The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 24, 1902, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 24. 1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ' I
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COMBINE SHIP LINES
Is Nex Move of J. P. Morgan and
Associated Interests.
MANY MILLIONS OF CAPITAL
Will Be Used For Merging and Consolidating
American, Red Star, White
Star, Dominion, Atlantic Transport
and Leyland Lines.
A New York special says: J. P. Mor
gan who is now abroad, has practically
consummated a plan to combine all
the leading trans Atlantic steamship
lines. London dispatches to the Associated
Press, announcing the combination
have been confirmed at the
Morgan banking house. The companies
to be consolidated will, it is understood,
include the American and Red
Star lines, White Star line, Dominion
line, Atlantic Transport line and the
- Ley'and line. The two last named
lines have been under Morgan control
for some time.
Probable additions to this list are
the Cunard, Wolson and Holland-American
companies, and it is understood
that a "working agreement" will be
reached with the other leading transAtlantic
companies, including the
North German Lloyd, Hamburg-American
(general trans-Atlantic), Allan and
Anchor lines.
It is yet too early to give the exact
, scope of the scheme, but as now outlined
there will be an American holding
company into which all the steamship
companies which propose to enter
the combine will put their stock
holdings?"pool their issues"?in exactly
the same way that the various
concerns embraced in the United
> States Steel corporation threw in their ..
X holdings, receiving in return stock of ^
the main or parent company.
$150,000,000 Capital.
Just what the capitalization will be '
is not yet known,, but the amount is
likely to be well in excess of $150,- 0
000,000. This phase of the project
V . is based entirely upon the number of 7
companies taken into the combine. ^
" One of the most interesting features '
of the plan deals with the subsidy
question. The White Star and Cunard
lines receive liberal subsidies from the
British government. Thesg subsidies "
would be withheld or abrogated if the
ships of these lines changed their
flag from British to American. Because
of this the ships of the White Star, .p
Cunard and the English subsidied com- p
panies will doubtless continue nominally
under British control.
America a Sea King.
G. W. Perkins, of J. P. Morgan &
Co., is authority for the statement
that American interests dominate the p
proposed amalgamation and declares
that the result will prove not only a
great triumph for Mr. Morgan, but will ^
make the United States the real ruler d
of the merchant marine of the world.
Mr. Perkins also said the plan would fr
oe or great oenenr 10 importers ana ex
porters as well as to the great rail- h
road interests of the country.
Its effect will be felt by shippers ^
fr&n Maine to California. Mr. Perkins
says, and will also result in a better n
\ understanding between the commercial w
interests of this country and Germany, q
"It is true," he added, "that Morgan ^
will act as syndicate manager in this
combination, just as he brought to- ^
' gether and welded the various interests
of the United States steel corpora- g-,
tion. as
Financial Details Later.
"The financial details have been
completed to the extent that cash nec- Si
essary for the deal has been subscrib- p;
ed. It is too soon to speak about the cc
directorate, but let it be borne in mind ai
that control of the company will be st
held here. w
^ "It is taken as a matter of course w;
the interests now prominent in the cc
^various steamship lines will be taken Id
bc^o the consolidated directory."
Staking interests identified with the
proposed underwriting syndicate said in
Saturday that the new company would lil
have a New Jersey charter. wi
A "BRAND" NEW SCHEME.
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Mr. Brand Collected Subscriptions to n<
B-uild Fake Soldiers' Home.
About four months ago Governor
Longino, of Mississippi, approved a ^
charter of incorporation for a Confederate
Soldiers' Home Association domiciled
at Hickory. A man named
Brand was the originator of the enterprise.
He proposed to erect a hundred tel
or more cottages for the use of the in- m.
digent confederate veterans. toi
: The; scheme turns out to be a game ae
Of "graft" for Brand's personal benefit, ch
and many victims are bewailing loss se<
of donations. rei
PEACE REIGNS IN BRUSSELS.
Strikers are Quiet, and the Situation is
' Not so Critical.
The strikers in the Liege, Belgium, of
district now number 40,000, and the Gl
strike at Vieres- has extended to all wi
the surrounding communes.
The striking miners at LaLouviere,
however, declared Thursday that they
would resume work shortly. At Her- . .
stal 2,000 man have returned to work. ^
Quiet prevails everywhere at present Tl
FORTUNE LEFT BY TALMAGE.
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Estate of Late Noted Divine Amounts
More than $300,000. .
Tie will of the late Rev. T. DeWitt (
Talmage was filed at Washington, D. he!
C., Monday. It leaves an estate of a
more than $300,000, of which about er?
$250,000 is in personal property, con- an
sisting of secured notes. United States th<
4 per cent bends, stock and cash in th<
bank, furniture, pictures and house- (p
held effects. The real estate is worth jCi
about $50,000 _ ac
MEAT PRICES ARE SOARING.
