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| The Bamberg Herald. "" :?j J. ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER. 22.J 1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. 'j||j " - _ ' 1 ?? 5 COOO CITIZENSHIP fe rwV " ? " Is Set Forth from Viewpoint of Ex-President Cleveland. I MAKES BANQUET SPEECH Sft Dirty Politics and Perverted Patriotism Tersely Handled and Remedy tv-"> Suggested?Enthusiastic Reception. ^ "Give to our people something that r will concentrate their common affection and solicitous care, and let that Hp* ^ - y he the country's good; give them a purpose thai stimulates them to unite In lofty endeavor, and let that purpose b8 a demonstration of the efficiency and beneficence of our popular rule." pir: This wag the solution offered by former President Grover Cleveland, pg A remedy for corrupt politics, in a speech before the member* of the Commercial Club of Chicago at their annual - banquet given Wednesday :l. night. ~ He received an enthusiastic reception by the two hundred banqueters when he appeared at the speaker's tap ble. ^ Mr. Cleveland took as his topic, "Good Citizenship," prefacing his remarks by saying that he understood himself to be under bond "to keep the peace, if possible, by eschewiDg politics." Jfle likened the too prevalent in. difference of citizens to their political di&es to the disposition often manifested&by the members of our churches, wfeb, * "having made profession of their jiith and joined the church, appear think their duty done when they liye honestly, attend worship reg' . ularly|apd contribute liberally to ? churc^ support." L Of |bef odious and detestable evils that sfre 'threatening our national life ?the $pen and notorious corruption of the suffrage, the buying and selling of political places for money, the purchase^of political favors and privil leges,p|nd the traffic in official duty for : personal gain?Mr. Cleveland spoke at ? some ?ngth, saying in part: "Th&se things are confessedly comm?!L ' ?KgJX*. intelligent man knows that have grown from small beglnnixj|s until they have reached fe frightfil;proportions of malevolence; if; * and ?t^ respectable citizens by the I thousands and hundreds of thousands g have Jpoked on with perfect calmness. and Tsjith hypocritical cant have de1 elare(^they-ar^ not politicians, or with silly fcretensions of faith in- our strength and luck, have languidly ^ claim^fTihlt^e country ^as prosperous, equal to any emergency, and proof against all danger. "Resulting from these conditions in ft a manner not difficult to trace, whole some national sentiment is threatened with utter perversion." In touching upon the relations of labor and capital, he said: "We now see its worst manifestation in the-apparently incorrigible dislocation of the proper relation between .labor and capital. This of itself is sufficiently distressing; but thoughtful men are not without dread * of sadder developments yet to come. There has also grown up among our people a disregard for th > restraints of laws* and a disposition to evade Its ? limitation?, while querulous strictures *: concerning the action of our courts tend to undermine popular faith in the ? course of justice; and last, hut by no means least, complaints of imaginary or axeggerated shortcomings in our financial policies, furnish an excuse for the flippant exploitation of ail sorts of monetary nostrumsi "I -hasten to give assurance that I have not spoken in a spirit of gloomy pessimism. I shall be the last of all our people to believe that the saving grace of patriotism among my countrymen is dead or will always sleep. I know that its timely revival and activity means the realization of the loftiest hopes of a free nation. Good Men Must Arouse. "It is as clear as noonday that If . the patriotism of our people is to be aggressively vigorous and equal to our national preservation, and if politics ie to subserve a high purpose instead of degenerating tc the level of a cunning game, our good men in every walk of life must arouse themselves to consciousness that the safety and best interests of their country involve every other interest: and that by service in the field of good citizenship they not only do patriotic duty, but in a direct way save for themselves the share of benefits due them from our free institutions. Slayer of Boy Lynched. Walter Jackson, the convicted murWinnv UimV a fi-vpar-oM hnv uciu U1 X X/UVU) ? V , was taken from jail at Hamilton. Mont.. Tuesday night by a mob and lynched. C: FOUR DIE IN FLAMES. Disastrous Conflagration in Town of Aberdeen, State of Washington. Fire that burned from 9 Friday morning until 2 o'clock In the afternoon caused four deaths and destroyed property valued at $1,000,000 in the town of Aberdeen, Wash. It wiped out the main business street of the town, which is built mostly of wood. Six persons were -"njured. Ten business blocks were destroyed. r i CUBAN LOAN SECURED. I General Menocal's Visit to New York