University of South Carolina Libraries
I The Bamberg Herald. 1 ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28.1901. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. Jgj MANY SOULSJ Steamship City c Strikes Rock s LOSS OF LIFE IS APPALLING ????? Accident Caused By Heavy Fog. Consul Wtklman and His Family Reported Among the Victims. A San Francisco special says: The Pacific mail steamer City of Rio de Janeiro ran on a hidden rock while entering the golden gate early Friday morning in a dense fog, and sank in a few minutes. It is thought that nearly 150 persons were drowned, bnt it is impossible to ascertain the exact number, owing to the fact that Purser John Booney, who had the passenger list and roster of the crew, is among the missing. At 5 p. m. ten bodies had been recovered, two white women, one white man and seven Chinese. The most prominent passenger was Bounseville Wildman, United States consul at Hong Kong, who was accompanied by his wife and two children. It is thought all were downed. The ship was in command of Pilot Frederick Jordan when she struck. He was res* ^ ? rrvif rtT _ i i caea. uapiam wiuiam >y aru weiu down with his vessel. As nearly as can be learned there were 234 people on the Bio Janeiro, as follows: Cabin passengers, 29; second cabin, 7; steerage (Chinese and Japanese) 58; officers and crew, 140; total, 234. The following have been accounted for: Bescued, 79; bodies at the morgue, 10; total, 89; missing, 145. CAUGHT JN A DSJTSB FOG. The Bio de Janeiro was three days overdue from Hong Kong, via Honolulu, when she arrived off the heads Thursday night and the dense fog prevailing at the time induced Pilot Jordan to bring her to anohor until he could see his way clear through the gateway. She laid to until about 4:30 o'clock, when the atmosphere | cleared and she was started under a slow bell toward Point Bonita. All went well until 5:40 o'olock, when she ntruck. Most of the passengers were below at the time and it is believed many of them were drowned in their berths. The first news of the disaster reached the city at 7:30 a. m., and soon afterward a boat load of rescued passengers and petty officers arrived at the mall dock. Tugs were immediately dispatched to render any service that might be needed, but no living persons were afloat when the tugs reached the wreck. A number of drown-, ing peeple were resoued by .Italia^ fishermen and the bodies of two whitfl women, three Chinese and a Japanese^ wer? brought in by the tugs. The search for bodies continued all day. All accounts show that the officers gave the necessary orders with the least possible excitement Capt. Ward was on deck when the vessel struck and gave orders to the men on watch to hurry the passengers to the forward. At the same time the quartermaster on duty sounded the signal for fire drill and within five minutes all the men were at their stations. There was no way of knowing the extent of the damage to the vessel, as she remained on an even keel for - fifteen minutes after striking the rock. But Captain Ward knew the gravest danger threatened the 200 souls in his T 1 v -J 1 i.V~ cnarge ana ae gave oruers w iowm iuc lifeboats and rafts. There was not much confnsion until, fifteen minutes after striking, the bow of the vessel suddenly plunged under water. Then there was a wild rush for the boats. Two boats had already been lowered and others were getting away as rapidly as the trained discipline of the crew could prepare them. A thick fog enveloped everything, and as yet no sign had come from the life-saving stations. Darkness was all about and with this added horror the people on the Bio had to cope. One boat got clear of the vessel without damage. This contained the following persons: Mrs. West, Mrs. Bipley, Chief Engineer Herlihev, Second Officer CogIan, Frank Cramp, J. B. Russell, Storekeeper Borgg, Water Tender D. , Lane, Quartermaster B. Matfiieson, Captain Hetch, of the German navy. This boat got clear of the sinking vessel and then stood by to help in picking np those who had no time to get into the boats and were in the water. Another boat, containing Third Officer Holland and J. K. Carpenter, got away, but was drifted around close up under the bow of the steamer. As the forward end of the vessel plunged downward the prow caught the small boat and cut it in two. The two men in the boat were uninjared and swam away from the sinking steamer just in time to avoid being canght in the / BEGlM|f TS COMING HOME, War Department Is Notified that Transports Will Sail From Manila. Colonel Miller, quartermaster at Manila, cables the war department that it has been arranged, for the transport Thomas to leave Manila on the 15th proximo with the Twentyeighth and Thirty-fifth reziments of volunteers and that the Grant will sail on the 25th proximo with the Twentyninth aud Thirty-second regiments of volunteers. AMERICANS CHEER CERYERA. Spanish Admiral Is Warmly Received by ^ Party at Gibraltar. Tbe Gibraltar correspondent of The Daily Express says: "On the arrival here today of the steamer Fuerst Bismarck, now cruising in the Mediterranean with a large party of Americans, Admiral Cervera, who is staying in Gibraltar, went on board to visit a friend, Arthur C. Humphrey,who had shown him kindness in New York. He was vociferously cheered by the Americans, all of whom shook him by the hand." 1NBRINY