The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 11, 1901, Image 1

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" / - ' r-V ^ ^ - , ^ The Bamberg Herald. | ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. JULY 11. 1901. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. J|| STRIKE STOPS CARS ,i v" Great Host of Freight Handlers Quit Their Jobs at St. Loais. HIGHER WAGES THEIR DEMAND Nearly Two Thousand Quit t/ork and Not a Wheel Turns on Any of the Twelve Roads In East St. Louis. ' A total of 1^05 freight handlers, drivers and platform clerks employed by the twelve railroads in East St. Louis went out Wednesday as a result of the strike of freight handlers for an ad vance in wages. Of tnis numoer i.ido were freight handlers, the others being 3o0 drivers and 300 clerks wha struck out cf syjnpaihy. Deputy United States marshals from Springfield. 111., were called to the city to guard the property of the Vandalia Railroad Company, which is in the hands of a receiver. Deputy marshals patroled the yards, but nc violence was attempted. Thousands of loaded cars are standing still. Many contain vegetables and perishable goods and should have been sent to their destinations early in the week Not a wheel is turning in the great railroad yards except of switch engines which are "making up" passenger trains. The doors of all the railroad ware houses except those of the Chicago ; &nd Alton and Big Four are closed. The Illinois Central imported 120 car penters from Cairo to build bridges Upon their arrival an effort was made to induce them to fill strikers' places, * but they refused. The same road im ported two car loads of negroes from Mounds, 111., but when they learned th? strike was on they refused to go to work. Chief of Police Hauss keeps a reserve force of men constantly at the station to answer any call that may be ft sent in. y Some agitators are now among the ? ranks of the switchmen and the other railroaders and it is said it Is possible that a general railroad strike will fol low. Fearing this. Mayor m. h. Stephens, of East St. Louis, has taken the matter up and he worked all day iD a vain endeavor to effect a settlement The mayor had conferences with the railroad companies and also with t? leaders cf the men. He said that he . hoped that the strike would be settled within forty-eight hours. TWO GALA DAYS IN CUBA. ~?'~?" Destruction of Spanish Fleet and the Fourth Elaborately Celebrated. Santiago de Cuba enjoyed two days of celebration, conducted on the most elaborate scale since the war. Wednesday. the anniversary of the destruction of Admiral Cervera's squadron, there was a yacht excursion to the Spanfsh wrecks, where a salute was fired and an oration delivered by \ loyal Spaniard on the wreck of the Almirante Oquendo. The speaker said he was sorry the grand ships of the Spanish navy had been destroyed; but he declared himself greatly pleased with the adminis tratlon oi me Americans, ana asstneu that the outcome of the war would be & i beneficial to Cuba. V i On the 4th there was a demonstration of unprecedented interest by the Americans. The Cubans participated, and a crowd of several thousand, by . * unanimous vote, declared that the ^ Fourth of July ought to be a permanent holiday throughout he Cuban republic. At night a banquet was given at the Cosmopolitan Club and a fine display of fireworks followed. c - - ENJOINS SALOON RAIDS. fc Drinking Joints In Denver Can Safely Be Opened On Sunday. At Denver. Col., Wednesday Judge Palmer refused to dissolve the injunc-r tions against raiding Sunday saloons the issuance of which recently caused - the summoning of two ministers and others for contempt, for alleged criticism of the court's action An appeal will be taken. -^ B->; - . TO CURTAIL LIQUOR OUTPUT. Kentucky Distillers' Association Agree to Limit Production For a Year, pr \ The Kentucky Distillers and Warehouse Company at Louisville wired its J agreement Wednesday to the limita-1 tion of whisky production decided upon by the Kentucky Distillers' Association June 27th. Under the plan thus agreed upon the production of whisky for the ensuing year will be limited to j 25,000,000 gallons. Of this amount the j Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse ! Company will be permitted to make 12,500,000 gallons. But for the agree * *v~ wrmlH have Avreaded llicill, UJO U U U V. nvuiu ~? 50,000,000 gallons. INSURGENTS MORE QUIET. Activity Among Rebellious Filipinos Is On the Wane. The navy department Wednesday received mail reports from Admiral Rodgers concerning the general condition of the insurrection in the Pnilippines. The admiral states that there is little activity among the rebellious element in the north, bu.. that the natives of the Sarcar continue to give considerable trouble, botn to the army and to the hah dozen email naval crafts in that locality. Cr' ' -. pF5 ????? FOR INSULTING LADY * Gay Birmingham Attorney is Fined $100 and Costs of Court. The case against Wallace T. Ward, the young lawyer who was cnarged with sending a note to Miss Nellie McGrew, requesting her to meet aim at a house of ill repute, came to an end i in the inferior criminal court at Bir- I ininghain, Ala.. Friday afternoon. ' ? "Ward