Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I The Bamberg Herald. 1 ,. .L li - - - . - j I " i I I ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S, C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5.1901. <?fc DOLLAR PER YEAR. ||p CONO R ESS IN SESSION ^ 1 fir * Fifty-Seventh Session of Nation's Lawmakers Begins. i BRILLIANT SCENES AT CAPITOL i K'". - r t Galleries cf Both Houses Were Crowd- ! ed With a tiay Thror.g to Witi r.ess the rirst Days Proceedings. fe ? ?i ? cave- Thr 1 A VV iti.II ;iis LOU oottia? - ? - I t . "i-V. ' j opening of the first cession of the fiftyseventh congress at nccn Monday thronged the capitol with spectators, eager to witness the scenes of animation which mark the annual reassemb. hang of the national law-makers. Although the actual work of the two houses was not begun until 12 o'clock, the historic old structure?now refurnished from end to end until it shone with marble, gilt and rich decorations ?was astir long before that hour. It was an ideal day to bring out the (public, sunny and warm, with just enough breeze from the south to lazily etir the flags over the capitol, some oi which were raised for the first time since the adjournment of congress . nine months ago. There was no entrance restrictions and the crowd flowed uninterruptedly into the building. Many ladies were in the throng, including the wives and families of senators and members, as well as many of the feminine representatives of the cabinet, diplomatic and executive circles. In the House. The very handsome interior of the fcall nf rpnrpspntaHves added much to impressiveness of the general scene a* the south end of the capitol when Alexander McDowell, of Pennsylvania, I - called the new house of representa| tives to order at noon. The lobby in the rear of the hall was filled with floral emblems sent to popular members. There were tons of flowers and a glance through the lobby was like a [ vista through a flower garden, r As a rule, the leaders on both sides were slow in making their appearance. Mr. Richardson, of lennessee, took his old place about the center of the minority side shortly after 11 o'clock. At the conclusion of the roll call showing 318 members present, Mr ^ Cannon, of Illinois, nominated David B. Henderson, of Iowa, and Mr. Hay, of ^rginia, nominated Mr. Richardson, of ^ Tennessee, for speaker, ft A roll call for the elections then followed. The vote for speaKer was: H Henderson, x90; Richardson, 149; Hi Starke, Nebraska, 1; Cummings, New ^ft York, 1. Mr. Henderson was declared elected and was ascorted to the chair. Mr. Henderson, after his election as . r\ a fnv lie PY. BPCOR-Vf, lUaiiACU IUC "WUUV pressien of confidence and asked the support of all the members. The oath then was administered to him by Representative Bingham, of Pennsylvania, "The Father of the House," and by the speaker in turn administered to the members elect. in the Senate. A profusion of floral offerings, unusualin quantity, in variety and in beauty, transformed the senate chamber into a veritable flower show. Almost every member was the recipient of one v- or more of these evidences of the regard of his friends. The displays of chrysanthemums was notably beauti| fuL Dietrich and Mallard, Nebraska; Gibson, Montana and Kittridge were sworn In as senators. After the usual resolutions and appointments of a committee to notify the president that congress was in session, the senate recessed until 2 o'clock to await the organization of the house and the appointment of its committee t - to wait upon the president Senator Hale, of Maine, and Morgan, of Alabama, were appointed as the senate committee. At 2 o'clock the senate reassembled. Mr. Gamble announced the death of fife" * *?< the late Senator Kyle, and the senate adjourned. 'TO EXCLUDE ANARCHISTS. f ? Fight Against the "Rede" Will Be Started at Once In Congress. Senator Burrows, of Michigan, will introduce in the senate a bill providing for the exclusion and expulsion of alien anarchists. By its provisions the board of inquiry is authorized to diligently search for anarchists among foreigners coming to this country and ^ ascertain as to his antecedents, hie opinion? as to give this or whether he ^ belongs to any society or association with anarchistic tendencies, and j it may examine the person of such alien for mrrks indicative of such member ship. t-> A OUR FLAG IS RESPECTED. p Battle In Columbia Stopped While Trains Were Passing. Secretary Long 'inursday received h-te following cablegram from Captain Perry, commanding the United States forces on the isthmus of Panama: "Parties fought yesterday near Buena Vista. Stopped firing while passenger trains passed. Decisive engagement expected today about same place. ENGINE TURNED OVER. Beneath Its Ponderous Bulk Two Lives Are Crushed Out. An engine of the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern railroad left the track near Ducktown, Tenn., with the result that Ed Dawson, of Cobb county, Georgia, and Conductor Ogg were killed. The fireman, Walter McGaw, was seriously injured. When the engine turned over the unfortunate men were caught under It | " - . - .... ? v