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H -vc.; KP||- * * gfe .;, 1.1 The Bamberg Herald. 1 ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 2.1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. Hi?' -a ??^??^ ? ! - '* I *rir nninniirnr mnr nmnvl ITAT FATY Fill fl I I/*ITI7 \ SOUTH CAROLINA I k STATE NEWS ITEMS. jj " CNjrsJCNJCNirOC\MMCS>* * Differences are Settled. At last the differences between the Seaboard Air Line railway and the city of Columbia have been settled. The clerk announced at a recent meeting of council that the Seaboard had handed him a check for $15,000 in payment of the city's claim. Council passed a resolution requesting the railroad commission to Withdraw its objection to the Seaboard's building a depot on Lincoln street. ? Rates on Covton Goods Reducedi A .special to The Spartanburg Herald says: Rates on cotton mill goods Via Charleston, whiCh haye been sub jbct to several coRferences with the railroad commission c-n the part of mill men and railroad authorities are at last settled. It comes through an agreement between the mills and railroads satisfactory to the commission, an<i the agreement will be put into ef " ? feet in the state dv the commission. The new rates make all cotton goods to New York and Philadelphia subject to a reduction of four cents; to all x eastern points beyond New York and Philadelphia a reduction of two cent3 and to all western points a reduction of two cents. Railroads agree to use every effort to encourage shipments via Charleston. ? Want Peabody Fund Divided. At the meeting of the state board of education in Columbia a few days ago 111irmc xre>r;> arnrifp>d denlorine the proposed concentration of the Peabody fund for the building of a great school for the instruction of teachers. The , Peabody board is said to have some plans for applying the $2,000,000 in their keeping for the construction of such an institution. There are several normal colleges in this state now re ceiving support from the Peabody fund. The governor and state superintendent of education are under the resolution, authorized to confer with the Peabody trustees for the purpose of urging the board to set apart for educational purposes in South Carolina the -sum to which this state may be entitled to under the deeds of 1S67 and 1869. *.* * Governor Heyward Favors Plan. A Washington dispatch says: Governor Heyward, of South Carolina, has .written to the secretary of war to express his approval of the purpose of the war department to publish a complete list of officers and men who served In the union and confederate armies during the civil war. "I feel sure," writes Governor Heyward, "that this action on the part of the general government will meet with favor throughout the entire south, an 1 that those who served in confederate armies and their descendants will appreciate this opportunity of having their names handed down to history. I shall be glad to give to your department whatever co-operation lies in my power." * * Tillman Jarred Kaiser's Man. The following special cable dispatch from Berlin, Germany, was published in The Atlanta Constitution of las*. Sunday: Chief of Police Count Bernstorff. who visited the United States to mnka observations for the kaiser, dumbfounded William and court society by his report of Senator Tillman's antinegro speech, delivered at the New York press Club banquet. "I was astonished at this man's outburst of eloquence; nothing like it was ever heard in our parliament or lec ture platform. Such eloquence must I be heard to be appreciated," said the counf. "Did he refer to Roosevelt?" asked i the kaiser. "He pulled him over the coals bod' ily?'roasted him,' as they say in the United States."' "But was no policeman on hand to dissolve the assemblage?" It was the kaiser's turn now to be astonished. "No, your ^lajesty, police interference would have been illegal.". William and the court talked long and earnestly on this "condition of things," which to them seemed incom patible with the dignity of a civilized government. "And Senator Tillman will not be prosecuted?" "No, not at all, though, according to our laws, he deserved at least ten years in the penitentiary." The kaiser's belief in Bernstorff's truthfulness is sadly shaken. * * Governor Routing the Tigers. Not satisfied with the poor results from continual raiding of blind tigers in Charleston, Governor Heyward has sent Chief Constable Hammett to the city and he caused consternation by smashing every tiger that refused tc obey instructions to quit. Notice was given the proprietors that they would have to get rid of the furniture and fixtures, and there was a eeneral scatteration. Many of the keepers took out counters, refrigerators and liquors, and there is less busi ness now conducted than for years. Some of the most elaborate estab lishments were cleaned out. The own i ers preferred to take the fixtures out I rather than have the constables smash everything, and those who obeyed ths-J orders saved money. j The first big raid was made on Yin t cent Chicco, who is looked upon as the leader of the blind tiger element, anc he has been harassed so much that his business now is confined to a lunch counter. The hotels had to quit, but travelers I who journeyed that way will not have | to remain thirsty for any length o? time. The dealers are demoralized ' but they believe the trouble will blow over in a week or two. when they wil be able to resume operations. Heretofore the constables have sim i ply seized the whisky found in the ' tigers. This, however, did not inter rupt the unThwful traffic, and raid: arere so much of a farce that the chief : ? }f the state got orders that the conditions would have to be improved. The blind tiger keepers are literally on the jump and they will lose thousands ot I ! dollars before the authorities get J through with the official smashing. * 4 Looks Like a Loophole. The new child labor law. as passed by the general assembly, will go into ^ effect on May 1. The principal prevision of this bill is the prohibiting of children under twelve years of age from working in the mills of the state. What is regarded as a serious loophole, however, and one which in the opinion of some will nullify the bill, is the clause which provides that the children of widowed mothers or of parents who are invalids and cannot support themselves may work in the mills. C One of the state legislators in dis- C " - ^ 4.1? : . 1 . < T T-rN cussing tne Din recently, scuu. i i 0 gard the bill as almost no bill at all ^ Any parents who are so disposed can y go before a notary public and swear g that they are unable to work and need the assistance of their children to help earn a livelihood by working in the mills. This being the case, I think j that most of the parents who do not (j wish to take their children from the e mills can keep them there under the s section of the bill. ti "I do not expect to see any notice able change following the going into ^ effect of this bill." n * ? \ May Fight Crum in Courts. Mayor Smyth, of Charleston, has requested the corporation counsel of the j city to consult the authorities with u l( view of determining if President s Roosevelt can legally appoint Dr. ^ Crum collector of port without having the nomination confirmed by the sen- ^ ate before Crura can actually take r charge. j, The point is made that it is not a ^ recess appointment, and on that ^ ground the claim is made that Cruvi cannot constitutionally act. On the Q other hand, many persons contend that ^ there Is nothing in the claim, although a it shows the bitter feeling of the citi q zens against the appointment cf the negro. j Should the corporation counsel re port that it is not a recess appoint- ? ?ent, It Is intimated that courts will ^ be asked to issue an injunction re- j straining Grum from serving as coiiec- ^ tor, a It is admitted that this will bring -j about a bitter fight and the better fool ^ ing is that the incident should be clos- n ed where it is, so that' the fight can .. be renewed before the next congress. e t] ATLANTA .MAKKKTS. e COORKCTED WEEKLY. ?14 G Groceries. p boasted cofTeo, n.>r 100 pounds, Arlmckb s' J rl0 80. Lion, $10.55; Cordova, *10.05; Blue D Ribbon, $10. Green coiles, choice 10c; i; air 8 cents; prime 6 cents. i>ugar. standard granulated, 5^c. Svrup, New Orleans open kettle $3 00 ? $1.05: ^ mixed, choice, 20 (a> 28c. South Georgia cane syrup, 85 cents. Salt, dairy a sacks $1.30 @ $1.40; do bills, bulk $2.50; ii :ee croam $1.25; common 552)60. Cheese, j fancy, full cream 15 (a) \o}% cents. Matches. 65s 45%rf?55c; 200s $1.50^-1.75. 11 Soda, Arm & Hummer, $1.75. Crack- e era, soda 6c; cream 7c; glngersnaps 6}?l. j; Candy, common stick 6c; iancv TtffrlOe. t; Oysters. P._W $ 1.75; L. W. $1.20. Fancy l] dead rice, vc; lieaa rice, t>;. " Flour, Grain and lleil. jl Flour, old wheat, Diamond patent, ?5.00 second patent, $1,50, straight, $4.00; {] extra fancy $3.70; faner, ?3.30. First patent spring wiieat, ?4-75. Corn, choice, ^ white, 63o; No. 2do, 67c; No. 2 mixed, CG-. C' Oats, wiiitf clipped 54c: No. 2 white 52:; No. 2 mixed 50-*: No. 3 mix d 45a. ltyt 65o bushel. Barley 95c bushel. Victor food $1.35 per one hundred pounds. Quaker food $1.25. Choice large bale hav s $1.20; No. Ismail ?1.20 No. 2 smail, ?1.10. Meal, plain, G5 -; bolted COc. Bran, $1.15 brown shorts $1.20: white shorts $1.40. Cotton seed meal $1.25 per 100 pounds, a Hudnut's grits, $1.60. c Country Pro 1 una. . ** ? . 4AaIT 1 A Oi 1 "A T^n 11 * tv/v iv, ii a *t/v. litbui choice 15? 16c; fancy 20?-^^e. Llvonoub 11 try. ben?, 35?37}$'c; fries, large, 25? 273<?c tl medium 2G(S> 18c; small 14@16c. Ducks | puddle. 25c. Turkeys, lG?17>j'c per pounddressed, 18? 19c. Unions $ 1.1-5 per bu Sl Cabbage $1.25??1.50 per hundred pounds Provisions. p Clear rib sides, boxed 9l-?