The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 18, 1902, Image 6
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ANOTHER WAR IS OS
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Venezuelan Fortress Bombarded Last j
Sunday
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TWO GUNBOATS OPENED FIRE.!
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British and German Warships Soon
Silenced the Batteries of the Forts !
and Surrender Followed.
Puerto Cabello, By Cable.?The British
cruiser Charybais and the German
cruiser Vineta have bombarded the
fortress here. They quickly silenced it.
The Charybdis and the Vineta arrived
here Sunday morning. The captain of
the English merchant steamer Topaz,
which was seized by the mob last Wednesday,
visited the English commodore
on board the Topaz. The populace
were greatly agitated and raised t ie
cry, "To arms!" but no incident occurred.
The commodore then sent a
demand to the authorities for immedl'
ate satisfaction for having pulled down
the British flog from the Topaz and
advised the government that if satisfaction
was not forthcoming in two
hours, tne rortress ana in? cusium
house would be bombarded. The authorities
on the receipt of this demand
sent a message to President Castro
asking for instructions. At 5 o'clock
the Charybdis and Vineta opened fire
on the fortress and the custom house.
The fort replied, but was soon silenced.
No damage was done to the town. The
United States consul went on board the
two cruisers and was informed by their
commanders that they had come to this
port in search of the Venezuelan warships.
The bombardment lasted for 46 minotes.
The fortress is composed of Fort
cs?->ior>? foetid TJhArfllnr. Af
ter the firing ceased, the Charybdis
sent marines to occupy the castle. The
fortress was almost completely demolished.
It Is probable that only a few
persons were injured by the shelling.
The commander of Castle Libertador
has been taken prisoner. The cruisers
are still here. At 7 o'clock this morning
the Charybdis and the Vineta arrived,
searching for Venezuelan gunboats.
The two cruisers sent their
boats into the inner port, but finding
no gunboats the boats returned. The
captain of the British merchant steamer
Topaz, which was seized by the mob
here on Wednesday, then visited the
British commodore, on board the*
Charybdis and lodged a protest against
the violation of his ship. The British*
captain returned an hour later with a
detachment of 50 marines, who took
charge of the Topaz.
A committee of the merchants of
Puerto Cabello then approached the
American consul here, petitioning him
to intervene. The consul accepted this
mission and visited the cruisers, but he
could obtain no alteration in the decision
of the allies.
At a quarter before 5 a reply was re
ceived from President Castro, wno authorized
the chief officer here to give
the British commodore ample satisfaction.
Before this answer could be communicated
to the American consul, the
hour stipulated for its receipt had arrived
and the cruisers immediately
opened fire on the fortress. The fire
was returned from the forts, but the
Venezuelan guns were soon silenced.
"While the firing continued there was
Intense excitement in this port Every
. house in town was closed. The people
of Puerto Cabello cannot account for
this precipitate action on the part of
the allied, which they consider to be
proof that Great Britain and Germany
Intended forcing war upon Venezula.
The Brltitsh marines purpose to make
use of the cannon in Castle Libertador.
The entrance to the insile harbor at
Puerto Cabello is through a narrow
<hannel, not more than a few hundred
feet wide. To the left of this channtl
as one enters the harbor, situated on a
low sand pit. is the fortress which was
bombarded by the German and British
cruisers. It is an old-fashioned structure
which was rebuilt in the eighteenth
century. Its sides are comparatively
low and would offer poor resistance
to modern shells. It is not probable
that the Venezuelan government'
bad any modern cannon there.
The custom house at Puerto Cabelle
la situated on the right or mainland
side of the channel. It is a long, twtx
story brick building and contains, bo
sides executive offices, large wars
houses.
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Bishop Surrenders to Authorities.
Petersburg, Va., Special?Arthur L.
