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HUBBARD AROUSED CANDLER SHEDS LIGHT.
President of New York Cot
ton Exchange After Wilson.
Ex-8enator Believe* Passage of Esoh-
Townsend Bill by Congress Would
KH| “Jim Crow” Ca r Laws.
A Washington dispatch says: In a
recent interview former Senator
WRITES TO ROOSEVELT Chandler of New Hampshire brought
forward a question that was generally
discussed when the Esch-Townsend
Farr Honored by University.
Dr. James M". Farr, formerly of
Union, and well known for his high
literary attainments, bas ’jeen hon
ored the past week by being elected
Members of Exchange Greatly Shock- •’W was under consideration during vice president of the state university
SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE NEWS HEMS.
ed by Disclosures of Venality in
Agricultural Department—New
Phase Is Added to Scandal.
▲ Washington special says: A new
and Interesting phase of the cotton
leak investigation was developed on
Wednesday through the publication of
the letter of Wulter C. Hubbard, the
president of the New York cotton ex
change, addressed to President Roose
velt, in which the writer declared
that the members of the exchange
had been “greatiy shocked by the re
cent disclosures of veriHlity in the de
partment of agriculture,’’ and request-
ing a full Investigation of the metn-
ods which led to the corruption with
a view of preventing the possbility
of recurrence. That letter, it is be
lieved is the outcome of some recent
correepoadence between Secretary
Wllaon and Mr. Hubbard, in which
the latter called upon the secretary
to make him a public apology because
be had some years ago called the sec
retary’s attention to alleged leaks,
and that no ■ notice had been given
the suggestion.
The secretary wrote a tart reply.
In which he Informed Mr. Hubbard
that he owed no one an apology in
the light of having done his duty to
the best of his ability and that, when
he got anything that looked like facts,
promptly sent them to the secret ser-
the last session of congress, but which
is sure to come up if a similar meas
ure is brought forward next winter.
Mr. Chandler favored the Esch-Town
send bill and one of his reasons for
doing so was that “if national con
trol of railroads is allowed, all dis
criminations between whites and
blacks in the enjoyment of railroad
facilities will be abolished; in other
words there will ibe no jim crow
cars, and the wl^te mai\ and the
negro will have to sit side by side
in the same cars all over the south.
This utterance by Mr. Chandler has
already given rise to considerable dis
cussion and some of the friends of
the Esch-Townsend bill have endeav
ored to explain that it would have
no such effect, as he believes, and
that It would not be construed as nul
lifying the laws that have been passed
in southern states iequirii\; the rail
roads to afford separate accommoda
tions for whites and blacks. It is
cerlain that it would not affect these
laws so far as they apply to trans
portation wholly within the bounds
of a single state. It is not so clear
that It would not be within the power
of the interstate commerce commis
sion and of the courts to compel the
roads to grant equal accommodations
to whites and blacks traveling across
state lines.
The language of the bill which Mr.
Chandler believes would place negroes
vice officers to hunt down.
The case to which Mr. Hubbard re- on an equality with white men and
ferred in his recent letter to the sec- women in southern railway transit is
retary occurred in 1900. On Decern- found in section 1. This section pro
ber 20 of that year Mr. Hubbard sent vides:
the secretary certain papers showing “That whenever, upon complaint
that a Mr. Steinberger wanted to sell duly made, under section 13 of the
Information to a New York cotton act to regulate commerce, the inter-
biokerage firm, claiming that he got state commerce commission shall, af-
It In advance of the department. Sec- j ter full hearing, make any finding or
retary Wilson immediately turned the ruling declaring any existing rate for
matter over to the secret service of- the transportation of persons or prop-
fleers, but in about a week Chief Wil- erty.or any regulation or practice
kie reported that “it looks like an at- whatsoever affecting the transporta-
tempt of Steinberger to bunco the , tion of persons or property to be un-
New York firm.” After allowing tWb reasonable or unjustly discriminatory,
months to elapse and not hearing fur- J the commission shall have power, and
^ tkem, the secretary, on March 26, 1901, ; it shall be Its duty, to declare and
tiled upon the secret service for In- order what shall be a jUst and rea-
fowmation as to whether they had
made anj discoveries. On the follow-
dsy Secretary of the Treasury la tho i.r piarp of Ovat found
Gage replied, as follows: “The action
of this man, who wanted to sell in
formation, was done with the hope
of being able to sell Information, but,
as a matter of fact, his efforts to ob
tain the advance information failed,
as he received no assistance from the
person In Washington upon whom he
* depended for Information.”
