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f The Bamberg Herald. 1 |r ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 23,-1903. ONE DOLLAB PER YEAR. REAPER CLAIJ Supreme Pontiff c I Church Pass* LOR Slffl IS LID " Thought Long-Expected Triumph of the 6rim Reaper Shocked Rome, and Whole City is in Mourning?Pontiff Was Ninetythree Years of Age and His Reign Most if Remarkable. j# ? P?pe L?eo XIII, the supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic church, passed from earth In the Vatican m nomu, Xtalj^ at four o'clock Monday afternooj at the age of ninety-three years.1 To the last the pope fought for life, though to all he declared he was ready to leave. Just before the final end came, he moved his lip3 feebly, as though a parting message struggled to ftnd strength for expression. His lastriarticulate words were a benediction^ I The news of the pope's death spread rapfijlly throughout Rome and caused*' & naost pronounced sensation though his derolse had been hourly expected for two weeks. The whole city is in ; a?;;mourning. J Early in the day a stop had been put I to the visits which had been so fre- i quently made to the room of the dying pontiff. Pope L?o died in harness, if not standing, as he declared he would be,' at least performing his duties to the end.c Immediately following the death of the pope cable dispatches and tele-j grams were dispatched to all parts of thq world, advising the sovereigns, rulers and ioreign goverumems ui wc death. Before night fell many teie* grams of condolence reached the Vatican, coming from emperors, kings, po- ' litical rulers and high church dignitaries abroad. The Vatican officers were deluged with these messages. The death of the pope brings about i -a widespread change in all the administrative departments of the churcn j and; considerably influences questions of 4hur& policy. The change within thefvaticai affects practically all the offidals from the highest to the lowest.. T^te chief international questions whifeh may be affected by the death of the|j>ope are those connected with the suppression cf religious orders in France, the change of the clergy in the| new Spanish-American possessions, ths selections of the successor of ?ie late Cardinal Vaughan and atteniant questions connected with the administration of the church in England. All tiie: newspapers in Rome, including 'ithose' favorable to the present institutions, publish long eulogistic articles about the defunct. The only discordantrtrote was struck by the socialist Jfrssn, Avanti, which says: "We socialists, without disdain, hut witj| indifference, patfe {before this corpse anc ajwtut tne new enemy. ITjte Italiai government has renewed mpst energetic orders, Premie* Zanardellf attending to the work j perfcmally, to insure order about the vatf^an, but it cannot and will not take participation directly in the mourning. - Chronology of Pope Leo's Life. " v , Born at Carpineto, March 2, 1810; entered college at Rome, 1824; matriculated at Gregorian university, 1830; Entered co.lege of Noble EJccleslaves, 1832; Appointed domestic prelatei^bir Gregory XVI, 1837; refentihy to qluft of Segnatura March 16, 1837; order of priesthood conferred December $1, 1837; apostolic delegate at Benevejfeo,; 1837-1841; governor of Spoleto, 184V-L843; papal nuncio at Brussels, 184&1845; archbishop of Perugia, 184$; created cardinal December 19, |rURNER PLEADS GUILTY. P Sensational Aftermath of Peonage g Trial in Montgomery, Ala. I^the United States court at Montgomery, Ala., Monday, Fletcher Turners-charged with peonage, who was trie# last week, but, the jury failing to agreje, was discharged by Judge Jones with: a severe reprimand, appeared in coum with his attorney and pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000. f Ettteririg the plea of guilty the attorney said that, under the law as declared by Judge Jones, which he did nof question, his client was technically guilty, but that he -denied any knowledge of cruelty practiced BOLL WEVIL IN ALABAMA. Pest Has Appeared in Large Numbers Near Montgomery. A boll worm, which is believed to be the Mexican boll weevil or caterpillar, has appeared on the cotton in large numbers in the vicinity of Montgomery. J. C. Chestnirtt, a large planter residing eleven miles south of Montgomery, was in the city the past week and showed a well-grown and fully developed caterpillar, which be says are appearing in great numbers on hi9 plantation. BURIAL OF JUSTICE LUMPKIN. V ^ Body Laid to Rest In Family Burying , Ground Near Lexington. The burial of Justice Samuel Lumpkin, of the Georgia supreme court, at the family burying ground, six mile3 east of Lexington, took place Monday, and was noticeable aside from the fact of his distinguished personage by reason of the concourse of people from Atlanta, Athens and other portions of the state being present. MS POPE LEO. *.:v I >f Roman Catholic is from Earth. 