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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 19.1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
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Wanted to Lynch Town Marshal.
The town marshal at Monk's Corner
arrested a white man a few days ago,
and the man's friends threatened to
lynch the marshal. A company of
militia was ordered out by the governor
and the matter was adjusted and I
quiet restored.
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Constable Badly Gored by Bull.
Charles L. Cureton, chief constable
cf the dispensary force, was recently
attacked by a young Jersey bull at
Pickens and had Lis knee badly injured.
Before Mr. Cureton could make
his escape the beas-t gored him on the
hnee, dislocating the knee-cap.
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Columbia's New Cotton Mill.
J. C. Carey, of Spartanburg, president
of the Lockhart cotton mills, returned
recently from Boston, where he
had been in thevinterest of his mill.
The capital stock of the plant has
been increased to $1,300,000 and an ad
ditional 50.000 spindles will at once
be erected. While in the north Mr.
Carey completed all arrangements for
the machinery to equip tne new mill.
Verdict for $10,000 Given.
The largest verdict ever rendered in
Spartanburg county for damages from
a corporation was that awarded in the
court of common plels recently in the
case of Mrs. M. A. Koone. administratrix
of N. A. Koone, deceased, vs. the
Southern railway. The jury returned
a verdict of $10,000 for the plaintiff
The case grew out of the death of
M. A. Koone, in 1900, while in tne employ
of the Southern. One of the machines
used in building a new bridge
over Little Thickety creek got out of
order and a negro was looking after
the broken part, when it seems, lie became
frightened and let go, allowing
a heavy weight to fall upon Mr. Koone,
resulting in his death.
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Woman Agent in the Toils.
At Greenwood, last Saturday, Milly
Ann Bush, a negro immigration agent,
was arrested.
For some time crowds of negro women
have been leaving that section
for New York, and as a result there
has been a great scarcity of cooks and
house servants.
The Bush woman was arrested and
? bound over to the circuit court on a
bond of $500. She is a native of that
# county and has been soliciting negro
women to go to New York.
This sort of thing has been very
common throughout the south of late.
It is claimed #that the negro women
taken to New York are wanted for servants,
but in nearly every instance
special effort is made to secure the
young and comely women, and when
they reaclu the metropolis they are
usually induced to go into an employment
that is not honorable, to say the
least.
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Prioleau Stands Lndcr Indictment.
Further testimony has been taken
in Charleston in the election contest
filed by a. P. Prioleau, colored, against
George S. Legare, who was elected to
congress from the first district in November.
Prioleau got less than one
hundred votes, although this was sufficient
ground for him on which to protest.
a number of negroes nave been
examined, all of whom claimed that
they were denied the rignt to vote.
Counsel for Congressman Legare got
an affidavit, however, which will undoubtedly
throw Prioleau down. The
negro candidate is under indictment in
the United States court for taking a
letter from the mails. He was a mail
cierk, and evidence was adduced to
show that he had connscated this letter,
addressed to the magistrate at a
snjall town near Charleston. When the
case was given out the grand jury re
turned a true bill, but counsel for Prio
leau succeeded in having the trial postponed.
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Charleston Depot Company Enjoined.
Acting on the bill of complaint filed
by Mrs. Ann Riley and John F. Riley,
circuit Judge Watts has issued an injunction
restraining the Charleston
Union Station Company from beginning
condemnation proceedings to acquire
the Riley property for a union
depot site.
Notice of condemnation was recently
filed by the company. The right to
take possession of their land is denied
by the Rileys, who alleged that the
act under which the company was incorporated.
so far as it gives power of
condemnation is unconstitutional. It
is furthermore claimed that the roads
are not forced to take the property of
the complainants, and they would bo
injured financially by such a transaction.
The Union Station Company was organized
some weeks ago witu the election
of President R. G. Erwin, of the
Atlantic Coast Line, as chairman; J.
S. B. Thompson, of Atlanta, is one of
the directors, representing the Southern
railway.
President Erwin, on his last trip to
tViot tVir\ roilrnnHo
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were anxious to build a union passen
ger station, but said it was necessary
to get possession of the Riley property
before the work could be started.
Judge Watts temporarily restrained
the company from beginning work.
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Girl Acquitted by Jury.
In Columbia, at 2:30 o'clock Sunday
morning, after being out an hour and a
half the jury in the case of Miss Josephine
Burns, a young white woman.1
who was charged with the murder of
JDustip II. Sarvis. a telegraph operator
at Nicholas, Marion county. November
last, returned a verdict of not guilty as
to the charge of murder, and guilty as
to carrying concealed weapons, a tine
of 320 was Imposed, wnich was promt'
ly paid, and tho young woman was im- j
I mediately set at liberty.
Notwithstanding the lateness of the
hour the court room was filled with
spectators and the verdict was greet- j
ed with applause. The trial was the!
most sensational held in Marion county
for years.
