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f * \ VOL. II. NO. 33. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAlh SEPTEMBER 14, 1905. S1.50 Per Year* LUKE HAMMOND, THE MISER. By Prof. Win. Henry Peck, Author of th? -m Stone-Cotter of Lisbon," Etc. Copyrfcrfct IBM, by Bobbbt Bosm'i Son. (AO right* reserved.) 1 f CHAPTER XX. . JOHN MARKS TELLS ? SECRET. Midnight found Hammond In a fever "of Impatience. For nearly an hour he had been counting the minutes, and iv hen the little bronze clock struck twelve he sprang up, saying: " 'Tls time! And -with all his faults, John Marks was ever a man of his word to me." *. As he spoke he heard his fierce dogs bay loudly for a moment, and then as Buddenly cease. "They are coming! I shall see my eon! My Charles!" exclaimed Luke, more excited than he had been for many a long year. He was wicked, fierce and cruel, but he adored his son. Soon a tapping at the door and he sprang to open it. He opened it with n jerk. A tall, handsome youth, of twenty-four years, leaped Into his aruis, crying: ??Dear father!" "My boy! My darliag boy!" ex claimed Hammond, and then fattier and coc were silent with emotion, as they gazed upon each other. , Stephen entered in his sneaking way, and then came in Marks, with his long, sweeping stride. His clear, deep voice called for Hammond's attention, i "You, Hammond," said Marks, "now feel that joy that I hope to feel. You are embracing your only child." "Ha! John Marks, are you there?" said Luke, extending his purse as If for reward. , Marks put the offer aside. He seemed to spurn it. ? "Keep your gold, sir," said he, stern Jy. "I serve for a higher reward than tliat. I have something now to live for. A hope. Its realization shall make John Marks a better man." > "Earn it, then," said Hammond, cold ly; for the changed tone of Marks pleased him not at nil. Then address ing Charles, he said; i "You look well, my son. You wrote that you were In 111 health, and in tended to try a voyage before the mast. You have stood it well." "Henceforth a life on lac tea shall be mine," said Charles. . The little bell over the desk tinkled merrily. "Ah! what's that?" asked Charles. "We have a sick friend in the house," said Hammond; and he continued to Stephen: "Go, attend the call." Stephen grinned and hurried away. Considerable conversation upon vari ous matters not pertinent to our story followed between father and son, dur ing which Marks smoked his cigar in silence; yet as Hammond ever and mum glanced towards him, there was an expression on the dark features of Marks that made Hammond feel uneasy. "Pwas too soon to unfold all to Charles, yet haste was important. "It Is late, my son," said Luke, at length, "aud you must be tired. Sup pose you retire to the apartment I have prepared for you." "Hut this mystery," said Charles. ".Mr. Marks has been talking mystery to me all day. And " "You shall soon know all, ray boy. In the meantime I wish a little private conversation with Mr. Marks." "Ah! Then I'm off at once," said Charles. "But you have never asked a word after your hnndsome cousin, Kate," said Luke. Charles turned very red, and John Marks puffed nt his cigar until it was aglow. j "Is she vfery handsome, father?" "Very? and charming. But you shall see her to-morrow, my son, and judge for yourself." "Time enough," said Charles, care lessly. "But I am more anxious to bear about the mystery, father." "Yes, yes! you shall hear all about It, my sou," snld Hammond, lighting a lamp. "And now, my dear boy, fol low me." "(iood-night, Mr. Marks," said Charles, extending his hand to Marks. Marks grasped It warmly aud the next moment was alone In the library. He laughed a low, dry lauph as the father and son departed, and inutiered, as lie lighted another cigar: "Now there'll be a blow-up! And I have that to tell Luke Hammond which will make him stare. If he plays me false about my son " His face grew darker, and his white teeth gleamed beneath his heavy mus tache, as he said: "Luke Hammond shall lose his son, or his son shall lose Luke Hammond. But I suspect." % Hammond soon returned, and locking the door, said: "And now. John Marks, begin at tho beginning." "No. Do you toll me about that 'sick friend,' " said Marks. "By Jove! I will not open my sack uutll you do yours." "I am ready now to da It," said Luke; and then rapidly told of his two prisoners In the eastern wltg. Marks smiled darkly as he listened. "Always a cunning dare devil," snld Mcrks. "But how did you deceive UppK ?*?*?>'? *1 will tell you of that to-morrow," " ?aid Hammond. "Time flies? 