The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 19, 1902, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. JUNE 19.1902. 0NK DOLLAR PER YEAR.
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TRAIN MEN MANGLED'
Sad Smash'Up Da tile Nashville;
Chattanooga and St Lonis.
iiQHTER TRAIN IS TELESCOPED
Fbbr of th? Train Crew Kilted Instantly)
While Others MaJ Die of
Injuries-T-Passengers Escaped
With a Shaking Up,
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A fatal collision occurred on the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railroad Thursday afternoon between
Hboker and Summit, two small stations
about 12 miles from Chattanooga,
Tenn. Four men were killed and about
fifteen others more or less seriously injured.
Possibly two or three of the #
?from the, of
nvuuucu n in vmv . _ their
injuries^
The dead are: George ftolliri, engineer
of the accommodation traifi,
died after being removed tb hospital) .
L. A. Rakih, fireman of the ftccomiiiSaatioh
train* James Bernard; firemas of
the fasc mail train) Express Messenger
Webb; of the fast mail train;
All of the seriously injured were Of
the train crew.
Train No. 98; known as the daspef
accommodation, left Chattaiiobgd
about 2:40 o'clock pi. m. it was due at
SUmmit at 5:08. The othef traih, fast
inaii No. 1, from Nashriiie; was Behind
time and the meeting point of
thesfe traihs had been changed from
the regular station to Summit.
Obe of the engineers, it is said, overlooked
his orders and rah past the designated
meeting place.
Engineer George Rollins, of Pikevillfe;
Fireman L. A. Rankin, of Chattanooga;
arid Conductor R. A. boss, bf
(> , * , ? ,? t i %v r " * >
Jaspbr, composed the cretf Of the accommodation
trhiii.
The fireman x^ras horribly iriang'ed
and died almost instantly. Engineer
Rollins was badly injured, as his legs
were terribly crushed and large holes
made in his head and left side. He
died while being taken to the hospital.
Engineer George J. Ray, of the fast
ti-oin ic cprJmiRlv inlnred and it
UXCtU blUiUy
is thought fatally. Kis left side and
head were crushed and other parts of
his body bruised. Mis fireman,. James
Bernard, was caught under the smaller
engine and literally burned to death.
A handful of cinders and charred flesh
was all that could be found of him.
Express Messenger Webb, of the
". fast mail train, was caught und.er the
debris and died shortly after having
been removed to a place or safety.
The story of the wreck as told by
passengers on the mail train is a thrilling
one, as they were able to see the
approaching disaster. On account of
the position cf the track, there being a
double reverse curve at the place of
the wreck, the passengers were able
- to see from the side of the cars {be approaching
accommodation train. They
* thought it merely a passing of regular
trains and did not heed the warning
until the crash came, and it was too
late to help themselves.
The accommodation train, being the
lighter one, was entirely telescoped, ,
^ the ponderous machinery of the fast
train plowing its way through the cars
and splintering them into kindlings.
Both vengines had their position reversed
and were thrown forty yards
from the tracks.
* None of the passengers were serlous.
ly injured.
BLAME GERMANY AND FRANCE.
Two Nations Have Incurred the Resentment
of Defeated Boers.
According to a Pretoria dispatch, 10>225
Boers have surrendered up to date.
Many are youngsters of 11 years old
and upward. The majority of them are
under 30. !
Reports say that the burghers are
increasingly friendly. The only bitternetss
observable among the leading
Boers is against France and Germany.
They assert the war was protracted
unnecessarily owing to hopes held out
by the French and German press.
AUTHORITIES NAB LYNCH.
Irish Member of Parliament Charged
With High Treason.
A London dispatch says: Colonel
Arthur Lynch, who fought with the
Boers in South Africa and who in November
last was ejected to represent
Oalway in the house of commons, was
arrested Wednesday morning on his
arrival at New Haven from Dieppe,
France. Colonel LyDch, who was accompanied
by his wife, was brought !
to London and was afterwards taken
to the Bow street police station.
He did not apply for bail and was
.taken to the cells.
^ Dummy Delegate from Porto Rico.
Senator Forakcr has introduced a
treasure providing that the resident
commission from Porto Rico shall
have a seat in the house of representatives,
but without a vote.
Double Murc'cr and Suicide.
Friday John Fox. a farmer living
near Elbow Mine. Minn., shot and
killed his brother. Peter, and his moth- j
er, and then shor. niniscu aeau.
FIVE SOLDIERS BOLOED?
Friendly Filipinos in Manila Say Captured
Americans Were Butchered.
Friendly natives in Manila say a !
report is current among their country- j
men that the five soldiers of the Fifth 1
cavalry who were captured by the in- j
surgents May 30 have been boloed to ;
death near Teresa, in Morong prov- j
ince, Luzon. This report has not been j
confirmed by the American authorities
of that district;
KICK IS COMING TO WALLER.
The Expected Has Happened ait After; ^
math of Major's Interview at
San Francisco;
A Washington dispatch says: Majoi
b: W: T: Wailer, of tlte Mariiie
r o%'% 5 v v p. - f i 4 1' *3 r >r '?
cotps; who fc*as cburtmartihled fot ex:
ecutihg the orders of Brigadiei* Geriefa!
