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------ -- .- - , . . ., The Bamberg Herald. j f'! ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST C>.1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ||gj ???^ mmmm^ ' - ? - ?? a a-ifV NEW POPE IS ELECTED Conclave Honors Cardinal Sarto. A special from Rome, Italy, says: Cardinal Sario, Patriarch of Venice, has been elected the successor to Pope Leo XIII. A great crowd, in the Square of Santietro had long and patiently been watching for three days for the result of the deliberations of the solemn ccvclave, and there was a great demonstration when the result was *V. ? :~ made known. ? ? f CHIDE THE ERRING. Postmaster General Payne Returns to Washington and Tatks of Scandal ? in His Qepartment. , *1 _____ * ? ' f A Washington dispatch says: Postmaster General Payne resumed his official duties at the department Saturday. He had a long conference wrh his assistants during the morning and for several hours talked over the lt>>: vestigation with Fourth Assistant Bristow. The latter reviewed everything that has been done during Mr. Payne's absence. Mr. Payne said that it could not by any means be said that investigation was ended, although he hoped the end was in sight. He said it might be completed in four weeks, but it was impossible to fix any exact date. He said the president, in common with himself and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, will be glad when the investigation is over, but that none of them wants the inqulrv closed until every irregularity has been ferreted out. Mr. Payne pointed out that inspectors are working on the cases in various parts of the country and developments not now foreseen may occur at any time. Mr. Payne declared that every one against whom any evidence has been found will be treated according to the evidence and that no one will be shielded by the department. ? WOMAN THE BEST SHOT. West Virginia Farmer Laid Low in a Duel With His Wife. William Adair, a prosperous farmer and iumDer dealer, was snot ana aniea by.his wife in front of their home near Mitewan, W. Va., Monday. * Adair, who had been in Cincinnati disposing of some lumber, returned rather unexpectedly and found his w$e away from home. He went in search for her, and finding her in the home of a neighoor, lecame jealous, arid pulling a revolver from his pocket, fired three shots at her, all of which went wild. Mrs. Adair ran home, seized her husband's Winchester and returned to the yard just as he was entering the gate in pursuit. He attempted to escape,. but a bullet from the Winchester, in the hands of the infuriated woman, laid him low. He fell to the ground, mortally wounded, and died without uttering a word. PROVIDES FOR MILK INSPECTOR. " ' ** __ Council' Assists Atlanta Board of Health in Crusade on Dairymen. Clean milk, better health and th9 restoration of confidence in the dairymen" who dispose of milk in Georgia's capital city is what will result from the action of council and the alderman board during the session of Monday afternoon. An inspector of dairies will be appointed by the board of health, money having been appropriated for the purpose by council. Si* WILLS OFFERED IN COURT. fS ? General Cassius M. Clay Made Many and Various "Last Testaments." Six wills of the late General C. M. Clay were offered Monday morning in the.- Madison county court, at Richmond, Ky. The prooating of each was objected to by the legal heirs of C. M. Clay. Objections were sustained by the court and each of the wills was indorsed "offered." The court set September 2 as the time when the question of probating all of General Clay's wills will be taken up. Other wills are expected to be offered on or before tnat date. BAD WRECK IN ORIENT. Thirty Persons Killed in Railroad Accident in Austrian Silesia. A dispatch to The Volks Zeitung, Berlin, from Breslau reports a serious disaster on a railway in Austrian Silesia. A train consisting of eleven car3 heavily loaded with stone broke their coupling pins and ran at a terrific speed down a sharp grade for twenty miles until they collided with a passenger train. Thirty persons are said to be killed and fifty-two others severely injured. COLIMA VOLCANO ACTIVE. Great Clouds of Smoke Pouring from Mountain in Mexico. A dispatch received in Mexico Ci'y from Colima states that the Coliina volcano is in eruption. Great clouds of smoke are issuing from the volcano. It is believed that another outflow of lava has occurred, but the dense smoke that surrounds the mountain makes it impossible to determine the fact. ALLEGE WILL A FORGERY. Heirs cf Wealthy Atlanta, Georgia, Citizen File Sensational Caveat in Court of Ordinary. A caveat to the will of the late George W. Collier, alleging that the will is not genuine, and a demurrer to the petition asking that the will be probated in solemn form, were filed in the ordinary's office in Atlanta, Ga., Saturday. The caveat and demurrer were filed by the heirs at law, wirh the exception of George W. Collier, Jr., through their attorneys. The demurrer