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I The Bamberg Herald. _f g^";. ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 11.1901. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. j|j| ? ? I r? a i.av/? infiT n i - RUSSIA BACKS DOWN Czar Does Not losist Upon That Maochorian Agreement GOVERNMENT INFORMS POWERS "** s. . A Note Is In Line With Course Suggs sted By the United States. ilcKinley Is Gratified. A 1 1 . .1 - T .1 CI - 1 A aispaicn received in uonuon Saturday from St. Petersburg says it is learned from a trustworthy source that Bussia's diplomatic agents abroad were instructed on April 3d to communicate to the governments to which they are accredited an identical note in the same terms as that presented by Count Cassini to Secretary Hay. The text of the identical note, as it appears from news which has come to hand, is as follows: "That, in the present circumstances, as a special agreement in the Mauchuria affair instead of being an open testimonial of friendly sentiments on the part of Russia toward China might entail various difficulties for the neighboring state. Russia does not in any way insist upon the conclusion of any such agreement and even abandons all possibility of negotiations in this government. Inasmuch as the imperial government ever adheres faithfully to its original and oft-repeated program it will quietly await the further course of events." WASHINGTON IS GLAD. A Washington special says: The determination of the Russian government not to press to a conclusion negotiations begun some time ago with the Chinese government in regard to Manchuria, has naturally given great satisfaction to the government of the United States. President McKinley is understood ' to recognize in this act of the czar another proof of his sincere regard for * ' the. harmony of the powers now engaged in negotiations in China and his determination to do nothing to impede the speedy and satisfactory conclusion of these negotiations. In his view it is an act worthy of thq enlightened sovereign who initiated the conference of The Hague. The government of the United States is especially gratified by this termination of the late complication, as it l^as constantly been in harmony with that of Russia in all the main points of our policy in China. It is the belief generally entertained in government and diplomatic circles in Washington that no motive can be assigned for this resolution of the czar, as it was clearly within the discretion of Russia to pursue whatever oourse that government thought best for its interests, and it may be said "" I. .arfoinfv tViaf ?r?fVilT?cr WAVU OUOV/l UIU w* V?4U ?J wv?ji?u^ in the wsj of pressure or of combination^fcaa^been put upon the Russian government to induce this result It is true the government of the United States on the first of March made known its views of the matter and : communicated them with entire frankg. ness to "all the powers interested, has been made to Russia or to China. ? BUSSIA S WOBD DOUBTED. Russia's attitude toward Manchuria, as outlined by The Official Messenger, of St Petersburg, is interpreted almost unanimously by the British press as capable of being condensed into a single sentence, "J'y suis; J'y reste' (I am here,'I remain here), and there is no disposition to believe the matter - ; is thus ended. The London Standard, which throughout has takeu a moderate stand, declares that if Bnssia goes bacs on her promise now given as t*> the integrity of China and proceeds to assume in Manchuria the authority denied her by formal stipulation, she will have to confront not only the protest but the armed might of the energetic nation which, under the rule of the mikado, is conscious of its strength to aid the greatness of its destinies. Japan, the paper adds, will have the sympathy and support of nearly all the powers interested in the far east. Franchise Is Granted. The Greenville, S. C., city council has granted a franchise to the American Telegraph and Telephone Company. An office of the company will be located in a few months and Greenville will be connected by telephone with Atlanta, Charlotte and nearly all state capitals east of the Mississippi. Big Deal For Timber Lands. Capitalists of Philadelphia, Clearfield and Williamsport, Pa., have closV 5 -1- f CA AAA ea aen;s ior uu,wu acres ui uiuuuiaiu timber lauds situated in Blouut county, Tenn., along the headwaters oj Little river. RUSSIA BLAMES POWERS. Their Opposition Prevented China From < Signing Mancliurian Convention. A St. Petersburg special says: Rns sia now blames the powers for China's refusal to accept the conditions of the evacuation of Manchuria, aud calmly says she is in no hurry and can await events. The unbiased opinion now is that Russia occupies an impregnable diplomatic position from which nobody can dislodge her. FURMAN LOSES CASE. High Court Says He Should Show Title From King of Spain. In the United States supreme court Monday an opinion wa3 handed down in the case of the governor and the officials of the state of Florida vs. Charles W. Furman. The case involved title to Anastasia island, in the state of Florida, consisting of about 7,500 acres. The state claims it under tie United States swamp land law, while Furman based his claim upon the alleged grant of the island by the Spanish government to an ancestor. - LOOKS BAD FOR PATRICK. Testimony of Valet Jones Is