Packing Houses Start the Ball Rolling
and Retailers Are Forced to Follow,
While Consumers Howl.
A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., says:
The prices of meat continue to go skyward.
Beef was quoted Monday by
the packing houses at 9 1-2, which is
a half a cent higher than last week.
The retailers have raised the price
also?, so that the consumer is now
paying from 2 1-2 to 5 cents more a
pound for beef than a couple of weeks
ago. The best cuts of beef are selling
it from 20 to 25 cents a pound. Twcn-y-two
and a half cents are the prices
iuoted by most of the retailers. Some
itill maintain that they are selling at
vhe old prices, but say that they will .
ioon be forced up. The majority admit
.hat the price is up 2 1-2 to 5 cents.
Even those retailers who allege that
:hey have not gone up. quote the high
prices and admit they have had to quit i
.rimming the meat closely to keep the i
prices down. One or two have a stock :
jf beef cn hand that has enabled them
.o keep the prices down somewhat,
.'t may be authoritatively stated that *
he consumer is paying from 2 1-2 to
5 cents more for beef than a couple of i
veeks ago. If his butcher doesn't <
.uote him the high price he may rest *
ssured he is paying for trimmings (
hat he would not pay for otherwise. i
The retailers have been forced to I
aise the price on account of the rise l
Jn the part of the packing houses. z
Xelson, Morris & Co. gives 9 1-2 cents i
is the prevailing price of beef, which c
s one half a cent up over two weeks (
igo. Swift & Co. refused to talk, but j
etailers say their drummers quoted i
Deef at 9 1-2 and 10 cents. The pack- (
ng houses say that they are losing j
noney even at the prices now prevail- s
ng. They give as *he cause of the r
ise the price of beef on foot, due to \
he scarcity of cattle. 1
- The National Provisioned published s
n New York, says that the receipt of ^
attle at all the western beef markets
ire lower than they have been in r
rears. The receipts at Kansas City v
reek before last were 20,000 cattle, v
iccording to this journal, against t
9,000 the year before for the same t
reek. Last week the same journal y
?uts the receipts at Kansas City at 21, a
00 against 26,000 the same week last d
ear. The packing house people refer h
o these figures and say that the rise
n prices is Inevitable. As for a beef o
rust they deny that there is such a c
hing. C
No relief is in sight. It Is believed v
iy the packers, however, that the
rice of beef will be no higher as the c
rice is now so high that consumption t<
rill be decreased. It will be July or p
.ugust before the new cattle comes c
n, bringing relief. b
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MYSTERY SHROUDS DISASTER. a
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irst Reports of Fatalities on Burned t(
Steamer Remain Verified. v
A special of Monday from Cairo, Ills.,
ays: Alter searcmug iwu ua>b, me g
eath roll of the burned steamer, City a
t Pittsburg, has not been reduced any 0
om the first reports. Of the 145 peo- 0
le on the boat when it burned about n
alf are still missing and at present no Q.
irther hope for them is expressed,
he books and valuables of the boat,
*ew and passengers are still in the g
lins. The wreck is above water and
as still smoldering Monday night. .
wing to the heated condition of the
ull search for those cremated In i*
v < n
as not been begun and very few of ^
le bodies of those who are drowned
ave been recovered, owing to the
vift current at the scene of the dis>ter.
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At the court of inquiry nothing was e<
jveloped as to the origin, cause or re- m
)onsibility for the disaster. Captain 1E
hillips testified that h ecould not ac- M
>unt for the origin of the fire unless ^
1 electric wire had stdrted it. He
ated that so far as he knew there w
ere fifty-six lives lost. The coroner 01
as advised of other bodies being re- H
?vered at distances from the city, but hi
tr
entity was unknown.
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A fire occurred early Sunday morng
in Dallas. Texas, doing something th
ie $400,000 damage. Several persons re
ere fatally injured. hi
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PALMA DISCUSSES PLANS. w
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sw Cuban President Explains How fo
He Will Govern Islands. S)
A special from Havana says: Presfr
snt-elect Palma and his party left
bara Monday afternoon for Holguin. ga
In an interview he stated that he be
>uld combine the Cuban postal and of
legraph services under one head and th
ike General Fernando Figuere direc- ^
CO
r of the united department. He has
cided to appoint Juan Rios Rivera aF
ief of Cuban customs; Carlos Zaldo,
cretary of state and Senor Yere, sec- re
lary of instruction. co
New Road Chartered.
At Jefferson City, Mo., the secretary qc
state chartered the St. Louis and
ilf Railroad Company, of St. Louis,
th a capital stock of $5,000,000. Cc
ne
Money For Booker's School.
ta,
The will of Mrs. Cornelia C. Tcmpsti
is, who has just died leaves $20,i)
to the Tuskegee Norma! school at
tskegee, Ala. an
MAY SELECT A REGENT.
itherlands Government Wants a
"Sub" For Queen Wilhelmina.
