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/ ILLNESS Of SHORT DURATION
Demise Was Quiet and Painless
Being Preceded by Many
Honrs of Total Un*
consciousness.
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General Benjamin Harrison died at
hiB home in Indianapolis Wednesday
afternoon at4:45 o'clock. His death
was qniet and painless, there being a
gradual sinking until the end came,
which was marked by a single gasp
for breath *8 life departed from the
body of the great statesman. The relatives,
with a few exceptions, and
several of his old and tried friends
were at the former president's bedside
when he passed away.
The general's condition was so bad
in the early morning, after a restless
night, that the attending physicians
understood that the end could not be
far off, and all bulletins sent out from
the sick room were to this effect, so
that the family and friends were pre
pared when the final blow came.' The
gradual failing of the remarkable
strength shown by the patient became
more noticeable in the afternoon,
and there was an apparent break down
on th9 par*. of the sufferer, as he surU
rendered to the disease against which
he had been so bravely battling for
bo many hours. The change was
noticed by the physicians and the
"'relatives and friends who had retired
from the sick room to the library below
were quickly summoned, and
reached the bedside of the general be?
fore he passed away.
News of the death spread quickly
through the city and several of the
more intimate friends at once hurried
to the Harrison residence. The word
was flashed from the bulletins of all
the newspapers and thus communicated
to the people on their way home
^ _in the evening. The announcement
produced the greatest sorrow. Within
. a few moments the flags on all the
public buildings and most of the down
town business blocks were hoisted at
half mast and other outward manifestations
of mourning were made.
rj-anoTol TTorriftnn had hppn nncon
scions for hoars before his death, the
exact time when he parsed into a comatose
state being difficult to determine.
He spoke to no one dnring
the day, failing to recognize even his
wife. The greater" part of Tuesday,
also, he was in a semi-'comatose condition,
although he was at times able
to recognize those at his bedside.
None of General Harrison's children
were present at his death. Neither
Colonel Russell Harrison nor Mrs.
McKee had reached the city, although
both were hurrying on their way to
the bedside of their dying parent as
fast as steam could carry them.
Elizabeth, General Harrison's little
daughter, had been taken from the
sick room by her nurse before the end
came.
The group at the bedside included ,
Mrs. Harrison, William H. A. Miller,
Samuel Miller, his son, Hew. Dr. M.
L. Haines, pastor of the Fifth Presby"
terian church, which General Harrison
had attended for so many years,
Secretary Tibbets, Drs. Jameson and
Dorsey; Colonel Daniel M. Randsdell,
sergeant-at-arms of the United States
Senate and a close personal friend ef
the dead ex-president, Clifford Arrick
and the two nurses who have been in
constant attendance. General Harrison's
two sisters and an aunt were also
present.
Xue general's little daughter, Elizabeth,
was brought into the room for a
few moments to see her father, and offered
him a small apple pie which she
herself had made. General Harrison
smiled his recognition of the child and
h6T gift, but the effort to speak was
too much and he could do nothing
more to express his appreciation.
Wednesday all efforts to arouse the
slowly dying man to consciousness
failed, and he died without a word cf
recognition to any of those who sur
rounded his Bedside.
The Gallows For Minder.
L Minder, the Macon, Ga., tailor
who last fall stabbed Andy Mahoney,
another tailor, to death, was convicted
of murder and sentenced to hang on
lpril 30th.
Money For Ctah Library,
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
$25,000 Sd th? Ogden Library Association,
the city to furnish the site aud
guarantee $2,500 for maintenance.
The proposition will be accepted.
CONCESSIONS TO BOERS.
England Will Make Liberal Termg In
Order to Stop the War.
A London special says: It is nnder^
stood that the British cabinet at its
meeting Wednesday considered, amoDg
- otber things, the negotiations proceeding
between General Kitchener
and General Botha, and formulated instructions
for General Kitchener which
defined, on broad lines, the terms on
which a peace settlement might bo
effected. The terms, it is stated, will
PRISON DEAD
y Away at His
tdianapolis.
HE TALKED OF BOERS.
From one who was present at the
death-bed it is learned that the allegations
of cruelty and injustice dealt out
by England to the Boers in their struggle
for liberty bad been a subject for
thought in the mind of General Harrison.
In his semi-conscious condition,
when the sentinels of discretion and
propriety had gone from their posts
and the mind of the man was wandering,
he began to speak of the Boers
and their hopeless struggle for national
life. His voice was weak and
trembling, his thoughts were not connected,
but the listeners bending over
him could hear words of pity for the
dying farmer republics.
A deep interest was manilestea
throughout all the executive departments
in Washington in the reports
that came as to the condition of exPresident
Harrison. As office hours
Lad closed for the day before the end
same, the first official action regarding
the death were deferred until
Thursday.
It was decided at a meeting of Governor
Durbin with other state officers
that the body of General Harrison
should lie in state in the rotunda of
the capitol all day Saturday.
