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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13.1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ||
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CON VICT HYPNOTIZED
Savannah Negro's Strange Story
of iVinrd.TS Given a Test.
DRIVES STRAiGHT TO THE SPOT
Where Bourquin and His Faithful Old
Servant Were Foully Assassinated?The
Murder is
Fully Described.
A week ago last Sunday Gugie
Bourquin, the head of an old French j
Huguenot family and owner of large J
landed estates, including one of the !
finest game preserves in the south, |
was assassinated in his buggy on J
lands seven miles from Savannah, Ga. :
In the buggy with him was an aged j
negro retainer of the name of Fred j
Taylor, who had been a body servant j
of Bourquin for more than forty years, j
The bodies of both master and servant
were found with heads and backs riddled
with buckshot. There was no
clew to the murderer.
A few days later an escaped convict
of the name of Miller was picked up
by the officers. At the police station
he made a most vehement declaration
that he had shot and killed
Bourquin and Taylor. His story was
that he had been hired by a white
man of the name of Sapp to commit
the murder on the promise of a pay>
ment of $25.
The convict is illiterate; can neither
read nor write. According to his
statement the murder must have been
committed eight miles from where the
bodies were found, and-it must have
been accomplished in a manner wholly
at variance with the facts.
Miller's story was so remarkable j
and was adhered to with such ve- j
hemence that it was determined to put j
him to extraordinary tests. At the !
police station Monday morning he was !
put under hypnotic influence by a ;
leading physician. In his trance he I
said that he had not fired the shots,
but that he had heard them and knew j
who had fired them Aaain. later in i
the day, he was hypnotised and made |
to go through what he alleges to be nis j
own connection with the tragedy. Upon
being brought under hypnotic influence
he was placed in a buggy with
two -officers and given the reins He
drove the horse skillfully through the
' most crowded streets of the city without
iQe slightest hesitance or error
and took a road leading into the country.
On the way he pointed out objects
and places that had attracted
him while on the alleged murderous
errand.
His Hypnotic Story,
i "Mr. Sapp came out from behind
a game bag. He made me take them,
a game bag. He made we take them.
Mr. Sapp showed me a white man and
a nigger in a buggy coming down the
road. He said the white man had
killed his dog and one of his friends,
and he was going to kill him. Then
Mr Sapp went off. Directly I heard
two shots from a gun After a little
while Mr Sapp and three other white
men came back. One of them said:
'Now, let's kill this nigger.' Mr. Sapp
aaid: 'No; he can help us; let him.'
They promised me $125 if I would
say I did it. I said I would say it
was me, and Mr. Sapp said I must
meet him at Bunger's store next day
and get the money. I was at Bunger's
store two day3 for the money, but Mr.
Sapp did not come. I was waiting for
the money when the detectives caught
me."
"Why, here is your money," said
the physician who was conducting the
CAuenmcui uis uauu iu mac
of Miller. The convict assumed an
injured air at once.
"Why didn't you give it to me '
when you promised?" he demanded indignantly.
Closing his nand quickiy
he stuffed the imaginary bills into
his pocket.
Miller, in his hypnotic state, described
the alleged Mr. Sapp and his
three companions so minutely that
four men with whom Bourquin is
known to have had trouble are under
surveillance.
spanish cabinet out.
Sagasta Tenders Resignation of Ministers
to King Alfonso.
A special from Madrid, Spain, says:
Premier Sagasta Monday tendered
to King Alfonso tne resignation of
the entire cabinet.
The king will now decide whether
he will accept the minister's resignations.
Should the king accord a continuance
of his confidence in Premier Sagasta,
the ministry will be modified
and probably the ministers of war.
marine and justice will be sacrificed.
bayonets scatter mob.
Would-be Lynchers in Anniston, Ala.,*
Foiled by Militia.
A mob of several hundred men was
organized and mSrched on the jail in
Anniston, Ala., at 11:30 o clock Friday
night to lynch the assailant of Mrs.
Williams.
Major J. L. Daniel,'Of the Third Alabama,
selected twenty men and charged
on the mob with fixed bayonets,
r>nd thov scattered in every direction.
Big Cotton Mill Output.
During the month of October the
Pacolet cotton mills at New Holland,
Ga., turned out half a million pounds
of cloth. This is an immense output,
unequaled by any other 25.0J0 spindle
mill in the south.
Odell's Campaign ixpenses.
I Governor Odell filed his statement
' of election expense? Thursday, it
consists of one item, $10,000. which
was contributed to tne republican state
jr committee for campaign expeaioa. ^ ,
KOlbtVcll UN ELECTIONS.
President Says Tuesday's Victories J
are Intended as Chance for Republican
Party to Make Good.
"The people have given the republican
party a chance to make good," said
President Roosevelt to a western visitor
at Washington Friday morning.
