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STRIKERS MEET ]
FOR DISCUSSION;
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Over Eight Hundred Delegates j
Gather in Citv oi Seranton.
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CONSIDERING 10 PER CENT OFFER;
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First Days' Session Devoted to j
Organization and Speeches
From Prominent Delegates.
Eight hundred and fifty-seven miners
who hold in their power to end or
continue the anthracite coal miners'
cfriL-o m-V.i ?li line liar?r> i?. nr.-iorresd fiir
Oli itttj * * U1V. U WV u *** V W W.
more than three weeks, met in convention
at Serauton, Pa., Friday, for the
purpose of considering the 10 per cent ,
net advance in wages offered by the
operators, and adjourned until Satur- j
day without taking any action on their
employers' pioposition.
13otb of Friday's sessions were de- j
voted to organizing the convention
and to speeches by many of the dele- 1
gates on the mine owners' concession. !
It was not expected that anything j
would be done outside of a general j
exchange of views. The convention, j
after it was permanently organized,
went into secret session, but it was
learned from authoritative sources ;
that nothing of a definite nature was j
suggested, which would lead to a selu- I
tion of what is to the miners a knotty j
problem.
JL i C^iUt'Ul .u i a uri i v viucu iia^ w**- j
ventiou to order at 10:"J5 o'clock, and j
addressed the delegates, saying:
"For the first time in many years j
> the operators have recognized your j
demands for hotter conditions of cm- j
ployment and have offered an advance
of 10 per cent in your wages. I am
well aware that this advance is not .
satisfactory to you. Yon have felt, I
and with justice, that a definite period j
of time should be named during which |
this advance should remain in force. ;
"Your experience where wages are
based on a sliding scale has been so
unsatisfactory to you that you believe ;
that the sliding scale method of determining
wages should be obeyed by the
coal companies, and wages be paid i
twice a mouth, you reserving the right :
of spending your earnings wherever
yon choose. Whether it is better at
this time to insist upon a compliance
with all your demands is a question
which you, who are most interested, j
are called upon to decide.
"Personally I have hoped that we ,
should be able at seme time to estab- I
lish the same method of adjusting 1
wage differences as now exist in the '
bituminous coal regions, where em- j
plovers and miners' delegates meet in I
joint interstate debate, and like prudent,
sensible business men, mutually i
agree npcn a scale of wages which re- j
mains in force for one year."
Chairman Mitchell's lirst act was to i .
read a telegram from Samuel Gora- ,
pers, president of the American Fed- i
eratiou of Labor, as follows:
"The cause of the miners is the
cause of humanity. Whatever the de- 1 '
cisio.n reached regarding the operators'
offer the future must be brighter, bet- : '
ter and more just for the miners, their j ;
wives and children, and humanity will
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be the gainer. Kindly convey to the ,
assembled delegates the sincerest sympathy
and co-operation of every union . '
member and officer of the American ' 1
Federation of Labor. We all pray
and work for ycur success."
The convention went into secret ,
session, au.l at its close adjourned to '
9 o'clock Saturday mornmg. The 1
press committee, of which Mr. Mitch- \
ell is chairman, made public the fol- j
lowiDg report:
"At 3 o'clock the convention went '
into executiue session and the pass
word of the organization was taken up. \
* The question was asked if all theoper- <
ators hal posted notices advancing '
wages 10 per cent, and it was" ascer- I
tained that a large number of the in- j
dividual operators had not yet done so. j ;
rrr_ _ _ ? a. *i_ .. 1 .f i
me opposition to me proposmou ot i ,
the operators appeared to be unani- !
mous. There appeared also to be in- j
tense desire to have the organization
officially recognized. Xo motions i
were adopted bearing on the wage j
scale."
FKRKILL ON TRIAL.
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Killed Express Messenger I.?ne l'or the j
l'urpose ??f Knhbery. i
At Matysville, O . Monday. Roslyn .
Fer.rill was placed 01 trial for his life j
on the charge of murdering Adams j
Express Me-seuger Charles Laue on
August 10, 1900. Ferrill made a writ- i
ten confession of his crime, in which !
all the details of how he shot Laue j
and robbed the express safe were set i
forth. The purpose of the murder was S
to secure money for his then approach- j
ing marriage with Miss Lillian Costel- i
lo. The lady has been subpoenaed.
The only defense will be insanity, j
and an attempt will be made to prove j
him a degeivrate.
LAST PAYMENT MADE.
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Government .>ow win* ? ??- .
(ia., Oanrantine Station.
Monday Mayor Meyers, of Savau-;
nab. received from the United States j
government a check for $20,000, being ,
tiie final payment for the Savannah j
quarantine >'atiou. i'Lis money has :
been place t i:i the hands of the citv !
treasurer. It is probable that it trill j
soon be u^ei up in public improv- |
meets. i ne chct'K was ma ie pava le
to Hot man Meyers, may ;r vf the v tv i
of SavanLab.
O'Brien Denies Deport.
General Superintendent Marl; .T,
O'Brien, of the Southern Express company,
witu. headquarters in Chattanooga,
denies the rumored change of
general ofices from Chattanooga tc
Atlanta.
PJatrn;' Stamped Out a; Blasgow.
Bubonic plague in Glasgow, Scotland,
ha- at last Ik-cu stamped out. '
Ail SU-'t ectv 1 PU-CS V.-. i-tf l:iT;11 -S!
