The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 01, 1901, Image 1

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k T-. f I %! <6? IL^A \v Vol.I'Mi: \11. ' t'AMDKN, 8. T.. FltlOAY. .M M.'Ci: I. ISUU. NO. 8. MINE Tiiii ly-Six Miners Burucil to Dealt) B> E.\phi?)o:i, AWFl'L Ri SILT OF CARELESSNESS. ? -? ? ? ?- - - A i itv in a Coal Mine In Diamond* v.He, NVyo., Itnrns to Death All tho Miners in One Shaft With a Single llxceptioa. sj. '+ CTKytnm*, Wyo., Special?The worst disaster in tho his:o;y of coal min ing In \Yy ...mii'.g siju'o the Almy hor Ui-, oiK-hi?yt*nrr njrn. Ocf-uri" 1 :u V'i.i mr-a iville .Mo::d'iy nij;i.t. Thirty-six men aro UiftljpvtvJ it/ h tm $u',c a fire which started in Mine Nol. of tin I>inir.oml\ille Coal aisil Coke t'om pany. The Maze vs; > f.discovered short ly after !t:,i ;? ?}>i t-iiiTi coniinonced work. It is to have origina iiil from u r a: I - Jii n:iutr's lamp in thn oi! room. Tin? liirnw math* such pio.'.n .sj; that only one man escaped from iho twj (atires mi which it was ecnfliMd iij-i name is Jno. Alexan <h.r nr. I ho was fright rally burned in running ;!ir- g.iunile; of the llamos. Ho was si:ddonl\ eonfiontcd hy a wall of lire ami smokp and wrapping his head in an ovoreoat^Jio ran in tho direction of the main enHaTVce. II?> fell uncoit seious, and was earned to/tho moiiih ( ? the mine. Tiio nlanu^vns f?Cund<*d and hundreds oi' in infers at. work in ti;o minci n>rfT ??11 the out-ide m diel ;<) t i? r> rescue of tlit ir imprisoned cum. radoa. The fire lead hy this hmo made Mich progress tiiat il was impo-siblH to f i'ter tin' rooms of name:-?. The en tire night was sper.4 in confining the /ire to Ui'< two cud i s and this morn ing it was n.c .-sary to seal them uj> to prevent tin* flames from spreading to oilier parts of the mine. This step was only <!ertflrd upon after all hope of riving the lives of tho men had been abandoned. Nothing could livo five minutes in the fire, which was in cro:?.-i;?g in fierceness every minute. The plugging of tli? two entries wiil smother the lire, hut it may he several days before the barricades can l>e ie* moved and th? chambers explored. The exact total#of men entombed is iioi y61 known as a number are miss ing. .-:<*me on Kick leave and otliois in t! e ho."pital. Kufferin-g fiom burns re ceive! while fighting the flames, f-o ihjH an :: ourate (o?Tiit s at present impossible. The sccncs at the. nionlh of thn mine WViing tho night ;'.rd day "were heart l-f^idering. Relatives :;n 1 friends of tho < attfnibe 1 Illinois rushed iu 4>?- mine, frantically waving their hands and ?.'.vii'g :o the mini? officials and miners t.< save their dear ones. Many of tho wouu n and children wore slightly injured in the crowd and by falling over oi-sf.irles in the darkness. Diamondville has hern the scone of a number of disastrous fires since tho coal mines were opened tliere, ten years ago. but the conflagrations we:e nevctf attended with serious loss of II fey'* <-, The mine is owned by the Oregon Short L#ine Railroad. Its output is about 175,000 tons of coal per year and upwards of 700 minors are employed. ror of Horrors. Versailles, Ind., Fpecial.?-Gcorgo James "and his four young d-augiiteis wore burn (/(I* to death in their farm licase, four m'b-x from Versailles cur ly Saturday morning. A snn. 12 years old, made a de^pcralv effort to get his father and sisters out from the. burn ing house, hut failed. The son, who been sleeping wilh his father, escaped through a rear do. jr. and finding i: im possible to get back owing to the rapid spread of the fire. rushed to a window of lria father's room an 'I broke t he glass in with his fist. (J:* hogged his father and alliens to climb thiough tha bioken sasli, but they made 110 reply. In a few minutes <h? whole structeuro fell, burying the five inmates. ? The Seaboard to Knoxvllle. "Ur-unswiek, Ga., Special.? It is re potted hero that mgoJationa are pending For fin* purchase o. [he Tallu luh Falls railroad by the j-'antaern Air Line and eventually resulting in a line from Atihtns, Ga., to K.roxville, Tenn. The purpose of the new line, It Is eaid, is A.o bring In reach the undeveloped roliitaaMotioionoll -h<?tir.ao m cmfw m mineral and timber land-s of North Georgia, Nonth Carolina and East Tennessee, 4!