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The Bamberg Herald. 1 <9 | ._ ,- ' ESTABLISHED 1S9I. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10.1901. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. M #?NJCMCSi:rsHNJrvHMfMI X SOUTH CAROLINA I \ STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ CMfMrsJrslCMtMCMCMf Charleston Invites Roosevelt. Invitations have been extended Pref- ( dent Roosevelt and members of his cabinet to attend the opening ceremo- j nies of the Charleston exposition De- ! cember 1. Chauncey M. Depew, of New York, will deliver the opening address at the exposition. I . .% Mills Will Be Sold. The investigation of the creditor!* claims against the Fairmont cotton mill was concluded at Spartanburg a few days ago. The assets will amount to |30,000 and the liabilities are $75,000. The entire plant was ordered to be sold, the sale to take place In De? LCUi UC1 * Carnival Called Off. The city of Spartanburg had a suo cessful carnival last fall and her mer? chants were enthusiastic for another week of fun and big crowds the com* ing November. They had subscribed $2,000 for the purpose, but at the last moment the proposed fete has been called off. * ? I* Jury Law Under Fire. The county of Charleston has a special jury law, and lawyers in that city are awaiting with considerable interest the decision of the justices and judges who sat cn banc the past week on the question of the constitutionality of the law in the state. A number of lawyers in Charleston have maintained for a year that the jury law there was in violation of constitutional provis. ions. % * * * Ancient Hotel In Ashes. At Greenville the Parish hotel and two stores adjoining caught fire last Monday morning at 5 o'clock ana In less than two hours' time were reduced to ashes. These buildings were valued at about $10,000, with insurance of $5,800. The Parish hotel was one of the oldest hostelries in the state, having been constructed nearly a hundred years ago. Some of the state's most famous men and statesmen have been entertained there. Converted Into a Theatre. The Thomson auditorium, with a seating capacity for 7,500 persons, erected in Charleston for the special iicp of tho rnrtfprt prntp rpiim'nn two years ago, has been leased by the city to William Preston Dowling, Jr., and will be converted into a modern theatre. Extensive changes and improve-" ments will be made. The .size of the house will be made smaller. Mr. . Dowling has placed orders for fine stage effects which will make the house up to date and modern in every respect*. During the exposition it will be constantly open and a stock company will be installed. There will be special vaudeville entertainments. * Heavy Damage Suit Filed. The family of Thad N. Jones, an engineer of the Plant system, who was killed in a wreck at Green Pond, S. C., November 24, 1900, has entered suit for $40,000 damages. The papers have been filed in Charleston and the trial will come ud in November. In the complaint it is alleged that the death of Jones was due to the negligence of the railroad company. His locomotive was pulling train 78, of the Plant system, running from Tampa to New York, and according to the plaintiff it had the right of way. At the Green Pond switch the engine collided with cars that had become separated from a freight train, and in the collision Jones received fatal injuries. He died a short time after being hurt Rice Bird Season Is On. Thousands of rice birds are being slaughtered daily in the fields around Georgetown to supply the markets of the east. The season, which opened auspiciously for the bird dealers, has been profitable, and one firm In Georgetown has made the largest shipments ever recorded in this section* Some time ago a dealer in Philadet phia offered to buy the entire output of the Georgetown dealer, regardless of ' price and the number of birds shipped. The Phlladelphlan said he could 1 lly handle 75,000 dozen at once, which gives a clear Idea of the enormous dfe mand for this toothsome dish. Durtpf the past week the Charleston buybrl 1 have had great difficulty In gettinb 1 birds, as the price has jumped from 5^ cents to 75 cents per dozen. But thi^ increase has not stopped the sale, an$ the city is feasting daily. Express Clerk Missing. Claude D. Mellard. clerk In fEd Southern Express office at Columbia, has disappeared and all efforts to trace him have failed. Mellard's accounts and books are found to be perfectly straight. He was a young man of exemplary habits and a gen??o1 fotTArlffi A rinto -0*00 loft fnr tho r 1 fti JTJL UVVV Tl (*w *V4 V V4?? manager, saying that he found his mind fai-'ng him and would therefore leave. Other things said in this letter have not been made public, but which satir/y the express officials that Mellard's mind was unbalanced. The change must have come suddenly or have been well concealed by him, for it was observed by none of his friends. The express officials and the police have been unable to find a clew. His friends entertain grave fears. * Subscribers Must "Ante Up." Acting on instructions from the board of directors of the "narleston exposition, General Counsel