Thursday. Twenty cases in hospitg' j
aie convalescent. I
WU SEEMS WORRIED
Situation In China Is in a Very
Muddled Condition,
A WAITING GAME IS BEING FLAYED
Expedition of Allie* Start Fiom Tien
Tsin Tor Tao Ting: Fh?-Strong lteslstaiue
1? Expected..
V Washington special says: Minister
Wa was one of Secretary Hay's
early callers Thursday. He bad no
late advices from China, but came to
learn the course of this government
on the French proposition. He expressed
considerable apprehension
over the press reports that a considerable
military expedition was moving
on Pao Ting Fu. He looks upon this
as likely to cause serious complications
aud a renewal of agitation among
the Chinese.
He says that the reports of serious
boxer u_ risings in south China are not
correct and are set afloat with a view
to creating the impression on this side
of the water that grave dangers exist
which call for a military campaign by
the allies. The best evidence of this,
he says, is the fact that there are no
boxers in the south of China. The
minioter feels certain that Earl Li
Hung Chang has arrived at Pekin.
Nothing has been heard from Mr.
Conger for a day or two. It appears
that it was an erroneous assumption
that the minister had submitted to the
state department a list of Chinese officials
who had been punished. He did
supply the department with a copy of
the imperial edict in which a number
Ol omciais Avt're meuuuutu, uul a.auc
no prescriptions himself, although he
did express the opinion that other
Chinese besides those named were lit
subjects for punishment.
EXPEriTIOX STARTS OFF.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Tien Tsiu says: General Von Wahlersee,
commanding the allied forces, has
issued orders to the Pao Ting Fu expedition
to depart on the I Ith. The
expedition consists of a mixed force of
5,000 British, German, French and
Italians. The force will leave Tien
Tsin and will connect near Pao Ting
Fu with a column of the same strength
from Pekiu under the command of
General Gaselee.
Four battalions of French troops
which left Yang Tsuu 011 October 4th
on an independent expedition have
been halted to await the arrival of the
main force. The Americans, Russians
and the Japanese are not participating
in the movement. Despite Chinese
assurances to the contrary the commanders
of the forces ordered to advance
expect resistance.
The following was published on
October 8th iu the British brigade
orders:
Count Von Waldersee assumed chief
command of the troops in Chi Li province
September 27 and expresses the
following sentiment:
"It tills ray heart with pride and
pleasure to be placed at the head of
such distinguished troops who have
already given glorious proofs of their
valor and heroism. Well known as I
um, entrusted with the difficult task, I
nevertheless, have a tirm conviction
that I shall succeed, and surely with
the help of these proved troops, in attaining
the object placed before me,
now that they are combined under a
single leader."
CHARGES AGAIVT Ll'DDIXGTOX.
Employee of War l)r)> irtment Makes
Some Seiiou* Allegations.
A Washington special says: John O.
Cole, formerly an employee of the
war department, reiterates his charges
of mismanagement, incompetency and
waste of public funds in the quartermaster
general's department.
General I.uddington's reply to
Cole's lirst charges was that they
were personal in character, bur the
allegations have not been answered.
Cole now makes affidavit to the fact
and furnishes details to the secretary
of war.
This will bring under the searchlight
of publicity and possibly of investigation
by congress the department
which was constantly criticised
on the same grounds during the Spanish
war.
DIPLOMACY IS CHECKED.
Peace N"ec? tintions In ( liina May Nowlit'
I>flay?'(l ItulcilnItely.
Recent happenings in China, especially
in the province of Chile, have so
far set beck peace negotiations that it
may be a matter of weeks or even
months before the peace commissioners
will be able to get to work.
Ill-considered military operations
are said to be responsible for the
check which diplomacy has met in
reaching a settlement. Though the
efforts of the state department, secondt
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ea oy me more moo era e powers, a
steady and systematic presure bad
been brought to bear upcn the Chinese
emperor to have him return to Pekin.
PKE>I DENT POWELL DEPOSED.
l'rom DAie nt Convention o'
It a'! w;?y Telegraphers.
President \V. V. Powell, of the Order
of Railroad Telegraphers, was
suspended from the office Tuesday by
the rpecial convention of the grand
division of that organization, in session
at St. Louis. When the question
was put the vote stood 103 for suspension
and six aga'nst it. Mr. PowvL
said that he had not had time to d
cide what action ho would take. Hv
said that hi." suspension was an entire
surprise.
NEARLY A M1LLI0X HOLLARS.
Treasurer of Galveiton AcLnoxvJcJjres itocoipt
<;f S?'~09,593 t> October 1.'.
John Scaly, treasurer of the Galveston
relief fund, acknowledges receipt
of contributions Lorn October 1st to
12th inclusive amounting to S1.'d-i?:*.,o2.
i n:s includes SI 2-7?,Oi)0 received
through Go\n rnor Sjyeis and ^21,021
73 received tbri.ueu Muvor Jones.
The amount piv. :..?u>!y achuowiedgeu
was S7S1,043 <13, making the t ^talto
date St'TO.O'.'o.03.
I STRIKE CAUSES '
! MORE RIOTING
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| Miners and Scabs Come Into Collision
Near Razlelon.
MINE OFFICER IS SHOT DEAD
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Ten Rioters; Are "lore or Less Seriously
Hurt-??\Yomen Take a
Hand In the Fracas.
