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WINSTON ANO WADESBORO. Sharleston Men Will Help Mid a Sa?road. From the "News and Courier. Application ?or a charter for -the 'Winston and Wadesboro Eai?road has "been made to t?te Secretary of State of ?North Carolina. The company, which proposes bnildrag the new road, "num? bers many prominent Charlestoriians among its stockholders. Its capital stock is placed at ?500,000, over -a fifth of which liras already been sub ^scribed in this city and State. The temporary di retors of the Company are Col. Thomas Wilson, W. E. Huger, B. G. Rhett, F. <Q. O'Neill, John Mc? Sween and P. A. Willcox. Three of these gentlemen are leading citizens -of Charleston ano. the other three axe .we? known here asnd throughout the State. The new road ? to mn from Wins? ton to Wadesboro and will be abont 90 mailes in length. At Wadesboro it ?will connect with the Atlantic Coast lane, and in that way will be directly iabuitairy to Charleston. It will give business men here direct access to a vast and fertile territory, which they nave ?ever been able to reach before, and is doubtless destined to prove an important factor in the new era of prosperity upon which Charleston is jnst nov entering. The application filed with the Secre? tary of State of North Carolina is as follows: To the Honorable Secretary of State of North Carolina: The undersign? ed persons, who desire to form them? selves into an association for the pur? pose of constructing, maintaining and operating" a railroad within the State of North Carolina, do, in accordance ?with the statutes in such cases made and provided, hereby make and sign these articles of association, as fol? lows, to wit : First. That the name of the said company shall be the Winston and Wadesboro Railroad Company. Second. That the number of years the same is continued will be sixty years from the date of filing of these articles of association. Third. That the railroad is to be constructed, maintained and operated from some point within the town of Wadesboro , in the county of Anson, State of North Carolina, to and into the town of Winston-Salem, in the county of Forsythe, in the same State ; and that the length of the said rail? road, as near as may be proximate? ly stated, will be ninety miles: and that the name of each county in said State through or into which it is in? tended that the said railroad is to be constructed will be Anson, Stanly, Montgomery, Davidson and Forsythe. Fourth. That the amount of the capitial stock^of the said company will be five hundred thousand dollars, di? vided into five thousand shares of the par value of one hundred dollars j each : with authority to increase the same from time to time by a majority vote of the stockholders in any meet lng thereof, to any amount not exceed? ing one million dollars. Fifth. That the names and resi? dences of the six directors who shall manage the affairs of the said company for the first year and until others are chosen in their places, are as follows: Thomas Wilson, of Cade's : William E. Huger, of Charleston : R. G. Rhett, of Charleston; F. Q. O'Neil, of Charleston : John McSween, of Tim monsville ; P. A. Wilcox, of Florence. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and written opposite thereto our place of residence and the number of shares to which we each respectively subscribe : Thomas Wilson, of Cade's, S. C., 150 shares. Wm. E. Huger, of Charleston, 150 shares. F. G. Rhett, of Charleston, 100 shares.. E. H. Pringle, Charleston, 50 shares. F. Q. O'Neil, of Charleston, 50 shares. Francis J. Pelzer, per Huger, Charleston. 100 shares. Frank E. Taylor, per . Huger, Charleston, 100 shares. Sam. Laphlam. Charleston, 50 shares. Jas. S. Murdoch, Charleston, 50 shares. A. F. C. Cramer. C ha Heston. 50 shares. R. Maxwell Anderson. Charleston, 50 shares. W. B. Wilson, Charleston, 50 shares. P. A. Willcox, Florence, 50 shares. R. M. Wallace. Charleston. 50 snares. E. W. Wynne, Charleston, 50 shares. F. L .Wilcox, Florence, 50 shares. John McSween, Timiuonsville, 50 shares. John F. Laughery, Sumter, 50 shares. William M. Bird. Charleston, 50 shares. Henry F. Welsh, Cl arleston, 25 shares. C. Wulbern, Charleston, 50 shares. 