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City of Padncah Strike a Snag
> In Mississippi River.
ONLY SEVEN ON BOARD ESCAPEj
At Least Twenty-five of the Crew, the j
Majority of Whom Were Negro
Roustabouts, Went Down
to Watery Graves.
A special from Carbondale, 111.,
says: The steamer City of Paducah
was sunk near Brunkhorst landing,
sfbout four miles north of Grand Tow *
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er, at 12 o'clock Sunday night. Between
twenty-five and fifty people
were drowned, only seven escaping
with their lives.
The City of Paducah left St. Louis
Sunday morning on a downward trip
and stopped at most of the landings
and loaded freight Between 11 and
12 o'clock Miss Fannie Block, who, in
company with her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. Block, was going from St. Louis
to Evansville, Ind., was aroused from
sleep by a sudden jar. She asked her
mother if her berth had broken down,
and no sooner had the words passed
UCI upo mau nav? iuouvu >uw vuv i
apartments and they were compelled j
to act quickly to save their lives.
With four others they escaped to the
-I- Ilinois shore by holding on to drift
wood and swimming.
The seven saved are Hebrews. Rev.
Mr. Block is a Jewish rabbi. The seven
survivors of the catastrophe made
their way down the river bank-to
Grand Tower and aroused Mrs. Baronowsky,
at.the Tremont hotel, where
they were given lodging until Monday
morning. They lost all their clothes
and valuables and had nothing but
their underwear and -blankets about
them. Among the drowned were
about twenty-five negro roustaboats.
Frank White, whose home is in
Kansas City, told the following story
of the disaster:
T -got on the boat at Landing 76
to go to Cairo. The boat stopped at
Lake Ditch landing and took on several
sacks of corn. We landed again
V at Brunkhorst, which is only a few
miles from Lake Ditch, and took on
corn. At both places about seventeen
sacks were loaded. After the corn at
? Brunkhorst had been placed on board
the boat started down stream and just
as she put off struck a snag, tearing a
hie' hole in her.
'The crew then tried to place the
stern of the boat toward the river and"
while turning her around she sank.
She is about thirty feet from shore
and her cabin and pilot house are
above water. I jumped into a skiff
and made to shore.
"I don't know how many were
aboard, but I think there were about
* twenty-five drowned. Among them
were two engineers, one white woman
and about fifteen negroes.
"There was great confusion, and it
?:v - may be that more were drowned."
The bodies of the two passengers
have been recovered. First Mate Tobias
Royal, of St Louis, says only
* * about twelve passengers w ere on
board and all were saved except two.
The body of Dr. J. W. Bell, of Bell's
landing, Tennessee, was taken* out of
his stateroom. The remains of a young
woman, on which was a visiting card
reading: "Mrs. Mary L. Allen, St
Louis, Mo.? were recovered from her
stateroom. Two friends traveling
with the drowned woman, who started
back to St. Louis on the steamer City
of Clifton, .said that the young lady
was engaged to marry Dr. C. A. Meredith,
of St Louis. Several hundred
- dollars' worth of jewelry was found
on her body.
It is supposed that most of the missing
deck hands, who were on the lower
deck, were washed down the river.
The boat lies down about 100 feet from
the Illinois shore, the forepart of the
hurricane deck being under water.
She appears to be a total wreck.
Threaten to Shut Down.
The New York Builders' Association
issued a statement Monday regarding
its decision to shut down operations
on Thursday unless the blicklayers'
union call off all strikes in tne meantime.
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% CHINESE WANT REDUCTION.
Government Is Appalled at Amount of
Indemnity Demanded.
Dr. Morrison, wiring to The London
Times from Pekin, May 10th, says:'
"The Chinese plenipotentiaries are
drafting a reply to the ministers of
the powers expressing astonishment
at the amount of indemnity demanded
and urging a reduction on the ground
of the empire's financial difficulties,
but undertaking, if the full amount isexacted,
to pay in thirty annual installments
of 15,000,000 taels from the
likin, sait tax and native customs.
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PORTO RICAN GOODS SEIZED.
Customs Collector Pounces Upon the
Island's Exhibit at Buffalo.
The exhibit of Porto Rico, which arrived
at the Pan-American grounds at
Buffalo. N. Y., Monday, was seized
by Collector of Customs Henry W.
Brendel. The material was brought
from Porto Rico on an army transport
and was unloaded in the navy yard at
Brooklyn, thus escaping inspection at ;
any customs office.
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DEUTSCHLAND A HUSTLER.
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Big Hamburg-American Liner Makes
Record Never Before Equalled.
The Hamburg-American steamship j
Deutschland, which arrived in port at i
New York Thursday, made five hun- i
dred and eighty-seven knots, or 676.61 i
statute miles, from noon on May 8th j
to noon Thursday. An hourly average
speed of 24.53 knots was maintained
throughout the whole twenty-four
hours. This is a record that has never
before been equalled by any vessel.
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Bids ealied For.