Ficken is making out suits against all delinquent subscribers and the announcement to this effect has been docketed for the November term of the court of comuc - mon pleas. This is where the irons " burn, and while the litigation is be* n gun in good faith, it will result in many subscribers meeting their obligations. The list of delinquents which has been placed in the hands of Mr. Ficken does not include an array of wage earners, but includes many prominent citizens who made liberal contributions. but who have not paid. Some have paid the first few installments, but the others have paid nothing. It is not known just how much of the exposition money is outstanding, but not enough is still due to hamper the plans cf the company. Since the bonds have been placed the work will be rushed with renewed vigor, and in the meantime the courts will issue judgments against all who promised to help the er^erprise and who have failed. * * * May Be Senator Hampton. A Columbia special says: ColonelWyiie Jones, state chairman of the iemocratic party, has launched a scheme in the political sea that may have ap important influence on the poitical future of the state. While senuor Tillman is not mentioned as fathering the plan, it is known that he and Joionel Jcncs have been very closely illied cf late, and he is believed to support the suggestion's of the state hairman. Colonel Jones was an avowed candi'.ate fcr the United States senate to .r.ccced McLaurin. He has long been prominent in politics, and is a man of cans, and gained additional popularly by commanding the Soutli Carolina egimcnt that went to Cuba. In a statement just issued he withraws from the senatorial race, urges .11 the other aspirants to do the same :nd permit the office to be bestowed, vitfcout contest, on General Wade Tampion. Colonel Jones says there ire? but two men in the state who he believes can get more votes than himelf for any office he asks for?Hampon and liliman. Hampton will not isk fcr any office, but will take the -enalcrsbip if tendered him, and Cololel Jones urges the younger men who aay be candidates to join him in rowning the old general's lire witu his renewal of popular esteem. As a hoy he helped bear Hampton on his shoulders to the gubernatorial chair, md wishes to again show him honor. The withdrawal of the candidates vou'd eliminate what will otherwise lertainly be a bitter campaign that will end in a split in the party. STATE IS ENJOINED. South Carolina Cannot Collect Back Taxes on a Kali re ad. United States Circuit Judge Simonton, at Charleston, Wednesday, acting on a complaint entered by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, issued an injunction restraining the state of 8outh Carolina from, levying or collecting back taxes on the Cheraw and Darlington railroad, now owned by the Coast Line. Under its amended charter, the United States supreme court held that the company was exempt. In the face of this the legislature passed an act providing for the taxation of railroad property. MANDAMU8 AGAINST JUDGE. Attorneys For Tindall Institute Pro* ceedlngs In Georgia Supreme Court. A mandamus proceeding was instituted in the Georgia supreme court Monday morning against Judge John 3. Candler, of the Stone Mountain circuit, to force him to grant a hearing to the attorneys of Harry C. Tindall, of Macon, who is alleged to have defaulted as receiver for the Macon Hardware Company. The suit will come up for a hearing in a few days. No rule nisi was granted and will not be until the case can be heard upon its merits. HONOR FOR EX-GOVERNOR JONES. Report That President Roosevelt Will Appoint Him District Judge. The Chicago Record-nerald printe the following from Walter Wellman, under a Washington date: "President Roosevelt has decided te appoint to the vacant judge ship in Alabama former Governor Thomas Goode Jones. Governor Jones is a democrat in good standing. He served as governor of Alabama from 1S90 to lt'94 and his administration was a distinguished one. Governor Jones is a lawyer of fine attainments and is well qualified for the post for which he has been selected." UNIVERSAL MOURNING IN CUBA. General Wood Says Islanders Deeply Feel Death of President McKinley. General Wood, who arrived in Washington Wednesday, said he had never 3een such universal mourning as was shown in Cuba for the death of Mr. McKinley, and that its extent and sincerity showed how deeply the Cubans ppit ft. General Wood states that im portant business with the secretary of war brought him here, and that he would probably return in about a week. NEW TOBACCO ASSOCIATION. Virginia Handlers of the Weed HoTd a Meeting In Richmond. Nearly two hundred resident and out-of-town tobacconists participated in the organization of the National Tobacco Association at Richmond, Va.. Thursday. The objects of the association are self-protection, and to provide ways and means for general welfare in matters affecting insurance, statistics, ex * ? ? ** '1 - ? A y u ? r\r\ rtf A port uttue <a.nu. luuuiiiii uuit v. .. ?an tobacco into foreign countries. RASOM TIME EXPIRES. Brigands, However, May Not Enforce Ultimatum Regarding Miss Stone. A Boston