The remark was in reply to the effusive
declaration that Mr. Roosevelt's
own individuality was responsible for
the victory on Tuesday. Continuing,
he said he did not delude himself with
the impression that the result of the
election meant that he would be reelected
two years from now, or that at
chat time there would be another vote
of confidence in the republican party.
He said that the result of the ~ext election
depended entirely upon what was
done at Washington between now and
that time, and not what has been
promised before the recent election.
The president vigorously stated
that he was convinced there would be
reaction against tne repuoncan yaiLj i
if the country was disappointed In the
legislation and administration of the
next year. He mentioned the fact that
the prices of commodities had risen
more rapidly than the price of labor,
and it would be the business of the
government to reduce the first without
lowering the second. He said that it
did not make so much political difference
what kind of laws were passed or
what was attempted, as it did whether
results vere secured.
FOR CHURCH EXTENSION.
Appointment of Building Fund Among
Methodist Conferences.
The committee on church extension
of the Methodist Episcopal church, in
session at Philadelphia Friday continued
the apportionment of the church
building fund among the 126 conferences.
Among the apportionments
made were:
Colorado, $4,000; Arizona mission,
$500; Arkansas, $550; Atlanta, $300;
Atlantic mission. $1,000; Austin, $750;
Baltimore, $3,500; Blue Ridge, $675;
Central Alabama, $600; Central Missouri,
$700, and Central Tennessee,
$S00.
HURRAH hUK WMttci
Georgia County Is Determined to Have
Good Roads at Any Cost.
The commissioners of Ware county,
Ga., have closed a contract for the purchase
of a complete and up-to-date outfit
for the working of the public roads
in the county. An improved grading
machine has been purchased, and is
at work, and an improved traction engine
and four clay and gravel cars
have been contracted for. The engine
and cars will cost about $3,700.
FOR DENNIS MURDER
Richard Cole, Negro Porter, is Arrest
ed and Jailed in Washington.
Richard Cole, a colored porter. 20
years old, was arrested in Washington,
D. C- Friday and committed to jail to
await the action of the grand jury on
the charge of committing the assault,
on Mrs. Ada Gilbert Dennis, a dressmaker,
over ten months ago. Mrs.
Dennis died from her injuries about a
fortnight ago without recovering sufficient
to talk rationally.
KEARSARGE SOUTHBOUND.
First Move in Organization of Fleet
for Maneuvers in Carribean Sea.
The battleship Kearsarge, flagship
of the north Atlantic squadron, started
south Friday from the New York
a wasnmgion aispaicn says: au- j
miral Bradford, chief of the bureau of
equipment, states that owing to the
j lack of naval coal depots the fleet
barely escaped being left without coal '
as a result of the strike. He adds: :
"Should there be a general striite of i
bituminous coal miners or employes of
railroads carrying coal to tide water
or in transportation lines generally,
the ships of the navy would at present
be helpless."
To overcome this acnger it is recommended
that large stocks of coal be
kept on hand at all times ar d placed
at convenient depots along the coasts.
It is recommended that Port Royal,
S. C., which probaoly is to be abandoned
for use as a naval station, be
the site of a naval coal depot Its magnificent
waters and well defended harbors,
in the opinion of Admiral Bradford,
offer superior facilities for tne
location of a coal depot to Charleston.
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Town Sold at Auction.
Practically the entire town of Calhoun
Falls, in Abbeville county, at
the crossing of the Seaboard Air Line
and Charleston and Western Carolina
railroads, was sold at auction the past
week to Judge W. F. Cox. of Anderson,
for $14,000, 700 acris at rne rate '
of $20 an acre..
Navy yard, with Rear Admiral Higginson
aboard, to begin organizing the
great fleet which is to go through war
maneuvers in the Carribean sea during
the winter.
TUSKEGEE INVITES PRESIDENT.
-He Is Asked to Visit Alabama City
During Southern Tour.
Congressman C. W. Thompson, of
Tsukegee, Ala., has sent \ telegram to
President Roosevelt urging him to visit
Tuskegee on his forthcoming southem
tour and assuring him of a cordial
welcome.
Tuskegee is the seat of the great negro
school of Booker T. Washington.
ARBITRATORS RETURN HOME.
Recorder Wright and Assistants Will
Continue Labors.
After a good night's rest at Mahoney
City, Pa., members of the arbitration
commission left that place Thursday
for their homes.
Recorder Wright, with Assistant Recorders
Mosely and Mills and the stenographers
returned to Washington.
Colonel Wright will carry on the
business of the commission. He will
there receive the statements of the an
thracite companies in reply to that of
President Mitchell, representing the
miners.
COAL FAMINE IN GOTHAM.
City is Only Receiving Half the
Amount of Anthracite Coal.