The highest hcmors which are in the
power of the state of Indiana to pay
will be rendered to General Harrison.
It was decided to ask the former members
of his cabinet to be General Harrison's
honorary pallbearers. Notices
to this effect were sent to ex-Secretary
of State John W. Foster, Mexico; Secretary
of the Treasury Charles W.
Foster, Fostoria, 0.; Secretary of War
Stephen B. Elkins, Elkins, W. Va.;
Secretary of Navy Benjamin F. Tracey,
New York; Secretary of Interior
John W. Noble, St. Louis; PostmasterGeneral
John Wanamaker, Philadelphia;
Commissioner of Agriculture
Jeremiah M. Busk, Milwaukee.
General Harrison's wealth is variously
estimated, public opinion rating
it as high as half a million dollars.
Those who are best informed about
the dead ex-president's financial af?
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iairs, nowever, say ihhi no was v?uhu
about two hundred and fifty or three
hundred thousand dollars. At the
time he was elected president he was
reputed to have accumulated a fortune
of $125,000 from his law practice and
this has been doubled at least since
that time. Of late his practice, owing
to his great reputation as a constitutional
lawyer, was very lucrative.
His fee in the Venezuelan boundary
dispute, in which' he represented the
South American republic, was $100,000.
BLIZZARD IN NORTHWEST.
Immense Mountains of Snow Wall Inand
Block Railway Trains.
A special of Wednesday from Grand
Rapids, Mich., says: Raging along
the entire coast of lake Michigan north
of Grand Rapids, and reaching out
over the Saginaw valley is one of the
most disastrous storms in years. Railroad
reports show that all lines are
blocked and that not a train on the
Grand Rapids and Indiana or the Pere
Marquette north and northeast is able
to move. So far the winds have been
southeasterly, but railroad men fear
that it is turning to northwesterly and
that the worst is yet to come.
Five passenger trains are stalled between
Grand Rapids and Mackinaw
City. Two Pere Marquette passenger
trains are fast in the snow and are
rapidly being snowed in completely,
and there are freight trains out on
both lines which are banked in with
walls of snow and frozen slush. Railroad
meu say that the storm is one of
the worst that they have ever encountered.
The strength of the blizzard may be
understood when it is known that the
windows of the coaches and the cabs
of the engines were in some instances
broken in. The trainmen in reporting
from the north say that their situations
are perilous and ask for immedi
ate aid. They say the snow is falling
in clouds and that they are unable to
assist themselves.
CARXEGlfc To HIS EMPLOYEES.
Bif Hearted Philanthropic Donates HillIons
For Their Aid.
Two letters from Andrew Carnegie,
made public at Pittsburg Wednesday,
tell of his retirement from active business
life and of his donation of
$5,000,000 for the endowment of a
fund for superannuated and disabled
employees of the Carnegie company.
This benefaction is by far the largest
of the many created by Mr. Carnegie,
and is probably without a counterpart
in the world.
This fund will in no wise interfere
with the continuance of the savings
fund established by the company fifteen
years ago for the benefit of its
employees. In this latter fund nearly
$2,000,000 of the employees' savings
are on denosit.
CRIMINAL LAWYER DEAD.
Noted Chattanooga Attorney Made a Molt
Remarkable Record.
Colonel W. Joe Clift, one of the
most noted criminal lawyers in the
south, died Wednesday at his home
in Chattanooga, Tenn. Colonel Clift
had defended every notable criminal
in that section for many years past.
He has defended 290 criminals charged
with capital offenses and has never
bad one hanged or one go to the penitentiary
for over twenty years. ?
CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.
Owner of Wrecked Chlcafr> Laundry
Placed Under Bond of SIO.OOO.
At Chicago Tuesday formal charges
of "involuntary manslaughter" were
entered against A. M. Doremus, manager
of the Doremus laundry. The
charges were entered with the consent
of Mr. Doremus, who had been under
nominal arrest since the explosion in
his establishment. This action enabled
him to regain his liberty by securing
bondsmen in the sum of $10,000,
which he promptly furnished.
The bearing let tw HareU ttid*
BRAVE BONi AVENGED.
In Duel Count Castellane "Plugs"
Editor Rodays of The Figaro
in the Thigh.
A paris dispatch says: In the duel
fought Saturday between Count Boni
de Castellane and M. de Rodays, the
latter wa3 wounded in the thigh.
M. de Rodays, whose wound was in
the lower fleshy part of the thigh, bled
abundantly, but he is not seriously injured.
The determination to exclude the
curious from witnessing the duel was
well kept. Only the witnesses and
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iLit) uectjssmrjr' aucuuauio ncio D^tuia
* tors of the meeting, so zealously was
secrecy maintained in regard to the
meeting place.
Count de Dion having measured
off twenty-five paces, requested M.
de Rodays and Count Boni to take
their alloted places. Both principals
were dressed in black frock coats.
The usual words of warning and explanations
were given, the Count de
Dion counted three and then said
Tiro."
