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V ~ Y~.) ~. I ____ _ rewberq.. '.Y ernlb au~ ~STABLLSH ED 1 ~ N~FW13EHRY. M. C'.. F~RII)AY, JULY 17, 1903 ~ A YEAR RADUALLY DYING POPE GROWS WEAKER HIS WLL-KNOWN SMILE HAS AT LAST DISAPPEARED. Dr. Mazzoni Gives a Stat---.ient, Showing That He Cannot Pos , Recover. His Personal Appearence. Rome, July 15.-Dr. Mazzoni, in reply to the question, "Can't the pope recover ?" gave O.he Associated Press correspondent tonight the fol lowing statement: Rome, via Coudotti 9, July 15. At the present moment the disease of his holiness has lost its character of absolute gravity which it had at 'ts acute period. It might be con Aidered t. 've entered the period of a VI . solution. This might oc i , in a man of strong fibre and young, but it is impossible to enter Itain such a hope in the case of a )nan in his94th year. With him the P hysical energy absolutely indis pensable for recovery is lacking. Pope Leo's organism is perfef-t, and as such maintains itself after 93 years of never interrupted work, but his motor force is no longer sufficient for the complex functions essential to life. In other words, the 98 years of Pope Leo XIII bring him into that category of extraordinary long evity when life is destined to flicker out independent of the action of any pathological complication. The only service that science and affection can render is tliat of struggling to have thin precious existence preserved to us us long as possible. Gaetani Mazzoni. HOW THE POPE APPEARS One of the doctorm in attendance on the pontiff gave the Associated Press correspondent a graphic, but horrible word picture of Fope Leo as he appeared today. That smil6 which lighted up the pontiff's face, even in ext reme age, has disappeared probanly forever. The skin is drawn tightly over the t>ony framework of his face, leaving the once bright eyes staring dimly from the deep sunken sockets. A grayish pallor overspreads his countenance, but the most noticeable ravage wrought by his present disease is the dropping of the lower jaw, which has made the pope's features take on the fixed rigidity of death. THE DAY'S HANOES. During the (lay the pope took a slight amount of nourishment. Through the mornmng he was quite restless, shifting uneasily on his bed1 and1 complaining of being unable to secure an easy position. L'iter he became drowsy, and during the after noon had some sleep. (O'TIXY INQInIEs. The total number of disptches iqui ring about' the pope's htealt h re ceived at t he vat icani today reached 26,000, including somne lenighty e'bfvs fromt half itrotundt the' world. TIhe total cost of themse telegrams is estinmated ati $36,000. This enor mlous (delnge taxes to Ilt ntmost the resources or the v,t ican1 adriin istra tion. A larga force or priests and seminaries is t em porari ly aiding the ofiiils in inaking responses, which b)ear thme signtature omf Cardinal Ramnpohla. SUD DEN AND SPECTACULAR. Roosevelt's Caudidacy Bndorsed by Ken tuckians.-AIlmost A Stampede To Bradley. Louisville, Ky., July 15. -Specta. enlar in the ex' ren.e was the opening session of the Kentucky Republican convention at the audlitorium this afternoon and the sit uatiion is full of p)ossibilities for umore interesting events. The two salient features of the afternoon session were first, an endorsemunt of President Roosevelt's candidacy in 190)4, and seon,d abnmost a stampedle to former Gov. Wan. 0. Bradley, who is not an announced candlidate, for governor. The endorsemient of President Roosevelt's candidacy in 1904 upset the calculation of several shrewd leaders, who it is alleged were figur ing on ignoring that point. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Interest Condensed Outside the State. George J. Gould has announced that Baltimore will be made the Atlantic port of the great Wabast system of roads from Ogden it Utah and El 1 aso on the Mexican border. This means great things for Baltimore. The various Wabash roads will be welded into one grand system. Fifty thousand and more skilled mechanics in the building trades ir New York have returned to wori this week, their unions having voted to accept tho terms of the employ. era, one of the effeets of which is tc do away with walking delegates and to'refer all disputes to an arbitra tion board. The Prince of Wales breakfasted on the U. S. battleship Kearsage with Rear Admiral Cotton one day this week. The Keareage was in the harbor at Portsmouth, Eng. The Prince carefully inspected the great ship. It is stated that the Servian au thorities have unearthed a conspira cy to avenge the murder of King Alexandre by killing his successor, the present King Peter. Several arrests have been made. The case against Ernest Hay wood indicted for the killing of Ludlow Skinner, at Raleigh, N. C., whicL was set for trial this week, has been postponed until October 1. The case has excited a great deal of in terest throughout the country, both on account