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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 30, 1903. : ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
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Firebugs at Anderson.
Fire, supposed to be of incendiary
origin, destroyed the barn of Elias McGee,
near Anderson, a few days ago,
resulting in a loss of $1,000. with $500
insurance. Two mules and a horse
perished in the flames.
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Greenwood Gets Girls' College.
About forty thousand dollars having
been raised by Greenwood citizens and
tendered Rev. S. Lander, of Williamstr?n
f-S -C i Vpmmp ("!ollpcrp anH his
board of trustees as an inducement to
have that time-honored institution
moved to Greenwood, the offer has
been accepted and terms complied
with. Mr. Lander and his committee
have already selected a site and work
on the buildings will be commenced at
an early date.
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Charter Granted Railroad.
The secretary of state has granted
a charter to the Tennessee, Georgia
and South Carolina Railroad Company,
which proposes to operate a line from
Anderson. S. C., to Blue Ridge, Ga.,
The capitalization of the proposed
company will be $250,000. W. B. Frink.
of Chicago, is named as president,
with Captain H. H. Watkins. of Anderson,
as secretary. The principal place
of business will be Blue Ridge, Ga.
The company is given permission to
increase its capital to *1,000,000.
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Blair Did Not Suicide.
William Alexander Blair, aged 58
years, a traveling representative for
the American Furniture Company at
Lexington, N. C.. was .ound dead in
bed one morning recently in his room
# at the Pavillion hotel, Charleston,
where he was stopping.
Two cmptv bottles, whicn formerly
contained laudanum and a half-filled
bottle of the dru? and a quart bottle
- > v of whisky were founct in h*s room. At
first it was thought he had committed
suicide, but a post mortem examination
was held and it disclosed that he
died from fatty degeneration of the
heart.
Blair was for a number of years
mayor of Asheville. N. C., and was
prominent in business circles.
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More Alleged Safe Crackers.
The Atlanta Journal says: Tom
Hamilton, William Oliver and Joe
Bird, though to be three of a gang of
professional safe crackers, which has
been opening the safes in a number ot i
postoffices in Georgia and South Carolina,
were brought to Atlanta irom Co- 1
lumbus, where they have been in jail i
\for the past five vceeks awaiting trial. '
Alter reaching Atlanta the three al- <
leged cracksmen were taKen before '
Judge Newman and ordered transfer- '
red to the Soutn Carolina authorities, i
District Attorney Capers of that state i
haying asked that this, be done. <
The offenses committed in South ?
Carolina are of a much graver nature J
and for this reason the three men sus- pec
ted of committing them were or- 1
derted returned to that state and tried
If the men are convicted there will
ser vc out their time and afterwards
will be turned over to the officials in
Ge< >rgia. to be tried before Judge Newma
n for similar crimes.
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Governor Suspends Two Officers. 5
] 'ollowing the recent sensational raid 1
of the home of one of Charleston's 1
m< >st fashionable ladles by constables J
wn o were in search of contraband liq- 1
uo] \ Governor Heyward issued a state- 1
me nt in which he deprecates the un- 1
for tunate occurrence, announcing the 1
suspension of Division Chief Howie for ^
tefc days, and Chief Cohstable Ham- (
mett is reproved for his connection 1
wath the affair. 1
rThe governor states that his only (
relason for not taking more drastic *
mleasures in the matter is that Chief (
H?mmett was unfamiliar with Charlesand
its streets and ignorant of the 1
^ - fact that he was ordering Howie to
raid a private residence. *
No cessation, however, will be made
in the vigorous enrorcement of the disnensarv
law in f!harlp<str?n nnrl 1
where. ^
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Mills are Short or Cotton. ^
A serious situation is now confronting
the cotton mills not only of this *
. section, but of the entire south on ac- *
count of the unprecedented scarcity of 1
the raw material and tne prevailing *
high prices, and, as a large manufac- '
turer said recently: "The mills will
have to curtail or shut down and we ^
cannot afford to do The latter."
Some mills have already oeen com- '
polled to shut aown or curtail their
output, and ill the course of a few
weeks' time the situation will be more *
serious still. Only a very tew mills 3
have.cotton on hand to run them any i
length of time, and with many of the *
mills it is a question of but a few *
weeks before they will have to buy J
cotton at the prevailing high price,
which is the highest known for two c
years, or will have to shut down or cur- 3
tail. The cotton crop in this section
is now exhausted* and whatever cotton
is secured by the mills will have
to be brought from a distance. %
The mills which are the greatest
sufferers are those who nave made
contracts to deliver yarns or cotton y
goods during the nexf month or two on ^
a basis figured out when cotton was
lower. Fortunatel;. however, there
are few mills in this predicament.
