The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 13, 1905, Image 2
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The Indian mail to hand brings us ;
vivid and pathetic details of the death
of Major Carnegy during the lionshooting
exploit in t^e Gir forest dis- J
trict. The major, of course, was the
political officer of the viceroy, says
the London Pall Mall Gazette, and the
expedition had been arranged by Lord
Lamington on the -site of the lion hunt
prepared for Lord Cur von five years
ago, but never fulfilled. It is believed
there are sixty or seventy lir.ons in
the Gir, and the major, having spent
the last couple of years in 'the vicinity,
knew the Junaaadh better than
any one.
On March 9 a tracker arrived who
hart hnnn ntfnrkpd In > linn whiln r-rl
Ing into camp, and while he dropped
his weapons and escaped it was only
by abandoning his pony and seeing
the animal carried oil.
The "shoot" was divided into three
parties with the major in the second,
and it entered the jungle to a depth of
about ten miles. The major and his
two friends. Mr. du Boulay and Capt.
Foljambe, selected a tree, each ranging
along a nullah, and the two latter
fired at a fine lion, wounding him high
in the right shoulder. The major also
hit a lioness. The natives also fired
their old-fashioned guns, and it was
thought safe to descend the trees for
Defects of t
An English merchant resident tor
many years in China recently visited
Janan. He makes the following in
teresting comparison between the
natives of the two countries: "As a
nation I cannot think that the Japanese
have the permanent staying
qualities of the Chinese. They are
physically inferior, and have the misfortune
to inhabit a country of active
volcanoes and frequent earthquakes,
whose terrors destroy or threaten.
Yeddo was wrecked and 100,000 people
killed by an earthquake in 1855,
and you must remember the devastation
of the one in 1891. The average
is 500 shocks, great and small, every
year. There have been two eruptions
and several shocks since I've been
here and the peerless mountain. Fujiyama,
sometimes $ives threatening
signs and may suddenly spread widecast
ruin. This dread of earthquakes
has restricted the architecture and
household arrangements of the whole
country,
"Chinese are employed by the foreign
banks, merchants and hotels here
for most responsible positions, compradores,
godown keepers and head
Life Viewed
trs=z
Man is born into the world. He is |
at or.ce attacked by nettle rash, croup, :
measles and the whooping cough. He
has the colic before his first teeth are
cut and when he is swindled we say |
he is getting his eye teeth cut.
If he scapes the scarlet fever and !
? the mumps, he finds directly in his
way the scarlet rash and the sevenyear
itch. If he is not carried off in
a hearse before he is too large for
short pants he still stands a show of
cutting off one of his toes, being kicked
by a mule or getting shot with a
target rifle in the hands of a boy that
"didn't know it was loaded."
He gets his feet wet, runs at the
nose and is scolded by his parents for
going in swimming on Sunday. He
goes to the circus, rides on the merrygo-round
and hits the dignified old
gentleman in the back of the head
with a snowball before he is well In
his teens.
He now reaches the stage where he
gathers watermelons in the light of
the moon, eats green apples and lays
out ctf nighls. The fuzz begins to
On the Snow??
Vmf v?riof nprpmhpr d?v I
1 Ut7 CILU luctv W(*v? ^
rose in the old familiar way; but not
so brilliant were its beams, as some
sweet summer sunrise seems. A
silence fell along the streets, and the
blizzard came in sheets?a storm that
gave us real pain?and I was on the
eastboand train. Another morn broke
cold clear, and many a soul was
racked with fear, and many a drummer
paled and said, "we're up against
it, on the dead," for snowdrifts clustered
mountain high, seeming to touch
the leaden sky, and still the wind as
fiercely bowled as when at first the
blizzard growled; small wonder that
we were appalled, because we knew
the train was stalled.
A man who traveled selling soap
remarked, *1 guess there ain't no
Poet's Anal)
What is the existence of man's life i
But open war or slumber'd strife?
Where sickness to his sense presents I
The combat of the elements.
And never feel* a pertect peace
Till death's cold hand eigns his release.
It Is a storm?where the hot blood
Out\!;es in rage the boiling flood:
And each loud passion of tthe mind
Is a furious gust of wind.
Which beats the hwrk with many a wave.
Till he casts anchor in the grave.
It Is a /lower?which buds and grow*.
.And withers as the lerves disclose:
Whose spring and fall faint seasons keep,
L,ike tits of waking before sleep.
Then sbrtnks into that fatal moid
Where its flrst being was ewwU'dJoseph
L. Herwig. four tiroes pr?si-1
dent of tho New Orleans stock ex- \1
chaise and director in a number of; J
banl^ ami o'her institutions, died
Wednesday, aged 61. He was born in ,
Port au Ptince while his father, then ,
of Baltimore, was United States consul
thertt <
John W. Hill, ex-chief engineer of i
the Philadelphia filtration bureau
was held under bail, charged with j'
falcifying papers, and the $700,000'
contract for filtration-plant work,
beid by D. J. McNichoi & Co., was leroked.