of the circumstances of the killing and the prominence of the parties. Cleveland Kelley, a negro who at. tempted a criminal assault upon a white woman in Newton County. Ua.,several days ago has disappeared. When last seen he was fleeing with a posse of determined men close be hind him. The posse returned hoime stating they had aband3ned the search. It is supposed they lynchec the negro. Maude Jordine, a 17-year old girl has been arrested at Bloomington 111., for the m6rder.of her two-year old sister. The baby was found hidder in some bushes horribly mutilated It is alleged the young lady had n special interest in the renzoval of hei baby sister. Tlhere seems to be a general un derstanding that the name of Rober Shaw Oliver, who has just been ap pointed Assistant Se,cretary of War will he favorably considered for Sec rotary of War when Secretary Roo retires It has been known for some time, it is reported, that Secretary Root will retire upon the completior of certain matters which he has it hand. Three troops of United Statel regulars fought among themselves a Wilson, Arizona. A corporal wai fatally wounded and a trumpete shot through both thighs. Aboui 100 shots were fired, arid abou fifty men are implicated. Cause o the tronble is not known. T1he battleship Kearsage loft Ports mouth, England, WVednesday fo Frenchman's Bay, Me. The tril across the Atlantic will be made test of the great ship's speed. Iti estimated that the trip will tak about ten days. The trial will b watched withI a great deal of in terest. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of More or Less Interest Condense In the State. James H. Trhilan was remove< from Columbia to t,he Lexington jai on Monday. All the papers havy been transferred to Lexingtoni. There are tori negroes in jail' a Orangeburg implicated in the mnur der of Mr. Phillips at Norway an, in the subsequent riots. The contract for erecting the hand some new college building at Edge field has been awarded to a Columbi contractor at $18,000. BAPTISTS MUST NOT DANCE. Six Members of the First Church at Flor ence, who had Dallied with.Terp sihore, Disciplined. News and Courier. Florence, July 18.-The First Bap. Church yesterday squarely declared against dancing among its mem bers. Some weQks ago several young men and women who had 1,een attending various dances in and near the* city, and who were members of the church, were reported to the Conference for participating in the dance. A com mittee of three members was ap pointed to call upon the young mem bers and use every influence to have them quit dancing, and to see what they had to say about the matter, and to report back to the Church at the June Conference. The committee did not complete its work, however, at1d at the June Conference was given further time. Yesterday they reported that one of the young gentlemen and two of the young ladies had seen their mis take and offered an apology and promised that they would comply with the Church rules and quit danc ing. These were upon that promise unanimously excused and pernitted to retain their fellowship. Two of the young gentlemen and one of the young ladies, however, would not promise to quit dancing, and upon motion it was unanimously decided that fellowship be withdrawn, and the names of these three young people were by vote erased from Church membership. Thus ends a Church matter that has been of great moment to the Baptists of Florence. The whole proceeding was of a very quiet nature, and was not done with any intention of notoriety or with any spirit of ill will toward the young people who had danced. Had the three last mentioned been willing to give up the dance fellowship would not have been withdrawn, but there was no alternative. MILLS TO BE-REBUILT. Stockholders Of Pacolet Decide To Issue $1,000,000 Preferred Stock To Draw I Per Cent. Spartanburg, July 14.-A meeting of the stockholders of the Pacolet Manufacturing company was held in the office of the mills in this city this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The out-of town stockholders present were: S. M.,Milliken, S.D. Brewvster,NewYork ; S. P. Snelling, Boston, Mass.; Robert Waring, Baltimore, Md.; Frank E. Taylor, Charleston. The only busi ness transacted at the meeting was the voting of a resolution to increase the capital stock of the Pacolet mills from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 by the issuing of $1,000,000 . of preferred stock. This issue will be divided into $10,000 shares at the par value of $100 per share. Thie action of the stockholders means that the Pacolet imills will be rebuilt, and the indazs trial expansion which was checked and seriously hampered by the flood of June 6th will be carried on tc greater proportions. Mr. M. V. Rticharls, land arid in. dustrial agent of the Southern Rail, way, brought the northern stockhol ders of the Pacolet mills to the cit) this morning in a handsome privath car. During his stay