Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 The Bamberg Herald. ! f \S* "-.. . % EHR^^" r&sm Iter - ' " ~ ^ ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24.1901. OJfE DOLLAR PER YEAR. 1 ? ' - ? ? ! >??t i m*r i m I UNJCSJfsJfsJCsJCvJf^l^Ji | QUEEN VICTOR * England's Belove Of the Gri r LAST RITES ADMINISTERED i ? r All England Wrapped In & Pall of Deepest Gloom I and Fearful Anxiety. ? A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company at London from Cowes, \ Isle is Wight, sent out at midnight, Saturday night, wai as follows: "The queen of England lies at death's door. She was stricken with paralysis Saturday night Renter's Telegraph. company understands that the j prince of Wales has received authorL ity to act in her majesty's stead, and r thus has been created a practical * though not constitutional regency." A second telegram sent at 8 o'clock Sunday morning stated that the queen was still alive, but her condition was extremely grave and hopes w<.re growing fainter. Humbly, for this woman rales her court ~ with no uncertain hand, her court officials implored her to seek medical advice. These messages she Bte&dfastly ignored, and thongh her , condition was admitted to be most seTinna. tV?#vTA were onlv in attendance Drs. Powell and Reid. In the opinion of those best qualified to judge, the queen's serions con;'.f dition was precipitated by intense worfry over the losses and hardships suf fered by-the British troops in South Africa." Frequently she has remarked to court attaches that another war k would kill ber. In this connection, Renter's Tele- J graph . Company learns that she was h most seriously ill while last at Balmoral in the pntnmn. No word of this became public, bat it appears that she was then almost dyiDg, though that W rigorous .etiquette, which she imposes alike upon Ler family and attendants, f prevented her condition being even I spoken of as dangerous. [ Telegrams sent oat Monday morn ing were as follows: VThe queen is still alive, but all 3 hopes are gone. The members of the 3 I royal family are gathered in a room ad- < joining the queen's bed chamber. fTer < majesty is unconscious, and the end is 1 expected at any moment. ] The rector of Whippingham has ] 'x been surhmoned and he has jnst ar- 3 rived inr one of the qneen's carriages. Evejrybody is up in Osborne house 1 and terrible anxiety pervades all quar- < teri 1 * *<Au enormous crowd of newspaper < reporters and others with carriages, j bicycles and lanterns has collected at ] the lodge gates, waiting in intense ex- j gjj?, citement to cbnvey the news momeDt- 1 arily expected that v the queen has 1 breathed her last. Mr. Theed, the sculptor, arrived at Osborne last eve- i 4k ning in order to be ready to take the ] death mask." 1 For several days the queen has been 1 ? * *%?% * 0 mi . t _ _ x i 1 Kept strictly to nersen. xne last time ] l she drove oat to Cowes .the rain beat i I down heavily upon her. Even the na- < * tivea who have grown to look upon ; her majesty as an ordinary body have t noticed that she looked more delicate i and ahrnken than ever, a mere shadow < of her former self, yet with feminine persistence the qneen forbade those 1 % aronnd her to say that she was ill, and so with dogged determination she < fought off the ravages that worry < !-. ova* the Boer war, the deaths < ' in heir own family and her increas- 2 * ingj years, have brought npon i her? Bat against the ruthless hand 1 of n*tpre even the imperial resolve of the ruler of the great empire proved futile, and with a pitifnl realisation of ] the inevitable she shut herself off from her entourage. For two nights she dined alone and never stirred from the r apartments she occupied at Osborne j house, a secluded, comfortable, ram- j biing place, from which the public is ( barfed. The queen has often been at Windsor, and Balmoral, too, but when ] she - reached Osborne she always HE6B0ES OFFER REWARD. j Colored Citizens of Seattle Will Pay $500 1 Each For Lyncher*. The Seattle braneh of the International Council of the World, a colored 1 citizens' order, have decided to offer a j ^ reward of $500 for the apprehension! V <? . and conviction of each and every person implicated in the death by violence of Fred Alexander at Leavenworth, < Kansas; Copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting will be forwarded to the , g >verix>r of Kansas, the sheriff of < Leavenworth county and the chief of police of Leavenworth. OYER NIAGARA'S BRINK. Two Men Attempt to Cross Raging Rivei and One Is Lost. John Wiser and John Marsh, of / Niagara Falls City, attempted to cross Niagara river above the falls Sunday. 1 They lost control of their boat and < were carried into the rapids. Wiser, . who was unable to swim, was swept j, over the falls and drowned. Marsh, j, after a desperate struggle in the icy water, was rescued by persons along ! the shore. SKIPS WITH $50,000. New York Clerk Robs Employers and i Flees to England. A New York dispatch says: Acting under instructions from Chief of Detectives Titus, Scotland yard officials were cabled to arrest in Liverpool as j he tfteps off an incoming steamer the defaulting confidential clerk of a large ' wholesale house on Walker street, who i is said to have got away with $50,000 i of the firm's funds at the time of his j flight, and to have embezzled nearly ; . . 