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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 26.1900. ONE DOLLAR PER TEAR. |||8
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SENATORCLARK
MUST GET OUT'
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Report of Elections Committee Is a
Sabmitted to Senate. t
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1 HIS SEAT IS DECLARED VACANT *
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Resolution to Fire Montana Man ?
Unanimously Recommended a
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oy inc wummuiee.
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A Washington Special says: Senator
*, Chandler, from the senate committee ^
on privileges and elections, submitted t<
to the senate Monday the report of r
that committee in the case of Senator ^
Clark, of Montana. The report says: j
"The find;ng of the committee is, c
that the election to the senate of Wil-. j,
liam A. Clark, of Montana, is null and n
void on account of briberies, attempt- p
ed briberies and corrupt practices by B
his agents, and of violation of the
laws of Montana defining and punish- ii
ing crimes against the elective fran- ( a
v chise." ? d
The committee unanimously recom- t
. mends the adoption by the senate of
the following resolctiou: 8
"Besolvqp, T^hat William A. Clark c
was not dply and legally elected to a
v seat in the senate of the United States h
by the legislature of the state of Mon- t<
tana." c
The report conclndes: n
"The senate shonld, as a dnty to .it- c
self and to the country, demonstrate t]
by its action in this case that seats in r:
the United States senate procured as 1
Senator Clark's has been procured t<
* * cannot be retained by the deliberate ^
indcrment nf the senate. The senate a
also owes a duty to tbe people of Mod- ?
tana, who, conscio is of the bad repute
into which the state has fallen by e
reason of vast expenditures of money f<
in connection with its elections; mani- 0
fested such a public sentiment that p
the legislature of 1895 passed a statute
which, if obej ed, would have re- ^
deemed the state from its bad name.. s
Montana has a right to expect a b
prompt and decisive remedy from tbe f
action of the senate upon the report of t]
A this committee.'* ' ..
The findings are based on the fol- 0
\ ' lowing admitted and undisputed facts j<
appearing in the testimony: n
'*1. -The expenditures in the contest t<
of 1895 as testified to by Senator 0
Clark and Governor Hauser. y
"2. The law of 1895 relative to a
* crimes against the elective franchise, b
limiting the purpose and amonnt of ft
political expenditures in any election.
"3. Senator Clark has been con* f<
atantly a candidate for office. The
* organization of a committee in his in- 6:
teresi in the summer of 1898, to which f(
the report says:. 'He gaye unlimited tl
authorited to spend money which be
agreed to furnish; an estimate, how:
ever, being made that at least $35,000
would be necessary to secure tbe state
convention and that $75,000 might be J
needed to secure the state legislature.
"4. In the canvass which ensued
the approximate' expenditures admit
hvthA vftrinns mflmhers of his
committee, and their assistants, were v?
as follows: By Charles W. Clark, y
$25,000; by McDermott, $22,000; by ^
Davidson, agent, $22,300; by Well- *
come, $25,000; by Corbett; $5,000; *
I by Whitmore, $1,000; by Cooper, e'
$2,900, mainly furnished by Charles T
W. Clark, and the amount of these u
expenditures Senator Clark himself 0
* * paid to his son. The advances and cl
payments made by Senator Clark to
his committee and agents, as admit- c
ted by him, amounted to about $139,- C
000. sf
"5. None of the members of his ci
committee or their assistants inrde &
the sworn returns required by law, d
nor did Senator Clark himself make r<
any return." si
Sections 6 to 15 deal with the busi- ai
ness transactions of Mr. Clark and his
representatives with members of the s(
legislature. C
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Mcaragna Bill Bay. y
In the house Monday upon the re* c<
quest of Mr. Hepburn, unanimous v<
consent was given to set aside May 1
and 2 for the consideration of the o
Nicaragua canal bilL * h
TO USB BUS TAX. "
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Atlantis 6s., Msj Soon Bosst of An Up- p
to-Date "Pa?>nr Institute."
( A "Pasteur Institute" seems a ai
probability for Atlanta, Ga. The re- 113
port of the Georgia Medical Associa- ?ai
tion to investigate with a view to
establishing a Pasteur labaratory in j?
that city, was adopted by the Georgia '
Medical Association.
The committee was instructed to
- make further investigation, and given fi
power to act, without, however, bind- 1
ing the association in. a financial way.
The idea is to saenre, if possible, 50 3
> percent of the dog tax, to be devoted ,!
to the opening of a "Pasteur Insti- .!
s M 111 i. QI
rate" in aubuu
FLOOD REPORTS ENCOURAGING.
The Weather Clccn Off end the Waters D
Begin to Sabeide.
A Jackson, Miss., special says: The
flood situation is considerably improv- 8
ed and the Illinois Central road is get- t
ting its trains through to New Orleans P;
over the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley ^
tracks without difSculty. t;
All previous estimates of damage to
railroad and farming interests have tc
been multiplied as the extent of facts
of the situation are gathered. pi
NEWSPAPER PLANT BURNEl).
St. Louis Chronicle Building and Con- H
touts Almost m Total Loss.
