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The Bamberg Herald. j .^Mjjsjjjjjjjjl^^ . ' * ' ' ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR... ;|f - _ ':Jsi ' -,-",ft" I ? ?. - - - - _ M*A*nAiipn PEONAGE MEN FREE President Roosevelt Pardons Two Alabamians. ' JUD6F JONES INTERCEDED r*v / Federal Jurist Says Prisoners ar? Penitent and, in His Opinion, the Ends cf Law Has Been Reached. Through the executive clemency of President Roosevelt two men convicted of peonage in Alabama some months ago walked out of the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., early Wednesday afternoon as free men. These two men were George D. and Baraacas F. Cosby, and they were arraigned in the federal court at Montgomery on June 30 last. Both plead guilty and were sentenced to serve a year and a day in Uncle Sam's prison in Atlanta. The two Cosbvs, from the time of their. entrance into the prison, were employed on the farm, as both were familiar with such work. The word from Washington that their- pardons had been signed by President Roosevelt came to them entirely by surprise. Warden Moyer in person notified them of the receipt of the^ardons. The Cosbys, both strong, emotionless men, heard the news in silence, thanked the warden for his kindness and at once prepared for their departure. Early in the ifterI noon they were furnished wi'.h citizens' clothes and sufficient money to carry them to their home in Alabama. The prisoners were indicted originally for holding Pike Swanson in peaaiage. They pleaded guilty at the earnest opportunity, and this fact operated largely in securing iiheir pardons. Judge Jones, before whom they were tried, also interested himself in their behalf, and wrote a personal letter to President Roosevelt, asking him to free the two men.^ Judge Jon8S stated* in his letter that in his opinion the ends of the lay had , been reached. During the month of June more than eighty indictments against a number of individuals fcr violation of the peonage law were returned by the , grand jury at Montgomery and several convictions were secured, the sentences imposed ranging from the minimum, one year, to the maximum, five years. In his letter to the president Judge Jones said in part: "The favorable recommendation now made proceeds on no idea that the " sentences were unjust, but solely from the conviction that the punishment already undergone by the prisoners has accomplished all the real ends of the law in ifeese cases. "The prisoners-have undergom; the humiliation of imprisonment in the penitentiary, the sting of ccujemnation by their neighbors and associates, and the wide publicity of their offense. They have been separated trom their families and have worn stripes. There is no. ground for believing that they will ever again, under any circumstances, engage in like practices. They attempted no defense, but pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity. They were contrite and admitted that they justly deserved punishment. The reform of offenders themselves, so far as ?\1 Al/vn l-i A c Knon lilt? law LuinciupiaLco, n?o uwu completely effected by the punishment. "The question of pardon may, therefore, be properly considered, now solely as regards its effect upon the administr.Vion of justice and the public welfare. The law has been thoroughly vindicated, and the evil against which it was directed, in these communities, has been completely crushed. Connivance with the abuses of corrupt magistrates in that locality in the exercise of the power to hire out offenders for payment of fine and costs on conviction for small and often sham , offenses, in order to reap pofit for their hirer, has been thoroughly exposed and broken up. It has mpt the , hearty approbation of the great mass ] of the people in all waik? of life. The example has been all sufficient tc deter ? others from like offenses in the fu- ] turd," | ATLANTANS ARE DISAPPOINTED. Vigorous Kick Made on Surprisingly Low Cost of New Depot. The announcement that the nev passenger station to be erected by the Atlapta Terminal Company will cost ' less "than $350,000, instead or $750,000, as it. was generally understood the c!> | pot was to cost, has caused a number j of council members to express them- I ' selves as most disappointed, and some of thttm have declared that had they ' known the depot would cost only ?350,000 they would not have voted 1 for the city to readjust the grades of | the street approaches. 1 JUDGE FRRANK GARY CHOSEN To Preside During Trial of J. H. Till. ; man in South Carolina. Judge Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, j S. C., has been appointed to preside j ever the court in Lexington, at which j J. H. Tillman will be tried Monday for j the assassination of N. G. Gonzales. I The case of Tillman will be one M I the first called. There are over 500 j witnesses. GRAND JURY AFTER BOOKIES, j Surprising Wave of Moralfty Hits Chicago Law Preservers. At Chicago, Friday, indictments 'were - returned against thirty-thr^-e bookmakers doing business on -he 1*> j cal race tracks. The charge against j them was made under the general lav/ j against gambling. Some evidence was offered again the officials of the racing associ ttioas, but no bills were returned against j them. J RACES WILL BE A FEATURE. Directors of Atlanta Fair Secure Many Novel Attractions. The directors or the Southern Interstate fair to be held in Atlanta are busy in getting everything in flp-t ?p shape for the event, which will be held October 7 to 24. By tne time for the opening dav there will be nothing left undone, and things wfll move as smoothly as in.