Sufficiently Corroborated to Fasten Crime. The New York Times says: Assistant District Attorney James W. Osborne is satisfied that Yalet Jones' confession on the witness staDd that he murdered the old millionaire, Kice, under the direction of Albert T. Patrick has already been sufficiently corroborated by the five chief witnesses Patrick could call in his own defense to warraut Justice Jerome in holding the accused man to await the action of the grand jury. Mr. Osborne contends that Short, Meyers, Dr. Curry, Potts and Mrs. Francis have already corroborated the valet's story in such important details .as will assure the court of Patrick's connection with the crime. TioPafrioV moda a stflfpiTMTlt Saturday night concerning the case. He had been asked to say something concerning a story printed in a morning paper to the effect that Valet Jones had spent several hours, accompanied by a policeman attached to the district attorney's office, in touring the Tenderloin district. According to this story, hotels, concert halls and gardens and theaters had been visited by the prisoner and his attendant and dozen of drinks taken. On this point Lawyer Patrick said: "I have known that this kind of thing has been going on for several weeks. I could rot have sworn that such was the case, but I have heard from various sources that Jones was plentifully supplied with money, was taking buggy rides and was otherwise , treated with great kindness and consideration." Patrick then went on to speak of the Rice murder case. This is the first time that he has made any statement since his arrest. He said in part: "Jones never killed W.'H. Rice. Had he done so he never would have testified to it, especially as the district attorney has promised him no immunity, nor would his counsel, even though provided by Captain Baker, have permitted him to do so. His confidence is due to the fact that "W. H. Rice at the age of eighty-four died of heart failure, as did his brother, F. A. Rice, yesterday at the age of seven.ty, and there will never be any proof otherwise. "The ouly crime of which Jones is guilty is that of conspiring against the 1900 will and that of perjury in the present proceedings. His fairy story "is the result of a collaboration with Captain James A. Baker, Jones' lawtpt Mr "Rflt.t.lp trhn is hirpd bv Bflkpr: Assistaat District Attorney Osborne and Professor Witthaus, the professional expert, whose report Osborne for the last six months has been expecting in a few days and who swore that Rice died of mercurial poisoning, if he did not die of something else. "The object of Jones's story is to have me held in prison pending the will litigation. I have already been in prison six months on the forgery charge, without being indicted, and I do not believe that there is any serious intention to try me on a criminal charge before a jury." < CLAY DRAWS DEAD LIXE, Old Man Sends Forth an Ultimatum or Defiance to All Comers. A special of Saturday from Lexington, Ky., says: Behind his flagpole, to one end of which he has tied a white rag and to the other a red one, and with his walking cane lying fifty feet from his door to denote his "dead line,"Gen. CassiusMarcellus Clay,who is famous as a statesman, editor and fighter, is pacing the carpeted floor of Whitthill armed with bowie knives and pistols, defying the world, which he imagines is trying to take his life. Only two persons saw him Saturday. These were a negro, Zack White, and his old body-guard, Jim' Bowling. The negro was sent by Hon. Brutus J. Clay, late commissioner to the Paris exposition, to try and get the consent of his father to hold an audience with him and Bowling to bear a note from a correspondent asking a statement for the newspapers. To White, General Clay eaid he was at war with the world and would fight till death. To the correspondent's messenger he said he would not talk for publication at this time, but would have a statement to make later, NICHOLAS "BULLET PROOF." Report Current That Czar Has Dodged Another Assassin's Ballet. A special dispatch from "Vienna says a report is published there that an officer of the guards entered the czar's study Wednesday and fired at him with a revolver. His majesty was not hit, the dispatch adds, and the officer committed suicide. The story is doubted, and is evidently a resuscitation of the report contained in a dispatch from Kieff, April 1st, which said that an officer of the czar's household had attempted to assassinate his majesty by firing at him, missed the czar and then shot himself before he could be arrested. BETRAYED FOR CIGARS. Youg Floridian Secured Information as to Againaldo's Hiding Place. J. D. Taylor, a prominent citizen of Lake City, Fla., has received a letter from his son, Lieutenant James D. Taylor, Jr., of the Twenty-fourth United States infantry, which shows that the young man, with kindness and seven cigars, won over seven Filipinos and secured the information which enabled General Funston to capture Aguinaldo. BROKERS ARE MISSING. ? Alleged That They Held Secnritles Valued at 850,OOO. A. B. Moulder and George S. Cheesman, brokers of Colorado Springs, Col., disappeared two weeks ago and warrants have been issued for their arrest on charges of defalcation. The firm, it is alleged, held stocks and securities for various clients to the amount of $50,COD. They did business under the name of the Mouhler-Cheesman