1830; made cardinal Camerlengo, July, 1877; elected pope February 20," 1878; revived Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland March 4, 1878; encyclical condemning communists, socialism and ni- ! hilism, December 28, 1878; encyclical against heresy and socialism, November 5, 1882; recognised unity of Italy October 7, 1&3; encyclical condemning liberalism, November 6, 1S85; celebrated golden jubilee 1887; celebrated grand Jubilee, 1S8S; encyclical on socialism and labor, May 16. 1S91; celebrated Episcopal jubilee, February, 1893; issued appeal to England for leunion of Christendom April 14, 1894; celebrated sixtieth anniversary 01 ms first mass February 13, 1898; declared 1900 a year of universal jubilee, May 1899; celebrated ninetieth birthday, March 2, 1900; held consistory and created eleven new cardinals Jure 19, 1903, Died Monday, July 20, 1903, at the age of of 93, How New Pops is Elected. I On the tenth or at least the twelfth day after the death of the pope the conclave assembles for the election for the new pontiff. It is held at the beautiful Sistine chapel within the walls of the Vatican. On the day fixed for the meeting of the conclave the cardinals assemble, and once within the confines of the conc.'ave the massive, doors are shut and with double locks and from the I moment until the pontiff is elected no I person is permitted to pass in or out. News Posted In Washington. The news of the death of the pope i was communicated to Monsignor Falconio,. the papal delegate in Washington. by the Associated Press at 12:45 o'clock Monday afternoon. Monsignor Falcon io will issue an address j to the bishops under his jurisdiction, j which intlude all those in the United | States. Informally this will be made first through the press as the most 1 prompt manner of communicating the j sad intelligence to be forwarded by mail advices as quickly as these can t be prepared. The bishops in turn wiH I issue circulars to the churches of their ! diocese announcing the pope's death j and indicating the character of service to be held. Tee bishops will celeJ brate pontifical mass, probably in the Cathedrals of their diocese while funeral masses will be said in all Catholic churches. After the interment of the pope praters will be hold in the Catholic ! churches asKing mac a:vine guiunuuo may attend the labors of the consistory in their election of a successor to Leo XIII. Secretary Hay Wires Condolence. The state department at Washington upon learning of 'the death of the pope, sent the folowing cablegram to ! Cardinal Rampolla; "Cardinal Rampolla, The Vatican, Rome?The president desires me t? express his profound sense of the loss which the Christian world has sustained in the jleath of his holiness, Leo XIII. By his lofty character, his great learning and his comprehensive charity he adorned his lofty station and made his reign one of the mos% illustrious as it,.has been one of ths longest, in the "fcistoir of the Catholio church. "Signed); - JOHN RAY." TO CbLONIZE TIMBER LAND'S. Westerners to Settle on "Cutover" Lands of Lumber Company. A deal has been made between P. K. Yonge, manager of the Southern States Lumber Company, and Thomas P. Hamm and Frederick W. Brown, of Chicago, whereby the latter came into possession of 80,00 acres of cut over timber lands in Baldwin county, Ala bama, from which the Southern States Lumber Company has been cutting logs for many year9. The purchasers intend to colonize a number of western farmers and stockraisers on -the tract. They already own a considerable amount of farming land in that section which will be used for the same purpose. Wright to Be Surrendered. Acting Secretary of State Loomis issued his warrant Monday for the surrender to the British authorities of Whitaker Wright, the London promoter, who Is charged with financial irregularities and stands committed in New Yorts. * Funeral cf Mrs. Blaine. The remains of the late Mrs. James G. Blaine, wddow of the former sec-e-tary of state, who died a few days ago in Augusta, Maine, were interred at' Oak Hill cemetery in Washington Monday. , LAWYER KILLED BY CLIENT. Dlttrict Attorney in New Orleans Shot Dead by Old Enemy. At New Orleans, Monday morning, ; District Attorney J. Ward Gurley was ; assassinated in his office in Canal i street by Louis W. Lyons, formerly ! a client. The murderer, after shoot- ! ing the attorney, turned the weapon ! on himself and put two bullets in his J hoar! MVWM. ^ | A grudge which Lyons harbored for several years against the district at- j torney was responsible for the trag- j edy. TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE. Suit is Brought Against United States Shipbuilding Company. Suit was instituted in the United States circuit court at Trenton. N. J., by the Mercantile Trust Company, of New York, for the foreclosure of the $15,000,000 mortgage on the properties ! of the United States Shipbuilding ; Company. The suit is brought beI cause of the default of the payment j of $400,000 interest on July 1. / J fftftlfillllintlllulnl.ilifiiAA4iAi4.rli Jirli.luliiliA.i. JtA TTTTTT1TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT I Cream of News.-; Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Bay. ?Colquitt coun^v, Ga., farmers who raise sheep sold their wool clip at Moultrie Saturday, realizing $15,000 on the sale. ?The funeral of Justice Samuel Lumpkin, of the Georgia state supreme court, occured Monday morning at the old Lumpkin family burying ground in Oglethorpe county. ?The encampment of the First Georgia cavalry began at Savannah Monday. A troop of the Seventu United States cavalry Is taking part. ?Renewal of feud is feared at Jackson, Ky., if court orders investigation of charge of attempt to bribe Bwen not to testify. ^ ^ 1- -c ?governor AycocK, cu ?uuu v/aiuUna, has received a letter from King Carlos of Portugal thanking him for the courteous treatment extended Portuguese who were wrecked off the North State coast. ?Four persons were killed by train while they were walking on the track near Cincinnati Sunday. ?The funeral of Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers took place Monday at Cleveland, O. ?Former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith replies to the criticism made by Proctor, of the civil service commission. ?At Basin, Wyo., Sunday, a mob stormed the jail and took therefrom two condemned murderers and lynched them. During the attack on the jail a county officer was killed. ?The king of Spain hefi approved the new cabinet. ?Chance of war between Japan and Russia over the, 1 tanchurlan question is increasing dally. ?King Edward and Queen Alexandra's trip to Ireland has been mapped. They start next Saturday. ?The Hourdet family at Paris, to whose house the bodies of Charles Fair and wife were taken after the automobile accident, are net satisfied with the $100 sent them by the deceased's relatives. * ?The trial of Mrs. Onie Tanner, chaged with poisoning her husband, will occur in Gainesville -this week. ?Troops were called out at Bainbride, Ga., at an early hour Saturday ?' Uiummg I.U yivlxs^l. iuc jau, vjmug w the threat of a mob which held up a deputy and demanded the keys to the jail. / ?Michigan beet suger men are considering the practicability of erecting a large cane factory at Valdosta, Ga. Farmers around Valdosta have agreed to raise sufficient cane to supply the plant. ?The federal grand jury at Montgomery, Ala., which has been investigating the peonage cases in Alabama made its report to Judge Jones Friday and adjourned. ?In Alkcn count, South Carolina, mobs are chasing negroes to avenge tne death of Postmaster Hall, at Chinquepin. Two negroes have already been killed. ?A receiver has been appointed in New Jersey for the Southern Car and Foundry Company, which has plants at Anniston, Ala., Memphis and Lenore, Tenn. ?It has again been stated that the big Toxaway dam, in the Piedmont re gion, Is unsafe and fears are entertained in northern South Carolina that great damage may be done by its breaking. ?Heart failure, due to over-emotion, Is given as the cause of the sudden death of Grand Chief Arthur. ?President Roosevelt has announced that on the retirement oi General Miles, General Young will succeed to the command of the army. General Wood will be promoted to major general. ?At the convention of ginners ji Alabama, at Montgomery Wednesday, a Texas bool weevil was shown, tak en from a large plantation in Alabama, with the statement that the insect was doing great damage to the crop. ?A bench warrant has been issued for George W. Beavers, formerly a high official of fthe^ostal department. It is alleged th<A Beavers accepted bribes while in office. ?Secretary Hay has made public the text of the Jewish petition which R:is ^ sia refused to receive. Governor Terrell and the members of the Georgia legislature were among the signers. ?Several officer's of Portugal's army have been arrested on a charge ol conspiring against King Charles. ?Near Norway, S. C.. where a ne gro was recently lynched and the blacks threatened to exterminate tht whites, a negro killed a postmasfei Wednesday. ?Mrs. James G. Elaine, widow cl the great republican, died Wednesday at the old homestead In Augusta. Maine. ?The {Kentucky republicans, in state convention, indorsed President Roosevelt for 1904. ?At Maysville, Ky., a mob lynched I Thacker, & white man, who had been j given a life sentence for murder. ?It is announced that Russia has no intention of abandoning Manchuria. | ?Castro's forces have surrounded i Ciydad Bolivar, which is held by the j rebels, and an attack is expected. ?M. Lobet, a Frenchman, is in the United States to promote his scheme : for an all-rail route from New Yorfc ! to Paris. ?It is reported in London thil United States war ships have seized eff the coast of Borneo twenty islands belonging to Great Britain. ?A hot political fight is on in Au J gusta, Ga., for councilmen, the issue j being drawn between the Catholic ant j A. P. A. elements. PORTS OPEN TO ALL Agreement Reached Between Russia and Uncle Sam. WILL BENEFIT THE SOUTH Manchuria Will Not be Bottied Up. Co Far as Trade With the Out lde World is Concerned. Satisfaction Expressed. According to advices received In Washington Thursday, the Manchurian question has been settled satisfactorily to this government. Assurances have been received