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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. JULY 30, 1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ffgj
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LAST OF POPE LEO
Remains of Pontiff are Laid
to Rest in St. Peters.
WORLD BIDS FAREWELL
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Last Funeral Rites Took Place Sat*
;j,s
urday Night With Imposing Cere*
monies?Body Enclosed and
Sealed in Sarcophagus.
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On the stroke of midday, as the Saturday
noon gun from the ca3tle of St.
Angelo was fired, in Rome, lying in
state of the body of Pope Leo XIII
came quietly to an end and those few
who still lingered at the gates of the
chjipef of St. Peter's, were ordered to
leave, and some two or three hundred
pergoxw, including Cardinal Gossens,
who arrived at Mechlin just in time,
passed slowly out of St. Peter's into
the sunlit piazza, and the world's last
fowATi-iall tr\ the T\r\n n<T TCaja OYPr
?? Vil tv buv ..
yea minutes later Italian infantry
and gendarmes poured out of the Basilica
and lined up on the step3 in imposing
array. Tne outer gates were
than closed and the body of the late
po?e was left to the tender care of
ihciee who had watched oy Leo XIII
inhis lifetime.
The preparations for Saturday evenings
interment werti immediately
commenced. While, the bells of the
Basilica Tang out their daily melodious
noon chorus, the troops formed
in column and were marched to the
barracks. Their historic incursion
into Vatican territory ended without
the slightest friction.
It is estimated mat ?9,000 people .
passed the catafalque since Thursday
morning. The last funeral mas3 in
St. Peter's was celebrated Saturday
morning *in the chapel choir by Mgr.
Panicy, canon cf the Vatican Basilica.
At the same time funeral misses
were -celebrated in most cf the
churches of Rome.
The most imposing ceremony of the
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day .was me recepuon Dy me saci^u
college In the hall of the consistory
of the whole diplomatic body accredited
to the Vatican. All the diplomats
? wore gorgeous uniforms and the cardinals
had on their magnificent violet
robes and were seated in huge arm
chairs, according to the right of precedence.
The Portuguese ambassador,
M. Martins d'Antas, clean of the
diplomatic corps, was at the head of
thfe body. He advanced and delivered
art address in French, expressing the
. sorrow of ail the- powers at the death
of. Pope Leo, who had acquired the
universal esteem of the world.
Saturday night the mortal remairs
oft the pope were consigned to the
sarcophagus witn the most solemn
ceremonies.
: s Several thousand of the faithful j
crowded S. Peter Sunday to pay tribute
before the Sarcophagus.
|fc.t the sixth meeting of the congregation
of cardinals, held Sunday, fortySfive
cardinals were present. Cardinal
Dellavolpe, voicing also the
opinion of his colleagues, criticised
thiife ceremonies In connection with the
interment of Leo XIII Saturday night
because the cardinals did not participate
In the entire procession and compljgnod
generally of the lack of ordefe
Cardinal Oreglia replied that he
htfj) already noticed this and that he
w<jild ptmfsh those who were responsible.
She^ wfl! of the late pope was read
afjjfcr the meeting of the congregation
oflfcardinals. Only that portion which
deals with the material matter of the
personal papal estate was made public,
The religious testament was not
aiaeiosea.
FOUR KILLED IN COLLISION.
Tqiins on Chicago Great Western
?Crash With Frightful Results.
X special from St. Paul, Minn.,
says: Two trains met in a head-on
cdBision on the Chicago Great Westera
railroad early Sunday and four
men were killed and about tweniy--five-or
thirty passengers were injured.
The two trains were the Twin City
limited and a fast freight, and the
coflision was due to the latter's crow
misreading orders.
ARIZONA SWEPT BY TORNADO.
Many Towns Hard Hit, But Extent of
Damage Yet Unknown.
A terrific tornado visited Tombstone
add Fairbank, Arizona, Wednesday
niiht, and although reports are meager,
it is thought that many other
places were caught in the path of the
st|?rm.
"Wires are all down and the first re
ports of the slorm only reached TucmhTircrtnv
niarhf When the storm
subsided Fairbank was under six feet
o?\water. The inhabitants fled to the
hifis. In the valley below and above
Fairbank several rancb houses were
demolished.
RAN AMUCK WITH GUN.
Kent Shot His Enamorita, Her Husband
and Himself.
At Bucyrus. Ohio, Thursday night,
Charles Kent shot and killed Mrs. Lou
Renzell, shot and wounded John Sawyer,
and then killed himself. Th6
shooting took place at the Renzell saloon.
Kent is the bartender, and
some time ago eloped with Mrs. Renzell
to California. Recently they returned.
SPEED TEST OF KEARSARGE.
Premier Battleship Made Run Across
Ocean in Nine Days.
The United States battleship Kearsarge
arrived at Bar Harbor at 5:42
p. m. Sunday. All day the shore had
been thronged with people anxiously
watching for the famous ship.
The distance of 2,400 miles was covered
in nine days, four hours and fifteen
minutes, an average speed of
13.16 miles an hour."
TWO MORE FIRMS FA L.
i
New York and Boston Men Go to Wall.
Market Showed Improvement,
Notwithstanding.
