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AIKEN. S.C_THURSPUy MORMNG. JUNE 22. 1905
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BUTCHERY PLANNED
FRANCE FINALLY YIELDS.
Children Thwarted the Exter
mination of Whole Family.
CONFESSION OF PRISONER
Alf,Moore, Colored, Tells Graphic Sto
ry of Assassination of Carters and
Diabolical Scheme of the
Alleged Murderers.
Tho confession of Alf Moore, the
negro arrested Saturday for complic
ity in the Carter assassinations, has
added to the excitement in Valdosta.
Ga., and the Hahira district, over the
murders. He has told the full story
of the plot from Its incipiency, de
tailing the conversations he alleges
to have had with the Rawlings, the
deal made with him for his partici
pation in the affair and the acts of
himself and the Rawlings boys on
the night of the tragedy.
He says that Rawlings hired him
to come from Ivey’s crosstie camp,
where he was working, to kill or help
kill, the entire Carter family. That
when he reached Rawlings’ home he
■was taken to a small vacant house
nearby and kept there until the night
of the assassination, his meals being
carried to him.
He says that Rawlings and his boys
^ joined him at this house on the even
ing of the tragedy and that Rawlings
told them to go and kill Carter and
his wife, then the grown daughter and
younger children, to throw their bod
ies in the house and to set the place
on Are after taking all the money they
could find.
vThe premature appearance of Wil
lie Carter and his sister in the yard,
where they went to doctor a sick
calf, thwarted the original plan to
MU Mr. and Mrs. Carter first.
After the boy and girl were shot
down Carter began firing on the as
sassin and Moore states that he then
became frightened and van away,
making his way back to the crosstie
camp where he was arrested.
The officers are working on other
Important evidence and while $ dis
closure of the nature of this evidence
would tend to defeat the ends of Jus
tice and needlessly increase the pub
lic feeling over the crimes, they in
timate that other important develop-
“ttlfifilS W" IlKeiy-TO TW nraCe In »
days. Ono or two other arrests wil
probably be made soon.
None of the prisoners are allowed
to see or communicate with any per
sons except their attorney.
WAR PARTY IS OBDURATE.
Backed by Military Element, It En
deavors to Hamper Peace Move.
A St. Petersburg special, under date
of June 19, is as follows: The war
party has by no means surrendered.
On the contrary, backed by the mil
itary element, is it making a concert
ed effort to dissuade the emperor from
concluding peace. Even with the two
armies already clinching members of
the war party are filling St. Peters
burg and Peterhctf with optimistic
views and Lieutenant General Line-
vitch and his lieutenants are rein
forcing their arguments with roseate
reports of the strategic situation.
Many Russian correspondents at the
front, evidently inspired from St.
Petersburg, are flooding their papers
with dispatches in the same strain.
The Novoe Vremya’s correspondent,
in his zeal against the conclusion of
a humiliating peace, points to the
hazards for the government in dis
banding an army of half a million
men without giving them a taste of
success, and expresses the fear of dan
gerous consequences. The same cor
respondent, however, chronicles the
Shcl that the rank and file are indif
ferent and concludes:
“If peace can be obtained without
the cession of Russian territory, or
blood money, then peace by all
means.”
BOTTS SHOWED GREAT NERVE.
Young Wife Murderer Goes to Gal
lows in Hilarious Mood.
Otis Botts, 21 years old, was exe
cuted at Peoria, 111., Friday for the
murder of his wife, on January 5, last.
Botts spent the night laughing and
joking and telling stories. He invited
everybody to attend bis funeral. His
moHiy- wanted to attend the execu
tion, but he. said:
“Don’t do i\ You'll make me lose
my nerve.” He died with a sneer on
his lips.Bo ts strangled his girl-wife
with a piece of ribbon.
Agrees to the Proposition of Germany
for a Conference to Straighten
Out the Moroccan Tangle.
A Paris special says: An interna
tional conference for the considera
tion of the affairs of Morocco is now
practically assured, as the result of
the conversation between Premier
Rouvler and Prince Radolin, the Ger
man ambassador, and attention is now
directed to defining the scope of the
! conference. Details are being rapid-
^ ly arranged and the officials expect
to be able to announce the plans for
! the conference in the course of four
or five days.