>csrgo L. Prentiss, of New York, wl:o is considered a leading promote,r of the undertaking, was hero but would neither deny or affirm the nimor. ? \ Goes to Ashevllle. Chicago, Special?John T. McOutrh eot?, the war correspopdeni-arttst.irho was wilh Admiral Dewe/"*t the battle of Manila, waa tntren to-flfc*,on a ?pe ris} car to AjrtjcvJiie, N. C., where ft is fcoped his health, seriously affected by malaria. eontraoUd in the Philippines, and an attack of typhoid pnenmonu ID Chicago','will be regained. By wire and CabTc. King Leopold, of Belgium, neat to Nic? Saturday foj^ long General Rtos/.irfio preaidettt the foiaisb Peace Coa*?4??ioa Meetings in Parte, *? wil>wl? tlL If. Pfcftm. Time* Mlmtater te Oil "III. TAXATION' County l',t>iiin?,ation -Two Important Hill*. t.T.O C' (|p? HM,,t jjj>.< o. 'taut ll.OI-UIOl 1 ? I".:;. J ;it I ,H* recti.,! fcC.-bioil ASf" i.M'ly w...s that Which ?:l' ! to (-)'???' ivhi;* j?: for tux.iiit.ou oa ton Kill's, ci;-ltcu d oM and ft r.ilizt r if WJjti f-howii dut\i:? tho tllsrlixslon 1 >ho bill i'??\v ui: titu ?i?wi;.ss i ll Ci.-. .>.1 mills it.il.'y \vii;j and \-.iy j.I w ijv t-ould only bn 1 1 1 l>y a State board. It is tho tli a.-lie t.ix It ,v.x!a'lithi th.H has I -a takon in many yn.irs. '1. o Soaa'.o i tho AM to - .ton ml 1\*. but l::.. II; ii'.. 1- ii a gio.it dotl nioro fc\? ?-. ?;::!!!? <111(1 !?':4?k |ti col'ten ac.od m:1 fe.t IHzer factories. t'jii:j?t i i?!li r (ietuial Ikihanv will ,..l v.u.h on itwtter at onco ?s i is i . iiiciit tli t ih > A*: was Int. nd.11 ?ply to tM* guar's a-.st^smenU. A v.;v.{ T?'i>j>rv>;ji^3V]on <>r *?0u was n.to?pay ti:> c.-.pi uses of the ct m i:/ for this year an<l Mr. Derluun wan!.; to rj { tile iiy.ti ? w in C'V. t s oi tho l/Coks for tllla )n.ir '<?* OIIVJlltL't **il. l!t> will have tho print -\l for di.^ t: 1' . nn um:.ng the ei>unly auditors i - on;-.- ;<r.'.l v. UI send them out as ii-'e \si:h instill, tionu la tho coun ty audit ois. Tlii> Art takes effect lin u.t i.'::!t ly upon Ms approval nrwl 113 will be notcdt ft has been appioved. Tho Ait loads as follows: An .\ t to p ualJorniMy e.ul 0.111 al.ty In t'10 assiiixmorit of property rfoumid for t.ixaJl'on by persona, linns or corporations (i:!3?(,ro.l inlex vitt? inritt&trirs ar.'l canal piovidinx l-o'/a-r for rent or hiie.^aud cotton ?>i; 1 oil romp.uii.vi anil fertilizer t on '.allies. S(etion l. He it cnae/cd by tlio (Ion ??till l?|y of the Slute of Sou>th ! 1.*i, That all iiubl vliu-ridH, ' llrnm f - eoppor;.i.:?/?ts engaged, or that may i'i hi ; iv.fter enijated in this State, in I i" m'tnnfarViire of textile fabrics of iii.v k.jul tin ! t-.aaals provid.ug power, frr ror.-t or 1.1:c*, hikI cotton sect! oil 11.-mp:mii.-? and fi*iti!izor coni>i>anies, l /-.- she thefr returhs of property, bo!orRii!{f to or <onne.riti l w th kiu h ji:am:faetnre, ;is usual for taxation, to th-< aini.t'f < r the eo.ir< y in which tho p..i;?(y ii? >;:-iu.vt??, and r.ftc.r the same f'1 :i! 1 be ju-.i'v. d on. by tho township }?:: 1 county brands of eqitali&iiLion, t! .shall forward all stonh retuins, with siwh 1 r4.isti:-nils nil-J suggestions jm: ii? rhall >..r? ft. to the Co:ii>]>t.iol!or t!(ne:al as eaon as tho tiino for niali ii:g n ;i:r.')a has expired. r.'1 ?" 1 - dy^ 1 cf the Comptroller General to recelvo .safely la-i'p such returns in lxi3 t-Mti-;.', an I i!;<.- S;..te board of e<|iial: ; .tioa shall meet annually at Colum lia at eiirh t.liro and place i:i The svltl c!!y ;iy shall be llx< i, and notified to ?them by the Comptroller Uoirciral, and when they^^jrj conveno, ho shall lay before said Tt/iurn.s, wilth such com* I in 1.1. and &ug:^p>;tions as lvo may ses r fit. | SroUon Thalt fiaid h't.'ite bond or j f'.jualization aire here by authorized J aiid raipowonil to in%*tstiKnto and l p ?.?>.< on i>ai<l lotunts and ti? < juali/.o 1 t'10 sa >n<e, both as to real im?l personal I property. In order to obtain unlforr.vi-. ) tv of taxation upon the property of | such in-dustidos; njyl tf> the end may i> !;:pt and pnomiiIgflito KU:h rules and li ^ ikttl-cns n.s may be.Just ar.d cqirii ai le.In ease any return ao laid boforo raid St 11 to board i-s raised by it, then and in s.ieh enso r.a adjourned moot ing inufit bio fixed by the board for ha inc: tli party or corporation whoso 10'.tit 11 i.-t raided, and due notice there of by ir. til m<irt Ir? given at said m<,et ii FT to raid party 6s" corporation. ?J-octlon 1. Th.'il when .f.aid Sta<?o brvaid t-hall have finally acted on fia-'d rotnins tJ11 ir actii n shall be certified to the Ccor.'ptroller Ocm-rnI, who Bhall traaamit the ?jni/> in so far a* to uf f. ri :iie inoperty of any county to tho auditcr of .oiid county, fho'shall enter tl.e mi mo aH i::ixlip?r to law on tho tux l.is'/rtS of bis county. Sron 5. That ail Acts or paids 1/ A'ts i-neoni?H:t;nt' with this Act b<;. and the -.unie are hereby, ixv])ealfe<l. ,-V; tioo G. This Act Blnll take ef ftvt c.pon its approval. Approved February 10, 1901. !?; will fi:-*;t of all Ik? neecKsary for tl e rovn-ty ar 1.!r..s to tend copies of t!.