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i consultation and search for the
wounded quarry.
The lioness appeared and ran fcr a .
shikari, but the major fired and drop* I
ped her head. Then there was a pause
for drinks, and the party commenced j
to follow the lion's trail down the
nullah for a mile or so. Now and then
the men ascended trees to keep a lookout,
and at last the party came into
a clearing with waist-high grass in- .
stead of trees.
Suddenly there was a roar and the
lion dashed out. making straight for 1 the
major, who fired one shot, just ' t
grazing the beast. Simultaneously j j
there was a struggling cloud of dust. <
in which the natives say they saw I
the lion beat the major down with a (
blow of his paw. Capt. Foljambe fired. : j
Mr. du Boulav ran up anu fired point- j j
blank at the lion's heart, a native
fired into his hind quarters, while others
clubbed it with a ricfle-butt and
swords. The major was found to be , 1
dead. He must have died instantan- !
eously. The body was carried on a <
charpoy by torchlight and conveyed j
back to Rajkote by special train, and j
the shock caused by the news through- j
out the Junagadh district was inten- J j
sely felt.
It is added that the lion measured
11 feet from tip to tail. Tl^kothers shot
were two lions rather less*nd a 1
lioness (the major's) of 9 feet, w ?
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servants. The general testimony is j
that Japanese are untruthworthy for i
such positions and that native merchants
have not much commercial 1
honor. Moral responsibility appears 1
to rest too lightly upon all of his ^
class, which may be partly caused by the
facilities afforded by the numer- ,
ons temples for the remission of sins, i <
A coin thrown into a box. a bpll rung, 1
a devout attitude and a short formal J 5
prayer quickly brings the sinner into 1
favor again with his gods.
"Making allowance for the small *
stature o!f these people, their children, 1 j
especially the thousands of school- | ,
boys I've seen, appear puny and*veak \
and they are tame and girlish in their i f
sports. The small size and frequent i ]
hollow chests of the men detract from 1
their appearance as soldiers and police;
physique and disposition will J
always prevent the Japs from realiz- ]
ing our ideal of a soldier?a man of ;
good size by our standards, well de- |
veloped. erect, smart and brisk. The
troops I saw marching and drilling ]
lacked these soldierly qualities, moved
in a slouching way, their arms and 1
equipments appearing too heavy for
them." 1
by Pessimist .
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grow on his upper lip and he blushes
when he sees a girl, until his hair *
scorches. He next develops into a
"smart Alec," and his parents are undecided
whether to shoot him for ^
smoking cigarettes or turn him over j t
to an asylum manager as a confirmed 1 ^
lunatic. Man is subject to typhoid
fever, pneumonia, spinal meningitis,
smallpox and his own intemperance.
He is beset by disease, indebtedness
and breach of promise suits until it is t
a wonder that any of us are able to
score three scare and ten. If he es- i
capes a famine, pestilence and war, i i
he does his best to shorten his days I
by keeping his boiler overloaded with 1
inferior booze. He is subject to sick 1
headache, lumbago and inflammatory ,
rheumatism until he cries aloud that c(
his last stage is worse than his first. z
He wears false hair, false teeth and s
goes to jail for getting money under i
false pretenses. t
Yet when he has finally run the <
gauntlet and passes off the stage of 1
action, the heavy / as for the
country paper says: "It is well."? {
Nevada Post.
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bound Train i
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hope for no one getting through to- t
day?this is an awful storm, but say, . *
It ain't no marker to a blow that we c
was in two years ago;" and then -ex- i 1
claimed the man that sold enlarged ! ,
pictures, "Gee. it's cold!" Long hours j
rolled by, and then?oh, John! a din- ! (
ing car was coupled on?a blessed
dining car, I swear, it seemed like an
oasis there. And all that morn and i
afternoon I gave instructions to the ! ]
coon. Alas for him who never sees <
a dining car in times flke these, who ;
in the smoker snores away, waking up !
now and then to pray that there will ; 1
be no more delay; who has not learn- , !
ed in cafe cars the truth to erai
grants unknown; that tables are as j
good as bars?that is?as good to let *
alone.?' Travel." i j
rsis of Life'
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It is a dream?wh?s? seeming truth; J a
Is moralized in age and youth:
VAIi #?"(. nil f Vio pnmfnpk n
As wand'ring as his fancies are.
Till in a mist of dark decay
The dreamers vanish quite awayIt
is a dial?which points out '
The sunset as it moves about; I
And shadows out in lines of night i
The subtle stages of Time's flight, j
Till all-obscuring earth had laid
Ilia body In perpetual shade. I
It is a wean.- Interlude
Which doth short joys, long woes, tool
udc;
The world, the stage, the prologue tears; [
The acts vain hopes and varied fears:
The scene shut up with Kiss of breath,
And leavos no epilogue but Death!
