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The Bamberg Herald. i ESTABLISHED 1S91? BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY. JULY IT. 1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. Jll FOURTEEN RESCUED Searching Paily Braves Death in Fated Cambria Mine. NINETY CORPSES TAKEN OUT Scenes of Horror Witnessed at Johns* town as Aftermath of Frightful, Death-Deal.ng Mir.e Explosion. JL special from Johnston, Pa., says: Just as day broke through the pall of fog Friday morning the grim details of the awful disaster at the rolling mill mine of the 'Cambria Steel company Thursday aftercron, dawned with renewed force on the thousands waiting for authentic news as to the extent of > the explosion. The day was one of heroic rescues. Thrilling experiences attended the efforts of the forty brave and daring fel lows who went down into the earth with a very faint hope to spur them that still they might be in time to restore to life some of those who were entombed. Death lurked everywhere around them, but undaunted they surged forward, swayed with the noblest of human purposes. The reward of their efforts was the saving ot the lives of fourteen of their fellow-men and bringing them back again into the sunlight and back to living families. Last estimates of the number of dead reduce the fatal scope of the calamity. But these, while fixing it at around one hundred, are not conc'u give. General Superintendent G. J. Robinson would not say at this time ( whether he thought there were 100 or 300 dead. He says there is no way of telling until a full investigation of the mine9, is made. It was 5:55 o'clock Friday morning when the first truin , load of victims were brought to the mouth of the main entry. Forty-nine cars were used in bringing out 4S dead bodies, and four living injured. ( The discovery of the dead bodies was made by a searching party about 10 o'clock Thursday night. They were lying in the main heading, two miles in from the main pit entry. No atc-mpt was made to remove them until certainty was established that no more living remained in the mine. The first statement of the disaster was given the Associated Press by ( Genera! Mine Superintedent George T. Robinson. He said: "As to the direct 6ause of the explosion I cannot exactly say. We know . there was an explosion of fire-damp in the sixth right heading of a secfiou j -~ Jcommonly known as the 'Klondike.' #f-v< v: "So far as I can find out now, there were not more than three or four deaths from the explosion Lself. The balance were caused by the afterdamp. Rescue Was Heroic. "As to the rescue work, I directed it to commence just as soon after the - explosion as possible. We started working our way down by putting up brattices in order to carry the air in with us. I suppose it was 10 o'clock at f night before we came across the bodies of the living. Doctors John Lowman and John Hannan went down with us. They carried tanks of oxygen with them and were emptied wiih good effect on the living. "Twenty more we found later on. They were scattered through that section of the mine. Most of them were on their way out when caught by the fatal after-damp. Bodies Were Mangled. When the bodies of the victims carae from the mine a long line of undertaker's wagons and picnic wagons were in waiting to take them on the roundabout route to the morgue in the city. There they were Dacnea up to a uwi and a large force of police were ready to check the great throngs from pressing in too close. , Body after body was dragged from the wagons and borne inside. All of them were blackened and unrecognizable, until the undertakers got to work SECRETARY SHAW MISSING. * Revenue Cutter Gresham Long Delayed in Reaching Boston. Much anxiety was expressed in Boston, Mass., Wednesday over the nonarrival of the United States revenue cutter Gresham, having on board Sec# retary of the Treasury Shaw and his family. The Gresham left New York early > Tuesday evening and at the slowest ^ kind of travel she would have reacbeti Boston within twenty-four hours. The peculiar thing is that since leav^ ing New York all trace of the Gresham has been lost Beware of Counterfeits. The treasury department Friday is sued a warning of a new $20 gold certificate and a $5 silver certificate. Thmakers o? these counterfeits were ar rested a few days ago at Centervilk and Montgomery, Ala. 9 Cholera Situation at Manila. The spread of cholera in Manila has slightly decreased, possibly on account of the rain. The totals since the outbreak are: Manila, 2.1S1 cases and 1,178 deaths. HAY SCORES A SUCCESS. Secretary of State Takes Prompt Action on Appeal of Chinese. Secretary Hay's prompt action upon the appeal of the Chinese government through Yuan Shi Kai and Minister Wu relative to the evacuation of Tien t Tsin has met with success. The forf eign generals who have stood in the way of evacuation will receive instructions from their home governments, i CHICAGO BUSINESS TIED UP. Freight Handlers Start on Their Second Week of Warfare as Defiant as Ever. The