from the Chinese government that it will, In the near future, open as treaty ports several ports now closed to the world's trade. The Russian government has conveyed formal assurance to the United States government that it will not, in any way, oppose such onenina. While the Dorts to be ooen ed are not yet specified, it is gathered from the communications received that they are Moukden, the principal inland port of Manchuria, and Ta Tung Kao, at the mouth of the Tain river. It is now known that the negotiations which have terminated so successfully, so far as broad lines are concerned for only details remain to be adjusted, were practically brought to their present phase by Secretary Hay and Count Cassini, at a meeting at the Russian embassy on June 28, the day the secretary departed for Newport, for the ambassador then had in hand the necessary authorization from his own government to make the pledges which are now in process of redemption. These pledges were reduced to writing by Mr. Hansen, the Russian charge, during his call at the state department Tuesday. It remains for MT. Conger to define, in the trade treaty which he is negotiating with China, the terms and conditions unaer which the new ports a'e to be opened. Important to the South. The prospect gives the keenest satisfaction here for Secretary Hay haa been for more than two years in steady pursuit of the open door In Manchuria, which he has already pointed out is so important to the cotton interests of the south. Simultaneously with the promise to open up Manchuria to the world's trade comes a report to the bureau of commerce and labor from United States Consul Mwler, at Nlu Chwang, which Is so far the only open port in Manchuria, respecting the cotton goods trade of that province. He says that the great market for cotton goods in Manchuria is attracting the attention of Russian manufacturers at Mos- . cow. They are trying to capture a good share of the 21,000,000 taels ($12,180",000) worth of cotton goods trade that annually comes through this port and are offering most tempting inducements to merchants here to go to Moscow to purcnase supplies. The completion of the Siberian railway, says the consul, has brought a new factor in the great cotton goods trade of north China, and American manufacturers must be alive to the situation and adjust their business arrangements to meet the new conditions if they wish to hold their trade. The volunteer fleet, heavily subsidized by the Russian government, is carrying Russian goods into North China at low freight rates, and these goods are being entered at Port Arthur and Dalny without paying any customs; besides the port charges for merchant ships are nominal, and there are no pilot charges. American goods ^o first to Shanghai, where customs duties and port charges, storage and handling are paid, and then are reshipped to Niu Chwang, where freight, pilotage, port and handling charges are again paid. This fleet consists of fourteen steamers, with a total tonnage 38.4S1 tons. Venezuela Has Paid Indemnity. The Venezuelan government Thursday, paid to the representative of the allied powers the last installments of the indemnity as stipulated by the protocol. CHIEF ARTHUR FALLS DEAD. Head of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Succumbs at Banquet. P. M. Arthur, grand chief engineer of the Brothedhood of Locomotive Engineers, dropped dead at midnight Thursday night while speaking at the banquet closing the annual convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mr. Arthur had just arisen to respond to a toast and repeated the words: "tt may be my parting words to many of you," when he fell backwards and expired a few minutes afterwards. CONFERENCE OF POPULISTS Called By Chairman Parker to Meet in Denver, Colo., July 27-29. National Committeeman Joe A. Parker, of Texas, and Ed Misten, of Colorado, has issued a call for a confer ence of populists and fusionists to be ' held at Denver, July 27, 28 and 29. > The populist organizations in the va1 rious states are asked to send dele gates and an earnest invitation is extended all dissatisfied democrat's and i republicans to be present and considi cr the political situation. , BY POSSE OF NEGROES Florida Negro Tramp is Sent to His Doom for Crime of Assault. : A negro tramp by the name of Ad ^ ams was lynched by negroes Thurs ' day night in Santa Fc swamp neai Lake Butler, Fla. The negro had bru " tally assaulted a colored woman a fctt ' days previously. ' Colored men in Bradford cour.tj gathered and hunted Adams down TROUBLE FOR BIG PLANT. Southern Car and Foundry Company Forced Into the Courts Through Big Floating Cebts. Judge Kirkpatrick, in the United States circuit court, at Trenton, N. J., Friday, appointed Thomas A. Gilles pie, of West Orange, N. J., receiver for the Southern Car and Foundry Company, a New Jersey corporation, with plants at Gadsden and Anniston, Ala., and Memphis and Lenore, Tenn. The liabilities consist of about $2,300,000 of floating debts. The company had no bonded indebtedness. The assets consists of $500,000, the value of the