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THE BANKERS MEET Twenty-Seventh Annual Session Al Milwaukee. Ill FY L CM AND SOfoli LFGISUTION Looking to the Suppression of Anar chlal Tendencies? Resolutions On President PlcKinley'a Death. I. y i." it - Milwaukee, Special. ? Tho twenty ?seventh annual convention of tho American^ Bankers' Association be Kan here -At 10 o'clock -/Tuesday, with bankers from nearly every State in tho Union In attendance. Tho mem bers of the association represent a combined capital of over $*,000,000, 000. President Alva 11. Trowbridge. of New York, called the convention ?\ to order and Introduced Alexander .1. Yjurrowcs, president of Marquette College, who delivered the invocation David S. Rose, mayor of Milwaukee, welcomed the bankers to tho city and J. W. I'. Lowbard, president of tho Mil waukee thinkers' Club, extended a welcome on behalf or tho local bank ?rs. Tho reply to addresses of wel come and the annual address of Presl dont Trowbridge folh>u>?rC^M,'n:j|dcni Trowbridge referred to death ?>i MeKinley and tendered /loyalty to the new President. I jamea H. Branch, secretary, of the association!' then presented . his an nual report, showing ilio membership ?. and resources of the association to have Increased aa follows: Septem ber 1, 1900', paid membership, 4,891; annual duea $59,700. October 10, 19QI, paid membership, f?,504; annual dues $60,S8o: The treasurer, Mr- George AT. Reynolds, reported receipts of $67,7U7./>and expenditures of $06,938, the bulanee on hand August 31, 1901. being $<53,084. The disbursements on protecting account were $29.9G6.?' Frank F. Tracy, chairman of tins comniittco on uniform laws, sub mitted Its report sotting forth that the negotiable instrument law had been considered In many legislatures last winter, but was successful In only one State, Pennsylvania. The law ban been adopted in 17 States. A. B. Hep burn presented the report of iln> com ?^iince on .internal h venue taxation The States that legislation, while not all^that the committee de sired nor all It was entitled to, had been secured. Col. Robert J. Lowery reported for the committee on bureau ot education, the substance of wlilrh was an en dorsemcnt of the Correspondence School of the American Institute of Bank Clerks. A. C. Anderson, chair man of the committee of- fidelity in surance, submitted the report of that committee. It was stated that a stan/lard form of bond had been pro vided and nine yfiiretv companies wore now pre^arc/il to furnish it. The -"'report contained the following: "Ab ?numerous and heavy aa were the de falcations for the year 1900 It should be borne In mind that the combined office force of our members exceeds 30,000, and among those that were covered by corporate suretyship, for each bonded man that strayed from the path of rectitude there were over 900 that remained faithful. It is to be noted that the heavy dqfalcattons last year were mostly by men not covered by surety bond." The report said 01 per cent* of losses were uot paid. F. \V*. Hayes, chairman, presented the report of the committee on taxa tlon of express companies. The com mittee stated that they were unable the result of Its efforts to "<*whpel the. express companies and their nun \J erous agencies to pay d.JJconse tn^ for the privilege of / conducting a banking and brokerage business." Legal action was recommended with a view of testing the question In the courts. By unanimous conse-nt a reso lution, presented by James, A. Wll lock, of Pittsburg, was received , and adopted by. the convention relating to the punishment of anarchists. J be resolution recites that there exists an Imperative necessity For the en acting of laws by Congress to punish the assassins and for the suppression of anarchy by providing: "1. Capital punishment.- for those convicted of murder or attempted murder of officers. ,h? high public posl * Adequate punpsninent by Impria-J onm'ent of all parties counseling vlo-' lence to those In authority. "3. Laws to prevent anarchists from entering this country. "4. Tiiat wo urge upon Congress and State legislatures action that shall keep our land free from the charge of fosterlj^te conspiracies against ? rulers of. foreign lands." Troop# Endanjrer th'tlr Lives. ? So/la. Bulgaria, lly Cable.