The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 25, 1902, Image 1
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VOI.UJIK XIII. CAM IMS N, s- C., FRIDAY Al^
GUN. GORDON SIMS I
Great Feature of the Big Reunion of
Confederate Veterans.
CONVENTION FORMALLY OPLNtl)
(ieneral (lordon, Who Was Twenty
hours Lute, Came In During the |
Proceedings and Was Uiven a (Ireat
Ovation.
The real opening of the lug Confcd
orate Veterans' reunion at Dallas, Tex
as, took place ?>:> Tuesday. The oveni
of the (lay was the address of Gin.
Gordon. It was received with the great
est enthusiasm h.v tho hosts of oi l sol
diers present.
tlKNKUAI. (JOIIDON'S SrEKCll.
General Gordon's address was its fal
lows:
Governor. Mr. Mayor, Gentlemen of
Committees and My Kellow Country
men of Texas: How shall I tell y >u
what we think of Texas, of her great
hearted people, her broad praries and
still broader hospitality? 1 hut poorly
express the thoughts of these veterans
when 1 say that whether we look at hei
geographically, historically or r-eni:
mentally. Texas is about the bigge.-'t
thing we ever saw. She can raise cattle
enough on her wild lands to furnish all
the canned beef for the armies of I u
Sym, John Hull and the German Mm
j)ive, and still have fertile lands en -i
left, if planted in the tlceoy staple, lo
mako more bales of cotton than^ are
now produced by America and Kgypi
combined ; or, i! planted in grain croj>>.
to feed every man. woman and child in
the Union.
With such a territory- almost eqn.il
to that of the original thirteen St.U
which threw off the yoke of bondage
and wren lied freedom from the great
est of empires? this great Common
wealth holds today within its borders
a population devoted to those same im
perishable principles ? a population
which, it" the occasion should come,
would wage another seven years ivar ?i
defence of this inherited republic its
flag, its laws and it's regulated lib"i
In the few moments in which propri
ety permits me to speak, 1 daio no
trust myself to make more than ?.)??
briefest allusion to Texas history. 1
cannot survey even the confines of that
vast Held, made so rich and so inspir
ing by the great deeds of her
sons. Indulge tue just long enough t
say that from her birth. thr"l,^li*
her costly experiences as a strufcgim..,
republic, and through subsequent wars
the sons of Texas. whcnever smn.n||Kd
to the sacrifice, have poured out hu
blood freely on liberties' altars ? r, m
Goliad and S:iu Jacinto, from |VH.lul
vS a ami Si'cito Cordo. from Chlrka
SSs"
memorable by Ameri^tj ^or?com^
dmii's call" Np 'wonder she has Wired
er no ghbors beyond the Klo Grande
With such Wholesome respect for 1 i
povfers No wonder that the hone bt-r
ex?eansleTaim they
kn?M " ,1 S well against the
SSlo oMh. U?'f" " 11 ,tCr?
""il'it'noroniy l? Texas great
oa ' ami great In Her geographical ex
? i?.? *he can do more ib a snull
%id T 1 "oof. 0lthpointOUyoiiytonimle
world, as l" u * ? nrr(m can
Qntndle Top, where a few acic?
P I, .f he greasy, throats of bod
pour out of the gie Xpg onough to
Ins. thundering *?? he".' |am|
light cvei ) ? government experl
,ho "fal enough, oil to kill
Tike ? oca from the Jevaey .
shore to the Mexican 1 border ^
A.*?"" he nnlverae. Shall 1
their jjlzo in a ? Tho (i,rob- |
illustrate by^ "Vv veteran in this as
blng beartof^or angwerp(, NVith the
sembly has a autiful 1)alla8( hold
name of nana ln|? oinbraco more
lng now li i h ?tsl,ie than she has
people "' j Side. And < who are Giose
popuJati . ?' ? tenderly and so lov
men wh(?ro sh ^ U)la outpouring
lngly embia ? ? ^ I?rmce llenry.
of her P^P jn te of kingly lineage
or s?me (p0 f" streets? There are no
pausing n 8hcre-no brothers no
Prince pat Kaiser. But there
other kin o the gr ^ thonK\M are
are men hei o grander than po
greater than P ^ Qf the ,)uresl
tentates. Hero a men in whoso
and most of the founders of
veins run is | 1 ,,bllc. whose mission it
. this mighty rep" (rugg||ng humanity
18 t0 Mf^ Pto freedom. Here arc the
the highwy1 proUdoat of armies
veterans of th ennobled by sacrl
Wfory with age Ji ? individual hero
ic. who by tbeir of vvarfi, by their
lam in th6.b^, golf-reliance through
Bclf-control a nd i a ^ h followed.