Although coal company and railroad
officials say every effort is being made
to supply New York with anthracite,
it is stated that only half enough is
reaching the city to supply the demand?that
is New York is receiving 5
per cent of the output against theoretical
requirements of 10 per cent.
HELD AS MASON WITNESS.
Negro at Cambridge, Mass., Placed
Under $1,000 Bond.
George L. O. Perry, the negro who
admits that he pawned the watches
taken from Clara A. Morton and Agnes
McPhee, who were murdered in Waverly
and Somerville last month, was
taken to court at Cambridge, Mass..
Monday.
j After a conference between the
i state officers and Judge C. Amy, Pcrr.
i was ordered held as a witness again.s:
I Mason, His bond wal fixed at $1,000.
I SOUTH CAROLINA \
jf STATE NEWS ITEMS. (|
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Postoffice Robbed.
The postoffice at Cameron. Orangeburg
county, was robbed of about $100
in postoffice money and stamps a few
nights ago. No clew to the robbers
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Question of Cotton Rates
A meeting o fthe state railroad commission
will be held .in Charleston to
take up the matter of cotton rates to
the port, complaint having been made
that the Southern railway was not
working in the interest of the city.
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Appeal to President
Mayor Smyth and representatives of
the leading commercial organizations
in Charleston have telegraphed President
Roosevelt urging him not to api
point W. D. Crum, a negro physician,
j collector of the port of Charleston.
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Secretary Moody Visits Charleston.
Secretary Moody left Washington
Monday on the United States steamship
Dolphin for Charleston, for the
j purpose of making a personal inspec|
tion of the naval station He will be
, gone about a week and on his return
' will complete the preparation of his
annual report now well under way.
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Extensive Granite Beds.
I It will interest many to know that
' there are extensive granite beds in
[ Chesterfield county. One of the principal
beds is near Evans Mill, on Black
creek,-16 miles from the town of Chesterfield.
When the C. IvI. and C.
road is completed to Jefferson, which i
j will be in the near future, these beds !
j will be only a few miles from the road. |
The granite is said to compare favorably
with the Winnsboro granite.
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Wants Branch at Greenville.
The American Cisar Company has
made a proposition to the Greenville
board of trade to locate a factory in j
that city. Over $7,000 has been sub- I
scribed toward the erection of the |
building for this purpose. A further
canvass will be made soon and
there is every indication to believe
the amount required to meet the proposition
of the company will be secured..
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Bell Buys Independent Lines.
Nearly all the independent telej
phone companies in South Carolina
have been bought by the Bell company.
L. W. Floyd has sold his telephone
exchanges at Newberry and
Prosperity to W. T. Gentry, of Atlanta
Mr. Gentry is superintendent of
the Southern Bell Telephone Company.
The telephone systems at Spartanburg,
Greenville, Union and Clinton,
which were owned by Mr. Floyd, have
been purchased by the Southern Bell
JL CIUJ^UUUC vvuipauj .
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Greenville Gets Another Factory.
Greenville is to have another factory.
C. E. Graham, president of the
Huguenot mill and one of Greenville's
wealthiest citizens, has closed a trade
for the old Camperdown mm property,
including the mill building and numerous
cottages belonging to the McBee
estate. Mr. Graham says he will place
250 looms in the building for the ex- j
elusive manufacture of ginghams. The j
necesary machinery will be ordered at j
once and the factory is expected j
to be in operation by January a. This, j
property is located in the heart of the ;
city on Reedy river and has been va- J
cant since 1894 and an eyesore to the
city.
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Colonial Trust Company Suit.
With the filing of ancilliary pro- (
ceedings in the suit of the Colonial
| Trust Company, of New York, against j
! the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company, !
in the United States circuit court in
Charleston, much of the litigation in
this case will be handled through the j
i federal courts in South Carolina. The i
defendants own valuable properties in
Georgetown. The plant there is the
largest of the kind in the south, and
it was generally supposed that the j
concern was on a firm financial basis, j
inasmuch as it was conducting a very ,
large traffic. On a petition filed ,
by unsecured creditors, Judge Simon- j
ton, in the circuit court, has signed an
order permitting these firms to become
party as a representative of that class, j
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Port Royal for Coal Depot.
The property belonged to a syndicate
of Anderson, Charleston arid At- j
lanta capitalists, known as the Western
Carolina Land and Improvement
Company. They built a hotel and several
stores, but their great auction of ]
lots was not a success. Judge Cox, the
new purchaser, says he will form a
new company to develop the property.
Girl Sues Atlantic Coast Line.
Miss Susie Powers, a 14-year-old
girl of Bennettsville, has entered suit
against the Atlantic Coast Line to recover
$10,000 alleged damages on account
of an accident sustained two
years ago. While riding on a railroad
turntable which was being revolved by
other children her foot was crushed.
