Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I The Bamberg Herald. ??? i **< t i - - - i ? in - - i n . - - " ??^ ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C, THURSDAY, JULY 24.1902.. OXK DOLLAR PER YEAR. FLOODS IN MISSOURI Vast Farming Areas Turned In(i Veritable Inland Sea. FARMERS WILL LOSE MILLION! Grain Men Say That Damage Aggre Sating $4,000,000 Will Result. t . b i \ r; ? ... Inhabitants in flooded Di* trict are Fteeing. f.4 " A special from Keokuk, Iowa, says: Heavy rains in central Iowa Thursday and Friday are sending a flood down Hpon brosperoufc Missouri farmer! &hicfi ftill fiiiii many oi them and cause losses aggregating at a conservative estimate two and a half million dollars. There seems to be no hope at present for the country between the Mississippi and tha Missouri bluffs bet$eefi i?e8icuk Stri3 fianiiihSi; 800 square miles. The Des Moines rivef began to rise 3 inches an hour at its mouth at Keokuk Friday, continuing until hope of safety was abandoned late i? the day; \ fi&e of X i-t feet in a short time It Ottiiinwa arid I.further rise through out its length below the capital city was prevented from running out freely by a rise of a foot and a half at Davenc port Thursday night, increasing and coming down rapidly. The observer of the weather bureau at Keokuk sent telegraphic wanting to all points south to prepare for danger. _ the. Egyptian levee- which stood the flood just receding after stfenuous ef/ forts to hold it, is only slightly above the water now, and the coming flood in Des Moines will top it certainly. This lets the water into hundreds of square miles, including the town of Alexandria Mb. the ifihabitaflts there are preparing for ah oxverflow of the enrH"p thwri to a depth of several feet. I I- * ?i - This is the town which Maik Twain in his "Life on the Mississippi" said: "sometmes comes up to diow. Loss Will Be Four Millions. The worst feature is the time of the year. The corn crop is all made, and ffl the sfibck, entailing a total i8ss of-the year's work: Grain men put tiie figures of tile iois from the overflow nearer four millions between Keokuk and Hannibal. It is believed the Illinois levees wi 1 hold, and the damage there Is likely to be only $20,000 to $30,000 between Keokuk and if?a?y fains were reported in southeastern Iowa. Lowland farmers, river riien and the weather bureau observer fillkb predict the geatest damage ever known from flood on the upper river. Late reports show half the co/ntry for a distance of 30 miles between Legrange and Hannibal was already un. , der water long before the crest of the ?8S& affireci. COMMENDABLE DEED. Intoxicated Husband Attacks His Wife and is ?h6f Dead: ' The Jaubert brothers, who operate a small coal mine near Oraville, 111., were^ both shot to death at their homo early Friday morning by the wife of tit the fflefl. They had returned li o'clock intoxicated and the ktisbftnd demanded his dinner. Mrs. 'Jaiiboff began Its preparation and her husband began breaking the dishes and at last attacked her. Mrs. Jaubert and sisted fied to a back room and locked the door. Her husband followed, broke^c the door and renewed the assault, whereupon the infuriated Wife fired thrib shots into his body, ohe passing through his heart, causing almost Instant death. - The brother; who was a witness to the tfflgedy, took up his brother's quarrel and attempted to strike the woman, whereupon Mrs. Jaubert emptied the two remaining chambers of the revolver into his body, inflicting a wound from which he died shortly afterwards. The woman gave the alarm and surrendered to the officers. The coroner's jury exonerated the wife. C * E" r? ' m-r..' ^ * . GOLD IS TOO COSTLY. So China Begs the Privilege of Paying Ogligations in Silver. Having adjusted the questions con nected with the surrender to the Chinese of the control of the city of Tien Tsin this government has been asked to interest itself in settlement of the grave difficulties growing out of the innf snmp nf thp Dowers UDOD DiO VVUVV ?? S, r - A the payment of their shares of the war indemnity in gold instead of silver. Wednesday Minister Wu presented to the state department a cablegram from leading members of the Chinese court primarily in charge of the negotiations GENERAL STRIKE IN RICHMOND. Street Car Employes and Company Officials Fail to Reach Agreement. A genera! strike of all the street railway employees of Richmond, Va., is on. Aftac two conferences, representatives of the union and officials of the company were unable to get to gether on the matter of wages. The strike involves about COO motormen and conductors. ALABAMA EDITORS SPORTING. Quill Drivers the Gucrts Qf Colonel Mann in New York City. The Alabama Press Association was entertained in New York Thursday night by Colonel W. D. Mann. The entertainment comprised "The Chinese Honeymoon" at the Casino, a