the long ^^Sration of all Wn
shavc won th an(j joVC 1 il)Vi t> .
who honor n1""'1 ' fcnow countrnta}
In a word. >??. , oU have a right
of Texas, believe anu^y Boldlcr who
to believe, that c (oderftte army
bravely fought In th c mem0ries. us
and remained loyal ?? ubllCt lfl a Prince
well at loyal to th by hls own
in his own/' r g UeV0< and you have
achievement. Yo ev6ry gray cap
ft right to be [eve. ^ hcad of a f th
that ever shclte _ l8 a nobler
Si ConfeaeraW ? ' by any poten
Stat* and K^^on/'ai life ^t8 we
. . Re.v? P'ir^nor Oen
food l?*u^h* recently
tin* 01 7,r| Vrn.T^. Regvar
VLlliRANS Ml: IT AT DALLAS
l:nthu$ia<>tic (lathering of Old Sol*
illers and Their i'ricuds.
Dallas, Texas. Rpeeial. -Tho twelfth
annual reunion of tho United Confod
eratu Veterans, Is underway. It c
early Monday and has gained strength
and as the day passed sponsors, maids
of honor, sons, wives and daughters of
veterans, oaeh with some badge show
ing pride of Confederate deeds, swarm
ed In, making up a great total.
The unofficial opening of tho reunion
came about through streets of numbers.
Dologatlon after delegation of veter
ans inarched from the depots to tho
fair grounds, which have been con
verted into a magnificent camp only to
be met with the announcement thai the
grounds were not to bo opened until
Tuesday. A small army of workmen
wcro Imsy pitching tents and clearing
the grounds, and it *.vas said that mat
ters could not l>e put in shape sooner.
Colonel Slaughter, president of tho
Texas Reunion Association, announced
that the veterans had been ordered to
report April 22 and not before. "Wo
are making exhaustive preparations to
care for them in a way they ..will re
member with pleasure," said lie, "but
we're not now in the proper shape to
entertain them." Later in tho day,
however, it was found necessary to ad
mit the veterans. The greatest good
nature prevailed everywhere. There
was not a single sign of conflict. The
veterans freely admitted that the state
of un preparedness was to be expected
under the circumstances and the local
committee abandoned tho announced
programme. Tho fair grounds had be
come a touted city sufficient to accom
modate 12,000 men .and at night tho
veterans who were onco again afield,
enjoyed all camp necessities.
So nearly incessant was the arrival
of the delegations during the day that
different railway officials found it nec
essary to clear the yards of all jxelght
cars. Many trains wore late, biix im
mense traffic is being handled with a
promptness remarkably under the cir
cumstances. The entire city has been
decorated in honor of tho old soldiers.
Not a building in the down town dis
tricts is without bunting and Hags.
Electric lights and portraits of the
Southern generals appear everywhere.
The decorations have been so perfected
that the hunting on individual struc
tures has blended into a harmonious sea
(if fluttering color. Among the Hags on
many houses appears a white one, sig
nifying that lodging can be obtained.
At night a figurative "standing room
only" sign was out in many homes
where this emblem of hospitality
showed. The streets are u net work of
crowding, but good natured humanity.
All have secured accommodations and
it is believed the great crowd which is
expected will be equally well eared for.
A huge shed at the cantonment lias
been erected, where 12,000 peoplo wiH
bo served with meals daily, it Was
found impossible to finish the woVk of
preparation and the visitors were forc
ed to purchase their meals at restau
rants.
The convention of tho United Con- j
federate Veterans was called to order
in the auditorium at 10 o'clock yester
day morning by Major General Van
Zandt, commanding the Texas division.
The division is the largest one in the
country. The convention of tho Sons of !
Veterans' will begin Wednesday. It is !
exported that the Daughters of the Jon- I
federacy, although members aro pres- j
ent in large force, will hold no formal
sessions, helping to entertain the vet- I
oralis and sons.
Many attended the opening of the J
auditorium, j^aderewski, being tho at- |
traction with a benefit for the reunion ;
fund. General Moorman, adjutant gen- '
eral of tho United Confederate Veter- j
ans, received a telegram from General >
Fitzhugh Ix?e, who is at San Antonio, j
stating that ho would not be able to at- I
tend the reunion, owing to the fact that i
his son has been ordered to leave with
in three days for a distant post.
