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}1O?TH CAROLINA j'
] STATE NEWS ITEMS. \
hCMfNICNirOCNJCNICNlfSJt
McSweeney Deplores Controversy.
Governor McSweeney. in giving his .
opinion of the Tillman-McLaurin controversy,
said he deplored the undesirable
prominence which had been given
the state of South Carolina by the
clash between her senators.
^ "It comes at a bad time," the goverL
% nor said, "just when our state is on the
B- crest of the wave of industrial develop
ment, and a state of political quietude '
is prevailing to the material benefit of
B her citizenship. I realize that the
press of the east will take up this mat- \
S ter and exploit it to the fullest That
it will act as a setback to the development
of South Carolina I do not doubt.
Ail mat i can ao is to aepiore me uc- ,
currence.
"It Is for the United States senate ,
to deal with the senators in this mat- '
" - ter as that body sees fit under its '
rules. At this distance it is not proper .
for me to express an opinion as to
what course the senate should pursue.
If the senate should take radical steps
* and it comes to me, as governor, I can
simply say that I will meet the issue
squarely and with firmness and deal
with it as the circumstances demand. I
"With me it is not a question of
Tillman or McLaurin during my offi- j
cial career. I have endeavored on ev
ery occasion to act in such a way that '
South Carolina's political and indus- 1
trial course could not be misunder- : ^
stood. Factional differences have long '
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ago passed away in this state and at
no time in our history have the people '
been more determined to look at matters
from a practical and sensible
standpoint. The advantages of South
Carolina have been presented to all of
the business men who have been carefully
looking to points where capital
should go and personal issues should
t not be considered in matters like this
unfortunate affair. !
"The people of the country should
not blame our state for this incident
in the United States senate. Senator
McLaurin, by implication, and his
friends directly, have charged Senator
Tillman with taking rebates, etc. Sen- ?
ator Tillman has made these charged
of selling out for federal patronage
against Senator McLaurin. If there
is anything in these charges and countercharges,
it seems to me that the
time has come when the people of
South Carolina are entitled to know it; *
that it is time these matters are *
brought to the proof on both sides."
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Last Day of Legislature.
The state legislature has adjourned, j 1
The body remained in session the full I
forty days permitted by the constitu- j *
> tion to draw pay. Up to seven years *'
ago the legislature met the last Tuesda
in November, and although its
sessions were not limited, always adI
jcurned in time for the members to 1
get home Christmas. But latterly it
has taken the full forty days to wind
up the business. So the state has 1
saved nothing from the reduction of
< salaries from $5 to $4 per day.
This has been a very quiet session? 1
- no bitter fights, no long debates and
nothing done of great interest. The
chiltl labor bill was fought over last
year, the opponents of limiting the la- ^
, bor of children carrying the day. A
compulsory educational bill, which
was designed to keep children out of ,
^ ' the mills at least a part of the year *
and in which there was as much interest
as any measure before the legisla- ,
ture, was defeated.
Nor did anything come of the fight
against trusts. The Virginia-Carolina
company, which it was proposed to ex- *
elude from doing business in the state,
developed strength in both houses and '
won at every point. A general trust
regulating bill also failed.
The pendulum is swinging back from
the economic salary reducing extreme L
reached in 1892. The salaries of cir- 1
cuit solicitors, which were never mu- 1
nlficent, were returned to the old figure,
$1,500. The legislature, however, v
declined to raise the salaries of the
supreme court justices. They used ^
? to be $4,000, but were reduced to $2,- J
850, while the circuit judges were re- 0
duced from $3,500 to $3,000. So the
judges of the inferior courts continue \
to receive $150 more a year than the v
supreme court justices.
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Senator Appelt, an old supporter of "
the dispensary, succeeded in getting s,
the first legislation against that institution.
His bill chartering the town v
of Summerton, in Clarendon county,
contained the proviso that no dispen- *J
sary should ever be established within c
its corporate limits. So there will be
prohibition or blind tigers in Summerton,
as this provision was allowed to
stand.
A bill providing for an oil inspector c
1 failed to pass for lack of time.
Efforts to repeal the act passed last
year in reference to concealed weapons
failed. This law goes into effect &
July 1 next, and prohibits the carry- a
ing or sale of a pistol less than 20 R
inches in length. The fine of $200 im- tl
posed will be divided between the in- B
formant and the public schools, and is
sufficient to keep dealers out of the p
business. It is surmised that there si
will be a brisk trade in firearms in the tl
adjacent towns of neighboring states. c<
Both houses have agreed to the con- c
solidation of the Asheville and Spar- u
tanburg, the South Carolina and Oeor*
* gia, the Carolina Midland and the ^
South Carolina and Georgia Extension
Railroad companies, the consolidated "
company to be leased to the Southern.
The only proviso is that none of the
roads shall ever be dismantled or ^
abandoned. This is the method pursued
by the South Carolina and Geor- D
gia Extension Company to lease their b
line to the Southern. Being a parallel i:
line, it required the sanction of the leg- <
islature. The railroad commission call- n
ed attention to the fact that this road, s
100 miles long and traversing a rich a
territory, had no outlet or connections c
at either end, was in bad physical con- s
c
liition and ma; couso.iudduii
greatly bentflt the road as well as. the
section through which it passed.
