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THE e?\MDEN eHRONIGLE ? .. i\ ' . ^ . ? - - VOLUME XVII. CAMDEN, S.O.. FRIDAY. ,11 NK ISHMJ. . NO. 25. Mr. and Mrs. Longworth Are Royally Entertained FELICITATIONS QUITE GENERAL After Dinner the Party Went on Quarter Deck to Witness the Illu minations. Kiel, By Cable.?Kmperor William, when lie was certain ??i* the day on which Mi . and Mrs. Longworth would arrive here, telegraphed to Princess Kite! Frederick asking if she could noi conn? to Kill at onee so that Mis. Longworth could In* entertain ed aboard t lie Hamburg, the Kmperor '* improvised yacht. It ,s the emperor's rub* never to invite women (in board bis vessel unless the empress or one ot' the imperial princesses are present. Kmpreiis Augusta Victoria, it is un derstood, desires to remain near the crown princess, and I'rincess llonry of Prussia is taking a holiday in Ba varia, and Princess Kitel Krederick, who also 4s a |n ide, had arranged to go on a cruise in the Hamburg with the imperial party after the regatta, but upon receiving the emperor's tele gram she came from Potsdam immcd iatetlv, arrivinng here Saturday even ing with F Kitel. and Mr. and Mrs. Kongswortli were invited to dine with the emperor. It was ijiiite an American evening Besides Mr. and Mrs. Longswoi I h, ,\lf: lison, Howard and <,ieorge f.lott were present. I'rinees Kitel was amiable I and Kmperor William jollv and c<m- ' plimentary to America ami Ameri- I cans. After the dinner ihe emperor and Princess Kitel with their guests ami the emperor's staff, went on tlie quar ter deck of the Hamburg to witness the illuminations. The club bouse, the hotel and other buildings were out lined in electric lights, and the lii bat tleships, 10 cruisers, 1*2 merchant ships and 10U yachts in the harbor were strung with incandescent globes while many searchlights played about nuule a^gorgeous scene. .Inst above the room in the hotel, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Longworth, were the Stars and Stripes in colored liuhts. A great assemblage from "Kiel and neighbor ing towns crowded the water Irount to witness the illumination. Mr. and Mrs. Kong worth were de tained by Kmepror William until alter q 31 o'elcok. The illumination ended with every warship sending' up blaz ing rockets. To Mark His Grave. Bristol, Special.'->-Tho success of Congressman Hrowulow's hill to es tablish a national cemetery at CJreene ville meatus that Hie grave of Presi dent Johnson is to hi' properly eared for by the government after more than a quarter of a century of neg locf. '1 he hill provides fof the cure of ten acres of ground surrounding the grave. This property will be taken in charge under the usual regu lations governing national cemeteries and will be converted into a beauti ful spot. Last of Hearing, Washint>lon, Special.?The last of the hearings tor the present bv the Interstate Comnferce Commission in connection with its investigation into the relations of (lie railroads with the coal ami o4l Irallie \\rs field here and marked the practical completion ? of (he inquiry as regards} the Eastern bituminous lields. Hearings wjill be resumed in the fall. Tile commission in the meantime is preparing itsvre porf on the facts developed for Uio, consideration of Congress. N Murder by Millionaire. New York. Special.-??Stanford White, a member of the firm of Me Kim, Meade & \\ hile, architi^-ts, was shot an instantly killed during the performance at Madison Square Root ^fijirdcu. The police state that'the murderer was Harry Thaw, a mem ber of a well-known Pittsburg fam ily. Fatal Crash on Coast Line. Norfolk. Ya., Special.-?In a* rear end eollision^jjfcwccn trains on the Atlantic ('oast Line at Ahoskie; X. ('., Engineer 0. <>. King, of Ports* mouth, Ya.. and Brnkcman Waller Carter, of Windsor, N. (were kill ed. Conductor Mcachnm and an un known man were injured. The aeci* ^deiit happened while one of the i rains was shifting cars. The en gine'^of one (rain ami six .cars- were badlv damaged, as were (lie eahoose and six rear cars of the other train. Child Shot to Death. " ? ? Milt-fihTille,.. Si>yciaL?