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Ks^vv:.'- ST-*' The Bamberg Herald. i J ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 21.1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. :A MOB DREW A VOLLEY k- _______ Deputies Forced to Fire Upon a Gang oi Angry Strikers. FOUR ARE SLIGHTLY WOUNDED Starting of Coal Washery Excites Idle Workers Beyond Bounds, and Mitchell's Advice is Ignored. 1 A special from Wilke: barre. Pa., says: A riot occurred at the Warnke washery at Duryea Thursday afternoon. Trouble had been brewing since * early morning. Befo.e 7 o'clock 500 ( m-en and boys had collected about the Dlacp and threatened to interfere with those who wanted to go to work. Sher , iff Jacobs bad a number of deputies on the ground and they held the crowd back. The works were started up, but remained in operation only a short time. The crowd on the outside threw stones over the stockade at the deputies who were on guard on the inside. Several times the deputies were tempt ed to fire. Rather than have any trouble work was suspended for the time being. The deputy sheriffs returned to Wilkesbarre early in *he afternoon, reporting all quiet at the wasbery when they left Thay had hardly reached Wilkesbarre, however, when the depu ties on guard were attacked. Several men in. the mob also attempted to climb over the barricade. The depu ties warned them to go back, and when they did not do so a volley was fired, but most of the bullets went high into-the air. Harry Collins was shot through the right leg. Andrew Marlack, a Lithuanian, received a flesh wound, and another foreigner had a narrow escape, a bullet passing through his coat Deputy sheriffs from Luzerne and JuacKawanna counxies 10 mc scene of the rioting, but when they ar rived at the colliery the mob had dis- ' persed. An eye-witness says the attack , the shooting and the retreat did t / not last more thnn five minutes. s Warrants were sworn out before the burgess charging the deputies with riot- c ing and felonious wounding. The constable went to the washery and placed c twenty-five men under arrest. They ^ were arraigned before Burgess Burlington at once, and held in $3,000 bail each. They could not furnish bail ^ and were locked in the county jail at " Wilkesbarre. The United Mine Workers say the C shooting was uncalled for and the * deputies aJone are to blame. 11 1 SHIRAS' FRIENDS OVERJOYED. . , . a Denouroerrt to Like Extent Depresses 1 Adherents of Gray. A Washington special says: Friends t of Associate Justice Shiras, of the c \ the United States supreme court, n were overjoyed at the publication t Wednesday by which he was relieved publicly from the stigma cast upon e him by the oft repeated statement ii that ho had rhaneed his votp on the ti incom? tax decision. t On the other hand, adherents of Mr. Justice Gray were as correspond- t ingly depressed when it was openly stated jthat he was the judge who had t reversed himself and thereby upset the decision of the lower court in affinning the constitutionality of the proposed tax. Representative Dalzeli, who is a close personal friend of Judge Shiras, a took occasion to defend the Pennsyl- * vanian when the charge was originally made, but Mr. Dalzeli did not say at ? that time who had changed his mind c at the last moment. It was known to 1 the Pensylvania congressman at the ^ time, but he was not at liberty to reveal secrets of the court. Justice Shiras has remained slent throughout the ti entire period intervening between the p decision of the court and the present, ? his oniy attempt at vindicating himself consisting in the remark that his \ conscience was clear and he did not f] care what th? people might think. a b ONCE AGAIN A SLAVE. n Aged Colored Citizen of Knoxville, y ? Tenn., Sells Himself for $1,000. Jerry-Logan," JO years of age, colored janitor of the state supreme court s] at Knoxville, Tenn., sold himself to o: Gerald Stuart, clerk of the court, for si $1,000. For this sum he agrees in a tl written contract to serve and obey ti Stuart as his legal master from now ti until the time of his death. The origin of the unique deal is that e( Logan has lately found himself in- e] volved n certain debts which have r( worried him a great deal, and to get rid cf them he sought this means n, p; MILLION DOLLAR PLANT. Extnsive Manufacture of Steel to be "w Undertaken in- Tennessee. George W. Nixon, of Chattanooga, a m w leading stockholder in the Valley Iron Company, recently organized, states that the stock has been subscribed ^ and the site for She million-dollar steel w plant pujjphased at Nixon station, on t? the Alabama. Great Southern raUroad. ^ G McMILLIN LAID TO REST. % a, In Compliance with Dead Man's Wishes, Ceremonies Were Simple. ^ Simplicity marked the final ceremo- ^ nies at Detriot, Mich., Friday .over Cl Senator James McMillan, who died suddenly Sunday at his summer home ! c; in Manchester. Mass. The services | n were as the dead man would have ; si wished?without ostentation and dis- j X. play. It