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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18.1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
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South Carolina Industries.
The Chattanooga Tradesman shows I
the following new industries establish- j
ed in this state during the past week: I
Charleston, $5,000 land company;
St. George, saw mill; Columbia, mat- i
tress factory; Clio, lumber company; {
Anderson, $200,000 cotton mill; Wal- J
halla, $10,000 telephone company.
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1 Stockholders
Well Paid.
According to the annual report of
the Spartanburg and Asheville railroad
recently completed, the concern
has netted the stockholders during
the fiscal year, the sum of $212,000.
* Further items In the said report are:
Total business, $527,000. Expenses,
including taxes, $315,000.
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Had Plenty of Booze.
A nartv of revenue officers and
state constables raided the premises
of John Babb and father. Joe Babb,
located a few miles west of Greenville,
one day the past week. In a
small house located in Joe Babb's
yard was found a barrel containing
fifty-one gallons of corn liquor, while
in John Babb's home was found twenty-five
gallons in kegs. Warrants
were at once sworn out for the parties.
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Savings Bank for Mill People.
A $10,000 savings bank for cotton
mill people will be established by W.
A. Law, a prominent local banker; A.
H. Twitchett, president of the D. E.
Converse Company, operating several
large cotton mills, together with several
other mill men. The bank will
be located at Converse, and will be
conveniently locr/ed for the operatives
of the Clifton cotton mills.
The promoters of the mill desire
the mill people to look upon the savings
bank as their own institution.
The new concern will be known as
the Converse savings bank. An organization
will be perfectly shortly.
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Farr is Made Receiver.
An ordfer signed by Judge Goff, of
Yirginia, was filed in the United
States circuit court at Charleston last
Monday appointing Freeman S. Farr
4 receiver of the Georgetown and Western
railway. The Meyer Rubber Company,
of New Jersey, is named as complainant.
The road runs from Georgetown
to Lanes, in this state, and with
spurs and sidings it has 72 miles of
track.
It is practically owned by the Atlantic
Coast Lumber Company, and is
subject to a mortgage for $500,000.
given for bonds.
The Meyer Rubber Company alleges
that the defendant is indebted
to it for $31,250.
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A Case of Foul Murder.
Some days ago young Sam Lightsey
disappeared from his home at Fairfax.
All efforts to gain information as to
his whereabouts failed. Last Saturt
day, however, a party of hunters,
while passing through some thick
woodland near the young man's home,
stumbled over his dead body. He had
been foully murdered and his body
hidden away in the woods.
A relative of the young man later
wired the governor that a negro had
been arrested at Sycamore during the
day who knew something of the case,
and that after being locked up he confessed
that his brother had committed
the crime.
Bloodhounds were sent to the scene
of the murder in charge of Guard
Duncan, of the state penitentiary.
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Armitage Claim Settled.
The quartermaster general of the
army nas approved me payment ui
the claim of H. H. Bacon, of Savannah,
administrator of the estate of
William Armitage, deceased, contractor
for the work on Fort Fremont in
South Carolina. The amount of the
claim is $14,750. There has been a
hitch in the settlement of this claim
for some time, owing to complications
growing out of the death of
Contractor Armitage.
Mr. Bacon, who resides in Savannah,
was the principal bondsman of
the contractor. As administrator of
the estate, he has been seeking an adjustment
of the claims by the war
department. Some days ago the subject
was reopened at the instance of
some of Mr. Bacon's friends and a
satisfactory result was reached.
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Will Appoint Crum.
According to present indications,
says a Washington dispatch. President
Roosevelt will appoint Dr. Crum
collector of the port at Charleston.
This developed a few days ago after
a conference which Capt. Capers and
Major Micah Jenkins, of South Carolina,
had at the white house. The
president said he could not refuse to
appoint Crum merely on account of |
his color and so long as the negro ap- j
plicant seems to have been able to I
meet the charges of political treachery
made against him. he did not see
how he could help giving him the
Charleston place, no maiter how '
fttmne'K* the> white citizens of Charles- j
ton might protest against it. It is in- j
timated that the president is not at i
all pleased with some of the criti- j
cisms which have come upon him j
from Charleston and that the white j
citizens who have been protesting j
against the appointment have injured :
their case by the character ol their !
fight. It is a fact, however, that j
Crum's principal strength lies in his j
having been taken up by the negro re- i
publicans from the northern states, j
who have rallied to his support.
It is understood that the vacant i
South Carolina marshalship is to go I
to the present acting marshal, Dr. j
ClaFteiti Amoa* the other canaita*** j
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prominently mentioned are former
District Attorney Lathrop, E. M. Brayton,
J. D. Adams, Preston Ryon and
Major J. F. Jones. Captain Capers
will indorse Dr. Clayton.
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Bull Fight Nipped in Bud.
An attempt to have an exhibition
of fighting bulls, dogs and chickens,
near Rock Hill, in York county, the
past week, almost resulted disastrously.