At the time of the killing it was 1
stated by the accused that she had
been secretly married to Sarvis sever- j
al months before and that she had j
gone to see him at the depot to insist
upon the announcement of their marriage;
that he refused to do so, became
angry, shot her in the head with
a pistol an-d then shot himself, dying
instantly.
COTTON BEARS ARE TRAPPED.
Wild Scenes on Floor of New York !
Exchange?Hundreds of Shorts
Lose All in Upward Rush.
Wild panic reigned among tho bears j
of the cotton market at New York Sat- j
urday for half an hour and scenes were j
enacted in the pit that had never been J
I seen there before even by the oldest
trader. Hundreds of speculators who
' had walked into the trap laid by bull J
leader, Daniel J. SuHy, Friday after- i
noon were ruined. Theodore H. Price ,
and his followers went down in confusion.
During this panic the price
of active options fluctuated from a dollar
to a dollar and forty-five cents a
bale. After the bears had covered
their contracts at a loss, pnces eased
off from twenty-five to seventy cents ,,
a bale in two minutes.
Plans for this "killing" were laid Fri- ,
day afternoon when Mr. Sully got irn- J
patient at the slurs cast at him by I
several speculators who had tried to i
follow his lead. He was asked at noon j '
Friday whether cotton would go higher.
and refused to answer. At once it
was reported that he had turned bear,
and there was a raid on the market.- '
Prices closed at the bottom, 41 points,
or $2.20 a bale below the highest for .
the week. Every trader in the pit and
one big cotton house went short on
futures. The short interesc was sc
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great that a crash or a bear panic was
inevitable; it all depending on Mr.
Sully's strength which it should be. '
It is rumored that Iv r. Sully cabled
to his friends in Egypt telling of the
huge short interest. The Egyptians
were therefore up early in the day
booming cotton on the Liverpool mar- j
ket. By the time the New York mar- ]
ket opened the Liverpool cables were (
from 6 to 7 points above tne local closing
of Friday. Added to tnis rains in
the south were reported to have do- I
laycd planting the new crop, and the
world's visible supply was reported to
be G50,000 bales smaller than last year.
The pit was surrounded by a throng
of brokers long before me opening,
each struggling to get to the center
ready for quick action the moment the
gong sounded. The openinig cf the
battle was like the loosening of a pack
of hungry hounds in sight of their
prey, and men grew pale shrieking for
cotton.
There was absolutely none ior sale.
The bull brokers stood calmly looking
on at the frantic bears, Waiting until
their leader gave the signal to se^. Mr. !
Sully stood aside like the master of '
ceremonies at an Indian torture. Sud- ,
denly he nodded to a broker, and the ,
long cotton bought at the bottom Fridav
was sold back to the sellers 01 Sati
urday at staggering prices.
COTTON FACTORS ACQUITTED.
Tried on Charge of Selling Staple for
More Than Client Received.
The trial of Henry Newman and <
Harris Hyman for embezzlement end
ed at New Orleans in acquittal. They
were at one time about the wealthiest 1
and most prominent cotton lirm in the
city, and are still doing a large busi- 1
ness.
A year ago Colonel Buckner, a leading
cotton planter of north Louisiana,
accidentally discovered that some cot^*
ton which he had consigned to the
firm and which their return to him
showed that it had been sold at 9 1-4
cents a pound, had really brought 9 1-2
cents. He came to the city posthaste
.and asked a settlement to cover all
his dealings for some years. The firm
paid him $25,000. Other claims were
also made and the cotton exchange expelled
them, and endeavored to keep
the matter quiet. But it got out and
then the grand jury indicted tnem.
This was the trial of the first case
and attracted great interest, besides
giving employment to an array of lawyers.
The defense was that the money
was paid to avoid litigation, as the
firm had $1,000,t 00 outstanding among
cotton planters, and not to cover any
wrongdoings. The firm also claimed
that when cotton was sold in bulk at a
uniform price it was averageu, the cotton
worth more getting above the sale
price. 11 neia inai some couon soia
with Buckner's at 9 1-2 cents was paid
for at the rate of 9 3-4, while Buckner's
was worth only 9 1-4 cents and
was so credited.
INJUNCTION PUT ON STRIKERS.
Court Takes Hand in Trolley Troubles
in Waterbury, Connecticut.
An important move in relation to
the trolley strike, which has been in
progress at Waterbury, Conn., since
January 11, was taken Saturday when
papers were issued in the temporary
injunction granted by Judge Elmer, of
the superior court, restraining the trolley
men's union and most, if not ail. of
the unions in the city trom acts calculated
to interfered with the company's
business, or its employees.
WILL STA\ UNTIL APRIL.
Battle Ships Will Remain in Pensacola
Two Months Longer.