DEEP )f Rio de Janeiro md Goes Down. swirl of water caused by the settling of the big ship. Carpenter was picked j up by the other boat. The fate of Holland is not known. A number of Italian fishermen who were starting out saw the sinking of the Eio and hastened to give all the assistance in their power. While all this was going on Captain Ward was directing the passengers and trying to keep them from panic. He succeeded only partly, as many of the terrified people rushed to the railing and jumped overboard. Some of these were picked up, others were drowned. The Chinese crew, to the number of over a hundred were terrorized. Some of them huddled in little groups, chattering in fear. Others crouched close to the deck mourning pitifully. Many jumped into the sea. Captain "Ward remained on deck until the vessel had settled to such an extent that the water was engulfing him. He then went up the bridge and from there continued to issue his directions. That the steamer sank almost immediately after striking is the report of a majority of those rescued. Some of the passengers say that she instantly listed forward and in five minutes she went down, while others declare that she stayed afloat for half an hour after she struck. There are several conflicting stories concerning the fate of Captain Ward. The steward of the Rio says that he stoodjbeside the captain when the vessel went down. Two other survivors oott fHafr. ftlsn raw t,h#> rantftin to the last, but Frederick Lindstrom, quartermaster officer of the Rio, emphatically declared that Captain Ward emulated Admiral Trion, of H. M. S. Victoria, in going down to his cabin, where he met his doom behind a locked door. According to his story, Captain Ward, after consulting with Pilot Jordon, came down from the bridge. He was standing on the deck when the vessel crashed upon the rock. There was a cry of "Man the boats," but it was apparent that in the midst of the awful confusion a systematic effort to save the passengers would be of no avail. Everybody was scrambling for his own safety. It was at this time that Lindstrom says he saw Captain Ward standing on the forward deck. Suddenly the captain turned and walked hurriedly to the cabin, disappeared behind the door, which he closed. A second later the vessel was plunging to the bottom of the 6ea. THE PILOT'S STOBY. Captain Frederick W. Jordan, the pilot of the Rio, was rescued by an Italian fishing boat. To the customs officials he told the following story: f "We anchored about 5 o'clook last L^ight. The weather was thick, and I Fieft orders that when the weather cleared we should go farther in. "At 5 a. m. the fog lifted. We could see the cliff house and the north end light, and I told the mate to heave short. After we started heaving short the wind came in from the northeast, and the fog settled in thick, and I told the mate to stop heaving. Then the captain came np and said: " 'Let her go. We can go ahead.' "You see, my watch stopped at 5:40. When the vessel struck I ordered all the boats out. The first boat out was half filled with water no sooner than she struck. I got a ladder and placed a woman on it and we began to descend. She had a boy of eight years, whom I held in my arms. The woman and I were about half way down the ladder when the Rio gave a tremendous pitch. I was flung off the ladder. "I saw nothing after that of the woman or the boy. I went down with the ship about fifty feet. I worked my way up to the surface and got hold of some wreckage. I had sense enough left to turn on my back and drift with the wreckage. "Then I came across what seemed to me the top of a house with a Chinaman on it He helped me to clamber onto the roof, and with him I drifted out toward the north heads. I was then rescued by the fishing boat." PLACED UNDER BONDS. Birdsong Brothers Bound Over to Macon Criminal Court. A Macon, Ga,, dispatch says: The two Birdsong brothers, Tom and Dave, who were indicted for arson and perjury, were served with warrants, but they gave bonds in the sum of $1,000 each and were released. They will answer to the next term of the criminal court. Fire Men Horribly Mangled. Fiv6 men were caught on the Pennsylvania railroad bridge at Tongstown, O., Friday morning and killed. They were walking on the track on their way to work at the Sharon Iron furnace and were caught by the southbound freight train. AN UNDECIDED QUESTION. Cuban Convention Delegates May Insist on Absolute Independence. A Special from Havana says: Nothing definite has been decided upon regarding the question of future relations. Many of the delegates assembled in the convention hall Friday afternoon to talk over the matter informally. Most of them seem to be imores8ed with one conviction that if the convention stood out vigorously for absolute independence iihe United States congress would support them. SHOT THE WRONG MAN. Florida Postmaster Goes Out to Annihilate a Merchant. At High Springs, Fla., Friday George Glass, postmaster and prominent politician of that place, made an attempt to kill S. A. Levy, a wealthy merchant and banker, but the ball intended for Levy struck J. C. Newberry, a guest of the Levy home, dangerously wounding him. On account of the wealth aud high social standing of all par ies, the i affair has created a big sensation i throughout Florida. BODIES DRIFT WITH TIDE. Victims of Rio Wreck Buffeted About