The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, February 08, 1906, Image 1
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VOL. III. NO, 1.
CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1906.
Sl.SO Per Year
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
Over a Million Bushels Wheal
Destroyed
BURNING OF A GRAIN ELEVATOR
Mighty Pillar of Fir* by Night at
East St. Louis, Entailing a Loss of
Oyer fl, 000,000, Besides Destruc
tion of Near-By Stables.
East St. Louis. 111., S|tecisl. ? The
Uuiou Elevator, containing a million
bushels of wheat, was destroyed by
lire, entailing a loss of more than
.$1,000,000. The Are spred to the
stables of the St. Louis Transfer Co.,
and 200 horses and 200 wagons were
burued, as well as the stables. The
tire started in a brick engine house
30 feet from the elevator. Before the
arrival of the tire department the
ilamestiad spred to the elevator. As
sistance was sent from St, Loiys and
the effects of the tiremen were prin
cipally directed toward preventing the
lire spreading to adjoining elevators
and warehouses, the Union Elevato*
having been converted into furnace
within a few minutes after it caught
lire. ^
Seven dwelling houses were des
troyed, being covered with burning
oil by the explosion of four tanks
The occapauts of the houses escaped
unhurt.
The oil tanks which exploded were
standing nearly 400 yards north of the
elevator. They bclined to the Waters
Pic rce Oil Company.
1140,000 Fire at Valdosta, Ga.
\
Valdosta, Ga., Special ? A fire stall
ing in the paint shop of the Hender
son-Crawford Buggy Company caused
;i loss of $140,000. The property de
stroyed being the paint shop of the
buggy company, including the Georgia
Southern Railway freight- depot,
eight loaded cars, 1(? cottages, the
Valdosta Laundry, and Armour Com
pany's warehouse. The heaviest
losers are the Henderson- Cranford
Huggy Company, which carried a
stock valued at $60,000 and occupied
a building worth $30,000. The com
pany carried insurance for about two
thirds of this loss. The railroad losses
were from $15,000 to $20,000. ?Much
of the merchandise in the depot was
carried out, though considerable dam
sged.
Factory Burns in New York.
New York, Special. ? The six-story
factory building at 107-113 Grand
street as the corner of Mercer street,
in the heart of tho silk and linen dis
trict wsa burned with a loss evceed
ing $230,000. Charles School house
& Sons, manufacturers of ribbons,
lost $100,000, fully insured, and Bern
hard, rilinau & Company, dealers in
yarns, embroideries and braids, $150,
000, '.partially covered by insurance.
The (ire was spectacular, bursting
from all tho windows within a few
minutes utter tho first alarm was
sounded. So many thousands of peo
ple were attracted to the scene that
police reserves from eight down-town
precincts had to be summoned. A
fircimiu and a ]h>1 iceman were sligtly
hurt.
Not Half Over at Savannah.
Savannah, Ga. Special ? The Greene
and Gaynor trial will enter upon its
fifth week and the introduction of
documentary evidence will be con
tinued. It is expected that the week
may see the close of evidence along
this particular subjects of contracts,
which has been followed for "the last
lew days, and that witnesses may be
examined touching the character of
the work done in the river and harbor
improvements. Tho progress of the
trial continues slow and it is not be
lieved to be half over.
Fierce Rioting in Paris Ohurcb.
Paris, By Cable. ? As a net result of
rioting though the inventory was tak
en in but one church, that of St.
Pisrrc-Groscaillou, over 50 persons
were severely injured and a further
considerable number slightly injured.
The latter included a number of police
and firemen, who were almost blinded
with cayenne pepper. Fifty arrest*
were made. ?
Storms in North Atlantic.
St. Johns', N. F., Special.? The
steamer Ulunda. Captain Chambers, oi
the Furness-Allen Line, which sailed
from Liverpool January 23, for St.
Johns' ami Halifax, arrived here
after a stormy passage. Last Sunday
during a hurrican a member of the
#crew was washed overboard ayd
"drowned. Tho steamer sustained sun*
dry damages from beiug swept by
seas. The schooner Canadian, Captain
Mirntier, which sailed fixun Cadiz De
cember 30, for this port, also arrived
bringing reports of terrible weather
experienced in the North Atlantic.