-:; ha'.f ribs o bellies 10c; iee-cured bei* ? ties 19K-. hugnr-euretl hams 15c; Cnli- * fornia bans lOJ^c. Lard lOJ^c, compound 8)^ c. Cotton. Market closed quiet, middling 9t?c. C( h FIRST CLASH IN ATLANTA p tl As Result of Strike of Job Office Print si ers?No Damage Dene. rr The strike of Atlanta job office print* a ers culminated in a clash Monday a"- t [ ternoon about 5 o'clock, when a fight i occurred between strikers and two non-union men on Central avenue. near the corner of Alabama street, dur ing which a revolver was fired by one F of the non-union men. Fists were also used, but no one was badly hurt. Five arrests were made as a result ^ of the trouble and the police have the n names of five additional strikers for whom they are looning. Those against t( whom cases were docketed are C. C. Houston, organizer of tho Internation- r! al Typographical union; Pat M chaff ev a A. P. Burr and Otto Meyer and Bruno Myer, the two latter being the non ^ union men involved in, the fray. Tho )r Myer brothers and Mehaffey were ar ~ . C1 rested at ttie time or tne aimcuity. - Burr was later taken into custody. *-1 Messrs. Foote & Davies, for whora the Myer brothers worked, secured the release of the two men by depositing collateral of $25 each. They also fur- D nished the police with a list of eight names, parties alleged to have participated in the trouble, and on this list were the names of Houston, Burr and n Mehaffey. The trouble occurring as it did in fc the business district and at a time cl when the streets were crowded with fi pedestrians created intense excite- V ment, a grat crowd being attracted to h the scene by the pistol shot. The two non-union men claim that they B were attacked by a crowd of strikers as they left the establisnment of Foote p & Davies, on Alabama street, and that they were roughly handled. One of the men was struck a blow in the mouth and the other was hit on the side of S the head. o * t! Now that Budyard Kipling has de- ! C nounced the Anglo-German alliance in d a Kiplingesque poem, the Kaiser ic v called upon to respond in Hohenzolleru a vecse. The alliance will hardly sur- e Vive a duel like this. 1: RED" JACKSON DEAD Yas Brave Confederate General Who Served Under Fcrrest. !OTED BREEDER OF FINE STOCK lis Celebrated Belle Meade Farm, Near Nashville, Tcnn., Produced Some of the Greatest Thoroughbreds on the Turf. Ccneral William H. Jackson, a noted 'onfederatc cavalry leader during tho livil war, when he bore the soubriquet f "Red" Jackson, died at his home, telle Meade, near Nashville, Tcnn., Ionday afternoon. He was in his ixty-eighth year, and had been in faib lg health for more than a year, and ar.gerously ill for several weeks past At the close of the Civil war General ackscn was in command of Forest's ivision, with the Texas brigade addd. Since the war he has devoted himelf to agriculture and the breeding of Uoroughbred running horses, some of he most noted performers of the .merican turf having been born at fa- I icus Belle Meade. Two children, Villiam H. Jackson, Jr., and Mrs. Seme Eiliston, survive him. General Jackson was born at Paris, enn., in 1SS5, and acquired a prepara3ry education in the schools at JackI-IW7oct 55 c fl pfj et in 1S52 and graduated in 1S56. In tie following year General Jackson rent to New Mexico as an officer in a egiment of mounted rifles, and activeit participated in the principal Indian ghts with such adventurous scouts as lit Carson. He resigned his command a the United States army upon the utbreak of the civil war, and offered is sword to his native state and was ppointed a captain of artillery by Governor Harris. At the battle of Belmont, General ackson received a minnie ball in his ido which was never removed. He ras raised 10 me raus ui tuiuuci iuj is gallantry in that fight. General ackson commanded the cavalry under Libert Sidney and Joseph E. Johnston, nd led the advance on the invasion of 'ennessee by Hood's army, and his ivision covered the retreat of the ariy after the battle of Nashville. He *as raised to the rank of brigadier eneral for his dash at Holly Springs tiat resulted in the loss of the fedral base of supplies and compelled fcneral Grant to abandon his camaign against Vicksburg. General ackson was recommended for further romotion by his superior officers, but ailed to secure the reward. General Jackson married the daugh?r of General W. G. Harding in 1S6S. nd became associated with his father i law in the conduct of the Belle leade stock farm. He assumed ac Ive management of the property sevral years before the death of Genera! [arding, and the high state of perfection attained by Belle Meade as the ursery of thoroughbreds is due to his .ldgment and management. General Jackson was a brother of tie late Howell E. Jackson, associate jstice of the United States supreme ourt. LOWELL MILLS SILENT. pindles Cease to Whirr and Thousands of Operators are Idle. For the first time in many years, on working day, the bells on the great otton mills in Lowell, Mass., were stmt Monday morning and the streals sually marked by the hurry and bus;e of thousands of operatives on their ray to work, were still and almost desrted. The total number of spindles stoped is 838,000; number of operatives ut, 17,175, with a weekly pay roll of 128,000. Frisco System. Announcement is made by the Friso System that all usual train service as been resumed from Memphis to ail oints on their line. The public are terefore enjoying the usual splendid ervice given by this system from Birtingham to Memphis. Kansas City nd all points in Oklahoma, Indian erritory, Kansas and Texas. ITTLE CHANGE AT GREENVILLE. loodsd Mississippi Town Still Battling Against Greatest Odds. There was little change in the flood [tuation at Greenville, Miss., Monday ight. The cutting of the protection ;vee at the northern border of the nvn has given no perceptible relief in >tting out the water. On the contrar, a rise was still in progress generlly throughout the city. The big crevasse 3 miles south of le city continues to widen and it is npossible to say what the ultimate readth will be if the efforts to trengthen the end3 and prevent furicr cutting are not successful. GENERAL M'DONALD SUICIDES. ecided on Death Rather than Face a Courtmartial. The London Evening JTews anounces that Major-Generai Sir Hector [acDonald, commanding ;^e British >rces in Ceylon, against whom liarges based on immoral acts were led some days ago, committed suicide /ednesday by shooting himself in a otel in Paris. ILOODY BATTLE WITH BANDITS. 