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ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17.1901. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
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HATRED IS REVEALED
Sampson's Right-Band Man Tes=
tifies Before Inquiry Court.
TRUE ANIMUS BROUGHT OUT
Reluctantly Admits That Secret SigW
nal Code Was Not Made
Known to Commodore
Schley.
Captain F. E. Chadwick, who was In
command of Admiral Sampson's flagship,
the New York, and who was also
chief of the admiral's staff during the
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>?- Schley naval court for a short time
?-v, Friday afternoon. He was '.he last
witness called, and when the court adjourned
was still under cross-examination
by Mr. Raynor, who stated that
he had only a few more questions to
ask him. There was considerable interest
in Captain Chadwick's appearanc
because of his close relationship to
the commander-in-chief of the north
Atlantic squadron.
Captain Chadwick's testimony related
very largely to dispatches sent
by Admiral Sampson to Commodore
Schley while the latter lay off Cienfuegos
in May, 1898, and to the code
of signals agreed upon by Captain Mc
uaiia, 01 me fliaroieneau, auu me ^uban
forces operating near Cienfuegos.
He said this code had not been sent to
Commodore Schley by disjatch be
cause Captain McCalla had expected
to join the commodore immediately
and communicate the code to him.
Captain Chadwick said he had not approved
Admiral Sampson's dispatch of
May 28 congratulating Commodore
Schley on his accomplishments to that
date.
Five other new witnesses were heard
, during the day, two of them being offi.
cers of the New York. One of these
was Lieutenant C. C. Marsh, the flag
secretary of Admiral Sampson, who
testified concerning dispatches to Commodore
Schley, and the other was the
ship's fiag lieutenant, E. L. Bennett.
Lieutenant Theodore G. Dewey, nephed
of Admiral Dewey, who served on
the Massachusetts; Lieutenant Adelbert
Althouse, also of the Massachusetts,
and Lieutenant Francis Boughter,
who served on the Marblehead,
were the other new witnesses of the
day.
ACTRESS' BAGGAGE RIFLED.
Car Inspector Arrested on Charge of
Stealing Sonde and Jewelry.
Charles Norris, car inspector for
the Lehigh Valley railroad, was arrested
at Ithica, N. Y., Friday charged
with the theft of bonds, jewelry and
other property, valued at $70,000, belonging
to Mrs. Denman Thompson and
Mrs. Franklin Thompson, of "The Old
Homestead" company. The arrest was
made while Norris was acting as an
Inspector In an election booth.
Most of the property, including $60,000
worth of bonds, has been recovered.
The theft was reported to the police
a week ago. The property was
missing from the company's baggage
car, in which were trunks belonging
to Mrs. Thompson and her daughter-inlaw.
and is said to have been taken
while the company was playing at the
Lyceum theatre. Locks of the trunks
were picked and the articles selected
at leisure. Norris, in his capacity as
car inspector, had access to the car,
hut the robbery was not discovered until
the company reached Albany.
Detectives in New York, as well as
the local police, were notified, and
some of the jewelry was traced to the
place where an attempt to sell it had
been made. Further evidence led to
the arrest of Norris.
BLAZE IN COTTON WAREHOUSE.
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Two Hundred Bales Burned With a
Loss of About $6,000.
The large cotton iron warehouse at
Sylacauga, Ala., owned by Lane Brothers.
containing upward of 200 bales of
cotton, was destroye<yby fire Friday
morning. The loss Is Estimated at $<>.000,
with $3,000 insurance. Many farmers
had stored cotton in the warehouse
without insurance.
TOWN FLAME SWEPT.
Los Gatos, California, Almost Wiped
- Off the Earth.
The entire business section of Los
Gatos, Cal., was wiped out by fire
Sunday. The area covered by the fire
is estimated at about four acres, and
property worth from $100,000 to $150,000
was destroyed. A Vozen or more
business blocks, sevjraJi manufactories,
a livery stable add jk church and
many dwellings we>e burned. The
fire department was powerless to cope
with the flames oving to \a strong
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BIG STEAMER ON ROCKSy
Over a Hundred Passengers Aboard,
But All Were Cool and Calm. \
In a dense log, The Canadian raci^c
steamer Hating, from Skagway to Vancouver,
went ashore Saturday after-4
noon at Tucker bay, Jervis island, and
is now hard and fast on the rocks.
The Hating had on board 170 passengers.
There was no panic and the
passengers Were soon made aware that
no danger was to be apprehended.
"FOOL KILLER" GOES THROUGH.
Peter Nissen Successfully Shoots
Whirlpool Rapids at Niagara.
PetSr Nissen, of Chicago, successfully
^navigated the Whirlpool rapids
at Niagara Falls Saturday afternoon
in 21-foot cigar-shaped boat called
"#)? Fool Killer."
