The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 11, 1902, Image 1
YOU . UK XIII.
CAMPKN. S. ()., KU1PA V APUU. II. I'k>2.
NO. 11.
PRESIDENT ARRIVES
Mr. Roosevelt and Party Reach the
Imposition
RECEIVED A ROYAL WELCOME
**? ? ?
I Entertained at a Banquet, W here the
President flado n Highly Appropri
ate Specch,
Tho President's train reached C'har
? lost '>11 at !>:;>() a. in., on time. Tho party
diil not come into tlio ? ? i t y . hut left tho
train flvo mil^.s out. whore trolley cars
wove wait ing t.i convey them to tin na
val station, t > take tho revenue cutter
for a t ic of i he harbor The President's
Immediate party went directly to thrt
naval stition, where they wore joined
' in a tow moments by members of the
r- reception committee an:l inviteil guests
in the city. A guard of :h> nillitiamor.
* was stationed about tho landing anil
!>. stood fit "present arms" as the Presi
dent landed. At tho naval station SO
?< men of t!>? militia were poste 1
J maintaining the lines around t !?<? re
fe servation and none was allowed within
a the lines except such as had passes. The
pl'rrsident and his party were shown
about the station and then were con
duced to ttie pier, where tho revenue
cutter Algonquin was in waiting. As
!he President s<>t foot on *he dock the
Hag of the commander-in-chief of the
ftVniy Jtnd navy was raised, and tho
inckiey were paraded while a salute of
&1 guns was fjr< 1 In the stream the
Slitters Forward and Hamilton wore
ylng, and fuithor down toward the city
ere tho cruiser Cincinnati and traili
ng ships Tonoka and Lancaster. After
ho committee and guests had gone
ioard, the Algonquin started on a tour
io harbor. Passing down Cooper
Ivor a fine view of the city and tho
ening of the buy was presented. The
ather was perfect. There was not. a
cud in tho sky and a gentle breeze
|ew from the ocean with just a brac
g touch In it. not chill enough in it
require overcoats. Passing into tho
y the Mgonquin came abreast of the
liner Cincinnati, whose decks wore
auncd with her crew as well as the
jpeka and Lancaster. As the I'resi
1'it's vessel passed each ship a salute
21 guns was (ire 1. Off tho fortiflea
ns of Sullivan Island tho Algonquin
si greeted with the sainc welcome
pho passed out to the ocean with
streamers amid a ( bonis of guns,
t a littl" run to the sea and tho Al
taquin turnr,d about and re-entered
harbor, pa:-jin:r around historic
rt iJiimtei'. Whiln ?? earning up the
luncheon was served in tho <*1bin
Jjho cutter. A sho1. 1 run was mad"
lie Ashley river giv ng a view of the
tern water front and then the ship
headed back for the landing, where
loop of the Charleston Light i>ra
iia was in waiting to escort tho
Bif'cnt. to his headquarters at the St.
Sn Hotel. All the arrangements wore
lient and the: e. was not a break in
forogramme. The President seemed
pel spirits and entered with keen
into all tho features of the oeea
le banquet tendered to. President
level t at night at the Charleston
|l was a fitting close to a day full
leidents and served to gather to
&r men prominent in tho affairs of
jtato, having solely in mind a
Jpng to the President which would
fe tho sincerity and the warmth of
Jig existing for him as the Chief
Rftivo of the nation. The banquet
f$vas a bower of roses, pinks and
P. artistically arranged, while
By strewn over the tables wer.j
Bamls'rrf violets, whose fragran e
I only hut suggest that spring tiino
B*rived. Over .".CO specially invited
wore present and tho President
ki. his best. In a few well-chosen
ifrks, Mayor Smyth welcomed Pres
Bjlooscvolt to Charleston, whose
j?o wa3 listened to with the
attention and which was inter
by" loud and continuous ap
^President's remarks weee r.s fol
'Mr. Mayor and You, My Hosts
&ly Fellow-Citizens (irreat ap
I should indeed be but a poir
:an myself if I were not deeply
ifl and gratified by the way you
frecte"d me today in this, your
ful city, and of course I feel at
mere. (App'ause.) I think that
ferk-nn who is worth his salt has
fill to feel at home In any part
? Pulled States. (Applause.)
this table I s;h> many men who
I in the great war. The war
?h the younger among us here
?rt was a very little one because
bot have to he any bigger. (Ap
Hut it had one thoroughly
Feet ? !t put the cap on the
? that had been building, while
almost unconscious of it; and
113 how thoroughly a one we
men we gf<i tnrougn with that
not ntaf>e a bit of difference'
rhcther it was an admiral who
>m ^Vermont or a lieutenant
ie from Alabama (applause),
an had done his duty In suirh
to make us eai-h feel an even
enerous thrill of pjfido in our
latlohality. The d'?bt that we ?
had little to do with the f.ocA
which he camo.. (Applause.)
a special word \o you o?
