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The Bamberg Herald. 1 ill ? ? T ? 1 ?? ? 1 ... - - ? " * ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. MAY 22.1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. yg ""???_______mm_mmmrntrnmmrnm?rn*tmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ?_i?_____ ? * M NINETY DIE IN STORM Disastrous Cyclone Devastates Town of Goliad, Texas. OTHER SECTIONS FEEL BLOW Besides the Reported Fatality List, Over a Hundred Were Injured and Business Section of Goliad is in Ruins. A special from Goliad, Texas, say*: Ninety are dead, over a hundred j are wounded. In addition there is a gaping wound in the town?the path < of one of the most destructive torna- 1 does ever known in Texas. ] The tornado struck the town about ( 3:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon, last- < ing only about five minutes, leaving < and disaster everywhere in its 1 wake. It came from the southeast without * a warning, completely demolishing a 1 strip about two blocks wide thro ?gh- c . cut the whole western part of the town about a mile long. Among the many houses demolished 1 are the Baptist church and parsonage. 1 just built, the Methodist church and a colored church. 1 The number of houses destroyed * will probably reach 100. Damage done 1 cannot be approximated as yet, but it ^ is very great. About all the human s dead and wounded have been taken care of. The path of -devastation was strewn ? with all kinds of debris and dead and s wounded animals. The pitiful cries of a the wounded was heard everywhere, c and at times was heartrending. 1' A- report from the country around 1 Goliad is to the effect that no damage " ** ? A fro In hoorvritr t Vi O t was uuue. a sytviai uum uv?nuS O'Connor Guards, six physicians. ^ nurses and many volunteers came ( from Victoria and a special train from n Cuero, bearing physicians, nurses, * druggists and volunteers. d The cyclone is believed to have c originated on the gulf coast at a point almost directly south of Goliad, and n traveled ip a northeasterly direction d as far as Kentucky. It left desolation behind in four states, but Texas seems C to have suffered more than the others, e At 10 o'clock Sunday night there were S two repcrtes current concerning the f< fate-of the historic town of Goliad. Both of them were sufficiently dis- B tressing. One was that fifty lives were f< lost and much of the town destroyed. The other was that not less than two fa hundred persons were killed and that t1 nearly every structure there was demolished. f< / Wild rumors about the fate of Tex- A orVono weva in nirriilaHon frvr a time. Q but the :-nxiety on that score was re- si lieved by the statement from incoming train crews that there had been no a damage at Marshall, Texarkana, or in- b termedite points. Shreveport, La., s' seems to be cut off from communica- C lion with the world. Damage at San Antonio. c P At 12:40 o'clock the storm swept Q over San Antonio, damaging property ^ not less than $50,COO, and it may reach v $75,000. No lives are reported lost. The wind reached a velocity of 72 miles an hour, and continued at that 7 rate for nearly twenty minutes. OFFICIALS PLAYED POKER. P' Upon Complaint of Farmers Several ai Missouri Citizens Are Indicted. Harry E. Hawes, president of the s, St. Louis board of police commission XXT \\r Wil y trrs, v^uugirdduiaii ft. ft. iiutivti, u nliam Flynn, of St. Louis, and about jj thirty other men, including several mayors of small Missouri towns and a | judge from the Missouri supreme court have been indicted by the grand jury g * of Charlton county, Missouri, on a charge of gambling. The specific charge, it is said, is that the defendants played "penny ante" poker. . jE The gambling is alleged to have oc- w curred last summer during a fishing CJ rip Ir. Charlton county. Complaint C1 was made by some farmers who said ^ they saw the game in progress. je r STAMPEDE TO GOLD FIELD. Over Six Thousand Prospectors Rush """ Upon New Eldorado in Utah. A special from Salt Lake City, Utah, says: An army of 6,500 prospectors fa from almost every state in the union n; has begun the rush into Thunder s( mountain, the new Eldorado of fabu- P lous richness. Not since the memora- c ble stampede to the California gold tl fields in 1849 has the frenzied search ti for the yellow metal reached the pres- hi ent stage, nor have such alluring pros- a] pects been held out since those excit- si ing days. ic FIVE DIE IN FLAMES. / Halocaust in Burning of Hotel at Bi Point Pleasant^ W. Va. Five persons perished in the burning of the American hotel at Point Pleasant, W. Va., and three were se I a riously injured. Two residences also burned and the total loss amounts to 01 $30,000. J" Three of the victims were farmers f summoned as grand jurors at the j ^ criminal court GREAT BEACON IS MONT PELEE. D Far-Reaching Flashes of Bright Flames Issue from Deadly Volcano.