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The Bamberg Herald. j in i -* ,- ? fcsHlJLiSHEb i?Oi: BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 10,1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. . jaM ONE BOLT KILLS FIVE i Fearful Fate Befalls Telephone | Linemen at Work. LiGHTNINe FOLLOWED THE WIRE -a .. - J Deadly Fluid Whelmed Two Gangs or Men Many Miles Apart, But All Engaged in Putting Up Same Wire. Three white men and two negroes killed, one white man and one negro injured i* the result o* a severe thunder and lightning ktbrm irt the vifciiiitf of Offermati, Ga., Monday atterhooh. The men were all employed in the construction department of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and were stretching wirS W&eh Struck by lightning. The coristfclieticn force was working in twd sections about five miles apart. Three white men were killed and one injured in one section, two negroes killed a?g ^ one injured in the other. .One lightning bolt killed the five and injured the two, two gangs were at Work constructing a new telephone line between Sdvtnnak and Jacksonville: One gang was located at Little Satilia river, twd miles from Screven, and the other gafeg located heat Patterson, eighteen infies east of Wayctoss. Two negroes wer'fe killed and, wounded from the Patterson gang and thi-ee kii'ed and one wotinded from the gang located at Little Satilia river. The men had quit work in the early afternoon on account 6f rain and had just commenced again When lightning struck the wires At 4:30 6'clofck. it is supposed th&t the same shock killed the men oil both gahgs. Those killed at Patterson were Tom Mitchell, coloredj of Valdosta, and Wiii Cuibert, colored. R. W. Smith, white, was wounded seriously in the back and internally. B. Boykin, white, of Soilth , Carolina, was badly shocked, but Will recover. When the shock came Smith and Boykin were on top of the pole. Smith fell to the ground, a distance of twenty feet. Boykin falling across the wire, Wis prevented from falling to the ground. Four men -were at the foot of the pole handling the wires. *The shock killed two instantly and knocked the other two senseless. At Little Satilia river the killed were F. B. Sluder, single, white, of North Carolina; M. C. Hawkins, sin^ t a J i w J A T T aw If fa IS W XII j cl ii U -M.. X~1 i i V%V in Cl j TV JUL k f I B. Bradfle'd, of Atlanta, badly shocked; will recover. Sluder and Hawkins were unmarried, while Rymer leaves a wife and ten children. The men had Just begun work like the Patterson gang when the shock came. From fifteen to twenty men were working in each gang. It is believed to have been a mistake of' the foremen in allowing the men to work so soon after the lightning storm. m* j- _ g KNOCK-OUT BLOW FOR DEPOT. i ^ ? Atlanta City Council Refuses Concessions Asked by the State. So far as the Atlanta, Ga., city council is concerned the proposition to er?ct a new depot on the state's property under the plans proposed by Architect Bradford L. Gilbert is practically dead. ^ . By its action Monday afternoon council placed itself upon record as opposed to meeting the conditions reiluLeci under the Gilbert pirn and in answer to a communication from the special depot committee of the state legislature stated that it was impossible for the citv to asree to give the property demanded by the state. The success of the Gilbert plan de pended entirely upon the willingness of the city to the raising of its bridges and upon its willingness to do Eate a portion of Wall street to the state. Coifncil dec'ared that the sacrifice would be greater than the results would warrant and declined to make the concessions. WILL STICK TO HIS NAME. Holmes Values His Ccgnormn at More Than the Sum cf $12,000. Twelve thousand dollars which the late Louise Frisbie, formerly a Wall street .broker, wi led to Lumas H. Holmes, cf Springf eld. Mo, provided he changed his name to Frisbie, will c go instead to Vassar college. Louise Frisbie was Holmes' aunt. In her will, filed in New York a year ago. Holmes was given until July 3 to decide whether he would change hie name to that of the donor. He an nounces that he will rerain the name of Homes. Negroes to Fill Vacancies. Railroads are rushing section men into Chicago to take the places of striking freight handlers. The Chicago and Alton sent fifty, mostly colored, from Bloomington, 111., on a special train Monday night. Cholera Record for'Manila. The cholera record Monday for Manila was fifty new cases and thirty deaths. For the provinces the record was 460 new cases and 335 deaths. PRESIDENT IN riTTSSURG. Half a Million People Turn Out to Welcome Him on First Visit. Half a mi lion persons greeted President Roosevelt in Pittsburg, Pa., on the Fourth. They came, not only from Pittsburg f, and Allegheny, but from the scores of industrial towns within a hundred miles cf the city. It was the distin guished guest's firs: visit to Pittsburg as president, and his welcome was most enthusiastic. r iCream of News.?! 2 ' I t t. t *ttt t t. t .t .T..Y rtt f f t t .r.X.t.