! This result, after the severe strain
which tested the diplomatic resources
of both governments, has the effect
of relieving the tension, the officials
, of the foreign office and the diplomats
. of the German embassy agreeing that
! an amicable adjustment is near at
: hand. Although the acceptance of the
; conference gives a certain measure of
I success to German diplomacy, yet M
j Rouvler emerges from the controversy
j w-lth the advantages of having brought
' Germany to define exactly the scope
of the conference and so to rid it of
the objection of being a mence to
French interests.
Although the basis of the conference
has not yet been settled, it is un
derstood that the two governments
substanially agree on some of the
main features involved.
Germany has suspected that Ftance
bad designs on the sovereignty of
Morocco, tut the negotiations disclos
ed that France had not questioned tils
sovereignty. Similarly, it was disclos
ed that France had not designed to
interrupt the present territorial status
quo of Morocco. This appears to
have been one of Germany’s chief ap
prehensions as any change in Moroc
co’s status quo might Involve an ulti
mate French protectorate similar to
that over Tunis.
With both governments favorable to
the sovereignty of Morocco and to her
territorial and political status quo ?♦
remains for the conference to adjust
the equality of commercial rights, as
Germany desires this assurance from
an international conference, instead
of through the operation of the Anglo-
French agreement. Therefore, the con
ference is not likely to consider chang
es in the political status of Morocco,
but rather international reforma and
commercial privileges.
A Berlin dispatch says: No adequate
view of the German feeling over the
Moroccan affair can be presented with
out making note of the general be-
"•'iC In iia. 1 j 1 QiiJUk iIlmL
ain Is seeking an excuse to check
Hie great progress which is making
in the German sea armament. This
belief is widely expressed among naval
officers of all classes. It is their
view that Great Britain w-ould be will
ing that France should suffer on land
if Britain thereby was given a chance
to destroy the German navy.
As a result of this feeling there is
great activity in the German navy,
and it has never been so alert or
so perfectly ready for defense as now.
HAS PROVEN A LEAK
So Declares Secretary of the
Cotton Association.
CHARGE SUBSTANTIATED
Cheatham Returns from Washington
and Talks of Result of Investi
gation as to Cotton
Statistics.
WALLACE QUITS PANAMA JOB?
Such is Rumor from Colon Anent the
Departure of Chief Engineer.
A dispatch from Colon says: It was
publicly announced that J. F. Wallace,
chief engineer for the canal zone, who
sailed for the United States June 16,
was going home by order of Secretary
Taft, for the purpose of a consulta
tion on important matters prior to the
sailing of the secretary for the Phil
ippines, and that he was not likely
to return to the Isthmus until his
annual report had been written and
he had secured a rest.
Since the departure of Mr. Wallace,
however, :t has been said in influential
circles that he does not intend to re
turn to the isthmus to resume his
position of chief engineer, but that
he has gone home to confer with Sec
retary Taft, on the subject of his res
ignation. The fact that Mr. Wallace
went home, accompanied by his wife
and two secretaries, seems in some
quarters to lend credence to the ru
mor that he does not intend to re
turn.
POLICE CHASi ROOSEVELT.
TO SAVE WOMAN’S NECK.
Habeas Oorpus Granted in Mrs. Rog
ers' Case in Vermont.
A writ of habeas corpus in behalf
of Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, whose exe-
ctuion for the murder of her husbanu
is fixed for Friday, was granted late
Monday night at Brattleboro, Ver
mont, by Judge Wheeler of the United
States district court.
TROOPS ACCOMPANIED NEGROES
Three Condemned Alabama Murderert
Sent from Birmingham to Decatur.
Governor Jelks of Alabama ordered
Captain C. S. Price and a cavalry
troop from Birmingham to accompany
Will Jackson, John C. Collier and Har
▼ey Smith, negroes, to Decatur, where
they were hanged Friday. Jacksor
killed Officer E. S. Steele and Colliej
and Smith killed and assaulted Mia*
e Blood worth.
Alleged That Automobile Was Ex
ceeding Lawful Speed Limit.
President Roosevelt's chauffeur was
overhauled for speeding in Washing
ton Sunday afternoon while carrying
the president, his son and two of the
latter’s friends along the conduit roads
to Great Falls. Two policemen, con
sidering that the chauffeur was going
at a speed greater than that allowed
by law, gave chase and overhauled
the automobile. When they learned
who the occupants were, they with
drew, after the president cautioned the
chauffeur to slow up a little.
