The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 24, 1908, Image 1
VOLUME XIX. CA.MDKN. S. C.. KUIDAV, ,JANUARY 21, 1!?0H. ? MO?
SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS
Newsy Items Gathered from ihe Different Sections of
South Carolina.
Auditor Wout'i Report.
Columbia, Special.?Mr. W. B.
West, the Stale dispensary auditor,
submitted hi* first report to the gen
eral assembly, showing tho operation
of tin* county dispensaries since their j
establishment in Maroh. The report j
goes into the work of systematizing
the books in each county and explains |
how each book is kept. All of these i
books have been examined and Mi.
West has met from tiivie to time with
t lie county boards and adltlBri with
them as to the management of thQ i
business. The oidy shortage discov
ered during the year was in Columbia
when one of the dispensers was $1,
f)00 short in his accounts. This
amount was paid up. Outside of this
case the books and accounts have j
been well kept. |
Mr. West says that "the cost of
ihiii oflicc from the time it was open
ed in March to the 31st day of De
cember was $1,100.47. The aggregate
gross sales made by all the dispen
saries in the State'was 12,(591,063-43.
The total net profit was .$f)9;>,O50.Gl.
By a comparison of these figures it
is seen that the cost of maintaining
this office was 3-20 of 1 per cent, of
the gross sales, or 3 5 per cent, of
l lie net profit earned.
"After having had 10 months' ex
perience in the work it is my opin
ion that it can be done in accordance
with the law if I am given the as
sistance of two competent clerks and
a stenographer, but as it stands now
it is a physical impossibility for me
to cover the territory in the limited
time required by law."
The gross sales of county dispen
saries fur the month of December
were :>s follows: ?
Abbeville county $ 10,012.70
Aiken county 15,312.27
number? county 9,85A3S
Barnwell entity 21.0G0.Ao
Beaufort county 14,780.7.)
JSerkclcy county 9,856.05
Charleston county 01,974.20
< hosier county* 14,771.0~i
('licstcrlield county 13,947.45
Ciurondou county 10,353.31
Dorchester county 8,759.15
Fairfield county 9,782.75
Florence county 1(5,713.35 J
i,?wu county .. .. 10,707.75
Hampton county 7,978.01 [
Kershaw county 15,535.07 J
T,aureus county 22,582.541
Lee county 8,969.75
Lexington county 9,260.32:
Orangeburg county .. .. 32,099.03;
Sumter county 22,014.53
Bichlaud county 51,101.25
Williamsburg county.. .. 12,664.90J
Total $431,052.43
Three-Year Old Child Burned.
CSafTney, Special.?Thusday about
9 o'clock Byars, the little 3-vear-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harvey,
while playing in the fire, had his dress
set on tire and beforo aid could reach
him was almost enveloped iit* flames.
The dress was burned almost entirely
off, and the body, arms i^id face of
the child were badl^; burned. The
mother in endeavoring to extinguish
the flames sustained painful burns on
the hands and arms. Dr. Pitman,!
who attended the burned child, an- j
nounccd that the injuries would not
prove fatal, unless the little fellow
had inhaled the flames, in which
case it would be impossible to say as
yet whether or not he would recover.
At this time the child is as comfort
able as could he expected under the
circumstances.
Marlboro Cotton Mill.
McColl, Special?At the meetingof
the board of directors of the Marl
boro cotton mills held here the regu
lar 2 per cent, quarterly dividend
was declared. The mills made a fine
showing for the past quarter and the
outlook for the futnro is much better
than hjis been anticipated.
Eight Indictments on Murder Charge.
Anderson, Special.?The spring
term of general sessions court con
vened here last week with Judge
Klugh presiding. True hills were re
turned on eight indictments for mur
der as follows: Will Buxton, Press
Lewis, Tom Anderson, John Dill,
Houston Tribfc 0. B. Barnes, Theo
dore Walker and Wayman Norris, all
negroes. Nine other true bills were
returned, two of which were for house
breaking and larceny, two for assault
and battery with intent to kill and
five minor charges.
Postmaster Appointed.
\ JRishopvUle, Special.?Late Thnrs
Aov night it was learned that Mayor
J. EcNStuckey had been appointed
postransuhkat Bishopville, vice Dr. J.
