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* BKSSku : < lg f The Bamberg Herald. 1 r9? * ? _ . - , , i 1 a ? ESTABLISHED 1891, BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 9.1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. i r % ? - ? - - - ? ^? % ??????1? ^????? ?w???? 1^???^- ???? ? . - _ . . ? ? f APP Tri Anpir uirrtT I SOUTH CAROLINA I STATE NEWS ITESS. rvicsicsirvJcsicMCMCsi Fruit Crop Not Hurt. It has been officially declared th: the fruit crop in this state would I benefited instead of injured by th recent cold snap. The temperatur has not fallen to ihe danger point, an the wind, instead of tnreshing health fruit from the trees, has merei pruned out faulty ahd defective frui and thereby has done great service. ife * * Naval Station Bids Opened. A Washington dispatch says: Bid were opened at the bureau of yard and docks Saturday for the constru< ~ tion of steam engineering snops at th Charleston, S. C., naval station. Th bid of the Clark Construction Comp: ny, which was the lowest of the fiv< presented, was $297,751, the buildin, to. be completed withui eighteen months. By Torch of incendiary. The graded school building at Greer ^ vide was totally destroyed by fin early Friday morning, entailing a losi of about $3,500 to the city, the prop erty being valued at about $6,500. It was an incendiary fire, the build ing being soaked at each end witl kerosene. It was^discovered by an en uu a nt'igui nam, win blew the customary fire signal, whic> was heard by a former railroad fire man and recognized by him as suc'n A gale was blowing and it was impos sible to save the structure. ^ r.': ' * * * . " Crum Requested to Resign. A report is current that Collectoi Crum, at Charleston, has been askec to resign, not peremptorily by the president, but in a persuasive mannei by a close friend of the president. The gentleman did not assume tf speak for Mr. Roosevelt, but he assur ed Crum that a favoraole consldera tion of his suggestion would be grati fying to a great many persons very close to the president, and that Crum would undoubtedly be the gainer. Tho president's friend, who had recently been in Washington, told Crum tha: Mr. Roosevelt had no Intention of de serting him, but he would be relieved from a trying position if the Charles ton collectorship was made vacant Crum was told of a place in the diplo'< . , matlc service that would be open to him. When Crum told his visitor that the office was not vacant the president's friend assured him it could be mad" vacant. This is a place that would cause no criticism, and it is not in Li berla., Crum promised 10 give th-> subject consideration. ' * Vets to Meet in May. The next reunion of the South Car olina veterans will be held in Columbia the second week in May. The Columbia chamber of commerce having arranged the funds for the entertainment of the old soldiers. requested the commander 01 the local camp of Confederate veterans to pre sent to General Thomas \V. Carwile. commander of the state division, with whom the selection of the place oi meeting rests, an invitation for the state reunion to be held in Columbia. This was supplemented by a like invitation from the mayor of the city and from the secretary on behalf of the chamber of commerce. It is practically certain that the re union will bo held in the Capital City, as assurances to this effect have been given. Columbia entertained the veterans two years ago in a way that had never been undertaken in the south before, not a single old soldier being permitted to pay out one cent for food or lodging, and the majoritv of them being entertained in the residences of the best citizens of the place. Ever since that time the vet* erans have been desirous of return r ing to Columbia. * # Pacoiet Has Destructive Blaze. One night the past week fire broke out at Pacoiet and destroyed the larger portion of the business section of the town. The fire started in the itwpllinc nf T TV Cfntt Wk .? VJ. v. i/. V/U IXiV lUUiil street of the town. The fire, it is supposed, started in the kitchen of the residence. The blaze gained headway rapidly and soon three stores and two dwellings were consumed. The town has no fire protection whatever, and it was only by strenuous efTorts of the citizens that the flames were checked before consuming, the remainder of the business portion of the town. * * Safe Blowers Face Jury. Seven members of the alleged gang of safe blowers that operated in three states will be tried at the present term of the United States circuit court in unarieston. Several days ago Marshal Adams was advised that an effort would be made to liberate four of the prisoners while they were being transported from Columbia to Charleston. Fearing trouble of this kind, the marshal got an order for the removal of William ; McKinley. Thomas Dolan, Ed Duggan and Charles Howard. When the gang got to robbing so many South Carolina postofTices, the federal government sent secret sei vice men to the state and .several months ago a sensational capture was made in Columbia. The quartette named were working on the steel building in Columbia, bu; they were throwing away so much money at night that this Ted to their arrest. The third district attorney claims to have the greatest abundance of cvi tlence and more