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A dispatch from Hazleton, Pa., says:
j A special policeman was instantly killi
ed, another was wounded in the head,
! a striker was probably fatally shot and
; ten non-union men were more or less
1 seriously wounded at the Oneida colj
liery of Cox Brothers in a clash be"
j tween the officers and 500 strikers
i Wednesday morning. The victims ;
I are:
Killed?Ralph Mills, fifty years old, j
| of Beaver Meadow, one of the officers 1
: conveyed in a special train early Wed;
nesday morning from that place to (
j Oneida.
Wounded?George Kellnor, thirty,
eight years old, of Beaver Meadow, i
j also a special officer. He received shot
| wounds in the head, but will recover. !
Juseph Lesko, thirty-eight years old, !
! of Shepptou, a striker. Be was shot
' in the groin and will probably die.
i Ten non-union men were stoned,
but only two of them were seriously
injured. They are John Vaablargin i
! ami James Tosh, of Shepptou.
The Oneida colliery having been in
1 operation since the inauguration of
the strike, the union men at Oneida
and Shepptou, where many of the emj
ployes of the Oneida and Derringer
i colicries of Cox Btothers A* Co. live, I
| decided to close down the mine. They
gathered in groups on the strec-ts as
: early as 3 o'clock.
As the non-union men went to work
they were asked by the strikers to re- ;
maiu at home. Some turned back,
others did uot. Those who went to
the collieiy were stoned. Vanblnrgiu,
one of the non-union employees, attempted
to draw a revolver, but the
weapon was taken from him and in
'the beating he received he had sev- !
' eral l ibs br< k eD.
As the small mine locomotive used
in hauling coal from the No. 2 and
N"o. 3 collieiies to the Oneida breaker
pulled up on the road near the latter '
colliery, a crowd of women blocked the
track. The women were told by Genera]
Superintendent Ivudlick to go
home. He assured them that their j
husbands would get an increase in
! wages and that their other grievances
would be properly adjusted. The j
women refused to listen and stoned i
the superintendent, who was wounded
in the head.
Then the striking men and the women
rushed toward the No. 2 colliery.
A force of about tifty special policemen,
who had heeu brought down
from Beaver Meadow to prevent
trouble, attempted to intercept the *
mob, but they were powerless to do
anything and retired to the engine
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j As the officers got close to the shel- ;
ter a shot was tired. This was followi
ed by another ami in a few moments
i many shots rang through the air. (
i Policeman Mills was the first to fall, j
j Then Joseph Lesko, a striker, stagI
gered to the ground. No one knows
i who shot first, but it is believed that
1 both the strikers and the officers used
j their weapons. A gunshot killed Mills
and small shot struck Policeman Kellnor.
Le-ko, the striker, was struck
by a ball from a revolver, with which
all the officers were armed.
After the shooting the stiikers disI
persed. Sheriff Toole, of Schuykili
; couutv, in whose territory the clash
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occurred, was in Philadelphia and
\ could render no assistance. His chief
| deputy. James O'Donell, went to the
scene in the afternoon with a force of
; men, but quiet had already been reI
stored.
1 mhezzler Located.
The police believe that William
! Schrieber, who embezzled $100,000
from the LTizabethport Banking eomj
paiiy, of Klizabethport, N. J., is hiding
in New York city.
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HI SP A N 0-A y\ K ti H A N CON (I K KSS
j Will Open In Accoi'dinj; to l)oeroe.
O.i Noveinlier 11.
The II i-pauo-American congress,
which was authorized by a decree
I signed by the queen regent in April
j last, will open November 11 in the
| grand hall of the National library at!
| Madrid. The number of delegates ap
; pointed already is over 3,000. A pro-!
' gram of fetes has beeu arranged.
(iotham's (iiit to (;alve$ton.
The New York chamber of commerce
! of (ialvestou relief committee reports j
i additional contributions amounting to i
$>".,304 jprevionsly acknowledged,$109,- |
093; grand total, $115,99$.
ELi;CIIO> iil.j > i u>n,w,
i Kcpubliciin and Democrat ir Secretaries ;
l.ny Wajjem on New York's Vote.
A New York dispatch says: The {
! first bet between the opposing com- .
| mittees directing the state national
! campaigns was made Friday morning
j when George W. Ilottser, manager of
the press bureau of the national llepublicau
committee, wagered $500
even with George X. Graham, who
j acts in a similar capacity for the
Democratic state committee, that Me(
Kinley and Keosevch w- uhl come
! down the Bronx with llHUmP plurality. I
mill in a Si l bob.
' For Third Time tlu? Trial of Vout?ey Is
Po.-tpane 1 lu Ge.nayctovrc Court.
A Georgetown, Ky , dispatch says :
1 It was announced before court mc-t
Thursday morning that Youtsey was
sonicw liat better. He was still in a
i stupor, however, and an-wt-red no :
I questions. II- was not in the court i
: room when court met. Mr. Crawford
i oskt'd a postponement of the trial un- j
{ til .Friday on account of the condition j
: of defendant and the order was made, j
COMPANY F RESCUED j
A R?lief Party Find? C.ipLain !
Shields and His M>n,
GOOD NEWS COMES FROM MANILA.!
Details Are Lacking Hat Deport Will j
Cause (Iroat Joy to Friends p.inl
tlves of Missing Men.