?. McLure^refiasfctfi. Mr. Stufckey
>riU take charge of the omoe M aoon
es he can aualify. Thi? xaeana that
there must be an election for mayor
held in the near furture and already
acvoral gentlemen have been mention
ed for the office.
A Btormy B?t*lon.
Columbia, Special.?The dispen
sary winding-up commission hold an
other lively session. The whiukuy
houses having claim* again? t lh<
State appear to havw divided intc
three-warring camp* in their anniety
and suspense in being delayed in get
ting their money. One of lh?*e if
headed by Mr. T. Moulrtie Mordecai,
of Charleston, us attorney; another
by Mr. Roy, of Kentucky, who ban
employed Mr. 1'. H. Nelson as attor
ney, and another by Mr. Lester, an
attorney of New York and Baltimore.
After a stormy session, in which
Mr. Lester had tilts with Attorney
General Lyon, members of the ' coin
mission and Mcssis. Anderson and
Felder, of Atlanta, who arc
associated with Mr. Lyon as attor
neys for the commission, Mr. Lester,
who claim* he represents creditor*
whose claims aggregate $100,000, re
fused to produce the books required
by the commission, made formal de
mand on the commission for jxiy,
which was refused and let'l the com
mission room hurriedly and jumped
into ft hack to catch the train, pre
sumably for Ashcville, where he in
timated lie was going to secure an or
der from Judge IVitchard in tlie
Federal court. Mr. Lester said the
order had been prepared several
weeks tigo in anticipation of this ac
tion of the commission. Mr. Lestei
went out bowing to' Mr. Lyon, saying
ho would meet him before Judge
Pritchord. .
In the meantime Mr. Mordecai.
who Vend in his morning paper in
Charleston about the commission's
being inco^sed about a letter Mr. Roy
had been sending out to creditors
(o come into his camp, chartered :i
special train over the Coast Line to
Columbia. Mr. Mordecai started out
at 9 o'clock, arriving in Columbia
early in the afternoon.
Sensational developments followed;
each other in rapid succession from
the day's proceedings of the com-!
rafosion. The day wound up with tin
arrest of Mr. M. A. CJoodman, rep-'
resenting Ulltnan & Co., of Cincinnati
which has done the bulk of the busi
ness with tbo State dispensary since
the summer of 1900, on the charge
of conspiracy to defraud the State,
the issuance of warrants for three
ex-directors of tlie dispensary, ami
warrants and requisition papers for
several others in two other States;
and it is likely that other warrants
will issue in the next few days.
Mr. CJoodman was later released on
bail in the sum of $2o,000, which he
gave with a surety company. It is
expected other warrants will bo
served.
Mr. Goodman had come before the
commission to collect claims amount-j
ing to about $40,000 for Ullman &
Co., and the Anchor Distilling Com-)
pany. Mr. Goodman's arrest follow
ed immediately upon his leaving the
witness chair before the commission,
where he had been under examination
by Attorney T. B. Feldcr, of Atlanta,
who with Mr. Hill, of Atlanta, and
Gen. Clifford L. Anderson of Atlanta,
aro assisting Attorney General Lyon
for the State.
His arrest secuied to be a complete
surprise to him. Mr. Goodman de
nied the existence of certain docu
ments which were afterward produc
ed wth a letter which lie at first tes-,
titled he had no recollection of but
which he admitted was genuine, ad
dressed to Mr. B. Ehrlieh.
Election Contest Dropped in Union
Union, Special.?The contest in the
clectj6u as to whether or not liquor
should be sold legally in Union coun
ty, which election was held December
27, was dropped by niutual consent
between attorneys representing ad
vocates of prohibition and the coun
ty dispensary and the election has
been declared illcgil, null and void by
the county board of canvassers.
Now Bank for Union.
Union, Social?Thursday morning
at an informal meeting of some of
the prominent citizens of this town
a movement was sot on foot to or
ganize a new bank. The now insti
tion is to be called the Citizens' Sav
ings bank and the capital
is to be $25,000 of which $15,000 was
subscribed Thursday morning. The.
proposed officers are: Copt. J. T.