Was Entirely Successtul. General Mario Menocal. member oi . the Cuban commission, which has fbeen negotiating in New York city for the last month for a loan of $35,000, O' O, sailer Saturday on the steamer Moro Castle,*for Havana. Contra y to *<po~'.s, Menocal an nounced before starting that money tc pay the Cuban veterans had practical- , ly already been obtained. W. . <: # I THE NEWS OF A WEEK t | IN SOUTH CAROLINA.? New Industries Reported. The Chattanooga Tradesman shows ' iho following new industries establish- j yd in South South Carolina during the ! part week: Columbia, $1 0,000 laun- i dry to be rebuilt; Greenville, $5,000 ?umber comjany; Liberty, thread mill; Spartanburg, $25,000 furniture facto* :y; Walterboro, telephone system. m * Man's Tongue Was Cut Out. A homicide occurred in Orangeburg aunty the past week, growing out cf he Tillman trial at Lexington. A. C. Turner, a wriness for the prosecution n the Tillman case, was forced into a difficulty by ? man named Bnsby. Gun,er cat Busby's throat, the wounded nan's tongue being cut out. $ * * Heavy Damages Awarded. In the court of common pleas at Abbeville the past week, in the case >f R. A. Richey against the Southern Railway Company, Les Moore, conducor, and the Columbia and Greenvi'ie railway for damages, the jury returned i verdict for $12,500 in favor of the plamtiff. Richey was an engineer and was hurt at Hodges about a year ago. * * \ Many Divines Engaged. Until the present year the students of the college were dependent for Sunday preaching upon the pastorsi of con* gregations local to Clemson, with whom arrangements were generally made to hold a Sunday service in the college chapel. But the board of trustees at the close of the last year votea an appropriation ior tne purpose and directed the faculty of the college to supply the chapel with min isters selected from the state at large to represent every denominatnn, a different minister 'for each Sun lay, tips enabling the students in 'he c\ . rst of a year to see and hear ;he most noted divines in the state of all denominations. * Rof! of South Carolina Veterans. Col. M. P. Tribble. who is collecting ihe Confederate rolls of South Carolina, under direction of the secretary of war, has sent to the members of the general assembly a report of the meeting held in Atlanta recently. Considerable difficulty has been encountered in collecting tnese rolls, as the holders do not wisfi to part with them. For this reasonitbe collectors will petition tho secretafyvof war fo be allowed to use certified copies of originals in cases where the latter cannot be procured. ? * Proposed New County.. The petitoners for the new county of Hammond, in South Carolina, with North Augusta as county site, recite that the population of the area within the proposed boundary lines is 15.000, that the area is 405 square miles, and the taxable property of the proposed county is $2,500,000. The report from Aiken county's auditor shows that the value of the tax abie property of the proposed councv will foot* up $2,991,355. Governor Hey ward has the pe'.iiion for an election under considerau-m and will issue an order as soon as b9 gets reports from Edgefield and Barn well counties. * * ? Young Ellerbe an Evangelist. A Chicago dispatch says: A /">nng man with a strong, highbred countenance. and a refined southern accent, preaches the gospel daily on the corner of Clark and Madison streets. He is the on of a former governor of South Carolina, Wilfred Ellerbe. He says he is the happiest man in Chicago. "I made no sacrifice in giving up my old life," he says,/'and the luxury of my father's home for the sake of spreading the gospel. "I am poor now, it is true, but I have found- real happiness." Ellerbe is a strong, well-muscled young fellow with refinement and good breeding in every tone of his voice He sleeps in a west side hotel ia the poorest tenement district and pracaes on the curbstone at Clark and Madison streets each evening to all who will listen. * * Three Held on Peonage Charge. R. W. and Foster Prultt, farmer.-, and John W. Neece, their overseer, cf Anderson county, white, were arrested a few days ago charged with violating the federal peonage laws by unlawfully retiring Bill McFall, a negro, to work and for whipping the ne gro once. They were given a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Frierscr. at Anderson and bound over for trial at the United State', court in Greenville. The defendants claim that they have always treated McFall, who is weak minaea, wrn unusuai kiuuucss <hu can establish their innocence. * * * New Guns for Clemson Cadets. The board of trustees of Clemson college met ihe past week to make arrangements for securing guns "rom the United States government. Last summer the old guns were turned in at tlie Augusta a-senal and new guns v. ere to be issued. >\. tew guns were m'ssing and seme damaged so the government refused to ;ssut new arms till the damages were made good. So far