~The pa* iyn in of -Madaxuc Tiillca. lhc Bulgarian , teachor who was captured by thtf bilgt and* with Miss Ellon M. Stono, the ' American missionary, fyave received another letter from tfceilr daughter urging the* step already taken, name Jy, stopping tho. military puraultr~"l?** ' ? cause the brigands threaten the dners with Immediate death It event or danger, to themselves^ writer em that she and Miss Stone are Mddan in ?? subterraneous cav? and ere treatM eourteonely. She also aaja the only means of securing their retoaae la to pay the ransom demand '.A, SEX, NAllVITY AND COLOR. Figures (liven Out In Census Report Oil Population. Washington, Special, ? The final census report on the population of tho United States by sex. nativity and col or, was 'issued Friday. It shows that the males number 30,059,242. or 61,2 per cent, of the total population In 1900. Tho Increase of 13,233,?<1 in total population since l s 00 Is made up of (5,744,170 males and 6, (>48,876 females, an increase of 20.9 of males nnd 21.1 (>??' females. The foreign-born element increased only 12.4 per cent., and the native born population 22.5 per cent, since 1890. As to color and race, the population In 1900 com prises 66, 990.802 white persons and 9,312,5X5 colored persons, the latter comprising 8,810,789 persons of ne gro descent. The colored element as a whole showa an lucreasu of 17.8 per cent, slnco ISiio. Tho colored element constituted A-JJ vCC CSCwt. VViVfci VS>\V\\V*\\\>tt In 1900, as against 12.5 per cent, in 1890, the negro element alone repre senting of the total population 11.0 per cent, in 1900, and 1.1.9 per cent. In 1890. These figures show a loss, therefore, of three-tenths of one per cent. In the proportion of persons of negro descent In 1900, as compared with 1890, and a corresponding In crease In that for the whites. The white population shows an In crease since 1890 of 11,824,018 or 21.4 per cent, and tho colored element as n whole 1 ,401,901 . or 17.8 per cent. There has been an Increase during the past ten years in persons of ne gro descent of 1,352,001, or 18.1 per cent., and In Japanese of 71,587. or 497.2 per cent. Tho Chinese, on the other hand, show a loss since 1890 of 7,728, or <>.l per cent., while tho In dians have decreased from 273, G07 In 1890 to 266,760 1ft 1900. equivalent to a Iosb of 2.5 per cent. The figures for Virginia are 925,^7 males. 928.287 females; foreign born 199,401; total white 1,192,855; native white 1.173,787; total colored. 661, 239. The President's 5oytheni Policy. | Washington, D. C., Special.? Attor ney General ICnox made a verbal re port to the President and cablnot, re garding tho result of his investigation Into tho Pacific Pnblo question. it is 'oncluslon was that under the law of I8GG uny domestic company could land i cable on the shores of the United States or or its possessions. Tho President and cabinet, wore convicted by the verbal report that no executive lotion is called for at tjiis time. ? The lu eat I on of Southern appointments, generally, again camo up and the President reiterated his i>oliey of ap pointing Republicans, if suitable ap plicants could be found, and kf not of appointing gold Democrats. His poli cy In this respect moets tho approval 3f the cabinet. The appointment of Or. Clayton to the colloctorahip or in ternal revenue in South Carolina was considered In this connection. Episcopal Convention, San Francisco, Special. ? Tho feature jf Tuesday's session of the Trionnial Episcopal Convention was tho consid eration and defeat of what is linown as tho Huntington amendment to tho constitution, which was adopted bj tho house of deputies yesterday, pro\ riding for the uso o?f modlilod forms of worship by congregations willing to accept the spiritual oversight of a bishop. An error Was discovered in recording tho voto of a delegation which had been In favor of the amend ment whereas a poll showed that they wore opposed to tho measure. This led 4u u -d?