Richard Cheatham, secretary of the
Southern OtLton Association, who has
been in Washington the last tw<*
weeks, pushing charges against a
branch of the agricultural department,
returned to headquarters in Atlanta
Friday.
When seen by a representative of
The Constitution, he talked interest-
Inly of the situation as it now stands.
“Some people think it is the same
old hue and cry that has been made
year after year,” he said, “but they
will soon see that it is an entirely
different thing this time, and that the
charges I hare brought against the
department will bear fruit.
“I received a message stating tffat
the evidence could be secured against
the man or men who had altered the
figures of the cottcn statistics, and I
left for New York on the first train.
Getting reliable lawyers to help me,
I soon found that 1 had the informa
tion I wanted, and wired President
Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cot
ton Association, that I had enough
evidence to convict.
“I was instructed to push the
charges, and I went to Washington.
Arriving there, I sent my card to
Secretary Wilson "of the agricultural
department, and was received by him.
“The information I brought him
cut him to the quick. Not that he
did not want to rid his department
of all possible, traces of fraud, but
■Imply because he hated to know that
men he had trusted had been so un
worthy of that trust.
*T had brought with me from New
York four brokers, who swore posi
tively that they had received tips that
eame from the department ahead of
the time the report" was given to the
public.
“The matter stands this way. I
got Information Indisputable that a
certain man or men had altered the
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to hurt cotton r^^Mers, coJ
and legitimate, traders, and to help
the few gambling speculators.
“In addition to this, I found that
the man or men gave out tips in re
gard to what the report would be in
advance of the report to the public it
self. One can readily see what the
result would be in such cases.
“W>ith this proof in hand, E. S.
Holmes, Jr., first assistant statistician,
who was acting chief statistician in
the absence of John Hyde in Europe,
was suspended by Secretary Wilson,
and Is awaiting further action.
“When ray information was given
in. Secretary Wilson immediately had
the secret service notified of the sit
uation, and the detective force went
to work on the matter.
“The charges are neither dead nor
dying. They are living and making
themselves felt. Not only this, but I
can say from knowledge that the
charges will stick to Holmes. I am
satisfied of this; in fact, positive.
“We are not prepared to give out
the exact charges. I won’t even say
whether others are implicated besides
Holmes, but will in time tell.
“Chief tSatistician Hyde has beene
called back from Europe, and will
arrive In Washington # next Friday.
Until that time final action in regard
to the charges will not be taken.
“This matter is too important to
trifle with. The northern papers
have been filled with it, and they real
ize exactly how far-reaching the
charges will be if substantiated. Over
1,500,000 cotton men of the south are
made to suffer on account of a part
of the Wall street contingent
gamble in cotton futures.”
MAXIMO GOMEX D€AD.\
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Idolized Patriot of Cuba Joins tH» Si
lent Majority After Moat Evoat-
fuj and Stirring Garaar.
A special from Havana aaya: pen-
eral Maximo Gomez died at 6 o’clock
Saturday evening
“SI Claudillo” (chieftain) aslthe
great leader of revohitionista Vas
called by his countrymen, expired
at sunset in the presence of his fam
ily and his old time friend, Estrada
Palma, president of the republic. The
end came quietly in the beautiful tem
porary home at the seasld-5 in the sub
urb of Vedado.
The distinguished patient’s illness
extended over forty-six days, although
his health had been falling for
months prior to that time.
The admiration of the mass of Cu
bans for General Gomez amounted al
most to idolatry. His death admit
tedly is a severe blow to any political
interest to which he was allied. He
was one of the most radical leaders
of the national party. General Gomez
leaves a widow, five sons and one
daughter.
Only Saturday the secretary of the
treasury delivered to one of General
Gomez* sons a check for fljOO.OOO,
which had been voted unanimously by
congress for the general’s benefit and
approved by the president. This was
in addition to the $50,000 previously
vp r ed by congress.
General Gomez commanded the Cu-
VETS REELECT LEE
And Name New Orleans as
Next Place of Meeting,
BUSINESS IS COMPLETED
potion Taken to Insure Truthful H l»-
^ory of South’s Status In Civil
Was — Many Notable Ad-
; dresses Delivered.