The plant of the St. Louis Chronicle,
occupying the three and four-story C(
buildings at Nos. 14 to 18 North Sixth h
street, was practically destroyed S2t- v
urday by a fire that is supposed to have S(
originated in the boiler room. The a
interior of the building is a complete a
L wreck and the typesetting machines, c
the stereotyping machines and whole p
fonts of type in the advertising depart- t)
ment of the paper are destroyed. The tl
plant is almost a total lo3s. p
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CONSTANT SR1RMISHIN6.
3oers Are Pressing British Garrison
at Wepener and Showing
Great Activity.
Latest dispaches arriving in London
rom the seat of war, though meager
nd unsatisfactory, clearly indicate
enewed activity at all points where
be British and Boer forces are in
triking distance of each other.- Inerest
for the moment centers at Derets
dorp aDd Wepener, with fighting
vidently in progress.
A dispatch from Ailwalnorth of April
1st says there was heavy firing on
he previous day between ijewets dorp
nd Wepener, and around Wepener on
aturday, but no particulars have been
eceived. A special dispatch from
fasue dated Saturday, April 21st,
ays:
"The investment of Wepener coniuues.
The Boers seem determined
o do their utmost to capture the garison
before relief arrives. Severe
gliting appears imminent."
The activity of the Boers at Elandsaagte
apparently has failed to draw
leneral Buller, if that was its object,
ato doing more than repel the attack
lade on his advance posts. A disatch
from Warrenton, also dated Sat.rday,
says:
"There has been intermittent and
aeffective snipiug by the Boers, who
lso fired a few shells,' both during the
ay and night at the station, the past
wo days."
Spenser Wilkinson, ^viewing the
itution in South Africa for the Assoiated
Press, says:
""The Boers admirably understand
ow to suit their tactics and strategy
o the country. Their art consists, in
ompelling the British to attack and
lake exhausting marches across a
ountry ill-provided with roads. Thus
heir first step is to surround in supeior
force aDy isolated party of British,
'his compels the British, if they try
o escape, to attack under conditions
hich give all the advantages of cover
njl defensive use of rifle fire to the
oer lorce. lne tfritisn commanaeri-chief
is then forced to send & relief
spedition from a distance. The Boer
5rce interposes, and the British, in
rder to get forward, are again comelled
to attack.
"This is the history of Wepener,
hete Colonel Dalghety has 1,500 men
nrrounded by Boers. General Braant,
from the sontb, and General
lundle, from the west, have to fight
beir way to the relief of Dalghety.
"General Bundle has pert of his
wn and General Chermside's divis3D8,
which if fully present would
lake 18,000 men. His plan should le
> try to surround the Boers in frout
f him, but as they ride and his men
ralk, he may find this impracticable
nd have to push them back slowly
y a combination of a flank with a
ontal attack. ,
"The Boers are using their small
[>rces with great energy. A 4py ot
vo ago they were recounoiteringGenral
Roberts' position north of Bloem>ntein.
Next they attacked Lord Meauen,who
was retiring toward Boshof.
COLSON LIBERATED.
ury Declared Slayer of Scott and
Demaree Not Guilty?Ovation
In Court Room.
.Ex-Congressman David J. Colson,
ho was tried at Frankfort, Ky., for
le murder of Lieutenant Ethelbert
cott and Luther W. Demaree, was
cquitted at 6:35 o'clock Saturday
rening. . The trial lasted four days,
he jury was out only eighteen min
tes. There was silence as the jury
led into the court, and the court
lerk, Ford, read the verdict.
As the last words were read, the
rowd arose and sent up a wild cheer,
'olonel Colson, the defendant, was
landing near the witness chair. The
rowd took no notice of the court offi>rs,
whe pounced vigorously for orer,
bat piled over the railings surmnding
Colson and insisted on
laking hands with him. They gave
a ovation to the jury and Colonel
ames Andrews, Colson's chief coun*1.
The cheering was kept np till
olonel Colson left the court room,
ad as he did so, it was taken up by
le Beckham soldiers in front of the
>nrt house, to which the colonel very
ery gracefully returned the salute.
Colson received messages from all
rer the state congratulating him on
is acquittal. The tragedy which rellted
in Colson's trial was a duel
ith Lieutenant Ethelbert F. Scott in
le lobby of the Capital hotel in
rankfort, in which Colson killed his
atagonist, Scott, and Luther W. Detaree
and Charles Julian, bystanders,
ad wounded Captain B. B. Golden.
Both Scott and Colson emptied their
istols, fifteen or twenty shots being
red in all. Scott had seven bullets in
is body; Colson was wounded in the
m. He received the wound early in
le fight and it was shown that Scott
red first.
Colonel Colson was tried on an inictment
charging him with the mursr
of Scott. He is also indicted for
illiDg Demaree, but this will now be
ismissed.
EX BANKER INDICTED.
eclares Efforts Are Being Made bj Enemies
to Blackmail Him.
An indictment was returned by the
rand jury at Lima. Ohio, Friday af
srnoon against N. L. Michael, ex-viceresident
of the American National
ank, which was mysteriously robbed
vo years ago of $18,000. Michael deared
some time ago that the 'efforts
? connect him with looting the now
>funct bank were being made for the
arpose of blackmail.
