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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. 8. C.. THURSDAY. MAY 8. 1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. J
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PRISONERS RIDDLED
Captive Moros flake a Desperate
Break for Liberty.
HALTED BY AMERICAN BULLETS
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' Eighty-Four Tried the Trick and Thlr.
^ ty-Flve Bit the Dust.?Chaffe#
Bends Casualties in Rd<
cent Battiei;
A ififliia ipecial sdysi Eighty-four
Moro prisoners, under guard, made an
attempt to escape Monday. At a preconcerted
signal they got between the
soldiers forming the guard and a company
at dinner. The latter, realizing
what had happened, fired on and pur
j .V _ if tV.tflv.flT!-a nf I
suea lilt? .11UI US, kill! l; u. k, V?
them and capturing nine. The other
fugitives escaped.
The one chance of saving the life of
Captain Moore, of the Twenty-seventh
infantry, who was wounded during the
recent fighting with the Moros, in the
island of Mindanao, is by trepanning a
portion of his skull resting on the
brain.
The body of Second Lieutenant
Thomas A. Vicars, of the Twenty-first
infantry, has been temporarily buried
at Malabang.
Hopes are still entertained of saving
the lives of the other wounded American
officers.
A soldier has died of cholera oh
board the United States transport Warren,
in quarantine off Manila. Her
crew and passengers have been landed
by the United States steamer Meri^
veles. The Warren will be fumigated
and undergo another five days in quarantine.
List of Casualties in Battle.
l General Chaffee cabled the war department
Monday the following list
of casualties of the battle of Boyan,
Mindanoa, May 2, which was described
ill his dispatches made public Sunday:
Killed?Flrist Lieutenant Thomas A.
Vickers, Twenty-seventh United States
i&fantry; Privates James J. McGrath,
company F, Twenty-seventh infantry;
William Lorense, Charles Reynolds
and John Langdon, company G, Twenh
ty-seventh infantry; Alfred Callahan,
Frederick Cornell and Corporal Michael
Golden.
n Wounded?R. S. Porter, major and
sqrgean, wounded in thigh, serious;
^ Captain James T. Moore, wounded in
had, serious; Second Lidutenant Albert
L. Jossman, lung, severe; Second
Lieutenant Henry S. Wagner, leg and
wounded in abdomen, serious; Sergeant
John Wheatori, company F,
Twenty-seventh infantry, wounded in
oai-innc- Qarooant T, Mp
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Carthy, wounded In thigh, serious.
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DEATH CLAIMS ARCHBISHOP.
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End Came Somewhat Unexpectedly at
Late Hour Monday Night.
A New York dispatch says: Archbishop
Corrlgan died at 11:20 o'clock
Monday night.
death of the archbishop came
as a great surprise and shock to those
f in the arch-dpiscopal residence. It
was more so to the general public, for
the last bulletin of the day was that
, so certain were the physicians of an
improvement in the condition of the
patient there would be no more bulletins
for the night.
About 11 o'clock the trained curses
who had charge at the bedside noticed
a change. Acting on instructions, the
physicians were telephoned for. At
the same time the archbishop's two
r brothers were summoned to the room,
as well as a number of priests. It was
nnirklv seen by the physicians that
* end was at hand and in less than a
quitrterof an hour death ensued.
His last mfrm&nts were peaceful and
without evidence oPnrSering.
Courtmartial Papers on the Way.
By the usual schedule the papers in
the Smith courtmartial held in Manila
will consume about six weeks in transmittal
to Washington.
8TOCK BROKERS GO TO WALL.
Failed to Meet Obligations in Wall
Street and Collapse.
A New York dispatch says: The developments
of-the latter half of last
week in Wall street in connection with
the stocks of the Dominion Securities
Company, the Rutland Railroad company
and the Hackensack Meadows
company resulted Monday in the announcement
In rapid succession of the
suspension of stock exchange brokerage
houses.
The first firm to declare inability to
meet obligations was Offenbach &
Moore.
WEALTH IN SUMATRA LEAF.
Connecticut Growers of Weed Get Average
of $1.25 a Pound.
Secretary Wilson received a telegram
announcing that the crop of Sumatra
wrapper tobacco grown in the Connecticut
valley under the supervision
of experts of the department of agriculture
has been sold at prices averageing
$1.25 a pound, with an indicated
profit to the grower of $1 a
pound, or $1,000 an acre.
SCHLEY PARTY IN MERIDIAN.
Admiral and Wife Receive Hearty Wel?2
corr.e of "tuousands.
Admifal Schley and party, consisting
of MrSj, Schley and Miss Albert, arrived
in Meridian. Mass.. Friday morning.