-y??nd for -a 4^eoo?hideraUon of yesterday's vote. The "vote on roeon flderat'.on resulted: as follows: Ayo, slerlcal, 2S; lay, ^.18; no, clerical, .33: ay. 12; divide'd, cle$cal, 12; laj^S. The united voto of the lay delegates .of '?neii order being required the amend ment was defeated. $160,000 Fire in St Louis. St. IjouIs, Special. ? Fire destroyed the building and contents of the St. Louis Cereal Sugar Company here early Friday morning. The loss is estimated at $150,000. The St. Louis Candy Com pany was also damaged by smoke and water, about. $10.QC0. a i Ugipt to Hold Up a Train. Coloinbiiu^L^ C..- Special.? Near Br^nchvlllo, on mil iiupib^M uml .Ptmraday night, at the nam point whin a Southern eapreaa ear wm rob bed a year e*p, a eingla iflbltr made another attempt He vai WfWMit bj the condnctoV and trainmen Jfam on the platform between Q* A Wreck on the Norfolk & Western. Roauoko, V?,, Special. ? In ft wreek Dn the Norfolk & Western road, near Fhjblln, Va., -Frank I^avendor, ft fire man on the Cripple Creek passenger engine, met a horrible death. Whllo running from Pulaski to Dublin his engine crashed Into another engine at tached to the 'rear of a freight train which was standing on the main line. Both- engines were badly wrecked and Fireman lavender, whose legs were ?angbt by falling coal from thd en pin p*s tender, was scalded to death Vy iteam. Hanging from the cab window he begged pltcously for help, bat the bystanders were powerless to aid kim awing to the fast escaping steam. IN SCIiLliV'S FAVOR. i llie First Wilneas l or the Admiral On the Stand. SOME INTERESTING FVIIENCE. 'I he Court's Investigations l ake n New Turn 'I lie hero of War Will Now Have Ail Inning. WahhlJ.ulon, Special. ?Monday In the Schley court of inquiry, Jmlcc Advo cate I.mi.Iv concluded the presentation of testimony for the government and the ilrst of \dmiral Sch ley's witnes?b was Introduced. Captain Francis Tr Cook, who commanded the Brooklyn during the Santiago campaign ft"d ^h-> acted, though unofficially, in tho capac ity of chief of staff far tho eommodoro. tiTi \tie -witness stand t"ho greater past of the day. Ho was followed by Lieutenant Commander Win. E. F^.l nia?, who was senior watch officer (o>n the New Orleans during tho Spanish war, and former Lieutenant .losenh Be&le, who, rs an officer on the Har vard. translated the olpheif dispatch)* ; between Commodore Schley nn 1 the Navy Department carried by that ves sel. Lieutenant Ilcale was the list oi the government witnesses, although Captain Lemly explained that lie would reserve the right to call others if occasion should demand that he do so. He had no sooner retire I than the first witness for Admiral Schley wat called. Tlifs proved to be the Cuban pi lot Eduardo Nunez. Captain Cook was questioned by Mr. llanna and responded in clear and d s tinct tones. Hp said lie had been at Key West ony May 1}>. C.ivlng the rea sons for the depSr^urc of the flying squadron for Cienfuegofe. Capta'n Cjok said the squadron had been seut to that port "to Intercept and mo?t tho Spanish squadron, It having been de termined, as we believed at that time by them to make C-ienfuegos their ob jective point." lie had understood that the Spanish licet carried munitions of war for Havana, ond It vfjt s believe! tli at they would go to Cienfuegos, be cause of its accessibility to Havana. Captain Cook detailed a conversation between ootnmodore Schley and Crtl> tain Chester while the squadron was en route to Cienfuegos. lie said there had been talk between tlieiu about coaling on the southeast coast of Cuba. He said that upon arriving off Cienfu egos on the morning of May 22, a blockade was immediately established, ns the firing of gunr. was heard, and It was believed that Cervera hail arr'.vel and a fete in honor of his appearance was on. Earthworks on the shore we: o seen, but t.liey were not fired upon be cause it was considered desirable not to unnecessarily expend ammunition. think between that time and the ar rival of the Adula, it was presume 1 that the whole bcach was occupied," he said. The Divorce Matter. San Francisco, Special. ? Tho house of deputies of the Episcopal Church of America, sitting as a committee of tile whole, adopted the proposed Canon prohibiting the re-marriage of divorced persons for causes not aris ing previous to their former mar riage. " The" cannon was adopted as It came from the house of bishops. The voto stood 182 for, 1G8 against. The amendment of Dr. Huntington, of New York, making an exception In the case of the innocent party of a di vorce granted on the ground of adul teryj was rejected by a vote of 158 to 173. Tho result of the vote in the committee of tho whole was reported to tho house of deputies, which will vote on the matter. The result, how ever, may not M the same, for In the house the vote of 30 delegations is re quired to carry a measure, the divL'od delegations virtually counting anions the nays. No time was s?