Tuesday's sessions was taken up en
tirely with ceremonies welcoming the J
veterans to the city. Among tho speak- i
ors named on the programme are Gov- j
ernor Sayers, Mayor Cabell, "Private"
John Allen, tho orator of the day, and
General John 11. Gordon, commander
ln-cliifif of the association.
i
Surrender of Insurgents.
Manila, Uy Cable. ? Surrender to thp
American authorities of small parties
of Insurgents aro reported dally ,and
these have Increased since the recent
surrender of the insurgent general, Mai
var. GeneraJ Iluflno,'<>with 2G officer?
and 375 s^Tdiers, has surrendered to
the native constabulary in the province
of Mlsanfis, in Mindanao, where the
constabulary are co-operating with the
military.
j News In Briefs.
An (Albany, n, Y., dispatch says:
"Tho Pennsylvania & Ixmg Island Kail
way Company was incorporated Mon
day, ?with a capital of $20,000,000, to
construct and operate an underground
railroad" In New York and 'Queens
counties by electricity or other suit
able power.
A^inan named Dudley, of Stlllwell,
I. T., confessed that he killed Ills oldost
daughter and,probably fatally wounded
his wife and two children.
Mrs. James E. Barker, of Ny*ack, N.
Y.f who a few days ago at the age of
74 became a bride, died suddenly and
Is said to have left her fortune to her
young husband.
The carriage and wagon makers of
,the South will have a convention at
Charleston on Hay 6, 7, 8, t.
Mrs. Lillian Hitchcock, ot Middle
town, N. Y., died from blood-poisoning
caused by the scratch of a cat
llorefthaa half thk^tock of the Choc
taw, OkkhjUBa-aaMhalf Railroad has
beta desalted and Spcyer * Co. coa
trol . the road,
Cotanfmg'
A STEAMER BURNED
A ? f u I Scenes On Board a Fated j
River Boat
SIXTY PEOPLE REPORTED MISSING
Passengers Awoke to Hint Theui- j
stives Surrounded By Smoko and
Ramos.
Cairo, 111 , Special. ? The side-w heel
steamer City of Pittsburg, from ('in
cinnati to Memphis, was burned to the {
water's edge early Sunday morning, at j
Turner's Landing, 24 miles from this
city. Tho early reports stated that ('?"?
lives were lost and that many wore
hadlv burned and otherwise injured, ?
but the list of casualties is not yt t defl
njtcly determined. Two boats and all |
available craft from this city wont in
the scene for relief. Efforts were made '
to catch the. Now South, of the same
line at Paducah, and have her steam ?
back for relief, but the steamer had |
passed Paducah, upward bound, before |
the telegram was received. Most of the j
passengers were still in bed when Sec- !
ond Clerk Oliver Phillips gave the !
alarm. The engineers at once started
all the pumping engines, while the
crew had broughtt all the hoso into
play. Amid the streams of water on ail
sides, the 11 amcs from the lower deck
and dense clouds of smoke, the passen
gers rushed from their state rooms and
a frightful panic ensued The appeals
of the officers and crew could not ap- j
pease the terror-stricken crowds that j
Interfered with those throwing water ?
on tho flames as well as with those j
working with the life boats. Few could |
adjust life preservers or do anything ;
elso for themselves. Tho smoko was i
Et iff ling. Croat clouds floated through
the blazing steamer, choking '?.be pas- j
songers and adding to trieir terror.
Children cried pitifully. b< gglng that
they be saved, Life boats were manned j
and every effort was ni;>.io to save the )
passengers from the lioating furnace of '
flames. From the river banks the .
sparks fro*.ii tho burning craft and the j
dense clouds of smoke, tinged with
flames, made a most impressive and
weird spef-tacle. Boats were sent from ,
Bhore to help in the work of rescue, j
The steamer was quickly headed to tho ,
bank, hut passengers were forced to
jump from the stern and tried to swim
ashore through the swift current and
many were drowned. Many also per- ,
ished in the flames. Only one yawl was
saved, without oars, and about 20 or ?0
women were taken off in tho yawl. Ihe
rest wero picked up out. of the water.
