The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, December 18, 1903, Image 1

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"PO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MASE 0??jg? IK THY POSSESSION HAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY OAUSE." BENNETTSVIIiLE. S. C., ERp|^kY, DECEMBER 18, 1903. A GOOD EXAMPLE. i A MostMuniiioieat Beque?t to the : City SohoolV of Columbia. ' ! ALSO TO ' THE CITY HOSPITAL. The'- L?ate Charles Logan, ol Columbia, : Ito membered the City of His Adoption in Rle WU!. By'"the will of the late Oharlea Lo ^..??:^- gan the city of Columbia -receives ' >: legaoies aggregating no less than $60, OOO. : The Columbia hospital and St. Peter's. Catholic church each receive ' 05,000.. The document was admitted to probate Tuesday afternoon, and " ' this i.was ;the /first opportunity fox verification of rumors which have beer afloat for several days. The-State says shortly after Mr. ' Logan's death 'The State was told that the oity would receive from hit estate quite a large amount for thc erection of additional school build ings. .The relatives of Mr. Logar, . declared that. the will had not beer opened and the attorney, Mr. R. W . S hand,, declined to talk as it w'oulc . not have been becoming In bim to ck so. Tho contents of the document were not known until late Wednes day afternoon when Mr. Shand wai handed the will with instructions L< v' have Ht filed in the probate court. The legacy to the olty schools is not available at once, not until after tin death of Mrs. Logan. This will in elude four acres of the race track a the fairgrounds and $,4Q,0Q0io money The legacy to thet hospital is avail able at once.. . There ls another : be quest" of- $9,000* which is to be -used - bj . '. the city for.the prevention of crueltj to animals; This shows the trend p o < \ mindai the" late Mr.- L?gan-, who wai ' '\ a lover bf animal* life*. . ?' r j-ba legacy for the publlo schools ii '. lound |n .the-last of the three codicil '--'-.'" appended - tb tho original will. Th traotj-of ; land IS-" worth' not less thai 310,000. .These'Items in the codie! . ?ead as'follows: " LEOACY FOR'rrttK SCHOOLS. if uIsgive and devise-unto; and to th use of said .'The City of Columbia' ani ite successors, after the. death of m; Y' wife,, four acres ot my race coursi v ." , ; tract of land on Elmwood avenue ii thc city of Columbia, the said fou acres.to be so laid off as to bebounde S^p|-,.''.by the present northern boundar T' V ' lino of-said.city, east by W.? A.. Clark .-. - south by.. Elmwood avenue and wes ''S^-j'by- a straight line, drawn at ,rigb V;v: .angles wlth^imwood: avenue-arid tb ?.M^-V northern boundary line of the cit j Intrust, nevertheless, that the" cit l^i??d? Columbia abd its successors wi ^devote the same to the.-;fxmdwing use "V $iud - pbrposes . exclusively, ^hat is t . a^rcV;jsay','. IJOO Baiu ?^??DO iuur aciw .? :Elmwood avenue shall be used' for ?'.< public school as hereafter provide \ -for, and for school'grounds appurtei ant thereto, upon which four acr< the oity of . Columbia shall erect < ^ cause to be erected within three yeai after my wife's death (or if Bhe pr< deceases me then within three yeai after my death) a proper building f( 1%;'; a public school, elementary or higl to be named 'Logan school' or, 'Loga High school' as the case may be, an shall cause within the same time school with teachers to be opene therein for pupils, whiob shall be frc and open without cbage to wbil children' of said city under the lav and regulations governing the fri publlo schools of said city, and . which other white children may t admitted upon such terms as may 1 prescribed by the proper authority of 5aid school." . "I give and bequeath to the sa iSv?-"~""-cjty of Columbia after the death ? my wife the sum of $40.000 In trust expend the Fame In erecting or eau lng to bc. erected on the land dcvlsi In item 3 of this codicil tbe said 'L gan schcol' or 'Logan High school.'1 Item 5 declares that if the-city do - not fulfill the conditions, the proper \?J : will revert to the estate. FOU riTJilANIT'S SAKE. In this_same codicil, dated June 2 1903, is found the following Item: "I give and bequeath to the city Columbia, a municipal corporation the State of. South Carolina, the su of $9,0C0 In trust to invest the sar and use the income therefrom as their judgment seems best in cnfoi lng within the corporate limits of sa city the laws of the State and tl ordinances of the city In relation cruelty to animals. If the city Columbia refuses and fails withir reasonable time to accept the tri hereby imposed upon It, then the sa sum of 89,000' shall pass as a porti of my residuary estate." Tho concluding paragraph of t - tulrd codioil is as follows: i'Out of the residue and rest of i estate I direct the following legac to be paid: To St. Peter's Rom Catholic church of Columbia, S. C., the Columbia hospital of Columbia, C.,.to Dick Keenan of Columbia, S. and to Mrs. Mary Braslaw of N York, $5,000 each; to thc two dauj tera of said Mrs. Mary Braslaw, 82,? each; to George Keenan, Thon Boyne, Mrs. E. H. Boyne, Mrs. Sai Alexander and my nephew, Char Graham, all of Columbia, 81,000 ea> And all the residue of ray est?t give devise and bequeath in two eq shares, one share to my brother Jar Logan, or If he bo dead to bis is: living at the time ot my death, Bturpes, and one ehare to the issue my sisterr Mary Cassady, per stu rr. . living at the time of my death," The original will was written J 20, 1880, and waB witnessed by Stork, Jno. G. Friday and Sam Friday. Those who were named executors were-his wife, Mrs. Lot - D. Logan, Col. James H. Rion Wlnnsboro, Frank Ehrlich and Jai S. Graham of Columbia. Mr. Lo; outlived many of those named as r 7> posses. The original paper was ame \cd by"three codicils. "'S- . 