^ They were met by a special commit
tee from the board of trade and 4.000
W school children, and escorted to the
p citv hall amid a roar of whistles and
rev - '
music, brass bands ami cheers of thcuP
sands of visitors who -lined the sidewalks
and blocked the streets. <
DECISION OF GREAT IMPORT. J
Georgia State Supreme Court Says, !
Practically, That Trusts Can Be
Proceeded Against.
One of the most far reaching decis- J
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ions ever rendered by the Georgia j
state supreme court was handed down J
Wednesday when the court held that j
the efforts of the drug firms in At- !
|anta to prevent the Jacobs' Pharmacy
from purchasing goods from wholesale
houses was illegal under the common
law and contrary to the public policy
"of the state; which decision means,
practically; that trusts and other combines
can be proceeded dgaiiist hhder
the common law of the state,
a The court also held that the antitrust
law of Georgia passed in 1896
was unconstitutional. This was in !
line, with the decision of the supreme 1
court of the United States, which held
only a few days ago that the anti-trusl
law of Illinois, after which the Georgia
law was patterned, was unconstitutional.
This, however, does not affect the
decision, which is based altogether on
the common law. The supreme court
has had the matter under consideration
since last October. The opinion
which was rendered by Mr. Justice
Fish is an elaborate one, and deals
with the questions at great length.
The decision of Judge J. H. Lumpkin,
of the superior court, who held
that the action of the druggists was
illegal, was adopted almost in its entirety
by the supreme court. In addition
to being complimented by being
sustained in his decision by the higher
court, Judge Lumpkin was further
complimented by having his opinion
adopted as that of the supreme court.
The history of the case is well remembered
In Atlanta. About a year
ago the Atlanta Druggists' association,
composed of nearly all the drug firmi
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Ill AllctUlit, Vduie LU LCI tail! ui ug auy V
ply houses in the north telling them j
that Jacobs was cutting rates and if i
they continued to sell him goods all J
the drug firms composing the Atlanta j
association would withdraw. The j
firms notified the Atlanta association <
that they would no longer sell to Ja- t
cobs, and Jacobs immediatel brought {
suit, claiming that conspiracy had been j
formed to crush his business, and <
that such a conspiracy tended to less- <
en competition and was contrary to t
public policy. Furthermore, he asked $
for an injunction to prevent the other 1
Atlanta druggists from making efforts ( i
to kill his trade, and besides sued fof i
$50,000 damages. The druggists who l
were being sued demurred to the in- s
junction, which demurrer was over- 1
ruled by Judge Lumpkin, and which (
was taken to the supreme court on a i
fast bill of exceptions. i
NAY, NAY, SAYS KNOX. ,
Attorney General Refuses to Ho!d Con- j
ference With Beef Trust Folk. <
Having received a letter from the ]
president of the republican club at
New York stating that he had ar- '
ranged for a conference between At- 1
torney General Knox and represent*- J
tives of the packing companies, the ]
attorney general Wednesday replied '
as follows: 5
"Your action requesting, represents- <
tives of packing companies to meet <
me is unwarranted by my letter of 1
April 28, and was without my knowl- 1
edge of any intimation to me that '
you proposed doing so until receipt of 1
your letter of the 28th. I regret that
you have assumed to arrange confer- !
ences which misrepresent the govern- l
ment's position." i
DEVEAUX LANDS SAFELY. 1
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Notwithstanding Strenuous Opposition
Colored Man Gets Office. 1
President Roosevelt. Thursday, sent
+r? thf* ?enatp thp aDDOintment of J.
H. Deveaux as colector of customs at
Savannah, Ga.
In making the appointment the
president paid no heed to the resolutions
of protest which reached him 1
from Savannah. He takes the posi !
tion that no charge is made against
Deveaux except his color, and this, 1
he holds, is not to be considered in
federal appointments. 1
BISHOPS IN CONFERENCE.
Sqmi-Annual Meeting of Methodist
Prelates Begins in Chattanooga.
The semi-annual conference of the
board of bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal church convened in Chattanooga,
Tenn., Thursday morning with
the following bishops in attendance:
Herrill. Chicago; Andrews, New York;
Warren, Denver; Foss. Philadelphia;
Walden, Cincinnati; >Iailalreu, Boston;
Fowler, Buffalo; Fitzgerald, St.
Louis; Goodsell. Chattanooga; Cranston,
Portland, Oreg.; Hamilton, San
Francisco. Bishop Joyce arrived Friday.
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HAS BEEN BADLY TREATED.
Perry DeLeon Will Appeal to President
to Review His Case.
Consul General DeLeon arrived in
"Washington Friday and had a conference
with the officials of the state department.
He enters a vigorous deniai
to the statement made at the department
that he had resigned. He is in
conference wih influential, personal
and political friends and hopes to get
a transfer to some Cuban post.
PENDING FOR A CENTURY.
After One Hundred Years Heirs of j
Bradford Get His Wealth.
