The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, July 10, 1901, Image 1
THE BATESBITOG ADVOCATE.
VOL I. _ BATESBURG. S C. WEI|CESDAY, JULY lO, 1901. NO. 26 ;
; TERRIBLE HEAT.
Six Hundred Deaths and M*ny
Prostration*
HOSPITALS FILLED
Tent* Being Erected on H spi nl
Orr unds Horse* Are Fa Irg,
and Autcmcbiiws Are Ui*d
as Ambulances
Rainstorms Wcdaosday, with oon^
Bcquont fall in tempera'uro, woro a
jjj^^^^^GodBcnd to the balk of hweltering huYoik.
As eoon as tho
last storm of tho aftornoon had passed
over, tho tomporaturo immediately bogan
to ascend. Tho wind which blew
durin tho storm al60 commenced to
abate ^ ry rapidly, until it assumed
tho proportions of a slight breczj only.
Those atmospheric condition?, coupled
with tho very considerable humidity
which came as an aftermath of tho
downfall of water from tho olouds,
made the suffarh g almost ai intense as
it was when the thermometer had reg
istercd several degrees higher.
Moat of tho hospitals aro already
crowded to their minst capacity, and
many of them have erected tonts on
their grounds for the a'c jinmodaicn
of tho heat victims.
The death rate has icoreasol with
suoh rapidity that tho morgue is being
taxed as it ncv.r was beforo, acd every
available foot of that institution is now
occupied b7 corpses Hospital attend,
ants are oollapsicg under the extraor
dinary strain to which they have bocn
subjdctod acd were it noi for the volunteers
who have oomo to tbeir aid tho
situation would bo goat'y aggravated
by enforced neglect of heat patients.
Although the ambulance service has
been augmented by tbo addition of
I automobiles whioh have been loaned
for tho purpose, it is greatly inadol
quate. The horses used have been
I most oarefully nursed alorg to preserve
I their stamina, but notwithstanding this
f "* many of them havo given out. Their
places are being filled from outside
souroes, and so groat is tho jrvroity
of available animsls, beeauso of the
combination of beat and the grin with
whioh New York borBos aro atll ctcd,
that it has been necessary to stnd to
H to t a fresh supply
arei uotvnpour rain
Wodnesday was ao
r a
c tempera
humidity made
the
not
most peodo
oity,
ward Harlem. Many trees, awnings
and buddings were it jurcd, but up to
10 o'olook no oa<utitles had been reported.
Bh~ Tiierc were 89 deaths and 107 cas ^s
M of heat prostration in the boroughs of
H Manhattan and the Bronx during the
W hours between 2 a. m., and 10.20 p. m ,
f Wednesday.
I At 12:30 o'olock this (Thursday)
r" morning it was estimated that the total
w deaths from the boat in the last six
V days in Greater New York was GOO.
I During Tuesday night and WcdnesI
day the deaths in Newark directly at'
tributcd to tho heat, numbered .'>1, the
V highest number of the spoil. La Ho
boken thero were 1!> deaths. Patterson,
f whioh had been comparatively free
from deaths, ran its number up to llt>
for tho 24 hours endiog Wednteday
night. Jersoy City escaped with 2.
Now Brunswick tcorcd -4 fatalities and
i Klizaboth 6. A dczen other places
L contributed ono each to the total so
that tho grand total for Now Jorsoy
will bo iu the neighborhood of 100 for
tho day.
Tho highest tmiperaturo was 94*at
12:30 p. m. At 8 o'olock Wcdnosday
night it was 80 degrees.
Bryan Has Not Changed.
William J. Bryan while in ltoanoko,
Va., last wcok delivered a short speech
on tho station platform. Mr. BryaD
said the questions that several years
ago dominated the Chicago platform he
had stood for because he believed in
them. Ho bad not ehangtd his mind
vhnn ihn Ki>n?ti (Stir nl.if .rm ??? ??
larged to suit certain conditions. The
Democratic party was all right whon it
F oimo to additions, but not in subtriotion.
No backward step wcu'd bo taken
. but whether it cid or did not it would
' be the same with him. lie had said the
question was not whether thoy should
win but whether they should do what
was right. lie would do tho right and
abide tho oonscquenois. Tho Democrats'
duty was to advooate principles
Tho rosult would be beyond tho party.
If tho blood w&h bad and a boil carnc
they would keep coming until sou o
thing was taken to cloanso tho blood.
Ho said in conclusion. "I am fight
ing on, not so much to win, for 1 would
rather dio fighting for right than win
fighting for something cho."
Race Riot.
Reports reached Danvor, Colorado
f Thursday of a seri ous lace riot
which has just broken out in the
mountains ot Campbell country bet
_ ween negro and white miners. The
trouble started at a negro dance where
a fight was in pregro6s ncaB Lafollotte,
a mining town. '1 ho town marshal was
sent for and tried to arrest the nrgrocs
with a posse of five men. The negroes
opened firo on the officers aud the of
fleers returned to town. About 20
men returned to the soono and opened
firo on the negro cabin. There wcro
about 15 nogroes in iho house. They
returned the firo but soon made a break
for the woods, la iho ruuning fight
that followod throe negroes are said to
have been fatlly shotaad a number of
others wounded.
Aother Russian Rank Fails.
In oonscouonce of tho failure of tho
Kharkoff oommeroial bank, tho commcroial
bank of Klkatoiiosl) IT t-us} ended
payment Friday. It* liabilities aro
1,250,000 roubles.
AN APPEAL TO AMERICANS.
Gen Pearsons Issues an Addrtss in
Behalf of the Boers.
Gen. Pearsons, special agont of the
Boer government, who conducted legal
proceedings at New Orleans to prevent
the shipping of iuules to Sooth Afrioa,
has issued tho following addrosB to the
American people, tho title boing "A
Sia'cmotil of Faots; a Question and aa
Appeal."
