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IT WON’T WORK. What Senator Tillman Says About 4 '< .y Senator Morgan’s Scheme THE BUBONIC PLAOtlE. This HreailtMl Itiseaso Has^App^ared In XCw York. ~ TO COLONIZE THE NEGROES. ll Would t'»»si T«k» Muth Money and Would Vol Solve Hie Neeeo (Question in the South. A dispatch from Washington savs Senator John T. Morgan, of Alahama, haa succeeded after tw»t yeras of en deavor ih inlerestlntr the war depart ment and l(M,'identally I'n-sitient Route veil in a plan to use the I'hiitp- pine islands in onloaizinir the negroes of the t'nitrd suu-s. The war de partment has made ' arranirements to teat the practical piwsiftllltlea df ttie plan an|l the president !••• «rnl a A dispatch from New York stiys" three c^ses of buistnic plajrue are un der treatment in tlie Swinelmrn fsTand^, hospital at Quarantine. The sufferers are the first and second copkg and tiie second steward of the Prince line steamer Saxon' Prince which arrived frofn Duriian. South Africa, at New York Wednesday, when on inspection of the crew thfec were found to Ije ill. A thorough examination of the pa tients convinced Health Officer Doty i that they all hud the symptoms of the plague and they were taken to Swlne- j burn Island where cultures were made. The result of the examination there A SAD STORY. WILl eiVK IN. UEN. LEE ON CUBA. BMre 0: ' «i-uv S looted ANTI-TRUST LAWS. A Stranger Dies in the County Alms* house at Columbia. Leading Citizens Advises President Castro to Yield to Eorce. [An Address Befote the Patrica Club of New York. HK HOME WAS IN CHESTER, PA FULL POWER GIVFN MR. BOWEN, He MyHlorlointly Disappeared on His Way from His Home to 1 / Wimisltoro. Where Iic - &• Was to WOrk. John Dougherty, who left .his home in Chester. I’a., on the 2«th of Wist August, died in the almshouse in (ji>- contirmed tho diagiHmis niadjy^ii the [ lumhla. «»n the Jlst <»f that month. Inspection. TliP hist ®v • if. t he eases complete chain of infectioii time of tile expuiure at DoHain t** Hie Hi t and it apiwars that iiis relat ites hare mMo*s a unaware »of hK demise. * The fr<*m the f Uie first man of tlie arrival. Tl It r*\ •rew w« dly thi rarted. i u Tl at IhirlMn, and v that the dts- Hne patient fat <aiirr iw»» . f disappearance of the expert stooe cul ler was the subject of Ibme ivucern |o th<«e who were interested in liim. and the following appeared m the Winmhoro c«»rre»pindenee In Tlie tMie American Minister, to KfTeot u Tr rmiiiation of the Present Dittfculties With Ijeast Harm to Venezuela. M The news from Venezuela is more tranquif. it has been decided that mp Venezuelan difficulty s||^U in* ar bitrated. and I he discussion of terms | of settlement is now g<ting on. Hulled States Minister Ikiwen undoubtedly will *«e ♦me of the arbitr^ton*. 'Uhe gowrument (cars that coercive meas ures will follow the establishment of t lie til* s Wade. 1 LG WIN J UP OF THE MAINE. v\ ugle rty left |ai trw.4 t*M •tr- tu*l ll«t l»*» haur* if • rrer t»e the *.*+0 4.t-4 Tl rl>4* leading citizen* of t aracas have ■rd a Joint nme to t*nrstrtrnt t'astm asking hhit to give full power* to ITiitrd Stairs Minister llowcii to effect a lermifMttoti of Ho present oh tW-ully. Tola w*ae was Iran*wilted tn President t astro at I oYita-k Wednes- Spanisli Outrages Were Reported lo t'levelaiid, but He I*al<l Xo At tention to Them. Tribute to McKinley. General FiUhflgh Lee addressed the members of the Patrica club recently of New York on “The I’nited Stall's and Cuba." He said, In part: "Cuba was never so well governed by Spain as she is today. Congress wearied of the wars in Cuta and pass ed resolutions recognizing the right of heiiigwrenuy of Hie revoiutioubUs. Then eame the war. 1 want to siv that l reported I » President <’leveland Hh* e*a»*f mmdl- liott of affairs Hat existed there, r*-ported the nthtdiion with all it lUhLw it it Wll vrratkxr- 1 Mr. t my re pi >l tf.