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I* The Bamberg Herald. j ' ' A~^. ~ ? i . . _ * 11 ~*" - - ?> - ? . --.-_1_.-Jr, ?' * ' ' ESTABLISHED IS91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. JUNE 26.1902. 0NE DOLLAR PElt YEAR. ? y? LONDON IN TURMOIL Beginning of Coronation Week finds City Well Prepared; j | Streets densely thronged All Sorts of Rumors are Circulated Regarding King Edward's Health. He Seerr.s Much Alive, However. A London special says: The reappearance Sunday cf a brilliant suh- j 111 c i 1 _ _ f f j | same auvr weess oi ram uuu xuiun* tfedthet gave to the first day of corb nation week an air of unusual gayety and gladdened hearts of thousands of j British, subjects from all parts of the i empire and the thousands of foreigners pouring into London eager to witness as much of the week's events as possible. The announcement that King Edward, Queen Alexandra and the court would return to London from Windsor Monday at coon increased the universal anticipations for that day and served to quiet, to some extent, the flood of extraordinary rumors concerning the king's physical condition, varied in some quarters by weird tales of plots to assassinate his majesty and other fictions, all of which were promptly denied by the officials most intimately connected with the king. King Edward's health was authoritatively declared to be good at Windsor castle Sunday and during the morning his majesty attended divine service, accompanied by other members of the royal family. Sunday evening he enjoyed a drive through the royal gar- ; aens or wrnasor castie in a ciosea carriage. At the command of the king many thousand persons were admitted to the ! east terrace of Windsor castle for the y Sunday band performances. The ter- j race was crowded. The king and the queen listened to the music from the windows of their private apartments. King Edward's appearance does not justify the sensational rumors of his illness. Thoroughfares Crowded. The congested condition of the streets of London throughout Sunday furnished an omen of the condition of travel through these streets the latter days of the week. The barriers across the streets which intersect those through which tiie coronation procession will pass, and which are completed, are proving an Impediment ^ to ordinary traffic. "Kensington gardens and the beauti ful groves about the Crystal and Alexandra palaces are filled with colonial and native troops, clad in scar et white, khaki and blue uniforms. The throngs in the street at night finH mnnVi tn on cm ca tho Pre TbP fronts of innumerable buildings are 1 bung with lighted decorations and the Venetian masts are covered with garlands and connected by strands of roses. The streets are filled with mile ' after mile of colored lights and the various stations of the royal coronation procession are marked with arches 1 representing Great Britain's colonies. 1 American flags were In evidence at a ( great number of windows. Some hotels c are flying both American and British 1 flags from their staffs in honor of the ? American visitors domiciled within. t t DISASTER ON THE RAIL. < Two Killed and Many Hurt in Wreck * Near Ashton, Iowa. A passenger train on the Sioux City 1 branch of the Chicago, St: Paul, Mln- c neapolis and Omaha railroad, due to c arrive in St. Paul, Minn., at 7:25 a. m., Jumped the <track near Ashton, Iowa, early Sunday morning. Two trainmen were killed, five others seriously hurt < - and a number of passengers received minor injuries. Pensions for Life-Savers. j The bill providing for pensioning ! members of the life saving service ! was ordered favorably reported by the house committee on commerce Friday. CADETS GET THEIR DIPLOMAS. Presentation Made by Rocsevelt in Silence and Only a Hand-Shake. j J The centennial celebration of the j West Point Military academy was ended Thursday with the presentation of t diplomas to the graduating class. The * weather was fine and the ceremony j t took place out of doors on that part of ! t the parade grounds known as '.'Cavalry i Plain." President Roosevelt presented t each new officer with his diploma. 1 It was expected the president would c make a few remarks, but he simply j shook hands with each cadet u t SIX BLOCKS IN ASHES. Portland, Oregon, Has Fire Which En. i tails Property Loss cf $600,000. ! ^ A fire that started shortly before j midnight Saturday night in the Phoe- | nix Iron works, at Portland, Ore., burn- j ed for four hours and destroyed six j blocks of buildings, valued at $600,000. j The insurance amounted to about j $200,000. It was long after daylight j _ Sunday before the fire burned itself j 0Ut- I s _ . ^ FOUR BOYS DROWNED. J i K A Tragic Incident of Turn Verein Pic- ! nic Near St. Louis. j _ Four boys were drowned Sunday i evening by the capsizing of a boat at ! Fern Glen, a resort 35 miles from St. i li Louis. They are: j y Eddie Flynn, 17 years old; Robert j tl R*.tan. 16 years old; Peter Larkin. 