Death of Oolonsl Higgins.
Norfolk. Va., Feb. 1.? Col. Ales
M. Higgins, commanding the seventy
first Virginia regiment of infantry
volunteers, died suddenly last week.
Col. Uiggins ono of the most
prominent citizens of Norfolk, and
wss> the senior member of the real
estate firm of A. M. Higgins A Co.,
Plume street. Ho served with the old
fourth Virginia regiment in the Span
Mi American war,'
THE STATE LEGISLATURE
Body of State Lawmaker* Down at
Work ? Bills That Hare Bean Intro
duced.
. Oompalaory Education,
There was a spirited and interesting
de baa te in the House over Mr. ^ Ker
shaw's compulsory education bill re
quiting parents, or others having in
charge children between the ages of r
and 14 years, to send them to school
for not less than 100 days in a session,
the enforcement of the law being left
in the hands of the school district
trustees. After the house had heard
speeches for an hour and a half, a
vote was reached on the motion to
strike out the enacting words. Inter
est and some surprise and excitement)
were elicited by the announcement
I from the clerk that the ayes and nays
vote stood 54 to 55 in favor of the bill.
This was followed by more speech
making, when another eye and nay
vote was taken on the motion to in
definitely postpone, which resulted in
59 yeas and 56 nays. Then the final
vote was taken on the motion to tattle
the motion to reconsider. This result
ed to 03 to 54 against the bill. The
votes showed a growing sentiment in
the House in favor of compulsory edu
cation, over last session. The cotton
tuill managements say they favor a
compulsory education bill, and say
that a compulsory education law will
assist them to see that the chid labor
law is more generally observed. The
Anderson delegation voted solidly
against the bill, but the delegations
from the Horse Creek valley mill sec
tions were divided, as were the Green
ville and Spartanburg delegations.
Mr. Toole, of Aiken, who has been
sirUggling through several sessions to
pet a ten-hour labor bill passed, favor
ed the Kershaw bill, while Mr. Cloy,
of Aiken, tried to laugh it out into
the corridors.
Among the new house bills was one
from Mr. Watson, of Anderson, to
refer the question of license, dispen
sary or prohibition, to the August
primaries, the succeeding Legislature
next January to enact into law for a
period of five years the majority senti
ment so expressed, and one by
Mr. Cothran, of Greenville, allowing
sheriffs of dry counties to appoint as
many special deputies as necessary to
enforce prohibition. Mr. llutto had a
bill to repeal the anti-free pass Jaw
and the Hampton delegation sent in a
bill to provide for an investigation
into the financial affairs of Hampton.
In The Senate.
The only matter discussed in the
Senate was *a bill to appoint a
commission to look into the advisa
bility of purchasing the old police bar
racks in Charleston with a view to
using the place to enlarge the dorina
tory faculities of the citadel. The bill
was finally passed with 'only two votes
against it.
The Reformatory.
The reformatory bill unexpectedly
made its appearance, being called up
by Sneator Mauldin. Senator C. L.
Blease moved to kill the bill.
In a s)M'cch after his motion to in
definitely postpone the bill Senator C.
L. Blease said he wrote the editor of
the Greenville Daily News, of The
Christian Appeal, one of the Spartan
burg papers, and Rev. W. I'. Jacobs,
sending them the bill asking them
how they would vote on it. lie had
received answers from sonic ? Senator
Blease said they had not tin* man
hood to retract their criticisms of the
senate and of him. Kev. W. 1*. Jacobs
of the Clinton Orphanage wrote a let
ter saying lie did not "believe" in
boys who were not criminals being
admitted. 4 ' Boys of good character
should not be elgible to the school,"
he wrote, in shaking of association
with criminals.
Senator Blease made his same
points as last year that the judges had
too much power under the bill and
that it would dump 5,000 children,
black and white, on the State. He
did not want an orphan asylum sup
ported by taxation. He thought the
bill mcnt "the worst involuntary sla
very 1 ever heard of." The State of
South Carolina was ""going into the
nursery business."
lie would advocate two reforma
tories for criminals, one for each of
the races. lie was glad to see negroes
eliminated from the bill, as compared
with last year's bill. *
Senator Blease was glad to vote for
a bill which applied alone to young
criminals and which did not allow the
circuit and probate judges to uso their
discretion in putting boys iu the re
formatory.