reception and a collation followed by dancing. Many prominent men connected with the daily papers were invited to meet the A'abamians. Colonel Mann was, years ago, the proprietor cf The Mobile Daily Register. M - " - i | r _r-: ..rT ; : r I I UNjrsJfsJCSlCMCMfNJfVJj I \ SOttH tAROiiNi . i h STATE NEWS ITEMS. S I I ? rsifsirsicMCsirsirsjfsj < Played With Loaded Gun. ? Willie Jacksoii. tile $-y?ar-old son o! Joseph Jackson, of Wellford. was acci dentally shot and killed a few days ago while he and other boys were playing with a loaded gun. * * * Tillman to Oppose Kolnitz. A political stir has been created in Charleston through the announcement lhat Senator Tillman had declared oooinct PliQT'Petnn if ftJpnrP'P | i?ai iaic <vvw44 *, v, ?v.0 . Von Kolnizt, Jr., was sent to the - state senate During the last presideni Mai campaign Vbh K&lftizt Went ove* ; '.he country making ?peeclies for the republican party. Siiice that time he sas claimed that he acted as a gold democrat, but because of his services "or the party he sought the appoint. -nent as United States district attor I aey. .*x * 3 Foreign Labor Not Wanted. ; W. S. Monteith, formerly of Colum ia, but now of New York, has submitted a proposition to South Carolina cot , on mill men to furnish them with a ertain number of foreign families at >parators. Mr; Mofiteith's plan is tc ;et the emigrants as tfiey arrive, chieffmm Ttatv and central Eurone. and hip them south. This, he argues, will relieve the demaltd for domestic labor md will enable native whites to renam on the farms. It is a fact that tile mills are drawing whites from the farms, and that vith all the inducements they offer hey cannot secure enough adult la bor; but the suggestion of bringing ioreigners into the mills will not meei with favor. The presidents would rath r run short-handed. * * s Sues Southern for Lar?g Sum. J. F. Maybank. representative of nman & Co.; at Charleston, has filed >uit against the Soutnefn railway for SI73.000 and is seeking to prevent the consolidation of railroad properties in his state with the Southern system. Maybank's counsel is Mr. Barrett, of \ugusta. The papers have not been put on file n the courts, but service has been accented bv officer* of the company and ..he documents have been fdtvfarded to Southern railway headquarters. The lines mentioned in the suit are he Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, he Asheville and Spartanburg, the Carolina Mic!iat?4 afcd the South Caro'ina and Georgia extension. tVith the exception of the latter property fill of .he lines have been under the control :>f the Southern for some time. By the terms of the stfite law, which prohibits the purchase of competing lines, one-half of the verdict, if one is awarded, is paid to the persons bringing the siiit: It is said that the OftUftSel for the Southern does not take the sliit seriously, inasmuch as the matter has practically-been aired in the courts. McLaurin reclines Judgeship. News comes from Oyster Bay thai President Roosevelt is in receipt of a etter from Senator McLaurin declinng the proffered appointment to the vacancy on the bench Of the United" States court of claims. \ Senator MeLaurln's letter was couched in the most positive terms, and evidently was based in particular upon a newspaper article which accompanied the letter. The article states that the senator had sold himself for the prospect of getting such an office as that offered tn hiiii. It can be said, however, tilsit the president regarded such a type of accusation as beneath notice, and sincerely regrets that Senator McLaurin should have deemed it necessary to pay any attention to it. Senator McLaurin evidently has "hanged his mind about accepting the proffered appointment since he was in Oyster Bay on July 11th. At that time he indicated his readiness to accept the vacancy of the court of claims, and the only question then was when he should resign from the senate. * Hartzog May Leave Clernson. Clemson college seems likely to lose - *- Ti ?ill v. its president, ix wm ue icuicmutivu that there was a disturbance at the college two months ago, and that as a result one class withdrew, while the remaining cadets asked the resignation of President Hartzog. Pending the invesitgation by the board. Professor Hartzog sent in his resignation. After considering the matter, the board of trustees overruled the faculty, reinstated the suspended boy, took back the withdrawing class, and, to balance things, refused to accept the president's resignation. Now Governor Davis, of Arkansas, has asked President Hartzog to come to his state and take charge of the industrial college. The action of Mr. Hartzog has not been officially announced, but as he has gone west to look into the matter, it is understood he will accept the offer. This will leave Clemson without an executive head a few weeks before