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Th e Bamberg Herald. i ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 7.1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. |jj| SLEDD RAISES ROW Emory College Professor Unwittingly Touches "Live Wire." WROTE ARTICLE ON THE NEGRO People of Covington and Oxford Incensed at Deductions Drawn and Bitterly Criticise and Denounce the Author. Somewhat of a sensation has been raised over an article published by Prof. Andrew Sledd, of Emory college at Oxford, Ga., on the negro in the July Atlantic monthly, in which he is charged with being most unjust to the south. A number of prominent citizens were interviewed on the subject, and without a single exception they are most V severe in their denunciation of Professor Sledd and his article. One gentleman characterizes Mr. Sledd's article as not only false, but malicious. The feeling is doubly strong in that Mr. Sledd holds such a prominent position in Emory college. When Professor Sledd was seen by a reporter, he expressed himself as perfectly willing to be interviewed. "I wrote the article and published it," he said, "after careful cousidera tion. I regard this negro quetion as open for discussion as well as one with two sides. I regard it as a question the support of either side of which need not impugn one's moral integrity or his allegiance to the south. I feel that this queston should be discussed much as the currency question or any other." The reporter asked how lie had arrived at these opinions. He said: "I have lived in six southern states, and here, as elsewhere, I find illustrated the truth of my statements. Understand me, the two main points in the original article are 'The negro belongs to an inferior race. I in no wise desire social equality.' I do believe that I state a general fact when I say that the negro is dehumanized and treated lower than a brute in the v south. I believe that if the white man can go to the negro's church the ' negro should go to the white man's church; if the white man can have one 14 . . xt__ LI! ^ tnmg in any 01 me puonc uunucs, uo negro should have the same. If the negro tips his hat to me or any white man, I or any other person should do the same to him, and I believe that the average white man of the south would sooner kill a negro than a forty-dollar mule." Prof. Sledd Is a Virginian by birth, . the son of the latt Dr. R. N. Sledd, a noted southern divine. He was born in 1S70, was graduated at Randolph Macon, and later studied at Harvard. He has taught for a number of years in several southern states. He came to .Emory college to accept the chair of Latin in 1S98, which position he now occupies. He married Bishop W. A. Candler's daughter and is a licensed preacher in the North Georgia conference. Professor Sledd says: "He is a true southerner, an unreconstructed rebel. I have always preached in the north, he says, the doctrine of consti iutional sovereignty." Dr. James E. Dickey, president of Emory college, was seen by a reporter, and in answer to a request for an interview he said: "I have not read Professor Sledd's article on the negro question, therefore I can say nothing in regard to the matter. Furthermore, Mr. Sledd wrote the article in question purely in his ca pacity as a private citizen ana in no way as being connected with Emory college, hence I am not concerned in the matter officially. It is to be greatly deplored, however, that this criticism of Professor Sledd and hard feeling toward him has come about." Reed at Oyster Bay. Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. Reid were guests Monday of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. SWORD FOR KITCHENER. Handsome Gift From Cape Town Presented by Lord Mayor of London. Thursday night, In London, amid tremendous enthusiasm, Lord Kitchener was presented with a sword of honor, the gift of Cape Town. Sir Josoph C. Dimsdale, lord mayor of London, made the presentation in the course of a South African dinner which was attended by many notable persons. Lord Kitchener merely returned thanks for the gift and expressed the confident hope that in South Africa, at any rate, the sword would not again be drawD from its scabbard. QUIET NEW ORLEANS STRIKE. Linemen Go Out to Enforce Demands For More Pay. The electric linemen in New Orleans struck Saturday for higher wages, affecting street railways, telephone and electric lights, as well as telegraph lines, even the linemen in the country being called in. Only about 200 men are involved, but the Interests affected as very important QUAKE IN MONTANA. Earthquake Shock Felt in Missoula County?Damage Slight. A Helena, Mont., dispatth says: An earthquake visited Missoula county Sunday evening, causing some slight damage. At Bonner one of the large dynamo* at the electrical plant was shaken from its adjustment. At Clinton tht shock was quite severe, the operator; 'ssveral buildings collapsed'. m I Cream of News.f Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Bay. ?Mrs. Sarah