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^ ^ : v- ; 5g*>" ' * The Bamberg Herald. i ESTABLISHED 1801. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 5. 19(10. ONE DOLLAR PEK YEAR. jM HUMOROUS HIT BY MR. PETTUS Aged Alabama Senator As a Fun-Maker AIMS AT MR. BEVERIBGE j # I Much Merriment Created at Expense of Orators In the Senate?Congratulations In Order. A Washington special says: The sensation of the day Friday at the cap* - * li | ltol was the speecii 01 senaror .renus, of Alabama, in wnich he poured upon the head of the youthful Kepublican orator, Mr. Beveridge, of Iudiana, the rials of his -wit and synicism. It was an entirely new roie for the senator from Alabama to assume, 'and to say that he made a hit is to give mild expression to the very evident facts. In the course of a general speech on the Philippines General Pettus delivered a dissertation upon the qualities of orators in general, aud the young orator (Beveridge) who addressed the senate Thursday in particular, which was the funniest thing the senate has known in many years. From this time forward Mr. Pettus' speech was personal in its application. He first took Mr. Gallinger to task. "I was very much entertained by the senator from New Hampshire on yesterday," he said, "when he informed ns that he was not a lawyer and he proved it to us, not only by asserting it, but by his argument. Lawyers know that when you come to read a decision of a judge you must ! take all he says on a subject; that it I will not do to take a sentence here and another there, but that 13 exactly what the senator did in quoting Justice Bradley on the M:rmou church case." The senator then went ou to relate ! an anecdote illustrative of his point,in | which a preacher of the oldeu timewhen the senator was a boy?had figured in Alabama. "The minister," he said, "was as learned in the Bible as my friend from New Hampshire in the law. (Laughter). He said: 'Brethren, my text today will be the following: Seven sons did Milcah bear unto Euon. Now I expect, brethren, the preacher went on, if you would look at the commentaries you would ^ind various meanings to this text, but taking a common aense view of it, I will say this: 44 4I expect that Enon was sick and the doctor told his seven sons, great, atrong fellows, that it was absolutely necessary that he should have milk for his nutriment; and thereupon the seven sons went out to look up the cows. The cows had not come up the . night before, and so the sons could not find them; 1st they came across a bear and they m: .ked her and carried the milk to Enon, and so, brethren, it is writ 'Seven sons did Milcah bear unto Enon.* 4'That preacher," concluded Mr. Pettus, amid an outburst of hearty laughter, 4'has as accurate a conception of the scriptures as some of our senators have of the law of the land," Mr. Pettus then turned his attention to the speech of Senator Beveridge and said: 44Mr. President, the Master once had to select a man to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt and through the wilderness of Cauaan. ? * - -1 - 4-? v? lie aia no* Beiecu v-u. uo selected one of these men from Iowa or Maine, and his name was Moses. And he was a stubborn man, too. (Laughter.) "But Moses told his Master to his % face that he could not do it because he could not speak to the people. And what was the reply? There is Aaron. He speaks well. And they took Aaron along, not in command?that was not allowed; but they took him along as a kind of deputy. And when Moses on his Master's order went up into the mountain for the tables, the orator left in^charge had a golden calf framed (laughter) and he put ail the people . down to worshipping the golden calf. (Laughter.) "More people worship the golden calf now than did in those days. But while Aaron and his people were all down worshiping the golden calf the man of God appeared and he pulled out his sword and demanded to know who was on the Lord's side, and the orator jumped up from his knees, drew his sword and got on Moses' side and went to killing the Israelites along with Moses. "All these orators will do the same thing (laughter), the last one of them. We saw an instance of it yesterday afternoon." At the conclusion of Mr. Pettus' apeech senators crowded about him to tender congratulations. TRANSVAAL REPRESENTATIVE Holds Conferences With President McKinley and S jcretary Hay. General James R. O'Beirne, who was appointed by President Kruger commissioner extraordinary of the Transvaal republic, had long inter views Friday with the president ana secretary of state concerning affairs connected with the Boer government. "While General O'Beirne discussed * Transvaal matters with Secretary Hay, the latter is authority for the statement that it was in an informal and unofficial capacity entirely. SOUNDS SOMEWHAT FISHY. Report of Big Coal Deal With Englishmen Is Not Believed. Representatives of southern coal companies in New York say they regard ihe contents of the recent New Orleans ? dispatch, announcing the sale ol 000,000 tons of Alabama coal to an English syndicate at 75 cents a ton, al the mouth of the coal pits with 50 cent: V- a ton allowance for transportation tc Ne-.v Orleaus, as highly improbable, iJ sot a gigantic hoax. [ CITIZENS APPROVE STERNBERG'S ACTS i : j Idaho's Governor Upheld By Conservative People In His State. ! ROOT IS SHOWN PETITION i I | Asked Secretary of War To Let the