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MEN TORN TO BITS
Score Ushered Into Eternity By
Mine Explosion.
REMAINS FEARFULLY CHARRED
Horror Occurs In Pit Near Oskaloosa,
Iowa?In Addition to the Killed
Many Were Badly
Injured.
As a result of a terrible mine disaster
at Lost Creek coal mine, near
Oskaloosa, Iowa, Friday afternoon,
twenty-one dead are in an improvised
morgue and eight are in a temporary
hospital.
The dead are: John Gaspers, Frank
uuspers, Jim sioai, syivester v^reigatcn,
Joo Berto, Andy Pash, Frank Secress,
John Martin, John Biros, Mike
Praba, Jack Manley, Mike Fox, Jr.,
Mike Fox, Sr., Boone Fish, Russ Fish,
A. B. Crews, Jack Elder, Dave Walter,
Sam Humphrey, Jim Humphrey, Alex
Gray.
The injured, most of them seriously,
are:* Ed Secress, Ed Swanson, Jonas
Mabie, Olive Mabie, John Jerkin, WilSrf
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liam Harvey and George Gogo.
The explosion occurred at noon, and
was what is known as a dust explosion.
The miners had just fired their
usual noon shots, one of which proved
to be a fizzle. The burning powder
ignited the gas and the explosion followed.
Smoke and debris were blown
out of the shaft 200 feet high. Part
of the top works was torn away and
the vans and cages were partially
wrecked. This made the work of rescue
very slow, and it was 3 o'clock
before volunteer parties dared to veni
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iure? inio me easi euu) wucic mc
explosion occurred. When they
fought iheir way in a horrible sight
greeted them. The dear and injured
were terribly burned and mulilated,
some of them almost beyond recognition.
Fire had broken out, and this
added terror to the spectacle. The
flames were finally controlled, and after
several of the rescue party had
succumbed to the fumes, all the dead
were found and carried to the top of
the shaft.
It was nearly 6 o'clock Friday evening
when the last of the dead was taken
out, and the scenes of anguish
among the families of the dead men
were pitiful. Nearly all of the men
were married, and leave families in
ooor circumstances.
DENMARK RELEASES ISLANDS.
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ton?Now Goes to Congress
For Ratification.
A Washington special says: The
treaty of cession of the Danish West
India islands from Denmark to the
United States was signed at the state
department Friday by Secretary Hay
and Constantine Brun, the Danish
minister.
The treaty will be submitted to the
senate for ratification immediately.
In December, 1901, reports from Copenhagen,
confirmed at "Washington
indicated then that a preliminary
agreement had been reached between
Denmark and the United States for
the sale to the United States of the islands
of St. Thomas and St. Johns, in
the Danish West Indies, for $4,500,000.
Santa Cruz, the largest of the group,
it was stated, would remain under the
Danish' fiag. The islands are between
30 and 40 miles east of Porto Rico.
The population of St. Thomas is 12,000,
and of St. John less than 1.000.
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The area of the two lsiauus are to
and 21 square miles, respectively.
The population of St. Thomas is
mainly in the town of Charlotte Amelie,
which is a free port, and this probably
is the only feature which makes
the islands of much value. The soil
is mostly unproductive and is but little
cultivated. The best products of
the island is St. Thomas bay rum, the
ingredients of which are largely obtained
in Porto Rico. Cattle are also
raised.
Cruz Bay is the chief town of the
fsiand of St. Thomas, which is north
CP.St CI SI. 1UUIHO.S. iuc Jiiviuuw.v..
St. John are much like those of the latter
island. The population of the en
tire group is chiefly negro.
Santa Cruz, or Saint Croix, has an
area of 110 square miles. Two-fifths
of the land is in sugar plantations,
but coffee, indigo and cattle are rais^
ed. The chief town of the island is
Christiansted. The population of San
ta Cruz is 18.000.
Following the invariable rule In
such cases, the state department ofii
cials decline to make public any of
the details of the treaty.
TO SUCCEED SEWELL.
New Jersey Republicans Select John
F. Dryden For Senator.
At Trenton, N. J., the republican
caucus to select a candidate for United
States senator to be supported
during the present session of the legislature
to succeed the late General Sew
selected on the nineteenth ballot
John F. Drvden of Newark, president
cf the Prudential Insurance Company.
On the nineteenth ballot he received
exactly the necessary 32 votes.
ECR MURDER OF HUSBAND.
Mrs. Richardccn Feces Jury of Farmers
In Missouri Court.
Mrs. Addie L. Richardson faced a
jury of farmers in the circuit court at
Plattsbnrg. Mo.. Tuesday and her trial
cu the char-re cf murdering, a year ago
last Locenib r. iar husband, Frank W.
Richardson, o wr rchant, at their home
fe in Savannah, Mo., began in earnest.