^y have for the past several years. H. Kelley and John Kerr, well known horse men, have already arrived in the city with a carload of running hors -s which will be used in the races during the fair. Additional horses will come from Springfied, 111., and Henderson, Ky. Some of the finest horses in the country will be seen on the track, and some of the best races ever held :n the soutn will be witnessed. The Fair Association is paying especial attention to the racing this year and in addition to the horse races there will be some of the most daring automobile races ever witnessed. Letters have been received by Sscreta-v Frank Weldon from Barney Oldfiell, the champion automobile racer cf America, in which he states that he is ready to do a few stunts' in handling I one of the big gasoline machines. It is said that When Oldfh-id's machines round a cufte they Sometimes slide forty feet. The Fisher Automobile Co. end the Ford Motor Car Co. have also notified Secretary Weldon that they will be on hand to take part in the races. The contests between the big machines will no doubt be a great drawing card and will attract thousands of people to Exposition park. "The Pike" has been officially chosen as the name of the midway at the fair. That place of amusement will no longer be known as "Vanity Fair." Thig fall the pleasure seekers will speak of "going down the Pike."' That name will be used at the coming St. Louis World's Fair, and as Atlanta cannot afford to be second, the direc tors of the fair hare decided to initiate the unique title. Chief W. R. Joyner. of the Atlanta fire department, during his trip north to attend the national convention of fire chiefs, secured many attractions 'cr, the fair, among the most important being that of a monkey which ascends in the balloon, cutting himself loose and descending in a parachute, after reaching a height of 1,000 feet. Other attractions, including "Diavalo.' the famous loop the loop specialist, who performed in Atlanta some time ^go with the Forepaugh circus, will be interesting features. NO ACTION YET TAKEN. Masters in Regard t6 Affairs in Turkey in Quiescent State. The state department Monday received a long cablegram from Minister Leischman, at Constantinople, but nothing was given out regarding it except the informal statement that it contained no alarming news and was in part concerning with routine business. Withdrawals of the American squadron from Beirut, it was said, has not yet been determined on, and no intention has yet been received from Oyster Bay as to the president's intentions in the matter. Communications have reached the state department urging this government to say or do something that w'll put a stop to the atrocities in Turkey it i9 said that pressure does not emanate from the missionary officials. At the state department officials are uncommunicative a3 to the feeling with which the alleged atrocities in Turkey are viewed by the people of the United States, but they say that reports from Turkey show that the deeds daUv perpetrated in sections of that country are of such character as to shock civilization and necessarily are of deep concern to the United States. Advices from Sofia state that the unfavorable replies of Austria and Russia to Bulgarian last note, and the fact that none of the .other great powers has yet replied, coupled with the allegations that one of the powers ;s ai nn a_ _ a bucuui aging tut; uuiiimrj iiax l> it Yildiz Kiosk, rend to create a less hopeful feeling there? There is, hovever, no perceptible change in the situation. Various reports are in circulation regarding negotiations between Turkey and Bulgaria looking to a solution of the Macedonian difficulty, LIPTON HAS APPENDICITIS. Owner of Shamrock Forced to Laj Over at Chicago Owing to Illness. A Chicago dispatch says: Sir Thomas Lipton is suffering from "colitis and catarrhal appendicitis," according to an official statement made by his physicians Wednesday afternoon. Assuming the public to be in possession of the facts of the distinguished Englishman's illness the statement was issued by the physicians as follows: "The disease?colitis and catarrhal appendicitis?is progressing favorably, and the condition of the patient is satisfactory." MARYLAND DEMOCRATS ACT. Hold State Convention in Baltimore and Name a Full Ticket. The democrats of Maryland held their state convention in Dalt'more, Wednesday night and nominated the following ticket: For governor, Edwin Warlield. of Howard county. For state comptroller. Dr. Gordon Atkinson, of Somerset county. DAMAGE PROBABLY OVERDRAWN Middle Florida Not So Hard Hit as First