Douglass, president; R. P. Morgan,
vico president; H. B. O'Shields, cash
ier.
Race Conference Meeting.
Columbia, Special.?The race con
ference waa a continued success. Bish
op Turner of Georgia was the presid
ing officer at the morning session and
made an address Thursday morning.
Rifibard Carrol), the praaident, got up
from a bed of illness and preaided
at which time the orator of the oc
casion was Rev. A. W. Lamar, D. D..
of Naahyille. Dr. Lamar it a aon of
a -gallant Confederate officer- from
this State.
PALMtTTO SOLUNS IN SESSION
Sscond Day'B Heasion.
The second flay 'n session of Him
General Assembly waa characterized
by earnest, effective work for nearly
two hours on both sides of the house,
the day witnessing the introduction
of a large batch of new bills, some
of them of more than ordinary in
terest, and some good punching being
done on both calendars, whereby
these were rid of a number iA dead
bills coming over from last ^Session.
.lust before going through the cal
endar to rid it of old bills whoso au
thors wanted tabled, and in order to
pass to third reading uncontested
second-reading bills, the House
adopted a resolution by a two to one
vote to have the election next Friday
at noon fro as to get them out of the
way as goon as possibld and allow
the members to get busy on the work
of law-making. This resolution h;i.s
not yet reached the Senate, but will
likely be adopted bv that body. An
associate justice, a circuit judge and
two penitentiary directors are to be
chosen..
There has always been opposition
on the part of certain members of the
House to (Jic hall of the House being
used by the South Carolina Club fail
week for the State hall, these being
opposed to dancing for political or re
ligious reasons or both, and these
claim they form a majority of the
House, and that the other faction
gets its resolution through allowing
the club to use the hall by choosing
i'n opportune moment toward the
close of the session. So Mr. Lane in
troduced a resolution forbidding the
hall hereafter to be used for any pur
pose necessitating the removal of the
1 limit ure or carpet, yf course mem
bers objected to iis immediate consid
eration and it was referred to the
public buildings committee, where at
tempt will be made to strangle it.
First BiP Is to Repeal Lien Law.
The first bill to be sent up to the
Speaker's dofttt was one by Mr. John
(.}. Kichards to repeal the lien law,
and it looks as it the light he has
been carrying on against ibis law for
a decade will at last end in a vic
tory for him.
Several bills were introduced in
both houses looking to patching up
the contract labor law Judge liiawlev
in the Federal ( '"W last spring de
clared unconst it u (Tonal. Some of
these mnhe jumping a labor contract
prima facie evidence of fraud and the
person so jumping liable to prosecu
tion on the criminal side of the court.
Others make it a misdemeanor to em
uloy a laborer under contract.
In tins connection resolution was
passed calling upon the farmer mem
bers of bolli houses to meet in the
hall of the House for n conference
as to what is the best course to pur
sue to remedy conditions.
Shot at Secret Societies.
Representatives E. Marion Kuckcr,
of Anderson, introduced a hilllritncd
at before-day clubs and other negro
secret societies, requiring all secret
societies to secure licenses from
clerks of court and making attend
ance upon the meeting of an unlicen
sed society a misdemeanor. In tho
rural districts many people have be
come very suspicious of secret so
ciety meetings.
Senator flravdon had a bill in the
Scuate seeking to partially stem the
homicidal tide in this State by mak
ing it unallowable to plead self-de
fense in a case where the defendant
was carrying a pistol at the time of
the difficulty, unless he was on his
own premises.
Representative W. W. Dixon intro
duced a bill forbidding the setting
aside of a verdict or the granting of
a new trail, in a civil or criminal case,
unless it was shown that a party t6
the action would otherwise be depriv
ed of some constitutional right or
there would be a miscarriage of jus
t ice.
Mr. Richards had a bill appropriat
ing $48,000 for a new dormitory at
Winthrop, and Rev. Mann had
one to punish servants of common
carriers for "negligently or wilful
ly" breaking pieces of biggage or
parcels in their charge.
New Bills in Senate.
