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|p|;; ' The Bamberg Herald. _| ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 23.1902. ONE DOLLAR PEIt YEAR. ' ~|j ~~ ?? i K-at-Maj-tki ww ^iMB???????m??,iwmnwow???^????? ?????i?M???< ' " * ' -? ? ? ? - ? ?. ?mT\ a irn/* MERGER IS PROBED Uncle San Begins a Most Important Investigation. KENTUCKY IS COMPLAINANT Interstate Commission Looks Into Consolidation of Big Railway Systems in the South?Morgan is Blamed. Monday the interstate commerce commissicn at Washington made public the complaint of the railroad commission of Kentucky against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, the Louisville and Nashville railroad, the Southern railway, the Southern railway in Indiana, the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Rail- | way Company and the Chicago. Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad Com- I pany, involving allegations of unlaw- ; ful combination. The complaint asks for an investigation of these roads by the commission, an examination of the contracts, agree" J T i meats, etc., tne production ui uuuns, j papers, tariffs, contract, etc., the is- i suance cf suopoenaes for witnesses, j an inquiry into the management of the ; business cf these roads, an inquiry as to whether their contracts, etc., constitute an unlawful combination and a conspiracy to pool the freights of the different and competing roads, and a device to enable the roads to divide the net proceeds of the earnings so as to equalize the earnings of each of them and the general results of the arrangements made on th* commerce of the section involved. v Morgan in Control. The complaint says these roads cover all important railroad points and all railroad lines in their territory, aggregating 25.000 miles of railway, with an operating income of over $30,000,000 annually, and charges that J. P. Morgan & Co. have secured practical control and management of the affairs of all these lines. The transportation facilities of this territory, the complaint charges, practically will become . one system operated by a few individuals, and will control the commerce o* Kentucky, Tennessee. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. North Carolina, South Carolina. Virginia and Maryland. The capitalization of the defendant roads is stated to amount to at least a billion dollars. "One man or firm, with a few associates, controlling the Southern railway," the complaint alleges, "has now ? - -3 r\P fVi/v nf ttt'Ui *TU VUilllUl \JL luc o tvv. U VI tuv y Louisville and Nashville railroad, and later of the stock of the Atlantic Coast Line company and the Atlantic Coast / Line Railway company, and has secured an entrance into St. Louis and Chicago through fines by which it would be able to force and compel other lines out of St. Louis and Chicago into that territory to make rates such as it should dictate and to dictate schedules, terms and rates of every kind to all smaller roads. The com plaint alleges that this purchase, consolidation and ownership means the placing of the commerce of that entire section under the control and operation of a very few men, dominated by the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co." ? GEORGIA SOLONS CAUCUS. Democratic Members of Legislature Called Together by Brown. Hon. E. T. Brown, chairman of the Georgia state democratic executive committee, issued the following call to the democratic members-elect of the general assembly Monday afternoon: Headquarters State Democratic Executive Committee, Atlanta, Ga. October 20, 1902.?In accordance with democratic precedent I hereby call a caucus of the democrat! members of the general assembly to meet in their respective halls at 9 o'clock a. m. Wednesday, October 22, 1902, for the purpose of considering the question of nominating candidates for the various offices in the organization of the senate and the house. E. T. BROWN, Chairman State Democratic Executive Committee. ' MOB BROKE PROMiSE. Took Prisoner From Jail and Burned Him at the Stake. At Forest City, Ark., Monday night, Charles Young, the negro charged wih assaulting and afterwards murdering Mrs. Ed Lewis, white, was burned by a mob of infuriated citizens. Sheriff W. E. Williams used every effort against this measure, and had telephoned Judge Hutton, of that district, who promised to give immediate trial for the negro, and the leaders of the mob had given the sheriff positive pledges that they would await trial and take no violent measures. REPORTED RAILROAD DEAL. Rumor Has It That the L. and N. Takes Over West Point Road. According to a St. Louis dispatch, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company has acquirev*. or will soon acquire control of the Atlanta and West Point railroad, from Atlanta to West Foint and the Western Railway cf Alabama from West Point to Montgomery. and will merge the new acquisi tion with the Georgia railroad. COST OF GREAT STRIKE. Loss to Miners and Other Interests . Estimated at $193,000,000. The anthracite coal miners' strike was