The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 12, 1900, Image 1
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E.'ILi ossp TG
RBSii SMBNMENT
Whole of Southeast China Is
V/ichin Her Grasp.
ILL ACT INDEPENDENTLY
CV.ar Will Other I’owcr.s— Rus
sia Alone Is Prepared to Deal With
the Siiiiati >i; — Advances Maj I’reeii*-
itate War \\ illt .lapan.
I/>ni>ox, .Tutu i!.—T!ie Boxers revolt
has !• r ail in v :.i way us the terri
ble Tue-Ping rebt Ujoii, ami there is no
“Chines ' : <i cdun in sight to supitress
Ji >y emit a? t;abtl t ■ the Oriental wiles.
/ Itussia i.-tic illy ]xr,ver j«rc] uml to
Id al with tin- it' .ai -:iiuanelb-etiv<? way
} by >(“ud.i.g 'i c.g military force to
' Peking, teat ir will be grav< risks of
^ v a this b done, and
r Emoj. 'an i ■ cnjilie ti >ns will sir;-o if
It fed poll y sano-
tioi! u by t j*1 -.
Tlir only pr. ti w 1 way which I/mdou
military it!! 0 ■ : i tin* ( hit:"sd regi
ment now at Wei Hat \\ . i shall l;e .sent
to Xi ji Tsin ami r« iutorewl fr mi Hong
K<>ug and India It is also sagged. <1
that several ilr.i-ems »f regiments can
Is 1 .spared fi‘'in ^ ut.h .Mim a when the
War ends and their plae liilcd hy »ho
retention of the ye mianry, militia, vul-
tmteers and colenial forees. Tie war
lias md em t and t ]> -x - suni Kus-
fia are u >t j-..< ly to wait for the surreu-
d' r i f Krug r.
A trained olil al, who has spent many
years in ( hion, ay- that thy situation
could hardly b orso, and the dow-
tiger eni])ii- apj ao iitly playing the
game dir- uy into Rus.-ia's interests.
-'XJiege are Jr i ) to IJu.OOU Has- an
troops clo-e iiao land tie r** was noih-
ihg to prevenr t: ir entering Peking if
they clios to i. > . >.
A coir -••oticent in St. Petersburg says
there is n< t ti>‘. ], ■.•t doubt that Russia’s
intentions an- to act independently of
other p >w( rs, i u 11 ii i ..mcntarily se nr-
ing to be in te-c .fd with tliem. A re-
jxirt lias reacin d .St. Petersburg from
Shanghai to the eli' et that the Russian
govern men; lias e. aupellod the Chinese
unthoriri; t • gre - to the construction
of a Russian : i* of r.tilw.-.y from Kiah-
Kta, ab it IbJnii) sha ..outh of irake
Baikal to l*' king.
The v.i of nortlieastern China
#jvouM ti r y 1 brought within the
grasp ui Ra -. 'a.
WILL PROTECT AMERICANS.
butted Stat' Will \ot Go Further
Than i his.
WbvrniM.t Juie 11.— i'iie iuU rveu-
tiou of t)i L'ni' d states in the Chinese
crisi-involving tio iepre.-entationsmade
by him:.-ter Cor;; r, together with the
fiction taktoii by Admiral KemplF, both
• ir ler t’e- di - ji i ta n ah'wed them by
p; •. I- hi traction.-, ure declared
oJiiciad. exjjou - this government’s
resonr' - - fur as they can be applied
et tie- i'le-m.- tin;: .
Without a distim-i change in the na
tional policy, which is regarded as most
n mot ; ml pt under gravely e mi-
pliitat d iht' rtietio.- d conditions, affect-
ing not only the .: bihty of the Chinese
empire, but tbe-1 oaiijl-riuiu of JJurope,
tire oili'. - rs of An . m-m agencies tit
Peking and 1; n T.-iti, as well as in
other center of disturbances, will bo
limited h <■!; - •: for the- protection
of An ri- . i : • - as the partieijia-
tion by Mud.-h r Conger in tiie insistent
demands m byal] the foreign repre-
H.*ut:itiv< - ui.oji the tsuug li yaun n and
the (1< . enipre.-s for affording se-
curity t ti.--- life and projx rty of aliens,
und :a» the kin.io'g of armed forces and
thooi j I'-h of gunlioats to fumish the
in-•-s.sary pr<d"etiou in case of China s
failure to comply.
Ik youd t iis, it is now clearly under-
6too<l in Wa : ibi-rt<i!i, otljer nutious pro
pose* to go. j) map- at oikxi, but tiie
Cnite-d tSm: , wldle entering the con
cert up to tint i/ tint, will act independ
ently, if at all, m pr jeee,dings which
will probacy b ad to a change of dy
nasty, and p.. . p- a r volution through
thy empiie*. Ii i - jij-obable, however,
that wimtev r M-cars the comm* rcial iu-
ter«*sts *.f th■ i-untry, upm the basis
estaM’sh d in ti written “ojm-ii door”
con.pact, i.ail j;ot b<* nnxlili' d even in
Case of tl.c'Kcn wut ion by other lowers
of ail tin- r* m duing <■ >ast line and the
«-xt* a-i ,n of -p:, ie- of infiuency K'yoixl
th it riingly clastic limits.