1200,000 before be was even inspected, j IA COLLAPSES d Ruler in Grasp m Reaper! breathed a sigh of relief. Even the townsfolk aronnd the palace refrained from assembling along the ronte when she took her daily drive, and the tourist could get "through the eye of a needle easier than he could get past the Osborne gate keepers. CADETS ARE REPENTANT. They Express Sorrow For Hazing and Promise to Mend Their Ways. The congressional investigation of the West Point military academy has borne fruit rather unexpectedly. Sxturdsy night, when tho congressmen were hurrying their inquiries to a termination, the cadets of all the four classes held a meeting in Grant hall and unanimously decided to abolish hazing of every form -as well as the practice of "calling out" fonrth class men. This is exactly what General Dick aud the other members of the congressional committee have been trying to impress on the cadets who have testified before them, as the only coarse open to them if they desire to see the fair name of tho United States military academy unsullied and above reproach. The communication was addressed to Superintendent A. L. Mills, who only got back from Washington Saturday morning and he qnickly handed it to General Dick. The committeemen are delighted with the action of the cadets, and General Dick, in a few word's, said that they would all go Kack to the house of representatives with the firm belief that in spirit and letter the agreement would be steadfastly adhered to by the cadets, who made it voluntarily. FRAZER NEATLY BUNCOED. Reward of $500 Paid But Hissing Youth Was Not Forthcoming as Agreed Upon. C. H. Frazer, brother of Bass Frazer, the. youth believed to be kidnaped, arrived in Atlanta Saturday night from Union Springs, Ala., carried out a thrilling program mapped out by alleged kidnaper, p?id over $500 in gold to a man in the dark, surrounded by lonely woods, upon the promise that his brother was to appear, a free man, at the Hotel Marion, it 9 o'clock Sunday morning. Nine o'clock Sunday morning came, but young Frazer did not appear. Ten o'clock came, and the mystery was as thick as ever. Twelve o'clock, and 0. H. Frazer left the hotel downcast and disheartened, realizing that he bad been duped and robbed of $500 in gold, but satisfied that he had done ill in his power to restore his brother to their broken hearted parents. The reception of the second letter from the alleged kidnapers by Bass Frazev's father, the trip to Atlanta by his brother,the carefully carried out plans, the meeting in dark woods miles away from the city, the payment of the gold in d the disappointment, all add a seo3nd chapter to the disappearance of foung Bass Frazer which makes the dory even more strange and mystifying than the kidnaping of young Culahy in Omaha. A letter had been received by Captain Frazer at Union Springs, Ala., which was mailed in Atlanta on Fri3ay, Jannary 18th. It gave a plan in detail how the $500 in gold was to be ielivered. It enjoined great care and secrecy and wound up with threats of evenge if the plan failed through any treachery. SUPERCEDES UOEBEL LAW. Kentucky's New Election Measure Is Now in Full Force. A speeial from Louisville, Ky., says: rhe Goebel election law, which has seen the indirect cause of ?o much political disturbance in Kentucky, passed out of existence Saturday. Its ilace will be filled by the new election aw passed by the legislature at its special session last fall. PENSION CLAIMS BURNED. important Papers Go Up In Smoke Darinjj a Fire In Washington City. More than 80,000 pension claims in the office of Alilo ?s. Stevens ?.t <jo. were destroyed in a fire at Washington last Friday night. Many of the papers were to he used as evidence in attempting to secure a favorable action by the pension office, on claims and canuot be replaced. In addition to the pension claims there were destroyed thousands of claims pending before the treasury department and patent office. In these the loss will fall upon the claimants. ANXIOUS FOR PAT CROWE, Outstanding Reward For Alleged Cudahy Kidnaper Is Now S18.000. At a secret meeting of the Omaha city council Saturday night it was decided to offer a reward of $5,000 for Pat Crowe, dead or alive, irrespective of the suspicion that he may have been concerned in the Cudahy kidnaping. The conditions make no reference to any particular crime. This, makes a total price of $18,000 on Crowe's head. CANAL BILL DELAYED. Republican Senatorial Caucus Decides That Measure Must Walt. A Washington dispatch says: The T> LI: * ****** ;? AAf,ATio nepuuueuu seuctiuid m cautuo mously decided not to set a day, at least for the present, for taking np the Nicaraguan canal bill. After a general exchange of views the senators concluded that so long as Great Britain's attitude toward the amendments to the Hay-Panncefote treaty is undefined it would not be wise or expedient to agitate the question of the construe* tioa of the proposed canal. ARMY BILL IS PASSED By Strict a Party Y6te Measure Goes Through Senate. ANTI-WHISKY PROVISION FAILS President Can Now Have Large Standing Army?Four Democrats Vote For the Bill. A Washington special says: The senate passed the army reorganization bill Friday afternoon after a hard Ann^oof ir? wlwnli 4V?r> ffpnk r>1nf?es it V/V/U ICOiy 4U " U *VU ? V4AV tl VMM ?.