* for a final rote by tho honse. King Leopold to Visit New York. , Antwerp. By Cable.-^Klng Leopold lias decided to visit Now York. He announcod this at an interview grant ed to the burgomaster Saturday, fiis Majesty expects, among other advan tages. to get in the United States many suggestions from the shipping arrangements, which will prove bene ficial to the ports. of Belgium. float Sentenced to Prison. New York, Special.? Johann Most, ?the anarehlst, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary in the Court of Special Sessions for publishing in his paper, the Freheit, an alleged se ditious article on the day following tha shooting of President McKinley. The article In question wm entitled "Murder Against Murder." In nit de fense, Moat claimed tha* the < paper containing the article was printed and ready for distribution before the Psev Ident was shot.. Also that ft was a quotation from an article published 50 years ago, and republished by 'him 15 years ngo. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Nov Enterprises That Arc Enriching Our Favo'cd Section. Tho Anderson Cotton Mills of An derson, S. C? has commenced to re cclve'nnd la now installing machinery to make certain additions recently decided upon. The improvements will entail tho expenditure of gov era I hundred thousand dollars. In eluded with tho textile equipment arriving will bo lS.OitO Hpindles and 500 looms, whlrh 'Will bring the plant's complement up to. spimlleH and l5?tM looms. Tfio ei n tracts for tliis machinery ? have all been Kilned. Thu power that will le required for thu new machinery Id to ho furnished by the; Anderson Water, Light and Power Co., now completing the development of Poll man Shoals. Industrial Miscellany. The plant of the Carson Company, iSSUafzeiiH't::' kiziLUCi' sxut handles at Alexandria, Va.A was de sured. , Tho Palmetto 1. umber Co. 'of San Jacinto, Texas, has been incorporat ed. with a capital stock of $50,000. The corporators are A. C. Ford. T. P. Cabel, A. L. Black and It. M. Uuc.V. Receipts of lumber at the port of New Orleans for the week ending September -7 amounted u> 2,034,00') feet, and for the season 1S,440,7$H5 feet, against 19SS2.12 I feet last sea son. The shipments of lumber from tin port of Mobile last week aggregated 2.:l40.(>)2 feet, and for the season 8,117,474 feet. Shipments of sawn timber were 05.4G2 cubic feet, ami hewn timber 20,020 cubic feet. The following steamers cleared last week from Savannah, (!?.. witli Florida hlKiegrade phosphate roi-k among their cargoes: Steamer Finn land for Bremen and Hamburg with 1451 tons for the latter port; steamer Aurelia With 1210. tons for (lenoa, and cteamer I. i viand with 1 1>'J7 tons for Hamburg. Southern business men have or ganised the Cuban-Central American Mahogany Company to engage in im* porting mahogany from Central America and Mexico by way of New ? Orleans. Robert Laid law Is presi dent, and I.ouis M. Moragues of ! Montgomery,, Ala., secretary and j manager. > j J. F. Garrcll and Co., of Wilming ton, N. C., have broken ground for j a cold-storage and fertilizer factory i at San Souci nlantation. a mile and | a half f'om that city. The company j will also construct a modern abut toir. It Is proposed at Hattic.shurg. Miss., to organize a stock company for the erection of a cotton mill. The Mary Louise Cotton Mills of Cowpons, S. O, has Increased capital stock from $20,000 to $50,000. The Courtenay Manufacturing Co. i of Newry, S. C.. paid on October 1 Its j thirteenth semi-annual dividend of j 3 1-2 per cent. The Waxahaehie (Texas) Cotton ; Mills Is preparing to make Its third carload shipment of sheetings and ducks to the Pacific coast. This ship