- Great flashes of very bright light were emitted from Mont Pe'.ee between I w 10 and 11 o'clock Thursday night. They ! d( were visible from Fort de France, j w Thick, glowing, red clouds, inter- | !n spersed with flashes o flight, issued I from the volcano. Showers of cin- I Sf tiers accompanied the activity. The j people in the districts of Lorrain, Ma- j p; rigot, Sainte Marie and La Trinite are j ^ panic stricken. 0< FUQMADEN DiXiE St IS SAlL.'j < Big Cargo cf Supplies En Route to * Martinique Island?Sixteen Ships ( Lost in St. Pierre Harbor. ' ( With food enough on board to feed ' the population of Martinique for a week, the cruiser Dixie sailed from New York for the stricken island. She will arrive at her destination Monday. Never, ev'tn during war time, did the army subsistence department, make , such a record in collecting a shipload j of food supplies. It was done In 24 hours' time, Colonel D. L. Brainard bringing from Philadelphia three carloads of supplies needed to make up the shipment and purchasing the rest in New York. ^ The Dixie's cargo wi 1 comprise 900,300 rations. It contains: Two hundred thousand pounds of bread. S5.000 pounds of flour. 900,000 pounds of rice, 100,000 pounds of codfish, 200 cases of . ?hicken and beef soup. 100 cases of ^ ?vaporated cream, 100 cases condens?d milk, 5.000 pairs of shoes, 20,000 ?airs of khaki trousers, 4,000 pairs of jarrack shoes, 2,000 blouses. 1,003 .ents, 2,000 pairs baibriggan drawers, LOGO balbriggan shirts, 500 summer oats. c In addition there are large quantiies of coffee, tea. sugar, vinegar, pep- f )er and in the way of clothing, a large Q tmount of calico undergarments, etc. ^ There is $5,uu0 worth of medicine in he cargo, and three army surgeons, t )r. Church, Dr. J. H. Reilly and Dr. J. ^ J. Clayton, will accompany the party, rhey take along a plentiful supply of urgical instruments. Sixteen Vessels Destroyed. The navy department Wednesday nornlng received a number of mes- n ages bearing on the Martinique dis- 0 .ster. Lieutenant B. B. McCormick, ^ ommanding the Potomac, sent the fol- g owing from Fort De France, dated j ^uesday. "In harbor at St. Pierre, 16 vessels v< otally destroyed. Surrounding vilj- jq ages uninhabitable. Island covered a with) destruction. Ashes within five niles Fort De France. Provisions s, teededf 50,000 refugees within ten ays. Need extra stores. Inform f.( ommandant San Juan." n Commander McLean, of the Cincin- f( ati, cabled from Fort De France, un- S( er Wednesday's date as follows: p "Arrived at St. Pierre this morning. 0 !ame here message. Assisting govrnment Martinique. News disaster it. Vincent; have sent Potomac. Will dIIow if necessary." Admiral Barker, commandant of the irooklyn navy yard, telegraphed as o: >llows: n "Bulk of freight removed from Buf- n ilo. She can sail at any time within 5vo hours' notice. y, Secretary Hay also received the i blowing cablegram from Consul .yme in answer to the secretary's in- CJ uiry as to whether fresh water and a upplies are needed: tl "Water not needed, but food impertive for 50,000 refugees. I have ca- 0] led as to what was wanted. I shall fl tay here to distribute supplies. The incinnati is here." Adjutant General Corbin has reeived a cablegram from San Juan, 'orto Rico, saying that the collier cj terling would sail Thursday for Mar- C( nique. a] : bi ANOTHER AERONAUT KILLED. y, T ragic Climax to Balloon Ascension at p: Tallapoosa, Ga. w Meredith Rowe, an aeronaut, in tt taking a balloon ascension at Talla- z? oosa, Ga., late Tuesday afternoon fell g, ad was almost instantly killed. 0( When 100 feet in the air the balloon tddenly collapsed and Rowe was * ashed to death. His neck was broen, his back a mass of bruises. Hard a whole bone remained in his body, th .. - t0 EARTHQUAKES AS SHIBOLETH. to h( efsmltic Dangers May Affect Canal Vl Legislation in Congress. ac The terrible volcanic eruptions in le French West Indies have raised an iteresting question at Washington qj ith regard to the proposed isthmian sc nial, aDd it is possible that the oc- ^ irrences of the past few days may f0 ive an important bearing upon canal 0f gislation. li<; TO REPLACE THE CINCINNATI. raining Ship Topeka Ordered to Sail to San Domingo City. at In view of the critical state of af- qi tirs in Hayti and San Domingo, the ^ ivy department is making plans to ]o md the training ship Topeka, now at Hx ort Royal, S. C., to San Domingo ity to fill the place made vacant by va te dispatch of the Cincinnati to Mar- ar nique. Orders have gone forward to ^ ave the Topeka made ready for sea, at id unless the situation is alleviated en ie will sail for the scene of trouble ^1 l a short time. c1' se COURT TO HOLD IN ATLANTA. wl ar ill Passes Senate that Will Bring New Orleans Judges to Georgia. re A Washington dispatch says: Soon ^. ter the senate convened Wednesday ce biil was passed providing that the rcuit court of appeals of the Fifth dicial circuit of the United States or iall hold at least one term annually . Atlanta, Ga., beginning on the first onday of October of each vear, * pe DECORATIONS FOR ALFONSO. C? CO rli epresentatives of Various Countries _ . Honor Y-eung King .if Spain. At Madrid. Friday. King Alfonso sa as invested with a number of foreign * jcorations. The ceremony, which as of an imposing nature, took place the throne room of the palace. The ng was surrounded" by a brilliant as- a cii mblage of high officers of state. There was a brilliant banquet at the ilaee Friday night. Dr. Curry, the ^ nited States special envoy, and the ' , bt .her envoys were present. _ .. 