Miim *e-r Congi i was heard from again
t’nis m-riling. 'Ir. Conger's teli-gram
was to t’a* elfecd tbat th*! Pao 'Xing Fu
inihsioiiarie, ar- ;Jc up to the present;
that the Chin*- • government has sent
troips ther • and {iroiiiise. ample protec
tion to the mi -ion, though it is not
thought tin* prelection will insure js r-
maneur safety. Aircording to Mr. Con-
ger it is iiins.-sible at this moment to
send any foicigu ioice-, IVom Peking to
Pao Ting Fu.
Army Worm In Oklahoma.
Gonjui:, Ok., Juno 11.—Tho unny
\t;orm has mado its apj> a ranee io great
mimbers in many jiart. of the territory.
Most of tin- wh it is t*xj liard for them
to work on, but they are damaging oats
considerably and reports from Wood
nn<! Grant o-untie,- Maty the worms are
devastating many of thy lie-ids of corn,
st11 ling thy ground of every green
blade.
Will lie Extended.
WaYokoss, Ga , June 11.—The Way-
cross Air Lino is to be put through to
Fitzgerald, unu later may be extend* *1 to
Kt. Mary’s, bO miles southeast of here.
At u meeting hero arrangements wi re
made by which the entire present in*
d<*ht* (lnyss of thy road was paid off - and
’ ukiple funds provid«-d for the further
and immediate extension of the liny.
E ire In New York.
Nkw Yoi k, Jun* 11.—The 6-story
bn !; b al* .ngi, owned by G o. Ketcham i
<v < in W ej t l.iid as .-inii-, containing 1
J:.), 1 )!'! bu-d.eis *.f grain, lius bo*.n do*;
toll 'Vi i by j..**. l/J-s, ^-141,1^^1.
•Ir-. t.ia ! tone liiigrm ing.
_ |
.j si/*) ., Jam* 11. Mrs. Gladstone is ;
inn i /u.i i is now coiAsid* rod much
betuiu
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH. m»0
; Bist of New* lixlustri.'s Reported Dur
ing the 1’ast Week.
Chattanooga, June 11.—Among tho
! more important of the n* w industries
reported by The Tradesman during the
week ended June 9 are the following:
A belting manufactory and a broom
fa dory in North Carolina; a canning
factory in Georgia; coal mines in Ala
bama, Texas, Virginia and West Vir-
I ginia; a coa 1 briquette plant in Texas;
j cottonseed oil mills in Louisiana and
i North Carolina; oott »n mills in Georgia,
Louisiana and Virginia; flouring mills
in North Carolina and Tennessee; a
foundry in Tenne-cee; a furniture fac-
| tory in Virginia; granite quurri s in
Texas; a handle and s;*oke factory in
Tennessee; a hardware company in
i North Carolina: :* knitting mill in Goor-
| gda; lead and zinc mines in Arkansas;
1 limestone quarries in Alabama: lumber
mills in Alabama. Florida, Mississippi,
Texas and West Virginia; machine shops
in Mississippi; a jiaper box factory in
, Virginia; rice mills and irrigation works
in Louisiana and Texas; telephone ex
changes in North Carolina and West
| Virginia; a $75,000 woodworking plant
in Georgia; a woodworking ma -kim-ry
manufactory in Virginia.
PLANS FOR A CUBAN NAVY.
General Laeret’s Proposition Rejected
by Governor Wood.
Havana, June 11.—General Lacret
has brought before Governor General
Wood the plan which originated last
year for forming a Cuban navy, to be
composed at first of ID vessels, having in
view at pr* sent the protection of Cuban
! fisheries and the prevention of smug
gling. He desires that all the naval
property be turned over to the Cubans,
and that a large stuff b employed at the
naval arsenal in repairing ships which
could be made self supporting. In the
| s-hem*-many officers are arranged for,
tog*-ther with numerous clerks of do-
| partmeuts and sub-departments.
La.-t year the entire plan was rejected
1 a.- unnec* sstry, it being felt that 12
small revenue cutters would be ade-
j quate, and that these could be main
tained much cheaper in connection with
the customs dejiartim-nt. General Wood
takes tlx* same view and the Cuban navy
; therefore will probably remain in abey
ance until Cuba is ind* pendent.
W. C. OATES KILLS NEGRO.
Had Slain General’s Took and At-
tcinpled to Draw Weapon on Him.
Moxtoomekv, Ala., June 11.—Gen
eral \V. C. Oates shot and instantly
killed a negro Saturday night after the
negro had shot and killed his cook in
her room in an outhouse on tho same lot.
Being informed that a man was in the
cook’s room, fighting her, General Oates
took his pistol and started out, but bc-
j fore reaching the servant’s room he
h**!ird a shot and upon reaching the
house and breaking in the door he found
th" cook dead.
When commanded by tho g< ncral to
lie down, the negro made a motion as if
to draw u weapon and the general shot
him in tlx* forehead, killing him in
stantly. The negro’s name was El
Parker, vlx , it i.-; said, ha- killed an
other woman.
Rids Submitted.
Bikmixgha.m, Ala., June 11. — Lids
have lx*< n submitted by a number of
contractors for go miles of eoiistruetion
work oil the Knsley Southern railway,
omn * neing at Ensii-y and extending to
Warrior river. Th** contracts will be
let this week. Among tin* bidders are
firms fr >m i»ui-vill<-. Chicago and other
northern cities. A contract has already
be ii let for the first h miles of construc
tion w'-rh to Ri-ilman & Donovan of
Chuttainx >g.t.
LANDES ST TitN TSIN
Six Thousand More Held In
Beadiness to Move,
TO DEAL WITH THE CRISIS
Perfect Understanding Get ween the
Powers—Russia’* Conduct Is Sanc
tioned—Empress Returns to Peking.
