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m \ VOL XVII. IT WON'T WORK. i What Senator Tillman Says About Senator Morgan's Scheme TO COLONIZE THE NEGROES. It Would Cost Too Vuelt Monoy 1 and Would Not Solve the Npkimi truest ion in llic South. A dispatch from Washington savs Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama, has succeeded after two ycras of endeavor in interesting the war departin mfc and incidentally President. Roosevelt in a plan to use the Philippine islands in colonizing the negroes of the United States. The war department lias made arrangements to test tjic practical possibilities of the plan and tlie president has sent a special envoy, T. Thomas Fortune, a ; negro leader, to the Philippine islands to make investigation and report on the conditions there. It is tiie Alabama senator's purpose in the future to start legislation in } congress for the movement to coloni/.o the negroes in the Philippines. He has not pushed this part of his work because he believes the time is not ripe yet for legislation; the farmers of the south, he says, think they need the negro now and until conditions are in ore favorable ho will within.!.! the proposed legislation, lie believes, J however, that the move now under l way will result eventually in millions i of the negroes emigrating to the Philippine islands and working their own salvation out. This, he says, is ! the solution of the grave negro question whieh now confronts the Anieri- ' can people. Senator Morgan's plan is to incorporate for the negroes, steamship transportation companies; to give them homesteads of about twenty { acres each in the island and to give them the best possible commercial advantages. The plan would not deprive them of their protection under t he j Hag of the I nlted States: it would not deprive them of citizenship, of which they are proud, and it would enable them to become a self-sustaining and prosperous race of people, because the land in the Philippine island is extremely rich and fertile. Thecllma e is exactly suited to the negroes' pin cial and industrial character, he says. Under this plan Senator Morgan be lieves great numbers of t he negroes, but not all of them, of course, would go to the islands. WHAT TIM.MAN SAYS. A dispatch from Washington to The State says Senator Tillman is politically and emphatically opposed to Senator Morgan's plan of utilizing the Philippines as a colony for negroes. Commenting on the scheme the South Carolina senator said: "It seems we never go beyond the penetrating stink of this iily-whito-andblaek-and-tan business, l.t is continually popping up in one form or another. First it is giving the negro his rights then it, is eliminating him from politics, with the educational question and colonization schemes following close in the rear. "I tell vou none of these nlans will ever succeed, thai is, from the humanitarian point of view and the, American people will insist upon that! being taken under consideration. Now, ; say that the negroes are taken to the j Philippines, there will he the cost of transportation to the Pacilic ocean, ot i the ocean voyage, of the preparation I of some temporary habitation until they are able to provide for them-: selves, and feeding them until they j raise, harvest and market their tirst crops. "If this is all the government intends to do for them, why t he item of expense would be something enormous. It would he necessary to tax the people to the point of oppression. Suppose such apian is put into practice by the government possibly with hurrahs, camp meeting fervor, and promises of j paradise, 2,000,000 people might be induced to go to the islands, hut then 1 you would have 7,000,000 left. The removal of 2,000,000 negroes is not! going to solve the problem. The face % breeds so fast that the 2,000,000 gap would he filled in no time and you ; still have that great expense on the other side of the Pacific ocean. "His too much like the tO-acreoule scheme t hat was suggested at th Acloso of the war. Most of the plans "fc suggested, I believe, as the result ^f speeches by negroes who have a.jtuired some education and the gift of sAh, like Thomas Fortune for instanc' \n blowhard who goes around lecturinyjn a highfalutin way. Why he has cfon made talks about advising the negroes to arm and assert them-! selves." , L I ? I liner Tmrnlltnti V f '"or the lirst time in the history of the Methodist Episcopal church since i the Civil War, commissions from