->*>vv ? ? the measure, and its real purposes, were shown up by its opponents. It was just before 6 o'clock p. m, when the senate'finally disposed d the bill. .The measure having origi Dated in thesenate, the final questior was net upon its passage, but or agreeing to the senate amendments They were agreed to by a vote of Ic to 23. | While party lines were drawn or the measure, four Democrats voter fo?it?Senators Lindsay, of Kentucky McLauriD, of South Carolina; Morgan, of Alabama, and Sullivan, of Missis sippi. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, who was detuined at his home by ill ness, was paired against the bill with Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin. The bill has occupied practically the entire attention of the senate since the third day of January, when it was made the unfinished business. While the opposition to it at all stages was vigorous, it was never bitter. Numerous amendments were made to it, but in general the committee was sustained and the measure, with the exception ol the elimination of the canteen clause, ie not widely different frcm that reported to the senate. A determined effort to amend the bill to nrovide against the sale of liquoi in the Philippines and to prohibit the importation of any kind of intoxicants into the islands was defeated. Every effort to prevent the increase in the strength of the at ray was de feated by a decisive majority. A notable speech was delivered during the day by Mr. Hale, of Maine, who, while opposing the increase ii the strength of the army, stated co< gently his reasons for supporting the bill. The measure was sent to conference between the two houses, Senators Hawley, Republican, of Connecticut; Proctor, Republican, of Vermont, and Cockrell, Democrat, ol Mississippi, being appointed conferees on the part of the senate. Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, presented the credentials of his colleague, Mr. Hoar, who was re-elected. This is his fifth election. With the expiration of his present term he will have served twenty-four years. SHIP CARPEXTKRS STRIKE. Trouble In the Nixon Yards May Serion*1* Oorernment Work. A strike in the Nixon shipyards al Elizabeth, N. J., threatens to tie up the yard and greatly delay the government work now in progress on ships for the navy, besides a number of private contracts, including five submarine boats. The strike took place because nine alleged non-union carpenters were employed. A delegalion of four men, representing the carpenters, painters, joiners and calkers, waited on Mr. Nixon and asked if he would not discharge the men. Ho refused to treal with the men and instead of discharg ing the non-union men, discharged the delegates. ALL SEALS ATTACHED. Chinese Plenipotentiaries Sign and Deliver That Protocol. A message was received in Washington Friday from Minister Conger al Pekin stating that the Chinese plenipotentiaries had signed and delivered the protocol. This removes the last doubt that had arisen as to the sealing of the document, for it would not have been accepted by the Spanish minister, who is the dean of the corps, unless it bore all the seals and signatures necessary to a full force. SHYLOCK REMEMBERS POOR. ?amnel Dewi*, Noted Ustiror, Made Provision For the Needy. Samuel Lewis, the London money lender and usurer,'who died a few -3 1 -ti. OJ AAA AAA / OA A AAA uays ago, ien *s,wu,uuu ^isu,uuu,000), all of which goes, under his will, to his widow with the exception oi ?100,000 which is divided among relatives. In his will he expressed a desire that his widow should give in her own name ?100,000 to provide dwellings for the poor of all creeds, ?250,000 tc the Prince of Wales hospital fund] ?100,000 to the Jewish board of guardians of London, ?200,000 to the various hospitals. WOULD BE USELESS. Governor Stanley Declares Lynchers Could Not Be Convicted. Governor Stanley, of Kansas, hat decided not to offer a reward for the arrest of the perpetrators of the-negro burning in Leavenworth. He said: "If the guilty persons were arrestee they would have the first trial in ! Leavenworth county, and the preseDl I public sentiment there would make i1 j useless to attempt a prosecution." BIG LUMBER CONCERN. Company is Formed In Tennessee Backed By Ample Capital. The Tennessee Lumber Mannfao ; taring Company was organ zed a' ! Bristol Thursday. Pennsylvania eapi j talists are interested in the enterprise, | the leaders being W. S. and A. W, ! Sheafer, J. M. Edwards and J. W, Beecher, of Pottsville, Pa., und C. J. St. John, of Bristol. The compauj lias 50,000 acres of timber land it Johnson couuty, Tenn. It will on>ei a large lumber plaut capable of pawiqj 75,000 'eat daiiyi | DAMAGING TESTIMONY Cause Alleged Murderer, o Young Girl to Cringe?Court Kojm ) Densely Crowded. * A special from Paterson, N. J., says: Interested crowds filled the court room Wednesday during the , trial of