CREAn OF NEWS X Summary of the Mo5t J * Important Daily + * Happenings Tersely Told. 5 ?i? ?l? .r t. t..t. t t..t t t. t Ti 1T1 if iT 1T1 it -T--Tri.T-iT-TtiT-iTiiT-iTufc t.tttttttttttttttttttttttt ?The fifty-seventh congress began its first session Monday. Henderson was re-elected speaker of the house, and democrats made an ineffectual tight to amend rules. ?Mr. Moody, of Massachusetts, has introduced a resolution to inquire into the congressional election in Louisiana and to protect negroes from lynching. ?The Charleston exposition was opened Monday. President Roosevelt pressed a button at Washington. Sen ator Lepew delivered the oration. ?Congressman Livingston, of Geor gia, has introduced a bill appropriating $500,000 for a new building at Atlanta. He has also introduced a bill appropriating $175,000 for an Atlanta national park. ?The greatest parliamentary struggle in the history of the German empire began when the tariff bill was ta. ken up in the reichstag Monday. The opposition to the bill is bitter, but the emperor is determined to pass jt. ?Goudle, the bookkeeper who stole nearly a million from the Bank of Liverpool, has been arrested. It is al leged that the money was procured by forgery. ?Denmark nas finally agreed to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States, xhe price is between four and five millions, and the treaty will soon be signed. ?The charred body of a man has been found near the home of Will Mathis, near Oxford, Miss. Mathis is now held for the murder of two deputy United States marshals and the body is believed to be his third victim. ?The National Mental Science Association in session at Sea Breeze, Fla., decided upon the establishment there of a national university for the teaching of the mental science faith. ?The house democrats in caucus at Washington Saturday, selected Representative Richardson, of Tennessee, as their candidate for speaker. The house republicans renominated Representative Henderson for speaker and all the old officers. Mr. Hepburn attempted to change the rules, but failed. ?President Roosevelt has removed Governor Jenkins, of Oklahoma, and appointed Thomas B. xerguson in his stead. It is charged that Jenkins received $10,000 for making a contract for the care of the territory's insane. ?The West Point football team defeated the Annapolis eleven Saturday by a score of 11 to 5. Daly, o: West Pr>;n+ m o r? c o run rtf 10n Vflrrlc fnr H * V/144 v? MU V W> * w M V/?. ?VV ^ ?? ??V ?V> ? touchdown. President Roosevelt and cabinet witnessed the game. ?In the Bonine trial Saturday a chemist swore he found no blood on the wrapper worn by Mrs. Bonine on the night of the tragedy. ?The differences between Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and her husband are reported to be serious. ?The surrender of Colon Is regarded as a death blow to the liberal cause on the isthmus. ?Certain German papers are attacking the United States because of the latter's action during the recent trou- j ble at Colon. ?The general program of the South- I ern Educational Association, which meets in Columbia, S. C., December 26, j has been issued. Addresses will be delivered by many prominent southern educators. ?The Carolina and West Indian exposition was opened in Charleston, S. C., Sunday with elaborate and impressive religious ceremonies. The formal opening of the gates occurred Monday. ?William Alexander Selkirk, an old newspaper man of the Pacific coast, died at Seattle Sunday. ?A. H. Muller. arrested at Phila delphia for saying President Roosevelt should be served the same as was McKinley, was bound over in $800 bail. ?The Twenty-third United States infantry arrived at New York from Manila Sunday. When the boys left America it was by the way of San Francisco. They came back through the Suez canal, thus making the circuit of the world. ?Much complaint is made at Manila on account of the refusal of postmaster to receive Mexican money on postal orders. ?All is quiet at Colon since the defeat of the liberals and conservatives taking possession of the city. ?For an hour Friday afternoon tl^. representatives of the state of Georgia were prisoners in the house while the sergeantat-arms was sent out to bring in enough members to make f quorum. ?Frank E. Keilbach, of Savannah, for a long time clerk of court of oral nary, jumped from the deck of the steamship Chattahoochee, "while on the way to New York, and was drowned. ?Hon. William H. Fleming, of Augusta, answers the charge made that he voted to prevent Georgia from gaining a new congressional district. ?The town of Goodwater, Ala., oO miles east of Birmingham, was visited by a very disastrous fire Friday night. ?The liberal troops in Colon have surrendered to Captain Perry, of the United States battleship Iowa, undei an agreement that immunity will be granted by the Colombian government. ?In an accident on the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern railroad Friday, two men were killed and a third one fatally injured. ?Colombia has severad diplomatic relations with Venezuela. It is also reported that Germany is preparing to adopt strong measures to force