5 Geo. H. Moffet, Charleston, 50 shares. State of South Carolina, County of Charleston : Personally appeared be? fore me Thomas Wilson, William E. Huger, R, G. Rhett and F. Q. O'Neil, who, each for himself made oath t he is one of the directors of "' "Winston and Wadesboro Railr [ Company;" that more than one tfc sand dollars per mile has been s scribed to the capital stock of s company : that 5 per centum of s subscriptions have been paid in g faith and in cash to the di red named in the articles of associati [ filed herewith, and that it is inten j in good faith to construct, maint ' and operate the said "The "Wins i and Wadesboro Railroad.''' Thomas Wilson Wm E. Huger, R. G. Rhett, F. Q. O'Neil. Subscribed and sworn to before this 10th day of May, A. D. 1901. (Seal.) D. M. Murphy, Notary PufeTie PLATT RESOLUTION "GOHSmERE Cuban Convention Refers the ?k ter to Committee on Relations Habana, May 13.-The Cuban ec siiitutional convention met today secret session and formally consider the jeport of'the commission that we to Washington to obtain more denni information regarding the intentio of the United States governmer Gen. Sanguily objected to the repc on the ground of incompletenes pointing out that the commissi made no recommendations. "Th were sent to Washington," he sai "with the object of getting some the bases changed, but they offer ] explanation as to why the chang could not be effected, nor do they e press an opinion regarding acceptan or rejection of the Platt amendme: as we had expected they would. ' ' Senors Tamayo, Lorente and Beta] court replied that Secretary Root hs explained that the bases could not I changed, as the Platt amendment WJ the final policy of the Washington ac ministration. It was useless, therefor? }hey went on to say, for them to insi< on a change, but the construction Mi Root had put upon the bases, togetht with his assurance that the Unite States would setablish an independen government in Cuba and would nc interfere with Cuban sovereignty ir fluenced them in favor of acceptin the amendment although they did no recommend this course in the report. Senor Portuondo declared that h 1 did not agree with his colleagues wh< I had already spoken, but was oppose? to accepting the Platt amendment. Senor Capote was not present, but i is understood that he agreed with th? majority. Senor Juan Gaulberto Gomez movec that the report be referred to the com mittee on relations whose last repor has still to be acted upon. Ke admit ted that the. commission's visit tc Washington had thrown new lighi upon the amendment, but he thoughi it only just that the committee shoulc be allowed an opportunity to change the report in order to conform to the new conditions. An attempt was made to take an im? mediate vote with reference to thc amendment, but the motion of Senoi Gomez was finally carried, the com? mittee being instructed to act prompt? ly. It is expected that several days will elapse before the amended report will be submitted to the convention. A movement is on foot to delay action until after the municipal elections. A majority of the committee on re? lations, Senor Taman Villuendas and DeQuesada, are in favor of accepting the Platt amendment. Senors Gomez and Silva oppose acceptance. Russia- is the only one of the great nations of Europe whose foreign com? merce is in a favorable condition, and her balance of trade is only about $4,000.000, while that of the United States was 8521.000,000 during the last nine months, a gain of 8127,000,000 over the previous year. GR??TT?B?R INION. Boston, May 12. -As a result of the Textile Workers Convention which con? cluded its session at the Quincy house tonight. 7.">,000 men and women cm ployed in the textile industries of North America will be members of one great labor organization to be known as the United Textile Workers of America. Representatives of the Inter? national Union of Textil?'Workers and the American Federation of Textile Operatives were present, with James Duncan, vice president of the Ameri? can Federation of Labor, acting as chairman. Both organizations decided to amalgamate and apply for a charter under the titled named. After thal is secured the Mule Spinners Union and thc Loom Fixers Union will affiliate themselves with thc organization which will eventually mean a mein b?rship of 300.000, and an amicable understanding between textile em? ployes in thc North and South. In the past thc employes in the South have been members of the International Textile Worker's while thc northern operatives have been members of tin American Federation of Textile Opera? tives and for a long time a union has been sought by the officials of both. The ?east in qua D ti ty and most in quality describes De Witt's Little Early Risers, the famous pills for constipation, and liver com I plaints.-J S Hoghson & Co. BIGGEST GUN IN THE WORLD War Department Experimenting Wit! Wonderful Coast Defense Gannon. Washington, May 9.