'osse Kills One Robber, Wounds a j Second and Captures a Third. A desperate battle was fought early Saturday between three robbers on no side and officers and citizens on he other at Bedford, a suburb of 'ieveland. Ohio, resulting in the oath of one of the robbers and the rounding of one and the capture of not her. Many shots were cxchangd before the fleeing men were finali brought to earth. DEWEY SCORES GERMANS. Admiral Says Bill's Navy is "Small Potatoes" Compared With Our Own?May Rile Kaiser. A Washington special says: The possibility that the Gorman government may make Inquiries of the government of the United States regarding certain declarations of Admiral George Dewey concerning the German navy and the recent maneuvers of the United States in the Caribbean sea, was the principal topic <f talk in official circles Friday. Ever since his experience with the Germans *n Manila bay, Admiral Dewey has had no love for the German navy, and, like most of the other officers of the United States navy, he believes that a clash between Germany and the United ^ta.es is almost inevitable. Looking to this possibility, the general board of the navy, of which he is president, makes all its calculations for naval development with reference to Germany. All com ' ? * otr/infftn aro with punsuus ui uluui ou ^ ?. . ~? Germany to the exclusion of other European powers. This all-prevailing sentiment is doubtless responsible for some of the utterances of Admiral Dewey quoted in any interview published Friday, in which he declared that tne navy of the United States is superior to the Germany navy. He goes farther and declares that the United States navy is the greatest in the world, giving as his reason that every man in it is a man of intelligence. "The German navy," he declares, "is an entirely different organization in its make-up of human material. I have made a deep study of that navy. My belief is that its efficiency in possible action is greatly overestimated. The men do not begin to compare in education ani. intelligence with the Americans." Thereupon Admiral Dewey proceeds to reveal some very interesting official secrets. Ho declares that the maneuvers in the Caribbeon sea were not only successful, but were the greatest object lesson of the kind that the world has probably ever seen. "It was an object lesson to the kaiser more than to any other person," he declares. "Think of it! Fifty-four war ships were engaged. Germany could not possibiy get a fleet over here that could fight such an aggregation of warships as that." While Admiral Dewey does not say so, in just those words his interview carries the inference that the maneuvers carries the inference that the maneuvers were designed especially, for just that purpose. Dewey Was Imprudent. There is a general feeling in official circles that Admiral Dewey should not have said what he did, but everybody acknowledges that he told the truth. The officials of the navy department will take no notice of the interview unless they are called upon to do so through diplomatic channels. This means unless there is complaint fronj r* In o rtnrvrrl a ti r>n w? f V| lii<5 P'PTI VJVi man j . i,xx utvv/iuuuw ..aw ...w 0 eral instructions, Count Speck von Sternberg, German plenipotentiary, has cabled the text of nie interview to Berlin. AGED COUPLE MURDERED. Mutilated Bodies of Luttrell and His Wife Found in Their Bed. In the eleventh district of Warren count}', Tennessee, the dead bodies of Peter Luttrell and wife, both past 80 years old, were found in bed at their home horribly beaten and mutilated. The discovery was made by Lee Vickers and wife, who nad a contract to care for the couple, in consideration for which the latter had deeded Vickers their farm, taking effect upon their death. BILL'S WIFE PADLY HURT. Empress of Germany Thrown from Horse and Bones are Broken. A dispatch from Berlin says: The empress was thrown from her horse while riding at Gruenwald Friday, and her right arm broken. The empess fell heavily. Emperor William, who was near at hand, was among the first to reach her side and assisted her to rise. The imperial party was galloping at the moment when the empress' horse shied and stumbled. DUCATS ARE TIED UP. Eart of Yarmouth Yearned for Cash More than for the Girl. It is reported in Washington that the earl of Yarmouth and Miss Thaw, the young millionairess of Pittsburg, will not be wedded as has been announced. It seems that the earl's love began to cool when ho learned that Miss Thaw's fortune was settled so that her husband could not get control of it. The earl was told that he would get only ?