special says: Nearly half the money needed to ransom Miss Helen M. Stone, the missionary, from the Bulgarian brigands, has been placed in the hands of Messrs. Kidder, Peabody & Co. The enact figures at midnight Monday night were $45,543 cash< and $7,500 in pledges. Of this amount the firm Monday afternoon sent $35.000 to the state department to be for-] warded to its consular agents WORK OF BOLO MEN In Slaughter of Americans Told In Detail By Chaffee. ADJUTANT GENERAL IS ADVISED Attack Was Complete Surprise, Most of the Men Meeting Death In the Mess Room In Struggle Over Possession of Arms. The war department Friday night received the following dispatch from General Chaffee, dated Manila, giving further details of the disastrous attack on the Ninth regiment: "Manila, October 4.?To Adjutant General, Washington: From those who escaped the following: September 29, while at breakfast, 6:45 a. m., company was attacked at a signal of ringing convent bells by about 450 bolo men, 200 from the rear of quarters, 200 front, simultaneously, attacking officers' quarters. The company was completely surprised. The force attacking the front gained possession of the arms. A fight ensued for them, in which most of the men met death in the mess room in the rear. The enemy was beaten off temporarily by about twenty-five men, who gained their arms. Sergeant Betron assumed command and endeavored to collect tho men and leave in boats, but were reattacked by the enemy. Strength of the command, three officers, seventytwo men. Killed, three officers, forty enlisted men. Missing, six. Wounded, thirteen. Present, thirteen. Party attacking the officers in the convent entered through the church. Large numbers were led by the presidente. Probably of the 101 rifles with the company, twenty-six were saved. Fifteen of the lost (rifles) bolts drawn; 25,000 rounds ammunition lost. Ninety-five prisoners outside the cuartel joined in the attack a*t a signal. The boat of the missing men was capsized. Captain Bookmiller may pick up the men. "JAMES P. DRUILLARD, "Lieutenant Ninth Infantry." "September 30.?Have returned from Balingiga. Drulllard explains the conditions correctly. Landed yesterday. Inhabitants deserted the town, firing one shot Buried three officers and twenty-nime men. A number of bodies buried In the quarters. Buildings were ftred aa we entered. Secured or destroyed most of the rations. All ordnance Is gone. The Insurgents secured fifty^seven serviceable rifles, 28,000 cartridges. Forty-eight men of Company C, Ninth Infantry, and one hospital oorpsman killed or missing; twentyeight men accounted for. Found two in boat en route here. Buried the dead, burned the town and returned to Basey. BOOKMILLER, "Captain Ninth infantry." "De Russey has sent strong company to chastise savages If found. "HTJGHES." "No other details. Names of killed to be determined by elimination of survivors as soon as possible. June muster roll is probably the latest evidence to be had. CHAFFEE." De Russey is the colonel of the Elevrofflncnf of utinnpd n PJLT the IVQIAUVMV, cece of the attack. A SUSPICIONS FIRE. Blare In West Tampa, Florida, Destroys Valuable Property. An incendiary fire destroyed $160,000 worth of property Thursday night In West Tampa. It originated in the cigar factory of O'Halloran & Co., and tpread rapidly to other buildings. West Tampa baa no fire department and firemen from Tampa did not go until the fire threatened to rweep throught to their section The general belief 1b that the fire wag the result hitter reeling wnica has been prevalent for some time over the labor situation, the blow being struck in West Tampa first because there was no protection against fire. Governor Offers $700 Reward. Governor Ayeoek has increased the reward for Jim I.owrey, of North Carolina, the murderer of Chief of Police Jones at ShoJby, making now a reward of $700. NEW STEAMSHIP LINE. Organization of Atlantic Coast Company Effected at New York. The organization of the Atlantic Coast Steamship Company was effected at New York Monday. The officers and directors elected are: President J. L. Crosthwaite; vice president. Lewis A. Hall: treasurer and secretary, George W. Graff, D. 0. Mills. Ogden Mills, Charles R. Flint, and W. B. Flint. The company has in operation steamers carrying lumber from Georgetown, b. *j., 10 me uuim i Atlantic ports. CAROLINA GRAPHITE MINES. Stock Company with $3,000,000 Has Been Organized to Work Them. A stock company, capitalized at $3,000,000, has been formed at Chicago to operate the graphite mines in Yancey county. North Carolina. Work begins this month and the output is to be : ear load a day. The best graphite A !