Jhcot) S. Smith in the island of Samar;
was been called to account by
Secretary of the Navy Moody for th'e
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interview he gave on Friday last upon
his arrival at San Francisco. Unless
Major Wallace explicitly denies the interview,
he is in danger of being severely
reprimanded or even courtmartialed.
The action taken by Secretary Moody
is involved in some mystery, officials
of the navy department being disinriinprt
to dismiss fho matter in any
way. Nevertheless. It Is known that
Secretary Moody's attention was called
to the Interview and he sharply condemned
it. The president also objected
to the interview, the more so because
ift his reprimand of Lieutehant
Generai Miles s&nie months ago, he
gave b&th services t6 iihderstafad that
he did hoi prbpose t6 pefniit officers
to mhkfe Statements criticising their
superior in either service:
In thb interview credited to Major
Wa'ier; hb IS regarded as having reflected
upon the authorities in Washington
and as having made statements
which wefb highly objectionable hot so
much t>h account of the wofrls themselves
as because of the insinuations
they tonvfey; tiib Statement t8 which
the president and Secretary MSody
took particular exception waS this:
"i know who caused that courtiiiartiai;
i know who brought it forward. I
know who waS at the back of it all,
and Washington knows as much."
Miss TAYLOR STAYS OUT;
House Acts 6nr Shaiienberger's "Inquiry"
Resolution.
A Washington special says: The
fact that the laws governing the employes
in the classified civil service of
the United States may be set aside
whenever it suits the pleasure of the
officials, was demonstrated Monday
morning when the house, by a strict
party vote, laid on the table Representative
Shaiienberger's resolution calling
on the secretary of war for the
cause and reasons of the dismissal of
Miss Rebecca Y. J. Taylor, the war department
clerk, whom Secretary Root
ordered removed because she wrote
and published In a local newspaper
an article criticising the administration
policy in. the Philippines.
Chairman Gillette* of the house committee
on reform in the civil service,
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reported the resolution recommending
that it be laid on the table. The democrats
demanded the yeas and nays,
and all the republicans present voted
to adopt the report.
Miss Taylor was never formally
charged with any offense SO that she
could make answer thereto, as is provided
for in the civil service ffeguldtions;
so that her dismissal was clearly
a violation of both the letter and
the spirit of the law, and Showed that
persons employed by the government
may not expect to exercise the right of
free speech.
With this repdrt, Gillette submitted
a letter from Secretary Root written
Saturday, in the which he following
statement is made:
"No head of a department eaft maintain
effective administration if he is
obliged to depend on the service of
clerks who are so violently opposed to
the siictesS of the work in which they
are engaged that they are unable to
refrain from public denunciation of the
purpose of the Work and public ifisiilt
to the presidents
As & tn&tt&r a! fict, ^there was ho
"insult tf> the president" in Miss Taylors
article. Even some of the republicans
who voted to adopt the committee
report admit that Root's action in
dismissing the clerk was wrong, and
one for which no satisfactory bxb\ls?
can be made*
Spain to Send Cuban Minister.
It is announced at Madrid that the
government has decided to appoint a
minister to the Cuban republic.
STRIKERS BEGIN VIOLENCE.
Attempt is Made to Murder Superintendent
of a Colliery.
It was learned at the office of the
Lehigh Vailey Coal Company Thursday
that an attempt had been made
to take the life of Superintendent
Thomas Thomas, of the William A.
colliery, of the Lehigh Valley company,
at Old Forge, north of Wilkesbarre,
Pa.
Cuban Minister at Washington.
Gonzalo de Quesada, the Cuban minister
to, the United States, arrived at
the National Capital Thursday afternoon
with his family.
UNCLE SAM HAS VOLCANO.
Kilauna, Hawaiian Island*, Gets Busy
After Ten Years' Rest.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press at Honolulu states that the volcano
Kilauna, on Hawaii, has broken
loose again. Flames and smoke are
rising above the crater. The outbreak
took place June 3 and up to the timo
of the last reports from Hawaii, dated
Friday, it was still continuing.
FOR FORTY-NINE CENTS.
Tillman Exhibits Mail Box for Rural
Free Delivery Use.
In the senate Friday Mr. Tillman,
of South Carolina, presented some of
the advantages of supplying metal
mail boxes for rural free delivery, and
showed to the senate a sample box of
sheet steel which could be purchased
for 49 cents. Boxes now supplied by
private individuals cost from $1.25 to
$3 each. Such a price, he said, was a
eerieua burden upon the termers; . .
shot Her six babes
Frightfoi Tragedy Enacted by a
Pflfif) Demoted Mothef;
BURNED HOME AFTER CRIME
fcliildreri W6r6 Founct Scaiterfcdi OveF
th? Premises Witli Bullet Ho/es
in Their Heads?Mother is
f .. I C.
Found in Graveyard.
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j Details were received at Hazlehurst,
j Miss., Monday of one of the most horI
rlble tragedies that ever occurred in
that section of Mississippi.