'tig near; ly one, you see; and I wish to hear of Harriet Foss." "Oh, you'll hear enough of her," said Marks. "Well, Stephen and i left here last night after or near mid night. It was blowing a gale, and we had hard work to find a boat and erew to take us down the bay. At daylight we were on the bark Gleaner. You own her ? don't you 7" "'Yes ? or rather it belongs to Henry Elgin's property," said Hammond. "Well," resumed Marks, "as soon as I got aboard I roused up Charles, who had been on watch that night, and was then asleep In the foreeastle, like any common tar. A prime lad is Charles. He must have inherited all his good ue8s from his mother? not from you. I gave him your letter, and from hip surprise I 6a w at once that you were much mistaken In l>!u." "How! What!" "Yes, your hoii is a clcar-hcart. 1 mean, lie has never done anything to be ashamed of. We have. First, I told him we must leave the bark. I spoke with the captain, and as Charles was a privileged character on board, tie was allowed to go with me In my boat. At 12 o'clock we landed near the Battery, and whom should I see Jlsguised as an old applcwoman but our dangerous friend, Harriet Foss." "And why? what " "Wait! you are stammering," con tinued Marks. "I saw her, and knew her at sight. But she did not know me. I was disguised as a sailor, for I was wide awake. You see she must have had spies out last night; and they, 1 think, told her that during the storm a boat had put off for the bark Cleaner. So she was on the watch." "On the watch for whom? for what?" asked Hammond. I "For you, Luke Hammond. No doubt sho Imagined that a loving father would hasten to meet his sou. Or, maybe, she thought you had suspected her presence in New York, or met me, and would go to warn Charles. Any? waj*, sho was near the boat when it landed, and came right down as if eager to sell apples. I saw that she rec* ognized Charles and failed to know aie. Evidently she sought for some one who was not in t lie boat. Stephen se cured a hack and we made for the next clothing store, wlier? we changed our garments wholly. We left the store from the rear, where another carriage took us up." "And why the precaution?" r. slicd Luke. "Because the apple woninn, that is, Harriet Foss, had hired a hack, and I saAV her following us." said Marks. "For a small sum the storekeeper pro cured Avigs and false bean's for us. "I had much trouble In ffcrsuading Charles to follow my ni'.vicc; and only by telling him that his fmV.er'a fortune and life were In danger coi.hl I have succeeded. We reached tho Metropol itan Hotel, and took rooi u under as sumed names. Stephen acted as our servant, but unfortunately a servant of the hotel recognized him and greeted him with: 'Ila, Stephen! is that you? Are you with Mr. Luke Ilanmond no more? When did you leave hiu?' and forty other questions tli? rascal rallied out, while Stephen was near us. Vliat instant I saw n porter prick up his earo and look sharply at us. I kept i iy eyes on him and soon saw him slip away, after speaking privately with cn:? of Iiis fellows. Then I knew we were watched. That Harriet Foso is n reg ular female Vldocq! I was afraid to leave the hotel during daylight, lest we might be tracked. So at night we lirst went to the theatre, where I hoped to find a chance to slip oft". But I am sure two men lu'pl their eyes on us." "Was Stephen with asked Luke. "Yes; I was afraid *o let I In stay. He has a weakness? he ("rinks when ever he cau get a chance. Suppose Harriet Foss had got hold of ny friend Stephen in ids cups!" paid Marks, with a whistle. "After the theatre we re turned to tile hotel? mid by my llfol the men I feared were there as soon as w<> were! Harriet Foss has as many pples as a despot. Just before mid night? about half-past H? we pretend ed to retire, locked our doors and ex ttnguished our lights. I saw nothing suspicious in the hall when I looked from my room, except a sleepy chain berinald dozing near a window. But that was euougii for me. We made our exit by a rear door Into another room, fortunately unoccupied. Out of that passed into another by swinging on the shutters outside, like thieves or burglars. It put mo In mind of old times! Stephen and I were old hands at such tricks, and as Charles was Just from before the mast he waa as active as a cat. Well, we got away by tho rear of the hotel mid reached here, 1 thick, unwatchod. Now what are you going to do?" "You must earo you:* son, John Marks," said Luke. "That Is. put an end to Harriet Fo*^" said Marks. "I'll think shout that. But wbat was you* plan to deceive huT To get some one to personate me;* said Hammond; "to let Charles return to the hotel as secretly as possible, and to-morrow suffer him to Introduce Har riet Foss to the pretended Luke Ham mond as his father. She will not find her sister's husband, be deceived, and seek for her vengeance elsewhere." Marks shook his head, and said: "You cannot deceive her. She has been told that. If you are^not the man she seeks, you resemble him very much. She will seek for that resem blance, and not finding It in the flo titlous father of Charles, will Instantly suspect some trick. Besides, Charles will not consent to the deceit." "I will command him! I will tell him he must! to save his father from total ruin, if not from death," said Luke. "Well, If he consents he will not be able to do It so as to deceive Harriet Foss," said Mark*. "And, by the way, I must tell you also that Charles will never marry Catharine Elgin. He al ready loves."