P. Shotter, who claims she has been held at private sanitarium of Dr. ^Allen, near Milledgeville, Ga., against her will, was taken to Savannah by Captain Owens, her cous- 1 in. ?Charges have been preferred against Postmaster Walker by the citizens of Toccoa, Ga., and a petition asking for his removal forwarded to the president. ?Two thousand candidates have an- i nounced for office in South Carolina, < and the campaign is nearing its close. ( ?In fire at Lancaster. Ky., Sunday, , nine horses in liverv stable were burned to death. Hotel, opera house and several business houses were destroy- ( ed, causing a loss of $50,000, with ^ $20,000 insurance. I ?The republican text book for this , year's campaign is out. It devotes about twenty pages to the trust question. 1 ?Although the cholera is on the de- ' crease at Manila, reports from other 1 parts of the island show that the scourge is increasing. ?Committee of Georgia State Bar Association prepares amendment to j the constitution designed to relieve the state supreme court of a part of its burden. ?Five murders has been committed 1 in as many months in Simpson county, Mississippi. ?Addressing a great gathering of : miners, President Mitchell urged them ] to fight to the last. , ?General Jacob Smith, who ordered Samar desolated, burst into tears i when informed, on arrival at San 1 Francisco, of his retirement. ?Willard C. Vanderlip, a leading attorney of Boston, has been arrested for squandering large estates which he has been managing. ?Application has been made to the Atlanta council by a company proposing the erection of an electric power plant on the Chattahoochee river, for the right to place poles and string wires in the city of Atlanta. ?Women cheered mob as they lynched negro in Virginia. Many exe^ culions reported. ?Repeated earthquake shocks in the valley of Los Alamos, California, have caused great damage and the people are fleeing in terror. ?The presence of two regiments of j troops at Shenandoah, Pa., has had a nuiAtinnr AfPnnf on/1 fnrfVlftr tpftllhlp UA V tuv-v. w auu iiU iUi fcUVi w wv*m?v is expected. Labor chiefs fear the calling out of troops means failure of strike. ?The democrats of Michigan have nominated Durand for governor. Durand is a gold man and was fought by the silver element. ?May Yohe has arrived in London and is roasting Putnam Bradlee Strong, who, she says, is a great liar. ?Speaking of the liberal league, Lord Rosebery declared that the.recent tory defeat in North Leeds is a fearful blow to the prestige of Premier Balfour. 1 ?The finance committee of the Atlanta city council appropriates $8,000 to public schools. This appropriation ! is intended to provide additional room 1 for the 2,000 new applicants for admission. ?Hon. William A. Broughton, one of the most prominent men in Georgia, is dead at Madison. ?Wife murderer at Norfolk, Va., refuses to ask for new trial and wants ( death sentence of court executed as soon as possible. ?Preferred stock of South Carolina i cotton mills is assessed at 100 by board of equalization and owners protest. ?Twenty persons were shot in a 1 strike riot at Shenandoah, Pa., Wednesday. Governor Stone ordered two regiments to scene of trouble. ?The funeral of Chief Rabbi Joseph, in New York, Wednesday was marked by a riot. The mourners were attacked by outsiders and a pitched battle ensued. ?Senator Thomas C. Piatt has assured President Roosevelt that he will have a solid delegation from New York in 1904. ?The republicans of Iowa in convention Wednesday settled the fight on platform by reaffirming the declaration in regard to trusts. ?Warden Ponder is held for death of convict at a Georgia camp, caused by sweating system of punishment. Dr. Minder, charged as accessory, was dis charged. ?Senator Tillman says he will not take a hand in the gubernatorial campaign in South Carolina and that factional lines have been obliterated. ?Judge Simonton has remanded to state courts the case of South Carolina against the Virginia-Carolina Company in its war against trusts. ?Commander McCrea, of the Machias, has informed the state department that he has forbidden the bombardment of Cape Haitien without due notice. He reports a mob in control of the town. ?Rioting prevails in the anthracite regions. Thousands of men and women are marching and assaulting the non-union workmen. GOTHAM HEBREWS AROUSED. They Form Vigilance Committee as Aftermath of Bad Treatment. Hebrews in New York city met Thursday afternoon and formed what they call the "East Vigilance Committee." the purpose being to prosecute an investigation of the actions of the police during the riot of Wednesday. The Hebrews claim they were nbnsed fo** the effleertv "J KIF/'SNED TEARS Beneral Smith Has Arrived Home From the Philippines. IS APPRISED OF HIS SAD FATE When Shown Order cf President Retlr. Ing Him From the Army, Gristzled Veteran of Many Battles Succumbed to Emotion. A San Francisco special say?: Standing on the