to the petition, asking that the will be probated in solemn form, alleges that the petition is nfnflRni rtn f in Inn. in thot if riflOC ndf uouuivi^ui iu iu n iu vuuv &w %*ww -w aver that the paper offered for probate is the will of George W. Collier, or that it was duly and legally attested by the alleged subscribing witnesses. The copy of the caveat to the , will is as follows: Virgil Collier, Elizabeth Collier, Luta Collier and Roy Collier, by his duty appointed guardian ad litem, R. B. Ridley, heirs at law of George W. Collier, deceased, come and for answer, without waiving their demurrer, to the petition filed in the above stated matter to probate in solemn form the alleged last win of G. W. Collier, say as follows: It is admitted that G. W. Collier, Jr., Henry L. Collier and J. N. Bateman are residents of said county, and that on June 20, 1903, Gecrge W. Collier was a resident of said county and died on that day owning a valuable estate consisting of realty and personalty located in said county and state. It is admitted that caveators, with George W. Collier, Jr., are all of the heirs at law of George W. Collier, deceased. It is denied that the paper presented for probate is the last will of said G. W. Collier. It is denied that said Collier ever executed said paper. It ic further denied that any of said al niiurodCd saiu paper in the presence of the alleged witnesses, or that eitner of them 'jttested the paper in Mr. Collier's presence, or in the presence of each other. It is averred that said George W. Collier never-saw said paper. It is further averred that none of said alleged witnesses ever saw said paper until after the> same had been filed for probate. Wherefore, it is prayed that the application to probate said paper as the alleged will of George W. Collier Le denied. BICYCLIST INSULTS PRESIDENT. "incident Occurred While Chief Executive Was Driving to Church. Profane and abusive language was I directed toward President Roosevelt j and his family at Oyster Bay Sunday i as they were driving to church to at| tend the morning service. The offender was a resident of Oyster Bay, McCann by name. He was hustled away unceremoniously by the secret service officers. Directly in front of the church McCann was walking along the roadside pushing a bicycle. As the president's carriage was about to turn into the driveway leading to the church, it - j w.n n.:*k. ... , pass?u itluv/duuf hliu oli j oath, demanded to know whether (they wanted the whole road. This was . followed by abusive and profane lan1 guage. WENT AFTER KINDLING WOOD. This Man Obeyed Wife While Sound Asleep on Train. j A queer case of somnambulism jc' curred at Washington, Ind., Saturday , morning. Philip Martin, of New j York, en route to Little Rock, Ark., leaving a Baltimore and Ohio South- j western train and having to be awak- j ened. When the train arrived in the2 town at 3 o'clock Martin rolled out of his sleeper and hastened to the car , door and then out, plunging into a [ weed patch dressed only in his night ; clothes. He was found after the train , left by Agent Upjohn, and when asked what he was doing, replied: "I am hunting kindling wood for my wife to start a fire." BROKERAGE FIRM SUES. Baxter Company Appeals to Court for a Novel Injunction. As a result of tue crusade started by the New York cotton exchange j against the bucket shops, A. S. Baxi ter & Co., incorporated in New York ! and having offices in New Orleans, j sued out an injunction against the 1 Western Union Telegraph Co. and the lioid ana siock xeiegrapu iu yic{ vent the telegraph companies from re1 moving instruments from the firm's offices, and requiring the ccmpaincs to continue to furnish the plaintiffs with the quotations of tne hjew Yo*k exchange. CHARGE ACCORDING TO SIZE. Garment Makers to Adjust Prices With Amount of Cioth Used. At the meeting of the Union-Made Garment Makers' Association in Chi' cago Thursday night it was decided to adjust prices to accord with the garment. Thus a man weighing 130 pounds might be able to buy his suit for $10, while the man wnose weight would measure 250 pounds might 1.9 charged $15. FIRST OF QUARANTINE. Precautionary Measures Taken on Texas Border by Authorities. 1 ?" * : i r* r xne quarantine against oau jl.uis Potosi, Mexico, on account of yellow fever, which was ordered established Monday by the United States marine hospital authorities at Washington, has been vigorously established at Laredo, Texas, and all incoming passengers who cannot make affidavit that they have been away irom infecteJ points for five days are being turned back. FIGHT WITH FELONS Three Militiamen Killed in Battle With Convicts. WERE CAUGHT IN AMBUSH Escapes Again Elude Pursuers, Though a Strong Cordon Had Been Thrown Around Them. Other Conflicts Reported. Reports of an encounter between members of the state militia and thirteen convicts who escaped from Fol" icnn woro in Plarprville.. Cal., ov/iii icuu, ?I V* V *** ? , Saturday night, but owing to the remoteness of scene of battle and the fact that night tell almost