A Charleston dispatch says: The ,
erection cT the army barracks on Sul- )
livan's island win oegm as soon as j
the contracts can be awarded. Bids
for the construction of the buildings
have been called for and when these
are opened the approval of the war
department will be secured so that ,
work will not be longer delayed. When j
tfie new barracks and dwellings for ,
officers have been completed the post }
will be one of the most important on j
the south Atlantic coast, and the quar- ,
ters will be as commodious and handsome
as is possible to make. There
will be all modern conveniences for
the soldiers. The grounds are being
put into shape and the old buildings .
recently sold are being hauled away j
to make room for the new ones.
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Port Royal Naval Station.
A Washington special says: The
sole proposal for fhe completion of i
the work of dredging a channel oppo- (
site the Port Royal naval station,
South Carolina, bids for which were (
open to submission up to 1 o'clock at
the bureau of yards and docks, navy '
department Monday, was P. Sanford
Ross, of Jersey City. N. J., who offered
o complete the work at $2.20 per cu- (
oic yard for earth and rock dredged and
deposited on the station and $1.25
per, cubic yard for earth ore rock j
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Perfecting the Titles. <
Titles to the property recently purchased
by the United States for the <
naval station site at Chicora park are
being perfected, and it is expected
that these will be delivered to the
navy department within the next few
weeks. District Attorney Lathrop is 1
attending to the work for the govern- i
ment The official report in Charles- f
ton is that work on the station will begin
early in July, and when once
started all possible speed will be J
made to have the station completed at 1
the earliest possible time. The dry f
dock will probably be built first, as t
there is need for this by the navy de- t
partment. The city has already trans- ]
ferred its part of the land needed, and
the titles to the Lawton property, sold
a few weeks ago. are being prepared
for delivery. In business circles the
building of the naval station is ac- <
cepted as a strong indication of re- i
newed prosperity for the city.
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Good Water is Wanted.
A special committee which is rep- 1
resenting the Charleston city council
in its efforts to secure a new water
supply for the city will hold a meeting
to act on a proposition to secure 1
an ample supply of good water from j
Ten Mile Hill. According to an esti- j
mate made by an Atlanta firm, tne i
springs around the hill, which is ten i
miles distant from Charleston, have <
a dkily supply of more than 5,090,000
gallons. The water has been tested
and found pure, and the estimated
supply is amply sufficient for the
needs of the city. For two years the
city has been working on a scheme
to bring water from the Edisto river,
a distance of thirty miles, but the
great cost of such an undertaking has
interfered with the plans. It is said
that there is a possibility of the last
proposition being accepted, in which ,
event the city will get the new supply
within one year's time.
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Negro Proved His Innocence.
Willie Wilson, colored, was acquitted
of the charge of murder at Orangeburg
last Monday. Three months
ago hundreds of men in that county?
perhaps some of those who tried him {
?were trying to lynch him. One evening
while Mr .and Mrs. J. H. W. Hydrick
were driving on a public road !
some months ago, their buggy was i
driven into from the rear; they were 1
thrown out and Mr. Hydrick so badly
injured that he died. Wilson, a negro,
claimed his horse was running away 1
and unmanageable, but others declared
he was drunk. To escape the lynchers
he was hustled out of the Orange- 1
burg jail and transferred to the peni- 1
tentiary. Deputies with Winchesters - 1
guarded him during the trial, it being
feared an attempt might be made to
kill him. .
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Promising Coal Vein Found.
A few days ago D. S. Bell, who lives ,
thirty miles from Greenville, Beets
Spring township, Spartanburg county. ,
exhibited in Greenville samples of i
what he supposed to be coal. He sub- ,
ID11I6Q me samples iaj ,
largely interested in coal properties
in Kentucky, who pronounced them to j
be coal of superior quality. Bell said
that so far as he could judge the vein ,
of coal is three or four feet thick.
Some of the samples were imbedded
in white flint rock. He has leased the
land where he dug out the samples
and will continue his investigations.
If he finds the vein continues and indications
of coal deeper are discovered
he will organize a company to de- !
velop the property. He believes he
has struck it rich.
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Builds Road for Employees.
The Atlantic Coast Lumber Company.
with headquarters at Georgetown.
is building a railroad from a .
point just across the river from
Georgetown to Pawley's island, a seashore
resort. This is largely to ac- <
commodate employees of the company
who work in the malarial section all
the summer, and last year many
whites from the north died. With this
sixteen mile railroad they can sleep in
the sand hills lapped by the waves and
return to work every morning.
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A "Babe in the Woods."
A child about a week old was found
in the woods near Fair Forest, a small
town six miles from Spartanburg, last
Monday afternoon. A young man and
woman, strangers in the town, were
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seen to leave the baby near the road, i
They drove rapidly toward the city. !
Early in the afternoon a man of the I
same description, young, handsome
ind well dressed, hired a turnout and
Irove off with the woman, carrying a
bundle in her lap. They went toward
Pair Forest. Later the same man came
nto town hurriedly and asked for a
lotary public, saying a couple at the
Southern depot wanted to get married.