Louis Westrope, a well-to-do and
well-known farmer living near the little
village of Brandywine, 30 mi'es
southwest of Hazlchurnt in the edge of
Claiboriie county, was attending seri
vices at a neighboring bhiirch Sunday
with his gfOwii daiightSf:
While iiierh; ih tfife middle 6t the
service; a itiessehger hastened into the
church add told him that ail of Iiis little
children, six id number, had beeu
murderfed, his h6mc :h Smoke and
ashes, and iiis wife gone, Or aisd murdered,
and her body probably bonsiimed
by the lire which had destroyed his
home:
Arming themselves with shotguns
and repeating rifles add procuring
dogs.: the male congregation hurried
to the Iceiie of tile dwfiii catastrophe.
Six Dead Bbdiel Found:
Upoii arrivei at the burned home five
dead children were fburid scattered
around the preniiseS v^ith bullet h6i.es
in the head of each child. Among the
ashes of the ruins were found the charred
bones of the infaiit. Diligent
search failed to locate the body of the
mother: Outside of the yard was found
a bloody apron arid tracks leading toward
& swamp.
The evidence soon convinced .the
Mrp *Viof Mr? WpcfrnnA had
0|iCV,iai,Ul O LUUU 4 U. ww "WV*
committed the terrible deed. Search
was immediately instituted for her,
and she was finally located Monday afternoon
in a country grave yard, where
she had spent the night.
When she saw the searching party
she placed the same rifle with which
she had the day before wrought the destruction,
of her own children to her
heart and pulled the trigger the bullet
passing ofie inch belOw the heart,
seriously, but hot necessarily fatally
wounding her.
The wOmatt conversed intelligently
and said she did not kfiow How4 shf!
came to be i& the grave yard or what
the had dOrie the day before;
Those who kfiew her aild heh family
believe that she committed the
Crime while mentally deranged.
fVtAFtA AQAlN IN BUSINESS. '
Investigation of Murders |n New OrIfeanfe
Reveals Secrets to Poiice.
in the coroner's inquest at New Orieahs
Monday oti the body of BartblO
Eerraro, Ahtohib LUclaho, a Sicilian.
fhVb aU the facts of the kiliihg as well
hs the vendetta which led up tb It. So
did his cousin, Luigi Lucianb.
After this and other Siciiiati assassinations
of last Wefek; ail thb wMtfibsfeeS
to it, refused tb talk. Each declared
that fie had not been present
dhd had not sfeeh any of the shooting.
Thfey let it be understood that they
settled their differences outside of the
courts, by the use of the vendetta, i
This sudden change is wbifcbmed by j
the $biice. . ft pUt? A vety different j
iigfit Bfi the rb'cbnt a.mfiuSh and fisias* j
sinatibii, brings out the truth in regard
to them and enables the police to suppress
the attempt to.revive the mafia
and vendeta in New Orleans.
In the several shooting affrays of j
last, week, three Sicilians were killed, j
three others were fatally wounded and
will die dild sevbral slightly Wounded.
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Clark Named for Rear Admiral.
The president Monday sent to the
senate the name of Captain C. E.
Clark, to be advanced seven numbers
in rank and to be a rear admiral in
the navy.
TO OPEN NEW ROAD.
Tu snrl Ripm I nn Ki a tn fa
1 IIC hll MHQTiivrx .M... "
Reach Nichols, Ga?, July 4,
The Brunswick and Birmingham railroad
will open Its road to Nichols, Coffee
county. Ga., July 4th, and the occasion
will be marked with & grand
free excursion and barbecue, to which
all friendfe of the road will be invited.
Work is now being rapidly pushed j
to complete the road to OfTerman, j
where connections wi':l be made with j
the OfTerman and Western, which road
has been purchased By the Brunswick j
and Birmingham and which extends j
from OfTerman to Nichols.
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MEXICANS MASSACRE YAQUIS.
Indian Men, Women and Children
Slain By General Torres' Troopfi.
A prominent-Arizona banker arrived
at Tucson Wednesday from Prietas So
nora, Mexico, with details of a massa
ere of Yaqui Indians, men, women and
children in Santa Rosa canos, thirtyI
five miles from the Monas Prietas
mines, by a detachment of General
! Torres' Mexican troops.
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j DEMANDS HER REINSTATEMENT.
! Miss Traylor Writes Threatening Let{
ter to President and Secretary Root.
Miss Rebecca J. Taylor, the clerk in
i the war department, who was dismiss!
ed for public criticising the administration's
Philippine policy, has written
i to the president and secretary of war
demanding reinstatement in office. !
J vlthin three days, failirta which she
says she will take the necessary legal j
Steps to secure her rights. '
ESTILL FILES VIGOROUS KICK.
6andidat6 RoF 66vern6F Ifl Recent
Georgia Primary Claims irregularities
and Asks Recount,
Colonel John H. Estill, of Savannah,
ft'ho; tfitii Dupoilt Guerry, of
irihb, was defeated for the dembhF?tlc
nomination for gdverhdr of Georgia
iil ttie primary of jtirie 5; iias filed with
Chdifinaii ?. T. BrOwh, Of tfcfe State
democratic execiitlvd committee, a formal
protest of the result of the primary.
In making his prtest Colonel Estill
names twenty counties in which he
alleges irregularities occurred. In five
of the,; counties, mentioned specific
charges are made, while ip the remaining
fifteen the charge of illegality is
general and is based on what the protestant
"deems to be reliable information."