the ! north and sooth have arranged to hold a joint meeting on interests of like importance to both branches. This will occur on the loth of next month, j when a commission of the church ; north of eleven members, who have In ; process of preparation a new hymnal for the denomination, will meet with a similar commission of eleven men from the church south at Nashville, Tcnn., fertile purpose of considering the adoption of the same book for! both branches of the church. t THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. I'fiiH hrcndod Disease Mas Appeared 1 in New \ ork. A (1 isf?:it <-l 1 from New York says I hreo cases of bubonic plague are under treatment* in the Swincburn Island ; hnsnitul at Ounrnntine. The sufferers i * ;irc the first and second cooks and t he second steward of the Prince line, steamer Saxon Prince which arrived 1 from Durban. South Africa, at New York Wednesday, when on inspection of the crew three were found to tie ill. A thorough examination of the patients convinced Health Olticer Doty that they all had the. symptoms of t he plague and they were taken to Swine burn Island where cultures were made, j The result-of the examination there confirmed the diagnosis made at the 1 inspection. L The history of the cases makes a | complete chain of infection from the time of the exposure of the first man ( at Durban to the time of the arrival. 1 The crew were ashore at Durban, and t it is undoubtedly there that the (lis-j. ease was contracted. One patient is , convalescent, hut the other t wo aire j still under treatment. All three men J slept together in a small compartment. The total number of t he crew is.'n. There are live passengers on , board, a woman and four children. The steamer will he sent to sea to discharge t he waiter and sand ballast taken on boatrd at Durban. She will t lien ret urn to (Quarantine, when the passengers and crew will tie transferred toliolTmaui island, where they will be held for ten days for observation. The elTccts of aill will he thoroughly disinfected and the steamer: will be washed and disinfected in every part, before being released. Dr. j Doty says that there is no danger of a spread of the plague as the whole, matter is well ill hand. j OUR RAILROADS. < Tin* onieial Figures of the l^roscnl i Year's ItusiiicHx. I i The State railroad commission is , ( now hard at work on the preparation - < of its annual report. All of the llg- J ures are in from the various railroads ' linos and the synopsis of the earnings ( have boon made up for the iutrodue- j lory portion of t lie report. This I synopsis shows a handsome increase ' in the gross earnings for tlie year ' ending June .'10th last, over those of ' the preceding year, and an average ' net income per mile of $1,341.76 as ( against $1,327.09 for 1001 and $1,2511.- 1 50 for 1000. The summary for the year ending j' June .'10th last is as follows: Earnings from all sources $11,788,- ' 040.52. 1 Total expenses, less taxes; mainto- ' nance of way of structures; mainte- 1 nance of equipment: conducting trans- ' porta Lion: general expenses $7,074,- ' i:J0.05. 1 Earnings from operation $4,111,- 5 800.57. 1 Taxes $472,171.14. 1 Income, less llxed charges and taxes $:i, 040,500.24. i Increase in gross earnings over earn- < ings of 1901, $648,507.94. ' (iross earnings per mile $.'1,845.15. < Operating expenses per mile $2,- | 504.15. I Average income, all lines, less ex- < penses per mile, 1002, $1,.'1 11.70 ; Average income all lines, less ex- l penses per mile, 1001, $1,327.00. This showing is a good one and indicates that the roads have enjoyed an 1 excellent business notwithstanding 1 there were practically no unusual events to run tlie volume of business I up. The tabulated statement showing the growt h of the railroad mileage ' from 183.3 when 1.37 miles were in operation to this year when the mileage < reaches the handsome total of .3,004.00 miles, is also complete. There 1 were 37.59 miles of new steam railway line built during the year, against .39 miloK tlif> nrnnnpflitu* unnr r.wwvw^....P) .7 ??