bridge of the Thomas, eagerly waiting with the ship's capLain for a glimpse of his native shore, General Jacob H. Smith, tried by courtmartial for having ordered the island )f Samar transferred into a howling wilderness,, was doomed Friday morning to first learn that the president had retired him from the active list. The pilot boat which met the Thomis just outside the heads at 2 o'clock i. m., carried to General Smith the first news of the president's action. In the light of a binnacle lamp, the reteran read the message apprising trim of his fate. An hour later the lawn came and with it thv sight of land, but General Smith had retired to his cabin, where, with his wife and chief aide, J. H. Shields, of the 12th infantry, he discussed the outcome of the long ordeal through which he had passed. Six hours later, when the Thomas reached the quarrantine station in the harbor, Major Duval, of the transport service, boarded the ship with his secretary and met both General Smith and Lieutenant Shields at the door of the general's cabin. A sealed document from the war department was handed General Smith. It contained the official notification of President Roosevelt's action, and upon reading it General Smith retired, overcome with emotion. General Smith was not seen again until the United States custom house tender, the Hartley, was ready to land the party ashore. He denied himself to all interviewers, who were met by Lieutenant Shields. Together with his wife and aide, General Smith proceed ea to tne ucciaeniai notei. reyairms thence to army headquarters in the Philian building, where he remained during the morning. "General Smith has absolutely nothing to say for publication," said Lieutenant Shields to a representative of the Associated Press. "He is not at liberty to talk and furthermore hag nothing to say. He has been hopeful that the president would not take action against him and, of course, feels keenly the force of the blow he received. "The general admitted to the courtmartial trying him that he had issued orders which in effect expressed his desire that the enemy if obdurate and unconquerable, be not spared?in fact that the country be laid waste and no prisoners be taken. The literal construction of these orders and exact interpretation made up the bulwark of evidence aganst the general at the courtmartial. There is no doubt but that General Smith did not mean all he said. He certainly did net expect the action which the president has taken." General Smith, who is wearing civillian attire, appeared exceedingly ner vous and worn. His sixty-two years aTe plainly read in his every action and his intimate friends fear he is breaking down under the severe strain to which.he has been subjected in recent months. General Smith's sealed orders require him to report to the adjutant general at Washington and it is likely he will lose no time in so doing. Repeated efforts made during the day to induce General Smith to discuss his campaign in the Philippines and his courtmartial failed entirely. He even declined to take up the subject with intimate friends. The transport Thomas also brought portions of the Twenty fifth and Twenty-sixth infantry regiments and Tenth cavalry. UNCLE SAY HAS A SAY-SO. Proposed Bond Issue by Cuba May Not Meet Approval. The state department has received the following cablegram from Minister Spuiers, dated Havana, August 4: "The house has passed bill authorizing loan of $35,000,000, premium rate of issue 90 per cent, maximum interest of 5 per cent, redeemable in forty years." Under the Piatt amendment the United States is bound to take cognizance of every action of the Cuban government relating to loans, and may block the issue. FOR ENCOURAGING RIOTS Grand Jury at Chicago Indicts Eleven Union Brass Moulders. Charged with paying rewards for assaults on non-union workmen, the scale varying according to the degree of injury inflicted, eleven union brass moulders were indicted by the grand jury at Chicago Friday. This is said to be the first action of the kind taken against laboring men In the west. ON MISSION OF MERCY. Tho Ranger is Ordered to Go in Search of a Lost Steamship. Captain Potter, of the Ranger, has cabled the navy department from Panama that the governor of Panama requests that the Ranger go to sea and endeavor to locate the steamship Boyaco, whif-h, it is feared, has befcit lost, and aboard which were a large number of people. The department has authorized the lo t>robPPd bh th'i? Rtesien - . ? LAMAR SPARES HIS FOa'S LIrfc. Nominee For Congress In Florida Takes Gun From His Would-Be Murderer, But Shows Mercy. At Tallahassee, Fla., Monday morning a desperate attack was made on Attorney General Lamar, nominee of the recent primary for congress, In his temporary office in the northern part of the city by Walter L. Taylor, who was In the late primary as clerk of precinct 14, of Leon county, where charges of fraud were brought by Lamar's friend's. Taylor was accompanied by his father, who