THE PRICE LEFT OUT.
ou?e Radically Chaoses th? Naval Appropriation
Hill.
A Washington dispatch says: As a
2sult of a protracted struggle in the
ouso Friday the provision of the naal
appropriation bill to enable the
ecretary of the navy to contract for
rmor for the battleships Maine, Ohio
nd Missouri, now awaiting their artonr
equipment at $345 per ton, the
rice asked for Krupp armor, is out of
le bill as is the provision to repeal
ie $300 limitation placed upon the
rice of armor by the current law.
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"VS* V-W
THREE MILLION
FLOOD LOSS
Mississippi and Louisiana Both
Suffer Enormously.
DEVASTATION IS ON ALL SIDES
Lands Submerged, Farm Houses
Washed Away, While Loss of
Animal Life Is Appalling.
A special to the Memphis Commermal.Anneal
from New Orleans under
?rr?
date of April 20 says:
The flood which commenced the
early part of the week has already
caused, at a conservative estimate,
fnlly $3,000,000 loss in central and
southern Mississippi, to say nothing
of the damages by the railroads. The
extent of the losses have not yet been
fully realized, and it may be Bomedays
yet before an accurate total can be
reached. For days mail communication
has been totally cut off between
those localities which have suffered
most and the outside world, while
telegraph lines suffered greatly, so that
the news is just now beginning to arrive
by wire.
In Louisiana, too, the damage done
by the unprecedented rains w^ great,
but in this state they are more inferential
than positive. A special from
Columbia, Miss., which was received
Friday night, fixes the loss in that little
town and its immediate vicinity at
$500,000.
Many farm houses were carried
away by the mad waters, the occupauts
barely escaping with their lives,
and the number of cattle destroyed
was great. A great many gins and
mill houses were washed away and
many saw mills saw their lumber piles
melted away as if by magic.
Nearly every big bridge around
Columbia was swept down stream.
Pearl river is now higher that it has
been known for many years. Miles
and miles of the New Orleans and
Northeastern track are still under water.
Honey island, the rendezvous of
the noted train robber, Birch, is under
twenty feet of water, and the
island, which has for years been one
of the neutral game preserves of the
south, is now devoid of wild animals.
Hundreds of deer were drowned, and
the Hills near the banks of Pearl river
are now the temporary abiding places
of all manner of fonr-footed life. The
log booms in the neighborhood of
Pearlington were all carried away and
the loss sustained in this direction
alone amounts to thousands of dollars.
Distressing Dews comes from HickWi.6
a email t/-?wn An this rnftd.
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which is sow completely surrounded
by. water and inundated in many localities.
Hundreds of hogs and cattle
near this place were drowned and
miles of fencing have been washed
away. The latest advices from the
town of Enterprise state that the losses
there have been great and much destruction
prevails. Half a score of
towns are completely cut off from the
outside world, as they have been since
the early part of the week. From
Chunky river swamp, near Enterprise,
comes the news of a heavy loss of life.
The Illinois Central road is crippled
badly. The New Orleans and
Northeastern, the East Louisiana and
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley are
as yet unable to move trains and the
Mobile and Ohio is also a heavy sufferer^
COPPER MINE SOLD.
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The Standard OH Company Buy* a Controlling
Interest.
A Salisbury, N.; C., special says:
The recent rnmor tkat the Standard
Oil Company was trying to secure a
eon trolling interest in the Union copper
mine was not altogether an idle
one, for now they own all the shares
of stock except $100,000, retained by
W. G. Newman. This means that the
Standard Oil Company will have the
controlling interest in the mine in
future. Those who know most about
the transaction state that the consideration
Mr. Newman received was
enormous.
SCOTT FIRED FIRST.
So Testified Two Witnesses In Colton
Trial At Frankfort.
In the Col son trial at Frankfort,
Ky., Friday, William Smoot testified
that he overheard Lieutenant Scott
and Golden talking in front of the
Capitol hotel a few minutes before the
tragedy occurred, in which Scott and
two others were killed. Smoot heard
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ocott say to uruiueu;
"This trouble has been brewing long
enough and has got to end now," to
which Golden replied:
"Whatever you do, don't let him get
the drop ou you."
Max Hansberry and Max Redin, of
Midway, both testified that Scott fired
the first shot.
AGAINST THE CHANGE.
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Majority of Xew York Presbyterian Ministers
For Old Creed.
The New York Journal and Advertiser
has polled as many of the Presbyterian
clergymen of Greater New
York as could be reached upon the
subject of a change of creed. The resnlt
follows:
For a new creed, 30; against revision,
14; non committal, 8.
FACTS AKE WANTED.
Trouble That J.abor Federation Will
Take Hand In Strike,
It is likely, according to President
W. V. Powell,'that the American Federation
of Labor will take a hand in
the strike of the Southern railway
telegraphers.
"Proni/lont. Samuel P. Gompers, of
the Federation, wired President Powell,
the head of the telegraphers' order,
Thursday morning, asking for a statement
of the present situation and for
suggestions as to the best way to proceed
in the matter. j
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\ STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ ;
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Palmetto Knights of Honor.