?Henry Kins.
Germany has refused to agree upon
the subject matter to be diseussed at
ihc proposed Moroccan conference until
Fiance accepts the conference itself. .
Mrs. Shepherd K. Smith was put on ^
tTial in Manchester. Ya.. charged with .
a.rsing the death of her 7-year-old son.
Fjre destroyed the Ualtimore and t
Ohio shops at Yeyser, together with S3 ?
.-a rs. I
Constable Mann, of Appomattox, who j
went to Lynchburg to arrest a negro, (
was himseif arrested on a charge of j
jeing drunk. .
The "wets" carried Woodstock A the <
Iccai-option contest. _ i
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FUNERAL OF MR. BAY
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Simple But Impressive Ceremony
Marked the Burial of the Dead
Statesman.
Cleveland. Ohio, Special.?The funeral
of Secretary Hay took place here
on Wednesday. The body of the dead
statesman did net lie in state, owing
to the express wish of Mrs. Hay and
the family. The ceremonies were impressive,
but simple. The President
and party were in attendance, as also
a large outpouring of citizens.
A Proclamation by the President.
Oyster Bay. L. I., Special.?President
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[ERRIBLE CYCLONE
^thway of Texas Twister is Strewn
With Wreckage
rORNADO KILLS OR MAIMS SIXTY
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Vlany Dwellings Swept Entirely Away
Near Nacona, Tex., and Fourteen
Persons Killed, Mainly Women and
Children, Besides Many Injured.
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Dallas. Texas, Special.?A special to
rhe News from Nacona. Texas, says
:hat a tornado and thunder storm
passed a few miles west and south
)f there Wednesday afternoon, killing
fourteen persons and injuring many
Jthers and destroying a number of
louses. The latest reports from the
;torm-swept district gives the followng
casualties:
The dead:
Mrs. C. C. Shackleford.
uiue ouaciueiuru, uaugnier oi it. *j.
Shackleford.
Mrs. S. L. Tumbleson and three chilIren.
Mrs. Mary Lester and four children.
Caleb White.
Mrs. Ira Williams.
Frank, son of Samuel Eakin, killed
by lightning.
Injured:
James Simpson, Miss Alice Simpson,
Moore, arm broken; Hobbs.#
Fatally; C. R .Christian and farnil^F
I. M. Stewart and family; C. H. Wj)P
liams, leg broken; Miss Nance Ausffn, j
seriously; J. J. Woodson, Frank Woodson.
seriously; R. G. Shackleford and ,
wife; Z. W. Shackleford. injured about
:be head.
Four children also received serious
njuries. A child of Mrs. Mary Lester
s believed to be fatally injured.
Many farm houses were swept entirey
away. The school house, three miles I
west of there, was damaged.
Baptist and Methodist churches at
Drliher were considerably damaged,
rhe Methodist church at Montague is
eported wrecked and the court house j
lamaged; also other churches. The ,
Dixie School building. six miles
south of here, was entirely blown away. j
Bail stones as large as hen eggs fell >
lere, breaking out many window glass- !
?s. Reports of the work of the tornado
ire still coming in. The number of
silled and injured will probably reach ;
sixty.
Nacona is in the northern part of !
Texas, on a spur line of the Missouri, i
Kansas & Texas Railroad, four miles j
'rom Gainesville.
TEN DEAD AT MONTAGUE. TEXAS.
Montague, Texas. Special.?Ten peojle
are dead as a result of a tornado
:bat passed over Montague Wednesday
lfternoon. They are:
A. P. Earl.
Miss Sadie Earl, daughter of A. P.
3a rl.
Burk Earl, son of A. P. Earl.
Baby Carl Lawrence Pilow. *
Tomlinson family, consisting of hlsjand,
wife and four children.
Fatally injured:
Clayborn Whit, 45 years old.
Houses totally demolished:
J. F. Clark's drug store.
D. Y. Lunn's grocery store and ofIces.
Old Bank Building, occupied by G. L.
A.leorn, real estate agent
Store of Rowe Hardware Company.
Fifteen dwellings.
The tornado lasted perhaps 30 minJtes.
Hundereds of head of stock in
his vicinity were killed outright by
;he wind.
The number of injured is unknown.
Cotton Crop Letter.
Messrs. W. F. Klumpp & Co. issue
he following cotton crop letter:
Since our crop letter of the 1st
ilto.. the conditions have improved
naterially. and farmers have had
- - * ? ? V\a ornnc i
jooa weamer iu cuimaw mo v?v,K~, ,
vhich were very backward in a great i
nany sections.
In Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas
ind the Territories, the plant with the
exception of being late, is healthy j
ind making rapid growth, but there
ire still complaints from Louisana :
ind Arkansas, of some fields being 1
trassy, in Georgia, Alabama, and the
Jarolinas the crop is well cultivated
ind making good progress.