* A <:<?!?! Wuvo. The forecast of sudden changes in 1 I lie weal her serves not ice l hat a hoarse i voice and a heavy cough may invade | the sanctity of health in your own home. Cant ious people have a hot t le of One Minute Cough Cure always at hand. K. II. Wise, Madison, (hi., writes: '*1 am indebted to One Minute ! Cough Cure for my present good : health, and probably my life." It : cures Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, l?ronchit is, I'nuemonia and till Lung trou- i tiles. One Minute Cough (Jure cuts t he phlegm, draws out the inllamation . heals and soothes the mucous mem- ' branes and strengthens the lungs. Dr'.K. Norton. The Crew Drowned. Sixteen men, officers and crew, of | the Iirltish coal steamer Marlay are believed to have been drowned as a result of the foundering of their vessel. The Marlay left Liverpool for Dublin, loaded with conl. .She ox-1 perienccd heavy weather In midchan- j no). A lifeboat was lowered, but was washed av.ay with one man in it. The 1 sailor was rescued: he declares be saw 1 t he Marlay sink. Kodol Dyspepniu dure. Digests all classes of food, tones and : st rengt hens t he stomacli and digest ive I organs. Cures Dyspepsia. Indigestion, ; Stomach troubles, and makes rich red ; blood healt h and strength. Kodol re builds wornout tissues. purl lies, ( st rcngt hens and sweetens t lie stomach. k Gov. G. NV. Atkinson, of W. Vn., says: I have used a number of bott les of Ko- ( dol and have found it to be a very ef- 1 feet Ive and. indeed, a powerful rente- < dy for stomach ailments. I recommend it to iiiv friends. I I)rl lil. Norton. ( CONWAY, S. ( A SAD STORY. V Stranger Dies in the County Almshouse at Columbia. TIS HOME WAS IN CHESTER. PA. Mysteriously l>lMnp|>cui*e<l on llis Way 1'roni llis Homo lu W iiinsltoro, Wlu'ro lie \Vas to Work. tohn Dougherty, who left his home n Chester. Pa., on the 2<ilh of last \ugust, died in the almshouse in Coil in hi a, on the .'list of that month, iiid it, appears that his relatives have icon unaware of his demise. The llsappearaiico of the expert stone enter was the subject of some concern to hose who were interested in him, ind the following appeared in the Wlnnsboro correspondence in The state of Wednesday: "August Uiitli John Dougherty left lis home in Chester, Pa., to come to j .vork in one of the quarries of Pair-, ield county, and that is the last that ! ias been heard of htm. 11 is baggage | was checked to Columbia and a few lays ago was delivered over by the railroad authorities to be returned to >iis relatives. The railroad company ias in its possession 11is ticket, which ivas bought by the owner of the quarry who remembered the number, and lis disappearance was after he readied , Charlotte, for the ticket was punched ; for the whole trip. Mow lie disappeared is a mystery, and his friends, who liave begun a trace id' him, are apprehensive that he will never be seen igain. lie was about no years old." The State says l lie at tent ion of t lie l.'ev. T. J. Ilegarty of St. Peter's J Catholic church was attracted by this Item and lie called at The State olllec : Wednesday morning and gave t he information that Dougherty had died in tlie almshouse. Pather Ilegarty I mive the unknown the burial of thecal holie church. (< ,( C M lt,Mi<vl.iwa ,.I,?/.( i l?> I v r * IV/I l\ \M I outity board of commissioners, was isked for information in regard to Lhe sad case. lie called up Mr. .J. I). I Dial, supeirhitendent of the alinsliou.se, and the latter told all that lie knew <d' the case. Mr. Dougherty was sent to the county home on the i.Sth of August, the commitment papers having been signed by Capt. Dwell 1 >aly, chief of police. The old gentleman was wailed on by Dr. Karlc, county physician (now deeeas d.) Mr. Dougherty's collapse and leath was unexpected and thoollicers ind inmates of the institution knew nothing of his antecedents or of his employment, li was known that his name was John Dougherty and that lie was a stone cutter by trade. The lcceased had a watch and $1.15 in change when he was taken to the llmsiiousc. Mr. Dial did not remenil)er what was the specillc cause of death. Capt. Douglass added to the above Information that the almshouse is a ounty institution, but is placed at Llio disposal of the city in cases of imergency and that commitment papers from the otlice of the chief of police do not pass through the hands >f the county oilicials. The cottages it the almshouse arc clean and comfortable, but this is not a hospital with a stalf of physicians and with trained nurses. It is the county's home for those who are worn out and unable to light the battle of life. Mr. Dial ministers to the sniveling as best he can, and the inmates of the institution attend their sick companions whenever t hey themselves are able. The county physician visits the home t wice a week and responds to all calls. The need of a large