By Angry Waves at Golden Gate. A San Francisoo special says: Rain and fog hung like a pall over the ocean and during Friday night a rainstorm of unusual proportions visited the vicinity making the work of searchers for the Rio's dead very difficult. Bodies were frequently seen floating in and out of the harbor, but the roughness of the water partly hindered the work of recovery, It is possible that some of the survivors may have been washed up on the shore at obscure points. Some fishermen early Friday morning found a packet containing the papers of Purser Rooney. Among them was the passenger list and a bunch of cancelled passenger tickets ana as there were names on the list whose canceled passenger tickets did not appear among those recovered, it is assumed that they laid over either at Yokohama, Kobe or Honolulu. That they were not on the vessel at the time she went down is certain. Up to a late hour Friday night only eleven bodies had been recovered, six whites, four Chinese and one Japanese. Surveyor of the Port Spear has established a patrol along the ocean near Baker's Beach and along bay shore inside Fort Point. Thus far his men have picked up four mail bags, one of them washing near Baker's and the others near the Fort Point life saving stations. The surveyor has given orders that all the fishing boats must report at the customs office. All bodies brought in by them and all wreckage and floatsam picked up by fishermen must be accounted for to the officials at the barge office. In this way it is thought that the looting of mail bags and trunks may be stopped. Among other effects picked up by fishermen was the box containing Captain Ward's papers. The police have established a patrol outside the beach south of Fort Winfield Scott. The value of the caigo of the Rio de Janeiro has not been determined, owing to the absence of important papers, but it is varionsly estimated at from $300,000 to $60*0,000. Among some papers fonnd floating near the scene of the disaster was a copy of the manifest, showing all the consignees with the exception of the Chinese firms. The cargo consisted principally of silk, tea, rice and other oriental products. There was no treasure aboard as was at first reported. Of the 200 sacks of mail carried by the Rio de Janeiro only twelve have so far come to the surface. The wreck of the,Rio, which for a while hung on a pinnacle of the rock where she struok in the Golden Gate, so that parts of the upper works were visible, has slid off into deep water and is now entirely out of sight. Pilot Captain Jordan has been a master mariner on the Pacific coast for over twenty years and declares the loss of the steamer could not have been foreseen. According to his story, the vessel drifted half a mile broadside in the fog that enveloped the home bound steamer like a pall and no man could have judged either the direction or me veioony ui mc mumble current that changed her course and sent her on the Port Point rock. A PARLIAMETARY MOTE. Senator Morgan Gets Canal Bill Before The Senate For a Short Time. During Saturday's session of the senate, by a skillful parliamentary move, Senator Morgan forced the Nioarauga canal bill to the front after that measure had been asleep for many weeks. By a close reading of the proceedings Friday, Mr. Morgan discovered that the oleomargarine bill had lost its position as the unfinished business of the senate, and with the calendar thus cleared the Nicurauga canal bill regained the status it held over two months ago as the unfinished business of the senate. Mr. Morgan's discovery created something of a sensation, and this was heightened when the presiding officer sustained his position and laid the eaual bill before the senate. Mr. Morgan's success was short-lived,however, as the fortification bill was taken np, thus displacing the canal bill, which, with the oleomargarine bill and ship* ping bill, takes its place on the calendar. The day was given to the fortification and the army appropriation bills, the former being passed. DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION Comp.ote Their Work at Washington and Adjourn Until February, 1902. A Washington dispatch says: The Daughters of the American Revolution assembled Saturday to complete the work of their tenth continental congress and adjourn. A rising vote of thanks was tendered President McKinley for his recepj tion to the Daughters of the American Revolution on Wednesday. The action of the national board in sending a telegram of sympathy to Edward VII was indorsed. At midnight the society adjourned until February, 1902. DR0WXE1) SIX CHILDREN. Crary Widow Wurzer Threw Her Little Ones Into a Well. Mrs. Rose Wurzer, a widow, in a fit of insanity, drowned her six children, aged from four to 12 years, at Uniontown, Washington, Sunday. She threw them into a well thirty feet deep containing two feet of water, then jumped in herself and held the heads of the children beneath the surface until they were all drowned. Mrs. Wurzer was found alive by the neighbors. Assent Territorial Concessions. At the instance of the United States government, the powers have accepted the principle that no further individual concessions of territory in China shall be obtained by any one power wiihout international assent. Boxers Threaten Manchuria. A St. Petersburg special says; Novoe Vremya's Vladivostock