^ '"Ah!" said Hammond. "Yes. And lie is young, enthusiastic, romantic, !n faet," said Marks. "In time you might corrupt him, but now lie Is too honorable. You have made a great mistake in having him reared away from you." "I have ? I have," said Hammond. " 'Tls the fault of my sister ? of Nancy Harker. I will tell you that the mother of Charles, my second wife, died one year after I married her? died In giving him birth. I cared little for the moth er, but I loved my boy. At that time, my sister, Nancy Harker. who had fled to America "with me, aud aided me In passing myself off as the genuine Luke Hammond, took eliarge of Charles, a mere Infant, and I did not see him for three or four years. When I saw him again he was running about and play ing with your son." "My son! Ah? go on." said Marks, our son was some two or three years older than mine, but bejug lirst cousins, they resembled each other verj' much. My sister persuaded me to have the lads educated in Europe ? I think she desired to have them reared as what squeamish people call 'honor able, honest men.' " "Well, that was green in Nancy," said Marks. "Still she was always flighty and took queer notions. I am very glad now that she persuaded you to have the lads educated away from you. But what became of llarker, whom she married?" "Harker Avas killed in a duel, one month after my sister married him," said Luke. "And you have never seen Charles since he was three or four years old?" asked Marks. "Never," replied Hammond. "I be came Immersed in speculation for many years, aud only heard from the lads by letters from Nancy and Charles. After a time I conceived the plan of marrying Charles to Catharine Elgin, and since tlieu have thought more of my boy than ever." "And where is my son now?" de manded Marks, eagerly. "I do not know," said Hammond. "What! are you trifling with me, Hammond?" said Marks. "No, I am not. Nancy llarker knows where he is," said Luke. Marks closed his eyes in deep thought for a few moments and then said: "Where lias Nancy Harker been during tli^se long years?" "Sometimes in America, sometimes in Europe. But never known as my sister, and never known out of this house as Nancy Harker," said Ham mond. "Harriet Foss must have learned all this from Charles," said Marks. "No. My letters have always forbid den him to answer any questions about me or about himself," said Hammond. "For the hist four years he has been traveling iu Europe and Asia." "And my son?", said Marks. "Nancy says your son was not with him; nor have they been together for years," replied Hammond. "Charles would not recognize Nancy Harker now, for he has not seen her since he was a boy. Charles was rep red by an English clergyman, to whom I have always scut funds and advice. Do you know I was afraid that tcrrlblo woman, Harriet Foss, might learn who lie was, and take vengeance on my son. As for myself, I can defend myself. You shall learn more hereafter. And now tell me who my son loves, and liow you found It out." "Why, Charles Is an impulsive fel low," said Marks; "as unsuspecting as I a girl, and Just as talkative. He looks twenty-four o^six years of age at one minute, and less than twenty the next. Hut be bus made a tremendous mis take." "A tremendous mistake!" said Hntu mond. "Yes. He has fallen desperately in love with a woman at least twenty years older than himself." "My life"' exclaimed Luke. "Who is she?" "A very handsome and fascinating lady," said Marks, pufliug furiously. "You know that wheu young men do lako a passion for women older than themselves they go mad about It." "True! How unfortunate!" said Hammond. "But who Is she? and where did he meet her?" "He met her In England," said Marks. "8he was known as Madame Burr, a rich widow. Charles told mo lie adored her, and I tliiuk he does. I've seen her."' "Ah? you have seen her?" "Yes; and she is one of the r.iost charming women In America," said Marks. "In America! Is she in America?" "Yes? she Is now in New York," said Marks. jpntlnued. LATE FEVER REPORT Coadltioas Alternately Worse and Better at Strkkei Centers VIGOROUS WOW TO EXTERMINATE Sunday's Reports Show That New Oases Are StDl Developing. Though Not So Numerous. New Orleans, Special. ? Official re port to 6 p. m.: New cases, 27; total, 2,289. Deaths, 7; total, 316. New Foci, 11. Cases under treatment, 296; dis charged, 1,677. The unfavorable part of the Sunday report Is the