than 325 witnesses have been summoned to the trial. Pis trict Attorney Capers believes that il a scheme had been put on foot to lib crate McKinley and his pals it show very strongly that the prosecution hasmade out a good case. The trial will be one of the mo?: important ever held in Charleston. The robberies were committed princi pally in North Carolina and Soutr ' ? Carolina, although the gang jumped 7 | over to Georgia for better opportunix I ..ies. It is estimated that thousands / of dollars were carried off by the dyX i namiting gang. / * * 1/ Tillman Scores Charlestonians. According to a Charleston dispatch going the rounds, Senator Tillman ^aid off many old scores against the tt -ity at a banquet tendered him by tlie ie msiness men, and in a speech that i? | ristled with the most bitter denunciae i ion of the city's manners and cusd t oms. he made nearlv 200 leading citi / sens cringe under the sting of his y lash. it Senator Tillman, says the dispatch, cither forgot that he was the guest of honor, or it made no din'ercnce with him. For an hour he poured hot shot s into Charleston, the like of which was ^ never before heard. Ho took off the > gloves and ripped the town and its e people into fragments. He jumped on 0 everything. He struck right and left i- denounced business and social cuse toms, and declared that Charleston g would never be resurrected unless it a was through the efforts of the younger generation. Dipping into recent political history he said he had whipped Charleston at [. every stage. He intimated that h* 3 was getting an ovation from men who 9 had fought him at every stage of his ? career, and in a characteristic speech he attacked the city from every conceivable point. Many of the guests wanted to leave, but they waited, and tnere is genera' regret that they went to the dinner. Even the friends of Senator Tillman admit that the tirade will open the old breach, and the affair, is regarded a3 , unfortunate. "We took the man into our banquet, and he insulted us," is the general comment. * 1 ' Date of Tillman Trial Set. ?! At the opening session of the regu. lar criminal court in Columbia last ! Monday Solicitor Thurmond announc, I ed that the case of James K. Tillman, . charged with the murder of N. G. .! Gonzales, editor of The State, would . j be called on Monday. April 13. It is stated that no change of venue has i been asked by Tillman, who. it is un? i derstood, is anxious for trial. BECAUSE OF HIS RELIGION. | Hebrew Ex-Senator Simon Says Presi dent Roosevelt Ostracised Him. A Washington special says: Exj Senator Simon, republican, of Oregon, ' makes the astounding charge in a public interview that President Roosevelt discriminated against him in matteis of Oregon patronage because of his religion. Senator Simon declares that th-* only other case in which President | Roosevelt interfered directly, conspirI tno- to Iho rlofpnt of a roiinhhonrt was that of Senator Snieot, the newly-elected senator from Utan. He was opposed because of his religion. Senator Simon places his own case on a par with that of Senator Smoot and in effect charges that because he is a Hebrew President Roosevelt not only discriminaiee against him in m?iters of patronage, but assisted in his defeat. Senator Simon's interview, which has been telegraphed east from Port land, has created a sensation in Wash ington political circles. His statemen1 I was brought about primarily by a con I troversy over an Oregon appointment | According to Senator Simon, he has | in writing the president's promise tha? j he would appoint one of Senator Si i mon's friends, G. A. Steel, to the land office in Oregon. Ti e promise was not j kept. The president now announces I that he will appoint A. S. Dresser, an ; enemy of Simon's. CRUM ASKED TO RESIGN. Promise Made to Secure Him Another and More Congenial Position. According to a Columbia, S. C., dis patch, Collector Crum has been asked I to resign, not peremptorily by the ! president, but in a persuasive manner I by a close friend of the president. The genueman did not assume to j speak for Mr. Roosevelt, but he asi sured Crum that a favorable consideri ation of his suggestion would be gratij fying to a greit many persons very j close to the president, and that Crum would undoubtedly be the gainer. Thr president's friend, who had recently been.in Washington, told Crum that Mr. Roosevelt had no intention of deserting him, but he would be relieved j from a trying position if the Charlesj ton collectorship was made vacant. | Crum was told of a place in the diplo ! matic service that would ce open to i him. When Crum rcid his visitor that the office was not vacant, the presi' dent's friend assured him it could be | made vacant. This is a place that I would cause no criticism, and it was not in Liberia. Crum promised to j give the subject consideration. TO BOYCOTT STAGE IRISHMAN. President of Hibernians Issues a Scorching Official Statement. James B. Dolan, national president i of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, j has issued the following official state ment at Syracuse, N. Y.: "The Ancient Order of Hibernians does not recommend or countenance any violence in doing away with the baboon-faced stage Irishman, but we I are determined to wipe out the flag rant