The Grand Lodge, Knights of Hon- ,
or, of this state, met in Colombia the j
past week. The financial showing was {
gratifying, The officers for next year k
are W. A. Templeton, past grand die- ,
tator; L. N. .Zealey, grand reporter; *
J. T. Robertson, grand treasurer; L. j
L. Zealey and J. W. Todd, delegates \
to the Supreme Lodge. I
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Separate Coaches a Heavy Expense. ^
The recent session of the legislature '
changed the law requiring railroads to ,
provide seperate compartments ?iu ,
coaches for white and colored pas- j
seDgers. The new act provides for ]
separate coaches, and establishes a ;
uniform rate of 3 cents a mile, instead ,
of first and sccbnd-class fares. The ,
railroads complain that the change has <
cost them considerably.
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Consolidation To Be Effected^
It is announced that preliminaries >
have bee? completed for the consolidation
of most of the railroad proper- J
ties owned and operated by the At- ,
lautic Coast Line. The consolidation ,
will be effected under the charter of ,
the Virginia corporation, which will j
be known as the Atlantic Coast Lino i
Railroad Company. Including the ;
lines in South Carolina, the new system <
will comprise about 2,100 miles. The <
consolidated company is authorized to
have $100,000,000 capital, although it \
is not stated that the amount will be ,
issued. ]
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Tolbert's Dismal Approved. (
A Charleston special says: The re- i
moral of John R. Tolbert, collector of ,
customs at the port of Charleston, will
relieve the Republican party in South
Carolina of the leader of a faction ;
which has caused bloodshed and riot <
and unending troubles. The prime ( (
cause which led up to Tolbert's dis- ]
missal was the fact that he allowed 1
contraband liquors to be stored in the j
custom house, to be kept there for :
blind-tiger keepers, against the laws ;
and away from the roach of constables.
Six weeks ago it was said that the cus- 1
torn house was being used for a blind 1
tiger, and the talk got so frequent that j
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constables recently attempted to raia
the building. The collector, however,
refused admittance, and it was not until
the treasury department sent a man
here that the search could be made.
While waiting for the arrival of the
inspector, the constables kept guard at
the building, and the liquor could not j
be removed, although while the gnards
were outside the officials were busy in
the building emptying about $1,000
worth of good liquor the sewers and i
trying to hide all traces. This did not
happen, however, for the proof was
found and a report was make accord- 1
ingly. - I
No surprise was expressed here when i
the news was received that Tolbert had i
been dismissed. Collector Wallace, 1
who will succeed him, #will remove <
Chief Deputy Collector OstendorfT, <
and it is likely that other heads will
be chopped off. Col. Wallace stands j
well in the state, and liis record as a <
Republican leader stands good. j
Tolbert is the father of the Tolberts <
boys at Greenwood and Phoenix, who
were mixed up in the riots there last <
November during the elections. Since
that time the community has made it
unpleasant for everybody with Tolbert
blood, and there was great rejoicing in j
the two communities when it was
learned that Tolbert had been fired.
It is believed that the custom house 1
sensation has been closed with the dis- (
missal of Tolbert. He was in bad re- (
pute politically, and the business of
the office will be carried on to better
advantage under the new regime.
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Capt. Sharpe Died In Poverty. '
Captain M. R. Shcrpe, comand- *
er of the Twelfth regiment of South
Carolina volunteers in the civil war,
died in Columbia the past week, and |
it was' not until the end came that
friends and old comrades ascertained
that he was in abject poverty, had suf- c
fered for the necessities of life, that his ?
family were in want and unable to i
bury him. (
Captain Sharpe was seventy-five i
years of age and one time was a man [
of property. His war service was dis- ]
guished. One of his comrades said?f c
hijn that if he had fought for France ;
he would have been decorated with
?V?n T.amnn ,\t TTnrAi* if tnr V.noland
I bUO JLig^iVU VI AAVUVA y ?* AV4
he would have worn the Victoria cross. }
His bravery and disregard of personal
danger won him the admiration of all
soldier who knew him or were ac- ^
qnainted with his deeds of valor.
He went throughout the war and at j
Sharpsburg was wounded, althpugh be
ought to have gone to the hospital, he j
continued to fight during the battle.
At Gettysburg he dirfp?j.yed the same
bravery that had characterized' him in
other battles, and in tkia battle he was j
wounded so that he lost his left arm.
Captain Sharpe's property was lost j
in the war, and since then he has lived j
in an unobtrusive, quiet way. Recently,
because of old 3ge, he lost a
position at the almshouse, held for
years. j
His friends saw that he was properly
buried. An aged widow and an afflicted
son are survivors of this family. ^
The old Confederates here will do t
what they can for the family?too i
brave to let their poverty be known a
till revealed by death?and they invite r
all citizens to contribute to so worthy r
a cause. i
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Library Lo?en the Money. ?
The supreme court has made a de- t
cision that decides important points, t
besides being a severe, if not fatal,
blow to the Neblett Libra- . t
ry Association, of Greenville, c
The decision is in the Neblett
will case by the supreme con'4 and
Mrs. S. E. Turnipseed, plaintiff, ap- ,
pellant, wins her suit. The newxcomes
from the clerk of the supreme court
to plaintiff's attorneys. ^
Probably no case in the up-country
has ever attracted 60 much attention .
throughout the state and among the
lawyers generally, or has been so ably c
fought. It not onl;; involved consid- |
erable property, but grave questions
of law and equity, and the decision *
will probably establish a strong precedent.