hospital here is emphasized by just such sad cases as that of John Dougherty, although there is nothing to indicate that constant attention of nurses would have restored him to health. When Chief Daly was asked about the case he remembered very distinctly that Dougherty came to him and asked to be sent to some place where he could rest up and recuperate. Capt. Daly described him as an elderly man, norhans HO vears old. and the chief's impression was that he was not a sick man hut that ho was broken down aid needed to rest up. in reply to in inquiry why he had not sent Dougherty to the Columbia hospital, the chief said that lie did not think Dougherty was ill enough for that, ind on account of the crowded conlit Ion of the Columbia hospital it is ustomery to send such eases to the ilmshousc. Hi; had been surprised to j bear of Dougherty's death and had j tried, but failed, to lind out whence be bad come. Ifas No Vessels Heft. The New York Herald's special correspondent at Caracas calls attention 1 U> the pertinence of President Castro's I reply to the Anglo-German order t hat no Venezuelan warship leave the harbor of LaCuayra after December is. President Castro answered that as the vessels of ICngland and Germany had ilready either confiscated or sunk all the ships of Venezuela's little navy ind not overlooked the Ossun, Yene- I uiela's only commercial vessel avail- , thle as a transport, lie bcKtfcd to inrorm tlieni that Venezuela had no vessels left in the harbor of La Luayra >r elsewhere, except such its might lie lishing smacks or rowhoats. in view )f these facts he regarded the order forbidding vessels of the Venezuelan tleet to leave that harbor after De3emher is as superfluous. THURSDAY, 1)K( WILL GIVE IN. Leading Citizens Advises President Castro to Yield to Force. FULL POWER GIVFN MR. BOWEN, i The American Minister, to lUlVct a T? I'liiinat ion of llio I'i'OHOiit Dillictilt Ioh Willi Iii'iinI Harm io Vciio/.iiclii. The news from Venezuela is iin>i;e tranquil. It has been decided that 1 t lie Venezuelan dlllleulty shall bear-:' bitratcd, and t tie discussion of terms or settlement is now ifoiutf on. United I States Minister Howen undotibtedly v will be one of the arbitrators. The 1 government fears that coercive meas- . tires will follow the establishment of the blockade. 1 The leading citizens of Caracas have 1 addressed a joint note to President ' Cast ro asking him to u'ive full powers 1 to United States Minister Howcn to.' elVect ;i termination of the present (lit- j V lieulty. This note was t ransmitted to 1 President Castro at l o'clock Wednes- ' day afternoon. It is signed hy till the I leading merchants, htinkers and a^t i- k cultural interests of Caracas. It re- ? tlects truly t he eonsensus of current 1 opinion anions the business element of 1 Ibis eity. The men who signed the j note will meet twain tonight to (lis- i 1 cuss ways and means of obtaining 1 money with which Venezuela call c meet her obligations, as well ;is the 1 guarantees which it will be possible to ' oiler to creditors. The not is as fob : lows: Caracas, Dec. 17, I'.'('2. ' To the President of the United States ( of Venezuela. 1 Sir: The undersigned having met 1 with the niiroose ( f oll'erini/ their aid ! to the Rovernment <>l' Venezuela in s the present eoullicthiR situation, which lias been created by t lie aRRres- ' sive attitude of Hcrmauy and (ircat N itrit tin and upon your request to Rive 1 our opinions in writtiiiR we address N you in the following terms: !c in view oft lie acts of violence al- i:1 ready commit,ed and of the absolute ;N impotence of Venezuela to meet ' force with force in response to the :i allied forces of Hcrmany and Croat |l liritian and in view of the fact that ( Venezuela has exhausted all the * means required by civilization and ' diplomacy to put an end to the pre-;' sent situation, and the Roverument ' and the people of Venezuela baviiiR N complied honorably and wort hi ly to the {( demands ol national honor, we con- ' sider, with all due respect, that the i' moment to yield to force has arrived. 