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"DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVEs?jLN TOY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." ----- ^ VOL. XXK NO. 2?. >?> TWO RASCALS Negro Preachers Convicted of Committing Pension Frauds AND SENT TO PRISON. The "Rev." Samuel B. Thompson and the "Rev." E. J. Williams, Who Stole thc Livery of thc Lord te Serve thc Devil Ia, Caught Up With. The United States District Court at OharleBton is making it warm for the negro preachers who have been Illegally prosecuting pension claims. As a result of the prosecution two ministers, Rev. Sumuel B. Thompson and Rev. E J. Willems, of Chester field countj wore Thursday sentenced to terms in the United States prison at Atlanta, and another preacher, Rev. William F. Shepherd of Beaufort was indicted and will be tried at the next term of ttie court. Rev. Thompson pleaded gutltv am was sentenced to one j ear and a day In prison and Rev. Williams entered the same plea, as au acctssi ry, am. was given 8ix months in the Marlboro county jail. R ibert MoFarlan's casi was nol probed, be having turned State's evidence, although it ls under stood that, the pension examiners had proved the case on bim aud were pre pared to ci nvlct him and the two preachers with whom he operated whether ho made his confession or not. His eviditce was given, how ever, and he escaped punishment by doing so. Tue case presents some Interesting and amu.slng feat mes, and shows the use to whloh many "educated" ne groes put their intelligence. Rev Thompson hails from Caph's d> pot, in Chesterfield county, and is the s m of a preaoher of the same name. Tbomp 1 son started In the pension business two years wo and in this lime he . filed about a dozen claims, two of -whloh were gran:ed, and these are the cases which, have gotten him into^ trouble with Uncle Sam. The p^i?; sions were secured in the natt?, ott^ Robert and Nero Mo Karlan. The po. ' pera were all properly prepared and ' apparently straight on their face, and ~ifwgs~oniy by accident that tho do partaient got on to the fact of the fraud. According to the. evidence of the , pension examiner Thompson secured ah allowance of 8262 back monev for Nero McFarlan. When the vouche's and other papers were received by Thompson be met Nero by appoint ment at the bank at Cash's depot and , there the signatures were atllxed, Thompson directing what Nero should . do, aud the claimant cheerfully and readily putting his name to such pi ? pera as were presented. The money came from Washington In due time ' and was deposited at the bank by ! Thompson. The preacher had tixed things to bis satisfaction and prout, but he had to give some money to Nero since the fellow knew that moory had been allowed to him, so he drew a check for 825 02, secured a govern ment pension office envelope, and then 1 took himself to Hamlet, N. C , where he bought a monoy order for the amount- and malled lt, to Nero. He marked on the outside rf the envelope, ''E. J. Williams, Washing ton, D. C." When Nero got the money order he went to Mic pus tr tn ?e to cash it. Ile. had to be iden ti ti vd and the identification was furnished ( by Williams, who was on hand, ac cording to the agreement, although the envelope indicated his presence at ' Washlm/ton. Nero was so pleased with tho receipt of the monoy that, be ' hastened to explain to the post:111:e 1 official that Williams had scot the money to him, which Williams prompt ly denied. The p ?to 111 ce official con eluded thatsoinetltlng w.is wrong so he notified the d partaient and the In vestigation lolloped, resulting in the making out of eases of forgery and false certification ngnlnst Thompson and Wllii-ims jointly and on sup?rate counts. The lnvt stigatlonof the pension ex aminers showed that Thompson had secured a pension ol $417 fur ll .bert McFarlan, but that the man ha i heen paid only 8100, having left the reston deposit as the pensioner thought for the purchase of farm supplies, but when the time came for tht: purchase he fonnd that th? re was no money to his credit in the bank. WI.Hams noting the success winch bad at tended Thompson's operations, entered the business on his own account and put In a claim for one Jet McFarlan, who was alleged to have died In H)0l when he had died in 1808. Thompson came to Williams' assistance in li.jd lng one Richard McFarlan as heir to the dead soldier, notwithstanding the fact that Jet McFarlan had never marrlel A claim was putin ../ra child, Pauline was the name, who was alleged to have been born In 181)0 to the mau who hail dlrd lu 1808. Thompson concluded co go one bet ter and ho put In a claim for another child, Della, boru In the same year, the child being declared a minor of Roman McFarlan, whose mother died In 188:t. Tue claim must be entered before a child ls 10 years, and t'horap son saw that the agc was safely placed within the period. A claim of ?210 was asked for these children. Wnen Thompson tiled thc claim for Della she was then married to a man named William McNatt and was the mother of one child and instead of being 14 years, she was at least 21. These were not all tke claims willoh were tiled by the preachers, who found time in their work of salvation to en gage in the prosecution of pension claims. Among the other olaims was one for still another Mt F ?Han, who was alleged to have served in the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth regiment of engineers and who ls still a resident of this mundane sphere. McFarlan tells that so far. from serving in gen eral Sherman's division, be and bis master "ran for two years to keep away" from the army In question. columbia State. COLTJM <I A FEMALE COLLEGE. Hxoroisos Held for the Last Time in Present Quartern. The commencement exercises of tbe Columbia college were held Tuesday night in the auditorium, which for lt last time witnessed tbe fair scene, for ere another olass is Bent from within those walls the institution will be in quarters more befitting aid more ao oommedatlug f- r its needs. Tbe old building wbicb bas been doing a noble work since Its erection in 1850 will i no longer shelter the youth and beau ty of the Methodist denomination, but i will in all probability be given over to an even Qi bier cause. ; The hall was crowded to overfl >w- i lng Tuesday night when the exercises were opened by a plano Feleotion, by ? two of the students. These young ( ladles, Misses Woodley and Norton, | rendered the "Marches H?ro?que" In . a style that ri Heeled much credit i upon the college. At the conclusion ( of these soft strains Dr. J. W. Flinn ? delivered a short prayer asking the | divine blessing upon the institution i and all Its works. < Dr. W. W. Daniel, the president. ( then advanced and introduced to the < audience one who needed no Intrnduo ; lion to a Columbia audience, Dr. J. \ A. B. Soberer, president of Newberry < college. Dr. Soberer took as bis sub < jeot "The Century in Literature." ? Uis oration was a magnificent one, < and was greatly enjoyed by all who heard it. ( The visitors were next entertained , with a nocturne by Miss Pearl Nor ] ton, which was weil applauded, and ? then tbe president are sa and made a ? short aridrets to the members of the ( graduating class and took occasion to , announce the winner of the Sylvan ? o.edal which is given for the highest j average scholarship of the session i The winner, he said, was not present, , Caving been compelled to return hom-: but ni vertbelehs the name would be i announced and tbe prize sent to her. ( The young lady securing this much | c. veted prize was Miss Maud O wens , of Dunbarton. t The event which ls an epoch in the life of every student was at hand and ? Dr. Daniel called tho members of the , Blass forward and presented to th*1 m t the much desired diplomas. The fol- i lowing young ladles received their de ( trees: Lenore Ruth Ackerman, B. ? ?i.; Madge Esllng Bethune, B. A ; ? J ?.nie Laura Collins, B A.; Annie ( Elina Dargan, B. A.; Kate Glenn, B. , A.; Mattie May Morgan, B. A.; Attie k Ela Ph IUI ps, B. A.; Sarah Elizabeth E Reed, B. A. ? Certificates were given to the fol 0 lowing young ladies: Carrie Maude i bannon, Lurline Harvey, Lilian Louise ? Marchant, Mary Brignam Mu:s Lidie- i Ulenburg, Maude Ann Riley, Alma ( VanMetre, Ethel YanMetre, Carrie j Helle Vaughan, Marie DaLjiuhe i ?emp. . There was "a pretty incident that , book place after thc conferring of de crees when Dr. J. W. Daniel arose t ind on behalf of the gradua' ing class ( presented the popular president cf the ?liege, Dr.' W. W. Daniel, a bronze ( bust, of Lord Byron. Il9v. E. t) Watson, chairman of J the the board of trustees, came for- j ward and annunced tue glad tldiug that the new b idding wuuld he ready J when the students returned to theL v duties. j Gambling Did lt. 1 Lawrence W. Wiggins, at one time F a prominent merchant and cltl/.Mj of ! Marietta, G\ , cm mit ted suicide Sar- j u>-.'lay In a /ooni at Folsom's hotel ( n Marietta street, Atlanta, by cutting 1 his throat with a razor. Ile was at t,he head of the L. W. Wiggins Shoe \ Company, of Marietta, which failed about six months ago, and formerly 1 owned one nf the handsomest homes v !n Col b county, which is said to have ' ?one to pay gambling debt?. W:.g 1 ?ins married one of the handsomest 1 and wealthiest women In Marritta, 1 and abo with two young sons, survives him. His wife's fortune of some?75, OOO !s said to haw gone in tho same manner as bis other property, through ga ni bli: g, ?nd speculation. He was 45 years of a^e and lt 1B stld that no man In Marietta had brighter pros pects than did he several years ago before he became practically a slave to thc card table. Sixteen Inj urea. Sixteen men ar.d boys employed in the coal raine of the Inverness R ill way and Mining company at Inverness C. B., were injured Thursday hy an explosion of powder ab ut, 500 ieee down tiie slope. The physicians who attended the Injured say that all wl'd recover. The Injuries were chit li v caused hy powder cans, pick axes and other tools winch were hurled among the employes A spark from a miner's lamp is thought to have Ignited the powder. Death ol Hov. J. ?VI. Carlisle.I R^v. John M. Carlisle, aged 70 ypars, died at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. L. C. Jennings, Spartan burg, S. C., Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was for years a promi nent and ii linen; i al member of the S, uth Cand?na conference. He was noted for his piety and his attention to all duties as a pastor. His remains were burled in Oakwood csmetery Thursday afternoon. Hieam Killed Tbreo. Three men w^re killed by a sudden rush of steam In a boiler, which they wore repairing at the American Steel and Wire Company's furnaces at Cleveland, O., Wednesday. The dead: James Donahue, William McBride, unknown man. Several other men were slightly