here Mr. Rich. ards visited about in the city aut this evening he spoke very encourag ingly of Spartanburg, her resources her spirit and her people. It is hii opinion that in 10 years the flood o this summer will be a dim visionary memory. Industrial developmmen will follow and crowd each to anel an extenit that loss pnd misfortun* will be forgotten. "Capital wall a? Iways be found for a section whos4 citiizenship is composed of such peo. Spie as are here," he asserted. "Wh3 in some p)lace there would not be life confidence and at reungthI - enongh t< recuperate from such a providentia blow b)ut here you see business carriet on with vim andl vigor, just as thougi nothing had happened and every. body looks- hopeful and cherry." F ilying machines should be equip ped with air brake. YOUNG POSTMASTER SLAIN BY A NEGRO PEOPLE NEAR BATPSBURG ARE CONSID ERABLY WROUGHT UP. The. Murderer Assaulted Brother of Dead Man and Then Escaped to the Swamp. The State. Batesburg, July 15.-News has just reached here that Willie Hall, a young white man living eight miles south of this place, just over the Aiken county line, was killed this afternoon by a negro, George Ed. wards. Hall kept a country store and was postmaster at Uhiquepin, in Aiken county. The killing was on the Lexington side, one mile from H all's home. The negro was in the house of Lewis Head, another negro, and Hall was in the yard. Edwardn used a single barreled shotgun, and after firing on Willie he assaulted Judson -lall, a younger brother, and would have killed him had not others pre vented. Edwards escaped to the swamp nearby. Bloodhounds have been wired for and much excitement prevails. JOHN G. WHAM ALLOWE1) BAIL. Judge hantzler Pixes the Amount at $4,000-A Crowd at the Hearing. The State. Laurens, July 15.--John 0. W ham was granted bail in the sum of $4, 000 by Judge Dantzler this afternoon at 7.30 o'clock. Wham killed L. W. Ramage on July 9. Ferguson & Featherstone and W. R. Richey ap peared for Wham; Solicitor Sense and 0. L Schumpert for the State. A large crowd was present. w. L. r. QUOTES HAMPTON'S LAST WORDS. Timely Remarks on the Race Problem by the Recognized Spokesman of the Negro Race. Booker T. Washington Monday night addressed an immense audi ence in Atlanta, in the People's tah ernacle, the occasion being the 36th anniversary of the First Congrega tional church (colored). A lette was read from Gov. Terrell, and an address on behalf of Mayor Howell was given by his private secretary. Prof. Washington spoke in pari as follows: "Every decent whit< man and negro in the South is glat that the time will soon be at an eni when a negr o will be popular withb his people in proportion as he curses the white man and can be promoted t< p)ositionls of trust and honor, in pro portion as he has been successful ir unfairly condemnning the negro. Le us all rather leam n a lesson from on< of the greatest of Southerners, WVade Hampton, of South Carolina, whc on his dying bed, ut.teredl the words "God bless all of my p)eople, whit and black." "I appreciate from the bottom ( my heart the tremendous and trying strain that is now upon us, and ho1 ditlicult it is for us to nmake progrer under such circumustances; but I be lieve that the miomemtous perio through which we are nowv passini will draw to our support the goo operation of larger numbers of whit men in the South as well as in th North, if we only exercise due pi 'tience, self-control and courage." HIOMICIDEI IN PICKENS. ,Walker Mauldin Killed, Under Unusu. Circumstances, Presumably by Burt Moore. Pickeuns, July 14. --Walker Maul dlin was killed last night in the north western portion of this county. He with several others, went to a hous of unsavory rep)ute to expostulat with a mani named Burl Moore3, wh~ had beern a frequent visitor. Th party was fired on fromu the houw and Mauldin, receiving a load small shot at close range, was instant ly killed. Moore, who it is supposed was th only man in the house at the tim, hass hann arrensted. FATAL SHOOTING IN COLUMBIA. Will Holland a Bad Character Shot and Killed in a House of Unsavory Reputation. News and Courier. Columbia, July 14 --This morn ing before 6 o'clock, there was a fatal shooting in the tenderloin district. As a result of the shooting Will Hol. land a young white man, was carried mortally wounded in the Columbia flospital, where he died this after noon at 4.15. Magistrate Fs. F. McMaster held an inquest over the body tonight and found thlt Holland came to his death from gun-shot. wounds inflicted by J ames 1-. Burkhalter. J. H. B3urkhalter, Who is a White man, wag, sent. to jail along with Pansy Taylor and the other intimates of her house. Some timo ago Holland was married to the Taylor woman and lived with her for a few months. She ran him away from Columbia about. a month ago, on account. of his numerous diffi culties with the police authorities. Holland is a young man of about 24 years and has a bad reputation here. 1e has spon( over two thirds of his life in jail and has participated in several shooting srapes in Columbia. Ie returned to Colmmbia two weeks ago and declared that he would get his wife back if he had to wmdi m hiis own blood. The inmates of the house claim that about. 