The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 22, 1903, Image 1
? VETERANS GATHER,
Great Crowds of Old Confedrates in
New Orleans
THE tlftV FILLING WITH VISITORS
?
Decorations the float Elaborate and
Beautiful livar Seen at a Reunion?
Gathering of (he Multitude.
New Orleans, Special.? One hun
f tired thousand visitors within her
gates and mpre arriving on pvery,
train, 10,000 veteran uoldlere of\ tht/4
Confederacy as her special charge*
and hunHreda more on the way ;
bands of mon clad In tUe ancient gray
parading through the struts/- the
- ^rtiali of oandfl and the, .cheers of
? thousands who line the 'thorough
fares; that Is the situation In Now
Orleans Monday night on the eve of
'the thirteenth annual reunion of the
Confederate veterans. Never in the
history of the city have such lavish
preparations been made for the recep
tion an<V entertainment of people from
abroad as has been made for this oe
, caslon, and from all appearances they
? will bo successful to the last degree.
The local committees are thoroughly
? up, In their work and quarters are pro
vided fftr all who come as soon as they
, ask for them. All over the city the
hospitable. jcltizeus -have thrown open
their doors, the hotels aro filled to
overflowing and thousands of the old
? -soldiers have taken quarters in the
camp at the fair grounds, where ex
cellent arrangements have Ween made
for housing and entertaining them. By
Tuesday night the great mass of visi
tors will have arrived and It is rough
1 ly estimated that fully -J 50,000 people
will be her? by the . tldre the conven
tion opens at noon.
On all sides it is conceded that the
present reunion will he one of the
most successful that has ever been
held by the organization. No more
elaborate decorations have ever been
put up:by any citizens than the citi
zens of New Orleans have arranged
for this reunion. Canal street is a
blase hunting, festoons, grouped,
twined flung loose in streamers and
revealed in countless tossing banners.
All the side streets are also decorated,
Tl,; as are most of the* residences in the
? ' ? -ctty, :.btit the especial effort has been
made along Canal street, 4nd the ef
fect 13 mast beautiful. The. old .Star?
~ and Bars form, as a matter Of ^course,
flf dec.iM'fitfiffig." but the Stars
and ' Stripes- are seen on every hand,
-and on the peak of the auditorium the
,r banner of the republic that lives
floats over the banner of the republic
f- died. _ r; ; ?
^^~Th^e"xefclsea of the day will open
FT "at' 10 o'clock, in the morning, when,
aiispicea of the Southern
- -Memorial Association, serv^m in
lienor of Jefferson Davij will be held.
',V ' hours later the delegates will be
called to order by GeneraWohn B.
'??r ' Gordon, commander-in-chief.^ 1 nei c
be speeches of welcome to the old
~ soldiers from representatives of the
-Jjoulslana and the city oi
1 ?nr#MU?"8N and other States. It is
fat' Hfcely that the opening session
S" ' will comprise much of anything *?**"
yond the addresses of welcome^ The
C^-Ieeeion will conclude wlth^tte \-ap
- nointment of cpmmittees on
- The alternoon meeting wlH COWL..
at 3:30 o'clock and will con
.. tinue for about two hours.
? Making No Progress.
- Washington. Special.? No progress.
from the- United States
treaty committee in China and the ex
naturo of the obstacle to the con
summation of the trade treaty is not
? ? known. The . Chinese .cpnimissipm'ta
make one statement in the matio:-.
The Russian _gavefii/mnnt makes an
other in conflict and the commlsslon
: ' era db not know which to believe, it
Is probable that the State Depart
ment may feel it nemwat y to cause the
' governments give more do*
Unit? instructions to' its commlssioa
jro-wii? ? ~ - ' :
? Heavy Oold Shipments.
York, Special.? Lazard F re res
fk Co.. hays- engaged $1,065,000 in gold
for shipment to Europe tomorrow.
? Goldman. Sachs & Co.. have ordered
t7?0 ,000 for shipment at the same time.
.? ^-;Th? Merchants' Bank of Philadelphia,
... " 1300.000 gold at the suh
y_4 Treasury for shipment to Europe.
Total engagements for shipment Tucb
v A . daj^.12, 325.000.
Believed Strike Is Broken.
