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* ywllSl wm * '41m The Bamberg Herald. 1 ? -W ESTABLISHED 1801. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 13.1902 OXK DOLLAR PER YEAR. wM ?????? IMM? ?1 ? JBWMMUMMH?l?M-1????? ?? ?M ? all MMBWBMMMmWMMlMBnWTTTriWrWffTTrTMilWMWMnnMWnMnMMMMnWMMMMMMMMi . ? ^ CLEANED OUT BANK, Vice President of a Detroit Sav= , ings Institution Goes Wrong. MADE WAY WITH A MILLION j ' Other Banks Victimized for $600,000. j Money Was Secured By Means of Overdrafts and Certified Checks?Panic Results. Vice President Frank C. Andrews, of the City savings bank, at Detroit, Mich., which is in the hands of State Bank Commissioner Maltse, was arrested Monday afternoon and arraign ed on the charge of "wilfully,, fraud- ulently and knowingly" securing from the bank, without security and without the knowledge of the directors, a sum exceeding $1,000,000. He was released on $10,000 bail and his examination was set for February 21/ Cashier Henry C. Andrews, through whom F. C. Andrews is said to have secured the money by means of overdrafts and certified checks, is seriously ill at his home with nervous prostration. In addition to a total indebtedness to the City savings bank of $1,155,000 to secure which Mr. Andrews has signed over to that institution all his real estate holdings and stocks, bonds and other securities, which, it is estimated will total about $1,000,000, four local banks and a trust company hold his checks, certified to by Cashier Andrews to the amount of $662,000. A considerable number of these checks are protected by securities deposited with them by Mr. Andrews. Owes Bank Nearly $2,000,000. As scon as Commissioner Maitse took charge of the institution he im mediately began an examination cf its books. It was found that Cashier Andrews had permitted F. C. Andrews to overdraw his account $914,000. Other liabilities brought F. C. Andrews' total indebtedness to the bank up to $1,158,000. In addition to this Cashier An drews had certified checks for F. C. ' \ Andrews which he had deposited in other banks to the amount of $662,000. At the close of his examination Commissioner Maltse has issued the following statement cf the bank's eondtion at the close cf business February 8: Resources, total loans and discounts, bonds, mortgages and securities, $2,363,093; overdrafts, $913,852; real estate, $10,899; cash in bank, $288,697; , other assets, $18,922. Liabilities, stock, surplus and undivided profits, $225,212; deposits, $3.- , 370,251. The examination showed that the record of F. C. Andrews' transactions was not kept in the regular way, but in a memorandum book. The first record of a transaction between Cash- ( ier Andrews and F. C. Andrews is January 11, but the examiners estimate that the transactions have been going on ror aoout six wecus. The City savings bank was the depository for the funds of the county , auditors, their balance there being more than $150,000, and F. C. Andrews was arrested Monday on a com- ( plaint sworn out by Auditor Christian after a long conference between the , auditors and Prosecutor Hunt. The , warrant was served on Andrews, who is commissioner of police, by two of ; his detectives in the office of the Detroit Trust Company, where he had been in consultation with the officers , cf the banks holding his certified checks. The City savings bank was , also the depository for the board of education, which had a total of $467,000 on deposit. ] Caused By Copper Speculation. , Unfortunate speculations, especial- . ly heavy purchases of Amalgamated Copper stock, are believed to be responsible for Andrews' ruin. President F. C. Pingree, of the City Savings bank, says that Andrews told him that h elost $400,000 in Amalgamated Copper . Although no warrant was issued for Henry R. Andrews, an officer was stationed at his home as a guaru. He is . in a serious condition. In addition to the nervous prostration he has had a severe attack of heart trouble. NEW COTTON SEED MILLS. Cincinnati Capitalists to Operate Prop- < erties In Southern States. The Buckeye Cotton Oil Company, ' of Cincinnati, Ohio, has decided to op- ] erate extensively in the manufacture J of cotton seed products in the south, ( and has purchased the interests cf F. G. Kinney & Co., at Birmingham, Ala., I and at Greenwood, Miss. The company has closed contracts < for the erection of five other mills, 1 i one to be located in Arkansas, two in Georgia and one each In Alabama 1 and Mississippi .with headquarters ia < Birmingham for the seven cities. "I CARNIVAL AT PENSACOLA. Street Fair Week Ushered In By a Gorgeous Flower Parade. Carnival week at Pensacola, Fla., be- ; gan Wednesday with agorgeous flower 1 parade, the first ever held in the city, in which there was a large number of ! beautifully decorated carriages. The coronation of Miss Daisy Meyer as floral queen took place at the opera . house Tuesday night. Numerous tented attractions will bo in fuli swing during the fair. nA\/ f| | Krtt5IUtl>l I O DVJ T IL.U. Little Theodore, Jr., Suffering From