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SAMPSON OOPS HEAD
President Pats His Name Before
That of Admiral Schley.
SENATE WILL SETTLE MATTER
Old Controversy Concerning Rank
3s Renewed?Hobson and Blue
Advanced In Numbers.
The president Thursday sent a
special message to the senate recommending
that the same recognition
that has been given Dewey and his
officers and men for his services in
C Manila bay should be given Sampson,
commander of the north Atlantic fleet
and his men for services in and about
Cuba. The message was as follows:
"During our recent war with Spain
the United States naval force on the
north Atlantic section was charged
with varied and important duties,
chief amoDg which were the maintenance
of the blockade of Cuba, aiding
-"the army in landing troops, and iu
subsequent operations, and particularly
in the pursuit, blockade and destruction
of the Spanish squadron
under Admiral Cervera.
"This naval campaign, embracing
objects of wide scope and grave responsibilities
on the part of the commander-in-chief
and of the officers and
enlisted men under his command. It
culminated iu the annihilation of the
Spanish fleet in the battle of July 3,
1898, one of the most memorable naval
engagements in history.
"The result of the battle was the
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possibilities to which it hail been exposed
from Admiral Cevera's fleet, and
the termination of the war upon the
seas.
"I recommend that, following our
national precedents, especially that in
the case of Admiral Dewey and the
Asiatic squadron, the thanks of congress
be given to Rear Admiral "William
T. Sampson, U. S. N., and to the
officers and men under his command,
for highly distinguished conduct in
v . conflict with the enemy and in carrying
on the blockade and naval campaign
on the Cuban coast, resulting
in the destruction of the Spanish fleet
at Santiago de Cuba July 3, 1S98.
"William McKinley."
The nominations in part were as
follows:
Rear admirals to be advanced in
rank from the 11th day of February.
J9S': William T. Sampson, five numbers,
to take rank next after Rear Admiral
John A. Howell; Winfield Scott
Schley, three numbers, to take rank
next after Rear Admiral Sampson,
when advanced.
Captains to be advanced in rank
from February li, 1901:
Robley D. Evans, five members,and
to be a rear admiral; Henry C. Taylor,
five, and to be a rear admiral; Francis
A. Cook, five numbers; Charles E.
Clark, six; Charles D. Sigsbee, three;
French E. Chadwick, five; John J.
Hanker, two.
After these came a list of commanders,
lieutenant commanders and lieui
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tenants. m iu? lauor xwiuuaru jr.
Hobson and Victor Bine were included.
. Hobson was advanced ten numbers
and Blue five.
OLD CONTROVERSY RENEWED.
The Sampson-Schley controversy
was renewed as the result of the
presidential nominations, and a number
of senators announced their opposition
to the nominations. During
the afternoon a number of them received
a telegram from General Felix
Agnus, of Baltimore, protesting
against the preferment of Admiral
Sampson. This telegram was as follows:
"I ask in the name of truth and justice
that you will not allow history to
be perverted by making the advancement
of Admiral Sampson over Admiral
Schley, for a victory in which he
had not part, not even firing a single
shot. Had Sampson, in announcing
the American victory, told the truth
and said that while he was unavoidably
absent at the time of the action, be it
said for the glory of the fiag that
Schley was on the spot, America would
still be ringing with his plaudits.
This he did not do, as you well know.
Instead he started the controversy
which has just cnlminated in the nominations
sent to the senate. If thej
are confirmed history will have been
laismea ana a monstrous injustice
done a brave American officer. May
I ask you to prevent these confirma.
tions at this session."
YOUNG FORGER CONFESSES.
Green H. l>elaperrlere, a Georgia Boy, If
Arreeted at Washington.
Green H. Delaperriere, of Hoschton,
Ga., -who disappeared from Atlanta
February 11, is under arrest in
Washington, and made a confession to
the detectives that he had forged hi?
father's name to a check for $220. He
induced two boys to accompany him
on his trip north.
YETS INVITE M'KINLEY.
In Spite of Some Opposition the President
Is Asked to Vldt Memphis.
At a meeting of the executive committee
of the confederate reunion at
Memphis, Tenn., Thursday night, a
resolution adopted Wednesday explaining
why President McKinley was
invited to be present on the occasion
of the confederate reunion in May was
rescinded and the original resolution
inviting the president to Memphis
stands.
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Press and Shrewd Observers Condemn
Minister DeWitte's Action.
Shrewd observers in St. Petersburg
believe that the Russian minister of
finance, M. DeWitte, in imposing a
discriminating duty on American i
manufactures of iron and -steel was
not only animated by a desire to pro- j
tect Russian sugar producers, but was
eager to seize an opportunity to mobilize
Russia's industrial army, with a
view to proving its ability to stand the j
test of a tariff war.
The Russian press does not give auj j
particular approval to the experiment.
RAISING CAIN IN KANSAS.
Joint Smashers Are Still Making
Things Lively In Hany
Towns of the State;
At Perry, Kansas, Friday night,
fifteen prominent women, led by the
wives of a Methodist minister and a
bank cashier, raided several "joints."
With hatchets and axes they demolished
fixtures right and left, entailing a
loss in that particular saloon alone of
more than $1,000.