The United Confederate Veterans in
twraiai retmlou *t Louisville reelected
their .old officers .as follows:
Commaader-in-Chief — Lieutenant
General Stephen b. Lee of Missis
sippi.
Commander Trans-Mississippi De
partment — General L. W. Cabell,
Texas. /
Commander Army of Tennessee De
partment—Lieutenant General Clem
ent A. Evans, Georgia.
Commander Army of Northern Vir
ginia Department—C. Irving Walker,
South Carolina
New Orleans had slight difficulty lu
securing the convention of 1906. Nash
ville made a fight, which was a sur
prise to the convention, but the sen
timent was strongly in favor of tho
Cresceat City.
The 4ay was a strenuous one. Two
ban forces during the insurrection, gession^ were held, and much business
which broke out in 1895 and ended
with the complete independence of
the island cn May 20, 1902. He was
born at Bani, Santo Domingo, in 1836,
and came of a Spanish family. He
began life as a cavalry officer in the*
Spanish army in Santo Domingo and
served during the last occupation of
Santo Domingo by Spain. In the war
with Hayti Gomez distinguished him
self at the battle of Tome, where, with
twenty men. he routed a much supe
rior force of Haytiens. When the
Spaniards were driven from the island
Gomez went with the Spanish troops
to Cuba, and for a time was in garri
son at Santiago. Later, disgusted at'
the manner in which the Spanishh gen
eral, Villar, treated some starving Cu
ban refugees, for whom Gomez had
collected funds, the young lieutenfint
severed his connection with the Span
ish army. He became so enraged
General Villar’s conduct that he
I the state
struck the general, called him a cow- . 0 f the Re;
ard and from that time became a bft-1 a t Mad!
ter enemy of Spain. He Joined thp
patriots in the 'insurrection of .T868
and foughtt ten years, being C
commander-in-chief fro
transacted. At noon an hour was de
voted tc the customary memorial serv
ices in ^ honor of the distinguished
dead of .the year.
The aanuai address to the veterans
was delivered by Captain N. E. Har
ris of Mscon, Ga. For more than two
hours he held the large audience close
ly. AtaMe conclusion of his address
he wes^ven an ovation.
Duri^nhe progress of the business
of the’^Rr it wes discovered that the
name o& federal officer was on the
commiui^onresohutlons. This caus
t>d a the delegates.
The office^^^^HsMon was Colonel
S. C. Ru^^^^V Indian Territory.
Colonel not attend the eon
vention an^^^^B protest of a Texas
member oi^^^^B^minlttee, General
Lee substj^^^Hhe name of J. J.
Kendall Territory.
FTatqj-na^^^Bngs were read from
Grand Army
session
submitted
the his-
mander he was unexcelled and with
President Cespedes and Argamonte
captured Bayamo, Tumas, Jiguani ana
Holguin.
In Puerto Principe later Gomez was
known as the “terror” on account of
the many defeats he inflicted on the
Spaniards.
OYAMA REPORTS PROGRESS.
While Peace Plans Are Under Way
Jap Guns Boom In Manchurta.
The following report has been re
ceived in Tokio from the Manchurian
armies:
“In the Waiyuanpaomen district at
9 o’clock on the morning of June 16,
300 of the enemy’s cavalry advanced
against Kuyushu, but were repulsed.
In the Chamotu district our advanced
forces, after driving out the enemy
stationed at Sumiencheng, occupied
the place. In the Tasiamotun district
crur detachment, after dislodging the
enemy’s cavalry at Souchatxu, eight
miles west of Sumiencheng, occupied
that village.
RUSSIA’S WISHES IGNORED.
who
Czar Was Anxious to Have Peace Con
ference Held at The Hague.
The plenipotentiaries of Russia and
Japan will meet in Washington, de
spite rumors that the sessions of the
peaee conference might be transferred
to The Hague:
The authoritative statement has
been made at the Russian embassy
that Washington was acceptable to
Russia, and will remain so.
iok Davla was
nrtatreat^ while in prison.
The batt e abbey is now assured.
It will be ulit in Richmond, but the
exact site in that city has not been
decided. 8U ^ f°r $16,000 commis
sion claim’d b y John c - Underwood
for colleclng funds for this project,
Is still m tbe courts, but the commit
tee has r*ce lve d assurances that $50,-
000 more can be collected if it is
needed.