Injured. Fire ai Cordell-, Ga, In tho town of Cordelo, Ga., Wed nesday electric lights, telephones, telegraphs, street Tollways and other public conveniences were put out of nurlness by fire In tho business dis trict during tho evening that did up wards of 850,000 damages. Several stores were burned with tbclr con tents. WANTS A. BK0K1YKK For the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company Tho lotion in Drought in tho Inter est of An Angosta Stockholder, Who Own Many Shares. The papers in the suit of Henry H. Cummings, of Augusta, to break the loase of the Soulh Carolina and Geor gia railroad by the Southern railway, ?nd for the appointment of a receiver for the South Caro'ina and Georgia road, were tiled Friday in the cilice of the clerk of the circuit cjurt at Charleston. Tne Evening Post, of Charleston, jays the complaint was prepared by Attorney D. J. Southall, of Aiken, and is a very lengthy bill, containing numerous exhibits, which are made part of the complaint. The bill re sites tba?. CummlDgs is a stockholder Df the Southern railway, owning one hundred shares, and the reason of the mit ls that thc plaintiff believes that the continued control of the South karolina and Georgia road by the 1 Southern is to the detriment of the tlnauclal Interests of the Southern , railway, and the plaintiff having no jther means of relief, he has asked the jou't to intercede and give the de ?ir;d relief by appointing a receiver 1 md stiling the road, putting an end yt the present operation of the South I Jarollna and Georgia by the South- 1 jrn, which is declared to be in viola tion of tho c nstltutlon and the acts ( )f the Legislature. The bill reviews toe acquisition anti i ?ontrol of the Charlotte, Columbia and 1 Augusta, later the Carolina, Cumber- I ana Gip and Chicago, C troll na and 1 Midland, and last the South Carolina 1 ind Georgia, giving a detailed account jf the connections and rou* es of the ? road, the whole being to show the ? merging of the parallel lines which I ire complained of, and Iccidentally : .he alleged hurt to the cotton mills of I Aiken, Langley, Granitoville and : Warren, in the Increase of freight 1 rates through withdrawing the com- ? petition which formerly existed bs- ' 'ore the railroads were absorbed and I nade part of the system of the South- i jrn railway 1 The allegations of the merging and I ibsorptiou are further set out in the 1 .xhiblts, in which particular refer- I mees are made to suits which have jeen by various parties in Aiken and ' Drangeburg counties, and also by the attorney General in Kershaw county, I ill seeking tu break the lease of the imper ties under the constitution and i tots of the State, especially under ectlon 7, articU; 9. of the oonstlfcutton md the acts oi Maroh 2. ?897, which 1 provides a penalty of 8100 a day for ? :\vry day that the parallel line ls : ?eld and operated in violation nf the tct, the said penalty to be acquired n the c urta. The several suits In vikenanri Oraugeburg were instituted iy p .rtles seeking to have the penal ly assessed that they muy s cure their ) >rt.ion of the tine, in acjordanc- with ,he law. Ttie bill of complaint proceeds to ell of the large sum of money which las been expended In the mamtenance ' if the South Carolina and Georgia, ; lamage suits, etc , not tospertknf the jena'tty wnich ls bdng d;iily incur-ed 1 through tbe operation of tbe com pet ug line, in vlo allon of the law. The petition states that Instead of the south Carolina road being a valuable ihSe.t, it ls detrimental and burden ome .0 the Southern railway, and ls woik ng great damage anti injury to Hie itockho di rs. The c rporatlbn refuses ,o correct tho tro .hie, anrl t ii s ns tie ' usi.iticatloa of tue petitioner going n o t*>.e Federal court. The petition son ch; des: ''Wherefore, the premises consider id inasmucn as your orator is remind ess in a court of common law and can inly have relief in a court of equity vhere there matters and things are jroperly cognizable, your orator, ex iressly waiving discovery and answer inner oath from each and all of said lefendauts, humbly prays. "First That the sa,d Southern Rail way Company, its directors, otllcersand igtnts, ne perpetually enjoined from further holding or operating or at .empting to hold or operate, either di r-cely or Indirectly, sa:d South Ciro Ina and Georgia Railroad Company. "Second. That this court appoint itme tit and proper pcrs in as receiver to tak:) charge of, operate and control ?*aid S uth Carolina and Georgia Rail road Company, under approp.iate or ders and direction of this court, until uch time as the same can be sold mi rier the direction of this court. "Third. That this court, hy appro priate decrees in tue premises, direct and order the South C.irollna and Geor gia railroad to be sold at public or private sale, as the court may direct, bos une person, persons, or corporation, who will own, mahraiu and operate b'ne same in accordance with thc fun damental law of the State (>f South Carolina, and that the proceeds of mch salo be turned into the treasury af said Southern railway for tbci betie tit of irs stockholders. "Fourth. That the court will from Lime to time grant unto your orator iuch other and further relief as may to the court seem meek." Valuadlo Towboat SinkH. After completing a journey of 1,800 miles without mishap, thu towboat W. W. O'Neill, one of the largest lu the river service, struck an obstruction