-Capt. Wheele: of the Ordance Bureau has been order ed to" the Watervliet Gun Factory t( inspect the final work on what is ex pected to be one of the most marveloui weapons ever constructed. It is in tended for part of the defense of Nev York harbor. There is something startling in th< capabilities claimed for it. In the first place, it must be understood thal no warship can withstand the impad of a projectile fired from it at a range of from 6 to 12 miles. It costs as much as the entire batteries of thc smaller vessels, and every time it is fired the expense to the government will be several thousand dollars. It is solely an experimental weapon, and will weigh 130 tons and will be of 6 .inch muzzle diameter. The total length is 49 feet 2.9 inches, with a diameter in the rear portion of 6G inches. The length of the bore is 37 feet ? inches. This weapen is known to the army as a type gun, and is the first of a series proposed for the sea coast de? fense. Years ago when this question -was under consideration a board, of -which Secretary Endicott was presi tdent, conceived the idea of mounting some 16-inch guns in the fortifiacations system, but for several years no appro? priation was available with which to construct the first weapon. This board reached the conclusion that 18 of these guns should be provided for the pro? tection of New York, and it was also recommended that 10 should be mount? ed at San Francisco, 8 at Boston and 4 at Hampton Roads. Doubtless the most noteworthy fea? ture of the gun will be its enormous range, which is estimated at about 21 miles- ? firing table prepared by Major Ingalls shows that the range is obtainable with a muzzle velocity of 2,300 feet per second with the neces? sary angle elevatiomof the piece. The trajectory shows that in ranging for this distance the shell would reach the' maximum elevation of 30,516 feet. This is almost infinitely greater than the maximum range hitherto ob? tained by any other gun, which stands at present to the credit of a Krupp wea? pon which was fired on the Meppen range in the presence of the German Emperor. The measured range was found to be roughly speaking, 121-* miles. The greatest height was 21,456 feet and the time occupied between the firing of the gun and the striking of the projectile was one minute and ten seconds. This performance, great as it was, becomes positively insignifi? cant compared with the new 16-inch gun. Army officers say that should this weapon ?be mounted at Sandy Hook with a radius of 21 miles a circle struck would inclose a great area of -territory. Pointed to the North the gun would throw its shells far beyond New Rochelle on the sound and Tuckahoe on the south would be easily within range. The circle in? closing its zone of fire would pass through Hempstead and Long Branah on Long Island, and its shells would pass above Staten Island and fall half a mile beyond Atlantic Highlands: Keyport and Perth Amboy would be open to attack and so would Milburn in New Jersey. Paterson would be within reach with four miles to spare. As the extreme height of the trajec? tory of the projectile from this gun is 30.516 feet, or above five and three quarters, miles, it would rise higher than the combined heights of Pike's Peak and Mount Blanc. " MORGAN'S DEAL IN LONDON. London, May 7.-The Leyland Line share holders unanimously confirmed the Morgan-Ellerman agreements to? day. After Mr. Mattinson, who presi? ded, had explained the terms of the contract, Mr. Ellerman, chairman of the line set forth his views on the transatlantic trade. He said the out? look was not promising for British shipowners, in view of the large American tonnage building, the pros? pects of the return to that trade of ves? sels now diverted to South Africa and the probability of an American subsi? dy. He did not believe that Parliment would inflict countervailing duties on subsidized American vessels. Mr. Morgan's railroad and manufacturing interest would enable him to make the purchase of the Leyland Line profit? able. Mr. Ellerman severely criticised the antiquated British navigation laws which put British vessels at an increas? ing disadvantage in competing with foreigners. Mr. Mattinson said the Americans were evidently in the transatlantic trade to stay. Trade does not follow the flag : it follows capital. The con? ditions favor their success. The fact that this purchase has been possible should be a grave warning to Great Britain to revise the navigation regu? lations which threaten her supremacy. London, May 7 - Simultaneously with to-day's meeting of the Leyland Line shareholders to vote upon the agreement with J. Pierpont Morgan comes a reiteration of the statement that the Morgans are about to acquire