Investment Company and was supposed to be in good financial condition. \ SOUTH CAROLINA \ -jf STATE NEWS ITEMS. rsiCN>cN?rj(rsirsJCMr^ Convicted of reunion Frauds. George P. McCIay, who was convicted iu Charleston last Monday for working general pension frauds and who was sentenced to serve six years, is considered one of the shrewdest pension sharks that ever operated in South Carolina. The pensiou bureau gave out 121 different cases against McCIay, and of this number fifty-four have already been examined. Iu the fifty four cases the government claim" tiut fi-ir(rortr fuirl lipfinir wns slinwn in vuuv W.pv.j CV1 J"',; forty-three, ami some of the more important charges have not yet been reached. McCiay was tried in the Uuited States circuit court on four indictments consolida'e I into one, aud a verdict of guilty was returned in each of the foui. The operations of the pension attorney were not confined to Charleston county, but he found an easy field iu Beaufort and elsewhere. While iu jail awaiting trial, McCiay sent a letter addressed to President WrKinley and cabinet, in which he preferred charges against every federal ollicvr in Charleston. The charges, of oourse, were groundless. It is believed by the government that with the conviction of McCiay one of the most dangerous pension sharks has been removed from the active held. His work extended over a period of many years aud it has been impossible thus far to estimate the mount secured by him on pension claims. Itock Hill Anxious For Dispensary. Up to this time Bock Ilill has had no dispensary. The town has over 5,000 inhabitants and has the trade of a rich back county. It is said the importations of liquor from Charlotte have aggregated at least $60,000 annually. A stroDg move is now beiug made to establish a dispensary in the town, and a hard fight is on. Preachers are openly fighting the move from the pulpit. A strong sentiment favors tL ? ?? A lr i rt /V f ll ti I lit: IUWL1 UUU VUUUiy luaaiu^ t.uu its instead of a North Carolina town. ?"* A lieceiver Wanted. Simon Rothschilds, holder of $50,000 worth of stock, has filed a plea in the United States circuit court at Cincinnati against the Memphis & Charlesion Railway company and the Southern railway, in which a receiver and Accountant is asked. It is also asked that the Southern Railroad company be held to have no right or title in the Memphis & Charleston Railroad company aud be enjoined from any possession under the sale in February, 189S. It is set forth that there was an organization scheme by which the issue of bonds was to be $5,000,000 instead of $6,500,000. Government Exhibit For Charleston. A Washington dispatch says: Direc tor General Averil, of tho Charleston exposition, accompanied by Senator McLanrin, had half an hour interview with the president Monday morning on the proposition to have a government exhibit displayed at the Charleston exposition. 4'You may say to our friends iu Charleston that we intend to have a government exhibit at your exposi tiou." This confident statement was trade by General Averil before he left the white house after his interview with the president. 44It is impossible at this moment to go into all the details which lead me to express myself so emphatically on the subject, because there are certain matters open for further consideration which a nnblic discussion at this time XVI 0-. J seven commissioners and two vice presidents to have charge of the state exhibit. * * Charleston Naval Station. A Washington dispatch ,&ys: The " " I might not benefit. The president ex pressed himself deeply interested in the success of the Charleston exposition and expressed a willingness to lend his assistance in having the government properly represented there, under certain conditions. Senator .McLaurin having opened up the question for us, and having interested the president and members of the cabinet iu the euteiprise, I am assured that we will be able to comply with any fair and reasonable conditions which will enable us to secure the government exhibit. I am not prepared at this moment to discuss the subject of further building? and other apartments for the care and transportation of the exhibits. There are details which are yet to be considered. "I expect to remain here two or three days and with the assistance of Senator McLaurin we will confer with the various members of the cabinet interested and endeavor to reach a conclusion which will be acceptable to the government, as well as the managers of the Charleston expo-ition. It mny be necessary for Senator McLaurin aud myself to go to Buffalo to consult the officials of the exposition there relative to the transfer. This is about all that caii properly be said on tue situation at present, although I appreciate the fact that our friends in Charleston would only be too glad to have a more detailed statement of just what we have accomplished and what is yet to be doae. Under the present circumstances it would not be wise to indulge in a premature publication of our plans, but I am safe iu saying that we will surely have a government exhibit at the Charleston exposition." ?** Illinois To Ap. r :priHl? 