17 1 L jea s old; Alphonse Kerns, 16 years ! s oM. i 1< The drowning occurred at the annual ^ h picnic of the St. Louis Turnvercin h GEORGIA TECH COMMENCEMENT* ' _ _ j Twirvty-FiVe Young Men Receive Dh j plomas from the in$tittiti6ri; ^iie graduating exercisfes bf th? ! Georgia School of Technology; at Atlanta. occurred Thursday morning in the fchapei of the school, and were the .ucSt successful in the history of tn6 school. Twenty-five young men re; ceived their diplomas from the iristi- , tutipii. The feature of the exercises was the announcement made just as the exercises were closing by President Lyman Hall, that the $10,000 from the general educational board of New York liad been raised, and that the equipment of the electrical and experiment;1 laboratories, for which this money was raised, would be installed during ^ r? A 1 A ho I tuy Mimujti muiuiie auu "v/u iu ready for use by the students when the .' chooi opened for the fail ternt. The graduating exercises were V?ry simple. President Lyman Hali delivered the baccalaureate address. The degrees were conferred by Chancellor Walter B. Hill, of the University of Georgia, in a neat and happy litt'e speech. He gave some splendid advice to the graduating class and ronferred the following degrees: Mechanical Engineering?Thomas Meriwether Thompson. Harold Bernard Wey, Roy Gibson Merry. Robert Lee Hicks. Morgan Taylor Hoehstraseer, Edward William Klein, Henry Lenn Strickland, Jacob Henry Paulsen, Ansolm Herbert Morton, Charles Harmon Kicklighter. Milton Graham Smith, Maxwell Rufus Berry. Textile Engineering?James Thaddeus Anthony. Isaac Hardeman. Jr., Charles Walter Rainey, James GignalIiat West, Jr., Edwin Henry Bacon, Donigan Dean Towers, Eolger Johnson, Arthur Alvln Jones, Paul Howe. Norcross, Julian Carroll Prioleau and Louis Gardner Yankey. Civil Engineering?McDonald Lawrence. KING OP SAXONY DEAD. Fought Bravely For Life?Eldest Brother Succeeds to Throne. King Albert of Saxony died at Dres3en Thursday night. He left no children,. and Prince aeorgerhls eldest brother, succeeds to the throne of Saxmy. The death of the king brings to a ?lose one of the most determined and Extraordinary fights fo: life against long odds which has ever been known in history. The lcing'a case was deilared hopeless by his physicians several weeks ago, and they have announced more than once that he could iot possibly live for more than a few lours. Each time, however, he rallied. About a week ago the royal physisians announced that the end was sear. The bishop was summoned to :he bedside and the last rites of the >hiirrh wPro administered to the kins:. {Vhile his majesty was surrounded by :he members of his household who ffere awaiting the end, he suddenly sat jp in bed, called for a cigar and anlounced that he was ready to attend to iffairs of state. INQUIRY IS UNNECESSARY. Democrats Opposed to Investigation of Status of Negro Race. The democratic members of the louse committee on labor has filed a ninority report on the bill creating a ;ommission to inquire into the status >f the negro race. The minority says ;hat there does not seem to be the lightest necessity for the creation of his commission, nor for considering he status of the negro race apart from >ther races. "The negro race can never reach its ull development," says the report, 'until it is permitted by the governnent to work out its destiny as do the >ther races with which it comes in . :ontact." TROOPS NOW IN PATERSON. aovernor Murphy Orders Infantry ana Cavalry to Protect City. Tlinrcdai, nlcr)^ rjnvpmnr Miirnhv. >f Nev,* Jersey, ordered a part of the first regiment of infantry and the enire First troop of cavalry to Paterson o preserve order. General Campbell, commanding the First brigade, is in command. The troops wi 1 be put on juard duty at the mills. j WOMAN'S THIRD TRIAL. lessie Morrison Again Arraigned For i Murder of Mrs. Olin Castle. A jury to try Jessie Morrison for a hird time for the murder in June, i 900, of Mrs. Olin Castle, was com- ' ileted at Eldorado. Kans., Saturday afer a week's effort, and the taking of estimony was begun. Miss Morrison 1 s charged with having killed Mrs. Cas- 1 le by slashing her throat with a razor, ["he first jury disagreed and the sec- 1 nd found her guilty and assessed her 1 mnishment at ten years' imprison- ] Qent. The verdict was reversed on a 1 echnicality. 1 1 COST OF PHILIPPINES WAR. iecretary Root Informs Senate that Expenses are $170,326,536. Secretary Root Thursday made anwer to the senate resolution of April 7. calling for information as to the ost of the war in the Philippines. Reports from the various bureau of,cers are submitted to show the cost f the Philippine war. including outtanding obligations, showing that the otal up to date is $170,320,556. ilTCHENER RECEIVES OVATION. Iritons and Boer Vie in Doing Him 1 Honor at Cape Town. Lord Kitchener received a great pubc ovation on his arrival in Cape Town | londav. At a luncheon., in accepting :ie presentation of a sword of honor ; ord Kitchener asked for the suppres- j ion of all racial feelings and all ; agues and bonds. Briton and Boev I ad a good