The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 09, 1904, Image 2
j|: KEEP A=C
If the road is hard and rough,
Keep a-climbin'.
If you're feelin' pretty tough,
Keep a-climbin'.
'Taint no use to sit and pout,
'Cause the other feller's stout,
Gittin' miffed won't help yo uout,
Keep a-climbin'.
s If you're feelin' kinda' sick,
Keep a-climbin'.
Make a cane from some old stick,
Keep a-climbin'.
Don't stand still if you get blue,
One more step may change your view,
Clouds will often change their hue,
So keep a-climoin'.
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j~| dreams of adventure: peril
T HI baps I may say more tban
jfll |il| most boys. Several of them
fe] . naturally were connected
? with a Robinson Crusoe
life on a tropical island.
(A few years after I bad left boyhood
behind I was appointed Vice-Consul in
what were then the British and German
territories of the Kamerun in
western equatorial Africa. The question
of the site for my official residence
was being discussed by the Foreign
Office, and as I had already visited the
Kamerun in the capacity of a tourist,
I was invited to offer an opinion.
I asked for leave to select the little
island of Mondole, in Ambas Bay. On
the island I should be safe from any
attack by wild natives. I should be on
British territory, in a healthy locality,
and yet only two miles across the '
water from the little civilized negro
settlement of Victoria.
My request was granted, and shortly
after I started for Mondole, in 1SS5,
an English builder was sent out to
erect the vice-consulate in wood, iron
and cement.
r MY HOUSE OX MOXDOLE.
I found Mondole Island of surpassing 1
beauty?a little square mile of crum- '
bling rock, which rose to a height of
some 500 fdet above the very blue
waters of Ambas Bay. to toe wesi
was the Atlantic Ocean and the pale
blue silhouette of Fernando Po, a large
island with a peak rising nearly 10,000
||v: feet.
Eastward rose above Ambas Bay the ,
stupendous mass of the Kamerun volcano,
more than 13.000 feet above sea ;
level. To the south a beautifully ,
| wooded peninsula jutted out from the ,
mainland toward Mondole, from which
it was separated by barely a mile of
somewnat rougu sea.
My first residence was in a little ]
two-roomed timber house which had .
!been built and abandoned by a Polish
explorer, who had attempted to found
a kingdom in the Kamerun, with Mondole
as his impregnable capital.
A few natives?fishermen mostly? ,
lived on the western side of Mondoie
Island, but for the most part this little
: paradise of tropical vegetation was uninhabited
by the human race. Instead, ,
it was abundantly supplied with ser- ;
pents. .
My first attempts were directed tc>.
wtard clearing a site for my official resi- ;
deuce on the central ridge of the island. ,
In doing this I had to wage an cxcit- j
iug battle with the snakes, which had ;
taken possession of most of the old
and hollow tree trunks.
These snakes belonged to the partic- .
ularly venomous genus of the tree ,
cobra, a snake that is the source of ?
endless African legends. All over negro '
Africa one hears that the dendraspis,
j or tree cobra, crows like a cock, and in
y native legend it lias some of the other ,
attributes of the basilisk.
It is further, and truthfully, celebrated
for its unusual ferocity. A
tree cobra will frequently lly out from
its hidinc place and attack passers-by,
V - quite unprovoked.
The two sexes, moreover, exhibit
great attachment to each other when
mated.
On the way from the bra eh to the
site of my projected lionsc there was
one particularly large bombax tree,
which was the home of a pair of these
rtee cobras. They were from about
twelve to fourteen feet long, lithe, and
of a dark slatisli blue above with ycl- ,
low bellies.
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DUCK TOO MANY.
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Again and again, as I passed tins
tree, I could see the male and female
snakes lovingly intertwined, or. separately,
mimicking some twisted branch
in rigid immobility, waiting, no doubt,
for their prey.
