The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 09, 1900, Image 7
ptist Minister Shot
With Deadly Aim.
W. B. Johosoo of Bam?
berg Kills Wm. T. Bel
l'ager.
Bamberg, May 4 -Rev TV. K.
Johnson, a Baptist rain inter oere,
ttot aod kiHad Court Stenographer
William T Bellinger with a abotgon
ia too itroat today.
The oorooer'a jury held the inquest
this evening The first and principal
witnaea waa Mr. Joe Brown lie
ttsAified that bo went to Rev Mr
Johnson's hooae this raoraiog to see
Mai rtrttive to some trouble Johnson
had the previous dsy with the, de
nseed s father. John R Bellinger,
Zm\ v?ss told by Mr Johneou that he
btd boon btdly treated by Mr BH
linger; did not advise him as to what
ootrat to toko.
They than wsot to the poetoffloe
together
To the question of Solicitor Towu
sand to to whether he got a pistol at
the pottoffioe. bo rsplied that he had.
Did not know to whom it belonged.
"Wae in my boggy when I saw
Willie T Bellinger, orosaing campus
of fitting iohooI nod Mr Johnson
oossiog oot of bio bouse, opposite,
noting n shotgun. Mr Bellinger
drew bis pistol snd fired at Mr John
ton once once before tbt Ittter fired "
Tbiake tbt ttoond shot from Mr
Bellinger's pistol waa aimoltaoeooa
with tbt report of Mr Johnson's
smotgoo. Mr Bellinger fell it*
mtdltttly, tbt witneae thinks he vat
tbot otoe after bt ftII
Upon beiog qotttioned. Mr Brown
replied that at provided himself with
tbt pittol on toooutt of trouble be
txptcttd at bit place with t band
Mr Jobntoa returned to bis hooae
tfttr tbt trouble waa over.
Sevtrai more minor witi
wtvo examined
Dr B It Brooaoo testified that upon
btiog otlltd to tbt place of the
trouble Mr Bell in? jr lived sbout 80
stoonds or n minute longer "I
kttw bt waa mortally m Duoded ;
fotnd 20 wooode oo bis right side.
12 from bookabot, the remainer from
?stellar tbot, panstratiog tbt right
lotg tad livsr "
Col Robert Aldrlob, rttaioed by
tbt defendant, waa present tt tbt
Tbt vsrdiot of tbt jury was that
dtettttd came to bit dtatb by t gun
sfctt wound tt tbt bonds of W. ?
Job toon. %
Mr Jobntoo bat been pastor of tbt
Baptist oborob for three yesrs
Tbt deceased it about 26 yeare
old, tod it tbt son of Jobo R Bel?
linger, Esq, attorney
Tbt sympathies of tbt town ort
witb both partita
Medical College Soholarablpe.
Oov MsBwtttty baa ratsivsd a lot
ttr from Dr F. L. Parker, Data af the
Mtditnl Callage, notifying bio that
itors art sstst tatet etas it tbt sol
lag a white art to bt filled by appoint
statt si tbt governor oo tbs aassa terms
tt)d sttditiota ss wars iba appoint moots
of lost year. The following is Dr
Parker'a latter:
Dear Sir : There are stvtt tatateico
it Bttettiery seboterekite for tbt sas
site tf 1900 1901, oos from sssb eon
grssttosal dittritt No appllsatt it
ksld tbs appointment mors than one
tear atd to agree to soapiest bis
eatree bars if possibla I rafsr yon to
my letter of last year. Yoars truly,
Fraaeis L Parker, Deee.
Tbs follottog is a eopy of tba letter
of last year to tkiok Dr Parksr rsfera,
atd ia published for tba information of
those iaterteted :
Dear dir : l ?ritt to 1st yoj knot
tbtt it is tbs o as torn of tbis sollego to
eilsw lbs fovsroor to appoint a Dene
fisiary sind it I from oaob of lbs seven
sttgrtsstosal disiriats. Tbasa appoiot
meats are for oaa year only, and the
appoiot as satst obligate bioasslf to
ttmplete bis sonrss with os, ssd this
fast satst ta stated ot tba osrtifioate
No oaa is to bold tba appotatmsnt for
saoro than ooa year, aed aaob roast be
a reetdeat of tba district from wbtob ba
ia appointed Tkey ara givaa by ts
gratuitously to kalp tka yoang men of
tkt State aad to kata bast givat for
maty years
Yot ara tt axsrsisa your ovo ditore
tion ia tkese appointments, and ara
only ertdit tka appointee* oo tba reoeipt
of tba eertifieate stgasd by yon aa
getsrsor. Ws have so roles, aed yoor
ott prsfsrstts is tbs only outtomary
gtido At tba aama lima tba platte
art dssigsad for doserviog, needy aad
wall edooated young men.