the reopening of the school. There is no indication as to who will be given the place. It is an office carrying emolument as well as honor, and there will bo no lack of candidates. This has been a year noted for changes in the heads of colleges. The state colleges of Clemson and South Carolina, the denominational college at Wofford and Columbia Presbyterian and th? non-denominational Converse college have all changed presidents since commencement * * * Kicking on Color Line. \ district Attorney John G. Gapers, I f wfrosq advice is sought fry the adminis } ation ,in Washington before federa j|' ..ppr-ntmt^ts are made in this state / j came out a few days ago in an inter (| dew in which he said that negroe: ' j heretofore appointed on the pension ex j amining boaid would not be removed In making up the medical board: for Charleston, Columbia, Greenvilh . and other cities, one negro physlciar was named in edch place to s^rvt with white ifkyhjeh^s. Mr. Caper? ' said this color line had to he teeoghiz ed, because it was necessary to appoini i republican. The appointments have caused a great uCffl of bitter ^reeling in Columbia and Greenville, anu a*5 Capers says the negroes will not be r^ tired it wolild appear that these cities will be without a pension,board. "I have declined to withdraw my nominations," Captain Capers said, "and I will refuse to make further recommendations for Columbia and Greenville." It is not known what the result of this will be. The boards are charged with the examination of all applicants seeking pensions iroid the United States government. ^ * * Campaign Notes. A Charleston dispatch says: Reports from the campaign meetings in the state seem to indicate th.1t Colonel John J. Hemphill is developing gre&l strength in his race for the United States senate. At the Charleston meeting Colonel Hemphill made a splendid impression on the voters, not so much with what he said, bin: the brilliant manner in Which he addressed the people. He hat. the choice 01 the Tillman faction. howevCF, although the general feeling is to rise above factional lines and elect the man who can best represent South Carolina in the United States senate. The Tillman influence will be divided between Congressman Aehbury C. Latimer and ex-Governor John Gary Evans. These two candidates, however, have been figutih'# each other so hard that in the event of a secOlid primary. which is almost certain, it would be difficult for one to pick up the folowing of the other. If a candidate who is not the choice of the Tillman faction ShOUiQ Win me luiur. mat Colonel Hemphill would have a mighty good chance. State Senator ?>. S. Henderson has made a good run so far in the low country, but he is hot well known in upper Carolina. The cither candidates are Colonel William Elliott and George Johnstone, but their chanceg are not considered as bright as some of the other candidates already named. The face frill be split so badly that any one of the flnii-l'iilmafi candidates might win, although people frho are willing to bet money on the result seem to give Latllher, Hemphill and Evans the preference. eleven &ie in storm. Fierce Tornado Sweeps City Of Saltlmor'e ?fnd Does Frightful Damage. A fierce tornado, Characterized by a wind storm of extraordinary Velocity, thunder, vivid lightning and a heavy 'rain, suddenly burst upon Baltimore at 1:30 p. ffl. Sunday, coming from the | southwest, with the net result that eleven persons lost their Urea, hundreds of houses were unroofed, trees S in tfte puDiic pants auu sucw imu up by the foots, many buildings damaged and several people injured. The storm exhausted its fury In Jess than fifteen minutes. soldiers wreck puilding. Avenged Fatal Stabbing of Comrade By Cleaning Out a Resort. At Leavenworth, Kans., Saturday night, about 1,000 soldiers surrounded a resort on Main street and demolished the doors-, windows and furniture. This was done in revenge for the fatal stabbing of Eli Loucks, a member Of company F, Sixth cavalry, by a negro in the resort. Nothing but thft walls and roof of the building were left standing. The negroes in the district were panic stricken and there was a wild exodus. FIFTY-EIGHT DROWNED. Russian Harvesters Lose Lire oy ?