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Pff- _ ' ' - - J-"* A :ma The Bamberg Herald. I I I II !** *? l-J- .1 ' " _ ... ? w .. . I .1?? 'lis r. ESTABLISHED 1S91. . BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 12. 1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. r>'. __ i ? k. ? \ SOUTH CAROLINA I i STATE NEWS ITEMS, i %CMCMCMCSICNJrslfSJCS?l South Carolina Gets $89,100. The treasury department at Washington has issued . warrants aggregating $89,100 in favor of the state of ,, South Carolina in satisfaction of its claims growing out of the war of 1812. The payment was directed by the general deficiency bill, approved March 3, 1903. *. P.- 1 *** Teachers Will Resign. It is reported that at the next meeting of the board of trusteed of Con ?* ? i a. ~ ji n i v verse couege, iocaieu in oparianuuig, several of the teachers will hand in their resignations to take effect at the close of the present school year, which ends in June. |fe Fratricide Near Holly Hill. Near Holly Hill, In Berkeley county, Fred Martin, a young white farmer, who lives 18 miles away, rode up to the field where his brother, Joel Martin, was plowing, and without a word | of warning, fired a load of buckshot v into his shoulder, killing him instantly. He then quickly rode off, remarKing that his brother had "only rotten what he deserved long ago." Fred Martin claims that his brother had been criminally Intimate with his (Fred's) wife. . Two Fatal Tragedies. A Greenville dispatcu says: West Fuller, a young white man, who was shot Saturday night by Earl Floyd, died Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. m Floyd has surrendered and is in the j county jail. Sundav nieht. on S. M. Meare's farm, i in Fairview townsnip, 2j miles from Greenville, Henry Turnbull shot and Killed Robert Pitts, both parties colored. The two negroes were gamoling and became involved in a quarrel over a wager made between them. Vigilant Constabulary. Chief Fant, of the Spartanburg -division of the state constabulary, has -compiled his report for the month of February Wnile the period 01 time was short, the officers have been creditable to their vigilance. Tne report is as follows: Number of gallons of whisky seized, 155 1-2; number of dozen bottles of j beer seized. G4; number of teams seiz-! ed, 1; number of distilleries destroyed, ! 2; number of gallons of still beer dei - stroyed, 3,700 j number oi convictions, S; number sent to chaingang, 7; amount oi fines collected, $475. . * Good for the Cotton Mills. The recent unprecedented jump in ^ the price of raw cotton has been of great value to many of the mills of this section, which have been so for# tunate as to have made contracts for raw cotton for several months to come at prices on the basis of raw cotton before the recent rise. A few of the mills only, it appears, have been caught by me advance and even these, it is said, will he able to I make money on their yarns, altnougn ; they are paying 9 1-4 to 9 1-2 cents for their product, which is about 1-2 to 3-4 above prices prevailing a few weeks ago. * The general condition of the yarn men is perhaps better today than it has been in several months, or even years, for that matter. i*. ' : Did Not Affect Verdict. A Washington dispatch says: The United States supreme court Monday ! affirmed the opinion oi the supreme court of South Carolina in the case of i John Broomfield vs. the state of South j Carolina. Broomfield is a negro, who resides in South Carolina, and was convicted of murder. He alleges that he had been denied the equal protection o? the law under the constitution be- j cause that, notwithstanding four-filths of the people of tne community are j colored, all negroes were excluded from the grand jury by which he was indicted. Justice Holmes, who delivered the opinion of the court, said j there is no proof of the allegation and ; that the referee sustained the judg-- ; ment of the state court which was ad- , verse to Broomgeld. ? verse to Broomfield. * ? Constables Use Guns The raiding of blind tigers In Charleston has reached that point i where pistol-play seems to be a legiti- | mate part of the proceeding. New i constables nave Deen sent 10 me city, and they evidently have gun records, ! judging from the manner in which i they have pumped hot lead at fleeing whisky wagons. While Levin's wagon was hauling a case of goods a few days ago, two of the constables joined in a wild chase, j People on the street were terrified j when an officer fired, causing the ; horse to run away. In the excitement the liquor was saved. Governor Heyward has reprimanded i other constables for reckless shooting in the street. He does not believe I that the necessity of seizing blind ti- j ger liquor is serious enough to justify j the risk of human life, and it is likely ; that an investigation of the latest j trouble will "$e ordered. The liquor j constables are claiming that the police j will not assist in the proper enforce- j ment of the dispensary law. This charge is indignantly denied by the j department. It is believed by many persons that a serious outbreak will | eventually occur between the consta- ; bles and the blind-tiger element. ? * * Life Term for Burglary. In view of the numoer of murders committed in South Carolina last year, with the few.legal executions, the sentence imposed on Richardson J I ! Jackson, a colored burglar in Charles-! ton, is somewhat astonishing. Tho 1 records show that more prisoners are convicted for theft than for murder, i although more than three hundred j homicides occurred in this state in j ! 