.jn?and of South Carolina. Jriat
pears, ago, when I first went to
jton to talce part In govern
vin I was Immediately thrown
jularly cloa6 contact and Jn
rlth a South Carolinian, It was
fortune to work with him for
irs wild for the nhie y -since
as long as I shall continue to
MIC life, it will be to me o ver a.
w/ tc do. decent. 4uty. for" the
Pectuse I hav(f b'.ko* thrown
ly In contact wlih as fearless
Igh-minded a public servaajraa
Jtry has ever had, my old
former Governor, Hugh
jtOreat applause.) And
jave known or you and of
otattves It was fit no sense
it was a keen pleasure
h the hearty andgen
, the more than Hearty
ftality: whkb you
(Applsiwe.V
?O'infty IS in a .rriain s-mse an indwx
i of the w chare of all. and I think. gen
, demen. thai on tin- aw rage as we all
'<?11(1 10 J.;: J ujt. II Kceins to >.(? :i lit do
natter to go Uj) uniformly rather than
Ht a s'lfu'>,,r Salt. for the time being
ana thou down and then up again and
then (I own. St, nth Ca rolina seems dur
ing tht1 last two decades to have dot)
nitel.v entered upon the path of steady
progress in tilings material as well as
in other things, l was much struck in
looking over sonio of the figures of the
census quite recently published to s v
the astonishing progress that has horn
made here in yoni State. I was p. e
pared to see that the values of your :
farm products had risen as they haw
i little over 25 per. cent. 1 was pro
lan d to see that your farms them
selves Have increased in a still larger
*>roportiorj; that the value of your
! :m. Is and buildings had g.own up, hut
! I tlid n/ 1 realise the way in which your
i iianut-v'turing enterprises had incivaa
1. both as shown in i h*t tact that your
i .nanui'aaUired products had gone u;>
| ver j::0 Wr eeut.: that for instaneo
the numhtM- (.f spindhs has about
? maili uplejl, from less than half a mil
I iion to more than two million in the
j -S:ate. I did not i ali/.e that the wages
j aaid out had increased 75 per cent,
j Mentleinen, you talk of progress of i )i ?
? .'ar Wist, hut 1 think South . Carolina
an give points to some of the States.
(Applause,) 1 think that with such a
I record for the previous decade you
were well warranted upon insisting
upon holding your own people here.
| (Applause.) And, genthmen, 1 was
j wry glad for your exposition. Vou not
only t::ok in the Southern States, hut
j you specially included the islands ly
! ing south of the l ulled States, those"
islands with which the events o* the
last few years have made it evident
j : hat we are hound in the future to have
j colser relations, (great applause), elos
? "r relations for our advantage and out.
advantage can only ho secured by
making it for their advantage also.
(Loud applause) And about all that
I have ?nid applies to the greatest and
richest of those islands, the islands
| with which we have been brought in
! to tiio most peculiar intimacy and re
lationship?the island of Cuba. ( Ap
: [da use.) And I ask that In our trade
relations with Cuba we give her a
'marked and substantial advantage, not
j merely or even mainly because it will
j redouna to our el-edit, although that al
' ??> is t rtie that it will redound to our
own interest, but I ask it especially be
cause the\ven;s have so shaped theiu
! selves tharVJt is our duty. <:s a groat
and mighty nation, to help Culn and I
hope to see us. do our duty. (Cheers
and applause. ) j
"f shall not \ r.v t'> make yon a
speech tonight, because for youi sins
you will have to listen to me mak<- one
; tomorrow. (Laughter.) I shall men ly
thank you again with all my heart and
say to you that I want you to app e
cia.'e that I inc;.? every word 1 say.
and mean it deeply when '] tell you I
have been touched, more than pleased,
touched and stirred by the warmth and
heartiness with which you have made
, me feel today that I at^ono of you.''
(1/oud applause and elicits.)
The President was followed by fJov
j eruor ,VeSw.*?>tu-y, who prefaced bin
1 prepared speech by a few words in
which he assured the President that he
was as safe from bodily harm in South
( .irOl sna as h<* \v fc in Washington.
: Continuing, he said:
i ^'OVO|'nor MeSweeney said in part:
"The Anglo-Saxon is entering the cen
, tury with tin* imperial crown of the
ages on his brow an l the sceptre of tb*
infinite in his hands. The <>1-1 -v ? 1 >
j fought against, the stars In their"
course ? the resisting tide of the rising
consciousness of nationality and
world-mission. The young South greets
the new era and glories in* its man
! hood ; he joins his voice in the cheers
j of triumph which aro ushering in this
j all -conquering Saxon. Our old men
! dreamed of local supremacy; we dreamt
of conquest of the globe. Threads of
steel have Itnit State to State. Steam
and electricty have silently transforia
, ed the faco of the t earth" annihilated
i time and space and sWf.pt the c/.-ean
{harriers from the path of man; the
j black steam shuttles of commerce have
woven continent to continent. These
j words are taken from a specch de
livered at a moment of crisis in tho
i history of n sister State. Civil n.,erty
religious freedom have boon plur,d in
our keeping as a trust and it !.i our
duty to be faithful to that trust a/.d to
move on and upward till the peoples
all lands Khali enjoy t ho same 'jless
ings which are ourr. Threads of steel
'iave indeed knit us dose together and
now we know r<> North and no Jjouth.
no East and no Wes!, hut hand i i hand
we are striving for the uplifting and
betterment of mankind.
