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The Bamberg Herald. i c ?Sa ' aa , ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ^a????m???????mmmmmmmmmmm?? ? ? - - ^ .a* *a , v . * ./-*> 1 iur A ft! GOLDINOREAT HEAtS [ j Held by Yosr llncle Sam in Bis j Big Vanits. TREASURER ROBERTS REPORTS! j Official Dilates Glowingly on Immense Cash Balance and Great Holdings cf the Yellow Metal. Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the United States, in opening his annual report says that the magnitude of the available cash balance and the unprecedented holdings of gross gold are the striking features of the condition of the treasury at the close Ol the fiscal year 1902. The available cash balance in the treasury July 1, 1902. was the largest net balance in our history. It amount- j ed to ?36'2,1S7.3C1. The gold reserve is counted in as it is available for the redemption of legal tender notes. Nearly one-half of the available cash balance July 1 was in gold coin and certificates, $103,801,200 over and above the gold reserve of $150,000,000, and by October 1 it became $136,124,771.. As a measure of the financial strength of the government, the report says the fact deserves mention. By October 1, 1902, available cash balance, exclusive of the reserve, was $221,253.394, and owing to the large measures for the relief of the money market it was reduced by November 1 to $206.421,S70. Of this sum $146,885,012 was in national banks. To the general stock of money in the country, an addition of $80.19S,6S1 was made during the fiscal year. Of this $67,955,527 yvas in gold coin and bullion. There was also an increase of $19,735,259 in standard dollars and ^ of $7,360,991 in subsidiary silver. United States notes remained under the law unchanged. Treasury notes fell off S17.7S3.000. National bank ; notes received an increment of $2,851,589. Tbe gold coin and bullion October 1 exceeded all other kinds of money, excluding national bank notes, by $2u0. 369,433. In five years tbe ratio of gold in the country to total circulation has run up from 36.52 to 46.45 to the < hundred. The growth in the volume of money 1 in circulation during the year was $74,052,589, carrying the per capita from 27.99 to 2S.43. < The element of gold coin and gold . certificates was the largest part and j j the increased reached $61,966,174 and j advanced from 40.30 per cent of the . total to 41.73 per cent. In silver of ; all denominations, including certifi 'cates, there was an increase of $25,?26.1-16. of which $6,496,014 was in sub- : ?idisry coin. The reduction in trcas- , ury notes of $17,677,800 is due to their j withdrawal. < j INDIAN LOSES WEALTH. , ( Highwaymen Used Deccy and Secured j j $22,000 in Cash. A dispatch from Missoula, Mont., * says: A wealthy Flathead Indian ' named Matchell has been robbed of ~ CP2.000 in cash, the money consisting i of $100 bills and $20 gold pieces. J Matchell visited the town of Plains ' and during his absence at night, a man i dressed as a squaw visited his home j ' on Camas Prairie, and engaged in con- J versation with Matchell's squaw. Mrs. - Matchell noticed that the visitor was not an Indian squaw, but a white man and her suspicions were aroused, when J she saw two men run from an outbuilding where the wealth had been stored and carrying something with them. 1 The robbers jumped on their horses ' which were nearby, the man that had 1 been talking to the-squaw joined them, ( and the three "hurried away, leaving no -1 clue. Matchell is the wealthiest full blood ( Indian on the reservation. He has large herds of cattle and horses and 1 was always knpwn to have money, 1 which he kept in an old trunk in an ( outbuilding. i s A CONTEMPTIBLE ACT. Troops are Pelted in Pittsburg on Ar- ' rival from Strike Region. A scene denounced by bystanders as I ( contemptible and outrageous marked j the return of the soldiers of the Four- < teenth regiment from the anthracite c region Wednesday. Yvhile passing < , down Fifth avenue In Pittsburg, they j were assailed with chunks ot concrete, ( blocks of wood as large as bricks, and even tools, thrown from the twen- t ^ 4 iy-r.rst nour oi me ueyv ramus uaun ; 1 building, a distance of 275 feet, by i workmen. ! < COSTLY BLAZE IN ELLAVILLE. j Five Business Houses Burn Before j * Flames Were Checked. Five business houses were destroy- $ ed by fire at Eiiavilie, Ga.. Thursday r morning, causing a loss of about SiO.- 1 000. * The fire was discovered about 2 i o'clock, and but for the heroic efforts c of the citizens a much greater loss would have been the result. FAMOUS HORSES SOLD. General Jackson's Belie Meade Stock < Goes at Auction. The dispersal sale of the famous J Belle r.Ieade stud in Tennessee began f c Wednesday. Tncre were 252 horses to , be put on the block, their value being * estimated at $25u,000. The sale is r due to the enfeebled condition ci' the ; proprietor, General W. H. Jackson. The 143 head sold the first day i 1 brought an aggregate of $131,899. an ! 