Mr. Weston?A joint resolution au
thorizing and directing the comptrol
ler general and (lie Stattrtren&nrer !??
ascertain and report the amount of
money loaned by Joshua Fanning to
the State of South Carolina during
the year 1777 and whether the sum so
loaned has ever been repaid to lli<*
said Fanftpg, his heirs, executors, mi
ni i 11 i s t r a t or? or ass igns.
Air. Carlisle-?To amend section
24f), code, so as to do away with the
40 days' limit after delivery of execu-,
tions or deeds or instruments requir
ed to be recorded in order to consti
tute notice to subsequent creditors or
purchasers for valuable consideration
without notice.
Mr. Johnson?To provide for the
appointment of a commission to erect
an executive mansion and to appro
priate funds therefor.
Mr. I^aney?A joint resolution pro
viding for the submission to the De
mocratic primary clectiou of 1903 for
an expression of sentiment on the re
peal or non-repeal of the "lien law"
as now on the utatute books.
Mr. Talbert?To prohibit the man
ufacture, sale, barter, giving away to
induce trade, or keeping or furrush
*ng at pnblie places, or keeping or.
and at places of badness, or unlaw
ful transportation of any alcoholic,
spirituous, malt! vinous, or intoxicat
4% - v:
"liquors or inf<>\icnting Itiilcis or
other liquors or beverages of whatso
ever name called, w iticii ir ?li'iink. to
excess will produce intoxication ex
cept (Ik* sale ??f alcohol in certain
cases upon 4-ci iai 11 c*oii?lit i??ns and ex
cept the h?1?' <ii wine for sacramental
purposes; l?) prest-iibe penalties ami
enforcement of* same.
Mr. Kodgct s In |iii>liiliii iho
granting 1' temporary iiijiux tion*
for longer limn 1 (I days. exrept upon
not in* (<> ?>| ip ?- n ,> part v.
Mr. Crouch To amend die. ,i\il
code by including a opceial pro\ isnr.i
as t?? tlu* compensation of judge of
probate of SiUuda county,
.Mr. (Jriflin?To prohibit appeals
upon writs of crrtir iroin the supreuiu
colli t of this Male to the supreme
court of the i'nite.l States from opcr
at in}? as a supersedeas.
.Mr. Toole?To further ululate the
charges ami collecti?ni of railroad
fares ami mileage.
Mr, Sullivan lo t? <|?iii?> railroad
companies to s? reens on
the windows of passenger coaches.
Air. Sullivan | ii require public
glnuers ami puiiiic waichouse com
panies to mark bales of cotton ginned
or stored.
Mr. Sullivan?To declare the law
relating to contracts for personal ser
vice.
Mr. Johnson?-Regulating tin * S?*i I
ing and redemption of tickets sold h.
common carriers and their aguets.
Mr. Hates?To declare the violation
of a lease of luuds or tenements ami
a failure or refusal to enter upon
the due performance of a contract fo(
leasing lauds or tcuei/i<>nts, and the
violation o! any such contract up in
the |m11 til anv tenant, a misdciman
or ami to provide a punishment there
for.
New Billr, in House.
The following new bills weie jutio
dueed in the house:
Mr. Gyles?To amend section .Till
code of laws, South Carolina, volume
2, relating to violation of contracts
b.v striking out all ot said section at
ter the word "any" on the tirst line
(hereof ami inserting in lien thcreo!
the iollowiug to liv I-now u as section
.>.?!) so as to ihl'.ne the ot'fense aim
provide a punislmn nt t hcrefor.
Mr. (Jyles?-A lulj to amend section
-Mlt.), article S. volume 1. code of
laws. South Carolina. 1002, h\ addinv
eertaiu sections to 1??? known as sce
t ions "A," '' H," ' I) " "10 "
'' I'. ' so as to further regulate the
charges and collection of railroad
fares and milcaire.
Air. J, p. (iihson?A lull requiring
'ouiily oDicers to qualify ami assume
the duties of their respective offices^
on the tirst Tuesday in December al
ter the general election.
Mr. Flail?A joint resolution to e.r- '
(end the time for the collection of
taxes till the tirst day of March, 100,S,
without penalty.
The following hills and resolutions
weie introduced mi the senate and re -
ferred to the proper couimitees:
Mr. Hates? A bill to amend an act
relating to violations of labor eon
t rai ls.