CREAfl OF NEWS j
* Summary of the Most J
+ Important Daily j
j Happenings Tersely Told, j
?Fred Oliver, the negro who was
arrested in Jefferson, Ga., on suspicion
of having attempted criminal assault,
has made a confession, offering as an
excuse that he was drunk.
?A train of the Southern railway between
Charleston, S. C., and Augusta.
Ga., was held up by robbers Monday j
and the safe and other contents of the
express car were carried away in a
wagon. One suspect is under arrest.
?Albert F. German, formerly individual
bookkeeper for the Third national
bank of Louisville, Ky., who
was arrested recently on the charge !
of making false entries, was rearrested
Monday that his bond might be increased.
?By the explosion of dynamite in i
the Rapid Transit tunnel at New York 1
Monday six persons were killed and
over a hundred injured. The Murray
Hill hotel, Grand Central staflon and
other buildings were shattered.
?There was a sharp debate in the
senate on the Philippine question Monday.
Senator Money, of Mississippi,
said we ought to let the Philippines
go to the devil.
?The school children of Chicago {
were enthusiastic in their reception of
Admiral Schley Monday. When the admiral
appeared the children sang, "Seo |
the Conquering Hero Comes."
?In the Cuban postal frauds case at
Havana Monday, Inspector Gregory
testified that Neely's shortage was
$131,413.
?Dr. J. G. Coulter, Jr., after three
weeks' service as professor of biology
in Emory College, at Oxford, Ga., has
resigned the place to go to the Philippines
as professor of botany in the
Manila normal school.
?A fire in the wholesale district
of Mobile, Ala., swept away $300,000
worth of property. .Two men were kill
ed by a railing wall while assisting the
firemen, two of the latter being injured.
?Rear Admiral Schley was given a
wonderful ovation by the people qi
Chicago. Saturday thrice he declared
no political honor would tempt him.
?President Roosevelt and scores of
other prominent men attended the an
nual banquet of the Gridiron Club at
Washington. The guests were the
butts of all sorts of jokes by the newspaper
correspondents.
?Strother, the negro attendant in
the Turkish bath house at St. Louis,
has confessed that he crushed the head
of Millionaire Cooper with a hammer
while the latter was asleep.
?Emperor William will give certain
messages to Prince Henry for President
Roosevelt. While in America the
prince will meet newspaper men if
they will promise not to auote him.
?The prince of Wales is in Berlin.
Germany, but the celebrations in his
honor are limited, owing to the existing
Anglophobia.
?A negro, surrounded by strong
circumstantial evidence, is new under
arrest in Jefferson, Ga., charged with
having attempted a criminal assault
upon one of the most prominent young
ladies of that place.
?As the dispensary campaign in
Rome, Ga., progresses the personal
utterances of Editor Seaborn Wright
and Editor W. A. Knowles become
more biting and bitter.
?A costly monument to the late S.
M. Patton. built by his relatives, was
formally dedicated on the court house
grounds in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sunday.
?Admiral Schley and his wife attended
church in Chicago Sunday and
were at a dinner given in their honor
in the evening..
?Prince Henry is to be honored by
the German societies of *scw York,
who will turn out in a grand torchlight
procession.
?The treaty by which Denmark
cedes the Danish West Indies to the
United States was signed at Washing
ton Friday. The United States pnv
eminent is given a free hand in dealing
with the inhabitants of the islands.
?A lively fight took place between
two ladies in a dry goods store at
Greenville, S. C., Friday. The row
was over a piece of lace on a bargain
counter which both wanted to buy.
?The United Textile Workers of
America will hold its annual, convention
next May at Charlotte, N. C.
?By an explosion in a mine near
Oskaloosa, Iowa, Friday, twenty-one
men were killed and eight were seriously
injured.
?Dispatches received in Londo*
state that the power of the Boers over
Cape Colony is increasing daily. The
recent executions by the British have
inflamed the Cape Dutch.
?Three eloping couples were married
at the same ceremony in Bristol
Term.. Thursday morning.
?Dr. William LeRoy Broun, one of
the most famous of southern educators
and president of Auburn college
Alabama, died Thursday. He was formerly
connected with the University
of Georgia.
?In the English house of commons.
John Redmond attacked the govern
ment's Irish policy ns corrupt to the
core. He said the Irish were ready
for rebellion, being restrained only by
,-onsiderations of expediency.
?Blizzard in the northwest is causing
great suffering. At some points
the mercury dropped tc 20 degrees below
zero.
?Panama people feel much elated
over the probability that their canr.l
route will be adopted by the United
States.
?Colonel Burton, testifying in thi
Cuban postal fraud case, said that it
was common for the insular officials
to furnish their homes and buy carriages
out of the Cuban funds.