Admiral Higginson. commander in
chief of the north Atlantic squadron,
has announced that the battle ships
composing the squadron will now remain
in Pensacola, Fla., harbor for
nearly two months longer, leaving
during tfea?r?t pojtJoa 9* May,
AN EXTRA CONGRESS;
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Said to bs Under Consideration
by President Roosevelt.
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WANT CUBAN MATTER FINISHED
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Enactment of Some Kind of Money ,
Bill is Also Wanted?No Definite
Conclusion, However, is
Reached.
According to a Washington special
President Roosevelt has under serious
consideration the summoning of congress
in extra session early this fall.
Apparently no determination has been
reached, and there is no official an- i
nouncement of such purpose, but ad- .
ministration leaders acknowledge an
extra session is highly probable.
The necessity for the formal approv- j
al by congress of the Cuban reciproc- j
itv treaty will be given as the chief
reason for such extra session, but it is |
believed that the strongest miiuence [
tending to bring it about is the desire J
in financial circles for the early pass- j
nge of some currency measure like I
the Aldrich bill with the idea of fur- j
nishing a means to relieve the proba- i
bility of money stringency in Novem- i
ber and December. The conferences j
which have been held by J. Pierpont !
Morgan with President Roosevelt, j
Senator Aldrich and Senator Hanna ,
are understood to have related princi- :
pally to this contingency.
President Roosevelt has been strong- :
ly imbued with the idea that unless ;
Cuban reciprocity legislation is made j
effective at once there will be suffer- ,
ing in Cuba. It is said that Mr. Mor- j
gan disabused his mind of this idea, j
Mr. Morgan reported conditions in the j
island at present most favorable, and
said the outlook for the future was j
bright. He saw no reason for imme- j
diate action by congress in line with i
the treaty.
Cubans Need Help.
The president has teen so strongly J
of the opinion that the Cubans need :
help that he thinks congress should j
act early this fall, rather than to wait j
for the regular session, which con- I
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Cuban sugar will be marKeied in December
and January, and it is his desire
that the Cuban planters and American
importers be given the benefit of
the reductions set forth in the treaty
on the coming crop.
It is almost certain If this Cuban
matter were allowed to go over to the
regular session there would be no action
upon it before January, which
would mean the postponement of relief
for another year. The desire to
put through Cuban legislation and also
to put through some currency bill will, i
it is now confidently expected, bring a 1
call for an extra session to meet probably
in October.
Friday was one of conferences in the
senate. The republican steering com
mittee decided that all republicans
should vote against the proposed
amendments to the Panama canal
treaty. The proceedings of the senate
will now be taken stenographicaliy
for publication in the Record in accordance
with the agreement reached
Thursday. The democrats will strongly
support their amendments designed
to secure absolute American sovereignty
over the canal strip with recog
nition of the right of this government
to defend its property in any way it
desires, including the right to fortify.
It is positively certain none of these
amendments will be adopted. After
they fail, it is expected a number of
democrats will vote to ratify the treaty
as it stands. A good many republicans
would like to vote for some of the
democratic amendments, but they will
follow the direction of their steering
committee.
Republicans Doubtful.
Some senators who talked with the !
president Friday believe it to be un- j
ln-^ly that an extraordinary session j
will be called next autumn. They say
many reasons might be cited why such
a session should not Le held, the principal
one being that some important
state elections are to be held in November
and members or congress will
be busy with political affairs in their
own states
<;ONV!ICTS IN GREAT DEMAND.
All Available Help Hurried to Work
on Mississippi Levees.
Governor Longino, of Mississippi, J
received scores of cClegrams from j
the levee district Thursday morning, j
all of an apprehensive nature. The I
levee board at Clarksdale believes that
the levees in Isaquena county are in j
great danger and has asked for more
convicts at once, free labor being
scarce. Warden Henry was ordered to
rush all convicts possible from the
state farms on special trains. They
will be distributed at weak points
along the line.
PRESIDENT'S WESTERN TOUR.
Itinerary is Practically Completed and
in Hands cf the Railroaus.
Several senators and members of
the house of representatives from
western states had conferences with
President Roosevelt Monday concerning
his approaching tour of tlie west
and northwest. The itinerary of the |
trip practically nas been completed .
and now is in the hands of the railroads
for exact determination of the
running time of the president's train.
REBECCA LOSES COURT CASE.
Mandamus to Compel Her Reinstate- !
ment in War Department Dismissed. |
At Washington Monday, the district j
supreme court dismissed the petition I
of Miss Rebecca J. Taylor, lor a man- j
damus to compel the secretary of j
war to restore her to a clerical posi- j
tion in the war department. She gave
notice of appeal to the court of ap- i
penis. She was dismissed for publish- i
c-d criticisms of the administration's
Philippine policy,
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Brief Summary of Most
important Events
of Each Day.