-o rcainis, under tho cbvsaes iiwlll.ij t' 1, to tho Comiptroller (b?noral'K offi ce .with such information as nwiy ;i . "able, ^>r tho ?informatilon of the board of usscHSore. COUNTY EQUALIZATION OF *\ TAXEfl. Anarher impoufant tax mwsitro that s b<V n oiiacted Into law and which b'i? bo;n approved by Governor Mc j Fvveene^ refers to the duties of towa a?scc?or8, and it fcs hoped In this 1 v.-*y ?to at a wood fleal of propnrty tl ;t l^agit now properly noaohod. The . Act provides: An Ae| to nnwnd Soetton 4 of an Act | entitled "An Act to further provide for jho return -of property for <ax ??tioij," approved th? 2d day of Marm, A. l>. 1897, bo as to make 4owrjsh'!p a^s-^iraora oquaJl:z<rra as well I as assessors of property. fieetjon 1. lie it <ing.'4ed by -th* Orr.r? eial Aen>mhly of tho Stat? of Souft . C iroMna, Tt^at Section 4 of an Act ?Ji tltied "An Act to Turthor provide f*>r the return and apeeasment 0/ property for taxation," approved the 2nd day of MjMt. A. D. 1SD7, be amenaed by t/iUnng out kn line 20 the word* *n>?t not," ?nd Inserting in Mem thereof the word "or," and by inserting on Ma* 40, between the *ords "greater" ar.d "them," tlfce word# "by am handred dollars more," end tha* aa^d eeetton i following worde, between the word* "them- and -?Jd" fete (*7) tirau ty-4?T?n of the ?ectloo, td w?, "bat fctoey BbaU not .ndflM tto j TftlM <rf Nri ?k?:ow till mtarxMd to Cho couty ?Mor, oo tlat ?aid mcUom 4 rood tm feUovt: Mm 4 TW *4p bcrd ml ?oollj m or a duty to carefully eons! l<?r tho refurn* and lUts laid bofoie them by the co ty auditor, and, If ivoc*s-ary, to vo r pare tv.'-: tatue with tho tax r. i* i ;?? I i^t ix duplicate of th<* prvvU I's j cr ^yoara. They shall diligently . .-a i' iir.<d discover all property, both i? 1 and personal. in their i iv < 'A, ? i \ districts not previewiy i ? . .1 I y tho owner or audixa thereof or i??; listed for taxation by tho county au ii tor, and there npon It shall bo li t-.r duty lto liet -the same for tuition ia naiiuo of tho owner or per.-son to wh m it is taxable. It shall theivupon 1 tlit?!r further duty to fairly nn.d inv>" tlally assess tho value of all prop;..,!;, l.alh real ami penvuuvl, In .thoir ro fHitivo tax districts, entering upon tiiflr returns and Ks#ta funv!<>he<Uthem. And they shall luive the right In pet tfonning thedr dut'lCB it'horeiMtto to la cre.,t+o or to lower tlu> valuation of any property, real or peisonal, as flxo.l by tht? county amMtor, or ns returned by nny prmpon; and M thai) n\7t ).** dooni !i id material whether tho rctvfrna s.;> in creased was Intentionally or unlirion i ji.my fak.<o, or whether tho propoi ty v,i!hki.i value ia oo raised wv.ij Inten j tlonally rotuntfed at lesa than J.i-j fair ca.-h valuo by tho county auditor, and I iijx>n the lists nuul/O out by tluxiu, tho ; valuation flxid by them;" but <tjiey j i .'mil J.'..;, reduce the aggregate valuo ; cf ir-1 and per&onul pn?/.>chty b.'low j the nsgiegate value thereof as retur.i eil to tho county audi'or.-' said relur. a j and lifts, with said valuation, to l>.* l>? ihesn laid before tho councy oi,. 11 tor : on or before tho third Tuesday of March of each year, except Chat. for | the townuhip of Florence. in the coun ty of Florence, for the vt 1-''". t'?> : :ime t/> bo laid beforo the wanly an> di-tor on or be.ore t.m; Si.it o: ; prOvhk?d, however, thi.ll real tv+tate shall be valued :;o.l assessed In- said boards only in those years when real estate Is by law required to be return ed, except thatt Raid boards may in any year value anil asstws any ????;?! cot/ite and lmproveav. n>!u ihrn-oa which they may aseeil a'n or discover had n-ct previously buna returned oi r.-M^cii.^'Ml for taxation. Wheni ver t. o valuauion and .a?.u: sn,r>nt of any p:o pTty is fixed by said l.oards at a .sum ! greater by one hun.l.'.il tlollaivi o - | more than the amou!.i' r?turiv d by (!:?< j oilier or Iris agents ,or whi'iievw any I ]>rci;xi:ty is valued and a?.h:kskI for I taxation which has not been previous ly rotumod or ats??so.l. it shall b;> j tlie duty of the (Xmnty aud'Klor on or before tine fourth Mondny in March of ] the yoar in which tho valuation and I assessment is uvad>e to g-lM.- to tl o <?<v ? nor or aS'MX of such propei ty wrlttiui 1 notice thereof, which notice m:?y Lo J served uix>n Mich owiror or his ngeni ! petvon^i.lly, or by mailing the same to ! svl ih person or Ii-'.h ?xent at l.i.i lart ! hnowia plac? of residence, an?l ? ?aeh owner or his ayent, if ho objects t'? I such valuation and aas^?smciptC shall ! havo tho rig,ht to aptpoal to the county ! boaivi of commissi oners, sitting on the j cov *-y lx>ard of equalization, wh^< h j appeal shall lx> heard by fu':l county j board. The account of tho tounly au | dltor f<xr the nccocs-ary o'^t.ioivjy and i i?o.:tago, to enable him to g^lvo the no I tice hereiin required, shall be a valid i claim r.