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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., SEPTEMBER 16, 1807. IN SOUTH’S INTEHEST Representative Men Go Before the Naval Board. WANT THE NEW ARMOR FACTORY Urgo Th>U Ofl'xm GrMtest AdrAiil. In < o«t of Iron, I.ttlior noil TritiiA* poit/itlon v Kle. # For t1»« Location of tlm Fr»|HMf><| Govern in «mi t l*Unt —Llvln^^ton Amt \% r IiaoIai* In l>Alo^utlon. Washinotox, S?pt. 14.—A delegation of represent at ire men from the large iron sections of the south went before the naval board, which is considering the establishment of a government armor factory, and urged that the south offered the greatest advantages, in cost of iron, labor and transportation, etc., for the location of the proposed govern ment armor plate factory. The delega tion was made up of Commissioner of Pensions H Clay Evans of Tennessee, and Representatives Wheeler of Ala bama. Livingston of Uoorgia, and Gaines of Tennessee. It was stated at the hearing that the iron used by the large private concerns now making armor plate was bought, to a large extent, from the south at the low price of $o 40 to $1.10 per ton. It was argued also that an inland armor factory in the south would be more se cure from attack in case of war than one near the Atlantic coast an the north. The letters favorable to the southern in dustry were presented from Senators Platt of New York and Stewart of Ne vada, and if was stated that Senator Chandler of New Hampshire, who has taken a leading part in the establish ment of a government factory, has ■written a letter favorable to its estab lishment at Sheffield, Ala. The dele gation tiled a written statement setting forth the many advantages of the south in this particular. Commodore Howell, president of the board, called attention to the fact that the board could not, under instructions of the navy department, go into the question of the locality of the site. Representative Livingston and others maiie the point that such information was what congress desired, and that the scope of the board’s orders should be enlarged. Accordingly the delega tion. accompanied by Commodore How ell, went before Assistant Secretary Roosevelt. He heard the views of the delegation, but told them that it would be impossi ble to consider questions of site at this time, or until the character of the plant and its cost has been determined. SURRENDERS TO SHERIFF. Member of Coroner** •Fury <'onfemefl Crime He Wh* to Inventilate. Cm,trims. Ga., Sept. 11. — Edgar Stripling lias surrendered to Sheriff Bowies, confessing that ho killed Wil liam S. Cornett in a county adjoining this, for insulting Stripling’s married sister, Mrs. Howell Durham. Cornett was shot at Ins home Satur day evening in the absence of his wife and little child, who on their return found him dead in a chai" by the win dow There were foiii- buckshot in Jus head and a rifle ball near his heart. The neighbors heard two shots, and gs two men’s footprints were found outside ti;p window the prosecution thinks Durham had a hand in the murder. {Stripling was a member of the cor- ?r's jur.) imyvMHlcd to iuvestigatn TRAGEDY NEAR COLUMBIA. Two Men Kllleil In a Fight nt M«y*e Cro«»- rnaile — A Cowurdlf Act. COM7MIUA, S. C., Sept. 11.—News of a tragedy at May’s Crossroads, Saluda county, in which two lives were lost — one of them an innocent brother, sacri ficed to cowardice—and in which a mag istrate’s pistol figured, has been re ceived here. H. G. Cogburn and Sump ter Gilliam were the principals. The origin of the trouble is not known, un less it was the result of rumored lung pe it up ill feeling between the partici pants. "t^” Cogburn, as he is familiarly called, and Gilliam, along with several others, were at Burnett’s store and had been drinking cider. Gilliam was in his buggy preparing to leave and before be knew it Cogburn ran upon him from the rear and slashing at his throat lunged his knife into Gilliam’s mouth, cutting him across the face to the ear He then stabbed him in the shoulder ami reaching around plunged the blade in ins abdomen. Giliiam, although in an almost help less condition, staggered some distance to Magistrate O. L. Still, and getting his pistol came back to Cogburn and