None of my negro laborers would lev
an ax to this tree, nor would they at'
first let me kill the snakes, as they
predicted that the most terrible consequences
would occur?a veritable war
of serpents. So this bombax tree was
left standing longer than the other
vegetable monsters which obstructed
tho buildig site, and the tree cobras
became quite accustomed to our coming
and going. They attacked no quo
at first, but soon became a nuisance
from their fondness for my domestic
ducks.
In West Africa, at the time of which
I am writing, the muscovy duck, a native
of Brazil, was the most useful
domestic bird. Its eggs are excellent
food, and its flesh is, as most Americans
know, a toothsome article of
diet.
The inroads made by the snakes on
these ducks became too serious to be
tolerated. One day I encountered the
male snake with a muscovy duck halfway
down his gullet, and then and
there shot him.
Thereafter, as the negroes bad predicted,
began a series of misfortunes.
In the first place, the female snake entirelj
cut off our communications with
LIMBING.
Don't get down into the rut, ^
Keep a-climbin\
Watch the road for some short cut,
Keep a-climbin'.
Don't be gazin' at the grcun',
With your face all in a frown,
liaise your head and look aroun',
* Dut keep a-climbin'.
Don't let folks discourage you,
Keep a-climbin*.
Keep your goal always in view,
Keep a-Ciimbin'.
If you do light, things to-day,
Sometime you'll be niakin' hay,
And you'll hear the people say,
'He did some elimbin'."
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the bench by the new made road. She
dew at the first party of negroes who
were descending in that direction, bit
one of them in the leg, and his death
two hours afterward, in spite of all
antidotes I could think of. caused all
the other native laborers to take to
their canoes and desert the island.
WHEN WE CUT THE BOMBAX
TREE.
I supplied tbfcir place with Krooboys
from my residence at Old Calabar; but
meanwhile I was left on the island
with an Indian steward and an Accra
cook till the English builder arrived
with his materials and men.
Wc made a determined onslaught on
the female snake, no doubt very much
at the risk of our lives. We cut down
the huge bombax tree, and our imported
laborers?their legs and much
of their bodies sVathed in felt?flew
at the hissing snake with long staves
and did her to death.
But it seemed that ill luck was to
continue to follow me so long as I remained
on that island.
Trior to these events, my Indian servant.
who had accompanied me on my
previous African journeys, had always
been a very quiet, well-conducted person.
But now the poor fellow was suddenly
seized with a bad attack of
black-water fever, and after recovering,
quite lost his mental balance, and
became at times a raving maniac.
MY DANGEROUS SERVANT.
A strong house of logs had to be built
hastily for his detention, pending the
arrival of some steamer by which he
could be sent away to a healthier climate.
Although slim and spare in
build, his strength when seized by one
of these fits of raving became almost
superhuman.
One evening, as I was preparing for
bod, and was, in fact, clad .in nothing
but pajamas and slippers, the door of
tny temporary house was dragged open,
and the Indian servant stood before me
with flashing eyes and a huge club,
which was really an uprooted log from
the house out of which he had broken.
After glaring at me for a moment he
said:
"If you hrtd not been such a good
master I would kill you to-night."
Xot thinking it wise to trust indefinitely
to his clemency or gratitude,
I sounded my whistle and called up my
six Krooboys.
Very friendly relations had existed
between the Krooboys and this Indian
servant. They therefore endeavored
in their broken English to persuade
him to go back to the log hut.
Turning on them, however, like a
tiger, he stabbed one of them mortally
irwl .innthpr vprv vparlv SO. TllC 1'eSt
of the Krooboys fled, and I was left
alone with this ravin# madman in the
bright moonlight on the sea beach.
Showing me the still dripping knife,
he flung it behind him into the sea,
saying as he did so:
"I do that lest I should be tempted
to stab you."
I have never in all my life been
placed in such an awkward position.
The English builder was a mile or
more away, all my men had bolted into
the bush, and the only outward and
visible sign of legal authority was at
the little settlement of Victoria, two
miles across the sea.
My first thoughts turned toward the
Wounded men. in the hope that both
might be saved.
I managed to stanch the flow of
blood from the less seriously wounded
of the two. -As to the oilier, he was
stabbed in the stomach.