had been proposed that there j o should be a military escort and a pub- j lie ceremony commensurate with the i jj senator's- position. * . a \ U * 1-f I 11 1.1 II ill Inliitiilirfi.Tirfirf.rtirlirTi A>f.r?Tlirlir>l |Cream of News.;; * TTTTTTTTTTTTTtTttTTTTTTtTT Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Day. ?Col. W. A. Hemphill, business manager of the Atlanta Constitution, died suddenly at his home in that city Sunday night of heart disease. ?The southern portion of Georgia was visited Sunday by electrical storm md one man was killed at Waynesboro, many houses blown down and j struck by lightning and cotton whipped from bolls and ruined. ?Extensive preparations are under way for big street fair in Macon, Ga., which will be the greatest ever held Ihere. ?Good dividend is declared by the lirectors of the Central of Georgia, | mans- imnrnvPmpnts madp ?Watkin Newman, a young farmer living near Jefferson City, Tenn., is nurdered, robbed and cremated and louse set on fire by burglars. ?Senators Bacon and Clay, of Geor;ia, are having a merry war in Washngton over the removal of the post)ffice in Elbertoj from one building o another, and the matter has assumed such a phase that it has been ield up until the return of the postraster general. , ?Two brothers, one killed and the >ther fatally wounded, are the vic:ims of a wreck near Cincinnati, Sunlay. The tariff treaty between the Unied States and China is successfully aunched. ?Generals DeWet, Botha and Dela ey met King Edward on the royal *acht off Cowes- Sunday. An hour was .pent in pleasant conversation. ?Lessee of Convict Freeman says >ardon papers issued by Governor Dandier were not received. ?Mayor Vardtman's p an to use j axes paid by each race for support of he schools in Mississippi meets with trong opposition. ?North Carolina Marons will erect 125,000 temple at Charlotte. ?Institute of South Carolina being ! ield at Clemson college is really a ' chool for farmers. ?The millions of Charles Fair are laimed by the relatives of his wife. ?Alata, a Mexican town near Culiaan, is destroyed by a tidal wave. Dhirty lives are reported lost. ?Hon. Dudley M. Hughes has again >een elected president of the Georgia State Agricultural Society. ?Congressman Latimer and former Congressman Hemphill, candidates for j Jnited States senate in South Caroll- j ia, engaged in a fight at Gaffney : "hursday, but were quickly separated, j ?Weathy Tampa, Fla., citizen killed : nd his wife probably fatally wounded "hursday by Cuban. ?Mysterious search for buried reasure is being made in Mississippi anebrake, where it is thought old nan secreted $30,000 in gold before j h? war. ?A warrant for the arrest of Gov- J rnor Kimball, of Rhode Island, Is ssued. Governor Kimball is charged rith slander and malicious prcsecu-! ion. ?Offended at rumors to the effect' hat the Aero Club of America had not nade a bona fide offer of $25,000, San- j os Dumont sails for France. ?Deputies fire on strikers at a IT 1 ^ vasnery near wiiKesDarre, ra. ?Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair. ives of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt re killed in France in automo^. . rreck. ?Governor Candler and tlie Georia prison commission call on Early ounty authorities to show cause why heir convict camp should not be bro;en up because of W. B. Freeman's 11- ; ?gal detention. j ?The Georgia prison commission ! urns down petition of glnners, who rotest against competition by gin at tate farm. ?An increase In pension roils in lisslssippi of 25 per cent s expected rom applications for blanks caused by ! ct of legislature appointing county : oards to pass on applications. ?The next Grand Army encamptent may be held in Atlanta, Ga. Ohio eterans favor the Idea. ?Georgia State Agricultural Socie-* meets In Macon, and sensation Is prung by speech of Hon. W. L. Peek, ? Rockdale, in which he said the :ate had no college of agriculture at le university and offered a resoluon that one be established in connecon with the experiment farm. ?General Jake Smith, broken-heartI at treatment received from the govrnment, Is seariously ill and may not ?cover. ?State farm of Mississippi shows et profit of more than $100,000 for ast season. ?With forged orders from wealthy omen of Savannah, smooch female binder secures $1,799 worth of dia^ londs from jewelers and gees away 1th goods. ?Petition Is being circulated in lbb county to the prison commission >r the pardon of young Harry Joiner,>, ho is serving life sentence- in penh ntlary for murder of peddler. ?it is asserted that J .stice Horace ray and not Justice Shiras is response for the supreme court decision gainst the income tax. ?Greene and Gaynor get their fre*om at Quebec under habeas corpus j ecision of judge of the superior j ourt. ?Governor Candler, of Georgia, ! alls a conference of the prison com- i ilsslon and attorney general to con- ! ider action against Sheriff Higgs, of j iontgoinery county, for refusing to J bey an executive order. ?Rarmers' Institute or