After August 1, at the furthest, every
mill will be out of cotton entirely *
and the entire crop will be exhausted,
it is predicted, so that there will be
two months for the mills to wait for
the new crop to begin to move. ,
Taking these tacts into considera-<
tion. the situation win become quite I
serious by July 5, it is said In Spar- j ^
tanburg, and as a matter of necessity ! j
there must be a large amount of cur- j ^
tailing, mills running on shorter hours, j ?
while some will be forced to close
down entirely. The big mill owners '
are already on the anxious bench and
are beginning to realize thti lerious t
1 aspect of the situation.
There is only one bright spot on the
cloud now threatening, and inat is will:
a few of the mills which are long or
cotton, have either bought or contract
ed for a sufficient amount of cotton
when prices were lower to run them
far into the summer, and as cotton
products have been advancing along
with cotton, these mills will reap a
rich harvest of profits, while the other
fellow is trying to calculate how to
pull through with the least loss.
It is probable that many of the
mills will prefer to run at even a loss,
rather than to shut down, as the latter
course is regarded by many big mrll
owners as a very expensive proceeding
in many ways.
WILLIE WEDS THE WIDOW.
Vanderbilt-Rutherfurd Nuptials Quiet
iy Solemnized in London.
William K. Vanderbilt was quietly
married to Mrs. Lewis Rutherfurd in
London Saturday. Immediately after
the ceremony the bride and groom
started for France, where they wiil
probably remain some trie.
Only eight persons, lauding Mrs.
Rutherfurd and Mr. Vanderbilt, were
present in the dreary St. Mark's
church when the ceremony was performed.
Ihe arrangements by which
the wedding was kept secret were
most elaborate, and were not relaxed
even at the last moment.
William Kissam Vanderbilt is the
second son of the late William H. Vanderbilt.
He was born December 12,
1S49, and was considered the handsomest
member of a.remarkably good-looking
family. He is an able railroad
man; safe, conservative and prudent.
Socially he is eminent tor his diplomacy.
His wealth is between $S0,900,000
and $90,000,000. He is fond of
yachting, racing, coaching, hunting
and fishing. His friends call him
"Willie K.'
The most sensational episode in the
onreer of Mr. Vanderbilt was when
his wife divorced him in IS95. The
present Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, who
was then Mrs. Vanderbilt, sued for a
divorce, naming Nellie .<leustrctter, of
Paris, as corespondent. Mr. Vanderbilt
offered no opposition to the di
vorce. Mrs. Vanderbilt's marriage to
O. H. P. Belmont followed in less than
a year after the divorce.
Mrs. Vanderbilt was Miss Alva
Smith, of Mobile, Ala. When she went
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made her a belle of the fashionable set
William Kissam Vanderbilt met her at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Elliott F.
Shepard, and fell madly in love with
her, and they were soon wedded.
Mrs. Rutherfurd, the new bride, is
about thirty-five years old, and has
lived abroad for many years. She
was married in 1S90 to Mr. Ruthcifurd
at St. George's in Hanover square,
London, the nuptials being a leading
event cf the time. She was then the
widow of Samuel S. Sands, Jr., a wealthy
New Yorker. Before her first
marriage she was Miss Anna H. Harriman.
Mrs. Rutherfurd has two children
by her marriage with Mr. Sands.
5he is the owner of Tranquility Farm,
a fine country estate at AJlamuchy, N.
J., and recently inherited a large fortune
by the death of her mother.
ALLEGED PAPERS SUBMITTED.
Two Important Developments cf a Day
In the Postoffice Scandal.
The two important developments
Saturday in the investigation of the
sensational abstraction of papers from
:he safe of "the office of the attorney
general for the postoffice department
u Washington, which led to the dis- I
missal of that official, were the subletting
of what purported to be the
papers abstracted to the inspection of
:he postal omciais ana me aecisiuu ui
Postmaster General Payne to immeliately
relieve Acting Assistant Attorney
General Christiancy from bis office
pending an investigation of his conflict.
The action !n the case of Mr.
Dhristiancy was taken at his own rejuest.
SARNEGIE DONATES PEACE HALL
Sives Cash to Build Home for Court
of Arbitration at The Hague.
Before sailing for his homo in Scotand
Friday, Andrew Carnegie donate!
51,500,000 for a temple of peace for the
jermanent court of arbitration at The
Sague.
The gift was made through Baron
Suvens, the minister of the Netherands,
at Washington, and was made
vith the understanding that the government
of Holland will be responsive
for Its administration.
\NOTHER WARSHIP LAUNCHED.
\rmored Cruiser Colorado Christened
at Ship Yards of the Cramps.
The armored cruiser Colorado was
aunched Saturday at Cramp's shipyard
in the presence of a distinguished
gathering of officials from Washingrvn
anrl fho ctntc nf Pnlnrarln ATis.5
2ora May Peabody, daughter of Goverlor
Peabody, of Colorado, broke the
)ittle of wine on the prow of the cruiser
as she glided down the ways at
.2:45 into the Delaware river.