Bishop, who shot and killed Thomas
"Wilson, in Charlotte, last Tuesday
night, and for whose arrest Governor
Aycock offered a reward of $400, is a
prisoner in the jail of this city. Sunday
aight, Jackson Bishop, a letter-carrier
of this city, and father of Arthur
Bishop, went to Mayor Win. M. Jones'
resilience, on narnson street, aim informed
the official that his son, Arthur,
was at home and wished to surrender
himself. The mayor, at Mr. Bishop's
request, accompanied him to young
Bishop's home, and there the surrender
was made. The mayor at once took
i Bishop to the city jail and turned him
over to the officials there.
Five Killed.
Kansas City, Special.?A special to
The Star from Bucklin, Mo., says: "A
serious wreck occurred on the Hannibal
& St. Joe Railroad Saturday night.
A freight was wrecked four miles west
of Bueklin, Mo. The wrecked engine
went through the bridge at Yellow
Creek. The killed rre: J. Murphy, roudt
master; Arthur Might, Thon.ns Ainv
worth. A. Greeb. fireman; J. E. Votau.
trainmaster. Engineer Good was fatally
li jured and several others slightly
hurt"
Indians Dying Out.
Guthrie, 0. T.. Special.?Dr. TYyman.
government physician at the Sac and
Pox Indian agency In Oklahoma, an\ncijDces
that a large majority of t'e
^ribe are afflicted with tuberculdosis.
V scrofula and other incurable diseases,
end adds that the tribe will be extinct
within a few year3. The latest report
says there are left but 473 members of
this once-powerful tribe.
! YtNiZlELAN iUYY btlZED
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1 LVitisli and Germans Adept Vigorous
Measures to Collect Claims.
Y.'ashington. Special.?The State De- j
paittr.ent has been advised that "a j
peaceful blockade" exists at LaGuaira,
( which is the port of Caracas, the onp- :
ital of Yenevuela. The difference be- : '
tween this state and a state of war is J
not very strongly marked, except in |
the opportunity afforded by the peace- j
| fill blockade to effect a settlement j
without recourse to ac tual bloodshed. |
The situation is here regarded as critical.
Minister Bowen. at Caracas, has ac- ! ^
cepted the trust placed upon him to (
look after the interests cf British and f
German citizens in Venezuela and it t
has brought him into conflict with ]
President Castro. He has informed the <
Prate Department that a number of ]
these citizens were arrested in Cara- i
cas. Mr. Bowen at once addressed him- | \
snlf to President Cast'O to s^-ure tbeir : t
release. He represented thai hn had
been charged with the are cf British !s
and German subjects ia Venezuela hut t
President Castro was unwilling V fl-st ft
to recognize his authority. FinaVy th-? ; i
minister convinced him that he was t
acting within his rights and F -sident j
Castro consented with rcluctau. o to re- J
lease the principal prisoners. Mr.
Bowen will insist upon the release of
the remainder. Nothing in his reports
to the State Department indicate the
reason for the arrest of these foreign- I
ers except that they were Germans and !
British. ' I
The latest report from Minister 3cw- j
en to the Department confirmed the
press dispatches relative to the seizure j
of the Venezuelan navy in the po:t of j
Caracas Wednesday. It is now expect- j
ed that the next step will he th" an- j
nouncement of a formal blockade of
that part by the British and German
warships. It is believed here that this
will not stop the entry into the port !
of American ships, but that if the land ,
their cargoes the British and Germans I
will insist upon colecting the regular
Venezuelan rate cf customs duties up- !
on them. Of course this will involve
the seizure of the custom house, and ,
in turn it is expected that President
Castro, unless he concludes to abandon
further resistance, will issue a decree '
closing the port to entry, and will in- j
sist upon collecting duties anew upon
the same gosds if they are passed into
the interior of the country beyond LaGuira.
It was said at the British and German
embassies today that the action oi
President Castro in ordering the ar- :
rest of ail subjects of the British and '
German governments in Caracas was
without precedent in the history of civ- I
ilized countries supposedly at peace j
with each other and that such action j
would be regarded as sufficient ground
for a declaration of war. Indeed, uy !
members of the diplomatic corps here I
it is regarded as being such a declaration
in itself.
