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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. G. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7.1901. OXK DOLLAll PER YEAR.
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TREATY DENOUNCED'
Nicaragua Termites Provisions
Allowing Bnilding^f Canal.
OFFICIALS TAKEN BY SURPRISE
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Motive For Action Unknown to Officialsss
Yet?Desire Is Expressed
For Conclusion of New
T reaty.
A Washington special says: The
government of Nicaragua has termi- j
natea tne ireaiy unaer wnicn me
United States wa. empowered to construct
an inter-oceanic canal across the
territory of Nicaragua. This action
has been notified to the state department
by the Nicaragua minister for
foreign affairs. That officdr says that
the denunciation in no wise effects the
friendly relations between the two 1
countries, and the Nicaraguan govern- ;
ment desires the conclusion of new
treaties. 1
Beside the treaty of friendship, com- 1
merce and navigation of 1867, thus denounced,
the same note conveys the '
denunciation of the extradition treaty 1
of 1S70 between the United States and !
Nicaragua. Under the terms of the de- (
nunciaticn the first named treaty, cov
ering the right to construct and guar- '
a?tee a canal, will expire October 24, ^
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- the notice was received at the state
department. The extradition treaty
will terminate May 24, next, as provided
in the convention.
The Nicaraguan minister's note conveys
absolutely no information as to c
- ^ the motives which inspired the Nica- 1
raguan government to denounce these |
two treatties, nor has Mr. Merry, the
United States minister to Nicaragua, J
thrown any light upon the subject. It 4
may be recalled, as affecting the treaty 1
- Qt 1S67, that before submitting the 1
Hay-Pauncefote treaty to congress last I
year, Secretary Hay drew up a set of v
protocols with the minister of Nicara- f
gua, whereby these officers bound their
ffovernmentK to negotiate treaties with
the United States for the necessary 5
concessions under which to construct 5
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and control canals in the event that *
eongrtss should authorize the begin- ?
nlng of such work. c
The first official statement of any ?
kind made for a month in relation to
the Nicaraguan canal has been ob- a
t&ined by the Associated press at E
London. It confirms the fact that
' Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassa- 1
dor to the United States, has with him ^
the draft of a new treaty, abrogating
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, which is in
every particular satisfactory to Lord
Salisbury's cabinet. ^
Carnegie Is Anti-Canal.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie were .
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passengers on the St. Louis, reaching j,
her dock at New York late Saturday
afternoon. fc
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British E
ambassador, after an absence of two E
months, also returned on the St. Louis. E
it is said that he will at once confer E
with Secretary Hay regarding the isth- h
xnian canal. He refused to discuss the f
mattar or to say anything for publica- c
tion. i
Mr. Carnegie was not so reticent, d
"Have you any views on the subject p
of the isthmian canal?" was the next l<
question put to him. n
"I do not believe in a canal at all. t
I do not believe a canal will render the t
service for the transportation of goods t
that a first-class two-track railroad t
would do. Freight could be unloaded P
into 50-ton cars and loaded on the oth- ij
er side at far less cost than running p
even 10,000-ton ships, even if you had t'
to pay no tolls." v
"Would you, therefore, favor a Te- a
hautepec ship railroad, such as has t!
been proposed?"
"They are building a railroad there
now, but not of that kind. I do not
believe the Nicaragua canal can be
built. I do not believe that canal can r<
be worked, even if it is built. The R
Panama canal can be made workable, e
There is more sentiment behind that tl
- canal than good sense." g
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A FRATERNIZING MOVEMENT. s
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Northern and Southern Methodfets b
May Be Again In Friendly Union. <5
The decision of the board of bishop* r
of the Methodist Episcopal church, in
roceion PinoinriwtS tn hnld the next ^
OVBWtVU v
meeting in Chattanooga, Tenn., marks ^
an epoch in the history of the Metho- ^
dist church. It will be the first time ^
northern Methodist bishops have met t]
on southern soil since the sectional di- D
vision of the church. It is said a E
strong effort will be made at the meet- s
ing of the bishops in Chattanooga to ti
effeot a union of northern and south- s
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ED'S CORRECTED COGNOMEN.
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King of England Perfects His New and v
Extensive Title. 0
King Edward, at a meeting of the j
privy council in London, Monday, signed
the proclamation giving him his
new title as follows:
"Edward the Seventh, by the grace ^
of God of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and of the British J g
domains beyond the sea. king, defend- | .
er of the faith and emperor of India." | .
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DEWEY SEES PRESIDENT.
He Incidentally Touches Upon the
Schley Investigation Case.
Admiral Dewey called upon Presi- ! c
dent Roosevelt Saturday but did not i s
discuss with him the Schley court of {
inquiry, except to tell the president t
that the public sessions of the court 1
would be concluded in a few days. Af- (
terwards he said the court would prob- 1
ably take up eacn coarge m wc pic- i
cept, review the testimony and then ]
give the facts as they find them and .1
?ive such an opinion as they called for.
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} STATE NEWS ITEMS. \
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Officers Raid Distilleries.