South Caro- j na opened at Clemson college Tues- | ay and brilliant lectures delivered, FUGITIVES ARE FREED i Gaynor and Greene Given (Liberty by Court in Canada. HABEAS CORPUS IS EFFECTIVE Prisoners Received Bounteous Congratulations?Attorney General Knox Has Nothing to Say of j. the Court's Decision. Judge Caron, of the superior court, in Quebec, Wednesday,' released Capt. B. F. Greene and Col. John F. Gaynor, the American contractors who are wanted in the United States for alleged frauds against the federal government, involving hundreds of thousands of do'lars. Judge Caron based his ruling on the absence of dates in the warrants In which the prisoners were first arrested in Quebec, discrepancies in the charges on which true bills were obtained against the prisoners in the United States and discrepancies between those charges and the charges made in the application for extradition. The prisoners were at once released and received the congratulations of their friends and the court adjourned. Mr. Master, counsel for the United States government, was asked whether the prosecution intended to take any further action looking to the extradition of Gaynor and Greene. McMaster replied that he was unable to speak postively on the subject until after a conference with Messrs. Erwin and Stewart. There was a large attendance of both legal luminaries and spectators. Mrs. Gaynor, accompanied by a number of ladies, was present during the delivery of the judgment. Attorney General Knox Silent. Attorney General Knox was informed by the Associated Press of the release of Greene and Gaynor at Quebec and also was shown Judge Caron's decision. He read the latter carefully and then said: "I have nothing to say In regard to Judge Caron's decision. It would be highly improper and extremely indelicate for me to make any comment on any decision of a foreign court in which the United States government is involved, especially when the case goes against the government." NOW A CLOSED INCIDENT. Trustees of Emory College Meet and Accept Resignation of Professor Siedd. The resignation of Professor Andrew Sledd from the chair of Latin in i Emory college has been accepted by the board of trustees of that college, at their meeting held in Atlanta Tuesday. The resignation of Professor Sledd followed the vigorous outburst which followed an article from his pen on the negro question, printed in the July number of the Atlantic Monthly. He handed in his resignation to Presl- ' dent James E. Dickey some days ago, 1 and it was accepted at the meeting of the board of directors. The members of the committee discussed the resignaton of Professor i at cnm^s Ipnp'th and derided that I : it was best to accept it. which they did. No other business was transacted, and th? committee then adjourned. The meeting was held in secret, and the members- of the committee refused to discuss the matter at all, other than to announce that the resignation of Professor Siedd had been accepted. The action of the executive committee of the board of trustees is abso- 1 lutely final, and their action did not come as a surprise. It is now probable that the unfortunate alfair, which has caused such an outburst in Georgia, will be entirely dropped. Before 1 the publication of the article which caused the commotion, Professor Sledd has always been highly regarded by every one, and .was considered one of the best instructors at Emory. 1 A RESIGNATION QUALIFIES. Governor of Georgia on Mayoralty Muddle in Atlanta. When asked if he had ever formed and expressed any opinion on the question of the eligibility of councilmen and aldermen to the office of mayor of Atlanta. Ga., Governor Candler said: "Yes, I suppose almost ev^ybody in Atlanta has done so withjS the last week or two, but I do not think my opinion has ever been published. "Some days ago a reporter for one of the evening papers. The Journal. I think it was, brought me the code, and turning to section 739. asked me to read it and give him my construe ^ TTrv t V* i r. T korl liUII Ui It. UI? IU IlllO tllllt 1 HCtu If- ? :ead it. But. at his -equest. I read it carefully and gave him substantially this opinion, to which I stil adhere: " 'This law was not intended to disqualify an alderman or councilman to hold the office of mayor or any other municipal office, but to prevent him Crom holding two offices at the same time, "except in towns of less than two thousand inhabitants." By resigning the office of councilman or alderman they can thereby qualify themselves to hold the office of mayor." FOR COWHIDING PREACHER. Virginia State Attorney Will Endeavor to Impeach Judge Campbell. Commonwealth Attorney Evans, of Amherst county, Va.. has petitioned Governor Montague to call a special session of the legislature to review the trial of Judge C. J Campbe'l for the oc-whiding of Rc-v. Mr. Crawford in the ' yard of the court house, and for which offense he was acquitted. PIONEER ATLANTIAN DEAD. Col. W. A. Hemphill, Founder and Business Manager of Atlanta ConBtitution, Dies