1902. Jackson is 23 years of age. Ho j has served several short terms on the I chaingang and was arrested some j time ago for stealing clothing from a I negro residence. The. evidence showj ed that he had broken'into the house, j and his crime went in the category of burglary, notwithstanding that he j stole goods of trifling value. Jackson i attempted to defend himself that he ] was the subject of police persecution, i He was found guilty and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. * * * To Renew Fight on Crum. j A Charleston dispatcn says: Mayor f Smyth has been in close communicaj tion with Senator Tillman by wire ! since tho recent appointment of Dr. j Crum as collector of customs was sent I to the senate by President Roosevelt a | few days ago. The commercial organizations, which have been working with the mayor in the endeavor to defeat the confirmation of the colored physician, are ; ready to take the bull by the horns, but it is not known just how this can be accomplished. In view Oi. the attiture of the president tho business people of Charleston admit that Crum u:ill tal-p ehnrsre nf tho office unless the senate rejects him, which is not j probable. Dr. Crum remains silent. He has refused to discuss the matter lurther than to say that he wants the place in order to open the door of hope to his race. It is saiu tiiat an effort was made to have him withdraw, but this was not done, and Crum is holding his ground quietly. In some circles the claim is put I forth that too much of a row has oeen raised over the negro incident. Friends of the nominee say that Savannah has had a negro collector for some years, and that the business people of that town are not parading their troubles to the country. Another fact, which shows how the affair is received, is noted in the general desire of white people to seek appointments under tho new collector. It wa^ recently published that at least one hundred whites had asked for work witn Crum. Senator Tillman has been able thus far to hold up the confirmation of Postmaster Harris, who is now serving at Charleston. He got in, but it is not certain that he will hold, unless Senator Tillman is willing to withdraw his opposition. F'lends of Postmaster Harris think the trouble in his case Is ended, although Harris is still waiting anxiously for the four-year credentials PUSHING CANAL TREATY. Senate Committee Agrees to Make Fa* J vorable Report?Senator Morgan Will Lose Out. A Washington dispatch says: The ; senate committee on foreign relations Monday agreed to favorably report. the Colombian canal treaty to the senate. No action was tanen on tho Cuban or other, reciprocity treaties. The Colombian treaty was reported as in the former session without amendment. The Panama canal treaty will te ratified. The Cuban ieciprocity treaty is in serious danger of defeat. All the democrats except Berry, of Arkansas, and Bate, of Tennessee, are ag3inst it on constitutional grounds and several republicans, including Bard, of California, and Burrows, of Michigan, are inclined to stand with the democrats against the commercial pact with Cuba. This is the situation in the senate as it appears to hail a dozen southern senators. The whole senate is angry at Senator Morgan for his continued hostility to the Panama canal treaty. Senator Hanna has pointed out that an amendment to provide perpetual control of the canal strip would kill the treaty, for it would involve a constitutional convention in Colombia. Before this step coulu be tanen the time limit on the treaty would expire leaving it without any standing between the two governments. There is a strong ioint in favor of rauncauon anu uemucrauu stuttwio are not disposed to shoulder the responsibility of killing a project so dear to the American people. As for the Cuban treaty all the senators would like to see it ratifiea, for it Is recognized as an instrument ot much value to both the United States and Cuba. The senators opposed to ratification hold, however, that the right to ratify a commercial treaty is vested by the constitution in congress and not in the senate alone. They hold that numerous instances of the same kind are in the past, and in every case it has been decided tnat the senate alone has not the right to ratify treaties of commercial character affecting the revenues. The Cuban treaty, they contend, clearly affects the revenues and congress must therefore ratify it. New Senators Sworn In. When senate met Monday a letter J r : .1fcini was reau irum rraiuuu i->n? nm Frye, appointing Mr. Kcan (N. J.), as presiding officer in his absence. The oath of office