The crop over the entire belt, is
low making good progress, and we
lelieve the Government Bureau Reiort
to be issued on the 3rd inst will
(how an average condtion of about 82,
igainst 88 last year, and 77.1, in 1903,
lowever, it is too early to form an
ipinion as to what the final outcome j
vill be as the crop has to pass i
nrough the most trying period during ]
ate July and August, and much also :
lepends upon the weather conditions J
luring the picking season.
The undertone in cotton shows less
strength, and with good weather condiions,
prices are likely to seek a low:r
level in the near future.
Wholesale Killing in South Carolina
rvunmlin s p Snecial.?At a bie
jarbecue at Gaston, 16 miles south
jf here, in Lexington county, Mack
Terrett, Rembert More, Elliott Pound, ;
T. E. Reese and Joe Reese, all of
shorn were drinking, undertook to '
settle some old quarrels, of several
rears' standing, with the result that J
T. E. Reese was shot in the abdomen
ind will die. Mack Jerrett was fatally
mt in the back and side, and Joe
Eteese was dangerously shot in the
lip. The light is said to have comnenced
by Pound knocking Jerrett
Jown, the latter drawing a revolver
rnd beginning to shoot as he arose,
others had pistols and knives in play,
md for a time excitement ran high.
Hulk in Way of Navigation.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?E. L.
Montgomery, master of the schooner
tobcrt McFarland. reports that on
fane 29, about 12 miles off Hatterc:. |
le passed a three masted schoom .
?n beam ends, hull awash, with to v
nasts about 15 feet above the water,
pointing north-northeast. The hulk
.vas right in the course of steamers,
lorth-northeast of Diamond Shoal
iglitship, 20 miles distant by log.
Bee Koipers Hold Convention.
Savanna?, Special.?The Southern
3ee Ke?ers* Association met here
iVednesfcy and discussed methods of
)ee eultu^^ The convention was but
igbtly attcmled. ov ing to crop condiions,
which demanded the attention
>f many members. S. Cheatham, of
Edgefield, S. C.. was elected vice presdent,
to All the vacancy caused by
he death of a former incumbent,
^resident J. J. Milder, of Cordeie, Ga.,
resioed. The next meeting of the
convention will be held in Atlanta
lext November.
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Roosevelt has prepared the formal
proclamation announcing the death of
John Hay, Secretary cf State, as follows:
"A proclamation by the President of
the United States:
"John Hay, Secretary of State of the
United States, died July 1. His death,
a crushing sorrow to his friends, is to
the President of this country a national
bereavement, and in addition it !
i3 a serious loss to mankind, for to
him it was given to stand as a leader
in the effort to better world conditions
by striving to advance the cause of
international peace and justice.
"He entered the public service as
the trusted and intimate companion i
of Abraham Lincoln, and for well- 1
night forty years he served his country
with ioyal devotion and high ability
in many positions of honor and trust; ,
and finally he crowned his life work
by serving as Secretary of State with
such farsightedness of the future and
such loyalty to lofty ideas, as to con"
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ier lasiiii^ ucucuu nut vjluj ?
own country, but upon all the nations
of the earth. As a suitable expression
of national mourning. I direct that the
diplomatic representatives of the
United States in all foreign countries
display the flags over their embassies
and legations at half-mast for ten
days; that for a like period tho flag 1
of tho United States be displayed at
half-mast at all forts and military
posts and at all naval stations and I
cn all vessels of the United States.
"I further order that on the day of
the funeral, the Executive Department
in city of Washington be closed, and
that on all the public buildings
throughout the United States the national
flag be displayed at half-mast. !
"Done at the city of Washington,
this third day of July, A. D., 1905, and j
of the independence of the United
States, the one hundred and twentyninth.
"THEODROE ROOSEVELT."
"By the President: Herbt D. Price,
Acting Secretary of State."
President Announces Peace Commissioners.
Oyster Day, N. Y., Special.?Official
announcement was made by President
Roosevelt of the names of the Russian
and Japanese envoys to the WashingnnnfBrAiiPo
TIia rharacter and
tvu j;c?vw wuivtvMvv. ,
ability of the men selected by both bel- j
ligerents is an earnest of the desire of
their respective government to conclude,
if possible, the tragedy enacted
in the far East. The plenipotentiaries
are:
Russian, Ambassador Muravieff, formerly
Minister of Justice and now am- :
bassador to Italy, and Baron Rosen,
recently.appointed as ambassador to
the United States to succeed Count
Cassini.
Japanese, Baron Komura, Minister
Foreign Affairs, and Kogoro Takahira,
minister to the United States.
By direction of the President. Secretary
Loeb made the formal announcement
in the following statement:
PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
"The President announces that the
Russian and Japanese governments
have notified him that they have appointed
the plenipotentiaries to meet
here (Washington) as soon after the :
first of August as possible. The two
Russian plenipotentiaries are Ambassador
Muravieff, formerly Minister of;
Justice and now ambassador at Rome,
and Ambassador Rosen. The Japanese
plenipotentiaries are Baron Komura,
now Minister of Foreign Affairs, and
Minister Takahira.