3wing to the illness oi Queen Wil- J
Imina the question of establishing rei
regency is being earnectly consid- th(
?d by the Netherlands government. , .
d it is thought probable, in view of
2 possibility of the long illness of an
j queen, that the states general ex'
arliamcnt) will be summoned in da
nt session at an early date to take
tion in the matter. aa
PALMA IS WELCOMED]
Cubans Vie With Each Other In
According Him Honors.
ENTHUSIASM WAS UNBOUNDED
Left Island in Chains and Returned to
Find His Path Literally Strewn
With Roses?Old Friends
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bill Ml OWt I I (III,
General Thomas Estrada Palma,
president-elect of the Cuban republic,
who arrived on the steamer Admiral
Farragut, from Old Point Comfort, Va.,
was greeted, says a Gibara, Cuba, dispatch
to the New York Tribune, with
great enthusiasm. Gibara's population
of 6,000 was augmented by as
many more who came from all parts
Df the island, from Havana to Santiago,
to pay homage to a manly love.
When the steamer anchored in Giba-a
harbor, a salute of 31 guns greeted
General Palma. His face brightened
it the scene before him. How different
was his return to Cuba. He left
n chains and came back with his path
iterally strewn with roses. The har)or
was a kaleidoscope of color andmimation.
From every craft flew the
lag of Cuba libre and the stars and
stripes. Old friends who had known
jleneral Palma in the ten years' war
md had shared with him the hardships
ind sufferings of many campaigns,
:ame on board and embraced him. j
tfanyv were in tears. The vessel was
;oon crowded with member* of comnittees,
representing different cities,
vho came out in steamers anu
aunches which were decorated from
tern to stern, from the mast to the
vater line.
After a quarter of an hour of infornal
talk, General Palma and his party
vere taken ashore in a launch. It was
rhen he put his foot on the pier that
he pent up enthusiasm of his compariots
broke forth in earnest. There
rere rounds of cheers by the natives,
.s they crowded around their presient-elect
which could have been
leard across the bay.
Mayor Cespedes spoke a few words
f welcome, and then proposed "three
heers for the first president of the
luban republic." They were given
fith a will.
With the village band, playing the
luban hymn, a procession was formed
o the principal street, whence the
resident-elect and members of the
ommittee were drawn in a carriage
y a score of stalwart Cubans to the
ity hall. Every place of vantage
long the route was filled. Men, wolen
and children crowded and pushed
5 embrace and shake the hands of the
eteran.
Arches had been built across every
treet which led to the city hall. Not ^
house in all Gibara was without dec- ^
ration in some form. From every ^
ne flew the flag of Cuba, and from allost
of many were displayed the flag
f the United States. While the red ^
nd yellow colors of Spain were conpicuous
on the Spanish houses. The
paniards joined in the welcome.
The ceremonies at the city ha7l consted
of speech making by the mayor,
[embers of the council. General Pal- 8
ia and Gonzales de Quesada. Mayor
espedes spoke eloquently of the grat- h
ude that the Cuban people owed to
eneral Palma, and the honor of being d
le first to receive the first chief ex- t
;utive of Cuba libre. His country- c
.en, he said, trusted General Palma s
nplicitly and yould aid him in every
ay toward a successful administra- a
on of his office. p
General Palma, in responding.- spoke : ^
Ith some difficulty, as he was almost !
-ercome by the reception given him.
e began by proposing cheers for Cum
libre and for the United States,
e said the Cuban people should, with i
ie inauguration of their independent j s
>vernment, abandon politics and give |
ieir attention to the betterment and j ^
a. 4 t. ! d
consirucuun UI Uieir CUUUU). 1L ?ua ; ?
s ambition to bring the various ele- Cl
ents together, so that they may all 11
ork to one end, the building up of
iba. He promised to devote hence- j N
rth all his time, knowledge and ener- s:
r to bringing about this result. tl
The mayor then granted him the
eedom of the city. p
Senor de Quesada, in his speech, ri
id the happy union that now exists
tween the two people was an omen ^
future peace and prosperity; that c;
eir interests were so closely a'lied n
at it was to their mutual Interest to
ntinue the good personal relation so ?
^parent in the demonstration. ^
General Palma then held a public
ception, and was overwhelmed with
It]
ngratulations and good wishes g
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CHEMICAL PLANT BURNED.
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>ncern Near Atlanta, Ga., Reduced to It
Ashes?Was Fully Insured. | e'
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The plant of the American Chemical |
impanv. located on the belt railroad I
SI
ar the Hemphill station of the Atlan- jj
Ga., water works, was totally de- tc
oyed by fire Monday night. The
int was valued at $15,000 or $20,000, m
d was covered by insurance. ! s
VETS STARTED EARLY. | v;
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ey Began to Swarm In Dallas Three j nDays
Before Reunion Date. i ^c
Although the national confederate | 01
inion did not open until 'Tuesday, i
lii
)usands of strangers reached Dallas j ^
regular trains of Saturday, Sunday | b<
d Monday. The special trains with ! re
cu;*sionists began arriving on Mon- j
y morning. One hundred extra po- J
emen were sworn in Saturday night j m
d went on duty at once. ' T
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I Cream of News. I
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Eiach Day.
