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/ . The Bamberg Herald. | ? | ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 29.1900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ' | T I i? - i# - ??u?uiA ?a? ko .o^nrAA FAST MAIL IS WRECKED Express Messenger on A. & W. P. Road Killed. A DOZEN BADLY HURT. % Train Was Going Forty Miles an Hoar When It Left the Track?Cars Roll TIawm CmhanfrfflMil vvnii uuuaiiiuiwut. Train No. 35, the Atlanta and West Point fast mail, which left Atlanta, * Ga., Monday morning at 5:25 o'clock for Montgomery, Ala., was derailed eight miles south of West Point shortly before 10 o'clock and one man? Reuben J. Oslin, Atlanta, express messenger?was instantly killed, while fifteen were more or less injured. The train which moves ou one of the fastest schedules,.was drawn by one of the immense locomotives the Atlanta and West Point is now ising and had just crossed the Ossanippa creek when for some cause tho ergine left the track while it was makbg a speed of forty miles an hour. ?he engine was being handled by Johr McWaters, of Atlanta, one of the odest and most competent men on theroad, and to his fearlessness and ability is dne the fact that more deaths wre not quickly wrought in the sam> instant which snapped off the life ?f Messenger Oslin. * The track just oer the creek has been- under watermore or less for some time past and the accident may ; have been due to adefective condition o caused by that Jut the impression obtaining among the railroad men is that an invisibleflaw in one of the trucks under one of the cars caused tbe derailment. When EngineerklcWaters pulled off the bridge over tfe creek he opened the throttle to pic.up hiR speed. The great locomotive nponded to the motion of the lever, ad was just beginning tt> settle forquick work when McWaters felt thalbumping which a trained engineer bows doesn't come from the rails. > it he knew that hiR engine had left le track and almost with that knowied; instantly applied his brakes. It was all don on the tick of a watch, but before he ponderous maI chine oould be stojed the tender had ft -torn itself loose frn the engine and - '' buried its nose dip in the ground /' ?while the rear en/vfent high up in L the air. The engi> moved on a few feet and then setfed itself sqnarely across the track, stcessfnliy blocking the road. The mail car sipped the coupler between it and tfc tender and with the baggage car ^mbled down the embankment, goin over and over in its descent. The tmbination car, the first coach in whh there were passengers, turned upn its side, mixing those within in aonfnsed heap, in-" juring quite a nui>er. The passenger coach, left the rack with its front truoks, but did noflide down the em, bankment, while ti Pullman remained alone intact npa the roadbed. The coaches wer all well filled and ' in a short time peple began pouring from them down the embankment, t , some calling for h$>, others too badly frightened to do nything but limp away from the brofen cars. A -hurried inveagation was made and willing hands inrriedly removed those who were ncble to help themselves to places of fetter rest An inventory showed the oLiy one person had Veen killed, ht to the eyes of those who were abut, the .condition of the wounded wa uncertain. A wrecking trainwas hurriedly and quickly made up ad with physicians went to tne scene cine accident. This is the idencal place where a wreck occurred abut four or five ears ago, when Ejveral cars fell in Ossanippi creek anckilled and injured a great many peopU A singular coincdence is that in both wrecks the engine and sleeping car remained on tb tracks while all others were thrown over the embankment. HUNTINGTON FIQ1TING MOROAN. Railroad Magnate Slid to Be Pulling Against Akbamian. The most interestng political story in Washington just low is the alleged entry of 0. P. Huntington, the great railroad magnate, president of the Southern Pacific Riilway, into the senatorial- fight in Alabama. It is stated that Huntington is at the head of a -secret campaigt against the reelection of Senator Morgan. Senator Morgan bin self vouches for the correctness of tho rumor. "It is true," said the Alabamian, ffnvtfin orf Aft {a trrri ri Ct tn PO.t, L ~ W-5WU ID v.v.w^me. Further than this I cannot speak at this time." Bank Robbers Confess Quilt. Wilber and Wil^>n, the two men who were arrested at San Antonio, charged with robbing the Las Cruces bank, have confessed their crime to the officers and implicated two well known citizens of that city who have been arrested and placed under bond. ?ale of Railroad Confirmed. In the United States circuit court ? for the eastern district of Texas Friday, the sale of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf to the Kansas City Southern Railway Company was confirmed. CASHIER MUST ANSWER. Assets of a Rutland, Vermont, Bank Found to Be Impaired. The doors of the Merchants' National bank, of Rutland, Vt., was or dered closed Monday; pending an examination of its books by a committee of its directors. Certain assets have been impaired, and the cashier, Charles W. Mussey, will be asked to explain certain discrepancies in the accounts. Experts are at work on the books. LIGHT SENTENCES I j Are Imposed Upon Self-Confessed Conspirators By Judge Speer In United States Court. The confessed conspirators who pleaded guilty the