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The Bamberg Herald. | ESTABLISHKI) lSi>1. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21.1901. ONK DOLlAlt I'Hll YEAB, .|j| FOR DEATH OF BABES I* X' St Louis Health Department Is Held Responsible by Coroner. ANTMOXINE SERUM WAS BAD / Contained Tetanus Germs and Seven Children Treated With It For Diphtheria Died In Agonies of Lockjaw. A St. Louis special says: Coroner Funkhauser has rendered a verdict finding the Sr. Louis Health department neelieent in thp nrenaration of diphtheria anti-toxine, the administration of which recently caused the death by lockjaw (tetanus) of seven children. The verdict, in part, is as follows: -"We find that the deceased came to their deaths irom tetanus following the administrat'on of diphtheria anti-tox- i ine containing tetanus toxin, said diphtheria anti-toxine having been prepared and issued by the health department of the city of St. Louis, and bear ing dates on labels of August 24 ana September 30, 1901. "The presence of tetanus toxine i:i , the diphtheria anti-toxines shows neg- , ligence on the part of the health department in the preparation of said dipththeria anti-toxine and in the issuance thereof." For some time the city health department has been making anti-toxine for use in diphtheria cases. This was distributed among practicing physi- ' physicians throughout the city free of ! charge and used in the city institutions quite generally. In many cases it is said to have saved lives. The serum was obtained from horses that are : said to have contracted tetanus. Bacteriologists' Report. The findings of the committee of bacteriologists as presented to the cor- ! oner were in part as follows: 1 "The testimony shows that the i q Vir\rco naTTl. ? UCttllU UC^ai 11UCUI U n ilvu u uviuv ? ed Jim, stabled at the poor house farm and used in the preparation of diph- , theria anti-toxine. Said horse Jim developed tetanus on October 2, 1901, : and was at once killed. Blood was drawn from said horse Jim on August j 24, 1901, the serum of which was nontoxic. "Blood was again drawn from said horse Jim September 30 (during the period of the incubation of tetanus), the serum of which contained tetanus ' toxin e. "The serum drawn September 30, 1901, was issued by the health depart- ] ment in bottles bearing labels, respec- < tively dated August 24, 1901, and Sep- ' tember 30. 1 "That the toxic serum drawn September 30, 1901, was issued, is shown 1 by the fact that the toxic serum dated I September 30, 1901, are identical in the i following particulars: ! "First, unappearance; second, abso- j lute weight; third, specific gravity; fourth, freezing point; fifth, chemical reaction; sixth, spectrum analysis; ] seventh, anti-toxic potency, and eighth, ( .. toxic value in producing tetanus in j . lower animals. ( i/,nt ? J OA A "ine non-iuxiu seium uianu .iu6uci. 24, 1901, and so labeled, in nowise agrees with the toxic serum in any of ( the above characteristics. ' "As a result of our investigations, we draw the following conclusions: "The diphttheria and anti-toxine pre- ; pared by the health department of the city of St. Louis and dated Septem- ' ber 30 and some of the serum dated August 24 was the cause of the re- < cent deaths from tetanus in the cases 1 where this anti-toxine was used. ! "This anti-toxine was sterile, but contained the toxine of tetanus bacil- < lug in considerable amount." . ] ] Transport Again Floats. 1 Advices from Nagasaki, Japan, state , that the United States transport Kan- ( cock, which was reported ashore on the ' south side of the straits of Shimonose- , ki, has been floated and sent to Kobe for repairs. * ^ ?Lord Kitchener cables that since j November 7 the British have killed 43 ( and wounded 16 Boers. . BORDEN CUTS PRINT PRICES. Manufacturers of Cloth at Fall River ' Are Astonished. 1 M. C. D. Borden, of the Iron Works ' mills in Fall River, Mass., has cut prices of ail kinds of prints l-2c per yard, except shirting, which he dropped l-4c. The action caused consternation in the trade, and it is likely to be several days before matters become j settled- Many cancellations cf orders have.been received already. This does not mean that the price of print cloths has been reduced, but sim- v' ply that Mr. Borden has reduced the prices of his own finished goods in order to be able to sell more goods. BURNING COTTON ABOARD. \ British Vessel Puts In at Key West to Have Flames Extinguished. The British steamer Accomac, from 1 Galverton to Liverpool, with 5,000 bales of cotton, put into Key West Monday with a serious fire in her hold. The fire was discovered thirty-six hours before the vessel could make the port and the fire had made considerate headway. Kitchener Reports Boer Losses. Lord Kitchener cabling to the war office at London from Pretoria, reports that since November 7 the British columns have killed 43 and wounded 16 Boers and that 297 have teen taken prisoners. Almost Pure Lubricating Oil. News from Hardin county, Texas, confirms the report that a well of almost pure lubricating oil lias been brought in there that flows 150 barrels per day. The new well