was fined $100 and costs, spvi I - - WEDNESDAY'S HEAT RECORD. Heavy List of Fatalities and Enormous Number of Prostrations Reported For the Day. According to the weather report of the Washington bureau the hot weather continued Wednesday in nearly all sections east of the Rocky mountains, but as a rule showed some let up from the previous dfcy. Reports received at the bureau Wednesday night showed that temporary relief came from thunder showers in many localities. During the afternoon showers in the upper Ohio valley and the middle Atlantic states caused a dec.uea fall in temperature. Ninety degrees and over were re* corded during the day in Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Davenportj Denver, Des Mninefi Tndianannlis Little Rock. Memphis. New Orleans, New York, North Platte. Omaha. Pittsburg, Salt '.aire City. St. Louis. St. Paul, Springlrld. 111., and Vicksburg, Miss., while n Kansas City the thermometer regis?rcd 102. and in Phoenix, Arizona, 06. Hot weather generally prevailed n Kansas and Missouri, these states 'etting little relief. In Washington the thermometer racked a maximum of 96. Philadel>hia 9S. New York 94, Leavenworth, "r.ns, 108, Sedalia. Mo., 104, Phoenix, Arizona, 10S and Kansas City, Mo., 106. Wednesday's Fatalities. \*ew York 99 New Jersey cities 100 Philadelphia 47 Pittsburg 20 Baltimore 27 Chicago 3 Washington 2 Cleveland 4 Cincinnati 4 Hopkinsville, Ky 8 ? * 911 TOt&iS Highest In Kansas City. Kansas City was the center of the hottest area in the country. Within a radius of 200 miles of the city the temperature ranged from 96 to 108 degrees. In central Kansas hot winds are reported as literally burning up all regetation. At Leavenworth the highest point recorded in that part of the country for years was reached, the government thermometer in that city marking 108 degrees at 5 o'clock. New York Morgue Overcrowded. A New York special of Wednesday says: Most of the hospitals are already crowded to their utmost capacity and many of them have erected tents on their grounds for the accommodation of the heat victims. The death rate has increased with such rapidity that the morgue is being taxed as it never was before, and every available foot of that institution is now occupied by corpses. Hospita* attendants are collapsing under the extraordinary strain to which they have been subected ana were it not for the volunteers who have come to their aid the situation would be greatly exaggerated by enforced neglect of heat patients. Although the ambulance service has been augmented by the addition of automobiles which have been loaned for the purpose, it is generally inadequate. The horses used have been most carefully nursed along -to preserve their stamina, but notwithstanding this many of them have given out. Their places are being filled from outside sources. There were eighty-nine deaths and * " * ' I- AT 107 cases of heat prostration in me boroughs of Manhattan and tne Bronx during the hours between 2 a. m. and 10:80 p. m. Wednesday. At 12:30 o'clock Thursday morning it was estimated that the total deaths from the heat in six days to that day in Greater New York was 600. MANY DIE IN BALTIMORE. Up to Wednesday Night a Total of J Eighty-Eight Deaths Was Record. a Baltimore special says: Twentyseven additional deaths from heat were reported to ihe police up to midnight Wednesday night. Thirtyflve cases of prostration was the record for twenty-four hours. The grand total thus far is eighty-eight deaths and more than 300 cases of prostration. THE FOURTH IN LONDON. American Society Assisted In Their Celebration by Prominent Britons. Five hundmd persons sat down Thursday night at the banquet of the American Society in London, given at the Hotel Cecil. It was a remarkable gathering. Interspersed between the members of the United States embassy and prominent Americans sat members of parliament and representatives of Great Britain's loyal colonies, all participating with hearty good will in celebrating the 125th birthday of the re111 n M ATtf Am. 06111OUS SlSlt?!' V\ LIU iuuuucu a uun CIU' ? pire in the western world. RAYS ROAST QUAKERS. Forty-Seven People Succumbed to Deadly Heat During Wednesday. A Philadelphia special says: Although the temperature did not reach the record it made Monday and Tuesday by 4 degrees, the suffering from the heat and the ratal results from the torrid wave Wednesday were nearly as great as on the two previous days. Up to midnight the number of deaths attributed to the excessive heat was 47, *v:th prostrations over 250. PITTSBURG'S DEATH LIST. within the Span cf a Week Eighty-Six i Fatalities Occurred. Up to midnight Wednesday night ! twenty deaths and foretv-eight proa ' trations. caused by heat, were reported at Pittsburg. Pa. Eighty-six deaths directelv attributa ble to the excessive heat occurred in the city within a week. Of this number sixty-four were reported since Sunday night. I SOUTH CAROLINA { } STATE NEWS ITEMS. j CNJCSJCMCMCMCMCMrsI i Death of Congressman Stokes. Dr. J. William Stokes, congressman from the third South Carolina district died the past week at his home in Or angeburg. He had been in failing health for months. He was the au thor of the bill providing for the free