I Pneumonia at Groton, Mass. Owing to the illness of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. who is suffering from r pneumonia at Groton, Mass., Mrs. c Roosevelt left*. Washington for Groton 1 Friday afternoon, where she probably c will remain for some days. Young ? Roosevelt is very ill, but his condition was not considered alarming at last reports, x I PRINCE MAY NOT COME. Unless Illness of Young Roosevelt Takes Better Turn Visit Will Be Postponed. A special from Groton, Mass., says: Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the oldest son of President Roosevelt, has double pneumonia. Otherwise, his condition was unchanged Monday night. The boy is seriously sick, but it is too early to say what the chances are for his recovery. This was the statement issued by j George B. Cortelyou, secretary to the j president, and was made after a careful examination by Dr. Alexander Lambert. the family physician of President Roosevelt, who arrived from New York at 6 o'clock Monday evening. President and Mrs. Roosevelt spent a long, anxious day in the infirmary awaiting the crisis of the disease, which appeared to have taken such a strong hold cf their Changs For Worse. The change tor me worse in the boy's condition occurred during the night, and showed itself when the regular morning examination was made by Dr. Shuttuck and Dr. Warren. Secretary Cortelycu, who is the only means of communication with the sick room, made the announcement this morning cf the patient's serious condition. although he said then it was not alarming. "His temperature is higher," said Mr. Corielyou, "and his respiration is weaker than yesterday, but his pulse is better." He also said there was no immediate change, only the natural progress cf the disease. He announced that the disease had spread and involved both lungs. This sudden and unfavorable turn warned the president that the most skillful medical treatment was necessary and so he has called to the aid of Drs. Shattuck and Warren, his family physician. Dr. Alexander Lambert. cf New York, an eminent practitioner, and a man well acquainted with the boy's physique. Prince May Postpone Visit. A Washington special says: Unless there shall be a decided change for the better in the condition of the president's sen before the end cf the week, it is probabu that Prince Henry, cf Prussia, may be impelled to defer his proposed visit to the United States until later in the year. BLOODY WEEK IN TRANSVAAL. Kitchener Reports Lively Fighting and Heavy Losses on Both Sides. A report received in London Monday from Lord Kitchener at Pretoria shows last week to have been the liveliest week, with the heaviest losses cn both sides, for several months past. Lord Kitchener gives the Boer casualties a total of sixty-nine killed, fifty-seven surrendered and 574 taken prisoners. The British captured 450 rifles, one pompon and the usual grist of munitions and live stock. The most serious British loss during the week was the capture of sixty wagons, convoyed by 1G0 troops. At a point thirty miles frcm Beaufort, west Cape Colony, the c-neruy swooped down on the wagons and cut up the convoy before assistance arrived. They were able to move only twelve of the wagons and burned the rest. In this engagement the British lost two officers and eleven men killed and one officer and forty-seven men wounded, while the Boers lost twenty-four killed and forty-seven wounded. The Boers also rushed a detachment of 100 men of Colonel Doran's column the night of February 6, wncn the British lost three officers and seven men killed and seventeen men wounded. Von Donop surprised Portgieter's laager near Wolmaranstad. Transvaal colony, February 7, killing three Boers and capturing thirty-six, as well as twenty-five wagons and live stock. SAILED OVER THE BAY. Aeronaut Dumont Makes His Third Trip With Flying Machine. According to advices from Monaco, France, M. Santos Dumont made his third trip over the bay Monday. The aeronaut made evolutions with complete success for thirty minutes and returned to his starting place amid the plaudits of the great crowd present. Pensacola's Grand Carnival. Priscius. king of the Pensacola Mardi Gras carnival, arrived on the royal yacht Rosepen at noon Monday and was escorted to the royal palace by a military guard composed of United States artillerymen. United States rv-? o cfof-A i rnnne Tho aicil auu jl 101 iua v* w^/w. *..