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is GRINDING AWAY. 'lie Schley Court Siili Doing Business ^ At The Old Stand. / TESTIMONY IS BEING INTRODUCEo r?%ow T hat Schley's Actions at All ' rime\ Were In Accordance With Department Orders. fic^ashingto^. fx * c., ~~8pecial. ? Tho BUffw'vno, 6 was soon ^splacod to had urftMna? A,lbort w- Mason, who mm ^vn.-V? JirVQk^ft!8 ,0? f?r lJ" VvAJQtt toverJiur tij.v S 8ihA l"/ostiry- Mr- M'ason "oxpluin ' 1 tho ei asurn in tho log entry re dav r? !? Ul,? Brooklyn's tdrii on the ?no f I. h0 .,aul? oft Sftnt?aso? lie *as followod by Georgo E. graham, Tv ; as na Associated Press corrcs tv..|>Oi>(leii?, was wiih Commodore Schley campaign. Mr. Gra nam s testimony yovered all tho prln clpal events of tKe cahigalgn and dis usscj OSpeciaDylUtO bombardment of the Spanish ship Colon, on July o. Mr. Graham t untitled to hearing a conversation^ between Commodore oculCy and i?aptaln Sigsboe when the ( Jattor cainoraboard the flagship Brook lyn off Sunliago, May 26. He said that ho had distinctly heard Captain Slgs bee tell theft, commodore that the Spanish fleet ftvas not Inside the har tor at 'Saati&o. Mr. Graham ajso stated that Almiral Schley had told him thdt the Abject of the bombard ment of 31 was to develop the Spanish lartd batteries, and he said that the range was fixed at 7,000 oi seven thousand five hundred yards in order to draw their firo. Tho Witnesses for tho Afternoon were Dcnnte J. Cronln, who wata~~Ad miral Schley's orderly and who testl fled along the samo lines as Mr. Gra ham to tho conversation with Cap tain Sigsbee ; Lieutenant Commandoi :~Wm, H. Htish. who said he thought th* Vlscaya had planned to ram the .Brooklyn; Lieutenant Edward Simp son, wbo gave a very gruphlc pictiiM Of the hej,tl? of July 3. and Lleuten ant E(lpird T. Fitzgerald, an assist - ant engineer who was on-duty in th< a fire room on July 3, and who testified that un order had been given earlj in the action to stand by for a rani Lieutenant Wells was questioned concerning the department ordeu concerning .tlie risking of the Ameri can ships to bombardment /Tron shore batteries. The first of th< orders of this character stated tha "the department does not wish th< vessels of your squadron to be ex posed to the Are of tho batteries a Havnna, Santiago or other stronglj fortified ports in Cuba," and the oth ers were regarded as modification! of these. In the last of these, date-J May G, the deparunent said: "Th< Department is perfectly willing tha1 you should exposes your ships to th( heaviest guns of land batteries, If , it ? your opinion there are Spanish ves sei8 of sufficient military importance protected by these guns to make at attack advisable, your chief aiih foi the. present being "the destruction oJ the enemy's principal vessels.' I V In reply, to ftbestious by Capt. Lem.l ly the witness said there had been n< 1 written or printc * order of battle, fcu: ^ that on thq day before Clenfuegos wa? 'reached some special directions wer< sent to the ships by the Scorpion. Tbit was, he said, order number nine, re - latlng to .filgnal6_Jn_ case the enem) should be sighted. -M . Albert \V. Mason was questioned bj Captain Parker and said that he ha< been a yeoman of the eccond class oi board the Brooklyn and had been the writer of that ship's log. Tho wit ness said that as the log giving ar account of the Brooklyn's ^urn had been at first prepared it read: "W*i engaged with jwxt battery at first hut] just as Bcjon as the enemy stood" west 1 ward wolput our helm starboard at first. theA hard aport, so as to bring our starboard ? battery to ' bear an<! ! swinging clear of the Texas fire wc stood parallel with and to tho enemy.' ? This entry, had. he said, been changed later ~al"t?i6"'tTT8tancc of -HMeutonaai Hodgson so as to mako it. read as 11 docs in the Department copy as fol lows: "Soon as the enemy stood tc ~ tJ^f liftBtward we -put ?ur helm aport swinging clear of the Texas, etc." ' ? r ? ? : ( Brief Meotloo. The National Bureau of Identiflca i tlon was enjolfiei from moving it* headquarters from Chicago, Il?, to Washington, D. C. The University of Gottlngan called Dr Theodore W. Richards, of Harvard, to the chair of inorganic chejalctry. " Beth Peru and Bolivia claim valu able mines being worked by the Inct riXBWY-- ^ - C Carter's Reply FBed. ? /"ciica?o, Speolal.? The reply of Ober /terter, torme x captain <J? United *&?