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The Bamberg Herald. j ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3.' 1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. || TRUE TO BRYANISM ! And to Kansas City Fiatform ! Democrats of Ohio Stand. ; JOHNSON FOR GOVERNOR ^ i State Convention Held in Columbus and Wholly Cominated by Forces cf Cleveland's Mayor?The Ticket Named. r < ____ Tom Johnson, mayor cf Cleveland, was nominated fcr governor of Ohio ' by acclamation by the democratic state convention held in Cclumbus Wednesday. The Johnson program wa3 carried out completely^ although the opposl tion obstructed the proceedings with | minority reports for seme hours, the j name of John L. Zimmerman, of i Springfield, was not presented for the gubernatorial nomi i.ticn and then'every nomination on the state ticket was made by acclamation without opposition. Although "the fighting" was all ovyr Tuesday night, the auditorium aud galleries were packed long before W. 3. Frey, chairman of the state central committee, called the convention , to order at 10:20 a. m. The only reference made to national issues in the platform adopted reiterated allegiance to the Kansas City ' platform. W. J. Bryan was invited , to speak in Ohio in support of the j platform adopted. , Great demonstrations occurred at ( several places In the order cf business, , notably i* the entry of Mayor Johnson, , the presentation of his name for gov- j ernor, his acceptance and participate jn , in the endorsement, of a candidate for , Senator Kanna's place and those ex ? pecting a good exhibition were not dis- j appointed. There were no portraits displayed in the hall as usual, and few j of the faces of what are known as "old wheelhorses." Many of these "oldtimers* ha3 been seen about ;ho hotels during the week, but they were 3 not delegates. Among those who Were 5 unseated were Lewis G. Bernard, lead- 1 er of the democratic party at Cine.in- * nati Sox a quarter of a century, and J ex-Congressman J. A. Norton, v ho had frequently sounded the keynotes as * chairman of former convention. For- s merly these men were cheered as they ' entered the hall. ^ The following is the ticket named: 1 Governor, Tom L. Johnson, of Cleve- f kufu; lieutenant governor, Frank B. Ni|es, of Toledo; attorney general, < Frink S. Monnett, of Columbus; state ( tr^isurer,* V, J. Dahl, of Washington 1 Cciirt House; auditor, Charles A. * Kl&ebe, of Waponekata; commissioner * v of|schools, J. E. Scrist, of Ottawa; ( m^nbsr board of public works, W. B. ( Joies, of Ironton; supreme judge, E. j c J. ^Dempsey, cf Cincinnati; United ' * States senator John H. Clarke, of ! 1 jjsjSk Cljvelsiid, was indorsed. . I ' VESUVIUS EMITS LAVA. Fierce Stream is Belched Forth Without the Least Warning. The people of Naples and the environs witnessed a remarkable spectacle at noon Wednesday. One thou- j sand feet below the central cone of ; Vesuvius the volcano opened like a | huge mouth, out of which belched a [ fierce stream of lava, which ran Sown j the side of the mountain. ! The eruption occurred without any j warning Whatever. There was no j earthquake, detonation i or rain of { ashes, nothing but a clear stream of ! lava and red hot stones, which were . 1 thrown to a height of 700 feet. WARDEN ALLAGOOD IS OUT. 1 ji Georgia Prison Commission Has Not 1 Yet Selected His Successor. j * rtputy Warden J. T. AJlagood left * Georgia state prison farm at Miltedgeville, Thursdaj', his resignation * haying been accepted by the prison . * commission. This action was taken by-the prison commission Wednesday, despite the fact that it has not yet 1 been able to select a successor to the * deputy warden, and will not do so un- c tiliSeptember 7. j * VARDADMAN AND CRITS !. Have Another Neck and Neck Race H for Goveronr of Mississippi. Whether James K. Vardaman or : Frank A, Critz has been elected gover- ' ( no*-of Mississippi in the second stace 1 primary, held Thursday, is an open j . question and will not be known until ! returns are received from the interior . counties. It is conceded mat the win- j, ner will have not more than 3,000 i votes to spare. Early returns from j , that delta indicated the election of j Vardaman, but later returns from j south Mississippi render it uncertain j ^ who will get the lion s share of the , Noel vote. ??????????? ^HOLIDAY PROCLAMATION. Governor of Gecfgia Asks Observance | of Labor Day, September 7. Governor Terrell, of Georgia, Wed nesday, issued his proclamation do- I claring Monday, September 7. which i is designated by act of the legislatu 'e j as Labor day, a legal holiday. Tfc** governor urges that all places i where labor is employe;! be closed oo [ that day. FREE TRADE BEING URGED. I Cubans Clamoring for Reciprocity J With the Uniited States. Cuban interest in reciprocity with the United States, which has been languishing for several months, is re- i viving. The Havana newspapers are urging the Cubans, in spite of thoir j previous discouragement, to