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The Mews Of South Carolina in Condensed Form
Important Ruling in Insurance Fees.
Columbia, Special. ? Commissioner
McMaster has received a ruling on
.?'the insurance laws from the attor
ney general which will have an im
mediate effect upon all South Caro
lina companies.- doing a general State
business before the acts passed at the
last session of the general assembly.
The particular act ruled upon is the
ofle requiring SoU'h Carolina com
panies doing business in more than
two adjoining counties to deposit a
bond of $10,000 or securities to that
amount. A (V (Terence of opinion
arose between the insurance commis
sioner and one or two companies
which had done u general State busi
ness, but which did, not deposit the
bond, and took u license for only two
counties, as to the time when they
should terminate their business in
other counties than those for which
they took license. The attorney gen
eral holds that Under section 2, arti
cle 0, of the constitution, and under
section 1842 of the code, which gives
the general assembly power to alter,
amend or repeal the charter of any
corporation created umY'r the laws of
this State, that the act requiring the
deposit of tl?4i bond or securities for
doing business in more than two ad
joining counties, operated as an
amendment to the charters of all
such companies and they must all
cease to do business in counties other
than those for which they have taken
license. The insurance commissioner,
therfore, will take steps to see to it
that all South Carolina companies
having insurance outside the counties
for which they have taken license
shall bring thus business to an early
close.
Lightning Kills Two.
Spartanburg. Special. ? J. E. Cole,
a well-known and sucessful farmer
of the .Walnut Grove section of this
county, and his son, Albert, aged
13 years, were killed at 3 o'clock
Thursday afternoon by lightning. In
the afternoon about 3 o'clock there
was a heavy rain ami thunder storm
at Walnut Grove. Mr. Cole, who
was at home with his family, went to
a window to let down the sash. His
young sou went with him and as
thev were in the act of lowering the
sash there was a flash of lightning
from a cloud overhead ami both fath
er and son fell dead. All the members
of the family were in the room at.
the time and two young girls were
? lightly shocked. Mr. Cole was one
??f the most successful farmers ? of
the county.
True Bill is Returned.
Lexington, Special. ? In the court
of general sessions here the grand I
jury returned a true bill against N.
Ropers Bayly of Batesburg, editor of
The Advocate, upon the charge of as
sault with intent to kill, anu carrying
concealed weapons, the charge being
that on I>ec. 24, 1007, at Batcsbunr,
the said assault was made upon W. C.
Allen., C. F. Bass. Dr. S. W. Paje. J.
J. Allen and A. J. Bethea, the latter
being the private secretary to (iov.
Ansel, and Kev. Allen, the pastor of
the Baptist church at Dillon. Late
in the afternoon the sheriff returned
v> h Mr. Baylv. and upon applica
tion Judge PeVore allowed br.il in
the sum of $400.
Mistrial in Sellers Case.
Columbia, Special. ? A mistrial was
ordered last week in the case of Wade
Hampton Sellers, charged with the
murder of Constable J. F. Farmer,
in February, last. The jury delibrot
ed something over fifteen hours. On
tnotion of eousel for the defendant,
thr> court granted an order admitting
Sellers to bail in the sum of $5,000.
Dr. Honry SnydcT Chosen.
Columbia, Special.? The trustees
of the University of South Carolina
fleeted Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder,
president of that institution. Dr.
Snyder is now presi<7c?.it of WolTord
? College, at Spartanburg, S. C. Ho
was born in Macon, Go., in 1805, and
is a graduate of Vandcrbilt Univcr
> sity.
Accident la Cotton Mill.
Kasley, Special. ? Clarence W.
Howell was fatally hurt at the Easley
cotton mills lust week. He was com
ing down from the top of the build
ing in the elevator and it seems some
one let a box of spools fall upon him
from the top tloor when he was near
the bottom. Ho was considerably
<\ marhed anr*' bruised up. An opera
tion was though! neeo-sarv and was
performed by Drs. W. C. Black of
Greenville, C. W. Wyatt and T. E.