A New York special says: In spite
of, or probably because of. two addij
tional failures on the stock exchange
?E. S. Hooley & Co. and William Bassett,
of Boston?Monday's stock market
showed very general improvement
and the situation as a whole was viewed
with more cheerfulness.
The Hooley failure was regarded as
an inevitable sequel to that of W. L.
Stowe & Co., which came last Friday.
The failure of Mr. Bassett was whohy
nnimportaant?one of the day's incidents.
The market displayed a hesitating
tone at the outset, many of the railroad
stocks showing fractional declines.
Slight improvement soon followed,
but prices fell off from 1 to 3
points in the active list, with even
greater declines in the specialties as
air fuitnrp ramfi out
bWIl CkZ* 111C XXVVXVJ V
Evansville and Terre Haute, a Hooley
specialty, declined 9 1-2 points, and the
entire list reflected considerable confusion.
By the end of the first hour the situation
seemed well in hand and the
prices advanced in a few instances,
where pressure continued to be directed
upon certain stocks.
Further improvement was shown by
the market in the late session, even
Evansville and Terre Haute recovered
all but a point of its early loss, Des
Moines and Fort Dodge and the Hooley
stocks gaining 4 points.
The assignee of Hooley & Co. would
make no statement for publication,
and it was impossible to learn the extent
of the obligations. In conservative
circles the firm's liabilities arc
placed at about $3,000,000.
Hooley and W. L. Stowe were the
dominant figures in Des Moines and
Fort Dodge, leased to the Rock Island
road in 1887 for eighteen years. .
Keen Interest in London.
According to dispatches from London.
the keenest interest is manifested
on the stock exchange in the financial
situation in New York, the effect oi
which was shown Monday in the *'ecline
of Americans of 1 1-2 to 2 points
below Saturday's closing prices. The
American bank statement was regard
ed as disappointing; the fact that
there watf no reduction in loans in
1 spite of the heavy liquidation caused
uneasiness. Operators on the stock ex
change W9re nervous, awaiting news
of the development in Wall street.
BAIL GIVEN MRS. TANNER.
Young Woman, Under Murder Charge
Has Attack of Typhoid Fever.
At Gainesville, Ga., Monday morn
ing, the case of the state vs. Mrs. Onie
Tanner, charged with poisoning hei
husband on May 23, was called ir
Hall superior court by Judge Kimsey
The state announced ready, but tn?
defense swore two physicians, who tes
i titled that Mrs. Tanner was suffering
from an attack of typhoid fever in the
Hall county jail, and was'unable to attend
trial.
After hearing from the attorneys iu
the case. Judge Kimsey passed an or
der allowing her bail on the grounds
of the sworn statement of her physi
cian, fixing same at $5,000. He alsc
ordered a special term of Hall superioi
court to be held on September 22, stat
ing that the case against Mrs. T^nnei
would be called on the 23rd of thai
months there being some other crimi
nal cases also to be heard at that time
After passing the order, Mrs. Tan
ner .soon made the necessary bail, the
bond being signed by several promi
nent citizens. Mrs. Tanner will b(
moved to her father's home, neai
Mauldin Mills, as soon as she is abb
to make the trip.
CAR FOUNDRY TO RESUME.
Operations of Embarrassed Company
to be Managed by Receivers.
It is announced in Chattanooga thai
the Southern Car and Foundry Com
pany is to soon resumo operations anc
is to be managed by the receivers.
The creditors have asked the courts
1 to grant an order authorizing the re
| sumption of work at tne plants at Bir
! mingham, Anniston and Gadsden, ii
j Alabama, and Memphis and Lenoii
| in Tennessee.
! KING THANKS GOV. AYCOCK.
j Sends Appreciatory Message for Kind
ness Shown Portuguese.
Governor Aycock, of North Care
! lina, has received a letter expressinj
j the thanks of the king of Portugal fo
| the kind treatment accorded by th<
! people of the eastern part of the s-Uiti
to the Portuguese who were on tai
wrecked bark Vera Cruz VII, whicl
went aground in Ocracoke inlet 'as
May, and which was so crowded wit]
'immigrants.
Some of these Portuguese are no?
-a ?- xr 1 *.rx
! at worK near iwnuviu uu iauii&, ^
! forts were made 10 induce all of then
j to locate in .North Carolira.
EWEN HAD BAD DREAM.
Created Stir in Camp at Jackson b;
Yelling in His Sleep.
Captain B. J. Ewen caused quite
stir in camp at Jackson, Kv., Wednes
day night by yelling in his sleep, an
when aroused told the soldiers he wa
dreaming that he was being filled.
The grand jury, rli'ter indicting
Gardner Plummer for perjury and E*
| war** Tharp and Joseph Crawford fo
j burning Ewen's hotel is continuing
NO SUPERVISION WANTED.
| Cubans Would Object to Unite
Stites Overseeing Their Finances.
i A special from Havana says: 1
j reference to the statement cable
! from the United States to the effe-.
j that the government at Washingto
j under authority of the Piatt amem
i ment, would exercise supervision <
| the Cuban loan, President Palma ii
i formed the Associated Press represej
rative that any snch supervision woul
be considered odious by the people <
Cuba.