* "I want to suy in this presc-fi.-e, and
;n tho pros- no ? of the President i.f fb>~
ITn'ted Ktites, tliat while wo may no!
?i!?ree on many questions of policy, that
we are all American citizens and Ihi
hoys of tb<> South will respon>l to tho
call of their country, which is the call
)f duty, as quickly and ?ovjilv ns thoso
of any other section. When four years
4go America 'let slip the dog 3 of war'
tnd sent |ier armies and navies to
Irive the tyrant from Cuba's wasted
chores, together Mn the gloom of the
gory trenches and the ramparts wrapt
!n flame.' stood the sons cf rho frozen
North who wore the blue with those of
the sunny South who wore the gray, to
lefend the honor of their common
"ountry. Side by vide and shoulder to
Moulder they fought till the broken
power of Spain in the Wcstejn world
ittested the fact that tl^e men who
mado and withstood Plekctt's charge
it Oettysbnrg could elasp hapds over
tho graves of their fallen heroes ...and
",ogethcr shed their blood In defenso cf
mman rights and their counlrtf*
?ao'.se. It was a Southern boy who first
slanted the'Stars arfrt Stripes on foi
^Ign soil; It was a Southern boy who
Inst gave up h!a fair young life In thlg,
Aau8e, and the cold, still form of Kn
?'gn Baglev. wrapt about frith the silk
en f?Hs of fcls country's flag, wa3 laid
to rest mid the lamentations of a re
anltod .poopl^.' And la the selfsame
sepulchres where lie the braves who'
gave their lives In that conflict. Is
wlprt tfcp last remnant of any an
U?oulsm which might have existed be
tween. the eccilons. ' -
" TirhglldtTiafprciIdebi Roosevelt
has come to ibis grand old eltft'that
ha mar. see and know as as we are.
That. he may know and realise' that
thpngb'we may not agree to politics,
wa haow how fO wele ?mc the Prsaideat
of oar coames coWry TfcHJsiiv
iSftj JB* 2?
Charleston ho will f i? I iho highest !
typo of this old-time Soatluin hi-pi-j
t a Illy. We hope thai h'j- ?. ^is< : ^ w ?? |
he beneficial to all f m\
(\lpt. Wimlli'l', CaVi l'l! >1 \> ; ) \ . (if j
No. ill Carolina a:i I ?. ? ? i . 1 1 i : li? i ?< ,
made sh.jrt ;;<Kir ? 1 ; ra< ?u: Iti'nht
when the pa'ty t>r:?)\ ? up ni; 1 a ^ tin*
President left iln lu a was ? h I
10 I ho echo. not on lv d-iI. -? w li > ha 1
been fort una to ?u. ? 4 s i> a.- ul ib
hamjiut. luit l>v tin' 1 ? r a- ? luimhois!
who hail p:. t ! ni ! / w '.I: i :n " ; !i ? )? i? !
parloi a ami O'llsi ! ? to ( il a I li>o;;?el
of hiui. Cpc-n arrU?-l to. Ms hotel
liujuodbit' lv ? e: i rod.
SIM MONS OPI'OSI'S Ml I.I.I -N.
Senator /lakes a Fjglit Against
Ciinr'otte Postmaster.
Washington, Special. Senator Sim
mons has placed himself sijuaroly
find emphatically in opposition to the
confirmation Mr. .Vulhn as post
nsa.it or fit Charlutti. X. C. at a rieet
ing of the postoffico com ml t too. ! 1 . ^ re
ferred bach to Cio eoir.'nitteo ihe. pu
pers in which the I'resid* nt had re
nominato 1 Mr. Mullen in t'a\CA words:
'1 decline to submit the report on this
noniinat lot . on mj awn responsibility.
Personally 1 shall oppose the. confirma
lion on t li ?> ground tnat 1 am unwilling
to advocate the nomination o.* ,?> man to
>u oh an important office, when hi.-; con
flict was r.tieJ: as 1 understand his to
(have been." Mr. Simmons followed thi^
{declaration with re suggestion that
;ho secretary of the committee should
he instructed to procure copies of the
i report made by the inspector with ref
erence to the "harv.o;; a^ainrt the Char
lotte postmaster, which suggestion was
promptly agreed to. Pcfore leaving the
subject Senator Simmon:; recited ronio
of the facta wl:i? ii had led the President
(o withdraw the nomination of Mr.
' Mullfn after 'lie agreement ti re-ap
point him. The chairman of the com
mittee. Senator Mason, of Illinois, di
rected the secretary of Ihe committee
to noetire the papers In the ease with
out unnecessary delay.
Spoke for Good Roads.