While attempting to restore him to
consciousness, I was suddenly aware
that the murderer was holding a candle
and assisting in every possible way.
He betrayed no trace of his recent
excitement, but. in a tone of the deepest
commiseration. Tiept saying:
"Poor Graiulo! Who could have done
this? Poor Grandalii
Under the circumstances I thought
it best to avail myself of all the help
that he could render at this moment,
and he was most deft in binding up the
wound.
"DURING HER MAJESTY'S
PLEASURE."
When all that could be done for the
two men with the limited means at our
disposal had been accomplished, I had
to turn to the Indian and say:
"Now I have got to put you in iron?.''
He held out his hands quite submissively
for the handcuffs.
By this time the English builder had
arrived, and one or two of his men
helped to get out my boat and row
us over to the mainland, where the
Indian was put in custody.
He was eventually tried at a consular
court ar.d sentenced to be "detained
during her majesty's pleasure."
With assiduous attentions one of
the Krooboys recovered, but the other
died.
The place of the Indian as general
factotum in my service was taken by a
very intelligent negro ei-slave; named
Solomon. Solomon had been freed as a
boy by one of her late majesty'i crn!i
ers, and had been landed for educi
tion at the little Baptist mission ?e
tlement of Victoria, in Arabas Ba;
Here he received an excellent trail
ing. He was so ugly and ungainly i
his movements that it was difficu
to realize what a truly noble hearte
creature was concealed under his gr<
tesque mask. Solomon was one of tL
many wonders I have encountered i
the negro world; had he lived he migl
have been another Bishop Crowther.
TOOK SOLOMON!
lie took the keenest interest I n
member, in the revision of the Old an
New Testaments, and was one of tl
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first persons 111 mat part ui aujc
to secure a copy of tLie revised Bible.
He was a hard and steady worke
wlio kept the men in order wilhoi
violence, and felled timber, quarrie
stone, collected and skinned bird:
beasts and reptiles, and was always i
a good temper, ready with a cheer
answer to even the crossest question.
It seemed to me that with the a<
quisition of Solomon my troubles o
Mondole were over. But the slauglitc
of the snakes was not yet cxpiatec
according to the negro opinion. On
day, when Solomon had been with m
for three months, he proposed crossin
to the adjoining peninsula to cut tin
ber and convey the logs back to Moi
dole. For this purpose he preferred
he said, to use native dugout cance
rather than my little boat.
Ho started early in the morning, bn
I never saw him again. Late in th
afternoon the canoemen returned, blu
with cold, and their bodies wrinkle
and flabby with long immersion i
the water.
They described how, just as Solomo
had started to return with his lift!
flotilla a great sea had come in froi
the open Atlantic and swamped th
canoes.
This in itself was a matter of littl
moment, where every native swam lib
a fish, and where the contents of th
canoes would float. But i! was sui
posed that a crocodile or shark ha
seized Solomon and dragged him ur
der.
j One result of all these; worries an
anxieties was that I became seriousl
ill with black-water fever, and wa
obliged to move to Old Calabar.
On several occasions subsequent
I returned to Moniole and attempte
to reside there, for the place was si
premcly beautiful, and possessed fee
tures of great natural interest; br
every time soraething untoward haj
pened either to myself or to some on
else staying in the house.
Nothing occurred, it is true, tha
might not equally well have take
place without the snakes' curse, i
which I need hardly say I placed n
faitn whatever.
DISPROVING TFIE SUPERSTITIO:
After my transference to East AfricJ
and the cession by England to Gei
many of the Ambas Bay settlement:
the house was removed.
The island is probably now unde
cultivation by German planters, wh
must have removed without regard fc
superstition the tree cobras, and hav
been able to show the natives,, by th
prosperity which attends the cultiv.'
tion of cacao in these regions, that th
misfortunes of the English Vice-Coi
sul had no connection whatever wit
supernatural causes.?Youth's Con
panion.
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Money in Cornerstones.
