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|_ The Bamberg Herald. | If" ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10.-1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. Jl ~ ' . s Jfl * ' " -.1 ~ ti,A trpqflp to be I CRANK WITH PISTOL | -e I Made Repeated Attempts to Cv See President Roosevelt, j WANTED TO MARRY ALICE' S& Episode Terminated in Arrest of Lunatic by Secr?t Service Men, His Trial and Commitment to ic- - Mineola Authorities. A man giving his name as Frank ~y Weilbrenner wa3 arrcsed at Sagamore "" J Hill, Oyster Bay, late Tuesday night whil? making a persistent demand to see President Roosevelt. The man > was armed with a revolver, fully loaded. He was taken to the village and placed in the town prison. Shortly after 10 o'clock Tuesday night Weilbrenner drove to Sagamore j Hill in a buggy. He was stopped by j the private detective on duty. Woil- | ^ . brenner said he had a personal engage- j ment with the president and desired to see him. As it was long after the hour when visitors are deceived, the officer declined to permit him to go I b;. to the house. The man insisted, but I the officer turned him away. Soon afterward Weilbrenner returned and again insisted that he be al? lowed to gee the president, if only for & minute."" This time he was order?d j f* u'" "away and warned not to return. , ' Just before 11 o'clock the man ro- j tfirned a third time and demanded of ' the officer that he should be permitted ! gft to s^e tke president at once. The ofil- j cerfti response was to take the man f i ;/* ' ? from his buggy and put him in the ; staples, where he was placed under the j gu^jfd of two stablemen. A revolver | wag found in the buggy. Weilbrenner is 5 feet 8 inches high, j 28 .^years of age, has a medium-sized darit moustache black eyes and evl- i 5?3r ' *" ?E~ deiitly is of German descent. He rep sld?3 in Syosset, about five miles in| lailfl from Oyster Bay. He was well j ifc was thought by the officers that P Weiibrenner was accompanied by two j othjpr men, as their footprints were sjfc, " fo?|d in the mud alongside of the buggy ^tracks. In view .of this fact the p}. ; officer on duty telephoned to the nl| lagp for assistance, and wds soon join- j ., edH>y two other secret service men. ijjfhile Weiibrenner talked rationally ! g|\ to ffirfe-''officefrs Tuesday night, it was 1 ?? 7 evident that he is demented. He said he/had received a telegraphic communication from the president directing to call at Sagamore Hill. At Syosset it is learned that the man A.-. is fthe son of a truck farmer, and is one of three brothers. He has two sixers. The family is respectable and . is held in general esteem. Weiibrenner was arraigned Wednes' day before Justice Franklin on com- j plaint of the secret service operatives whp placed him under arrest. Weil hr|nner's brother William was present atfthe examination. Justice Franklin questioned the prisoner about his gp mdvements Tuesday night. His replies j were made in a quiet tone of voice, j R' but they indicated apparently beyond a doubt that the man is crazy. Asked why he went to Sagamore Hill, he re|E plfed: *1 went to see the president about vf." his daughter Alice." V "Had you an engagement with the # president?" - "Yes." "How was the engagement made?" 3 "I talked with him last night," re|p? plied Weilbrenner. "How did you talk with him?" "Oh, I just talked." "A sort of wireless talk, was it?" r "Yes, that is it, a wireless taucT s?- ^ "Why did you want to see the pre3ident about Miss Alice?" "I wanted to marry her." "Did you ever see Miss Roosevelt?" *Yes, I saw her night before last." "Where did you see her?" "At my house." "Did she go over there?" "Yes, she came in a red automobile." "Who accompanied her?" THer brother, Theodore." . The examination was continued late ; - Wednesday afternoon. Dr. George S. Stewart and Dr. Irving S. Barnes conducted the examination. Weilbrenner was declared by them to be insane. Weilbrenner was taken to Mineola, L. T., on an evening train, and placed in.the custody of the county authorities. It appears that President Roosevelt was aware of the trouble the secret officers had with Weilbrennor. After the man had turned back tne second time despite his insistence that he had an engagement with the president, the-officer, to make assurance doubly sure, inquired of the president about the fellow. Mr. Roosevelt was in his library only a short distance from the spot where the officer had stopped Weilbrenner's horse. He told the officer he had no engagement with anybody. - PRAISE FOF: MARTIN LUTHER. % - Kaiser William Styles the Reformer "Greatest German of TfTelTi All. *"- In an address delivered at Meresburg, Prussia, Emperor William, of Germany, speaking of Wittenberg (Martin Luther burned the papal buildings in "Wittenburg and was buried in the church), said in that city the greatest German rendered the ** greatest act of liberation for the whole world, and the strokes of his awakening hammer sounded over the German land. m: WEST AFRICAN COTTON CROP. Great Development of Staple Necessltates Running of Extra Trains. Advices from Lagos. Brulsn West Africa, state that the development of the cotton trade in the interior is so great thai the railroads have been obliged to run extra trains in order to transport the staple to the coast. There is every prospect of a further Increase in cultivation. l&'- . * sg# GOMPERS SCORES PA.RRY7 Labor Leader Pays His Compliments to Head of Manufacturers' Asso. ciation> in Scathing Terms. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, in his labor day address to 15,000 persons Monday afternoon at the fair grounds in Indianapolis, spoke in part: "I ask every thoughtful man and woman within the sound of my voice, I ask any one who may perhaps have the opportunity of reading what I may say this afternoon, how can a workman. an individual workman, act upon his own initiative, and from his own volition? Where can he act as an individual to try and secure improvement in his condition, much less protection against a great corporation? "Some say the workingmen lose their, individuality when they Join a union of labor. In truth, the workingman has lost his individuality jus* as soon as he enters one of our great modern industrial plants. ? iV. "me oia iaea, even among iue uuainess men. that composition is the life of industry is no longer held as an economical tenet; it is no longer believed and declared by men who know the trend of events in the development of industry. They realize that competition is today the death of the trader. "A strike is nothing more "nor less than a disagreement between the employer and his workmen about continuing industry upon an old agreement. And stiikes- are diminishing in numbers in spite of what our' opponents say. We stand for arbitration and we pin our faith to it." President Gompers then turned his attention to D. M. Parry, president of the National Manufacturers' Association, and devoted the remainder of his address to Mr. Parry's opposition. He said Mr. Parry had constituted himself the savior of society and civilization. His references to Mr. Parry were from the standpoint of ridicude. Said he in closing: "A strike may bring about strife and discord, out as soon as u is uuuc, better feelings are engendered and mutual respect is brought about. I don't think I would care to have a strike in Dr. Parry's factory, but I don't believe it would be an unmixed evil, for he might learn the lesson that Mr. Baer has learned?that there is something to arbitrate, to discuss, 'to concede. From what I can learn the wages paid by Mr. Parry are less than any fair establishment in the same line of business in the wnole country. "Organized labor has feeling against Mr. Parry. It has no design? against his life, his children or the safety of his property. He is as safe from iabor as is President Roosevelt. "I have never yet challenged Mr. Parry to joint debate, but I & ay I will challenge him to a debate on the labor question and the labor movement. I challenge him to submit the report that he prepared for the last convention at New Orleans to the next convention of the Manufacturers' Association and ask the convention to indorse all he said in that report. He knows that the National Manufacturers' Association will not be committed to such unjustifiable and unreasonable attack on organized laour. CHINA AND RUSSIA HOBNOBBING. Secret Alliance Said to Have Been Formed by and Between Them. A special from Pekin states that the much moted secret convention between China and Russia has been executed, hut this is not officially conj firmed. The Pekin correspondent of a Tokio, Japan, newspaper, wires that concern! ing the opening of Manchuria, the United States minister, Mr. Conger, has made a strong argument, to which Prince Ching has replied in a note, i The prince's message says that if Chij na assents to the opening at this time Russda will make that action a pretext ' to continue the occupation of Manchuria after October 10. President Shaffer "Unearthed." Theodore A. Shaffer, president of the Amalgamated Association of Ilron , Worekrs*, who has been missing from his home in Pittsburg, surprised the labor unions of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Monday, by appearing at the Labor day celebration. | TO LAND OF THE FEUDISTS. Band of Salvation Army Workers go to Inculcate Better Morals. A deputation of Pittsburg, Pa., Salvationists will invade the feud district of Kentucky and undertake the work ; of reforming the feudists. The objective point will be Breathitt county. Tho nartr will hp madp nn mifsidp of -* V"* ? -* ! a few of the officers in the work in | Pittsburg, of members of the local army who volunteer to give their time to the work. | The reception which the members of the army will receive in the counties to be invaded is a matter of j grave doubt. SNOW FALLS IN" COLORADO. ; Impossible tc Run Trains on Pike's Peak Because of Heavy Drifts. A heavy snow fell on the range be| tween Colorado Springs and Cripple i Creek Monday njght. It was impos-siI ble to run trains to the summit of j Pike's peak on account of the snow drifts, although traffic will be resumed as soon as snow plows can clear the cog road. TROOPS TO AWE STRIKERS. Colorado Governor Sends Soldiers to Keep Miners In-Check. The military force ordered to the ! Cripple Creek district by Governor