The family of James W. Colbert, of j
Portsmouth, Va., were notified a few |
days ago through Attorney J. S. B. ;
Colbert, of Norfolk, that their share of |
the estate of the late William Bradford,
who came to this country on the
Mayflower in 10G0. amounts to between
$750,000 and $1,000,000. The settlement
has been pending for more than
one hundred years. _
BALKER IS M'LAURIN
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Refuses to Enter Regular State
Primary in South Carolina*
ISSUES EXPLANATORY ADDRESS
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Says System Has Been Perverted Into
Political Machine With Till
man as Chief irt
Control.
tinder date of May 3, Senator Mc
LauFin, of South Carolina, issued Ail
address to the people of South Carolina
in part as follows:
"My Fellow-Citizens of South Carolina:
The great doctrine of represenMPnnnclMlltn
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wd. H T to 1 UXIA K,J AO IVUiiUM
tion stone upon which our republic
rests "and no one more keenly than I
recognizes his accountability to the
people of South Carolina for all official
acts. At the same time no people who
insist that their representatives adhere
to political policies and traditions
long since dead and declare them
vital issues can ever become truly
?reat. Every advancement in the history
of our race has been the direct
result of independence of thought and
action. In most of the states of this
anion this is secured by the presence
>.* two political parties, and the resultant
discussion of every public question
pefore the people who are thus enabled
to form an intelligent opinion and
;ive a verdict at the ballot box. Unfortunately,
in South Carolina, for
learly forty years we have been unable
to have two parties, for fear of
aegro domination, and for ten years af:er
the Hampton revolution, in 1876,
>ur people took no interest in public
affairs, beyond maintaining a 'white
nan's government.' About the year
L900, however, began what was known
as the farmers' movement, which was
aothing more than an instinctive effort
an the part of the people to preserve
:he principle of self-government. With
Shell, Irby, Norris, Tillman, Donaldson
and others, I contributed what I
aould toward its success, simply because
I felt that agitation was better
:han stagnation and it is passing
strange, in that connection, that the
eader of that movement, B. R. Tillnan,
was then denounced, as I am deinnnrpd
for attemDtine to Mahoneize
:he state. The freedom of thought
and action, however, which followed
:he farmers' movement opened the
loors for every white man and every
negro who voted for Hampton in 1876
and they could advocate whatever
news they cared to express, provided
Dnly that they took an oath to support
the nominees of the primary election.
Men who voted the national republican
ticket were allowed to vote in the
primary for state and county officers.
"The primary system adopted in our
state, through the farmers' movement,
has been prostituted and perverted
into a political machine for the purpose
of excluding all candidates who
ire not in full accord with the views
and wishes of the dictator. The vital
juestion, therefore, is, will the people
nf the state submit to this political
tyranny and join m this unholy and
unpatriotic work of disfranchising the
intelligent people and excluding them
from our elections?
"With such a system I have no sympathy
and feel impelled by a strong
sense of duty to warn the peopk
against such tyranny as it encourages
and establishes. With these facts before
me, and my convictions as to thi
original purpose of the primary system,
I am driven to the conclusion
that it has outlived its usefulness. It
is, therefor 2, a matter of no concern
to me what may be the action of the
May convention as to the rules of the
primary and a revision of its pledges.
"The suppression of free speech and
independence of action in voting by
such means renders it impossible for
any self-respecting citizen holding my
views to become a candidate in the
democratic primary in South Carolina.
"A party yoke has been placed upon
our people, and it has become too galling
for further endurance, and yet I
realize that many of my loyal friends
would even once more hold in check
their resolution not to again enter our
system of primary elections in order
to again vote for me, but I have reach-J
n'lior/i T not snhfpct
CU tut; yuiut rr 11V1 ^ X
them to subscribing to an oatn to support
men and measures which do not
represent their views upon the issues
facing the American people today.
"Respectfully,
"JOHN LOWNDES McLAURIN."
It is said that the riots in Russia
were fomented by proclamations to
which the czar's name was forged,
calling on the serfs to seize the lands
of the nobles.
REMAINS OF MORTON ENTOMBED
Body of Ex-Secretary Consigned to '
Final Resting Place.
It was a sorrowful procession tnat J
followed the remains of J. Sterling |
Morton to the final resting place at j
Wyuka cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb., j
Wednesday afternoon. The streets
were lined with people wno steed in
respectful silence while the proces*
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S10D, neaaea uy u gua.ru ui ruuur,
passed through the down town streets.
HAZLETON MINERS ARE READY.
If Big Strike Should Come, They Will
Go Out ' o a Man.
The impression prevails among the
miners of the Hazleton. Pennsylvania,
district, that there will be a general
strike, as a result of the failure of the
operators ann the reprcssntatives ofthe
United Mine Workers to come to
a.*i agreement. I? suspension of work
is ordered, the members of the union,
thereabouts, it is believed, will obey
the order to a man.