Mr. Kaysor?A bill relating to the
formation and organization of new
counties.
Mr. Appelt?A bill to further regu
late agricultural labor contracts,
Mr. Appelt?'A bill to impose a li
cense tax upon all liquor drummers
and persons who solicit orders or of
fer for sale liquor or beverages con
taining alcohol.
Mr. Hlcase?A bill making it a ntis
demeanor to violate any written con
tract duly entered into ami witnessed
by two or more disinterested parties,
except contracts for money only.
Mr. Carlisle?A joint resolution
proposing to amend section 7, article
8, of the constitution relating to mun
icipal bonded indebtedness.
Mr. Carlisle?A joint resolution to
empower towns and cities of ovciv
1.000 inhabitants to assess contiguous
property for permanent improve
ments.
Mr. Toole?A bill relating to labor
cont racts.
Mr. McGowan?A bill to exempt
from taxation all bonds issued by
school districts for the erection of
school buildings, for equipment, for
maintaining public schols or for pay
ing indebtedness of such school dis
tricts.
Mr. Graydon?A bill to limit the
ri^ht to se! up the pica of self-de
fense where a pistol is used.
Mr. Raysor?A bill to repeal tax on
incomes.
Mr. f'liristenscn?A hill to fix the
Aiount to be paid by persons liable
,lt> perform road duty in lieu of work
up on public highways in tho county
?f Beaufort.
New Bills in House.
Tbe following hills and joint rcsolu
ions were introduced in the 'houao
md referred to appropriate commit- j
tees: q
Mr. Richards?A bill to repeal sec
tion 3050, vol. 1, code of laws South
Carolina, 1902, relating to tho lien
law.
Mr. Rucker?A bill to require ali
?ccret orders or societies to apply to
tho clerk of court of the county in
which they wish-to operate for a li
cense, providing that tbe issuing o?
said licenses shall be discretioto&ry
with said clerk of court and making
it a misdemeanor for any one to at
tend upou any meeting of such order
ir society which has not such license..
Mr. Mann?A bill to^rovide for
.he punishment of all agents and ser
vants of railroad and express com- j
1
panics who break itiI>> or injure im.i
package or parcels or hnjj^ajje while
in (In* custody or under the control of
any such company.
Mr. M<-Masi?'i A bill t?? ret pi ire
the registration *?I' lrained nurses in
t hi? Stute.
Mi'. Von Kolnil/? A bill l<f author
ize and empower electric railway,
and electric lijjit companies lo lease
I heir properly and franchises to otiiei
companies.
Mr. Wichardson?A hill to provide
for the erection i?t' a dormitory build
ing at the W'inthrnp Normal ami In
din trial college of South ( arolina and
to appropriate money for the same.
Mr. 1'Yosi A bill to enconrivae the
maintenance and creel ion of armory
building hy the National (*Suard of
tlie State.
Mr. Dixon A hill in relation to
contracts between landloids and lab
orers and mailing certain breaches id'
tin' same a mi-demeanor.
Mr. K'ueker ,\ bill lo amend sec
tion :{.'?7 of I lie ei 11,1111 la I code, vol
code of laws of South Carolina, l'.)02,
t-'i as to make violation of labor con
Iraet, after receiving supplies, prima
facie proof of an iment to defraud.
THE FINANCIAL BAROMETEH
HEADS ''NORMAL"
Optimistic Outlook Foreshadowed by
The Atlanta Constitution.
The Atlanta Constitution of January
12 says:
For llit4 lii si (inn* in several weeks
(he linuneinl barometer of the coun
try reads
"NOK MAI,"
The weekly statement of the New
\ ork hanks, issued yesterday, shows
$17,000,000 increase in (he reserve
fund, not oj)!\ restoring the latter to
it.s legal ha-is, hut exceeding the re
serve reipiireinent b\ over $(>,000,000,
whereas a week ago the reserve de
ficit was ,,j> 1 (1,000,000.
The significance of this is unmis
takable.
If means thai New Yorw city, the
clearing house <>f the nt\ti<<n, linda
that the linancial deadlock, which
had no rational excuse for existence,
has been broken and that henceforth
currency vitally needed in everyday
business and development will be
increasingly available.