W'as in the act of firing when "Q” jumped behind his brother, Julian Gii- ham, who received the fatal bullet full iu his abdomen. “Q” escaped unhurt, but his brother and Gilliam are said to bo in a hopeless condition. Gilliam was constable for Magistrate Still. Tlllll, M l\ ! TEXAS Sabine City and Several Other Gulf Towns Suffer. WORT OF WINDSTORM AND WATER Porf Arthur Kvpiirt* *1* Killed, Tlire* IiJnrAii him! Miielt t«» rroperiy — rmtle* of iCetotiArn Unable to IteMOti Unfortunate Place*—Steamer Kolob \Va*he«t Up Ifayoii amt Sunk. LONGS FOR HIS RIGHT LEG. Man Knter* ^ult Kor the PnS4e**l»it of That lUeftit Member. Asheville, N. 0., S-pt 10.—G. R Miller of this city has begun suit fur the possession of his right leg. He al leges that it was afflicted with bone scrofula and cut off five years ago by Dr. J. A. Burroughs. Permission was given by the plaintiff to the physician to retain the leg for a time for professional study, the case be ing a novel and interesting one, but it was. so the plaintiff' alleges, to be re turned after a reasonable time so that us a faithful and important member of his body up to the time of amputation it might be given honorable burial. The plaintiff further alleges mat a demand for his leg had been refused and that he has been denied the com fort of having it decently inferred, therefore wants the leg or Jj.nK). WOMAN Shot BADLY WOUNDED. om the prim'?. A. & W. P. IS PROSPEROUS. President *niit!r* Koport Shorr* an In. crease In the KortdV* ISuduess. Atlanta, Sept. 14.—The annual meet- iug of the stockholders of thu Atlanta ttiui West Point Railway company was held here. President George C. Smith, in his annual report, showed that the business of the past year was c :;sirier- ably iu ( s •e.vs of t!i rt y \ar preceding. iue year *l8. r X)0 worth of steel rails were laid, ferr new depot* built and t53 expended in addi timi to the roiling stock equipment. The gro-s earnings for 1S:)7 were food ddli, against 113 for Ibfil), an iuc; ' •- > o' J 0 T‘. N< l car.mips v, ere £-1^830, against 4'J 'o,-Df, an increase of .•?<) 373. lr..o.n to Ho l'r.iu-ferr.*<l. St. Augustine, Fla., Sept. 1J.—Cap tain Hubbeli, temporary commanding officer of the Firjt Artillery regiment, with headquarters here, has received notice from Washing! m ordering Bat tery 0 to prepare for transfer to Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan's Irauti, off Charleston, S. C. Bittery C is com manded by Captain Hubbeli umi Lieu tenant Harlow. The officers and men i will be in readiness to proceed to then new station in ('.beat one month. Lu.tjnrt Trial to Go On. Chicago, Sept. 14.—Juror John E. Fowler, whose illness caused an ad journment of the Luetgert murder trial, is much improved and will, his physi cian says, be able toatteud Wednesday’i session. Luetgert spent a quiet day in jail, receiving few c allers, but being ap parently in tiie best of humor. Ulinrlmton Ifl<%4 4}u>*ra tthieJ. Charleston', Sept 14—The board ol health has declared quarantine against New Orleans, Mobile, Ocean Springs, Biioxi and other p ints in ected with yellow fever. The railroads will be w itched ami no pissenger or merchan- dn: * from infected points will be admit ted to the city. Killed liis I’ultiar-In* T.ntv Augusta, Ga., Sept. 14.—In North Augusta, S, C., William McDaniel, 6'j years old, was beaten to death witn a club by Charles Walton, his son-in-law. Both were residents of Augusta. Tiiej hud a row b cause of ill treatment by Walton of his wife. Walton escaped. W».*ir« NoiniHiitiou KtiM fled. Augusta, Ga, Sept. 14.—A rousing meeting at the opera liou«e r"fitted the nomination of Hon. Patrick Walsh for mayor and pledged him unanimous sup port. by the Man ’'ht* Had Forblitden M«-r l>auebfer. CmuvPtA, S. C., Sept. 13. Ella Kisei Avas seriously shot near here under pe culiar circumstances. She sent her daughter to a neighbor's on an errand. The girl, remaining away an undue length of time, the woman went in search of her, suspecting that she had been interceded by Mack Hunter, a lover, who had been quarautined by the mother. Her suspicions Avere correct. In the woods she espied the couple in a very loveriike attitude. The enraged woman dashed through the bushes toward them. Hunter, before knowing who it Mas, drew his pistol and fired, shooting the woman through the side. Laid In a Supply of I, i|-iop. Columbia, ?. C., Sept. 1!.