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' .? - - The Bamberg Herald. | ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 15.1901. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. i||| ? ' *??? urn i /ir irpiTrflin i V ^ - "FEW SLAVES WORK" Shaffer's Statement at Close of First Day's Bitter Straggle. TRUST CLAIMS SLIGHT VICTORY ^ ?_. At Some Points Strike Order Was a Not Obeyed?Number of Men Out So Far Is About Sixty Thousand. A Pittsburg special says: The struggle for mastery between manu facturers and men in the steel industry is now fairly launched. v The first day of the contest showed a slight advantage for the manufacturers. President Shaffer's general strike order was not obeyed at all points, the union men at Chicago, Joliet and Bay View refusing to go out. There are about 60,000 men out all told. The strike leaders, however, claim that . they have spme surprise in store for the trust At McKeesport Mayor Black was called on to prevent strikers interfering with non-union workmen, but he said he would act only in * - case of actual assault. The strike leaders have issued an appeal to organized labor for financial assistance, stating that the life of unionism is at stake. The general strike order issued by President Shaffer, of the Amalgamated association, has so far been obeyed by only about 14,000 men, according to the best figures obtainable. The fife:?- first two preliminary calls were answered by about 45,000 men, so that the total number now out is in the neighborhood of 60,000. I :-i -X IJI-. Dl.nlc UIOl Ul IUIC rionioi From the most reliable figures obtainable Monday night the following table shows the strikers and those likely to be idle: National Steel?Newcastle, 2,000; Mingo Junction works, 1,500. Total, 3,500. Likely to be idle?Bellaire, 500; ^?- * Mingo furnaces, 800. Total, 1,300. National Tube?Bostol rolling mill, 425; National rolling mill, 1,655; Monongahela steel works, 435; Monongahela furnaces, 242; Elba iron works, 960; Republic iron works, 1,510; Riverside iron and tube works, 1,200. Total, 6,427. Plants likely to close?National tube works, McKeesport, 4,410; steel works, Benwood, 400. Total, 4,810. This makes the grand total, 16,037. SHOT HIS WIFE AND LOVER. Bloody Work of Jealous Husband on x Streets of Baltimore. At Baltimore Monday morning a r * 'V jealous husband surprised his wife and the man he suspected together on the street and killed them without warn. ing. . Joseph I. Adams, the husband, has long suspected his wife of intimacy with Charles Houck, the other victim, and Monday morning shadowed them through Druid Hill park. He overtook them on the bridge leading into the park at Cedar avenue, and creeping up behind them, began to shoot. Two shots struck Houck, who fell dead. Turning his pistol upon the terrified woman, Adams fired three times, each shot taking effect. She fell dead across Houck's body and Adams ran. An hour later he gave himself up to a policeman in a distant part of the city, to whom he told the story of his crime, for which he expressed nothing but gratification. ???????? LIGHTNING'S DEADLY WORK. Terrific Electrical Storm Visits Section About Greenvjlle, S. C. a terrific electrical storm visited the neighborhood of Greenville, S. C., Sunday night, doing considerable damage. In the mill village of the Ameri. can Spinning Company on the west era suburb of the city, a six-room house was struck and Miss Victoria Levi and Miss Busbee were almost instantly killed. Four children of the Russell family, who were occupants of v - < the house, were also shocked, remaining unconscious several hours. - HIDDEN TREASURE UNEARTHED. Four Men Secure Large Amount of Soanish Gold Buried By Outlaw. News was received in Meridian, Miss., Monday of the finding of $32,000, mostly in Spanish gold, buried In a rhest ahmit. fivp miles from Por tersville, Friday night, by four men who had a chart of the burial place. This section of Sucearnoochee was l once the rendezvous of the notorious Copeland gang, and the leader buried most of his ill-gitten wealth there. There is another sum of over fifty thousand dollars buried in Sucearnoochee swamp. SPECIAL TERM OF COURT >> Arranged By Governor Longino to Investigate Lynching of Italians. Governor Longino, of Mississippi, has arranged with Judge F. E. Larkin. of the Delta circuit court district, 10 hold a special term of court at Greenville on the second Monday in September to investigate the recent assassination of three Italians in Washington county, concerning which there has been considerable correspondence with the state department at Washington. FOUR FOUND WATERY GRAVE. Family Attempted to Cross Stream and Encountered a Cloudburst. \ Assistant Postmaster John G. Pole and his family, while attempting^) cross a mountain stream near Lexington, Va., were swept down by the wa ters of a cloudburst Sunday afternoon, and his wife and three daughters, aged from 1 to 8 years, drowned. Mr. Pole and a daughter about 3 years old escaped. The bodies were recovered. '> COLOMBIAN LEGATION QUITS. | Latest Developments Indicate That Venezuelans and