Scarcely had the word been uttered
than M. de Rodays was seen to totter
and fall.
The witnesses hastened to his side,
and were obliged to carry him to one
of the dressing rooms, where the
doctor gave him immediate care.
Count Boni, after inquiring into the
character of the wound, left the spot,
accompanied by his witnesses. Shortly
afterwards M. de Rodays was taken
to hi9 residence in a carriage.
The doctor said M. de Roday's
wound is not of a disquieting nature,
and that, though the bullet had not
yet been extracted, M. de Rodays will
be well in ten days. Count Boni was
not touched.
The duel was carried out with the
utmost correctness, and every step of
the proceedings was marked by absolute
calmness and courtesy on both
sides, which, if anything, enhanced
its dramatic effect.
TO REDEEM STAMPS.
Treasury Officials Preparing to Enforce
Revenue Reduction Act.
The treasuiy officials at Washington
are actively making preparations to
carry into effect the war revenue reduction
act which becomes operative
on July 1, 1901, and with a view to
giving the publio all information on
the subject possible at this time the
interna! revenue bureau has issued
the following statement:
"All documentary and proprietary
revenue stamps in the hands of purchasers
on and after July 1,1901, will
be redeemed by the government under
the provisions of the act of May
12, 1900.
"Such stamps should be presented
for redemption by the owners thereof
to th'e collector of internal revenue
from whom they were purchased, who
will supply the applicant with necessary
forms and instructions for the
preparations of his claim. It is prob'
able that regulations will be prepared
and issued providing for the reduction
of imprinted documentary stamps without
requiring the destruction of the
checks or drafts on which they are
imprinted."
NEGRO WOMAN LYNCHED.
Her Alleged Crime Was Purloining Money
From a Pocketbook. ?
A dispatch Nashville, from Tenn.,
says: Bailie Brntchfield, a negro wo
mao, was lynched by unknown men
Friday night, the only cause being
that she was suspected of having taken
the money out of a pocketbook which
was 1< st recently by a neighbor.
The pocketbook had come into possession
of the woman's brother and a
mob undertook to lynch him several
nights ago, but he broke away and escaped
in the darkness. Friday night
the men visited the woman, and after
tying her hands behind her, took her
to the bridge over Lick creek. Here
she was shot through the head and her
lifeless body thrown into the stream,
from which it was recovered Saturday.
The coroner returned the usual verdict
of death at the hands of unknown
parties. The amonnt of money in the
pocketbook was $120.
Fatal Pittsburg Fire.
During the progress of a fire at
Pittsburg, Pa,, Sunday, one man lost
his life and three others were badly
hurt. The property loss will bo fully
$250,000, well insured.
ALLEGED LYNCHERS COMMITTED.
Judge Binds Over Certain Parties and Is
Denounced Therefor.
Deputy Sheriffs Ashcroft and Seymour,
and Ora Rolls, were committed
for trial at Scranton, Miss., Saturday.
Out of the eleven who were charged
with the Knox lynching, Rolls was
the only one admitted to bail in ten
thousand dollars, The bond was af|
terward refused and the prisoner was
sent to a distant jail at Waynesboro.
The people at Scranton are furious.
They will hold an indignation meeting
at which Judge Woods will be denounced.
And there are threats of
violence to the court officers.
COAL COMPANIES AT OPTS.
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Suit Brought In Birmingham, Ala., Court
For 8100,000 Damages.
Suit has been filed in the Birmingham,
Ala., city court by the Alabama
Coal and Coke Company against the
Ivy Coal and Coke Company for $100,000
damages. The plaintiff claims
that the defendant, during the year
1898, removed about 200,000 tons of
I coal from certain lands belonging to
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the piamuil. lue muu 1U quegwuu is
located in Walker county.
ENGINE BOILER EXPLODED.
Three Men Killed In Peculiar Accident on
I.eliish Valley Koad.
The boiler of engine No. G33, on the
Lehigh Valley railroad, exploded
Wednesday morning while the engine
was pulling a coal train near Mud
Rnn, New Jersey, and three men were
killed.
The engine was blown into the Lehigh
river and the men were instantly
killed. The train was not affeoted and
ran for some digtanoa without tba ongins,
All tbo victims vers rasmed
' and leave families,
RUSSIA MUST YIELD
Or Conflict Will Be Precipitated
at Tien Tsin.
FACED BY BRITISH BAYONETS j
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Dispute Over Railroad Property \
Grows In Intensity?News
From Chinese Capital.
Advices from Tien TsiD, China,
state that the British and Russians
are disputing over the limits of rail?
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way property in ine xtussian uoucession,
and the guards of the two nations
are in close proximity to each
other.
The British have been strongly reenforced
and trouble is imminent unless
the Russians retire.
The Russians are now intrenching in
the disputed territory. A company of
the Hong Kong regiment, with fixed
bayonets, is in front, while two companies
of the Madras Pioneers, under
the command of Major Johnson, are
held in reserve.
Both the Russians and the British
are awaiting instructions from their
governments.