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According to advices from Manila, i
Captain Devereur Shields, who, with
fiftv-oue men of company F, '29th regi- j
mout, United States volunteer in fan*
try, was captured by the insurgent
last month in the island of Mavindu- i
que, was rescued Sunday l-y the j
American rescue foiee, with all the
members of his party.
This regiment was organized at Fort
McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., and the men j
composing it enlisted in that and other i
Georgia cities. Since the capture of I
the company by the Filipinos last j
month friends and relatives have been i
very solicitous regarding its fate, arid
the news of the rescue of the company J
will be received by them with great .
rejoicing.
BOY BEATEN TO DEATH.
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Alabama Negro Commits Most
Horrible Crime?Victim's Neck j
and Limbs Were Broken.
On the plantation of C. F. Ghobton, '
at Suspension, Ala., twelve miles '
northeast of Union Springs, Henry
Hough, a negro, killed a ten-year-old '
negro boy who lived with him by beat- i
ing him to death aud then breaking
his neck in several places, breaking
bis limbs and tkeu leaving him to rot i
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in a cotton patch because he ran off
from home and did not return at the
regular hour.
The boy had no living people. He
seemed to have simply taken Lira in
charge. On examination at the official j
investigation held at that place Satur- j
day the injuries above mentioned were
found on the dead body. Proof is said
to be positive aud Sheriff G. A. Ritcli |
now holds Henry Hough behind the
bars to await judgment for his crime, j
ANSWER TO FRENCH PROPOSAL.
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United State* Agrees With Franco as to
Appropriate Population.
The reply or the state department to
the French note, relative to the bases
of Chinei e negotiations, reads as ful
lows:
The secretary of state to the French 1
charge d'affaires. (Sent to Mr. Thiebaat,
October 10, 19U0.) Memorandum:
The government of the United j
States agrees with that of France in |
recognizing as the object to be obtain- I
ed from the government of China ap- |
propriate reparation for the past, and !
substantial guaranties for the future, j
The president is g ad to perceive in
the basis of negotiation put forward iu
the memorandum of October 4th the
spirit that has animated ihe declarations
heretofore made by all the pow- j
crs interested, and would be pleased
to see the negotiations begun immediately
upon the usual verification of
credentials.
WILL PAY FOlt MOP VICTIMS.
President to Suggest Indemnity For Italian*
Killed In Loui.inna.
A Washington dispatch says: The
president will recommend to congress
the payment of an indemnity to the
families of the four Italians who were
the victims of a mob at Tnllulah, La.,
about two years ago.
A report from a special agent of the
department of justice cleurly established
the fact that the men were killed
by the mob, and none of the perpetrators
of the crime were ever pun- ;
ished by the state authorities, not- :
withstanding the representations of
the national government.
The governor of Louisiana caused
an investigation to be made and there
were some proceeding* before a grand
jury, but the result was that the national
government found itself bound
to make some sort of reparation in
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answer 10 me j.iunazi guverumem ?
representations.
Passenger Has Yellow Fever.
A New York special says: E. Bertweer,
one of the saloon passengers of
the Ward JJue steamer Havana, who
was transferred to Hoti'man Island
Tuesday, was taken sick and removed
to Swinburne Island hospital for treatment.
Wednesday the case developed '
as yellow fever.
lluller Says Oodby to Troops.
General Duller bade farewell to his ;
troops in the Transvaal October Oth
and departed southward. There was
a striking farewell demonstration.
The troops gathered on both sides of
:he rua 1 for miles and cheered Buller
vociferously.
<;oEiii-:L's iikotiir.it testifies. !
Yoatsey, In lted. Wa* In I'lutn View and
Ile irinj; of the Jury.
The Youtsey trial was resumed at
Georgetown, Ky.. Monday, although
Yfiitsr-y was reported in the same coii"
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lilt 1011 US 1.1SI WtVlv. HIS I'OdiU i:uMl
was opened and his bed pulled up in
plain view and bearing of the jury,
and while the witnesses were being .
examined Youtsev could be heard calling
his wife's name xu a hollow, moan
:ng v.iii-e, and could be seen tossing
on his bed. The feature of The da>
was the testimony of Arthur Goebc!
( roaker Mid Not Contribute.
Richard Choker emphatically de
ui-s the stoiv that had been
contributed by him. as coming from
Tammany tir.li to the Democratic
national comui 11tee.
Steamer 3! ade --mfe Trip.
The steamer Rerrkn arrived at Seat- '<
tie M011 lay from Copper River with
17 passriigors 5l:: i f<7>.0;> ) worth of j
( gold du.-t, the lirst from New Chisaa \
i an l ('hristochiua placers. I
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\ SOUTH CAROLINA \
jj STATE NEWS ITEMS, j
I'luO'li-Kin 1'siril
The pardon of T. Ezel Thackstou, of
Greenville. by Governor MeSweeney
will likvl v cause considerable comment,
but the endorsements were unusually
strong. Ih-sides, the appeals from the
[ risontr and from his mother ami sistor
wore of a peculiarly touching nature.
Tbackston is but twenty-live
years old. He h.as spent four years
hi prison, ami before going there had
killed a man and a woman. His trial
for the woman's murder was a famous
me.
Thackston wrote a touching letter
to the governor from the state farm,
where lie had charge of the commis-ary.