"Tho burghers of South Africa who
hsvo maintained the war with Groat
Britain thoio two years j a ?fc, have in
f liftif ntrii jclo n liiumrt; dtrilrinnlv nar.
ailol wilh jour own.
4'Driven by English oppression they
went into the wilderness and redeemed
from the wild beasts and the savago
a oountry for themsolves and there
planted a civilization and established
a free government. In the course of
titno, English cupidity threamccl
them. They withstood the demaud.
lUids wore made upon their territory.
Troops aud inuoitions of war massed
upon their border and insulting demands
made of them. Tho appeal to
armB followed. Hundreds of Ihtu
sands of British soldiers from all parts
oi tho world were massed on tho soil
of these two little republics containing
fewer inhabitants than any S'.ito
of your American union aud yet they
remain uoc inquired aud will so remain
if tho American people will oompel
thoir government to kocp faith.
44By tho law of your land?a treaty
solemnly cutoroi into and to which
ycu c impelled tho a scat of tho British
government it is declared that tho
ports of the United States shall not be
male the base of warlike operations
against a nation with whom the United
States are at poaoo. The attention
of your oourts and your president has
aeon formally called to tho oporatioos
of a body of English army officers with
headquarters at Now Orleans. From
many parts ol the United States there
army offioors gather horses and mules
forth tr armies and at Now Orleans
load tl.oui on ships and take the m to
their armies in South Afr.ca With
out these munitions of war tho war
on the South African rcpublios would
almost instantly end. When these republics
wcDt to war with their oppressor,
they did not fcelievj that they
went to war with you; they Lai faith
in your promiso of fair play, aud can
hold and establish their freedom and
keep thoir country if you keep faith.
4Tcday tho army supplies that you
permit to loavo your pcrts aro used
chit-fly to continue torturing and slay
iag women and ohildrcn. The rove
lai'ons forced to bo made in tho English
parliament within tho past few
weeks have not only 4shocked and
staggered humanity,' but have shamed
it as well.
4Tlew much of the sin and shame
shall beoome your own and what wi;l
you do about ??
hearts go oat to the peoplo who," as
your aLcojiors did, Beck to unfurl and
to uphold the dig of liborty aud to
do so just as your forefathers did who
engaged in tie struggle with tho same
enemy.
"The appeal is made to the liborty
loving people of America. When I
came hero 1 camo fearing that the
people were hostile a9 their government
has been unfriendly to the Boors
L find, indeed, that tho contrary is
truo. The h.ans of t c American
peoplo go out to th?30 South Africans
so grandly struggling with tho enormous
power of England, to maintain
their right to keep and to rule the
land thoy rodemed?but you have not
impressed tho federal administration
wiih your will. Tho president docs
not enforce tho treaties and his sub
ordinates despite them.
Tnc English government is at the
end of its resources. Tho Biers have
won as against them. If the American
peoplo will stop tho shipment of sup
plies from American ports to British
armies, tho war willenl and the Weyler
like atrocities at Bloomfontein and
Pretoria?the murder of women and
children?will end.
"Ho in behalf of those sturdy burghers
in arms who will part with hfo
rather than liborty, in behalf of those
women and littlo ones who dyiDg of
starvation and in prison yot oticer
their brave ones in the field, in the
nauio cf yuur own history and traditions
and principles and for your own
sakes, at this season, 1 ujr.ke bold to
pray you to kcop the faith and the
law male by yours iv_s and compel
your government to bo American in
tho traditional and glor.ou9 sense."
A Shocking Tragedy.
Raymond A!hers, a 11 vear-old lad.
of Albany, N. V., Friday evening shot
and killed Emanuel lvoohlcr, a boy of
12, and then banged hi nut If. The
boys were play mates and according to
I statements of neighbors ihoy bad quarrcllcd
hcino days ago. Albert is the
j son of Albert Albors, a well koo vn
painter, and Kocblcr is the son of lfcv.
John T Koohk-r, a minister of the gospol.
The shooting took piaro at !
o'olcck Friday evening. Vouug Kichlor
was standing on a fence iu the rear
of Albcr?' house. Ho was with his 8ytar
old brother. Theodore Kochicr,
who was tho only ono who saw the
shootinv. Tho little follow told his
father F.iday night that tho two boys
had some worcb and tl at Alters raised
a ritio that ho had aid, pointing it at
his brother, shot him. Tho boy says
that Albcrs, when ho saw Koohler fail
from tho fence said: "1 am sorry I
did it." Ttioriffc used was a 22 fijbort
rifle. Tho ball struck K toll lor in the
left breast and passed through his heart.
Ho died almost instantly. When Albcrs
saw what he had done ho ran int >
tho house and told his mother. Tho
ought rhood was quickly alarum d wi it
tho news, and during the excitement
Alters had ran away. It was not until
the arrival of tho pulioe that, a search
was made for him. Ho was found in
the cellar of his homo, suspended by
the neck from tho end of a r.qio tied to
a beam of tho llior abovo. When he
learned that Kochicr was dead, Ambers
went to tho oular and taking a piece of
ropo, t ed it to Abeam and standing on
a cask fastened it about his cock. Ho
then ] tmped from tho oask and was
suspended in mid air when found.
When out down ho was still alivo, but
he died a few moments late.'.
"revenue taxes.
Or>v?rnor and Attorney Oeneral
H iva Initiated Proceedings.
BEFORE U.S. COMMISSIONER
>
Ths Question is Whetherthe Internal
Revenue Laws of the
U 8 Apply to Ou' Dispensary
System.