*w 2ity was thronged with visitors. Senator Quay In Florida. Senator Matt Quay, of Pennsylvania, arrived at his winter cottage in St. Lucie. Fla., Monday night direct from Washington. He is much improved i from the recent attack of illness at the :apital. His stay will depend upon I the condition of his health. SCHOONER PREY OF FLAMES. Three-Masted Vessel Caught In fee Floes and Burned. A dispatch from Cape May, N. J., says: A three-masted schooner, the name of which has not been 'earned, was burned at sea Monday night. The Eire .which was plainly visible from ^ape May, started about 5 o'clock Monday afternoon and burned until ifter 9 o'clock. The schooner came lo a point about six miles off shore luring Saturday night, and was caught in the ice field flowing out cf Delaware bay. A CONVERT OF INGERSOLL .eaves $1,000 In Will For Purpose of "Civilizing" Christians. "To the Boston Investment Compaly, of Boston, Mass., for the purpose >f distributing Robert G. Jngersoil's i ectures among Christians, in order to rivilize them. I give and bequeath the ;um of $1,000." The foregoing is section 13 of the vill of Morris Reiman, which was fiied a Chicago Friday. TEN MILLIONS LOSS Patterson, New Jersey, Visited By Fearful Conflagration. A DESOLATE WASTE OF RUINS Twenty-Five City Blocks Are Reduced to Smoking Embers and Ashes. Thousands of Families Are I Rendered Homeless. A great fire swept through Paterson, New Jersey, Sunday, and in its desolate wake are the embers and ashes of property valued in preliminary estimate at $10,000,000. It burned its way through the business section of the city ana claimed as its own a majority of the finer structures devoted to commercial, civ ie, educational and religious use, as well as scores of houses. There was but small tribute of life and injury to the conflagration, but hundreds were left homeless and thousands without employment. A relief move* mcnt for the care of those unsheltered and unprovided for has already been organized, and Mayor John Hench Ciiffe says that Paterson will be able to care for her own without appealing to the charity of other communities and states. The great manufacturing plants of the place are safe and the community, temporarily dazed by the calamity, has already commenced the work of reorganization and restoration. The fire came Saturday at midnight and was only checked after a desperate fight that lastc-d until Sunday afternoon. Every city and town within reach of Paterson sent firemen and apparatus to the relief of the threatened city and it took the united efforts of them all to win the battle. A northerly gale gave the conflagration an Impetus and carried its burning brands to kindle the blaze afresh at other points. The firemen made sUnd after stand before the wall of fire, but were repeatedly driven back, and when victory finally came to them they were grimed and exhausted. Thousands Without Shelter. An estimate made from a general insi ecticn of the smoldering ruins placed the number of dwellings and apartn ent houses destroyed at five hundred and the number of families left without shelter at one thousand. The area of destruction foots up, roughly, twenty-five city blocks. The fire began its work of far-reaching destruction in the power house of the Jersey City. Hobokea and Patereon Traction Company, which fronted on Broadway, extended a block to the rear on Van Houten street. It commenced in the car sheds and was burn ing fiercely when one of the employes detected k. WIFE PROTECTS STEP-SON. Atlanta Policeman Gets Bullet In Brain While Attacking His Boy. James Munrce Duncan, an Atlanta police officer, was shot down by his wife Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock in a boarding house at No. 51 North Forsyth street. The wounded man was removed at once to the Grady hospit- j al unconscious and dying, while she and her step-son, Claude, are held at the police barracks-to wait an investigation by the police and probably by the coroner. The shooting of Officer Duncan was a tragic scene, with a most dramatic story behind it. Duncan had been on a protracted spree and was said to have been drunk at the time of the shooting. He threatened to kill his wife because she remonstrated with him about drinking. His son by his first wife begged hm to treat his wife with courtesy. Enraged by the words from the son, Duncan flew at him in a rage and struck him a blow. The youth fell backwards and his father began to choke him, at the same time making an effort to draw his pistol. Mrs. Duncan snatched a pistol from the young man's pocket and in another moment the officer was lying on the floor in a pool of blood and unconscious. ILLINOIS MEN IN CHARLOTTE. Cook County Democratic Club Receives Sunday Welcome. The Cook County, 111., Democratic Club arrived in Charlotte, N. C., Sun day night ana was met at tne aepoi by a committee of citizens, who escorted the visitors to the Elks' Club. There was no official welcome or speech making, but the visitors were quietly entertained at the rooms of the Elks' Club and the Southern Manufacturers' Club. They left at 4 o'clock Monday morning for Charleston. Mother and Children Burned. Mrs. Ed Kushner and two children were burned to death in their home at Waterloo, Irid., Tuesday night in a lire caused by the overturning of a lamp. One oilier child was fatally burned and three others seriously injured. Illinois Day a Charleston. At a joint meeting ia Chicago Wednesday of committees representing the state and various Chicago clubs. "Illinois Day" at tho exposition at Charlesfen exposition was set for March 11. STOVES WILL COST MORE. Manufacturers Meet In Chattanooga and Advance Prices. The price cf