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[l The Bamberg Herald. | ?i ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 14.1901. OSE DOLL AH PER YEAR. I STORY OF BRUTALITY Is Oiven ii Report of Aaderson County, S. C., Grand Jury. MANY CONTRACTORS INDICTED Presentments Sensational and ^ Show That Negroes Were IHer gaily Held and Mistreated. EThe Anderson county, S. C., grand jury made its report Thursday to the special term of court on the abuses of the labor eontract system in the counanntainfl oilcnro flAT> Ijr, jluo w suovoiuo vuo a made that where the system is used virtual slavery exists. The jury found, however, that this method of working negroes was employed by only twenty men in the county and these were presented, and will be indicted, for false imprisonment at the June term * of oourt > The free laborers h ave been whipped and shackled, and in one instance a man was kidnaped in Georgia and brought to a stockade in the county, where he was worked until the grand jury found him and he was set at liberty. The report was prepared by a committee of five and was adopted by a the full jury. It says in part: "A. T. Newell works state conviots and has a stockade, but he has worked no free laborers along with the convicts until recently, when he has taken S two contracts of that sort. One of these was the case of the nnfortunate negro, "Will Hull, who was killed by W. 8. Newell a few weeks ago, j "J. B. Miller formerly worked conW' victs, but they were taken away by the state and he now employes only 'free' labor, if indeed we may use the word free' to describe those laborers who have signed his contracts and snbjectm ed themselves to the conditions exist ing on his farm. He has a stockade whioh was originally built for his state ^ confrats. L"On our first investigation at tbia place we were met by a statement from the negroes that thej were satisfied ^ with their treatment, bat their manW \ ner indicated coercion, and subsequently we made further investigation, k . which convinced ue that J. R. Miller and his overseer, J. A. Emerson, had 14 been guilty of whipping negioes, locking them up at night, of working thfen under guard, and putting shackles upon them. "In many respects, the most re^ mark able case coming under our notice was that of Elias McGee, who has never employed state convicts, but who built a stockade and prepared to treat bis laborers as convicts. Some of the negroes had been arrested and signed contracts after being put under arrest We think the grand jury should make presentments against ? ''.7 Elias McGee, and we so recommend. "W. Q. Hammond runs a large farm in this county and employs a considerable number both of state convicts and free',laborers. His contracts provide that the 'free' laborers shall be worked under guard and locked up at V . night, and they suffer this illegal imprisonment and more, for the evidence shows that a number of these unfortunates have been worked nnder guard and gun, have been locked up at night w n * a l 1 _1 1_ ana on sunaays, ana nave ueeu Buaua.ed and whipped. Several of these, who had been indicted last fall for gambling, had been taken ont of jail on bond by Mr. Hammond and kept at his farm without trial nntil this investigation began, when he surrendered k them to the sheriff. I "The negro, Tom Parks, whose case was oalled to the attention of the grand jury by the presiding judge, was re* leased almost immediately thereafter, j He was then taken forcibly and without trial, under one of the harsh contracts atove referred to, and confined in the stockade and worked with the \ convicts and suffered the other abuses above mentioned until this investigaI tion was begun. > The report contains a list, of free laborers who were whipped r* various times, and recites an instar where one of them received one hundred lashes. Judge Benet after reading the secret evidence taken by committee, said it contained "pitiful details of long imprisonment, without even the mockery of a trial; whippings, kidnapings, from one county to another, and even from Georgia." He declared the grand jury had his * J 1 J XI ./ XV. ~ prOIOUHU IUBQ&B, ItUU UIVbG VI VUG state of South Carolina for the fearless, thorough discharge of their duty. He deprecated the unjust criticisms of northen newspapers, and declared that Sonth Carolina would not send her dirty linen to a federal laundry. The threat of congressional interfer, ence was absurd. Such talk did harm. It hurt the negroes* cause. The solicitor will bring indictments against these planters at the June term of court. House Calendar Reviewed. A review of the house calendar shows that congress was in session 197 days, which is less than any congress for years, dumber bills, A /.ftA. ui:. "ZA " 14,336; reports, o,uuu; puuiit?w,w,v, private acts, 1,250; total acts, 1,595. liubouic Plague Spreads. The bubonic plague is spreading at Capetown. Five corpses, all of colored persons, were found within twelve hours. Eleven others believed to be affected by the disease, have been .removed to a hospital. CLEVELAND AND HILL. Address Letters to the Crescent Democratic Clob of Baltimore. The Crescent Democratic Club, one of the leading political organizations * of Baltimore, celebrated its 29th anniversary Monday night by listening to * addresses on Democracy, delivered by * leading local speakers. The occasion was rendered more than ordinarially interesting by the receipt of letters