Tho Stato of South Carolina, antic g
through tho governor and attorney genoral,
havo initiated proceedings before
tho commissioner of internal revenue
to tost the question whether tho Stato
can bo legally required to take out
special tax stamps as wholcsalo and retail
liquor dealers undor their State
dispensary laws, and has made a domand
upon tho commissioner for a re
fund of all such taxes hitherto paid,
amounting to #1 !>1(?. While this sum
: > not largo it is realized that tho
prih'uplo at issue is of groat and far
reaching importance. Tho onoquostion
involvod is, whether tho internal
rcvoouo laws of tho United States ap
ply to the dii-ponsarv system of ScutU
Carolina so as tocntitle lha collector to
uvuisuu i xiu jjuymoci ui iuuhc mioa l
The cutiro disponsary system of South s
Carolina is managed by a board ofoommiasiohers
consisting of tbroo person? i
selected by the State legislature with (j
Columbia as its headquarters. This
Stato di?ponsary distributes the sup i
plies to tho county dispensaries and <j
these in turn are managed by county j
dispcnEerB cr agents, all beicg under 1
tho board of Stato commissioners, s
Uadcr tho law no liquor oan b j sold at i
night nor to bo drunk on the premises t
of tho disjeoBary. The liquors soldaro d
tho property of tho Stato and tho profits e
accrue to the Stato. Tho ealaricsof all v
tho ofiioials of the dispon*arics are fixed a
by law and do not depend upon tho
amouot of tbeir sales. 1
In tho brief filed with the commis- t
sionor of internal revenue on bohalf of 1
tho State it is contended that there is f
nothing in tho laws of tho United t
States author zing tho oolleation of in 2
tcrna! revonuo taxos whioh even irn- t
pliedly. authorizes the imposition of a 1
tax against a Stato or its instrumental- t
itics of tho S'ato government would be t
to that extent unconstitutional. \
It is oontonded further that tho prop- 1
crty of a State and tho means and in- a
strumcntalitios employed by it to ca-ry c
its laws into operation eanuot bo taxed 1
by the federal government and an 'J
opinion of t ha late Judge Cooley on this a
question is quoted. If auy internal v
rcusnue law of the ILoited States re- r
MA ho Spcatc and ooun- e
South/Carolina each i
s 11 aiiod StatoB before t
nde^hat^? <
*nd void, in
this particular, because vho tax whic!T"t
it iuii>oses is purely and simply a tax i
upon tho int-trumcntalities by whioh g
the Slate, through its laws, sciki to s
minimize tho evils of the liquor traffic v
within its bordors. Tho federal government
it is held oannot oonsatuti in
ally interfere with tho administration
of these laws by requiring a special tax (
stamp to ho paid by its officials as a
condition precedent to tbo exeroisa of
their duties.
Commissioner Ycikos has tho claim
for refund of taxes by tho State of t
South Carolina \iader consideration,
but has rendered no opinion yet. While i
it ie true tint this dispensary system r
may be designated a Stato agcuc, aud t
its maiotcnanoc upheld as constitution- i
al under tho police power rosidont in c
all sovereignties, yet the commissioner 1
is Inclined to the opinion that it is not I
such a ncoessary State agency, or such a f
needful function of tho S:ato govern \
hi cut as will exempt it from fede ral (
taxation. There arc certain agcccics ?
absolutely essential to the life cf a i
State, suoh as tho maintonaoo of courts, f
executive oifioials, collection of taxes i
for tho payment of uocossary S ato txponses
and it may bo admitted that tho I
national government can at no time and (
in no way, directly or indirectly, levy t
a tax upon these necessary State s
ogCDoiis; othcrwiic tho national gov t
eroment might tax them out of exist <
coco. But, the government contends, <
when the State performs a wcrk aud t
assumes direction of an agenoy whioh
has been and can bo performed by its <
citizens in their individual capacity, a i
new asp* ot arises. If it is unconuitu- <
tional to require tho local agents ctu- i
ployed under the dispensary system of I
South Carolina to pay tho government I
tho sums required for retail and wholesale
liquor dealers' stamps, then this i
sarno State and all other S'.atoa, the I
otmmissionor points out oould take con- i
trot not only of the sale, bat of tin I
manufacture of whiskey, boor and to *
baoco, aud if so then the question i
would nriso, oould the gcvornraont levy ]
any tax upon tho products of plants <
under ar d operated by the State and
used for theso purposes'/ If so, whi'c
tho States might theroby he able to pay
all of thoir governmental expenses the.
gcceial govoornnnt, ?t is s\id would ]
lose an internal revenue inc.mio of some ,
'.50l),Ul)U,UtM) per year. ,
It is understood that if tho com mis- ,
nioDer'B deoisioo is against tho Stat?,
as Booms probablo, tho oaso cvontually j
will go to tho euprcmo oourt of tho (
United States.
Fifteen Killed by Lightning. i
Crowded togothor in a littlo shanty
under a North Shoro pier, in Chioago
last Monday It) boys and young oion '
and ono other man mot luntaot death
by lightning today. They had ioft
their lish linos and sought snolter from
tho fioroo thu . derstorm that deluged
tho northern part of the oity about 1
olcck. Ton nnnutos later their bodies
lay with twisted and taoirlod limbs like
a nest of suakes a< tho men who found
them said. Twelve soughtsliolter and
one esoapod. Twelve year old Willie
Andorson was injured and ho lay many
minutes beforo he could bo drawn out
from under tho heap of dead bodies.
Tho dead are all members of families
of comparatively poor people and o >ni
prised a j arty of uion socking relief
from tho heat of the day, accompanied
by a number of boys who had como to
wado and swim on tho bcash.
CAROLINIANS IN DEMAND^ ~M
young Men Wanted for the Unit?^L
States Navy.