second week of the freight ban-! dlers' strike at Chicago began M.auay with 20.000 men idle and shipping standstill. The railroad warehouses were almost as quiet as they were Sunday, ; so far as the regular business was | concerned. At a distance from each warehouse was a company of pickets posted to keep freight from entering or leaving the sheds. Near the depots were guards of police on duty to protect the men in the warehouses and to quell any disturbance which might arise. Gangs of non-union men brought into the city to take the places of the strikers lounged about the warehouses or in their cars with scarcely anything to do. President Curran. of the Freight Tandlers' Union, appointed a commit tee to visit the various railroads, but his proposition had reverted to the original one, further than ever away from the ideas of the managers, and no hope was expressed that a settlement would be made now or even this week. The line between the opposing parties was plainly drawn, and no move of either side was made to cross it. Wholesale houses made practically no attempt to send out freight or to receive it. These big establishments were all but closed down. The strike has cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars already, and they stand to lose millions should the condition which prevailed Monday continue. The loss in wages to the striking freight handlers and their sympathizers, the teamsters, to the railroads and other lines of business is roughly estimated at considerably over $100,000 a day. The situacion is admittedly very grave. CONVICT BARBER RECAPTURED. First Escape from Atlanta Federal Prison Caught in Mississippi. After a trifle more than five months of stolen liberty, haunted by the fear of detection and capture, Henry East, known as No. S2, the first convict to escape from the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., has been retaken and is now in the hands of employees of Uncle Sam's big Atlanta guard house. East was captured at Brandon. Miss., fifty-four miles from Jackson. He was taken by Sheriff Cook of that place. It is not yet definitely known for what offense East was arrested, but almost as soon as he had been placed in the prison Sheriff Cook noted his resemblance to the photographs and descriptive. Vinrt hppn scattered broad t;uno Miuw MMM ~ ? cast through the territory this side of the Mississippi river. With the return of East to the prison it is expected that some sensational developments will materialize to show that the convict did not get away j as has been reported. East left a let- | ter for the warden hinting at bribery having been accomplished, and the warden himself does not hesitate to say he believes East escaped either because the guard was asleep at the time or because East succeeded in his efforts at bribery. MARRIED HER HALF BROTHER. I Shock of Discovery Leads Devoted Bride to Self-Destruction. Because, after her marriage, she discovered that her husband was her half brother. Mrs." Maggie Wagner, bride of Frederick Wagner, a wealthy farmer living at Russellville, Mo., swallowed carbolic acid and died in great agony in her husband's arms with his name upon her lips. The young couple were devoted to one another. Their meeting was an accident, the courtship brief and their honeymoon ideal. Quite accidentally the bride discovered from anecdotes that he was her mother's son. her own half brother. whom she hart not seen ror twtuty years and whom she believed to be dead. She did not reveal her discovery to her husband until she had taken the poison. RESERVOIR WREAKS RUIN. Thirty-Five Persons Drowned and IViany Houses Destroyed. Advices of Friday from Valparaiso state that thirty five persons were drowned and many houses destroyed on the estate of Claudio Vienna, at Las Pahnas, as a result of the bursting of a reservoir there. Owes Over Eight Million Dollars. The tribunal of commerce at Paris Friday declared the "Caisse Generales des Families" to be insolvent. The liabilities are said to be forty million francs. SOUFFRIERE VOLCANO THUNDER Three Loud Detonations from Fiery Mountain on St. Vincent. A spt-cial from St. Thomas. Danish West Indies, says: On Wednesday there v.ere three loud detonations from the Soufriere volcano on the island of St. Vincent between 8 and 9 o'clock at nighr. Advices from Barbadoes say that loud detonations were heard there Wednesday night from a westerly direction. YARN MILLS SHUT DOWN. Depression in Market Causes Cessation of Work in Charlotte Plants. Four of the largest yarn mills of Charlotte, N. C.. have shut down owing to the depression in the yarn market. The mill owners claim that at the present price of cot tor. and the selling price of yarns it is impossible for the manufacturers to come cut anywhere near even. I SOUTH CAROLINA I It STATE NEWS ITEMS. y ? Among evidences of progress of the state was the issue the past week of a commission for a $200,000 c >tton mill at Ninety Six, in which Ellison A. Smyth is interested, and the assurance that a 23-mile electric