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.,-- . ? ...... ^ ;A . i The Bamberg Herald. j i ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 15.. ]903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. kill > -" ???? ???????|?^ _____ " 11 1 -- - ~ " t _ _ f MIKADO MENACED I Ninety Russian Warships are at Anchor Off Korea. f " ^ ALONGSIDE JAPAN SHIPS _____ Russian Brigades Have Also Been Mustered on the Korean Border. Tragic Denoument is Hourly Awaited, Official information received in Par?o eKftiua that- o fr?rm irl n hlo T?ncsiar? OUW 9%.+? u AViU4tUMI/*V fleet, composed of ninety war ships of all classes, has left Port Arthur and has arrived at Ma-San-Pho, south of Korea, where the Japanese fleet had already arrived. The Russian ships anchored within- the harbor, alongside the Japanese ships. Several brigades of Russian troops have been moved forward to the Korean boundary, and are now encamped on the border. Diplomatic negotiations are still proceeding at Tokio. These do not relate to the evacuation of Manchuria by the Russian troops, but to the future of Korea. The Patrie, newspaper, in a special dispatch from Darmstadt gives an interview with Alexandre Savinsky, the secsifcafy of Foreign Minster Lamsdor^ who, -ft fs claimed spoke on the aut^Srity of his chief upon RussoJapjjpiege relations. M. Savinsky is t 'quo&d as shying* *0jhi? agents at Tokio have informed us waf Japan desires war and is prepares for it We have enough- troops in ?|b|ria to resist all the Japanese fcv - a r Reports Discredited. T?e Japanese minister at London, Bargh Hayashi, described the announcement made by Tbe London Daily Mail's correspondent at Kobe, Jajy^anjahat Baron de Rosen, the Russian miifiter to Japan, had presented a notcto the Japanese government con| tenfing that Japan had no right to in7 ^ terwe In the question of the evacuationgof Manchuria and proposing the parttiqm of Korea between Russia and Jap^i as being "rantasticai ana unworthy Sf ."consideration." ITwe 3iews -from Kobe, the minister say | I | about as unreliable as news froi? Shanghai. Jle reiterated that then was nothing in the situation in Konp .to^ occasion, uneasiness. b;<v; - "lEiave not heard and I do not believ^" "added the Japanese minister, t "thJNltf^sia has intimated her reftisal L. to evacuate Manchuria and that she i| has refused to allow Japan to interIjg .. fere* with her occupation. I see noth^ # ing in the situation at the present mo ment that supports the report of a warlike attitude on the part of cither Bussia or Japan." The r^inster added that he had not received a word,-regarding any concentration of or -alarming movement of the Russian fleet in the Far East. ||> No Evacuation Move, f According to all Chinese reports, Thursday, October 8, the date fixed for the evacuation of parts of Manchuria I'-, by the Russian troops passed without a Ruwflan movement toward the evacuation of Manchuria. In the mean? time the Russian-Japanese negotiations regarding Korea and Manchuria are proceeding at Tokio between the * ^ ^ vz?J mTv?_ ' Japanese caumei auu wc .n.uao*<?u ?**?? k ister, Baron de Rosen. The latter is ?. v actirig under direct instructions from Admiral Alexieff, viceroy of the Far East The prospect is considered doubtful, unless Russia makes substantial con4 . -' cessions. The rumor of the Japanese I < rejection of the Russian demands is officially denied. China is.' understood to be waiting for the result of Japan's negotiations .before fiWtkep treating with Russia for the evacuation of Manchuria. Beavers Surrenders Some More. George W. Beavers surrendered himself at New York Thursday upon the fourth indictment returned against him in Washington, charging conspiracy to defraud the government through contracts for the purchase 01 cancelling machines. ?[ y s' BATEMAN IS TURNED DOWN. ' I % His Nomination by Grand Jury for Notary Public Not Confirmed. The controTersy between Judge Walter Venable and ex-Judge J. N. Bateman, at Atlanta, Ga., over the office of notary public and ex-offieio justice of the peace came to a surprising and sensational ending in the superior court Wednesday morning, when Judge Lumpkin refused to confirm the grand jury's nomination of Bateman The matter ' attracted more than , passing notice,'"from the fact that Bateman was the principal figure'in the contest for the alleged Collier : tissue paper win. i w . ANCIENT DONEGAL HAPPY. At Ago of Eighty a Welcome Heir ?