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'S5?11 E?i * :'WB i The Bamberg Herald. i * ^??81 _ ' , ? !> ! I* 0* -i^^?i . If | ? ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 10.1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. j % - 1 " ' ^ ^ No Chance for the Fiaht. RIDDLED BY BULLETS Ib Prominent Street of Rome, Georgia, Negro is Lynched. ATTEMPTED RAPE THE CHARGE Four Thousand Angry Citizens Took " Part in Hanging?A Thousand Bullets Fired Into the Negro's Body. At Rome, Ga., Tuesday night, in the middle of Broad street, the principal thoroughfare of the city, Walter Allen, colored, was hanged to an electric light pole for an attempted criminal assault. The lynching was in the very rxlora r\f on immoneo o!pr?frir? lieht fOT Gil4i V V*- 14U4UVUWV vvvv. .w - ?? J ? ner Broad street and Fifth avenue. Four thousand people took part in the deed without masks. The mob battered down the jail door with a sledge hammer and broke the steel cage of .the negro's cell. He Was quickly rushed a block and a half from the jail and allowed to make a statement. He swore he was not guilty and prayed that the right party might be caught and hanged. The crime for which Allen was lynched?attempted criminal assault? was committed late Monday afternoon. The young lady whom he selected for his Yictim was Miss Blossom Adamson, a young girl not mere than sixteen years old. She was choked into insensibility and would have suffered an outrage had not the negro taken fright. The affair was kept secret until Tuesday afternoon when the story came out .of the negro's capture. Allen was taken from the Floyd county jail at 8 o'clock p. m. and lynched from a telegraph pole in front of the Central hotel and not less than a thousand bullets pierced his body from pistols In the hands of infuriated "citizens. Captain A. B. S. Moseley, an uncle of Miss Adamson, shot at the negri three times at police headquarters in the afternoon, one of the balls wounding the negro, but not seriously. Miss Adamscn is a daughter of J. N. Adamson and a niece cf Hon. Seaborn and Moses Wright. >x "WOULD DOUBLE SENTENCE." > * v _ Such is Remark Credited to Roosevelt Regarding Rathbone Case. A Washington special says: Senator Hanna's plea for clemency for Estes G. Rathbone, convicted in connection trffrh thr* Ptihon r\r\cfa] mfi* with a firm refusal from President Roosevelt. The president told Mr. Hanna that if he had the power he would double the punishment of both Neely and Rathbone. ..ir. Roosevelt's position has chagrined the Ohio senator and a split between them is predicted. Hanna believes Rathbone is the victim of a conspiracy. Senator Hanna denies that he has gone to the extent of requesting the president to issue a pardon to Rathbc&e and Neely, as some of the press dispatches sent out from Washington makes it appear. He has not request. ed a pardon. What he has requested Is that, if possible, Rathbone be admitted to bail pending his appeal to the court of appeals in Havana. FAREWELL TO BARROOMS. % Dispensary at Rome, Ga., Begins Business With a Rush. The dispensary opened at Rome Ga., Tuesday morning at sunrise with Manager A. P. Watson and clerks in charge. = Monday night at 10 o'clock, thirteen saloons closed, turning the liquor business over to the dispensary- The barrooms did a land office business, selling goods far below cost and supplying the public with thousands of jugs and bottles. People bought immense supplies and wagons went out in the country loaded down with different kinds of spirits. i BANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN. No Violence Offered to Passengers . While Work Was in Progress. Passenger train No. 13 on the Burlington road, which left St. Joseph, Mo., for Denver at 11:40 o'clock Fri- < day night, was held up three miles ' north of the city limits by four masked men. No violence was offered and after holding the train thirty-five min- i utes if was allowed to proceed. Conductor Cox and Engineer Kust. in charge of the train, ran from the | 1 scene of the hold-up to Napier, the next stop, and from there reported to the officials in St Joseph. A dozen detectives were at once sent out. < Secretary Root Going iQ Cuba. Secretary Root, Accompanied by Mrs. Root and tb^ other members of the family, expect to ic.avr> \yaj;hjng- } ton about the middle of April for a i visit to Governor General and Mrs. < Wood at Havana. Rathbone's Bail Fixed at $100,000. The supreme court of Cuba has fixed 1 the bail of ISsies G. Rathbone at $100.