5 SOUTH CAROLINA l j STATE NEWS ITEMS. ] ScMIMt^CNJINICSlCMrJI Monument to General Sumter. It is announced that congress will rcry probably give the $25,000 asked or the erection of a monument to the nemory of General Sumter, the revoutionary hero. The monument is to >o erected at Sumter. * * In Historic Colonial Church. The 112th annual council of the dio:cse of South Carolina began the past veck in the colonial church. Prince loorge Winyah, at Georgetown. The >rotestant Episcopal congregation for his church was formed in 1712 and he oldest part of the building erected n 173(1. There is a large attendance ii cicrgy ana xauy. rnsuup ^apcis ihcided. * * * Musical Festival at Gaffney. The Gaffney May music festival be;an last Wednesday night. The first oncert was held in the main auditoium of the First Baptist church. The emaining four afternoons and nights f Thursday and Friday were held in he auditorium of Limestone college. Notwithstanding the festival at Sparanburg two weeks ago and one to be eld in Charlotte next week, a large umber of visitors were in evidence. * * * New Cotton Mill For Anderson. The erection of a $300,000 cotton lill in Anderson will be begun inside f thirty days. Those at the head of his new enterprise are J. A. Brock, R. I. Ligon. N. B. Sullivan, George W. Ivans and J. E. Borton. The books of subscription will be ill be kept open to the public at the lank of Anderson for a limited time rterwaras. a commission 10 organize ie company has been granted by the ecretary of state. The character of goods to be manulctured is ginghams, madras and dolestics or flannelettes. The contract )r machinery will be placed very oon after organization, which will rohably take place shortly. Most f the stock has been subscribed. * * Young Woman Slain By Assassin. The scream of a terror-stricken wotan, quickly followed by the report f a pistol at 10:30 o'clock Sunday ight caused citizens of Laurens to ash to the house of Walker Edwards. On the back porch Mrs. Edwards. 22 ears old, was found dead with a bul:t in her brain. The coroner's jury found death was ausea Dy a person uimuowu una uu rrests have been made, although lere is much feeling in the town. Edwards, the husband, says he was d the front piazza when the shot was red. * * Water Works For Charleston. A Baltimore dispatch says: The ity of Charleston, S. C., has made a >ntract with the Mercantile Trust ad Deposit Company, of this city, for uilding water works, giving a thirty ?ars' franchise to that corporation, he Charleston Light and Water Comany, which acquired the water works, ill carry out the new undertaking for ie Baltimore company. The capitalittion consists of $150,000 of twentyre year 5 per cent gold bonds and $1,)0,000 of stock. * * * Sad Plight of Jones. Robbed by a saloon thug, advised by ie police to keep quiet and go home, o proud to accept a loan, and unable get a chance to work his passage >me, John K. Jones was sent to Belle le hospital, in JN'ew iork, a iew aays >o, a nervous, wreck, as a result of s ten days' experience in Gotham. Mr. Jones is a leading citizen of lio, this state, where he has a handime home and a wife and children, e went to New York to buy stock r his store and fell into the hands the Philistines of the gay metropo>. * * Church to Help Strikers. The Episcopal conference, in session Georgetown, had a rather delicate icstion presented o it. An appeal as made to the cc :ucil through Rev. ?hn Kershaw, of Charleston, by the cked-out operatives of South Caro1a, near Augusta. This appeal said: "Many of the good people in this illey are in a destitute condition and e compelled to as. : assistance from eir fellow-citizens. They were operives in the cotton mills and dependit upon their daily labor for support, le mills have, on short notice, been osed down and thrown out of work veral thousand employees, many or horn are women and children, who e suffering for the actual necessities life. We ask that you contribute to lieve their wants." After considerable discussion, in hich it was manifest that the diose council desired to give aid withit in any manner passing upon the erits of the case, as between the leratives and mill owners, the followg resolution was adopted: "Resolved. That having heard of the 'tition of the mill operatives of Aiken unty. setting forth their pitiable ndition and their pressing needs, the E>rgv and laity be called upon to take imediate steps to respond to the me bv gifts and offerings, and that e same be forwarded to the Rev. T. '. Clift. Aiken, S. C.. who has offered distribute our alms." This is