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ESTABLISHED 1S91. - BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY. JUNE 12. 1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. j
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POUCH FAGGED OUT
Strikers Give Chicago BInecoats
Ail Kinds of Tronble.
MANY RIOTS; MUCH BLOODSHED
Murderous Attack is Made on Negroes
Imported to Take Place of Strikers?Part
of Demands
Acceded.
A Chicago special says: Driven by
men covered with dust and blood,
many of them barely able from exhaustion
to hold the reins in their
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the main gate of the Union stock yards
Thursday night amid a shower of
stones, bricks, bottles and sticks. The
wagons, guarded by five police wag- I
ons, filled with bluecoats, and two omnibuses
crowded to the fullest capacity |
with policemen, were on the return of j
a delivery of supplies to down-town
provision houses, after one of the fierc-i
est days in tho strike of the beef packers'
teamsterc. Many of the drivers,
who are officials at the packing houses,
were cut and bruised from head to
foot. The police were in even worse
condition.
At the very entrance of the stock
yards "Wednesday night, after all seeming
danger had passed, George June,
an employe of the Anglo-American
Packing Company, was struck by a
baseball bat and knocked from his
wagon seat. He was picked up in an
unconscious condition and it is believed
he may die. Many others were
6truck at the same time by a shower
of stones, but the police were too wornout
to offer resistance.
More than a dozen batt'es were
fought during tho day between the
rioters and the police and the hospitals
are overcrowded with the injured.
Attack on Imported Negroes.
A pitched battle occurred between
a crowd of negroes imported from St.
Louis to take the place of the striking
stockyard teamsters and the strikers
at Forty-fifth street and Center avenue
early in the day, in which six negroes
were badly inpured, two mortally. The
subs were driving wagons when they
were assaulted. Many of their assailants
were armed with ice pike poles
they had seized from ice wagons, and
in the fight the negroes were badly
lacerated by these weapons. One man
had his thigh broken and another was
injured internally. The imported negroes
number about fifty.
May Effect Compromise.
After four hours of consultation
early Thursday, in which the question
of recognition of the union was thoroughly
discussed, an agreement regarding
wages and hours was decided
on. The representatives of the packers
conceded the demands of the strikers
on these two questions, but were
- obdurate in their refusal to recognize
the strikers' union. It is believed that
a compromise may be struck on the
question of wages and hours.
DISGRACEFUL CHURCH SCENE.
Howling Mob of Women Attempt to
Break Up Wedding Ceremony.
One of the most sensational scenes
ever witnessed in a church in Worces'
ter, Mass., was enacted at St. John
Roman Catholic church there Wednes?
day when Mary DonaTier, a teacher in
the public schools of Worcester, was
married to Maurice Quinn, a dentist,
of Brocton. As the wedding party entered
the church it was met by hisses
from one thousand women, who had
apparently gathered for that purpose.
A detail of police was present to protect
the bride and groom, but they
were entirely powerless to maintain
order. The women rushed by and
around them close to the wedding par
ty and gave vent to their feelings in no
uncertain manner. The demonstration
grew out of the attempted shooting of
QuinD several days ago by Miss Bertha
Condon, who asserted Quinn had
betrayed her under promise of mar?
riage.
NAMED BY PRESIDENT.
List of Civil Nominations Sent to the
Senate for Ratification.
The president Wednesday sent the
following nominations to the senate:
Collector of internal revenue, district
of Maryland. Phillips Lee Goldsborough.
Appraiser merchandise, district of
Baltimore, Md., C. Ross Mace.
Surveyor of customs, Knoxville, |
Tenn., James C. Ford.
Postmasters?North Carolina, Geo.
W. Depriest, Shelby.
Confirmations by the Senate?Postmaster,
Florida. J. A. Simpson, Kissimmee.
WHELMED BY CLOUDBURST.
Greater Part of Small Town of Cortland,
Nebraska, Is Destroyed.
# A cloudburst Thursday night destroyed
the greater part of Cortland.
Neb., a small town near Beatrice. Seven
inches of water fell. Several buildings
were wrecked by the storm and
it is feared a number of persons have
been killed.
hanson succeeds egan.
Change in Presidency of the Ocean
Steamship Company.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Ocean Steamship Company at Savannah,
Ga., Tuesday, Mr. John M. Egan
resigned as president.
He will give his entire time to the
management of the affairs of the Central
railway.
Major J. F. Hanson was elected president
of the Ocean Steamship Company.
PHILIPPINES BILL PASSED,.
Police and Striking Termsters Havo
Another Round?Mob Was Two
Thousand Strong.
A 'Washington special says: The
long drawn out fight over the Philippines
government bill in the senate
was brought to an end late Tuesday afternoon
when the republican bill was
passed by practically a party vote.