?The cut in prices at the Athens,
Ga., dispensary has only caused an
increase in the profits of the institution.
?Seventeen negroes have been arrested
at McRae, Ga., charged with
robberies from the Southern railway's
freight depot.
?Pastor Williams, of Trinity Methodist
church, at Savannan, Ga., Sunday
night reiterated his cha.ges that
the Savannah courts arc to blame for
the prevalence of gambling.
?A Mississippi man convicted of
manslaughter has asked for a new
trial on the ground that a member of
the convicting jury is not an American
citizen.
?Mayor of Evansvillc, Ind., member
of labor union, was compelled to shut
off the gas from his house during the
boycott.
?Colonel Cody (Bul'faio Bill) writes
to the president, appealing for the protection
of underbrush on western
mountains from the ravages of sheep.
That, unless this is done settlors will
have to move.
?Count de Bostari had a joyous
time while circulating $250,000 in forged
checks in England.
?During a storm in Havana harbor
Sunday, the crew of the Dolphin, Secretary
Moody's vessel, rescued five
Cubans from drowning.
?King Edward had a conierence
with Colonial Secretary Chamberlain
Sunday and taked about Chamberlain's
tour to South Africa.
?The Ocean Steamship Company
has contracted for two large steamships
which will ply between Savannah
and New York.
?At New Market. Ala., Joe Powers,
a white man, tried to exterminate an
entire famny.
?President Roosevelt is considering
the advisability of calling an extra
session of congress to meet in the fall
to consider financial legislation and
the Cuban treaty.
?Secretary Wilson is Interested in
silk culturo in Georgia, and he will
send Dr. Howard ,of the agricultural
department, to Tallulah Fails to inspect
the Magid plantations.
?Highwaymen held up a stage in
Arizona, murdered six passengers,
two of whom were women, and rifled
the bodies. ? '
?It is alleged that Standard Oil
men are planning to secure control of
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lut; AU1CI iiau twnvu >.?
?The blockade of the Orinoco river,
declared by President Castro, of Venezuela,
on March 7, has been raised.
?The situation in Honduras has become
so grave that a squadron of
American warships has been ordered
thither.
?Secretary of the Navy W. H.
Moody sailed from Charleston, S. C.
Wednesday, with a party of congressmen
for a cruise of the West Indies.
?C. L. Watson, in Chattanooga,
thrashed a man who he claims spoke
disparagingly of a lady friend. He
rode 500 miles to do the work.
?The strike of the transfer drivers
at Kansas City, Mo., has resulted in
violence.
?It is said that James R Keene, the
Wall street speculator, is attempting
to get control of the Southern Pacific.
?Mrs. Pennell, injured in the automobile
accident by which her husband
war instantly killed, died Wednesday
night.
?The flood situation along the lower
Mississippi is still extremely threatening.
If the levees break incalculable
damage will result.
?Miss Gonzales, a native of Porto
Rico, is held at Ellis Island on the
ground that she is an alien and has no
right to enter the United States.
?The indications are that democratic
amendments to the canal treaty will
be accepted and that a vote will be
taken without delay.
?The Cuban-American reciprocity
treaty has been approved by the Cuban
senate.
?Secretary Shaw is in New Yark investigating
the Wall street situation.
For several days tne street has been
urging the secretary to relieve the
stringency.
?Captain Abenlieimer, who commanded
the Irene at Manila, and who
had trouble with Admiral Dewey, has
been retired by the Kaiser.
?After appearing against the Seaboard
in a Halifax, N. C., court Tuesday,
Conductor Miller was crushed
under a train.
?The steamship Karamania has
reached New YorK from Marseilles
and Palermo with a disease resembling
cholera aboard. Six persons died
during the voyage.
?Four men charged with safecracking
were bound over to the United
States district court at Charlotte,
N. C., Tuesday.
?North Queensland has been swept
by a cyclone. Scores of people were
killed.
?At a meeting of stave manufacturers
in Chattanooga Tuesday it was decided
to advance all prices 5 per cent.
?Hon. James H. lilount, former
congressman, statesman and soldier,
died at Macon, Ga., Sunday.
?The situation in the lower Missis
sippi valley was very gloomy Tuesday.
Thousands of acres are already under
water.
?President Castro, of Venezuela,
has revived the blockade of the Orin
oco river and it is feared further inter
national trouble will follow.
?George Gould paid $1,500 for p
special train from Jacksonville to Wei
don. N. C., over the Atlantic Coast
Line. A lad1-' in his party nad an c::
gagement for dinner in New York
and he wanted to catch a tram several
hours ahead p? htm,
j BLOODY WORK OF BANDITS. '
Stage Coach Held Up and All of Its
Six Occupants Killed and
Then Robbed.