1 We therefore respectfully recoin- 1 mend that full powers lie Riven to v the minister of the I'nited states of s North America, ushiR ijim to carry out proper measures to terminate the c present conlliet in I lie manner least ( prejudicial to the interests of Vcnc- 1 zuela. N The note is siRncd by about 200 * prominent citizens of Caracas. y I'KOI'bB DKSI5UT III M. ) DuriiiR the last ten days President ' Castro lias acted with extraordinary ' cncrRy. He lias transformed Che en- : tire count ry into a vast camp, havhiR ( raised more than -10,000 men, whom ' he has well armed, equipped and 1 transported from every direction to j I.a (iuayra and Puerto Cabcllo, in the expectation that the allies would at- f tempt to land at one or hot li of those ' IV.il.lu lint t l.nw, l,..u lww?? .. ..I......... j/wi 111 i ?*? u uii\ i \ , nan ? pizt:11 a * ikim^u j ot feeling, and the prominent men of ( Venezuela who were at one time ready 1 to lead the people in the defense of ' t heir country, now consider that justification to take the men of the repub- 1 lie away from their families and their ' work does not exist They have re- ( solved to discover a means to brim; 1 about arbitration, or at least treat * with the allies. The means sought Is thought to lie through the United ' States legation and satisfactory results are on , every hand expected to : follow. A member of the ministry I said to the correspondent of The As- : soclated Press: "The United States has not prevented the allies from as- ' sailing us, but it has obliged them to accept our terms." ITALIAN MINISTKH LKAVICS. The Italian minister left Caracas Wednesday morning. At 8 o'clock j Minister Ifowmen went to the Italian legation in a state carriage, accompa- ' nied 1 ?y Secretary Kussell and took the Italian minister, Signor de Itlva , and the Italian consul, Signor Uaz- , zurell, and conducted them to the ; railroad station, where they were1 met by the leading Italian resl- ( dents of Caracas. Mr. Mowcn then i/"n/imt\'m!/ol mh?!.i .<? * ? ? . I.. ? * 1 [iv.vuuip?iiiru WIJU Illillinbcr U) I1IK COiU'll I shook hands with him and handed him papers and cigars for his Journey i to La Guavra. The Venezuelan newspapers are still ignorant of the fact that the Italian minister presented an ultima- ; turn to the Venezuelan government Tuesday afternoon and therefore there were no crowds at the railroad stat ion and no hostil demonstration. The | city is quiet. A 8C1IOONKit CAPTl UICD. The German cruiser l?aIke, which has heen anchored for the past two days at the entrance of Lake MaracaitMi, Thursday, captured the Venezuelan schooner Victoria. After cut- j ting down Iter mainmast , thus disabling her, the Germans abandoned the vessel. This action has caused great indignation among the Venezuelans and excitement runs high at Maracaiho, where the people have heen parad-1 ing the streets utter cries against Great Britain and Germany. fSI ^ ^ ^ KM P, VAl1!)<)'2. (JEN. liKK ON Cl'ltA. Nn Address Before the Patrica Club 1 of New York. 'I I LOWING UP OF THE MAINE , 11 11 Spanish Out rami's Wt'fc Itrpoitrtl t<> i ('It'vcliuid, lint lit' I'ititl \n \ttrillion to Tliriii. Triluil * t In McKlnlry. s i ! nitii ,.il l.Mt .1i...,li I ..II 1 I... I v* * ? v i m i ill i I i)/(< 11114 II UVC IIP' lie nib rs of t he I'at rica club re cut |y 1 if Ni'W 'S' ?i k mi "The I'nil fd Slates I' md Cuba." I In s iid, in part: I "Cuba was never so well governed a iy Spiin as she i> to lav. Congress vearied ol the wars in Cuba and pass- sl si rcsolut ions recognizing the right ol 51 ndligereney of the revolt it ionlsls. riieii eame I ho war. 1 * * 1 want to say that I reported to a 'resident Cleveland the exact condi* ' ion of alfairs that existed there. I v eporl.ed tho rebellion with all its ' nutalil les and horrors and told liiin s; hat It would continue for several P fenerations it not brought to a speedy ' aid. M r. Cleveland gave no at tent ion ^ o my reports and It was not nnt.il v hat great man now sleeping; Ids last t deep in Canton, Ohio, took charge of <* drains in Washington that these afro- P ions conditions were brought to an h mil. a "Cuba is well worthy of the at ten- P ion of the American people. It is the ' idlest soot, on < Sort's green cart h. No suintry can ever rival Cuba in its o inducts, it. has been awaiting for lalf a century for American energy s< 11 id enterprise. If we had not suerilerd wisdom for sentiment, we would tr iwii t.'uli.i today. When we did have ' Cuba we should have held on to It., nit some of 1 he people wanted to show ,v lie world that they were ading for Sl inmanltx's sake, and not for the pus- u essioti of territory. M "I'rior to the war with Spain when | P was consul general In Cuba there j h vere repealed at tempts to assassinate 1 ne. Wherever I went I had to sit. j' vith my hack to the wall and my hand ' ii iiiv si\ snooier. i received