Hubbard Complained Long Ago.
The report of Mr. Gage was trans
mitted to Mr. Hubbard by Secretary
Wilson the next day, and the matter
was allowed to drop. But in Jan
uary, 1902, Mr. Hubbard complained
of having been advised that southern
ginners were sending to the depart
ment returns of their ginning opera
tions bearing date of December 22 or
23, “and,” said Mr. Hubbard, "I am
unable to understand why additional
returns from ginners should be ob
tained, since rtie result is to be pub
lished.” It seems, however, that the
department of agriculture had not call
ed for any ginners’ statistics at that
time, but that the circulars had been
issued from the census bureau.
In the same month Mr. Hubbard
wrote the department of agriculture,
asking for certain information on cot
ton. but the secretary. In the course
of a sharp letter, denying the request,
written under date of January 11, 1902,
■aid: “We take the ground here that
nothing goes out unless it goes to
the whole people. We have no favor
ites.” Secretary Wilson, Wednesday,
permitted the examination of the cor
respondence, in order to show' that as
far back as five years ago he had
taken prompt action to discover any
leaks in his office.
sonable rate, practice or regulation
to be charged, imposed or followed
to be unreasonable or unjustly discrim-
inatory, and the order of the commis
sion shall, of its own force, take ef
fect and become operative thirty days
after notice thereof has been given
to the person or persons affected
thereby.”
While the chief purpose had in View
by the framers of the Esch-Townsend
bill was to give the interstate com
merce commission increased authority
over freight rates, they did not stop
there. The bill proposed to confei
upon the commission power to change
any “regulation or practice whatso
ever affecting the transportation of
persons or property” that might be
found to be unreasonable or unjusl'y
discrimuatory. This is very broad
language. Some of the opponents of
the bill have gone so far as to con
tend that it would give the commis
sion practically absolute power over
the management of all of the rail
roads in the United States, even en
abling them to prescribe the sched
ules on which trains should move
and the stations at which they should
stop and to fix the wages of employ,
ees. A much less extreme construc
tion would seem to make it cover a
“regulation or practice”that might be
alleged to be “unjustly discrimnatory’’
as between a white man and a black
man.
DISCUSSED CANAL AFFAIRS.
Conference is Held by Roosevelt.
Shonts and Engineer Stevens.
Important matters rela'ing to the
construction of the Pamma canai
were considered by President Roose
velt and Chairman Shonts and Chiei
Engineer Stevens, who were visitors
at Sagamore Hill.
This was the first opportunity the
president has had to discuss canal
matters with Mr. Stevens, and they
went over the subject pretty tlior
oughly. As both Mr. Shonts and Mr
Stevens expect to sail for Pamm:-
on the 20th instant, the orej'dt.v
desired to conceit with them befote
their departure.
ALEXANDER SERIOUSLY ILL.
Former President of Equitable in Se
elusion on Lon? Island.
James W. Alexander, former pres
ident of the Equitable Life Assuranc-
Society, is very ill. Ho is undergo
ing treatment in a secluded place or
Long Island, and it is said that ho
is in such a condition that all knowl
edge of the recent developments iu
the society have been kept from him.
DOZEN NEW DIRECTORS
Of Equitable Insurance Society In
stalled by Chairman Morton. ,
Twelve new directors, including D.
Cady Herrick, president Nicholas
Murray Butler of Columbia universi
ty; Congressman Charles E. Little
field of Maine and Nevada N. Strana
ban, collector of the port of New
York, have teen chosen and the res
ignations of three old directors ac
cepted by the board of directors oi
Many Babies Dying in Cleveland.