Peabody, of Colorado, pitched camp i Saturday about three-quarters of a mile from Victor, near the Stratton ini dependence mine. It is believed that the presence of | the troops will serve to quell any spirj it of lawlessness that may have prei vailed among th? strikers. MARINES LANDED Attack on Embassies is Feared in Constantinople. SULTAN GIVES WARNING United States May Take Similar Action?Alarming Reports from Leischman?Admiral Cotton's Spuadron at Beirut The United States cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco arrived at Beirut, Syria, Friday. Minister Leischman has cabled the state department that owing to the disturbed conditions in Constantinople an additional kavass or detective force ' AmoHran naa* ueuu siauuucu m mc legation. This action was taken on the suggestion of the Turkish government, which has assured the American minister that it will use every precaution to protect all foreigners, out has warned the different embassies and legations to strengthen the force inside the buildings. !n case a necessity develops it is probable that the Turkish government will be requited to allow the United States to send a detachment of marines from the squadron which arrived at Beirut. Minister Leischman has not yet made sucu a request of this government. The United States j has no authority to send a warship through the Dardanelles and would | have to get the consent of Turkey and also that of other European pow- j ofa Ho sn ' 1 O IV uv Wi Minister Leischman in his cablegram I informed the department that a number of governments have landed marines in Constantinople for the protec- j tion of the embassies. Conditions Not Satisfactory. While the conditions . existing in Constantinople, as well as in other portions of Turkey, are extremely un- i satisfactory, the Washington govern- j ment does not believe that there i3 I any serious danger ahead, nowith- i standing that the tone of the dispatches from Minister Leischman j shows uneasiness. At the same time the United States will approve every precaution taken by the diplomatic ?orps and our minister for th# safety of the foreign representatives. The porte, in advising the foreign embassies and legations of the measures taken to protect them, added a warning against Bulgarian bandits who might attempt to elude the Turk"~'u ?nttnnl- tho fnreieners 15U gUttl UO ailU uivuvn w lrom within. Chekib Bey Calls on Hay. Chekib Bey, Tunclsh minister, called on Secretary Hay Friday morning to i inform him that h'e had received from his foreign office official advices to the effect that the American consul at Beirut was entirely satisfied with the measures- Turkey had taken to protect life and property there and to Investi- ! gate and act with respect to the assault on Vice Consul Magelssen. It is a matter of some comment that there are about only 200 marines with the European squadron but these with the kavasses already in the ser- i vice of the legation and with the Turkish guards assigned to Minister Leischman. will, it is believed, prove sufficient for any emergency likely j to arise. Officials of the state depart- j ment, commenting upon the item from Paris saying that ships of foreign pow- j ers would be sent to Turkish waters-, stated that the United States was now sending ships to Turkisn waters. Dardanelles Inviolable. The term "Turkish waters" does not mean Constantinople, tney say, and while the whole eastern portion of the Mediterranean might be covered with w'arships, it was possible that none of them would force the Dardanelles. After the Crimean war. a treaty was made which has been followed up bysubsequent treaties which prohibits war ships from entering the Dardanelles without the consent of Turkey and Turkey must have the assent of *11 the signatory Dowers. BECKHAM OPENS CAMPAIGN. i Immense Crowd Gathers at Winchester, Ky., to Witness Event. A crowd estimated at from seven to ten thousand was present at the opening of the democratic state campaign at Winchester, Ky., Saturday. Speeches were made by Governor Beckham, Senators McCreary and Blackburn and Congressman OIlie James. Several brass bands discoursed music, and special trains from Cincinnati, Louisville, Lexington and othother places carried large delegations, Thousands of gallons of burgoo were dispensed. WAR CANNOT BE AVOIDED. Turkey and Bulgaria on Verge of In. evitable Trial at Arms. A London special under Monday's date says: The Balkan situation ?how& no sign of improvement, indeed, in Constantinople it is now I bought that war between Turkey and Bulgaria is inevitable, but the Turkish ambassador in London insists that hos lilities can only result from an overt :;ct on the part of Bulgaria. The Sofia government, on the other hand, preserves strict neutrality, as advised oy Russia and Austria. NEW EXPRESS COMPANY. Two Western Concerns Sell Out and are Merged Into One. The Globe Express Company, with general headquarters in Denver, and with a capital stock of $5,000,000, will begin active operations on tTie firsl of October, succeeding to the busi ness of the Denver and Ric Grande Express Company and the Western Express Company and taking over all their operating equipment. RIVAL OF THE SOUTH, i