Help, except from people living near by i
did not arrive until 2:'.l0 o'clock this J
afternoon, and passengers with only |
night clothes and without food suffer- |
od terribly. Among the. missing are a |
child of Pilot Al. Pritchard, and Cl.jy
Breeze, his wife and son, and a son of
Archie M. Allen, of Pittsburg.
Captain PhiUpps says 20 or 2.ri of the j
passengers are missing and tho same j
number of the crow. Two women pas- ?
songers wero severely burned, but will
recover. They are Mrs. S. R. Leach, of j
Bridgeport, O., burned about tho hands, (
and Miss Ellen Fenmore, of Arbuckle, ;
W. Va., severely burned about tho I
face Mvs. Fannie McCullum. of Deav- j
enworth, Ind., lost three children. Pat
Burt, of Owensboro, Ky., hiR wife ;ind j
six children, were all lost. The body of |
a child dressed in night clothes, was j
taken from the river at Mound City |
Among the first bodies recovered Acre |
those of Captain Wesley Doss, of Cm - ;
cinnati, and Miss Mario Tlssim, of j
Canelton, Ind. i
Miss Marie Lisler, of Carrollton. O.,
died after being brought on shore.
Sylvester I)oss died after getting to |
shore. , ,, . I
Tho following is a partial list of those
lost: Mr. Adams, of Ohio, bound fori
St. Ixjuis; Mr. Downs, of Memphis; |
Tom Smith, steerman, of Memphis; j
Patrick Burrafe. of Owensboro. Ky.\ j
Joe Ridding and Dud Jones, strikers ,
engineers, of Cincinnati; Win. B. Stti- j
art, of Cincinnati; a little girl named
Swoetoey, of Owensburg, Ky.; D. D.
Hunter, of Ditintl, Pa.; two cooks and
two chambermaids and most of tho
deck hands.
The fire was discovered at 4:0.i a. m.
There were CO passengers and 70 in the
crew.
Strike Averted.
Roanoke, Special. ? The differences i
i between the machinists of the Hlue
| field <\V. Va.) Norfolk and Western
| Hallway shops and the officials of ,
j that road have heen amleahly settled.
! It is not known Just what concessions
i were made on either side, but it hns i
been given out that there will he no j
strike, the co'mmiU?? which came
here from Minefield yesterday to con
fer with the Norfolk and Western '
officials having reached that conclus* J
Ion.
General Strike In Prospect.
Huntington, W. Va., Special. ? The
United Mlno Workors of West Virgin
la, whose repeated efforts to briflg
about a conference between themselves
and the coal operators of the Stato
have been unsuccessful, will make a
final effort to secure the tatter's attend
ance at a meeting called for the present
week In thls.'clty. If no recognition or
satisfaction shall be obtained at this
meeting. It Is said a general strlke-wl!l
be the result among the thousands of.
?iline workers along the Chesapeake St
Ohio, and Norfolk * Western and tbe
Baltimore ft Ohio Railroads.
? ? - ; 1 ? ? iV
British Consols la Demand.
London. By Cable.? There was a *re?
mendousrfneh to aohacrlbe to the new
loan of ?*MOM* (?wo,000,0t0) Wed
nevday. At the Baak of pagland It
?as eatlmated l?L tlw ?Pt?lac the loan
tad keen tern U?m awr-wlauibrt;
Ttm swhecfTptloa Itata wiH 4dm *ro*? .
IK \CONGRKSS.
\
Detailed Dolng^ of Our National t.nw*
makers.
HOl'fcUS.
Ninety-eighth Day - The session of
tho House whs tame and without inci
dent or event of public Importance.
The ilny was spent in routine work.
SKNATK.
Ninety-eighth Pay luminal oiscus
sion of (tie bill temporarily to provide
a government for the Philippine Is
lands was begun in "the Senate. Mr.
Uawlins, of I'tali. the loading minority
member of the Philippine committee,
opening the debate with a speech in
opposition to tin' measure. lie do
nouneoil tho hill as an unwarranted
Imposition upon the Filipinos dedal?
lug that it would establish one of the
foulest oligarchies in the history of the
world. Ho maintainor that the 1 h 1 1 i i>
pine commission was given too great
power by tho bill anil asserted that nn
del" Its provisions the islands would
ho exploited for private gain lie will
conclude his remarks tomon ow. While
ho was speaking two eltorts were made
to maintain a quorum, the second r?
suiting in a lively tilt among several
Senators. Mr. Scott, of West Viigiuia,
intimating that no argument that
could be made upon the subjci^ would
influence any Senator.