The case is a novel one and is being
laughed at in railroad circles.
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Was Only a Case of Cataract. ,
After total blindness for over r/xteen
years, Casswell Edward Smith,
aged. 99 years, of Spartanburg county,
.is now able to see. 1
Doctors told him old age was the
cause of his blindness, but a relative,
Dr. W. A. Smith, examined him and
found that it was a case of cataract on
the eyes. An operation was per
formed for cataract and the old gentleman
can now see.
Considering his age and the accompanying
infirmities of advanced life, it
is wonderful how successful the operation
is. Mr. Smith remembers when
there were only four buildings in Spartanburg.
He has lived with his present wife,
his first wife dying a few months after
their marriage, for seventy years.
He stated that with his eyesight restored
as now he will be plowing on
the farm again long before spring. He
is G feet high and weighs 150 pounds.
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Revealed Hiding Place of Jewelry.
At a hotel in Hendersonville last
summer a lady's valuable gold watch
was stolen. The watch was traced to
Spartanburg, where the works were
found buried. Two negroes were arrested
on suspicion, one of whom was
acquitted Dock Jones, the other negro,
finally confessed and was sentenced
to three years' imprisonment in
the state penitentiary. After trial Jones
was promised a reduction of one year
in his sentence if he would tell where
the jeweled case and cnain were hidden.
He reluctantly consented and directed
an officer to the place where
the jewelry was secreted. As yet the
case and chain have not been found.
WITH WOMAN IN Ki5 ARMJj
Omaha Parson is Found in Church.
Both Were Cold in Death.
At Omaha, Neb., Wednesday Rev.
William C. Rabe. pastor of the German
Baptist church and Miss Agnes
Bush, a young lady, living in that
neighborhood, were found dead in a
vestibule in the rear of the church auditorium.
The two bodies were locked in em
brace and the gas jets were turned on,
but not burning. The Kev. Rabe was
Gf) years of age and a prominent minis
ter.
Miss Bush was about 23 years old,
and was missionary pastor of the
church. Tuesday night she did not return
home as usual, and Oscar Shannier.
janitor at the place where Miss
Bush lived, started in search of her.
In the pastor's room in the rear of the :
pulpit he discovered the dead bodies of
r"ne pastor and the young; woman and
.he room filled with illuminating gas.
V gas stove was turned on full force,
:.s were also several gas jets. It is be
heved to be a case of double suicide, j
Rev. Rabe leaves a widow in Omaha j
and has a son living in New York.
VALUABLE. FIND IN INDIANA.
Ore Beds of Vast Wealth Said to Exist j
in a Section of the Statu.
One of the most important discov- j
eries that has been made in Indiana !
state since the finding of natural gas :
in 18S6 and one that is destined to 1
have an equally far-reaching influence
in bringing industries to the state, has j
Just come to light through investigations
of iron ore experts from Birmingham,
Ala., who have been making tests
in southwestern Indiana, especially in :
Sullivan county.
Their reports will be ready for submission
within a few days and until
they are made the full details cannot
be known, but the experts have made
verbal reports to the persons interested
in the Indianapolis Southern
railroad and those leave no doubt that
iron ore of a very pure quality and
in large amounts has been discovered
and that at a rough estimate the
value of the product is placed at $1,*
000,000,000.
NOTED BASEBALLIST KILLED.
Flushed a Gang of Burglars Who Took
His Life and Money.
Harry Allemang, a ball player, who
pitched in the southern league this
season and who has signed with Cincinnat
. for the coming year, was shot
and mortally wounded at Mason, W.
Va., early Sunday morning. Allemang
had been out with friends and was
returning home at 3 o'clock. He found
burglars at work in the postoffice. A
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tenirj on me ouisiue 01 ut*ieu ahuuou^
to halt. No attention was paid to
the command, and the sentry fired
on Allemang, the bullet entering his
back and lodging in the left lung.
Physicians state that the wound is
fatal. When Allemang had fallen to
the ground the robbers took $980 from
him.
LEGISLATORS VISIT FAIR.
Georgia Lawmakers Have Royal Time \
at Valdosta.
One hundred and seventy-five mem- J
bers of the Georgia legislature visited |
Va.dosta and the state fair Thursday, j
but rain interrupted seriously the pro- i
gram arranged for rhoir entertainment. |
The visitors, however, were loud in j
heir praise of the reception given j
them, and expressed themselves as do- j
lighted with the city and tue fair.
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BOXERS WliED OU!
Every Leader of Fanatics in China
Put to the Sword.
WAS LONG AND HARD CONTEST
Imperial Troops, Under Direction of
Emperor, Finally Succeed in
Ridding Empire of Its
Worst Foes.