^'liilo ?hiy ing 011 the bed with sonieotber little children Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, little Dolly Harrill, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. Sid Harriil, was shot an.1 almost instant ly killed hy the discharge of a gun, . which was in dislodged J- from the H *?? the cor . ..... . OPINING OF STATE CAMPAIGN Candidate* For the State Offices Make Their Formal Bow to the Fublic. rhe Slate campaign opened at St. 'jeorge on Wednesday. The candi dates tor goVernor .spoke lirsl. The crowd was uol large, but paid clone attention. The position of the oi^ht candidal en for governor on tlie liquor question are about as divergent as the four pom is of the compass. Mr. Man ning and Mr. McMahan believe in a reformed dispensary; Mr. Ansel ?n county dispensaries; Senator Mouse commends the institution as it is, Mr. .1 1 K. Hiiiusoti for prohi l)ition; ill-. A. ('. Jones agrees wfth Mr. Brunson, but pending tin- arri val ot the time tor prohibition lie is willing to put up with the Bricc law, by voting ,|J(. dispensary ?"it of coun ty after county and destroying the Stale machine. Mr. \V. A. Kdwards of Saluda ?1 iti not get to touch on the liquor issue, but he is in favor of tin- Kaysor-Mauuiug. Mr. lid wards is a man with a mission wants to (lay tin* Southern railroad with subjugation.^ He has pending a ?Hiit against that corporation I'M' merging competing lines under its own manayeuK'nt. lie claims that the franchise of the Southern road in those properties shoujd revert to the State of South Carolina. The lirsl speaker was Mr. M. F. An sel of <ircfiiville, who tlwmked the l^ople "f ???!h Carolimi f?K . :!... vote which lie received four vcyrs ago. lie had not been elected then but he had received such a Haltering vote ami had conic so close to the line that lie (ell that he should make the race again. lie comes with the endowment of 7f> per cent, of t lie people of his home section, the I'ied niont country. the old Kiuhth circuit in which tor l'J years lie had prose cuted the ??ViI doers. He first discussed the question of education. The common schools should be given the br?t teachers, the largest terms and the most comfort able school house* which can be af forded. lie also believes in good loads, lie wants to get the people in terested in building g(iod roads. He wants the federal trove rn men I to send some of their money down here to supplement our own inouev and con vict labor. He wants the govern ment to improve the inland water ways, but he is more in favor of ?ood loads. The greatest tax the farmer pays is wear and tear on ve hicles atul stock. If the roads had been improved f>0 years ago, what would this country be todav. As to the liquor question he said that he is opposed to tire State dis pensary. He is in favor of the coun try dispensary system. The counties are able to manage their affairs. The people o| Dorchesk'V sohuld be given the wight to sav exactlv what they want. (Jreeuville should not say what Dorchester wants, nor should Dorchester say what (Jreeuville wants. Lei each county have the riRht of option between county dis pensaries and prohibit ion. The coun ty board could report to the c.tjurt. He is opposed to any plan which would provide for license or commi** j sions, for that would tend to push the sale of liquor. W. A. Edawrds was the Next Speaker lie slated that he had discovered farts of a dangerous nature in connec tion with the government. After cil insr lite constitutional provision which declares thai railroad franchises shall be forfeited by companies buying up compel inn: lines, lie called attention to the fact I hat in April, 1 f 100. the Southern railway had obtained con trol of -100 miles of competing lines thai afforded competition at 23 of 25 points in the State. Freights were advanced as much as 100 per cent, in some cases, he claimed. The viola tion ol tin? anti-merger law apj>ears lo be beyond dispute, he contends, atul yet all clsses iu I he courts except his own appear to have been dropped. His case did not get into court, after delays, until a special term in Aiken in April, lOOil. At this term Judge W. C. Henet presided. Mr. Kdwards declared that he suspected something and upon examination he found that Judge Henet was even then of record as one ol the Southern Railway's attorneys. Air. Kdwjirds charged that Judge Henet " declined to VjaiH a continuance of the case until his attorneys faced Judge Henet with affidavits as to the judge's connection with the Southern railway. He declared the Southern railroad | to be "a monster, a robber corpora tion, a blurhl. a fonl. festering sore i on the political system." There was! a grejff deal more on ibis line. His i tim'o was up when he had concluded^ with but half of his snecch. He nr'/ ed the people to elect*legislators who i would not belong to the railroads. ? Believes in th? Dispensray. Senat-or Coin I,. Blease road his platform. It i?