A dispatch from Tucson, Arizona,
says: Mexican bandits held uii the
stage coach which runs between Potam
and Torin, on the Yaqui river, in
Soiora, killing all of the six passen- j
gcrs. Among them was Filiberto Al- ;
| varado, a wealthy Mexican, who owns
| a number of ranches along the Yaqui
j river.
j Alvarado and his wife had taken the j
stage from Potam to Torin, and the :
! men no doubt thought they carried a
j large sum of money with them. The j
; stage carried very little mail and j
. scarcely any money or valuables.
The hold-up took place about half :
way between the tw<y towns. Just how i
the stage was attacked will never be j
known, as all the passengers and driver
were killed. They were picked up j
the same afternoon of the tragedy and j
the circumstances give evidence that j
they put up a fight, else they would not |
have been killed. Their bodies were j
rifled of everything of value on them. |
The traces had been cut and the
; i?ir<;o? hiti hern allowed to run wild. I
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The cover and body of the stage were i
shot full of holes.
It is thought by the Guayamas authorities
that the perpetrators were I
some of the bandits who have taken
refuge in the mountains back of Yaqui
river and were watching for Alvarado.
Friends of the murdered rancher
say that he i:ad little money with
j him*at the time. Alvarado had been
; married only two months. With him
j w^re Senorita Julia Berido and Sen{
orita De Gonzales, both of prominent
j families in that country and both of
! whom were murdered.
TRUST SEEKS COTTON CROP.
Alleged that Standard OH People are {
Planning to Control Staple.
A special from Boston, Aiass., says:
Back of the present movement in cotton
and the coming consolidation of
various cotton product companies, are
Standard Oil men, whose representatives
are backing both sides of the
market and seeking to carry out plans
which the Standard Oil Company has
had for years under consideration of
controlling the cotton crop of the
country through the improved baling
process.
Sully, the big cotton bull, is a protege
of General S. W. Weld, of Boston,
father of the Planters' Compress Company,
and Sully's broker in cotton exchange
transactions. Price's backer
is A. C. Burragc, of Boston, a Standard
nn mnn who has iust been elected a
directors in Planters' Compress. Burrage
backed Price in cotton last year
and profited $1,000,000 by the deal.
Mr. Burrage is a personal friend of
H. H. Rogers, another standard Oil
magnate, who has an interest in Planters'
Compress, and they aro working
to secure control of the American cotton
trade.
NOTHING FOR THE WIFE.
Murdered Millionaire Burdick Cut Better
Half from His Will.
The will of the late Edwin T. Burdick,
murdered in his home at Buffalo,
N. Y., February 27, was made public
Friday.
Burdick cuts off his wife, who he
was suing for divorce, without a cent
He leaves $2,500 to relatives and the
rest of his property to his three children,
share and share alike. The will
was made December 8, 1902. Mr. Burdick
names as executors of his estate
Augustus B. Kellogg, George H. Dunston
and George C. Miller. He names
Charles Parke and Risey Tucker, his
business associates, as guardians of
his three children.
Frederick B. Hartzell, attorney for
Mrs. Burdick, was asked if there
would be any objections to the will so
far as he and his client are concerned.
"I can't tell yet," he said. "There may
be."
Ten Miners Indicted by Grand Jury.
Indictments were returned at Charleston,
W. Va., by the federal grand jury
against ten miners for resisting officers
of the government while trying to
serve process at Atkinsville, prior to
the battle at Stanford city.
TROLLEY LINE ASSURED
Will Connect South Carolina Capital
With Aiken and Augusta.
The building of the much-talked-of
electric railway line from Columbia
to Aiken, S. C., now seems assured, i
The proposed line will connect at Aiken
with the Augusta-Aiken line, link- j
ing Columbia and Augusta. The initial j
step toward the building of this line
was taken Tuesday when the application
for a charter was made to the
secretary of state, and a commission j
was secured.
The line- will pass through the coun- j
ties of Richland, Lexington and Aiken, I
and will be 50 miles In length.
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THE CITY OF MACCN LAUNCHED.!
New Vessel of Ocean Steamship Company
Slides from Her Ways.
The steamer City of Macon, which ;
is being built at Roach's ship yard, at |
Chester, Pa., for the Ocean Steamship !
Company, was launched at 1 o'clock {
Saturday.
Miss Rheta Ethcridge, of Macon, |
Ga., christened the vessel. Many rep- !
resentatives of the Ocean Steamship
Company were present
INQUEST INTO BURDICK CASE, j
Murder of Buffalo Millionaire Being
Probed by Authorities.
The inquest into the murder ot Ed- j
win L. Burdick was begun in the po- i
lice court at Buffalo, N. Y., Saturday
before Judge Murphy. The court room j
is small and only a limited number of
persons were admitted.
Among the first witnesses to appear
were Mrs. Scth T. Paine, Miss Barrett,
the stenographer who be irds
with Mrs. Paine and A. Carlson, another
boarder at the Pain$ residence,
CANAL TREATY SAFE
Ratification of Convention Has
Been Made a Certainty.