plants, and $100,000 bills receivable. There are also about $1,800,000 of material and supplies, the bulk of which has been pledged for loans and warehouse receipts given to cover the same. Among the liabilities are $30,000 due on the purchase price of the Anniston plant and $325^000 due on notes to the Standard Steel Car Company, of Pennsylvania, upon whose application the receiver was appointed. The remaining liabilities are made up almost exclusively of notes. Application will be made at once for the appointment of ancilliary receivers in those states in which ttie company's property is located, in order to prevent the taking out of attachments. In addition to the appointment of a receiver Judge Kirkpatrick made an order restraining the company from doing business. The company was incorporated with a capital stock of $3,500,000, and of the stock of the company $765,000 worth is owned by the Standard Steel Car Company. A dispatoh from Chattanooga says: A number of creditors have brought suits against the Southern Car and Foundry Company, which has plants in Gadsden, Anniston Mid Birmingham, in Alabama, and in Memphis and Lenoir City, in Tennessee. The First national bank of Birmingham was the first to take action, suing the company on an alleged maeDieuneas of $20,000 and taking out an attachment against the plant, at Gadsden, Ala., placing ft in the hands of the sheriff. This threw a number of men out of employment. Immediately following this action creditors located at Gadsden brought suit and other attachments were Issued against the plant In that city. Friday the Roane Iron Company, of Chattanooga, attached the funds belonging to the company in the Chattanooga national bank. The company is the largest ntanufacturer of cars in ue south and has been doing a tremendous business, running the plants on full time at the places mentioned. No explanation-bus been made in regard to the suits, but the company claims that it is not financially embarrassed. MORE GRACE FOR BLACKS. 7 * ' y K - - - S Epworth Leaguers Would Solve Race Problem Through Religion. A special from Detroit says: There was no lessening of the enthusiasm among the Epworth Leaguers Friday night and Tent Ontario, Auditorium Epworth, the Detroit opera houae and Central Methodist Episcopal church, where n:ceiinbB were held, weie again crowded. ?-W TT if ^ XT ooKvltla i/r. XI. ill* iiauuiif yi iinouf uiv| Tenn., talked on "The Held near at Hand" at the tent meeting, and In his address j referred td the negro question. "We have made the negro," he aald, "a thing to be batted to and fro by political parties and we have forgotten his religion in a large measure. What we need is to spend more time In putting the grace of Christ In the hearts of the black people.' What we need to do to solve the negro problem la to transform any instinct of savagery that may exist in the few of that race, In order to stop the lighting of faggots and the raising of stakes. It is our only hope. And when you of the north write resolutions condemning mob law, remember that it is not Methodist hands that pull the ropes and light the fires." In Auditorium Epworth, Rev. M. N. Waldrup, of Bentonville, Ark., was chairman, and Rev. A. B. Leonard, of New York, spoke on "The Field Far Away." Referring to the negro question, he said: ' "YirViAfkqt* it Ka T^norTfahmfln French TV uccuvi tv uv ? man, Turk, German or Portuguese that makes conquests in Africa, the African is his helpless victim. Nor Is America free from the shame and sin of oppressing and cruelly treating the children of Ham. Brought here, without their consent, as human merchandise, liberated after two centuries of slavery by the exigencies of war, they are now outcasts, socially and politically, and often denied the right of trial by Jury, they are shot or hanged or burned the stake, both in the north and in the south. American Christians must see to it that the ne: groes shall have a fair chance in the race of life in America, and also do their utmost to give him the gospel in his native land." MURDER LEADS TO RIOTING. . % ^ i . .. Mob .-In South Carolina Seek to Avenge Death of Postmaster' Hail. As the result of the murder of William Hall, postmaster at Chinquepin, Aiken county, South Carolina, two negroes were killed by a croWd of whites Friday night. These men are still scouring the country hunting for other negroe$ said to have been In the conspiracy to kill the postmaster. Two of Hall's brothers are in tht ? uruwu. NEGRO WOMAN EXECUTED. a^aaaaHX ? "f Paid Penalty for Murdar of Girl. White Man Also Swung. Up. At South McAIeftter, Ind. T., FHd&y, Dora Wright, a negroes, vf&s hanged for the murder of Annie Wflliams, n 7-year-old negro girl. Sho mounted the scaffold without a tremor. Charles Barrett was .also hanged for the murder of John Hennessy, an aged man, whom he shot from ambush. Robbery was the motive. ! STORM IN ILLINOIS Corpses and Ruined Homes in Wake of Tornado. MANY KNOWN TO BE DEAD * Various Towns In the State are Swep' by Wind Terror?Streator Seems to Have Been the Greatest Sufferer. A. special from Streator, 