is about thirty miles northwest of Beaumont. CREAH OF NEWS j J Summary of the Most ? ! Important Daily * * Happenings Tersely Told. * | ?At an early hour Tuesday morning the city of Charlotte. N. C., was' re- ; ported in flames, with no water supply j available. ?Martial rule now prevails at the j scene of the battle between union and non-union miners in Kentucky. It is j said some of the participants in the at- ! tack are known and that warrants for their arrest have been issued. Union officials disclaim any responsibility. ?A sensation was sprung in the Hocks poisoning case at Memphis, ! Ter.n., Monday, when the widow of the | dead man was summoned to appear before the grand jury on the belief that she was about to leave town. ?The British steamer Accommac, nuK-cctnn rn T.ivernnol. sailed into 1 port at Key West Monday with 5,000 bales of cotton in her hold on fire. ?The new canal treaty was signed at Washington Monday. No ceremony attended the signing of the document, and its text is withheld, awaiting action cf senate. ?The story that a conspiracy exists in Alaska to form a republic is discredited by army officers. They think the story was hatched to secure return of soldiers to Alaska. ?Borden. Fall River cotton mill proprietor. has cut the price of his goods so as to dispose of them. His action caused consternation among his competitors. ?Orders issued by war department contemplate making Atlanta, Ga., again a military center in the south. Full Twenty-third regiment is ordered to Fort McPherson. ?Senator A. O. Bacon arrived in San Francisco Saturday from a lengthyvisit to various of the far eastern countries. ?The Georgia State fair ended in Savannah Saturdav. While necuniari [y not a success, in all other ways the 'air was highly satisfactory to the management. ?Disastrous fire occurred in Albany, 3a., Friday night, when the Muse warehouse was totally destroyed. About 2,)00 bales cf cotton were burned, involving a loss of $100,000, partially covered by insurance. ? Watson Knox, of Orlando, Fla., the student at Emory college, Oxford, Ga., *bc was suffering from scarlet fever, i.'ed A strict quarantine is in force at the school. ?At the convention of United Daughters of the Confederacy in Wilaiington, N. C., Mrs. H. A. Rounsavilie, af Rome, Ga., was elected president of .he order. The convention adjourned Lo meet a year hence in New Orleans. ?It is learned thai, the old fisherman ivho was mysteriously murdered at Tiptonville, Tenn., recently was killed by a young girl whom he made a prisoner. She confessed to the crime after reaching the soil of another state. ?Judge B. M. Webb, of Nashville, renn., who was disbarred by Chancellor T. J. Fisher, at Smithville, on a :harge of unprofessional conduct, has Sled two damage suits for $50,000 ^ach. One is against Judge Fisher. ?President Roosevelt has tendered ( ho nffico r?f rnllprtnr nf New York t.O State Senator Stranahan, of Oswego, \t. y. - The Woman's Christian Tempermce Union, in session at Fort Worth, Texas, sent congratulations to Presi3ent Roosevelt. ?The transport Hancock that went aground in Japanase waters has been floated and is on its way to the United States with the congressional party. ?The bodies of Deputy United States Marshals John A. and Hugh Montgomery, of Mississippi, were found partially incinerated in the burned house of Will Mathis, an alleged counterfeiter ana moonshiner near Oxford, Miss., whom the marshals svent to arrest Mathis is supposed to have committed the deed. ?Non-union miners at Providence nine, near Madisonville, Ky... were flred on by the strikers early Sunday morning. Desperate battle ensues. One striker killed and several guards svounded. ?The National Rifle Association of A.merica are anxious to delivered to the Canadian Marksmen the trophy they won, but, for some reasons, the Hnnnriinn *;ithnri+ies refuse to admit the trophy. ?Women preached in the -pulpits of Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday. They were delegates to the W. C. T. U. ?Company E. of the Ninth infantry, was, attacked by bolo men on the island cf Semar Saturday and were repulsed. The Filipinos lost heavily. ?The Farrar suit against the Southern railway to recover over $360,000, alleged to have been wrongfully withheld from stockholders, was dismissed by Judge Guerry in Macon, Ga., Friday. ?Howard franchise tax bill, which passed the Georgia house of representatives, was defeated by a large majority in the senate Friday morning. ?Fire was discovered Friday in the Georgia-Alabama business college building in Macon. Heroic work of the fi ro (tonortmnnt ( hoc-1.