In the canal Wednesday and sunk at thc foot of Eighth street. C^pt. Car rollton and crew of 16 escaped. The boat, which is the property of the Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke company, is worth $100,000 and was returning from New Orleans with a big tow of empty coal barges. It I* believed the O'Neill can be raised. Navigation through the canal will not be interferer! with._ 100,000 Munday Mchool Children"" Anniversary Lay. a day which has made Brooklyn, N. Y., famous the world over, was celebrated their Wed nesday bv tho combined Sunday school associations of Brooklyn. One hundred thousand children took part In the parade, which ls the principal feature of the celebration. I Charged That Government Re ports Were Doctored. W BE INVKSTItfATKD; Secretary Wilson Says the Charges Are Ridiculous. Secretary Cheatbam, of the Southern Cotton Associ ation, Says He Has Docu mentary Evidence. A dispatch from New York to the Atlanta Journal says Riobard Cheat ham, of Atlanta, scctetary of the Southern Cotton Growers' a-sedation, who is in this city, has diclared his Intention of calling President Roose velt's attention to what he considers ?ress irregularities in thoth the pre paration and the publication of the government cotton report issued last Friday week. Mr. Cheatbam will make no charge of bribery or any other crime, but his intention is to ask for a rigid investi gation, and that the resignation of one of the hr portant employes lu the statistical bureau of the department of pgrlculture be demanded. It is understood that he chargea orne one in the department wi bb having manipulated the figures and given them lu advance o' publication to certain brokers for usc in depress ing the cotton market. The Southern Cotton Growers' as sociation is an organization of planters ind southern brokers, whose object it ls to regulate, so far as pt ssible, the icreage of cotton and ?o p Otcot thc planters and other southern interests from manipulation of the market tending to depress the price of the s:aple. Officers of the association, it ciare they have as many experts as the department of agriculture, and iiifike every effort to tr-cure the most trustworthy information regarding the crop condition. Foi several mun-, hs the statistics gathered by the associa tion have been ar. variance with thosc err anating from "Washington, and the Ulcers uf the association together .vit", i-rokcrs and colton merchants io ibis city h;,ve couducted a secret in vestigation lu the hope of ascertain ing the reasons for the discrepancy. A prominent broker, lt is now,j saleit; -fcs^fiAtisytcsOr.e.-aifiSu'"'iV?px>ii ; tant of documentary evidence in th jase. From employes of the depart ment of agriculture, be sa:, s, some or whom arc in the habit of making frequent visits to this city, be learned that advance information in regard to the reports could be secured He fol lowed up ibis Inquiry, ir quit ii g win ther or not the report has not '.eeo changed and allege* he was sue ;cssful in this endeavor, al.->o receiving leeters from at lease one of the prom Inent firms of cotton br-kers in thi - [illy had such sn m derstauding wltu it least one olriser. Mr Cheat ham was notified o' the alleged discoveries hy telegraph ano m .cir: a hurried trip to tins cit;.. Af ter many hours spent in con ulta Hon, he journeyed tu Washington, r .rua'U? d a few hour-, and returned to Nt w York, saving he desired signa tures to a document in his po1-, es i n. lt ts said Mr. Cl.path .m will barge that the figures of toe bureau i>f stans' i:s have b?-.:ti manipulated in the interests o? a certain bearish element lu thc market hern, and t- ds charge will it elude not only the fur ti shlnlng cf advance Information pertaining t i tbe government figures, hut alt-o falo!Sealion of these figures. In the case of i he report lshuad last Friday he will charge that plans were laid a month in advance. WHO THK OFFICER IS. Edward S. Holmes, Jr., is the name of the government official that will be repoitod to President Roosevelt, bj Richard Cheatbam, sreretary of tbs S uihern Colton Growers' As-oclation. S.eretary Cheatluim lt Is stated on excellent au:hunty, will tell Presi dent Roosevelt that not only was advance information concerning the g vernmeut report on cotton acreag:; and condition giv n out to bear opcr alors In New York, but that the figures of the report were deliberately manipulated si as to favor the market operations of the prominent Hp eula live interest Involved, by Influencing A 1 wer marke t valuation for cotton ?han ls warranted by the actual con did n of the growing crop. It is further charged that plans were laid pract leahy a month In ad vance to secure in this instance a bearish report, and that the clllchil accused, profiting by tho advantage.1, of his position, perfected arrange ments by which such result might be obtained. Secretary Cheatbam has in his possession, It ls said, numerous signed documents showing conclusive ly that the ligures of the government bureau on the colton acreage ana con dition have been manipulated in the iuterests of a certain bearish interest in the market. SAYS CH A KO KS AUK Ul DICUI.OU8. A dispatch from Washington says Secretary Wilson, at the conducion < f the- cabinet meeting said his attention had been called to the charges ot the Southern Cotton association that there had been a "leak" In the information gathered by the agricultural depart ment