- i 000 cash. The court ruled that until sentenced Rathbone was entitled to bail under the postal code. FUNDS FOR SUFFERING BOERS. Check For $5,000 is Sent in By Committee at Chicago. A certified check for $5,000, drawn to I j the order of President Roosevelt, was i forwarded to the president on March ' 28 by the committee of citizens which ' Governor Yates appointed in Dec-ember last to raise funds for the relief c> Boer women and children suffering in . the concentration camps of Scuth Africa. DISASTER AT FOOTBALL GAME. | Twenty-On? Spectators Killed and \ Over Two Hundred Badly Injured in a Collapsing Stand. A specal from Glasgow, Scotland, says: The casualty list of a disaster when a number of persons were killed or injured by the collapse of a spectators' stand during the international football match Saturday afternoon between England and Scotland were completed Sunday. They eclipse all the reports and estimates of the casualties which were current Saturday night. The disaster has resulted in the death cf twenty-one persons and the injury cf 250. Nearly two hundred of the latter were so seriously hurt that they were taken to infirmaries for operation and treatment. One hundred and fifty of them still remain in the in- , firmaries. A large proportion of the injured had limbs broken, bodies crush- | ed and mangled and heads and faces i gashed. Several more deaths undoubt- ; edly will result from the most critical < cases of fractured skulls. ] The infirmaries were beseiged all ] day Sunday by friends and relatives of the victims of the disaster, and heart rending scenes were witnessed when ] the names of those who died were post- , ed outside the buildings. , The action of the authorities at ( Ibrox park, in averting a more general j panic by permitting the game to proceed, while they encouraged the im- j pression of the crowd within the in- , closure that the accident was not so 1 serious is now generally commended, j The incongruity of the yells of ap- i p'ause mingling with the groans of the , strugling sufferers will never be for- j gotten by those who witnessed the < scene at the rear of the terrace. ] DISCUSSED CHINESE EXCLUSION. i Yellow Men the Subject of a Lively De- ] bate in the Senate. i After passing the Indian appropria- | tion bill Saturday the senate considered the Chinese exclusion measure for 5 nearly three hours. The principal ( speech was made by Mr. Fairbanks, ' of Indiana, in support of the bill. He ] analyzed its provisions to demonstrate * that they were not in contravention of our treaty with China and discussed at length the right of congress to enact exclusion legislation. He maintained that it was a principle of this government to protect its labor against such low-priced labor as would come to the United States from China. An extended debate followed. Mr. Gallinger, of New Hampshire, and Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, indicated their belief that the provisions of the measure relating to the exempted classes were in contravention of our treaty obligations to China. Mr. Lodge, Mr. Penrose and Mr .Fairbanks combatted this view, the supporters of the measure maintaining that its provisions were drawn clearly within the treaty obligations of this country. HANNA A FRIEND IN NEED. To Convicted Mr. Rathbone He Will Be Good Angel Indeed. A Washington special says: Senator Hanna has made arrangements for furnishing the bail necessary to secure the temporary release from prison of Estes G. Rathbone, former director of posts for Cuba, who was convicted of complicity in the Cuban postal frauds. The senator has been advised by Rathbone that the court has fixed the bail at $100,000. Mr. Hanna regards this sum as unreasonable, and will ascertain at once if it is possible to have it reduced. He intends to secure Rathbone's release pending consideration of the appeal for a new trial before the Cuban supreme court. When Rathbcne is released on bail Senator Hanna will play his next card in the interest of his friend. The senator, it is said, has several good ones up his sleeve. BANK RELIEVED OF CASH. State Institution at Ruskin, Nebraska, Victim of Burglars. The state bank of Ruskin, Nebr., Tr-ac rnhhori r>f fMO in nach at mirf." night' Friday night. The robbers, sup- J posed to be five in number, gained in- 1 gress by prying up a window. ? I PRICE OF BEEF GOES UP. j _ i Raise of Half a Cent a Pound Effective * In Chicago Stock Yards. An advance of a half cent per pound 1 on dressed beef went into effect at the 1 stock yards in Chicago, when al! the packers responded to the repeated ad- { vances that nave taken place in the v last week in cattle on the hoof. The present top price for cattle, $7.50 per 100 pounds, is the highest April price since 18S2. * Hogs sold at record prices for the J year, $7.05. u PAY THEIR OWN WAY. No Appropriation Will Be Asked For , Coronation Embassadors. It is said that congress will not be isked for an appropriation to defray the expenses of the United States spe- , rial embassy to the coronation of King Edward. ( These expenses will be defrayed by the civilians of the party out of their , own pockets, while the army and navy ( attaches will be ordered to London in the course of duty and thus will have to depend upon their ordinary mileage. DRY SUNDAY IN GOTHAM. Saloon Closing Law Rigidly Enforced and Topers Suffer. j I The police and the liquor dealers J gave Greater New York a "dry" day I last Sunday. Though there were de- ! 