-rmt and isirro •uld awtinue for | Hf not brought to a deteland gave no atl and told him rveral p.s-dy •nt ton >rls n. t ibio wa« n. Five ThouMand Dollars Hu>l«n by Kxperleneed 4’racksman. t . A special dispatch from Mullins to Tlie State says a bold and daring rob bery occurred in that town on Wed nesday night, when the Hank of Mul lins was burglarized, the daring robn bers securing the fat sum oriS.ooo. For the past few months the imnk carried cash ou hand of about fi'o.ooo in order to meet the demands of the tobacco interests, but just now the season for selling tlie weed is nearly over, and lucky for the bank they were only trying to carry enough cash to transact the nominal business. From all reports that can lie gathered the robls*ry occurred at tout d o'clock a. m.. as the night watch man for the i Mullins Lumber and Itrick company ; stated ttiat lie heard Hie report just |as tiie .1 o’clock watch was puorlied. The work of Uie robtiers shows that : they were fully up Lu their buxine**, j aa they knew the Incathm of the rivet* 1 that bolted the com hi oat iou on to the | j vault and after getting Into the vault Ue y Uieo liad I . i another safe of the Hall make, which waa ap parently entered without Uw least trouble, as great piect-a of plate aterl wa» fuMiui it Jug utx the ikst# hi the vault, and Um btg «fca*r wa* lying at fuut of the safe m a demuiMicd iii**i Kvideotlv aoma gi vr waa used Kvery rff* pul forward to s.vurr the ta of ttie rohhrm. hy send he* t«> at! potnu akmg uw A Special Appropriation Made by tbe r House for tho PURPOSE OF ENFORCIVO t tat »«• t • (|MS wm MfMI t tf • M rv ' fT*f • I * ffle» e* • K <4f ll* r mMr*rvmrm N . U* dbdij mmm hrfm i] The barge Ni|in of Five Hundred Tlion*an(l Dollars Made I Bi ll led lately Available for that I*urpo*e. 'Unexpectedly and without warning Wednesday during tlie conaideration of the legislative appropriation bill In the House, Mr. KartleU, a Georgia Democrat, sprang an amendment to appropriate •2.10,oou to enforce Um Knerman anti truat law and to direct the attorney general U> proceed to the pnweeutiun oi all vhdaton of the law. Although aurh a provision waa plainly amenante to a point of order, not ■ member «n eiUier aide of the ( raised ^bjecikai. Indeed both wlieeled inu> line. All agreed aome aurh action waa ad viaabie. of the llepubjirana, bo objection b> toe Utmtotm at Uw lan guage • f the amendment and Mr. Mnpimni ♦♦# Iowa odrred aa a ewbau lute fur It the language at the Mb ha In induced go the opening day of the sews I « (a appr-priale tAMQ.awa for the ealigocwMWi uf the law, Thia waa furtitwr eUengUiMMd I aw *aim dtataiy net led the M*wlilute ■a tha aahea* ha atta '»*» — —- , ta« j *•■*. IW am bned I llw* Hfetiftt | Ite t Mfiav | 9m M^Nrtk tlMP t l» NMP • I t fw • tgr i tryw I |gj f MMftif •ftlll lllfl* 1’ fl Mi of age. m uie prepiraiMm ji.nirv liaNUthm until • to provide fi»r tliem- rding them until lliey and market their tirst Ifilllppinrs, therv will tnro*p*rtalloii b> Um- I* the •svran voyage, of Hi of some tern they are aM< selves, and fe raise, liar vest crops. "If this is all the government in tends to do for them, why the item of expense would be something enormous. It would lx* necessary to tax the peo ple to the point of oppression. Suppose such a plan is put into practice by the government possibly with hurrahs, camp meeting fervor, and promises of paradise, 2,000,000 < ’people n. ght tie induced to go to the islands, hut then you would have 7,000.000 left. The removal of 2,0(0,000 negroes is not going to solve the problem. The race breeds so