Russell of this place. The man died,
however, Monday night. He leaves
a wife and four children.
Nearly Dragged to Death by a Muto.
(lofTney, Special. ? Claude Sanders,
son of Mr. Thomas Sant'iTK, a prom
inent Cherokee planter narrowly es
caped death in a runaway accident.
He was engaged in plowing when his
foot became entangled in the gears
and the mule running dragged him
a considerable distance. Only prompt
j. action by his father in stopping the
\ anile saved his life.
Wofford Trustees to Hare Important
Meeting.
Spartanburg Special. ? The board
of trustees of Wofford College will
meet Saturday. It will be am im
portant meeting as a great many mat
ters of interest will be taken up. At
this meeting it is expected "that the
election of Dr. H. N. Snyder to the
presidency of the South Carolina
University will be taken up, as Dr.
Snyder will up doubt make a report
of the action of the trustees of the
University to the trustees of Wof
ford. The trustees are very much
averse to Dr. Snyder's leaving Wof
ford and will do everything in their
power to keep him. It is also thought
that the trustees will take up the
matter of having a library building
erected. They have in hand about
$30,000 for tiiis purpose, $10,000 of
which was left the college by Mi?s
Julia Smith. The plans for the li
brary were accepted a year ago.
Dr. Snyder Declines.
Columbia, Special ? President Hen
ry N. Snyder, of Wofford, Saturday
afternoon telegraphed the State Uni
versity trustees declining his election
by them to the presidency of t lie
university. There were only two
words in the telegram, 4<I decline."
Representatives of the university,
who had sounded the situation at
Spartanburg before the election, were
led to hope Dr. Siivder would accept
if elect cot
Trustees Increase Dr. Snyder's
Salary.
Spartanburg, Special. ? At a meet
ing of the trustees of Wofford Col
lege. I)r. II. N. Snyder, recently
olectec'* president of Smith Carolina
University, announced that he would
remain at the head of Wofford Col
lege. The announcement was receiv
ed with great pleasure. The salary
of President Snyder was increased to
$.'?,000 a year, the same offered by
South Carolina University.
Now Enterprises.
Secretary of State McCown has
commissioned the Harter Lumber
company, rimers. Barnwell county;
capital stock $2,100; planing mill
ami lumber business; petitioners, Ed.
H. Norton, Allen ,J. Harter and Lou
E. Schueker.
York Drug company, Yorkville,
capital stock $0,000; retail drug busi- 1
ness; petitioners. ,J. I). Bowen, W. L.
Williams and others.
Bank of Parksville. E<Vefield coun
ty. capita) stock $20,000; general
banking business; petitioners. W. #J.
Talbcrt, W. R. Parks, W. P. Parks. I
T. fl. Tolbert. L. P. Dorx, W. N. Elk
ins and W. R. Parks.
A charter was granted to the Met
ropolitan Home Mutual Industrial
Life Benefit society of Darlington,
capital stock $500. President. Jos.
A. Robinson; secretary, R. B. Chest
nut.
The Huguenot Cotton Mills.
Greenville, Special. ? The creditors
of the Huguenot mill property held a
nicotine in the United States court
house for the purpose of considering
the private bid which was submitted
and deciding in wlyjt manner the
property should be disposed of. The
bit'; of $.">0,000. which was submitted
bv the old stockholders for the en
tire property, was refused and the
creditors instructed the trustee to ad
vertise the property for sale at public
auction in front of the postofTlee
building at 11 o'clock on Wednesday,
| July 8.
Powers and Howard Aro Tree.
Frankford, Ky., Special. ? By an
nouncing the pardon of Caleb Pow
ers and James Howard, Governor
Wilson closed the last chapter of one
of Kontuck's noted cases, in which
the pvople of all sections of the I'nit
od States have formally expressed
their interest, by singing petitions
i'or pardon.