th? cadets have had to drill without guns. The new guns will arrive in a fe*\ weeks and the 57-r? cadets will mak* a splendid show in new uniforms and equipped wuii new arms. * * * New Road Inspected. A representative delegation left I Bennettsville one day tne past wee in a special car for Cheraw over the new Cheraw and Bennetts villa xal road, where Railroad Commissioners Garris, Whaiton and Caughman werv. met. Aft:r one hour pleasantly spent in the old Pee Dea town, the speenl car containing the commission, th-. BennettsviUe delegation and qu:te a large contingent from Cheraw returned over the new road to Bennetts vole. The road was thoroughly inspected! trestles carefully examine by 1he commissioners! and the road was pronounced to be in splendidd condition and was received by the commission. The enrire nowd was elegantly dired at the Hotel Marlboro. * * * Farmer Kills His Wife. Joe Scar >orrough, a farmer living 12 miles frcm Saluda, emptied the contents of a double-barrel shotgun into his writ s abdomen a few days ago, and t .tiv made his escape into the swamps along the banks of th-~ Saluda river. Scarborough visited the town )t Sa luda during the morning and disposed of a bale of cotton. He invested part of his proceeds in dispensary w'-isk.? and imbibel freely of the juice. "When he returned to his home he quarreled with his wi'e about a piece of soap. His wife remonstrated with fcim about drinking, v hereupon he became in censed, seized his shotgun and fir^c1 both barrels. The woman.fell tc the ground and died without a word. % I I Cream of News.* m 11 m n 11111iiifit11iiit Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Day. ?The confederate veterans of Macon, Ga., are preparing to extend a trtnTi-i wpipiimp m all veterans who at tend the state fair in that city. ?Brown, the New Orleans cotton king, in a statement, declares that French money was used to make his famous corner and that it will result in a permanent higher price for the fleecy staple. ?The striking employes of the Pacific Express Company have been enjoined from interfering with the company's property or employes. v ?Wen*iz, the young Philadelphia millionaire, who disappeared in Eastern Tennessee, is still missing. The reward for him has been increased to $25,000. ?John Williams, suspected of the murder of Mrs. Kate Layman, at St. Louis, hangs himself in his- cell at the jail. A-building near the jail was on fire, and the excitement caused Williams to think an attempt was being made to lynch him. ?Prophet Dowie held two monster meetings in New York Sunday. He became angered because many left after satisfying their curiosity as to his personal appearance. This led him to announce that he was not conducting a Buffalo Bill show. ?About twelve thousand soldiers are in camp at Fort Riley, Kans., to take part in the maneuvers. ?Secretary of Treasury Shaw will address republican meetings in Kentucky and Iowa. ?There were twenty new cases of yellow fever at Laredo, T?xas, Sunday and six deaths. ?Canadian papers, commenting on the Alaskan boundary decision, say that it is a rude blow at imperialism in Canada, and that Chamberlain gave it to Canada "in the neck." ?It is reported that Minister Mac- j Donald, of Great Britain, will act a? j mediator between Japan and Russia | and try to prevent any further trouble j between them. ?The mixed commission which has been hearing Spanish claims against Venezuela has made its award and j closed its session. * ?Two hundred and fifty lives lost ; at Turshiz, Persia, by an earthquake. 1 Thirteen villages were destroyed. ?Marconi system of telegraphy has j been inaugurated in China. j ?In Coffee county, Ga? superior court, Lee Crib was resentenced to hang, November 10 being set as the date for his execution. ?Broad Street Methodist church, of Columbus, Ga., has ordered its mem-' bers to pay or seek other fellowship. Fifty delinquents have been Cropped. ?Two prominent farmers of Ander- j crm onnntv. South Carolina, and their j overseer have been arrested by United States officers on a peonage charge. ?In Orangeburg county, South Carolina, A. C. Gunter, who was a witness against J. H. Tillman, cut the throat of a man named Busby, cutting out his tongue. ! ?Governor Jelks, of Alabama, issues three pardons co white men. Two had killed men for impugning the honor of their wives, and one was a youth charged with attempted train wreck- | ing. ?In a riol in New York as a result of a strike at a rag factory, several girls were stabbed. ?The five convicts <vho headed the i mutiny in Leavenworth prjson have been found guilty of murder and given life sentences. | ' C A Wooh Wfl Q ? i ne town ui auuuccu, ?y uu".i ^ practically destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. Four persons were burned to death. The property loss is placed at $1,000,000. ?The Union Veteran Legion has adopted a resolution bitterly protest ing against the placing of a statue of General Robert E. Lee in the hall of