Two notaries refused and the stranger
lurried away, saying he had to catch
;he Abbeville train. After the afterioon
trains had all gone messengers
?ame from Fair Forest with the story
ibout the baby rescued. The couple
irrived in Spartanburg some days be"ore
and registered as Gus Shaw and
ivife, Abbeville. Two days after their
irrival a baby was born. Dr. F. L.
Potts being the attending physician,
rbe parties are unknown here.
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Reunion Largely Attended.
The reunion of Confederate veterms
at Columbia the past week was
largely attended. Columbia made
?reat preparations for the entertainment
of her guests, many social features
having been arranged in their
honor.
Abbeville was represented by Miss
Mary Hemphill, sponsor of Camp Secession,
and her two maids of honor.
Miss Rachel Hemphill and Miss Florence
Henry, and by Mrs. L. H. Russell.
Mrs. S. G. Thomson and Miss Antoinette
Thomson.
Among the veterans attending were
Judge Lym, General Hemphill, Mr.
2. W. Kendell, Mr. W. W. Edwards,
Mr. Obediah Cann, Mr. J. C. Gillabeau.
Mr. George White, Mr. W. A. Templeton,
Mr. Ft B. Speed, Mr. C. V. Hammond,
Mr. Wyatt Aiken.
SAVANNAH WINS UNIQUE CASE.
Sity Can Levy Tax on Its Own Property
When Same is Leased.
In the United States supreme court
Monday an opinion was handed down
n the case of Wells vs. the city of Savannah,
Ga., involving the question of
;be city's right to tax its own property
vhen leased to another party. The
supreme court of the state of Georgia
leld in favor of the city's contention
or this right, and Monday's opinion
ipholds that decision on the ground
:hat the lease in this case amounted to
practically a sale.
Currency for Jacksonville.
The treasury department has or
tiered an increase in me amount ut
shipments of currency from New York
to New Orleans from $250,000 a day
to $500,000. This is on account of the
iemand for currency by Jacksonville,
Fla., made necessary on account of
the fire.
Indemnity Aggregates $337,000,000.
Information has been received ' at
Washington confirming the dispatch
from Pekin regarding the amount of
Indemnity to be demanded. The total
has now been reduced from something
like half a billion dollars to $337,000,300.
WILL ERECT HONOR TABLET.
Memorial Shaft to Massachusetts
Dead for Andereonville.
At the meeting of the executive
council at Boston, Mass., Wednesday,
plans were approved for the monumental
tablet to be erected at Andersonviile
next fall to mark the sps>t
where 767 soldiers of Massachusetts
lost their lives in the union cause.
This memorial was authorized by
the legislature last year, when an appropriation
of $3,000 was made. The
memorial will be constructed entirely
cf Quincy granite.
NEWS FROM MANILA.
Cc-lonel Astilla, Insurgent Governor,
Surrenders with Officers and Men
A Manila special of Wednesday
says:: Colonel Astilla, the insurgent
^nvprnnr of Infanta nrovince, has sur
rendered with ten officers, ISO men,
170 rifles and ten cannon.
The United States Philippine commission
has decided to establish an
insular government printing plant.
Provost General Davis is preparing
recommendations to submit to the
commission for a separate scheme c!
city government in Manila.
FINALE IN ROBERTS' CASE
Utah State Supreme Court Strikes
Sensational Charges from Docket.
A special from Salt Lake, Utah,
states that the case against Brigham
H. Roberts, who was elected to congress
three years ago and expelled after
invstigation of charges of polygamy
brought against him, was stricken
from the docket of the state supreme
court, the point being raised
that the indictment was defective. It
is probable that this is the end of this
celebrated case.
FARMER DRIVEN FROM HOME.
Irate Neighbors Force Peterman to
Seek Refuge in Charleston.
M. Peterman. a farmer living near
Monck's Corner, S. C., who claims to
have been driven away from home by
whitecaps, has moved to Charleston.
He has written to Governor McSweeuey
that the man left to attend to his
property has also been warned to j
leave. It seems that Peterman had j
frr.nhle with his neighbors, the Thorn- i
leys, and an injunction was issued by |
Judge Aldrich requiring the neighbors :
to stop trespassing on his property.
This brought or. the first actual clash
ci' arms.
PORTO RICAN FUNDS STOLEN.
Two Postal Officials of Island are Under
Arrest for Embezzlement.
A dispatch from Ponce, Porto Rico, j
says: Carlos and Ramon Julia, re- i
spectively postmaster and assistant I
postmaster at Juana Diaz, have been
arrested on the charg of embezzlement.
Inspector Smith, on April 27.
found that the post office at Juana
Diaz should have a balance of $952.
No cash was on hand.
The bondsmen of the prisoners will
reimburse the government in full.
IRISH PAPER SEIZED i
Contained Scathing Denunciation I
Of His Royal Nibs, Edward.