unusually large number of deaths. Another distinguished member of the Roman Catholic clergy is in the list, Father L. E. Green, of the Jesuit College. He died at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, after being 111 eact ly a week. He was struck with a chill last Sunday just after delivering a leo ture, but nothing was thought of it. The next day he visited a room in the college which had been screened and made ready for emergencies in accord ance with the suggestion of Dr. White, and Jokingly remarked to one of his colleagues that they had the room ready now nnd only needed the first pa tient, A few hours later he was the occupant. He was later transferred to the Hotel Dieu. He suffered from other complications which caused the fatal ending. He was 38 years of age and a native of England. He had been here about two years and was a teacher in the branch school conducted by the Jesuits on St. Philip street. There was not a single Italian name among the other deaths. One occurr ed in the Emergency Hospital, one in Algiers and one iu the French Asylum, on St. Ann street. Since the Marine Hospital Service has been in charge, the officers have discovered 67 foci infections, which has been of some standing and were unknwon except through the second ary infection. The district officers have been especially diligent in thus trac ing up infection and this has been the means of checking what threatened to be serious nests in different neigh borhoods. 19 MEN BLOWN TO SHREDS. Terrible Destruction Wrought by Powder Mill Explosion. ConnelsVllle, Pa.. Special. ? The Rand Powder Mills at Fairchance, six miles south at Unlontown, were entirely wip ed (tlit by an explosion at 9.05 o'clock Saturday. Of the 32 men who went to work in the mill, 19 are known to be dead. Of these 13 have been identified. Nine men, including C. M. Rand, man ager of the plant, were seriously Injur ed. Scores of people in the town of Fair chance, within half a mile of the pow der mills, were more or less painfully Injured. The shock of the explosion was dis tinctly felt in Connelsville, 20 miles away, building being rocked on their foundations. At Unlontown hundreds of panes of glass were broken. In the town of Fairchanco there is scarcely a house that did not suffer damage. The sides were battered as though axes had been used. Haystacks were toppled over in the fields and live stock were stunned. The rails of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway and the West Pennsyll vanin Traction Railway Company were rooted from the road bed and traffic was delayed from four to six hours, transfer* being made over the Penn sylvania- Thain No. 52 on the Balti more nnd Ohio had a narrow escape from annihilation. It had just passed the Rand Mills when the explosion oc coaches were shattered and passengers coaches were shattered In passengers thrown into a panic. Had the train been n few seeonnds late it would have been blown up, as the mills were In a few rods off the track. A street car on the West Pennsylvania road had also passed just a few seconds before the explosion and was far away enough to escape damage, though it was derailed. Notch**: Has Two New Oases. Natchez, Miss., Special. ? Two new cases In one family, making ono new focus of Infection, were reported Sun day. The patients. Ruby and Joe Ziegler. white, live on a street adja cent to the block where the first Infec tion was discovered. There are now ttvo cases under treatment. A re sume of the local fever record shows 19 cases for the last two weeks; no deaths. Monday was fumigation day. Purchased Terminals. Birmingham, Ala., Special. ? The Bir mingham Bolt Railroad Company has purchased two hundred acres of land, at Village Creek, near Birmingham, which will be utilized for terminals for tral roads. The property extends from tral roads. The property etends from North Birmingham to a point near the Thomas furnaces, a distance of about two miles. The Belt Line Is owned by the Frisco rfnd the Illinois Central, and has just completed arrangements for entering Birmingham over the tracks pf the Frisco. Cotton Address Not Ready. Ashovllle, -Hpeclal. ? The public ad dress of the Southern Cotton Associa tion will not be Issued for a week or ten days. The framing of the address Is In tho hands of a committee com posed of Brown, of North Carolina; Smith, of South Carolina; Moody, of Alabama; and McMartin, of Mississip pi. Tho actual wording and writing of the document will be done by Mr. Mc Martin. TEXTILE KRJf HI Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and Other Manufactnrinf Enterprises* Fountain Inn, S. 0. ? The Fountain Inn Manufacturing Co., has decided to add 4,500 spindles. The company has erected a two-story 75x104 ad dition to its buildiugs to receive the new spindles and preparatory ma chinery, and this equipment