Governor McSweeney had instructed
the sheriff to prohibit the fighting.
The owners of the show claimed that
nothing but an injunction from the
court would stop the animal fights.
The sheriff thereupon called upon the
Catawba Rifles, of the local militia,
lor aid and the bull, dog and chicken
fights were stopped.
After a conference with the assistant
attorney general on the subject,
the governor sent the following telegram
to the sheriff of York county:
"Information has been received at
this department that cock fights, bull
tights, etc., are to take place near
Rock Hill Friday noon. Under
chaper xxx, page 451, criminal code of
South Carolina, you are directed and
nutnonzeci to go at once 10 iccck rim i
and prevent such proposed violation
of the law, and if necessary call out
the military company at Reck Kill or
command such posse as may be nec
essary to prevent said fights. Do your
duty in the premises as provided in
the criminal code."
Later Mr. Thomasson, on whose
farm the proposed fights were to take
place, endeavored to talk to the governor
over the long distance telephone,
but was told to telegraph anything
he had to say in regard to the
matter.
A sensation was caused about seven
years ago when it was announced that
a bull fight would take place on the
Hayne Boll place, near Renno. in Laurens
county. The governor ordered
the sheriff to stop the fight, but he
was delayed in reaching the scene.
Excursions had carried hundreds of
people to the place. Whe.v the hour
of the fight arrived the two bulls
strolled into the arena, looked at
each other, made friends and ended
the sport in a very amusing-manner.
BOOM IN SOUTHERN MILLS.
Manufacturer's Record Shews Great
Diversity cf Development.
Indicative of the diversity of industrial
developments in the south are
the announcements in the past week's
issue of The Manufacturer's Record.
For the enlargement of the Union Cot- I
ton mills, of Lafayette, Ga., recently
authorized by the stockholders of the
company, mill architects are now preparing
plans, which include the erection
of 75 cottages for operatives. The
company now operates 7.GS0 ring spindles
and 212 looms in the manufacture
of sheeting, toweling and drills. This
equipment will be increased by 10,000
spindles and 288 looms, aocut $200,000
being expended on the new buildings
and machinery.
The Lockhart mills, of J.ockhart, S.
C., will build an additional mill at a
cost of $250,000, and an increase of
the capital stock from ?650.0j0 to $1,000,000
has bden authorized to supply
the funds. There are 25,000 spindles
and 800 looms in the preseiir. plant.
It is reported that the purchase of
300 acres of land and a valuable water
power near Covington, Gi., is preliminary
to the erection of a $200,000 cotton
factory at that place.
Men already interested in several
mills at Spray, N. C., have incorporated
a $100,000 company to manufacture
woolen cloths.
The Capital City Mills, of Columbia,
S. C., is changing its equiiment so as
produce a finer grade of goods. It
now has 6,200 ring spindles and 200
looms, and has heretofore used 400
bales of cotton a month. With the
change the consumption will be reduced
to 100 bales.
Work is progressing on the improvements
of the Hope mills, ac Hope
Mills, N. C., and will soon be completed.
The additional structure is 15Ox
300 feet, and will be equipped with 200
looms and a finishing plant, the total
cost being about $100,000. The present
plant has 12,5S2 spindles and 751
looms.
Extensions are made in other lines.
ENGLAND'S SIDE TOLD.
Parliamentary Paper of Explanation
Issued in London.
A parliamentary paper giving the '
correspondence relating to Venezuelan
affairs was issued at London Monday
afternoon. It began with a memorandum
which, after recounting the
existing causes of complaint against
Venezuela, says:
"Besides these specific outrages and
grounds for complaint there are
causes in which British subjects and
companies have long claims against
Venezuela. The Venezuelan government
declined to accept the explanations
and assurances of his majesty's
government in regard to the Ban Righ
as in any way modifying the situation.
As a result the position of his majesty's
legation at Caracas is rendered
quite impracticable for diplomatic
purposes, as all representations, protests
and remonstrances now remain
disregarded and unacknowledged."
THOMPSON REPUDIATES PARTYNew
Collector in Alabama Discountenances
Meeting of Colored Men.
The result of the negro republican
convention at Selma. Alabama, in formally
launching a republican party
which is thought to have the indorsement
of the administration, is repudiated
by Mr. Thompson, who was recently
appointed collector of revenue by
the president.
An anti- contract labor law just
adopted by Nicaragua has taken the
peculiar form of making any laborer
who Is out of employment liable to
twenty years' imprisonment. The
law defines "laborer" as meaning any
peraon over 10 years pid, mate Qt
without * t&fU&l 9t fiSft
FIRST BLOOD DRAWN
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Britons and Germans Bombard
Venzneian Fort.
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CASTRO NOW SHOUTS DEFIANCE !
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Flatly Refuses to Accept Ultimatums.