Uo.xers Continue Atrocities.
London, June 11.—A dispatch from
Tien T.-dn says it is reported the dow- |
ag *r emjm-s- has fled to the Russian le
gation at Peking.
London, June 11.—The return of the
emperor of China ami the dowager em
press to Peking from the summer palace
is regarded as a hoiM-ful sign, but other
wise there is no favorable news from j
China, with the exception that there is i
evidence of a continued perfect under
standing between tho various powers
and the announcement that the interna
tional guards have umv* d at Peking.
Should these prove insufficient to restore
order, Russia is appan ntly preparing to
deal with the crisis, judging from a dis
patch from St. Petersburg as follows:
“As a result of an understanding be-
tw*-;*n tlx- Russian government and the
otix-r powers, a dispatch has been sent
to the effect that 'i.OQj of the Russian
garrison there shall be held in immedi
ate readine-s leave for Tien Tsin
wlieixYT the Russian minister at Pe
king a-ks for tlx ir assistance or circum
stances r*' juire tlx ir intervention.”
According to a dispatch from Shang
hai Rissians with 29 guns, have
all *-ady b*-i-n lamh d at Tien Tsin and
ar marching in tlx* din ctionof Peking.
The Loudon Missionary society has
receiv' d a dispatch from Tien Tsin say
ing all lln* society’s missionaries in
North China are safe, but that those
Stationed west of the city of Peking
have boon obliged to seek refuge at the
British legation.
A dispatch from Peking says:
“A body of 49 Boxers, armed with
knives, have looted and burned the Pe
king club, race track and gr ind stand
buildings. Another edict orders the
military governor to police the streets
with cavalry and infantry. Neverthe
less in the neighborhood of tlx-lega
tion, tix* street continues thronged with
the roughest kind of a mob ready to
break out at the slightest provocation.
“United Stan s Minist- r Cong r has
sent 20 marines and (he- British minister
12 marines to guard the Methodist mis
sion <'oni}>ouiid. win-re members of all
denominations of Prote.-t .nta has gitb-
er* d. Tho Roman C..t)ioh • a- : *m!Je-d
in tlx* North cutix-dml. West Peliing,
h ivi* a small guard of Fn neh marines,
but the converts have 1>< < ii well armed
by Bishop Fuvie-r and will d*.*.sp<;rat*-ly
resist attack.
“Busni'-ss is practically at a standstill.
Constantly increasing streams of lioxers
parade the streets at t:x-ir plea.-ure,
nrieh to th*; alarm of tlx* merchants,
altliough, thus far, there has been no
looting ol native* shops.”
Engiaiid Not Consult! 1.
London. June 11.—With r.d'ence to
tlx- H*. Peter-Imvg di potch, it is learned
that Great Britain is no party to any
GREAT BRITAN DISGUSTED.
Activity of flic Boers Causes Grave
Apprehension.
London, June 9.—London is some
what disgusted at the highly disagree-
bl * activity shown by the Boers in Or
ange River eolouy in *uttiug Lord Rob-
erK telegraphic comnnuiication north
of Kroonstadt. As yet there i- ao iudi-
cation whence came the strong Ik sly oi
2,099 Boers that has arrived at Roode-
val, unless it is the force mentioned in a
recent Boer dispatch us having started
from Staudertou with this object in
view.
Apparently the authorities on the spot
regard tho situation at least as tempora
rily serious, as they im- not only rein
forcing the garrison at Knxinstadt, b ;*
are sending up troops from the lines of i
coinmuuieation in Cajx* Colony. Roode- j
val is a fairly strong position, J5 mil**.-: j
nor til of Kro.nstadt, capable of giving
General Kelh’-Kenuy trouble should the j
federal* elect to dispute its possession,
as Creneral Kelley-Kcimy cannot be i
overburd ned with cavalry with which
to threaten the burgher line of retreat.
Boers North of Kroonstadt.
London, June 9.—Gemral Forester
Walker cables to the war office from
Cais* Town as follows: “Kelly Kenny
at Bits unfont tin reports that tho tele- i
graph has Ik- n cut at Roodeval, north '
of Kroonstadt, by a body of Boers csti
mated to b** 2,099 strong, with six fit 1*1
guns. II** is sending strong r inlorce-;
uieiits to Kroonstadt and I a*!i reinfiirc- j
ing from Cape Colony. I hop;* Die in- '
terrujnion will bo only temporary.”
liuller Would Not Make Terms.
Diitijax, June 9.— The Bo* rs at
Lning’s Nek, after an action fought
Jnno 7, off* red to siirr* mi-v * , ondiri<»n-
ally, but Gem-ral Buller re;)!! 1 that
th ir surn-mler must be uncoixTitiotial.
IMPORTANT CAPTURE MADE.
General l*io «l«*l I’ilar Ma«lc Prlsonei .
Near Manila.
Manila, Juno 9.—General Pio del
Pilar, the most persistant of the Filipin*
leaders, who has been captured, a- pre
viously cabled, was made a prisoner at
Guadalajara, <! miles east of Manila, by
some of the Manila native polirv. Ufion
information received that Pio ri* 1 Pilai
was to b** at a certain house Captain
Lira and 12 jjolicemeii proceeded in <:
launch to Guadaloupe where, aided by
a detachment of the Twenty-first in
fantry, tlx-y surrounded foe hou-*, * up
tured the general and br night him t<
Manilti, wlx‘r.: he was positively identi-
fn d before the provo.-t mur-hal.