immediately following thu receipt of the first news details were meagre. It 's known, however, that the sheriff's posse, assisted by a force of the Plaeerville militia, came upon some of the fugitives near the Grand Victory mine about dusk and shots were exchanged. Lieutenant Smith and seven men were pursuing a trial that had been discovered earlier in the day. Their first intimation of the presence of tne convicts was when the latter opened five on them at close range from a hiding place in the bushes. Three members of Lieutenant Smith's squadron fell at the first volley. They were Rutherford, Jones and Gill. The soldiers returned the fire of the outlaws, and at the same time ran down the hill and left the fallen men to take care of themselves. Gill managed tcr make his way down the hill to a place of safety and was' picked up by friends. Fearful of the bullets of the convicts, the pursuers made no attempt to get back to the scene of the battle to learn the fate of the other two men. i Meagre news of the conflict spread quickly and in a few nours the hill was surrounded by a large force, including the entire strength of the Plflpprville romnanv. Nearby and eo operating with the militiamen was a posse of citizens from Placerville. headed by the sherilfs son. Dallas Bosquil. They were within sound and sight of the fighting, but dared not fire for fear of hitting the militiamen. Lieutenant Smitu says there we-e four convicts in the band that opened fire on his men, but he was unable to identify any of them except the negro Seavis; It was impossible to have a cordon extended around the hill for some hours. The cordon covered nearly two miles and required over a hundred men. Before the picket lines could be formed, the convicts got away eastward along the creek. In their haste they left a water can, several hats and t some firearms on the hillside where the conflict occurred The dead bodies of Rutherford and W. C. Jones, the two militiamen wtio were shot by the outlaws, were found Sunday morning where they had fallen. Jones had served in the Philippines as a member of the First Tennessee and the Thirty-seventh volunteer United States infantry. A1 Gill, the national guardsman, who was shot through one lung, is not expected to recover. Another report states that four of the convicts, not believed to De tne same who ambushed the officers Sunday, were discovered near Lotus, in the Webber creek district, by a posse. A number of shots were exchanged, but so far as known without result. LIGHTNING BOLT KILLS THREE. Pleasure Yacht Struck and Occupants Dealt Quick Death. A dispatch from Mobile, Ala., says: Sunday afternoon ihe pleasure yacht, Florodora, was struck by lightning off the wharf at Point Clear, on Mobile bay, and Ledyard Scott, formerly professor in the imperial university at Kagasima, Japan; Bruce Granville Lincoln, a wealthy young Lnglishman visiting Mobile, and William Brewton, pilot of the boat, were killed. -Advices from Venezuela indicate , that President Castro is treating for eigners witn great harshness. FIVE YEARS AWARDED MURPHY, Convicted Labor Official Given Heavy Sentence by New York Judge. A New York dispatch says: Lawrence Murphy, former treasurer of the Journeymen Stonecutters' union, whc was arrested last December, charged with embezzling $12,000 from the or ganization and convicted of grand lar ceny, has been sentenced to five year:and six months in state's prison. Judge Newburger scored the prison er severely, saying that he had spent ; the funds of the union in riotous living, and that his total stealing? amounted to $27,000. MINNESOTA LOSES BIG CASE. Federal Judge Lochren Decides in Fa vor of Railway Trust. Judge Loehren, in the United States circuit court, at St. Paul, handed down his decision in the case of the state of Minnesota against the North ern Securities Company, the Northern Pacific railway et al., in which he sus tained the contention of lue defend ants and dismissed the b.J of corn plaint of the state. TEN STRIKERS SHOT DEAD. Trouble on Russian Railway Brought to a Short Stop by Soldiers. Ten striking workmen were killed and eighteen were wounded as the 10 suit of a volley fired by troops at Mik hailovo, Russia, on the Tiflis-Batouni railway, July 28. The strikers at tempted to stop trains and a detach ment of soldiers was summoned. Toe soldiers were greeted with a showei of stones and revolver shots. After repeated warnings, the troops were erd?re4 t9 fire, / GRIP ON THE GRAFTERS. ~ Drawn Still Tighter by Grand Jury at Washington?More Indictments Found. 1 t A Washington special says: The federal grand jury, which has been considering evidence growing out of the postoffice investigation, returned indictments Friday against the following: August W. Machen, formerly gener- | al superintendent of free delivery. John T. Crupper, mayor of Lock Haven, Pa. William C. Long, of Washington. William Gordon Crawford, also of Washington. George E. Lorenz and Martha J. Lorenz, his wife, of Toledo, Ohio. Maurice Unkel, of New York city. I ht MnOrocrftr fnrmprlv ] 1 UUUiaO Y? XUVUt vgwt) ?? chief of supplies, division of mail free ' delivery. 