1 average of $848.89, ' 1 CLEVELAND ON THE TARIFF. Former President Makes a Political j Speech to Democrats at Morris, town, New Jersey. Former President Cleveland spoke at Morristown, N. J.. Thursday iiigkt in a political meeting held in Lyceum hall. Special trains brought hundreds ! of people from other cities and towns in the vicinity, and Mr. Cleveland wc? given an ovation. Mr. Cleveland said in part: "I am especially pleased to learn that tariff reform has been made the principal issue in the canvass you have in hand. Never within my observation or experience has there been a time when this should i?e more earnestly, persistently and honestly pressed upon the attention of our countrymen than now. "Of course, custom duties must continue to be the source of government maintenance until another plan is devised, but a tariff constructed for the purpose of protection as its chief object is at all times, and in every feature of it, an unjust and unfair burden upon the masses of our people; but the bold and arrogant developif snts ot its unfairness and injustice in recent years and the new directions they have taken ought to especially arrest the attention and apprehension of every thoughtful, sober-minded citizen." Mr. Cleveland reverted to former democratic tarfif campaigns and quoted several paragraphs from his tariff message of 18S7, "for the purpose of showing not only the accepted position of the democratic party on the tariff question, but also as suggesting the material then available in attacking tariff iniquities." "I want, if I can," he continued, "to lead you to a contemplation of tne iniquities that have since accumulated, to the numerous additions to a vicious and "dangerous progeny bcrn of tariff license and depravity, to the increased material of successful attack, and to the present duty of all who love our people more than self, to strike a blow whenever and wherever it is possible for our country's honor and emancipation." INVESTIGATING THE MINES. Arbitration Commission Eegins \Vor'? in Eo.'rtost in Coal Fields. A special from Scran ton says: The real work of the arbitration cemmis sion appointed bv President Roosevelt to adjust the differences existing between the coal operators and their employes began Thursday. Briefly stated, the day's work consisted of a genera! inspection of the inside and outside workings of coal mines and the homes and surroundings of the workmen. An of the region lying north of here to Forest City, a stretch of 22 mile*, were gone over. r;v- rook ur> the en:ire day. The members of the commission are making this tour so that they may gain a better idea of mining, in order to more intelligently understand the testimony that will be given by experts on both sides of the: controversy. No testimony will be taken luring the inspection trips The comnission party consists of 14 persons. The entire party, which includes 'our general mining superintendents md a number of newspaper correspondents, left the Delaware and Hudson railroad station for Forest City at LO o'clock in a special train of Pullman cars, the expense of which is beng borne by the commissioners. The start was delayed about an hour owing :o the very late arrival of the commissioners in Scranton Wednesday night. SHERIFF DEFIES LYNCHERS. Ciwc Tkni>a YA7 i 11 R? nn Mflh ? I r\Cl I IOC* I 4 go^o IIVI V Tl ww MV aviva# Law in His County. "If it is in my power to prevent it, ihere will be no lynching in Cross :ounty as a result of the tragedy in ivhich the three daughters of Thomas Sibson, colored, lost their lives early resterday morning." So said Sheriff k. Hammett in a brief speech to a mob ?f one thousand men at Wynne, Ark., Thursday morning. The sheriff had iust returned to Wynne after spiriting iway David Cross, the negro who had confessed to the triple murder and assault. DYNAMITE'S DEADLY WORK. Assassin Blows Up Home of a Chicago Family for Revenge. A dynamite bomb, the weapon of a leranged assassin, blew up the home )f Joseph Kordeck. in Chicago Heights Sunday morning, killing two members )f the family outright and injuring several others. The house was set on fire md burned, while that of a neighbor caught fire and was also destroyed. Charles Smith, a former boarder at he Kordeck house, who was paying at:ention to one of Kordeck's daughters md was jilted by her, has been arrested charged with the crime. MITCHELL DAY OBSERVED. Scneral Suspension of Work in Coal Rpninn V.'odnesdav. A special from Wilkcsbarre, Pa., says: Mitchell day was celebrated by ill the union miners in the anthracite cgion Wednesday. There was a goneril suspension of work. A few washiries were working, but their output >f coal was very small. There were demonstrations in many >f the nearby towns. PRESIDENT AT OYSTER BAY. Dhief Executive Journeyed Home to Cast His Little Ballot. President Roosevelt reached Oyser Bay Monday evening in order to j ^ast his vote in Tuesday's election. He ,vas met with a surprise. About the ;tation a thousand persons were gathered. with a band. Big bonfires blazed md fireworks were discharged. When the president appeared at the ioor of his special car he was greeted