past week in the United States court at Savannah, were sentenced by Judge Speer Friday. The sentences were as follows: Daniel A. Tyson, five years in the state prison at Nashville, Tenn., and to pay a fine of $1,000 and costs of prosecution. W. E. Hutchinson, Morris W. Hutchinson and J. H. Hutchinson,eighteen i mouths each in the state prison at Nashville and a fine of $100 each. J. S. Wtueler, Jr., twelve months in Chatham county jail and $100 fine. i N. B. Watts and C. J. Phillips and J. T. Ilammond, six months in jail and $!t)0 fine each. J. M. Harrell and T. L. Ricks, four months in jail and $100 fine each. The courtroom was crowded when | court opened. The prisoners were carried into the room fully half an ! hour before Judge Speer arrived, i Many of them were joined by their wives and families. Wheeler's wife j was on hand, and so was JJarreH's. Yysotf had his wife and child with him i and all of them shed copious tears. The wive and children had the deepl est sympathy of the audience. They were suffering for the deeds of their fathers and husbands. Judge Speer, j however, determined not to have a I scene in the courthouse during the j time the sentence was being passed. A few minutes after 10 o'clock a deputy United States marshal came into the room and invited all the women and children to accompany him to one of the small rooms at the end of the corridor, some distance removed from the courtroom. The ladies filed out red-eyed and weeping. Tyson seemed more deeply affected than any one of the other prisoners at parting with the members of his family. ? The attorneys made short speeches appealing for mercy in behalf of their clients. Then several of the defend ants addressed tiie court. Tyson was the last speaker and he addressed the court at some length. He said he did not intend any wrong, and asked the judge to be as light,as possible with him and he would promise not to do wrong any more. If he had not been prosecuted Tyson assured the court he would have paid up all his debts by the operation of a new telephone line to Savannah he was building." He closed by saying that he had a wife and child, two sisters and a brother dependent npon him and he asked, in the name of the Lord, that the judge bo merciful. Judge Speer, after a few remarks expressing regret -at the duty he had to perform, passed sentence as stated. HOUSE TARIFF STANDS So Decided Republican Caucus Committee On Porto Rico Bill. The Republican caucus committee of the senate at a meeting Friday authorized Senator Foraker, in definite terms, to propose the separation of the tariff feature from the Porto Rican governmental bill and to attempt to pass the house tariff bill without amendment. The program is to vote down all amendments if possible to do so, and pass the bill as it is came from the house without any changes whatever. The committee went over the situation in detail concerning all the points at issue. There were suggestions as to the necessity of amending the bill so as to suit the demands of the Republican free trade element, bnt these were considered as more than offset by the situation in the house and necessity of maintaining the party tariff principle. There was, however, a disposition manifested to placate the free traders by making various amendments to the go.vernmental bill. The tariff advo? A ^ ^ o a f A v?Q ft I caxes uavo gwiio ou icki ho i.v u>iMt amendments to that measure which are intended both to correct administrative defects in the honse bill and also to meet many of the objections to the honse tariff measure. One of these amendments looks to the enlargement of the free trade list so as to include most of the articles of export in which the constituents of the free trade senators are interested. There is also one looking to the removal of the duty on articles from the United States going to Porto Rico. HON. J. n. STONE DIES. Ex-Governor of Mississippi Passes Away After Brief Illness. Hon. J. M. Stone, president of the Starkville Agricultural and Mechanical college, a 3tate institution, and for ten years the governor of Mississippi, died at Holly Springs Monday morning after a short illness with erysipelas. The remains were carried to Iuka for interment. Helping Along the Fair. The' directors of the Atlanta Rail?way and Power company met Monday morning and subscribed $750 to the guarantee fund of $15,000 for the Southern Interstate fair. RIOTS ARE THREATENED. I Affairs m Porto Kico Are Assuming A More Serious Phase. i The situation in Porto Rico is now more serious than at any time before or since the terrible hurricane. In many instances the poor are starving. The price of rice, beans and codfish has increased from 50 to 100 per cent. Demonstrations against the delay of the United States government in settling open questions have recently been held at Mayaguez, Yacuco, Arecibo, Aguidallo, Fajardo, Juana, Diaz, Guam and many other towns. SILVER REPUBLICANS ! Are Called to fleet In Kansas City On July 4th, Next. Chairman Charles A. Towne, of the i National Committee of the Silver Re: publican party, has issued a call for a i national convention of the party to i meet in the Coates opera house at Kansas City, Mo., at 12 o'clock noon, on Thursday, July 4, 1900, to place in nomination ca ididates for president of the United States and for such other business as may come up. BOERS MASTERS