850,000 von ms wiFffl. . He ldaves to his wife the reside . at the corner of Senate and Aosen streets, including 1 1-3 acres, and $ 000# in bonds for her supporo throu out her natural life. At her de the residue of tho 850,000 ls to re' to tho estate. . After thus providing for his wit? directs bis executors as soon as prac ti cabio to sell all the remainder Of bis real' ?nd personal estate and convert 1 into assets and af ter^?ymep't bf costa , of administration and ilfffi for bte own monument to expen-?'tie net bal ance as directed.. , ???.,4: ^Tbo brother and, foe -J^nr of the .^teased will be ben0QCiafie? largely. ; It is impossible ?o learn iii8.* how valuable 1B the estate, but lt ^8 gen" erally regarded td^Q abo?T$?P0?000 to $250,000; and th8 relatives IP the "old country? wl?'lnherit the b(jlk of this after Mrs. Iiogan herself bas-f>eeM . provided.for. IQ the. orlylnaLjidlll be leaves to "mV brother James - Logan of Meencargagb, near Castlederg?, County Tyione, Ireland, $6,000," and the sanie ?am?unt to the'. issue of ..his slster,'Ma.ry Cassady, wbolllvedin the same place. The deceased also provided for Chas: Logacf and Jennie Logan'?f Chicago, nepbew and neice of tbe late Charles Logan. They are to receive 1503 a yeai: each from tho income from the rent of the. three residences on tbe north side of Blahdlng street close by tbe Palmetto engine bouse. Charles and Jennie Logan are also to receive, share and share alike, the legacy of $5,000 intended for Sarah Gormley ol county Tyron, provided that legatee should die without issue. The other features of the will are ol a personal nature except the fact that he rames as his executors Mrs. Louise D. Logan, Jennie Logan, Edwarc Ehrlich and T. H. Melgban. Ht directs them to keep bis property in sured and in good repair. He Murdered lier. It became known recently that tin leading female dancer ab tim Metrop olis theatre, Fraulein Frieda Boelke was: murdered at a hotel in Cologne December 2,'by Ferdinand Tcssler, ? manufacturer of machinery at Vichy France, who bad several times beer natlonlist candidate for member o the phambcr of deputies. They wen engaged to be married and had dine? together at the hotel and quarrelei in a private sitting room because th woman bad looked too frequently Tesslcr ^thought, at another man ii the dining room. He tried to ohloro form tbe dancer, but sbe was a stron woman and pushed bim off; Tessie then took a hatchet, which he ba concealed about him, and struck th woman once Ineffectually and tbei stabbed her fatally three times wi tl a dagger. The hotel people heard th struggle and rushed to the spol whereupon Tesaler, with bis back t thc door, shot and killed himself. Roblied'ttae Dead. At Newport News, Va.,!-the polk are on the trail of an organized ban of ^ghouls", wbo for many weeks, lt 1 believed, have been engaged ia des? crating the graves in Green Lawn cen tery: and robbing the newly, interr? bodies of their Jewelry, , shrouds an From discoveries made it is t-vldon that this practice bas been carried o but to what extent is not known. Tw bodies, that were exhumed for the pu pose of removal to other lots, were dil covered to be tn a completely nude coi ditton, notwithstanding tbe fact tbs both bodies bad been buried in ham some and costly clothing. The bode were those of Mrs. Edwin Thompsc and her father, John Nicholas, ar the discovery was made hy M Thompson himself. Both bodies h; been embalmed before burial and we in a good state of preservation whe the cofilus were opened for the pu pose of identification and the di covery made. ile Was Found. Edward F. Hoyt, who dissapean two weeks ago from Atlanta leavir debts, lt ls charged, amounting about $15,000, from whom a rewa was offered by his creditors, waa four by detectives Wednesday evening in negro cabin in the western part of ti city. He had a well furnished roo and bountiful supplies of food on han No money was found, but it is belie ed a large sum was bid out. Ti trunk, which was carried away, h not yet been located The prison refused to talk, aud it is believed his friends he is mentally unbala ced. All Wem L?'st? Reports from Cape Foar,'lifo savt station, at the mouth of- Cape Fe river, give particulars of the capsizl of the schooner Clarence II., a sm coasting vessel bound /rum Shallot N. C., to Wllmington,*and thedrow lng of the captain and crew of t men, and two passengers. The bo ot one of thc passengers, a local fish man, drifted ashore With tbescboor bottom up early Thursday. It supposed that the craft encountere? heavy gale as she was attempting get over thc bar late Wednesc night. _ Tlio l>oinooruts Win. Willtmantlc, Conn., elected a 1 Democratic ticket Wednesday for first time in ten years. O.icar O. T nor was chosen Mayor, and .two-thl of the Democratic candidates for City Council were elected. The f that Norwich, New London, Norw? Bridgeport, Hartford, Ansonia ; Derby have gone Democratic at tl: last elections has alarmed thc Rep lican party managers, who fear t the sweeping gains at the city c tlons may bc the forerunners of Dei eratic victory at the State and tional elections next year. Old Not Mind lt. When Daniel Webster's market r bad sued him for a long unpaid and got his money be was so scare his temerity that be stopped cal at the door for orders. Webster as him why, one day, and the man < fessed that he supposed Mr. Web would never trade with bim ag "Oh," said Webster, "sue me ash as you like, but for heaven's sake d starve me." There was never a t when the great man was not wll to owe as m neb as anybody was \ lng to let him owe. Ono Thousand Years. In the district court of Chen county, Texas, Wednesday, A Brown, a negro, charged with tempted criminal assault, was sen ced to one thousand years in the j tentlary. Under the law tho could not impose death ' sente When arrested Brown narrowly caped being lynched. SOME PLAIN TALK. Ynmd and Mi?managemp ;t. of Largo j - Sums of Money IN THE OLYMPIA MILLS MATTER. It In Alleged tbut thoDlrootprs Voted ? . Tb ern eel ve? a Million Dollars Worth o? Mill Stock . ,1 ;. ?s-'.