again join i hands with the friends of reciprocity j in the United States in an endeavor to make the approval of the reciproc- : ity treaty with the United States certain. V> TRAIN BLOWN TO ATOMS. Insurgents In Macedonia Resort to 1 Dastardly Plan of Warfare?Seven Killed and Fifteen Hurt. Advices from Sofia, Bulgaria, state that an eastbound express train from 1 Budapest for Constantinople was 1 blown up near i^uleali Bargas, about ' 25 miles south of Adrianople, early 1 Thursday morning, killing seven per- 1 sons and injuring fifteen. i Dynamite bombs were used. Every car was smashed. Apparently the out' j rage was the work of revolutionists who traveled on the train. The bomb which wrecked the train < was thrown by a third-class passen- i ger who was in the buffet car. Omy , two cars were destroyed. The dead . include two Mussulman women, two , children and tnree trainmen. , The continued absence of news from , the interior of Macedonia, where is a ?J f A!nrrro nil. ? WIUfSpi tNAU 1UIC1 l uyuuu Ul. Itltjjl o.yu I ic communication is causing much un- { easiness to Turkish officials in Sofia, , and much unrest among the public. [ The difficulties of getting anything ] but rumors from the interior of Tur* \ key or any other part of the country ( are very great. "When a correspondent finally succeeds in getting througn, . the difficulties have only tommenced. < is not allowed to move without nn ] escort, which carefully prevents him . seeing or "hearing anything. The cor- ( respondents who went to Monastir ] during the disables earlier in the j year were surrounded by a guard j which, under the guise of hospitality ( and care for their safety, prevented them getting near the fighting or oii- j er newsy incidents?In short, pra^tl- j sally kept them prisoners. The tele- . graph wires, of course, are not open . to correspondents except for news sat- ( [sfactory to the Turks. Letters are < apened and suppressed if considered < undesirable. t MINISTERS SCORE ROOSEVELT. t . ( Protest Against that Message of Con- . dolence on PopcV Death. i The New .York and New England ministerial conference of the Evangel- 1 cal Lutheran synod of Missouri, Ohio 1 md other states, in session in Utija, t Y., Thursday adopted resolutions saving that? J "Whereas, The letter 01 the consti:ution of the United States demands a separation of church and state, and :he principles always upheld by the Roman papacy are diametrically op>osed to our governmental principles; ?nd, "Whereas, It is clear that the presilent and other officials in sending coniolences to the papal secretary of c state on the death o? Leo XIII, paying c their respects, have taken it upon ] themselves without any authorization t )f this country, without uistinction cf , :onfession, and have thereby actually ^ lenied the go/ernmental principles f or which the fathers of our country, j sled and died, have abused their of- j ice and violated the trust and coufi- ^ ience reposed in them by the people; herefore, be it r "Resolved, 'ihat we, satisfied that ? n this we are voicing the sentiment >f all loyal Americans, do most ear lestly . and emphatically protest { tgainst any action taken by the presilent and other public officials with eference to the demise of the late )ope, whereby they accorded official ecognition of the papacy.'' Copies of these resolutions, signed 8 >y the committee,, were sent to Presi- c lent Roosevelt and to Secretary Hay. ( . : FOURTH RACE A FLUKE. dearth of Wind Forestalls Contest Be- 1 tween Reliance and Shamrock. a With Reliance iess than a third of a nile from the finish and Shamrock 3 II hull down on the horizon, fully two niles astern of the defender the ourth race of the present series for s he America's cup was declared off r Thursday because of the expiration of I he time limit of five hours and thirty I ninutes. t ? ; Rich Gold Find in Mexico. ^ A dispatch from Oaxaca City, Mcx- f co, says:* Excitement is at fever heat s >ver the finding of a wonderfully rich ? ;old deposit at Ejutla. c REBELS ROUTED BY TdJhKS. Insurgents Literally Cut to Fragments I by Heavy Artillery Fire. Advices from Saloncia state that :he Bulgarian insurgents sustained a < severe reverse at Smilovo Friday, j 1,000 of the mbeing killed. The insurgents to the number of 1,000 occupied a position on a height, which was stormed by six battalions < if Turkish troops commanded by Ser- < vet Pasha. After losing 1,000 of their. : lumber, the Bulgarians fled in the. < race of the heavy Turkish artilleiy 5 TNi?