the three alleged murderers of 1 Jennie Bosschieter, the mill girl. The state having rested its case , Tuesday night, the day's proceedings began with the presentation by counsel of the case for the defense. Of the three accused meD, Death most Sh Att'A/1 fV?A efvoin f 1?mn rrV\ wViinlt fhor uuncl1 p"ou' j were passing. McAllister, on the other hand, was comparatively selfpossessed; but Campbell was evidently ^ troubled and anxious, i Michael Dunn in delivering his address opening the case for the defense, promised to prove that the death of Jennie Bosschieter was not caused in ' the commission of a criminal assault, f and also that the charge of willful - murder could not stand against the j defendants. Mr. Dunn proceeded with a narrative of the events preceding the death of Jennie Bosschieter, the purpose of * it being to show that the meeting of the four men, McAllister, Campbell, 1 Death and Kerr, was not prearranged I and that the girl made the first adi vances that opened the way for the > meeting at Saal's saloon. In the saloon, according to counsel, the girl drank freely, taking cocktails and absinthe. She became drowsy. 1 Then she was escorted from the saloon to the hack, McAllister and Death 5 walking on either side of her. She was 1 not carried, the attorney said. The 1 narrative of the counsel for the de1 fense proceeded with the ride in the 5 hack to the place where the girl died. ' She had become unconscious and the 5 men lifted her from the hack to the ^ ground, where they kneeled around her and made every effort to revive ? her, rubbing her hands and face. She was taken with nausea and the men used their pocket handkerchiefs to * wipe her face. The hackman, counsel said,was mis1 taken when he testified that the ao1 cused men assaulted the girl. Despairing of succeeding in reutoring 1 the girl to consciousness the men put her back in the hack and drove for aid to the house of the nearest physician The death of Jennie Bosschieter, > counsel said, was accidental; her 1 drink was not drugged and her person " was not violated bv the defendants, i I CHARGED WITH ARSON. Merchant of Falrbnro, Georgia, Lodged In Atlanta's Jail. f J. E. Thompson, a prominent meri chant of Fairburn, Ga., was lodged in the Tower, at Atlanta, on the charge of arson. Thompson -was arrested at the instance of J. R Brantley, another fairburn merchant } It is alleged that Thompson fired four stores in Fairburn on the night of December 31st. Brantley's store was among the number of buildings burned, and Thompson's store was also destroyed. Thompson is said to be a highly respected citizen of Fairburn, and his arrest came in the nature of a great > surprise. The prisoner was seen in his cell at i the Tower, but stated that he prefer red not to discuss his case. "Of course," said he, "every man who is arrested for a crime, whether i he is guilty or not, claims that he is ? innocent, and there would be no use , iu my saying I am not guilty. (The , charge against me will simply have to be proven." t PREMATURELY PUBLISHED. I Members of Courtmartial Anxious to Know How Leak Occurred. Members of the courtmartial who sat recently in Atlanta, Ga., to try the cases against Captain E. E. Aldred, . Eieutenant G. I. S. Watt and Sergeant P. H. Huff, are very anxious to ascertain if any one connected with the ; court has divulged the findings of that body. The publication of the findings of a ; courtmartial prior to the action of the ; governor upon them means a leak > somewhere, which is equivalent to the violation of an oath, and it would not - - 1 - ? il. ^ i De surprising n some memoers ox ni? court should insist on an investigation, so that the responsibility might be properly placed. (JUEEN'S HEALTH FAILING. Condition of England'* Ruler Alarms the Public and Attecis Stock Exchange. Queen Victoria has not lately been in her usual health and rumors regarding her illness have alarmed the public and adversely affected the stock exchange. The following official announcement has been made known: "The queen during the past year ) has had a great strain upon her pow| ers, which has rather told upon her ' nervous system. It has, therefore, ' been thought advisable by her majes' ty's physicians that her majesty should be kept perfectly quiet in the house and should abstain for the present from transacting business." MISS ROCKEFELLER WEDS. I Daughter of Multi-Millonalre Becomes Mrs. Parinlee-Prentlce. ! Miss Rockefeller, daughter of Mr. ; and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, was > married Thursday afternoon at the residence of her parents in New York I city, to E. Parmlee-Prentice, a young t j lawyer of Chicago. The reception was t attended only by relatives, several t ! school friends of the bride and a few of Mrs. Rockefeller's friends. Florida Lands For Settlers, i Osceola county, Fla., has about 40,i 0C0 acres, much of it very rich land, " ! tliat will be open to settlers. Many 1 j applications are already being filed for ' j portions wanted. The lands extend > j to six other counties. Carmacfc Elected Senator. r ; The Tennessee legislature in joint i ! convention Wednesday elected E. W. I I * i i Oannack, United States