-'; ? ? ? - ". "? - . . ' Freo of Goat. The petition of Leonard Phlnzy et al. of Augusta TS. the Olympia Cutt m Mills et. al. of Columbia, which was died in the United States court for Sfioutb Carolina a little over a month agc, has developed into two cases with several Interventions In which the president of the Olympia Mills, the Granby and the Riobland Mills, all of Gulum Di a, and the board of directors, are chai ged with f raud and misman agement of the funds of the mills. .The petiUon of the two' Augusta j plaintiffs sels out substantially that In 1889 the board of directors of the Granby and -Richland Cotton Mills was composed of W. B. Smith Whaley as president and W. A. Clark, vice president; Wm. B. Lyles, Wm. B. Childs, Geo. A. Shields, Wm. B. Low rance, Robert Vv*. Shand, J. Sumter | Moore, and W. H. Rose; that In 1899, about July or August, this board en tered Jntu a scheme for their own per sonal bep?flt and advantage and profit oo obtain a charter for and to erect the Olympia Cotton Mills, which this board obtained as promoters without any cost to themselves practically all the stock of the. new mill, and in which they secretly and fraudulently diverted the assets of the Granby and Richland Mills into assets of tbe now mill, with which they would , build and equip the new mill with the money BO diverted and such money as they could obtain from the public by thus bolster!!!T "n the credit of thc ' new mill, enabling them to realize for ' themselves profits from the new mill which they would cause to be issued I to themselves and thus have control and management of the new mill. Tho charter for tho Olympia mills I was obtained on August 3, 1899 with | a capital stock of il,500,000. The Phlox? petition charges that the statements ls>ued in July a show ing was made th.it the Riobland mills had a surplus of $125,000 . and thc Granby a surplus of $250,000 and charges that the board of directors diverted this" surplus from the two mills Into.the Olympia mill common stock; that W. B. Smith Whaley was I voted 8300,000 worth of common stock | of the Olympia mill for valuable ser vices In purchasing machinery, for | whloh service ho was recelving.a sal ary of $20,000 a year as president. They further charge that $760,0001 that $750,000Tn debenture certificate* ] were Issued for the purchase of "ma chinery. They set out that In this I way $1,875,000 was raised with which to build the Olympia mill, and that the 81,000,000 in common stock which they charge has been voted to the board of directors, was -issued and voted to them without a cent having ever been paid for lt. Is is declared that when tho $750,000 preferred stock was Issued a statement was | made that the 81,000,000 in common stock had been paid Into .the treasury when, as a matter of fact, none of lb | had been paid in. Tho details of the issue of common stock, wnlch they contend was voted fraudulently to the board of dirctors is described as follows: That W. B. S. Whaley purchased a] piece of land in his own name and sold lt to the corporation for $75,000 In common stock of tbe company as a bonus on the purchase. That $300,000 of the common stock was voted to Whaley for valuable services as above | described and from refraining from accepting from tho sellers a secret commission for. himself on the pur-| chase. That' 8125,000 par value of j the comhqp? stock was Issued tb a "syndicate" composed of the b;>ard of directors and Carey, Bayne & Smith, j a commission concern of Baltimore. That the $125,000 common stock .so issued to this firm was secured by tue notes of that firm, which they believe have never been paid. That $25'J,000 common stock was afterward issued to the Granby and $125,000 of the same stock Issued to the Richland mills. That after the stock was so Issued lt j was divided among thc directors' and syndicate so that now the holdings of the Olympia common stock is as fol lows: W. B. Smith Whaley.8 432,000 Carey, Bane & Smith. 157,000 J. S. Moore, trusteo. 100,000 W. A. Clark. 83,000 J. S. Moore. 23,000 W. Hi Rose. 25,000 Geo. A. Shields. 15,000 W. G. Childs. 23.000 W. B. Lowrance. 10,000 W. II. Lyles. 15,000 Robt. H. Shand. 15,000 | John E. Carey. 31,000 Tunstall Smith. 31,000 Mrs. Isabel! Whaley. 5,0001 $1,000,000] That In addition to this it ls shown that preferred stock is held by the di rectory as follows: W. B. S. Whaley.$410.000 W.A.Clark. 40,000 W. H. Rose . 