It was 10 o'clock when Senator
Blease ceased speaking and Senator
McLeod began argument for the bill.
One effective point which the senator
from Leo made was the statement
mode to the committeo by Recorder
Stanly in regard to the need for a re
formatory as shown by his daily ex
IK'i' ieuce. The State provided for and
protected its other children, even to
the deaf, dumb and blind. Then why
not care for thu mdrally stunted ?
those most pitiful of unfortunates?
The pupils at Cedar Spring can sel
dom be cured, but the majority of the
boys at this reformatory might be
morally made well.
Senator McT/eod could not bebtvt
that criminality could he promoted by
the reformatory ; it would net tl\c
other way,
"All do not become criminals who
go wrong, but if less than a dozen can
be saved to South Carolina, $5, 0(H)
wontd be a small *nm to pay." he
*aid.
Humanity was the whole idea of the
reformatory, said Senator Maulditi,
Further on in his speech and speaking
of the effects of cigarette* on the
youth of the land, the senator from
Greenville got in a jab at the dispenr
snry by saving1 that the cigarettes
were 4 'no worse than the vile stuff
dished out by the State."
Senator Mauldiu did not speak long,
and when he sat down, debate on the
measure was adjourned until Friday.
Morgan Bill Passed.
The house of representatives Fri
day by a decisive vote sustained the
Morgan bill.' The measure has not
yet been adopted, but all efforts to
stampede those who voted for it have
failed and the opposition seems de
moralized. Oir every vote the advo
cates of the bill had a majority of
15 or more, and it is claimed that
the senate will give a majority of six
to the local option bill.
The measure as it now stands is
Mr. Sanders' amendment to Mr. Mor
gan V bill. These amendments have
been adopted, but the bill was so
much patched up thut the clerks re
|M>rted that it would be almost a phy
sical impossibility to have the meas
ure printed and laid on the desks of
the members. Therefore, in order to
have a correct understanding of the
hill before it parsed s< coud reading,
i{ was decided to have it printed and
luid on the desks of the members
and debate was adjourned until
Tuesday, (.'apt. J. W. Hamcl took a
straight vole on prohibition at night
and the pro|x)sition was defeated 77
to 20.
Tin* local option hill as passed pro
vides for State prohibition. The
? ati' dis|>cnsury will bo wiped out.
Then the counties may go to work and
vote in dispensaries if they choose to
lo so. Mini Charleston "Would have the
->pi>ort unity to vote on the question
?f hi?rh license. The majority of the
Richland delegation b. ing out of touch
vitli the local optionists. no provis
ion was made by which high license
'?an be voted on in Columbia, although
Mr. Mr Master made an effort to get
such a concession, it was understood
Thursday night that this was in the
bill.
There has been a great deal of talk
on this bill. The author of the origi
nal bill, Mr. Morgan, was jierniitted
?o make the closing speech yesterday,
'le was very ill, almost unable to
stand, and lie was not able to attend
?he nielil session of the house, but
the light had been won.
Senate.
in the Senate Fridav hut little was
accomplished. The day was occupied
in purely routine business. ~
Arrested on Charge of Lynching.
Harnwell, Special. ? W. J. Myrick,
Wade Sanders, C. \V. Hogg and Tom
Huggius, all prominent farmers of
this county, Postmaster Joseph llal
ford of rimer, and Constables W. J.
11a iter and Milledge Lee were lodged
in jail here, charged with having a*
sisted in the lynching of Frank and
John Deloach, colored father and ton,
al rimer, December The younger
negro was accuser of having killed
iiayne S. Craddock, a prominent far
mer of this section, having done so at
the command of his father.
South Carolina Items.
From a letter received by Mr. Mc
Dnffe Hampton from Mr. F. Welling
ton Riiekslnlil, sculptor of the monu
ment to (Jen. Wade Flninnton, it will
be seen thai work on (In? statue is pro
gressing well, and it is probable that
it will be unveiled before next Christ*
mas.