?The fourteenth annual assembly of
the Georgia Chautauqua opened Monday
in Albany.
?Governor Candler, of Georgia,
Monday sold his residence in Gainesville
to B. D. Langford. The price paid
was $6,000.
?The jury that tried Edward Batson
for the murder of the Earl family
at Lake Charles, La., has found him
guilty and flxec the death penalty upon
him.
?Senator Tillman, at Manning, S.
C." on Fridav will fir e first campaign
gun and also answer charges brought
against him by State Senator Appelt.
?At a memorial service for General
Wade Hamptcn held in Charleston
Monday night, steps were taken toward
the erection of a monument to
his memory in that city.
?Of the 145 persons on board the
ill-fated City of Pittsburg more than
half were either cremated or drowned.
The origin of :he fire is unknown.
?There was a heated debate in the
house Monday on the negro question.
New England republicans attacking
the south for refusing the negro social
equality.
?The will of the late Dr. Talmage
has been filed ior probate. His fortune
is estimated at. $300,000, mostly in gilt- j
edge securities..
?The senate Philippine committee
heard further evidence Monday in regard
to the alleged torture of Filipinos
by American troops.
?The senate passed the river and
hartor measure calling for the expenditure
of $70,000,000 without a word of
discussion.
?General Chaffee has called a courtmartial
to meet at Manila to try General
Smith for alleged barbarous treatment
of the natives of Samar.
?The allotment of stock for Morgan's
combine to control ocean rates
have all been taken.
?Estes G. Rathbone, convicted in
2uba for postal frauds, has been released
on bond for $100,000 pending his
j^peal.
?The condition of Queen Wilhelnina
causes great alarm in-Holland.
?A train on the Illinois Central railway
at Loone, Tenn., Sunday struck a
wagon containing five persons, tearing
;he vehicle to pieces, killing four of
he occupants and injuring the fifth faally.
?About seventy lives lost by the
)urning of the steamer City of Pitts)urg
Sunday morning near Cairo, Ills.
?Frank R. Stockton, the wellcnown
novelist, died suddenly at
iVashington Sunday.
?President Spencer, of the South:rn,
and President Fish, of the Illinois
Central roads, and several bankers
lined the Japanese consul and there is
vondering as to what the object of the
[inner was.
?Nordica, the singer, has entered
uit against the Southern railway for
50 000 rlamflpps owine- to recent aeci
lent to train on which she was a pasenger.
?Cholera at Manila is increasing.
)ver three hundred deaths since
courge appeared.
?Rioting a; Brussels is over. Workngmen
will return to work.
?Emperor William and Count Walersee
took part in the ceremonies atending
the unveiling of a statue to
leneral Von Rosenberg at Hanover
lunday.
?The educational conference meets
t Athens, Ga., on the 24th and the
rogram is an interesting one. Promlent
people from all sections will
ike part.
?The petroleum company at Rome, <
la., at a depth of 250 feet, struck a
ike, from which was taken a subtance
unknown to local geologists.
?Camp Hampton, of Columbia, S.
has appointed a committee of one
rominent man from each district to
ollect funds for the erection of a
ionument to General Wade Hampton.
?In the intercollegiate debate at
fashville, Tenn., between the Univeritv
of North Carolina and Vanderbilt,
ie former won.
?The people of Jackson, Miss., are
reparing a royal welcome for Admiil
Schley when he visits that city.
?The semi-annual meeting of the
oard of bishops of the Methodist
hurch takes place at- Chattanooga
ext month.
?The democrats and republican
rebels" rode roughshod over the
ouse bosses Friday, passing the Cuan
reciprocity bill with an amendlent
striking off the differential on rened
sugar. This amendment is a
low to the sugar trust. (
?Gradually Secretary Root is sheding
light on the Philippine situation.
, seems that under the orders issued (
ven priests were to be treated as
ien in arms.
?Queen Wilhelmina. of Hol'and, is
ifpprins' frnm tvnhoid fever. It is be- i
eved that a regent will be appointed
) rule during her illness. 1
?Major Whitesides, who built '
lonitors for the confederacy, died at 1
avannah, Ga., Friday, aged 71 years. 1
?Estes G. Rathbone, in jail at Ha
ana, will be released on a bond of 1
100,000 tendered by a fidelity compay.