* the same, he said, which he had in 1900 when ho was n candidate for the legislature. lie deela'red thai he had never varied Ifom that platform, mid he hadbecuL clccted several times to the lecrisla lure. When he said ho?wns opnosed to higher education of the negro, there was applause. He is in favor of the dispensary, law and in favor ^f the absolute repeal of llie Briee lrJ\r. lie said that God AlmUrhty' never intended ne<rroe* to be educat ed, and be rlann^l th* eredlt; "With lb, l.Owniail 111 ( 11 ;|! t|'[^( lilt lin V ing dwindled ilii' aiipntpriat ion to I lie colored Si i ?? < ? ? 11?* ? iron) OOU to *."i,0<?l. II,. S|(1)|a. ilf U.u^h on the Hthjcct niul used ? good in.iii\ adjective* |?? describe I lie wort lilies ncss nf ! li?? ci luen I I'll negro u|' tmliiv This excited applause. As lc. the dispensary he s;ii.| that of there sluniM happen in hi- eoirup tion in ilie State clispciisarv, how much metre there he in I I coun ties. lie opposed (|,0 Urire law he eause its author mu.I he wunte?l through it "to kill the damnable dis ptusary.' ' *le oppobOtf the Kay .sou Manning bill, so-called. Where i* ? he dispensary corruption/ Who for four years been in charge ol' the dis pensary T Were they <.*ri|*inaI dia peiipuryf)iwn 1 lie does not sa^v there is eornvpt ion. lie docs not sa\ liiere is. The governor ol' the State ha* not been a dispensary man more lhaii lo say that it was tin? best solution of Vile Iujuoi ijucstiou. lie critieisvd (jo\, J ley ward a.s not beiti^- u^riM bi\e|y in favor *>I the dispensary. He in ready and willing to defend any attack on the Stale dispensary, and if the people of I lv State don't approve of hi- views he will go back to tlie State senate lor two more veins and Keep on defending it, for lie will Hill bcliexe it i- right, lie elud ed the opposition to the dispensary in I lie State eaiiipait-.il with having shifted I roni pr<1111b11 ion to local op tion. Dispensary Roasted. Mi. duel h, Hriinson of Sumter wus lie n< xt speaker in alphabetical or der. lie declared the dispensary <pies lion to he the leading issue because | it involves more in didlars and ej-nts j ainl it also aheels v,, chtsely the moral | wefaic ot |he whole people. In reply | to the etaini that the dispensary help* I t?i educate the people lie declared that education ami culture Ho not safe guard the people from intemperance. lie (putted from i he last message of !'ov, J. ('?. Kvans to the legislature in which he claimed'that even if sale ol liipior bionyht trouble it would bring revenue to educate the people and thus f,, heal the wounds caused by intemperance. Mr. Hrunson preeeed.'d til a Strong arraignment of ihe dispeusarv *s profit feature, lie was vigorous and used telling similes. It re(|iiires the sale of $4,000,000 of |i,|lKM- to U(M $S00,00t) in profits for State, cities mid counties. or fhis amount but ?>100,000 is the "educational salve" lo heal the wounds as referred ttt by (?ov. Kvans. In other words out of e\ery paid lor liquor only 1(i cents is ei\en back for educational salve ot; that only 2 cents ytawin the eounty. the rest beinjr divided among eounties. some of whom have no dis pensaries. Mr. Jones for Local Option. Mr. A. C. Jones of Newberry, who lias been a leader in the mnnv fluids against the dispensary and look the stump in New berry' county last sum mer against Senator Till man and helped in driv ing the dispensary .tut of that comity, followed Mr. Kdawrds. jMr/ Jones speech had ?rit and Imf-kbono ui every line. He does not profess ?. ,Mi,n orator, but he speaks force Hilly ami gives voice to his powerful convictions. He will be out of the