Revenue Collector Aiken, and Deputy
Marshal Corbin returned to Greenville
a few days ago after a raid on
moonshine stills in Oconee county.
They destroyed two stills near Whetsote,
each of seventy-five gallon capacity,
with thirty-eight fermenters and
4,600 gallons of beer. They captured
Robt. and Benjamin Holmes at work in
one of the stills. Robert Holmes was
placed in pail at Walhalla, out Benjamin
was dismissed, as he was too
young to prosecute.
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oiynca yv ihi nciuwiaii^c*
A motion was made in the federal
court at Charleston a day or two ago
to set aside the verdict of a non-suit
in the case of J. H. Parker & Co., cotton
brokers of New York, against W.
A. Moore, a farmer of Spartanburg
county. Moore lost$4,000 speculating
in cotton and refused to pay. Suit was
entered by the brokers and Moore's answer
was that dealing in futures was
gambling and, therefore, the contract
tvas void. The state supreme court recently
made that decision and, in following
the state court. Judge Skaonton
stated he would have to sign the order
3f non-suit with reluctance. Moore had
svon considerable money speculating in
cotton, but would not meet his losses
?vhen the market went against him.
rhe court took the motion uader advisement.
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Koester's Friends Explain.
A Charleston dispatch says: Friends
>f George R. Koester, whose appointnent
as collector of internal revenue
s opposed because he took part in a
ynching in Lexington county some
ears ago, have made a statement in
he affair. According to this version,
koester, who is editor of The Colum)ia
Record, went with the mob to re)ort
the lynching. When the negro
ras caught he was strung to a tree and
he mob was making ready to burn
;im alive, when Koester protested that
t should not be done. "We'd like to
ee you help it," said one or the lead:rs.
"I'll kill him first," answereu
Ccester, and it is said that he whip>ed
out a revolver and fired. Koester
laimed to have acted with the desire
o save the negro from slow torture,
["he mob, he said, was bloodthirsty
md wild for the negro's life, but was
lot willing to kill him outright.
The Koester element claims now
hat he did a humane act, inasmuch as
te was powerless to save the negro.
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President Accepts Invitation.
Advices received in Charleston from
Vashington convey the very gratifyng
intelligence that the president hae
iccepred the invitation of the South
laroiiua Interstate and West Indian
fn frho OTnrtS-tttntl nil
Vednesday, February 12, Lincoln's
irthday, and preparations will be
nade to celebrate the event with, the
nost imposing ceremonies. At the
aeetirig of the cabinet the president
nemioned the fact that the invitation
iad been extended, and the matter was
uliy discussed, the members of the
abinet agreeing with the president
hat the date suggested for the presient's
visit was exceptionally approbate
for a presidential visit. Before
eaving Washington the special comlittee
from the exposition called on
he members of the cabinet and exended
to each of them a personal inviation
to accompany the president to
:harleston. It is understood that Mrs.
toosevelt and all the ladies of the cabnet
will attend the exposition with the
residential party, and it is hoped that
he condition of the public business
rill be such as to permit the president
nd his party to spend some days at
he expositio'n.
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Naval Station Plans.
A Washington dispa;ch says: The
eport of the naval board, headed by
oot. Arlmiral Wonrv C. Tavlnr rhare- I
d with the preparation of plans for
tie new naval station at Charleston,
ives in detail all the improvements
eemed necessary at Charleston for
tie installation of the buildings of the
tation. It proposes that Cooper river
> dredged to a depth of thirty-two feet
elow mean low water and that the
redged material be deposited so as to
aise the grade six feet above high wa?r
to guard against any danger of
ooding. In lieu of piers extending
3to the river, the board recommends
hat a basin be dredged to a depth of
hirty-two feet below mean low water
3 contain two piers in order to afford
he needed water front, where vessels
lay lie without obstructing the Chanel.
A site for two dry docks has been
elected in the low land in prolongaion
of the re-entrant basin, and a
hort pier will be provided between the
wo to facilitate the docking and unertaking
of vessels. It is the plan to
rotect the water front of the working
art of the station with a great sea
rail having a depth of water in front
f thirty-two feet. There was some obpf-rinn
to the board's selection of site
or the hospital on the ground that
rhile it was on high ground far removal
from the working part o fthe staion.
an absence of trees made the site
ndesirable. The hoard, therefore, sug;csts
the acquis-tion of a tract of land
n the immed^te vicinity of the sta*
ion which satisfy all desired conlitions.
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Statue Offends Negroes.
Sculptor Lcpez's heroic sized group
>f figures typifying negro life in the
iouth. whicfl is to stand before the ne;ro
builds of the South Carolina Inerstate
anf* West India nexposition,
ias gj-en otiense to many of the colled
People of Charleston, and they
iaV3 made a violent protest to the
j<drd of directors, which is headed by
poker T. Washington, and which
uraters among its members leading
men of the race throughout the south.