- o r? tVio 9 m ?Three more bodies were taken from the burning mine at Pocahontas, Va., Saturday morning, making twelve bodies in all. It is asserted that eight more bodies are yet within the mines. ?Pascal J. Moran, of the Atlanta Constitution's editorial stan and one of the most briliant of southern writers, died Friday night ?Evidence now indicates that the transportation and electrical buildings at exposition park, at Atlanta, were destroyed by fire of incendiary origin. ?German business men are very much stirred up over the purchase of arge steamship lines by American captalists. ?General Shelley, leader of Alabama anti-ratificationists, has issued a call of the Knights of Labor, in his annual STRIKERS USE GUNS Bloody Battle Occurs at Mines Near Madisonville, Ky. NOMNIONISTS ARE ATTACKED In Bombardment Two Men Were Killed and Four Badly Injured. Troops Are Hurriedly Called Out. Sunday morning before daybreak one of the most deadly conflicts of the ~ ? ??? "f min'nff trrmhlps nCCHT iruiuc jcai \/l red at the mines of the Providence Coal Company, 17 miles from Madison-ville. Ky. Two men are dead and others are wounded. Following are the casualties: James Smith, negro striker, dead; George Crouch, striker, fatally wouned; John West, guard, shot in both hands; Nathan Bush, guard, shot in forearm. This is the second time inside of a week that these mines have been attacked by roaming mobs, each battle resulting in the shedding of human blood. The latest combat was the bloodiest of all. At 4:30 o'clock Sunday morning several shots were :ired on the engine house of the company. It was but a few minutes until the stables of the company were surrounded by union men, who commenced the destruction of animal flesh. A fine saddle horse and six mules were killed. The attacking party about eighty strong, then, from the brow of a neighboring hill, poured a well-directed fire upon the homes of non-union employees, where over half a hundred men were peacefully sleeping with their families. Many of the miners dropped to their floors, while others rushed with Winchesters and other guns in hand to small piles of timber, arranged to be used upon just such an occasion. Behind these fortifications the miners knelt and returned the fire of the strikers, assist ing the guards in holding the property. Volley after volley of lead was thrown into the bottoms where the miners reside. While these homes were covered a steady fire was kept up on the tipple, engine room, stable an- other buildings. The guards were heavily armed and their work was even more effective than that of the strikers. The battle raged an hour and a half. The three guards are not seriously wounded. County Judge Hall, at Providence, started an investigation. An inquest was held, the coroner's verdict being that the negro came to his death at the hands of guards while in the defense of the life and property and they were, therefore, justifiable. The news of the shooting spread like wildfire. It was not long before the news reached the ears of Adjutant General Murray, who at once commenced an investigation, opening up with communication with the governor. Two companies of state troops were immediately ordered out GEORGIA WOMAN HONORED. ?- - ^?* - ? 1 ?A AiC uaugntero ot uomeaeracy cicci wm* cers?Meet Next in New Orleans. The United Daughters of the Confederacy closed its eighth annual convention at Wilmington, N. C., Saturday, to meet next year in New Orleans. An invitation was also accepted to meet in 1903 in St. Louis, during the Louisiana Purchase exposition in that city. Officers were elected as follows: President?Mrs. H. A. Rousaville, Rome, Ga. First Vice President?Mrs. Mollie McGill Rosenberg. Galveston, Tex. Second Vice President?Mrs. T. J. Latham, Memphis, Tenn. Recording Secretary?Mrs. John P. Hickman, Nashville, Tenn. Corresponding Secretary?Mrs. Virginia F. McSherry, West Virginia. Treasurer?Mrs. James Leigh, of Norfolk. Custodian of Crosses of Honor?Mrs Gabbitt, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson was elected an honorary president, with Mrs. M. C. Goodlet ,of New York, for life. JAPS DIE IN WRECK. Accident on Great Northern Wherein Ten Are Killed and Twenty-Eight A special to The St. Paul Globe from Great Falls, Mont., says that a wreck occurred on the Great Northern, near Blair, 375 miles east of there, Monday morning, in which ten men lost their loves and twenty-eight others were seriously injured. An extra freight raji into a work train and It was among those on the latter train that the havoc was wrought. Forty-one Japanese laborers were aboard the work train and ten of these were crushed to death. ALABAMA TOWN BURNS. Entire Business Section of Galiion Wiped Out By Flames. The entire business section of Gallion, Ala., a small town thirty miles west of Selma, with the exceptior cf one store and the Southerns-depot, was completely destroyed by fire last Sunday evening. There were seven stores on the block. The. loss of stores and stocks amounts to about $12,000 SPECIAL REACHES BIRMINGHAM. Modern Road Building to Be Demonstrated In Alabama City. The Southern railway's good roads train reached Birmingham, Ala. Monday morning and will demonstrate the modern methods of model road construction. Beginning Wednesday the good roads convention will be held. Commercial bodies all over the state have been interested in the good roads question. and delegates from many parts of Alabama are expected. ACCEPTED A LIFE SENTENCE. I | Man Who Slew Despoiler oi His Home | Is Induced to Withhold His Case From a Jury. i At Atlanta, Ga., Monday morning in j I ho. case of the state against R. A. j Keith, charged with the murder of Jesse