delivery of mail in country districts ? ? * Glanders In York County. Glanders has appeared among the horses and mules of York county, and the situation is serious. Dr. Nesora the veterinary of Clemson college, has been going over the county, having animals killed and stables burned. * * Steadman Partial to Courts. A Columbia dispatch says: J. E Seadman was last fall fined $50 by the intendent of Cross Hill for selling malt liquor. He thought the fine excessive and appealed to the circuit court, although it cost him that amount to appeal. Judge Benet dismissed the appeal on the grounds that the Cross Hill mayor stated that Steadman had pleaded guilty. Steadman denied this, so he appealed to the supreme court, and ordered a rehearing before the circuit court. So for selling a bottle of Malt Extract Steadman will get into at least four courts. He has spent several times his fine in appealing. * Pay or Go to Jail. The Charleston city magistrates have begun to enforce the law relative to the non-payment of tne poll tax. In the last list made out by the county treasurer it was shown that in the city there were more than 4.000 citizens whose poll tax for tne fiscal year has not been paid. Under the new law all persons refusing to pay this tax are subject to a term in the jail. So far the magistrates have been lenient on delinquents, but now the law will iio onfnrrnri strirtlv and all Dersons who have not paid may have to go to jail. The list of delinquents include some of the most prominent people of Charleston. * * Abundance of Water Found. Lack of sufficient and good fresh water for all purposes has heretofore been a serious drawback to the facilities of the United States naval station at Port Royal, until Charles E. Danner and R. A. Long, two Beaufort young men and enterprising citzens, thoroughly satisfied in their own minds from their knowledge and experience of physical conditions that good water could be procured, undertook by private enterprise to do that which several ineffectual attempts by the government with speculative contractors has repeatedly failed to do. They have succeeded far beyond their expectations, being amply rewarded in obtaining an inexhaustible supply of clear, limpid and unexceptionable water. * * * BLood Flowed Copiously. Columbia naw far mtfarf the man News reached Columbia last Monday of a wholesale shooting at a froiic near Reuses. Orangeburg county, two nights previously. This is one of the most out of the way sections of the state, and before the building of the Southbound road these people were forty miles from connection with civilization. It seems that kinsmen and neighbors gathered at the house of Aaron Chavis and liquor flowed freely, so much so that none knew what started the row, but pistols were plentiful and thev were used freely. Knowlton Williams and Pope Chavis were shot i_rough the lungs and mortauy wounded. Mrs. Thomas Chavis received bullets through both legs and is in a serious condition; Aaron Chavis has a bullet in his knee; Anseil Williams was shot in the head, while Tobe Hoovers and Dan Chavis received slight wounds. * * * Charleston May Lose Shops. The business people of Charleston are trying to arrange a satisfactory settlement in the strike situation atthe Southern railroad shops. Since the union men wcDt out it has been impossible to get outside machinists to con tinue the work. New men have been brought in on special trains and by other means, but the strikers have intimidated and prevented ihem from working. The most serious aspect is the probable loss by the city of the railroad shops. The Southern railroad officials have announced that the striking machinists will not be employed again, and if the striking element continues, however, to keep the new men out, the shops will probably be moved to some other city. During the past few days the trouble at the shops was quite serious, and with the hold ing up oi the special train and subsequent driving off of the non-union men from me city, has practically broughl tne ngnt 10 a crisis,<xuu u is uuc r.uwwu how soon the Southern railroad may announce the necessity of moving the shops. In the meantime, however, the business men there are trying to pre vent this, but it is not known how well they will succeed. * * * Sold to Highest Bidder. By virtue of sundry executions is sued out of the court of common pleas of Beaufort county, the Port Roya Land and Investment Company s prop erty in and near the city of Port Roya has been sold by the state to the high est bidder for cash before the courl house, Columbia, at the legal hour ol sale. The holdings ot the Port Royal Lane and Investment Company originallj embraced nearly the entire corporatt limits of Port Royal city, and the pur pose for which the concern was or ganized and chartered under the laws of the states of New York ana SoutI Carolina many years ago was ostensi bly the development of the deep watei port of the south Atlantic coast. The company was capitalized a $100,000 and some attempt at improve \ t \ r ment was made and the erection of a ^ grain elevator and numerous dwelling j houses in Port Royal resulted. Subse' quently the company became involved | in debt, principally to Daniel