The practice of putting money unde
the foundation stone of a new buik
ing is the shadow of an older tragi
custom. The money stands thcoret
cnllv for the ransom of the human b(
ing who by ancient superstition shoul
have been buried in its place.
There was a time when this partict
lar kind of human sacrifice had
vogue extending to most parts of th
world. Even in England skeleton
have been found imbedded in the base
of castle walls, and there is record c
one German fortress at the buildin
of which a child was bought from it
mother with hard cash and walled i
to the donjon tower, the unnatun
mother, according to the story, lookin
on the while. Effigies of human being
are still used in some parts of Europ
as harmless substitutes, and in remote
and more ruthless places the old cui
torn crops out from time to time in a
its grim reality. Within the last ha!
century two children, a boy and
girl were, it was reported, walled int
a blockhouse by some laborers i
Duga, Asiatic Turkey.?New l"or
Times. '
Passing of the Cattle llaron.
The cattle baron of the Wester
plains is rapidly becoming extiuc
Like the Indian, he is disappea:
ing before the onward march of se
ilcrs upon the pubiie domain. Thei
are no longer vast tracts of territor
lie can appropriate to his own uses, fc
the land is being sold to farmers froi
the East and from Europe. Th
rancher is going out of business.
The cause of this impending chang
is the contraction of the range and th
invasion of the small cattleman. Th
farmers have taken up the land alon
the streams whore the water is foun<
and while there are thousands of acre
of dry range land which afford goo
grazing for part ol tne year, iney ai
removed from water aud tlie source
of supply are cut off by the sma
farmer, who is utilizing it.
The subdivision of the great cattl
ranges into stock farms will be fo
lowed by a marked increase in sut
stantial wealth and population, whic
will grow from year to year and cai
not fail to give the highest develoj
ment to the resources of the State.
One of the favorite dishes of the nj
tives of the Philippines is a dish calle
by tbera siuarapau. The largest sp<
cimens are half an inch long, th
smallest one-fifth of a.a inch, and ;
; takes G000 to make a pound.
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ie | Doctor of Letters Conferred.
n The University of North Carolina
it has conferred the degree of doctor of
| letters on President Robert P. Pelt, ol
| Converse College, at Spartanburg.
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ie ! Lee Seegles Surrenders.
a ! Lee Seegles, who shot and instantly
j killed Marvin :Dodson, at Whitestone,
r, j some days ago, has surrendered to the
it j sheriff of Oconee county. He made nc
d 1 effort to escape and telephoned his
5? ' desire to be committed to await trial.
n | Dodson was in Seegles* yard when
y i fired upon. He had previously been in
i Seegles' house and was ordered out for
"" | obnoxious conduct. It is alleged he
n I went as far as the gate and renewed
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j ; his objectionable conduct, and was
^ | shot dead by Seegles without further
e! warning. There were several eye
? witnesses to the shooting.
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A Muchly-Needed New Bridge.
>s A much needed improvement in the
j way of a new steel bridge over the
if ! Coiii/Ta river rnnnpm'rur Newberrv and
o Saluda counties, is about to be realizo
ed. This was decided a few days ago
when a committee composed of the
^ bank presidents and leading merchants
of Newberry called upon the Newberry
r county commissioners and laid before
* ! them the advantages of the new
r" bridge.
^ With the construction of this bridge
* the distance between the two county
j seats will be considerably lessened.
^ The contract will be let on the 30th
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instant. Each county concerned will
^ bear its portion of the expense.
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d Perdicaris Born in Charleston,
y Ion Hanford Perdicaris, the Amers
ican. who was some time ago captured
by Moroccan bandits and is being
y held a prisoner in the mountains of
d Morocco, is a South Carolinian, havi*
iDg been born in Charleston, where
l" his father lesided for a number of
lt years.
}" The senior Perdicaris was a Greek
e and built the Charleston gas works.
He married Miss Margaret Hanford,
Lt of Society Hill, S. C.