AT MAFEKING Plummer Retires Without Relieving Garrison. SITUATION ELSEWHERE. Roberts Still at Bloemfontein; French Is Kept Busy Fighting While Boiler Rests In Natal. j According to advices received in London, Colonel Plummer apparently has retired to Crocodile Pools and Mafeking seems further off than ever from relief. The news was contained in a dispatch from Buoloyao, dated Monday, March 19, and pnlished in the second edition of the Times. These advices add that the base hospital has been brought back to Gaberones. The correspondent further 'says it is the object of the Boers' demonstration of March 15-16 to onver the movement of siecre crun9 from Mafeking. Lord Roberts' main army continues waiting at Bloemfontein. The sentimental interest in the fate of Mafeking has been greatly intensified. Lord Methuen is skirmishing with the Boers at Warrenton, 167 miles a way. Although seemingly in force sufficient to do pretty much as he | likes, he has not advanced. I General French's cavalry and mounted infantry, according to a rumor, are fighting somewhere east of Bloemfontein. General Buller has not yet moved in Natal. The Eighth division will go direct to Bloemfontein. Lord Roberts's effective disposable at the front ten days hence will be, it is estimated, 70,000 men, with the easy possibility of moving eastward, forcing the Boers to evacuate the Big^arsberg range and joining hands with General Bnller beI fore continuing the promenade to Pretoria. A dispatch from Bloemfontein dated Thursday, March 22, says President Kruger is reported to have issued a proclamation declaring that Great Britain is in dire straits and that the Russians have occupied London. A Springfontein telegram published in the second edition of the Times says: "The apparent submissive attitude of the Free Staters should be accepted with caution. The large proportion of obsolete inferior weapons being turned in by them to the British is giving the impression that the largest stores of modern Mansers are being concealed." The Outlook's special correspondent at Cape Town says: "Feeling is running strong against the leniency with which rebels of Cape Colony and Natal are being treated by the British authorities." The enteric fever has broken out in two brigades of the force which raised the siege of Ladysmith. There were 2,300 cases of fever in the garrison during the siege. TO CHANGE BANKRUPTCY LAW. New York Representative Is Seeking To Have the Measure Amended. Representative Ray, of New York, chairman of the house judiciary cibmmittee, has introduced a bill to amend the bankruptcy law and makes a statement as to it in which he says. "The most important changes are six additional objections to a discharge, viz.: "1. Obtaining property on credit upon a materially false statement in writing, and, "2. Making a preference, though the bill makes it necessary that the creditor relying upon this objection shall, prove that the preference was fraudulent. "3. The making of a fraudulent transfer pf property. "4. That the bankruptcy was materially contributed to or brought on by gambling. "5. That a discharge shall be refused to any one who has previously been discharged within six years; and, "6. That a discharge shall be denied to any one who refuses in the course of the proceedings to answer any questions approved by the court. J [ "The bill also provides that mer- j 1 cantile corporations may be adjudged voluntary bankrupts after receiving the consent thereto > of a major-1 ity of their stockholders; also that a voluntary receivership of an insolvent corporation under the state laws shall be an act of bankruptcy. It shortens the time from twenty-five days to ten days when default is made and provides for a short service by publication where the debtor has absconded. The bill makes the wife a competent witness, irrespective of the laws of the state." PREDICTS M'KINLEY'S DEFEAT. Maude Gonne Grows Garrulous On Reaching: Gay Paree. Maude Gonne, the Irish agitator, has been giving a scathing denunciation of McKinley through Paris newspapers. She has just returned from the United States, and is talking volubly to Paris reporters. She charges McKinley with having outraged the sentiments of the Irish in America by his pro-British policy against Boers. She tells France that his anti-Boer attitude will prevent his re-election. MANY NATIONAL BANKS j Are In Process of Organization Under Provisions of New Law. A statement has been prepared by the comptroller of the currency showing the number and location of national banks in process of organization ; under the provisions of the financial bill approved March 14, 1900. These bank3 number about 400 in all and with the exception of ten or twelve each will have a capital of $25,000. THRILLING EVENT | Occurs In Frankfort Courtroom During Preliminary Trial of Powers. A Frankfort dispatch says: The most thrilling event of the examining trial of Republican Secretary of State Caleb Powers occurred Monday afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock, and for a few minutes it looked as if serious trouble could not be prevented. Ex-Governor Campbell, who was conducting the examination of Whar- | ton Golden, asked the witness to state if Powers had said anything to him abont killing Breck Hill, the Democratic secretary of state. Co>%ael George Denny, for the de- j fendaht, in an argument