fight and were now shftkm- 1 ands. WORK OFANARCHISTS Poof Paterson, New Jersey, in Hands of a Howling Mob. BLOOD SHED; PLANTS WRECKED Among Leaders of Mob Were Several Former Comrades of Assassin Brcsci ? Pandemonium Reigned Supreme. Paterson, New Jersey, was in the hands of a mob Wednesday, and as a rpsi'lt of the riots a number of per sons were phot and two at kast will die. Tlte police did their work well, but they were so few iii number that could make little headway against" the mob. Mins were wrecked with stones and bullets by the striking silk dyers, helpers or roughs acting for them. There were threats to resort to the torch. There seems to be every indication that the riot was the result of a prearranged plan to involve the would-be peaceful element in the affair from the start. Among the leaders of the trouble was a man named McQueen and another named Gakeano, the former an Englishman and the latter an Italian. Others, agents cf anarchist circles have also been quietly fanning the flames, "Wednesday morning Chairman MeGrarh, who has held the strikers in leash since he first obtained control on the second day of the strike, was on hand, and presided. He spoke; so did McQueen, and the latter worked his countrymen Into a frenzy. Then McQueen leaped into control of the meeting. He called for a vote on the question of the calling of the strike in a'.l branches of the silk trade. All voted in favor, and a committee was appointed to consider means for bringing the silk workers out. Galleano was one of this committee, it gathered amid a babel of tongues and a scene of confusion. Five minutes later Galleano emerged from the group shouting something in Italian. Instantly a mob had formed about him. Into it rushed the Italian, and then the other foreigners, and a moment later, the mob, led by Galleano, swept down Belmont avenue. A quarter of a mii-e down Belmont avenue stands the Columbia *mlll, a silk ribbon factory. The doors had been locked, but when the mob appeared they forced them open; with the crash of the doors came a volley of stones, which riddled the windows in the front of the building. President Grossegbauer telephoned for the police. Stones rained into the ~ A Aaw VIIC H P Q rl TwPTl UIllL't? ailU auwut uxg w - .. ty young women on the first floor stood at bay and threatened to fight, and the weavers on the second floor ran down to their aid. William Weslerfield, the leader of the ribbon workers' strike eight years ago, took command. He directed those in the place to leave, and denounced the anarchists. Anarchists in Evidence. When the operatives were out of :he Columbia, the mob swept on down Belmont avenue. Several members of the group, Bresci's comrades, with Galleano at. their head, were in the lead. A half-mile march brought the mob to the Cedar Clilf mill, where they stayed until ail were out. Just beyond the Cedar Cliff is the Rynewater mill. The doors were burst open there, and the men and gir's were found ready to go out. and waiting for the orders from the New York office. When this was seen, the rioters did nothing but wait until the mill was closed. The next place visited was a cotton braid factory. The women became hysterical as the howling rioters climbed in windows and burst in the doors. Mr. Rheinhardt, the owner, ordered his employes to quit for the day. The mob dashed through the cotton works and did much damage, and then poured on down the street to Bamford Bros.' mill, in Cliff street. Herp they were intercepted by the police and a general fight ensued. "BOARDS" AT WHITE HOUSE. Gen. Wood Will be Domiciled With President for Some Weeks. General Leonard Wood, formerly governor general of Cuba, has taken I..-. Viic. MC lA cr> r>a. i n the TL-hifo hmiffP. aio X VMV II 14 4 vv ?-. He will live there for several weeks at least, and possibly until he departs for Germany to witness the maneuvers of the Prussian army. When General Wood returned from Cuba he took apartments in the Everett, but at the president's request be moved to the white house Wednesday morning and is now eamfortably instated in one of the E?fife rooms on the second floor of the aanalon. MONT PELEE EMITS SLIME. The Descending Column Almost De. stroys Town of Basse Ponte. A dispatch from Fore ae France, Island of Martinique, states that a column of s'.ime metres high has been ejected from the volcano of Mont PeIce and has fallen on Basse Pointe, enveloping the lower portion of the town and completely razing twenty-two houses. No loss of life has been reported. EXPLOSION SINKS CRUISER. Chinese War Vessel Goes Doati Carry, ing 148 Officers and Men. A dispatch to the Central News (London) from Shanghai says 'hat the Chinese cruiser Kai-Chi was wrecked Sunday by a terrific explosion while lying in the Yang-tse river. The KaiChi sank in thirty second and lot; officers and men cn boar! were killed or drowned. Only two ?sj tjcaie. mo cruiser escaped death. GROVER AND DAVE HARMONIZE Ex-President and Ex-Senator Speak at Dedication Exercises of "Tilden Hall" in New York City. A New York