declared May 12, 1902: Duration cf strike, 153 days up to Wednesday night. Men thrown out of work. 192.000; Loss in miners' wages. $31,350,000; Loss of operators, $65,750,000; ixjss tc railways. $35,000,000; less to mer chants. $36,001,000; other public loss es $24,900,000. Total financial loss, $193,000,000. ! MINERS IN CONVENTION, j i Delegates Assemble In Wilkesbarre to ' Number of 662?Chief Mitchell Explains Object of Gathering. | The anxiously awaited convention j j of the 145,000 striking miners met at I ! Wilkesbarre, Pa., Monday, but did not j j reach a vote on the proposed plan of ! j settlement. There were 662 delegates present ' in the Nesbitt theatre, where the convtntion was held, and they were empowered by their local unions to cast 867 votes for or against President Roosevelt's proposed plan of arbitration. The great majority of the delegates were uninstructed, the few who : were being engineers, firemen and J | pumpmen, who fear that the 5,000 I strikers of those classes may not get j back their places now held by nonj union men. This question of tfce enj gineers, firemen and pumpmen proved the only stumbling block in the way ! of almost immediate adoption of the president's plan, which carries with it declaring the strike off and a gen- [ eral resumption of work through the 173-mile strip of the hard coal mining region. Big Majority for Arbitration. At one time during the day it seemed certain that the convention was about to adopt the recommendation of President Mitchell to end the strike, but the steam men's plea was too carnest and the final vote went over until Tuesday. President Mitchell addressed the convention Monday afternoon, stating the purpose of the convention and urging the delegates to accept the arbitration proposition. In part be said: "Gentlemen: In opening this convention for the transaction of business, I take pleasure in extending warm greeting and welcome to the accredited representatives of 150.000 men and boys whose heroic struggle for living wages and American conditions of employment has won the admiration of the whole civilized world. For five long months the eyes of the nation have been centered upon your actions, and it is a pleasure to say that the | great heart of the American people throbbed in sympathy with it. It is. of course, a source of deep regret that the millions of underpaid workmen of our great cities snouia De me must, acute sufferers by reason of this content between ourselves and our employers. But hundreds cn hundreds of those who suffered most from lack of fuel, sent words of commendation and encouragement to us and in*many Instances declared that they would endure many privations in order that the miners and their families might secure a sufficient wage to enable them to enjoy a little happiness and sunshine instead of the gloom and sadness which has been their lot for many years. "The debt of gratitude we owe our fellow workers in this and other lands, the debt of gratitude we owe a generous public and a friendly press, who have supported and sustained us during this memorable strike, can never be adequately repaid "Between the combination of capital on the one hand and the organization of labor on the other, there should be and need be no irreconcilable conflict; each is a factor in the economic development of our civilization and the application of business judgment and plain common sense by each would en able them to work in harmony. While the Interests of labor and capital are not by any means identical, they are nevertheless reciprocal. Each is more or less dependent on the other and under our form of government one can not prosper without the other. That this fundamental principle will be recognized by the tribunal selected by the president of the United States, I have no reason to doubt. "The grave question which you have been called upon to consider today demands and must receive your most careful thought. Personally, I should have preferred an adjustment of the difficulties existing in the anthracite coal fields by conference with the anthracite coal mine owners and without the intervention of agencies not directly involved, but I recognize the fact that relations between ourselves and the operators have become so strained as to render direct negotiations at this time impossible." MIRACULOUS ESCAPE IN WRECK. Fifteen People Hurt in Smash-Up on Southern and no Fatalities. The Louisville express, which left Knoxville, Tenn., at seven o'clock Monday night over the Southern railway. collided with a freight train near Coal Creek, Tenn., injuring fifteen peo jle, three trainmen and twelve passengers. The wreck was caused by the crew of the freight overlooking orders. Both engines and express car and the baggage car were more or less demolished. The passengers were badly shaken up, but none were fatally hurt. SPOKE IN NIGHT SHIRT. CeWet Addresses Big Crowd from Window of Sleeping Car. A dispatch from Berlin says: General DeWet spoke in his nightshirt at 2 o'clock Sunday morning at the Han over station to a