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' ' ' * ' The Bamberg Herald. . j ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY, MAYKJ1, 1900. , ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. 'fA A GRAND SIGH! t NO CLOUDS TO HAR T1 OF EARTH'S I iWI ELATED Thousands of Snccessfnl Photographs Taken of Phenomenon and Vast Oct3 lay of Government and Edcca* tional Institntions Well Expended. The eclipse of the sun ^Monday was a phenomenal visible throughout North America, Europe and Africa, but total only in some t ' parts of Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia in the United States. It was an event of first imDortance. w " ~ c ' not only to astronomers but to the world at large. It was unprecedented in more than one respect. Its path of totality instead of extending through sparsely settled regions or rnnning over vast expanses of water, crossed six states in a populous portion of ( the country, all of the region being easily accessible by rail or water. It has been eleven years since a similar event was witnessed, but the ad- ( vancement of astronomical science ' and tho marvelous improvements in 1 telescopes, photography and electrical ( appliances insurod more complete observations than ever before known. ] The United States government and all great educational institutions made 1 elaborate and costly preparations to ] ? - i *i-1 _ -1 T get me oesi poKsxuxe uuservauuus, and millions of dollars were expended in this way. While great interest attached to the eclipse itself, the object of the astronomers composing the "eclipse expeditions" from all parts of the country was not stone to observe the passing of the moon before the sun, but the study of the corona. This particular branch of the many phenomena generally attending an eclipse has always been an unsolvable problem. It is the belief of many astronomers that the corona is a product of the sun and has nothing to do with the earth or moon, as formerly suspected. Generally speaking, the observations taken by the astronomers Monday were confined to three separate lines of work?the old method of telescopic observation, viewing of the eclipse with the naked eye and the photographing of the phenomena of the eclipse. The path of totality be' gan at the Pacific ocean, just west of Mexico. It passed eastward across Mexico, and entering the United States near New Orleans, proceeded in a 1 northerly direction until it left the continent close to Norfolk, Ta. . The higher altitudes gave reasonable assurance also of clearer atmosphere and at tlys season of the year ; less olouds are generally found, especially - in Alabama, Georgia and j c North Carolina. While the eclipsej s was visible all over the country, it j was only within a path of about 55! t miles in width, extending from New j e Orleans to Norfolk that the obstruc- t tion was complete. It will be readily i seen, therefore, that a difference of c five miles in this belt made a differ- v enee of one-fifth in the matter of time o in which the obstruction could be wit- e nessed and a position near the central a line of totality increased in geometri- s cal proportion to the stupendous grandeur of the phenomenon. s * Then.it crossed the Atlantic, touch- f ed Portugal, and afterward passed t across northern Africa, leaving the 1: earth finally near the northern end of t the Red Sea. In this country the 1 cities of New Orleans, Mobile, Mont- t gomery, Raleigh, and Norfolk were in e tike totality path. Besides these cities . the path of darkness included thirty t other towns, which are large enough n to have their names on the map. Few t if any observatory parties were located a at the large cities for the reason that f: they lacked the altitude, and an unob- t etrncted view for any distance was not I to be found. C At Barnesville, Ga., where the government observing station was located, p the weather was very good, and the a * conditions under which the observa- q tions were made were good. The program was carried out without inter- c ruption, without accident or delay, a Twenty photographs were secured on a the five cameras mounted on the polar t " axis, and four photographs with the I large photoheliograph. The trans- 1 parency of the sky was good and the 1 steadiness of the air was excellent; \ in fact, is was unusually good. As far as known the observations were t entirely successful. i: tEye observations of the solar prom- t inences and also the corona were 1 . made, and also observations of the shadow bands both by eye and by e photography. Professor H. C. Lord s also made entirely successful obser- v vations, and although of such a char- n acter as to mako exceedingly sharp a To Change^Marriage Law.. A London dispatch says: In the / house of lords Lord Strathcona moved ! the second reading of the colonial bill permitting the marriage of a man and \ his deceased wife's sister. The bill g passed its second reading amid cheers ^ bya vote of 116 to 13. i British Near Johannesburg. i Monday Lord Roberts announced t his arrival at Klip river, eighteen t miles from Johannesburg. j. CHANGE OF VENUE ? | j Is Desired For Negro Moran Charged j With Criminal Assault. . There is a strong probability that t Jack Moran, the negro who is badly wanted by a mob in rloyu. county, i <; Ga., and who now occupies a ceil in ^ the Atlanta jail, will not be brought to i trial in the county where his crime was c committed. The chances are that c Judge W. M. Henry, of the Kome circuit, who has conferred with Governor Candler, will grant a chaDge of venue and that the trial will be held in At- ( Iantfe 5 r WAS ECLIPSE IE GAZE OF niLLIONS NHABITANTS. work necessary at critical moments, he seems to have succeeded admirably. The photographs will probably be developed in Washington. Everything was in readiness weeks ago at Thomaston, Ga., where the Lick- observatory expedition bad a splendid site. Astropomer-in-charge, Professor W. W. Campbell, brought A/itAn^^A inefvnmanfc ocvciai luuo ouicu nnb tuoiiuiucuvc all the "way from Mount Hamilton, Cal., and was the first astronomer to reach the coveted shadow path. He was assisted by a splendid corps of assistants. The eclipse as viewed at that point was a perfect success, both from an astronomic and popular standpoint. What results have been accomplished will not be known until the fortythree photographs taken during the period of totality have been developed. At Siloam, Ga., the observations were a complete success. The sky was clear at this point and the full program of the eleven photograph exposures was carried out. The corona appeared strikingly like that of the eclipse in India in 1898. In South Carolina the day was cloudless and the special agents of the government were afforded a splenlid opportunity to study the phenomena of the eclipse. Representatives of ;he government weather burea?made extensive observations at Newberry. The South Carolina college was at Little Mountain, the University of Virginia at Winnsboro and other bureaus and institutions had observation earties at 29 points in the belt of toality in the state. In Columbia the stars came out and or 89 seconds the sun's light was obtcured. There was an unnatural greensh halo over the surrounding country ind the temperature fell 10 degrees. At "Rn+crora tv-tllocra AolinRA station at ?* " ww.vpw X ?Winnsboro, S. C., twenty photographs )f the sun were secured during the totality with different cameras and unler varying times of exposure. Observations of the eclipse for the weather bureau were taken at the ruskegee Normal and Industrial institute at Tuskegee, Ala. A perfect crescent with decided diminution of light was visible at 7:13, and totality jhsued at 7:38, its length being one ninute and 15 seconds. At the instant of totality a cold wave seemed to pass over the earth and stars were plainly visible. The day was anything bnt one of -est to those who represented the Harrard and Blue Hill observatories, the Massachusetts Institute of Technol>iy, St. Louis university, St. Xavier iniversity and Creighton observatory, Dmaha, Neb., all stationed at Washngton, Ga. A clqar sky and ideal weather' pre-ailed at the hour it was most wanted md splendid results followed. AS VIEWED ABROAD. At Ovar, Portugal, the weather was ilear, and the English expedition observed the eclipse satisfactorily. At Tripoli the eclipse expedition, mder Professor Todd, of Amherst iollege, completed successful observaions with twenty telescopes, includng a twenty-four-inch telescope. The orona was for fifty-two seconds and rafc an exact duplicate of that of Janiary, 1889, completely confirming'the leven years' period of corona variation i ? -- mi? ii " X xne sun spots. xue wcaiuu wao plendid. The conditions in London for aberrations of the sun's eclipse were air. The day was somewhat cloudy, >ut at 2:47 p. m. the sun shone out >rightly and the circular shadow over he disc was remarkably clear cut. ?he sun was intermittently obscured, ?ut the observer had ample opportutity to obtain valuable results. Intense interest was displayed in he solar eclipse in Madrid, Spain. A tumber of excursion trains were run o Argamavilla, Elshe, Navalmoral ,nd ' Plazencia, where astronomers rom ill countries of Europe assem>led. M. Flammarion reported from ''ranee and Joseph Norman Kockyer, Treat Britain. Bright sunshine and a cloudless sky >re vailed everywhere. The British .stronomers assembled took photographs every ten seconds. The eclipse was observed at Algiers inder fine conditions. The sky was rlmost cloudless and the atmosphere Imost transparent. Observing paries were present from England, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerand, the largest being the British, is totality approached the effect was reird. "When the last ray of sunlight faded he corona instantly shone forth, unisually large and brillhnt, extending o Mercury, shining with intense white aster two degrees away. The shape of the corona was almost xactly that of the eclipse of 1878 as een in the United States; namely, two ringfe, one shooting almost vertically ipward and the other downward, both lmost exactly on a solar equator. COURT GRANTS APPEAL. ' Atlanta Street Railway Contention Before Judge Pardee. In the United States court at Atlana, Ga., Monday, Judge Newman granted the appeal of the Atlanta Railway and Power Company, better mown as the Consolidated, from his ecent decision authorizing the Colins Park and Belt Railroad Company o condemn certain portions of its racks under the franchise granted the atter corporation by the city. "RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY" s New Name Secured By Atlanta Street Railway Corporation. By an amendment to the charter of he Collins Park and Belt railway of Ulauta, Ga., granted by Secretary of state Phil Cook, the name of that cor>oration is changed to the Rapid transit Company, and henceforth the :ompany will be known by its new , sharter name. Failure of Stock Brokers. ThoJailure of Seymour, Johnson & :o., waB announced on the New York Jtock and Cotton Exchanges Monday. 