They declare that the Lopez group repreeentathe
negro in menial guise ana
they think it is an insult to the more ;
progressive and enlightened elements
of the race: Speaking of the matter,
a leading member of the negro board
said:
"These people don't know what they !
are talking about. I suppose they
wanted Mr. Lopez to represent the negro
habited in a silk hat and frock i
coat. The work of the artist is not |
only satisfactory to the board, but all
of us appreciate and admire its striking
fidelity to nature ana its remarka
ole artistic merit. It represents the
race as artisans and the tiller of southern
soil. This is what the negro is.
The Lopez statue represents MOO,000
people, not a few thousand preachers,
doctors, lawyers, waiters and Pullman
oar nnrters. iou may say that Mr.
Washington and our board have no in- j
tension of paying any attenfv^to the
clamor that is being raised. The Lopez
iroup has been placed in front of the
negro building and it will remain there
is long as we are at the head of the
legro department of the exposition."
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Studying Cotton Diseases.
W. A. Orton, assistant pathologist
n the department of agriculture at
-Vashington. has just completed field
>xperi7Msnts with the cotton wilt disease,
known also in South Carolina as
blight" and in other places as "blackleart."
Mr. Orton has studied this disease in
he sea island cotton for three years,
it was thought at one time that it
vould prove a serious menace to cot.on
culture, but he says that danger is
low practically over. It has been
found possible to secure a variety of
.otton practically immune to the wilt
iisease by selecting seeds from heal.hy
plants tnat have grown in badly
I iiseased fields. In every field attacked
)y this wilt there may be found some
jlants that have resisted it, though
ill the other plants around them have
>een killed. Seed from these plants
>'iii grow wnere auj uuiu uuuuu
.-ould die.
E. L. Rivers, of James island, who
?as the first planter to make this seection
of an immune cotton, has been
.lotably successful in his attempts, and
.he department is having seed grown
>y Mr. Rivers and others for general
.dstribution, especially in the sea is- ,
and cotton districts of Georgia and
'lorida, where the wilt disease causes
mch loss.
The problem of its contrul is a very
evere one and must be undertaken by
.he government, as few farmers can
?ive the attention necessary for the
selection of a resistant variety in upland
cotton, which is more susceptible
to the disease than the sea island.
The department of agriculture has
therefore begun experiments in sever- (
al states, but especially in Alabama
and South Carolina, with the aim of
developing a variety of upland cotton
not subject to the wilt disease. If this
can be done it will save the cotton
planters hundreds of thousands of dol- i
lars.
The department will endeavor to
improve the quality and productive- I
ness of the cotton at the same time,
while another branch of the work,
which now promises great results, is
the development of a long staple upland
cotton. The experiments made 1
& Columbia this year by Professor <
Webber have been full of interest and J
value. I
BKYAN SPEAKS IN OMAHA.
H? Champions Cause of Fusionists In
State of Nebraska.
William J. Bryan closed the campaign
In Nebraska for the fusionists
with four speeches in Omaha and
South Omaha Monday night. At each ;
place Mpr Bryan was greeted with en- <
thusiastic crowds, notwithstanding a
snow storm. The principal speech was
at Franck hall, where he spoke on national
issues. I
Mr. Bryan said that he expected that
Nebraska fusionists would elect their
state ticket by a fair majority, but re- f
fused to make an estimate on other i
states. i
BUSINESS BLOCKS BURNED. 1
Town of Jennings, Louisiana, Suffers 1
Heaviiy From Conflagration. 1
At an early hour Monday morning 1
fire broke out in a restaurant at Jennings,
La. The wind was blowing a
heavy gale, and by 6 o'clock five blocks
of the main business part of the town
were in smoldering embers and ashes.
The heaviest individual loser is A. D.
McFarlan, $70,000. The houses destroy- 4
ed were not of a substantial character, 1
and the fire spread so quickly that ]
there; was small chance to save any- 1
thing:. Loss, $160,000; insurance, $60,- i
000. ]
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ALABAMIAN STRIKES OIL.
Plug Taken From Old Well and Good <
Sample of Fluid Found. i
Robert R. Zell, president of the 1
Southern Industrial company, has tap- j :
ped an oil well near Reld's Gap, Ala., j
and secured samples of oil. This well j
was driven 1,900 feet several years ;
ago. but the promoters died and the j |
well has since been plugged up.
The samples secured by Mr. Zell after
the plug was removed are said to ;
be excellent specimens of a very good i 1
grade of oil. j <
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THE IRISH ARE HERE. j ]
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Nationalist Members of Parliament i
Receive Glad Welcome In New York. 1
John E. Redmond, Patrick A. McHugh
and Thomas O'Donnell, national- i
1st members of the British parliament, i
who came over in behalf of the Irish |
cause, landed at New York Thursday
from the steamship Majestic. They
were enthusiastically welcomed on the
pier by a large delegation of IrishAmericans.
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Bank Quits Business. ,
The National Bank of Commerce ol ,
Omaha, Neb., has decided to close up ,
its affairs and has turned over $220,Ooi' 3
in cash to the Omaha National bank to
pay its depositors. I
FINE WORK OF BOERS
Large Force Swoops Down Upon
Col. Benson's Rear Gnard.