lives near Lloyd, Jefferson county. Taylor demanded of Lamar his signature to a 'paper disclaiming reflections upon him. Lamar stated that he would leave on the noon train (It was then after 10 o'clock) and re .turn Tuesday, and that he would then consider "he matter and give him (Taylor) a written statement of his position 1e. the matter. Taylor demanded his instant signature. This Lamar declined. Taylor assaulted him, striking him several heavy blows with a stick. Lamar was sitting in a chair. He arose and close 1 with Tayiior. After pressing Taylor across the room, Taylor broke loose, drawing a pistol and presenting it quickly at Lamar. Before he could shoot Lamar took the pistol from him. Lamar ca led in his clerk, Walter Tay- j lor's unci 2, the father following. Lamar declined to kill Taylor, stating so to the clerk and handing the pistol to him. The clerk and father were not in the room during the first part of the difficulty. 'FRISO SPREADING OUT. Road Preaaring for Grain Traffic From Southwest to Birmingham. A Chicago dispatch says: Recent railway purchases indicate that a gigantic railway system covering the west, southwest, gulf and southeastern seaboard -w ith Chicago as one of the points is practically assured. The Frisco is cutting down th/, grade on the main line east of Springfield, Mo. This means that it is to be made a lowgrade freight line for through grain traffic from the southwest to Chicago , and from the southwest to Birmingham and the seaboard. The recent purchase of the Birmingham bell; line and the intention declared by President Yoakum of developing fully the resources of the Blr mingham. districi, may De lanea aa significant. It is worth noting also that the 'Frisco has not opposed the entrance of the Seaboard into Birmingi ham, but shows signs of the most j friendly feeling toward that road. i There are signs that a traffic agreement between the Seaboard and'Frisco will later allow the 'Frisco an outlet to the sea. In fact, it is broadly hinted in official circles of both the Seaboard and 'Frisco that such an arrangement is likely to eventuate. There are ru! mors that the Southern, Illinois Central and Rock Island have control of the 'Frisco. It is declared that the control of the road is in the hands of President Youkum, and a rery small number of his immediate associates. Recent developments have shown j very clearly that the owners of St. LouI is and San Francisco have a great deal more ambitious plans for the future of their property than those with which Wall street has credited them. PRISONERS USED DYNAMITE. Seventeen Convicts Mak? Daring E?From Tennessee Pen. "Tw j Armed with dynatime to blow his ! way out of prison, Gus Hyatt, the train robber and desperado, Monday night led a desperate band of sixteen convicts to liberty from the Tennessee penitentiary. Fifteen of the escaping party got entirely clear of the premises and only one, Ed Carney, a safe blowwer.sentup from Nashville, paid the penalty of death in the bold undertaking. Joe Loss and James Work were traced down by bloodhounds and captured, but the rest of the prisoners had gotten so far out of bounds that by midnight no trace of them could be had. The prisoners were furnished dynamite from the outside, which they used in blowing out an opening in the main wing of the prison. Hyatt stood off the inside guard with a brace of revolvers, which had also been furnished him from the outside, while the men preceded him, and Carney, the prisoner who was killed, immediately preceded the train robber. The dynamite was laid by Doe, the Manchester train robber, and he made good his escape with the train of prisoners that left by the opening made by * !?1 tne explosive uia?.ci-j?i. Six of the prisoners that got away were government men and the others were s"ate convicts. Posses with bloodhounds are in pursuit. CUBA'S FININCIAL STATUS. Customs Receipts of Island During the Month of July. At a meeting of the Cuban cabinet Friday Garcia Mintes, secretary of the finance, presented the financial statement for the month of July. It shows the during the month the customs receipts of the isiand amounted to $1.208,64S; postal receipts, $30.31G, and other receipts brings the total to $1,552,535. POLICE RESCUED KITCHENER. Enthusiastic London Mob Made it Warm for Conqueror of Boers. Lore; Kitchener, who has been largely lost to public view since his triumphant re-entry into London July 12, received an unexpected demonstration, of London enthusiasm Friday when a. cab in which he visited the city waractually mobbed by enthusiasts closeto the Bank bf England, and the con-'queror nf Africa had to be ree^ b\ th* Vc&ice, fNJINJCSlltNirslCSKNJfSl* \ SOUTH CAROLINA I i STATE NEWS ITEMS. * rslCMCMtMCNJIMCSJCSIfl New Postmaster In Charge. George Shore, Sumter's new postmaster, took charge of his office the past week and made a clean sweep of the old clerks. * * * College Prospects Good. The traveling agents of the several colleges in the state