INFORMATION AT A PREMIUM.
lecretary Hay Has Many Callers
Anent the Manchurian Situation.
Secretary Hay was extremely busy
londay receiving diplomatic represenatives
of the various powers interest d
in the Manchurian question.
Secretary Hay disappointed his callrs
so far as information was conccrnd,
as he has had as yet no response
rom either Pekin or St. Petersburg.
A DECISION MOST UNIQUE.
Jew Jersey Judge Settles Murder
Case in Novel Manner.
In the examining trial, Thursday, of
Charles Durham, at New Brunswick,
J. J., who killed John Lawson last
5unday, County Judge Lewis rendered
he following decision:
"The prisoner is dismissed. Lawson
ommitted suicide in going with his
;un to Durham's home on the hunt for
rouble."
BLACKS LOSE CASE
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"Alabama's New Suffrage Law
[ is Unassailable.
' SUPREME COURT DECIDES
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Court Holds that It Cannot Interfere
or Grant Relief Asked Because
Political Question is
Involved.
A Washington special says: The
United States supreme court Monday
decided the case of Jackson W. Giles
vs. Board of Registrars of Montgomery
county, Alabama.
Giles is a colored man, who was denied
the privilege of registering as a
voter, under the new constitution of
Alabama, and the case was brought to
test the validity of that portion of the
state constitution bearing upon this
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question, me rei;tu suumu ?ao uv>nied
on the ground that the case was
political.
Justice Holmes, who delivered the
opinion, said that for the court to interfere
would be an unheard-of relief
in cases presenting only political ques-;
tions.
The court, as a whole, did not pass
upon the question of jurisdiction,
which was the' question certified by
the circuit court for the middle district
of Alabama, and Justice Harlan dissented,
on the ground that the court
could have declined to assume jurisdiction.
Justice Brewer and Jusuce Brown
united in a dissent in which tliey upheld
the jurisdiction of the federal
court on the ground that as Giles was
denied the right of voting for a member
of congress by the refusal of the
right to register, a tederal question
was involved.
Justice Holmes' written (pinion was
not made public, but he made quite an
extended statement from the bench,
reciting at some length Giles petition
in which Giles claimed to speak not
alone for himself, but for 5,000 other
negro adults of Montgomery county,
who he claimed would be disfranchised
as a result of the enforcement
of the suffrage provisions of the stale
constitution of 1901. The case had
been dismissed below for want of jurisdiction.
but Justice Holmes said a majority
of the court were of opinion
that the supreme court should confine
itself to the question of jurisdiction,
but should consider the case on its
merits. He then announced that it (
would be impossible to grant the relief
asked. He pointed out that while
Giles is contending that the franchise
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sysitxil U1 Aiauama is a 11 auu, ^ uv
clares competency as a voter under it,
and closed by saying that it was beyond
the power of a court of equity
to grant the petition.
Justice Harlan, in dissenting, said
that in his opinion tiie case should :
have beca dismissed for want of jurisdiction
alone, as was done in the circuit
court, and he criticised court's ;
opinion, saying that it left the question <
of jurisdiction in the ?,ir and that he ;
was not willing to be a party to such a
proceeding.
Justice Brewer delivered the other i
dissenting opinion, in wnich Justice
Brown concurred. They expressed
opinion that the circuit court should
be directed to assume jurisdiction of [
the case. . J
NEGRO WOMEN CAUSED STRIKE.
Were Employed to Take Places of ]
Children Barred by New Law.
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^11 cHJCUUUL (JI IUC LliliU lauui ic*??
of the state of Alabama, which went ]
into effect on the 25th instant, 125 <
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children under the legal age were sent ,
out of the Lanett, Ala., cotton mills
from their work Monday morning.
In filling the places of the young ,
operatives where it would not come
in contact with the white workers, the
management put in several negro women
in a side building to do the low (
grade work, and this action was mis- 1
I construed by some of the operatives;
who thought that this change would in- 1
terfere writh their positions and sala- 1
ries and decided to walk out on a 1
strike.
The word passed over all four floors <
of the large building, and in a very
short while the entire forco of 1,500
men and women walked out on a <
strike. 1
The entire crowa of strikers march- 1
ed in a body across to the large square
in front of the main office. They then i
announced that unless all negroes <
were immediately and permanently i
withdrawn from the mills they would
not return to their work. ,
Superintendent Coburn immediately {
informed President Lanier ot the state j
of affairs, and he at once appeared on
the ecene and addressed the laborers,
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agreeing to grant ineir request, i nis
being the only grievance, and as it was j
promptly settled, the laborers agreed \
to resume work.
"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" BARRED.
