The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 16, 1897, Image 2
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.
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