Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PRESIDENT MET ARRIVES AT ALGIERS Boulevards Packed to Wel come French Ruler. CITY ELABORATELY DECORATED. Great White Sultan, as French Ruler f Is Known to Natives, Greeted with r* Continuous Cannonading from War- Ships and Forts. Algiers, April 15.—Algiers was in gala attire in honor of the coming of President Loubet, the first chief of state since Emperor Napoleon III to visit the French North African posses sions. The pictuies on the streets the city were elaborately decorated. Arches and stands had been erect ed in the principal thoroughfares and these, with the principal buildings, were gay with flags and streamers of the national colors. Vast crowds filled the boulevard d© la Republique, PRESIDENT LOOBET. and the streets leading to the wharves and many Arabs in quaint costumes mingled with the throngs which await ed the arrival of the great white sul tan, as the French ruler is ki own among the natives. In the harbor were the Russian Brit ish and Italian squadrons sent to bring international greetings to the presi dent, also the French cruiser I u Cal- aya, having on board the Mr ocean mission and the Spanish bauleshlp Pelayo with the special envoy o Spain on board. The Portuguese cruiser Don Carlos is on the way. Throughout the morning there was a continuous cannonading from the ■warships and forts. At 10 o’clock the semaphore signalled the approach of the French squadron, escorting Presi dent Ijoubet. The warships advanced in perfect order with the armored cruiser Jeanne d’Arc, bearing the pres ident, followed by the battleship St. Louis, with Marine Minister Bellatin on board and the battleships and cruis ers Charlemagne, Gaulois, lena and Bouvet and a flotilla of smaller craft. It was an imposing naval spectacle, the beauty of which was enhanced by brilliant sunshine. AT MERCY OF WAVES. In Catboat Two Missing Men Thought | To Be'Drifting. ' New Haven, Conn., April 15.—Les ter C. Barton, of Chicago, a student at Yale university in the class of 1902, and a friend, whose name is unknown, are missing and are supposed to be drifting about the sound. Barton, accompanied by his friend, rented a catboat Monday morning and was last seen between this port and Mil ford. It is believed that he is either drifting helplessly about the sound, or has been washed up on to Long Island shore. Progress on Cup Defender. Bristol, R. L, April 15.—With the mainmast and most of its rigging in place and the bowsprit attached, the bow of the cup defender Reliance has settled and she floats now with the bow much lower than the after part. Even when the main boom is on board and the boat attains her designed bal ance, it ds thought that she will still be distinguishable from the other 90- footers at a distance by a dip forward It seems certain that she has a lower free board than the Constitution by at least 6 inches. The riggers are at work rigging up a double bobstay which is somewhat of an innovation in cup defenders. An extra set of spars, including the gaff, boom and mast, exact duplicates of the ones now aboard, are being made for the yacht. Notable New York Nuptials. New York, April 15—The marriage of Mdsis Grace Bird, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Bird, of Gal veston, Tex., to Mr. Henry Gilbert Hart, Jr., of Utica, has been solemnized in the Chruch of the Incarnation. Only the nearest relatives and a few inti mate friends were invited to the cere mony and the reception. The bride was given away by her brother, the Rev. Wilmer Parke Bird, of the Pro- Oathedral, this city. Mr. and Mrs. Hart will make their home in Utica. Soldier Given Death Sentence. Constantinople, April 15.—The sol dier who shot M. Stehbernia, the Rus sian consul at Mitrovitza, inflicting a wound from which the latter has since died, has been sentenced to death, the Russian ambassador here having de manded a revision of the previous sen tence of 15 years’ imprisonment. Many Miners on Strike. ’ Barbourville, Ky., April 16.—Several hundred non-union miners employed in the Hughes mine struck today because they were refused semi-monthly pay days. DRUGGED AND ROBBED. My'itcry Surrounds Case of Mrs. Clar* tnce Graham of New York. New York, April 15.