^vCiturning of Ferry Boat. A special from St. Petersburg. Russia, says: A ferry boat while crossing the river Vo'ga Monday, at Beresniki, sank and fifty-eight harvesters were drowned. Minister Buck Reports Cholera. Minister Buck, at Tokio, Japan, reports to the state department by cable, dated Monday, that cholera has broken out there. CHOLERA MORTALITY GREAT. Disease Rages With Frightful Effects in Province of Manchuria. Official dispatches received in St. Petersburg announce the serious spread of cholera in Manchuria, accompanied v.. mnrtfllitv. Out of 643 cases U.V gicat ii-i ^ . ? ? at Inku seventy-seven died up to July 4. At Kharbin there have been 575 cases and 322 deaths up to July 10. At a score of other places affected cholera stations have been established and the passengers on all trains are inspected by sanitary officers. i JACKSONVILLE WORKERS OUT. Big Strike Inaugurated by Jnion Men For Eight Hour Day. Twenty-five hundred union workmen in the building trades went on strike at Jacksonville. Fla.. Saturday, for a j shorter work dhy. This includes al! carpenters, masons, painters, plum| bers. tinners, etc. 1 AnnfroMwc CJ?v theV Will not i 1 1IC , . grant the demand for eight hours' ! work, and labor leaders say a general \ rinion strike through sympathy will be called if the dsmand is not granted. to watery geaves ! Boatload of Rollicking Pleasure Seekers are Consigned. } . I BOAT OVERTURNED IN SQUALL > t Party of Sixteen Only Two Were Sav&if?Victim* Wfere ' I Nearly AN Womeri rtnd Girts. | A special from Porrsmouth, M. &, ' t , A 19-foct whate boat containing i si-ciefl waiters and waitresses employed it the Oceanic ficttfcfi; Star island, Is1 -> of Shoals, who had gone out ii? ths bay Thursday afternoon'on a pleasure trip in charge of Skipper Bred Miles, capsiisee ><uring a sudden squall and fourteen ?? tbc? occupants were drowned. The other three' were rescued by fishermen itho put out from the shore in their dories. The *ames cf the drowned afd: Hen| ry Farrington, W. A. Alward, Bertha j Graham, Minnie McDonald, Eva ] Adams, May Adams, sister of Eva; Gatheris-i Buwes, E izabeth Bowes, sistdt ;-,i Catherine; Bessie Chase, Anna Shcehan, Er'H Marshall, May Marshall, sister of Eva; ISSbslt Kaouska, Laura Gilmore. The saved are Alice Haggertv, Lillian Bresnahan and Skipper Fred Mites, The bodies of Farrington, Alward, Bessie Chase, Eye Marshall and Isabell Kaouska adfe hot been recovered. Ail the others were taken from the wav.er by fishermen and then to the island, where they were worked over for a long time by two aoctors, but without success. Farrington and Alward were both iaw students at Harvard university, rooming at Forsyth hall. Beth were good swimmers and lost their lives in trying to rescue the others. SHOT SHERIFF DEAD. With Gun Resting on Wife's Shoulder Johnson's Aim Wac True. At 2 o'clock Thursday morning, near Swainsboro, Ga., Mr. J. T. Flanders, merchant, deputy sheriff and postmaster of Swainsboro, was shot and instantly killed by Charley Johnson, the white outlaw against whom there was 8 warrant for murder, and for whom the sheriff, G. F. Flanders, his brother, the murdered man and several others were searching. Deputy Sheriffs Flanders and Curf overtook Johnson and his wife in the public road. Flanders jumped out of the road cart In which he was riding and ordered Johnson to halt, when the latter turned, rested his Winchester on his wife's shoulder and shot Mr. Flanders in the right side, the ball going clean through and out on the left side. Excitement runs high. A large posse is out after Johnson, and if he is caught will doubtless be severely dealt with. FLORIDA'S FIRST PRIMARY. 1 ^ ? a- x/rvt* Count and Re UWin^ LU I IVQ*^ ? turn? Are Long Delayed. The first white democratic primary in Florida was held last Tuesday and on account of the long ballot the counting was unusually slow. The incomplete returns indicate the election of Judge W. A. Hocker to the supreme court; I. J. McCail, comptroller, and R. H. Burr and Jefferson B. Browne, railroad commissioners. United States Senator Mallory and Congressmen Sparlcman and Davis, in the first and second districts, had no opposition. Full returns received Thursday from twelve counties of fourteen in the third congressional district gave the following results: Lamar's total vo?e, 4,942; Meyers, 3,827; Beard, 1,027, giving Lamar a majority over both opponents of 88. One of two counties unheard from is known to have given. Lamar a majority, and throwing out fraudulent precinct In Leon would give Lamar 38 more votes. HILL. AT OYSTER BAY. Salute of Seventeen Guns Welcomed Sago of Wolfert'a Koosr. Former Senator David B. Hill arrived at Oyster Bay Thursday evening to be the guest over night of William F. Sheehan, ex-lieutenant governor of New York, who owns a handsome country home near Oyster Bay. As the train bearing Mr. Hill pulled into the station a salute of seventeen guns was flred, and when he stepped from the train he was cordially and vociferously greeted by a great crowd of admirers. cause: of taft's failure. Vatican V/as Influenced by Heads of Religious Orders. The Rome correspondent of The Morning Post (London) declares that the failure of Judge Taft's negotiations with the Vatican is attributed there to the influence of the heads of the religious orders, especially to the Jesuit Cardinal Steinhuber, and that the catican is considered to have sacrificed a splendid opportunity. I FIFtE DESTROYS TOWN. ' J ? Lyons, Station on Seaboard Near