probably the first time that matter of this kind has come before ich a church body. The council took final action on the lestion of allowing women to vote in e parish elections. This subject has ;en discussed for three or four years. Two years ago the advocates of the womn were successful, but they failed on the required indorsement the next year. The vote in this council was very evenly divided, but it was evident from the speeches made by those who had formerly advocated this departure that they were not so desirous of pressing their point. Council desired to make no change, so the ladies will not be allowed to cast their ballots. * * 9 Was Convicted by Blackmail. The past week Governor McSwceney granted a pardon to George Washington, a negro, formerly of Colleton county, but more recently of Augusta, Ga. The case is an interesting one because of its several unusual features. In February, 1S76, Washington was convicted before Judge Maher, in Colleton county, or criminal assault on a woman and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. The governor seldom considers an application for pardon in such a case, but in this one he discovered a case of blackmail on the part of a negro woman who had been Washington's mistress, and on changing her affections evolved a scheme with her paramour to get rid of Washington. The negro was living upon the place of W. P. Burbage in 1875, when he lived with the woman for six months. After a quarrel with Washington the woman swore out a warrant charging him with assault. He was arrested and taken to jail without being given an opportunity to see Mr. Burbage or his other white friends, who knew the facts. He was tried next morning, with no one to defend him, and hustied off to state prison to serve his sen tence. About two montns alter oeing taken to the penitentiary he, together wih a squad of other negroes, was released by a negro guard. Washington returned to Colleton county and after moving to several places in this state settled in Augusta, Ga., where he married and has long since be-en looked upon as" a successful and upright negro. In April. 1900, Washington was arrested in Georgia and returned to the South Carolina penitentiary, after being free for twenty-five years. In his affidavit Mr. Burbage declared that it was a. wretched scheme of blackmail. The woman tried to get money from Washington to drop the case. Burbage advised him to- refuse to pay anything. Washington was convicted entirely on the testimony of Annie Blount. The negro, who is now 61 years old and still had thirteen years of his sentence to serve, was released from the penitentiary at once and took a train for Augusta, where he rejoined his family. ANARCHISTS AFTER ALFONSO. Boy King of Spain Gets Into Line of Danger Immediately He Assumes His Office. Advices from Madrid, Spain, state that an anarchist plot against King Alfonso has been discovered and six ' arrests, including that of Gabriel Lo! pez, an employee of an insurance company, have been made. Dynamite car [ t.ridges were found on the premises where Lopez was arrested. Lopez says he received a package of cartridges from another anarchist with instructions to throw them at the moment of the passage of the royal carriage in Saturday's procession. The discovery of the plot against the king is confirmed by the newspapers. It is now said that the nine dynamite cartridges were seized. Further arrests have been made and the prisoners include six medical students, a printer, a carpenter and a mason. The captured cartridges are being analyzed by military authorities. According to the Madrid newspapers, the police have had an inkling of an anarchist plot against the king since iast March, and in April they discovered an anarchist meeting place in a fashionable quarter of Madrid. Three Andalusian anarchists arrived in the city May 2, and were ar- I rested shortly after their arrival. FIVE KILLED IN WRECK. Fast-Flying Passenger Dashes Intc Heavily-Loaded Stock Train. A special from Lincoln, Neb., says: j v.-vn mc.r> wpr^ killed and six others | injured, two of them seriously, in a collision on the Burling's Billings line Saturday. All of these, save the fireman, were riding in the smoking car at the time. This ear was reduced to kindling wood in part. The collision occurred a mile east of Hyannis, Neb., between the PortlanuSt. Louis flyer, eastbound, and an extra stock train bound west, with twenty-five carloads of cattle. There is nothing to indicate who was responsible for the two trains, moving in opposite directions, being on the same track. STEADY WORK ON NEW ROAD. Cufhbert Extension of the G., F. and A. is Being; Rapidly Pushed. Track laying on the Cuthbert extension of the Georgia, Florida and Ala baina Kaiiway company uas ueguu ai Arlington and Is proceeding toward Cuthbert steadily. Some of the grading forces below Cuthbert have finished their work and will now commence on the Cuthbert end. When this five or six miles is graded the entire line from Arlington to Cuthbert will he ready for the rails. | whiskey | ; 91.25 PER GALLON'. ! 