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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 30.1902 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. /I
COMMISSION MEETS
President's Arbitration Board Be*
gins Work in Washington.
JUDGE GRAY MADE CHAIRMAN
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Organization Perfected and All Details
of Procedure Are Agreed Upon.
Instructions of President.
Roosevelt.
A Washington special says: The
members of the strike arbitration commission
appointed by the president
met at the white house shortly after '
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10 o'clock Friday morning and went
into conference with the president.
The president greeted, the members
of the commission cordially. The in- j
terview was brief, lasting scarcely
twenty minutes. The work to be done
by the commission was informally discussed.
The president impressed upon
fho Nimmissinn tho Imnnrtan/'o nf oy.
peditlon and informed them that he
had decided to appoint two assistants
to the recorder to facilitate the work.
He then presented to them their instructions,
as follows:
"White House, Washington, October
22, 1902.?To the Anthracite Coal
Strike Commission.?Gentlemen: At j
the request both of the operators and
of the miners I have appointed you a
commission to inquire into, consider
and pass on the controversy in connection
with the strike in the anthracite
region and the cause out of which
the controversy arose. By the action i
you recommend, which the parties in !
interest have in advance consented to I
abide by, you will erideavor to establish
the relations between the employ- j
ers and the wage earners in the an- }
thracite fields on a just and permanent
basis, and as far as possible to do
away with any causes for the recurrence
of such difficulties as those
which you have been called in to settle.
I submit to you herewith the published
statement of the operators, following
which I named you as the j
members of the commission, Hon. Car- j
roll D. Wright being named as record- j
er; also the letter of President Mitcn- ;
ell.
"I appoint Mr. Mosely and Mr. Meill ;
as assistants to the recorder.
- "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." |
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With the instructions were the statements
of the operators. The members
of the commission withdrew in a body.
When they left the white house they
declined to comment upon their interview.
They went direct to the office of
Commissioner of Labor Wright to organize
and prepare for their work.
Gray Chosen Chairman.
The commission went into executive
session at Colonel Wright's office
at 11 o'clock. Judge Gray was chosen
chairman and will be known as president
of the commission. Among the
questions under consideration were
those pertaining to the place of
meeting, the order in which witnesses
shall be called, whether the sessions
shall be open to the press, whether
counsel for the parties at interest
shall be permitted to be present, etc.
The commission adjourned at 12:45
o'clock to meet again Monday at 2
o'clock. After the adjournment the
announcement was made that only
two conclusions' had been reached.The
first of all these was to admit the
public to all formal meetings of the
commission, and the second to notify
the parties to the controversy to be
present at the meeting on Monday for
the purpose of arranging a time for
holding which will be convenient for
all concerned. Notices were accord- 4
ingly sent to the mine operators and
t<> Mr. Mitchell, president of the mine
workers, to be in attendance on Monday.
It was stated t^iat most of the
time of the meeting was taken up
in a discussion of the question as to
the time when the hearings shall be
set, the result of which was the conclu
?>IU1I L\J t ail in IUU poviUVVA vwvvv? ?/x,
fore reaching a decision.
The commission has already adopted
an official name and has had its
printing prepared, designating it as the
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
OSCAR IS AGAINST US.
Will Decide that Uncle Sam Pay Damages
In Samoan Matter.
An intimation has been received in
Washington that King Oscar of Sweden,.
who is acting as arbitrator of the
issues between the United States. Germany
and Great Britain growing out of
the Samoan rebellion of 189S. will decide
to assess the damages sustained
by foreign residents of Samoa as a
result of the landing of the combined
force of American and British sailors
and marines, and the destruction of
property incident to the ensuing fight
with the rebels.
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GUESTS DIE IN HOTEL FIRE.
Flames Leaped Up Stairway and Cut
Off All Egress.
The Tepee hotel at Fair View, B. C..
was destroyed by fire early Wednes
day. One body was taken from the
ruins and seven other persons are
said Jo be fatally injured. The fire
smarted near the furnace room and the
flames shooting up the stairway quick
ly cut off escape.
PARK CONVENTION OPENED.
National Forest Reserve Boosted at
Meeting in A9heville.
The National Appalachian park convention
was called to order in Aaheville,
N. C., Saturday at ? o'clock, President
Rutherford P. Hayes, son of United
States President Hayes, presiding.
On opening the convention Presi
dent Hayes gave the summary of reasons
embraced in the president's message
to congress why the reserve
should be established.
i BJDY-SNATC-iERS INDICTS*.
Grand Jury at Indianapolis Corrals
Twenty-Three Ghouls?Five
Physicians Under Ban.
The Indianapolis grand jury has returned
twenty-three indictments in the
grave robbery eases which has stirred j
that city for several weeks.