Mail advices received at Victoria,
B. C., Friday, from the Orient include
official report from Kwei-Chun, former
viceroy of Sze Schuan, detailing the
recent boxer outbreak there. After relating
the incidents leading up to the
destruction of the churches in the two
districts and the murder of many na
tive converts, the report says:
"Several regiments of troops were
sent to the disturbed places and besides
slaying 200 or 300 of the insurgents,
the troops succeeded in capturing
several who were brought to
Chen Tu and decapitated.
"Between five and six thousand boxers
had assembled in Hwaiang Hsein.
Chintang Hsion and Chein Tow, where
they occupied the market towns and
killed as many captains of the train
band as they could get hold of.
"A small force was sent to the
boxers to exhort them to disperse. I
didn't take stringent measures on this
occasion because I feared that among
the boxers there might be many famine-stricken
inhabitants who were not
disposed to do evil, but were simply
misled by the boxers. *A fight followed
and 200 boxers were killed and the others
driven back. The force sent was
obliged to return."
The report describing the attack on
Ochengtu, where three regiments and
600 bannermen had been assembled
for defense, says:
"The boxers attacked the imperial
troops in the outskirts of Cheng Tu
and a hot battle followed, which lasted
for a whole night, with the result that
between four and five hundred of the
rebels were slain, about 1,000 were dispersed
and the rest retreated to Ch.ng
Tangsin, where they burned the
churches and put many native converts
to death. When the imperial troops
were dispatched to Ching Tangsien
the boxers proceeded to Husano Ching
Ping, where they joined forces with
other insurgents. A battle was fought
there and 300 boxers were put to the
sword. Defeated there, the boxers fled
to the hills at Suchiawan, where they
found refuge for the time being, but
reinforcements of imperial troops arrived
and marched against the rebels
in Suchiawan in three different sections,
slaying about 1,400 of them and
capturing thirteen alive, who were be
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headeci on inc syji. unci uuu?igviu3
a formal triah"
Concluding, the report says although
there still exists an element of disorder,
there is not much to be feared
from the boxers because all the rebel
chiefs have been exterminated.
ELECTION BETS PAID.
Possibility of Contest in New York
Seems to Have Vanished.
Election bets amounting to nearly
$400,000 were paid in New York Friday.
The democratic talk of contesting
caused the delay in settling the
wagers.
Chairman Dunn, of the republican
state committee, said that, although
the republicans had conceded the election
of Judge Gray to the court of appeals,
they would wait for the official
count before giving up the attorney
generalship.
Elliott Danforth, of the democratic
state committee, said that Cunyeen,
the democratic nominee for attorney
general, would have a plurality of 12,000
to 20,000.
President in New Quarters.
Thursday President Roosevelt began
the transaction of business in the
new executive offices adjoining the
whits house. The interior is completed
and the office force has been in
stalled.
TEACHERS TO JOIN UNION.
Chicago is on the Eve of Facing Another
Complex Situation.
By almost unanimous vote Chicago
teachers have decided to join the Federation
of Labor, and the city is facing
another complex situation. The question
is now being asked if a child
will get fair treatment in the schools
unless he or she can show a union
card. The teachers expect to secure
the tremendous support of the affiliated
bodies in various reforms they
are demanding, which include hotter
pay, less crowding in the school rooms,
the doing away with political favor in
appointments.
COTTON MILLS SOLD.
Plant at Millen at Second Auction
Brings Ninety Thousand Dollars.
The Millen, Ga., cotton mills, now
in the hands of united states court
receivers, have been sold to J. R. Lamar.
trustee, of Augusta, for $90,000.
Judge Emory Speer will confirm tne
sale at once. The mills were sold in
September for $50,000, but the court
declined to confirm the sale owing to
the low price.
ENTIRE TRAIN BURNED.
Destructive Work of a Prairie Pire
Near Laporte, Texas.
A spark from an engine at Laporte.
Texas, Tuesday afternoon started a
small prairie fire. A freight train following
fanned the blaze and cotton on
a flat car ignited. Th? entire train,
with the exception of the engine
one car of cotton, was burned. The
loss amounted to $100.0uu. No Insurft
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COLLHCTJK B1 lUfiAM , tM jVci)
Another Political Sensation Sprung in
Alabama?President Roosevelt
Again Uses the Ax.
A Washington special says: Julian
H. Bingham, collector or internal revenue
for the district of Alabama, has
been removed from oflice and Joseph
A.Thomson appointed to succeed
him.
The change was made as the result
of a political condition which recently
aroso in Alabama. Colored republicans
were excluded from participation
in the republican state convention and
Collector Bingham was held responsible,
at least in a measure, for their
exclusion.