Minister Bowen's prompt action ia
demanding of President Castro the retease
of the German and British subjects
arrested in Caracas yesterday is 1
In accordance with the plan agreed (
upon between the German and British 5
O TV1 Via tea flnrc and SarrptftTV HftV whCfl '
the former called at the State Department
fully three weeks ago. and. in anticipation
of the present ugly situation
In Venezuela requested that the United
States minister at Caracas be permitted
to protect the lives and property of
all citizens of the London and Berlin
governments in the Southern American
republics. It is understood that
President Castro was advised of this
action .
It was pointed out by an European
diplomat of high rank that in forcing i
Minister Bowen to demand the release j
of the arrest subjects. President Castro '
is acting directely contrary to the desire
of the Washington government in t
order to become involved in the iuter- (
national dispute. Both Germany and j
Great Britain, it was said, fully appre- (
ciate the position of the Unted States (
and are determned that ths country i
shall not he unnecessarily drawn into j
the difficulty.
Tried to Bribe Miners.
Scranton. Pa.. Special.?The most im- .
j teresting, if not important, testimony
j brought out at Wednesday's sessions 1
| of the coal strike committee was to <
j the effect that an alleged attempt was l
i made by a former mine foreman to j
j bribe two presidents of local unions i
I of the miners to have ten men in each (
j local use their influence to have a (
I resolution passed sending the men to j
[ work, thus making a serious break in
I the solid ranks of the strikers. Each of
j the presidents was to receive $2,500
i and a good position as mine foreman
S and each man was to get from $100 to
I $200. The name of no company was i
mentioned in connection with the '
bribery scheme, none of the lawyers i
cross-examining the witness. i
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Cadets Under Arrest. ]
Lexington. Va.. Special.?Fifty-six 1
cadets, embracing nearly all the third- 1
class of the c adet corps of the Virginia ]
Military Institute, are under closr- ar- "
lest for discharging fireworks at mid- ]
night from the roof of the academic ,
building. This breach of discipline is ^
alleged to be one to the refusal of the
board cf visitors to the school to grant i
an application for ten days' Christmas (
j holiday. Several years ago a whole ,
class was dismissed for a similar offense
to the present one and drastic
action may be taken this time.
Gold For Buenos Ayres. <
New York, Special.?The local agen- I
cy of the London and River Plato '
Bank, limited, will ship $500,000 gold '
to Buenos Ayres. The transaction o!
a special, and makes a total of $2,000,000
shipped by the bank since
August last. The Muller-Schaller Company
announce the engagement of
$500,000 gold to Buenos Ayres. i
FBE STRIKE BEARING"
President Mitchell Goes I'pon the
Stand Again
CUMULATIVE EVIDENCE REVIEWED
Lawyer Torrey Engages Air. Alitchell
in a Colloquy and Gets Ladiy
Worsted.
Scranton, Pa.. Special.?The greater
jart of Friday's session of the Anthracite
Coal Strike Commission was
aken up in presenting cumulative tcs:imony
on matters that have already
ceen heard by the commission. This
testimony tended to show that the las
be;n excessive (locking; that
uany men w ere discriniinat .1 again...
Decause they went on strii; *ath.-r
:han do the work of tinkers; iiher
ire paid one price for n:in? < ars of nli
;izes; that they do not gcc paid fur all
he coal mined; that they should hr..v.
he 8-hcur day because the pines a:mhealthy
and dangerous, and the:
hey ought to receive higher wages.
Late in the day. President Yitehell
vas called to the v.ltness stand and
iresented comparative figures whit!:
showed that the men paid by the day
eceive from 40 to 50 per cent, higher
vages in the bituminous regions than
hoir ,ln in thf? nnthrnrif p fields. His
Igures of the anthracite fields were
gathered by his own officers, and a
lurried comparison with the figures
landed to the commission by the D*!avare
& Hudson Company, lie sai l,
showed that his were generally higher.