A special from Washington says:fl
riio converted Spanish gun'oat Alva-?
r.do will le&vo Norfolk Saturday forV
Mcwborno, N. C., whcro headquarters
a ill bo established and a ratbor exten
live plan iBaugura'ed for rcoruiting V
roucg uicn of iho Eouth for the navy, fl
Aftor tho Spanish war (bo ceod of I
ailcra bcoamo to ui^ont thai Admiral I
Jrowninshicid, ohict of the bureau of I
navigation, sent rcoruiting parties into I
.ho interior, enlisting lusty farmer boys 1
or Bca service. Tho plan has workod I
to well that six ships?tho Hartford, I
>*ncaatcr, Buffalo, Dixie, Allianoeanu 1
Vlohiean?aro now engaged in training j|
roucg nun for tho naval sorvioo. A
Admiral Urowninshioid is now turn- r<
ng his attention to tho siuth, as ho f
ia-> been aavisod by lotters from that (J
nntirtn ilia) Nnrth Ptrnlint and nt.hnr K
outhom States aro fertile districts for u
>btaiuing young mon for bcs servicj. b
following this suggestion tie uavy do- o
larttncnt will now sock to mako enlist- n
nontf at various points in tho south. G
_)no party is proceeding by land from c
:\>rt Koyal and will visit tho following c
lull.crn oitios: Spartanburg, Colum- S
)ia and Groonvillc, S. C ; Augusta and o
Atlanta, Ga ; Charlotte, Durham and tl
jiicensboro, N. 0. p
Tuo Alvarado which started Saturday a
tili visit all tho princ pal oitios along G
liosouihorn districts of Nor.h Caro- ti
inn as well as the by-ways and smaller ii
ottlemcnts. v
la announcing the trips, tho follow- d
ng official comment is aiado as an in- d
lucotuent to tnose likely to enlist: h
"There never was a timo wh n op- s<
>ortunity for advanooment o; worthy, tl
inalified men is as lavorablc as it is at tl
iresont, due to tho increase in tho on- h
istod force of tho navy, and the con- t!
rq lent domaud for moro petty officers T
all branches. It takes timo to gam b
ho sea habit aid learn the intricate n
iuties of a potty officer and tho ladder 0
an only bo climbed by men who are
lilling to apply themselves and gradu- it
.1 ly but steadily gain advancement. G
"Boys between 15 and 17 will bo en It
istcd as apprentices uutil they roach a
hoir majority au ' young inon betwcoa tl
8 and 25 as landsmen for training for e:
our year ; the former will be sent to T
he training station for apprentioes at p
s'owporl, K 1., and tho lattor to the d
raining station for landimen at Port b
loyal, 8. C. After six months at tho hi
ho station, if qualified for trtDsfcr, tl
hey wiil bo rem on board of a cruising h
'easel to oompicto their training all cat. V
1'ho recruiting party will also oalist si
icamen, who havo had four years' sea
ixperience and ordinary seamen who w
avo had two years' sea cxperienoo. T
fee former must bo between 21 and 35, ri
,nd tho latter botweon 18 and 30, ship c
vrights (carpenters), maohiniste, foro- w
uoq and coal passe.-s will also bo enlist- tl
id but appiicauts for these positions G
nust furnish proof that they know^|^M|
rado and La\v cxporu-je and
:d in tbo tradu^^^^^r^^^^^^^^y ^
"All appiiiants must bring witl, '
Fcm testimonials from people in their w
mmodiate districts as to their moral aad ii
;cneral standing in tho community and u
ill under 21 years of ago rnus. furnish b
mtu-n consent of parents." a
Hi
GEN GOMEZ TC THE PUBLIC- b
if
;&me to Arnei ica to Embrace His Dear ij
Friend, Estrado PalmerGen,
Maximo Gomez, while in New o
fork last week gave out the following a
itatcment. tl
"In response to tho request of tho h
irosa for me to make a statement in 1<
cgard to Cuba, all I have to say is a
hat tac aoccpianoe of tho Pia't amend
uont by tho Cuban constiiuational
unvcijuop has already defined tho
>olitioal situation of Cuba, and as tho V
Jubais are all anxious to establish self o
government, they arc all working to- n
vard tnis et-d Thcro is not one who o
ioes not di sire t j boo the 11 ?g float froo, ti
i flag which rpcresents so much suffer- o
ng anusj many taerifiees forfroedoin's u
lako. Tuo whole world has known this r
naay years. h
"Tho sole objoot of my visit has n
)ocn my great desire to embrace my t
>ld, true and loyal friend, Tonus Es- 1
rada Palma, whom 1 have not boon C
iblo to suo siaoo peaoa wai established v
inn of course, to pay a visit to Presi- 1
lent MoKinlcy, to whom wo Cubans 1
>wo so muuh, and alio to pay my re- ii
tpec'.s to Secretary Hoot. t
"This is not my tint visit to this ?
jity, of which 1 have many pleasant y
ind also sad rcoollcc .ions, for 1 have y
oiico silently and unknown trod tho n
ihroughfaros of a fico oountry with t
hi only ardent hope of helping to t
;rt ak tno chains tha*. enslaved Cuba, t
Today tvory thing is ohanged. On b
igain sotting foot in this free land 1 c
fool happy, for in Amcrioa 1 see t
riend, who having shed his blood sido f
t>y side with us for freedom has earned u
ilcrnal gratitudo and ostabliahol the t
mutual obligation between tho two v
peoples to maintain tho pcaou and in- i
lependene of tho island of Cuba. t
' (Signed) M. Gooiu." r
! i
Bryan's Sentiment. \
The obsorvai:oe of Iudopondonee Pay
in Njw York was more than usually 'J
piict this year. Tammany Ha'l hold 1
its regular Independence Day oolebra ^
lion at whi)h tho Declaration of ludo- 1
pondcnoo was road and speeches made P
by Governor Juunings of Florida and 1
other leaders of the i);mooratio party. 8
The following letter of regro. from 8
Win J. Bryan, dated Washiutoi, D.
U , .June 2l>, was read;
"I oongratulato Tammany upon the
fido.iiy it has shown in oclobrating t
each returning anniversary of tho sign- t
ing of tho Doolara'.ioiof Independence. 1
I tru t that at this tliuo whon tho i
K'puhlicau loaders aro denying tho i
universal app'ioation of tho self cvi- i
dent truths sot forth in the dcclara- 1
lioa, special emphasis will bo given i
to tho assert ion that governments da- i
rivo their ju l powers Irom tho consent t
of the govoruod. <
' I u rci.ponno to your ropiest for a i
sentiuicui appropriate for tho ooca t
lion, 1 beg to suggest tho following: <
'Liberty is not safe without a written
constitution, and a constitution to bo
of valuo uni-t bo strong onour.h to
control every publio'servant and broad |
enough to includo within its protco- ,
lion every person who acknowledges \
all.'gianoo to the tlig ' " I
3ALLS ON M'KINLEY.