FRICTION AN ADMITTED FACT.
A London special says: A question
in the bouse of commons Friday,in regard
to the news from Tien Tsin announcing
friction between the Russians
and British there elicited a confirmation
from Lord George Hamilton,
the secretary of state for India, who
said Russia had claimed the land in
dispute by virtue of a concession alleged
to have been granted by China
since the disturbances commenced.
The authorities on the spot were dealing
with the matter. The government
had not sent special instructions, as,
throughout the Chinese operations,
the Britist officers had shown a spirit
of excessive conciliation.
LOOTED BY GERMANS.
A cablegram from Pekin says: It
was reported at the United States legation
by Bev. W. S. Ament, of the
local staff of the American board of
foreign missions, that the Germans
bad visited the prosperous market
town of Nan Ming, sixty miles from
Pekin, and completely looted it, and
that they had also ransacked and desecrated
a native Christian chapel and
despoiled women of their trinkets,
even taking rings out of their ears and
generally ill-treating the natives.
The attitude of M. de Giers regarding
further punishments is delaying
the demand of the ministers of the
powers upon theChinese and the matter
has been referred to the home governments.
Mr. Eockhill, the American
special commissioner, says that practically
he is in favor of drawing a clean
sheet over additional executions, but
that certain high officials throughout
the provinces are guily of most barbarous
crimes and that it is generally
recognized that these must be punished
if only as a warning to others.
In every case where leniency was
possible Mr.Rockhill has advocated it,
but he has felt that in a few cases leniency
was out of the question. He
said M. de Giers had virtually agreed
to certain additional punishments,but
that the change in his attitude is presumably
attributable to Russia's annoyance
at the interference of the
others in the Manchuria affair.
At the latest meeting of the ministers,
M. de Giers vehemently declared
that he would rather see his right
hand cut off than consent to further
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uecapiiunuua.
As regards questions of indemnity,
individual American claims, Mr. Rockhill
says, under the agreement agreed
upon by the ministers, will be paid in
almost every case. The arrangement
he considers satisfactory and fair to
both Chinese and foreigners.
MRS. NATION MOVED ON.
She Stopped on the Sidewalk In Kansas
City To Harangue a Crowd.
Mrs. Carrie NatioD, who has been
visiting in Kansas City for a few days,
was arrested in Union avenue near the
union depot Friday for obstructing
the sidewalk where she had stopped
to harangue a crowd. She was released
on her promise to depart on the
next train for Topeka.
THOUSANDS DRAWN OUT.
Falsa Rumors Cause Heavy Ran On S.
Staunch Pennsylvania Bank.
False and unfounded rumors caused
a run on the German National bank of
Allegheny,Pa., Tuesday, duriDg which
$180,000 was paid out to frightened
depositors. The excitement at one
time was intense, causing almost a
panic and giving the police all they
could do to prevent an outbreak.
The bank is a state and national
bank, and one of the most reliable in
the city. It is thoroughly trusted by
the business men of Allegheny, and
Cashier Helm said that every demand
would be met promptly.
GOLD RECORDS SMASHED.
Uncle Sam Is Possessed of More Yellow
Metal Than Ever.
A Washington special says:' On
Friday the gross gold in the treasury
amounted to $482,913,023, Compared
with $416,218,209 at the same period
last year. The day's figures break all
records. The increase in the gold
holdings of the department during the
year has been $66,694,814.
SIX PERSONS CREMATED.
Coal Oil Store Explodes at Campbellton,
N. B., "With Fearful Result.
A special to the Buffalo, N. Y., Express
from Campbellton, N. B., says
that six persons were burned to death
Saturday night at Little Cascapeda,
Quebec, as the result of an explosion
of a coal oil stove in the house of John
Ganthier, of Gauthier & Arseneau,
merchants.
Gaiuhier's wife, who waa siok in
bed, and fire children wer? the Tinto,
BOER WAR NOT OVER.
Result of Armistice- Not Yet Real,
ized According to Dispatch
From Kitchener.
A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, issued
at London Friday morning, is so
studiously silent upon the subject of
the peace negotiations that it leads to
the conclusion that nothing has yet
been accomplished of a sufficiently
definite character to justify lending
official support to the view that the
war is over. Nor do General French's
movements indicate a cessation of hostilities,
although possibly, as no date
is given, bis captures were made previous
to the granting of the armistice.
Lord Kitchener's dispatch, which is
dated at Pretoria, reports as follows:
"Dewet has reached Senekal on his
northward progress.
"French, in addition to his previous
successes, reports forty-six Boers killed
or wounded, 146 taken prisoners
and surrendered, with 200 rifles,
3,700 rounds of ammunition, 2,400
borses, 2,500 cattle and 400 wagons
and carts, besides mules and trek
oxen.
"Metbuen has arrived at Warrenton
from Klerksdorp, bringing in prisononers
and cattle.
"The weather is wet, delaying the
movements of the columns."