"We seem to have arrived at that
point in our history," said Mr. Kaw
lins, "where there are those who affect
to believe that It is sedition to think
and treason to talk. *(5od Hod's sake
let ns keep silent until tho war is ov
er.' exclaims a peripatetic hero ami
graduate from the Philippines, who
wants to make free speech treason, and
to whom might give the Senator from
Massachusetts, the benefit of clergy on
account of Jiis sj nipi hy for a ?super
heated conscience. ' And if we are to
believe him, with the approval of the
President of tho I'nlted States Con
gress no longer has to declare war. An
Otis or a Chaffee is prepared to attend
to this any day In tho week. A few
days ago a message came to "js that
Malvnr, the last of the jnsurreetos, had
surrendered. The next day It was an
nounced that (leneral Chaffee had de
clared a new war and had dispatched
an army to wage it against 2.000,000
of people in the island of Mindanao,
lint niuni is to be the word, as long as
there is any disturbance anywhere
within our borders or in any one of the
more than thousand islands beyond the
seas.
"This bill strikes its roots into and
derives its support from that exper
ience upon the army appropriation bill
of 1901, known as the Spuoner amend
ment. The qualification of the abso
lute power therein conferred, adopted
'at the instance of the Senator from
Massachusetts, by this bill is elimina
ted. /Ml properly rights in the islands
land the fate of their inhabitants are
; turned over to the control and dis
position of the commission without
i any qualification of importance.
"The commission may declare war
land make peace; raise armies and pro
I vide navies; regulate commerce with
all Brits of discrimination between is
lands and ports; levy taxes without
limit and without uniformity. It may
coin money and regulate the value
thereof, and may establish religion and
punish those who do not conform to
its tenets. It may destroy free speech,
and punish as art act of sedition the
publication of the truth in regard to
their administration. It can establish
an inquisition; devise and apply me
thods of excruciating torture, compel
ling persons to bo witnesses against
themselves and disclose any informa
tion which thr? commission may desire
to extort. It may practice any or all
of the acts of tyrai.ny which history
has disclosed or genius may devise.
"It is useU'Hs to siy that this power
will not be abused. Attention will be
invited to some instances in the his
tory of our relations with the islands
showing the extent to which our repre
sentatives have gone in acts of perfidy,
Injustice, oppression and cruelty."
Wireless Telegraphy.
Washington. Special?Secretary Wil- j
son has given instructions to I'rof .
Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau, to
make an exhihitlon of the systajn of (
wireless telegraphy (devised b.V tin?
Weather Bureau, to other branches of i
tho government service and tonirrow i
a test will he witnessed hy General j
(Jrcoley, chief signal officer of the army
to he followed later hy a teat for t lie
naval trial hoard. The exhibitions will I
take place near Roanoke Island, N. C. i
A Poultry Trust.
Chicago, Special. ? The Record- Her
ald says: "Three Arms practically have
complete control of the poultry market.
Through the ownership of two-thirds
of all the poultry In the country they
are said to he. ahle to fix prices at will.
The firms having control arc: Armour
& Co., Swift & Co., and Friehe &
Semiter, of Hushnell, I."
To Reclaim HverRladvs.
Scientists claim that the soil of the
Everglades in Florida is the richest Ir.
the world, and would. If drained, pro
*.sJ
duco mnrvolouH crops of nearly any
1 (bJifg planted. It Is proposed to reclaim !
this Immense tract, which covers near- J
ly 4,000 square mlies. hy bulldng drain
age canals to take off the water, and at
the sarue time serve as a rncjms of
transportation between plantations.
Contrary to th<v genera^ belief, the
EvergladeiL^re healthful, the water ic
sweet an4 pdre, and there Is almost a
total absence \>f fevers and epidemic
diseases. The coat of preparing these
lands for cultivation will be about $2.75
per acre.
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Governor Ode 1 1 at Charleston.
Charleston 8. C., Special. ? Wednes
day was New Yorlf 6ay at tho exposi
tion. In anticipation of the event s
large party of business men, composed'
of mefnbers from the Merchants' Asso
ciation of the New York chamber of
corn mo rce and Hfagr York ccflon ex
change, accompanied by many ladies,
aidried this morning jtnd Gov. Odd I
? srHttd ob af*spcclal train
Tnrn4r iMtsam
SOl'Tll CAROLINA CRM' IU I I.I I IN
Growth and Condition During Past
NN oo k.