News of Bombardment Excites a
Washington Officials?Means j
Flagrarrt War. i
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A special of Saturday from Caracas r
says: President Castro and the Vene- r
zuelan government have flatly refused j
to accept the ultimatums of Germany, j.
and Great Britain. His defiance ^
means war. l
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A special from Puerto Cabello, ~
Venezuela, under date of December i
13th. stated the British cruiser Chary- c
bdis and the German cruiser Vineta ?
bombarded the fortress there at a
o'clock Saturday afternoon and quick- (
ly silenced it. The borbardment lasted
forty-five minutes. The fortress is c
composed of Fort Solano and the Cas- 1
tie Libertador. After the firing ceas- c
cd, the Charybdis sent marines to oc- *
cupy the castle. The fortress was al- *
most demolished. Three persons kill- *
ed by the shelling.
At 7 o'clock Saturday morning the
Charybdis and Vineta arrived there, j
searching for Venezuelan gunboats, f
The two cruisers sent their boats into t
the inner port, but finding no gun- c
boats the boats were returned. The t
captain of the British merchant steam- <
er Topaze, which was seized by the t
mob last Wednesday, then visit- t
ed the British commodore, on board t
the Charybdis, and lodged a protest c
against the violation of his ship. The C
British captain returned an hour later
with a detachment of fifty marines, i
who took charge of the Topaze. The \
populace was greatly excited at this i
incident and raised the cry, "To i
arms!" but there was no disorder. t
The British commodore then sent a c
message to the authorities at Puerto t
Cabello, demanding immediate satis- j
faction for the action cf the mob in
having hauled down the British flag i
from the Topaze, saying that if this s
satisfaction was not forthcoming in t
two hours, at 5 o'clock, the fortress c
and the custom .house would be bom- i
barded. 5
At a quarter before 5 a reply was i
received from President Castro, who 1
authorized the chief official to C
give the British commodore ample
cnt-rQf.nptinTi Before this answer could i
be communicated to the American !
consul the hour stipulated for its receipt
had arrived; the cruisers immediately
opened fire on the fortress.
The fire was returned from Fort Solano
and Castle Libertador, but the
Venezuelan guns were soon silenced.
While the firing continued there was
intense excitement. Every house in
town was closed.
The News in Washington.
Minister Bowen, in a dispatch received
by the state department Sunday
afternoon, cabled that he had
been informed by President Castro
that British and German warships
were bombarding Puerto Cabello.
In an earlier dispatch, received by
the state department at 3:22 o'clock
Sunday morning, Minister Bowen
said that the situation at the VenezueQ
lan capital, Caracas, was much quieter.
The great excitement noted at the
outset of the affair, he said, was
caused by the precipitate flight of the
British and German ministers, the ar- s
rest of all the subjects of those two
nations and the seizure of the Vene
zuelan gunboat withou. first declaring e
a blockade, thus causing the people to 1
fear a bombardment would follow at J
once.
The act of bombardment means ?
flagrant war, even if the forts at Puer- 1
to Cabello had not returned the fire. a
Great Britain and Germany have thus c
given plain- notice to the United ^
States that there is war, and probably
fired on the fortifications at Puerto j"
Cabello to provoke it. It is not conceivable
how Germany can now justify
her original intimation that it was .
proposed to establish a peaceful blockade.
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CUBAN TREATY SIGNED.
Document is at Last Ready to be *
Made Effective.
A definite treaty or commercial reciprocity
between Cuba and the Uni- ^
ted States has been signed by Gener- r
al Bliss and Secretaries Zaldo and *
Montes. It only lacks the signatures c
of Secretary Hay and Senor Quesada *
and the annrova! of the United States a
and Cuban Senates to make it oper- 1
ative. *
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GERMANY GIVES EXCUSE.
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Says Castro's Boats Were Sunk Be- ?
cause of Their Unfitness. ^
In official* quarters at Berlin it is
said that the Venezuelan vessels sunk
off La Guayra were old and worthless
revenue cutters and unfit to go z
to sea and the other ships captured (
have been sent to a certain West In- t
dian port, to be refitted for use dur- \
ing the blockade. The destruction of
the Venezuelan craft, it is added, was
necessary in order to prevent them
from falling into the hands of the j
Venezuelans, as the German vessels <
had to leave L8 Guayra. $
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GOVERNOR'S VETO OVERRIDDEN.
Georgia Senate Makes Summer Sessions
of Legislature a Sure Thing. *
Governor Terrell's veto of the summer
session bill was over-ridden by
the Georgia senate Thursday by a 5
vote of 8 to 3, more than two-thirds of (
the senate, and if the house by a two- 1
thirds vote should take the same ac- (
tion, the general assembly will here- 1
after meet in Atlanta on the fourth f
Wednesday in Juno instead of October. '
Those votlJtg u> sustain the gover- 1
m- Ledforrt a?d |>gru. ]
T0~ ARMS! CASTRO CALLS.