fame. | Morgan/s Visit is Speculative. j The rumored coming of J. Pierpont Morgan to the south at this time has given rise to a vast deal of speculation and surmise among railroad men and others as to his objects and purposes. TWO BIO FAILURES Shock People of Baltimore. Trust Companies Collapse. MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED Concerns Forced to the Wall are the Maryland Trust Company and the Union Trust Company, Both Immense Corporations. Monday was a day of marked excitement and subdv.cd anxiety ii. the financial and business circles of Baltimore, a day full of momentous events and or | wild, irresponsible damaging rumors in those streets and marts given over to monetary transactions. The day began with the announcement of the failure of the Maryland Trust Company, and, except to only an initiated few, the newt came like a bolt out of a clear sky, spreading consternation in all directions'. "To these few it was known that the Maryland Trust Company had long be >n struggling with undigested securities, that it sustained heavy withdrawals of deposits, and that, finally, on Saturday last, it had failed in its supreme effort to bridge over the yawning chasm fcy negotiating a $2,000,000 loan in London. While the bankers in their offices and brokers in clusters on the street corners, and money dealers generally and businss men in the exchange, were still excitedly discussing-the collapse of the Maryland company there came another bolt out of a transparent sky, the suspension of the Union Trust Company, and it was this Iat?r event, which happened at a late hour In the day, that gave impetus to a va~J nf l^coiocc rnmnrs. as to I ICU UUUlUwi Ui . other financial institutions which | might well have created a panic had they been given currency earlier in the day. Receivers Appointed. Allen McLane, third vice president of the Maryland Trust Company, was appointed to take charge of the affairs of that company. Miles White, Jr., first vice president of the Union Trust Company, was appointed receiver of that company. Mr. McLane gave bond in the * sum of $2,000,000. and Mr. White gave bond in tha sum of $1,000, 000. The last statement of the Maryland Trust Company, issued on June 30, 1903, showed capital stock of $1,125,000, surplus! $2,437,500 and undivided profits of $67,998.86. The company has demand time deposits amounting to $5,773,817.15. The Union Trust Company, at the close of business on March 21, 1903, had a capital of $1,000,000, surplus of $250,000 and undivided profits of. $159,687.55. The Union Trust Company has deposits amounting to nearly $2,000,000. The filing of the first application? for receivers for the embarrassed companies was followed by peti tions for co-receivers lor Dom companies. The total liabilities of the two companies exceed $10,000,000. The cause of the Maryland Trust Company's failure was due to the investment o? the assets of the company in Mexican railway securities, which could not be marketed. The Union Trust Company failed because of a run on its banking department, about $150,000 having been withdrawn by depositors; but the real troubles of the company had their origin in the organization of the South and Western railway in Virginia, in which a capitalization of about $11,000,000 was contemplated. The Union company was the fiscal agent for the Virginia enterprise, just as the Maryland com- j pany was the fiscal agent for the Mexican railway. Though these two failures followed so closely, it can be stated on unquestioned authority that there was no connection whatever between the two. The Maryland Trust Company and the Union Trust Company were not jointly interested in any enterprise, so that the suspension of one had no direct bearing upon the other. JUDGE PAYS INCOME TAX. In Test Case, Court Decides that He Mu.st Pay on His Salary. The North Carolina supreme court at Raleigh, Thursday, decided that Judge Purnell, of the United States district court, must pay the income tax on his salary. This Is a test case. The superior court decided th'at this income was liable to the tax. The tax was assessed by the state tax commission, which w^s the real defendant, and the suit was brought on an appeal [ by Judge Purnell. U pto this date, no federal officers', have paid the tax on the income derived from their salary. ! EACH SIDE IS OBDURATE. Russia and Japan Making Slow Progress in Peace Negotiations. The negotiations between Japan and Russia, according to the view of the situation taken in Berlin, is not makI ing progress. Each side, It appears j from official, information, will not yield on tlie essennai pcunis. Japan persists in requiring an agree | ment that shall not limit their respec; tive spheres of supremacy. SHERMAN STATUE UNVEILED. j Ceremonies impressive and Eulogistic Address Made by Roosevelt. With impressive ceremonies and an address by President Roosevelt, an equestrian statue of William Tecumsc-h Sherman was unveiled at Wash ington Thursday afternoon