-l.r?cV? lAcefto xi*orn inciVni, , lil t;. X lie 1 uw\iou iu.joi.,) II viv Scant. PROPOSITION TOO EXPENSIVE. One Georgia County Decides Not to Take Away State Convicts. Muscogee county, Ga., won't take any felony convicts from the state. The board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county so declared at a called meeting held in Columbus, Friday The board considered that felony convicts were too expensive a proposition. EMPLOY WHITE LONGSHOREMEN Strike at Brunswick, Ga., Develops no Serious Features. There were no developments Thursday in the strike of the longshorem3n at RrnriRwiek. Ga.. only that a number of the lumber companies succeeded in securing hands, other than those who are members of the labor union, to go to work. It is now stated that the local lumbermen will secure white men to do the work. GEORGIA'S TAX RATE. Governor Terrell andN Comptroller Wright Make the Figure Five Mills, or Rather $5.00 on the $1,000. For every $1,000 ^orth of property returned for taxation in the state of Georgia this year the sum of $5 must be paid. Comptroller General Wright and Governor Terrell met Wednesday morning and fixed the state tax rate at 5 mills, or rather $5 on the $1,000. And even at this figure there will be a deficit in the treasury unless there is a balance left over this year, ar unless some unexpected taxes come in. It is believed, however, by the :ime all the collections are made, and all the extra taxes are paid in there tvill be enough to meet the deficit svhich, according to the present fig ?l a. firo AT ? .ires, win ciiiiuuiil The figures on which the rate was based are as follows: From franchises, $2S,500,000. Increase from property $22,004,946. The total increase of the returns this year over last year amounts to $51,104,946, wh-le :he whole value of all taxable properly in the state is put at $518,415,592. kt the rate of $5 per $1,000 on this imount the total revenue from this source will be $2,642,077. From this, lowcver, must be deducted $127,133 Evhich is estimated as the' cost of the collections at the rate of 5 per cent Heretofore 7 per cent has been alowed for collections, but this year it s believed that 5 per cent will carry jut the cost. The subtraction of the cost of colectlon from the revenue to be derived Tom the special levy will leave a balince cf $2,414,974. To this will tfe idded $410,000, which is derived from >ther sources than direct levy and >45,000, which is received as a professional tax, making a grand total of ill :he state's revenue of $2,869,974. The appropriations by the legisla:ure for next year amount to $3,023,)00. The revenues to be collected wiil lot amount to this much and, as stated, there will be a deficit of $158,025. The levy made is divided up as folows: For general purposes 2,96 nills. For the Dublic schools 1.82; for .he sinking fund .22 mills. The rate last year was $5.30 on the U,000. CLOUDBURSTS GALORE. Enormous Damage Done at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Various Points in State of Kansas. Two cloudbursts Wednesday night iestroyed hundreds of thousands of lollars worth of property in Council Shifts, Iowa. The first storm turned he streets of the city into torrents ind hundreds of families in the lower iistricts of the city were removed rom their homes with difficulty. Mauy >usiness houses were flooded by the irst storm and the damage to stocks vill amount to thousands. Another storm later in the evening aised the water still higher and many itores were badly damaged. The loss in Council Bluffs alone is estimated easily at $50G,000. The rainall for twenty-four hours amounted to ;ix inches. Kansas Towns Flood-Swept. A special from Frankfort, Kans., iays: Damage to farms in Nemeha md Marshal counties by Tuesday's iloudburst is greater than at first es*?A-J ? J it, .stonor) of e~nn nnn lIIlcilt?U ?111U iiuw 10 piav/Vu t*i. yvvv^vw* Jreat quantities of grain were swept iway, while many farmers lost all heir cattle and hogs, according to retorts brought in Wednesday. Business it Frankfort is at a standstill. - Dozens of bridges have been washed iway. Storm in St, Louis. A severe electrical storm which iwept over St. Louis early Wednesday esulted in heavy property damage, ''ires were started in many different tortions of the city by lightning. Two >ox cars on the 'Frisco tracks filled vith matches were struck and burned. Vithin two hours 1.92 inches of rain ell. The sewers became clogged and itreets flooded. The loss from fire tnd water will total many thousands )f dollars. No fatalities are reported. FOR PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS. Mew Education Measure Provides $72,000 for First Year's Expenses. A Manila special says: The new education bill has just become a law. [t appropriates the sum of $72,000 to sover the expenses of the first year. It further provides that one hundred of the best qualified students, securing at least 75 per cent on each subject at an., annual examination, shall have the privilege of going to the United States to complete their education at institutions designated by the governor. ELDER TAKEN FOR VAGRANT. Colored Preacher Bound Over Under the New Georgia Law. At Ocilla, Ga., Judge Henaerson bound over five negroes charged with vagrancy under the new Calvin law. Among them was a negro preacher, who produced his papers showing that he was a presiding elder of the Metho dist church. He claimed thrt he had twenty-two churches under his charge BORER RIDDLES