was then administered to James P. ClarK (Ark.), W. J. Stone (Mo.), and Senator Gallinger (N. H.) Mr. Stone was then escorted to the desk by Mr. Cockrell, and Mr. Gallinger by Mr. Lodge. Mr. Clark walked to the desk unaccompanied. There being no legislative business to transact, the senate, at 12:06. on motion of Mr. Cullom, of Illinois, went into executive session. New Line to Chlckamauga Park. The Chattanooga Electric Railway Company will in a few days begin a I new line to Chlckamauga park and the army post. The Central of Georgia is now surveying a route and will build I These are in addition to the iine of the ! Rapid Transit Company, and the present route of the Central of Georgia I and are occasioned by the immense I i traffic to the army post. WHELMED BY FLAMES Yerilable Unman Torches Made by Earning Oil. CATASTROPHE AT OLEAN, N. Y. Over a Score Dead and Forty-Five Injured?Disaster Caused Dy Explosion cf Talks of Wrecked ! OM Train. A score or more peoplo were killed f.nd a large number wero injured by an explosion cf oil at Orean, N. Y., Monday night. A ireignt train on the Erie, made up principally of tank cars filled with oil, broke in two near the city about 9 o'clock. The two sections of the train came together with a crash and one of the oil tasks was demolished. Fire broke out almost instantly, and the sky was lighted up for miles. A largo crowd of people leit the city for the sc-ene of the fire. While they were lined up along the tracks a terrific explosion occurred. The flames communicated quickly with the other tank cars and a second and third explosion followed each other in rapid succession. Sheets of flame shot out in an directions. Scores of persons were caught within the zone of the firo and enveloped in flames. Men and boys ran screaming down the tracks witli their clothing a mass of flames. Others fell where they stood, overcome by the awful heat. Just how many were killed is not known, as many of the bodies Avcre incinerated. Resembled Human Torches. Sydney Fish, a prominent business man, returned from the scene of the i fire at midnight. He said: "I was attracted to the scene of the fire between 9:30 and 10 o'clock. When I was within a quarter of a mile of the wrecked train there was a terrific explosion. Flames shot outward and upward for a great distance. I saw several persons who started to run away drop on the railroad tracks and they never moved again. Others who were standing close to the wreckage were hurled through the air for hundreds of feet. The scene was awful. Half a dozen young boys ran ? down the tracks with their clothing, i resembling human torches. I could hear their agonizing screams distinctly from where I stood. They ran some distance down the track and then threw themselves to the ground, groveling in the ditches in their frantic efforts to extinguish the flames. Then they lav still, some or tnem unconscious, others dead. I don't know how many were killed, but I counted twenty dead bodies before 1 came away." Word was sent at once to Olean police headquarters. Every doctor and ambulance in the ciiy was summoned Grocery wagons and carriages of all kinds were pressed into service and everything possible was done to bring the injured without delay to the hospitals for treatment. THE CHATTANOOGA AFLOAT. New Cruiser Launched With Ceremonies at Elizabethport, N. J. An extraordinary large gathering, including officials of the state of Tennessee, the city of Cnattanooga. the city of New York and many naval officers of the United States, witnessed the launching of the cruiser Chattanooga Saturday at the snip yards of tha United States Shipbuilding company at Elizabethport, N. J. With flying colors the warship slid gracefully down the ways and into lue water amid multitudes of cheers and deafening shrills of whistles. The Chattanooga was christened by the young daughter of the mayor of Chattanooga, Lilian Chambliss, who broke a bottel of champagne against the prow with the words: "I christen thee, good ship, in honor of Chattanooga." The maids of honor were Miss Frances Bond and Miss Rieta Faxon. President Lewis Nixon of me United States Shipbuliding company and Mrs. Nixon acted as the hosts of the day. - .I. ? - COLORED JURORS UNNECESSARY. United States Supreme Court Renders Decision in a South Carolina Case. The United States supreme court Monday affirmed the opinion of the supreme court of South Carolina in the case of John Broomfleid vs. the state of South Carolina. Broomfield is a negro, who resides in South Carolina. He alleges that he had been denied the equal protection of the law under the constitution, bo cause that .notwithstanding four-fifths of the people of the community are colored, all negroes were excluded from the grand jury by which he was indicted, CHENUTE TO MEMPHIS. Bonds for the New A. M. and K. Railroad Have Been Placed. Bonds for the building of a new railroad from Chenute, Kans., to Memphis, Tenn., have been placed. The new line will be 400 miles long and will cost approximately $12,000,000* The road, which is said to be a Santa Fe project, will be known as the Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas railroad. DEFECT IN LIQUOR LAW. Tarheel Distilleries Seek to be Incorporated as Towns. There are now before the North Carolina legislature about fifteen bills to incorporate whisky distilleries as "towns." One of these places had only thirty people and another has even fewer. The Watts bill, now a law, does not limit the size of an incorporated town in which whisky may be made or sold, and distillers are trying to avail themselves of this defect in the law, WOMEN BRJTALIY TREATEP. ! I | Overzealcus Sleuths in the Burdick | Case Continue to Bring Public Ignominy Upon Themselves. Mrs Gertrude Barnard Payne ana Miss Marion Hutchinson, Burdick's typewriter, have been given the third i degree by Buffalo, N. Y., police in connection with the Burdick murder. Both of these women have told of their treatment at the hands of police ! authorities. Mrs. Payne said: "The detectives came to my house at lo o'clock at night and made me go to the station with them. Thai was a dreadful experience. There I was in a room with seven great big men, each one hostile to me. They would ask me questions iD the plainest of language and blow smoke into my face at the uame time that they asked the questions. "After I ha-d sat there at least an hour and answered every question that was asked, one of tne men in a brutal tone commanded me to 'stand up.' Of course, I did not know what aroc a- nr whnt tliov wanted me Bull says that I was not arrested. "The first thing that happened after I went into that room," she said, "was that General Bull went to the 'phone .andc ailed to some one: 'We have got her all right. She killed him.' I don't know who he was taking to, or whether he was just pretending to frighten me." WORK OF DISGUISED WHITECAPS. Severely WhipP Negroes and Order Them to Leave the State. Word reached Quitman Monday ot the doings of a band of whitecaps near Barwick, Ga., a few days ago. They entered the house of Charles Lammons, claiming to have a warrant for him and his son, and took them out in the woods, severely beat tnem and then gave them forty-eight hours tc get out of the state. They then attempted to take Lee Wright, but he outran them and hid in the swamp all night. The whitecaps finished up by firing into the house of Scott Wilson, fatally wounding his boy. All the vie* tims are said to be respectable negroes, and no reason is known for the whitecaps' action. They were disguised and none of the party were recognized. Millions for British Navy. The British navy estimates lor 190304, issued at London Monday evening, provide for an expenditure of $179, 184,205, an increase of $16,010,000, of which amount $11,ISO,000 will be devoted to ship building and repairs. PISTOLS IN CHURCH. Two Factions Engage in Fusilade. One Dead and Three Wounded. At Mount Pleasant Baptist church, six miles from Johnston, S. C., two factions sprang up in the church. One faction forbade Rev. Kit Jones to preach last Sunday night. The other faction insisted cn preaching and the minister went into the pulpit and was fired -upon. Two of tl^ preacher's friends were in the pulpit with him and they returned the fire. George Hammond was shot dead and his three sons seriously wounded. MORE PULPIT ADVICE. New York Preacher Tries His Hand on Solution of Race Problem. In his talk at the Independent church in New York, Sunday, Henry Frank suggested that the people of * * - ? A ^ ?* f i r. t J\ olnvof t Vt A tne norm, ji uiuv man m \,n.iuiv negro, should invite him to their homos and allow him at their social functions on a hasis of perfect equality, and so set tne example to the south. MANY OLD CLAIMS PAID. Money Advanced for Raising Volunteers for Civil War is Returned. The secretary of treasury Thursday drew warrants in favor of several states in payment of old claims for money advanced for raising volunteers in the civil war and for interest on loans negotiated by the states for this purpose. Those paid during the day are as follows: Kentucky, $1,233,93ft; Maine, $22?,ISC; New Jersey, $479,832; Rhode Island. $31,289; Wisoonsin, $158,677. NEW SENATE MEETS Assembles in Compliance Witb President's Call. BODY PROMPTLY ORGANIZED Oath is Administered to Twenty-Six Senators?Scene a Brilliant One and Similar to Opening of Every Congress. ^ i A Washington special says: The ! United States senate met at nooit j Thursday, in a special' session called j by the president. It was an interesting event, as such sessions do not us- j ually occur except when a president | " uo V* " "?? v - v _ to do, but I at once arose. "For a few minutes District Attorney Coatsworth and the detectives whispered together and the door of the office was thrown open with a tremendous noise. A man entered the room whom I could not see. A little later some one went out and then a detective said to me in a rough, brutal way: 'You re the woman; you've just been identified.' "I asked him what ne meant, and he replied in the same harsh voice: 'You're the woman, sure, that night at Burdick's. You've just been Identified by that man." Made Her Disrobe. Miss Marion