ment goes to Washington. V Tho Lumberton (N. C.) Cotton MI113 Is about ready to start operations, and tho 5,000 spindles will soon be making 20 to 32 yarns. Negotiations are under way with Now York parties for the operation j of the Jiptvt'.atan Knitting Mill at Lambert'si Point, Norfolk, Va. - The Clayton- (N. c.) Cotton Mill has been Entirely compiote<l and com menced operations last week. This Is a $200,000 plant. It has 5,000 spin dies on yarn production. Capt. David Clark, general man ager and treasurer of the Ada Manu facturing Co. at Charlotte. N. C.. has been elected president of the Jones boro (N. C.) Cotton Mills, a 3,20u Increase of Capacity. Textile Notes. spindle plant. A. J. Uryan and associates of Mil ford, Texas, contemplate building a cotton mill, and Invite correspon dence regarding cost of such a plant. It 1b proposed to spin yarn and thread for the larger mills. During the last cotton aeason Co lumbia, S. C., handled 45.804 bales of cotton ,an increase of 5, COO bales over tho preceding- smnn. This Inorouao is attributed In 'part by the Columbia State to the fact that the great Olym pia sarted part of Its machinery dui ing the year. It used, however, but 3,000 bales, and when all Its spindles aro running it is expected to use 20, 000 a year, whiclb-^vill bring the num ber of bales harnllod annually in the Columbia market to t>\000.y* Thomasvllle^ (tJa.) itphbQn Works has been incorporated, wltft capital stock of. $10,000, for tho manufacture of bobbins, shuttles, skewers and other Cotton mill specialties. C. M. Sip 1th is president, and 12. H. Smith, secretary. -r / The Bannockburn Mills of Middle men, Ok, is offering $40,000 \>f first Mortgage 6 per cent, gold boWls on Its proposed pUuit. J. H. flicks, ClarksTllIe, or Geo. C. Grogsn, Elber ton, Oa., can be addressed for further particulars. jTf"* HunLsvillo (Ala.) Cotton Mill Co. I held Its annual stockholders' meeting during the week. The direc tors and ether officers were reelected Including Luke Matthews, treasurer and general manager. This la a 10, 000 solndle plant. The Aanlaton (Ala.) Carpet Co. will erect fa additional hulldlng SSxlM feet and Install machinery to doable the pi1? sat capacity for production. JEFFERSON STATUE Frectcd At liis Old Home By Admir ing Missoiifians. THE INSCRIPTIONS APPROPRIA1E. A Highly Commendable Act On I he l*arl of Jefferson's Patriotic Ad mirers. Richmond. Va . Special. ? Two hun dred and fifty mom hers of the J oil or Hon Club of St Louis, Mo., togi ther with ft groat throng of citizens from Albemarle county and other nearby points assembled Saturday at Monti cello, tin4 historic home of Thotiian Jefferson, a few miles from Char lottesville, Va.. to lay thoir tribute of devotion at the shrine of tho ureal J statesman and patriot. Tho occasion was primarily due to tho Missouri organization. which hoars tho naoie of the sage of Mont', cello. They came to theo01 I D;)tnln Ion to do honors to thoir great cxim plar and to unveil nt tho homo of Jefferson a beautiful memorial shaft of red Missouri granite, which ihey brought with thorn. In years gonn by Virginia had contributed to tho Uul llon State a gray granite shaft, which j formerly marked the grave of Joiier son, and now stands on the campus of the Missouri Slate I'niversity at Co lumbus, Mo. Tho new monument now offered as a graceful token of apprecla- j tVm for thl.* priceless gift, bears the, following Inscription: THOMAS JEFFERSON, Citizen, slaleamnn, pitirlat. The greatest advocate of human liber ty, opposing opecinl privileges lie loved and t u l d the people. ?? * ? Erect^fl bv c. Tho Jefferson ""ub i)f St. l^ouis, M!u% On their pIlgrhiv^A ? S To express Devotioiv to his prinr^ Tho ins-Ylprf Ion on the .ft which now glands on the Missouri University campus lias become world famous be cause it was written by Thomas Jcff? r son himself, and hocauso therefore it b!io? a iho Hchievepients which ho con sidered the most meritorious of hi\ long reunited life. Tttn inscription reails: ' V Here wm burled THOMAS J 10 r I*' Kit SON, author of tho Declaration of Independence ot ^ The Statute oLV4fglnjfc W'<\ w ? ; Rellg'ous freedom and ^ / w? Father of tho University of Virginia. The authenticity of the