Will -ou kindly aokoowlodge tba
rsttipt w ibis and kaap tba latter oo
file for fttnrt rofaratoa.
Vary Mspeoifully yours,
Fraaaia L. Parksr,
Daaa of Msdioal College
Ao Bpidtmlo of Whooping Cough.
Lsat wiatsr dariag aa tpidseaic of wboop
iag eoogh say cbildrao eootractsd tbsdiss??,
baviag sertrs coogbiog spalls. Ws b?d
asad CaassSerlaies's Coagb lUaedj vsry
teeeesfully for croup aed eatorally toroed
to it ?t tbat tissa aad foood it rrliaved ths
eoagb aad effected a coaplata core.? Job? K.
C itord, Proprietor Noiwood Uooie, N ?r
vood, N J. This rsatdr is lor Stil oy Dr.
A J Caiea.
??????> saw
tall goods at H. O. Oitaao * Go's.
AMERICANS MADE
GALLANT DEFENS:
Twenty Men Are Slaughters
by Filipino Rebels.
HELD OUT FOR FIVE DAT:
Largo* Force Attacks Garrison ill !V
Men at Catublg ChufcL isnrr ???
ami Uull<llns Set on Firv-Suo
els Killed.
Manila, May 3.?Tho American p
rison of Catubig, island of ?amnr. u
sisting of 30 men belonging to the ! '?>
third regiment, has been attacksHi
rebels. Twenty of tho American i w .
killed. The remainder were IXMM u?? l
The men were quartered in the I' ? i
big church which the enemy, nuui.
ing several hundred, surrounded ..
fiercely attacked. The Americans fon ?I
for two days and the rebels managed ?
ignite tho roof of the ohnrch, and i?
burned away and flnaily fell uix>n tho
inside the edifice. The walls reniainc
intact, however, and were need as a
ahelter by the besieged American < fr|
three days longer, the enemy ut tack in i
the building on all sides. The Amer
cans continued firing from the Wind iv???
and doora of the church and did \s 1
execution among tho Filipinos. It
estimated that over 200 of the lutUI
were killed.
After five days' resistance by ihf
Americans a lieutenant and eight me 1
arrived from Laoan and engaged the be?
siegers, who thereupon retired.
The arrival of these men prevented
the annihilation of the American fetee*
who had repeatedly declined to surren?
der when ordered to do so by the Fili?
pinos.
The ten survivors wero without foo'1
bad littlv- amranuitiou and were pfnr
tically exhausted when relieved.
COLLECTOR ROBBED OF $3
Negro Driver Disappears With Slum
ami la Still at Large.
Augusta, Ga., May 3.?Joe Rann /,
city collector fur Timberlako & Co .
went into a store tc make a, collectloa,
leaving a satchel containing $85 in hi
buggy in charge of Tom Farris, a negr
jvho for more than two years had been
his driver in his dai ly rounds.
When Ramey came out of the HOfS
the horse and bnggy, negro and money
had disappeared. A search was Issati?
tuted and after some hours the her- ?
and buggy were found hitched to a noil
nt tho corner of Campbell and EUh
streets, but the negro is still at larg?
ALABAMA POPULISTS MEET.
Will Put Out Ticket and Make Die
peuaary Leading Issue.
Birmingham, Ala., May S.-?Tho Re?
alist state convention met at Birming?
ham auditorium this afternoon with n
fair attendance present, State Chairman
E. W. Crowe falling the meeting to <>.-?
der. A full state ticket, head d l>y
Judge 8. M. Adams of Chilton county
for governor, will no nominated and the
dispensary will be the leading issue.
The convention will also elect dele?
gates to the middle-of-the-road Popular
convention in Cincinnati. The delegates,
it is expected, will be favorable to Barl.vr
and Donnelly._
ADAMS WIULJH^D TICKET.
North Carolina Republican* Will In?
dorse President McKinley.
Ralkioh, May 3.?The North Carolina
Republican state convention met here at
noon. A full state ticket will be name I,
headed by ex-Judge Spencer B. Adams
of Greensboro. Tho present atom ^
general of the state, Zeb Vance Wewer,
is presiding over the convention.