EPITHETS LAY1SHLY EMPLOYED |
Polluted Hero, Bald-Headed Roue and <
Genteel Perjurer Were Some
of the Choice Expressions
Used By Editor.
Advices from Dublin state that the
police of Cork, Limerick and other
towns of Ireland seized all the copies
of William O'Brien's weekly paper,
"The Irish People," found at the news
dealers Friday. The offending article, j
it now appears, was an abusive attack j
on King Edward. It was as follows: .
"Down upon-his knees before an old ,
and baldheaded roue, lover of every r
woman of fair features who has ap- (
peared in English society for forty ?
years, including titled dames and as <
yet untitled actresses?the English
gentleman perjurer of a historic divorce
case, the polluted hero of one ]
of the malodorous scenes in Zola's ]
rotten novel, 'Nana,' the center of a ]
score of the most disgraceful scandals ]
of the most contemptible type, down <
in front of this English king, whose i
latest public performance was to stig- (
matize on his solemn oath the whole 1
Catholic world as superstitious idola- i
tors, knelt the English-born cardinal <
prince of the church with a document i
that might have been presented to a 1
Legree in a southern plantation fifty |
years ago, but not by an Uncle Tom, (
poor but contented, of Harriet Beecher
Stowe's great story, would have <
seen his black skin stripped off inch 1
by inch rather than put his mark to 1
a document like that signed and pre- <
sented by Cardinal Vaughan and the 1
duke of Norfolk on his solemn oath. i
"We do not believe he attached the <
slightest solemnity to the perform- ?
ance. But the fact remains?this old *
and worn out descendant of a race of '
scoundrels and practical professors of 1
hideous immorality asseverated that 3
the most of the sacred doctrines of the
Catholic faith were idolatrous and su- '
perstitious. He has not yet recanted. ''
He has not said a word to indicate he '
did not thoroughly approve of the ,
terms of the oath framed in the days
of Titus. The oath of a perjurer is no \
less vile than that of the reigning
king; but, on bended knees, the prince
of the church knelt before this unut- ,
terably abominable person. Let us i
console ourselves with the fact that
the presentees were English Catholics, .
who are repudiated by the only really ^
Catholic nation now in existence. The (
loyalists represented England only, .
and if the English Catholics choose
onl/nnmloMoro thomeplvPS SllDfirSti
tious idolators, it is 110 fault of ours."
The police of London are suppressing
copies of the paper forwarded before
the office in Dublin was seized.
Dillon Denounces Seizure.
A London special says: At the conclusion
of the questions in the house
of commons John Dillon (nationalist),
moved the adjournment of the
house in order to call attention to the
seizure of The Irish People.
Mr. Dillon complained that the action
of^the authorities was grossly illegal.
He said he was not concerned to
defend the violence of the attack, but
any seizure should have been done
through the courts. Far more violent
attacks on Queen Victoria had beenmade
in the English papers without
being seized. The present action was
a blow at the liberty of the press.
The motion for an adjournment was
defeated by a vote of 252 to 64.
The morning papers of London are
unanimous in denouncing the scandalous
attack of The Irish People upon
the king; but serious doubts are raised
as to the wisdom of Mr. Wyndham's
action in seizing the paper?
first, because the seizure was illegal,
it being a case for prosecution; second,
because to the delight of the
Irish members it has given worldwide
publicity to Mr. O'Brien's hitherto
little known paper and will be, the
nationalists claim, worth thousands of
dollars to them from American sympathizers.
HEAVY BATTERY FOR BUFFALO.
Uncle Sam's Artillery wni uive txnibition
Drills at the Exposition.
A Dispatch from Norfolk, Va., says:
Battery B, Seventh United States
heavy artillery, left Fort Monroe Saturday
afternoon by the Chesapeake
line and Baltimore for the Buffalo exposition.
There the battery will give
exhibition drills in the handling of
heavy field artillery.
Building Seven New Railroads.
The secretary of the North Carolina
corporation commission announces
that work is now in progress on seven
railways in that state.
GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT.
Great Interest Aroused Over Coming
Meeting at Jackson, Miss.
A great deal of interest is being
aroused over Mississippi in the good
roads movement, and the agitation of
the rmestion will result in much good.
Since the governor's proclamation a
number of towns and business leagues j
have elected delegates to the good j
roads convention that is to be held in
Jackson on the 14th and 15th of June. I
Free Delivery for Jackson.
Rural free delivery service will be
established to commence June 1st at
Hoschton, Jackscn county. Georgia,
with one carrier. The route is 25 miles !
long, covering an area of 25 square |
miles, with a population to be served I
of 500.
Panicky in London.
Great panic prevailed in London
Thursday afternoon in American securities.
Down, down, down went
I Americans and traders were paralyzed
witn panic.
MRS. M'KINLEY IS ILL
President's Itinerary Is Changed
Somewhat as a Result.
JVELY ROW OVER PRECEDENCE
)hio Party and Governor Nash's
Crowd Make a Big How! Over Alleged
Slight Accorded
Them.