—Considerable mystery surrounds the case of Mrs. Clarence V. Graham, of this city, who was left at Bellevue hospital yester day suffering from what the doctors say was the effect of knockout drops or some other drug. In a hansom cab which was driven rapidly to the hospital was Mrs. Gra ham, who is aout 30 years of age. She was semi-conscious, and had the ap pearance of having been drugged. On her fingers were a number of valuable rings. Two of the rings, however, had jewels removed.. She was remov ed Trom the hansom by the attend ants and a physician attended her. As scon as she had left the hansom the driver diove rapidly away without say ing a word. The case was diagnosed as one of knock-out drop® or some other drug. Mrs. Graham became unconscious, and was put to bed. Later she re gained consciousness and was able to tell her name and that of her husband. Later the woman’s husband visited the hospital and she told him she had left her home about norm on Monday to go shopping. She visited) a depart ment store in Broadway and after ward went to a restaurant near by. She said she did not remember what happened after that except that she had a faint recollection of 'being placed in a hansom cab and being driven up Madison avenue. The two rings that had been tampered with, Mr. Graham said, had been set with a diamond and a ruby. The stones were worth, he said, about $GOO in all. Mr. Gra ham said he had received a tele* phone message from his wife about 3:30 p. m. on Monday when she told him she would meet him at his place of business at 5 o’clock. That w»s the last he had heard from her until yesterday. Mrs. Graham was later taken to her home. Besides the miss ing jewels, Mr. Graham said his wife had lost $50 in money. STRIKE AT AMSTERDAM. Knitting .Mill Employes Refuse to Work—Increase Is Asked. Amsterdam, N. Y., April 15.—'When the knitting company of Amsterdam closed' last night the spinners quit with a determination not to reunn to work unless the demand made six month's ago for an increase in wages averaging 15 per cent, is granted. The manufacturers, which have paid no heed to the request heretofore, met yesterday and formed an organization, after which it was unanimously voted not to make any concessions whatever in the way of an increase of wages. Thousands of employes may be af fected by this strike, which is the most serious one in Amsterdam since the memorable one of 1886, which af fected practically every industry of the city and from which Amsterdam was many years in recovering. The present differences affect 15 mills, which include all those employing spin ners save the four of A. V. Morris & Sons. MURDER MYSTERY DEEPENS. Indentification of Body Found In Bar rel Puzzles Police. New York, April 15.—Mystery was added to mystery today regarding the identity of the man found in a barrel in East One Hundred and Eleventh street. Early this morning the body was identified as that of a man named Quatrochi, who had come to New York from Barcelona. The identification was made by Guiseppi Ronjiorno. a Si cilian, who said he had often seen the man in a barber shop in East avenue. Quatrochi was married, Ronjiorno said, and) had been a member of some secret society. While the police were trying to confirm Ronjioro’s identification, Quatrochi walked into the morgue. He was almost an exact counterpart of the murdered man. TO ENTERTAIN PRESIDENT. Executive Will Be Given Genuine Cow boy Breakfast at Hugo, Colo. Hugo, Colo., April 15.—The sugges tion that President Roosevelt be given an opportunity to partake of a genuine cowlboy breakfast as a feature of the entertainment during his brief stop at this place, May 4, will be carried out. A letter has Just been received from Secretary Loeb saying that the pres idential party will stop here long enough to greet the people early in the morning of that date. It is ex pected that stockmen and cowboys from all over the range in this vicini ty will participate in the reception to the president. The breakfast will be spread in true cowboy fashion, with the chuck wagon and all th rest of the iparaphernalia common to such a feast. Fatal Family Quarrel. White Plains, N. Y., April 15.—The coroner has been summoned' te Mount Wiseo to investigate a report that Isaac Remstrom, a stableman, had killed his wife by cutting her throat and attempted to kill his stepdaugh ter, who fled and then tried to commit suicide by cutting his own throat, ’flhe man may recover. The killing la sai4 to have been the result ot a recent quarrel between the man and his wife. Reconciliation Improbable. New York, April 15.—The report that ex-Crown Princess Louise and Cirown Prince Frederick Augustus, of Saxony, were to be reconciled and re married this week is denied, according to a World dispatch from London. It Is asserted In Dresden that such a thing would be Impossible. GGEBEL MUST BE ' KILLED SAID TAYLOR Testimony of Frank Cecil at Howard Trial. SOME STARTLING DICLOSURES. Witness Says that Governor Taylor Offeied $2,500 of the Campaign Fund and a Free Pardon to the Man Who Would Kill Him. Frankfort, Ky., April 15.