Suddenly. Colonel William A. Hemphill died suddenly at his residence in Atlanta, Ga., at 11 o'clock Sunday night from, angina pectoris. Death was absolutely unexpected. While Colonel Hemphill had been in declining health for some threo monthr past, his condition had not been s .ich as to cause alarm. He had been uptown every day and had never given any of his friends an intimation that he was other than his usual robust self. On Sunday fee drove to Trinity church, but was not feeling sufficiently m ' i/v Atf r> rtVl /"\ f~\ 1 auuiig iu aui'iiu mt; ouuua) oluuui services and sent word to the children that he would be with them on the following Sabbath. Returning home, he took dinner with his family and was in a cheerful mood. At night he ate a light, repast and sat up for some hours afterwards, reading and talking to his wife and children. At 11 o'clock, while standing in his room, he was seized with the fatal stroke. When assistance came the hand cf death had already touched his brow. Colonel Hemphill's death came as a great shock to his friends in the city, who were quick to learn of it, in spite of the lateness of the hour. Many called at the house to offer their sympathy to the grief-stricken family. Colonel Hemphill was one of the hardest workers in that .band of patriotic citizens who built Atlanta up from a ruined and hopeless village at the close of the war to the splendid city that she is today. For thirty-five years he was one of the central figures in the financial life of the city. He was ppersonally interested in many enterprises that have controbuted greatly to her growth and progress, and his energy and business ability carried all of them to success. Colonel Hemphill was born in Athens May 5, 1S42. He grew up under the shade of the trees on the campus of the state university, from which he graduated in 1861. Leaving college as a boy of 19, he immediately volunteered for service in the confederate army and went to the front with the regiment in which he served with conspicuous gallantry throughout the four years' struggle. At Gettysburg he received a severe wound in the head, but ;n a short time he was completely recovered and again in the ranks. At tae close of the war Colonel Hemphill returned to Athens, but In 1867 he removed to Atlanta. He and J. H. Anderson established The Constitution, Colonel Hemphill being made business manager. From the time of the establishment of the paper its history and that of Colonel Hemphill are linked indissolubly. ' EXPRESS COMPANY ROBBED. Alleged Conspirators Make Way With Package Containing $28,000. A special to The Louisville Times from Owensboro, Ky., says: The agent of the American Express Company at Fordsville was robbed of $28,000 'Friday night under peculiar circumstances. J. W. Boatner, who shipped the money to Fordsville, Is under arrest at Irvington, and J. C. Schlitzbaum, the agent of the company, is being held at Falls of Rough. Saturday morning Schdtzbaum turned up at Falls of Rough, ten miles away. He stated that he was held up robbed and kidnaped during the night. He first decided to sta y at the depot all night, he says, but finally got nervous and started to the hotel, which is only one square away. Between the two places he was set upon and robbed of the money by three men. His story is that they forced him to go with them in order he should not give the alarm and cause them to be followed. There was no train out of town and they forced him to walk with them to Falls of Rough. The express people and the officers believe the whole affair was a conspiracy to defraud the American Express Company out of $28,000. EXHUMED COFFIN WAS EMPTY. Scheme to Rob Insurance Companies Unexpectedly Revealed. A grave near Orlanda. Oklahoma, a town a short distance from Guthrie, in which C. S. Morris, a Madison, Kansas, man. who was reported last week to have been killed, was opened Sunday in the presence of 500 persons and found to be empty. Friends of Morris who believed he had been murdered had requested the authorities to exhume the body. Telegrams of inquiry have been received from Morris' wife and from insurance orders in Madison, of which he was a member. Morris appeared a ween ago in company with a man who gave his name as Cox and who represented himself as a loan agent. On Monday Cox reported that Morris had been killed in a runaway accident. The man purchased a lot in a country cemetery near Orlanda and bought a coffin, which he buried with the assistance o" a colored man. The coffin contained a cake of ice weighing about two pounds. Evidently it had been filled when It was buried. TUG BOILERS EXPLODE. Four of Crew Lose Life and Three Receive Serious Injuries. The boiler of the tug Jacob Kupper blew u;? Wednesday near St. Georges, Staten Island. Four of the crew were killed or drowned. There were eight men on the tugand a!, were blown into the water. Four were rescued. Three are injured badly and one at least is not expected to lfcve. The tug boat sank immediately. . .. _ fsjrJisJcsMsjfsirv?fsj? I SOUTH CAROLINA \ * STATE NEWS ITEMS, j C\JCS3iCMC\ICMCMfMCM i Sunday 'Blue Laws" in Columbia. Sunday "blue laws" are to be enforced in Columbia. The police commission has decreed no cigars, cigarettes, soft drinks, etc., are to be so.d on Sunday. It will be observed that "soft drinks" are under the prohibitory ban of the commission. * * * \ Class Peeling Aroused. The senatorial race has brought on a bitter fight in Charleston, the bittcrerest, perhaps, known- in the city in years-. John P. Grace, one of the candidates, made a speech the other night in which he aroused class feel ing, ana mis- is aammeu u> ue mc mo6t dangerous subject thus far injected into the campaign. * What Is considered to be the most remarkable election bet ever made in Charleston ^vas recoreded last Monday, when a friend of Von Kolnitz put up $125 to $5 that Von Ko'nitz would win out. While the amount is small the odds are remarkably long, and the man taking the Vol Kolnitz end has offered to bet more at the same price. * * * One Against Three. Six miles from Laurens George Anderson (white), ovtrseeing a gang of negroes working the roads, was shot and probably fatally wounded by three negroes-, who used pistols. All of these negroes were in turn wounded by Anderson. Their injuries, however, are not serious. They were arrested. * * Waterworks Material Arrives. J. H. Dawes, general manager of the American Pipe Company, the Philadelphia concern which has- secured the contract for building the new waterworks system for Charleston, has arrived in the city, to take personal supervision of the work. He made a visit to Goose creek and is satisfied that the city has bought property which will provide an ample supply of 5,000,000 gallons of water daily. Material for the new plant is being shipped and it is announced that work will begin on September 1. The contract will be completed within a year. The success or tne navai stauon nas depended in a large measure on the water supply system and the big government plant at that point will go forward now that the water question is satisfactorily settled. * * -j Is a School for Farmers. The state farmers' institute now being held under the auspices of Clemson college is in (.very sense a school for farmers, and the farmers are not only regular in attendance upon its sessions, but utilize every moment of their recreation time. Two sessions are held each day, from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m., and from 8 to 10 o'clock at night. The rest of the day is spent in visting the college farm, the experiment station farm, the horticultural grounds, the cattle barns, the dairy, the poultry yards, and the different college buildings where are exhibited work done by students and scientific apparatus and appliances, and last, but not leant, in discussions among themselves of farming operations. The farmers often reverse school methods by asking the speaker qustions aid propounding problems for his solution, and that lecturer makes most friends who is boldest and most independent in his opinions and most ready with a reason for any assertion he has made. It is predicted on all sides that these ai nual institutes will produce a revolution in farming in South Carolina. * t a Parad se for Thoroughbreds. Millionaire turfmen of the east have announced that they will send their thoroughbieds to South Carolina this winter, and this state will quarter more fine race horses than ever before. Mr. William C. Whitney has given orders for increasing his stables at Aiken, and he wil abandon his old training quarters on Long Island, shipping his entire string to his winter home at Aiken. Mr. August Belmont will winter at Garnett, near Savannah, where he has a magnificient estate and a th:*ee-quarter-mile track for working purposes. Mr. Thomas R. Hitchcock will ship to Aiken, and the young firm cf Whitney and Duryea will probably select the same winter quarters. L. A. Waterbury is a'so expected in South Carolina, and later on other turfmen who do not race at New Orleans arid Oakland will move their horses to this state. The climate in the south is splendidly o/iontPd fnr winter work, and both 1J OUU^/WW . Mr. Belmont and Mr. Whitney are delighted with the results heretofore. They were so well pleased, in fact, that they have advised their friends to do likewise, 50 it may develop that South Carolina will soon take prominence as the leading state for eastern thoroughbreds during the winter. Owners ol property in Summerville are anxious to get owners to locate there, as the climate is very similar to that in Aiken. There are good sites for tracks where much work can be done, and there are other advantages. 