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Famous Novel is Cut from Catalogue <
In New York Libraries. 1
In the work of revising the rata- i
logue for class libraries in the New
York public schools, "Uncle Tom's i
Cabin" has been left out, and hereafter <
this story of ante-bellum days so popular
with readers of fiction in the latter
years of the century just closed
will be barred from circulation so far
as the board of education is concerned
UNCLE MARK ADMIRES GIRLS.
Hanna Says He Would Employ Therr. ^
Were it Not for His Wife.
Senator Mark Hanna, in hitf address
to the students of the Ohio University 1
at Columbus, Wednesday morning.. 1
made the statement that ho would hire' 1
girl stenographers every time in pr?f- 1
erence to men, and if it were not for 1
his wife would fill his offices with tber.i
because, he said, "they are more industrious,
more efficient and a. good dent
' safer. Besides, I admire them." ,
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
?The Allied PrinMng Trades Council
decides to put tne union label in
all union shops in Atlanta, Ga., regardless
of the Employing Printers' Club.
?As the result of a beating administered
by a mob, Andrew Rainey, a negro,
died in the Bainbrldge, Ga., jail
Tuesday.
?Senator Stephen R. Mallory wan
re-elected by the Florida legislature
Tuesday.
?Alexander Blair, formerly mayor
of Asheville, N. C., was found dead in
a Charleston, S. C., hotel Tuesday.
?In a wreck on the 'Frisco, near Independence,
Mo., three persons were
killed and twelve injured.
?The editors of Pennsylvania ap
peared before Governor Pennypacker
Tuesday to protest against the new
libel law.
?General Gillespie, chief of the engineer
corps, has left the Metropoliton
Club, Washington, because of the
rejection of Corbin. Other officers
will al30 withdraw.
?Henry Youtsey was recalled in che
Howard trial at Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday.
He swore that the murderers of
Goebel had attempted to fix all the
responsibility on him.
?Speaking at a banquet at Kansas
City, William J. Bryan denounce-!
Cleveland as a traitor, and said he
would never have another chance to
betray the party.
?W. K. Vanderbilt denies that he Is
to wed Mrs. Rutherford in Paris.- but
his denial is not credited.
?Fivo soldiers have been sentenced
to be shot at Barcelona, Spain. While
drunk the soldiers fired on the police.
?General Leonr.rd Wood, of the
United States army, was received iu
audience by the King of Italy Tuesday.
?Captain Dunlap, wanted for smuggling.
has taken refuge in the naval
station at San Juan and defies the authorities.
?Attorneys for George Gilbert, convicted
of car robbery at Waycross, Ga.,
will make another effort to secure his
freedom.
?Harrnan West was killed and Turner
Cox mortally wounded while attempting
to arrest an escaped negro
convict near Camilla, Ga., Monday.
?The Texas and Paciilc railroad
has resumed service over the flooded
country west of New Orleans.
?Twelve convicts broke from chaingang
near Wilmington, N. C., Monday
morning. One was killed and two
wounded. '
?The Alabama railroad commission
has called upon the roads of the state
to explain their action in raising the
minimum haul from 50 to 100 poun/s
without consulting the commission.
?At St. Paul Circuit Judge Sanborn
has modified the decree in the Northern
Securities case so that dividends
may be paid.
?At Jamestown, N. Y., a fast express
crashed into a freight train.
The wreckage took fire and several
persons were burned to death.
?Some time ago J. Pierpont Morgan
borrowed Anna Held's private car
and the actress is in distress because
tt has not been returned.
?Warlv all tho rollieries of the
Philadelphia and Heading Coal Company
have shut down owing to a lockout
order. Over 30,000 miners are affected.
?It is denied at Havana that a hitch
has occurred between the United
States and Cuba in regard to coaling
stations.
?A footman posing as a prince, induced
Countes Russell to marry him.
The countess discovered the deception
ind is prosecuting her husband.
?Charges of fraud against the may
Dr of Mayaguez, Porto Rico, will be in
restigated.
?The Florida railroad commission
has made May 1 the time for the inauguration
of the new schedule of rates
:cf the Louisville and Nashville.
?Nothing was heard from the president
at Cinnabar, Mont., Sunday.
?In a row in Chicago Sunday !e
:ween Gi.ks, who were celebrating
Easter, and the policemen, several
persons were shot.
?James McKinney, an outlaw,
vas killed by a posse at BakersfieM,
Dal., Sunday. He fired on the officers
Torn his barricade, killing one of them.
?Rear Admiral waiKer ana owe-,
members of the United States Panama
;anal commission have arrived at
Panama.
?Judge Emory Speer, of the federal
:ourt of the southern district of Georgia,
issues an injunction restraining
:he railroads from putting into effect
the increase in the freight rates on
lumber.
?Henry Youtsey was recalled in the
Howard trial at Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday.
He swore that the murderers of
Goebei had attempted to fix all the
responsibility on him.
?Speaking at a banquet at Kansas
City, William J. Bryan denounce!