dispatches report that trouble is again rising in southern Manchuria. Boxers have already arrived there and Chinese forces are joining the boxer movement. GERMANY BLUFFING Threatened Invasion is Intended To Hasten Action by China. EFFECT SEEMS TO BE MA6ICAL Bitter Pill Will Be Taken and All Demands of Foreign Envoys Will Be Complied With. A special from Pekin says: The foreign envoys Wednesday morning received an unofficial communication from the Chinese plenipotentiaries offering to agree to all the terms of the powers. The Chinese desired, i * _ it. - i: However, 10 save me uvea ui ouhu Shu Chiao and Ying Nion, but the ministers insisted upon the former demands. Meanwhile extensive preparations are being made for the expedition planned by Count Yon Wal^ersee. The Germans have purchased 1,800 camels for transport purposes. The foreign ministers say that they think the gravity of the situation is over; but it is expected that differences will now arise among themselves when some of the governments send their indemnity claims, and particularly is there uneasiness regarding the attitnde of Germany that her claims must be paid in cash before the evacuation takes place. The other ministers resent this, saying it will be impossible for China to pay, as China has not a large reserve and the customs receipts go to pay dividends upon former loans; and it is improbable she could borrow a sum 01 any magnitude, united States Minister Conger estimates the total demands upon China at $400,000,000. It is said the envoys propose to permit the imperial court to commute the sentences of decapitation in the cases of Prince Tuan, Duke Lan and General Tung Fu Hsiang to life imprisonment, and will agree to the following punishments: Prinoe Chwang to be strangled. Yu Hsien to be decapitated, Chao Shu Chiao and Ying Nien to be permitted to strangle themselves, and Chi Hsien and Hsu Cheng Wu to be beheaded in Pekin. GERMANY WORKING A ELUFF. It was learned by a representative of the Associated Press at London Wednesday that the British government is without any further official explanation of Field Marshal Count Yon Waldersee's action in planning an extensive expedition in China. The government expects advices from Berlin setting forth the motive for the recent orders issued by the commander in chief of the international forces in China. Such explanation has been asked for, in order that the cabinet at its next meeting, may have satisfactory -basis for its deliberations on the Chinese question. However, it it pretty well unofficially understood that Von Waldersee's action was purely due to a desire to bluff the Chinese. The action of the British members of parliament and the newspapers, especially the London Times, in calling it a big bluff causes the greatest chargin and has given rifle to the feeling that it is impossible to meet Chinese finesse with similar weapons. "The concert of the powers," said an official, "is so unwieldy and is composed of so many different sections and sub-sections, that diplomacy is out of the question. If every move made is subject to similar treatment, as this last, we shall be driven to settle the Chinese difficulty by pure brute force or not at all. "It does not require any great degree of deduction to assume that Lord Salisbury, in spite of his professed ignorance and the secrecy at Berlin, was fairly well informed as to the true inwardness of Yon Waldersee's recent orders." Further particulars regarding the proposed fortification of the legations at Pekin have been learned. The legation quarter is between the Chung Ching gate, the Tsien gate and the chief wall of the city. This quarter will be inclosed by modern fortifications with a twelve-foot moat and glacis beyond and protected by barbed wire. Each legation will be further fortified and defended by a heavy gun. CALLAHAN BOUND OYER. Alleged Cndahy Kidnaper Arraigned and Held On Bond of 87,S00. The courtroom at Omaha was crowded Thursday when James Callahan, the alleged kidnaper of Edward Cudahy, Jr., was arraigned for a hearing before Judge Yiusonhaler. In all three complaints against him, grand larceny, robbery and false imprisonment, he pleaded not guilty. Tho hearing was then continued until Monday to enable Callahan time to secure counsel and prepare for trial. His bail was fixed at $2,500 on each count, which ho did not furnish. Solons Outlaw Barrooms. The Kansas house of representatives passed Senator Hurrell's bill relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors, and it was sent to Governor Stanley for his signature. The bill classes as a public nuisance all places where liquor is sold illegally. Cotton Burned affcenoia. " 1 -e t v a. xne cotton wareuouse ui aj^uuu a. North at Senoia, Ga., together with from 800 to 1,000 bales of cotton, was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. EDWARD IX GERMANY. England's Ruler Goes to Bedside of His Sister, the Dowager Empress. A special from Cronberg, Germany, says: King Edward met Emperor Wil; liam Monday morning when he reached Friedrichshoff. King William spent some time at the bedside of his sister, Dowager Empress Frederick. ; Special dispatches from- Cronberg say that neither Cronberg nor Homburg showed any decorations whatever i to mark the presence of King Edward, i and that not even flags were were displayed. BY A GEORGIA JURY The Messrs. Gaynors and