1 frees of dryness in different sections ! i of the metropolis, the day had no equal j i in the suspension of the liquor traffic j 1 since five years ago. when Superin- I tendent Thomas F. Byrne's tightly | < closed the saloons one memorable Sun- j ? day. 1 NEW PARTY FORMED Name is "Allied People's Parly oi !h3 United States." PLATFORM STRICTLY POPULIST tight Distinct Organizations Were Represented in the 250 Delegates to the Convention?United Against "Plutocracy." Under the name of the Allied People's Party cf the United States, a new pontic al organization was formed at Louisville, Ky., Thursday, composed of reform elements opposed to the democratic rjid republican parties. The platform of the new organization embodies the platform adopted at the conference held in Kansas Citylast SeDtember, when a call for a con- J mention was issued, "to unite reform j forces against plutocracy." It rcaf- [ Arms the spirit of the declaration of j principles adopted at the national conventions of the people's party in St. Louis, Omaha and Cincinnati, and the demand for the initiative and referendum, and the government ownership 3f all public utilities are its principal planks. While the people's party, the fusion populists, the socialists, the referendum league, the union labor league, the public ownership party of St. Louis, the prohibition party and the United Christian party were represented on the floor of the convention by accredited or by volunteer delegates, Dnly two national organizations, the people's party and the public ownership party, had given their delegates any authority to form an alliance. It is the hope, however, of the allied people's party that other reform forces svill decide to unite with the new organization. The convention was practically dominated by the people's party. At times discussions of a lively nature took place and for a time it seemed that the movement was about to fail owing to :he unwillingness of a number of the people's party delegates to make any :oncessions to the other reform forces present. Under the plan of organization adopted the national committee of the people's p?trty, with Jo A. Parker as its chairman, will remain intact, with the addition of three more members from Missouri, who will have one-half vote 2ach, until the next national conven:ion, this being a concession to the eform forces of that state. This committee will have power to call a lational convention and its headquar:ers will be situated wherever the chairman desires, except three months \afnya doMinn vhon it "W 111 hp- in St, ViVVWlVii| UUVM ? ? W v Mollis. The national committee will be composed of three members from each state and territory ?.nd an executive committee of seven will be selected from the country at large every four rears at a national convention. The basis of representation will be Ive delegates at large from every stute ind territory and one additional delegate fo revery thousand voters, based >n the vote at the preceding national election. The differences between the platform adopted by the convention and .hat recommended by the platform :ommittee are very slight. In the platform adopted the demand for initiative and referendum is found in aoth the preamble and platform. In the plank on money, the platform idopted favors scientific money based ipon the entire wealth of the people )f the nation and E.ot redeemable in my specific commodity, but to be leja! tender for all debts, public and private, and to be issued by the government only and without the interven:ion of banks, sufficient in quantity to neet the requirements of commerce. Th second day's session of the contention was called to order at 9:45 ) ciocK 'inursaay morning Dy lempo-ary Chairman Felter, of Springfield, Ills. The report of the committee on erelentials showed about 250 delegates present, representing the following states: Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Kansas. Missouri, Michigan, Maine, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Hampshire New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Mississippi and Pennsylvania. Milton Park, of Texas, was elected chairman. J. V. L. Pierson, of New lersey, was made secretary. Marconi Sells Americans Rights. The Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company, at Lonc.on, has sold its American rights and patents to an American company with a capital of ?6,150,000. DEAD MAN'S NAME CALLEt, Peculiar Incident o? urian rorrer i riai in Scale, Alabama. The circuit court convened in Seale, Ala., Monday. Uriah Porter was arraigned, charged with the killing of Joseph Fincher at Crawford last December. Porter pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and the trial was set for Thursday morning. The court drew a special list of jurors for the case, and among the names drawn vas that of Joseph Fincher, the man Pcrter killed. BOER BULLETS WERE DEADLY. Casualties of Engagement Near Harts River Included Two Hundred. A special from Pretoria says: The British losses in the engagement in the neighborhood of Harts river, in the southwestern extremity of the Transvaal, March 31, were three officers and :wenty-four men killed and sixteen officers and 131 men wounded. The Boers idmit that they lost 137 men killed or wounded. DOZEN HOTELS ARE BURNED. Conflagration in Atlantic City Wipes Out $750,000 of Property. No Lives Lost. Twelve hotels