TSobiie, XTS~KrechJl? General Cotnt
B. lx- Rnsaell, declares there ia no
Bp. j raaaon to bellow i? the, jcpoxt.^curr^ijil
that General Manager C. S. Clarke, of
f tha Mobile & Ohio, Is to be sucqeed.^1
_ , hy J.; tf. Seale, now in Jackson. Tenn.,
t ? Colonel Russell says that Mr. Clarke
enjoys the fullest confidence of th#
1 * men who control the road. Colonel
fftuneU claimfi as one of the strongest
? ? algaathe railroad has that the strike
U . , 18 . bro k en i s tfie Te.tPtndtng of the ordei
.? <rf April *, as lo the acceptance of per
tahable freight by the Mobile it Ohlo.^
- Beginning Sflnday, at noon, perishable l
v -Urtlghi-wlU' be accepted at all joints. I
' ?? t ? %
wppmi riiinr'HJlHgg*... ~ _
inaah. 8p#clal.? By a vote of 3 I
linn? ii convention of Oeor- '
pt-agateti^e proposition to
ntlM a?H o( the Kpfeoopall
I to the Catholic Church of I
m. tie deb ate on the qoeatlotf
Liter O. A. Ottan ie-i
WHITE MAN KILLS'* BY A MOB
Insurance Agent Sliot to Death at
Wilson, North Carolina.
Wilson, Special.-- Perry Jones, au
Insurance agent, who came hero some
time ago, was shot in his room Wed
nesday night by a crowd of citizens
who intended to run him out of towu,
and as a result died at, 7 o'clock Thurs- J
day morning. One of the alleged at
tacking party was also wounded.
ICleven men were arrested on the
charge of participation, in the crime.
The objection to Jones was because of
his alleged association with a colored
woman. Jones staled, after being
wounded, that when the men rushed
Into his room he llred on them, when
he was shot. Jones came to WlUoa
about two weeks ugo as an insurance
agent, giving his residence as Little
Rock, Ark. He worked Industrial in
surance. A few day? ago he was ar
rested with a negro woman, suspicion
having fallen on him about a watch
which was stolen in Goldsboro. The
trial resulted in his acquittal. After
the trial George WTiitley, of Wilson,
went, to Jone<? and told him he would
have to leave towq. WhlLley claimed
to be a representative of a crowd of
men In Wilson who would not have a
man here who associated with a negro
woman. Jones, becoming alarmed,
had Whitley arrested on a peace war
rant. The trial resulted in 'Whitley's
being put under a $200 peace bond.
Jones received information that be
would be attacked. He went to Mr. J.
R. lJ?ell, a lawyer here, r and told of
his trouble. He advised him to go l<:
his room and remain there until moru
. lag,- when he would advise him further.
Jones was never seen again until he
was found Thursday morning In hid
room, mortally wounded. Eleven' meu
have been placed under arrest for par
ticipating In the killing. All those at
rested were placed in jail. ^
Wreck of the Veracruz,
Washington, Special. ? Capt. Slaium,
of the revenue cutter Doutwell, which
went to the relief of the passengv.ro
and crew of the Vera Cruz III, which
stranded on the 12th Inst., on Dry
Point Shoal. N. C.? has made a prelb
mlnary report to Captain Shoemaker,
chief of the revenue cutter service.
Capt. Slamm says that on his arrival
at the wreck "ne found that the master
of the Vera Cruz had left his vessel
with all his personal" effects and in
struments of navigation' in the kceptng
of a "friend and passenger," to go tu
Wilmington. N. C., to secure furtdg
with which to'-pay for the -transporta
tion of the, pa^ftougcra to - New-- Bedford.
Mass.. the destination of his vessel. Alt
of tji^ shlp'w papers including the pas
senger list, were turned-' over to thfl
collector cf customs at Newbern,
whither the passengers and crew were
tiken. The vessel was practically
?abandoned by her crew. As near as
could be learned the pass?nger/Jist of
the Vera Cruz called Jor 210 ifg^sor..<
while the keeper of "the life-saving
station is reported to have landed, 39!,
exclusive of the bark's crew. This fact
together with the circumstances of the
vessel being brought from fresh wnt#?<
into the dangerous harbor where a he
grounded, the catftnin says, appears
suspicious. The vessel is imbedded iii
.the gand and probably will be abancT
oned. Thirty-five barrels of whale oil
comprise her cargo.
Prompt Shipments Impossible.
Washington, Special. ? Tlio Depart
.JPJSHt Qf Staic lias Just received from
the United States legation at "Havana
a report which points out tlie trade op
portunities in the .Cuban marke* in
manufactured cotton. The report says
Cuba has no advantage ih its close
proximity to the manufacturing cent??
of the Southern States, as the freight
is lower on goods exported from i^u
rope than those exported .from either
New York, Mobile or New Orleans. .As
a general rule deliveries can bo made
quicker from tlytf- United States than
kfrom Europe, but during the past year
( it has been almost impossible to get
goods with any promptne.ss from the
United StatW flfid "This has "cause cl' " a
loss to our trade.
Wa's the Nai^tnlc Blown Up ?
New York, Spdbial. ? Among 't^he ef
fects of the man fvfrho sent the Internal
machine to tho Cjunard Line dock, lp.st
week, was a plede of paper, on which
was written in French: "Tho destruc
tion of the Narorac was complete. Mr.