Reports Indicated. It is believed now that the fiist reports which were received rrcm the middle section of Florida were gieatly exaggerated, and that the property loss from the recent storm will not. boas great as at firs't estimated. The greatest losses will be to fie orange crop, and fall crop? are j-e:>orer: also to have suffered by the rain, which followed the tornado. . I fHIE NEW?OF A WEEK 'I! | IN SOUTH TAmiNA.;; Spartanburg's New Depot Co.cnei J. H. Wharton, of Waterloo, who is a member of the state railroad commission, states that Spartanbu-g will soon get a union depot, the cost of which would be between $20,000 and $25,000. * * * Three Men Found Guilty. In general sessions court at Greeavillp the post week, Will Ncv-on, Sol Norton, Poinsett Gosaell, Ruflis Staton, Ainer Gosncll and Morris Gosne1! were tried for the murder of Nin Gosneil. which occurred in the dark corner section of the county last April. Will Norton, Sol Norton ant? Poinsett Gosncl were convicted, with a recommendation to mercy. The others wore acquitted. * * Cammer Dies from Wounds. Julian Cammer, who was shot some dayp ago at Charleston by Lawrence Walker died later in the city hospital. Cammer was shot by Walker in a house on Line street. Walker found his wife and Cammer in the house, and shot four times, two bullets entering Gammer's head. 01:0 ft-ruck in his .abucmen and the fourth went wild. The cap of the fif'h cartridge snapped and would not discharge. * * V Tillman Trial Postponed. The grand jury of the Lexington county court, before which the case of James H. Tillman, charged with the murder of N. G. Gonzales, reported 10 Judge Frank B. Gary Monday that it was recommended that the local cases on the criminal docket be heard before Tillm^ns case was called. Judge Gary received, the report as . information, and when the Tillman case was called, the judge announced that the trial would be postponed for J a weeK. rne greai crowu iuai ux-.i | assembled in Lexington to witness tlie proceedings were greatly disappointed. ' * i J Jury Frees Reuben Pitts. The trial at Spartanburg of Reuben B. Pitts for murder in having shot 1 Eddie Foster, a student, wnile chastis ing him was quickly concluded by a 1 verdict of not guilty being returned bv ] the jury. .The case was the most exciting tried ! in Spartanburg in years. When the I verdict was read, about five hundred . people were in the room, half of whom i were ladies. The reading of the verdict was loudly applauded, despite the efforts of officers to prevent it. The jury was out | about an hour. Young Pitts returned i to his home in Laurens, with his pa- . rents. He is much broken in health. The fact that the mother of his victim, young Foster, has died since the killing, and that Pitts acknowledger! ' that he habitually carried a pistol j weighed against him, but his weak physique, ordinarily quiet demeanor. ( good character, and his claim that he only drew his pistol to frighten Foster and the other pupils and keep them from attacking him, secured his acquittal. 1 * * Trusty Kills Felow Convict. < A daring dash for iberty by convicts at work on the state convict farm at 1 Hagood, Keershaw county, resulted in l the killing of Grant McNeil and the ] escape of Isaac Sims. i The convicts had just finished their day's work and were ordered to line , up and be counted to return to l he ] stockade. As the order was given Mc- ] Neil and Sims dashed away. Guard Hurston, who was in charge, ordered them to halt, but they rt:*ft*ed. He ( then opened fire, but missed, and the prisoners got away. The alarm was given and guards and "trusties'" were posted in every direction. In a short time Grant McNeil showed himself about a mile from whe-e 1 the escape was made. This point was ] being guarded by Preston Jefferson, one of the most trusted convicts on the ' farm. Jefferson ordered McNeill to l halt, but instead of doing so he only 1 increased his speed. When about fifty yards distant Jef- > ferson opened fire with the rifle he had been given, and at the first shot 1 brought down the fleeing desperado. ] Sims and McNeil were two of the i most desperate convicts on the farm ] and were constantly watched. Both men were serving life sentences for ( murder. - A feature of the affair is that Pres- . ton Jefferson, who killed McNeil, is . himself a life prisoner, having alreadv j served fourteen year?. Not long ago on oflVinf marto tn havp him nar UU V/UV/i t ?? Ukj UAWV4V vw ? V ? s doned, but for some reason the gover- ' nor refused to do so. No doubt his re- . cent meritorious conduct will appeal ' to the chief executive, and it is ^ thought that he will be granted an immediate pardon. After hearing the evidence in the 1 case the coroner's jury rendered a verdict exonerating Preston Jefferson. 