is now being placed in position. It is also adding 00 72-iuch Jacquard looms for weaving cotton damasks and equip ping a dyehouse. J. K. Young, super intendent, made the plans for the im provements, and is in charge of all the work connected therewith. The cost of these betterments will amount to about $50,000. The company has been operating 5,004 ring spindles and 3,000 twisting spindles, manufac turing yearns. Its present enlarge ment is the second in five years under the same management. C. E. Gra ham is president, and It. L. Graham, treasurer. Colombia, S. C. ? The stockholders of the Olmpia Cotton Mills, met last week, purpsuant to a resolution adopted by the directors at a meeting held on July 13, and voted an in crease in the capital stock to the amount of $3,000,000. The amount of the increase is $1,800,000, and is to be known ns "first preferred Practically all of this amount will be issued to the present holders of the first mortgage bonds. The company is practically reorganized. The mill and equipment is in the best physical condition and indications arc that the demand for the product of the 100,3*20 spindles and 2,250 looms will be satisfactory. Textile Notes. The Lancaster, S. Q., Cotton Mills has declared its ucual semi-annual dividend of 3 1-2 j?er cent. The Kurcaka Cotton Mills of Ches ter,. S. C., has declared its usual semi annual dividend of 3 1-2 per cent. Messrs. Sanders, Simth & Co., of Chai lotto, N.C., will install a bleach ing plant in their cotton-batting mill. This improvement will add largely to the mill's capacity, which is now 2, >00 iKuinds daily cotton batting and mattress felts. The Eagle and Phoenix Mills of Columbus, Ga., announced its fall prices on rojie last week and on the same day liled orders for 250,000 pounds of the product. The rope manufactured varies from three-six teenths to three-quarters of an irtb in diameter. The Pomona Cotton Manufacturing Co. of Greensboro, N. C., will roof in mill No. 2, which is 130x200 feet in size, and till it with machinery later on, after the first mill of 10,000 spindles and 300 looms is finding a ready market for its product of ex port sheetings and drills. A stock company has been organ ized at Claftou, Gj>., to establish a $100,000 cotton factory, and will be gin to erect its buildings next mouth. ( A third cotton mill for Newberrv, S. (.., is (he latest announcement along the line of that city's progress and spirit. Charles Iceman, the promoter of the cotton mill lor Cheraw, S. C., is looking over sites for the mill. It is said that sufficient capital has been subscribed to build the mill at once. Capitol $100,000. Capitalists of Meridian, Miss., dis gusted with eastern associates fail ing to put up $200,000 promised mon ey, have assumed charge of the pro posed Beatrice Cotton Mills, costin" $.>00, 000. Unit' the capital is already raised, and the plaut will be bonded for the balance. It may how be counted as an es tablished fact, that. Cherry vi lie is to have her fourth cotton mill in the near future. A Winston s|?ecial soys: "C. H. Watson left for Halifax county, Va.j to appeor for the defense in a $30, 000 damage suit, instituted against the big cotton mill of' Roanoke Itop lds, for which John Patterson, form erly of (his city, is manager. The case is set for trial this week. The Saluda Hivcr Power Co. re ports steady progress on the con struction of the dam for its water power development five miles from Greenville. The dam will be 38 feet high, to develop 2o00 horse-|K>wer. The work of installing the new electric liphting system in the White Oak Cotton Mills at Greensboro has been completed and accepted. The plant is one of the largest in the South, there being \n one of the rooms of the mill over 300 ?rc lights of 1,000 candle power each. The system was installed under the direc tion of Mr. W. It. Chapman. A Newberry, S. G\, special says: A third cotton mill for Newberry is the latest announcement along the lino of this city's progress and spirit. A prominent citizen thoroughly olive to the interests of Newberry ond its people, stated that the mill will be erected. It is proHable that it will be built at Helena, % small town ad joining this city. Newberry at pres ent boasts of two of the finest cotton mills in the state. Rl'BLIC PRINTER OUT Not a Case of Graft But One of Par tiality and Favoritism PARTISANSHIP, NOT CORRUPTION Reason For the Summary Dismissal of Public Printer Palmer is Given by President Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, I,. I., Special.? Presh lent Roosevelt has made public the report of the Keep commission on its recent investigation of afTalrs in tho Govern ment Printing OfTlce at Washington. The inquiry was made by special di rection of the President on account of a protest which he had received from a protest which he had received