LeBruo. who maUe the box. has this
moihent gone to Chicago." Tho Nar
onic l?t Liverpool on the morning of
February 11, 1903, \ with 4,000 tons oi
freighVa crew of n^tjMive passengers
who hafr'gone to England on the pre
via us trip -In. charge oX-acargo of cat
tle. She was never seen after she icft
the McrBey. and to this day no word
tho line. ' <
. Engineer and Fireman Killed.
Washington Court House, Ohio,,
Special. ? Tho Cincinnati ft Pittsburg j
Expres?, on the Midland division of th?
Baltimore ft - ~a Southwestern, was
wrecked 5 miles east of Washington
Court House. Two persons were killed
and several seriously Injured. The
killed are: Engineer John May, 'New
ark. Ohio: an4 Fireman J. A. Leigh*
ton, NewsVk, Ohio. The accident w4a
caused by spreading rails.
Fir* In Sottc
Richmond,
ed I* ^he ^esUorant ^P-Wtwrt^ate,
colored, la Suffolk, spread niptdty and
m. ? il. ,
(K'fllUJCQ TTnTTcW vT lllfJ wjuni*
factoring Company, burned an the
MMintt 0? a bfpek
tagtoa street, as? e tcmr or five. belof?
Si*, I It frw*
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A BAD SlINDAV RIOT
Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Scene
of Serious Disturbances
CARS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO RUN
> ?
Strike- Breakers and Officers Pelted
With Stones and Brickbats- flany
People Wounded.
Bridgeport, Conn., Spno.nl? Tho at
tempt made by the officials of the Con
necticut Railway und Lighting Com
pany to ruu their cai*a with non-union
men Sunday, resulted In a riot In which
at leant 32 men were Injured. The shei
ift'-says that another such outbreak
would call <^uf the troops. At the pros-*
cnt time the county sheriff will succeed
the police. Sunday morning six trolley
rars were started out on the Uarnum
and State street lines. There were large
crowds around the car sheds at the
time. The rars were manned by 12 ot
the 123 strike-breakers brought to thia
oily Saturday by the trolley company.
There was no disturbance of any kind
for a couple of hours. When the first
car, however, l^ad completed its third
round trip, and was directly In front
of the Wheeler & Wilson factory,
where a crowd of at least 1,000 persons
had gathered, a boinbardrpent of stones
began. Deputy Sheriffs rflendrau and
Plumb, who were riding on the car.
plunged into thfi crowd to arrest a man
whom thpy had ucen throw a Htone. He
was seized and with considerable diffi
culty dragged GO feet to the car. The
ft tone-th rower was a big fellow and
struggled so flercly that a policctnan 1
who was standing near by went to the
assistance of the officers. Immediately
Mulvlhlll was soon hurrying
through the mob. He rushed to the po
liceman and ordered him to keep his
bands off the prisoner. He then tola
the deputy sheriffs that they had bettef
let the man f;o. During the argument
the) stone-thrower wrenched hlmsell
.irpb aritl dashed away. In the jneantiine
stones werfHjHng in a shower and one
of them struck Mayor Mulvlhlll on "the
head, brusing it badly. The two sheriffs
Jumped on the ear and ordered the md
torman to proceed to the ca^ sheds.
The bombardment did not abate and
the crowd on the street was such that
the motorman had to go slowly. The
Uone-thiowing soon became. so furlo\re
J-fb?t,*the* sheriffs-drew ihelr-rt; vol vera
an </ fired shots In the air. This caused
thfc bombardment to let up a little and
file car reached the barns atfd was run
inside. The other five cars operated on
the same streets received exactly the
same treatment, as they fololwed the
first cr.r into the c.&f Barns.
When the. last crir had passed within
tho doors there- .was a_crowd of 4,000
people gathered in a vacant lot oppo
site and violence once more broke
loose. Brickbats, stones and everything
that could ,be thrown were hurled at
the barns and' anything .that belonged
to the company in the vicinity. At'thl;
point Mayor Mulvlhlll saw that the ser
geant and nine policemen stationed at
the barna_wcre entirely, unable to cope
vv 1th the mob and he sent" for Chief
Coffin.- of the flrd' department.. After a
short consultation, the latter ordered
out engine company No. G, with a
steamer and a line of hose. Superin
tendent Birmingham also ordered every
nrnilable man to the rtpol, to co-operate
with the firemen and soon a stream
was being played on the mob, which
slowly tell back before the water. One
c? the strike- breakers was assisting the
llrrmen in holding the hoso when a
well diMw;t?<l brick o truck him on the
.head alnd .ltfiocked hi*m to the ground
When the mob had dispersed
toe firemen aijrd extra policemen were
ordered back to their quarters and the
J'SU l3.r jltlR.il remained guarding the car
barns.
1 ho officials of the trolley company
wHi not. reveal -the names- of -tWin^n
injured, or the nature of their injuries.