gravestone j is undoubted. When, on A'lrrfl IK, 18x2, Congress appropriated $10, nun for a monument over Jefferson's grave, the Misses Randolph, residuary legatees 1 of Thomas Jefferson presented the j original shaft to the University of ! Missouri. It was unveiled July 4, 188G, on the University campus with ceremonies In which United States Senator Vest, Thomas Hayard, then Secretary of State; United States Senator Elklns and other prominent Americans participated. The Jefferson Club, which left St. Louis In n solid train of Pullmans on Thursday night, reached Charlottes ville early In the morning and after Lreakfast on tlir- train' were taken In hand by members of the city council. The. formal exercises- .at MoaUcoUo hegan at ten o'clock but the long line of carriages containing the Mis- i sour'ans and others filed into the grounds shortly after nine o'clock. At the head of the visitors was the club's famous drum and fife corps. Tho visitors were welcomed to Mon ticello by Hon. Jefferson M. Levy, vho alluded to Jefferson as "the j gieatest statesman and profoundeat thinker of any time or country.". Re sponscs were made by 'Harry 11. liawes. president of the club, and by i Lieutenant Governor Lee. of Mis souri. The presentation of the granite j monument was made by lion. M. E._J rteiitOlY, from tfie I Fifteenth Missouri district, and in ( the absence of Governor Tyler, the | monument was accepted by General Fltrbugh L-ee. representing J he Dem ocracy of Virginia. The frd^'lng ad dr.^ ?t>s 'vem r?l?o delivered : "Tho Declaration of Independence," bv ex-Governor Win. J. Ston?; "Anoli tlon r>f Law of Entail." bv Congress man Chr>s. E. Cockran; "Distinguish ed Sons of Albemarle," by Hon. R. T. W. Dutre. and "The University of 'ir ginla," by the linn. Frank M. Edte3. A Dialrrctive Fire. San Jose. Cal., fTpeclal. ? Tho mo^t destructive Qru in lliu hlalory ol Lea Oatos occurred early Sunday morn ing. The entire business section of the town 'wan wiped out. iTTfC" area covered by the flrc Is estimated at about four acres. The property loss Is eatimated at $100,000 to $150,000. A dozen business blocUg, Kcvdr al manu factories. a llvery^JtabTe. /a chiffch. and many r?ald?ri>c?n r/eek uttrned. TL? Are department was powerless to cope with tho Umbct wlfich stopped only when practically all the fuel at hand waa exhausted. A number of men were injured, but aon<f serious TIIE^TATE FAIR. Orcat Interest lleliig Sliown In Kverj Department. The propitiations for the State Fair are getting along finely and tho of ti< ials all expect largo crowds. Tho outlook now la that tho nttoudaneo will l>e mueh larger than over heforo ami that every county will genii largo delegat Ion* t() tl^e Fuir. Tho pros pects have nevei? .been better for a largo attendance, iiml good words ate hoard on all sides for the Fall*. Tho annual family reunions \vill he held here an usual and people will eoino here from all parts of tho Slate it' for no other rentjoa than to moot each other. President W. IV Fvans, Secre tary llolloway and Superintendent l.ove all II nd that the entries tiro la:*Ror than ever, and that tho ex hibits will bo perhaps of a much higher and more varied class than in previous years. Tho usual cheap rates will ho effective for tho round trip. The City fair Association has wisely selected a star attraction in Kecuring the Artillery Hand from Sui li van's Island. Arrangements have been made for thiK famous hand to give three regular daily concerts. The Stale ball will, as usual, be held on Thursdav evening of Fair week, in the SiHte House, and the most elabor ate preparations are being made for that event. The Spanish American War Veterans will have their celebra tion ami banquet on Wednesday night, October :h>. in the State House, There will be two panics of foot ball hereon Wednesday and Thursday of Fair week. Superintendent John IV Frost states tlml tho rueen this year will bo the line:, I ever held In tho State at the Fair. nilltary Hay. Adoitane General Floyd has return o.l from Charleston whero on Satu.d.iy I e attended t ho meeting of the special com ii if-i'Jf n plaeod In c.hargo of {n4 mllitmy feature of the exposition. Tt.t I'tmialsRion canvassed tho sift ttuen and decided nnanltnously that F?