions have been sent to the - M consul general at Yokohama to have the remains of B. A. Moseley, Jr., late ' United States consul general at Sues- || pore, forwarded to his home in Alabama for interment Schrefber Gone For Good. -.1 The authories of the Elizabeihport N. J., Banking Company have about given up hope of capturing iFOliam Tr M Schreiber, the young clerk who is ai- "|J leged to have stolen $100,000 from tbO'rJ t:4 institution. They now admit that de-^ M spite the fact that several detectives " p have been working on the case, abeo- ?' j lately no trace has been fonhd of .J Schreiber since be decamped. Fonr Men Cremated. * | At Oswayo, Pa., Sunday fonr men'-M were bnrned to death in a fire which ? destroyed the McGonigal bouse, a / 'M three-story framed building, the hotel f g barn ana me upw? nvuw. FIGHT WITH BOLD MEN. Fierce Battle Id Which Three American* and One Hundred Flllplnoe Are Killed. * ^ Manila, November 17*?Two hatful .% dred Bolo men, with fifty rifles, attack- M ?d Buazon, island of Panay, October || 30th. The Americans lost three mea ^ killed?Lieutenant H. M. Koontz, Ser- ^ geant Kitch and Corporal Burns?alt , , of company F, Forty-fourth infantry*^ . ;>i The enemy lost 100 killed, wounded and twenty prisoners. -;S| Treasurer of Loan Company Skips.;! :'tM Robert J. SteU, secretary-treaaurmp of the Monadnock Loan andIhisMlj .-'_g ment Company at Chicago, his dh^pwj ' peared. It is. said his books show shortoge of $25,000. WICXERSHAK IS INSTALLED. New Head of Atlanta and West PetDS-^ Bond Kleoted By Directors. ^ At Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, Char lea A. Wickeraham w?a formally MtM president and general manager of thie'4?? Atlanta and West Point railroad, tho r Western Railway of Alabama And the Atlanta Belt line by the directors. ?| Mr. Wiokersham succeeds Mr. Geow ; 0. Smith as president And general 'gp, manager of the Atlanta and West * Point and Western Railway of Ala- i INDIANS ATTACK MORMONS, Band of Apache* Attempt to LoottToft^ and Bloed Flows Freely. ' . . .. '' in A message from Case Grande Fri- M day afternoon to the mayor of Juare% :| Mex., states that a band of Apaehe^ supposed to bare come from their V; reservation in Arizona, attacked the Mormon village of Colonia Pacheco, : ?- * . i < . . _ ' Tnursoay Hlgilf, Dili were urtrw uu.' >>* The Indians left twelve dead behind them when they fled to the hills, and the Mormons lost several in killed S and wounded. Troops are in pursuit, GRIGGS TO QUIT CABISEX, Attorney Oenernl - Mafcss Formal nonneement That Be Will Bettre. A Washington special says: At ths g cabinet meet ing Friday Attorney General Griggs made the formal announcement that on the 4th of Ifardi next hs would retire from the oabinei Mr, : Griggs will leave the president'^ offi- , cial family for pnrely business reaCNUSUAL CASE DECIDED. \ One Firm Fonnd Gnllty of Trying to Plata ' " Another In Receiver*' Hands. . The jury in the case of Samuel Hecht, Jr. & Sons against the P. H. Snook & Austin Furniture Company, ':0, \ of Atlanta, on trial before Jndge H. ' M. Beid in the first deeision of tbw oity court, fonnd in favor of the furniture company for $5,500 damages. Hecht & Sons were charged with attempting to put the Snook & Austin Go., in the hands of a receiver. v^J| Explosion Kills Twenty Soldiers, Asoording to a dispatch * from Lew? ~3 renzo Marquer, an explosion oooorred '{p at Komatipoort while the British wet* destroying the Boer ammunition, re-^ suiting in the death of of the Gordon Highlanders. *9* ' rV^MT Colored Masons Meet. The triennial oonolaye of the aowe?r^ >: eign grand oonneil of the Seotthdt 4 J f Bite, colored, was opened at theooior* ^ ed Masonic temple at Washington, Monday, -- ..|g