1 i 1 Coroner Arrests fheriff. A Columbia dispatch says: The sheriff of Saluda county is charged I i with murder, yet he refuses to re- j i linquish his office to the coroner, who . i believes he is empowered to act in i such cases. \ A short time ago a shot was heard upon the streets cf the town of Saluda, and those who came from their stores found a negro dying upon the corner of the principal streets. The ! coroner's jury after an investigation, ' continuing for two days, rendered a verdict in which Mr. Rhoden, the sher- j iff of the county, was charged along with another white man, wITh the J crime. The coroner, before the verdict was ^announced, left the jury room and walking into a store in which the sher- ; iff was standing, laid his hand upon his shoulder and told him that he was his prisoner upon the charge of mur! der: The sheriff submitted to arrest by the coroner without comment. Thus for the first time in the history of the state, so far as is known, the sheriff of a county was arrested, charged with a heinous offense. Under the law, in such cases, the coroner is charged with the conduct of the office of sheriff. Coroner Gibson wrote the governor of the state, saying that he demanded the office from the sheriff, who had not only refused to turn over the office, but had refused to be locked up in the jail and had discharged the jailer from whom he had taken a receipt for his prisoner and had ordered him from the jail. Tne coroner further reports that the sheriff is at large under habeas corpus proceedings and has requested advice Another unique question that arise.s is wli'stiier the governor can act 'n the matter, the state lav/ probating him from rumoring any sheriff for any cause whatever. The attorney general is now wrestling with the remarkable and very unusual case and hopes to be able *o give the governor an opinion shortly, advising him as> to his course. 4"M"l"M"li4"l"M"fr4'4,4'4,'fri"i14"l"tl4,4"i'l' | | t Cream of News.* 2 4? 1' 1' *f1 'I' 1111"!"]' T 'f f 'M"F f fl1 'F -! t Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each "Day. ?A reign of terror is said to exist in the western section of Worth county, Georgia. In the last year five mea have been murdered and only one arrest has been made in consequence. ?McDonough, Ga., had a $100,000 fire Sunday afternoon. The blaze began at 5 o'clock and was not checked until 10. Two whole business blocks v. ere destroyed. ?Columbus, Ga., has at last been granted the through line of sleepers from Washington for which it has so' long besought the Southern railway. ?South Carolina state officers are puzzled over what to do in Saluda county. The sheriff stands accused of murder, but refuses to surrender his office to the coroner and the. state lawforbids the governor's removing the sheriff for any cause. ?At Frankfort. Ky., Sunday three negroes made a daring escape from Iail. One of them split the jailor's head with a bottle and ,the three then made a successful dash tor liberty. ?In an attempt to escape from the South Carolina penitentiary & convict, Glrant McNeil, was killed by Preston Jefferson, a trusty, who will doubtless be pardoned in consequence. ?At the negro Baptist conference in Boston, Dr. Booker, president of the Arkansas Baptist ocllege, told his race that the best thing they could do was Lo imitate the white man and imbibe some of his American enterprise. ?Chicago Federation of Labor sends President Roosevelt a long letter taking exceptions to his attitude on open, stops* as demonstrated in the Miller case. ?Posses in Montana are pursuing "Kid" Curry, the train robber, who escaped from Knoxville, Tenn., jail. ?Sultan of Turkey expresses regret at the atrocities perpetraleu by the :roops and promises the Russian ambassador that they will not be repeated. The murder of Bulgarians, howsver, continues. ?Lord Balfour, of Burleigh, secretary to Scotland, and Arthur Elliott, financial secretary to the treasury, have resigned. The king has accepted the resignations. ?The city of Linares, Mexico, Is lead commercfally on account of yellow fever there. There are over two hundred cases in Linares. ?The longshoremen's strike at n ? 1?1. Oa Vinn Txnnn Krftilffllt tn a DruilSW 1CK, ua?| uao ucvu vu^uw >v ?. ciose. The arbitrators' award of 14 :ents per hour pleases both sides and all hands are at work again. ?The City of Macon, for which fears were entertained, reached Savannah safely. The passengers tell of harrowing experiences during the storm. ?In the Alabama -senate a motion was made to rescind the resolution giving Dr. J. L. M. Curry a place in statuary hall. The motion was ruled cut of order, but will be brought up again. Its purpose is not known ?The New Orleans longshoremen have gone on another str*e. They qow claim that their leaders betrayod them in signing the contract with the lumbermen. ?Booker Washington made an nddiess to the delegates of the colored Baptist conference, at Philadelphia, in which he said that one of the problems ahead would be to find employment Tor the negro. ?Detective Thomas Hutchens, at Evansville, Ind., fatally wounds Chief j[ Police Heuke and Police Captain Brennecke and injures Councilman Lutz. Hutchens then committed suicido. ?Frosts in Illinois, Missouri, Minl esota and Wisconsin Thursday night. ?United States Minister Powell " ~*yr\r, rr nrntoaf In San DomlnffO 3CJLIUO U> 2)11 vug vuvwv vw w _ government against the project of establishing the neutrality 01 Dominican