The trial in the circuit court
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was a matter of profound interest.
Every phase has been closely watched. <
\rgnraents were made in the supreme
'ourt last fall. This is the end of a
?plendid legal fight and a question of
jenuioe interest to the public.
In 1892 Mrs. S. Turnipseed, of Conmbia,
and Mrs. A. Viola Neblett,
who. were prominent in the world of
?voman's clnbs and of woman's snf- (
rage, who were aunt and niece, rejpectively,
and being left with few if
iny near relatives, made a mutual
i jreement as to the disposition of
heir oronertv. The nnreement xvas
:hat in the event of the death of either ^
;he property of such one should go
o the other. Wills were agreed np<f>n,
jut neither will was put in evidence
it the trial. *
In 1896 Mrs. Neblett made a new
will, in which nearly all the property e
was given to the Neblett library,which
aad already been established by that
arty. About }f^u,uuu in siocks huu
oonds were thus given to the library,
and the household furniture and sil- 1
rer were willed to Mrs. S. 0. Sirrine. i
Mrs. Turnipseed was given $1,000. t
Mr. G. W. Sirrine was named as executor.
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Mrs. Neblett died in 1898 snd Mrs.
Turnipseed took steps during that <
year to set aside the second will and ,
3>tablish the validity of the oral agreement.
The case came before the circuit
court at the November term, 1898,
fudge Klugh presiding. Mrs. Turnipseed
was represented by Haynesworth,
Parker & Patterson and George
Johnstone, and the defendants by
3othran, Ansel & Cothran, J. A. McDnllough,
W. G. Sirrine and C. F.
Dill. A jury was impaneled and for
two days direct and expert testimony
was .taken amid some of the finest
legal work ever seen in Columbia,
fust before the arguments commenced
fudge Klugh dismissed the jury and
took the c*se in hand on the equity
side of court.
In an elaborate opinion filed several
weeks later the judge sustained Mrs.
Neblett's second will, holding that
while the fact of there being an oral
agreement between aunt and niece, it
bad been shown that its terms were
not sufficiently supported to be enforced,
and that the second will had
more of force. Now the supreme court
j a 1 nrvt flia
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will of Mrs. Turnip8eed was demanded
by her attorneys, the doonment was
aot produced and has not yet been
fonud.
The effect of this decision will be to
deprive the Neblett Library Association
of about $20,000. The building
in which the library is located has not
been involved, as it was given to the
issociation by Mrs. Neblett prior to the
making of the second will. This was
ber private residence.
LOSE FOR THIRD TIME.
School Cut at Alton, 111., Goer Against
the Negroes Once More.
The jury in the case of Scott Bibb
versus mayor and city council of Alton,
Illinois, known as the colored
school case, brought in a verdict Saturday
for the city. The case is a celebrated
one and involves the question
of separate schools for white and colored
children.
Bibb, who represented the colored
people, charged that the colored school
ehildren were excluded from the public
schools. This is the third time the
case has been tried, in the circuit court.
An appeal will be take to the superior
arurt.
Sultan Will Pay?
According to unconfirmed advices
from Constantinople the porte has reolied
to the American demands, statng
that Turkey will compensate
American missionaries under the same
jonditions as in the case.of other foreign
subjects.
Cobb Left Kight Millions.
Letters testamentary in the estate
)f the late Silas P. Cobb were |iled at
Dhicago Monday. The testator left
in estate valued $8,000,000.
THE FOURTH INDICTMENT.
former Auditor Hooter Hu Another Trut
Bill Against Hiin. * ?
Thoe. J. Hunter, the former auditor
>ithe Atlanta and FTest Point railroad
md the Western Railway of Alabama,
ias again been indicted by the Fulton
lounty grand jury. The new indictnent
charges him with misappropriatng
$2,375 of the funds of the Western 1
iailway of Alabama, alleged to have ]
some into his hands through the com- <
>any'a office at West Point. 3
JAPAN AND RUSSIA~NEXT?
[Tar Between the Mikado and Csar Is
Persistently Predicted.
Advices from Yokahama state that
he persistency with which the western
iress clings to the imminence of war
>etween Russia and Japan is attractng
much attention. Thus far there 3
ma seemed to be no foundation what- i
loever for the rumor. <
The fact which now impresses the i
mblic is the arrival of representatives r>f
some of the prominent New York i
ispers who have been sent for the express
purpose of being on the spot t
vhen the outbreak occnrs. 1
BOX OF MILDEWED BILLS. j
(
Lmericus Woman Finds What Is Sup- }
loosed to Be a Fortune.
Mrs. William Parker, residing near
Lmericus, Ga., stumbled upon a forune
Thursday morning while sweep- j
ng her yard. The broom caught in ,
in obstacle, partly unearthed by the j
ecent rain, which proved to be a
usted and decayed iron box contain- ^
ng a solid block of paper money, two
nches in thickness. The bills are
nildewed with age and so compressed
ogether that their value cannot be deermined.