Cleveland as a traitor, and said ne
would never have another chance to
betray the party.
?W. K. Vanderbilt denies that he is
to wed Mrs. Rutherford in Paris, but
his denial is not credited.
DEFAULTER SIMS INDICTED.
Eleven* True Bills Returned Against
Him by United States Grand Jury.
Eleven true bills were returned by
the United States grand jury at Atlanta,
Monday against G. H. Sims, the defaulting
clerk of the Capital City national
bank, charging him with the
embezzlement of nearly .? 100,000 of the
bank's funds.
One of tnc indictments covers the
general transaction and remaining tea
relate to specific occasions on which
fqnds were embezzled.
BILL BACKS RUSSIA
Germany Holds Good Hand
in Manchurian Muddle.
SECRET UNDERSTANDING
Secretary Hay and the Czar's Representatives
at Washington Hold
Important Sunday
Conference.
V-zhington special says: Clo3e
on t.:'. r.'.cls of the Anglo-German alliance
agc.lnst Venezuela comes news of
a secret understanding between Germany
and Russia, by which the latter
country is to receive the acquiescence
cf the Berlin government in practically
Russianizing the whole of Manchuria.
This is the most important dis
closure since the announcement, several
days ago, from Pekin of the Russian
demands in Manchuria, which has
upset the official and diplomatic circles
in a way scarcely paralleled
throughout the many acute stages of
the Venezuelan embroglio.
As for the announcement that Germany
will stand by Russia, or at lease
acquiesce In Russia's demands, this is
taken to mean that Germany has Russia's
pledge of support when the time
comes for the kaisod 10 demand the
province of Shantung for his own. It
was to be expected, In view of the mutual
wave of animosity that swept over
Germany and Great Brltian at the time
of the Venezuelan bloekad>, when
these two powers acted in unison, that
Berlin and London could not act in
harmony long with the German and
British people so bitterly opposed to
such a policy.
Hay and Cassini Confer.
Russia's demands in Manchuria and
their effect on American Interests
were the subject of a conference Sunday
afternoon between Secretary Hay
and Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador,
which occurred at Secretary
Wav'c hmiKP and .asted for nearlv an
hour. It Is denied that the ambassador
brought official advices from his
government, but the fact that he is
still suffering from an attack of lumbago
which has confined him to the
embassy for several weeks, is evidence
of the urgency of the call.
Steps already have been taken by
the state department to ascertain the
true inwardness of Russia's latest
move. Ambassador McCormick, at St.
Petersburg ,has been instructed by cable
to present to the Russian foreign
office a note which, while diplomatically
known as one of inquiry, is in substance
a strong protest against Russia's
demands. Cabled instructions
also have been sent to Minister Conger,
at Pekin, to express to the Chinese
authorities the dissatisfaction of
the United States-with Russia's'demands
and our hope that China will
not accede to them. No answers have
yet been received to either note,
though unofficial assurances are still
reaching the department that American
interests in Manchuria will be pro
tected. In the department's note,
which Ambassador McCormick probably
has presented already, Russia's attention
is called to the assurances
which repeatedly have been given the
United States relative to the preservation
of the integrity of China and the
continuance of the open door policy.
Russia also is reminded of the severe
blow to American trade which must
follow the granting of the first two demands,
that no more ports or towns
m Manchuria be opened and that no
additional foreign consuls Le admitted.
Russia's reason for contending for
the closed door in Manchuria is the
claim that the open door is not a commercial
but a political question. She
continues to assure tae United States
that in some way this country's interests
will be protected in Manchuria.
The point is made that as tne Manchurian
demands are still in negotiation
between St. Petersburg and Pekin, the
United States cannot expect that Russia
make concessions until ~ie fate of
her demands has been determined.
FAST TRAIN WRECKED.
Engineer Kiled, Two Others Injured
and Much Mail Burned.
The sorthboand Washington and
Southwestern vestibule limited, on the
Southern railway, ran into the rear
end of a freight train near Lynchburg
Va., early Thursday morning, killing
Charles R. Kiney, engineer of the limited,
demolishing the engine and burning
up two mail and two freight cars.
About two thousand letters were destroyed.
Postal Clerk William S. Fealey. of
Washington, and the negro fireman
were injured.
FLORIDA EX-TREASURER DEAD.
C. B. Collins Passes Away at His
Home in Dunedin.
C. B. Collins, ex-s'rate treasurer of
Florida, died Sunday night at his home
in Dunedin. He was elected state
treasurer in 1S92 and again in IS'OG. At
the beginning of his second term the
Merchants' National bank, of Oeaia,
failed with $30,000 of state raoey on deposit.
The treasurr was criticized I'
such an extent that he resigned.
OGDEN ELECTED PRESIDENT.
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Southern Educational Conference
Names Officers for Ensuing Year.
The following officers were elected
by the educational conference at Richmond,
for the ensuing year:
President, Robert C. Ogden, of New
York.