insult to our people. "We recommend that our members withhold the patronage of themselves and th-eir families from theatres and amusement halls where the outrageous and insulting attractions are permitted , to be produced. We do not object to Irish wit, but in view of all we have I ' contributed toward the advancement and development of this great union, we ask all sincere eitizens to join with us in stopping these insults to our race, and we condemn such ridiculous caricaturing, no matter of what people or nationality." A St. Louis girl has received a bc? ! quest of $33,000 from a rejected suitor. Perhaps he had become grateful for a j narrow escape. u j SANTIAGO HEROES TO GATHER. First Reunion of "Vets" of Spanish.American War to be Held in Detriot. The first reunion of the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba, which comprises the famous Fifth army corps and its reinforcements, will be held in Detroit on July 16 and 17, the anniversary of the surrender of Gen oral Toral. the Spanish commander. Standard OH Lose3 Over Million. A number of of- tanks at Bajbal, province of Bengal, India, belonging to the Standard oil Company and two other concerns, have been burned. The damage amounts to about $1,20.0, 000. Immense Plant Reduced to Ashes. The plant of the Western Oil and Manufacturing Company, covering about an aero and a hall of land at Newark, N. J., was totally destroyed by fire Wednesday involving a loss of about $200,000. J ? i CONGRESS OF CUBA I f I Assembles in Havana for an Extended Session. THE MESSAGE OF PALMA President of Island Recommends Important Legislation?Obligations to America Should be Fully Carried Out. The Cuban congress reassembled la Havana at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, and will probably continue m sossion for three months on account of the necessity for the enactment of many laws before all the departments of the government get thoroughly under way. A message from President Palma was read at the opening session. The president congratulated .he country on the maintenance of peace and order since the strikes last November. He recommended new legislation concerning municipalities anl sanitation. The mesrage then says: "Our relations with the United Stales continue to be close and cordial. Much more gratifying is the noble and resolutely favorable attitude of the president of that great republic. It is enough to remember the ob stacles which the stubborn will have overcome in negotiating the reciprocity treaty and obtaining the ratification thereof, and his firm purpose :o summon a special session of congress to definitely approve it. Besides the sympathy and respect which we inspire among the American people by our exemplary conduct as an independent people, who realize the duties and responsibilities of citizenship, these circumstances powerfully contribute in solodifying the good understanding between both nations. "It is in our interest to worthily cultivate these sentiments ,and we cannot do so better than by carrying out our obligations to tne Washington government expeditiously, frankly and correctly, whether it be granting what we ought to grant or refusing what we I consider ourselves justified in refusing. It is unnecessary to recall the fact that in the naval station agreement, which is in tne hands of the senate of the United States has obtained sites at Guantanamo and Bahia Honda, after asking also for Nipe and Cienfuegos. It being impossible to elude carrying out our duty in accordance with the Piatt amendment, the executive believes that the convention has been made the most favorable possible, so that it may be possible to negotiate an additional agreement or establish the price of the leases and other conditions and details regulating the possession of the stipulated areas or land and water. "The government is at present occupied with the Isle of Palms matter, and it has reason to hope that the settlement therewith will be satisfactory to Cuba." President Palma expresses the hope that the question of incorporating into the treaty all the provisions of the Piatt amendment will soon be settled, and adds that after this has been done it will seem unnecessary that the Piatt amendment should remain any longer a part of the constitution. President Palma points out that the cash balance at tne treasury amounts to $2,638,000, and advises that it should always be kept at $1,500,000 to prepare for emergencies. BIG JOB FOR CROWN PRINCE. Husband of Gay Louise Must Fight Her Near Relatives. A dispatch from Vienna says: The younger princes of the house of Tuscany have at last risen in defense of their relative, the former crown princess of Saxony. Arcn Dukes Joseph, Peter, Henry and Leopold have sent challenges to King George of Saxony, demanding that he must fight them to the death for saying in a "proclamation to his people" that their sister, or cousin respectively, Princess Loi> lr?A "prn o nr on o nrAotiirA ioc, tv ad lung a. 11 auanuuucu ^.i caiui and slave to evil passions before the scandal became public." As the king is too old to accept, his son, the crown prince must cake up the challenge, lest he lose his military rank. GREAT VICTORY OVER FLOOD. The Immenso Crevasse Near New Or leana Successfully Closed. A New Orleans