Troops Remain. i A "Washington dispatch says: Govi crnor Steuaenberg, of Idaho, called at ' - - n .1 3 ! the war department oaiuruay uuu presented ia person to Secretary Eoot the petition to whic 1 he referred while nnder examination before the house committee on military affairs in favor of the retention of the Federal troops in the disturbed mining districts. The governor had refused to produce the ; petition before the committee until I he had first submitted it to?the secre, tary of war, to whom it was addressed. The petition bears about 2,500 signatures, and cities that all o* the sigu| grs are citizens of Idaho and of the j county of Shoshone and the Coeur | d'Alene mining district. They petition j that the secretary of war be allowed a a small force of federal troops to remain in the quarters provided for them and occupied by them at the town of Osborn, Shoshone county, for as long a time as Governor Steunenberg may think their presence necessary for the preservation of peace and order. The citizens also express their approval of all the acts that have been done by the governor and the officials of their state to preserve peace and order and to bring criminals to justice. The petition says that some cf the acts of the state authorities may apT>par to neotde at a distance to be dras I - A A tic and severe, but the signers, who are familiar with the conditions which existed for several years prior to the declaration of martial law last May, know that drastic measures were necessary to stop the band of conspirators, who, shie'ding themselves behind the name of the labor organization, had created a reign of terror and tyranny seldom equaled in the history of the community. In conclusion the signors beg to state the efforts of the governor and the state officials, assisted by the military officials, have brought peace and good order to the district and given an impetus to all business interests and a sense of safety to all people, which are highly appreciated, and for xfhich the signors are grateful. AS IN THE OLD DAYS. The Two Branches of the Methodist Church Will Meet In Washington. * For the first time since 1861, when the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal church divided, the two organizations, the Methodist EpisI copal and the Methodist Episcopal church, south, will meet simultaneously in annual conference in Washington during the week. The Methodist denomination in the United states divided in 1844 on the question of slavery, but the Baltimore conference remained undivided until shortly after the outbreak of the civil war. Since 1861 there have been two Baltimore conferences. The sessions of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held at the Metropolitan M. E. church, and Bishop John M. Walden will preside. The M. E. church, south, will meet in the Mount Yernon church and Bishop W. A. Candler, of Georgia, will preside and make the opening address. ^ROBERTS SENDS CONDOLENCES. British General Expresses Sympathy Over Death of Joubert. Lord Roberts has sent the following dispatch to President Kruger: * " " A ? J iU? /I ll. "nave ]USfc uearu ui mo uraiu ut j General Joubert, and desire to offer my sincere condolence upon the sad event. Would ask you, to convey to General Joubert's family an expression of my most respectful sympathy with their sad bereavement, and to assure them also from me that all rauks of her majesty's forces share my feeling of deep regret at the sudden and untimely end of so distinguished a general, who devoted his life to the services of his country, and whose persoral gallantry was only surpassed | by his humane conduct and chivalrous | bearing under all circumstances." BOTHA SUCCEEDS JOUBERT. New Commander of Boers Hade Big Reputation In Present War. A New York Herald dispatch from Pretoria says: General Louis Botha has been api pointed to succeed General Joubert a3 ' commander in chief of the Transvaal ! forces. Ship Load of Lunatics. j The United States transport SherI man sailed from Manila Sunday with a | battalion of the Fourteenth infantry, j Captains Bichard T. Yeatman, Armaud Lasseigne and William S. Biddle, ! Lieutenants Robert Field and Oliver, i 175 military prisoners and twenty-five I insane men. TURN ON THE LIGHT. Casualties ! the Philippines Must Be Made Public By Otis. The senate committee on military : has authorized a favorable report npou Senator Allen's resolution calling on | the secretary of war for information j regarding casualties of all sorts in the Philippines. The committee amended the resohi tion so as to call for information as \c the comparative losses and disabilities of colored troops in the Philippines a> I compared v.'ith white troops. alleqed safe robber Apprehended In Jacksonville, Fla. and Subsequently Identified. 