In regard to the cotton crop. De characterized tho charges as ridlcti lons. It was possible, he said, that nomebody connected with the depart ment bad been pretending to hav.. knowledge or the cotton figures de partment, but as a matter of fact lt was practically Impossible for anybody to obtain advance Information of any value. "The reports from the various states In the coltan belt," said he "and those from the field agents of thc department are received by tho statistician under seal and placed In a safe. Oo the day when tho to'als are to be footed and the estimates mado these reports are taken from the sate in tho pr?senos of ray ?elf the ?.tnt Mian and such assistants as we may need to do the work. Behind looked doors we examine the report and make up the report, which as soon ag we complete the task, ls given to thc public. . There ls no possibility | sn far as I can understand, of anybody | obtaibing advance information as to the report made public. I can con celv&tbat, by collusion with an agent here -or there in the country one might obtain a little information but it would be of no value whatever." S c "Wilson indicated Intention, howeyer of instituting an inquiry IntO'vJbhe oharges, with a view to | eliminating any possible fraud. Hf said so far as he knew, Mr. Hyde, the statistician of the department had no Idea of postponing his trip to Europe on aceount of the charges which had been blade public. WEATHER ABD CROPS. - Some. Improvement in Cotton, But Grxas Still Sct.ouH Drawl).-.ck. Following Is a report of crop condi tions^ made by Sec;lon Director Baueftg Thc -first of the week ending Mon day, June 5th, was warm, tho middle portion cool, and the CIOBO had normal temp?rature. There was widespread complaint that cool nights were unfa vorable on cotton. There was more | than the usual amount of sunshine over the western and central parts, and less then usual over the eastern parts.%There were local high, damag ing winds In tho northeastern coun ties ob-the 30th and 31st accompany ing thunderstorms. A large portion of the state had no I rain during tho week, but there wcre| heavy' rains in tho east central, east ern and southern counties on thc 30th and 8ist, further deifying faim work and increasing the foulness of corn and cotton. Farm work made rapid progress | over the larger portion of the state, but cultivation is difficult owing to the | rank growth of g ra* s and weeds and the rapid drying of tho soil which ren dt rs lt baked and crushed. The weath er was generally favorable for growth of crops, and there is a marked im p-ovement noted where they have been cultivated, but the gcueral condition of all field crops Is still poor. There ls a marked improvement in cotton which looks well where worked, especially on clay soils, but is still poor, fellow and small on sandy and gray soils, with less complaint of plantsiylng than last week. Lice are prevalent lu the central aud eastern counti??. There yet remains a small part, yt the crop to chop to stands. Favo :-lo progress was made In clean ing ii s ol grass and weeds, but I muer ' ' . foul, and some will be Sf" ??1 C o lu..!i: K*oiwtb.' fort ,rasfJ and the scarcity of laborers. First squares have been noted In many pares o? the state. Tho condition of corn ls variable, ranging from good to very poor, and much of the crop is suffering for want ?of cultivation. In many places it is . ello-v and undersized. Where pnp erly cultivated it ls fine. Bottom lan :s e edestructive In southern counties Rice looks fairly well. A large acre aye of June rice will be pla ted in the Georgetown district. Melons are late. Wheat ls being harve^ed anti the yields are pour, owing to rust and tf'0 much raia. Oafs a:e ripe, and be lng vt ne rally harvested, with yield riinkilug from excellent to poor. Sprinw o t- sontinuc promising. P aches are be'ng shipped; th? quality is g.-od, hut the fruit is sm- ll. in place , pt-acn i'S are rotting I adly. Gardens are do ing well, but need r,ilu lu the we-t. P "sfuros good. Minor crops generally prom! lng. Stio Ala ked a Miaiako. The following is toll of a couple vho attended the Wyoming state fair and stopped at one of the best hotels in Salem. About 2 a. m., the hus band was eiezed with severe stomach cramps and was almost frantic. His wife was very much frightened, but she knew something must he done quickly, so without putting on any clothes she started down stairs on the jump with naught on but her ''nigh ty." Running into the dining room she saw thb mustard cruet on the table. Emptying the contents into her handkerchief she started up stairs on the run and entered the first door ihe came. Here she saw a man lying on the bed, who tn the dim darkness she mistook for her husband, and gently tucking us his lingerie slapped the poultice on his abdomen. The man let out a howl and sitting up In b d sinn?ud: "Woman, what in the h-1 are you doing?" There was a shriek, a patter of feet on the hall ll >or and frightened half to death jhe poor Wife found her roora and suffer g husbtnd. She told him her trout les, and it tickled him SJ that his cramps took a change of venue. FooKlit lt Out. At Iielgrade, Servia, a street light occurred/it a pu olio square Wednes day afternoon between former Pre mier Basics and M. Nikollcs, the min ister of justine, Tne two met and ex change 1 a few words when M. Niko lia* suddenly struclt M. Paitos on the hoad with a stick. M. Pastes seizsd bis