" The prisoner is related by blood to
0' many of the most prominent families
in South Carolina. His grandfather,
.Enoch Hantora, was a proiessor in
the South Carolina College at its foun*
dation in 1804.
f His father, Gregory Perdicaris, left
' Charleston just before the beginning
r of the civil war, having amassed a for
tune in the gas works.
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e Ate Poisonous Ice Cream.
i- T. P. DeGafferelly, Mrs. T. P. Dee
Gafferelly, Mrs. Edward Whiting, Miss
i- Alma Whiting, Charleston people, were
k made desperately ill a few days ago
l- at the home of Mr. DeGafferelly, No.
579 King street, from the effects of
eating ice cream at a family gatherT
inSThose
present at the gathering ate
. freely .of ice cream and nearly all
were seized with cramps shortly afv
ter partaking of the cream. It is said
d that the ice cream was made in a
churn which had not been used for
i_ more than one year. The cream was
a made with condensed milk and this
e may have caused the sickness.
;s The physicians pronounced ail the
;s parties in a critical condition. The
tf parties concerned are well known an
g popular in Charleston.
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ll Prominent Newberry Citizen Dead.
? Thomas Q. Boozer, one of Newuer's
ry's stanchest citizens, died a few davs
l(? ! ago at his home hi that city. The cause
^ of his death was complications arising
j" from Bright's disease. Although itwa;
^ known that his case was hopeless his
g death came unexpectedly and was n
^ grbat shock to his many friends.
Up to a few years ago Mr. Boozer
^ was closely identified with the busii
ness interests of Newberry, retiring
I on account of failing health. He
I bore his suffering with fortitude, withn
I out a murmur.
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L'- formerly Miss Kate Miller, and four
t- children, all of whom were at his bedside
during his last hours. The fmT
| eral services were held from the residence.
Interment was in Rosemom
r cemetery. The services at the grav:
* were conducted by Amity Lodge, A. F.
M., of which the deceased was a member.
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Charged With Smuggling.
tf, i Thousands of Havana cigars are be
Hp- smuggled into Charleston, if rc (.
port* of the government authorities
>s ; are true, and cases have been mad-1
1? j out against a number of dealers an i
i consumers for handling and smoking
!? : smuggled goods.
I -1 For the past several weeks Special
^ | Agent Magatee, of the treasury depart1
j ment, has been in the city, and it ;s
i* said that he secured positive proof
)' that from forty to fifty thousand cigars
have been smuggled into Char'cv
t ton during the past few weeks, reprej
senting a loss to the government of
j. j from $2,000 to $3,000 duty. Unless th?
duty is paid by the dealers and citiit
zens cases will be made out against
them in the United States court.
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j The government officials have se
' ; cured the names cf a lot of the parties
[ I who have been handling the smuggle
't j cigars. The list contains the nam-;4
| i of prominent firms, citizens and alst
( ! clubs. It is understood that quite :
> j number of citizens will have to p?u
I at least $300 duty on the cigars to es
I cape prosecution.
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! j Sensational Investigation Ended.
The investigation into the charge*
J of alleged cruelties being practice]
upon county chain gang convicts ha.'
been concluded by Fred H. Dominick,
- 1 at Newberry, who was appointed ref,
eree by the court.
! j The stenographic report of the refi
erence proceedings is now complets
; 1 and will be hanjded to the court at its
J next session.
; , It will be remembered that this refL
; ercnce was ordered by the grand jury
! several months ago, it being allege']
s ' that "punitive measures of an exces;
; sive nature" had been practiced upon
i j the county convicts by those in au
; thority. Pursuant to the order from
| the court, Mr. Dcminick called the ref
| erence,- and a number of witnesses
j were examined. The reference wa?
j continued in order to subpoena more
i witnesses.
The proceedings were along the line
! of the two preceding references, to
wit, that the witnesses had seen the
guards whip the convicts, but the
i question as to whether it was exces
' i sive or not is still unsettled,
i ! J. B. Hunter, county attorney, rep'
! resented County Supervisor John M,
i Schumpert at the hearing.
What action will be taken by the
court with regard to the matter re
mains to be seen. The outcome of the
affair is awaited with interest.