-li. J", the birthdny of "the father of hn i ount ry," was preeminently tho day for th'<. militia of thu country to t - . in.ile at tho exposition. All no"os -arv p. eli'ninary steps looking t ) th" making of tin; display a great success w-re taken. Gen. Floyd expects to immediately get out a handsomely : printed eireular letter to be adfli ossed^ n the military authorities of the oUt er States of the Union, of Puerto UIio, Cuba, etc., asking them to see that military organizations aro sent, to Charleston to represent their respec tive governments. IOvery possible ef fort will be made to have military or ganizations' from ihis country's new lipiular possessions In the West ln llcs. including Cuba. ("Sen. Floyd fays that he made a tour over the exposition grounds and was simply astounded at tho v-oric done. He had no conception of th-' inrr-rtijtudo of tho undertaking the t-h uA?ston people had entered upon, ?and says no one will io Cltiisv^sioJi that will not be most agreeably sm prlsed. lift says that the buildings and grounds will bo considerably ahead of those provided t\l tTTc'-^Jash v i 1 1 0! expos-it ion a few y/ars ago, and the work on all thu buildings is far advanced. He does not believe that there will ho any delay whatever In thr> opening of the exposition on tho :lay already bet. Held Hp nnd Shot. Mr. T. M. Hill, the Southern's station agent at Oreer's, S. ('.?a small town a few miles north of Greenville? was held up by a masked "man Tuesday night at 0:15 o'clock and shot three times. At the time of the attack Mr. Hill was alone in his office in tho freight depot. In his office was the company's safe. On the opposite side of the traek is tJte oflico-ol tlie telcurauli .oufirjlur. As Mr. Hill -sat at his desk a man whose face was fully disguised by a mask entered tho room, holding a re volver in each hand, lie said: "Open the safe." Hill refused. "If you don't open it I'll shoot you," , said the man. I Hill still refused, and then li s as ail ant opened lire, shooting Hill three times, twice In the hand and once In I ho thigh. The wounds, though pain- . ful. are not thought t:> ho fatal. Hearing the shooting the te'egap'il operator rftn across tlie track and as he came he saw the masked man le.i\o i ttie frclglrt office and run. ~ Arrested Hut Ke!cascd. Tazewell, Tcnn., Special. ?John Mor gan. James Estop and Roland Brooks were arrested and arranged here for trial on the char Re of killing Al Wayrtv and Tipton Childwell In Uie Child w;il Morgan feud Sunday of <lakt week. The trial, however, failed to materialize ra Isaac; Childwell, brother of the dead men. who was prosecutor in the case, was not prepared and withdrew the warrants. This ended the procced 'n;.{3. flnklnjc Settlements. Comptroller Oeneral Derhnm Is now out on his annual settlement ttfur. On Saturday last he visited the county of Pickens and settled with the of* flclals of that cortnty. l!o expect* to vlVtnulte a number of other counties beforir-eemln* back to his office/ Al ready the aettlepienta have been made In gome dozen or more of the coun tlAOto 5e netnee Commoted. Tho governor has commuted to oue year the sentenco of two year* and six month* fmpoeed upon Jamee Oatn bfell, convicted In Greenville coutr of larceiiy In November, 1?M. The aollcltor recommended a portal ui Judge Benet ? concurred in the ?????? -l mendatkm. Very atroag ? were preeentad. -.-.7?' - ? CHI- 1 mh* Bank ana T rm C mm ? m=It -? ? -* lift %m ? for U?e DIDN'T GET THE NEWS Government Sought To Establish That Schley Had Been Notified EAGLE'S DISPATCH NOT DELIVERED. The Ship's Record Shows That They Were Too Far Out to Recognize Signals From the Shore. Washington, D. C., Special. ? Just be fore the SWiluy pourt of inquiry ?tl journod Thursday Judge Advocate* Lemly Introduced Lleutouaut J. H. Holden, formerly watch officer on tho Scorpion, as a witness." nontenant Holden signed the entry In tho Seorpi on's 1(?k, giving the particulars th? receipt of a message for ComniodoYe Schley from tho Eagle, which that ves^ .l *>*-* vintS "Y>TouRht from Captain" McGalla mi May 15). 