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RED COATS SUFFER SEVERELY j
Several Officers and Fifty-Four Men j
Were Killed, While One Hundred
and Sixty Were Wounded?At
Close Quarters.
Lor:l Kitchener has reported to
the London war office a disaster to the
British near Bethel, eastern Transvaal,
in wfcich two guns were lost, several
officers killed or wounded and fifty*
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four men killed ana ibu wouuueu.
The following Is the text of Lord
Kitchener's dispatch, dated Pretoria,
November 1:
"I have just heard of a severe attack
made on the rear guard of Colonel
Benson's column when about 20 miles
northwest of Bethel, near Brokenlaagte,
during a thick mist.
"The strength of the enemy is reported
to have been a thousand. They
rushed two guns with the rear guard,
but it is uncertain whether they were
able to remove them.
"I fear our casualties were heavy.
Colonel Benson was wounded, but not
severely. A relieving column will
reach him this morning.'"
Later Lord Kitchener telegraphed as
follows:
"Colonel Barter, who marched from
the constabulary line yesterday, reached
Benson's column early this (Friday)
morning unopposed. He reports
that Colonel Benson died of his
wounds.
"The other casualties are as follows:
"Killed?Colonel S. Guinness, Major
F. D. Murray, Captains M. W. Lindsay
and F. T. Thorould, Lieutenants E. V. I
rironL-. anri r r SheDherd and Second
Lieutenant A. J. Corlett.
"Died of wounds, Captain Byre
Lloud."
Lord Kitchener then gives the names
of thirteen other officers who were
wounded, most of them severely, and
announces that fifty-four non-commissioned
officers and men were killed *and
160 wounded, adding that four of the
latter have since died of their wounds.
The dispatch then says:
"I assume that the two guns have
been recovered and the enemy has
withdrawn, but I have no further details.
"I deeply regret the loss of Colonel
Benson and the other officers and men
who fell with him. In Benson the service
loses a most gallant and capable
officer, who inraria-bly led his column
with marked success and judgment.
"The fighting was at very close quarters
and maintained with determination
on both sides The enemy suffered
heavily, but * have not yet received a
reliable estimate.
"The Boers retired east."
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT FIGURES.
More Than One Hundred and Forty
Millions Required 1'or Pensions.
nptimotcc tr\T fho o,rnonHifnrp nf
1 J1C UOtlUiCibVO I.V4 vuw w w?
the interior department during the fiscal
year beginning next July, to be
3ent to congress this session, aggregate
$170,000,000. Of this amount a
total of $142,161,200 is asked for pensions
and the administrative work of
the pension bureau. In addition to the
$13,516,210 already appropriated for
the twelfth census, an additional appropriation
of $1,972,120 for next year
is asked. Other items call for $7,)00,000
for the Indian service, $2,286,?56
for the general land office, $1,069,107
for the geological survey, and
$949,000 for the patent office.
MERCER HAS THE "DOUGH."
Rockefeller Can Now Come Across
With His $15,000 Donation.
President Pollock, of Mercer university,
at Macon, the leading Baptist educational
institution of Georgia, announces
that he thinks the amount of
K50.000 for the endowment fund has
been subscribed by the friends of the
iniversity, thereby securing the donation
of $15,000 from John D. Rockefeller
predicated upon the former
i*sou*t being raised by November 1.
6ILVER BULLION DISAPPEARS.
Ton of "Base" Metal Taken From the
Court Room at Omaha, Neb.
At Omaha, Neb., Thursday a ton of
'base" silver bullion, worth something
over $1,000, mysteriously disappeared
from the criminal court room.
The 6ilver a few days ago figured as
in exhibit in a junk stealing case, and
had been left in the oourt room awaiting
such time as the proper owners
should olaim ft, The junk dealers
were tried and acquitted on a charge
yt having bought stolen property. The
smelter, to whom the bullian is said to
have belonged, had taken no steps to
recover Its possession.
OLD WOMEN IN DEMAND.
It Is Reported From Salonica that
Brigands Have Made Another Haul.
"It is reported from Salonica," says
;he Vienna correspondent of The Lonlon
Daily Express, "ths.t brigands have
janied off the mother of the chief of
polite of Seres, in Macedonia, about 50
miles northeast of Salonica, to the
same spot where Miss Stone is defined."
TRYING TO SMIRCH SCHLEY.
Lemly Calls Witnesses to Rebut Testimony
Given By Admiral.
In the Schley court of inquiry Thurs3ay
a number of witnesses were introduced
by Judge Advocate Lemly to
testify in rebuttal of the evidence given
in Admiral Schley's behalf. The
?ourt decided early in the day that no
tvitnesses could be introduced at this
stage of the proceeding to give testimony
on r-aterial points and only reMittal
testimony can now be adimssi-j
Lile.
ANTI-TOXINE KILLS INNOCENTS'
Alleged Remedy For Diphtheria Causes
Death of Many Babies In St.
Louis From Lockjaw.