Within nine days eighty-two infants
under one year of age have died in
Cleveland, Ohio, and the city health
authorities are making a close inves
tigation into sanitary conditons and
the milk supply.
WANTED TO SEE A WRECK.
Two Boys Under Arrest for Attempt
to Derail Fast Train.
Albert Herfer, 14, and Charles Fee
11, sons of prominent farmers, twe
miles, east of Lima, Ohio, were arrest
ed Friday by Pennsylvania railroad
detectives charged with an attempt
to wreck passenger train No. 35. An
gle irons were placed on the track,
and when the obstruction was hit a
brake rod on the engine and twe
under the coaches were broken, but
the train kept on the rails.
“We wanted to see a wreck,” was
the only explanation given.
DUEL IN KENTUCKY CHURCH.
Miller Announced He Was Best Man
in House and Shooting Began.
John Miller of Breathit county, Ky„
shot and killed James Crees and
wounded James M. Thomas during a
fight In a church on Fraley creek on
Sunday. Miller entered the church,
and announced that he was the best
man In the house. Crees and Thom
as disputed this and the shooting fol
lowed.
GOTHAM RIOTING RESUMED.
Whites and Blacks Again Clash in San
Juan Hill District.
A New York dispatch says: Riot-
ng between whites and blacks was
esumed after midnight Monday morn-
ng in the San Juan Hill district,
lany shots were fired, and twenty
icgroes and one white woman were
arreted. Policeman David Roche had
ils skull fractured. Police reserves
_ vere called out before the melee
the gftultftble Life Insurance Society, ended.,
of Florida, which is located at Lake
City, and will continue to have charge
of the department of English liter
ature.
Cotton Mills Elect New Officers.
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Whitaker cotton mills
the following directors were elected:
A. H. Pollock, J. W. Rhyne, C. in.
Smith, J. Eb. Jefferies, W. P. Whiso-
nant, P. H. Freeman, with P. H. Free
man as secretary and treasurer; 0.
M. Smith, president; E. M. Bird was
appointed superintendent In place of
J. R. Killian.
Net in the Association.
After careful inquiry it would seem
that the cotton mills of Union are
not in an association which is alleged
in the press report from Greenville
exists among the cotton mills of Un
ion and vicinity, though this does not
include statements from the mill
presidentrs, a$ it has been impossi
ble to communicate with them.
Library for Anderson.
A Carnegie library for Anderson is
an assured fact now. The lot has
been selected and an architect has
been appointed to draw plans and
speciflcaUons. The amount to be giv
en by the city has been secured and
he budding will be placed en the cor
ner of McDuffie and River streets.
Shaft to Editor Gonzales.
A marble company of Gainesville,
Ga., has just built a monument which
is heing put in place on the state
capitol grounds at Columbia, in hon
or of the late Editor A. E. Gonzales,
of The- Columbia State, who was shot
and killed upon the streets of Co
lumbia some years ago by Lieutenant
Governor James Tillman. The mon
ument is to cost between $3,000 and
$4,000, and the money for Its pur
chase and erection was raised by
popular subscription.
Stolen Diamonds Recovered.
Tim dtajnonds which were^stglen
from the Sea Island hotel at Beau-
fort were recovered after a diligent
search. The box which contained the
jewels was found under a tree by Dr.
W. D. Vincent in a yard near the
house occupied by the girl who has
been in jail accused of the theft.
When shown the box she confessed
and led Mr. M. D. White where the
jewels were hid. She will be tried at
the September term of court.
been hard in jpany eastern as wei<
as southern cities.
Bright Williamson, as receiver, is
sued a circular to stockholders of the
concern reporting the concern In
bankruptcy and giving a statement of
assets and liabilities which, he says.
Is as.near right as possible to get in
the limited time he has had. The as
sets are given at $1,275,315.46; items
being plants (per inventory, May 31),
$1,089,056.63; real estate, scales and
seed houses, $23,539.53; stock of sup
plies and products (actual), $40,962.32;
tools, live stock, etc., $(,204.11; bills
recivable $765.13; accounts receiva
ble (nominally), $57,399.83; cash in
bank, subject to investigation, $26,-
387.91.