The sudden illness of Mrs. McKinley
ias caused an unexpected change in
:he itinerary of President McKinley.
^Ie arrived in San Francisco Sunday
ifternoon several hours ahead of the
lime scheduled. The state of Mrs. McXinley's
health was such that the
president decided to leave Delmonte
with his wife for the home of Henry
r. Scott, In San Francisco, where she
could have complete rest and where a
specialist could be consulted, if necessary.
Ohio Party Discomfitted.
The Ohio party en route to San
Francisco to see the launching of the
cattleship Ohio, enjoyed a sojourn at
Del Monte, Cal., Saturday. The Ohio
party and Governor Nash's partyclashed
over a question of precedence,
md harmony is wanting. The people
)f California have been very cordial,
cut naturally President McKinley has
eceived the most attention, and Governor
Nash and party, who are travelng
on a separate train, have been a
ittle in the background. At Los Angeles
it was all McKinley, and the
Dhio senatorial party felt slighted
The chagrin of the party experienced
over its alleged mistreatment at
Los Angeles became more intense as
:he time passed and broke out into
cpen revolt at conferences in the Ho:el
Delmonte. The special cars bearing
the Ohio congressmen were at:ached
to the Ohio special at Los Angeles.
This seemed to add to the ill
.'eeling of the governor's party, who
complained tnat they had been an annexed
section to the president's party,
ind now were given third place.
The congressmen seemed equally
iissatisfied with the new arrangement,
md finally it was decided that the
congressmen should travel as they
had done before reaching Los Angeles,
rhe cars of the congressmen were accordingly
take# off the Ohio special at
Delmonte, and they left for San Francisco
at noon Saturday, while Gover"
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nor iNasn anu parij ien o.l {, p. m.
San Francisco. Then Colonel J. B. Ellison
and Willis G. Bowland, ^ho have
charge of all arrangements for Governor
Nash and the Ohio special, met a
committee from San Jose and notified
Chairman Minor that they would not
visit San Jose as an annex of any
other party.
T?t was then decided that the special
would go from San Francisco to San
Jose Sunday night. It was also specified
that the Ohio special would leave
San Jose before tne presidential train
arrived.
WANT DOLE REMOVED.
Hawaiian Legislature and Governor of
island at Loggerheads.
Advices from Honolulu state that
the first territorial legislature of Hawaii
came to an end on the evening
of April 30th, according to Governor
Dole, and on the next night, according
to the majority of both houses. The
legislature ended its existence at loggerheads
with the governor and without
having passed a single important
measure to which the home rulers
were committed except the county
government act, which the governor
killed by a pocket veto.
The last act of the house on the
evening of the 30th was to pass a
concurrent resolution containing a memorial
to President McKinley asking
for the removal of Governor Dole.
He is charged with having hindered
the work of the session by his hostility
toward the legislature, withholding information
ana reports that were called
for, and refusing to co-operate with the
law-makers. President McKinley is I
asked in the resolution to use his influence
in behalf 01 an extra session of
the legislature to transact general legislation
which General Dole refuses to
grant
PAYING TELLER SHORT.
Prominent Bank Official In New Orleans
Detected in Wrong-Doing.
Samuel Flower, paying teller of the
A^.jernia National bank, was arrested
in New Orleans Saturday by United
States Marshal Fontell and charged
with a shortage of $38,000. The Fidelity
and Depos-- Company, of Baltimore,
is on Flower's bond for $25,000.
Flower is a cousin of the late Mayor
Flower and comes from one of the
most prominent families in the state.
He is a son of the late ex-United
States sub-Treasurer Samuel Flower,
of New Orleans. His bond for $10,000
was promptly signed when he was arraigned
in the United States court.
BAPTISTS AT NEW ORLEANS.
The Preliminary Session of Southern
Convention Is Held.
The opening session of the convention
of the Southern Baptists was held
Tknrcrlnv in PrPQhvtPfiail
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church in New Orleans, a fair attendance
being present. The Baptist Young
People's Union was in charge of the
programme. The meetings will last
until next Monday. Fully 2,000 delegates
are in the city.
Governor Odell Vetoes Bill.
Governor Odell. of New York, has
vetoed the employers liability bill. He
says the measure is not in the interest
of labor and is too drastically in favor
of the corporation.
"Swiped" Everything in Sight.
Besides the $350,0i j it owes the depositors.
the Cuyahoga Savings and
Banking Company at Cuyahoga, O.. is
also raid to be liable on about $200,000
ol notes on which its name was
indorsed by President R. N. Pollock.
CLAMOR FOR WORK
Citizens of Jacksonville Unnsed
To Hard Labor Se.king Jobs.
MANY NEGROES REFUSE TO HELP
Industrial Differences Will Henceforth
Be Settled By Arbitration and ..
Conciliation?Peace Will
Be Paramount.