!n. Oomfz, Cuba'* Qrand Old
Hsro Call* on the President.
ST A VI8IT OF COURTESY
en Leo Pays His Rospacta to
the Savior ot Cuba
and Taks About
Him
Qon Gomez and pa'tv arrived at the
:?.V department at 10 30 Wednesday,
ifter a abort oonferonao with the seci.tary
of war they went to tho White
louse to hoo tho president. Whilo
li-tn Gomez wai at tho war department
e mot Gen. Miles. Although tho comlander
of tho United States army ha?
eon reveral times in Cuba, ho aad tho
ouimi?ndcr of tho Cuban Army never
lot before. Secretary l\oot escorted
ten. JGomez to tho Whito House at 11
clotjk this forencoa. Tho Cuban genrai
Vyas accompanied by his Bon and
ana* Gonzaios, the jr vatc secretary
f Gen. Wood. Tbo President reooived
be'^arty very cordially in tho lied
arlar. '1 ho interview lasted ab,ut half
u hour and at it* conclusion Gon.
omcz reiterated through his intcrpro
ir; that his mission to this oountry is
r? no way political lie came hero to
iiit his old fiiond, Senor Palma, and
ejjirod before returning to seo Prosiout
MoKinloy, for whom ho has a very
i?h regard, and to expross to him per
onW'y the deep gratitude ho felt for
b? as9i8tanc3 of tho United StateB in
bfc Cuban strugglo. No political topics,
vlsaid, had been touched upon during
hto interview, which was purely social,
mo president iavited tljn Gomez to
e dijs guest at dinnir Wednesday evoing.j
when he wiil meet tho members
f tHc cabinet now in tho city.
Sttorotarv lloot remained with Preslor/t
MoKinloy for a short timo after
itsi. Gonuz had departed. When he
.((/the White House ho said there was
bsblutely no nolitical significance in
bef visit of Gen. Gomez The genrail,
ho said had never before nist
'resident MoKinloy and tho call was
ur/ely one of courtesy, as G jn. < imcz
id( not fool that he could not return
or*3 without sociog President Moiinacy
and paving his respects and
bankVng him for what this oountry
as dome for Cuba. After the dinner
ifodnenday night Gsn G ran z and his
on returned to Now York.
Gen. Ll'itzbueh Leo was among those
'ho callAd ou Gen. Gomez at his hotel,
'ho visit! recalled that interesting peiod
whc5- Gon. Loe was tho Amorican
cnsul general at Ilabana, and Gomez
'< ? leadioMta|iACaban contingent in
be Gold. ^for his viow ot
the opinio^
aid 0*Jm
States.
not fighter that he*
IpiiDguia^Pffnmelf for there was not
.aoh lighting to do on a large scale,
nt he hold on in spito of all disoourgements
and with rugged honesty reistod
the efforts of tho Spaniards to
r-bc him or his gen; raid. Ho oven
isued an order that any ofh jer seek
g to corrupt tho Cuban gcntials bo
hot. and while I Wl<? n? nnn n(
bo Spanish officers who sought to
itabiish relations with a Cubao officer
otully suffered death when ho fell into
bo hands of Gomez's followers. It was
lis sentimental perseveranoo in a for
orn hopo whioh distinguished Gomez
td which won Cuba her independence
Strikers Cause Kiot.
News reaohed Denver, Col., late
V'ednesday afternoon of an outbreak
f the striking miners of tho Smuggler
line near Telluride in the southweslrn
part of tho State. Tho informaion
was to tho cffcat that tho postffioe
had been blown up with dyna
lite and 15 had been killed in tho
iot. All wires loading to Telluride
avo been out by tho minors. Toe
e*s of the riot came from Ouray,
iolcrado, across tho mountains from
'ellurido and was telephoned into
)aray from tho Camp Bird mine,
ihloh is between Ouray and Telluride.
'ho Camp Bird is tho property of
'homas Walsh, a resident cf Washngton.
It is said that miners from
he Liborty Bell, Tom Boy, Kovcnuo
nd Camp B.rd mines havo joined with
rith the Smuggler strikers and that
00 men now surround tho Smuggler
aino. Tho dispatch from Ouray stated
he shooting was still going on when
he dispatch was sont. Tho striko at
he Smuggler mine has been on for
ome lime and ouly recently a citizens
ommittco was appointed at Tollurido
o try to effect a settlomont of tho dif
ercnoos between tho minors and tho
iwncrs of tho property. Tho sheriff of
ho e junty in whioh Tollurido is located
rired Gov. Orman for troops to assist
n supressing (ho rioters. A oall for
ho militia to assomblo at their amnios
at 8 o'clock Thursday niaht was
bsued from the adjutant general's do
uriniiat and dirootod to tho oooipaoicB
X Djnvcr and Pueblo. At 10:4.">
rhurdday night Gov Ormau reooivod
. mcssago from Sheriff Dowtain, of
I'u lcrido, saying that tho htrik or^ had
iken fooiblo possession of tho Smug[ler
I aiou mine and had run all tho
imjloyos ovor tho rango. Tho moaago
said that tho lattor made no reliatanoo.
Ends His Own Life.
Another director of tho Iiaipz;gcr
>ank, Karl Folix Sohatffor, committed
iuioido by shooting himsolf Friday,
lohaeffor wan also a member of tho firm
if Btrgor & Yoigt. This firm declares
t is not affected by Schaoffor's death,
is he sold his sharo of tho business
rhurslay on favorablo terms. It is
oportod that an examination of tho
looounts of tho Cassol (drain Prying
jompan, which assigned Friday diao'os:d
a deficit of 11 500,000 marks, Thero
iro serious rumors that seouritios were
.wioo pledged and that tho dircotors
)wa a large shm to tho company.