Nissen has been taking soundings in
' the river below the falls and has sei
cured much valuable data. The trip
' through the Whirlpool rapids was witnessed
by 15,000 people.
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COLOR LINE NOT CONSIDERED
President Roosevelt Will not Consider
"Complexion" In Making Federal
Appointments.
A Washington special says: At the
cabinet meeting Friday the question
of southern appointments generally
again came up and the president reiterated
his policy of appointing republicans,
if suitable applicants could be
found, and, if not, of appointing gold
democrats. His policy in this respect
meets the approval of the cabinet.
With a positiveness almost convincing,
it is stated that the president has
definitely decided to appoint Dr. V. P.
Clayton, of Columbia, collector of Internal
revenue for South Carolina, as
already Indicated in the Associated
Press dispatches. The turning down
of Mr. Elalock was so unexpected that
cautious persons are disposed to wait
until the president puts his official
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proceeding to gossip on the subject.
President Roosevelt is experiencing
considerable political impatience and
personal discomfiture ir. trying to adjust
his policy in dealing out federal
patronage in t^e south on a strictly
meritorious basis. He does not hesi- !
tate to state to his personal friends,
and make it perfectly plain, that within
the past week he has been deceived
by misrepresentations made in behalf
of certain aspirants for office and their
friends.
He is perfectly sincere in his desire
to emphasize the merit system in making
appointments in the south as well
as in the north, the east and the west.
He has remarked to more than one
southern delegation within the last
few days that a man's complexion, be
it black cr white, shall not operate to
his advantage or disadvantage in the
distribution of federal patronage. The
president has endeavored to impress
upon all of his political callers the fact
that he proposes to exercise his best
judgment in selecting the best available
man for every appointment he may J
Le called upon to make. He does not
hesitate to state that this is a republican
administration, and, all things being
equal, the preference will be given
to a meritorious member of the party
in power. It was with the best intentions
and with an honest endeavor to
benefit the public service generally
that he stated at the very outset of
his administration that it is impossible
for biin to become personally familiar
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habits of every individual who may be
suggested for a federal office. Under
the circumstances, he announced that
he would eheerfully receive advice and
suggestions on the subject from men
of influence and standing in all sections
of the country, without regard to
party. To this end he has freely consulted
democratic senators and representatives
about public affairs in their
respective states with pleasure and
profit.
CURTRIGHT NOT THE MAN.
Negro Assailant of Mrs. Sims Unknown
and at Liberty.
So far the negro who criminally assaulted
Mrs. Sims at her home in
Barnesville, Ga., is at large. Will
Curtright, who was thought to be the
guilty party, was caught at Thomasville,
returned to Barnesville under
heavy guard, carried before Mrs. Sims,
for identification. He was promptly
declared not to be the man. A mob of
a thousand men were on hand awaiting
the result of the identification
j meeting.
ADIVCES NOT ASSURING.
Our Consul at Constantinople Wires
Progress In Case of Miss Stone.
The state department has heard
again by cable from Uuited States
Consul General Dickinson and Secretary
of Legation Spencer Eddy touchI
ing the progress of the negotiations
looking to the release of Miss Stone.
None of the details were made public,
however, and all that can be gathered
as to the status of the case is that the
conditions are by no means as reassuring
as has been expected.
Buffalo Customs Receipts Stolen.
It has just transpired that a month
ago the sum of $5,200 receipts of the
Buffalo customs house had been stolei\
evidently while in transit from Buffalo'
to the sub-treasury in New York.
ANGRY MOB IN PURSUIT.
Negro Attemps Assault Upon Wife of
Prominent Barnesville Citizen.
Mrs. Sims, wife of John Sims, a
well known citizen of Barnesville, Ga.,
who lives immediately outside the incorporate
limits of the tow#, had a
desperate struggle with a negro who
is now being pursued by officers and
men bent upon his capture and may
be quick death.
From a description given by Mrs.
Sims her assailant proved to be Frank
Cartright, a negro well known in
Barnesville and portions of Pike county.
COAL AND COKE COMPANY.
Incorporated at Trenton, New Jersey,
With Forty Millions Capital.
The Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company,
capital $40,000,000, was incorporated
at Trenton, N. J., Friday. The
! object of the company is to acquire
| and deve?op lands containing coal, iron
[ and other ores, and to mine ana aeai
ir. the same. The capital stock is divided
into $20,000,000 preferred and
$20,000,000 common stock.
COLLECTOR STONE UPHELD.
Baltimore Judg* Decides that Russian
Sugar Is Dutiable.
Saturday Judge Morris, of the United
States circuit court at Baltimore,
handed down his decision in the Russian
sugar bounty cases, upholding
the action of Collector Stone in levying
an extra tariff duty of ^0 cents a hundred
pounds on sugar imported to this
country from Russia by Robert E.
Downs, a commission merchant of Baltimore.
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Hotel at Chester Burned.