Savannah, Prey to Flames. News reached Savannah. Ga.. Thursday night that Lyons, on the Seaboard Air Line road, about sixty miles from the city, had suffered a disastrous con: flagration. All of the most important buildings in the place were destroyed. : l Details of the 'esses could not be sc - I cured, but the reports would indicate I that the place was almost wiped out of existence. |+4W4,4W44++,i,4''i,4,i'H,,i,+'l',H'+ $ Cream of News.f i + ++4*JH4444444*444*44+***++ Brl6f Summary of Most Important Events of Each ?ay; ?Twentyfive Chinamen were arrested in Atlanta Sunday by the county police and locked in the Tower for gambling. ?Directors of the Southern Baseball League have decided to fine any club $100 that plays ag&ifist Frank or St. Vrairi. Manage#- Fisher will ignore ! warning. Injunction is served. ?Entire side of squ'Sr* ot eleven stores burn at Colquitt, Ga., Sunday morn i SAL Loss about $40,-000i. ?Great educational mass meeting in interest of Morris Brorvn negro college at Atlanta, Ga., held at Barnesv'.tys Sunday, ?AppoftltrbAfit of negro physician on board of pensioii eifrminers causes protest in South Carolina. ?Secretary Wilson, of the Goners' union, says receipts of money to aid the anthracite strikers amounts to $500,000 a week. A a n Kn ??e+ AirOn T3 O 1 f I _ -TV LCI 1 IklK. SlUl.'U IIUISI UIVI UttiVi mGrA Sunday. Eleven lives were lost during thg blow. Boats overturned and nine persons drowned, one man was killed by falling tree and another one died by touching live wire. ?John W. Mackay, the American multi-millionaire, died of heat at his home in London Sunday night. ?The pope and Governor Taft had a conference Sunday over religious affairs in the Philippine#. ?Cholera is on the decrease at Manila, there being fewer deaths and new cases on Saturday than for any day within the past three weeks. ?President Palma, of Cuba, in an interview, says prospects of his country are bright and that when Cuban sugar can compete in European markets prcsperity will come. ?In the Greene-Gaynor hearing at Quebec Saturday the prisoners made affidavits that Marion Erwin offered to settle the case for 3500,000. Mr. Erwin made affidavit denying the charge. ?Vice President Morton, of the Santa Fe, predicts that a bumper crop of corn will be made this year. ?An American barber named Touetti is under arrest at Milan, Italy. It is alleged he was sent to Italy by Patterson anarchists to kill the king. ?A financial statement of the Atlanta, Ga., postcffice indicates that approximately $2,000,000 passed through the office during the past fiscal year. ?Cotton ginners of Georgia will meet at Macon August 7 to form organization. ?Deputy Sheriff Flanders was shot to death by Charley Johnson in Emanuel county, Ga., Thursday. ?United States District Attorney A. E. Holton was horsewhipped by A. Glenn Williams at Winston-Salem, N. C., Thursday. ?Negro boy arrested in Birmingham, Ala., confesses the murder of five babies. ?Two men were shot to death and another wounded by unknown assassin at Grovetown, Texas. ?Texas and Pacific coaches go through bridge over Saline river near Mineola, Texas, and baggagefiiaster is t-fiior? ana thirtv nasseneers are in jured. ?Joseph' Anderson, charged with murder of wife, Jynched at Owensboro, Ky. Five men while at work on trestle near Wytheville, Va.f fall 80 feet to bed of rocks. One was killed, two fatally and two slightly injured. ?There will be no general strike of bituminous coal miners in the United States. President Mitchell opposes such a move on the part of the miners and he will be obeyed. ?A boat containing seventeen pleasure sceekers was overturned by a sudden squall off Portsmouth, N. H., Thursday, and fourteen were drowned. .?Work will begin in the course of two or three w<3eks on the immense wall to be built around the Atlanta, Ga., federal prison. This wall will cost $500,000. ?Under decision of Judge Pardee, the National Finance Committee of New York is allowed to purchase assets of Atlanta National Building and Loan Association and of Southern Home. ?Troops of the Fifth regiment, Georgia militia, left Atlanta Thursday afternoon for Wrightsville Beach for ten days' encampment. ?Macon, Ga., street car lines will be consolidated. Deal is thought to have been consummated. ?For his order to "kill and burn,' General Jacob Smith has been severely reprimanded by President Roosevelt and retired from active service in the army. ?In speech at convention in North Carolina Thursday Senator Simmons advocates the permanent disfranchisement of negroes. ?Governor of Tennessee refuses requisition for Armistead, Memphis man who borrowed money from treasurer of Mississippi. ?Judge Taft has delivered the le ply of the United States to the Vatican at Rome in regard to the friars, and will leave for Manila, where negotiations must be carried on hereafter. ?Motormen and conductors