road will he built from Charleston to Summerviile. * * Politicians of a speculative mind have offered to wager large sums of money that Tillman will win on the second primary, and many have offered to give odds of 2 to 1. This merely shows the feeling in certain quarters, but it is more than a straw in the political whirlwind. * * Southern Files Mortgage. There was filed for record in the office of the clerk of the court at Spartanburg the past week a mortgage for $18,000,000 given by the Southern railway. The mortgage is to take up the bonds of the several lines recently consolidated under the name of the South ern railway, Carolina division. * * Fighting for a Franchise. The Bell Telephone Company is making a determnined effort to get a franchise at Sumter. The effort is opposed by the home compny which has a ten years' franchise. The sentiment is divided. Many fear if the Bell company gets in it will monopolize the field and increase the rates. * * Another Mill For Spartanburg. Spartanburg is to have another new co'ton mil. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the Arcadia mill, the capital stock being $200,000. The corporators are H. B. Ligon, Joh'i B. Cleveland, J. F. Cleveland, J. H. Sloan and W. S. Manning, cf Spartanburg; W. F. Smith, of Glenn Springs, and T. E. Moore, of Wellford. * Cotton Ginning Statistics Wanted. W. A. Neal, of Washington, is in the s-ate for the purpose of securing statistics in regard to cotton ginning for the census department, where he is employed. I To this end a man will be appointed | from each county who will secure figj ures from his respective county. Three reports wl'l be sent to the census department?one October 18, one December 13, and the final one after the ginning season. * < * More Land for Naval Station. The Charleston city council at a special meeting recently held confirmed the sale of 90 acres of land at Chicora park to the United States government. 7'he property was needed for a part of the naval station site. The consideration was $200 per acre. Mayor Smyth announced that -letters received from | Admiral endicott indicated that the navy department was preparing to begin work at once and with the confirmation of the sale the last detail has been removed. * * * State Teachers' Association. The State Teachers' Association held forth at Winthrop college. Rock Hill, July 15 and 16.. Arrangements had been made with the railroads for one fare tickets, sold on the 14th and loth of July, good to return until the 19th. The exercises of the summer school were suspended on the 16th in order that the teachers attending the state summer school could get the benefit of the meeting of the association. Leading educators of the state were present, and the discussions were interesting and beneficial. * * r Much "Booze" Being Sold. Dispensary sales in Charleston have increased so rapidly of late that the county board of control has decided to open six additional places where strong drink can be sold according to law. Two of these places will be known as beer dispensaries, where this beverage will be bottled and sold under direction of the county board. A curious fact about the beer dispensaries is that the wagons make regular deliveries to hundreds of blind tigers, nr. nnnr'Crn a c if thfv WPI'f W 1 I LI do mvic VUUV.V1 w Mvj MM. . ? - delivering ice. It frequently happens that the constables come along right after the wagons, seize the beer and return it to the state. The stuff is saved and sold again. * * Enrollment of Vets Soon to Begin. Under the act of the general assembly passed, at the last session there will soon begin the work of enrollment of confederate veterans in South Carolina by townships and counties, J with a view to the ultimate completion of the official rolls, prepared by com| niands and admitted to l-e very incom| plcte. The county and township record j books have been completed and sent ! to each of the counties, w th instrucj tions as to the work to be done. The j names ordered to be enrolled by the j township committee of veterans are to i be entered in the township enrollmnt j book, so as to show as nearly as possi. ble the date and duration of veteran's service, the army, regiment and com pany wherein he served, ana wnemei killed. died in service, wounded, etc.; but the inability to state any or all of these details shall not delay the enrollment of the name of any person the proof of whose military or naval 1 service to the confederacy shall be I conclusive to the township enrollment i j committee of veterans. * I * * ? Winding up Exposition Affairs. j Efforts are being made in Charleston | to get a satisfactory ad jus'me nt cf the exposition affairs. Under an order of i court the directors have been made receivers, to act without compensation, and they will endeavor to use the small funds avai'uble with fairness to all creditors. The appropriation of $160,000 voted by congress will assist materially in paying the indebtedness of the company, and the understanding is that a good part of