The indictments were returned on |
the evidence of Rufus Cantrell, the 1
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confessed leader of the ghouls.
Among those indicted are five of the ,
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j leading physicians of the city, who are j
I connected with the medical colleges, j
' According to Cantrell the gang has J
stolen scores of bodies. Thirty of these j
bodies were recently found in a cold i
storage plant at Louisville, Ky.
The indictment against the negro
ghouls in each instance simply mention
one of the many bodies the indicted
men are charged with assisting in |
removing, as a basis for a prosecution, j
In each of the indictments against j
the ghouls it was charged that the
stolen bodies were taken to the Con
tral College of Physicians and Sur- !
gecns.
There have been nineteen arrests and !
twelve graves opened have been found
empty. The ghouls say two of the physicians
accompanied them on several
of their trips. It has been shown in the
disclosures that the body of the w'ite
of one of the ghouls was sold by the
undertaker to a college.
Ten bodies were found buried beneath
a few inches of dirt in the basement
of one of the colleges, four
bodies were found in sacks in ?.ue
streets, where the hard pressed ghouls
had dropped them, and one body was
concealed for two days in a saloon.
PANAMA TITLES FLAWLESS. I
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No Obstacles in Way cf Sale, Says '
Attorney General Knox.
Attorney G ncral Knox has decided
that if the United States should ac- i
cept the offer of the New Panama Ca- i
nal Company, submitted last spring. ?
for the sale cf the canal lor $40,0'JO,00?>. 1
it would receive through the parties
in interest a valid and unincumbered 1
title to the property. 1
This decision was arrived at after a
thorough and exhaustive investigation' 1
of the situation in Paris, nrst by Spe- c
cial Attorney Charles V/. lliissell and >
later by the attorney general Ivmseif. t
The attorney general "icrmally submit- i
ted the opinion to President Roosevelt t
Saturday. It makes about three hun- t
dred pages. <
The history and nature of French 1
companies of the kind in question are
explained at length in the opinion, i
They are said to he altogether differ- '?
ent from our corporations, but to be
easily understood if looked upon as private
partnerships, whicn is their essential
character.
AFTER CARTER'S LOOT.
Chicago Friend6 of Convict Wiil be
Asked to Disgorge.
After many days of examination and
cross-examination the proceedings f
brought by the government before
Master in Chancery Booth, at Chicago,
in an effort to recover money supposed f
to be concealed in that city by friends i
of Captain.Oberlin M, Carter, came to 1
a temporary close Saturday. c
After the Washington authorities have
considered the testimony the federal
agents will attempt to compel the f
imprisoned army officer's Chicago rela- c
tives to disgorge the money which is ^
said to be part of Carter's share of the c
loot arising out of the Savannah har r
bor contracts. c
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. c
All States, with Three Exceptions,
Will Engage in Battle of Ballots. v
On Tuesday, November 4, all the i
states save three will elect members of
the lower house or congress, me ex- ?
ceptions are Maine, Oregon and Arkansas,
where elections have already <
been held. The organized territories
including Hawaii, will elect delegates
to congress on the same day, and Porto 1
Rico "wrill choose what is the equiva r
lent, a commissioner. As these dele *
gates from the territories do not have 1
a vote, the election in the territories r
has no effect upon the political coin- 1
plexton of the house. 1
WOMAN SUFFRAGIST DEAD.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Sue- (
cumbs to Old Age.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton died
Sunday afternoon at the age of N7. af ,
ter a short illness, at her home in
New York city. Old age was given as
the cause of death. She was conscious '
almost to the last. About a week ago 1
Mrs. Stanton began to fail rapidly. (
The children with her when she ,
died were Mrs. M. F. Lawrence and
Mrs. Stanton Blatch, of New Yor ;
Henry and Robert L.. of New \o:k,
lawyers; Theodore, of Paris, and G. :
Smith., a real estate broker
vrtiiNn LADY ASSASSINATED.
Kentucky Belle Shot Down While Re
turning Home from Church.
News comes from Marion. Kv., that
Miss Neecie Williamson, the pretty
daughter of Mr. Horace Williamson,
one of the county's most prominent
citizens, was murdered Wednesday
night by a hidden assassin as she was
returning home from church services
accompanied by drover Brown, a
"oung man of the neighborhood.
SUBSTITUTE FOR LYNCHING.
Mob of Negroes Severely Chastises ?.
Would-Be Ravisher. ^
A strange negro was stripped to ir<?
waist, tied to a tree and whipped with
buggy traces until the skin was broken
in a hundred places by a mob of
blacks at Anderson, S. C., Tuesday.
He tramped into the town and at
tempted to assault one of his ; at '
A mob of negroes captured him am"
| on a promise not to lynch him ih<
white people permitted thorn to admin
ister the punishment.