^ainst the county ar.d shall bi ! paid ;us other county claims aw paid, j Nothing In this Ad; conuainorl tohall bo 1 construed ca "initerforln.g with thi r'uty I of the county adding 50 peroent to the | value of porFonoJ prv>;>erty as a penal j ty, as ppovl<W<l In Fort'.Ion 279-295 and 1 207 of itJie Hevipctd Statutes of 1893. ' nor v\t:th the dut'leo of the isou-ity au ditor as preseril?Nl in Stntion 2;t0 of ; the Revised ?tate.-tera of Section 3. That nil Acts and parts I of Ada Inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are lioroby, ropailod. I A^;>roved Folwuary 91, A. D. l'JOJ. NEWSY CLEANINGS. A cruciform structure has becu found in Mitla, Moxlco. This country Is Spending $1,000,000 n day on Its army and navy. Snowfalls have occurrcd in Algiers, and several natives lnive been frozen to death. ? Christians of New York City con tributed last year $27,UOO,OUO for pros pel work. The Kcv. John Nnlle, of Trappe, Penu., lias Just celebrated liis one hun dredth birthday. A Cleveland. Ohio, man has been pent to the penitentiary for four years for throwing his baby at his wife. Yale University is likely to receive $12f?.000 by the will of the late Profes sor Salisbury. His library goes with It. A British army surgeon asserts thai lie' has driven malaria bparlng mos- I (|uito<*? from Ilong Kong neighbor- ' hoods. The ertnto of Lord Armstrong, In- j ventor of the Armstrong gun, who died ; recently in London, is valued at $7,- i DOO.tnK). fireenwieh time has been adopted j onielaiiy by Spain, and the hours are numbered from one to twenty-four an ! in Itnly. James Hendricks, of Wllkesbtirre. Pcnn.. couvb?te4 of nnndrr BtX yearn ago, has been released froui prison thrpugh bis brother'* efforts. Thp neat of Panic! I*. Hatch, of the old firm of Hatch & Foote, which failed hist fall, lias been eold on the New fork Stock Exchange for ?51,000. Settle purposes to build a canal eight mile* long froui Puget Sound to l.xbo Washington, which la twenty miles iong. 2tw fewt deep, and will make an Ideal li^fbo* Tho Nary Department la conalderlng tlio aiiTlMbllUT of ?sfl^iiiiifi ? ?*y nl a tat Ion on Bljtbe IsAnd, (>a? which property was acquired I>v tlw depart incut nnd?r provisions of an act of Congress of 1W7. It It lata In ihs lay to htrn that La fayscto baat Hofcopn'a' record aa a Hww The authority for tho state aoant -that til women ktocd the FMsduMa darte* hW trtmmphal toot ta this cowatry l* hv> TaUt, who has jnzLiUcd at^a gr^at afr# at-lWalovo* U?t tM il?4nWs of ? * NO Bf8A SESSION! Congress Not I ikdy to Meet After March 4 Hi. Cl'BA.N A Mi M) HI N1 AGREED TO.' Terms Said to IK* ^nilsfactoi) to the President -- Uenioc ii'.s W ill Not Oppose. W.odiin^lon, J-'i> v i ll. The f-'iviate i??;?iin-!lot* oil rcl.it io::s i.ii Cuba li.is ;ivk\iI to an an..ndu.ont :o ho ai my appropr lot Ion bill regard inj; Cuba. No t ii ion is oxpc<t i ii f.o.u 11 e I nun- j o.'iit!f. Ii caa I t* * uiti i i n hihl> avi* ) ?.h??! .\y viiJ? i..o am> ??? ?*rti- ' luotory to thi? l't?..5'it v.x and that its ' ; iiih>pvio"n l.y will a.oiil tho Mi; rsv.iy (CV ,;U v . A :';on. t.'S ie\i 1 ol lows; "That in full.!.')?< M of tho declara iiun ?<? ? > < a i ii * I In i it* iv 1: i L resolution ?ppro\ed April "0, l.Vjls, entitled it*;- i liit' i lcinik.;.iia u: ?!?? imit pendonre of iho people or Cuba. dontctudinEr th.it the ^ovornmeni M .-pal?f relinquish iM ? ? iMiti .M'ity and j'.0?nni. eat in tlm is- i ; land >).' I'r.: i and i > withdraw iUs laiul . .:;? t naval f.>ic\-> iiu:n i'n-ba it ml Cub I an water?, and dm- In t'lfUlVed -j 1 di-i t i . ; he I i it. I ?' < < u> ir > t ho j . Jatul and naval I. nr; . tho l.nitel! Suits ta carry t' . ?<> i< -olii! .f.r.a into i i eftcot.' tho 1'row! d-rnr is r? -.?? .. aaitho. i j rjzi-1 to leave I .:.- i\v\rrnuw nt. | roniiol of th'. Inland of Cuba LO ilf. j ! v p 1 a Ki >ooa t ->*. ernnu-ut shall j ha \ i> been i -piblirh'' d in y :M i-.l:Uid , ; under a eonstiuvt on whbh i -i'.hor j a part then of or In r.'i ordinal!- ?? ?n- J ? ponded thereto. rhall (' 'in" the lutnr? ? relations of the lTni:? 1 .SULlt-i w..h '??? j ba, sustuntially as /ollows: "I.?That the Rovoiiimeht of Cubi ; shall iM-v?-r onlor Into any tr:,i!y o. ; i 'In r ?"orrpyet with any .Yueigu potv ' rr or |s?wors whhh will impair or j (end to ia ptir the ir. I r.denvo t>! j j Cuha. net in. any n*-nn.