special says: Democratic unity was the keynote of a great gathering of representative democrats Thursday bight to attend the opening Of the handsome new quarters of the Tildeii club. Addresses were made by prominent democrats and afterwards a collation was served irt the banquet hall to the distinguished guests of the evening and a buffet supper was serv{ ed in the basement for the rank and ( file. * * - ? - * ? A i ? ? - AM A | 10 aemocrais iue tvtiM, wae> uuc ui | the most memorable for many a day, as Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill met in harmony, seeking to draw the factions of their party together. It was the first public speech of the ex'president in five years. He spoke first. Ex-Senator Hill spoke after him and then Governor A. J. Montague, of Virginia, and Colonel W. A. Gaston, of Boston, delivered addresses. William J. Bryan had been invited to attend, though not to speak, but no reJ ply was received from him. ! Mr. Cleveland ha.d scarcely got into the building when ex-Senator David j B. Hill, accompanied by L. Laftin Kel; logg, came in. Mr. Hill's eye caught j Mr. Cleveland as soon as he had enj tered the club and a moment later I they were cordially shaking each oth{ er's hand. Loud and prolonged applause greeted the two men as they entered the assembly room. President Dowling, of the club, soon began to speak, and, in j introducing ex-President Cleveland, said: "We have founded this club to proi mote the. best interest of the democrat | lc party. For that reason we have in* j vlted democrats from all parts of the , country to listen to the words of those j prominent in their party. W? have ; named this club after that great states! man, Samuel J. Tilden, and this club | stands for the political and govern' mental hones:y for which the name j Tilden stands. j "We have with us here tonight the _ greatest of living democrats. The first speaker I have the honor of introduc' ing to you is the successful candidate , of two nominations, ex-President ( Grover Cleveland." ; There was tremendous applause as ; Mr. Cleveland ascended the small platform. This applause wound up with i three cheers and a "tiger." When , quiet was restored the former presi; dent began speaking. ni A f Kof "f V? /-* _ J XVLL L?It?VCI?lllU^U^^iaiCU iuai uvrn , ocratic party is not insolvent and that, j With unity, the prospects of a winning campaign are bright. ( At the point in his speech where : Mr. Cleveland announced his absolute 1 retirement from politics the crowd ( yelled "No! No! No!" Senator David B. Hill, who spoke j next, was received almost as enthu, siastically as Mr. Cleveland. j PATERSON WELL GUARDED. Citizens are Sworn in to Supplement the Police Force. i 1 Thursday Mayor Hinchcliffe took command of police of Paterson, N. J. He was much displeased that the meeting of strikers Tuesday night was not broken up. It was at this meeting that the speeches were made which it is believed led to the disorders of Wedi nesday. ! The mayor went to police headquarters and had all the men lined up in front of him. Then he said: j "Men, if your clubs prove useless, you know what to do. Be aggressive from the start." 1 The reserves, who looked as if they fully approved, the command as to the aggressiveness, were then dismissed to await the call to action. ! In addition to the regular police force of 104 men there were sworn in 23 constables, 25 deputies ana 15 firemen who are to do duty as policeman All thesp men were immediately armed with revolvers and heavy night sticks. 1 Ten silk manufacturing firms opened for work Thursday morning. J DALLAS HOTEL TUMBLE'S DOWN. Sleeping Guests Miraculously Escape. Lodging House Also Wrecked. At 2:05 o'clock Monday morning the> center section of the St. James hotel, at Dallas, Texas, collapsed without, warning and thirteen men were carried j down with the debris without a single i fatality. For a few minutes after the; crash it was thought several lives had been lost, but by quick work firemen and policemen rescued all those who had not escaped The Sherman lodging house, which ' is next door to the St. James, also fell, but all the guests escaped. AMERICAN TEACHERS MISSING. Constabulary is Searching for Four on the Island of Cebu. A Manila special says. Four American teachers living at Cebu, island of Cebu. went out for a day's outing June 10 and have not yet returned. Three detachments of native constabulary are searching for the missing Americans. and have received orders not to return without them, j TRADUCED AMERICAN SOLDIERS. Slurring Remarks Lead to Bloody and Fatal Fight at Garden Party. Slurring remarks regarding the American army in the Philippines made at a garden party at Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday night started a desperj ate fight, which may cost fo .r lives. | One many is dead and three others, in! eluding the traducer of the soldiers : and a discharged regular, recently rej turned from Manila, who defended the ' name of the military, are probably fatelly wounded, / / BRYAN JABS GROVER