vith cheers, and in reply only raised its hat. i FAST MAIL GREETED Swift Flyer From New York Prompt on Schedule Tims. GREAT RECORD RUN IS MADE Southern's "New York and New Orleans Fast Mail" Accomplishes Initial Trip Without a Hitch and Clock-Work Precision. The first exclusive mail train that ever entered Atlanta, Ga., rolled into the car shed Sunday night at 11:09, two minutes ahead of schedule time. It was the Southern's new "New York and New Orleans Fast Mail," and carried only mail and express cars. The train was pulled by the Southern's largest locomotives and made exact time all along the run. Although it was the train's first run it was heavily loaded with mail and express, a full justification of the soundness of the judgment oi the railroad officials who had put it on. On the run from Washington four locomotives were used The train consisted of four cars?three postal cars and one baggage car. So heavy was the mail that the three cars were not able to hold it, and a number of sacks had to be stored in the baggage car. The Atlanta and W:est Foint left with one mail car and a coach behind locomotive 18. The mail to the southwest was so heavy that the coach had :o be filled with mail sacks. The utter inadequacy of Atlanta's present car shed was never better shown than in the confusion which came in transferring the mails. However, the work was done promptly, and all the trains got out on lime. The Atlanta and West Point's flyer was ready to take up the connection, and ten minutes after the arrival of "No. 97," on the Southern, "No. 97," on the 'West Point, moved out of the car shed and began its fight to the gulf. It was due to arrive in New Orleans Monday morning at 10:15. At 11:45 the Southern's train to Birmingham left, carrying the New Y'ork :i .~ ti.'.minnlinm nri'l tKn nninft; nf II1U11 IU JOll liuii^ncxiii aua iuv j/uiuv^ v. the Mississippi valley and the southwest, which are reached quickets through the Vicksburg and Shreveport gateways. The train worked like clockwork on its first run, and it is the purpose of the management of the different roads running it to have it on time at all times. Both on the Southern and on the West Point, "No i>7" has the right of way over all trains, and everything will hav? to clear the way for the New York mail. This train breaks the record of time between New Y'ork and Atlanta, covering the intervening ditstance in twenty-two hours. It puts the New York mail in the city six hours sooner than heretofore, and to many places south and west will mean a saving of from twelve to twenty-fcur hours in receiving the eastern mail. Dispatches from all points along the Southern tell of joyous receptions accorded the train. The great improvement in the mail service irom the east is evidently fully appreciated by the people whom it chiefly benefits. INITIATION COST A LIFE. Order of Modern Woodmen Must Pay for Death of a New Member. In circuit court at Grand Rapids, Mich., a jury brought in a verdict of $2,500 for Mrs. Mary J. Lewis against the Modern Woodmen of America. Mrs. Lewis sued for $50,000 for in juries alleged to have been received by her husband, since deceased, while being initiated into the Coopersville camp of the order last winter. As a result of these injuries, it is alleged necrosis set in which caused death. Virginia Bonds as Security. Among the state bonds now held by the United States treasurer at Washington as security for public deposits are $441,000 of Virginia state bonds. RIOTS IN PORTO RICO. Political Wrangles Among Islanders Result in Bloodshed. Incomplete returns from various parts of Porto Rico regarding the last registration day, confirm the report that riots and shooting occurred in many towns and violence was used everywhere. The rumor that the federals were shut out at San Lorenzo, where a mob attacked the police, with the result that two of the rioters were killed and fifteen men, among whom were two policemen, were desperately wounded, is also confirmed. PRIVATE BANK ROBBED. Burglars Get $5,000 from Charles N. Knapp at Sodus, N. Y. The vault of the private bank ol Charles K. Knapp, at Sodus, N. Y., was broken into with dynamite by burglars early Wednesday and a sum beli?ved to be $5,000, was secured. The owner of the bank refuses to say how much was stolen. Not only the vault, but also the bank building was wrecked by the force of me explosion. HAVE COAL BUT NO CARS. Many Mines Forced to Close in the F'ennsylvania District. Fully 90 per cent of the railroad coal mines in the Pittsburg district are closed on account of a shortage of cars and the railroad companies are unable to promise any relief. The outlook is unusually gloomy and it is believed a number of iron and steel mills will !