on Richmond street cars went on strike Thursday, but agree to arbitration. ?William Odey, a nec-' assailant, was burned at Clayton, Miss., Thursday morning, the father of the girl applying the torch. ?A movement is on foot in North Carolina to submit constitutional amendment to voters to the effect that ? "v-h race support, from taxes, its own rhocls. ?Bv an explosion of powder in a ine in Utah, thirty-five men were killed Tuesday night. t. STEAMER WRECKED Frightfnlly Fata! Disaster Occurs ofl River Elbe ia Germany. HUNDRED AND FIFTV-FIVE DEAD Steamship Premius Collides with and is Cut irv Twain by a Tug.?Only Thirty of Those on Board Were Saved. A cable dispatch frojn Hamburg say&; The steamship Premius, with 185 passenger* on board, was cut in two and sunk by the tug Hansel on the Elbe river at 12:30 o'clock Monday morning. Only about thirty of those on board were saved. MILLIONAIRE MACKAY DEAD. From Heart Failure San Francisco Man Succumbs in London. A London dispatch says: John W. Mackay, of San Fra.nci.sco, who had ueeu *uucnug iroin neat prusuuuuji several days died at his residence on Carlton house terrace at G:30 o'clock Sunday evening. Mr. Mackay was unconscious most of the time and died very peacefully. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure. The right lung was found to be congested and the symptoms indicated pneumonia. The news of Mr. Mackay's death caused quite a shock in San Francisco, notwithstanding the public was in a measure prepared for it by the previous announcement of his illness. Mr. Mackay was the last surviving member of the four bonanza kings?Flood, O'Brien and Fair?the other thre-; having long since died. For the past eighteen years Mr. Mackay had not been actively identified with business in San Francisco, but had passed most of his time in tho east, making annual visits to the coast to look after his property in California and Nevada. RECORD-BREAKING CORN CROP. Output for This Year Will be Largest Ever Known. Paul Morton, first vice president of the Santa Fe road, predicts a bumper fs\y tVla VPPct QT)f\ th Ofl uiuy ui LUiu ivi iuc "vk? ?v ? tire country this season. He estimates the total crop of the country at 2,500,000,000 bushels, and declares that the railroads of the west will have all they can do to take -care of the increased" traffic that will result therefrom. Mr. Morton's estimate was made after a careful survey of the situation, supplemented by personal inspection of western states traversed by the lines of the Santa Fe, and by reports given him by agents of the company in nearly every corn-bearing state in the union. "I am convinced," said Mr. Morton, "that this country will have the largest corn yield in its history, and that the high-water mark of 2,200,000,000 bushels will be exceeded by at least 300,000,000 bushels." UGLY WOMEN ABSENT. Georgia Governor Has a Great Time in* Bulloch County. Governor Candler, of Georgia, returned to Atlanta Friday morning from Statesboro, - where on Thursday he made a speech at a reunion of the Confederate veterans of Bulloch county. Governor Candler says there were 7.000 DeoDle present, the largest crowd lie had ever spoken to. The governor says everybody was in a good humor and that the day was thoroughly enjoyed. "I had a great time," said the governor. "I saw more pretty women than I ever saw before, and I tell you another thing, I never saw an ugly woman there. "The barbecue was a big success. Several carcasses were on the pits and there was plenty to eat for everybody. Bulloch county is one of the most prosperous counties in Georgia MINE OWNERS TLAMELESS. Coroner Investigates Caus? of Explosion in Daly-West Coal Pits. A dispatch from Park City, Utah, says: The coroner's jury has rturned a verdict holding the officials of the Daly-West mine entirely blameless for the accident by which 35 men lost their lives. The remains of Charles Neime were shipped to his former home in Calumet, Mich. Neime was a student at Ann Arbor university. He spent two years there and went west to earn enough money to complete his educa tlOD. MERRY CHASE CONTINUES. Outlaw Tracy Has Easy Thing in Ts caping from Sheriff and Posse. Tracy has escaped again. He has eluded the sheriff of King county and many picked men, who had advanced on his hiding place three miles from Black Diamond, Wash., Wednesday night. The posse arrived at Tracy's hiding place six or eight hours after he had left. FLORENCE TOBACCO MARKET. Large Sales First Day of Break-Prices Range from 5 to 30 Cents. The Florence, S. C., tobacco market was formally opened Thursday with the largest "break" that has occurred in the history of the market. Over 100.000 pounds were sod at prices ranging from 5 to 30 cents per pound. / s far as can be learned, complete satisfaction is the result of the big break. CORONATION AUfiUSr NINTH. Exact Date For Crowning King Edward