from Groyer Cleveland and p?vid B. BIN. ! MANY DIED IN STORM. List of Tornado Victims In Ten. nessee, Kentucky and Arkansas Grows Heavier. A Memphis special says: Reports of damage by Saturday night's storn are coming in from the country slowly as the telegraph and telephone wires are being opend. Mail and wire re ports to date indicate that no less thai sixteen, and perhaps more, persons lost their lives in West Tennessee anc Arkansas. Considering the velocity of the wine and the heavy downpour of rain it is i wonder that the death rate was no gicatcf* ict an ui tuo suian iu?uo it the path of the storm have not beer heard from. Around Forest City ihree people? T. A. Wooley, a planter, and Pinknej Watson and child were killed outright The Wooley home was literally carriec away and the inmates all more or les: hurt. The storm was the worst that hai passed through Gibson county, Arkan sas, in years. At Covington, Tenn., Wyatt Smith colored, was killed. Many reports of serious injuries al over west Tennessee and Arkansas an being received, and it will be severa days before the full list of dead can b< asceitained. The farmers have sus tained a tremendous loss. Kentucky suffered greatly by th< storm of last night and although then are no reports of loss of life, mucl property was destroyed. A special from Owensboro says then was a regular waterspout there an( considerable damage was done. Cel lars were flooded and gutter bridge! swept away. The sewer well, at th< intersection of Main and Davis streets burst and there was a cave-in forti feet in diameter. In Clinton county several housei were demolished and several freigh cars blown off the track. A numbe: of negroes were hurt. At Padncah, in the Mason's Mil section of the country, eight milei from town, a storm overturned twelv< tobacco barns, stables and outhouses killing many valuable head of stock destroying the Cumberland Presbyte rian, Catholic and Baptist churche: and crushing in three negro houses filled with colored people. At London the new residence o Tillford Jones was blown from iti foundation and is a complete wreck The Sue Bennett college was damagec between $800 and $1,000, and at Hick man the Baptist church was destroy ed, also one drug store and number: of tenement houses. Reports from over the state of Ar kansas show that the storm was fai greater than was anticipated. Thui far there are sixteen deaths reported GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. List of New Industries Established Dar inc the Past Week. Among the more important of th? new industries reported for the pas week are bottlinsr works at Raleigh N. C.; brick works at Tliomasville Ga., and Natchez, Miss.; a carriagi factory at Jackson, Ga.; $100,00( chemical works at Savannah, Ga.; i $25,000 cotton compress at Newton Miss., $100,000 cotton mills at Syla cauga, Ala., and Weatherford, Texas a $35,000 spindle mill at Celeste Texas, and a cotton mill with $25,00( capital at Petersburg, Ya ; a $50,001 distillery at Columbia, S. C.; electri light plants at Thomaston, Ga., Ellis ville, Miss., and Sparta, Tenn.; ai electric light and water company a Highland, Ky.; an electrical supply company at Danville, Va.; an electro type foundry at Richmond, Ya.; flour ing mills at Decatnr, Ala., Marsh ville, N. C.; a grain eleval^^^^p ton, Ya.; a hardware Prescott. Ark.; a hogsh^Hjj^^^Hk Darlington, S. C.; at Brewton, Ala., W^^rogton, N. C. and Franklin, Tenn., a $10,000 ic and power company at Forest City Ark.; $10,000 iron works at Owens boro, Ky.; a $20,000 knitting mill a Shelbyville, Tenn.; laundries at Lex ington, Ky., and Galveston, Tex.; lnm ber companies at Knoxville, Tenn. and Wilburton, Tex.; lumber mills a Tampa, Fla.; and Hattiesbnrg, Miss, a $50,000 medicine factory at Waco Tex.; a kaolin mining company a Hephzibah, Ga.; a mining and millini company at El Paso, Tex.; with capi tal of $199,950; a $25,000 pottery a TWitnn. Ark.: a S100.000 oil comDan at Fort Worth, Tex.; and oil and min ing company at Yanceborg, Ky., $100,000 oil mill at Jacksonville, Tex. a $33,000 oil mill at Mount Vernon Tex.; a sash and door factory at Porte mouth, Va.; a sash, door and blim factory at Petersburg, Va.; saw mill at New Decatur, Ala.; and DeFuniak Fla., a saw and planning mill at Hunt ington, Tenn.; a telephone compan; at Lafayette, Tenn.; and a woole: mill atElizabethton, Tenn.?Trades man, Chattanooga. Wilson on Tour of Inspection. General Wilson, chief of engineers has left Washington on a tour of in spection of fortifications and river am harbor works along the southern coast with Galveston, Tex., as his ultimat destination. CHEEKED SCHLEY'S NAME. Marines at Pensacola Entertained B Citizens With Smoker. Over 200 men from the squadron a Pensacols, Fla., were entertained b; citizens with a smoker Thursday night Captain Parkhill, of the city, re sponded to the toast, "Man Behim the Guns," and when he referred t Schley the large hall shook with re sounding cheers. Only enlisted me; were invited from the ships. Hobson at Home For Rest. Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hot son,of Merrimac fame,is at his Green* boro, Ala., home and will remain se^ eral weeks recuperating his healti Lieutenant Hobson was ill for a Ion time in New York and is in need c quiet. General Miles To Yisit Cuba. Lieutenant General Miles, accon panied by his staff, will leave Wast ington in a few days for a trip to Cub* where he will make an inspection < the principal military posts, MORfiAN ON BRITONS Alabama Senator Says America | Will Not Be Bnlldozed. ' APPLAUSE ANGERS ROOSEVELT i j His Entrance In Senate Caused 1 Demonstration In Galleries 1 Which Was Cut S>iort. I ___________ t i In the senate Wednesday Senator i Morgan, of Alabama, addressed that body on his resolution to abrogate the r Clayton-Bulwer treaty. "There cannot be anything mor?. i precious today to Great Britain," said 5 Mr. Morgan, "than to prevent the construction of the Nicaragua canal. If 3 Great Britain by her 'golden' silence . can prevent that, her profits will continue and the loDger she can do that, the greater will be her profits on the Suez canal. She has remained as silent 1 as the Sphinx which looks out upon the Nile and upon the desert, and she seems to be looking out upon a desert of wasted American opportunities and, sad to say, American honor. Great Britain is still silent. He called her silence "golden" because he asserted, Great Britain through Liverpool, which was the commercial center of the world, was being enriched because of the lack of the Nicaragua canal. With some feeling in referring to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, the senator ?aid: "We make no compromise with Great Britain on that subject. We will make no concession to Great Britain in relation to the treaty. What we shall do with it (and some of onr people are opposed even to that) is that we shall declare it abrogated. "If the vote on my resolution could be taken today it would inform the ^ Alw rfV TT n ? A V* ft 4" V* t\ 3 PrSBIUeill Ui UIO UUILCU uiaico iiiou uu has no two-thirds majority in the senate to adopt any compromise he may . make with Great Britain. If it is the 3 purpose of Great Britain to still look for delay she will not get it. If it be her determination to pick a qnarrel f with us about it, she will find the 5 United States can muster at least half the number of men who voted for the 1 president in the last election?fighting . men. "And she will find, when that war 3 terminates, that the steel band which binds the throne in Loudon with . Australia and India and passes through r Canada will have been rent in twain, 3 and with its severance down will go the empire. She will find that her possessions in the Caribbean sea have lapsed. She will find that she has overtaxed our patience. She has started with a new king and upon a new career that will break up the empire * and reduce the king to the sovereignty of his own island. ' "Dees not Great Britain suppose she can escape from the terrors of the * existence of the situation and the prospective situation everywhere and * that she can find a favorable opportu' nity to display her military powers against the United States?" ' Mr. Morgan said he did not boast * of the power of the United States in :J money, men or valor, but ho was thoroughly conscious of them and c gloried in that consciousness, because he knew when the supreme moments " should come and aDy power in the world should undertake to bridle the 7 United States by placing such restraints upon her sovereignty as were contained in the Clayton-Bulwer treaty the American people would re ' I siaLt^he bitter end. resistance," he exclaimed B^ehemently, "will mean the wiping 8 out of any power on earth that under' takes the job." 0 Without concluding his speech, Mr. ' Morgan yielded the floor, and at 2:4:5 l* o'clock, on motion of Mr. Warren, of Wyoming, the senate went into executive session, adjourning fifteen min * utes later. ? ROOSEVELT SHOWS DISPLEASURE. ; When the senate convened the gallf leries were packed with people, a ma,t jority of whom, as on recent days, pr were composed of visitors to the city. Promptly at noon Yico President t Roorevelt entered the chamber. As he j y stepped forward to the desk to call the ! . 6enate to order a burst of spontaneous a applause rang through the galleries. ; With evident manifestations of his 1 disapproval, the vice president seized i- his gavel and rapped sharply twice for J order. Glancing sternly around the s galleries he said, and the words cut t through the chamber like a knife: "If there is any applause or disory der the sergeant-at-arms will clear the Q galleries." The chaplain, in his invocation, referred with deep pathos to the sorrow which has fallen upon the junior senofnr fmm Alfthnmn ATr. Ppftna nnd ? his wife in the death of their only son. * Inquiry from Mr. Teller brought out ^ the fact that it was not the intention '? of Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, to press ? his cloture resolution during the present session. ALL HANDS LOST. British Steamer Avlona i? Wrecked at y Bilbao Breakwater. f. Advices from Bilbao, Spain, state ' that the BritisF steamer Avlona, Captain Lennox, has been wrecked at the Bilpao breakwater. All on board j were lost. 0 She was of 1,110 tons net register, 284 feet long, 34J feet beam and 24 Q feet deep. She was built at Dundee in 1880, aud was owned by the Avlona Steamship Company, of Ayr. WISDsTOKH IN CHICAGO ) J- Within Two Hours Damage to Property r- Beached Aggregate of 8175,000. i. One of the worst wind storms of the g season struck Chicago early Suuday. )i ana auring me iwu uuurs it was m jus height damaged property in the city to the extent of $175,000. Many heavy plate glass windows were blown iu. i- Telegraph and telephone companies l- were the worst sufferers, and it will bo i, some time