senator, for the ; tfiin beginning March 4, 1901, anc| ! ; ft. E, Foulk state treaiurer, 1 AYCOCKIS INSTALLED North Carolina State Government I Changes Hands. DEMOCRATS NOW IN CONTROL I Republican Governor Turns Over * Office With Well Wishes For the New Regime. At Raleigh, N. C., Tnesday, the inauguration ceremonies were carried 1 out perfectly in every detail, About 7,000 people were in Capitol square and as many more on the streets near . by. Governor-elect Aycock arrived at the railway station soon after 11 o'clock and was given a demonstration. It was noon when the legislature w s seated in front of the capitol. Half an hour later Governor Aycock and Guvernor Russell, followed by all other outgoing and incoming officers, appeared on the pla'form, while the band played "Dixie." Master of Ceremonies Francis Winston said: "Gentlemen of the General Assembly, Ladies and Fellow Citizens: The inauguration of the twenty-third elected governor of North Carolina will be opehed with prayer by Rev. J). A. A. Marshall." The minister prayed that the governor might rise above party and be governor of all his people, and that the memory of Yance, whose bronze statue was so near, might nerve and inspire him. Mr. Winston then presented the new officers as follows: First Corporation Commissioners McNeill end Rogers. Labor Commissioner Yaner, Commissioner of Agriculture Patterson, Attorney General Gilmer, Superintendent of Pulic Instruction Toon, Auditor Dixon, Treasurer Lair, Secretary of State Grimes, Lieutenant Governor Turner. As each was sworn the retiring official stood np. Governor Rnsseil stepped forward and said to the legislature and people: "I present for qualification, according to the constitution and law, the governor-elect of this commonwealth," A great demonstration came after Governor Aycock took the oath. He looked the picture of health and made a great speech, to which the great audience gave undivided attention. Governor Aycock turned to Mr. Russell aud said: "Henceforth let hatred and strife cease among us." When he concluded Governor Russell shook hands with him. Current comment is that Aycock's is the strongest inaugural address ever delivered in Raleigh. There was great applause at his demands that henceforth ballots shall bo counted as cast, and that all persons shall be educated. His address made a profound impression upon Republicans and Populists, who expressed admiration. A review of troops followed the inauguration. The provisional regiment of infantry, twelve companies, three divisions of naval reserves and four companies of cadets passed in review, making an appearance which impressed the governor and the 20,000 spectators. An incident of the day was the appearance near the speaker's stand cf an aged man with a large silk banner with the words "White Supremacy" on one side and "The Ladies' Banner" on the other sidy*. Near him was a boy, -on whose uplifted hands was perched a white rooster, from whose neck swung Aycock's portrait. Hundreds of people wore Aycock's picture on the front of their hats. on AY WINS OUT. Has a Surplus of Three Votes In Pennsfl ania Legislature. A special from Harrisburg, Fa., says: After a memorable struggle which had continued for several years Colonel M. S. Quay, regular Republican nominee for United States senator, was elected Tuesday by the Pennsylvania legislature to till the vacancy created by the expiration of his term on March 4, 1899. His combined vote in the senate and house yas 130, or three more than the number necessary to a choice. KITCHENER'S SECRET ORDERS. Alleged That Black Flag Han Been Raised Again&t the Boerf. The "stop the war" committee at London has passed the following resolution: ' Orders which a British officer reports he personally received reveal the adoption by Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener of a policy having for its aim the extermination of a heroic nationality by starving its women and children and the deliberate massacre of nnarmed prisoners." The latter clause alludes to General Kitchener's alleged secret orders to General Dewet's pursuers to take no prisoners. ALDERMAN GOES TO JAIL. Judge Estill at Chattanooga Hot After Sunday Liquor Sellers. Judge Floyd Estill, of the circuit court, at Chattanooga Tuesday morn- j ing sentenced Alderman Jones to sixty days in% the county jail for selling whisky on Sunday. Jones has been a member of the city council for several years, and is a leader in political circles. Much excitement was created by the arrest. AMBUSHED BY FILIPINOS. Detachment of Third infantry Surprised and Two Member* Killed. A Manila special of Tuesday says: A detachment ef the Third United States infautry was amnnsbed Saturday near Malolos. The Ladrones fired a volley at the Americans, killing two privates of company F and wounding three. The insurgents escaped into a swamp. Numerous insurgent bands have been dispersed and considerable quantiser. of stores destroyed in the prorinoe of Bulaoan by General Grant's mounted seonti* MATT QUAY LIONlittU Bis Advent in Senate Occasion Of Tremendous Ovation. FLOWERS BY THE WAGON LOAD Such a Demonstration Was Never Before Accorded Any Repre sentative^at the