Forches Moving Northward.
Greenville, Special.- ? The Southern
railway has already hauled 1">0 cars
of Georgia peaches through Green
ville so far this reason, and it is said
the poach crop is 10 per cent largor
than last year. Taking into account
the impetus that has boon given poach
culture in this section it will not ho
many seasons before the Piedmont
region of South Carolina will have a
Rood money crop in poaches at this
season. Mftny, orchan'i* will be put
out this fall in addition to those put
out this spring.
To Curtail Production.
Columbia, Special. ? The State as?
social ion of cotton mill manufactm
ers at its meeting at Glenn Springs
Saturday Afternoon entered into an
agreement to curtail production for
the next three months on account of
the unsatisfactory condition of t!m
cloth market. The method if cur
tailment is left to the individual
mills, the agreement not being biu<V
ing. The resolution suggests a cur
tailment of ten days or two weeks.
VETERANS' REUNION
?? ? T , . .
Confederate Veterans Gather
At Birmingham, Alabama
i ?
WITH VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE
Eighteenth Annual Reunion of Con
federate Veterans Opens in Bir
mingham With the Largest Crowd
in the History of the Organixation.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. ? The
eighteenth annual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans was
opened in this city Tuesday at the
Hippodrome, ^ Birmingham 's largest
convention hall, with a record break
ing attendance. The day's sessions
were devoted to organization and
welcome addresses, the real business
of the meeting coming up later, when
a commander-in-chief to succeed the
late General Stephen D. Lee, and the
place for holding the next reunion
will be chosen. In addition to the
first session of the veterans' conven
tion there were meetings of the Sons
of Veterans, the Confederate Sur
geons' Association, the Confederate
Memorial Association and other or
ganizations allied with the veterans.
When the convention was cjrfird to
order by Major General George P.
Harrison, the Hippodrome, which
scats 5.000 persons, was crowded to
overflowing ami many failed to gain
admission. The weather was ex
tremely warm and many of the old
veteran* suffered much discomfort.
I A gloom was cast over the reunion
I bv the recent <Vath of the com
mander-in-cluef, the late General
Stephen I>. Lee, who was to have pre
sided over the meetings of the veter
ans. and whose annual address had
ulreadv been prepared. This address
was printed and distributed to the
veterans, but the reading of it was
postponed* on account of the extreme
heaf.
The convention proper was opened
with a pra\er by the chaplain gen
eral. Rev. I)r. J. William Jones,
which was followed by a children
chorus of 200 voices.
Mayor Ward, of Birmingham, then
welcomed the veterans in behalf of
the city and Governor Comer for the
State. Gther welcoming addresses
were made by Representatives of the
local veterans association.
General E. L. Russell, who was in
vited by General Lee. to deliver an
oration to the veterans, was the next
speaker. He paid a hiirh tribute to
General Lee. describing him as he ap
pea red in hattle and discussed* the
conditions loadine up t?? the war.
When the business session of the
veterans had been concluded, manv of
the veterans went to Capital Park,
wh^rc band concerts were given and
manv old acquaintances were re
newed.
At the State fair grounds where
the Hotel John I?, fiord on which was
onened for the free accommodation
of veterans, is located, the visitors
assembled to witness a grand fire
work-; display.
A monir those whose names are
mentioned for comma,Tler-in-"hi"f
are General ClHnent A. Evans, of the
Department of Tennessee; General
Cabell, of Texas, and General Gordon
of Memphis.
Gen. Evans Commander ? Sccond Day
With the selection of Memphis as
the pla^e for the next reunion and
the election of General Clement A.
Evens, of GeoHpia, the United Con
federate Veterans adjourned their an
nual convention late Wednesday
afternoon. The selection of the place
of meeting aroused great rivalry be
twen Memphis and Atlanta, these
two cities beinp the only ones put in
nomination. Strong speeches were
made for each place but when Vir
ginia came over to the side of Mem
phis the Atlanta supporters realized
that the flpht was lost.