eamapign for wnval days on account ?of illness at home. To Reform Dispensary. "? '? "'aiming or Nunilfy, who was next introduced, stated life I'mml lor the last I I years as a leJ lwator from Sumter county, and ltd iJ i .V|,,'rs ?f 'hat time as n senator. Me may have made mistakes, these lie lankly admits, for all are human, but he had always tried lo apply the rule i'f^hl to every action. Ihe educational institutions are grow.,,* and the H-ht against them i largely a thing of the past. The in stitutions, have grown and of course ?l'l"?'pntions have ?rown in or der to provide necessary account...,h t IOIIS, He described the growth of pension appropriations from $.'>0,00(1 to .*?'">(I 000. ? Ihe uiicipial assessment of pioper v he declared to be a burning issue which he hjiil not the time to discus I here should be a strict business sVs V'n; ln ,l';' wnduel of tlie -government .lust as there is in business affairs. Mr McMahan. The address by Mr. John .1. Mc Mahan was a classic. In statesman 1 ike thought it has been.unsurpassed l\v any c.vjMission <>n (lie political stump in llii^ State in years. It ean ii?>t 1 >r? reproduced oven in part, as the theme wotiid ho marred in a con densed report. IK> inveighed against tin; tendency of people to disregard or to give too little regard to their y rights and duties as citizens. - It is bin periods ol prosperity that the I great dancer* to jrovern.wMjjs oiewp j in. People aiv then inten) upon other fInnv.s than the public weal. It is with shame that in these days of pros|ientv we note the corruption, I hoi in the dispensary alone, but in country affairs aw well. It is the duty I of the people to be vigilant. We | should be ashamed of connections which would have IfcfiuJutolcrahlc nndei'v^i radical administrator}. | The standar<hy>f integrity, of t-rutii ! and of worU^shonld l>e the name in j public alfaii'4 as in private life and i yet too often is the excuse for a 5 crime that it happened in politics. - | Hie stands in (hi/ campaign for the Mine edi\cajkmal rcforms for ^jhifpli | he fought in his four year's go i vice as Stati1 sii|?ennTt iMlcii( <>f < d'.tca lion. Ho advocates ait experimental school 1'urirt in t'Vfi v eounty. Tli? speeches "1 the candidate* for tllO olHoi* otlieeS WlMt1 well rcceix ?>?I. At c.Wnllci'ltorn on Thursday the sjH'Hkijifi wiis about ilu* same a>> tin* day before. The crowd was small and the attention was food. PALMETTO CROP BULLETIN Condition of South Carolina Crept for Week Ending Monday, Jvn.r ?&'>, l'JOli, as Given Out by th?> * v partmcnt. There was ani|ih' unn-hine duniiy the week, after i wo da\s ot paitly cloudy wcatlicr, and tlic werk was charaett ri/cd b\ much |iv.:li< r t?? 111 - perutnie* than the prc.'eHtn.; one. The mean temperature wa> iivhtiv above normal, and (In* >Mnmes > ? t' lnpei ature i ailjrod from a maxui. :m <?t decree* at > i the 1 *?111 to a minimum of .V.) d< l t >? - .it (ii? m j villo <ui the M'th and at \\ alhalla mi the 'JO ih a ml the 'Jl-t. Muxauum | tompei a I lu es of I'D dearies, <u :i ???.\ ??, I II vailed < \ er aSi l.ut t lie e >. 1 n tile I .in t h wcti'i'ii par' ij tin- State du. ijll^ I lie ??Ceillld lillll' o i 'in Week. I le.-li to brisk wind* ii;< ><!< i| ed 11;e lu.it | ? ? i ??? ? |jI ibly hi 11::i \ iiealit ;e -. Widely sea lien <| t lomder^ioi m> | vevailed oil I lie lil-t !Ui> ;!inl the la*l three day*, iitil the |?ri, . .. wa- i?cueially lijjht. and ma:.\ jr ?t? 111 no rain diiiiuy, the week. The soil i> well supplied \\ Mil moisture o\er the eii I i re St a I loealilies wlu'ic the ^ftrlaee soil i- -till v-rv Wei I :? in Jhe execs-ive rainfall of '.In* prvecdMil* wee!.. A desmict ive haiUtuvm oeeuired in I lie t?pf?ei' pail of (ireenville eounty on Tlie |S|h which is the onl\ adverse weather comlit-iou reported during the i week. Big Company Organized. I iiion, Spi . i;i|. Tin. re-or yani/ation of tin- I nmn-IhilTalo Mills In IIi>\V | ?1*;| ?? t i?-;l I i \ completed, Willi (lie1 except i?>n ti| ;i Jew n v) ftl cdyes, which arc lit u?y: ^at I it* i ??<! in now* said I 'resident K. \V. I {?>b i r> ? 