Capital. Matthew Stanley Quay, re-elected as a senator from Pennsylvania took the oath of office in the senate Thursday. Mr. Quay had been assigned to the second seat in the back row on the Republican side, the desk formerly occupied by Mr. liana, of Ohio. An hour before the senate convened beautiful floral presents began to be piled*on and around the senator's desk. By the time the senate was called to order, the messengers had found it impossible to place to advantage any more of the floral offering. Not in the history of the senate has a single senator been the recipient of such a profusion of flowers, beautiful in themselves and lavishly elaborate in their arrangement, as ttie Pennsylvania senator received on this occasion. One of the handsomest pieces was a huge keystone arch of white immortelles, the keystone being of deep red immortelles. It was several feet in height and bore the worde: "The Verdict of the People." The flowers were sent to the capitol literally oy the wagon load, and it was found im?/^ior>loTT tlium in t.Vio HftTiatfi pUOOlUiC bU UiO^luj kuvuj ?u ?MV w.w chamber. Many of them were allowed to remain in the corridors. Just before the senate convened Mr. Quay entered the chamber. As he was recognized by his friends tremendous applause swept over the crowded galleries. It was prolonged for a full half minute. Meantime, Mr. Quay was receiving the cordial congratulations of his colleagues on the door of the senate. By this time the senate chamber was thronged by senators and others entitled to the privilege of the floor of the senate. Scores of members of the house had come to the senate side of the capitol to witness the inductment of Mr. Quay into office, among them practically the .entire Pennsylvania delegation. As sooh as the senate had convened Mr. Penrose presented the credentials of Mr. Quay and requested that the oath of office be administered to his colleague. As no objection was offered Mr. Penrose escorted Mr. Quay to the desk of the president pro tempore, Mr. Frye. Before taking the oath Mr. Quay shook bands cordially with Mr. Frye. The president pro tem previously had announced to the people in the galleries that no applause or demonstrations of approval or disapproval wnnld hp nArmitted. Thus no demon stration occurred when Mr. Quay had taken the oath. After he had signed the roll at the desk of the secretary he retired to his seat, where he was overwhelmed with congratulations. Within a few minutes hundreds of people had left the floor and galleries, the floral offerings had disappeared from the chamber and the senate bad resumed its wonted appearance. TROOPS TO QUELL RIOT. Governor Beckham Called Upon to Stop Trouble at Corbin, Ky. Colonel R. D, Williams, with a composite company of Kentucky state militia numbering eighty men, under command of Captain Henry Hutchinson, with Lieutenant James Dodd, with one section of battery A, ten men with one gatling gun, left Franklin Thursday night for Corbin, in Whitley county, the scene of the wholesale murder and riot of Wednesday night. The militia are under sealed orders from Governor Beckham and will report to sheriff Sutton, of Whitley county, for duty in the maiutainance of peace and gaurding the prisoners. Great Steel Trust fteing Formed. The first steps in the formation of a $2,000,000 combination of four existing steel and wire companies were taken Thursday afternoon at a secret meeting in the offices of the Federal Steel company in New York. ALLEGE!) LYNCHERS CAUGHT. Five North Carolinian* Arrested and Put Under Henry Honda. Five of the best citizens of Rutherfordton county, N. C., for whom Judge Shaw J[issued bench warrants at the last term of the superior court for the lynching of Avery Mills last May, had not been seen until Friday night, when they were captured and taken before a justice of the peace and admitted to bail in the sum of $10,000 each. Mills shot and instantly killed exState Representative Flack, and while on the way to jail was taken from the officers and riddled with bullets by a mob of unmasked men. JURY CONVICTS DETECTIVE. David Looney Sentenced to Chalnzang TTnder Charre of Larceny. An Atlanta dispatch says: The jury in the case of Private Detective David S. Looney, charged with larceny of a pair of shoes, retarned a sealed verdict, finding the defendant guilty. After Iho verdict had been read Judge John S. Candler sentenced the detective to serve six months in the county chaingang. The attorney made a moHon for a new trial. MUST BE FREEHOLDERS. The Philippine Commission Fixes Qnatiflc.iflon For Voters. A Manila special says: The section of municipal code relating to the qualifications of electors was much discussed Monday before the Philippine commission. The bill requires voters to own real estate to thirty pesos or upwards and be males of upwards of 23 years of who speak, read and write English and Spanish. All are required to swear allegiance to the United States, * -i . ' . " h- * KUKAM1 A1 UWfch Prince of Wales, His Son and Em* peror William on Sad Mission. GATHER AROUND DYING QUEEN British Press Teems With Laudations and Eulogies of the Dying Queen. Telegrams sent out from Cowes Monday afternoon at four