Total liabilities, $1,790,793.33; items:
Capital stock, $1,000,000; bills payable,
$722,500; accounts payable, subject to
investigation, $48,293.33; accounts
payable in oil estimated at $20,000.
I
HEBREWS FIGHT WITH POLICE.
Disgraceful Scramble at Dedication of
a Synagogue in St. Louis.
At St. Louis, Sunday, a crowd of
over 2,000 people, mostly Jews, fought
with the police in a wild scramble to
gain admittance to the dedication
services of the new synagogue of the
Congregation Sharis Sphard. A num
ber were clubbed, but none seriously
hurt. Several women fainted.
Bonaparte Revokes Orders.
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte
has revoked the orders recently is
sued for the transfer of Civil Engin
eers J. W. G. W&lker and F. R. Har
ris from the Charleston navy yarn
to other stations.
Soon after the orders were issued
they were suspended at the presi
dent’s direction and an investigation
made into the matter of the alleged
differences between the engineer offi
cers and the contractors for the dock
now heing built at that yard. Citizens
of Charleston forwarded a petition re
questing that the officers he retained.
Prohi Campaign in Anderson.
A meeting of the Anderson county
prohibition committee was held a few
days ago with the following result;
Two thousand copies of an anti-
dispensary letter are to be made and
circula t'd through the county. In con
formity to the statute bearing on
such measures, petitions are to be
submitted for the signatures of the
requisite quota of the qualified voters
of the county. The petitions are to
ite sent to the respeeflve pastors and
each of these is to assign' a commit
tee of three to the work of presenting
the petition.
Brother Bought the Drug.
The coroner’s jury in the ca?e of
R. Keith Dargan, the former president
of the' Independent Cotton Oil com
pany of Darlington, who committed
suicide, returned a verdict that the
deceased came to his death by taking
carbolic acid. It was developed at
the inquest that Mr. Pegram Dargan,
the brother of the dead man, was in
the room with the suicide when he
took the poison, and stayed with him
until he died. This brother was plac
ed on the stand, but declined to make
a statement, saying that the note left
by Dargan would explain all. This
note was read, and in it the dead
man said that although he had mis
managed he was not a coward.
The physician who was railed to
the dead man's aid testified that Pe
gram Dargan said he bought the acid
and saw his brother drink it.
Many Hard Hit by Failure.
Representatives of the bankrupt In
dependent Cotton Oil company met in
Charleston a few days ago and ap
pointed July 26, at Darlington, for
a meeting of The creditors. It is
now estimated that the liabilities will
reach $800,000 and the principal as
sets are a number of mills and gin
neries, which might not bring ono-
tJiird of that amount on the block-
Charleston is said to have lost about
$375,000 in the failure. It is fully
’xpected that the entire stock issue
v $1,000,000 will he wiped out. The
failure Is far-rcachiag and bants Uave
HEAD OF G. A. R. DEAD.
General Blackmac Succumbs to Intes
tinal Nephritis at Boise, Idaho.
General W. W. Blackmar, comman
der-in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic, died Sunday at Boise, Idaho,
of intestinal nephritis.
The body will be taken to the home
of the family at Boston. The gene
ral arrived in Boise on July 10 on a
tour, during which he intended to
visit Grand Army posts thre/ghout
the northwest. He was ill when he
arrived and gradually failed. The se-
liousness of his condition was kept
from the public at the request of his
wife.
WITTE PREPARING FOR MISSION.
Russian Peace Envoy Has Many Calls
to Make Before Departure.
A' St. Petersburg dispatch says :
M. Witte spent an hour with Mr. Mey
er, the American ambassador, at the
Kleinmichei palace discussing the
forthcoming peace conference. Before
leaving for Paris M. W\tte will have
still another audience with the em
peror. In the meantime he must pay
a round of official visits to all the
imperial ministers. M. Witte is ex
tn hp th© bearer of ;a per
sonal message from cne enjpfc.v,. To
President Roosevelt.
AFTER MERIDIAN CRIMINALS.
Circuit Court Adjourns After Hav
ing Disposed of 218 Indictments.