# (
The supposition is that the money (
ras probably coDcealed during tne (
:ivil war and forgotten.
SULTAN IS DEFIANT.
i
Xplomstn Declare the "Sick Man" Will
Welcome a Disturbance.
A special to The New York World
rom Washington says: c
"It is intiniatedby diplomats famil- (
ar with the situation that the sultan i
>f Turkey does not care particularly g
whether an ultimatum is issued by the
Jnited States because of the neglect tc
jay the claim for $100,000 which the
Jnited States is cow demanding after ]
rears of promises, as he has m^ans of c
cprisal at hand." s
4RMY OFFICERS
GET EXTRA PAY
Senator Bacon's Resolution Brings
Ont the Fact
?
EMISSION IS FRANKLY MADE
secretary Root 5ays They Deserve
Double Compensation?Washington
Post Criticises.
A Washington special says: Senator
Bacon's resolution calling for facts
about extra compensation paid to army
officers'in high statione in Cuba was
adopted by the senate Saturday, as
was the other one on the same line
calling for the details of certaih elaborate
expenditures said to have been
made in fitting up quarters fir the
American representatives in Havana.
The introduction of the resolutions,
and their consideration, brought forth
not only a lively discussion in the
senate, in which some startling adw
missions were made, but it brought
from the secretary of war the admission
that the allegations are true.
Secretary Boot is quoted as admitting
that American army officers now
oocupymg administrative positions in
Cuba, are drawing additional salaries
of Cuban revenues.
The Washington Post, referring to
the matter, says:
"Most surprising of the misuse of
this Cuban money is that it has had
the sanction of the administration, as
represented by the president and Secretary
Boot. The Cubans have, of
course, been powerless. They have
not even been consulted. The United
States is in control of the island, and
so in the pockets of American army
officers thousands of dollars of Cuban
revenues merely jingle, alongside ol
the dollars regularly paid to these officers
as their legal salaries."
This act, which is in direct conflict
with the specific law which provides
that no army offioer shall receive extra
compensation by pointing out that
it has only gone to a few, and. that the
money which went to these favored few
came from the revenues of Cuba, and
not from the fnnds for the payment of
army officers' salaries.
Senator Bacon says he will push the
investigation vigorously, as he proposes
to get to the bottom of these
charges. Secretary Boot, in admitting
the facts, also stated that the officers
who were donbly paid, were worth more
than their salaries from this government,
and this he considered an extenuating
circumstance.
?
TAYLOR SEES BOOSE* ELT.
*
Kentnckian Appeals to Governor of New
York For Protection,
The New York World publishes the
following in Sunday's issue: W. 8.
Taylor, governor of Kentucky, is in
New York in consequence of the finding
of an indictment against him by
the grand jury of Frankfort, charging
him with being an accessory before the
fact to the murder of William E. Goebel.
He appealed to Governor Roosevelt
asking that any demand for extradition
be denied. The interview between
the governor of Kentucky and
the governor of New York lasted for
an hour and a half. The utmost secrecy
was observed.
According to a Frankfort dispatch
the indictment against the Republican
Governor Taylor, charged with being an
accessory to the murder, will be held
up till after the argument of the governorship
contest cast, which is docketed
for hearing before the supreme
court at Washington, April 30th, and
it is said by persons in the councils of
the prosecution that no steps will be
taken in the case till after that time.
' The rumor that Governor Beckham
bad been applied to fer a requisition
is without foundation.
Monument to Texas Heroes.
Saturday aras San Jacinto day in
Texas. It is made notable this year
by the nnveiling of a monument in
Galveston to the heroes of the Texas
revolution, the gift of the late Henry
Rosenborg to the people of Texas.
RAILROADS HOSOR EMPLOYE.
Ml Basinet* Suspended While Body Was
Belnc Bnrled.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Liouis and Western and Atlantie railroads
paid a last tribute to the mem*
)ry of Superintendent of Motive Power
Tames Callen, who died in Nashville
Thursday night, and was buried Sat*
lrday at noon.
While the funeral ceremonies at the
jrave were being conducted and the
fody waSi being lowered into the
?rave, business of all kinds was suspended
absolutely on the 1,300 miles
)f the railroad system that Mr. Cullen
lad served so long and so faithfully.
Couer d'Alene Investigation.
The cross-examination'iff Dr. Hugh
France was continued at Washington
Thursday, before the Couer d'Alene
nvestigation. J.t was mainly directed
x> show his connection with the military
system. Dr. France justified the
tlia militia.
jruucuiug V*
Date for Cuban Elections.
A cablegram was received at the war
lepartment Thursday from Governor
General Wood, stating that the Cuban
'lections will be held Jnne 16th.
WRIT IS REFUSED.
'he Supreme Court Denies Certiorari For
Captain Carter.
A Washington special says: The
upreme court refused to grant a writ
>f certiorari in the case of Oberiin M.
barter, convicted by courtmartial for
regularities while in cbarge of engineering
works in.Georgia.
Carpenters Cease Operations.
Two hnndred union carpenters at
\ansas City, most of them employed
>n the new Cndahy packing plant,
i truck Monday for 37} cents an boor.