-* -* TTTTTTTtTTTttTTTTTTTtTtTTT Brief Summary of Most Imfcortaht Events bt Each Day; ?The Atiaiittf, Ga., city Council refuses the request of the stdte depot Commission, for the state to use k pot- j tion of Wall street for erection of new I dipot. This action practically defeats Architect Gilbert's plahS. ?Three white men and two negroes, who were stringing telephone wires, were killed and another white man and a negro were seriously Injured Monday near Offerman, Ga., by a bolt cf lightning. ?The encampment of Georgia troops was ojleheei Monday in M?cofl for th<? state shodt. ?A young boy near Albany, Ga., Is given by mistake a dose of morphine instead cf calomel by his grandfather. A wild ride against time Is made for a doctor; bijt too late to save the bOy'S life. ?It is beiieved that the ciiaiice of settling tbe strike in thp Birmingham mining district Is remote. Operators r.rd miners held separate conventions Monday. ?Hon.- William Hayne Perry, one of the moat distinguished of Sopth Carolina's sons, died Monday at San Soiid, h:?; countfy home. ?The work of rebuilding tile burned city of Alexander City, A'a., is progressing well, and sixty days will see fi rmer conditions practically restored. ?Nine thotisftnd freight handlers vi-nt oil strike dt fehicago Monday, causing considerable trouble td the railroads. Ail attempt will bo made to arbitrate the trouble. ?It is said that President Roosevelt has formed an alliance with Representative Littlefleld, of Maine, and will build up ah aflti Hdnna party in congress. ?Ah appeal has been made to the governor of West Virginia to cliefck the federal officers in serving injunctions on the miners. ?Owing to the rapid recovery of K'ng Edward, it is proposed to have the coronation fceremony Occur between August ii and 15. ?A severe fire did great .damage lii Clinton, N. C., Sunday. Forty-two buildings are destroyed. The loss is placed at $100,000, with $20,000 insurance; ?A mafi and woman ih Tehriessee are suspected of having poisoned theif wife and husband respectively. They were married several weeks af^ +>-wvr~. /^ArtfVtp It.I UiC t?u u^r0.1110 uituinu. ?President Roosevelt wi 1 not establish art elaborate office rtt Oyster Bay during his vacation. Says he will remain only a short time, and does hot desire the visits of delegations. ?Rainstorms did great damage in western New York and the states of Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska Sunday. ?President Mitchell, of the mine workers, left Wilkesbarre, Pa.. Sunday, for New York to confer with other labor leaders. ?German newspapers say that had it not been for Morgan's check book the emperor would not baVe invited the trust magnate to iuncheoii. ?The Fourth of July was celebrated as usual throughout the United States by American citizens in foreign countries. President Roosevelt received a great ovation at Pittsburg. Pa. ?King Edward continues to improve, and Indian and colonial troops have been ordered to remain until after the coronation. ?The Fourth of July was fittingly 1 XI celebrated at many piaces uiruuguuui. tbe south, the observance being more elaborate in some instances than formerly. ?It is believed that conferences held for the past two days between operators and miners of the Birmingham district mean that the 6trike is near its end. ?The Indian princes were received bv Queen Alexandra and the prince of Wales Friday. Their reception was gorgeous enough to dazzle even the | Oriental mind. j ?Major Gardner has been notified j by the war department that he will | be heid to strict account because of his unproven charges concerning the conduct of officers In the Philippines. ?The ministers of Columbia. S. C.. united last Sunday in preaching sermons against gambling, said to be rua openly in that city. ?Louis Disbrow, who is suspected of knowing something of the deaths of Miss Lawrence and Clarence Fisher, of Long Island, has been arrested. ?On an electric railroad near Gloversville, N. Y.. fifteen persons were kil'ed and twenty-nine injured in a collision on the night of the Fourth. ?Some 11.000 miners are out in Birmingham, i.la.. district. All is quiet at the mines. One firm makes temporary contract pending national meeting at Indianapolis. ?Representative Livingston, of Georgia, says that the appropria'ions ?!" - ? o Hillinr oy congress win luiai v>?n a dollars, but Chairman Cannon says the total will be only about $750,000,000. ?There is great rejoicing on the Isthmus of Panama over the passage of the canal bill by congress. ?It is claimed in Chicago that John W. Gates and his friends hold the grain markets of the world at their mercy. For a short while Tuesday corn was worth more, bushel for bushel, than wheat. ?King Edward is progressing so favorably that the surgeons will now issue only one bulletin a day regarding his condition. ?The Atlanta. Ga.. city council Tuesday appointed a committee go i to Washington and invite ftro^S<$eHt Roosevelt to visit the city. PEACE IN PHILIPPINES j I President Announces Termination of Hostilities in islands. PROCLAIMS GENERAL AMNESTt' Country of the Moros Excepted?Gen- j fcral Ch&ffee Relieved of Duty ar,d the Whole Army is Thanked for Good Work Done. President Roosevell has formally declared the restoration of peace in the Philippine archipe'ago. He has placed the isiands under