1 j George W. Clark, a white man, 3; 1 | years of age, was arrested at Jack ? ' sonville, Fla., Thursday, charged witl ' blowing open the safe in the bank o i the Perry Loan and Savings company ; of Perry, Ga., from which he is allege* i to have stolen ?4,000. > W. G. Riley, representing the bank f went at once to Jacksonville and iden tided Clark. [BOERS CAPTURE i BRITISH GUNS j Broad wood's Command Moves Into Trap. BEAT A HASTY RETREAT Once More the Invaders Underestimate the Cunning of the Burghers To Their Great Discomfiture. Advices received at London, from Bushman Kop, under date of March 31st, stated that the British force commanded by Colonel Broadwood, consisting of the Tenth Hussars, Household cavalry, two-horse batteries and a force of mounted infantry under Colonel Pilcher, which had been garrisoning at Thabanchu, was obliged, in consequence of the near approach of a large force of Boers, to leave their position Friday night. Colonel Broadwood marched to the Bloemfontein waterworks, south of the Modder river, where he encamped at 4 o'clock Saturday morning. At early dawn the camp was shelled by the enemy from a near point. Colonel Broadwood seut off a convoy with the batteries, while the rest of the force remained to act as a rear guard. The convoy arrived at a deep spruit, where the Boers were concealed, and the entire body walked into ambush and was captured, together with six gun 8. The loss of life is not great, since most of the British had walked into the trap before a shot was fired. LONDON DISAPPOINTED. A London special of Monday morning says: General Buller's anxious inquiry whether British officers will ever learn the value of scouting comes back l with enforced emphasis to the British public on receipt of the tidings that a convoy with guns has walked deliberately into a Boer ambush within about twenty miles of Bloemfontein. Lord Robert's own report of the affair, if yet received by the war office, has not been published and no account of the affair is available to the publio except tne aispatcnes irora Bnshm&n kop. Nothing can be said, therefore, regarding the exact extent of the British misfortune. Evidently Col. Broadwood thought it necessary to retreat in haste from Thabanchu, as he marched all through Friday night, apparently followed by a considerable force of the enemy. The oonvoy and guns had to pass through a deep spruit which the Boers had occupied. Six of twelve guns, comprising two batteries, all the wagons and, it is feared, many men, fell into the hands of the Boers, whose daring, displayed so near Bloemfontein, shows th_at they are rapidly recovering heart after their recent reverses. The hope is expressed that General Colville will recover the convoy and gunB and extricate Colonel Broadwood from his difficult position. Severe criticisms are heard regarding the renewal of the old mistake of underrating the Boers and the absence of proper precaution. No doubt the affair will revive Boer hopes and inspire confidence among the enemy at a critical moment. Great things are expected by the Boers of the new commander-in-chief, General Botha, who has made his reputation wholly during the present campaign. Foreign officers serving with the Boers have expressed surprise at his tactics. The proof of continuing Boer activity in the Free State will compel greater circumspection on the part of the British, and will probably delay the march of Lord Roberts northward. Detailed accounts of the fight at Karee Siding estimate the Boer forces variously from 3,000 to 5,000 men. Brabant's horse occupied Wepener last Thursday unopposed. Lord Methuen has issued the following notification at Kimberly: "I have received instructions that if any disturbance occurs west of the Yaal river, my force is to return and punish the rebels immediately." China Issues Blue Book. A blue book of China has been issued covering the period between January 6, 1899, and January 15, 1900, aod including the correspondence between the United States ambassador, Joseph H. Cboate, and Lord Salisbury on freedom of trade as recently presented to the United States senate. Commission Outlines Plans. The Philippine commissioners met in Washington Thursday and agreed upon the personnel of the staff that is to accompany the commission to Manila. They also agreed on certain i outlines which they will follow in their work in the Philippines. BRICKMAKERS POOL INTERESTS. Thirty-Six Large Concerns Combine Under One Administration. A corporation embracing a majority of the brick manufacturers of Cook county, 111., was formed at Chicago Saturday. The new concern has a | capital of $9,000,000 and will practically control the brick market of Chicago and the neighboring cities. > Thirty-six firms, including, all of the large and important brickyards of Chicago, have been combined ia the ! deal under the name of the Illinois I Brick Company. CLEVELAND FAVORS TREATY. ' | Hopes That the Hay-Pauncefote Ar5 j rangement Will Succeed. " I Former President Grover Cleveland ^ I ? ' -1 /lnttnmorr rasprvd nq . ; Has reiaxeu uw to the discussion of public and politii cal affairs, and in the course of an interview expressed himself in approval of the Hay-Fauncefote treaty for the ' neutrali?*iion of the Nicaragua canal. Mr. Cleveland added that he hoped the treaty would he ratified% THREE HEN KILLED ' IN AN EXPLOSION Bodies Were Badly Mutilated and Boiler Left Intact. j ACCIDENT A QUEER ONE Five Tons of Iron Sailed Through ' Air Four Hundred Yards. An Atlanta dispatch says: Three j men were killed by a boiler explosion at the brick yard of the G. O. Wil' ? i ? a. Hams juumocr company, ou tuo uuur tahoochee River trolley car line, about four miles from the city, shortly after 11 o'clock Monday morning. The explosion was a terrific one, the * boiler flying through the roof of the 1 engine room and striking the earth 1 nearly 500 feet away from the brick ^ yard. The boiler weighed nearly five j tons, and was of sixty-horse power. The accident was undoubtedly a ( most remarkable one, as not a break ] can be found in the boiler. When the j coroner was investigating the affair he < heard hints of the explosion having i been probably caused by dynamite, j but this was merely a vague suspicion. 