fast that tlie 2,000,000 gap would lie tilled in no time and you still have that great expense on the' other side of the Patitic ocean. "It is too much like tlie 40-acre- and-mule scheme that was suggested at the close of the war. Most of tlie plans are suggested, I lielieve, as the result of speeches by negroes who have,acquired some education and the gift of gab, like Thomas Fortune for instance, a blowhard w ho goes around lecturing In a highfalutin way. "’by i he has even made talks aboi;tadTtstTf;rt the negroes to arm and assert them selves." . t The tabulated .aUD-ment sle wing . tlw growth of the railroad mlk-age j froih ivit when 13? mile* were In op- j eratii.n to thi* year when tlie mileage readies tlie handsome total of 3.IHI4.* j MO miles, is also complete. There | were .■t7..*i« miles of new steam railway line built during the year, against 3B miles tlie proceeding year. on alt never ct II ttifjr t Ih unty physlot: a week and a tew sick cum ms*-I vew ar n visit* tli responds 1 t w li e calls. Tlie need of a larg. here is emphasized by just nl*«o able. lie (mute to ail i NpiUll such sad and at Sit the aid it wbu wi b is up; le or has b phim b at m in U twrfll me w re i of *dy sof *l Wants DamaKes. Alonzo II. Glore, of Marietta, Ga., suing through his father as his next friend, has tiled suit in Cobh superior court against the Southern Hell Tele phone and Telegraph company for damages. His father, J. A. H. Glore, lias also tiled suit against the same company, tlie two suits aggregating «5(),000. Alonzo Glore, while on his way home, from the Marietta Chair company, a few weeks agq, came in contact with two telephone wires on Kennesaw avenue, which were con nected with tlie arc liglit wires lead ing from the electrict plant to the city and suffered Uie misfortune to - lose both of his hands by luiving them burned off at the wrists. • (•ruing Togrlbrr. For the tint time in tlie IPatory of] the Methodist Kpitropal church since the Civil War. pomuiix*ions from tlie ogrth and anuth have arranged U> bold The Crew Drowned. Sixteen men. officers and crew, of the- -tditfsh rmi- •wmner'WffrfaY’ believed to have lioen drowned as a result of the foundering of their ves- j sel. Tlie Marlay left Liverpool for Dublin,; loaded with cor.1. She ex perienced heavy weather in midchan nel. A lifeboat was lowered, but was f washed away with one man In it. The ! tailor wa* rt-ncued: he declare* lie taw * cases as tiiat of John Dougherty, al* though there is nothing to indicate that constant attention of nurses would have restored him U) health. When Chief Daly was asked about the case he remembered very distinct ly that Ikjugherty came to him TmcL asked to he sent to some place where he could rest up and recuperate. (Japt. Daly described him as an elderly man. perhaps (10 years old, and tlie chief’s impression was that he was not a sick man but that he was broken down and neqded to rest up. In reply to an inquiry why lie had not sent Dougherty to the Columbia hospital, the chief said tlirt lie did not think Dougherty, was ill enough for tlikt, and on account of the crowded con dition of the Columbia hospital it is customery to send such cases to the almshouse. He had been surprised to hear of Dougherty's death and had tried, but failed, to tind out whence he, had come. ’ « • ^ n Has No VcbmcIm Lefl J pertu to lead Uie (tuple in Uie defe their cuuuUy. now oonaidrr that jutii- rtcat k»n to take the men of tlie repub lic away from llieir families ami their work doe* nut exist Tliey have re- solved to diNTover a mean* P> bring alMMit arbitration, or at least treat with the allies. The means sought is thought to lie through the United States legation and satisfactory re sults are oh every hand expected