o'clock stated that a slight improvement was visible in the queen's condition, but there was no hope of anything but a fatal ending. Inquiries from all ports of the world continued to pour in. A London special says: On his arrival at Portsmouth en route from London to Cowes, Emperor William was met by a guard of honor. The party, however, ^dispensed with the usual formalities and immediately went on board the royal yacht Alberta. As they started for Cowes the band on the flagship, the Majestic, struck up the national anthem, and Emperor William, the prince of Wales and their royal relatives bared their heads. When the royal party disembarked at Cowes during the forenoon a good sized crowd was there to greet them. The party drove immediately to Osborne house. The crowd naturally refrained from cheering and silently took off their hats. The emperor cordially and frequently responded by bowing. 'They drove to Osborne house in open carriages. The prince of Wales appeared to be half dazed, and the duke of fork's eyes were red, while the duchess of Connaught did not cease crying. The London Daily News refers to a eulogy of the dying queen by Bishop Potter, of New York, and says: "Bishop Potter compared her majesty to Washington. No American could go further than that*" The Daily Telegraph says: "It seems but a brief interval since England was the center of almost universal hostility. Today all international hostilities are hushed and stilled as they never were before by any single event in the annals of the world/' The Daily Chronicle observes: "In the United States the nation and government display once again the ir repressible sentiment of a cognant people. The strain of commop blood which flows in British and American veins has been rarely more manifest or more warmly recognized." . This evidence of universal sympathy extended toward England in her honr of trouble is, in fact, the leading theme, and the Standard remarks: ' "There is no enetny of England too bitter and no professing contemner of* crowns and thrones too fanatical to admit the virtues and service to mankind of Queen Victoria." Most of the German newspapers express sincere concern as to Queen Vici toria and praise Emperor William for going to Osborne. The agrarian and ? * I . pao-Uerman journals, aowevw, uud a different tone. The Deutsche Tages Zeitnng, the Leading agrarian organ, concludes an abusive article in this ' style: "The rising of English power is now followed by a decline. That she has seen the beginning of such a decline has given Queen Victoria a death stroke. She saw the commencement of the decay of that whose splendid development she had witnessed during her long life. This is the tragio finale of her prolonged reign. "The most important question for great Britain now is whether the new k>iog will be able to find bis way ont of Sonth Africa again." Some of the papers already disease the Prince of Wales as the coming sovereign, and The Berliner Tageblatt prints a dispatch asserting that he is Germanophobe in his feeling. Three Die In Hotel Fire. Fire at Kewanee, III., Monday, de' stroyed the Commercial house and caused the death of three men and injured two others. FACULTY IS UPHELD. ? Trustees of Georgia "Tech" Indorse Suspension of Students. The board of trustees of the Georgia School of Technology, at their meeting in Atlanta Monday, passed a resolution giving their "unqualified en/irkraemAnt to the action of the fac ultv" in suspending the senior class of 1901.? _ The trustees also passed a resolution interceding for the suspended stndents, and hoping that "some mitigation of the punishment may be had on consideration of the matter by the faculty," which means that the faculty will, in all probability, materially reduce the sentences. JUDGE WAS LIGHT ON ALYORD. Self-Confessed Defaulter Sentenced to Serve Thirteen Years In Prison. A New York dispatch says: Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., the defaulting note teller of the First National Bank, who plead guilty to the charge against him, was sentenced Wednesday to thirteen ve&rs imprisonment. The amount of his defalcation was 3690,000. He was taken immediately to Sing Sing, where his pedigree *ras re* corded. INDICTED FOR EMBEZZLEXEKT. Cashier Porter Alleged to Hsts Misappropriated Nearly 950,000. A dispatch from Bowling Green, Ky., says: The grand jury after an ail-day investigation of the alleged shortage of Lnther JEL Porter, eashier of the Warren Deposit hank, returned an indictment against him charging him with embezzlement His alleged misappropriation of 349,055.02. i Mr. Porter did not wait for a benoh i warrant to be isaaed, bat appeared in oourt and executed a bond to* 15,000, j -r ' Vwiv<yi5V.