HAVOC OF DYNAMITE
rremendons Explosion In Tunnel
Shaft In New York.
SIX DEAD; HUNDRED INJURED
Huge Buildings In Neighborhood Dismantled
By Force of Concussion.
Debris Hurled In Every
Direction.
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A New York special says: The reserve
supply of high explosives stored
at the Park avenue shaft of the Rapid
Transit tunnel, now in courso of con!
struction, blew up shortly after noon
Monday. The giant blast killed six
nprsnna inTurnd n SimrYi-orl on/A
seriously damaged all the property
reached by the flying debris and the
vibration of the shock.
The irregular square formed by the
Murray Hill hotel on the west, the
Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital and
the Grand Union hotel on the east and
the Grand Central railroad station on
the north was the scene of the explosion.
The buildings named sustained
the greatest damage, but the area affected
extended for three blocks in
four directions from the center.
The list of injured is an exceedingly
long one, but most of those in it have
only cute caused by flying glass.
The sunken approach to the siveot
railway tunnel used by the Madison
avenue line, cuts through Park avenue,
and the shaft for the Rapid Transit
subway was run down beside it at the
intersection of East Fortieth street.
The street railway approach was covered
by a superstructure used for the
operating plant of the rapid transit
contractors. Temporary buildings for
storage purposes were thrown up
against the superstructure at the
mouth of the shaft and there the explosion
occurred. It tore a great
gorge In the street, demolished the
temporary buildings and part of the
superstructure and sent a mass of
rorfh cnlintprpri timher and twisted
iron high in the air. Much of it went
| batttring against the front cf the MurI
ray Hill hotel, and. although the walls
! and main structure of that building
stood the shock, nearly every room in
| the front of the house was wrecked.
I The Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital,
on the east side of the avenue, fared
; nearly as bad and had to be abandoned
; by the management.
The Grand Union hotel lost all of its
windows and glass partitions aDd practically
every front window in the
J Grand Central station was shattered.
The great clocks on its front towers
were blown from their cases. Thousands
of windows, some of them seven
blocks from the tunnel shaft, fell in
fragments. It was the shower of broken
glass and falling debris that injured
the greatest number.
Fortunately the explosion occurred
at the noon hour. Not more than a
hundred persons were in the main
waiting room of the Grand Central station,
which' presented somewhat the
appearance of a dismantled castle, the
big windows being only ragged holes.
General alarms brought firemen, police,
reserves and every available ambulance
to the scene and the injured
were speedily cared for. A majority of
the injured were treated on the spot
and the ambulance surgeons worked
for an hour in the debris strewn
streets.
miisp nf the explosion and the
quantity of explosives that blew up
.are not definitely known.
The damage may exceed $1,000,000.
The first estimate on the Murray Hill
hotel placed the loss at $100,000, but
later the hotel was abandoned as unsafe.
If the building is condemned,
the loss of it alone will approach $1,000,000.
The damage to the Grand
Union was. estimated at $40,000, and
that to the Manhattan hospital at $25,000.
The loss at the Grand Central
i station was entirely in glass, as was
I that of the one hundred or more buildings
affected by the explosion. No
estimate wras made of the losses sustained
by the Rapid Transit contracj
tors.
DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPIST.
Joe Higginbotham, Colored, Is Convicted
of Criminal Assault,
Joe Higginbotham was convicted at
Ljnchburg, Va., Thursday of criminal
assault upon Mrs. Ralph Weber, and
was sentenced to be hanged on February
24. He pleaded guilty.
Four witnesses, including Mrs. We
ber, testified to the circumstances of
the crime. A large number of state
militia was on hand and the court
house 2nd jail were surrounded by a
guard at ? distance of a block i;i each
direction.
ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
Negro Is Jailed at Jefferson, Ga., Under
Serious Charges.
Fred Oliver, a negro about 20 years
old ,is in jail at Jefferson, Ga.. charged
with having attempted a criminal
assault upon a young lady of about IS
years and a member of a prominent
family.
The attempt was made Saturday
night at about S o'clock. The intended
victim, with her little sister, was returning
home from the house of a
friend.
COSTLY FIRE IN MOBILE.
Alabama City Suffers Loss of $300,000.
Two Men Give Up Life.
Fire early Saturday in the wholesale
business district of Mobile, Ala., destroyed
property to the value of $300,000,
and caused the death of Richard
H. Vidmer. a leading society man of
Mobile, and Bat Thomas, a negro laborer.
from New Orleans.
Three firemen were injured, two
slightly and one painfully.
'PRINCE OF WALES SNUBBED.!
In Great City of Berlin Not a Hat Was
Lifted or a Cheer Given to King
Edward's Representative.