Green Will Now Be Tried. COMMISSIONER SHIELDS DECIDES Carter's Erstwhile Contractors Fought Hard and Long to Keep Out of Georgia Courts. At New York, Monday.. United States Commissioner Shields decided that Beiamin D. Green, John F. Edward and William T. Gaynor, indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States government, should be removed to the jurisdiction of the United States court in Georgia. The frauds are alleged to have oo ? -3 -*% wrr il a cn trn n _ CUITtHl 1U UUXIUOUllUU nuu bUC ~n? T aunah harbor improvements, which work was being done nnder the supervision of Oberlin M. Carter, formerly captain in the United States army. Commissioner Shields said: "A careful examination of the evidence and the briefs, all of which are voluminous, establishes in my judgment that a case of probable cause has been made out, requiring defendants to be held to await a warrant of removal to the southern district of Georgia, being the district in which the indictment was found. The defendants are accordingly held to await a warrant of removal to be issued by the United States district judge from the southern district of New York, or to be otherwise dealt with according to law." No similar proceedings before a United States commissioner produced such an enormous amount of evidence. Application will now be made to Judge Brown, of the United States distriot court, by District Attorney Erwin, of Georgia, for a warraut for removal to tne jurisdiction 01 tne United States court in Georgia. This application will be opposed by counsel for the defendants. Benjamin D. Green and John F. Gaynor are now under $20,000 bail each and E. H. and "William T. Gaynor are under $10,000 each. The defendants were indicted in Georgia, in 1899, in connection with the conspiracy charges against former Captain O. M. Carter, of the United States engineers, in the matter of river and harbor improvements on the Atlantic seaboard. Ten days later proceedings for the defendants' removal were instituted here before Commissioner Shields. The hearing lasted for six weeks, during which time the government introduced no evidence. Then the defendants were held for removal and application made to Judge Brown for a warrant of removal. This application was refused, the refusal causing considerable surprise. Judge Brown held that the indictment was an ex parte document and that its mere existence was not sufficient to establish probable cause. He therefore sent the case back to Commissioner Shields. July 6, 1900, the taking of testimony was begun by the commissioner. With but few intermissions the hearing continued until late in November last and j it was not until January 20th of this I year that the counsel in the case conj eluded their summing up and submitted their briefs. The testimony emI * ? AAA I 'LI _ | bodies over b,uuu type written pages. There were over a hundred witnesses I examined, and there are thousands of | exhibits attached to the records of the case. UNDERWOOD WANTS DAMAGES. Libel Suit For 850,000 Now On In Nashville, Tenn., Court. The libel suit of General John C. Underwood against Editor Cunningham, of The Confederate Veteran, and the Southern Methodist Publishing House for $50,000 damages, was called in the district court at Nashville, Tenn., Monday. General Underwood seeks compensation and vindication for damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the publication of his connection with the Battle Abbey fund. The publishing house agents presented a petition praying a severance on the ground that the publishing house simply prints The Veteran and has no control over its policy. Detective Released on Bond. Bradley Slaughter was released from the Atlanta, Ga., jail Monday, his brother J. B. Slaughter signing his bond for $1,000. Slaughter was tried and convicted on the charge of larceny and an appeal was taken. Pending an appeal he was remanded to the Tower in default of a $1,000 bond. Athens Kets C.nnrt. A "Washington Special says: The bill establishing the eastern division of the northern district of Georgia and providing for the holding of United States court at Athens has passed both house and senate. PLANTING PECAN TREES. Atlanta Man Setting Ont a Grove Near Clarkgton, Ga. S. W. Bacon, of Atlanta, has purchased forty acres of land inside the corporate limits of Clarkston, Ga., and running back to Peachtree creek,-which he is having planted in pecan trees. Mr. Bacon has a brother in south Georgia who has made a fortune growing pecan s, and this led him to the investment. CARRIE STILL IN JAIL. Joint Smasher Stolidly Persists That She Will Not Give Ball, A dispatch from Topeka says: Mrs. Carrie Nation and her two companions, Mrs. Crist and Miss Madelina Southard, are still confined in the county jail. Mrs. Nation stolidly persists that she will not give a S2,000 bond to keep the peace and will remain in jail. The ether two women are undecided, but it is thought they will secure boud in a day or two. The three women occupy the hospital ward at the jail. I SOUTH CAROLINA j \ STATE NEWS ITEMS. J CNJCNjrsiiNJCNirsJrsicvjt Murder Trials at Charleston. The February term of the crimma court convened at Charleston last Mon day. Several murder cases weri brought over from the last term, an: these, with the new cases, will give i great deal of work. ?