-:-*.r an1.hru ire or ! j>i rnvit any f< ? irn po>-r t > obtain hv ' oolonizatioa or for i;:ilit;i.y < r in\al ; |tiii :>L> i"S or hci v. isv. lodgment in. or 1 control ovor, any porLicii ui' t-io is ' laud. "2.? That K'ti'd {.'ovfrrm.-v: t-Ii?? 11 n it ' afiiiinr or coirJ.rait any jinblii' ?! l>t. to ! pay tho inl< rest upon w'lich and to j make reawnahlo Kinking fund provi^ : ion for tin* uM'nmto dis< i:.ir>;o tvf ! whloli, th.o orilin-ry rcvinin ; < f th.'! is s lands it':*" dofra\ ir-r tiio < arrant I | j> nsos of Lho f.-.o. < ? wnoi l ? ha!l l,<' in- f I ud.*i'u;i?<i\ j -Tiif.-l f^ovr-ri: an nt of (filial ootiki nts that fho I'tiiU I y i'f.i niav j ? PxciVUtt t'.o rich! lo ii?'? rv< a ? for "lie j pm-orvaition of ir.d MwinU-ao-, I tho maf.ntcn m. o of j-ovi t ntuf nt a<Jo : quato for '."lo ; rc!. ?? ; i;> i of I ;?.??, pro - : perty and itulividn"I fihrj^y ;it;.i lor dischar.R?n,:< iho old^ati .in witli ? spool, |o Cnhn i'ppo-i ! i.y IIm? treaty | ! r.r Pai-is <u? ll?" 1 *I * r d F'. j !<??.. now ;nj J bo as'anie l at;<l uiulortahon by Ih.:* ! Rovr*nip'uit. of C'.r! "4.?Thmt all a<.t ; < f tiio l'nit< 1 H:i Ioh in Cuba, durirv, i>- n. liiaiy ?,;<u i pancy "thoiT-of nio rai1:!r l and valldii j t.f d and all lr.wful ? riv.nt ; ro^uirci i thoroundt r shall bo iiiain'frinc I and protoetfd. ?That the covrn::nci:t i.f CuIik | ' will iflo, and as f.tr as i'"ooj--s.iry | oxtonrtl il.^^Jam i?,a< ??!>? ilr*. i ol or <r.hor jjl.ni3 to ho ir;;:t^Uy a-iio* I u;? j on, for the ranlta! ion, tfW tho lilies "f ? tiio blind, to the o.! :I;^h<!l a;o urroti ' oo of opidr nv: ? and i!;.''^. tlous 'i! 1 1 ? j may bo prevfiRWl. lh<K protection to tho p^iplc rind ?.omiiK\ I oe of C'.iba, i's rteii t ? ih" l 'iirol j f'LatoH and jM splf rc^llin.j L'.o sein. "0.?That the l b of i ir.es >hall hp I omitted fiom (he proposed eons.itu tioa.il boaiiUii'""- of <'???. i, ?. ,i? title ! tli-eivto hr!nr lofL to tho fur:./ aVTJus! ! mont by treaty. "7.?That io eriblo t' o t'r.it"i j f't.ato.s to ni'iii^t n tho in !r; !r r.<o of I Cuba and to p\de; t lao p.'cole '.ihoj-r ! of. as well as fir Ks o.vn <i< <*nae, tho {..oxornmrmt of <Yiha. will h 11 tfr lo;i> <o tho I*n;-t<d l-!:i!t ? land noer?- ry for coallnpc or naval f lations rr. << r taln Bpo'iflrd p<iin;.- to be ajr-t' l upon \^ith tho M'rcsIdetJc of th" i*:i. <? I F\at<s. \ ">>.?Th-st I by way of furth-r a-sur nao.o the RfJrernniont of f'ubi will ? b(Mly t)i#? prcvl';(?i!H )'?: :> permanent treaty w.th ti.o I lilted Flatc?." A Sniu.-her Kliot. Tope!.a, K; a., iSproial.?J. Vi. Adams f :t.a!?y wo'iU'1. 1 in a bat.le bn twecn tbrOv* jr-Iiceroon and a bandfcof <;:.7,r an wi.a u s Jo a aildaijiiit ra-.d on u north Topek.x h.do alo liq::or houue. A 1: ;?:quanity of m cd beer was de stroyed before tho crowd a? -,i^p? rs?d. A ii'jwl of from 30"v>(JO'oltizer.jArmed ith rovolveTe, slodno hammora, crow bars and a bntrrin mm, brofco Into t'-, on \V?>.t CurfU strict, between firenrte r.nd .Iac!7<""on rtrrct', at midnight, and snja^hed tho bacr louud there. KJticd in a Runaway. Hlnnhifrhajri, Al.v, Special.?^horse Attached to a small wagon coiH*i?Uflg' two ladle* nud two children ran ftWay -v-hile k<>1qk down a ateep irrade ouJ Red auou.iLain (our uillcs from th?* place. Tho wagon s$uck a' telephone polo ami ww upturned. .Tboao in it w^thaKmri down a fifty foot ? 1 Ultll Rll l^lll, iiJlCT A i VA?1 IIW I iMAU ill UJ Alexander .A,-year-old ton of Mra. ! A ?rTfsrder, wcro fcHIM. Mra. E. J. 1 ?ilurrts, mother of Mr*. Alexander, wi js'.rioirtly injured and will die. The ' other ehilrt was not Injured. Deal Arranged. ; Oof/eafcagen, By Cable.?A iMMkKv. ty undemanding has bean reached by the iionfereaa ?f the afstetsy and the financial committee of the Blpidig re g: rdirtg lb* rale of the Oanlefc Weot I? *?". Tte ^ n. if fc eiviere?of*t aW ?-e e^- wti uMmttO' ty ere WAb A CHAINGANli UW, Measure of Importance to Counties, Cities itnt! T0WII5. Tho following !.s tho text ct tin'* now pet "to provide for tho establish inent of chair.gangs in iiuurporfttexl cities, low us ami villages situated fti coun tWri that have 11 [i county, cliningangs,'' which is t?f considerable Jnvport.in tv Section I That tho authorities gov erning any city, town or v 111 a k * * fitu si'e.l In roitiHii'-i where chalngangs t!o i o.' ? \ist, If they ti:<? tit bo to tK>, may i .- Mi'lUh and t?? a ehaing.tng fur the pmpo.ie of working tho utreot* ??f such city, town or vi|I?gt\ ami tin public rv?fnls leading into such city, town or village. Sf Hon 'J. That all abl<? bodied male pv.lr.UIUi tUiiVicUd before th?? e-f ui.igist rates in count it-* where, no ?;>nitt\ t hitlngang exists, shall bo yea taiicul. tuvorxCrwg lu law. 11> work upon ti e t*h it? gang tv-'abllsln d untler Dili net, by the city, town or villa go near i -t tin on ice of the magistrate sen. t''ii inj? such pcr.