—Frank Ce cil, the first new witness of the pres ent trial of Howard and who is him self under indictment for complicity in the Goebel murder, was called) to the stand by Commonwealth’s Attor ney Franklin this morning. Cecil only recently surrendered himself to the commonwealth after being a fugitive for a year in California and Honolulu. He is now under bond. Cecil told a story substantially the testimony of Culton, Golden and Broughton, witnesses of yesterday, who detailed the alleged plot to bring about the death of Goebel. Cecil says Caleb Powers adopted the suggestion of Henry Broughton that he (Cecil) might be contracted with to commit the crime, and asked him to do it. Powers, in the conversation relative to the killing of Goebel, told the wit ness that other arrangements had been made to bring about his death, and that Cecil was wanted in the event that this arrangement miscarried. This conversation took place, he testified, in the public office of the secretary of state about dark on the afternoon of Jan. 18. Continuing, Cecil said: “On January 30, I was in Taylor’s office and Taylor said': “ ‘Goebel has to be killed or I’ll be robbed. I have $2,500 of the cam paign fund and I’ll give that and a free pardon to the man who will kill him.’ “I told Taylor I was not in that bus iness,” said Cecil. Cecil said he went into the agricultural office after the shooting and was there until the sol diers came. He saw Harlan Whit taker arrested and proposed to help take Whittaker away from the man who had him. WOULD INCREASE OUR IMPORTS. Projected Railway From Atlantic to Pacific Coast In Central America. Chicago, April 15.—A dispatch to The Tribune from New York says: Plans have§just been consumated for the immediate completion of a line of railway in Central America extend ing from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, which, it is believed, will have the effect of diverting a large share of the Central American exports from foreign ports to those of the United States. The coffee output alone av erages 1,000,000 bags annually, of which almost the entire amount is shipped to Hamburg and other Euro pean )>ort&, due to difficulties in trans portation to the Atlantic seaboard. Alexander Hollander, who has for several weeks been in Central Amer ica in the interests of an American syndicate, of which James McNaught, former counsel for the Northern Pa cific railroad is president, has just re turned to New York. The new rail road is to have its terminal at Puer to Barrios. The freight will be car ried) by way of the gulf of Pensacola or New Orleans, and it will reduce the time of transportation from two months to two weeks. Already 140 miles of road are completed. MERGER OF BOOK CONCERNS. Consolidation of Methodist Publishing Houses Under Consideration. Oncinnati, April 15.—About 300,000 supplements are to be issued today with all the Methodist weeklies, pub lished In different parts of the coun try, for an informal referendum vote cm the proposition for a merger of Methodist book concerns as outlined by the Associated Press last Monday night. It is proposed not only to have the publishing houses in New York, Can cinnati and Chicago merged, but also only one general agent instead of four as at present. If the merger is made there will be a contest at the coming conference in Angeles for the lo cation of the big publishing house as well as for the general agency and other positions involved, Including the editors. The principal depositories in any event will remain at New York, Chlca. go, Cincinnati, Boston, San Francisco. Pittsburg, Detroit and Kansas City. Strikes Declared Off. New York, April 15.—It is learned that President Buchanan, of the In ternational Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, has declared off the strikes involving 5,000 men, against the American Bridge company, pending a settlement of the differences by arbitration. The strikes ordered were for the recognition of the Inter national association in this city, Al bany, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Baltimore Pittsburg, Ohicago and other places. Treaty Ratification Doubtful. London, April 15.—A private oaible ddspatch from Bogota, Colombia, re eeived here today says that the ratifl cation of the United States and Colam Man Panama canal treaty, is extreme ly doubtful. Snow Inu West Virginia. Point Pleasant, W. Va., April 15.