in the ; presence of official Washington, the j president at its head, and thousands J of veterans, members of the societies j of the armies of the Tennessee, the Cumberland, the Ohio and the Potomac. CONVICTS ARE CONVICTED Felons Who Took Part In Fatal Mutiny in Fort Leavenworth Prison Given Life Sentences. All Ave leaders of the Fort Leavenworth prison mutiny of November, 1901, charged with killing Guard Waldrupe, were found guilty of murder by the jury of the United States circuit court at Leavenworth, Kans., Friday morning without capital punishment, and will be given life sentences. The prisoners are Gilbert Mullins, Turner Barnes, Frank Thompson, Fred Robinson and Robert Clarke, all desperate men. Mullins and Robinson had practically finished- their terms at the time of the outbreak and the others were short term men. 1 All are from the Indian Territory. The defense set up the plea that the prisoners in the federal prison are ? * '? ^ illy treated and tnat me men wuu took part in the mutiny preferred to make an attempt to escape and face death, rather than remain and endure torture. Attorney for the United States introduced several witnesses to disprove the charges of improper treatment at the hands of the penitentiary officials. Gilbert Mullins several months ago escaped from the jail at junction City, to which institution ho had been transferred. In the mutiny twenty-eight prisoners escaped after a fierce fight with the guards during which one guard, Waldrupe. was killed and several of the convicts were shot All but one of the convicts were finally captured, although three of them were shot in engagements with posses. ^ RUSSIA BECOMES SUSPICIOUS. Notwithstanding Peace Negotiations, Bear Fears Attack from Japs. Advices of Friday from Yokohama, Japan, state that the Russian squadron has returned to Port Arthur. Correspondents.,there report that prepara tions nave oeen maae agumsi au apprehended attack on the ninety-three war vessels in port. The entrance is protected by a boom of heavy logs. The negotiations at Tokio, though critical, are proceeding peacefully. America and Europe are cautioned by the officials against alarmist reports. Dispatches from Chee Foo, China, state that the Russian administratorof New Chang, Manchuria, proposes to organize a muunlcipal council with one American and two British members. Their, decisons will be subject to the administrator's approval. A closer investigation of a number of troops reviewed by Viceroy Alexiff at Port Arthur seems to indicate that the official total of -76,000 would have been correct if all the corps engaged contained their full complement. It appears, however, that most of the regiments had only about two-thirds of their nominal strength. The total of the Russian army about Port Arthur is 75,000 men. BROUGHT "DOG'S* HEAD ALONG. . Two Patients Enter Atlanta Pasteut Institute to Await Developments. Two young men arrived in Atlanta, Ga., Friday evening from Alexander City, Ala., to wait for development of symptoms of hydrophobia received from the bite of a mad dog Thursday. With the two young men was a phy siclan of Alexander City, a large Newfoundland dog belonging to him,- and the head of the mad dog, which had been shot . ? The entire party was taken immediately to the Pasteur institute for " ? n a-1?- * treatment, usuany 11 iatvt:s iuuuccu days before the first sfgns of hydrophobia develop, and with the first symptom the victims of the ma~d dog will be immediately placed under the latest treatment, as prescribed by the wonderful advances and discoveries made in Paris. TWO "KEROSENE" VICTIMS. to Kindle Fire With the Fluid Has Usual Result. A special from Sandy Run, Gates county, N. C., says that as a result of * in attempt to kindle lire in a stove with kerosene, two white girls, aged 4 and 15 years, grandchildren of Mrtf. Ward, were burned to death there, Thursday. REINSTATEMENT IS ORDERED. Employes of Mint W?re Fired for Political Reasons. A Washington dispatch says: The civil service commission has requested the treasury department to reinstate Charles Mi-.Ier, Adam Ritchie. Thomas Devine and Howard Cole, watchmen, and Francis P. Rodden, roller in the TT-nifod st-aTAs mint at PhiladelDhia. VUibVU ? ?