>o forced to suspend operations. Of the forty-six mines along the Pan Handle railroad nut six are being operated. I FIEND WIELDED DEADLY AX. Mother and Daughter Victims of Weuld-Be Robber Near Salem, Alabama. Sam Harris, a negro, entered the home of George Meadows, a prominent planter who lives six miles south of Salem, Alabama, about 9 o'clock Monday morning, during Mr Meadow's absence, and with an ax struck his wife and lS-year-old daughter eac-h 011 the head, crushing Mrs Meadows' skull and fracturing that of her daughter. The negro was placed in custody and held till Miss Meadows had sufficiently recovered to identify him. This she did at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon onrl rhp npcrn was talron in rhnrcp hv about 125 men and his body riddled with bullets on the spot. He denied his guilt until the first shot was fired, then he acknowledged the crime. His purpose was to rob the house, as all the drawers to the bureaus and dressers were open and showed evidence of being rifled. The negro had heard that Mr. Meadows had disposed of two mules and that :he money was on the premises, so when Mr. Meadows left the place Monday morning to attend the organization of a school some miles off, he prepared to act. Casting aside the sack into which he was placing the cotton as he picked it, he went by his house and blackened his hands and face with smut, and, taking an ax, started for the home of Mr. Meadows, which was near at hand. The home of Mr. Meadows is in a sparsely settled community, but other houses are near. The settlement is about six miles from Salem and some distance from a telegraph or railroad station. Arriving at the house, the negro went in and struck Mrs. Meadows two terrible blows on the head with the ax, and began searching the place for the money. Hearing some one coming, he went to ihe door and saw Miss Meadows coming. As she came up the steps, he struck at her with the ax and she threw up one arm to ward off the blow, and her arm was broken by the lick. She turned and ran with the negro following. He caught up with her at the gate and struck her a fearful blow on the head, knocking her to the ground, and then he kicked her in the side, bruising her badly . He then returned to the house, but failed to find the money, and thinking both women dead, returned to his v^ork, after slipping home and washing of? the smut. The daughter came to herself, after lying in her blood awhile, and started for the neighbors *or help. Monday afternoon the negro was ? ? ?1- i- V..* m r?n '1 f Vi C'TMItf TffO C5 <ja.ugui uy <x yuoae auu iuc omui. >> u..j . found on his face and the water where he had washed the other smut off was in the washpan at home. Ke was carried to the scene of his crime and was identified, as stated, by Miss; Meadows. CUBAN CONGRESS RECONVENES. President Palmer, in Message, Takes Optimistic View of the Future. The Cuban congress, which adjourned October 20, reconvened at Havana Monday. President Palma, in his message to congress, takes an optimistic view of the future of the republic. He refers to the remarkably good order that has been preserved throughout the island, which he says is proof of the peaceful nature of the Cuban people. The president says also that the sanitary condition of Cuba is today even better than it was during the period of American intervention. "Our relations with the United States," continues the message, "are especially cordial; proof of this is to be found in the negotiations between Cuba and the ynited States for a commercial treaty on a basis of mutual tariff concessions. The special object of this treaty is to obtain positive advantages for our products, particularly sugar, which is the principal basis of Cuban wealth. "It can be hoped, from the sympathy with which the American people regard us, and from the manifest interx J i. Drk/NOAtrnlf GSl WXllCil ITtSlUCli'- ivuuacicit tains in the prosperity of Cuba, that a reasonable arrangement, by means of this treaty, can be a.rrived at." MISSISSIPPI EJEARS SAFE. President is Forced to Forego Promised Visit to the State. Governor Longirio, of Mississippi, has received a telegram from President Roosevelt giving notice that he will not be able to visit Missisippi and take the expected bear hunt in the delta swamps and cane breaks during his southern trip. In his telegram the president expressed regret that it is necessary to abandon this feature of the tour, and says that it is caused solely by the pressure of work incident to the approaching session of congress, which will shorten his trip. JAPANESE SAILORS RESCUED. Transport Cork Arrived in Time to Save Them From Flames. Forty-five Japanese, powerless to escape from a burning steamer, were rescued by the transport Crook on her outward voyage from San Francisco. News of the.rescue was brought by the transport Sheridan. The Crook left San Francisco on September 16. bound for Manilla. MOTHER'S GRIEVOUS MISTAKE. I Shot Her Son Whom She Thought Was a Prowling Thief. Mrs. W. S. McLane, of Covington, Va., on Hallowe'en night shot to death her son, William, 13 years of age, whom she mistook for a thief trying to get into hor house. William was in a Hallowe'en disguise and had just returned from a frolic- with some of h'.s friends. Ho was evidently playing c jftlte on mother; ! TO BLOCK OUK CANAL I Seems the Determination of the Colombian Government. READY TO ST!R UP TROUBLE Question of Colombian Sovereignty Seems to Be the Contention. Two Ways are Still Open, However. According to a Washington special, the present status of ihe Colombia canal negotiations is that both sides are awaiting a decision of the Colombian ' ~ ^ /\f V* r\-%* Yt ? ?