Twice the young prisoner had res ued
guards from the attack of negro
onvicts. in the last in>tance saving
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the guard's life ami recapturing three
desperate long term men. Thirty-two
iauies living in the vicinity of the
state farm petitioned for his pardon.
Judge, solicitor and jury, with the.
hoard of directors of the penitentiary,
joined with th?m.
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Government Obtains Consent Verdicts.
In the United States circuit court
it Charleston the government has obtained
consent verdicts for the twelve
lots of land on Sullivan's island
which were needed for the construction
>f the army barracks. Sixty-eight
lots were required, and the owners of
tlfty-six lots agreed to accept the government
price, but the twelve others
Held out for a larger price. After the
condemnation proceedings were begun,
however, the owners agreed
to accept the original order and
verdicts were made accordingly. For
all of the lots the amount of $135,000
was paid. This money will be dis:
ibuted in Charleston at once, and as
<0011 as the necessary details can be
irranged the work on the barracks
will begin. More than $500,000 was
ippropriated by the federal government
for tbe building of suitable bar-acks
on the islaud and this money
a as been available since Mureh,
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Gold Mining In Union.
A commission for a charter has been
Issued to tbe Palmetto Gold Mining
Company of Spartanburg. The capital
stock of the company is put down at a
million dollars.
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I Lie Company is 10 Iieveiop mc
mining property, which is in Union
county, near the couuty line. This
mine was at one time known as the
Thompson gold mine and later on was
worked by the Cannons. The pr -sent
owners of the miuing proper'y have
llready spent a good deal of mo ivy
runniug shafts and installing much uery.
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Keoixuiiliation of Sutio Mills.
A charter has been issued to the
Sutro Cotton Mills, of Yorkville. The
capital stock of the compauy, which is
* reorganization of the former company.
is to be $50,000. The officers
of the company are: T. Baxter MeClain,
president, and W. S. Neil, secretary.
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Negro Burglar Killed*
News has been received of a killing
it Central, Pickens county, on the
Southern railway. At 1 o'clock last
Saturday morning railway laborers
informed Ben Morgan, of Morgan
Brothers, merchants at Central, that
his store was open and that some one
was robbing the premises. He armed
himself with a shytgun, hurried to
the store, and as he came near the
door a man ran out. Mr. Morgan ordered
him to stop aud. the man not
doing so, he tired a heavy load of shot
entering the man's head, killing him
almost instantly. The dead thief
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proved to DC a uegru iiuiuu, ? uw iinu
been hanging arouud Central. Mr.
Morgan was released on bond.
Noted From Newberry.
Newberry College opened auspicirusly
with a total enrollment of 100.
This institution of learning increases
in popular esteem aud usefulness.
The Newberry Knitting aud Hosiery
Mill is a new enterprise for the city
and bids fair to be a great success under
the management and presidency
of Captain W. H. J'ay, recently of
Florence, S. C.
The weather has been ideal for the
harvesting and the farmers are wearing
smiles now that the year's labors
are drawing to a close. All the cereals
will be sown liberally by the planters
and the roller mills are all busy running
day and night, affording the
tinest quality of pateut process liour.
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Charleston Want* New Waterworks.
New complications in the scheme to
give Charleston a maguiticent water
supply, costing a million and a half
dollars, have arisen, although it is
announced that these will not ruin the
original plans. The move is in the
direction of municipal ownership.
When the contracts had been drawn
up an "extensive option was given to
T. A. J3eall, an engineer of Newark,
N. J., and Mr. Beall had beeu given a
specified time to liie his bond for
$200,000. This bond was not tiled,
and Mr. JJealTs exclusive option was
lost. He will be allowed to compete
with other bidders, however, and says
he is hopeful that matters can be satisfactorily
arranged.
In the original plan the new coru?
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mittee, or eompauy. nun- II *1 iJ Cl uci
by city council to manage the waterworks
matter, was given authority t.?
purchase the Charleston Waterworks
company's plant at a cost of e'oat.
S'o?>e floe resolution \vi? v>a?.?e?l some
of the Philadelphia bondholders of tin
old company refused to deliver their
bonds for less than par, wbi.-h wouh.
make an extra cost of STXOdO for the
purchase cf the old company. To get
around this the council has given the
new company the right to refuse to
buy the present plant at all if the
scheme can go through without it.
The water for the new system will !
brought to Charleston from the
river, a distance of thirty miles.
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Tea Jlur e t :>c? ( ?
A Charleston disj nteh says: As an
indication >A the lawlessness hereabout?,
the record of oiruiiijil 0:1=0:
for the November term of the general '
>C: si ns urr for Charleston county,
which was made up last week, shows
tcu murder cases to be trie 1. Those
:.re tli- iMS'.s which got on the ducket
inco the !a>t term of court, a few ?
nonths ago. ?T:ist of the indictments
are against negroes for ordinal? liinrh-rs,
ami out of the list there was
hod y asensational murder. In some ,
oi :he i: d.einionts, however, the evi- '
donee is rai t to he wry strong, and
there may he bar i work for the hanglll;V!.
In ad-iitii u to the tinnier cases, !
there is a b:g d< ekci of miscellaneous j
eritnitmS offenses.