Capture Is an Important One.
Washington, June 9.—Gen. S- hwau
regards the capture of Pi r as an im
portant one. IL- says: “T;x* cajitiu- of
<r- in ral Pio <i--l i'i;ar is n most import
ant on**. Pilar wn- regard--d as one of i
tlx* most acfiv • and tin .•omjiromising ol ;
the rebel chieftains."’
ST, LOOIS STfiitEi
DEATH LIST TO BATE
Posse Fires on Crowd Marcli-
; ing Through Streets.
THREE MEN WERE KILLED
Americans Ambushed.
Manila, June 9.—A detachment
tlx-forty-fifth infantry, scouting ne.
Da<-t, j/i-oviuce of Saniarinas <1**1 Norte,
were ambushed May 29 and Captain Al
bert Steinhauser was wounded three
times, two iirivat -s wer** kill' d and eight
wounded and one private i ; mi .sing.
TJx* in--ui*gimt loss is ivisjrted to br
heavy.
such understanding nor lias she b. * u i NEGRO MURDERER IS AT BAY.
Big Damage Suit 1* llo«l.
Chahli-.-ton, June 11.—Suit for $.7o,-
009 damages has is-eii filed m tiie com t of
common pl.-as by the South Carolina
Mining and Maiiufiietnring company
against tlx.* American Telephone and
Telegraph company. In tiie bill of com
plaint it is alleged that tlx* proistrty of
the plaintiff has Ik* n seriously dam
aged 1 y reason of the f;x*i that the Tele
phone company strung its wires over
the mining kinds.
Negro Murderer Arrented.
Montgomeky, ALi., June 11.—Luke
Sanders, the negro who murdered Will
Mullen, u road ov* r»eer, near Marion,
Ala., List spring, lias b '<*n cajiturednear
Osceola, Ark., and is now in jail in that
place. Sheriff Nelms lias secured a
requisition on tin* governor iff Arkansas,
and wifi go there after his man. A re
ward of $590 was offered for Sanders’
arrest.
Slain In South Africa.
Githkik, O. T., Juno 11.—Will Re* d
I* ft Alva las Jail to go to South Africa
t*i join tix* B*K*rs, hut for some reason
ufD r arriving on th** scene of actiion,
j .ined tiie British Light cavalry. fl*<
1**11 while making a charge in a recent
battle, and tix* jx v»'.s oi hi; death < amo
in a letter from a comrade who was
wounded at tiie .sini* time.
Tragedy at Carrollton.
Cakiiollton, Ga., June lj.—A tiag-
oily lias <K*curre(l here, resulting in tho
death of two men. Chief of Police Cri
der while trying to arrest Thomas Jor
dan was siiot three times, each shot tak
ing effect m Crider’s chest and abdo
men. When J or* Ian began firing, Cri-
der drew his revolver and siiot, killing
Jordon as he fell.
Successful Flj ing Machine.
* Beklin, June 11.—A new airship in-
vented by ll**rr Weissmann, a mechanic,
has 1k***u tried liere. It ascended 29
metres and flew 15, landing safely. The
ear rocked violently during its flight,
owing to imiicrleet construction. H**r*
VVi issmaii will r(*c*mstruct the machine,
U'ing paper mache and alluminum.
( hartcr Is Issued.
Coi.t mi:ia, S. C., June 11.—A ciiartei
has Ik * i i-sx *1 to the Catawba Power
company of York county. It is the pur-
p>.-of tlx- c*i.*iijiaiiy to develop tim wa-
D*r jma\< r ol liidiun Hook slxials, on tiie
Catawba river. The eapital block ol the
company is to be $199,999.
< in-iilt< d as to the udvssability of land-
I ing a huge number of Russian troops.
• Tin* foreign ofilee offi-ials ii re frankly
express the 1 lief that no such instruc-
; tioiis as tho--e referr* *1 to in tho dispatch
from Petersburg have b**.*n s at to the
Russian minister at Peking.
! ADDITIONAL TROOPS LAND.
————— _
Five Hundred Men Leave Tien Thin
For Peking.
Tein Tsin, J uix* 11.—Telegraphic com
munication betwc* n here and Peking is
interrupted. Fifty British have gone to
guard Tong Shan. If the trouble arises
in Tong Shan all the northern China
railroads will be at a standstill.
Owing to difficulty iu securing tho
viceroy’s permission for a third special
train to start for Peking, the foreign
troops occupied the cars whereupon the
Chinese engine driver ran away with
his locomotive. The crowd tried to pull
up the track, but tho troops cleared the
rabble away at the point of the bayonet
and seized the engine.
On I'-arni.'iguf this the viceroy granted
permission and the train has left with
alxiut 5<i9 nx*n. The force was made
up of 850 Germans, SO British and tho
rest French troops.
international Force-. Land.
Washington, June 11.—The follow
ing uixlated dispatch lias bi < u received
at the navy departin* nt from Admiral
Kemp: “Foroe* landed by different na
tions. Opening c imiimmoutiaus to Pe
king. Americans joined.” Admiral
Keinpff al.*>o r« i*orts the arrival of the
Monoeaey at Taka.
Anierlcaiis In Great Peril.
New Yohk, June 11.—Tiie following
cable from Peking has been received at
Methodist Kpiscojal Isiard: “Massacre
native (Jhi iKtiaus. Hit nation foreigners
critical. Press Washington.” This
came direct from the missionary society
at Peking, of which Davis and Game-
well are in charge. A copy of the mes
sage was immediately sent President
McKinley. In repeating the cable mes
sage to the president Rev. A. B. Loraud,
missionary mst* tary, added tiie follow
ing: “This means our people are in
great peril and greatly n<*< d sucli protec
tion as our government can afford.