COTTON BOLLS. Appearance of New Enemy Causes Consternation Among Farmers. Considerable consternation was created upon plantations near Americus, Ga., Monday, by the discovery of boring insects which are fairly riddling cotton bolls. Bushels of bolls, completely destroyed, were exhibited from various sections of Sumter county, and opinion is greatly divided as to whether the devastating insect is the ordinary boll worm or the Texas boll weevil. CONSUL NOT KILLED The Attempt, However, Was Made to Assassinate Him. WARSHIPS GO ANYHOW Roosevelt Determined to Chow "Unspeakable Turk" that Lives and Property of Americans Will be Protected ?t Any Cost According to advices from Constantinople it transpires that the report that United States Vice Consul Magelssen was killed is incorrect. An unknown individual fired at nim and the bullets passed close to him, but did not touch him. The vail of Beirut flfforwards visited Vice Consul Magels sen, expressed his regrets for the outrage and ordered measures for the arrest of the perpetrator. The error in stating that Vice Consul Magelssen had been killed arose from a mistake in the cipher telegram. Attack Premeditated. In response to a telegram of inquiry regarding the reported assassination of Vice Consul Magelssen at Beiruit, Syria, Mr. Freyer, treasurer of the board of the Presbyterian missions at Beirut, has cabled to the Associated Press as follows: i "Beirut, Syria, August 28.?Though the attack made on Vice Consul Magelssen was .evidently premeditated, the bullets missed him and he escaped uninjured. FREYER." Ships Not Recalled. A dispatch from Oyster Bay says: President Roosevelt Friday night received through the state department at Washington confirmation of the Associated Press dispatches from Constantinople and Beirut which show that the report of the assassination of Vice Consul Magelssen at Beirut Is an error. I The president will not countermand thp order to Rear Admiral Cotton to j proceed with the cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco and the gun boat Machias to Turkish waters. The attack on Mr. Magelssen is regarded as an incident which points to the necessity of a demonstration which will have the effect of insuring the protec- I tion cf Americans in the Turkish em- I pire. J The president expressed gratifica- j tion that Consul Magelssen had escaped without injury from the assault of the would-be murderer. For several hours'Friday President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hay were in conference at Sagamore Hill. They discussed every suggested phase of the situation in TurKey. At 11 o'clock Friday night a telegram was received by Secretary Locb from Acting Secretary of State Uoo-nis at Washington communicating the text of a cablegram from Minister Leischman at Constantinople, confirming the Associated Press report of. the inaccuracy of the report of Consul Magelssen's assassination. As soon as the message from the department was disciphered Secretary Loeb communicated its contents to the president by telephone. The text of Minister Leischmau's cablegram has not been made public. It can be said to be the purpose of President Roosevelt to afford American citizens in the distnrbed provinces of Turkey all the protection possible. For that reason and for ethers, which may develop in a short time, the decision is reached that no change at this time will be made in the orders to the EiTVpean squadron. Admiral Cotton will proceed with his vessels to Turkish waters with the idea of safeguarding fully Americans and American interests. Cruisers Proceed to Turkey. Nice, France, August 28.?The United States cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco left Villefranche at 8 o'clock this evening for Genoa and Beirut. Negro Association Holds Rally. The Colored National Emigration and Commercial Association of Georgia concluded a two days' grand rally at Valdosta Wednesday night. NEW GLOBE-GIRDLING RECORD. Henry Frederick Makes Tour Around the World in Fifty-Four Days. Henry Frederick, who left New York city on July 2d on the steamer Beutschland for a tour around the wnrid with the hone of breaking the record for the shortest time consumed in circling the globe, returned to New York last Wednesday night on the New York Central railroad. Mr. Frederick had been successful in his endeavor, having made the circuit in fifty-four days, seven hours and twenty minutes. RELIANCE WAS LEADING. While Boats Were Well Under Way the Wind Died Down. A New York dis-patch says: Monday morning the Reliance demonstrated her superiority to Shamrock in any kind of weather. On account of the heavy seas the boats were forty-five minutes late in starting. Aftei the start was made, however, the wind died down and there was no finish. SIX LYNCHERS CONVICTED. nf namville Illinois. Mob Come to Grief in Court. At Danville, Ills., Saturday night, the jury ?n the case of the eight men on trial for participation in the riJts f of July 25, when the jail was attacked