The platform will indorse Pr?siden
McKinley and his policy toward "our
colonist," also the administration <>!
Governor Rum sell. It will declare api in ?1
the amendment and arraign the pro*? 11
election law.
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TEXAS FLOOD SITUATION.
Rivers All Falling-Damage Not So
Heavy as Reported.
Dallas, May 5.?The Texas flood sit?
uation is much improved. Bastrop re?
ports tho Colorado river on a ?fand.
Ln< rrange reports the rivor falling.
Waco reports the Brazos | feet lower.
Denisi >n reports the Red river is falling
there and that no serious damage has
been done. Shreveport says the river
has risen at that point l'a feet. The
Trinity is falling at Dallas.
Com mission Issued.
Columbia, S. C, May 3.?Goorge A.
Browning, president of the Homo Tele?
phone company of Greenville, which
controls the combination of Piedmont
lines, has tiled a declaration with the
secretary of state anil secured a commis?
sion for the Consolidated Telephone com
euy of Columbia. The capital stock U
5,000._
Plague Stamped Out.
San Fkancisto, May 3.?The steamer
Coptic, from the orient via Honolulu,
reiH>rts that there have been no new
cases of plague for 25 days when sh?
sailed from Honolulu hist Friday.
Cement Trust Incorporated.
Tkknton, May 5.?The Asplml com
pany, to BBtsM coal and deal in cement,
has been Inenvpnrnled here with a capi?
tal of #ir>,<KX),ooo.
BIG DEAL IN MONTGOMERY.
|{cp>rl'd That Northern Capitalist'
Have Purchased street Railway,
MoNKiOMoev. Ala . Mm I.?A well
founded rumor is ejsun! here th.it the
local stockholders of the Montgomery
Water Power and Kit ct rie company hnVS
sold out their stork to northern capital
e ts. and lliat this will nieau a eon soli
dation with the Tal lessee einnnnny anrl
ultimately with the Mntunl Light ami
pow? r eoinp.iny.
The Montgomery Btmoj rail w Ay U
nsid t 1 be wry likelv to l> 1 im hided i;j
the ounsnlklifion should e deal be 000?
suminatod of that character in the near
future.
WILD RIDE DOWN STEEP HILL
Detached Ptssetget Coach Derulled
and Demolished.
Gai^kk villi:, (hi., May 3,?On the
Gainesville, Jclfcrsou and Southern rail?
way Monday ni^ht at Belmont, a pas?
senger coach rilled with passengers be?
came detached from the train and ran
back down the track about 4 miles, and
across the trestle over Walnut creek.
Beyond the trestle is a sharp curve and
here the coach famtoed the track. The
coach was badly demolished and the
track torn up considerably.
There were nine or ten ]>eoplo in the
coach and several received serious inju?
ries.
Conductor J. W. Wherry is perhaps
the worst injured of the party, having
received injuries in his spinal column
which are serious.
IMPORTANT ARREST IS MADE
.Mexican Official Charged With Assas?
sinating Two Frenchmen.
City of Mexico, May &?An impor?
tant arrest has been modo in Chilepa,
state of Guerrero, the prisoner being no
less a person than Colonel Vega, who is
civil chief of that district, a position re?
sembling somewhat that of United States
marshal. He is believed to have guilty
knowledge of facts in the case of the
assassination of the late prominent
JbYenchmeu in that district a month ago.
A partial confession has been secured
from the mayor of the town of Topaillo
and several Indians and it is believed
that within a few days the whole plot
will be laid bare.
Two New Mills Chartered.
Columbia, S. C, May 51.?Notice has
been filed with the secretary of state of
the increase of the capital stock of the
Fidelity Building and Loan association
of Anderson from $\t5,000 to $100,000.
A charter has been granted the Reedy
River Milling company of Greenville,
which will be a roller mill with $6,000
capital. A charter has also been granted
the Blacksbnrg Spinning and Knitting
mill of Blacksbnrg, capitalized at $15,
000. A commission was issued to the
Fanners' and Merchants' bank of Green?
wood, capitalized at $75,000.
FOUGHT IT OUT IN THE ROAD
Abe .tonkins Killed and .lack Carver
Seriously Wounded.