General Wheeler’s Command.
Washington, June 11.—General Joe
Wheeler has had a conference wi'h the
president. U]>ou leaving tiie White
11 mse General Wheeler said: “I don’t
know yet where I shall Is* station* *1 un
der my new commission in the regular
army, it is possiblw, though, that 1
may go to take command of the depart
ment of the northwest, with headquar
ters iu Portland. 1 shall Ik: 94 on ISept.
19, and 1 suppose 1 sh'jul bo retire 1 soon
alter that dale.”
Pritchard Surrounded by Pos-e—Will
Take Him Dead or Alive.
New OitLEANs, June 9.—The negro, j
Pritchard, captured this morning, shot
and killed Ralph Mark r, a clerk at the !
B* idenbaug’i store at Dovull, West Baton !
t
Rouge pansh, and who 'returned to the I
Malcr residence and filled the house full j
of bullets while all tin* men of tix* town !
were out trying to locum Pritchard at a
place where they b**li* v<*d him to be in j
tlx* woods, b; surrounded in the Amber |
near Zachary, in Ka-t Baton Rouge par- !
isb, on the phiuk mad.
A deputy sheriff in the ]kj-so whose'
name is not yet known was siiot and
perhaps killed. Yesterday aft'-nmon a j
negro was killed us the result of tlx* race !
prejudit.e existing mar P..rt Alien by I
the ov. r-.*-* r *>f tlx* plantation, E. ji.
F«*nu. Ir is d* fcerinined that Pritchard i
will • ithcr Ik* captured or killed, us there
are several hunfire*! determined white !
men surrounding Ids lair.
Mrs. Gladstone’s Illness.
IjO.nlon, June 9.—The serious condi* j
tion of Mrs. Gladstone has cause*! Mr.:
T. P. O'Gonnor, iixiiuIk r of parliament,
to give ome liitherto unpubiish* *! remi- .
nisdiii * s of tiie aged partner of the great |
statesuian.
“Just alter tlieir marriage,” snvs Mr. 1
O’t loxn. r, “Mr. Gladstone,' who lia<l ul- j
ready Is** n minister, asked her, ‘Shall I
tell you nothing and you say anything,
or shall i tell you everything and you
say nothing?’ She chose the latter ami
he told her everything and six* newr
told anything. ”
On the titlieth anniversary *}» tlx-ii
wedding Mrs. Gladstone went to a re- j
©option at an ol>l friend’s house. “When
it U'gan to get late,” adds Mr. O’Con
nor, “Mr. Gladstone went over to his
wife and, with an expression of sweet- |
ness and tenderness, nx»k her by tiie !
hand us though six* were a little child j
that had to Is* reminded that it was time .
to go to bed and l<*d her ogt of the
r<Kiin. It was a sight tbat might well
have brought tears.”
These ami other anecdotes Isiar out -
fully tlx* previous accounts of tlx* in
tense affection existing lietween tbc ;
gn at LilM-ral lead<*r and his wife, and 1
point to the fact that Mrs. Gladstone |
exercise*! a mere jstwerful political iu-
fluciicc over husband than generally
cn ilited.
< Nm led crate Graves Decorated.
COi.LMMUS, O., Juno 9. — Palinette
wreaths from Honth Carolina, magno
lias from Tennessee, daisies and roses
from Kentucky and cornflowers from
North Carolina w-r** strewn on. tin
graves of th** confederate soldiers why j
sleep in the old burying ground ur Cam]
Chase, memU-.s of tlx* G. A. ft. taking
conspicuous part, ami floral contribu '
tious were as numerous from federal* as
couleduates.
Several Others Wounded—Burkhart
Will Die—31illtia In Readiness to Be
Ordere<! Out—Cars Ruuuiug on All
Lines But One.
Hr. Liyis. Jun. Jl. — After the tumult
of .Sunday the .•'iri,. situation lias calmed
down and quiet prevails, with all the j
street car hues in operation with the ex- |
eeptiou of one. Bach car carried tho
usuai guanl of ]s)lice officers. Scpiails !
and conijianies of sheriff's ] tosses were ;
stationerl on duty at all the powerhouses
and car sheds of the Transit company
and at the posse barracks on Washing- :
ton avenue in front ol which yesterday’s
fuixi encounter too a ] since.
During the morning no action was
taken by Govern' r Hiiqthens in regard
to calling out im state militia to ]»ro-
s rve order during the continuance of
the strike. Lory thing is in readiness,
however, for the aohihzing of tiiin for.*o
of 2,599 men sojii us the governor
issues the call.
Much feeling is expressed regarding |
tlx shouting in the iront of the posse
barracks. ( Jn one baud the deputies are
blamed for wJutt i~ t- i'ined tlieir unwar- !
ranted action in 'hooting the striking j
street car u. *n, while on the other hand
t.'i' im-ii who were in the procession are ,
c n.-iar* d lor not reuxiining away from ■
tlx v.trinity of the bar racks, and thus
avob.ii! : a ]•••*• -able clash.
Sheri if 1' ililmaiM justifies the action
of hie. dejutics. He declares they were
given guns for tiie wry purpose for
which tn**y were used, if the necessity
should ari> *. Iu his opinion the depu
ties di*i flieir duty. A<ljataut General
Bell is still in the city awaiting the gov-
enioi’s onleis.