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fTHENEWSOFAWEEK I
f ^ i ^ IN SOUTH CAROLINA.!
Now Industries Established.
The Chattanooga Tradesman reports
the following new industries for South
Carolina during the past week:
Charleston, $500,000 lumber and naval
stores company; Sampit, telephone
company; Elloree, $10,000 brick works.
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Oconee Has Empty Jail.
Oconee county now enjoys the distinction
of having a wide open jail.
Several days ago the sheriff of that
county carried to the penitentiary in
Columbia the last two prisoners and
the jail doors now stand wide open.
* *
Fire at Heath Springs.
The town of Heath Springs, Lancaster
county, was visited by a disastrous
fire a few days ago, which resulted in
a loss of nearly $20,000. The princiI
pal business houses and the depot
platforms of the Soutnern railway
were destroyed.
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Woman Killed In Runaway.
As the result of a runaway which
occurred near Greenville, on the Cedar
t Lane road, Mr. and Mrs. Henry' M.
, Shumate were thrown from their bug
gy, and Mrs. Shumate was Instantly
killed. Mr. Shumate sustained only
slight injuries about the faace and oa
i the hands. Mr. Shumate Is a merchant
and one of Greenville's wealthiest citizens.
Want State on Cash Basis,
At the last meeting of the state leg,
islature a commission was appointed
to consider the best means for putting
the state on a cash basis. It is expect>
cd that this commission will make a
report within the next few days, and
i the same is awaited with interest,
i The body was instructed to examine
into the available sources of revenue
and what changes should be made in
the present laws to provide for the assessment
aand collection of taxe3 unI
der the new conditions.
I * *
State Troops at Camp "Smythe."
The Second regiment of South
i Carolina troops. Colonel D. 0. Herbert
; commanding, arrived at Charleston
last Monday morning and went into
camp at the Isle of Palms, As soon as
i regimental headquarters had been us[
tablished, Colonel Herbert issued his
first general order, in which he ani
nounced: "As complimentary, to the
- good old city of Charleston and her
distinguished chief executive, this
camp shall be officially known as
'Camp J. Adger Smythe.' "
t The troops will be reviewed by Governor
D. Clinch Heyward and staff.
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i Stock Issue Approved.
At a called meeting of the stockholdi
ers of the Clifton Manufacturing Company,
held in the company's office at
> Spartanburg a few days ago, .the re*o
lution of the board of directors was
; adopted providing for the issuing of
? $750,000 of preferred stock.
This stock, as "provided for in the
amended resolution, will not be issued
i immediately, but will be issued in
. blocks from time to time at the discrei
tion of the directors.
The capital stock of the company,
> as a result of the resolution, is $1,750,r
^ ^0. *
Tho meeting of stockholders was an
enthusiastic one, and the stockholders
t one and all insisted on taking none but
. thft most optimistic views of the situa
. tion.
The Cliftop company has already
i starred the work of repairing the dam.
aged mills, Nos. 1 and 2. The out-of;
town stockholders who attended the
meeting were F. J. Pelzer, of Charle3>
ton, and Captain A. H. Foster, of Union.
After discussing and passing the
above resolution, the stockholders adjourned.
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r Swamp Lands Reclaimed.
According to a Charleston news
t item, hundreds of acres of swamp and
- marsh lands in Charleston county are
I being reclaimed by a system erf drainage.
The work is to be done by coun5
ty convicts under the supervision of a
. drainage commission elected by the
- voters of the county. The work of
J?1-1 ..nnlnlmaH lorirla W9C tip
1 urttimug mc uii^iaiui^u jiuuuu m mw ?^
r gun about a year ago and the work
has been wonderfully successful.
The section of Charleston cbunty,
along the Southern railway, between
the northern boundary of the city and
Summerville, was formerly a low
1 waste of marsh and swamp lands, bu<
since the drainage work was underta1
ken many tracts have been reclaimed
' and are destined to become the most
1 valuable and fertile in the state. The
[ result has been sa satisfactory thai
[ the work will be pushed from year 1c
1 year, for Charleston's greatest hopes
E are to be based on her surrounding
1 county if it be drained and turned intc
! fertile farm lands.
Two years ago the territory between
5 the city and Ten Mile hill was a vasl
waste of swamp lands, covered witt
! dense underbrush and forests, and
filled with stagnant pools which 'wen
breeding places for mosquitoes, creep
ing reptiles and malaria. Today, how
ever, the entire country represents i
y different appearance altogether, foi
long ditches have been cut. througt
low lying territory, leading into th(
^ Cooper river, making a complete sys
tern of drainage. Now the lands an
accounted very valuable. Farm settle
ments have sprung up where a yeai
j ago was a long stretch of absolutely
worthless land.
The reclaiming of these lands ha:
attracted the attention of settlers fron
the west and north, who have eithei
leased or purchased tracts, and ar<
now engaged either in conducting
d tnir-ir farms rmameries or henneries
They have found the business ?rofit.a
n ble and Charleston merchants an
^ reaping the benefits.
A * *
n Ladies Interested in Burglar Wood.