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CUBAN TREATY fS HELD UP
Goes Over to New Congress, in Order
that House May Act Upon It.
Contention of Demo. &
crats Upheld. 'i
A Washington special says: * The
senate by unanimous consent Thursday
agreed to vote on the Colombian
canal treaty Tuesday. The amendments
to the treaty to be considered
Monday. The request for unanimous
agreement was made by Senator Frye.
The agreement is in part as follows:
"That, not later than Tuesday next,
the vote upon the resolution for ratification
shall be taken without further
debate. That the injunction of secrecy
shall.be removed from the speeches
of Senator Morgan already printed and
submitted to senators, including that
to be made by him on the response to
the senate resolution celling for infor
raation as to tiic agreement uciwccu
the Panama Canal Company and our
government, and they shall be printed
in The Record, and that the speech
or speeches made for and against the
ratification of the treaty during the
hour of general debate allowed each
side shall be printed in The Record in
like manner as the speeches of Senator
Morgan."
On motion o* Senator Gorman the
injunction of secrecy was removed
from the agreement.
Many republicans agree that the two
amendments proposed by the democrats
ought to be adopted, but they
fear any changes will endanger the
treaty. There is every reason, therefore,
to believe that the amendments
will be voted down and the treaty ratified
as it stands.
As to Cuban Treaty.
During the day's session the democrats
scored a distinct victory in the
matter of the Cuban t^aty by forcing
the republicans to accept their amendment
providing that the treaty shall
not go into effect until it is approved
by the congress. This is the point
for which the democrats have been
making their strongest fight, the one
which they have regarded as most important
of all those under consideration.
The republican leaders for their
own political purposes have desired to
avoid the adoption of such an amendment
to the treaty, fearing it would
lead to an embarrassing tariff fight inthe
new congress, Dut they found that
the best constitutional lawyers on
their side agreed that the democratic
contention was right, and they accord
ingly surrendered and permitted a
unanimous adoption of this amendment
by the foreign relations committee.
This, of course, brought a unanimous
report for the treaty as amended.
The amendment is in these
words:
"This treaty shall not take effect until
the same shall nave been approved
by the congress."
This amendment removes from this
treaty the grave question whether the
president and ihe senate have the power
to change the tariff laws by a
treaty made with a foreign government.
The original treaty assumed
that the president and senate have
this power and contained no provision
recognizing that an act of congress
would be necessary to make the treaty
effective. The democratic senators
have, from the beginning strenuously
contended that the president and the
senate do not have this power under
the constitution, and have insisted
that the Cuban treaty should be so
amended that it should not be effective
until made so bv act or Joint resolution
of congress. This contention
i3 based upon the constitutional pro
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vision reposing in "tne congress luo i
power "to lay and collect taxes, duties,
imposts and excises."
Sons of Vets to Meet in Chattanooga.
Chattanooga has been chosen as the
place for the annual meeting of the
Alabama and Tennessee organizations
of Sons of Union Veterans
BRITAIN BLUFFS CASTRO.
Venezuelan President Forced to Call
Off His Little Blockade.
A cablegram was received at the
state department Friday from United
States Charge D Affaires Russell, at
Caracas, announcing that the blockade
of the Orinoco river declared by President
Castro, had been raised.
The Venezuelan government was
given to understand that if the blockade
was persisted in Great Britain
would recognize the belligerency of
the rebels in Venezuela, and, moreover,
applying to the laws of neutrality
with strictness, would close all
British ports to Venezuelan war ships.
JUSTICE DAY IS ILL.
Newly Appointed Member of Supreme
Court Has Attack of Grip.
*mnniota/i PrAQs 1q informed bv
J. liU AOOVUlUtVU JL * WM w
a member of the family of Justice
Day, of the United States supreme
court, that he is suffering from a severe
attack of grip. His condition, it
is admitted, is serious. Mrs. Day and
two sons arrived in Washington Wednesday
to attend him.
COAL OPERATORS INNOCENT.
Jury at Chicago Erought in Directed
Verdict of "Not Guilty."
At Chicago Friday Judge Chetlnin
instructed the jury in the trial of the
Indiana coal operators to bring in a
verdict of "not guilty." The jury was
ihen discharged. The court held that
if there was any violation of law on
I the part of the operators it wa3 a vio;
lition of the interstate law and not of
j the statutes of Illinois. Such being
j the case the offense is one for trial by
A federal Jury,
GOULD LOOKS TO BRUNSWICK.
Thriving Georgia Port May be Selected
by Railroad Magnate for His
Tidewater Terminus.
A New York special says: George
J. Gould plana to reach tidewater on
the Atlantic coast at a more southerly
port than Baltimore, as well as at that
city. The second tidewater point will
probably be Brunswick, Ga. Baltimore
is to be the tidewater port for the Wabash
connection with the West Virginia
Central and Western Maryland.