1 William J. Stern, of Baltimore. 1 With the exception of Crawford, all 1 of the above are indicted for con- 1 spiracy. The indictment against Crawford is 1 for presenting a false claim against ' the government. Long and Crupper ' are aiso indicted separately f?>r bribdfry. Orders for the arrest of all par- 1 ties were immediately issued. This ' batch of indictments does not wind up the cases before the grand jury, 1 and other matters resulting from the ! postal investigation are pending uefore that body and may result in indictments against other parties in the near future. MAINE MILLS ALSO CLOSE. High Price of Cotton Continues to Cause Curtailment of Operations. A special from Lewiston, Maine, says: The extreme iJgh price of raw cotton has compelled the Bales and Androscoggin Manuiacturing Companies, employing 3,000 hands, to order ( a curtailment of the output. Friday notices were posted on the gates of 11 flin mese vwo cuiyumnuus uuiu;iu5 employes that after Saturday the mills would be in operation only four days each week until further notice. This is the first announcement this season of any extended curtailment in Maine. Orders were also received from the Boston office cf the company to shut down the Cabott cotton mins, located at Brunswick, for two weeks. The order affects 1,000 operatives. The closing is said to be due to the high price of cotton. BULLETS FOR STRIKERS. Non-Union Men Forced to Use Guns for Self-Protection. The most serious disturbance of the many that have occurred since the beginning of the strike at the Port Vue tin mill, at McKeesport, Pa., to)k place Friday evening. During the fighfJohn Mount was fatally injured and John Cameron aras shot so that he will be crippled f r life. Both victims were on their way home from one of the other milts. When the turns changed at the Port Vue mill, two of the non-union men, H. D. King and Elmer Doliff, started for home, when a crowd of 100 strikers closed in on them, and it was seen that the four or five policemen present were not able to cope with them. King and Dofff drew their revolvers and fired into the crowd, which broke ana ran. ivjlouul uuu ^auciuu struck while endeavoring to get out of danger. CASTRO ADOPTS WRONG POLICY. Insult to Spanish Consul Caused by Venezuela's Anti-Foreign Attitude. Semi-official advices received in Washington from reliabV* sources throw light upon the complications existing in La Guayra, incident to the trouble between the Spanish consul there and the Venezuelan authorities. They also make it appear that serious trouble in that quarter is pending because of the anti-foreign attitude of the Venezuelan government. According to those advices the Spanish consul requested the privilege of appearing before a tribunal, which was examining the claim of a Spanish subject against Venezuela. He was punished through the witndrawal of his exequateur. FIGHT FOR PLANT'S MILLIONS. I . . . Hoadley Brothers want to oe Kecognized as Contingent Heirs. An application was filed in the prolate court at New York Friday for the ! removal of Morton F. Plant, Margaret 1 J. Plant and George H. Tilley, as excI cutors of the will of the late Henry Bradley Plant. Charles G. and Hbr ace Hoadley, of Waterbury, sons of 1 George oHadley, who was a half brother of Henry B. Plant, are the applicants. The Hoadleys want to be recognized as contingent heirs of the estate, ; which is estimated to be worth $17,000,000 to $20,000,000. POISONED BY SARDINES. Father and Two Children Dead and | Another Dying. > I The family of D. W. Ward, a mer I ohant nf Rallaeh. Nebraska, were no; 1 soiled Friday by eating sardines. Mr. . Ward and two children are dead and a third child is dying. Mrs. Ward will recover. MELONS SHIPPED TO LONDON. t Georgia Man Sends Fine Specimens to Friends Across the Water. I G. W. Bacot of the Southern Ex. press Company, of Americus, Ga., . made a shipment of watermelons to i London a day or two ago. Several . very fine specimens, weighing 60 pounds each, were selected and crated > separately. The melons were sent as a present to one of his friends in Sierrie, Eng( land, and will be the best ever seen uthat side ot the Atlantic, LOBBYING CHARGED Sensation Brought to Focus in the Georgia Legislature. INVESTIGATION IN ORDER Resolution Adopted Defines the Crime of Lobbying and Calls for Probing of Accusations Made on Floor of House. Charges of "lobbying" made open;y in the Georgia legislature, and the report of these charges by the newspapers?accompanied in some instances by comment construed as reflecting "nnn m PTKl blATK nf the of the chairman, Lewis, in ordering J the arrest an^ ejection of any person j who hissed or manifested any oojec- } tion to the speaker of the evening. It is said that the disturbance was , pre-arranged. After the meeting Trotter and his friends admitted that they , went "there with the idea of asking t Washington a number of questions, and to resent any attack that might be made on the New England