Work is rapidly progressing on the
extension of I he Chesterlield and
Laaiiouster railroad.
Judge D. K.Hydrick has just set
tled the verdict in the case of Head vs.
the Southern, by cutting the verdict
of $10,000 to $20,000. Head was a
young engineer who was killed in the
wreck at Uadhain's ??n April 2 of
last year. His estate sued for the
amount indicated and a motion for
a new trial was made, but the amount
was reduced. The attorneys for the
plaintiff were Legaro & Holman oJ
Charleston and Dennis & Mann of S
George, where the ease was tried.
Tragedy on Frisco Streets.
San Franesco, Special. ? Iu the
midst of a throng of pedestrians at
Market and Kearney streeth. William
Wilbridge shot and killed his wife,
Mabel, shot two bystanders and kill
ed himself. Jealousy prompted the
ads. He had been separated from
his wife and came into possession of
Utters sent to her signed "George. "
The letters were written on paper
? ! The Hanford (Cal.) Sentinel. One
'ullet struck William T. Parlin in
he month, shuttered a tooth and lodg
?d in Ihe jaw. The ??thcr bystander
\as shot in the ankle.
Night Watchman Murdered.
New York, Special.? Dead about
two hours, his skull crushed by an
axe, John Arthurs, a Canadian em
ployed as a night watchman on a pile
driver wos? found dead in the cabin
house of Ihe craft in the Hudson river
off West Thirteenth street. A new
pior is being constructed at this |>oint
The cabin was in great disorder and
indicated that the watchman had en
tertained some one on board before
Iho murder was committed.
Nations, like Individuals, aro power
ful in the degree that they command
the sympathies of fbelr neighbors.
DEADLY EXPLOSION
fire On Transport Threatened
Great Destruction
SUSPICION OF DANGEROUS PLOT
At Piet in San Francisco, Transport
Meade's Forward Hold Was Suf
focating Fnrnaco for Three Honrs
and Fireman Worked in Danger of
Flames Reaching Tons of Ex
plosires.
San Francisco, Special. ? Three men
were killed and 58 injured, mostly by
suffocation, in a fire that damaged the
United States transport Meade $2,000
as she lay at the Folsom street pier
Thursday morning.
For three hours after midnight, the
forward hold of the big troop ship
was a suffocating furnace from which
firemen wer borne in an almost con
tinuous stream. Relays^ of men
jrromptly stepped forward to take
the places of those who ?ere carried
out unconscious.
Tons of high explosives were loaded
in the after part of the vessel and the
firemen worked with the possibility
ever l>efore them that the flames
would reach this compartment.
Owing probably to the fact that an
infernal machine was found in the
bunkers of tho transport Thomas on
her last voyage, the rumor was cir
culated that a plot had been laid to
fire the Meade at sea, as she was to
have departed for Manila Friday.
Major C. A. Devol, chief of the trans
port scrvice, is investigating ? this
theory with great care. He is having
the cargo taken from compartment
No. 2, whore the fire started to ascer
tain the real cause of the disaster.
The flames did not spread from com
partment No. 2. Dock Captain Dun
believes that some of the officers had
packed matches in their trunks and
that some of these were ignited in
loading.
A thousand pieces of baggage were
ruined. Trunks, boxes, and barrels
were water-soaked or burned. Wear
ing apparel and household furnishings
were ruined. One officer places the
damage to personal effeefs at $50,000.
The vessel is not seriously injured and
will be ready to suit for Manila on
Saturday.
For N. & W. Stock Frand.
Knoxville, Tenn., Special. ? C. S.
Northrop, accused of using the Unit
ed States mails to defraud was bound
over by the United States Court at
Omaha, Neb. He gave bond in the
sum of $2,000. Northrop is charged
with having written letters while mi
ner the jurisdiction of the Omaha
court by means of which he dis|K>sed
<:f worthless Norfolk & Western stock.
Northrop, it is charged, secured ir.
excess of $20,000 by his operations in
Knoxville and Jefferson City. Some
of the laud which he secured on mon
? y raised on alleged worthless stock
was deeded back to parties involved,
but in spite of this, Northrop is said
to have gained several thousands.