to follow. A meuilier of the ministry said to tlie correspondent of The As sociated I’reNj; “The Uuited States lias not prevented the ailies from as sailing us, hut it has obliged them to accept our terms.” ITALIAN* MINISTER LEAVES. Tiie Italian minister left Caracas Wednesday morning. At 8 o'clock Minister Howmen went to the Italian legation In a state carriage, accompa nied by Secretary Russell and took the Italian minister, Signor de Riva and tlie Italian -consul, Signor Gaz- zurell, and conducted them to the railroad station, where they were met by tlie leading Italian resi dents of Caracas. Mr.' Howen then accompanied the minister to his coach shook hands witu him and handed him papers and cigars for ids journey US La Guavra. lb iii< Dewth of a Veteran. Gen. George Moorman, adjutant general of the United Confederate Veterans, died suddenly at his home in New Orleans Wednesday, aged (‘1 years. He was on the staff of (Jen. N. H. Forrest and other Confederate leaders during the war, earning many special mentions, and was comman der of Moorman's Cavalry battalion. He has.been adjutiint general of the U. C. V. since its organization. He expired while at his desk in ids New Orleans office. A Hail Komoved. A jUnt BM tapurunn wrlil occur A ( •uftii uf ci run* .|- inUrrtU branchrt h uf orxl t uf 1*i- bvflk vho '** X Mir iy nk Tl A aABMlAI from itm Ywma • ut p U fe Wair KrvptWA. i lUilry ami Erf and lull I%zfe- 1 • tiiror iirgr «t • ziArged witli i - - , ^ -r r Ntau L.*• w*ro taAra Izi, wa Mrffe ■twA lag tala kawpMM- 1 Utet if they hayA 1 afe femrw tv. a mta* itagl>x lyaatA f YAw gaparfaf Bamnwa aamg aro At rou taaMrff The Venezuelan /newspapers are *Pfnr?VTr-Yorlr f I mid ** ypcCtriUrnr- ’ ** Uie fwot-Ahat respondent at Caracas calls Attention I 11 '' 1 ' 1 minister presented an ultlma- to the pertinence of President Castro’s i V enezuelan government 1 Tuesday afterno u and therefore ther6 were no crowds at the railroad sUtion ami no IxaUI (k-nionttratiud. The city is quiet. ' A HCUOOX'KR CalTt'KBP. fUe German cruiser Faike, which lot been anchored for the past two Um Al the to name '(XAkc^Um- •%iki', Thtirtrfaf, raptanx' Uia Vane- zuelan sanuier Victoria After cut ting d6«rn her stain mast. that <Ut* mmmm ahaarf mm* p * i rfftj Ka | I • •4 % #4 tti^» ••• mm 4MMNi mmmmm Ml ’••lirfei ia€ Ifm vMi WI A W hi • 4% 04 hr mhd % way. *| I*l iu4i' Kfrtlrcii • um »rr I timl mufe'li Irr capture of Aguim General Lee thro related the nta that followed the blowing up of' e IjatlWtilp Maine and told of Gen. tneo'ft Act kin after the catastrophe. KI warft to tay tiere and for all tlJ^ jp continued, "that General, HlaiiN^nd Ins offtcers bad no more to do with thi- blowing up of the Maine than had the people of New York City. It Is my liellef that some of the young officers left In the arsenal hy General Weyler blew up the Maine.” In conclusion Gen. Lee advocated an Increase of the navy owing to the grow ing interests of the United States and iiecau.se,“in view of recent events we may tie In deep water before we know.” WrW—»v WrovAod. Tlie * rived at Weal li planed u Maggie i New Yo kltged slandii swier Allegheny nliKli ar- vrw York Thursday from an porta, reported having on Dnrembrr 11 the arhuawer i G. Haft, from Jackauovllle to ork. abnndiexed and In a waier- amdltkm. The foremast waa ig. the malnmaat broken at the im* ■odtnpt aoMs end wwfeef «mrf arts m Mw ♦xeerta tf 1 i eMerf NanAen Mews »« (AnT Aw pommwfewrf nr id to any pMtfiy eg iwtffeAAnsw low eg «> a row*l r t* 1 in w tiling ■'screening whitfi at pmaamstf rtfvd. ferttfev. Ifft committed In eo teetifyli proprlatfcm ehail be available. deck and iianglng by gear from the foremast. The jib bu»m was broken and the fore deck wa* cootloually under