3 The three men killed were: John M. Smith, white, aged about < fifty-six years. Walter Evans, white, twenty-one j years old. James Perkins, white, twenty-five j years old. , Five negroes were injured, but it ] is thought none will die. < Perkins was killed instantly. Smith ] lived about five minutes, and Evans 3 died about four hours after the acci dent. The manner in which the three men j were crushed and mutilated, and the ] great distance the heavy iron boiler j was hurled through the air, showed , the terrific force of the explosion. A remarkable feature of the accident was ] +V>of olfVirmnrVi annVi fnrnft WAS i mc lovn ?u?? 4 evident, yet the boiler itself was but little iojured. It seems to have risen j straight up from its foundations, passed through the roof of the building < and then shot toward the car line, ( clearing a negro cabin and the trolley ; wires and landing upon its end. When it struck the ground it bounded up ] and planted itself in the earth several feet away. The cause of the accident is not i definitely known, but it is believed 1 the cold water must have been turned , into the hot boiler when it was empty or nearly so. Unfortunately the accident happened at a time when-the engine had been , shut down for a few moments for re- i pairs, and nearly all the employers were standing near it. < Mr. Smith was found lying against < a pile of lumber fully 40 feet away | from where the boiler bad been. He \ was standing withing four feet of the 1 boiler when it exploded. He was j badly mangled. 1 The body of James Perkins was \ found wrapped around a post about ; ten feet away from the engine. It had < been whirled with great force against ] the big post and death was instantaneous. No limbs were torn from the j body, though one of hi3 arms and both ] legs hung only by small shreds of i flesh. Walter Evans was found about thirty feet away, where he had been thrown with great force. He was resting j against a pile of brick, and it ie ; thought that he struck the brick head < first, as his head was badly mashed, j Blood was flowing from many wounds, too, on his body. He was sent to his home and died shortly afterward. The negroes who were injared were ' found at different places about the yard. Some were badly scalded, while others were injured by flying debris. ] All of the six men were painfully and ' severely hurt. j General Broadwood's Losses. < The London war office reports thai Colonel Broadwood lost seven guns ! and all his baggage in the ambush i laid for him by the Boers on Saturday, i The casualties numbered 350. 1 ( Death of "1812" Pensioner. 1 "Aunt" Emily Bennett, the oldest 1 citizeu of Plainfield, Conn., and the last 1812 pensioner in the county, died 1 Sunday after a long illness, aged 89. 1 KIRKMAN DISMISSED. Courtmartialed At /lanlla For Drunk- < enness and Insulting a Priest. . Secretary Boot stated Monday th^t Major George O. Kirkman, Forty- . ninth volunteer infantry, is no longer ( in the service of the United States. ( Under the articles of war, the approval by General Otis of the action of the courtmartial which recommended Kirkman for dismissal on the charge ^ of drunkenness, was sufficient to exe- ? cute the sentence. Kirkman was ac- j cused of being drunk on the transport ( Liverpool on the voyage from San , Francisco to Manila, and of insulting ^ a prie3t aboard his vessel. NEGROES DENOUNCE BOERS. Complain of the Slavery System as 4 Practiced By Burghers. At a session of the Delaware Methodist Episcopal (colored) conference in J Philadelphia a resolution denouncing ' the Boers as slaveholders was present- 1 ed by Rev. F. H. Butler and unanimously adopted. The conference is v composed of colored preachers and laymen of Deleware, Maryland and a ^ portion of Pennsylvania. The slavery complained of is the apprenticeship j system in vogue in the Boer republio. JOUBERT LAID TO REST. British Prisoners Send Flowers and Military Attend Body. Advices from Pretoria state that the funeral of General Joubert took place Friday afternoon and was attended by , all classes. The foreign military attaches, in uniform, were among those present and the British officers who are prisoners in Pretoria sent a wreath. There were universal signs of mourning. DAVIS ESPOUSES I CAUSE OF BOERS!' j l < ' Resigns Job As Assistant ic Secretary of Interior ' i TO TALK FOR KRUGER11 i Since His Visit To Seat of War Mr. Davis ! i Declares Burghers Are Right and ? England Is Wholly Wrong. s c c A Washington special says: Web- t iter Davis, assistant secretary of the J interior, tendered his resignation to President McKinley Monday. He ( will go on the lecture platform in the e nterest of the Boers. In an authorized statement given c >ut, Mr. Davis says that a* a result of j ais visit to the Transvaal he feels iin celled to tender his resignation as as- } nstant secretary of the interior. He t will at an early date deliver a lecture in the interest of the South African ? republic. ( Mr. Davis feels that this is the best e way to arouse the enthusiasm of the t American people in behalf of those re- ; publics. t Mr. Davis decided to take this course ( as the result of his visit to South Afri- ? ?a. He has decided to deliver a pub- f