The receipt of the protest by Chairman
Brown Wednesday afternoon J
created a sensation in political circles.
Chairman Brown states that Colonel |
Estill's protest tvlll be duly transmit- j
ted tb the stdte Cdfiveiitlon when that
body ihfebts iii Ifi his protest
Colohei Estiii asks the state commit j
tee tb brdet a recount iii the CotifitieS
where he ailbgeS that Irregularities Occurred.
Ghairmdn SroWfi stated that
the committee tfas hot tested with
such authority and that it wag his
duty t6 refer the protest tb the C'bflveritibih
The five cpiifitieg; aS iS the vote of
which specific charges are irihde, ar'S
Cobb, Banks, Laurens, Jefferson and
Tattnall. Of these all but the two
first, Cbhh ahfi B.itikS; weht for Guerff:
The protest ciaiihs that ih Cbhh th?
chairman of the cbufity Committee, J:
N. Gafltt^ issubd a cirbuiar to the effect
that ho b'aiibts \C-otiid he counted unless
each hfillot had his haihe aS bhairmari
thereori.
Thb, charge as to Bahks coiiflty ii
thdt tifckets tfere printed arid ctrcfiiated
on which the names of Guerfy hrifi
Estill had b'eeii erased. In La[urens It
is alleged , thht oiie precinct was hot
counted, the protestaht stating his belief
that a full count would halve give#
him the county.
It is charged that in Tattnall, in one
precinct the maaager refused to open
the polls because there was no one
present to represent Mr. Guerry.
Colonel Estill's last specific charge
is that in Jefferson one or more precincts
closed before the hour pre^
sfcribed by IftW;
la the toiibwihg c&unties it is claimed
by Cbiohe! fistili that iffeguidritieS
ocCUrred: iSiMfcuel, fbttfis, tliiiofi;
White, DtLwsop, Washiflgtoti, Murffiy,
Dad?; LbwfldeS, (liliflef, Forsyth,
Worth, Miller, F&iihln and Gilquit.
Of the counties niehtiohed in the
protest the following \fceiit fof fhrfeil,
each givifag him tW6 vbteS iti the con
ventloii: Banks, Towns, Union, wnite,
Dawsbii, MUrray, Dade, Gilmfef, Miller,
Fahhin and Coiqiiitt.
The three following cbiihties, mentioned
ih thb protest gave Terrell four
votes In the convention: Cobb, Emanuel
and Lowndes. Washington and
Latifefis went for Guerry, both of them
giving him four votes ih the convention.
Forsyth and Jefferfebh, With tWb
votes ehbht both weiit fol* dUdrfy. lAttnali
weht fob Estili in the primary.
JOURNALIST HOWARD blAD;
Well Known Atlanta Newspaper Man.
a Victim of C8nstimptlbn;
Walter Moward, the weii kiiowh Atlanta
newspaper man, died suddenly
Wedhesday morning at & country
house; heal* Asheville, N. C., where he
has beeii several mohths for the benefit
of his health.
Judge W. T. Newman, his fatherin-law,
received a telegram about 10:30
o'clock that he was 111, and In a short
time a telephone message that he had
expired. It is supposed his death was
due to a hemorrhage. He had been
suffering with consumption for many
months.
Walter Howard is a victim of his
own enthusiasm and energy?characteristics
he possessed to such a degree
that he was always a marvel to all
who knew him. He literally worked
himself to death.
GIRL'S SLAYER INI COURT.
Millard Lefe Arraigned at Atlanta On
Plea Of Insanity-,
the trial oj Milidrd Lee, who shot
and killed Miss Lula May Suttles three
weeks age in h church at Ben Hill,
Ga., just as the congregation was leaving,
was begun before Judge John S.
Candler, of the superior court, in Atlanta
Monday morning.
The trial is on the special plea of
the present insanity cf the accused,
the trial on the charge of murder to
follow in case'Lee is adjudged to be
not insane as pleaded.
INDIAN TERRITORY FARMS.
j Census Bureau Fixes Their Value at
Nearly Fifty Millions.
The 45,505 farms enumerated in Indian
Territory on June 1. 1900, were
valued at $46,&v>3.440. Of this amount
' A- A L -
j 16 per cent represents uie \aiuc ui
j buildings and 84 per cent the value of
j land and improvements. The value of
j farm implements and machinery was
I $3,939,480, and live stock $41,378,695.
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PLANT FUNDS RELEASED.
j Millions May Now Be Removed from
Connecticut to New ^ ork.
j At Waterbury, Conn., Thursday
I Judge Robinson, of the superior court,
j handed down a decision dissolving the
j injunction which restrained the execuI
tors of the Plant will from removing
| the $17,000,000 trust fund from Conneci
ticut into New York except that $15.|
000, the amount of a legacy to which
j Charles ?. Hoadley. of Watcrbufj; is
! entitled, as representing his Children;
must remain in Connecticut,
I SOUTH CAROLINA I
\ STATE NEWS ITEMS, i
rsJic\?rsjCNifvifsif^l?
To Encourage Mill Workers.