water. ArVald Ui Mlay* ■ A dispatch from South Rend, Ind., says: "Four siiootings and one mur der In which negroes took part, have liecn followed by Hosing clubs and sa loons conducted by negroes and many colored people are leaving the city. They are afraid to sidy here, owing to a feeling against .them among the white people. The negroes say tliey cannot get food and service at the restaurants although they have money to pay for it.” A Duel.to the Death. reply to the Anglo-German order that no Venezuelan warship leave tlie har bor of I^aGuayra after Dcoemiier 18. President Castro answered that as the vciwels of England and Germany had alnady either confiscated or sunk all Um* ship* of Venezuela* litxic navy nod not ovarksAnd xu< jtt only cum mch la I Able aw a trantport, he farm thorn that Veurzut ——■■I iwsw I I -« tf nwtft -g 4 tf U*wo c\» Ur rtga var ■tf tomoj* tf tiki Imawb VmA fenJAa |W A» waptfdhwmA A southbound train from Cincinnati to.. New Orleans on the Alabama Great Southern was wrecked 70 miles. of HirmingTiamTXIa., 1 ">Vedhes-' day, a rail having been removed from a trestle which spans a small creek. Ttie locomotive left the track and toppled over mail. liAggage | two eoacues folkiwod. Exprear M seoger (JuIson was killed. Moll Clerks Kelly and Riggs and El reman Ihierr were MBhoutly hurt. There were few paw ug' n sriil thry were mg Injured. At a dance being given at the Natatorium hotel at Heaumont, Tex as, Thursday night a duel was fought between John Rrouch, street •commis sioner, and Frank Matthews,both men using pistols. Rrouch was killed, H. M. Matthews was fatally wounded and Frank Matthews received a bullet in his leg. The shooting took place out side tlie dance hall. Thry Art* The SUte says that Italy "watch Um United Stataa, perlallsm la a political and cial me nance to Europe, and ly to Italy, the weak eat ut Um great powers," was Um warning given hla country by Deputy SanUnl daring the debate In the Italian chamber when the Venezuelan situation up. The warning should have even more effect in the United States than in Europe: for it demonsttates to ns, as nothing else that has been mid can do, how our venture into the bus iness of being a "world power” Is viewed by other "world powers.” Be fore our essay into the Held of impe- the rialism we possessed the disinterested friendship of the European naUons so far as general International politics was concerned, as this country was free from any suspidfeto of rivalry. Tlte Italian deputy who spoke so can didly did not represent bis govern ment officially but he undoubtedly voiced a sentiment whitfi Is prevalent not only in Italy blit throughout Europe. Wointn'x Picture on Ht An unusual thing in postoOce dr .Hes is the new 8-cent Martha Wash ington stamp being placed oo sals throughout the country. This stamp is unique in tiiat it is the first stamp Cherry Tree Swindle. « x • 10 TTlC V FI rid! i a r V Wednesday at Charlotte, N. <- . ^ tbe United SUtes govero- T. bright, one of the parties implica-i - J . r * ted In the cherry t,ree swindle, was into the cre-k. The sentenoefij|toj.four month* In jail and and express cars and to pay A tine of 11,000. Others impil* | cated in Dm swindle were flood tl.ono. Tbe women who 'were vlctlmtied to the extent of 810.000. will n*i| raeover 1 ment lie*ring the figure or portrait of a woman. * dutla. Jt mom Thirty-Throes DrowotfL Uoasequeot on the fall very great demag and 33 prrsuos were mis, a village la the Oape i • Puotorflco Hohhorf rglars blew «-pen tlie ■ - i '»** a> ..<• -z> it* ' a> —Mjf' lurflgwajhai smxmg tbe Vmwstfeisbs. gsas to *1* a*4 «» HotfMWl raws Arff A at Moram TWa*tfbr«w, < k*. wbrtti Ite pMgiv b»n» Mtftf parod > % §mmt to Ubi 4tKi ■ «Uto csfens i -• t - - - '—