before order can be restor>f fed. Thousands of poles were blown down and Chicago was practically ingofoted Um the west and northwest, EXPELLED M'KINLEY'S AGENT. Hawaiian Legislators Object to Presence of Territorial Secretary Coop;r. Advices from Honolulu, via San Francisco, state that the first territorial legislature of Hawaii began its sessions in Honolulu on February 20th and has been in session since. J. A. Akina, independent, a Hawaiian-Chinese member from the island of Kauaai, was elected speaker of the house and Dr. Nicholas Ru9sell, of Hawaii, a white man, was chosen president of the senate. On the third day Secretary of the Territory Cooper was ordered out o; the house and escorted by the ser geant at arms. Acting under the section of the territorial act which provides that he "shall record and preserve the laws and proceedings of the legislature," Secretary Cooper took a place on the floor of the house with a stenographer to secure a record of the proceedings. Representative Beckley, independent, offered a resolution requiring him to leave. The resolution set forth that his presence on the floor was a violation of the rule that the three departments of government?executive, judicial and legislative?must be kept separate, and it was urged in debate that Governor Dole had put Cooper where he was with a view to intimidating members. Cooper was declared by Republicans to be present as a representative of President McKinley, as he had been ordered to transmit a report to Washington, but even this plea did not deter the independents. After s long debate they passed the Bleckley resolution bj a vote of 20 to 9?the Dine beiDg all the Republicans in the house. With both houses in control of the independent home rule party and containing a majority of native Hnwaiians, the legislature has already been the scene of some remarkable proceedings and the end of the session promises to see many very radical measures adopted, among those to which the controlling party is committed being a liquor dispensary law, a taxation system that will be a combination of single tax and income tax doctrines, an election law based on proportionate representation and a law excluding from the territory all persons who may arrive afflicted with consumption or leprosy. The question of languages is another source of trouble. The organic act says that all proceedings of the legislature shall be conducted in English. Half of the members cannot speak English, and Hawaiian interpreters have been employed in both houses. It is the opinion of some lawyers that this will invalidate all proceedings and this matter will come before tne courts when some laws have been passed. Chief Justice Frear and Governor Dole, who were members of the commission that adopted the rule in question, have expressed the opinion that it intended to provide that no language but English should be spoken. The independents claim that laws and reso lutions, etc., shall be in English. Every measure and every speech is being given in both English and Hawaiian. PROMINENT FLORIDIAN DEAD. Judge Ziba King Passes Away at Arcadia After a Long Illness. Judge Ziba King died in Arcadia, Fla., Thursday afternoon of Bright'fi disease after an illness of two months, aged sixty-four. He leaves a wife and eight children. He wag the president of the First National Berok of Arcadia, vice president of the Exchange National Bank, of Tampa, and directoi of the National Bank of the State oi Florida, Jacksonville. He was an exmember of the state senate and house of representatives, and the largest cattle owner in Florida. DEPORTATION CONTINUES. Gen. MacArthnr It Bidding Philippinei Of Insurgent "Sympathizers." General MacArthnr has notified the war department by mail he has ordered the deportation of a number of per sons "whose overt acts have clearlj revealed them as in aid of or in sympathy with the insurrection and the irregular guerrilla warfare by which-il is being maintained and whose con tinned residence in the Philippine islands is, in every essential regard, inimical to the pacification thereof." WARRANTS WILL ISSUE. "Slave-Holding" Planters In Sonth Carolina Are To Be Prosecuted. A Columbia, S. C., special says Judge W. C. Benet has signed an order requiring the presentment of th( grand jury to be served on the several magistrates in whose jurisdiction the "sla^e-holdiug" planters of Anderson reside, requiring them to issue warrants against the presented men and bind them over to court for trial on the charge of false imprisonment and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Judge Benet will not hold court ir Anderson in June and this action goes to the limit of his authority. JURY IX NATION CASE Deliberates Two Moors Over the Evidenc< But Fails To Make Verdict. The case of Mrs. Carrie NatioD, Lucy Withers, Julia Evans and Lydia Muntz, charged with wrecking the exterior of John one Herrig's saloon January 21st, was given to the jury at "Wichita, Kas., Saturday afternoon, and after deliberating two hours no verdict was reached. Judge Dale finally instructed the jury to bring in a sealed verdict. GEORGIANS COMING HOME. Twenty-Ninth Regiment Will Leave th< Philippines on March 25th. A Washington special says: Colone Livingston has been informed by tb< war department officials that the Twen ty-ninth regiment of volunteers, knowr as the Georgia regiment,will positively leave Manila, Philippine Islands, or March 25th. The