The bill to require vestibules cn
electric cars has passed both house-:
and will become law. It has been
amended, however, to exempt Charleston,
where the wdather is milder. It is
to be enforced during the months cf
December, January, February and
March.
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Atlanta Day at Charleston.
Atlanta, Ga.. will have a marching
club at the Charleston exposition, simi
lar to the Cook county organization,
when the City by the Sea is visited on
April 4th, which is Atlanta day at the
exposition. The club will be composed
of Mayor Mims, members of the
aidermanic board, the city council and
the heads of city departments.
A special committee has been appointed
to secure a city flag, at a cost
cf not more than $100, to purchase
Viotc fho marphinf r>lllh av.(\ to SO
uaio i.V/1 IUV U4Mt V?v.w V?V.
licit subscriptions from the merchants
of Atlanta for the trip.
It has already been decided that the
trip will be made in the day time. A
stop of several hours will be made at
Augusta and probably at Columbia,
where the marching club will be escorted
over the city, headed by the Atlanta
Fire Department Drum and Buble
corps.
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Heroic Girl Fire Fighters.
One night recently fire was discovered
in the two-story dormitory of Sans
Souci Select School for Young Ladles,
located three miles from Greenville. It
priginated from the furnace under the
lining room.
The flames spread rapidly along the
Interior walls and every indication
pointed to the total destruction of the
Duilding. The twenty-five girl occupants
went to work like men and with
;he assistance of laborers from the
arms nearby soon had the. fire under
control.
Persons in the city were notified and
parties on horses, in carriages and
>uggies hurried to the scene,. By he oic
work on the part of tty> young lalies
and citizens of the city, the flames
vere extinguished. The damage estinated
at $700 is covered by insurmce.
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Colons Liberal With Vets.
'The state senate decided not to be
mtdone by the house In liberality to
Confederate soldiers. The annual appropriation
for pensions has been
100,000. It was when pensions first
>egan a dozen years ago $50,000, but
his amount was subsequently doubled.
Che house put $200,000 in the approprl.tion
bill and the senate confirmed
1.1_ it
nis acuon.
For the first time in many years all
he state colleges get what they ask
or and without a fight
EIGHTEEN KNOWN DEAD.
List of Fatalities of Park Avenue Hotel
Holocaust In New York.
The following list of persons, who
ost their lives in the Park Avenue
lotel fire in New York, or who dieu
rom injuries received in it, was compiled
late Saturday night:
Normon Acton, Colorado Springs;
Colonel Charles L. Burdett, command- 1
u* of the First regiment Connecticut 1
rolimteers, of Hartford, Conn.; WU- ;
iain J. Bernhardt and Mrs. William J.
Bernhardt, Chicago; Lee G. Conrad,
ocai resident; Fred H. Hovey, Lyons 1
"sT. Y.; Ilames, Jr., (not certain; may
>e Tkomes Home), lived in Denver, 1
}olo.; John Ivison, Denver, Colo.; 1
dinnip E. Liceert. Denver. Colo.: Mrs. 1
r. McManus, residence not given; Capain
Charles Underwood O'Connell, 1
ormerly clerk in supreme court; ex^ougressman
Gaston A. Robbins, of
Alabama; Esther Schlessinger, Ckica- 1
;o; Jacob Spahn, Rochester, N. Y.; ^
ohn G. Walker, Columbia, Tenn., 1
:ol. Alexander M. Piper, U. S. A., re- 1
ire<i, 70 years old; Mrs. Salome Fos- 5
cr, known as the "Tombs Angel;"
^'identified body of woman, may be
hat of wife of Rev. W. S. Boardman, !
vho is a patient in Bellevue.
The fire was confined principally to
rho had come to attend the festivities 1
a honor of Prince Henry. More than (
OCT persons were in the house.
The fire wa sconfined principally to
he fifth and sixth floors near the eleator
shaft. About the time the hotel
- as found to be on fire the light went
ut and the corridors were filled with '
moke. The guests, unable to find
heir way through the darkened hall ay,
jumped from windows or ran di- ,
ectly into the flame-swept portions of
he building. It is this fact that ac- *
ounts for the largo loss of life, alhovgh
the hotel was not destroyed. j
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JEWS AFTER PALESTINE. J
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>r. Herzl Is Now Seeking Concessions 1
From Sultan of Turkey.
The leaders of the Zionist movement ?
nticipates important developments as
result of the visit of Dr. Theodore
[erzl, of Pennsylvania, president of
le Zionist congress recently held at
asle, Switzerland, to Constantinople.
Dr. Herzl was summoned to Yildiz
alace by a special telegram from the 1
iiltan, and is now negotiating with
ie sultan for the acquisition of conessions
in Palestine permitting of the
nimpeded immigration and settle- [
sent of Jews there.
VELLINGTON ALSO PUGNACIOUS. '
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Maryland Senator Says He Would <
"U/all..)) U.
"Oiivp ITIT. ITI WV/UIIld*.