Circuit court adjourned at Merid
ian, Miss., Friday after one of the
most sensational sessions in the his
tory of the county. The term be
gan June 24 with a vehement charge
by Judge Cockran to the grand jury
urging that body to do its duty in
breaking up vice and crime in the city
in the response there has been
218 indictments and seventy sen
tences imposed ranging from fines oi
$25 to life terms in the peniteh
tiary.
MORTON SLASHES SALARIES.
Various Employees of Equitable Will
Now Draw Less Boodle.
Sweeping reductions in the salaries
of various employees of the Equitable
Society have been announced by
Chairman Morton. The decreases will
amount to 20 per cent on all salaries
over $15,000 per annum; 15 per cent
from all salaries he we?n $9,000 and
$15,000 both Inclusive, and 10 per
cent decrease from all salaries above
$2,500 and below $9,OOP per year.
These changes become operative on
August 1 and effect a saving of $150,-
000 to $200,000 a year.
14 BODIES IN SUBMARINE.
Sunken Boat Brought to Surface Re
veals Sickening Horror.
The submarine boat, Farfadel,
which sank at the entrance of the
port of Sidi Abdullah, Tus's, July 6,
was towed into dry dock Saturday
after ten days' incessant efforts to
raise her.
When the door of the Farfadet was
opened there was a rush of nauseous
gases from the decomposing bodies
of the fourteen men who had perished
in her. An inspection of the FarfadCb
shows that her crew employed every
Imaginable device in their attempts
to escape.
THREE TRAINMEN KILLED.
Freight Wreck Takes Fire and Bod
ies of Victims Cremated.
Three trainmen were killed and two
probably fatally injured Friday in a
freight wreck on the Iowa Central
railroad near Richland, Iowa.
A car of oil took fire, the tank
■exploded and burned the bodies of
the killed to a crisp. The fire de
stroyed a bridge ever a creek, where
the wreck occurred and burned six
hours.
FIRST BALE OF NEW COTTON.
Grown in Texas and Sold in New
Orleans for 20 Cents a Pound.
The first bale of new cotton lor
the season was received at the New
Orleans cotton exchange Friday. It
was grown by F. J. Johnson oi
Moore, Frye county, Texas. It was
sold at the door of the exchange at
auction and brought 20 cents a pound.
Tire bale weighed 537 pounds. The
custom of selling the first new bale
received on the exchange for :3f
tcueut ot charity Is au old one.,
SIX MEN ON TRIAL
Alleged Slayers of Carter
Children Arraigned.
TOBACCO LEAK ALLEGEC
Force of Two Hundred and Fifty Po
licemen Required to Quell Con
flict—Scores of- the Combat
ants More or Less Injured.
“San Juan Hill,” the district bound- j
ed by Amsterdam and West End ave-
CASES CALLED IN COURT nues and Sixty-first and Sixty-third
streets, in New York city, so called
because of its notoriety as a battle
J. G. Rawlings, His Three Sons and ground, was the scene Friday nighf
Two Negroes Are the Prisoners
Before Bar — Widespread In
terest in Proceedings.
One of the most sensational trials
ever he’d in the southern section of
Georgia came up at a special term
# s
h
of a furious race riot which required
250 policemen to quell after mgny'
shots had been fired and several per
sons had been seriously injured.
The trouble began shortly after 9
o’clock when a'policeman arrested Ed
ward Connelly, white, for attacking’
of the superior court at Valdosta on Henry Williams, a negro, and
Monday, Judge Mitchell of Thomas- Pursued to the station house
ville pres ding. ! his P risoner b J' a mob of Connolly s
r _, * i friends, hurling showers of stones and
>e c ase .s tnat against Milton, , other missiles. When the station
.•esse and Leonard Rawlings, as al- house reserve* turned out the whole
leged principals; Alf Moore, colored, neighborhood was in an uproar, and
as an alleged accessory, and J. G. ! blacks and w’hites engaged in des-
Rawliugs, the father of the boys, and perate in the streets ' Tof -
_ rents of missiles were hurled from
Frank Turner, a negro preacher, as | roofs and windows . WIthin ten mln .
aDeged instigators of the crime. Above utes not less than a thousand men,
all these, however, stands J. G. Ra\\- j boys and women, black and white,
lings, who is charged with being the were engaged in a furious combat,
arch instigator in the murder of W51- j The small party of police were pow r -
lie and Carrie Carter, 15 and 13-year- i erless and reinforcements were sum-
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old children of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Carter of the Hahira district.