A dispatch from Pretoria, after noting
General Dewet's arrival at Senekal,
Orange River Colony, says that though
he has only a small following, Dewet
is nearing a district where he is likely
to receive considerable reinforcements
and probably intends to pick up roving
bands of republicans who are ever
present in the Dornberg and Koranna
districts.
General French, the dispatch adds,
had been detained by swollen drifts in
the Piet Retief district, but is now
able to move again.
Dispatches from Bloemfontein, Orange
River Colony, state that prisoners
who have lately been released by
General Dewet say they think he is a
madmaD. They aver that the terrible
fatigne he has undergone, his anxieties
and the intensity of his feelings
have unhinged his mind. Apart from
this view of General Dewet's mental
state some of his pecnliarities are
that he rarely sleeps within the bounds
of the camp. He seeks his rest outside,
with a few trusted followers.
Thus, the orderlies of his subordinate
commanders are frequently unable tc
find him to receive orders. His secrecy
is extreme. He absolutely imparts
his plans to no one.
General Dewet repudiates the peace
negotiations which are going on. He
has declared openly to the men undei
his command that no terms except independence
will satisfy him. A recent
utterance attributed to General Dewel
is that after the British he hated the
Transvaalers.
The whereabouts of General Dewet
during the last two or three days is
unknown, nor is it known whethei
President Steyn is with him.
CUBANS NOT SATISFIED.
Foreign Relations Committee Will Xol
Accept the Plait Amendment.
A special from Havana says: The
committee on foreign relations hole
another private meeting Friday afternoon.
Senor De Quesada, one of the
members, says the committee agreed
unanimously that the Piatt amendment
in its present form could not be
accepted and that a report to this
effect will be submitted to the constitutional
convention. He also asserte
that the committee is assured of the
support of twenty-eight delegates.
Monday the committee will meel
offftin whAn individual ODiuions or
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the question will be filed, to be incor
porated later into the final report,
The intention of the committee is no!
to make a final report for some time,
bnt Senor de Quesada declares thai
this delay will not weaken the deter
mination of its members not to accept
the Piatt amendment as it stands.
Dewey to Sojourn at Aiken.
Aiken, S. C,, is preparing for Admiral
Dewey. Information was received
there Friday that the admiral's
physicians had ordered him south,
and he has chosen Aiken as his resting
place.
Alabama Tillage Burned.
The village of Comer, Ala., was almost
totally destroyed by fire Fridaj
morning at 4 o'clock. Nine store
houses went up in flames, and only a
small portion of the stocks were saved.
carnegie offers millions.
Proposes to Establish Sixty-Five Branch
Libraries In New York.
Anerew Carnegie, who, since retiring
as an active figure from the steel
world, has been able to devote hie
time exclusively to his other passion
?the founding of libraries?has made
his departure for Europe this spring
memorable by the largest offer of that
kind ever advanced. If New York will
provide the sites and the maintenance
he has promised to give 85,200,000 tc
establish sixty-five branch libraries in
the city.
The offer was made in a letter tc
Dr. John S. Billings, director of the
New York public library.
price of totes were high.
Money Flowed Freely Daring Frlday'l
Election In Savannah. Ga.
In the election at Savannah, Ga.,
Friday, Major Thomas Screven defeated
Captain Henry McAlpin for ordinary
by a majority of 384 and Thomas
F. Thompson defeated Hon. David
Wells for tax collector by 788.
The election was hotly contested
from start to finish and money was
spent freely on both side9, votes ranging
in price from So to $15 each
PULLMAN CARS BURNED.
Tourists En Route to Florida Rose All
Their Clothing and Valuables.
Two Pullman sleeping cars, of trair
No. 32 of the Plant system, Tampa tc
Jacksonville, were completely burnee
at an early hour Sunday morning a1
Buffalo Bluff, seven miles from Jacksonville.
The sleepers were filled with tourists
and all of them were asleep at
the timo of the fire. So quickly did
the flames spread that there wq9 prao
tiealiy no tjifle for saving cjotjies 01
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Exposition Kureaus Formed.
Seven bureaus, with various divisions,
have been formed for the South
I Carolina Interstate and West Indian
j exposition at Charleston. Commit!
tees to serve on these bureaus will be
; appointed later by the auxiliary board
! and the organizations will be perfcctj
ed at once. The bureaus are as fol!
lows:
Bureau of agriculture?Division 1,
agricultural products; division 2, agricultural
implements; division 3, live
stock; division 4, foods and accessories;
division 5, horticulture and floriculture.
T)^^ C /AWAfiiutT on/1
l-> 111 CttU U1 lUi OOl I J J UOU^l ivo WW V4
mines?Division 6, forestry products;
division 7, fisheries; division 8, mines
and metallury.
Bureau of machinery and electricity
?Divison 9, machinery; division 10,
electricity.