is Officially Announced in London Town, ! A London special says: An official notification was issued Friday morning that by the king's command the coro- ( nation of King Edawrd and Queen Alexandra will take place August 9tli. Rehearsals of the procession from Buckingham palace to Westminster ' Abbey took place during the day, and the officials of the various state departments concerned in the abbey ceremony are again busy with preparations for t'Je ciVDwning. Advices from Cowes, Isle of Wight, state that a bulletin issued Friday ' morning by the king's physician says: ' "The king continues to make satisfactory progress. He is benefitting In ^ every way from the change. His majesty sleeps well and is able to have his couch placed upon the open deck dur- 1 ing the greater part of the day. The | uext bulletin will be issued July 21." Unless Mr. Whitelaw Reid changes his mind, there will be no special rep- 1 resentative of the United States at 1 King Edward's coronation next month. And Mr. Choate will attend In the usual form. Mr. Reid has notified the state department that he intends to sail for the United States on the 26th Inst., and of course the special embassy will be broken up. THREE SHOTS FROM AMBUSH. Two Women and a Man Waylaid While Returning from Church. Near Strongtown, Indian Territory, Friday night, Mrs. Daniel Grant, her daughter, Mrs. Jack Reeves, and a man named Nuckles were waylaid and kill ed while returning from church. Mrs. Reeves had been separated from her husband about eight months and prior to that time the couple had lived with the Grant family. Friday night Nuckles, who has been paying attention to Mrs. Reeves, accompanied her to church. As they were returning to the Grant home they were halted. Nuckles was made to get out of the wagon and was shot. Mrs. Grant was shot while she was sitting in the wagon. Then as the team bolted, Mrs. reeves was shot. Mrs. Grant and Nuckles were killed instantly and Mrs. Reeves lived only a few minutes. The murderer's name is not given. REFUSED TO PAY REWARD. 'Woman Demands $1,500 for Finding Body of Convict Merrill. The remaini of David Merrill, escaped convict, have been delivered at " " 11 ? ??. kain<r tne Oregon pvmi.euwa.ijr cu^i delivered at Salem by Mrs. Mary Waggoner, who found the body near Chehalis. Warden James, of the Oregon penitentiary, and one of the prison guards readily identified the dead convict. The casket was interred in the prison cemetery without ceremony. Mrs. Waggoner made a formal demand upon Sheriff Lee for the reward of $1,500. Mr. Lee declined to pay the same, offering her $500 for her trouble and expense, and explaining that the reward could only be paid for the capture of the convict, and that she had not captured Merrill, but merely found his dead body by accident. Mrs. Waggoner refused the amount offered and made a formal written demand for the full reward to be presented to Governor Geer. DISTRICT ATTORNEY LASHED. Delegate to Convention Stopped Long Lnough to Chastise Old Enemy. There was a sensational horsewhipping at Winston-Salem, N. C., Thursday, in which N. Glenn Williams gave a terrible beating to United States District Attorney A. E. Holton, of the western North Carolina district, Holton last year aroused Williams' wrath by a statement made in the trial of a case. Thursday Williams stopped in Winston-Salem on his way to his home in Yadkin county from the democratic state convention, and finding Holton in a store, procured a whip and administered the thrashing. MITCHELL AGAINST STRIKE. - <-> - I ! _ _ | Leader of Miners Averse \o uanmy Out the Bituminous Men. " If the voice and influence of President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, prevail with the members of his organization there will be no general strike of the organization. In his speech in the convention at Indianapolis Thursday afternoon, Mr. Mitchell advised strongly against a strike, and that the bituminous miners continue at work, and that a system of assessment which he outlined, be carried into effect as the best means of affording aid and support to the striking anthracite men in the east. MAY YOHE'S "SLAVE" MISSING. . Gay Captain Strong and Valuable Jewelry Goes Glimmering. , A New York dispatch says: Captain ' Putnam Bradlee Strong, the erratic young army officer and son of a former mayor of New York, is now missing, , while a dozen of the best men of the Pinkerton detective agency are searching for some trace of him. And with his has disappeared $100,000 worth of jewelry entrusted to him by May Yohe. Additional Warship Needed. Minister Bowen considers the situation in Venezuela such that at the request of the state department the x. *- **? f a" con h navy department umucu ^ oruu an additional ship to LaGuayra, Venezuela. Minister Wu Officially Notified. Minister Wu. at Washington, has re ceived official