F. Ap" pleton, a New York Millionaire, and | the sale was the final outcome of an ill managed financial scheme tnat has well nigh proved the ruin of Port Royal. The property disposed of was levied ' on as belonging to the Port Royal r company at the respective suits of the ' Morton Trust Company, of New York, trustee, against the said Port Royal company and Henry A. Robbins against the same. The aggregate amount realized by the sale of 1,1 GO a^rr>c anH a rmrnhor nf lots and build ings in Port Royal was $30,000. W. S. | Montoith bought Battery plantation, 500 acres, for $9,000, and Old Fort plantation for $1,700. He acted as agent for PatricK Calhoun, of New York. ? * * Road To Be Sold At Auction. Under a decree from Circuit Judge ' GolT, of the United States court, the [ Blue Ridge railroad win be sold at public auction in the city of Anderson. The Southern railway, which, as a suc| cessor of the Columbia and Greenville railroad, holds judgments against the Blue Ridge for more than $2,000,000. | The road is a valuable property, extending from Anderson to Walhalla, and the sale will include the valuable franchises beyond Walhalla. Some years ago when there was a scheme for crossing the mountains to get a direct route to the west a part of the road was surveyed and big tunnels were cut partially through the mountain peaks. There is still a belief by many railroad people that eventually a line from the seaboard will cross the mountains, giving a shorter and quicker route to the west. ? ? * Mayor Smyth to Explain. Mayor Smyth, of Charleston, is at work on a statement to be submitted to the state board of dispensary control which is expected to show why the dispensary law has not been more properly enforced in the city. The board has required the mayor and the chief of poace to show cause why the dispensary profits accruing to the city should not be withheld because of the open violation of the law. The situation has become so flagrant in Charleston that the state authorities are determined to drive out the blind tigers as the city has not been able to do it. There are said to be five hundred tigers in the city. At the last term of court the police made out cases against nearly one hundred dealers in liquor, but the grand jury refused to return true bills. This aggravated the situation and now there is a sensation; al turn expected. Mayor Smyth will not give any intimation of what he will have to say to the state board when he goes there to answer the rule. It is stated, however, that he is gathering much information which may be in the nature of a bombshell and the chances are that he will place the blame where it belongs. The blind tigers have grown so bold in their operations that the better element in the city is demanding an im provement. The fact cannot be denied that the dispensary law is unpopular, and the prejudice is so strong that it is impossible to convict the tiger dealers. Still, the better element wants a change, but in the drawing oi juries men have been secured who seem to be in sympathy with the blind tigers, or at least they are so prejudiced that they refuse to convict. BRITONS BUILD MORE SHIPS. Program Includes Three Battleships, Six Cruisers and Ten Destroyers. In the house of commons at London, Friday, Arnold Forster, the secretary of the admiralty, announced that the year's program included three battleships of a new improved class, six cruisers of the Monmouth class and . ten improved torpedo boat destroyers. Four Workmen Fatally Injured. Four men were fatally and three others seriously injured hv a gas explosion in pit No. 1 of the series of shafts of the new waterworks at Torrence road, Cincinnati, Friday a/*ernoonCONGRESSMAN STOKES DEAD. Represented Third South Carolina District?Illness Was of Long Duration. Dr. J. W. Stokes, congressman from ; the third South Carolina district died Saturday at his home in Orangeburg, after a long illness. At V/ashington tho following com' mittee of representatives as appointed 1 to attend the funeral: Representatives Elliott, Talbert, Latimer, Johnson, Finley and Scarborough, of South Carolina; Small and ' Thomas, North Carolina; Adamson, Livingston. Maddox and Fleming, of Georgia; Senators Tillman, McLaurin, ! Pritchard, Simmons, Clay, Taliaferro ' and Carmack. i REFUND SUGAR DUTIES. t Importers of Porto Rican Sugar to Be Reimbursed By Government. 5 Mr. Tracewell, comptroller of the ! treasury, has decided that the secre tary of the treasury has under the I law to refund to uascelles & Co., of New York, the duties paid by them on sugar imported from Porto Rico between the date the treaty of Paris took effect ana the date of the approval of - the Foraker act. Th*> duties so paid ? amounted to over $470,000. The dccis' ion is based upon the recent insular decisions of the supreme court. Other ? r,,nHc omnnntina 1 claims arc on me iu. ? to about $1.5(10,000. t I PINGREE'S REMAINS INTERRED. I r Burial of Ex-Governor Occurs at Dei trolt With Impressive Ceremonies. The remains of the late Hazen S. - Pingree, former governor of Michigan, ; were interred at Elmwoo 1 cemetery at i 1 Detroit Saturday morning with impres j sive ceremonies, participated in by r; the state military, state naval