It la positively known, liowever, that
not a man of tho 12 who were on the
six oars escaiwd- ftrjirry-of somr irttnT.
JvvcryQUQ of tham , as they stood on the
platform of their cars while going into
Hie barns was scon to be bleeding pro
fusely from the head and face. In ad
dition to the trolley, man injured,
Headmaster Davis, of the trolly com
pany was severely hurt by J stone
which struck him on the head? Sher
iffs Hendrau and Plumb wore appar
the mob ns well as
the strlke-breaXers. for each of theoi
\vas struck in different parts of the
booy at least a dozen times. No nt
terr.pt was made to run cars at night.
Postal Cl?rlc? flak * Claim*.
Tuscaloosa, Special.? D. d. Nickol
son, - a -poetal -elerk. who rmra oti tho
Alabama Great Southern Railway, .-jays
_t]lM,Lfhe Doatal clerks nf th? Unite J
States have a olaini aggregating $14,
000,000 against the United States Pozt.
offlqj^ Departments. Nickolson ?aya
this claim will he?trfcd before tho
United States Court- o t . Claims at
Washington. The 6i?ira (g based upon
the section of the postal law* which
prescribes that chief clerks anY rt*H
5?y postal clerlfs iihall be paid their
actual And necessary expenses whUo
actually traveling on business of the
Department. I
V " . '
Summoned to St Petersburg
-St- By OeWe??
ant General Von Rcaben, Opvernor of
Klschenett, baa beea summoaed to St.
A ^ministerial circular. lor- ,
bidding the Jews td defend themselves I
6m been tamed. It Is expected tbat
thts etey wiH etluiuUte Jewish tant-I
t?tlo< to AaMiica. Three
:?nu
MASSACRE OF THE JEWS
A l.argc Sympathy Meeting ibid In
ttaltimorc Sunday.
Baltimore, Special. ?^Threc thou
sand people attended an enthusiastic
meeting at the Academy of Music
Bunriay, in behalf of the victim* of
the anti Jewish outrages in Russia.
It was participated in by 'mauy- had
ing citizens of the State an.l city, and
several thousand dollars were sub
scribed. Tho mooting wad presided
over by Dr. Fabian Franklin, editor
of The Baltimore' Kymlng News, and
among the speakers were ex-Gov
eiuor William l'lnkuev Whyte, ex
Congressman John V. L. Find lay,
Mayor Hayes, Roger Hull and Oth
era. Letters of sympathy wore read
from Governor John Walt* .? Smith,
Attorney General Isadore ltaypor,
lien.. Simon Wolf u'nd leading church
dlvlnoa, all expressing their horror
0VS? ilii; niaiiaatre at KUohnul and
ccnviction that tho United btatcs
t hou Id use its good olllces tv> bring
about a suppression "of atroeltlos in
the future. Dr. Daniel C. Oilman, pros
blent of Carnegie InKtitute, declared
that similar moatings should be held
In all part* of tho United States to the
end that the public opinion of this
country could help Russia to adopt
a humane trolley. Among the letters !
was the following from Cardinal Gib
bons :
"Dr. Harry Frier.denwald, Chairman:
"Dear Sir: I regret that my on
forced absence from the city on May
17th will prevent my presence at the
meeting you have called to give voice
to your horror at the events that have
recently taken place at. Kischnelf. 1
have no hesitation, however, to ex
press my deep abhorrence at the mas
wacres that have carried fe> their
graves gray hair and Innocent child
hood. Our sense of Justice revolts at
>tbe thought of persecution for re
ligion's sake; but w hen persecution is
attended will*. murder and pUlage the
Tjrain reols and the heart sickens, and
righteous indignation is aroused at
the enormity of such a crime. What
a blot upon our eivilizatloti>ls this
slaughter of inoffensive men and wo
men! Please convey to the mooting
my grief for the dead, and my sin
cere hope that this twentieth century
will 8ce the end of all Slicll occur
rences anil that peace and brotherly
love mav prevail on earth.
"JAMES CARDINAL GIDBON3."
A series of resolutions was adopted
calling on the United Sta^s to "bring
such influences to bear On the Rus
sian government, as may tend to bring
about a cession of these inhumani
ties," and on the members of Con
grcn.v to protP3t "asalHtit ~ the out'
-rag<a.-> to -w4vieh- the Jawti -of ? Russia
are subjected."
'Ticket O'.'Clce Robbed.