*** & the to* It of thi I from Q* mms. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL! -? ? New Enterprise* That Are Enriching Our Favored Section. furniture Making Industry. Tho Baltimore Manufacturers' Uo ; cord says: Another significant movs j In the furnlture-maklug Industry 19 j the establishment at Thomasvllle. N. i C., of a branch factory by a New Eng land firm engaged In the manufacture j of machinery for making ch&lrn, citb | Incts, school furniture and gonerffl| j furniture. It la another case of a mi gration of an Industry to the region I where a market has been^crcatei by | the rapid growth of factories. North j i Carolina now occuplt-s an Important j place In the Southern '?,rnlture-maH-(j i lug industry. With High Point load-^j pnvR nv \U)? Tt^i^vv \ nxrrti mttnf" i wood-working 'plants in other lo\v#o f of the State and a cohtract has jusi been let for a furniture factory at Al bemarle. At Columbus, Ga., two plasty will be absorbed by a flow com pahy which will operate a largo fac tory for the manufacture^ of Bash, doors and blind3 and thcrfiMs a proba bility that Toccoa, In the same State, may have a fruit and vegetable v*ox 1 factory. Woodworking plants are also plannod for Beaufort and Mar shall, Tex., and Greenville, S. O. A Duluth manufacturer will establish in timber lands of Louisiana mills for tho manufacture of tho finest grades of short leaf Norway pine, largo tracts of timber land will bo developed by the Clear Creek Xiijnber Company of Ala bama, while threk lumbering concerns with a capital stock of $100, *000 each have recently been organized \ia southern Mississippi and guite a num ber of others, 'with capital stocks rang ing from, $5,000 to $50,000. The development of the oil regions In the Southwest is giving a gre&t Im petus to itaany Industries in that eec tion of the country and It Is expected that -the -rice-growing and rice-mllllng business lr\ Southwestern Louisiana and eastern Toxas will be advanced upon a more extonded scale than ever bofore. , k /N* A Big Wagon Factory. An Industry of considerable impor tance in woodworking has Just boon eccurcd for G&dsden, Ala- It will be a $125,000 wagon factory. The fact that such extensive tracts of hickory, wliltd oak and hard woods generally are near that growing manufacturing city was largely responsible for Its selection as a site for the plant. The Mecklan Wagon Co. organizes, with C. . L. Bcaro of Oledn, N. Y., as president, and W. N? Meeklan, general manager. Contract has been let for erection ql main building 40x300 feet, two stories high, and by January 1 the equipment of machinery is expected to be in po sition for employing 150 workmen* and producing wagons daily. To Develop Water Power. The Commercial Club of Louisville, Ky., is now 'considering plans for the proposed development of the power of the Ohio Falls near that city. Eight different plans for the utilization of the flow of water have been submitted to tho organization. The citizens of New Albany, Ind., are alsoytaklhg an active lnterq^ttn the movement A meeting was nSd last week to consid er the subject. H, Stotsenburg Qf New Albany acted as president, and J. C. Van Pelt of Louisville as secretary. Barrel Factory Wanted. .. H. R. Cannon, mayor, of .Tallula Falls, Ga., writes to tho' Manufactu rers' Record that there la an opportu nity at that phw>e-for a barrel factory. Ho says that great quantities of ap ples and potatoes are raited nearby, with no means of properly marketing them, and that all tho timber pocessa ry and an Unlimited .water-power for tho barrel factory are ^vailable. * . ?? i i . ii . id To /line Qrphlte. J. A. Farwell, of ' Chicago, is preei d flint of a $3,000,000 company * formed county, North Carolina. It Is stated the output will be at least one carload dally. The. only other graphite mines of .any. consequence in this- country are^-j those near Tteouderoxa. N. V. fndti* trial Miscellany. 