; In charging the grand jury Judge
Mitchell called attention to the tact
that it was the first special term
of court ever held in the district. He
■Iso spoke in commendation of fue
law-abiding spirit of the section of
the state.
The story of the killing and the
^acts surrounding it almost stagger
pitman belief. There were many cir
cumstances in the case, it is claimed,
that po'nted to the Rawlings as the
Instigators of the crime, even before
tire statement of the Carters or the
confession of Alf . Moore had been
made.
There had been a feud existing be
tween Rawlings and Carter for a num
ber of years. The bitterness had been
inherited by Rawlings’ children, and
it is charged they did what they could
on every occasion to make it unpleas-
apt for the children of Carter.
( Bot'i men had been ministers of the
^ospe’. and Carter had been a member
®* the \ etl odist cjonference. Both
■ad very good farms, and Rawlings
i-as erns'dera’ ly alove the average
farmer in h s property holdings.
A Lrlet summary of the tragedy is
follows:
i On the night of the 13th of June
W, just three days after J. G. Raw-
nr jm*- o rea«e
' $1,200, on a warrant sworn out
Carter, fhe dog in Carter’s yard
iegm to bark, and his three oldest
hildren, a hoy and two girls, started
into the yard to loak af er a sick
Calf, which they thought w-as being
polested. The fatter ca led them
pack, and the eldest girl returned to
fhe house.
j Willie and Carrie ran through the
garden ga*e and ?ro:nd the smoke
house, tack toward a crack in the
fence, where they expected to go
through. As they approached the
crack the assassin, standing in the
shade of a peach tree, fired upon the
boy and then upon the girl. The girl
dropped dead, while the toy, after
seeing that she was dead, crawled to
the house and reparted what had hap
pened.
The assassins then remained about
the house all night long until nearly
d'ay, trying to burn the place and thus
destroy the evidences of their crime.
Carter, however, had a small rifle and
a gun on the inside of the house, and
by constantly firing the rifle through
the cracks on different s'des of the
house, kept them from carrying out
their purpose. About day his oldest
daughter informed neighbors of what
had happened and the news of the
tragedy spread like wildfire.
The disclosures since then have
been startling In the extreme. A
dozen people were found, it is claim
ed, who could testify that Rawlings
had trmd to employ them to set fire
to Carter's house and then kill the
family as each member tried to es
cape.
REPORT ON GEORGIA SCHOOLS.
Advance Sheets Submitted to Legis
lature by Commissioner Merritt.
State School Comissioner W. B.
Meritt of Georgia has submitted some
advance sheets of his report to the
general assembly.
The school statistics for 1904 show
that the school population was 712,-
0C0. The number of pupils attending
school 490,103. Of these 298,865 were
white children and 200,238 were ne
groes. The number of teachers was
10,360. Of these 6,951 were white and
3,400 negroes. The number of school
bouses in the state was 7,786
moned.
On their arival a cordon was drawn
around the whole district, and strong
patrols made repeated charges down
the streets in a v^ain effort to restore
order. They succeeded in making a
few prisoners, and were forced to re
treat, fighting every inch of the way
and pursued to the station house
by a howling mob.
The worst fighting was in Sixty-
second street, where from every win
dow and roof rained missiles, while
hundreds of shots were fired.
Inspector McLaughlin arrived short
ly before 9 o’clock and, realizing how
wide-spread was the danger, sent hur
ry calls for reserves from as far north
as One Hundred and Twenty-fiun
street from the east side, and from
the west side. In all there were more
than 250 men under command of the
inspector within twenty minutes.
Squads of men were sent along
roofs af the houses In Sixty-second
street, where the fighting seemed
heaviest. They walked from Vvest
End avenue to Amsterdam, clearing
the roofs, and found that many chim
neys had been torn to pieces to fur
nish ammunition to the rioters, and
in the corners of roofs were mounds
of bricks, pottery and bottles. More
arrests were made, and several whites
md negroes were rescued 'from gangs
continued.