11 of the $7, 000,(100 corporation to a picss rep i esentat ive, when he was here on Sat urday. ''It is probable that there will lie a hu-ptini: about .lul\ (ith of the stockholders <?f the IbitTalo Mills t??r- the 1'<?iniaI transfer o|' the stock into the l'u ion-Buffalo Mills Co. That is the date we h;i\e in mind and on which we hope to have the meetinjT, though there -may hi' something inter veiling to en use a slight delay. "As t<? ' the I nion Maiiufacturiuif and Power Company, which operates the foil*' power plant at Neals Shoals, it will* remain a separate corporation. We have now the proposition before iIh* commissioners of public works, looking toward furuishinu the city ot' I iiiwi! wiili cm rent i'or its iiyiits and >W\ii power as it ii'iay wish t?? sell. NN*hope io close the matter with tiieil^ one way or tin.' other vc?y soon. Confederate Veteran Committed Sui tide. Anderson. Sp? cial.?.John W. Mar tin of Fork township connnilted sui cide by -hoot in:;' 'himself in the head with, a * -hoi yum Continued ill health produced mental derangement, and this wa- the cause assigned for taki ii; hi- own life. lie was about 70 years ot aye and a Con federate \eteian. fie served throughout the war. tii-t in tiii *- regiment and then in the Palmetto Sharpshooter. Cotton Mill Men Confer. a? taiih'il';;, Special.? lint tew nc?a -ions have there been present at the same time so many cott ni mill p: c-iii. ii!? as gathered here Frida\ afternoon for the pnipo-e of holding a u-'iivral conference in the oilier- of \Y. S. Montgomery, president of the Spartan Mills. Nearly e\ei\ c>tton mill i:i the piedmont *ection was rcp res-Mii<?( 1 and.many matters appertain ing to the maiiaicnient and operation ot cotton mill- v.ere ?li-cns<ed. Former Odd Fellow Suspected of Crime. Manning', Special.--^Jabriel Cray, ?fohn Franklin, both colV.red, were np before Maui'I rate Yoeinans charged with the; bnrninnp ot the negro's Odd Fellow's hall and school bniblinv; on las! Sunday morning near Ab-oln in ?his comity. It seem- that these two liojjVoes had been expelled from (Ins order a\td one of the two treatened [<? burn the !??'.?li!is>vr. The magistrate at tbe conclusion of the testimony, thought that the State had made out a probable case and seill it up to the ciicuit court. #? ?* Member of London Stock Exchange a Suicide. I Jjv Cable.?OcmoUius Srbilizzi, an old member of the stock exchange, shot -himself through the heart in the lavatory of the stock .exchange Colilc. Schili/./.i was a jobber, in (lie American* market, but ?nitl he bad financial troubles. lljs suicide is atiiibiitcrt to domest ic \tor rieiy^ His jejon eommjtt^l suicide a ***-;' * ' V ouuin unrvULliifi mfti iLno Occurrences of Ifiterost from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS 01 STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range What is Going On in Our Stato. Charlotte Cotton Mark-it. Tin-so pliers represent I ho procea 1 u.il in wagons: pooti middliir:'. I I 1 ^ St I irl IIIi?)?l 1 k 1! J -S middling 11 1 ^ Join! middliu\r. I :n; <'?l 11 Stains ; 1M?> 10 General Cotton Market. (I:il\ est on, sirad\ 11 1 1(1 New Orleans. easy./ !" I-1 <? Mobile, qlliel 111 ^ S;i vanuah, <|iti?>I 10 !l-4 I hill IrstOU, ouiet 10 0 10 W >iim?Iv KM I Norfolk, ijnti't . . 1 I I S halt tinori*. 11?.>111i: i! I I 1 ^ New Yoik. M.-a.h 1O.H0 Motion, quiet lO.tM I loustnii. steady 11 I Mtilitiii'ljilifa, <1 i'M11 y 111.' A uiiusl a, i mi!\ 11 1 Memphis, <j in'l ! 1 (I 7 S Si. I,?Mii*. ?p?iot 11 ? UH'lllilitl i - ?? Electricity for Greenwood. (! ici'itw<mil, Si?!?<? in!. Snix'J iuli'D donl A. .1. Sprolvs is (initio- rivrht ahead in th?' w oi I. of wiring- places | lor the installation if motors. Thr? ! day current is now on, Immh^' fur j niched by 1 he loon I plmi:t. the idea In*iiit* that a ?.nn?l t nidi' or patron aye will )i:iv<-? heim worked up b\ , (ho l inn- the current i-? ready from the plant on Savannah riviV. A larjre number of piucos in town, it,-s? idoiuvs ami offices, are iiojur nsiny eloe t rie fans, Quito a nwmUfr <d' mo tors have boon ordorod for mechanical oOlc^'s. hut although I hoy htivo hron shi(?pod. none havo as yet arrived. This-, day current of elect ricitv is a {front thinu for Greenwood.