Caustic Comment on Cleveland's Recent "Harmony "Speech. WATTERSON TOTALLY OUTDONE Sage of Buzzard's Bay is Charged With All Sorts of Malignant Doings While In Presidential Chair and Out of ft. A Special from Lincoln. Neb., says: The absence of William J. Bryan from the democratic harmony dinner at New York is nrettv well explained by a statement given out by Mr. Bryan Monday evening, commenting upon the dinner. At the outset Mr. Bryan says there is no such thing as democratic harmony where former President Cleveland is concerned. He says: "The banquet given on the evening of June 19 by the Tilden club of New York city was advertised as a 'harmony meeting,' but it turned out to be what might have b:en expected of such a gathering, an ovation to the chief guest, former democrat, Grover Cleveland. There can be no such thing as harmony between men like him and those who believe in democratic principles, and he is frank enough to say so. He spent no time looking for 'middle ground' upon which to gather together discordant elements. He boldly called upon the members of the party to abandon their convictions and accept the construction which he placed upon democratic principles. He even taunted the party with being a sort of prodigal son and invited it to give up its diet of husks and return to its father's house. "He spoke of his 'retirement from political activity,' and said: 'Perhaps there are those who would define my position as one of banishment instead of retirement. Against this I shall not enter a protest. It is sufficient for me in either case that I have followed or the matters of difference within our party the teachings and counsel of the great democrat in whose name party peace and harmony are tonight invoked. No confession of party sin should therefore be expected of me. I have none to make, nor do I crave political absolution.' "He is not only defiant, but he insists that party success can only be secured by an open and avowed return to his ideas. Harmony is to be secured not by the suppression of differences, but by the elimination of those who differ from him." Mr. Bryan says he will print in his paper Mr. Cleveland's speech "to show that the reorganizes do not want narmony, but control, and that their control means the abandonment of the party's position and a return to the policies and practices of Mr. Cleveland's second administration." ; Some of the most striking sentences in Mr. Bryan's arraignment of Mr. Cleveland are the following: "He (Cleveland )secured his nomination in 1892 by a secret bargain with the financiers; he filled his cabinet with corporation agents and placed railroad attorneys on the United States bench to look after the interests cf their former clients. "He turned the treasury over to a Wa'l street syndicate, and the financial member of his family went from Washington to become private attorney of the man who forced (?) the treasury department to sell him government bonds at 105 and then resold them at 117. "His administration, instead of being a fountain of democracy, sending forth pure and refreshing streams, became a stagnant pool from whose waters foul vapors arose?poisonous to those who lingered near. "Having debauched his party, he ~nA Vi*r Ife ofFnrt rpfnrtPf was UUCUUVU UJ 1vuv.v and gave comfort to the enemy. "And now, still gloating over his political crimes, he invites the party to return to him and apologize for the contempt which it has expressed for him. Will it? Not until the prfnciples of Jefferson are forgotten and the works of Jackson cease to inspire." POSTAL GETS WESTERN UNION. Negotiations Concluded Whereby Vast Business Goes Into New Hands. Negotiations have been finally concluded at Philadelphia whereby the Postal. Telegraph Company will secure the 3,500 offices and all the lines owned by the Pennsylvania railroad now operated by the Western Union. The Postal will take possession of the office nn .Tanuarv 1. This deal will deprive the Western Union of its chief outlets west and south, in addition to the 3.500 feeders that cost little or nothing to maintain. GIGANTIC DEAL IN VIRGINIA. Street Railways Sold in Richmond to New York Syndicate for $4,000,000. The sale of the Richmond Traction Company, the Virginia Electrical Railway and Development Company and the West Hampton Railway and Park Company to the Merchant's Trust Company, a syndicate of New York, was consummated at Richmond Monday. The price realized for these properties was about $4,000,000. Valet Jones Out of Prison. At New York Friday, Charles F. Jones, who was valet to William Rice, the murdered Texas millionaire, and who confessed* that in conjunction with Lawyer Patrick he caused the death of Rice, was admitted to bail in the sum of $1,000. Anti-Trust Law Totally Void. In a decision sir::: Frida Judge Hanscy, of 4he state circuit court at Chicago, held that the Illinois antitrust law of 1-S01 is unconstitutional end void in all its parts. "V ' . \ SOUTH CAROLINA 2 k STATE NEWS ITEMS, s % CMrslCMCNWNMMrvJCM u Second Cyclone in Union, The second