On the final passage McLaurin, of
South Carolina, voted with the repub.icans,
while Hoar, Wellington and Mason
voted with the democrats against
the bill. On the test vote upon the
adoption of the minority substitute,
which provided for a period of qualified
independence with a large amount
of self-government at the end of thig
period, the recognition of the absolute
j independence of the islands, the lines
were drawn about as aDove wuu mc
exception that Senator Morgan voted
against the minority bill.
The house will pass the bill prepared
by the republicans of the insular aiairs
committee, which differs in some
particulars from that which the senate
has passed, and then the differences
will be settled in conference between
the two houses. It is said that
the senate bill will stand in all its essentials,
j The Detailed Vote.
It was shortly after 5 o'clock when
the bill was passed by a vote of 4S
to 30. The detailed vote on the bill
follows:
Yeas?Adison, Bard, Beveridge,
Burnham, Burrows, Burton, Clapp,
Clark of Wyoming, Cullom. Deboe,
Deitrick, Dillingham, Dolliver, Eikins,
Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster of Washington,
Frye, Gallingcr, Gamble, Hanna,
Hawley, Jones of Nevada, Kean,
Kearns, Kittridge, Lodge, McComas,
McCumber, McLaurin of South Caro>
VT:u?_,a XTckl.
UUci, xuc Allium, iunirtiu, .uuv.iic.j, iivjson,
Penrose, Perkins, Piatt of Connecticut,
Piatt of New York, Pritchard,
Proctor, Quarles, Quay Scott, Simon,
Spooner: Stewart, Warren and Wetmore?48.
Nays?Bacon, Bailey, Bate, Berry,
Blackburn, Carmack, Clark of Montana,
Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Dubois.
Foster of Louisiana, Gibson, Harris,
Heitfeld, Hoar, McEnery, McLaurin
of Mississippi, Mallory, Martin, Mason,
Money, Morgan, Patterson, Simmons,
Taliaferro, Teller, Tiilman, Vest,
Wellington?30.
The debate on the measure had been
in progress for seven weeks and two
days.
Just at the close of the discussion a
sharp exchange of words occurred between
Mr. Dietrich, of Nebraska, and
Mr. Patterson, of Colorado, in the
course of which the former reflected
caustically upon the Colorado senator.
He was. called to order, his remarks
were reati and he was declared to have
been out of order in uttering them. He
withdrew his statement, thus ending
the controversy.
GARROTING IN PORTO RICC.
Four Murderers Go to Their Doom a
La Spanish Plan.
Barnage Acevedo, Jose Torres, Ra
mon Troche Ocde'no and Juan Torre?.,
the four men found guilty of murder,
robbery and outrage committed in October,
1898, at Guayo, a suburb of Adjutas,
Porto Rico, were garrotted at
Ponce, Tuesday. They were all put to
death within fifty minutes.
All the condemned men confessed
their crimes. Two of them aided the
executioner to adjust the garrots and
forgave him for putting them to deatn.''
One of the prisoners resisted tie adjustment
of the cloth over his face.
He said he wanted to die with his face
uncovered. Finally, arter nrteen minutes'
struggle, he was subdued. There
were only thirty witnesses of the execution.
The men were executed for the murder
of Antonio Delgado uel Pino and
the outrage of the women of his household
near Adjutas on September 30,
1898.
Lightning Slays Three Boys.
During an electric storm which passed
over Beaver county,- Oklahoma,
Tuesday two small sons of Thomas
Smith and another boy, whose name is
not given, were struck by lightning
and killed.
JOLIET IN FLOOD'S GRASP.
Lives Lost and Great Property Damage
From Waters in Illinois City.
Joilet, 111., was in the grasp of the
worst flood in its history Tuesday. All
the lower portion of the city was under
water, and it is rumored that several
lives have been lost. The police
have the names of Eddie McGovers,
Lizzie McGean and a little girl named
Kennedy, drowned. Several families
had narrow escapes and the police rescued
many in boats. Scores of families
have been driven from their homes,
and several houses and other buildings
were swept away.
KRUGER REFUSES OFFER.
England Tendered Use of Vessel to
Transport Oom Paul to Africa.
A special from Amsterdam. Holland,
says: It is reported here that Mr.
Kruger has declined the facilities offered
by Great Britain for his return
to South Africa, but has accepted
Queen Wilhelmina's proffer of a Dutch
vessel to convey him to South Africa
when he decides to return there.
WOMEN NOT EXEMPT.
Female Government Clerks Must Not
Criticise High Officials.