Vene zuela to pay debts due Germans. ?Report comes to Car: nnah of the reported finding and burial of a woman's boay on St. Catherine's. It maybe that of Miss Stella Ambrose, who was drowned at Tybee the past summer. FOR TARIFF REFORM I Slogan is Raised in Democratic Cancns at Washington. RICBARDSON MINORITY LEADER 1 j i Short and Sharp Fight Made Over ( Resolutions Offered By the New i York Delegation, But No i Action Taken. * 1 A Washington special says: The democratic members of the house of representatives met in caucus in the j hall Df the house at 11 o'clock Saturday. There are 151 democrats; and eight fusionists, silverites and populists In the new house. Of these members of the minority 126 were present, including Mr. Shafrotk, of Colorado, andMr. Newlanas, silverites. Mr. Ne! ville and Mr. Stark, populists, of Ne- , braska, declined to enter the caucus. , Mr. Hay, of Virginia, chairman of the : I democratic caucus, presided. Without > opposition the following selections J were made for officers of the house to ( be presented at the meeting of -1 the house Monday. 1 Speaker, Mr. Richardson, of Tennes- ! see; clerk, ex-Representative James ' | Kerr, of Pennsylvania; sergeant at arms, ex-Representative E. V. Brook- ^ shire, of Indiana; doorkeeper, Charles [ Edwards, Texas; postmaster, James K. 1 I Jackson, of Alabama. The selection of Mr. Richardson as candidate for speaker clothes him offi- ' i fKrt minrtrifw 1 oo rl n ' | L, I d H J VT 1IU CUC- aiiuviiv; v.r. Mr. Richardson briefly thanked 'tttf caucus for the honor done him. The interesting portion of the caucus followed. Representative McClellan, of New York, by direction of the dem- 1 ocratic members of the New York dele- ' gation who had met just prior to the assembling of the caucus, offered a ! resolution as an expression of the sense of the caucus which, in part, was as follows: "Resolved, That we shall promote to ' the utmost of our power the removal of the oppressive, restrictive and often ( prohibitory features of the existing tariff. It has been truly declared to be , the mother of trusts. The tendency to create combinations of wealth, establishing practical monopolies in the manufacturing and commercial industries of the United States, threatens ] the future existence of individual manufacturers and merchants and tradesmen of moderate or small means. "2. We shall favor just and generous treatment of the inhabitants of Porto . Rico and Cuba. American obligations to Cuba should be sacredly performed. "3, We are opposed to the subsiay bill presented at the last session as calculated to create a shipping monopoly. "4. We shall oppose the use in any forn of the money of all the people for the exclusive benefit of private interests. "I). We shall insist upon the sacred force of the fundamental American rule of democratic self-government Whatever protectorate over newly-aoquii-ed islands or lately conquered peo- ; pie may be necessary for a longer jor a shorter time, whatever limited sites for naval stations may properly be retained or acquired by the United States, we are opposed to any incorporation into our republic of other lands or ::he assumption of sovereignty over them, except as ineir inhabitants may be fitted for self-government, and except as the protection of our constitution no less than of our flag may be extended to them with safety to ourselves." The presenting of this resolution precipitated a row. Mr. Richardson attempted to prevent the reading of it by a motion to refer all resolutions to a special committee of twelve, who should report at a future caucus; but this motion was ruled out of order pending the reading of the resolution. When the reading was concluded Mr. Ball, of Texas, gave notice that he would offffer the Kansas City platform as a substitute. This brought replies from Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York, and ) Mr. McDermont, of New Jersey, both of whom protested against the injection of the financial issue into the democratic councils. "We can never win," declared Mr. Fitzgerald, "if we no not discard the heresy of free silver." "We can never win," retorted Mr. Ball, unless men calling themselves democrats support the national platform of the democratic party." After further sharp exchanges, Mr. Richardson succeeded in quelling the disturbance by renewing his motion to refer all resolutions to a special committee of twelve to be appointed by the chairman of the caucus. The motion prevailed. Public Debt Decreased. At the close of business October 31, 1901, the public debt, less cash in the treasury, was $1,022,032,957, a decrease from last month of $9,563,408. The ca.sh balance was $325,655,697. Missing "Base" Silver Found. The ton of "base" silver bullion which so mysteriously disappeared from the Omaha criminal court room, was hauled to the smelter. COST OF OHIO CAMPAIGN. Sl:ate Republicans Spent $62,304.64 In the Recent Election. The statement filed by Treasurer Burdell. of the Ohio republican stat< campaign committee, in compliance with the Garfield law, shows the cos of the late Ohio campaign to have been $62,304.54. The receipts of the com mittee were $59,500, of which amount $11,900 was contributed through Sena tor Hanna and $7,000 through Senator Foraker. 