5,000 $455,000 That parts of this stock was issued without valid consideration and as a bonus. The petitions contend that before the first preferred stock was -sold a special inuutiuK was bold on No vember 9, 1901, when a binding reso lution was adopted by which lt was jagrcod and stipulated that no first trJorgago bonds were to be Issued [standing before this stock and' lt was on this understanding that Mr. Phinl \zy bought $15,000 worth of thc first preferred stock of the Olympia mills, (and Mrs. Alice Hull bought $8,000 worth of it. In defiance of this contract, a meet ing of the directors was called, they having tho majority of voting power, ?on November 14, and an issue of $1, 750,000 six per cent, first mortgage gold bonds voted. The third holder of the preferred stock of the Olympia 1B a Mr. Aldermen, of South Carolina. Tho petition was filed 'in Charles ton, asking .'that a receiver, be ap pointed; declaring that it ; bad been discovered the mill was insolvent";and a restraI n 1 ng.'order Issued ; agalnBt the" i3$ue ?rb?nds^ -TblB order- was;tetn' porarlljr; granted' ?nd two '. receivers appointed. :^Tbe statement comes from there that subsequently, repre sentation was made.to Judgq?ljnpn-. ton that the appointment of a' receiv er at that time would involve,, other .bu8lnesa Institutions of Columbia, ?and the order ; was reolnded, while1 in. ita stead an ordt-r was Issued to Bbow cause why tho prayer of tho petition should not be granted: . Saturday Marion Irwin, of the"firm of Irwin & Callaway, tiled a joint suit in the same court, Betting out prac tically tho same as In the Pbtnlsy pe tition, except that this Arm is repre senting Pauline H. Dearing and Eu genia A. Dearing, bf Athens, as stock holders of the Granby mill and is seeking to secure the restoration of $250,000 willoh was subscribed to the capital stock bf thc Olympia mill. It is also stated that other Inter ventions have been- filed for the Coll Pipe Company, of Hartford Coon., and for Hey ward et al., and in one of the petitions tho Baltimore Trust and Guaranty Company, of Baltimore, Md., as trustees for the bond holders, have been made party defendants, The Phlnizy petition was set for bearing on; December -14, but since the Hiing of the petition by Marion Irwin a motion bas been made to set thc hearing of both cases on the same day, December 21. A Sad I3ndin?. This sad story ls r?lated by. the N?w York American: . "Bedel?a" was tbe swan song for ' pretty .' Lizzie Worth xhurtiday. Humming the words of the popular melody she placed a bottle of carbolic acid to her lips and ended lier life in the rear room of a Harlem saloon. Lizzie Worth's lifo of twenty years was not one to be proud of. She bad no borne or no parents that anv one knew of. Drenched by the storm and wearied of life, she entered a barroom at One Hundred and Twenty-first street and Lexington avenue. The bartender and several patrons beard the .fami liar strains ot "Bedel?a" issuing from the little room in the rear. Then there was a crash. They hastened into tbe back room and found ber in the last throes of death. ? Even then broken snatches of the Bong i?sued from ber aoid-scarred lips. Lizzie Worth was dead when a physlolan Arrived. Her body will go to the Potter's field. v.- . .', ; -? -i-.:. - y ' A. Family Burnt Up. Nearly a whole family perished in tbe Hames that destroyed a dwelling at Clarksburg, N. J., Wednesday morning, dayton Fowler, A2 years old, his wife, 36 years old, ana their four children, aged respectively IS #cm?tfBK y^r^intt %ears, and^Blx; waia^p-; .story fggg blaze star fed on"^the ' Io w e r iiVU,i when the family awoke the whole lower part af the house was In dames. The olest child, a boy, jumped from the second story window and escaped with slight bruises, but Mr. and Mrs. Fowler were either afraid to lump or were overcome by smoke before they could reach a window and they and the three other children were burned to death. ' Ho Was Greased. Stark naked and covered with soap so that he could slip his whole body through a six-Inch Iron aperture that should have llattencd even hts head, James Wilson, colored, a notori ous prisoner, escaped from his iron clad cell in thc county jail at Lancas ter, Pa., Wednesday night. Then, with a carpet-rag rope he attempted to deseeud from the roof, but his rope broke aud he bad a terrlffto fall. He made "good his escape, however, though in running the six-inch iron gauntlet lie bad to remove from Its exterior a tall, sharp Iron spike that was calculated to tear him asunder after he had wriggled and squeezed thus fur. Hilled HimHoir. A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch to tho Atlanta Journal says while brood ing over his serious losses Inflicted up on the White Commission Company hy the alleged embezzlement of F. B. Wullens, who is under arrest, J. P. Dawson, one of the largest stock holders, and said to have been one of the strongest witnesses In the prose cution of Wellons, took morphine with suicidal Intent late Wednesday after noon and died from tho effectB of the drug. Wellons gave bond, which was signed by soma of the moat prominent men in Birmingham. The suicide of Dawson following the release of Wel lons on bail, caused the greatest ex citement here. Will Huvc to pay. At Union on Monday the property of Larkin M. Bice, colored, was adver tised under a judgement obtained at tlie last, term of Court by a colored woman, who sued Rice for the breach of a promise of marriage, and got a verdict for $2,500. Rice appeared and claimed bis homestead, which re sulted in a postponement of the sale. The property ls located lu tho town of Carlisle and ls of some value. Will Go Higher. The Augusta Chronicle says Col. T. E. Massengale was in town Wednes day and he says 12 cents cotton ls not bbc limit. There will be fluctuations in the market, and lt will probably go down.between now and Christmas, but you will see it selling at 13j cents a pound in March. Paste this predic tion in your bat. Perfectly Natural. Thc Augusta Chronicle says lt was very natural that William J. Bryan should make a favorable Impression among Influential people in Great Britain. He ls a man of commanding presence, quiet dignity, splendid ad dress, and one who can say well what he bas to say. Quick Work. A Lynn shoe factory recontly made a pair of woman's shoos to/soe how rapidly it could bo ?jnac. - The mak ing required five operations, tho usc of forty-two machines and of 100 pieces, and the shoes were ready to wear in thirteen minutes af tor tho first machino was started. ynp5i?:of What the President Had 3P?f??'i? Say tb Congress. "PMr ' - BHlffif?AXS OF ALL MATTEE8 Ro'latihg ? to .tho A?vnucoraont natl | Prrjjfryess of tho United States . >v .'and Uer Rolatlono With i ' . ??