. Birmingham, Ala., Special, ? The un
ion passenger tiektt office- was robbeil
of $7,000 Snturday. At the tims the
burglary is supposed to have ta^en
jalfi?Sx.A??tL Cook, a clerk, who was on
the. night watch, says he had taken a
nap, no tra^ns~\ were going out. at
?thftt hour. There/ were three or four
watchmen In tho- station at the thn?>,
however, uml there were several men
sitting In the waiting room Into which
tho ticket office opened. After securing
several small boxes in the safe, con
taining valunblea>tho burglar or burg
lars escaped through a small window,
which opens on Morris avenue. Thn- i
robbery was not discovered- uutll fi |
o'clock, when Mr. Cook went _ to tbo
safe to make a deposit. Several rail
rm:i detect! ves and three or four spe
cial "men from the Birmingham police
force were put to work on the c?.so, but
no far have not obtained a clew. Thi.y
kept tT:e matter a secret and It was iVot
knev/n generally until Into in the evon
ing. The stolon property consisted of
$1v500 in endorsed chocks, besides
paper m.oripy and coin. The thief evi
dently waii familiar with tho office, as
h-j opened the safe by. the regular coui
hinaiion anil did not disturb t tie clerk,
who was iisleep a few feet from him.
The losfl is shared by the various rail
' roads entering Birmngham and each of
them now "lias" a special detective
working on the case.
Shot at Other.
Valdor.ta, Qa., Special. ? %ws reach
ed here from a romoje jseclion of
ISchols county, 6X the fatal sficotinx of
James Rlgdon, by William I^ewls.
Both young men were suitors for the.
hand of Miss Itosa Johnson, and ac
cord inx to the accounts recelvid., they
met in her (father's house, quarrelled,
and .shooting followed in tho the young
lady's presence. It is said that tin casa
was brought before a local Justice of
the peace who execrated Lewt* of all
blame in the matter.
.?? Will Curtail JHfodactlon.
Tx>ndon. B.v Caide. ? A meeting of
the federation or Manchester ^llofT
Snin'ners adopted a resolution to tho
effect that "in view of the grave con
ditions of affairs in c.ytnjn, we recom
mend that the whole tradg stop T: cm
one week at Whitsuntide nmd on Faut.v
days and Mondays thereafter, until
further notice." A mas meeting to
considerate resolution ho* been called
for Kay fry
Pf reman- KtHed (n Wreck;
Birmingham, Alntf - Special. ? A
freight train, cmwHsting of engine, sev
en cars loaded with limestone and a
csbrwse. were, wrecked Thursday night
soutli of Bomallp. 18 mile* north of
Wfwt?j!b?m on ttt? mraaiwghwm Mtn*
ersi Railroad's north brK&ch. John
Maxev, fireman, was killed 'mad three
others were slightly injured.
Spain's Defeases.
dHhfsltar, Special.? Owing to the
LIVE ITEMS OP NEWS.
Many Matters uf General Interest la j
Short P?ra?rMphi>,
I)ohii In Dixie.
The S. C. Confederate Veterans hud a
food time in Columbia last week ut
their antral reunion.
The meeting of the Southern Cotton
Hplnnets' Association at- Charlotte, N.
C., last week wuh largely attended. It
was resolve^ to rnrtail production of
yarns. *
A Mexico City dispatch says: "A
mooting of the shareholders of the
Nutionai Hank of Meylc.o will l?o held
here June 3rd, 'to vote on a proposi
tion to Increase the capital stock of
that Institution, which now hiihmuHk
to $26.*>uo,ooo."
A Chattanooga, Ten;)., dispatch
aftys: "The case of th? city ot Nabii
vilie vs. the Tennessee* Central Rail
road Company, will he tried in tho
United States Court here, on Thurs
day, May 2ir-in whi?'h tho validity of
tluj Issuance of .SI.ouo,ouo bonds by
fhe defendant company which was au
thorized In an election held In tho
city of Nashville, one year i?ko, will
he tested."
At The National Capital.
Government officials are watching
the slleged movement ot rnllroads to
shut out Cuban sugar by means of pro
hibitive freight rates.
Owing t6 the prevalence of conta
gious diseases at points of ctmceut ra
tion, the Nav) Department has sus- '
pended recruiting.
At The North.
President Roosevelt spent the day in
the Yoseinlte country.
iPhilllba C. Dormond pleaded guilty
to forgery and was sentenced to three
years at hard labor at Sing Slug.
Two lives were lost In a Are that de
stroyed the West Chester Apartment
House, Chicago.
The assets of the Asphalt Trust were
sold at Jersey City to a representative'
of tho reorganization committee for
iO,006,000.
The Woman's General Missionary
Society of the United? fVfShyterlan
Church at itn convention in Pittsburg
decided tt> support a' woman mission
ary for every luaii/n the field.
Capt. Charlc3 yd. Scnter and MIsh
Martha Fleming eloncd in an au?? from
Notre Dame Academy, near' Boston,
and were married. - .
Assistant United States District At
trrney Krnes't E. Baldwin and Post
office Inspector Olrfisld, .of Cincinnati,
had a fight with fists in the corridor
of the Federal Building in New York.