11 .cAlll KfcVifALS DARK SECRET. Dying Man Tells Story of a Tragic and Mysterious Murder Committed Over Thirty Years Ago. A special from Jackson, Miss., says: The slow sureness of God's retributive ustice is strikingly illustrated in the Vlltchell murder mystery, which has iust been made clear in Amite county ifter a lapse of thirty-one years. The lonfessicn of a dying man clears up a leretofore impenetrable halo of dark less and removes the stigma from the Ascutcheon of a family suspected of participation in the bloody deed, notwithstanding the acquittal after a spir ted battle in tbe criminal courts. On the 28th day of January, 1870, i prosperous farmer named Antone Mitchell was assassinated at his plan:ation home near the town of Liberty, :he seat of Amite county, and several :housand dollars stolen from his person. The old man had just returned !rom town, where he had marketed 100 bales of cotton and received the money therefor in gold and bills. Experienced detectives were sent for to investigate the crime and a few lays later the McCoy brothers, three young men who had hitherto borne good reputations in the county, were placed under arrest and tried for the prime. They were acquitted, but many persons still believed in their guilt until a few days ago, when the confession of a dying man removed the veil pf mystery. Mitchell was killed by four of the best known citizens of the county, men who had been his friends and neighbors for many years, and they were never suspected of participating in the crime, but continued to live almost within the very shadow of the pounty temple of Justice. The four men were Colonel Frank ? "Till! TTT?1J__ T> TT n rowers, vviniam weiuuu, xv. xi. uxv,Clelland and Winans Campbell. The latter made -the confession which solves the mystery. With the last gasps of breath he told the story of the crime, sparing not a single detail or attempting to shield the men who bad participated with him in the bloody deed. Justice is cheated in the end, however, for the other three men are long since dead and almost forgotten by the p6opb who formerly knew them. Campbell confessed that he killed Colonel Powers in a roadside duel, and this killing had also been a mystery until his death-bed story was related. Weldon met a violent death at Bayou Sara, La., fifteen years ago, and the miserable ending of the entire quartet forms one of the most tragic chapters In Mississippi's criminal history. A wtness who perhaps could have cleared up the myste::y at the time oi the McCoy trial got drunk wnne we hearing was in progress, became boisterous on the streets and resisted the sheriff, w?o attempted to place him under arrest whereupon the officer shot him dead. CONSUMPTIVES ARE BARRED. Judge Sustains An Important Ruling of the Treasury Department. United States Judge Thomas, sitting In the United States circuit court in Brooklyn, N. Y., Friday decided in favor of the ruling of the treasury department at Washington in the case of Thomas Boden, of Philadelphia. The decision prohibits Boden, a supposed consumptive, from remaining in the country. Unless the case is appealed to the circuit court of appeals, Boden will be deported. Boden's wife and child have remained, from choice, at Ellis island, and will acompany Boden back to Ireland, Judge Thomas decides that, as a simple question of fact was before hiir in the premises, he could not officially do otherwise than sustain the treasurydepartment No question of law, he observed, bas been propounded m tne writ of habeas corpus sued out by Bo den's lawyer. The case has to do with the right of consumptives to land here as immigrants. Tobacco Company Declares Dividends, The directors of the Continental Tobacco Company have declared a dividend of 2 per cent on the common stock, besides the regular dividend ol 1 3-4 per cent on the preferred stock AUDIENCE CHEERED FOR SCHLEV An Exciting Scene Occurs During Play In Theatre at Chicago. Much excitement was caused at the Cleveland theatre in Chicago Monday night when Aldrich Libbey was sing Ing a new ballad entitled "All Honor tc Admiral Schley." At the concluding lines of the chorus:? "Then off with vour hats. And give him three cheers. All honor to Admiral Schley"? over half the audience rose to its feel and cheered vigorously. The singei was forced to respond to seven en cores. PASSED CENTURY MILE-STONE Man Who Voted For "Old Hickory' Passes to Unknown Realms. Barney Conway, who claimed to b( 106 years old, is dead at his home 1; miles north of New Albany, Ind. Th< first vote he cast was for General Jac^. son for president. Up to nearly the hour of his deatl his mental faculties were preserved HEITFELD TURNS DEMOCRAT. Idaho Senator Announces His With drawal From Populist Ranks. United States Senator Henry Heit field, of Boise, Idaho, has addressee a letter to Bishop Andrews, chairmar of the populist state central commit tee, announcing bis withdrawal frort the populist party and his affiliatior with the democratic party. The lettei says both the democratic and