During the debate on the Philippine
ill in the senate Monday. Mr. McConas
and Mr. Wellington, of Maryland. *
iecame involved in a controversy dur- i *
ng the course of which the latter de- | ?
lared that if Mr. McComas should
riake his statements outside of the
enate chamber he would brand them
is a malicious falsehood. He was s
ailed to order promptly, and he re- j
umed his seat amid considerable ex- j
iltement. ' (
REAL "HERO" FOUND
Roosevelt Renders His Decision
In Schley Appeal Case.
SAYS WAINWRIGHT WAS "IT"
According to President Neither Schley
or Sampson Deserves Any Special
Credit for the Battle
of Santiago.
The decision of President Roosevelt
on the appeal of Kear Admiral scn.ey
was given to the press Wednesday
night. The salient features of the decision
are as follows:
All the accusations against Schley,
based on his conduct prior to the battle
off Santiago, are thrown out. The
president holds that if Admiral Schley
erred during that period his offenses
were condoned by his retention as second
in command.
On the question of command the
president says:
"Technically Sampson commanded
the fleet, and Schley, as usual, the
western division. The actual fact is,
that after the battle was joined not a
helm was shifted, not a gun was fired,
not a pound of steam was put on in the
engine room aboard any ship actively
engaged in obedience to the order of
either Sampson or Schley, save on
their own two vessels. It was a captain's
fight."
Sampson was hardly more than
technically in the fight. His only claim
for credit rests upon his work as commander
in chief in planning to meet
the Spanish ships when they should
come out.
Schley is entitled, as is Captain
Ccok, to the credit for what the
Brooklyn did in the fight. On the
whole, the president finds that the
Brooklyn did well, though he considers
the vessel's "loop" the "one grave
mistake" made by any American ship
during the battle.
Tho nrocMont nnncMorc fVio#' the
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most striking act of. the battle was
that of the Gloucester, whose commander,
Wainwright, pushed Into the
fight through a hail of projectiles In
order that he might do his part In destroying
the two torpedo boats. For
this conduct Walnwright was entitled
.0 receive more than any other commander
with the possible exception of
Clark, of the Oregon.
It was just to Admiral Sampson that
he should receive a greater advance
in numbers than Admiral Schley.
There was nothing dcjne In the battle
that warranted any unusual reward
for. either.
There is no excuse whatever from
either side for any further agitation
cf this unhappy controversy. To keep
it alive would merely do damage to the
navy and to the country.
In the ftTst paragraph of the decision
the president says: I have received
the appeal of Admiral Schley and
the answer thereto from the navy department.
I have examined both with
the utmost care, as well as the preceding
appeal to the secretary of the
navy. I have read through all the testimony
taken before the court and the i
statements of the counsel for Admirals
Sampson and Schley; have examined
all the official reports of every
kind in reference to *he Santiago naval
campaign, copies of the log books
and signal books, and the testimony
before the court of claims, and have
also personally had before me the four
surviving captains of the five ships,
aside from those of the two admirals,
which were actively engaged at Santiago.
The closing paragraph is as follows:
"Both Admiral Sampson and Admiral
Schley are now on the retired list,
[n concluding their report the members
of the court of Inquiry, Admirals
Dewey, Benham and Ramsay, unite In
stating that they recommend that no
'urther action be had in the matter.
With this recommendation I most
leartily concur. There is no excuse
whatever from either side for any fur:her
aaltation of this unhaDnv contro
rersy. To keep it alive would merely
io damage to the navy and to tho
country.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
TWEN+Y-FIVE YEARS PONTIFF.
-eo XII Celebrates Quarter Century
Mark of Hi6 Office as Pope.
At Rome, Italy, Thursday, Pope Leo
KII entered on the twenty-fifth year of
lis pontificate.
Although the main celebration of the
iubilee is postponed until March 3,
vhen the combined festivals of the
ubllee and coronation will be observed,
this day was marked by the singng
of a To Deum in St. Peters and
)ther observances.
The pontiff was the recipient of congratulations
from all sides.
SCHOONER PREY OF FLAMES.
T*U fiaunht In Ice
Floes and Burned.
A dispatch from Cape May, N. J.,
says: A three-masted schooner, the
name of which has n%t been learned,
was burned at sea Monday night. The
Are .which was plainly visible from
Cape May. started about 5 o'clock
Monday afternoon and burned until
after 8 o'clock. The schooner came
to a point about six miles off shore
luring Saturday night, and was caught
In the ice field flowing out of Delu-!
ware bay.
Shortage In "Hen Fruit." ,
Eggs are being sent to Chicago from
California to supply local demands.
3rices have reached 33 1-2 cents, the
mghest since 18S9, when they sold
Lt 35 cents a dozen.
Crumpacker Is Renominated.
The Tenth Indiana district congressional
convention held at Monticello
iVedncsday renominated Congressman
2. B. Crumpacker. republican, without j
)ppo8ltioni i
!LONG CHUCKLES IN HIS SLEEVE.'
! MoW that Schley Is Robbed* Naval"
Secretary May Retire?Attorney
Raynor is Silent
A special from Washington says!