_ iV. ? ,*n mine m xne country i? tue uimc, iu New York state, and it is said the Yancey mine ranks second. ALABAMIANS ARE PLEASED. Without Regard to Faction or Race Jones' Appointment Is Approved. The appointment cf Governor Jones to the vacant United States district judgeship gives delight to the people of Montgomery, without regard to faction or race. If the old-line republicans are disgruntled they do not offer public criticism of the president. Personally. they have only the kindest expressions for Governor Jones, himself. Aside* from the purely personal gratification. every one feels that an able and pure man is to administer justice. ! PROFESSOR "SHUFFLES' OFF. Assistant Textile instructor In the Georgia Technological School Becomes Love Lorn and Suicides. Professor John Wyatt Turner, assistant Instructor of carding and spinning in the textile department of the Georgia School oi Technology, at Atlanta, committed suicide Sunday night at the Alexander house, 15 1-2 Marietta street, by taking morphine. It was stated by friends of the deceased that a woman was the cause of the suicide, and in a letter left by Professor Turner this statement was verified. He had been despondent for some time, only his most intimate friends knowing the reason for it, and, as a result, for several days had been drinking constantly. He was under the influence of drink, it is asserted hy those who saw him shortly before he took his life. At about 6:30 o'clock Professor Turner telephoned to Moses M. Wood, at whose home, 128 Plum street, he boarded. Mr. Wood is employed as one of the night clerks of the Southern railway at the Mitchell street station. Over the telephone Professor Turner said to his friend that he had deter- . mined to commit suicide. Mr. Wood remonstrated with lim at first, then succeeded in learning the whereabouts of Professor Turner. Knowing, however, that Professor Turner was at the Alexander house, he started for this place. Reaching there, h? excitedly told his m ission, and, with Fred Strickland, who had accompanied him, went at once to the room occupied by Professor Turner. The door to the room was locked, but, after a short delay, an entrance was forced through a hall window. Professor Turner was found lying face downward on the floor. He was unconscious, and on the floor beside him was an empty bottle which had contained morphine. The ambulance from the Gratly hospital was summoned and Professor Turner was quickly removed to this: place. He received all the aid that medical skill could oner and for a time it was believed that he had a chance to recover. The hope of recovery was based on the belief that he had taken an overdose of the drug, probably 63 prainc hut a few minutes before 9 o * - ? ? o'clock there was a sudden change for the worse, and he sank rapidly, dying at 8:55. COLLEGE GIRLS "KICK." Color Line Drawn at Wellesley Over Daughter of Booker Washington. A special from Boston, Mass., says: Portia Washington, the daughter of Booker T. Washington, has just entered as a student at Wellesley college. She could not secure accommodations In the eollege yard, and stories have begun to circulate to the effect that the other students had drawn the color line, and, to save trouble, rooms have been secured for her outside the yard limits. tt rknn M- TTmr firot l.-n r*Tv'n that thp> VY UCU ic nno uii;b nuv v*??*w Washington girl expected to enter this year'g class at Wellesley one or two girls from tlie south, in tnc hall where it was expected that she wou:d be lodged, made some talk. Rooms were secured for her with Mrs. Brio, on Howe street. One of the faculty, Professor Keyes, rooms in the same house. Across the street from Mrs. Brio's is a house occupied by three professors in the college, Miss Coman, Miss Bates and Miss Balch. The colored girl was invited to take her meals with the college professors, and so each day she and Miss Kej-es cross the street at meal time. This kindness of the professors was seizeii on by some as a good basis on which to build a weird tale of the Washington girl being taken under the sheltering wing of the powers that be, as an example to the other girls. However, from the first, it was understood that this arrangement for room and board was only temporary. Fatal Accident on Southern. In a wreck on the Southern railway Saturday night a passenger train, No. 16, cash bouhd, ran through an open switch at White Pine, Tenn., and collided with a freight standing on the siding. Two men were instantly killed and one other badly hurt. BRIGANDS BECOMING IMPATIENT. They Fix Time Limit For Payment of Ransom For Miss Stone. According to a dispatch from Constantinople, the brigands who carried off Miss Helen Stone, the American missionary, and her companion, Madame Tsilka, a Bulgarian lady, have fixed October 8 as the limit of time for the payment of the ransom, $110,000, demanded for Miss Stone's release. The hiding place of the brigands has not yet been discovered. rniJR KILLED IN WRECK. Disastrous Rear-End Collision on Panhandle Road Near Logansport, Ind. Four Pan-handle tralnment met an awful death near Onward, 14 miles southeast of Logansport, Ind., Sunday morning in a rear-end collision of freight trains the bodies of three being taken out badly mutilated and the fourth being almost entirely consumed before the wreck crew could subdue the flames sufficiently to permit work In that portion of the debris. t>IX YEARS FOR SILVER. Tennessee Justice of the Peace Twice Convicted of F orgery. At Chattanooga, Tenn., Friday the jury in the second case against Justice of the Peaoe J. E. Silver, who was charged with forging bills of cost and securing fees