A Mmnenjwjlis vtispatrli cays: "AT*"
.-Lcr~. listening .to. tho -.appeal of t?e
connsel oi ionner Mayor A. A; Ames
for mercy. Judge Elliott ften teheed"
the once powerful political lead?rP to
spend six years at hard labor in tho
State prison." ,,
A Trenton. K. J., dispatch says:
"The American Stogie Company filed
articles with the. Secretary of State, '
with a capital -of 911.975.000. The
stock is divided into 31 1,000-, 000 com
mon and $970,000 preferred. The lat
ter pay 7, per cent, accumulative -divi
dends." V .
A South p&fcj;, Conn., dispatch snyar
"A warrant was issued fqr tho arrest.,
of Oliver *f\ Shorwood, cnshlor of tho
3outhpprt National Bank, aud son of
10: G; Shorwood, president of the
fctyttf. who disappeared from here
last Thursday. Sherwooa is charged
with the defalcation cf between $50,
000 and $30,000 of the bank s funds."
From Across The Sea.
Premier Balfour, In an adtlrcss. said
he was in favor of free trade, but that
protective duties might bo expend lent
ynder certain circumstances. *
VI t was reported that a rebuko from
Kmperor William caused the jCHigna
tion from the army of the Prince of
Paxe-Moinlngen and that relations are
greatly strained.
A hurrible tragedy took place In a
Mexican lnuune ahlyhwn, one iifmate
hilling another.
The Lebandy airship mude a suctieas
1*11 1 ascension.
Mine. Calve was reported an improv
ing *rum her attack. of acuuiiu pol?>u
ing. '
A Vienna dispatch says that the
changes In the cabinet at Sofla^ are
regarded there as Indicating a change
In the f^reiirn policy of Bulgaria.
Prince Ferdinand Is said to havo
been displeased with farmer Premier
Daneff's handling of Macedonian af
fairs during his absence, and to have
declined all responsibility for certain
atcpa taken by M. Daneff, Including
somV promises ni(^K> to ? the Russian
representatives at Sofia.
Gen. Vlctoriano Lorenzo was senten
ced to death by a eourt-martial and
cxeciitcd bj' shooting at Panama.
Mlscellnncqut flatters, .
E. H. Harrlman had an attack of ap
train. . .
AcLondon dispatch says: "The loss
of Mrsn I^rro Lorlllard, who is re
ported to have been robbed of $.'0,000
wbrth of Jewels, amounts probably to
a far great?r^stim than-- jrt first re
ported. Mrs. Lorlllard Wet nil her
Jewelry, except what she wan wear
ing, and a letter . of 'credit attd other
valuables. The- robbery occurred at
the Berkley Hotel, lo which place
two men followed Mr. and Mrs. Lorll'
lard all the way from Mont? Carlo."
A brick and lumber shortage is
threatened In New York, and may
throw 100.000 men out 6f work. ? r
~ * rewaitt of 91,060 hw Tieen offered
for the arreat of the murderat of Aga
tha Relctpin at Lorain, Ohio.
. The Southern Baptist Convention
began Its session at Savannah. Qa.
Returns received by the stated elerk
of th* Prrsbyterta#? General Aaaembly
at Philadelphia Indicate the atapuoa
of the rerto?l CoifenMs of Faith,
TV National Ooofervoe* of Chart
ftwuyi ?eenme#im *W'
MM te AUpBtfe ?
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PALMtTTO CROPS
A Warm mid l)ry Week has Been Fa?
vorwbie for Orowth.
The weok ending 8 u. in., Monday,
May 18th, had a moan temperature of
tiu degree* which is uhout t degrees
nonml. Complaint is general of cool
nights being detrimental to tho growth
of young cropp. and the need of warm
or weather is indicated for t lie whole
State and t'wr all crop*.* There waa a
harmful excess of el nidtnesH, and nil
hut the I'Ht two day j were cloudy.
IJght t '"psIi lo high easterly wind*
prevail >. throughout the entire week
that i>:ov<*4 Injurious.
Rain fell ?yv\r the entire Slate and
waa generally b?nefie!al. but the rain
fall was rvcc3Hiv0? in lower Harnwcil.
rhftrloKton, Hampton arid Henufoft
oountiea. doing considerable damage
by wQRhlng lands in the hitler. The
rainfall was li^ht. and generally in
HuKhdent. In the central? northern and
wcHtcrn couiitivB where the need of
tain la indicated to render -hard and
crusted Ianda (It to plow. la supply
moisture for the genii I nation of ?t>
ecntly planted seeds. The ub^uncc of
heavy rains was favorable for farm
work. that made rapl^l progvvsa except
In the above named counties where it
was excessive and where the ground ia
too wet. to cultivate and flelda are be
coming R'awy.
Stands of cotton have Improved, i>?it
are not perfect, with recently plantid
and replanted fields coming up nicely..