Edward Burkhart, the striking cou-
ductor who was rejioited to have died at
midnight as the result of his wounds, is
still alive but not expected to recover.
One additional name is added to the
wounded. Jack White, one of the strik
ing street car nun who was in tho
Washington avenue procession, received
a buckshot wound in the back from a
deputy sheriff's gun.
The fatalities are as follows: Frank
Liebrecht, bystander, shot May 8; Mar
tin Ziku, by.-taudor. siiot May 21; Dun
can K. McRae, emergency policeman,
siiot on car May 25; Harry Potts, union
moiorman, shot May 25; Alfred Koenig,
siiot in fight wi’h police officers May bl;
Dennis Gram*, policeman, shot May I;
/.••ti;nr J. Bancii, strike sympathizer,
s' * Mae ir i r*d liocini, shot June 19;
G. rg<: lil:..*, striking motormau, s .ot
June 19: (7. Iklward Thomas, striking
cojxHv tor, shot June 10.
List of Bun'iuy's ca'iialties follows:
The demi—George Ryue, fur Leo avo-
nue conductor.
C. Edwaid Thomas, former conductor
Ciiat<*au av« m; line.
i r <x*rick Be ;ii.
Fatally injur *<i — A. J. Burkhart,
formerly D' lmur avenue emjiloy**.
Iti addiiion t > Burkoart fix re are nine
otlu rs more < r 1 rio.i lv wound***!.
Tix* 1 ,!!< ,*.'1!:;; t<*l* gm.n ii.i "iK***n s* nt
to iV* siil* nt Hamai l (i >iaiK*rs of the
Ax. •’•!• an F<**1 mtiou of L ibor by Presi-
d. nr MjIioii of the National A- ixiutum
of - . *t Railwa;* Bmj»l »jvsof America,
wlio i- mnnagiiig t!. ■ srrike:
“Htre t <*;.r men returning from a i»ic-
nie this < v* niug (Hundayf marching Ixi-
himi a baud of music, jR acably and un
armed, wen* final ujxni by a sheriff’s
jKi-se ami siiot down like dogs. Tho
outrage at 1 hue I ton melts into insignifi-
came in conqiarison. This outrage
should be denounc'-d in no uneertaiu
ter n by the organized wage earn* rs of
America.”
Thustiiko has l>een in progress 80
days. Since the first day tlx rc have
be n numerons c*ncounters lx tween tho
strik* rs or tlieir sympathiz rs on one
bide uixl th* authorities on the other.
Beet I on .Men Strike.
Iuonton, ()., June 11.—The section
men on th (7ineiimuri ami Hinton di
vision of the ( '!..• -ap ak<* and tlhi*# ra*l-
road are on a strik*.* for higher wages.
WHOLESALE JAIL DELIVERY.
Kvery Prisoner In Laurens Coiiuty J*.i*-
capcs—Still at Large. .
Lauukns S. C., Juno 11.—Every pris
oner in tlx* county jail has made lus es-
ca]K*. There were six m*gr*K*s in tho
jail and tlx* ringleader in tli • delivery is
supjRjsed to Imve been John Col man,
who two months ago. while working on
th* chaiugang, knock'd tix:guard -a-e-
less, took liis rifle and fl- d ami then
dnngeroU'ly wounded a ciiizen in t!x>
posse who effected his capture. It was
tlxmght Coleman’s wounds would prove
fatal.
Two iron bars in his cell door were
cut through with a knife, bars broken
out th'* window rnd a balder made of
blankets, by which the im*a let them
selves out. Colenian invit**! the other*
t*j j<»in him. Norn* have been captured.
Dr. Rice ( ailed.
Bai.timokk, June 11.—At a meeting
of the congregation f<f the Franklin
street Southern Presbyterian church of
this city it was decided to extend un-
oth‘*r cad to Dr. Theron H. Rice uf At
lanta. A call was extended to Dr. Rico
by this congregation la.-*t December, but
it was declined. Hopes are entertained
that he will give this hist call, which
v/as unanimous, favorable consideration.
Bank Clerk Arrested.
Bhimingham, Ala., June 11.—J. E. Os
borne, an employe of the First National
bank here, has lx* n arrested on a tele
gram from Sheriff' L. E. Ensiks of Dxii-
ielsvillc, Madi -on county, Gu. Oslsirne
refn s to state wlrut charge he is waul
ed lor.
Kr.t huutr'1 Cotton Area.
Wa-iiinoton, June Jl.—Tix* total esti
mate of a 1*1.1 jJante 1 in (Mttoii is 25,-
558,999 acres, an im rea-e of 2,08t*,0U0,
or 8.7 per cent over lust year.
OTIS CALLS ON PRESIDENT.
He Is Cordially Received—Bit nation In
Philippines Discussed.
Washington, June 11.—Major Gen
eral Otis reached Washington from his
home in Rochester. General Otis re
paired to the war department, where ho
formally reported to Mr. Meikl* John, as
acting secretary of war. Mr. Corbin
then escorted him to the White House.
General Otis and General Corbin were
immediately ushered into the presiden
tial library, wlicre President McKinley
met him with the utmost cordiality.
General Otis made no report to the
president in detail, although the si na
tion iu the Philippines was almost the
sole theme touched upon. /
SOUTHERN’S IMPROVEMENTS
Work of Regncllug the Know Hie am)
Asheville Division Begun.