Now that the Schley matter has been
settled officially, it is understood that
Secretary Long feels that he is at liberty
to carry out the project cherished
by him in the last year of President
McKinley's administration, to retire
to private life. However, this is not
expected to ensue at once, for there is
no certain knowledge of what may
follow in congress, notwithstanding a
! strong belief by the administration
j that the case is settled beyond revival.
Therefore, it is understood that the j
! change in the cabinet ctrclo will not !
I take place before the adjournment of i
i the presen session of congress, and
| perhaps not until next utumn.
! Members of the Maryland delegation
i in congress had a consultation Thurs'
day regarJing the latest phase of the
j Schley case, but reached no conclusion
j as to whether any move will be made
or can be made.
What Long Says.
Senretarv Lnnir. referrine to the
; president's statement upon the appeal
i of Admiral Schley, said:
"I have no comment to make on
the president's ruling upon the appeal
I of Admiral Schley, except to express
j my appreciation of its thorough, con!
scientious, straightforward character.
| It is, of course, gratifying that the
| navy department Is sustained. The decision
will be read as no other docui
ment would be, and I believe will direct
public opinion and tend to close
the whole matter."
Secretary Long has received the following
personal note from the white
! house, announcing the president's aci
tion in the case of Admiral Schley:
! "White House, Washington, Febru!
ary 19, 1902.?My Dear Sir: The pres'
ident requests me to state that, after
j a full and most careful consideration
1 of the appeal of Admiral Schley and
of the answer submitted thereto by
the navy department through you, he
has made the inclosed memorandum
of the ease, which he directs be filed
therewith, and the case treated as
closed. Very truly yours,
"GEORGE B. CORTELYOU,
"Secretary to the President."
No Comment From Raynor.
A Baltimore dispatch says: Isidor
Raynor, counsel for Rear Admiral
Schley, left for Washington Thursday
morning. He declined to comment
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upuii rresiueux xxuuscveu b ueuiaii.u m
the matter of Admiral Schley's appeal
from the findings of the court o:! inquiry.
MANY WANT THE PLUM.
Six Applications Are So Far on File
For Postmaster at Atlanta.
A Washington special says: So far
there are six applications on file for
the postpastership at Atlanta, Ga.,
made vacant by the death of Postmaster
Smyth.
The latest to try for the plum are
Major Charles Watson, a Grand Army
man of Atlanta, and A. R. Bryan, a
lawyer once nominated for congress
by the republicans, but defeated by
Livingston.
Besides these two, E. P. Blodgett.
J. C. Jenkins and Jerry McCaH want
the office. The friends of ex-Governor
Bullock have placed his name on the
list.
CONSOLIDATION RUMOR DENIED. ,
Story Affecting New Railway System
Comes From Selma.
Onlino Ala flnmat ctnrv I
j: i uiu utuua, rxiu., iuv,
! of a projected railroad consolidation, j
embracing the lines of the Georgia
railroad between Atlanta and Augusta,
the Atlanta and West Point, the Western
of Alabama and the Birmingham,
Selma and New Orleans branch of the ]
Louisville and Nashville. The report i
makes T. H. Scott, now connected
with the Georgia railroad, the general ]
manager of the new system and Presl- ]
dent F. M. Abbott, of Selma, at the i
head of the Birmingham, Selma and <
New Orleans road, as general superin- j
tendent. The rumor has been denied 1
In toto. (
SOUTHERN SOCIETY DINES.
Sixteenth Annual Banquet Held at I
Waldorf-Astoria, New York.
The sixteenth annual dinner of the
New York Southern Society was held (
at the Waldorf-Astoria Saturday' night. '
President Augustus Van Wvck was ]
toastmaster. With him at the guests' 1
table were Judge Joseph J. Willett, of i
Alabama, who responded to the toast, <
"George Washington;" Augustus
Thomas, president of the Missouri So- I
city, who spoke on "The South as a l
Custodian," and F. H. Richardson, i
of Atlanta. Ga., who spoke on "The 1
South of the Future." I
SAVES INNOCENT MAN'S NECK.
Prisoner Clears Supposed Accomplice '
Sentenced to Die.
.Tames Lynch, a prisoner muter .sen
fence of death In the state penitentiary
at Salt Lake. Utah, ha.* made an
affidavit to the effect that I.. K. Kins,
ul&o under a death sentence, had abso
lutely nothing to do with the attempted
hold-up of a gambling house In Salt
Lake In September, 1900. when George
Trow was shot and killed and for
which crime Lynch and King were
convicted.
DR. TALMAGE IN MACON.
The Noted Divine Delivers Interesting
Lecture In Central City.
Rev. T. DeWitt T&lmage lectured in
Macon, Ga., Tuesday night. His audience
was enthusiastic. He showed
that his seventy years of age have not
diminished his power as a platform
speaker. He went from Macon to New
Or^ann, and from tbore he will go tc*
Citf of Mexico. |
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HENRY AT CAPITAL1
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State Reception Is Given Prince',
By Official Washington.