A special from Berlin, Germany,
says: Sunday passed without any disrespect
being shown to the prince of
Wales, who arrived Saturday evening
to represent King Edward at the celebration
of the anniversary of the birth
of Emperor William next Sunday.
German crowds have a too deeply
abiding respect for royal personages
and are too thoroughly impressed to
ever jeer them. But in a city where
the lifting of one's hat is universal
as ordinary civiiity it was singular to
see the passing crowds with never a
hat raised, and to hear no murmurs
of applause,
The last experience abroad of the
prince of Wades was his departure
amid thunderous cheers from the
shores of Newfoundland, while the
streets through which the prince was
obliged to be driven on this occasion
on his way to visit the British ambassador
was without one single British
flag.
While receiving the most elaborate
attentions from the family of Emperor
William and German officials, the
prince of Wales must feel the chilling
attitude of the German public. Almost
$11 the newspapers refrain from editorial
comment on his visit.
The National Zeitung concludes a
page editorial on the friendship between
the United States and Germany
with these words:
"The only object of the visit of
Prince Henry to the United States is
the cultivation of this sentiment. The
German emperor could give the United
States no better proof of the feelings
and sentiments animating him
and the German people in regard to
the greatness and development of the
union as a progressive power than in
Viic? 'nrnthor thor<i Th P TirirCP
CvUUUl^ 1UO fc/A Vtliv-1 bu W* V. MV X ?
is the first German prince of the old
regime to tread the soil of the great
republic and undoubtedly his acquaintanceship,
with the most prominent men
of the union will have a beneficial effect
upon national relations.
"The visit of Prince Henry must dissipate
all foolish and malicious associations
of political' antagonism between
Germany and the United States,
and of German plans of conquest in
the American sphere of innuence and
will thereby strengthen and establish
feelings of mutual recognition and
equality of standing. No treaty or alliance
between Germany and the United
States is needed. Ever since the
existence of the United States, peace,
friendship and trade intercourse have
prevailed between us. Prince Henry's
trip shows that we wish to remain in
the same relations in the future, and
the reception which the people, the
government and public opinion are
preparing for him on American soil
will give splendid proof that the Americans
cherish similar sentiments and
hopes."
* DR. CRAWFORD PASSES AWAY.
re." Over Twenty Years He Was Secretary
of State of Florida.
Dr. John L. Crawford, secretary of
state of Florida since 1881, died in
Tallahassee Friday, the fourth person
to die in the past twelve months connected
with the state goveernment. He
was born at Covington, Ga., in April,
1816, and moved to Florida in 1845. He
was elected to the Florida house of
representatives in 1847, serving one
term, after which he entereo the senate,
which body he left to become secretary
of state. He descended from
a prominent Georgia family whose
power and influence for good was fclf
in the councils of state and nation, and
such was the record of the deceased
in Florida.
Late Saturday night Governor Jennings
appointed H. Clay Crawford, the
son of the dead secretary, who was assistant
secretary of state for twelve
years, to succeed his father.
Chinese Find Hidden Treasure.
Chinese officials at Pekin have
found treasure to the value of over
100.000.000 taels in gold and silver,
which was buried in the women's quarters
of the palace before the court
fled from Pekin.
ST. LOUIS FEELS SHOCKS.
Buildings Swayed by Earthquake and
People Flee In Terror.
Two distinct shocks of earthquake
were felt in St. Louis and in many of
the adjoining towns a few minutes before
9 o'clock Friday morning. The
shock was light. The second was
more severe. Persons who had slept
through the first shock were awakened
by the second.
Reports received show that the
shocks were very generally felt
throughout the city and suburbs, being
of sufficient force to rattle the crockery
and swing pictures in residences.
GUILTY PAIR SOUGHT DEATH.
"Or." Zeigler Kills Himself and Fatally
Wounds His Alleged Wife.
"Dr." Harry J. Zeigler, of Lancaster,
I Pa fata 11 v wounded his alleged wife,
Anna, and then killed himself a: the J
Wellington hotci, in Chicago. A note |
j left by him declare;] that he and the j
woman had decided to die and that as j
he lacked the nerve. Mrs. Zeiglcr had j
promised to commit the act. j
It seems that Zeigler already had a 1
wife living in Lancaster. Pa. !
SENATE CONFIRMATIONS.
New Collectors of Customs at Various
Stations in the South.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations Monday:
Collectors of Customs?B. F. Keith,
district of Wilmington, N. C.; M. B.
MacFarlanid. district of Tampa. Fla.;
J. E. Stiliman. district of Pensacola,
Fla.; Tip Warren, district of Apalach*
icola, Fla.4
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FIGHT SUGAR TRUST j
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Louisiana Cane drawers Oppose
Any Concessions to Cubans.
DELEGATION IN WASHINGTON
Prominent Planters and Manufacturers
File Protest With Ways and
Means Committee?General !