upon the com- J petency of a question, said: "It is perfectly lawful for peopie-to come here, and to come armed. I came here several times myself." Colonel Denny was referring to the crowd of armed mountain men who assembled at the capital and camped in the statehouse yard just prior to Governor Goebel's assassination. Colonel Campbell, for the prosecution, replied that he"did not consider it lawful and was surprised to know that Colonel Denny had come there armed. Denny denied having made such a statement and said that he did not j come armed. Campbell insisted that J he had made the statement. Both men were very much excited and spoke i with vehemence and with arms shaking commenced to advance toward each other. The courtroom was crowded, and the audience evidently thought a i fight was on and made a mad rush for ! the doors and windows, people falling over each Qther in their wild efforts to get out of the room. After five or ten minutes of the most j exciting scenes since the assassination quiet was restored and ex-Governor Brown, one of the attorneys for the defense, whispered to Colonel Campbell, who promptly arose and apologized to Denny and to the court, Colonel Denny replying in a very happy speech. On an inspection of the record it was found that Colonel Campbell had misconstrued Colonel Denny's statement. Golden, as the prosecution's star witness, again created great interest. Wh an nlaaar^ rm fhft fitfltld for CTOS8- I examination be said he learned about two weeks ago that he wonld be arrested if he did not tell what he knew abont the assassination, and that if he did tell the attorneys for the commonwealth would try and save him from prosecution. NEW METHOD AUTHORIZED la the Collection of Money Orders By Postoffice Department. The United States postoffice department has enlarged it) operations, and by a method which has recently been authorized in first and second-class offices, the transmission ?f money is to be made much easier and more convenient. The following is >the substance of a circular which has been issued: "First, to cash all money orders, irrespective of the place of payment named in such order, it being understood, of course, that the identity of the owner shall be established, as in all other casoa; and, "Second, to cash any money order drawn upon such office, irrespective of the fact that the corresponding advice may not have reached the office upon which drawn." NEW YORK'S OREAT TUNNEL. Work On Underground Rapid Transit Railway Is Inaugurated. With a silver spado and in the presence of thousands of persons, Mayor Van Wyck of New York lifted from an opening in the city hall square a few pounds of earth which formally began work on the underground rapid transit railway system. The ceremonies which marked the beginning of this great engineering undertaking were befitting an event of such great importance. A handsome memorial tablet bearing a suitable inscription was fitted into the opening. The underground railroad tunnel will ha twentv-one miles in length and will involve the expenditure by the city of New York of more than $36,000,000. The contract time for completion is unlimited and about 10,000 men will be employed. Work will be , begun simultaneonsly at several points. THREE FIREMEN KILLED. i Precipitated Into a Basement FiHed With Six Feet of Water. Through the breaking down of the first floor in a factory building at New York, which was totally destroyed by Are Saturday, three flremen were killed and two injured. The men were precipitated into the basement in which were about six feet of water, and pinned under the debris. It is supposed they were drowned. Coal Diggers Get Raise. The Berwind-White Coal Mining company at Philadelphia notified its miners of a general average advance of 20 per cent. EX-dOVERNOR A SICK MAN. John M. Stone, of Mississippi, In a Serious Condition. Ex-Governor John M. Stone is se- ' riously ill at the home of his niece, Mrs. Ernest McKie, at Holly Springs, Miss. He arrived there a week ago, ill and weak, and immediately went to bed and has been more or less delirious ever since. Erysipelks has set in on his face, and his physician does not I <Lnrietv as to the final issue i t*UUV/0?? -T? ^ J of the ease. HAND!.ED $75,000 ONE DAY 1 And On the Next Was Charged With Stealing a Paltry $15. 1 Edward Hodge, a young white man, ' formerly of Dalton, Ga.,' is in the BirI mingham, Ala., city prison, where he was placed on the charge of stealing an express package containing $15 i from the Southern Express Company. I The day before the young man had ! handled $75,000 without touching a I penny. He is well connected. The I company decline to make a statement. I SENATOR CLARK SPENT $328,000 ! In Order to Win Scat In the United States Senate. FINDING OF MEMORIALISTS Wholesale Bribery Is Alleged To Have Been Resorted To. A Washington dispatch says: Counsel for the memorialists in the case of Senator Clark, of Montana, have submitted their brief to the senate committee on privileges and elections: After reviewing the testimony in detail counser presents the following facts in the case from the evidence adduced: First, that at least fifteen members of the legislature were paid by Mr. Clark and his agents fpr their votes. Second, that at least nine others were offered money for their votes and that the total amount of offers reached 