** The following appeared in a reccn
" issue of The Atlanta Constitution:
a" When the story of L. E. Wood's trij
n* to Atlanta to see his burglar son wa:
read sympathy for the distressed fach
er caused several ladies to take an '
b
terest in the case and they will assist |
Wood in his efforts to get his son out j
of trouble and take him back to his {
! home in South Carolina. The ladies j
called at the Tower yesterday morning
and were present when father and son
met.
The jailer states that when Wood
saw his son, wounded and ill and lying
across at cot in the Tower hospital, j
and knew that he had been shot down j
as a criminal and was held as a felon,
he broke down and wept liae a child, j
"My son, my poor boy," he cried |
out, "was it for this that I held you in
my arms when you were a babe and
looked after you all these years?" I
The prisoner turned his face away }
from his grief-stricken parent, and his
eyes, too, were filled with tears.
The ladies who went to the Tower
and promised Wood to do what they
could to help him keep his son from
becoming a convict.
The charges against Cleveland
Wood is of the most serious nature.
He, with a professional crook named
Charles Schmidt, broke into Dr.
Green's drug store at No. 803 Marietta
street last Wednesday morning, and
the doctor fired upon them, wounding
Wood severely. Schmidt is about twenty-eight
years of age and is, to all appearances,
a hardened criminal.
Young Wood, on the other hand, is
scarcely more than a boy. He ran
away from his home last fall and his
father did not know where he was until
he read an account of the burglary
and arrest in The Constitution.
The preliminary trial of Wood and
Schmidt will take place as soon as the
former is able to leave the Tower hospital.
CASSIUS CLAY NO MORE.
Famous and Most Eccentric Kentuck*
Ian/ Passes Away in His Barricaded
Home at Aqe of 93.
A special from Lexington, Ky., says:
General Cassius Mnrcellus Clay, ambassador
to Russia under President
Lincoln, noted abolitionist and author,
died at his home, Whitehall, in Madison
county, Wednesday night. Death
was due to general exhaustion.
General Clay was born October li,
1810, in Madison county. He led a
stirring life, which began to tell on
him in late years. He believed a con'
spiracy to assassinate him had been
formed and some years ago fortified
his home, Whitehall, and entered a
life of seclusion that ended only a
few weeks ago, when the courts appointed
a committee to take charge of
him and his effects.
His children were all at his bedside.
Some of them have not been in their
father's house or seen him in years
because of his peculiar hallucination
- that they were in a vendetta sworn
to kill him.
Clay was one of the most picturesque
figures in American politics in
the sixties. His home at Whitehall
has been constantly guarded by armed
men. A loaded cannon was placed in
his hallway and bis room was a veritable
arsenal, gathered for the purpose
of repelling an attack of an ima
gmarjr vcuuuua, y
General Clay fought several duels
when he was in active politics and his
abolition sentiments drew him into
several boody fights in Kentucky.
Several years ago Clay created a
great sensation by marrying a 16-yearold
country girl. The girl was very
ignorant, but Clay said he would educate
her. Life with the venerable general,
however, palled on Dora and she
fell in love with a young fellow
named Brock. When Clay was inlowed
of that fact, he allowed Dora
to get a divorce and fixed a sum of
money on her when she married
Brock. Some time ago Brock was
killed in a railroad accident and since
1 then Clay had been importuning Dora
to return.
WILLIE STICKS TO PANTS.
Young Womaro, Masquerading as a
Man, Gets Good Flogging.
Details come from Booneville, Miss.,
of the manner in which the sex was
revealed of Miss Willie Ray, a young
1 woman who masqueraded in that community
for eight years as a man without
being suspected even by the most
' intimate neighbors, and a very breezy
little sensation is attached tc the
story.
A young farmer named Gatlin was
1 arrested and placed on trial for com1
mitting an assault and battery on Wll^
' lie Ray, and in defense he claimed
: that the whipping was administered
- because Ray was toe intimate with his
! wife. The supposed Lotharia, with
: blackened eyes and skinned head, was
> then placed on the stand and created
; a profound surprise by declaring that
> ! she was a woman and not a man, as
s j had been believed in the community
; for eight years or more. Gatlin was
> bound over to the circuit court under
a bond of $250, which he was unable
i to give, and was sent to jail.
: Willie Ray still walks about the
i streets of Booneville wearing her troe1
sers. The authorities attempted to
J force her to don female attire, but
upon investigation found that there is
" no state law forbidding a woman from
1 masquerading in male attire, or vice
versa, and Willie will stick to her
1 pants, despite the fact that they caus}
ed her to get a good flogging.
* RAILROAD ORDERED SOLD.
r End of Litigation Over the Gaines*
r vllle, Jefferson and Southern;
At Gainesville, Ga., Wednesday af=:
tpmnon. .Tuden Kimsey signed a de
1 j cree in the case of Julius M. Alexanr
der vs. Gainesville, Jefferson and
- Southern Railroad Company which
1 will likely end seven years of litiga
tion in the cause. The order is for
- the sale of the road on September
2 15th.
The decree further specifies thai
j out of the balance of proceeds of sale,
I after other claims have been met,
t there shall be paid for costs, attorney's
fees, "receiver's fees, counsel
3 fees $42,000.