special says: With the successful joining of fbe ends of the crib work leading from either side of the broken Hymelia levee, an achievement which was accomplished early Thursday morning, the critical stage is considered to have been passed in the attempt to close the crevasse now 700 feet in width. Only the most unexpected misfortune resulting in the carrying away of the cribbing can prevent the lasting success of the under taking. ! MONDAY'S ELEC'i 10JMS IN OHIO. | . j Tom Johnson Still Mayor of Cleve- ' ! land?Results Elsewhere in State. j The municipal elections in Ohio < Monday were the first under a new j ' code, recently enacted by the legislature. There were no officers that held over and the winners will control ail the municipal offices for two years. | Under this new code the wards have been changed everywhere. In a dozen of the largest cities the I incumbent mayors were running for ^ | re-election and with all local offices j at stake the contests were much more animated than usual in April. Tom L. Johnson was re-elected to i the office of mayor of Cleveland by a I ' majority of about 7.000 over Harvey | D. Goulder, republican. Of thirty-one * j councilmen, returns indicate that ( j twenty-six or twenty-seven will be in c sympathy with the mayor's policy, the ? number including one or two republi- 7 cansfi who ran as independents. , At Columbus complete returns show c that Robert H. Jeffrey, republican to" mayor, is elected by 3,000 majority j. over Mayor John N. Hinkle, democrat, who was a candidate for re-election. c win nnvA ten rermblicans t and five democrats. George D. Jones, ^ democrat, is elected president. e At Toledo Mayor Samuel M. Jones e was re-elected for the fourth term by j a plurality of about 2,800 over John ? W. Dowd, republican, and Charles Ed- j son, democrat. Police Judge Wachen- t heimer, democrat, was re-elected by a s majority of 200. The remainder of the v republican ticket was elected by a ma- j. jorities ranging from 400 to 4,000. j At Hamilton Mayor Bosch and the democratic city ticket was elect- t ed by an average of 400, making no f material change in the local political p situation. a t SHAFTS DEDICATED AT SHILOH. p a Indiana Commemorates Deeds of Her r Heroes in Twenty-Two Monuments. ^ On Shiloh Battlefield, Monday, In- 0 diana dedicated and presented to the y government the twenty-two monuments erected at a cost of $25,000 in c honor of the twenty regiments that t state had in the battle of Shiloh. n Two special trains and a fleet of jj five passenger, boats carried six hun- ^ drcd people from Indianapolis. Gen- t ercl Lew Wallace presided at the dedicatory exercises and in his address ^ he said the army of the Tennessee p had no commander at Shiloh and was g needlessly surprised by General Al- g bert Sidney Johnson. The monuments s were presented to the state by Colo- j nel James Wright, of the Indiana committee which has had charge of ineir erecuon. Governor W. T. Durban presented s the monuments to the government, g and they were accepted by William j Carney Sanger, assistant secretary of s war. R d ROAST FOR CLUB-SWINGSRS. * h New York Supreme Court Justice Hits 0 Policemen Hard. Justice Gaynor, of the New York e supreme court, in holding for trial Police Captain Summers, of Brooklyn, on ^ a charge of oppression, scored the police in unmeasured terms. ri "The police have no "power over any s one in this country," he said. "The c; worst crimes are the illegal acts of the ^ police. There is no outlawry in this e, country. I'm willing to admit that n there is card playing in all ciubs, high or low, rich or poor, and that they play ^ for stakes which is illegal. The police s\ have no more right to go into this club -p than to the Montauk or Brooklyn e] Clubs." n 5? r( MODEL FARM OF SIMS a cl Absorbed Sixty Thousand Dollars s] Stolen from Atlanta Bank. ai How Hallman Sims, the Atlanta em- V( bezzler, managed to dispose of the u, great amount of money which ho jr stole from the Capital City bank, is p] puzzling the directors of the institution. They state that they are mor- w ally certain that the defaulter has p] concealed at least $50,000 of the stolen C( money, and that he will either tell cj where it is hidden away, or they will 5, be able to find it. If Later reports indicate, however, ^ that Sims has sunk all of sixty thousand -dollars in his model farm in ty Greene county. y ec ? NEGRO WINS VALUABLE PRIZE. William Pickens Scores in an Orator'. ^ leal Contest at Yale College. pj The Henry James Ten Eyck prize ^ at Yale College. New Haven, Conn. was awarded Wednesday night to Wil- ^ Ham Pickens, colored, a member of tho junior academic class, whose home Is ^ in Little Rock, Ark The prize is the income of $2,600 given annually for excellence in the junior exhibition ^ speaking. Pickens is said to be the ^ first student of the negro race who has m ever participated in the Ten Eyck ^ speaking. His subject was "Haiti." He treated the history or the island ^ historically and economically. HEAVY SNOW IN WEST. S Li Severest Storm cf the Season is Reported from State of Montana. The heaviest snow of the season . bz fell in Montana Saturday and throughsa out the night. The storm is reported til to be very severe in the Yellowstone ? ' * 1* X ~ 11 + v* <-? 