waters and making certain ports frea. ?Mrs. John T. Griffin, charged with the murder of her husband, has been carried back to Eatonton, Ga., where she will be arraigned in Putnam superior court. ?Judge John B. Estes, who Las won fame in Georgia as soldier, jurist and legislator, died early Wednesday morning at his home in Gainesville. ?Postal Inspector Erwin, indicted by the federal grand jury at Washington, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government, has been arrested at San Francisco. ?The Alabama legislature Wednesday pas&ed a bill paying the attorneys for fighting the franchise suits filed by the negro Giles. ?The frequent escapes of prisoners from the North Carolina penitentiary have led to the belief that prisoners have been given aid. An investigation is in progress. TORRENT OF BLOOD! Flowed in Appalling Butchery in Town of Kastoria, REPORTS ARE CONFIRMED Latest Dispatches Stated that Town Was Burning?Ten Thousand people Fall by Bloody Sword of l urks. Sofia, Bulgaria, September 18.?Further reports from Kastoria say the city is burning and that the massacre of *' 1 - * ' ? Vioita nu.n. IIS pOplliclllUIl ill<Xi*lTU iu iiavc uum hered 10,000 persons) was indescribably terrible. The Turks slaughtered indiscriminately Bulgarians and Greeks, men, women and children. The Turks burned eighteen children to death in a baking oven at Pisdllir, near Armensko, on September 12. They massacred 200 women and children at Jervan in revenge for a defeat at the hands of the insurgents. Fifty women and children, returning starved from tne mountains to their devastated homes, were murdered by soldiers. Between September 10 and September 12 the Bashi Bazouks destroyed four villages neir Krushevo in the presence of the kaimakan (adminitrator) of Krushevo, ipassacreing and mutilating the inhabitants. A Turkish war balloon is reported tc have been seen hovering for the last three days close to the Bulgarian frontier, in the vicinity of Haskovo. A severe fight has occurred at Ulavjtza, in the mountains of Kratovo, between 2,000 Turks and 800 insurgents. It continue'd for eight hours. The insurgents used bombs with deadly effect. About one hundred Turks are reported to have been killed and many were wounded. The insurgents baa two men wounded. A fight is also reported to have taken place at Rupel Paso, near Seres," where insurgent bands recently surrounded and annihilated a whole company cf Turks. The band then flei to the mountains. Bulgaria Mobilizing Troops. Advices to the foreign office in Par's from Sofia say the 13,000 men being mobilized in Bulgaria will bring the present effective force up to 50,000 troops. Appalling List of Massacres. Smerdesch, May 21?150. Saida, Algeria, June 2?6u. Monastir, August 23?450. Salonica, August 24, Bulgarians? 300 Salonica, August 24, Greeks?60. Salonica. August 24, Viachs?30. Sofia, Bulgaria, August 23?650. Sofia, Bulgaria, August 30?650. Sofia, Bulgaria, September 1, men, 180. Sofia, Bulgaria, September 1?men and women?200. Sofia, Bulgaria, September 8, Bnlgarians^-65,000. ' Sofia, Bulgaria, September 12, general report?60,000." Kastoria, September 15?10,000. The names of the towns indicate from whence reports reached America. Killed by disease and deprivation, women and children?50,000. Villages . plundered and burnt?in. Recent separate Bulgarian government reports of massacre, murder and rapine?131. Men, "women and children driven into other districts?3,000. Cast into prison?2,800. Shot and burned in Smerdesch?200. Houses burned in Smerdesch?250. Houses burned in Salonica, August 24?575. Sofia, Burgaria, report of August 23, towns burned?22. Turkish troops engaged in murdering and pillaging?200,000. SOUTHERN MAKING BIG MONEY. Annual Report Shows Large Gains In Profit Over Last Year. A New York dispatch says: The annual report of the Southern railroad just issued shows that in the fiscal year ended June 30, gross earnings were $42,354,059, an Increase of $4,641,811, or 12.31 per cent. ASKS FOR PROTECTION. Chinese Minister Takes Notice of At. | tack on His People in Idaho. The Chinese minister called at the state department Thursday and laid before Acting Secretary Adee a communication which he had received from the Chinese consul general at San Francisco detailing the attack made on a number 01 Chinese at Tonopah, Idaho. The consul general reported that the labor union of that place drove all the Chinese away and that seven or eight were severely injured, one an old man, being nearly killed. SHOT AT HOG; KILLED GIRL. Woman's Bad Aim Results in Sad Tragedy in Florida. While firing at a hog with a revolver which was eating up a brood of young chickens at her home ac Gull Point. Fla.. Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Louise Tideinan accidental!;/ shot and killed the little daughier of a neighbor, the bullet entering the back of the head of the little giri, passing through the brain. -THE UNCONQUERED MOROS Attack Detachment of Twenty-Eighfh Infantry?One American Killed. A Manila special say: A detachment of the Twenty-eighth infantry embarked in boats and had a sharp engagement on Toros Lake, Lanao. cn the 10th instant, with a band of fanatical Moros, during which Private O. E. Barnett was killed. On? of tl.e eiders of the enemy, a i priest, single-handed, attacked a boa. , load of soldiers. He was killed. "ADVICE" TO PRESIDENT. Chicago Federation of Labor Send3 Roosevelt a Long Letter Expressing Displeasure at Attitude. President Roosevelt was voted by the Chicago Federation of Labor,' at a meeting Sunday, a 9,000-word letter of advice in which fault is found with the president's attitude on the question of open shops. The letter was prompted by the decision of President Roosevelt in the Miller case, in which the president said that Miller or any other man must not be discharged from the government printing office on account of non-membership in a union. "Deliciously unaware of the hypocrisy of the world of finance," '"'honest and humane, but uninformed," were some of the clauses used to describe the Dresldent in the long letter of the open shop committee. Its opening paragraphs contained a definite disclaimer of any wish to at tack Mr. Roosevelt, the blame for the chief executive's attitude in the Miller affair being placed on "a coterie of certain well-known interests which are constantly on guard around" the white house. The president was told that he fell into error in his view of the question, "because of that impetuo'13ity for which we love you." 4 copy cf the communication will be forwarded to Oyster Bay at once under date of Labor day, September 7. The reading of the letter before the federation meeting occupied over an hour, and excited applause from the crowd of delegates. NEGRO BAPTISTS ON ASSAULTS. Resolution in Philadelphia Convention Denounces By Members of Race. Lynching and the crimes which u?ually result in mob law were denounced in a resolution adopted by the National Negro Baptist convention in session at Philadelphia. The resolution presented by Rev. J. I. Dart, of South Carolina, was as follows: "Whereas, riiost of the blood-curdling outrages committed against the pure womanhood of our country and which lead to mob uprising and lyncning are charged to members of our race. "Resolved, we make no special plei or excuse for such criminals of our race; we frown upon any one who !i guilty of the crime of an assault cn woman; we, the representatives of two million people of the black race, desire to place ourselves on record as saying that any who assaults helpless womanhood is not worthy The benefits ct life, but should be given a fair trial. "Resolved, That President Roosevelt i3 to be commended by our people for his fearless stand in favor of evenhanded justice and fair trial for all criminals and for his declaration at a time when passions ran high and public sentiment was uncontrolled." The educational board headquarte-s will be removed from Washington to Nashville during the coming year. GEORGIA TOWN LOSES HEAVILY. Fire Causes $100,000 Damage iro MoDonough, With Small Insurance. Fire broke out in the building occu pled by the D. J. Green Company at McBonough, Ga., Sunday afternoon, and the entire structure, which occupied a block on Macon street, was dcsiroyed. The block of buildings in the rear was also destroyed. The Green Company and The Henrv County Weekly were the principil losers. The entire outfit of The Henry County Weekly was destroyed. The loss sustained by the D. J. Green Company was the heaviest. The entire livery business of J. J. Smith & Co., located in the Green building, was destroyed. Fully $100,000 worth of property was destroyed, v/ith less than $10,000 of Insurance. WEDDING PLAN UNCHANGED. Ro8sman Says Dispatches to the Contrary Were All Fakes. James G. Rossman most emphatically denies thaf there were any changes in the "electric" wedding program or &ny interference whatsoever on the part of the bishop of Brooklyn, N. Y.. as wa& stated in telegrams from the east The program was carried on exactly as it had been announced. LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE AGAIN. Trouble at New Orleans is Resumed After Supposed Settlement. The commerce of the New Orleans | nnrt ic Heri nn tieht hv the strike of I the longshoremen, which has been revived. Not a ship is being loaded. A contract between the ship agents and the longshoremen had been signe 1 on Monday last, which it was believed settled the strike peaceably and permanently. The rank and file of the longshoremen now refuse to abide by the contract and accuse their committee, who brought about the settlement, of treachery. NOEL FEARS HYDROPHOBIA. Erstwhile Mississippi Gubernatorial Candidate in Pasteur Institute. State Senator E. F. Noel, of Mississippi, arrived in Atlanta, Ga., Sunday morning to undergo an examination, and possibly treatment at the Pasteur institute for a dog bite which he received several days ago at Ackerman, Miss., a small village ten miles from bis home. The dog that bit h/m is supposed to nave neen maa. EX-BANDIT IN MORE TROUBLE. Cole Younger is Now Charged With J Embezzlement of $6,000. A dispatch from Nevada, Mo., says: A charge of embezzlement of $6,000 has been made against Cole Younger, former bandit, by the management rf the wild west show with which Frank James and Younger have been associated since shortly after Younge.