-> i - goveruui a? UU WUCUICi iTHUioiv,! vuu cha shall proceed under his original instructions to present to the state department the Colombian response to the department's proposal for a treaty. When the response arrived in Washington a few days ago tbe minister promptly notified the state department of the fact, but he added to his notice the statement that in view of recent developments he had regarded it as his duty to withhold it until he heard further from his government. As the state department had in some way come to know that the Colombian response would, if submitted, go far toward meeting the desires of this government in the matter of a canal treaty, this delay was very annoying. But as the minister had his own notion of duty in the matter, it was decree: aiai an appeal should be taken ever his head tx> the authorities in Bogota. Accordingly a cablegram was sent to United States Minister Hart, at the Colombian capital, notifying him of the ac- [ tion of the Colombian minister in Washington. The matter of objection by our own officials is the attempt to link the negotiations ior a canal treaty, pure and j simple, with the discussion of the questions of the correctness of tne attitude i of our naval officers on the isthmus. The Colombian officials hold that as the projected treaty renews or continues the provisions of the existing treaty relating to neutralization of isthmian traffic which are now the subject of contention between the two governments, it is proper that the canal treaty be held back until, either by j an amendment of the old treaty, or a j change in the language of the new treaty, Colombian integrity can be j safeguarded. It is expected that the delay will not I be long, for even if the Colombian an- I swer is not satisfactory, the United ! States government will still be oound : by the terms of the Spooner act to pro- | ceed toward the construction of an j isthmian canal, and the only question i to .be decided is as to the method, j There are two ways open,, even in case j of an adverse attitude on the part of : Colombia?namely, either the Uni.ed ! State government to proceed without \ delay to complete the treaties with \ Nicaragua and Costa Rica necessary i for the construction of a canal in these { countries, or, and this latter course i would be adopted with reluctance, the j government might purchase outright | the franchise of the French Panama ; Canal Company and go on resolutely ! with the construction of the Panama, ' taking no further notice of Colombia. SERVICE IS CORRUPTED. President to Have Shake-Up Among I Immigration Officials. A Washington special says: A se- ! vere shake-up is soon to Le made in ; the immigration service at Ellis si and, J following a secret investigation that i has been made into the condition of af- | fairs in the island. Some of the facts j are to be placed before the grand jury j in New York. Tne department of jus- j tice is understood to be handling the ( facts for presentation to the grand j jury. The outlook is that about five in spectors of immigration and a number j of lesser officials will be dismissed. ; The investigation shows, it is claimed, j IT-IO* fr>T rcarc n svstpm nf TlOttV thiev- i IXlCtl 1V1 J Vx'-?,A o w;vw?.. r ^ ing and blackmail has gone on. Be- i sides the dismissals, there will be a shifting of about forty "privilege' men i men. KOTEMA'S NECK SAVED. President Commutes Death Sentence ! of a Choctaw Indian. The president has commuted to life ! imprisonment . .e deutn sentence pro- i nounced upon Solomon Hotema, a Choctaw Indian. The case is an exceptional one. Believing in witches and witchcraft, Ho- j tema conceived the idea that eerTnin persons whom he believed to be witches, were responsible for the death ot his children, and for misfortunes which had happened to other members of his tribe. He shot three women and a man. i ENTIRE TRAIN BURNED. i Destructive Work of a Prairie Fire j Near Laporte. Texas. A spark from an orpine at Laporte, j Texas, Tuesday after::-,on started a J small prairie fire. A froigh' train fol- j lowing fanned the blaze and cotton on j a flat car ignited. The entire train. I with the exception of the engine and one car of cotton, was burned. The | loss amounted to $10o,U0O. No insur [ ance. , I i OUTLAWS DONE TO DEATH. I Bert Casey and Jim Sims Killed by i 1 Deputies in Oklahoma. Bert Casey, an outlaw. and Jim i Sims, one of his lieutenants, rrayui.vi ! * j by two deputy sheriffs in :i rendeitvwus ; near Glen Springs, in Woods r.oi-rtv ! Oklahoma. Monday, were shot , nd j killed. They put up a strong light, firing ; I several volleys, hut neither of i he i.Oi- | nties was hitj > , , I SOUTH CAROLINA I 11 STATE NEWS ITEMS, s ?fsjrsJc\irvJCNicsiCNif\i i Knives Used at Corn Shucking. | While attending a corn shucking i about twenty miles north ot Greenville, ! Een Ross and Painsette Trammell, ! two young farmers, became involved | in a quarrel. Each one drew his knife I and both were cut several times. ! Ross died the next morning as a rei stilt of his wounds, and Trammell is reported to be in a very critical condij tion. * * * Crushed to Death by Cars. j Lawrence Killian was run over and : i.