Gould's Texas Pacific and International
and Great Northern roads are reaching
over into the south and if present
plans are carried out will be into Birmingham
almost as quickly as the
Rock Island will be through the purchase
of the St. Louis and San Francisco.
The Gould plan for effecting a southwestern
consolidation, to be Known as
the "Greater Missouri Pacific system,"
includes ports for export on the Atlantic
coast as well as on the Gulf of Mexico.
Both the International and Great
Northern and the Texas and Pacific
will afford splendid southwestern connections
for a line in which the Goulds
are interested. This line will, within
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port, La., to Vicksburg, and on to Me*
ridlan, in Mississippi, a ;ong step forward
toward Birmingnam.
The connection from Shreveport to
Delta, on the Mississippi river, which
the Goulds will secure, is the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific.
The transportation across the Mississippi
to Vicksburg will be by the
railway ferry owned by the Mississippie
and Louisiana Transportation
Company.
Once into Vicksburg a line could be
very easily built as a distance 01 about
200 miles to Birmingham, or by absorbing
the Alabama and Vicksourg, the
Gould system would reach Meridian,
leaving a gap of only about 60 miles
into Birmingham.
SLEW WIFE AND SIX BABES.
Missouri Farmer Exterminates His
Whole Family and Then Mortally
Wounds Himself.
Adolph Krauss, a farmer iiving near
Bellefontaine, Missouri, killed his wife
and six children with a sledge hammer
Wednesday. He then knocked'
himself unconscious with the hammer
and was found in a dying condition.
It is believed Krauss suddenly be
? I'r.cnr.rt un. Vio/? tho rpnntatirm
CtliiiC lUO^UC. liu uuu
among his neighbors of being a quiet,
inoffensive, industrious farmer, and no
other cause but insanity has been assigned.
Early Wednesday night John
Krauss/ a brother, went to Adolph's
house. The lights were out, but the
door was unlocked, and this aroused
his suspicions. He entered the house,
and upon striking a light found that
there had been a tragedy.
From all that can be learned, Adolph
Krauss entered the house some time
during the afternoon armed with a
sledge hammer. Without warning^he
struck his wife on the head, killing her
instantly, then seizing his child, 12
years of age, he dealt her a fatal blow.
The other five children were killed
similarly, the youngest being a six
months' old babe. Krauss then placed
the seven bodies side by side on the
floor in one room, seized the hammer
and dealt himself a blow on the head.
CRUM VOTE POSTPONED.
Committee on Commerce Failed to
Take Action on Negro's Nomination.
A Washington dispatch says: Only
eight members of the senate commerce
committee were present at the
meeting called Thursday morning to
consider the Crum case.
Had a roll call been ordered of those
present th6 nomination would have
been voted upon adversely, for a minority
of those present were favorable
to Crum's confirmation. Messrs. Clay,
Berry, Martin and Mallory, democrats,
and Perkins, republican, were on hand
to vote against the negro aspirant for
the collectorship at Charleston, while
Frye, Hanna and Depew were the onlj
members present to favor confirmation.
The absentees were Elkins, Gallinger,
Nelson and Penrose. There was a
general disposition to let the matter
rest desDite the president's expressed
desire that the sziate act.
TURPENTINE WORKERS FIGHT.
Fatal Pitched Battle Between Rivals
In Two Florida Camps.
Assessor Bullard, of McMeekin, Fla.,
reports a desperate encounted between
the hands of rival turpentine camps
tear Orange Springs.
A contention arose about a matter
of little importance between some of
the negro laborers of Meg's camp and
those of Law's camp. This aroused
the fury of the entire crowd and precipitated
a fight, which ended in a
general battle.
The report is that eight men were
killed and a large number of others
wounded.
MET DEATH FIRST TRIP.
New Conductor on Atlantic and Birmingham
Road Falls Between Cars.
Edwin Young, conductor on the Atlantic
and Birmingham railroad, was
instantly killed near Cordele, Ga.,
early Friday morning by falling between
two cars of a freight train.
Young was only 19 years old, and
had just been promoted to conductor.
He was making his first trip when the
accident occurred.
LEE STATUE ASSURED.
Virginia Governor Allows Bill to Be
come Law Without His Signature.
The bill passed in the Virginia legislature
providing for a statue of General
R. E. Lee in statuary hall of the
capitol at Washington became a law
Monday night without the governor's
signature.
His objection to approving the measure,
it is understood, is that the legislation
is "unnecessary, unwise and inexpedient."
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MURDER SPECIALIST
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Negro "Yoodoo Doctor" Did Paying
Business in Qnaker City.