Venezuelans, Wrought to Fighting
Pitchf are Shouldering Their Mausers
to Repel Invaders.
President Castro, of Venezuela,
eems determined to resist the invaion
of his domain by force of arms,
md war may be said to be already
in, judging from dispatches received
Thursday from La Guayra.
The government has sent 2,000 men
md eighteen guns from Caracas to renforce
the garrison at La Guayra.
These troops went into camp at Cuaricuti,
distant one hour from La Guaya.
All of Thursday and Thursday
light ammunition was being carried to
?ort La Vigia, which crowns the harior,
and preparations are being made
o resist the foreign forces. Voluneers
to the number of 926 men, all
rom La Guayra, have been armed,
tnd more are requesting arms. It is
isserted that the government has sufficient
men to resist the foreign forces,
is the movement is peculiar. Everyvhere
one meets one of all classes and
conditions carrying mauser rifles.
The highly sensational news of the
rapture at .rori 01 spam ui mc vcuc*.lelan
gunboat Bolivar by the British
rruiser Charybdis was communicated
.0 President Castro by a representa;ive
of the Associated Press. The
>vent created intense excitement.
Cause of the Row.
Venezuela has been seekmg to avoid
payment of British and German claims
or a long time, and only recently did
he British and German governments
Iecide to enforce tho collection of
hese claims. No schedule of these
claims against Venezuela has ever
)een published, but it is known that
he total is nearly $20,200,000. Of the
wo nations, Germany is the larger
rreditor, about $15,000,000 of the $20,100,000
being due German subjects.
The claims consist first of unpaid
nterest on the $10,000,000 loan of 1896,
vhich was taken up by the Germans
n greater part, and the rest by Brltsh
and French capitalists. This is said
o amount to about $2,500,000. Then
:ome claims for merchandise delivered
)y German traders to the Venezuelan
,rovernment and never paid for.
Lastly, ajid these, though indefinite
n character and undoutedly greatly
welled, comprising the majority of the
otal, are the claims for the property
)f German subjects destroyed in the
rarious revolutions in the past ten
rears or more, and the concessions Tost
n the same manner, or of which tne
lolders were deprived arbitrarily by
Castro altogether.
Some $50,000,000 of German capital
s invested in Venezuela and the pres>nt
movement is intended for the fuure
security of this as much as for
he squaring up of old accounts. The
rlaims of Great Britain are similar in
:haracter. By his insolence toward
he United States as well as toward
he two other countries now at issue
vith him, Castro has entirely alienated
?ur state department. Solemn assurmces
have been given several times
>ver, by both Great Britain and Gernany
that they were not seeking to
icquire any territory in their forceful
:ollection of debts. Hence, this counry
will maintain a position of friendly
leutrality. Our present administraitn
is distinctly .warlike in its characer,
however, and it will doubtless call
[own quickly and forcibly any one of
he involved nations which overstep
he limits imposed under the Monroe
loctrine
fGROVER AND BOOKER
>peak from Same Platform in Interest
of a Negro School In Philadelphia.
Former President Cleveland presid;d
Thursday night at a public meetng
in Philadelphia in aid of the Beean
Manual Training school, an instiution
whicii aims to give members
if the negro race the benefits of an
ndustrial education. The meeting was
ittended by prominent jurists, eduators
and business men.
Mr. Cleveland, who is personally in
erested in the school, was the princiial
speaker, and Booker T. Washingon,
president of Tuskegee institute,
lso made an address.
The institution was established less
han two years ago and has an enrollment
of 200 students.
NEGROES LAUNCH PARTY.
Colored Republicans in Alabama Meet
in Selma and Organize
Negroes in Alabama met at Selma
Thursday and launched a republican
jarty. The majority of those assem)led
are not registered voters, but
:laim they are properly qualified to
ake a hand in political affairs. They
lIso claim that the lily whites have no
nortgage on appointments in -Alaiama,
as they have been assured of
he good will of the president.
This republican party will send delegates
to the national convention to
lelect a nominee for president of the
Jnited States.
Roosevelt Going to San Francisco.
President Roosevelt has formally
iccepted the invitation of the citizens'
lommittee of San Francisco to attend
he dedication of the navy monument
;o commemorate the battle of Manila.
House to Hold Sunday Session.
A "Washington ;_dispatch says: A
esoiution was aaopieu, wmtii
?d for a session on Sunday, February
I, for paying tribute to the memory of
:he late Senator Sewall,
OUT OF PRESIDENT'S HANDS.
Congress Takes Job of Fixing Pay of
Strike Commission.
A Washington special says: The
senate late Thursday afternoon passed,
with several amendments, the bill
ixing the compensation of the anthracite
coal strike commission, and it
low goes to conference. After considerable
debate $4,000 was settled
ipon as the proper amount, thus takng
the matter out of tho hands of the
prenideatj rq the Mil origin?.!^ pro
TO TAX FRANCHISES I
Both Houses of the Georgia As*
sembly Pass Important Bill.