Knoxville, June 11.—The Southern
railway has begun the work of r* grad
ing the Knoxville and Asheville divis
ion from Asheville to Chattanooga. Th-!
initial work is near Newport, wh*-re a
cut 80 feet deep K t i b • excavat* *1 to re
duce the grade. At Newmarket a GO-
foot cut will be made.
A “cutoff” for freights will b* built
around Morristown to avoid a heavy
grade. Other minor grades will also hi
reduo d and the entire work will c ot
about .$590,000.
Cotton Min Fur Calhoun*
Calhoun, Gu.. Jun<- 11.—A -now cot
ton mill for Calhoun seems t*. h ■ an as
sured fact. A large amount of the cani* j
tal stock of $100,000 has h-.-en subs Tibed
and Chairman W. R. Rankin is of Mx*
opinion tli «t at tho massmeeting called |
for next Thursday night the remaind- -
of the amount ueedtcl will be subscribed, j
- — i
Cajiital stock Increased.
Lancaster, S. C., June 11.—At a
meeting of the directors of the Lancas
ter cotton mill it was «x\idl'd to increase
the cat.ital .'to**l: to 11,' *. ( ri >. Th;* pres
ent mill has 12.9a ' .s]*indli*s and tlx* cap
ital stock is -**150,999. Wfx n completed,
the mill will hav-* G2,09 » s’lindlcs.
BOESS THE OTEil 5B3
eamsH PBISONERS
The Font a Derbyshire Loses
Heavily In Battle.
LORD ROBERTS IS CUT OFF
Bcaldid Her ( li:l*l to Death.
TiMMo.Nsvn.Lr, S. C., Jane 11.—Mrs.
P. It. Bowen of this place accidentally
scalded her little child to death. The
mother threw a kettle of boiling water
cut of tiie window striking the child in
tho face, inflicting injuries from which
thy child died a f w hours Liter.
Kail** Penetrates Skull.
Scottsuouo, Ala., June 11.—Lum Al
len and Constable W. J. Deal of Birf
Coon, this county, became involved in a |
difficulty in win h D -al was se ver ly !
cut with a knife. Tie* Wade penetrate I ,
the skull aixl as broken off'. His con
dition is critical.
.Steamship Line to New* York.
Tamxa, Flu., J'oie 11.—The matter of
the Hollander Ihr ; of steamers betw* en
this city and Now York is taking moro
definite . Iiap* . Agent F. B. Bowycrhas
announced that i»racti**al arraugement-t
have be* n ma<le and that the service iJ
almost assured.
Ask That Grant Be Annulled.
Paris, Juno 11.—Charles Fortin and
30 of his colleagues iu the municipal
council, profiting by the delay in th<>
choice of a site for the American Na
tional institute, intend to again ask tho
local council to annul the grant of tho
ground.
Fourth Annual Convention.
Cleveland, Juno 11.—The fourth an
nual convention of tho Independent
Telephone Association of the United
States will begin here tomorrow. It H
estimated that 1,099 delegates represent
ing 49 states have already arrived.
To Double Ms Plant.
Birmingha m, Aia , June 11.—The Con
solidated Electric Light company has
filed artieles iuer*.,i'iag it.- eapital .stock
from £550,05 ) to >7 )9,09 i. Tiie company
is row engag' d i 1 doubling the capacity
of its electric light plant.
Communication He!ween tho British
Foret s Severed—Methuen Iu Precari
ous Situation—I- ighting Reported at
Several Points.
London, June 11.—lieutenant Gen
eral Sir Frederick For* »tier-Walker, in
command of the lines of communication
in South Africa, reports that iu the dis-
ueter to the British troops June 7 at
Roodeval, where the B< >ers cut Lord
Roberts’ line of communication, the
Fourth battalion of the Derbyshire reg
iment were all killed, wounded or mado
prisoners, except. ix enlisted men. Two
officers and 15 men wore killed and five
officers mxl 72 men were wounded,
many of them s- verely.
The B >ors returned the wounded to
th * British.
Many wer * severely wounded arid tho
remain.!; r of the Fourth Derbyshire and
details iff prison rs, except six of tho
rank and tile, are in camp. Ail tho
wounded are in th * camp lately occu
pied by ti.** Fourth Derbyshire.
It is iu’.* rre-.i that the B >er.s captured
over 599 in* 11 ami ns late as June 10 held
the* poriti ms cutting off th; British
for.vs n-.rtli of Kroonstadt from reiu-
f*-r-***’” '-rs.
A tils a from General Foresti'*r-
Wxi:. .vs General Mothueu is light
ing withiu .J miles Irorn H ilbron.
M rluteu left Lindley June 5, with
ample supplies for hiiixvlf and Colville,
leaving Pag t to hold Lindley with a
salii -ieJit force ami supplies.
It is stated that all is quiet, and thero
is no anxiety as regards the district to
ward the s null. Communications north
of Kroonstadt have been cut sinco
June ti.
The news that the shutting off of Lord
Roberts’ communications with the outer
world was acconqxuiied by such a seri
ous loss came like a bolt from a compar
atively clear sky. Iu London, until the
new • came, it was th light that the de
struction of the railroad was accom
pli .ted by Free Staters, who were avoid
ing ra h r than annihilating the British
Gctariiments stationed at the point at
tack* .1.
N*>r ar.* General Forestier-Walker’s
vagu * statements regarding Methuen at
l r ilbron look" l upon usr< assuring. Tho
Bo* ;• ap] ■ r to be in . ulllcient strength
t> * iipL't iy separa e all the British
1 ire. s north and p>outh of a line stretch
ing some 59 miles between Roodeval
and ii ilbron.