The Nicholson hotel in Chester,
was burned one night the past week.
The firemen fought for hours, but failed
to check the flames, only the walls
are now standing The hotel was lately
purchased and refurnished by Mrs. T.
K. Cunningham, of Lancaster. There J
was only $6,000 insurance on the
building and $4,000 on the furniture. ,
Loss about $25,000. The guests got (
out of the building before the fire
made headway.
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Depot Matter Delayed.
J. R. Kenly, general minager of the j
Atlantic Coast Line and chairman of
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building the union passenger station
in Charleston, has sent an official let- (
ter to Alderman Rhett, in which he
says the matter will be taken up finally
after November 1. The delay in the
building has been caused by an option
on the Louisville and Nashville railroad
property in Charleston. This op- J
tion will expire November i. and until 1
that is fixed the nvids will not be able
to proceed with the negotiations. 1
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After the Charleston Postoffice.
Major Albert H. Mowry. who served .
as postmaster of Charleston through
two democratic terms, has joined the
republican ranks and is now a seeker .
of the same office from a republican .
administration. Since being deposed
Major Mowry has been known as a
gold democrat, although he will make
the fight strictly as a republican. Major
Mowry was one of the best postmasters
ever known in Charleston,
and his good worK was easily recog- ,
nized. He has good support in his application
and is favored by Senator
McLaurin, his kinsman. A. C. Kauf'
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man and Postmaster Cunningham are ,
applicants for the office, and both will
use strong pulls to get in. Mr. Kaufman
is now an out and out republican,
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ana lias liitiius iu ivaeuiugiuu n uu
are urging his claims. The Cunningham
term will not expire until next
year, but the applicants are anrious
to get a grip on the office before that
time.
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Robber Believed to Be Warren.
Representatives or the Southern
railway and the Southern Express
Company are making renewed efforts
to apprehend Bartow Warren, charged
with train robbery and murder, since
the attempt one night the past week to
hold up a passenger train from
: Charleston to Columbia. Conductor
i Carston, who was covered with the
| robber's revolver says the description
I of the man tallies closely with Warren,
but his face was so well concealed
behind a mask that the features could
not be distinguished. The robber was
evidently familiar with the railway sig:
nals and the territory where the train
I was boarded.
After killing Watson, who was the
| chief witness for the prosecution in
the train robbery trial at Branchville,
Warren disappeared. Large re war-s '
have been offered for his capture, and.
it is believed that he is hiding in Orangeburg
county. Some years ago
Warren had a rather checkered career
in the west, and it is alleged that he
picked up train robbery tactics while
there.
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Revenue From Blind Tigers.
Charleston's crusade against the
blind tiger keepers of Charleston has
begun and many prominent dealers
have been convicted and fined. When
it was found that the county machin- t
ery was too powerfully worked to convict
the lawbreakers an ordinance was
adopted by council by which offenders
were sent to the city court. At the
first session a number of offenders (
were found guilty. They promptly ,
paid the fines, the city getting hand- ;
some returns from an illegitimate ^
business which has not paid hereto- (
fore. All of the dealers have been sum- j
monpd and more than 200 cases will ,
be made out in the next ten days. According
to common report there are ,
500 blind tigers in Charleston, and all
of these places will be forced to pay 1
for the privilege of selling. The raids
on the tigers have been farcical in the j
past, and this effort to break up the
business has utterly failed. With the <
new law, however, tfie city will get returns
from the dealers, but the sale
will continue as it did in the old days
of saloons.
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Crooks Are on Hand.
Confidence men and crooks whu
hope to reap a harvest from exposition
crowds, have already arrived in
Charleston, the advance guard being
strongly represented. The police department
is at work on some plan by
which the crooks can be kept under
surveillance and driven out, but extra
forces will have to be employed. The
sharpers are spying out the land for
their confederates, who will folow later,
and the matter is one which win
give serious trouble to the authorities.
At the exposition grounds there will
be a special detail of detectives and serrpf
officers hut in the citv there will
be need of a larger force of men to
keep track of the thieves and pickpockets.
Charleston's reputation heretofore
has been rather soft, and an inexperienced
police department has not
oeen able to cope with the sharpers.
Still, the conditions for dealing with
the light-fingered craft will be improved
this winter, and little show will be
given the crooks.
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Scalpers a Bone of Contention.
The exposition company of Charleston
will submit a petition to the city
council urging the adoption of a high
license for ticket scalpers and with the
bond feature attached. So many applications
for offices have been received
that it is clear the city will be flooded
with ticket scalpers after December ]
rue railroad rates to the exposition, \
however, will not be announced until j
It la known just what protection the !
city will offer to transportation com- !
panies. At a railroad conference held
a few days ago the passenger officials
discussed the scalpers' license matter,
and $500, the increased rate, will be
satisfactory. By the adoption of a
bond the railroads contend that the
fly-by-night scalpers will not be able
to open for business, and the public
will be guarded.