and a negro lynched, brought in a ver: diet finding all guilty except William Redwine and Clay Riddles. The latter is only 16 years old. The jury had the case "under consideration since noon on Friday. tTHENEWSOFAWEEK | | IN SOUTH amiNA.t Negro Kills Another. At Seneca, last oaturday night, Jim Thompson, a brick mason, struck MaJur Alexander, a plasterer, with a sticK, from the effects of which he died a few hours later. Both parties are negroes. Thompson claims self defense. *% Compress Company Organized. The Charleston Compress and Wharf Company was organized a few days ago with a capital stock of $30,000. The promoters are R. G. Rhett, J. F. Maybank and W. E. ringer. Several days, ago these gentlemen leased from the Charleston Terminal Company, the Union compress anil wharves, for a long period of years. The property will be Improved and a general compressing business will be done. Mr. Huger will nave charge of the management of the compress. * Will Not Be Abandoned. There is a report current in shipping circles at Charleston to the effect that the United Fruit Company would abandon its business in the city because of the recent destruction of its plantations in Jamaica. Officials of the company vigorously denied the rumor, declaring that the Charleston business of the fruit company has projen to be large, ever increasing and profitable. One member said that the company would for the time being discontinue the importation of fruits, but that the office would be maintained a3 a distributing point, orders being filled from tho importations made at Mobile and New Orleans. * ? t! May Make Big Improvements. The announcement of the loan of between $8,000,000 and $7 000,000 to the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company by a New York banking syndicate, said t<fbe for the purpose of improviug the plants of the company, has given rise to rumors of proposed improvements of the plants in Charleston as well as the concentration of the manufacture of iertilizer at an enormous plant to be erected at Feteressa, 7 miles from Charleston on the Atlantic Coast Line road, where the rock V. 1.1 js: i. f?? K WOUld De ihkou aiieui ju urn iuc vi uouer and made into fertilizer, saving the cost of handling and transportation to the present plants. * ? Camden Ice Plant Resumes. The Camden Water, Light and Ice Company has resumed the manufacture of ice, after a suspension of that industry for more than a year. This company Is also rapidly completing its splendid water works plant in Kirkwood, Camden's beautnul suburb.. Tbe town is now being supplied with filtered water and the entire system will be completed in the course of a few weeks. This plant, mode m and superior in its equipment, is generally commented upon for its complete and perfect arrangement, and Camden can boast of an abundant supply of pure water and of a system of water works the equal of any to be found in the state. * * Sharpers Ensnare Crum. A Charleston dispatch says: In audition to his various troubles as collector of the port, W. D. Crum has allowed the famous Daniels gang of New York operators of "get rich quick" schemes, to fasten their fangs into him. Another Charleston victim is Aionzo C. Cambridge, colored, a cigar maker by trade. It is not known how much money Crum and Cambridge are out of pocket, but the list of victims in the possession of the assistant district attorney of New York state, who is prosecuting the case against Daniels, includes the names of Collector Crum and Cambridge. * * o Warrants Served on Constables. 3tate Constables Bateman and May, who took part in the raid on R. D. Wieters' store in Charleston several days ago, resulting in the serious beating of R. D. Wieters and an attack upon A. W. Wieters, have been served with a warrant charging them with aggravated assault and battery wi:h intent to kill. The warrant was sworn out before Magistrate Oshaughnessy by A. \V". Wieters. The warrant alleges on information and belief that on the night of August 22, at 82 Calhoun street, J. F. Bateman and J. A. May did commit an assault upon A. W. Wieters with intent to kill, using pistols and billies or short clubs, beating the said A. W. Wieters over the head and body, infMrtintr sprions wounds and that Ba'e man and May did intend to commit murder. * * Peonage Case at Spartanburg. The first case of peonage in South Carolina has developed near Spartanburg. A few days ago United States Commissioner McGowen bound over to the United States district court E. C. Daniells on the charge of violating the federal peonage laws. Daniells is a prominent and wealthy farmer residing about five miles from Spartanburg. Bond was placed at $1,000. The accusation was made by E. C. Kirby, a neighbor of Daniells', wnu claims that Daniells kept a negro boy named Leonard Brown in practical slavery for five years. He says and swore before the commissioner that Daniells worked the boy severely and barely recompensed him I with the absolute necessities of life. ! When the boy would try and recover his freedom by running away, the farmer would follow him up, take h:m b-r-k and inhumanly beat him, swore Kirby and other witnesses. Kirby was corroborated by other neighbors of Danielis. 