lie address touching the entire scope of the present war and believes that \ he can best do so while free from any n restraint which his present position ] would impose upon him. i When taking his departure home ] from Pretoria 2,000 gathered to take 3 leave of him at the station. They appealed to him in tears to state their c cause to the American people, and Mr. j Davis says his conscience would haunt t him if he proved recreant to that piti- fi ful appeal. He believes the American peopla ? are not truly informed on the situation. \ He will, therefore, avail himself of an j early opportunity to relate his experi- ^ ence and observations at a pubiic c meeting that shall be free to all. Mr. c Davis has decided on this course after mature deliberation and free consulta- ? tion with his friends. t Davis, who is a resident of Kansas ] City, has a reputation in the west of E being a great orator. He was especially prominent in the campaign x which led up to the nomination ot r McKinley at St. Louis. c Those who do not approve of his c course declare that as soon as be got to Washington Davis became nfflicted i with the swelled head and that his f change of heart is entirely dne to his -v chagrin in being called down when t Secretary Hitchcock took control of the interior department. They say that Davis at that time was fondly imagining himself the most important | figure in administration circles, and that because Secretary Hitchcock did ot so regard him he sulked and went off to Africa to lind some pretext for 1 further self-advertisement. F A good deal of this may be true, but * it does not minimize the political im- ' portance of this action of the assistant ^ secretary of the interior. a There is no doubt that the over- 1 whelming sentiment of the American * people is with the Boers and that sen- } timent is not likely to die out when 1 men like Davis who have been on the f scene become active in the agitation 1 in their behalf. fl COLOR LINE IN CUBA. 1 Santiago Mayor To Be Elected and * Whites Will Fight For Office. ^ The funeral of Mayor Yaliente took i place at Santiago Sunday afternoon 1 with elaborate ceremonies. United i States officers acted hs honorary pall- i: bearers. The military and civil pro- t session extended two miles. 1 The death of Senor Valiente mate- s rially changes the political situation, r His re-election was considered assured, j but now there is a prospect of a hard j fight between the rivaj candidates of g the black and while parties. Decent a developments have shown that the G color line will be closely drawn and 1 there may be trouble. c The whites declare their intention ( tc organize an annexation party rather I than to accept negro domination. g Demand flore Pay. Several Thousand men in New York City and neighboring towns in New [ Jersey and Westchester county, New Fork, struck Monday for increased wages and shorter hours. Most of the strikers are carpenters and the * enormous amount of building in pro- 'I gress favors the men. 1 Will Disburse $100,000 a Month. ^ Arrangements have been made by t the war department for the transfer of r 5660,000 of the $2,000,000 appropriated c for the relief of Porto Rico. Governor t General Davis will spend the money B in payment for labor in public im- g provements at the rate of about $100,- t 000 a month. T CASHIER GOES GLIMMERING, And With Him, It Is Alleged, Went the Goodly Sum of $19,000. ^ The chief of police of Jacksonville, Fla., received inquiries Monday asking 'or information concerning the where- j J ibouts of Roland Quintin, the missing | s jashier of a large corporation of that | 6 1 . ? ? -i ? j-jif ;ity. tie is said to nave aosconueu j vith $19,000. d Quentin was traced to New Orleans, 0 rom which place he left for Florida, i< ;oing by way of Atlanta. He is said n o be accompanied by a large blonde * voman. HEAVY DEAL IN COAL. I A Year's Output In West Virginia District Is Bought Up. One of the largest coal deals ever 1; made in the West Virginia district was r closed in Charleston Saturday by C. J. f Wittenberg, president of the High s Carbon Coal and Coke Company of a New York. The owners of twenty col- ? lieries signed contracts v ith this com- a pany for the sale of all coals shipped c by them east for the ensuing year, h FULLER EXECUTED. "tegro Pays Penalty At flacon, Ga., For the Murder of Mrs. Eugenia Pottle. Allen Fuller, the negro who rourlered Mrs. Eugenia Hamilton Pottle m the night of November 20th, 1899, vas hanged in the Bibb county jail at dacon, Ga., Monday morning. The negro made no confession and nerely stated, when he was given an >pportnnity to speak,that what he had ;aid was true. No newspaper meu were allowed to >e present by Judge Felton, and only he ministers of the gospel were alowed in the jail, besides the physi:ians and the officers who were needed. Fuller's remarkable nerve failed him is he walked on the gallows. The kfficers had to hold him on the trapioor when Sheriff Westcostt pulled he trigger, as lie had fallen forward against the railing. The attending physicians say that he execution was one of the most suc essful that they have ever witnessed md that the negro's neck wa3 broken. Fuller slept well Sunday night and ito a hearty breakfast Monday mornng. Up to the last moment he seem>d to show little dread of the ordeal )efore him, and not until he was on he trap did he show any weakness. The streets on each side of