The question of the legality of the
bond requirement has been raised by
Mayor Smyth, but it is not believed
this will stand in the way of keeping
the dealers under restraint. This is
meant to guard the public against
crooked dealers .against whom ticket
purchasers could have no redress
when a bond is not taken. The rates
which have been granted for the exposition
by the Southeastern Passenger
Association are the most liberal
ever offered any exposition city. Un-n
i+ if. L-nnrvn hnwpvpr what .he city
will do with the scalpers the rate will
not be made public, and in the present
shape they are subject to change.
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General Hampton For the Senate.
A report is current "that General
Hampton will enter the senatorial contest,
regardless of rumors to the contrary.
The present scheme in the affaire of
the senatorial contest is to have all of
the candidates resign in favor of General
Hampton, and thus in centering
upon one candidate, it is hoped to allay
the bitter political feelings that
have existed for the past ten years.
Candidate George Johnstone, of Newberry,
has. in an open letter, declared
his willingness to further the plan and
stated that he would withdraw if the
others will do likewise.
Mr. J. J. Hemphill refused to discuss
the matter, while Congressman
Latimer, who is also a candidate, has
declared emphatically that he Is in
the race to the finish.
Thus every day brings about new
complications and he is, indeed, a
clear-headed man who knows who's
who.
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Heincu6 Plot Frustrated.
A diabolical plot to convict two persons
for murder was nipped in the
bud at Charleston last Monday by a
startling confession, made under oath,
to Jailer Graddick, by Stephen Bridgeman.
of Red-Top. Two weeks ago David
Brown swore out a warrant charging
Celia Lawrence and Colonel Browi
with the murder of "Benjamin Lawrence,
the former's huzband. Lawrence
had disappeared, and, according
to Brown, his body had been cut to
pieces, tied with ircn and sunk in
Cooper river. Efforts to find the body
failed, and the mysterious disappearance
of the husband was so conspicudus
that a close net was being gathered,
which would have undoubtedly
led to the conviction cf the pair. Monday,
however, Bridgeman reached the
city and reported that Lawrence was
aot dead, but was hiding in the
swamps above Charleston. Bridgeman's
story was that Lawrence hoped
to have his wife and1 Colonel Brown
rv\nrVto/l and hnncpd fnr murder, and
he intended to remain in the swamps
until the; execution was over. David
Brown, It appears, got frightened at
the desperate predicament of the prisoners,
and, after concession, he fled,
[t is thought that Lawrence can be located.
The sheriff cf the county will
make a thorough Investigation and the
prisoners will be released. Such a
dear case, based,, hcwever, on circumstantial
evidence, was being worked
up against Colonel Brown and the woman
that they would have been sent
up for life, if not banged.
ANARCHIST MOST CONVICTED.
sent to Pen For Publishing Seditious
Article When President McKinley
Was Shot.
At New York Monday Johann Most,
:he anarchist, was sentenced to one
rear in the penitentiary in the court
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lis paper, The Freiheit, an alleged
seditious article on the day following
Lhe shooting of the late President Mckinley.
The article in question was entitled,
'Murder Against Murder."
In his defense Most claimed that
the paper containing the article was
printed and ready for distribution before
the president was shot. Also,
that it was a quotation from an article
published fifty years ago. After
imposing the sentence Judge Himsdale
read the opinion of the court, in
which he said:
"It is no answer to the evil and
criminal nature of this article to claim
that it was not written for the purpose
of destroying crowned heads. It inculcates
and enforces the idea that
murder is the proper remedy to be applied
against rulers. The fact that it
was published fifty years ago and
again republished about fifteen years
ago only emphasizes and gives added
point to the criminality of the republioVier
nt ft nt anv time. It shows de
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liberate intent to inculcate and promulgate
the doctrines of the article. This
we hold to be a criminal act. It is not
necessary to trace any connection in
this article with the assassination of
the late president The offense here,
in the eyes of the law, is precisely the
same as if the bloody event had never
occurred. The murder of the president
only serves to niustrate and illuminate
the enormity "of the crime of
the defendant in teaching his diabolical
doctrine."
UNIVERSAL MOURNING IN CUBA*
General Wood Says Islanders Deeply
Fee! Death of President McKi/Uey.
General Wood, who arrived in Washington
Wednesday, said he had never
seen 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
felt It. General Wood states thai, important
business with the secretary
of war brought him here, and that he
would probably return in about a
week.
PAT CROWE AGAIN ON DECK.
Alleged Kidnaper of Young Cudahy
Offers to Surrender if Reward
of $50,000 Is Withdrawn.
Saturday Chief of Police Donahue,
at Omaha, Neb., received from Patrick
Crow, through a friend of the latter,
an offer to surrender himself and
stand trial in the courts if the reward
of $50,000 hanging over his head for
the alleged kidnaping of Edward A.