Development of Cotton Growing in West Africa is Now Attracting Considerable Attention. I The news received in Liverpool, England, from Lagos, British West ! Africa, September 2, that the development of the cotton trade in the inie- ! rior of that part of Africa was so , great that the local railroad officials had been obliged to run extra trains in J order to bring down the large supplies ! to the coast, somewhat surprised the cotton interests of the British cotton center, growing of the staple in West' Africa being still regarded as in a I largely experimental stage. Thirty J tons of cotton from Lagos arrived in | the Mersey the past week and was J pronounced to be of excellent quality. ! The seed sent out from Liverpool , - - J :~i.i and sown in June 13 expecieu. iv jjc.u j 4,000 bales. The first delivery of this crop is expected at Christmas. If the cotton growing experiment is successful, the cultivated area will be enlarged. OLYMPIA IN BAD WAY. Battleship, Damaged in Mimic War, Came Near to Sinking. ! The cruiser Olympia, flying the pan-1 nant of Rear Admiral Coghlan, arrived i at the Norfolk navy yard Friday. Her bottom was inspected and she will be docked at once for repairing the in? juries received on rocks off the coast of Maine during the progress of the mimic war. While on her way down the coast the Olympia ran into a heavy gale off Tomaston harbor, and for a while fears were entertained that she might not be able to weather it in safety. Her water-tight compartments saw Tier safely through the blow, however, but the cruiser was compelled rto seek - ? - -1 - i.1_T +v>o sneiter m lomasiou xiaiuux uum wo gale subsided. At one time during the hlow 3ome of the officers and men feared the ship was really sinking. When the Olympia reached the Norfolk navy yard, she was immediately boarded by Naval Constructor Evans and his force of assistants. Several of her plates were found to be cracked and broken and it was announced she will be docked for repairs, which will consume about seven weeks. BULLETS SENT AFTER FELONS. Desperate Convicts Make Break for Liberty at Pratt Mines Prison. A special from Birming?km, Ala., says: Four convicts were shot at Pratt mines prison at 1 o'clock Friday morning in an attempt to escape, the wounded men being Tom Fay, shst in leg; John Brawer, wounded in back; Richard Kinnebrook, shot in abdomen and kidneys, and Thomas Melzin, wounded in shoulder. They had secured a quantity of dynamite and blew an opening in one end of the prison. They ran through this and hurled sticks of dynamite at the guards. The latter opened fire with Winchesters and succeeded in preventing what might have been a wholesale delivery. J. H. Emery, of Pike county, serving twenty years, was the only one to escape. The crowd was led by Tom Fay, who was the youngest memner 01 cne famous Miller-Duncan gang of safe blowers. PLOT AGAINST REGICIDES Causes Arrest cf Seven Hundred Servian Officers?News Leaked Out. Advices from Belgrade, Servia, state that a number of officers of the Nish and other garrisons in Servia have been arrested in connection with the issuance of a proclamatian demanding the trial by court martial of the conspirators who were concerned in the assassination of King Alexander, Queen Draga and their ministry and threatening to resign their commissions h the demand was refused. Later it was announced that a group of officers of the Nish garrison decided to kill all the conspirators concerned in palace assassinations and that many officers of other garrisons joined them. It was intended to act at an early date, but the news leaked out and all the conspirators were arrested during the night. Forty-seven officers have been arrested at Nish alone. JUDGE IS BEING CRITICISED. Struck Paragraph from Jury Present. ments Which He Did not Like. The action of Judge R. R. Russell, in striking from the presentments of the Jackson county. Ga., grand jury a paragraph which it is generally understood was directed at Judge Russell himself has caused very general discussion throughout the country. The paragraph, which was stricken out anrl omitted from the official report of the grand jury as published, is as follows: "We find that there have been some irregularities, such as working public road near Winder, which had not been authorized according to law." SHIP SHATTERED BY DYNAMITE. Twenty-Nine People Killed?Supposed Work of Bulgarian Rebels. A cable dispatch from Constantinople says: Three explosions which occurred Wednesday on the Austrian r.teamer Vaskupa soon after it left the Bulgarian port of Burgasen en route i ? ?-ur,n?AniA i-utwenfv-nine Ur I1I..VU ? persons. The vessel caught fire and had to be beached. The opinion is expressed that the Bulgarian revolutionaries were responsible for the explosions. I EDSON ROBBED THE CHURCH. i Suicide Made Way With More th tr t $50,000 Entrusted to Him. I More than $50,000, and. perhaps : $100,000. is lost to St. Michael Protest ant Episcopal church, in New Yorl ) city, through forgerier and misappro ; priations of Henry L. EJson, who ? 