Their Neighbors Will Measure Prowess. I | According to a special from Wil[ lemstad, Curaco, the Colombian lega: tion left Caracas Monday. A Washington dispatch says: The state department has authorized the American charge d'affaires at Caracas, Venezuela, to use his good offices for Colomhia. in rase the Colombian min Ister at the Venezuelan capital leaves that country. Mr. Russell telegraphed last week seeking instructions as to his course of action in case of the withdrawal of the Colombia minister, which apparently was in contemplation at that time. He did not, however, indicate that this withdrawal was preliminary to any rupture between the two republics, but simply asked if he would be authorized to act temporarily in looking after Colombia's interests in case of the withdrawal of the minister. As it is the universal custom to act in this manner, when the request was made, Mr. Russell was authorized to use his good offices for Colombia in case this was agreeable to the Venezuelan government. There have been no additional developments as to the situation on the Isthmus of Panama, where the trouble is far removed from that along the Venezuelan border. Consul General Gudger's course in looking after the interests of the Chinese along the isth raus is not in pursuit of any specific instructions from Washington, but follows procedure established some twelve years ago, in connection with points at which the Chinese were entirely without official representation. The navy department has now definitely determined to make use of the battleship Iowa, instead of the Wisconsin, for service on the Pacific side of this isthmus, in case affairs become serious there. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. The New Industries Reported in the South During the Past Week. The more important of the new industries reported for the past week inclube a bag factory at Norfolk, Va.; brick works at Eufaula, Ala.; a $60,000 coal company at Fort Smith, Ark.; an electric light plant at Greenwood, Miss.; a 200-barrel flouring mill at Bristol, Tenn.; a large flouring mill at Chattanooga; a foundry and machine shop at Birmingham, Ala.; a $25,000 hardware company at Gadsden, Ala.; a $40,000 hardware company at Houston, Tex.; a $10,000 hosiery mill at Alexander, Va.; ice factories at Paragould, Ark., Griffin, Ga., El Paso, Texas; an ice and cold storage plant at Fayetteville, Ark.; a $50,000 ice and cold storage plant at Sherman, Tpyas- ? 000 im and mid stnra.ee plant at Wheeling, W. Va.; a $25,000 improvement company at Orange, Texas; a knitting mill at Winston-Salem, N. C.; a knitting mill at Roanoke, Va.; a land company at Memphis, Tenn.; a $300,OOu lumber company at New Orleans, La.; a $40,000 lumber company at Meridian, Miss.; a lumber company at Johnson City, Tenn.; a lumber mill at Lyman, Miss.; a medicine factory at Richmond, Va.; a mining company at Atlanta, Ga.; a $350,000 oil company at Birmingham, Ala.; a $750,000 oil company at Wickliffe, Ky.; a $100,000 oil company at Shreveport, La.; a $500,000 oil company at Austin, Texas, and another, with capital of $100,000; an oil company at Dallas. Texas; a $50,000 oil company at Morgan town, W. Va,; a $50,000 oil mill at Griffin, Ga.; an oil mill at Blacksburg, S. C.; a plant for the manufacture of pea hullers at Jackson, Tenn.; a pearl button factory at De Vail Bluff, Ark.; a $25,000 plaster factory at Fairmont, W. Va.; a sash, door and blind factory at Columbus, Miss.; a saw mill near Huntsville, Ala.; the erection of $3,000,000 steel work in contemplation at Louisville, Ky.; a $300,000 telephone company at Grafton, W. Va., and telephone companies at Covington, Ga.; Lexington. and Nashville, Tenn., and a woodworking plant at Greenwood, S. C.? Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) VOTE TO CUT WAGES. Fall River Manufacturers WiN Reduce Pay Rolls After September 3d. If Vo 11 PlVQr .UUUUd^ ail.Cl uuuu tuo X atl Mass., cotton manufacturers at a meeting for the purpose of discussing the question of wage reduction unanimously voted to reduce wages to a basis of 17 cents for weaving, the reduction to go into effect September 3. This is about a 14 per cent cut, the present price of weaving being 19.S cents. An agreement will be drawn up for the signatures and will be passed by the executive committee of the association. VICTOR BLUE RETURNS HOME. Young Lieutenant Gained Fame By Discovery of Cervera's Fleet. Among the officers who returned from Manila on the Transport Sumner just arrived at San Francisco is Victor Blue, United States navy. Lieutenant Blue, who for the past year has been flag lieutenant of the fleet at Manila, gained fame by landing near Santiago de Cuba early in the war and ascertaining beyond a doubt that Cervera's fleet was in the harbor. First Bale of New Cotton. Georgia's first bale of entirely new cotton was marketed at Cochran Monday by J. Martin and bought by the Pl;i ntprs' warehouse at 10 cents; weight, 555 pounds. Texas Bank (?oes to the Wall. The Bank of Childress, Texas, owned by U. S. Weddington. failed Monday afternoon. Assets and liabilities are