Charlottcvillp, Ya., Special. ? Senator
Ilanna. cx-Sccrctn'y of the* Interior
BMs.i, Assistant Sleeve I a \v of Agricul
ture Brigham, Congrc 'Ksmon Tongue,
Davis. Mttl'-flol 1. Fringe. Bnwersoc!*.
and Mc^vcavy. togcthri villi l.O other
guests, arrived n:i a special train from
Washington, ovr the Southern "! i :? i J -
way, to all* ml the Coo'i Uoa'k' C'lnvrr,
Hon, now in session here. A hard r.tVn
kept Die attendance down this morn
1 n sr. Ilo'!, \Y. i .. T)irk< r:-i>flf. ,of Spring
field, i.. spoke on "In:piT,vemont of
? fin r Highways;" Col. Chas. K. Harri
son. government expert of New Je:s? v.
spoke on "Pmelicai Road Construc
tion;' 1 1 o i : 1*. Tl. I fanes, of N'o."l!i
Carolina, also spoke on road construc
tion. \
Alnny Uca'lis Prom Cholera.
Manila. Special. ?1 ?p to noon Thurr*.
day 117 cimes of cholera had boon re
ported and 72 deaths from t!ie dis
ease had occurred. The health hoard,
since the establishment if the deten
tion cam p. ear. been having mneh diffl
culty i'i finding the whereabouts of
ease*; of cholera. As soon as the
members of a household find a ease
they cither send tho sick person out
of the house or flee themselves. Major
Mans, the insular health commission* ;
er, has written to the bishop object
ing to the action of the priests in in
forming the people that no casts of
cholera have occurred; that only
< asra of cholerine have been discov
erer! and that the sanitary precau
tions are only taken to annoy the peo*
I ' ' __
New York to Charleston.
New York, Special. ? At Friday's ,
meeting ef the Morchwnta' Association, i
of this city, a letter from Mayor Low
was ic.id. saying that April 21! had been !
suggested as New York Day at the j
Charleston Exposition. The mayor sild ;
he thought it desirable that Ne\/ York''
should take advantage of this sngges
tion to show the S cithern peopjyvthe |
city's interest in their commercial ad
vancement. The mayor requested tiie
association t? take charge of all neces
sary arrangements and a resolution
was adopted to this efT.vt. V
Slit ""ra^e Plan Adopted.
Richmond. Special. ? The constit'i
Monal convention adopted the suffrage i
plan by a large majority. Then came
up the rescinding resolutions and all
were considered and rejected, exeept j
those relating to chance in the ho'd
over Senate question and the election
of Supremo Court judges by the people.
A resolution ?o adiourn Friday after
noon until May 22 was adopted by a
large majority.
The Atlantic City Plre.
Atlantic City, N. J., Special.? On
Thursday a dtastrous fire wrecked
many of the palatial hotels of Atlantic
City, doing a damage of over $1,000,000.
| No adoquate fire protection was avail
able. Ono life was lost.
Thirteen hotels and more .than 70
I buildings had been destroyed or se
verely damaged. The effect of tho fire
[ has been to give the city a'new charter,
f prorlttlny for bnltdtng Taws, ..the bill
for "the a?me having been signed by
Gov. Varpfej when he heard the Are
wq^k, raglnf. Already the city Is plan
ning to rise, strengthened, from its
Uganda] log^oj >1.000,000,
' ? 9ioo,oo^for College.
1 XfXlAgCoa. ??.. Special. ? A telogrijn
received here from PreafdcntBenny.of
Washington and Lee TJftW*rsIly?who la
in New. York, aaaoaneea the t&njAetitf* |
ot tjM Wa, L, Wflaoa mgeorlal fund
A DESPERATE FIGHT
Whole Posscc Held At Ba> By One
I
Man
^ KILLS TWO MEN INSTANTLY AM)'
|
[ Wounds Seven Others oi the Possoo
I Severely Finally Shot to Death
and Burned.
Tuscumlda. Ala.. Special In a ties
potato buttle. fought near this place
, Sunday between a sherlft a posse mil
Will Reynolds. a negro desperado,
two members of tho posse were
I killed and seven wounded bv tho ileal
i ly fusihule of iho negro. who alter
ward was killed and his body thrown
into a burning building. Tho dead
' rue: i 1 hkIi Jones; Ih>l> Wallace* and
Will Keynoldr (colored.) Tlio wound
od are : Shi rift (lassawa.v. nu?rlall\ ;
Will (la-.saway. mortally; IV A Prout.
I'atallv; J. K. Payne. seriously; Jessie
Davis. Jim Fii.ncy and Kobort l'at
u r.-on.