Bureau of transportation, exhibits,
good roads, ordnance?Divison II,
transportation exhibits; division 12,
good roads,
i Bureau of manufacturers and
graphic arts?Division 14, manufacturers;
division 15, chemicals; division
16, sporting goods; division 17, furniture;
division 18, jewelry and cera,
mics; division 19, dry goods; division
20, stationery; division 21, leather,
i Bureau of liberal arts, nology and
archaelogy?Division 22, graphic arts;
division33, liberal arts and education;
, division 21, scientific apparatus; division
25, hygiene; division 26, music;
division 27,.ethnology and archaeology.
Bureau of collective exhibits?Division
28, state college exhibits; division
30, city college exhibits; division
31, Cuba, Porto Rico and West Indies;
division 32, Philippines and Hawaii;
division 33, foreign exhibits.
Preparing: to Unveil Monument.
Extensive preparations are already
being made by Veterans, Sons of
Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy
for the unveiling of the South
Carolina menument at Chickamauga.
The ceremony will take place May
29th.
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Want Sentence Coimnnted.
Governor McSweeney is besieged by
attorneys for Lawrence Choice, of
Greenville, who is sentenced to hang
March 29th for the murder of Sam
Coleman. They seek a commutation
' ? - l mu ~
, of seutenoe to me imprisuumout. xuo
j udge and solicitor are understood to
oppose clemency.
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> Are Fighting For a Franchise.
There is a warm fight going on in
^ Sumter for a telephone franchise. The
5 Samter telephone exchange is endeavoring
to hold the exclusive right to
operate 'phones there, while a new
company is making strong efforts to
get into the city. Between friendship
for the local concern and a desire for
k competition the citizens and council
are divided.
I
Found a Kuklux Grave.
? At Greenville W. B. Webb,aplumbl
er, while placing pipes in the court
. house betwen the ceiling and roof
) found a coffin containing human bones,
j The find was soon known and crowds
. gathered. The loft where the coffin
I was found was a place of hiding for a
) Kuklux band daring the civil war,and
the supposition is that the bones are
b those of a member of the gang,
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Tnnocent Man Pardoned.
' Governor McSweeney has pardoned
Will Williams, convicted in Laurens
' county last year of house breaking
and larceny, and sentenced to thirteen
months' imprisonment. The inno'
cence of Williams has been established
by the real criminal who has all the
stolen articles in his possession, and
states that he committed the theft and
that Williams knew nothing about it.
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, Railroad to Cheaterflpld.
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' A railroad nas oeen uum iu vucoterfield.
This was the event in the
Pee section of Ihe state the past week,
and the arrival and departure of trains
will be the event in the old town of
Chesterfield for a good many days to
1 come.
1 Heretofore a trip to Chesterfield
was never taken for pleasure. There
was fifteen miles of sand to plow
through. The competition of this road
i leaves but one court house town in the
state without a railroad?Saluda. This
' is a new county, and plans are afoot for
| the building of a road. A few years
i ago the county seats of Colleton, Pick.
ens and Bennettsville were only aci
cessible by private conveyances.
Big Fire In Sumter.
Fire started last Monday night in
the stables of G. F. EppersoD, at
' Sumter, and before it could be co~1
trolled nineteen buildings were destroyed
at a loss of $40,000 with iu1
surance which does not exceed $14,000.
The flames quickly consumed the
inflammable stuff in the Epperson
stables and spread to neighboring
buildings.
, The old and new county jails, across
the street, caught and were burned
clown. Many buildings within a qnarter
of a mile were at times on fire from
sparks, but at midnight the fire was
i under control.
The volunteer firemen worked so
near the flames that several sections
of hose were destroyed, the heat beiDg
so intense that the firemen could not
stand it. The prisoners in tne jan
were pafely transferred to the town
guardhouse.
Breeden Suicided.
1 Thomas Troy Breeden committed
snicide at his home near Bennetts1
ville. He and his children had been
? down with the grip, and when the
physician called Breeden told him he
would not be alive the next morning
when the doctor came. He kept his
word. Breeden cut his throat and
then shot himself. He was about
I flfty-five years of age.
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ft!"h Had Highwayman.
Willlim Ford,?negro blgb*?y?90,
I entered the store oI aamuei ocnwau,
in Columbia, knocked down the pro- J
prietor with a lead pipe and robbed
the piece. Schwan's arm was broken.
Ford was captured the next morning.
A crowd of Schwan's friends surround- J
ed the prisoner and he was bound to a
telegraph pole with fire. Violence
might have been done had not a motorman
rummoned the riot squad from
the stationhouse. The police unbound |
the negro and sent him in, dispersing I
the crowd in the meantime. Ford is a
desperado who has served in the penitentiary.
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CLOTURE IS APPLIED
The Maryland Senate Passes a i
"Disfranchisement" Bill. J
t
WAS A VICTORY FOR GORMAN \
8
Measure Was Forced Through 1
?