A Jacksonvile special says: The
militia guarding the vast amounts of
stinnlies which are notirine in on everv
train fear trouble with the negroes.
Many of the colored people refuse
to do any work for the city and yet
claim they are entitled to their share
of the provisions sent into the city.
The work of clearing up the streets
and reconstructing Jacksonville goes
on under a blistering sun.
The first train from the New York
Evening Journal arrived in the city
Wednesday in charge of Mr. Williams
and committee. The contents were
immediately turned over to J. R. Parrott,
chairman of the commissary committee.
It was made up of two cars
of Irish potatoes and one of general
groceries.
The Journal committee is co-operating
actively with the relief committee
in every way.
The executive committee of the relief
association met and decided to put
up at once commodious tents, where
work will be provided for women
and girls who earned their living by
sewing. They will be set to work
making garments for the destitute and
will be paid for the work. Sewing
machines have been ordered by
Chairman Telfair Stockton and the
employment bureau and quarters for
the women will be opened at once.
At the meeting of the relief committee
Wednesday morning it was reported
that hundreds of men totally
unused to manual labor were entirely
destitute. The committee will endeavor
to provide for them by establishing
clerkships.
It is thought that many bodies are
yet in the river. Captain Spencer, inspector
of steam vessels, is arranging
to make a systematic search for these
bodies. The captains of vessels in the
river during the fire report that many
were rescued while struggling in the
water.
The body of Mrs. Solon Robinson,
who had been missing since the fire,
was found during the day in the ruins
of her home. Nothing was left but
a few bones, fragments of clothing
and bits of the jewelry she was wearing.
They were found in the hallway,
and it was evident that she endeavored
to secape, was overcome by
smoke and heat and fell in a faint
Mrs. Robinson was he widow of Solon
Robinson, for twenty years agricultural
editor of The New York Tribune,
was about sixty-five years old and a
native of Indiana.
Masons Respond Liberally.
H. A. Burt, Alabama state organizer
for the Mason's Annuity, has just
returned from Jacksonvile, where he
has been since the morning before the
great fire, and he tells of the noble
response that the Masons of the United
States are making to the call for
help issued by Grand Master James
Carnell, of the grand lodge of Florida.
The full meaning of the wide-spread
suffering in the city was realized Wednesday
when it was announced in one
of the meetings that a great numbe?r
of men who had never been used to
manual labor were clamoring for work.
Among them were clwks, collectors,
bookkeepers and even professional
tKroo vniirKJ- nhvsirians esDecial
1A I CU; til A W J V MMQ ^
ly declaring their condition destitute,
as they had lost their wardrobes, libraries,
office fixtures and everything
in the fire. The department of labor
has undertaken to give clerical employment
to all of these applicants.
Over $500,000 worth cf insurance
has already been paid by the adjusters
and the people are commencing the
erection of temporary places of business
and dwellings. A new Windsor
hotel is to be erected at the cost of
$300,000, and work clearing away the
debris for the laying of the foundation
has already commenced. The
Gardner building, of eight stories, will
also be erected at once on the old site.
TO NOTIFY CHINA.
Celestial Government Will Be Informed
as to Amount of Indemnity.
Advices from Pekin state that the
foreign ministers have decided to address
a collective note to the Chinese
government informing it that a joint
indemnity of 450,000,000 taels would
be demanded, and asking what methods
of payment is proposed. A reply
is expected at the end of the week,
which will probably propose to meet
the indemnty by raising the customs
tariff.
The ministers were unable to agree
as to the desirability of opening the
whole empire to trade and residence.
FIGHT IN JURY ROOM.
Free-For-AII Scrap Attends Deliberation
of Legal ^Arbiters.
At Munice, Ind., Wednesday night
while trying to come to a conclusion
as to the guilt or innocence or Henry
Warrenal, on trial for causing a disturbance
on an electric car, the jury
came to blows and the locked jury
room had to be broken open before
the free-for-all fight which waged furiously
inside could be stopped.
CLARA SUPPORTING KAUFMAN.
Applicant for Charleston Post Office
Being Helped by Red Cross.
Colonel A. C. Kaufman, a prominent
and public spirited citizen of Charles-1
ton, S. C., seems to have the inside
track in the fight for the post office in
that city. A unique feature of the
colonel's campaign is his support from
the women. Miss Clara Barton, of
! the Fed Cross Association, a warm
personal friend of Colonel Kaufman,
I is using powerful influence in his behalf.
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SECRETS ON MARKET
Stenographer of Insofar Office
Tries to Sell Neely Papers.
WAS TRAPPED AND BOUNCED
I
Correspondence Was Offered the Attorney
of Neely for $200?Secretary
Root Was Quickly
Apprised of the Fact.
A Washington special says: An attempt
to sell the confidential communications
between the attorney general
and the secretary of war in the
Neely case was unearthed Saturday by
OK tnf WTill-m fho c^rAt cprviVp
VUi^l TT VI vuv OVViVV wv? f 4VV*
Information had been obtained from
John D. Lindsey, counsel for Neely, in
New York, who had received a letter
signed by John B. Dickinson, offering
him copies of the correspondence. Mr.