Hutchinson related the following: "It was 7 o'clock in the morning j that they came for me. When I was j taken into his office, tne first words that Cussack said to me were: "I'm | sorry for you, miss; I know you were I driven to it.' I did-not know what ho ; meant and said: 'I beg your pardon.'] He then went on and told me ho knew I had to kill Burdick. This took placo 1 on my arrival at police headquarters. J A few minutes later I was taken upstairs into the matron's room. There every article of clothing that I had on was taken off from me The matroi* looked into my shoes and she closely examined my stockings. I had a handkerchief which had not been unfolded, and this she shook out to see tf a clew was hidden within it. About my throat was my locket that held the picture of my dead baby brother. She peerer into that, as though expecting to solve the murder ol my dead employer. "Then she seized on a note that I had from my sweetheart, and this was of the United States is inducted into office at the beginning of each new congress, and this occasion was the first session of the senate of the Fiffyeighth congress, the oatn was administered to twenty-six senators elected for six years. Of theso sixteen wer? re-elected as follows: Allison, of Iowa; Clay, of Georgia; Dillingham, of Vermont; Fairbanks, of Indiana; Foraker, of Ohio; Hansbrough, of North Dakota; Kittredge, of South Dakota; McEnery, of Louisiana; Mallory, of Florida. Serving on appointment until the legislature meets: Penrose, of Pennsylvania; Perkins, of California; Pettus, of Alabama^ Piatt, of Connectii cut Piatt, of New York; Spooner,' of Wisconsin Teller, of Colorado. J The oath was administered to ten new senators, although one, Mr. Gorman, of Maryland, had previously served eighteen years in the senato. The new senators are: Fulton, of Oregon; Gorman, of Maryland; Heyburn, of Idaho; Hopkins, of Illinois; Latimer, of South Carolina; j Long, of Kansas; McCreary, of Kentucky; Newlands, of Nevada; Overi man, of North Carolina, and Smoot, j of Utah. t Three newly elected senators?Ankenny, Clark, of Arkansas, and Stone, were not sworn in, they being absent, nor was the oath administered to Mr. Gallinger. The senate being a continuous body, its officers hold until tlieir successors are chosen. Promptly at noon the i body was called to ofder by President j Pro Tem Fryc. | The desks of the new senators could I be distinguished by the wealth of flowers which had been provided. The names of the new elected senators were called alphabetically and each j was escorted to the desk by his col! league. As some of the names were j [ called there was applause in the gal- I j leries. That given to Mr. Gorman j was especially noticeable. It is the custom to -rebuke anplause j j in the galleries, but Mr. Frye, the pros- j j ident pro tem, had overlooked the dern- ; onstration. "The chair," said he. "is especially j lenient to the galleries tnis morning," j and then he received a rounu of ap plause. Messrs. Spooner and Allison f<S | ceived generous applause as they were escorted to the desk. Mr. Smoot, of Utah, subscribed to j the oath with an emphatic "I do!" No , objection was made to his taking the j oath. There were 74 sen*f5rs present. Messrs. Koar and Cockrell were ap- ; pointed a committee to wait upon | the president and inform him that tho j j senate was ready to proceed to busi- j ness. President Roosevelt sent the follow- i ing message to the senate Thursday: "I have called the senate in extra- j ordinary session to consider the : treaties concerning which it proved j impossible to take action on during the session of congress just ended. I i ask your special attention to the trea- j j ty with the Republic of COiOmbia, se- ! curing to the United States the right to build an isthmian canal and to the treaty with the Repuolic of Cuba for ; securing a measure ,of commercial reciprocity between the two countries. | "The great and far-reaching importance of these two treaties to the welfare of the United States, and the urg- ; ent need for their adoption, requires j me to impose upon you the inconv* " nienee of meeting at this time. JUSTICE FULLER MAY RETIRE. Report Revived that Taft Will be Chief Justice of High Court. A Washington special says: The possibility that Chief Justice Fuller may, on account of ill health retire at j an early date, has revived the report; that Governor Taft will be made chief j Justice of the supreme court Aged Newspaper Suspends. The Frankfurter Journal, Berlin, one j of the oldest newspapers in Germany, j has suspended publication. Its age is not known, but the paper was first mentioned in 1G73. SIX CREMATED IN HOTEL. Holocaust Occurs in Mining Town In j West Virginia. Six persons were burned to death | and one fatally injured as tne result j of a fire Sunday morning in a small 1 hotel at Leiter, a mining "own near i Elkins, W. Va. Several of the guests escaped with minor injuries by jumping from a sec- j ond story window. POSTOFFICE SITE WANTED. Government Advertises for Whole Block for New Building in Atlanta. The United States government has