stoves was advanced at a meeting of the Southern Stove Manufveturers' Association held in Chattanooga Wednesday. While it was decided unanimously to raise the present scale cf prices, no definite decision as to the extent of the raise was reached and this fee ture was referred to a committee. CHILDREN DIE IN FLAMES. Robertson Home Destroyed By Fire and Four Little Ones Cremated While They Slept. At 3 o'clock Friday morning the farm house of William P. Robertson, about 29 miles east of Cumberland, on the Maryland side of the Potomac river, was entirely destroyed by fire and four of the Robertson children, Pearl, Owen Eflie and Joseph, the oldest aged 10 and the youngest 4 years, wero cremated. The fire, which is thought to have started from sparks from an open hearth, spread so rapidly that Mr. and Mrs. Robertson found all means of escape gene for the children, who were asleep in another room, and were compelled to jumfl from a second-stcry window dressed only in their night clothes in order to save their own lives. The parents made several futile attempts to save the children, but /IvJvaw Kool- flomnc iinH "VAC UIH tU WCIV1V MJJ luvutvc, v?..v. after the fire had subsided somewhat they were almost frozen before aid came fro mneighbors. Mr. Robertson claims the hearth fire was well covered and that the fire, which started from a lower floor., must have been of incendiary origin. The tragedy recalls the murder of an old man named Kessler and the burning of his house; also the burning cf the house of an old woman, in which she and her grandchildren lost their lives, both of which occurred several years ago in the vicinity of the Robertson home. PAINTERS DASHED TO DEATH. Scaffolding Gives Way and Workmen Fall Fifty Feet. A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., says: Two men are dead and another lies at the Grady hospital with small hopes of recovery as tne result of a horrible accident in the Eiseman building, now in course of erection on the viaduct, Friday morning. The three men were on a scaffold painting the skylight in thi center of the roof when, without a moment's warning, the scaffold gave way and they were aasnea rnrouga uie opeu court to the floor three stories below, p. distance of nearly fifty feet. The dead men are: Charles M. Cole, of 22 Windsor street; Henry Reynolds, of 201. Carter street. G. W. White, of Senoia, the third man, is probably fatally hurt. Lee Bailey, another painter, had a very narrow escape. He was just stepping on the scaffold when it broke. By jumping he managed to catch hold cf a nearby column and cling to it. A DIABOLICAL DEED. Negro Woman Throws White Baby Out of a Car Window. Sheriff Flanders has placed in jail at Swainsboro, Ga., a negro woman, Anna Rabb, for one of the darkest deeds ever committed in Emanuel county. Last Wednesday the woman got on the train at Garfield. Ga., with a white baby three weeks or a month old. She was asked what she was doing with the child and she said it had been left in her care and she was going to take it to Stillmore. At Monte, on the Millen and Southwestern railway, she was left in tfte car alone, bne tncn raised a window and threw the baby out. The fall did not kill the baby, but if froze to death before daylight. The little one left its sign where it scratched and kicked in the sand. ACCEPTS UNDER PROTEST. Central Railroad Agrees to State Depot Proposition With Provisos. The Central of Georgia Railway Company, through Major J. F. Hanson, chairman of the board of directors, has agreed to accept the proposal of the state of Georgia to build a new passenger depot on the present site, | in Atlanta, provided satisfactory ar rangements can be made, but does sc practically under protest. Governor Candler, it is understood. I has received a letter to this eftect from Major Hanson, though as in the | case of the letter from President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern, he deI Hires to erive it out at present. JUSTICE COWART INDICTED. Grand Jury at Chattanooga After Wrcng-Doing Officials. The grand jury at Chattanocga, Tenn., Thursday returned an indictment against Esquire Thomas Cowart, a prominent democrat and member of the county court and candidate for county registrar, on a charge of illegal collection of fees in cases tried be fere him. I. C. Morgan, formerly constable, and Esquire J. E. Silver, were re-indicted on the same charge, former indictments being quashed on technicalI ities. ROBBED AND DROWNED, Horrible Fate of Old Man at Hands of Two Highwaymen. A woman named Rhoda Taylor has made a written confession to the police of Argentine, Kans., across the river from Kansas City, that Noah Long, the aged stone mason who disappeared mysteriously from his home there a week ago. had been robbed and his body thrown in the Kaw river by two men, Henry Donohue and James GoC. THIRTEEN SEAMEN MISSING. Crews of Three Fargcs Supposed Victims of Coast Storms. A New York dispatch say:;: There is every reason to believe that three barges, coa! laden from Newport News for Boston, have