Cudahy, Jr., is withdrawn.
Chief Donahue did not accept the
proposition, but made a counter offer
to waive the reward himself, saying
nobody else could secure it. The chief
says Crowe is tired of being hunted,
and is willing to take chances of a
trial if the reward is withdrawn. He
says Crowe is less than 500 miles away
from Omaha, and is not with relatives.
Edward A. Cudahy. Sr., was asked
if the reward for Crowe would be withdrawn.
In reply he said:
'Y'es; we will do anything to secure
Crowe. I still believe Crowe was one
of the abductors of my son, but if he
surrenders he shall have a fair trial,
and if he gives himself up under the
circumstances named the reward will
te withdrawn at once."
A secret letter was received Sunday
irom Crowe naming the terms on
which he will surrender. The letter
came in care of an Omaha newspaper,
in which it is published and covers fifteen
closely written pages of manuscript.
The postmark is illegible, but
the letter was mailed at 8 oclock in
the morning and reached the city at
8 in the evening of the same day, indicating
that it had not treveled a long
distance. In the letter Crowe agrees
:o give himself up at once and stand
trial :!or the kidnaping of Edward Cudahy,
provided he is not locked up until
a jury shall adjudge him guilty. He
says he is unable to furnish bond in
excess of $500, and demands that bail
be fixed in that sum.
Chief Donahue when asked his opinion
of the genuineness of the letter,
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that it came from Crowe. Donahue
has known Crowe for several years,
Is acquainted with his manner, handwriting
and style of speech. The chief
also received a letter from Crowe's un- i
cle at Mancnestcr, Iowa, submitting
similar terms for Crowe's surrender,
which lead the police to believe that
they are dealing with the right man.
FINAL CENSUS REPORT.
Tctal Population, of United States By
Sex, Nativity and Color.
The finai census report on the population
of the United States by sex, nativity
and color was issued Saturday.
It shows that the males number 39,059,242,
or 51,2 per cent of the total
population in 1900.
The Increase of 13,233,631 in total
population since 1890 is made up of 6,744,179
males and 6,489,452 females, an
increase of 20.9 of males and 21.13 females.
The foreign born element have Increased
only 12.4 per cent and the native
born population 22.6 per cent
since 1890. As to color and race the
population of 1900 comprises 66,990,802
white persons and 9,312,585 colored
nersons. the latter comprising 8,840,
785 persons of negro descent. The colored
element as a whole shows an increase
of 17.6 per cent since 1890.
BIG INCREASE IN WAGES.
Employees of Illinois Central Railway
In Great Luck.
Five thousand employees of the Illinois
Central railroad, including practically
every conductor, brakeman,
switchman and yardman, except those
in the far south, will receive an increase
in wages within the next month.
This was decided on in a conference
between the officers of the road and
representatives of the Order of Railway
Conductors and the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen. It involves an
Increase in expenditures on the part of
the company amounting to between
$400,000 and $500,000 annually, the
largest single increase in wages granted
by any westtern road for ten years.
Was Last Mayor of Washington.
Matthew C. Emery, the last mayor
of the city of Washington under the
old form of government, died in that
city Saturday. He was 83 years of
age.
ATLANTA FAIR OPENS.
More Than Six Thousand Pass Gates
During the First Day.
Under auspices that were favorable
and gratifying to a superlative degree,
the gates of Atlanta's third annual fair
were thrown open Wednesday morning,
and the great show to which Atlanta
and Georgia and the south have
been looking forward with eagerness
and with expectations pitched high
hung out the sign of welcome
The attendance was unusually large
for the opening day, and when the
gates had closed for the night, more
than 6,000 visitors had seen the exhib
its of instruction and amusement.
LIPTON'S OFFER REFUSED.
Rumor Says Emperor Bill Wants tc
Try at America's Cup.
The New York Yacht Club Wednesday
formally declined Sir Thomas Lipton's
proposal to race the Shamrock
II. again next summer for the America
cup.
It is rumored in Berlin that Emperor
William has instructed the Kiel
Yacht Club to challenge for the America's
cup.
RHODES BRIBED GLADSTONE.
South African Magnate Makes Sensational
Allegations Through Spectator.
I The London Spectator prints letters
from Cecil Rhodes and the late Francis
Schnadhorst. who, from 1885 to
1892 was the chief organizer and adviser
of the liberal party, sustaining
the sensational allegations that Mr,
Rhodes in 1891 gave 5.000 pounds to
the liberal party on condition that Mr.
Gladstone would not bring about the
evacuation of Egypt by the British
forces.
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Bursting of a Reservoir Greatly j
Damages Town In Ohio.
HUNDREDS NARROWLY ESCAPE
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Little Ones Were Playing Nearby and
Were Caught in Raging Flood.