% To Manufacture Soap. The Chickasaw Soap Company o Spartanburg will commence making soap about March loth. The compan; has been incorporated with a capita stock of $15,000. Two grades o laundry soap will be made and travel ing salesmen will be employed. Ne? buildings have beon put up and nex machinery purchased. The site i that of the old Carolina soap works started by G. W. Henneman, a nativi of Germany, and was at one tim mavor of the eitv. ? ?^ ?^ ?% Arrested For Kidnaping. A. P. Donoway, formerly of Green wood, bnt recently working for Jame Smith, the big farmer at Smithsonia Ga., has been arrested at Greenwood and bound over to the court of ses sions on the charge of kidnaping ne gro boys. It is charged that he in duced, or otherwise pursuaded,severa young negroes to accompany him to th Smith farm, where they went to worl as laborers. The father of one of th boys, Nedwards by name, swore ou a warrant for Donoway, had him ar rested and taken to Greenwood. * Second Snow In Fifty Years. The sdow at Charleston the pas week gave the city the second fall o snow known in fifty years. Two year ago there was a snow storm which ha< a disastrous effect. This latest fall which was followed by rain and sleet amounted to a depth of one and one tenth inches, and the temperatur dropped to twenty-four degrees,whicl is recnrd-Kreflkinff cold for the climate It is believed that the great truck in dustry above Charleston has beei badly injured, as the snow was frozei and the tender crops will suffer. Th shipment of early vegetables to Nev York may be hindered, although th< extent of the damage cannot be ascer tained as yet. ?* Fight Gets Into Courts. The religious fight, which has grow] o it of the action of the Columbia cit; conncil in appropriating money fo the support of a Catholic orphan asy lum, is waxing warm, and a committe* of citizens has issued a call for net helpers. Funds are being raised, t take the matter to the courts am counsel has been engaged to handle th fight. Opponents of the new law hav made the claim that council violate! the constitution of the United State and the constitution of South Caro lina by its actioD, and as the reques to repeal the ordinance was refused the fight now has to be transferred t the courts. Superintendent's New Innovation, Hon. John J. McMahon, state su perintendent of education, was ii Spartanburg the past week lookin, into the appointment of a county su perintendent of education. It is pro bable he and the governor will mak the selection. The term will be fo nearly two years, the deceased Super intendent Bullenger, having been i] for a few months only. Mr. McMahon sees in this vacancy rare chance to put into practice hi idea of expert supervision, and he i anxious to do as is done in Augusta Macon and other places?have th schools of the city and county unde the management of one man?the bes trained man to be found. It is expect ed that an innovation will be put int effect in Spartanburg, making the firs step toward taking school officers ou of politics. A Quick Trial. The case of the negro, Livingston who confessed to having been impli cated in the murder of the daughter c the keeper of the national cemetery a Florence some months ago, was quick ly disposed of at the court of sessions Since escaping from the mob that kill ed his partner, who was the actua murderer, Livingston has been in th penitentiary in Columbia for safe keep ing. Judge Watts ordered that he b taken to Florence on a certain train and directed the train to stop at a cer tain crossing. This was done, and posse of special deputies, sworn in b; the sheriff and consisting of bnsines men of Florence, met the negro an< escorted him to the court house. H ? /vn a/1 rvl aft /i a/ W IUIU1CU1UIC1J miai^ucUf jjiumucv guilty, and was sentenced to ten year at hard labor. Livingston was take back to the crossing, a freight trail was stopped, and in twenty minute after arriving in Florence he was 01 his way back to Columbia, The pec pie of Florence knew nothing of th matter till the man was out of reach % Trust Will Control. A Charleston dispatch says: Witl the formal transfer of the Charlesto. Mining Company to the Virginia Cai olina Chemical Company, the last c tiie old line independent concerns,wil pass into the hands of the trust. Th trust will now control all the great fei tilizer output of this section and j secure against opposition. The state ment was made after the last meetin of the Charleston Mining Compan stockholders, that the question was b< ing considered of issuing coupon bond to the extent of $1,000,000 to erect ne< buildings where fertilizers would b manufactured on a larger scale. Th independent company owned 27,00 acres of the cream of phosphate lan and th;s was needed by the Virginii Carolina Company to properly carry o its work. Without this phosphat land the trust might have been cnj pled. The stock of the mining company which was sold at S130 a share, wa remarkably cheap. It was said tha the trust would have paid $200 a shar rather than see opposition spring up and the Charleston stockholders want ed to wait for a bigger offer. Th Philadelphia holders, who had practi cally all of the stock, got tired of de lays aud issued orders to sell. Th stock had to be secured by March 1st but it is all in now. t 'iterj are a few independent com- 1 ' panies left here, but they are operated I | on a small scale and cannot offer 7 much opposition to the Virgin ia-Caro* liua company. The trust only feared ' the miuing company, because it was f ^ so well supplied with rock that it could easily have changed the fertili. zer situation in Charleston, as well as in this section of the south. There is an unlimited supply of rock from 27,! 