1 DEWEY'S BOUNTY I Is Cut In Half By the Decision of the United States Supreme Court. Monday the TTnited States supreme court decided Admiral Dewey's bounty claim against the admiral's contention. The effect is to deprive the admiral and the men engaged with him at Manila of half the amount claimed by them. Justice Harlan rendered the opinion of the court, which turned on whether the words "superiority" or "lmer.ioriiy in me Muiuie nun iciciertce to support of the enemy's vessels by land batteries, mines and torpedoes. "We cannot do that," said Justice Harlan, "without going far beyond the obvioxis import of the words employed by congress. There is undoubtedly some force in the suggestion that in rewarding officers and sailors who have sunk or destroyed the enemy's vessels in a naval engagement, that the difficulties of every kind with which they were actually confronted should be taken into Consideration. Bnt that is a matter which we cannot suppose was overlooked by congresE; and we are m>t at liberty to hold'that it proceeded upon the broad basis suggested when it is expressly declared that the amount of its bounty shall depend upon the question whether the euemy's vessel?not the enemy's vessel and the land batteries, etc., by which it was supported, was pf inferior or equal or superior force." Upon the question of policy the court said: "All genuine Americans? recall with delight and pride the marvelous achievements of our navy in the memorable engagement at Manila. Bnt this court cannot permit considerations of that character to induce it to depart from the established rules for the interpretation of statutes." The original claim of Admiral Dewey and his sailors was about $400,000. The court of claims reduced it to$200,000. That decision is sustained by the court's decision. The admiral's personal claim is reduced from ?20,000 to abont $10,000. Chief Justice Fuller and Justices White and McKenna dissented. Ex-Secretary Herbert, counsel for Dewey and his men, filed a petition for a rehearing. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. The Various New Industries Established the Past Week. The more important of the new industries reported the past week include coal mines in Alabama, Texas and West Virginia; cotton mills in Georgia and Texas; cottonseed oil mills in Alabama, Mississippi. North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas; an electric light and power plant in Georgia; an olectrical machinery manufactory in Virginia; flouring mills in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and North Carolina;' a foundry and machine shop in West Virginia; a furniture factory in Mississippi; gold mines and granite quarries in North Carolina; a harness and a $250,000 ice factory in Georgia; a knitting mill in Virginia; a loom equipment manufactory in South Carolina; lumber mills in Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia; a mining prospecting company in Texas, an office supplies manufactory in Virginia; rice mills in Georgia and Texas; a roofing manufactory in Alabama; a shoe factory in Georgia; a soap factory in Mississippi; spoke and handle works in Kentucky; stave and heading works in West Virginia; a tannery in Georgia; telephone exchanges in Tennessee and West Virginia; a tobacco factory in Kentucky; wagon works in Virginia.?Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) invAvrc IM wmpc flade By Standard Oil Company In Kentucky and Georgia. An increase of 10 per cent in the wages of a certain class of employees has been announced by the Standard Oil Company, of Kentucky. It is estimated that about 1,000 men will be benefited by this advance and many of the Atlanta, Ga., employees will come in for their share. The advance was decided upon recently at a meeting of the board of directors of the company, but it was not until a few days ago that news of the increase was made known. "SECRET UNDERSTANDING/' Senator Willington flakes Significant Reference In Senate Speech. In the course of a speech in favor of the adoption of a resolution expressing the senate's sympathy for the Boers, Monday, Mr. Wellington, of Maryland, referred to a secret understanding existing between the United States and Great Britian. When Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, demanded proof that such an understanding existed, Mr. Wellington said that in the circumstances it was difficult to present tangible proof, but he believed the proof could be found in the secret archives of the state department. CERTIFICATE OF MAG1NNIS, Would-Be Successor of Clark, Presented In the Senate. Friday, Senator Carter, of Montana, presented in the senate the certificate of Governor Smith appointing Hon. Martin Maginnis senator to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Senator Clark and to which Mr. Clark also had been appoiqted by Lieutenant Governor Spriggs in the absence - 1 of the governor. In