82.">,003 For InterstHtr Exposition. The house committee on appropriations of the Illinois legislature repaired a committee bill making an appropriation of ?2,">,000 for au Illinois exhibit at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indies exposition to be held at Charleston next winter. The bill provides that of the amount recommended $5,000 shall be used for an agricultural exhibit, $2,000 for a horticultuial exhibit, not to exceed $5,000 for the expenses of the commissioners and vice presideut, and $3,000 fn* KniMinor.o. The bill provides for I navy department will appoint a boa~d 1 of officers to go to Charleston, S. C., i and devise a comprehensive plau for 1 establishing the new A^antic naval station to be located there. Admiral Eudicott, chief of the bureau of yards : j and docks, has closed the arrangements for the purchase of land, securing the Lawton tract for $50,000, or about $200 an acre. This with other tracts will give 425 acres for the new i station, besides 725 acres of marsh ' land in the vicinity. The deeds are being drawD, and when they are passed upon by tho law officers the board of naval officers will be named to devise plans. It is expected that work will be actually under way on the new buildings and other features of the new station by next autumn. *% Who Will Appoint? The courts will be asked to decide whether the state board of coutrol or the couuly boards appoint the beer dispensers. Under an act of the last legislature the state board decided it Lad that authority and privilege, while the attorney general rules that the county board has the right. The question came up from Charleston, the county board claiming the right under the decision of tue attorney general, itatber than have a fight over the matter, the state board will wait for action by the courts. AVolf Frightens Negroes. A strange animal, believed by some white meu who saw and shot at it, to be a wolf, has appeared in the vicinity of Jouesville, Union county, causing considerable excitement. A party of whites and negroes recently weut to hunt it, but were unsuccessful. It is said to have eaten several sheep. The negroes are very much frightened and tell many wild stories. ?*? ( Negroes On Confederate Jtoll. ( A Columbia special says: Confeder- i ate veterans are considerably exercised f aver ine lacc mat mere are several negroes on the pension rolls. These men have been indorsed for pensions by the couniy boards, and unless the slate board is shown that they are not entitled to pensions they cannot be stricken off. Some camps have passed resolutions of protest. In one instance the colored pensioner was a free negro; in another he was a slave, but lost his leg in following his master iu battle. j CUBANS FAIL TO MEET. Many Delegates to Convention Shy at Plntt Amendment. The Cuban constitutional convention did not meet in Havana Monday owing to the absence of Senor Capott, the president. La Lncha, referring to to the delay, says: "The convention is unwilling to accept or reject the Piatt amendment. Three propositions on lines practically the same as the amendment have been rejected, but the convention refuses to discuss the majority report of the committee on relations, which is diametrically opposed." SQUABBLE OVER PRIZE MONET. Claims Grow Out of Capture of Panama During Spanish War. In the United States supreme court Monday motions were filed for leave to take additional testimony in the case involving the prize money due on account of the capture of the Panama during the Spanish war. The district court for the southern district of Florida decided that the entire award in the case should go to the officers and crew of the Mangrove. The present proceeding is one in be- f half of the officers and crews of the New York. g TO MAKE TE>T CASE. J Government Claim* tho Right to Tax South Carolina Dispensary. ^ The directors of the South Carolina state dispensary have decided to test the right of the United States government to exact license or revenue of the dispensary system. P. H. Crum, the commissioner, was instructed to ^ pay the license under protest and to ^ bring action for the recovery of the -r amount paid. Mr. Franklin H. Macky of "Washington, D. C., will represent ^ the state in the case. The amount involved is considerable. jj AGGY BUYING JEWELS. n Captive Filipino Leader to Be Shown Great Consideration. According to a Manila dispatch Gen- a eral MacArthur says it is impossible to make a statement concerning Aguinaldo dow. 8 It is possible that Aguinaldo will j soon be removed from the Malacanang r palace to a large house, with pleasant t grounds, No. 56 General Solano street, <] a fashionable quarter of the city be- ^ side the Pasig river, which is being renovated and prepared for occupancy, j Aguinaldo is purchasing diamonds ^ and other jewelry. He continues to ti receive certain visitors, but newspa- a per correspondents are excluded. fc 1 SPAIN IN TUBMOIL. c Exciting Anti-Clerical Demonstrations Still Occnr In Many Cities. ? Large and excited anti-clerical meetings at Ma'aga, Cornnna and elsewhere in Spain have passed resolutions c demauding that the government expel ^ the religious orders from the country. At Cornnna the manifestationists pa- r raded the streets shouting "Down ^ with the Jesuits!" and "Down with'** the convents." They stoned the r' Jesuits' college and the offices of the 0 clerical newspapers. E DEALT TN GltEEX iiOODS. Two Men and a Woman Under Arrest at ^ UufT.t lo Charged With Swindling. Two men and a woman who are said to have done such an exten sive business iu green goods that their monthyl ex- P