9 ? The Wilmington Street Railway o t Wilmington, N. C., has been soldL to Messrs. -Hugh MacRae & Co., who con trol tho railroad, extending from Wil mington to Wrlghtgville, on the ?aea- I coast. It Is understood that the pur chasers intend combining both lines under, one system. Surveys are . now being made with a view to using eloc* tale motors on the WHghlniijMs Mfte. ' OalTlMs selected OclbWr ilea the date tor the sugar-cane and cassava. ( convention at that city. Sine* thsk-| spring convention the Board of Trade btf* received letters fro# many ?eos who wefc-lfctfcdl hy it to w?* cMiark. renef unit Wttii'il tteir is- 1 n^riment* and the iSwm ha?. - btis ?_ 9m ?????< - IhnMH the-nttot IsAMMli AIRSUJP A SUCCESS. The Machine Goes Around the Eiffef Tower. DUMONT SUCCESSFUL AT LAST. 'claims the Prize For Aerial Naviga? tlon? Scenia to Be An Accomplish ed Fact. . Paris, By Cablo.? Tho SantosDu mont airship ascended at St. Cloud at 2:38 o'clock Saturday afternoon. and i flvo minutes) afterwards began to flround tho Eiffel tower. Santoa-Du rmQnt co^ujloted hja, til|?. stlc?pssfuU y, *but a quostlon has arisen as to wheth er It was done within tho time limit. SO minutes. Mr. Doutseh says tho aeronaut won tho prize. Santos mlttec. however, declares M. j>amont took 30 minutes, 40 4-. seconds to make tho tj,|l)" . a at SantosDumont Ktarted for the flisi tlmo at 2:29. but on leaving tho parK his guide rope caught In a tree and ho ?'?? obliged to descend. Hc aUirtcJ JSS Z Elftol glasses to arrive at the towel ami round It The time up to that point, with tho wind in tho balloon's favor, was 8 minutes and 45 seconds. It rt ?nrnr.a aeainst the wind and made Blower headway, but still kept in the truo illrccUon fir. St. Cloud ? eh It roached in the total time of minutes 15 seconds. 'But instead ^of descending immediately. S{J"tos'[[ue mont made a broad me vi er the Aero Club grounds wWh the rest i that another minute and 25 seconus were consumed before the workmen BC(Zcd tho fpiide rone. Thus, cally Santos Dumont exceeded time limit by 40 seconds. The enormous crowd whUh gathered inside and ?Vt"1 t? men.v lrou,?lB Rave tho ^ronaut a^tremM ??n"V'pS.ng* anoctators shouted Yes. i - ? the Couht Do IMou a membcr .t tl.c approached and tnre ^ damper on the cnthuBla?tfi by Ba> ng^ ?m? frlena have lost tho prize hv 40 iSSndV" Numbers of on look men t'Tn 6 li^vel y * ternfs, bu? thTcount SfSuss-tf a? s 0tAh!hf? moment M. Deutsch himself Al ? " i tM- Vlub grounds, having arrived a* the ciu o b moment ?nlyii^d?Farls from Blarrlaz. He ad Within the tune and that t^ong. ^ mention' of'havfng to touch the ground within the 30 minutes. ?rtlofl of The ? 1. ume axo the commlttce wnl contest by xnodifled the term^ ulation. San inserting time protested and tos-Duihont at urn f thQ fresh refused t? toe *)0 tre,nuousiy upheld this view wltbthe ^?"nicommKtee on other momher. of the com" ^ he descending, finally would not try egal *?"fthomoney ?as withheld.;, It was not his Jaul^* w g|ve 26. M. Doutseh said twlthstand 000 francs to the po ^ . mro|ttee. hut Ing the decJelon o accept the Santo^uxMRt.^l^? wdtlltenlty offer ftf a ?ol"t ^ assemblage of There) was a jar* tower and con people/at the ^manifested in J^erabley nterest ww m? parts of " the motor. Newport the pacific till Sunday ^ ihe largest ^"ssJrSs-" Building C0tapw;? port N?w?o * Norwood Tyw. rrVn^st.*: 4, ? ?* ? ??' " CHARLESTON EXPOSITION. [lie Mldv'ny f ca^ire.i to He Best Oh talnable. A Charleston Special says : With all of the groat work tha^ is soled by thqj&rlsltora on the oxposl :lon x rounds there are lew .who havo >eon on the premises whb do not look >ver from the Court of the Palmes to the eastward, andpask, "Well, bow ibout the Midway?" It is only a natu ral question, for within tho past hulf jentury every big show of any Impor .anco ha? always had an amusement' uljunct of more or loss merit and It iiaa thus become a feature of no small ectasoquenco. Tho Midway at the South Carolina Inter State and West ludiitn E x pes It ion will ha