accordance war. a request made by Senator Carter the certificate was laid on the table. (I FOR CAMPAIGN EXPENSES. New Yorker Gives $100,000 To Democratic Committee With Proviso. James J. Coogan, president of the borough of Manhattan, and a leader in Tammany hall, has contributed $100,000 to the Democratic national committee with the stipulation that the gift be recinded if William J. Bryan is not renominated. The committee will be allowed to make use of this fund as it may see fit; ' ' it - - ION BOER SOIL BRITOHS MARCH Roberts Leads His Army Into the Transvaal. CLIMAX NEARLY REACHED Redcoats Are In Neighborhood of J<r hannesbnrg, the Burgher Metropolis, and Pretoria, the Capital. When Lord Roberts wrote hia first i dispatch on Transvaal territory Sunday, shortly beforo 2 o'clock in the afternoon, he was fifty-one miles from Johannesburg and seventy-seven from Pretoria. His immensely superior forces had passed the Vaal river, their last great obstacle, at three points. The Vaal forms a curve of eighty miles from Pary's on the west to Zand Drift'on the east. The concave of the curve is toward the Free State. Thus Lord Roberts, advancing along the railway, as in a position to strike any part of the crescent by shorter lines than those by which the Boers could re-enforce the threatened points. The Boers retreated almost without a show of defense. General French and General Hamilton apparently did not fire a shot. Of Lord Roberts' immediate force eleven men, belonging to the Eighth mounted infantry, were the first to ford the river. They came upon a Boer patrol looting at- Viljoen's Drift and skirmish lasting ten minutes followed. Two hundred Boers tried feebly to hold the Veredeniging colliery, but they were dislodged. Tbe Boer rear guard is at Meyerton, ten miles south of Verec^pniging. Their main body is moving toward the Klip river hills, that cover the south side of Johannesburg. While Lord Roberts' 30,000 infantry, 20,000 horses and 150 guns are moving on Johannesbui^ and Pretoria, through a parched and deserted country, the situation at the Transvaal capital as it was last Friday, is thus described by an observer, who sent his message by private nana to Liourenzo Marques Saturday: "The situation, both from a military and a political point of view, has become very critical. President Kruger Thurssday admitted that matters are . very grave. The Boer determination is to trust everything to a last stand on the Gats Babd mountains, to the north of Potchefstroom, where 3,000 kaflirs are digging trenches. To that point every available man and gun have been sent. "The whole of the western border of the Transvaal from end to end is defenseless and General Baden-Powell can march in when he likes. Lord Roberts, on the other hand, will encounter the greatest resistance. The Boer endeavor is to lure the British into appearing to threaten Johannesburg with attack, an excuse thus being given them for the destruction of property. The Transvaal government will not dare destroy the mines and property without an excuse. Much dynamite has been sent down the line and 160,000 cases lie ready at Zuurfontein, near Johannesburg. "General Louis Botha and General Lucas Meyer have pleaded for the preservation of property. Both are large landed proprietors and fear confiscation, but they have not received satisfactory replies from PresidentKruger. "Meanwhile many French and German adventurers have come forward with schemes and inventions for blowing up the British troops. Some of these have received a tacit permission to experiment. One German invention is for use on a railway, where it lies perfectly concealed until the weight of a passing train explodes the charge. President Kruger's proclamation to the burghers asking their vote for and against continuing the war is understood to say that they can quit now with the prospect of retaining their farms or continue to the bitter end. Rumors are current in Lord Roberts' t a 1 > f am 4-xn n r?? aimj luav iuu i^ucio aiaicuu iDIU* i render. DUELISTS feXTlNCT. Captain Page, "Last of the Line," Dies In Richmond, Va. Captain Page McCarty, the celebrated editor and dnelist, died Friday evening at the retreat for the sick in Richmond, Va., after many days illness. Captain Page McCar?y was the last of the famous southern duelists. He was in May, 1873, one of the principals in an affair that was romantic as well as fatal. He killed John Mordecai, a prominent lawyer, and was himself terribly wounded. The lady who was at that time the belle of the south was the innocent cause of this duel. PAPERS OF INDICTMENT In the Neely Affair Sent From Washington to New York. Papers were sent from Washington to New York which charge Neeley, the alleged defaulting postal employee, with the embezzlement of a sum approximating 8400,000 through conversion into cash of the $400,000 worth of "surcharged" Cuban postage stamps which were ordered destroyed i and so certified by Neeley. Campaign Against Smallpox. The state board of health of North Carolina will begin an especially active campaign against smallpox. It finds from reports that the disease has in- J creased 400 per cent in North Carolina daring the past twelve months. ? ( Reading Matter For Soldiers. Mrs. Greenleaf, wife of Colonel C. ; R. Greenleaf, United States army, has ( succeeded in opening an American library in Manila, for t^e use of the American soldiers, sailors and citizens j in Manila. { CNjrsir^iCNJfNjrx3ror\j? I SOUTH CAROLINA \ I STATE NEWS ITEMS, i CMCSlCMCSJCMCMfSJrsl^ Scop? of Charleston Exposition. The scope of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition is briefly shown in the following items: 1. Agriculture, cotton, tobacco, food and its accessories. 