from the county on them, brought in a verdict of guilty and fixed the verdict at three years in the penitentiary. This makes two cases in which Silver has been 'round guilty.) and the sentence in the cases in which Silver has been found guilty and the sentence in the cases is si^eahs. j BB1TISHERSW0RRIED Brave Bnrgbers are Holding Their Own Right Along. INTEREST IN CONFLICT REVIVING DeLar/ and Kemp Make Bold Attack on Camp of Redcoats, Slaughtering Right and Left, But Are Repulsed. Lord Kitchener reported to the war office in London Wednesday that two officers and tnirty-one men had been killed in an attack made cn Colonel Kekewich's camp at Moedwill. The Boers, who were under Commandants De Larey and Kemp, had fourteen officers and 114 men wounded after two Lours* fighting, when the Boers were j m ^ cc unveu uu. The Boer attack at Moedwill occurred September 29. The Boers are reported to have been 1,000 strong. Lord Kitchener, in his dispatch, says the British repelled the attack with great vigor. Colcnel Kekewich was slightly wounded in two places. He says that all ranks behaved well. The wounded were taken to Paistenburg, half way between Pretoria and Mafeking. Lord Kitchener confirms the heavy losses of the Boers, about 250 killed and 300 wounded, during their attacK on Fort Itala and Fort Prospect. He says the guns recently captured at Viakfontein have been recovered from the Boers. A telegram from Bloemfontein indicates that the guns Lord Kitchener reports having; recovered were dug up, the Boers having buried them. A mixed column under General Kitchener, Lord Kitchener's brother, has been sent to relieve, presumably, Natal from Commandant General Botha's iorces. It has reached Cryheid. 1L? 1 *? V?/-vit?o + Vi of in this 1116 CUSUZlliy iiac auuno uiuv ju v?~ fighting at Cale.don river last Friday, Colone) Plumber lost two officers killed and ten men killed ana wounded. ' For months past we have been told," says The Daily Graphic of Wednesday morning, "that if the Boers would only abandon their elusive tactics and come to close quarters we should see what we should see. The Boers have taken us at cur word, and the results are certainly not encouraging." The chorus of dissatisfaction with the inertia of the government is daily gathering force. Winston Churchill member of parliament, speaking at Old Ham, described the situation in South Africa as "serious and disquieting." He said the war could not be ended by proclamations or threats, but only by vigorous military operations. The Daily Mail and the Daily Chronicle comment upon the fact that the huge British army is seemingly only able to remain on the defensive. It is believed that the government at last recognizes the necessity of meeting the renewed Boer activity. Preparations are being made to replac-c Lord Kitchener's exhausted men by fresh drafts. An order has been issued rendering it impossible to obtain discharge by purchase from any of tbo army reserves, sections of which are being prepared for mobilization. Lord Kitchener has sent home a fresh batch of imperial yeomanry suffering from organic d'senses, unfitting them for life on th>. veldt, together with a strong protest against the waste of public time ana mcney in enlisting such men. There is further evidence of the se riousncss of the situation in Cape Colony The capo premier. Sir John Gordon Sprigg. has gone to Johannesburg to meet Lord Kitchener and Lord Milnpr in conference, probably ou the sub ject of declaring martial law in capo ports. Moedwill, the scene of the bold attack by Commandant BeLarey on Colonel Kekcwich's company, is 75 miles west of Pretoria, and 15 west of Rustcnburg. As the wounded were being brought back to Rnstcnburg, it looks as though Moedwill, which is close to the Mage.ton Pass in the Magaiiesberg range, has been abandoned. "ELLEN N" IS PROSPEROUS. Earnings of Louisville and Nashville For Past Year Shown. The pamphlet report of the Louisville anu Nashville Railroad Company for the fiscal year ended June 30 shows total earnings of $28,022,206, an increase of $279,628 over the preceding year. The total operaiing expenses were $18,233,033, a decrease of $70,373 from last year. The total net earnings from all sources were $100,493,861, being an increase cf $7i/4,S44. The total charges were $6,212,740. an increase of $42,967. After deducting the dividends there remained a surplus of $1,586,112. JURY DIFFICULT TO SECURE. Harvey Embezzlement Case is Up In Brunswick Court. It required all of Thursday and a part of Friday's sessions of !:he superior court at Brunswick Ga., to get a iurv in the case of H. H. Harvey, charged with embezzlement. Several hundred names went before the court, but with clock-like precision went down for cause or were objected to. TO EXACT FULL REVENGE. Uncle Sam Ready to Act Should Kami Befall Miss Stone, j "The United States government is dc termincd to exact full revenge upon cv ery one connected." says the Constantinople correspondent of The London Daily Telegraph, "and if anything hap pens to Miss Stone It wfll not hesitate to ask permission to bring a fteet t'hrot.gh the Dardenelles to get at Bui garian ports on the