Karly In the day. accompanied hv
! Will (iassaway. a deputy, Sheriff t!a-<
! tnway w ? it r to a negro sottlonu.nl
? "Kbai iltown." to arrest Will Key
ni ids. on a charge of obtaining goods |
?nidi r false pretense's. Tho negro w is ,
! barricaded in a house and npeiiod Iho t
with a Winehrster, mortally wounded
iSIh l ift' (Iassaway and Will (Jassawav.
who was alio!.: Hon yards distant,
i As soon as tho news of tho <m\
J counter reached town, a posse left for
(he scene. Owing to tho location,
nunc of the oflicers eould venture
i .vitliiii the open space. Dynamite was j
I procured f.nd the house in which tho ,
I negro had fortified himself Was tired
j .i) on; but tw no effect. At 1 o'e loci; '
I Simpson, of the- Wheeler Kilhs, ar- :
| rheel with U' guns and 1.000 cart- 1
ridges, which were distributed among
I 11' picked nun. This company was
?tationch around tho house and rid
I .lied it. I ) ; 1 1 tho negro had taken i
! rt'fugtt in the cellar and returned t'.io
' fire killing Jones and wounding (
Finney. Coal oil was then procured
and titer four hours of hard work j
i tho adjoining houses to that In which j
the negro was were 11 red. At. S o'clock !
| Iho house in which the negro was lo
cated was fired by tho Wheeler
Uittos, who had arrived on the seen0.
I The negro J'.ed to a shod and re
j opened fire, killing Wallace and
: wounding Dav)S, but foil In the next
volley trom tho posse and inilltiaiuen.
The crown, numbering 1,000 seized
tho rlddlcrf body and threw it in tho
burning building.
Wallacc, who was killed, was ad
vancing on the> negro, who shot him i
through thi body. II. s body fell in tho
burning debris, but was recover. vl.
Davis. Wallace ami Falknor were the
unn who fired the building. Hollo
j scolurs badly mutilated the body.
: Three houses were burned in the ef
i forts to reach the negro and several
hoif.es were killed in the battle. It Is
reported that, the sheriff and his
brother have no chanco to live. So
deadly was the negro's aim that it
was possibly an hoar before tho
body of Prout could -Ik* recovered. Not
a shot was fu? <1 by Kcynohls that did
not t ? ? 1 1 when those whom ho was
firing on could be seen. The oxeite
inonJ was inlcn.se. h'ully 2,000 people
fiom Florene e- and Shefllehl wore -here
and every rurgeon in tho town was
pressed into service. No fear of an
uprising r.mong the negroes is an
ticipated.
The Philippine Cable.
Han Francisco. Special.? Cieorgc O.
! Ward, of New York, vice president
of the Commercial Cable Company,
arrived here, to select a landing
place for the projected cable between
th.'s' coast, and the Philippines. Mr.
j Ward is accompanied by Charles Cur
tins. t he company's chief edectrlc'an.
While here. Mr. W.yel will consult
with John W. Mackay, president of
the company. Mr. Ward said:
"Wo are going to build the cable
I irrosppeetive of congressional action.
The first link between San Francisco
and Honolulu will be completed by
| the end of next October. The cabl-3
will bo shipped from England next
July. It has not yet been decided
j where we will land on this coast. It
will either be at Monterey, or this
' city, probably the; latter."
nisslon to AltJve.
Kroonstad, Orange River Colony, I
My Cabin. ? Owing to the ureal flits- j
taiice separating the members* of th.?
Transvaal mission here,' from Mr. j
; Hteyn, ihe former president of tin j
| Orange Free State, and General i)e
larey, the negotiations between tin
i Hoer leaders in South Africa looking
to the conclusion of the war make
little pros8crg.plN'Ew( amhramh ma
. llttlo progress. It is expected, how* ;
' ever, that Mr. Schalkburger and his :
' collegut?v)U the miesion wUl Bhortly I
i leave here for a mom convenient !
centre from <*Jilch to cdpduct the no j
gotiations. \>
Di fends (inker University.
The Kansas City Journal indignant
ly refutes a charge' "that religious
! and metaphysical sffadies have alto
gether displaced utilitarian branches
, at Baker Bhiversity, in Kansas. It
: points out that, the leading literary
t- sociqrty of the Institution debated the
j other day the following important
j proposition: "Unsolved. That a half
grown, Langs hang rooster can rooet
: better on a smooth pino roost than on
a square rough roost"
For Relief of Boer Woman.
Chicago. Speola*.? A certified check
for >5,000, drann to the order of Pres
ident Booaerelt ?/aa forwarded t?tk?
t-reeldent on March 28th by the com
<iu:ttee of dtiMiw which Oorernor,
Vales appointed, la December last,
to rfciao foods for the rettef of Boer
m vmm mi It tto
live in ..MS orVjvrw s.
Man\ Matteis ?>f (It iicnil l/itercst ? : i
Short Paray ivptis.
I lie Suuny So^th. /
. \ J
Notic ? of a strike as- 1 ? >? i of
tiOtm i 1 1 ? u i mill opi'H . \ wan post. I
at A llt'.usl.l <!:l
Thf Klkitis 1 )i'Vi'U?,?nn-m ( 'omj '< >."?
just itwor poi at ed, has pur? ha. ?.'?! !?>?
lu'i't s ill llic salmi dt F.lkins. \\ .
fur ivM.I.-tuv and maniu'ai I nrin:;
sites.
Al Ni'U'pmi N(\\s Saturday ailei
noon W illiam .Mine:. loloied t II
across a stove in a ? pasni aiul v. .. s
slowly roasted to death. Sev eral lions
elapsed before lu* was found.