O.u the ci'tnuion pleas side of "the '
court there. i< another hig docket, and
the record will probably be broken
with damage suits. Against the ^
Charleston Consolidated Kailway, Gas <
ami Electric Company alone there are ;
seventeen suits for damages ag'-rro- ,
gating the total sum asked of Slo.'1,000.
| cji tnese cases are o: loug siau-.ij
i:ig, although the !i>t is perhaps the
j heaviest ever brought up at one time j '
j against a railroad corporation. These
j seventeen damage suits are- on the
eakndar.
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Kirtiings of lUtltronrfs.
I The railroads of the state make an ! i
annual statement of the comptroller !
general of their gross earnings, upon '
which is based the assessment for the
support of the railroad commission.
The chief roads of the state report
j tiii-ir gross earning to he >8,910,381.01. . ,
i It will be interesting to note the j
gross earnings as reported for the last ;
year of some of the roads. They are: i
' Southern Ruilwav,in South
| Carolina *. 81,172,120. GO j ,
I -South Carolina and Geor- i ,
I gia mouths' old mau- j ,
J agent en t; 1,170,091.08 { i
I South Carolina and Geor- i,
gia Railroad (2 mouths,
| Southern Railway) .. 172,008.32 j
Asbeviiie and Spartanburg 077,019.30 j,
Atlanta and Charlotte Air j <
| Line 925,385.50 : ,
Atlantic and Coast Line
j Kailway. in South CarJ
olina 1,851,1*28.71 | (
Carlestoii and Western.. . 811,52b.87 }
Charleston and Savannah. 007,070.25 j
( Florida Central and Pen- j ,
insuiar (Seaboard Air
Line) ....*. 304,953.03 I
Georgia. Carolina and 1
Northern (."Seaboard Air : ,
Linei 401.072.74 i
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(' >.l >n Thieve* Ari-psted.
j Last vear a number o? negroes were '
j sent to the chain gang in Anderson for
stealing cotton and cotton seed and a i '
certain family of whites did their part j
in producing evidence against the lie- j
groes. There is no doubt as to the i '
guilt of the convicts. j ,
j Near ilonea Path men were detected j
a few nights ago raiding a cotton
house. They were pursued for miles, ,
, a broken wagon wheel leaving a plaiu I
! mark, and were run to earth. They
j were white. Henry Morrison and his
son-in-law, Joe White, have iled the
county, while Dan Hall and B. L. I
Morrison are in jail. Henry Morrison !
was pursued with hc-uuds, but shot ;
the dogs and escaped. These men
have probably been doing all the steai.in?
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3YiU'h Small Grain Y\ ill Hp Planted.
Iieports from the upper section of !
the state show that the largest crop of !
grain, particularly wheat, ever planted
{is being sown. The people are so
| pleased with the results of wheat
j growing that they are infiingiug on !
i the cotton land in order to sow a full j
wheat acreage. j
Editors Entertained.
The Florida Press association spent
i V>oiivs in (nmhin. on thoir
! way to Richmond. The party, coin- J
i posed of the majority being ladies, \
I was entertained at the Merchants and i
J Minufaeturers'club. They were after- !
j wards taken over the city and subur- I
ban lines in special electric cars,show- |
ed the mammoth cotton mills and o;h- j
er points. The entire party was alio i
entertained at the governor's mansion i
by Governor and Mrs. McSweeny.
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MAY KKMA1N IX IMTEKSOX.
ltitjjcrt T.ormnotive Works Will l'robably
Not Go to Itiriiiinxliain.
It is now thought that the Rogers
Locomotive Works will remain at
Paterson, X. J.. and not be removed
to Birmingham. Ala., as seemed likely
a short time ago.
Prominent New Yorkers liavesbp-;
ped in with the thought of running j
the wc rks at Paterson, and a firm o 'J
Paterson brewers announces that if
*lie Xew Yoik deal docs not go through
they will buy the plant and run it.
Battleship Wisconsin a Fine Vessel.
1 he navy department has received j
if ports on the successful trial trip of
the 1 att'eship Wisconsin, linished aj
few days ago at Sauta Barbara, California.
They show she is a tine ves-,
sol and tittir.g sister to the famous |
Oregon built at the same yards.
HALF MILLION LIABILITIES. 1
j
New York It innling Hoihp Keeper Pites
Petiiion in Bankruptcy.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
in the I nited States district court at
Xew York Monday by Ktlie Shaukins, '
boarding house keeper, liabilities I
S-VJS.llS: assets 110110.
The creditors are Charles L. Ilu'ch- |
inson, 890,000: Juuus C. Ilutcliiusou, j
8123,000: Northern Trust Cornpanv, !
?J7G.O0O: Xul?le I>. Jmlab, 821,892;
J. li. i'ouike. 812,300; George C. Saw- j
berry, 821.000. auu ! n (1. Browns, '
839.0 '0.
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Ail of tii" aliovt uaru'-u creditors are 1
residents of Chicago, where the debts
were contra :ted.
Jl'WJE (iHAV SI.ATPl)
: i t)V Coimnis'-iori-r ?mi Tit^ lliiiuo IVrmni:
? :i t !>:nv.t i??a 1
It is uudersto.d turn Preside:}* Mc
Kiuley has selevted .Tttcge Geo. Gray.
01 rele^re to 1spresent the United
8tate? with es-President Benjamin
Harrison on The Battue permanent arbitration
tribunal.
Judge Gravis a former senator from :
Delegare and u IVmoc at.
He v?a? a member of the Pari- rearm i
com mis-ion an I is ?i'?w a United
8fates Judge far the thbd > ; Pvi :1 cir- j
euit. His seieetion wi-i not involve
the surrender of that position.