penditure for postage stamps repre- P seuted $500, were arrested at Buffalo, d N. Y., Saturday evening. TlnyareW. c A. Clark and his wife and brother, Lee P L. Clark. t< The inspectors say the gang ha3 been t? operating in the vicinity for several 1 mouths, some of their victims coming s all the vay from Texas. a '* - % WHAT WILL CZAR DO? China Defiantly Refuses to Sign That Agreement. RUSSIANS FORMALLY NOTIFIED Celestials Will Not Offend Other Powers and Assumes Risk. Japan Promises Aid? A special of Wednesday from Pekin says: The Chinese government has ormally notified Russia that China, )wing to the attitude of the powers, is lot able to 6ign the Manchurian contention. "It is China's desire*" 6ays the fornal notification, "to keep on friendly erms with all nations. At present she s going throngh a period which is the nost perilous in the empire's history,* ind it is necessary that she should jave the friendship of all. "however much she might be wiling to grant any special privilege to me power, when others object it is mpossible that, for the sake of .makng one nation friendly, she should ilienate the sympathy of all others." Li Hung Chang says this letter settles the matter definitely and that Russia was informally notified to the >ame effect March 29th. Prince Ching asserts that every Uhinaman eicept Li Hung Chang was igainst signing the convention. INTEREST AT WASHINGTON. Great interest was manifested in >fficial and diplomatic circles Wedneslay night over the Associated Press eport from Pekin that the Chinese inally had determined not to sign the Manchurian agreement. No official nformation had reached this govern nent or the principal foreign embassies. To the Russian ambassador, Count Sassini, the news came as a great surprise, as he had hoped for a successill conclusion of the convention. Russia, he said, had informed the Chinese government that she did not mean to :ake Manchuria, and that her desire vas to make such arrangements as rould avoid the repetition in the ature of the boxer troubles of last sumner. The ambassador declined, in the ibsence of official advices, to indicate vhat probably would be the future course of his government. Russia, in a measure, at least conrols the situation in Manchuria, as the has possession of the country and he great mass of her soldiers now in Uia are within that territory. China laving refused the terms specified by Russia, the Russians assert she may ake her own good time and retire rom the country whenever she is indined to do so. Sould Russia continue in Manchuria, lowever, beyond a reasonable time, here is no obligation upon any power 0 respect her title, and it may be iredicted that this subject will lead to 1 controversy of the gravest character. The United States was firm in its >pinion that it was inexpedient for the Chinese government to enter into a reaty with any of the powers interestid in the present status of the Chinese lituation pending the general settlenent of the matters at issue, and this i 11 _ # .11 >osiuon, Dacaea uy xne views 01 timer governments, It is felt here, has been in important factor with the imperial ;overnment in determining its attitude ipon the Bnssian government. JAPAN TO BACK CHINA? A dispatch to The New York Herald rom Pekin says: "Japan has given China written asurances that she will share the coneqnences of China's refusal to sign he Russain treaty if these consequents include war. The peace negotiaions are at a standstill." INVITATION TO AGGY. tumor Says President Has Asked Filipino To Visit United States. It was rumored in Manila Wedneslay evening that President McKinley 18S invited Aguinaldo to visit the Jnited States and that the former inurgent leader may sail from Manila ipril 15th. General MacArtbur, when inestioned regarding the rumor, said ie had absolutely nothing to commaicate. SAILORS DIE ON EASTER MORN. l Coal Laden Vessel Is Dashed to Pieces Off M^ssachnsetts Bay. Advices from Gloucester, Mass., tate that the storm just before the faster dawn threw on the jagged ocks of eastern point the old Calais womasted schooner Hyena, coal lalen, and within an hour the waves ad torn her to pieces and swept off er crew of four men. Two of them, llmer and Bennett Stanley, managed o reach shore, but her skipper, Capain R. B. Dix. of West Tremont,Me., nd Steward Fuller, were probably illed by being dashed on the rocks, .'he two battered sailors reached Gloucester Sunday morning. STILL THEY COME. facArthur Reports the Surrender of Two Filipino Detachments, The following cablegram was reeived Wednesday from General Mac.rhur at Manila: ' 'Brigadier General Robert P. Hughes eports the surrender at Banga, northrestPanay, March 31st, thirty officers, 85 men, 105 rifles. General Kobbe eports twenty-one men and twentvne guns surrendered March 31st, lortliem Mindanao." SCORPION GOES TO MEMPHIS. Fill Represent Navy at Confederate Reunion Instead of Bancroft. An order issued from the navy deartment Wednesday assigns the Scorion instead of the Bancroft to the uly of representing the navy at the onfederate veterans' reunion at Mcmhis, Tenn., May 26:h. The Bancroft is 3 go to Hampton Roads from Key West 3 be put out of commission about May 5th. She is too small for a training hip and not large enough for a cruiser, ud she will be held up indefinitely. WOMEN AS DUELISTS Mrs. Zeiglin Meets Mrs. Dangh* son on "field of Honor." REVOLVERS