report that the prospects for the next session are most gratifying. * * Cotton in Fine Condition. Reports from over South Carolina indicate that the cotton crop in this state will show up a better percentage than almost any other state in the cotton section. ?u f-1 i, n^u oumicrt rir&i doic, The first bale cf new cotton was sold at Sumter, August 2d, at 9 cents a pound. It was grown by W. A. Bowman, whose place is near the city. It was the earliest by two weeks ever in the market. * * Sportsmen's League Organized. A local division of the League of American Sportsmen was organized at Greenville the past week, with a membership of over one hundred. C. F. Dill, chief warden of South Carolina, was elected president. * Farmers to Meet at Clemson. On the 11th there will be a great gathering of farmers at Clemson. They will be taught the science of chemistry, etc., as applied to farming. Over 500 farmers attend these summer ini stitutes and are greatly benefited thereby. It is somewhat of an "experience meeting." * * Big Mill for Ware6 Shoals. Wares Shoals Manufacturing Company has been organized at Laurens with a capital of half a million do'lars, j of which $465,000 has been subscribed. The work of laying off the ground for the cotton mill at "V* ares Shoals, on Saluda river, has begun already. N. B. Dial, banker, of Laurens, is president and treasurer. ' * I May Select Judge Bervet. i The persistency with which the name of Jud,?e W. C. Benet has been mentioned in connection with the presidency of Clemson College seems to indicate that this well known jurist may be asked to take charge of that insti- j tution when tie board of trustees , meet next month. President Hartzog. I after an eventful career, has resigned ! to become presidnt of the University j of Arkansas, and it Is necessary to elect his successor. Many prominent j educators have been mentioned, al | though it is not known just what course will be pursued by the trustees. i * * * 1 Bristow Wins Cadetchip. A preliminafy competitive examination for the scholarship to Annapolis at the disposal of Senator Tillman was held in Columbia the past week. The ! conditions of the contest were that one principal and five alternates be elected. A. L. Bristow, of Charleston, was the successful applicant. Mr. Ashe, the first alternate, is also the first alternate in a contest for a cadet's place at West Point. The other four -,A *? - -- T T Horrnn Tr f!ollim aiteruaiea aic o. bia; George C. Logan, Charleston; J. Sims, Spigener, Columbia, and C. G. : Gunter, Columbia. The next examination will be held before the civil service board August 11. If the successful applicant fails, then the alternates come up in the order named. I * i * * Mill Men Protest. The state board of equalization met in Columbia the past week and the ' matter of the assessment of cotton mill property was at once taken up. Nearly all of the cotton mi ls in the state were represented by their presidents or other officers. It was estimated that there were men present during the session representing more than $40,000,000 of corporate capital. At the recent meeting of the board the basis of valuation of cotton mill property was determined upon as follows: j "That preferred stock of cottca mills be valued at $100, and common stock . at rate returned by mills." I Of course, the 75 per cent valuation is a fair and impartial one. I All of the mill men vigorously protested against this basis of valuation, holding that the spindle basis is the only fair and impartial one. An entire day was spent in hearing ?mill officials as to indi 1 JJIUICSI.& J.1V1H imu vidual assessments made for each mill without respect to the basis of valuation. * * Campaign Notes. As the time draws near for the primary on August ?6 the all-absorbing topic in political circles is the triangular race for congress in the second district between Solicitor Thurmond, of Edgefield; Attorney General Bellinger, of Barnwell, and Colonel George W. Croft, of Aiken. It is generally conceded that there will be a second race between Bellinger and Croft. There are just a little less than three more weeks of the sfate campaign. The state has been traversed I in great part by the two parties, one of | the candidates- for United States, the I other of candidates for state offices. | The people have had a surfeit of orai tory already, and now the agony will J be piled on, far there are about fifty candidate* in each of the forty-one cuuntit-s seeking for county offices. They traverse the counties even more thoroughly than the other parties do the state at large. In one county twenty barbecues are advertised in the weekly papers. Of .the 95,000 voters in this state, fully 2,000 are candidates this year. The movement to suppress the work of little tots in cotton mills has furnished a topic for the legislative candidates to discuss, and this is the issue in many counties. Some of the arguments pro and con are rather amusing. The fight against