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THE NEELY CASES EP
MiDrcme Court Advances Tk^m
For Hoaiinj Xovember 12 h.
3TiI!S IMPORTANT CASES ARE SET
DnoT? l ion of tIt?- Constitution"*
I'M. i.>;oi: ( ver Our New
Monday the supreme court of the
I'nited States granted the motion of
the government to advance the Xeely
ases and assigned them for hearing
November 12th. The cases came up
from the federal court of New York
on ihe decision of Judge Wallace de
' ' T! -
nymg a writ 01 naueas corpus, me
government is very anxious for a decision
which will settle the constitutional
questions involved.
The court also assigned for the same
day the two ^ases which involve the
great question as to whether the constitution
extends over the new possessions
of the United States. One is
the ease of Boetz, a New York tobacco
importer, appealing from a decisiou of
the United States district court for the
southern district of N'ew York, affirming
the decisiou of the board of general
appraisers making tobacco dutiable
under the Porto Rico tariff act.
The other comes to the supreme
court under the title, "Fourteen diamond
rings vs. the United States." It
comes up in April from the federal
court of Illinois. One Peke, a soldier
of a South Dakota regiment, who
served in the Philippines is the claimant.
When ho returned home from
the Philippines he brought with him
the diamonds. They afterwards were
seized by the federal authorities iu
Chicago and confiscated as smuggled
goods.
Through Tike's agency suit was
brought to recover them ou the
ground that as the Philippines were
part of the United States within the
meauing of the constitution no import
duty could be levied, and that the diamonds
were not dutiable, and there*
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rore were uniawmnj stv/.eu. mc
lower court iu both instances sustained
the action of the federal authorities
During the day the court handed
down several decisions. In the case
of Danic-1 G. Wiley, plaintiff iu error,
vs. Sinkler and other election officers,
of South Carolina, for refusing t) allow
the plaintiff' to vote for a member
of congress, the court held that Wiley's
right to vote for members of congress
was undoubted, but that the plaintiff,
having failed to register, that defect
was fatal. The judgment of the lower
court was affirmed.
The case of Alice Weil vs. the United
States was dismissed on motion of
the plaintiff, thus ending the legal
side of the famous litigation over the
La Abra mining claim, which was settled
finally by the decision of the
court last winter. This case was the
last cue ou the docket relative to that
claim.
The court advanced the case of
Homer Bird, who was convicted of
murder by the district court of Alaska,
to the second Monday iu December.
Bird is from New Orleans and while
on his way to Alaska with some companions
quarreled with them over the
division of food and killed two of
them. He was convicted of murder
and is now before the supreme court
as a plaintiff'iu error.
(.EOKGIA ASYLUM CROWDED.
State Institution at Miliedgevnie lias
Two Hundred and Fifty Inmate*.
Governor Candler has received from
Superintendent Powell, of the state
lunatic asylum at Milledgeville, Ga.,
his annual report, which, it is shown,
contains some statements and suggestions
that will prove of very considerable
interest to the next general assembly
and to the state at large.
As is well known, the state asylum
has been greatly overrun with patients
for the past year or two, there being
sow two hundred and tifty unfortunates
iu the institution. Besides,
there are now lying in the jails of
Georgia more than 150 lunatics, it is
said, awaiting admission into the asylum,
but who cannot be accommodated
for lack of room. Thi-*, notwithstanding
the fact that scores of harmless
incurables have been returned to their
families under an older passed about
a year ago.
PATH Kit INVESTIGATING*.
Alabama .Man Think* Hi* Son Wan 31 urdeivd
in HinninKhaiu.
John F. Barbour, of lliomasville,
Ala., is in Bi.miugham investigating
the death of bis sou, J. Ernest Barbour,
who was found in an unconscious
condition iu Avondale park a week ago
from last Saturday, and who died soon
after.
A postmortem examination showed
that the young man's death was caused
by morphine cud the theory of suicide
largely obtained, but Coroner Paris,
"l- - v"4 tlm CJCd fllllv. 0:11118
\V '.!<} Hi > rai ipiiim H_. _ V ? ,
to the conclusion that Barbour mar
have been drugged for the purpose of
robbery ami that tUath resulted.
(?K>\ IS PR j SI I)KM
Of a New I.ife I;i?ormof Company Or.
<aniz-(J at Atlanta, t?;i.
An Atlanta, Georgia, dispatch says.
Secretary of State Cook has received
application for charter for the American
Annuity ami Mutual Life Insurance
ompauy, of whieh General John B.
Gordon is one of the organizers.
The other incorporators are Hugh
A. Haralson, of Selma, A'a.; .1. L.
McCu'.Inm, t f Marietta: Alt ert H.
C\ :<. of A,t!ant:i: ilenty F. Ibm-iy. oi
])<.K:bb county. The priuciprl otii.-t
is be in vla.ntn
f;> RKSTRI-..T M A KB I AGES.
S.:r!t?ty "Want Liiv Vo:
Kpgcia: <::s Matriwdni.
The Tn-State .Medical Society o!
Teunessic, Alabama and Georgia, ir
session at Chattanooga the past week,
has ti>k"Q step- to seetre uiedtea' leg
isia'iou in those three stares for th<
purpose of regn at-ng or prohibit;!??
ib;- sua r:o re <f habitual cr mi mils,
. Mil ett-d with incurable u:s
f.:-o.s, oru.iiifds ami victims ot harm
ml drugs.