opponent by the threat but by standers Interfered and separated the combatants. The quarrel was the outcome of differences due the recent ministerial orisls. Minister Nikolos has resigned as a result of the truu ble. Tho Urjyann Go Abroad. Mrs. William J. Bryan and her daughter Grace palh-.d for Germany Wednesday for a long trip abroad. They will be joined carly In September by Mr. Bryan and the winter will be spent In some part of the Orient. Mr. , Bryan ls ROlng abroad especially to study the experiments of continental cities at municipal owr.ershlp and the railroad question. Ile expects to bc In politics when he returns Domoomtlo Viotory. A dispatch from Wheeling, W. Va., says Thos. D. Davis, Democrat, a brother nf nenry G. Davis, was elected as representative from the second district by at least eight hun dred majority over James P. Larkin, reversing a previous Republican ma jority. J AGREE TO PART Norway and Sweden Peacefully Dissolve Their Union. NORWAY WANTS KING Of Her Own, and the Old King ls Asked to Aid io the Selection of One of His Family to Rule Over Nor* way as a Seperate Na* tion. A dispatch from Christians, Norway, says King Oscar's refusal to sanction the bill passed by the storthing pro vldlng for a separate consular service for Norway culminated Wednesday in tbe passing of a resolution by the storthing declaring the dissolution of the union of Sweden and Norway and that the king had ce?".Ad to act as king of Norway. Aa address to the king was adopted declaring that no ill feel ing was entertained against him, bis dynasty or tbe Swedish nation and 11 asking him to cooperate In the selec- |1 tion of a young prince of the house of Bernadotte to occupy the tbrone of Norway. "Norway from today is a fully in dependent and sovereign state." Tlds is tbe text of tbe editorials in the Norwegian newspapers and it re dacts the spirit with which the people of Norway accept today's action of the storthing when lt proclaimed King 033ar no longer king of Norway. At its meeting Wednesday evening tbe storthing adopted a proclamation to the Norwegian people lu which ls (dven a detailed account of the events preceding the passing of the r?solu Linn, and In which the hope is express cd that they "will succeed In living in peace and on good terms with all and not tbe least with the Swedish people, to whom we are linked by so many natural ties." The proclamation con eludes as follows: "All otllcials, civil, military must In tvery respect yield that obedience which the government has the right to claim according to the authority 1 tiausferred to it by storthing in the name of the people of Norway. " The proceedings throughout the mo montous session of the storthing Wed nestlay were marked by supreme good order aruT.bv tho ntmosfcdi^it^-^Thc plans had been most carefully prepar ed and nothing bad been omitted to secure the inauguration of a new gov ernment under the bo t auspices. That the feeling was Intense was evidenced by the great gathering of people outside the storthing during the early session, and after the an nouiicement of the result of the pro ceeding1- a quiet respect was shown the members as they left the building The crowds were especially respect ful in their ovation to M. Michelson, the retiring premier. The storthing will, If necessary, de fend the step taken Wednesday by force of arms. M. Arctander will be Norway's first foreign minister. Ile is now chief of the departments of commerce, navl gatton and industry. lt is learned that Crown Prince Gus tave will return from Berlin immedi ately. It ls understood that an extraordl nary hesslon of tue Swedish riksdag will be called June 20, if not earlier, as thc result of Wednesday's action of the storthing. HOW SWKDKN TAKES IT. A dispatch from St> ckholm, Swe den, says the Norwegian coup d'etat was answered here Wednesday by a great patriotic demonstration of loyal ty to and sympathy with King 0.?car A great procession, accompanied by bands, went to Rosendal castle, where tho bands played the national anthem lu a few minutes the king and other members of the royal family appeared on a balcony of the castle and were enthusiastically cheered by the demon ntrators, while a number of ladles ad vanced from the crowd and presented tho king with a bouquet. Though greatly excited over the situation, the pi pulace remains outwardly calm King Oscar held a council Wednesday evening at which the situation was considered. The dissolution of the union be tween Sweden and Norway has been pending for some time and had Its growth In the desire which grew stronger as time passed for thc estab lshmc-nt of separate consular systems for the two countries. One of the cauhes for the desire in Sweden and Norway for separate con sular systems was the fact that Swe den ls protectionist and Norway ls for free trade and alao because of Norway's more extensive s.'a trade and other divergencies of commercial Interests. KUUOl'K SVHt'HISED. A dispatch from Loudon says the revolution In Norway, though antitlp ated arid peacefully effected, has come) upon Europe w!th unexpected sudden ness and tho question is usktd with somo anxiety whether lt will moan International complications. liad Rus sia not been involved lu a dilllcult war in the far east it is doubtful whethor I Norway would have taken tho prisent | momentous step which is not likely to be regardod with approval by Eu ropeon powers. The fact that tho coup d'etat ls not