3175,000. Third, that 3100,000 was offered by Dr. Tracy, a friend and agent of Mr. Clark, to bribe the attorney general to dismiss the proceedings in the Wellcome case. Fourth, that the agent of Clark offered Justice Hunt of the supreme conrt $100,000 to dismiss the Wellcome case. Fifth, that Mr. Clark and his friends engaged in wholesale bribery and attempted bribery of members of the legislature to secure the election of Mr. P! ,rW Much is made of the testimony alleging efforts to bribe Justice Hunt and Attorney General Nolan in the Wellcome disbarment case. "It is evident," they say, "that Mr. , Clark and bis friends fully realized the importance of the decision of that court in its bearing upon Mr. Clark's ontest, otherwise they would not have taken a special train to bring his agents to Helena to negotiate and arI range for the purchase of that court. I The fact that Mr. Clark's agent, Mr. Jesse B. Root, law partner of Mr. John B. Wellcome, paid Mr. Z. T. ; Casou $1,500 to leave the state of Montana and not testify before the court the I circumstances going to bear out the charge of unlawful expenditure and corrupt use of money by Mr. Clark and his agents to carry out their purpose. The offer of $100,000 to bribe the attorney general to move the dismissal of the proceedings is but another chapter of the long story of bribery and attempted bribery that marks the the entire history of Mr. Clark's campaign for the senatorship from the time in August, 1898, when he agreed with Governor Hauser and others to pat up $35,000 for primaries and from $10,000 to $60,000 more for the general election and as much afterwards as was necessary up to and including the $1,500 payment to Cason. Of the 95 members of the legislature (including Mr. Whitesides) 26 were sworn before the committee. "Of these memorialists say nine have taken oath that they were offered monev to vote for Senator Clark; two I IT - have admitted the receipt of money, $5,000 each, after voting for Mr. Clark, but tried to excuse it. Hither by direct testimony or otherwise they claim that the acceptance of | bribes is fixed upon fifteen others, j "From the proof adduced it is rea| sonably determinable." they say, "that in addition to the $328,000 actually paid to members of the legislature by Mr. Clark and his agents offers were made to other members, aggregating aboat $175,000." INDIANS VISIT TANNER. Illinois Governor Makes a Big Impression On Poor Lo In Florida. Governor Tanner, who is sojourning at Palm Beach, Fla., continues to improve in health, and is anxious to return to Illinois. The other day when three Seminole Indians were in the city and heard that the governor was a "big heap * medicine man," they visited his excellency and smoked the pipe of peace. They also presented him with a bag of herbs for curing his ills and a fine Indian pipe. - The governor showed his appreciation by giving each of his visitors a present, and they left with the remark: "Him good medicine man, heap talkee, talkee." PRESIDENT GETS INFORriATION. Citizens of Kentucky Tell flcKInley Their Tale of Woe. Colonel Andrew Cowan, a merchant of Louisville, Ky.; Samuel J. Roberts, editor of the Lexington Leader, and John Marshall, Republican lieutenant governor of the state, all prominent Republicans and friends of Governor Taylor, had an interview with President McKinley Friday on the situation in Kentucky. They said their sole mission was to explain the exact situa tion in the state. They said they assured the president that they did not want any federal interference. They , allege the Goebel partisans are not abiding by agreement of-last month. EDITOR SUES FOR DAMAGES. Alleges That His Feelings Have Been Greatly Lacerated. EditorW.T. Wear,of the Opelika, (Ala.) News, has brought suit against Messrs. George E. Driver, H. F. Lowe, R. M. Greene, Jr., H. C. Jemigan, T. D. Power, Wiley Ross, C. P. D. Taylor and J. W. Willia/ns, Jr., for $50,000 damages for an article which they published denouncing him for charges made in his paper. Davis Will Control Fund. Secretary Root has stated that the money appropriated by congress in the special relief act for Porto Rico Mould be spent in accordance with the recommendations of Governor General Davis. Iowa Is at Monterey. The United States battleship Iowa, flying the flag of Rear Admiral Kautz, arrived at Monterey, Cal., Sunday, en route north from San Diego. She will remain at Monterey one week. J LOOKING SOUTHWAKD. Industrial Activity For This Year Is Destined to Break All Previous Records. The Chicago Times-Herald says: The colonization season has been vigorously opened by the railroads which extend into southern territory, and the work of building up the south commercially is to be carried on this vear on a scale hitherto unknown. In y "?