— The heavy rains of the past few days have been followed) by floods In Wesl Virginia. Snow is falling here and al otbTr points along the Ohio valley. MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION. ' Interest Centers In Attitude of Body Toward Organized Labor. New Orleans, Ajprll 16,—Interest in today’s session otf the National Asmo- ciatton of Manufacturers centered In the report of the resolutions commit tee which was expected to result in a definite understanding as to the atti tude the association will take towards organized labor. The committee held three short sessions last night and be gan its labors again early this morn ing, but the announcement was made that it would be unable to complete Us report at the agreed hoiur—11 a. iu-—and the chairman expressed the belief that the report could not be made until late in the aiternoon. When the forenoon session was called to order by President Parry, the Hon. Carroll D. Wright was intro duced and was given a hearty recep tion, President Roosevelt had been invited to attend the convention and in declining named Mr. Wright to lep- resent him. At noon the resolutions committee announced its report readx. The la bor question immediately came to the fiiont in the shape of a resolution em bodying a declaration of principles, declaring against boycotts and lock outs, recognising the right of iabor to organize but “without intereferenee with the liberty of employer or em ploye,” denying the right of unions to fix wages and pledging the association to oppose all legislation not in accord with the foregoing principles. A mo tion to adopt the resolutions brought a protest from James F. Taylor, of Cincinnati, who demanded that the res olutions be printed and held over un til tomorrow. Mr. Taylor was sup ported by Mayor Jones of Toledo and a rising vote was demanded. The mo tion to defer action was lost by a heavy vote and the resolution was adopted. It follows: “We, the members of the National Association of Manufacturers United States of America, in convention as sembled, at New Orleans, April 15, 1903, do hereby declare the following principles which shall govern this as sociation in its work in connection with problems of labor. “1. Fair dealing is the fundamental and basic principle on which lelations between employes and employers should rest. “2. The National Association of Man- ufacturers is not opposed to organiza tions of labor as such, but it is unal terably opposed to boycotts, black lists and other illegal acts of interference with the personal liberty of employer or employe. “3. No person should; be refused em ployment or iu any way discriminate against on account of membership or non-membership in any labor organiza tion, and there should be no diecrimi- nation against on interference with any employe who is not a member of a labor organization by members of such organizations, “4. With, due regard to contracts, it is the the right of the employe to leave his employment whenever he sees fit, and it is the right of the employer to discharge any employe when he sees fit. “5. Employers must be free to em ploy their work people at wage* mu tually satisfactory, without interfer ence or dictation on the part of indi viduals on organizations not directly parties to such contracts. “6. Employers must be unmolested and unhampered in the management of their business, in determining the amount and quality of their product and in the use of any methods or sys tems of pay which are just and equit able. ? “7. In the interest of the employes and employers of the country, no lim itation should be placed upon the op portunities of any person to leaxn any trade to which he or she may ba adapted. “8. The national association of man ufacturers disapprove absolutely of strikes and lockouts, and favor an equitable adjustment of all differences between employers' and' employee by any amicable method that will pre serve the rights of both parties. “9. The National Association of Man- ufacturers pledges itself to oppose any and all legislation not in accord with the foregoing declarations.” Chicago Pioneer Dies. Ohicago, April 15.—Lester LeGraud Bond, a prominent iwwyer and poli tician and one of the pioneers otf Chi cago, died today. He came otf an English family which settled at Ips wich, Mass., ten years afton the lend ing of the Pilgrims. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES* At Dadeville, Ala., John Fuller we* killed by a stray bullet while two boys were firing at each other. The question of child labor took a promnent piece in the county school superintendents’ meeting at Macon yesterday. ' The Atlantic Coast Line and th© Au gusta city goveraiment are consider ing the advisability of building a levee along the river front at Augusta. Miss Alive Roosevelt and her party yesterday reached Biltmore, N. C., where they will visit the Vanderbilts tor several days. In the Howard trial witnesses swore that Howard boasted that Goebel would be killed and told just how the governor would be assassinated. General Bonilla, the president-elect of Honduras, has occupied Tequotgal- po, the capital. The revolution seems to be over. The American Tobacco company has cornered the market for cigarette to bacco in Germany and prices have been sharply advanced. BEAUMONT SCENE OF DISASTROUS FIRE Many Oil Derricks and Rigs Are Destroyed. LOSS MAY REACH $1,000,000. Fire Started From a Lantern In the Caldwell Oil Company’s Well—The Flames Spread With Great Rapidity. Companies Lose Heavily. New Orleans, April 15.