thousand persons, who almost stormed the train. The general leaned out of a window as he addressed the assemblange, recounting the warmth cf the Boers' reception LIQUOR MEN IN NEW ROLE. Resolutions Adopted by the Convention of Retailers in Washington. The National Association of Retail Liquor Dealers in session at Washingtog Thursday, adopted resolutions ex pressin^^JWV^Rion to the prohibition of the use of beeT?. li.sht wine s and liquors aboard government ships a m arine stations. Tiu'J are not o; pc.v-." to temperance or to^0PGr imeans t. prevent the immoderate use of intox icating liquors. BIO FOOD MONOPOLY Is Finally Incorporated Under Laws of New Jersey. HALF BILLION CAPITAL STOCK } Company is Authorized to Carry on Business of Butchers, Packers, Storekeepers and to Own and Operate Steamer Lines. The United Slates Packing Company, which Is understood to be the beef combine, was incorporated at Trenton, X. J., Friday with an authorized capital cf $1,000,000. It is understood that this amount will be subsequently increased to probably $500,000.000. The company is authorized to purchase and deal in cattle and other live stock and to carry on the business of butchers, packers, storekeepers, construct and operate steamship lines, etc The capital stock is divided into one-half preferred and one-half common. The dividends are to be paid upon the preferred stock semi-annually, but are not to be cumulative. The dividends, however, are to be at :io time less than one per cc-nt or more than 6 per cent per annum. The ineorpora- j tors of the company are Horace S. Gould, Frederick K. Seward and Kenneth X. McLaren, all of whom are clerks in a New Jersey corporation agency. It is said that this trust plans a monopoly of every article cf food- It is the first big trust organized without the aid of Morgan. It is said that John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate, is sponsor fcr the combine. Paper on Beef Trust. The fifteenth annual convention of the National Live Sto^k Association began in Pittsburg, Pa., Friday 'with three hundred delegates in attendance. J. B. Blanchard, of Omaha, read a paper on the beef trust. The combination just formed, ho said, requires a capital of $SS,000,C0C to absorb the properties of the various packing companies. It will require a clear profit of $100,000 a day to pay 3 per cent interest on this capital. When they add $100,000^000 more of watered stock it will take a daily piofit of a quarter million dollars to pay four per cent interest. When this combination sees fit to begin operations it will practically place a mortgage on every head of live stock in the United states. This mortgage will have to be paid by the producer. DEFAULTER SLAYS TWO. Pushed to Desperation Turner Shoots Mallard, Hamilton and Self. At New York Friday William C. Turner, former president and treasurer of the Climax Bottling Co., shot and killed W. J. Mallard, secretary and treasurer of the company, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., and Robert Hamilton, of Pittsburg. Pa., its president, and then committed suicide with the same weapon. The tragedy occurred in the Broad street offices of the law firm of Canton, Adams & Mclntyrc, in the heart of the financial district, which was the result of a business quarrel over the affairs of the bottling company, a Pittsburg concern. Turner fired but three shots, all of which were deadly. Mallard was the first victim. The was cn sudden that he had no - w time to defend himself, and Hamilton met death as he grappied with the murderer. The murders and suicide resulted from a heated dispute during a conference held by the three men for the purpose of effecting a settlement of an alleged defalcation of ?5,000 on the part of Turner during his connection with the bottling company. Surgeon Lorenz Working Gratis. Dr. Adolph Lorenz. of Vienna, performed twenty operations in Chicago Friday, all of them being pronounced successful. All were performed free of charge. SAWMILL MSN TO ORGANIZE. New Association Proposed as Offset to Lumber Men's Combine. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal says a strong effort is being effort is being made in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas to organize every saw mill firm of any importance into the Hardwocd Manufacturers' Association of the United States. The indications are that this new association wili organibe so thoroughly oo tn ho ahlr. tr? nvprr-omp thp whole- I sale dealers and the adoption of the uniform inspection. SOUFRIERE AGAIN ACTIVE. Volcano on St. Vincent Island Gets Busy and Causes Terror. Advices from Kingstown, St. Vincent. state that a terrific eruption o'. the Soufriorc volcano commenced Wednesday night. During the preceding day (Tuesday) earth tremor.