1 ? * i * To Investigate Padded Rolls. The Charleston county democratic executive committee went to work last Monday to investigate charges of padded club rolls, which indicate that frauds have been attempted for the j primary election on August 26. A J meeting of the committee-, which is j charged with the duty of purging the rolls, will be held in a few days., when i it is said that hundreds of crooked names will be scratched. The condition* have become so notorious that the better element in Charleston is aroused, and it is freely admitted that unless the evil is checked the next election will be fraudulent. The report that the leading candidate were preparing to have blank warrants- issued created great consternation is political circles. There is a heavy fine and five years' imprisonment for violations- of the election laws, and the law this year will be enforced to the letter. It Is the intention of the committees to arrest the first man who tries to vote illegally, and watchers will be detailed for every ballot box. Already the registration has reached eight thousand. There are not that many voters in Charleston, and there is much convnent on the action of the ward club presidents in certifying to the rolls when the conditions show clearly that they are padded. Strict orders will bt issued at once to the managers of election, and ev*ry legal machinery will be put to work to break up the evil before It goes too far. GOVERNOR AFIER A SHERIFF. Georgia Chief Executive Issued Par* don to Convict Which Wa6 Ignored. Sensational Case Develops. Not only has Governor Candler, of Georgia, sent a state warden to free convict W. B. Freeman, now illegally held in Early county, and also sent word to the county commissioners of that county and to Callahan & Co., to appear before the prison commission on August 27th, but he also denounces the misdemeanor convict camps in emphatic languat?, and declares he will make them the subject of a message to the legislature. "Some of these convict camps," he declared, "are mere evasions of the law; some are organized despite the law." The governor, Attorney General Wright and the prison commission have sent Warden Moore with a certified copy of Freeman's pardon, and also a rule nisi commanding the county commissioners of Efcrly county ?nd also Callahan & Co., proprietors of the convict camp where Freeman has been illegally restrained, to appear and show cause why the camp should not be broken up and its convicts taken. This is the latest step in the diffl11 * A ^ **? on/1 CUliy Dei-weeII UU veinui tauui?i auu Sheriff Higgs and Callahan & Co. in connection with the detention of Freeman, who was pardoned in July, and is still restrained of his liberty. "And," says the governor laconically, "it is the beginning of the end." Freeman was pardoned July lZth, the judge who sentenced him having written the governor and urged his pardon, as the man had been convicted of the Illegal sale of liquor only through a technicality. The governor supposed Freeman had been pardoned until two weeks later he received a letter from the man's lawyer, saying he was still imprisoned. The governor took the matter up, and it has been discovered that the trouble lay in the fact that Freeman had been hired to Callahan & Co., who maintain a convict camp In Early county, and they had paid Sheriff Higgs $90 for him, the money having been divided among the county officers as costs. When the pardon was taken to Callahan & Co. they refused to discharge Freeman unless the $90 had been refunded. So .the matter drifted along for weeks, the governor still making attempts to have Freeman released, until Wednesday morning, after a con ference between the governor, the attorney-general and the prison commission, Warden Moore has been dispatched to the scene of the trouble with peremptory orders. Speaking of the trouble, Governor Candler said: "The attorney-general holds that as the sheriff Is the ministerial officer of the county in which Freeman was convicted, it was my duty to send the padon to him and his duty to deliver it to the county authorities, who under the law have charge of misdemeanor convicts. They should have directed Callahan to discharge Freeman. Neither the governor nor the commission is supposed to know of the disposition made of misdemeanor convicts by the county comissioners." Freeman is worked by the convict camp in Early county because he was turned over to the authorities of that county by the county commissioners of Montgomery county, where he was sentenced. GOVERNOR UNDER ARREST. Chief Executive of California Must Answer to Libel Charge. Governor Henry T. Gage, of California, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging him with criminal uhM tha warranf havine been sworn to by the proprietor of The San Francisco Call. The governor was immediately released on a writ of habeas corpus. The arrest follows charges made by The Call that Governor Gage had shipped to his ranch furniture made by convict labor at one of the state prisons which is in charge of a close personal friend of the governor. CREAMERY COMPANY FAILS. More Than Eight Thousand Farmers Are Creditors of Concern. The Elgin Creamery Company, of Chicago, which operates creameries throughout Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, failed Saturday. The