Wall, the defendant consented to a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to life imprisonment. Keith gave his consent to this disposition of the case after seeing certain letters which were in the possession of the solicitor general and which would have been introduced as evidence in the trial. One of these was the note written whir>h was found on the body of Wall after he was killed, in which Keith threatened his life. The other letters were written by Mrs. Keith to Wall, which tended to show the intimacy of their relations. After the verdict was agreed upon. Judge John S. Candler, who presided, said: "This verdict as agreed upon was under the facts of the case and in the law a case of murder, yet it was not a case in which the extreme penalty for murder should be inflicted. There can be no justifiable homicide in a case where a man kills another deliberately with the malice of the law in revenge for a past injury. I "The deceased in this case, judging by certain letters which I now have before me, had been criminally intimate with the wife of the defendant. It appeal's, however, that the defendant had known this for some time. It appears also that^he deceased knew the defendant knew of this intimacy. "Under the law, as announced by the supreme court in the Wilkerson case, there can be no question as to the defandant's guilt of murder. Nothing I can say will restore to life the dead man, reinstate the character of the defendant's wife. Both are gone andlonlv say what I do now as a warning to the public that no man has the right to take the law in his own ha.nds and punish for a past offense, however heinous. "It is murder to kill if after the wrong, such as in this case, sufficient time has elapsed for reason to resume its sway and the voice of humanity be heard. It is voluntary manslaughter if sufficient time has not elapsed. In no case is it justifiable after the wrong has been done. "It is not a question of what any particular man would do. I ,simply a3 a warning to others, declare the law as it is my duty to enforce it. Let no man from this understand, however, that he can go into the home of his neighbor and go free. If he is caught there and in such an act he may be killed, the protector of the home wohld be guilty of no offffense." While waiting to be carried from the court room to the jail Keith furnished a signed statement for publication. The statement is as follows: "To All My Friends: I have accepted a life sentence by the inhumanity of man and the treachery of womankind. "Good people, I consider in the eyes of God and Christendom I have done no wrong. God grant that anybody should live in a country where he cannot defend his own and those that he knows to be innocent. No nation can stand without the virtue of their women, let alone individuals. "I ask the pure Christian ladies and gentlemen to pray for me. I think that I acted the part of an honorable man, and I will freely give the remainder of my days in servitude to vindicate my honor and those who were dependent on me. "I again appeal to all good people to not judge too harshly, for time will vindicate all things. (Signed.) "R. A. KEITH." MOTHER CARELESS; BABES DEAD. Little Ones Were Lfet Alone In Home and Burned to Death. Alfred and Jennie Kendall, aged 2 and 5 years, respectively, children of Albert Kendall, were burned to death in a fire at their home in Ottawa, Ontario, Monday night while they had been left alone for a few minutes by ^ - xi ?~ ~ ineir mocner, who nau guue iu a ueigubcir's. It is supposed one of the children upset a lighted lamp and an explosion followed. THIS MURDER JUSTIFIABLE. Girl Slays Man Who Held Her Captive For Three Years. A special from Tiptonville, Tenn., says the woman supposed to have been murdered along with Nett Davis, the fisherman and whose bodies were thrown into the Mississippi river, has been located and that she confessed to having shot and killed Davis in order to escape from his domination. It develops that the murderess is a girl about seventeen years old; that she had been living in enforced confinement with Davis for over three years. Neely Givsn More Time. The defendants in the Havana postoffice fraud cases, Neely and Rathbone, have been granted an extension of ten in titMoI, +n filo thpir answprs tn uajo iju n "ivii ww "*v vmv... v.?^ ? the charges of the fiscal. Will not Call Extra Session. Governor Jelks of Alabama, has settled the question of an extra session of the legislature by saying that one wil1 not be called. MASSO FACTION IS SANGUINE. Supporters of Palma, Candidate for Cyban President, Cannot Agree. A special from Havana says: The managers of General Bartolome Masso, the candidate of the democratic party for the presidency of Cuba, claims that he will have large majorities in the provinces of Santiago, Puerto Principe and Santa Clara. The national party in Havana, which has proclaimed Senor Tomas Estrada Palma its candidate for president, has split and a 1 large faction has come out for Masso. A DOZEN MINERS DIE. i Flames In Coal Mines the Canse Of Deadly Explosions. CHARRED BODIES RECOVERED i Disaster Occurred In Baby Mine at