and more than a score of small buildings adjoining the board walk which is built along the ocean edge were destroyed at Atlantic City, N. J., Thursday by a fire which swept the beach front for two long blocks from Illinois avenue. The loss, it is believed, will exceed $750,000. In this respect the conflagration is the most disastrous tnat has ever visited the city. The loss will be only partly covered by insurance. Fortunately no lives were sacrificed, though probably a dozen persons were slightly injured and burned during the progress of the fire. It was reported early in the afternoon that six men had perished in the flames, but the rumor was without foundation. The origin cf the fire is unknown, but it is said to have started in eitner Brady's baths or the Tarlton hotel, which adjoins the baths at Illinois avenue and the board walk. The city was guarded Thursday night by a company of militia who were requested by the municipal authorities to aid the police in the prevention of looting. About a dozen men were arrested during the day for robbing. "DOG IN MANGER" THREAT. Hanna and Frye Vow to Kill River and Harbor Bill, if Subsidy Fails. A Washington special says: There are prospects of a lively clash between the senate and the house if Senators Hanna and Frye endeavor to make good the threats to hold up the river and harbor bill which are credited to them. In view of the announcement that there is no chance for the ship subsidy bill to get through the house at this session, owing to the pronounced opposition of a number of western republicans, these powerful senators are said to have sent word that there shall be no river and harbor bill and no inter-oceanic canal bill unless the house acts favorably upon the shipping bill.' MONEY IN ATLANTA PROPERTY. Eliggset Single Deal in Keai estate Ever Consummated in City. One of the biggest real estate deals ever made in the city of Atlanta took place Thursday when Captain J. W. English bought fro mthe Scott Investment Company the property on the corner of Marietta and Peachtree streets known as the Norcross building, fronting 55 feet and 8 inches on Marietta street and 110 feet on Peachtree. The price paid for this valuable piece of realty was $145,000. This price is a practical and striking illustration of the rapidly increasing value of Atlanta property. In the early forties the property cost about $200. CARTER IS SERIOUSLY ILL. Convict Captain of Engineers Has Typhoid in Leavenworth Prison. Oberlin M. Carter, ex-captain of engineers in the United States army, is seriously and probably fatally ill at the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth. He has typhoid fever and on Thursday evening his temperature was 105 1-2. Carter's only fear is that he will die before bis affairs are arranged, ne sent an urgent telegram to his attorney, Mr. Stone, of Chicago, asking him to come at once. There is a suit no pending wherein th^ government is trying to obtain possession of Carter's property, claiming it is part of the booty he secured while in charge of government contract work at Savannah, Ga. This will really amount to a civil trial, the thing Carter has made repeated but vain efforts to secure. Carter says he wants Mr. Stone with him so he can finish the brief. Then Carter says the fight for the vindication can be carried on after his death, should the illness prove fatal. ?It is believed at Washington that President Roosevelt has made up his mind to retire General Miles in a few days. SCHEME OF MRS. PLANT. Tampa tiap Hotel May Soon Be Transferred Into Jesuit College. Negotiations are said to be in progress by which the Tampa Bay hotel, in Florida, which was built by the late Henry Plant at a cost of $1,000,000, together with its extensive grounds and annex buildings, may be converted into a Jesuit college. Mrs. Plant, widow of the deceased millionaire, has proposed to Morton F. Plant, Mr. Plant's son by his first wife, that if he will donate his interest in the property she will do likewise and will also endow the college with $1, 000,000. Arbitration Treaty Is Signed. The state department made public Friday a synopsis of the arbitration treaty signed between the Argentine Republic and Paraguay. Rhodes Left Total of $30,000,000. According to The London Daily Telegraph, the will of Cecil Rhodes deals with a total of ?6,000,000. Heard's Nomination Confirmed. The senate has confirmed the nomination of C. M. Heard as postmaster at Elbcrton, Ga. BOTH SIDES HEAVY LOSERS. * Bloody Battle in Which Valliant Boers Suffered a Rep-uise. A London special states that there was severe fighting all day long March 31 in the neighborhood of Hart's river, in the southwestern extremity of the Transvaal, between part of General Kitchener's force and the forces of Generals Deiarey and Kemp, resulting in the repulse of the Boers after heavy losses on both sides. BIG RAILROAD COUP I J j Reported By New York Corres= I pondent of Atlanta Constitution. | COAST LINE GETS PLANT KOADS ! i Three Thousand Miles of Trackago i Will Be Consolidated Under One Management?Southern is Also Greatly Benefited. The Atlanta