Tin* suit of Hell's heirs. colored, fur
j.: opert\ valued at $r>o,oon in the ca >t
<a.l of KUhinotil will 1>. rallied to
lite I ill lea SIM'* Supremo four'.
Jild^e Codf. ol the Fedeial Cir? nil
Court ot Appeals. tit t ide. I against
11.11:; heirs a lew days ago.
'J'he West Virginia Court of Ap
peals mi 'Saturday rendered decision
lu a largv number of ? a set- .
At I lie National Capital.
The Pr-.-sldcnt has nominated Wd
di?n L. Montague for postmaster at
San Francisco.
The Uritish War Olliee is espeii
men t i ug with armor plated aiitonio
hiles and with airships.
Kepresentati vo Atiios Cumiuings i.,
confined to his rOoin in Washington.
1?. c.
Dining the fiscal year l!?<?| the r\
ports of agricultural products front
the Failed States amounted (o
onn.OOo, th<* heaviest on reeofd, and
an exeoss of $:.r.n,non.uo.) ovi r im
ports.
President Koosrvelt and party will
leave Washington this aftiiuooii t >
visit the Charleston Fair. {
It is exported the Fnitcil Stales.
Nicaragua and Costa Hica will si;;n
the Canal Treaty tliis week.
In the House this week will l?r.::in
the battle over the reciprocity prop)
sition to give relict to < nha.
The Senate is expected U> dispose
of the Chinese Exclusion bnl by .he.
middle of the week, and tin n take up
tne Philippine Coveinment hill.
A t The North.
Nevada X. Stranahan. now Cnll? -tor
id New Y;?vk. Saturday took th ? oath
of office.
SaniptM Wiid'niTlii:!. > > hier ?>!' !'i
(iallatin National Hank. N't w Vj-.rk. he;
hpipn elected president of t h it . insi.i t a
t ion .
Kug'Mie Hit harduon. a farmei n? It
land. Midi., while insane, shot <ind
killed his wife and then killed hiin
M If.
At the AinalgamaM 1 Copper C i*n
pany's mines, in Unite. Mont.. i'S ao!s
I t i hk ciminpcrs hav ? struck and more
Ihan :hKKi men are read' red Idle.
Unikoinen .Michael (>. Furri :? ?i d an
'unknown man were killed in a freight,
wreek on tii" Ch veland. l/rr.aiu &?
Wheeling road at Si rassbiirg. O.
i The St. Lottie gran I jury reports
that start Ijng eonuntion exists in that
cilv, no franchise hill i:i years having
passed the municipal (Council with
out In ihcTN .
The Prince of Wales and the Crown
| Prince of (Jcrniahv may come to
! America in the autumn to attend th"
dedication of the New York Cham
her of Commerce.
Freedom was given M. .1. Hp'dlrrv?u
nii?l I >. It. Jones, Federal pri?onei.t-vat
Leavenworth. Kail., on habeas < o; piiX
writs the result of claims of illegality*
in the Court's martial which uied
tlUlll.
I roin Across flic Sea.
vt?
In t \Vo South African lights I'ritish
losses of <7 Killed ?:nd 'Jpi wounded |
are reported.
A .stund collapsed at a football
i game in Glasgow, killing and injur
1 Ins 1
Opponents of the French M ini.stcri.-:)
I party arc conccntratin^ tlndr strength
j against Premier Wnldcek-KousHeau.
j The controversy over the sab* of tlio >
I Danish West Indies i.s loading t.> !
serious political divisions in l)cn- I
I mark.
| hater details show that 21 wro ?
killed and 2'?0 injured I > y Die collapse "?
of a stand at a football game In <.la>;- ?
i gov.* Saturday.
Rinperor William says tin* eluea- *
tional bequests of Ce< II Khode.; j
rhowed his broad visions of the fu
ture.
Details of the rccent battle at j
Doom bait farm, in the Transvaal, (
ehow thnt ii was desperate.
The funeral trnln of CJccil Ilhodeo '
received many honors at Kimberley. |
Senator J. K. Jones bays- he does I
not Intend to retire from the, Demo- (
cratle National chairmanship.
The Senate Republican Steering j
Committee will recommcnd that tho I
Philippine Civil .Government bill fol
low the Chlne?e Exckialon bill .as tho
unfinished business.
The Indian Appropriation bill passed
the Henate, aft^r which consideration
of tho Chinese Exclusion Wll was re
sumed.
Congressman ])e Armond, of Mis- j
souri, will he the orator at.UM?*coni
tnenognient of the Virginia Military
InatituOl, in JunK
A Pretoria dispatch states that j
Caspper Kmger, eldest son of l*reat- i
dent Kruger, has taken the oath of
allegiance to the British. *
M. Sejourne, who threatened Presi
dent I.oubet with a pistol, was ar
rested in Pails. , '
Miscellaneous Matters.
Andrew- Carnegie, ta on Interview,
expresies the optnon that Great llrt?
tain will some day be Anncxo.Xrto the
United States. '
A Boston dispatch reports thai Nor
folk dealers are forming an . ovs>c/
combine, . ?