twenty ?' iiid thirty letters a day in which 1 Sl vas threatened with all manner of sl loaths. Sonic threatened to waylay i nid st rangle me: others to string me | ip to the nearest lamp post, and still ^ ithers to tie me to a horse's tail and Irag me around t lie streets of Havana. | Vive Spanish women called at my of- j. Ice one afternoon and handed me a .v etter from some Spanish olllcers in j , vlilch they 1 hroatened to come to my !j illlce, tie me hand and fool, put me j. ihoard the Maine and drive me out of he harbor. I received reports that j1 ven the Cubans wanted to kill me be- | . :ause they believed that by so doing |* var with the United States would 1 ;urely result." ''When soiik.' of these reports were :urrent, :i man came into my olllee,', me day wit h t he purpose, as 1 I ^ /bought, of killing me. lie moved to- 1 vard me inch by inch, and just as lie ame within reach I had him covered villi my gun. I asked him what lie ( varitcd, and to my surprise, lie said n Fnglish, I have just come from Jeneral Gomez's camp sulTering from j i wound in the thigh. I want to leave . 'uba. 1 want to go back to the Uni- ( ed States.' I asked him where he jamc from and he said, in the drawlest kind of a way. 'From Kansas.' That man was Frederick A. Funston. so you see I had much to do with the ' ater capture of Aguinalrlo." ^ General Lee then related the inoi- I1 louts that followed the blowing up of /lie. batt leship Maine and told of Gen. Iflanco's action after the catastrophe. 1' "I want to say here and for all s bine," lie continued, "that General d I'.lanco and bis ollleers had no more to ' lo with the blowing up of the Maine u [/ban had the people of New York t Uity. It is my belief that some of the young olllcers left In the arsenal by ieucral Weylci blew up the Maine." In conclusion Gen. Lee advocated s in Increase of the navy owing to the ( /I'livvltiir inloroiilu nf t lw> I 'nltn/l ^ v it i ii wvi v/iji i *'i I'll' i I I I lOU i | incl because,"in view of recent events | we may lie in deep water before we ( know." ' Ileal h of a Veteran. \ Gen. George Moorman, adjutant (, general of the I oiled Confederate , Veterans, died suddenly at his home , In New Orleans Wednesday, aged (I I years, lie was on the stalf of Gen. N. It. Forrest and other Confederate leaders during the war, earning many , special mentions, and was comman- ' ler of Moorman's Cavalry battalion. 11 lie lias been adjutant general of the C. C. V. since its organization, lie s expired while at his desk in his New 1 Orleans Office. j A Kail Itonioveil. I A southbound train from Cincinnati H to New Orleans on the Alabama Circa' Southern was wrecked To miles south of Birmingham, Ala., Wednosrl#a 1/ ?i i*?i i I Itn vimr lumn ^ ui? i i u inn ikivih^ i'vaii ivuauvuvi iiuiii ii trestle which spans a small creek. The locomotive left the track and ' toppled over into the creek. The H mail, baggage and express curs and ' two coaches followed. Fx press Mes- ( sender Colson was killed. Mail Clerks Kelly and Kiggs and Fireman Duerr Jt wore seriously hurt. There were few ; passenRcrs and they were not injured. PoHlollicc lloliboil. burglars blew open the safe in the i postolltce at big Stone Cap. Va., I Wednesday morning, taking about j $H00 in stamps and $400 in money. ( They entered the room by boring out ? a panel in the door. The same gang i a little later entered a hardware store ; < and got $100 in money. i I BANK OF MULLIN'S LOOTED 'i % ?? Thousand Dollars Stolen by llvpei'leiieed Cracks man. A special dispatch from Mulllns to Die Stall* says a hold and daring rob cry occurred in that town on Wedicsday nitfht, when t he It ink of Million was bur^lari/ed, the daring robii'rs securing I lie tit sum of *", nan For the past few moot lis I ho bank arried cash on hand of ahon> $20.not) n order to moot tho doni.uids of the obacco Interests, hut Just ihw tho j oason for selling the weed is nearly vor, and lucky for the hank thoy tero only trying t" carry enough oash 0 transact the nominal business. ' 'rom all reports that can be gathered < he rohhery o vurivd ahoul o'clock I . in., as the night wat 'tun to for the I 1 it 111us Lumber and Itrlek comptnv ; tated that he heard tin* report just 2 s the .'t o'cloek watch was punched. t The work of the robbers shows that | hey were fully tip In their business. . s they knew the local ion of flic rivets ; hat hnlted the comhinat ion on to t lie j i anil and after getting into the vault i Itey then had to break