1 Meutiou this paper and send for i private price list. WKI.TE: ! WINSTON DI3. CO., Winston, N. C. (lowest priced whiskey house IN FaVOR OF STRIKE Miners in Conference Dec'de l< Conlinne (he Conflict. STRUGGLE WILL B3 GIGANTIC Plans For Their Apprehension Perfected by District Attorney Erwin?Coup Was Complete Surprise. The anthracite mine workers, in convention at Hazleton, Pa., late Thursday afternoon decided to continue the strike of the 145,000 men against the mine owners, and to fight it out to the bitter end. The matter of calling out the engineers, firemen and pump runners will be decided by the delegates later. The vote to continue the suspension vras as follows: Total vote cast 811; for strike 461 1-4; against strike, 349 3-4; majority for strike, 111 1-2. President Mitchell, however, in compliance with the rules of the United Mine Workers, announced to the public that the action of the convention was unanimous. The steps taken at this crucial meeting by the miners, after practically considering the matter for two months, has wiped out the uncertainty of the situation and it is freely predicted that the most serious labor struggle in the history of the country, if not the world, is about to begin. That is the view taken by nearly every miner. While the leaders are cautious and will not forecast their actions, it is not unlikely that the miners' fight ill be carried into the bituminous coal regions and into other fields of industry. President Mitchell's advice to the miners was peace, and he gave it to them in the plainest and most forceful language. He was amy assisieu uy \ President Fahy and Secretary Hartlein, of the lower district, and Secretary Dempsey, of the upper territory. President Nicholls, of the first district, was the great champion of the strike advocates. Mr. Mitchell, who was the last to speak, was listened to with the grea\3st attention. ; It is said that a telegram was read j from the American Federation of Labor against a permanent suspension. ' But the delegates-would not listen, and amid considerable suppressed excitement the vote was taken. PRAYER WAS UNAVAILING. Daughter of ''Divine Healer" Dowia Dies in Great Agony. Esther Dowie, daughter of "Doctor" Alexander Dovde, proprietor of "Zion." died at Chicago Wednesday night of burns, having suffered for hours without medical attendance, while "Elijah j II." prayed over her. Miss Dowie was 23 years old, and a i student at. the University of Chicago. I Wednesday morning her hair caught j fire from a gas jet and her head and face were horribly burned. Nurses placed salve 011 the patient's wounds, as the "Dowie doctrine" allows only the use of medicine externally. Meanwhile the "Divine Healer" was j hurrylr>g to the bedside from his new ' City of Zion at Waukfrgon. On his ar- { rival, the attendants were excluded j from the room and Dowie sunk to his J knees in prayer. His supplication last- i ed all day. He refused to cease even j to take the nourishment which his fol- | lowers would have pressed upon him. j The patient was unconscious much j of the time, but even this did not move j the father to break from his doctrine j and send for medical aid. The patient died at 9 o'clock, in ! great agony, naving reiurneu to consciousness a short time before. News of the death d:id not come out until Thursday, when the coroner was notified. An inquest was set for 11 o'clock Friday. Bills Passed by Senate. The senate Thursday passed the bill providing for the erection of a union railway station in Washington, and the measure making appropriations for seacoast fortifications. A CROAK FROM CROKER. Ex-Tammany Boss Has Ceased to Meddle in New York Politics. Richard Croker began an interview at London Friday concerning the affairs of Tammany society with an emphatic declaration that he had ceased to meddle in New York politics. "Thirty-seven years of political fighting is enough for one life," he said, "and I am done with it. I tell you once and for all." He expressed regret that there , should be trouble in Tammany and expressed the hope that Mr. Nixon would return to office. THIRTY CAYS FOR CARRIE. Mrs. Nation Sent to Jail and Fined For Smashing Bar Fixtures. At Topeka, Kans, Friday, Mrs. Carrie Nation was sentenced to thirty days in prison and to pay a fine of $100 by Judge Hazen in the district court for smashing bar fixtures stored in ! a vacant barn in February, 190J. She j would no: appeal the case and went j to jail. KICK ON GUN CARRIAGES. Small Item in Fortification Bill Takes Up Much Time of Senate. Dnring the greater part of the senate's session Wednesday the fortifications appropriation biil was. under consideration. Mr. Proctor, of Vermont, offered an amendment providing that no part of the appropriation made should be used for procuring disappearing gun carriages. The amendment precipitated a debate, which continued for the remainder of the session. HABEAS CORPUS UNAVAILING. Gaynor and Greene are Held Prisoner# in a