CONGRESSMAN OTEY DEAD.
Noted Virginia Soldier, Legisfatdi' Snf
Prominent Busirvess Man Succumbs
After Short illness.
Congressman Peter J. Otey, of the
Sixth Virginia distHdt, died in Lynchburg,
his home, Sunday aft^rfiOGtt fit
3:30 o'clock. Word to this effect w3?
received at the sergeant at arms' office
of the house of representatives at
Washington at an early hour Sunday
night. Mr. Otey had been named as a
member of the committee to accompany
the remains of the late Congressman
Cummings to New York, but he
notified the speaker that he was too
ill to attend. Mr. Otey was a demo
crdt.
Mr. Otey was well known la the
south a a business man before he
came to congress. He was interested
in railroads, banking and insurance.
He bad been active in politics in his
state since 1869, but never held office
until 1894, when he was elected to the
house of representatives, since which
time he bad been a member of that
body. H? was born in Lynchburg in
1840 and was graduated from the Virginia
Military institute. While a cadet
he participated in the defense of Virginia
n the John Brown raid. After
graduating he became a civil engineer.
In 1861 he joined the confederate army
and part cipated in the western campaign,
culminating at Donelson and
Shiloh. Mr. Otey returned with his
command, and entered the army of
northern Virginia, remaining in the infantry
branch until the close of the
war. He was badly wounded at New
Market. When his wounds had healed
he returned and commanded a brigade
under General Early at Cedar Creek.
Major Otey is survived by his wife
aDd three daughters, Mrs. W. Norwood
Mitchell, of Atlanta; Mrs. John M. Mi'ler,
Jr., of Richmond, and Mrs. A.
Lynch Ward, of Campbell county. He
was serving his fourth term in the
house.
FLAGS TO FLOAT FOREVER.
Unci* Sam's Banner of Freedom Not
to Be Hauled Down in New Lands.
A banquet at the new Willard hotel
at Washington, Friday night, attended
by nearly four hundred persons,
brought the annual congress of the
Sons of the American Revolution to a
close. The occasion was made notable
by the presence of President Roosevelt,
who spoke for about 15 minutes,
paying particular attention to the army
and the navy and the flag, which, he
said, would not be hauled down in any
of our new possessions.
WILHELM1NA WEAR DEATH.
Queen Prematurely Confined?Small
Hope of Recovery Entertained.
Advices from The Hague state that
it was announced from Castle Loo at
midnight Sunday night that Queen
Wilhelmina had been prematurely confined
at 6 o'clock Sunday evening. The
queen sufTered intense agony, and her
condition was described as critical and
small hope for her recovery was en
tertained.
ARCHBISHOP GROWS WEAKER.
Attending Physician Announces Prelate's
Condition as Dangerous.
There is much concern felt over the
case of Archbishop Corrigan, who is ill
lr New York, as Dr. Keyes, the attending
physician announced Sunday night
after his visit to the bedside of the
prelate that his condition is still dangerous
and there is a possibility it
may become more critical.
SMITH COURTMARTIAL ENDED.
Papers Forwarded to Washington?Acquittal
is Generally Predicted.
The trial by courtmartial of General
Jacob H. Smith ended at Manila Saturday.
The findings of the court have been
forwarded to Washington. The general
imn-eKsinn is that Smith will be ac
quitted, as it is not believed anything
has been proven against him contrary
to general order ixo. 100.
EVANS GETS THAT PlUM.
President Sends His Name to Senate
as Consul at London.
A Washington special says: Just
as soon as the cables had announced
the funeral of the late Consul General
Osborne at London, President Roosevelt
sent to the senate the commission
of H. Clay Evans, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., to be his successor.
Million-Dollar Barge Line.
The completion of the deal of the
million-dollar barge line between Tuscaloosa,
Ala., and New Orleans gives
to that section the most Immense enterprise
that it has ever had.
KING PARDONS AMERICANS.
I Officers of Cruiser Chicago Given Their
Liberty in Venice.
Tho king of Italy has pardoned the
officers of the United States cruiser
I Chicago, who have been imprisoned at
j Venice. They were immediately hand
! ed over to the umtea oxaies cuusui,
from whose charge they were transferred
to the Chicago, which v.as ready
to sail.
Good Bye, Mr. Long.
Secretary Long closed his official
I career as the head of the naval estabI
lishment Wednesday. It was arranged
I that Secretary Moody should assume
j the duties of secretary of the navy
i Thursday morning.
Carnegie Loaves for Scotland.
i T1 e wholesale jewelry firm of Moore
! & EvanSj at Chicago, one of the larg;
est in the west, was placed In the
i hands of a receiver Wednesday. Lia'
blliiies are $175,000; assets $100,000.