A Washington dispatch says: Secretary
Root has just ordered the discharge
from her position in the war
department of Miss Rebecca J. Tayor.
a woman clerk whose offense is
that she took occasion to criticise the
speech of the president. Miss Taylor
is a resident of Minnesota and a relative
by marriage of Representative McCleary,
of that state. _ _ ]
MORGAN IN EFFIGY
Is Bnroed by Angry Miners at
Wilkesbarre, Pa.
RANKS OF STRIKERS SWELLED
With Virginia Coal Diggers Out the
Total Army of Idle Men. is Increased
to Approximately
170.000.
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A special from Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
says: The hanging In effigy of J.
Pierpont Morgan in one of the streets
of South Wilkesbarre by a crowd of
men and boys was the only incident
to n.ar the siii.-ness of the Wyoming
Valley Saturday morning. After the
effigy had lcol hanged the crowd
cheered and pelted the object .vith
stones until the police came along and
dispersed the throng.
All the mining towns surrounding
the city are very quiet. The news
frob Washington that President
Roosevelt could not find his way clear
to effecting peace between the miners
and operators was received with genufne
disappointment. It had been
been strongly that the president
would be able to find some means of
opening up a way to peace.
Saturday marked the end of the
fourth week of the total suspension of
c.?al mining and the miners aad their
employers are farther apart than over.
Virginia Miners Out.
The soft coal miners of the two Virginias.
20,000 strong, struck Saturday
to enforce their demands against the
operator*. All business in the mine j
region Is tied up, and in a few days the !
stagnation will be complete.
With approximately 150,000 men out ,
in the a.' thracite region, the strike in
the two Virginias makes an army of
170,000 miners battling for better conditions.
Roosevelt Confers With Hanna.
A Washington special says: Sat- j
urday the president had a long confer- j
enc? at the white house with Sena- i
Hanna on the coal strike. The president
conveyed to Mr. Hanna the idea
that he would very much like to do
something toward setting the coal
strike. Nothing definite, however, was
decided upon. The president also sent
for Carroll D. Wright, the commissioner
of labor, to get his views on the situation,
and also as to what might prop- i
e?-ly be done by the government look- j
ing to a settlement of the controversy, j
It is probable that other conferences
will be held and the president kept advised
of the situation. He will be in
readiress at any time to extend aid If
it is found that he can be of service in
^ettJing the differences that exist be- .
twecn the operators and the miners, j
REVOLVERS, KNIVES AND CLUBS, j
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Wielded Promiscuously in West Vir- j
ginia Republican Convention.
Telegrams from West Virginia tell i
of bloodshed and desperate fighting j
between the factions of the republican
party of that state over the senatorial
contest. Senator Scott, who is vice
chairman of he republican national i
committee, is being bitterly opposed !
for re-election by Colonel J. L. Cald- ;
well, a millionaire republican of Hunt- j
ington. There have been many clashes :
between supporte-rs of the two men, j
the worst of all occurring at the sixth
district senatorial convention at Welch
Saturday. Revolvers, knives, clubs and
other weapons were used during the
progress of the convention's deliberations,
and as a result Colonel J. M.
Fuller, one of the wealthiest and most
influential citizens of Wayne county j
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lies at a notei prooaoiy raiauy nijurcu, ;
and a dozen more persons have black 1
eyes and sore heads.
The trouble came about over the selection
of a chairman of the convention.
Boers Anxious to Return Home.
The twenty-seven Boer refugees in j
Denver, Col., hav6 formulated an ap
peal to the British ambassador at j
Washington relative to their return !
to South Africa.
HANNA FAVORS PANAMA ROUTE.
Two Speeches Made on Canal Project
in Senate Thursday.
In further consideration of the isthmian
canal project the senate Thursday
heard two speeches, neither of
which was completed. Mr. Hanna
spoke in favor of the Spooner amendment,
conferring upon the president
authority to purchase the rights of the
Panama Canal Company, if a valid title
could be obtained; otherwise he
shall decide upon the Nicaragua route.
Mr. Mitchell supported the construction
of the canal by the Nicaragua
route.
NELSON APPEALS TO ALMIGHTY.
Exclaims in Senate: "Gc-j Deliver
Us P'rom Tri-s's."
After transacting some routine business
and discussing for a time the bill
to relieve shippers from the London
dock charges, during which Mr. Nelson,
of Minnesota, exclaimed. "God
deliver us from trusts." the senate.
Saturday, resumed consideration of
the itsthmian canal project.
TO PROTECT PRESIDENT.
Consideration of Interesting Measure j
is Begun in the House.
The house Tuesday entered upon the
consideration of the bill to protect
the president cf the United Sta es and
for other purposes, known as the antianarchy
bill. The house committee reported
a substitute for the senate
measure.