unknown, but it is thought the bank will pay its creditors in full. I SOUTH CAROLINA l } STATE NEWS ITEMS. CSHSJCMfMtslt^CSir^i Funeral Directors Meet. ; The following officers were elected at a session of the State Funeral Directors' Association held in Spartanburg the past week: President, W. W. Moore; vice president, J. T. Floyd; secretary, G. M. Taley; treasurer, W. H. Dukes. The next state meeting will be held at Columbia next year. Mr. John Bomar, of Spartanburg, was elected state delegate to the national convention. * His Wife an Heiress. Othello Fuller, of Columbia, once well to do, now a pauper, declares his wife, Alice, is the daughter of a sister of Josiah Wesley Fuller, the Australian who has left $50,000,000 to heirs in Georgia and Alabama. Mrs. Fuller was a Georgia girl and her maiden name was also Fuller. The poor people are very much stirred up and have secured a lawyer to undertake an investigation. * * Discussing Crematory Question. The desire of Dr. Henry B. Horlbcck. late health officer of Charleston, to have his remains cremated for burial, has suggested to business people of Charleston the advisability of having a crematory established. It has been pointed out that the rapid change in the sentiment hereabout is such that cremation would be more desirable than burial, and that with the operation of a crematory the number of bodies to be disposed of in this way would be very largo. Health people realize the importance of such a project and it was stated a few days ago that plans for such an establishment would be brought prominently before the business community. * * Charleston's New Depot. The plans recently drawn for the nnion naecontrpr statinn hv Architect Milburn, of the Southern railway, have been examined by the representatives of the Southern railway, the Atlantic Coast Line and the Plant system, and as soon as a few minor changes are made the roads will announce their readiness to go forward with the work at Charleston. The station will cost about $200,000, and will be located on the site now occupied as a joint depot by the Atlantic Coast Line and the Plant system. The idea is to have construction begun as early as possible, so that the new station will be ready for business by the time the exposition is in full blast * * * Government Takes Possession. The United States government took formal possession of the site which had been secured for the naval station at Cnarleston, and the raising of the flag last Monday afternoon marked the first occupation. Paymasters who arrived Monday night gave checks to Mayor Smith for the city's share of the park and to Mrs. Lawton, who disposed of a valuable lot adjoining. The dry dock, the plans for which have already been approved, will be erected first at a cost of $1,250,000. Annrnnriations amounting: to S250.000 ~ ? w ? i are available for immediate work and an expenditure of more than $6,000,000 on the navy yard in its entirety. * * Proposed New Electric Line. The proposed electric line from Edgefield to Augusta, Ga., is the cause of much talk in both cities now. Edgefield is especially anxious for the line and has gone so far as to have several call meetings and a committee of five has been appointed by them to investigate to the best of their abilities how anxious the people along the line and in each city are and what they will give toward its erection. A line is now being built from Augusta to Aiken, 17 miles, and President Jackson, of the Augusta-Aiken line, says ;f the Edgefield people will offer the right inducements that they will extend their line from Aiken on to Edgefield. Should the Augusta-Aiken line be extended it would pass through Langley, Bath, Aiken and several smaller towns, and the country crossed is very thickly populated and would make the travel very large. * * Will Forestall Scalpers. In order to give protection to the railroad companies, which have responded so liberally to the call from the exposition company, the city council of Charleston is preparing the draft of an ordinance which will prevent indiscriminate tieket scalping during the progress of the show. Already many scalpers are preparing to move in as soon as the exposition is fully started, and the indications point to a big number of these speculators. A month ago an ordinance was passed to prevent the scalpers from "working" the streets, and there is also a law to prohibit "barkers" from operating in front of the establishments. The license now is only $200, but this amount will be raised to two or three times that figure, and the authorities will use every endeavor to keep the agents away. The brokers who aro recognized by the Ticket Brokers' Association seem inclined to assist the authorties in keeping the unscrupulous dealers from doing business in the city and the law to be adopted will give better protection to the railroads and will save the public from any annoyance which might be caused from dealings with the shapers who make a business of following expositions. * * Tillman Speaks at Chester. Senator Tillman, along with other political leaders of this state, addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting at i Chester the past week. The senator argued and pleaded that McLaurin be not denied the right of entering the primary. He does not believe Senator McLaurin will ever make the race, and he does not, he said, want McLaurin to have the excuse that ne could not run. If Senator McLaurin runs, Tillman does not believe he will carry a single county in the state. He said he did not believe McLaurin would dare face the music with opposing candidates on the same platform with him. He wanted to know how many in the audience approved of the action of the state democratic committee, and how many thought Senator McLaurin ought to resign, or how many were willing to have the campaign this summer and not wait. Many votes indicated a fight to the finish now and mo.or>c rt f a rr>tr istm t inn And HOlie UJ W.V.W wo V? W, * ? , voted they did not want a campaign or resignation this summer. * * Suit to Test Repudiated Bonds. A suit which is meant to test thi validity of the Blue Ridge railroad revenue bond script, amounting to $4,000.000, and authorized by the state, but subsequently repudiated, was filed in the United States circuit court at Charleston last Monday. The opportunity of having the federal courts pass judgment on the bonds was secured when the treasurer of Fairfield county refused recently to receive the script in payment for taxes. After the script had been authorized Edward B. Wesley, of New York, advanced $344,925 for the purpose of having the Blue Ridge bonds withdrawn from hypothecation, and with this sum ho redeemed $2,902,000 of the bonds. The bonds were then canceled and the state, which had authorized the issue to aid in tho hnilrlinfr of thp railroad, es caped liability, agreeing, however, to honor the script. The legislature subsequently repealed the act and the script was. therefore, worthless. When part of the script was offered for taxes it was refused and the sheriff sold the land on which the script tax was not accepted. The suit for the possession of this property will test the validity of the issue. * Evans Announces For Senate. Ex-Governor John Gary Evans has announced that he will be a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Senator McLaurin. Governor Evans says that he is an old line democrat, and that he does not believe in compromise issues or "commercial democracy." He represented his county in the legislature for a number of years, and was speaker of the house. He was afterwards sent to the state senate and was elected president of that body. He served one term as governor of the state and opposed McLaurin in his first race, for the senate, but was defeated. When the United States declared war with Spain he was commissioned as a major and served through the Cuban campaign. At the close of the war he was appointed to a judgeship in Havana, Cuba, where he remained for some time. Ex-Governor Evans is a strong friend and supporter of Senator Tillman. AIMED AT STEEL TRUST. Knights of Labor Institute Quo Warranto Proceedings Against Knox. District Assembly No. 66, of the Knights of Labor, at Washington, has authorized it3 legislative committee to bring quo warranto . proceedings against tne attorney general of the United States to show cause why he has not enforced the provisions of the anti-trust law, known as the Sherman act. This action is aimed at the United States Steel Corporation, which is, it Is alleged, operating in violation of the Sherman act. GEORGIA HORTICULTURISTS. President Berckmans Re-Elected. Next Meeting to Be Held in Macon. The twenty-seventh annual session of the Georgia State Horticultural Association adjourned at Milledgevillo Thursday afternoon to meet next year at Macon. In the morning the officers for the coming year were elected. P J. Berckmans, president of the organization since its foundation twenty years ago was re-elected ROAD MAKES BIG LEA8E. Southern Secures Over Three Thou sand uars ana I nircy-nvc tnyinca. The Southern railway has made one of the largest leases of cars and engines ever made by a railroad company in the south. Edward T. Stotesbury, trustee, and acting for the Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia, is the lessor. The lease covers a period of seven years, dating from July 1 and extending to September 30, 1908. The lease is for 3,375 cars and 85 Baldwin locomotives. DAVE SUES FOR DIVORCE. Mrs. Nation's "Worse" Half Finally Tires of Conjugal Relations. David Nation, of the state of Kansas, through his attorney, has brought suit for a divorce from hia wife, Mrs. Carrie Nation, the temperance cru&ftd? tka?.u r\ er. 116 IS now nuiuug ili luciu^ V, He alleged that his wife held him up to public ridicule, neglected her famfy duties and abandoned hiB h?me. PRINCE OF ORLEANS DEAD. Succumbs to Illness While on His Way to the United States. Advices from Saigon, French Conchin, China stato that Prince Henry of Orleans died at 3:30 p., m. Friday. Prince Henry of Orleans Is the old est son of the duke of Chartres and a cousin or the duke of Orleans. The prince had been dangerously ill for some time