—The meet ing of tiie board of control av;is taken up with pur -hiisiug the next month’s supply of liquor. In ail 1,200 barrels wore or It red. There were 17 bidders Eouiu did not gt&mU prices on the cheaper goods. Tuo l *oard pprclia?t*d from rbe following firms: ll UU | )"i 300 barrels, Uiman, Goldsboro Sc Co.. Baltimore; 300 barrels, William Lana- ban Sc Son, Balrim re; 100 barrels, Salisbury. N. C., Liquor company. Rye, 100 barrels. Anglo Myers, Philadelphia; 5o barrels, Charles H. Ross & Co., Phil adelphia ; .70 barrels. Hulman <V: Beggs, Terre Haute, Ind.; XX rye. 00 barrels. Any-'!-' Myer*; 00 barrels, Grabfelder A C.i.; dj barrel?, P-sakaui. Gertsley A Co ; 00 Lami.s, Myrr Pit'-' Sc 0 >, Kansas Cut, Sept. 14—Sabine City, Tex., is still shut out from the outer world, as far as can be learned at this point, and rumors to the effect that a tidal wave has wrought great havoc there, as well at other nearby gulf towns, is unconfirmed. Absolutely noth ing is known by the officials of the Kan-sas City, Pittsburg and Gulf rail way in tins city of the condition o. affairs at Sabine City, althougn they have put form every effort to get into that piace. A party of rescuers ordered out front Beaumont, Tex., trom the headquarters here, reported that they had neen unahl- to approach Sabine City nearer man 7 miles, bur gave no inkling of tiie condition of affairs there. A telegram received over its wires from F. T. Robinson, resident engineer of the road, wno was tent to Port Arthur and returned to Beaumont, Tex., after making an investigation of tne situation, at Port Arthur, reports six killed, three injured and about $25.0;>J worth of property damaged at mat place. Ttaaci him! Injured. The dead at Port Arthur: Frank Al- I bright, Kansas City, employed by elec- , trie light company; Fritz Micheier, car penter; George Martin, bricklayer; Mr. Weeks; Mary Unsworth; infant son of i W. M. Joniisoii. Injured: Roy Stafford, wife ami ! daughter, will recover. According to the report (tf Engineer | Robertson tne storm came tp at (5:30 in j tiie evening and was at its height from ' 6.50 until lOfi-.O, the wind at its higiiest blowing at a velocity of 71 miles nu hour. The Sabine hotel, a 77-room structure, was damaged about $700 by ; flying debris. The roof was blown off | the natatorium and trusses tumbled 1 down. One end wae blown out of the railroad company’s stable, and the doors He | of tne Pittsburg & Gulf roundhouse, in which the section boss and Ins family had taken refuge, were blown in ami the structure finally collapsed. Those inside e.icaped uninjured, or onlv very slightly so. Steamer Kolob Sink*. The roof was torn off the grandstand, the 2.000-foot pleasure pier was slightly damaged and tho steamer It dob was washed up the bayou and sunk. No- COLUMBIA WINS HER CASE. Supreme* Court *lio Ha* » Klijlit to Tax Southern** Sidetrack*. Columbia, S. C.. Sept. 14 —The su preme court has filed an' opinion in the case of the Southern railway against the city of Columbia in favor of the city. The question involved was the right of the city to tax the sidetracks within its limits. Under the charter of Columbia the city officials assess the value of the main line and sidetracks of each railroad entering the city. The Southern Railway company claimed that the city authorities should accept the valuation fixed by the state board of assessors. In arriving at the value per mile of road the state board of assessors takes the aggregate value of sidetracks ami prorates it per mile of main line. In this way the cities and towns are deprived of the municipal tax upon the sidetracks witlun their limits. In this peculiar case the city of Co lumbia levied taxes on 12 miles of the Southern's sidetracks, which the South ern refused to pay. The court says: •‘We agree with the circuit judge when he says: “ *Iu my opinion the city authorities of the city of Columbia, under the said act umi under provisions o’ its charter, had a right to make an assessment upon the property of the petitioners’ company at a valuation fixed by the city clerk and treasurer of the city