The temperature averaged about 0
degrees per day below normal during
tin- week ending Monday. April 2 1 nt .
nnd the wo<>k was uniformly tool,
with u maximum of 7i> degrees at
Howman and a minimum of 1>7 diw (
gives at Liberty. Light frosts o< ? |
(Mined on tho 17th and istli In Horry j
county. Tho sunshine was deficient. j
tho sky having been overcast during :
tho greater pnVt of tlu> week, 'flu
Winds were generally light. but too
fool for vegetation
Some rain fell in the State on the
Hth. Hth, 1 7th and P.Uh. Tho rain
fall i?f the 17th was general and was
the heaviest for the week, except
that ii? places heavier rainfall accom
panied thunder stums on the I'.Mh
The average for the week was less
than an inch and w as about normal,
although in many places it interfered
with farmworh from the 17th to the
close of the week.
Preparation of lands math; rapid
progress, except that bottom lands
are still too wet to plow, In many .
localities the week was uniformly fa
vorable for furmwork. but owing to
the prevailing low temperature, was
unfavorable for germination of
planted seeds over the central and
western counties ami for the growth
of young crops .especially corn and
truck. The former is yellow and
sickly in places. There Is a scarcity
of good corn and cotton seed.
Corn planting is ncaring completion
over the eastern counties where
much is up to fairly good stands, but
not uniformly so and where cnltiva
t ion has begun ; over the cintral coun
ties most of the corn crop has been
planted, although but little, is up;
while over the western counties only
a small portion has been planted and
scarcely any lo up. Cut worms and
crows have damaged stands neces
sitating some replanting.
Cotton planting is about half llnsh
ed over the eastern counties, is well
underway and will be general this
week over the central and has only
been begun over tho western conn
ties, l.ittle. If any, is tip to stands.
Tobacco plants have been set out
in a number of localities, but. gen
erally the plant h are too small, al
though plentiful and healthy. Rice
planting continues under favorable
conditions and in places is ncaring
completion. There is a general im
provement noted hi both wheat and
j oats, although neither grain is en
' tin ly satisfactory owing to pool
atands and lateness. Fruits of "II
kinds are considered safe, except
peaches in the extreme western por
i t ions where this fruit, was seriously
damaged if not ruined by the cold
{during the spring. Gardens continue
backward but look well. Pastures af
, ford grazing except in the western
; counties, where grass has made scant
growth. Watermelons are coming up
poorly.
Young Wife Murdered,
Charleston, Special. ? A murder ol
! extraordinary brutality was commit
ted near" Haveners station Monday
morning. W. W. Jones, a section
master on the Plaut System, on re
turning to his home In the forenoon,
found the body of bis wife in a do"
house near hla home. The throat ol
the young wife was cut from ear to
I ear, and the head was almost, severed
froirt the body. A bloodstained
! sickle -Which lay near tho i corpse,
! showed how the crime had been com
i mltted. Several articles are missing
from the house. Robbery is supposed
1 to have been the main object. Wheth
er, as has been reported, there has
been a more fiendish crime will de
pend on the reports of physicians. A
band of armed citizens was imine
' diately organized and tho sheriff and
chief of police of Charleston were
I promptly Informed, but as yet no clue
! to the murderer has been discovered.
Hampton riemorial.
Charleston, Special. ? The largest
' memorial meeting ever lield here,
probably larger than the great gath
orings commemorative of the death
of General Leo and Jefferson Davis,
was that which voiced Charleston's
tribute to Wade Hampton, at th? Ger
man Artillery Hall. Tho speakers
were General Edward McCrady, tho
State historian; tho Rev. Dr. C. S.
Vedder, the Rev. Dr. John Kershaw;
Mnifif" f. C. Barker, Hampton's close
friend and adjutant general through
out the war, and Mr. J. P. K. Rryan,
of the Charleston bar. All of the
speakers had been in Confederate ser
vice, except Mr. Rryan who represent
ed tho younger generation. Governor
Walter Smith nnd staff, of Maryland,
were among tho auditors. Steps were
taken to form an association for the
erection of a monument to Hampton
1m this city, his birthplace.
Opposes Asking Tor Money/
Kansas City, Special. ? Kx-fJovornor
Stone Hflid he would oppose the plan |
of professors of the University of Mis- i
ho u 1 11 to ftfik Andrew Carnegie to es- |
tf\>tjih a new library at Columbia.