Damage Will Aggregate
$150,000.
At East Liverpool, Ohio, Sunday a
large reservoir, containing 10,000,000 !
gallons of water, burst and caused i
great damage. No lives were lost, but
a score of people had narrow escapes.
The money loss will reach probably
$150,000.
The reservoir, which is owned by i
the city and which was completed I
only a few days ago, was filled Sunday j
morning for the first time. It wa~ |
taxed to its utmost capacity when the '
break occurred. A gang of laborers j
were laying pipes near the wall which
gave way. They miraculously escaped
death.
The basin is located 500 feet above
the pumping station, on the highest !
hill in the city. A number of houses
are located on the hillside between the
reservoir and the city proper. When
the wall gave way the water shot
down the incline with a mighty roar,
the noise warning the ocupantst of
the endangered houses, who rushes to
a place of safety in time to save themselves.
A party of children were playing in I
a road directly in the pathway of the !
torrent, and though caught by a por- j
tion of the rushing water, were rescued.
Dozens of large trees were torn
from their roots and carried down the
hillside with lightning rapidity, being
jammed with terrfic force against the
walls of the Harker Pottery Company
plant.
The main building, with several
smaller structures, were badly wreck- j
ed. Two large kilns and sheds were
dashed to pieces and $25,000 worth of
ware ruined. The tracks of the Cleveland
and Pittsburg railroad were cov- j
ered with thousands of tons of wreck
? J n? TKfl cfroof
<lgO <111(1 11 tunc vt ao uiucncu, j. uv< wt
car line, running parallel with thg
railroad, suffered severely and traffic
on a half mile of the line has been
abandoned.
The pumping station was in the
pathway of the flood and filled with
wreckage, which so damaged the en-j
gincs that they cannot be used. Several
houses were moved from their
foundations, outbuildings carried
away and a number of freight cars on
a side track overturned. The loss is
estimated at from $100,000 to $150,000.
8HARP WORD8 EXCHANGED.
Raynor Characterizes a Statement By
Lemly as False.
The Schley court of inquiry held
but one session Saturday. Captain
Chadwick concluded his testimony and
Lieutenant Commander Sidney A.
Staunton, who served on the New York
as assistant to Captain Chadwick as
chief of staff for Admiral Sampson,
and Lieutenant Nathan C. Twining,
formerly of the Iowa, were introduced
as new witnesses.
Near the close of the day's session
Judge Advocate Lemly and Mr. Ray
nor became engaged 1h a controversy
? .? o^mtcsiKllIt of tVia+ tlmo of
U V CI LUC aumiooiuiiiv uv WUMV V v.
a chart showing the speed of the vessels
of the flying squadron, and when
Mr. Raynor made a statement concerning
the matter to be introduced, the
judge advocate took exception to its
reception, saying Mr. Raynor's summary
might be inaccurate, as other
statements made by him, referring especially
to the contents of documents
presented, had been. Mr. Raynor resented
the expression and replied to
the effect that if uttered outside of
the court room he would say that it
was false. Before the court adjourned
both Mr. Raynor and Captain Lemly
made statements concerning the incident
to the court and Admiral Dewey
expressed the opinion that Captain
Lemly's explanation should be satisfactory
to Mr. Raynor.
DEATH IN BLACK DAMP.
Father and Two Sons Suffocated In
a Small Air snatt.
Three lives went out in a little air
shaft, only 2 feet in diameter arf. 20
feet deep, but filled with deathly black
damp, at the mines of the Juniata
Cok? Company, near Juniataville, Pa.,
Sunday. The dead are:
John Gilleland, a miner, aged 50,
and his two sons, James and Winfield,
aged 11 and 15, respectively.
All three bodies were rescued, but In
the effort John Nicholson, mine foreman,
and John Baker, fire boss, were
seriously overcome by black damp.
MORMON GOES HENCE.
Lorenzo Snow, High Muck-a-Muck of
Latter Day Saints, Passes Away.
Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of the
Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day
Saints, better known as the Mormon
church, died unexpectedly at his private
residence, the historic Bee Hive
house, in Salt Lake City, Thursday
afternoon after an illness that had
been serious only for one day.
YOUNG ROCKEFELLER WEDS.
His Bride Is Daughter cf United States
Senator Aldrich.
In the presence of sm assemblage
which included relatives and friends
and guests representing to an unusual
degree the legislative and financial interests
of the United States, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., of New York, and
Miss Abby Green Aldrich, daughter of
United States Senator Aldrich, were
married at Warwick Neck, R. I., Senator
Aldrich's summer home, Wednesday.
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* Summary of the Most X
J Important Daily f
f Happenings Tersely Told. I
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?Iowa capitalists, headed by William
L. Roach, have purchased the
largest cypress lands, mills and logging
railroads in Florida, paying a
half million dollars down on the trade.