Lindsey turned the matter over to the
attorney general and the latter placed
the case in the hands of Chief Wilkie.
An officer was stationed at the general
delivery window of the local post office
and when a man presented himsell
and asked for mail for John B. Dick
euson he was followed. He went tc
the insular division of the war depart
ment.
Shortly afterwards a conference was
held between the secretary of war, So
licitor General Richards, of the de
partment of justice; Colonel Edwards
chief of the insular bureau, and Chiel
Wilkie. It was discovered that th<
man representing himself as Johr
Dickenson was William Davis, stenog
rapher to Colonel Edwards, a positior
which he has held for a year past. He
at one time was private secretary tc
ex-Congressman Brumm, of Pennsyl
vania,
Williams volunteered to turn the
correspondence that he had attempted
to sell to Lindsay over to the Washing
ton officials. As the sale of this cor
respondence had not been completed
no charge was made against Williams
but he was summarily dismissed bj
the secretary of war.
The papers which Williams desired
to sell to Mr. Lindsey consisted of the
draft of an opinion of the attornej
general upon questions submitted bj
Mr. Lindsey relative to requisition tes
timony in the Neely case and was sub
mitted to Secretary Root for consider
ation and observation. Thre also waj
a letter from Secretary Root to the at
torney general These papers Wil
liams offered for $200.
WOULD-BE SMASHERS SLUGGED
Wichita Saloon Keeper Uses His Fisti
on a Trio of Young Ladies
At Wichita, Kas., Saturday after
? TTTi A nnii Daat\1oi
I noon VYI LIU 11 ii XVIlfiUlC, nuuo i uuj,iVH
! and Jasmine Wilhoit, three younj
girls, the latter a daughter of Luc]
Wilhoit, the colleague of Mrs. Nation
attempted to smash the Summit sa
loon. They entered with rocks and th<
barkeeper did not know an attack waj
threatened until the glass began t<
crash about his ears.
Fred Wolfe, the proprietor, knocke<
the girls down with his fists an<
pitched them into the street. Mis:
Wilhoit's brother came to their de
fense and Wolfe struck him, making i
long gash on his face, from whicl
the blood flowed freely. In the mele
the wrist of Miss Peoples was broken
The police arrested the girls and lodg
ed them in the city jail.
Mrs. Carrie Nation arrived in th<
city Saturday after an exciting Jay a
Harper. There was a circus in towi
and she organized a raid on saloons
but was arrested before she could d<
any smashing. She was released oi
promising that she would take th
next train out of town, which she did
' Fi/E WOMEN DROWNED.
Unfortunate Victims Represent Threi
Generations of One Family.
A dispatch from Houghton, Mich
says: By the burning of the passer
ger steamer Bon Voyage Friday ever
ing five members of the Altman fam
ily, grandmother, mother and thre
daughters, lost their lives. They wer
drowned while trying to escape fron
the boat.
TWO BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Boiler of a Planing Mill Explodes Witl
Disastrous Results.
The boiler or Mcuume cc wcnoi
planing mill, near Georgetown, S. C.
exploded Saturday morning, demolish
ing tne building and killing R. B
Brunson and Thomas Scott, fatall:
wounding Ellerbe McDuffie and se
riously injuring three other men.
DeWet Crosses into Transvaal.
General DeWet, according to a dis
patch to The London Daily Mail fron
Pretoria, has resumed operations an<
is reported to have crossed into th<
Transvaal wiui 2,000 men.
KITCHENER REPORTS CAPTURES
Twenty-eight Boers Killed and Man}
Prisoners are Taken.
Lord Kitchener reports to the Lon
don war office under date of Victoria
"Since May 5th twenty-eight Boer:
have been killed, six wounded and 13<
taken prisoners and 183 surrendered
Nine thousand rounds of ammunition
in thirty wagons,100 horses and larg<
quantities of grain and stock hav<
been captured."
HE POISONED WELLS.
Mob of Oklahoma Cattlemen Lynch j
Suspected Farmer.
J. L. Chandler, an old resident farm
er of Ioland. Day county. Oklahoma
was taken from his home Friday nigh
presumably by cattlemen and lynched
For some time there has been trou
ble between the farmers and the cat
tlemen and during the past few week
a ereat manv cattle have died fror
I poisoned water. Chandler was sus
pected and lynched as a warning t
others. The identity of the lyncher
is not known.
WALL MKLEi Willi
i Battle of Money Kiags Creates j|
Tremeadoas Stock Flirry. ^
> FIGHT FOR NORTHERN PACIFIC J
Fortunes of Many Unlucky Speculators Jk
Were Swept Away In the Crash. - *
Sixty Per Cent Was Bid r"t M
for Money.
A New York special says: Bitter |
stress developed in Wall street by the
second hour of trading on the stock J
exchange Thursday. The violence of J
the commotion had spent much of its
force, at least for the time being, when n
the chairman's gavel fell announcing jfl
the close of the day's proceedings.