A St. Louis, Mo., special says: The
list of deaths attributed to lockjaw as
a result of the administration of diphtheria
anti-toxine manufactured by the
city chemists number eleven, two new
deaths being reported Friday. Eleven
other children are reported to health
department as suffering from lockjaw,
with slight chances for recovery. The
cause of lockjaw in each case is said
to be poisoning from the city's diphtheria
anti-toxine.
As a result of the charges, the health
department has begun the free distribution
of tetanus anti-toxine. It is designed
to inject the serum into the
blood of the diphtheria patients who
have been inoculated with the tetanus
infected serum and this exposed to
lockjaw.
The health department has announced
that no more diphtheria antl-toxine
will be manufactured by the eity of St.
Louis.
The investigation ordered by the
city coroner to determine positively
the cause of the deaths of the eight
children who are alleged to have died
of lockjaw following the admlnistrationof
the city's anti-toxine Is being
pushed, and it is expected that its
object will be accomplished in a few
days. Doctors Bolton, Fish and Waldron,
throe of the moat experienced
bacteriologists in St Louis, are making
tests with the antl-toxine and the
serum taken from the spinal columns
of the dead children.
Dr. Ravold, city bacteriologist, who
made the anti-toxine com plained of
from serum taken from a horse which
developed tetanus on October 1, and
was shot, declares that If the animal's
system contained tetanus bacilli on
August 24, when the last scrum was
taken from him, it was impossible to
detect it by an inspection of the horse.
At the Baptist hospital an independ
?nt investigation has convinced Drs.
A. B. Nichols, P. C. Harris and C. C.
Morris that the presence of tetanus
germs in the city anti-toxine is indisputable.
A guinea pig was inoculated
with the anti-toxine Wednesday
night, developed symptoms of lockjay
Thursday morning and died Friday.
Agnes Keenan, the 7-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Keenan,
died Friday from tetanus. Ches- i
ter and Mamie Keenan are also suffering
with lockjaw and their physician
does not hold out any hope for their recovery.
Two of the Keenan children
who have died were inoculated merely
for the sake of precaution, neither of
them being sick, though both had been
exposed to diphtheria.
CENSUS BUREAU STATISTICS.
Interesting Figures Relating to School,
Militia ar.d Voting Ages.
The census report on school, militia
and voting ages for all states and ter
rirones snows me luuuwiug auuimaij
for ihe country as a whole:
Persons of school age, 5 to 20 years
26,110,789, of whom 24,897,130 are native
born, 22,490,211 are white and 13,086,160
are males. Males of militia
age, 16,360,368 of whom 13,132,280 are
native born and 14,495,396 are white;
and males of voting age 21,329,819, of
whom 16,227,260 are native born and
19,036,143 are white. Of the total
number of males 21 years of age and
over, 2,426,295 are illiterate. Of the
16,227,285 native born males 21 years
old and over, 1,706,293 are illiterate,
and of the 5,102,534 foreign born, 620,002
are illiterate.
TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER.
Two Killed and a Dozen Injured In
Smash-Up on Pennsylvania Road.
Two men were instantly killed and a
dozen injured Friday night in a collision
between the local freight on the
Pennsylvania road and the work train
of the Clifford Construction Company
of Valparaiso, Indiana.
The dead and mangled men were
buried in the mass of wreckage.
Not a man in the crew escaped uninjured,
and it is feared several of
them are so badly wounded that death
is inevitable.
HOT FIGHT OVER KOESTER.
Appointment Creates Political Stir In
South Carolina.
A Charleston dispatch says: While
the bitter fight which is being waged
against George R. Koester, recently appointed
collector of internal revenue,
will hardly prevail, the facts which
have been brought forth are highly
sensational ,and politicians are using
the incident as a m?ans of injuring
the McLaurin cause.
The publication of the story charging
Koest.er with having been implicated
in a negro lynching has created
o trfimondnnc sHr in nnlitical oircles in
this state.
A Royal "Kidling" Makes Debut.
Princess Elizabeth, who was married
October 2, 1900, to Prince Albert,
heir presumptive to the throne of Belgium,
has given birth to a son who will
be christened Leopold.
Cattle Breeders Turned Down.
A New ork Herald dispatch from
Buenos Ayes says the government has
informed the American minister that
it cannot allow,the importation of
American cattle for breeding purposes.
MANY WITNESS EXECUTION.
Will Jackson Pays Penalty For Assault
at Cartersville, Ga.
Will Jackson, a negro, wa6 legally
hanged at Cartersville, Ga., Friday for
assault. Nearly two thousand people
black and white , witnessed
the execution. To comply with the
law the sheriff enclosed the scaffold
with cotton bagging. No sooner was
his back turned than the flimsy barrier
was torn down and the immense
crowd had en unobstructed view of
the scene.
CLOSE OF TESTIMONY j
Arguments Begin in the Schley
Inquiry Case by Attorneys.
ADMIRAL MAKES CORRECTIONS
Opening Speech In Behalf of Government
Is Made By Mr. Kanna.
Sessions Will 8oon
End.