{' . ' Xl y Other Nation?. . ^beAj?pr?ual message of President Ito?BcwitV, which was read to both hou^^rof the- Fifty-eighth congress todayjU;comprises . flfteen thousand word$}beiug estimated at over eleven columns of printed matter. Thoj message, as " transmitted to congrega," deals principally with the Isthmian-'canal, the repudiation of the c$nal treaty by Colombia, the revolution In Panama and the conse quential eourso of the United States in relation to the isthmian embroglio. Tho|?receqt postal frauds, public land fnuds, the creation of tbe.de? partra?nt of labor and commerce form j a specific portion of the message. The ?"president recommends - addi tlonal'ienactments in regard to these newly:instituted departments, stating that .the department of commerce and labor w?rbe for fair and equita ble control and adjustment of all la bor and .capital dissensions. Strict I economy .in national expenditures 1B emphasized, thc surplus of expendi tures for tho year 1003 being the basis | for the1'president's recommendation. Needs of the financial situation is ? I dlKc.nsseditbut the president express ling bisjopinion tbat lt wl'l bo unwise and unnecessary to attempt at tbe present/tl rae a r?construction of the I entire?:'monetary system. Additional facilities for merchant | marineare urged. Thc necessity of an Immigration bureau by which undesirable immi grants shall, be kept out entirely ls j mentioned. Attention is called to the naturali I zatlou frauds, which have been perpe trated in the United States, reveal ing a condition of affairs which calls for the immediate attention of con-1 gress? Th? extension of purposes for ap propriation for enforcing trust and Interstate commerce laws is recom mended. The hf more effective treaties mak ing the crime of bribery extraditable I is urged. The result of tbe Alaskan boundary decision is satisfactory In every way. ' The).settlement of tbe claims of Russia and Austria against Venezuela by international arbitration is com mended,rand the ' advancement of the cause' ' ^'Intern?tlonab* arblr?tion Sw . " ; pft'r?m _.*e by V bellgoj?ent? is recommended. ,' ' TD?meeting of the inter-parl?amen fcary upion for international arbitra tion at St. Louis in 1904 is commend ed. ' The friendly relations with Turkoy I and the commercial treaty with Chi na, which-have resulted in several galnB for the United. States, 1B ap proved. The recommendation of a reduction In cost of maintaining consular service ls requested. The extension of rural free delivery I service ls praised. An additional ap-1 propriation and facilities are recom mended. The policy of building good roads 1B | approved. The favor of congress towards the I Louisiana Purchase exposition Js| asked. The judicial development of re sources of the Alaskan territory ia ur gently recommended. The complete vestment of power In I the governor of Hawaii In regard to | state affairs is endorsed. Tariff ncnetlts for the Philippine | possessions are urned. The preservation of forest reserves 1 receives special mention. Tho brompt enactment of instant I remedial legislation to prevent the ' damage by boll weevil ls requested. The necessity of enlarging the safe ty appliances on railroads is endorsed. The extension of civil service rules 1 is requested. The effect of recent laws providing | for a general staff of tim army and for the more effective sorvlc of the na tional guard is strongly commended. Recommending that the govern ment should secure permanent camp sites for military manoeuvers: In tho various sections of tbe country thc president recites tbe bench ts -which would be secured by these tactics. . A system providing a method fur pro motion from grade to grade in the j anny upon the standing and promo tion of the otlicers is urge J. The progress of the upbuilding of ! the navy is commender.!, with the | urging of an additional increasese in I ships and seamen. The establishment of Et naval base I in the Philippine Islands is demand ed. The provision of a nf.val general staff un lines similar to those of tho ! armv is requested. The message reviews tbe relations I of the United StateB government to the matter of transit across the Isth mus of Panama, going into detail in regard to the different decisions of court tribunals relative thereto. in bis message tue president states j that the question before congress ls | not by which route thc Isthmian ca nal will be built, bub whether or not | we will have au isthmian canal. The United States' relations with I Colombia 1B declared to be Just, con sidering thc manner In wblcb that [government repudiated tho treaty. Thc stand taken by the United St ates in the Pan ma-Colombia revolu tion ls declared to havo been Justllied, the control by Wie United"States of1 means of undisturbed transit across thc Isthmus being of vital importance to the United States. Thc treaty offered by tiro new re public of Panama to the United States ls commended and endorsed In every detail, "it being In terms better than tho treaties offered to us by thc republics of Nlcarauga and Costa Wea." Tho provisions of tho treaty with hPanama aroof benefit to the United States IQ eyery cleuao and the United States enjoya within the granted limits all j the -rights, power-an 3 Tau* thority over