Montreal Hotel While Awaiting Trial. On Friday John. F. Gaynor and B. D. Greene were involuntarily registered as guests at the Windsor hotel, in Montreal, each guarded by a local detective, with a force of United States secret service agents unofficially in reserve. They will not go back to Quebec, as they and their friends desire, and in spite of the writ of habeas cor! pur granted Thursday by Judge AnI .1 a# A i i n or Phlpf T*)P UlCVYO, Ut fc(UCUtl, Ulltvuut, vuiv> ~~ tective Carpenter to return his prisoners to that city. When the Spray arrived in Montreal Friday morning the party drove to the Windsor. At 7 o'clock they again left Vhe hotel, just as the pursuing forco from Qpebec, which had come up from Sorel on the Quebec boat reached the hotel. Chief Carpenter took his prisoners to Judge Lafontaine's residence and an impromptu court was convened in the judge's library. Mr. Carpenter handed his prisoners over to the Judge and the latter, after remanding them for examination on Monday, committed them to the care of two detectives with permission to reside at the Windsor. Detective Carpenter handed the judge the warrants with the return marked upon the back as is usual. The ! prisoners were asked if they were I guilty or not guilty, and not replying, ! the Judge's clerks accepted their fail; lire to plead as a plea of not guilty. ; Judge Lafontaine then said: "Prisoners, I remand you for trial until Monday, the 19th of this month, j without bail." Dflnnlo Thrown Down. . VV^.W . ... 1 In the meantime High Constable Gale, of Quebec, with the writ of habeas corpus, was searching diligently for Mr. Carpenter. At 10 o'clock he found him in his office and served the writ. Mr. Carpenter was placed in a dilemma. He was in possession of a document calling upon him to produce the bodies of Gaynor and Greene before Judge Andrews in Quebec Friday, and he no longer had the prisoners in his possession, having been delivered to Judge Lafontaine. He consulted his counsel and was informed that if he attempted to return the prisoners to Quebec he would be liable to arrest for contempt of the local court, whose mandate he had received and executed, tso an answer setting forth the facts in the matter was prepared and sent down to Quebec, and with that it is ex pected the Quebec people win nave to remain satisfied. The jurisdiction of an extradition commissioner extends over the entire dominion and the arrests of Greene and Gaynor were made by an officer qualified to make arrests in aDy portion of the province, consequently there is no doubt that they wil hold. AGENTS AND LAWYER ROASTED. Committee on Methodist War Claim Completes Report to be Presented to the Conference, The committee on publishing interests in the Methodist conference at Dallas, Texas, finished with the war claim matter Friday and will make their report to the conference. There was much excitement among the dele gates when the substance of the report was made known. The report reads: "We deplore any departure on the part of the attorney from the Instructions given him by the book commit' tee." This refers to Major Stahlman. An effort will be made to strike this item out of the report, as many claim that the conference has nothing to do with a matter which relates to an attorney who is not an officer of the church. The second item reads: "The language of the book agents in the telegrams sent to Senators Bate and Pasco is disapproved, as these senators were misled by it." The third item concludes the report and is as follows: "The bishops having conditionally tendered the money, and the United States senate having signified that the church was under no obligation to return the same, and that no stain rests upon the church, and eighty senators over their own signatures having declared the church blameless, this should be deemed a full settlement of the whole matter." It will be seen that the report is a triumph of the conservative element io the committee. The minority, however, will also present a report recommending the immediate return of the money to congress. Cotumbus Day at Charleston. The Columbus, Ga.. Guards voted Friday night to go to Charleston on May 21, which will be "Columbus Day" at the exposition. DISGRACE FOR NEUMANN. Captain of Marine Corps Dismissed For Wrongdoing. Captain Bertram Neumann, of the marine corps, has been dismissed from the naval service, as a result of his recent trial by courtmartial at Pensacola. Fla. The action in his case was made public at the navy department Monday. Captain Neumann was tried on four charges. NINETY-EIGHT WERE KILLED. Report of Cyclone's Work at Goliad, Texas. Was Not Exaggerated. The latest reports from Goliad. Texas, state that ninety-eight persons were killed and 103 injured by the tornado which passed over that city Sunday afternoon. The property loss in the city and surrounding country will probably reach $200 000. The storm swept the city from end to end and demo ished 150 stores and residences, many of v, nich cannot be repaired. 