- -- dnstrial agents declare tbat the year promises to be a record breaker for immigration to southern states and for the location of factories and industries. Activity in the phosphate mines, renewed interest in ihe cotton industry, the discovery of the value of cassava as a money-making plant, the knowledge that the railroads have countless sectious of unoccupied and fertile farming lands, together with the renewed prosperity of the entire country, has made new possibilities for the south that were little dreamed of several years ago. The work of the Illinois Central road i3 a fair example for the boom that is now on. Up to the present time the road has exceeded last* year's record of new factories located along the line by 80 per cent. This remarkable showing has been made despite Ihe fact tbat the months of April, May and June have always proved to be the best months for prosecuting this work. In Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee there have been established a krger number of new cotton, paper and saw mills and creameries. Some of the roads whose agents declare that the rise of business is exceeding all expectation, are the Plant System, the Louisville and Nashville, the Mobile and Ohio,and the Southern railway. The Louisville and Nashville is doing an unusual amount of work in d(>vf?lor>incr nhosnhate lands in Ten x 0 s A neesee and in colonizing farming lands and disposing of timber lands in Alabama and Florida. Cassava plantations are becoming numerous in Florida and especial attention is being paid to inducing people to engage in this new industry. The fact that from this plant can be made starch and glucose of fine quality and that as a fattening agent for stock it has no equal, is engaging the attention of northern farmers. In Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama and Georgia the Southern railway is locating large colonies and thousands are taking advantage of the homestead seekers' excursions which are run every first and third Tuesday in the month. Over 300 families have been located this spring between Danville and Richmond. At High, Point, N. C., theie have been established twenty furniture factories; at Rome, Ga.; a new basket factory, and at Knoxvilie large hat and woolen factories. At Hnntsville, Ala., another large colony has been located and many are visiting the peach .belt with a view of engaging in that industry. The Plant system is developing its phosphate fields and locating factories and colonies all along its route. At the present time it has all of this class of business it can attend to and it is expected that the rush will continue onmmflT' 1 nf tlilUU^UUUV luy OULUUiO*t MV* V*MA v* the roads are watching with eag9r eyes developments in the Cuban and Porto Rican situations, with a view to being a field for colonization pnrposes. One or two roads have already made plans for large business in Cuba and when matters become settled there they expect to get all the business they can handle. RODE INTO TRAP. English Officers Surprised and Shot Down By Boers. At a late hour Saturday the war offic^ in London posted the following dispatch from General Roberts: "Bloemfontein, March 24.?Yesterday Lieutenant Colonel Crabbe, Captain Trotter and Lieutenant The Hon. E. Lygon, of the Grenadier Guards and Lieuteuant Colonel Codrin'gton, of the Cold Stream Guards, rode eight or nine miles beyond their camp-on the Modder river without escort except one trooper. They were fired upon by a party of Johannasburg police and Lieutenant Lygon was killed and Crabbe, Codrington and Trotter were seriously wounded. The trooper also was wounded. The Boers went to their assistance and did all they possibly could, attending to their wounds. MANY fllLLS FOR TEXAS. Nttfnber of Charters Recently Granted For New Factories. During the past few days charters have been issued for $100,000 cotton mills at Corsicana and Henderson, ? ~ ' x_ * v: Texas. UOIliracis lur uiauuiiicxjr unvc been let for a $50,000 cotton mill at Wharton and a $50,000 oil mill at Corsicana. Seventy thousand dollars of the capital stock for a $100,000 cotton mill at Pittsbnrghas been subscribed; $48,000 toward a factory at Rice, and $60,000 toward a factory at Cnero. A Texas flour mill has closed a contract for 700,000 pounds monthly to be exported to London. TALBERT INEXORABLE. He Insisted On Having a Quorum to Consider Pension Bills. ? n_: Tlie 1101186 gSVB up Ji'riuaj a ocooiua to private pension bills, passing 142 of these measures. Late in the day Mr. Talbert of South Carolina raised the point of no quoram, and as the attendance was small, business came to a standstill and the doors were closed. A quorum was secured after a call of the house and pages had been hurriedly sent for members. BAILEY OPENS CAMPAION. Congressman Begins His Fight In Texas For United States Senate. In a set speech, at Cameron, Texas, Saturday, Congressman J. W. Bailey opened bis campaign for the United States senate in opposition to Senator Horace Chilton. A large number of prominent public men of Texas were present to hear him. The senatorship will be decided iu the primaries for members of the legislature, a direct vote beiug taken. ' < ? >.' > ; A-rTy fsjrsjrNM^j* n#* >** -?