from of fleials of the Mergenthaler Typesetting Machine Company against the award of a contract by Public Printer Frank W Palmer to the Lanston Monotype Com pany for 72 machines of its make. The President decided, after an ex amination of the Keep report, that the contract for the Lanston machines should stand. The Keep commfssion reported that if the contract coultl bo sot aside, "such a course would be ad visable," although the commission states expressly that "no corrupt con sideration, payment or promise passed from the Lanston Monotype Company to the public printer or to any person in the government service." It was developed by the investiga tion. however, that two important as sistants of the public printed were in '"t,ore8ie(1 the Laston Com therein ' T L^8 ,b?i,1K ^^'ol.lers fnira, i ? commission shows that a inir and impartial test of the Lanston and Mergenthaler nmchhies was Hn l frin.'!!' u,a< the purchase ?l - laigt* a number of Lanston machines was improvident" and indicated "g ea? Shi allty,a?d .b,aM on ,ho fart of the eawlL tiP1" i. ThP comn,'8aIon re Uon " Purchase as "maladministra The text of the President's mem orandum upon the report follows: ?T, "Oyster Hay, Sept. 9. 1905. The conclusion of the committee are hereby approved, save the latter part thn* i" ,lrst> 11 dof>8 not appear i ?i h! 8 any 1uost,?n as to the l? h2?y ?. ,thP ('ontiact ?n question. If \t? V. been for tl# conduct of the Mergenthaler Company in preferring the charge discussed by the committee " conclusion two, that of corruption. should agree with the committee that it would be desirable to set aside the contract, if such course were legal. Hut second only to corruption in a public ?ffice in point of inquiry, comes making a baseless charge of corruption, and tnis is what the committee finds the Marganthaler Company has done in this case, its comments being in part: " "?In the light of the failure of the company to produce evidence of such corruption, it must be held that tho charge was made recklessly and the Meigenthaler Company should be se verely condemned for including such a charge in a formal communication to the president of the United States maoe as a basis for official action on his part. It is fair also to the Lanston Monetype Company to say that no evi dence was produced by the Mergen thaler Company, nor was any obtained by the committee in the course of its hearing, tending to show any promise payment or consideration of any kind' whatsoever made by the Lanston Com pany, or any of its officers or agents, to any person in the government ser vice. "Had not this charge of corruption been made I should have entirely agreed with the conclusion of the com mittee that if it were possible (which it Is not) it would be desirable to can cel^ the eontraut in question. "Public Printer Palmer has been re moved from office. The cases of tho subordinates alluded to In the report must be taken up in connection with the discipline and re-organization of the bureau when Mr, Palmer's suc cess or assumes office. "THKODRORE ROOSEVICLT. Referring to the allegation that Os car J. Riekotts. was the candidate of the Merganthaler Company for Public Printer, the report says: "Questions were asked of the Public Printer Mr Hove and General Mlchner. as to what grounds they had for thinking that the Mergenthaler Company was be hind Mr. Ricketts. The seasons given were of au unsubstantial character and It is only Just to Mr. Ricketts to say that there Is not in the evldenoe taken before this committee anything to show in illegitimate connection between Mr Roekets nnd the Mergenthaler Com pany." Gomez on Parade. Santiago de Cuba. Hy Cable. ? General Joseph Miguel Gomez, Governor of Santa Clnra province and National Lib eral candidate for Presidency, and an escort of a thousand horsemen entered the city Saturday morning and nar .i.aclc d. The Governor of this province atid the jnaynr of the city, anticipat ing disorder, made elaborate police ar rangements. but these were found to be unnecessary as there wer?i no Stirl ing incidents. Governor Gomez was given a blilll^nt rereptlon at the Sin Carlos Club this afternoon and address - ed a meeting at a theatre at night. Private Oar Line Rates. Washington. Special ? The Southern Railway, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Central of Georgia, the Atchison, To pi k a &? Santa Ke and the Pennsylvania liave filed their answers to the inquiry of the inter-State commerce commis sion concerning relations between re frigerator linen and railroads. All ex cept the last two mentioned declare that they are in no way responsible for the changeB made by the Armour Car Line*. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. 