advertised for a site for Atlanta's new postoftice. This throws the doors open to all | who have property, of the kind re- j quired, for sale and means ...at the i very best available location will be selected lor the handsome structure to be erected. A wholo block is specified fn the advertisement, PROMINENT GEORGIAN DEAD. Hon. James H. Blount Passes Away at His Home in Macon, After a Brief Illness. Hon. James Henderson Blount, for twenty years a member of congress. President Cloveflana s special envoy to the Hawaiian islands and a statesman of international fame, died early Sunday morning at his residence in Macon, Ga., after an illness of only a few days. Colonel Blount was 67 years of rga and for some months had been in poor health, but it was not until a few days ago that his friends or tho members of his family were in tho least alarmed about his condition. On Friday he was taken ill, and within a short time those ajout him realized that ne was rapidly approaching his end. Via V?A(ron tn I Octiuruajr CLL LCI 11KJKJLL uo u^uu ~? sink rabidly and that night the members of his family saw that the distinguished Georgian had but a few hours to live. Among Georgians who have attracted the attention of the jublic generally to their native state few have done more for it than Colo'nei Blount. Born and reared in the very heart [ of the commonwealth, he was devoted j to its every interest and his every en- | ergy was used in advancing the cause of the people among wnom ho-lived. As a statesman he nad lew equals in the south, while as a soldier in the dark days of the sixties there were none more devoted to his southland or more valiant in its defense. When the war between the states broke out Colonel Amount marched to the front with the old Floyd Rifles, one of the most historic companies of the state. MILLIONAIRE MORGAN ANGERED Reporter Asked About Deals Anent Flagler Railroads, in Florida and Is Badly Treated. J. P. Morgan, accompanied by a party of relatives and friends, after spending some time in Havana, arrived at Port Tampa, Fla., Sunday afternoon on board the steamer Olivett. j Immediately after disembarking the party was escorted to a special train which had been held in waiting for some time. The special, which was given the right of way over all trains on the Atlantic Coats Line, pulled out immediately for Jacksonville, making nnnniol TVOnt flT?m that. IIO Siuya. I UC OJJCI-IOI nvuv city to New York. An Associated Press representative~handed Mr. Morgan a dispatch containing the rumor that the Flagler system of hoteis ^in Florida and the Florida East Coast railroad had been turned over to him, presumably for the Southern railway. The dispatch also contained the rumor that the Atlantic Coast Line and j Southern were to own the property I jointly and that Mr. Morgan's plans were to build up a large tourist business in Florida and establish a modern line of steamers between Florida and Cuba. "I know nothing whatever of such a deal," said the financier when he read the dispatch, making this statement with considerable emphasis. Further questions were asked regarding the trip and his plans, also regarding Mr. Morgan's reported losses while playing the celebrated Spanish game, "Jai Alal," in Havana. He replied by leading the reporter to the car platform and saying: . "Young man, will you please get off my car and leave me alone?" MERRIAM IS OUT OF OFFICE. Director of the Census Resigns to Engage in Other Business. William R. Merriam, director of the census and former governor of Minnesota, tendered his resignation to President Roosevelt Saturday. The resignation is to take effect May 15. He ?* " XT^vw "V /vflr Wlii remuv fc! IU i^C?Y lUlu iu c<~ the vice presidency ot International Mercantile agency, a corporation organized for the purpose of rating credits in the United States and Canada. The president expressed regret that Governor Merriam had concluded to leave the government service, and wished him a large measure of success fn his new field. POSTMASTERS "LEFT OVER." List of Nominations Which Failed of Confirmation. The following postmasters failed of confirmation at tho session of congress just closed: Mississippi?Samuel B- Brazelton, Gulfport. Texas?Ellas J. M. Hopkins, Rockdale; Dallas, Herbert Commerce. South Carolina?W. L. Harris, Charleston; George H. McKee, Darlington; J. P. Murphy, Bamberg. Florida?Thomas S. Harris, Llvt Oak. Louisiana?Romanta T. Hart, Raine; B. F. Ford, Natchitoches; John W. Miller, Alexandria. A GOLDEN INVITATION. Presented to Attend Black Hills Mining Congress. A solid gold invitation was presented to the president Thursday to attend the Black Hills mining congress, which is to be at Deadwood and Leadville next September. The invitation was inscribed on a gold plato, thred inches by six inches and an eighth of an inch in thickness. BANKER WITHAM GIVES BOND. Is Charged With Loaning Too Much of Bank's Capital to One Party. Banker W. S. Witham returned to his home in Atlanta Friday from Warrenton, Ga., where he stood his preliminary trial Thursday and was released on $5,000 bond pending the action