Chopping l? underway, but has not be
come general. ? Pirat enltivatlon .
pen p raj. The \v6athei* has been too cool
for the host development of cotton, lit
conBcqucnce of which the plants arc
email for ine season.
The condition of upland corn, as to
Htanda and growth, la fairly good over
the western counties, hut stands on
low-lying lands in the eastern and cen
tral counties arc still being destroyed
by worms, necessitating constant re
planting. Cultivation made good pro
gress. but corn does not ucem to re
spond satisfactorily. Bottoms being
planted in places, but mo.3t of , th\??e
lands are either too wet or too hard to
prepare properly,
To.bacco Is doing well; plants' are
scarce in Chester codnty. Some fields
In Florence county that were destroyed
by hall are helm!; planted to cotton. ?
About half the reports Indicate an Im
provement in oats, generally where
rninfall was copiouj}^ and in the west
ern counties whtwo the damage from
the aphis wan loss severe and t3t
tended, while the rest indicate^* vevy
low condition and poor prospective
. yleL<L....Qtt.ts nr_o?rliwninK .atul will soon
be ready to harvest. Whe&t has rust
ed "hndiy.? f>nd-?nly-4w-w fow loealiUgp.
M even a fair. yield indicated, Rlce'l3
thriving In :--omo sections, but In the
"ColletCn and fJcorgetown districts coiv
tlnuGd hlsh tides have prevented the
proper drainage of rice fields. Pear
trcer. are blighting badly*- Karl y p'eaah
cs are dropping freely owing to worms,
hut fi'nlt p.ospect are on tho tfhole>
good. * Oardens are fine. --Sbrcct pot?-~
to tlips have been set out..
too cool for melons. Wild berries be
coming plentiful. Pastures excellent.
THE MARkfcvTS. *
COTTON MARKET.
> These figures' 'represent prices paid to
warms:
Strict good middling .. 11.05
Good middling * 11.25
Strict middling' . . .11.15
Stains and Tinges 10.70
pro dp ok market;
Corn tt-tt 60
Chickens? "spring , ,. V. -v. . , 13
Hens? per head !1*
Kr-? VAVt
TnrfeWyg ? ? .... . . 12%
Ducks r 22%
Onlonu ... .. ? $ 70
Rrcswax .20
Wheat .. 60
Wheat? -seed .... 1 00
OiMs ? .. 45
ityffvCt ? . .......... 1 tfoo
R?-lr?s ... 0
Shins? -calf 40
1 dry salt ... .. .. .. 10
Tallow ? nnrendercd ??? -
Fisherman Drowned.
Spartanburg. Special.? While seining
with some friends In the.Bphd.4t TxjIO,
where the Valley Kails cotton thill 1s
located, Mr. Jonafc Sanders vfas drown
ed Saturday evening. The unfortunate
man becamc entangled In the scln In
8oir.? manner, as did. the otbor two men
In th water with him. Being placed at
the diaadvantage of hnvlng lost his
left hand several years ago, Mrr San
ders could not extricate himself from
tno net and clipped Into the deep water
end drowned before aid could rcach
him. The deceased was about 35 years
of age and a widow and four children* j
survive blm. "He was 1 n cha rge" of" Ibb
."knitting department of the Andrews. 1
R<?e<M,oom and Harness workajQf thi#-|
(ity, and was a competent and faithful
workman. The inquest was helcW at
Lolo this morning and the body will b?
brought to this city and burled tomor
row. A peculiar fatality seems to have
attended Mr- Sanders' fishing expedi
tions. Several years ago he went fish*
lng on I<awson's Fork,, several miles
below the city, cattylng along some
dynamite to throw into the water and
jc&use the fish to be killed by the
shock of the cxp!oiri<ra. By^lAfelfiTOhTi
he allowed the dynamite to explode in
his left hand, which caused blm to
Iosq that member. *H la family has the
sympathy of the entirecoainunlly.
" Home Again.
' Greentflfe. Special.? Tfce sweet ex
periences of 'H'ene' Again" are now
being enjoyed by Dr. and Mr*. J. R.
Wlliunspn. who, afUrVsUydf *KOtt
eight ytsra in r?rlat. are again
mr '
rilnor Events of the Week la m
Uriel Form. .
rapt. Jule Anderson, conductor on
the lllne Hldge rond, had a narrow es
capo from being killed by I*ouis Greer,
at Helton. Orcor became involvod In a
quarrel with the negro train hand and
Capt. Anderson tried to separate them.
Greer made a vicious rako at Capt. An
derson's throat. The knife struck Capt.
Anderson undor tho Jaw and made a
painful wound though not a serious
one.