^o,UUU a year rrom ine estate and, it is said, he then began to grow cold. CBUM IS REAPPOINTED. Notwithstanding Opposition, Presl dent Again Names Negro. A Washington special says: The President Friday reappointed Dr. W. D. Cruin, colored, collector cf customs at Charleston, S. C., and William M. Byrne, United State district attorney for Delaware. Both ci these nominai? c- M ? r n *. u ? dioiis luneu ui cuimi mauuu ui iuu itcent session of the senate. TO ASSIST THE STRIKERS. Assessments to Be Made for Benefit of Those Out at Lowell. Secretary Albert Hibbert. of the United Textile Workers of Amprica, will send out circulars to all unions affiliated with that organization to levy an assessment for the support of the Lowell operatives who are out on strike. There are 20'J unions in the United States and Canada with a total membership of 200,0U0. This assessment will net the strikers $20,000. MORE LEVEES BREAK i I i City of Greenville, Mississippi, at Mercy of Flood. WATERY AVALANCHE LOOSENED An Enormous Crevasse Threatens Widespread Destruction?Sev. eral Minor Ereaks are Re ported at Various Points. Breaks In the levees along the Mississippi are reported as follows: (1) About 40 miles above New Orleans. (2) a few miles below Greenville, and (S) at Duvall's Landing, Miss. Tno stages at lower river points, however, have not materially changed. Advices from Greenville, Miss., state that a volume of water 16 feet deep and over 600 fee. in length is pouring steadily through a crevasse In the levee five miles south of the city and is flooding thousands of acres of the finest farming land In the celebrated Yazoo delta, regarded by many , to be the most fertile in the world. The break in the levee occurred at 11 o'clock Friday morning and the roar of the rushing waters could eas ily be heard in Greenville. Only 200 feet of the embanKment gave way at first and a mighty effort was made by hundreds of laborers in charge of the government engineers to check the rushing flood by cribbing and sacking, but it was soon apparent that it wa3 beyond human power to successfully combat the restless fury of the current. An hour later it was seen that the ends of the levee on either side of the crevasse were melting fast, the 1 ?? + + 4 r* fVtG nm _ Tore? Or me curruui. cun-iug mg bankment away as though it were built of sand. When the first report of the break reached the city the excitement was intense and many people began to collect their valuables and held themselves in readiness to move away at a moment's notice. Shortly after nightfall the backwater reached the city. Major John M. Sears, "who has charge of the government office in Greenville, in the absence of Captain Potter, in an interview stated that the break Is unquestionably the worst in the history of the levee system. He says the entire delta south as far as VIcksburg will be inundated and the fine farming lands In "Washington, Bolivar and Sharkey counties will be under water for more than two weeks. This is tho first break to De reported on the Mississippi side since the present rise began. The situation at midnight grew rapidly worse. Work on the protection levee through Main street was soon abandoned and water reached Washington avenue, the highest point in the city. Appeals for help began coming in from the Tuxedo and race track additions and relief boats were hur+/-? fholr volinf IV H1V44 t The news came from these additions that people were seen clinging to roofs of houses and rafts to escape the rising waters. Many lives have been reported lost, a woman and five children perishing In one house. The southern part of the city is entirely under water. Houses even as high as Central avenue began filling up and their inmates were forced to upper floors for safety. The city was in total darkness, water putting out the fires in the electric light plants. People Cut Levees, Interest in the flood situation at New Orleans Friday centered in the break at Hymelia, near Lucy, La., 40 miles above the city, and the disastrous crevasse reported south of Greenville. Cotton men felt especial . concern with respect to the latter and the announcement in private dispatches, which were circulated on the floor of the cotton exchange that 100,000 acres of the richest delta land would probably go under water, created a feeling of depression. Crevasse Cut Near Vicksburg. A Vicksburg special says: The second crevasse of the day on the Mississippi occurred at Albemarle levee in lower issaquena cuuuij at o n Friday afternoon. Backwater from Steeles bayou had already spread all over that section and was within five teet of the levee's crown, consequent Iy not much damage will result. Reports from there state that the gap is several hundred feet wide, but as the water is running through with very little force it can probably bo closed. The Albemarle levee was an old piece of work and had been displaying danger signals for a week past. The breaks in Washington and Issar... n n/Min flop will rjlMQP q Sl'SHOTl qucua vuuuiivo ***** .. p sion of traffic on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad north of Vicksburg, the tracks for 10 miles or more having already been covered by water to a depth of 20 inches. TO HELP BOOKER'S SCHOOL. Public Meeting to Be Held In Madison Square Garden, New York. A New York dispatch says: It is announced that a public meeting will be held in the Madison Square Garden concert hall the evening 01 