regiment will come to the Uniteci States on the transport Grant and will be landed in San Fi^qpisco in oboul four week? pf sailing, or the latter pari Of April# " * fiEN. BOTHA YIELDS Prayers of His Wife Leads Him to Accept an Armistice. DEWET AND STEYN OBSTINATE Kitchener Reports to War Department Satisfactory Progress Toward Pacification. A London special says: General Kitchener has granted General Botha a seven days' armistice to enable him to confer with the other genarals. A special dispatch from Pretoria, dated Friday, says General Kitchener aud General Botha had a lenthy conference on Gun Hill Friday morning. General Botha was alone and General Kitchener was accompanied by his secretary. The Daily Chronicle, referring to the armistice at Pretoria, says: "The untiring agent in bringing about the negotiations was Mrs. Botha, who was deeply affected by the hopeless plight of the Boers. "The meeting of February 27th was limited to General Botha's request to know Lord Kitchener's terms. Lord Kitchener replied that a general amnesty would be granted to all who surrendered, as well as to all prisoners, except those Cape Dutch, who, being British subjects, had actively fomented Boer resistance. General Dewetand Mr. Steyn were, however; expressly excluded from the amnesty. "Lord Kitchener further promised 1 that if peace were concluded the government would assist in rebuilding the ' farmhouses and other buildings destroyed under military exigencies, would reinstate the lawful owners and would help them stock their farms. Those guilty of acts of treachery would be excluded from the benefits. "Generrt Botha appeared to be satisfied with the conditions and the 1 armistice being arranged. He proceeded to consult his officers, a vast majority of whom accepted the terms. I "JDewet and Steyn both remained | 1 irreconcilable. They declined any terms. Dewet adding that on his part the war had become one of revenge, and he intended to do all the mischiei he could. "It is possible that the original ar- ! 1 mistice of a week has been extended. It is believed that the remainder of General Botha's officers have now been won around and that he is likely 1 to make formal submission to Lord 1 Kitchener March 11th, when his force 1 will surrender to General French. 1 "Acoording to our information Lord 1 Kitchener's dispositions made the speedy captnre of General Botha's forces quite certain. General Botha frankly accepted the situation and was treated by Lord Kitchener at both in' terviews with the greatest conaider1 ation." "The negotiations between Lord Kitchener and General Botha are in abeyance," says the Pretoria corresnf Tlia Timaa w?!Hnir WAr! [JUUUCU If Ui XUO XILU1/D| >1 Vnesday, "pending an answer from the British government." Dispatches frotr, Amsterdam and Brnssels say that Mr. Kruger's entourk age continues to profess ignorance of the existence of negotiations deolaring , that General Botha cannot act for the i Orange Free State and that, in any case, ' no terms are possible nnless I Lord Kitchener is prepared to discnss i independence. > Lord Kitchener reporting nnder date of March 7th, says: "The Boers failed in their deterf mined attack npon Lichtenbnrg. Our losses, besides the two officers previ> ously reported, were fourteen men killed and twenty wounded. The Boer General Celliors was killed. "French reports further captures of a fourteen pounder Crensot, with carriage and limber complete, and one 1 Hotchkiss, making a total of seven guns. The total number of Boers 5 known to have been placed hors dn ^ eombat since the eastern operations began is 979." Adding to his last report, Lord Kitchener states that 169 rifles, 2i,970 * pounds of ammunition, 183 horses, k 1,240 trek oxen, 3,920 cattle, 13,580 " sheep, 100 wagons and carts and large ^ //NWA/VA V? ft T7A KoaTI /*Q n CJQttUUll^o ui luxuuto ? tared without casualties in Cape Colony. TO THWART RUSSIANS. United States and England are Having Secret Negntlotions. : A London Special says: A crisis Las arisen in far eastern affairs, which [ in the opinion of the British govern5 ment is graver almost than the troubles i which originally turned the eyes of the world toward the orient. Secret [ negotiations are going on between the i United States and Great Britain with I a view to thwarting what both govern. ments appear to consider a determined attempt on the part of Russia to i plant herself permanently in one of i the richest tracts of the Chinese empire. BROWN IN HONDURAS. Bank Defaulter Said to Be Repairing His Brokeu Fortune. A Cincinnati newspaper prints a | dispatch from a special correspondent _ at Ceibo, Honduras, telling of the correspondent's search for Frank Brown, the defaulting official of the German National Bank of Newport, Ky. ( The story runs that Brown is in ( Honduras in partnership with S. A. Piper, of Montana, both engaged in seeking to repair their fortunos. TOBACCO TARIFF ABOLISHED. > President Issues Order Calling: Off Duty On Cuban Weed. I The president Friday issued an ex3 ecutive order abolishing the Cuban export duty on tobacco from April 1st i next. This action was taken on the ? earnest recommendation of the Cuban i economic commission, which recently visited Washington, indorsed by Genl eral Wood. A previous order had I been issued fixing an export duty of t 50 per cent on Cuban tobacco from \ April 1st, The president's action removes the export duty entirety? tsifMCMrvjrjrsJCMtNij