BOLTED CONVENTION.
Tennessee Republicans Will Send
Two Sets^)f Delegates to
Philadelphia.
A Nashville special says: Theexpected
split in the Tennessee State Republican
Convention came Friday with
the result that not only were two delegations
sent to the Philadelphia convention,
but two full state tickets
were nominated, two platforms adopted
and two state committees named.
The Evans men were patient to the
supreme moment and exhausted their
resources for getting what they called
fair treatment before choosing the o?ly
alternative of bolting or submitting.
The convention sat for two hours
awaiting the report of the committee
on credentials, which had worked all
ninVtt Ttinrai^av Thin
finally reported at noon Friday, recommending
the seating of the Brownlow
delegation in twenty-three counties,
the Evans delegation in one county,
and that both delegations be seated
and the vote divided into twelve counties.
A minority report, favoring the seating
of the Evans delegations in nineteen
counties was presented, and a
motion to substitute the minority for
the majority report was voted '-on
without debate, the vote being ayes,
163; noes, 309.
As soon as this result was announced
Colonel W. S. Tipton hurried to the.
rear of the hall, and after a moment's
consultation with Newell Sanders,
Evans' manager, returned and called
upon all of Evans' friends and all the
delegates who were for the fair thing
to leave the hall. The majority of the
'Evans delegates left and proceeded to
the lower floor of the capitol, where
Colonel Tipton made a speech, telling
how Turiieyism in Tennessee and Goebet
ism in Kentucky had been outdone.
A band, which was on hand, then
struck up a lively tune and the hundred
or so delegates who had quit the
ball and the four hundred or more who
had been refused admission, marched
to the Amusement hall and organized
another convention.
' "SENSELESS AND SILLY."
Christian Science Is So Characterised Bj
Reverend Vance. ?
i A sensation marked the first session
(he Christian Endeavors' convention
| in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday night Rev.
T?T Vonna nf VflftVlvillft". in thft
' / AUiUO X? I nuvv| w* mwm ? ?...
I course of an able sermon, attacked the
' Christ Un Scienists' creed vigorously
and condemned it as senseless and
i silly.
Dr. Vance made an allusion in his
i remarks which is believed to be at
; least a partial endorsement of Dr. Hil.
lis' and Dr. Parkhurst's attack on the
i Westminster confession of faith. He
said:
"I want to say ihat I do not delieve
we should be held back from truth by
a dead hand. The modern conception
of God is truer, I believe, than it has
ever been before. If I am clinging
to any faith that can be torn down by
the light of truth, the sooner I find it
out the better it will be for me."
Referring to Christian Scientists, he
said:
"How do you explain that so many
senseless and silly isms get so many
followers^ Any creed can get a following
these days. If a man should
say that dropping off this house and
* falling on the hard flag stones below
is the only way to salvation some people
would drop off the house to be
saved. Take, for example, Christian
Science. Can you explain how it is
that sensible people can bring themselves
to believe in such a cfeech as
that ? I believe it is because they
have never been able to establish themselves
in God's doctrine."
The preacher took for his text the
tenth verse of the fifth chapter of first
Peter, and founded on it his subject:
"God's Altar Stairs to Perfection."
He referred to the admirable faith of
I the Boers in the Sonth African war.
"Whatever side we are in sympathy
with," he said, "we cannot help but
admire the Boers for their sublime
faith in their God."
Commercial Congress Ended.
The eleventh annual session of the
Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress
adjourned at Houston, Texas,
Friday afternoon to meet next year in
' Cripple Creek, Col. A plan was
adopted for the organization of the
congress on a permanent basis.
CANAL BILL AMENDED.
Words "Fort ifjr" sad "Defend" Eliminated
and "Protect" Substituted.
A Washington special says: The
honse committee Friday so amended
the Hepbnrn Nicaragua canal bill as
to make it conform in its salient features
to the provisions of the HayPanncefote
treaty.
The provision for fortification of the
caDal is stricken out of the bill, and
instead of defense being provided for,
the measure will provide for protection
of the canal.
The words "fortify" and "defend1*
are stricken out, and the woid "protect"
inserted.
Carlisle Is Too Busy,
John 0. Carlisle, former secretary
of the treasury, said that he had been
asked by Governor Taylor's counsel to
appear for him in the United States
supreme court in the Kentucky appeal,
but that he had declined to do so
because he was too busily occupied.
A Sew Ministerial Council.
A Madrid special says: On account
of dissensions among its members the
ministerial council has been displaced
by a new one..
. HOOSIERS HAD SO FIRE.
"" * ar*n? Indiana Pan.
(Ml f 1 pet r rozru aim
plo Suffer In Cotiseqnenee.
A fall fro/a 42 degrees to 5 below
zero throughout eastern Indiana within
a few hours, Saturday, caused much
suffering in the entire gas belt. The
pipes were frozen and little or no fire
could be bad in many homes, there
being no wood or coal at hand. Many
homes were abandoned and hotels resorted
to, while families in hundreds
' cf cases left home and crowded into
rAtllUIN KUW j
IN ALABAMA
Powder and Lead lo Republican
Meetings In Montgomery.