The Saton Mill's managers at Spar
ffint/urg fi&ve offered premiums for best
aiid secoiid best fegetabt? And flowei
gardens, "thef-'e is a Iaddat/l6 fce/tfipeti
tlon amongst the fami.ies eiitfefitig the
borftest. Thlft is a more id the right
flftectibn afrd the domestic science de
partment' of the Wbman;s Clubs will
carefully watch the result.
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lifcanS Candidate for Senate.
Columbia dfgpatt'h Sttyn: John
Gary Evans, formef fo'veffiot; who was
| defeated for the senate by Judge
Earle and again by McLaurin, has filed
his pledge and put up his entrance
fee fcr the senatorial contest. He has
just returned from Washington, where
he was assured by Senator Tillman
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mat jje was nauus uu m iuia
Evans and Latimer are old antagonists,
as well a6 reformers, and will
cut Into each other.
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New National Sank for Spartanburg.
A flew national bank will.be opened
at Spartanburg In about aixty days,
with J..H. Sloan, the cotton mill capl
tdiist, fls president, The pother offl
Cfefs fedvfe Hot yet been determined
j upoff. Th? oilier gefltieinefl* interested
! in the project are J. W; ft'brwood, pfCs
ident of the Atlantic N3tt6'fiai bank 61
Wilmington, N. C.; J. E. Raynolds
vice president of the Mercantile Trusl
Company, of New York, and R. A
ThonpsOfi, th? COtton mill man ol
Chari6tte-, N, & The capital stocn
wi'l be $100,0001. The site Of the ne*
b^hk has hot yet bCeti decided Upon.
Filipino Visits fchaHesfdri,
i^llipe BifCrcdmihd,- formerly seCfC
tary of; war in Aghihalcta's cabinet
and Wh6 testified beforb the senate
committed oh the Philippines, visitec
Charleston the past week to study th(
methods of the recent exposition. It ii
his desire to hold dn exposition in Ma
nila to commetrfofStb tfr: ftlz3l, tli?
Filipino patriot. aiiS he wMhbs tb ob
tain Information as to cost of optersi
tion. Buencamino was accompanied
on his visit by three Americans, wh<
are interested with him in the pro
posed exposition. He will ask for ar
appropriation of $100,000 from the gov
eriiiiieai in the interest of its estab
lisihftCht.
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The State's Rum ?uiin ??.
tile state board Of directors of tfc(
dispensary bas just finish?Q its work
A petition to:: another beer disptensarj
at ISpdrtahbiirg was presented. th(
! petition for a beer dispensary t6 be op
eratbd ih connection with the Afldfith
Beach Hotei, oil Sullivan's Island, wa?
granted to the Argyle Hotel Companj
and goes itito .immediate effect.
The board boughf. dboiit iOd Barrel!
of one X rye whiskey and about 1,20(
or 1,500 cases of bottled liquors, knowr
ib the trade as case goods.
Thfe Ofirfl iidiiofg dfe bought almos
febtirbiy ifi this stat?.
Th? board disposed of fcensiderabb
routine business:
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. Galluchat Retires From Race.
M. C. Galluchlt; of Befkiby; re
cehtly dnhotinced that be would ifidjtl
the race tot bongress from th<
Charleston district, came out in a carc
a day or two ago in which he sak
he would not run. This leaves th<
race Opeji for Thomas W. SdbOt anc
George S. kegare, loth of tfhoifcl ail-i
members o? the Charleston b'af*.
From present indications tne cam
_ paign will be bitterly fought. The with
drawal of Mr. Galluchat changes th(
situation materially, inasmuch as th<
two Charleston candidates will hav<
an equal ehance at the country vdte.
There are .indications that labO
question will enter Strongly in th<
county campaign. At the last meetinj
of the executive committee it was de
cided to leave candidates for maste
; and magistrate cut of .the primary
making these offices subject to the ap
pointment of the governor. The labo
organization); are protesting am
while nothing definite has developed
there are indentions that the labo
Vote will show fight:
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Governor McSweeney Out of It.
Governor McSweeney has finally dt
cided that he will not be a candidat
for any office in the approaching pr
mary. He has now nearly filled hi
two terms In the executive chair an
I fppls that he has done his full duty t
his state, his party and himself. I
may be added that Governor McSwee
ney does not avoid entering the pr
mary from any fear of defeat, becaus
he has been assured that his friend
would take care of him; but that i
neither here nor there, and of course i
would have had to be tested at the pr.'
mary whether he could have won o
not. It may be remarked incidentall;
that Governor McSweeney has neve
yet offered himself for any public ol
fice in this state and been defeated.
It may be mentioned that a larg
part of the success of Governor M<
Sweeney's administratioh has bee
due to his absolute confidence in an
co operation with the people of th
state through their representatives
He has no: ignored county delegations
en nftpn dnnp bv DreviOU
ilb Llab L/Ctru ov .
governors, but, on the contrary, h
took the people into his confidence an
counsel through the county delegj
tions.