Hearst Makes Good Gain.
New York, Special. ? William R.
Hearst ma(V? pood gains in the re
count of the ballots in the disputed
mavornlitv election of 100.r>. The ex
amination of the contents of 00 boxes
durinp the dav pave him a net pain
of .">3 votes. The ballots in 300 boxes
have bem examined in the proceed
ing before Justice Lambert, and
?Icarst hr.s gnined 188 votes.
Moro Vot2o For Mr. Taft.
Chicago, Sp-cial. ? The Republican
nrlional cctriniUoe bv its work dr.
oil ? I contests in two Slates-at-large
and in fourteen districts, the net re
sult bring that 33 full votes find two
lnll' '-"Jos werrt added to the number
already accredited to William II.
Tuff, ?"?id that two half vot^ wre
?Mvcn '<? S<v?ator Joseph B. Foraker.
The committee h;t? vet to eonsider
cont'Mts-nt-lr-Te in four Stat?s and
a total of .'W district contests, end
two from the Territories, involving
a total of fll vitee. Before the me?t.
ir.c of the comni'tfev the number of
delegates instructed for
Tock His Ov/n LI fa.
F'?rt M ill S. Special. ? Ron
B rod ford, 20 years old. son of Mr
and Mrs. A. A. Br ft'1, ford, of
fi'vn .cimitted su'eid'1 her'* Sun''0'"
afternoon. Bradford loft the fam"
"irele and went to his room shout 4
"?'clock. A few minutes, later the re
port of a pun wa? he.-.rd and fh? no ??
renfs rushed to his room, to flnd '"m
:n bed with a gunshot wound i"*f
above the heart. Death was ins' no.
tmmmm
PARADE OF VETERANS
With Sprightly Step, Measured to
Stirring Airs, Ten Thonaand Old
Warriors Parade tike Streets of
Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.? The
parade of the heroes of the Confed
eracy was a fitting climax to what is
generally pronounced to bo one of the
most successful reunions of the Unit
ed ^ Confederate Veterans. With
sprightly step, measured to the airs
of tiie South loves, the old warriors,
no less than 10,000 strong, traversed
the two miles of the parade route
betwoen thousands ? of sympathetis
and mtersted spectators and there
was i iot an accident, no siioi of a
tottering step.
*lL?Y71K hands served ice water to
the old men as they passed along the
route, fans were distributed and I
evrything possible was done to re
T-tV^ *?* tramP of its tedium. 1
.at the heroes were in excellent
spirits was shown by the fact that
many of them saug old camp sours
; marched, such as '? Butter
milk Cavalry," "Old Time Confed
erate," ''Bonnie Blue Flag."
There were many iu the parade
who had left a leg or perhaps both
legs 0:1 some bloody battlefield, but
icy enjoyed the occasion as much
as the others, being carried in vehi
? SR- /.hoir appearance drew forth,
11 anything, greater applause than the
sight of the foot soldiers.
The parade formed shortly after 11
o clock and required one hour and
4o minutes to pass a given point. The
route was fnm Sixth avenue on Nine
teenth street to First avenue, to
rwenty-flrst street to Fifth avenue,
Twentieth stret to First avenue
counter-marching on Twentieth street
to (.^pitol Park, where the reviewing
stand was located. In the vanguard
were eight companies of the local
Rational (tuard, including one bat
tery of artillery and one troop of
cavalry. Chattanooga had one troop
of calvary in line. Governor B. B.
Comer, of Alabama, with his entire
staff, was next in line. General Har
rison, commander of the Alabama di
visjon was chief marshal, and Col
, . 2 McKossin, of Birmingham, was
chief aide.