BROUGH INTO PLAY Madame Zeiglin Got Worst of Encounter?Husbands Are r-? t. Ail C?eeKing cacn uincr, Mrs. Ella Zeiglin and Mrs. Daughsod, living near Newkirk, Oklahoma, fought a duel with revolvers at twenty paces Thursday aud Mrs. Zeiglin is now in a hospital dangerously, but not necessarily fatally, wounded. Two of her opponent's shots lodged in her breast, but she is able to talk and is anxious to recover that she may again fight Mrs. Daughson. The duel grew out of a long-standing feud between the women, jealousy being ihe original cause. Mrs. Daugh- , son lives on a farm just south of the city and Mrs. Zeiglin has frequently endeavored to arouse the temper of her neighbor by various means, the most effectual being the claim that she (Mrs. Zeiglin) could take Mrs. Daughson's husband away from her at any time she wished. Mrs. Daughson finally appealed to the courts and I Wednesday forenoon Mrs. Zeiglin was fined $300 for trespassing upon the Daughson property and inciting trouble. As soon as she paid the fine Mrs. Zeiglin drove to the Daughson home, smarting over the loss of money and the criticism of the trial judge. Riding up to the door of the Daughsons, she invited her rival to come out and fight a UU?U. Airs. Daughson promptly accepted the challenge and came out armed with a revolver. The women then faced each other at fifty feet and began shooting,the oignal being given by a daughter of Mrs. Zeiglin, who had accompanied her from town. Each fired three shots without effect. Then Mrs. Daughson got the range and fired two shots in quick succession, both striking Mrs. Zeiglin in the breast. She fell and Mrs. Daughson assisted in carrying her into the house, where a physician dressed her wounds, after which she was conveyed to a hospital. Now the husbands of the women are seeking each other, vowing to kill on sight. The partisans of each woman are also burnishing up their weapons and seeking an excuse to shoot somebody. During the trial Thursday the two women attempted several times to fly at each other and fight it out and then and there the belligerent spirit permeated the entire courtroom. Mrs, Zeiglin says her revolver refused to work after the first three shots and that she will make a better record when next she faces Mrs. Daughson. The latter has not yet been arrested and grimly remarks that she has taken the precaution to reload her revolver and oil its joints and that she can be found at home by any one looking for an argument. RURAL FREE DELIVERY. The Postoffl ce Department Sends Ont Circular of Instruction*. Superintendent A. W. Machen, of Hia troo dalirare hnrMll nf DOfit VUG HOW Vtv* 4 I V* J MM* Voffice department, has issued a circular of instructions governing rural free delivery throughout the country. It direots that petitioners for such service be heads of families, who shall show the relative population along the route, character of the roads, principal vocations of the people and distances each one now has to travel to get mail. A map of the route proposed is required. The petition must be iudorsed by either a senator or representative in congress. Each route must be over twenty miles long, serving at least a hundred families, and those desiring the delivery hereafter must be prepared to put up suitable boxes. Rural carriers may carry other business other than United States mail. Patrons are required to co-operate by keeping the roads up to the standard in all weather. The maximum pay for carriers now is $500 per annum for a full route of approximately twenty-five miles. ABDUL PROFESSES PIETY. Earthquake Frighten* Ohl Turk Into Humble Expression*. The sultan of Turkey, replying to Emperor William's telegram of congratulations upon his recent escape from harm dnriDg the receDt earthquake in Constantinople, thanks the kaiser for his cordial sentiments, and adds: "My attitude at the time of the earthquake was the result of a feeling of constant submission to the divine will; and I thank the Almighty, who is watching over my person and subjects and who preserved them from peril. I shall pray God ever to spare humanity from such calamities." PISCOYERY OF FLORIDA And Landing of Fonce de Leon Celebrated By Citizens of St. Angastlne. At St. Augustine, Fla., Thursday night several hundred citizens and visitors celebrated in Fort Marion the 389th anniversary of the landing of T.nncfl do T.onn and th? disooverv of JJWUWV v?v w ? ?? ? f Florida. A salute of seventeen gans was fired in honor of Ponce de Leon, after which speeches were made. The celebration closed with a display of fireworks. TENKESSEXAXS BARRED OUT. State of Kentuoky Decides to Quarantine Against Her Neighbor. A dispatch from Louisville says: Kentucky is to quarantine against the state of Tennessee for smallpox. Thursday afternoon the executive committee of the state board of health decided to take the step. This quarantine will be absolute, in that no person will be allowed to cross the Kentucky state line coming from Tennessee who cannot show a certificate of recent vaccination. 