past. He was on his way to the United States by way of San Francisco, and was to have passed some time at Newport this fall. WINTERS CONFESSES j SmeKcr Works Robber Reveals Riding Place of Gold. GETS IMMUNITY AND REWARD A Large Amount of the Stolen Bullion Is Fished Up From Deep Mud of the Bay?Details of the Robbery. A San Francisco dispatcn says. Jack Winters who was arrested,.as a suspect in connection with the Selby smelting works robbery, has confessed and so far $130,000 worth of bullion has been recovered from the bay where he had sunk it. For three days the detectives tried all sorts of persuasions to make Winters confers, but apparently without effect. Finally Winters asked to see Superintendent Ropp, of the Selby works who, he said, was the only friend he had. In his conversation with Ropp, Winters Indicated that he knew where the gold had been hidden. Ropp told Winters that they had a strong case against him and that he would be sent to prison for thirty years. Winters finally weakened and told Ropp that ha had taken the gold and would take him to the spot where it was hidden. Winters, in company with Superintendent Ropp and a force of detectives, left on a tug Friday * " " -- /~1 1 TiU mgnt ror orucntM,. naitcu all night for low ftde. Winters pointed out the place at the end of the railroad behind the coal bunkers at the head of the Vallejo ferry slip. At that point at low tide the mud Is about four feet deep, covered by a foot of water. Saturday morning Winters got In the mud and water up to his neck and for an hour and a half groped for the missing bullion. Up to 10 o'clock $130,000 worth had been recovered. This included the four bars of fine gold. The deep mud finally put a stop to operations and it was decided to build a cofferdam befcrre trying to recover the rest of the treasure. Winters had put some of the bars in bags. He said one of the bags had broken and some small bars had dropped out It Is now only a question of careful search to find the rest of the $280,000. Winters claims he did the job all alone. He says he made fourteen trips from the vault to the wharf from which he dropped the gold. Winters told the officers that he planned the robbery long ago with minute detail. He had been two or three months working on his little tunnel. It had taken two nights' labor to cut through the brick wall of the smelter. Most of the boring in the bottom of the vault had ben done in the night when the gold was taken. He carried the plunder, which was verv heavy, from the vault to the wa ter and deposited it. The distance from the vault to the cache was about a quarter of a mile and he made fourteen round trips. Winters on his last trip had perceived that dawn was breaking. Not daring to complete the trip, he laid on the shore the two bricks which were found Tuesdaymorning at the point where the robbers' boat was supposed to have landed. The trail of red pepper ending at that point had been a blind. In view of the fact that promises of clemency were made to Winters in consideration of his unearthing the gold, it is thought that his punishment will be light. Detective Gibson is quoted as saying that it was promised Winters by President Ralston, of the Selby Smelting Works, that he should not only not be prosecuted, but should receive $25,000. "Winters cannot be prosecuted," said Detective Gibson, "for there is no evidence against him. All that has been drawn from him was secured by detectives under promise that it would not be used against him. Under such circumstances it would be extremely difficult to secure a conviction." BANK HELD STATE FUNDS. Texas Treasurer Testifies that $358,208.89 is Tied Up By Failure. cnonlal rnmmittpp ftnnointpd hv X vv/MM>.?vww ?r r v the Texas legislature to Investigate the heavy deposit of the state of Texas in the First National bank when that bank was closed by a receiver August 4, held its second meeting Thursday behind closed doors. State Treasurer Robbins testified to the fact that there was $358,208.89 tied up in the bank, the same being money collected by the bank for the state treasury on checks sent in to cover taxes and money due on state lands. ENGLAND RAISES OBJECTIONS. Delays Signing Final Protocol In the Chinese Agreement. The state department makes public the following: "A cablegram received from Mr. Rockhill late yesterday reports that the delay in signing the final protocol if agreement between the powers an i hina is due to objections raised by ireat Britain against the internation1 commission for the revision of the iriff. The nature of the British objec :cn is not stated. ROBLEY GETS A CALL DOWN. Navy Department Acts on Complaint of the Hon. William Chandler. The navy department has acted upon the complaint made by the Hon. William E. Chandler against Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans. It has reprimanded the admiral and a letter to that effect has been addressed to him. Mr. Chandler was also notified of the department's action. h. CREAn OF NEWS ^ Summary of the Most f. T Important Daily f J Happenings Tersely Told. ? ?A suit has been filed in the