PROVISIONS ARE FAR REACHING
Embodies Views of Comptroller Gen.
eral of State?Covers "Invisible"
Property?Main Section of
the Measure. >
By the unusually large vote of 35
to 2 the upper house of the Georgia
assembly, Thursday, passed the franchise
tax bill.
The bill as passed is similar to the
measure introduced by Mr. Candler,
of DeKalb, as a substitute for the
Reid bill, having the full intent and
effect of the Candler bill, though a
number of amendments were adopted
before the measure went through.
The franchise tax bill, in brief, de
fines franchises as taxable property
and provides they shall be returned to
the comptroller general, who shall collect
taxes on them, ad valorem, the
same as is now the case with railroad,
telegraph and telephone companies.
All day long the senate was at work
on the measure and it was late in the
afternoon before it was put in shape
for passage.
The amendment of greatest interest,
perhaps, is that inserted in section 10,
which provides that where street railroads
or other corporations now pay
cities or counties an occupation tax,
or a percentage of their gross receipts,
such payment shall be deducted from
the amount levied and collected as a
franchise tax for the city or county to
which such payment is made.
The first section, which covers the
purpose and interest of the bill, is as
follows:
A bill to be entitled an act to provide
for and require the payment of
taxes on franchises, and to describe
the method for the return and payment
of said taxes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the senate
and house of representatives of
the state of Georgia in general assembly
met, the term "special franchise"
as used in this act shall include every
right and privilege exercised within
this state granted to any person, partnership
or corporation by the state or
its authority or by any county or county
officer or officers, or any municipal
corporation or officer thereof for the
exercise of the power of eminent domain
or for the use of any public
highway or street or the land above
I or below any highway or street within j
the limits of said state, and every spe-1
cial right exercised within this state
granted by charter, resolution, by-law,
statute or otherwise, whether under
the laws of this or any other state, for
the exercise of any public service,
such as the construction and operation
of railroads equipped for steam, electricity,
horse power, compressed air
or otherwise, for the common carrying
of passengers or freight, the construction
or operation of any plant or
plants for the distribution and sale of
gas, water, electric lights or power,
steam heat, refrigerated air or other
substances by means of wires, pipes
or conduits made under or above any
street, alley or highway, or the construction
and operation of any telephone
or telegraph plant, all rights to
conduct wharfage, dockage or cranage
business, the conduct of any express
business or the operation 01 sleeping,
palace, dining or chair cars, all rights
and privileges to construct, maintain
or operate canals, toll-bridges, the
right to carry on the business of maintaining
equipment companies, navigation
companies, freight or passenger
depots, and every other like special
fnn^Hnn ^ATipndpTit nnon the erant of
public powers or privileges, not allowed
by law to natural persons or involving
the performance of any pub- .
lie service, not including the mere
right to be a corporation by trading or
manufacturing or other corporations
exercising no special franchise above
, enumerated.
Other sections designate how taxes
are to le levied and collected in the
various counties.
"DEFEATED BY LOBBYISTS"
Such is Declaration Made by Official
Anent Georgia Convict Bill.
"There has been a lobby of convict
lessees around the capitol with a view
to preventing action on the question
of leasing the labor of the state convicts,
and the failure of the legislature
to decide this question will probably
cost the state thousands of dollars
in the end."
This statement was made Thursday
by a prominent and well-known Georgia
official, who stated that he had
evidence of the fact that certain lessees
had been lobbying to prevent action
on the bill at the present session.
Two More Ships Taken by Britisn.
The Venezuelan troop ship Seamore
and the Venezuelan coast guard vessel
Veinte Tres de Mayo were captured
in the Gulf of Paria and taken to Port
of Spain, Trinidad, Thursday morning
by the British sloop of war Alert.
Named by Roosevelt.
The president Thursday sent to the
senate the nomination of Fred M.
Taylor as postmaster at Titusville,
Fla.
MRS. U. S. GRANT DEAD.
Passed Away Sunday Night at Her
Home in Washington.
Mrs. U. S. Grant, wife of President
Grant, died at her residence in Washington
at 11:17 o'clock Sunday night.
Death was due to heart failure. Her
age preventea her rallying from the
attacks.
Her daughter, Nellie Grant Sartoris,
! was the only one of her children with
j hor at the time of her deatn, hT three
son?, who had been gumiaongd, be'
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OFFICIAL TERMS NOW CHANGED.
Georgia Summer Legislative Sessions
Bill Expected to Result in Various
Complications and Tangles.
Georgia legislators will hereafter
meet in Atlanta on the fourth Wednesday
in June, instead of the fourth
Wednesday in October, as has been
the case heretofore. The house Friday
morning by a vote of 128 to 35
declined to sustain the veto of Governor
Terrell, and the senate having
done so on Thursday by a vote of
33 to 3,the bill by Senator Skelton was
declared passed by Speaker Morris,
and the next session of the general
assembly will meet in Atlanta on Wednesday,
June 24, 1903, or within seven
months from the adjournment
v,h:ch was held Friday night.