One hundred and sixty-nine centex*
ariana died last year in Ireland.
! JAPS ARE RESTLESS
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! Conclusions With Russia May
Soon be Under Way,
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j PREPARING FOR CONFLICT
Russia is Also Alert, Ready and Defiant,
Which Fact Alarms Japan.
Note of Impending War
is Heard.
The London DaHy Mail's Toltio correspondent
sends rather an alarming
view of the situation in the east to his
paper. He says that Russia's retention
of Manchuria, the increase of her
fleet, the dispatch of reinforcements
to Manchuria, the southward movement
of the occupying army in Manchuria
and the defiant conduct of the
Korean frontier alarmed the Japanese,
many of "whom are convinced
that it would be better to fight now
than risk the eventual loss of Korea
and the relegation of Japan to a secondary
place.
He says that the Japanese are accumulating
stores and negotiating for
the purchase of ships; that a squadron
is off Vladivostock, to which port
Russian vessels have been sent as a
precaution and that both fleets are
ready for action at any moment. He
says that a perusal of the Siberian
press reveals the aggressive spirit of
the Russian military party; that the
Russians believe they will lose prestige
if they give way now, with the result
that iheir far eastern empire will
be lost and Japanese influence will
become predominant.
The appointment of Marquis lto as
president of the privy council, the correspondent
says, is favorable to peace,
but that Russia must retreat or there
will be very grave danger of war. He
says the Japanese believe that France
and England will join in the expected
conflict, which diplomatists at Tokio
thin kmight, if once begun, continue
for years, involving disastrous results
to Japanese finance, and the creation
of a sort of Balkan difficulty In Korea.
He adds that confidence Is shown in
the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
The. London Standard's Tien tsin
correspondent says that since the 15th
of this month thero nas been an increase
in the concentration of Russian
forces at Port Arthur and elsewhere,
many who were ostensibly emigrants
being in reality soldiers. He
adds .that there is not the slightest
evidenee that Russia intends to withdraw
or moderate her policy.
The London Trues' Tokio uisl?at#h,
published Thursday .morning.,
says that M. Pavloff, the Russian minister
to Korea, insists that the timber
felling concession in the Yalu valley
comprise the right to construct railwaqs
and telegraphs, and that he.
therefore, demands compensation for
the removal of telegraph poles by the
Koreans, and if payment is refused,
that he will deduct the amount from
the royalty payable to the Korean
government by the lumber company.
He instructed the company again to
erect Doles and Korea ordered their
removal if re-erected. The correspondent
says that Russia's arbitrary
proceedings are exciting indignation
In Japan.
YOUNG FARMER KILLS WIFE.
Whipped Her and Afterwards Used
Gun With Fatal Effect.
Robert Smith, a young farmer near
Whitesburg, in Carroll county, Ga...
shot and killed his young wife Thursday
afternoon at his home, four bullets
taking effect.
Smith is said to have whipped his
wife and waylaid and shot her while
returning from her father's home.
The cause of the tragedy fs not stated.
EWEN OFF FOR CYNTHIANA.
ku Cnlrli?re_ f.antain Goes to
uuoiuvu u; vv*?*wy w?.r
Testify in-Jett-White Case. *
Captain Ewen left Jackson, Ky.,
Thursday morning for Lexington. He
will go from there to Cynthia to testify
against Jett and White. He was
escorted to the depot by a detail of
soldiers under Captain Maddox, where
his family bade him goodby.
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CONVICT BILL DEFEATED.
Georgia Representatives Turn Oov/n
Measure by Narrow Margin-.
By the narrow margin of 11 votes,
the Felder convict bill, as amended by
the Hardman, Holder, Shackelford
substitute, was defeated in the Georgia
house of representatives Wednesday
morning. The ballot was 83 to 77,
88 votes being necessary to enact by a
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after the announcement of the result,
Mr. Felder gave notice that at the
proper time he would move for a reconsideration.
TURK IS SHORT OF FUNDS.
Treasury of Ottoman Empire is at
Present Completely Empty.
According to advices from Constantinople,
the emptiness of the Turkish
treasury is shown by the fact that the
finance minister has for several weeks
been unsuccessfully endeavoring 'o
pay a month's salary to the stale officials,
who have only received ond
month's pay since March.
..DENMARK RETAINS ISLANDS...
Treaty for 8ale of Danish West Indies
Expires Without Action.
The treaty providing for the acqui-1
sition by the United States of the!
] Danish West Indies officially expired
last Saturday. If Denmark should
conclude to sell the islands to the
United States, it will be possible to
revise the provisions of the treaty
which has just failed. The American
government, of course, could not sanction
the sale of the islands by Den-,
mark to any other government.
CRUSH IN ST. PETERS. [
Horrible Impression Made on the:
Thousands Viewing Remains of < r
Pope?Pontiff's V/ill Opened. "
From sunrise until sunset Thursday
thousands passed before the body
of Leo XIII lying in state in the basil-' iy
ica of St. Peters in Rome. V
The impressive ceremonies of Wednesday
were viewed by only a favored
few of the nobility, aristocrats and N
the highest clergy, but Thursday the
doors were opened to the entire public.