open anot her \ afo of the llall make, which was np- > arontly entered without the, least < rouble, as great pieces of plate steel < "is lound lving oil the Moor in the l null, ami the big door was lying at I he foot of the safe in a demolished i onditiou. Kvldently some great ex- i loslve was used. Kvery elTurt has >> een put forward to secure the where- t bouts of the rohhers, by sending dis- f atehes to all points along the (.'oast } ,lne notifying the, town and city d ut horit ies t o look out for any susplcl- t us characters, also messages were My- ; ig in every direction to secure the t 2rvices of bloodhounds. . j | Finally tho dog of Mr. Wright, 3 eneral superintendent of the holler t annt)cr company, was secured. The i og was brought to Mullinshy private i onveyance and carried to the blackmi Hi shop where some of the tools , re re taken to do the work, hut the I og seemed Intake no notice ol any I articular trail. He was then carried t a the hank with the same result. ' 'lie hank is thoroughly protected by t ,ui,n.i. .. .n o. i I.HIIKIM VM U UK II Kill "V . .nmil |ll) F ?N*>. "ho I),ink will be ready for business } jfain in tin; morning. The work 1 wins to have boon clone by a profes- i ional cracksman. 't I i\e < 'liihlrcn Killed. I > the cNplosioii of a ^as tank Vcdncsday at Fort Lee, N. .)., the I'sidence of John I'utfhitfhi was do- j lollshed, Ills five children instantly ilied and his wife so seriously injured ( hat her recovery is despaired of. The ead: Ida I'uyluu'hi, a^ed I I years; | Mlly, 12 years; Irene, in years; Adeine, 7 years; and < icor^e, years. The , aolher was found 200 feet from where he explosion took place, her ritfht rm almost torn from her body. Just J eturned Irom school, the children r'ere at their lunch talile when the xplosion occurred. Tho roof and , ides of the house were blown out. , ui adjoining cottage was also partly estroycd. The debris immediately ook lire and tiie bodies of t he dead rere badly charred. Mrs. l'u^lutfhi, rho was waiting on the children at he talile, was blown t hrough the side I' the house and was found in the oad. Tho father was away from ' Kiine. The tank which exploded was n t he cellar and supplied the illumilatingiras for the building. Koliooncr Wrecked. The steamer Allegheny which* arived at New York Thursday from Vest Indian ports, reported having lassed on December 14 the schooner laKh'io (L Hart, from Jacksonville to sew York, abandoned and in a water[>KKed condit ion. The foremast was tandinvf, the mainmast broken at. the leek and hanging by #ear from the oremast. The jib boom was broken nd the fore deck was continually inder water. Al'riilil lo Slay. A dispatch from .Soutli liend, Ind., ays: Four slioolinirs and one mur lor in which negroes t.<?r>k part, liavc| icon followed by closing clubs and saoons conducted by negroes and many solored people are leaving the city, riiey are afraid to stay here, owing to l feeling against them among the vhite people. The negroes say they annot get food and "service at the estaurants although they have the noney to pay for it." A Duel to tlie Ilealti. At a dance being given at the s'atatorium hotel at Hcaumont, TexiS, Thursday night a duel was fought ictween John brooch, street commlsloner, and Frank Matthews,both men ising pistols. Itrouch was killed, II. >1. Matt hews was fatally wounded and <Tank Matthews received a bullet in lis leg. The shoot ing took place outide the dance hall. Cherry Tree Swindle. In the United States District Court Wednesday at Charlotte, N. C., Dev., i . nrignt, one or tlx* parlies implicated in the cherry tree swindle, was tenteneed to four months in jail and 0 pay a line of $1,000. Others implicated in t he swindle were fined $1,000. file women who were victimized to ho extent of $10,000, will not recover 1 dollar of their money. A MtnlHter Killed. Ilcv. S. Archer, a Itaptisl minister, -vas killed Thursday night hy Casey Holland, a young farmer living near Decatur, Ala. The two quarrelled ?ver a load of wood and Holland struck Archer on the head with a stick of A-ood, breaking his skull and causing leath in a few hours. Holland made Ills escape. ANTI-TRI ST LAWS. A Special Appropriation Made by the Uahoa 4 V? ? 1A UUOU 1UI lilt? PURPOSE OF ENFORCING THEM ' I Ik* l>urj;n Sum <>I" l-'lve If 11 tt<Ir?