this will be used to reimburse President Wagener, who sigiled for nearly $200,000. Without the assistance of the president of the company the gat^s of the fair would have been closed before the final time limit. Many of the creditors are in straitened circumstances, and while President. Wagener will be protected the men who gave their labor to the big enterprise will not be overlooked. The bondholders will get about 75 per cent. * * South Carolina Farm Statistics.According to a bulletin recently issued by the census bureau, the farm property of South Carolina is valued in the aggregate at $153,591,159. Of this amount $99,805,860 represents (he value of lands. $26,955,670, the va'ue of buildings, $6,629,770 of machinery, and $20,199,859 the value of .ive stock. The farm iands of the s!ate cover an area of 13,985,904 acres. Ninety acres is given as the average size farms in the state, while In 1852 the average was 540 acres. There has been a gradual decrease each ten years since the half century mark was passed. The farms now number 155.355, and of them 85,381 are operated by negroes. The farm products of the state for 1S99 represented a value of $68,266,912. Cotton is the principal crop and the cotton lands constitute 65 per cent of the entire farm area. * $ * Crop Conditions. Despite a serious lack of rain in two or three counties, the crop prospects for the state are better now than at the same period in the last dozen years. Cotton has suffered but little and it is probable that, barring accidents from now on, the results will be second only to the year 1882, which Is the record with South Carolina farmers. The high price of corn early in the year resulted in a large acreage of this grain being planted. The yield will be exceptionally large. The small grain crops?wheat and oats?were poor. Less rain has fallen in coast counties than anywhere in the state, resulting in short rivers on which rice is planted becoming brackish. Rice has been grown, so far, almost entirely without water. That element is now necessary, however, to fill the grains so that only early heavy rains in the low country will save the rice planters. * ft Notes of the Campaign. With the mercury ranging from 100 to 120 in the sun. the candidates have been at it so far for three weeks, and are doomed by the state executive committee to keep up the pace till the end of August, when the semi-finals played by the people will decide who shall contend in the finals of September 11. However poor the office, however economical the candidate, his expenses for the canvass cannot be less than $500. And if he wishes to distribute literature or advertise himself in the papers?perfect legitimate methods of campaining?his expense account may run to figures that will swallow up his two years' salary, if he gets it. Some are making the race on borrowed money. Many a man living in a court house town, and living well on $500 a year, sees wealth in a $2,500 salary, yet nurabers so unfortunate as to succeed, leave here poorer men than they came. They find that what '.'hey lived well upon in the small town but pays their house rent at the capital. An exciting incident of the past week was the "spat" between Evans and Lattimer, which came near resulting seriously and may lead to future trouble. The bitter feeling between the two gentlemen has been growing, and men who have been following the campaign believe they will resort to a personal encounter before the last meeting is held. Congressman laioeris main piau* continues to be the withdrawal of support given by white tax payers to negro schools. His plan is not only to withdraw the taxes paid by whites, but those paid by corporations. His proposition meets vs ith no favor in the towns and is generally condemned by newspapers, but *is cheered by the backwoodsmen. There is no chance of any legislature indorsing such a plan, or the courts sustaining it, if such a bill passed. It is difficult to tell at this stage what kind of rur Lieutenant Governor Tillman will make. He has a persuasive eloquence with "the boys," and his name alone is good for several thousand votes as a starter. He defends his action in insulting President Roosevelt by explaining that the president?as evidenced in the Booker Washington incident?considered the negro as good as a white man. The factory vote holds the balance of power. It went for Tillman solidly two years ago, but there is no sounding it now. In the senatorial canvass, the six candidates seem to be making a remarkably even race. As to the other offices, the two getting the largest vote in the primary of August 2G will run over two weeks later, when the best man may win. DALLAS SUFFERS FROM FIRE. Several Large Wholesale Business Houses go up in Smoke. Fire at Dallas, Tex., Wednesday morning, completely destroyed the wholesale drug houses of Patton, Worsham & Co., Texas Drug company, J. W. Crowdus Drug company, and H. W. Williams and Co. The wholesale paper house of Scarff & O'Connor was bacllv wrecked and considerable damage was done