^ It will prove in fart it has already proved, quite an incentive^ to the soesillod smaller industries. ' ~ J Waterworks for Bamberg. Iianihoro'. Special- At a muss meet iii" of citi/.cns held here the city council was instructed to take. proper slops towerds establishing a water works system on the principal si roofs of the town with Iho view lo exlond iiijU in it few years. Propositions were ?{submitted h.v engineers but none ac cepted definitely. The city is eiilhu siastic for lire profcetion mid the work of installation will , lie begun iis soon as expedient. ~Mik*!i dis cussion was held and Iho mooting lasted over an hour. With work on elect ric li^ht system u I ready jrohitf on, the c;l:/.en? have determined io continue irnpiovemeuts thai will bene fit the eotnmunilv. Solicitor Wants Dctectivo. A letter to Governor I Icy ward from Solicitor T. S. Sease. brings the in telligence that he lias relear-ed the men who were arrested for the mur ed r of Muses Hughes, at 1'11ion. under a bond of each. The crrine occurred about I Mi days ago and the body of Hughes was found in the river weighted down with roeks. Soli citor Sense wants thf governor to send a <letective to I'llion to work lip the ease, as ho says it is hard to se cure indiclm<'ut.H on the facts as they now stand. It seems that the ne groes who know the valuable evi dence are terrified and thus cannot b? got to tcstifv truth full v for fear. State News Items. Samuel Webb, a lineman o f the Consolidated Railway company of Charleston, was killed through thp falling of a guy stub on which he was descending. The bottom part of the pole was rotten and the line man's spurs were fat* in the pole, making it impossible for him to avoid tailing with the pole. At a meeting",of the court house commission for Horrv county tho bonds for the erection pf a new court house and jail A cre sold 'to i lit*'Se curity Trust company of Spartan burg for ??40,.'IS1 .(10 at only I 1 -'1 pen cent, interest. The purchasers pay the expenses of lithographing and 'printing.- These bonds wijl be issued July I.-1006, and be-prjYuhle in New York city on .Tul\ 1. 10"2(>. The two next highest bids for I 1-2 per cent, bonds were $40,.'ISO and $40,317.(10. Mr.' W. S. Glenn, president of the Security Trust company, represented his company before the commission. Cotton men from various parts of the State who have been asked fot tu.thu cent rains on the.cot (on t*rop are al most unanimous in the option that the crop has been damaged in. near ly every part of the State and in some parts ol^ North Carolina by tile recent heavy rains. The estimate of ?tb damage varies, from 15 to 26 per t? . PRISON SENTENCES FOR ! RAILWAY RERATERS Builiugton ami four Beef Con cerno Fined 5,000 Each. . i JAIL FOR TWO NEW YORK MEN 1 CJ?*oi'ji?' I.. Thomas lined SiitMio ami l our Mouths in I'i'imiii ami I., . I', 'rii^feail Kltu'il $lOOO it it 11 Three -Ml?lH l?v. Kansas Citv., Mo ? In tin* I nited ( fttalo District Court Judge Smith Mo- 1 I'll, t .on. of IJcd Oak, Iowa, sen- ? li'ifcil cai'li of t lie four packing ' house.-;, and (lie Chicago, Burlington | an.I <}ninc\ Railroad, recen!ly ?? tm- ; a i?? ??>tl of making. ai t- >pting and ? on i>i?uoi^ o? accept rebates on ship ments. in j.n> a ihw^r r.i:>.ooo, lleside.-. the railroad the companies . thus convicted : iul Jilted an? Swift j & Co, i iv 1'aeViaa Company, | Armour I 'a ? Coinpaiiy and Nol fcon Mnms A! Co. Ueorf-V '? I'i?i. <<l' \ w York. 1 will lin-".I Si', nun and ? ?? i??eiiced to ' four mouths :i i i t?x penitent iary, and ].. !J. Titian. <>f New York, was lined $-1,000 and M'tiieiired to three months in the | eniientiitvx Thomas, who is a Ij^jrhK'broker, nud Ta^'a;!, his chiei'clerk, were convicted i?t' recut in;; rebates fii?in { rail wa\s mi shimitenis from Now ; York to St. I.ouis iimi Kansas City ! by dry }ioml? < oner^i n>\ At (heir i rial several prominent i niercha nt s who admitte1 having signed conlracts with Thomas tcstl- ' fled lo receiving at various times ' sums of money from mysterious BOirrces. | .Many thousands of dollars were (tins rer iveil. and some of Hie wit- j nesses .admitted tlie likelihood of iL : having I'oinc t roin' Thomas. The penalty provided is a line of not le(>K than Sl.ooo nor more than | $ 1 O.Orto; -or imprisoanient in the [ penitent ia i y for not more than two ! years, or both line and imprisonment. I The four parking companies wore tried .jointly and convicted on the I charge of accepting concessions from (ho llurlington IJailroad, in connee* j (ion with connection lines, on paelW . Iiir house products, for export ylu ' New York. g i The llurlinclon Railroad Company i was convicted on four counts of I granting concessions to the packing I companies^ "TTlfr-flrfTlalty provided in the case ! of the |iackors and the Burlington in- , volves a tine of from $1,000 to $'20.