4 Daniells' defense was that the boy, who is without relatives, was bound to his (Daniells') brothers by the county commissioners, and that the charge was transferred to him the present defendant. He denied having mistreated the negro. The commissioner, after hearing tne case bound Mr. Daniells over to the October term of the United States court, which will be held in Greenville. Bond was promptly given. The subject of the peonage case ,the boy, is being looked after by the commission-* ert having been taken from the farm. < ill11*11111111111141II>1 o || ::Cream of News.;; It M T T HI T 111M Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each t)ay. ?Anpiston, Ala., is to get a million dollar steel plant, now located at Pittsburg. ?E. C. Daniels, a prominent planter - ? * - i i ? of Spartanburg, a. U., nas Deeu wuu?* over on a charge of nolding a negro boy in Involuntary servitude. ?In Person county, North Carolina, groans were heard coming from the coffin of a woman who had been shipped a long distance. She was alive, but died in a short time. ?William J. Bryan has canceled his engagements to speak in Ohio. No reason is given for his action. ?At Laredo, Texas, a rigid quarantine is being maintained against Mexico on account of yellow fever in the latter country. ?Harvey Logan, the train robber, who escaped from jail at Knoxville, Tenn., has returned to Montana and is trying to hold up trains. ?Robbers entered the Office of the Chicago Street Railway Company Sunday morning, killed two employes, wounded two others, secured $3,000 and escaped. ?Steps are being taken to merge the six structural trades, with 600,000 members, into a great council. It is hoped to abolish strikes by the merger. ?Members of the Society of the Army of the Philippines are gathering at St. Paul for their annual reunion. The soutn will be well represented. ?The liquor dealers of New York have passed resolutions denouncing Mayor Low, and announce that they will enter the city campaign to fight their enemies. ?Secretary Shaw is going to St. Louis to see if the exposition direc? A- A AAA AAA TM tors nave expenaea ^iu,uuv,uvu. u they have, the government appropriation 0^5,000,000 will be turned over. ?An Austrian gunboat foundered off the coast of Spain. Only eleven of the 104 men on board were saved. ?Since the Macedonian outbreaks, the ' ultan of Turkey sleeps at a cost of $!* night for guards. His weekly domestic expenses are $80,000. ?Secretary of War Elihu Root, Hannis Taylor and Judge Ackinscn have arrived in England for meetings of the Alaskan boundary commission. ?One thousand insurgents were killed in battle with the Turkish troops Friday. New outbreaks are reported in the disturbed districts. ?Muscogee county, Ga., declines to take any felony convicts from the state to work her roads. ?Pension inspectors are looking for Mrs. Mollie Melton at Savannah, Ga., charging that she drew pension as brother's widow. ?Major Vardaman's majority In . the Mississippi gubernatorial primary may reach 10,000. ?At Charleston, S. C., negro undertakers engage in a fist fight over a corpse that each claimed for burial. ?With the approach of the session of the Alabama legislature, Governor Jelks-U preparing to slash appropriations. ?The McCormack family, of Chicago, has endowed the new science hali of Washington and Lee university with a gift of $10,i>00. ?Governor Aycock, of North Carolina, will request the governors of Virginia and south to join him In an appeal to Roosevelt to move on the tobacco trust, ?At McFarland, Kans., six bandils robbed the Rock Island depot, after locking the employes in the refrigerator. -?Information has reached Washington that Consul Magelssen was not killed as reported. He was fired at, but escaped uninjured. ?In the interstate shoot at Savannah, Ga., the cavalry carbine match was won by the Governor's Horse Guards the regimental team match by the Savannah Volunteer Guards, and the visitors' match by tne Sumter Guards, of Charleston. ?Mimic war between the army and navy is under way. General Chaffee arrived at Portland, Me. Sunday. ?Turkey yields to the demands of Russia and the Russian squadron has been withdrawn from Turkish waters. ?The result of the Humbert trial in Franco, has caused a feeling of re lief among the lower classes, who fear ed there would be a verdict of ac quittal. ?Governor Terrell, of Georgia re fused to respite Robert Cawtkome who is to be hanged for poisoning R J. Tucker. COLOMBIANS TO RECONSIDER. Senate to Resume Consideration of the Subject of Canal Treaty. Unofficial, but what is considered entirely reliable information, has been ! received by Dr. Herran, the Colombian j charge d'affaires in Wasnington, in'di, eating an intention on the part of the i Colombian senate to resufne