been lost at sea as a result of the storm cf Sunday night, and that thirteen people comprising the crews have perished. The barges 1 "were the Antelope, Belle of Oregon ii-n.d Mastic Belle. SCHARLESTON SORRY President's Visit to Exposition Abandoned at Last Moment. SON'S ILLNESS THE CAUSE Roosevelt Goes to Groton, Mass., to Be With His Boy Who Is Suffering From an Acute Attack of Pneumonia. President Roosevelt, accompanied by Secretary Cortelyou, left Washington Saturday night at 12:10 for Groton, Mass., in a special car attached to the regular train over the Pennsylvania railroad Late in the evening the president determined to el irv.Kro r/Y tVlQ rflfllltct nf his nhvsiciaXX i U ICi '^Ui U bU V 4 V\|UVW(f v*. M?w ? ^ I and \;sit his boy's bedside. It is s;ated the president felt his presence would be a comfort to Mrs. Roosevelt, and that as the critical period of his boy's illness was on, he should be near his son. It is also stated that the trip to Massachusetts is taken on the president's own initiative and is net due to any alarming news which has reached him concerning his son's condition. The following statement was issued at the white house Saturday. "The condition of the president's son is favorable. The doctors say that the president should not go to Charleston. as at any time within six days the disease may take a sudden turn for the worse." Owing to the request of the physicians the president has abandoned his trip to Charleston. Mrs. Roos?velt With Son. Mrs. Roosevelt and maid reached Grotcn early Saturday morning. At the school Mrs. Roosevelt was received by President Peabody. and a few miute-s later was at her boy's bedside. Subsequently an attempt was made to obtain from Mrs. Roosevelt a statement for publication regarding the illness of young Theodore, but through President Peabody she declined to depart from the course approved by President Roosevelt. According to this plan all necessary information conpprninp thp lad's condition will be transmitted to President Roosevelt, who will determine what news shall be made public. Charleston Is Disappointed. The greatest disappointment is felt in all circles in Charleston at the abandonment of the president's proposed trip to the city. Arrangements had been made for a splendid reception and everybody was looking to the occasion as the great day of the exposition. Everything w 11 have to be called off, as the president was the central figure of the program. The president arrived at Groton at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, after an uneventful trip of fourteen hours from Washington. There were no crowds at any of the stations, except at Ayer, where there was a gathering of about five hundred. The president came out of his seclusion and bowed to the crowd from the back platform, his appearance being greeted with cheers. Upon his arrived at Groton he did not find his son, Theodore. Jr., alarmingly ill with pneumonia, but the boy's condition was not sufficiently reassur-. ing to warrant the president's immediate return to the national capital. POWDER AIDED FLAMES. North Carolina Town Suffers $70,ouu Damage?One Life Lost. One man killed, a loss of $50,000 in buildings and $20,000 on goods ,is the result of a disastrous fire at Washington. N. C., Saturday afternoon. The fire began in the ceiling of the Atlantic Coast Line depot and the firemen could not cope with it. The freight depot and seven cars were destroyed. Kegs of powder were blown up, but no one was injured. A falling wall of one cf the stores killed Ed Peed, a colored fireman, who was terribly crushed. Five stores, two offices and two saloons were destroyed. TOO BAO, IF TRUE. Washington Paper Says President Will Decide Against Schley. The Washington Post of Thursday's issue contained the following: "It was stated last night that the president's response to the appeal of Admiral Schley would be made public next Saturday. It is understood that the response will be adverse to Schley. A visitor at the white house yesterday, with whom the president talked upon | the subject, quoted the president as saying that he thought the verdict of the majority of the court ought to be sustained." QUORUM WAS LACKING. Second Republican Caucus on Southern Suffrage Held In Vain. A Washington dispatch says: The second caucus of the house republi! cans to consider the question of action I looking to reducing the congressional I representation of the southern states which abridge the suffrage was held In the hall of representatives Monday night, but a quorum was not present and after two and a half hours of discussion the caucus adjourned until , nest Men da" without action. DAUGHTER FOLLOWS MOTHER. Two Women Die Suddenly In S?me House at Chattanooaa. I Elizabeth Eastwick. aged 55, was j found dead in bed at her home in Chattanooga Tuesdaj morning. Heart disease was the cause. In the afternoon at 5 o'clock her daughter, Mary Hilton, aged 23, dropped dead of heart disease Jr. the same house. Both were widows and both lived in the same house. " * . . . ELEVEN DIE IN FLAMES. 