Welch, N. C, May 4.?Abe Jenkins
and Joel: Carver, rivals for tilt hand of
the same girl, met in the road about
half a mile below this place Sunday
night and engaged iu a shooting affray,
in which Jenkins was instantly killed
while Carver is probably mortally
wounded. <
{ Jenkins, it seems, had called on the
young lady and Carver, accompanied by
his brother, Andrew Carver, met Jen?
kins as he was returning home. Words
passen when all throe pulled their re?
volvers. Jenkins was shot through the
breast, while Jack Carver was struck
just above the shoulder blade. Andrew
Carver's clothing was cut by several
bullets, but is unhurt.
SECOND DAY OF CONFERENCE
Clergy und Laity Kqually Represented,
j Keport to He Head.
I Chicago, May 4.?With the laity and
elergy theoretically, if not practically,
equally represented, the second session
of the Methodist Episcopal general con?
ference began.
j The devotional exercises were led by
Rev. William Burt of Italy.
! The- business session was presided over
by Bishop E. G. Andrews. He onrriod
the bishop's report, 15,000 words, deal?
ing in a general way with Methodism,
its work and progress iu all parts of the
habitable globe.
I A report that nt an informal meeting
of leading members of the committee on
Episcopacy it was agreed that five bish?
ops be retired and six new ones elected
is denied by Bishop Merritt.
FOUR AMERICANS KILLED.
Sixteen Others Wounded In Desperate
liattle at licainbanao.
Manila, May 4. ?A dispatch received
here from Doik) reports that a desperate
fight took plaec at Lioambanao in the
center of the island of Panay. It ap?
pears that a reconnoitering party of the
Twenty-sixth infantry was surrounded
and that four of rhe Americans were
killed and 10 others severely wounded
and left on the field. The remainder of
the soldiers had a narrow eaotBO.
The dispatch adds that reinforcement I
I wore sent to Iloilo as soon as news of
the* affair was received, whereupon the
Filipinos retreated to their mountain
stronghold.
DEMANDS AN_EXPLANATION.
Ambassador i 'honte Makes Inquiry
Into Treatment of American Ship.
London, May 4.?It has been learned
by a representative of the Associated
Press that United States Ambassa?
dor Choate has asked Lord Salisbury
for explanations as to the alleged abuse
of international right in the case of the
American ship Seawitch which, accord?
ing to the statement of her commander,
Captain Howe, was boarded by the Brit?
ish warship Washington within the ?
mile limit of Portuguese territory in
East Africa.
FOREST FIRE IN NEW JERSEY.
Thousands of Aorta of Valuable Tim
berlaiid Destroyed.
BniDOKTOX, N. J., May 4.?A llcmt
forest fire has beon raging since last
night in tin- Woods between CedarvilU'
and Center Grove. Thousands of acres
of valuable oak and pine have been
burned and the loss will be enormous.
The people of Cedarvillu fought the
Atmet tiie entire night
Denver Dam (lives Way.
Dk?vrr, .May 4.?The Deuvor Water
oompnny*s new dam in Platte cononj
about ?.'?"? miles from her??, broke thbi
moraiugi rolousiiig 100,000,01)0 gallons
of water stored in the reaurvoir, rne
Hood reached 111 - - river about uoou. it
may uuuau ironblu for rnuchuioii ami
the railroads in Hie ?;i>t"ni pan of t!i
Mat ? where the river is already out ol
its lainka, Tho Castlowood dam at the
bond of Cherry creek is leaking ludly
und it is beliovod thai it will give way
toon.
I
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LABOR UNIONS ARE AT WAR.
As Result of Fight 131,000 Carpenter*
.Join the Strikers.
Philadelphia, May 4.?As a result of
the action of the Allied Building Trades
council in refuting to recognize the
Brotherhood of Carpenters because tho
latter agreed to work on buildings regard?
less of whether union or non-union men
are employed thereon so long as their un?
ion is recognized, the Allied Build?
ing Trades council has ordered out
nil its men wherever Brotherhood Car?
penters' men are working. Secretary
Allen of the Building Trades council
said in consequence of this order about
12,000 additional men have quit work.
This makes about 10,000 men in all em?
ployed in tho building trades now on
strike in this city.
These orders affect tho exposition
buildings, where hundiods of men are
nt work preparing the structure for tho
Republican national convention. This
action materially complicates the strike
situation, us in many instances employ?
ers who had signed the scale of the Al?
lied Building Trades council and also
the Brotherhood of Carpenters' scale,
have been forced to suspend operation
because of the orders from the trades
council headquarters.
DEMAND INCREASE OF WAGES
Stone Cutters and Garment Workers
Strike?Carpenters May Go Out.