"It is possible that each side may j
send one or more additional represen- j
tatives. The plenipotentiaries of both
Russia and Japan will be entrusted |
with full power to negotiate and conclude
a treaty of peace, subject, of
course, to ratification by their respect- j
Ive home governments."
Covington Not Guilty.
Little Rock, Ark., Special.?A ver-,
diet of not guilty was returned by the
jury in the trial of State Senator A.
W. Covington on a charge of accept-!
ing a bribe of $6,000 on the bill appro- j
priating $800,000 for the completion of j
the new State capitol. The jury had
been out since Saturday night at 11.30
o'clock. After the verdict was announced
the prosecution entered a
nolle prose qui in the remaining
charge against Senator Covington of
accepting a bribe of $100 and a gold
watch for his vote on the district court
b^l.
Sons of Veterans Elect Officers.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.?At thr
seventeenth annual convention of Alabama
and Tennessee United Sons of
Confederate Veterans, held here July
4th, the following officers we^ electe-l:
Ccmmander. W. P. Saunders, Knoxville,
Tenn.; vice commander, Frank
Felks. Birmingham: deputy vice com
mander. Charles A. Brake, Birmingham;
secretary. M. D. Freidman, Birmingham;
treasurer, Valentine Gilb,
Jr. Birmingham.
Threw Himself Under Train.
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UOlumDiC, S. c;., special.?.>e?a
was received here of the suicide at
New Castle, Ky., of Mr. John A. Hen
drix, formerly a resident of this city
where he was very popular. The
message stated that he threw himself
under a moving train. He Jiad be
come short, to a small extent, in hir
accounts with a special agent of ?
bonding company here, representing
the Boil Telephone company. Mr
Hcndrix, was. until recently, a clerk
in W. D. Lever's shoe store here. Uj
tn a few month's ago he was correci
ii\ his habits.
Army Ordered to Mobilize.
Stockholm, By Cable.?The Associated
Press is in a position to state
that an order for the mobilization of
the Swedish army has been issued and
that a proclamation to this effect will
probably be issued within a week. The
mobilization is intended as a means
of giving added force to any proposal
for settlement which the special committee
appointed by the Riksdag may
make to the Norwegian Sterling.
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SPOKE TO TEACHERS
Noble Profession Highly Praised By
President Roosevelt
PRAISES HIVES OF SACRIFICE
Addressing 12,000 Delegates, the Chief
F.xecutive Declares That the Teaching
Profession Makes the Whole
World its Debtor.
Asburv Park. X. J., Special.?A
crowd of thirty thousand persons
which turned out to welcome President
Roosevelt Friday, the closing day
of the National Educational Association
convention, the most impressive
of all the great educational meetings.
The duties of the rich was the subject
matter cf the speech, which the
President delivered to the educators.
Although this was the last day of
the convention, the President found
12,000 delegates, nearly all school
teachers, waiting to hear his speech,
which was made in Ocean Grove Auditorium.
Several pretty receptions marked
the trip irom tnc depot to the auditorium.
Outside the depot the Indian
band from Carlisle School was in waiting
and fell into line immediately before
the President's carriage. As the
carriage turned into Main street it
passed a wagon filled with negroes,
who began to cheer. In response, the
President waved his hand at the delighted
negroes.
When the President entered the auditorium,
thousands mounted chairs
and cheered him. As soon as quiet
had been restored, he began to speak.
His address was filled with good suggestions
and bright thoughts. It was
attentively listened to by the throng
present, and marked an important
point in tne proceedings 01 me green,
meeting.
In closing Mr. Roosevelt said:
"Thrice fortunate are you to whom
it is given to load lives of resolute endeavor
for the achievements of lofty
ideals, and furthermore, to instill, both
by your lives and by your teachings,
these ideals into the minds of those
who in the next generation will, as
the men and women of that generation,
determine the position which
this nation will hold in the history of
mankind."
25,000 Teaciiers Attend.
Asbury Park, X. Y.. Special.?The
forty-fourth annual session of the
National Educational Association at
Asbury Park is being attended by 25,000
teachers, and thousands of visitors
who are here to look in upon the great
meetings being held daily in Ocean
Grove Auditorium.
ROOT SUCCEEDS HAY.
Unofficial But Definite Announcement
indicates His Selection.
New York, Special?It can be definitely
stated that President Roosevelt
has offered the position of Secretary of
State to Elihu Root and that Mr. Root
has accepted.
Oyster Bay, L. I., Special?While no
official confirmation is obtainable here
of the announcement that Elihu Root
has accepted President Roosevelt's
nmffpr nf th<> SecretarvshiD of State
in succession to John Hay. it can be
said that the President will authorize
a statement to be made regarding the
matter. The precise nature of the statement
is not known.