consider{ ation of the subject of a Panama canal treaty in place of the one disapproved by that body on the 12th instant This shows a decided change in the urn of affairs and the matter may yett be carried to a successful conclusion. PORTE NUI HtiiPUNSIBLt. Chekib Bey, Turkish Minister at Washington, Has Long Conference With Secretary Hay. Chekib Bey, the Turkish minister at Washington, had a long interview Monday with Secretary Hay. He refused to discnss the interview, stating that he had nothing to communicate, further than what appeared in the Associated Press dispatches. After the interview Secretary Hay visited the navy department. Chekib Bey assured Secretary Hay that the Turttish government had done nothing wrong, ond will use every endeavor to protect American citizens residing in. Turkey. He also discussed the conditions of the insurrection in Turkey, and said that the Turkish government was not responsible for any of the disasters-that had occurred. Secretary Hay'g call upon Acting Secretary of the Navy Darling was for the purpose of ascertaining the whereabouts of the European squadron. and also what their orders are. There is no intention of changing any orders at present, especially as the ships'cannot be reached until they arrive at Beirut. Magelssen's Life Attempted. Late dispatches *rom Minister Leishman give in detail the conditions in Turkey, and do not differ materially in tone from those previously sent. Minister Leishman does not, as reported in same quarters, request the withdrawal of the American ships from Turkish waters. While reports by way of London state that no attempt was made upon the life of Vice Consul Magelssen, official advices so far received, sljow that such an attempt was made. The present stilus was known before the ships left Genoa, and this government did not decide to change the orders. It is now stated, however, that should there be a calm and peaceful condition at Beirut when tne ships arrive, the matter of sending them to another port will be considered and possibly adopted. The Turkish minister mode no request of Secretary Hay, at the interview .ionday, regarding the movement of United States war vessels, and nothing in this* matter was promised by the state department. ? ^ I fr t HEDGED WITH RED TAPE. ___ ] Georgia Quartermaster General Has a Big Job on His Hands. General A. J. West, quartermaster . > .. ^ i general of Georgia state troops, has returned to Atlanta from Washington, where he went to learn what he wonld i have to do before paying out the $28,000 which he has in his possession for the purpose of meeting-the expenses of the recent state encampment. General West found that there was an endless mass of red tape, which has to be unwound, before the money ean be disbursed, and that the adjutant general's office has got to do all over ! again the work already done as a supposed preliminary to the disbursement! of this fund. CANAL OR A REVOLUTION. People on Isthmus of Panama Threaten a Serious Revolt. The spirit of revolution is gaining in force on the Isthmus of Panama as the result of the rejection of the canal treaty by the Colombian congress at Bogota, says a New York Times dispatch from Panama. Only vigorous action on the part of the government can prevent an outbreak, the correspondent asserts, and' It is doubtful whether such action is possible. Textile Strikers Back at Work. At Philadelphia, Monday, all the atriing employes, about 2,200, C* the textile mills, operated by John and James Dobbins, with the exception of 100 setters and thirty printers in the carpet department, returned to, work. Bryan Explains His Action. William J. Bryan states that it was press of business that led to the postponement of his speaking tour with Mayor Tom L. Johnson. Three of tne dates will be filled and three will be postponed until October. THE ALASKAN COMMISSION. Arrives in London and is Prepared for a Busy Meeting. Secretary of War Elihu Root, exSecretary of State John W. Foster, Hannis Taylor ?-nd Judge John M. Dickinson arrived at Liverpool on the Celtic Sunday for the meetings of the Alaskan boundary commission. They were received by Mr. -etherick," assistant United States dispatch agent, on behalf of the American embassy. The party went directly to London. The Canadian commissioners are also on hand. CALEB POWERS ON STAND. Declares H? Had no Part in the At* sassination of Goebel. At Georgetown, Ky? Thursday night, before an audience packing the Scott county cour: house to the doors, Caleb Pnwor* r?n trial for the murder of I A V? V* W| WM v _ Goebel, spoke for two hours In his own defense, declaring his Innocence of the charges against Mm and pleading for his acquittal. OIL MEN MEET. Independent Owners in Georgia Merge Interests at Secret Gathering. The independent cotton seed oil mill owners of Georgia convened in Macon Wednesday afternoon and uelore an adjournment had been accomplished another combine was launched upon the commercial seas of the south. It was with the greatest secrecy and care the deliberations of the independent mill owners came together, did their w<yfc and then went their way. uAolKUAN INllKAIt -M Venezuela President Treats Foreigners With Injustice. MERCHANTS IMPRISONED Not Satisfied With the .Universal .