representatives to the recent Afro-American council at Louisville. The meeting was held under the ] auspices of the Colored Business 3 Men's Association of Boston, at which H. W. Lewis, assistant United ( States district attorney, presided. BANK OFFICERS GAMBLED. , Oldest Institution in State of Penn- j sylvania Closes Its Door. The Doylestown National bank, of , Doylestown, Pa., has been closed by ' the comptroller of the currency. The statement issued by the comptroller of the currency says that the m *1 ? * A naps me uuuai impw wui ui mv gci.eral measures considered. As there was some little opposition to this, the roll was called. The bill passed by a vote of 23 to 3. . INSTIGATOR OF RIOT DEAD. Negro Who Shot Evansville, Indiana, j Policeman, Succumbs to Wound. Robert Lee, the negro who shot Policeman Louis Massey at Evansville, I Ind., July 3, and started the riot that I resulted in the death and injury of many citizens, died in prison Sunday from the effects of a wound in the lungs caused by a bullet fired by Massey. Lee's wife was killed by a train few days after the riot. i CASE OF LOCKJAW CURED. j Heroic Measures in Use of Anti-Toxin Saves a Man's Life. Doctors at the Grand Hospital in San Francisco have succeeded in cur-1 ing a man of lockjaw. Anti-toxin w&s injected in the muscles of the back. | No improvement had developed and he was given an injection of anti-tox-1 in in the spinal canal. The doctors! then drilled^ a hole through^the skuII i and injected anti-toxin into the lat ir*, Ri ventricle. The man is now well 1 #? r ' m- ... Y : ' u^vu wuv x/? v ? v. general assembly?were responsible for the senate's adoption, Thursday morning, of a resolution calling for a ioint committee of investigation. The resolution was immediately transmitted to the house, where it was referred to the committee on judicial .v. The committee at its meeting in the afternoon adopted a substitute for the original resolution in which the wording of the original .was somew.:it changed. With the adoption ot either set of resolutions, however, an investigation is assured. Members of the senate discussed the subject for an hour and then jv practically unanimous vote adopted the following resolution: Whereas, the constitution of the state of Georgia declares lobbying to be a crime, and in pursuance o? this conditional provision, the general as; sembly has by legislative enactment, defined lobbying to be any personal solicitation of a member of the general assembly of this state during a session thereof by private interview, or letter, or message, or other means and appliances not addressed solely to the judgment to favor or oppose 01 to vote for or against any bill, resolution, report, or claim pending or to be Introduced, in either branch thereof, by any person who misrepresent the nature 01 nis mteresi in me a?i-. ter to such members, or who is employed for a consideration by a person or corporation interested in the passage or defeat of such bill, resorttion, report, or claim for the purpose of procuring the passage or defeat thereof. But this does not inclu-.ie srch service as drafting petitions, bills or resolutions, attending to the taking of testimony, collating facis, preparing arguments and memorials, and submitting them oraily or in wrting to a committeo or member of the general assembly, and othe! service of like character intended to reach the reacon of the legislators. And as prescribed as a punishment for tne violation of this penal statute, confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than five years. And whereas, it has been charged by certain prominent and influential members of the general assembly "that lobbying does exist in this legislature, and that they know it to be true, but cannot prove it, Decause these lobbyists know wnom to approach. They seek only those whom they know will not give them away; that lobbyism may be broken up in Georgia, but it will not be by the. members of the legislature." And whereas, leading newspapers vf ctatd havo r>nmmpntpH iinop VJt IUV kj uv? w UM* V vv ?? these charges. And whereas, said charges are a re* flection and insult to ihose members who seek to discharge Iheir duty in accordance with the*solemn oath taken by each member; And whereas, it is ine sense of the senate and the house cf representatives that the charges hereinbefore made should be fully investigate 1; therefore, be it , Resolved by the senate, the house concurring, That a joint committee be appointed, three from tne senate, fo be appointed by the president of the senate, and five from the house, to be appointed by the speaker of the house, to investigate these charges, with full power to subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance, and report .?11 evidence and findings to the general assembly now in session, within one week from this date. DAYS OF GRACE ELIMINATED. Georgia Senate Passes Bill Already Approved by the House. The Georgia senate held a short session Monday, but when it adjournal the desk was clear of business. Some j house bills of general interest, and two senate bills were passed. ,The bill to abolish "days of grace" in Georgia, which had passed the house, was per ? - ?? -??