The Delaware & Hudson's statistics
ire th > only ones officially before the
commission.
Chairman Gray asked Mr. Mitche'?
vhat was done by ihe miners to adust
grievances cmting the interval
jetween the two great strikes, and Mr.
Mitchell replied that he did not know
)f any company refusing to hold coherences
with their own men. hut lie
lid know thai in most cases the attempt
to adjust grievances proved a
ailnre. In some instances, notably in
he upper fields, company officials
lave refused to see district officers of
he union.
At this point, .times Tor rev, counsel
for the Delaware & Hudson Company.
and Mr. Mitchell, entered into
i colloquy as to the interpretation ot
he letters sent by the coal road presilonts
early last spring, in reply to the
inion's invitation that the operators
neet the miners in conference for the
purpose of forming a wage scale.
Mr. Mitchell slated that the operators
had refused the proposition for
:-ollcctive bargaining or collective
igreements but that Chairman Thomas
if the Krie Company, early in 1901.
lgrced to treat with bin employes
hrough a committee or representative.
The men have the same right." he
'oncludcd, "to employ a representative
:o speak for them as the company h.v;
j engage you or any other lawyer to
speak for them."
"That's all very pretty and bright."
etorted Mr. Torrey, "hut it does not
It in this ease."
Will Be Arbitrated.
Washington. Special.?A cablegram
eceived at the State Department Frilay
from Minister Bowen, at Caracas,
states that the Venezuelan governnent
has requested him to propose to
3reat Britain and Germany that thv'
iifficulties arising cut of the claims
'or damage and injuries to British ani
German subjects during the civial war
je submitted to arbitration. In con'ormity
with the understanding already
reached with the representatives
)f the British and German governnents
here, this proposition from Pres
dent Castro will be duly laid before
ihose governments, the State Department
acting merely as a channel of
communication.
Bombardment Threatened.
London, By Cable.?A dispatch to
he Daily Mail from Willemstad, Curasao.
dated December 11, says that the
'oreign residents of Puerto Cabello are
aking refuge on board the German
raiser Vineta and the British cruiser 1
\riadene, and that these \essels are '
hreatening to bombard the port. 1
Thirteen Cadets Dismissed. 1
Lexington. Va., Special.?For further
ndulging in disorder 13 cadets, all
members of the third class at the Virginia
Military Institute were dismissed
'rom the school today and ordered to
eturn to their homes. Among then
vere the class president and vice presiient.
The remaining members are unler
arrest, pending the action of Supe"ntcncicnt
Shipp. relative to their ciosr.
Reform League.
Philadelphia, Special.?At Friday's
cssion of the National Civil Service
Fteform Leauge the following officers
vere elected: President, Daniel C. Gilnan,
Baltimore; vice presidents. Chas.
Francis Adams. Boston: J. H. Choate,
Sew York; Grover Cleveland. Prince
:on; cnaries w. uuot. uamorjuge; a:thur
T. Hadley. New Haven: Henry 0.
Lea. Philadelphia: Sc;h Low. N w
Pork; Franklin MacVeagh. Chi -ago;
Henry C. Potter. I). P.. New York; P.
J. Ryan, P. P.. Philadelphia; Harry A.
Sarfiold. Cleveland. Elliott H. Goodwin
was re-elected secretary. Resolutions
were adopted congratulating the
country cn the growth of the merit
system in the Federal service.
Wages Increased,
Knoxville, Tenn.. Special.?A local
official of the Southern Railway is au:liority
for the statement that the con'erence
at Washington between a committee
of conductors from the entire
Southern system and General Manager
Ackert, has resulted in advance of
wages for the men. Just what the advance
is cannot be stated. The increase
\sked for by the men was about 10 per
:ent.
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CCNGRtSSiON'AL PROCLEDINGS
WJirt Our Congress is Dcir.g Day
by Day.