Secretary 8 haw has completed a
s? srjr of the result of bis togg
$01 TIlliRN INDUSTRIAL
CootidCUCC 1(1 till' Soutli
Mr. M II Atkinson of Vllatita. (*:?.,
w ho Recently returned i'v;ini tin1 NortV
After < < ! i f '1 i In.', 1 1 ? ? ? stockholder^
i! various j ? s i 1 ? ! i i ? s.'i vi e company ; ?. ? r
Mlant.i. s'hs t li.it he found Ili>' ato.'li
) 4 < i : ? 1 i ' I s much encouraged over Culidi
lioH.i ill lh.it ? i I > 'l in v :i pparcilt lv
V. i>i ;?.!< it t.uth in tluir investments in
l it' South, in I believed liny had done
w < - 1 1 to invent Dice, Furtherm ire,
they ?,iuM l.o! db'pose of tin r hold
ings. Continnk Mr. Ukinson said he
had rtpnit linen weeks in the N\jr:h,
:ui I that lt:i i n i' the entire 1 Tin :? lie has
been 1 . \ i i k in ih<> i' >nt!t. making o. ? ;t
s'onal v ? I > the Not th. he had li v
tr seen busine in n of the latter ;icc
tiiei '?.) thoroughly imbued with the
idra that the ?m?u V the placi* fur in
vestments. 'Tin > jire," he added,
"troin^ to do in iieli for this section in
the future. and the results of the pres
e:it fei Jinx, will soon be felt generally."
X? .... ... , . .
I o [?(iul>lc n 1 >i>' Mill.
Mention was made recently of th?
fact that the Ib'ton M i I In. of licit >n.
R. ha 1 in contemplation the crcc
! ion of a duplicate plant. The propo
sition was f'.iven consideration at a
nvtlnu of the directors on March 1*0
and decided nfllrniatively. This >'oin
p.i'iv now has an equipment of 27,000
spirilhs and o(?0 looms, wliieh will ac
cordingly he duplicated. The canst m.'
t ion of the required additional ht?!l '
Invs will be commenced nt onco, an I
? 'int rai't for the machinery will ho
n warded soon Kormnl action to l it
If.v the diret tors' decision will he ta
Urn in April by the stockholders. Cap
'.talization Is $100,000. tnxl pioliahly
? :*'io .000 will he tin investment for the
new mill. I?\ A. Sniythe is president.
A Denim Hill Rumored.
Messrs. Mosts M. Cone and Caesar
Cone, of (! reeiiVnv: o, N. C . are uocpti
fi'jim the purchase of a water-power
property near Koanoke Rapids, N. C.,
the power said to he obtained helnn
10 000 horse-pow* r. It is rumored that
If the property Is purchased it will he
developed to Its utmost, and that a
ton denim mill, of !' .000 looms and 'om
pie!" en t of spllldles will lie erected to
? : t ! 1 f v o the power. The Messrs. Com*
control the !'i >\irnity Manufacturing
at f?reenaboro. f\* C., which ?per
at' .s J *?.0no spindles and l,0(;0 looms in
the mtinufru tore of cotton d< nium.
Text II ? Notei
( I'mm t'ie NT n n u f ??furors' ltfcord.)
The Hi'.'.blun;! I'l.'k Manufactur'ni:
Co. of Cli :i i lot I Is. N. < miii! Unci? Hill.
P (V. will ?>:?"? 1 ? 1 ;i cot ' oil-seed oil mill
to 1 ?o opcnrtel In connect i.ufi" with M 11
\*(i 2 at II ?"???!< II'L It, ??!< proposed to
i vjx'tKl aliotit .S.liiO.(i(?0 -"for (!;<>? erect on
mil eou'ptficnf or 11m1 addition. noMbt
b-ssx- 1 Ills in a ^ ? p (???. ;\nl ridding a gin
nery and fert'U/er factory. aud I '.us
the tompany won! I op :h:ed to in:Ml
uf.?et n re from tollon ail its m:u ko'nb'o
product:..
Piedmont Vamit'aflMriiiK Co., I'ols
mouth. \'ri., ? t '? t ? Ihjit its p-oposeo
<? pi ipmcnt . lately iikm"' t ioned. will 1 ? ? ? of
snftlc|ent capacity fo pioluco 400 dozen
p-M'Mu nts i f ribbed umli iwear daily,
e "tdoyinr 12." hnpdtt when in full opor
ai'on. The b.iihlinir completed 1m ri
iwo-stf*rv si i"ii c t in <? I0v:?0 feef. will) n
luul -<-ll. Capital Is $2.1 OM.
Map! I prn"i is ! ' In'f made with the
ri'const ni' t ion of the (Jlobe Cotton
Mills at Aiimr ta. (la . and the plant
will he in otK'i'iitlon in tho near future. I
The old luilldiuu has been remodeled
arid rebuilt. and w ill hold SHOO sulndlos.