?Mississippi political engineers are
new figuring on the eight congressional
districts in the state to make room
for the other new congressman allowed
by the last national census.
?Captain Francis Cook, who served
on the Brooklyn during the SpanishAmerican
war, paid high tribute to
Admiral Schley before the court of
: ? e<infain Pnnk an
lLiqUil J iiiuuuai . uupium ~
swcred every charge made against the
admiral.
?The warden of Auburn prison announces
that many flowers and much
j fruit are being received for assassin
Czo'gosz, as well as hundreds of leti
ters of consolation,
j ?Senator Frye, of Maine, was at
{ the white house Monday and discussed
j with President Roosevelt the terms of I
[ a new ship subsidy bill,
i ?The missionary boards of the va[
rious churches complain of a decrease
in collections for missions. The decrease
is attributed to Mark Twain.
?President Castro, of Venezuela,
has issued a statement regarding the
trouble with Colombia. He says that
troops line the frontiers and that war
is imminent.
?King Leopo'd, of Belgium, has announced
that he intends to visit the
United States at an early date.
?Stockholders of Central of Georgia
j railway, in annual session at SavanI
nah Monday elected the old board of
J directors, which, in organizing, select!
cd the old officers, Egan and Hanson
I retaining their places.
| ?Aiken, S. C., has quarantined
! against Augusta, Ga., alleging that
?** Tho Conr.
I scariet tever is jjictoicm. vw.
gia city admits only an occasional case
of the disease.
?Man and woman in Carolina Jail
escape the gallows by confession of
their accuser, who says the supposed
victim of the prisoners is hiding in a
swamp hoping that the arrested parties
may be hanged.
?Headed by a Kansan, a syndicate
purchased 100,000 acres of Florida
land, whieh will be converted into an
immense cattle ranch at once.
! ?Old line republicans in South
| Carolina will meet in Columbia to formulate
a protest addressed to the national
republication organization touching
Deas' recent turn down by President
Roosevelt.
?Major Albert H. Mowry, who
served as postmaster in Charleston under
Cleveland, has raised the out and
out republican banner and is now asking
Roosevelt for the same gift Cleveland
extended.
?Pat Crowe, the alleged kidnaper
of the Cudahy boy, has written a letter
offering to surrender if the reward Is
withdrawn. Crowe says he Is innocent,
but fears the "God of Gold."
?The new reservoir at East Liverpool,
Ohio, broke Sunday, and 10,000,000
gallons of water swept down in a
destroying flood. The property loss is
estimated at $200,000. Several children
were swept away, but were rescued.
?The Pacific steamer Hating went
ashore in a black fog on the British
Columbia coast Sunday and will prove
a total loss. There were 170 passengers
on the vessel.
?Major General Otis, in his annual
report to the war department, states
that desertions from the army are on
the increase.
?Estimates received by the United
States agricultural department indicate
that there will be no shortage in
the world's wheat crop.
?General Miguel Var, a Filipino
1 ooM tr? ho nlnnnine another
lcrauci, 10 cum cv ^
uprising. There seems to be much unrest
In the islands.
?The Berlin papers deny that Emperor
William is suffering from nervous
prostration as a result of excessive
tea drinking.
the Confederacy at Charlotte, N. C.,
Wednesday, the widow of Stonewall
Jackson presided.
?So far no move has been made to
pay the ransom demanded by the brigands
who hold Miss Stone. It is
claimed that to pay the money would
set a bad precedent.
?Captain Chadwlck, of the New
York, admitted before the Schley court
Friday that Admiral Schley was not
Informed of the secret code. He also
admitted that he urged Sampson not
to praise Schley.
?The Turkish government has called
off the troops pursuing brigands
who hold Mias Stone, fearing the woman
would be killed.
?Advices :from Washington confirm
the impression that a Georgia man
will be appointed deputy warden of the
federal prison located in Atlanta.
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Cecil Jttnoaes puDiisues icucn *.
London paper to prove that he gave
$25,000 to the liberal campaign fund
to Influence the party's policy in regard
to Egypt.
?On the opening day of the Interstate
fair at Atlanta, Ga., over 6,000
people passed through the gates at
Piedmont park.
?Georgia Saw Mill Association met
at Cordele Wednesday and advanced
the price of extra large coastwise lumber
$1 per thousand feet.
DIVORCES ARE BARRED.
Episcopal House of Bishops Adopt Im
portant Marriage Canon.
The action of greatest importance
taken Wednesday by the trienni?
Episcopal convention at San Francisc
was the adoption by the house of bis
ops by a vote of 37 to 21, of cancn C
which relates to the solemnization c
marriage.
Under this cancn ministers are-fo
bidden to perform the ceremony vhc
either of the contracting p3-ties ha*,
been divorced.
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Was Order of Secretary Long to
Admiral Schley.