11 o I Park, ana 11 is oencveu mm, an nan^ over which the president and party qq were expected to travel will be com ered in snow. WANTED PROTOCOL CHANGED. Bowen Has Another Fall Out With C' Allies Over Venezuelan Matter. The Venezuelan claims controversy has furnished another lively sensation, fc I Mr. Bowen, the representative of Yen- 81 j ezuela and the representatives of the ?< allied powers resumed their considera- ir? I tion of The Hague protocol at Wavh ty ington Saturday and the result was m the rejection by Mr. Bowen of two im sc portant amendments suggested by the dt allies to the original draft protocol. je MONROE DOCTRINE Subject of Speech in Chicago by President Roosevelt. GREETED BY BIG CROWD * i Whole Day Was Taken Up in Various j Exercises and People of Windy 1 City Vie Ira Extending a 1 Glad Welcome. i President Roosevelt's sixty-six days' | * 1 U/X/Vftn In Qf uur UjL LIIU >YUOL UCgail in tai uuot mv Chicago Thursday morning, when he ;tepped from the Pennsylvania special it 8:45 o'clock and was receieved by day or Harrison and a special recepion committee, not to mention a nuge :rowd which made its unofficial pres;nce known by cheers which could be leard across the river. As soon as the cars could be switchid the presidential party started tor Svanston, where the president adIressed the students of the Northwest;rn university on the value of a college iducation. The party returned to the tuditorium for luncheon. After lunch'on the presidential party went to the Jniversity of Chicago in carriages. At he quadrangle approach to the univerity grounds the presidential party ras met by the faculty and trustees, n cap and gown, and led by President larper. The president was escorted to Kent heatre, where President Harper con erred the degree of LL.D. Dr. Harler handed the president a diploma nd directed that the "doctors hood' ie placed upon his shoulders. The resident spoke no word, but bowed in cknowledgnjent of the honor confer- ( ed. As the procession emerged trom he theatre the university band played iational airs and deafening college ells greeted the president. At the head of a convocation pro ession, in which the young women of he college participated, the president lade his way to the site of the new iw school building, where preparalons had been made for him to lay he corner stone. An immense stone, weighing 7 tons, ras ready to be lowered in place, 'resident Roosevelt, trowel in hand, ave the signal, and as the huge mass ettled upon its foundation he cast a mall quantity of mortar beneath it. 'ho presidential party then returned o the city. Speaks on Monroe Doctrine. Six thousand people in a hall, the eating capacity of which is only 5,000. ave enthusiastic greeting to President loosevelt when ne stepped upon the tage of the auditorium Thursday ight to deliver a speech on the Monroe octrine. Many of those present stool rithout the doors and were unable tc ear the president's speech on account f the tumult. a The address throughout was receiv* d in the most cordial manner. ^ At the close of his speech the presi- s ent said: i "There is a homely old adage which t uns, 'Speak softly and carry a big tick; you will go far.' If the Ameri- I an nation will speak softl; and yet I uild and keep at a pitch of the high c st training a thoroughly efficient f] avy, the Monroe doctrine will go far. "Well, in the last two years I am n appy to say that we have taken long t trides in advance as regards our navy, q lie last congress, in addition to small* n r vessels, provided nine of those forlidable fighting ships upon which the ^ sal efficiency of any navy in war ulti ^ lately depends. Meanwhile the navy jepartment has seen to it that our Mps have been constantly extrcised t sea, with great guns, and in maneu- 1J ers, so that their efficiency as fighting n nits, both individually and when act- v lg together, has been steadily im roved. * a "It is too late to prepare for war L hen war has come; and if we only ti repare sufficiently no war will ever Dme. We wish a powerful and effl- g ent navy not for purposes of war, d Lit as the surest guaranty of peace, o we have such a navy?if we keep on nilding it up?we may rest assured ^ lat there is but the smallest chance ^ lat trouble will ever come to this na b on; and we may likewise rest assur 1 that no foreign power will ever jarrel with us about the Monroe doc- I: ine." , p At the conclusion of the ;ddress a iere was renewed and continued an ause, and while the greater part of jj ie audience was leaving the hall the 0 esident was holding an impromptu ;ception on the platform, as all the ? embers of the committee who had ^ ?en seated with him on the platform e id many from the audience pressed ound to offer congratulations on the a idress. Scant time was allowed for tj Is, however, and the secret service en closed out about the president iring the short handshaking and lickly escorted him back to his apart- p ents in the hotel. ^ WORKING CAPITAL INCREASED. ^ Dwry Bank Announces Sale and Issue of $200,000 Additional Stock. .7 The directors of the Lowry National ti; mk, of Atlanta, have announced the .le and issue of additional stock to pt e amount of $200,000. The sale ot Ri is stock brought $400,000. This ac ht 3n increases Che capital from $300. of 0 to $500,000 and the surplus from 00,000 to $300,000. K] V'i FOES OF CANAL PLACATED. G< olombia Gives Them Some Lucrative N' Government Positions. A Panama dispatch says: The dale -r the meeting of the Colombian con he ess has not ret been decided by the C( 1 n jvernmont, which will bring, by al! " ta eans, the approval of the canal trca qq It is said that lucrative govern ent positions havo been offered >me of the congressmen who wer:,ian jcidedly unfriendly to the canal pre ct- CO {"h'i H | | Cream of News.i Ro Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each "Day. *'a ^?Tho"'north' 'Geflrgfa^peach . crop wh seems to be nearly entirely ruined. -c: ?At Americus, Ga., an effort is be* t0 ng made to break the will of the late ^ Slbert Head, who was a prosperous iegro. t^1< iif< ?Tho Birmingham, Ala., storage louse of the Virginia-Carolina Chemi- ^ :al Company, was burned Spnday, enailing a loss of $225,000. ?Marines were landed at Santo Doningo Sunday to protect the American ag consulate. Thero has been an engage- go nenc Deiween me governmeut uwjra ac md tho insurgents, In which the latter Tal verc defeated. ?State board of education decides Se; :o have a census of the schools of leg Georgia taken during the months of pa Tune, July and August. m< ?The striking printers of Atlanta nake proposal to the employing prin- atl ers suggesting the#appointment of a rei ;ommlssion to which all questions at rei ssue will be submitted. of ?Fears are entertained that tho South Georgia peach crop will be a t!li 'allure. Peaches are falling from toe pa ^reees. ^ ?The South Carolina Confederate gu veterans will hold their reunion in Co- ^ lumbia in May. j* ?Handsome jortraits of Senator* mj Pettus and Morgan have been re- wj :eived at the Alabama capitol. hi] ?A white convict committed sul- mi dde at Samford, Ala., Friday. He had J. )nly a few months to serve. ad ?James Latimer, nephew of Sena- UP :or Latimer, of South Carolina, shoe in lis teacher who was trying to whip l0? lim. th: ?Reports from Bartow, Fla., state A tci hat Polk county truckers have this rear cleared $13,000 on sixty acres jlanted in strawberries. ile til! ?Minister Bowen alleges that the Pe :>owers are trying to break laith with Venezuela by insisting that the latter 0g igree to pay the cost of the blockade, yc ?The flood situation has again be- tin :ome alarming by the breaking of a faj jreat levee a few miles below Vicks- 0f >urg. Thousands of acres of fertile jnj )ottom land will be submerged. so ?President Roosevelt spoke in Mil- co vaukee Friday night on the trusts, ap ie says congress has done everything th; lossible to restrain the combines, and wt leclares that revision would be hurt- co ul. wt ?People are fleeing from Honduras tr? o escape the terrors of the revoliv trc ion. .?It is reported that a battle has >een fought between Bulgarians and Turks in which 1,000 men were killed c ;nd wounded. ?Eight men were killed and 20 Ba vounded in the Monterey riot. As Isa oon as members of mob began cry- Dr ng "Death to Reyes" policemen usei heir guns. Hg ?Mrs. Griffin and her brother, Sam dii: Cnowles, were committed to jail at Satonton, Ga., Thursday charged witl. sai omplicity in the murder of Mr. Grif- mi in. tia ?At Abingdon, Va., Ella Gray, a an? legro woman, was sentenced to six* S?: een years in penitentiary for killing is 1 lharles M. Chester, a young white se* nan. ?The town of Pacelot, in Spartanurg county, South Carolina, was visted by a conflagration Thursday morn- Yc ag, which nearly destroyed the town. ?Governor Aycock, of North Caroina, will shortly make a tour of ten ortheastern cou'nties of the state. Ha ^ rill address the people on education. ?Five hundred negroes employed mo hmif tba chnns nf th#> Atlantic Coast Tf "W"V V"V' """f" IV. ,ine railroad quit work on account of tat rouble with the white employees. gat ?President Roosevelt spoke to a rig reat crowd in Chicago on the Monroe octrine. He said a great navy is the the nly guarantee of the doctrine. 00C ?The long contention - between the By Tnited States and Florida in regard to wa tie ownership of the everglades has wh een settled in favor of the latter. 21 ?The Venezuelan congress author- to sed President Castro to carry out the the rovisions of the protocols and then djourned in disgust. ?Fifteen thousand persons engaged i a riot at Monterey, Mexico, because Car f opposition to Governor Reyes. ?The United States warship Atlan- ^ a. has landed blue jackets at San Do- , leci lingo City to protect American intersts. ?* J ?A movement is now on foot which the lay result in the extension of naviga- jng on on the Savannah river above Au usta. ^ ?A unique industry, that of raising earls, has been started at Jackson, [iss. - a] trib ?Prosecuting Attorney Coatsworth an Jmlts that the Burdick inquest has ger irown no light on the murder. ?An alleged plot to kidnap the ^ embers of Roosevelt's cabinet dur g the western trip of the presiden- ^ al party has been revealed. ?On the eve of General Wood's deirture for the Philippines, Secretary ^ oot, by direction of the president, lan< is issued an order lauding the work ajty the general in Cuba. jub! ?A case is now in the courts ol by labama which may stop all bets by mlr [re in that state. facl con OOD FOR PLUCKY BRUNSWICK. INI orthern Company, Building Steel and Wire Plant, Increases Its Capital. Ra At a special meeting of the stock 1 1 -C .,.1. ~ .1 TIM? rv / )iaers lu uiu xviuxiawK onstx aim v?nc x. )mpanj\ at Portland, Maine, Thur3- cin iy. it was voted to increase the capi- rep 1 stock of the company from $25,- fus 0,000 to $60,000,000. 