The veterans of the Department of
Tennessee headed t lie line of visitors
ot honor, these being folio wd bv the
trans-Mississippi am| the Arm"*' of
Northern Virginia. Among the "more
conspicuous were the Forrest Corn*
mounted, and the mounted troop
from Nashville, which has attracted
a great deal of attention during the
reunion. These con.- panics are rciru
|ar members of the National Guard
being the onlv Confederate body to
have that distinction. Memphis rep
resent at ivrs also came in for ap
plause. Thev were aconipanied bv
ne. crack fife and d"iim corps, which
helped ? to give the martial atmos
phere Probably no one person in the
parade attracted more attention than
the handsome Miss Tommv Gentry,
a full blooded Indian maiden, wlio
accompanied the Indian Territory
Department as sponsor. Her escort
was Adjutant General T. D. Colman.
Gen. ( lenient .A. Evans, the new
commander-in-chief, was at the head
of the column with his entire staff
consitintr of Gen. J. F. Shipn. (,cn:
J} , p;- (/nl- J 11 Bulkhead,
?* ' : T'r(*(lv, Col. ,T. Thompson
Brown. CoJ. J. W. Reed and Colonel
T.ass. The Sons of Veterans followed
the veterans and they were accom
panied by their sponsors. A notice
able feature of the pararV was the
fact that a number of the sponsors
preferred to walk with the compa
nies they represented rather than
ride in the carriages, which had been
provided. Mis* Mary Hall, clad in
gray, aeompanied the Georgia divi
R-on on foot. Mrs. Kelly, of New
Orleans, a ladv 79 years of age, went
th rough the march on foot, as did
Miss Edna Raub. of Memphis, who
had the title of daughter of the com
pany she represented.
Carlin Defeats Qordan.
Richmond, Special. ? After one of
? he bitterest fights in the history of
the State Representative Carlin
swept the Eighth Congressional dis
trict. Practically complete returns re
ceived assures his eleelion in the pri
maries over R. L. Gordon by a large
majority.
Depnty Sheriff Btepn on Uncle Sim>
Tees.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special. ? Chain
ing a passenger train of i tic Valdosta
Southern Railroad t'? the track and
standing guard over it with a shot
run. D.putv Sheriff I. C. Hunter, of
Ponettn. Fla., ra:i amuck wi'h the
postal laws of the United States bv
delating the mail ?. recording to an
indictment returned by the Federal
grand iurv. Hun'er was arrested and
brought lvfor" < ouunissioner I.ockc
b'tetr held under bond for his ap
pearance in the December term of the
court.
To Meet In Niagara.
Buffalo, N. Y., Special.? The Asso
' i n t ? f ?ri of Transportation and Car
/ fv.our.lirg CHice's of the United
States and Canada, will hold its meet- j
irg Miis year at Niagara Falls, Ont.. '
rn June 23 nr.d 24. Important re- J
nor'.: w'll be presented bv the com- |
m:"eA on conducting passenger trans
portation and freight traffic ,on en?
service and p*r d'em and on handling
rs:Kond business mail
KING COMES BACK
Boston fugitive Financier At
Home Again
SURRENDERS TO THE OFFICERS
Erstwhilo Financial Operator Who
Has Been Hunted All Over the
Country Wa}ks Into Police Head
quarters at Boston and Surrenders.
Boston, Mass., Special. ? Carderwo
F. King, the bankrupt financial ope
rator ot New York and Boston, who
has been hunted in botli Europe and
America since Lis sensational flight
on February 20th, walked into police
headquarters horc Friday morning
and gave himself up to custody. He
was urraignod at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon and held in $25,000 pend
ing his attorney's efforts to secure
bail. At a late hour at night bail
had not been secured. At the last
moment it is undorstood some diffi
culty is experienced in getting bonds
men.
Before King was taken into court
he made public one of the bitterest
statements ever given to the press.
He t Vela red that he was the victim of
the most damnable conspiracy of the
country. He asserted that he had
been hounded by thugs, that before
his flight he was in momentary dan
ger ot assassination. He declares
tlml he has returned to Boston to
fiirht his enemies to the verv finish.