"I.ftHKourl is able to build university ,
libraries," said the former Governor. I
"I am opposed to any attempt to get j
Mr. Carnegie, Mr. Rockefeller or any
other persons of that class to give
money for our State IJnlverslty. liis
Eourl Ih able to do whatever Is need
ed. I hope tho professors who sug
Sesjcd that Andrew Carneglo be
asked for funds fo^ the University
will be discharged at once."
l^?w? Collide.
Columbia, Special.? On 'the out
skirts of Anderson , Monday^ evening,
an engine and tender, loaded with
workmen returning from rtjjaTrincibc
wreck at Broadway trestle, collided
with the outgoing pise? gee train. W.
H. Ifoster had ? leg and hip broken
a*><l will die. Fielding Hvf^ ^otond,
??er ^ockM ud fawr or
?<? w?r*
CHEMICAL COMPANY IN COl'RT.
4?
Jutl^c liiicliaiian DeclJcs flint Case
Cannot he Removed.
From ?lii' Columbia State, isth.
.lu.Ut' Hinhanan has declined to
I'lani tin' petition for tho removal of
llu' case brought hy the State against j
the Virginia Carolina Chemical com
pany for violation of tho State anti
trust act front the State to the I'niUid'
St at i s court , and other moves of *n- j
nrcst in the now famous proceeding |
are expected in short order. It was I
ijuite nn array of distinguished legal I
talent that faced ,ludge Huchanan !
WVdnt sday afternoon at :l o'clock j
when argument on tho petition was to j
h.'gin. It looked for a long time as if j
i lie counsel representing the Virgii -'a- j
Ca olitia Chemical company intended i
to rely solely upon what way concretely i
sot forth in thf petition that the pro
ceed inn Involved a federal constitu- ^
I ional question, hut after the three i
.-tioin; argument.*) on hehalf of the
State. Mr. II A. M. Smith brletly ad- !
dressed the court for about I minutes, j
W hen the court was ready to pro
(?(??(I with the hearing M''- llenry A. j
NT Smith, represent i tiK tin* Virginia ;
Carolina Chemical company,' read the
petition on which he asked for a re?'
mo\al of I lie cause to the I'nited Statep j
court and then presented a bond of the
American lloiidlng company of Haiti- j
more, which lie said had complied with '
tlm laws of the State and waa duly (
a ut hoi I ml to Issuo and grant stub
bonds.
I'nder the petition and bond he naked
for nn order of removal under the
statue law of the Stale. The peti
tion and bond fully compiled with tho j
aiatue law and he therefore linked j
that t lie cause he removed.
Attorney tJener.il llellingor stated i
that the case was not removable in
the opinion of the opposition. Ho
would undeitake to show that the ease |
was not removable and he did not take j
it thai tin* mere statement that the
case was removable made it so. He j
therefoi e wanted to know tho order of ;
speaking.
Judge M ichanan held that the actor)
(the Viiglnia Carolina Chemical com
pany) should have the opening and
reply.
Mr. Smith said he bad nothing font- j
tlier to say than was contained in the
petition and bond; they Bpokc for i
themselves. It rested upon the other !
side to show wherein his petition or j
his bond was defective.
Mr, .1. N. Nathans, who is associated
with the attorney general in the case,
thought it peculiar that the actcrs
should have nothing to say when the
State had concurrent Jurisdiction wMh
the I'nited States courti. It. was ;
jjdninly a case for judicial determina
"Mion and not one I" which tho Judge
sat as a lbmre head. The distinguish
ed counsel had recently in the case of
'the Fniplre Mining company argued
Ibis very point. ?**?
Mr. Smith said he had nothing far
ther to say at the time than was con
tained in the petition, which set forth
his position and authorities, and the
State should open.
Attorney CJeneral Hellinger then be
gan his argument. It was a particu
larly able one, but purely legal and
showed thorough familiarity with Un
laws relating not only to removals hut
to trusts. It was lengthy ajud com
plete, hundreds of authorities being
cited.
He dealt for gome time with the
law as to the construction of Federal
judiciary acta, and to the statement of
the principles governing tho case, quot
ing first the constitution of the United
| States, then dealing exhaustively in
turn with the situation prior to 187.r>,
the judiciary act of 1.S75, and the Ju
: dietary act of J887 1X88.
Mr. Hellinger then summarized the.