Mr. Root boardej the President's
special train at Jersey City, just before
it left for Cleveland, at 5:45 o'clock
Tyesday afternoon.
While the members of the Presiment's
cabinet retired to their apartments
on the train at an early hour
Tuesday night, the President and Mr.
Root remained In conference for several
hours. Then it wa3 that the President
broached the subject of Mr. Root's return
to the cabinet. All phases of the
situation were considered carefully.
On the return journey, their conference,
interrupted by the mission on
which they had gone to Cleveland, was
resumed. His acceptance of the proffer
announced in New York is believed
to be without reservation at ail difficult
to overcome.
Junior Endeavors' Rally.
Baltimore, Special.?The second
days' session of the 22d international
Christian Endeavor Convention was
presided over by Rev. George B.
Stewart, or AUDurn, i\. j. An impressive
prayer was offered by Rev. Ralph
W. Brokaw, of Utica, N. Y. William
Shaw, of Boston, delivered an address
upon "What Christian Endeavors
Have Done."
The afternoon session of the con
vention was devoted to a "junior and
intermediate rally," presided over by
Rev. Dr. Ira Landrith, president ol
Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn.
Jordan's Advice Causes Slump.
New York, Special.?A statement attributed
to President Jordan, of th
Southern Cotton Association, in opposition
to the abnormally high prices
for cotton is supposed to have afTected
the cotton market and caused a declin?
of 16 points. October selling at 10.62
at noon; December at 10:66, and Jan"i?*
o* 1A?*77 Tlio marl-ot nnpnpH an
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average of 5 to 7 points down. President
Jordan in his statement advised
the farmers to sell at 10 cents.
Child Killed by Lightning.
Sunset, Tex., Special.?During a
storm, Essie, the ten-year-old daughter
of Rev. St. John, has been instantly
killed by lightning while standing
in a yard with her father and
other children of the family. The remainder
of the group were severely
shocked by the bolt and it is reported
that all of them were stricken
blind by the flash of electrjcity. The
family reside six miles east of Sunset.
Counterfeiters Released.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.?William L
Kendig and William M. Jacobs, the
two Philadelphia counterfeiters have
left this city for Philadelphia, aftei
being released from the Federal penitentiary
here. Their sentences were
commuted to present service by President
Roosevelt on the ground that the
sentences were excessive. ^
The President pardoned William L.
Kendig and Willjam M. Jacobs C0HV{cted
counterfeiters.
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AIRING STATE HOUSE MATTER 7
Suit of State of South Carolina Against
Architects For Faulty Construction,
of Repairs on State Capitol Comes
Up For Trial at Columbia.
j Columbia Special to Charlotte Observer, i
The civil suit which will be begun
j by the State in the Circuit Court here
^ i
for $200,000 damages against, xne cuu- j
tracting firm of Mcllvane, Unkefer &
Company and Architect Frank P. Milburn,
for faulty construction in remod- :
eling the State capitol, will attract
much attention throughout the State. ;
Governor Heyward and a number of j
other prominent men have been sum- j
mcned as witnesses and it is expected :
that some sensational evidence will be |
brought out.
In the opinion of experts twice as ;
much money as was necessary to com- i
plete the building and put it in perfect 1
condition has already been expended, ' <
although the work is not yet complete, j
The scandals, following an exposure of I
the affair, involving certain prominent .
i politicians belonging to the State house ; j
commission, which accepted the work J
and released those responsible from j ]
their bonds, caused the matter to be , .
the subject of a number of heated ae- 1 '
bates in the last several Legislature. So !
heated, in fact, did the debates be- ! 1
come. that, at times, it looked as if -j i
I personal violence would result. The new ; 1
j State house commission's architest. Mr.
C. C. Wilson, declared that the new 1
! dome was faulty in construction and 1
: liable to fall in with disastrous re- j
j suits, its supports being insufficient. ! j
i Governor Heyward employed the gov- ,
ernment's leading expert, Mr. Kert !
TJovlo Ti-Vtn /^amo Vinra anH na<?SPfl UDOn <
I the dome. For the most part he sided j
with Mr. Milburn, though the commis- 1 .
I sion loyally adhered to the contentious
1 of its own expert. I !
After?the architect and contractors '
were paid for their work to complete (
the building, a subsequent Legislature |
found it necessahy to appropriate $145,- I
000 more to complete the repairs. A >
large amount of this has already been i
expended, in a new heating plant and j
in permanent work.
The principal point of difference now.
; and the one which will receive the most
attention in the trial, is as to whether \
a new roof should be added to take the 1
j place of the one the contractors put on ]
under Architect Milburn. The new
commission has the plans and specifica- 3
tions for a new roof all ready for
awarding the contracts, and will let
these contracts, as soon as the result of
the trial is known. The new roof will
be of terra cotta. '
The failure of the million-dollar Independent
Cotton Oil Company and the '
; resultant failure of the $200,000 Darlington
Trust Company, will cause much j
suffering in and near Darlington, where ,
a large amount of the stock was held, i
It is understood that a controlling in- i 1
terest in both concerns were held in .