United States circuit court at Charleston, S. C., to test the validity of the issue of Blue Ridge bonds, which have been repudiated. ?The Alabama constitutional con vention Monday passed the ordinance allowing sheriffs to be their own successors in office. ?The International Typographical Union began its sessions at Birmingham, Ala., Monday. ?Up to Monday night over $200,000 of the gold stolen from the smelter vault by John Winters had been re covered. ?Many traces of oil have been found in the newly opened Oklahoma lands, and the wildest excitement prevails. ?The Plant steamer Halifax was wrecked Monday while entering Boston harbor. No lives were lost. ?It is claimed that strong evidence has been secured to show that a league exists between the police and gamblers of New York. ?Mr. Doty, health officer of New York, states that his experiments prove that malaria is spread by the sting of the mosquito. ?The British government was defeated in the house of commons Monday on the factory bill. The result will be acepted. ?Former Premier Crispi, of Italy, died poor, having lost his money in the service of his country. ?Lord Kitchener reports that his forces have been successful recently in their operations against the Boers. ?The Colombian legation has left the Venezuelan capital, which probably presages war. The United States minister will look, after the interests of Colombia. ?Representative Livinston, of Georgia, a member of the industrial commission, asserts that the government will be compelled to take a hand in thp war hetween caDital and labor. ?Agents are now dragging Tennessee for heirs to $2,000,000 estate in the Beaumont, Texas, oil territory. ?General Rufus B. Neely, of Bolivar, Tenn., a veteran of three wars, died Saturday, aged 94 years. ?Obeying their leaders, the union men in the plants of the steel trust struck Saturday. The trust managers refused to arbitrate at the last moment. ?Dynamite was used in an attempt to destroy a British transport loading with mules at New Orleans for south Africa. ?John Winters has confessed that he robbed the Seauy smelter vault and is aiding in recovering the gold. He was promised immunity and $25,000. ?Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans has been reprimanded by the navy department for criticising former Secretary of the Navy Chandler. ?Chaplain H. W. Jones, United States navy, in a talk Sunday night in a New York church, said that in America's troubles with Spain the British navy was ready to aid Americans. ?Padilla, prominent leader of the Tampa strikers, has suddenly disap - * ? r.*. i _ v. pearea rrom tnai cuy. n is uenevcu he has gone to Havana. ?State Senator Ferguson was nominated for re-election Saturday night by the convention at Bard well, Ky. ?Signor Crispi, leading Italian statesman, died at Nables Sunday night. His remains will be given a military funeral at Palermo. ?Requiem services over the body of Empress Dowager Frederick were held at Cronberg, Germany, Sunday. Emperor William and King Edward were present. ?Insurgents are harassing Panama and Colon to such an extent that there is a general exodus of citizens from those places. ?Big political rally at Union, S. C., closed Friday with addresses by Senator Tillman and former Governor John Gary Evans, both orators denouncing McLaurin unmercifully. ?Jim Harris, a negro desperado, who killed a chaingang superintendent under whom he was serving a term, a year ago, was executed Friday at Bennettsville, S. C., in the presence of twenty persons, while 1,000 surrounded the jail, the walls of which cut off observation. ?McMillin, governor of Tennessee, in an interview, declares he wants General Bate's seat in the United States senate. ?Reports just completed in agricultural department at Washington show that more cotton has been shipped away from the United States this year < than ever before in the history of the country. . , ?Alabama constitutional convention provides for an Inheritance tax and reconsiders a 'previous action giving women a limited right of suffrage. ' ?The Colombian minister has left Caracas. He says, however, his absence will only be temporary. ] ?Disclosures made in New York ' show that the police are leagued with 1 gamblers to voilate the law. ?The strikers of Tampa, Fla., will ' appeal to Spain to rescue the men who have been kidnaped. ?Senator Chauncey Depew. now in , I London, announces that he has determined to retire permanently from the interviewing business. ?Bishop Tanner,, of the Afro-Ameri- ' can council, declares that the churches are responsible for race prejudice. ?Prince Henry of Orleans died Fri- 1 day afternoon at Saigon, French Co- 1 chin, China. He was a son of the duke 1 of Chartres. ' ?President Gompers says the Amer- ' ican Federation of Labor will aid ] Amalgamated association in fighting the steel trust ( WILL BANISH BOERS Lord Kitchener Promulgates the Latest Edict of Britons. GIVEN A MONTH TO SURRENDER Claim Is Made That a Great Majority of the Burghers Are Willing to Stop the Uuequal Struggle. A London special says: A parliamentary paper has been issued containing