SHORE BATTERIES WERE FEARED
fich ley's Attorneys 8core Another
Strong Point In Favor of Their
Client at Wednesday's Session
of Inquiry Court.
In the Schley naval court of Inquiry
Wednesday Lieutenant M. L Pristol .
completed his testimony begun and
three new witnesses were introduced.
They were Rear Admiral Henry C.Taylor,
who, as captain, commanded the
hatHpshin Indiana during the war with
Spain; Lieutenant Commander Tem*
plin M. Potts, who was navigator of
the battleship Massachusetts during
that period, and Lieutenant Edward Z.
Leiper, who was on the New Orleans
during the war, the last named being 7.;~J
still on the stand when the court ad- ^
journed for the day.
Admiral Taylor related incidents of
the battle off Santiago on July 5, Including
the Brooklyn's famous turn.
He said that none of the Spanish ships j
made any efforts to ram the American
vessels when they came out oMhe harbor
at Santiago.
Commander Potts' testimony dealt
especially with the bombardment of VfJ
the Colon. Answering a question
from Judge Advocate Lemly, as to the
conduct of Commodore Schley during
that engagement, he said it was that
of a man laboring under great mental
exeitement and of a man who was anxious
to discharge as soon as possible?
a disagreeable duty. Lieutenant Lei- ^
per expressed the opinion that the -|jp
Spanish shore batteries at Santiago p!
had not been at any time formidable. '!
During Commander Potts' examination
Mr. Raynor secured permission
from the court to introduce as evidence
the order of Secretary Long to .X's*
Admiral Sampson, dated April 6, in
whieh lie was admonished against the
expos":e of the American vessels to" /M
the fire of strongly fortified porta. The
paragraph in that order which he espedaily
wished to have considered read ;||
as follows:
"The department does not wish the
vessels of your squadron to be exposed J|j
to the fire of the batteries at Havana,
Santiago de Cuba or pther strongly
lortifled ports in Cuba, unless the more ?
formidable Spanish vessels should
take refuge within those harbors. Even . I
in this case the department would suggest
that a rigid blockade and employment
of our torpedo boats might accomplish
the desired object, vis., the
destruction of the enemy's vessels
without subjecting unnecessarily our
men of war to the fire of the land
batteries."
The dispatch also contains the following
order:
'The department further desires
that in case of war you will maintain a
strict blockade of Cuba, particularly
at the ports of Havana, Matanzas and, /'III
If possible, of Santiago de Cuba, Manzanillo
and Cienfugos."
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED." :||
England at Last Forced to Repressive i
Measures In 8outh Africa.
The Cape Town Gazette pnScJaJnm^.^
martial law in uie aistricw 04 vx?yo ..m
Town, Wynberg, Simonstown, Port j-J?
Elizabeth and ?ast London.
The proclamation is the outcome of
the recent visit of the premier of Cape
Colony, Sir John Gordon Sprigg, and
the under secretary of native affairs.in
South Africa, J. Rose Innes, to the
British high commissioner, Lord Mil- -' J?
ler. It places under military control -01
the few points in Cape Colony hitherto
exempted, and the constitution, there- :-mR
fore, is now suspended over the entire
colony. The action taken probably
foreshadows the commencement of vigorous
measures which are understood .
to be necessary to end the war.
Martial law will be modified in its --A
application to the ports by leaving the i
docks, railroads and harbors under the , ^
control of the civil authorities.^Military
rule will be mitigated in some
other respects. |
MRS. JACK80N PRESIDED.
Widow of Famous "Stonewall" Meets
With Daughters of Confederacy.
A number of women representing
the United Daughters of the Confed- ~
eracy met in Charlotte, N. C., Wednd*
day in annual convention. The meet- :M
ing was called to order by Mrs. M. A.
J&CKSOH, W1UUW Ui. IX1Q lOUlUUV WUVldM
Stonewall Jackson.
Ransom Fund Is $56,000.
Additions to the Stone ransom fund
hav? practically ceased. Only two |
small checks were received at Boston
up to noon Wednesday. The fund as- ~
gregates nearly $56,600.
SEARCH FOR BANDITS STOPPED.
It Is Feared They Will Kill Miss Stone
If Pursued Too Closely.
A cable dispatch from Constantinopie
says: In compliance with a recent ^
request from Washington, the search^ .
by Ottoman troops for the abductors v . -of
Miss Stone, the American missionary,
has been abandoned, it being
feared that the brigands would kill her
should they be closely pursued.
TELEGRAPHS THROUGH AIR.
?
Wizard Marconi Transmits Wireless
Message 350 Miles.
A new advance in wireless telegraphy
was recorded in London Monday
morning. The Daily Telegraph
says that Marconi has succeeded In
transmitting messages through the air
for nearly 350 miles, which is far
greater than the maximum distance
hitherto reported.
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