President Palma has been asked ^
> pardon all Americans in Cuban pris- j
is. ^
?Through her attorneys, Mrs. Mol- t
e E. Duncan, charged with the mur- i
?r of her husband, has instituted ha- 1
?as corpus proceedings to effect her i
dease from jail, alleging that her life t
ad once been placed in jeopardy. i
?Tho Colonial Dames of Georgia f
et in their annual state convention (
hursdav; in Savannah. _ _ c
rsJCsirorsiiNjcNifsitNU.
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\ STATE NEWS ITEMS. \
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Williams Gubernatorial Candidate.
L. J. Williams, of Edgefield county,
who has been a member of the dispensary
board of control for a number of
years and now chairman of that board,
has formally announced himself a candidate
for governor.
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Refused to Take Medicine.
At Florence, Rev. R. W. Gregg, an
evangelist, died at the home of State
Constable Royland. Mr. Gregg was a
firm believer in faith cure and refused
during his two weeks' illness of typhoid-pneumonia
to take a drop of
medicine. He consented only once to
see a physician, but would accept
neither physic nor nourishment.
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Many Hurt in Wreck.
On the outskirts of Anderson last
Monday evening an engine and tender
loaded with workmen, returning from
repairing the wreck at Broadway trestle,
collided with the outgoing passenger
train.
W. H. Foster, white, had a leg and
Wp broken and will die; Fielding Harris,
colored, received probably fatal internal
injuries. Engineer Hughes and
four or five workmen were painfully injured.
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Boy Kills His Mother.
Mrs. Pierce Hendrix, of Lexington 1
county, was accidentally shot and
killed at her home the past week by ;
her 10-year-old son. 1
A crow was seen in the yard of the '
home, and Mrs;. Hendrix told her son
to get his father's gun and shoot the
bird. The boy secured the weapon,
and while standing on the veranda dis- i
charged the gun unintentionally.
The entire load from the weapon en- 1
tered his mother's body. She died in
a few minutes from the effects of the ;
wound. The heart-broken little fellow 1
was standing alone beside the body j
when his father returned from church.
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Charleston Honors Hampton. ]
The largest memorial meeting ever \
held in Charleston, probably larger <
than the great gatherings .commemo- i
rative of the death of General Lee and Jefferson
Davis, was that which voiced
Charleston's tribute to General Wade ]
Hampton at the German Artillery hall j
last Monday night. ,
The speakers were General Edward j
McCrady, state historian; the Rev. Dr.
C. S. Vedder, the Rev. Dr. John Ker- j
shaw, Major T. G. Barker, General ,
Hampton's close friend and adjutant }
general throughout the war, and J. P. }
K. Bryan, of the Charleston bar. All .
of the speakers had been in confeder- ,
ate service except Bryan, who represented
the younger generation.
Governor J. Walter Smith and staff,
of Maryland, were among the auditors.
Offinc warn toL-on tn form art
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ciation for the erection of a monument
to Hampton in Charleston, which is s
his birthplace.
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Monument to General Hantpton.
A Columbia special says: The move- 1
merit for the erection of a splendid
monument to General Wade Hampton, d
to be surmounted by an equestrian *
statue, has now been launched and is E
in good hands. Camp Hampton met in f
an extra session and after fine tributes fc
to the dead chieftain had been adopted, e
a resolution was adopted inviting sub- t
scriptions from all citizens of South 1
Carolina for the erection in Columbia 1<
of a mnument to Hampton. Subscrip- o
tions are to be sent to all of the daily e
papers in the state, to be asknowl- p
edged from time to time as received t
and then forwarded to the treasurer of s
a central committee, which was elected
during the session. e
The following named survivors of p
the confederate states army were re- p
quested to act with Hampton statue
central committee: c
First congressional district, Theo- n
dore G. Barker; second. Colonel J. W.
Moore; third, D. H. Russell; fourth, g
Colonel James, A. Hoyt; fifth, Colonel a
James S. Hart; sixth, General W. E. f,
James; seventh, Colonel A. C. Haskell.
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Tillman to Speak at Manning.
At the request of friends, Senator B.
R. Tillman has accepted an invitation y
to deliver an address at Manning, Clarendon
county, Friday, April 25. Sensational
developments are expected at jj
this meeting. e
The object of the senator's visit to
Clarendon is two fold, in that he will j
fire the first gun of the senatorial cam- .
paign and make reply to charges ^
brought against him by his former
friend, State Senator Appelt.
In his paper, The Manning Times,
Mr. Appelt reiterates the old charges
of dispensary rebates, bond deals, etc..
and further charges the senator with
having accepted free groceries and ^
Dther articles from the state peniten- ?
tiary.
It is alleged that Senator Tillman
is armed with evidence to sustain the
charges he made against Senator John
L. McLaurir, which resulted in the
fight in the United States senate. It is
said the senator secured his information
from one of the leaders of the republican
party of this state, who has N
chiefs, and a board was unanimous in a
ts findings, and the report was for- ^
varded to Rear Admiral Crowninshield n
is chief of the bureau of navigation, c
vho headed the former board, which t]
eported upon the transfer of the na- jj
val station from Port Royal to Charles- [ on.