the proclamation issued by Lord Kitchener August 7 in accordance with instructions from the imperial government, the governments of Cape Colony and Natal concurring. The proclamation says: "All commandants, field cornets and leaders of armed bands, being burghers of the late republic and still engaged in resisting his majesty's forces, whether in the Orange Colony, the Transvaal or other portions of his majesty's South African dominions, and all members of the governments of the late Orange Free State and Transvaal shall, unless they surrender before September 15, be permanently banished from south Africa. "The cost of the maintenance of the families of all burghers in the field who have not surrendered by September 15 shall be recoverable from such burghers and shall be a charge upon their property, removable and immovable, in the two colonies." The preliminary correspondence shows that the proclamation is based upon suggestions which the government of Natal forwarded to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain July 24, and that the date September 15 was recommended by Lord Milner. The reasons of the government for the proclamation are set forth in a preamble to the proclamation as follows: "Whereas, The late Orange Free State and south African republic have been annexed to his majesty's dominions; and, "Whereas, His majesty's forces are and have been for some considerable time in complete possession of the seats of government of both the aforesaid territories, with their public offices and the whole machinery of administration, as well as of all the principal towns and the whole Of the railways; and, "Whereas, a great majority of the burghers of the two late republics, to the exclusion of those who have fallen in the war, are now either prisoners or have submitted to his majesty's government and are living peaceably in towns and camps under control of his majesty's forces; and "Whereas, The burghers of the late republics still in arms are not only few in number, but have lost almost all their guns and munitions of war and are devoid of regular military organization and are, therefore, unable 10 carry on regular warfare or to offer nnv oreanizpd resistance to his majes ty's forces in any part of the country; and "Whereas, Those burghers who are still in arms, though unable to carry on regular warfare, continue to make isolated attacks upon small posts and detachments of his majesty's forces, to plunder or destroy property and to damage railway and telegraph lines; and "Whereas, The country is thus kept in a state of disturbance, checking the resumption of agricultural and industrial pursuits; and "Whereas, His majesty's government is determined to put an end to a state of things which is aimlessly prolonging bloodshed and destruction and inflicting ruin upon a great majority of the inhabitants, who are anxious to live in peace and earn a livelihood for themselves and their families; and "Whereas, It is just to proceed against the still resisting, and especially against those persons who, being in a position of authority, are responsible for the continuance -of the present state of lawlessness and are instigating their fellow burghers to continue their hopeless resistance to his majesty's government." REDUCE DUTIES OR ANNEX. Havana Tobacco Buyers Want Uncle Sam to Lower Rates on the Weed. The union of tobacco buyers of Havana was recently asked by the merchants' union to give an opinion as to the duties levied in the United States nnnn Oiihan tnharro. * Thft renlv was to the effect that the duty on cigars, wrappers and fillings should be decidedly reduced. A long preamble asserts that Cuba, if she does not obtain concessions to which she has a perfect right, In view of the fact that she Is under the economic protection of the United States, should ask for annexation. GOVERNMENT ARBITRATION. Industrial Commission Will Take Hand In War Between Capital and Labor. Representative Livingston, of Georgia, In discussing the nearly completed work of the industrial commission is quoted as saying: "There is one subject the industrial commission proposes to handle withaut gloves in Its forthcoming report to congress, and that is the trust question and how it affects both capital and labor." CREDITORS WILL BE PAID. "Corn King" Phillips Says that All Will Get Their Money. George H. Phillips, speaking for his firm, which recently suspended operations on the Chicago board of trade because of confusion of accounts, has declared that every customer having a "laim against the company would be paid in full. Notices of their accounts rail be mailed customers within a day )r two. IMAMKS struct rtnuuix/L m Colombians Bent On Precipitating Bloody Conflict?Uncle 8am is Watching. The Venezuelan government an* ijjSj nounces that a new Colmbian invasion : occurred Thursday near Colon. The invading force is commanded by the Colombian minister of war. The situation in Colombia and Vexw,- V"c|| ezuela continued to occupy much of -g the attention of officials at Washington: ..J% Friday, and while it was not felt that v^g affairs had reached