Postmaster General Payne visited
the white house Monday and as he
left the executive office made public
the following statement defining the
reasons for the change:
"The change in uie office of collector
of internal revenue for the district
of Alabama in no wise reflects upon
the integrity or ability of Mr. Bingham.
the incumbent of the office. It is
one of those things which occasionally
happen in politics. The position
taken by the republicans of Alabama
at their recent state convention as
understood by the republicans of the
north is looked upon as a perversion
of the fundamental principles of tne
republican party, and Mr. Bingham is,
in a measure, held respopsibble for
that action, hence the change.
"Neither the administration nor the
republican party of the north stand
for the exclusion of any section of our
people by reason of their race or color,
when in other respects such persons
have complied with the laws and are
eligible under the law to full and free
participation in political action and
are of a high standard of personal
character. In other words, there are
now a hundred colored men in Alabama
who come up to the requirements
of the recently adopted state
constitution and are eligible for participation
in political affairs, and the action
of the republican state convention
referred to in arbitrarily excluding
them is not approved?no more than
such action would be approved if it
were taken in Ohio or Indiana."
Booker Washington's Choice.
The appointment is Booker Washington's
third and would seem to
clinch the claims of his friends that
he is the real dictator of Alabama republican
affairs, so far as this administration
is concerned. Thomson is
postmaster at Talladega. He was
strongly recommended for this new
place by Washington. He has never
been active as a republican, though
he claims to be one. His brother,
the congressman, is one of the lead'
ing democrats of the state. Washington
advised Thomson's appointment,
just as he did those of Judge Jones
and District Attorney Roulhac In fact
it is claimed by some of Bingham's
friends that the president might have
weakened upon his determination tc
remove Bingham owing to his good
record," had it not been that last week
he promised Washington he would
appoint Thomson.
Judge Bingham refused to comment
uDon his removal further than to say:
"I could add nothing to the state
ment given out at the white house; 1
am perfectly satisfied to stand that.'
The statement which Postmastei
General Payne fathers, but which had
i the indorsement and approval of the
j president himself, is regarded as ol
! more importance than any other feature
of the Bingham episode.
AN OBSCENE LETTER.
Charged Up To Prominent State Official
in Mississippi.
I A profound sensation was created ic
the high social circles of Jackson, Miss.
Saturday afternoon by the announce
' ment that Hon. C. C. Campbell, deputj
] state insurance commissioner, had
been indicted by the federal grand
jury on the charge of sending an ob
scene letter through the mails to Em
i ily Blanton, a young lady stenographei
in the office of a local legal firm,
j Campbell at once gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"The charge that I have written ai
obscene or other letter to a young lad]
is infamously false and I shall demant
an immediate trial of the infamous
j charge."
.
"PCINTC TO HARRY CORNISH."
Mntinp.iv'r: leadina Attorney Makes
Ill Vioiw v. w
Sensational Declaration.
Former Governor BlaeK, during his
summing up in the Molineux case or
trial in New York said:
"All the evidence in this case points
away from Moiineux and to anothe:
man. I shall indicate v;ho that man is
before I close.
"There was a crime and there was
a motive, and the motive points tc
Harry S. Cornish."
GRAND DUKE IN DISGRACE.
Uncle cf Czar Cut Out Because of Sensational
Marriage.
The dismissal from the Russian ar
my of the Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch,
uncle of tne czar, which was officially
announced at St. Petersburg
Monday, was due to his recent marriage
to the Baroness Pistolkoff. who
- j; 'Such^ri'l in or
j got a uivuitc iiv^iii nci v. ...
j der to marry xho grand duke.
! It is said thar the granu duke has
also been banished from the Russian
court for ten years.
! KILLED AND CREMATED FATHER
i
! Horrible Work of Three Young Degen
j erates in Nebraska.
| Gerhardt Borchers, who lived neai
j Columbia, Neb., was killed by Herman
j a 14-year-old son, who had a shotgui
j which he purchased for that purpose
; With the help of two brothers, August
j aged 10, and John, aged 8 years, Her
j man dragged the body of his father t(
[ a straw stack and set fire to it.
\ This is the story secured by Sherif
{ Byrnes from the three children, wh<
I are la custody.
A-- A i
! LAW IJAb UKlf UH fflAJUfl.
i
Alleged "Jack tho Slugger" Is Remanded
ta Jail at Cambridge, Mass.,
Wrthout Bail.
A dispatch from Cambridge, Mass.,
, says: Allan G. Mason, who was ar!
rested Tuesday on suspicion of being
I "Jack the Slugger," has been remandi
ed to jail for further hearing in the
third district court for eastern Middlesex.
The suspect, who is the son of the
well known manufacturer living in
Boston, but dcing business in Cambridge,
is abort thirty-five years of
i age and thoroughly familiar with hie
I territory in which all the assaults
I have occurred.
It has been erroneously published
that the senior Mason was the one Implicated.