- - Comes to His Domicile. A London dispatch says: An heir was born on Wednesday to the marquis of Donegal, who is 80 years old, and who married. Miss Twining, of Halifax^ Nova Scotia, who is 22 years old, at the beginning of the year. The marnnit had twice Dreviously been married without having Issue. FEVER SPREADS AT LAREDO. t j Large Increase In Number of Cases Shown; in Bulletins. Friday's developments show another increase in the number of new cases V * I \ . of yellow fever at Laredo, Texas. The larger number of cases now requiring attention renders the work of the attending physicians far heavier than at the beginning. The official bulletin shows new cases 29, deaths, none; total cases to date, 172; total deaths to date, 7. * '' CHINA OPENS THE DOOR. ; Commercial Treaty Between thai Country and the United States Signed at Shanghai. Advices from Shanghai, China state that the commercial treaty between the United States and China has been signed by Sheng Wung Pao, Lu Kai Huan, United States Minister Conger, Consul General Goodnow and Mr. Egan. The request for the publication of the text was officially refused until it has been submitted to the United States. The state department at Washington was promptly informed of . the facts. The cablegram announcing the signing of the treaty was s?nt from Shang! hai and was signed by Minister Coni oray r?nncn? nonoral finndnnw and Mr. ?V-4, .. Seaman, the three commissioners who negotiated the instrument. An imperial decree by the Chinese government has made the treaty effective so far as that government is concerned, but it must be ratified by the United States senate before ratifications can be exchanged and the treaty put in operation. Great satisfaction is expressed the state department at the outcome as it makes certain the two ports !n Manchuria will be opened to the United States, no matter what the outcome as to the negotiations for th-* evacuation of the territory by Russia may be. The assurance that Russia has previously given and to whic\ the government would Insist upon adherence, is that the treaty arrangements made with China covering Manchurian ports will be binding upon the Russian government. ; The principal po'nts of the treaty are. briefly, as follows-: First, settlement of the long vexed question of international taxation in. China. - Second, recognition of American rights of residence throughout the eni- j - pire ror missionav wur*. Third, projection of patents, trade marks and copyright. Fourth, mining rights. Fifth, opening "of new. localities to i international trade to a part of the { empire where the United. States has vast commercial interests. Sixth, right to carry on trade, industries and manufactures in all parte of China. . v,-. The negotiations between China and the United States which culminated in the United treaty just signed at ! Shanghai, were initiated under the provision of article xii. Of the final protocol, signed by the powers at Pekin on September 7. 1901, terminating the anti-foreign outbreak of the preceding year. JURY ACQUITS POTTS. Popular Verdict is Rendered in Thedford Murder Case at Rome. At Rome, Ga., Saturday the jury in the case of Joseph D. Potts, charged witir the murder of Dr. M. A. Thedford, returned a verdict of not guilty, after being out a short time. It is but fair to state that the find-1 Ing meets the approval of the entire I local public; and Potts has been cor- j dially congratulated by hundreds of j people since he was released. The defendant's wife was much af- j fected by the verdict and burst into j tears. Although the verdict was maui- j festly popular, the waiting crowd in | the court room maintained perfect J jufet until the young man was outside, then he held a genuine reception. UNION LABOR WARNS CAPITAL. Threat is Made to Withdraw Savings j of Workers from the Banks. "Organized capital, througn its antiboycott and employers* associations, must stop its raid on the savings of the trade unions*: or the onion, men will withdraw $300,000,000 from the banks." Such is the statement made by Thomas Kidd, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, after an investigation of the damage suits which the American Anti-Boycott Association and employers' associations have filed against trade unions within the last three months. REAGAN PREDICTS MONARCHY. Venerable Statesman Warrt| no Divis. ion of State of Texas. Judge John H. ReRagan said in an interview at Dallas, Texas, Sunday: "I do not want Texas divided into five states, as the annextion agreement permits. Texas should never be divided. The American republic is doomed. The dissolution of this union of states is sure to come, in my opin ion, and be succeeded by a monarchy. :We" are rapidly drifting toward a monarchical form of government. I want Texas to be big enough to. stand alone, to once more be the republic of Texas." ATLANTA FAIR GATES OPEN. Ushered In With Largest Attendance In History of Association. In the presence of the largest crowd that has ever attended an opening day, the fifth annual fair of the Southern Interstate Fair Association began at Atlanta Wednesday at noon. Nearly 5,000 people passed through the turnstiles during the afternoon and at night, and the first day was an entire success. STATE RESTS ITS CASE. ill Juror Recovered and Tiilman Triai Resumed in Lexington. The defense in the case of J. H. Tillman, at Lexingfon, S. C., entered upon the presentation of its side of the case Wednesday. Solicitor Thurmond having announced wnen