-iiw hv pars nt Snartanoure iunction i one night the past week. Killian was J an employe of the Southern road and | was walking down the tracks toward ; the switch, when a freight train ap- , j nroaching him caused him to step on ! the siding, when a shifting engine j struck him and crushed him beneath ; the wheels. He was so badly injured j that he died within an hour. ! Little Girl Victim of Fire. Zuleika Kirby, the 6-year-old daughter of Henry Kirby, died as the result I of burns received while warming oy I the fire. The deceased was a grand| daughter of Major T.< H. Kirby, of ! Spartanburg. i The child, it seems, had been out in | the yard playing and as the weather ' was growing cold she ran into the I house to wary.i, and while standing bei fore the fire ner dress caught and she I ran out into the yard enveloped in ' flames. * To Employ Four Thousand. | Arrangements were concluded in i Charleston a few days ago for the e3j tablishment of a branch "of The Amerii can Cigar Company, which will employ ! a maximum force of four thousand j hands. The guarantees required of the busi' ness men of Charleston were made and | the money needed raised at a special : meeting, and the matter was closed I by telegraph with the company in New i York. The plant will begin operations ! in a few weeks. * I * Deal in Street Railways. The transfer of the Augusta Street Railway and Electric Company's property to the syndicate which controls the Augusta-Aiken trolley line will be effected as soon as President James U. Jackson, of the latter line, takes action j on the matter. Official notice was re- I ceived several days ago by President i D. B. Dyer, of the Augusta line, that j the conditions of the sale had been ovorvthin? is in readiness for I the transfer. What changes will be made in the personnel cf the two systems in the consolidation is not yet announced, but is is understood that none will be made in the operation of the schedules. * * Crum Choice of Republicans. A Charleston dispatch says: Activity on the part of republicans in urging the appointment of Dr. W. D. Crum, colored, for the position of collector of customs at Charleston, has aroused considerable speculation. According to Washington advices, republican leaders are working in Crum's behalf at the capital. Many white republicans have applied for the office, and while no formal action has been taken to defeat the nomination of Crum. it is said that steps will doubtless be taken. Heretofore the citizens have accepted the assurance from the administration that none but white men would be appointed to the more important federal offices, and, remembering tnis promise, not much has been said. The indorsement of Crum by the district republican convention, and the fact that influential leaders in Wasnington are supporting him, has led to the belief that he m?,- yet get the place. Negroes were turned down for other federal appointments, but they lacked the strength of Crum. The Charleston candidate represents the better element, and he is a man whose influence has always been sought by the party. Crum is quiet and conservative, and is perhaps one of the best representatives of his race in Charleston. Still, hi*color is put up against him, and on .account of this the citizens of Charleston would prefer the appointment of a white man. President Roosevelt may delay naming the collector until after the opening ol congress. * * * Will Investigate Charge of Fraud. It is given out in Charleston that Solicitor Hildebrand will institute a rigid investigation into the wholesale charges of fraud alleged to have been practiced in the recent democratic primary elections. The letter signed by more than a score of leading citizens urging prosecution has been sent to Mr. Hildebrand and the announcement of this move created consternation in political circles. Accompanying the letter of citizens were a number of affidavits, in which specific charges were made against individuals. The names however, are withheld. It is claimed that abundant evidence of fraud can he had. and along with the affidavits there is ample ground on which the solicitor can make out warrants. There was so much talk of fraud after the primary that the citizens were aroused, as the election was said to have been the worst ever held in Charleston. The letter from the citizens was entirely dispassionate. It was as follows: "The general impression of fraudulent practice in the recent democratic primaries in Charleston county is so cx'-oesive and the report of it in the newspapers so detailed that a scandal of large proportions has fastened upon the community, which ihould not go * c without effort to remove. The press