The rioting spread down town to
Fifty-seventh street and up to Sixty-
eighth street, although the hardest
battles were fought between Sixty-
first and Sixty-third streets. For
more than half an hour cars on the
Amsterdam line were blocked. Color
ed men pursued by whites took ref ;
uge on cars as they passed, and were
followed by showers of bricks and
stones as they fled. Every window
in many cars were broken, and pas
sengers took shelter in neighboring
houses. Conductors and ihotormen
hid under seats, leaving their cars
to the mercy of the mob. Several
passengers were slightly hurt by
stones and broken glasses.
Commissioner McAdoo arrived at 11
o’clock, and made a tour of the bat
tle field, the fighting by that time hav
ing ceased. He said the riot could
not have taken place had not the
rougher element been permitted to
carry arms. They appeared to have
a regular arsenal of weapons, as the
police found when they searched the
prisoners.
In all, seven whites and two ne
groes had their injuries attended to
by the amubulance surgeons, but
others less seriously hurt were taken
to their homes by friends.
J. RUTHERFORD & .
DEALERS IK
BRICK, LIME,
PORTLAND AND ROSBNDALK CEMENT*
PLASTER HAIR AND LATHS
READY ROOFING ETC.
Corner of Washiagton sad Rsjaslds Street*.
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The Bank of Aiken,
AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA.
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whole, the weak strong and the
thin fat. It will restore lost Appetite,
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For sale by W. J. Platt Z. Co.
Russian Sappers Murder Officers.
A regiment of Russian Sappers,
stationed at a small village in the
mountains near Tlflis, has murdered
all its officers, and it is rumored has
joined the revolutionists.
CZAR WILL TRAVEL TO MOSCOW.
Goes to Summon Representatives of
People to Meet in Islinsky Palace.
The Slovo (St. Petersburg) positive
ly announces that the emperor wifi
travel to Moscow, where he will is
sue a proclamation summoning the
representatives of the people to the
Islinsky palace. Kremlin.
Some of the officials of the court
already have gone to Moscow to make
preparations for the event.
BANDITS RIDDLED BY POSSE.
Murderers of Railway Detective in
Kansas Soon Come to Grief.
G. C. Calhoon, an Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fe railway detective,
was shot and instantly killed at Cedar-
vale, Kansas, early Wednesday by tv.V
outlaws, v»ho were shot down later
by a posse of citizens.
One of the outlaws, Ed Madigan of
Ponca, Oklahoma, was killed instantly
by the posse. The other, William
Chadburn of Winfield, Kansas, was
fatally wounded. The outlaws ex
changed many shots with the posse.
IN BIRMINGHAM JAIL.
Negroes Charged With Murder of
Woman Sent Away from Gadsden.
Sheriff William Chandler of Etowah
county, accompanied by deputies, ar
rived in Birmingham,Ala., on Monday
night, with Vance Garner, Bunk Rich
ardson and Will Johnson, three of the
negroes charged with the murder and
criminal assault of Mrs. Smith, near
Gadsden. The prisoners were placed
In the Jefferson county jail for sate
keeping.
CHARGE AGAINST SOLDIERS.
Members of Alabama State Troops Ac
cused of Looting.
A Montgomery, Ala., dispatch says:
At an early hour Monday morning a
daring hold-up and loot occurred at
the store of J. S. Holmes, a negro,
on Red Ridge road, and members of
the state troops, now in their annual
encampment in the city, are charged
with being the guilty persons.
A clerk in Holmes’ store alleges
that a sergeant and two privates en
tered the place,and, holding him at
bay, rifled the safe and cash register
of the money. He says that they also
carried away cigars, whisky and a
sack of flour.
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Soilin Spectacle Go.
EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS,
And Manufacturers of
Spectacles and Eyeglasses
For all defects of tho human eye
sight. Eyes scientifically examined
free by graduate doctors. Office and
Works, 928 Broad street, opposite
Planter’s Hotel, Augusta, Ga.