DIPLOMAS TO CADETS
President Roosevelt Officiates io
Exercises at Annapolis.
ADDRESSES EMBRYO "SEA DOGS"
Boys are Toljj That Nation's H
Rests Upon Them?Sick~Wember
Of Class in Hospital is Visited
and Got* Parchment.
The speckl train from Washington
conveying President Rdflsevelt and
party to Annapolis to atlefid the graduating
exercises at the naval academy
arrived on schedule time Friday. AS
the president alighted from the train
he wag received by Superintendent
Wainwright. A batUlion-of marines
was drawn up at the station. The
party proceeded in carriages to the
academy grounds.
The president wa'ked across the
campus where the cadets were lined up
and passing down the line looked each
cadet squarely in the face. He was
then presented to the officers of the
academy by Commander Wainwright.
While this was going-on the shore batteries
fired the president's salute of
twenty-one guns. At the. sound of a
bugle blast the cadets stacked guns
and marched by fours to the chapel,
where benediction was pronounced by
the chaplain. In the meantime the
president had been escorted down the
aisle by Commander Wainwright and
was shown to his seat on the platform,
the battalion of cade.s, the officers and
others receiving the president standing.
Commander Wainwright then introduced
Dr. George T. Winston, a
member of the board of visitors, who
delivered a short address.
He was loudly applauded when he
referred to Dewey as the hero of Manila
and Sampson th<> hero of Santiago,
and at the conclusion of his remarks
was congratulated by the president.
The graduating cluss discarded their
guns and acoutremtnts and advanced
close to the platform. President Roosevelt
then addressed them, his remarks
being frequently interrupted by applause.
He said in part:
"In receiving these diplomas you become
men who, above almost any others
of the entire union, are to carry
henceforth the ever present sense of
responsibility which must come with
the knowledge that on some tremendous
day it may depend upon your
courage, your preparedness, your keen
intelligence and knowledge of your
profession whether or not the nation
is again to write her name on the
world's roll of honor or to know the
black shame of defeat We all of us
hope that the occasion for war may
never come, but if it has to come,
then this nation must win; and the
Drime factor in securing victory over
any foreign foe must of necessity be
the United States navy. If the navy
falls us, then we are doomed to defeat,
no matter what may be our material
wealth or high average of our
citizenship. It should therefore, be
an object of prime importance for every
patriotic American to see that the
navy is constantly built up and above
all that it is kept to the highest point
of efficiency, both In material and in
personnel. It cannot be too often repeated
that in modern war and especially
in modern naval war, the importance
of the navy in achieving triumph
is what has been done in the way of
thorough preparation and training before
the beginning of the war. It is
what has been done before the outbreak
of the war that is all-important.
"Officers and men alike must have
the sea habit; officers and men alike
must realize that in battle the only
shots that count are the shots that hit,
and normally the victory will lie with
the side whose shots hit the oftenest.
Seamanship and markmanship?these
must be the two prime objects of your
training, both for yourselves and for
the men under you."
At the conclusion of his address and
the distribution of the diplomas the
president requested that he be taken
to the hospital where Cadet Emery S.
Land, of Wyoming, a member of the
graduating class was lying ill. Sitting
up in bed, the sick boy received his
diploma from the president, who made
a few appropriate remarks, in which
he expressed the hope that he would
soon be out. The president was then
given an opportunity of witnessing the
customary prank of the plebes throwing
the graduating class out of quarters,
which offered a great deal of
amusement.
After luncheon the president and
party went aboard the torpedo boat
Gwynn for a short trip on Chesapeake
bay.
Among the prizes awarded was a
silver medal to Cadet James Patrick
Lannon, of Virginia, for being the
champion fencer with broad swords.
COSTLY BLAZE IN NORFOLK,
starts in Candv Factory and
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. Causes Loss of $80,000.
Fire started Thursday in the building
of the Virginia Candy Company
at Norfolk, and gained such headway
that at one time it was thought that
the entire block bounded by Commer
i cial p'ace and Water street and Roanj
oke avenue, would be destroyed.
The losses aggregate $83,500. fully
covered by insurance.
TO HAVE ANOTHER TRY.
j Mine Workers Again Refer Theii
Troubles to National Civic Fed.
i A New York dispatch sa>s: Aftej
| spending two days in endeavoring t(
j arrive at a settlemnr of their differ
j ences, the operators and representa
! tives of the United Mini- workers o:
I America, who were bronchi, tcgethei
by the good offices rf ; Nationa
Civic Federation, h-v-.. r a,;, rcferrec
their troubles io the- (.omtnittee 01
1 conciliation ol that body.
X SOUTH CAROLINA I
1 STATE NEWS ITEMS.
fMfMfNifSjrvMNJCNJCSll
Fair Closes June 1st.