of Columbia, al- thougti such valuation wae higher than the valuation as fixed ami determined by the state board of assessors.” The case is applied to every other town and village iu the state. FARMER’S GRUESOME FIND. Skeleton of n Ainu IllMiorereil With a Mullet Hole Tlirougli tlio skull. Cn a rlestom. Sept. 14. —A farmer found on the banks of the Cooner river, 6 miles above this city, the skeleton of a man half buried iu the marsh with a bullet hole through the skull. All tho clothing except the cravat was gone, but a small diamond pin sticking iu the cravat identified the man. He was Samuel O’Brien, a prominent citizen of Cnarieston, who disappeared two mouths ago, after having threat- 1 ened to take his own life. Diligent ef forts were made to locate him. O’Bri en’s mind was loose at the time. The : night before leaving home he flourished a pistol and frightened everybody in j the neighborhood. Before dayiigut he slipped out and never returned. The rivers and lakes were drugged, though without showing a trace of the missing O’Brien. The skeleton was brought to the ritv siiPATmimm' District Judge Cox Renders an Important Decision. HE APPROVES MR. GAGE’S ACTION Hoi<1* Tlmtllte Secretary of tlia YrrT%*urf llnti »» Perfect Klglit to Kemovtt John I>. Woo«l v ^iiperintmiJeiit of Mul!* at KotiiftVille, nud IlitmiHaeA tiie * usi of the UoiiiplaiiimiU Washington. Sept. 14 —Judge Cox of the supreme court of the District of Columbia has dismiss d the bill of com plaint of John D. Wood, superintend ent of mans at L m.svilie, praying that Postmaster General Gary and Assistant Postmaster General Heath be enjoined from removing him from office. The case has been considered in the nature of a test of the power of removal and the delivery of the opinion drew to the courtroom many public officials, includ ing members of the civil service com mission. Judge Cox’s decision was an elaborate review of the bearing on removals of federal employes. He held at the out set that it was not within the power of the court of equity to grant relief in ira'ters of appointment and removal from office. Then taking up the merits of the case he stated that it was q set tled law that the powers of removal was incident to the powers of appointment, aud that both coul l be exercised by the head of a department in reference to subordinate officials. Concerning the civil service Ibav Judge Cox held that it must not be construed to grant authority, either to the civil service commission or to the president, to make rules contrary to the lawits«lf, or of a legislative ciiaracter. He quoted with approval the decision of Justie- Brewer that congress could not delegate its power to legislate to any administra tive body. The decision sums up as follows: Fewer* of tlie President. “The simple inquiry is whether the rules invoked by the complainant, whether tho president or the commis sion or both be the authors of them, are such as the civil service act authorized to be established. In my judgment shey are ultra vires and void. I have no doubt tliat tne president may lay down rules for the internal policy of his administration and may require his chief executive officers, depeunout upon his pleasure for their terms of office, to conform to them or else to sever their and an inquest held. It is supposed that | official relations with him. and in that O Brieu shot himself in the Head while | sense the rules relied ou by the cotu- in the river and the waters swept him phuuant were within his political aud •xecutive authority. | body was aboard her. , The passenger depot, recently cou- • structed ar a cost of $10,000, was uuin- I jured. Many other buildings were tum- [ bied down, largely the fault of the poor j foundation and the construction. The following comes over the Pitts- I burg c& Guif wires from Shreveport, | La , from George M. Craig, geu-ral ! townute agent of the road, who has just ( returned from Sabine City: About 10 ! people, including Betts aud Moore, tug aim lighter owners, were drowned. Three tugs, one schooner and nearly all the small boats anchored at the town were either sunk or stranded. All if the substantial buildings m |> >th tiie old and new town o-cipeii Tho water in the neAV town rose to ti