He said:
"My business has been looted,
wrecked bv the hands of my enemies,
and but for the kin < y and tiiuelv as
sistance of friends my wife and chil
dren would have been thrown into
the street. The spectacle is one tl:a!
chills mv blood; I did not believe
such things were possible. The con
dition is a horrible condition. Thank
Ood there comes a day of reckoning ?
a day when the 'other side' may
speak. The finger prints upon my
tin oat will mark the end of thmjism
in finance. Tho exultant cry of vic
tory voiced by mv tormentors will
re-"cho their own funeral dirge. Ant<
if by the pain of mv body thugism
in finance miv be blotted out i' will
rejoice and give thanks for the af
| fliction sent upon me.
"1 nm here to fight, fight and keep
on fighting: to expose thugism and
villainy in high places and low places,
and to keep on exposing it. Every
drop of blood in my body has b'?en
dedicated and consecrated to the task
before me? and that task I now enter
upon with jov aiu'i gladness.
"To my faithful friends 1 send
this message. Right will conquer. I
am not discouraged. Mv name will
be vindicated. 1 am looking to the
future with my eyes clear and bright.
I can see over and beyond todav and
behold tho bril^nt sunshine of the
west. Over and bevond the wreck I
can see peaceful vallevs where bloom
fragrant flowers and flitter from tree
to tre birds or rarest plumage and
sweetest soncr. Mv eyes are fixert
upon the future, tomorrow, tomor
row. ' '
Iving s arrival at police headquar
ters was dramatic. He was immedi
ately taken to Chief Watts' office.
The chief and King had been friends
for years, and both expressed gratifi
cation of meeting each other agai??.
shaking hands with a firm grasp." " T
om glad to see you again, chief."
Mid Kin&r. and t'-e police head recip
rocated the greet in
''Knowing, chief, that you have an
indictment against me." quickly con
tinued the financier, "I have come
back to surrender myself. I (jot into
Boston less than fifteen minutes a<_*o.
T came over in the Fall River boat
from New York am'4 took a train to
the South station from Fall River.
There T cot into a cab. pulled the
curtains down and told the driver to
fake me rapidlv to Pemberton
Square. I got ofT, however, at Scol
lay Square and walked up the street
to headquarters."
?.'.V7T3 Subsiding.
Kansas Cily, Special.? The Kaw
Missouri flood, which has been ex
ceeded in height only twice since the
country was settled, is falling more
rapidlv than it rose. , Owing to the
Missouri's premitting a free outlet
for the gorged Kaw the financial loss
has b"en small and within a week
scarcely a trace of the inundation
will remain.
Child Run Over By Train But is Not
Killed.
Rcidsville, Special.? While play
ing on the railroad track near CabiU's
chair factory in Madison, the 2
year-old <'*iughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.
O. Page was knocked down and run
over by a Norfolk &, Western train
and escaped with onlv a few slight 1
scratches. The child had strayed
from the house ami was standing on
the track when a freight train came
around the sharp curve at that place,
and before the engincr could stop,
the engine had passed almost en! i re
ly over the child. It was a miracu
lous escape.
LIGHTNING'S WORK
One KiHed and four Shocked
in Sunday Storm
AN OLD CUT EUILDING STRUCK
A Pc.rt7 cf Youths Out on a Sindatf
Plum Gathering Take Shelter When
a Rainstorm Comes Up in an Old
Building, Which Is Struck by
Lightning, and Odcll Young Is
Killed and Four of His Compan
i ions Rcccivo Ssvirc Shocks.
I Lexington, N. Special. ? Odell
j Young, (lie 14-ycar-old ?on of Mr.
and Mrs. Kcllv Young, of this place,
was killed Sunday morning about
10:110 o'clock by lightning, and four
other boys who were with him wen*
injured but it is thought that all will
recover, although two of them were
severely shocked. The boys were
out gathering wild plums, when a
heavy rainstorm came tip and they
took shelter in a building formerly
used as an office of the Victor Brick
Company. Formerly a telephone had
been in the office and the wire re
mained, although the telephone had
been removed. The lightning struck
the wire ain't in this way was carticd
into the office where the boys were
g:it lie red.