Vice President. Edgar R. Murphy, of
Montgomery, Ala.
Secretary, B. J. Baldwin, of Montgomery,
Ala.
Treasurer, W. 0. Flair, of WinstonSalem,
N. C.
CHINA REMAINS FIRM.
Forma! Refusal cf Russian Demands.
Conger's Note of Protest?Russia
Replies to China.
It is officially announced in London
that the Chinese government has sent
to the Russian government at St. Petersburg
a formal refusal to grant the
latter's demands in regard to the evao
uation of Manchuria.
Minister Conger Makes Protest.
A special from Pekin says: Minister
Conger has sent a note to Prince
Ching, the grand secretary, protesting
against two features of Russia's proposed
Manchurian agreement, which
are considered particularly antagonistic
to American interests.
The note objects to China promising
not to open more ports to foreign
trade, oecause negotiations are progressing
in connection with the American
commercial treaty for the opening
of Mukden and Taku-Shan, and it objects
to promising* that the ioreign employes
in China shall only'be Russians.
The United States withholds expression
regarding the other demands, but
is prepared to insist on her rights if
infractions occur.
-= Russia's Answer to China.
Advices from St. Petersburg state
that the Russian foreign office, when
shown the Pekin dispatch of April 23,
setting forth the eight demands made
by Russia on China regarding Manchuria,
entered a denial o* a number of
the points and minimized the importance
of others.
Commenting on each point separately,
the foreign office says:
"First?Absolutely false. Not our
affair.
"Second?Depends upon China. Not
mentioned in our pourparlers.
"Third?False.
"Fourth?Unimportant.
"Fifth?Such is the present arrangement.
"Sixth?Extremely important since
an English vessel in 1902 introduced
the plague.
"Seventh?False.
"Eighth?The i i.egrity of China is
already adopted into the Russian program.
No need to discuss that now/'
Regarding the whole negotiations
which have been dragging on since
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"There is nothing directed in any
manner against the interests of the
other powers or their commerce; others-enjoy
the same rights of commerce
in the interior as we. Of the towns
not opened to trade the railway will
carry Russian and foreign goods alike
through the country, but we or they
cannot sell them in the unopened
towns. If the towns are opened all
will benefit alike. It is the railway's
interests to demand the widest possible
developments of trade. The pourparlers
concern multitudinous detailed
questions which were not foreseen
when the evacuation was decided
upon."
Text of Russian Demand.
As cabled from PeVin April 23, the
Russian demands were as follows:
"First?No more Manchurian ports
or towns are to be opened.
"Second?No more foreign consuls
are to be admitted into Manchuria.
"Third?No foreigners, except Russians,
are to be employed in the public
service of Manchuria.
"Fourth?The present status of tne
administration of Manchuria is to remain
unchanged.
"Fifth?The customs receipts at the
port of New Chwang are to be given to
the Russo-Chinese bank.
"Sixth?A sanitary commission is
to be organized under Russian control.
"Seventh?Russia is entitled to attach
the telegraph wires and poles of
all- Chinese lines in Manchuria.
"Eighth?No territory in Manchuria
is to be alienated to any other power." I
MUST CEASE WHITECAPPING.
People of Bloomington, Indiana, May
Lose Their University.
Letters from students of Indiana
university at Bloomington to Governor
Durbin Monday told of ihe whitecapping
of three women and a negro
there on Saturday night. The governor
sent a telegram to the sheriff of
Monroe county, in which he said that
unless acts of lawlessness cease at
once, he would in his next message to
the legislature recommend that the
university be removed from Blioomington.
AGED MURDERER HANGED.
Dr. Gartrell, Seventy Years Old,
Launched Into Eternity.
At Butler, Mov Friday James L.
Gartrell, the aged murderer of D. B.
Donegan, a Colorado miner, was hanged
in the county jail yard. Aoout 1,500
persons witnessed the execution, many
coming to town from the surrounding
country. Dr. Gartrell displayed remarkable
nerve and talked briefly to
the spectators before the black cap
was adjusted. He stated that he had i
only one enemy he could not forgive,
but would not mention his name.
A SET-BACK FOR HOWARD.
Witness Proves He Was Sick in Bed
on Day Goebel Was Killed.
In the trial of James Howard at
Frankfort, Friday, Dan Vaughan testi- I
fied that he was sick in bed on the day !
that Goebel was killed and was not 1
on the street at all.
This was a hard blow to the defense, j
as Howard in his testimony told of
seeing Vaughan on the street just be
fore Goebel was shot.
LEE RETURNS TO ST. LOUIS.
Sick and Dejected, He Declares His
Divorce from Politics.
Suffering physically, Lieutenant Governor
John A. Lee, who left Kansas
City a week ago for Chicago, returned
to St. Louis Thursday night, accompanied
by his wife, who went to Chicago
after him.