cyclone of the season struck Cross Keys, Union county, last j Sunday. Many negro cabins were j blown down, but no lives were lost, so i far as reported. Fields of cotton knee high were swept as clean as a floor. * * r Bank Cashier Passes Away. Mr. George Munro. cashier of the Merchants and Planters' national bank at Union died last Sunday afternoon, j He had been connected with the bank j j for twenty-three years and made a i I foitvifni nfappr Hp was 69 years I * Ci V iUHUlUi V V, ? of age. He was one of the oldest members of the Masonic lodge of Union and was also a steward of Grace j Methodist church. m * * Heavy Rains Cause Washouts. As a result of the recent heavy rains several washouts occurred on the Carolina and Northwestern railroad near Yorkville. Trains going north could not pass these washouts and it was necessary to make transfers to ,ge* through to Lenoir. In some parts of York county where the rains were esI pecially heavy considerable washing of lands is reported. * * Foul Play Is Suspected. The residence on the H. H. Evans place, several miles from Newberry, was burned one night the past week, and Butler Kinard, an elderly gentleroan, who was occupying it, was burn ed. The coroner is investigating. There are conflicting stories told by negroes on the place. It is believed the old man was robbed and murdered. * * Heywood Sets Hot Pace. A Charleston dispatch says: If the events cf the past week count for much in the campaign for state offices South Carolina's next governor may come from the ranks of business, not political life. At the meetings so far Captain D. Clinch Heyward, of Walte boro, has had a walkover. This i: Captain Heyward's first entrance into state politics. He was never engaged in past struggles, but realizing the necessity of having a business man in that high position, he was urged to enter the race. ? s Slew His Brother-in-Law. L. C. Myers, a young planter living another four carloads. * * * Campaign Uninteresting. The first week of the campaign for the United States senate, congressmen and state officers was not specially interesting. The senatorial candidates particularly seemed to find it'difflcul to strike the old-time stump-speaking gait, and the audiences which have been accustomed so long to be enter tained with a lively show do not appreciate these quiet performances. With the state candidates Colonel Tiliman has added a little spice by his attack on Congressman Talbert, who is running for governor. Talbert so far has made no rejoinder, but it is said he will respond in time. * M ni*r? Amono Stranaers. An air of mystery has developed in Charleston over the identity of C X. Smith, in charge of the American Steel and Wire Company's exhibit at the exposition, who died suddenly a few days ago. When it was seen that he was seriouly ill friends of the young man asked him to give them the address of his parents in order that they might be noti | fied of his condition. Smith declined to give this information. His friends urged him to talk, but he would not I and died with his secret. When telegrams were sent to the New York headquarters of the company the answer came that nothing was known in that establishment of i Smith's family connection. He began work with the company at the Paris exposition and was put in charge ol the entire display at Buffalo and Charleston. The steel and wire company instruct ed the local representatives to spare no expense in the funeral, but Smith was buried among strangers with hi secret untold. ? * * Charleston Water System Cinched. By a vote which was almost unanimous the taxpayers of Charleston have approved the franchise recently grant I ed by the city council to the Charleston Light and Water Company for the [ establishment of a new water system. I j This filially clinches the deal ' and removes the last obstacle j in the way of the naval station. Without this new water plant it was claim- _ i ed that the government would not 1 j build its navy yard at Charleston, Utit i now that the matter is settled, work j on both enterprises will shortly begin. Mayor Smyth said that contracts i with Baltimore and Philadelphia capi- I I # talists would be signed just as soon as the accessary details can be arranged. Water will be brought from Goose ^ creek. There will be a daily supply of five million gallons and when filtered at the city plant the water will be ab solutely wholesome and good. The medical fraternity has indorsed the project, and business men art highly elated at the satisfactory ad justment of a long standing problem. a " ~ * v; fa*? a rtmc i ti Under Hie iraucmse me tuj the right to purchase the entire system i and eventually municipal ownership ^ may result. * * * J +m Careless Handling of Lye. Five deaths have occurred in and e around Beaufort in the past few years s from the careless handling of concen- t trated lye by the parents of children, t Only a day or two ago a negro child t about two years of age, living near Beaufort, was taken to the office of a t physician by its parents in the hope