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SPEIKE HENDERSON
IT SOOS WITH PARTY.
He Declines the Nomination for
Reelection?Differs With Party.
on Trusts.
Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. 16.?Speaker
Henderson, finding that his views in
respect to the. treatment o? trusts by
reducing the tariff in whole or in part,
are. not in accord with the views of
many of his party in Iowa, has this
day declined to accept the nomination
for congress and has withdrawn ?rom
the race.
In his statement, Speaker Hender
son says:
' three years I have advocated
giving pon tr?l of trusts to congress.
In my judgment, proper Supervision
can never be had until congress has
power to treat them. I am, glad to see
-from speeches made by our fearless
and upright chief executive, that he is !
advocating federal control _over these
corporations, and while in some quarr
- ters they may sneer at 4t? I have not
seen any proposition yet, except this,
that seems at all likely to bring relief.
No proposition has ever been made by
the Democracy excepting to put every
thing on the free list and to give the
c?funtryfree tracce. In other words,
they propose to kill the child dead in
order to cure it.
"In my opinion, if combinations
could be regulated and controlled, we
would have very little ground ffor
charges before a change in the tariff
laws. For my part, if anythiing great
in this country attains prosperity
through protective policies or any
other legislation and is using its ad
vantages, growth and prosperity to
plunder the American people I, for 1
one, am ready to strike it by whatever
legal means we may be able to adopt
provided that in so doing, we do
not hurt innocent- interests. I have
been more amused than hurt at the
suggestion fthat I have been against
any changes in the tariff.
"I have never been opposed to mak
ing needed changes, and I am not now.
I must say and emphatically, that I do
not believe that a single schedule of
the Dingiey tariff law can be so amend-"
e?\ as to relieve the people from the
oppression of trusts or combinations
of capital, however named and that
such action may involve the retarding
of our expanding commerce and s get-.
. ting and holding of foreign markets. '
. Indeed, I believe such plan to be
fraught with grave dangers to the peo
ple. I am a firm believer in reciproci
ty. I worked with untiring zeal to
secure reciprocal arrangements between
Cuba and this country, and I was suc
cessful in passing it through the house.
The senate did not act on the, bill
because consideration of it would have
permitted the opening up of the whole
question of tariff revision.
"While I cannot speak for the pros
pects of favorable action upon bills
sent to the senate I still hope and
believe that by a treaty the same result
may be accomplished, and I have no
doubt that President Roosevelt is
now working on ' the question of a
treaty with Cuba, to give that strug
gling young republic needed help, a
help, too, in which, while they will
be gainers we will not be losers.
And now, let me say, and let there
be no misunderstanding as to my
position : I believe in protection that
will protect the hand of labori the
wheels of industry, every farmer and
miner, and I am against wicked cor
porations that would trample on the
rights of the people to fair play and
to the fruits of honest efforts. I am
against unnecessary legislation that
would throw my country into panic
and bring back the horrors bequeath
ed to us by the last Democratic ad
ministration.
Washington, Sept. .?The an
nouncement of Speaker Henderson's
declination of the congressional nom
ination caused a sensa tion in Washing
ton. Very few public men are in
Washington at this time, but all here
expressed regret that the speaker
had determined on the course announc
ed in the Dubuque dispatch. The
causes leading up to his decision were
perhaps as much a matter of comment
as the refusal to stand for reelection.
Public men acknowledge there is a
demand in sections of the west and
northwest for a revision of the tariff
along certain lines. Their opinion is
that Gen. Henderson's decision will
make this issue more acute. The
speaker always has been a straightout
Republican on traiff matters and at
the last session of congress the general
understanding was that he opposed
the suggestions advanced for tariff
revision along certain lines on articles
controlled by the trusts.
Not Doomed for Life.
"I was treated for three years by good
doctors," writes W. A. Greer, McConnell
ville, O., "for Piles, and Fistula, but, when
all iailed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
me in two weeks." Cures Burns, Bruises,
Outs, Corns, Sores. Eruptions, Salt Rheum,
Piles or no pay. 25c at j. F. W. DeLorme's
drag store.
HO PUTERS TO BE GIVEN.
Coa! Barons Will Not Heed the Ap
peals for Arbitration.
* _i_
New York, 'Sept. 16.? conference
between leading anthracite coal inter
ests was - held this afternoon at the
Philadelphia and Reading company's
offices. Those present included Presi
dent Baer, Reading road ; President
Truesdale of the Delaware, Lackawan
na and Western ; President Underwood
of the Erie ; President Fowler of the
New York, Ontario and Western;
President. Walters of the Lehigh Val
ley ; President Olypbant of the Dela
ware and Hudson ; Manager Besler of
the Central Railroad of New. Jersey ;
Irving Stearns of Coxe Bros. & Co.,
and John Markleof. G. B. Markle &
Co. The two last named represented
the independent operating interests in
the hard coal industry.