SETTLED DOMESTIC TROUBLES M
Openly Advertised a "Better Method" -|j
Than Divorce to Rid Wives of
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Husbands and Husbans of
Wives?Investigation On. * *
A Philadelphia special says: Murder .<$0
for money, murder for hate, murder r
for illicit love, murder for social position,
murder for revenge", perhaps thir- ;|||
ty-four murders in all, ae revelations
promised by the investigations now W
ing made into the work of "Dr." George
! Hoossey, the gay-haired negro voodoo
| man, who was, on Friday, held without ;
bail for complicity in the reported
murder of William D. Dansee. That
Hoossey has sold very large'quantities
of arsenic, the sort known to the trade . '-j&m
as ratsbane, is an established fact. ;
That he solicited, and actually entered
into a contract to murder a woman for
$100 is true beyond all question; that 5
he made no less than thirty-four similar
contracts is believed by officers of
a prominent insurance company who
have called in a force'of private detec- "^15 ,
tives to assist the city police in their jjg
investigations. " ijp
In his advertisement Hoossey an- ?JaH
nouneed a method that was "quicker,
cheaper and- more satisfactory than di- J9H
vorce for those tired of husbands or
| wives." It is charged that he contracted
to kill objectionable people by ||
"slow doses" for $100 each.
To Open Many Graves.
Well known physicians in all sectlons
of the city have reported cases to
the district attorney that will probably ' /.*
lead to the opening of many graves, >;^gB
and as many inquests by the coroner.
In each of these cases the patient first . *<||
appeared with a minor complaint,
which grew progressively .worse and ??
which just before death manifested
what are now recalled as the usual 1
symptoms of arsenical poisoning. In M
each of these reported cases there is a
story of big insurance, disturbed do
mesuc reiauuua ur <m auou w u?m
*A clean sweep was made Saturday J|g|
of all the physicians in the northeast
section of the city who have signed
death certificates within the past two
years that specify heart lesions as the '-4
cause of death and seven of these practitioners
were closeted with Assistant
District Attorney Shoyer for several :
hours, during which time they went ||S
over their office records in the mortality
cases and frankly stated their
suspicions.
In each of these cases a thorough Investigation
was ordered and the local
managers of all life insurance companies
were asked for information con- VtJsg
cerning the policies paid upon these
risks. - It is net believed, however, '; %*
that "Dr." Hoossey was knowingly a -'-'^gg
party to any extensive plan to murder
people for-insurance money.
His specialty seemed to be the clearing
up of disturbed domestic relations "
by deliberate murder with the insurance
feature as a secondary incident
of his work. His price, according to '
the memorandums found in his shop, v
was invariably $100. Some of his patrons
are only referred to by numbers,
others by hieroglyphics that nobody
but himself will ever be able to solve,
but there can be no mistake about the
| entry of $100 that appears after each
| of thirty-four entries made on the
I same record with the $51 entry, which, ^
admittedly, applies to Mrs. Catharine :1?g
Dansee and the $100 entry which iden- ^3
tifled the case of Detective Gavan, . J;j|
who contracted to have his wife murdered
by Hoossey for $100 as a ruse to
catch him. ,
The recorder of the bureau of health
shows that Hoossey issued .death cerI
tificates over his own signature as *
"George Hoossey, M. D.," and the authorities
are doing their utmost to discover
how and from whom Hoossey ^
obtained the blank forms. All of the '^i
deaths so certified are to be invest!*
gated by Acting Coroner Hammond.
Rare are the stories told by the old .,
residents of St. Marys street, where
Hoossey once lived, concerning the . ;7-|
phenomenal performances of "Old Voodoo
Hoossey," who, they assert, is 'in
league with the devil. In those days .
he sord cure-alls, but later confined -Ji
his work entirely to the complains of
women. His colored patrons carried
wonderful stories of his marvelous ^j||
cures into the kitchens of well-to-do
white people, and after a time he refused
to treat colored people. Thus,
it is explained, he secured his long
list of white patrons and white vie- , ^
^
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NEW WAY TO SUICIDE.
Man Loaded Gun With Three-Cornered
File, Which Went Througn Heart
At Iowa City, Monday, Jacob Brum,
a workingman, ended his life in a sensational
manner. He loaded a gun
with a three-cornered file and the
trigger being broken, he placed the
butt of the gun in the stove and the
muzzle against his breast and waited "
for the heat to fire the weapon. The
file went through his heart.
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TOWN MENACED BY FLOOD. * *
Old and Frail Levee Stands Between
Caruthersvilte and Calamity.
The town of Caruthersville, Mo.,
containing 2,300 inhabitants, is threat
ened with destruction by the flood. An
old levee, which is caving, alone stands
between the city and the swollen .
Mississippi.
Government engineers regard It as
the most critical flood point along the ?
river. Four hundred men under En* '.^1
glneer Kilpatrick are working deeper*
ateljr at building a new leree. y %
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