the complete fciril Cfthtrill Ar.d has extended general amnesty t6 the T^ilfrios tvhfi have been in rebellion. These ttifee things, marking one of the most important chapters in Philippine history, were accomplished through the issue of three sep3 'Ai- J - ? ^ r??Artlr?YvinfiAnc nop araiR yruers ?uu piutiauiauuMo, by the president OVef his own-, signature, extending amnesty; one thrOtigh Secretary Root by the president's order, relieving Giener'al Chaffee from his duties as military governor, and a third, which takes the shape of a general order addressed to the entire army of the United States, in which Secretary Root t-akc-s occasion to express the president's high appreciation Of the work it has Accomplished both in Cliba arid ih the Philippines. . Amnesty Proclamation.The amnesty proclamation is as follows: "Whereas, Many of the inhabitants of the Philippine archipelgo were in ihsiifhCCtion Against the authority and sovereignty of the kingdom of Spain at divers times from August, 1S<"\ until the cession of the ArchipelgO by that kingdom to the United States of America and since such cession many of the persons so engaged in Insurrection have until recently resisted the authority of the United States; and ''Whereas, "the insurrection against the authority and sovereignty of the United States is now' at ah.ehd Aflrl peace has been established in a'l parts of the archipelago except in the country inhabited by the Moro tribes, to Which this proclamation does apply: and "Whereas, During the course of the insurrection against the kingdom ot Spain and agairst the government of the United States persons engaged | therein, or those in sympathy with ana abetting them, commited many acts in violation of the law of civ'ilzed warfare, but it is believed that such acts were generally committed it: ignorance of those laws, and under orders issued by the civil or military insurrectionary leaders; "Now. therefore, be it known that t Theodore ftoosevelt, president of the Uliited States of America, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the constitution do hereby proclaim and declare, without reservation or condition except as hereinafter provided, a full and complete pardon and amnesty to all persons In the Philippines ardhipelago who have participated in the insurrection aforesaid. Persons Excluded. Provided, however, that the pardon and amnesty hereby granted shall not include such persons committing crimes sifldt May 1, 1902, in any province of the archipelago at the time civil government was established, nor shall it include such persons hav& been, heretofore, finally convicted of the crimes of murder, rape, arson or robbery by any military or civil tribunal organized under the authority of Spain or of the United States of America Provided further, That every person who sh^ll seek to avail himself of this proclamation shall take and sub? k ? tk a ^ a 1 1 a tt? t r-t rr / * t V? v\Vf t1 \r q 11. aUi iUt; luc lununiug isai.11 uj cmj u u thority in the Philippine archipelago authorized to administer oaths, namely: "I, , solemly swear (or affirm) that I recognize and accept the supreme authority of th? United States of America in the Philippine islands and will maintain true faith and allegiance therto; that I impose upon myself this obligation voluntarily without mental reservation or purpose of evasion, so help me God." Given under my hand at the city of Washington, this 4th dav of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two. and in the one hundred and twenty-seventh year of the independence of the United States. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. By the president, ELIHU ROOT, Secretary of War. Filipinos Hear Proclamation. A Manila special says: President Roosevelt's amnesty proclamation was read at noon Friday in English and Spanish, from a flag draped stand on the Luneta, after a parade of six thousand Filipinos. SUNDAY BLAZE IN CHICAGO. Two Big Buildings Gutted Entailing Less of $325,000. Fire in Chicago Sunday destroyed the buildings af 305 to 313 Wabash avenue, causing losses aggregating over $325,000. For a time the fire threatened widespread destruction, as it was only through the most strenuous efforts of the firemen that, the fiaraes were prevented from spreading. GATES CORNERED CORN. For a Time Tuesday the Commodit) Was Worth More than Wheat. a Chicago dispatch says: John W Gates now holds the world's gran market in his grasp. He took mon than 2,500.000 bushels of actual con Tuesday and removed it from the mai kct. By the coup ho obtained absolut power over the shortr and they ha 1 to settle with him. For thy first tim -n several years corn was worth inor than whoit, bushel for bushel, aWiJER STRIKE in GlilGACO jl Nine Thousand Freight Handlers Quit Work and FYactically Tie Up Business of Many Roads. J A strike of ft,000 freight handlers in Chicago was Caked Monday, and every freight house o) the twenty-foUr rflilfosd* concerned was practically tied i up. Business mefi fear that th^ strike will be the most serious whicil has affected their interests in years'. I flit pnncipal, railroad systems affected by the strike ?rc: The Chicago.; Cincinnati and St. Louis; Chicago aht' Great