i of saving its life from the effects of swallowing concentrated lye, which ( was consumed in infantile ignorance. < The usual antidote was administered, t but no hope is entertained for the < child's recovery. i The physician expressed the opinion i that legislative restriction should be 1 placed upon the sale of this deadly poi- i son to persons too ignorant to realize the danger of placing it within the < reach of children. - 1 * * * i Telephone Property Sold. i The assets of the Citizens' Tele- < phone and Telegraph Company of Spartanburg were sold by order of s court last Monday. ] The company was organized about ] near Scranton, slew his brother in law, S. W. James, also a prominent farmer, one day the past week. There were no eye witnesses. Myers went at once to Kingstree to surrender. There has been a family feud for years. It is said that the men quarreled and that James advanced on Myers with a fence rail. Myers fired, breaking his oppo nent's arm. James, unarmed ann wounded, continued to advance. Myers knocked him down, breaking his. gun stock, and then beat his brains out with the barrel. * * * Crops Give Fine Promise. In the section between Columbia and Augusta known as the Ridge, the fruit crop is exceptionally fine. Cotton and corn are also reported to be in fine condition. All fruit is more abundant this year than usual, especially the peach crop. At Monetta. one of the principal shipping points in the Ridge section, every man, wo man and child that can be employed are busily engaged in picking and packing fruit. One day last week 3,000 crates of peaches were shipped to the northern markets in one day and on four years ago to compete with the 1 Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, and for a while it was thought the company was doing well. The sale was to satisfy a mortgage of $30,000 and was bought by Mr. L. W. Floyd, of Newberry for the sum of $23,000. It is rumored that Mr. Floyd was one of the indorsers on property mortgage. Very little interest was taken in the sale, the only bidders being Mr. Floyd, of Newberry, and Mr. Haynes, of Greenville. Mr. W. T. Gentry, manager of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, of Atlanta, Ga., and Mr. M. B. Spear, superintendent of Charlotte, N. C., were present, but took no part in the bidding. r. * c LMfc IN TRAIN WRECK. Twenty-Nine Others Injured and a Dozen Coaches Reduced to Ashes. Five men killed and twenty-nine "other people injured are given in the iist of casualties resulting from a colI lision between two passenger trains on the Northern Pacific, near Staples, at 1:45 o'clock Friday morning. The dead are: Engineer Walter Scott, not found; supposed to be in wreckage; Express Messenger F. Moeller, Fireman George Rasmussen, Conductor John Noble, Dan Kennedy, secv tion laborer, G'adstone, N. Dak. Engineer Scott, of the westbound, { took the siding expecting the eastbound which had the right of way, to pass. The latter, believing everything j clear,, came along at a high rat? of , speed. The switch, however, had in ' some way not yet explained, been turned and the eastbound dashed into 1 the waiting train. 1 < The wreck caught fire, but the pas* j sengers formed a bucket brigade and , kept the flames under control for a time. But the work was given up and 1 che fire burned four coaches and three t or four mail, express and baggage cars. 1 i ADDS TO FLORIDA REVENUE. , I Governor Jenning's Administration | Scores Big Financial Triumph. , A Tallahassee, Fla., dispatch says: ] Whatever else may be said of Gover- , nor Jennings' administration, it has, at least, succeeded in materially increas ing the revenues of the state. The last achievement in this direction was the passage of the old Indian war ' J claim bill with which one congress af I ter another has struggled in vain. The passage of this measure at the J present session was secured by incor < porating it in the omnibus bill?a step which will add something like $700,000 1 to the state's resources. Already the I newspaper fraternity throughout Flor- i Ida is busily engaged in spending the j money in advance. It is, however, much to be regretted that so much misapprehension should c prevail as to the manner in which the < proceeds of this claim are to be dls- t posed of. As a matter of fact, the money will go into the general fund of the state, subject to the action of thlegislature, and as for the old Indian f war warrants, upon which so many in dividiials are now pinning hopes that can never be realized, it is a well- e known fact that they were long since r outlawed. a Florida's Indian war claim is based u directly upon the money expended by v the state in the suppression of hostili- i ties during the Seminole outbreak. c while the warrants in question were j, not issued until 1861. e NEGRO GIVEN A DEGREE. 