2. Manufactures. 3. Machinery of all kiuds, including agricultnral implements. 4. Transportation exhibits: Railway, ships, vehicles, automobiles, bicycles aud electrical appliances. 5. Liberal arts: Engineering, public ttorks, constructive architecture. 6. Forestry and forest products. 7. Horticulture and floriculture. 8. Phosphate rock and its products. 9. Mines: Geology and minerals. 10. Fish, fisheries, fish products ? /? i and apparatus ior nsning. 11. Livestock. 12. Graphic arts: Typography, lithography, steel and copper plate printing, drawing, bookbinding, etc. 13. Fine arts: Painting, sculpture and decoration,14:. Education: Special exhibits from Clemson college and other state institutions. 15. Hygiene. 16. Woman's department. 17. Children's department. 18. Military. 19. Negro department. 20. United States government exhibit. 21. County exhibits. 22. Good roads: Sections of roads, road machinery, broad-tired vehicles. 23. Exhibits from Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. One of the main buildings will be a "cotton palace," and in this will be shown the prodncts of the cotton seed, the machiner^ used in its manufacture and improvements of the century. . Board of Health Wrathy. The entire board of health of Union has resigned as the result of the clash between the local authorities and the cotton mill people about smallpox. Resolutions were passed denouncing the author of the circular signed by T. C. DuncaD, president of the cotton mills, so far as reference is made to the board, as "cowardly and a slanderous liar?cowardly, in that he confessed to each of us that his circular was a bltfff, and slanderous in that he sought - * * ? * - Ai- j: lalseiy to injure us ior me uggraiiui/.ement of his interests." The board charges Governor McSweeney with failure to co-operate and meet the issue bravely and in a manly way, and denounces Dr. Evans, head of the state board, for professional discourtesy in practically placing Dr. Duncan in charge of the vaccination. They charge the governor with being more interested in re-election than the enforcement of law and order, and says: "Whereas, we realise Duncan representing a million and a naif dollars in corporated capital, is a more potent factor in politics than the board of health." They further charge Dnncan with violating the law by interfering with the board of health in the legal discharge of its duties and delaying, hindering and interfering with imperative vaccination. ?%. Club Chartered. A charter has been issued to the Business Men's Club, of Orangeburg. The corporators named are: James M. Oliver, Otto W. Spahr and O. B. Bosinger. The association is for business and social purposes. ?*? Coroner Appointed For Charleston. Governor McSweeney announced a few days ago that, in accordance with the recommendation of Charleston delegation he would appoint W. E. Duffus coroner for Charleston county, to fill - * ai :? OUt me uutjipueu. icim <ji luoiaio \juioner Rivers. Governor McSweeney was pleased to appoint Mr. Duffus, especially because he was not a candidate for the place for the; approaching primary. Campaign Fund. In his speech to the Democratic convention Senator Tillman urged that abont the most that this state could do for the success of the Democratic nominees, as this state was perfectly safe, was to contribute to the campaign fund. The National Democratic committee at the instance of the state committee has appointed Colonel U. R. Brooks, of Columbia, as chief in charge of the campaign fund in this state. Col. Brooks has selected and named workers for each of the Congressional districts, and announces the following ' appointments: First Congressional district, Prof. C. J. Owens, Orange- 1 burg; 2d Congressional district, A. F. Brooker, Columbia; 3d Congressional district, G. W. Speer, Lowndesville; 1 4th Congressional district, James Evans, Jr., Columbia; 5th Congres- 1 sional district, H. W. Dixon, Colum- : bia; 6th Congressional district, D. H. Traxler, Timmonsville; 7th Congressional district, Dr. O. R. Lowman, 1 OrancrAhnrcr. ' D' O* The national committee announces that it will assure all contributors that the fund raised will be judiciously and carefully used and that the donors will be gratefully remembered at headquarters. *% Alleged Emigrant Agent Flogged. Amos McLaughlin, an itenerant upholsterer, visited Edgefield and, suspected of being an emigrant agent, a gang of cotton mill hands enticed the man into the basement of the mill, and t tying him, gave him a terrible flog- i ging. After vainly trying to get a c legal investigation of his case, he left 1 the town. ( ?