When Governor McSweeney wa
asked about his hot being a candidal
he replied:
"I have been asked a good man
times in t:he past few months what
intended tb do politically. A grea
many of. my friends hav*e shown
I very kind, interest in my future an
seemed atiklous to know whAt I intern
I ed to do. I have invariably replied
f that I had not fully determined my
| plafig Sfid, therefore, could give them
( no definite aiisW'ef.- Many of my friends
) in different parts-of tho State have
, urged me to become a candidate !or
' rejection to the office of governor. I
dp0? 6i&ie mora than I can say their
kindly interest Sfid voluntary offers of
. support and especially eommen:
dation of my course as governor. Dtff
ing my term of office I have endeav.
ored to discharge my duties faithfully
t and eofiScientioiisly, and my purpose
: has always been so to act in all mat.
ters presented to ride that I 'Would feel
[ riglit about whatever action I might
t?k*: Arty than in public office, especially
iil ffre fcosUion- of governor, may
expect to have his actions criticised.
There are always those who will Arid
i fault, and I have never objected to
j honest, legitimate and fair criticism.
, I have given to the press every official
act; it was the granting of a
i paf#6tf of i 6$niftrtitation or the refusi
al oil oner wfietfref it Was the issuing
. of a proclamation5 of afiy hifid 6? tbfl
^.AR/tiol fni- t h
dppUliilUiCin Ul ail vmv. iuif 4v* a mm t v
held that the people were entitled to
know what was being done by their
servants. I have had no secrets, but
my officials acts have been an open
book to the people, whose servant I
am, and to them I am always ready
render account.
; "In regard to the race for governor,
, while I have been elected to one full
term, I served nineteen months of
Governor Ellerbe's term, and, while it
; is not forbidden by the constitution,
I yet I realize that it is an unwritten
law that one man shall not have more
f than two terms, which I have practi,
crfliy fcfid. 'Therefore, I have decided
: not to enter tfci? f8CC for fttection as
. governor."
f "Governor, it has been intimated
; that you would probably be a candi'
date for the United States senate to
sucAeed Senaor McLaurin."
''My friends ift different sections of
the state hdvC been kind enough *to
urge me to make that race and, while I
- aiS flOfc unmindful of their kind consid,
efatiofl afld appreciate their good will.
! I h&v? decided id tWf? and give my
[ tifnf ?o my hrivatb ifitefesfg, Which, of
; necessity, hflre b"e?fi sorely fteglected
j and heed my attention. i Shall cofl
tribute what I can, as a private C?tb
n zen, to the upbuilding and progress of
- the StAte I love and whose people have
- hOfloted &#:"
I ffils dSclsiofl 63 tfc? part of Gover>
nor McSweeney will, no d6h"l)i, givo a
- good deal of satisfactin to some of the
1 candidates.?6fl)?mbian Correspondent
- News and Courier.
CADETS GET THEIR DIPLOMAS.
Prestntation Made by Roosevelt in Sil?flfifl
and Only a Hand-Shake.
'ifbo defiteiiflldl celebrattoip of the
'r West Ptfifit Military acadeifly wa? end?
6d Thursday With the presefithtiOfl Of
- diplomas f6 tfib graduating class. The
1 weather was fine and the cefdfflony
' t66k OUt of doors on that part of
7 the parade gf&ii&ds feflOWh as "Cavalry
Plain " President Roosevelt pt6s6fitCfI
each new officer with his diploma,
it ^as ?xiJSete4 the president would
1 make a few remafk?, frtft simply
t shook hands with each cadef.
i THREE CHILDREN DROWNED.
.
Th?ir Lives Whilfe Trying to R*9Mother
and Baby,
A Social frdiri ftyetRburg, Tenn.,
say6 three persons lost their live* by
j' dfSwfilfig in Abion river.
; MH. ?66p?t WAS washing on the
j batik fia$ fi&f 6iiit4r?8 with her.
j One of the children, a baby, f?ii into
} the water. The mother rushed to its
j assistance, and Pearl, Cleveland ana
j Hefeert aged 15, 13 and 11 respectiveir;
fbilbft'Sd their mother and were
&fcb#fieci befdf6 jieif} arrived.
The i'aby iiid site: &&&fier rfe?? res3
cued. , Th& bodies of tife chiidrhti weft
a buried in ohe grave.
e
"BLAME ME," SAYS ROOT.
r _
3 War ?66retary Assumes Responsibility
^ For Money Paid G6mez.
Secretary ftoot fids asstifflfld full re
r sponsibility for the payment df Mftaey
' to General Gomez by General
during the American occupation of
!" Cuba, and if congress asks for an explanation
of the matter he stands pre- '
pared to furnish what he regards the
r most convincing proofs that the payments
were dictated by the wisest
statesmanship..
Cops must salute.
?
G
Augusta Police Force Receives Otders
to Act the Liidicrotis.
s
An order issued to the police force
o of Augusta, Ga., is provoking a good
t deal of criticism. It is that all prii
vates when on duty must salute in
i- military style every superior officer
e whom they meet, this including the
s police commissioners and the member?
nf nAiinnll
3 VI WUUVA*.
t
I- PRIMARY BECOMES POPULAR.
r
y Head Officials of Alabama All Want
r the New Plan Inaugurated.