The casualties were great and the
field of battle was strewn with the..,.VJS
' wounded and maybe with the dying.
But of actual fatalities none was re1
corded of importance during the day
During the height of the panic rumors "
of insolvencies were handed about |0|
1 more quickly than they could be
f ported. But no confirmations could he [
had of the intimations of financial i ,;M
wreck. Those against whom the ru- .0
> mors pointed refused even to Bhow , 1
any signs of distress and professed
themselves ready to meet all bbliga:
tions. In more than one instance the
answer to these rumors was for a rep- . |l|
resentative of the house to go upon -S 4
, the stock exchange and place loans to ?
' a large amount, as indicating the j|
i abundance of resources at hand. l
The banks have been so well pro
tected by recent extensions of the ;y$|
i margins exacted in the market value jp
} of collateral over the amount of loans
> placed that they had little to fear -/' ||||
ch<~ir+ of an nhsnlnto wininur ont ot
market values. The shrinkage of col- VjKj
> lateral made it necessary for the ;s-?|
[ banks in many cases to exact, addl- JB
tional collateral during the day and |" :1
- this addd much to the distress for a.-~|M
I time, i But in the late dealings the V
, principal banks in the financial dis- fl
r trict agreed to form a pool and'raise a 1
fund to loan the money rate down to <:';B
I 6 per cent on the stock exchange. The
> bid for money had been run up to 00 JgH
r per cent and was threatening to keep
r | alive tl\e panic. The dozen banks | I
. I quickly came td an-agreement to raise
. $16,000,000, with implied wfllingnflsa^^^P
. to increase the sum if necessary.
} There were heavy loans placed also z
. by the individual banks, ranging in S
. some cases to $25,000,000 and $30,000,- -fl
000. Through the early part of the ->
day bankers exacted the market rata
for loans. But with the' growing need. - al
to suppress the panic they offered the ; ;jl
5 rate down to 6 per cent. r a
The stock which caused the collapse w
was the Northern Pacific corner, with -J
out dispute. %
The importance attaohed to the : 1
[ Northern Pacific episode was made j
' clear by the eagerness of all classes . J
' to learn all developments concerning J
^ it and the immediate effect of any an- ;-J
* nouncement regarding it upon the J M
3 stock market The upward shoot to v|91
5 $1,000 a share was the effective cause '
of the greatest demoralization in jhe .SaT ^
market. The announcement later in -M
the day of ^he measures for the re- ^
ralnnu hi
I lit! Ul"\UC OUVi Ulgb uuu . ,1. . ^
the price of the stock to 300 allayed
* the demoralization almost immedK JSj
3 The struggle of the financial giants,
which broke the most remarkable v'*
movement that American stocks ever j
had, dates back but a fortnight. B. 7|?E
e H. Harriman and Ills associates, so
1 they relate the story in the street,' die- 3
covered that brokers representing i
'' P. Morgan & Co. were buying Union J
& Pacific. Harriman at once began in- |
1 creasing his own holdings, buying
e a market that rapidly advanced, and
' when sure of control submitted a prop- osition
for some basis of agreement as
to the control of the Burlington, just
acquired by the Great Northern and
e Northern Pacific. That offer was
., j On Monday last there began
i- sational movement in Northern
i- cific and the public got the first intii
mation of the battle for supremacy.
e Street & Norton took all of the stock
e they could get, seemingly without re- |g|
a gard to price. Much of the stocked
to them was for short account an<t^?
could not be delivered. It develop??^. 7
finally that there were three large
terests in the property, two seeking its '
, management and the third a specula- .
tive profit. # ? .
A statistical reviw of the transac5
tions in the stock market Thursday jl
" shows that at low water markoj^^^B
prices forty-one principal
'* shrunk the tremendotn^^H^^^^^^^B
7 $698,388,407. sM
ever, largely offset^^^^^^^^^^^^H
of the
Next Meeting in Columbia/^^^^^H
' I The next meeting of the Southern^^H
1 Educational Association will he held
* in Columbia, S. C., during the coining
3 Christmas holidays.
" g
Mckinley gets degree.
Title of Doctor of Laws Will Be Conferred
By HarvardUniverfity.
The board of ovej^tt|
Boston to
doctor laws
The degree be
June.
President Lincoln,
clined to state
5 From another soufCfc it
that it was 26 to 3
WONT FIGHT THE TRU8T^ * ' |jj|
1 Moline Plow Company Decides to i
Out to the Combine. 1
The Moline, 111., Plow Company,
t owning the second largest plow fac- 1
I. tory in the world, has given an option
t. to New York capitalists which, if 1
l closed within the limit of sixty days, -1
s will bring this concern into the |50,-v -' $
a 000,000 plow combine. The company
employs 1,000 men and the option is
0 for upward of $5,00^000. The company
g has opposed the trust, but will sail ^
rather than fight it.