10 o'clock last night young 13Urklialter, who is originally from Waycross, Ga., but who has been working in the telegraph office at Cayce's for some months came to the house and began to drink with the others. Soon he got. full and Pansy sent him to bed. At 6 o'clock, it is said, Holland came into the room through the window and began to shoot at Burkhalter who drqw hi, 38 calibre Smuit & Wesson pistol from under his pillow and shot him twice, one hullet. taking effect in the abdomen and the other in his right arm. flolland staggored out. into the street aid was found in a dying con dit ion by Officer McPheeters. SEX IN INDUSTRY. Women of Massachusetts Have Invaded Mlany Lines of Employment. "Sex iia Industry" is the title of a report just, issued by the Massachu setts bureau of statistics. The fol lowing figures taken from the report show how women have invaded lines of employment in that State: In the service of the State there are 1,178 female clerks andl 1,6101 males; in the cities anid town, 1,268 females anrd 10,408 males. Of the 2,276 clergymen in Massachusetts 15~ are women. TPhere are 97 female m issionaries, 8 lawyers, 462 physi. cians, 27 dlentists, 24 surgeons, (62 editors, (60 journalists, 30 reporters. 273 actresses, against 365 actors 69 college professors, 13,222 femalt and 1,517 male teachers, 51 womer pursuing scientific work, 2,325 board ing house keepers, 10 women saloor keepers, 10 women coachmen, 6,40% dlornestic cooks and 1,589 employet in hotels, boarding houses, etc, womien grooms, 42,683 domestic ser s at,1,332 wait resses, 22 womer barbers, against 4,922 men ; 58 femahr lprivate secretaries, :3,021 feniiale ste n rographers, against 533 male; 3,02) washerwomen, 24,142 women employ e ed in various branches of trade, 18, e 148 womenI emplioyed in the boot1 an<t Sshoe indul1stry, 1,992 in the mannufac ture of jewelry, etc, 34I,.l77 in th< clothing indust ry, I 1,44;3 drensnmak era, 35 womien manufacturers, 38, il1(7 femnale cottcan bijeratives, againsi 39,($14 m1rales; 9,895 female wool ler opieratives, against. 1(6,272 males; 2, 099 female worsted operatives against 1,695 males. There are 2, 312 femiale children who work for r 'living anid '.,223 males, or 79 uand 4 1 e) per cenit. o Only lhe <inick action of a sleriil e iri sentugglirig oif hiis ranr preventel e a I 9 year-old negro from beinF lynched ast New Balt imore, N. Y. Tuesday, for the assault upon Syoung white girl. The mob which 3, sought thme negro's life numbero< |abont 1 r0. THE RELIEF FUND Will Be No Balance After Relieving Re maing Pacolet and Clifton Flood Sufferers. Spartanburg Herald. The Central Relief Committee held an important. meeting in the oflice of Carlisle & Carlisle. The attendance was almost. complete. At this mleeting a revieW of the work wias preseil and t-he reports were ovidonco of the extensive work which has beon carried on through the central committee's directions. It was determined that after help ing those remaining, who need help, and who have not heretofore secured aid, thero will bo no balance left in the hands of the comlmnittee-the funds will be spent. The total anount of subscriptions to the flood sufferers was $26,000. To date about $22,000 of the amount has been disbursed, leaving a little over $3,000 with Trensurer Tennent. The 0011uittee has oxpololed the money to the best of their knowledge and judgment for the aid of those who needed help and the necessities of life, and whatever censure and criti cism has arisen from the methods they employed to this end, they are conscious of having done their duty. At. the moeting $500 was donated for the rebuilding of the Presby terian church at Piacolet mills, which was swept away by the flood-this amount, is one fifth the cost of the church. The committee decided to appoint in the near future a numbe - of sound, conservative gentlemen a committee to inspect the farming districts of the Pacolet valley, and tributaries of the Pacolet river, and ascertain the names of the farmers who have suf fered most from the rocent flood, especially the tenant class. After the reports have been accurately made, the remiaindor of the fund will be used in helping the farmers to what extent the comm ittee sees fit, in each instaInce. BRYAN ON CLEVELAND Says The Cleveland Movement Is Now A Comedy; Successful It Would Be A Tragedy. W. J. Bryan wai interviewed, while in Milwauke, is., this week, as to the Cleveland movtnemnt. Mr Bryan said: "It is a con ody as it. now stands, but a tragedy if it should succeed." Mr Bryan dleclared thatt all he desired to see was the nomination by the Democratic p)art y of some one who would stand by Democratic princi ples. "'By