Wood Is Scored.
A Washington special says: The Cuban
reciprocity hearings before the
ways and means committee Thursday
ArOiiofiv to the cane su
v\ t'l U uo? U'-VU V?iviV
gar interests of Louisiana, who are
Oj.posing the proposed concessions to
Cuba on the ground that it will cripple
the sugar production of that state. A
number of large planters and manufacturers
of the state were present, and
the allied interests of beet sugar and
tobacco, which are similarly opposed
to concession to Cuba, were also numerously
represented.
The opening statement in behalf of
the Louisiana interests was made by
J. D. Hill, of New Orleans, an extensive
planter. He pointed out that there
was no need of making an appeal in
behalf of Cuba, as the island was gifted
by nature so as to produce sugar at
exceedingly low rates which could enter
into fair competition with the rest,
of the world. He compared the status
cf Cuba with that of the south after
the ci-vil war, and, showed that the
south had worked out its own saka
ticn without making appeals for spe
cial favors. Already hundreds cf millions
o fdollars had been invested in
sugar production in Louisiana, and
the industry was still far short of its
full capacity. He urged that this industry
should not be subjected to foreign
competition, which would . seriously
Injure, if not destroy U.
Attacks Sugar Trust.
Mr. Hill asserted that the sugar
trust was behind the Cuban movement,
and presented statistics to show that
the results of concessions to Cuba
would make the sugar trust the real
benefieiary, constituting that organization
a colossal monopoly in Cuba.
Bx-Governor Warrcouth, of Louisiana,
made a vigorous speech, opposing
concessions to Cuba. It was a proposition,
he said, from the syndicates
and grandees of Cuba who had the
eheek to come before an American
eoDgress ana asK tnai tne mausines
of our people shall be destroyed so
that they could make money out of our
merchants. lie referred to General
Wood's activity in the movement,
which indicated, Governor Warmouth
said, that Governor Wood had become
infatuated with Cuba and his Spanish
associates This might be a part of
the governor general's duty, but it
had not improved the credit of Americans
at banks.
The speaker maintained that the
Cubans who were urging this concession
were buying their goods in Spain
and England, and yet "had the cheek
to come to an American congress for
help." The poor Cubans, he said,
seemed to have been entirely "lost in
the shuffle," and congress was now
asked to take up the people who hclp.ed
Spain to crush the life out of the
Cubans.
TURN ON THE LIGHT.
2e Recommendation of Industrial Commission
Anent the Trusts.
The industrial commission has completed
its final report. On the subject
of trusts and commission follows closely
the lines of the rerommandations
laid down Dy tne president in ms annual
message. Supervision by the national
government is recommended
The most radical specific step suggested
is that the books of all corporations
should be subject at all times to inspection
as are the books of the national
banks. .
There are some recommendations
concerning taxation that will attract
attention. One of these looks to the
imposition of certain taxes on private
property of the -tafces direct.
OFFICERS ARE SCORED.
Right to Criticise Army Policy In Philippines
Discussed In Senate.
An animated and prolonged discussion
was precipitated in the senate
Monday over the right of army officers
to criticise utterances made in
the senate or elsewhere on the conduct
of affairs in the Philippines. At times
it; became somewhat acrimonious, officers
in the Philippines being taken
sharply to task for statements attributed
to them in dispatches from Manila.
In the course of the debate. Mr.
Money said he favored letting the islands
"go to the devil."
RAILROADS VIOLATE LAW.
So Alleacs Interstate Commerce Com
mission In Annual Report.
The fifteenth annual report of the
interstate commerce commission was
made public Thursday. The report
says that the law is being constantly
broken by the railroads. It is charged
that rebates are regularly given to the
| large shippers. Congress is urged to
amend the law.
HOBSON CANNOT RETIRE.
Naval Board Refuses Request of Here
of Merrimac to Be Relieved.
The navy retiring board Friday re
fused Naval Constructor I-Iobson's ap
plication for retirement on account Oj
the condition cf his eyes.
His claim was based on the bc-iiei
j that his eyes had been so injured
j during the Merrimac ?.p;.:o:'o and v:
i certain work upon vessels at He:;*
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BOUND BY THE OLD PLATFORM.
House Democrats Are Without Power
to Frame Any New Declaration
of Policy.
A Washington special says: The
democratic members of the house of
representatives met in caucus in the
hall of the house at 8 o'clock Friday
evening and after a short but spirited
contest adopted resolutions declaring
that they were without power to pro
mulgate a platform heretofore regular
!y made at a national convention.
The contest occurred ovc-r a resolu
tion proposed by Representative Hen
ry, of Texas, more specifically ueclar
ir.g it to be the duty of every demo
eratic representative to adhere to th<
national democratic platform until an
other democratic convention adopts i
new platform.