to the Santa Fe depot adjoining. Loss will reach $225,000. V . - . - _ r "'fT ? CHAFFEECOMES HOME I General is Relieved of Command i In the Philippine Islands. GOES TO DEPARMENT OF EAST By Direction of President Rooccvelt He Will Turn Over Command to Major General Davis on September 30. A Washington special says: General Chaffee has been relieved of the command in the Philippines and orderee to the department of the east by an order issued Monday by Secretary Root. The Older reads as follows: By direction of the president, Major General George W. Davis will relieve Major General Chaffee of the command of the division of the Philippines, September 30, 1902. On being relieved General Chaffee will, with his authorized aids, repair to Governor's Island, New York, and assume command of the department of the east. A few days ago General Chaffee was cabled that he could have either the command of the department of the east or the department of the lakes, if he desired to come home at this time. He was informed that the retirement of General Brooke afforded an opportunity of making either change he desired. The cablegram closed with a commendation by the secretary of war of General Chaf'ee's services in China and the Phlippir.es. A reply was received Saturday from General Chaffee stating that he left the matter entirely with the department, but that he would prefer New York in case he was relieved in the Philippines. He suggested that September 30 would be a good date to make any change in the command of the Philippines. The incoming Philippine mail brings full printed records of the proceedings in the courtmartial case of Major Little W. T. Waller and Lieutenant John H. A. Day, of the marine corps, growing out of the killing of seme native bearers or cargadoes, in Samar. The record shows that Major Waller was acquitted of the charge of murder, but that General Chaffee, declaring that "There has been a miscarriage of Justice in this case," disapproved the finding and the acquittal, with the exception that while Waller should not have been found guilty of murder, the court should have included a lesser offense. General Chaffee's endorsement is very strong and he declares that with the exception of three who deserted, no overt acts were committed by the cargadores, but on the contrary, those sent to their death continued to the last to carry arms and ammunition of the men after they were no longer able to bear them and to render in their impassive way such services as deepens the convictions that, without their assistance, many of the marines who now survive, would have perished. In the case of Lieutenant Day, who also was acquitted. General Chaffee disapproves the finding to the specifi? J w?iii./1nr Ui\ pox'C i cation ami ui mu 1 IXC CUJ O I that Lieutenant Day should have known that his commanding officer. Major Waller, had for three weeks been under a test of mental and physical endurance such as few men are called upon to undergo; ho was sick of a fever, nis temperature was 105 and his body covered with painful sores. Day was the only officer not sick on duty and in the full possession of his faculties, and his plain duty was to counsel the delay in the execution of orders to kill the natives. General Chaffee reffrs to the order of Major Waller as "tairted." and says that it should have prompted him (Day) to a positive disobedience of the same." Notwithstanding the disapproval, the two officers were released, as they could not be tried twice for the same offense. CHARLESTON NAVAL STATION. Secretary of Navy Orders That Additional Land Be Bought. Secretary Moody has authorized Rear Admiral Endicott, chief of the bureau of yards and docks, to proceed with the purchase of 98 1-4 acres of additional land for the new naval station at Charleston, 3. C. Admiral Endicott Thursday telegraphed to the mayor of Charleston asking if the offer of Charleston city to sell this land still held good, and when the favorable reply which is expected is received, the purchase will bo speedily consummated. BISHOP POTTER TO WED. Will Join His Fortunes With Brs. Alfred Clark at New York. The engagement is announced of the Right Rev. Henry C. Potter, D. D., bishop of New York, to Mrs. Alfred Ccrning Clark, of New York and of Ccoperstown, N. Y. Mrs. Clark is a well known philanthropist and patron of art. Bishop Potter Is now in Europe. The date of the marriage has not been settled. FOUGHT OVER CHRIST'S TOMB. Greeks Arraigned and Sentenced in Court at Jerusalem. A sensational trial in Jerusalem, the result of the clash between Greek and Latin monks in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, surmounting Christ's tomb, in November last, has resulted in the sentencing of thirty-four Greeks, including twelve priests, to terms of im, prisonment ranging from a week to ' nine months. KITCHENER LIONIZED Londoners Literally Tumble Over Each Other in 1 heir Welcome. HORDES CHEER VOCIFEROUSLY From Paddlngton Station to Portals of St. Jamce Palac* Was Contin. uous Ovation to Vanquisher of Brave Boers. Lord Kitchener reached London at 12:48 p. m. Saturday and his passage through the metropolis was one of the most memorable of the many femarkble events of the past three years. The small procession of carriages and his staff in ample serviceable veldt dress, lacked the spectacular features, but evidently the crowd was there to see the man of the hour and not the pageant. From the moment he set foot in London to the time of his disappearance beneath the portal of St. James palace Kitchener received such an outburst of popular enthusiasm as quite overshadowed the demonstrations on previous and similar occasions. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Orotava, which left Cape Town June 23, with Lord Kitchener and staff on board, arrived at Southampton at half past 8 o'clock Saturday morning. Owing to the fact that Major Gordon, who also was a passenger on the steamer, had been stricken wth smallpox, Lord Kitchener and staff only were allowed to land. Received as a Hero. The platform at Paddington railroad station when Kitchener arrived looked more like a recepton room of the war office or India office than a railroad station. It was covered with red carpets and decorated with a profusion of flowers and palms, while rows of decorated stands, crowded With spectators, had been erected at all points from which a view of the returning general co.u'd be obtained. The platform itself was crowded with distinguished personages, including Indian princes in resplendant costumes, generals and other officials In full uniform and many ladies in beautiful summer dresses. The Prince of Wales, Duke of Connaufcht, the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Roberts, the com mander-in-chief, Lord Lan&aowne, uie foreign secretary; Mr. Broderick, th? war secretary; the -Duchess of 8omer set, Lady Roberts, Lady French, Major General 81r Francfo R. Wygate,, who succeeded Kitchener as crdkr of Egyptian army, and Governor General of Soudan and General Slatin Pacha, British inspector general of the Soudan, were among those who assembled to greet the general. Great Cheer Given. When Kitchener's train arrived, punctual to the minute, a tremendous cheer greeted the latest hero as he emerged from his car and shooK hands with the Prince of Wales. He stood head and shoulder above nearly every one on the platform and his workmanlike khafli uniform, with the large sunhelmet, made familiar by his pictures, was in striking contrast to the glittering uniforms and rows of medals and ,orders worn by most of those in waiting. The reception lasted ten or fifteen minutes, when the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family drove off. Lord Kitchener and Generals French and Hamilton took seats in one of the royal carriages and followed by the brilliant headquarters stall headed by Lord Roberts and an escort, left the station and amidst loud cheering from those inside which grew into a perfect roar as Kitchener and hla companions came in sight of the great gathering outside. The cheering was kept up until the party entered the portals of the palace. Senator McL?urin, of South Carolina, called on President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay Friday. It is reported that thp nresldent tendered and McLaurin accepted a position on the court of claims. ' TOOK HER ON WEEK'S TRIAL. New Plan of Selecting Wife Inaugurated by Kentucky Farmer. Several weeks ago Frank Newton, a young farmer living near Fulton, Ky., advertised in eastern papers for a wife. The "ad." was answered by a score or more, but from among them he selected Miss Beatrice David, ol Montreal, Canada. Letters were exchanged. Last Wed nesday Miss David arrived at Fulton and Newton agreed to take her on a week's trial. The trial was termi nated Monday by the couple going be fore Judge Roberts and being married HICKS-BEACH ALSO OUT. Following Salisbury, England's Chan cellor of Exchequer Resigns. A London special says: A. J. Bal four was formally greeted as Great Britain's premier Monday and the nev regime began its work. The momentous change was market by onV one really dramatic Incident namely, th> resignation of Sir Micbae Hicks-Beach from his post of chancel lor of the exchequer. FOR RETURN POSTAu CARDS. Two Different Systems Will Be F? vored by Commission. The commission consisting of th four assistant postmasters genera! a] pointed by Postmaster General Payn to consider the question of the estal lishment of a return postal card syi tern with po^ta:,! to paid upon th return of tin card has concluded P labors and ./ill soon unite on a rspoi favorable to the plan. OFFERED CASH FOR FREEDOM. District Attorney Erwin Makes Sensational Statement?Canadians Surprises at Charges Preferred. A Washington special says: Marion Erwin, the specal assistant attorney general In the prosecuton of the charges against Gajrnor and Greene, Friday made the following statement in reply to the charge of Mr. Taschereau, of counsel for Gaynor and i Greene,, made in the Quebec court that I he (Erwin) had