~ ROBBtK KILLS ENGINEER.
Train on Northern Pacific Held Up
and Thoroughly Looted?Large
Reward is Offered.
Eastbound passenger train No. 2, on
the Northern Pacific, was held up
Thursday night near Drummond, |
Mont, and Engineer Dan O'Neill was
killed. O'Neill had been In the service
of the road longer than any other
engineer.
The train, which included mail, baggage
and express cars with nine
coaches, left Missoula at 10:20 p. m.
It arrived after midnight at a place
two miles east of Drummond. Here
the train was signalled to stop, and
the engineer accordingly slowed up.
While doing so he saw a man creeping
toward him over the tender. The man,
who was armed, called to O'Neill to
stop the train instantly.
The engineer took in the situation
at once and pulling open the throttle
tried to start the train at full speed.
The robber divined his purpose and
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effect and the engineer fell dead at
his post. The robber then proceeded
to riile the express and mail cars. He
plundered the regular mail and blew
open the safe in the express car, which
was wrecked by the explosion.
The amount of plunder which he secured
is not known, but it ia supposed
to be large. The excitement on the
train was intense. The sudden stoppage
of the train, followed soon by the
explosion, spread alarm among the
train hands and the passengers. The
darkness of the night and the loneliness
of the place added to the terror.
Word of the attack was sent to
Drummond, whence it was telegraphed
to Deer Lodge. 50 miles away. Bloodhounds
were sent, out at once and
steps were taken to keep vigilant
watch for the robbers.
It was assumed that at least eight
nen were engaged in the hold-up, but
the latest advices are that one man
ilone perpetrated the murder and robbery.
Dan O'Neill, the murdered engineer,
ived in Missoula and had a wife and
ive children.
The robber boasted that he took
part in the hold-up of the Southern Pa ific
train near Portland, Oregon, about
1 year ago. He made this boast to
he train hands to terrorize them7
vhile he employed them to run the
rain for four miles, that is to a point
wo miles east of Drummond. He dedared
he would be hard to catch, as
le had a horse in the timber.
The Northern Pacific has offered a
eward of $5,000 for delivery, dead or
ilive, of the roober and murderer.
The mask worn by the bandit was
ound on a mountain trail, two miles
rom the scene of the hold-up, and afer
giving the hounds the scent of the
nask, the animals immediately took up
he trail, which was then about eight
lours old.
WAR ON ORGANIZED LABOR.
National Association of Manufacturers
Opposed to Unions.
The National Association of Manuacttirers
of the United States of Amerca,
through a circular letter being
nailed to every manufacturer in this
:ountry, declares war on organized la)or
and its aims and objects.
Particular stress is laid on tne eforts
of labor to secure the passage
>f an eight-hour law before congress,
vhich is called "vicious." Recipients
;f these letters are asked to become
nembers of the manufacturers' asso:iation,
and the arguments advanced
ire because the organization is engagid
in a bitter, up-hill fight against the
mlawful demands of organized labor.
The letters bear the signature of Da id
M. Parry, of Indianapolis, the presdent.
WASHINGTON MURDER MYSTERY.
Coroner's Jury Seeks to Probe Death
of Mrs. Ada Dennis.
A coroner's inquest was begun at
.Yashington, D- C.. Friday over the renains
of Mrs. Ada Gilbert Dennis, the
ashionable dressmaker, who died last
Wednesday as the result of the myste ious
assault committed upon her ten
nonths ago. But little light was
hrown on the case during the inquest.
ROAD GIVES MORTGAGE.
iape Fear Terminal Company Pre.
pares to Make Extensions.
There was filed at Southport, N. C.f
Friday a deed of trust securing bonds
o the amount of $S00,000 for the Cape
Fear Terminal Railroad Company. The
^incoln Savings and Trust Company,
>f Philadelphia, becomes the trustee.
The terminal company is chartered to
mild a line of railways from Southport
to Wilmington, with thq ultimate
purpose of extending the line or male
ng traffic arrangements for the Vir
jinia coal fields^
WORK OF ASSASSIN.
Pineapple Grower in Florida Foully
Murdered by Unknown Ene?my.
Richard Hone, a well-known pineapple
planter, living four miles south of
West Palm Beach, Fla., was foully
murdered Tuesday night.
Hone had just finisheu his supper
and was sitting at the dining table
writing a letter, when some unknown
party fired a rifle through a window
from the veranua.
Wright a Member cf Beard.
President Roosevelt announce.i Saturday
that he had designate 1 Commissioner
of Labor Wright as an additional
member of the coal arbitration com
mission. Colonel Wright, however,
will continue to sit as recorder of the
commission.
Powder Works Wrecked.