A Montgomery, Ala., dispatch says:
Governor Jelks, State Auditor Thomas
e
, L. Sowell and Commissioner of Agrin
culture R. R. Poole all gave out interd
views to the press Saturday in which
e they declare for a state democratic
primary for the nomination of a state
!( ticket.
s
e SLASHED BEYOND RECOGNITION
d
i- Bodies of Boloed Soldiers Fearfully
Mutilated by Filipinos.
s A ..lanila special says: The bodies
5. of the sergeant, two corporals and four
- *1- - "TV*.!.* 1 n,a.a
privates 01 me rum uvau) wuu
y captured May 30 by Ladrones at BinI
angonan, Risal province, have been reLt
covered. Most of the bodies had been
a hewn limb from limb, and it was
d found impossible to recognize four of
the dead men.
A SPECIAL MESSAGE
Urging Cnban Reciprocity Trans*
mitled by Roosevelt.
ASKS QUICK ACTION ON BILL
Strong Plea For American Support to
Struggling Republic?President
Incurs Displeasure of Many
of His Supporters.
A Washington special says: After
t?ikifig with a number of leaders in
congress regarding Cuban reciprocity,
President Roosevelt, Friday, determined
to send a message to congress reaffirming
his attitude on the subject
The president has earnestly considered
the matter for several days, and
ft Is Stated that the action of the antireciprocity
republican senators Thursday,
in deciding to hold out against
the policy advocated by the majority
of the party, did not influence the
president in the least in deciding to
transmit his message to congress.
The president'.*! action, it may be
stated from sources close to him, was
influenced by the broad question of i
the duty of the United States to Cuba
and of fairness to the new republic. |
It has been pointed out to the president
that his warmest political support
is in the section of the country where
there is the greatest opposition to reciprocity,
the west and northwest, and
that should remain content with the
stand he had taken without accentuating
his views in a special message. It
is known, however, that the president
did not hesitate to arrive at the conclusioa
that he would not let his political
prospects interfere with what he
regarded as his plain duty.
The president was further led to
conclude that the relations of the
United States and Cuba must necessarily
grow closer and that the United
States should not at the outset, after
its declared purpose toward the Island,
assume a, position contrary thereto,
and thus arouse the suspicions of the
Cuban government as to our real intentions
toward it.
It is stated that the president's posiive
declaration as to the duty of congress
probably will end his active efforts
to bring about reciprocity.
*" * ' +V> ? npocMen! onVH
>R lilS Ili(nwt?^ WC V?veivivu? "?J ?>
among things:
"The granting of reciprocity with
Cuba is a proposition which stands entirely
alone. The reasons for It far
outweigh those for granting reciprocity
with any other nation, and are entirely
consistent with preserving intact
the protective system under which
this country has thriven so marvellously.
The present ^tariff law was designed
to promote the adoption of such
a reciprocity treaty, and to expressly
pfOVlde for a reduction not to exceed
20 per cefifc upon needs coming from a
particular country, leaving the tariff
rates on the articles unchanged as
regards all other countries. Objection
has been made to the granting of reduction
on the ground that the substantial
benefit would not go to the
agricultural producer of sugar, but
would insure the American sugar refineries.
"In my judgment provision can and
should be made which will guarantee
us against this possibility, without
having recourse 10 a meauutc ^ ????*
ftti policy, such as a bounty in the
tofffl 6f a rebate, The question as to
which if aiiy 6i tbe different schedules
of the tariff ought most property to be
revised does not enter into the matter
in any way or shape. We are concernl
I ed with getting a friendly reciprocity
[ arrangement with Cuba. This arrange'
inefit applies to all the articles that
Cuba grOws of produces- It is not in
our power 16 determine what these articles
shall be; and any discussion of
the tariff as it affects special schedules
or countries other than Cuba is
wholly aside from the subject matter
to which I call your attention.
"tfotne of our citizens oppose the
lowering Of the tariff on Cuban products,
just as three years ago they opposed
the admission of the Hawaiian
islands, lest free trade with them
might ruin certain of our interests
here. In the actual event their fears
proved baseless as regards Hawaii and
their apprehensions as to the damage
to any industry of our own because of
the proposed measure of reciprocity
with Cuba seem to me equally baseless.
"In my judgment, No American industry
will be hurt and many American
industries will be benefited by the
proposed action. It is our advantage
as a nation that the growing Cuban
market should be controlled by our
own producers."
Lemly Goes "Way Back."
Judge Advocate Lemly went before
a retring board at Washington Friday
and was adjudged sufficiently unfit foi
service to warrant his elimination
from active duties.
Lghtning Kills Two Girls.
Two daughters of Patrick Leahy in
the Otoe agency, Oklahoma, were
killed by lightning while returning
frnna thp. harvest field.
PIGTAILS BARRED FROM CUBA.
Forty-Three Imported "Celestials"
Must Return to New York.
The Havana board of immigration
has decided that the forty-three Chi
nese laborers who arrived at the Cu
ban capital .on board the Ward line
steamer Monterey from New York
Wednesday would have to be returned
to New York by the steamship com
pany. . ?
Heretofore Chinamen have been al
lowed to enter Havana without restric
tiori.
' '...
UfcKUD Iit Mil in nuiwitu*.
.-Kg
Monument to Confederates Who Died
at Camp Chase is Dedicated ,
With Impressive Ceremonies. j
A Columbus, Ohio, special says:!