Order Big Advance in Lumber.
Norfolk, Special. ? The most sen
sational advances ever recorded in
the price of lumber in the South At
lantic States was ordered at a meet
ing of the North Carolina Pine As
sociation here Thursday.
The price on all grade:* of Itunhei
was advanced $2 a thousand feet for
some of tho better grades and $.Von
tome other grades, principally the
lower.
Kills Man Found With Wife.
Moultrie, Ga., Special. ? Dr. It. C.
Lindsey, a prominent physioian of this
city, returned to his home and found
f\ J. Williams with Mrs. Lindsey. Dr.
Lindsey drew a revolver and opened
tire upon Williams killing him instnat
ly. At a late hour Dr. Lindsey was
still at. his office and no effort to ar
rest him had been made. The coronei
has ordored an inquest.
West Virginia Mine Disaster.
Roanoke, Special. ? A report reach
ed here of the terrible explosion which
occurred about 5 o 'clock Thursday
afternoon in what is called the "Ball
Knob" Mine,, No. 2, one of the op
erations of the Red Jacket Coal and
Coke Company, near Delormo Mingo
county, W. Va.
Up to 7.30 o'clock one miner al
ready dead, and throe others serious
ly injured, havo been taken out of
the shaft. The names of the victims
are not yet known.
The victims are believed to number
many more.
Increase Stock to $17,000,000.
Hopkinsville, Ky., Special.? At a
meeting of the stockholders of the
Cumberland Telegraph and Telephone
Company held here, which is Ic^al
headquarters of tin* company, an is
sue of $3,300,000 additional stock was
authorized. This makes the. total enp
ital stock $17,000,000.
Directors of the company will pierr
in Nashville Friday.
DISPENSARY LABEL GRAE1
Inteetifatin* Committee Discorera
^hat Contract for Printing 21,000,
000 Labels Wu Let lo Cincinnati
Firm for $36,677 When There Were
Other Bide at One-Fifth That
Figure.
( olumbia, Special. ? The disjieusarv
investigating1 committee went into the
matter of Director L. W. Bo v kin's
purchase of 21,000,000 labels for $X>,
077, while a number of responsible
houses were willing to do the work,
even in better style, for one-fifth that
price. The contract went to the Ni
vision Weiskopt Co., of Cincinnati, al
though John J. Seibels, whom Mr.
Boykin asked to bid, had a bid in for
one-fifth that amount, thronfh White
man Brothers, who offered to do the
tOVJ? 00,118 ,HM" 1'000 ?s aga ins)
? , Tl\? ?.0,,t ra.ct was completed
with^ the Cincinnati concern in spite
of Chairman Kvans' protest by the
signature of Director Tow ill. I'n-si.
dent A. E. Couzales. of The Statt
Company, testified that, at the request
of the committee, he had secured
prices from the American Color Print
ing Co., of Baltimore, which offered
to duplicate the order for #7,700, al
lowing Mr. (fonzules 10 per cent, on
this. This hid was oil the samples
the committee submitted to Mr. Con
soles, the samples being obtained
from the Cincinnati concern's goods
he would now be willing to enter in
to bond in the kuiii of $10,000 to
duplicate the work at this price, *27
<92 less than the State paid for it'.
I resident W. II. Coirswell, of tin
Charleston firm of Walker. Evans
Cogswell, testified ajong the same line
I hrough samples submitted bv tin.
committee, he had secured a bid lroni
the Brandon Printing Co., of Nash
vile, at *7,195. and would now be
willing to enter i?to bond to do tin
work at that figure. Editor James
Denry Iiieo, of The Carolina Ficlc'
(weekly), of Georgetown, was put m>
y ?est,l.V about letters the committee
had secured J. s. Farnum's dis
JKMisarv in Chliarleston, tending to
fhowit.ce's effort to ge, John J.
? eibels. J. ,S. Jarnuni, M. W. Block.
"? Macon, and the dispensarv direc
tor* to subscribe to atock i? tjlc Kiel,!
I ublishing Co. Mr. Rice denied that
an.v of them finally subscribed.
A Jrainman Killed.