Constitution, in its is| sue of Thursday morning contained : the following as a spcciai from New i York: The Constitution is enabled to anj nouDce by direct and absolute authcrj ity that the Atlantic Coast Line sysl tern nf railwavs has abosrbed the Plant | system and that at an early date both the systems will be consolidated un! der the name and charter of the AtI lantic Coast Line system. The general management of the Coast Line will operate the entire system, all the lines of both systems being merged into one great system of railroads, aggregating 3,000 miles. Negotiations have terminated and the only thing that now remains to be cone to complete the formal merging of these two great systems is the issuance of the actual orders that will bring about the consolidation. While the Southern is not directly interested in the deal, it can be announced definitely that it has made a splendid stroke in securing a perpetual contract obligation by which it will have a fee simple right into Jacksonville from Savannah, connecting with Us eastern lines, and from Jesup connecting with its western lines. The Southern now has a contract arrangement with the Plant system by which it delivers to the Plant system its eastern trains at Savannah, the Plant system handling all the Southern trains from Savannah to Jacksonville, to which poiDt the Southern operates its through trains from the east. Likewise the Southern operates a through train service from the west to Jacksonville, the Plant system taking its trains at Jesup and handling them to Jacksonville, just as it does with the Southern's eastern trains from Savannah. This is lone by traffic arrangement. Under the new deal, whereby the Atlantic Coast Line and the Plant system are to bo consolidated, the Southern secures a perpetual contract right for the handling of all its trains from Savannah and Jesup into Jacksonville, thus virtually making Jacksonville the southern terminus of the Southern railway system. Three Thousand Mile System. The new consolidated Coast Line system will embrace 3,000 miles of railroad, the Plant system now exceeding 2,000 miles in length and the Coast Line having about 1,000 miles in its present system. The Coast Line operates from Richmond, Va., to Charleston, S. C., with innumerable ramifications in the states of Virginia, North and South Carolina. The Plant system operates from Charleston, S. C.. into Georgia and westward to Montgomery, Aia.. ana u covers the whole state of Florida with a network of lines. The headquarters of the Plant system are now at Savanj nah, while those of the Coast Line arc at Wilmington. N. C. The Plant system is owned by the Plant Investment Company, of which Robert G. Erwin is president. Henry Walters is the "man behind the guns" of the Coast Line. He is recognized as one of the ablest railroad men in America. He is very prominent in financial circles in New York. He is the first vice president of the system, Mr. W. G. Elliott being the president. Mr. Walters has, it is said, conducted the negotiations for the Coast Line. The deal is not generally known as yet in New York, and The Constitution's announcement i? the first publication of the coup. In the Waller courtmartial at Manila, Private McGee testified that 12 natives were rhot without trial. BILL TO BE A FOOTBALL. President Said to Be Against the Rivers and Harbors Measure. A Washington special says: Secretary Root is, from the present indications. preparing to get the president into another clash with congrc-ss. This time it is over the rivers and harbors bill, in which so many members of the senate and house are deeply interested. In addition to the threat of ship subsidy advocates that the river and harbor bill will not be allowed to pass unless the shipping bill goes through the house, it is now reported that, acting under the advice of Secretary Root, the president has said he would veto the bill if it reaches him. MEMPHIS HONORS SCHLEY. Beautiful Silver Shield Presented to Santiago Hero By a Committee. A Washington special says: Admiral Schley Friday promised a committor nf r?H*pne of Memtihis that he would visit the Tennessee city the latter part of this month. He will leave Washington on the 26th and reach Memphis the next day, remaining there several days. The committee was headed by W. J. Crawford and presented the admiral an invitation engraved on a magnificent silver shield affixed to a table of polished golden oak, the whole frame in a wreath of laurel and oak leaves done in silver, the laurel signifying victory and the oak peace. The inscription contained a cordial tribute to Admiral Schley's work and an expression of the appreciation of the regard felt for him. The admiral is to be entertained at a banquet and will be given a magnificent service of silver plate. LAUNCHING A NfcW fAKH. j Convention Begins In Louisville, Kentucky, For Organization of a New Political Combine. The movement for the formation of | an allied party, comprising adherents J of all parties opposed to the republican and democrats, or as the call of the meeting stated, "a union of the reform forces against