the canal which it would possess were lt the sovereign of the territory to'the exclusion of sovereign rights by the republic. - DOWN GOES WAGES. . Hf KU. tv.Thousand-Cot ton Mill Opera tives Work for JLosfc Pay. . A dispatch from Boston, Mass., says the wages of 15,ooo cotton mill opera tives were reduced about 10 per cent last week in New Bedford, Fitchburg, Baltic, Conn.,-Taftvllle, Conn., Flsh vllle, Mass., and Pawtu?ket, R. Is. Tho total number, bf mill bands who have had their pay lowered up to the present time is ?bout 80,000. Five thousand additional operatives In Berkshi re cou nty . were g i ven .notice that their pay will be cut next week; Most of the mills which baye partici pated in the cut to date follow-the course of the Fall River schedule adopted on November 30t.b. About 12,000 of the employes affected by last week's cut are employed la Now Bedford millB. . There ls much uncertainly In this section as to the fnture conduct of the mills, and while the operatives are willing to submit to the reduc tion rather than be idle they do not know just what will transpire within the next few weeks. According to some reports a majority of the' mills have cotton on band, but it is known that the supply is limited. With the high price of the staple spinners de olare that they cannot manufacture without serious loss, and the general feeling is that, if the operatives should take the initiative and go on a strike the plants In this section would Bhut down Indefinitely. The statement was made last week by one of the pro minent mill presidents that the reduc tion of wages was to bo regretted, but under existing conditions it was In evitable. Just what would happen in the event that the mills should close is difficult to realize. ' A famine would be almost sure to follow and the thou? sands of operatives would face starva tion. It ls believed, however, that with the cut in the pay and by cur tailing production the mills will be able to live through the present fin ancial troubles. Cn UK Ii r in tho Act. A dispatch from Trenton to The State says on Tuesday afternoon of last week Miss Sue Fenn, the assistant postmistress, left the office to carry over a registered package to the train which stops In front of the office at the tank. While she was absent a young negro boy who goes by the name of Pete Tillman, went around to the r??r of the office, raised the sash and jumped In. Realizing that his -?trust b,e done quickly or his busl^ he m???&M^ safe and was just in thc act of t?k?t'ig therefrom Its valuable contents when tie waB surprised to see Mr. 0. Ward, one of the rural carriers, step in. ' Mr. Ward gave him a very cordial Invita tion not to be in a hurry to get away, so Pete decided to remain awhile. They went to see the magistrate, who thought it a deed worthy of notice by one of Uncle Sam's officers and now they are waiting until Friday when they will appear before Uncle Sam's representative to see whether Pete had any right to inspect the safe. To Curtail Spinning. A resolution providing for a nation al meeting of all cotton mill men In the United States and tbe formation of a plan for curtailment of cotton manufacturing was adopted at the conference of cotton mill men recently held In Charlotte N. C. The r?solu tloD, as adopted, provides for the naming of a "committee of fifteen delegates from the conference in ses sion now, to meet in Washington; that Southern, Northern and New England manufacturers be Invited to appoint similar committees and that these joint committees formulate a feasible plan, looking to the curtail to thc curtailment of production throughout the United States, and that this joint committee Immediate ly Issue a oall for a national meeting of manufacturers at such date and places as they may agree upon." Hufb Blowers Caught. A dispatch from Mobile, Ala., says Capt. Taylor of the Monttfomery po lice department says he ls satisfied that Albert Driscoll and J. H. -Russell, alleged safe-blowers, arrested Thurs day, are the parties who blew two safes in Montgomery Tuesday night and secured several hundred dollars. He had toolB left by the safe-blowers In their flight from Montgomery, and they corresponded exactly with the burglars' tools found In possession of Driscoll and Russell. Chief of Police Mays of Mobile has received telegrams from Chief O'Neill of Chicago and chief of police at Savannah, Ga., and Bessemer, Ala., asking for description of Driscoll and Russell. It Is believed the men are wanted* In a number of States. Dishonest Bank Unicorn. James M. Edge, alias James Kane, was arrested at Memphis, Tenn., last week, charged with embezzling a large sum of money, said to be about $100,000, from the First National bink of Paterson, N. J. Edge bas been in Memphis several months and his arrest was made at tho instance of the assistant superintendent of a New York detective agency. The de tectives state xthat Edgo admits his identity and confessed that bis pecu lations amounted to $100,000. He held the position of note teller In the Pat erson bank and. disappeared from there three years ago. Edge, lt ls said, claims to have lost the money ic turf sp?culations. Robbers Killed, Russian troops bavo defeated a band of Chun Chuses (Ohlneso robbers) on the Liau River, Manchuria, killing two hundred of them and wounding a similar number. ' After a conflict, re ported November 28, betweon a foret of Russian soldiers and a body of Clair Chuses at Taohiobao, in which live Russians were killed and nine wen severely-wounded, the Russians pur isuod tho fleeing tribesmen and finallj Ba&mmed them in at Liau III vcr. .v WANTS LEVEE'S SEAT. Dantzler Flies Formal Notice. Cuso is