of the city is united in demanding that prompt and vigorous prosecution be made of the charges which have been laid; and it is stated in the public prints and by numbers of reputable citizens that evidence which will convict the perpetrators of the frauds can be put into your hands. "For the good name of the community and for the protection of the ballot in future elections, it is our opinion and earnest wish that prosecutions should be pressed against all offenders, and we respectfully call upon you to take the matter vigorously in hand and have Justice administered. "We would suggest that you make a public call for evidence, as we are assured that such a request would meet with a full response." FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. President Roosevelt Issues Proclama. mation Designating Thursday, November 27th. President Roosevelt Wednesday ordered issued his proclamation designating Thursday, November 27, as a day of Thanksgiving. The proclamation is as follows: "According to the yearly custom of our people, it falls upon the president at this season to appoint a day of festival and thanksgiving to God. "Over a century and a quarter has passed since this country took its place among the nations of the earth, and during that time we have had on the whole more to be thankful for than has fallen to the lot of any other people. Generation after generation has grown to manhood and passed away. Each has had to bear ics peculiar burdens, each to face ics special crises, and each has known years of grim trial, when the country was menaced by malice, domestic or foreign levy, when the hand of the Lord was heavy upon it in drought or flood, or pestilence, when in bodily distress and anguish of soul it paid* the penalty of folly and a froward heart. "Nevertheless, decade by decade, we have struggled onward and upward; we now abundantly enjoy material well being, and under the favor of the Most High are striving earnestly to achieve moral and spiritual uplifting. The year that has just closed has "been one of peace and overflowing plenty. Bare ly has any people enjoyed greater pros perity than we are now enjoying. Fol <Viio mo rotifer llOflrtfolt fltld SOlPmTl thanks to the Giver of good, and we seek to praise Him, not by words only, but by deeds, by the way in which we do our duty to ourselves and to our fellow men. "Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States, do hereby designate as a day of general thanksgiving Thursday, the 27th of the coming November, and do recommend that throughout the land the people cease from their ordinary occupations and in their several aomes and places of worship render thanks unto Almighty God for the manifold blessings of the past year." RICH HAUL THIS! Robbers Hold Up a Saloon Keeper and Get $8,000. A special from Appleton, Wis., states that Martin Cornelius, a wealthy saloon keeper of that city, was held up and robbed of $8,000 late Tuesk day night. Cornelius was in Oshkosh Monday, when he intended purchasing some real estate, and this accounts for his having such a large sura of money on his person at the time of the robbery. He left the latter city about 6 o'clock and arrived at Appleton shortly before 9 o'clock. Leaving the interurban car at the corner of Pacific and Bates streets, he met two men who confronted him and ordered him to throw up his hands. One of the men held Cornelius' hands to his back, while the other covered him with a revolver and went through his pockets. The money, which was in one roll and consisted of bills, ranging in denomination from $10 to $500, was carried in his inside vest pocket. After securing the roll, the robbers warned Cornelius against making an outcry and then disappeared. MEET NEXT IN AUGUST. Georgia Confederate Vets Close Most Successful Reunion. The Georgia confederate veterans adjounrned at Columbus, Ga., Wednesday afternoon to meet next year in Augusta after what is considered the most successful state reunion yet held. Following a business session Wednesday morning came the annual parade at noon, which was one of the most imposing and inspiring sights ever seen in Columbus. The Old, Old Story. The wife of a negro railroad laborer at Guthrie, Oklahoma, locked their three children, two girls and a boy, aged 5, 7 and 10 years, in the house and went out for the day. The chil dren set nre 10 uib auu ??uiq burned to death. MILES ARRIVES AT MANILA. Escorted to Palace by General Davis and Squadron of Cavalry. General Miles reached Manila on October 30th., on the United States trans- j port Thomas from San Francisco. On disembarking a salute in his honor was j fired from Fort Santiago. General Davis and a squadron of cavalry met General Miles at the landing place in Manila and escorted him to the Malaoanan Palace, where Governor Taft and the other members of the civil commission awaited the visitors. General Miles accepted Governor Taft's invitation to live at the palace during his stay. To Compile State RecordsTV A resolution to have compiled and published all of the colonial and Confederate