Many remained on the piaza all
through the hot night to gain early
admission to view the pontiff's remains.
Elaborate preparations had been 1 e(
made to guard against accident from |
the crush. The streets were cleared j
of vehicles, leaving them free for foot | ^
passengers, while six ambulance sta- i o
tons had been erected, ncludng one | u
at the entrance to the piaza and an J
other beside the door of St. Peters, j
The prevailing impression of those | r
who passed before the iron gates of j s
the Chapel cf the Sacrament to view d
the remains was one of intense pity,
combined with a certain sense of hor- .
ror. The body was tilted up on the '
catafalque in order that all might see 13
the terribly shrunken face. An ordinary
skull in a frame of gold, lying
in a mass of red roses, could scarcely t
have been more typical of death. c
Except at sunrise, when the crush ?
threatened a panic, all those who c
wished it had an opportunity of enter- i
ing St. Peters. During the day many v
of those who passed in stopped be- t
fore the catafalque to say a hurried g
prayer. Hundreds of the women and e
even some of the men carried ehil- E
dren in their arms. a
An imnnrfant nolitical factor Was c
Introduced into the ceremony by the
entrance into St. Peters of Italian ssjI- e
diers, who remained there throughout
the day to preserve order. a
The will of the dead pope was open- c
at Thursdays meeting of the congre- t
gation of czrdinals. It consists of s
'hirty-six pages, in the handwriting of
Leo XIII, and leaves all the property r
of which he died possessed to his \
successor for the use of the church. c
To each member of his family he t
leaves a present to be "chosen from
the valuable objects in his apartment. <
Similar presents are bequeathed to his j
physicians. The total amount of the t
property which he left is not yet
known. (
DARING BURGLARS CAPTURED.
Atlanta Druggist Shcots Midnight Ma- c
rauders Through Door Panel. f
Two daring white burglars, each i
bearing a bullet, were lodged in the i
Tower in Atlanta, Ga., early Thurs- i
day morning, and the final act to one t
of the most daring burglaries ever <
known in the city was enacted. The ]
men arrested were Cleveland Wood, t
aged 18, of, Edgefield, 8. u., ana
Charles Smith, aged 28, from Boston.
Both o? the men were shot at 3
o'clock a. m., oy Dr. C. M. Green, of
808 Marietta street. The shots were
fired through a thick wooden door.
Wood was shot in the thigh and Smith J
in the hand. They effected their es-: l
cape at that time, however, but were <
captured a short time later by officers, l
This was the second burglary in j
which they had participated during ,
the night. Both of the men are des- t
perate eharacters, and were armed
and ready for trouble. j
When Wood was shot down, Smith, \
who could hate left him and escape, <
stood by his wounded pal and took ]
capture rather than desert a comrade j
in crime. <
"MOTHER" JONES IN GOTHAM. <
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Sensational Cranks Hold Meeting and
Parade in Streets of New York. '
The "Army of Mother Jones," consisting
of thirty-seven men, women i
and children, arrived in iNew iur*
Thursday afternoon, and were met i
by a delegation of the Social Demo!
cratic Club.
Mayor Low granted a permit to
hold an evening meeting, and later a
permit to parade was also granted.
With drums beating and transparencies
setting forth their demands, the
: "army" walked to Madison avenue,
where, the . meeting took, place. Two
(liundred . persons, exclusive of the
large police escort, were in line.
FIRST CONVICTION IN PEONAGE.
Montgomery Jury Returns Verdict of
Guilty and $1,000 Fine is Paid.
i At Montgomery, Ala., Saturday
morning, the jury in the case of the
TTnit^H Sfnt-As acainst. R. N. Franklin,
charged with causing Pat Hill, a negro,
to be held in a condition of peonS
age, brought in a verdict of guilty.
This is said to be the first case in
the history of the United States
i where a jury has brought in a verdict
of guilty in a peonage case.
Judge Tnomas G. Jones assessed
a fine of $1,000 against the defendant,
which was immediately paid.
iA/iee ftf AVER NOW A PRISONER.
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Robert Smith Makes Unsuccessful Attempt
to Escape Down River.
Robert Smith, who killed his wife
la the eastern part of Carroll .county,
Ga., Thursday, was arrested at 11
o'clock Friday morning at Franklin,
In Heard county.
He had gone down the river 25
miles from the .scene of his crime
In a boat. He was almost naked, having
on only a shirt.
FEUDISTS ARMED FOR FRAY.
Situation In Jackson, Kentucky, Becomes
More Threatening.
The feud situation in Jackson, Ky.;
is becoming dangerous. The antiCockrili
people are active and an open
clash is hourly expected.
It is now charged that the pending
investigation of the grand jury nas
been so interrup/ed by intimidating
some witesses and preventing the appearace
of others that it is deemed
useless to continue the investigation ,
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IUGKSHOT FUKMUB
1
fiotous Scenes Enacted by
Lynchers in Danville, III.