of the superior court of Warren county in April. The charge against Mr. Witham is that when president of the bank, three years ago, he loaned more than 10 per cent of the bank's capital to one party. liar OFFICIALS TURN lNllKAItS. I Milwaukee Gang Which Visited South | and Partook of Our Hospitality, ( Now Revile Us. As an aftermath to their recent trip through the south, Milwaukee officials are facing a storm of indignation. Statements the ..xilwaukeeans made [concerning conditions in the south after their return have greatly displeased their soutnern hosts. In interviews on his return from the trip Commissioner Schoenercker. ot the board of public works, said they found little to learn from the cities of the south, which were fifty years behind the times. Another of the party stated that the lives of negroes were held lightly by the whites in the south, who did not hesitate to misuse them whenever they felt like it. Some one sent the statements to the officials of Nashville, Tenn., who had ha'ndsomely entertained the aldermanic party, and trouble began. Sharp ? ?- ? rr fVlft nd7?tv mings were saiu icjcjumj m? ?v by Nashville papers, and Postmaster Stillman has received a letter from Postmaster Wills, of Nashville, asking him to investigate the alleged statements and inform him if they were bona fide. Mr. Wills says in his letter when the question of the approval of appropriations for the entertainihent of the Milwaukee party came up before a local association objection was made on account of the statements made by Mr. Schoneicker and others. Postmaster Stillman has named his assistant, Mr. Widule, a committee of one to confer with Mr. Schoenercker and get from him a revised statement of his utterances. ATLANTA POSTAL CENSUS Taken by Postmaster Blodgett Shows Population of More than 150,000. The postal census of Atlanta, Ga., now being taken by Postmaster Blodgett under instructions from Washington, will show that the city has a population of more than 150,000 people.. j "Until this work was begun some two weeks ago," said Superintendent of Delivery J. F. Thibadeau, "I had nd idea of the actual population of Atlanta. The government census of 190o gave the city 89,000 people, while from the directory of 1903 it would appear that there are only 139,980 people here. "I how know that the population exceeds 150,000. $nd have the fi'gurea here in my desk to prove iL." An annual postal census is usual in many of the larger cities, but this is i the first that has ever been takea in Atlanta. FIRST ROUND FOR BECKHAM. -fudge Cantrill Renders Decision Favorable to Governor's Eligibility. Judge Cantrill, in the Woodford cir-1 cult court' at Versailles, Ky., Friday; afternoon, overruled the demurrer or State Democratic Chairman Young to the petition of Governor Beckham for a mandamus to compel Young and tho democratic committee to place his j name on the ballot to be voted at the democratic state primary of May 9 as a candidate for governor." The attorneys for the defendant' immediately entered exceptions ?nd | requested an appeal to the court of appeals. The purpose of the proceedure is to establish Governor Beckham's eligibility to succeed himself as governor, j SMALL BOY CAUSED WRECK. Opened Railroad Switch Just to See "What Would Happen." It was developed Friday by officials of the Seaboard Air Line railway that a small white boy, aged 8, named Birdie Ryals, opened the switch at Evergreen, Fla., which caused the wreck there of the Seaboard's Limited j from Jacksonville to New York. No reason is assigned except that ! the child wanted to see "wnat would 1 happen." Judge Justice to Try Haywood. Judge M. H. Justice notifies Judge Bryan that he will exchange courts with him, and will go to Raleigh March 23 to try Ernest Haywood for the murder of Ludlow Skinner. HAS FLAGLER SOLD >UT7 Reports of Such a Deal is Believed In Gotham Financial Circles. The various reports concerning tho Flagler hotel system in Florida have 'been freely circulated in the financial district in New York. One report is that the hotels and the Florida East Coast railway have been turned over to J. Pierpont Morgan, presumably for the Southern railway. I Another report Is that the proper-1 ties will be owned jointly by the Southern and the Atlantic Coast Line. BIG STRIKE IS ORDERED. Bridge and Structural Iron Workers to Lay Down Tools. A general sVike against the America*. A rm. /*rtTYi nan v hp? liPATl failed uau uiiu^v MMW WVM ~ by the executive board ol the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. The general order includes all construction work in the hands of the company throughout the United States and Canada and involves thousands of men SOLE SURVIVING MEMBER. Judge Campbell Took Part in Confederate Provisional Congress. Judge J. A. P. Campbell, of Jackson, Miss., who celebrated his 73rd birthday a few days ago, is the only surviving member of the confederate provisional congress which assembled in Montgomery, Ala., shortly before the outbreak of the civil war. Dr. Curry, the noted soldier and educator, who recently died at Asheville, was also a survivor of the provisional congress, and his death leaves Judge Campbell tht only one remaining. f GORMAN IS BOOSTED 1 Democrats in Senate Make Din Chairman of Cancns. CONFERS MINORITY LEADERSDIP Held Same Position When He Retired v from Senate Four Years Ago. Steering Committee. Is Se/ected. v A Washington special says: The democrats o? the senate unanimous!