Caused a Panic.
1 he KharkotT Commercial bank of
Udcaaa, Russia, has failod with a deficit
38timatod a 5,000,000 roublos. Tho
failuro has oauscd a financial pan;o in
South Russia.
CONDITION OF THE COTTON CROP.
Lowest Average in This State Since
the WarTho
monthly ropoitof the statistician
of tho Djpartmont of Agrioulturo at
Washington will show tho averago condition
cf cotton on Jnno 25 to have
been 81 1, compared with 81 5 on tho
20th of the preceding month; 75 8 on
July 1, 1910, ?nd a yoarly averago of
80 3. Tho condition of 81 1 is. with
exoeption of tho July condition reported
last year, the lowest recorded condition
reported for this soason. Tho on
dition in the principal Statos reported
is as follows;
North Carolina77, South Carolina70,
Georgia 72 Florida 78, Alabama 80.
Mississipp' 86, Louisiana 84. Texas 86
Arkansa* 84, Tenno^see 85, Oklahoma
91, Indian Torriiory 88
An improvement is noted during
Juno or two Doints in Texas, three
points in Arkansas, Oiiahotaa and In
diau Turritory; four in Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana and seven in
Teuccssuo. Oj tho other h?nd there
was a dcolino of eight points in Georgia
and Piorida, and too in North Carolina
and ;Jouth Carolina.
With tho exception of Mississippi,
where the reported avorago oonditiou is
on? pont above tho mean averages reported
to July 1 in that State for tho
last ton yoars, not only was the condition
rooordod, with tho oxception of
la,t year, for tbo cotton region as a
whole at this season, but in Georgia
and South Carolina it was the lowest
during a period of thirty five years,
whilo in North Carolina it was tho lowest,
with ono exception, during tho
samo period.
ExosBsivo rains, followed by heavy
growth of grass and woods, caused
inuoh damige in Alabama, Gerogia,
South Carolina and Norih Carolina,
whilo in Louisiana and Texas the
growth was retarded by tho drought.
Tho gravity of tho situation is greatly
increased in North and South Carolina
and Georgia, and to soma cxtont
in other Sta:os by thosoaroity of labor.
A Wealthy Negro.
Probably tho wealthiest colored man
in America is a gujst of his childtcn in
lieidavillo, N. C. lie was born a slave
in Henry county sixty-four years ago.
By ownership his name would be Ed
ward Abingdon, but ho preforred that of
his s'.avo father and took tho name of
Eiward Dillard. Elward Ddlard
as his friends style him, he having boon
a successful druggist in Chicago for several
years. Ho made his escape from
slavery in 1803. going to Pittsburg,
wh^ro ho made I'd.50 a day shoveling
pig iron and lived on 00 oonts a day
until he had savod up $1,400, when he
bought a horco and oart and began tho
peddling of coal, working in the day
and studying in tho night. Ho thon
went to Chicago and opened a drug
store, employing a capable drug olerk,
whoso duties were to wait on custo
the' propriotor the
made a
insurantj
tho
drug business, but soon sold~but~for"
fdi.OOOoash. Ho then wont to Australia
and embarked in the oaitle bust
ncss?raising, baying and shipping cattle.
Ho would buy aud ship as many
as 5,000 head a month to Liverpool,
making large profits on caoh snipment.
u.......k i L '
iAu ujj jiuic jnuu yuara ueiore, a
picoe of suburban real ea'.ato now in
tho heart of tho city of Obicsgo, and
for whioh ho has recently refused an
offor of more than $200,000. Ho also
owns a valuable estate in Australia.
Tho other day ho deposited with a
Danville bank two drafts on tho Mel
bourne, Australia, baik for $37,000.
When he took his departure a lilt'.o
more than thirty-seven years ago ho
loft behind him a son and a daughthor.
His mission to this country was to find
them. lie readily found both living in
Hiidsvilld, and they are to receive a
goodly share of his fortune. Mr. l)iliard
eajs ho will not return to Australia,
but will dispose of his holdings
then and henceforth live and die in
his native stato. Ho is an unasmining
anl woll mannered colored man and
speaks of his old owners and their relatives
with voneration as "Marster" or
"Mistiss." Ho says that tho greatest
fault of his raeo is: "They do not
know thj valuo of a dollar: they will
rot save up. They oan make it, but
will spend it," Dr. Dnlard is easily
worth b.'.twoen a quarter and a half million
of dollars.
Lynched for the Usual Crime.
A negro named Jim Uailoy was lynched
near Smithfield, N (J., last week for
assaulting a whito girl. Wednesday at
noon Maud S.rickland. tho 14 year old
daughtor of a farmer living near Sjaithficid,
wont to tho fiold to oirry dinner to
her father. When returning she saw
a negro in tho path ahead, llor little
sister was with her. The negro told the
sistoi to go on or ho would kill her. lie
caught Maud, choked hor and outraged
her. Her little sistor ran back to hor
fathor and told him what had happened.
Strickland and his two brothers
found that tho negro was .J mi Ha'ley and
that ho was at work in tho field. Thoy
tried to oapturo him. ldailey was armed
with hoo and hatohot and escaped. Later
ho mot two nogroos who disarmed him.
Strickland and Charles l'owell seized
Bailey and put him in a buggy to carry
him to Smithfield to delivor him to
Sheriff Kllington. While on their way
a mob met thorn four miles from town,
took tho negro ftorn them and hung
him Lo a troo. l'owell wont on to Smithdold
and told tho sheriff of tho lynching.
Tho sheriff and ooronor weut out
at midnight and brought tho body to
SoiLhfiold. It is laid the lynching oo
ourrea sdoui iu o oioox iursaay night.
It is also said that Bailey usod a knifo
upon his viotim.