The Fairmount powder works, located
18 miles from Fairmount, Ya., was
damaged to the extent oi $o0,000.u0'i
by the explosion of 600 kegs of powder
Sunday. No one was injured.
i ASHES RAIN OVER MEXICO.
New Volcano Breaks Out iri Unexpected
Place and Terrorizes
the Populace.
Advices from Mexico City state that
: there is no little consternation felt'by
| the inhabitants of many towns and
i cities in the remote southern country
on account of showers of ashes falling
in the extensive region from San Juan
>3autista, capital of the state of Tabasco,
and Comitan, in the state of Chiapas,
as far north as Salina Cruz, the
i western terminus of the Tehauntepec
National railway.
It is believed, according to reports
received by Indians, that a hill near
Palenque, where there is a great prehistoric
city in ruins, has suddenly
hoen transformed Info an artlve voloa
no. The ashes falling at Palenque
have hidden the sun and also at Comitan,
and a great fear has come on the
people. Palenque is the center of the
disturbance, as the bursting mountain
is said to be near there.
There is some anxiety as regards
Chiapas.
Indians arriving at San Christobal
Las Casas say that a hill in the Guadelupe
Sierra is vomiting fire and smoke. I
People in many towns have been run- ;
ning about in terror and offering prayers
publicly for the safety of them- ,
selves and children. Scientific opinion
is that all this is part of the general
awakening of volcanic forces in the
West Indies and Central America.
COLUMBJA WANTS MILLIONS.
Makes Steep Price for Uncle Sam to
Begin Canal Work.
.The long expected response of the
Colombian government to the proposition
made by ine state department for
the negotiation of a canal treaty on
the lines of the Spooner act has reached
Washington and was presented to
the state department Monday by Mr.
Herran, secretary of the Colombian legation.
It is diffisult to learn the exact nature
of this communication, but it is
known that it is not altogether an unqualified
acceptance o~! the state department's
propositions. It is, however,
friendly and dignified in tone and
does not close the negotiations by any
means, though it unquestionably sets
back the date of final agreement by
opening up new topics for argument.
For one thing, the Colombian government
is entirely dissatisfied with the
small amount of the payment to be
made to it by the United States under
tho nrntnr-nl whinh ft i<; crODOSed tO
use as the basis for the treaty. This
sum is $7,000,000. Colombia wants at
least $10,000,000.
MINISTER WU GETS RECALL.
Chinese Government Orders that He
Come Hone Without "Delay.
Wu Ting-fang, who has been the
minister of the Chinese empire to the
United States since May 1, 1897, has
been recalled to China by an edict of
the emperor, cabled to Minister Wu
Monday by the Chinese foreign office.
The edict is peremptory, Mr. Wu being
directed to return to China at as
early a date as possible, even the route
by which he is to voyage from this
country being indicated.
The edict informs Mr. Wu that he
has been appointed minister of commerce
in association with Chang Chi
Tung. He takes the position just vacated
by Sheng, whose father died recently.
Under a peculiar provision of
Chinese law, when an officeholder
loses by death his father or mother,
he vacates his office and he is not eligible
to hold office again for three
years, although by custom the period
of his official mourning is reduced to
twenty-seven months. Mr. Wu said
that he might be able to leave this
country in about three weeks, but the
precise date of his departure has not
been determined.
Judge Candler Waits a Week.
Judge John S. Candler will begin
his duties as associate justice of the
Georgia supreme court November 1st.
Judge Samuel B. Adams, of Savannah,
who has been filling the ad interim
term, will retire from the bench on
that day.
3ANFORD IS ACQUITTED.
Former Tax Collector of Floyd County,
Ga., Makes Shortage Good.
A dispatch from Eome, Ga., says:
Former Tax Collector V. T. Sanford
has been acquitted by the jury of the
charge of embezzlement of county
funds.
While Sanford was tax collector of
Floyd county, a shortage of approximately
$40,000 was found in his accounts,
and he was arrested on a.
charge of embezzlement on two
charges, one by the county for $18,000
and one by the fte.te for $22,000.
WHITE GIRL MARRIES INDIAN.
M Is8 Weathorbee, of New York, Gets
Mntnrirfv Cinliimn.
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Rev. Sherman Coolidge, a full-blooded
Arapahoe Indian, who was ordained
a minister of the Episcopal church
in 1884, and has since been doing missionary
work among the Arapahoe and
Shoshone Indians o the Wind River
reservations, and Miss Grace D. Wcthc-rbee,
a belle of New York, were united
in marriage at Fort Wa-shaki, Wyoming.
Wednesday.
NEW LINE TAPS CUTHBERT.
First Train Over G. F. and A. Road
Accorded a Hearty Welcome.
