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LOSS OF LIFE IS APPALLING
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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*
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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| 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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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'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, . ;