1 i I Princeton Confers Master of Arts on ' I George S. Stark, ^lored. i Announcement was made at Prlnceton, N. J., Friday that among the de! grees conferred during Princeton's j commencement was the degree of mas' ter of arts upon George S. Stark, a negro, and the first of his race to receive a degree from the university. He graduated from Princeton Theologica' seminary last month. (VATERSON 4S CRITIC ??? .onisville Editor Has Nocb M Say of Cleveland's Speech. JSES PEN AS A PITCHFORK. :ormer President is Likened to "Grl?o sly Death's Head at Democratic Feast"?A Scathing Ar. raignment. Under the caption, "A Death He&& ,A ,t the Feast," Henry Watterson, edlor, has the following to say in Th? -ouisville Courier-Journal regarding Irover Cleveland's "harmony" speech! it the Tilden Club banquet in New; L VI IV "The democratic party is not so ridt lither in leadership or in position of . trategic advantage that it can afford >f?j o reject good counsel from any quarer, but surely it has the right to draw. he line on Grover Cleveland. "To Grover Cleveland's insufficiency, o use no harsher term, it owes its "He found the party, what Mr. Til* len had made it, a moral unit, a great ^ compact body of fighting men and hat, having twice betrayed it, for hia ^ >wn selfish ends?he left it leaderleas, md divided to the mercy of the winda ^ S md waves of factionlsm, called into -:-g leing by his own lack of generosity ^ md foresight. "He, literally, held Carlisle whilst Carlisle's enemies skinned him. Bat, later along, when a sacrificial nomina- ' -* Lion was in issue, he was prompt, eve? vociferous, in his refusal to consider It. In a word, he was a receptive caniidate for a fourth nomination. "It seems a kind if irony that if \'ri should be a Tilden Club to welcome; .< Mr. Cleveland's baleful re-entry into . -'-1 political activities. Mr. Tilden died tvith words of scorn, and contempt apon his lips for Grover Cleveland. He mderstood perfectly the coarse tex- > , Lure of Mr. Cleveland's physical and J|j nental make-up, his obtuse selfishness,-. lis ignorant obstinacy, his vulgar self- "M issertlon, his indefatigable duplicity. "That Mr. Cleveland should put himself forward as a conjecturable party leader is proof of a self-confidence ||| (vhich would be sublime if it were nof *-'* TXH Vl him. Sinister, Utiauoe ICaUMBUiy nivu I I ' ? gu means office, and nothing but office. " .-jag "From the day he was one and twen? ty till now he has been an office seek*, er. He never drew a disinterested re*> piratlon in all his life. We are not per* : mitted, therefore, to see in this art* fully timed and ostentatious reappear* ance upon the scene from which he withdrew into the conspicuous shad* .v 3f a great university anything except Jjg the organization of a presidential! boom, as it Is called. "We rather think the party will 4 *S agree without much division that it' /J bad its fill of Mr. Cleveland. The Idea .* Df his nomination is little short of ' ridiculous. "The name of Cleveland' may stilt be a name to conjure with in the eas^ ' but to the democrats of the west aml | H Bouth it is simpiy hateful." MAY SKIP TO FRANCE. Quebec Judge Will Give Greene and Gaynor a Chance to Escape. ?Xessrs. Greene and Gaynor maj^j 1 mike their escape from Csmada by. lumping ball and will go to France,lawvprs helievp thev will rru^io vuvi* ** ? j ? m " be free from extradition. Department! ot justice officials at Washington feari this result. They seem to belieye that the judge in Quebec, before whosa- . J|i the case will be heard, now proposes o remand the two men to the extradition commissioners, but pending commitment by this official the judge will' "sJra admit them to ball. This means that 30th will have an opportunity to escape from the province of Quebec and willseize upon it. The action of the Que*' bee judge would not be possible un- 1|||| ier American forms. TRAIN GOES THROUGH TRESTLE. ^||j Passengers Saved by Coach Being Caught on Pier. . i| A dispatch from Shelby, N. C., says:: k portion of a mixed train on the South Carolina and Georgia extension -i railroad fell through an approach to .vM ;he bridge over Bread river Thursday ,:;j9 UierilUUU, Mirug uuc uau auu iigiung over a dozen passengers. The coach fell precipately fifty feet >n the brink of the river and was :aught by the stone pier which saved he passengers from a watery grave. KNOCKS OUT CUBAN BILL. Nineteen Republican Senators Declare Against Reciprocity Measure. A Washington special says: Sevinteen republican senators rose in the 7 ^ epuo-ican caucus >v euucsucty mgm, ,nd with all emphasis declared that : nder no circumstances would they -,:}M ote for the administration Cuban bill, 'wo others who were absent from the M aucus were annnounced by their fel?,^ jws as pledged to fiay with these sev? TO DRIVE REDS FROM PATERSON. rifty Wealthy Business Men of tho City From Vigilance Committee. An organization has been completed ;*| it Paterson, N. J., composed of fifty wealthy business men to be known to he public as the Paterson vigilance :ommittee, but the membership and ^ jroceedings are not to be^made public. Tbe anarchists are to be induced to eave Paterson quietly, if possible. If - -r ;hey do not go the committee is said ,o have its own plan for action.