AN EMBRYO RACE WAR
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Miuiei ueain or i wo vrnue men ant
Three Negroes in Mississippi.
8ecret Mafia Said to Exist.
. As a result of a fight which occur
; red on the Sims and Williams plan
| tiition at Trail Lake, Miss., 30 milei
| east of Greenville, Thursday, night
| , John Sims and his manager, namet
Cato, were killed by negroes ant
three of the negroes have been killet
also.
The country is in a state of intens<
I excitement, and it is feared furthe;
i trouble may ensue between the white!
1 ! and blacks.
The slaughter started about II
' o'clock Thursday night, when Simi
-1 and Cato were shot down in theii
! store by a negro named Sam Clark
j Sims was engaged in checking up hi!
! cash when Clark came in.
| Before he could make any kind o:
; move Clark raised a Winchester ant
! fired, the shot taking effect first li
the back and then breaking the col
lar bone. He died instantly.
Clark immediately turned on Cato
j the manager, who was in another par
of the store, and shot him in the righ
I side, the ball coming out on the lef;
i | side.
j Cato staggered out of the back o:
! j the store, and as he reached the dooi
a negro convict guara nameu. vtii
Horn, v.*ho was in waiting, struck hin
over the head with a rifle. Cato diet
j at 7 o'clock Friday morning and th<
j physician gives it as his opinion tha
J the blow over the head caused hi!
i death.
j News of the tragedy was immediate
I ly sent to Greenville and Sheriff Johi
i Crouch, with a posse, went to th<
| scene.
t The negroes, Van Horn and Clark
i had made their escape before th<
! posse arrived, but the trail of Vai
i Horn was found' and he was tracke<
; about a quarter of a mile into th<
J woods. Here another negro convic
! guard named Mayfield interfered witl
j the posse and he was shot down ii
j his tracks.
Van Horn was captured and take:
j to Leland, 14 miles distant, where h<
j was placed in the jail. He remainet
j in jail all night under a strong guard
! and at 8:30 o'clock Friday morning h<
j was taken out and lynched by a mob
j While the sheriff and posse wer<
j busy with Van Horn, the other negro
I Sam Clark, retuned to the Sims ston
I with the intention, it is said, of killing
Buck Williams, the other partner; th<
! bookkeeper, Crow, who was also a
;! work, and others. Crow, however, af
j ter the prevous shooting had armet
. himself and a negro who worked abou
I the place named Aaron Fuller. Whei
I Clark made his appearance he wai
I shot and kmed by Crow and Fuller,
j It is believed at Trail Lake that th<
j shooting is the outcome of a meet
{ ing held in the vicinity by a negr<
; secret society, and that the negroei
I involved were picked out to do th<
killing.
VOTE MONEY FOR IMPRCVEMENl
i 'Frisco System Secures Entrance lntc
j Mississippi Valley and New Orleans.
The directors of the St. Louis anc
j San Francisco railway met in Nev
| York a few days ago and voted t(
' take from the treasurerv $1,000,000 0'
j 4 per cent refunding bonds, the pro
ceeds of which will be used to reim
burse the company for advances r^ad<
on account of improvements to th<
property. The directors ratified th<
traffic agreement of the joint use o
the St Louis and Iron Mountain Mne
which gives the St. Louis and Sar
Franciaco system entrance into th<
Mississippi valley and into New Or
leans.
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
?Frank C. Randolph, after spendina
nine years traveling over South Ameri
ica, getting in the Hqnduras peniteni
tiary, and having other adventurer, is ^;
thought to be in Montgomery, Ala.
?Six hundred thousand dollars'
worth of tobacco burns in the Dan
ville, Va., district; covered by insur!
a nee.
?Pearl Morgan, of Gadsden, Ala.,
kills herself from despondence over
having to work in a cotton factory. " ?It
is stated that Senator Bailey,
of Texas, will be temporary chairman
of the St Louis convention and that
John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, 4
will be permanent chairman.