9 . Disturbances Discinctivc and Severe in Paris of Italy 370 REPORTED DEAD IN TDE SOUTH Shock Before Daylight is Said to Have Completely Destroyed 18 Vil lages and Wrought Widspread Loss of Life and Property in the South ern Extremity of tho Pennisitfa. Ronje, By Cable. ? All Italy is suf fering from tcrrlblo depression be cause of the news from the South, where one of the worst earthquakes ever experienced oerurred Friday. Al though the earthquake was felt all ov er Calabria and to a certain extent in Sicily, tho worst news came from Piz/.o ami Menteloone and fn*a 'ho eighteen villages, which are said to have been completely destroyed. Ac cording to tho latest news rccelvcl, 370 persons have been tilled ar.u a great number Injured. It is as yet impossible to even estimate the prop erty losses. The shock was felt at 2.55 o'clock Friday morning. It lasted for eigh teen seconds at Catanzaro and soon thereafter was felt at Mes.^ra, Rcm gino, Monteleone, Martirano, Stefac oni, Plcpio, Triparli, Zmararo, Ccssan Iti, Naida, Olivani and other points. Scenes of indescribable terror en sued. Women, aroused from their sleep, rushed half clothed into *.ho streets, screaming with fear, carrying their babies and dragging along their other children, and calling for help on the madonna and tin' sain*:'. The men escaped into the open >vi.ii their families, all calling on their favorite saints for protection. The cafc3 were taken by assault by the strangely garbed crowd, but as daylight broke without a repetition of the earthquake the ctowd gradually melted away un til by 8 o'clock the streets had al most. assumed their normal appear ance except in the ruined villages, where the inhabitants had no homes to go to. Tho general confusion was added to* by dreadful cries from the Jails, where the prisoners were be side themselves with fright and in some cases mutinied, but fortunately all tho prisoners were kept within bounds. Troops, engineers and doctors havo been hurried to the scenes of the dis aster to assist in the work of rescue and salvage. The Ministry of the In terior sent $!/*00 for th# relief of t:?o destitute, and the .Minister of l'tiblj? Works left for Calabria in the evening. Public Printer Palmer Dismissed. Oyster liay, N. V'.. Special.? Presi dent Roosevelt took summary action in tho caso of Frank W. Palmer, Public Printer and head of the Government Printing O-.re at Washington. ^ Ijnst Monday the President directed Mr. Palmer to send him Ids resignation to take effect on the ISlh instant. At tho same time he directed him not to take any fun her action in the case of Oscar J. Picket Is, foreman of printing, and L. C. Hay. a division fornian, in tho Government Printing Olllce, whose resignations Mr. palmer had re quested. In direct disobedience of the Presi dent's instruct jens, Mr. Palmer on tho f>th instant, notified Rhketts and Hay that tho time which th<y might havo In which to ase wer hi.-; charges would be extended until Sat nr. lay, the flth in stant. As this was a violation of tho President's specific instructions, and as tho case of Picket is and Hay had been placed in the hands of the Keep com mission for investigation, tho Presi dent felt it was time to take positive action regarding Mr. Palmer, lie there fore removed him from office by tele graph and directed him to turn over tho Government Printing Office to Foreman Rlcketts. whom he lias desig nated as acting Public Printer Stranded Vessel Sighted. Norfolk, Va., Special. The steamer Aragon, lumber laden from George town, S. to New York via Norfolk, which stranded two miles south of False Cape, on the Virginia coast. Tho Aragon and the lumber-laden barge Saxon, which went, ashore with tho steamer hut was subsequently floated, arrived here this afternoon apparently uninjured, ? Ashevillo Slayer Arrested. Ashevlile, N. ('.. Special.? Floyd R. James was arrested Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock by Patrolman James on a warrant charging him with the mur der of James Dougherty, Inst Sunday ni'.'ht. August L'7. Mr. James was placed under arrest while at wo k. a sliort distance fr??m his re.dd"nro, and brought to the city hall. 11? was in conference with attorneys relating to the conduct of hi.-i ca.tr and at the con clusion of this conference a prelimi nary hearlnu will he had. When ar retted Mr. I ::nes declae] that he was sit innocent man and that h" regretted tli ? arrert r^orr on his wife's at count than on his o>-, n. Atlanta Fatient Dead. Atlanta. Special. ? Atlanta's only yellow fever case resulted fatally shortly after noon Tuesday. The pa tient, J. ('. Oaruthers, who arrived from TVnsaeoht last Ftiday and who was rent to tho detention hospital several ml!rv, from the city, died after an attack of yellow fever of a pro nounced type. No other cases havo reached here and none Is expected with the vigorous precautions that have been taken to exclude even sus picious cases from outside points.