the jail ind the parks in the center were :rowded with negroes, who began to issemble by 8 o'clock. There were nany white people also, but the crowd vas quiet, there being no demonstraion at ail. In order to avoid any dis>rder that might have occurred, however, Chief Boifeuillet had a special orce of police placed around the jail. About 10:30 Sheriff "Westcott and he physicians arrived at the jail. Chey were folbwed almost immediatey by several colored ministers, Revs. kV. G. Alexander, S. M. Hawkins, M. Spencer, H. T. Johnson and J. R. tfcClain. They were taken at once to Fuller's sell, where a short service of song and jrayer was held. Fuller expressed he belief that he had been converted tnd after death would go to heaven, rhe service lasted for 15 minutes, and tfter it had been completed the minisers asked that they be allowed to lave a short prayer and sing one rerse of a song just before the murierer was sent into eternity. The request was granted. When Fuller was led to the gallows i song was sung and a brief prayer for he soul of the doomed man was said, duller was then asked if he had any itatement to make. He replied: "No, sir; I have got lothing more to say than Ihaveal-. eady said. I did not commit the murler and am innocent. What I have ilready said is true." The black cap was then put over his lead and the rope adjusted. The drop ell promptly at 11 o'clock and Fuller ras pronounced dead in five minutes >y the physicians who were present. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. .1st of New Industries Established During the Past Week. Among the more important of the lew industries reported during the >ast week are a basket and crate facory in Georgia; bottling works in Aransas; brick works in Tennessee and [*ezas; canning factory in Virginia; i carriage factory in Alabama; coal nines in Texas; copper mines in North Carolina; a construction company in Vest Virginia; one cotton mill each n Alabama and Arkansas, three in leorgia, one in North "Carolina, four n South Carolina, one in Tennessee >nd four in Texas; cotton seed oil nills in Mississippi and South Caroina; a creamery in Georgia; an ilectric light plant in Louisiana; an ilectrical supply company in West Virginia; a fertilizer factory in Florda; gas works in West Virginia; a lardware company in North Carolina; ce factories in Georgia and Texas; ron and mauganese mines in Virginia; hree knitting mills in North Carolina; umber mills in Florida and Missisippi; a machine shop in Alabama: a iaval stores company in Georgia; a >ants factory in Kentucky; a phos)bate company in Tennessee; a photo* graphic dry plate manufactory in Tex s; planing mills in Mississippi and Tennessee; a telephone company in Texas; a tobacco factory in North Car lina; a $50,000 towel factory in South Carolina; a water power company in Sast Tennessee; water works in Georgia.?Tradesman (Chattanooga,Tenn.) ORATORY IN SENATE. )ebaie On Porto Rican Bill Draws a Large Audience of Lookers-On. A Washington dispatch says: As the tour for the senate's vote upon the 5orto Rican bill drew near the popuar interest, so far as Washington is oncerned, was greatly increased, donday there was a flow of oratory in he upper house of congress and the esult was that the galleries were rowded almost to suffocation, and housands of people were turned away, mable to gain admission. Perhaps a ;ood deal of this interest was due to he announcement that Senator Depew rould be among the speakers. DOUBLE TURRET APPROVED. admiral Sampson Expresses Satis* faction Over Test of the Kearsage. Admiral Sampson was aboard the learsarge during her last run out to ea, and witnessed the test of the :ouble turret, a feature of naval archiecture peculiar to the United States iavy. The test settled completely all onbts as to the practicability of this 3ea. According to Admiral Sampson, lone of the predicted faults of the ystem developed. KEEP AWAY FROM CUBA, inless You Are Blessed With An Am - ???? ? pie Supply Of tfie "Wnsrewun. The war department has been obiged to sound a note of warning to estrain overconfident Americans rom flocking into Cuba without reources. General Wood has made this matter of special representations to Secretary Root. He reports that there ro quite a number of such Americans ompletely stranded in Caba, whom ie is unable to relieve. * * fsirMCvirvjrsjc^i | I SOUTH CAROLINA k I I STATE NEWS ITEMS, i ' CSirJCMTslCMfMCMfM 1 Almost Burled Alive. j On Friday morning Piuckney Size- t more, thirty-live years old, married, ^ collapsed in the office of Magistrate I Mauldin, in Greenville, and before g doctors could reach him was pro- 1 nounced dead. The body was removed i to his home and there a coroner's jury i assembled, viewed the remains, and < on the statement of the doctors ren- < dered a verdict of death from heart 1 failure. The funeral was set for Sat- j urday afternoon. < The grave was dug, the mourners i had assembled, and the body was j about to be interred when the police ] appeared and ordered a postponement t The body was taken home and a test ] made which confirmed the suspicion * that the man was not dead. The po- j lice bad been informed by Dr. W. J. i Bramlett that he did not believe Sizemore was dead and this caused their summary action. The man, while having the appearance of death, so far as the face was > concerned, had a warm body and breathing could be detected by the use of a mirror