Western; Baltimore and Ohio; En*- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe; Chicagb' Tefrbiiial Transfer Company; Lake Shore afid Mi6hig?tu Swthern; Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific; 661- 1 cago and Alton; the Monon; Chicago ; and Eastern Illinois; Wabash; Grand Trunk; Chicago, Burlington and Quin- , Cy; the Pennsylvania; Chicago and , Nofth western; Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paillj t iirio'e Central; Michigan Central arid Nickel Plate'.The strike was called by a coiiimU- ( tee appointed at a meeting of 1.000 freight handlers held Sunday night. The committee was instructed to call - f -.i-fx-.oic'ht hnurs unless O. St.llJ\e nnuui i vi ?,i -.iif,.., -? w ? the railroads should meet the demands of the men at orice for ah increase in \vage?, extra pay for overtime and holidays and recognition of the union. The men on the Michigan Central, Illinois and Wisconsin Central houses on the lake were first to act. With cheers 1,000 men walked out from these warehouses alone. They Congregated at the foot of the Randolph street viaduct, where several spcdknrfc counseled law-abiding methods. Anticipating the possibilities of such a strike, the railroad companies had brought to Chicago a considerable nummber of men to take the places *f the strikers. These men were intercepted by pickets of the strikers and most of them wort? induced to join the Freight Handlers' Union. A later dispatch states that hopes of a speedy settlement of the strike are entertained by officials of the union and members of the state board of arbitration. The officials cf the union at d conference Monday night Informed Chairmaii Job, of the beard of arbitration, that they were willing to permit employees of the different companies to meet officials of the same to discuss the wage sca'e, providing a joint conference should be held at which officials of the union would be permitted to act as advisers to the men. The arbitration board is now working on the matter in an effort to bring about a conference between the railway managers and committees representing the men. TILLMAN ON RACE PROBLEM. Scuth Carolinian Delivers Lecture at Marietta, Georgia, Chautauqua. At the Marietta. Ga.. Chautauqua Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, spoke to a large audience on "The Race froblem." Senator Tillman was introduced by Senator A. S. Clay and for an hour and a iiia'f he discussed his subject. When he itated that he was about to close voices throughout the audience urged him r-ontlnue. But the senator said it was too hot. The heat was intense ana the glare under the white tent almost unbearable. Senator Tillman thinks the solution oi the race problem is by suitable legislation and constitutions by the states, such as South Carolina, Alabama and other southern states have passed. He says the first and controlling problem is po:itical supremacy by the white people at all hazards. Should the negro become successful in dominating his politics above the white | man then the next step would be an ! attempt at social equality, vthich could never exist. ! He spoke of the eight years just fol- , lowing the late civil war, when South Carolina was under negro domination, ar.d told how the white people, regardless of negro majorizes and the presence of federal soldiers to guard the polls and have a fair baliot and fair count, carried the state democratic by a good majority. They have since, he ooia "nri will forever more hold power there. He urged Georgia to follow the example of her sister states and by constitutional amendments make suitable electoral qualifications. / one: battle ship cinched. At the Last Moment Georgia Congressman Wins His Point. Representative Carter Tate, of Georgia, and his forces in the house wen a signal victory Tuesday when the senate conferees oa the naval appropriation bill, after n stubborn fight, yielded to the Georgian's amendment providing for the construction in a government navy yard of at least one of the new battleships authorized in the bill. Immense Hotel Opened. On July 3d the Crescent Hotel, at. Eureka Springs. Ark., was opened as; an all-year-round resort under the management of the Frisco System. Extensive renovations and improvements, have been effected which wi 1 make, the Crescent Hotel the equal of any hostelry to be found in the southwest. This hotel is on the main line of tho Frisco System, is on top of a moun-ain. and has springs of wonderful medicinal qualities. Rour.d trip tickets good for | three months now on sale. SUM OF APPROPRIATIONS. ' IVFade by Present Congress Exclusive of Canal and Other Items. Chairman Cannon, of the house api propriations committee before ad3 jorunment Tuesday, presented a state3 mtnt of the appropriations made at the uresent session of congress, showing a total of 3750,063.837, not ineludd ' ing the large amounts that will be re> 6 rjuired for the isthmian canal and pubf lie building and river and harbor contracts. LONDON POOR FEASTS King Edward Was Literal Host to Half Million Unfortunate^ AMERICANS ACT AS WAITERS fmmenee Quantities of Beef and BeoP Dispensed With Lavish Hand, Dinners Supplemented with Alu^r? ,?nd Vaudeville. Half a million of London's sluiil dwellers were King Edward's guests Sattrflay afternoon. They were scattered in about itrl?