5 few days .ago killed Mrs. Fanny Pul len and then himself. *' CRISIS IN ORIENT Turkey Prepares to Swoop I Down Upon Little Bulgaria, !AN ULTIMATUM PROBABLE Lives of Foreigners in Constantinople in Great Peril and Situation is Crave?Horrors in Balkan States Continue. A dispatch to The Tageblatt (Berlin) from Constantinople, dated Satiurday, says: | "War with Bulgaria is in sight. The -council of war has recommended sending an immediate ultimatum to Bulgaria, but the sultan has decided tc wait* It is rumored that Turkish troops have already crossed the Bulgarian frontier without a declaration of war. "The members of the council of wai were up all last night at the YilcJia Kiosk and designated Edheim Pasha as commander in chief. "The Turkish press isi printing hi flammatory articles against Bulgaria.' Legations in Danger. The Turkish government, according to information received from the for eign office in Berlin by the Associated Press, has notified the powers that the porte cannot guarantee the safety ol the legations at Constantinople. This extraordinary statement wcc communicated, without explanation oj qualifying details, in response to ar inquiry as to whether German marines were among those United States Mlu ister Leischman reported as having been landed at Constantinople. It is inferred, however, that the con ditions at the Turkish capital are 110I so grave as the sultan's ontificat.oi would imply, but that the legations have been warned to look out for theii own safety, the porte disclaiming it advance responsibility for any disor derly act. The porte's inability to take ener getic hold of the Macedonian insurrec tion is the worse feature of the situa tion. Powers Forced to Act. A London special says: So threat ening is the Macedonian situation thai the powers are being forced to action sooner than it had heretofore believed would be necessary. Before adopting any definite scheme for the pacification of the Balkans it was- ;n tended to wait until the czar's visit t< Vienna, when the matter was to be dis cussed fully with Emperor Francis Jo seph, bat it i3 learneu a recent ex ~ r\s\rt? fuauge ui view3 iiao UIUU^UI. mc ? ers to a stage where decision is abou to be reached regarding the charactei of the intervention which should b< adopted. While the proposed plan< are not divulged, it is authoritative^ denied that the intervention contem plates the occupation of Macedonia b] Austria and Russia. I- is equally cer tain that the powers have no intentioi of acting so as to in any way encour age Bulgaria to declare war. Atrocities on the Increase. Advices from Sofia under Sunday'! date state that the Autonomye pub lishes the names of fifty villages burn ed by the Turks in the following dis tricts: Resen, thirty villages; Kostur "fourteen; Krushevo, six, and one mo-i astery. The Turks burned four vi] lages in the district of Strushkopoili and murdered the priest. The popula tion fled to the mountains. The Turks have destroyed all th< flour mills in the district of Resen am also every church. Reports have reached the revolution ary headquarters in Sofia of atrocitie; by the Turks in the village of Vile kosti, in the district oF Debre. Tin troops and bashi bazouks are said t< have surrounded the villages and par of them entered and began plunderiuj j the houses and assaulting the women The other soldiers remained outsid< and killed those inhabitants who trie; to escape. The Turks? then set fire ti the village in four places, burnini twelve women and children. One chili was hanged. Altogether sixty peas ants were killed and their bodies wer *eft lying In the streets. WOMAN LEADER CONVICTED. ? - .. p. >it. 11r?: Twelve Mere uanviue, inmvio, niv< ere Found Guilty by Jury. At Danville, 111., Saturday, verdict of guilty were returned against twel / rioters who assaulted the Danvill jail on July 25, as follows: Bessie Dodge, Winfleld Baker, J. A. Alton, William Redwme, Mince Mc baker, John Isam, Isaac Newton Sladc John Robertson, Thomas Bell, Horac Murphy, Adam Merry, D. L. Menifet Most of the defendants tried ! prove alibi or to prove they were ii nocent. COTTON GREATLY IMPROVED. Condition of Crop for August Report? Much Above the Average. The monthly report of the burea of statistics of the department of aj riculture at Washington will show th average condition of cotton on Augus 25 to have been 8VC, as compared wit 79.7 on July 25, 1903; 64.0 on Auguf 26, 1902; 71.4 on August zi, iyvi, an ton-year average of 72.4. SHERIFF GETS FOUR BURGLAR! Kills One, Fatally Wounds Anoth< and Captures Remaining Two. At Baldwin, L. I., early Wednesd? morning Deputy Sheriff Louis Cook shot and killed one burgla ' probably fatally wounded a second or captured tw-o others. He discover.' them trying to brea kinf.o a vacs: house at Baldwin's park near the tov and a desperate fight followed, b Cook escaped Injury. -> i? f J 11 Cream of News.| Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each "Day. ?The flop of General Simon Bolivar Buckner to the republican party in the effort to elect his son in liw, Coli onel Morris Belknap, governor of Kentucky, is the feature of the warm ca:ni paign just launched in that state. ?The Third United States artillery, which has been stationed at Chattanooga, will march POO miles across the ' mountains to Fort Meyer, Va. ?The fourth annual convention of the United States Postoffice Clerks' Association began in Nashville Modi day. > ?Columbia, S. C., was swept by fire Sunday nistht. Tne total loss is esti mated at $150,000. ?By the building of a road to t pierce the Kentucky coal fields, the Great Northern and Pittsburg Coal Companies will' control the trade : from Pennsylvania and all states along i, the Ohio river to New Orleans. ?A new world's record for long dis tance running has been made on the ' Baltimore and Ohio railroad; 259 miles was covered in 278 minutes, 128 milts , of the distance being made in 125 miDutes. ?At Pelham, N. H., Sunday, crowded trolley cars going at a high rate of speed, met on a curve. Four persons I were killed and nineteen seriously injured. i ?A detachment of Salvationists will invade the dark corners of Kentucky i and attempt to reform the feudists. 5 ?Millionaire Griffith, of Los Angeles, Cal., has been arrested on a ' charge of shooting his wife, Mrs. Griffith while on her knees. t ?President Roosevelt left Oyster t Bay Sunday night for Syracuse, where he made a Labor Day speech. 5 ? . ?Near Goshen, Ind., a Big Four pas{ senger train was wrecked Sunday by . striking a cow. ?Conditions in the Balkans con tinue chaotic. The Turks- are burning - villages and outraging women. It is , said that Bulgaria has resolved not to go to war. United States Mlnisur Leischman is taking no steps in the . Magelssen case. t ?The general feeling in Colombia is 3 said to be favorable to the canal trea3 ty. The senate is taking steps to ar3 range for negotiation of treaty that 3 will not violate the constitution of Co* lombia. > ?The advance in the bank rate at - London depressed all investment * stocks. The cloth market at Manches* ter was quiet. . . ?A fund has been started at Mjn terey, Mexico, to relieve the yellow fer ver sufferers in places where the dis3 ease i9 epidemic. ?Unconfirmed reports have reached Vienna that an attempt was made to . kill King J?eter, of Servia, at Nish. ?Duchess of Marlborough objects j to Italian marble and goes to Ireland . for material to finish her home. ?Union of bookbinders in England is planning to come to America to help , defeat Roosevelt. ?By order of King Edward, all cats . are driven from Windsor castle, lie objects to them. ', ?Sir Thomas Lipton was the guest - of honor of the Pilgrims of the United > States at a dinner given in New York 1 3 Friday night. Among the speakers - was General Joseph Wheeler. ?At Kingston, N. C., while under 3 the influence of liquor, Emmett Boy3 ett shot and killed his wife in tne presence of her mother and sister. 1 ?Four white convicts were shot at 3 I the Pratt mines near Birmingham, Ala., Friday while attempting a wholesale delivery. t ?Adams and Lewis Young, of Spar5 tanburg, S. C., have been arrested for u selling a fake counterfeit machlae. e ?Ministers of the A. M. E. church, 3 in northern states, unite in an appeal o to decent negrces to aid in suppressg ing the criminal element of their race. ^ ?Members of congress are coraplaining about tne backwardness of 0 the tresasury department in pushing work on public buildings. ?It is stated that Edson, who -killed Mrs. Pullen and himself, was short from $50,000 to $100,000 in his .ic'* counts with a New York church. ?President Roosevelt has deters mined hereafter in appointing consuls, e to name men who have had ex per le ence in the service. ?Seventeen of the largest cotton mills in New England will sh"ut down L* the coming week because of the high }m price of the staple. ' ?Roach, who has fled to Mexico, e states that former Governor Taylor, j. of Kentucky, and Caleb Powers would o give $100,000 for his head so as to be i- sure that he would never tell what he knows about the murder of Goebel. ?A general strike of express employees throughout the United States Is threatened. The men want higher j wages, which have been refused. ?Theodore Shaffer, president of the Amalgamated Association of Tin Workers, is mysteriously missing from Pittsburg, Pa. o 5t ?Many officers of the Servian army k have been arrested cnarged with be5t ing implicated in a plot to kill the per^ sons who murdered King Alexander and Queen. Draga. ?Governor Peabody. of Colorado, has sent soldiers to Cripple Creek 5 to restrain the strikers. ?Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is 2r doing all he can to promote the silk industry in the United States, ty ?The severe wounds inflicted on J- two Americans by French soldiers at r- Pekin have caused great indignation. wl I ?The situation in the Balkans continues critical. Several governments ri! have landed marines at Coustantiuopie to protect their embassies. The 11' Brookljm and San Francisco arrived at Beirut Friday. - . . r,. H4,,H,'H't+i'i,W+4,+++++++++++ | THE NEWS OF A WEEK | | IN SOUTH CAROLINA.