- _ , whose removals the commission has found to have been for political reasons. The president has taken great interest in the case and has insisted that the condition of affairs at the mint be thoroughly remedied. CRUISER IS FOR SALE. Sheriff Gives Notice that the Chattanooga Will Go t>n Block. Notice was posted at Elizabeth, N. | J., Wednesday by the sheriff for the 1 sale of the cruiser Chattanooga, which has been in process of construction at the Crescent shipyard. Authority to sell comes from Special Master Miller, under a claim made by the Babcock & Wilcock Company. I of Newark, N. J., for pay for boilers A COSTLY "SWEETHEART." I i Young Man Charged With Stealing $100,000 to Sqaunder on Woman- j The city marshal of Haywards, Cal., j has arrestel William Cartliew in that place on the charge of being a default er in the sun of $100,000. The arrest was made on evidence submitted by H. Errickson, of San Francisco. It is stated that Carthew was a confidential clerk in a bank in New York and that acting in that capacity stole $100,000. which was squandered on a woman. ELIJAH IN~ GOTHAM j Host of Dowieites Crusaders Arrive in New York. READY FOR THE ATTACK Vast Concourse Marches to Madison Square Garden and Establishes Headquarters?Majority are Women and Children. A New York dispatch says: The "restoration host," under the leadership of John Alexander Dowie, garrisoned Madison Square Garden Friday and completed preparations to commence on the works of the "enemy." The first detachment, numbering aooui 400 arrived early in the morning and the remaining trains followed during the day and evening. Leaving the ferry boat, the crusaders boarded special cars which were in waiting and proceeded direct to the garden to the music of their bands and the singing of hymns. The general overseer himself, accompanied by his family and staff, arrived in his special train at the Grand Central station, where, owing to a misunderstanding, his private carrage failed to meet him and he was compelled to go to the Plaza hotel In i a hack. During the confusion of leaving the train a thief slipped into Mrs. Dowle's room on the car and stole a $1,500 diamond and pearl brooch. From the Plaza Dr. Dowie went to the garden, where he restored order out of the general confusion that prevailed and outlined his plans in an interview with newspaper men. He denied that he intended to raise a fund of $50,000,000 while in the city, and declined to say whether he was going to found another Zion City in Gotham. Zionists Sing Hymn. The "crusaders" landed at the battery and at once boarded cars for Madison Square Garden. As goon as the first car started, the crowd on board began singing a hymn and a a large crowd of curious spectators gathered around those waiting outside the ferry house. Men in the Dowie party distributed tracts among them. The men were all dressed in a uniform resembling that worn by the United States Infantry. The women did not wear uniforms. The crowd around the ferry house grew so large that It Blocked the street and police drove the spectators back to the curb. One of the features of the party was the junior choir, consisting of about fifty little boys. There was also a drum and fife corps of thir-. .ty men dressed in khaki uniforms. Thirty per cent of the party were women and children of all nationalities. Arrival of "Elijah 11." . Dr. Dowie, himself, arrived in his special train at the Grand Central sta tion, disappointing the crowds who were awaiting him at the West Shore railroad ferry, his train having come from Albany over the Hudson River division. His private carriage was awaiting him at the West Shore depot and the Zlon leader, with his son and two lieutenants, took a public hack to the hotel. A number of his own people greeted Dr. Dowie, but there was little demonstration. HOSPITAL BUILDINGS BURN. No Casualties Occurred, But Two Patients Die from the Excitement. Two wards of the Grady hospital at Atlanta, Ga., were destroyed by 'fire at 1 o'clock Saturday morning, and only prompt and heroic action on the part of the hospital people, citizens, police and fire department prevented a holocaust beyond description. The wards that burned wore the negro wards, the male and female, and in addition the building in which were the hospital laundry, kitchen and janitor's sleeping apartments. It was in the latter structure that the fire started, the source being embers left in the laundry range. There were no casualties, but two negro women, both very ill and expected to die, succumbed under the excitement and exposure during the removal of the patients from the blazing wards. SEVERAL GIRLS STABBED. Bloody Fracas Follows Strike In a New York Rag Factory. In a riot Friday night, the result of a strike at a rag factory in New York, several girls were stabbed, one of them seriously. The employees, about fifty in number, recently organized under the name of the Clip Sorters' Union. Demands were made upon the firm, which were refused, and a strike was declared. To carry on their business the firm engaged a number of Italians*. This caused the riot. CANADIANS REFUSED TC SIGN. Majority, However, Approve New Alaskan Boundary Agreement. A London special says: A draft of the decision reached by the Alaskan boundary commissioners, as announced by the Associated Press,was signed by a majority of the commissioners Monday evening. Messrs. Aylesworth and Jette, the Canadian commissioners, refused to sign. cuow MATRFO FOR LEE. Union Veterans Against Placing of His Statue in Hall of Fame. One of the concluding acts of the Union Veteran Legion, in session at Dayton, Ohia, was the adoption of i resolution bitterly protesting against and denouncing the plan of placing a