a 3erious aspect, yet it was appreciated that both the . official and unofficial advices IndlcSK^M ted a condition of affairs which might >;J|w mean war between Colombia and Ven-. C,;^ ezuela, complicated by revolutionary /~j| outbreaks in both countries. /lav +ha ctote* flt>norfrnawt UUIlUg IUC uu; Miv received a rather lengthy mall com- ^ munication from Consul General Gnd- ' ~:M ger, at Panama, and though this "T:. dated nearly a month ago, it told of the T ff! landing of a revolutionary expedition^ and expressed the current belief heJd^jj. at Panama that this would be followed '} M by other expeditions. The depart-. ; t ment also received a letter from M. J. . ^ Edward Simmons, of New York, presl- > || dent of the Panama railroad, confinn-vj v ing his communication of Thuridajr^ , relative to the trouble on the Isthmuf,;.V^ and stating that the superintendent of the road advised him as to the deprer^| ,1. dations of an insurgent band, which x3 I did not number, however, over 60 rneairi? ,-V^ The more serious aspect of the^^| matter was presented in a press diepatch ffom Willemstadt, Island of ' racoa, stating that the Colombians had again invaded Venezuela. . ' vThere was no official confirmation aaj?|?.V to this, but if it proves correct, there seems little chance of avoiding an open conflict between these two com*< Na J tries, as such an invasion by Colombltt^ 'M would in itself be an act of war. Bu^^R " :> the United States authorities prefer""! to take a conservative view of the sit- / M uation until the official uM^es are in ^ , hand. When inquiry was made as to ;; -1| why our officials at Bogota and OltOwhere did not send full information Via it was stated that- thestt ^l : officials were not there to comimra^B cate news, but only to advise this ernment as a preliminary to any which becomes necessary. - * At the navy department no fuitbew|| || step3 were taken toward sending ships ^ to the isthmus. || Mr. Herran, the first secretary afca M Colombian legation, who is now charge during Mr. Silva's ebsenceJi A points out that Colombia has a popular V. A* tion of 5,000,000 against 3,000,000 of : ^ Venezuela, and an army of about 40, ~*?|| 000 men, who have been for the mo?fc||| ^ part in active service against revete ^ I ticnary bands for the last year. He ex- | pressed his earnest hope that a condK"?<i| tion of actual war would not .result, .v ? from the present troubles, but bellev--^ ed his country to be fully able to care of herself in that emergency. If traffic on the isthmus should bevS stopped it probably would bring abontSj ; an inquiry by the United States gov- . ^ ernment to the government of Colom-V ^ bia as to the ability of the latter|| cope with the situation, for the pri- M mary duty is on Colombia and only when she fails will the United States"' i| step in. When a similar trouble arose - Ji in 1885 the United States did not actB f| until the Colombian government re? fl quested action, making it plain thal|J. the trouble had got beyond the powctf^i | of Its authorities. 3 SUFFRAGE ARTICLE "CINCHED.*.^ ^ Passed In Alabama Convention and Now Part of Constitution. J After a lengthy' controversy the ; section of an article passed Thursday-^S giving women the right of suffrage. was reconsidered in the Alabama con* ; vention Friday by a vote of 87 to 2. .The committee on engrossment re^j ported that the suffrage article had a -k be^n engrossed and was ready for flnal^ passfee. The article was then read*^|j| i for tbhtttird time and adopted hjr a J vote ofaWall. _ J This finally disposed of the and it now becomes a part of the con- % stitution. }s Five thousand copies of the engrogg^jgH ed article was ordered printed and dis- '] tributed. : ACCOMPLICE OF BRESCI. I Anarchist, Under Arrest, Admits Help- ^ ing to Murder King Humbert. A dispatch to The Patrie (Paris) ^ from Rome says the anarchist, Luigi Gdanotti, who is charged in Milan with ::v5| being an accomplice of Bresci In the t?3 assassination of King Humbert, has confessed to his complicity in the crime. He admits that he left Paterson, N. J., in company with Bresci. ^ Gianottl started a street row at Moxk ^ za the day of the murder in order to * distract the attention of the police. , > while Bresci attacked the king. BRAN NEW LABOR ORDER. Move Is Intended to Organize All Navy Yard Employees. A new national labor order, intended to bring together all classes of mechanics, helpers and laborers in the nAvy yards and arsenals throughout the country has been organised at Washington. "The Navy Yard Employees' Protective Association" is the name chosen, > but the word "arsenal" will be added whfln the arsenal emelovees are ta> Frightful Holocaust In Russia. v??3 According to a dispatch to the Lou* ^|?B don Daily mail from St Petersburg, . in the recent connagraftoh Whitebsk 1,000 houses were destroyeJTP*? and 100 lives lost. Big Fortune Goes Begging. J Agents are in Khorvllle, Teniu searching for the heirs of WiUla?j| || Pelham Humphreys, who owned la?||?ifj in the Beaumont oil territory said ~ :-M be worth over $2,000,000. ~ 's- '' ''' -yV - ? wi-SH?2ssa3t8*i_