I
Mr. Ray, of New York, chairman of !
the judiciary committee, who was in j
charge of the bik, argued that the sen
ate bill was unconstitutional. * ^
BRITISHER AND SPANIARD
Comes to Washington as Represent*
lives in Diplomatic Service of
Their Respective Governments.
Two important changes in the diplomatic
representatives in Washington
were announced Thursday.
The Hon. Michael Herbert succeeds
the late Lord Pauncefote as British
ambassador and Senor de Ojeda succeeds
the Duke de Arcos as Spanish
minister.
I Notice of Mr. Herbert's appointment
| simply confirmed the judgment of offi!
cials as to the succession and is welI
corned by them. At present Mr. Herbert
is first secretary of the embassy
I at Paris, but with the rank of minister
[ plenipotentiary. In very few instances
| does the British government employ
an official of such high rank in the of'
flee of secretary of embassy.
me cnange in ine opaui&u icgaciuu
here came as a distinct surprise to all
but the intimate friends of the Duke
d'Arcos. He came to the United States
as the first minister after the war and
naturally his position was a very delicate
one, requiring the exhibition of infinite
tact to-avoid unpleasant incidents.
He was very successful in his
mission, while socially his relations
have been very pleasant.
It is understood the change is attributable
entirely to the retiring minister's
desire to secure the best possible
treatment for his impaired vision,
which has caused him much and growing
concern.
Therefore he has secured a transfer
to the Spanish legation at Brussels.
There he will be as near as practicable
to an eye specialist who has already
undertaken his treatment at inconvenient
intervals.
Senor de Ojeda, who succeeds the
Duke d'Arco, comes to Washington
with excellent credentials. He was secretary
of the Spanish peace commission
at Paris and is at present minister
to Tangier.
WANTED BRYAN MENTIONED.
Lively Wrangle of Platform Committee
at Meeting of Indiana Democrats.
While the Indiana democratic state
convention, which was held at Indianapolis
Wednesday, was remarkable for
its lack of discord, candidates for all
but three of the offices being chosen by
acclamation, there was a battle royal
in the meeting of the committee on
resolutions. A number of the friends
of William J. Bryan were very much
In earnest in ravor or tne insertion m
the platform of a plank indorsing him
and the Kansas City platform. The
majority of the committee was against
any such indorsement, saying that it
considered it out of place at the present
time to inject Mr. Bryan's name
into the state campaign. The fight
lasted well into the night, and it was
nearly noon before the report ot the
committee was ready for presentation
to the convention.
The Philippines plank also created
much discussion, the committee being
called upon to consider all sorts of
propositions in behalf of the Filipinos,
some of them being in favor of immediate
and complete independence. It
was only after hours of argument that
a plank was agreed upon.
The state ticked nominated is as
follows: Secretary of state. Albert
Schoonover, of Attica; attorney general,
W. E. Still well, of Princeton;
state auditor, James R. Riggs, of Sullivan;
state treasurer, Jerome Herff,
of Peru.
JOB PRINTERS GET RAISE.
For First Time I" Score of Years Employers
Grant Demands.
For the first time in twenty years,
the job printers of Chicago will have
their wages raised simultaneously in
all the job printing shops in the city.
Over 1,800 men will be benefited by
the raise.
The printers have been getting $18
a week for their work and demanded
$19.50. This was given them. They
have had one apprentice to every ten
men and the employers have been anxious
to cut this down to one for every
five. On this point the two parties
could not agree and the matter will
be left to arbitration.
CHURCH SHOWED RESENTMENT.
Arkansas Governor Taken Into the
Fold by His Home People.
Governor Jefferson Davis, of Arkansas,
accepted the invitation of the
Baptist church of Russellville, his
home, and joined that church Sunday.
The governor's friends claim that this
is a vindication of him by his home
people against the action of the Second
Baptist church of Little Rock, in
withdrawing fellowship from him. It
is alleged by the governor's friends
that th eaction taken by the Little
Rock church was the result of resentment
for the part he took in the race
for United States senator.
FIVE PERISH IN FLAMES.
Big Bank Block in Saratoga Burns and
Causes Loss of Life.
Fire early Monday destroyed the Arcade
and the Citizens' national bank
block and the Shackelford building at
Saratoga. N. Y.
The property loss is estimated at
$300,000 with insurance of $225,000.
The exact origin of the fire has not
been discovered.
NEW LABOR PARTY LAUNCHED.
Denver Convention Adopts Resolution
Favoring Independent Action..
The organization of a new political
labor party has finally been agreed
upon by the Western Labor Union convention,
in session at Denver. A declaration
for socialism and independ
ent political action was adopted. The
convention selected the- name "The
American Labor Union" for the organization
and voted to send organizers
throughout the .east.
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PATIENTS CREMATED j
Sanitarian for Liquor Inebriates
. Goes Up in Smoke.