Odd! Young was killed instantly.
(>J* the seven boys in the party two
were uninjured and they hurried 1 *? a
nearby n sidence and told what had
, happened. Other boys in the party,
and w!:o were shocked were: Frinst
Bean. 15. son of Mr. Richard Bean!
Mack Andrews, 14, son of Mrs.
Frank Andrews, F.vcrett Welbor.i.
14. s?>u of Mr. William Welborn, and
llollis Craver, son of Mr. ,1. A. C:a
ver. The la>t nair.e?'j young man is
about grown. The condition of llol
lis Carver is regarded as s<?riou?\ in
fact, up to late Sunday afternoon he
had not regained consciousness from
the shock. Fittest Bean was also
severely shocked but will recover.
None of them were burned, not even
Odell Young, although there was a
slight discoloration in his case.
World's Temperance Conference.
Saratoga, N. Y., Special. ? With a
gavel made from a rafter in the old
home of Dr. William J. Clark, who
founded the world's lirst temperance
society iu Saratoga count v one hun
dred years ago, the World's Temper
ance Congress held lo commemorate
that, event was opened here Sunday
with a a mass meeting in Convention
Hall. An address was delivered bv
Rev. C. II. Mead, !>. D.. of Nfcw York,
who reviewed the history of the rr:n
perance movement.
Bi? Rail Mills Retuiu*.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. ? The
big rail mills of the I'nited State.*
Steel Corporation at Knsley will re
sume thi.4 week and this, with allied
plants, means that about ItOO men
will return to work. The plant,
which is being greatly enlarged and
extended, has a daily capacity of 1,
500 toils of finished rails. During the
past month furnaces and mines Inve
resumed in this direction, putting 8,
000 men to work.
Captain Stuart Goes to Manila.
Washington, Special. ? Captain Fd
win R. Stuart, eorp* of engineers,
stationed at Savannah, (in., has been
ordered bv tha War Department to
transfer his present duties to Lieu
tena.it Colonel Dan C. Kingman,
corps of engineers. After consulta
tion with the chief of engineers here,
Captain Stuart will sail on AuguU
/>( Ji for Manila, to become ?<sii;'anr
lo the chief of engineers of the Phil
ippine division.
Officer Shoots Negro Barber.
Atlanta, On., Special. ? Late Satur
day afternoon Frank Dickson, a ne
gro barber, was shot and killed by
Bailiff Hitchins at the door of the ne
gro's shop at Piedmont avrntp and
llarri?i street. It if. alleged the bailiff
tired after demanding the negro to
pav a debt of seventy-live cents.
Hitchins was arretted.
Earl of Derby Dead.
London, By Cable.? Frederick Ar
thur Stanley, Fnrl of Derby, died
here Sunday. The Fori of Derby was
born January 15th. 1841. He mar
ried Lndv Constance Yillietv, eldest
daughter of the fobrth Karl of Clar
endon, in 1804. He was lord of the
admiralty ill 1808, financial .-cr-tary
i for war an I later scer.^ary of war.
i lie held the office* of See ret a it for
the Colonies and .president of the
board of tra<*?\ As I,ord SfanJev, he
was Governor General of Canada in
Late JVetes*s
In "Brief ^
MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
August Belmont died in New York
Wednes('?iy.
There will not. be a second primary
election in Georgia.
Re\. J. S. Fisher, of Petersburg,
declined a call to New Orleans.
Another crisis in the relations be
tween Japan and Korea is impending.
A Georgia cifizen shot bis brother
in-law three times for calling him a
liar.
Thirty-three man had a narrow es
cape from a burning mine in Colo
rado.