April 14th to discuss the method and needs of Booker T. Washington's work at the Tuskegee institute and that probably ex-President Cleveland will preside. COURTMARTIAL FOR M'DONALD. Commanding British Officers in Ceylon to be Tried for Immoral Acts. Advices from Colombo. Ceylon, state ihat charges of the most serious nature have been brought against Major General Sir Hector MacDonald, commanding the British forces in CeyI< in consequence of which the govo'.nor of that island. Sir Joseph Ridge v.'jy, has been authorized to convene a court, nnrrial lo try General MaeJDonald. The charges are alleged to I e based on acts of immorality. HXOIt REiOKD 15 MUKtH. Previous High Water Mark Exceeded i by Over a Foot?Situation in Greenville Not Changed. The special river bulletin issued at Washington Saturday was as follows: The Mississippi river continues to fall from Helena to Cairo, and is about on a stand below. Owing to the break in the levee about five miles below Greenville, no further rise is expected to the northward. Stages at Arkansas City and Greenville Satur- j day morning were 53 and 48 feet, re- : spectively, over one foot above the previous high water records of 1897. Below Greenville the flood crest will be somewhat prolonged, as the crevasse water must come back to the Mississippi by way oi the Yazoo river. The crevasse near Lucy, La., on the west side, is now aDout aou ieei ia width and a large amount of sugar can land has been inundated. Strenuous efforts are being made to close this break. Situation at Greenville. A special of Sunday from Greenville was to the eifect that the backwater from the LaGrange crevasse was slowly rising and nearly all of the city is submerged. Business is paralyzed and people are moving about the streets in the southern sections in skiffs. The sensational reports sent out that the city is In danger of destruction are highly exaggerated, and the facts do not warrant any such statement. Rumors of great loss of life are absolutely without foundation so far as is known. __ Relief parties with boats have been at work rescuing people in the path of the flood. All trains left the city Sunday afternoon promptly on schedule time. The shut-down of the electric light plant is a serious inconvenience to the people and lanterns in skills may be seen throughout the town at nignt. The flood situation outside of Greenville remains practically unchanged. The waters have covered thousands of acres of the fine delta farms and is sweeping south to Vicksburg. The loss will be heavy, but it is impossible to give anything like a correct estimate of the damage wrought by the flood. MORE PRINTERS ON STRIKE. Union Men are Called from Every Job Office in Atlanta. A general strike in the job printing offices of Atlanta, Ga., was declared Saturday afternoon, and the Typographical Union and Employing Printers' Club have locked horns for a big fight. With the exception of two men in the office of the Atlanta Lithographing Company, there are now no union printers at work in any job office in the city. The following firms are the ones concerned in the strike: Foote & Davies, the Franklin, Byrd, Pielmont, Bennett and Mutual Printing Companies, the Atlanta Lithographing Company. W. R. Bean, the ALanta Envel ope Company, M. T. LaHatte, Montag Brothers, the Atlanta Typesetting Company and Syl. Lester. The general strike order was issued for the alleged reason that every one of the concerns named in the order were doing work for firms causing the trouble. REBEL'S BODY FOUND. San Miguel, Filipino Leader, Slain in Fight With Scouts. A Manila dispatch says: The report that San Miguel, the Filipino leader, was killed in Friday's fight near Mariquina, is confirmed. His body has been identified and delivered to his relatives for burial. Ran Mienpi with his body guard. consisting of thirty men, abandoned the fort at Mariquina and attempted to escape, but the Macabee scouts surrounded the party, mortally wounded San Miguel and killed six of his body guard. After he fell, San Miguel emptied his revolver among tue Macabees and died fighting. He was the last unreconciled Filipino. t.ientonnnt Rppsp and other wound* ed scouts will recover. STEEL PLANTS ARE MERGED. Three Big Trust Concerns to do Business Hereafter Under One Name. Articles of incorporation were fllel in the office of the secretary of state at Trenton. N. J., Thursday, merging The American Steel Hoop Company, National Steel Company and the Carnegie Company. The merger corporation is to be known as the National Steel Company, with a capitalization of $63,000,000. The combined capital of the old companies amounted to $252,000,000. By this merger the new corporation will save over $7,000 each year in fees paid to the state or New Jersey. SLIM CHANCE FOR TREATY. Cubans Seem Disposed to Insist on Important Concession. A special from Havana says: The chance for the cajrying through of the reciprocity treaty appears slender, unless the United States government concedes the right to the Cuban senate to provide that the treaty shall not be effective unless It Is ratified by the United States congress during the present year. ROAD NOT RELINQUISHED. Vanderbilt Denies Report of Changes In Affairs of New York Central. Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, who is now in Paris, has sent the following note to the Associated Press correspondent: "There is no truth in the statement that, the New York Central railroad has passed into other hands. The present directors act in harmony each with the other. No changes are contemplated and I know of no one of them who wish to shirk his responsi- j bility. TV. K. VANDERBILT." MAM rKiMJnm ifiAut nArri President Roosevelt Issues Order Ben* efiting Men Confined in the Atlanta, Ga., Federal Prison. Seventy-five prisoners in the United States penitentiary in Atlanta, Ga., were made happy Tuesday morning when Warden S: A. HawK announced to them the contents of an .order issued by President Roosevelt. The order has the effect of shortening the terms of the men who were removed to Atlanta from the prisons of Ohio and New York. The Ohio and New York laws relat ing to the diminution of sentences for good conduct, whereby the federal statutes were made applicable to tha United States prisoners, were very much more liberal than the federai statutes under which such diminution of sentences is permitted in federal institutions. As a result of the transfer of the New York and Ohio prisoners, the federal statutes applied to them, and in many cases their terms of imprisonment were increased, in some cases, to the extent of three or four years. They lost all the benefits that were due them for good behavior. It was known that the transfer worked a great injustice and hardship upon a certain class of prisoners, and the last congress repealed the federal statutes making state laws applicable to federal prisoners, and enacted a very liberal commutation to the law applicable to all United States prisoners wherever confined. In order to remedy the injustice aone me prisoners in me Atlanta institution. President Roosevelt issued the following general order Monday: "Now, therefore be it >nown, that I, Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, divers other good and sufficient reasons me thereunto moving, do hereby order that each and every United States prisoner who was or hereafter shall be transferred from a state institution to the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., under sentence imposed on or before the 20th day of July, 1902, be discharged by the warden of said United 11 riAn fVt/a A O V wVlOH OlttlCB JJCliUCUUaiJ UJiUU lu& uu>j nuvu he would have been discharged had he continued to be confined in the state prison or penitentiary from which he was transferred; upon conditions that his conduct in the said institution and in the United States penitentiary has been such as to entitle him to the deductions hereby granted and allowed.' Warden S. A. Hawk, of the Atlanta federal prison, was notified of the president's action and expressed de light that the order had been issued, and declared it would right a great wrong. "I have been looking for the order for some time," he declared, "and am glad it has been issued. An unintentional Injustice was done these men, and it will bring them much joy. The order will affect about 75 prisoners." MONDAY'S RIVER BULLETIN. Great Danger Still Exists and Most extreme viyn<*ncc is urycu. The special daily river bulletin is sued at Washington Monday night was to the effect that the Mississippi river was falling as far south as Vicksburg. The stage of water at the latter place was 51.4 feet, a fall of 0.1 foot since Sunday night. The fall will continue for a few days longer, when the overflow water from the crevasse below Greenville will commence to re-enter the river at Vicksburg, causing a mod erate rise at that place and a prolongation of the flood for probably an additional two weeks. It is again urged that preparations for an extremely dangerous stage in the vicinity of VicksbuFg should not be relaxed, and this caution applies with equal force to the remaining districts southward to the Gulf of Mexico. High water will continue in the New Orleans district for three weeks or longer, its duration depending upon the extent to which the levees hold. Duke's Baggage is Attached. A writ of attachment to cover an alleged debt of $225 was serwd at New York Monday against the twenty-five pieces of baggage belonging to the duke and duchess of Manchester, who recently arrived from Palm Beach, Fla. / > rtrwrc d ici Dlir.VA.NT unuvtn ig L/vw . Once More Stork Is Hovering Over His Home in Princeton. News comes from Princeton, N. J., that there has been an air of happy expectancy about the home of former President Grover Cleveland of late. Mr. Cleveland's buoyant and cheerful manner is ascribed by some of his friends to hopes not exactly of a political nature, but the anticipated visit of the stork. Mr. Cleveland was 66 years old on March 18. Hf> has now four children, ** ' "-"J "Dl/vVnu/l Estner, KUtn, aiariou auu iuvumu. Richard, the only boy, is the youngest GENTRY AGAIN PROMOTED. Atlanta Man is Vice President and General Manager Bell Telephone. A New York dispatch s2ys: W. T. Gentry, of Atlanta, Oa., has been elected vice president and general manager of the Southern Bell Telephone and | Telegraph Company, and at a meetI Ing of the stockholders of the company Mr. Gentry was made a director. APRIL COAL IS CHEAPER. Philadelphia and Reading Company Notifies Consumers in a Circular. The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company Monday, through a circular, gave official notice of a reduction of 50 cents per ton in prices of prepared or domestic anthracite coal for the month of April. The sizes affected in the April list are broken egg, stove and chestnut. There will be no change in the price of furnace and iteam sizes. m nui run riDLiuu Dewey Forced to Explain His Talk About Germans. J|j PUBLICATION WAS UNEXPECTED ' | Admiral Expresses Regret that Ro> porter Went so Far in His Quo- , tation?Surprise Over ? President's Action. . 