After a Short But Sharp Contest?Bill
Goes to Governor. t
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s
A special from Annapolis, Md., i
states that the Democratic majority *
in the senate, after a tedious session *
Thursday, lasting from 11 a. m. until j
8 p. m., aided by the application of <
the cloture rule, succeeded in passing <
the "disfranchisement" bill by a vote J
of 14 to 11, a strictly party division. The
session opened with a spirited
squabble over the engrossment of the i
bill, the Republican members of the 1
engrossing committee claiming that 1
the committee had not been called to* f
aether bv its Democratic chairman'
c
and insisting that they had not been <
afforded an opportnnity to compare (
the engrossed copy with the original. '
A motion to recommend it to the *
committee was lost, as was also a mo- (
tion to make the bill the special order *
for 4 o'clock. Then, jast as the president
of the senate was about to de- j
clare the bill on its final passage and }
order a call of the roll, thns shutting (
off debate, Senator Wilkinson, of St. j
Mary's county, obtained recognition 1
and proceeded to discuss the provis- (
ions of thtf bill at length. He was fol- 1
lowed by several other Republican 1
senators, with the evident intention of
wearing the Democrats out, but at 1
7:30 p. m. tho president cut off further
debate and the bill was passed. '
It now goes to the house for concurrence
in the senate amendments.
There has been some talk to the effect
that the Democratic leaders in the
house will non-concur in some of
these, in which event the passage of 1
the bill in that branch may be delay- J
ed, but the concensus of opinion is \
that no further obstacle will be placed 1
in its way, and that it will go to the
governor for his signature.
During the fight in the senate form- 1
er United States Senator Qorman sat f
in the private room of the president (
of the senate, adjoining the senate J
chamber, and directed the Democrat- '
ic forces. 1
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BOM POUNDS EDITOR. * 1
Castellane Offended at Paragraph Published
in Paris Fiffmro. i
A special from Paris says: Count i
Boni de Castellane thrashed M. Fernand
de Rodays, editor of The Figaro,
Thursday for stating that M. de Cas- ]
tellane had betrayed the De Roulede
plot on the occasion of the funeral of
the late M. Faure. February 23, 1899,
A duel will follow. .
Count de Castellane interpreted a j
paragraph in The Figaro as alluding ^
to him. Boni was accompanied
by his father, the Marquis de Castellane,
and a newspaper friend, M. j
Dorel. They proceeded to the resi- ,
dence of M. de Rodays, in the Rue de
La Chaussee D'Antin, situated in the
center of Paris. The count asked to
see M. de Rodays and was ushered
into the writer's study. M. de Rodays i
later received the party in his dressing
room. Count de Castellane said:
"Yon published in The Figaro this \
morning an abominable paragraph j
against me." * ,
M. de Rodays replied that he did
not understand what the count meant, j
to which the latter reported hotly: (
"Will you retract or not?"
To this M. de Rodays replied by explaining
that the paragraph was courteously
coached and that no mention
was made of the name of Count de
Castellane. Then, without further
ado, Count de Castellane boxed M. de 1
Rodays's ears severely and repeatedly.
M. de Rodays, who was seated,recoiled
and M. de Castellane followed him up ,
and slapped his face again.
The Marquis de Castellane an5 M. 1
Morel then interposed and protected
M. de Rodays from further violence.
The Castellane party then withdrew. 1
M. de Rodays later in the day said
he had decided to send seconds to
Count Boni de Castellane. '
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SANGER BEGINS DUTIES.
1
He Succeeds Mr. Meiklejohn as Assistant j
Secretary of War. (
Col. William Carey Sanger, of New
York, was appointed assistant secretary
of war Thursday morning and
immediately entered upon the dis- ]
charge of the duties of his new office.
His commission was promptly made
out at the war department and was
sigued by the president during the fore- J
noon.
Polygamy Bill Vetoed. <
Governor Wells, of Utah, has vetoed '
the Evans bill, relating to the making *
of complaints and commencing of j
prosecutions in criminal cases.
COTTON MILLS CLOSING.
Thousands of Spindles Will Soon Be Idle !
In FaU'River. J
At Fall River, Mass., Monday the !
Chase-Robeson American Linen end
Metacot cotton mills, operating 350,- ^
000 spindles, were stopped in pursuance
of the agreement to curtail production.
It is probable that next <
week the majority of the mills in the <
city, including the Laurel Lake mills, ]
which at first had deoidod to oloi# i
Mogdty will be shut dews, i
sum IU vmnuKAw m
iritish and Russians Not (hrorri|J
Anxious to Fight -MiM
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HFFICULTY WILL BE SOLYEB" ^
London Press Declares That
plomacy Will Be Able to
Smooth Out the Friction* ~^||
" 1 -l 1L^
Un til? nignesi omciai saiuwn;
Associated Press representative in.. xgSIl
jondon is authorized to annouBOf^
hat the difficulty at Tien Tsin between^ >
he Russians and British over the con<?.J?|
;truction of a railroad siding in terri- ^
ory claimed by both will probably be ->jip ' %
ol ved by the withdrawal of both the 1
British and Russian troops from tha \
There is a disposition in London to rM
hink too much has been made of
Anglo-Ruisian incident at Tien Twn*:^
ind a more hopeful view of the
s now taken. This is aided by the
itatement contained in Dr. Morrison'* ^ 8
iispatch from Pekin Monday to Tho^;"
London Times, which is talftn to meairM ^
hat the combined efforts of the inte^^H ^
>sted powers are having the effect of ?!