Twenty whiskey barrels, sixty-two
kegs of beer and twenty cases of wine
were carried into the streets, where
they were chopped into kindling wood
and their contents flowed away in the
gutters.
A drug 6tore was the last place
visited. The proprietor was accused
of qaonching the thirst of local ine- j
briates and his stock was quickly destroyed.
A special from Arkansas City, Ka?.,
says: Seventy meo, led by the minis- j
ters of this city, crossed the Arkansas j
river Saturday and demolished the |
"Last Chance" saloon. All the"joints"
in the town had been closed for several
days, but the "Last Chance" being
outside the city limits, its proprietor
continued to do a flourishing business.
When the crowd swept down npon the
place the bartender was asleep. He
was backed into a corner at a revolver's
point and witnessed the complete demolition
of the fixtures and stock.
Lanham, Neb., is in an uproar over
the liquor question. Money has been
raised to clean out the joint keepers.
Tha town is peculiarly situated, the
main street being the line between
Kansas and Nebraska, jnst as the main
street of the town of Bristol is the
dividing lino between Virgiuia and
Tenne?see. Although a town of only
200 inhabitants, it has for years given
officers of both states no end of trouble,
offenders from one state moving to the
other at will and thns evading the
officers.
There was a free-for-all fight at Beloit
Satnrday, arising from the feeling
over the joints. The temperance men
and women insisted on inspecting the
places to see that their orders for
closing had been observed.
The investigating committee was
followed by a large crowd. Soon an
alarm of fire was sounded and a hose
?-art dashed up and the firemen commenced
throwing water on ihe crowd.
Some men attempted to cut tlie hose,
but were prevented by a display of revolvers.
After several had been more
or less hurt several arrests were made
and quiet was restored.
Mrs. Carrie Nation put in a very
busy Sunday in Topeka, and as a result
the capital city has experienced
more genuine excitement than can be
remembered by the oldest inhabitant.
Mrs. Nation literally crammed the day
with thrilling episodes. She succeeded
in having the contents of a notorious
joint smashed, broke into-a cold
storage plant where a number of fine
bars bad been stored away for safety,
and demolished them; addressed a
large mass meeting of men and women,
and was arrested four times. The last
time that the law laid its hand upon
her was when Mrs. Nation emerged
from the church where the mass meeting
had been held.
KILLS WIFE AND SUICIDES.
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Domestic Tragedy Brought to Light at
Crescent City, Fla.
At Crescent City, Fla., Saturday
morning, Dr. W. L. McLeod and his
wife were found dead in their residence.
The evidence disclosed that
McLeod had killed his wife and then
himself. Neither of the couple had
been seen for a week, when Mrs. McLeod
was visiting mombers of her
church regarding some religious work.
The bodies were found in the bed
room, undressed, and two bullet
wound, both mortal, had been inflict
ed 011 Mrs. DeLeod. Her husband
then fired the third bullet through his
own brain and held the pistol in his
hand. Mrs. McLeod had first been
shot in bed and then on the fioor as
she kneeled before him.
Y1RGIXIA SOLOXS ADJOURN.
Leciilfttori Complete Their Work and the
Session Is Closed.
The extra session of the Virginia
general assembly at Richmond closed
Saturday evening and most of the
members left for their homes on afternoon
and night trains. The only work
of the day was the passage of a bill
amending the charter of the city of
Charlottesville.
NEW GEORGIA ROAI)
To R<> Built Between Sandersville and
Sparta. Thirty Miles.
Secretary of State Phil Cook has
granted a charter to the East and
West railroad a new line that will soon
bebnilt between Sandersville in Washington
county and Sparta in Hancock
county, Ga.
The new line, which, it is understood,
is already partially graded between
these two points, will be thirty
miles long, and will form a sort of connecting
line between the Georgia railroad
on the one hand and the Augusta
Southern, which runs to Tennille, on
thq other.
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VTILtUA 1IU3 uti.
Home Elections Committee Report Hawaiian
Entitled to His Seat.
Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, scored
a distinct triumph in securing a unanimous
vote of the house committee on
elections No. 3, confirming his right to
a seat in the house of representatives.
Chairman Taylor will submit the
report in about a week. Mr. Taylor
explained that Wilcox was not subjected
to the usual strict construction,
because he was little more than agent.
GOVERNMENT CASH GIVEN OUT.
Quartermaster of Army Is Paying 8135,OOO
t? Charleston People.
Captaiu Price, quartermaster of the
United States army, will pay out the
sum of $135,00*0 to lot holders
on Sullivau's island. The land is
needed for the new army garrisou.
The present holders had titles only to
buildings as the laud is owned by the
state, and the amounts paid were
enormous considering the worth of
summer homes for which big money
was demanded. The $135,000 is paid
for sixty cottages.
M'KINLEY IS ELECTED
I ' joint
Session ci Congress Pali*
fies tbe Peoples' Choice.
ELECTORAL VOTE IS COUNTED
The Galleries Were Crowded to
Witness Formalities of the
Interesting Event.
The ceremony of coupling the electoral
vote for president and vice } resident
cast at tlie election last fall took
place in the hall of the hnue of representatives
at 1 o'clock Wednesday at a
joint session of tko house and senate.