reserves | and various civic bodies. The services t at the grave were in charge of the - Scottish rite Masons and the Masons. BLOODY RACE RIOT RESULTED Negroes at Ironton, 0., Attack Whites With Knives and Clubs?Lynching Narrowly Averted. At Fleetwood park, Ironton, O., lato Thursday afternoon John and Albert Slaghter, white, were probably fatally stabbed by Luther Page and Abner Owens, colored, and Charles Martin and Riley Slaghter were beaten with clubs. The trouble occurred over an attack on a small white boy by a negro. A riot followed. Finally the negroes were arrested and placed in the county jail. After midnight an attempt was made to organize a mob and lynch the prisoners. A crowd gathered, but no one volunteered to lead the assault on the Jail. If the attack had been made, a bloody battle undoubtedly would have occurred, as fifty armed negroes were on guard in and around the jail where their friends were imprisoned. Page and Owens were secretly arraigned Friday afternoon in the county jail. Arrangements were made to remove them to Portsmouth jail for safety Immediately, as the authorities feared trouble Friday night. The removal of the negroes averted a crisis. The two men were driven to a train in a closed carriage, guarded by Sheriff Dovel and Marshal Brice, and halted a square from the depot. Deputy Sheriff Payne and the police force waited at the station and formed a cordon about the prisoners as they were led to the train in irons. Not' a doaen people were aware of the trans- j fer before the train arrived and was gone. DAWES TENDERS RESIGNATION Comptroller of Currency Gives Up His Job to Enter Senatorial Race In Illinois. Comptroller of the Currency Dawes has tendered his resignation to the president to take effect October 1st. Mr. Dawes resigned in order to enter the race for the senate this fall. His term of office would not have expired ??H1 Tannarv 1 1003 Mr. DawPS1 let UUV1A UUUUMl; JLf AVW . . ? ter to the president is as follows: "Washington, July 3, 1901.?William McKinley, Executive Mansion Washington, D. C.?Sir: In view of the fact that I will be a candidate for the United States senate from Illinois, I hereby tender my resignation as comptroller of the currency to take effect October next. Respectfully, CHARLES D. DAWES. In answer to an inquiry, Mr. Dawes in explanation said: "I have resigned because of my intention to be a candidate before the people of Illinois for the United States senate. It would not be possible for me during the next year to make a canvass for the senate and at the same time administer to my own satisfaction the important and responsible office I now hold. I am influenced solely in this action by what seems to me the plain proprieties of the situation." FOUR FROM ONE GALLOWS. At Vernon, Florida, a Quartet of Murderers Pay Penalty of Crime. At Vernon, Fla., Friday, four negroes were hanged for murder. The names of the negroes were Bclton Hamilton, John Simmons, Jim Harrison and Will Williams. Williams, Harrison and Hamilton had been convicted of killing a helpless negro and almost killing his wife. During the trial Hamilton, on cross-examination, confessed saying: "I'm guilty, before God I am guilty, and I ought to be hanged until dead." By his confession the others were also convicted. John Simmons had killed another negro. The town of Vernon is without railroad connection and long rides were made.by all classes of people. At least z.auu were present. The four negroes were made to ascend the gallows at one time, at 10:55 a. m., and after short statements from each, who claimed to be on the road to heaven, the trap was sprung and the four were plunged into space, remaining suspended for fifty minutes. Only one's neck was broken, the others having died from strangulation. MISS* MORRISON SENTENCED. Convicted Murderess Given Five Years at Hard Labor In Penitcrtiary. At Eldorado, Kans.. Saturday .Tessio Morrison, convicted of manslaughter in the second degree for the murder of Mrs. Clara Wiley Castie on June 22, 190u, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary in close confinement at hard labor. Miss Morrison took the sentence calmly. Judge Aikman over1 ruled successively motions for a new trial, for postponement of sentence and for arrest of judgment. Later on the woman's attorneys will file a bill of exceptions and make an appeal to the state supreme court. EASY THING FOR ROBBERS. Train on Great Northern held Up and $83,000 In Money Secured. Train No. 3 westbound on the Great Northern was held up about 2 o'clock Wednehday afternoon at Wagner Station, 196 miles cast of Great Falls, Mont., by throe masked men, who blew open thf express car with dynamile and secured $?3.n00, the entire contents of the through express safe. Quiet Day At National Capital. Washington celebrated the quietest Fourth of July for many years. This was due to the fact that the regulations controlling the discharge of fire works were more strictly enforced than heretofore. Court Enjoins Strikers. At Cincinnati Wednesday Judge A C. Thompson, of the United States court, allowed a temporary injunction against the striking machinists. LIST OF CASUALTIES ~ Resnltant From Patriotic Fervor In Celebrating the Foorth. PRESENTED