-; anparcnl'iy too j slight to be ron-mbaed important vc re j Experienced in tin- c tural and northern parts of tile island. | CUBAN SOLON3 BICKERING. Senators Representing Nationalist , Party Leave Chamber in a Pom. A dispatch from Havana sa; s: The ' Cuban cabinet held a special session Friday night to consider the commercial treaty with the United States. Those members of the senate who ! belong to the national par-" ioft the ! senate in a body at the sttsion. ovr | ing to a difference bf iwofn them a ad the republican members over the appointment of committees. CALL issiti) io MiiitKS. i i Convention to be Held In Wilkesbarre, Mitchell Makes Statement and Clears Up the Situation. A special from Wilkesbarre, Pa., says: Information from Washington early Thursday morning that both parties to the controversy in the anthracite coal strike had reached an agreement to arbitrate and that the great conflict is about to close was received throughout the entire hard coal region with the greatest satisfaction. The news did not become generally known until well into the day, and it created considerable excitement in the mining towns. The strikers, as a rule, however, following the example of their leader, are not disposed to prematurely celebrate the outcome of the long struggle. rr< ^ ^ a Ik/% A rvikO O 1 UCU 1 CW 0,1 U IUI LUC ilgliu muu v I is yet to come in the finding of the arbitration commission, assuming that the miners officially endorse the agreement of Mr.Mitchell made Wednesday. Mitchell's Statement. At 9:55 a. m., President Mitchell issued the following statement regarding the plan for the settlement of the strike: "Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 18, 1902. "Appreciating the anxiety and impatience of the public and the mineworkers for some authoritative statement from this office, i issue this bulletin to say that I was unalterably opposed to the approval or of acquiescence in the form of settlement proposed by the coal operators because it restricted the president of the United States in making selection of the men who were to determine the questions involved in the coal strike. These restrictions having been removed and representation given to organized labor as well as to organized capital, I am now prepared to give my personal approval to a settlement of the issues involved in this strike by the commission selected by the president and shall recommend to the executive officers of Districts No. 1, 7 and 9 in their meeting today that an immediate call be issued for a convention whose authorization is necessary to declare the I strike at an end. "In the meantime, I trust that the j people of our country will be as patient I as possible, as we are moving as rapidly as the Interests of our people will permit. JOHN MITCHELL, "President U. M. W. of A. Situation is Cleared, j Mr. Mtchell's public statement cleared the situation considerably. It is now for the miners to act and there is not one person can be found around headquarters who Is not of the opinion that the district boards will call the convention and the the convention will ! decide to send the men back to work I immediately. j Call Issued to Strikers. The executive boards of the three anthracite districts of the United Mine Workers of America, in joint sosI sion at Wilkesbarre Thursday, unanimously decided to recommend to a delegate convention of striking miners the acceptance of the arbitration propositions submitted by the president of the United States, aftd it is reasonably certain that the advice will be followed and the great struggle brought to a close. The convention was called to be convened in Wilkesbarre Monday morning, and it is the hope and the belief of the officers of the union that the mining of coal will be resumed before the close of the week, after a suspension of more than | five months. The citizens of the entire region are much elated that the strike is almost over, because business in the coal fields has been practically paralyzed since the strike began. FOUR BLOWN TO ATOMS. Premature Explosion cf Dynamite whMme Bridne Builders. As the result of a premature explosion of a charge of dynamite Thursday four men were killed, fragments of their bodies being scattered a distance of several hundred feet. The scene of the accident was 12 miles southeast of Talladega. Ala., on the Eastern Railroad of Alabama. The explosion occurred as an attempt was being made by a gang of bridge builders at blasting. SEWELL OFF TO GUAM. Governor of Little Island Begins Long Journey for His Post. Accompanied by his family, Captain William E. Sewell, U. S. N., sailed from New York Saturday on the station ship Supply for Guam, to assume the governorship of the station. The Supply, which was Commander Pilsbury's flagship during the recent naval maneuvers, has handsome quarters for the officers. Probably it will take three months to complete the voyage to Guam. MINERS SELECT DELEGATES. a A Day Occupied by Unions in Voting in Anthracite Region. All the locals throughout the an thracite coal fields were engaged tn day in electing delegates to the mine workers' convention to be held for the purpose of considering the acceptance of the plan of arbitration submitted by President Roosevelt. These meetings were held in accordance with the call sent out "BOBS" TO VISIT US. Lord Roberts Accepts Invitation Tendered by American Generals. A London special says: The Associated Press learns that General Corbin, General Young and General Wood have tendered Earl Roberts a cordial invitation to visit the United States, and that the British commander in chief has practically decided to accept the invitation in December. 