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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 15.1901. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. i|||
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"FEW SLAVES WORK"
Shaffer's Statement at Close of
First Day's Bitter Straggle.
TRUST CLAIMS SLIGHT VICTORY
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Some Points Strike Order Was
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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COLOMBIAN LEGATION QUITS.
| Latest Developments Indicate That
Venezuelans and Their Neighbors
Will Measure Prowess.
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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.
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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.
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} STATE NEWS ITEMS.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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are available for immediate work and
an expenditure of more than $6,000,000
on the navy yard in its entirety.
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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.
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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.
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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
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voted they did not want a campaign
or resignation this summer.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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