people's parties now are striving for the sam( purpose, and should combine. TW ENTY-S1X CORPSES Takes From Wrecked Foundry at Detroit, Michigan. CAUSED BY BOILER EXPLOSION In Addition to Fearful Fatalities Twentw-Four Other Men Are In Various Hospitals Suffering Fron Terrible Injuries. A special from Detroit, Mich., says: Twenty-six men are dead, five of them unidentified and so terribly burned and blackened that identification is al most impossible, and twenty-four other men are lying in various hospitals of the city suffering from terrible cuts and burns and other injuries, all results of the explosion of one of the boilers in the Penberthy Injector Company's large plant at the corner of Abbot street and Brooklyn avenue at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Following -are the dead: A. E. Hoffman, Louis Henning, Patrick Malloy, A. E. Miller, Eugene Bertram, R. Mulkee, Joseph Coffey, Chas Marvin, Joseph Roseck, Stephen Crisp, George Schenor, Charles Lydy, Jacob Reotel, William Mann, Christopher Walman, Robert Creer, Edward Burch, John Schaible, Richard Ryan, Douglass Dickinson, boy; Peter Boll, and five unidentified bodies. In addition to the twenty-four injured in hospitals, a dozen or more of the employees who suffered comparatively slight Injuries, aside from the shock, were taken to their homes. Eighteen men and boys have not as yet been located, either at their homes or at the hospitals. The five unidentified bodies account for five of these, .1 ?00 eQV auu 1116 Uallicia VI LUC vuiiiyau; ou; they feel positive that the major portion of tLe remaining thirteen are safe. The Penberthy Injector Company's plant occupied half a square at the corner of Abbot street and Brooklyn avenue. It was composed of two brick buildings, separated by a 16-fo9t alley. The rear building, in which the boiler we located and which was completely destroyed, was three stories in height, 54 feet in depth and 100 feet wide. It is impossible to tell exactly how many men were at work in the various de' partments of this rear building when 1 the exp csion occurred, but the officers insist that the number was not over j eighty-five. There were four boilers ' in the plant, two horizontal ones which 1 furnished steam for the engines and two vertical boilers, which were used 1 solely to test injectors. It was the hor' izontal boiler that was in use and ' which let go and caused the awful loss of life. Came Without Warning. Tiie awful crash came witnout me slightest warning. Those in the front 1 building said it seemed like a concussion of an immense cannon. The roof ' and floors of the rear building bulged 1 upward and then crashed down with their heavy load of machinery and | foundry apparatus. Walls, roof and all dropped into a shapeless mass of debris. Windows in houses for a block around were broken by the concussion, and flying bricks filled the neighboring yards. A dense cloud of dust arose, ' and as it settled and was succeeded by denser clouds of smoke and steam, agonized cries began to come from the tangled wood, metal and bricks. Those who were only partly buried frantically dug themselves out, and then as energetically turned to digging for their comrades, who were buried deeper. Flames broke out almost immediately, and the horror of fire was added to the suifering of the imprisoned 01168. A fire alarm was turned in and quickly responded to. Calls were sent out for all the ambulances in the city, anc'l they were hurried to the scene. Pending their arrival, neighboring houses were turned into temporary hospitals, and those physicians who were in the vicinity eased the sufferers as much as they were able. The first ambulances on the scene were totally inadequate to carry those who had al ready been extricated, and express wagons and similar vehicles were , pressed into service. As socn as the gravity of the accident was realized, calls for additional | firemen were sent in and the apparatus came flying to the scene from all parts of the city. While part of the firemen > turned their efforts at the fire which was burning fiercely in the center of the wreck, the greater number of them seized axes and crowbars and began pry out the victims who could be seen or whose faint cries were audible, t The department of public works was " notified of the horror and immediately - sent all its available men and horses to the scene. SHORT ON WEDDED BLISS. Holland's Young Queen and Her Hubby Are at Outs. J Grave reports continue to be cir> culated in Amsterdam, Holland, re, garding the differences between Queen Wilhelrtina and her husband, Prince Henry. At the theatres biograph pictures of 1 the queen are tumultously cheered . i - * ?i_?i_ 11 nignny, wmie muse ui rnucc xicui; i are loudly hissed. GOBBLING CONDENSED MILK. Borden Company Preparing to Take Over Several Smaller Concerns. j The Borden Condensed Milk Comj pany, whose capital stock heretofore has been $20,000,000, all common, of which $17,500,000 has, it is understood. 