I SOUTH CAROLINA 2 } STATE NEWS ITEMS. cCSKMf\lfvjrM?MCMCS?? Salt Over Prize Money. A peculiar case will come up for settlement at the next term of court for Lancaster county. It grew out of the offer made last year by the Atlanta Weekly Constitution of a prixe 01 $ouu to a subscriber who guessed nearest the number of bales of cotton received at the port of Savannah for the season. It seems that Lewis Cauthen, of Heath Springs, was the canvassing agent for the paper, and he had some arrangement with those who subscribed that he would receive half the prize if they won. He advanced the subscription price of the paper for Wylie Lowry, of Oakhurst, Lancaster county. Lowry made his guess, won the prize and received the check for $500, which he deposited with the Kershaw Mercantile and Banking Company. Lowry refused to divide, denying he had such an agreement. Cauthen has commenced suit, making the banking company a party to it, and obtained an injunction preventing the bank from paying any other money to Lowry. A motion to dissolve this injunction made by attorneys for Lowry was refused by Justice Jones, of the supreme court. After all, the lawyers will probably get the prize. m * Clemson College to Make Exhibit. The board of trustees of Clemson college met a day or two ago and apI propriated $2,000 with which to make I an exhibit for the institution at the South Carolina Interstate and West Iudian exposition next winter. ?% Death Caused uy vacciuauuu. A Columbia special says: "Nellie, twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Smith, of Orangeburg, was at school Tuesday suffering from the results of vaccination, but there were no signs of a serious tnrn in the trouble. Yesterday complications set in bringing on lockjaw, from which death resulted." Relic of Revolution Unearthed. A plowman on Major E. B. Cantey'e place at Hobkirk Hill, Camden, hat found a relic of the battle of Hobkirk Hill, fought during the revolution. II is a short side sword, suppose to have been worn by a'British tfficer. The blade bears a coat of arms upon it. The handle is inlaid with gold and has several bands of pure silver around it. ?% A Conspiracy Case. Mrs. Mattie Thompson, a young white woman charged with arson, came clear at Spartanburg. The solicitoi asked for a verdict of not guilty. II turned out that it was a negro conspiracy against this woman. Judge Klugh made some strong remarks in dismissing the case. ** Warrants Against "Slave-Holders." Judge W. C. Benet signed an order requiring the presentment of the grand jury to be served on the several magistrates in whose jurisdiction the "slave-holding" planters of Anderson reside, requiring them to issue warrants against the presented men and fViom nvsr to onnrfc for trial on MAUU VUWUA V . V- .V the charge of false imprisonment and assanit and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Judge Benet will not hold court in Anderson in June and this action goes to the limit of his authority in bring ing the action to trial. Press Wants Bill Vetoed. Governor McSweeney is being over whelmned with demands from the press of South Carolina to veto the act re pealing the free pass law. This bill passed the senate by one vote, Lieu tenant Governor James H. Tillman casting the deciding ballot. As a rule, the old conservativet voted against the bill, while the old reformers voted for it. The act that this bill repeals was one of the first reforrr measures. It was claimed that the railroads were using free passes en bribes. There is almost a unanimous demanc that the law prohibiting legislators anc state officers using free passes be al j lowed to stand. Governor McSweeney has given nc 8'gn, but it is believed he will veto th< repealing act. The dispensary act was recently amended allowing distilleries anc breweries to be established in Colum bia and Charleston. The amendmen is to be taken prompt advantage of J. L. Farman, formerly of the Acm< Brewing company, of Macon; N. M Block, Alex Block and L. Block, Jr. have applied for a charter for a brew ing company in Columbia, with a cap ital of $50,000. Tillman Scores Critics. At Clemsen college the past week Senator Tillman made a statement re garding Cuban, Philippine and Charles ton exposition matters. In referenct to the exposition the senator said: "I did what I could in a legitimatt way to get the appropriation foi Charlefton, and there was practically no opposition in the senate. The op position was in the house. I gave nc pledges and received none. All cor respondents who have been qaoted t< prove the contrary are Republican! who are quick to fly-blow Democrats senators." "Shall I say that you are pleasec with the turn of affairs at Anderson?' was asked. "Oh, yes, I am glad for the impres sion it will make outside the state t( ' ^? see tne Drave, uru, neusiuiu taken by the court and jury. For i still better effect along this line J would like to have seen indictment at once handed out. We want thi outside world to see and know tha we are able and willing to deal witl the matter. Outside interferenci from the United States government ii ready to come in if we fail to do ou full duty in stamping out the infamj and punishing the wrongdoers." Monument to American Heroes. As a result of the commemorativi meeting held at Fort Prince, Spartan burg county, July 4th last at which i fund was raised, a monument has beei built ea the sjtf of the fort, It i? ii bom r of the American