ENTERTAINED AT WHITE HOUSE j
Cordially Welcomed By President. 1
Visits German Embassy and
Congressional Halls?Day (
Closes With Dinner. j
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Prince Henry of Prussia and suite, ^
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accompanied by the welcoming dele- , ^
gates from both the president and the I ^
Germany embassy, arrived in Wash- j j
ington at 10:30 o'clock Monday morn- J 1
ing, promptly on schedule time. J
The trip from Baltimore to Wash
ington was without incident. The j j
prince's stay In Baltimore was noces- <
sarily very brief. His train was met <
at the union station by the mayor of 1
Baltimore and an escort of twenty- J
four prominent citizens. Two hun- 1
dred members of the various German 1
singing societies were also admitted {
to the station. (
The mayor then presented an en- 1
grossed copy of the resolutions of wel- (
come which had been adopted by the J
city council, and the prince, accepting ^
it, replied: (
"I thank you heartily, sir, for your 1
cordial welcome and kind words, and ^
beg that you will say to the people of '
Baltimore for me that I thank them, 1
tco, with all my heart." c
Secretary of State Hay, Secretary i
cf the Navy Long, Assistant Secretary $
of State Pierce, who had charge of 1
the arrangements at the Washington ^
depot, and Count Quadt and two other c
attaches from the German embassy *
awaited the arrival of the train at the c
depot. After an informal welcome the f
party was driven at once to the white *
house. j
ice welcome me prmue ictuvcu
from President Roosevelt was genu- (
inely hearty and open-handed, and he (
in turn showed unmisfkkable evidence of
the pleasure it gave #him to meet c
the president of the American people. G
From the white house the Prince a
was driven to the German embassy, 1
arriving there shortly after 11 o'clock. C
At 11:40 President Roosevelt return- ^
ed the call of the prince. Following *
the call of the president came that'of ?
the commissioners of the District of f
Columbia, who called to extend to the t
prince the welcome of the city of c
Washington. 1
One of the most brilliant functions r
of the day was at 2 p. m., when Prince c
Henry received at the German embas- a
sy the members of the diplomatic r
corps, Including the ambassadors and
ministers, accompanied by their staffs
of military, naval and civil attaches,
all in full uniform. ^
At 3:40 p. m. the prince left the
^^onmnanipf) hv the German
umuaooj ?vcvui^uM?vU *-> j ?
ambassador and Admiral Evans to go *
to the capitol.. c
The vi^it to the capitol must have r
been not only a gratifying experience a
to the royal visitor, on account of the s
warm and flattering reception he re- c
ceived at both the house and senate,
and of the opportunity it afforded of ?
meeting personally the leaders of both c
houses, but it must have been an extremely
interesting experience as well. ^
Prince Henry not only saw the ^
houses of the American parliament at 1
work, but In the senate he witnessed c
one cf those rare and Intensely dra- c
matic moments which comes in that
body occasionally at the conclusion of
a great debate.
Tn the house the speaker, who was *
awaiting him, greeted the prince with a
a warm hand-shake as Mr. Hitt pre- *
scnted "his royal highness." Gener- h
il Henderson invited the prince to be c
seated while the German ambassador *
made the other introductions, and then *h
a few words formally welcomed him.
The dinner given to the prince by p
President Roosevelt at the white *]
house Monday night closed the honors 0
bestowed on the royal visitor by offi- 8
:'al Washington for the day. The af
fair was on an elaborate scale and r
brought together a most distinguished
rompany. I]
FLORIDA POLITICAL POT.
Matters Are Shaping For Big State V
Primary the Coming Summer.
The political pot in Florida has hecr
;un to boil. Matters are rapidly shap- ?
ng themselves for the big primary s
^ext summer, and candidates are announcing
themselves for the several r
offices to be filled. P
The greatest interest attaches to n
.he contest for the United States sena- e
:crship. At present there are but two
jnnounced candidates, Hon. S. R. Mai- f
ory, of Pensacola, the incumbent, and a
.'ormer Senator Wilkinson Call. P
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BATTLE WITH DESPERADOES.
1
Trailed to Rendezvous By Officers
Guns Were Brought Into Play. F
A fight occurred Friday between Oklahoma
officers and the band of outlaws
that killed Sheriffs Smith and v
Beck at Anadarko, a month ago. As a ^
result one of the outlaws-, Walter Swof- c
ford, is dead and Deputy Sheriff W. A. ?
- ? < . . i- ! a
Jones, of Asner, UKia., is seriousiy
wounded. 1
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THREE YEARS HE 8T0LE. t
Bank Cashier, in that Time, Made
Way With $178,000.
A special from Great Falls, Mont., says
that H. H. Matteson. who on January
5 confessed to embezzling $76,000
from the First National bank, while *
acting as cashier, is now known to *
have taken $173,000, his operations extending
over three years. The facts 1
were made known at a meeting of the (
bank directors Wednesday and anoth- '
er complaint was swern out against T
Mattagon, 1
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SOUTHERN PR.OGRES8.
The New Industries Reported in the
South During the Past Week.