- ' ? , /' ! I SOUTH CAROLINA \ ^ STATE NEWS ITEMS. CNjcsjfsir>J \>CNJCNicsii New Knterpr i?i Chartered. The Stock & Verner Company of Elloree, has been chartered. It is to do a general merchandise business. & Capital stock, 310,000. The Eqnitable Beal Estate Company, of Charleston has been chartered. The capital is 32,000. T. Moultrie vMordecai, president, and P. H. Qadsden, secretary and treasurer. Tea Culture In Palmetto State. The unsuccessfnl experiments of United States Commissioner of Agrionltnre Tj? Dno. followed bv the 8UC ? ? ? r ? * cessfnl planting and manufacture of tea at the Pinehurst farms, Summerville, near Charleston, has attracted northern capitalists, who will go into the business on a large scale and who expects to raise 390,000 pounds annually for the American market. Colonel A. C. Tyler and Major B. D. Trimble, of New London, Conn., and I the Bsron J. A. Yon Brunig, formerly ^ of the German legation at Washington, are leaders of the enterprise and have " ^ already bought 4,000 acres of pine land along the line of the Charleston and Savannah railroad, fifteen miles distant. Messrs. Tyler and Trimble were in camp at Sommerville dor- ,^?| ing the war' with Spain and saw the snccess of tea culture at Pinehurst. . Major Trimble will, ft is said, be the active head of the company. It is V? said thit Dr. Shepard has had this year twice as many orders for tea as - ^ he could fill. ? * - * Wofford Alumni Hall Burned. The alumni hall of Wofford College |f| was burned on the morning of January 18th. The fire was discovered in the upper story about 2 o'clock. It caught either in one of the rooms or in the attic above. It is nearly a mile from the headquarters of the 'fire depart- | ment, and owing to the honr and high wind, the firemen did not hear the ,| alarm and the response was rather ' slow. The attic and fourth-story were harping when the first reel team arrived. It was found impossible to save the building. The furniture and trunks of the inmates in the upper story were burned. The most of the furniture on the first and second story was taken out. Prof. Manson DuPre saved his library, but it was mueh damaged. v j About forty students had rooms in the '-M building. Mrs. Beeder was the ma- .,'j t^on, but she had been very unwell for it i some time and had to be carried from 1 the building. The hall was built by. the alumni of the College about ten years ago at a cost of $10,000. Some additions have been made since that fi time. It was insured for only $8,000. The fnrniture had no insurance at all. At first view it looks as if the fitting . school would have to be suspended for the balance of the session. Bat the -J faculty and local trustees are oonaid- ... ering the condition of affairs, and it is probable that arrangements'will< , , J be made to go onTwithout any oosia ' tion. The walls of the building have given 'M way and when rebuilt it will have to be from the ground. It is not known '~|f how the fire originated. New Executive Mansion Proposed. An effort will be made during the ;||g present session of the general assem* blytobave anew executive mansion . jj* built. There is no question that the - - ^ present home for the chief exeontive A d of the state is in s rather bad condition and that there should be a new baildingt The only question is now can this be accomplished? One pro- || position is to sell -the square on Ar- >p senal Hill, on which the present man- Jgj sion is situated, and *ith the proceeds from the sale, which ought to be at least $25,000, a new and modern mansion can be erected. The plan of some is to have the new man- ^ sion built on the present state house grounds, or on the property of the South Carolina college. This plan . fl will be pressed. It is, however, open to objections. Tbe mansion is now in the prettiest part of the city, It is isolated to a certain extent and given a place of prom- ' ], inence. The state owns the property "f on which it is and it can better afford to hold real estate than any one else. To put the building on the state house grounds would mar a pretty park and . make the building public and give comparatively no privacy. To put the JS building on the South Carolina oollege property would be an encroaohment on property set aside a hundred years ago for a college, and in time the South Carolina college, which is bound to ex- v&lj pand, will need its present grounds. s Trt nnfl nnhltA hnildinir on the college property would be followed by ^ the erection of other buildings, and the college campus would soon be crowded and would? soon lose its distinctire collie character. SENATOR TILLMAN RE-ELECTED. Palmetto State General Aaeembly Names Him as His Own SaoceMor. The South Carolina general assembly Wednesday unanimously elected B. B, Tillman United States senator to succeed himself. The vote was declared by John 0. Sheppard, president of the senate, who opposed Tillman in the bitter campaign for governor. Baggage Smashers Meet. One hundred members of the American Association of Baggage. Agents began its 21st annual convention in St. Augustine, Fla., Wednesday. FATHER OFFERS REWARD. I i Capt. Fraser Will Pay ?M0 For Batons of Hit Sob, Dead or All re. r*?a vr tt n? i.a.. Vjupt. i.1. u, IIBHI, lairUCl ui jj?oo 'Frazer, the missing Georgia Technological school student, has offered a reward of $500 for the return of his son, dead or alive. This amount is now em deposit in the Merchants* and Farmers' bank in Union Springs, Ala., ? the home of Captain Frazer. After the complete failure of other efforts, reward is offered as a means of solving the mystery sw rounding the strange disappearance of young Fr* :?#j ?er.