Testimony that is absolutely un
impeachable emnes from two sources
to eonfirin this reasoning.
i lie two great ecttnner?M?l agencies
? liradst reet's and 1 Inn's?-in their
weekly reviews report substantial
progress toward normal conditions.
Demands am increasing in every lino
of business. Money is more easily
obtainable. Heal estate and other
values are appreciating with the pas
sage of every day.
There is no discounting the hope
ful effect of these three factors. They
bear their xtwn credentials.
They indicate the. near presence of
the day when we may speak of tho
financial stringency in the past tense.
1 hey bear witness that the funda
mental prosperity, upon which The
Constitution has ulwuys insisted, ha*
come to the permanent relief of the
country. (
Within a l>\v days this healthful
condition will be reflected in every
line of business. Credit is already
casing; collections are steadily im
proving; trade is resuming its accus
tomed briskness.
The horizon is perceptibly bright
ening. Ffcinn the scare (hat is van
ishing thefie Jessons stand out
GET TO W'OHK! CPAHD
AGAINST Till' MISTAKES OF
THE FUTIJHE BY TI1F EXPEIK
ENCE OF THE FAST. ALL'S
WELL WIT1I THE FHOSPEHITV
OF THE NATION.
Bricklaycra' Union Moots.
Detroit, Mich., Special.?Bricklny
crs from all over tliis country and
from Canada arc. in Detroit Monday
for the convention of the internation
al union of the trade. The meeting
will probably last three week*, as a
convention of the union has not been
held for two years and thero are
many matters of great importance
before the body' for settlement. The
gathering %is expected to mark the in
auguration of a renewed and vigorous
opposition to the open shop idea.
National officers will elected for
the corning two years before the con
vention adjourns.
Productiveness of Strawberries.
AM many as 10,000 quarts of 6truw
berrle* have boon grown on an acre
? plot of 60 foot sqttaro will produce
oyer 600 quarts In tho aame propor
tlon. It Is not every grower whn co
cures 5,000 quarts per acre, but s
garden plot can bo made to give
burger proportionate field than a field
Anarchists Plan to Blow Up
Ameriton fleet
Kid POLICE WATCH MOVEMENTS
< 0 ? . ? .
A??rchiHtic Gonapiracy, Having For
IU Object the Destruction of at
b9inht u Fart of tlio United States
Warahipj; Oowpriuing the Pacific
FlMt, Unoarthed at Rio do Janerio.
ftio Janerio, Hy Cat>l<> ?The Brazil
luu police have discovered an anarch
istic plot hero, having us its object
the dent ruction of part of the Ameri
can fleet now lying in the harbor.
'1'hc conspiracy, while centering in
Rio Janerio and l'etropolis, has rain
ideation* in Kan Paulo and Minaa
(luriu's. An individual named Jean
Fedhec, who resided in l'etropolis,
wui the chief conspirator here, al
though it is understood that foreign
anarchists arc. deeply 'involved in tho
plot. Fed her is believed to have fired
to Sao Paulo, and the police who
know liiiu, have been sent to that
place for the purpose of apprehend'
in? him. One of the detectives, who
was well acquainted with Fadher,
having served on the police l'orco at
I'ctroplis for r.ome time, returned
i nun that place, al ter having made
investigations there and had a long
? mi t'ei cure with the ehief of police
at Km .fancrio. The latter gnv? il to
he understood later that the Sao
Paulo polite are on the t rack of the
aivh-conspiriii??i" and expect to ar
rest him .soon.
Iti an otlieial note which the chief
of police sen* *(o' the correspondent of
I lie Associated Press", he says:
''Some time before I lie arrival of
the American fleet at Ifio .Taniro, the
l>ra/ilian governmctil received froiv
Washington Mid I'aris advices tlnu
anarchists of different mil ionalt ies
nsieiit'ed to damage tine or several ol
the ships \}S 'I11' American fleet. The
na:uesj ami addresses of the consp'ra- I
tois were indicated hv informal ion
w'rit h the poiice here had received |
pieviouslv from Fiance and tier- '
many. The police of this district arc
woiIuiim with the police of Sao I'anlo |
and Mi; j:s (Icraes ami I am sure
every precaution will he exercised
and the most vigorous viuiliauco ob
served hut It on lainl and at sea lo
prevent any injury being done."