creditors are estimated to number nearly 10,000, more than 8,000 being farmers. The American trust and savings bank was appointed receiver. The assets of the company an- claimed to be $800,000, while the liabilities are estimated at $350,000. BOERS VISIT LONDON DeWet, Botha and Delarey arc flaring a Glorious Time. THEY CALL UPON KING EDWARD Trio of Generals are Shown Greatest Consideration by Erstwhile Foes. Attired in Silk Hats and Frock Coats. The Boer generals, Botha, DeWet and Delarey, who reached London Saturday from South Africa, left at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning for Cowes, Isle of Wight, to see King Edward on -J ?,..1 A 1 uuaiu me iu; ai jatui ? aiv/ua auu n.?bert. The hour of the generals' departure from London was kept secret, consequently the streets were deserted when the three generals, accompanied by their secretaries, but by none of the ladies of their party, started for Cowes.. They were stylishly attired in frock coats and silk hats. Upon arriving at Southampton the Boer generals were welcomed on board the commander in chief's yatch, Wild Fire, by Earl Roberts and General Kitchener. They Immediately visited King Edward on board the Victoria and Albert and were then taken for a trip around the fleet in the Wild Fire. They returned to London Sunday evening, accompanied by Lord Kitchener and Earl Roberts, who took leave of the Boer generals at Waterloo station. In an interview with a representative of the Associated Press, General Botha's secretary described the visit to his majesty. He said that when the Boer generals boarded the royal yacht King Edward came forward, and after they had been introduced shook hands with each of them. The Beers were highly pleased with their reception. After a brief non-political talk with King Edward they were presented to Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria. The reception by his majesty lasted a quarter of an hour. The king spoke of "the gallant and brave manner" in which the generals had fought through the long and arduous campaign, and of "the consideration and kindness' with which the generals had treated British wounded. His majesty expressed his warm wishes for their futures* If was at the king's suggestion that the Boers took the trip around the fleet on board the Wild Fire. During the voyage from South Africa tteneral DeWet did not mix much with his fellow passengers. He was engaged most of the time in writing his book on the South African war. In common with his colleagues, snap shot photographs were constantly being taken of him, and he was worried with requests for his autographs until he had to protest against the nuisance. General Botha, on the contrary, was extremely genial and indulged in all the sports on shipboard. He was constantly in the smoking room, where be played cards. General Delarey, besides playing draughts, took keen pleasure in discussions with British army officers on board the steamer. TENNESSEE HINERS SATISFIED. Wage Scale Committee and Operators Reach Amicable Agreement. After a session which lasted all night, the wage scale committee of the United Mine Workers District No. 19 and the Coal Creek and Jeilico coal operators reached .an agreement at Knoxville, Tenn., at 6 o'clock Saturday morning. The United Mine Workers adopted the agreement and the convention adtn meet in Knoxville one year hence. Both miners and mine operators made concessions on one point after another until settlement had been reached. CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. Brought Against New Orleans Striking Telephone Linemen. In its petition for a b'anket injunction against the striking linemen, which was only made public Monday, the Cumberland Telephone company at New Orleans, charges that a conspiracy has been formed against them to prevent them from operating their service in the city. In addition to alleging that the union men are picketing the railroad depots, persuading new men from taking service with the company and stoning those who are already at work, it charges that the strikers are crossing the telephone wires throughout the city with the high tension wires of other companies and thus burning up the lines of the company and putting them out of business. The company claims that all its x ' - - -M 14_ U Vcm, plans lor exitmsiou ut us llliCO ill Orleans promise to be brought to^a standstill by the action of the strikers. INMANS QUIT COTTON BUSINESS. Sam, Hugh and Walker Withdraw From Firm in Houston, Texas. Sam Inman, of Net' York; Hugh Inman and Walker Inman, of Atlanta, have retired from the cotton firm of Inman & Nelms, of Houston, Texas, with wAich^they have been identified for a long term of years. The retirement of the Messrs. Inman does not change the name of the firm of Inman & Nelms; neither is the firm dissolved. Frank Inman, of Atlanta, son of Sam Inman, becomes identified wth the Texas cotton company, in order that the name of Inman may be retained. A COLLISION OF CANDIDATES. At Carolina Campaign Meeting