VJiic i.o'.v loMiihous" Is luillt of brick,
l IKK I feet . and will hold 400 looiiM.
kA t?<'\\ wlicclpil will In- hiiilf., and new
?(ji,ii>in"iit </f wat wheels will be in
stalled.
li. M. Oatcr? ?>' Chirlotf". N. C.. If
about to purchase the flreen river
shoals property iK'ar llomlersonville. !
N. ('., wlili tin Intention of developing
the nropcviy find eroding at the alto a
brge cotton mill, Mr. Oaten also has
under consideration removing to the
v'Uj a. Charlotte mill. Iirstrad of erect- :
fnlrnew plant. The Charlotte mill has
1 r?.r.ort spindles and -100 looms.
Messrn. W. C. Kimball & Co. of Tal
lapoosa, (la. Kfatod that tbejr knitting
plant, reported recently, will require
an investment of $2,000. The two-story
lulldlng. 2T.XR0 f//*t in size, Is now be
inr; ereeted to hold the ten machines
for producing hosiery.
lSllawhlte Cotton Mills of IJnlontown |
Ala.. contracted for a f?00-sp!ndle addl- i
lion, not n 3.ri00-splndle addition ns 1
-"Seated last week. All contracts have
been awarded. Work baa begun on
the oroction of the required buildings.
Robtudel Manufacturing Co., Rock
ingham, N. C., states that plans have
not been formulated as yet for Its No.
2 mill Announcement of the decision
to build this addition was inadc at
length last week.
One hnndred teachora of Cleveland,
f),, left for Chicago, 111., to study tho
schools of the latter city.
' Extradition papers are being ma^o
out at Houston, Tex., for David Tullis,
alias Thompson, under arrest at ^cal
?!e, Wash., charged with theft.
The Democratic Stat? Convention tn
f llinols has been called for June 17, at
Springfield.'
Train service, interrupted by floods,
\ several Southern States, it gradual
/ being resumed.
Richmond HosleryMJU^flt Roaaville..
Ca.. has increased capital $10,000. This
action la^Mcen to prorlda fund* /or lm?
ppovement^ and' addlilonal machinery,
especially in the dyeing department.
?Mcssra. M. C. Mlgel 4 Co., of Asto
ria, N. Y.. mafiuf actvrera of Rroad ?ad
dress silks, will eatabtlah a br???B
olant At FajatU-*?4 Qi<gH* a<rH< -
H Alt l more, Md., employing 180 Opera
r ea.
T. tJ Vaughn
Twf? Olty
Salem: N; '
er.
LA BOH WORLD.
I'orlo Kieo elgiirmakers Jul VO Jif A I >10<1
>1 more per M >0; > w iihout strike.
\ 1 it i u t LN' t t Norwegian laborers have
been hind i<>r vn 1 1 road work in Can
ada.
'I lie troubles among diamond t u I f *?r.<i
ni A 1 1 ( \v ? r | ? will mm I It'll without ft
strike
The threatened .strike of street ear
lUeli at New Orleans, La., has been
;i v cried.
a state Federation of Labor will
sunn lie or^uuiKCd in llie State of
\\ iishiiigloti.
Members < 1 1? I he h ull Mohlel's' t'liion
of America will receive :i live per cent,
iili reuse in wages.
The carriage makers' strike at Cin
cinnati, Ohio, Is < 1 11". concessions hav
ing been inaile liy both sines.
The I toot ami Shoe Workers' Inter*
national I nion has ileeidetl t > hold a
eon vent i< >11 in t >et lolt in June
The Imilei makers ami iron shipbuild
ers have im ren.M d in membership ill
I he last ten vcars l imn ItHip to lft.tKH).
The brewery sirike at ( 'ineininil l\
Ohio, has heeii renewed because of dis
satisfaction over the settlement terms.
The masons of Kail Uiver. Mass.,
ha \ e siailed an agitation toy an eight
botlr day. which bids fair to invol/e
members of the allied trades.
Moistening lo'iichiiio.s have been
placed in the working rooms of tho
great cut 1 1 1 1 1 mills ai Lawrence, Mass,
The air is noticeably purer and the
work i-- made easier for the employes.
The ('hit-ago federation of l,ahoi
has '*i p | > 1 1 i 1 1 1 <1 a special committee to
investigate the age limit problem
among Mori nu n. for the purpose of
devlsipg a plan to give old men em
ploy iqcnt .
The Kapid Transit I'ompaliy, of 5>t.
Louis', , Mo. has issued notice that no
employe w ill be discharged on account
of old age. Veterans will he given
i work l hey can do and their original
pay w ill be (oiitiuucd while they live.
SflrRcant Appointed,
Washington, Special. ? Frank Sar
gent, picphlont of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, oaw tho Preai
dent Friday, and was tendered the po
Bitlon of Commissioner General of Im
migration. .Mr. Sergeant accepted tho
offer. It is naderatood that tho resig
nations of jMc:?atrs. I'owderly and Mc
Swency have been requested, or will he
at. once. Joe. Murray will sureeed tho...
lat t el' and Wm. Williams will ho ixotrl
inaled ao.-m to mieeef-d Commissioner
of Immigration Kltehle. at NewVork.
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