111., says: A tornado Friday evening killed fiv( persons, fatally injured a score o! others and caused a property loss o: *2.000.000. The dead are: Harry Doyle, Nels H. Blvens, R. Purcell, Charles Sny der, W. D. Row, colored. The following are reported fatallj Injured: George Doyle, Mrs. Doyle Bessie Boucher, Charles Snyder, Free Crone, fracturfed skull; Mrs. Crone Mrs. Smith, Miss Smith, Captain Pea body and wife, Ralph Boucher, Mrs Henry Pease and baby, Georg< Hunter, George Doyle's little child three children of A. J. Daugherty anc a man employed on the latter's farm. Killed at Race Track. All except Purcell were killed a the race track. A new building hat Just been erected and the races wer< to have been given week after next Not a building is left Standing. At of the buildings at Case Electric pari were destroyed and the fence and am pitheatre of the ball park were blowx 'away. Stauber's clothing factory, ? two-story brick building, was blowi dbwn and all the stock was ruined. The Vulcan Western f Company's plant suffered heavy loss. Parcel was killed there. The Illinois, Indians and Iowa bridge, costing nearly $1, 000,000, is nearly half gone. The^ hoist ~ '1 U?;i/JJ*i/v In Vono-IAU lilg WUi&S CXIiU. UlLilUiilg iu four miles west of Streator, wen blown down and several persons weri Injured. Many houses wore unroofe< and otherwise damaged. Telephom and telegraph lines are nearly a! down and details are meaner. Four Killed; Ten Injured. Four persons were killed and tei were seriously injured by a tornad< which struck the northern part o . Mendota, 111., Friday night. Th< known dead are: Cora Reisdorf, agei 15; Ora Lundy, aged 19; Daniel Scha mel, aged 13; Schamel, aged 4. The injured are: Mrs. John Wirs chem, Miss Wirschem, Mrs. Osca Milligan, Jerome Milllgan, Alice Wi] son, Edna Auston, James Smith, Hen ry Schweitzer and Mr3. James Smith. Town of Gardner Destroyed. A Chicago special says: Ther were unconfirmed <. reports' that th town of Gardner, In Grundy county had been destroyed and many peopl killed. All wires ieading to tne towi are down and no definite informatioi can be secured. MANY PROMINENT NAMES Were Attached to that Jewish Petltloi Turned Down by Russian Bear. A list of names of some ot the sign -ere to the petition against the recen Kishinef massacre has been made put lie. Among them are tne names o Senators Thomas C. Piatt, of Nev York, and Money, of Mississippi; Gov ernors Terrell, of Georgia; Montague of Virginia; Jelks, of Alabama, an< Longino, of Mississippi; the entin legislature of Georgia, Justices Peck ham, Herrick and Cnester/ all of tl* Justices of the appellate division an< the supreme court of Idin^s, Chie Justice McSherry, United States Dls trict Attorney A. W. Packett an< United States Judge Henry C. Nile: and W. F. Stevens, of Mississippi Bishops Gallagher, of Texas; Burke of Albany, and Galloway, of Missis slppl; many representatives in con gress, the mayors and city officers o over fifty cities, including Mayor Lo>v of New York, and Mayor ijarrison, c Chicago, the county anu state officer! of many cities, besides a host of wel known private citizens of the country JOINT BOARD IS FORMED. Matters Relating to Army and Navj in Hands of Eight Officers. Secretary Root and Secretarj Moody Friday issued the following joint order: "The department of war and the de partment of the navy have agreec upon the formation of a joint board to be composed of four officers of th< army and four of the navy, to holt! stated sessions and such extraordina ry sessions as shall appear advisable for the purpose of conferring, discuss ing and reaching common conclusion; regarding all matters calling for the cc-operation of the two services." AFTER PORTUGAL'S RULER. Alleged Plot to Assassinate Kin< Charles Brought to Light A dispatch from Lisbon says that number of officers of the Fifth Porti: guese infantry have been arrested o: the charge of conspiring against Kin Charles. They will tried by courtmartla . Suspicions of a widespread conspirac ^against the dynasty have been entea -ialned for some time, the instigator ^belng officers who were cashier? some time ago. KOREA WANTS OPEN PORT. Permission is Asked of China to Le Down the Bars at Wiju. The Korean minister at Pekin hai urged Prince Ching, head of the for eign office, to instruct the Chines* minister at Seoul to authorize Korcj to open Wiju, Korea,-.to foreign trade as a means of mutual defense agains Russian encroachment, but his actioi is regarded as futile. ? Ithenewsofaweek I I IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ? New Industries Reported. The Chattanooga Tradesman reports the following new industries for South Carolina for the past week: ' Pickens, $18,000 oil mill; Winnsboro, electric light plant; Charleston, $15,000 tobacco company; Jonesville, $25/ t 000 oil mill; Timmonsville, oil mill. * <t Negro Ravisher Captured. George Sheldon, the negro who is charged with having assaulted Mrs. Julia Hill, near Spartanburg, a few > days ago, has been captured and is } now in the county jail. The negro de. clares he is innocent, but the