1 I Hotel In St. Louis Burns Causing Heavy Loss of Life and Great Property Damage. A fire at St. Louis, Mo., early Sunday morning, which destroyed the Empire hotel, a large three-story lodging house occupied by men exclusively, j caused the death of eleven persons, ten men and one woman, and dangerously injured eight others. Ten or more who had narrow escapes from death in the fire were more or less injured by being frost-bitten. It is estimated that there were between thirtyfive and forty persons in the building Saturday night, and it is believed all have been accounted for. Twenty thousand dollars it is thought will cover damage to buildings and contents, which were totally destroyed. The fire started at 3:30 a. m. when few persons were abroad and gained I considerable headway before the alarm was given. When the engines reached the scene the whole front of the building was in flames and the building was a seething furnace. By that time all who escaped death had got out of the building by jumping from the windows or climbing down ropes made' of bedclothes. CONSOLIDATION EFFECTED. One Big Corporation Will Now Control Atlanta Street Railways, Etc. The Atlanta Railway and Power Company, the Atlanta Rapid Transit Company, the Georgia Electric Light Company and the Atlanta Steam Company have at last been merged into one giant corporation controlling the entire street railways, electric lights and steam heating plants of the city. This state of affairs is the culmination, on last Saturday, of a series of long drawn out negotiations between H. M. Atkinson and the city of Atlanta looking to the merging of the several properties named. The city receives $30,000 in cash as soon as the consolidation agreement goes into effect. For the first year the city will received 1 per cent of $1,100,000, cr $11,000. During the second year, allowing for an increase of $100,000, the city will receive 1 per cent of $1,200,000, or $12,000, a total for the first two years of $73,000, .including the $50,000 in cash. During the next twenty years the city will receive 2 per cent of the yearly gross receipts. Basing the increase on the proportionate increase of population, the average for the next ten years will be $1,500,000, the city's share of which will be S's0,009 per year, or $300,000 for tiu yeass. The | total for twelve years will be $373,000. During the ten years following a [ reasonable estimate of the increase will cause the average to reach $2,000,000, of which the city will get 2 per cent, or $40,000 per year, making a total of $400,000 for the ten years. At | this ratio of increase the city will receive a total of $773,000 for the first twenty-two years. For the period of ten years from 1924 to 1934, it is estimated, on the basis already outlined, that the aver age gross receipts per year will be $3,000,000, of which the city will receive 3 per cent per year, or $90,000 per year for ten years, a total of $900,000 for ten years. At this rate the city will get a total of $1,673,000 during the first thirty-two years of the agreement, including the $50,000 in cash. ELBERTON SURFERS HEAVILY. Two Business Blocks In Thriving Georgia Tov/n are in Ashes. Fire broke out in the heart of the business section of Elberton, Ga., at an early hour Sunday morning, and before the flames were checked over $100,000 had gone up in smoke. Two of the main business blocks of 1 ?: 4... <-> nn in miine o n ri tho 1r>CC Is PS. liie Lit,) aic 111 luiug uuu timated at $104,500. Of this less than half was covered by insurance, the total amount of insurance on the burned buildings and stocks amounting to only $41,750. The fire is by all odds the most disastrous in the history of the Granite City. The buildings burned were on Mcintosh street, the principal business street of Elberton. AN UNUSUAL APPOINTMENT. South Carolina Governor Makes Georgian Member of His Staff. Colonel J. H. Estill, of Savannah, Ga., has received a letter from Governor McSwecncy, of South Carolina, notifying him of his appointment as an honorary aide cf the governor's staff, with rank of lieutenant colonel. The appointment was a surprise to Colonel Estill, it being unusual for a governor to make such an appointment outside his own state. Colonel iistill is aircauy a coionei oy vircue 01 having formerly filled such a position on the staff of the governor of Georgia. Schley Back In Washington. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Schley arrived in Washington Saturday morning from their western and southern trip and went at once to their apartments in the Richmond. Pier Destroyed at New York. Fire destroyed pier G of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company at New York Sunday morning, and the loss, including damage to shipping, Is $250,000. NEW KIND OF GIN. Belinting Company witn Large capital Is Incorporated. The National Cotton Seed Delintlng Company, of Baltimore, capital }>*,000,000, to manufacture machines for delinting cotton seed and to manufacture cotton seed oil. has filed a certificate of incorporation at Dover, Del. The incorporators are Charles Eagan, William A. Ragsclale, Baltimore, and J. G. Gray, Wilmington, Del. v / r v" I SOUTH CAROLINA \ I STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ CSItVlCsHMCMCMCNKVIf Solons Visit the Expo. Governor McSweeney and the general assembly of South Carolina were ihe guests of the South Carolina and interstate exposition one day the past week. Many of the members participated in the good roads convention. * * * Anderson Votes to Issue Bonds. The election on a $50,000 sewerage bond issue at Anderson ended in victory for sewerage by 105 majority out of 269 registered voters. Plans are now being prepared by Engineer Ludlow. The system will be installed at once. * * * Smith Bradley Dead. Smith Bradley died a day or two ago at his home three miles from' Greenville. I?e was a prominent farm-* cr and his death is a great loss to than section of the state. Besides a widow-;' he leaves nine children and a large number of relatives. The funeral took place at White Oak church. * * * Indiana D?y at Exposition. Tuesday, February 25, wlll .be Indiana day at the Charleston exposl-? tion. Governor Durbin and staff, in uniform, will leave Indianapolis Thursj day, February 13. They will leavel Miami, Fla., for Cuba the following Sunday, and wi.* spend four days at Havana, sightseeing, leaving there ! Friday noon. Tuesday will be spent at the exposition. They will reach Indianapolis Thursday, February 27. * * * Large Still Destroyed* The past week Revenue Collector Aiken, assistel by several deputy marshals. near Sunny Side, Pickens county. destroyed a large illicit distillery outfit, consisting of a 200-gallon copper still, thirteen fermenters and 2,000 gallons of beer. The still was in operation when discovered. and the operators. Stanley and ConJey, were arrested. Officers say it was one of the largest outfits ever destroyed in that section of the state. * * * The Cook County Democracy. President Powers, with 275 of the 1, 600 members of tbe Cook county Democracy, reached Charleston last Monday morning. Its celebrated brass band of fifty-three members arrived from Columbia in the afternoon. They were greeted at the station by Mayor Smith and a large committee of prominent democrats. The committee entertained the visitors Monday night. Tuesday the Chicagoans were seen in the carnival king's parade. They presented a fine appearance in the line of march with their silk hats, frock coats and silk umbrellas. Wednesday they were taken for a sail around the harbor, winding up with a fish dinner at the Isle of Palms. The party resumed their tour of the south Wednesday night. ? * * Charleston's Mardi Gras Carnival. The Mardi* Gras carnival at Charleston attracted many thousands. The floral fiesta opened with a parade around the exposition and a more brilliant spectacle of its kind has never been witnessed in the city. Miss Frost, the*young queen, acI comnanied by the aueen regent, Mrs. | Andrew Simonds, and attended by laI dies in waiting and a brilliant court, led a splendid troop of flower-decked vehicles. The floral parade was in four divis! ions, the last of which was made up of the Georgia party composed of Governor Candler and his uniformed staff of twenty-three Georgia colonels, including Adjutant General James W. Robertson and State Treasurer R. E. Park and fourteen distinguished civilians. It was led by the Gate City Guard with Vittur's drum corps. Governor Candler came next, riding in a carriage. The members of his staff were mounted. Then came several carriages with the Georgia maids of honor. Rex. R. G. Rhett, arrived at night, crowned the queen of flowers as queen of the carnival, and was given the keys of the city by Mayor Smyth. The festivities closed with a grand court ball. * * * Turner to Operate Track. Beginning last Monday morning a iti? raniner ncsarintinn nSKlimed COn trol at the exposition track in Charleston. When the Charleston Racing Association defaulted its contract with the exposition company, Arthur Wall, who had been manager for the association, though not personally interested in the enterprise, offered to keep the meeting going until the exposition company could make other arrangements. Mr. Wall requested at the same time that he should be relieved of his responsibilities as quickly as possible. Saturday afternoon he received an official announcement from the exposition authorities that other arrangements had been made and that this statement was confirmed after a meeting of the board of directors of the exposition Saturday night. It was announced that a contract had been made for a continuance of the race meeting by Robert Turner in his own person and as the representative of the syndicate of turfmen. A large number of the officials of the former racing association have already resigned. Mr. Turner announc[ ed Saturday night that the racing under his auspices would be conducted as far as possible on the lines heretofore observed. * * * After Ticket Scalper. Warrants have been issued at Charleston fcr the