TEN LOSE LIFE; THIRTY HURT
Many of the Victims Were in StraitJackets,
or Bound Down Upon
Beds, Making it Impossible
to Rescue Them.
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At Chicago, Monday afternoon, nine
men and one women were killed and
I
about thirty persons were injured in a
firo whirh risstrnvpri tho sanitarium
conducted by the Saint Luke Society,
at the corner of Wabash avenue and ;
Twenty-first street. The society occupied
the building which was long
known as the Hotel Woodruff and for
a brief period as the Hotel Lancaster.
By far the greater portion of the pa- 1
tients received in the instution were 1
those seeking cure from the drink hab- 1
it and those who were addicted to the
use of drugs.
When the fire broke out there was 1
on the fifth floor a number of patients
suffering from deliTium tremens and '
some who were deranged by drugs.
Several of these were strapped to their 1
beds and it was found impossible to '
same them, so rapidly did the fire
spread through the building.
The fire originated in the basement
of the building and spread rapidly to '
the upper stories through the elevator
shaft. The blaze was discovered by '
a passing grocer. He shouted to several
men to give the alarm, and to
alarm the inmates of the building. Several
hurried to do this, but by the time
they reached the first floor of the '
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to the roof, had eaten through it and
were leaping high in the air.
As the cry of fire rang through the
building patients sprang from their |
beds and before they could be prevented
several had jumped from the win- 1
dows to the pavement. The fire department
was on hand quickly, but
could do little toward saving the he pless
patients.
MITCHELL SEES WRIGHT. j
Strike Leader in Conference With
United States Labor Commissioner.
President John Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers' Union, arrived in
New York late Monday afternoon, hav- I
ing been sent for by Carroll D. Wright,
United States commissioner of labor,
who is in the city investigating the an- ,
thracite coal miners' strike. Mr.
Mitchell called on Secretary Ralph M. (
Easly, of the National Civic Fedcra
tion, and the two went to the Manhat- i
tan hotel, where Mr. Wright is stop- ]
ping. President Mitchell went to the (
commissioner's room, where he re- .
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for two hours. When he left Mr. Mitchell
said:
"I have but little to say further than (
that I have talked with Commissioner .
Wright and have explained to him the ,
situation from the miners' standpoint (
and have told him of the causes which 1
led up to the strike." s
"Was there any suggestion of a set- ]
tlement made during the interview?" .
President Mitchell was asked.
"No. I understand that Commission- <
er Wright was simply seeking infor- ]
mation for an official report, under the ,
law." ]
"Did Commissioner Wright explain <
to you President Roosevelt's views con j
cerning the trouble?" ,
"He did not." <
LIBBERTY BELL AT CAPITAL. |
Thousands Take a Look at Glorious <
Relic of 1776. 2
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i ne ijiutrty uen auiveii iu naouiug- *
ton Monday en route to Philadelphia 1
from the Charleston exposition, where 1
it has been on exhibition. The arrival
of the bell was marked with brief patriotic
exercises and thousands of people
passed before the car throughout I
the day and viewed the bell. A number
of children were lifted on to the
car, while little bunches of flowers
from other children placed on the car
were carefully laid on top of the bell. 1
The public schools closed at noon to 1
permit the children to view the bell. 1
Many of them took advantage of the 1
opportunity and carried flowers which
they placed on the bell. Reuresenta- 1
tives of the Daughters of the Ameri- s
can Revolution visited the train late 1
in the afternoon and carried floral
]
tributes. During the exercises the
minute men of the district, uniformed
in colonial uniform, took position in 1
front of the car, where they remained x
through the day. The car remained in
r
Washington over night and proceeded
to Philadelphia at 5 o'clock Tuesday c
morning. c
GUNS USED IN RIOT.
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Strikers Have Battle With Non-Union
Workmen in an Illinois Town.
At Edwardsville, 111., Wednesday, l
riot broke out between several hun- 1
dred striking molders and non-union
employes of the American Steel and ^
Foundry Company and as a result five t
men, two negroes, non-union workers ;
and three white strikers were shot, *
two of the latter fatally. *
NINE DIE IN BOAT COLLISION.
Night Crew Were Caught in Disaster *
While Sleeping.
The whaleback steamer. Thomas t
Wilson, Captain Cameron, master, col- c
lided with and was cut a most in two i
by the steamer George G. Had ley.
1
Captain Fitzgerald, master, a half r
mile south of Duluth, Minn., canal Sat- v
urday, and nine men of the night crew e
who had not time to get out of their
bunks before the vessel sank. c
ROOSEVELT AND HANNA Ci AST.
The Political Rupture at Cleveland,
Ohio, Threatens a Serious Republican
Breach.