Kegiments About Completed.
Acting Adjutant Qonoral Ward at
Washington has reooivod reports from
tho officers ongaaged in rcouiting the
fivo now infantry regiments and the
five new cavalry regiments authorized
by tho army reoorganizttion act, show
ing that tho regiments are all praotioaliy
reoruitod exoapttho 13.h oavalry, whioh
is roportod to bo 389 inon short. It if
expootrd that all thoso troops will b<
sent to the Philippines for tho relief ol
an c<|ual number of regular troops wh<
havo boon thoro two years or uioro and
who are to bo brought home.
ANOTHER BANK FAIL?
In Buffalo Bfcause of Its Connecticn
With City National.
The Niagara bank of Buffalo, a State
institution, has clored its doors. The
following notice has been posted on the
doors:
I have olosod and taken possession
of this bank.
(Signed) F. D.' Kilburn.
Superintendent of Banks.
Tho Niagara bank was organized
September 15, 1891 It had a capital
of $100,000. The officjrs are: President,
P. II. Griffin; vice president, M.
M Duke; oashier, Wm. T. Hayes.
Tho chairman of tho clearing houso
committee, S. &1. Cloment, said Thursday
morning:
"It should bo distinctly understood
that the closing of tho Niagara bank
riu-sday has beon brought about solely
by reason of its close oonneotion with
iho City National bank, its president
hnvinc boon vico Drasidant of thn (litv
Nitioual bank, and that do other natiooal
bank hero is anyway affootod.
4'As the meeting of the clearing
houso committee Wednesday at tho
oloso of Wednesday's business, the
Niagara bank was tho only bank that
applied for any assistance and arrango
men's were made to givo tho assistanoo
asked for, pending the report Woincs
day morning by the banking department
as to the Bolvenoy of tho bank.
Mr Kvlburn, tho superintendent of
tho banks on his arrival in town Thurs
day morning beoamo satisfied that tho
bank oculd not get through with the
assistanoo asked for and aooordingly
dircoted that the bank be oloaed in or
der t j best protect all interested."
Tho bank superintendent wis scon
in tho Niagara bank and asked why
tho bank was closed. He said:
"I have closed this bank bejausi I
think it insolvent. Tho main reason
for tho failuro is the failuro of tho
City National bank. This bank is involved
t an extent not to bo announocd,
but I do not doem it safo to
permit this ouo to continue business
any linger. As to whothor this bank
bas been in trouble heretofore 1 have
nothing to say."
Two White Men Stabbed.
At Fleetwood, park Ohio, Friday, Johu
and Albert Slaughter, white, were
probably fatally stabbod by Luther
Page and Abner Ovens, colored. Chas.
Martin and Hilev Slaughter were beaten
with olubs. Tho trouble occurred
over an attaok on a small white boy by
a ooloacd man. A small six id riot followed.
Finally tho oolored men ware
arrested and placed in tho oonnty jail.
After midnight an attempt was made
to organize a mob to lynch tho prisoners.
A oroffd gathered at the tunnel
on O iv-j street, but no ono volunteered
to lead tho assault on thejiil. If tho
attaok had been mado a bloody battle
undoubtedly would have ooourred as
,50 armed moo wero .on guard duty
\ around the jail whera^heirfriendswere
r| imprisoned.
o mnty jail. ArrPQpiMPPIPmmilP
to remove them to Portsmouth jail for
safety immediately, as the authorities
fearod troublo Saturday night. Tno removal
of "Owens and Page, -the negro
assailants of the Slaughter boys, to jail
at Portsmouth has averted a crisis at
Fleetwood park. The two mon wero
Saturday taken to a train in a olosod
carriage guardod by officers, and halted
a equaro Irom tho depot. Officers formed
a cordon about the prisoners as they
wero led to tho train in irons. Not a
dozen people were aware of tho transfer
before tho train arrived. Rilnn ?nd
Martin Slaughter, brothers of the
wounded men, had started for the depot
but the train had pulled out a minute
before they arrivod. The officers disarm
d the negroes Saturday afternon
and arrested one who flourished a revolver.
Ncgroos wero congregating and
openly displaying arms.
Increases Postage.
A spcoial from Washington says:
The cabinet was in session about two
hours Friday and devoted the entire
time to minor matters. Postmaster
General Smith explained how the revenues
of the postal scrviee were being
kept at a point far bolow what they
otherwise would bo but for the faot that
under tho prosont clasiifloation a large
class of periodicals wero boing handled
at tho rate of ono cent a pound, which
was a groat financial loss to tho scrvioj.
It wis his purpose to modify the
regulations so as to compol this class
of publications to pay eight cants a
pound instoad of ono as now. Those
now regulations, it is said, will be issued
infow days. Soorciary llitohoook
stated that tho proclamation oponing to
scttlo i ont tee Wichita, Kiowa and Comauoho
lands in Oklahoma would be
given to tho press for publication
at an early date. The dato of
tho oponing will not bo announced until
that time.
Hotel Burned.
Information received at the gonoral
offiies of tho Hit Springs company
ltiohmond, Va , shows tho loss of the
Homestead hotel Wednesday night by
firo was oompleto. Tho fire started in
tho bakery shortly boforo midnight.
Tho blaai eproad rapidly by roason of
tho poorfaoilities of tho fire department.
Tho guests were promptly notified and
esoaped, many in thoir night olothes
most of thorn losing their jewels and
trunks. There wero several narrow es
otpos. Many prominent and wealthy
guests wcro in the hotel at the time.
The lens is about tJOO.OOO, largely
ooverod by insuranoo. Woalthy oot
tagors aro doing everything to assist
those burned out. Tho Himostead will
bo rebuilt at onco It was ono of the
handsomest and most attraotivo hotels
in tho south, and was for years tho
summer or winter homo of many prominent
people from all tho oountry. The
Virginia house and the bath bouso, together
with tho oottage, remain uninjured
Private Bank Fails,
i Sturgcs bank, of Mansfield O , a prii
vato institu'ioD, closed its doors, following
tho filing of a deed of assignment
by lttnkor Sturgcs to Attornoy
ll. H Dirlam. Sturges owned lutnboi
i works, real cBtato and a controlling ini
torest in tho Mansfield Machine works,
) tho latter capitalized at fltOO.OOO.