the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company, the so-called fertilizer trust, is also an issue in many counties. There is just one congressional district in the state in which there is no contest. That is the sixth, where Representative Scarborough, who is serving his first term in the house, has no opposition. Commenting on the report that fac tional lines were being drawn by him against Heyward or in favor of his ? ^ t tt miM ? m: 11 mrpnew, j. n. unman, senator numan says: "It is the most absurd thing I ever heard that Heyward should get his sanction to run for governor. I have nothing to do with it. It is the biggest piece of foolishness I ever heard of." Ho went on to say that it was his opinion that the old lines of demarkation of Tillman and anti-Tillman had been obliterated. "I have gained more friends than I have lost, and in this campaign no candidate will be voted for or against by either of the old factions. I am only drawing lines when I see a repub'ican disguised as a democrat who has the impudence to enter the democratic primary." Senator Tillman declared emphatically he had nothing to ray nor do with any of the candidates in their respective races. This was positive and final. George Douglas Rouse, candidate for adjutant general of South Carolina, who used his pistol at a club meeting in Charleston, was bound over to the sessions court in the sum of $500. Four members of the club were also put under bond to appear at court, among them being J. G. Graddick, jai'or of "Charleston county. There was a hearing before Magistrate Levy, when a preliminary examination was waived. Rouse made the statement that the opposition crowded -him as he left the hall and that he drew his pistol in selfdefense. As he attempted to shoot, the weapon was wrenched from his hand and exploded in the scrimmage without harming any one. * * Remanded to the State Court. Judge Simonton, in the United States circuit court, at Charleston, handed down an opinion remanding the suit filed by the state of South Carolina against the Virginia-tjaronna Chemical Company to the state court for trial. A motion to have the case remanded was made by Attorney Genera! Bellinger In behalf of the state. In the suit It is alleged by the plaintiffs that the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company is a trust, and operation as such is a violation of the state law. By having the suit sent back to the state courts. Genera! Bellinger con| aiders it the first victory. [ Judge Simonton reviewed the litigation at length and held that it was not a matter for federal jurisdiction. MERGER FOR YARN MILLS. ! j Outlook for Big Combine Seems More of a Certainty. F. L. Underwood, of New York, at the head of a movement to merge the southern yarn mills into one combination trust, arrived in Wilmington, N. C., Saturday from Charlotte to have a consultation with members of a spe 9^1. _ 1U A clal committee selectea to assist m me formation of the merger. A member of the committee says the success of the merger is practically assured. Nearly 60 per cent of the yarn mills in the south have agreed to combine. JACKIES ARE DESERTING. Trouble Caused on President's Yacht By Overbearing Officer. Serious trouble has developed on the Mayflower, the president's official war yacht, at Oyster Bay. During the past few days nine desertions have occurred among the crew. A member of the* crew said that not less than seventy men are awaiting a favorable opportunity, after pay day, to take "French leave" of the vessel. The trouble eeems to revolve around the executive officer of the ship, Lieutenant W. W. Phelps, who, the men assert, is overbearing and tyrannical. REID AND HIS BREECHES. Ambassador to Coronation Arrives Home On Steamship Philadelphia. Among the passengers on the Philadelphia, which arrived at New York Saturday, were Whitelaw Reid, United States special envoy to the coronation, and his family. Mr. Reid appeared to be in good health and inquired anxiously after the condition of the king. Some one asked Mr. Reid what he expected to do with the knee breeches which he intended to wear at the coronation. Mr. Reid replied: "Oh, I couldn't tell you that, Besides, they were an old pair." QUIET RESTORED IN HAYTI. War In Black Republic Was of Brief Duration. Captain McCrea, of the gun boat Ma chias, cabled the navy department Monday that the outbreak in Hayti is practically over. The cableggram which is dated Cape Hayticn, Augusl 4, is as follows: "After interviewing authorities as pect of affairs appears more satisfac tory. Rebois have been driven from critical positions. Little enthusiasm. No further danger of serious disturbance" _ BULLETS AND BLOOD Mad Rioters and Officers Come Together at Shenandoah. SCORE OF PERSONS ARE SHOT Troops Hasten to th? Scene?Over a Thousand Shots Fired in Riot and the Wonder is More People Were Not Killed. A reign of terror compared with which the scenes enacted during the riots of 1900 seem insignificant to that which