Among the more Important of the
aew industries reported for the past
week are: $100,000 bolt and iron
works to be rebuilt at Louisville, Ky.;
l $150,000 brewery at Sequin, Texas; a
?100,000 brewing and ice company at
Sheffield, Ala.; $125,000 brick works at
Johnson City, Tenn.; a $5,000 broom
'actory at Wichita Falls, Texas; a
bucket factory at Knoxville, Tenn.; a
?10,000 buggy factory at Valdosta,
Ja.; a $294,420 coal and coke company
it Clarksburg, W. Va.; cold storage
plants at Huntsville, Ala.,-and Pine
Bluff, Ark.; cotton compress at Knoxville,
Tenn.; a $100,000 distillery at
Frankfort, Ky.; an electric light and
power plant at Sparta, Tenn.; a flour,ng
mill at Alto, Tenn.; a 500-barrel
louring mill at Paris. Texas; a $100,)00
gas and electrical plant at Kcyser,
W. Va.; a hardware company at Dick
son, i'enn.; a $2d,oiiu naraware company
at Canyon, Texas; an ice factory
it Greensboro, Ga.; a $10,000 ice and
:old storage plant at Nashville, Tenn.;
1 $250,000 iron and steel works at
riouston, Texas; a $200,000 land company
at Lake City, Ark.; a laundry at
3rookhaven, Miss.; a lumber company
it Little Rock, Ark.; a $20,000 lumber
company at Raynham, N. C.; a $50,000
umber company at Troy, N. C., a.$10,)00
lumber company at Dallas, Texas;
i $60,000 lumber and brick company at
Norfolk, Va.; a-$15,000 manufacturing
company at Gadsden, Ala.; a $25,000
nedicine factory at Raleigh, N. C.; a
150,000 mc-dicine factory at Nashville,
renn.; a $25,000 mining company at
SI Paso, Texas; a $100,000 mining
company at Marfa, Texas; a $300,000
nining company at Shafter, Texas; a
>50,000 oil company at Huntsville,
\.rk.; a $25,000 oil company at Fort
-Vorth, Texas; a $100,000 oil company
it Houston, Texas; an oil company at
taunton, Va.; an oil and gas company
if. Henderson. Ky.; a $30,000 oil and
;as company at Columbia, Tenn.; a
-o.OOU oil and gas company at Jellico,
!"enn.: a $50,000 oil mill at Andalusia.
Via.; a $500,000 oil mill at Augusta,
3a.; a $50,000 oil mill at Greensboro,
3a.; a $30,000 oil mill at Brookhaven,
diss.; a $500,000 oil refining and fuel
ompany at Beaumont, Texas; a $60, 00
paint factory at Nashville, Tenn.;
i planing mill at Anniston, Ala.; puley
works at Owensboro, Ky.; a $50,>00
rice and irrigating company at
Vallisvllle, Texas; a $60,000 rolling
cill company at Birmingham, Ala.; a
aw mill at Crescent, Fla.; a spoke
actory at McKenzle, Tenn.; a $25,000
annery at Atlanta, Ga.; telephone
companies at Monroe, La., and Trinity,
Fexas; a woodworking plant at Wilnlngton,
N. C.; woolen mills at Hickiry,
N. C., and a $50,000 zinc company
?t Yellville, Ark.?Tradesman (Chattaicoga,
TennJ
WMiNIi) MIM IIUVCSI IUHI IU?,
rtcLaurln Appeals to Senate?Red
Roses on Tillman's Desk.
Both of the South Carolina senators
Fere on the floor when the senate was
ailed to order Monday. Mr. MsLauin
came in first, and Mr. Tillman Just
.fter the chaplain offered prayer. A
mall bunch of red roses and white
arnatlons lay on Mr. Tillman's desk.
An echo of the sensational fight of
Saturday was heard at the conclusion
f routine business.
Mr. Pritchard, republican, of North
Carolina, submitted a letter written
iim by Senator MoLaurin asking an
nvestigation, which was read at thef
lerk's desk.
alied to order Monday. Mr. McLauMr.
Pritchard then offered the folDwing
resolution:
"Whereas, the senior senator from
h estate of South Carolina charged in
speech on the floor of the senate that
he junior senator from the same state
ad been improperly influenced in
asting his vote for the ratification of
ho tro<*tx' nf npnro hetween the United
Itates and Spain, and
"Resolved, That the. committee on
rivileges and elections be directed to
Qvestigate and report as to the truth
f the said charges, with full power to
end for persons and papers."
Neither Mr. Tillman nor Mr. McLauin
were permitted by voice or by vote
o participate in the senate proceedngs
on the Philippine tariff bill.
TO RAISE INSURANCE RATES.
lanagers of Fire Insurance Companies
Held Important Meeting.
At a meeting of lire insurance manaers
in New York Wednesday it was
ecided that fire insurance rates
hould go up 25 per cent.
The meeting was largely attended,
epresent3tivos from nearly every
rominent company now doing busiess
in the United States being presnt.
The increased rates are to take elect
at an early date and will apply on
11 mercantile and manufacturing
iroperties, but net on dwellings and
ousehold goods.
"ARIFF CONCESSIONS CINCHED.
Republicans Finally Agree cn Plan tc.
Help Out Cubans.