Atlanta, May 4.?An effort is. being
made by four labor unions in Atlanta to
get their wages increased and their
hours of labor reduced. These unions
are the Soft Stone Cutters, tho Granite
Cutters, the Carpenters and the Gar?
ment Workers. All of them, with the
exception of the carpenters, are out on
strike until their demands are granted.
All of the members of the local branch
of the Soft Stone Cutters' union, com?
prising about 40 workmen, are out on
strike.
They ask for an 8-hour work day and
40 cents per hour for their labor. Their
employers offered to compromise and
grant the 8-hour work day, but refused
to pay more than 83 cents an hour wTages.
BUFFALO STRIKE SETTLED.
Railroads Acerde to Demands of Km
ployes For Higher Wages.
Buffalo, May 4.?The railroad strike
is considered settled. It is understood
the Nickel Pinto has agreed to abide by
the action of the New York Central and
it is believed the Erie, Lakawanna, Le
.high aud Western New York and Penn?
sylvania will acquiesce in the arrange?
ments.
The concessions will mean $300,000 a
year to the New York Central, added to
the expenses of the road at this end of
j the state as compared with what they
were prior to March 16.
Labor Leader Indicted.
Cihcaqo, T?lay 4.?It is stated that a
true bill has been voted against George
P. Gubbins, president of the Bricklay?
ers' and Stonemasons' union, by tho
grand jury on evidence presented that
he was concerned in nu assault on non?
union men at 383 West Randolph street
on April 24. The specific charge was
conspiracy to incite riot.
Box Makers Strike.
Bay City, Mich., May 4.?Four hun?
dred box makers and helpers in seven
factories in this city have gone on strike
for an advance in wages of from 10 to 15
per cent, which the manufacturers de?
cline to grant.
AN OLD SCHEME EXPOSED.
American Embassy Investigates Work?
ings of Brooklyn Claims Agency.
London, May 4.?The oft-tried scheme
by which so many Americans have been
deluded into imagining themselves to be
the heirs to Euglish chancery estates
has come up once more. Tho United
States embassy here has recently been in
receipt of many inquiries on this subject
which has led tho officials to make an
investigation and has resulted in signing
a recrudescence of the schemes which
have been exposed by successive Ameri?
can ministers and ambassadors to Great
Brittfin.
I The action in the matter has been due
this time to the activity of a concern in
Brooklyn, which has been operatingun
der tlit* name of the Royal British claims
agency, the only address being Post office
Box 2,382. _
Many Building Permits.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 4.?During
the month of April building permits
were issued in Birmingham for the con?
struction of new bvildings aggregating
$143,032. Included in these permits was
one for the new Metropolitan hotel, val?
ued at $40,000; an addition to the elec?
tric light plant, valued at $12,000; the
Murr in Cracker company's plant, val?
ued at $8,000; an addition to tho May
berry building, $8,000, eight dwellings
? on the South Highlands, built by the
I Gibson Manufacturing company, $19,
200, and several other dwellings and
I storehouses. _
Luurens Policeman Shot.
Laakens, S. C, May 4.?Lofton Sul?
livan shot Policeman Frank Du vail in
tho thigh last afternoon, inflicting a
t painful but not a dangerous wound.
Sullivan was involved in an altercation
with a negro when the policeman ap?
peared. Sullivan says he shot at the
negro and accidentally hit DuYalL
SMOKELESS COAL IN MEXICO.
Qrenl Interest In Development of Ex?
tensive New Fields,
City of Mexico, May 3.?Thoro is
much interest here in the development
of uew and extensive coal fields in the
neighboring state of Tlaxcala, on which
much depends for tho manufacturing
community and railroads. A final test
on n largo scale nl this fuel was made in
this city. The coal burned in n perfect
munuor, producing an extremely hol
fire.
A peculiar feature of the test is tint
there was no smoke visible issuing from
I the smokestacks. Tutsis oxplttiucd by
i the fuel that on account of the small
j quantity of bitumen contained lu tli"
eti.il. hydro-carbonate oil completes com
| liustiou before the smoke reaches tho
1 Hues, thus consuming it.
Ksn_j.
UMifm Ii i i il
DISMISSED FROM SERVICE.
Officers Convicted by < ourtmartlal at
Manila Dishonorably Discharged.
Washington, May 4.?The wbi de
ptrtment has reoeivod from General
Otis at Mauila the records of the pro?
ceedings of court smartial In the cases of !
six commissioned officers. The chief of
these cases is that of Major George W.