the Ked Star Line as well as the At? lantic Transport Line. PAROLE OF THE YOUNGERS. St. Paul. Minn. May 7. At a regu lar meeting of the board of mangers nf the Stat<- prison today at Stillwater unanimous act ion was taken in favor of paroling Cole and .lames Younger, now serving lif?' sentences. Before tie' parole can be effective ali three members of the State pardon board must approve it and the action will be submitted to thal body as soon as possible. Til is is itt accord ance willi the hew law which allows the parole of life prisoners after about 24 years imprisonment, being 35 yea rs, less the time gained by good behavior. Paroles usually are granted by the prison managers alone, but in the case of life prisoners unanimous approval of the board of pardons is also neces? sary, and such paroled life prisoners cannot leave the State. The pardon board does not meet regularly until July, but a special meeting may be called if the mem? bers of tlie board consider one neces? sary. Cole. James and "Bob" Youngei have been in Stillwater since 1876 foi the Northfield, Minn, bank robbery and the murder committed during ' that raid in which they participated with the James gang. The Jame? ] brothers, J^sse and Frank, escaped to Missouri. Two members of the gang ; were killed and Bob Younger died in prison. i Owing to the peculiar circumstan r ces surrounding the capture of the Youngers efforts have been unceasing 5 to obtain their pardon. They might " have escaped at the time, but remain 3 ed behind to care for one of the " gang . who was mortally wounded, and 1 , whom, it is said, the others favored 4 j killing. ' i For six years attempts have been I ' made during every session of the Leg \ islature to secure the enactment of a J j law a permitting the parole of life \ I prisoners. This winter a bill to that 5 j effect passed both houses and went to ; I the Governor. Before it was signed it 5 j was recalled, reconsidered and killed. ; j The next day it was reconsidered, ; passed and became a law. ; The Youngers are sons of Col. Henry 1 W. Younger, a wealthy Southerner, who moved to Missouri in 1830. After the guerilla warfare incident to the civil war they joined the James gang ; and evaded all efforts at capture until ! their sensational midnight raid on Northfield. A GRAND OLD MAN. The Philadelphia Press has for its editor the postmaster general, and is therefore regarded as the foremost organ of the McKinley administra? tion. The Press displays so much chagrin over |the attempt to buy over Gen. Wade Hampton to the McLaurin move? ment as to make natural the infer? ence that the miscarriage of this scheme caused deep regret in admin? istration circles. Gen. Hampton indignantly rejected the tender of the Columbia postmas tership because it came from a source and in a way that caused him to con? sider it as a Republican bid for his influence. The Press, commenting upon his conduct in this matter, says that Gen. Hampton "plainly prefers the manners and methods of ?Senator Tillman to those of Senator McLaurin, or bigotry to progress." This sneer provokes from the Phil? adelphia Record the following admira? ble tribute to the old hero : "Was it bad manners in Gen. Hampton, who has an honored name in South Carolina, to utter in plain English his righteous indignation over an attempt to put him to base political uses with the bribe of an office ? Or should he have humbly accepted the office with thanks to the giver and have proceeded to gratefully perform the task expected of him in spite of his political opinions? Our contem? porary makes the transaction infinite? ly worse when it says: 'As Gen. Hampton is old and in straightened circumstances, it was probably thought such an offer would be ac? ceptable. ' Just so. It was thought that, like Shakespeare's poor apothe? cary, his poverty, if not his will, would consent, and that he would jump at the offer. But McLaurin and' his principals have found that the vet? eran is not so much crushed by pover? ty as to accept a bribe for abandoning his principles or to fail in resenting an insult to his integrity. "With honest pride Gen. Hampton said: 'The people of South Carolina should know by this time that I am not for sale and that I never shall be/ .' If McLaurin shall display no better judgment in his efforts to build up a white man's Republican party in the south than he did in the Hampton in? cident he will make himself a laugh? ing stock as well as a complete fail? ure.-Atlanta Journal. Big Fire in Wilmington. . Wilmington, N. C., May ll.