774 The company was organized three 73; onths ago by New York capitalist; 16,1 id is building a $5,000,000 plant in ant mnswick, Ga., and acquiring iron and rep al lands in the southern states. PENNELL AN INUKAIt. bbed Many Trusting Friends, But Left a Legacy to Woman Whose Life He Ruined. A.t Buffalo, N. Y., Monday afternoon .s published a story in which is alleged that Arthur R. Pennell, to was killed in an automobile accist on March 10th, was a defaulter the extent of from $150,000 to $200.* 3. The story, it is said, leaked out a? ? result of a legal dispute over two e Insurance policies and is to the ect that Pennell induced friends in s east who had known his family d the family of his wife to place mey in his hands for investment, j acted, in fact, as their financial ent. He would inform them of some od investment which he had come ross. which would pay an excellent te of interest, and they would send n money. The money which was at to him for investment, it Is aljed, was spent, and when interest yments fell due he made the paymts out of his own pocket. Wallace Th'ayer, who was Pennell's iorney and intimate friend, is referi to as saying he had suspected irsularities, but that he had no proof any such wrongdoing. Incidentally, it has been learned at Pennell made provision for the yment to Mrs. Edwin L. Burdick of 5,000 out of his life insurance. Pennoll carried over $200,uOO life inrance in order, it is said, that after 3 death the eastern estates to which is alleged to have been a defaulter ght be aDie to recoup tne losses lleh they had sustained through 32. In his will Pennell named as adnistrator of his estate his brother, Frederick Pennell. He left to hia ministrator sealed instructions that on his death he should make good full out of his estate ail of the sses which had been entailed rough his defalcations. It is charged that Pennell had connplated suicide for two years, and is claimed the fact is known that nnell planned two years ago to row himself in front of a train at ekshill and to make it appear that 5 death was accidental. He stopped ! at Peekshill on the way from New ?rk with the intention of commitig suicide in that way, but his nerve led him. Recently he told the story the Peekshill incident himself. DurI the Pan-American exposition he ught for days for an opportunity to mmit suicide that would make it pear accidental. He had an idea it he could be run over in some way tile at the exposition, but he never uld nerve himself up 10 the point tere he could throw himself under x tin or drop under the wheels of a >lley car. SAYS PARSON FUNK LIED. v. Baldeman Pounces Upon Spirit ualistic Seance Fraud. Before his congregation in the First ptist church in Ne*w York Rev. Dr. iac M. Baldeman attacked the Rev. . Isaac N. Funk, who recently told having talked with the spirit of nry Ward Beecher through a meim's agency. 'No matter how godly the man,' d Dr. Haldeman, "I say that any nister of the gospel or any Chrisn man who says that he has seen i talked to another minister of the >pel through a spiritualist, lies. It daring hell-fire to go to one of thes9 mces." MISS THAW HAS DUCATS. ung Woman is Worth Two Million Dollars in Her Own Right. Chicago dispatch to the Recordraid from Pittsburg, Pa., says: 'When the earl of Yarmouth and ss Alice Thaw are married in this y April 7, the young bride will have re money than has been expected, was thought that Miss Thaw's ese was worth $1,000,000, but investidon shows that she has in her owi ht. nearly $2,000,t00. 'The statement that the trustees of [ estate would allow her only $25,i a vaor ho<3 han frviinH ho lintrno ' ? WW* VV UMV. uv. the terms of her father's will, she s given possession of her share en she reached the age of 21 years. 'Miss Thaw has reached the age of years, so that she Is now entitled and has received her full share of > estate." PLAGIARISM IS CHARGED. ididate in Mississippi Alleged to Have Stolen Inger^oll's Thunder. 1 very spicy issue that has been inted into the campaign for governor Mississippi during the past week is charge of plagiarism that is bebrought against Major J. K. VaraaD. 2 their address, Messrs. Fox and i\ both openly charge Major Vardaa with having appropriated his ute to the coniederate soldier from eulogy delivered by Robert G. Insoli to the union soluer. ABRIDGE CREW VICTORIOUS. rord Loses Inter-Unlverslty Boat Race in English Waters. . cable dispatch from Putney, Eng3, says: Wednesday's inter-univerboat race, which was the diamond [lee of the contest, was won easily Cambridge by six lengths in 49 lutes 32 1-2 seconds. Excepting tne : that rain was falling, the weather ditions were favorable. SALLS BEATEN IN CINCINNATI. Ilroad President, Running for May or, Badly Snowed Under. Complete returns from the 228 procts in Cincinnati give Fleischmann. lublican, for Mayor, 42.907; Ingalls. ionist, 26,287; Swing, socialist, 3,:; Martin, prohibitionist, 845. Total. 