He finds no objection to retain- I ,
ng some of the ships in commission at 1
Port Royal until the Charleston station
s far enough advanced to do some of
he work, and he also approves of
itilizing two buildings at Port Royal
or the receipt of recruits until the
Charleston naval station is ready to
lo so. i
been In Washington for some time opposing
the appointments made through
Senator McLaurin's recommendation.
Port Royal Naval Station Values.
A Washington dispatch says: The
navy department places the total value
of the buildings at the naval establishment
aX Port Royal, S. C., at $949,000,
of which a little more-"than half is the
appraised value ^f the dock. It was
contemplated to use the buildings
which would be vacated by the transfer
of the naval property to the new
naval station at Charleston, S. C., for
training purposes. Objections were
raised to this by some of the bureau
At the board on torpedo boat bases
has recommended the establishment
of a base at Port Royal and the bureau
of equipment has a coaling station
there, the navy department does not
deem it well to sell its property there.
PRIESTS TREATED AS HOSTILES.
Secretary Root Furnishes More Light
on Philippine Affairs to Senate
Committee.
The secretary of war has placed In
the hands of the senate committee on
the Philippines a large number of orders,
circulars and reports bearing
upon the conduct of military affairs
in the unpacified provinces of the
Philippines.
On December 12 last Captain W. E.
Ayer, adjutant general of the Sixth
brigade, issued a circular to the station
commanders in Samar, in which
the conviction was expressed that the
wealthy classes or "pudientes" among
the natives were, while professing
friendship toward the Americans,
more responsible than any others for
the continuance of hostilities. Under
such conditions, he | said, the only
course to pursue would be one that
"would create in the minds of all a
burning desire for peace?a desire or
longing so intense, so personal, so
real, that it will impel them to join
hands with the Americans in the accomplishment
of that end."
Announcing the policy of the brigade
he said it would be "from this
time on to wage war in the sharpest
and most decisive manner possible."
Giving instructions for the carrying
out of this order he said that
poung officers were to be given great
latitude for this conduct in harassing
the enemy, and that natives, and especially
those of wealth and influence,
tvere to be regarded with suspicion,
idding:
"Every native, whether in arms or
living in the pueblos or barrios, will
3e regarded and treated as an enemy
mtil he has conclusively shown that
le is a friend."
Suspected persons should be apprelended,
and if there was lot sufficient
evidence to convict they should be
leld as military necessity. This direction
was made especially applicable
o priests, of w^om Captain Ayer said
hat their profession would "not be
iufficient to protect them."
In February, 1902, General Smith,
he brigade commander in Samar, anicunced
that he was convinced oppo;ition
had crumbled away and counelled
a softening of the rigors of war,
laying: "Watchfulness and kindliiess
henceforth must go hand in
land."
In December, 1901, General J. F.
Jell issued a circular saying:
"Whereas prisoners or unarmed or
lefenseless Americans or natives
riendly to the United States govern
aeni are rnurut^tu ui assa&aiuai^u
or political reasons, and this fact can
i? established, it is his purpose to excute
a prisoner of war under the auhority
contained in sections 59 and
48. This prisoner of war will be sescted
by lot from among the officers
r prominent citizens held as prisonrs
of war, and will be chosen when
racticable from those who belong to
he town where the murder or assasination
occurred.'JSeveral
orders were issued by Genral
Boll against permitting any monooly
o! food products and extortion in
rices.
Instructions were given to make cxeptions
to all persons who had delonstrated
loyalty. "Their lives,
amilies and property will not only be
iven protection, so far as practicable,
gainst insurgents, but will be careully
respected by our troops."
Especial warning is given against
looting.
THREE TO BE ELECTROCUTED.
oung Men Receive Death Sentence
For Murder of Their Uncle. 1
At Hudson, N. Y., Friday the jury
i the case of Burton, Willis and Fredrick
Van Wormer, charged with the
lurder of their uncle, Peter A. Hal- :
jnbeck, returned a verdict of murder
1 th^ first degree against all three of
ae accused. :
The death sentence was pronounced !
few minutes after the jury brought 3
1 its verdict. ;
The crime was committed last
hristmas eve, when the young men
ailed at the old man's home, in the
uise of masqueraders, and shot him
own without provocation.
NEW COLLEGE PRESIDENT. ]
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rofessor Butler Installed as Head of j
Columbia University. ,
Saturday at New York Professor <
SEVENTY LOSE LIFE
In a Frightful Fire Horror on
River Near Cairo, Illinois.
STEAMER TOTALLY DESTROYED
lll-Fa$ed Vessel Was the City of Pitts*
burg?Heart-rending Scenes Enacted
While Angry Flames
Roared.