Greenville, Special.? \Vi,|, boil, of
his legs severed froifi hi* bodv, his
head and trunk frightfully cut and
mangled, Allen Cray, a colored train
man met instant death in the South
ern naihvay yards. Cray was cn?ag
ed in coupling cars lor the dav switch
ckw in I lit* yard, and was riding on
the rear gangplank of (lie tender of
locomotive No. 707. Engine,,, an Char
lie Jeff mux. when the tender left the
track while passing over a light rail- I
ed siding in the west side of tliu
.vard near tl.e overhead cross!,,., of
Hampton avenue. The tender swerv
ed to tl.e right and jammed into a
line of loaded box ears standing on
lie next parallel siding, pinning Grav
between the tender and the box car
ns a result of which death resulted
before aid could reach him.
Negress Lured to Death by Former
Compani6n.
Saluda, Special.- A most horrible
and brutal murder was brought to
g wth? f,lt' body Of a nemo wo
man who had been missing since Mon
day night last was found iu a lonelv
wood near tb# home of Mr. J(.|V
man in this county. At the inrpiest
a strong network of cicuinslaneial evi
dence was woven nround Will If?b
bard and Mary Livingston, both ne?'
)<es, and tl.ey have just been landed
in Saluda jail, charged by the verdict
(1 the coroner's jury with the diaboli
cal crime.
Items of State News.
Mr. T. B. Thnckston. who has been
in charge of the agricultuial and jn
dustral department of the Southern
railroad in this State with headquart
ers in Columbia, has resigned bis pos
ition to take the management of the
Olenn Spring* property for the syndi
cate which has recently purchased it.
The senate's substitute tor the
house bill relative to Christmas holi
days at State colleges was adopted bv
the house and was sent to the engross
ing department. That, settles the fight.
The Win tin op girls will set their hol
iday. They would have had it aiiv
*yay? tor the trustees would have voted
for the holiday next time. The ma
jority of the trustees favor it anywav,
but the mid-winter meetings are a't
Rnded by trustees who would form a
minority of the whole board.
Eleven hundred bills lmv* 1n_
trod need in the lower house. This
number breaks uJl records.
An uncontrolled switch on the Cvp.
reus Mills branch of the Brooklyn
Hnpid Transit Company's eh valt'd
road threw a ear down on a lot, a
distance of ;m feel, and ?mio man was
killed, one perhaps fatally and several
others seriously hurt.
Attorneys for the meat packers offer
ed arguments before the United States
< ourf in Chicago in support of the
|?lca that thrir clients are entitled to
immunity from prosecution.
CONGRESS AT WORK
fcThat Our National Law Makers Art
Doing Day by Dajr.
The Rate Bill.
Discussion of the railroad bill con
tinued in the House. Incidental to it,
two speeches, the efforts of Mr. C'attip
bell (Kan.) anil Martin (S. D.) took
h wider range and swept the horizon
ol ** trust evils" generally.
Mr< Bartlett (Gu.) a minority mem- 1
ber of the committee reporting the
bill, made a two hours' speech in
which he discussed the legal and con
stitutional questions involved and ad
vocated the passage of the bill as a
proper remedy for an intolerable con
dition. The first speech, in opposition
in the discussion, was made by Mr.
Perkins (N. Y.). He based his op
position to government control of
rrtes <fli an inherent aversion to gov
ernment conrtol of private enter
prises. Bed tape and llxod condition,
lie said were an inseparable part ot
government action 011 any matter.
A bill was passed granting a Fed
?ial charter to the Carnegie Fotinda
| ion, for the advancement of teaching.
The fun* consists of $10,000,000, the
income of which is to furnish a i?en
sion to retired educators.
Shipping Bill in Senate.
The Senate parsed thirty or forty
misccllnneuos hills nod devoted sev
eral hours to the* consideration of the
shipping hills, hills were passed au
thorizing the election of a Delegate in
Congress troin Alaska; authorizing
the construction of a revenue cutter
vessel for duty at Savannah, Ga.;
authorizing the construction of a
bridge across St. Andrew's Bay, Fin,
by the Birmingham, Columbus & St.'
Andrews liailroad Conipunv, and pro
viding for lighthouses. Hsh cultural
stations, etc.