The passage of the bill means that j
the term of Governor Terrell, who i
was elected for two years, and the i
terms of Comptroller General Wright,
State Treasurer Park, Attorney General
Hart, Prison Commissioners Joseph
Turner, Clement A. Fvans,
Thomas Eason, Commissioner of Agri- i
culture 0. B. Stevens, Secretary of
Ftate Phil Cook, Supreme Court Justices
T. J. Simmons, A. J. Cobb, Samuel
Lumpkin, W. H. Fish, A. J. Little
and John S. Candler will be extended
fc a period of eight months, and that
the present legislature will hold
two more sessions of fifty days each,
one in June, 1903, and another in
June, 1904.
The next general election will not
be held until October, 1904, and un- i
der the constitution of the state the ;
returns cannot be canvassed until the j
session of the legislature in June, j
1905. For that reason the governor |
and the other statehouse officers afad j
presumably the judges cf the superior !
couns and solicitors of those courts j
in the state must hold until they are j
declared elected again, or until their i
successors are elected and qualified, j
The bill will also change the fiscal I
year of the state from September 1st j
to June 1st. Everything will be chang- j
ed about considerably under the new j
law, but the legislature by a big ma- I
jority thought it was best for the j
state, and so decided despite the veto ;
of the chief executive.
Governor Terrell, when seen shortly !
after the passage of the bill over his [
veto, said that he would have to begin ;
scaling the appropriations which had !
been made by the legislature, as the j
appropriation bill did not take into i
consideration that the legislature was |
to meet again in June. The expenses
of the general assembly generally
amount to about $70,000 per ses- j
sicn and a deficit will no doubt be :
creaiea in me treasury, ?? wo expenses
of the session will have to be
paid from tne money which is now
being paid into the treasury from this
year's taxation.
When the bill was passed in the
house there was great rejoicing among ;
the members.
CASTRO BEGS ARBITRATION.
Appeals to United'States to Help Venezuela
Out of Trouble .
A cablegram received at the state
department Friday from Minister Bowen,
at Caracas, states that the Vene
zuelan government has requested him
to propose to Great Britain and Ger- !
many that the difficulties arising out i
of the claims for alleged damages and
injuries to British and German subjects
during the civil war be submitted
to arbitration.
In conformity with the understanding
already reached with the representatives
of the British and German
wivflmmontc Pnctrn'sf armpal will hft
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l^-id before those governments, the
state department acting merely as a.
channel of communication. Not much
hope is entertained of the favorable
reception of the proposition, as it it
felt that the difficulty has progressed
too far for a settlement by the peaceful
methods of arbitration.
It is certain that the state department
is willing to go any reasonable
length to settle the difficulty in Venezuela
in any manner that shall be
honorable and satisfactory to all parties.
Therefore Secretary Hay replied
to Mr. Bowen's cablegram, authorizing
him, in his discretion, to
use his good offices to secure arbitration.
SOUTH AMERICANS AROUSED.
Action cf the Powers Maddens Venezuela's
Sister Republics.
A patriotic demonstration took
place at Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday
night. A large number of people who
had attended a meeting went to the
Venezuelan and to the other South
American consulates, shouting:
"Long live Castro!" "Long 'live
Venezuela!" and "Long live the South
American countries!"
The participants in the demonstration,
before dispersing, adopted a j
T-Oeoiiition askine President Plaz to j
protest against the action of the allied
powers.
BOODLERS FEAR HOME JURIES.
Ex-Delegates Under. Charges at St
Louis Want a Change of Venue.
Former members of the St. Louis
house of delegates, Denny, Sheridan,
Hartman, Gutke, Beersch and Lehniann,
whose cases on joint charges oi
bribery and perjury in connection with
the suburban franchise legislation do?
were docketed for immediate trial,
have given notice that they will apply
for a change of venue.
ARGENTINE SEEKS INFORMATION
Wants to Know Why Uncle Sam is
Remaning Inactive.
It is learned on reliable authority
that the government of Argentina, in
a dispatch from Buenos Ayres, has
instructed its consular representatives
to report to Buenos Ayres as
early as possible what appears to be
the attitude of tho United States, and
what view that nation takes, in Vi?w
of the Moerpe doctrine of te*
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HONOLULU CABLE LANDED.
Consummation of Great Commercial
Event Celebrated on Sunday at
San Francisco.
"In memory of John W. Mackay, I
chri&ten the Pacific cable. May it always
carry messages of happiness."
With these words, in San Francisco,
Sunday, Lucille Gage, 11-year-old
daughter of H. L. Gage, governor of_
California, christened the trans-Pacific
cable, and breaking a bottle of champagne
over the shore end, inaugurated
a new era in the commercial development
of the Pacific coast. The landing
and splicing of the shore end,
which Is to connect the mainland with
Honolulu, was accomplished without
hitch and- was witnessed by nearly
40,000 persons.