plutocracy," j took definite shape Wednesday after[ noon, when a convention, attended by j about 200 delegates, representing eight j states, and as many different parties, j was cailed to order in Louisville, Ky. I The first day's work was of a prelimij nary nature, a temporary organization j being effected and committees appointI cd to prepare for the permanent or| ganization. The convention adjourned j at -1:30 o'clock to meet again Thurs! day morning. The delegates who are to form the [ new party are pledged to the following propositions: Initiative and referendum, and the J imperative mandate; the public ownerj ship of al! public utilities; that the l land, including all natural resources, I shall not be monopolized for specula} tive purposes, and alien ownership j shall be prohibited; that all lands now 1 held by corporations, in excess of ! natural needs, or held by aliens, shall j be reclaimed and held for actual set! tiers; in scientific money based upon i the wealth of the people of the nation J and not redeemable in any specific { commidity, but to be full legal tender for all debts, public or private, to be used without intervention of banks, sufficient in quantity. STARVING AND FREEZING. Was Predicament of Snow-Bound Passengers on Great Northern?Riot Occurs and Man Tries Suicide. Passengers arriving at St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday on a Great Northj ern train, due last Friday, tell of being snowbound for four days and five nights on the praries of North Dakota in the midst of the worst blizzard the v? r? o crdCLY"i fn m Q n V VPar.Q iJUi til ? V3t liao OV.V_.Li iLl j , with only food enough for two frugal meals a day, and with such & small an ount of fuel that the ladies had to' wrap themselves in blankets and the men to wear their overcoats day and night to keep from freezing. The tiain was completely lost to the world. Late Thursday afternoon, March 27, it picked, its way out of Williston in the hope of being able to reach Minot, 14 miles away, before night Almost midway, at a little stopping place called Ray, where there is only a siding, a water tank and a coal shed, the train stalled. The engineer thought lie could run the engine back to Williston and get aid, and taking the conductor with him, started on the return. The lone engine was stuck in a drift in a cut a short distance out of the town and had to be abandoned. This left the train of eight coaches and about twenty-five passengers alone on the siding and with all communication cut off. Then started the long siege, during which the cold had to be borne and hunger stifled. ? There was much suffering, and there I OT.no oot innininrnt rvr> thf? first, dSV VV do au iivb wu w ^ The second-class passengers insisted that they must have as much or more food than the others, and as they were in larger numbers and had more ravenous appetites, it was difficult to confine them to their own cars. , One passenger, a Professor Colograf e, attempted suicide by cutting his threat, The jugular vein is partially severed, and it is not believed he can recover. He had been ill from-too close application to work. MILLS WILL SHUT DOWN If Present Intention of Operatives to Strike Is Carried Out. The Augusta, Ga., cotton mills have begun a determined war upon organized labor. If the threatened strike takes place the mills, by mutual consent, have determined to close down, throwing out 10,000 operatives. The following notice was posted in every mill Wednesday morning: "April 2, 1902.?Owing to demand made on John P. King Manufacturing ? - - -j i r\ ~ lom ior auVance oi iv pcx ^cnt, accompanied by notice that if not granted its operatives would refuse to work after Saturday, April 5th, said demand having been refused, notice is hereby given by employers of this company that should such a strike be inaugurated this mill will close indefinitely on the eve of Tuesday, April S, 1902." This order is the result of unanimous action taken by the Manufacturers' association to fight the unions. It means that if the strike i* declared at the Kings mill, as scheduled, every mill in Augusta, Grantville, < Aiken, Warrenville and Langley will b? closed. It is estimated that 10,000 operatives vi'l be affected by this action. ( "ALLIED PARTY" MANAGERS. ! Chairman Parker Names Members of the Various Committees. | Chairman Jo A. Parker, of the allied j people's party, has appointed J. H i Cook and Dr. Joseph E. Chambers, of ! Missouri, as members of the national ! executive committee, and J. H. Burrus, | of Kansas City, and S. A. Wright, of j Springfield, as members of the Central j committee from Missouri. | ATLANTIANS IN CHARLESTON. j Big Delegation From Georgia's Capltal City Take in the Exposition. | Fourteen hundred enthusiastic Atlan: tians arrived in Charleston Thursday I at midnight to celebrate Atlanta day | at the exposition Friday. The torchlight procession which was to have taken place Thursday night was called off on account of the late arrival of the party. Friday morning :he entire party paraded through the city and marched to the exposition grounds, where the exercises