"I am done with politics forever/
asseried Lee. "1 am a sick man, ant
T need rest. Any one who says that
I am not a sick man never passed
through my experience of the last few
days."
POISON SENT BY MAIL.
Florida Man Partook of a Prepared
Breakfast Food and Was Dead
Within Ten Minutes.
Roland L. Morgan, a gentieman who
came south several years ago from Elgin,
111., and established quite a settlement
at a point in Pensacola Bay, six
miles from Pensacola, Fla., received a
package of prepared tood through the
mail a few days ago and upon swallowing
less than a spoonful was dead in
fifteen minutes.
Morgan's relatives can attach suspicion
to no one, as he had not a
known enemy. In viw of this the conclusion
is reached that the poison was
meant for somebody else, although addressed
to Morgan. The food came in
the manufacturers' package, thi* being
enclosed with a common white paper.
The postmark is indistinct and posttl
authorities are at a km to say what
is the emanating office.
Three deaths came near being caused
by the contents of the package.
As soon as the same was opened Mrs.
Morgan and her mother tasted the
stuff and immediately became deathly
sick. They escaped death miraculously.
Not profiting by this warning Mr.
Morgan himself mixed some with milk
and placed it in his mouth. Rigor set
in at once and the deathly material
acted so quickly that he fell into an
orange bush neirby and badly lacerated
his face.
Was Well Known in Elgin.
News comes from Elgin, 111.,- to the
effect that Rowland L. Morgan, who
died suddenly on Monday at his country
home near Pensacola, Fla.. after
eating breakfast food from an original
package received by mail, for many
years was employed by the Elgin
watch factory, and left Elgin about
two years ago for Florida.
He secured a tract of land of 30
acres on the island of Santa Rosa, a
few miles from Pensacola, where he
managed a summer and winter hotel.
Since leaving Elgin he had returned
only once, wnen it was iu auswci indictments
brought by the grand jury
on the charge of forging the name of
the recorder of Cook county. These
charges, five in number, never came to
trial and were quashed on the statute
of limitations. The indictments grew
out of a real estate transaction of
property in Elgin, but he disposed of
everything, including a fine home, bofore
he left for the south.
Reports have reached Elgin during
the last year that Morgan and his partner
in business at Santa Rosa, a Colonel
Tarbele, were al swords' points.
It is asserted the former secured possession
of all the property in som?
way and held it recorded in his wife's
name. His relatives knew of no one
wfch l,mrs,an's death. Ow
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ing to his alleged questionable business
dealings he had many enemies, It
is alleged.
PAPERS WERE PERSONAL.
Lawyer for Mrs. Tyner Explains Mat*
ter to Attorney General Knox.
A Washington special says: Ross
Perry, the attorney for Mrs. James N.
Tyner, whose husband was summarily
removed from his position as assistant
attorney general for the postoffice department
under rather sensational circumstances
Thursday called on Attorney
General Knox and talked the case
over with him Friday. He made fo
the attorney general substantially the
same statement previously given out.
by him, namely, that the papers taken
by Mrs. Tyner from the safe In her
husband's office were altogether personal,
but that they would be returned
when called for.
Fridav morning the postmaster cer
tified to the attorney general for such
action as he may deem necessary in
the cases of the persons involved in
the abstraction of the papers from the
safe of the assistant attorney general
for the postoffice department. Postmaster
Payne's letter forwarding the
papers made no recommendations beyond
submitting the case for such action
as the department of justice might
deem necessary and proper.
Attorney Generai Knox said the affidavits
contain no information as to
their ownership. He has called the attention
of the postmaster general to
the law relating to publiq documents
and has requested information as to
their character, and also asks of the
postmaster general what action he requests
or recommends.
Attorney General Knox expressed
the opinion to Postmaster General
Payne that unless there is something
to show that the documents taken
from the safe are government property
no case would lie. This statement
was made after Mr. Knox had .gone
over the papers forwarded to him by
the postoffice department. Mr. Payne
replied by stating the circumstances
attending the taking of the papers and
the fact that most of the papers filed
in the government safe are of a confidential
nature, and therefore are not
of record.
JAPANESE ARE AROUSED.
Protest Against Russia's Demand on
China for Manchuria.
Advices from Yokohama state that
three Japanese warships have been
ordered to New Chwang, China. Marquis
Ito has had a conference with the
leading Japanese statesmen. The Russian
demands for privileges in Manchuria
have excited the Japanese press
which insists on vigorous action, confident
that the United States, as well
as Great Britain, will support Japan.
BILLY IS SURELY ENGAGED.
Prospective Marriage of W. K. Vanderbilt
and Widow Rutherford.
A London dispatch says: The engagement
of Mrs. Lewis Rutherford to
William K. Vanderbilt is confirmed.