The republican members of the
rays and means committee, who have
ieen considering the question oi concssions
to Cuba at several meetings
iuring the week, flnaliy reached an
grcement Saturday afternoon, which
s considered a signal victory for those
rho have favored tariff concessions to
hat island.
TUSCALOOSA'S LIQUOR SALES.
January T<eport cf Dispensary Business
Made Public.
The dispensary at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
ias made its first monthly report be'ore
the mayor and aldermen.
The total cash sales for the month of
Tanuarv were $3,7 :9 65. The largest
lay's sales were $547.45, on January
15, the smallest day's sales being Janjary
1, $91.10, or an a" >rage daily
tales for the month of $251.47.
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TILLMAN IS BARRED
President Withdraws Invitation
to Prince Henry Direer.
SENATE FRACAS THE CAUSE
South Carolinian Defies Request of
President and Declares) He Has
Been Insulted?Salty
Comment.
President -Roosevelt withdrew his
invitation extended to Senator Tillnfon,
of South Carolina, to attend the
dinner given last Monday night in
hnnnr nf Prinre Henrv. of Prussia, at
the white house.
It Is stated that this action on the
part of the president was made necessary
from the fact that it was due to
the occurrences on the floor of the senate
Saturday, when the senator from
South Carolina was declared in contempt
of the senate.
Senator Martin, of Virginia, a member
of the committee on naval affairs,
refused an invitation in Mr. Tillman's
place.
The invitation was extended originally
to Mr. Tillman owing to the fact
that he Li the ranking minority member
of the naval affairs committee.
Senator Frye, president pro tem, of
the senate, gave directions to the
clerks of the senate Monday morning
that the names of Senators Tillman
and McLaurin, of South Carolina, must
not be called on roll calls until further
notice.
there was a sensational sequel to
the decision of the president to eliminate
Senator Tillman from the list of
dinner guests. The president sent for
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, and
asked him as a friend and democratic
colleague of Mr. Tillman to suggest to
the latter the propriety of withdrawing
his acceptance of the dinner invitation.
Mr. Tillman absolutely refused to
withdraw his acceptance, in response
to the president's suggestion. The
president immediately cancelled the
invitation in a note he dispatched directly
to Mr. Tillman.
Curt Note to Tillman.
The fallowing Is the letter from the
white house withdrawing Mr. Tillman's
invitation to dine there Monday
night:
"White House, Feb. 24.?The president
regrets that he is compelled to
withdraw the invitation to you to dine
tonight at the white house.
Very truly yours,
"GEORGE B. CORTELYOU,
"Secretary to the President"
Commenting on the letter, Mr. Tillman
says:
"The president, of course, has the
right to Invite any one he chooses to
dine with' him officially or otherwise
and also has the right to withdraw'
such invitation. As I am not conscious
of having done anything personal
or official which gives the president
the right to insule, I am surprised
at his action. The invitation to the
dinner came to me unsought and unexpectedly,
and so far as the withdrawal
is concerned, it is a matter of absolute
indifference to me.
"It is the motive behind it which
seeks to put me in the condition of unworthiness
to meet the president and
his guest before final action by the
senate comes from a country where
customs makes it obligatory upon any
man who regards himself a gentleman
to promptly resent an insult and
the method is by challenge to a duel.
"That was once" the custom, but it is
obsolete in the United States, and we
have been forced as a people here to
cling to the old Anglo-Saxon rule of
considering the lie direct as the first
blow, and no man could hold up his
head in decent society should he, being
near enough to answer the lie with a
blow, not give it.
"As for my being in contempt of the
senate which I presume is the excuse
for this insult at the hands of the
president, that I deny. I have boen
guilty of a breach of the rules and the
privileges of the senate. The senate
was not sitting as a court, but as a legislative
assembly.
"It has the right to expel me if it
pees fit, and I am ready to abide by
its judgment and action. It has the
right to arrest me and hold me in custody
until it makes disposition of my
onua. Knf If hoc ?r? rJtrh+ trt cnc mA
and the president has no right to judge
me guilty of conduct unbecoming a
gentleman until he belies all his antecedents,
which lead one to believe that
he would have done just as I did under
the circumstances.
. "As to which of us is the gentleman
in this matter, in view of the unsought
invitation to dinner at the white house
and its indecent withdrawal, I am
willing to abide by the judgment of
all brave and self-respecting men."
FLY WHEEL KILLS TftREE.
Unfortunate Accident In Lighting
Company's Plant at Spartanburg.
Wednesday night at 10 o'clock the
fly wheel In the plant of the Spartan-1
burg Railway and Lighting Company,
at Spartanburg, S. C., from somo unaccountable
cause, flew asunder. The
city was plunged In darkness and on
investigation proved a terrible tragedy
had been enacted. Three men
sustained Injuries that caused their ]
deaths on Thursday.
PALMA IS NOW PRESIDENT.
? \
Formally Named By the Electoral College
of Cuba.
At Havana Monday Dr. Thomas Estrada
Palma and Senor Esteve were
formally elected by the electoral college,
respectively first president and
flrst vice president of the Cuban republic
Senators wers also sleeted.