BY CHICAGO PAPER Number of People Actually Killed Is Less Than Last Year, But List of Injured Is Considerably Larger. The Chicago Tribune in its issue of j Friday presented reports from all over | the country showing the number of ; persons killed and injured as a result j of celebrating the Fourth of July. The number of actually killed Is less , than last year, being nineteen against J thirty then, but the number of injured | is considerably larger, the figures being l.Cll against 1,325. The real list of fatalities will, how- ; ever, not be known until the number ! of deaths resulting from lockjaw causI ed by toy pistol wounds comes ia. Last year in Chicago there were no ; deaths reported on July 5th from toy j pistols, but before the month was out j twenty-five had died from the resulting ' lockjaw and the remainder of the country sent in equally fatal records. Chicago last year had one death and forty-two injured. This time no death is reported, but there is a list of 103 Injured. The number of wounds from toy pistols, however, is limited to five, which would indicate that the prohibition put ! on that dangerous toy was at least partially effective. Of other cities Philadelphia makes the largest showing. It reports 175 jasualties of every kind and description and Cincinnati comes next with 150. New York was singularly lucky, being behind Chicago in the list of injured, but it had three deaths resulting from an explosion of fireworks, and New London had a premature explosion of a cannon by which two more ' were killed. i In Quincy, III., there was also a fa- I tality from a runaway caused by horses becoming frightened at fire- I works, and there were a number of in- J Juries in various cities growing out of the same cause. In the list of fatalities explosions of fireworks and the careless handling of firearms caused the majority of the deaths, but over one-third of the injuries were caused by the careless handling of fireworks, especially skyrockets. After fireworks comes the toy pistol in the casualties list. Two hundred and forty-nine children were injured by these "toys" in various cities of the country and the question is now what will the fatality list amount to? By the premature explosion of cannon in the hands of people who are not accustomed to their use, in several cases unfortunates lost hands and arms. A lamentable case occurred in a small town in South Dakota, where a boy was instantly killed by the explosion of an anvil which was being used in lieu of a cannon. The loss by fire resulting from the careless use of fireworks or their premature explosion was less than in previous years, the fires as a rule being small ones and the damage light. In the entire country, from reports received, it amounted to but a little over $ov),UUU. DOWIEITES ROUGHLY HANDLED. Their Missionary Efforts Unappreciated By Citizens of Chicago Suburb. Twenty-one disciples of John Alexander Dowie visted Evanston, a Chicago suburb, Friday night and despite the efforts of the entire police force of the place, a mob of 1,000 people drove them out ol town. Several days ago four of Dowie's missionaries were egged and driven out of Evanston, and Friday night's visit was intended to convert the people of Evanston and show them the error of their ways. The -instant the Dowieltes began their meeting they were assailed with eggs, vegetables and other missiles. The guard of policemen was too small to afford much protection and the would-be angels were soon on the run __________________ j STRIKER8 HOLD UP TRAIN. Non-Unionists Imported to Fill Vacancies Are Thrown Bediiy From Coach. A special train having on board twelve non-union macninists to take the places of the strikers in the Southern railway shops, was held up by a party of men at the entrance to the railroad yard at Columbia. S. C., Friday morning and the passengers were thrown bodily from the train. The engineer was forced to stop when he saw the switch had been turned. There was only one coach attached to the engine. Both doors had been j locked and all the windows were closed, but the front door was forced | JACKSON WAKfiQ UP. Declaration Read In Mississippi Capital For First Time In Forty Years. The Fourth was celebrated at Jackson, Miss., in an impressive manner. The Declaration of Independence was read for the first time in forty years. The meeting was held in representatives' hall, patriotic speeches being made by Secretary of State Power and Dr. Junius Jordan, president of the Arkansas university. ' | BALTIMORE STILL SWELTERS. i Friday'6 Record of Fatalities Thirteen and Prostrations Eleven. At 8 o'clock Friday morning the I weather bureau thermometer in Baltij more registered 84 degrees and the j mercury kept on ascending the tube I until the maximum of b4 degrees was j reached at 4 p. m. Thirteen deaths j and eleven prostrations had been re' ported to the police during the twentyfour hours ended at midnight. INSURGENTS BROUGHT TO BAY [ One Thousand, Under Leadership of Bellarmino, Forced to Surrender By Sixth Cavalry. jj A Manila special says: Saturday the forces of the insurgent leader, which have recently been operating around Donsol, province of Sorogon, were driven across the mountains by the Second