HOUSE.
N'inlh Dry?After debating the London
doe*, charge bill for almost l'oar
hoars the House chopped its head off
by striking out the enacting clan e
13S to 121i. This killed the bill, '^r
debate was spirited cn both sides and
ail day the members were horded with
telegrams. The withdrawal of the sopport
of the lumber and meat packing
interests, which originally joined hands
with the flour milling interests in
pressing the measure, brought about
its defeat. The final vote was 138 to
120 in favor of the motion to strike out
the enacting clause. Speeches were
made to favor of the bllL by Mr. Tawncy,
of Minnesota, and Mr. Richardson.
of Alabama, and against it by the
Messrs. Adams, of Georgia: Wnpnei,
/da ns and Dalzel!, of I'onneyivana;
!?'.?irsen and Largess, cf Texas, and
M :in. of Illinois.
Mr. T.iwmy explained at length the
purpose cf the bill, wbhli be said ap;
red only t.r the port of London an l
.-.vr.lv designed to relieve mc
.\r. v; e.u shipper of the. charge ma 'o
v ;*:< tratit.uorting < on-panics for d livcring
goo is over the side cf the vessel.
This charge, he said was included
in the contract of s liptncnf. The bill
would prevent such contract.
Mr. Ad.amson. of Georgia, a member
cf the committee wr.ich reported the
bill, opposed it. first on the ground that
it sought to prevent the liberty of connect
and second, because it was supported
practically by a single interest,
the millers.
Mr. Mann read many telegrams from
firms, which had formerly supported
the bill, stating that after investlgat:-n
tlinv drcVnl In r?Vi oil rrn. tVloi r loci.
tion.
Eleventh Day?The House session
had the private calendar under consideration
all day. Good progress was
made.
Twelfth Day?The House devoted
the day to the consideration of private
pension bills. The calendar was cleared.
173 bills being passed. None of
then was of especial interest. The bill
to appropriate $1,000,000 for the eradication
of the foot and mouth disease in
New England was made a special order
for Tuesday, with the understanding
that the only legislative features of the
bill would be considered and that the
appropriation would be reported from
the appropriation committee. Mr.
Maddox objected to the consideration
of the bill, until he had had an opportunity
to examine it.
SENATE.
Ninth Day?The Senate devoted most
of the day to the immigration bill and
adopted a number of amendments
There was considerable discussion during
the day upon an amendment offered
by Mr. Burton, of Kansas, to adroit
Chinese lanorers to nawuu, waica mei
with considerable opposition and ftr.nliy
was laid on the table. The provision
in the bill prohibiting the sale of liquor
in the capital building caused a little
flurry and criticism of the House for
putting it in the bill. The provision,
1 owcver, was not stricken out. During
the day the militia bill was discussed.
It will be taken up again Thursday.
An amendment to the immigration
bill, offered by Mr. Bailey, of Texas,
was adopted, providing thaf skilled labor
may be imported if labor of like
kind cannot be found in this country.
The amendment prohibiting the sale
ol liquors in the capitol wc.- taken up
and Mr. Berry, of Illinois, declared
that the capitol was not the proper
to act In the matter without any law
of Congress.
Mr. Tillman said he wanted a little
light on the subject. He had been informed.
he said, that no liquor was sold
in the Senate end of the capitol. "The
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nuuse ID Dlilipij yiajiiAfy a ujywtm;n.iu
game before the people," said he, "and
endeavoring to make the Senate attend
to its morals."
Mr. Penrose, answering him, said the
paragraph was stricken out became the
(ommittee thought it was uot a proper
place for it.
Mr. Bailey, of Texas, contended that
each house of Congress ha* authority
place to run a saxjon..
The amendment was adopted, which
lias the effect of retaining the clause
in the bill prohibiting the sale of
liquor in the capitol.
Eleventh Day?The Senate heard
committee reports and then went into
exacutive session. At 4: >5 it adjourned.