feet ami in the old town to 4. No names obtaina ble. our on tiie bank. O’Brien’s conduct just before his disappearance was ex- plained to the coroner’s jury. A verdict of suicide was rendered. RIOT AT A NEGRO CHURCH. Place of AVorelilp Near AVnllmlla Tut-nai! Into a siaiigliter Pen. Columbia. S. C., Sept. 14—A riot took place at a negro church 14 miles from Walhalla, O.onee county, in which one man was killed outright and ■everal more injured. A big revival was iu progress and a gang of heavily armed negroes went across the country from Anders us county with a large supp.y of liquor, determined to run the meeting. The majority of the men got drunk. When the fighting first began sticks were used, then ravors and pistols. “But the enforcement of such rules is a matter between the president and Ins cabinet and not a matter for the courts, or one in which the complain- ant has any legal interest. All that I mean to state in this opinion is that the rules iu question were not such us the civil service act authorizes ami do not derive any efficacy from that act. “I know of nothing more important to the interests of tiie country than the policy which the civil servi e legisla tion was intended to create aud to pro mote, and it was perhaps a matter of rtgret that the act of Jan. 16. lt<93. (the civil service act) has not gone fun her than it docs. It is my duty to construe it us it is. Authority to Heniove. “To sum up. 1 conclude that apart from the civil service act, the postmaster general hud the authority to remove the wnnn P l i d \a/i pc A \A/1 tr' t_i ? ! The sheriff of Ucouee Avas telegraphed ! complainant from office at his pleasure; vv r r o vv i r _ « vv I IGrtf .. : , i »i,..r1i,c. i.,,.. „i for. He collected a posse and Hurried to the spot, arresting six of the partici pants. Several of the ring leaders tied and are being pursued by u squad of deputies. Razors were freely used ami the church Avas bloody as a shamble, a vourg woman of excel- < The six prisoners were loaded with lire- firms Living fully a dozjii pistols be tween tue:n. Wood- a few < iintlitio:i el Carolina Colton. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 13.—There has been a decided decline of at least 27 per cent -V m ilm mi Jn’'• to the • * result of t'u* AitgUiv- uiuUml 4 “ V ' 4 .v Young I.ottlavillr lialtnr A«| ( < For Divorce oa Xovel (»rouii<l». Louisville, Sept. 14—o. F, ruff, a hatter, who jniirried months ago lent character, posses rd of ck t:ey and connected with a rich and influ uit al German f:vn’’y, is Miirg his wiieou th ; ground that sh>- is a .VuV'.i Woodruff was in court recently on the charge of wiiip ung Mrs Woodruff. Tiie wife relenre i ami they made up. A few days ago Woodruff fi.ed a divorce peti tion. Some time after their marriage Wood ruff savs he Thom ta in a few no August or top crop except favored sections. In all the middle ami lover counties fully 5J per cent of tl'e cow .n crop is open and very nearly gathered, and it is rapidly bdug put upon the market. In the upper or 1’ied- cont section the cotton, while, late, lias also been badly damaged by the August drouth. This crop will not exceed last year’s crop in the number of bales made; the increase in average will only cou*u terbaiance the bad crop influence', IDi-t "•'10!'I* fin Grace Sauk. CHAitUiSrON, Sept. 11.—The light- , house tender of the Sixth district. Will j Star, has returned to the city from Ty- bee and the Georgia coast, where she went to place a buoy at the place where the big guns went to the bottom from the schooner Grace. The Grace was found badly wrecked but floating, though she had evidently drifted well away from the scene of the accident. It is saiii that the guns are lying in 11 tathoius of water, ami that it will be very hard to locate them. CliarlfMtou May Ouarantine. Ch AKLEsuoN, Sept. 10.—This city will probably establish a quarantine against the yellow fever refugees from Louisi ana and Mississippi in a few days. The quarantining of the refugees by num bers of southern cities see ms to require that Charleston should emulate their example. riii«»tr«e l*o*tm*iiter*. WASHiNGTON, Sept. 11.