Pocahontas, Virginia, and Was Caused By Defective Electric Wire. A special from Bluefield, W. Va., I says: Thursday morning at 3 o'clock j it was discovered that the Baby mine I of the Pocahontas Colliery Company | at Pocahontas, Va., was on fire. An i alarm was sent in and /the fire com! oanv responded promptly. In a very I she rt time alter the fire fighters reachi ed the mouth of the mines and were | attempting to extinguish the flames, j some of the firemen and others rushed ! inside of the mine to ascertain the extent of the trouble and to assist miners entombed therein, a terrific explosion occurred and many miners and their would-be rescuers were more or less injured. It is supposed that the mine caught fire from a defective electric light wire. Five bodies had been recovered up to 6 p. m.., and it is uncertain how many more are dead, though it is known that there are several, perhaps eight or ten, in the mines unless they suoceeded in making their escape through the Tug river entrance. Twenty-five persons have been rescued, all more or less burned, some seriously and perhaps several fatally. The injured were carried to their homes in wagons, and all the physicians in Pocahontas were busy all day Thursday attending them. One or two other explosions followed that of the morning, and others are hourly expected. The mine is still burning and clouds of smoke are constantly issuing from its mouth. In 1884 Pocahontas experienced a like experience in which over one hundred lives were lost. The dead so far recovered are: Louis Woolwine, John Barnhart, Will Montgomery, M. D. Koontz; a nuugarictu uameu uncu. Wool wine, Montgomery and Koonti; were killed while attempting to rescue and bring out a dead body. At this time it is impossible to secure the names of those injured. As yet the estimate of the damage cannot be obtained. ' FAIR BUILDINGS BURN. Two Large Structures In Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Totally Destroyed. An Atlanta dispatch says: The transportation and electrical buildings at tne exposition grounas were luuwiy destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock Friday morning. The origin of the fire is unknown. The burning of the two big structures made a brilliant illumination. The loss is estimated at $55,000. The buildings were located in the lower part of the exposition grounds and were in close prpximity to each other. They were frame structures and furnished easy fuel for the flames. The fire started shortly after midj night. During the Southern Interstate fair the buildings were used as stables and a large number of horses were quartered there. The city fire department was notified and responded, but the flames had gained such headway that tne work of the firemen was useless. SOLONS ARE ENLIGHTENED. Mrs. Felton Lectures Georgia Lawmakers On Educational Matters. Mrs. W. H. Felton, of Cartersville. Ga., delivered a strong and pointed address Thursday at noon before the Georgia general assembly in joint ses sion. She spoke on the subject of Geor giajs educational system especially the rural schools, and her cry was, make the schools what the ought to be and make those for whom they are estab| lished attend them, or cut off the taxaI tion by which they are supported. She illustrated her points with interesting anecdote and applicable incident, and held the closest attention of her hearers throughout. HUNDREDS LOSE LIFE. Disastrous Storms Sweep English Coast and Waves Claim Victims. A London special says: The loss of a lifeboat and eleven of its crew near Yarmouth heads the list of Thursday's wrecks by the continued gale. The lifeboat was on its way to the rescue of a distressed vessel when it was struck by a great wave and capsized. The crew were 'mprisoned and only three of them succeeded in making their escape. An incomplete list of the persons who have lost their lives by drowning during the storm already aggregates over 160. OKLAHOMA TOWN SUFFERS. Business Part of Newkirk Is Wiped Out By Conflagration. The business portion of Newkirk, the county seat of Kay county, Oklahoma, was destroyed by fire Friday, entailing a loss of $60,000. Newkirk has no fire protection because of the lack of a water works plant. The fire was caused by the explosion of a gasoline can in a restaurant. The loss is only partly covered by insurance. LEASE IS EXTENDED. Southern Will Continue to Operate Line From Cincmnati to Chattanooga. The annual dinner of the Commercial Club of Cincinnati Thursday night was an unusual event owing to the ceilebration of the extension of the lease for sixty-five years of the 340 miles of railway from Cincinnati to Chattanooga to the Southern railway and the launching of an active movement in the interest of the St. Louis exposition. GIN. SHELLEY CLAIMS FRAUD. Chairman of Alabama Anti-Ratification Committee Makes Salty and Sensational Charges. A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says: General Charles M. Shelley, chairman of the anti-ratification committee of the democratic party, does not give up the defeat cf the new constitution as claimed by the friends of the measure, but on the other hand