Most of the time devoted to the
shipping bill was consumed by Mr.
Penrose in a sot speech in support of
the measure.
Mr. I illman * resolution calling on
the 1 resident to sen I the senate all
the letters from the I'nited States
minister to Santo Domingo to the
Stale Depai tnicnt in 1!MM, was refer
ted to tin' committee on foreign re
lations Mr. 1 illman made no object
ion, but said that he only wanted
tight as to whether Santo Domingo
had been coerced into the present ar
rangement. He said lit* newspapers
had said t ii.it this was I In* east', while
Mr. Patterson ,<ad said that the ar
rangement was made at the solici
tation <>J the Dominican government.
After Mr. '1 illman had made a brief
statement concerning the bills hold
ing railroads res|>onsiblo for injuries
to employes. Mr. Elkins withdrew his
motion for their reference to the com
mittee on the judiciary, thus leaving
them with the committee on inter
State commerce.
Mi. fill ii? u 1 1 said he had not boon
aware ot the frequent change of ref
erence for the bills. He said that he
liad been instrumental in the effort to
secure the change of reference be
cause the inter-Slate commerce coin
mil fee was so much engaged on the
i ail road rate question.
At 2 o clock the shop subsidy bill
was taken up. Mr. Bacon said that
lie would bo inclined to support the
shipping bill it its operations wore
con lined to granting aid in the way of
libci al mail subsidies to steamship
lines between purls of the United
Stales and other ports with which
there is now no direct communication,
such, for instance, as the ports of
South America. He believed that such
lines should be encouaged. Mr.
Spooner suggested that the bill would
afford encouragement only to large
concerns, as vessels would receive sub
sidy for but 10 years. Such vessels
would then come into competition
with subsidized ships, with the in
evitable result, as he thought, of forc
ing their scale to the larger compan
ies operating subsidized vessels.
Mr. Gallinger intimated a willing
nets to amend the bill to meet the
objection.
Mr. Penrose declared that for 20
years attur 1873 no trans-Atlantic
vessel? had been launched on the Del
ewarc and that the record for thirl v
years was only ten while the Clyde
had launched hundreds. He contend
ed tlint American labor should be
protected in the ship yards as well
as in the factories.
Mr. C alter expressed the opinion
thnt the bill would be endorsed by the
entire Rocky Mountain region. Mr.
Penrose declared the report that there
was a ship building trust to be "a
figment of the imagination. "
Col. Mosby at White House.
Washington, Special.? Col. John S.
Mosby, who commanded an indepen
dent Confederate cavalry force dur
ing the CivjJ \V?r, presented to the
President a letter writt?:i by General
Jos. wheeler, a vcek before his
(loath* recommending the nppointroont
Of ail Alabaman man to a Federal of
fice. The President promised to give
the matter consideration.
Sheriff Killed By Negro.
Jackson, Miss., Special. ? Word was
brought to the Governor's oltice ol the
killing of Sheriff J. A. Robertson, of
< ovingtou county, by a negro named
llobin.oon, whom he wa? trying to ar
r< st. The murderer escaped ininiedi
slch and Governor Yardatmiu has
offered a reward of $2.V) fi?i his < ap
t-re, which has been supplemented
t words off" red by citizens ol ;hc
ei i.v'y, ?\l,?? are excite i or: i the fr.i
. * dv Scvexal pci??ej jtc on tinU of
1 M I I ' I.
WEARY Of KICKING
Director North Claims Cotton
Reports Are Accurate
ABOLISH REPORTS, SAYS KE
Complaints of President Jordan an*
Others Because of Refusal to De
part From Regular Methods of
Giving Out Statistics Are Regarded
by Mr. North as the Last Straw.
Washington, Special. ? Having tak
en not i CO ot' the criticismc upon his of
tice by President Harvie Jordan of the
Southern Cotton (Jrowers' Associa
tion* and others. Director North. of
the Census Bureau, declared that he
hoped Congress would relieve him ot
all further work in connection with
i\tton statistics.
"It i? the luost disagreeable and
annoying woik I have ever known."
said Mr. North. "These reports are
?ot ten up for the henetit of Jhc South
;'in people, but they sirem to be de
voting all their energies toward dis.
erediting them."