at the mouth. The jaws were set and the pupils of the eyes unresponsive to the light, but the ] joints were as supple as in life. , On Friday afternoon Sizemore was ( arraigned in Magistrate Mauldin's ^ office on the charge of stealing his , brother's watch. The sheriff had 3 found the watch in Sizemore's pocket. j When asked by the magistrate why he 3 had denied having the watch Sizemore , turned pale and sank to the floor, 3 gasping for breath. A doctor was ] summoned and declared Sizemore was 3 dying. In a short while he was pro- 3 nounced dead. 3 The coroner summoned a jury and tho verdict was that Sizemore died from natural causes. *** i Till man's Advice to Hii Friends. < A Columbia special says: Senator Tillman has changed his views as to the desirability of all candidates can- 1 vassing the entire state, speaking in each county. The party custom, as made under direction of Senator Tillman, requires that to be done. The result of the Earle-Evans-Duncan canvass was not satisfactory to Senator Tillman and he fears the people are becoming disgusted with the primary. There are indications of a scheme on foot to shut out certain candidates not desired by the county executive comr mittee from those counties. Senator Tillman has written a long letter to Mr. James T. Park, an,editor in Orangeburg, that indicates something is afoot. Senator Tillman makes many suggestions in his reply, and finds fault with the conduct of both daily and weekly newspapers. He says in part: "Whatever is done we should cling to the freedom of discussion and joint debate and the primary system as the very essence of Democracy. Bather than give these up it would be better to confine the speeches to candidates for governor alone. The other statehouse officers do not outline politics, but are largely administrative officers, while the governor not only influences legislation, but by the use of the appointing power and veto controls public affairs if he should be a man of any force and ability. It may be worth while to try the plan of having no meetings under the auspices of the state committee, but turn all the candidates loose and let them arrange their own meetings, or attend such as the county committees arrange aad the people who get up picnics invite them to, bat until the newspapers change their policy of recent years, and also be more indnstrious in famishing the voters with readable and fair and reliable reports of what is being said and done by the candidates, the system of joint discussion in one form or another will be demanded by the people and no candidate can safely neglect it." Baker Case Will Be Postponed. It was announced at Charleston a day or two ago, on the authority of Attorney General Griggs, that the Lake City lynching trial will not be called at this term of the court. Thirteen white citizens, all prominent business men of Lake City, have been tried once for the murder of the negro postmaster, Baker. The result was a mistrial, with eleven members of the jury standing oat to convict the ringleaders. Since the trial Baker's crippled wife , and crippled children, whe were sleeping in the postoffice at Lake City with ( him when it was fired, went to Boston on a dime museum venture and they are now penniless, with public appeals being made for their support. The sensational doings of the Bakers have injured the chances of the prosecution and in view of this, Attorney General Griggs has instructed the district attorney to ask for a continuance of the case. ?% Life Sentence For King. On his fourth trial for the murder of his brother-in-law, Taylor W. Mabry, Herman E. King, at Greenwood, was found guilty with recommendation to mercy. Tne. wnoie case uas ueeu >? remarkable one and both men stood < high. King alleges that Mabry had i robbed him of his wife. Four lawyers, including ex-Governor Sheppard, defended King. A life sentence will be passed. Provides For Court Sittings. A Washington dispatch says: Rep- j resentative Norton, of South Carolina, has introduced a bill in congress to provide for sittings of the circuit and district courts of South Carolina in /.ifv nf Florence, the courts to meet ou the first Tuesday in March in each year hereafter. Taxed of Soathern Railway. Mr. Henry W. Miller, of the Southern Railway, has filed in Columbia the annual tax returns of the system. ' The returns are in book form and ev- 1 erything is as plain as possible. Every township has an itemized statement of the property reported for taxation. The company returns every j pump, section house, station house ] and all classes of property. The val- . nation on the real estate and buildings \ in regarded as being .foil, , ~ i v - v.* - ' c ^ ^ ,-v The Southern Hallway atone pay* vh -3^ >ver seven millions of property in South Carolina, on a little less than a bousand miles of road. Road to Cheraw Ready. A Columbia special says: The .j >ridge building force of the Seaboard <^|j s now at work on the bridge acroaa i^g : he Congaree river. The piers, over >J| vhich there was so much delay, have ^ >eeu completed and the bridge ia soar joing op at a rapid rate. The traok ayiug on Lincoln street tc the bridge ' ; rv ill be completed before the bridge ia eady for the track. The line, from Columbia to Cheraw is now praett* ?