At a meeting of the board of directors
of the ?df#tk Carolina, Interstate
and West Indian exposition last Monday
evening it was determined that
the exposition would close on 1
next,
ThAro had been considerable talk
and many" requests have been made for
an extension of tiiA exposition for one
month, but the terms of various state
appropriations and the time limits of
many contracts made a month's ex
tension impracticable.
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Thre$ Studertf Drowned.
Cadet Lindsay,. Nvcholg and Stevens,
of the Kings Mountain military academy,
at Yorkville, wer? drowned in
Blacks pond, two miles W ?t of Yorkville,
one afternoon the past week.
Lindsay and Nichols lost their lives ia
attempting to save Stevens, who was
unable to swim and got in deep water.
Lindsay was the son of Captain J. R.
Lindsay, cf Yorkville. Nichols' parents
live near Yorkville, and Stevens'
home was at Kershaw.
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Insane Burglar Killed.
C. M. Babb, a . aative of Germany,
about 50 years of age, and a jeweler
by trade, broke into W. E. Avery's
jewelry store, in the very heart of the
business section of Columbia, Friday
night. Babb's mind was unbalanced.
He was shot and mortally wounded by
a policeman while attempting to escape
from the store.
Babb died at the hospital Sunday.
The Columbia Germans took the matter
in hand. They found that Mrs.
Babb was also Insane. She had been
shut up in a room in her house for
days. Conditions were fearful and she
seemed starving. Persons who weni
in noticed bumps on the carpet They
investigated and found a quantity of
small pieces of jewelry and precious
stones stuck under the carpet.
It is said the cause of Babb's insanity
was that he had recently lost a
fortune. He deserted from the German
army when his service was nearly
completed to come to'this country. Re
cently a relative left him $40,000 in
Germany, and he could not go there to
take possession of his property.
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Violated State Game Law.
A case on the charge of violation of
the game law was tried in the magistrate's
court at Greenville the past
week for the first time In that section
of the state. There have been numerous
violations of the state game law.
and many threats of prosecution made,
but the records do not indicate that
any one has ever before been tried ane.
convicted on such a charge.
C. F. Schwing, secretary of the
South Carolina Game Protective Association,
was the prosecutor, and William
Sewing, proprietor of a restaurant
in the city, was the defendant
There were several witnesses who testified
that they had seen the defendant
???ti fmm him Sewfne was con
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victed and sentenced to pay a fine of
$ 12.50 and cost, or work on the chaingang
for 30 days. He gave notice of
an appeal and the case will be heard
at the next term.
The final outcome of this case will
be watched with no little interest by
the proprietors of restaurants and the
sportsmen as well. The verdict in the
case will establish a precedent in regard
to the selling of quaii in South
Carolina.
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Crime Vs. Dispensary System.
T. J. La Motte, of Columbia, S. C.f
who has been secretary of the South
Carolina stale prohibition committee
for several years, and who is regarded
as a most reliable man, has prepared
a statement, based on carefully tabulated
figures, as to the prevalence of
crime in South Carolina under the dispensary
system.
The investigation covers the official
data furnished by the annual reports
of attorney-generals made to the legislature
of South Carolina for fourteen
years?1887 to 1900, inclusive?being
for the last six years?1887 to 1892?
of the license system, and for the succeeding
eight years of the dispensary
i system?1893 to 1900. The classes ol
tItiipk covered are those of violence
against the person, such as assaults
' with intent to kill, assaults of violence
with criminal intent and homicides
technically indictable as murders. 01
these crimes the investigation has long
since settled that at least 75 per cent
are traceable, directly or indirectly, tc
, the influence of strong drink, and the
record is, therefore, an unfailing test
! as to the extent of which any system
of regulation of the liquor traffic is a
success or faiiure.
Mr. La Motte's figures show that 101
the last six years of the dispensary
management there has been an aggre
I gate increase of more than 40 per cent
in assaults, etc., and nearly 100 per
cent increase of homicides over the six
years preceding the dispensary, under
the license system.
A comparison of the last two years
" 1* j: ?ronnrfpri 1899-1900
01 Hie Ulbpeiiaai* i
?shows an increase in the latter year
of over 97 per cent in same classes of
crimes.
Crimes against property?Larcsny,
robbery, arson, etc.?have increased Ie
a still greater ratio, as shown by th
j statements made to the attorney gen
* j eral's office by the clerks of court ol
i the several counties and set forth ir
* j the attorney general's report.
> | They show cases of this class dis
j posed of in 1899, 349; in 1900, 740, ovei
- i 125 per cent in one year.
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Many Are Out for Plums.
1 A Columbia dispatch says: Federal
j appointments for South Carolina,
which are expected within the nexl
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few days, will occasion uu uu v*
J litlcal excitement in Charleston.