Chirkman, Forty-ninth volunteer infan?
try, who was dismissed from the service
I by order of General Otis on conviction
by oonrtnmrtitl of conduct unbecoming
an officer and a gentleman in having
misbehaved in ap]>eariug on the streets
of Manila in a drunken condition.
The other cases are those of Lieuten?
ant Robert C. Gregg, Forty-ninth vol?
unteer infantry; First Lieutenant Clay?
ton B. Bailey, Twenty-seventh infantry;
First Lieutenant John J. Foley, Thir?
tieth volunteer infantry, and First Lieu?
tenant Harold Hammond, Ninth infan?
try. These officers were tried on various
charges. Lieutenants Gregg and Bailey
were convicted and sentenced to dismis?
sal and Lieutenants Foley and Ham?
mond were acquitted. The sentence in
each case, was approved by General Otis.
SELMA ANr^NEW^RLEANS.
Proposition Made to Business Men
booking to Ivvtension of Road.
BelSIA. Ala., May 4 ?Captain Abbott,
representing the purchasers of the Selma
and New Orleans railroad, has made a
formal proposition to the business men
of Selma for the extension of the road
into Marengo county. The. proposition
is that Selma subscribe $100,000 stock m
the road, and that Marengo county sub?
scribe $75,000. The owners of the road
propose to put in an additional amount
of money to build the extension of the
road a distance of not less than 30 miles,
the money not being due until the road
is completed and in Operation. The com?
pany further binds itself not to bond the
road.
A committee lias been appointed to
canvass the city and secure subscrip?
tions.
TAKEN FROM THEIR MOTHER.
i -
McArdle Seizes His Children on Co?
lumbus Street.
ooluxbus, (hi., May 3.?Some time
ago Charles McArdle, who now lives at
Eelbeck, Ga., secured a divorce from his
wife ami claims that the court gave him
the custody of his two boys. She claim?
ed otherwise ami kept the children. Mc?
Ardle came to town with the avowed
purpose of getting them. He had a
hack waiting near the gate of the Eagle
and Phenix mills and when the two
boys, aged about 8 and 10 years, re?
spectively, came out he seized them and
place<l them in the haclf and drove rap?
idly away.
When finally seen by the police Mc?
Ardle stated that he had the legal cus?
tody of the children and he took them
because the mother was not raising them
properly.
CANDIDATES IN FISTICUFF.
Spenct? and Donaldson Come to Blows
at Ashburn Meeting.
Asiibuun, Ga., May 3.?John E. Don?
aldson, a candidate for the judgeship of
the Albany circuit, spoke here by ap?
pointment, and some of his remarks re?
garding various reports attacking his
politics in the early seventies were ex?
tremely caustic.
Judge W. N. Spence, another -candi?
date for the judgeship, was present and
took occasion to reply to some of the
statements Donaldson made. Donald
sou interrupted Judge Spence several
times, denying the truthfulness of
Spence's remarks, and the lie was
passed, quickly followed by blows.
Friends interposed and the fighters were
separated. Donaldson's left eye is con?
siderably bruised. _
CHANGE OF VENUE GRANTS
Alleged Murderers of Gocbel to
Tried In Scott County.
Fraxkfout, Ky., May 3.?Judge Ca.
trill has ordered a change of Venne t i
Scott county for the trial of Powe:. .
Davis, Youtsey and others.
After Scott county had been selected
as the place for the trial the attorney.*
for the defense asked time to consul: as
to whether they would ask for triai at
the regular term next week or ask lot
the special term to begin in July. Time
was granted.
Kno.willc's Spring Meet.
kmoxvillb, May 3.?The East Ten?
nessee Fair association has announced
that it will present a spring racing card
here tin? Litter part of May. This will
be in addition to the annual races in
September. Horses will be here from
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and
North Carolina. Tin? dates this month
have not been definitely fixed.
Howard Will Surrender.
MlPDLXSBOItO, Ky., May 3.?Barry
Howard, who is an alleged accomplice in
the Gocbel murder, announces through
a friend that he will go to Frankfort and
surrender if he is assured that he will be
allowed bail. Otherwise he will go
when the time for the trial comes. He
declares he is not disposed to evade the
trial. _
.May Purchase Davis Mansion.
opbuka, Ala., May 3.?The annual
state convention of the Daughters of the
Confederacy is in session here with a
large attendance. The address of wel?
come was delivered bv Mrs. W. W. Wil?
hams oT Opeliku. The convention will
vote on buying tbo old Jefferson Davis
mansion at Montgomery.