The chief of police, after having
made this official statement, sai<l thai
he did not feel he should go into any
further details with regard to the
conspiracy, hnt he authorized tin
statement lliat the plot was organized
hv l'Ydlier and he added that the peo
ple <d' the Pnitetl States,could rest
easy as all of the conspirators had
taken refuge in the interior.
As yet the people of Hra/.il are
ignorant of the details of (lie plot to
<lo injury to the visitors, although
there has heen some slight inkling of
the matter. The impression which
the exposure of this plot will create
here will he a profound one, because
it is the first anarchistic conspiracy
that Iras ever been known in Hra7.il.
The police at Sao Paulo have sent
word that they are on the track of
the malefactor, who they declare will
not be able to come to Hio Janeiro.
Want White Postmaster.
Washington, Special. ? Senator
Tillman, conferred with I'ostinrisli-r
General Meyer regarding (lie case oX
Joshua K. Wilson, n negro who hits
been postmaster of Florence,. S.
for twenty yea is. Florence has now
20,000 iniianhitants and citizens of
that city, through Tillman, are peck
ing t?> have a white p:?stmaster ap
pointed. Xn action has vet been
taken.
Fntombcil Forly-Six Days.
Klv. Nevada, Special. A ft it hnv-v
iiibeen tiiionihed 1\>i l .y-six 'dav.s, one
thousand feet !i<|o\v tin- surface in
the Alpha shaft <>f I lie (lironx initio.
A. 1 >. Hailev. P. J. Slmw and Fred
TvT? bonald wi-ic rescued Sunday
r.irht. Whist le* all ??v?* ?? I ho camp
11!?? w hmdly w liilo crowds cheered in
Ih" sheets of Klv t<? the ringing of
hells.
Four Children Drowned.
Tndinnn, Pa., Special.? Fonr child
ren were drowned at -noon Snndas
while skating on tlie reservoir ?t the
W'lmrlon Cool and (Ydto Company %>
ovens at Coral, near here.
The dend nrc:
Sadie Kinloy, 12 years.
Heirie Kinlev, 11 years.
Charlotte Kinley, 8 years.
Hoy Stokes, 13 years.
The children were with five com
panions in the dam when they cut
their way through the snow to a pari
Oi. the reservoir near one of the
feeders.
News of the Day.
Senator Culberson attacked Secre
tary Cortelyou for favoritism in
awarding the rocent bond issue.
Republicans in tbo House vptcd
down all ^wpendmenjs to the Penal
Code bill, which excited contiguous
debate.
Chief Engineer Ooothnls esti-nm
the total cost of tho PtUiama canal u:
$300,000,000. .
BELMONT TRMJSFERS RLAIT^
Rothschilds Obtain Great Proper
ties in New York.
i'nrk Row liuJhling Included-?Amet
it-ttti FJiianck'in Devlino to IMscum
I>e?l With Kuvopean Bunkers.
? O _ ?
New York City. ? Financial and
real estate circles were startled to
learn that August Belmont had trans?s
ferred to Lord Nathaniel Meyer Roth
schild and the letter's partners in the
great English banking house it) Loifc*
don more than $6,000,000 worth ot
real- estatp in Manhattan and the
Bronx. , . -
The property sp transferred con
sists of tho following:
The Park U?w Building, H thjrty
threo-story skyscraper opposite tha
General Postofllce, valued at $5,000,
000.
No. 3 Park Row, ? comparatively
new eight-story and office building,
valued at about $250,000.
Four vacant, lots at the northeast
corner- of Fifth avenue and Eighty
first street, valued at about $700,060.
Fifteen lots at 138th street and '
Exterior street, in tho Mott Haven
Beet Jon of the Bronx, and property at ,
tho northwest corner of Mott avehtfiSr
and 13 St h x street, probably worth
about $200,000.
With the exception of the Park
How Building all this property Is un
incumbered. The Park kow ,
scrnper is subject to a mortgage of
$2,500,000, in favor of Mrs. StusaoJ)'
Sage. L_ ? -
Mrs. Sago, It la understood, ad
vanced tl>e $2,500,000 cash to Mr.