causing St Petersburg to check
endency to undue aggressiveness
;he part of the Russian representatives^ : '
The comments of the aftwnnoi^^ . ^ I
lewspapera repeat the views of '?$|
najority of . the morning papers, - . H
lamely, that diplomacy will be able
smooth the friction. ':H
The officials of the British f<?eagftp
office have not yet received offici|3^|';/:^
confirmation of Russia's alleged boek- -^ 1
lown in regard to Manchuria, Tui&g^V^
lestan and Mongolia, and inquiries
>n the subject are new being made at^l 4
St. Petersburg and Pekin. ' ^
The British Foreign office is not re- :; :M
axing its efforts to secure a more sat- ' > ^
isfactory statement of the inienti<w^-|^
)f Rnssia, bnt the officials deprecate^ n
[he British press agitation on the sub- V
sot. * On all aides it is officially andffiyy
>therwise said that Great Britain baA^s" ' i
not the slightest contemplation of Wtjl - ^
sorting to hostilities against Russia*
(rhatever may be the outcome of tho^i! ^
present negotiations m $
A prominent British official, often - \_-'h
:he mouthpiece of the goveramenjl^H -jM
vhose position makes it undesirably^ 0
that he should be named in this con- ' nection,
said Monday eyening: ~
"It is useless for our newspapers to ^
use provocatiye language. They fof-^ ^
jet that we haye a gieat army in South . ||
Africa and that we haye no other annjvfJ .1
lor the making of one elsewhere, lip
s impossible to go to war with Russia." ;:Jf
A semi-official statement waa issued;.:^
Monday evening to the effect that the .. |i
nuch-talked of assurances of the Bossian
foreign mraiFtei7~CSnut Lazus-- || -vji
lorfl; to Sir Charles Stewart 8oot?rJj ^
British ambassador at St Petersburg,^ ''|c
vere made February 6th and evidently ^
referred to the Basso-Chinese agreigg
nent concluded at Port Arthur
November and not to the Manchum&v'
It is understood that one official^ f ^
riew is that the dispute may eventuilly
be referred to arbitration. ~ ^
WAI1DIB8BB mrSBFXSBS. . 'tS
The Times of Monday made' the fot?^
lowing announcement: ^0
"We learn that Count von- Walder- I
see has interfered as commander
cbeif of the allied forces in China te^||g '
put an end to the mutually hostile at- <
titude of the British and the BasciaftgHH^H
troops at Tien Tsin."
There is i^^nfirmation of this ' J|
statement in miter, quarters, bnt>it ^ ?
has an air of extreme probability and
will be received by England with feel-' ' & .
ings of considerable relief.
The Daily Mail, in an editorial^
which frankly faces a disagreeable |jl|
situation, says:
"We must admit that this is no. 3|
juncture to risk fresh quarrels. Our i
armaments are inefficient, and our fleet ' *
in the far east is so weak that its poei- lion
would be perilous. It is a paln-v;.;jM;^
full process for the nation to have'itss^^~
face slapped, but until the counttjT^7
compels the government to put ourbouse
in order it is a humiliation to
which we must accustom ourselves." :~M
FOUR DIE IN FLAXES. '~M
H?mbera of UooleTom*s Cabin Company Caatht
In a Burninjc Car. At
Olive, a station fprty-five milea
west of Missoula, Montana, Saturd^^^*^ a
special car containing the Ed Davis
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" Company, was^^yj
burned, four members of the company ^|||
losing their lives?three musicians-and '
Ihe company's cook.
The car was attached to the regular ?
eastbound train due to arrive in Mis- */
soula at 9:30. Shortly after leaving
Plains the car was discovered to be.on
fire in the sleeping apartment, and be- '
fore the alarm conld be given the whola^^gg
car was in .flames.
EYANS MAY SUCCEED BUCK.
Rumor In Washington That TenneMooan
WHl Go to Japan.
There is a veil defined report in ad* ^jjM
niniatration circles that H, ' Clay
Svans, the present commissioner of v
pensions, will be appointed to snooted ,
Jolonel Bnok as United States minis;er
to Japan. The Georgia leader is
;o be provided with another position
jither in the diplomatic service or
'something equally as good."
House Calendar Reviewed.
A review of the house calendar
shows that congress was in session J
197 days, which is less than any si
congress for years. Number bills, .. j I
14,336; reports, 3,000; public acts,845; ;1
private acts, 1,260; total acts, 1,595.
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The bnbonio plague is spreading
Capetown. Five corpses, all of color- I
3d perions, were found within twelve
boars. Eleven others, believed ta be B
i&oted by the disease, here fete***
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