- i- 1 /% P Vi y-v RAZORS MENACE BOOKER, i i Boston Negroes Attempt to Break Up *. a Meeting at Which Tuskegee ' Educator Was Speaker. A dispatch from Boston, Mass., says: As the result of a concerted at- 5 tempt to break up a meeting where j, Booker T. Washington was the guest t of honor, a riot resulted, razors were ^ used, three men were more or less se- j riously slashed and an effort was made to reach Washington "to cut his heart out" as one of the Infuriated razor wielders shrieked. This meeting, which included over 2,000 of Boston's colored resident, j. was held In the African Methodist ? Episcopal Zion church. From the mo- j. ment that Booker T. Washington took c the platform the trouble started, j. While there had been more or less discord while the previous speakers were talking, the din became terrific when , WacMn?*trm starf-pd tr> snea*. Hisses. cat calls and cries of "Put him out!" j greeted the negro educator's appear- ^ ance. For some moments, the latter ^ tried, in vain, to make himself heard. ^ Finally the police were sent for. At the appearance of the police a general stampede resulted. Cli.bs were freely used, and the officers were beaten and t pounded while attempting to drag j their three prisoners from the church. ^ Even the women joined in the at- c tack on the bluecoats, and Officer P. J. Malley was dangerously wounded in the groin with a hat pin. Patrolman Underhill, in warding off a knife thrust intended for one of the dis- j turbers, received a wound just below the heart, while Bernard Charles, of Everette, a colored opponent of the Washington faction, was so badly stabbed in the left side that his recov- . ery is doubtful. Three arrests were made. It was almost one hour before quiet was restored and Washington . given a chance to finish his lecture. Both factions at the close of the meeting issued statements. Washington said, in his statement, that the negroes of Boston should not be held 1 > sponsible for a few riotous individuals, while William Munroe Trotter, 5 one of those who were arrested, said J the cause of the rioting was the ruling < xaiiure 01 me Damn was muugm auuui by speculations in stocks on the part of the officers and a number of the ( customers of the bank. The bank is one of the oldest in tho , state. Its Philadelphia correspond- , ents are the Philadelphia National bank. The former has been its agent for 50 years and the latter for 30 years. DEADLY LIGHTNING BOLT. ] ~ 1 Three Killed and Many Injured at a Church In Appomattox County, Va. Thursday afternoon three persons were killed and more than a score injured by lightning at New Hope , church, Appomattox county. Va. A meeting of the James River Baptist Association was in progress and . a large number of men took refuge under an awning near the building when the storm came up. Lightning | struck a tree in front of the awning, causing the disaster. ( Comptroller General Wright, of ^ Georgia, estimates that the increase In value of taxable property in ihe ( state will go as high as $35,000,000. . = ' j DOUBLES ON BRYAN SLOGAN. A Ratio of 32 to 1 is Favored by the Monetary Commission. ] A report has been received at the i state department from the United States monetary commission which is investigating the question of currency ] for silver-using countries. The com- ' mission has already visited London, i Paris, The Hague and Berlin. Accord- ( ing to the report the proposal of the [ American commission ior a ratio of 32 j to 1 for new silver currency for Ori- 1 ental countries has been generally ] well received. 1 ( ] 1 MUKt UU I I UN IYI11_Lt) LiUniMIL. j I Plants in Massachusetts Close Down , for Indefinite Time. A Boston dispatch of Monday says 1 , Additional cotton mills in New Eng- , land have decided to curtail produc- ] tion, or close down. The mills of the * Russell Cotton Manufacturing Com- < pany at Middletown, and Higganum, Conn., have closed for an indefinite , time on account of the raw cotton situation. ( GONFERENCE OF POPULISTS ] Called By Chairman Parker to Meet j in Denver, Colo., July 27-29. 1 National Committeeman Joe A. Par- i ker, of Texas, and Ed Mlsten, of Coio- < rado, has issued a call for a conference of populists and fusionists to be held at Denver, July 27, 28 and 2-9. The populist organizations in the various states are asked to send dele- I gates and an earnest invitation la ex- I tended all dissatisfied democrat* and i republicans to be present and consider the political altua'.ton. iTHENEWSOFAWEEK IN SOUTH CAROLINA.!: Hil l HH-f Killed by Lightning Bolt. Tillman Duncan, a young man of ipartanburg, was struck and instantly tilled by lightning while seated at a able in his home. His mother, who ras at the table with her son, was ulnjured. * * To Build Alumnae Hall. Plans for the building of a hnndome alumnae hall at Converse college lave been accepted and work will be;in at an early date. The proposed milding