Black sea." ' MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS i i Assemble In Convention at Boston, Name a Full State Ticket and Adopt Platform. J The democrats of Massachusetts met | in state convention at Boston Thurs: day and named the following ticket: j Governor, Josiah Quincy, Boston; j lieutenant governor, John W. Coughlin, i Fall River; secretarv of state. WellI | more B. Stone, Springfieid; treasurer, Joseph I. Chalifoux, Lowell; auditor, James F. Dean, Salem; attorney general, A. A. Putnam, Uxbridge. For the first time in six years the democracy was united and, with one exception, nominated the entire ticket by acclamation. The platform laments the assassination of President McKinley, whose distinguished public anu private virtues and the eminent place which he had won among American statesmen are recognized. "Unaer our democratic institutions." the platform adds, "the hand which is raised against tne presi | dent is in reality directed against public sovereignty itseif. Freedom et speech does not include the right to advocate assassination." The platform extends good wishes te President Roosevelt "without preju dice to the right to criticise his acts or oppose his policies as future occa sion may require." The platform ueclares that commimIsm of capital must be met by state j control; that every branch of state government should be a department; the head of every department should represent it upon the floor of the legis lature, and that United States senators should be nominated and elects by direct vote of the people. On federal affairs the platform says: "We are not only absolutely opposed to colonial imperialism abroad and tc the commercialism reckless of everything, but its own proht which supports it, but to every manifestation of the same reactionary and anti-democratic spirit at home. "We demand that the efforts of our government shall be directed toward preparing the people of the Philippine islands for the speediest and largest measure of self-government and for ultimate independence under the pro tection of this country. "We favor freer trade by means ol genuine reciprocity or otherwise. We heartily indorse the broad statesman ship*of President McKinley's speech at Buffalo." The shipping subsidy bill is denounc ed as a raid on the public treasury ir the interest of a few shipbuilders and ship owners. YANKEE BOAT INVINCIBLE. In Exciting Race Columbia Snatches Second Victory From Shamrock. A New York special says: The Yankee Cup Defender, Columbia snatched her second victory from the Shamrock II Thursday after following in the wake of the foreigner for more than two-thirds of the course. The finish wa3 pyrotechnical, the eyes of thousands being trained upor the contesting racers. The Shamrock got away first by i few seconds and maintained the leac until after the secoad mark had beer turned, when the Columbia, pinching her way inch by inch, caught up th< distance, passed her competitor anc sailed home the winner by three min utes and thirty-five seconds, the fastes' race ever sailed in a cup contest. I was nof nnlv a royal struggle from i spectacular point of view, hut it wa: absolutely decisive as to the merit: of the two raching machines. Then is not a yachting sharp who witnesses the race but who is not firmly con vinced that the "defender" is the able boat, blow high or blow low, beating reaching or running, and that Si Thomas and his merry British tars an doomed to return homo empty handed CAR COMPANY WINNING. Street Railway Strike In Nashvllt Will Soon Collapse. The street car strike, or lockout, a Nashville, Tenn., is in a fair way t< collapse. The company is movinj more cars daily. Thirty new men. for mer employes of the company wen put on Thursday morning. There is m thought of violence on the part of th< discharged union men. ? ? * itnp a ! i irftcn CiNr.FR tUVVMny O ni.UL.?L.v/ V^, Is Causing Considerable Commotio! Throughout England. A London dispatch says: The coin cidence of the announcement cf Kins Edward's indisposition wun the pubii cation of revived rumors regarding cancer in the newspapers of Copenha gen, from which city his majesty ha: just returned, and where secrets a the British court are most likely t< leak out than elsewhere, is causin; some commotion in rhe metropolis, am the fact that the customary court cir cular does not appear in the press add to the uneasy feeling. Filipinos Kill Lieutenant Crockett. The war department received a cs blegram Saturday announcing tha Sezond Lieutenant Allen T. Crocket was killed near Candelaria, Luzor SeptemDer z-un. Bank Statements Called For. The comptroller of the currency ha issued a call for a statement of th condition of all national banks at th close of business on Monday, Septen ber 30th. FOUR BROTHERS SENTENCED. Given Eighteen Years For Murder of Railroad Flagman. At Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday . George, Robert, Samuel and Luthe Sanders were each sentenced to eighi [ een years and six months' imprisor mnt in the state penitentiary for kil i ing John Mitchell, a young railroa' flagman on Ji.?, 4. The killing occui . red at a suburban reso-rt at nigbt dui ing a Fourth of July celebration. SUSPECTED OF MANY MURDERS. !