000 acres. Charleston and the public [ generally will not get much benefit a from the trausfer, as all hope of competition is ended. I BIG BLAZE IN ATLANTA. 7 | For Second Time Harkham House Is Destroyed and Heavy Losses v Are Entailed. 8 f In a conflagration at an early hour S t Thursday morning in the wholesale g district of Atlanta, Ga., hundreds of e thousands of dollars in valuations t went up in 6moke. The fire was one t of the most distructive in all the huto- c . ry of the city. 8 0 For a second time within five years a veritable tornado of flame engulfed 1 the old Markham block. Before the fl city was yet awake to the calamity, the . flames had turned half a dozen big . buildings into a furnace that cast its 1 reflection over the entire town. e The entire loss when footed up acj cnrately would reach almost threee quarters oi a million dollars, t The firms that suffered the greatest loss from the fire were: J. J. & J. E. Maddox; the Arnold Hat Company; the Draper-Coggins Shoe Company; the R. N. Fickett Paper Company; the t Gramling-Spalding Shoe Company; f the McConnell Dry Goods Company; s the Dinkins-Davidson Hardware Com* j pany; the Plant Syrup Refining Com, pany. The flames started shortly after 5 ' o'clock in the Maddox grocery house e from a cause unknown, as the night h watchman was absent from his post of (. duty. 1 Though the firemen had all the tt latest and best apparatus, though they a bent every muscle and every energy 0 to the work before them, though they v were men of experience and efficiency, a yet they could not stay the conflagra ~ - ? m ii_ / . tion before all bat two stores -01 toe ' entire block were destroyed. MANY PASSENGERS PERISH. a y r Disastrous Collision on Pennslyvania Railroad Near Bore dentown, N. J. v 0 One of the worst collisions in the 1 history of the Amboy division of the 6 Pennsylvania railroad occurred about | 5:30 o'clock Thursday evening at Bast> s ing's siding, near JBordentown, N. J., and about eight miles south of TreuI ton. The "Nellie Bly" express from New York for Atlantic City collided o with passenger train No. 330, running from Camden to Trenton. The nam* ber of dead so far as known is ten and the number of injured upward of . twenty-five. Q A special train arriving in Trenton g about 5 o'clock from the scene of the . wreck had on board four dead bodies and eighteen wounded persons. The e wounded were distributed among the r three Trenton hospitals. The other . wounded passengers were taken to a Cooper hospital at Camden. The two trains collided at fall a speed and both engines were com8 pletely demolished, The forward ear s of the express train, in both instances, a combination baggage and smoker, e were entirely demolished, also, and to r add to the horror the wreck took fire, t The track at this point is so close the Delaware and Baritan canal that 0 the passengers in getting out of the ^ 1 overturned coach got into the canal t and many of thebodies of the dead < and injured had tobe taken from the * water. j PENSION "PROMOTES" JAILED. ] \ ' Dickeraon, of Ex-Slave Pension Asaocla?f tlon, Meets Trouble In Atlanta. ' -t An Atlanta dispatch says: L H, > Dickerson, a smooth negro with _a ! ' slick scheme, is at the present writing , i* in durance vile at the Tower, pending the adjustment of the little matter of j e $830 bail imposed by Justice Orr ( Thursday afternoon, after a hearing 1 for cheating and swindling. Dicker- , e son hails from Nashville, Tenn., and ^ i, his game is to live in opulence on the '* foolish credulity of hie race, a He claims to be general manager of Y "The National Ex-Slave Mutual Bes lief, Bounty and Pension Association rt of the United States of America," an e organization that exists only in Dick1 erson's pocket. His scheme is to sell s membership certificates for 25 cents a each, which purport to entitle the a holder to a bounty of $500 from the . s United States and an annual pension j a for life, in the event that a bill to that - effect introduced-^* congress (byree quest) becomes a law. The holder, u after the issuance of the certificate, is . required to pay ten cents monthly into : the association's "treasury." b n ! MBS, PARK IS REGENT. >i [1 Elected Bj Georgia Delegation of Daugh0 ters of American Revolution. A Washington dispatch says: Mrs. [s Robert E. Park, of Atlanta, Ga., has been re-elected state regent for the X Daughters of the American Revolution y of Georgia. . j. The Georgia delegation to the Cons tinental Congress held a meeting Wed- ' w nesday night, and after eoneiderable ,e discassion of matters of interest to the e state chapters, Mrs. Park was elected, i 0 all three of the votes of the delegates ' d beiDg cast for her. ; i n DEWET'i FORCES ROUTED, :e )* Correspondent of London Paper Aotulij Reports a Victory For Redcoats. r, A correspondent of The London * Daily Mail with Henniker's column, e wiring Saturday says: ,t "General Dewet was routed jesterday by Colonel Plummer, with whom e were Colonels Henniker, Corddock, . Jeffreys and Grabbo. This sncceaa was preceded by a series of desperate e