| ++++++++++^4+++11 f I'HI 'l' Arson Charged Against Dobson. The barn, stable and contents, including seven mules and one horse, of Drake Dobsen, who lives near Greers, Greenville county, was destroyed by fire one night the past week. Suspicion pointed to Bab Dobson, a young white man and nephew of Drake Dobson. Young Dobson was arrested on the charge of arson. * * New Industries Established. The Chattanooga Tradesman reports the following new industries established in South Carolina during the past week: Union, $10,000 cotton company; Mt. Pleasant, telephone company; Pelzer, canning factory; Charleston, $30,000 cotton compress; ^5,0UU lime works; Latta, brick works, grist mill, cotton gin; Orangeburg, planing mill. * Seaboard Abandons Depot. The Seaboard Air Line has abandoned its freight depot and passenger station in the old Sydney park, at Columbia. Although the new passenger station on Gervais street has not yet been completed, the freight depot will be used as a local passenger station until the new one is completed. Hereafter all freight and passenger business will be handled from the Gervais street station. _ * * Colleges in Good Shape. Within a few days the two colleges, Wofford .and Converse, at Spartanburg, will open and the grounds, which are now quiet and lonely, will resound with the noise of life and vigor of the youthful student. The schools open on Wednesday, September 23, and it is expected that every vacant place at each will be filled during the first few days. *A number of improvements have been made at each of the colleges, the j. .: ? ? ? u l ^ 0f /-ilH onH historic mUSL liuutcauio at, uiu uuv. ? Wofford. There is in course of construction at this schol a science hall, which has been endowed by John B. ; Cleveland, of Spartanburg, whose name it will bear. An additional chair has also been added to the faculty of this institution; a chair of chemistiy and biology, which will be filled during the coming term by Professor C. S. Williamson. Costly Fire in Columbia. A destructive conflagration occurred in Columbia at midnight last Sunday night. It originated in the soda fountain of Xepapas in the Wiley building, which was a roaring mass of flames before the alarm could be given and the fire department summoned. The detailed losses as nearly as can be estimated are: J. L. Momnaugh, clothing store, stock and building, $75,000; Xepapas, soda fountain and fixtures, $2,000; Kaletski, clothing, etc., $8,000; upstairs, Wiley building, Columb-a Business College, J. S. Land, insurance, Howie's photograph gallery, damaged by water, $5,000. Southern railway ticket and general freight of fice, damaged by water. Two buildings containing four stores on the ground floor and offices, etc., upstairs, are practically destroyed. These are on the corner of Plain and Mam streets. The total loss is placed at $150,000. * Sold a ' Counterfeiting Machine. Adams and Lewis Young, brothers, were arrested in Spartanburg a few days ago and placed under $1,000 bond each for violating the federal counterfeit law. They are accused of going about the country and selling to ignorant, credulous negroes a machine claimed to be capable of manufacturing bank notes and silver certificates. It was nothing but a fake, pure and simple, a machine the like of which is often seen used for amusement. A coil of plain paper would be run into the apparatus, and by turning a crank beautiful new bills would issue from it. The machine, however, had to be stowed before it would work. It is charged that the Young brothers manufactured the machines themselves and that for same they received several hundred dollars each, and in several cases took mortgages on valuable property. The question is,-were they violating Uncle Sam's laws, or the laws of the state relative to cheating and swindling? The case will be investigated by Charles Wright, special agent of the treasury department. * * . Neices Were After Him. Calvin Medlin, a white man, living about eight miles out on tbe Camaen road, was arrested a few days ago as a result of a shooting scrape in which Medlin became involved the day before with Tom Garner, another white man. It seems that Medlin has a good case of self-defense. Thursday afternoon, according to witensses, as Medlin was driving home in his wagon, Garner, accompanied by Charlotte and Rprt Medlin. nieces of Calvin Medlin, overtook him in a hack about eight miles out of town. Garner was armed with a revolver and opened fire on Medlin, shooting him through the left foot, which "was resting on the dashboard. Anticipating trouble from the trio, Medlin was armed and returned the fire, a bullet striking Garner in the left breast. The two women were armed with large sticks, and it is said that they had been out on a similar hunt for Medlin the week before, hut that they had missed him. After the shooting Garner and the women retreated. It is likely that when Garner recovers from his wound he will be prosecuted for attempted assassination, with Medlin's nieces as accessories. * Jury Blames Railroad. Concerning the wreck on the Charleston division of the Southen railway between Rockhill and York ville, the coroner's jury found a ver diet that "the victims of the wrecfc came to their death through the care lessness of the Southern Railway ;. Vr-yC/.* ^ vi . A ? 