both inter esting and amusing. Nearly thirty acr.es of good, level, high .laud has been 8??t apart for the pleasure froundi) mid tho walks and streets and features of this amusement section have been carefully planned and ar ranged. Contracts have already been slgn/tT^r tho majority of the space. The Wu^Cofcionalres who have seoured tho privufego of giving their perfor mances, exhibiting their eutiosjt!tfs and doing their share towards enter taining the visitors to Charleston's big fair have been sold Hod froln tho very best of thoae who have done bus iness at the Pan-American Exposition. It might be said that everything In tho great Midway at Buffalo was off ered to the South Carolina- show, but there wan not space enough for all the concessionaires and so t)fe Exposition Company made Its selection and will ofTer to the patrons yt the Exposition here only those things which havo proved their worth and interest ilurine the summer. TBI Midway section ia only Just beginning to show signs ol life now, but wltBln a few weeks there will be all kinds Of work going on 'n the broad and amplo lot 'that adjoin* Uutledge avenue, Some "bt the con tracts recently awarded have brought oyt at loailt. a visible mark of the eu-.n Ing event, as In tho case of "Fall ?Tnptxn." Thla concession has be on lo cated on tho Midway by an enormout sign, and It Is understood that the bbeautlfui "Tea Gardon," to occupy the space assigned, will be started very Roon. Work On the "Shoot . the Chntea" will also he -at f?I wi:h!t week or two and the buildlne for thf ?0O13'e railway wttl tin rtnyM n*. .rgl advanced by tho end. of another fort night. Bostlck's Wild Animal Sho\> is one of the best features of tho Pan American ? Exposition and will he brought lo Charleston Intact. Killed by an f-wiginc llxploslom Spartanburg. hpeclal.Tur 3da.v morn. Ing at 8vo"clock the engine of tin ginnery ot Mr. E. S. Smith, -whose farm Is twj6 miles from Glenn Springs explodod^'lnalatvlly .killing Mr. W. H Wofford', who has been employed Ir the gl? for. a number of months past Mr. \yc!Tcrd was standing near the engine*, at the time of the explosion The en?i|no had Just been started up and , evefytttfng appeared In good working order. \ Mr. E. S. Smith and his son were up*ln the ginnery, bullu lijg. Suddenly the boiler bursted, oni the pieces of machinery of the cngltu and bolle.r were scattered .every when about. Mr. WOfford's body was horri bly mangled. He was 30 years of ago and a wife and three children surviv* him. < He was a quiet, honest, hard working young man. ? PonTi4Ji|jllet Scar*. Tho workm en who^havp b sen enga ged In cleaning the^old granltework oi the Stale house have been dwlnj -their work well and the building pie sents quite- a handsome appearance Chief,Clerk Gantt had some difficult) fa getting the men not to" disturb the marks left by the cannon balls senl over from across the river by Slier man's army, but ^hey have been pre served-. ? -The mem -wbo-hav-e be^n do ing the work yesterday called atteu tlon to the fadt'that on varltfug por tions of the bulleitag they had come across small scars evidently made bj | rlfle or pistol balls. bWs that are no visible from tho ground-, and whos< old citizen when he heard of it s*l<" they must havo been made by bullet! fired at the building during the re construction days. *v . " ? ? New Enterprises. r The H. ,K. Sturdevant company o Greenville has served notice with th< secretary of state ot the increase o. its capital stock from $20,000 to fOO, IJA charter was granted the Hcnrj I f^iyer A Son company of Charleston capitalised at |2S,000. The .officers art Goo." A. Henguelet, president; an t Henrg Bayer, vice president, sec re tar 3 and treasurer. .? Important New Steamer Line. Savannah, Gi, Special.? Arrange raenta have been completed for the James El well ? Co., Line of Steamship: . between Savannah, Feraandlne am fNew York. Hi^prlciWr ftflght for th< ItSSL wttttrnt mm. sa ARE DEFEATED AGAIN Americans Suffer Another Repulse in the Philippines. GET ANOTHER SERIOUS SETBACK A Company of the Ninth Infantry Is l:lred Upon By 500 Holomen and la Killed. Manila, By Cable.? Five hundred b >1 omen attacked a detachment of 6t men of tho Ninth Infantry at Uanga Jon, on hfce Gandara river, island of S mar, Wednesday, killing ton and wounding six. The remainder of tho company arrived on'"fn? ' ??