The method of counting he vote i3
prescribed with great detuil by the
statute aud was followed literally.
Great Crowds thronged the galleries.
At 12:55 o'clock proceedings in the
house were suspended aud five rows of
seats upon the right of the hall were
vacated for the members of the senate.
At one minute of 1 o'clock the president
pro tem. aud members of t>e senate
were announced. The members of
the house rose to receive them, uhile
page boys carrying the caskets in
^hich the electoral returns were deposited,
took them to the clerk's desk.
Senator Frye, president pro tem of
the senate, ascended the rostrum and
took his place at the right of Speaker
Henderson to preside over the joint
session. Immediately below Speaker
Henderson and Senator Frye, at the
clerk's desk, were the tellers of the
two houses, Senators Chandler, of New
Hampshire, and Caffery, of Louisina,
tlUU XVf jjl ecru la bl * on yiuoi , V
Ohio, and Richardson, of Tennessee,
flanked on either hand by the secretary
of the senate, Mr. Bennett, and
the clerk of the honse, Mr. McDowell.
Senator Frye rapped for order and announced
the object of 1he session.
Senator Frye said consent already
bad been given to dispense with the
formal reading of the certificates, but
that he thought if might be necessary
to read the certificate of Arkansas,
owing to a slight irregularity. This
showed that one of the e'ectors had
been absent and that the governor had
appointed a substitute. The certificate
was not challenged, however, and the
tellers proceeded to announce the
result in each state. A lapsus linguae
by General Grosvenor, when he announced
the Colorado vote, created a
general outburst of merriment. He
announced that Colorado had cast four
votes for William J. Bryan, of Nebraska,
and four for Theodore Roosevelt,
of New York, for vice president.
"Ob," shouted Mr. Richardson, one
of the Democratic tellers, while the
members of the senate and house on
the floor and spectators in the gallaries
joined in the laughter which followed.
Mr. Grosvenor corrected the
error and the announcement of the
several states then proceeded in alphabetical
order.
The certificates were not uniform
and the operation of opening the
bulky packages and seeking out the
result was attended with many delays.
When Maryland's eight votes were enuounced
for McKinley and Roosevelt
there was a slight ripple of applause
and the same response was made to
the announcement of Nebraska's vote.
General Grosvenor announced the
vote of the president's own state of
Ohio, but it created no demonstration.
Upon the conclusion of the announcement
of the vote of Wyoming, by direction
of the presiding officer, the
tellers formally ascertained the totals.
Senator Chandler announced the
total number of votes cast as 447, of
which "William McKinley, of Ohio, received
for president of the United
States 292; William J. Bryan, of
Nebraska, 155, and of which Theodore
Roosevelt, of New York, received for
vice president 292, and Adlai E;
Stevenson, of Illinois, 153.
Thereupon, in accordance with the
statute. Senator Frye proclaimed the
state of the vote as delivered to him.
"This announcement of the state of
the vote by the president of the senote,"
said he, "is by the law, a sufficient
declaration that William McKinley,
of the state of Ohio, is elected
president of the United States, and
that Theodore Roosevelt, of the state
of New York, is elected vice president,
c?ach for the term, beginning March 4,
1901, and will be entered together
with a list of the votes on the journals
of the senate and house of representatives.
The count of electoral votes having |
been completed and the resnlt declared,
the joint meeting of the two houses
is dissolved and the senate will now
return to its chamber."
The joint meetiDg was then dissolved.
A tremendous outburst of applause
swept over the galleries.
Convention to Meet In Philadelphia,
Secretary W. F. Thompson, of the
Southern Industrial Association, has
gone to Philadelphia, where be says
the next meetiDg of that body will be
held, beginning the first weeji in June.
BILBERT PIERCE DEAD.
Former United States Senator and "Well
Known Newspaper Man.
Gilbert A. Pierce, formerly United
States senator from North Dakota, an;l
in 1883 territorial governor of Dakota,
died at his apartments in the Lexington
hotel, Chicago, Friday, after a
long illness.
Mr. Pierce had a wide experience in
the newspaper field, both prior aud
subsequent to his election to the
United States senate.
BARTLETT SERIOCLY ILL.
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Georgia Congressman Has Desperate Case
of Pneumonia In Washirtgton.
A Washington special says: Judge j
Bartlett is so desperately ill that it
was determined Tuesday to send at
once for his friend and family physician,
Dr. Hall, of Macon. In tbo
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opeuing prayer in tne nonse ine uuim
chaplain referred feeliDgly to the erit
iral illnesof the Georgian, prayiug
that he might i?o spared for iua??j
years of farther usefulness,
SIXTY BURIED ALIVE
The Most Horrible Mining Accident
In Canada's History.
WORK OF EXPLOSION AND FIRE
Rescuers are Repeatedly Driven
Back By Roaring Flames?Details
of Mcrror Meagre.