_ 1 SOUTH CAROLINA I \ STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ * fMCMfsJCSJCMCMCMCMl First Train Over Cheraw Line. The Seaboard Air Line lianled its first train from Portsmouth to Columbia over the new line from Cheraw, via Camden, the past week. The new line is a direct route and will give the Seaboard a splendid Florida connection as soon as the bridge over the Congaree river, just south of Columbia. is finished. The new line is built of finest material and heaviest rail. All the rock ballast has not yet been put in. Freshets delayed completion of the Wateree river bridge, near Camden, and the Congareo river bridge, near Columbia, but within a month the Seaboard's trains will be running through and over the Florida Central & Peninsular. .V Much WhUkey Nee<lerl. A Columbia dispatch says: Under the new laws the directors the South Carolina dispensary will in a few days advertise for those willing to furnish liquor to the largest retail establishment in the world for the next succeeding ninety days. Before the dispensary was established the then Governor Tillman frequently alluded to it as a "great moral institution," the argument being that it would result in such a reduced consumption of whiskey that the effect would be, practically, as beneficial as prohibition. Prohibitionists who voted for the measure on that ground will be startled when the figures are published showing the amount of liquor those who are awarded contracts are required to furnish for three months' consumption. The supplies will be as follows: X corn, 1,600 barrels; XX corn, 100 barrels; X rye 525 barrels; XX rye, 450 barrels; of higher grade rye, 60 barrels; apple brandy, 90 barrels; peach brandy, 75 barrels; porter and ale, 75 barrels; whisky in better grade, 2,400 cases; Cognac, Scotch whisky, blackberry cordials, 500 cases. The beer used is supplied by the beer dispensaries that make their own purchases, paying the dispensaries a royalty of 15 cents a dozen. No liquor establishment wishing to make bids is permitted to send a representative to make personal inquiry, nor can they solicit orders or praise their goods by letter. Sealed bids, with half pint samples, mast be sent by express to the state treasurer. He will keep them opened in his vault till " "*" * ?in ?\n Vvl?/% I tne directors are gamcicu iu ^uuuv meeting, then deliver them in public. Visited Haunts of Sin. Bev. Arthur Crane, pastor of the First Baptist church of Charleston, preached a sensational sermon on vice and sin in that city. He had previously visited the blind tigers, gambling houses and questionable resorts, and his * sermon was a tirade on these places. He made statements in his pulpit about the city not altogether true, and some of his stories and jokes had the congregation in a flutter of laughter and merriment. It was a sensational day for a church, and wise people are not in sympathy with the movement, according to a correspondent. % Seven Dlnpensary Districts. Governor McSweeney has divided the state into seven dispensary districts. He thinks that it is better to have a chief more directly responsible for his jurisdiction and by having smaller districts closer attention can be paid to the work and more familiarity had with the people to be dealt with. He'thinks from the letters he is receiving that the people are better satisfied than they have been with the administration of the law. He has not been receiving letters complaining of the existence of "blind tigers." It has all along been his policy, where complaints came from responsible men, to have a prompt investigation made. A week or two ago Governor McSweeney thonght of making some changes in the districts, and as soon as it was heard of in the communities involved, letters were received from the leading business men stating that they were pleased with their present chiefs and the administration of the law; that there was no friction and ' 0 that officers were doing their duty as best they could and that it would not be well to make a change and jeopardize the good feeling and co-operation that exists. Governor McSweeney has directed that a statement be made up from the records showing the work that the constables have been doing, the seizures that they have made and where i they have been operating, j Recommends Their Sale. The naval inspection board, as a result of its visit to Port Royal, has recommended to the navy department the sale at auction of the singleturreted monitor Nantucket and the tug Comanche, both lying at the Port Royal naval station. The board round tD&t li; w8H cosuu^ me *ci ment about $2,000 per nnnum to care for these vessels, which are of no use. It was recommended that the Nantucket be towed north for sale. She was appraised at $15,000, and the value of the Comanche was placed at $5,000. The Nantucket was lent to the North Carolina naval militia before the war, and during the war she was used by the government to defend the entrance to the harbor at Port Koyal. She looked very formidable, and it was only after the war was over that it was discovered that her big turret guns could not have been fired, the vents being plugged. *** Opportunity For Charleston. The directors of the Atlantic Cotton Oil Company of Snmter have called a meeting of stockholders to authorize ^ie increase of the capital stock of the company $250,000 to enable the company to build another oil mill and a I refiuery. The company now has mills iu Snmter, Bennettsvilie and Gibson, N. C., and the new mill is to be built in Camden, and the refinery will probably be built in Charleston. It has not been definitely decided to locate the refinery in Charleston, / uui 11 a ounauic 0110 vau wv uw?~v? and other things are equal Charleston will have the preference. The refinery * will have a capacity of 500 barrels and it will be the best equipped in the south. The Atlantic Cotton Oil Company is a Sumter enterprise, and a most successful one, having had* a most phenomenal growth within a few years. * Important Decision By Supreme Court. 