infantry and finally captured by the Sixth cavalry. Bellar- N mino, with 1,000 men and 284 guns, surrendered to Colonel Wint at Abay. : ?SA mA capuai ui u:e province 01 iuai u?uiv. Later in the day the official announcement of the surrender of Bellarraino was made. According to this account Bellarmino, who nas been op- n, crating in the province of Sorsogon, ^ surrendered Thursday at Legaspi, on Albay bay. with thirty-two officers, 215 ^ guns and 3,000 rounds of ammunition, di The insurgent presidents of that section of the country and many Filipi- s] nos accompanied Bellarmino, who ir gave himself up to Colonel Wint, of d; the Sixth cavalry. In all, since June U: 1,081 insurgents have surrendered in ir that district. Colonel Wint's regiment n came from China with General Chaffee. Before disembarking at Legaspi, 0; Colonel Wint went to General Chaffee c< and asked the latter if he wished him w to clean up that part of the country. General Chaffee replied: t< "Yes, but I do not command until r< July 4th." t< In three weeks Bellarmino was cor- d nered in spite of the theories of many officers that cavalry could not be used d in effective operations in such a coun- n try. a Former Filipino officers belonging j to Malvar's command, report that fifty j] insurgents were Jellied and that many jj were wounded by the command of p Lieutenant Manaci during a recent y two days' fight in the province of Batangas. g The Twentieth infantry has been or- q dered from northern Luzon to Batan- t fro e q Civil Governor Taft and Military -s Governor Chaffee are working agree- r ably together. Tney are holding in- f formal conferences and are arriving at t mutual understandings, a state of af- ^ fairs hitherto almost^ unknown. j The insurgent general, Cailles, who t surrendered at Santa Cruz, Laguna j province, June 24th. and his friends g have offered to negotiate with Malvar, \ the insurgent leader in southern Lu- <; zon, for the latter's surrender. VON HOHENLOHE DEAD. ( ; I Noted German Diplomat and Friend of } Americans Succumbs to Old Age. ( Prince yon Hohonlohe, formerly German imperial chancellor, died at 1 Ragatz, Switzerland, Jriday. Prince von Hohenlohe's death was generally unexpected in Berlin, as he t left the city several weeks ago appa- i rently in good health, although his in- t creasing weakness was evident. The l prince arrived at Ragatz extremely ex- \ i ..j tj;? ic ottrlhutoH tn thft i nau&lt'u. njo ucaiu ia nwnvuvvu w | weakness of old age. i The officials of the United States ^ embassy informed the correspondent ] of the Associated Press that the death < of tue former chancellor as much regretted because of his uniform kindness toward Americans and American interests. ' Prince von Hohenlohe's attitude, through his chancellorship, was always fair and conciliatory in regard to Ger- ( man-American relations. Althought he was an extensive real estate owner, he did not share the agrarian hostility to- ' ward the United States. It as certainly owing in a large measure to ( Prince von Hohenlohe's friendly spirit , during several trying years that Ger- , many's relations with the United < States never departed from cordiality. He received many Americans and , was always friendly to them. SWEEPING INJUNCTION. Manufacturing Firm of Cleveland Usee Court Against Strikers. At Cleveland, O., Saturday Judge i Stone, of the common pleas court, granted a temporary injunction to remain in force indefinitely against the striking machinists upon the applica- j tion of the Cleveland Puncn and Shear Company. Counsel for the machinists filed a notice of appeal. The decision i is very broad and against nearly every i contention made by the defendants. ; IN CANTON HOME. President and Mrs. McKinley Wei* corned By Friends and Neighbors. The train bearing the presidential party arrived at Canton at 10:15 o'clock Saturday morning. Mrs. Mc- 1 Kinley stood the journey very well. 1 Owing to Mrs. McKlnley's illness i there was no formal demonstration at < the station upon the arrival of the train. There was, however, a very i large crow.d present, completely lining i the station platform. When the presi- j dent and Mrs. McKinley stepped from 1 the train a hearty cheer of welcome went up. 1 GETS GOVERNMENT CONTRACT. i Bibb Cotton Mills At Macon, Ga., to Furnish Post Office Twine. The postmaster general has given the manufacturing interests of the south a big boost by giving the contract for twine used in tying letter packages to the Bibb Manufacturing Company, of Macon. The contract is ' for 80,000 pounds of cotton twine, and will reach, in dollars, approximately $15,000. This is for the supply for the post office department for one year, from July 1st. The order will probably be increased if it is filled satisfactorily. The twine heretofore used has been ? *?Vnii' Vnrlr and Phila- ' lilUUlllai LU1 CU 1U m, n >vi> ? delphia out tff jute. ALL FOREIGNERS ELIMINATED. Rights of Imported People Not Recogognized In Alabama Constitution. The Ajabama constitutional convention Friday adjourned In a tangle over the political rights of foreigners who have only declared their intention to become citizens. It settled the question Saturday morning by throwing the whole thing out and the new constitution will say nothing about them. INION IS INEVITABLE | oiled States and Ccba Cannot j Long Remain Separate. 