-* routed, tho enemy, killing ovor ICO of thorn. It Is believed that tho enemy only retired for re-enforcements. As goon as the news was recolved at Cathbalo gan, two gun-boats were dispatched, General Smith going In person to tho scene. Washington, Special.- ? The follow nr? brief cablegram from General Chaffer reporting the fight of the Ninth Infan try at Samar, Wednesday, was receiv ed at the War Department:^ 'Manila, Oct. 18. "Corbln, Adjutant General, Washing ton: ' Forty-six men of Company E Ninth United States Infantry, under First Lieutenant George W. Wallace. In the field In lower Candara, Samar, were at tacked by 400 bolomen October 16. Our loss was ten killed and six wounded, names not received. Eighty-one of the enemy left dead on tho field. Enemy beaten off. "CHAFFEE/ i. The Department officials wore Bomewhat dismayed at the press report of the new set-back on tho island of Samar. They had no confirmation from official sources of the roport, but thla was true of thf last affair of the kin4 ] whitHi iiuppuuuu ui SainTigigu. 1 uu i Ninth Infantry, which suffered there, | was the same organization that en- ! gaged In the latest fighting at Han- 1 gajon, though in this case the company attacked, is not Hpown. An inspection of the disposition mu'e of the troops on thn island of Samar shows that before the Balanglga flxht, there were no Iqss than 38 separate posts. These were so disposed that sup plies could be conveyed to the troops by water. General Huges has left Sa mar and gone to the Island of Cebu to recupeHite, which accounts for t>>e ?s Bumptlon of the command on Samar by 1 General SmMft, General Hughes was j worn out aifd suffered from the offers ! of a severe fall received while chasing insurrectos In the mountains of Sa mar. , , - ** : New Canal Treaty. Washington, Special.? Ix>rd Paunce fote will aail for ^e United Stetes oa the 26th Inst., before the Brlslh cab Inet council has had an oppportunlty to review the protocol, which embody in principle the proposed new Hay-Paun cefoto Canal treaty. It is thought hero, however. thal that fact wttt not delay] sensibly the final negotiations, which will take place here between Secretary Hay and librd Pauncetote, for it is th#^ intention that the new treaty, l.ke that which it wjil-deplace, on the docket of 1 the Senato, sh^Il be finally drafted and I signed in the cljy of Waahlngton. It is sfttd that -when "the -new dowirowit la J framed the "fortifications" clause will be found to have been dropped dtft, leaving the United States at liberty to fortify the canal, but it is distinctly , stated that It is not obliged to do so. iandl n foct tSw-e Ts no -pxesent-lntenH tVtion of erecting fortifications, which, it fa stated, would be much more oxpen Svo than a <U*t ef Mttelrtijpa aftd ui^ful. . Five Killed In Tunnel. New York, Special.? Five men were k/llod and two injured Friday morning when an enormous mass of rock caved from the aide and roof of the Kapid Tranait tunnel, -In course of construc tion on Broadway, about tho line 0/ One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Etreet in this city. The dead are: Peter O'ifrip. jeer* old; John Ooron.Vy. BM? Madden, foreman ot the mucker., I.u - ft Dnnlfe. 85 yeere old. lie Domenlco De P.tW, Ok.n.lo the hoepltnl with ncelp wonnd *nd b- ak en rJZl ttaiimn i^barer. name nn known. ^ ^Souttoaleft foot. Premier RepiU*. Pmrin By GM*^ThM . JfryatPT. JSi '.Urtiwrf** replied to ^rauou. intention* yf fre Ho?rs. REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE MEETING. <%# Held a l.iyely Session in Columbia lost Week. The State Republican executive committee met In Columbia hint week and the action taken has ronBldcv ablo bearing upon tl\q Federal patron-.. ajje situation in the State just at this time. Of course no one c an 'tell what weight the volco of the old line He jmbliean organization will have with the now