attempts on the part of the Boers to ; escape from the water belt of tht Orange and the Brake rivers." .. , "-yu-' ' '. % V , J ' . > ?r 'RESIDENT SATISFIED M - | taban Amendment Will Stay u Extra Session of Congress ULL TEH OF THE PROVISION : :v|| ts Adoption Will Make Cuba the ^ Ward of Uncle Sara?Commit- - .ji?gg tee Fully Agrees. A Washington Special Bays: The ; ^ enate committee on relations with Juba has agreed to an amendment tobe army appropriation bill regarding -yl It can be stated on high authority ./* J;|| hat the amendment is satisfactory to he president and that its adoption by . ongress will avoid the necessity for ,n extra session. Its text follows: That in fulfillment of the declareion contained in the joint resolution i&M approved April 20, 1898, entitled "for he recognition of the independence ol _ >3 he people of Cuba, demanding that he government of Spain xeHnqttfah ts authority and government in the ?sland of Cuba, and to withdraw ite and and naval forces from Cuba and"" lubau waters, and directing the preex- ^ lent of the United States to use tbe? and and naval forces of the United >. States to carry these resolutions into iffect," the president is hereby author^' yl? ' } zed to leave the government and oonrol of the island of Cuba to -its people ?. is soon as a government shall hare >een established in said island under i constitution which, either as a part hereof or in an ordinance appended t , hereto, shall define the future ret*ions of the United States with Cuba, - M inbstantially as follows: 1. That the government of Cuba hall never,enter into any treaty or >ther compact with any foreign power >r powers, which will impair, or tend A tkn im/^AviAaiA An AA 'V 41U^aU) VUV W v* w w-? - ? ,t ior in any manner authorize or per* r nit any foreign power or powers to S t: )btain by oolonization or for military ; t >r naval purposes or otherwise, lodge- ~ nent in or control over any portion of .jj&| 2. That said government shall acfc r if 8 a me or contract apy public debt, :o pay the interest upon which and to ??? nake reasonable sinking fund proviaon for the ultimate discharge of which - M he ordinary revenues of the islands ifter defraying the cnrrent expenses -f )f government shall be inadequate, ..im: 3. That the government of Cuba . i onsents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the 8| preservation of Cuban independence, ;he maintenance of government ade* r jnate for the protection of life, prop* irty and indivldnal liberty and for discharging 'the obligations with respect ? Cnba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be at- ^ : mrned and undertaken by the governnent of Cuba. 4. That all acts iu the United - ?J| States in Cuba, during its military... *? ^ )ccupancy thereof, are ratified and "Hjjbj validated, and , all lawful rights ac* ; juired thereunder shall be maintained ^ 5. That the government of Cuba | will execute and, as far as necessary, 9 extend the plans already devised or )tber plans to be mutually agreed H lpon, for the sanitation of the citietf > , )f the island, to the end that a recurrence of epidemic and infectious dis- ' :: iase may be prevented, thereby as- ' : ,|| raring protection to the people and vjj jommerce of Cuba, as well as to the commerce of the southern ports of the [Jnited States and the people residing ? - - ? ?? ? r* . 6. That the Isle of fines shall do *|f!j emitted from the proposed constituional boundaries of Cuba, the title thereto being left to the future adustment by treaty. 7. That to enable the United States < _<* X) maintain the independence of Cuba ind to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points, to be agreed upon q with the president of the United ||f 8. That byway of further assurance the government of Cnba will embody the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States, SATISFACTORY TO CONGER. Bo Notifies State Department of Beeeipt Of Chinese Edict. Mr. Conger has cabled the state de- . *> partment from Pekin, under date of-. February 23, as follows: "Satisfactory edict in answer to punishment demands, has been received." From this statement the department assumes that the punishments are to JjBj be administered substantially as stated in Mr. Conger's cablegram received on J ||| February 21. ? Minister Conger has not yet informed the state department the date he has selected for his departure from Pekin for home. Well Known Capitalist Dead. A special from Providence, B. I, says: William B. Banigan died Sunday from pheumonia. He was superintendent of the Marvel and other rubber . . -J? mills and agent of the Banigan estate. 0$ He also has large business interests In Atlanta, Ga. Railroad Bridge Burned. The eastern span of the Nashville, ' Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad bridge at Johnsonville,'Tenn., burned Sunday, entailing a loss of $25,000. ST. LOUIS GETS MONET. Congress Appropriates Fir? Millions V? Celebrating Centennial Anniversary. A Washington special says: v The ySjjgj bill to authorize the holding of the international exposition in celebration of the centennial anniversary of the |?f|? Louisiana purchase at St. Lonis in- 1903 and appropriating $5,000,000 ' therefor passed the house Monday under suspension of the rules by the vote of 191 to 41. The opposition was hopelessly in the minority, and the struggle over the bill was brief, . ;