* BTeeting of Wholesale Grocers. The ninth annnal convention of the 3outhern Wholesale Grocers' Associa- t tion met in Charleston the past week. 1 Every southern state was represented, s The most important matter at the first Jay's session was the election of a president, and J. A. Van Hoose, of Birmingham, Ala., was elected by acclamation. f E. G. Leigh, Jr., president and E. ^ E. Hooker, secretary, both of Rich- g raond, declined re-election. Retiring ? President Leigh made an extended re- ' port, dealing with various important reports which required careful consideration. i** King's Daughters Go On Record. The convention of the southeastern brauch of the King's Daughters, held f.t Darlington, has pledged the efforts of the order "to wipe out that foul blot" on the proud histories of this and adjacent states, the employment of child labor in factories." The next legislature will be attended by officers of the society, who will work to this end. The danghters of the King also decided to build in Charleston the "Hospital of the Sons and Daughters of the King." ?* General Hampton Too Feeble. General Wade Hampton was too feeble to attend the Confederate reunion at Louisville. He is now confined to his home and his physician stated that it would be impossible for him to at tempt the journey. General Hampton has broken mnch recently. His eighty* first birthday was passed some months ago. *% Applies For Charter. The Glenn-Lowery * cotton mill of Whitraeyer has applied for a charter. The capital stock is $300,000. The promoters are William Coleman, of Charlotte, and W. C. Childs and W. A. Clark, of Columbia. The Greenwood Insurance Company was also incorporated. The capital stock is $100,000. CENTURY FUND Of One flillion Dollars To Be Raised By the Southern Presbyterians. Tk? assembly of the southern Pres5byterian church has decided unanimously to raise a fund of $1,000,000? a twentieth century fund?with which to endow the educational institutions of the church. The decision was reached Friday evening at the conclusion of perhaps the most enthusiastic session the as* sembly has held since it convened in Atlanta, Ga., and as an aftermath to an appeal by Dr. J. F. Cannon, of St. Louis. The address of the former moderator, Dr. Cannon, was powerful and clear cut; decisive in its demand for progress; caustic in its reply to timid questioning, and sternly denunciatory in its arraignment of institutions of learning which are "colorless'' when it comes to religion. The address of Dr. Cannon made in reply to a criticism of the twentieth centnry movement, and coming extemporaneously as the occasion demanded it, may be regarded in its logic, power and appeal as the distinct feature of the assembly. The Presbyterian church of the 6*uth is pledged to the rasing of $1,(X 0,000 for education, and with its accustomed conservatism the assembly has allowed five years for the work to be completed. Before adjournment was taken a committee of pastors to take control of the fund was appointed and everything necessary to undertaking the big task has been arranged, The central committee consists of a chairman, Dr. W. W. Moore, of Union seminary, and a vice chairman, Dr. Charles R. Hemphill, of Kentucky, with one minister and one elder or deacon from each synod of the church. The representation of each synod on the committee was settled previously by each synodical delegation retiring and choosing its minister and elder or deacon. ENVOYS ISSUE STATEMENT. Transvaal Representatives Promise to Vl?!t Viir)nit? CitlM. The following statement was issued at Washington Friday by the Boer envoys, who are at present in that oity: 'Messrs. F&cher, Wessels and Wolmarans, who are representing the Sonth African republics in this country, have received many pressing invitations from most of the large cities of the United States to visit them, but owing to the short time tbey have to spend in this oountry it will not be possiblatlo accept all of the invitations received. It is their intention to return as soon as circumstances permit to their country, staying in Europe sufficient time to carry out their instructions, but before leaving they have concluded to yield to the great demand on the part of the American people to spend a few more days in AmeHca, and they have concluded first of all to visit Baltimore, Philadelphia, Providence and Boston during next week. "After visiting these cities they are in hopes of being able to spare the time to extend their visit to several cities in the middle states, timely notification of which will be given to the committees who have honored them with invitations. The common councils and mayors of a number of cities are urging them by resolutions to make them a visit, and it may be possible that their stay in this country may be prolonged a few days in order to meet their wishes. "Thfl finvovs reoret exceedinelv that they cannot meet the great numbers of people who are so anxious to greet them, as they would like to do. They express themselves as grateful for the many expressions of sympathy heard ipon all sides for the cause that is so lear to them, and they trust that the 'act that they cannot visit all who wish :hem to do so will in no way interfere vith the full and free expression of jympathy and good will on their part." Pleases the Cubans. President McKinley has received he fallowing dispatch dated Manzalillo, Cuba, May 24, 1900: "The city :oncil applauds the noble course taken >y yon; government in hoisting the 3uban flag at Paris. Ckspedxs." McKinley Congratulates Victoria. ? * " triti ii l a I .rresiaeni .w.c.a.iniej', luruu^a oecreary Hay, Rent