claims that it has been defeated. In an interview Wednesday morning he gave out some facts and figures which make a good showing for his side of the contest. He claims to have carried for anti-ratification thirty-seven counties out o-f thirty-nine in the state with majorities aggregating 29,400, and most all of this is from the white counties. He asserts that he has carried every county in the state where a fair election was held. He makes some salty charges and i-t is said that he is not one of the sort to make charges without some proof. Among other things ho says: "We have carried enough counties to give us-the control of the next state convention and the legislature. "We have carried every congressional district in the state but two. "We have carried every county in the state in which an honest election and a fair count was had, except possibly two. "The most flagrant frauds were perpetrated in this (JefTerson) county. They say that the negroes voted in Birmingham freely. It is not true. We endeavored to prevent every man we could from voting, as we knew it would increase the majority against us. "Every white county in the state except possibly two voted against ratification. "All the state oflicials, both senators, all the congressmen, nearly ail the lawyers and all the newspapers but six advocated ratification, and yet the white people turned it down by over 20,000 majority. "It would be a shame to have this constitution imposed upon the white people by 25,000 negro majority in the black belt. That a 29,000 white majority should be overwhelmed by the votes of negroes, voting to disfranchise themselves, is a disgrace to civilization. "The moral sentiment behind those advocating ratification is shown by the fact that a judge of one of our superior courts here boasted that he had voted five times. 'The fact is, that upon a square count the white majority against ratification is about 50,000." LONGBAUGH IN BAD BOX. Identified - By Employees of Great Northern Road as Train Robber. A-t St Louis Wednesday the federal grand jury returned indictments against Harry Longbaugh, alias John Arnold, the mysterious Montana train robber suspect, and his companion, Laura Bullion. They were indicted on seventeen separate counts each. Chas. H. Smith and Michael F. O'Neil, express messenger and fireman, respectively, of the Great Northern flyer that was held up last July near Wagner, Mont., arrived in St. Louis Wednesday afternoon and identified the suspects under arrest as Harry Longbaugh, the man who held up the train and look the lead in intimidating the train crew and blowing open the express company's safe, from which nearly $100,000 in unsigned bills of the national bank of Helena were stolen. O'Neil says that Longbaugh is the man who climbed over the tender and held up Engineer Jones and himself and then superintended the blowing up of the safe. His recollection of the episode was so vivid that he could describe the two revolvers the robber used. The police say they are the same weapons that were found on the prisoner when he was arrested. . ONLY NINE ARE LEFT. Seventeen of the Leavenworth Escapes Have Been Accounted For. Seventeen of the convicts who escaped from Fort Leavenworth penitentiary had been captured up to Wednesday noon. Only nine are now at lib-' erty and the chances are stvong that two at least of these will have been rounded up within a short time. RAr.KFD BY MORGAN & CO. Big Securities Company Is Incorporated In Trenton, New Jersey. The Northern Securities Company, capital $400,000,000, was incorporated at Trenton, N. J., Wednesday. The company is formed to acquire and deal ' in stocks and securities of incorpora- | tions. The filing fee of $80,000 was paid, the check coming from J. Pierpont Morgan & Co., who are under- J stood to be identified with the com- j pany. The incorporators are George F. Baker, Jr., and Richard Trimble, of New York, and Abram M. Hyatt, of Allenhurst, N. J. COMPANY PLACES BONDS. P.oad From Florence, Alabama, to Clifton, Tennessee, Is Assured. The Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad Company has succeeded in placing, through the Knickerbocker Trust Company, of New York, $1,500,000 of bonds, with the proceeds of which the company will, without delay, commence the construction of the proposed route from Florence, Ala., to Clifton, Tenn. IS DOMESTIC TERRITORY. .tnportant Decision Regarding Status of Philippine Islands. The commissioner of internal revenue at Washington has rendered a de- 1 cision in which he holds that beer, whiskey and other articles of domestic manufacture subject to internal revenue tax and consumed in the United States are subject to this tax when shipped to the Philippine islands. In this sense the Philippines are held to be domestic territory. ' V ' . ? c ' - * ?