-o'.i. iScction :< That all able bodied ma!o 1 rscas convicted before tho court ol M'Ucral sessions of counties not hav ieg county chaiiuMiigK. who are sen t-iu'c.1 for a | ei iod of one yeir or less, shall be sentenced to \xo;l< upon aoiiif one of t ho chuingaugs established un der this act. S'e1 !. That if after the p:isrnv?e el t! is art. any county which ha-, not a'.-I r* ?dy f-ilabll bed a county thaln g 1. slu:ii..! here "fti p xslahli-\t n count) chainuairg. then this act ??h.il! ! r."{ apply to such county. And if st't rj til:- jk,*\l ->;.',e (if tills ai't iU:\ COlllH j' j s';uild .-ih.tndon the county chitlng >id-', j l: :i, is:;.! in tint event, tills net shall} i.Ttfjedlately bccojne operative and ot j f ill foice and ofh I as to such county .m> <ibtti.tl itIiii; t(:e county chnlngang sy sit;n. Al!en Ownership. 'i' 11o following i-t thr> text of tho ro? ccutly approved ;?<*t to limit the num V-i r of..jicrivs of land which any lien, ? r any eorpi.T.stion controlled l>y n 1 ir? 1:3 1:1.i.v own within this .stale: 1. That lien, or corporation con tullel hv nlii mj. cither iu his ol it* own right or as trust of*, ce?tui<iu<\ t:>i?t or agent, shall own or control, within th<- limits of this Slate. inor<? 1 >:i .'>00 n"i 05 of I ami: Provided, This f:i i alia 11 not apply to laud purchase 1 ?ii>: ler prorvcdiliRH. either hy action or 1 !!vvcr t f sale, to forecloso any inort hereafter acquired hy any lion, <.;? < or;.oi ift ion ion!rolled hy allenn, j i'i-. l.- >i!:?' tin' s-iiii'C, hat in such t such all, ;i, or (in voration controlled hy al 1 nu. i-hall not he entitled 10 hold a '.id c xor s of land more than live y< ars, without sale of sumo, unless thn roller general shall certify that .' ii? du-.-inx that time would he ma terially detrimental to the Intercut o! sikIi alien, or corporaion controlled !?>' alien-', In which chkc th*_' said alien, or eorporat Ion coat rolled hy aliens, may i <.lil ti;j land for |5\e yens longer up < 1 the nine conditions. St ?. 2. Notli'.nu in tliiw act .-hall ap ply to lands already owned or control led hy the perron* or corporations re ferr.'d t<? in this act. nor to lands al ready mortgage 1 to euch persons of c::rj oral Ions. S An act entitled "an act to limM the am< int of land which aliens o;- f.-reign ?( r; orations may own with in this State," approvid March !?. is.-'.!, in d ;ill other acts and parts of ;>.( -< in ;inKlrttrnt with tills act, am 1-en hy repeal, d. Riling fit claffuoy. In (i'lffne.v there was a difficulty fia tunir.y evening which if united in tiio ?!-?th ef a go:;,i eitizm Monday morn ing. It wms between Hanks Perry, Jr., u::.l <'. II <iaffn?*y, Perry'B father-in law on rue v'.do and William Marsh (>?, the other. It Is clnlmod that knlv 1. ;1:. I billets of wood were used, and t'.iat the. 1 a la I work w.vs done hy Perry v.i:o 1 it V.arsh on Tho lifad with a I -r o cord wocd. Marsh was car 1 ! i : t';:iwlcy & Co's. drug store ?nd |.? ^ ) ;?! drc?sf<l hy n>". J. N. Nex 1,1,1 < 1 then carried to his home ? vr..;l.e:n part of the city, and it w:ij t! mg'.it that he wauld recover. ? ti i:\m 'he ni;<ht the symptoms he v.r.rVn. and he d!?d in the morn i ;t?, ? r, oc'o-k, when the sheriff v : r ti.'.t ! renueftei to hold p.and (!rilfn?y, who had already ! e :i 1 ia cd In jail. f cv/s Briefs. L'_.d Ki'< 1.. in r reports that the arc re!n*at'n?; bc-.Hjro <?enejfel , , h. hi t!;f> Ka.?tf*rn Transvaal. Kdward VII will arrive ?t Cro irer;?, f.Tviinr.y, to vlwlt Dowagur ; ? >n.i Prcdfrick. Ucrf.r.'il Av., xrraiL-a, If Is now ttppc t.J. will n tain the Prornlerfrhlp of j.ain. I'xeeutlon of capital ?enlencc? upon lioxcr le;?der? will take idnce at P.ekin Tuesday. ^ Sufieri 11 of tho Italian yoor Jead (o actlous threats of disorder. 'j'hlrd ofrt^er J. C. Holland, of tli^ vrcked ute.imtr ,City of Rio d? Janoi 10, who was roported lost, has turned ?up in San Krancifcto safe and. w?ll. The Orr^on Senatorial deadlock wai broken hy the election of J. H. Mltch clf. <jrcut Intereet U being t*k?n In the new rt*jr which has appeared ??wt *tt t'.ipelln Prftparatlins are uadar way TrrxtorD, Pa:, Tor tte ?nfertalnuient of the Pennrylvanla OooferfSKt.of th* ('nitcd Brethren in Christ. It la believed I? New for> ttat the cbamctcr of the Votfd ?UU? CW? Steel Compeay, the *w Uuat. will be flled ta T??torn, M. I. f ? tice Brew rfwwtw IW?W ? tee jurjr uimum b^h m W lucally requlr?4 UfJ m a6ta wWcs wewie tuJ A 'I liRRiBIii WRliCK. | Nan) l!i:ii);i;i l'o'Jijs Afloat i:i flic > I (olden Gate. I AT (I AM) DEI Til.'I * Sit ?! ii' or I'lo ?!?? J:; lie 11?