1903. and that there was a possibility of his crossing over in time to witness tht lnternatonal yacht races in that year IRISH DEFY BRITONS j Exciting Scenes Enacted at 6pen= isg of English Parliament. ERIN'S DELEGATES AROUSED O'Donneli, White With Rage, Shakes His Fist in Premier Balfour's Face and is Suspended by Commons, A London special says: During an Exciting scene in the house of commons Thursday Premier Balfour moved the suspension of John O'Donnell and the latter crossed the floor, stood in rrcnt or Air. nairour, snouteu defiance and shock his fist in the premier's face. Mr. O'Donncll was suspended by a vote of 341 to 31. Parliament was re-opened without any formalities, the house proceeding immediately to the duties of the day. Owing to the controversial character of the educational bill, and the unbending determination of both sides, the session promises to be the occasion of the most serious party struggle witnessed in the house of commons since the last liberal government retired from office. The sitting opened with a turbulent debate. Premier Balfour moved that the remainder of the session be entirely devoted to government business which, he explained, would consist mainly of the discussion of the education bill and London water bill, while the Indian budget, the Uganda railroad sugar bounties and the supply vote would take up the proceedings later. The Transvaal, he added, also would require attention. Sir Edward Erice, leading the Liberals, in the absence of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, made a mild protest and then came a storm. Patrick O'Brien, sitting in the place usually occupied by John Redmond, the Irish leader in the house, asked that at least a day between now and Christmas holidays, be devoted to the discussion of the serious state of affairs in Ireland. Mr.\Bal!our replied that if the request for such an opportunity came from the Liberal leaders, the government. would grant It, but they could not notice it from the Irish party. William 'O'Brien thereupon made an impassioned speech, warning the house that Ireland was on the verge of revolt. The constitution, he said, was practically suspended and now the members were gagged In the only parliament they had. Throughout Mr. O'Brien's remarks the Irish members kept up a perfect storm of applause. When Mr. Wundham, the chief secretary for Ireland, entered the house, the Irish members hissed him loudly and the speaker, who was frequently on his feet, asking for order, sternly repressed the demonstration. Mr. Lloyd Gerard, backed dp by Irish members and T. P. O'Connor, wrought the excitement to fever heat, bitterly upbraiding Mr. Balfour for declaring that Irish matters must only be discussed by favor of the English liberals. Members of the house of lords, as spectators, crowded in to the house of commons in expectation of a scene, as the Irish members became more and more excited. The climax came unexpectedly. Mr. Healy, amid intense excitement, said: Healy Sizzlrng Mad. ??t T..iev> to cnPflif as a native of I TV iOU WV/ ?? ? _ Uganda," and then In a speech which on all sides was characterized as one of the finest satires ever heard in the house of commons, Mr. Healy. always as a Ugandan', thanked the premier for his consideration, which enabled the imperial parliament to devote time to the discussion of native affairs. He complimented Mr. Balfour on- being able to sufficiently detach himself so as to be oblivious of the vital disturbances prevailing in "that distant and distressful country. Ireland." GENERALS LEAVE LONDON. Crowd of Friends Bid Them Farewell at Southampton. A London special says: The visit of Generals Gorbin and Young to England was concluded Saturday morning when they left Waterloo railrcad stg tion to embark on the American line steamer Philadelphia at Southampton A crowd of friends was present, in eluding Sir Thomas Lipton, Secretary Carter, representing Ambassador Choate, Naval Attache Clover and .unitary Attache Cassatt. TWO SUNDAY WRECKS. Passenger and Freight Trains Are Smashed Up in North Carolina. A passenger and freight train on t he Seaboard .Air Line collided near Rock- i ingham, N. C., Sunday morning. Her- j bert Holland, a flagman, whose home j was at Sanford. N. C.. was killed. A freight train on the Southern rail j way was also wrecked near Wilson i Mills, N. C. j GERMANS HELP BOERS. : Generals Collected Munificent Sum of | $37,500 in Berlin. The Boer generals collected a total j of $87.;>GU on their visit to Berlin. They \ undertook to give autographic receipts j to every contributor of *! 