The caucus was the outgrowth of an
irnated discussion among democrats
members ever since the present ses
sion of congress began, the chief is
sue being as to the extent to whicl
the- Kansas City platform should b
superseded by a new declaration o
policy. The plan o/ an entirely ne\
declaration took form early in the ses
sion in resolutions by Representativ
McClellan, of New York, setting fort
numerous planks, but omitting th
financial declarations of the Kansa
City platform.
Mr. Fitzgerald, cf New York, als
proposed a resolution declarin
against any interference with the e:
isting standard cf values. Oh th
other hand. Representative Ball, c
Texas, proposed a specific reaffirms
tion of the Kansas City platforn
These and several other resolutions c
policy were referred to a special con
mittee cf twelve leading democrat!
members, headed by Representativ
Richardson, of Tennessee, the demi
cratic floor leader. It was to receiv
the report of this committee that th
caucus of Friday night was held.
The interest taken was shown in th
large attendance, 139 democrats out (
the total of l.~3 being present. Repr
scntative Hay. of Virginia, occupie
the chair and by his rulings endea
ored to allay the friction which hz
occurred at times during the discu
sior.s. Mr. Richardson presented th
majority report, concurred in by a
the members of the special committe
except Mr. Henry. It recited the woi
of the committee and closed with th
fallowing recommendation:
"We are of opinion that, as the re
resentatives of our various consti
uencies, and as members of the ca
cus made up of such representative
we have no power or authority to co
struct or promulgate a platform i
principle for our party; that we ca
not increase or minimize the bindii
effect of platforms of the party her
tofore regularly made and adopted 1
the people in convention a~sembl<
for that purpose.
"That in the house cf which we a
members we should vigorously ai
aggressively battle for democrat
principles and with equal vigor ar
aggressiveness we should oppose e
erything contrary, in substance <
methods, to those principles, ai
should meet each question as it aris<
with full confidence and a solid ar
undivided front."
The minority report of Mr. Henr
of Texas, proposed the following d
claration in place of the McClelk
and Fitzgerald resolutions heretofo:
referred 10:
"It is not within the province of
democratic caucus to promulgate <
reverse a democratic platform, but
is the duty of every democratic repr
sentative to adhere to the nation
democratic platform until the succce
ing convention adopts another pis
form."
Mr. Henry also proposed that tl
caucus action should govern evei
representative when the same accor
ed with the declarations of the last n
tional platform.
T^e vote was taken first on M
Henry's minority propositions ar
they were defeated by a vote of 17
92.
The majoritv declaration was th<
adopted without dissent.
WOMAN'S STRANGE VAGARY.
I Obeys Scriptural Injunction Literall
Plucks Out Eye and Dies.
Mrs. Beula Abbey, wife of a your
merchant near Sparta, Tenn., is dec
as the result of pulling out one of h<
eyes in a fanatical and literal interpr
tation of scriptural injunction, "
t Ulnsy SWA o-fT nnrl nliir?lr it mi r 51T1/1
i ll i i-l v; C uii.Viau, A V V V* V MMX.
it from thee, for it is better to go in
heaven having only one eye than
suffer the torments of hell fire."
She became much excited over roli
t
ion last autumn and since that tim
it is said, has been noted for Strang
vagaries in religious work.
Brownlow Renominated.
Representative Brownlow, of t
first Tennessee district, was renomir
tod Thursday for congress by the i
publican executive committee, subjc
j to the approval of the republicans
| the scvcial counties.
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Denmark Authorizes Gale.
j A special from Copenhagen say
Authority ;n sign tlv? Danish West !
j dia treaty was cabled to the Dani
I minictiir or TV." v h * 711 i Oil TbUTSdaV.
! DANES UNDEMONSTRATIVE.
,
! Notice of Cession of Islands to Unc
| Sam Received Quietly.
The announcement which reach
St. Thcinas. D. vv. I.. Saturday of ti
i signing of the treaty by which De
r ; mark sells th? Danish West Indies
i ; the rnited States, was received <jui<
ly. There was no open nianifcstatic
, but much anxiety prevails regardi:
ihe developments. Nothing official h
yet been received from Copenhagen.
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j STATE NEWS ITEMS. \
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Newspaper Change.
Mrs. J. T. Harris, proprietor of the
Spartanburg Herald, has purchased
the plant and business of the Truth
Publishing Company, publishers of The
Truth. This means a consolidation ol
the Herald's semi-weekly edition and
The Truth.
j
Resignation Is Accepted.
It is announced that the resignation
of President Benjamin Wilson, of Converse
college, has been accepted by
the board of trustees at a recent meting.
President Wilson has been at the
1 head of the Converse college since its
origin twelve years ago.
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Charleston. May Be Challenged.