tne trial was resumed that the state would rest. No further testimony was offered by the state. Nine witnesses for the defense was heard during the day. The juror who was ill and caused < thft temporary delay, reported for duty. ITSENEWS wiwsan | IN SOUTH CAROLINA,! Got Liquor, But Not Moonshiners. A few days ago revenue officers and dispensary constables appeared at Due West and in less than two miles i of the town limits found and broke up a whisky still, capturing three hundred gallons of beer and a lot of fixtures. The men who operated the still escaped, but will be pursued. * Britons at Charleston. Sir Daniel Harris, British imperial commissioner of agriculture for the West Indies, and John R. Rovell, of Barbadoes, were at Charleston the past week for the purpose of studying the culture of Sea Island cotton in this region. They spent several * ' - '1 ' ? nnn ohnnf days YlSllllig pituica.ipuuo ?uwuv Charleston. New Industries Reported. The Chattanooga Tradesman reports the following new indus'j-ies for South Carolina: Columbia, $25, 000 mineral company; Abbeville, $250,000 cotton mill (projected); Manning. $5,000 telephone company; Charleston, lumber company; Jonesvllle, lumber company; Aiken, $30,000 waterworks and oewerage system. * * * Wife and Son of Senator Tillman Hurt Whild driving from Trenton to her home, Mrs. B. R. Tillman, wife of United States Senator B. R. Tillman, and her son were thrown from the buggy Ly the horse running away. Mrs. Tillman and her son both sustained severe gashes on their faces, but physicians state their injuries are not serious. * Bad Negro Uses Gun. At Rosemary, a village about 15 miles from Georgetown, on the oTiri wpfitern railroad. \JWi 5VVV Tf .. ~ and tlie central depot of the logging operations of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company, George H. Almeida, a 'boiler maker and mechanic, was shot through the head and instantly killed, and Night Watchman Wheeler received a serious wound in the mouth at the hands of a negro desperado, also an employe of the corporation. The I murderer escaped. * * ? To Carry Mail by Trolley. Watson Fuller, chief clerk of the railway mail service, headquarters at Atlanta, was in Augusta a few days | ago inspecting the Augusta-Aiken trolley line service, with a view to making it a postal line. Not only Is .-the town of Aiken to be Reached, but the factory towns of the line, Bath, Clearwater, Warrcnvilie, Langley and Graniteville, with an aggregate population of 25,000, all of which would I have their mail facilities greatly in] creased by sending poucfies on the J trolley line from Augusta. He will I recommend the service. * * * Death of an Estimable Lady. I The whole community was saddened j ; to hear of the death of Miss Nellie ; i Chapman, which occurred a few days ago at the home of her sister, J Mrs. Walter 1. Herbert, at Utopia, about nine miles from Newberry. Early in the summer she was strickI en with typhoid fever, which left her ; In a very feeble condition, and she ' steadily grew worse until death re- J lieved her of her sufferings. Miss Chapman was the daughter of ; ~ono?.aKlo. .Tile.toLi.lon To Tin A rhfliv : | IUC vcuuiauic wm?* , man. She was a devout Christian and j I a most estimable lady. I * | County Treasury Empty. | According to a Columbia dispatch Richland county, in which Columbia is ; located, finds itself in the unique and j embarrassing position of being "broke." This condition is due to ! theiact that the 3 1-4 mills levy for "ordinary" purposes, which begins to apply October 15, has already been ' pledged to one of the banks for the payment of notes. j There is not a cent in cash in the | county treasury with which to pay the Tillman trial witnesses, and there (is nothing coming in to provide for ! the expenses of the court opening in ! 1 Columbia October 26. ! The county commissioners' office j I refuse to make a statement at thi3 i time, saying it will be best to wait j for a full and complete statement at j this time, saying it will be best co j wait for a full and complete statement of the county's finances from the otqti/i -iiirv whirh will renort ex I oiUUU v- jc - ? ; haustively on the matter at the coming term of court. The commission, ers do not appear perturbed over the 1 situation, saying that some way will ! be found to pay witnesses and provide | for the other expenses of the trial j at Lexington and the coming term of court at Columbia. . i * * j Lost Boy is "Located." The mystery of the sudden disap' pearance of Roy Elkins, a telephone lineman, has been solved. His moth: er, who had believed her son no longer in the land of the living, has re; ceived a letter, wherein it is stated that he is in aflssissippi in good health and spirits. TTllrinc oiHrtonlv ]pft Hrppnvillp on : the 22d of last March and it so hapi pened that on the night of his dei parture there was a large fire in the ! town. It was thought that he lost his life in the flames, and after a resultj