A great meeting of Cotton mnnn
fjuhnc.s was hold at Wrightsville
l?eaeh, N. C.
v Tl:? Arm'riran Kxehnnge Hank of
Newport New* paid its depositors and
went nut of business.
The torpedo that will !>? tired at
the monitor Florida Saturday will
he guided by a trolley.
Memphis. Tennesse was chosen as
the pla?-e fro the next mceti-ig of tho
Cont'eilei ate Veterans reunion.
1 he Louisiana legislature nass^d
nn anti-race truck law that will abol
ish batting on races in that State.
Walter I r. Page editor of World's
" ork. trade the literarv address to
the graduates of Trinity College,
* Mirham. N. C.
A statute to Washington Duke,
philanthropst. public-spirited citizen
nnr< pioneer nianufac! urer, . was un
veiled at Durham, N. <
The I nited Slates Government is
alleged to have Iwii done out of
$li"?.7.~?0 in the Pittsburg |>ostoffiee
deal.
American Consul Moffat reported
on his arrival in New York that IS
deaths from olaguc had occurred at
La Guaira, Venezuela.
More than a hundred applicants for
license to practice medicine were be
fore the North Carolina board of ex
aminers.
Tho ancient town of Rev a I. on the
Gulf of Finland, is in holidav attire
to welcome King Kdward of England
and the Czar Nicholas.
Col. T. W. Svrrons, (he president'*
friend, will probably lose the plum
of Chief of Engineers. which had
been practically promised him.
The preliminary draft of the Chi
cago platform adonts bodily most of
[he Roosevelt policies and indorses
his entire administration.
The anti-TaTt "allies" were told*
they were giving the partv a black
eve. and induced to withdraw their
decision to holt the convention.
Armed citizens in Tennesse are
scouring the country in search of ne
groes who shot a young business man
dead and perhaps fatally wounded'
t:>< i;irl companion.
A. L. R rooks was nominated for
Congress from the fifth North Caro
lina ?Yst rict. fo suecced W. IV.
K itch in. who is a candidate for Gov
ernor.
Government officials acknowledge
the dissapearance of a registered
pouch at Kansas City hist Saturday.
The pooch contained over si\tv thou
sand dollars.
A special diypiteh from Tunica.
iw.. savs: J. T. TjOwp. an attorney,
was shot and probobly rriortallv
wounded in a street |)V Mrs.
Weinstein. On March 'list |?st
Lowe shot and killed Perrv M. Hous
ton. father of Mrs. Wep.sf?ir,. in a
street H orh f growing out of Houston's
?lection as .seo?fnr.. ?r v'1700
levee hoard. Mrs. W^insf,.:,,. wj,? j,
10 years old. was rn'irn?d la?f Feb
ruary to a merchant of Charleston.
Miss.
R-."tore-? rtcln JVn tis.
Pil'sburg, Special. ? Mrs.
Iv'!!' ' ('n--" -"d to Cashier
>> ill. em Monfj.">merv, w|-o is now
in jail for s'enling a million dollars
from the Allegany I 'an I* aur'i run
ning it, has f uriu d in to ill" receiver
brewery bonds for AlL'.'i.OOO stolen bv
Montgomery and given >? her. She
thought he was inventing lh" pro
ceeds of her fir- 1 husband's life in
surance and making her a fortun".
Stole His Wife.
Spartanburg. S. C? Special.? W.
F. P.nrns. of Jackson county. North
Carolina, while on a bridal trip
across Panther Mourvain in Green
ville county, snvs b<* was robbed of
his p: tv young w'fe |?v a gari" of
sir men. after he had been bound
beaten and robbed. |f? and his wifo
??topped at a cottage in <!,,? moim
tnins end during fh" night the men
entered the rnr .n of the coop|c. nf_
locked Mums and took his wife down
the mountain, lie savs he has not
?cen her since. The authorities aro
inevestigating his xlorv.
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