1 0 DECLARES MAXIMO OOMEZ p oted Cuban Leader Attends Banquet Given In His Honor at New York?Expresses His Sen- j timents Freely. 4^ A New Yortt dispatch says: A dinsr was given at the Union League ^ i.iK Coturciav pvf>nfn? to General iUU KJ MVUi V * <. _ _ iaximo Gomez and General T. Estraa. Palma. The dinner was arranged on the .rs;*j pur of the moment, General Gomes itending to return to Cuba during the *|j|f ay and not deciding to remain over . til morning, when he accepted the ivitation, and the guests were sumtoned by telegraph. The Cuban general was the hero [ the ocoasion and was warmly re- ,-i eived. He made a brief speech, which , 'as interpreted by General Gonzales. General Gomez said he was almost )uched to tears by the remarkable eception he had received in tHe Uni- '-SgB 3d States. He knew Cuba was inebted to the United States,. but he ever knew until he came here how eep that debt was?that it was not lerely the obligation of one people to . ':> ? nother, but of brother to brother. Ivery Cuban, born and bred, he said* Ived and died with the idea of Cuba ibre before him, with the hope of the -|j people being free and relieved of the oke of oppression. * > Cuba and the United States, said the Teg ;eneral, belong together. It is only a 'rjg [uestion of gravitation when they will le one. But at present, after the great ^ truggle in which hundreds ot thouands of lives were sacrificed and when nen returned to their homes only to * Ind their wives and children starved o death in the restricted barriers in vhlch Weyler held them under his polcy of reconcentration, they felt that \^|1 hey must have Cuba libre. It is realzed fully, he said, that Cuba cannot jet along without the United State*. mt the Cubans do want to feel free- -jjg n???l Cawio. rofeiTPfi to General . Ijtiici ai uvuiv? * v*v*. ^ ?alma as the hold-over president of v-jl 2uba, having been elected during the ^ nsurrection of 1868, and he pointed to "3 lis fellow Cuban as the first president $|j if Cuba libre. General Palma made a feeling re- 3g| >ly, warming to the subject of Cuba ibre, and speaking enthusiastically of ^ ;he future of the Pearl of the Antilles. After the dinner General Gomez said :o the newspaper men that he wished :o express his gratitude to the press of ^ :he United States and of the world iCg .'or the great good they had done to ^ :he cause of Cuba libre. He said that tvhen he came here years ago he was rery sad, but that on this visit he was rery happy and was glad to recognize low mucn the American people had ' ^ lone for Cubans. DEATH CLAIMS LORILLARD. 1 '|l Well Known New York Millionaire Surrenders to Grim Reaper. Sunday afternoon Pierre Lorillard flied at the Fifth Avenue hotel, in New :i| York, where he was taken from the Deutschland when that steamer arrived from Europe July 4th. Pierre Lorillard was the eldest son of Peter Lorillard, founder of the fortune which made the family name famous. He inherited much of the abiiity of his father and marked success attended the commercial enterpriser '^S which he planned and executed. Various estimates have been made ^jj| of the value of Mr. i^oriiiara a esrmwj, ? and, while its exact value at the pres- ^ ent time is not known, it is believed to be more than $25,000,000. As long ^ ago as 1884 It was said to be from $15,- jig 000,000 t^20,000,000. Kittridge to SucceedL Kyle. A special from Sioux Falls,. fi. says: Hon. A. B. Kittridge, ex-Republican national committeeman from '/:$ South Dakota, will be appointed by Governor Herrod to fill the vacancycaused by the death of United States flenator James H. Kyle. SHOWERS BRING RELIEF. <-|| In Some Heat Stricken Localities the Thermometer Takes a Drop. Thursday night's reports to the weather bureau at Washington showed that extreme high temperatures continued over a large section of the m country affected by the hot wave, but that in quite a number of localities the thermometer was a few degrees lower than on Wednesday. In some others It was higher. The lower temperatures that were recorded were due mainly to local thunder storms, and it is said that a gradual reduction of the extreme heat will result from theso storms. INDIAN LANDS 0?EN. V v-sS President's Proclamation Providing For Allotment Is Made Public. The proclamation of President McKinley opening to settlement the lands oeded by Indians in Oklahoma was made Dublic at Washington Sunday. The proclamation covers the cessions made by the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in acordance with the act of March 2, 1S95, and those made by the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache tribes in pursuance o- the act of June 6, 1900. Tne proclamation provides for the opening of the land^Jn those reservA- ~ "" tions which are noT"reseiVccr'^t 9 o'clock a. m. on August 6th next.^he B land to be open to settlement und#^1^^ the homestead and townsite laws of the United States. Youthful Murderer and Suicide. At Albany, N. Y., Friday, Raymond Albers, a thjrteen-year-old lad, shot and killed Emanuel Koehler, a boy of twelve and then hanged himself. The boys were playmates.