unlikely to eventu ate In the establishment of a Nor wegian republic would alone be a rea son why the step should not commend | itself to the monarchical powers. lt ls nowhore thought that King Oj ear will consent to a juulor member | of his family becoming king of Nor-' way. This proposal is regarded as aa attempt to palliate the blow to the de posed king and tho opinion of Engll 1 newspapors is that the suggestlou ls| quite Impracticable The consular dltUoulty ls supposed to be only au outward manifestation of tbedeepseated separatist aspirations of the majority of Norwegians. British sympathies appear to be strongly on tbe side ot Sweden and King Oscar. The Morning Post expresses tbe very general view in suggesting thr.t it ls eminently a case for The Hague trib unal. _ DESTROY MILLIONS. Bugs Cost too Country Moro Than tho Government. If we are to believe the Agricultu ral Department, the United States is a very buggy country. According to the department bugs eat up annually more than lt costs to maintain the government, including what we pay for warships, for the navy and thc army, the Philippines and the Panama canal. Here ls what we annually lose by bugs: Cereals. $200,000,000 Hay and forage. 53,000,000 Cotton. 50,000,000 Toba3CO. 5,300,000 Truck crops. 53,000,000 Sugars. 5.000,000 Fruits. 27,000,000 Forests and products_ 111,000,000 Miscellaneous crops. 5,800,000 Animal products. 175,000,000 Products in storage. 100,000,000 Total.$785,100,000 And here what is charged up against the various kind of bugs: Grasshopper ..'.$ 50,000,000 Chinch bug. 60.000,000 Hessian fly. 40,000,000 Corn-root worm. 20,000,000 Corn-worm. 20,000,000 Cotton-boll weevil. 20,000,000 Ootton-boll worm. 12,000,000 0 >tton-leaf worm. 8,000,000 Codling moth of apple... 20,000,000 Potato bi g. 8,000,000 ?rain weevil. 10,000,000 Army worm. 15,000,000 Cabbage worm . 5,000,000 San Jose scale. 10,000,000 1298,000,000 This only-lncludes fourteen varie bies of bugs, so about 8500,000,000 ls to be laid up against the others. Yet we live, yet we are prosperous and manage to export several Ininti re ' millions of food studs and cotton each ppar. It might ba added that th* Agricultural Department) takes no ac ? >unt of the destruction worked by tbe "hurrbug." Will Tako No More. Owing to the overcrowded condition if the various wards the authorities if tbe South Carolina Hospital for the insane at Columbia are taking step1* to see that the law passed in 1902 ex buding non-residents from the hos pital and directing their deportation From this st ate to other states, or, in :asc of foreigners, their removal from ? the United States through the depart Dent of state at. Washington. The board of regents recently reported te the governor on the su eject, calling apon the probate judges throughout the state to guard the interests of the State by refusing to s:-nd to tbe hos pital all prospective patients who are not residents of this State. There is now a dally average of 1,250 patients In the hospital. Last year tbe ad missions amounted to over 500 and up to June, of this year, 323 new patient - have been taken in. The consequence Ix that all the room ls need for South Carolinians. The report sets forth that in spite of the law the probate judges have been careless. Twenty tive non-resideuts have betn recelye? and thirteen of these are still Inmate of the hospital. Weddinjt Postponed. A special from Spartanburg to The State says Mrs. S. T. D. Lancaster died at her home at Pauline in thai county Monday, June 6, being sud (Jenly stricken with paralysis whih the ceremony uniting the lives of her daughter, Miss Birdie Lanoaster, and Mr. W. P. Westbrook of Marlboro county was being pronouced by the Rev. L. M. Roper. Thc death was peculiarly sad, and the atmosphere of joy, happiness and bliss was trans formed to gloom, woe and despair. The bridal party had assembled in the parlor of the home, and friends and their relatives were in attend ance, rejoicing with the happy youug couple, when the tinal summons came with shocking suddenness to the mother of the bride. Mrs. Lancas ter's sudden attack of apoplexy and death caused the postprnment of the wedding. She was stricken as the bridal couple entered the parlor, ID which she was sitting. Two Boya Cremated. The bodies of two boys who mot a horrible death by cremation on the beaoh Wednesday have been Iden tilled as those of Ordner J. Delanov and William Jeffries, both of Atlantic City, N. J., a-^cd 7 and 5 years re spectively. The two boys were iosep arable companions. They had gone to a bush heap of pine trees on the beaoh front at New Hampshire uve nue, which trees were to ?3 used to build a j jtty. They dug a hole be ne.ith tlie pile arid crawled under. It is believed they had matches for soon the brush was ablaze and before the boys could crawl out they were ore mated. Their oharred bones were scarcely recognizable. Firemen who responded to put out the blaze did not kunw the boys were under the brush until a horseman lifted one end of the brush to get a stream of water un its it. He then saw the two bumed bodies side by side. It lt aunt From tho Navy. Leo Fleishman, the runaway boy from Now York, who was discoverer as an en Its ted hospital apprentice at the Norfolk naval training station last month, after his parents had spent over $10,000, In sn unsuccessful effort to locate him, Wednesday wat? released from tho navy and will leave for his home In New