- ' 000 on each count, hut no imprison ments. I Appeals were tiled in each ease, i The liouds in the case of Thomas j and Taggnrt were fixed at $15,000 each. These two men appeared In court . personally and upon being sentenced promptly furnished the required ' bonds. The bonds In the case of the pack-, ln?, companies and the Burlington were fixed at $ If),000 each. Motions for new trials for the packers, the | Burlington Railroad and Thomas and Taggart were all overruled. MITINV ON CONVICT FAItM. TiOuS>i:iiia Prisoners Turn on Guards ?Four Mon Killed. Natchez, Miss. Four men wore killed sithI n fifth was filially Injured during ;in attempt by three life con victs to escape from tlje Angola (l>a.) State convict farm. cJaptaln J. W. Block, foreman of the t^aie convict sawmill, was shot dead, as were threw convicts. .i. W. Gibson, a guard, was shot through the body. All of the convicts were sent tip from New Orleans and were working In the sawmill. At I) o'clock, n. m. while Captain Block was reading a paper, Singleton, a convict, obtained Block's revolver, and In company with I>u|< h and Bird were making off. wheit the attention of the guard, Gibson, was attracted. i Gibson IIred on the parly and Sin gleton returned the shot, ^hooting ! Gibson through the body, iiqtl as Gib" son fell. Bird, another convict, look the revolver. Compelling Foreman | Block to accompany them, the con- | victs started toward the river and ; had placed their cantivo in a skiff when they were fired on by a trusty named Deleth. Singleton then shot and killed Block. Pay Guard .1. T. Oqdon joined Deleth, and in the fusilbftfe of shots that ens nod three men wore killed. MXI'MI.S liFGISI/ATl'ItR. Bay Slnlo House Finds Member Guilty of Attempted Bribery. Boston. Mass.?At. a session, marked at one time by unusual dis order, tiie Massachusetts House of Representatives voted to expel Rep resentative Frank .T. Gethro, of I3o?* ton. The House thus upholds the, report of the Committee on-Rules, which, after a long inye^tlgallon of charges of bribery, made in connec tion with the defeat of tha Anti Bucket-shop bill. vccommencfWtl Ge thro's expulsion, on the ground that ho hait sought Inmroporly to Influ ence legislation. The vote was 1-12 In favor of expulsion and C I against Double Guard at IVkin. Arrangements were made whereby America's Legation guard in Pekln will bo doubled. ?r(00 Chinese Sail For China. Tho Pacific Mail Liner Korea, which sailed from Fan Francisco for tllO nrlcnr. ^AT!ie?T aT)6uT*T?fTfI ?te5<n-* tute Chines*, rendorcd homeless by the big fire. The refugees are going back to China at the expense oL the Chinese Government. Bryan A gain At Privule Monopolies. W. J. Bryan Plaited Troa^hjem. Norway, to see the toron?tfoil. and Mid In aA interview "corporation* should be regulated, bnt prlraw monopolies should be exterminated." KING lifflON Democracy Keynote of the Norwegian Coronation. Striking i'ds( to (In- Oil! Viking C<'irui(/ay \> lien New Ituler ,\scctids Throne, Trondhjem, Norway.'?In ftriklng contrast t<> Hi!1 Kings whom his suc i'i <ds, i In- Vikings of (100 years ago. King iiaakou \il. ji.iid his queen, Maud, wcro crowned sovereigns of re-born Norway in this the ancient Noi>'?