for the^ day were held. ^? I SOUTH CAROLINA I j STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ ?Mrs>fNMNjr\>?NAr^r^f General Hampton Interested. General Wade Hampton, who re-1 cently celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday, has taken keen interest in I the sword presentation. He selected from the president's book extracts of his references to Jenkins to be en- j graved upon the sword. In reference to this matter a day or two ago the general said: "That young man could not be anything but brave. His father was one of the finest soldiers I ever knew. He was most gallant." * * * New York at Charleston. At a meeting of the Merchants' Association at New York Monday John C. Jubring, John E. Earns, W. A. Marble, George R. Duval and Edward S. Schenck were appointed to make plans for the coming visit of members* of the <jccnmfltir>n tn the Charleston exposi tion. The committee is endeavoring to charter a steamer on which the delegation will make the trip and on which the members can live while in Charleston. * * Crazy Policeman Runs Amuck. Michael Sage, a policeman, crazed by drink, ran amuck in the principal street of Charleston last Monday firing wildly at the crowds of people. A motorman was wounded in the leg, but no other persons were struck. There was a wild scramble for safety, and a panic among the people on the street. Ten men had a desperate fight before they subdued the crazed officer. * * Catawba to Supply Motive Power. A party of capitalists, consisting of J. B. Duke, president of the American Tobacco Company, and his associates, B. N. Duke, treasurer of the same company, George A .Watt and W. A. Erwin, president of a number of cotton mills in North Carolina, arrived at ' Chester the past week, where they immediately took a train for Fort Lawn, the nearest railroad station to the Catawba river falls. The party at once proceeded to the falls, which is one of the most magnificent water powers in the country. Through South Carolina agents all the lands surrounding these falls have been quietly bought up, and they now have all the property in that vicinity necessary to the accomplishment of their plans. While no interview ceuld be obtained with any of the gentlemen named, it is understood they were greatly pleased with what they saw and are more determined than ever to develop that immense water power now running to waste. It is the purpose of these capitalists' to use the thousands of horsepower? estimated at from 50,000 to 100,000 horsepower?for the development 01 electricity, which will be transmitted to the mills and municipalities of upper Carolina for the purpose of furnishing motive power and light. At first it was hoped by the promoters of the deal that it would result in the upbuilding of a big industrial center at the falls. Owing to the remoteness of the place from the railroads, however, it is almost certain the power will oniy be generated there and transmitted elsewhere for commercial purposes. * * * Ford Nabbed in California. According to a dispatch from Stockton, Cal., Robert E. Ford, who is wanted at Florence, has been arrested there by Detective Walker on a charge of making away with some goods which did not belong to him. When the prisoner was searched it was found that he was wanted on a more serious charge. He is accused of a big forgery and the authorities of South Carolina have been sending out descriptions and making strong efforts to capture him. Ford is wanted at Florence on charges of forgery and bigamy. He was a tobacco grower. In 1897, it is alleged, he forged a small check on a warehouseman. He gave bond for -~:~1 jfconnflQPwi Hp married the II idi anu uxoop^vut v%?. daughter of Bryant Ham, a prominent citizen of Florence, who claims to have discovered that Ford had been married before. The sheriff of Florence county is in communication with the California authorities. * * Atlanta Day Was Glorious. The past week Charleston opened wide her arms and the Atlanta delegation was caught in the tight embrace of genuine affection. Atlantians and Charlestonians celebrated Atlanta day together in splendid style. It was the largest demonstration in the Ivory City since the opening of the exposition, and the citizens are profuse in their compliments of the visitors from the Gate City. | There was a parade, public exercises at the exposition auditorium and several receptions during the visit to which Mayor Mims and the members of council were invited. It was a day replete with pleasant events and demonstrated, beyond cavil, that when Atlanta starts out to celebrate, the affair is sure to be a success. Two Years For Floyd. John Floyd, tried at Union for the j murder of Joe Vaughan, was found | guilty of manslaughter and sentenced I to two years. The trial consumed I nearly two days. Intense interest was ! manifested and the court house warj 'jammed. It was a complicattd fam;^ / ' affair, the evidence was m'ultitudi-0118 ; and some of__il of a very sensr-10na^ j nature. *^re ^ere five atto*-e>'8 for i J** * whiI? Solicitor-****? and epass represented^ state. * V* 'J*.