--.IT - : ,-JJm I SOUTH CAROLINA 2 } STATE NEWS ITEMS, j | tCviraCMCMCMCMCMfMi Negro Counterfeiter Arrested. Sam Carter, caught with molds and counterfeit money, and accused by his father in law, has been committed for counterfeiting at Union, it is thought he had been operating for some time. Will Paris, 19 years old, who was arrested with Carter, will probably be released. * * * Faithful Rector Dead. Rev. W. H. Campbell, for twentyseven years rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church of Charleston, died a few days ago. He was the youngest mem ber of the convention which passed ordinance of secession of Soutn Carolina from the union, and fought in the Confederate army. * # Columbia After More Revenue. Following a hint from the dispensary authorities that Columbia's laws against blind tigers were not sufficient and that the police court should be given special powers, as was recently done in Charleston, council has acted in the matter. Columbia's income from the dispensary is large and the city fathers have no idea of having it held up. The ordinance will be passed without objection. It briefly declares the sale, barter or exchange of liquor illegal, and provides for punishment for convictions in the police court. The maximum punishment is $40 fine and thirty days 011 the city chain gang. * J , Architects Visit Charleston. Several days ago the advisory board of the architect in chief of the Charleston exposition visited the city for the special purpose of making a critical study of the architectural features of the exposition. This board is composed of men who are noted in the artistic and industrial world, among them being Benjamin A. Kimball, president of the Concord and Montreal railroad; W. U. Kaoul, president of the Mexican Central railway; Montgomery Schuyler, of The New York Times; Charles R. Lamb, designer of the Dewey arch; Frank S. Gannon, of the Southern railway; H. W. Ruckstuhl, superintendent of sculpture of the St. Louis World's fair, and others of like note. In theii report, which has just been made, they say: "We are confident that when the exposition is opened it will be acclaimed throughout the country as a pronounced architectural success." * * Exposition Draws Near. In the charter of the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition Company it is provided that the exposition shall be opened on December 1. It happens that the 1st of December falls on Sunday. This fact was not noted until several mpnths after the charter had been granted. The official rmpnine- nf the PYnnsitinn will not take place until December 2, but the board of directors have determined upon a preliminary religious service .to be held on Sunday afternoon, December 1? They wish, in this way, to express their gratitudei to God for His help in enabling them to complete their great work and they have been very much gratified, indeed, at the cordial spirit of co-operation manifested by the clergy of the several denominations in the state. The Sunday services at the exposition will consist of an elaborate program of sacred music under the direction of Madame Barbot of Charleston, who has organized a special chorus of 200 voices for this occasion, wnich will De accompanied Dy tne tarst Artillery Band of the United States army. In accepting the invitation of the exposition company to offer the opening prayer and preside at this service, Bishop Ellison Capers, of the Episcopal church, writes: "I had made another appointment for that date, but I must do what you ask for the exposition, and you may rely upon me to do as you request." Bishop Duncan, of the Methodist church, writes: "I fully appreciate the kind consideration that calls me to your service on the opening day, December 1. It will be gratifying to me if my official and other engagements make It possible for me to be with you. I know of nothing to prevent my pree ence." The Rev. David M. Ramsay, D. D., pastor of the Citadel Square Baptist church, of Charleston, writes: "It will be a pleasure to me to comply with your request and make an address." Bishop Duncan and Dr. Ramsay will make addresses suitable to the occasion, and several other ministers of the other churches will be invited to take part in the services. The exposition will be altogether unique In many of its features, and especially in the fact that" its official opening will be proceeded by a religious demonstration. The social side of the exposition at Charleston will be consistent with the reputation of this community for a refined and gracious hospitality. The Woman's Department of the exposition is under the management of Mrs. Sarah Calhoun Simonds, a grand-niece of the great statesman, and she has as her aids all the society people of the city. At a meeting of the woman's committee on reception and entertainment, of which Mrs. Andrew Simonds is chairman, it was agreed that an "at home" would be given once a week in the woman's building on the exposition grounds, to which all the exposition 1 commissioners and their wives and visitors will be invited, and all visitors to the exposition to whom special courtesies should be extended. At these weekly entertainlnnts tea grown on American soil will be served, flanked by such dishes as are peculiar to this latitude. It is the intention of the ladies to make the visitors feel entirely at home, and the exposition period the mos-t T / - brilliant in the social life of Charles* The finishing touches are being giv* en to the