Union and confederate veterans joined - J!
in eulogies of the confederate dead at
the annual exercises held at the Confederate
cemetery at Camp Chase Saturday
afternoon. Fully 2,000 people
were present, including a delegation
of about 200 from Charlston, W. Va^
and representatives from southern
states. Many chapters of the United: \
Daughters of the Confederacy sent %pBB
cut flowers to be strewn upon the
graves, practically every state in the i
south being thus represented.
Special interest attacnea to iue w '-"^38
ercises because of the dedication
of a monument erected at the cem*>
tery in honor of the confederate dead. dfi
The mocament was the gift of William
P. Harrison, a well-known manufacture
er of Cincinnati. The memorial consists
of a solid granite arch 15 feet in
I height, surmounted by a bronze statue ^*28
! of a confederate soldier. Upon, the
| keystone of the arch is chiseled the .
simple word, "Americans." ^
There was an elaborate programme
of exercises attending the dedication. 'j&B
The unveiling address was made bj4 %:|S
Judge D. G. Pugh, an ex-federaL sol- :|s|
died of Columbus, and the present*- ^
tion address was made by Governor
G. K. Nash, also an ex-federal. Us*
General John B. Gordon was expected
to receive the monument on behalf :;J
of the people of the south, but he was - ^z?j
unavoidably detained and the address -0
of acceptance was delivered by Judge D.
E. Johnson, of Bluefleld, W. Va. '
The principal address of the day was
made by Captain James Dinkina. of
New Orleans, an ex-confederate.
CHERRY TREE FOLK GUILTY. J
Convicted of Fraud and Illegal Use of
the Mails.
*-1 A-J 1 ?rtman ntl?rPV
in? ceieoraieu aujw v/??v?
tree swindle case, which has been oa
trial in the federal court at Charlotte^' ^
N. C., was given to the jury Saturday;
and a verdict of guilty was returned. . ^
The specific charge was fraudulent use
of the. malls. >??
Dr. Frank Bright, of Ellenboro; Refv .
T. Bright, of Sylva, and C. D. WllMe^
are the defendants. The business of
the company was successively in con* ^18
trol of the above parties in the order
named. It is estimated that each par*
ty made from $6,000 to $18,000 clear I
money. Some 2,300 -people, mostly -M
men of the immedaite section, wesw^JBH
the victims and the obligations of th*
company are estimated at $47,000. V
They began business by offering em
ployment consisting of letter writing :
at $20 per month to all persons first
sending in $12 and receiving sixtjj
Amos Owen cherry trees to be sold. '%
Two lawyers, B. A. Justice and M.
McBrayer, composing the firm of Me- >
Brayer & Justice, of Lincolnton, N. ?
C., are also involved by the true MJt
feturned by the grand jury ott
account of having received an $1,800,
fee from one of the defendants.
AFTER THE POSTS AGAIN. 3 \
' J\
Grand Jury at Jacksonville Bringri
Another Indictment Against HtirtersT ^
In the United States court at Jack* |
sonvllle, Fla., Saturday, true Wa :
were found against Helen Wilmans / JHH
Post, Charles E. Post and Charles F.
Bargman on the charge of improper; 3
use of the mails.
This is a revival of the celebrated
Sea Breeze case, involving the absent
treatment for disease.
This is the second time within, thei
past year that the defendants hare
been Indicted on the charge of using; - ???
the United States mails for the pur* ;
pose of defrauding divers persons by;
agreeing for a sum of money to cure r; i^S
various diseases by mental science '
treatment, the absent treatment, etc*:ySt.
the former indictment being quashed.
Six Victims of Tornado. ,
A special from .St. Joseph, Midi,
g&yt: The storm which swept over
the central part of the state Friday - |j
night developed into a tornado in th6 |a
northeast section, where it reaped S- ;|1|
harvest of six victims.
TO ANNEX ISLAND OF CUpA.
?? ~
Bill Is Introduced in the Senate With? ' M
That Object in View.
Senator Eikins, Saturday, introduced
a joint resolution in the senate pro,
viding for the annexation of Cuba and J|
for its admission as a state of the
union. The resolution grants the con- j
sent of congress to the erection of th* .Jjtj
republic of Cuba as a state of the un^
ion, "to be called the state of Cuba, :
with a republican form of government, . 3P
to b? adopted by the people of said republic
by deputies in conevntion assembled
with the consent of the e^at* rjgj
ing government."
ANOTHER DIVIDEND PROMISED. ! r||?
Josiah Morris & Co. Paying Up Dte
positors of Suspended Bank. ^
i J.ogiah Morris & Co., at Montgomery^
Ala., announce the payment of another*
dividend of 12 1-2 per cent to deposl*
tors under the agreement made wheifc
the bank suspended ni January, 1901.
The amount of the dividend is $92,000, V
of which the county, the largest credl? >Vg
tor, gets $19,000.
NEELY SECURES FREEDOM. ; ; J
Under Amnesty Order 8igned by Pal^
ma He it Released From <ian. zgs
1 C. F. W. Neely, who. March 24, wa?
sentenced to ten years' imprisonment}
and tc pay a fine of $56,701 for compik;
city in the Cuban postal frauds, wmj '
released at Havana Wednesday under* yfsjj!
the bill signed by President- Palma
granting amnesty to all Americana)
convicted of crimes in Cuba during the Jjjg
. term of the American occupation and)
those awaiting trial. A ...v / ; |||