A special from Cairo, 111., says: One
of the worst disasters in the history
cf river navigation occurred shortly after
4 o'clock Sunday morning near Ogdens
landing. While almost all aboard
were asleep the steamer Cit? of Pittsburg
was discovered on fire, and in a
few minutes was burned to tbe water.
The latest estimates are that there
were 150 persons aboard, and that not
more than half of them were saved,
many of the latter being burned or injured.
As the register of the steamer
was burned, no list could be given at
the time, either of the victims or of the
survivors. Captain Phillips admits
that the death list may reach sixty.
At Caledonia, three miles below the
scene of the disaster, the flames could
be plainly seen and the shouts of the
passengers were heard, and the people
put out in skiffs to the wreck. They
assisted in saving some of the passengers.
Many passengers clung by finger tips
to the burning boat, with bodies submerged,
until, overcome by fire or water,
they sank to death.
Most of the passengers were still in
bed when Second Clerk Oliver Phillips
gave the alarm. The engineers at once
started all the pumping engines, while
the crew brought all the hose into play.
Amid the streams of water on all side's,
the flames from the lower deck and
clouds of smoke, the passengers rushed
from their state rooms and a frightful
panic ensued. The appeals Of the
officer* and crew could not appease
the terror-stricken crowds that interfered
with those throwing water on the
flames, as well as those working with
the lifeboats. Few could adjust life
preservers or do anything else for
themselves.
Children Beg to Be Saved.
The smoke was stifling. Great clouds
floated through the blazing steamer,
choking the passengers ana aaaing 10
their terror. Children cried pitifully,
begging that they be saved. They
knew, as well as their elders, that
death confronted them and" clung to i
their mothers as though they alone
could save them. Lifeboats were manned
and every effort was made to save
the passengers from the furnace of
flames. Sturdy boatmen rowed desperately
in their heroic work of rescue.
Boats were sent from the shore to do
all they could jtiLd&e work of rescue.
Laden to their limit with passengers,
in the scant attire they "vtece able to
gather, boats were landed at tire- river ,
banks. As fast as one boat coulch-feq.? <
emptied it returned to the ill-fated ,
steamer, the rescuers not waiting to ;
catch a breath of rest.
The burning steamer was quickly ,
headed to the bank, but passengers ,
had to jump off the stern and trying to
swim ashore through the swift current
many were drowned. Many also perished
in the flames. Only one yawl was ,
saved without oars and the women
were taken off. About twenty or thirty (
were taken off the yawl, the rest being
picked up out of the water. Help ex- |
cept from people, living near by, did
not arrive until 2:30 Sunday afternoon, i
and passengers, with only their night
ciothes and without food, suffered terribly.
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The fire started in the forward hatch 1
larboard and burned fiercely, when ]
the steamer was run ashore and es- <
capes were made over the cabin rail- ]
ing. Very few passengers or the crew i
were aware of fire until it was too late. ;
Up to midnight Sunday night, the |
known death list was forty-nine, with |
only three bodies recovered. i
The loss is over $80,000 on the i
steamer and does not include the car^ ]
go, both being a total loss. I
COLOMBIA ASKS SEVEN MILLION.
Ticholas Murray Butler was msiaiiea
s president of Columbia university (
'ith imposing ceremony. These cerelonies
were attended by the president
f the United States and the heads of
le principal institutions of learning (
i the country. j
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Canal Protocol is For Second Time \
Before the State Department.
The Colombia canal protocol, which
was delivered at the state department t
on April 1 and afterward recalled by 1
Minister Conchs. for modifications, 1
was again presented to Secretary Hay I
Friday. The proposal as to price is t
set out .as follows: t
One year after the exchange of rati-- i
fications of a treaty the United States c
shall pay Colombia the lump sum of j
$7,000,000. This figure will represent t
fourteen years rental at $500,000 a 1
^ear. c
SWIFT STAR ROUTE.
To Be Established in ?/estern Georgia
as an Experiment. *
On the request of Representative
Adamson, the postoffice authorities
have decided to make an interesting r
experiment in western Georgia. What J
is known as a fast star route is to be s
established from Waco south, by way i:
3f Bowden to Newell, Ala. The dis- b
tance is 32 miles, and the territory is v
3ne thickly populated. t
Governor Odell at Charleston.
Governor Odell, of New York, has
ordered the members of his staff to f
meet him at Charlestn on April 23, to
participate in the exercises on New
Fork state day at the Charleston expo- C
sition. t
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Army Officers are Advanced. h
The President Thursday nominated p
Hoi. Charles Bird, Simon Snyder and n
iVilliam Auman to be bridadier general ii
n the regular army to fi.T existing vacancies.
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A 616 RAILROAD SENSATION.
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The Common People Are Guessing as r
to Who Now Owns the Louisville
and Nashville.
A New York special says: One of
the biggest railroad deals affecting the
south, and one which has had the most M
sensational and mysterious inception,
is believed in the most conservative
banking circles here to be on the
eve of completion.