I Wednesday afternoon A. I'ook was ap>
pointed recoiver for tho Mansfield MaI
ohino works. Sturges was a olose friend
of the late John Sherman.
?
BOLD ROBBERY.
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Train Held Up by Ona Man and
Rcbbad by Three.
SECURES $83,000.
Revolvers, Rifles and Dynamita
U sad Fraaly. Wounds Several
and Makss Their
Escape.
The Great Northern trans-oontioental
train No. 3, leaving St. Paul Minn.,
Tnnndav mnrninv at fl n'nlnnV
up at Wagaor, Mont., 190 miles east of
Great Falls, at 320 Wednesday afternoon
by throo masked men who blew
open the express oar and wrecked the
through safo with dynamite, scouring
$83,000.
The robbory, in daylight, was ono of
the boldest that has ever ocoured intho
west.
Ono of tho robbers boarded the ''blin d
baggage oar at Hindalo, a station
about 20 miles oast of Wagner. lie appeared
to bo a oommon hobo, but when
the conductor diseovered him at a stop
almost immediately afterward he drew
a heavy Colt's revolver and ordered him
to roturn to the rear of the train on
ponalty of instant death. The hobo
thon climbed over the looomotivo tendor,
and at the point of his revolver
compelled tho engineer and fireman to
stop tho train at a ravine a few miles
east of Wagaor, where his confederates,
two iD nuaibor, both miskod, lay in
wait. Tne hobo thon compelled the
fireman and engineer to abandon the
engine aad firing began on both sides
of the train as it came to a stop.
Passengers on the train began to look
out of tho windows and a brakeman
alighted on one side of the train while
the traveling auditor, Douglas, alighted
on the opposite side. Doth instantly
became tho target of Winchester* in
tho hands of tho robbers and were
wounded. A passenger on the tourist
coach who was looking out of the window
was Btruck by a stray bullet and
seriously injured and two other passongcrs
were shot but ueither were seriously
injured.
To wreok the door of the express oar
with dynamite, with which both the
oonfoderateB who appeared from the
ravino we o liberally suppled, was the
work of an instant. The expressman ^
was oompelled to leave the oar at the
point of a rifle, and the through safe
was immediately dynamited. The first
oharge did not break it opon,
others in quiok suooession were neoes-^^
sary before it was forcod. The robbers
hurriedly gathered in its contents, consisting
of specie shipments, drafts, coin
and valuable negotiable, paper, and retrna^^kr
oping the train crew and
oe disappeared in the ravine,
and were seen later, one mounted on a .
bay horse, one upon a white horse, one
upon a buckskin heading southward at
a farioas gait, the booty being plainly
visible in a sack thrown across the Bad- ~ ~ -3
ale bows of tho rider upon the buckskin
horse.
As the hobo olimbed over the tonder
to tho locomotive cab, he drew on a
mask rendering it almost impossible to
seouro a (rood desarintion. Kinh nf
hie confederates was masked and the
only information obtainable regarding
them is that one was evidently a half
breed.
This was the robber upon the buokekin
horse. The gang headed for the
Littlo Rockies range, lying aoross the
Milk river in an almost inaccessible
country, consisting mainly of bad
lands. Posses were immediately organiz;d
in pursuit, one by a sheriff who
happened to to a passenger on tho
train.
Married to Save the Pig.
In order to save the life of a pig Hiram
Johnson and Miss Matilda Parkinson,
Wilkosbarro Pa , wore married last
woek by Alderman Conehan, of Wilkosbarro,
whoso reputation as a Solomon is
thereby enhanced. Miss Parkinson appealed
to him tho other day for j islioo.
Sho said that Hiram Johnson,
who ownod a farm next to hers at Hudson,
had stolen the pig from hor. She
also said that they had known each othor
for years and wore always good friends.
When the'squire sent for Johnson he
said tho pig was his and ho could prove
it. As neithar would yield Aldorman
Conehan had the hearing Thursday.
Each arrived with sevoral witnesses who
sworo the pig belonged to one or tho
other, and, as tho evidence of each
sido was of equal woight, tho alderman
mado a deoision worthy of his reputation.
Ho said tho pig should bo killod
and then dividod equally. Both Miss
Parkinson and Johnson objected strenuously
that tho pig was not old enough
to kill, and bosides it was a doar little
pig, etc. There was no settlement in
sight, and the 'squire suggested smilingly:
"Why don't you marry ani keep
tho pig in tho familyV You aro old
enough." Each is over 50. The suggestion
pleasod them. They went into
a corner, talked it over, and oamo out
hand-in hand and blushing. Tho alderman
married them and thoy took the
pig homo.
Sad Picnic Ending.
There was quito a Bad ending to the
otherwise pleasant gathoiing of oitizjns
of MoCoriuick S. C. at Soarl's Mill to
hold an old fashioned Fourth of July
pionio. The two little boys of Mrs. P. F.
Creighton, agod respectively 9 to 11,
had gono in bathing some little distanoo
do vn tho river away from the
orowd. Thoy waded out over their
depths, and when Dr. Manley Brown,
who was tho first to disoover them,
oamo upon tho scene, thoy wore Just
sinking for tho third time. He oalled
for assistance and immediately sprang
into the water. A largo crowd quickly
gathered and they soon suooeeded in
finding tho younger ono of the boys.
1 but the elder ono was not found until
' it was too late to save him. The sympathy
of .the entiro community goes
out to tho bereaved mother, who now
suffers this sooond bereavement so soon
having quite rooently lost her husband.
Tho dead boy was just reaching that
I stage in lifo whon ho could be of some
assistance to his mother.