statue of General Robert E. Lee In the hall of fame. The resolutions assert that such an act would be an insult to the union men now living and to the memory of the soldiers dead. BIG MONEY FOR CONVICTS State of Georgia Will Receive $250,000 Net for Hire of Felons?Awards Made by Commission. Awards of the labor of 1,500 felony convicts made Thursday by the state prison commission show that Georgia will receive net for that number of convicts during the five years beginning April, 1904, at least $250,000 a year, possibly a good deal more. This is in decided contrast tp the results of the present contracts under which the net revenue to the state for the labor of more than 2,100 convicts is less than $90,000. In other words, the state will receive nearly three times as much under the new contracts, for one-third less convicts. The maximum bid was $252 a year each for fifty men, while $220 was the lowest figure at which the labor of any of the convicts will go at this time. For the 1,500 convicts the state will receive a total of $338,119, an average price of $225.14 a year each. The expenses of conducting the system with nearly 700 convicts on the public roads at the expense of the counties using them, will fall considerably below $100,000. It is evident, therefore, Jhat the net results will Ee nearly, if not quite, $250,000. With thirty-one counties taking their convicts to work on the public roads, this $250,000 will be divided among the remaining 106 counties in proportion to school population, and ?u mQV mo Ug nrn rata, in eituu lUUUi; 1JJLU.J r . accordance with the recommendation of the grand jury, either for school purposes or in public road Improvements. The prices bid wera^Indeed surprising. It was generally agreed that they would go over $200. but it was not believed it would be above $210 .or $215 at the outside. Following is a list of the successful bidders, with the number of. men bid for. the price, the location of the camp and the employment at which they will be put: ' >?. Durham Coal and Coke Company, coal mining at Pittsburg. Walker connty. ^0 at $252; 50 at $240, and 50 at. $228. Flowers Bros. Lumber Company, sawmiliing, Early county. 100 men at $240. Lookout Mountain Coal and Coke Company, J. W. English, Jr.. president, coal mining, Walker county, 100 men at $222.25. "Rrtrt Co . Chattel V/liaM^nuui.vubv , hoochee, Ga.. J. W. English, president, 175 men at $221.25. Cruder & Pace. Albany, brick makers. 75 men at $221.50. North Georgia Iron and Coal Co.. coal mining. Walker county, 50 men at $225. \ Fj. J. McBce, Lowndes connty, general farming and saw milling, 100 men at $220.75. W. E. James, saw milling, Berrien county, 50 men at $220. J. Lee, Enplgn Lumber camp. Wayne county, 50 men at $220.50. W. B. Hanby and W. M. Toomer, lumber camp, Ware county, 500 men at $221.25. E. E. Foy Lumber Co., Effingham county. 50 men at $221. . ' Dr. J. B. S. Holmes, farming and saw milling, Lowndes county, 50 men j at $220.75. ine lOregvmg iDiriecu i-uuuaviuis will take 1,600 men whose labor will bring Into the state annually, as stated. $338,115, an average of $225.14 a year per man. The average price under the present contracts is $100. . There were eight of the old con' tractors, some of whom have been working convicts for years, whose low bids eliminated them from the awards. Of these the largest was G. S. Baxter ft Co., who employ 400 convicts at Fargo, in Clinch county, in lumber and turpentine camps. They put in a bid for 400 men at $200 each. Peace Negotiations Proaresslng. A Tokio dispatch to The London Times, under date of Thursday, say3 the Russo-Japanese negotiation? are progressing there, and there is no reason at present to apprehend any but a peaceful Issue. MOODY WANTS MILLIONS. Secretary of Navy Approves Estimate For Support of His Department. A Washington dispatch says: SecI retary Moody has approved the estimate for the support of the navy for the next fiscal year, as recommended ' - * ' ? - ? t f/l oy ine cnieis 01 ourcaus, amuuuuu6 $102,866,449, as against $79,bl6,791 appropriated for tha last fiscal year. Registration In N?w York. The registration on the last day (Friday) in Greater New York was 138,029, making a total for the four days of 629,933. FLORIDA EX-GOVERNOR DEAD. Hon. Henry L. Mitchell Passes Away at His Home in Tampa. Ex-Governor Henry L. Mitchell, of * ' ' -1 *-i- In Tom no norma, aiea at ms uuwc w ^ last Wednesday of general debility. He was 69 years old and hie health had been failing a year. He was circuit judge from 187? to 1888 and from 1888 to 1890 was justice of the supreme court of the state. He was governor from 1893 to 1897. ROBBERS LOOT ILLINOIS BANK. ' | With Guns Citizens Were Held at Bay While Work Was Accomplished. Four men drove into Berwick, Ills., early Wednesday, entered the Farm! ers' State bank, forced the combination of the safe and secured $2,800. The explosion awakened a number of the residents of the town, who appeared on the scene only to be