The probability is that the Charles'*
ton Yacht Club will be challenged for
a a race tor the cup that was won from
e the Savannah Yacht Club two years
f ago. There is a plan now on foot by
v which it is hoped to get a boat to race
s the yacht that captured the cup from
e the Dragoon.
Q
Commodore Schley, of the Savannah
e Yacht Club, said that the plan had not
developed far enough yet to state positively
whether or not a challenge
would be sent, but if matters pro{
gressed, as it is hoped they will,
Charleston will have a chance to de*
j fend the trophy.
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)t- Good Roads Special.
j. The Southern railway's special good
c roads train arrived in Columbia early
e last Sunday morning from Augusta.
3- A solid week's demonstration of
e good road building was promised the
,e Capital City. The state legislators are
manifesting great interest. A convene
tion will be held on Friday and Satur>f
day. Director Martin Dodge, of the
e- public roads inquiries of the United
id States department of agriculture;
v- President W. H. Moore and Secretary
is R. w. Richardson, of the National
s Good Roads Association, and M. A.
ie Hays, agent of the land industrial de
11 partment or tne soumera unwa;
=e Boston, are with the party on the train.
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le
Spree Ends In Tragedy.
p' John Chapman was shot and inll"
stantly killed last Sunday morning by
u" Sam Staggs and Eugene Norman. All
s> three of the parties are young white
n" men. They were out in the neighborof
hood near .Greens, Spartanburg counn
ty, Saturday night on a spree and built
lg a fire in the edge of a body of woods
where they spent several hours playing
cards.
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A quarrel arose and Chapman jumped
on Staggs and gave him a whipping
As Staggs was getting on his feet, he
fired at Chapman. Norman, who was
d Stagg's friend, also shot, one ball en
tering the left nipple, another entering
the back of the head.
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d Staggs apd Norman left the com
*g munity, but were caught before night
d by the sheriff of Spartanburg. Thej
are now in jail.
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e>n
Ladies Engage In Flstcuff.
re While attending a bargain sale in a
leading dry goods store at Greenville
a several days ago, two of the city's lead
or ing society women became involved ir
jt a fistcuff. The affair began in a quar
e. rel over the ownership of a piece o)
j j_ ...v.
ai lace, and a wrangie occurreu m wmv.1.
d- hot words were passed. With everj
it work the two ladies became more en
raged. One slapped the other in the
is face, which brought forth a vigorous
ry scream. A friend interfered and pre
d- vented any further trouble,
a There were over one hundred ladj
customers present, and the incident
'r created great excitement for a short
id time.
tc The news of the "scrap" soon spread
and was the talk of the city. The in
-E cident is noteworthy because of th<
prominence of the ladies concerned
One is a very beautiful, graceful danc
er, and exceedingly popular. The othe:
is a member of several ladies' club!
and the wife of a prominent businesi
y' man.
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id Atlantans Postpone Visit.
sr An Atlanta dispatch says: It ha
e- been definitely settled to postpone th'
If visit of the mayor and council t
st Charleston. As originally decided i
to was the purpose of the Atlanta part;
to to attend the exposition the secon<
.nrrtov in pohnmrv hut at a meetinj
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g- of the arrangements committee Mon
e. day afternoon this plan was reconsid
?e ered.
A majority of the members of th<
committee were or the opinion that i
would be impossible to make all th
necessary preparations by the 9th o
*"-e February. The desire of the commil
ia' tee was to have the city make as goo
c' a showing as possible at Charlestor
<;j; j and to that end it was agreed tha
?L j plenty of time was needed in which t<
j make all the preparations.
As one of the committeemen es
j pressed it, Atlanta should wish to sent
such a representative party as woun
u be a compliment to the city of Charles
Sl1 ton. It was also stated that, as Presi
dent Roosevelt would be in attendanc
! on the exposition at the time originall;
and the members of the party from At
would doubtless be greatly crowdei
:le and th emembers of the party from A1
lanta might, in consequence, find som<
ed difficulty in securing necessary ac
be-1 commcdations.
in- j if the visit is made the latter par
to i of March, it was thought, the hotel
?t- j would not be so greatly crowded am
>n. ! the accommodations would be better
tig j This decision on the part of the com
as mittee will be communicated to th<
OlttJ'Ui U1 V/UDUCOWU UUU WMIVIU y
will be arranged for tie visit later.
Legislative Melange.
The general assembly has now been
in session- for over two weeks. In
that time considerable business has
been transacted. There has been no
vitally important or startling legislaj
tion thus far. Most of the matters that
have been acted upon are of minor im
portance. As was anticipated, there
has been no radical or gallery legk/ation,
and it does not appear that there
is likely to be, although it is pending.
The most important work, from a legls- r Jl|jS
lative standpoint, of the week, was the
disposition of all of the pending elections.