Beautiful weather prevailed, there
being scarcely any surf. The steamer
Newsboy, carrying six miles of cable,
steamed close in shore in the early
morning, and by a life saving boat's
crew sent a rope to which the cable
was attached ashore. Word was sent
to President Clarence H. Mackay and
the Cable and Postal Telegraph officials
that all was in readiness. The
work of hauling in the cable was done
so expeditiously that the officials arrived
on the beach only two minutes
before the cable had touched the
beach and was christened at 9:55 a. m.
While the cable was being spliced to
the land end, Mayor Schmitz delivered
a short speech, congratulating Mr.
Mackay on the successful beginning
| of the work. He also spoke on the
benefit to the world at large that
would result in its completion.
Clarence Mackay, president of the
Pacific Cable Company, thanked the
mayor and those present. Governor
Gage, on behalf\of the people of the
state, paid.a tribute to the late John
W. Mackay. The final exercises closed
with cheers for the cable, and all
those taking part in its landing. Mr.
Mackay also sent the following telegram
to President Roosevelt:
"I have the honor to inform you
that the end of the Honolulu cable
was successfully brought to shore
this morning."
TO SUCCEED MINISTER BUCK.
President Names Loyd Griscom, Pres
ent Minister to Persia.
The president late Saturday afternoon
selected Loyd Griscom, now minister
to Persia, to be minister to Japan,
succeeding Mr. Buck, deceased.
He also selected Richmond Pearson,
of North Carolina, at present consul
general at Teheran, Persia, to succeed
Mr. Griscom as Minister to Persia. Mr.
Pearson is the uncle of Hobson, the
hero of the M'erriraac.
John Barrett declined the appointment,
and there is a fine diplomatic
story in connection with his refusal
of the place. Mr. Kogoro Takahira,
the Japanese minister at Washington,
objected to the appointment of Barrett
when he learned that it was pending,
but it is only now that his reasons
for the objection are published.
An attache of one of the oriental
legations tells The Washington Post
that Barrett, in a Boston speech, and
elsewhere, had said the mongrel Filipinos
were the equals of the Japanese
and the statement had offended the
dignity of Japan. For this reason Japan
did not want him.
NEGROES SCORED BY PRELATE.
Bishop Turner Calls Down Boisterous
Brethren in Conference.
"I am persuaded that the white
man is correct when he says the negro
is an inferior and ungovernable person,"
said Bishop Turner in a speech
at the conference of the African Methodist
Episcopal church in Eastman,
no
During the session Friday the conference
became boisterous and noisy,
and it was on this account that Bishop
Turner uttered the foregoing.
Robbers Hold Up Bank.
A report reached Santa Fe, N. M.,
Saturday afternoon that the private
bank of Hillsboro, Sierra county, was
held up by robbers, who escaped with
considerable booty. A short time before'
cattle men had deposited some
$30,000.
FIVE KILLED IN WRECK.
Freight Train Plunges Through Bridge
Near Bucklin, Miss.
A special from Bucklin, Mo., says
the locomotive of a local freight train
on the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad
was wrecked Saturday night near
that place when the locomotive went
through the bridge over East Yellow
creek. The killed are: J. Murphy,
roadmaster; Arthur Hight, Thomas
Ainsworth, A. Green, fireman; J. E.
Votau, trainmaster.
.?ull fight at Rock Hill, S. C., is
stopped by the sheriff, who calls out
local militia.
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Millions Pledged to Wall Street.
A number of the banks of New
York and J. P. Morgan & Co. have
formed a pool of $50,000,000 to lend in
the money market in the event of
actual emergency.
Supreme Court to Take Recess.
Chief Justice Fuller announced
Monday that the supreme court
would take a recess on the 22d instant
for two weeks.
five held for crime.
Murder of Man in Mississippi Results
in Wholesale Arrests.
The case of Dr. J. J. Harper, Walter
Harper, B. T. McCormack, H. L. Johnston,
white and Albert McGhee, col
ored, charged with the murder of William
Lawrence at the Eastman-Gardiner
Company's logging camp at Laurel,
Miss., were given a preliminary
hearing Friday. The defendants waived
examination and were committed
to jail without bail, together with
ibevt thirty ?wt? witness
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SENSATIONAL CLOSB I
Marked Finale of the Georgia 1
General Assembly.
BLOWS STRUCK IN THE BOUSE M
Doorkeeper Robson and Represent* '
tive Knight Clinch on the Floor, -j '-jM
Apologies Follow and Alt j
Ends Serene. ! ill :3
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Scenes sensational in the extreme -
marked the closing hours of the Geor* mj^M
gia house of representatives at AtfaaV
ta Saturday morning at 2:25 o'clock.