1 SOS. when tho flying squad ron. then bound for Clenfuegoa, fell in I with Captain MeCalia's sub-squadron, which had Just loft that port.' -he gov ernment had sought to show that by tii la message Commodore Schley had been notified that tho Spanish fleet wa? not in the harbor of Clenfuegoa, and lieutenant Commander Souther! and, of the Eagle, had testllled thftt ho had megaphoned to the Scorpion that thoro were only a torpedo boat and several cnnnopierlos In that harbor. Captain Lemly told tho court that tho log of t lie Seorplon did not show that the re ceipt of tho message In this form and 1 ] that there was no evldebce to show the delivery of thy message to Commo* ' dore Schley. Other witnesses were Lleutonant Commander W. IT. behuotze, who serv ed on the Iowa, and Lieutenant A. W. Grant, who was on the Massachusatts, who testllled concerning the general campaign of tho flying squadroft. Lieu tenant E. F. Leipner concluded his tes timony begun yesterday. Oaptaln Lom : ly asked him conceding thp-Woekade j of Santiago by Comhjodpfe Schley, i The jvltnMS" said the vesffeja wera. I v- ^ i Dtff'in column ffOift si* to eight mnei ' fl off shore. At night they steamed slow ly back and forth in front of tho har bor 800 yards apart. They were so far l out. the witness said, that. It was ifff^"' i possible to distinguish point on the ' shore or to determlno where the shore ' linn met the w?. tor Hno. I Lieutenant om mender Wm. II. Sohuetze, who was a member of tho v board of navigation which prepared the ' official chart of the r&sltlons of the board of navigation which prepared tho olTiclal chart of tho positions ot " the vessels engaged In the battle of July 3, said he hrid not been satisfied with the report. "I protested," ho said, "against tho signing qf the report as oeiiif; iu ace tirti iv, but I was jiuauy per-, suaded to do so by tho senior member of the board. Commander WalnwrlgSit, who thought that was the best we could do even if, we stayod there until doomsday and'I signed It under pro- ? test. My Yfrst objection was that tht chart was inaccurate; that the pocdtloo of the Iowa was plotted on this chart as giving her too much speed. Another objection I had was the initial position of the Brooklyn when the Spaniards left the harbor. I contended that the Brooklyn's position wss too cioso to the mouth of the harbor; that sh$ was - not In her regular position. She was BOUth Of It." "* ? jr , Captain Lemly: "I want you to atatj when you saw/ihe Texas?" i "When I fttft saw the Texas she wur heading to tlie eastward of north. Soon?, afterward I noticed her again and she was headed to the westward and' sp-v.ffv pTirehily lying dead In the water. I c*!l* ed Captain Evana' intention to the fact, that she was In oW-way; thatshe waif'-" lying dead In the water and cautioned' ! the captain that we would probably run ;v j Into her if we kept on the way we were . heading. She was then on our port . y bow. We were trying to get close Mir 1 tho harbor and steamed nt first dUrste- ~ ly for the mouth of the l^frbor. As the ' ' Spaniards turned to t#*r westward we ^ turned In the same direction and in this ' K ; move we wore hindered by the Texfii." On crossL-examlnatlon Mr. Rayner ? questioned the witness in reference to the official chart. ? uwhy-rfid not yw> e4M?rJThls chart ? I Is wrong and I will not sign lit' "I did." "Then why did you sign?" "I3ecau&ce I was persuaded by_lhft^ other witnesses of tho board lb at tbat was tho beet we could do and they wanted to come to on agreement. That > was a compromise." I "Then really this rhart was signed for the purpose of coming to an agree^ merit and not for the purpose of show ing any accurate results, was ItV' I "The board was ordered to ahow.ao- - ' curate results, but It WM TariWOTuJri Impossibility to make a chart of that kind showing accurate* results. There war m'vir a chart drawn of 'any battle ' in the world that irSSE?**." ' , When the court nNX?riB?d ?h4r " luncheon Lieut. Commattdar Schuetae said he had seen no evldeaco of position on the part of any f* .?era's ships to ram a ay oKihe csnsessela. By the court: "Waa yoar i ring the battle of Jaly S each ail able yon to observe clearly thert positions and moretnenis^f ibm i ept ships V . - >9*of slh I tmr. _ lire positions of an ih* const of tho OMki **i we were pajlil to oar i " ? Hi > ,