* hundred hads, schools and parks in varyiiig hhrnbers, the greater number of royal beneficiaries being at Eltepney, where no less than 45,000 enjoyed a dinner such as they seldom partake of. At every gath enng was read a message irom me king tO Loudon's mayor, signed by his private secretary, as follows: "Buckingham Palace, 11:20 a. m.?I am commanded by the king to inform your lordship that his majesty and the queen had intended visiting some of hl3 coronation dinners today, and he deeply regrets that his illness prevents their doing so. The king has deputed ttiOfiiberg of. h:s family to represent him at as In&iiy of these dinners as possible. I am further commanded by the king to express his hope that his guests are enjoying themselves and passing a happy day. "KNOLLYS." Saturday morning's bulletin announcing that King Edward was out of danger was a'so circulated, so that half & million poor folks drank his health in no restrained enjoyment out of the coronation cups presented to each of them as souvenirs of the occasion. The prince and princess of Wales traversed the metropolis from end to end in semi-state, the carriages being escorted by a detachment of the horse guards, and appeared at central gatherings in several districts. Americans as Waiters. The principal dinner was at Fulham, where S,ir Thomas Lipton. who organ ized the whole feast, did the honors of the day to 14,000 of the poor, aided by a host of titled and untitled volun teers, including Timothy L. Woodruff lieutenant governor of New YorP state; Vice Commodore Eourne, of the New York Yacht Club, and othei Americans, who handed around plates of beef and pudding, or filled beei mugs with an enthusiasm emblemati( of the whole spirit of the occasion. The dinners were followed in even case by variety shows, upward of 1,50( operatic, theatrical and music hall ar tists and 41S pianists giving the! services for the occasion. During the course cf the afternooi a second message from the king wa; read at the various gatherings, sayin; his majesty was very glad !o feel tha they were his guests, and hoping tha they would all be happv and comforta ble, and spend a pleasant afternoon. ESKIMOS MURDERED ANDRE. Fate of Long Missing Explorer ani Companions is Made Known. Advices from Winnipeg, Manitoba state that Rev. Dr. Farlies, a Churc! I of England clergyman, arrived froi | York factory, northwest British terr tory, Saturday and brought authenti information of the fate of Explore Andre and his company. Two year ago 1,800 miles north of York a part of Eskimos, under the leadership c "Old Huskie," saw the Andre balloo alight on a plane of snow in that v cinity, which is about two miles nort of Fort Churchill. Three men emerge from the balloon and some of "Hu; kie's" people approached them out c curiosity. As they did so one of Andre's con panions fired off a gun. This is a sij nal to uncivilized natives for battf It is regarded as a challenge, and a most instantly the natives fell upo the three explorers and massacre them. Everything pertaining to their outf was carried away to the homes of th natives on ths north borders of tL Arctic region. ? - ??- neiwft DAIQON SUSPEU I fcW ur ugmu . ~ ~ Man's Wife and Woman's Husban Died Suddenly, Wedding Followed. A news item states that Mrs. Fier j Ing and a Mr. Jenkins, living near La I rel Bluff, Roane county, Tenn., ai suspected of being implicated in tl poisoning of Mrs. Fleming's husbar and Mr. Jenkin's wife. Mr. Fleming and Mrs. Jenkins bo died suddenly about a month ago. less than three weeks Mrs. Flemii and Jenkins were married. 1 Suspicion was aroused by the inte [ ception of a letter written by Mi j Fleming to Jenkins. ] BOSTONESE ARE AROUSED. ? | Kick Over Naming cf Dr. Long zs D < coverer of Anesthesia. J A hornet's nest is being stirred > in Boston, Mass., by the recent aoti I of the Georgia commission in nami ^ " c 3 XXJ T r.r>tr r. e tVic, r!ir<r*r LI'itW1U1U vy . uo j erer of ether as an anesthetic, and it I likely that there will be a revival } the bitter controversy which so ma years raged over this question and w carried to the halls of congress. TROUBLE FOR GAS ADDICKS. Receiver is Wanted For One of h Companies in New Jersey. At Trenton, N. J., Monday, Jud Kirkpatrick, of the United States < cuit court, appointed George D. Ij lock, of Plaintield, N. J., receiver of 1 Bay State Gas Company of New .) sey. This is the company that pa ganized by J. Edward Add!' 1.:; ' others for the purpose cf ccnivr' ' the various Eos ten gas ligru ic.