The re»° r t of the Davis Monument
Arnfrrjp’jpft Hlt T R t bwt $69,000 is now ip
the ban! drawing interest, and the
monument to the dead chieftain is
therefor* assufred. The reading of
the reptYt caused prolonged cheer
ing.
South Carolina’s sponsor. Miss Eliz
abeth Lumpkin, was given an ovation
by the old men in gray at the con
clusion of a remarkable address of
greetings This young woman posses
ses a fPlendid voice, and she swayed
her avdience alternately to tears and
cheers-
The spectacular feature of the rev
union—the parade of the remnants
of the south’s once great army—took
place Friday. The veterans had a
good rest, and tho number of men in
line exceeded that of any recent re-
unloti- The line of march covered a
dlst^uc® of nearly three miles.
Af conservative estimate of the
nunfber of veterans and visitors at
tending the reunion, based on figures
glv^n by railroad men of experience,
Is placed at or near 40,00b mark.
SHOW STAND GOES DOWN.
Sixteen People Injured During Enter
tainment at “101” Ranch.
Fifty or mors yards of the mile
and a quarter grandstand surround
ing the exhibition arena at the “101”
ranch collapsed in Oklahoma Sunday
evening, sixteen persons being more
or less seriously injured. The acci
dent was witnessed by the 30,000 spec
tators attending the entertainment.
MINE HORROR IN RUSSIA.
Explosion in Colliery Results in Loss
of Five Hundred Lives.
Advices from Ekaterinsolav, South
ern Russia, under date of June 18,
state that five hundred persons were
killed in the explosion which occurred
at the Ivan colliery at Khartsisk, be
longing to the Russian Donetz com
pany. Hardly a man in the colliery
escaped.
STRIPES FOR ARMY OFFICER.
Aftermath of Rotten Scandal Which
Caused Suicide of a Woman.
The president has approved the find
ings in two trials of Captain Joe Kirk-
man of the twenty-fifth infantry, sen
tencing him to dismissal from the
army and confinement in the peni
tentiary of Fort Leavenworth for
three years. Kirkman was connected
with the sensational case resulting
In the suicide of the wife of another
afmy officer at Offisha.
Fiber Plant Destroyed by Fire.
The plant of the Ashland (Wls.)
Fiber company was destroyed by fir#
Sunday. Loss $50,000; Insurance $2o,
004.
PIRATES CLEAN OUT TOWN.
Over Hundred Natives Massacred and
Their Property Seized.
News of a terrible rjassacre of 150
natives by pirates on the Siberian
| coast has been received at San Fran
cisco in a letter from Petropaulovski,
on the coast of Kamchatka.
Robbery was the only motive, for
every hut had been ransacked and,
anything of marketable value was
taken. Who the marauders are can
not bo learned, excepting that some
Japanese were said to be in the party.
THREE SISTERS DROWNED.
BONAPARTE SUCCEEDS MORTON.
One Gets Beyond Depth and Pulls the
Other Two Down With Her.
Misses Hallie, Fannie and Annie
Belle Booth, daughters of Dr. Grant
Booth, were drowned while bathing
in the Ohio river near Cre-cellus, Ky.
Miss Annie Belle had become exhaust
ed, her sisters swam to her rescue
and in her frenzy the former drew
both her sisters under the water.
President 'JVill Appoint Baltimore Ma|
Secretary of the Navy.
President Roosevelt Wednesday
thorized the announcement that Che
J. Bonaparte of'Baltimore, Md., w0i
be appointed to succeed Paul Moi
who retires July 1 to go to New yJ
to take charge of plans for the c]
struction of the subway system
operation in connection with the
face lines. ,
ARMISTICE NOW PROBABLE.
GAYNOR AND GREENE CAsJ
Armies in Manchuria May Soon Be
Served With “Stop” Orders.
A Washington dispatch says: Alone
on the plains of Manchuria, midway
between the two grtsat armies, the
Russian and Japanese commanders
will meet to sign the armistice which
will pave the way for the Washing
ton conference if the present tenta
tive program is followed. Exchanges
on this point are now in progress be
tween Tokio and St. Petersburg, via
Washington.