A Washington special says: President
Roosevelt and the chairman of
the republican national committee,
Senator Hanna, have practica'ly severed
the cordial relations which have
existed between them since Roosevelt
became president.
Their quarrel is the result of charges
filed against federal officers in Cleveland,
Ohio, by Representative Burton,
of that district.
The president is determined to investigate.
Senator Hanna Is strongl*
opposed to such a course.
Friends of both say a serious break
is threatened. Burton, who is one of
the strongest republicans in congress,
has refused to stand for renomination
because his choice for chairman of the
Cleveland republican district committee,
Paul Howland, was ignored. He
filed with Roosevelt charges of pernicious
poetical activity against four
federal office holders, who are Hanna's
men.
Mr. Roosevelt was very much surprised
and impressed by the formal
charges, but promised no action at the
time. He sent for Senator Hanna and
asked him if the four men were guilty.
Senator Hanna replied that he had
grave doubts about it. The president
said he was inclined to investigate and
the senator urged him strongly not to
io so. insisting that it was not a violation
of orders for federal officeholders
nf that class to interest themselves in
politics. The conference lasted an
hour and broke up with the president
resolved to bring an investigation, in
spite of the wishes of Senator Hanna.
There is no telling where the Rooseve'.t-Hanna
split may end. Republicans
regard it as a very dangerous
breach.
This particular difference may not
be the beginning of the end of their
pleasant relationship, but a good many
republicans fear it may be the entering
wedge that will precipitate a serious
factional fight.
Judge Burton has gone to Warm
Springs, Va., for a rest. Advices from
there tell of a host of telegrams from
Cleveland ureine him to reconsider his
letermmat'on to retire from congress,
and it is said that Mr. Abel, whose elevation
to the chairmanship has caused
the trouble, has gone to see Judge Burton
to try to smooth things over.
CONVICTS SLAY GUARDS.
Desperate Prisoners, With Rifles, Escape
from Oregon Pen.
A special from Salem, Oregon, says:
Two desperate prisoners?Harry Tracy,
sentenced to twenty years, and
David Merrill, a thirteen-year man?
serving sentences for assault and robbery,
committed in Multoonah county,
escaped from the penitentiary Monday
after killing three guards?Frank Ferrell,
shop guard; S. R. Jones and Ben
riffany, fencemen.
The prisoners employed in the founIry
were marched to work at 7 o'clock
and had entered the molding roopi
with Shop Guard Ferrell inside and
Guard Stapleton in an adjoining room.
Without warning Tracy and Merrill
ippeared with rifles. Tracy aimed at
Terrell, when Ingram, a life prisoner,
attempted to reach and disarm Tracy,
instantly Merrill shot Ingram and
Tracy shot Ferrell, the latter dying almost
instantly. Traey and Merrill
scaled the wall near the northeast corner
stockade by a ladder. From outside
the wall Guard Jones was shot
:wice and killed. Tiffany was also
shot and he dropped from the fence,
engaging the fugitives in a fight. His
jun was soon empty, and he was taken
:>y the convicts and used as a shield
while they madeJfor the timber. When
>ut of range of the prison they stopped
ind deliberately killed Tiffany, then
escaping into the timber. A large
force of armed men started immediatey
in pursuit.
ANTI-ANARCHY CILL PASSED.
Measure for Protection of President
Gets a Large Majority Vote.
The house Monday passed the bill to
protect the president, vice president,
members of the cabinet and foreign
ministers and ambassadors and to sup- [
press the teaching of anarchy by a
fOte 01 170 to 68.
The negative votes were: Adamson,
3artlett, Brantley, Brundidge, Burleson,
Candler, Cooper of Texas. Creaner,
DeArmond, Dinsmore, Finley,
i^ox, Glenn, Henry of Mississippi,
looker. Howard. Johnson, Jones of j
Virginia, Claude Kitchen, W. W. Kitchn,
Kleberg, Lanham, Lester, Lewis of
ieorgia. Little, Loud, McCulloch, McCain,
Maddox, Neville, Patterson of
Tennessee, Randell, Reid, Scarbor)ugh,
Shackleford, Spight, Stephens
)f Texas and Underwood.
STOCK TRAIN WRECKED.
vlen and Horses are Mangled Together
in a Smash-Up.
A special horse train on the Cleveand,
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
ailroad was wrecked near Mix station,
)hio, Friday, injuring about twenty
aluable horses out of ninety-one on
he train. Brakeman James Borden
vas killed and Engineer Daniel Kun
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injured
LUMBER PLANT BURNED.
^rey Company Suffers Heavy Loss in
Stock by Fire.
Fire at Carey, N. C., Thursday afterloon
destroyed the plant and lumber
if the Carey Lumber Company, coverng
many acres.