-i nies. .. _ i \ SOUTH CAROLINA 1 k STATE NEWS ITEMS, i ?. rsjrjrsJCNjffMrvifsMMj Five Die atid Two Crazed. Five sudden deaths ftfld two cases i of insanity, which occurred ifl Charleston last Monday, are attributed to drinking of whisky and the hot weather. The temperature reached 102 degrees on that d4iy, the highest recorded in th/rty-one years. The rases of insanity were due directly to the heat, while the deaths came from the free use of whisky along with the heat, * * * Army Post on Sullivan'* Island# Sixteen new buildings for the arniy I post on Sullivan's island have been delivered to the representatives of the war department and eleven additional buildings will be turned over by the i - nnfra^fnrc within the next ten days. For the past year the work hss been in progress, and more than $500,000 h2S been expended for buildings alone. I The residence for the commanding of| ficer was constructed at a cost of ! $16,000, and other residences were erected at proportionate cost. The island post is now one of the most important on the south Atlantic coast. The new fortifications are powerful enough to afford every protection i to the port from hostile fleet, and while j the defensive end has been undergoing i repairs the work on the barracks has j been improved. All of the buildings, j the hospitals, offices and quarters have j been provided with every modern conI venience. | Of late years the federal government i has been most liberal in the treatment c/ Charleston. The naval station work 1 is soon to begin, and while the navy department will have the most important station on the south Atlantic i coast, the army quarters will be finer ; j than any in this part of the United ( States. 1 ? * * . A Benefit to Charleston. Tne opening of the new steamship . j line between Charleston and Central ; ' America by the Fruit Dispatch ComI ! pany, of New York, is looked upon as . j'a great benefit to the port of Charlesj ton. The first vessel for the new fleet : I will arrive from Port Limon, Costa ; ! Rica, and regu.ar weekly sailings will - j be established. The company controls 5 i ninety-three vessels and will put as | many ships on the line as the volume ; | of business will warrant. The Fruit Dispatch people formerly T ! operated from Mobile tv Central Amer) | ica, but it was found necessary to . ( move. Several montns ago me comr pany opened a line between Charleston and the West Indies and the local l managers decided to have the Mobile 3 route transferred to Charleston instead r | of Philadelphia. The quarantine laws t in effect were not satisfactory, howt ever, and the matter was taken up with the health authorities. The result was a change in the rules, and this left clear sailing for the company. Ships will arrive and sail from Charleston every week. The steam d | ers are handsome and commodious with ample passenger accommoda tions, and as soon as the line is well h established it will handle a very largt n i amount of freight from Charleston. ! * * ? c r New Pistol Law in Force. s I The new pistol law, which went int< y effect in South Carolina on July 1, is j ,j? remarkable statute in many ways. Ac n j cording to this law state dealers ari j. I not permitted to sell a revolver iesi h ' than 20 inches long and weighing les; (j than three pounds. Its aim is to pre 3_ vent the indiscriminate carrying o ) j firearms, and while it will prohibit thi I sale of smaller weapons, it will no 2. j stop the public from going armed a r_ ! heretofore. 3 | Samples of the new guns have beei ]_ I put on the market. Charleston deal n | ers, however, say that they will no ft handle the new article, for tne reasu: that no sales can be made. Estimate it I also show that a gun made accordin; ie i to the required length will weigh neai ie j ly five pounds and will shoot a 5? ; calibre bullet. The rebounds from th J shot would be so powerful that a pei son could not hold the weapon in on hand, and it would be as dangerou almost for the man firing it as for th id man at whom the weapon was directed The Inevitable result of the law wi n- be the opening of bli-nd tigers for t.h u- sale of pistols, just as the state ha re hundreds of blind tigers for the sale c ie liquor. Local hardware firms hav id withdrawn their old stock, and not single pistol can be bought in Charle th ton legally. [n ig * * Good of Charleston Exposition. ?r- Charleston News and Courier: Thei :s. are some things about the expositic that are worth noting. It brought more people to Charle ton in six months than had previous! visited this city in nearly, if not quit js_ i as many years. i Tt advertised Charleston as it h* up | never been advertised before. orl [ It gave the hotels, boarding houst ptr I and railroads more business than the ^ | have ever had at any period in tfc is past. ot- It supplied tenants for nearly evei vacant house in the city, and enable ag owners of property to rent places ; i good prices which could not be fille before at any price. It added from ?3,000,000 to $5,00( 000 to the money circulated in th *is community. It gave profitable employment Igc hundreds of men, women and childre ;ir- It brought to Charleston the pre.' dent of the United States, the govt ;ju nors of fourteen states, the mayors cr. many cities, the legislature of Sou Carolina, two foreign ministers to tl United States, the consular repivse 2z tatives of several foreign governmen ; with which this country has arse coi mercial relations; the teachers ai . 