A special from Victoria, British Columbia,
says: "What is feared wilj
prove one of the most horrible mine
accidents in the history of the Dominion
took place at the Union mines,
owned by the Welling Colliery Company,
of which James Dunsmuir, the
premier of the province, is the principal
shareholder. Newspaper corresnnndontc
linrvid^ Ht and tllGf
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boats to the scene,
As near as can bo gathered, the explosion
took place about 11 o'clock in
the forenoon in No. 6 shaft, situated
in the village of Cumberland. There
were sixty men in it when the explosion
took place, and not one of them
escaped. The explosion ignited the
mine, wrecking the shaft from midway
down to the bottom and filling it with
a solid mass of rocks, earth and timbers.
The first explosion was followed by
several more, while a dense volume of
smoke pouring from the vent holes indicated
that fire, as well a3 gas, was
doing destructive work below.
Men of the morning shift in No. 5
shftft organized a rescue party. No.
5 and No. 6 are connected by a tunnel,
and through this channel the attempt
was made. They had not cut their
way many yards through the debiis
when they encountered fire, which
rendered the place untenable and
obliged the party to desist.
The message came back by telephone
to the surface conveying the heartbreaking
news to the relatives of the
imprisoned men, whose urging was
not necessary to induce the relief party
to return to their apparently hopeless
task. Overcome at last by smoke and
gas, they reluctantly withdrew from
No. 5 and commenced work on a long
cut from No. 4, the only other means
of reaching the men. Work on this
was Drosecnted with the greatest vigor
until abatement of the fire in No. 5
enabled them to once more return
there.
From the head office of the Dunsmnir
company at Victoria a special
train proceeded at 1:15 o'clock to
Nanaimo.
The last report of the inspector of
mines pronounced the shaft as complying
with regulations governing coal
mines.
MAURICE THOMPSON DEAD.
Well Known Author Succumb# to Grim
Keaper After Lone Illne##.
Maurice Thompson died at his home
in Crawfordsville, Ind., Friday morning
at 3 o'clock after a lingering illness.
Mr. Thompson was born in
Fairfield, Ind., September 9, 1844,
but syent his early life in the Georgia
mountains, half way between Chattanooga
and Atlanta, where his father
was an extensive planter. He entered
the confederate army in 1862 and did
hard scont duty.
After the war he became chief engineer
of the L. C. and S.W. railroad,
and while engaged in this work met
Alice Lee, of Crawfordsville, whom he
married. He then begau the practice
of law.
In 1867 he explored Lake Okeechobee,
Florida, listing its birds, animals
and plants. From his Crawfordsville
home Mr. Thompson sent forth the
literary work which was to win him
distinction.
TIGER KILLS KEEPER.
Tragedy Occur# at Indianapolis Zoo
Through n Mistake.
A sickening tragedy occurred at the
zoo in Indianapolis Friday morning.
Albert Neilson,' a keeper, 15 years
old, entered the cage of a Bengal tiger
by mistake and was attacked by tho
1 L
ueuEJt.
A terrible struggle followed in which
the keeper was torn in a hundred
places.
Redkod irons were applied to the
bloodthirsty animal, but not until he
was struck by seven pistol balls did
be relase his hold on his victim.
Neilson was finally dragged from
the cage mrre dead than alive and was
hurried to the ci'.y hospital, where he
died a3 he was being carried in.
The tiger was not fatally wounded.
Neilson was in charge of the lion
cubs, and it is supposed opened the
tiger's cage by mistake.
Charlotte .'tlay Have Dispensary.
A movement has been started in
Charlotte, N. C , having for its object
the establishment of a dispensary to
take the place of the licensed liqnor
saloons, aud the question will be decided
by a white primary in abont teu
days.
STREET CAR TAKES PLUNGE.
Tli 1 rtv 1'nnpnwr* Fall Flftv Feet and Not
O;io Was Killed.
Thirty passengers iD a streetcar going
into Cincinnati from Dayton, Ky.f
Friday were carried down a fifty foot
embankment into the bed of a small
>tr?-am on the Kentucky side of the
Ohio river and only one of the number
escaped injury. At the same time
no4: one of ihe number was instantly
kiiled. How many may die cannot
yet be told.
STUDENT AT SEVENTY-SIX.
J ml go Bleckley Attends University of
Georgia For Special Stndy.
Ex-Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley,
of Claikesville, Ga., is at present a
student of the University of Georgia
at Athens. There are some problems
in mathematics he is desirous of solving,
and expects to remain in college
some days iu getting the desired infoimation.
It is his intention at some
iutuie d?y to announce an important
mathematical discovery touching the
analysis of numbers,
MURDER AND' SUiCiDE.
Mystery of Young Widow's Disappearance
From Atlanta Revealed
In Bloody Tragedy.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The dead
bodies of Mrs. H. M. Wilson, a yonng
widow, and William Hamilton, who
mysteriously disappeared from the
city over a week ago, were found Sunday
evening about a mile from the
bridge over the Chattahoochee river
in Cobb county.
Near the body of the woman was
her murderer, William Hamilton. The
man had killed the woman and then
himself.
Before he met death Hamilton evi
uenuy set nre 10 wooas near xne
place where the bodies were found, as
both were fearfully burned.
The finding of the bodies gave the
solution of the mystery that has been
vexing the detective department and
making frantic wiih grief the relatives
of the couple since their sudden disappearance.