The first train over tne Georgia
Florida and Alabama entered Cuth
bert last Saturday. The advent of thcroad
is considered a great event in the
| commercial -history of Cuthbert, and !
the first train was accordea a hearty I
welcome.
The line is now completed from Tai
I lahassee to Cuthbert, end in a short !
time will inaugurate through freight '
and passenger service*
I SOUTH CAROLINA \
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Killed by Trolley Car.
John Taylor, a white man living at
Langley, was run over and instantly j
killed by a trolley car on the Augusta !
and Aiken electric railway while sleeping
on the track.
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Bride Is Only a Baby.
Joseph Rhame, a young lawyer of
Rishopville, Lee county, eloped with
Miss Levander Moore, a 13-year-old
girl of that county. They were later
married by a notary public. The parents
of the child seem to be reconciled.
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Charleston Ban Lifted.
At-a recent meeting of the stewards
of the Jockey Club, held at the race
course at Morris park, New York, it
was ordered that all persons and
norses aisquannea tnrougn racing ai
the Charleston meeting and who participated
in that meeting after April
1, 1902, be restored to good standing at
all courses racing under the jurisdiction
of the Jockey Club.
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Captain J. N. King Dead.
Captain J. N. King, well known
through the state as a bridge contractor,
died last Monday at his home near
Greenville after an illness of several
weeks. He was a native of Maury
county, Tennessee, but since the war
has lived at Ninety-Six until recently,
when he moved to Greenville. He was
a member of the legislature and has
always been prominent in the affairs
of the comraunity.
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Highwaymen Rob Farmer.
John Cantrell was held up and robbed
of about $203 in cash six miles
from Spartanburg one night the past
week by three white men, all strangers.
Cantrell had been sent to market
with cotton by George R. Branscom, of
Millville Hill, and was returning to tne
farm, when, as he reached a thickly
wooded section, the reins were seized
by one man, while another covered
him with a gun until the third relieved
him of his cash. They then made
their escape into the woods.
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Spartanburg's Finances.
At a recent meeting of the Spartanburg
city council the annual reports
of the "city clerk and chief of police
were heard. The former report showed
that during the year ending October
20 the total income of tne city was
$67,715,244, while the balance due wai
overpaid October 20, 1902, was $16,698.61,
making a total of $84,413.85.
The total disbursements were $70,494.97.
The largest . em on the latter
list was city lighting. $10,633.07. The
total income from the dispensaries
paid the city was $9,144.14.
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Woman's Throat Cut.
Eliza Kershaw, a young mulatto woman,
was murdered two miles north of
Columbia some time last Monday
night. The body was found in tne
muddy road, the throat cut from ear
to ear. It had been dragged out of
the woods and in. the bushes was found
a razor.
Winter Cantey, a negro about fiftyfive
years old, is wanted by the police.
He has been paying the woman atten- |
tion, and several times urged her to
marry him, but had been refused. He
was seen with Eliza shortly before tne
murder. Now he cannot be found.
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New Postoffice For Spartanburg.
y After many anxious weeks of waiting,
the people of Spartanburg were rejoiced
to learn a few days ago that the
postoffice department has definitely decided
on a date for selecting a site fon
the government building which is .o
be erected there. The following information
was contained in a letter from
Secretary Shaw to Postmaster Pointer:
"Notice is hereby given that final
consideration will be given and selec- I
tion made of a site for the United
States government building to be
erected at Spartanburg, S. C., and purchase
thereo'f closed on the 21st day
of November, 1902.
(Signed.) "L. M. SHAW, Sec'y."
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Sermon Was Objectionable.
South Carolina synod, by a vote o*
39 to 37, refused to have printed Dr.
James Woodrow's sermon delivered before
the synod in his capacity of retiring
moderator. The sermon required,
one hour and forty-seven minutes in
delivery, but it was not to its length
that the synod, objected. They argued
that printing the sermon might indorse
Dr. Woodrow's evolution beliefs, and
this feeling prevailed, yet tue synod
last year elected Dr. Woodrow moderator,
but it seems that tne extension of
the olive branch at that time is now
regretted. I
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Cigar Factory for Charleston?
???! ! !*! thard hop sis boom! la! hoop
Nathan Weiss, vice president of the
American Cigar Company, has submit
ted a proposition to me imsuio&s yw i
pie of Charleston which may result in
the opening of a big cigar factory in !
that city, where not less than 2,000 I
cigar-makers will be employed. Mr.
Weiss had a conference a few days
ago with Mayor Smyth and prominent
business men, and. while nothing uncial
was given out for publication, it I
was stated that satisfactory negoua- j
tions are under way.
There are certain concessions asked j
of the city, and it is more than likely J
that these will be granted. The quos- j
tion of labor has been considered; only |
white persons v 111 lie employee. The \
American Cigar Company. Mr. Weiss j
says, is ready to come to Charleston as !