VOMEN AMONG LEADERS J
0 (
lob After One Man Wreaks Venge- ]
ance Upon Another?Timely Arrival
of Troops Stops Carnival
of Bloodshed. 1
Two killed and twenty-two wound- I
d, the police station wrecked, the 1
Dunty jail with a few of its windows ]
iit unshattered, the city in the hands
f the state troops and a feeling of j
neasiness and dread prevailing ev- 1
rywhere, is the situation left by a 1
ace riot Saturday night and early
lunday morning. The revised list of !
ead and injured is as follows: i
The dead: John D. Metcalf, negro,
inched and burned; Henry Gatter* 1
nan, killed by Metcalf.
Origin of Trouble*
Saturday night a mob started afer
James Wilson, a negro, who had
onfessed to a brutal assault on the
rife of a farmer at Alvin, just north
f Danville. The Mayfield negro met
tis fate while the mob was on the
ray to lynch Wilson. The angiy
hrong was passing down Bast Main
treet when Mayfield became invoivd
in an altercation with some of its
nembers. They started after him,
ad he pulled a gun, firing into the
rowd.
Henry Gatterman, a young butcht,
fell mortally wounded ahd expired
n a few seconds. The negro turned
md fled, but was caught by the officers
within a block of the scene of
v- i Vmrriorl to the DOliCO
LlC U SgCUjr auu ?-- tation,
with the mob in hot pursuit.
Temporarily diverted from their
nnrch to the county jail, the officers
vith their prisoner took refuge in the*
:ity building, barricading themselves
)ehind the door of one of the offices.
They could not check the mob, how>ver,
for it secured a long pole and
>roceeded to batter down a section of
he wall and the door, both of which '
vere very thin. On account of the
)verwhelming numbers of the mob it
vas useless for the officers to resist.
Mayfleld was hurriedly seized and
ushed to the spot tfhere he had shot
lown Gatterman. It was the work of
in instant to throw a rope around
lis neck and swing him up to ine
learest telephone pole. The mob did
lot delay long, but waited to see that
heir victim was dead. His life was
slowly strangled out, and he was left
langing, while the mob proceeded to
:he county jail.
Just as the mob was preparing to
storm the jail some one suggested
;hat they go back and cut dowii the
lead negro. The suggestion was lmmediately
acted upon. Rushing back
:o the scene of the lynching, 4he mobs
lut down the victim and carried thes
>ody on a run back to the public
square in front of the jail. Hay, store
3ozes and barrels were collected and
:he corpse was thrown upon the pile.
iV torch was applied and the flames
shot up.
When the mob had done everything
Its fury could suggest, it turned again
to the jail, in front of which was still
smouldering Jthe human bonfire. A
fence rail was procured as a battering
ram and the mob charged the jaile
door. Inside, guarding the prisoners,
were Sheriff R. D. Whitlock, several
deputies and a negro turnkey. The
sheriff shouted to the mob* to stand
back, or he and his men would fire.
The warning was unheeded, and as
the mob was almost upon the jail
door a volley rang out from inside.
Several of the mob fell wounded and
dying. /
This had the effect of dispersing
the mob, which was sullen and determined
to resume the attack later on.
In the meantime troops arrived upon
the scene and restored order.
In the mob were many women. Nearly
9nn mAn and women from Alvin,
where the assault on the farmer's
wife was committed, were active
leaders of the mdb.
Danville Is a city of 26,000 and has
a negro population of between 3,000
and 4,000. The delegation from Alvin,
ills., did not arrive until after Mayfield
had been lynched. He was
strung up by a mob composed almost
entirely of Danville people.
When the sheriff and nis deputies
fired into the mob their bullets were
aimed at the leaders, about 200 of
whom were in the jail yard with the
fence rail, preparing for the attack on
the door.
A woman mounted a large store
box in the middle of the public square
and shouted:
"Kill the sheriff. He has shotmore
than one white man on account
of a negro."
HEGIRA OF JEWS IMPENDING.
Kishinef Massacre Drives Many
Frightened Ones to United States.
The arrival of a flood of Hebrew immigrants
in the United States will be
one of the results of the Kishinef
massacres, according to a report that,
has just been received in Washington
by Commissioner General of Immigrants
Sargent from Marcus Braun,
confidential agent of the immigration
hnrftaii in Europe.
WIFE CHARGED WITH CRIME.
Poisoning of Farmer Tucker Results
in Two Sensational Arrests.
The poisoning of R. J. Tucker at
his home near Dubois, Ga., Tuesday
nighyt has created a great deal of excitement.
Sheriff J. C. Rogers, of Eastman,
was wired Thursday from Gresston to
come up at once. He returned later
with Mrs. Charley Tucker, wife of
the deceased, and Bob Cowthorn. Both
are now in /ail charged with the crime
and are awaiting commitment trial.
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Whitney and O'Brien, N^neteen-YearOld
Youths, Pay Penalty for Murder
of A. B. Chinn.
Charged with the murder of A. B. ' M
}hinn, an aged and respected citizen,
i confederate veteran and a prosper- y:
>us merchant, on October 11, 1902, ^
3arl Whitney, of Nashville, and
Claude O'Brien, of Memphis, both
tged 19, were hanged at Lexington, . j
?y., Friday morning.