* / - ,v ' - V-urii.. ' Governor McSweeney has finally decided what he will do as to the JeffriesrFitzsimmons fight. He has decided that under no circumstances will he allow the bout to take place. He states that he will call out the militia if necessary to suppress it. , Parker Get* a Pardon. An unusual case for executive clemency is that of W. R. Parker, convicted in Anderson county of forgery at the last term of court. The governor had | previously refused to grant a pardon, but has reconsidered the matter as a result of a letter received from the solicitor, and Parker will go free. The solicitor says, among other things: "It has been brought to my attention that a conspiracy had bee nformed by three prisoners in jail at Anderson to kill Deputy Sheriff Dillingham andx then escape. Their plans were per- * fected, but Parker, who I think seldom sleeps, was by some means apprised of the desperate intentions and secret^ ly slipped a note to the sheriff warning him of the danger. The sheriff thinks there is no aouui mat me a^?. /.tag* of the felon saved the life of the dep-GSON MAKES EXPLANATION. Says Wou!d-Bo Scandal Was Worked By the "No Sale" Party In Denmark. A Washington dispatch says: The' 33 investigation of charges made in connection with the Danish West Indian r<% purchase was begun Tuesday before the special committee appointed by . Speaker Henderson. Mr. Gron was the first witness sworn c* by Chairman Dalzell. He said in Feb* . '-'<m ruary last, parties in Copenhagen, ^ who opposed the transfer of the Dan- ? ish West Indies had perstiacfed him to . . come to Washington and place the Christmas report before congress and the public, so that the facts would be known. He told of having secured note of introduction to General Grosvenor, of Ohio; or arranging to meet the latter in Washington, his purpose being, he said, to carry out assurances.^! ^iven at Copenhagen that he would 1 ulace the matter before influential |jj^ men and thus bring it to the attention of congress and the public. Mr. Gron told in great detail of - ? bringing the papers before General . Grosvenor, who at first seemed quite indignant, Mr. Gron- said, and spoke of laying the matter before the proper -|%l parties in order that suitable action might be taken. The witness said that later Grosvenor concluded that it would be proper to lay the matter before the secretary of state. This was done, and Mr. Gron said he learned that the state department held that it could take no action and that the an* | thorities had in nowise committed, themselves to Christmas. Gron said that after Grosvenor had decided not to proceed with the mat* . ter he (Gron) had prepared a state- ' ment for the Associated Press and had asked Mr. Crane, a newspaper -jjh man, to send some one from the Associated Press to him;:-. ^ for a statement and to General venor_ for assurances as Gron'a>^^ Slanding, ne learucu mtci, MtvwHn Mi. Crane, that Grosvenor said be ||| knew nothinfl about it. He said he was informed, after he submitted the statement, that the Associated Press could, not use it Afterwards, he said, he submitted his i statement to several newspapers and more or less of it was printed. The witness then detailed how he had placed the matter before Representatives Richardson and Underwood, who had gone over the papers. 1 What was your purpose in bringing it before members" asked Mr. Dal* "To get It into the house and before the American people," answered the witness. In response to an inquiry the wit ness took up various Drancnes 01 uio .r^ss&g case. He said he represented those * "j.M constituting the "No Sale" party in _ %*? Denmark. MUST BE ADJUDICATED. Claims of Missionaries in China 4(* Held in Abeyance. No action has been taken thus far by the appropriations committee of the house on the recommendations of. the president to pay by appropriation $2,100,000 of the missionary claims growing out of the boxer troubles in China and an informal understanding. has been reached that it will be inad- . - ; * visable to pay the claims before they have been adjudicated in the usual v manner by a commission or some other 9 body and also before China has paid "J the $25,000,000 indemnity coming to^S^g this country. ^ Taxes Paid at Last. The Stillmore Air Line hailroad Company has at last paid its taxes ta 9 the state of Georgia. Comptroller '.4? General Wright received a check from . the president of the road Tuesday -M morning to cover the payment of the ' '^3 taxes. The amount has been due since Against Non-Union Workers. .['% The question of whether or not members of a labor union have the - ^ right to decline" to work with nonunion men and to order a strike to uave suca nsui i*n>yvuieu was aeier* gm mined in t>? affirmative by the conrt ;-v <|| of appealr at Albany. N. Y., Tuesday.' WO?K OF FLOOD HOftRIBLE. \<|j| ln Tennessee Twenty-Five Lives Wert Lost and Damage is $5,000,000. A Nashville dispatch says: Authen_ tic reports have finally been received ;^s from every county in middle Tennessee and the damage done to property Is conservatively estimated at over - 3 $5,000,000. Twenty-five persons lost their lives in the flood. j :