HAIR CUTTING ani SHAVING
FOR
S*ir Getting. Shaving and Shampoo
»I. goto
GEO. W WALTON.
•Lomtefl Iron Worts
Supply Co.,
Augusta, Ga.
SHRINER’S INDIAN VERMIFUGE.
The most efficient agent for eradi
cating Worms from human beings
Mothers should send for pamphle
“Something About Worms” free on ap
plication. This remedy is guaranteed
to give satisfaction If used according
to the directions, cm money refunded.
Price, 25c per bottle, or 5 bottles for
11.00.
Ask your dealer for it; but if not
•upplied send to David E. Fouti, Sol\
Baltimore, Md.
COSTLY DEPOT TOTALLY BURNED
City of Louisville Loses Union Passen
ger Station—Loss is $350,000.
The union passenger station at
Tenth and Broadway streets, Louis
ville, was destroyed by fire Monday
night, entailing a loss of over $-^5o,- f
000. The amount of insurance is not ■
known.
The fire was discovered on the top j
floor of the four-story stone structure,
and although every fire engine in the
city except the reserves was on the
scene in half an hour the building
was eaten to a shell, only the walls
being left standing.
Engines,
Boilers,
Cotton,
Saw, Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin
ery and Supplier and Repairs, Machine
Tools, Woodworking Machinery, Shaft
ing, Pulleys, Hangers, leather and
Rubber Belting and Hose, Railroad
and Mill Supplies and Tools, Steam
Pumps, Feed Water Heaters and
Hoisting Engines, Injectors.
Capacity for three hundred hands.
Estimates furnished for power plants
and steel bridges, store fronts.
DON’T FAIL TO WRITE
US BEFORE BUYING - . .
RESIGNS AS PEACE ENVOY.
I
Muravieff, Chief Russian Plenipoten-
tiary Throws Up Job.
A St. Petersburg special says: M.
Muravieff has resigned his position a.r
chief peace plenipotentiary. It may
be regarded as practically certain that
he will be replaced by M. Witte, who,
all along has been considered the Rus
sian statesman pre-eminently qualified
to undertake the difficult task of ne
gotiating peace with Japan.
Johnson’s Bakery.
TEN DEATHS FROM HOT WAVE.
Chattanooga College of Law
Law Department of Grant University. Two years’
course, conferring degree of LL. B.. with thorough
preparation for admission to the bar of any state and
of the United States. Strong faculty of fourteen
members. Terms reasonable. FWie law building In
center of city. * Students may be self-supporting.
Lectures open September 20.1905. For free catalogue
and literature address Major C. R. Evans, Dean,
(Dept. I.) Chattanooga, Tennessee. c
Was Record In New York Wednesday.
Three Score Prostrations.
Undiminished heat and humidity
marked the day Wednesday, the fifth
of the torrid wave which has aflict-
ed New York. Ten deaths and near
ly three score cases of prostration
was the record of the day. A brisk
breeze afforded gome mitigation, but
hardly tempered the Intensity of the
heat in the crowded quarters <5f the
city.
INDIAN GIRLS AS SERVANTS.
A Problem Being Solved by People
of Appleton, Wisconsin.
The servant girl problem in the
Appleton, Wisconsin, district has been
partially solved by the employment
of Indian girls who have graduated
from the government school. Several
are now in the kitchens of various
families, receiving the same wages
as white girls.
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Cleanliness am Purity of Materials
Are characteristics of all the
Bread, Rolls, l akes. Pies, Etc.
made at JOliNSO.Vs BAKKKY,
1’ark Arenue.
The Choicest Confectioneries and Can*
dies always *n hand.
STONE! STONEtt
Estimates given and orders prompt
ly ailed for street curbings, and eroaa-
ings, flower bed borders, sidewalks la
blocks, hitching posts, door said ter-
race steps, door and window sills,
cemetery lot copings, rough and
drossed ashlers for fronts of build
ings, hearth stones, eto. Lakoviow
atone a specialty. Stone from other
quarries if preferred.
H. K. CHATFIELD,
Aiken, 9. Q*