Two shooting scrapes happened at
end near Chester Sunday. One fight
wan "between two employees of a low
lier concern. In town, but neither was
hurt'. Tjio'rroebnd wao between a negro
man ^n timed John Monk and Sallle
Br/rtnsoir; four miles north, of ?OhewteiV
It/ started from a discussion over ft
(porch affair. John shot Sallle through
the forehead and tho wound will prob
ably prove fatel. <?,
May Tucker,, colored, was killed
Tuesday night near Mt. Zion four
utiles north of Spartanburg by the dis
charge of a gun in the hands of a negro
man named King Williams, who Is wow
in Jail. From what can be learnedrtt
appears that tho dead negro wonmu
and Williams had always been air*
frltmdly terms ^nd there Is Some rea?
son to think the shooting was acci
dental.
. Postmaster Harris, of Charleston,
has concluded arrangements With the
Consolidated Company for transport
tation in the city of the mail carriers
and special delivery boyri, which will
go Into effect on July 1st. The rural
delivery route through St. Andrew'*'
parish and James Island will also to
Inaugurated on that date.
Governor Heyward Monday received
a letter from Jaa. W. McGormkK ..ail.
nttorney of Syracuse, N. Y? asking If
there are any sons or grandsons of
John C. Calhoun now living tsT\?h!*
State or elese where and bearing the;
uaine of tho great statesman, iff. M*
Corjnlck's address is 412 Kirk Woe*,.
Syracuse, N. Y.
Rev, J. B. K. Smith, a Georgia vet
eran, appeared on the streets of Cotum-*
bla Tuesday In complete suit of thfr
old butternut, faded and worb frofcfc^
service In the struggle. He. was. the'
ccnter of an admiring jgroup through
out tho dpy.
Dr. J, H, Burnett, p? Cranlteville.,
wishes to know If the State of Boutin
Carolina ever aided EII Whitney, the*
Inventor at' the cotton gin, by apero^
prlatinwfT?0,00^-to his use? Pr?. Bwpnitv
has^ren the statement made In aw.*#?
pedfa, but wishes to hwrit-v'etittwtt-tf
POSSlM*.
Carolina Jones, an old 'negro, ww
shot with bird shot near Acton, it*
Ulehlandieoimty, Wednesday fflorBJngv
Tho shot entered his side and. bla li P.
Juries fortunately were not fatal, Btoer
tff-ColemanwfisabnHed and seof
Pop uty , Sheriff Catheart to.thar.*e<?*ax
with the fine pair of bloodhounds
the ulicrilt.o'vnfl.
With a view of establishing ft
manent colpny near Charleston a
of French Canadians from Fall
and New Bedford* Mass., v_
Qhj>rlestoft and inspected , the tjr
forming lands -near p'liy and m
other investigations of the. advaftttilMli?
offered to settlers who dsjgite to local*
there a$id engage in agricultural -wwr?
sultfe. ?
The Rev. Kltt Jones, colored. of
Edgefield, quite a favorite with the r
people, wan recently lodged In
fh.'uged with murder. He gave thflrc
quired Luiid and Is ?ow fr^e- tjnjU We ?
August term o I court, when ho will Ue "
jfut On trial. -
The Associated Reformed Synod vim
organized ut the Old ft rick chuwdV'tn^^
Fairfield county- lOO^years agO~ last w*
urday. Sunday services rxiniaiemora
? tve of thin -oTcnfllOK WWliettTlS^S*^
A. R. P. church at Duo West.
.. .lOLjthe flBglgnmentjof- iii?hop,i for-?
holding the next annual confer* ore*
of tlio Southern Methodist chnrcl
Bishop A. Co koc Smith ?Will.; pre*h
over the South Carolina g ' ' '
which con v e h o sin'GnTenvIlI^ the .
December*
~ In the UnItcd SUt?8 dr?Trlct couit
In Charleston Tuesday Judge ./?
:cy refused the motion for a new trial
.'or Jamba I..ang, Charles Rogers, H. f?
Wlleon and Walter Wood, convicted !
Greenville or pOatoflnce . Imfilgj
Vhcn the defendant* wore put oo<
ihe government claimed they;
members ofthc Nolo a gang, ;w
been operating In thrco Stat
Btrong proof of their guilt Was stfbmft- ;
ted. They were pr^mqltr convtetedi
The disappearance from QrriSrf B#
of D. R. F.lltln, llnnman for the- Skmttt"
BeH -Telephone - and Teli
Company, still reina'" '
A. ** ? -=? i
?aat tbo yowaft
n located in RtclmoaC-i.
e?fan had been __
Va.. a lotter having been
Oi cenvtllc to that effect ~
ter Of the- man who h*
qpronor Blacky Of-(g?ML?~.
has received a letter from":
of Elkln.' stating th?; ?
tier son hr.d been
*as untrue. . HUfffc
? ? ?? ?
.A ^warcn of bees In Bar?we}|<x>ja;y .?
ee?tfWr<?n a mute's .qaia
ploughing fa & field on -
sis ting their effort* to a
log pltfte of "
and
Who waa convicted
recent!
unliaf^ t
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