11* i IIMf IC CHAT -
StKQtAM Ai AMU u jiiwi -vi
.
- ! Governor
Johnston Orders Statehouse
Cleared and Closed. S
Two Conventions Held. ' ^
The Alabama Republican state eon*
vention, which was called to meet in
Montgomery last Thursday was split
wide open before any of the prelimin- : jS
aries were arranged, the factions being i
at fever heat. I
Gaston Scott, a Vanghan man,
refused admittance to the hall by JS
Frank Moragne, a Bingham seigeant- |r
at arms, when hot words were er-'-gj '
changed and then blows, and
blood was shed. Mc.ngne pulled bifv
gnu, and while clinched, shot Scott ^
twice, once in the right hand and onee g|
in the left lung. '
Scott fell at the third shot aaflgH
Moragne went at once to the govern* J
or's office to surrender.
There was the greatest confusion ||
67er seen at any convention, and it is ^ ,J|
said on reliable authority that 100:. f|
onns were drawn by members of thn ^ ?f
different factions.
Taylor Scott, a brother of : $|
wounded man, was soon in the crowd IS
and followed the slayer of his brptfatf-M
and fired two shots at him at ha ran Igjj
for the governor's office. The wound- M
ed jnan was given medical attention a$^ 18
Moragne was taken in enatody by %, c J
the sheriff and will be detained wrel % J
the wounds of Scott are decided
The governor ordered the hall <dear?f
ed and would not allow either fad889
to hold its meeting in the capital, adrrl
speak on the grounds. I
It is miraculous that no more shoot*9
fng was done, as everybody went j
expecting trouble. ' \ < Sf
The Vanghan faction, led by. a brass m
band, organized their convention aM
the auditorium. The Binghamiaetios3 fm
organized at Dorsett's hall, known a?3? /
McKinley headquarters. 0^
The Yaughan faction, after asaenk-^ ||
bling in the auditorium, became very M
calm and the conventidn was opened | 9
with prayer .by Bev. Dr. Stokee* who |
is pastor of the largest negro church S ||
in the world, it is claimed. Yaughan, .-j |g
in his opening address, recommended 1 ^
a full state ticket be put< out from ";
After the credentials committee re? > 4
ported Hon. W. P. Aldrich, congress- J - M
man from the fourth district, 4wa*.| m
nominated for permanent chairmaa^ ;i|
and was elected by unanimous vote of- '
the convention. Binford was mid^^B
permanent Mureuuj.
The election of a state ehainMHg|&9|^
the next bnainese in order and
WilliamVaaghan, of Jefferson,
Wimbs, of Hale, were put in nominf^| )}M
tion and Yanghan was elected
large majority, his opponent receit*Og?; only
thirteen votes.
Wimbs withdrew his name and mot- 4 g
ed Yanghan's election, which was cfiyg
I ried unanimously.
v Delegates at large were ftfoctedjjfii : .
follows: C. W. Buckley, postmast^rJl V
at Montgomery; 3. W. Walker, Macon;
Nathan Alexander axroP&$?^
Lovejoy, the last two being oolotf*. |
politicians.
The putting out of a state ?
was left to the discrenon of the exeeiti|^H:'
I tive committee.
Besolutions indorsing WttKiafeM^ 2
administration and the record c'l
drich, the only Bepnblican congress*
I man in the state, were adopted;
Yanghan faction then adj<mrned ?ti?l^^8
die with a "hip, hip hurrah!"
The Bingham faction at Dorsett's .
hall claimed to have seventeen out of the
thirty-five members of the executive
committee with them.
The committee on credentials re
ported that.evory county in tho riaffiffl, ^
was represented. Bingham warefep?||
ed chairman of the state executive > ;
committee by a unanimous ' vote,;C:
Delegates for the national convention
for the state at large were namedr.^f
Wickersham, of Mobile, postmaster;
Dan Cooper, of Birmingham, United
States marshal; J. 0. Leftwieh, ot;^
Montgomery, receiver at land
and A. N. Johnson, secretary of the |
executive committee. The last twoVwSfl
colored.
Each faction claims that the 6thcritiJ||
a bolter and each has about the saoukp \-i
fnllnwing in the fMlk Mtd <U?. v^i
That there Till be two delegation*
from Alabama there is now no dorifeggB
and it will be a difficult question ttejM
the national convention. The
are about evenly divided in number* v$
and influential Republicans.
FOK "TRATElilflG* EXPOSES. J
Senator Davis Presents ResolvtlMiOallfa*
For SS5.000 In Response to Sacgestfea. ^ j
Senator Davis has introduced aa - '
! amendment to the sundry civil appropriation
bill appropriating $2^,000 for
defraying the expenses of a delegation ,'|?:
from United States to the international
conference of American states, proposed
to be held in Mexico in the interest
of the nnion of American repub- Wk
lies. The amendment is - offered in
response to suggestion by president
Catholics Murdered.
Members of the "Boxers'" Society 8
Saturday massacred many Chinese
Catholics near Pao Ting Fu, in the. )
province of Pe Chi-Li) southeast of
Tien Tsin. The German gBnbo^;*|g8
litis arrived at Taku Saturday. The
other foreign vessels have left for