It has resulted in the total
prostration of the mother of Mrs. Wilson,
and leaving an orphan, a sweat
little'gir! of seven.
The bodies were found by two little
negro boys about 150 yards from the
road crossing Chattahoochee river near
some old breast works, half a mile
from the bridge.
The body of Mrs. Wilson lay near
that of Hamilton and throngh her
right temple was a hole made by a ball
from a 32 calibre pistol which sent her
soul to eternity. Her features were
distorted and her body charred and
burned almost beyond recognition.
The left foot was burned entirely away,
all her hair was burned off, one hand
was charred and but little remained of
the clothing she had worn when she
left home.
Hamilton lay with a hole entirely
through his bead, made by a ball
which entered two inches above the
right ear and plowed its way throngh
the brain. His clothing was also badly
burned and the disturbed leaves and
growth near the place where the bodies
were found proved that death came
after a struggle.
A32-caliber revolver of the Smith &
Wesson type lay near the right band
of Hamilton. Three of its chambers
were emptied, and this circumstance
told the story of the murder and suicide.
SOUTHERN' PROGRESS.
New Industries Reported In the Sonth
During the l'ast TVeeU.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported for the past
week are as follows: A brass foundry
at Birmingham, Ala.; a broom factory
at Tnscumbia, Ala.; a $50,000 carpet
factory at Charlotte, N. C.; a chair
factory at High Point, N. C.; a cooperage
plant at Nashville, Tenn.; cotton
gins at Bristol, Fla., and Bex, Ga., a
$50,000 cotton company at Greensboro,
N. C.; $80,000 cotton mills at Butherfordton,
N. C.; dry kilns at Nashville;
electric light plants at Hawkinsville,
Ga., Orange, Texas, Fairfax C. H.,
Va. ;a $1,000,000 electric light and
power plant at Pine Bluff, Ark., and
others at Huntington, Ark., and West
Nashville, Tenn.; an excelsior factory
at Montgomery, Ala.; a$1,000,000 fertilizer
factory at Charleston, S. C.,
flouring mills at Cookeville and Spring
Hill,Tenn.,and Savory,Tex.; a $50,000
furniture factory at Burlington, N. C.;
ice factories at Hawkinsville,Ga,Smithville,
Texas, and Newport News, Ya.;
knitting mills at Wankeenab, Fla.,
and Scotland Neck, N, C.; a $50,000
laud company at Norfolk, Ya.; a 8400,000
land company at Richmond, Ya.;
a $50,000 lumber company at Valdosta,
Ga., and another at Atlanta, Ga.;
a $50,000 lumber mill at Danville, Va.;
a $1,000,000 manganese and iron company
at Staunton, Va.; a $50,000
packing company at Fort Worth,Texas;
a $500,000 oil company at Hallettsville,
Texas, and another at Port Arthur,
Texas; a $30,000 oil and coal
company at Greeuville, Texas; oil
mills at Dawson, Ga., New Albany,
Miss., and Laurinburg, N. C. a $G0,000
rice mill at Donaldsonville, La.;
a sngar refinery at Bristol, Fla.; a
sash, door and blind factory at Staunton,
Ga.; a shuttle and bobbin factory
at Hickory, N. C.; a $25,000 soap
factory in Knoxville, Teunessee
and another at Corsicana, Texas; a
stave factory at Crossville, Tenn.; telephone
companies at Ashlaud and Lexington,
Ky., and a wire-drawing plant
at Ashland, Ky.?Tradesman (Chattanooga,
Tenn.)
ONLY LOST OVERCOAT.
Chicago Thief Did Not Get General Gordon'*
Valuable*.
General John B. Gordon states that
the report of his loss in Chicago by
theft has been greatly exaggerated.
The press story stated that while sitting
in the writing room of a Chicago
hotel he was robbed of his overcoat,
which contained valnable papers and
checks to the value of $4,000. A telegram
from him is as follows:
"Osceola, Ja., Feb. 15, 1901.?
Telegram that I lost heavily by Chicago
theft is false. Overcoat was
| stolen, but not oue dollar of money
j nor checks lost.
"Jons B. Gordon."
GEORGIA BLACKS PROSPEROUS.
I Profmior Dubois, of Atlanta, Talk* of Xe?
l-roes In Dougherty County.
A Washington dispatch says: Processor
W. E. B..Dubois, of the Atlanta
university, Wednesday, gave the industrial
commission his views of the
conditiou of the colored race in Dougherty
county, Georgia. He said that
the colored people now own about 15,0.00
acres of land there, which is more
than thev have ever held before.
STATION FOR BLITHE.
Naval Department lias tlio .Hatter Under
Serlon* Consideration.
The navy department is considering
the advisability of establishing a naval
station on Blythe island, Georgia,
which property ,was acqnired by the
depariment under provisions of an act
of cougress of 1857. The island is
said to offer many advantages as a
training station for landsmen, for
target practice and other naval purposes,
and it is said could be put iu
ojudirina at au txpenaa of not more
tiign $2j.OOO,
! RUSSIA RETALIATES
!
Czar's Government Deals Hard
Blow to American Commerce.
A RESULT OF GAGE'S ACTION
Placing of Countervailing Duty
on Russian Sugar Seems to
Act as Boomerang.