less search the aged mother was forced to the same conclusion. The letter, which was like a letter from j the dead, brought the joy that only a mother can know. * * * Dr. Cromer Resigns from College. The resignation of Dr. George B. Cromer, as president of Newberry College, cam-j as quite a surprise to the people of Newberry and the friends of the college everywhere. It became known through friends of Dr. Cromer that the resignation had been handed to the trustees of the institution, the same to take effect July 1st, 1904, at the end of the present session. Although not generally known, it is nevertheless a fact that Dr. Cromer has had the question of resigning under consideration for some time. His severance from the college will be a distinct loss to the institution, which has had a remarkable growth during his presidency. 'e Barnwell Man Arrested In Florida. A dispatcli iruni Jacksonville, Fin., says: "James B. Coleman, a ycung white man formerly of Barnwell, S. C., but who has been a resident here for some time, was arrested here Sat urday, on a warrant from Barnwell, charging him with disposing of property under lien at that place. He was sent to police headquarters and later arraigned before Justice Cannon, who committed him to jail, without bail, for ten days, as a fugitive from justice. "Sheriff F. H. Creech, of Barnwell, I has been notified of the arrest and as soon as requisition papers can be had he will come here for Coleman. The prisoner asserts his innocence and Psays he can clear himself when back at Barnwell." k r . Hicks Rose Caught by Dogs. Hicks Rose, white, was trailed 20 miles by. Chattanooga bloodhounds from Tellico Plains, Monroe county, to the North Carolina mountains, and captured Saturday night. He is wanted for the murder of J. B. Martin, in Monroe county, several days ago. The inp-s not otioa lose the trail. SOCIALISTS PROMPTLY JAILED. Tried to Whip San Juan Police While Governor Was Absent. While Governor Hunt, of Porto Rico, was absent from San Juan as a guest of the new American railway officials, the anti-Am'-rican socialists and anarchists of the city had a clash with the police. Forty arrests were made and many of !he prisoners were later convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, including the anarchist Conde, ONE MUST COME DOWN. Russia and Japan Stand Ready for Sanguinary Death Grapple. A dispatch from Berlin says: Russia and Japan act a though either would fight if the other should hold immovably to the position taken up in the last exchange of communications. This was the actual situation Sunday as understood officially from reports received from the Gorman embassy in St. Petersburg and the German legation at Tokio. PRICE OF OIL ADVANCED. Aliened Decrease in Production Reason Given by Standard Company. A special from Pittsburg, Pa., says: Far the third time within ten days the Standard Oil Company advanced the price of oil Thursday, making Pennsylvania $1.65, the highest "in three years." The net advance is due to the ' fact that very little new producing territory is being found. There was also an advance of 2 cents in the price of western crude oil and an advance of 3 cents in the eastern product. BISSELL'S BODY CREMATED. Funeral of Former Postmaster General Attended by Notable Personages. ?The funeral of Wilson S. Bissell, for* mer postmaster general, took place at Buffalo, N. Y., Friday. All the courts in the city adjourned as a mark of respect The body was cremated.. The list of honorary pallbearers . included Grover Cleveland, Johnv G. Carlisle, Hoke Smith, Frank Goodyear, of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Company; John G. Milburn and Dr. Charles Carey. WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS. EMBEZZLER IN GREAT LUCK. Sentence for Stealing $13,000 Is Only Thirty Days lrti Jail. Thomas Ward, vice president of the Lemars national bank, at Sioux Cicy, who pleaded guilty to embezzlement in the sum of $13,000, was sentenced Wednesday to pay a fine of $12,000 and to stay in jail until the amount is paid. It has been discovered that the sentence given Mr. Ward wiii amount fo his serving just thirty days in jail. HOW TRUSTS WORK Plans by Which Millions Were Gobbled Up is Exposed. STARTLING FACTS GIVEN Dresser Explains How Morgan and Schwab Filled Pockets and Then Allowed a Big Combine to Go to the Wall. One of the most interesting state' ments in connection with the formation of the ill-fated United States Ship Building Company, told by LeRoy Dresser, in legal proceedings at New York Wednesday, was that after a pool of 200,000 preferred and 250,000 com V.o^ K oon nl a fori in l.hfl UJUJ1 aiULA liuu UI.W1 hands of Harris, Gates & Co., it was agreed that none of this stock should be marketed until 25,000 preferred and 25,000 common owned by J. P. Morgan &'Co., and 75,000, each kind, owned by C. M. Schwab, had first been sold. Mr. Dresser told also of his original agreement as president of the Trust Company o? the