||K .'ally completed. The Seaboard atl- -' rhorilies have asked that the line be ? inspected by the railroad commission- 9 3rs on April 1 2, and immediately after I :hat date regular schedules will be pat M nto effect. The trausportation de- ' J parfcment has already gotten oat its m imA rairdfi. and evervthintf will be ill i f| w W? ? , .... - ? U eadiness for the operation cf the rqaa%||g U is sooo as the railroad eommiaaionafa^j ;?f nspect the line and accept it tor btidR|I # . i 7 ^ PLAN FOR RESERVE* 1 3ill Providing: That State Jlilitl* i May Be Used In Placed Large ' vl Standing Army. Representative Hay, of Virginia, i|| .. irominent member of the military -p jommittea, has prepared with great ; ^ tare a bill to create of the militia of j ^ he several states a reserve volunteer/* || irmy for nse in time of war, to supple- rM nent the regular army. The bill oon-vJg- ^ templates a general broadening of the ~ ^ lational guard, its equipment with the r \\|h lervice rifle and its complete organise* . ;;Jl tion in time of war into regiments, brigades, divisions and corps, withtl^l ; ^ three battalion formation, as in the j regular army, and is designed to obfi* ate the necessity of a . large stead* ; ;|| ing army upon the expiratfoh' til 7:f|| the present law July 1, 1901, iaorns^S^lg ing the standing army to 65,000 end"..^ # authorizing the present volunteer armp^ The measure receives additional im^ /.^JS portance from the fact that Mr. Hay il^ chairman of the Democratic canou?? ,j$m The bill makes all citizens between the ages of eighteen and forty-five ^ liable to military service in the It appropriates $4,000,000 smiin^^M"? jj for the maintenance and equipmentiw 3S the national guard of the aeven^ ;yl| states, this forming the nncleua of iSSg i|J| volunteer army, and requires the ii||g fig retary of war to keep in eaioh stateJtijg :;?1 supply of ordnance stores sufficient tot-% M ninety days' use of the nstional geaipffl i|| of the state in the event of war. ol It provides a system of mobilisation ; for the guard by -dividing the sta&aiM t./|| int.) military divisions and -Jp?o|9 vides for a board of officers in Mdt|l f&jjl state who shall hold examinations for . the position of second lieutenant itolj v?| the national guard, such officers to be ; promoted for merit and eficienoj. -?5B "The time has come," said Mr. Hay, ; p in explanation of hislull, "when J| necessary to consider carefully tpCT '.i& nnAfltjAn of )>? fntnyfl militaTY liahment of the United States. In th#|jj |?i minds of many the maintenance of Mi large standing army seems a necessity, - _;|J| and at first bTash it would:Seem..4^ there is no other Way out of the cnlty which now confronts ua. 1 r3 ' A careful consideration of tittj /^jl question has led to the belief situation can be met without a resort:.'; to that worst enemy of s repnbjie;|jB: ':'-M large and permanent military e?tob? ^|| lishment The secretary of war ha*'.<.ii! .^$8 well said that the regular eatabliair 'fs|| ment in the United States will ?er?r'v\-i|* be by itself the whole macbfnawifl??g ^ which any war will be fought* :|| being admitted, it will certainly not.^ I'M be contended that in time of peace J the regular establishment will be t&e I whole machine.' ; "On the first day of July, 1901, th*a ;*S| present army will be reduced to its | peace basis of 26,610 men, TsVfng^ into account the situation which may:. J confront us at that time, will it ^ necessary to increase the regular | tablishment beyond thatnnmberY The \M reasons given for such increase srwjs ; || various, bat the most important are t that there mast be a sufficient number; ^ of men to man effectively our se%coastys| defenses; a sufficient number to paw- || serve peace and order in the PhilippjaolW . .rj islands, and a sufficient number to do j police duty against the Indiana and to';'*'. take care of the varioua posta in the > United States. ^ "The number of men snfficient for -.; | these purposes is variously estimated " | at from 65,000 to 100,000 men, but it is not now neoessary to determine this ; question, becanse a year may material* | 4 M ly change present conditions. ^ "But it will be admitted by all that ? S the strongest argument wnicn cu do - -[4am nsed against a large standing army is || the creation of a well organised and thoroughly equipped national guard. ;j J "This country has fought all of her % v_: wars with citizen soldiers and no good ' reason can be given for departing from that policy." i ?????????? ' Confinement Killing Boer Prisoners. M The departure of the British trans- ^ ports from Capetown with the Boer, ; ~iA prisoners for St. Helena has been delayed in conseqnence of the increased sickness among the prisoners. Three 1 died Saturday and twelve died during Instructioas Kept Open. Secretary Boot says that the instrns- | lions to the Philippine commission ^ will not be msde public at present ae. h is desired to keep them open for j possible change or addition until the ^ ' last moment. J KRUOER HAKE5 BOAST. J declares That Boers WHI Eventaetfly J Retake Bloemfonteia. The Bloemfontein correspondent of The London Horning Post, telegraph- | ing Wednesday, says: E "President Ernger boasts his Intention to retske Bloemfontein within : --M ft week, and it appears probable that i ? - * ?_ m? ? the soefe are advancing linoret wau- m wri" V" Discuss EJffht-Hour Lew. . ,:W Thursday the house oommitiee mi -'''rjjfi sbor proceeded with hearings on the )ill to estend the eight hour tew to ill government work, including the! done n private establishment*