A special from St. Petersburg, Russia,
says: The finance minister, M.
De Witte, has proved his ability to hit
quick and had. He was evidently proj
pared for reprisals before Secretary
j Gage took final aciion. M. De Witte
i sent to ttie senate Wednesday for pubj
licatioa an ordinance levymg 30 per
' cent increased duty on the most im|
portaut American imports into Russia.
The ordinance becomes effective March
1st, and requires that the articles af!
fected be accompanied upon importa;
tion by a certificate of origin. The
ordinance affects all sorts of iron and
steel goods from unworked iron castings
to sewing machines.
GRAVE CRISIS BROUGHT ABOUT,
Count Cassini, the Russian ambassadors
at Washington received a cablegram
Saturday afternoon from the
Russian foreign office confirming the
report of the issue of the decree, and
took steps to inform the state department
accordingly. It is realized that
a grave crisis has been reached in the
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xraue reiauuuH ueiwceu we v uncu
' States and Rnssia.
j The immediate effect of the Russian
i decree, when it becomes operative,
! will be to increase by 50 per cent the
; duties on American machinery, steel
and iron goods. These goods already
enjoy two separate redactions, 30 per
cent being taken off from the general
! and 2) per cent from the conven
tion duties. The articles referred to
i in the Russian decree are machinery
and tools of every kind, manufactures
1 and products of cast iron and steel,
i Roughly stated the United States is
said to have exported goods of this
descripion to Russia last year to the
amount of ?30,000,000. The addition
of 50 per cent duty will, ii is thought,
prove prohibitory.
The action taken means that the
j Russian government will not concern
' itself with a test case nor await the
' issue of such a case. However, there
is an expectation that tLe American
importers of the Russian sngar will
make the fight in their own interest.
Sjme cargoes of Rassian sugar are
j now afloat and on the way to the
| United States, where at least one is
, due to arrive in the next ten days. It
| is not dc.nbted that the consignees in
the United States will, rather than pay
: the countervailing duty, which would
' make it impossible to compete with
J other sngar, make up a test case. If
the issue favors the Russian side, then
the obnoxions decree will b9 amended,
though it is not denied thAt the Rus,
sian government feels offended.
I KILLED WHOLE FAMILY.
Unusually hienaisn tnmein Louisiana
Avenged By Determined
Lynchers.
A negro named Thomas Jackson
was lynched Sunday at St. Peter, La.,
| a station on the Texas and Pacifio
road, about twenty miles above New
j Orleans. Jackson's crime was particularly
fiendish. About 9 o'clock in
the morning he visited the home of
! Alex Bourgeois, the engineer of the
, drainage machine on Belle Point plantation,
some distance from the plantaI
tion quarters, going there on a tryci.
cle. He told Bourgeois the manager
i wanted him, and the engineer mount.
ed the trycicle with him. A little
j way farther on Jackson stabbed the
engineer in the back and threw the
body into a ditch. He then returned
to the house and butchered Mrs.
i Bourgeois and her two babies and ranj
sacked the house.
Carter's Uncle Will Appeal.
L. D. Carter, uncle of Oberlin CarJ
ter, left Leavenworth, Kas., Saturday
: for Washington to continue the fight
! to secure the release of the ex-captain
' from the federal prison. He will ap|
peal from the decision of Judge Hook,
: to release Carter on bond.
| KLKCTIOX RIOT IX ST. LOUIS.
Shotver of Lead Prevent* Fourth Ward
Poll* From TJcinjj Opened.
A St. Louis special says: More thau
150 shots were fired, a sergeant of police
and two negroes were wounded
and a ballot box was stolen in the
course of a riot about the second district
polling place of the fourth ward
early Monday evening.
It was only after a riot call had
brought forty policemen and riot guns
to the scene that a semblance of order
was restored. Even then the streets
j were filled with negroes and some
j white men, all of whom were armed,
! many of them intoxicated and looking
j for trouble. Not a ballot was caet
Inheritance Tax $667,000.
i The executors of the will of Collis
' P. Huntington have paid to the state
j of New York $667,00<>, .that being the
- ? ~ nefinvitu/1 Q? d 11 A t/1 tVlA
j IILL1UII LI I 1UCJ g^i-iiuu ? " vtv?v w ?
; state as an ineberitance tax on the
i property left by Mr. Huntington.
Hig t?nn Explodes on Kearsage.
A big tiiirteec-inch gun exploded on
j the battleship Kearsage while the ship
I was at target practice off Key West
; Saturday. The gun itself and its superimposed
turrets were damged.
TO LEGALIZE "SMASHING."
Senator Barlow Introduce! Unique Bill
In Indiana Legislature.
Senator Barlow introduced a bill in
| the Indiana legislature Friday legalizing
"joint smashing" in Indiana.
The bill permits any crowd of people
not exceeding twelve to "smash" any
booth, boat or other place where liquor
! is illegally sold in Indiana, declaring
| such places to be nuisances. It also
j ; r-vlded that any one interfering with
I tl.e "s:i.ushers" shall be punished for
! assault aud battery or assault with intent
tp kill,
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I SOLTH CAROLINA I
$ STATE NEWS ITEMS.