RAILROADS ARE IN NO HORRY.
i
They Want to See Plane For New
Depot In Atlanta Before
Giving Answer.
Members of the Georgia state depot
commission and representatives of the
railroads entering Atlanta held two M
conferences in Governor Candler's ofi
fice Wednesday. The sum total resuit
of the conference was the deciaion
on the part of the depot commission
to employ a competent architect >
| or civil engineer of national repntaj
tion to investigate the state's terminal - "f
property In Atlanta and prepare v&c%
ground plans for a suitable and aae\
quate union passenger station.
J The discussion between the railroad ' 3?
officials and the commission lasted
all the morning, and it was at the
meeting of the commission in the afternoon
that this action was taken. - " ^
Under the resolution adopted, Gov- '
; ernor Candler will enter into corre;
spondence at once with various ar- .,
| chitects and civil engineers of nation- .
al prominence, asking them to submit
proposals for preliminary wort: such
as is desired, and when their replies
are received another meeting of the
commission will be called.
The resolution adopted contemplates
the preparation simply of ground
plans, or plans designed to show
whether or not sufficient track room " d
for a union station can bo secured on .
the present site. When an engineer . ^
or architect has been secured, which '
will probably be within the next ten
days or two weeks at latest, he will ,
be asked to prepare these preliminary
plans as speedily as possible, and;
when they are ready it is contemplate ed
to have another conference with
the railroad officials, at which the
matter can be properly discussed, and, -%M
perhaps, a definite conclusion reached. ,-M
The necessity for the employment of
such an architect grows out of the
fact that several of the railroads do,
j not believe an adequate station can be
constructed on the state's property,
They said they must be satisfied that > |
this can be done before they are willing
to give their assent to the proposition
made by the state. Principal jjgpHj
among those taking this stand are the yj
Southern and the Central of Georgia. 8ALE
OF RAILROAD.
The Nashville and KnoxvlUe Secured
, By Tennessee Central.
The sale of the Nashville and Knox*
vllle railroad to the Tennessee Ceo*
tral has been consummated, according :
to a telegram received at Nashville from
President Shepley, of . the Union
Trust Company, of St." Louis.
The message says that a payment of . ^
$00,000 has been made, and that all '
the Nashville and KnoxvlUe securities
have passed into the hands of Tennes*
rs. * 1
see VyfjUtittl UUOLCCO, "Z'jzi
The Nashville and. KnoxvHle runs
from Monterey to Lebanon, a distance
of 110 miles, and is the essential link
in the proposed Tennessee Central syx- ,
WRECKED BY BROKEN RAIL, r
One Mam Kilted and Five Hurt In 8ub* %
urbs of Columbus, Ohio.
As the result of a broken rail at 3:11 V.
Wednesday morning one man was kilt , ^
ed and five injured on the Columbtt^'|
Sandusky and Hocking railroad near M
the Nelson avenue crossing at Shep*
ards, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. ; ^
William Smith, the man killed, wax' ?,
the engineer on one of the locomotives i ' -0"
of a double-header that left the city
about 3 a. m., and his watch stopped||gB
at 3:21, showing the time when the , ^
fatal crash came.
STICKS TO HI3 ESTIMATE. \ %
- ' *.py i-gij
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture
On State's Cotton Crop.
ConrHa liAnnrhnonf of nsrlcnl.
ture sticks to its estimate of 1,300,000^
bales for the state's cotton crop, despite
the assertion in many quarters
that it will reach 1,500,000 or 1,- |%||H
600,000 bales, or thereabouts.
It was last Augu: ? that Commissioner
O. B. Stervens gave out an estimate
that the Georgia crop would not go
over 1,300,000 bales
CAPITAL IN STORM'S GRIP. '
Sleet and Snow Practically Isolates
Washington From Northern Section. /'t
A severe sleet storm struck Wash- ,???
ington Friday and for a time the no- ,
tional capital was absolutely cut off
from all telegraphic or telephone communicatlon
north of Baltimore, and is
compelled to depend on uncertain ^
wires to Richmond and Atlanta for .i5
reaching the country at large. Aside
from damage to wires, however, the '
storm did no injury, the sleet not be- ^
ing heavy enough to do much harm to ;
PRO-BOER MEETING HELD.
Large and Enthusiastic Audience of
Sympathizers Gather In Washington.
An enthusiastic meeting of Boer I
sympathizers was held in Washington
sunaay, anu rcsuiuuuus wwo auuy^a
calling on President Roosevelt and -h
congress to use all mean* in their pow- v:5g
er to prevent the further exportation '>2
of horses and mules to the English in
South Africa. In addition to this a
collection was taken up for the bene- ^
fit of the Boer widows and orphans.
REPORT TRUE, 8AY8 LONO. ' 'iH
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Naval Secretary Will Leave Cabinet,
But Names No Date.
After the cabinet meeting in Wash-.
ington Friday, Secretary Long stated
that the report that he intended leaving
the cabinet was quite true. He
said he had fixed upon no specific date
for his leaving and he had not yet for- ?
mally sent his resignation.to-the presIdent
and might not do so for soma