WATCHING FOR FEVER
!
Spread of Yellow Jick In Cuba
Spurs to Strict Precautions,
t
! ALL VESSELS CLOSELY INSPECTED
1 Tmnpa, Now Orleans Mobile and Oilier
1'olnts Are Heady to Quarantine
On Short No;ice.
i
i
Cattlemen arriving in Tampa, Fla ,
; from Cuba say that the yeliow fever
! is spreading rapidly in Havana and
j the disease there is of the most viruj
lent type. There is a large number of
cases and many deaths are reported.
Though Tampa is the point at which
travel from Cuba usually enters the
i southern states, no apprehension is
felt. The quarantine precautions aio
[ so strict that there is cot the least
possibility of the appearance of the
| disease.
j Every vessel from the south is sub;
jeeted to thorough inspection, fumiga|
tion and detention by both the United
( States marine hospital service and the
j state board of health. Every one of
i these vessels must stop at the quarani
tine station at Mullet Key, where com!
potent officers, with all the necessary
disinfecting apparatus, are on duty,
i The marine hospital service, as an
extra precaution, has the steamer Bratton
on quarantine patrol service along
I the coast to iutercept any sailing ves!
sels that may attempt to get into the
j Tampa harbor without observing the
j regulations.
There are no suspicious cases dej
tained at the stations and the officials
report that the quarantine against all
points iu the fever district is the strictest
ever maintained.
The state board of health is taking
i every precaution at reusaeola. Yes|
eels from Cuban ports are detained,
five days at the quarantine station and
are thoroughly fumigated aud disinI
ferted before they are released. There
has been no suspicions sickness of
any character at the Pensacola quarantine
station this year.
NEW ORLEANS IS CAUTIOUS.
I A New Orleans special says: The
precaution taken by the state board
I of health to prevent vellow fever from
f *
i entering this port from Cuba or auy
; tropical port is five days detention of
all vessels bringing passengers coming
from such ports at the quarantine at
j the month of the river.
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All vessels plying between ^euirai
America and West Iudia ports, outside
I of Cube, belong to the Uuited Fruit
! company, and these refuse to carry
i passengers, as they carry fruit, and
the quarantine of live days would
cause fruit to spoil.
Morgan liners, to and from Havana,
j nudeigo detention, but so far not a
' single case of fever has been found on
j any vessel.
The quarantine officer thinks 4here
is a close inspection by American
i medical officers before ships leave
j Cuban ports.
j At Mobile, Ala., no suspicious cases
i of any description are reported at quarantine.
The season has been remarkably
free from sickness of any kind.
| Vessels are not allowed to come into
; tne city until they have uudergone a
; modern fumigation and spent five
J days at quarantine. No passengers
i are accepted and crews are not allowed
to come ashore. There is a police
; guard on steamers all the season aud
I the system of unloading is subject to
full precautions,
t At Charleston the yellow fever situ-s
tion is being closely watched by the
health officers. The government, state
j and city quarantine officers are on the
alert to prevent the entrance of yelj
low fever into port. Every foreign
! vessel is detained at the quarantine
i station before being allowed to enter
the harbor. The health department
is prepared to establish a rigid quarantine
on a moment's notice.
At Savanuah the customary precaution
is beiug taken by government
officials at quarantine.
4
I.I Demands the Loot.
j According to a Shanghai dispatch
Li Hung Chang has asked the Americans
to return the loot, valued at
?250,000, which they found at Pekin,
and which was the -propel ty of the imperial
authorities.
RIVER STEATILK^FXh'S.
Strut-k Sunken I.oj-.Hpr Forty or Fifty
I'a*ij?Mi??'rs Were Ifescurd.
The steamer Joel Cook, of the regular
line of steamers between Savannah
and Augusta, Ga., sauk in the river
just above the Central railroad wharves
Friday night. The steamer had just
started on her return trip to Auguta,
! with a good ?argo and some forty or
fifty passengers, mostly negroes.
She struck a sunken log or some
other obstructions in the river about
two miles above the city and slowly
settled into the water until ouly her
cabin was left above the surface. The
passengers were all saved with the aid
of tne tug Forest Oh v.
FIRED FROM RAROK OFFICE.
: Tlirre Kmployon A?cept Money From Immigrant*
and Are Promptly I>i<tiii?seU.
i Assistant Secretary Taylor, of the
treasury department, aenng upon the
r^onmni.Midatiou of the New York im
> migration commissioner, removed
; three employes of the barge office of
that port for accepting money from
. immigrants and their friends. Tiie
men removed are F. P. McDonald,
'ratemau; Thomas F. .Burke, clerk,
i md Thomas P. Brenuan, an assistant
immigrant inspector in charge of the
information bureau a- the barg *. office.
MOM"MEM TO t.OV. DKEW
. v.*ill lie Erec'.e 1 Hy Democratic Organization
of l'iori la.
; The Democratic organization of
i Florida will erect a monument to ExGovernor
Drew, who died suddenly
on the aunoiuicemeut of his wife's
, death some two weeks ago.
r Governor Drew \va<< the fir<t Domo'
c:at:c executive <>f Florida after the
' war. fie moved to the state from
Columbus Ga , where he married, lie
was a native of New Hampshire,
A