Twelfth Day?The committee heard
arguments on the eight hour labor bill.
No report was made, as the arguments
were nat completed when the Senate
adjourned.
Passed Over Veto.
Atlanta. Ga.. Special.?A hill was
passed by the Georgia Legislature over
Governor Tr "roll's veto, which extends
{ho to:in o ! the Governor and ether
State officers eight months beyond thrtime
which they would otherwise have
expired. The bill also provides that
the Legislatr.ro shall meet on the
fourth Wednesday in June instead of
the fourth Wednesday in Octobe% as at
present. The Legislature adjourned
sine die the 50-day limitation having
expired. The next session will commence
In June, 1902.
Fintors Capital.
Tr ri-Ar-Prin ?e. Tfr.yti, By Cable.?
General Aloxir Ned. who w is War
inIstcr under thv jrovisicnai governm;r.t,
entered the capital of Hayti Sundry.
r.t th* > -: ! . ; ir'u army.. He was
accorded a sympathetic reception by
the people. General Nerd's intentions
a:v net known. It is generally believed
thai i:i case he announces hirr.scir a
candidate for the presidency hi3 elecicn
to that cTice is assure!, by reason
of the numerous force at his command.
Britain's Sunniest Spot
The sunniest spots in the United
Kingc.om are the Channel Islands,
which-.enjoy sunshine during 39.9 per
cent of~Tb< time the sun is above thei
horizon in course of a year. J
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A FSE IN ATLANTA
Destroys 2 Who!: Block, Doing Mucl
Dcniage
MANY BUSINESS PEOP1E LOSER:
A Section of Did buildings in lh>
Business District Completely Burn
ed Out.
1 Atlanta, Special.?Fire in the hear
of the down-town section of Atlanfc
wiped out almost a block of busines:
houses, causing a loss estimated bo
tween $-{00,000 and $500,000.
The fire originated in the turnitun
store c? Snook & Austin, on the White
hall street viadict and was first, dia
covered about ! o'clock in the morn
ing. It spread with great rapidity t<
the Xorcross building, a structure o:
the corner cf Pcavktre-; and MarietL;
streets. whose six stories were largel;
taken up with tL ofiices of physi
ciaus. dentists and attorneys. The Xoi
cross building and the Snook buildini
| ciu Cillli fiy ^ Jiioii J-ii. U, [;v: i:uui
j of the walls remaining. The buildin:
I occupied by the Jacobs Pharmacy
i Company, adjoining the Xorcrosi
I building, en Marietta street, wa3 com
i pletely gutted and the Jacobs Com
| pany and the Snook Company sus
I tained the heaviest individual lossei
: of the fire. Water did considerabh
, damage to several stores adjoining an(
j across the street. The Williams Hote
a small hotel located on the uppe:
' floor cf the Jacobs Pharmacy build
| Ing. contained about 65 lodgers, ant
' tor some time rumors prevailed tha
loss of life had occurred among th<
guests of the hotel, but Fire Chie
Joiner declared tonight that all the
guests had escaped unharmed.
The entire street car service of th;
city was suspended for a period oi
about four hours, during the fierces
progress of the fire. The burned build
Ings were most of them old and theli
i motprinl v.elue was not ereat. The Nor
| cross building, the most valuable ol
; those destroyed, was to have been de
j tnolished within a year to make wa>
j for avmodern office structure. It wa*
j built at a cost of about $50,000. Tht
heaviest monetary loss falls upon thi
! merchants in the various board build
' ings who lost their stock and fixtures
There was considerable apprehension
early in the morning that the flames
would spread to other buildings.
Fierce Coid Up North.