What ha hupp ned to tho troops im-
nu diatoly noiah <)f R*Jodevul is still a
mate r f*>r conjecture.
All in all today’s 1 ports reveal that
tin* situation is far more serious than
anyone imagined.
Haller’s Official Report.
London, June 11.—The following ro-
I»ort from General Bpller lias Ixien is-
Fuod by the war office: “Tho force is
c mccntrat d on Klip river at its junc
tion with th Gansvlie. We anticipated
at that d* U a force *f tim enemy about
::,999 strong, who had, I think, intended
to occupy it and who retired as soon as
our ix .ivy guns opened, which were
brought int<< :; *tion by Major May of
the it mil artili'-ry ami Captain Jones of
the Royal navy. The South African
light horse ami the becond cavalry
brigade were engaged.”
Albany at Southampton.
So 1 '711 a * ti-ton, June 11.—The United
Stat serai • r Alb. :iy, which was placed
in commi ion at Newcastle-ou-Tyne,
May 59, and under ord'*rs to proceed to
to • Mfditerruneau, has arrived at South
ampton.
.Men sina i ntinurr.
Ill a paper read before the British
association Captain Welby describid a
joiiiTj**;,* i*i Meix lek’s domiufous.
II * slated that in the Abyssinlans
fix re lay a mbit of pluck, energy and
IntelligeiK v. ’iich was merely waiting
for dev*-lo].*i:.ent.
He noti' *! that those tribes who re
lied for f* 1 solely <in milk and meat
were of fin* r ji!;;. i !':** than those fa-
Vored witii eenals i:s well, while oth
ers <1* ] * ixli iit . oi' ly on fish and herbs
were, as a nile, mifierable individuals.
lie came ixtu.sk one tribe wlio held
the notion that wlx*nc*v* r there was
tlitind'*r n white man was ltorn, and
lienee it was thought tiiat he must l>e
nlih* to firing lain with him. The cap
tain exhibited photos of Abyssinian
giants over seven feet in height.
Tran vital Railway Case.
Brussels, June li.—Tho hearing iu
the famous Tr..n vaa.1 railway affair,
which l ogins tomorrow, will bring out
the eorrespohdenec showing that En-
g. no Uppenlx i:n**r umlerto-jk to jKiy
Pr**sidcut Krug'-r £4,(KK) as s<x>n as ho
sign d th • ( -"ion ami £8,909 when tho
company was formed, and subsequently
12",990 iu shares.
KILLING NEAR GREENVILLE.
•John McTindall >li-»ots Hi- I'uclc—Re->
suit of Family Feud.
Greenville, S. C., June 11.—John
McTimlall, who lives in the Bushy creek
s**ctio!i of Auderson county, about 7
miles from here, shot and almost in
stantly killed his uncle, James W.
R.*p* r, in a nad near McTindall’g store,
tlx* contents of a doublebaircl shotgun
taking ell.. *t in the chest and abdomen.
Troubl : has existed in tho family for
aLeigtin’.* . M •Tindall claims self de
fen-«*, Jill's hi: tiiat U'xter wa: a*lvauc-
iug on him with a knite tit the time he
fired the* fatal shot.
A I'lttr.lly of s«-\|<>nk.
The sexton l:i;i * f the parish cliureh
nt ('haiiels n-lc-FiIth, Derbyshire. Eng-
laml. l.as been retained in one family
since l*;:;i. Till latest Incuftibent, Jo
seph Bramwefl, who recently «li**<!. ha*!
held office since 1893. lie was burled
in a vault iu which lay the bodies of
the eight predecessors of whom he was
a descendant. On** of them was sexton
for 52 years.
Ifn!i«llcni)|)t*il I’or Life.
Tlx* Transvaal war has proved dis-
a -irons to old England in more senses
than one. Just think of it! Since the
struggle commenced the following
u.Tnrm have been conferred upon Brit
ish babies: James Spion Kop Skinner,
Ladysmith W’aghorn, Thomas Elands- j
laagte Wilks. Alice Pretoria, Amelia
Ladys;«*th and Cecil Ucdveri.—St
Louis Star.
Refused to Answer Questions.
Birmingham, Ala., June 11.—Cora
Cole, ft negro woman, has been arrested
for refusing to give the c usus enumera
tor any information on the ground that
it was “none of his business.” Sha
was taken before United Status Com-
missioncr Cornish and held in a bond of
$100 to await the action of tho federal
grand jury.
Ohio Democrats to Meet.
Columbus, O., June 11.—Tim Demo
cratic statu convention meets hrro to
rn*>rro\v to iifimiLa’ a stat** ticket nnd
select d**l gat. s-ftt-larg*-to Kansas City.
There .has ix.t y**r bc> a much quibbling
alsmt the platform. Bryan will bo in
dorsed without opposition am! tho Chi
cago platform likely reaffirmed.
National Jewi-h Conference.
Chicago, Juno 11.—Tho first session
of tho national conftrence of Jewish
charities iu the* Uuited States L:is cr>n-
veued at Sinai tempi j. Tho confer once,
which will last three days, comprises
reproK utativo.s of the various Jewish
charitable organizations of tho country
and win* fonued latt year.
Rreuchere Enter Plea.
Knoxville, Juno 11.—Ministers oi
this city have presented a petition to
the Woman’s Building board asking that
punch be not served at social fairs iu
that building.