held Shenandoah, Pa., In its grasp Wednesday night. From 6 o'clock in the evening Center street, which Is one of the principal streets of the town, was in the hands of an infuriated mob. - Two of the borough policemen were shot, one perhaps fatally. Joseph Beddal, a leading merchant and cousin of Sheriff Beddal. was brutally clubbed to death and upwards of a score of strikers whose names could not be ascertained were shot by^policemen, and it is expected that many deaths will result. Sheriff Beddal arrived from Potts ville at 7:45 o'clock with a posse of deputies. He took up his headquarters at the Ferguson hotel, which was surrounded by several thousand men late in the night. The sheriff after the trouble occurred asked Governor Stone to send militia and the governor wired that if the citizens of the town petition for the troops he would send them. The rouble started about 6 o'clockWednesday evening, when Deputy Sheriff Thomas Beddal attempted to escort two non-union workers through the strikers' pickets. The workmen were dressed in their street clothes, but one of them carried a bundle under his arm and this aroused the suspicion of the strikers. The bundle was torn from him, and when it was found to contain and blouse and overalls the man was taken from the deputy and beaten almost to death. In the meantime Beddal opened fire on the mob, which had gathered by this time, and emptied his revolver. Two of the shots took effect, one man being shot in the leg and the other in the foot. The deputy and the other strike-breaker were now compelled to fly for their lives and took refuge in the Philadelphia and Reading railroad depot The depot was soon surrounded by an angry mob of 5,000, which ? ?? rrtnra thrpntpnlne and was uccuiiiiug rnv/iv vu* demonstrative every moment. Joseph Beddal, a hardware merchant, and brother of the deputy sheriff, was seen making his way through the crowd in an effort to reach hiB brother, and the mob, divining that he was carrying ammunition to those inside the depot, seized him and beat him with clubs and billies into insensibility. He died en route to the Miners' hospital. Shortly after this the entire borough police arrived on the scene and a pitched battle took place. ' It is estimated that upward of one thousand shots were fired, and the wonder is that more fatalities did not result. More than twenty strikers, all of whom were foreigners, were shot and at least two of them will die. Troops Ordered to fcene. A special from Harrisburg, Pa., says: Governor Stone has ordered the Eighth and Twelfth regiments and the Governor's Troop of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, in command of General J. P. S. Gobin, to proceed immediately to Shenandoah, the scene of the rioting. General Gobin left Harrisburg shortly after midnight on a special train. The following message was received from the sheriff and immediately reT-l 1 peated to the governor ai ram OiillkUOf In the Adirondack mountains: "Shtnandoah, Pa., July 30.?William A. Stone, Governor, Harrisburg: Deputy sheriff and two assistants surrounded and one killed, three of mob shot by sheriff, three local police officers shot, one possibly fatal. Town is without police protection and local government terrorized, threatened by mob if they sign petition. Feeling running high. Mine workers admit foreign element beyond their control. Mob is beyond control, situation requires greatest haste. Sheriff powerless for want of sufficient assistance. "S. ROWLAND BEDDAL, "Sheriff." TRAIN STRIKES BASEBALLISTS. Band Wagon Smashed; One Player Killed and Six Badly Hurt. The band wagon which was conveying the Ilion baseball team to Suburban park at Binghampton. N. Y., Wednesday was struck at the Broad street crossing in Lestershire by Erie train No. 2 and the driver instantly killed ard six others injured, one seriously. CHOLERA'S FEARFUL RAVAGES. Olsease Is Spreading With Terrible Rapidity in Manchuria. Official returns received in St. Petersburg show that cholera is spreading with terrible rapidity Throughout Manchuria. The epidemic now claims hundreds of victims daily, mostly Chinese, but Russians and other Europeans are dying of the disease. oil I npr.ORATES AMERICANS. , I ? -?* I The Red Eagle of Third and Fourth Class Promiscuously Conferred. : < A cable dispatch from Berlin says: 1 [ The German emperor has conferred a ' j number of decorations incidental to ' the visit to the United States of Prince Henry of Prussia. The Red Eagle of the third and fourth class is bestowed on a score or more Americans who w**. p"' the prince. MITCHELL ENCOURAGES MEN, ~W In Man Meeting Address Strike Lead* 1 er Assures His Hearers of Cer? 1 tain Victory in Their Struggle. Jjj ] A special from Scran ton, Pa., says:] The first of the strikers' mass meet* ] ings planned to take place at the va* |3j rious strike centers was held Fridajj ' MM in the Round woods. There were 7,000| ^ I strikers present from all parts of tlMT city and the adjoining