11 NEGRO'S DEADLY AIM Ends Earthly Career of Three Officers and a Citizen. INCIPIENT RIOT IN ATLANTA Negroes Defying Arrest Barricade Themselves in a Store and Do Deadly Work?Torch Was Applied and Three Were Killed. An Atlanta, Ga., special says: An effort by officers of the law to arrest negro outlaws who had barricaded themselves In a store resulted Satur a -U4 day morning in me most. iauu nut that has ever occurred in the history of the city. Seven men were killed, including three policemen, a white citizen and three negroes. The most exciting scenes prevailed at the place of the riot and every available policeman, with military, called out by the governor, had all they could do to keep down a general riot. The scene of the tragedy was on McDaniel street, a few hundred yards outside the city limits, where members of a notorious gang of negro outlaws had assembled to defy arrest. The county police first attempted to raid the place alone and later the city police were called upon for aid. Still later the governor was appealed to and the military ordered out. In the barricaded store were three negroes. It is believed there were at first as many as five and two escaped before daylight. The store was a small arsenal in which were a number of Winchester rifles and a small gatling gun. It was a rendezvous for a gang of thieves and murderers. Within were sharpshooters who p'^ked off the men on the outside with precision and deadly effect. Every time a man showed himself he was shot to death. The Torch Applied. The torch was finally brought into requisition and amidst the flames was heard the crack of the rifles. The flames accomplished what the bullets failed to do. Two members of the gang rushed out, one to death and the other, the leader, was burned up after his body had been riddled with bullets. Before the riot was ended three brave officers had been shot to death, one citizen had fallen with a rifle in his hands, two negroes were killed and many others had been wounded. The dead are: Ed Battle, a bailiff in Fulton county; H. G. Ozburn, a policeman of Fulton county; Thoma'8 Grant, a city policeman; Edward Crabtree, a city policeman; Will Richardson, the negro desperado who killed these men; James Harrison, a negro who attempted to escape from a se^er; Milton Grisby, shot in a nearby yard, died in Tower. The wounded are: S. A. Kerlin, beaten by negroes; W. A. Wright, a county policeman, wounded in the left shoulder; W. T. Jackson, a street car man, wounded in hip; Owen Heard, a county policeman, wounded in the thigh; Call Officer Spradlin, wounded in the arm; Shepherd Finzed, hackman, shot through the hand. During the entire affair at least 3,000 shots were fired. Citizens had joined the police, armed with shotguns and rifles. The outlaws conld not be seen, but the house was riddled with bullets in the hope that a stray shot mftrhf /In fte wnrk. The outlaws were cool and shot with great accuracy. One by one the officers and members of their posse were picked off and every bullet" went straight to Its mark. , After the burned body of the negro was found, an angry crowd of white men seized it and started with it toward the city. Chief Ball threw a cordon of police across a street at the city limits and took the body away from the crowd and had it sent into the city in a wagon. While the procession was passing Will Gregg, a negro, was heard to remark that it was a shame to kill negroes that way, and he had no sooner ?4-v>? TBftrde than ho was rldrtlpd dJ[JUAUll IUU WUluo buuu ?f mm . with bullets. When the governor was notified he immediately called out the military, but the soldiers arrived too late to take a hand in the fight. Origin of the Trouble. At Atlanta Friday night five negroes waylaid and tried to murder ex-Policeman S. A. Kerlin on McDaniel street, just outside the city limits. A passing trolley car saved the ex-policeman's life. The assault was made by negroes with whom Kerlin had trouble when he was a member of the police force. The affair was reported to County Chief of Police Turner and he detailed three of his men to work on the case. Late Friday night the county police reported that they had located some of the would-be murderers in a negro house on McDaniel street. EARTHQUAKE iN CALIFORNIA. Slight Damage Reported at Many Places, But no Apprehension Felt. Reports from nearly every section of northern California indicate that an earthquake which was felt at 10:30 Monday morning was general. Slight damage is reported from one or two interior towns, but the shake was not heavy enough to cause apprehension. ANOTHER ROAST FOR "JAKIE." Civil Governor of Leyte Province Sends in Bad Report. The secretary of war has transmitted to the senate committee on Philippines a report made by Captain J. H. Grant, civil governor of the province of Leyte, P. I., concerning differences of understanding between himself and General J. H. Smith concernig the control of affairs in that province. Captain Grant vigorously condemns the actions of General Smith. CRAZED