> tines liuwn ? NN ilh on AU INa.J, iiitd ,\ca iy 200 I . 1 > I I > ."> t . . San l'i.::ii i.M .1. :,';>'*ii.t). Th? l'acl ll*1 ii.!I .? ? ii: r !! o <!<? .I.ui i i<> ran o:\ U ltiuTIr n to 'i? whi filtering ''.ho Cold en (i? < ivu Jy t ,\iy in ;i ; ? "x?r*. : ,10 a f.-W III ill 114 a.!:cr : t: sl^.ik;, j It is lh?:i:<!it (t. .f iji'Hi'ly o 110 linn- 1 ?lit ? 1 ii i; ? 1 1 ;v ;>.:?;>!>? were drwniHl. ; b;yt it Is in:.) >? .-t." ?:.? M.s'i*rt!Jn the i ("Xitel m T.!;. r. owing t,i <!??? Tin t that | I'M ; .foal) Uoo:i: y, lull! tl:o pis- j 1:t and rikt! i*r 01' ? h<* crow, ia : among t).o moving. The I a 1 ceil ii j? t?3?; .hit ten l.O?tI hat! IX'l'.Tl two While \VO!!l?*n i t??u? while ir :ii tiii'! s.\o:i Ch n<* e 1 11 .. o : p.omiuciu pn.-.-rcngpr oil I ?i"? ; ft? " 1 ttimmevHIe W. id man , Fulled ! . ???' '.! I' mv; Kl?::ig, who WJ3 ' !'.*?( ,!)'.?!>:'11 !tui 1 y hi* wife* and two ? ' ' dien. It Is j! r.ri^L; all \v? re drown- I r ' t l he at en tun* wis In command of : y>' c Fndr'ck Jo: dan wh?n she struck J l> .viih nvciivl. i'i.]?t. William Ward j v\ :i; down with the ws.'A'l. A. nearly as rim ln? lHin>wl t tiers j were two hundred antl thli'ly-four pc>- 1 pl.? on buni?1 tho Itio d"* Jancilo, 11s | follows: Cu/ldu jsat-venge, (Chino-'o i ;i"i| Japlne.jc) f?S. tHVici rs and crow,! I to Tin* following have been accounted for: K'.^cilid 71), bodies at th*? mor* I 10; total N!*. MIsol ng 145. Following la the cabin yuseeger list: 1 r.Iir.o.-.t eomplttc; Consul Conoral j Kouiisevlllo Wild ni an, M iv?. Wild man. j Ko:i.g; Mrs. and Miss Wnftoilold, of Honolulu; Ja>ii(>s K, Carpentkr, min ing engineer, (hiklund; Miss ilownnu t .(wlni, Honolulu; Wlllii'.-nv li'audor, j I. -I'lfKi; .M>-. Mat.lhwon. Sthaiiuhjl, i 1 Cape, llcrilt, ticrman Navyy t'apt. j [ lloltz. SliaJ^luil; Mr. IlowiVll, Sliani;- j hai; J. I\ Sf''aioiir. editor or tho^\mr?- ; rlran, Manilla; Mrs. K. Went., San j FjiUJ'!sco; MIsj Lohcran, Uussoll liar- j l?Ki%)joiii unli-t, NagiifMiUI; Mr. and Mis. Hurl. Mai.illa; Miss (labrlcl Hoo rou. 1 jr. PoiUl. Hirtto, Mont.; Attorney II Otis haw. LuLto. Mont.; Mr. and Mra. Woodw .rth, Or. Okawhara. of Japan; Tlio follow!UK Jiro mkjsinK: nouns'! vlllo Wild man, wifu, tv^o children and iHirso. Mrs. K. Weft, J>*^Sc.ymour, II. ('. Mfl'ttlKi on, Mrfl. and Mlsa Wako flold, M!s? John. Hong Kong, Pr. Olco whara. Dr. Hodd, <?. 11. IIwnahanf, Mr. and Mir. Wood worth, C.- Dowdoll Tho follow inn pcoi?lo woro eavod: William Ihandcr, Ixmdon; Jamcw K. Cai'i/oater, Oakland; Mrs. Hlploy, M1b? Ix>homn, Kus^ell llarpor, E. C. How ell. K. 11. I^?iik, (?? Hclatz. Oapt. Ilecht H. I!'3>ltz, Win. CSisiiRr, Toledo, Ohio, J steora?c; l'liillp Nua4?ifcl)latt, Oikland; j Prod rick Cnatrlnl, J. Wado, JaniH?ntM?o, 1 Honolulu; Second Officer O. OoRlan, j Third Off leer Hollnud, Chief Engineer j (i. Horllhy, Ship C-arpenler Krank j Cramp, Freight Clork O. J. Engle- | hardt, It. II. I>*nry, Quartermaster R. ! Matlfieson, Quartermaster Fred Lin- i dstrom. StoroUeepor E. Bosyat, 3t?er- j ago Stoward II. I>onohue. Seaman j Howard, twenty-nine Chlnfv&e at mail , dock, nineteen Chinese and four Jap- ( anose at Melgg's wharf. The follow!no? officers and crew ara tni'.esiog: Wra. Ward, cuptailn; W. C. Johnson, flrbt off leer,; John Rooney, ptinser; Rusaall Ilrightoa, quarternaatf tor; M/-.Coun, first asfllsrtant en glneor; Brady# second assistant englnr?r; Dr. O'Nell, ship's doctor; ? ? Smith, water tender; Savage. water tcndei; Utnnl*. water ten der; II. Scolt, steward; Borgg, storekeeper; Albert Malcom, ealoon w. .Ir-hman; McArthur, watchman; Mrs. Dorman, stewardess. The )TIo de .Tnnc-lro was throe days overdue from Ifong Kong, via Hono- i lulu, whcai r.ho arrival off the Heads j and the dc-nso f<;# prevailing at tho j time Induced l-Mlo't Jordon to bring her , to anchor uiUJf he cou!d eco hi* way clear through the gait.cwuy. She laid to untU abou-t. 4:30 o'clock. when the ' itnioephero clearcd, a\d eho waa star- j tod uii-Ior a. slow bell toward Pol at . [tonMa. All went well until Th40 i o'clock. when she struck. Most of the . n.*ucon?ers were below ut tho thus ?ifid H is believed that mtxaay of them* *wre drownwl In tbelr bertha. Tie 11n?t news of the disaster reach ed horojnt 7:30 o'clock, and soon af terward a boat. load of reacned pas nnd petty officer* arrived at the nutil dock. Tugs wero ? Immellately dispatched to render *anjr tervlccs that wight be ! needed, but no living person* wtr* a ft oat when thoy reached the wreck. A number of drwnlng people were rescued, by Italian fisherman and the ?x5d'?