Darlington and neighboring counties. .
j In a number of cases the holding
amounted to as little as $50 to $3,000.
but these represented the savings of 1
years. It is stated that a number of
the larger stockholders are endorsers
on the company's notes to a large ex- I
! tent. However, the statement is confil
dently made that no other business en- j
terprises of that section are involved,
; and there are those who believe that I!
both concerns will get on their feet i
1 again. About $100,000 worth of the '
! stock was held in Charleston. At one j ;
time the concern's headquarters were ; 1
in Charleston, wiin jivrna isiaci, wi .
that city, as its president. The head- 1
quarters were moved to Darlington, but
again transferred to Charleston, but
finally went back to Darlington on in1
terests there acquiring control,
i The affairs of the two concerns will
be thoroughly Investigated by the receivers.
which Judge Watts appointed j ,
i Saturday. Messrs. L. E. Williamson and
E. C. Lide have been appointed re- ,
ceivers for the trust company. atW Mr. i
Bright Williamson for the oil company.
The complaint in the oil company
cases alleges indebtedness aggregating
$520,000. The complaint urging the appointment
of a receiver says:
"The Independent Cotton Oil Company
owns eight oil mills, with warehouses
and other appurtenances, num,
erous ginneries, tank cars, live stock :
and applicance, has valuable contracts I 1
outstanding, is employing a large num- \
ber of hands, and has on hand large J
: valuable stocks of raw material and j 1
manufactured product, and it would be 1
: disastrous to the business of the said j '
company and to its stockholders and
creditors for its operations to be sua- j
pendcd." ' 1
Americans in Mexico Celebrate.
I Mexico City, Special.?The Fourth
of July was celebrated by the Ameri- 1
i can colony. Robert Barret read the
Declaration of Independence and Am- 1
bassador Conger delivered a patriotic j
address. President Diaz was enter- i '
tained by the Society of the American I
' i Colony at lunch and made a brief ad- j 1
! dress, paying a tribute to the United i I
States. He was cheered lustily.
New Enterprises.
The secretary of state last week is*
sued a charter to the Lynch-Letton ,
, company of this city, which has ,
I bought the drayage business conduct
ed for many years by Mr. T. S. Har- ,
per. The capital stock is $10,000.
The Evening Post Publishing com'
pany of Charleston has increased its J
capitalization from $10,000 to $15,000.
i A commission was issued the BenevI
olent and Endowment association of ,
? Columbia, a concern for the insurance <
! of negroes. ,
' I The M. L. Sullivan company of An- !
II derson was given a charter to conduct |
' | a mercantile business, capital stock ,
1 $5,000.
I j
South Carolina Items. <
? inctitiitp under the di-1 1
A lCU 111 CI O <UUV*VU?V,
rection of Clemscn college, will be | '
held at Moore Spring, near Duncans, i
Friday, July 21. The following professors
will make addresses 011 practical
subjects: Prof. Klein of the 1
. veterinary department of Clemson,
Prof. D. W. Daniel of the industrial
department. Prof. C. C. Chambliss of
the entomology department. Mid Prof.
. C. L. Newman of Clemson wilPSjiscuss
1 agriculture from the scientific standpoint.
The South Carolina board of Medical
Examiners held its first annua! 1
meeting June 13, 14, 15, 1905. At this 1
, meeting there were 06 applicants foi 1
license to practice medicine in this
! State. Of these 14 passed and 22 ]
" failed. This is quite a large percent .
. age of failures.
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Telegraphic Briefs. j
Harry Copenhaver was killed by a
live wire in the telephone exchange at
Martinsburg. <
The county superintendents of
schools completed their conference at
Charlottesville.
Termination of a
the Agricultural
HOW A FEW BROKERS
Secretary Wilson Makes
Official Report Stating
S. Holmes Communicatej^^^^^^^H
Riper to Theodore H.' Pridl^^^^HI
Other New York Operators.
Washington, Special.?As the resoV ,
)f the investigation by secret ssrvlee
igents into the charges made by Richird
Cheatham, secretary of the Cattoa
Planters' Association, tWfit information '?l
^ hopn p-ivpn tr, cott brokers In '"
New York by some persomor person* ,
in the Bureau of Statistics Vof the Department
of Agriculture. Secretary WI1- . *
son made public an official import in
which he states that Edwin S. Htolmee; # rt
the assistant statistican, has beenVguil- "1
ty of "juggling" the official reportyhe
report says it has been found that
Holmes communicated advance info^ .
mation to L. C. Riper, a New Yorkm\
broker, and that a Mr. Hass^^et^New SL
i'ork, who, Mr. Van Riper said, acteda*
i go-btween in conveying Informatiach-^'S
Crom Holmes to other New York I
brokers, including Theodore Price, fl
Steps have been taken by Secretary M
Wilson to prevent any further leakage
bf the Department figures, and an en- *
tire re-organization of the Bureau of
Statistics and manner of preparing "j
monthly crop reports has been OHpaed 3
by him. The papers in connectionnWth 1
the investigation were referred to the ... J
United States attorney for the District
of Columbia and he has reported that,
in his opinion, a criminal prosecution. >
aiii not lie aeainst Holmes. Holmes ha*
been dismissed from the service of tbe 3
Department.