FIEND'S HORRIBLE ACT. Balked In Desire to Marry a Mere Child, Austin Slays His Whole .. ;jj Family and Then Suicides. < Six living corpses, scarcely yet cold, and but one living witness, a helpless infant, to the awful tragedy, Is what met the horrified eyes of Mr. * " John Kellar, as he stepped into the house of William Wilkinson Monday morning near Hastings, Fla., a thriving settlement 18 miles from St, Augustine. The dead are William Wilkinson, aged 52; Mrs. Wilkinson, his wife; i?iS| Miss Abitha McCullough, aged 13;' . * Miss Wilkinson, a sister of William Wilkinson, one child and William Austin, murderer and suicide, aged 25. * Crazed by this infatuation for little .;_rv Abltha McCullough, a lovely girl of a trifle over 13, but well developed, for her age, Austin killed the entire family because his advances were refused ; | and his desire to wed the girl was op- ' 'f? The tragedy occurred at a lonely farmhouse at 3 o'clock Monday mornAustfn went to the house on Friday night and proposed marriage. He was ^ rejected and vowing he would yet marry her, hurried to St. Augustine and procured on Saturday a marriage He went to church on Sunday *3j night and told every one he met that he was to be married that night" About 3 o'clock in the morning sev- . eral pistol shots were heard, but no one went to investigate until next morning, when Wilkinson failed to turn up at a neighbor's house, where . he was engaged in harvesting a crop -^?8 of potatoes. . */?;||| Mr. Kellar, a farm hand, was sent to Wilkinson's house and he found the ~ whole family murdered and Austin d % with a bullet hole in his breast and a? revolver clutched in his hand. Wnrrl nf thp tracertv was? transmit ted to St. Augustine on the morning " train and Sheriff Perry and the coroner hastened to the scene of the trag- j&jS A walling infant, who had been un- . harmed, was found in bed beside Its '' dead mother. FUGITIVES DRAW FIRST BLOOD. ' M Case of Gaynor and Greene Transfer- ^ J red From Montreal to Quebec as Rerust of Court Decision. A special from Montreal, Quebec, says: Colonel Gaynor and Captain J Greene have won the first skirmish in M the fight against extradition to the United States, and the two men are now in the old city of Quebec, where they believe proceedings to force them 7 ' > to return to the United States to answer the charge of defrauding the United States government can be sue- gjj cessfully fought. At 10 o'clock Monday a special train on the Canadian Pacific arrived from Quebec with High Constable Gale and assistants on board, armed with a writ . of habeas corpus. Tb^.gotJiita.a'Oah? and drove to the Montreal jail, to which institution Gayhor and Greene had been committed by Judge La Fontaine during the afternoon. The stay of the high constable was of very. . short duration. Evidently Governor Vallee and his guests awaited their coming, for in a short time Gale appeared, accompanied by Governor x>n/1 Connnr onH flroona A t ^pauu vimjuvi \?* w??v> quick drive was made to the Place Vlger station and an hour after the jarrival of the specialtrain it departed with the much sought fugitives from - 5^ the American courts on board. Half an hour later the regular train '"^3 for Quebec departed, having on board ? .. Donald MacMaster and Chief Carpen- ^ ter. They went to answer the writ of habeas corpus served on Carpenter. _:~M Incidentally Mr. MacMaster will use all his efforts to see that Governor Vallee returns his prisoners to the Montreal Jail. The question as to whether he shall do so or not depends entirely upon the legality of the arrest. The case will be heard in Que- ' '?? BOERS DISCUSSING PEACE. 3 Leaders Gather at Verenining to Delib" erate Over the Matter. Advices from Pretoria state that all ^ the Beor delegates are now assem- A? bled at Verenining, Transvaal, where -j every facility has been afforded them 1 for private sessions, the first of which was arranged for Friday. All the vofcing Will be by ballot. During the deliberations at Verenln- ^ ing Lord Kitchener has guaranteed immunity from attack to all commandoes ^ whose leaders are participating n the conference. ALF0N80 HONORS DR. CURRY. || Cordon of the Order of Cartas 111. Is Conferred Upon Envoys. A specal from Madrid, Spain, says: The grand cordon of the Order of Carlos III has been conferred upon all the envoys extraordinary to the coronation. These include Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the American envoy, and the insignia was sent to Mr. Curry's residence Friday night PEACH GROWERS GET TOGETHER - -4*3 Georgians Take Action to Protect Themselves in Future From Losses. At the convention of the Georgia - - Peach Growers' Association, held at Macon Thursday, action was taken which, it is expected, will reduce to a , >. minimum the losses of the commercial | orchardists from unreliable fruit commission houses. This action at the same time so regulates the distribu- ^ tion of Georgia's luscious peaches that ruinous gluts in any particular mar- T ' ket will be out of the question. ,