records of the state has been introduced in the Georgia house of representatives. t - - ' - ' ' ' i HAD 1'UK AlLAWiAi After Long Tribulation, a New 'Depot io Now in Sight SOUTHERN ROAD WILL BUILD J Palatial Passenger Station Costing $600,000, is Planned and Pre* Liminary Work Begins ? -j Immediately, The Atlanta Constitution publishes the fact to the earth that the Gate City. .. is at last to have a new $600,000 union; passenger station, and preliminary: work looking to the construction of the; ^ new station will begin immediately,"; by direction of President Spencer, of - 3 the Southern, and the building will b?. g|\ pushed to completion as rapidly as poa- ^ sible. This new depot is to be bulit by in? Southern Railway Company, and all other railroads entering the city are jto_ '|?| be invited to come in as stockholder* and joint owners in the property. ^fjg This decision has been definitely; % reached by President Samuel Spencer, > -%? of the Southern, after a conference^vgj with the officers of the Central of Georgia Railway Company, and he has or- * dered the work to proceed at once. 'Mm The new union station will be located on the property of the Southern Railway Company between Mitchell c, ^ and Madison avenue, the site of which t the Southern secured frith this particular object in view. Engineers of the Southern hare *?^8 been given instructions to proceed at | once to make the preliminary surveys of the ground and tracks, in order'to submit to architects at the earliest poo? sible moment the necessary inform*tion for preparing plans for such a star ] As soon as the preliminary plan* y~:have been prepared the officers of the. railroad interested will decide upon ; what they want, and the construction will begin without delay. President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern, wired General Agent Bar-" bour Thompson Friday df his conclusion in the matter, and his telegram > will be read with interest by Atlantan* who have so long waited for something ; definite to transpire in the depot situa-_ tion. President Spencer's telegram i-flB was as follows: "Knoxville, Tenn., October 31, 1902. J. S. B. Thompson, Atlanta, Ga.?Dear Sir: Referring to our conversation of , yesterday I have looked over the plota and papers relating to the property in Atlanta and have consulted with the 'Vj^k officers of the Central of Georgia Rail- ' r; way Company on the subject of the possibility of locating a satisfactory v^f union passenger station on the site < discussed, at the intersection of Mitch- ; ? ell and Madison streets. Instruction* have been given to the engineers to proceed at once to make the necessary " surveys of the ground and tracks in order to submit to architects at the ear- , liest date possible the necessary inform mation to prepare preliminary plana for such a station. "Please aid the engineers in thla matter, in order that work may be done and decision reached as promptly as practicable. Yours very truly, "SAMUEL SPENCER, Pres." PRESIDENT VISITS VIRGINIA. On Special Southern' Railway Train He Goes to Manassas. vgOj President Roosevelt, accompanied by Secretaries Root, Cortelyou and $|j| Surgeon General P M. Rixley, of the navy, left Washington at 9 o'clock FYiday night on a special train on the Southern Railway for Manassas, Va. It was the desire of the president in making the trip to get a day or two of recreation. "The outing." as it was described at the white house, is "just such a little , journey as any American might take," . 4 ^ for relief from business cares. The party officially was limited to thos? mentioned, with the addition of a sten- |||1 ographer, two or three secret service officers and some servants. SHERIFF HIGGS SUSTAINED. ^ Comes Clear in State Suit Regarding . Pardon Papers. The case of the state vs. B. EL . Higgs, sheriff of Montgomery county, y' for not forwarding the pardon papers of W. B. Freeman to Callahan's convict camp, in Berrien county, Ga., was called in court at Mt. Vernon Friday. A demurrer to the rule naa been mea . m and after considerable argument both for and against the demurrer, Judge Roberts in a very elaborate decision ; |p sustained the demurrer and dismissed the rule. TWO VICTIMS OF ASSASSIN. Aged Bodies of White Man and Negro Found Near Savannah. Gugie Bourquin, 65 years old, and a <-* negro man were murdered soma time Sunday near the place of the former, about six miles from Savannah, Ga. The two were driving together when they were shot. Bourquin's body was found in the'buggyTand'that of the negro was found 100 yards distant. Both men were dead. automobilist sentenced. -m ? I Gets Six Months for Injuring Twenty, i T\*/r? Dannie on Troliev Car. Six months' imprisonment in the Kings county penitentiary was the sentence pronounced at New York Thursday by Judge Kellogg, of Yonkers, upon W. B. Raymond, the automobilist who was arrested after his machine had been in collision with a trolley car on Sunday last. The accident caused injuries to twenty-two persons, who were on the car. The occupant! of thi automobile escaped unhurt. .