?A train bearing non-union miners
, was wrecked by dynamite near Crip!
pie Creek, Colorado, early Monday
, morning. Twelve miners were killed.
?Kentucky is suing the Southern
, Pacific railroad for back taxes on
. property worth $90,000,000.
i ?Families in the low grounds about ,
i Arkansas City have been driven from
* their homes by the rising waters.
Colonies of ants are belngf brought
from Guatemala to fight the cotton ?
boil weevil.
?Great Britain has ordered another
* warship to Tangier. It is believed
that the crisis has passed and the
; United States and Great Britain will 4
secure the release of Perdicaris and
Varley. - ' .
?St Petersburg papers are seriously
discussing a rumor that the . United v
States intends to cede the Philippines
* to Japan.
?Mrs. Samuel M. Clemens, wife of
"Mark Twain," is dead of syncope, at
Florence, Italy. *
?The Russians claim to have reB
ceived news by carrier pigeons from
Port Arthur indicating that GeneraS
{ Stoessel is confident of being, able
j to repulse the Japanese.
1 ?Admiral Togo, in command of the
Japanese fleet, reports that- there were
3 constant explosions at Port Arthur
r Saturday and that dense clouds of . ?
s smoke overhung.the place.
?president ware, 01 tne ueorgia
) Educational Association, announces ,
5 the full programme of the thirty-eighth
r annual session which will be held at
. Warm Springs June 20-23.
3 ^?Lee and Will Brinkley, brothers,
after a separation of more than twenty
years, finally drifted to Quitman, Ga.,
* and discovered each other. Each
1 thought the other dead.
?Carrollton, Ga., will issue $45,000
of bonds to be used for waterworks
? and to enable the city to own 4h --
t electric lighting plant.
t ?The body of a woman, cut into
three parts', is found in the Tennes?
see river ,near Knoxville, by Isaac
r Johnson, a fisherman, who was using
i a trotline. f' Jj
l ?The body of a man is found in
' V? r. ri ne O f
* | Call AlllUiliU uaugiug at t^uu v* j
i j and physicians think/it had been there
t two months. ' * > j
5 ?Confederate graves in Arlington
cemetery at Washington were decorated
with flowers. First formal memo1
rial exercises as a result of move2
ment started by President McKinley. - *
?At Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Mattie
" Carlisle, widow of a former merchant
3 ' *
of that city, was found murdered at
^ her home by police officers. The body
was concealed under a bed.
3
? ?Alabama democrahs apparently faj
vor returning to the old convention ~
l method of selecting candidates, and
Cunningham may line up against Gray
x and Mallory for governor. i ^ v
? ?Baron Speck von Sternberg will
1 deliver the commencement address at
, the University of . the South., at Se- *'
? wanee, Tenn., June 24.
?Alabama is preparing to take a "
- complete and accurate census ot the
'?[-children of the state who are or school *
2 age.
* ?Tornadoes and severe rainstorms . ' J
: do great damage in Kansas and Col- \ ..
orado. .
j ?Dr. Barrow, of Americas, G#., gets
t a sentence of four years in the pebiteptiary
on the charge of assault with
5 intent to murder in connection with v
an abortion case.
> ?Mississippi democrats may reiuse , j
. to indorse Governor Vardaman's . ad- - . <
3 ministration on account of his veto
? of the Holly Springs Normal School J
8 b?l. * I
?Davis' birthday was celebrated in ? {
appropriate manner in all parts of the
I South, business houses closing in
j nearly all instances. ^
?Houston, Texas, street cars are
> again being operated, although severe j
fighting has occurred between strike 1
I breakers and strike sympathizers. * '
7 ?Three negroes met violent deaths
} in MIssessippi as the result of the
killing by two of them of Sixnms and
" Cato, white men. ?
I ?Charles S. iDeneen, of Chicago,
' has been nominated for governor by
5 the Illinois republican state conven3
tion thus breaking the long deadlock. >
?Kansas rivers are on a great boom
and much damage has been done. Dal- ?
x las and north Texas were visited by mJ
a tornado Friday. No loss of life has
been reported. J