| 1 Widow Witmer, of Dayton, Is Charged With Poisoning Fourteen People at Various Times. Mrs. A. J. Witwer, a widow residing in Dayton, Ohio, has been arrested by the police at the instigation of the coroner, and is held a prisoner at central station pending an investigation into very serious charges. Mrs. Witwer, the police say, is' suspected of fourteen murders, the list including four husbands, five children, one sister and four members of different families in which she was employed as housekeeper. In each instance death was somewhat sudden and all were strangely alike. The-prisoner is 47 years of age and formerly lived in Middletown, Ohio. She has two sons in the Philippines and a sister, it is stated, in a New York asylum. No conceivable motive for the suspected crimes has been disclosed. Drugs which were found in the house last occupied by Mrs. Witwer are in possession of the police and will be examined. i NOVEL KIDNAPING CASE. i Newspaper Men of Philadelphia Held For Abduction and Robbery. ; Charged with abducting and robbing Mabel Goodrich, the proprietress of a disreputable estaoiishment in Philadelphia. Howard K. Sloan, Henry E. 1 Wallace. D. Knight Finlay and Oscar ! S. Punlap were arraigned before a magistrate Monday and committed without bail for a further hearing. Sloan is an unemployed newspaper re' porter. Wallace was a society reporter of The Press, Finlay was employed in the business department cf The North American as a stenographer, and Dunlap is a barber. The quartet 1 was arrested on warrants sworn ou.. by Mrs. Goodrich. | The woman was the first witness against the prisoners, and identified each of them. She told the story of her abduction, confinement and robbery. She concluded her testimony by stating that she was robbed of her 1 jewelry, valued at $2,500, and casn ' amounting to $70, and was forced to sign checks for $500. After a check for $155 had been cashed, she was released, she said. WORK OP WKITECAPHEKS. L While Returning From Festival Fourteen Negroes are Wounded. Fifteen negroes were wounded, four [ of them fatally, by whitecaps near Caney Springs, Tenn., Saturday night. Several of the wounded are women, one of whom had her eyes shot out. Numerous thefts committed in the Ca5 ney Springs vicinity recently have greatly aroused tne community, and j the whitecap organization, it is said, is the result. ; Thirty-five negroes were returning j in a body from a festival and were ; halted at the end of a bridge by men wearing white masks and armed with shotguns and pistols. The name of i each was demanded, and upon answering several were allowed to pass. Fi i nally one, instead of giving his name, 1 fired on his questioner. The whitecapi per fell, and his comrades poured a l volley in on the negroes, who fled, ? leaving the wounded behind. i OLD TREATY ABROGATED. t - t On Canal Question Great Britain Loses i While We Gain All Disputed Points, s The Washington correspondent of s The London Daily Chronicle gives the 3 alleged substance of a provisional ca1 rai treaty abrogating the Clayton-Bui wer treaty. Commenting editorially | r upon these advices, The Daily Chroni- j cle says: r "Englishmen will be startled to i 3 learn that we have abandoned our - rights under the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and surrendered every disputed point without any compensation. The newtreaty is apparently another instance e of Lord Salisbury's placid indifference and Lord I.ansdowne's impulsive gent eros'ry. ~ ut i. ; _ IJ DrAciMnnf PnACOVfilt J It IS SctlU iliac x x coiu^uv jx?vv?v v*? S will recommend its adoption to the ' senate. Doubtless Great Britain will e agree to it. Although it gives us noth0 ing at all. it will have the advantage e of getting rid of all our outstanding I grievances with the United States." j LOW LEAVES COLLEGE. I 1 Gives Up Presidency of Columbia to j Enter Mayoralty Campaign. A New York dispatch says: Presiy dent Seth Low delivered his farewell J address to the officers and students j y of Columbia university Monday "on the ' occasion of the opening of the one 1 hundred and lorty-eighth academic a j year of that instiution. Mr. Low is 3 the republican nominee for mayor of , New York. During the afternoon the trustees .. accepted the resignation, and Nicholas s Murray Butler, professor of philosophy and education, was selected as temporary president of tne university. FOUR KILLED; FOUR WOU.NDED. i t Bloody Fight In Tennessee Church Results From Long Standing Feud. A special to The Knoxville Sentinel from Tazewell, Tenn., says a fatal shooting affray occurred in Claiborne * county at Big Spring Union church c Sunday night, In which four men were e killed and four wounaea. i- The difficulty was the outcome of an old feud dating Dack to 18G4. HETTY'S HUBBY DYING. a Edward Green Suffering From Fatal Malady at His Vermont Heme. Edward H. Green husband of Hetty r Green, who is ill with a severe attack t- of inflammation of the kidneys at his t- home at Bellows Falls, Vermont, canI rot recover. His physicians say he d may .mger several days. Mrs. Green, her son and daughter have been in constant attendance at his bedsiae. REDUCTION Uh DUTIES Is Asked By Cubans In Mass Meetings Assembled. ALL CLASSES JOIN IN PLEA ' ? Demonstrations All Over Island?Annexation Sentiment Strongly In Evidence?General Wood Dissolves Convention. According to a special from Havana a large demonstration of bankers, /?