2>f. -; pupus of many of the best colleges and schools In this and other states; thousands Of people from all parts of the country; capitalists looking for investments; men searching for homes, soldiers and sailors, home folks and strangers. It gave Charleston the most active business ever known and the most oril.iant social period in the life of this well-meaning and hospitable community. The exposition was the greatest enterprise ever attempted in any town in this country. It surprised every one by its extetit and merit. It showed what can be done by co-operation, even half-way co-operation. It placed Charleston back on tide map as a live, progressive community. It made a .ecord in exposition-giving that will not be lost on other exposition-giving jitles. Charleston has made a reord of which it may well be proud. It has started the new century at a splendid pace. It will not lose the advantage it has gained if its people are true to .'hemselves and their opportunities. e'e South Carolina Appointments. A Washington special says: Major Mlcah Jenkins has been formally notified by President Roosevelt of his selection to succeed George R. Koester as collector of internal revenue for the district of South Carolina. Major Jenkins called at the white house, had a short consultation with the president, and his appointment was assured. As soon as the necessary papers can be prepared in the treasury department a commission wi'l be issued to Major Jenkins. Major Jenkins enters upon his new duties without any political, pledges .0 fulfill or any partisan friends to reward. The appointment came to him unsought and he proposes to administer the office to the best of his ability. In discussing the business of the collector's office he indicated a desire to have the collector's office transferred from Columbia to Charleston. That will probably be one of his first official recommendations. The- president also disposed of two other troublesome South Carolina appointments by reappointing W. L. Har ris and J. F. Richardson postmasters, respectively at Charleston and Columbia. For some unknown reason, Mr. Short, who failed of confirmation as postmaster at Sumter, was not included in the list of recesa appointments. At the postoffice department it is said that another man may be commissioned for that office, although no definite action has yet been taken in that direction. * * c Hon. William Perry Dead. Hon. William Hayne Perry, one of His.tins'iiished sons. OUUIU uaiuiiutv u v??vv.MO died last Monday afternoon at his 1 country home. "Sans Souci." three miles from Greenville. He had been ' in feeble health for the past several ' years of his life. 1 Colonel Perry was the son and eldest child of the late Governor Benja1 mln F. Peqy. He was born in Greenville June 9, 1839, and graduated from 1 Furman university in 1856. He continued to study at the South Carolina college and later at Harvard, receiving the degree of B. A. from that institu' tion in 1859. He then pursued the J study of law with his father, who was afterwards governor of the state, and was admitted to the bar in 1861. At the outbreak of the civil war, he enlisted in the Second South Carolina } cavalry. He served four years, first In 1 Virginia and later was transferred tc this state, being promoted to rank oi * a A A TT?4 f V 5 first lieutenant, ana suneuuucu 5 Johnston at Greensboro. 5 When reace w^s declared he contin " ued the jurrult of his profession witl * his father. He was chosen solicitor o e the eighth district in 1868. He was J delegate to the reconstruction conven R tion of 1S65, and was one of the mos active in pronniing and advising th< 1 reforming of the state laws which thei took place. 4 * In 1880 he was elected by a larg< a majority state senator from Greenvilb 6 county. In 1884 he was elected to rer ? resent the Fourth congressional dis *' trict of South Carolina. He was twic< re-elected to congress, and declined ; e fourth elction in the fall of 1890. Sinci r" the expiration of his term in 1893, hi e has led a retired life, passing his tlm< 3 at his countrv home. 9 i II VERDICT IN INFIRMARY FIRE. e s Grand Jury Fails to Indict Officers c )f Burned Sanitarium. e At Chicago, Thursday, after hearin a the testimony of numerous witnesse t- concerning the St. Luke's Society fir disaster in "which twelve persons los -their lives, the grand jur." voted unj nimously not to indict C. E. Mille and his manager. Henry C. Lavis. Th e two men were held to the grand jur; n bv the coroner's jury, which gave wider latitude to its investigation tha: s. the law allows a grand jury. HOW ABOUT THIS? is For Twenty-Four Hours Snow Fall3 ' State of Wyoming. ^ A special from Evanston. Wy.. und< date of July 4 says: Snow has be falling for twenty-four hours and i v the mountain lies on the ground to 'd depth of 3 to 6 inches. The mercui fell to freezing point Friday the weat er cleared. AN EVEN DOZEN VICTIMS. Is Additional Details of Trolley Horror j t0 Gloversville, N. Y. n- The wreck which occurred on tl 5*" Mountain Lake railroad, near Glover ir* ville, N. Y., on the night of the Fourt caused the death of twelve persons. tn is believed that several other victin ,>ie will succumb to their injuries. Tl n' bodies of many of the victims wei rs crushed and maimed almost beyor 31' recognition and the scenes about tl ld wreck were horrifying. CONGRESS AIJJUllKNh m Lirelj Scenes at Closing Sessions pM of Both Houses. . SPEAKER JOINS IN SONfi iHXIE* M Debate Occupied Time of Senators Up to the Last Moment?Finale Was Calm and Serene, ^ ,-^aM Amid a scene of enthusiasm that has -|1 not been paralleled since the exciting ^ and. stirring days of the Spanish war, c|j -;!