The absorption of the Louisville and -J
Nashville railway,which in the stock
manipulations of the past few dayg
has passed from the control of the Bet .
mont interests to either the Southern
railwav nr thf Rnrk Island rnnd anil -a*
then a vast "community of interests"
is the outlook.
It was an acknowledged fact at lit* - ^
close of business in Wall street Satur- |
day that the control of the Louisville *
and Nashville had already passed, or
is in process of passing, to some other .
large railway system or group of bank-,
ers. The most solid indications are
that either the Southern railway or ^
Rock Island will ultimately prove,to be
the power in control. In either event, :,:M
it is as firmly understood that all of
these roads will be finally operated '
for mutual benefit
Another disoatch saye: Despite do- "WM
nials from J. P. Morgan & CoM the
financial agents, and Samuel Spencer,
the president, of the Southern r&iiirajr, . ..
and from August Belmont the chair- ^
man of the board of directors of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, In- ;
siders realize that the flurry in L. and
N. stock is due to no skillful "corner" ,
engineered by John W. Gates and hit
western boomers.
It simply means that the Southern
raiiway, or to speak more definitely^r?|j
that the J. Pierpont Morgan group of .
capitalists has acquired control of the
Louisville and Nashville railway. . ^
BRITISH HOPE FOR PEACE.
Cessation of Hostilities Depend on
Klerksdorp Negotiations.^
A London special says: "Peace la
within measurable distance." That wM
probably sums up the present crop of
rumors, conjectures and deductiona
which has Great Britain by the ears.
"Is it peace?" meets the eye In flay
,ng posters of afternoon newspapers, - ^
and the question Is echoed throughout
the United Kingdom.
The Associated Press has good rea?
sons to believe that the sudden sum- '
moning of the cabinet members Satuy
day was due to a desire to decido :|||
whether the presenting of the budget
could be postponed until the Klerksdorp
negotiations are settled, one way
or the other.
INADEQUATE TO BRUTAL CRIM ** ;
Murderer of Mies Jennett Get? Off
With Only a Life SentenceAt
midnight Saturday night, seveii- 'Jgsl
ty-two hours after Professor Joseph. ;
M. Miller murdered Miss Carrie M. ;-J
Jennett with a hatchet at Detroit, he j||
was in Jackson prison, sentenced to
spend -the rest of his life ihere-at-hSrS ^
l&bor. .. v.
He was arraigned in the recorder*#^
court Saturday morning on the charge
of murder, and the trial was quicklj:
In sentencing Miner "judge Murphy jailed
him a demon, and said he con- ^
sidered that the sentence he wa* 7
about to impose on him was inadequate
to his horrible crime. v
MISS DAVIS SPONSOR IN CHIEF. J?
General Gordon Names Grandnleeo of
Jefferson Davis For Highest Honor.
General John B. Gordon, command-* ?r
in chief of the United Confederate
i/otoranc has. Annotated Miss Varina ..%
Davis, of New Orleans, sponsor in /vp
:hief for the forthcoming reunion at ^
Dallas, Texas. The appointment is one
that will prove, popular with the veter- 'jk
ans of the south, for she is one of the '
few remaining representatives of the :3il
family of the confederacy's dead presl- *sjj
dent. Miss Varina Davis is the daughfer
of Mr. Joseph Davis, of New Ofleans,
and a grandniece of Jefferson - g|
HEROIC SCRUB WOMEN.
Mth Brooms and Scouring Mops They, *???
Prevent Big Jail Delivery.
A wholesale jail delivery was frus;rated
by scrub women at Kokomo,
Ind., Wednesday. In the absence of V j?
;he sheriff the prisoners sawed the ;
)ars and escaped through them. When ^
he women opened the door to scrub
he floors of the corridor, the prisoner? . ,fi
nade a dash for liberty', but were
dubbed back by the women, who did ^
jood work with brooms and mops. Af- >
er the prisoners were repulsed, Turnjey
Applegate came to the assistance
thfi women.
EAGLE'S FEATHERS PLUCKED. ^
Sovernor Davis Finally Bounces OffU *
cial He Heartily Dislikes.
Governor Davis, of Arkansas, an- "ij
lounees the removal of ex-Governor ^
ames P. Eagle as a member of the .
tate capitol commission because of
aharmonious action. It will be rememered
that ex-Governor Eagle a few
reeks ago declined to comply with. ' ^
he governor's request to resign.
GEORGIA DRUMMERS MEET.
Members of T. P. A. Hold Annual Coit? .
vention in Atlanta.
The eighth annual convention of the
leorgia branch of the Travelers' Pro- ?%ji
ective association wa? called to or- .
er Thursday afternoon at the Kimball
ouse in Atlanta, by Edward O. Miles,
resident of Post B, whose guests the v*||ot
aembers of the convention are while - g|
All seven posts of the Georgia diviian
had their full delegations present.