Just as the house was about, to
take the final vote, in which it receded' &|jjjfl
from its position on the public prop-.^*^^
erty fund and agreed, by a vote of 70
to 60, that it should be used to
interest on the bonded debt, there ^ ?
occurred on the floor a difficulty bo
tween Mr. Knignt, or eerneu, jumrag
Clayton Robson, one of the horj3Q :
doorkeepers, which put the house In
an uproar and delayed final adjourn- ;M
I ment.
The house had been in disorder %
some time, and Speaker Morris de- ;
j termined to preserve order for the J
final vote, called on all members ot'~ |
the house to be seated. He then de-;^ 3
signated Mr. Robson from among the'.;* |
doorkeepers to see that members toolL% ^
their seats when ordered to do so by0 :|
At the beginning of the roll call ,:'M
the final motion to recede from --'djjSjl -S
position of the house, Mr. Knight, of ?
Berrien, rose to a point 01! order. j
stated his point, and at its amclnsks^^^H
Speaker Morris said:
"The point is overruled. The gte$?|||^H
tleman from Berrien will be"seated/* I
Mr. Robson was standing behind I
Mr. Knight at the time. Mr* Knight^
was somewhat slow in taking his sein^
and when the speaker made his s&?jg|i|
ment, Mr. Robson took hold of Mr.fi - 2
Knight and endeavored to malm hli^
take his seat. Mr. Knight resisted^!
and there was a struggle betwee?'tlp|| |
two for about a minute. /J
The situation soon dawned on
members, and several of them n&r Sfjr/1
rushed to Mr. Knight's assistance '1(?|?
Deal, of Eulloch, among others, go#1./- -'-f.
up on top of the desks, cane in |
and hat on, in his efforts to reach tho M
scene of the struggle. Mrf Robson m
was pulled away from Mr. Knight and M
the scuffle was stopped. J1
Speaker Morris stated from the : ||
chair that Mr. Robson had acted
nnt antr infltmctjonR from him in. thirst
instance, and that he would suspend..-^HR
him for the rest of the session. Hajflj _
said it was not the duty of the door- > jl
keeper or sergeant at arms to take
such action except when specifically
ordered to do so by the chair. pj
A committee was appointed to fat"'^investigate
the matter and its report M
contained a demand on Clayton Robson
to appear immediately before the
bar of the house and apologize to the,
house and Mr. Knight, of Berrien, fot" ^
his action in attempting tt^ seat the M
gentleman from Berrien.
Eobson appeared at once in front
of the speaker's desk, and in a manly : J?
way proceeded to obey the instruct : ^
tion of the house. He stated briefly I
that he had only followed what he
th'ought to have been the direct com- r||
mand of the presiding officer, sayingN^M
further that he had acted under
?ay -'m
apprehension.
His apology was unanimously accepted,
on motion of Mr. Felder, of
Representative Knight, of Berrien,
then addressed the chair, and is frJ||
pleasant manner stated that- the expressions
from the doorkeeper wert ^
entirely satisfactory. 1
On a ioint resolution introduced by
Representative Felder, of Bibb,
house and senate adjourned at
o'clock a. m. .fj
The house had been In continuous
session during the evening. It spent ~
the time, however, between the ap* ||
pointment of conference committees
and hearing reports of disagreement,
in passing local bills, in hearing read ..
and defeated or tabling general sen* J
ate bills, and in talking about the pub* ^
lie property fund.
AQAINSt EIGHT-HOUR LAW " %
!s Decision Rendered by Supreme
Court of the State of Ohio.
The Ohio supreme court Tuesday
handed down a decision in the case of ^
the city of Cleveland vs. Clement tfS
Bros., in which it declared the contest g
ed eight-hour law unconstitutional,
The case was carried up to the so- I
preme court by the city. It had let h^?
sewer contracts to Clement Bros., and I
stipulated that the eight-hour law |S
should be respected under penalty of . rM
$10 for each violation. The city t
tempted to hold out $300 in fines on
settling with the contractors and the
latter sued.
AMERICAN SAILOR SHOT.
Row Between Jack Tars and San Juan
Police Ends Fatally.
The sailor, Costello, of the United
States war ship Wasp, whom the po- 3
lice of San Juan, Porto Rico, shot
Monday night in a row between a nam- i;
ber of sailors and the police, died . i
Thursday.
The navy men are incensed at' th^k . >
action of the police and say the shoot>^^^^S
ing of Costello was unwarranted^ , ^
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Supreme Court of Georgia to Past
Upon thd Case of Henry Bryant.
John Henry Bryant, the negro gen"
tenced to hing in Mouitrie, Ga., did
not pay the penalty on the gallowa
Friday.
His case was carried to the supreme
court by his attorneys-in Moultrie,
and will be given a hearing sometime '
within the next thirty days. For thia
reason the execution will sot take
place until passed spoa fr tfct i&