Permission Denied Cotta,
Lisbon, May 8.?The chamber of dep?
uties has refused almost unanimously to
permit Deputy Costa to interpellate the
government in regard to the Bellt mat?
ter.
Spaniards H. 1.1 I'liiiMier.
Manila, " lay 1.?There are yet some
2,550 Spanish prisoners in the bands of
I the rebels and a commission of *ix mem*
j hers wii h t i? iti ?? d (rnmirillo nl the head.
When Spanish -?>.' *i ,-- t?mvo in Manila
the goverr.un v i. ? th ??.? two suits of
underdo ? . <i ? ta i oriii.fi hat. pair of
shoes : m p ?. Ti. ? ? e ? sent to box*
rack < if M.?l i ? I'.iero ? >rair u stoamet
Bailiu* * ? ?? ?
tsmael Hey Balls For Kngland.
Constantinople, May 4.?The Egyp?
tian steamer Tewfix Rabl>ana, having
on board Isniael Kemal Bey, who was
reported April 30 to have mysteriously
disappeared, passed through the Darda?
nelles without incident. At the lass mo?
ment the sultan, through Redvun Pasha,
unsuccessfully tried to get Isnuiel t i
abandon his deeision to go abroad.
New Freight Warehouse.
IfONTOOMBBT, Ala., May 4. ? Work
has begun on the Georgia and Ala?
bama's new terminals here. A hand?
some freight warehouse and office will
be erected. The block extending from
the corner of Columbus and Perry street,
down to the corner of Pollard and Perry
streets will be devoted to the new ter?
minals.
Officer In Hoer Army.
Scottsboro, Ala., May 3. ? Walter
Rosser of Stevenson, this county, who,
while a member of a Tennessee regiment
in the late war with Spain, shot and.
killed a man In San Francisco, and was
acquitted, and later shot a man in New
York and was acquitted, is now a second
lieutenant in the Boer army.
General Methodist Conference.
Chicago, May 3.?The twenty-ninth
general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church?the twenty third of
the delegated congresses?began here to?
day. It will last a month and is ex?
pected to be the most important of any
conference since the memorable one in
1844, when the southern branch severed
relations with the main body over tho
slavery question.
Newspaper Changes Hands.
Canton, Ga., May 3.?The Cherokee
Advance has again changed ownershin
and control, Henry Erewster having
Bold to Major H. J. Kills, who will get
out the first issue nets week.
Gave Birth to Triplets.
Qlttmax, Ga., Mcy 4.?Mrs. Tim Car?
roll, wife of a farmer who lives about 5
miles from Quitman. has given birth to
three well developed children. One of
the triplets died shortly after coming
into the world. The other two I :d fair
to live and do well.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
<5lv
Condensed Schedule in Effect Jan. 17, l?0o,
I No. 6jNo.ll
Daily jDailj
i*o.ll No
Daily Daily
EASTERN time.
7 00? Lv
7 41a " .
6 58p
T2?pj 8 55a
7 63pl 9 23a
8 45p 10 15?
111 45n
11 40Q
. Charleston ...
Summerville..
Branch villa..
. Orangebure...
. Kingville ?
Ar
Ar ..Sumter.Lv
".Camden.Lv
930p|ll OOrI Ar .. Columbia.Lvl 7 10a
U 10a
U30?
9 10a
8 41a
7 55a
815p
7 28f
leap
6 33p
4 4^p
BOOf
250p
6-*up
7 2*ip
T4Cp
802p
ig
7 OJa Lv.
015a "
9 40a 'V
9 5ua " .
? 20p 10 07a
? 22p|U0Oa
10*>plll 51a
Charleston .
Branch villa.
.. Ban.be rg .
.. Denmark .
.Blackville..
Aiken
.Ar 1110a! 815p
. " I 8 50a' 600p
8 27a! 583p
8 13? ', 5 19p
8 00a! 50ttp
7 03ai 8 55p
Ar.Augusta un.d.Lv " I 0 20al 8 top
NOTifii In addition to the above service
train s N03.15 and 10 run dally between Charles?
ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman
Sleeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston 11:00 p.
pp.; arrive Colombia 6:00 a. m. No. 16 leave Co?
lumbia 1:30 a. ro.; arrive Charleston 7:00 a. m.
Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at 0:00 p. m.
both at Charleston and Columbia. These trains
?atike oloss connexions at Columbia with
through trains bat ween Florida points and
Washington and the east. Connection wite
trains Nos. 81 and 82 New York and Florida
Limited between Blackville, Aiken and An
Est a. No. 81 leaves Blackville at 8:40 a. m.,
ken 9:29 a.m., Augusta 10:10 a.m. No. 8f
leaves Augusta 0.25 p. m., Aiken 7.08 p. ra.,
Blackville 7.55 p. m. Pull man Drawing Room
fleepers between Augusta, Aiken and New
ork. _.
. ? _ 1 aa -a
Bx. .Bun. lEx.
bun. only I Bun.
Lv. Augusta ..
Ar. Sandersvllle.
" Ttmnille.
Lv. Tennills
M Sandersville.
Ar. August a
7 00a| OUOai 5 20?
100pil2 43p 8 32?
130p'126op 8 40?
5 40a :.50p. 3 10f
, 550a 4 00pi 3 23f
?! WOOh! j MH 880j
Lv. Savannah...
" Alliadnlg
" Bamwell...
M Blackville .
12 05a 1215p 1. 4 10p
.I. taw....
4U3a 402pl 7 25a| 7 Mp
4 lta1 417p'SO 15a 3 lop
Ar. Pat?bmc.
12 30p
Ar. Columbia.... C 00ai 6 00p
Mix.
935p
Mix.
6 15a
7 45a
1130s
Daily
DaUjDally^^Sg
Lv. Columbia. 11 o0a. 1 25a j 6 Ova
Lv. B?tesimrg....l. . .I 215p
Ar. Blackville.... 112p
M Bamwell....] i2.*p
Alleada!?.j.
" Savannah.I 3~0p
05s
3 05a 1015a| 450p| 8 S2a
3-\a 1100a 015p> 8 43s
.I 100p 943p! 9 12a
6 15a!.I.?0 3.js
Atlanta and Boyoad.
Lv. Charleston.1 7 00a; 5 20p
Ar. Augusta.|1161a,102Op
M Atlanta.! 820p
Lv. Atlsnta.illOOp
Ar. Chattanooga.' 6 45a
5 00a1 .
630a, 400?
9 45aj 8 40p
Lv. Atlanta..I ?40a] 4 15p
Ar. Birmingham.11 35a 1000?
" Memphis, (via Birmingham)... 805p 7 15a
Ar. Lexington. 600p 5 00s
M Cincinnati. 7 30p 7 46s
Chicago. 716a 6 80p
7 50a
600?
7 40a
Ar. Lohisville
" St. Louis ..
Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga)
7 30p
7 04?
10p
?astern ttm?.
To Aaheville-ClnciBnati-LoalsTilla.
jNol34|?oin1
Dally-DaUy
80Hp| S8M
4 45pll2 07a
T?ft?|iToof
11 40a: "7 56a
310p 11 26a
7 00pl 287p
4 i5a; 7 m
7 30p| 7 4Va
\.. 650?
Lv. Augusta..
** Batesburg.
Lv. Charleston. .
Lv. Columbia (Union Depot).
Ar. Spart anburg .
M Asheville .
" Knoxville.. .
" Cincinnnati.
Louisville t via JeUleo).
To Washington and the Eaat.
Lv. Angusta..
" liate*burg.
" CalanMe (Union Depot).
Ar. Charlotte.
4 46pl;'07a
5 55p 2 15a
910p 940?
Ar. Dan vi uV.jl26"ia| 138p
Ar. Richmond . .I 600a
Ar. Washing.on. .1 7 35? 850?
" Baltimore Pa R. R. 912?i 1126p
Philadelphia.11185a! 188?
? New York... .I 20Bpi 618?
Bleeping Car Line between Charleston and
Atlanta, ri?*Augnata. malrittg ?'^nnections at
Atlant? f->r all points North and west.
Solid Traius oeiween Charleston and Ash*
Ville
Connections at Columbia with through trains
for Washington :oi<l ihr Bast; also for Jackson?
ville and all Florida Points.
SHANKS. GANNON, J. M. CCLP,
Iln.d V P. ft Gen. Mgr., T raffle Manager,
washlBftoa, 1). 01 W ashing tuu.D. O.
QBOBasJI B ALLRN.
Div. 1 sea Agt.,
1 harlcKton. S. C.
W. A. TURK, 8. H. HARD WICK,
Gen Pas?. Agt . Asst. Qea. Pass Agt.,
Washington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga.
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