Republic, tor ootain the underwriting of $3,000,000 of United States Ship Building Company stock; how this was increased to $4,750,000 by the failure of the French subscribers to pay up; how Mr. Schwab came to offer his Bethlehem works to the ship building company, and how J. P. Morgan & Co. then came into the transaction. Mr. Dresser, who took the stand at the opening of the hearing, testified that he had no written statement as to the values of the plants of the company of which he undertook the underwriting, but that Lewis Nixon and John W. Young had made oral representations The Mercantile Trust Company, he was told by Colonel McCook, secured the underwriting principally in France. The purchase of the Bethlehem Steel Works for the ship building company was then discussed, Mr. Dresser stating that the overtures for the sale of the steel company had been made by Charles M. Schwab, who said he owned nearly all the~stock of the Bethlehem Steel Company and that be cause of its armor-making capacity, be believed the company would do better with the ship building company than with .the United States Steel Corporation. Mr. Schwab, according to Mr. Dresser, said he wanted $9,000,000 cash for his stock, and submitted reports which showed that it cost him more than $7,000,000 and was earning $1,450,000 a year. ; "We told him we co,uld not trade on a cash basis," said Mr. Dresser, "because we had no cash, and he said he would take $10,000,000 in bonds at 90 for the $9,000,000." This was agreed to, the arrangement also providing that he was to receive with the bonds a stock bonus of $9,000,000 each of the common and preferred stock of the United States Ship Building Company, Mr. Schwab stating that $2,000,000" of the stock was to go to J. P. Morgan & Co. For the stock of the Bethlehem Company, Mr. Dresser said, there was feally given $10,000,000 in bonds, $9,000,000 in common stock and $9,090,000 in preferred stock. There * was some talk of pooling the stock of the ship building company, he said, Mr. Qr?fcwnh Insiatimr that all the stock be Track of Southern, Near Danville, Piled High With Debris. A bold attempt was made Sunday afternoon to wreck passenger train No. 1 on the Southern about three miles east of Danville, Va. The track had been piled with, crossties and a fish plate. The train was running at a very lotf rate of speed and but for this fact a disastrous wreck probably would have occurred. . . The' obstruction wa9 placed at theend of a high trestle and the disaster of three weeks ago would have been duplicated. ANOTHER CRANK NABBED. Decker Also Wanted to Inspect Interior of the White Hous?. John Decker, of Norwich, Conn., who evidently is a mechanic, abont it years old, entered the white house soon after the doors were opened Wednesday morning. The officials thought from his actions he was a crank and arrested him. He was not armed and made no resistance when placed undor arrest. held until his and Mr. Morgan's had been put on the market. FREE, BUT PENNILESS. " 80 Walls Judge Randolph to Hla Friends In Alabama. ' Judge Francis Randolph, recently released from prison in Colombia, after being condemned to death for an alleged murder, has sent a cablegram to friends in Montgomery, Ala., as follows: ....... "Free, but destitute. Cable me money. I can draw on Park bank," New York." About $500 was at once raised and he was promptly cabled of the fact Randolph is expected to return to Montgomery, when, it la believed, all cases pending against him for embesilement, will not be pressed. INDiANS IN FATAL BRAWL. Bad Liquor Results In Massacre and Seven are killed. A special from Browning, Mont., says: Seven people have been killed and two wounded during a drunken row on the Black Foot Indian reservation in Montana.. The dead are: Wakes-Up-Last, wife and three children; Mrs. Susan Bigroad, Mrs. Little A number of Indians secured a quantity of whisky Sunday, night and start ed on a big spree. In some manner Wakes-TJp-Last became engaged in e row with the rest of the party with <:he result stated. ELIMINATES MIDDLE MAN. Farmers' Trust Will Do Business Le gaily in State of Nebraska. The Farmers' Co-operative Shipping Association, commonly called the farmers' trust, has legally entered the state of Nebraska, having received its incorporation. The paid up capita! stock is $600,000, and the purpose o] I Cream of News J tinmiiTinniTiiiTiiin Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each "Day. ?Though the opening of the state fair at Macon, Ga., is still some days off, the fair grounds are now complete and ready for the reception of visitors. ?An attempt was made to wreck train No. 1, on the Norfolk division of the Southern railway Sunday afternoon by persons who piled crossties and a fish plate on the track. The engineer saw the obstruction in time to stop his train. ?Judge John H. Reagan, postmaster general of the Confederacy, and the only surviving member of the cabinet, declares in an interview that