According to Washington advices,
United States Marshal Lawson D. Melton,
whose term expired April 15, will
not be reappointed, and the understanding
is that Postmaster George L
Cuflfli?gham, an old-line republican,
will get (ft? place. Melton, it is said,
will bo cared for by the government,
probably in some foreign consulate.
In the event of Postmaster Cunningham
being made marshal, interest centers
in the race for the postoffice, and
just now it looks as though W. L. Harris,
chief pension examiner for South
Carolina, will be named. Harris has
been in Charleston long enough to establish
a legal residence. He owns
property iD Columbia. His wife, who
comes from a South Carolina family,
is a first cousin of Major Micah Jenkins,
a close personal friend of the
president, and the chances seem to be
greatly <n favor of Harris.
Major A. H. Mowry, Colonel A. C.
I Kaufmann and John P. Deveaux are
candidates for the postoffice, ana tney ,
have sent bulky petitions to Washington.
Collector of Port Wallace, who
does not want that office again, be- J
cause it pays nothing, would like to be
marshal, and should he fail there, his
friends are anxious to have him made
postmaster. Altogether the fight is
growing warm, and some feeling has
been shown.
The Clemson College Sensation..
According to reports sent of sensational
developments are expected when
the board of trustees of Clemson college
take up th investigation of the recent
trouble as a result of which the
entire sophomore class withdrew from
the institution. From reliable sources
It is learned that friction existed for
some time between the faculty and the
student body and resignation of members
of the faculty are almost sure to
follow. Just what part President
Hartzog will play in the dispute remains
to be seen, although it is claimed
that another president may take
his place.
Had it not been for the prompt
work of members of the board of trustees
the bitterness expressed in certain
circles gives strong evidence that
there is something radically wrong. It
has been stated in a very positive
way that Judge William C. Benet, who
recently resigned as judge of the firs*
judicial circuit, would be tendered the
position as head of the institution.
Judge Benet's name was before the
board at the time of President Hartzog's
election, but Senator Tillman's
influence went to Mr. Hartzog, and he
eot the Dlace.
Whether President Hartzog will resigr.
is & matter of uncertainty, although
the news comes from a pretty
good source that Judge Benet will be
offered the position. It is likely that
somebody connected with the college
will have to go, as the unsatisfactory
conditions at the college have excited
much feeling.
Every effort has been made to quiet
the disturbances and while other
classes have agreed to remain temporarily
it i? known that they will notstay
unless professors who have made
themselves unpopular are asked to resign.
From the present outlook the
chances are that another president
will have to take charge and Judge
Benet is the most available name now
before the public.
STRIKES IN CHATTANOOGA.
Carpenters, Stone Masons and Hod
carriers Have Various Grievances
Two hundred carpenters, seventyfive
stone masons and fifty hod car
riers went on a strike at Chattanooga
Thursday.
The carpenters demand a nine-hour
day, with eight hours on' Saturday, 25
cents an hour, with scale contract for
one year. The stone masons and hod
carriers demand 50 cents a day advance
in wages. Building operations
will be seriously crippled in conse^
quence of the strike.
MAY DAY WALK-OUTS.
Building Trades Workers in Pittsburg
Demand an Eight-Hour Day.
Nine organized building trades in
the Pittsburg, Pa., district started the
| conflict Thursday morning for higher
wncM Manv of the employers agreed"
to the demands during the day and at
its close there was every indication
, that the struggle will be of short duration.
Of the 12,000 men who were ordered
out, probably rot more than
, 6,000 remained idle.
In Germany every domestic str
vant is under the supervision and pro;
tection of the State. Each one on en:
tering service is duly registered at the
? Burgomaster's or at the nearest police
i station, and receives a little book con.
taining Dot only the various rules .tnd
regulations of domestic service, the
bylaws concerning the "hiring penny,"
the "fortnight's notice," and so forth,
. but blank pages on which the* masters
and mistresses subsequently insert
the discharge and testimonial. On
leaving one situat'on to enter an:
other the domestic's book must be
shown to the police sergeant, who
: puts the official seal on it and enters
' the new address in his ledger.
A Great Secret,
? Feeble natures live in their sorrows
Instead of converting them into apoth!
egms of expr-rience. They are saturated
with theio. and they consume
, themselves by sinking back each day
l into the misfortunes of the past. To
, forget is the great secret of strong
and creative existence, to torgei aner
? the manner oJ Nature, which knows
no past, and begins again every hour
the mysteries of her indefatigable
productiveness.?Balzac.
The Literary Digest asks the question:
"Is fear mental or physical?"
The Kansas City World explains that
it all depends on the nature of the Individual
case. If the object that In[
spires the fear is a bill collector, it's
mental, but if it is a footpad, it's
| physical.