CMCSICMCMfMCMfMCMl
Assailant Pay* Penalty.
George Thomas, colore.!, was hang- 1
ed at Beaufort the past week for crimnal
assault upon Mrs. Dukeriy of Sa- !
vannah, Ga. The crime was committed '
in April. A full and impartial trial 1
was given the negro and conviction 1
reached by due process of law. The
execution was orderly and successful.
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Notary Public Fired.
R. P. Powell, notary public in Cher- ^
okec county, living near the Spartan- <
barg line, has been removed for offici- r
al misconduct. This, is probably the j
first time a notary public has been
deposed in this slate, except in 1892,
when Governor Tillman revoked the y
commissions of all of them in order to ,
get rid of th9 negroes who were ap- j
pointed. (
legislature Kind to Schools.
The legislature of the state, which ]
has just adjourned, has been quite
kind to the state colleges and to the
old soldiers. Liberal appropriations
were made to Clemson Agricultural (
and Mechanical College, Winthrop
Normal and Industrial College for Wo- j
men, the Citadel Academy, South Car- 3
oliiia Collejge and the State Colored ^
College The total appropriation for ^
colleges were near sum of $200,030.
Cedar Springs Institute for the deaf, (
dumb and blind, which is located four
miles from Spartanburg, has at last *
taken due hold on the hearts of the (
legislators. Besides a liberal appropri- f
ation for maintenance and teachers,
this school has received $30,000 in the ^
past two years for new buildings. A
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$li,UUU Dunaing ior me cuioreu yevple
has been finished. There are over
a hnndred children at Cedar Springs.
Captain N. F. Walker, son of the ]
founder, is president
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That "Slare" Contract.
Bevelations of the existence of practical
* slavery in Anderson county
through the operations of a contract i
have shocked the state. Judge Benet's
courageous stand and strong charge
in the matter of calling for immedi- ,
ate action by the grand jury and con- ,
cerning a special term of court has j
brought the matter squarely before the
people of the state, and it is not a ,
local affair any longer. (
People of prominence and wealth
are accused of running this system of
slavery under the guise of the convict
lease system.
The so-called contract is worded as
follows:
"This contract and agreement for
labor on farm, made and entered into
this day between landlord, party
of the first part, and laborer,
pariy of the second part, witnesseth:
"That I, laborer of the second
part, do hereby bind over and
hire myaeif to to do and perform
general farm work under the supervision
of said or h;s agents, for the
period of months, commencing
and ending , and as pay for
the said services I am to receive the
sum of dollars per month, together
with my board and lodging, which
wages, less or any advances made
to me from time to time, and lost time
at per day, is to be paid by me at
the expiration of above time, I agree
at all times to be subject to the orders
and commands of said or his
agents, perform all work required of
v?i? napnta. shall have the
tuo, w. _ _
right to use snch force as he or his
agents may deem necessary to require
me to remain on his farm and perform
good and satisfactory services. He
shall have the right to lock me up for
safe keeping, work me under the rules
and regulations of his farm, and if I
should leave his farm or run away he
shall have the right to offer and pay
a reward not exceeding $25 for my
capture aud return, together with the
expense of same, which amount so advanced,
together with any other indebtedness
I may owe at the expiration
of above time, I agree to work
out under all rnles and regulations of
this contract at same wages as above,
commencing ? ? and ending .
"The said shall have the right
to transfer his interest in this contract
to any other party, and I agree to continue
work for said assignee same as
for the rriginal party of the first part.
"I, , landlord, party of the
first part, hereby agree with and hire
the said for the above time and
pay wages as above set forth'and otherwise
fulfill my part of above agreement.
"Witness our hands and seals this
day of , 190 .
" (Seal.)
" (Seal.)
"Witness:
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To oorapote With Blc Company.
It is generally believed in business
circles at Charleston that strong opposition
will enter the field in the heart
of the phosphate mining section
against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
company, which just now is controll-1
1 ? * #~?.*Ji:<?c nninni
ins? a great, pari ui buoioiuimct
The Charleston Mining and Manufacturing
company, who controls the rich
phosphate beds, is considering the advisability
of expending large sums in
improving and enlarging its plant, and
the question of expending $1,000,000
for this work is being discussed. At a
recent meeting of the company no
definite action was taken on the question
of issuing coupon bonds to the
amount of $1,000,000 to be secured by a
mortgage of the company's property,
for the manufacture of phospeate rock
into fertilizers. It was not deemed
expedient at this time to issue the
bonds, although the company is very
strongly in favor of extending its manufacturing.
Lavrtons Demand Big Price.
Unexpected trouble has arisen at
Charleston over the negotiations for
the purchase of the Lawton property
adjoining Chicora park, where the naval
station will be located. The board
which appraised the property owned
by the Lawtons fixed a valuation of
$30,000, which was about $200 per
acre. When Mr. Lawton bought the
r>?nce he paid So,700, but he is holding
via: now for $0-3,000. The government
considered the price exorbitant, aud
;he Rodgers board estimated $30,000
is a just and fair price. A naval comnittee
will be sent to Charleston to
ook into thetronble, bnt is more than
ikely that condemnation proceedings
vill be instituted.