the Amer" * - ? -? Ujs lean repuDiic is aoomea au-u mat no wishes Texas to remain intact that it may once more become the republic of Texas. ?The northeast gale off the Virginia coast ceased Sunday, but evidence of detruction are found on every hand. Two bodies have been washed ashore below Norfolk, while the shore is strewn with wreckage for uniles. ?The New Orleans screwmen strike was closed Sunday, when an agreement was reached. The small ship lines deserted their allies and forced the acceptance of the screwmen's proposition. ?A raid was made on the Chinese quarter of Boston Sunday and about three hundred celestials arrested. The murder of a Chinese about a week ago by highbinders, was the cause of the wholesale arrests. ?Flood at Paterson, N. J., causes several buildings to collapse and it 1: estimated the damage will be greater than that done by the fire some time ago at that place. ?Richard Henry Sav?ee, author ana soldier, died in New York, Sunday from injuries received by a wagon run ning over him. ?Camp Young, at West Point, Ky. was broken Sunday. The cost to the government for the maneuvers i? about $320,000. ?Railroad passonger agents will hold annual convention at New Or leans this week. ?Eighteen new cases of yellow fe ver and one death at Laredo, Tex. ?Baron Von Rosen, Russian minis ** - ter to japan, at xuKunauiu, m onau lug instructions from his governmeni in the matter of negotiations proceed ig between Japan and Russia. ?It is thought that war betweei Japan and Russia is Inevitable?tha Japan will declare hostilities at ones and that Russia will begin operation; i next Friday*. ?It is reported at Berlin that Amer lean financial houses have arrangee to take two hundred million rouble; of the loan to be issued at St. Peters burg. ?The jury in the Potts case a Rome, Ga., returned a verdict of no guilty. ?Authorities of the railway mai service have recommended that mai be carried on the lectric line betweei Augusta and Aiken, S. C. This wil be the first electric postal line in th< i south. , ?A new line of steamships is to b< put on from Savannah. It will pi: 1 between the Georgia city and ports ii France, Spain and Italy. ?James H. Tillman, charged witl the murder of N. G. Ganzlaes, was 01 the stand for five hours. He told al details of the relations between Mr ' Gonzales and himself and describee the killing. ?The agricultural commissioners o the southern states who have been ii session at Montgomery issued an esti mate of .the south's cotton crop, plac fng it at 10,271,000 bales. ?Seven hundred frieght handlers have gone on a strike on the Savan the association is to handle grain anc live stock and to eliminate the middle men. FOOTBALL A "SOCIAL" GAME. Pnr -that Reason the Color Line is Drawn by an Indiana Team. Manager Eller, of the Wabash football team, at Crawfordvllle, Ind., has received a letter from H. T. Watson, manager of the Rose Polytechnic League, stating that they., consider football a social game and as a matter of principle would not play if Gordon, a colored player, was allowed to participate. The ganie has been cancelled. nan, tia., oocks. mey aeuitmci uu m crease of 5 cents per hour and double pay for overtime. ?Wilson S. Bisself, postmastft] general under Grover Cleveland, h dead at Buffalo, N. Y. ?Sam Johnson, the negro preachei who robbed the Misses Battle at Bar nett, Ga., wa& found guilty at Warren ton and sentenced to fifteen years ic the penitentiary. ?The Daughters of the Confederacy of Union Springs, will urge the Charleston convention to legislate against celebrations held on the Sab bath. ?Natural gas has been found neai ! Huntsvllle, Ala., and experts say the supply is sufficient to feed the city foi fifty yeari. ?Thomas Foote, a farmer living 1 near Mobile, committed suicide, using 1 poison, knife and gun to complete the job. ?At Topeka, Kan., five hundred per sons witnessed a rough and tumble . fight between girl sophomores and freshmen. Many of the girls had theii ; clothing torn from bodies, i ?At Berlin, it is reported that there ? are many plots to kill the kaiser. Near ? ly every day a v/ould-be regicide is ar I rested. ?"Al" Morrow, confidential clerk oi [ Governor Dockery, of Missouri, has been indicted on a charge of aiding fraudulent naturalization. - - ? 