soldiers who f won a victory over the British, retak* . ing the fort, which was originally bnilt by settlers as refnge from the Indians in 1776. Colonel Edward Hampton commanded the successful Americaus. j #% Wild Woman Captured. Bessie Pinckney, the companion of the wild mau captured in the swamp above Charleston some time ago, was -| captured one day the past week. The J man. Isaac Glover, disappeared with the Piuckney woman, and both were raving mau. They ferrorized the strip j of country above Charleston. Glover was caught with lassoes swung by ' 1?i- 1 J- 4KA wTAman rrrvf. pnospiiaie UUUUBi UUl tug nuuiuu QV> back to the swamps to continue her wild life. Negroes fled from the section, and when the woman came to the edge of ? the swamp on the day of her capture a crowd armed with ropes and clubs ( followed and managed to get her fast- < ened. She fought like a panther, but the crowd got her under control, and | wrapped with heavy ropes she was carried to the city and locked in a 1 cage. The capture of the two wild ' people will give a more settled condi- 3 tion to the negro section. 1 Killed On a Sunday Hunt. 1 While on a Sunday hunting trip on James island Benjamin C. Webb, Jr., eighteen years of age, was instantly < killed by lightning and two of his < companions were badly shocked. 1 Webb's clothing was ignited and his bcdy was severely burned. EIGHT DIE INSTANTLY 1 Defective Boiler In Chicago Law* dry Blown to Atoms. [ w/w nrAT 1 v 1 17 nrnr/^vrrn BlHLUIHUIi 101 ALL I WKtUEU ) \ Half a Hundred Workers Were Buried In Debris, But Heroic Work Saved Many Lives. s | By the explosion of the boiler in the . Doremas laundry, 548 West Madison t street, Chicago, Monday morning eight > people were instantly killed, twenty* nine were injured and several are miss5 ing. The cause of the explosion has not been determined with accuracy as yet and it will probably require an official > investigation to settle the matter. It > is known that the boiler was old, a second-hand affair, and there is no rek cord in the office of the city boiler in spector of any inspection having been > made within the last year. Pending L the verdict of the coroner's jury A. L. Doremus, the proprietor of the laundry, is held in custody by the police and it is the intention of tbeau. thorities to institute criminal proceed* [ ings against him should the facts . brought out at the inquest warrant j such proceedings. i The list of dead and wounded was difficult to secure. Reports of the [ number of dead in the ruins were all l the way from six to twenty. It is [ known that. thirty six employees of . the laundry had entered the place be* * ???lnoiAn n/i/mna/1 ka/MflflA 1U1 O lilt? CApiVOlUU UVVUiiOUj l/WVHUWV t the automatic timekeeper, found in , the ruins, and which was not damaged, showed that number of registered arrivals. Two or three were entering at the moment of the explosion, making an approximate total of forty employees in and around the building. . The list of injured includes, however, several people residings in the I adjoining bnilding, nearly all of which were badly damaged. The most conservative estimate by the police concedes that at least three, dead or alive, i are still in the rnins; yet the search for bodies in the ruins came to a sud} den end early in the afternoon and t the work of rescue was entirely aban} doned. 5 The canse of the cessation of the search was a dispnte between the fire* j men and police as to who was respon. ! sible for tLe recovery of any bodies which might be concealed beneath the debris. The firemen said they had pei formed their whole duty, and gathj ering up their hose they retired from : the scene. The police said it was not ! their work to dig for bodies, and no[ body else volunteered to do the work. The trouble was brought to the atten* tion of Police Inspector John D. Shea, in whose district the accident oocur' ed, and he held that the search prop* i er'y belonged to the fire department. Both the police and firemen remain* In Annfinnfl fn ICU HI m auu X UOWV4 wmvamuw ?v , search for bodies. While the firemen maintained that all the bodies had been recovered, the police asserted that this fact had not been estabished and Police Lieutenant O'Hara said ' that the general understanding was that more bodies were in the ruins. 3 While the firemen and police were arguing and explaining their respective 3 sides in the matter, the city building . i department stepped in. ^ Building Inspector Kiolbassa sent a deputy to the scene of the catastro} < phe and a notice was sent to Jackson _ i Bros., agents for the property, to im? J mediately begin the work of palling i! down the walls and clearing away the , | debris. Jackson Bros, were given two hours to comply with the order, I! their failure to do so to result in the .' building department performing the task. The real estate firm soon had a ! number of wreckers at the ruins and ~ | the work of pulling down the walls k I was immediately begun. This opera |' tion made it impossible to continue j- the search for the bodies for the time a j being. 5 Sealed Yerdict Showed Mistrial. * No verdict was reached by the 1; Wichita jury which heard evidence in 31 the trial of Mrs. Carrie Nation fcr 3 smashing a ''joint" several weeks ago. r ; The jury stood 7 to 5 for conviction, 7 and was discharged. If salt has anything to do with the 3 prolongation of life, then Michigan if entitled to credit for increasing her 3 output last year. In 1899 she filled 4,* 3 820,8G5 barrels, just 5,48tf more than , \hc tmfced cut in 1898. 