-Fire which broke out from an unknown cause in a warehouse of the North State Improvement Company on the London wharf at 1 o'clock this morn? ing caused an aggregate loss of about $150,000, as follows : Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com panv, buildings and old Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley wharf, $25,000 : North State Improvement, buildings and wharf, $15,000 : S. P. McNair, grocery stock, $20,000, three-fourths insured : steamboat Climax, $4,000, three-fourths insured : James I. Metts, hay and grain, $4,000, fully insured : Roger Moore's Sons Sc Co.", $2,000, fully in? sured : J. R. Turrentine Company, $5,000, little insurance : C. C. Cov? ington & Co., fully insured. Other losses were small. HOMICIDE IN CLARENDON. Summerton, May 10.-As a result of an altercation between Eugene Lomay and Andrew Canley, (both colored.) the latter was shot and instantly kill? ed by the former. The men were farm hands on the plantation of the Rev. K. A. Sublett, where the killing occur? red this morning, at half-past eight o'clock. MEDICAL "EXAMINERS. Dr. S. C. Baker has given notice that the State Hoard of Medical Exam? iners will meet at the State house at 9 a. m. on Tuesday, the 21st inst., for thc purpose of examining applicants for license to practice physic and sur? gery in this State. Before being permitted to enter upon the examination all applicants must present to thc board a satisfactory cer? tificate of moral character, a diploma of graduation from a reputable medical college and pay the sum of $5. Special rates to Columbia have been allowed by the railroads. Thc Stale. - ?- - The War on the Filipinos. Manila. May 10. Cailles, the in surirent lender in Laguna Province, is being closely chased. He is supposed to have gone southward of Laguna Pro vince and is not likely to surrender, fearing paying personal penalty for his numerous assassi nat ions. Tuesday evening a hundred insur? gents attacked Paglibac in Tayabas, which province was considered to be pacified. The insurgents were repulsed without loss. A detachment of the 21st infantry routed 150 rebels at Zurbanos Camp, ? near Lucban, and captured a large . quantity of supplies. WALL STREET PANIC IS OVER. Northern Pacific Stock Drops tc 150 and Shorts Settle at That Figure. New York, May 10.-Wall street emerged from its gloom this morning and with growing confidence ended the day with something like buoyant elation. Prices of stock went up with a rush, at the last, closing at about top and with the net losses left aftei yesterday's session pretty largely re? covered. There are some clouds re? maining on the situation this morning and some natural trepidation lest the violent collapse of yesterday should have left some casualties which would not be disclosed until the clearing house sheets of the stock exchange had been made up. Early in the day the official announcement was made that the sheets of all the members of the exchange had been cleared perfectly and that all their checks had been honored. This relieved the last feel? ing of apprehension and the feverish and earnest signs which were manifest in the stock market during the first hour disappeared. Things quieted down into a steady condition of busi? ness such as has not been witnessed in Wall street for many weeks. The measures taken over night to clear the situation left little to fear. The agreement to allow the shorts in Northern Pacific to settle at 150 really went to the root of the crisis and wiped out the impelling cause of yes? terday's panic. The announcement by the banks that yesterday's loans which had been provided by agree? ment among the leading institutions of the street, would not be called to? day, kept the situation free from addi? tional tension. With threatening conditions remov? ed, a rebound in " prices was natural and in evidence. The extent to which it ran was, however, a surprise, and was attributed to various causes. There is no doubt that among those who were loosers in yesterday's slump were many of ample resources, who viewed the situation with a sporting instinct and a determination to recouj) losses by following the market. It was the popular belief that some o?: the western potentates who were ad? mittedly forced "to walk sideways" during a portion of yesterday's events, were again in the market this after? noon in a bold attempt to retrieve their losses. The obvious leadership of the movement of Union Pacific and the southwestern group gave ground for the conjecture that it was based on benefits expected to accrue to Un? ion Pacific from a control of Northern Pacific : a control which was stoutly claimed today, but as emphatically denied by the Hill-Morgan partisans. It was remarkable that the breaking of the corner in Northern Pacific by the settlement with the shorts at 150 brought almost no stock upon the market. But it is evident that the contesting parties in the Northern Pacific are not yet prepared to let go of a single available share of the stock. The settlement with the shorts progressed today at the office both of Kuhn, Loeb ? Co. and J. P. Morgan & Co., and it is probable that only the completion of the settlement will reveal how much of the purchases of stock made by the two parties within the last week can be delivered. A NEGRO*'?1 Indianapolis. May 12.