/ elected Senator Gorman, of Maryland, : ~ to preside over th.elr caucus Friday. This is a. formal selection to the minority leadership, the position which -g Senator Gorman held at the time he went out of the senate four years ago. . Senator Gorman is given the confer- -|s ence committee room which has been ^ occupied by Senator Jones during the C-sisI past four years. The caucus was marked by harmony and enthusiasm. Senator Gorman-made a brief speech in assuming the chair, and the conferenoe then proceeded to other business. . There were present twenty-eight of ; the thirty-three democratic senators. Senator Gorman's nomination as. J|g chairman was suggested by Senator ^ Bacon, of Georgia, and there was no 'Jli opposition to his selection. In taking r the chair he thanked the senators for the honor conferred, but did not make an extended speech. The remaining time of the session was devoted largely to the discussion of the present situation in the senate, and the necessity |j for democratic harmony and unity of "J action. There was a general feeling vga that the vacancies caused by the retirement of democratic senators from committees, which have to deal with questions before the present called ,J| session, should be filled, and k was de- l|j| cided that the designation of the members of these committees should be -gg made by a steering committee, to be - f||H appointed by the chairman of the cancus, but their selection should later r JgH be ratted by the caucus. The steer- . ' ing committee for the past congress has numbered only seven members, but Senator Gorman requested that the number should be increased to, nine, which was the number in the , 4 days of his previous chairmanship, - '/z&M and this increase was decided upon. The caucus placed in the hands of the steering committee authority to decide for the democrats whether there should be a general reorganiaa?:;^. tion of the senate committees, or mere filling of the vacancies on these . ^ committees which will deal with press- ->|i ing questions during the extra session. The committee is empowered to nego tiate with the republlcah steering com- >|8 mittee with a view to entering upon a general reorganization, but so far as there Vas no expression of opinion on ^ this point, it was favoiable to the v|9 view of leaving the question of reorganization on general lines to be de- M termined by the republicans, as they are in power. It is probable that they will ask that the places vacated by Senators Vest 1 and Turner, on the committee on coin- gjj merce, shall be filled before the noml- ' :."M nation of Dr. Crum to be collector of the port at Charleston is taken up by * that committee. A similar demand vfgj probably will be made in all other ?5 cases, on which committees havo charge of nominations over which there may be controversy." The can- , cus was in session for almost two Later in the day the steering committee was named. It consists of Senators Gorman of Maryland, Cockrell of Missouri, Martin of Virginia, Bacon ...|j 'of Georgia, Dubois of Idaho, Black bum of. Kentucky, and Tillman 01 . ; Soutfe Carolina. The new members on :|||j the committee are Messrs. Gorman, . -JaB Blackburn and Tillman. To Sail "All Fool's Day." The army transport Sheridan will .. ''5 leave San Francisco for Manila April ' . " ^ 1. She will take 816 men of the Eighteenth infantry, 216 metT of the Thirteenth cavalry and about forty -.' recruits and casuals. A QUESTION OF "VERACITY. * Roosevelt Says He Did Not Cuss; Others 8ay He Did. "jSl A Washington dispatch says: A clear issue on veracity has been -'''?? drawn between President Roosevelt 7:^ and several members of the Tennessee delegation. The issue is whether Mr. Roosevelt stated to the Tonnes- ^ seeans that he would see Senator Car* mack in hades before he would do any- ? -1^ thing for him, or whether he did not ' say it. Mr. Roosevelt denies saying it. The . congressmen say he did make the statement. THREE CHILDREN DROWNED. Fell from a Foot-Bridge While on Their Way to School. While on their way to school at Singer, La., Inez Nichols, aged six; Nathan Hyatt, agfed eight, and Joyce Hyatt, aged five, fell from a footbr.dge across a little stream wmcn nowa through the village and were drowned. The stream' had been swohen by re* cent rains and no help was at hand. * DOBLIN IS DECLARED CRAZY. Man Implicated In Lessler Briber/ Charges Goes to /sylum. The New York World says that Philip Doblin, who was mentioned in ? | connection with charges of attempted bribery made by Representative Mon- tague Lessler and who was found wandering in Central park two days ago, was examined by physicians Monday who declared him insane and that he will be taken to a sanitarium at As* * ' toria, Long Island.