woman is positive that he is the person who 1 assaulted tier. * * i Wham Case Goes Over. "The report that John Wham, charged with killing L. F. Ramage, will be tried at the present term of court at f Laurens, is a mistake, as this term is i, for the trial of cases on civil docKets I exclusively. There will be a criminal term in a few weeks, at which the ' trial will be had, unless a continuance is granted, * * 3 AM of 'Relief Fund Distributed. At a meeting of the central relief I committee, in Spartanburg a few days ago, which was appoi-'ed 'to take charge of the funds subscribed for the flood sufferers in the Pacolet valley, . it was found that all but $3,000 of the total fund of $25,000 had been distrib ' uted, the bulk going to the operatives j of the Clifton and Pacolet mills. At the meeting it was decided to donate c $500 for the rebuilding of the Presbyterian church at Pacolet, which was 1 swept away/ 1 * Noted "Doc" Caldwell Dead. James M. Caldwell, who is said to j have known the geography of the* United States by heart and to have 'trav* -.-J X Si 1_ ? KQ. eieci most ui iu uy waguu auu mui, latere the days of railroads, died at the Central hotel in Florence a few days ' ?.go, where he had been clerk.for nearly a quarter of a century. "Doc," as he was familiarly known a o the traveling public, was the mast j popular hotel man in South Carolfua. da was born in Newbern, N. C., So ears ago and was,-indeed, a versatile genius. Jt J 1 ? 3 Carpenters Go on Strike. f A fey/ days ago the carpenters em2 ployed at Glendale, making repairs 1 of damages 'done by the flood, went on -- i strike. The cause of the discontent was not that of unionism, however, l* but the workmen demanded a work r lay to constitute ten hours instead of '* eleven as formerly. They also wanted l* pay for the eleven-hour day. The employers declined to recognize the demand, and forty men walk e ed away, thereby stopping temporarily 9 the work of rebuilding the damaged places. e * * a Toxaway Dam a Menace. * a Colonel James L. Orr, president of the Piedmont Manufacturing Company, returned to Greenville a few days lorn frnm Sarmhirr* ronntv where he -*Q\J ** ft w 9 made a careful inspection of the Toxn away dam and expressed the opinion that the structure is not safe. He said if the water should rise l~ above the surface of the ddm it would * be washed away in two hours. In his t- opinion expert engineers should be f sent to make a tnorough examination v of the dam. Grave apprehension exists in the >, strip of country which is at the mercy i of the waters from the mountains. & * Property Bought by Railroads, a The East Shore Terminal Compai ny's property was sold at Charleston f a few days ago under receivership i- proceedings by order of the United i States circuit court.' There was only 3 one bid, made by R. G. Erwin, presi; dent of the Atlantic Coast Line, and Fairfax Harrison, general counsel for ' the Southern, as joint interest. The railroad was sold for $50,000 f and the cotton compress for $20,000, ? these being the upset prices fixed by t the court. The property will be oper1 ated by the railroads jointly. It cov1 ers the water front on the east side of the city. * * Mob Avenging Murder of Hall. A Columbia dispatch says: As the ' result of the murder of Wiliam Hall, postmaster at Chinquepin, Aiken county, two negroes were killed by a j l crowd of whites. These men are still hunting for other negroes said 'to be in the conI spiracy to kill him. Dennie Head was called to his door i by two men who asked for a drink of I water. They siezed him and ^esse Butler. Later shots were heard in the 5 road and Head's body {was ;found. Butler was also kiled. > Two of Hall's brothers were in the J crowd. Local sentiment condemns the course of the lynchers. i * * Charleston Leads fn Imports. There has been a marked increase B in the imports through the custom house at Charleston during the fiscal a year ending June 30. Figures culled t- from the annual report of the colecd tor of customs indicate that Charlesg ton easily leads all south Atlantic ports in the value of imports. The 1. import duties during the fiscal year y last past amounted to $44,700,270. " The fees of Dr. Crum, collector of s customs, grow in proportion to this d increase in import duties, but since the treasury department has decided that he is not legally entitled to compensation, he has no reason to feel gratified. The colored collector has * been in office more than three months without remuneration. The exports s through the custom house have stead, ily decreased since 1900. This is ac j counted for by the rapidly dwindling I cotton shipments. 