—A special to The State from Beaumont, says: The lose by the fire on Spindle top which started at 1 o’clock this m >rn- ing, is estimated at from $800,000 to $1,000,000. Two hundred and sixty- five derricks were lost. Two hun dred ri,^ weie on the producing wells. The 5re started from a lantern at the Caldwell Oil company’s well. The fly-wheel of the engine struck the lan tern and ignited the derrick and the flames. No one was injured. It is estimated that two-thirds of the companies in the burned district will be unable to recover from the damage by the fire. WILD WORK OF STORM. Conecuh County, Alabama, the Scene of Devastation. Evergreen, Ala., April 15.—A terrific wind, rain and hailstorm passed over the wester n portion of Conecuh coun ty last evening, resulting in the death of three persons. H. H. Salter, his mother and child were riding along a road and when opposite a clump of trees the storm overtook them, the wind, uprooting the trees, which fell across the wag on, crushing all three of the occupants to death. Much damage is reported to grow ing crops. Hailstones fell as large a*, hen eggs. News has reached here by telephone confirming the rumors of appaling loss of life and property in the neighbor hood of Peterman and Burnt Corn, wrought by the tornado which i>assed near thei^e. Ten persons are known to have been killed and numerous barns, residences, fences and outhouses were swept away entailing a loss which will reach up into the thousands On account of the bad condition of the wires commu nication is delayed and the cmly name that could be obtained of the dead is that of Salter. Several residences were completely demolished!, the timbers falling on the occupants, killing and injuring them. It will probably be several days before the accurate list of the casualties can be gotten, as there is no telegraphic or railroad connection. The heavy rains have rendered the reads almost impassable. UNION MAY BE INDICTED. Conspiracy Against Government Like ly To Be Charged. New York, April 15.—If sufficient ev idence can be obtained, it is not un likely that the Housesmiths and Bridge Workers’ union, which is at tempting to tie up the work on the cantilever crane for the battleship Con necticut at the Brooklyn navy yard because the company refuses to em ploy union men, will be indicted for conspiracy against the government. Admiral Rogers has asked Assistant District Attorney Howells, of the east ern district federal court, for advice as to what legal action could be taken to compel the union to cease Its inter ference with government work. Mr. Howells pointed out that if evi dence could be obtained to prove that persons were deliberately committing acts which would directly or Indirectly hinder or interfere with work carried on to the government such persons could be arrested for conspiracy. He declared he was ready to make arrests •whenever sufficient evidence should be collect ed. An Appeal For Ireland. Boston, April 15.—The executive of ficers of the Ancient Oder of Hiber nians of Ireland, England and Scot land, commonly known in Great Brit ain as “The Board of Brin,” have Is sued an appeal to the members otf the order In this country to aid the pres ent struggle in Ireland for “land for the people.” The appeal was pre pared at a meeting held at Clones, county Mongahan, Ireland, and is signed by the executive officers and accompanied by a statement of condi tions in Ireland prepared by Owen Kiernan of Leeds, organizer of the body in England. Grand Jury After Boodlers. St. Louis, April 15.—The exaanlna- tlon of witnesses by the St. Louis grand jury, investigating the baking powder exchange In the Missouri gen eral assembly, was resumed today un der the direction of Circuit Attorney Folk. A number of witnesses were summoned. Mr. Folk Is not confin ing the investigation to baking powder matters for as the Inquiry proceed® he finds evidence of other boodle dealings involving numerous measures. Malady Not Bubonic Plague. Topeka, Kans., April 15.—Investiga tion shows that the disease which has caused eleven deaths In Delevan, Rushton and Genesee in this state is •mall pox. Owing to the severity of the disease, more than half of those attacked' dying, there was much alarm In the communities, and a report was published that the malady was bu bonic plague. The persons still sick are quarantined strictly, and all will probably recover. All Humors Are impure matters which the skin, liver, kidneys and other organs can not take care ot without help, there is such an accumulation of them. They litter the whole system. Pimples, boils, eczema and other eruptions, loss of appetite, that tired feeling, bilious turns, fits of indiges tion, dull headaches and many other troubles are due to them. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Remove all humors, overcome all their effects, strengthen, tone and invigorate the whole system. “I had salt rheum on my bands so that I could not work. I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla and it drove out the humor. 1 continued its use till the sores disappeared.” Mbs. Ira O. Brown, Rumford Falls, Me. Hood’s Sarsaparilla promises to cure and keeps the promise. BIG SUIT IS PILED. Grant Estate Wants Damages From City of Atlanta. Atlanta, April 15.—Suit tor $90,000 was filed' against the city of Atlanta, yesterday afternoon by th© executors of the late William D. Grant, wbo al lege that the building of the viaduct damaged property belonging to the estate many thousands of dollars. The plaintiffs named in tha suit are Sarah Francis Grant, executrix, and John W. Grant, executor, and the suit was filed by Slaton & Phillips, attorneys. The property in question is th* old Centennial building which formerly stood at the southwest corner of Whit©, hall street and the railroads. The petition alleges that this struc ture was in good condition and valu able property, with a monthly rental amounting to $1,208. The value of the building is alleged to have been $42,500. It is asserted that from March. 1901, the rental began to de crease by reason of the building of the viaduct then going on, and that by July the Centennial building bad to be entirely abandoned and brought in no revenue whatever to the estate. By the use of the utmost diligence.. it is alleged, a house suitable to the needs of that site could) not be erect ed in the place of the Centennial building which had to be torn down, until April 1, 1902, by which time $11,000 in rents had been lost. It is (ilso alleged that during all the time in question the city was levying and col lecting taxes on the property. The total damage is fixed at $58,500 on which interest at the rate of 7 per centals asked. A Great Senaatlou. There was a big sensation in Lees- ville, Ind., when W. H. Brown of that place, who was expected to die, had his life saved by Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. He writes: “I endured insufferable ago nies from Asthma, but your New Dis covery gave me immediate relief and soon thereafter effected a complete cure.” Similar cures of Consump tion, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and Grip are numerous. It’s the peerless’.reme- dy for all throat and lung troubles. Price 50c. and ijil.00. Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co., druggists. Trial bottles free. Every man’s home is his castle un til he makes an assignment—then it’s his wife’s A Sweet)<ltreath is a never failing sign of a healthy stomach. When the breath is bad the stomach is out of order. There is no remedy in the world equal to Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for curing in digestion, dyspepsia and all stomach disorders. Mrs. Mary S. Crick, of White Plains, Ky., writes: “I have been aJidyspeptic tor years—tried all kinds of remecies but continued to grow worse. By the use of Kodol I began to improve at once, and after taking a few bottles am fully re stored in weight, health and strength and can eat whatever I like. Kodol digests what you eat and (makes the stomach sweet. CherokeeJ Drug Co. The man who is short on religion cannot make up the deficiency with a long face. Dreadful Attack of|Whooptng Cough. Mrs. Ellen Harlijon,of fiOUPark Ave., Kantas City, Mo., writes as follows: "Our two children had a severe attack of whooping cough, one of them in the paroxysm of coughing would often faint and bleed at the nose. We tried everything we beard of without getting relief. We then called in our family doctor who pre scribed Foley’s Hoaey and Tar. With the very first dose they began to im prove and we feel that it has saved their lives. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. The winter ovrecoat now tries to stand security for a summer suit. Chronic Bronchitis Cured. “For ten years I bad chronic bron chitis S3 bad that at times I could not speak above a whisper,” writes Mr. Joseph Coffman, of Montmoren- ci, Ind. "I tried all remedies availa ble, but witn no success. Fortu nately my employer suggested that I try Foley’s Honey and Tar. Its effect was almost miraonlons, and I am now cared of the disease. On my recommendation many people have used Foley’s Honey and Tar, and always with satisfaction. ”A8old by Cherokee Drag Co. SSJOZBWlti