25. and had j to sperm several hours daily signing I receipts. DeWet said thai if the thing ; kept vp his righ arm would be in a J sling as the remit of writer's paraly- j sis. Envelopes containing money j were thrown into the Boer's carriages wljen tfeey were oht driving. i \ soma CAROLINA ! jj STATE NEWS ITEMS.i One Contract Awarded. The navy department has awarded i contract for building the first granit< and concrete dock at the Charlestoi navy yard to the New York Continent j al Jewell Filtration Company at abou $?1G,000. * * Not Guilty of Arson. Smith and Dennis, two white mer charged with burning their store ii Timmonsville last winter, were on tria for three days in Florence for arson At their first trial the jury failed tc agree. On this second arraigiynent a verdict of not guilty was reached. There was great interest in the trial. * * i An Error Corrected. In the opinion of the assistant attor m.*y general wnertin reiereuee wus made to those liable to poll tax, It was made to appeal* that those between the ages cf 1G and 60 were liable. The first figure, of course, should have read 21 years. * ii A Victim of Booze. The dead body of Lewis Alexander, a well-known negro barber and violinif?". of Beaufort, was found a day or two ago in a vacant house at Sam's Point. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that Alexander's death was caused by excessive alcoholic Indulgence. He had apparently been dead several days. ? * Beaufort's Sheriff No More. Beaufort was painfully shocked last Sunday at the announcement of the death of Sheriff Robert E. Jenkins, in the prime of his manhood, at the age of 48 years. The deceased had not been in perfect health for some months, but no one anticipated his comparatively sudden death ,and the hope was father to the thought, that he would be spared for many years to come. * * * Had Whiskey in Buggy. Recently near Holly Springs, Spartanburg county, two state constables held up a buggy in which Stewart Miller and his wife were driving, and on making a search found about seven gallons of whiskey in the vehicle. The turnout was confiscated and the couple taken before a 'magistrate on fthe charge of transporting liquor ia violation of the dispensary law. They were fined $100 each, the alternative being thirty days on the chaingang. m v Colonel Jones a Brigadier. The militia force of South Carolina has been without a brigade for some years. It was announced from the of fice of the adjutant general a few days ago that the state has three full regiments of infantry, enough for a regular brigade, and it was understood the governor would In a few days Issue an order establishing the brigade and appointing a brigadier general to command it. The announcement was confirmed last Friday when by order of the governor the First, Second and Third regiments were formed into the first brigade of infantry South Carolina volunteer troops, and Colonel Willie Jones, of the Second regiment, was appointed a brigadier. * a m Pee Dee Baptist Association. The twenty-sixth annual convention of the Pee Dee Baptist Association met in the Thomas Memorial Baptist church at Bennettsville the past week. Rev. R. Ford, of Bennettsville, was elected moderator. The moderator, in behalf of the clinich, welcomed the delegates and visitors and invited the following representatives to participate in the deliberations: J. B. Covington, Robeson, N. C.; Rev. O. B. Weeks, Rowland, N. C ; Rev. A. McA. Pittman, editor of The South Carolina Baptist, Greenwood; W. W. Keys, editor of The Baptist Courier, Greenville; Rev. W. B. Oliver, pastor of the Florence chtfrch, and Dr. T. M. Bailey, corresponding secretary cf the state mission board. * * * Girl Jumped from Train* A peculiar accident happened on the C" )- V. .nilnrm- tr-oin oc it B'SC nPJH*. j kM>uiiirt ii lauwajr uuiu a,o ? | ing Pcdzcr. Anderson county, one night j recently. When the train was about a j mile from the station the porter, as is j usual, called the name of the station they were approaching. As he did so. Miss Nellie Hollingsworth got up moved quickly to the door with a small satchel in her hand, stepped on the platform and then off into the darkness, while the train was rushing along at about thirty miles an hour. It was all done so quickly that neither the passengers nor the porter realized the situation until too late to make an attempt to interfere. The train was brought to a standstill as soon as possible and backed to the spot where j the conductor expected to find the* j young woman's mangled body. In this i he was agreeably disappointed. Miss | Hollingsworth was on her feet and i walking away. She still held on to ' her handbag and decided that as her home was only a short distance off she would continue her journey on foot. The. conductor was able to give no explanation of the young woraanjs conduct, except that she must have been asleep when the name of the station was called. * * * Republicans of Seventh Meet. The republican concenvion of the Seventh congressional district was held at Orangeburg last Saturday, and there was quite a gathering of republican politicians from various parts of the state in