-Wm. Phelps, of Richmond, Ky., and James Stans? bury, of this city, were cleaning the inside of an eight foot upright boiler at the Cerealine mills this afternoon when an employe turned on the steam, thinking the cock was tight. It leak? ed and the scalding steam poured in on the two men. The only exit was jip a ladder to a manhole in the top. Both jumped for the ladder. Phelps reached it first, took one step and stopped. He jumped aside and shouted "you go first, Jim, you are married. Stansbury sprang up the ladder and escaped with slight burns about the face and legs. Though Phelps followed at his heels his act of heroism cost him his life. Both men were being cooked when Phelps jumped aside. By the time he had followed Stanley up the ladder the flesh was dropping from his limbs. He was cooked alive and with supreme effort dragged his scalded body from the manhole. He lived for two hours in terrible agony, but did not let a groan escape him." "It was Jim's right to go first," said he quiatly. "He is married." Phelps had been boarding at Stans bury's house. Both men are colored. Hester's Cotton Statement. New York, May 10.-Secretary Hes? ter's weekly statement, issued today shows that the total movement for the 2?2 da vs of the season from Sept. 1 to Mav 10 inclusive, is 9,490,841 against 8.663,014 last year, and 10,616.409 year before last. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports O.O.'W.IGS against G.394.999 last year : overland across the Mississippi. Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 1,100.648 against 1.111,126 last year : interior stocks in excess of those held at the cdose of the commercial year 387.~)4t>. against j :>S,41(> decrease under September llast year : southern mill takings 1.14S,479 against 1,195,903 last year. Foreign exports for the week have been 98.S50 against 43.S5? last year, making tin1 total thus far for the sea? son 5,669,802 against 5.340.914 last year, an increase of 32S..'iSS --. ? ? . - Mr. W. J. Summerour has an or chard of 200,000 peach trees in Whit? field County. Georgia. Only one third of his orchard came into bearing last year, and from it he realized a net profil of 823,000. He will have twice the number of trees in bearing this year and confidently expects to realize a profit of 850.000. Another fruit grower in the same county sohl his crop of [leaches from 1,700 trees last year to a fruit buyer for $5.000 cash, the purchaser picking and boxing them. Whitfield County, it should be noted, is in the extreme northwestern corner of Georgia, on the Tennessee line, lt has the same position in Georgia that Oconee County holds in South Carolina and is in the same latitude. The farmers in the North? ern part of this State are probably not living up to the opportunities in the matter of growing peaches for market.-News and Courier. NEWS ITEMS. J The Illinois legislature has appro? priated $25,000, for an exhibit at the Charleston Exposition. Mrs. Cornelia Thompson, widow of the late Gen. Waddy Thompson, who formerly lived in Greenville, lost her I life in the Jacksonville fire. She was between 70 and 80 years old. Rear Admiral Schley is in London returning to the United States. There was a Confederate veteran in the parade Friday afternoon who has. been a convict in the State penitenti? ary for 15 years. He was Wm. Wa? ters, of Darlington county, who was. i convicted of horse-stealing in June, 1886. The circumstances under which the conviction took place were pecu? liar, the veteran having been drunk at the time. The petition has been under consideration for some time. The governor determined to grant the pardon so that Waters could take part in the reunion parade. Senator McLaurin has accepted in? vitations to speak in Greenville on May 22 and in Geffney on May 25. Citizens of Spartanburg have joined in a request to the senator to speak in that city on July 4, and citizens of Anderson are arranging to take a date for that city. Last Tuesday the tug Williams, with: a barge containing seventy-five ne? groes, provisions, mules, cart?, spades and other implements, left George? town for Hagley, from which place a railroad will be built to Pawley's Isl? and. The A. C. L. Co. is having this work done, making the transit from Georgetown to the Island in one hour. It is reported that the fare will be 35 cents for the round trip.