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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
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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.
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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.
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Jarmy bill is passed
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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As Besult of Beport Issued By
Government Statistician.
PRODUCTION GIVEN AT If,MM# BALES j
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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. *
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"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
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