a message of congratuations to Queen Victoria on the occaion of her birthday Thursday. % Sugar Advanced Ten Points. A New York dispatch says: All crades of refined sugar have been adranced 10 points by the American 8u;ar Befining company. The inde>endent refiners later followed the adance. STRIKE SITUATION In St. Louis Still In Acute Stage. . Governor Stevens' Life Has Been Threatened. Thursday was the 17th day of the strike inaugurated by the employes of the St. Louis Transit Company, with a settlement apparently further away than ever, neither side to the controversy seeming willing to advanoe any proposition to end it. The Transit Comparty has resumed service on nearly all of its lines. Nonunion men continue to come in from other cities, and as they arrive the company puts them to work. Word was received from Cleveland that forty-two ex-employes of the Big Consolidated street car system had been sent to take the places of strikers. Thns far no general sympathy strike among the labor anions has been call* ed, as bad been expected there would be. Different trades and labor organizations are showing their sympathy with the strikers by contributing to their support and passing rules fining members for riding on the street cars. Union labor has brought the World's Fair question into the strike question. At a mass meeting held Wednesday night a resolution was passed to the effect that all union labor throughout the United States be asked to instruct their representatives to oppose the passage of the World's Fair appropriation bill unless the St. Louis Transit company settles the strike satisfactorily to its former employes. Since the strike began 200 arrests of persons alleged to have violated the law in its connection have been made, 25 warrants have been issued, ten indictments reported by the grand jury and the remainder of the cases have been taken to the police and United States courts, where many of them are still pending. Governor Stephens was in the city Thursday for a conference with the police authorities on the strike situation. To a reporter the Governor said: "I am satisfied that the trouble along the street car lines and the whole spirit of anarchy which is pre Tailing in the city of St.* Louie at present is being fomented and extended by the machination* of a certain coterie of Democratic politicians whc hope by their coarse to in some manner make gains in the approaching party primaries. This element is securing speakers to meetings held tc express sympathy for the strikers all over the city and materially encourage disorder. "These persons are responsible foi many of the outrages of the past feu days. It is as a result of their movements that I have received many letters threatening my life should I continue to do my duty aud provide officers to keep the peace. "I desire to say farther that if as governor of Missouri with all the power vested in that office I cannot put an end to the disgraceful condition that has prevailed in St. Louis I shall employ every iota of that power. "The siot and disorder of every unawfal kind mast oease." A statement compiled Thursday shows that since the strike began three persons have been sho* aud killed, 16 wounded by bullets and 13 otherwise injured. UNCERTAIN HEALTH Will Prevent firs. Davis* Presence at the Confederate Reunion. A Louisville dispatch says: Judge H. W. Bruce, the chairman of the conMtmmiHdA ftf /V?n ATA in TUUI4VU WIUMI???W w. m m ? - ? reunion, has received the following letter from Mrs. Davis, widow of Jefferson Davis: Your kind invitation on the part of the United Confederate Veterans has been received, and I regret to say that my health is so uncertain that I can not possibly have the pleasure of being with you, great as it would be to me. However, the date set for it has given me comfort, in the assurance it conveys that my husband's friends and comrades desire to hold him in affectionate and reverend memory. I wish with all my heart I could go to meet our friends, but in all events I send my loving sympathy, and our two children will be present with you?my daughter, Mrs. L A. Hayes, and my grand-daughter, Miss Varina Hayes. With affectionate messages to our veterans, I am very cordially yours, Mrs. V. Juffeson Davis. MORE FRAUDS INTIMATED. Official From Cuba Says Cultoms Department la Rotten." A Washington special says: The exposure of the frauds and corruption in the postal service in Cuba is only the beginning of a series of explosions that will probably shake every depart 1 ?j :i:i ?.i. A HIC?lib U11UOT UllilMftJ XU1Q AU IUO MMUU? Now cornea the direct information from an official of the customs service, who has just returned to Washington from Havana, that the customs service in the island is honeyoombed with fraud of the most flagrant kind and that the peculations of high officials in this department will eclipse those by the Bathborne, Neely, Beeves gang. ROBBER WAS NABBED. Ready to Loot Bank But the Cashier Held Him Up. Will Adams, a desperado, attempted to rob the Tracy City, Tenn., bank, ' which has a vault enclosed in armor plate a quarter of an inch thick. He entered the bank bnilding and concealed himself, awaiting the arrival of the cashier, with the intention of hnldincr him nn when the Safe WaS opened. He tu surprised and captured by the caahier and