1 A Washington special says: That the president strongly disapproved of Admiral Dewey's action in reeflctlnf upon the German emperor and hit navy in a recent Interview was strikingly illustrated by a sensational incident which occurred at the whlto house Saturday. The president aummoned the admiral before him, and asked for an explanation of his coo- ~ i duet i The admiral explained at lengtK what he nad said about Germany and the kaiser and offered as an excuse the fact that he had neglected to state " to his interviewers that the remark* were confidential and not Intended for publication. Admiral Dewey told the president he deeply regretted the publicity given the interview and 7 hoped it would not embarrass the administration. Captain William S. Cowles, the president's brother in law and hie naval aid, accompanied the admiral to the white house and was present J throughout the interview. The president and Dewey parted amicably and the statement was authorized afterwards that no further action would * be taken by the president so far as Dewey was concerned. It is believed. however, that the president, unolB* r..v33 cially at least, will acquaint Baron . i von Sternherg, the German minister, with Admiral Dewey's explanation. The president's action has caused s great sensation, and in some quarters he Is criticised for making the lnd- | 'dent so formal and public. Ordis*rily the secretary of the navy would have been the proper authority to call } . ^ Admiral Dewey to task. But it is learned that the president did not consult the secretary regarding Dewey's J conduct jk Germans Attack Dewey. A special from Berlin says: Garman foreign office officials say they do not believe that a diplomatic incident will result from the recent interview with Admiral Dewey, published > in a newspaper of Newark, N. J., and containing references to the German navy and German emperor. The officials say they are reluctant to believe that the admiral was cor- . * rectly quoted, "especially in view of the good will he showed toward Germany In the messages exchanged with Prince Henry." The foreign officials add that should M the interview turn out to be true, it "would prove somewhat disturbing to the pleasant relations with the United . jaB ouuea. The interview with Admiral Dewey ^ has angered the German newspapers. Those of a usually moderate tone refer to it in a bitter manner. For instance, The Vossiche Zietung says: "The American navy is evidently suffering from a -disease of infancy, lack of modesty. Its leader evinces Js something unspeakably immature. One can only stand amazed that such intensified self-complacency should be taken in a people of Germanic origin. Such behavior would not excite wonder if it had occurred in some * , Central or South American republic, or Hayti." NOTED PACKER DEAD. _____ Head of Great Firm of Swift St Co., Dies Suddenly in Chicago. Gustavus Franklin Swift, president of the great packing firm of Swift ft Co., the man whose efforts made possible the present method of supplying fresh meat to every city and town in the United States and the world, die J ; suddenly Sunday at his home in Chi- v|j|j cago of hemorrhage, resulting from J? an operation for an infection of the gall bladder, performed March 22. He waa 64 years of age and leaves a fortune estimated at about $10,000,000. GEORGIA FRUIT GROWER8 MEET. Concensus of Opinion that This Year's Crop Will be Equal to Demand. Georgia's fruit crop this year will be equal to all demands made upon it, so the members of the Fruit Growers' Association, gathered at Macon Wednesday, are inclined to think. . .. - -? ??i? The association neia iwo ovowivuw ?->5 and during the day the conditions of orchards throughout the state were . fully and freely discussed. Reports of committees were submitted and considerable work of interest was aceom- ' _ plisbed. MONEY FOR ROLLINS COLLEGE. Chicago Man Offers to Give $50,000 to Florida Institution. The Congregational Educational Society at Boston received word Monday from Dr. D. K. Pearsons, of Chicago, that he had made an offer of $50,000 as a gift to Rollins college, Winter Park. Florida, provided the college shall raise $150,000 additional. Rot lins college is aided by the Congrega* tional Educational Society. MISSING MILLIONAIRE FOUND. Young Chase Finally Located In Prlvate Sanitarium in Paris. United States "Consul General Gow>? dy, at Paris, gave out an interview Thursday in which he touched upon some of the remarkable features of the case of the young man, Mose? Fowler Chase, of Lafayette, Ind., whose whereabouts had been the subject of diligent search for several years. Chace was found in the private sanl* tarium In Paris of Dr. Coma:;.