towns. Nation* ' j al President John Mitchell, District j President T. D. Nicol, District yic# President Adam R. Riscavage, Dietrich - ^ j Secretary John Dempsey, Organize^ ' '] Morteni Memollo and Sub-district Pre**1 % ident T. P. Phillips delivered ad? dresses. The crowd enthusiasticaHjj cheered all the speakers. f . f||i Mr. Mitchell's speech was brief and dealt only with the live Issues of thai fight. He said, In part: 3 "It has been said by some who ardi -M not your friends that the miners of thd | Scranton region are getting tired <A the strike and are going to work. I 'Wsm \ want to Know 11 you are going to won, vaaag i dishonoring your organization and die* -j honoring yourselves." : Cries of "Never! Never!" "Not Not* 1 "Don't you believe it!" and the like. "If the strike is lost, may God 1 J mighty help the men, women and chit' : dren who depend for their subsistence j " on the mining of anthracite coaL It ' the strike is lost, you wiil pay the cost . "I want to say that the anthracite ?1| | miners went on strike themselves. It 43 1 will never end until you vote it ended? -aJ ^ "From the offices of the coal opera* % -Jj tors in New York comes the declaflP ? tion that the strike will be settled only; , in their own way of settling it. I wouldf "M direct your attention to similar declara? \ tions made in the 1900 strike. . That ' &BS& coal trust may be powerful and strong?i^ but the American people whose heart*^ throb in sympathy with the minen* r ; cause are stronger than the coal trust.. ^ Ninety per cent of the people hava^f* agreed that the miners are right and! ' $ the operators wrong. ^ "I understand there is some di*J|fl| j satisfaction and misunderstanding** i about, the distribution of the relef fund. The operators have sent men' ; ? among you to urge you to be dissatls- J fied. Through the newspapers thejr. have sent a circular to all the locate which will explain in detail the plana for distributing relief. We have enougtf to see to it that no miner will starv* during the continuance of the strike. J| "I want to appeal to men with meantf to refrain from applying for relldt^ J Let the fund be used by those who ara in absolute need of help. Do youB share of the work. If we are to win; we must all help. "The one among you who violated ' * the law is the worst enemy you have? No one is more pleased than the opera- . tors in New York to hear of disorder in the coal regions. I want our men? to exercise their rights that inure to them under the laws, but I want not /3 man to transgress the law. M "The strike will be won. (Loud C prolonged cheers.) I have no more doubt about it than I have that I asx j-lj stai.ding here addressing you. "The operators are trying to make it | appear that the strike is beginning to break up. I fail to see any signs off weakening here. (Laughter and -"If you win, which you surely will, 9 there will be no more strikes; there v^?9 will be a basis of adjustment arrived? ^ at which will prevent strikes. "If you lose, the operators will make ^ you pay for their strike losses by reducing your wages. And if you lose the strike you lose your organization." '*| OLD PLATFORM GOOD ENOUGH, North Dakota Democrats Hold ThellT ~ State Convention In Fargo. North Dakota democrats held their convention in Fargo Friday and named a full state ticket. The platform adopted declares alle* giance to the time-honored principle* . ^ of the democratic party as set forth in national platforms adopted' in the past;' ^ pledges itself to a resubmission cr tn? prohibition law and favors initiative . and referendum. ** BAYONETS BROUGHT QUIET, j j Presence of Troops in Shenandoah Hat Salutary Effect on Hoodlums. >. Twelve hundred state troops are encamped on a hill overlooking Shenan-> < doah, Pa. Down in the town where rioters and policemen fought their bloody battle, all is quiet and the Indications are that so long as the milV? - & tia remains the peace of the community will not again be broken. The riot, which caused tbe soldiers S|| to b? sent there, came like a flash and was over almost as quickly as it had started. employes cane hanna. i :Jg8 Senator is Presented With Token of ' $ Esteem by Street Railway Workers. The seven or eignt hundred em- , ployes of the Cleveland, 0., City Railway Company, of which Mark Hanna is president, met in a down-town hall Monday night and presented Senator Hanna with a valuable cane. In ao- ^ knowledging the gift Senator Hanna ^ spoke on the relations that he hopes to see exist soon between capital and J IGNORANT INDIAN RESPITEDi ' ^ President Commut s Death Penalty of Hotema to Life Imprisonment. A special from Paris, Texas, says: The United States district attorney ' has been notified that the president ^3^ has commuted to life imprisonment tha death penalty of Solomon Hotema, the aged Indian, who some years ago mur? dered several men. women and chtt* dreu in the Indian Territory because ' ; he believed them witches and responr '* sible for deaths from spinal msni* \