will be two stories in height, ? TIib nnct Will if finest -pressea unun.. A UC Www ? ie between $10,00u and ^15,000. e Slew Brother With a Chair. Griffin and Bud Pack, orothers, who ive just beyond the city limits of Jreenville, on the Chick Springs road, >ecame involved in a fight last Mon? lay morning over a trivial matter. Bud dealt his brother a he^vy blow iver the head with a chair, from the .'fleets of which he died m about two lours. Shortly after the fight Bu? >ack ran, but was arrested later near Taylor's station. He is now in the ounty jail. ? Woman to Carry Out Contract A-Spartanburg dispatch says: Mrs. Carle Sanders, wife of the railroad :ontractor who was killed in a raiload accident recently, has shown jreat pluck in her determination to :arry out the contract of her late hus>and to build a trestle in Tennessee. When her husband was killed it seemed that the work would stop and he widow suffer the financial loss incident to the failure to carry out the contract. * * Will Return to Planting Cotton. Tobacco growers of the Pee Dae section are completely paralyzed a^ ;he low price their product is bringng this season and attribute theii nisfortune to the tobacco trust. The ligh prices of last season induced nany experienced farmers to put in a 3am or two; others increased theii M?rv farmers have become It'l cag^. atxuuj AM. M.v. __ liscouraged with tobacco growing and will return to the old "stand-by"?cot :on. * ? ? Hon. Arthur Cushman Suicides. At his home eight miles northeast af the city of Aiken, one morning "the past week, the Hon. Arthur W. Cush man committed suicide. Mr. Cushman served as a membei af the state legislature from 1898 tc L900, and while a member of that body was regarded as an exceptionally itrong and fair-minded man, winning many friends in the capital city. Pi aancial troubles caused the deed. Mr. Cushman was a man of about 5( years o'f? age and leaves a widow, three laughters and four sons. Revene Officers Destroy Big Still. State constables and internal reve aue agents report that they recently iestroyed one of the largest illicit dia tillery outfits ever seen in this section rhirty-flve hundred gallons of beei was destroyed, together ^ith a 125 gallon copper stil, eighteen ferment ers and numerous other distillery ap paratus and a quanuiy 01 nquut, i??? of the distillers were arrested, but re leased under bond. The still was lo cated at the foot of Hog Back moun tain, near the North Carolina line. '% . * Peddler Brutally Murdered. Abram Surasky, 30 years old, a Jew Ish peddler, was murdered while or his rounds near Hawthorne, in Aikei county, a few days ago. The bodi was not recovered until some time a! terward. George Toole and Lee Greoi have been arrested as the result of th< coroner's inquest. The murdered man was thirty yean of age, and one of five brothers, wfc* ran small stores in Aiken, all peaceful quiet citizens, harming no one, as if characteristic of the race. On the daj of the murder Mr. Surasky loaded his wagon with his packs and started or his rounds. He is supposed to hav< stopped at Green's house to sell hit wares, as it was his custom to do, anc It is alleged it was then that the twc men carried out their plan of robber} and murder. Surasky was shot twice in the bacl with a gun, one arm was almost sev ered from his body and his head anc body were hacaed horribly with an ax When the body was discovered it was impossible to recognize any semblance of a human beffcg in the face, as do composition had set in. Buzzards fly ing over the spot attracted the atten tion of men passing by. Sheriff Alder man and the coroner went to th scene 01 tne muraer ana un ataiuuiu; for clews Ue officers found a pool oi blood In the yard of Lee Green's house ind other blood stains were discov >red on melon rinds and the bloody ix was found under the house. At the coroner's inquest it was de /eloped by the clews found that his issailants shot Surasky twice in the back and then cut him up with the ax rhe shots evidently did not sufficie Lc subdue their victim and the ax was ised to finish him. After their wor? svas accomplished they loaded the corpse in the victim's wagon and irove to a lonely spot in the woods ind tied the horse to a tree and left it, The horse, becoming hungry, broke loose and pulled the wagon with its jhastly load away from the spot srhere he was tied to within a mile ind a half of Hawthorn, when it was liscovered. * * Won Money, But Died in Storm. A sad incident in connection with he recent flood developed in Spartansurg a few days ago in the annoucen neat by the attorneys for the plaintiff, oc ... . " ' V .. " GLOVE GRAF! NLA I if : Sg * : 0 j Secretary Root Orders More Probing of Army Contracts, dm INVOLVES CONGRESSMAN H Profits Alleged to have Been Divided ' ijsl Between Manufacturer Lyon and ; ;?