-Georgetown Outlook. Honolulu, May 4, via San Francisco,. May 10.-The Territorial Legislature has passed a resolution containing a memorial to President McKinley to remove Governor Dole. He is charged with obstructing legislation. y^. New Orlans, La., May ll.-Samuel Flower, paying teller of the Hibernia National Bank, was arrested here to? day by a United States marshal., charged with a shortage *of $36,000.. He was released on bond of $10,000. Flower's bond to the bank wasjof $25,000. .Flower is a cousin of the late Mayor Flower and is a son of the late Ex-United States Sub-Treasurer Samuel Flower, of this city. Brussels, May 12.-The Independ? ence Beige publishes affidavits signed by Count Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy before the French consul in London admitting the authorship of the Drey? fus bordereau and declaring the bor? dereau was written with the conniv? ance of Col. Sandherr, ex-chief of the secret intelligence bureau. ; London, May 13.-The Daily Mail publishes the following from Malta z. "A bomb was exploded at midnight against the residence of the arch? bishop, but no serious damage was done. ' ' London, May 12.-At a banquet of the Cornish association held in Lon? don last night Gen. Pole-Carew said :. "At the beginning of the war, had the Boers fully realized their strength and our unprepasedness, we should have been driven into Durban and Cape Town and we would have pre? sented the spectacle of reconquering South Africa from the seacoast." London. May 13.-Gen. DeWet, ac? cording to a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Pretoria, has resumed operations and is reported to have crossed into the Transvaal with 2,000 men. Port Townsend, Wash'n May ll. The steamer Victoriana arrived from Skagway 'this morning, bringing 100 passengers. Returning passengers say that the. mines of the Kiondike are having the greatest harvest in the his? tory of the country, owing to the large abundance of surface water, which is being utilized in sluicing dirt taken out during the winter months, and the yield of the yellow metal exceeds the best epxectations of the mine owners. Washington, May ll.-It is expected at the war department that the home? ward movement of the ten volunteer regiments in the Philippines will be? gin today or to-morrow by the de? parture from Manilla of the transports Hancock, Pennsylvania and Buford, carrying the 31st, 40th and 41st in? fantry. The remaining seven regi? ments will be forwarded by other transports between now and the 20th instant, and the officers of the quarter? master's department predict that the last of the volunteer army will be in this country ready for muster out by June 20, ten days before that army expires by limitation. Washington, May IL-The sole pro? posal for the completion of the work of dredging a channel opposite the Port Royal naval station, S. C., bids for which were open to submission up to 1 o'clock at the bureau of yards and docks, navy department, today, was P. Sanford Ross, of Jersey City, X. J., who otfered to complete the work at $2.20 per cubic yard for earth and rock dredged and deposited on the station, and $1.25 percubic yard for earth or rock dredged, but not deposit? ed. The Hamburg-American Steamship Co. has bought the Atlas Line, which is owned in England. This addition to the Hamburg-American makes it the largest steamship line in the world. A commission for a charter has been issued to lix*' Augusta and Aiken Rail? way Company, with headquarters at North Augusta. The road is to run between ^Augusta and Aiken and the application for the commission states that three of th.e twenty miles have already been constructed. The capital stock of the company is {?laced at $10, iHK> with the right to increase it to $100.000. The charter asks for the right to connect the towns of Bath, Langley. Warren vi Ile. Augusta. Gran iteville. North Augusta and Aiken. The corporators named are: Alfred S. Elliott, of Wilmington. X. C., and James U. Jackson, of Augusta. A Poor Millionaire Lively starved in London because be could not digest his food. Early use of D' King's New Life Piata would bave saved him They strengthen the stomach, aid digeition, promote assimilation, imjr<?ve appetite. Price 25c. Money back if not satisfied. Sold by J F W DeDorme, druggist. 5