prealdeht. but the commit tee has spoken and spoken plainly. The sessions wero hold in the col ored Y. M. C. A. hall and there was a good attendance of the members of the committee. State Chairman Dens was hero and presided, llo has Just returned from Washington. The com mltteo mot behind closed doors and hold a session fbat continued froin about noon until aiftejM# o'clock last night. Many matters \vyro fnliv dla diU&BSiL ... Tho moat mporinm *nn BiRinnvunv' announcement made after adjourn in en t was to thcwvfrect that the com mittee kail unanimously endorsed Mr. Ueorgo 11. Hugfglns, who is now act ing ns collector of int?\rfiai revenuo lor South Carolina, for that position to succeed tho late Mr. ty A. Webster. Mr. Hugglns has been in theraeo from the flrkt purely as a business ...man familial wltji the duties of the ofllco and the committeemen say has not sought the endorsement that has been given him. The/ committee elected Mr. E. W. Screven a member of the State com mitted to succeed Mr. 1,. W.' Rialock, resigned. Mr. lllalock Is tho New berian who came so near getting tho colloctorship. Mr. Screven was also named as tho committee's choice for the, position of national committee man/ This is, however, merely an endorsement, as tho national commit tee at Jts next meeting elects a man to fill tho vucancy. Chairman ilanna has already named Jno. (1. Capers to fill the vacancy until tho committee moots. Mr. Capers is evidently not the choice of tho Republican organization in the State. Hut he Is United Slutoa district attorney and he Is for the time being the national commit tee man. \ ?J. J. H. Ford ham, colored, was elected to membership on the Stato committee, succeeding tho lato Mr. "Webster. No other endorsementu or recommen dations were made by tho commlUco Tho following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Whereas the beloved president of this entire country, William McKln ley, was shot dowvi by tho bullet of an assassin on FrhUy, Sept. 6th, from the effects of which he expired oh Saturdav, Sopt l ltn, end ? Wherfeas, by tills anarchistic bul let, tho people of this country,' a? well as _ the world over, have been shocked and horrified, losing by one fell blow a ruler Who NYfts patriotic andfaitirfH^ as a soldier, honest and. upright as a citizen, tender and do votvd an a liusl and ant' truthful, gtu eroix^ moral and <fl?-an as a states man; therefore l>o It Resolved, That we, the members of the State executive committee of the Republican party of SouH^Carolina, in meeting assembled, Wednesday, Oct, 10, .1901, extend our profoundest sympathies to Mrs. McKInTey and JOllff with tho nation In depfTing this at tempt to wreck our government, founded as It Is upon constitutional principles of law and 6rder. Therefore this committee hereby infrmorlalizeR congress jt p tfnact laws 'find provido . penalties that shall stamp from our land thme lawless be ings, by prohibiting any gathering whatsoever at which anarchistic theories are promulgated; stop tho twbllcatloB ami-circulation of news papers and documents containing' such teachings'; and be it -further Resolved, That we would most ear nestly urge the adoptinn of such'Iaws ns w'H make a repetition of this das tardly outrage Impossible. Resolved, further, That a copy of theso resolutions, properly attcJfeed* lw ??nt to Mrs. Wm^ McKinloy and also toPresldtnt Roosevelt, ..and thai ><Jiey te published in the newspapers" of tho country. The above resolutions were! offered by T. L. Grant of ^Charleston'. The following, resolutions, offered. I by J. H. Ford Ham of Orangoburg. 