This mistake occurred owing
to the fact that fither and son bore the
I
| same name.
Here is a list of women attacked in
or near Boston, and in each case the
culprit escaping. The mysterious
"Jack the Slugger," who is alleged to
be Alan Mason, is blamed by the police
for many of the assaults:
I Tnno 17?Kate O'Connell. assaulted,
I corner of Walker and Cambridge
[ streets, Cambridge; severe scalp
wounds.
July 17?Selgvried Gustafson, Chestnut
and Magazine streets, Cambridge;
severe scalp wounds.
July 27?Ella Murphy, in Graigie
street, Cambridge; severe scalp
wounds.
August 3?Jeanette Marshal, in Centre
street, Brookline; fractured skull.
October 3?AgneD E. McPhee, in
Chester street, Brookline; fractured
skull; died three days later.
October 10?Susan O'Neill, knocked
down and strangled in Somerviile.
October 16?Mrs. Byron Eldred,
j threatened with a revolver in Brookline.
October 19?Jane Ladell, knocked
j down in Watertown by a well dressed
j middle aged man.
October 22?Bertha Smith, struck
in Boston.
October 24?Lulu Mixer, seized in
Cambridge.
Oetober ZS?Mrs. F. H. Steniford, attacked
in Somerviile.
October 30?Mrs. W. H. Whitney,
i ! struck with weapon in Somerviile by
a middle-aged white man.
November 1?Clara Morton, struck
with iron bar in McLean asylum
i grounds.
NEGRO'S ALLEGED CONFESSION.
i Says White Man Hired Him to Commit
Murder for Paltry Sum.
Joe Miller, a negro arrested by the
Savannah, Ga., police Wednesday af?
ternoon as an escape from the county
chaingaDg, sent for one of the deteci
tives after being lodged in the police
( barracks and proceeded to unfold an
, alleged story of crime that was aston[
ishing.
"You got me," he said, "and I just
i I eiout as well tell you everything so
I
you can have me for all." Then he
confessed to having killed Gugie Bourquin,
the white planter, and Fred Taylor,
his old negro servant, Sunday,
r November 2nd.
? Miller said that he had been ac
. costed by a man who gave him his
[ name as Sapp. Sapp, according to the
, negro, was white, and he treasured a
? grudge against Bourquin because the
latter had killed his friend Farrell in
1892 and had shot some of Sapp's dogs.
Sapp, Miller said, offered him $25 to
shoot Bourquin, and he accepted the
offer. Sapp then gave him a double.
barreled gun and five shells and pointed
Bourquin out as he drove over a
t hill. When the buggy, with the twc
occupants approached near, Miller said
he stepped out and fired, killing Bour
f quin.
I "You had better kill the nigger
[ too," Sapp told him, so he shot Tay
lor as the latter was running. Millei
. said that Sapp spurned the body oi
- Bourquin with his foot, and that thei
-tho two left leaving the body on th<
. ground.
The next day Miller said he sough
i Sapp at a store that he had namec
j as a rendezvous to get the promiset
1 '|25, but that the white man was no
3 there. The authorities think the ne
gro is lying.
WHOLE TOWN AT AUCTION.
? Property of a Developing Syndicate
Sold in South Carolina.
3 Practically the entire town of Cal
i houn Falls, in Abbeville county, S. C.,
at the crossing of the Seaboard Air
s Line and Charleston and Western Carr
olina railroads, was sold at auction
s Tuesday to Judge W. F. Cox, of Anderson,
for $14,000, 700 acres at the
3 rate of $20 an acre.
> The property belonged to a syndicate
of Anderson, Charleston and Atlanta
capitalists, known as The Western
Carolina Land and Improvement
Company.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER KILLED,
Struck by L. and N. Train on Crossing
Near Franklin, Tennessee.
A special from Franklin, Tenn.,
says that Charles P. Owens and daugh1
ter were struck and instantly killed
by the Louisville and Nashville fast
mail while trying to cross the track
1 south of Mallory Thursday morning.
The body of the girl was carried about
500 yardj on the pilot, and her head
was crushed into a pulp.
CHOLERA RAGES IN EGYPT,
One Hundred and Thirty-two Deathi
Occurred Within a Week.
j The progress of the cholera in
Egypt is recorded In the following cablegram
to the state department from
' United States Vice Consul General
) Smith, at Cairo, dated November 8:
"Since the first instant there have
f been one hundred and forty cases ol
j cholera and one hundred and thirty
two deaths in all Egypt"
** - - ' --
Willi I IV 1AA KAII?
Urged by New Chief Executive bf
Georgia. 1
GOV. TERRELL'S FIRST MESSAGE |
Document is Brief and Strictly to the
Point?Subjects, of Vital Interest
to Georgians Given "
Attention.