The- fire started in the engine room
rhe loss is given at S75.P0U. with $15.
iOQ insurance. irailway ears
verc burned, en. loaded with the fin |
:St timber. wcr?.h $2,500.
The Dukes, of Durham, owned most j
if the stock.
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Crum Scares Charlestonlang.
Much feeling is expressed in Charleston
over recent reports from Washington
that W. D. Crum, a negro physician,
is one of the leading candidates
for postmaster of Charleston.
When the name of W. L. Harris,
who was named as postmaster by
President Roosevelt, was voluntarily
withdrawn, it was stated with a degree
of certainty that a democrat would in
all probability get the position, although
since that time it has developed
that the president will hardly go
out of the republican ranks to select a
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suuauie man.
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President Hartzog Vindicated.
President Hartzog has received complete
vindication of the charges preferred
against him by the students of
Clemson college.
The board of trustees of the college
has declined to receive the resignation
of Professor Hartzog from the presidency.
Following the troubles between the
faculty and students at Clemson college
last month, President Hartzog
put his resignation in the hands of the
trustees. The students had made certain
charges against him, although the
charges were subsequently withdrawn.
The trustees held a meeting the past
week at which they unanimously declined
to accept the president's resignation.
President Hartzog went before
the body and thanked the. members
for his vindication received at their
hands.
Dog Saved Valuable Property.
The barking of a watch dog, which
aroused the keeper on Castle Pinckney,
the new government supply station,
prevented a fearful conflagration
one night the past week. The nois?
awakened Captain Whitely, and as he
rushc-i out he found fire raging In the
oil house, where 15,000 gallons of kerosene
were stored. There Is no fire apparatus
on the little island, and the
Whitely family, including two small
girls, had to tackle the flames. The
wooden casks, in which tin cans of oil
were stored, caugh fire and, taking desperate
chances, the Whitely's rolled
these out into the sea. By heroic work,
which was carried on at great risk,
all of the blazing casks were finally under
water.
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First Game Law Violator.
The Western Carolina Game Association,
with headquarters at Greenville,
has the honor of bringing to justice
the first violator of the game laws
who has been convicted in this str?te
in many years.
The law prohibiting the sale of quail
until 1905 has been flagrantly violated
by hotels and restaurants. William
Serving, the proprietor of a restaurant
in Greenville was convicted before
Magistrate MfSee of selling quail, and
fined. He appealed to the court of
sessions, and now that court has confirmed
the magistrate's fine.
This conviction and punishment may
give heart to sportsmen in other parts
of the state and will have some effect
on the game dealers next winter.
Making it Warm For Swindlers.
United States pension agents, working
along the coast country, are rounding
up the sharks who have been rolling
in wealth for many years. It was
expected that many of the cases would
be brought to trial at the present term
of the federal court in Charleston, although
the conditions do not appear to
hp riDP enough for wholesale raiding.
While many of the unscrupulons
agents have been driven out of business
the past year, others are still at
work, but their efforts to fleece negroes
are not as easy as heretofore.
Estimates of the amount of money stolen
from the government by the illuse
of the penslbn system are extraordinary
large, and the robbery got so
common that the department determined
to wipe out the thieves at any
cost. In most cases the work has been
carried on by negro attorneys and
agents. Many white men, some of
whom are of high standing, have been
implicated, and at the final show down
sensational developments are expected.
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No Medals For Fakir.
An exposition sensation developed
in Charleston when it was announced
that the board of directors had withdrawn
the gold medals recently awarded
Arthur C. Jackson, claiming to lJfe
commissioner from Alaska.
Jackson represented himself as president
of the Alaska Geographical Association,
but when information regard
ing this organization was sought from
the Smithsonian institute it was stated
that no such society existed.
Three weeks ago Jackson applied to
the exposition company for permission
to remove his exhibit, saying that he
had to fill an engagement at the Crystal
Palace in London. He was not allowed
to remove his display. After this
he suddenly disappeared, leaving an
assistant in charge.
A few nights ago the assistant secured
small boats, which were moved
up the river, and while everything was
quiet at the Ivory City the exhibit was
taken away. No trace of it has been
found. When this fact was reported to
the board prompt action was taken,
the result being that the medals were .
revoked. Jackson's conduct was a
great surprise to everybody connected
with the exposition.
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Is Violating State Anti-Trust Law.
Arguments were submitted to Judge
Siraonton in the United States circuit
court at Charleston the past week on
the question of remanding the suit
brought by the state of South Carolina
against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical <
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Company to the state court for triaL
The point was raised by Attorney General
Bellinger that in doing business
in South Carolina the chemical company
is openly violating the anti-trust
law recently passed. While the company
was chartered under the laws of
New Jersey it had to file papers con- ^
forming with the state regulations, and
in this the issue is raised that the
anti-trust law is violated.