offered to drop the case against the defendants if they would pay $500,000 to the United States government: "There is nothing in the statement from Quebec that I offered to settle the case for $500,000 except this: "When the prisoners were taken to Montreal Benjamin D. Greene, in a conversation with me, which he requested, stated that he and John F Cnvn^r. u-niiiH Tvav the government \JU.J Lxyji .. w $300,000 in settlement of the whole controversy. I replied that the sum stated was not sufficiency large for me to mention to the attorney general. I, however, did mention it to the attorney general, Mr. Knox, who said that my answer was the appropriate one." Taschercau Attacks Erwin. Advices from Quebec state that the Gaynor-Greene cases Friday were of very little interest as regards the case Itself. In referring to the reports sent to Attorney General Knox by Mr. Erwin. Mr. Taschereau strongly protested against the remarks made by Mr. Erwin respecting the judi lary. He was quite surprised, he said, that in his report Mr. Lrwin had not informed the United States authorities that he had made an offer to the prisoners to drop the case If the latter would pay over $500,000 to the United States government. This offer, Mr. Taschereau said, was made in the Windsor hotel, Montreal, on the Saturday following the arrival of Gay nor and Greene. Messrs. McMaster and Dan Durand protested against Mr. Taschereau's remarks regarding Mr. Erwin's report and said the latter had not reflected on the judges, but, on the contrary, had expressed high appreciation of them. They did not believe that Mr. Erwin ever made such an offer to the accused. Mr. McMcMaster then presented a motion to quas'h the habeas corpus writs issued on June 20 and 21 by , Judge Cwon. The counsel for the accused' asked for a delay to Tuesday , next for reply. This delay was grant, ed and counsel for the prosecution was given until Friday next to arrange the replies of counsel for the defense. Mr. Taschereau also moved that Judge Cai ron fix a day for a hearing on the merits of the case. Efut the judge remarked that the motion to quash the writs , of habeas corpus had precedence. Canadians Surprised. Surprise is expressed at Ottowa at the complaint by a legal representative of the United States that vexatious delays have occurred in connec??**? iv.,% ovtraHitinn of Messrs. I I UOQ W 1 111 IUC VAVtuu.vw^ . Gaynor and Greene, and the reported t I intention of the Washington authorities to complain to the imperial government is scarcely credited. The I case is in the courts and if counsel for , j the prisoners take advantage of tl.e . I technicalities in the interest of their clients delays are unavoidable. But . for this, perhaps, the federal authorities are not to be held responsible, i I The law clearly sets forth the course i to be followed in an extradition case. .1 Judgment must be rendered in accord ance with the facts . brought out , Should the evidence justify a commit , ment for extradition, the judges or ! extradition commissioner forwards the , evidence to the department of justice - j at Ottawa, together with his report, i when the latter issues a warrant for , extradition. The department has no ;j right to intervene unless the offense i I for which extradition is sought is a po> litlcal one. If sufficient grounds for the extradition of the accused can be established the two men wil. be hand I ed over in due course. ; I Mont Pclee Takes Fresh Start. i | A dispatch from Fort'De France 1 Martinique, says: There was a fresh eruption of Mont Pelee Friday morn I ihg. LORD PAUNCEFOTE'S REMAINS - Arrive at Southampton on Board Unitod States Cruiser Brooklyn. The United States armored cruiser Brooklyn, from Annapolis, July 1, havt lng on board the remains of Lord , I Pauncefote, late ambassador of Great ? Britain at Washington, arrived at Southmpton, England, Monday. Full i t-^nnrc tL-opa nnM to the remains 11U v a i avuvAo *t v? v i KIs widow followed the coffin from L the warship to the train, which started . for Newark upon Trent, where the . funeral took place Wednesday. The ceremony of the transfer of the re mains was Impressive. IN THREE CENTURIES HE LIVED Aged Citizen of Bennettsville, Soutl Carolina, Passes Away. r Jeremiah Poison died at Bennetts ville, South Carolina, aged lxo yean 1 He was the oldest man ever known i; that section. Mr. Poison celebrate^ * his 113th birthday July 2. He could re member events in three centuries an was conscious to the last. NEW NORTH CAROLINA ROAD. ' Plans on Foot to Build Air Line Fron Concord to Fayetteville. e It is decided to build a railway, pret P" ty nearly air line, fron. Concord to Fay e etteville, N. C. It will be in Cabarras j. Stanley, Montgomery, Moore and Cum g berland counties. The Carolina Col ony Company, chartered last week b: e. the state, and with $5,000,000 capital * is to build the road. All its origina stockholders, save its attorney ar New Englanders and New Yorkers. CANWOT OUST FRIARS | Vatican's Attitude on Religions Qaeslius in Philippines. J| JUDGE