York, a'-com panted by his cousin, Miss Wilhelm, who arrived there Wednesday and met him. Five Firemen Injured. Five firemen were injured ar.d one, Johan Corbish, will probably die, while ??gbtlng a bad Ure In a warehouse of thc New York Dock Company, Brook lyn, Wednesday morning. Tho mon were at work on tho roof when lt HU I denly gave way, burying them In the burning cotton They were rescued unconscious by fifteen of tholr fellow firemen, who dashed into the burning building at the risk of their own lives. TAKE THE LIFE Of Rojestvensky Rather than Have Him Recaptured WAS JAPANESE PLAN, The Guard Was Instructed to Kill the \dmlral in Persuancc of Agreement Made With Russians to Allow Rojestvensky to Remain on the Bedovl. A dispatch from Tokio under date of last Saturday says two torpedo de? stroyers which have returned to Sase bo furnish details of the capture ot Vice Admiral Rojestvensky. The de stroyers Kasuml Usuhamo, Sazanaml and Kagerou were ordered to attack the Russian warships the night of May 27, and were steaming ahead wben they suddenly encountered & number of Russian ships. The Kasu ma narrowly averted a collision with a Russian orulser, the closeness of which seems to have saved the de stroyers from being damaged by the heavy fire which the Russians directed on them. Durlug the Russian attack the ves sels forming the destroyer flotilla di vided. The Sazinami, and Kageru continued the search for Russian ships throughout the night, and in the morning discovered two torpedo boat destroyers. One of them steamed away, but the other was unable to do JO. On approaching the latter, the Japanese discovered a white flag flying from the foremast and the Red Gross Hag astern. She proved to be the Bidovi with Admiral Rojestvensky and bis staff cn board. Tue Bedovl dgnalled that her engines were dam aged and that she was short of coal ind water. An armed guard was sent on board the Bedovl to receive her surrender. The Russians requested the Japa nese not to remove Admiral Rojest vensky and the other officers on ac count of their wounds, and the Japa nese complied with the understanding that the guard would before leaving .elli Rojestvensky in the event of the delay leading to a meeting with Bus dan ships, thus running the danger of 'Uoecaoture. . Tb.a~Sanza.haml fan i dne to the Bedovl and began towing aer. The line parted twice. In the morning the Sazanaml met the Japanese cruiser Akashl which conveyed the two destroyers to Sasebo. During the trip, the destroyers en xmntered heavy seas and their decks were awash during part of the time. Rear Admiral Rojestvensky ls resting well with no dangerous symptoms and ils speedy recovery seems oertain. Thc officers of the Russian battle ship Orel have declined to accept pa role. They have been given an addi tional day to further consider the question. Three Russians at Manila. Rear Admiral Enqulst, who was commander of the heavy cruiser squad ron of the Russian fleet In the late oattle, arrived In Manila bay at 0 o'clook Saturday evening on board his Hag ship,, the protected cruiser A mora, accompanied by the protected cruisers Ole? and Jemtchug. All the vessels were more or less damaged, md there were many wounded men on board. Rear Admiral Train on ooard his flag ship, the battle ship Ohio, with the Wisconsin, Oregon, Raleigh and Cincinnati, was outside Corregidor Island manoeuvring when .he Aurora saluted with thirteen v'uns, and the Ohio answered. Ad miral Train and his squadron ac companied the Russian vessels to Ma nila. Kl r.f? tt o cl Train Tor A. Chew. While a fast freight on the New York Central road was speeding along dast of Rome, N. Y., before dusk one evening the attention of the engineer was attracted by a man standing on .he track ahead frantically giving the stop signal. The train was brought XiO a halt. The engineer dimed down ? rom his cab and asked the fellow what was wanted. "Give me a chew .jf tobacco," said the man. The train vent on to Rome, where the incident was reported. Officers went to the 33ene of the hold-up on a shifting en gine and arrested the individual, who was found importuning a switch tender for a chew of tobacco. He gave the name of James Hill. Five Cnn vic oi Hilled. A dispatch from Biscayne, Fla., iavs five negro convicts at the county camp at Oiuo were blown to atoms by i y inimit? Thursday night. Dyna mite in large quantities is used in road building and the negroes had .lecome careless in handling lt. The bodies of the dead osnviots were in ?very cave badly torn and mangled. One, that of Henry Jones, was blown 300 feet Into the branches of a tree, "here it was subsequently found. The exact cause of the explosion will never b.) known, though it ls attribut ed to the disohargo ot a dynamite oap which set off a box containing 160 pounds of the deadly explosive. Got What Ile Deserved. 0.i Wednesday at Portland, Ore gon, Charles McGlnty, a wife beater, suffered 20 lashes cn the bare back, hoing thc first to suffar under the new State law. Thc lashing was performed by the county Jailer under the direc tion of the sheriff and a physician. The whip was a braided blacksnake mado of rawhide with four lashes. McGlnty, after being sentenced, waa hustled to jail where he was stripped to the waist. His manacled hands were tied toa door in tho jail corri dor high above his head. Blood wai drawn at the fourth blow. McGlnty writhed and groaned strained at the manacles binding his wrists.