—The follow ing North Carolina fourthclass post masters have been appointed: D. P. Fergu- .ii, Bryson City; J. D. Spiny, Gilberts; Amos Lain, Mulgrove; J. li. B. Blalock, Old Fort; R A. Jones; Richmond; J. T. Poindexter, Stony Knoll. that his wife !J treats nud to r i,soil by ivans learned I ,.l .1,,,^ ! . . ch.<i.nor li:j’.»e *.?.!, of decoctions of roots, herbs, flesh of uaimais, insects ami reptiles, powders, , acids, poisons, etc. On several occasions he says she put her decoctions in his food and made him sick and hung sa -hets fiilei with her powders around his picture and his lv:ui. Woodruff lias ma !e two business a r - siguments within the last few months. Xo Qnitranllae In St. Linls. St. Louis, Sept. 14.—The St. Louis health department has not quarantined the county against the arrivals from the yellow fever stricken towns of the south, and i i all probability it will not be done until the disease has become a more violent epidemic than at present. Health Commissioner Btaikboff says that it would take fully 1,000 men to guard the different avenues entering the city, and that tho yellow jack has not yet reached the point where em- plovment of so many men for the pur pose is deemed necessary. Fever Situation Unclumgeil. New Orleans, Sept. 14.—Little ad ditional information touching the fever situa.* m in this city is obtainable from tm noard of br-al ii. I. > new cases, howovjr, vo b oo reported. A ma- jviruy <>f fu Carolinian I>in« In Viruinin. Alexandria, Va., Sept. 11 Dr. Bed ford Brown died at his home here frou; the effects of a surgical operation per formed for internal troubles. Dr. Brown was born in North Carolina T4 years age io'.d Mas a sou of the lafo Bedfoui firoivn, who represented tint C'j ::: the United Stat-i s..i.ue. !:i life be began to study mcdic in and gindu ated with distinction. lie practiced his pr.dessi' n in hlu native tate, and when war was declared in IKGl entered the confederate rcrvice and won honors as an army surgeon. At the close of tho that this law makes no change in this respect, except to forbid removal* for refusal to contribute to partisan objects; ! that the power given to tho commission and the president to establish rules to carry that act into effect does not au-. thorize any rule which shall make a i change in the law in this respect; and ! consequently that even if tins court had ! jurisdiction in a case like the present 1 one the comniuinaut is not entitled to j the r^b'et prayed.” Ii la pr ibable that an appeal will be ! taken from tho decision, and it is said that ultimately the United States su preine court will bo asxed to p... s upon tbe question involved. WAR TALK IN WASHINGTON. Sci:« i'.i.' of Vav.il Openttion* to !»*• A ioptetl In 4 line of iroutjle With Spain. Nlw York, Sept. U. —A special to the Journal and Advertiser fr-91 Wash ington says: It is now evident that the hostilities be'ween the states Dr. Brown 1 government is getting ready to deal with Spain vigorously. The board of ! officers of the naval intelligence buieau settled in Alexandria, where he had since practiced his profession. Greenwood** New 4'ourt tiou*e. Greenwood, S. C., Sept. 11—The cornerstone of the new Greenwood county courthouse was laid here with impressive ceremonies iu the presence of 1,000 people. b eu reported. A eXi'tiog c.i'c are imrrov- 1 c am; :ata! c.o eqiibiiCoH are lo >ked lor in only one insta: e at nreseiu. The ai’ - i> rities .n" M any of i.e- case* that a :> ?• 10 • *n dc . f tcey are ail as wideiy separated from each other <v* uio ilie pic.>unt cases the health offi cers do not believe there will bo any alarm in tin- situation. Mur* .’'liner.* 4 in o » St rile a. Hazleton. Pa , Sent. 14.—News ha 1 * been received at brigade headquarters that the district where the Voxe mines are located is infested by bands of inarching miners. No word has yet j come from the cavalry troops sent to | the scene. The Audenreid miners re fused to returu to work. The Stockton | men went out and indications at ' that the whole district will be idle in a few days. MHjnr Killntt Mtty itn Knn ived. Gadsden, Ala., Sept. 14.