<j manufacturers, merchants and other >5 business men of tho Cuban capital waited upon General Wood at the pal- ace Thursday afternoon and presented , to him a plea for the reduction of du- ' l,v| ' ?<">ri linos of rft. ..'ft'iSISB I16fi Oil l^UUciil pi uu uiw co ? n ciprocity. It is estimated that between , ^ 10,000 and 15,000 persons took part g|jg in the demonstration. Similar demonstrations occurred in ' other parts of the island. A general i.3j holiday was observed and telegrama from Havana merchants were sent to Washington. ~ The annexation sentiment wm strongly in evidence in the demonstrar tlon. A letter formulated by numer- y *?&? ous bankers indorsed the government ~ of intervention, complimented General Wood and asked the United States to *||| make Cuba's cause their cause. Demonstration at Santiago. Upward of 8,000 men also responded to a call issued by the chamber of com- /. merce of Santiago to participate in a v demonstration organized to present the military governor a memorial urging a reduction of duties on Cuban tobacco ^ and sugar. .. ||| All business was suspended during . the demonstration, wmcu WOQ l>UO Q .^y? est ever seen in the city. Lieutenant Henry C. Whitehead, Tenth. United States cavalry, who is temporarily X representing the commander of the district, wired the memorial to Governor General Wood in Havana. Senor Mar- ^ cane, a leading lawyer, addressed an immense crowd on the plaza, explaining the memorial. He asserted that several sugar planters would be unable to grind next year and pay tha present wages unless the American dn- Xliw ties were reduced. The people of the island are coming ''->^8 to understand that the industrial conditicns depend upon Cuba's relations H3B with the United States, and the opin- xjjfl ion was generally expressed that the demonstration was but the first . Lgam expression of a sentiment which would ">? soon result in the formation of a strong annexation party. Large delegations from an pans 01 sew the province participated in tire <!e- ; pionstration. Convention Is Dissolved. Governor General Wood issued an order Thursday morning formally dis- . solving the constitutional convention, - ' with the understanding that if its ser- . vices are again desired, he will issue ^ the necessary call. The salaries and allowances, amounting to $15,000, ceaaed with the order. TAMMANY TICKET RATIFIED. || Croker Wing of New York Democracy Holds Municipal Convention and Prepares For Battle. The New York city democratic convention met Thursday irigTit in the . Grand Palace, with George B. McClellan as chairman. Mr. Croker was given an ovation in the convention hall. Previous to the meeting the executive committee of Tammany Hall met ^ and ratified the action of the eity eommittee in selecting E. M. Shepard, William J. Ladd, Jr., and Judge George M. Van Hoesen as the party candidates ^ for mayor, comptroller and president of the board of aldermen, respeetiely. In a preamble and resolution the convention placed upon record Its abhorrence of the crime by which President McKinley was stricken down, and its "detestation of the disgraceful and ' outrageous attack upon our institutions and our civilization, and its respectful and sincere sympathy with the bereaved family." The platform adopted by the convention declares for a democratic administration of the city; charges the re- >||| publican party with a brutal indiffer ence to the interest or tne city Dy ae- nying to it any legislation, the right of self-government, thus minimizing home rule in the city. It denounces "as a sham the pre- ~ ^ tense at reform, which characterizes the combination made up of republican partisans and so-called democrats notorious for their greed for office and embittered against the regular democratic organization because of their failures and disappointments." _ $ It congratulates the people upon the results achieved under the democratic administration of eit^ affd3Vs. BAY STATE REPUBLICANS. Hold Convention In Boston, Name a Ticket and Adopt Platform. The Massachusetts republican state convention at Boston Friday nominated the following ticket: Governor, William Murray Crane, of Dalton; lieu tenant governor, J. L. Bates; secretary of state, W. H. Olin, of Boston; treasurer, E. S. Bradford, Springfield; auditor, H. E. Turner, Maiden; attorney general, H. L. Parker, Lancaster. GRAIN DEALERS ADJOURN. | Resolutions Adopted and Memphis Selected as Next Meeting Place. The convention of the Xaticnal Grain i Dealers' Association adjourned at Des Moines. Iowa. Thursday night after re- " | electing its old officers, recommending | Memphis, Term., as the place for the ! next convention and adopting resoluj f.ionc memorializing congress to amend the interstate commerce law. condemning bucket shops and recommending the reorganization of the government crop service.