The Schley court of inquiry reached
the argument stage at the beginning of
the afternoon session Monday. The
morning sitting -was devoted to listening
to Admiral Schley and Captain
Sigsbee in making corrections of their
icauuiuu/, wmwu uau uew jjivcu. yieviously,
and the introduction by Judge
Advocate Lemly of numerous documents
bearing upon different phases of
the inquiry. Admiral Schley did not
m&ke any material additions to his
previous statements, but devoted himself
largely to the clearing up of embiguoug
points in his evidence.
Admiral Schley began his corrections
with the very first of his testimony.
Most of these corrections were
of typographical errors or the changing
of words to make sentences read
more smoothly.
Referring to hit testimony regarding
the reconnoissance of May 31, the
admiral changed his statement that
"fifty if not more shells passed over
the fleet," to read, "A number of shells
passed over the fleet." He also changed
his evidence concerning suspicious
movements in the harbor of Santiago
July 2d to read that "Before dark I
noticed in the harbor a great deal of
smoke coming up." The official record,
he said, made him say that he
saw the smoke after dark.
Coming to his answer to a question
in reference to his order sent below
during the early part of the battle to
stand by to ram, Admiral Schley emphasized
his former testimony by say
ing that there was a distinct attempt
to ram on the part of the Maria Teresa,
Admiral Cervera'g flagship, and
the Viscaya.
He also reiterated his confidence in
the Brooklyn's speed, by stating that
with one engiae and all the boiler power
she could have gotten up all speed
that was needed. As to the passing of
the flying squadron by the Eagle on
the morning of May 19, and the latter's
conveying the information that
there was "ao news," Admiral Schley
corrected his testimony wherein he
said that he was not mistaken as to
this, by stating that he might have
been mistaken.
Admiral Schley also corrected his
statement regarding his visit to the
flagship New York, when he made his
preliminary report of the battle of
July 3 to Admiral Sampson. The record,
he said, did not make the matter J
quite clear.
"The admiral said to me," continued j
the witness, "that I had omitted a very
important detail, which was to state
that the New York was present."
The witness corrected but one of his
A? nitnafiAWn A# A AAllwf
ttLlbWClb iu LUC 4UCOUVUO Ul cue tuui C.
This question was as to whether he
should have communicated with Captain
McCalla to secure information.
The answer as corrected reads:
"The communication which he made
to me, through the Eagle, indicated
that Captain McCaHa knew it was
bound for Cienfucgos, and I, of course,
took it for granted if he had had anything
important he would have notified
me of the fact without my inquiry-"
At this point Admiral Schley announced
that he had no more corrections
to make.
The opening speech of the argument
in the case was made in behalf of the
government by Mr. Hanna, assistant
to judge advocate. He begun his presentation
of the case a few minutes after
the court convened at 2 o'clock,
and when the court adjourned, two
hours later, he had not covered more
than half of the ground involved in
the controversy.
NOTED "POWDER MONKEY" DEAD
Man Who Fought With Nelson at Trafalgar
Pastes Away.
T?V? A 'TJ^inn 1 AC \>AOi*r nIH O ?mm.
JUUii V XJL i^.a, i.vw vm, ?
inent citizen for many years, is dead
at Middlesworth, Illinois, twenty miles
weet of Matoon. x?e was born in Ireland
went to sea at 9 and served in
Nelson's fleet as powder monkey at the
battle of Trafalgar.
Twe Blocks of Buildings Burn.
A fire in Uniontown Pa., Friday
morning destroyed ten buildings, covering
two block6. One life is reported
to have been lctet and the property
damage is estimated at $250,000.
MA8SO TO OPPOSE PALMA.
Announces For President of Cuba and
Makes a Bid For Black Vote.
A Havana dispatch says: General
Bartolme Maso Thursday surprised
Senor Estrada Palma and the latter's
supporters by coming out with a mani- ]
festo declaring himself a candidate for i
the presidency of Cuba. He makes a
atmns- hid for the autonomist, Spanish j
and negro vote. j
GENERAL BULLfcK LIONIZED. I
Discharged Army Officer Is Immensely
Popular With the "Common Herd." j
General Buller threatens to blossom j
Into a British Boulanger. He does not j
appear to court privacy or to counte- ,
nance demonstration. He attended c !
theatre in London Thursday evening j
and when he was recognized an 1 j
cheered, he arose to his feet and bowt ^ |
his acknowledgements. Outside ti e |
building General Buller was mobb: i \
by cheering crowds, and the police l'.n j !
to be called in to clear the street.