1 JMcre^slsQ unanlmouHly adopted : Whereas by the will of'fne l>ivin? Providence, death has taken from our midst Hon. E. A, Webster, who devotod his life to the welfare of his country and tho patty of his- -ofcokav and who as leader of the. Republican party In this State commanded the consideration and respect of all,jand ^ Whereas by thojleath of Mf^wobri ster the 8Ute and country have lost one of their best and truest citizens, and the Republican party a leader I whose, every effort .was directed- to itrt .betterment; and a leader wh'osa j counsel was ever calm, deliberate and excellent; therefore "be It X Q(woly<M). ..That we, the Member** cf the state execntire committee, kf meolLpg assemhlod. eUen^^qnr^mpa tbles ^to the bereaved family . Slid friends of the late Mr. Webster, while at the same time recognizing the fact that bis place will be very hard to hm. * ? Resolved, further. Tbat a oopy of tfaeee resolutions, properly attested. be tent Jo the family mtrt thai th?rhe dally papers of the Oe** ?tf ^e*3towr?0r. TO DIE ON MWAY. Decided That Czolffosz Must Pay the Penally on October 28. FEW WITNESSES TO BE PRESENT. * -r ? I'Ik? AiTangentonts Are For the lixe cutioii to Take Place on Monday nt rt O'clock In the Morning. Albany, N. Y., ? Special.?? Warden. Mend, of Auburn prison, spent several ! luturs Monday in conference with Su< ' pcriutendent of State Prisons Collins, j arranging tho detail^ for carrying out* | the sentence of death Imposed upon J.oou Czolgos/.. They went carefiji^ly | oWr We* 1.200 requests^ wnicn~ wf5T~" l been recolved for Invitations to the X I electrocution. There will be but 2# witnesses admitted, the law limiting.! tho number. The prison phyalclan >:?* will bp assisted In tho conduct of the autopsy by Dr. Carlos F. McDonald, former president of the State ftoartLoL. lunacy, end one of the neatest ax ports on insanity in the country. Thero will also bo a number of other physicians In attendance when th?^~ final mandate of tho law Is carried out Superintendent of Prisons Colli ns la silent as to whom ho will Invite, but It Is learned that Mho sheriff of JSrle county, wlthh^wfioso jurisdiction the criino wan comnYitted, will receJvean Invitation. llceause of the arogil at tendanco that can bo had under thy stntuto there will bo but a limited num ber of representatives of Ji^p ress pres ent. The details for the execution havft ' boon completed ind/whlio the prison. .* Authorities guard with. great Beere?y all facts, It Is known that the exeeu- v tton will tako place before 6 o'clock In tho morning of October ^8, or If every thing cannot be gotten ready on-that ? day, a similar hour on the 20th. \ The" work of selecting the Jury to sign item death warrant of tho murderer hiv*~r been completed, but their names a"* withheld from publication. They will? not bo known until the morning of the electrocution. - Chicago Postofflc^ Robbed. Cl. t ago SpecUl.' ? A eoii-uf.'dnat ; robbery, which netted! tho pterpe^-atont $7 '..(lid In stamps, waa^llacovereu hart Monday morning, whwWjje yrholemtli^ stamp department Of th 6 pflstotflce %\ i ? V opened for business. A rapid lnVe.itU .... gntir.n de^cjjjoped tho fact that r the ;; burglars had crawled undor the floir* ing for about 300 fepfc bored a hole the bcttom of thefT iau, secured ;tba; \ stamps and escaped carrying th^if booty In n wagon. Tlifc work of ioirce Ing an entrance to the vault-had evb? dently been going forward for n^ny -/ da^s. It Is believed, however,- that . tho intention of ther thievea. had U&B to enter tho cashier's vault. In there woo In money, $35,000, ?bd^ ' stamps valued at hundreds of sands of dollars. The bottom of. vault la of steel. 'half an Inch thlel In this, 97 hojos wore ; bored unt^'ft nptteif of l&.-lnuhau aqitara, ]u*t to aflo v the entrance of a man's had been so weakened that It WM, sible to take out the" whole platflf little difficulty. A dry goods box over tho hole thus made an<T eft etl the work of tho robber* labile was In progrete. " IVfean ~ di the flngor marks of one.?/ the wca still dlscerhIfrTe*Oft ? the box " wS fch" He Tia<T " j side. So carefully had th$ job planned that men working in parts of the- boliding haSP^ slightest Inkling of ih6 r~* 6ery being work ed -under corner of the postofltcB bull wagon, the traces ?f* which seen plainly. ittft Colombian Rebels Kingston, Jam., By Cable.;? received here from ' Pan a in a Colombian rebels lost beftvlly tic near there last Tucaday, els qre concentrating tB ft neighborhood ahd , both qj paring for a Hash which, ted, wllf'largely dptermlqe the revolution. A ^ ""Trylng"l3 Constantinople, States legation In still without pj | mm