1 b'^n issued., intends to issue $3,750,000 preferred stock. This new issue of r preferred stock is being made for the 1 purpose of absorbing several concerns I which are now competitors of the Bor- 1 ' den company. WOMAN IS VICTIM OF A MOB. Details cf a Bloody Tragedy Enacted In the Isolated Mountain Section of South Carolina. Particulars of the murder of Mrs. Rachel Powell, alias Thomas, by whitecaps, in the mountains of Oconee county, South Carolina, 17 miles from a telegraph office, were received in Co lumbla Tuesday night. Ten young white men, mostly well connected, are already in Oconee jail, while warrants are being issued for others. Powell and the woman who was killed were under indictment for adultery. Mrs. Powell was 50 years old. They had five children, who witnessed the killing of their mother. According to Powell's sworn statement, late Sunday night a crowd came to his house. They had tools of all descriptions and proceeded to tear down the house. They demolished the chimney, tore off the roof and had attacked the walls when he came out. The first four men he saw were recognized as the Hudson boys. He attacked them with a piece of plank and knocked Moned Hudson down. About this time Mrs. Powell came to the door and the crowd fired on her. She fell, shot through the heart. The crowd then fled. Three of the Hudsons were arrested twenty-five miles from the scene of the crime, just as they were preparing to cross over into Georgia. The fourth - ? i j rxr^iv.^n^ 4 V. ^ was caytuieu iieai vvaiuaiid, auu cue one Powell said he had struck showed the mark of the blow. The other prisoners are named Robertson and Sentnell. The Hudsons are sons of a substantial citizen of the county and a confederate soldier. ANTI-RATIFIERS MEET. Side Which Lost In Alabama Will Keep Up a Vigorous Fight. A large number of democrats who oppose the new constitution met in Birmingham, A!a., Tuesday and decided to continue a vigorous light against the new instrument inside of the democratic party. Probate Judge Mitchell, of Lauderdale, was made chairman. About one hundred prominent anti-ratifiers were in attendance. The following resolutions were adopted: "First, the securing of the right ot suffrage to all white men under the permanent as well as temporary plan. "Second, the securing of honest and fair primaries and elections, and puttine an end to the shameless frauds which are now defeating the will of the white voters and disgracing our commonwealth. "Third, the securing of such amendments as will strike out the odious and undemocratic features of the constitution defeated at the i oils, but proclaimed as ratified as will make it fair and just and secure to every white man equal rights and representation. "Fourth, to secure the nomination of all state officers, federal senators and representatives by a primary election at which each candidate shall have equal representation. "Fifth, that these reforms can be secured by an active and aggressive organization within the democratic party only." GEORGIA DISPENSARY BILL. House Votes For All Senate Amendments Save One By Mr. Ellis. The Wright dispensary bill, with the senate amendments, was taken up in the Georgia house of representatives Monday morning, and every amendment was agreed to except the last one, known ast the Ellis amendment. This amendment was voted down at the request of the author, Hon. Seaborn Wright. The amendment was that no dispensary which is now in operation shall be interfered with and that the laws which have been passed regarding the sale of liquor in various counties should not be reDealed. An amendment was proposed, but the speaker held that a senate amendment was not amenable. The bill will therefore be sent back to the senate with all the amendments agreed to except the last one, and, according to Mr. Wright, the author, the house and senate can get together in this matter. _ PREPARING FOR THE SPECIAL. Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Will Help In Good Roads Demonstration. The Atlanta chamber of commerce is making active preparations for the Good Roads convention, which will meet Wednesday, December 11, and last until December 13. The details of the program are not yet complete, but will be announced at an early date. The feature of the convention will be the practical demonstration to be made on the Soldiers' home road. It is expected that fuly a mile of modern roadway will be constructed. TWO SESSIONS A DAY Will Be Held By Georgia Solons to Expedite Business. In order to dispose of as much business as possible before final adjournment the Georgia house of representatives will hold two sessions each day. A resolution providing for both morning and afternoon sessions was introduced Tuesday morning by Mr. Hardwick, of Washington, and ^was unanimously adopted. ENORMOUS SUM NEEDED. Secretary Gage Estimates Expenses For Next Year at $610,827,688. Secretary of the Treasury Gage has transmitted to congress the estimates of the appropriations required for the government service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903. as furnished by the heads of the several executive de partmenis. The total appropriations asked for are 0,827,698. which is $16,000,000 less than the estimates for 1902 and $4,000,000 more than the ap propriations for that year. . y ' /, 1;. APPALLING BORROR! Trains Carrying Heavy Load of Hainan Fright Go Together. FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE RESULTS First Reports Placed Number of Fatalities at From 80 to 100?Fire Broke Out and Many Bodies Are Cremated. From 80 to 100 persons were killed or injured Wednesday night In the most disastrous railroad wreck in the hi&tory of Michigan railroads. Two heavily loaded passenger trains on the Wabash railroad collided head-on at full speed one mile east of Seneca, tne second station west of Adrian. The west-bound train of two cars loaded with immigrants and fiye other coaches were smashed ana burned with the result of awful loss of life and fearful injuries t? a majority of its passengers. The east-bound train, the Continental Limited, suffered in scarcely less degree. The track in the vicinity of the j wreck was strewn with uead and dying. Many physicians from Detroit hurried to the scene. No. 4, the Continental Limited, it is believed, disobeyed orders in not waiting at Seneca for No. 13, thereby causing the wreck. Conductor Is Blamed. The track at the point where the collision occurred was straight, and at first the oflicials could not understand how the accident could have happened. No. 13, which ordinarily is due to leave Detroit at 2:3v o'clock, was two hours late, leaving at 4:20. The two trains meet at Montpelier, Ohio, according to schedule, but No. 4 had orders to wait for No. 13 at Seneca. The blame is therefore placed on the conductor or engineer of No. 4. Had this train been held at Seneca the accident would not have occurred. Train No. * was due at Seneca at 6:43, according to the change in schedule, but appa-< rently orders to wait were disobeyed. Advices from the wreck at midnight Wednesday night stated that the country for miles around was lighted up by the burning cars, and that the flames could not be quenched because of lack of proper apparatus. Mangled bodies were picked up along the track by the farmers before the special trains sent from Adrian arrived on the scene. In some instances the bodies were mangled beyond all recognition. The bodies which the rescuers managed to pull from the burning ruins of ihe immigrant cars were so badly burned that their identity will probably never be ascertained. As soon as the news of the disaster reached Division Superintendent Burns of Detroit the wires were kept hot ordering specials from Adrian, Peru and Montpelier to the scene of the wreck. A special train from Detroit carrying thirty-two physicians end surgeons started for Seneca and was given tiie right of way. When it reached the scene of the wreck the work was at once commenced succoring the woundr ed. Later advices state that Superintendent George M. Burns, of the division on which the wreck occurred, insists that the estimates of afatalities are too high. "I do not consider," said he, "that the total death list will exceed twenty." However, in support of the larger estimates, it is pointed out that there are now fourteen passengers known to be dead. The bodies of eight of these have been recovered, and it is considered that the fragments of other bodies now in the morgue at Adrian will account for many more than the twelve dead necessary to make up Superintendent Burns' estimate of twenty. In addition to the comparatively few fragments recovered and sent to the morgue, those who were early on the scene say that many more pieces were discovered which crumbled to powder vifeile they were being removed. IN FOG FERRY BOATS CRASH. Out of Nearly Two Hundred Passensengers Only Three Are Missing. At San Francisco Saturday night the ferry boats Sausalito and San Rafael collided in a dense fog and the San Rafael sank in between ten and fifteen minutes. It is thought that not more than three persons were drowned, althought the San Rafael carried between 150 and 200 passengers. The Saulsalito was not seriously Injured, and after rescuing all the passengers on the San Rafael that she could, she proceeded to San Francisco under her own steam. TO EXHIBIT PRIZE ANIMALS. Live Stock Show at Chicago Will Be Greatest Ever Held. Thirty-six exhibitors, with more than 2,000 animals, have just added their quota to the list of exhibits for the International Live Stock Association show,, which is to be held at the Union stock yards in Chicago. More than 10,000 animals will be on exhibition and the money value of these prize animals is approximately $3,000,000. It will be the greatest shew of the kind ever held. BABY'S HORRBLE FATE. Absent-Minded Mother Placed Little One In Stov? to Warm. Mrs. Fred Meyers, living near Correctonville, Iowa, wrapper her flvemonths-old baoy in a blanket, put her in the oven of the kitchen to keep warm and went out. An hour later she came back and the baby was dead, its , arms and legs being burned to a crisp. ftvHMCVH'vKMCMr I soma CAROLINA 4 , \ STATE NEWS 1TEIS. ? M j ?CMCMCS>CMCMCS?CMCSI? Buoy Tender Sinks. The United States buoy tender, Wis- - ; terla, sank in Cape Fear river last Sun- <|| day night. She was cruising in the river with the intention of placing new lights in the sixth district The boat lies in five feet of water at low tida. ds No lives were lost. New Trains to Charleston. ^11 The Southern railway, in connection with the Georgia railway, has put on two new fast trains between Atlanta,' v.