* of two whit* worn**, jhn>* ClrtHifSS rlu-u ? WSTB In by the tug.. 41 ?: LATER. ? ..gatossttatu iwiiUlwrt fw?i data 128 llrei were lost, la the wrack, of tbA C4ty of Rio Chart?too. nrtiUy who aa hw< of* PROMINENT PEOPLE. Matnice Thompson, 11 to novelist, died in Cra w I'ordsvlllc, 1 ml. K.i!,' IMwnn! VII. pursued Ills Jaw SI lulled tip to the last of 111;! ptiUoC hood. Marouhl thought of lli!? wireless t*'!c ?/f;U"-!i 0? nineteen ami had it working Won 111'iii'j Watterson began business af-l nf twenty live. C lor I lit' Civil War on ??*>(? obtained byV pawning ills watch. <!onoral Miles has been unanimously t li cicd President of the National Cupi ta I Automobile CJub. At ilie end ol' bis present term Mr. ('ockrell, ol' Missouri, w?:I have born n Senator thirty year?. JMwiii A. Abbey, whom t!io l.ondon Athenaeum i 1 nt? has honored with ntenibeihhlp, In H PhihvdWphinir. ? Senator Piatt has ;;lvcp ftp hi^hotel suite in iN'rn* York *'I>y, whvoh hu 'uiul occupied for twenty-eight years. Colonel Plunier, who commanded n Mafcklng expedition, wears a motto ele ami mingles "I'leaso" ami "Thank you" with his tirdiTH. Jerry Simpson is to go into the live* slock and commission business in Wtehita. Kan. II.' says that ho has quit polities for all time. William Dean Howclls is among tho zealous believers in walking as an ex orcise. it Is certainly tho most con venient and (he 10asi expensive form. After forty years' practical expo i.? m e in dealing with criminals. Chief Justice Kore, of "Delaware, declares In favor of the whipping post, though not of tho pillory. < Alexander (Jraliam Hell, the mnltt miHionaite telephone Inventor, has been tilling a $U a-dny plaeo In tho Census Bureau tabulating the coun try's deaf mules. Senator William Lindsay announces ihat on the expiration of Ida term Iu the Se:u?+*\lip_\\HI practice law.In New York ?it.y. ' lloynld lie would never auiTcniler his citizenship in Kentucky. COKKKOT, IP NOT urammatioal. Johnny Pa, Aunt Hannah says boll*C* nro healthy. Shouldn't tho say ??healthful"? Wise Tatht.li- -Well, your aunt didn't * moan to he grammatical, but I guess she was this time. It la tho boll that Is healthy, not the fellow who carrlos it around.?Bis ton Transcript. Dj6uEfi.E Daily Service ^ Between /New fjork, Tampi,Atlaala, Kew ? (r/ms a?d Points South and West. IN KFKKOT iHDAHY 24thTlOQ1 Southward. T* Dully Daily No. 81 No. 27 Lv. Now York. r. II.II. 12 65 pm J2 10 at* Lv. l'lilludelphln, '? '? 8 VII imq 8 50 at* Lv. Dallltnore. " " /> 45 j>m 6 ?2 ncj Lv. WflxliliiKtor), " " C 55 pm 8 85 n:q Lv. Richmond, H A. L. 10 40 pm 12 23 pm Lv. IVtorsburK, " " 11 31 pin 110 pm Lv. Norllun " '2 06 urn 8 30 pnj Lv. lloii'Jvrxoii, " 21:0 am 8 B5pto Lv. Ki(l?>inh, " 8 40 ntn 6 09 pm '\f Lv. 8otilhcrii I^hNOH, " 6 37 ma 6 67 pnj Lv. iitunlot, ?? c 80 am 8 10 pig Lv. ColumMn, J " h 40 ntn 10 80 pnj Ar. Hnvanntih, " 12 10 pm 2 20 aid Ar. Jaokitouvllln, " 8 60 pm 6 30 ?ra Ar. Tampa,. " 5 00am 5 00 pm ______ No 4l Lv. S-w Yark.N.Y.l'.A N.f7 55 ??#' 8 55 pm Lv. riiUailHpiiia, " 10 20 ntn 11 20 pm Lv.Nt>w Yorfc,0. I>.H.y.Uof 800 pm Lv. Baltimore, 11, B.P.Oo. f6 80pm i.v. WtUvivM. n.aw.thb... \.7" .7 c 80 pig' t.v. i'ortsmoutti, t>. A. L. tf0<tpm 10 06 um Lv. Wc-ldon, " 11 83 um 12 80 pm Lv. Norllna " 12 55um 2 10 pm Lv lliMtil^rsoD, " 1 'ilium 2 45 pm I.v i(nlelKl>, " 8 02 ntn 4 27 pm " I.v. Moutlmrnl'iuon, " 6 1M am 648 pa? ? Lv. JInmlot, " t>4j?in 8 06 pm Lv. Wilmington, " 8 30 |??K? Ar. Cbarlotto, " 9 51am 10 46 pm Lv. < lnwtor, " 1008 ntn 1120 pm . Lv. Clrootiwood, " 12 07 pm l8i?m Lv. AdtwuH, " 2 If pm 408am Ar. AtiMiita, J " 8 85 pm 6 80titq Ar. Aukus'u, C. A \V. ('. 6 10 pm Ar. Muoon, C. of (In 7 i0 pm 11 lOaui Ar. Moiitffum'ry.A AW.l*. .9 20 pm 1100 utii Ar. Mobile, L. dr N 2 65 am 4 12 | m Ar. Nov* Otiuaud,L. A N. j?_80 am tt 80 pm aVTnnjtltvilfo.N. "A St. 1^ ? 36 ntr 0 55 pm Ar. Memphis" " 4 00 pm 8 10 am NOliTil \VA UD, / Dally' Pally / No. 402 N->. 81 Lv. iftomphla.N.C.A SwlU 1 00 pm 846pm Lr. Nkiliviflo, ?? "l"0 66 j>a M 80 am Lv. Now drleaiia.L. A N., 7 46 pm I.v. Mobile, L. A N 12 20 am I.v. MoDtxom'ry.A.AWT.P < 20 ?W- ... I -80^10 Lv. Macou, V. of Oa..... 8 0 am* 420 pitj Lr. AuKU*t*. C. A W. ?in I.v. AUauta, J S. A.I* 12 00 pm 8 CO pm Ar Athena, ** i 48 pm 11 23 pm Ar <lrc?uwo<?(l, " 4AOIMS >04 ? Ar. Ohewter. " 6 45 pm 4 26 am Lr. Charlotte. 6 80 pm 6 >0"*m L*L WU^lOK^D, Lv. lUmk*. ? Lv. Houtlwra ~ 10 Hps- ' 0 US am?.. Lr. HaM?b, - IMUt >*< 30 *t? Ar. Hiptkreoa. * ttlam 3fWf Lv. NoriUta " ?? 11%am IWim Lv. Wekloa. - 4 iO mm kt.rdttmmooU, TM ? Ar. Wnli'tQB.aiA .. Arj*ipi>l>lm ph^ /... .".77"' ???*?" Ar. PlUte^hK 1*1 4r. Ikw lort,