1 ? Brave Daughter of Sheriff. Sheriff Lewis Creech, of Barnes, is proud of his daughter, Mary, and unf der the circumstances he is justified. The young woman saved him from the disgrace of having one of his prisoners taken from jail and lynched?a white prisoner at that. Seaborn Moore had surrendered to the sheriff, reporting that he had in a quarrel with one Herbert Sanders, at a dance the night before, fatally shot him. Later Sheriff Creech went into tho % country and left his daughter in charge of his house. The jail is in the same' . v~| building and the girl had the keys. About 10 o'clock at night there was a noise in -the yard, and opening the '/;vf door, Miss Creech was met by a doz- Zj. en masked men, who demanded the keys to the Jail. Instead of producing the keys, Miss Mary presented a gun and the intruders lost no time in decamping. Farmers' Institute at Clemson. A farmers' institute will be held at .?h Clemson college August 10 to 14, 1903. All farmers who are interested *n farming operations of every kind and . nature are cordially invited to be pres- 'im ent upon that occasion. The railroads V<l| have offered reduced rates. Clemson ? agricultural college is situated one ' mile from Caihoun station on the Southern railway and two miles from Cherry's station on the Blue Ridge railway. Lodging will be given to all farmer and their wives free of charge in the barracks of the college. Board will ; at the rate of 50 cents a day; single. meals,' 25 cents. All persons who avail themselves of this free lodging must bring sheets, pillow cases and towels. The exercises will begin at 8 p. ml Monday, August 10th, and there will ^ be daily exercises thereafter from 10 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.; 2 p. m. to *:S0 p. m.; 8 p. m. to 10 p. m. Besides lectures by members of the _ faculty of the college a number of dis- ^ tinguished speakers have accepted-1nvitations to lecture before the in6tl-. An hour each day an expert will dis-v cuss the subject of domestie science for the benefit of the ladies who njay , "^i attend the farmers' institute.. Ample opportunities will he afforded every one to visit and inspect'all .... ./? parts of the college experiment sta-' MOB WORK IN WYOMING, M Jail at Basin Attacked and Three Men -fw Meet Death?Bitter Range Feud May Lead to Bloodshed. Jim Gorman, who killed his brother about a year ago and ran off with r SSI his brother's wife, and a man named .d Walters, who killed a widow named Hoover, at the Hot Springs, years ago because she refused to marry him, ^ were lynched at Basin, Wyo., early /tJS Sunday morning. C. E. Pierce, a deputy sheriff, was killed during the attack on the jail. Saturday night a mob of about fifty ~-f|| unmasked men rode up the east bank of the Big Horn and compelled the^ Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern dier. They made no demonstration un til they entered Basin, when five shot* > were fired as a warning. The mob proceeded at once to the county jail and fired a volley into the Jg|j ! iaiL DemitV Pierce and Sneeial Den> \tfs&m uty Meade were guarding the prison- J|Bj ers At <the time. One bullet, grazed Meade's shoulder and entered Pierce's : heart Members of the mob then quick: 1 ly procured ffro telephone poles and. bat'tered down the jail doors. They Ip first came to Walters, who was . ^ crouched in his cell, piteoirsly begging for mercy. No needless torture wa3 ; resorted to. Walters was shot In- ' ' The mob found Gorman next,' whose body was pierced by fire bullets and ' was left presumably dead. He lingered, however, until nearly noon. Trouble Near Thermomopla. A still more alarming state of affairs is reported from the vicinity ojt . ; Thermopolis. About six weeks ago, as a result of the range feud tha<t has been so bitterly waged, a sheepman, Ben Minnick, was killed by cattlemen. The sheriff, it is asserted, has cap- v?|| tured the murderers, who are all prominent cattlemen and whose names - ?jn| have been withheld, owing to threats made against him. Sheriff Fenton is - ^ unable to get his prisoners to Basin. ^ It is said the same mob that lynched - ^ Gorman and Walters are sympathise ers and have declared that Sherlfl . Fen ton will never get out of the local ^ ity alive with his prisoners. Sherlfl ,Vv| Fenton has wired the governor of Wy oming for permission to use the m.'litia at fcander, and has also sent telephone message to Basin, and other ^ towns asking for volunteers to assist %&jk him in upholding the law. | Everywhere hardy westerners re sponded to the call, arming themselves and hastening toward Thermopolis. It is probable that the militia will be ordered to the scene and a bloody? battle may be fought. The country about Thermopolis is a wild and law-* "lv less one. WARRANT OUT FOR BEAVERS. Former Official in New York Poat- ^Xggl , office Cannot Be Found. t . ^ At the offices of Morgan & Seabury, V/;^| attorneys for George Beavers, former'ly chairman of the division of salaries and'allowances in the New York post- g Jf TL'OO ealrt iOltlirdaV that Mf. UiU^CT, It nw m Beavers was not a fugitive from jusA bench warrant has been issued :: for Bearers accusing him of accepting bribes while in government service. FANCY SUM FOR FIRST BALE. Cotton Sold on Galveston Exchange for 28.93 Cents Per Pound. A dispatch from Galveston, Texas, says: The first bale of the season of 1903-04 cotton raised in this country was sold at auction at the cotton erchange Saturday morning. It weighed ? 470 pounds and was sola in bulk for 28.93 cents per pound. - :