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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22,'1900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. W
A BLACK FIEND
DIES IN FLAME
Colorado Citizens Avenge Ontrage
and Murder of Little Girl.
ANGRY MOB SHOWED NO MERCY
Burning Culprit Begged Repeatedly
to Be Shot?Crime Was
Most Horrible One.
A special from Limon, Col., says: j
Chained to a railroad rail, set firmly j
in the ground, on the exact spot where
his fiendish crimd was committed,
Preston Porter, Jr., colored, or, as
he was familiarly known, John Porter, j
Friday evening paid a terrible penalty j
for his deed.
It was 6:25 o'clock when the father j
.of the murdered girl touched the !
match io the fuel which had been piled '
around the negro, aqd twenty minutes !
later a last convulsive shudder told j
that life was extinct. "What agony !
the doomed boy suffered while the j
flames shriveled up his flesh could only
be guessed from the terrible contortions
of his face and the cries he
gave from time to time. ! .
The executors, who numbered aboht
800 citizens of Lincoln county, had
^ not the least semblance of the ordina- ; i
A ry mob. Their every act was delib- (
* erate, and during all the preparations, ; .
1 as well as throughout the sufferings J
of the negro, hardly an unnecessary (
word was spoken. Grimly they stood
in a circle about the fire until the body ^
was entirely consumed, and then qui- j
^ etly they took their way back to Li- J
mon, whence they departed for their ,
homes shortlv afterwards. t j
Preston Porter did not seem to real- ^
ize the awful punishment that he was ^
destined to undergo. As he had ex- ,
hibxted indifference to the enormity of (
his crime, so be seemed to lack all un- (<
derstanding of its terrible conse- 1 ^
_ .qnences, "For more than an hour,
while preparations for his execution ?
were in progress, he steed mute and 3
sullen among the avengers. I ,
7. When everything was ready he walk- j ]
" ed to the stake with a firm step, pans- ; ^
ing, as he reached the circle of broken (
boards, to kneel in prayer. He was ]
allowed to take his time. He arfise j
and placed his back to the iron stake (
and half a dozen men wound chains j
about his body and limbs. (
VICTIM'S FATHEB APPIiEES MATCH. ]
Kerosene oil was applied to the \
wood, and, after a brief pause, Rich- j
ard W. Frost, the father of little ]
Louise Frost, whose cruelly mutilated \
body was found one week ago on that ! '
very spot, applied a match. For a <
moment a little fliokering flame arose. ; 1
Then the oil blazed up, sparks fiew |
into the air aud the wood began to ; 1
crackle. Almost instantly the ne- j 1
gro's trousers caught fire. ^
At first he did not utter a sound. 1
The flames crept slowly upward on his 1
clothing, the sparks flew up in a cloud <
of pale smoke. Porter turned his head 1
and a frightful expression came over <
his face. With a sudden convulsive f
"T* rrnr? n cr Vi a cfrof oil C./1 Vlia Vioorl at fay (
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from the rapidly increasing dames as ?
possible and ottered a cry of pain, I
'Oh, my God, let me go, men."
The cries of the wretch were redoubled,
and he begged repeatedly to
be shot. Some wanted to throw him ^
* - over into the fire; others tried to dash
oil on him. Boards were carried and
a large pile made of the prostrate body. ^
They soon were ignited, and the terri- 1
ble heat and lack of air quickly render- j
ed the victim unconscious, bringing *
death a few moments later. 1
Throughout the entire affair but lit- *
tie was said. As they had calmly prepared
for the avenging, so the people *
, of the eastern part of the state carried f
out their plan coolly and deliberately. 1
Not a weapon was drawn, there ^as 1
- no angry discussion. After the fire
had bnrned low they told each other
good night and then went home. They ^
did not 8top to discuss the affair. j
POKTKli CONFESSED CRIME. j
While in jail at Denver the negro 1
confessed every detail of the hide'ous ]
crime. The little girl was the daugh- i
ter of a ranchman liviDg four miles
from Limou and attended school iu
town, driving back and forth. On
Wednesday last, while on her way
home, she was waylaid, assaulted and
murdered, her body showing no less
than fourteen knife wounds.
Notices have been posted warning
Negroes of bad character to leave
Lincoln and Elbert conn ties, and declaring
that if they do not go they will
be escorted across the border. Officials
of the Union Pacific and the Rock
Island railroads have also been petitioned
to remove from these counties
all the imported colored section men.
This action was taken in pursuance of
resolutions adopted at a mass meeting
~ of cltiaena.
CHINESE TO OPPOSE ALLIES.
* One Hundred Thousand Troops, It Is
Reported, Are Being Raised. (
It is rumored that a rebellion has
broken out in the province of Kan Su.
Chang Chi Tung, the Wn Chang vice
roy, is said to be raisirg 100,000 troops
and to have proposed to tho Nankin
viceroy that they should combine
forces to oppose the allies, making the
Yang T8o their base for operations
against Shen Si.
ROW OX GRIDIRON.
Members of Cincinnati Team Were Han*
<l!e<l Ronclily at Danville, Kj.
, The football team of the University
of Cincinnati arrived home at a late
hour. Saturday from their game with
the team of Center college at Danville,
Ky., and it was about the most crip- I
pled combination that ever reached
thelocil depot, most of the players
being taken direct to the city hospital.
Their condition was the result of a
lively row over the first decision of ths
umpire.
GERMANY IS MODEST.
Chancellor Buelow Says the Partition
of China Is Not Desired
Just Now.
A Berlin ppcciai dispatch scy?: In
the Reichstag Monday, on the occa- j
siou of the presentation of the supplementary
credit for China,Count Von
Buelow, the imperial chancellor, emphatically
denied the assertion frequently
made abroad that the China
embroglio was traceable to the German
occupation of Kiao Chon. This statement
was greeted by the social democrats
with loud cries of "It is quite
true!"
Count Von Buelow expressed keen
regret that such a cry should be heard
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iu lue ureimau parumjueuw. xuu iuuucellor
further declared that he did not
wish at present to say anything which
might be prejudicial to the common
objects of the powers in China, bnt he
felt the need of placing himself iu
touch with the nation.
Germany, he explained, had adhered
to the aims and policy outlined in
the circular to the allied governments.
The allegation that the government
had not foreseen the Chinese crisis was
true. But most of the other nations
likewise failed to anticipate that the
storm in the far east would burst so
violently or so soon.
"But," added Count Yon Buelow,
"the premonitory signs did not escape
us. We directed the attention of the
other cabinets repeatedly to these
signs. We at once agreed to everything
our representative in China described
as necessary, to take as a measure
of precaution and despatched a
force, offering even more than asked
for. I wish to reproach no one, least
of all Baron Yon Ivetteler, who in endeavoring
most earnestly, in the fulfillment
of his duty, to bring the chief
Chiuese authorities to reason, went,
almost without fear, to his death,
worthy of the land he represented and
the name be bore."
Continuing, Count You Buelow said:
"In the face of the Chinese attitude
we had to take the necessary measures
An*? **inV>+a o n rl
lur IUC pi UlCtUVU VU VUl 4 ifjUlU uuu
the defense of onr honor. The other
powers were in the same position and
ill the civilized people alike were
compelled to act in self-difense. A
Jispassionate observer caDnot doubt
that the recent movement is triced
neither to Kino Chon, Hong Kong,
Tonquin nor Port Arthur. It is directed
agaiust European civilization,
with which Japan has thrown in her
ot. What Germans desire is not a
political adventnre, but the assertion
>f our interests, cur rights and onr
nonor as a great people.
"We are waging no war of ccnqnest
>n China. We only wish for atonement
ror Chinese misdeeds and a guarantee
3f reforms. We especially desire atonement,
since otherwise such things
night occur again. We desire the
nflnence accruing to Germany in the
present movement shall be preserved
:o her. We desire our share in what
!s to be won from China. Wo will not
pverreach auy one and we will not let
my one overreach ns.
"We have nothing to gain by a parition
of China aud do not desire it.
5Ve shall fare best if China recovers
jerself, so far as possible, auder the
pest ordered administration obtainable,
aud remains solvent. We wish to
confine onrselves to onr present position
and will not shake China unnecessarily.
. We have no reason for
joing beyond the convention of August
3, 1898, or strive for territorial
icquisition which will place a disproportionate
strain upon our resources."
WAR SECRETARY IN CUBA.
With General Wood He Inspects Morro
Cafttle and Troops.
Secretary Eoot and General Wood
Monday morning inspected the Morro
parraek3 and the garrison at Santiago.
Mr. Eoot expressed himself as very
nucii pleased wiin me conamon 01
:he post and the appearance of the
joldiers.
The party visited the San Juan bat;lefield
and later rode over the new
government highway. This thoroughrare
is probably one of the finest in the
vorld.
Tampa Strike Xot Settled.
Up to Monday night the situation in
;he labor troubles in Tampa, Fla.,
between the organizations in the cigar
trade remained unchanged. No settlement
of the difficulties has yet been
eaihed and the laborers are geuerally
in an unsettled state of mind.
BROWN WAS A BIRD.
Embezzler Spent More Than Ills Year's
Salary In One Day.
The experts who have been working
with Receiver Tucker on the books of
the German National bank at Newport,
Ky., place the shortage of Frank
M. Brown, the missing assistant cashier,
and individal bookkeeper, at $191,500.
According to reports from those
who were with Brown when he left he
has less than $500 with him. Brown's
salary was only $1,500 per year. Cases
are now cited where he spent more
than that amount in one day. His
bond was for $10,000, and it is good
as far as it goes.
GOTHAM TO BE PURIFIED.
Croker Leaves For Enrope?Talks of Tain,
many'* Latest Move.
Richard Croker sailed from New
York for England Saturday on board
the steamer Lucania. At the Democratic
club, before starting for the |
steamship pier, Mr. Croker said:
"This movement by Tammany hall
against vice means business. We
have taken up the fight to purify the
city in earnest, and we propose to
carry it to a successful issue."
SEVEN YE IRS FOR EYANS.
Gainesville, Ga., Young Han Convicted of
Voluntary Manslaughter.
The jury in the case of Will Evans,
charged with the murder of Ed Merck
at Gainesville, Ga., on the* night of
the 16th of April, returned a verdict
of voluntary manslaughter, after being
out many hours. Judge Candler sentenced
Evans to seven years in tbe
chaingang. The prisoner took his
sentence quietly and seemed pleased
at the result cf the jury's verdict.
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"PEG-LEG" AT WORK
Doughty Emigration Agent Opens
Office in Atlanta, G-a,
DECLARES HE WILL PAY NO LICENSE.
Says He Is Engaged in Satno Business as
IV. J. Xorthen, and Will Await l>ecision
of the Supremo Court.
It. A. Williams, commonly known as
"Pegleg" or "Peg" Williams, aud not
entirely unknown to fame throughout
Georgia and the Carolinas as an emigration
agent, has opened an emigration
bureau in Atlanta.
Ilis success in depopulating three or
four of the southeastern states of ne[
gro farm hands and laborers has won
hitn an unenviable notoriety and some
personal atteution at the hands of angry
fanners that would cause the
average man to seek some less exciting
metLod of earning a livelihood.
Williams is doing business without
license. He makes no secret of the
fact.- A law of the state requires emi,
gration agents to pay a tax of 8500 in
each county of the stato in which they
do business. "Peg" has not paid this
license in Fulton county, and says
further that he will not pay it unless
I the supremo court of the United
States decides that such a tax is legal.
Stories of Mr. Williams' wrestling
matches with the law of the state have
recently filled maDy columns in the
newspapers.
Before recourse was had to the law,
the infuriated farmers who saw their
crops goiug to ruin in the lield for
lack of hands to harvest them, while
hundreds of negroes were being shipped
to Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Texas and other southwestern
states, threatened Williams with tar
and feathers, and warned him out of
several counties. Then he was arrested.
The case was fought through the
lower courts and is now before the supreme
court at Washington. It has
been argued, but no decision has been
rendered.
If 41*A nmtrrvnfiAn PAOOAr?
UU ? Ulic; IUU Ulivyu
has opened and Williams has gone to
work again. He lias opened an ofllce
at 30 Wall street, opposite the union
depot, and advertises in The Atlanta
Constitution that lie wants 2,000 negroes
iu families to ship to^various
points iu the southwest.
Williams took so many negroes
from Green and Hancock counties
last year that each county will locc
one of its representatives in the next
legislature.
When teen by a reporter, Williams
gave a thoroughly characteristic interview.
He said:
"I occupy the same relation to the
southwestern states as ex Governor
Northen does to the northern and
eastern states. He-brings white men
to Georgia from those states and I take
negroes from Georgia to give the white
farmers he brings room. I'll bet you
never thought of the question in that
light before. I represent the western
lines who are trying to help their section
of the country."
"If the Fulton county officials demand
that I pay a $500 license because
I have au office in Atlanta I will refuse
to pay it, and will light the matter in
tho courts. My case will be decided
by the supreme court in a little while
and my lawyers are confident of victory.
That will settle the question of
charging emigration agents a big
license in Georgia and the Carolinas.
I am not going to pay any more license
until the supreme court decides the
question.
*T now have orders for 5,000 negroes
I to be distributed in Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Indian Territory and Mississippi.
I shipped about -3..000 last
year and I expect to ship as many
more this season. I am getting nearly
as many letters from white men as
from negroes, and will ship out a lot
of white people.
RATIONS WERE STOPPED.
Striking Cotton Mill Operatives Forced
To 0u't Union an<l Keturn to Work.
A special from Burlington, X. C.,
says, regarding the strike at the cotton
mills in Alamance county, that the
National Textile Union having given notice
that it will no longer issue rations
to the strikers, the latter are returning
to work. To do this they have, of
course, to abandon the union.
CKOKER~STAKTS A CRUSADE.
On Eve of His Depnrturo For Europe He
Talks to Tamxnanyites.
The executive committee of Tammany
Hall held a meeting Thursday
night, at which Richard Croker bade
all the leaders goodby and took a hand
in starting a movement to rid the city
of vice. In a little speech the Tammany
leader said ho was going to
Europe for health, not pleasure.
Dog Law Knocked Out.
Salvation has come to Georgia dogs.
After a bitter fight Thursday afternoon,
the general judiciary sommittee
of the house decided that the dog law
must die instead of the dogs themrelves.
8AMFORD WILL RECOVER.
Alabama's New Governor Declared to Be
Out of Danger.
A special from Opelika, Ala., says:
Governor-elect William J. Samford is
improving, and every indication points
to his being able to take the oath of
office and assume his duties at the
proper time.
This information will be glad news
to all the state. There is now no
doubt of his recovery.
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER DEAD.
Well Kuown Literary Man Succumbs
Suddenly to Heart Jf aunre.
Charles Dudley Warner, of literary
fame, one of the owners of The Hartford
Cour&nt, died suddenly in Hartford,
Conn., Saturday afternoon. Air.
Warner had a very severe attack of
pneumonia two years ago while in New
Orleans, and had never fully recovered
from it. Last spring he had pnoumonia
again while at his home, and
this had weakened bis heart. Of laic
he has bean much better, and his death
was somewhat a surprise.
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RIOTERS USED GUNS
Bloodless Affray Between CigarMakers
at Tampa, Florida*
TWO UNIONS FAIL TO HARMONIZE:
Spanish and Araerlcau Workmen Arc
Fighting Desperately For Supremacy
in the Florida City.
Rioting between the International
and Resistcncia unions of cigarmakers
began at Tampa, Fla., Thursday morn- !
ing about 9 o'clock.
The fight occurred at the factory of
Gonzalez, Mora & Co., of Tampa and
Chicago. They were working full
force of Resistencia men, numbering
about 500. The International demanded
that these men come out.
This was refused. Internationals declared
they would put them out.
The management warned the Inter*
nationals not to come upon their premises,
which wero enclosed. An International
man started to enter the gate
and an Italian doorkeeper fired upon i
him with a Winchester. This was followed
bysevcral hundred shotsbetweeu
the men from the outside and inside.
The front of the building was riddled
with bullets, but no one wa3
hurt. The wildest excitement prevailed
and the streets in the neighborhood
of the cigar factories were
thronged with people. All of the
factories in the city were practically
closed on account v.f the prevalence
of mob rule. No arrests wero made
for the rioting.
For some time trouble has been
brewing between the members of the :
International cigar makers and tho
Spanish union known as the Resistsencia.
Members of the International
union have quit work in a number of
factories,throwing about 2,000 persons
out of employment. The Spanish union
is apparently not in sympathy with the
movement, and about 500 of its members
continued at work in the Gonzales
factory.
Thursday morning the Internation
als marched up aud demanded that
the men come out, and there refusal
to do so precipitated the trouble.'
Thursday afternoon and immense
mass meeting of leading business men
was held in the courthouso and ringing
speeches made denouncing mob
violence and strong resolutions adopted
assuring the manufacturers that
they would be protected.
The meeting also passed a resolution
authorizing the chairman to ap.
point a committee of three business
men, tbree manufacturers aud these to
ask the two unions to appoint similar
committees and see if the differences
could be settled between the unions.
TO riiOTECT VOTERS,
Bill Passed In Goorgln Senate to Keep
Ballot* From the Public.
The bill by Mr. Harrell to prevent
the inspection of votes after the election
is over passed the Georgia senate
Thursday morning. Mr. Earrel explained
that under the presennt law
any ono who wishes can, five days after
an election is held, go to the office
of the clerk of the superior court and
examine all the ballots cast. A man
j had not only a right to vote as he
pleased, but to keep the fact as to
how he voted to himself uuless he saw
fit to divulge it. The senate agreed
with him.
ARMOR PLATE TROUBLE ENDS.
I
The Government Will Pay Maximum
Price of 8455 53 a Ton.
Secretary Long has announced the
conclusion of the long controversy
over the price of armor plate for naval
vessels, and an agreement with the
Carnegie and Bethlehem companies for
Krupp armor at $429 a ton, witlpthe
possible addition of royalty, less fees,
making the maximum prioe $455.52 a
ton. The amount of armor involved
is the largest ever placed at one time
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oy xue governmeai, auu earn 10
eqnal all the armor purchased by this
government up to 1^6.
Regiment to Remain In China.
General Chaffee lias cabled the war
department as follows from Taku, under
date of November 14th: "Sixth
regiment United States, cavalry will
remain in China under command of
Colonel Theodore J. Wint, with troops
I, K, L, M. OhjlFFEE. "
THE HAWAIIAN ELECTION.
Royalists Win Over Republicans ami
Whites Are Depressed.
Robert Wilcox, the independent
Royalist candidate, has been elected
Hawaiian delegate to congress by a
small majorityjover Samuel Parker, Republican.
Much depression has resulted
among all whites, as Wilcox was
strongly opposed by Republicans and
Democrats alike. His campaign was
an anti-white canvass, with promises
on the part of some of his campaign
workers that if he were elected Queen
Lillioukalani should be restored to the
throne. The result of the vote shows
the native bitterness over annexation
to be still alive.
ALASKA INDIANS STARVING.
Department of Interior Will Be Officially
Apprised of Their Condition.
"Unless government aid is extended
the Alaskan Indians the death rate
this winter will be appallingly large."
This is the statement of G. B. Swinokart,
of Nome, Alaska, who is on his
way to Washington, where he will
bring the matter before the notice of
the department- of the iutericr.
One Thousand Bales Burned.
A dispatch from Montgomery states
that at noou Friday, fire broke oat in
the Alabama warehouse and compress,
near Biverside Park, and destroyed
oue section of the bnilding-and 1,000
bales of cotton, causing a total loss of
$50,000, covered by insurance.
Cudahvs Increase Their Capital.
The John Cudahy Packing and Provision
Corapauy was incorporated Friday
at Springfield, Ohio, as the first
step in organizing a $10,000,000 corporation,
embracing all John Cudahy's
packing interests. .
CASHIER LOOTS BANK
Institution at Newport, Kentucky,
Forced to Close Up.
BANK EXAMINER TAKES FULL CHARGE
Women, Wine and Gambling Caused
Frank M. Urown to Swipe Ovor
Two Hundred Thousand.
A Cincinnati special sajs: United
States Bank Examiner Tucker took
possession of the German National
bank, at Newport, Ky., Sunday and
posted a notice that the bank would
remain closed pending an examination.
Examiner Tucker also announced
unofficially that Frank M. Brown, the
individual bookkeeper and assistant
cashier, was missing aud that a partial
investigation showed that Brown
was short about $201,000. Brown
had been with the bank eighteen
years, was one of the most trusted
men ever connected with the old bank,
and it is stated by the experts that his
operations extend back as far as ten
years.
The capital stock of the bank is only
8100,000. Brown's alleged shortage
is double that amount, and more than
the reserve and all the assets, including
the real estate. While Alvord got
away with $700,000 in New York, he
did it in a large bank, but Brown did
net have so much to go on, and seems
to have gone the full limit for a small
bank in a city of less than 30,000 inhabitants.
The First National bank
of Newport was wrecked two years ago
by Cashier Youtsey, aud now, with the
German National closed, Newport has
only one bank left. For two weeks
there have been rumors that Brown
was short and some depositors withdrew
their accounts.
Three weeks ago the bank examiuers
made a good statement for the bank
and the officers and directors allayed
suspicion by referring to the report of
this examination and to their last
statement. Last Wednesday Brown
left, and it was announced tha^he had
gone hunting on a vacation. He did
get a ticket for Odin, Ills., but it is
learned that he did not go there, and
it is generally believed that he is out
of this country with plenty of money
in his possession.
The alleged shortage caused a panic
fn Newport Sunday, so that the bauk
had to be taken in charge by the examiner.
Brown, it is alleged, was living a
fast life with wine, women uud gambling.
His career was not cut short
by any discovery at the bank till a
jealous woman gave him away.
The only farewell letter that Brown
is known to have left was to this
woman, whose apartments are on
Ninth street, in Cincinnati, and in
this letter ho admits that he had secured
about all that he could get and
that the time had come to say farewell.
Brown was a great poker player, with
the limit, it is said, never too high and
he had been a pluoger on borse races
for years. His bets on the horses, it
is alleged, were frequently loo high
for the poolrooms in Covington, Ky.,
and he had brokers in both Chicago
and New York.
The officess of the bank rrre all
wealthy and responsible men, and they
will be able to make the losses good.
There are about 1,500 depositors in
the institution, among them being nine
building associations that have the
savings of many people.
Brown wrote to the Cincinnati woman
that he was bound for South
America, but The Enquirer says that
it has good authority that Brown sailed
from New York Saturday and that
his destination is China.
GOVERNOR HAS BILLS.
Alabama Lecislature Passes Governsliip
"Succession" Measures.
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me Aiauauiu seuuie, oaunnaj, ^nosed
house bills Nos. 1 and 2, which
provided respectively that the president
of the senate should succeed in
the event of the death of the governorelect;
and that the governor-elect
might take the oath of office otherwise
than in the presence of the general assembly.
As soon as these bills passed
the senate they were enrolled and
signed by the presiding officers of the
two houses, after wnich they were sent
to the office of the governor to await
his signature.
TO LI311T TAXIJitt POWER.
The Georgia State Seuato Passes an Important
New Measure.
In the Georgia senate, Thursday
morning, Mr. Chappell's bill to limit
the taxing power of the legislature to
one-half of one per cent was taken up
and put upon its passage.
The bill involves a constitutional
amendment, wjiich, if adopted will be
effective in 1905. No speeches were
made in opposition and the bill went
through with a rush. The vote was
36 to 1.
The amendment will be submitted
to the people for ratification at the
next general election.
TWO MOKE FEVER CASES.
Advent of Jack Frost, However, Allays all
Apprehension.
The Missippi state board of health
has received official notice of two
| cases of yellow fever and one death at
Brookhaven.
Owiug to the fact that several heavy
frosts have occurred throughout the
state no apprehension is felt. The report
that a case had appeared in Jackson
is incorrect.
FADUCAK HAS BIU FIRE.
Was of Incendiary Origin,'and Destroyed
8200,000 In Property.
The most disastrous fire that haa
visited Padncali, Ky., for year?, broke
out in Morton's opera house Sunday
morning at 1:30 o'clock.
The largest dry goods establishment
in the city, owned by L. B. Ogilvie &
Co., occnpying the ground floors of
the buildiog, was destroyed, as well
is many offices and a barber shop.
David Van Cuba's book store was also
a total loss. The entire losses are
estimated at about $200,000.
LOOKS DUBIOUS
SAYS CONGER
Chinese Problem Seems Far From
Being Solved.
THE SITUATION AN OMINOUS ONE
Foreigners In the Empire Apprehend
That Seas of Blood Will
Flow Before the End.
Advioes from Pekin under date of
November 17 stated that the preliminary
note had not yet been presented.
Its terms are Dot completed and
there will probably be a further delay.
The foreign envoys have reopened the
discussion of the death penalty for the
princes and other high officials. It is
evident that the ministers are weakening
as they have reduced their proposal
from execution to the severest pnnishment
provided by Chinese law, forgetting
that princes lie beyond the
reach of Chinese law.
Mr. Conger, the United States minister,
had the following to say:
"What the result will be it is impossible
to foretell. Events have |
have placed China in a very critical
position. Whether she will be able to
preserve her integrity and save her
trade relations with the rest of the
world will depend upon whet the powers
demand in the final settlement and
upon her willingness to accept promptly
the conditions proposed.
Sanitary conditions in Pekin are becoming
serious. Since the foreign occunatiou
inanv Chinese have died of |
smallpox and other infectious diseases.
Fearing that their fuuerals would be
interfered with, they have kept most
of their coffins containing their dead
in their honses and courtyards.
As the natives are forbidden to deposit
refuse in the streets, there is
now an enormous accumulation in
their dwellings and yards, which
threatens a serious epidemic. In
view of the large number of troops in
and near the capital, the consequences
of such an outbreak would be frightful.
MORE TROUBLE IS PREDICTED.
An Associated Press correspondent
at Shanghai says: From Pekin tc
Shanghai it is next to impossible
to meet a European or American
who has resided any length of
time in China but who believes the
real trouble has not really commenced.
They bitterly reproach the powers for
not being more severe in their measures,
partinlarly for not absolutely destroying
the Forbidden City at Pekin.
Old residents at Tien Tsin, Che Foo
and Shanghai say it was a grave blunder
that will in the near future cause
the loss of thousands of lives and
the destruction of much property.
It is a well authenticated fact that
hardly ? Chinaman outside the province
of Chi Li believes that the allies
have had any success at all. Papers
are sold in Shanghai, giving graphic
details of the alleged capture of Admiral
Seymour, General Chaffee and
others, as did many of the wonderful
stories that emanated fiom Shanghai a
few months ago describing the butchery
of the ministers and their families,
which were so freely published in
all the European and American papers
Not only are the details given at
full length, but pictures are published
showing the admiral and several generals
with carques around their necks
being tried before the native judges.
Two Chinamen were beheaded recently
in Shanghai for publishing "willful
olnnz-lavo on/1 ffllsfthoods" in
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stating that Pekin had fallen into the
hands of the allies and that the empress
dowager and the emperor had
fled. The most serions part of the
whole affair is considered to be the
fact that the Chinese judges themselves
believed the men were really
lying.
The white people in that part of
China say that Chi Li is but a very
small part of the country, only one
province of eighteen, and but of
medium size in population, and that if
it took as many men as it did to subdue
Chi Li, what will it take when the
whole country rises as it is ripe to do,
STOCKHOLDERS OF COAST LINE,
Hold Annual Meeting at General Offices
of the Company In Richmond.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad company was held at the general
ofHces of the company in Richmond,
Va., Monday.
Presideut Elliott's report says the
gross earnings and receipts from all
sources for the year were 87,717,758.15,
and of this amount 87,586,745.56 was
received from operating the roads and
$131,012.59 from other sources. The
expenses of maintenance and operation
and the taxes paid amounted in the
aggregate to 84,568,803.25.
rid ST UNCEXSOREI) DISPATCHES,
Great Activity Witnessed the Past Week
In tliu Philippine*.
The first uncensored news from the
Philippines shows that last week witnessed
considerable .increase iu rebel
aud American activity in the field.
Many skirmishes occurred and several
small engagements in north and southern
Luzon. The termination of the
rains permits a resumption of the operation
on both sides.
OWES OYER A MILLION.
Well Known Wall Street Broker Flies Petition
In Bankruptcy.
A New York dispatch says: Francis
D. Carlev, a well known Wall street
broker, filed late on Saturday, at Trenton,
a petition in bankruptcy. The
petition declares the liabilities to be
more than a million and the assets
nothing. He furnishes a long list of
the principal creditors.
These claims against Mr. Carley, he
1 says, are the result of a venture in the
' south several years ago iu which he
lost $1,500,000.
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Negro Sentenced to Hang.
Charles Brown Field, who killed a
special depnty in Georgetown six weeks
ago, has been convicted of mnrder and
sentenced to be hanged. To prevent
the threatened lynching at the time of
the killing infantry, cavalry and artillery
were hnrried to Georgetown and
kept there several days.
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School Building Burned.
The Yorkvillo graded school building,
formerly nsed as a female college,
was burned one day the past week.
When the fire started there were many
children in the building, but all escaped
without injury. Many lost books
nnd trrans. The buildincr cost about
$10,000: insurance $2,000.
Some New Enterprises.
The Spartanburg Street Railway,
Gas and Electric company has applied
for a charter. The capital stock is to
be $400,000. The corporators are P.
11. Knox, J. C. Norcross, T. C. Steedman.
The Powell Hardware Company of
Aiken, has applied for a charter. The
capital stock is $25,000. The corporators
are Robert Powell and James
Powell.
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Weavers Quit Work.
The Bath cotton mills, at Langley,
are idlo. The weavers have gone out
and the mill management have given
them a certain time in which to return.
In the event they fail to do so, the
mills will be shut down for two
months. The weavers demanded that
a female weaver in the mills be discharged,
because she refused to join
he union. The management refused
o discharge the woman.
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Dl<jpf?n?ary Profit*.
The official report of the legislative
exinrnmg committee as to the condition
and operatiou of the state dispensary
or tin quarters ending August 31st
has l?eeu filed with the governor. The
committee speaks highly of the new
management and the system employed.
The assets were $626,829, including
among the main items, 8142,503
cash in bank; $190,986 stock on
hand in the state dispensary; $210,144
merchandise in hands of county
dispenses. Expenses and losses were
$65,647; gross profits, $87,272.
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For Murder of Old Miter.
James Kelly, a negro, has been sentenced
to be hanged on January 4th by
Unoliatifln in fV?A rtnnrl ftf flAfl.
U uu^o l^utuauan AU IUV wm* * v*
sious at Charleston for a crime which
was the most revolting known in this *
section in years. He was convicted
of the murder of Willis Bonneau, the
Mount Pleasant miser, who had saved
a can of money throngh hard years of
work. The evidence against Kelly
was so strong that little or no defense
was put in, and he will pay the penalty
on the scaffold.
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Smalls Issues Circular.
Ex-Congressman Robert Smalls has
issued a circular to his race in which
he attempts to stir np his people on
the disfranchisement matter. Smalls
wishes to get a strong showing made
to congress at this session so that the
representation may be cut down in
conformity with the provisions of the
seventeenth amendment.
Rev. W. W. Beckett has filed notice
of contest in the first district, in which
Colonel William Elliott has been declared
re-eledted to congress.
It is understood that J. B. Odom, a
white Republican, will contest the
seat of J. W. Tolbert.
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Charleston Gels Naval Station.
Advices received in Charleston from
Washington are to the effect that
the navy department, with all the
reports submitted) has decided, to
transfer the dry dock and naval station
from Port Royal to Charleston. The
damage to the Port Royal dock has
been made known to the department,
and this has had great weight in demanding
the change. Rear Admiral
Rodgers, who is in charge of the naval
board, has been in Charleston several
days looking into matters of detail,
and he will submit a final report to the
seoretary of the navy at once. The
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Cooper river, adjoining Chicora park,
where splendid facilities are offered.
Congress is expected to act on the
recommendation. of the navy department
early in December.
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Brattpn Brother* Acquitted.
At Yorkville, after remaining out
one honr and thirty-six minutes the
jury in the case of Paul Bratton and
John S. Bratton, charged with the
murder of Harry A. Brown, returned
a verdict of not guilty. Although the
verdict was a popular one and the
courthouse crowded, there was no
demonstration, exoept a rush of scores
of people to congratulate the defendants.
The sensation of the triAl occurred
when John S. Bratton was put on the
stand and took upon himself the whole
responsibility for the shooting, shielding
his brother at every point. Bratton
told, to an immense crowd that
packed the courthouse to the walls,
the story of the tragedy in which his
wife had played so prominent part on
the night of September 13th.
He said he had made an investigation
of suspicious noises in his house.
On going down stairs, in his night
clothes, he had surprised Brown in
Mrs. Bratton's room, Brown had jumped
out of a window and Bratton followed
and caught him. Brown as the
most powerful man and a swing being
near, he got the rope around Bratton's
neck and nearly strangled him. Before
losing consciousness Bratton had cried
"Murder!" and neighbors came and
released him. These neighbors testified
to having come upon the scene
and rescuing Bratton from Brown.
Mrs. Brown was in her night clothing
and Brown partially disrobed.
Bratton left Brown with them to
hold, while he went to look for a pistol
with which to kill him. In his absence
Brown told them he had been
canght in a terrible predicament and to
take him off and bang him, or do what
they would with him. They released
him before Bratfon's return.
Bratton continued his testimony by
saying he determined to follow Brown
to his home at Rock Hill and kill liim
Fie a^ked his brother, Panl, to accompany
him. He tried to dissuade hast]
action, bnt fiually went, as John wet
determined to go, if alone. He tola
about the midnight drive to Rock Hill,
being directed to Brown's home by
policeman, following Brown's fatherin-law
from the street door into ^
Brown's room, and shooting him in 7^
bed.
Mayor* and Constables.
Governor McSweeney has received .
some more replies from mayors as to
how the dispensary law is enforced.
The mayor of Barnwell says he doesn't
need a constable and he has no
suggestion to make. The mayor of .
Abbeville makes the same reply. The
mayor of Newberry says: "I think it
best to havo a constable here tot / l-Qj
effect As to the violation of the law . ;*
in the town, he says it is done: "Only .3
by selling drinks from bottles bought .
from the dispensary."
The mayor of Winnsboro says: *1
don't think the law is being violated
in our town to any extent. Our citi- - <
zens generally are well pleased wit& ''%!$
the law and its present enforcement.** ~ *
Mayor McBetn loung, 01 union,
says the law may be violated to a
limited extent As to suggestion, he ^
says: "Keep strange constables coming
through at intervals of thirty days 'V
and staying ten."
Letters from other mayors show
about the same conditions as those >
Aldrich Goes Out, Too,
Prof. M. A. Aldrich, an assistant In ?|
the department of economics in Sanford
University, tendered his resign*- ?
tion Monday as the result of the eontroversy
over the dismissal of Prof.
Boss, head of the economics depart- |
Remains Ordered Home For Burial.
Instructions have been sent to the - M
consul general at Yokohama to have
the remains of B. A. Moseley, Jr., late '
United States consul general at Sues- ||
pore, forwarded to his home in Alabama
for interment
Schrefber Gone For Good. -.1
The authories of the Elizabeihport
N. J., Banking Company have about
given up hope of capturing iFOliam Tr M
Schreiber, the young clerk who is ai- "|J
leged to have stolen $100,000 from tbO'rJ t:4
institution. They now admit that de-^ M
spite the fact that several detectives " p
have been working on the case, abeo- ?' j
lately no trace has been fonhd of .J
Schreiber since be decamped.
Fonr Men Cremated. * |
At Oswayo, Pa., Sunday fonr men'-M
were bnrned to death in a fire which ?
destroyed the McGonigal bouse, a / 'M
three-story framed building, the hotel f g
barn ana me upw? nvuw.
FIGHT WITH BOLD MEN.
Fierce Battle Id Which Three American* and
One Hundred Flllplnoe Are Killed. * ^
Manila, November 17*?Two hatful .%
dred Bolo men, with fifty rifles, attack- M
?d Buazon, island of Panay, October ||
30th. The Americans lost three mea ^
killed?Lieutenant H. M. Koontz, Ser- ^
geant Kitch and Corporal Burns?alt , ,
of company F, Forty-fourth infantry*^ . ;>i
The enemy lost 100 killed,
wounded and twenty prisoners. -;S|
Treasurer of Loan Company Skips.;! :'tM
Robert J. SteU, secretary-treaaurmp
of the Monadnock Loan andIhisMlj .-'_g
ment Company at Chicago, his dh^pwj '
peared. It is. said his books show
shortoge of $25,000.
WICXERSHAK IS INSTALLED.
New Head of Atlanta and West PetDS-^
Bond Kleoted By Directors. ^
At Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, Char lea
A. Wickeraham w?a formally MtM
president and general manager of thie'4??
Atlanta and West Point railroad, tho r
Western Railway of Alabama And the
Atlanta Belt line by the directors. ?|
Mr. Wiokersham succeeds Mr. Geow ;
0. Smith as president And general 'gp,
manager of the Atlanta and West *
Point and Western Railway of Ala- i
INDIANS ATTACK MORMONS,
Band of Apache* Attempt to LoottToft^
and Bloed Flows Freely. ' .
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A message from Case Grande Fri- M
day afternoon to the mayor of Juare% :|
Mex., states that a band of Apaehe^
supposed to bare come from their V;
reservation in Arizona, attacked the
Mormon village of Colonia Pacheco, :
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Tnursoay Hlgilf, Dili were urtrw uu.' >>*
The Indians left twelve dead behind
them when they fled to the hills, and
the Mormons lost several in killed S
and wounded. Troops are in pursuit,
GRIGGS TO QUIT CABISEX,
Attorney Oenernl - Mafcss Formal
nonneement That Be Will Bettre.
A Washington special says: At ths g
cabinet meet ing Friday Attorney General
Griggs made the formal announcement
that on the 4th of Ifardi next hs
would retire from the oabinei Mr, :
Griggs will leave the president'^ offi- ,
cial family for pnrely business reaCNUSUAL
CASE DECIDED. \
One Firm Fonnd Gnllty of Trying to Plata ' "
Another In Receiver*' Hands.
. The jury in the case of Samuel
Hecht, Jr. & Sons against the P. H.
Snook & Austin Furniture Company, ':0, \
of Atlanta, on trial before Jndge H. '
M. Beid in the first deeision of tbw
oity court, fonnd in favor of the furniture
company for $5,500 damages.
Hecht & Sons were charged with
attempting to put the Snook & Austin
Go., in the hands of a receiver. v^J|
Explosion Kills Twenty Soldiers, Asoording
to a dispatch * from Lew? ~3
renzo Marquer, an explosion oooorred '{p
at Komatipoort while the British wet*
destroying the Boer ammunition, re-^
suiting in the death of of the
Gordon Highlanders. *9* ' rV^MT
Colored Masons Meet.
The triennial oonolaye of the aowe?r^ >:
eign grand oonneil of the Seotthdt 4 J f
Bite, colored, was opened at theooior* ^
ed Masonic temple at Washington,
Monday, -- ..|g