>^8 Racsket He Recently Created, ;t Hit Nibs Seems Bent on More Mischief. Advices from Willemstad, Island oC Curacoa, under Monday's date, stats that harsh injustice is being meted out to foreigners residing in the istterioc^aHII of Venezuela where the local authorities are hunting down all foreigners who dare to present claims against Venezuela in accordance with the recent protocol. New Coro & local tribunal refused to accept the testimony of five Italians On the latter insisting on tender- ^ big their deposition, three were arreafcv-jsjM ed and thrown Into Jail. Two of them attempted to escape and were flri^^BSHa| upon one being killed. The Venezuelan government does not deny this occurrence but is doing nothing to prs-^jS^H vent repetitions. It is learned on good authority that letters sent to foreigners from the Italian and other legations instructing ?|||| them to send m their claims were set*- ' '-M ed in the post so as to prevent the " ^ claims from arriving in Caracas.in due Foreigners Hanged In Effigy. Nbwa comes frost. Cum una, Venesuela, that a gibbet was erected.. in a street of that city Sunday on which was hanged an efclgy represents a | foreigner and the popnlace bbat the dummy with sticks amid shouts of Death to foreigners." Two leading traders, M. Palaxsi, a Frenchman, and Herr Sprick, a German, were recently arrested in Civdad Bolivar by order of President Castrtv . for refusing to pay their taxes, which had already been collected by the revolutionists during the letter's occupation of the city. Many other persons were also arrested on the same charge. The French and German ministers st Caracas protested and obtained the immediate release of their feUow-eouptryGeneral Rolando and 200 rebel oftcers, who were captured at Chtdad Bolivar, have arrived at Maracaiba They are Incarcerated In the Fortress of San Carlos with their feet in irons. >:3? HELD ON PEONAGE CHARGE. Wealthy Turpentine Man of Alabama Bound Over by Court. The charge of peonage against Ma rion Priestwood, a wealthy turpentine :cM man, has been heard before United '' .|S States Commissioner Tutwiler, at Troy, Ala., with the result that the de> ;^Ji fendant, his son, who was the committing magistrate in the case, and Will Goodson, a tenant, who acted as constable were bound over to await 7 the action of the federal grand jury. The evidence before the commission- '"gam er alleged great-abuse of the victim, Bob English, a white man, and nls two sons, involving practical starvation p and other hardships for a family of ten | persons for many months. CONDITIONS WILL FORCE WAR: Clash Between Turkey and Bulgaria Cannot be Avoided. A dispatch of Montay from Sofia, .. M Bulgaria, says: Both in official and. revolutionary circles the opinion is freeiy held that war between Bulgaria and Turkey is imminent and can be averted by nothing short of a miracle. It is not expected 'hat either government will formally declare hostilities, but that the prevailing conditions will force on a war. There is no question, that large numbers of insurgents have recently cro3* ed the frontier. An extensive out* break in northern Macedonia is possiI ble any day. Cle'flc Geddes Loses His Job. Andrew Geddes, for some years ch-ef clerk of the department of agriculture In Washington, has been relieved of. office on charges of a personal nature. J|j V5CTIM8 OF VAGRANCY LAW. Atlanta Officials Rigorously Enforcing New Georgia 8tatute. il Forty^even men and women charged with vagrancy were sent to the Tower in Atlanta Monday by Recorder Sroyles. This swells the grand total of alleged vagrants close up to the one hundred mark, the exact number be- ^ ing 98. The majority of the prisoners held -4: on the charge of vagrancy were white men, the police having rawea certain ??. questionable localities early Sunday i morning and locked up all the men they found making disreputable abodes their home. 6TEAMER8 FOR "ELLEN N.? 8hlpa Secured to Ply Between Florida and Porte of Southern Europe. Within thirty days a line of steam- j era established by the Louisville and J Nashville Railroad Company will be v-l In or er at ion between Pensacola, Fla^ -4 and the most important porta of southern Europe. The arrangements for the lite of steamers were concluded with the Austro-American steam ship line. _ r AAfaasaai MB OeiiiTV TDUDU ttynfflrtn rvn mm on Begin* Political Career Where ^ Hi* Noted Father Started Oat Colonfel A. P. Gorman, Jr., the onlf * ' son of United States Senator A. P. Gorman, was nominated by the Howard county, Maryland, democratic v convention for the state senate, having won a decisive victory, ovey hts opponents. Colonel Gorman is SO years of age and begins hia political career where his father began thirty yean ?*?. -