^Jl Ga_ and Charleston. The Plant Sys tem similarly increased Its Charleston* Savannah service, and the Atlantic Coast Line will add new accommoda* tions shortly. These additions to tae regular schedules will be further in* creased January 1 by the inauguration of the regular winter fast service of thes?e roads, giving splendid traveling facilities between Charleston and the outside world. Charges Against Legare. F. Y. Legare, of Colleton county, who has recently moved to Columbia, 'Jjl a member of the old Carolina family of that name, was arrested a few days Jga ago in Charleston on the charge of forgery in connection with pensions. Legare is a man of family and has al- raj ways been exceedingly industrious and - <a hard working. He was for twenty years postmaster at Adams Run and acted as pension agent there. It is alleged he ;Jlg forged signatures to checks for pen* slons and collected the money. The ^ * ?? ? naAnHoFtr co/? nno aa hit taoc lo Or OUU VMV) MM ? ?. . mother, wife and a large family are-de* -;J?| pendent on his toil. Military Post Wanted. At a recent meeting of the Greenville ;Jj| board of trade the directors of the* board were instructed to take steps at once to put Greenville in competition ^ for a military post V.ffiaB Probably no city in the south, they ^ declare, can show the same advan- tages. The water supply is the purest and best, as evidenced when troops ^ were camped during the war with Spain, and the water supply and its purity ranking above every other city in the south. The climate and railway facilities belng equal to that of any other competitive point, together with the unlimited food supply, makes Greenville an ideal | permanent home for United States sol- ' President Touches Button. Willi imposing ceremuuies, emuiMing a parade of federal forces and state . militia, confederate veterans, beautiful 3&SM women and cheering collegians, a program of exercises graced by distill- ;:>|g guished speakers and with words of greeting from the president of the United States, the South Carolina In- ' terstate and West Indian exposition was officially opened at Charleston Monday. At precisely 2:40 o'clock in the telegraph room at the white house in Washington, President Roosevelt touched the key of the instrument which was the signal that the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian. exposition at Charleston, S. C., was . formally open. Among those present were Senators McLaurin and Tillman and Representative Elliott, of the Charleston district; . Secretary Cortelyou and a number of ^ newspaper correspondents. The other ? members of the South Carolina delegation were compelled to send their re* 3 grets, as they were detained at the cap- jj itol. Immediately after the signal was - - -> *- * +V.^ given me presiueui. (cvcitcu uic w*lowing message from President Wagener, of the exposition company: "Exposition Grounds, Charleston,. S. C., December 2.?The President, White House: The president of the South v" Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition Company sends most cor- . * dial greetings to the president of the United States and begs to inform him & that the building of the exposition at Charleston has been completed. "The purpose of this exposition is to illustrate the marvelou- industrial and commercial development of the ^ southern states during the last quarter of a century and to contribute to the expansion of American commerce in " ^ other lands and among the islands of the southern seas. The exposition is in itself a remarkable triumph of American genius and represents the highest aspirations of our peopK "We are sure that as the representi- ?j| tive of the greatest nation on earth yon will rejoice with us in the accomplishment of our work. With one country, < one aim, one flag, one destiny, we invite you to join us in the determination that this great union of your fathers and ours shall speedily attain the supremacy of ther world in commercial endeavor and in the promotion of all the arts of peace." . ^ The president's response follows: White House, Washington, December 2, 1901.?Captain F. W. Wagener, President South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, Charleston, S. C.: On the occasion of the opening of the South Carolina Inter- ( state and West Indian exposition, I send cordial greetings to those who have had in charge the difficult work of preparation, and to the assemble* visitors to the exposition. Please accept for yourse1' and convey to your associates my . carty congratulations upon what has been achieved and my earnest good wishes for the complete success of your undertaking. I hope it may prove of great and lasting oenent to our industries and to our commerce with the West Indies. - % "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Lt Hung Chang's funeral arrange^ ments were qauint and oriental. But his medical attention was the most modern and practical that he could secure, : r?