Writ of Habeas Corpus is
Montreal Judge.
At Montreal, Monday, Jus
met ordered the issue of al
habeas corpus in the case of
and Greene on a petition
on behalf of the accus«
grounds were as usual, ti^
was n lack of jurisdiction
of Judge Lafontaine to dga
case, and that th<
included in the ext
Intc
APOLOGIZES TO A CONVICT.
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Something New in Pardoning Line in
State of Alabama.
Something unique in the pardoning
line was done by Governor Jelks of
Alabama Friday when he apologized
on the part of the state to a convict
who had been convicted of burglary
and sentenced to two years. The gov
ernor said:
“I am led to believe that he is not
only entitled to his liberty, but an
apology from the state.”
There were grave doubts as to the
man’s guilt.
BELDAME WINS THE BROOKLYN
Belmont Mare First Under Wire ir
Classic Event at Shepshead.
A New York dispatch says: Beldams
was crowned queen of the American
turf when she won the twenry-second
Suburban handicap Thursday after
noon at Sheephead bay. She was the
second mare to capture the classic.
Proper was second and First Mason
third.
NINE-HOUR DAY RESCINDED.
St. Louis Typographical Union Recon
siders Action on Contract.
The St. Louis Typographical Union
gescinded its action of June 8 accept
ing a contract calling for a nine-hour
L day and an advance of $1.50 a week
wages for the union job printers
by a declaration to abide by the
ig of the executive council of the
itional Typographical Union, ab-
the contract which had bes
the employing printers.
SOOTH CAROLINA l
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
New Cashier Elected.
Edwin A. Carlisle has been elected
cashier of the Newberry National
bank to succeed J. W. M. Symmons,
deceased. For the past few years Mr.
Carlisle has been the southeastern
representative of the Springfield Me
tallic Casket company of Springfield,
Ohio. He is a son of President M.
A. Carlisle.
Attends Trap-Shooting Tournament.
Several members of the Charleston-
Palmetto Gun Club went to Warm
Springs, Ga., to attend the Southern
Interstate Trap Shooting tournament.
The Charleston-Palmetto Club is one
of the best known organizations of
'the kind In the south, and its mem
bers have frequently captured valued
trophies In competition with some of
the best shots in the United States.
New Industries.
The Chattanooga Tradesman reports
the following new' Industries estab
lished in this state the past week:
Columbia—$30,000 investment com
pany.
Orangeburg—$6,000 warehouse com
pany.
Camden—Power plant.
Charleston—$10,000 building compa
ny; $10,000 bottling works.
Expending $40,000 on the Streets.
At present Union is engaged in
spending $40,000 in street paving,
having purchased a plant and imple
ments at a cost of $30,000. When the
present work Is complete, which is
under United States supervision, tho
city will be supplied with about ten
miles of paved streets, including side
walks, over which electric cars will
be operated as soon as the rails can
be laid, the work of grading and put
ting in the ties to begin some time
this month, as provided in the fran
chise already granted.
Sought to Stay Hanging.
A Columbia dispatch says: An
eleventh hour petition in behalf of
Willie Johnson, the negro sentenced
to be hanged at Orangeburg for crim
inally assaulting a little white girl,
presented frovernm^by a
preacher sfid was ref^^BCbe
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Prohibitionists Begin Campaign.
the first gun of the prohibition
campaign was fired at a meeting held
In the Washington Street Methodist
church, in Columbia, the call for
which was signed by some fifty prom
inent prohibitionists from various
parts of the state.
The call was signed by Joel E. Brun
son, the state leader; J. A. Hoyt,
Louis J. Brystow, J. P. Gibson, Rev.
Vernon I. Anson, Rev. W’alter I. Her
bert, R. A. Lancaster, T. J. Lamotte
and others identified with the State
Law and Order League.
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College in Excellent Condition.
At a meeting of the board of trus
tees of Newberry college, the report
of Dr. Joseph E. B. Scherer, presi
dent of the institution, was read and
routine business transacted.
The president’s report was very
creditable and showed the college to
be in excellent condition, the session
just closed proving itself one of the
most successful in the history of the
institution.
It was decided at this meeting to
add a department of technology to the
courses already offered by Newberry
College, George H. KicKlighter of At
lanta, being elected head of the de
partment.