attendance. Several out side of the district were on nana, .lus- j i trlct Attorney John G. Capers was present, as was Postmaster J. F. En- j sor, of Columbia; Col. E. M. Brayton, j State Chairman E. H. Deas and others.' ( J. H. Fordham, of Orangeburg, was elected chairman of the convention, as j well as re-elected district chairman, i Jacob Moorer was elected secretary. There were seevral aspirants for the congressional nomination, and the I names of Dr . J. F. Elisor, E. B Thompson and others were mentioned in addition to that of Alex D. Dantz ler. The friends of Dantzler, however, succeeded in carrying the day, and he was nominated. Speeches were made by Captain Ca . pers, E. H. Deas, H. B. Thomas, Jacot Moorer, E. B. Thompson and others. It is understood that an active campaign will be waged, and the first rally among the colored population will be held in Orangeburg on next Saturday and similar rallies will be held in each county in the district. Mr. A. D. Webster was endorsed by the district convention, as was done by the county convention, for reap pointment as postmaster in Orange Durg. Resolutions were passed as a tribute cf respect to the late E. A. Webster. The convention endorsed the nation ai administration, and pledged the sup port of the delegates from the district to the national republican conventior ir 1904. It also endorsed Captair John G. Capers, the national commit teeman. f i* i * I * 111111-1 f Cream of News.1 Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each "Day. ?Augustus B. Holmes, well known Atlanta contractor, disappeared from home more than a week ago and is supposed to have been murdered and robbed. ?Mob of negroes in Columbus, Ga., beg bailiff to turn over negro prisoner, who had shot one of their number, that they might lynch him, but officers keep them at bay with gun and lands man in jail. * ?Dr. Stinson, financial agent of Morris Brown college, in address at Savannah, Sunday said that the white people of the south are the best friends the negroes have. ?Rev. William D. Gay, of Montgomery. Drohibition candidate for gover nor of Alabama, succeeds in getting full state ticket in field. ?The greatest confederate reunion in the history of the state is expected in Montgomery, Ala., when soldiers' home will be dedicated. ?White men and negroes engaged in a race riot at Littleton, Ala., Sunday. Sheriff and posse left Birmingham on special train for the scene of the trouble. ?Jim Younger, formerly a member of the notorious James band of outlaws, committed suicide Sunday at St' Paul, Minn. ?The Irish envoys?Dillon, Davitt and Redmond?spoke in Boston Sunday night, pleading for the cause of Ireland. ?Roumanians allege that they do not persecute Jews on account of theii religion, but because they are afraid the Jews, if naturalized, would run affairs. ?In an engagement in Somaliland, the British lost over fifty killed. The army of the Mad Mullah was defeated. ?Macedonians hold large meetings and protest against the treatment accorded them by the Turks. ?Evangelical ministers <ft Savannah urged their congregations to at tend Dicycie races iTiuuu&j which were postponed at their request from Sunday afternoon by Manager Jack Prince. ?Retail Grocers' Association of Macon urge their representatives in the state legislature to work for the repeal of the garnishment law. ?Dr. Archelus H. Mitchell, the oldest graduate of the Georgia state university, celebrates his ninety-fifth birthday at Summerfleld, Ala. ?Governor Jefferson Davis, of Arkansas, delivers address to Sons of Confederate Veterans, at Jackson, Miss., in which he pays tribute to his namesake, the dead president of the confederacy. ?Miners' strike of Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company in Alabama has been settled, and 4,500 men will return to work. ?Uniform classification of freight rates urged by the Southern Association of Railroad Commissioners of Hot Springs convention. ?The -coal strike has been settled. The differences between miners and ' operators will be arbitrated by a comj mission named by President Roosevelt, on which there will be a representative of organized labor. ?Secretary Root will issue an order | reducing the regular army to 59,600 : men, the minimum size allowed by j law. I ?Miss Ellen Stone has been noti; fled by the Turkish government that * she will not be allowed to return to ' Turkey. i ?Women and children are fleeing from Bulgaria to escape the Turks, who are burning Christian villages and massacreing the inhabitants. ?H. C. Bagley, of Atlanta, buys the Ray plantation near Americus, Ga., which Joins land already owned by him. This makes him the largest land owner in that section of the state. i i ?The Hague court of arbitration has decided the Pius fund case against j Mexico and in favor of the United i States. I i i A young woman of eighteen who has married a mature gentleman of ; seventy-two protests that it was a love match, pure and simple. She says that she would be no young man's slave. According to the proverb she must prefer to be an old man's nurse. It is all a matter of taste. tkims m smm ^ ? 