Now Bold?. Hoard, .'v/ . rorro a? not i ce7 th at Be pre sen tatt Va Lever's seat in tho house-Would, he contested, has been flied by Dan taler's attorneys and the evidence bas been fll?d before.the congressional commit tee .on contests: /This evidence was. taken lu Columbia and elsewhere in the district before.a referee some time ago, as >.was the statement. by Mr. Lever's^ attorneys and tbere'is little doubt that the evidence of Dantzler will .be thrown out, but he, wiii ba allowed $3,000 by ^congress, for con-, teats.' .'In the protest -by'Dantzler bb says that' h ls-constituents wore not allowed to . vote aud that those that had registration, certificates were turned down on legal technicalities.: ; It ls also alleged by several Republi cans that in /Columbia they were not given due notice of the election aud that no opportunity was given- them to express their choice for Dantzler although Lever's attorneys have affi davits from the supervisor of registrar tion i*howing that these same men are not even registered. However, Dantz ler will get $3,000, the contest fee as will Prlleau, another negro of Char-, leaton, who wants Mr. Geo. S. Le gare'8 seat. Prileau is now out of Jail ou ball, the charge being that he tampered with the malls while postal clerk and will be tried in Columbia at tho next sitting of the/court in Jan uary. A dispatch from Washington to The State says: Representative Lev er's contested election case came up Monday before election com-nlttee" TC Cl 1 HP Kit, in J n- _ xr Lever bas been oil led on to defend himself in a contested election case, both times the, contestant ; being a cornfield darkey named : TJ-intzler. Dantzler is contesting the election on the ground that the suffrage laws in South Carolina are unconstitutional and therefore the elections there are illegal. National Interest centres In this case bf Representative Lever for the reason that the entire-principle of suf frage - qual'flcatlonff in the southern States, like North and South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi is . Involved, There ls some uneasi ness at the action of Speaker Cannon in referring the case to election com mittee No. ii. This committee holds the record for having" unseated more men in congress than any other com mittee. At its head' ls Representa tive Mann of Illinois, who takes a peculiar delight in" defending the negro against what be claims is the maltreatment he receives, in the south. ' CREATES A SENSATION. PreBtSfxoht Roosevelt is Attacked by a I-t?adinK i??pt?b.lloan > j the B0nst?tAou-?^-^i^.^A-H-?^'?r? the national capital ls concerned, is the attack upon Pr?sident "Roosevelt contained in an editorial of the Cin cinati Commercial Tribune, the lead ing Republican organ of ther Buckeye State. The publication of the edito-: rial in the local papers has given rise to a discussion which has completely overshadowed the Wood case, the president's message and everything else. The Commercial Tribune comes bub bodily for the nomination of some other man to be tbe Republican stand ard bearer In the presidential contest, pointing with brutal frankness to the weakness of President Roosevelt, the party dissatisfaction with bim, and the extreme danger of going into the contest with him as a leader. Special stress ls laid upon tbe conditions in .New York, which, The Commercial Tribune thinks, render it practically impossible for Roosevelt to carry that State. There is no mention of any other man in particular, though half a doz?m are named as-more likely than the prisldent to unite his party. More than ordinary interest is taken in this attack because of tho known affiliations of tho newspaper. It ls re uarded the personal orean of George B. Cox,. the big Republican boss ol southern Ohio, who is very close In deed to Senator Hanna, and suspicious administration politicians are inclined to see tbe fine Italian band of Uncle Marcus back of tbe whole thing. Some of thorn construe It as simple a means of forcing the president to let up on his fight for General Wood, while oth ers see in it the beginning of a syste matic campaign in the Interest of Hanna. At tbe white house tbe Commercial Tribune is sneered at as of no conse quence, but those who understand Ohio politics and have a knowledge of the interests which control-that papei are of the opinion that their may be serious breakers ahead for Roosevelt. So far Senator Scott, of West Vir ginia, is about the only Republican of fice-holder of prominence who bas bad the temerity to proclaim that ho ls foi Hanna above Roosevest, but there are a great many others who aro anxious for an opportunity to line up thal way. It is not too much to say thal the present Indications are that they may have the opportunity. Died Praying. ' Kneeling with her hands together i In prayer In St. Vincent Ferrer's Ro man Catholic Church, Now York , City, an elderly woman died Thursday afternoon'. Father T. Hyacinth JuBta, . who was at bis devotions at the altar, , beard heavy breathing. The onlj . person he could see was a womau ? who wai, apparently, praying fer , vently in the last pew but one from , the rear. He walked hurriedly tc ? ber and touched her on tho shoulder. , She took no notice, and, raising her up to a sitting posture, ne found that she was unconscious. Ho summoned a doctor, but tbe woman was dead I when he arrived. Apoplexy was thc i cause. Two Swlndlors. ;.. Two young men who were conduct . lng what is known as tbe National , Conservatory of MUBIO, with fooms lr j the Dyor building, Augusta, Ga., arc j missing, and lt is said that a numboi . of Augusta young men and young la I dies have been swindled by tho con cern. TiHKirS ??ULE A CITY; The Chicago People Are. Flucinl^^^ Wn?ieE^e-:])Iurder0^'There.', THE BANDITS SEEM TO E?LE. KillinK and. .IlobbiDK at/JWIH tho Police ; Seem ? P?w?r?osa . . to Chock . Spreail of juawicsanesa. " Chicago' seems to "be lb' tho''hands v!