-'s pardon from the Minnesota penitentiary, wnere he was serving a life sentence. NINt Ui UHtW PtKISH. Story of Disaster Which Befell Britsh Steamer in Recent Storm Off the Florida Coast. Captain G. W. Davis and survivors of the British S. S. Inchulva that was wrecked off lower east coast of Flor ida, passed through Jacksonville Friday night for the north. Captain Davis tells a fearful story of his terrible experience and says he Dever encountered a worse storm. The gale struck them Friday morning, and by noon the sea was one boiling mass and the ship was pitching and tossing. Water like whirlpool and waves dashed over the vessel. The boats were stripped from fastenings and hurled into the raging sea; At 11 o'clock Boatsman Taylor was hit by a boat and swept overboard. He 3 caught a rope, but the waves tore ( bis loose and dashed him against the J side of the ship, smashing his head. , rni ? wee oror chlv 1 lit/ ? IUU a L UUUU n aj ui Vi miles an hour, and it was so dark 1)3 couldn't see the length of his ship. For hours a fearful fight went on, captain and crew doing all possible to save the ship and their lives. At 4:30 the crash came and the ves- i sel was pounded all night. At midnight the men in the forward port 1 were lost, as the vessel broke in. Saturday morning a raft was made, and In the afternoon 19 survivors out of the crew of 29 reached shore. Captain Davis was deeply affected by the tragic fate of his officers and men. With him were Chief Mate John McGill, and the Chinese steward. The vessel was bound from "Galveston to Hamburg via Newport News, with miscellaneous freight. a SPECTACULAR MATRIMONY ? i; Given Severe Editorial Condemnation by The New York World. The New York World cf Friday morning contained the following edito-. rial on the LaneTlos&man marriage: tho original plan of which was changed by the bishop of the diocese: , "A Brooklyn wedding ceremony which gave promise of remaining long notable in tbe annals of spectacular matrimony, because of the unique nature of some of its features, has, perforce, been made conventional and disappointing. The bishop of the diocese interfered to stop a display whic.i, in his view, would be discreditable to the church in which it was to take place. "At this very modern wedding, it was designed to replace tlTe time-honored matrimonial music with a neweifangled program. We are not sure whether 'The Voice that Breathed O'er * Eden' was to be cut out, but tb^Lohengrin bridal chorus* was to give way to 'Dixie,' played oil the chimes. Over the chancer rail an '1? alid an in electric light, the initials of bride and bridegroom, were to blaze out, and-as the couple were pronounced man and " ifo 'B' titoc to Hflotion In trlnw Tt 11^! lug XV n uu WW uvvyvu am o*w " ? dimming the 'L' into insignificance. It was to be a display very creditable to the electrical expert who was to have charge of the switchboard, but the bishop's ban spoiled It all. "The honors of vaudeville matrimony are thus left with the brides who took their life partners for better or worse in the lion's cage or up in a balloon. And it is better so. The church is no place for freak marriage ceremonies." it BRITISHERS ARE NONPLUSSED. / Widespread Consternation Caused by Resignations from Cabinet. A London special says: Consternation and excitement caused by the dramatic announcement of Joseph Chamberlain's resignation of the secretaryship for the colonies prevailed among sll classes in the United Kingdom to the exclusion of every other topic. The great majority of the public only learned the news from the morning papers, and the astonishment in many cases was so great as to prevent the " expression of any coherent opinion. The Pall Mall Gazette of Friday afternoon sums up the general feeling by describing the present crisis as "the most extraordinary in Che history of tho government," adding that "what will happen no one can forecast with any degree of certainty." THREE WOMEN MURDERED. Skulls Were Crushed While Sleeping. Farm Hand Suspected. Mrs. H. H. Paine, an aged woman, ; her daughter, Mrs. Williams, and a ?| 13-year-old daughter of Mrs. Williams were murdered in their home on a 1 farm near Judson, Smith county, Kans., Wednesday night. A young farm hand named Madison is suspected of the murders. He wji , enamored of Mrs. Williams, who was , seeking a divorce from her husband : and who had refused to marry Madi- < son. Madison has disappeared. , ; MOB INVADES CHINATOWN. Celestials in Tonopah, Idaho, are | Forced to Migrate Instanter. A mob of twelve or fifteen men invaded Chinatown at Tonopah, Idaho, ? Thursday afternoon, and at the point 4 of guns compelled a number of Chinamen to leave town at once. Several j who did not comply were badly beat3n, dragged to the outskirts of the town i and told to take the road to Sodiville. j REFUSE TO KEEP ACCOUNT. Ohio Republicam Campaign Chairman Turns Down Request of Democrat. General Charles Dick-, chairman of the Ohio republican state executive } committee, in a tatement issued Fri- , clay afternoon, declines to entertain a i proposition submitted by Charles P. ] Salen, chairman of the aemocraric < state committee, that itemized state- < memo of expenditures incident to the } campaign be kept by each commit- ( tee. i t ; - ; - '/?? ' > ' T -r .yjJS? TRIALIS PUS I PUNtU - 3, MMsB ' - >> - * i*i Delay ofSeven Days Granted inCase of J. H. Tillman. LEXINGTON OVERCROWED " Great Throng Gathered In Little 8ovtt? ^ Carolina Town With Expectation * \ U of Witnessing Interesting ' ^|? Court Proceedings. On recommendation of the grand jury of Lexington county, S. C., and the bar of the town of Lexington, the case of the State ts. James H. TUK|j man was postponed Monday for sereo -3; It is understood that at that time g a motion for a further continua&cg wffl be made by the defense?grounds not -';'; ctntpri ft is simnosed that tftfw fa jreaSBH point of favor of the defense, as they were afraid of tne jury. The grand jury made a special pre- ^ sentment requesting that the six other murder trials be taken up before that of Tillman In order that Lexingtoft county might not be burdened with the J ,:>f expense of holding witnesses. They were not concerned about th H< Tillman case, because Richland county : "M must bear that expense. -. r^g|H Solicitor Thurmond >made van eflo^t c to have the case set tor Thursday, , but he could not prevail. Among the fourteen lawyers who ao? peared Jn the case Monday there was a congressman, an ex-congressman, a former attorney general and a "farmer Lexington, a town of normal populv.- m tion of 900, held fully twoL thousand ':j people. Newspaper men were present* from as fdr off as New York. If Tillman's Third Trial. The trial granted Tillman is thfi <3 third hearing the former "lieutenant 5 governor has had since the killing of He was given a preliminary hearing . February 19, when he was denied bail ^ and ordered to be confined in the county jail at Columbia, where he to = ' tnained until his trial, April 8. Tne aeiense ciaimea an aosenw * --gaawi witnesses prevented their being ready, and the trial was postponed until the September term of court. Tillman's lawyers alleged that it was ; ^ impossible to ^btain a fair trial in Vps Richland county, and Judge Town send , ordered tuat the trialfbe heard1 to LetTillman's attorneys are among the .r;; moat prominent lawyers of the statp, George W. Croft, having been a law . partner of Tillman, and P. A,, N.efe3l|?|j being considered one of the most / : prominent lawyer -in the state of ' || South Carolina. NO WEEVIL IN ARKANSAS. Report of QoyepimenL Chemist At* ; r leged to be Somewhat Misleading. 'Wa Arkansas cotton men, and especial- 3 ly those in Little Rock, which thfc J chief market for the state, discredit the statements in the Interview, giveit hj out at Knoxville, Tenn., by Charles P. McLaae, a chemist in the employ of the agricultural department of the United States gove'rnment, who \r spent two months studying the boll -' 'J? weevil in the cotton producing coim- % 4 try of the southwest. Mr. McLane says a portion of Arkansas has been devastated by the ^ boll weevil, and that western Arkap*&s and especially Hempstead, county presents a desolate appearance. After a hasty bnt thorough investigation,: 4t_ Ko? hAon MtahlichM hAVnnd thft "Wafwc ' adventnre of a doubt that there are no boll weevils In Arkansas. FARMER KERR GOLDBRICKEO. | Swindlers Get $3,000, but They aije | ? Afterward Made Prisoners. Two alleged confidence men, wlij are said to have swindled John Kerr, a farmer of East Springfield, Ohio, out ; S| of $3,000, were captured Monday by ; farmers aftejv a fight with shotguns. The men gave their names as A. Blake, of Cincinnati, and Charles Higglns, of - - - i REV. SAM GOES FREE. His Fight With Cartersvlfle Postman* ter Aired In Mayor's Court. When arraigned'Id mayor's conrt id Cartersville, Postmaster Akenaa&?3{j pleaded guilty to the charge of dls : * orderly conduct, with which he and Bev. Sam Jones were charged,?and was fined $10 and" costs. Rev. Jones entered a plea of not * guilty and brought forward prominent citizens as witnesses to provehfit statement All of the witnesses swore that the evangelist was on the de- i'xdjim ponsivft in thft difficulty and he discharged. > ' ON CHARGE OF WHITECAPPING. Five Prominent Citizens of Barbour County, Aa., are Held Under Bond. Before United States Commissioner ^ J TutwIIer, at Troy, Ala., John Green, vj|| Jesse Green, Jim Sanders, Beaufort ^ McCall and Richard Mann were held ^S In $500. bond each for wbitecapping. s The men are prominent citizens of J Barbour county, and are alleged to :'M liave intimidated negroes. NO hflLLION-DOLLAR DEPOT* * Atlanta's New Train Shed Will Cod In Neighborhood of $350,000. It is learned from an authoritative source that the cost of the new depot structure for Atlanta, Ga., on which 3'ds were recently submitted will be ; ess than $330,000. The exact figures :annot be given out yet, because ho iefinite conclusion has been reached1 * . ^1 is to whom the contract will be award- - % ?d, but this will be done within the lext day or frfc