TAFT GETS AN ANSWER M Counter Proposals Made For Consider* ation of Our Government?Mat- ' ter Gets Into Tangled ^ Shape. A special from Rome, Italy, says?. -^3 The answer of the Vatican to the note . * of Jucle Taft, governor of the Philip- J pines, concerning religious affairs la the archipelago, was delivered to Judge Taft at a late hour Wednesday ".pi night. The answer in brief, is as fol The contract which the Vatican proposes sha'l be signed by bcch parties ' ? comprise twelve articles. The first article says, the Philippines government is to buy the lands of the four religious orders concerned, the jjp pope acting as intermediary. The second article describes what' .;-; are the agricultural lands to be bought, yg The third reticle says that if some ?$39 of these tends are possessed by cor-. porations, the friars will sell their The fourth article establishes a tribunal of arbiters to be composed of five members, two of whom are to be chosen by th& Vatican, two by the Phil- ' ^ ippine government and the fifth mem- ^ ber by the other four. In case of disagreement as to the fifth "member, he shall be chosen in common accord by the pope and President Roosevelt y}. The fifth article provides that the work of the arbiters shall begin Janu- * The sixth article refers to the title deeds; these wfl be transferred to the a Philippine government. . \ Article s?ven sets forth that pay-. ^ ment Is to be made In Mexican dollars In the period of time proposed by l|| Judge Taft in his note of July 3, interest during the period of payment a?* cruing at 4 per cent. Article eight deals with the transfer v^flj of the church of ancient crown lands, with ecclesiastical buildings on them. The ninth article proposes amicable 1 accord in the matter of existing charitable or educational trusts which are in disnnta. In event of failing to agree ?. In these matters recourse is to be had .'^S to the arbiters, to whom will also submitted the case of the medical col* lege of San Jose. The tenth article provides for arSfc I tratlon as to the Indemnity of the Unl- t ted States shall pay for the ecclesiastical buildings used during the war in | the Phi'ippines. According'to the eleventh article the | expenses of the tribunal of arbitrators is to be paid by the Philippine govergs^U Refuses to Remove Friars. Article 12 declares that the Vatican in the sphere of action which is In ^ competence, shall use all of its Influ. ence for pacification of the Philippine' M I islands and in favor of t^eir adhesion , to the established government and that it shall prevent all political opposition on the part of the clergy, both regular ^ and secular. The answer also says the I * Vatican cannot accept the proposition _ for the recall of the friars within the period fixed. Such recall not being JM . justified by reasons of force majeure^ it would be contrary to the rights guar- ..-Jflj . anteed by the treaty of Paris and > would put the Vatican in conflict with . I Spain. It asks: ? . ' "If the United States cannot order the withdrawal of the friars how can ' .the pope do so, especially when it has > i been proved that all the accusations : i made against them were partly false, partly exaggerated and partly inex- |2 j However, the Vatican promises that it will try to introduce into the Philippines clergy of other nationalities, esJ pecially Americans, gradually as they are found ready or are adapted to the" , purpose. The Vatican agrees that the i friars shall not return to the parishes the; left and where their presence . could provoke troubla HE GOT HIS TICKET. ' . ? - - ? BU j Fliher Wanted to neveai nui nokwuvM '3 by McKinley Murderers. George Fisher, giving Pittsburg as: his home, made an unsuccessful at-' tempt to see Mrs, McKinley at Canton, O., Tuesday afternoon, claiming that he had important disclosures to make to her of the plot which led to the as- V* ' sasslnatlon of her husband. ' He claims that the anarchists havei set a price of $60,000 upon his head* 1 and that five attempts have been made | 1 to assassinate him. * The township trustees bought him at ^ ticket to Pittsburg. iJllS BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS DAMAGED, ^ Goes Aground in the Harbor at Chris1 tiana, Norway. Owing to a faulty steering gear the [. United States battle ship Illinois, Admiral Crowninshield's flagship, which has arrived at Christiana, Norway, D with the United States cruisers Chicad go and Albany, struck the bottom of the harbor. The accident will compel (j her to go back to England be placed in dry dock there . ONE COLLIERY STARTS UP. ' -y n in Defiance of Strikers, Non-Union Men Begin Work Under Protection^ Two car loads of special policemen - : ' and laborers arrived at Shamokin, Pa~, , Monday from Schuylkill county. The - men, fifty in all, went to work at the - Reading company's Henry Clay wash7 ery and It was successfully started. , The strikers made no demonstration. ,1 The washery is the first to be operae ted in the region since the anthracite , strike was inaugurated.