- V of a gaDg of robbers and bandits, who kill and rob tho people bf that city . with Impunity. ?,' Tho coroner's report made last week shows 1125 murders In Chicagoan thc last year. Not ono ; '; person- " was hung. Meaeurea for checking"1 of street andi; saloon ,'mur ders, holdups, burglaries and 'other ?'<. crimes, which have been boldly cora .mltted In the last month, waa .dis cussed, at a mass meeting.' ; Arning the speakers ai the gathering were Alderman M iv .r. State's ; Attorney . Dineen, former Judge O. H. Horton, .'.;' and^representatlves or tho Hamilton, Marquette-and Lincoln .Bicycle:ciubs. These' clubs had members kUled by . - foot,pads. Chicago has. at last awakened to the fact? that human life Is the cheap-. / est Ciimmodlty within its borders. Of-. -J. flclals- reluctantly admit. thaii;- Con- , stantlnople, Algiers, border cities of the Southwest and even Macedonia ' afford more protection, to peaceful citizens than the second city in the United States. Within the last GO ' days 114 persons have been robbed : and eight murdered by robbers. Ls ? all the other cases there was violence -the victims were hot only robbed but beaten. The wanton murders by the car. '] barn bandits and their subsequent spectacular capture bave, awakened the conscience of Cblcago. Following closely upon these stirring events.was' the cruel murder of James .Fallen wider, a prominent attorney,, who. was shot down In cold blood while running away from 100 foot pads. These mur derers have not- yet been captured perhaps never will be. The reign ot- crime has ^reached such a stage that sorely afflicted por tions of the city are talking of vigi lance committees. Mass meetings were held las t week In Englewood and . Hyde Park to/ form plans for vigor ous warfare oh the foot pads, thuga and murderers. The chief of police, has formed "flying squadrons". of young, fearless officers, whose duty, it Is to swoop down.suddenly upon por tions or the city hunted by the mur derous "gangs and drag them to tho station. This plan works well for .7 one raid. After - that the V. saloon keepers and managers of dives tele phone to other, resorts and.the.thleves and thugs scatter to points bi safety. ;..f.:.To:.a stranger^Qbic?gjorm ----- . fe* ajfc M%Y&:wnabT~-'itf resP ' ' '? I'dences are barred like jills. This. I ls' an absolute "necessity, learned . through bitter experience. -.There Ia undoubtedly a burglars trust; and ho * house escapes a visit unless, lt is se curely barred'or: guarded by watch men. In Borne cases one house has been robbed as high as fifteen "times within three years. . Women-live in constant terror of robbery and assault.1 Tho Chicago thug ls not content to despoil his victim, but he must maim or kill in addition.' It avails nothing, to give ~ up one's valuables cheerfully. The sandbag, or knife or revolver villi-be used just the same, the theory of the robber being that then an unconsci ous victim will .tell no tales. It Is agreed that the parole system and indeterminate sentence do more than all other things tb keep Chicago Infested with thugs. Under the pa rrie system a thug can get out of prison almost on the return traln." No "useful" man ls permitted to waste hlB time in jail. Ha ls.needed for street work, and hlH friends i.ec that he gets out, if by any miracle the law ls able to convlot him. To Fight the Boll WocvU. Gov. Heaed, of Louslana, in his message to the special session of the legislature whioh convened at Baton Rouge Thursday for the purpose of discussing the boll weevil situation and passing necessary laws to check the evil, said: "The weevil first com ing from Mexico has now spread across the State pf Texas and this year bas injured the cotton orop of that State, according to various estimates from SI 5.OOO,OOO to 850,000,000. If a check is not found lt is only a ques tion of time when Louisiana and the entire cotton belt will become a prey to Its ravages. As to the law to bo passed by the special session, a sepa rate board of commissioners with plenary powers may be appointed or the State board of agriculture may be authorized to carry into effect any laws that may be passed. My own opinion ir, that the work may be done byoreating a board of commissioners composed of the commissioner of agriculture, the ci i rector of experi ment stations, the State entomologist, and two prominent and practical cot ton planters." A bill carrying these bUggestion8 into effeot was intrdnced and will be passed. A Terrible Death. At Dressan, Germany, Mrs. Flss cher, a. lion tamer, was torn to pieces and partly eaten alive by four pet lions. Her children saw h?r multila tion and dee.th from a box.x A great' crowd of spectators sat frozen with horror at tbe traglo spectacle. The woman was In an animal cage trying to make a hon spring through a hoop. Ho rebelled and Bhe srtuck him with a whip. Infuriated he leaped upon hor and disemboweled her at ono stroke. Tho woman cried out but once before the three other liqns Join-r ed in tho attack and fought for frag ments of ber flesh. Tnere was a paolo among tho spectators, and many per sons were injured Assistants with Iron rods and hooks dragged tho animals from the mangled body. A Bold Thief, i At St. Louis, Mo., Thursday night > an unknown man hurled a stone through tho .window of tho E. H. Kostkamp Jewelry company, on north Broadway, seized a tray of diamond rings valued at 80,000, and escaped,