Th?. case has not yet come up for.
trial on its merits. When suit was . }
brought in the state court the Virginia-Carolina
Company had it r?moved
to trie federal jurisdiction, and
efforts are now being made to have It -4
remanded. A great deal Is involved, :
and counsel for the defendants allego
that they would have little show if left /;
to the mercy of state courts, which
would have to act in conformity with *'*?
the anti-trust law. Other concerns
are brought into the trial, although the
chemical company is put down as the
real defendants in the cause.
Talk of McLaurin'* Successor.
Published announcements from .
Washington to the effect that United
States Senator McLaurin, of South
Carolina, may be appointed a judge of *>
the court of claims, has excited poll- - ^
ticians in this state, and already names
have been suggested to Goto*nor
McSweeney as MoLaurln's succes- :
sor. Mayor Smyth, 01 Charleston, has
made the first public move in this dk I'
rection by requesting the appointment %
of Captain F. W. Wagener, of ChatlSilHB
ton, should such vacancy occur. Cap* '
tain Wagener, as president of the ex- ;. ?
position, displayed his patriotism in
the most substantial manner, and his ^
friends are anxious to have some reo-||
ognition made. 5f
If Senator McLaurin receives the 5
federal appointment, Governor Mo- . -fj
Sweeney will not appoint a successor
who is In any manner mixed up
in the political field. I
Value of Charleston Show. I
While stockholders in the South^^f
Carolina Interstate and West Indiaa^M
exposition will not be paid anythlntpttj
on their contributions, statistics gath-v^Ij&
ered by the newspapers of the city in- '
dicate that all branches of business 1
flourished during the six months the |
show was on. Retail merchants report
that their trade increased nearly 100
per cent, and every hotel and boarding-1
establishment coined money, the
amounts in most instances running Car
into the thousands.
A statement made recently by thep
Consolidated Railway Company shows
that this concern cleared $1U0,000 net
profit in six months, after expending
thousands of dollars in building new*
lines and in electrical equipment.
When these facts are conaideredJS
the business people begin to appro- Ka
date the value of the exposition, and * V#
they still figure on what might hare S
been had the attendance come up to '
expectations. Very few reports have
been made of losses incurred in any S*
enterprise established for the show?i
season.
Liberty Bell at Home. 3
The Liberty bell l^t^?h?jjptoii
Sunday morning on its return to PMK*|
adelphla. It was loaded on the special
bell truck attached to a Pennsylvania
;railroad train of six Pullmans and \
Sompanied by an escort of committees
of councils and citizens of Philadelphia,
of which Wilson H. Brown ia ;*L
chairman. In the party were George
McCurdy, president of the common' ^
council, and James L. Miles, president'
of the select council. Owing to the explosion
of the engine while the committees
were en route to Charleston."
there was a change in the itiner&ry>0*^
and the bell did not go to Norfolk. The
first stop was made Sunday night at - !
Petersburg, Va.
The bell arrived in Washington Monday
morning. The arrival was marked ,.a
with brief, patriotic exercises and
hAiiRanrifi of neonle nassed before the
car throughout the day and viewed
the bell.
The Marine and other band* remained
through the day and played petri* '
otic and other selections at intervals. ^
The car remained in Washington ';Jg
over night and proceeded to Philadelphia
at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Court Held on Sunday.
A Columbia dispatch says: Unusual ?jf|
interest is being manifested in the \:~
case of Dennis and Smith, on trial bafore
the criminal court at Florence. |p
Smith and Dennis were formerly merchants
of Timmonsville, Florence
county. One night last December their
store was set on fire, which resulted
In the almost total destruction of the '
town, causing a loss of nearly $75,000l
Suspicion rested strongly on Smith 6
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charged with burning their store.
Before court adjourned last Saturday
it was found necessary to continue the " fcase
through Sunday, and for the first
time in its history the people of Florence
witnessed the novel proceeding
of an all day session of the court on '
the Sabbath.
STILL PURSUING MILE8.
General's Name is Brought Into Rancorous
Philippine Debate.
General Miles' name was dnigged Jn
into the Philippine debate in the setate
Tuesday in a rather sensational ?
way. The republican leaders are bitter
toward General Miles because of
the part he is believed jo have played
In unearthing some of Le facts about ^
outrages committed by officers and
men in the army.
MARTINIQUE NEGROES REJOICE.
They Hold Orgies Because All the _Whites
are. Dead on the Island.
Letters arriving In London describe :.ii
the negroes of the island of M&rtinigue
as holding orgies because the whites
are all dead. The negroes say they %jgj
have elected a negro governor, who " >countenances
all excesses. ^