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Good For Track Farmers.
According to reports irom the untying
trnck centers, this season will
3e one of the best years for the trnek
'armers in the vicinity of Charleston,
tfo fear is apprehended from the cold
spells, and the cabbage yield, which is '
eally the money crop for the trackirs,
will be one of the biggest on rec>rd.
The crop will be ready for shipnent
by April 1st, which is two weeks v |||
?arlier than usual, and the heads are .
n fine condition, or will be by that
;ime. The strawberry crop around
Charleston is practically a total fail- i
ire, due to the very severe drought of
ast summer, and but few berries will
jet to maraer.
The loss of the berries, however, ^
svill be a small item compared to the
field from the cabbage crops. The
Charleston track farms represent an ,'^d
mormons amount of money, end this
fear the track farmers will enjoy
prosperity just as their brothers did
last year with cotton.
Wants Bacteriological Commission.
Health Officer H. 6. Horlbeck, of
Charleston, who attended the Pan* .^J
American congress in Havana, is mak* ||g
ing a strong fight for the establish* -ijg
ment of a bacteriological commission
to deal with all diseases coming nndar .'22
the quarantine laws and regulations.
His idea is to have this commission
Dperated under the management and %
direction of the countries interested,
fellow fever is looked npon as the
nost important disease demanding ^
mch a step, and with a commission
with headquarters in Havana, it is
thought that much good will result in
i sar!t,ary way.
AN UNVERIFIED RUMOR.
Report Sent Out That Seven Nations Will |
Fight Stubborn Chinese.
It is reported in Tien Tsin that
seven nations- have declared war
igamst China.
It is asserted that the real reason,
for the deadlock in Pekia is a difference
)f opinion between the foreign envoys
md the military authorities, the . - J
former favoring a withdrawal of the
troops to Tien Tsin and the latter nrg*
ing a forward movement;
The Tien Tsin dispatch regarding ',11
the reported declaration of war against
China is not confirmed from any
source.
ROADS REFUSE TERMS.
Southern and Central Maj Build Tlwiv
Own Depots in Atlanta.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The
Southern and Central railroads have ?':~i
refused the overtures of President
Thomas, of the Nashville. Chattanooga
and St Louis, to renew the agreement
under which the state "was to bnild a 9
union passenger station in Atlanta to ^
be leased for a term of years to the
roads entering the city. ~ *Jsj
The second and most significant
feature of the action on the Southern .
and Central now brought to light is .
that there two lines, closely associated
in busings interests, are preparing to
erect a depot of their own.
SUBSIDY BILL DISPLACED. ||
Senate Take* Up For DiscuMion the Olaa* ;
margarine Measure.
A Washington special says: At the
conclusion of' the morning hour in
the senate Saturday, when the unfin- ^
ished business?the shipping bill? v||
was laid before the body, Mr. Spooner,
of Wisconsin, moved to proceed to the
consideration of the oleomargarine
Dill. By a practically unanimous ^
vote?only two senators voting in the ''
negative?the motion prevailed. Thus
the subsidy bill was displaced as the
oleomargarine bill was taken up. After
little over au hour's consideration of
that measure it was laid aside.
MRS. NATION JAILED.
Bound Over Under a Peace Warrant and ' v.Iiefu?en
to Give Ball. *3?
At Topeka, Kansas, Monday, Mrs. -J
Nation was placed in the county jail as :;-|l
a result of .a trial on a peace warrant
before Judge Hazen. The warrant
woo cmn?n- nnt hv the officials of the
Moeser Cold Storage company, whose "JS
plaut Mrs. Nation entered Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Nation acted as her own attorney
in the trial. Jndge Hazen placed '-*?
her nnder a $2,000 bond to keep the * %
peace and ordered her to appear before
him at the next term of the court
Mrs. Nation refused to giro the ^
bond and said she wonld go to jail.
EXTRA SESSION CERTAIN.
President McKinley Reported as Making
Positive Statement.
A Washington special says: Pred- jsj
dent McKinley stated to a member of
the house committee on appropriations
Saturday that there wonld be an extra ti
session of congtess. This is the moat _V
direct expression whioh has yet ooms 'i
from the president, who has heretofore
been content with saying simply that, <
he did not see how such an extra session
could be escaped. - |
GERMAN STEAMER GOES DOWN,
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Vessel Farted Amidships and Sixteen on
Board of Her Were Drowned.
A snecial from Rotterdam says: Tha
German steamer Holland, from Lionel
on, was wrecked at the Northern pier
while entering Nieuwewaterweg, at the entrance
of the river Mais, Monday.
The captain and six men have been
saved. The Holland parted amidshipe. ^
Sixteen of those on board of her were
drowned.
A "GROWLER" TRUST.
Mocre Is Forming a Tin Can Combine
With 810,000,000 Capitalisation.
The newest thing in consolidation#
is the tin can combine, which it it v
said is now being formed by W. H. ;
Moore, of Chicago. It is alleged am
agreement has been signed with the
understanding that after April 1st the
American Tin Can Company will con- : .
trol the output of every factory in the i
United States. The capital will be
810,000,000.
I At present there are 108 tin can f*o* ..
tories in this country. M