^s| Representative Littauer. -.gJjS Result of Investigation. A Washington special says: Sec re- rgj tary Root, Monday, made public all t the papers relating to the Investiga> J' tion into the government contract / given for gloves with E. R. Lyon, This contractor secured the gloves from Littauer Bros., the senior member of J the firm, L. N. Littauer, being a member of congress. Secretary Root has ?nana trt tho Hpnart merit i 1 CU LUC CCM3V VV VMV ? - ST-XWMM of justice in order that it may b$ as- ' :$&: certained if the law has been violated 1 and that appropriate measures may be j taken in the premises. There is a || statute which prohibits contracts for M the government being made directly - or indirectly with a member of cea? aH gress, and this was the basis of the In- ? ^ vestigation by the war department -v.fS Colonel Garlington, of the inspectof^l general's department, was directed by J; Secretary Root to make an investiga- _ tion of the whole matter. This was done and his report referred to JucU;o : : Advocate General Davis, who made an || exhaustive review and submitted an . 4 opinion to Secretary Root In the course of his report and opidr Ion, General Davis says in part: . ^ "It appears from th testimony thatn| a contract was awarded to Lyon for- ^ 1 3,000 pairs of muskrat gloves at $L^<I per pair. Later a second contract for; _ ^J||H 20,000 pairs was awarded, to Lyon at $1.70 per pair, a stipulation being in :i\9k sercea iaai ucutcucs uuuct ? w?v . i be increased 50 per cent, at tbe discre' tion of the officer making tne contract. '0 The government took advantage of - the stipulations and 30,601 pairs were i actually called for, and delivered on[ der the last contract. Some discus, sion having arisen as to the price ' which Lyon was to pay for gaunileU, ( an agreement was entered into be- f| [ tween Littauer, Bros, and Lyon to the . effect that an accurate account of the H cost of manufacture was to be kept and if, after the contract was complejed, it should prove that the cost of manufacture should not equal $1.66'per ^ ; pair, Lyon was to receive one-half of fj ) the profits. There was a profit* of ^ . $3,537, (Hie-half of which was credited to Lyon on the books of L4tta4eir '^J|g Bros. A case falling within the pro> vision of the rtafute Is clearly shown ^ r in the testimony, which in the oplnfon Jl^j r of this officer charges the department 5 with the performance of the duty set jg . forth in section 3739 of the revised mv statutes; and it is therefore recom- I I mended that a demand be made by the -.3 , quartermaster general upon the firm of Littauer Bros, for the repayment qfi. s ^ whatever sum is found to have been paid in consideration of the contract r with E^. R. Lyon, as extended, in ac- Vjjjj , cordance with Its terms, by the quar> \ r termaster's department." Secretary Root makes an " iffiS' ment on the opinion of the judge advo> ; . cate general, whicfi sends the case to . the department of Justice. LIST OF VICTIMS INCREA8E* * M . Five Men Die of Injuries Received In Collision of Freights. ^^3 A Chattanooga dispatch says: The; death list resulting from the head-end - '5. collision between two freight trains the Cincinnati Southern railroad Sat-' urday night between Cumberland Falls and GreenwoA nas grown to eight, five men havlV died since Saturday night. The following is a tevised list of the dead: Engineer T. S. Duke, Fireman D. A. Philips, Fireman John Prtnce, Fireman Joseph Walters, Fireman FYank J--J Fletcher, Eugene Simpson, brakeman, ^ two unknown men who got on the ex- ^ tra freight at Greenwood. Walter Powers, brakeman, was se- ' , J riously and perhaps fatally injured. . >* " Engineer N. S. Fitzgerald was serious- ?jjaH ly injured. KING THANKS g9V. AYCOCK. 6endo Appreciatory Message for Kind ness Shown Portuguese. _ Governor Ay cock, of North * Caro _ Una, has received a letter ezpressini ' ./% the thanks of the king of Portugal foi Zg the kind treatment accorded by th? people of the eastern part of the stall to the Portuguese who were on th? wrecked bark Vera Cruz VII, whict< went aground in Ocracoke inlet 'ast > ^ May, ana wmcn was so cruwuev. *i? Immigrants. Some of these Portuguese are now at work near Newbern on farms.' Et ''itM ! fort^ were made 10 induce all of them ? to locate In North Carolina. that the supreme court of South Caro- ,'Jl ' lina has sustained the verdict of the lower court in allowing $4,500 damages to Fletie Gosa, drowned in the , t t flood of June 6 on Pacolet river and i now, after months of anxious waiting, . this money on which she had based i many hopes, will go into other hands. ^ i The case was tried the first time in ^ ; the court of common pleas a year ago, i and the court allowed $4,500 damages 1 to the plaintiff for Injuries received as 1 the result of an engine on the South- ' ern colliding with a vehicle in which . -|3 ' the plaintiff was riding. 1 The accident happened at Mouxft | : Zion station, a few miles north of ' t Spartanburg. An appeal was taken jo i the supreme court or ine state, ?au while this was pending the plaintiff met her tragic, death by being drown* ed in the early morning of June 6, when the flood at Pacolet river oc* The money will be credited to the f estate of the deceased and will be *11- . ] vlded among relatives,