New York, Special.?New York and
New England have experienced dur
Ing the past 24 hours the coldesl
weather of many years. In this city
it wa? the coldest December 9 in 2(
years. the thermometer registering as
It did in that year S above zero. Tht
severity of the cold was intensified by
the fact that nie people were not prepared
for it, the cold wave having
descended suddenly and withoul
warning. Then. too. the scarcity ol
:oal caused much suffering among the
poorer classes and even those able tc
ifford the luxury of 1 ton of anthracite
had to use it sparingly for fear thai
the cold snap would last and they
would be unable to get a fresh supply,
Every effort is being put forth to alleviate
the suffering, charitable organ
izations having taken steps to supply
the poor and the board of aldermen
having voted $10,000 to help along the
good cause.
The cold in the city was mild compared
with that prevailing in the
northern sections of the State and in
New England. At Albany, the mer
cury fell to 10 below zero and in some
nearby districts It went down to 20,
The river is frozen over at Albany,
putting an end to navigation. Balston
reported 12 below, the lowest regis
l-?teinoo ism and Saratoga fell
the grasp of weather 30 below. The
cold wave struck New York also. Nor
walk. Conn., reported 23 below zero
the coldest in years.
Col. Phelps Dead.
Aiken. S. C.. Special.?Colonei Sheffield
Phelps died here Tuesday morning
and his remains will be taken to his
borne in New Jersey for interment. He
was a son of the late William Walter
Phelps and was at one time editor of
I the Jersey City Journal. A few years
ago he built a winter cottage here and
has spent each season here since. Ho
also owned a game preserve of 2,GOO
acres.
Murder at Charlotte, N. C.
Charlotte, N. C., Special.?Arthui
L. Bishop, a well-known traveling
salesman, who represents a shoe
manufacturing company of Lynchburg.
Va.. shot and killed Tuesday
night, Mr. Tom Wilson, an overseer
on the public roads of this county.
The shooting occurred at Wilson's
residence, at 203 Oak street, at 10:30
o'clock. Bishop fled immediately after
he fired the fatal shot and has not
yet been apprehended, though the
police are watching every train and
making diligent effort to arrcot the
criminal.
Took the Oath.
wachinptfin SDecial?The new Asso
ciate Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, Hon. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, of Massachusetts, Monday took
the oath of ofTice ?nd Immediately entered
upon the discharge of his duties.
The oath was administered by the
j clerk of the court, James H. McKen|
ney, and the ceremony was witnessed
fcby as large a concourse of people as
Buld find admission to the court
k SOUTHERN INDLSTJR1AL I
Colonizing Southwest. f
With the selection of Capt. JamoS^I^Bj
W. Steele to he the colonization corn- a
misslonor, the railroads identified,
with the recently organized move- 1
I ment for the colonization of the South- 31
west may be said to have made a. 1
definite and an auspicious beginning. *
e of the vastly important work pro
posed. Adequate offices for the colonization
agency of the Southwestern
lines, as the headquarters will bet
termed, have been secured in the most.
eligible part of the business, district
, of St. Louis, and a" the time of Cap-'
. tain Steele's appointment it was an
nounced that the headquarters would!.
c be opened for business December 1.
The Manufacturers' Record recent- :J
1y reviewed at length the'piaas amf
purposes of the Southwestern ral'~
roads in inaugurating this new entei- *1
3 prise, and pointed out the great bene- . il
i fits which rnu?t result to the section
l involved?Oklahoma. Indian Territory. via
.. Arkansas, Texas. as well as parts or
Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana and New
* Mexico.
That the work more fully acquaint- isj
r ing the world with the great variety of
5 resources this section contains may "
well be intrusted to the hands of Cap'
tain Steele, assurance is given by tho
' experience and capacities of the new
3 commissioner, as well as by the great.
- esteem in which he is held by all'the*
. rajlroads connected with the movement.
Captain Steele knows the Southwest
as few men do. He has been cpn3
neeted with railroad publications for
3 a number of years, and it is to him
i no change of scene or divorcement or '
j sympathies when he takes hold of this .
larger field of activity. In the earlier
r days of Kansas Captain Steele wa* .