4 /s-l !m.i King peters new i/aomci. A new Servian cabinet has beer formed at Belgrade, with the follow ing as leading members: Premier General Gruics; foreign mnister, An dria Nikolics; Interior minister, Sto jan Protics, and war minister, Colone Andrejevics. ns ' Three Lose Life by Tornado. A tornado passed near Princeton 111., Saturlay evening, killing three per sons and destroying a large amount o: farm property. ' r, i. : v < * TO CHOOSE SOUTHERNER. Dr. Green's Selection as Agent of Peabody Fund is Only Temporary, Says One of the Trustees. The board of trustees of the Peazody fund did not elect a permanent successor to the late Dr. J. L. M. Curry at their recent meeting, as was erroneously published in many southern papers, says The Atlanta Constitution. It was at first the intention of the trustees to elect a general agent, but upon investigation it was found that every naem that was considered was - unavailable at the present time on account of the fact that all the more prominent educators of the south, with few exceptions, were engaged In other educational work that would hold them until nest fall. Dr. Green, who was said to have been elected to the position, was simply requested to act in that capacity until a successor to Dr. Curry could be secured. His term will not exceed one year at most, and he will be succeeded by some prominent southern man. It was the unanimous desire of the trustees from all sections of the country that a southern man be selected, as it was thought that a man from this section would necessarily be in closer touch with the conditions here that one from another part of the country. It is not true that Dr. Glenn, of thl3 state, was "displaced" from the position of general agent of the fund. Dr. 1 Glenn was never the general agent of the Peabody fund, but was acting as 1 secretary or assistant to Dr. Curry. This place "was created by the trua; tees during the latter days ofDr. Cur1 ry because of his enfeebled condi' tion, which rendered him physically ! unable to attend to the duties of the position which he had filled so long and so well. At his death the neces, sity for an assistant ceased, and with the necessity the place disappeared. The fact that it was known, thai Pr. Green would not be an applicant tc , succeed himself at the expiration ol j one year was the primary cause Of his selection to the plate of general agent. It is the firm intention of the trustees that some prominent southern educator shall be elected to1 the per manent position, and to that end a committee consisting of Dr. Gilman, - Senator Hoar and Hon. Hoke Smith - wa9 appointed to select the name o! t a suitable man and present it- at the January meeting Of the board. This committee already has consift i ered the matter, and has practical!) t made its selection. The member* 3 will not divulge the name of the on* 3 selected at present, but it can b< stated that he is one of the besi known educators in the southerx j states and is president either of th< 3 leading college of this section or th< leading normal school. This >mucl was stated by one of the trustees but he would not make the announpe ment more definite just now. The po sitlon of general agent of the Peabod] fund is regarded as the most promi 1 neat in southern educational circles 1 and is one that the most prominen | will accept. 3 HEAVY LOSSES IN PATERSON. 3 Unfortunate New Jersey City Hart 7 Hit by Heavy Flfcods. 1 The people of Paterson, N. J., ar< beginning to realize the extent of th< ^ great flood which whelmed the cltj I the past week. v Nearly two entire wards, taking ii j the manufacturing sections, have bee: under water since that day. Mohdaj morning thousands of men, womei and children employed in differen 1 mills and factories found they conk not go to work on account of thos< places being shut down. A grea many of these people have also beei 3 driven from their homes and hav< - neither food nor shelter. The heavi est damage in Paterson was to th< ' manufactures. At present it is impossible to giv< r an accurate idea of the total losses 3 but conservative estimates are abou two millions. BRYAN CONTROLS THE CASH. ' Nebraskan is Made Trustee of Large 1 Amount by Bennett Will. v William J. Bryan appeared in the ' probate court at New Haven, Coiul, Monday, and as executor filed for ! probating the will of the late Philc S. Bennett. The will disposes of an estate worth approximately $253,000. Among the public bequests the will ) provides that $10,000 be divided among twenty-five colleges or nniver ; sities by William J. Bryan and $10,000 : j is given to Mr. Bryan to aid needy stp;; dents, while a similar amount is to be ! distributed by Mrs. Bryan among deserving students in female colleges. ? ? tiAMrv/ ARBI T KA l IUIN5> ouoi mviici. In Settling Differences With Railroads Georgia Has Paid $2,062.50 So Far. , Arbitrations held so far this year . have cost the tate of Georgia $2,062.50. The state has to share half the expense of paying the umpires who are selected, and the pay of these um1 pires is fixed by the board of arbitra! tion. BRITISHERS AT WHITE HOUSE. 1 ! Members of London Artillery Compa. -1 ny Call on President Roosevelt .President and Mrs. Roosevelt Saturr . I day afternoon gave an elaborate re. | ception in the white house to the 1 ; Honorable Artillery company, of London; the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company, of Boston, and the Minute Men of Washington. Invited to meet the guests of honor were the . most prominent officials of the gov[ ernment and leading members ol Washington society* HARD COAST BLOW " Terriffic Storm Along Atiantic Wreaks Destruction. LIVES AND VESSELS I.O&<4j? P Norfolk and Newport Suffer Heavily. Ghastly Incident in New York. Paterson, New Jersey, Badly Flooded. A special from Norfolk, Va., says:. dtm The Virginia coast from Cape Henry MM to Dam Neck Mills to the south, w&a ' I strewn with the wreckage of several ill-fated craft Saturday- night All . communication with the seaboard is ^ S U IrvtAttr*. +?