4 " - rORNADO IN TEXAS i * - j Little Town of Wills Point Almost Torn to Splinters. . sSS fHE LOSS OF LIFE VERY SHALL J? - Many People, However, Are Badly injured, and Several Hay Die. Property Loss la Heavy. * * ?-a >Un/ilr Willi A leiTIOltJ BUUIU1 BUUVa >. Texas, Saturday, killing four persons ^ jutright, injuring many others and destroying a great amount of property. Black clouds had been hanging in r<? the southwest all the morning. The || itmosphere was heavy and at intervals *.. there had been blustering showers of M rain. It was just at noon, when there . eras a long roar of rumbling thunder, a ^ puff of wind and then the air was fthiek pjj| with flying timbers. The cyclone came from the south- E1 west and held to a straight northeast ; ^ course. Its path was about 300 yards wide. It struck the northwest quar- , ter of the town, in the residence section. No house is left whole; those that are not left irreparably wrecked are in the> minority. Most of them are demolished?mere heaps of debris, that offer opportunity for the .-Mjk junk man. Household furniture and >*; utensils are strewn further than the eye can reach, and they mark the storm's path. East of Wills Point the country is dotted here and there with evidences of the storm's fury, and by the little mounds of wreckage its course can be followed to the Arkansas line, At New Boston and at Texarkana it A. 1 i-a ii.. A A WK oral seems 10 uavt) ieii< we bum. at wv? these places, especially at the former, houses were considerably damaged. At New Boston two negroes were injured by flying debris. The recovery of one of them is doubtful. A'number of small houses were wrecked. Al Texarkana some damage was done on -:i|| Colloge Hill, asuburb, but it was of a \ minor character. ' The westernmost trace of the storm is in Collin county, about thirty miles north of Dallas. Here the wind was very strong,but it did not develop itself into the strength of a tornado. Hail fell and it was followed by torrential rain. At one place where a measurement was made 1.85 inohea fell in forty minntes. At Terrell the rainfall was extremely heavy and some damage was sustained. There was'no one injured there. At Blossom no one was seriously in? jured, but the damage to residences was great. At and near Emery, Baines county, one man was killed and several persons werehurt, two serious- ^ The storm was first reported from / Vf|| Uvalde, ou the Mexican border, where a church was wrecked. Several towns between Uvalde and Wills Point report small damage, bat it was not ontil the last named place was reached that there was tornado effect. . The storm section extends into Arkansas, Louisiana and np the Mississippi valley nearly to Memphisdo regions almost without wire or rail. Telegraph companies are finding it diffinnlt to rather details of the storm, ";.aH bat enough is known on which to base estimates of property losses approx- ~ imating $1,000,000 to the farming and other interests, and at least a soore of 7^ people dead. Bailroad trains to Dallas from the storm sections were .badly delayed. Passengers report extensive destroy tion ot property along the lines. Sunday Mayor Finney issneda statement on the Wills Point situation. He . : % says nearly one hundred persons are entirely destitute and are being cared t for by local authorities. A relief oom- ' 0 mittee has been formed. . /4p? HARRISON'S CASE SERIOUS. Physician Reports Life of Ex-President : As In Orare Peril. A Minneapolis special says: The j condition of former President Benjamin Harrison is serious. Dr. Jameson '0 stated Sunday that the upper part of General Harrison's lefi lung was bv . 7^ darned. There is some danger of the - ' congestion extending to the rest of the lung and to the right lung. NO DAMAGE FROM SLAP. Barker Sued Cooper for 10,000 but He Got No Award. gj George G. Walker, of Maine, sever- 44 al days ago instituted in the Distriot ' -.-'-M criminal court at Washington a suit '.- 4 for $10,000 damages against Congress- .4' man S. B. Cooper, of Texas, for an al- ^ leged assault last summer, and Satur- '-4 day a verdict was rendered in favor of - < 5 the defendant. On the Slst of last ~ 4May, while both were journeying from the south to the city, Barker objeoted V':J|f to Mr. Cooper expectorating upon the floor of the car and after considerable remonstrations, the congressman slap** % ped Barker in the' face. This action brought on the suit. INSURGENTS ARK BRIBED* General McArthur Offer* Them Indaee* menta to Stop Fighting. ^ A Manila special says: Additional inducements have been made to the insurgents to surrender their guns. General McArthur has directed all department commanders to release -. one prisoner for e7ery rifle surrendered. An insurgent who surrenders his gun will be permitted to name the ^ prisoner to be released, provided no exceptional circumstances require this man's detention, in which case another selection will be allowed. Tonng Xr. Hay Coming Home. The American Line steamer New York sailed from Soutnampwm oaiurday for New York. Among her passengers was Adelbert Hay, former J United States consnl at Pretoria. Bobbers Make Big Hani. The private bank of J. H. Springer '0M at Argonia, Kansas, was burglarized H! Saturday night by three" men and \\M $2,000 in cash and $4,000 in registered goTwomebt 8 par cast bond* aacmadf &