- member of a brilliant coterie of young '
1 men. among them the late Senator
t Ingalls, who gave fame to the transl>
tory Kansas Magazine, and ever since*
those days Captain Steele's pen has
been employed in attractively pre-.
i sentlng various phases bf life in the- .)
great West.
, Having been long Identified as well,
j with the practical work of interestingand
locating immigrants, it would *
' worn that Pnntain Stpplp is PYfen- v'
* tionally qualified to execute the very
r ambitious plans of the Southwestern. . *
. railroads, and that, backed up by the,
enthusiasm and liberality of his principals,
a notable success cannot fait,
" of achievement.
> Aid to Education.
! The board of education' cf Atlanta.
: recently suggested legislation permit- s
. ting a vote on a proposition to issue$100,000
of bonds for the erection of
' new school buildings. The yearly ap- *
1 propriaticn made by the council for \
1 the public schools is not sufficient toconduct
them, and it is authoritatively 3,
stated that they are overrun and that
the bond issue was the only means of tj
I meeting the emergency. Subsequently
an arrangement was made for an ap?
propriation of $50,000 for the scaoolsr
" in lieu of a bond issue. But the boud
r issue is probabiy one of the best .
! means of meeting the increasing de- ?jj
j mands in the South for better school *
, facilities. It practically places thecost
of the schools upon the genera- ?
tion which will be principally bene
fitted by them, and removes -the
; slightest excuse for receiving charity
r from outside, however, sugar-coated
i such a policy may be. It also gives.
opportunity for philanthropy that does.
! not sap independence. Men who wish. :
> to aid Southern education may invest
i in the bonds.
/
Klnston and Carolina.
The Kinston & Carolina Railroad,
recently chartered to build a.
through Lenoir, Duplin and Peifdafc-y^*?
counties, North Carolina, to a point on v
the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad of
the Atlantic Coast Line system, :.s al- t"{*
ready in operation for part of the dip- ' ?
tance. President J. W. Lynch writes.*
from Kinston to the Manufacturers* ii
Record that twenty-one miles of line
are built and in use. Starting at Kin- i
ston, where it connects with the Atlantic
Coast Line and Atlantic & North
PorAllno tV?ex rnnH riinQ armt"h via
1 little villages of Deep River, Reposeand
Pink Hill, the latter now being
: the southern terminus of the line. The
officers are: President, J. W. Lynch; * ;
treasurer, W. C. Swift; secretary, Daa
? Quinerly.
Textile Matters.
Charles Scott of Rosedale, Miss., is
negotiating with German capitalists
relative to the erection of a cotton factory
at Rosedale.
The Oxford (N. C.) Cotton Mil',3 will
install some additional machinery.
Contract has been awarded for 200 additional
spindles to wind both cops and
tubes. Company's present,, plant his
C120 ring spindles.
B. F. Seago of Durst, Ga., will plant
mulberry trees and grow silkworms
with a view to cultivating silk .for
manuiacture mio marxeiamc products.
A $30,000 stock company is being,
organized to build a knitting mill
at Carlisle, S .C. Fant Gilliam of Unionr
S. C., will be elected president. It ie
stated that the capital ha3 been subscribed.
^ "
Irving Ackley of Cincinnati, , Ohio, J
and his associates will establish a" v.
woolen mill at Carrollton, Ky. "they
have secured buildings formerly used,
for woolen manufacturing, and will
install an equipment of machinery to
employ about 150 persons. The further
details are now being considered.
Lumber Notes.
A fire occurred on the 28th ult. in the
Rat Portage Lumber Co's yards , at
Norman, Ontario, Dominion of Canada,
consuming* 25,000,000 feet of lumber.
The Tallahalla Lumber Co. of Ellisville,
Miss., has amended Its charter by
increasing its capital stock to not less
than $300,000 nor more than $500.0^0.
The Holly Mount Lumber Co. ot
Yazoo City, Miss., has been chartered,
with a capital of $3000. C. T. Yartee, S.
H. Lusk, D. B. Sproles, W. W. Caift
end others are Incorporators.