Belmont about six months'ago. -
jti connection with the latter it
was recalled that Mr. Belmont held
0110 of (ho largest interests, In the
noted pool, organized with tho idea
of making a big profit, out of 'the
common stock of tho Interborough
Metropolitan Railway Company or
' traction trust," as it is now mofr)
commonly known.
This pool agreed to underwrite' ?
300,000 shares of this stock at 60.
As ;i matter of fact, it is. believed
that it purchased more than that num- ;
her of shares, with tho idea of un
loading them .on tho unsophlst-lcatdd
public at. a handsomo advance in
price. ' -
Tho action of the market seems.to
indicate that certain insiders were
disloyal to their fellow members in.
the pool rind worn getting rid of-OS
much of their stock tfs they could
while os11 nsibly bo'osftir; the price. .
About la t August tho crash came.-'
Suddenly the price of tho mergers *3
stocks collapsed and that, of the com
mon dropped to about 5. Recently .v"*
it bud risen to S'i. Taking round'?-^
figures 'namely, that tho price of
the common slock at 3 and tao prlco ;
at which Mr. Belmont's pool took tho
300.ooo shares, namely, r,0, tho loss
would be about $ l&.ooo.ooo.
!Vf. <>. TKLKPIIONE IN MANITOBA.
Former Employes or the ik-Il Syfitcsn
Named as Commissioners,
Winnipeg, Man.?Tho f'rst Covern
nier.t telephone monopoly intyCauada
began when the Manitoba Provincial
Government assumed possession of
(lie r.cll system, Thn purchase |Vclco
is $3,300,000. A commission of three
was named to admln'ater th?. system.
1<\ C. Patterson Is c' airman and tho
ot her members are \7. II. Hayes and
111. J. Iioran. ?
Mr. Patterson has '?eeu engaged in
the service ot tho )Jell Telephone
Company for ov^r twenty years and*^
has be.^n Its NoWhwestern manager
I for nearly four rear*'. Hayes has
I been with tho BelTVKnpany for over
I twelve years and IIfourteen
| years. ?
RIG PORTO RICO PROGRAM. _
Governor Post Proposes Many Tilings
in Ills Annual Message.
Ran Juan, P. It.?The Legislature
has been opened. In his message
Governor Post covered a largo-field.
Among other things he recommended
thnt changes bu made In the form of
land registration, which at present la
exoenslve rod cumbersomo.
The Governor nl.'o urge* that more
Bchools bo established, that all ta*:es
on property be given to the munici
palities, that changes bo mado In the
judiciary, that Jndgoa' salaries bO'in
creased, and that moro roads bo
built.
The recommendations wero well re
ceived.
TROOPS TO STAY IX GQJjDFIELD.
The President Says Tliey May Remain
For a Reasonable Time.
Washington, D. C.?Tho President
received by telegraph a copy of the
resolutions adopted by tho Legisla
ture of Nevada asking him to retain
the troops now at Gold field until the
State had time to organize an ade
quate polico force.
tThe President Immediately tele
graphed to Governor Sparks that ho
would permit tho troops to remain
In Nevada for a reasonable lenglli
of time. Me also expressed the hope
that the Stato authorities would pro
ceed as rapidly as possible to organ
i Ize tts police force.
Killed Slayer of llrotlier.
Dr. F. D. Beauchamp, who killed
Charles Thomas, of Chlco, Texas, on
a train at Hobart a year ago, was-ahot
and Instantly killed at Lawton, Okla.,
by two brothers of his victim, John
Thomas, o? Lawton. and Wllftam
Thomas, of Chlco, Texas.
RICH MAN DIES OF HUNGER.
New Hampshire Town's Wealthy Rest*
dent Starved Himself to Death.
Webster, N. H ?David N. Couch,
one of the wealthiest residents of ..
this place, died at his home oT starva
tion andflack of proper cave.
For apmo months Mr. Couch haft
lived alone, a*>* '?
be tho ownor of "v. v j - *
worth of j>ror?rty a" \ ~ ?
be worth- mueh money, U? tu
himself propor food. '