'X 1/Uluyau.j iu auumug ^uv ? used in a rotten condition." The public is also censuring the railroad con* mission of the state in the matter. The bridge which collapsed is said to be the original one built by the old "Three C's" company when the road was built. It simply collapsed and flew into pieces like dry cornstalks. Some of the sounder, pieces were exhibited at Rockhill and every fibre was permeated either by ordinary or ^1|s The foreman of the grand jury, with seven members, visited the wreck and '^01 made a close investigation. A DOUBTFUL REPORT. || 1 Raiiahintv n# novAmment's Cotton ' Crop Statistics for September . Questioned by Those Posted. J To those in Washington who have /J0. been accustomed to watch the crop ''vPalpB reports and their effect on the market, ;^k the sensational break in cotton last ',-M Friday Is fraught with extreme suspicion that there is something egregious- \M ly erratic in the foundation ,for the slump, which is nothing less than a Question of the reliability of the gov- ? ernment's report itself. The condition of 81.2 which seeme , . to have been tipped off to the New York bureaus is a particular theme of wonder. The condition last month was 79.7. The improvement reported for September over August is unprecedented, slight though the gain may be. In other words, for 25 or 30 years past the condition reported for Angnst has without a single exception, been followed by a decrease. The Septet* , ber report has never even showed that the August condition held its own, : \M save in one yesr. Moreover, the reports which have ^ been published by newspapers whoso custom has been to collect the most reliable information of crop condi- f tions, particularly such- as The Honston Post, are wholly at variance with the report for September promulgated by the department of "agriculture. One . u of the biggest surprises was the department's report on Texas. That itself Is marvellously different from what was expected in view of the e- "(j-t ports of the ravages of the boll weevil and the estimates of intelligent observers of Texas' condition. It was expected that instead of showing an increase Texas .woiia -;-~~3jga show a falling off of at least 10 per cent The deterioration of the cropin Texas has been too notoriously known, in the opinion of people posted on the situation, not to warrant early inquiry as to the correctness as to the department figures. It is believed that the conditions reported for other states by the department are almost as much out of the way of the true facts as that of Texas. The question is asked, has the departments worked faithfully to its . ^ customary sources of information, or has it taken a new departure and suddenly satisfied itself with outside, /jl information whereby Secretary Wilson ? was to be justified in predicting seven %% cent coton and infinite mischief to follow bull gambling. It Is to be noted in this connection that the statistician of the bureau, yM John Hyde, is absent in Europe, and .. his place is filled by Edwin S. Holmes* Mr. Holmes was never a cotton man, H his place in the department's burean of statistics having been always heretofore devoted to grain statistics, ft ^ is believed that had Mr. Hyde been in ygj Washington ho such report would have* IS been made. Be that as it may, the fact remains A that the department's report has caused an enormous loss to the cotton belt, as It is hardly possible, no matter whafe subsequent conditions may disclose that there can be no recovery. M The damage has been done'and the black eye will keep discolored unt'l V the crop is pretty nearly out of the ' hands of the planter." So serious is the situation that it is believed that it will not be permitted to pass a^ray without a demand for such an investigation as will show up the methods used and the exact CSsj sources upon which the department has based its wonderful September reCRANK THREATENS HAY. V J? Secretary of State Receives Demand to Pay Sum of $41,000. / . '. '-Sl . Francis M. Beuque, 46 years old, -a % ?||| photographer, was committed to Believue hospital in New 1 ork Saturday to be examined as to his sanity. Beuque has been arrested for writing & letter ~&S to Secretary of State John Hay, in which he threatened the secretary if a Cotton Reports Arrived at Beirut. .. Acting Secretary of the Navy Darling, at Washington, has received a V y cablegram from -Admiral Cotton announcing his arrival at Beirut. The dispatch contains no reference to the condition of affaire there. ? - - - - ? ?a COLOMBIANS l U KKwnoiUBiv 8?natc to Resume Consideration of the Subject of Canal Treaty. Unofficial, but what is considered ' % entirely reliable information, has been received by Dr. Herran, the Colombian charge d'affaires in Washington, indicating an intention on the part of the Colombian senate to resufne consideration of the subject of a Panama canal treaty in place of the one disapproved by that body on the 12th instant This shows a decided change in the urn oC affairs and the matter may yet be cai* 2 ried to a successful conclusion. . PRESIDENT SHAFFER NON feST. ^ ? - ?m Head cf Iron, Steel and Tin Workers . Hat Mysteriously Disappeared. Theodore Shaffer, president of the i ! Amalgamated Association of Iron, 1 Steel and Tin Workers, is missing at ? Pittsburg, Pa. He has dropped mysteriously out of sight, and for several g " weeks neither fellow officials at the j?| local office nor tne members of h*s family have been able to locate film.