JlAVEMCIEtt Willi WO
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Congressional Committee Probes
Into Sngar Trust Affairs.
ITS PRESIDENT IS QUESTIONED J
Inquiry as to Ownership of Cuban
Sugar and Sugar Lands is Begun
at Washington by Special
Committee. -.
The Inquiry into the present holding
of the Cuban sugar and sugar lands; ' "
I ordered by the senate, was begun at ' .yf
Washington Thursday by the sub- ' r:
committee on Cuban relations. Prea- V'i
ident Henry O. Havemeyer, of the -:it?
American Sugar Refining company,
was the first witness, and all of the
members of the sub-committee, ,"i;
Burn
Messrs. r ia.it, Ul Wuuvvv*v?.?y
ham and Teller, were In attendance. . v
Senator Patterson was, also present. A-ij
Others present with Mr. Havemeyer
were Arthur Donner, treasurer of the
company, and Henry C. Mott, its raw:
sugar buyer. All of them were sworn. Replying
to questions by Senator
Piatt, Mr. Havemeyer said his com- Ipsa
pany was generally known as the su?
gar trust and that its refineries were ; |j||S
located as follows: "In New Jersey, '-?$3
one; in New York, three; Massa- -V'^gg
chusetts, two; Philadelphia, two, "and
one in New Orleans." f
"Will you," Senator Piatt asked, "tell
the committee how much Cuban sugar
if any, has been purchased and is now ?
held by your company?"
"Since early in February last we -<s|g
have purchased 50,000 tons or 256,000
bags, or about ten days' supplies," re- '"gj&m
plied the witness.
"Of the quantity, 26,000 tons is now
in process of shipment from Cuba."
The prices paid had, he said, range* ^
from $1.75 to $1.93, the highest prictf ^
being paid on March 13, and the lowest
on April 22.
"Where 'id you buy your raw sit* 1 yjjgH
"All over the world?In Cuba, Java,
Hamburg, Trieste, the British We?t .
Indies, South America?wherever angar
is grown."
"Does the 50,000 tons you mentionrepresent
your entire purchases in
Cuba since the 1st of January?"
"No. We have bought all told, 83,000
tons of Cuban sugars during tho
present year, or about three-fourths ||
of a month's supply, our consumption/
being about 35,000 tons per week."
"Do you control any sugar in Cubd
other than that purchased?"
"None whatever in any manner." , Jaffl
"Have you taken any options on Ctw |||
ban sugar?"
"I have not"
"Have you made any advance 04
' any Cuban sugar?"
"None whatever."
"So you wishHEfbe understood at %
saying that the amount you have men- "'ill
tioned as having represented your en- . p
tire stock direct and indirect in Cn? . -f^ls
ban sugars?"
"That is the statement I make."
Continuing, Mr. Havemeyer said *
the entire Cuban sugar crop is about
750,000 tons, but that much of it has . .
been withheld from the market In '
view of possible tariff concessions to
be made by congress. On this account
in^rcocM hfl.ve> been only about
one-third of the average of other years. '
On this account, too, the purchase ?
had been made principally at outports,
where the storage facilities were poor,
rather than at Havana. The purchases
fiom the outports had caused most of
the shipments to be made from these :
ports rather than from Havana, where the
company had about 45,000 tons ?9
stored. The purchases at the outports
has caused the sales there to ?*
be made on a parity with the best su? ;
gar prices.
Speaking'of the capacity of hfe
company, he said that it refined 65 ~
per cent of the American refined pro*-?^
COURTMARTIAL FOR OFFICERS.
Men of Cruiser Chicacgo Not Yet Out
of Their Trouble.
Private dispatches from Venice,
Italy, says the cruiser Chicago will pro- ?' |f|
ceed to Naples, and that she will thero
be joined by the battle ship Illinois, ?
the flagship of the European United
States squadron, on board of which
vessel the officers of the Chicago, who '> ^
were arrested and imprisoned in
Venice, will be tried by courtmartial,
TO POSTPONE ST. LOUIS FAIR.
Gates of Big Exposition Will not Open
Until 1904.
Secretary Hay sent to the senate
a letter stating the necessity for postponing
the Louisiana Purchase Expo- V
sition from 1903 to 1904. Senator * i,Cockrell
had the letter read in the senate
and then offered an amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation bill now
pending in the senate providing
for the postponement of the exposition
in accordance with the request.
MERCER BOYS ARE ANGRY.
They Claim that Envelopes Containing
"Marks" Were Illegally Opened.
The Oratorical Association of Mercer 1
university, at Macon, Ga., is investigating
an alleged infraction of the constitution
of the Georgia Intercollegiate
Oratorical Association during the rr*
cent contest in Atlanta in opening the
envelopes containing the marks on
composition and thought before the . \v
speaking began. _ - . '