—There has been issued a summons against Mayor J. M. Eihott, Jr., by the state of Ala bama and Pink M. Harris to show cause why he should not he removed from the j office of mayor of Gadsden. The com- j plaiut alleges that at the time of Ins j •lection 011 the first Monday iu March, 1897. he was and is now ineligible to the office by virtue of nonresidence, and the relator prays that he be made guilty of iutrudiug into and illegally holding t 16 office, and that judgment- be rendered against Elliott. Ten days from Sept. 11 the case will be argued be fore Judge Bilbro. Pudillinc Drpurt mviit Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 14.— The old puddling department of the Birming ham rolling mill, which has not been in operation for three years, has gone on 111 full blast. Fifteen hundred men are now at work in tbe Birmingham rolling mill, many men being imported from Pennsylvania and other points, luverttitfatlnig Sant* Ke Wreck. Emporia. Kan., Sept. 14 —A coro ner’s inquest over the victims of the re cent Santa Fe wreck was begun here. Many witnesses were heard and the testimony was exceedingly.conflicting. After hearing about 50 witnesse-t an ad journment was had until Thursday. Pre*idcnt Make* Appointnioiit. Washington, Sept. 14—The presi dent has appointed Daniel D. Hamer of Pennsylvania, United States district at torney for the western district of Penn sylvania Mr. Hamer was formerly a member of congress. bus had a conference as to the scheme of naval operations to be adopted incase of war with Spain. A plan which was worked out 111 detail some tune ago was discussed, and after a feov alterations necessary to bring it up to date, this plan was approved. At the first sign of actual war the powerful North Atlantic squadron Avill rendezvous within striking distance of Havana, while the four naval reserve ships of the American line—the Paris, New York, St. Louis and St. Paul— will receive their armaments us cruisers and will proceed to Spain to watch the operations of tne Spanish fleet, track it ami warn the American naval com manders in advance of its movements. Aii|in*-OnT«ii Jury Full* to Agree. San Francisco, Sept. 14.—Tne jury in the Angus-Craven case has failed to agree, standing b to 4 for Mrs. Craven. Just before midnight the jurors came 1 into court aud announced their inability to arrive at a decision. They were then discharged by Judge Slack. Attorney Mitchell made a motion that the rase be submitted to the chancellor without ^ further advice from a jury, and Judge Slack remarked that he could see no use of wasting further time. It was finally agreed, however, that he would hear | aumtiotial arguments. |< it/.*immo'i'i 1* Ui*<i«T New York, Sept. 14. —Robert Fitz simmous. the pugilist, has been arrested on a warrant secured by Howard J. Patterson. Patterson has lieen acting as coachman for the pugilist. Last Fri day Fitzsimmons discharged the coach man. A quarrel followed aud Patter- sou claims Fitzsimmons assaulted him. Patterson has also sued the pugilist for $2,000 damage*. I MOB WAS AFTER TWO MEN. Dimbls l-ynclilng llttmljr Av«rt«<l at # am den—Ofllnor* Ha-t HnntD Full. Columbia, y. C., Snpt. 14. —A double lynching was narrowly averted at Qain- deu. The law officers had their hands full quieting the people in one case and getting u white prisoner out of their way ill another. Particulars were not known here nn< til after miiiiiiglit, when adeputy sheriff applied at li e penitentiary for lodging for a prisoner. J. It Stephenson, a small merchant of Canton, about 40 years old, was the man against whom the charge had been made of assaulting a 13-year-old, half willed girl of that town. Stephenson claims there was no as sault. Under the old law, if his ver- siou is true, he would be acquitted, but since the constitution raised the age of consent, the case is different. There being threats of lynching, the judge ad vised that the prisoner be brought here. In the meantime au effort Avill be made to get authority from the supreme court to order a special session of court at which Stephenson may be tried. John Watkins, a negro, was convicted in Camden of assaulting a young rela tive There were indications of mi at tempt to lynch him, but it was decided to let the law take its course. He is sentenced to be banged Oct. 22. THREE PEOPLE DROWNED. Hoal Tarrying; N w »»| |{c.erv«« CupGze* “"‘l Occupant* I’nrMli. Raleigh. Sept. ll.