813. Fleischmann's plurality }.: 820; majority 12,001. The council 1 school board each stand twentv lublicans to four democrats. -/ 'y- .. uri- lUUKtAI WtSI -zr* President Goes for a Visit to His Rough-Rider Friends. TO BE GONE NINE WEEKS | Special Train the Finest Ever 8ent Out .Over the Pennsylvania Railroad?Great Throng of WellWishers at Station.' " || President Roosevelt, at 9:05 o'clock Wednesday morning, started on his western trip under the most favorable auspices. As the special train pulled out of the Pennsylvania station in Washington the president stood on the platform of his private car, tipping his hat and smiling in response to the enthusiastic cheers of hundreds of ad- ^ mirers and personal friends. The station and platforms were crowded with people anxious to extend to the chief magistrate their good wishes for a safe and successful jour ney. Notable precautions were taken to insure the safety of the president. Uniformed officers, headquarters detectives, plain-clothes men and secret ? operatives surrounded the president and covered eveiy point. . The most notable incident connected with the president's departure arose out of the presence at the station of Baron Spec* Von Sternberg, the German minister. He was the only mem ber of the diplomatic corps who went % to the depot to see the president off and the president greeted hlra most 'M cordially, telling him he greatly appro* elated the courtesy. During their chat the president asked the baron whether ^ he would be in Washington in June when he returned, and upon receiving an affirmative reply the president said: ? "That is good. Wo will have somo f'* long rides together." The baron told the president that ;J his horses were in India and would not be here for some time. Instantly the president gave orders that during his absence his riding horse and that of Mrs. Roosevelt should be placed at ^ the disposal of Baron and Baroness Von Sternberg. "I should be very much pleased," said he to the baron, "if you and the baroness would ride them whib I am away.* As the train drew out the president called: "Good bye, baron, I appreciate your ooming very much." No member of the president's immediate family, except his sister, Mrs. Cowles, was at the station, Mrs. Rooee* ^ relt and the young children being down fa the Chesapeake bay on the Mayflower, and Miss Alice being in Porto Rico. Several membeqB of tho cabinet, Including Secretaries Cortelyou, Wilson Ulf/\knnAlr w flro nrocont (4UV.I JLltVVUWV/n| n VI v vuvuv* -r-7 members of the cabinet had taken their j|| formal leave of the president at the white house. The train is one of the finest eve? ^ run out of Washington by the Pennsylvania railroad, handsomely equipped and manned by a crew of picked men ^ The only change in the personnel of the party as heretofore announced "fraa ^ I John M. McCoy, who went as special' representative of the Pennsylvania rairoad, instead of C. R. Rosenberg. In addition to those officially designated as members of the president's ^ party three secret service men and two postoffice Inspectors accompanied the president as a personal bodyguard. ^ The ;ourney as planned will occupy / ? nine weeks and three days, and the party will travel a little more than 14,000 miles. Welcome at HarrUburg a Surprise. President Roosevelt's train arrived at Harrisburg, Pa. at 1:10 p. m. and remained for nine minutes. The run :^g?8 from Washington was uneventful, the president spending most of his time in reading. The train made no stops af- ' ^ ter leaving Baltimore except for water. |j| The president was greeted in Harrisburg by a great crowd, including the members of the Pennsylvania legislature and state officials. Senator Focht presented greetings to the president, expressing regret that they were una* >- $ ble to welcome him at the capital. The president showed evidence of surprise at the reception. He spoX-e for mare - : ^1 than five minutes. KILLS BABE AND SUICIDES, i Wife of Birmingham Policeman ? Makes Deadly Use of Carbolic Acid. At Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Susie McMillan, wife of a policeman^ gave her 8-months-old baby boy a largo dose of carbolic acid and then committed suicide by shooting herself twice in the breast. She was found lying dead on the floor, while the baby was lying dead on the bed with his face terribly burn- ;.A0j ea oy we a-ciu. Mrs. McMillan was badly burned by fire, which was started by the discharge of the revolver. No motive is assigned for the deed. AGAINST CONVICT LABOR. Atlanta Mayor Turns Down Contract Approved by City Council. Because the Chattahoochee Brick - . Company would not have inserted in ; its contract with the city the provision that no convict-made material was to be furnished the city. Mayor Howell, of Atlanta, Thursday morning declined to sign a contract with that company and declared the bid rejected. r/AY COTTON SOARED HIGH. On New York Market Staple Went to, > ^ 10.30, Demoralizing Bulls. May cotton was again tne feature of a very sensational market at New York Monday, selling up to 10.30, a new high record mark, in the flrst half hour, other options advancing from 1 to 6 points. There was again a very strong demand for July, which next to May, was most active. The bulla & maintained their attitude, but _wera helpless in the face of unusual condi