constable. China Called To Time. The diplomatic corps at Peking, have decided to ask the Tsung Li Ya? men (Chinese foreign office) to define explicitly the measures which the government intends to take in dealing with "boxers." Outlaws Kill Sheriffs, " A special from Thompson's Springs, Utah, says that two sheriffs were killed in a battle with outlaws fifty miles east of that place.4 Posses are on the way to the scene. ? FAILED FOR SUM I OF $13,000,000 ________ m Firm of Price, HcConnldc -M & Co. Have Suspended. ||? BILLED COnON HiRKET Coatrolled Mack Soatkera Stat at Staple Teek a Tumble Wkea FaS- | an Vas Aaataacei -||| Price, McOormick k Co., one of the largest brokerage houses in New York |j citj, failed Thursday with liability* estimated at $18,000,000, The firm is a member of the Stock, Cotton and Produce Exchanges and of the Chicago M Stock Exchange, and has branch offioes in abont thirty cities thronghont the | The failure is ascribed to thaiaet that the firm was long on cotton in the - S face of a fast falling market A notion^ ; on the doors of the offices of the eossf^ pany referred all inquiries to Wittfiui^| : J. Curtis and William N. Cromwell, M assignees. Mr. Cromwell said late| Thursday afternoon that it was inpe||fi sible to make any statement at that I hour concerning the -condition of firm; that its business is very extendedand corers several branch agenicdee^iV-f| The total liabilities, he said, are afatif&l $j? $13,000,000, nearly all of which werfi J secured. He added that a statement > B would be submitted to the credited si^ ?- j the earliest possible date. The firm is composed of Theodore MM Price, William G. McOormick, B? x M. Stewart-Wortley and Walter W^'- B Price, with George Crocker, of Francisco, a special partner on ?& &|| 1"^ 1 yeetment of $5,000,000. Mr. MeCteEgj : -M mick is of the veil known Chieig^| -?|| family of agricultural implement fame?-and Mr. Stewart-Wortleyia a son-itt-^; ^ lav of Bear Admiral Schley. The A&Mf*0. was organized January 2,1877* : i | Following the annoonoemrmt nl^^m ^ failure the cotton market beoam#f^^ stricken, and broke 10 to 13 points. ' The extent of decline from the highest;! price when the bull movement cnlmi- $ jgs nated has befen 122 points. the day the market became more quie*^ '? and recovered from the depreeaion. ||| Assignees William J. Oartis and " William Kelson Cromwell madatij^ following announcement regarding tfcyjS . ;; "To the Creditors of Prioe, MbGefc^i . mick A Co.: Price, McCormick k Cow ; ' have been compelled to tempctag^j^ suspend payment We ask and advis# i 1 that creditors holding the stoqD$|| bonds and other collateral to Ioaa?j| and already well margined, hold the ? loans nntil reasonable opportunity bi^ offered the assignees to deal with4|? same, that unnecessary losses thty4|m Price, McCormick k Co. had^^MH :||? extended wire service, and at tii?||M j|S were credited as doing folly aa la^<^8'': l^ business as any firm on the exnhaityi^a igajjjj Much of the business of theton.^BMr^lg in the cotton exchange at first, and fttj^ senior member and organizer wgflS |^ formerly of the firm of Bnbbard, Prion *k Co. At that time the older firm h*?; a large southern business. The preempt! firm controlled mnch of the sonfiMjBBB ' : stock business, and has been FWSfi? ive at times in stocks favored by eonS^j era operators, although its trade have been far less in volume I UMU in . - .-JIIEM. obtained through its wire senriot toll Price, McCormick & Co. i&re sev^.-: eral branches, in New England. A.-..-;' W. Hogin, of Hogin k Co., Jfem^lh^ | ?| Tenn., correspondents of PrinvX?*; p Cormick k Co., said that feis limyv J| wonld lose but little by reason of the 1-j. Quite a stir was caused in cotton # circles in Waco, Texas, when the fafl^>;' nre was announced. A member of the firm operating on the cotton exchtogs^C and who is in a position to know, ssys^j that no one on the leased wire in v Texas was caught by the failure, It is estimated that the losses San Francisco in cotton and iftsiplj through the failure of Price, McCor*v mick k Co. will be dose to the half \ FAILED SECOND TIME. ilacon Finn Found It Impossible to 'Weather the Storm." V-.?|gj8 Talbott k Palmer, commission ' chants at Macon, Ga., posted the aa~ ; p nouncement Thursday morning of jftlSBH To none did the announcement of failure bring greater surprise than to * i Trustee L. S. Worsham, who stated he knew nothing of the matter and |? -V.IU ?nnransr?^ fnr it. A short time ago the firm felled for $50,000, but the business had bees taken np again, as the members of the ;-|f firm announced that they could re? &| trieve all losses if leniency was shown* ' TO BUILD BRANCH LINE. ^ Southern Olves Out the Contract For Road In Alabama. The Southern railway hais decided to forthwith commence the work of J construction of theEnsley Southern, a branch railroad to ran between Eosley, near Birmingham, and Parrish I Junction, in Walker eonnty. [ The new road will penetrate a country rich in coal and iron ore and will ' bring it into closfe contact with the blast furnaces of the Birmingham v J TWO JCONVENTIONS CALLED Rv RmhaExecutive Committee The Kentucky Democratic state executive committee in session at Frankfort Thursday issued, cells for two state conventions. The first will be held at Lonievftle, June 18th, for the v ^