Democratic,'' said lie, "'I mean the princip)les enunitciated at the KC an sas City Convention of the D)emocrat ic p)arty, t'io last opp)ortunity the party hand to declare thle pinciples upon which it stanids." Asked if he believed there was any dlanger of the old line of Cleveland D)emocrats capturing the next Demo cratic convention, Mr Bryan said: "'I (10 niot think such a thing is a pobability. If there was such a1 p)rob)abilit.y dariger would be the right word1 to use in connection withI th( results it would work the Democratic party." Put Lee In The Capitol. Leslie's Weekly. The fervid and eloquent plea mnade by Judcge SpeeOr, of Georgia, ina hii commiencemnent a(ddresa at 1tmor' College, ini favor of placing a statui of Glen Rlobert E. Lee ini the Nationa Capitol will be endorsed by man' loyal and broad-minded men through out the North. Nothing but a nar row and unreasoning spirit of section aJiam would deny to Virginia thi privilege of thus honoring and per Ipetuating the memory of one of lhei !noblest and most illustrious sons. I is in vain to talk about exercising charity arid forgivenese for the past about clasping haunds over the dea< arid buried issues of other years,i we fail when a specific opportunita offers like this to practice what w, Ipreach arid let our deeds be as goo a our words, PEOPLE WOULD NOT STAND LAW'S DELAYS KIBNTUCKIANS SE THAT A BRUTAL MURDER IS AVENGFD. Fiendish White Murderer Had by Influence and Money Gotten Off With a Life Sentence. Maysville, Ky., July 15 --Enraged at the tardiness of the courts, a mob broke into the Flemingsburg jail this morning and hangedN William Thacker, a white man who had 1)e11 given a life sentene for the murdei of John Gordon two years ago. Thacker, ini a quarrel with Gordon at Foxport, shot and killed him and then sat on the body, vinchesti-. ') hand, while he smioked his pipe and dared any one to arrest, him. At the time Talicker heamne outlawed, but he was later arrestod arid lodged in jail at. Fleniiogshurg. He was given two trials and fiually got a life sen tenoe. Gordon was a good citizen and an inol'enive man. After beii.g sen tenced, Thacker appealed to the court of appeals, and was waiting for aniothor trial. Ihacker had some money and was able to comm11ianid the support of some infinontial men and it was feared that be might. escape punimlimeit, altogether. The nob cololected at. Mount Car mel, where Gordon onc livet, an( came into Flemiiigsburg by twos and threes in order not, to arouse suspi Cion. They advainced upon tie jail shortly after midnight. The jailer refused to surrender the keys. He was overpowered andl the keys taken from him. hacker was hurried to a tree ntear tho jail and was given time in which to say his prayers, which he refused to do, but. begged for his life. To hush his cries he was hit in the had with a rock and his unconscious body strung up uin til life haid becomo extinct. THE CONFEDERATB ROLLS. Commissioner Tribble Now Has Sixty Thousand Names, But Many are Duplicates. Columbia vor. N"ws and Courior. Commissionier of Confederato Itolls M. P. 'Tribble will attend a meeting of the omiissioners of Confederate rolls in Allanita on .Jlly 20. ''his imeeting has been called by 14.x-0ov ernor A D. Candler, of Georgia, mid a plan for collecting the lost rolls will b)e discuissed. The bill that was passed by the last CJonigress provides for the p)ublicatiorn of original rolls only. As there are only a ver'y small percent age of the original army rolls to be hiad now this Convention will memnorializ.e Congress to allow al. authentic company rolls to be prinIte3d. (Conimmissionier Tribblle has received only a few replies to his circular M these rolls, but has received nilanty encouraging letters from all over the State, anid expects in a few months to have a complete roll of all the Confederate soldiers from this State. lie now hams over 60,00(0 names, b)ut unfortunately many of thoem are dluplicates, aind it wvill requre a large amount oif careful revision to get a correct list. Dilvorce In Japan. A t raveler recently ret iurnied from Jap)an t ells of some of t he queer laws in that country concerning divorce. '"A divorce on thle pairt. of the hus band is easily obtained. One of the legal causes of dlivorce is 'if the hius biord lirnd the wife too loquacious.' Yet ini all my lonig exp)erince in ,1 a panflh I hiavai mnit only one man who discarded his wife, and I never 'met with a family where dlissonsion exist ed, uor have I ever heard of a hius baud treating his wife with severity, althoughi the saime canniot be said of some parents in law, who consider their sorn's wife a mere chattel. As a general rule, the appearance of girls and women testifies of a light ness of heart not alwvays found in Iother clinies where their sisters have more abundant means of happiness." D)an Sumter, a negro, was commit ted to jail in Charleston on Tuesday charged with having criminally as sanlted a nngr woman.