'Ill Will flare Attention of President in Message to Congress. % TO SUGGEST IMPORTANT LAWS Legislation Wantea that Will Not Only Present Strikes, But Will Make t, -j|| Trusts Amenable to the ? >*|| Chief Executive. ^ A Washington special says: The jM president, guided by his experience with the coal trust, is preparing to ask ' ^ congress to enact laws that will not /^igj only prevent future strikes, but make all trusts amenable to law incapable of revision of forensic dispute as to the meaning of its terms. The appointment of the commission; by the president to consider all questions in dispute between the coal opern-nA miners In Pennsvlvailia aiuia a.u.u. tuo w . is the prelude to this important legtk j?^ lation. The president desires that the , :r*~S(k commission report at the earliest praoticable day, so that he may be guided ^ by Its findings in wording his message Tvps to congress. The commission is to make recommendations which will suggest plans by which strikes may be prevented or settled summarily. If the result of the commission be' at all substantial, a law may be sug- ge.sted which will give the president legal power to do in all disputed case* precisely what he did in the case of the coal trust, namely appoint a corn-. ;^|fg| mission to settle dangerous dispute* affecting the public welfare. CASTRO'S GREAT VICTORY. After Seven Days of Fighting tionists are Crushed?Three * Thousand Cead. A messenger arrived at La Victoria* Venezuela, Saturday from the sceno ^ of the engagement near that place between the government troops and rer- 4 olutionlsts, bringing news that after -Jj seven days of terrible fighting nine thousand rebels under General 3den- 'u doza had abandoned the field, having ; retired from their last positions, six '4 miles from La Victoria, Friday night; : retreating In the drectlon of Villa de * Cura. According to President C astro, . Jam J A nnmher thrM . lilt: KlliCU auu nvuuutu uuwuv, ^ During the last days of the fighting- J the temperature rose to 116 degree? and a visitor to the scene of the en- v ||g gagement declares he never saw such J? a terrible spectacle as was presented^ by the battle field. The victory of the government M. troops, which is said to be due to the personal courage of President Castro, -f* who twice with a Mauser "rifle in his hand charged at the head of his cotdiers, is considered a serious setback ^ for the cause of the revolutionists. RACE RACKET IN ALABAMA. || White Men and Negroes Exchange! Shots With Fatal Results. ? | A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch saystt^j One white man is missing and gnp-jpiB posed to be dead, another is fatally'% wounded and two negroes are seriously shot as a result of a race riot at | Littleton, a small mining town 2? / miles from Birmingham. The trouble was- precipitated by negro woman, who pushed Joe Thomp? >= ^ son, a white man, from a railroad tres- ; tie. The woman was accompanied by. Will Tolbert, a negro, who fired on the white man after he had fallen. . ^ Thompson, who was not seriously | hurt, went for assistance, and, accompanied by Ira Creel and John Rous?^^ began a search for the negroes. Other negroes had joined Tolbert by this I time, and from Improvised breat- ' works they fired upon the white men.< 5 Thompson fell at the first shot and his companions sought cover. A fusilade followed and only ceased when bo tit ? ;'*Jl sides had exhausted their ammunition. * The white citizens of Littleton be- ^ came alarmed for fear of further trouble and caiied on Sheriff Burgin fo< : assistance. QUICK JUSTICE.METED OUT. Murderer In Texas Tried, Convicted and Hanged in One Day. At Nacogdoches, Te-xas, Friday Jim ^Jgi Buchanan, colored, the murderer of the Hicks family, was tried, a plea of i|g3[ guilty was accepted by the Judge and the negro was legally hanged within ' two hours after sentence had been passed. Some ten days ago the dead -tSgjjj bodies of Farmer Hicks, his wife and . daughter were found in the Hicks v ijpi home, and Sheriff Spradley immediate- 3 ly began a search for the perpetrators of the crime. A week later Jim Buchanan was arrested and finally confess* ed to the triple murder. EXPLOSION WRECKS TUG. J Two People Killed Outright and Four . are More or Less Injured. Two persons were killed, one fatal ly and three slightly injured in an ex-" % ; plosion which partially wrecked the^JBF." tug boat Fred Nellis, of St Louis, near 4 Mound City, Ark., early Sunday. The explosion, which came without " warning, was caused by three boiler :r flues giving away. The upper deck of the tug was wrecked. *> BRECKENRIDGE ANNOUNCES. Er.lera Kentucky Campaign for Guber. natorial Honors. Hon. R. J. Breckinridge, of Danville, '< Ky., ex-attorney general of the state, has issued an address to the democrats of the state, formally announcing his candidacy for governor. In his . address he reviews the contest by which he lost the office of attorney ^ general, when he was ousted by a ropublican Qpurt Qf appeals.