*<? + mQflw WAS _ tut UU, u Ul It 19 2U1U n u tuab mrtnj fvw sels have been wrecked and several 'B lives lost. One of the coal ba^es* Ocean Belle and Georgia, nothing to now left except wreckage op the^^^B shore, and of the crews that manned^^Hm them the fate of only five is known. The three-masted schooner Nellie * W. Howlett. Captain Gheem, lumber laden, from Pensacola, to a total wreck -JM on the coast three miles from Dam jflfl Neck Mills. Captain Gheem and crew of six men are safe at The terminal piers of the and Western, Southern and An^ B Coast Line in the outer harbor been badly damaged-by the wind an^^^^fl tide and the big pleasure piers at Ocean View are destroyed. wK Hundreds of small craft have floated ashore in the harbor. j9 Norfolk City experienced 4 gale <&3 from 40 to 50 miles all day. Saturday/ "'-.M and besides flooded streets, much damage has been done. For the er part of the day the city was cut from the outside world. ^Jj Seventy-Two MHea an Hour. ; V The weather bureau at Washington ? received a report from the eignai sta^ , tlon at Cape Henry, Va., saying the wind was blowing 72 miles an ho v anid was carrying everything before It. j Great Damage in New York. , ^jjgk A New York dispatch says: As^pejBB^ ports of the storm's havoc accumulate i the estimate of the damage in ami >a . about Greater New York grows to i startling figures and undoubtedly the iffp I total loss will run far into the millions. > An extraordinary occurrence waa \ reported from Greenwood cemetery, 1 I Booklvn. As the result 0/ half a dozl< e nlandsiides on the hillsides of the 1 beautiful burial ground, tombs were > . J opened and headstones torn from the!^-' ; } fastenings. Portions of coffins were t scattered about over a large ?r aa ni .J 1 in other sections the slide: of dirt, i< weighing many tons, had swept away i monuments and buried scores of 1 graves so that it'may be Impossible "'*.?* i , to again locate them. * So far as New York city Is concerned,, r;' - the great flood storm is a thing of tbjjra^^H 7 pai^, with the exception of the inter-? - , 3 - ruption of suburban traffic in New , Jersey. On many of the New JersejrJ^M t steam and trolley lines comi|1 tion Is either interrupted or badly . crippled and days will probably elapse before normal conditions are resumed. ; In all sections of Greater New York.|^^H J the floods ubsided during Sunday a?^ ; suburban traffic Is conducted as usualNws^.:* 1 Paterson, New Jersey, Overflowed. 3 A special irum raiersuu, The flood in the Passaic river, sur- . ' | passes the mammoth inundation . of \--fM j March, 1902. The river has overflowed hundreds of streets and many fami- 3 r lies are being rescued from upper win- jfltt l dows in boats. Mayor Hinchcliffe Sat*^JH| t jirday morning appointed a committee^HH j to organise a relief committee. A dam ^ a- of sand and sacks is being built to j keep the swollen river above this falls from breaking its banks and pouring -> [ into the city through a ravine,, in $ji 3 which case frightful damage "would be done. The gas works are flood There are fears for the electric^llgnt . station. . Scores of mills have shut 3 down. The damage in the city of property is already estimated at half a million 'dollars. KANSA8 SWEPT BY TORNADO. .JM i Only Three Fatalities Reported, Rut JSk Damage Done is Enormous, ' ^ 1 Three persons killed outright, two h , fatally injured and fourteen others "1 more or less seriously hurt, with enor, mous property loss, is the net result 1 of tornadoes that prevailed near Hamilton, Greenwood, county, and near Aliceville, Coffer county, Kans., Tuesday night The town of Aliceville, which has 200 inlwbitants, was prab- 1 tically demolished. Wires were pros-. trated and the extent of the storm was ; < ? not learned until late Wednesday. The list of casualties may yet be Incomplete. 8TRIKER8 RESORT TO VIOLENCE. Trouble of Street Car Employe* at | San Antorrio Grows Serious. j At San Antonio, Texas, Sunday, the street car strike of motormen and conductors for an increase of wage* and the right of the union to dictate discharges was marked by violence and bloodshed. The strike now hae been on for some days, but Sunday was the most violent day since its insofar* ation. 8HIP WEATHERED HURRICANE Stealer Commanche Was in Worst of Storm Off Virginia Coast The Clyde steamship Commanche, i Captain Piatt, arrived at Jacksonville, Fla., from New York Monday night after a fearful battle with the horri' cane off the Virginia coast, being for eighteen hours in the midst of the The wind was seventy-five miles an ! hour and' the good ship was in the worst of it