It is not known whether the wedding
will take place in Paris, but it
will not take place at the United
States embassy or at the London
residence of Secretary White, Mrs.
Rutherfurd's brother-in-law.
CZAR IS FAITHLESS
Russian Breaks His Plighted
Promise With Uncle Sam
C
IN OCCUPYING MANCHURIA
United States Will Enter Vigorous
Protest?Officials Think There
'
is no Danger of War Over
Incident.
Minister Conger, from Pekin, has cabled
Secretary Hay a synopsis of tha
demands made upon China by Russia
respecting control of Manchuria. This
account agrees precisely with the
press report of Russia's last coup at .
the Chinese capital. Secretary Hay
will take no action in the matter until - ::
he has communnicated the facts to tho
president and has learned the latter'a
wishes.
The present impression in Washington
is that the Russian action is a distinct
breach of faith with the United
States. The Russian government
pledged itself three times formally,
and the documents are on record that
the "open door" should be maintained
in Manchuria and Russian troops
should be withdrawn as soon as peace
was restored. Finally the xatter promise
took the shape of a treaty stipulation.
It was provided that the evacuation
should take place within three distinct
periods. The Russian soldiers
should have quit Manchuria on the'8th
of this month, according to that treaty,
but a plausible explanation for a temporary
retention of the remaining Russian
troops was offered by Russia in
the claim that the country was still
disturbed, and that vigorous military
measures were necessary for the pur- $
pose of sanitation.
No Danger of War.
Officials declare that there is no danger
of war with Russia over this incident.
The government of the United T
States will record its ideas of what . ^
should be done In Manchuria and as
the result of Secretary Hay's projected
conference with the president, it is
probable that further remonstrance
will be added. But It is anticipated * .'*?
that Russia will, for the time being at
least, allay foreign opposition or at
least that of the United States, by car- * -jp
rying out Its pledge as 10 me upeu
door.
There will be no additional treaty ^
ports in Manchuria if Russia succeed!
in this last move. New Chwang, how- '
ever, is still a treaty port and unless
Russia makes a further move of applying
her customs system to that.
port, United States products may en- _ %
ter there at the same uniform rate of
5 per cent duty, as are collected in the
southern Chinese ports. ,
An official of the government, well
informed regarding Chinese affairs,
said the step taken by Russia is one
for which she has been preparing for
a number of years. Extraordinary as
it may seem, he says, there appears
tn ho wav of nreventing the con- . ^
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summation of Russia's plan. Japan la
in no position to dispute the action ?
and the purpose of Russia could not
be changed. As to the interest of this ? M
government, he said, it was doubtful
whether the United States could look
with favor upon the far greater control
of the Pacific ocean, which' the
new move would give Russia. He had ? 'M
no doubt that Russia would eventually
apply the Russian tariff to the new l.er- . ^
ritory, in which case tne United States
would endeavor to sell the Russian
"raw material in place of the finished
products which now go to that part ot
China. He said that there has been /.?
great development in Manchuria under
the Russian auspices during the past
few years and especially in the last
eight months.
Open Door Guaranteed.
Dalny, the port about forty miles
from Port Arthur, has not only been
greatly improved, but well fortified.
This port is leased termor/, *?uiv,u
was discussed in correspondence between
the United States and Russian
governments in 1899. When Russia'
leased for twenty-five years certain
Chinese ports assurances were given
Ambassador Hitchcock that the open
door would be maintained.
GATEKEEPER USED HIS GUN.
Fatality Follows Temporary Strike In
Lanett, Alabama, Cotton Mills.
In the town of Lanett, Ala., Monday
morning, Lucius Ogletree shot and instantly
killed John L. Potter and fatally
wounded Dan Zachry and then made
good his escape.
All of the parties are white men, being
operatives of the Lanett mills.
Ogletree was appointed a gatekeeper
for the day operatives, who were , ^
temporarily out on a strike, and who
gave him orders to let no one in or
out. His attempt Jo enforce these orders
brought on the shooting.
RAILROADS ARE ENJOINED. ! ||
Georgia Sawmill Association Secures
Restraining Order from Speer.
The Georgia Saw Mill Association*
through its attorneys secured an injunction
Tuesday from Judge Speer, of
the United States court, restraining
the railroads from putting fnto effect
the 2 cents per hundred advance in the
rate on lumber shipments to the west
The hearing will be held in Macon
on April 24th.
GHOUL KING FOUND GUILTY.
Rufus Cantrell, Colored, Convicted at
Indianapolis of Grave Robbery.
At Indianapolis, Ind., Thursday
night, Rufus Cantrell, the "King of the
Ghouls," was fothid guilty on two
counts by a jury in the criminal court
The first count was for robbing the
grave of Rose Neidlinger, and the second
was for conspiracy with Dr. Jose "
C Alexander, demonstrator of anatomy
at the Central College of Physicians
and Surgeons, /o rob her grave.
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