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so::n as the pending negotiations arc
successfully carried through.
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Major Evans Acquitted.
The jury in the case of Major Evans,
at Columbia, charged with the j
murder of Captain Griffin, took just1
five minutes to find a verdict of not,
guilty.
Judge Crawford, for the defense,
partially disregarded Evans' testimony.
To account for the absence of powder
burns on the shirt and the burn3 on
Griffin's hands, the theory of accident
was pressed. Evans, seeing Griffin
with a pistol pointed at his (Griffin's)
heart, snatched it out of his hand, and
in the action the weapon fired.
The solicitor argued it was not for
the state to show a motive, but detailed
testimony to show that Griffin had
money on his person when he went to
Evans' room, and none when the body
was found.
The jury considered that neither
motive nor crime was proved.
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Iron Works Sold at Auction.
Official notice of the sale of the Morgan
iron works, a $50,000 corporation
at Spartanburg, is given out. The
plant is now running under a receivership.
The sale is made under a decree
of the court of common pic is in the
case of Montgomery & Crawford,
plaintiffs, against the Morgan iron
works, defendants, and will take place
December 1.
The plant includes an iron foundry,
a woodworking shop arjd a large
amount of machinery located on a site
320 by 300 feet.
The terms of the sale are as follows:
Upset price, $27,000, one-third
cash and the balance in equal installments
payable in six and twelve
months. No bid on the plant will be
received unless accompanied by a certified
check for $2,000.
MAJOR EVANS ACQUITTED.
Found Not Guilty cf the Murder cf
Captain J. J. Griffin.
The jury at Columbia, S. C., in the
trial of Major Bernard B. Evans,
charged with the murder of J. J. Griffin,
returned a verdict of not guilty after
being out only five minutes.
The case has attracted considerable
interest, as Major Evans is well known
over the state, having been in two
state campaigns. He is a brother of
ax-Governor Evans.
He was charged with having murdered
Capt. J. J. Griffin, commercial
agent for the Norfolk & Western railroad,
having formerly been situated
in Macon. The affair occurred in Major
Evans's apartments. He claims
that in a friendly scuffle the pistol was
discharged.
ROOSEVELT IS FORTY-FOUR.
President "Observes" His Birthday by
Doing a Lot of Work.
President Roosevelt quietly celebrat
ed the 44th anniversary of his birth
Monday. He was down in his office
early, going over some matters with
Secretary Cortelyou, who had just returned
from Canton.
Many messages of congratulation
were received and numerous remembrances
arrived during the morning.
Among the latter were many flowers.
BIRTHDAY FET?^ !N JAPAN.
Two Anniversaries Respectively Fcr
the Boys and Girls Observed.
Japan is the land cf topsy-turvy,
and so, perhaps, it is only to be
expected that individual birthdays?
with the exception cf that of the
emperor?are not taken any notice of,
but a sort of goneral birthdaj of
everybody altogether is celebrated"""
with great rejoicing. There are two
of these general birthdays, one for
each sex. The male birthday, which
Is known as the "celebration of the
boys." occurs on the third day of the
third month, and the "celebration of
the girls" takes place on the fifth day
of the fifth month. These days are
general holidajs for the young. All
studies and work generally are put
aside, and-boys and girls respectively
receive presents according to their
srauon.
The birthday of the Mikado, or
Ten-o, as he is more properly styled,
is also a general holiday for the Japanese
everywhere. The houses are
all decorated with flags, and in the
evening trie streets are gay with the
lights of innumerable colored lanterns.
In the morning the highest authorities
go to the palace to offer their
congratulations in person and the
lower degree offer then, /icariously to
their superiors. All the Japanese
world somehow or other congratulate
their monarch on having added another
year to his age.
This extends even to the Japanese I
legations abroad. For instance, in
November the attaches and secretaries
of the Japanese legation in
Grosvenor Gardens, London, will present
their congratulations to the minister
at Tokio, and the foreign minister
will personally offer his at the
palace. The legation will not be illuminated
externally, because the
month of November in Engand is not
suited to such effects and also because
the English people would not
understand, but there will be a din- |
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riQT party to celebrate the occasion.
The Mikado in question comes of a
very ancient line, which beats anything
that Europe can produce in the
way of a dynasty. He is the 121st
Emperor after Jimmu Ttn-o, who was
the first an.l flourished about tne year
6G0 B. C. U:s reign will ever be celebrated
for the fact that in it Japan
passed at one bound as it were from
the darkness of the middle ages to the
civilization of the nineteenth century,
and became one of the great powers j
with which the European statesmen I
recognize they will have to reckon
in the future. For this the Mikado
is mainly responsible
Cotton Mill Sold at Auction.