exteriors of the exposition buildings and the work of decorating ^ the interior will be completed in am- $ pie time. As many as 3,000 men are employed on trie grounds, and exhibits are arriving by train loads every day. Vila BRILLIANT JOURNALIST DEAkJ Pascal J. Moran, of The Atlanta Con* - Jjn stitution's Editorial Staff, Passes Away Suddenly. ' Ul Pascal J. Moran, well known journal-^ ist, died at his home in Atlanta, Qa^;.J|i Friday night, which was the result of "-fg heart trouble, and came with absolute ^ unexpectedness. Mr. Moran had been ill but a few t;;; days, and his sickness?a cold wTfrffFnpB he contracted last aaturuay?w**- x. ? sidered but a passing illness. In fact, up to the day of his death?almost up ^ to the hour?he continued to do work which he sent regularly to The ?3 Constitution office every day from his house. Shortly before 6 o'clock Friday night his usual amount of ; matter was received by the editor oi The Constitution, who little suspected that it would be the last from the pen ^ of this brilliant writer. These edito' rials appeared in Saturday morning's j f issue, which also bore the annbunoer;. j ment of his sudden demise. The news of Mr. Moran's death I spread rapidly. It came as a distinct I shock to his friends, the majority of H whom were not aware that' he even slightly sick. In half an honrnnr^| < : merous telephone messages of cond%|| lence were received, and the many,^ friends of the family and professional ; |? associates called*to extend their ?ym- p| Up to within a few days of his dea&gf Mr. Moran had the appearance of- V-3 man in the very best of health, but it3s appears that for seme years he has^ been troubled with a weak heart. in conjunction with congestion hf the^P lungs, which set in Friday, morning^ was the cause of his death. u.rIn the death of Pacal J. Moran, the.- . ^ south loses one of its most brilliant and k^p ** ? ? A X* versatile journalists, ana tae Aimmwigawa Constitution an editorial writer whose: place will be exceedingly difficult fill, tte was a man whose store of general information was remarkable, and ? whose grasp of all subjects?political, historical, social, economic, religions, .-agricultural, and, in fact, all phases of thought that a skilled journalist is called upon to deal with?was firm anfc" BANK DISCOVERS DEFALCATttfcj^^ Former Paying Teller and Receiving s Teller "Swiped" Some $60,000^ Defalcations amounting, it is claimed, to $60,000,. have been discovered^g in the accounts of the Williamsbnrg. Savings bank, an institution conducted || at Williamsburg, in the suburbs of Brooklyn. N. Y. General J. V. Meserole, the president cf the bank, is authority for the statse^J ment that the parties implicated in *J| the affair are Harry E. Corbett, a met paying teller of the bank, who died V November 2, and George Zollinhofer. a^^ receiving teler, who, it is alleged, gatf| the first information leading to the dls*^ covery. The bank is fully protected, ttjia said, by the bonds of both Corbett and Zollinhofer. ??? ? AVAR A*P RU?BI CfiVAII >' 'Affi v* i ll o I vr m i v>nnnwc? i vn? 's28 Winter Cruise of North Atiantie Squad* : ^ ron Will Soon Begin. The winter cruise of the north Atiatf*i?js| tic squadron, which begins on the 2&tfc of this month, will be a notable one; ;; for the vessels of the squadron will stop at Charleston for four days dur- '.^53 ing the exposition, and visit Cuba, Porto Rico, the isthmus of Panama, Co-"'M lombia, Trinidad island, on the north-^5 east coast of Venezuela, and the ish West Indies. After the stop at Charleston the im ships will proceed directly to Havana. The cruise will last until April when the squadron will sail from San .Ttian for New York. NEW JOB FOR H0B80N. Will Manage Government Navaf Ex- j3| hibit at Charleston Exposition. fttjSM A Washington dispatch sayg: Na-. val Constructor Richmond P. Hobgon has been detached from duty in the bureau of construction and repair, and.^ detailed to duty in connection with tha^^H management of the government naval exhibit at Charleston exposition. -JImM GREETING8 TO THE PRE8IDENT* Delegates of W. C. T. U., at Fort Worth Send Telegram to Roosevelt, * ,At Saturday's session of the Nation* al Woman's Christian Temperance Vn*~r!?ja ion of America at Fort Worth, Texaa/ the following telegram was o?&2?&-r sent to President Roosevelt: "The National Woman's Christian jH Temperance Union, in convention assembled at Fort Worth, Texas, repre-JH senting 300,000 women of the U&it<?riflH States, senas greetings, with an appre^^B ciation of the responsibilities that have Sn come to you. Be assured of our prug^HH ers to aid you in your work for j i HORROR WAS UNDERESTIMATED, i^i Fatalities In Virginia Mine Qisaster Greater Than Was Thought. Lstest reports from Baby mines disaster, at Pocahontas, Va., indicate that it is much more serious thaj^t^^jj first was supposed. Up to noon FiflBH| nine bodies had been recovered, ai^HHH is believed that fifteen more are Fire departments from the surroflJB^ ing towns have been called upoy assist in extinguishing the flames. That part of the Baby mines where Che. f5a explosions occurred is on the Virginia '