1 The supreme court has filevl an opinion which is of general interest. * It appears, in a word, that a young man named Kountree gave a hen for $50, and that he was arrested on the charge of selling cotton nnder lien. A bond was given and then the effort was made v. to overturn the bond and the lien,. The efforts failed and the supreme court sustained Judge Townsend's declining to interfere. ^k|| There were several grounds of ap- v peal, bat the chief ground seems to be pSB that the lien was given by a minor,' be being 18 years of age. The supreme court, after disposing of the various issdes raised, says on the matter of the minor making a contract of this kind: " $? "There are circumstances under which ap infant can make a valid con- . v^? tract. Whether they existed in tlus case depended upon the facts, and, ax we have said, they cannot be reviewed , \ by this court. If, however, we had * the power to pass upon the facts we would sustain the conclusion of the circuit judge." New Charters Issued. A charter has been issued to the . Abbeville Savings and Investment Company of Abbeville. The capital stock of the company is to be $50,000. - ^ The Charleston Crockery Company # has notified the secretary of state that it has increased its capital stock from $10,000 to $50,000. A charter has been issued to the F: M. Butte Company of Hamburg. The capital stock of the company is to be ^ $1,000 and the purpose fs to do a real estate and insurance business. The Schumpert Hardware Company ... \ of Newberry advises the secretary of state that it wishes to change its name to the Newberry Hardware Company. The law having been complied With iM the necessary authority was given. ,"?|| Messrs. Thomas J. Martin, C. G, ' ^ Edwards, J. L. Simmons, L. D. ^ Childs. W. C. Bates, T. H. White and " Samnel McFadden have secured a /J commission for a charter for the or ganization of the Chester Bottling ~J| Company of Chester. The capital V stock of the company is to be $1,600 and it is proposed to bottle soda water, |j miperal waters, ale and other aoft drinks. Jg Thirty-Seven Constable*. '| There are now thirty-seven constables on the force. Of that number thirty have filed their bonds with the $S| state treasurer, and the others* ace arranging to have their bonds prepared. Three of the bonds have been "held up,'* so that the proper revenne stamps may be attached, the bonds '?jj having been sent to Columbia without the stamps. KITCHENER TURNED DOWN. ?????? VjgS Coolhess Said to Exist Between Lord Roberts and His Aide. Mail accounts of the capture of General Cronje, just received in London, bring out interesting points as to the rapidity with which Lord Boberts ; J changed his plans when he found that' General Cronje had escaped from Mag- 1% ersfontein, where it was originally intended to attack or close in upon him. fj Lord Kitohener was sent to inter- || cept him, and at the battle of Paarde- r. berg Lord Kitchener seems to have shown that he is better as an organizer than as a fighter, for it was at his order that the British infantry repeated the blander of other generals?at- .' " tacking entrenched Boers, who allow* -M ed the Britishers to get within 1,000 yards before opening Are. As the British had absolutely no ^ cover they lost heavily and uselessly vj , and we>e compelled to fall back mo- 4 ' mentarily with some amount of oon* fusion and to withdraw to a safe disThis fact makes a signi Scent 00m- ^ mentary upon the rumors that have $ been in circulation of some coolness between Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts, which is said to have accounted for the former being sent to Pries* ||J ka to suppress the rebellion. ^ NEW COMPANY INCORPORATED As Result of Friendly Conferences -JS Between Carnegie and Frick. The Carnegie Company, the formation of which has resulted from the conferences of Andrew Carnegie and H. C. Prick to settle the business be- . 1 tween them, was incorporated at Trenton, N. Saturday. The capital is $160,000,000 aud the stock is all subscribed. * The par value of each share of capi- w j tal stock is $1,000. The state receives $3^,000 fee for filing the incorporation and the annual franchise tax will be $11,750. The Carnegie Company under its charter is authorized to promote, con* struct, acquire, carry out, umuwu, /,..~ manage and develop on lease or agree- . - ment railroads, pipe lines, quays, wharves, docks, hydraulio works, gas works, gas wells, mills, dwellings for Hw employes and other works. The company is given express power * >to acquire the existing Carnegie Company. The company is also authorized p| to deal in merchandise and personal v| property of every class. TO FORM Line TRUST. ilS Thirty-Five Concerns Represented at fleeting In Birmingham. Thirty-five lime manufacturing concerns were represented at a meeting held in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday for the purpose of. forming the Con* * jm solidated Lime Company, which will come near controlling the lime inter- v ests in the southern states, with the J exception of Texas. . _ The company will have, when com- ." & pleted, a capital of $3,000,000, which. will be divided into common and preferred stock. It is intended to control almost exclusively the^prodoction of the lime kilns throughout the south, and intimation is given that the prioes that now prevail are not sufficient with the amount invested in the plants con