The Hucomuga cottin mills, at
0reensboro. N. C., wnich some weeks
rgo went into the hands of a receiver,
were sold Monday at auction for ?20.000
to Messrs. Moses and Caesar Cone.
bPAiiS:l iTiiNbitK KLChlVtU
Credentials cf Don Emilo de Ojeda
Presented to Roosevelt and felicitous
Speeches are Made.
A Washington special says: Senor
Don Emilo de Ojeda, the recently appointed
minister cf Spain to the United
States, formally presented his credentials
to President Roosevelt Thursday.
Accompanied by the first secretary
of the Spanish legation. Minister Ojeda
was received at the white house by
Secretary of State John Hay. who conducted
him directly to the president.
After the usual exchange of felicitous
addresses, the president and Senor
Ojeda chatted pleasantly for a few
minutes.
Minister OJeda's address in part was
as follows:
,;The friendly relations which have
of old time existed between Spain and
the United States having been renewed
upon a footing of constantly increasing
cordiality, it is at this time
the principal object of the government
of his majesty to cultivate by ail
means within its reach those movements
of tfade and commerce between
the two countries which, at the same
time that they contribute to the increasing
development of their material
prosperity, create the mutual solidity
of interests and the intimate contact
between them which should constitute
for the future the firmest and the most
durable foundation of the amicable relations
between the two peoples."
President Roosevelt's reply was as
follows:
"Mr. Minister, recalling the warm
friendship which, from the earliest
days of our national life existed between
the United States and Spain, it
gives me sincere gratification to welcome
you as tne envoy ot his majesty,
the king of Spain, and to accept the
roynl letter you bear accrediting you
in that capacity. The assurance heretofore
given by your distinguished predecessor
and reaffirmed by you, that
the principal aim of his majesty's government
is to strengthen the good feeling
now happily renewed and becoming
more marked with the passage of
time and to contribute to that end by
developing in all ways within its power
those movements of traffic and inter-communication
which tend not
alone to mutual benefit, but to the closer
relations and the more intimate
association of the countries, find an
earnest response on our part. Satisfying
alike the purposes of this government
and the wishes of the people of
the United States, I offer you cordial
co-cperatiou in all that may tend to
realize our common desire for lasting
amity and increasingly advantageous
intercourse between this republic and
the Castilian nation.
"I trust, Mr. Minister that, like your
predecessor, ytm will regard among us
and receive, in your own person, constant
evidences of the sentiments of
friendliness that our people feel to^
w?rd your people."
CANDLER'S LAST MESSAGE.
Georgia Solons Listen to Reading of
Document?Official Count of Votes
The most important feature of
Thursday morning's session of the
Georgia legislature was the reading of
the annual report of Governor Allen
D. Candler, the retiring governor, and
it was received with much attention
by the members. Governor Candler
embodied many affairs in his report
which are of a pressing nature and
which are sure to receive much careful
consideration at the hands of the
legislators. He paid particular atten*o_the
convict lease system and
denounced" som^x^^aiIil?^?amps
rather strongly. ?After
the reading of the governor's
message the house and the senate met
in joint session in the hall of the house
of representatives and counted the
votes of the different counties for governor
of the state. The vote showed
that Hon. J. M. Terrell had received
91,344 votes, while Judge J. K. Hines.
the populist candidate, received 4,747.
President Clark Howeu, pre&iums
over the joint session of the house' and
senate, thereupon declared Hon. J. M.
Terrell elected governor of the state
for the next two years.
KIGN OFFERS UP THANKS.
Through Pelting Rain He and Queen
Drove to Church.
A London special says: The last
cerem'*nies connected with the inauguration
of the reign of King Edward
VII occurred Saturday, when the king
accompanied by Queen Alexandra,
the prince of Wales and almost all
the members of the royal family,
drove to the St. Paul cathedral and offered
up thanks for the recovery of his
health, which had enabled him to be
crowned.
The weather was rainy and small
crowds marked the royal progress
through the metropolis.
PROCLAMATIONS ARE REVOKED,
All Rewards Offered Before June 4
1902, Are Out cf Date.
Governor Terrell, of Georgia, issued
a proclamation revoking all the proc
lamations of reward for the arrest ol
criminals issued prior to June 4, 1902
This proclamation does not include gin
house burners, forgers of land* titles or
counterfeiters of the great seal of the
state.
ALABAMA FAIR OPENED.
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Big State Show Starts Auspiciously at
Birmingham.
| The annual Alabama "state fair openi
ed at Birmingham Thursday in an esj
pecially auspicious manner, the weathI
er being exceedingly favorable, the ati
tendance large and the show itself
i very much better than the average.
' At the noon hour Governor Jelks, in
a short and well-timed address, declared
the fair open.