It was the longest and hardest ,-.&3
day^s work of the'session. The chief t 1
and about the only unusual, interest
was manifest in the elections for positions
on the state board of controL
It has been many a day since there
has been even approximately the inter- >?
est that was shown in the recent elections.
For days and for weeks there
was a constant electioneering for the
few positions. Ail of the candidates
were upon the fieiu and gave their personal
attention to the details of the
campaign. The old or incumbent state
board of control stood together for re- ,vi|g|
election and that added materially to '?
the chances of re-election.
With one exception?a college trus-. ^
tee?every incumbent who offered was
re-elected.
The greatest interest just now seems
to centre in the corporation or trust 'M
fight. This is evidently the case, to a
large extent,, because of the lack of
something else to talk about Last cjj
Saturday offered a field day on the Ta- 'fil
turn resolution to investigate the prob- SH
able cost and feasibility of establish- j'^jj
ing a fertilizer plant and many are of
the opinion that this will offer the sum
total of what will be done on the sub- "j
ject during the present session. Some
argue that they are not disposed to J|
spend good money in expenditures that -;|9
they do not think will result in sub- M
stantial good, anu others believe the w
state just now unprepared to make the
experiment of establishing a complete J||
and .costly plant
The resolutions that have already v
been adopted in two of the cities of the
Pee-Dee section are attracting decided
attention, and many are disposed to j; "
the belief that the increasing tobacco
interests in that section have somethin
to do with the expressions.
The Graydon resolution which in j
two, or at most three, lin^ proposes .
to revoke the license or charter of the
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, ,
is one way of revoking *-iat charter or
license, but the same result identically ?||
is proposed by the De Bruhl bill which
1 provides in part:
"That from and after the approval- |
' of this act no permit or license shall
' be granted to any foreigi business cor1
poration to locate or do business with'
in this state? and any or all permits ^
or licenses heretofore granted to any
' foreign business corporations to locate
or do business within this state are ?
1 hereby declared to be withdrawn, re* Ja
voked and declared of no effect from
^ and after the 1st day of April, A. IX
MASON'S EFFORTS FUTILE.
r Senate Refused to Consider Resolution
Thanking Admiral Schley. }jraj
An effort was made in the senate ?
Thursday by Mr. Mason, of Illinois, to |
obtain consideration for a joint reso*
1 lution which he introduced extending-^
' the thanks of congress to Rear Admiral
Winfleld Scott Schley "for his
1 brave and able conduct while in com- rmand
of the American fleet at the vie- 'r;
' torious battle of Santiago." The effort - |
I hnxxr0-v0r wa? nr*t anrressfuL
DEFICIENCY DILL PASSED.
5 Republicans Forced Record Vote on f .
Item For Protection of Soldiers. %
The house Friday passed the urgent ^f|H
r deficiency appropriation bill and det
voted the remainder of the session to ^
t private pension legislation. It then
adjourned until Monday. The repnb,
licans forced a record vote on the *|||
- amendment to appropriate 1500,000 for
5 the protection and shelter of Americas
. soldiers in the Philippines,
r JURY EXONERATES WOMAN. ^
s Mrs. Richardson Not Guilty of Mur? '/
der of Husband.
At Plattsburg, Mo., Saturday, Mrs.
Addle Richardson was acquitted of the .
charge of murdering her husband, .
- Frank W. Richardson, a wealthy mer
a
e chant, who was shot and killed Christ- ^
0 mas eve, 1960, as he was entering his -3|
t home in Savannah, Mo. A dramatic
y scene followed the rendering of the
j verdict Mm. Richardson was over- .
1 whelmed with congratulations from
friends. |?]
NEGRO PORTER AGAIN ARRESTED
t Another Chapter Regarding Stolen
e Funds of Paymaster Stevens. *JS
f J. H. Alexander, a colored messen- .iJ&M
I ger in the office of Major P. C. Stev* . %
c ens, paymaster of the United States '^Jf
i, army, was arrested at Atlanta, Ga.,
1 Friday morning for the second time
[t on the charge of stealing the govern- ...
ment funds amounting to $4,769 which
> mysteriously disappeared from the .
3 satchel of Major Stevens November 8
3 last as he was leaving Atlanta for vv4
Pensacola. Fla., to pay off troops.
^ Methodists to 3uild Hospital.
The Methodists of Indiana, it is an*
3 nounced, have undertaken the erection 4
.. of a large philanthropic hospital, to be
e located at the state capital. The coat v|
. is to be $200,000 and the endowment* rM
$500,000.
s For Philippine Investigation.
3 Senator Lodge, chairman of the
\ Philippine committee, has favorably 'M
i reported a resolution authorizing that
q committee to make an investigation of
the Philippine question. v|||