Latimer Uaea Fiat and Hemphill Wielda an Umbrella. Congressman A. C. Larimer a?id |sj former Congressman John J. Hemphill. candidates for the United States senate from South Carolina, engaged in a personal difficulty at the meeting in Gaffney just before noon Thursday. |j Latimer, who is a powerful man physlcally, landed a stiff blow on Hemphill's face, and the latter, who is no weakling, retaliated by striking his assailant on the head with ^n umbrella. Friends and bystanders interfered at this Juncture and separated the combatants. All the candidates for the United States senate were present, and all - r had spoken except Latimer. It was near the hour for dinner and the crowd was dispersing 10 gainer agam iu u**j . ^ afternoon, when Latimer called to the crowd that he wished them to hear him repel the attacks of the five lawyer? who had been jumping on him, . as the afternoon was to be given to the candidates for congress. Hemphill protested against the as- .'-ffiji sertion and added that Latimer should *. * not infringe on the tim? of congres- p sional cnndldates. At this Latimer de- ;|a clared that Hemphill cared nothing ^ for the congressmen. "You know that is false," cried Hemphill, facing Latimer. Latimer landed a terrible blow on Hemphill's face. Hemphill struck out, but was pulled back from behind. He then swung an umbrella over Latimer's head. The crowd then rushed ' in and Latimer was pinioned from behind and Hemphill was dragged to the TOO MUCH CUBAN. p|l Tampa, Florida, Shocked by Double Tragedy?A Genuine Sensation. A special from Tampa, Fla., sajwr^dg At the home of Charles J. Alien, on Seventh avenue, Tampa Heights, AgSA Thursday morning, the most fashioha- ^ ble residence section of the city, Allen. was shot to death and his wife 'deeper- . ately wounded by Manual Chavez, one, of the wealthiest and most prominent young members of the Cuban colony. in the city. Allen died Thursday eve--' ning and Mrs. Allen's death is only a question of tme. Many conflicting accounts of the tragedy are current, but the one generally believed is that Allen returned home unexpectedly and found Chavez in his house, and that he assaulted : Chavez, striking him a terrific blow in S the mouth. Chavez then drew a pistol -pj4 and began to fire One bullet struck .S Allen in the left side, another in the t H mouth and the third in me aoaomeu,after passing through the body of Mrs. Allen, who had rushed between . the men in an effort to separate them. The shooting of Mrs. Allen Is believed to have been entirely unlit* y&js tentional. / An effort was made to get Chavez released Thursday night His father's firm, one of the largest manufacturers ; Jg| of cigars in the city, offered to put up a $100,000 cash bond, but as the charge;;-^ is murder, Judge Robles refused it Mrs. Allen was an unusually attractive woman, and her alleged relations .;^ with Chavez have been the subject of some gossip. A FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT. j ^ Well Known New Yorker and Wife Killed Near Paris, France. A cable dispatch from Evereus; France, says: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair, Americans, who were related to "f Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., (Miss Vlr- " ^ ginia Fair) were returning to Paris fronTTrouville when their automobile swerved and crashed into a tree. Both were killed. The Chalfeur bocame insane as a consequence of the Mr. and Mrs. C. Fafr had been stay- :J3j Ing at Trouville during racing week. They had a very fast 45-hors^ power auto which attracted considerable attention and with which they were highly pleased. Mr. Fair had been from Trouville to Paris and back In Jsgg one day on the machine. GEN. SMITH HEARTBROKEN. * "Jakie, the Burner," Seriously III from Nervous Collapse. General Jacob H. Smith is seriously ill at the home of his brother In law JS and attorney, Judge James W. Bannon, at Portsmouth, Ohio. The general's illness fas in the form of a nervous collapse, attributed to the strain of his campaign in Samar, the subsequent courtmartial and then the unexpected news of his retireM'MILLAN'S WILL PROBATED. Senator Left Estate of From Six to ^ Ten Millions in Value. The wjjl of the late Senator James McMillan, of Detroit, disposing of an estate, variously estimated at from $0,000,000 to $10,000,000, was filed for % ^ probate Monday. T. ?Q nnmhfr nf nublic and it lUUUUUvu u charitable bequests and his employe* are generously remembered. FROM ATLANTA PRISON. Guy Shelton, a Five-Year Convict ;|w Take* French Leave. At 1 o'clock, Monday afternoon, Guy Shelton, a five-year convict, escaped XI from the federal prison at Atlanta, and made a successful dash for lib* erty. Up to a late hour Monday night he was still at large, with a dozen or more guards and bloodhounds scour- *3: ing the woods and railroad track* - . within a radius of 20 miles of Atlanta. . W* ?ra ready to enter your nama on our eubacrlptlon books. You will not mice the small sum necsssary to bo* coma our customer. ShHK'.