confirmation of his recall to Pekin to assume a connection with the new Chinese foreign office. \ BALKS AT LKlilUSM , Senator McLaorin Declines Offer of Life Job on Bench. WRITES LETTER TO PRESIDENT Incloses Newspaper Clipping Containing Bitter Denunciation of Senatore's Alleged "Sellout" to > . Secure Federal Office. : ^ A special from Oyster Bay, N. Y., *"^j says: President Roosevelt is in receipt of a letter from Senator John I* McLaurin, of South Carolina, declining the proffered appointment to the vacancy on the bench of the United States court of claims. The president, it can be said, much regrets Senator McLaurin's decision, as he believes that McLaurin's senatorial experience and his career as attorney general of South Carolina would have rendered him a particularly good addition to the court of claims. The president now is uncertain whathe will do about Senator McLaurin. It is understood that he is anxious to appoint him to some position in recognition nf what th* nresident regards as his services to the country and his demonstrated ability in public life. Senator McLaurin's letter is couched in the most positive terms, and evidently was based In particular upon a newspaper article which accompanied . the letter. The article states that the senator had sold himself for the prospect of getting such an office as that offered to him. It can be said, how- '. M ever, that the president regarded such a type of accusation as beneath notice, and sincerely regrets that Senator MoLaurin should have deemed it necessary to pay any attention to it. Senator McLaurin evidently has changed his mind about accepting the -3! proffered appointment since he was \ j in Oyster Bay on July 11th. At that time he indicated his readiness to accept the vacancy of the coi"" of claims; and the only question thei was whea he should resign from **:< senate. ^ OCHS BUY8 PUBLIC LEDGER. J| ??? I - \Af /?I.SI.J. .tul Newspaper OT ucorgc ??. Wimua a... Orexels Changes Owners. The Philadelphia Public Ledger wm purchased Monday by Adolph S. Ochs <jjj from George W. Childs Drexel and the Drexel estate, and possession was at once given Mr. Ochs. The purchase includes all The Public Ledger estate, comprising about half a block of improved property on Chestnut and Sixth street, facing-Independence halL The J price paid is not made public, but it is stated on good authority that over two and one-quarter million dollars are involved in the transaction. Mr. Ochs has no associates in thetransaction except that a substantial Interest has been acquired by James M. Beck, of Philadelphia, who represented the purchaser in the negotiaThe new owners say there will be no radical changes in the appearance er ? policy of The Ledger. Mr. Ochs is the. principal owner of The New York Times, Philadelphia Times and Chatta nooga Times. ' ^ ^ BIGGERS PLEADS JUSTIFICATION. In Atlanta Court Young Man Tells Why He Killed Postman. Willis R. Biggers, the young archi- |j teot on trial for his life before Judge F E. Foster in the criminal division of the Fulton superior court at Atlanta, charged with the murder of William H. Simpson, a mail carrier, went on the stand at 4:20 o'clock Monday afternoon and told the jury how and why he shot the man to death. His whole plea was that of justification. He said that for a long time Simpson had circulated damaging stories concerning the character of Mrs. Biggers, wife of the prisoner, and had time and again insulted her and members of the family. Young Biggers declared he had repeatedly asked the mail carrier to stop spreading rumors relative to the family WELLS GOES TO HI8 DOOM. Pays Penalty on Gallows for Murder of a Blind Man. In the Atlanta Jail Monday morning, W. R. Wells paid the death penalty on the Tower gallows for the murder of Frederick Pearce. Wells made no statement on'tbe gallows. but declared that he had made his peace with his Maker. He appeared perfectly resigned and throughout*the painful ordeal, while the preparation* were being made for his death, he remained perfectly cool. MI83 TAYLOR A STAYER. Discharged Clerk Takes Her Fight on Root Into the Courts. At Washington Monday Justice Hagner issued a rule ordering Secretary of War Root to show cause by July 2S why a peremptory mandamus should not issue requiring him to restore Miss Rebecca J. Taylor to a clerkship in the war department. Miss Taylor was dismissed last June, and she declares the action was unjust treatment. REBELS ARREST AMERICANS. Jack Tar* of Cruiser Cincinnati Have Lively Experience in Venezuela. Lieutenant Commander James C. Gilmore and Ensign Andrew T. Graham. of the United States cruiser Cincinnati, which was at LaGuayra July 8, with three others, were arrested by Venezuelan revolutionists while going from LaGuayra to Caracas. The offi* cers protested against being held as prisoners and, with their companions, ? were released.