A telegram from a planter in Lon
>iana. received. charged Direelor
North with doing a great injustice
>oe.lhern plauteis by keeping hack
he weight of hales and ? niililiiitr a
certain eottou speculartor "and !??.
liaholical crew*' to loh the South.
In answer to the allegations made
y President Jo*, .an, Director Noah,
??aid :
"These cotton reports were estah
ished hv law for the benefit of the
?? Hon growers, and I had believed
hey were effective to tliat end. Inu
he representatives of the jinnvciM,
"ke Mr. .Jordan and J. A. Ta\lor.
resident of the Cotton t Sinners' As
.c-eiat ion, sft'incj Jet-'rinined to dis
icdit the reports and thus desiroy
'ieir value, and under ihe.-e circam
vhile for Congress to con'ir.'ie to ap
propriate $2">0,000 a year for I he ????!
ect ion of repot is in the interest of the
?otton g roweis when t! se men are
'?ssnl islied with tho results. No ef
"ort to show that the reports are iu
?ccnrate. misleading or manipulated
las been suecpsful. The methods of
he ollice have been exhibited t < ? rep
cseutativcs of the grown s and iis
records scrutinized by them, and they
*ave not found it possible to put a
higer on a single error either in meth
?d or result. There lias never been
? leak from 'he Census OlUcy since
the system was established. "
Denmark Hails New King.
Copenhagen, Den math. Hy Cable
The new King, Frederick VI II, now
reigns over Denmark. His accession
has been hailed with all appropriate
enthusiasm and ceremony, but sorrow
for the death of Christinui IX is pre
dominant sentiment. The overwhelin
| ii:g grief of the immediate members
[ of this remarkably united family is
n Heeled in oi ly a slightly lesser de
riee in every home in ' 'openhagen.
King Haakon of Norway, (Jne?Mi Al
?xandia of Kngland. and King tieorge
>f (J recce are expected to ;? iri \e in
i few d:iys. It is thought that the
Kinperior of Kussia will attend the fu
neral. but this is uneertain. It is an
nounced tn&t L-'mpcrior William will
bt present .
N. & W. Orders 4,000 Cars and 7f?
Locomotives.
Hoauok", V;i? Special.--- At the gen
eral ollices of the Norfolk & Western
Kailwav Company it was state.' iluil
a', a recent meeting of the board of
directors of that company the board
ordered 1,000 additional cars to he
Used for carrying con I, and 7o freight
locomotives. The contract h;is been
awarded to the American Locomotive
Company.
liable for T. xcs on 8koe!: in Other
Road.
Atlanta. On., Special. ? .Fudge I'en
llcto;?, of the Superior Court Jj^je,
!ecid" i Hiat (lie Central Railroad of
i corgi a is liable for State i;i:-.es oji
the shate.<? of stock which it hold:; in
he Western Hailwa.v of Alabama
The amount of tas^s due under this
consideration aggregates sTJ'.OO'V
The railroad will appeal the ease.
Duncan Adjudged Bankrupt.
Cbarleftou, Special. ? Thomas *
Duncan, former president of the But
falo and tho Union Cotton Mill-, and
reputed to be a man of considerable
wealth, was adjudged a bank
rupt in the United States District
Court, uud Jnbu J? Katie, of ? olrni
bia, "a? appointed referee to adminis
ter the. tCfjiib of the estate, flie p<>
t it ion to have Duncan adjudged n
bankiupr wa.-> Hied Nov. I.!, bv the
Cnion and Buffalo ('otton Mi'ls and
< the Kxch-inge Banking and Trns'
j Company, of Charleston.
News NotcH.
A < out i-tn.iishnl found l.ieui. \ ic
tor S. Houston guilty of " im*i)icieuc\
in the pevforinance of duly" in the
collision of t!"? Worden and the I<h\v
renee.
The bi)l!i(i.:y of Ley was maikcd h\
banquets. receptions and reunions
throughout. \ irginia. A wreath *<"?it
?>y Hti adieit'er from England v.:.',
placid "ri t.ce> tomb at Loiinefori