1 result, of tho examination of the Judi
ciary acts as follows:
"From the foregoing examination of
cases decided under the acts of 1875
and of 1SS7-188.8, the following conclu
i slon necessarily results: In citing cases
to the point that no federal question
j in the case at bar appears in such a
, way as to give the circuit court Jurls
| diction, it is Imniateriul whether the
| ,/ases thus cited were originally
j brought In tho circuit court under the
act of 187f?, or originally brought In the
j circuit court under tho act of 1887-1888,
i or removed into me ?circuit conn under
i the act of 1887-1888; ' while, on the oth
i or hand, no cases of removals under
? the act of bS75 can he cited against tho
? plaintiff- on the motion to remove in
; the case ht bar, because the change In
! tho federal .statutes makes them no
longer In point; ami lastly under the
act of 1887-1S88 now governing temov
1 als, averments in the defendant's pe
tition for removal are to bo entirely
! excluded from consideration, in deter
mining whether the suit tenders a fed
1 oral question."
He held that the federal question
must arise actually, not merely poten
tially. "It is a well nettled rule that in
order to constitute a suit arising under
the constitution of laws of the United
States the 'caso must show a question
that does arise, or will necessarilly
arl?e, under the constitution or laws of
the United States, and not one that
may or may not arise.'
Though Messrs. James1 Simons, P. A.
Wilcox and^HoIman wore present
with Mr. MSmlth, only that attorney
spoke for the Virginia-Carolina Chemi
cal company. .His remarks were brief,
hut his argument was clear and force
ful.
Mr. Smith Aid the question was nar
row and clear cut. He admitted the
right of the State y&tirt to pass upon
all questions submitted to It The pe
tition snoujd fee Passed nbon by the
court _flr?t having Jurisdiction. The
filing of the petition and bond egmph&J
ed the preliminaries. The ali?|Mf<
of ffcet? tton-r?Mde|?ee. ete./<fcpw? ?
wayi be looked jatt>. Bat *fcenfbe pa
tltion set# forth tbai
erar.jrlgbt Involved thea tto Tout
merely passes tfa thrfTfgkt of reaaoyal
the paraoa wh? aadfrtakes to.fraasi
or
tilings necessary to have a removal
made. Hero it is sought to bo done be
cause it is said that this ease ought to
he ju the I'nited States court, 'he Fed
oral courts liave jurisdiction over It
and the State courts have not jurisdic
tion over it. Upon t ho showing made
here 1 don't think a removal ease has
been made out. I think the State courts
have jurisdiction, and do uot think It
should he turned over to the other
courts,. upon the showing mado here.
"Therefore 1 will sign a short order."
The; proper order was then signed,
and the hearing was ended. The Vir
ginia-Carolina Chemical company will
now very likely begin a proceeding in
the federal court in short order.
Oil and Fertilizer Combine.
New York, Special.? Olilclals of the
American Cotton Oil Company will
neither alllrni nor deny the report that
the incorporation In New Jersey of the
American Cotton Produce Company is
the forerunner of n plan to combine
their company with the Virginia-Caro
lina Chemical Company.
The new. corporation has a nominal
capital of hut. it isjsald a hold
ing company will be organized an soon
as It has been determlncil what com
panies are to enter the combine. v
New Orleans Cotttiu Market.
New Orleans. Special. -tCotton fu
Iui'ch took 011 additional sliVngth Fri
day, the llrst llgures ~ being 7 to 10
points over Thursday's close and con
tinued upward until May showed a
gain of lit points. July 12, and Augutt
10. There was a loss of a few points
from the extreme advance, but^nt tho
closing hour there was a strong under
tone. net gains hting regis! cretf-'of 13
points on AjhII, 7 On May, 8 oiP"Ju]ie
and July, lion AugUst, while Soplem-*:*.
her and October were 102 points low
aoo Killed Hy I:artlu|unke.
Guatemala City, Guatemala, Hy
Cable. ? The descriptions which are be
ing received bore of the result of tho
earthquake shocks which were general
throughout Guatemala Friday, Satur
day and Sunday, show that Solotata,
Amatitlan, Santa Lucia and San Juan
were badly damaged, and that Quosal
tcnango was prtly obliterated. Flro
added to the iiorros at, the last, named
place. Two hundred persons were kill',
ed, mostly women, and wnvny people
were Injured. At tho (^ipithl threq
Churches were slightly damaged.
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