$ Speaker Henderson, at 5:30 Tuesday : afternoon, declared the house of rep* resentatlves adjourned without day. In so doing he said that no house of i>| representatives since the adoption of the constitution had done as much- ''^feiSgS work as this one. The audience to which he made hia/"t|? brief address was a brilliant one. The *j| calleries were banked to the doors and almost two-thirds of the members were in their seats on the floor. The speaker's appreciative words to the members thanking them for their cooperation during the session had ' M touched a responsive chord and they i-4 gave him a remarkable de-monstratfonr ? of their friendship and good will. ; t While the cheering and applause $| were still in progress the members on s^g! _ the floor began singing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." It was taken up by th6 correspondents in the press gallery. -;S| over the speaker's chair, and by the> spectators in the surrounding galleries, I and soon the vast hall was ringing I with the swelling chorus. Other patrl-' ^ *:; otic airs followed as the members ex- ?jj changed farewells, "The Star Span- M gled Banner" alternating with "Dixie." -j The speaker came down from his roetrum, his appearance on the floor being greeted with "For He's a Joll^ B Good Fellow," and a perfect rush o? members to grasp his hand. || Henderson Sings "Dixie." f| Standing in front of the clerk** ^ desk, he, too, joined in the songs and 'M there was a wild scene when GenenU^jjjjl Hooker, of Mississippi, the one-armed ; confederate veteran, took his place by the side of the speaker, and together ? they sang "Dixie." Mr. Canc^er, a MIs-^ || sis^J.ppi democrat, jumped upon a desk '/SB " and let out a. yell of jubilation thatrX| ^ fairly shook the rafters. For almost a J-Jj half hour the jubilation continued. this time the spectators remained standing in the galleries, watching th? animated scene below, and joining in. 31 the singing. The adjournment came at the end ^ of a seven and one-half hours' session during which much minor business was transacted. In all, seventy bill* and resolutions were passed. H Last Hours in Senate. " %_ After a session marked by some of iM ? ?tn.nr>ioct Hphafes ever heard In " till? OCU iUiivuw the American congress, the senate aI?o " adjourned sine die at 5:30 Tn-rli^'^'jl During the last hours of the session 3 there was a tart debate on the Philip- || pines question, participated In by ":-z Messrs. Carmack, of Tennessee; 'lllljfl ! Spooner, of Wisconiin; Culberson, of Texas; McComas, of Maryland, and I : Lodge, of Massachusetts. The^confer- * I ence report on the Philippine govern ment bill was adopted without very 1 serious opposition, and when the decks 8 1 of the senate were cleared for adjourn> ment, Mr. Carmack called up his reso- " E lution providing for a continuance of 1. the investigation of the Philippine ^ committee during the present summer, V>;|] * This started the trouble, and for more jB 1 than an hour a battle of words was f waged. The resolution was referred to 1 a committee, thus effectually killing it. Just before adjournment, the usual || * resolutions were adopted, including " one offered by Mr. Cockrell, the vener* able democrat of Missouri, cordially, -da ' thanking President Pro Tem. Frye for e "the dignified, impartial and courteona e manner in which he had presided over^S the deliberations of the senate." After r a^nntion of the resolution, Mr. tile 0 Frye delivered a feeling response and '-JfBJ a then declared the senate adjourned ' J without day. e TO CROWN EDWARD IN AUGUST. King's Condition Favorable Enough For Early Coronation. A London special says: King Ed- ^ j ward will be crowned between August 11th and August 15th. His recovery -" ^ has been so rapid and satisfactory that g the above decision was arrived at Mon- v.a b day. No official announcement of the fact has yet been made. ^3g|| The pageant through the streets and 1 the ceremony at Westminster abbey will be much cultailed from the original plan. Their majesties will drive ' * from Buckingham palace to the abbey .\ i ^ through the Mall, to Whitehall ?jl5 TROUBLE COMES EARLY. * American and British Residents of Santiago Have Cause for Complaint. The American and British residents of Santiago de Cuba are indignant at the alleged brutal treatment at one /^ll of the hospitals of a Scotchman n$med st 'u William Housetown, who died, as asa sert^d, of alcoholism Sunday morning. ^ y Housetown was a dry goods clerk, a ^ h. man of good family and not an habits ual drunkard. REJOICING ON THE ISTHMUS. Passage of Panama Canal Bill Ail the ie Talk of Colombian?. MIS g_ A special from Colon, Colombia* h says: The news of the passage fcf . - ^ It the United States congress of the 1S Spooner Panama canal bill and the >> ie signing of the measure by the presl- ;v^j| re dent is still the ali-absorbing topic on ..||30 |d j the isthmus and is generally consid- ie | ered to mean final triumph'for the -_-y; Panama canal.