AMERICANS HAD CLOSE CALL I j
Great Host of Filipinos Rush Upon
Small Company of the Ninth
Infantry. J
Advices received Thursday morning
in Manila from Catbaiogan, island of
i Samar. state that twelve men of the ^
company G, ninth infantry, under com- *
mand of Sergetna Wlllford, who had
been sent from Baaey to San Antonio
r
to investigate and report in regard to
the number of bolo men in the vicinity,
were viciously attacked by 14? insurgents,
who rushed on them with
great violence, killing two of fee soldiers
and wounding two others. Willford
remained cool and collected dur-- t
ing the attack and the survivors say \
he acted splendidly. Fourteen of the j
TWrtro V111 aA Pflntftl'n ROOk
iuruig^uvo i? vi ^ atuvu. \,?-r ?
miller, of Company G, recommends *
Willford for a medal of honor, and
Privates Swanton and Vero for certifl- 1
eate-s of merit
General Hughes reports the eomplete
surrender of insurgents on the 1
island of Cebu, consisting ot 450 men (
and 660 officers, with 150 rifles a*d 8 *
brass field pieces. (
The pouring of troops into the is- i
land of Samar is believed to have had 1
a good effect on the Cebu insurgents
who have been wavering for some 3
time. The malcontents kept up the
conflict by saying that a majority of '
the American troops had left the Phil- J
ippiaes. ' 1
Cebu Trouble Settled.
An important cablegram was reoeiv- J
- - 1
ed at the war department at Washing- '
ton Thursday afternoon from General 1
Chaffee. In part it read*: j
"Manila, October 81.?Adjutant General,
Washington: The following from 3
Brigadier General Hughes: '
" Tnsurrecto forces Cebu island 3
have come in, laid down arms in good
faith is obedience to demand of peo- 1
pie for peace; 150 rifles, 8 brass pieces, 3
60 officers, 470 men. Affairs not yet j
satisfactory Bohol island; may move
additional troops there to force settle- '
ment.' 3
"This settles for the present, at j
least, disturbances heretofore existing
in Cebu. Future disorder that island j
will be made by deliberate action inhabitants
as peace may be easily pre- '
served if people disposed to do so.
Shall advise Hughes waste ne time,
but move on Bohol immediately. j
"CHAFFEE." j
SULTAN BLUFFED AT LAST. J
Warships Sent to Levant By France
Are Recalled From *1 urkish
Waters.
A Paris special says: The decision
to make a naval demonstration against
Turkey was taken at a meeting of the
cabinet Tuesday at which M. Delcasse,
the minister of foreign affairs, explained
the sultan's procrastination regarding
the French demands. *
Admiral Caillard's squadron eonsists
of the armored cruisers Admiral
Pothuau, Chanzy and La Touche-Tre- \
ville, the second-class cruisers T)ucE-~ J
ayla and Cassard, and the third-class i
ruiser Galilee. The crews aggregate ]
2,286 men, but the vessels will also <
carry landing parties. <
Late Thursday night the following j
dispatch was received from Toulon: \
'The complete Mediterranean squad- l
ron returned to Toulon this evening j
and anchored in the roadstead." i
This would include Admiral Cail- j
lard's division, whose departure has 1
thua either been countermanded or 1
postponed. If the dispatch be correct ]
it would imply that the government j
has received news from Constantino- i
pie in the meantime which has not yet ]
been divulged and which has induced i
a change of plan.
It was reported that Admiral Cail- ;
lard had been ordered to cruise within j
reach of a dispatch boat Thursday for
possible further instructions, and it is <
significant that the torpedo boat destroyer
Halleoardo left Toulon at full
speed during the afternoon to rejoin
the squadron.
Heavy Penalties Demanded.
Suits filed by State Attorney General
Bell, against the corporations accused
of violating the Texas anti-trust law,
call fop penalties approximating $85,- <
000,000.
HLA I t (iLAdd ri-Mni I
Organized at Chattanooga and Will j
Manufacture on a Large Scale.
A company has been organized at
Chattanooga, Tenn., to manufacture <
plate glass on an extensive scale. An
extensive deposit of glass sand has
been discovered near the city. A hot- .
tie glass factory is almost completed. 1
Northern capitalists are Interested and :
plants will probably be erected soon, i
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Ensor Gets Reappointment. .
President Roosevelt has reappointed i
C. S. Ensor postmaster at Columbia, <
S. C. i
Dock Safely Passes the Jetties.
The New Orleans dock is on her way
i up the river, having passed through '
the jetties about noon Monday. The
dock will be at New Orleans on Wed!
nesday morning and the reception will
take place. c
Seventh National Reinstated.
New York clearing houses Monday ]
I tVio ronrfflnirpri Spvpnth lift.
: jcmoian-u . ?o ]
tional bank tc full membership.
TRAINS IN COLLISION. (
Fireman Killed and Engineer and
Brakeman Sustain Serious Injuries.
A southbound freight train on the
j Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
ran into a work train at Clay- !
mont. Del., Monday afternoon. James ]
| Middleton, fireman of the freight, 3
was instantly killed, and Engineer 1
Frank Gallagher and Brakeman J. J. j
Dcvine, also of the freight train, were
seriously injured. Five freight cars ,
were derailed and set on fire by the | j
collisiont 1
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JUBONIC IN tNliLANU
Two Cases of Plague Discovered
it Port of Liverpool.
SCOURGE AGAIN IN GLASGOW
rgm
rM
do Apprehension Is Felt on This Side,
But Greatest Precautions Wiii
Be Taken By Health.