Governor Terrell's first message tot j|||
the Georgia legislature was read in the : p
house and senate last Saturday andf
printed copies of it were distributed'
for the use of the members.
The message is brief, but strong; / . $|j
ana cans atienuuu 10 a uuiuutu w .
subjects op which the people express* dp
ed themselves in the last election;
principless for which Governor Terrell
stands and which he emphasised /ffUM
during his campaign throughout the ^
Governor Terrell urges a constitutlonal
limitation of the tax rate, bills --M
for which are now pending in both - ' ^
houses. Hg suggests legislation look*
ing to the taxation of franchises of
public utility corporations, a matter I'M
which the legislature will also girfc
consideration at this session. Im?< ijsfll
portant suggestions are offered looking
to the prompt payment of the
school teachers of the state, andjh^?^-^^
suggestions have beeiL^mi>?<rl?<l in a
bill by Mr. Howell, of Meriwether,
which is now before the house.
Important legislation looking to local
taxation for the purpose of build- ;
ing school houses is recommended,
and the exemption of all. college endowments,
is strongly urged.
An important feature of the message
is the recommendations looking? |j
to the establishment of agricultural ^
colleges in each cogres3ional district
and ultimately connecting with them J
experimental stations and farmers' in*
Another recommendation is that
ur?)ijg a compilation ami pieaci
cf the records of the colonial period
o? the state's history icr use In the
In regard to the taxation of franchises,
which is something new in the
line of gubernatorial' recommendations,
Governor Terrell says in part? .
"Closly allied to a limitation on the Vi?
rate of taxation is the duty of providing
a method by which all property . |
shall be made to bear its fair share of
the public burden. With a few exceptions,
the constitution provides that - a|
1 all property shall be taxed. In the '
main, this provision is carried into effect?though
no system has ever been '^3
devised which is perfect in its applicar v
i tion, and in spite oi the most carefully
drafted to : act3, there ere unavoidable
omissions and a want of that per- .
feet equality a::;! uniformity toward
which the lawn; -.l-.ir-- power constanti
ly aims. Cut there is a chss of frani
chises held by < or tain qr.ioi-publlo
corporations which, though viiaable in
themselves and adding value to thff. /. ]
capital stock, have in the past escaped
taxation because of a want of a - ' ^
. I provision in the statutes requiring J.
t these franchises to be returned or **-' "X'zgm
. sessed. Being property these fran..
franchises are as subject to taxation
! as any other property under the constitution,
and in view of the fact that
they generally represent privileges . ' <3
> which are more or less exclusive and . .
. which have been given to the corpora/
tions without money and without,>
. price, there is a peculiar justice in
, subjecting them to the tax laws."
I YEAR'S CASUALTIES IN ARMY. ;
Shown In Annual Report of Adjutant .-A-j^gg
, General Ccrbin.
The annual report of Major General '
Corbin, adjutant general of the army, E
shows that during the fiscal year there
i were 35 officers killed in action or died
3 of wounds and disease, 21 resigned and "^
68 retired. Of the enlisted men, 1,227
t were killed or died oi wounds o^ diai
j ease; 35.806 were discharged on the
i expiration of service, 5,698 were diet
charged for disability or dismissed by :
c order of courtmartial, 4,667 deserted, 1 . ^||gj|
were missing and 203 retired.
STOLE FAMILY JEWELRY.
Robbers Get Eight Thousand Dollar* '
Worth of Gems. '
Emanuel Jacobs, a New York law- - -yp
yer, reported to the police Friday that
his residence In Madison avenue, was entered
by thieves last evening, while _
the family was at dinner, and that $8,000
worth of jewelry and a quantity of
valuable clothing was stolen.
Bryan's State Republican. . .^Igs
PMurns received at republican state* 4
headquarters show that the republl- -..i
cans have elected five of the six con- ;
gressmen in Neoraska
LARGE DEAL IN LEAF TOBACCO.
?? M
I Continental Company Buys 2,300 Hogsheads
at Louisville.
The largest transaction in the hi*> '
tory of the leaf tobacco market of
Louisville, Ky., has just been closed.
It is the purchase by the Continental
Tobacco Company of 2,330 hogsheads :>||
of redried Green river Pryors from the . > . "p
Pickett warehouse. The aggregate :
cost was in the neighborhood of $250,-'
000. . /'
CUBAN KID8 FOR BUDDHA.
, Quesada Says Children Were 3ent by
Permission of Parents.
Senor Quesada, the Cuban minister
1 at Washington, has received inform*
tion regarding the Cuban children who
1 recently arrived at New York destined
tor a school at Point Loma, Cal., and
who were detained by the immigration
?
, officials.
This was to the effect that the departure
of the children was properly
astteriatf ?(Ml aOBlUfld SSHt