> capital. VI shorn from fur away countries could not fall to think and to expression to Uio thought. it tlie VlUingfc made ihetn Ki'lvi's Icings King Haakon was made king by I lie giace of the people of Norway. ICverything was carried out with iin? utmost slmpluiiy, In this respect resembling more closely the inaugur ation of an American PreaUJeut than u royal pagean,. Mingled with the expression of pa triotism from the thousands of Nor wegians in the old capital city, was iho sentiment that their new crowned king was the ornament to the new political structure that the peopie had reared,* while ihe visitors from abroad viewed the coronation more or less as a peculiar survival of me- y dievalism and perhaps among the last, such occasions of kindly pomp to survive the twentieth' century,, the era of democracy. I'.eslde the uQW-crowhcd king was his bride, cro\fft#d In her turn, Queen Manw, onnghter of the King of Kng laml. Affection mingled with tho patriotic sentiment that stirred thou sands here for the coronation, but underlying the general feeling there was (dearly shown a spirit, almost fierce, of nationalism, "All for Nor way." as the national motto has it, that has never been. equalled since the days of Norway's independence and power. The coronation tM^mony tool; place In Trondhjein^Hlthedral, not yet completed, but so covered with decoration for the occasion that Its defects were not noticeable. King and-queen sat In ancient chairs under Chnoples of red and gold, capped by crowns embroidered with the Initials of Haakon and his wife, the whole placed between the two transet.s. under the dome of the structure. The royal procession from the pal ace to the cathedral was truly Im pressive. Tho populace, augmented many-fold by tho visitors, seemed never to end their shouting. *? In tho cathedral it was the same, although more dignified. A battery of artillery boomed out Its royal salute us the coronation was completed. The coronation music followed, consisting of a spec* ially composed cantata in four pails, the work of Conductor Halversen, of the National Theatre of Christiana, and sung with a.chorus of 220 Voices. RICH, HELD FOR MURDER. Mrs. IfnufTman f?ocs to .Tail Charged AVIth Killing a Servant. ? Sioux Falls.?Mrs. EmmaKauffm^n-, wife of Moses Kauffma'n, a million aire brewer of this city, was held without bail'for trial in the State Circuit Court on the charge of: the mueder of Miss Agnes Polreis, asix teen-year-old girl, who wp.b eipnloyed by her u? a domestic. Mrs. Kauff man soon after the Conclusion of her hearing was taken to ttle county jail. Her husband accompanied her" to prison. Sho had a nervous collapse in the afternoon. The proceedings in court ?ccuoied only a. few minutes. When Mrs. KaufTman emerged - from court her carriage, through a mls'unde.rstanc" ing. was not at the curb. The crush bcame so great and the demeanor of the people so threatening that the party was comnelied to seelc refuge in a livery stable across the street, where they hired a rig. -Shouts of "Lynch her" "Hang her!" followed the carriage until it had passed out of sight. DIVORCE FROM TASKMASTER. Plaintiff Had to Commit Classics to .Memory Each Niglit. Chicago.?Mrs. William 'Palmer'"' Armstrong, whose husband said her culture did not equal his. and gave her daily "stunts" to do in the way of memorizing the dictionary, has ohiatttaf^i divorce. It was the task of the gfrT-wifo each night, before retiring, to pronerly spell and thor-. _ oughly define the meaning of many words not ordinarily in present use. As a side line, and by way of recrea tion, she was expected to conjmit.?t? memory such trifles Milton's "Paradise I.osl" and the majority of Shakespeare's pla^H. According to the plaintiff the tasks wcro hard and the results were not all tl\at her husband desired. , /VRKISII SOLDIERS MLTIXV. Fei/.i Pasha Turned Ills Artillery I'ptm His Own Troops. Constantinople, Turkey.-? Feizl Pasha, commanding the Turkish troops in Yemen Province, who?e\ hands are already full in attempting to subdue the rebellious Arabs, has been obliged to deplete his art^yry against, his own mutinous soldie^?^ Whole coniopuies of regiment* anxious to cc>. home mutinied and decided to ?o to the coast. * AJltubr. born fiarht between t'eo loyal and dis itfiYr.tcd troops endued. ; The latter Anally surrender**? after sustaining heavy losses. Eighty Cent (3a? Victory, Tho Anpe!late Divlalon '?dechWI tftrr- gas civva-mura of WW TufKClUr: need cot r#y more than SO feats tof ? gi?* pending tho decision' on the con stitutionality of the Stt-Cfcnt Om ' law |n tho Federal courts; . v3>r s- ~ ^ Stwl Tnwt Stops tinft, _ ? The United States Steel Cordon* tton issued an order yer?<|Ht ployces td *t<?pt i any person or concern Joist . ? wiuntr ? ? .. . ... ? t: