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[ The Bamberg Herald. | - ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 13.1900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. . :M 7 ' ~~ 1 ? ! - , - rATTAlT TAI/TC ft D All 5^ KRUfiER NOT WANTED German Emperor Befnses to Receive the Old Man Officially. HIS VISIT TO BERLIN IS CANCELED ?x-Pre?ident<rf the Transvaal. In Conte-< qoeacct Com Direct to Holland From Cologne. Advices from Berlin, Germany, state that Mr. Kruger has abandoned his proposed visit to that city owing to the recipt of an official intimation that ^Emperor William regrets that owing to previous arrangements he will be *a*able to receive him. The Boer statesman, therefore, will proceed direct from Cologne for Holland. The f!r\lncmA frnvpfto in an insnirfid pom ~ ??? ?? 1? - ? ? ? mnniqne, says: "Mr. Kruger's visit is not agreeable to Germany, bis aim being to obtain intervention in South Africa. It 'would be a grave political mistake, a political crime, to allow him to entertain even a spark of hope that Germany will render him any practical support. " "This declaration is accompanied with reproaches, Mr. Kroger being charged with "having encouraged a useless guerrilla warfare and having disregarded Germany's advice when he still might have followed it" The press generally strikes the same note. XBUGEB LEAVES PARIS. Mr. Kroger left Paris Saturday shortly afternoon. The Boer leader jr was cheered as he drove away, swinging his hat from the landau window in reply. ? Mr. Kroger spent the morning in conferences with his party, only receiving three or four persons outside his followers. Just before leaving his apartments he went out upon the balcony. His appearance was the signal for warm cheering. When the carriage conveying Mr. Kruger and his accompanying friends, who occupied separate carriages sur ^ rounded by guards, started for the northern railroad station, the tame station where Mr. Kroger arrived a week previous at almost the same hour, the crowd along the streets and the people who filled the windows x cheered him warmly as the cortege passed, many ladies throwing flowers toward Mr. Jiruger's carriage wnne the men cheered and waxed their hats. At the railroad station there were a few hurried farewells and at 1:40 p. m. Mr. Kruger departed for Cologne. "Mr. Kruger arrived in Cologne at 11:30 o'clock p. m. A considerable crowd had assembled and caused a dangerous crash. No official recep tion had been arranged and Mr. Kruger drove to the Cathedral hotel, the crowd cheering as he left the station and as he drove along the route. The absence of an official welcome is said to have been due to neglect to secure an understanding with the imperial conrt, which is necessary in the case of visits of the heads of states. NV * INDIANS ABE INCREASING. Ceam Shows Population Tn the Territory Has l>oabled Since 1890. The population of the Indian Territory, as officially announced by the census office, is 391,960, against 180,182 in 1890, an increase since 1890 of 211,678, or 117.5 per cent The population by nations and reservations follows: Cherokee nation 101,754 Chickasaw nation 139,260 Choctaw nation 99,681 Creek nation '.... 40,674 Seminole nation 3,786 Modoo Indian reservation..... 140 Ottawa Indian reservation 2,205 Peoria Indian reservation 1,180 Qoapaw Indian reservation.... 800 Seneca Indian reservation 970 Shawnee Indian reservation... 297 Wyandotte Indian reservation. 1,213 DIAZ AGAIN INAUGURATED. President of Mexico Takes Oath and Qualifies as Chief Executive. A special from Mexico City says* President Diaz, escorted by his military staff and presidential guards, left his house at 9 o'clock Saturday morn ing, and passing through streets lined . vith troops went to the hall of the house of representatives, where he took the oath as president of the republic for the next four years, EA8AX RESTORE!) TO DUTY. Following President's Order Gen. Miles Places His Detractor on Retired List. A Washington special says: Thursday Brigadier General C. P. Eagan, commissary general, was restored to dnty by the president and at once placed on the retired list. The order issued by the president remitted the unexpired portion of his sentence and restored him to "a status of duty with station in this city." This order was immediately followed by one issued by General Miles announcing that General Eagan had been placed on the retired list on his own application after thirty years service. . BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. Nation'* Senators Discuss the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty For Five Hours. The senate spent almost five hours it* oTdonfir-Q oaasinn Xfftndftv consider ing the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. There were five or six speeches made. Senator Morgan elaborated somewhat his position as to the effect of the ClaytonBulwer|treaty. He took issue with Senator Teller as to the purport of the first clause of that treaty, claiming that it only applied to Great Britain's right to fortify the Nicaragua canal itself. Wilhelmina Receives Uncle Paul. Queen Wilhelmina received President Kruger in audience at the Hague Saturday. As the Boer statesman was traveling incognito the visit was not attended by the ceremony usually paid to a chief of state. Russians Will Wo After Boxers. The Boxers are disturbing northern and western Korea, according to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Daily Mail, aud the Bussian trpops are preparing to scatter them. I Payne submits keport Agreed Upon By Ways and Means Comi raittee Cutting War Revenue Taxes. A Washington dispatch says: ChaL*1 man Payne, of tin ways and means committee, Friday submitted the report of that committee signed by all the Republican members in favor oi the bill reducing the war revenue taxes about $40,000,000. The report says, in part: "While the war for which these additional taxes were levied is ended, the train of extraordinary expenditures has not terminated with the close of actual hostilities. "According to the report of the secI retary of the treasury, the receipts for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, were $660,595,431, while the expenditures were $590,068,371, showing a surplus of $79,527,060. He also estimates the receipts for the fiscal year ftndincr .Tnnfl 30. 1901. at 3687.773.252. and the expenditures at $607,773,258, which would leave an estimated surplus of $80,000,000. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1002, the secretary of the treasury estimates the revenue at $714,633,042, and the expenditures at $690,374,804, leaving an estimated surplus of only $26,253,237. It will be 6een that for 1902 there is an estimated increase in the revenue of $29,000,000 over the previous year, and an increase of expenditures of nearly $83,000,000." OLEOMARGARINE BILL PASSED. The House Favor* Groat Measare By a Vote of 196 to A Washington special says: The house Friday passed the Grout oleomargarine bill by a vote of 196 to 92. The bill as passed makes all articles known as oleomargarine, butterine, imitation butter or imitation cheese transported into any state or territory for consumption or sale subject to the police power of such a state or territory, but prevents any state or territory from forbidding the transportation or sale of such product when produced and sold free from coloration in imitation of butter. The bill increases the tax on oleomargarine colored in imitation of butter 2 to 16 cents per pound, and decreases the tax on oleomargarine uncolored from 2 cents to ? of a cent per pound. A long and interesting discussion preceded the vote. | SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE Of the M. E. Church Held iu Cuthbert With Large Attendance. The thirty-fourth annual conference of the South Georgia Methodist Episcopal church was convened in the Methodist church in Cuthbert with the promise of being one of the most important and successful sessions ever held by that organization. ' Enthusiasm was rife and the delegates entered into the work of the conference with a vim and energy that was pronounced. About three hundred and fifty delegates?ministers and laymen?were in attendance. One of the most important features of the session will be the assignment of the ministers to their charges. The distinguished divine of Kansas City, Bishop E. R. Hendrix, presided over the conference. TO SCE.VE OF CRIME. ?i Negro Charged With Assault -Is Taken Back to McDonough. Jim Alexander, the Henry county, Ga., negro, charged with an attempted assault upon Miss Lummis, near McDonough, and sent to Atlanta foF safe keeping some time ago, was returned to McDonough, Friday. At the time of his capture Alexander was at work on a farm near McDonough, and was taken to McDonough and placed in jail there. Later a irr/I {rtTmorl onrl if. was lpflmpfl tbft negro would be lynched. He was carried to Atlanta and placed in the Tower. CANDIDATES FOR STATEHOOD. Mot# For Admission of Arizona and N?w Mexico Inaugurated. A conference fraught with .much promise for the people of Arizona and New Meiioo was held in Chicago Thursday night. Governor N. O. Murphy, of Arizona, and Governor M. A. Otero, of New Mexico, were the two conferees and immediately after the conference Governor Murphy left for Wanhington to inaugurate the campaign which has for its object the admission of the two territories to statehood. SAVANNAH A NAVAL STATION. Recruiting Offlca Opened to Secure Jack Tarn For Warships. A recruiting office for the navy was opened at Savannah, Ga., Thursday. This is the first time naval recruits have been sought in Savannah in some years. The office in the custom house is in charge of Lieutenant Commander J. B. Collins, who is accompanied by Surgeon D. H. Morgan. The officers say they want specially men with trades, and are looking for oil thp plpotriniaus thev can get. They expect to get a good number of Georgians for service on Uncle Sam's warshiDS. SEW LINE OPENED. The South C&rolina Railroad Commission Ride Over the "Short Cat."' A Columbia, S. C., dispatch ssys; In fifty-eight minutes the special train of the railroad commission ran over the 52 miles of Southern "short cut" from Allendale to Hardeeville Friday. The time between Columbia and Savannah will be lessened twenty-five minutes. The Southern has arranged with the Central of Georgia to use its lines and terminals in Savannah for freight and the Plant lines for passeuzer trains. URGE BITER IMPROVEMENTS. Southern Delegation Appear* Before River* and Harbor* Committee. A Washington special says: A large delegation of Tennessee and Alabama citizens appeared before the rivers and harbors committee Friday to urge the improvement of the Tennessee river in Alabama and Tennessee. The delegation was headed by General John T. Wilder, of "Kuoxville, and J, C, Harris, of Hqutsville. >V z&.irt j??V.-..Ci.t'A'.-,..:. v. - Jarmy bill is passed I j In the National House of Hop re- j I sentatives By Big Majority. I ARMY CANTEEN SECTION KNOCKED OUT Party Lines Were Clearly Drawn?Plans Of the Democrats Failed tojSecure Support?Vote Was 106 to 133. I A "Washington special says: The house of representatives Thursday i passed the army reorganization bill by j a vote ol 166 to 133. Three Democrats i ?Messrs. Hall, of Pennsylvania, and J Underhill and Clayton of New York? j voted with the Republicans for the I bill, and Mr. McCall, Republican, of j Massachusetts, with the Democrats I against it. The proposition which some of the J Democrats attempted to commit their I' side to in caucus, an extension of the j present temporary army until July 1, 1 1903, which was voted upon indirectly on a motion to recommit, commanded ] the votes of only about half the opposition and two Republicans?Mr. McOall and Mr. Mann, of Illinois. Many 1 of the Democrats, however, voted 1 against the motion beoause they were not only opposed to the reorganization, but also to continuing the temporary 1 army at its present strength. ' Quite a number of amendments were ' placed upon the table before it was 1 passed. The liveliest fight was made j upon a substitute offered by Mr. Littlefield, of Maine, for the cauteea sec- ' tion. The substitute absolutely pro- ! hibitea the sale of intoxicants at mili- ( tary posts. It was supported by Littletield, Grosvenor, Republican, of ^ Ohio; Dick, Republican, of Ohio, and ' Hay, Democrat of Virginia, and opposed by Slayden, Democrat, of Tex- 1 as; Fitzgerald, Democrat, of Massa- 1 chusetts; Pearce, Republican,, of Missouri; Parker, Republican, of New ' Jersey, and Bartholdt, Republican, of ^ Missouri. ( Large delegations from the Woman's ( Christian Temperance Union, which is in session in the city, watched the j 1 fight from the galleries. When the j ' vote wa8 taken the prohibition amendment was carried by an overwhelming majority?159 to 51. Mr. Bartholdt attempted to secnre a record vote in the house, but the peculiar parliamentary status shut him oat. The sections designed to retire General Shatter as a major general and Generals Fitzhugh Lee and James H. Wilson as brigadier generals were stricken ont. Among' the amendments adopted were those providing for fifty volun- I teer surgeons and 150 assistant surgeons for service in the Philippines, for thirty dental surgeons and for a veterinary corps with actual rank. The officers of the pay corps were increased eleven and of the signal corps twenty-three. The age limit was removed from volunteer officers eligible to appointment as first and second lieutenants and the provision for retiring officers who served in the civil war as of the next higher grade was stricken out. The Hepburn amendment to provide that vacancies in the quartermas- , ter's department could be filled from , civil life or from volunteer officers commissioned since April 19, 1898, which was pending when the house adjourned Wednesday, was voted , down without division. , Mr. McClellan, of New York, gave notice that at the proper time he , should offer a substitute for the whole bill to continue in force the present law for a provisional army. OLD OFFICERS RE-ELECTED _ i At Thursday'* Session of W. C. T. U. Convention In Washington. , At Thursday's session of the Wo- < man's Christian Temperance Union ? convention in Washington the old officers were re-elected as follows: , President?Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens. ?' Vice President, at large?Anna A. Gordon. ( Corresponding secretary?Mrs. Su- 5 eanna M. D. Frye. Recording secretary?Mrs. Clara C. < Hoffman. ^ Assistant recording secretary?Mrs. * Frances Beaucbamp. Treasurer?Mrs. Helen M. Barker, t LIBERAL TERMS OFFERED. Nicaragua and Costa Rica Will Be Aloder- j 1 ate In Their Demands. A special to The Chicago Record ! from Washington says: "Nicaragua and Costa Rica have announced their willingness to grant i a lease to the United States for a pe?" < riod of 200 years of the territory nec- i essary for the construction of the projected Nicaragua canal. It is understood that Nicaragua and Costa ] Rica will accept bonds, the value of 1 those to be accepted by the former 1 government to be less than $6,000,000 i aud by the latter to be less than $1,- i 500,000." i THREE CHARGED WITH MURDER. Outcome of Thanksgiving Day Traredy ' In Jacksonville, Fla. A Jacksonville, Fla., special says: i As a result of the Thanksgiving trag- j edv. killing of Policeman Raley and Chandler Brooks, the grand jury has leturned three indictments for murder j in the first degree, two against John Baxter and one jointly against John j Baxter and James Wheeler. > No true bill was found against Ed- ] ward Waters, A. Dancy aud William ( Watkins. and they were discharged. TOWNE GETS COMMISSION. Silver Republican Goes to Senate to Fill ' Cushman Davis's Place. Former Congressman Charles A. ! Towne, sifver Republican, of Dulutb, I ' arrived in St.Paul, Minn., Tuesday and i < at once called on Governor Lind. He { formally accepted the nomination to , the United States senate for the vacancy causod by the death of Cushmau K Davis, and received his com* < mission, CHAMBERLAIN DENOUNCED. Intense Hatred of Colonial Secretary Is Shown In Opening Session of English Parliament. The fifteenth parliament of the reign of Queen Victoria opened in London Thursday. Before the lights were out in the ancient chambers almost every leading politician had spoken. Such fierce, personal animosity and such bitter invective had scarcely ever before marked the proceedings at Westminster. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, was the center of the storm. The policy of the empire regarding South Africa aud China, the action of the governmentin causing a dissolution when it did, the conduct of the war against the Boers, and, ii" fact, all the questions vitally affecting the empire, were gravely discussed and 1 :> i ~L. j ? .11 expiameci, UUl UUUimai/iu^ i?n wao iuo opposition's hatred of the colonial secretary. For hours this target of satire and abuse sat with his head on the side, listening intently, unmoved by groans or cheers. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman shook his notes in Mr. Chamberlain's face and declared that a man who published private letters for political purposes (referring to the ClarkEllis correspondence) would be excluded form the society of all honorable men and ostracised for life had he resorted to such action as a private individual. Arthur J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, referring to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman'8 suave regrets at the departure of George J. Goschen and Sir Mathew White Ridley from the front bench, said he believed that Sir Henry was so generous that he would aven find good in Mr. Chamberlain, should the latter be removed to another sphere. A liberal shouted: "We draw the lino somewhere," and both sides of the house roared with laughter. Once Mr. Chamberlain interrupted and leaped to his feet. A thrill went through the house. "It is not so," he declared, and proceeded to deny the allegation that he bad said that any seat lost in the gov:rnment during the recent election was Dne sold to the Boers. It was nearly midnight before he rose to reply to the avalanche of attack aunched against him. How great a strain he had undergone was evident in the scarcely suppressed excitement rf tone on the part of one rarely known lo show feeling in the house. He .lenied also that he had ever accused W?. Pllio nf hairier a trait'im LUi* JUI1AQ V* mm v? He denied also that he had decried my accusations against his own personal integrity. He declared that the special purpose of the meeting of parliament had been forgotten in an at:ack upon himself. Irritated beyond control by frequent interruptions and iisturbances, he called one of the liberals amid the excitement a "cad." The speaker called him to order and Mr. Chamberlain then withdrew the epithet, apologizing for its use. After defending the publication of the Ellis correspondence he was cut off by the midnight adjournment. BItt BOUNTY MEASURE. Principal Features of Ship Subsidy Bill Pending In Congress. The ship subsidy bill, pending in the senate, is one of the biggest boun:y measures before congress in years, ind it is regarded by the Democrats as cneof the most iniquitous propositions ever considered by the federal legislature. The principal features of the bill are the following: Subsidies to American vessels in foreign trade, based on gross tonnage of ships and mileage. American vessels already built to be subsidized for ten years, vessels to be nnilt hereafter for twenty Tears. The maximum subsidy to be paid iny one year is $9,000,000. Subsidy of one and one-half cents a jross ton for each one hundred nautical miles, not exceeding 1,500 miles 3ailed, outward bound. A ten-knot ship, with a mileage of 12,000 per annum, would earn $43,300. A twenty-knot ship, with a mileage )f 88,200 per annum, would earn 5304.200. All vessels receiving subsidy required to carry the United States mails :ree of charge ana subject to service is auxiliary cruisers in case of war. The bounty will amount to $90,000.)00 in ten years. MORli-TELEGRAPHERS OUT. Sympathetic Strike of Operators on Atehison, Topeka and Santa Fe Road. Six hundred telegraph operators on the lines of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad struck Saturday in sympathy with the operators on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad, & branch of the Atchison system, who went out Thursday. The company is taking steps as rapidly as possible to remedy the trouble. Agents who are also operators have been supplied with telegraph instruments are now receiving and 3ending all messages governing the movement of trains. SUPPRISEl) AT KAISER. Frenchmen Are >*anplu?8ed at William'* Bad Treatment of Kruger. Emperor William's refusal to receive Mr. Kroger has occasioned 6uf-prise n Paris. Most of the morning papers nake it an excuse for articles sympathizing with the Boer statesman or jondemning the kaiser. "The kaiser is no longer a modern Lohengrin," says The Echo de Paris, 'but a simple disciple of Birmarck. 3is attitude is dictated by the interests of Germany, which he corGders dentical with those of England." offered Mavis's seat. Grovemor Lind Tenders Senatorship to to Associate Justice Collins. Loren W. Collins, Republican associate justice of the Minnesota state supreme court, has been offered by Governor Lind, the United States senatorship made vacant by the death pf Cushman K. Davis. The man appointed by Governor Lind will hold until a senator shall be elected by the state legislature, which will convene soon. . . . '?*:?} !.' ' ' ~ V ^ , .. MINISTER ACQUITTED A Sensational Murder Trial at Bamburg, S, C., Ended. DEFENDANT MAKES HIS STATEMENT. Verdict Rendered Sunday Morning: and Rev. Johnson Went at Once and Preached to Ills Congregation. Eev. William E. Johnson preached to a large congregation in the Baptist church in Bamberg, S. C., at 11 o'clock Sunday. At 5:30 Sunday morning the jury that had been hearing the evidence in his case for four days rendered a verdict acquitting him of the murder of William T. Bellinger, court stenographer of the second circuit. Jonnson went from the court room to his home, and after spending a few hours there repaired to his church, where he was greeted by a lurgu uuii^ic^abiuu, There were a few in the court room when the jury announced their agreement. Johnson appeared, and from his calm demeanor none would have suspected he was a man who was about to be told whether he was to suffer the penalty for a terrible crime or be given freedom and returned to his family. Quietly he stood, without showing the least emotion, while the clerk read the papers and read not guilty. The trial thronghont attracted widespread interest. The closing testimony for the defense, however, was the most important. It was known that the defendant would take the stand, and the courthouse was packed. The defendant was the last witness for his side. He was the pastor of three Baptist ohurches?at Bamberg, Denmark and Hunter's chapel. In* June, 1899, he was called on by Mr. Brown to perform a marriage ceremony between him and Miss Bellinger. Saturday following Mrs. Bellinger came to his house and abused him to his wife. Willie Bellinger, who came for his mother, said to Mrs. Johnson: "Shut up; I've heard enough of that," when she remonstrated for the abuse of her husband. The witness did not see Bellinger again until the day before the shooting, when he found him sitting on the 1 tar\na Vinfrcoon ffio r>nrHnno<TA and 11UO iCUUU WVw rt vvu the Bellinger's. Mrs. Bellinger was present. A negro painter was in the parsonage yard painting a fence. Johnson ordered him out. Bellinger ordered him to remain. The negro said he was afraid. "Afraid of what!" exclaimed Bellinger. "That long legged ?," with several other epithets. "I told Bellinger he could not go out in the road and say that. He jumped down and went out of his gate. I went oat of mine and saw he had a pistol in his hand. I exclaimed, 'You are armed, eh?' Bellinger repeated his abusive language. I turned and walked back. Soon after Colonel Counts came to my house, and I told him of the difficulty. He went off and returned with Mr. Sanders, bringing a gun, which I used in shooting Mr. Bellinger. It was loaded. -I expected to use it to protect myself, my family and my home. "The next morning I went with Mr. Brown-to the postoffic. I was armed with a pistol, because I thought I was in danger of being shot. After returning to my home, Brown drove up to the gate, and I started out to meet him. I saw Willie Bellinger coming across the campus, which is in front of mv house, and I nicked un my shotgun to defend myself against any possible danger. "When I got to where Brown was Bellinger had approached to within ten or fifteen steps of us, and he opened fire on us with a pistol. Mr. Bellinger shot at me twice. Then I shot. I was standing in the road. Without reference to any telegraph pole, there was nothing between us that I saw. I shot him to save my life." On cross examination by the attorney general, Johnson said he was standing by Brown's horse talking, when BelliDger came up. After firing the first shot he brought his gun to the position of "ready" so he could use the other barrel, if necessary. After the shooting he quieted his wife and drove to the jail. He had.wanted to fight Bellinger with his fists, not with a pistol. SO SYMPATHETIC STRIKE. Tampa Clear Makers Must Fight Out Their Grievances Alone. At an early Sunday morning, after a long session, the trades assembly at Tampa, Fla., called tho general sympathetic strike off. It was decided that the striking unions should assist the International Cigarmakers' Union, in the interest of whom tho general strike was called, with libwal donations from their salaries. Every line of industry will begin work except the box makers, which it was determined to keep closed. The cigarmakers will continue their struggle with no settle ment in signr. ARRESTED AT GRATE. Mourning Widow Is Charged With the Manler of Her Husband. While attending her husband's funeral at New Virginia, la., Thursday, Mrs. John Hosack was arrested at the cemetery charged with his murder. She was placed in jail at Iudianola. She took her arrest calmly but protested her innocence. Hosack, who was a well-to-do farmer, was killed with a blow on the head while sleeping beside his wife. Mrs. Hosack claimed to have found her husbaud dead TROOPS FROM PORTO RICO. Eleventh Regiment Arrives In Atlanta and Stationed at McPherson. A special military train arrived in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday night with two full companies of the Eleventh infantry regiment of the United States army, which will be stationed at Fort McPherson. The Eleventh regiment has been in Porto Rico, where it 6aw some actnal held service and engaged in some of the fights on the island. ilxirsJtvjr^xw 2 SOUTH CAROLINA 2 k STATE NEWS ITEMS. b rsir\jrMCM?N>?N>csics>f Want Change of Venue. A Charleston dispatch says: Important developments have come about in the suit for damages against the Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Company, brought by Miss Annie B. Carroll, a young lady of this city. Soon after the opening of the resort at the isle of Palms Miss Carroll went ther'e one night to a dance and was returning with her party when she met with a terrible accident at the Mount Pleasant wharf, u here passengers are transferred from the car line to the ferry. The wharf had not been completed and Miss Carroll says she was groping around I in the semi-darkness when she fell overboard. There was difficulty in getting her out of the water. Her brother who jumped to save her had a hard experience, but the young lady was saved. In her complaint she stated that a severe illness followed the midnight bath and her attorneys began snit for 815,000 damages. The case was tried last November and resulted in a mistrial. At the second trial last week the jury again failed to agree and it was said that only three men held out for the railway and blocked a verdict. In the court Monday Mitchell & Smith, counsel for Miss Carroll, gave notice of a motion for a change of venue. This motion will be based on an affidavit made by the young lady that, owing to the prominence of the directors of the Consolidated and its stockholders in the community, public opinion is influenced to such an extent that she believes it to be impossible far her to get a fair trial in this court. During the hearing there was a great deal of plain talk by the counsel for Miss Carroll, and the case was considered the most important filed against the corporation. Tragedy at Winnsboro. At Winnsboro, a day or two ago, Amos E. Davis shot and instantly killed S. J. Lyies. The coroner's jury has exonerated Davis. Both parties are prominent citizens and well connected. The affair happened at Davis's gate, Lyies having called him out. An "unfortunate necessity" is stated to have caused the homicide. % v All Records Broken. The state board of control has broken all records. According to the statement of the board 6,000 barrels of liquor and 5,000 cases of liquor were bought at the meeting of the board the past week. It is difficut to realize ? -f i: wuai au uctau ui ui^uui tmo icbuj is, as well as to see wh^- such a quantity should be bought with the immense stock on hand. The board, however, say that the business is increasing and demands such large purchases. * * * The Pilots Are Safe In New York. A dispatch from Beaufort says that the three Beaufort pilots who left Elizabeth City, N. C., on the 24th of November on the steamer John W. Herring, have arrived in New York. The vessel *as wrecked in the gale and the pilots, Van Harten, Stevens and Doane, were picked up by a passenger ship and landed in New York. Phosphates and Fertilizers. A writer in L'Engrais, a French paper, recently said, commenting on the Paris exposition, and especially tlie American exhibit at this exposition: "The American exhibition in the gallery of mines is in all points remarkable, and complete specimens of all the phosphates exploited in the United States were expected, but the disappointment was great. There was nothing, or nearly nothing, bearing on the various phosphate exploitations in Florida, Carolina and Tennessee. One of the finest productions of America was found completely ignored." It is easy to see the cause of this neglect, in the fact that the southern states, as a whole, took very little interest in the Paris exposition, and thus failed to present to the world one of xi. - i x J ?X_:_? AT-~x ??a +v.? Hie largest xuuuau ui mai pax t ui iuo United States, and one which furnishes the chief source of wealth to the citizens of certain of the more important states of the south. This is a feature in which, however, it is safe to say the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition will surpass any that has even been held in this or any other country. It would be strange if this should not be the case, seting that this exposition will be held at Charleston, the largest manufacturing center of commercial fertilizers in the world, which is surrounded by regions which contain some of the richest beds of* phosphate deposits which have been discovered in this country. New Line In Operation. To save fourteen miles and operate trains over its own lines brought about the building of an entirely new line from Allendale to Hardeeville. Up to the completion of the present link the Southern railway has been handling all of its Savannah and Florida business via Allendale and the Charleston and Western Carolina road, and from Yemassee on to Savannahs The elbow around Yemassee has now been cut off and an air-line constructed from Allendale to Hardeevtlle, where connection is made with the Plant system. Fourteen miles are saved. Passengers save 12 cents in fare, and all trains into and out of Savanah, freight and passenger, over the Southern railway are to be haudled entirely by the Southern authorities. The past week the new line was formally turned over to and accepted by the railroad commission on the part the state of South Carolina. The railroad commission after the tour of inspection gave out the following statement as a result of the inspection: "The commission has this day inspected the new link of the Southern Railway from Allendale to Hardeeville, 51.9 miles in lentb, and are much gratified not only at the construction, but the engineering of this line. "We regard it as one of the best pieces of railroad built in South Carolina. To Chief Engineer W. H. Wells and Resident Engineer R. E. Harwood is due much credit for the feat of en* gmceriug penormeu. >>e nua mat the entire Hue his been built with only five curves in its total length; that the greatest curve is a 3 degree curve, and the heaviest running grade is only V] 0 per cent. This reflects the greatest credit upon the engineers in charge j of the work, considering the length of he line. Now Enterprises Chartered. A commission for a charter has been issued to the Charleston Lumber company, of Charleston. The capital stock of the compauy is to be $100,000. The corporators are: J. T. Leal, of Norfolk; W. B. Gruber and M. P. Howell, of Walterboro. The company proposes doing business in Charleston. A commission for a charter has been issued to the Mullins Land Improvement compauy. The capital stock of the company is to be $20,000. S. E. Smith, president; James Norton, vice president aud general manager, and W. F. Norton, treasurer; S. E. Smith, lames Norton and W. F. Norton, ilirpr?fnrK CnnorrpsKmnn Nnrtnn an peared in person to arrange the charter papers. He is greatly elated oyer the snccess of Mnllins and says that it will stand at the head of the prooes* sion as a tobacco mart. The town is showing wonderfnl growth and the purpose of the company is to help the development. Mr. Norton is anxious to have next an exporting company handle tobacco from Mnllins, and thinks there is a great deal of money in such a venture. % Greenville's Dispensary Business. Greenville dispensers have made reports for sale.s ofjiquor for November. The east end dispenser reports gross sales the past month pf $5,161; net profits $955.58. The west end does not show up'so well. Total sales, $2,284.40; let profits, $353.66. DUTCH WELCOME KRUGER. His Advent at The Hague Madt the Occasion of a Jayous Demonstration. At the opening of the second cham ber at The Hague, Thursday,the president, J. C. Gleichman, said: "President Kruger arrives here today. He will take up his residence here. I take the occasion to propose that the ehamber authorize me to welcome in its name the president to our (lAniiWw on/I 1,1m an OTnrASHlAT) WUUUJj auu VUVi UAUA MM ? ? of our cordial sympathy." Tho proposal was adopted amid cheers and bravos. Mr. Kruger arrived during the day end was greeted at the station by the burgomaster and counsellors. A choir of 600 men and girls chanted Psalm 72, verses 6, 7 and 11. The former president and his suite then repaired to the royal waiting room, where the burgomaster warmly welcomed them in a brief Rpeech. Then followed Dr. Spink, the president of the local South African association, in a long welcoming address, assuring Mr. Kruger of the deep sympathy of the1 entire Dutch nation, "who had," he said, "so greatly though vainly hoped that the great powers who had recently assembled at the peace conference would not have permitted that in South Africa that the right of nations, Ihe right of war aud civil war should be trampled under .foot, or a little nation be sacrificed ic an unequal combat in defence of its existence." The address, after a long eulogy ol the heroism of the Boers, proceeded tc liken Mr. Kruger to William the Silent, who sacrificed everything for the wolfare of his people, and concluded : "Msy your reliance on the Almighty, similar to that of the Prince of Orange, support you, Mr. President, in the arduous fight for right and liberty, and may the liberty of your nation crown your oonrage. Then will Great Britain have learned of how dangerous it is to' attempt to throttle the independence of a free nation." SOUTHERN PROGRESS. Uit of Now Industrie* Reported During the Past Week. Among the more important of the new industries reported for the past week is a bobbin factory at Greensboro, N. G.. and bottling works at Greenville, Tex.; brick works at Anniston, Ala., and a $60,000 brick plant at Atlanta, Ga.; a chair factory at Milton, N. C,; a $100,000 coke company at Birmingham, Ala.,a coal mining company at Knoxville, Tenu., and another with a capital of $50,000 at Grandview, W. Va. ;a $100,000 cotton compress and gin at Little Bock, Ark.; a distillery at Watanga, Tenn.; and electric light plant at Humboldt, Tenn., and a $100,000 electric light and power plant at New Orleans, La.; an engineering and construction company at New Orleans; a $40,000 furniture factory at Shreveport, La., and others at Pine Bluff, Ark., High Point, N. C., and Johnson City, Tenn.; a hardware company at Fairmont, W. Va.; ice factories at Brewton and Selma, Ala., Way cross, Ga., and Lafayette and Lockport, La., a knitting mill at Washington, N. C.;a $100,000 lumber company at Pickens, W. Va., and others at Marked Tree, Ark., and Oak Grove, N. C.; a lumber mill at Cedartown, Ga.; machine shops at Waycross, Ga., and Shreveport, La.; a $150,000 naval stores company at Jacksonville, Fia.; an oar factory *at Plaqueuiine, La.; an oil and gas company at Morgantown, W. Va.; planing mills at Talladega, Ala., New Orleans, La., Jackson, Miss., and Kuoxville, Tenn.; saw mills*at Plsanemine and Hineston, Ln., and one to cost S50,000 "Pmnr?ri? Vfl : teleohoue svstems at Waynesboro, Ga , and Fincastle, "Va., and a wagon factory at Union, S. C.? Tradesman (Chattauoog.i, Tenn.) NEW FACES IN SENATE. Mr. Towne, Successor to th? Late Senator Davis, Is Sworn In. A Washington dispatch says: When the senate convened Monday Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire; Mr. Bate, of Tennessee, and Mr. Tnrley,of Tennessee; who has heretofore during the preseut session h*d not been in attendance were in their seats. Charles A. Towne, appointed to sncceed the late Senator C. K. Davis, of Minnesota, was also in attendance. Mr. Nelson, of Minnesota, presented the credentials of Mr. Towne and they were read and be was sworn in. tuiiun 1AAC3 imur m m As Besult of Beport Issued By Government Statistician. PRODUCTION GIVEN AT If,MM# BALES j v$fig Publication of Estimate of Crop For il 1000-1901 Produces Panicon Stock Exchanges?Slump 50 Point*. A Washington special says: The _ statistician of the agricultural depart- M meat reports 10,000,000 bales as the probable cotton prod action of the . United States for 1900-1901. In the ; making of this estimate the same methods and agencies have been used that were employed last year. Many i|| ; ^ thousands of ginners bare, however, ^ made reports for the first time. The estimate of the yield in pounds &S of lint cotton per acre is as follows: . ' Virginia, 180; North Carolina 199; Sonth Carolina 167; Geor6is 172; ida 133; Alabama 151; Mississippi Louisiana 234; Texas 226; Arkansas : m 223; Tenness ee 177; Missouri 275; Ok-'i J; lahoma 318; Indian Territory 289. The acreage, after eliminating land from which no crop whatever:l| will be gathered, is estimated The publication Monday of the gov- >' J ernment's estimate of the yield of cotton for the season of 1900-1901 ^ duced a panic on the cotton exchange^ It was a damper on the bull contin-^ ^ gent, from whose standpoint it fe'Xig ridiculous document, the eatimatt^S ;:8 yield being far in excess of what ht &*. m been expected and what all private and ~"f|| official advices led them to believe.'-'^ .. There are very few friends of coitoitgllM who believed the government's mate wonld reach 10,000,000, the imurn figures of Neil!?9,750,000fattnH 9 ?being accepted by the conservitii|n^|^ Although the report was expeeted^||H none of the traders were prepared fo^| sach a large, estimate. Perhaps nofrMBpifl dozen members on the floor had-alijg^^B idea that the crop would exceed nine? millions and three-quarters. - y,kJga ^J|H The estimate' made by ihe Cottongj States Association of Commissioij^M 111 of Agriculture at their meeting Raleigh in August was 9t86^0qKf||H bales, and various prediction* many prominent cotton men in the; 3 south, which ranged in some cases low as 7,500,000 bales, had prepariiflE'BBB the general mind for a governme?|| estimate of about 9,500,000 hales. | The effect on the market was stanB " M ling. Selling orders came in frofii^ every quarter and the market was choked. The price declined in minutes from 40 to 50 points. Bvsi^^^H trade was handled that could t>oe?flb?|- --aa be recorded and the selling was euot*| mous. Much cotton, bonght only ^ ^ half hoar before on ballish ramaMLv wr a damped on the market and materially in sending the market its downward course. The southJjjjflff in orders by the thousand bales Europe was also a heavy seller.* _|| The prevailing opinion in of the country, and especially south, that the crop this year be a "short" one has, it is believe^ H caused much cotton to be held'^n'^^M| farmers' bands. While there great amount of the staple rusbedy^gM market when the market went on.^l rampage several weeks ago, toachfwi the 10-cent mark for the spot opt&Sp^M it is thought by traders that therem " ^E still a large amount of oobq held in' ;;?SjS firnf hands. * D I DH 6 "ILLEGAL" KISSISG Is Charge Upon Which an Atlanta Ban* J9 tlst Is Arretted. "''"-fH Under a charge of assault Dr. &Jp^?9 Thompson, one of the most prominent^ |S dentists in Atlanta, Qa., awaits his || trial in a justice court, m The circumstances connected 'w$I?i9 the case are sensational in their nitoii^JjB and the charges involve improper con^ts ||f| duct towards Miss Ida Hollingsworth, ! '^ a 16-year-old girl, who possesses than a usual amount of beauty, asdy>{ 9 who, it is claimed, was uuduty advantage of while in the office afJ0i|9|9 Thompson, where she had gone to;'? .9 have some dental work attended to. ;:9 Dr. Thompson vehemently dectMH ||g himself innocent and says that there is^9 nothing in the story.^ i AWAITIXG BIG REWARD. j Gibson, the Child Slayer, AU?(*d to Secreted By Hit Captoni. 8 A dispatch from Ashland, Ky., se7C?^/|8 William Gibson, who is charged with "9 burning his two-year-old stepdaughter ; 9 to death with a poker, is u ndoubte<flj||j ^ captured, and it is said the offiocc^fi ^| have given up the chase. ' 9 A message from Sash, Ky., says he 9 has been captured there, and is being|| held for a reward. His captors are. ? 9 miners, and have him secreted in tkeej| '-9 mines. Governor Beckham will ciffiBgjMy^ a reward of $500 but his captors wtft^j .*i9 ?1 1 nnlbM thft ra?wftagjgffl not turn u<m u>v* <*o-vw> ?? ,wa is raised to $1,000. . :fijm CAN FIGHT IN OENTEB. 'M Board of Aldermen of Colorado Towa'-jS License Bin* Contest*. ']'M The Denver, Col., board of aldermen 9 has has passed an ordinance licensing % m prize fights. The cost of each license >M Jj will be $250 for each performance.. 9 Fight promoters have been at worki - ;:Ji in the west ever since the death of the J J| Hortoij law in New York trying to 9 make it possible to hold some of the ;3 J great championship fights'in one of * ' J the more important cities. They failed J in Chicago and gradually worked fur- | M ther oat until th?-y reached Deuver. m LITTLE REPUBLICS AT OUTS, Strained Kelationt Said to Exitt -^j Fort ami and Holland. *;.|j A cable dispatch from Lisbon says:^ ^11 The minister of the Netherlands to Portugal and the Portuguese ministerS, 49 mi - tt T 1^/4. at xoe nague uave tucu 'igtfM tive posts. It is believed that a diffepr^.s^ erence has arisen on the subject of the.^ Mm exequatur to the Dutch consul at renzo Marques, which the Portngne^^BW 1 >L