*<I Thousand I )<>l lilt*-4 .Made Immediately Avuilubl > for tllllt I'lll'pose, 1'nexpeetedly and without warning Wednesday during tin* consideration >i ill*- legislative appropriation hill in lit* House, Mr. Hirll'lt, a Heortfia bemoerai, sprang an amendment to ipproprinte rJ iii.ouo t > enforce, the Sherman ant i- trust law and to direct ho attorney general to proceed to the irosecution of all violators of the law. Mthouuh siieii a provision was plainly imonahle hi a point of order, not ;i nemhcr on eit her side of the house aised objection. Indeed both sides vheeled into line. All agreed that .oine such aet ion was advisable. Some if the Kcpuhlicans, however, raised ibjeetion to the looseness of the lanjiiiiKO of the amendment and Mr. iephurn of Iowa otTered as a substiute for it the lan^ua^e of the bill he lit rod need oil the nneniiu/ dn.v of flm .cssioii to appropriate $r>oo,ooi) for the 'ut'oreenionl of the law. This w;is tu t her si ren^t hotted to make, the tip ropriat Ion immediately available and is amended the substitute was agreed o wit hoot division. Mr. liartlelL wanted Mr. Hepburn o Incorporate in his amendment a revision direct ing the attorney genua 1 to proceed with prosecutions but this Mr. Hepburn objected because t colli allied a rclleet.lon on the attorley general. Mr. lUrtlett said the attorney genM'.il should be criticised because lie itid not enforced t he anti-t rust laws, ile said there had been no representaive of the people's interest In tlie White tlouse, cabinet, or on the federal bench, in t he Hght against trusts. Mr. <Jrosvenor, of Ohio, said the Sherman anti-trust law was a liepubiean measure while a Itemocratic adninistrat ion had cast doubt upon its amsfltut.tonality. The legislative hill was passed,pracLically as it came from the committee, 'xcept for the amendment. January H at :t o'clock was llxed as tlie time for holding the exercises in connection with the acceptance of the statutes of Jharles Carroll and John Hansen, Maryland's contribution to statuary luill. The language of the Hepburn imcndmcnt is as follows: "That for the enforcement of the provisions of the act of July 2, 181)0, the sum of $r>oo,ooo is hereby appropriated, outside of any money in the treasury not heretofore appropriated, to bo expended under the direction of the at torney general in the employment of special counsel and agents of tile department of Justice to conduct proceedings, suits and prosecutions under said acts in the courts of the Culled States; Provided, that no person shall be prosecuted or Ihj subjectis! to any penalty or forfeiture for or tm account <>f any transaction, matter or tiling concerning which he may testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, in any proceeding, soil or prosecution under said -acts: Provided, further, that no person so testifying shall bo exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. This appropriation shall l>o immediately available. Tliey Are Watching I'm. The State says that Italy should "watch the United States, whose imperialism is a political and commercial menance to Europe, and especially to Italy, the weakest of the great powers," was Hie warning given his country by Deputy Santinl during the debate in the Italian chamber when the Venezuelan situation was up. The warning should have even more elTect in the United States than , in Europe; for it demonstrates to us, as nothing else that has been said can do, how our venture into the business of being a "world power" is viewed by other "world powers." before our essay into the Held of imperialism we possessed the disinterested friendship of the European nations so far as general international politics was concerned, as this country was nee iruiu ;uiy .suspicion 01 rivalry. Tli; Italian deputy who spoke so candidly did not represent his government ofllclally but lie undoubtedly voiced a sentiment which is prevalent not only in Italy but throughout Kurope. Woman'* IMcturo on Stamp. An unusual thing in postoftlce circles Is the new 8-cent Martha Washington stamp being placed on sale throughout the country, 'l'his stamp is unique in that it is the tirst stamp issued by tile United States government hearing the tigure or portrait of a woman. Thirty *Tliroof l>rownotl. Consequent on the continued rainfall very gredt damage has been done and 311 persons were drowned at Ta-? mis, a village in the Cape Hon district which was suddenly inundated last Thursday night. I'rozon to Death. According to dispatches from Hungary. till persons were frozen to death there during the last three days. Wolves are devastating the sheep folds and have devoured three shepherds.