New Road Seeks Charter.
The Anderson and Tidewater rail
road and the Ohio, Knoxville and Port
Royal railroad have filed articles of
incorporation as the Chattanooga and
Atlantic railway, the papers being
signed by Frederick A. Johnson ot
Chicago, first vice president, and J.
E. Breazeale, secretary, of Anderson,
S. C.
Three hundred thousand dollars is
the stated capital of the company and
the directors are Albert A. Martin,
president; F. A. Johnson and J. R.
Lea of Chicago; N. B. Neeiev of Mil
waukee; J. E. Breazale, P. K. McCul-
ley, B. F. Whitner, J. J. Bretwell of
Anderson, S. C., and R. E. Hambly
of Clayton, Ga.
Doctors Fight Over Patient.
At Columbia, Dr. Francis D. Ken
dall, division surgeon for the South
ern railway, was placed under a two
thousand dollar bond by Recorder
Stanley to wait the results of two
stab wounds Dr. Kendall inflicted in
the lungs of Dr. J. J. Watson, whose
condition is regarded as extremely
dangerous.
Dr. Kendall, it is claimed, was at
tacked on Plain street, in front of
his sanitarium when be left his of
fice to see after a patient who had
been hurt in a trolley smash-up at a
Southern railway crossing. LA’. Wat
son had come with his two brothers
to remove the patients and this had
been consented to. When Dr. Ken
dall called out from his office to make
less noise, Dr. Watson, it Is claimed,
took this as a personal affront, ana,
when Dr. Kendall came out, he at-
i tempted to slap 4 his face. One of
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Watson's brothers separated the two
men.
Dr. Kendall then told Dr. Watson,
it is said, to take his pa t ient out and
never to speak to him again. Imme
diately Watson, it is charged, applied
a vile epithet and sprang forward and
struck him and continued fighting him.
Dr. Kendall had a penknife in his
hand and while warding off Pr. Wat
son's blows struck him twice with the
knife, the blade parting from the
handle at the second blow. The lung
was punctured once from the front
and once from the rear.
LONDON PAPERS PLEASED.
Selection of Washington as Place for
Conference Elicits Compliment.
The acceptance of Washington as
the place for the conduct of peace ne
gotiations Is regarded by the London
morning newspapers as a great com
pliment to President Roosevelt’s di
plomacy, and as a further pi oof of
the growing influence of the L nited
States In international politics.
EIGHTY TONS OF GOLD COIN.
Engines,
Boilers,
Cotton,
Saw. Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin
ery and Supplies and Repairs. Machine
Tools. Woodworking Machinery, Shaft
ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather and
Rubber Belting and Hose, Railroad
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Pumps, Feed Water Heaters and
Hoisting Engines, Injectors.
Capacity for three hundred hands.
Estimates furnished for power plants
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Johnson’s Bakery.
Sum of $55,000,000 is Carted Through
Streets of Chicago.
Eighty tons of gold, $45,000,000, to
gether with silver and currency
amounting to $10,000,000 or $55,000,000
in all, were hauled through the street
from the subtreasury in the Rand-
McNally building to the new federal
buildin g at Chicago Saturday after
noon. Each wagon was guarded by
men with rifles.
PORTLAND HAS NERVE.
Oregon S'ty Applies for Honor of En
tertaining Peace Envoys.
Portland, Oregon, has applied for
the privilege of holding the meetings
of the plenipotentiaries of Russia and
Japan in that city.
In messages to the president Gov
ernor George F. Chamberlain and
Mayor George H. Williams of Port
land called the president’s attention
to the fact that Portland is situated
half way between Russia and Japan.
Cleanliness and Puritj of Materials
Are characteristics of all the
Bread, Rolls, t akes, 1’les, Etc.
made at Jl)IIX8t>3 , J* BAKhltY,
Park Arenue.
The Cholce§t Confectioneries and Can-
diet always on hand.
STONE! STONE!!
Estimates given and orders prompt
ly filled for street curbings, and cross
ings, flower bed borders, sidewalks in
blocks, hitoking posts, door and ter
race steps, door aad window sills,
cemetery lot copings, rongh and
dressed ashlers for fronts of build-
lags, hearth stones, etc. Lakevlew
stone a specialty. Stone from other
snarriee if preferred.
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