arrest of Max Sol omon. nereioiore empioyea as a ciem. % in McFarran's cut-rate ticket office, who is accused of swindling S. Wainwright, a jockey, out of $25. Wainwright was under ;ontract to ride in Nashville, and several days ago he left $25 with Solomon for two tickets to Nashville. When he called for the transportation he was told to return two hours later, and when he J called again the clerk was ,not there. McFarran claimed that he was not responsible for the loss, notwithstand-.y^J; ing the fact that Wainwright held Solomon's receipt. S .5* A telegram was received saying that Solomon was in Atlanta, and was going from there to New Orleans. Ap- -y plication will be made for requisition papers in case Solomon is caught, and the railroad authorities will assist in the prosecution. A bitter fight is now being waged against the scalpers and Solomon will ||j not be allowed to escape. *% Shriners to Tackle the Midway. The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of the two Carolinas, represented In * Charlotte as an organized body by Oasis temple, are preparing to make a pilgrimage to Charleston on April 1 fcext, and the event is looked forward / to with extraordinary interest. Wednesday, April 2, will be given over to visiting Charleston's numerous |jg| attractions, the local Nobles being the hosts for that day, and that night will be fitly celebrated as "Shriners" night 3? on the midway. The managers of the exposition have officially designated Thursday, April 3, as Shriners' day, . and if the present arrangements are carried out the occasion will be a red- & -* letter day, not only for the Shriners,J||| but for the exposition itself. The Carolina Nobles are counting on a goodly attendance of their Georgia -' fellow Shriners at the Charleston \ meeting. CHARLESTON DISAPPOINTED. ~T" Cancellation of President'# Trip at Last Moment Causes Much Sorrow. \ The greatest disappointment ?1 felt r i? all Jn Charleston at thft abandonment of the president's trip to " i the Exposition City. Arrangements had been made for a ij?| splendid reception and everybody was looking to the occasion as the great day of the exposition. Everything has ' been called off, as the president was \ ^ the feature of the program and the ; only feature practically of the occaBONE BOYS GIVEN FREEDOM. Governor Candler Pardons Two Men Convicted of Highway Robbery.' 'M Julius and Lem Bone, two Atlanta, f Ga., boys, who were convicted of highway robbery five years ago, and who ' were sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, were pardoned by Governor Candler Friday. Julius Bone is at the Coal City camp, and Lem is at Chicka- r ^ mauga. The majority of the prison commission declined to recommend a pardon, Zjgji Vmt Tnrfco .T s Turner, the chairmanJ&k^Ai kJKA* , ' dissented and gave strong reasons why; the two boys should be released. ,'^^m INVITATION TO CUBANewlands, of Nevada, Introduces An nexation Resolution. Representative Newlands, of Nevada, from the ways and means committer who was author of the resolution annexing Hawaii, introduced a joint res* olution in the house Wednesday invlfc* ing the general public of Cuba to become a part of the United States as a territory, and then as a state of the union, to be called the state of Cuba? / M also authorizing the 25 per cent reduc- i: tion of duty on the present crop of Cu ban sugar in consideration or ine uu- ^ bans granting preferential rates to the United Spates. %% TALKS ON GOOD} ROAD8. 1 Convention at Charleston Well Attend' ed Exposition Patrons. The National Good Roads Convention began its sessions in Charleston Thursday. The exposition patrons listened to addresses on highway building and ' -&| relative subjects by Martin Dodge, ot the department of agriculture at Washington; M. A. Hayes, ftf the Southern railway; E. L. Tessier, of the Charleston exposition, and W. W. Cro?>y, of Baltimore. i *. ' -^*1 COSTLY CEMENT PLANT. ' h Million Dollar Concern Slated Fof Town of Rockmart, Ga. a miiiinn dollar Portland cement plant is shortly to be erected and put into operation at Rockmart, Ga., by the Southern States Portland/Cement Company, to be organized In Atlanta within the next week, backed by the powerful Michigan organization knows as the Peninsular Portland Cement Company. The principal offices of the new conjf pany are to be located in Atlanta. CONSIGNED TO MOTHER EARTH# ??? Bodies of Biddie Brothers Are Buried In a Single Grave. At Pittsburg Wednesday morning the" <? remains of Edward and John Biddie were quietly interred in a single gra^e * at Calvary cemetery. ^ There were not more than twentyfive people, Including the brother, Harry Biddle, that accompanied the bodies to the grave. OFF FOR THE SOUTH. Delegation of Cook County, Illinois, Democrats Begin Tour. A special train bearing 245 local members of the Cook county demo? racy left Chicago Thursday oyer the Big Four road, bound for Charleston, S. C., where they will be t?e guests of the exposition officials. Several other southern cities are included in the itinerary. y*