-W. J. Griffin, commanding the Elizabeth City division naval reserves. Ciaronce Winder, one of its members, and a negro servant, were drowned by their boat capsizing near Nagsheud. A man named Grief and two other men in a boat with a load of flour, saw a man clinging to the bottom of a boat, j He culled to them to »avo him, saving j if they did not he Would surely be : drowned. Grief, though urged by his 1 shipmates to go to the rescue of the | drowning man. refused, saying rhe flour j was worth more than a man. He cried | out to Griffin that tiie wind was favora ble and would soon blow him ashore. Strong feeing exists against tiie con- uuct of Grief. The bodies war,bed ashore and were identified by the uniforms they wore. They Alxrrif, I on n Train. Ciiarloue, N. c.. Sept. 10.—A ro mantic marriage took place on the Pull- man car “Paiimedcs.” attached to the northbound Southern train. Mr. Percy \\. Harris of Atlanta, who represents Inman, Smith Sc Co at Spartanburg, was married to Miss Nossie E. Harris, daughter of a prominent Spartanburg merchant. Rev L\ W. Hiotte of Toc- coa, Ga.. performed the ceremony, \Y,hieh occurred soon after the train left Spartanburg. Tiie contracting parties were cousins, and the bride’s family objected on a?count of the close rela tionship. Moiitng'ttt Siieceeils Dr. Manly. Greenville, S. C., Sent. 10. — The trii<reas of Furman university have ’unanimously elected Andrew P. Mon tague president to succeed Dr. Maulv, who resigned because the trustees ob jected to his filling a pulpit whiie presi dent. Mr. Montague is professor of Latin and dean of the faculty of Colum bian university. Washington, D. O. He is 43 years of age, is a graduate of tiie University of Virginia ami took Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins. His Latin text books are used in Virginia. •"he Al M i|{«>,| lo Suvu Ht-r Son. Chattanooga, S ot. 13. — Mrs. I;. Burleson arrived at Johnson Citv, Tenu., having walked' from Buucomb county N. O , a distance of 07 miles, m two days for the purpose of getting her sou released from the chaingang. Young Burleson has been arrested and fined for running away with another man’s wife. The mother made a na- tlmfir appeal for her son’s release ami many citizoiis applied to the mayor to grant her request. Ciirolimt Ko.i l* to <'on4«»! Wins ton, X. C , Sup*. 10.—It is reported hero that the Winston-Salem division of the Norfolk and Western r.i.iroad will be consoli iafed thG month Avith the Shenandoah division. Oan- ta.n Handy, fonn -i Miponiitendout of this division, will be appointed general age.it for the company at Norfo.k, Va. Several members of his exo 'unve force will be moved to Roanoke, which av;11 be headquarters for the consolidated di vision. Hold Plot Nipped In tlio Hud. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 14.—Jailer Coleman surprise 1 several men, among them two United States prisoners serv ing sentences for forgery, digging out of j ill. He fired ou them 111 the act. One man made a show of fight. The two ringleaders wore chained in their cells. With a common piece of tin they hail sawed out the iucli and a half plank lining to the corridor, and with an iron spoon dug almost through the bncit wails. 4>. K. A 4’* Koati to He FinUlieJ. Marion, N. C., Sept. 13.—Samuel Hunt, receiver for the Ohio River ami Charleston railway, has left here with experts to inspect the surveyed route of tins road to the Ohio river for the pur pose of having the road completed a> early as possible. These experts repre sent capitalists who are investigating with the view of finishing tho entire uiitnnshed portion. ^tolo * Ki<lt*| IaO*t Iff* Ufa* Charleston, Sept. 11.—Hany Nohr- den, a 15-year-old boy, was killed here by being run over by a South Carolina and Georgia railroad train. The boy was stealing a ride on the train through Columbus street when he fell under the wheels. Tnroe loaded freight cars passed over his body, literally tearing him limb from limb. A lliiiirf Imui* AuUnirl*i*d. Raleigh. Sept. 10. — Raleigh voted $50,000 111 bonds for street improve ment* A new registration was re quired. and only 1.417 votes registered. A majority of this number was neces sary for the success of the issue, and !K)1 votes were cast for bonds. Every ward went for them. ! f