compelled by the robbers to keep away until they had loaded their booty into a buggy and decamped. J TILLMAN FREE MAN * * C ' Verdict of Not Guilty in Case of Gonzales' Slayer. tiUi JURY OUT TWENTY HOURS? j Cheers Greeted Announcement of Ver? diet?Tiy^tian Thanks Judge* ^ Shakes Hands of Jurors and * Makes Statement After being out twenty hours, the . jury in the case of J. H. Tillman at T^vinirtrm s. n. found him not guilty* The jury announced at 10:45 Thursday ' morning that a verdict had been agreed upon. The defendant and attorneys were . ej sent for, and the Jury then filed Into v VS the court room and the verdict wasread. A demonstration followed the am> \ nouncement, friends of the defendant . Zm giving vent to their feelings in a shoot \jjMH The court, previous to the reading of the verdict, had admonished the spectators to refrain from any deinonstnu The counsel for the" defense at once - ' ^ moved the defendant's discharge from Jk the sheriff's custody. No objections being made by the state, the court?I made the order. The defendant shook hands witfl the judge and members of the and left the courtroom, accompanied^^ H by his friends and counsel. The trial I occupied eighteen days. "J How Jury Reached Verdict Soon after the Jury retired a ballot g was takes/ the result being ten to two j| for aequittal. After some dellberar . tion one of the two went over to the side of the acquittal, but It was noC ufctil 20 minutes before the jury sent 7-* word to the court Thursday morning that an agreement had been reached thai the twelfth^ man yielded. - J I,s; Very. few of the jurors got any sleep during the night The long delay y caused apprehension that a mistrial would result The Jury could not hare aj stayed out beyond Saturday midnight. The count In the indictment charging * the carrying of concealed weapons was lost sight of in the trial and w&sjrfj not considered. I j The wife and mother of the defe^^H^H ant, who hare attended the trial dalffH^^H . jwere not In the courtroom when the^^^^ verdict was announced, but the latter was on her way to the court She had just heard the news, when her son walked out and met her on the street. His wife awaited him at the hotel, hav? ing been informed of tSe verdict in adyance of bis coming . J *; Senator Tiilman was not presenC^^^H having returned to his home Wednes- _ I day, where his wife is recovering from ; injuries received In a runaway *accl- "'^fT dent* A telegram sggjaent him fmme- % j dlately after - the i verdict twas an- - -T nounced.. Tillman Is Grateful. ? _ VT mm K?? tMnlf. * . James n. XUIIUBU, #un uio auiiuv tal, made the following statement to the Associated Press: "I feel very grateful at the: of the verdict, but at tlo time^j apprehend any serious conseq^^^^^^^H I, of course, deeply regret the Mr. Gonzales, but I was forced toxl^H what I did. I have never apprehended a conviction for I felt that i did no more than any man would have done a tinder the same circumstances, and ^ what I was compelled to do. My position was fully stated in the testimony I gave on the stand., "I did ask for a change of. venue, because I was convinced on account of . prejudice in Richland county that I ^ M could not get a fair and impartial trial In that county. I felt sure that as soon as tty case could be presented to 1 impartial Jury I would be vindicated. . The V6rdiot has justified the correct* ness of my Judgment Lexington county was selected by the prosecution. ' people are law-abiding and have long * - ^ been noted for correctness of . thelf % verdicts and hay? been praised bjgMth* FATHER JOINS IN SEARCH. Millionaire to Scour Mountains !ir / S Hunt for His Missing Son. M A special froin Philadelphia saya* Dr. John S. Wentz,. fat&er of; J&f Wentz, general manager of the Vir; 'iS ^ ginia Coal and Iron Company, who has mysteriously disappeared, accotnjwnied by .his wife and youngest son, has " T gone to Virginia to aiu in the search for the missing man. Rewards offered by his brother cf $25,000 for the discovery of the missing man alive and $5,000 for the recov-w? ;^??| ery of his body have kept 1,000 mm:busy in the search. OYNAMITET ON THE RAILS. ' Dastardly Attempt of Fiends to Wreck..' Trsln on Northern Pacific, Six SUCKS Ol u/ubuuwj wcio iww? ? on the Northern Pacific track near V Birdseye, eight miles west of Helena,** Mont. An extra freight, eastbound, ^ passed over the powder during the tnight without exploding it The dynar mite was discovered by Action men. It had been placed under the rail, the \ v fish plates of which had been removed. ?'j ; * King Peter's New Cabinet A new Servian cabinet has been formed at Belgrade, with the follow? Ing as leading members: Premier, General Gruics; foreign mnister, Andria Nikolics; interior minister, Stojan Pro tics, and war minister, Colonel Andrejevics. 1 Three Lose Life by Tornado. A tornado passed near Princetoit ^ 111* Saturlay evening, killing three per* sons and destroying a large amount of farm property.