Officers.
The port ef Liverpool, England, has
>e?n declared infected with the bu)onic
plague. Arrivals from Liverpool
n Italian ports will undergo the cusomary
disinfection.
The bubonic plague nas reappe??w*
n Glasgow, Scotland, during the week.
?our suspected cases were removed
rom the Central Station hotel belongng
to the Caledonian railway and one
lied Thursday. The totel has been
dosed and all guests have been warn- /'
3d to leave instanter. It appears that
ill the cases under suspicion are ser- ;
rants of the hotel.
An examination of the bacteria
proves conclusively that the disease is
Lhe bubonic plague. The municipal
authorities in a notice announcing the
Tact urge ail householders to destroy
rats.
The United States consul at Liverpool
has cabled to the state depart- ->
ment that two cases of bubonic plague
and a few other suspicious cases have
developed in a hospital at Liverpool.
The facts were communicated to the
marine hospital service. Surgeon Gefl=
sral Wyman has cabled Surgeon Thomas,
now at Naples, who did similar
work at Glasgow some months ago, to
proceed immediately to Liverpool and |
Investigate the outbreak and keep thjs ;<*.
government advised of the situation.
This is the first outbreak in Liverpool % j ),'Jjf
the plague in the recollection of th8 <i y'
authorities here. No immediate dan- ''v
?er to United States ports is apprehended,
although there will be a much ^ i
more rigorous examination of incoming
vessels and passengers from Liv- ^
arpool by the health authorities than". ^
heretofore.
Dr. A. H. Doty, health olficer of the
port of New York, is not alarmed over
the fact that Liverpool, with which J.%
tfew York has much commercial inter- }
course, has been declared a plague injected
port by the Italian and French
governments. He says that New York^^^^
lealth is in no way threatened. He^y^
Rxplalned that Liverpool has only two
luthenticated cases of the plague and
;hese were conveyed there from anoth- ; ^
it port, being taken at once on their
irrival to the special hospital so that
he general public is in no sense inrolved.
WILL KICK ON KOE3TER. " * "M
Columbia Citizens Will Ask that Appointment
of Collector Be Rejected.
Politicians in Charleston, 8. C.,
rhursday were startled by & report J
!rom. "Columbia that leading citizens
?rere uniting in a petition to President , ,
Etoosevelt urging hijn not to issue a J|
jommission to George R. Koester, re- *
? ..11..^. n/ {nfcFnal
:enuy appointed cuucwiui ui mvuwu tgH
revenue, for the reason that he had
ired the first shot at a negro who waa
being strung to a tree by a lynching JH
party. The statement is made that
affidavits have been secured from
newspaper men and others who were |r9
it the lynching, in which it is alleged
that the ball from Koester's revolver
helped to put the negro out of busl[tess.
The republicans say that Editor
Gonxales, of The Columbia State, long ~ J
known as Koester's personal enemy, v../
and the bitter opponent of Senator
McLaurin, who secured KoestcrJs appointment,
is the prime mover in tke
fight. The day after the appointment
was announced The State, among other
things, said:
"Perhaps it was President Roosevelt's
sporting blood that caused him
to choose George R. Koester for collector
of internal revenue. Koester
has, not HKe tne presiaent, * ra-uiu
for potting cougars and Spaniards, but $
he is a fellow-sportsman. He haa been
known to claim that he discharged the
first shot at a 'nigger' when that object $
of the chase was strung up by lynchers
near this city a few years ago." , :-M
FIVE THOU8AND FOR A "JIT."
Straet Car Company Pays Dearly For
Demanding a Second Fare.
At New York Thursday Eugene Lez9nskl,
of L. and S. Lezenski, San Franrisco
and New York dry goods com- .
mission merchants, obtained in the supreme
court under Judge Fursman a
rerdict for $5,000 against the Metropolian
Street Railway Company because
le refused to pay a 5-cent fare twiee
wd was ejected from the car. During
i blockade on Broadway Mr. Lezenski
was transferred from one car to anjther.
the conductor afterwards refusnf
the transfer.
8WUNG TO TELEGRAPH POLE. ^1
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Megro Who Attempted Assault on Leg? 3
islator's Wife Promptly Lynched.
Eariy Friday morning, at Allentown,
5a., Theo Booth, colored, who, on Monlay
last, attempted to assault Mrs. G.
5. A. Daughtry, wife of the member of
he legislature from Wilkinson county,
jaid the penalty of his crime with his
ife. He was strung up to a telephone
>ole near the Allentown depot and ridiled
with bullets.
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CONDEMNED MURDERER CAUGHT.
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Lanier Must Return to Mississippi and
Expiate Crime.
Governor Longlno, of Mississippi
has issued a requisition on the governor
of Georgia for Will Lanier, one of
MISSISSIPPI & LLiUtil uc&yciaic u iiuiu<*uo9
who was captured a few days since at
Mewnan, Ga., by the town authorities.
Lanier was to have been hanged at
\berdeen on April 18 last, but he broke
jail three days before the day of exe*
sution and made his escape,
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