The boys ate a hearty breakfast At yjjs
r: SO they were dressed for the scat- "- lil
'old, and at 7:57 the death march bejan.
The drop fell at 8:08.
Both declared that they were readJJ
:o go, and Whitney went to the scaffold
with a smile on his face. O'Brien
muttered a prayer as the deputy tied
tiis hands. Neither made a statement,
The crime was the worst, probably, .
In the history of Lexington, excepting
the murder of Eettie Shea by Tom,
O'Brien in 1889.
The boys, who were well on the
i'-- ~S fi\no<nnoll?s
road to me puim ui ymwaww? . as
burglars, had entered the residence r:||ISS
of Chinn, in quest of money.
Chinn's son, Asa, had just returnedy||a
about 2 o'clock, from a dance. It was agg
the morning of October 11, and he had . ;?<
not gone to sleep when he heard his - ;|3B
mother cry out, "Murder!"
Taking his revolver, he nur to che gjfi
door of the bed chamber of his p* ."y|j
rents. He saw the flash of a revolver ?|
and the burglars start for the door
when he approached. He began Bhootyy y
ing and soon found himself wounded jp
and laying on the floor in a pool of
blood. His uncle came down stairs
and found the father lying in the dpor 9
way of his bed room dead, and. the y
son lying midway^ the hall, uncony:j|
scious. The elder Chinn had been 9
shot through the chest and Asa had
several wounds.
The alarm was sounded, and It was
found that the burglars had escaped,
Asa was able to tell of the battle hey.
had with the men, but could give no ; ' ||
description of them. He said he' -I
thought he had wounded one of them,
but was not certain. The elder Chinn
had been shot as he sat on Jie side y
of his bed, pleading for his life and
telling them to search the house. |Jj
The widow was grief-stricken and ^ 5
could give no accurate description, ax- y
cepting to say that they wore masks, M
were of medium height and boyish- "A
looking. Taking these clews, the do- 'M
tectives began work on the case,
found both men and secured a confes- :
sion. The town was so iull of tramps ?|
that it was a difficult undertaking. ||
Twice friends of O'Brien attempted In
to secure his escape from the prison m
by surreptitiously sending him fine /
steel saws, but each time the plot was
frustrated.
Claude O'Brien hails from Memphky ^
where he had early education in* y
nHmo heloneed to the Oscar Lee-.^g||
gang that infested the town aifd kept^ ?$
the police nonplussed by their daring. . Jl
The gang was broken up and O'Brien
formed the acquaintance of Earl Whit- |?
ney in Nashville. They extended their ^10"
operations to Kentucky and many bur- m
glaries were traced to ihem and their ^ .
pals. In Nashville, where Whitney
was born, many etores were robbed | ||
and residences burglarized. Whitney's
parents died when he was quite young
and he had served a term in the
UNION LEADER8 HAD GRAFT. JJ
Forced Strikers and Employers to
Pay All Kinds of Boodle. +
A New York dispatch says: Conn- I
sel for Lawrence Mnrphy, the former
treasurer of the Stone Cutters' Union, ||
on trial charged with appropriating
the organization funds, continued his |g
line of defense Friday by dragging4!
from each witness admission as to y|
methods used by the journeymen
Stonecutters' Union in extorting money
from employers.
Donald Call, formerly president of |?
| the union, testified that the secret---**^!?
committee had demanded $50,000 from 0
the Brooklyn stone dealers to settle
the strike of 1902 and that $100,000
might have been demanded. As' *
compromise the committee agreed to
accept $10,000, which was paid.
Solemn Funeral Mass Celebrated.
A solemn funeral mass for the iepose
of the soul of Pope Leo was delebrated
in Some Friday
OLDE&T SOLDIER IN SERVICE. rJj
Captain Condon Passes Away at. Ags
of 74 In ChariestofK M
Sergeant James Condon, the oldest ?
soldier in the United States army in
active service, died suddenly at Hilt *!
residence in Charleston, S. C., Friday.
For the past eighteen years he has
been on duty at the South Carolina *:
Military academy as drummer. '*??9
Captain. Condon was a years um.
He was born in Quebec, Canada,, and
enlisted as a drummer boy when he
was 10 years old. He had long since t
passed the age for retirement, but refused
a pension, deeming himself abla
to perform active duty. "
TEACHERS FORBIDDEN MARRY. ^
Kansas School Boards Against Presl- I
dent's Anti-Race Suicide Policy.
A special from Topeka 3ays: The rt
members of the public school board*
of Kansas evidently do not indorse
President Roosevelt's anti-race suicide
policy, for a ukase hS^tfust been ^
issued prohibiting teachers in the
schools from indulging in the . very
pleasant pastime of courting or the -
more serious one of marrying.
, WHITES AND BLACK8 ARMING. 1
Race War Threatened at Blue Ridge,
Va., and Excitement Prevails.
Serious trouble is threatened between
the whites and blacks near Blue
J Ridge, Va. Several nights ago a txrf- 'Wgl
I nmd woman was whipped by a paarty '-0m
of white men for insulting a.lady during
the absence of her husband. Thla -->2?
angered the negroes to suclf an extent
that they have been arming themselves.
The whites are already armed
and considerable excitement exists.