BROKER VAX RIPER WITNESS.
According to the report, Wilson Judd, -i
ot New York, formerly in the employ " Sj
of L. C. Van Riper, induced the latter
to tell of his connections with Holmes ,
ind then communicated the infrtf ?
tion to Mr. Cheatham! j
Van Riper became the prir. ipa*^
ness in the investigation eonduct^My .:||g
the secret service and said he was in- ^
duced to communicate the fact that ad- ,<|9
ranced information was being given out '
by Holmes because he ha.i heard that ':]
Holmes and his associates had intended .1
to try to manipulate the June cotton
report. Having this information as a ,'Jj
foundation, the secret service agents I
Interviewed numerous persons who had' >
meen mentioned by Judd and Van .f3
Riper, as well as gathering a mass of
correspondence, including many letters. ^
written by Holmes to Van Riper antb Ti
Dthers. The report made to Secretary JM
Wilson and the Secretary's comments; _ J$i
together with the details of tbe/ne^
plan of conducting the Bureau of Sta- ; *.
tistics, makes more than four thousand 1
words. It reviews the entire invest!gation,
beginning with the charges that
were laid before Secretary Wilson fcy
Mr. Cheatham several weeks ago. 7 J
Just That Way.
If an editor makes a mistake, says
the Factotum, he has to apologize
for it, but if the doctor mages one for
it. but if the doctor makes one - *'
there is a law suit, swearing and the
smell of sulphur, but the doctor *
makes one there is a funeral, cut flowers
and a smell of varnish. The
doctor can use a word a yar
without knowing what it meat^Mout
i* ikq usor it he has to Kpell '
11 IUV VU.W. --
It. If the doctor goes to see another
man's wife he charges .for the visit,
but if the editor goes to see another
man's wife he gets a charge of buck- ( ,
shot. When a doctor gets drunk It is f ,
i case of "overcome by heat." and If .
he dies it is heart failure. When an w
editor gets drunk it is a case of too H
much booze, and if he dies it is a
case of delirium tremens. Any old
medical college can make a doctor' 1
You can't make an editor. He has to
ue born.?Ex.
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News of the Day.
The body of Secretary Hay was
terred at Cleveland with simple ceremonies,
the President being one of
those present.
The Rabinical convention continued ,
Its sessions at Cleveland.
Interesting addresses were delivered
before several departments of the Na-? *tional
Educational Convention at A?bury
Park. ^ \
Two Illinois banks, of which C. JT
Devlin, the Topeka (Kan.) capitalist,
was president, have closed;
Refugees fleeing from the yellow
fever scourge on the l3thmus of Panama
arrived at New York, and paint i
conditions in the Canal Zone very darkly.
A man who registered as a son of
August Belmont was arrested in Color
ado Springs for alleged forgery. In New ]
York he was declared an impostor. J
The Kniaz Potemkins, with her crew J
of mutineers on board, has arrived at
Theodosia, Crimea, and raised the jj
Btanda^d of rebellion. She is reported to i
have been seen in several other places. i
Sixty of the mutineers of the Pobiedonosetz
have been imprisoned, and it_^_ J
is thought all will be 6hot. $ 1
Russia now seems anxious to. con- I
elude peace and particularly eager to f
conclude an armistice, fearing that 1
another bad defeat would threaten the J
jafety of the Empire. J
Cossacks fired on workmen at the
Potiloff works and wounded a ndn?*^r
of them. 7?j
Services in memory of Secretary Hay
were held at St. Paul's Cathedral, in -Jj
London. I
The dignitaries sent to receive the
body of Paul Jones were dined by Premier
and Mme. Rbuvier.
H. H. Rogers testified in Boston inr ^
the suit of George Wharton Pepper, re-V?
ceiver of the Bay State Gas Compel*?,
against him.
Additional mutinous demonstrations I
have been made among the Russian J
ships at Cronstadt. I
It is estimated that during the rioting 1
at Odessa 6,000 persons were killed and J
nearly $10,000,000 worth of property; j
was destroyed. 1
It is stated that neither Norway nor
Sweden is making preparations .or
war. , }
George E. Lorenz, convicted of com- j
plicity in the Postoffice conspiracy, wag
taken to prison. ^ ^