1 GEN. CLAY DEHtS UtfltEKJ). Old flan Fires Upon Sheriff and Deputies Who Were Trying To Serve Legal Writ. A special from Lexington, Ky., says: With the cry, "The Vendetta!" on his lips, General Cassias Marcellas Clay, the famous abolitionist and dnelist aud former United States minister to Russia, Friday morning led his little bodyguard to battle against a sheriff's posse which had gone to Whitehall, his palatial mansion in Madison county, to serve papers upon the general in a civil case instituted against him by his daughter, Mary B. Clay. Many shots were fired on each side and the posse finally departed without accomplishing the purpose of its visit. It is reported thnt General Clay was wounded in the affray. Friday's conflict was directly connected with the domestic woes of General Clay which have darkened the closing years of his life. The principals in the battle were General Clay and two of bis bodyguard. Bud Literell and Jim Bolin on one side, and Sheriff Colyer, Deputy Terrill and Frank Mason, of Madison county, on the other. The writ which the sheriff sought to serve was one ordering the delivery of some furniture belonging to the general's daughter. The officers approached the house from the north, passing through the apple orchard. The general's Russian bulldog set up a barking and the officers stopped at Ihe yard. The general's bodyguard promptly came to the door and the sheriff announced that he desired a personal interview with the master of Whitehall. General Clay in a few moments came to the door, revolver in hand. "General Clay," said the sheriff "we are here on a peaceful mission." "You are on my property without leave and I will shoot you," replied the old man, who, almost blind, strained his eyes as if trying to make out the locatioh of an enemy. "Don't shoot, general, we are friends," shouted Sheriff Colyer. "Spies!" he returned, and handing his pistol to one of his men, he took instead a repeating shptgun and cocked it. Sheriff Colyer sought shelter behind a large oak tree near by and his deputies also hid themselves. All pulled their weapons. "General Clay shrieked, "The Vendetta! The Vendetta!" and began firing in the direction from which he heard the voices. . The aheriff fired in return after the crAnprftl had >imatied the weanon and DW?w-? rv c ~ his deputies also fired, they say, not at the old man, but hoping to scare him into seeking shelter. Colyer^as skootiDg wild also', not desiring to k0t' the old man, who, although doing his best to kill them, believed he was firing upon an enemy. After emptying the shotgun General Clay tried his revolver, which would not fire. He then took from the hands of the other guard a rifle and and began discharging it at the frightened sheriff and deputies. Exhausting his ammunition. General Clay sought retreat. He went into the room and putting up the iron bars, ordered his men to adjust the pistols, three large navy weapons, always kept lying on a dresser. He armed himself with a large bowie knife and butcher knife. Stationing himself at the side of the door, he awaited fnrthur attack. After General Clay had retreated into his den Sheriff Colyer and his men left the yard. They found a negro boy, and sent him to the house to try to get General Clay to come out unarmed, and meet them, but in this they were not successful, and they returned without serving the process. Sheriff Colyer announced that he would wait a day or two before trying to serve the papers. The trouble originated some months ago when General Clay, who had been left alone after his child-wife, Dora Richardson, ran away and left him, sent for Mary B. Clay, a daughter, to come and live with him. For some weeks they got along nicely and the veteran appeared to be satisfied. Two weeks ago he told his daughter to go to his family and secure their consent to release all claims on the property which he occupies. He wanted to give the property to Dora, the young divorced wife, who is now the wife of Riley Brock, and resides at Pinckard, in Woodford county, on property given her by the general. The daughter went away according to orders and, returning a day or so later, was met at the door by the old man. His eyes were fiery. In his tremblinc hand he held a revolver grasped tightly. He demanded to know the result of the visit. "It's all right," said the frightened daughter. "All right, is it?" retorted the infuriated man. "You lie. I know you are deceiving me." Leveling his revolver at his daughter's head, he added: "Leave my house and never come here again." Miss Clay later on secured a writ of delivery for her furniture and placed the paper in the hands of Sheriff Colyer. NOTED SEMINOLE DEAD. Old John Jnmper, Chief Counsel of Florida Indians, Is No More. Old John Jumper is dead at his camp on Snook creek, in Florida. Jnmper "was one of Chief Jumper's sods, who reigned during some of Florida's darkest wars with his tribe. All the white citizens knew him well, as he has for a number of years been chief counsel for the Seminole3 and was eighty-five years old. GENERAL GOKDONM~COMPANY. Bond* are Deposited la Georgia Treasury By New Insurance Concern. An Atlanta dispatch says: The American Annuity and Mutual Life Insurance company, of which Genera^ John B. Gordon is president, deposited the required registered bonds with State Treasurer Park Monday and will at /jnce begin the operation of business in Georgia and Alabama. The amount of bonds deposited was $5,000, but the sum will be enlarged with the increase or cosiness transacted by the company. - f" *'> >r . J". <v?. KUAlft JUI1N | A Gigantic Combine of Railways 'J Said To Be Consummated. ALL UNDER ONE flANAQEHOT || Amalgamation Alleged To Be the Work of Magnate Morgan. f* Community of Interest. A Cincinnati special says: A gigantic" amalgamation of fonr railroads, it fs-*j5j said, has jnst been effected. ' roads sr? th? Sonthprn rsilwiv. Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, tba Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville ; and the Cincinnati Southern.* J. Pier-;; r jnt Morgan is reported to hare formed ^fa| This consolidation has been qnently agitated in connection with 2;^ the pending renewal of a lease of the Cincinnati Southern to the Srotbah^i . ^ rail way, but the officials of the two lines, deny that anything haa yet been dona that will warrant the announcement s^ There was no information obtainabfr^^ < at the Southern railway offieea pL&j j Washington regarding the reported amalgation of railroad interests, AHjj^H of the officials possibly compatriots^ ' talk regarding the alleged deal aie^reg ; | of the city. All of the roads men*,-;b tioned'are on specially friendly rela*J^|B The Cihcinnati Southern it stated-to:|^:S be owned jointly by the Southern and- % the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton* . J: The Monon road, otherwise the Chi-;;, cago, Indianapolis and Cincinnati, ia /j. "bi said to be closely identified with therejgjS Morgan interests and thus have cloee^? relations with the Southern. There: ? is also a strong freight traffic relation between the Sonthern and the Cinds-^f m nati, Hamilton and DaTton. Heports that huge railroad combin? r " ations are in process of foraisffejra were widely circniated in New XorifcV! Detailed statements concerning the ; |S plan already published looking "to the - ' i combination of all the great railway j 1 systems of the United States undsr > ; ; the control of one company were giv- %'p cd, bnt as a general thing prominent b % railroad officials and bankers declined^ to discuss the matter. ; According to all accounts the eateiv ^i ^ prise involved the greatest oombina- ^ ; tion of capital known in the history ! a T1 i 3 A* n nance. u wm? iimn mn jm ,-werald be formed under the tare qf*j| New Jersey for the purpose of oocr^^Bj ducting a general freight and transportation business throughout th#;f United States; that the company woufcfc^s ^ hold a controlling interest in all of the 9 great railway systems and that the - * management of the roads would be ; M vested in the controlling company, According to the proposition, each .% W road wonld preserve its identify snti;^ corporate existence,but the newoompe- ;'S ny would control the affairs of alL this policy it was claimed large sums ' || of money conld be saved as a result ; economies in management and the ? m stopping of rate cutting. The of men like J. P. Morgan, William K. . >* Jj Yanderbilt, James J. Hill, Edward *Cs? Harriman, George J. Gould, John D?;| | Rockefeller, Jacob H. Schiff and JiSb^ Stillman were freely used. Ws One report stated that the first stsp 'J in the proposed plan would be the securing of control of the stocks of tha^l* ^ Chicago, Burlington and Quinsy, thstf| Erie, the Great Northern and Nor tilem Pacific, and that provision would.^1 be made for the acquisition of other J properties in the immediate future. |p All that is aimed at, according to the best authority obtainable, is a community of interest. The close amal- * gamation of a community of iniersst|| basis was first brought about through the efforts of J. Pierpont Morgan, as ' 0 a result of this close union of interest ruinous rate wars are already at en end, not so many high-priced officials are needed aa before, and one can bny ? < a ticket on any trunk line in almosjk^S^ any one of the large offices in the cities. However, that a single company'. < M will be formed under tne new laws to take over all the railroads of the country is not considered seriously by well informed railway men. GAGE TAXES 15 KOBE B09D& Secretary Buys Another Batch of Short Term Government Seearttiof. Wednesday the secretary of the treasury purchased in New York $872,- : 000 additional short term bonds at substantially the same rate as paidior the $2,000,000 bonds purchased Tuesday. The secretary has rejected some offers of bonds that were a trifle higher than the figures named in the proposi- , Cromwell Goes to Beliere Schley. -0 Bear Admiral Bartlett J. Cromwell, who goes to relieve Bear Admiral Schley as commander of the South Atlantic squadron, sailed from New ^ York Wednesday on the Si Louis. GRIGGS LEA YES CABDTET. Solid Silver Piteher Is Given tm tho SlMl "jigm iny Officer By Associates. Friday Attorney General Griggs < jfi took leave of his associates in the cab inet and in the department of jnstfoft' and will leave at once for his home in Peterson, N. J. Solicitor General Richards, on behalf of the officers and employee! of *r?| the department, presented to the re- -.fj? tiring attorney general a large, solid ^ silver pitcher. CORNERED "GOOBER" BASKET. ' 4Hoboken, N. J., Firm Buys Up All the J Peanuts In Sight. It was announced in New York ",M Thursday that a firm in Hoboken, N. J., had cornered the peannt markeft^ jS having purchased all the nnta in the 3/5 Chicago, Boston and New York^ ^ markets, as well as having secured 125 car load lot from Norfolk, Yn.-^ ; There has been an advance in prioee from 70 to 90 cents a bashel latelfywrr^ vnd a member of the firm says thifi^Haa:;, J| >een dae to the corner and exbressea'-B As opinion that it will go still higher.