The feature of the day was the military
display,
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GOVERNOR TERRELL
Georgia's New Chief Executive'
Inducted Into Off ce.
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CEREMONIES WERE IMPRESSIVE
mm
Retiring Governor the Recipient of
Silver Service as a Loving Testimonial
from His Erstwhile
Official Family.
In the presence of a vast throng
* * 'J&i
that filled the hall of the house of representatives
from gallery door to
speaker's desk, and surrounded by
members of house and senate, state
officials, justices of the supreme court
and a splendid gathering of men and
women of Georgia, Hon. Joseph M.
Terrell was formally inaugurated gov
era or OI ueorgia suxuruay Ttt UU'W.
The inauguration ceremonies were >
extremely simple; a prayer, a speech, .K
the oath of office and all was over, and -M
yet they were impressive, stirring and
full of meaning to every Georgian who
was their witness. It was at the request
of Mr. Terrell that the joint committee
omitted all unnecessary or cumbersome
features, and the whole ceremony
consumed scarcely half an hour.
Long before the noon hour the gal- v 4131
leries began to fill, the ladies predomi- ..
nating, and when 12 o'clock arrived
the only standing room to be had was
outside the gallery doors. Likewise - 3
the floor of the house was invaded and ... %
gallant legislators stood in the rear,
while dainty femininity occupied their
seats. The aisles were filled with
chairs for visitofs until it seemed im- . ^
possible for another to get within the .
hall, yet the proverbial one more came
and found a way.
The assembled spectators brought with
them all their state enthusiasm
and there was prolonged applause and '
cheers when the entry of governor and /J|
governor-elect was finally announced.
Throughout the inaugural address thew
gave generous expression of approval
of the sentiments and principles of the
new governor.
Chief Justice Simmons, of the supreme
court, administered the oath-of
office to Mr. Terrell.
All other state house officers, with
the exception of State School Commissioner
Merritt, whose term does not
begin until January 7, began their new - yp
terms Saturday. After taking the
oath of governor Mr. Terrell returned . 4;^
to his office and administered the oath
of office to the state house officers.
Retiring Governor Honored.
Governor Candler was presented
nn nlorront oVlOcf- rtf Silver h?fOr0 '.'iSP
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the inaugural ceremonies by the state '
house officers as a token of tjie esteem
and high regard in which he is held
by the members of his official family.
The present was quite a surprise to 4||8
the governor. At the presentation the :||1
officials bade the governor a last fare- - T;
well as governor. Many or the officials 'oSS
wept as they shook his hand. Gover- .
nor Candler was in tears when ha bade '^pli
his cabinet good-bye. The scene was a "
very impressive one.
About the sides of the chamber
stoo 1 the state house officers and their* ' ^
clerks. At one end of the room stood ^Islg
the governor, trembling with deep
emotion, while the tears that he found i 3
impossible to hold back welled up to
his eyes and coursed down his cheeks.
In extending his thanks the governor '4|
said: "You have caused me to shed
- -le^rsfor the first time in twenty > - ^
^~---^~an_affecting moment
and there was not ainttrr-t^J^CQQ^
but was deeply moved. None attempt^"
ed to hide their feelings.
Deputies Leave Strike Region.
One hundred deputies, who were on
guard at the collieries in Shamokin region
during the strike, were sent home '?
Saturday night under orders to be v||||
ready to return at any time when noti
fled, as it is feared mere wm uc iw.***
i strikes if all non-union men do not re- ^
sign their positions.
- ATLANTA FAIR PAID OUT.
For First Time Something is Left Over ^
From Running Expenses. .
In summing up the results of the recent
Atlanta fair, Secretary Weldon /;
> "Approximately speaking, some
100,000 persons passed through the
gates on their way to enjoy all that jjaS
there was to be seen in the great In- .'
terstate fair during the 1902 session
which closed Saturday. This will, Ifeel
sure, at least cover all of the running
expenses and leave something to
show in the balance."
TO EVACUATE CHINA.
Powers Reach Agreement to Withdraw
Troops from Shanghai. '5
I From an authoritative source the
correspondent of the Associated Press
in Paris has learned that France, Great
Britain and Germany have concluded
and agreement providing for the militorv
ovamatinn of Shanahai bv their
j ^
forces. The negotiations have also
brought about an important extension . i,
of the open door policy, as urged by
Secretary Hay. '?
HANNA AGAIN COLLAPSES.
Senator is Overcome While Speaking
in South Bend, Indiana.
Senator Hanna all but collapsed
again Friday night at the end of his
address at South Bend, Ind., and had
to be assisted to his chair by Con- . ;
giessman A. L. Brick.
Trusts were not discussed at tl6 i
rally, which was one of the greatest
demonstrations ever given in South
, Bend.