The precise -subjects of the confer
ence could not be learned but it was
stated in advance of the meeting that
no concessions would be granted, and
that recent events of, a semi-political
character would not be considered.
Following a meeting with J. P.
Morgan, John Markle made this
statement: "I do not think it neces
sary to repeat that^all talk of conces
sions on the part of the operators is
?x>lisht and.certainly without founda
tion. Our position n?w is the same as
when Mitchell made his original
propositions, and no different than
when the strike,began.
"We said then that we would make
no concessions and we repeat it now.
"There is no reason why this should
not be understood. The operators have
shown that they mean it, and repeat
it only by way of emphasis.
"There is just one way to end the
strike, by the men returning to work,
and every day they remain away by
giving willing ear to Mitchell's spe
cious promises will only entail further
loss and suffering to them. Conditions
are improving daily, more men are re-v
turning to work and more coal is being
mined. "So far!as recent attempts at
settlement are. concerned, it is only
necessary to add that every effort from
Senator Hanna's down has been fatile.
We have denned our position and will
maintain it."
John Markle left the meeting and
went to J, p. Morgan's office where:
he met P. A. B. Widener. The meet
ing in President Baer's office concluded
at a few minutes before 3 o'clock.
President ?nderwood, of-the Erie, as
he was leaving said that the meeting
had been merely one of the directors
of the Temple Iron company and that
only routine matters were considered..
The Temple Iron company is the sell
ing company " for the coal carrying
roads and the presidents of the lead
ing waijcarrjing. roads are the direct
ors of the Temple Iron company
which has a capital of $2,500,000.
Lowering Atlantic Time.
New York, Sept. 16.?The North
German Lloyd steamer Kronprinz
Wilhelm arrive in port today from
Bremen, Southampton and Cherbourg,
beating all previous westward records.
The Kronprinz Wilhelm ? made the
run of 3,047 miles from Cherbourg in
five days 11 hours and 57 minutes at an
average speed of 23.09 knots per hour.
The time made is three hours ,and 48
minutes better than the best previous
ly westward record of the Kronprinz
Wilhelm, and is 26 minutes better than
the time of the Deutschland.
Chicago, ID., September 17.?Word
was received in Chicago tonight from
Henry E. Weaver, of the Weaver Coal
Company, who is in Buffalo, that the
anthracite coal strike will soon come
to an end; that one of the largest
mines in the heart of the district in
Pennsylvania is about to give in to
the strikers and that other mines will
directly follow the example of the
leader.
Dillon, Sept. 16.?Last Saturday
evening, Mr. A. W. Grantham, living
just across Little Pee Dee in the
Kentyre neighborhood, in returning
to his home from Dillon, was fired
upon by parties on the roadside. He was
struck by several shot, some of them
evidently penetrating the abdominal
cavity. He lingered in great agony
until today. Two parties suspected
have been arrested, John Miller and
Clarington Horn, and they have been
carried to Marion jail.
Roanpke, Va., Sept. 16.?Bat little
has been heard today from the Algama
mine at North Fork, W. Va., which
was the scene yesterday of a gas arid
powder explosion which caused the
death of two white and 15 colored
miners and several mine mules. The
last of the victims was brought out of
the mine last night at midnigth by
rescuing parties that had worked all
day and night, bratticing as they
went, in an endeavor to rescue the
entombed miners alive.
New York, September 16.?In the
Democratic primary election contests
held here today the outlook at 11
o'clock tonight was that William S.
Devery, former chief of police, had
won out for the leadership of the 9th
district. At that hour John C.
Sbeehan, one of Devery's opponents
concedeb Devery's election. In nine
teen districts the former chief had
211 plurality, with six districts to be
heard from including Devery's own
district.
St. Paul, Minn, September 16.?
The new primary law had its first
practical test in a general election to
day, when the voters of the various
political parties went to the polls to
register their choice for nominees for
Congressional, judicial, Legislative
and county officers. The vote aver
aged fairly heavy. Only two Con
gressional districts presented unoppos
ed Republicaon nominees, while but
two districts had Democratic contests
for the nomination.
A big chunk of pumice stone was
recently found afloat in Mobile bay.
The impression is that it drifted over
there after being shot out from Mont
Pelee.
F?CTS US TO THE PI?S GUI.
President Diaz Tells of the Claim
of the Catholic Church.
_
' Mexico City, September 17.?Presi
dent Diaz in his message to Congress
says in part of the Pins claim now
being arbitrated at The Hague :
' ' The case in question grows ont of
a claim presented by the Catholic
Church of Upper California against
the Mexican Republic, and upheld by
the Government of the United States,
looking to the payment of interest on
a fund which was created in colonial
epochs for the benefit of missions in
that former portion of our territory.
"Originally the fund in question was
entrusted to the Jesuits for their Cali
fornia missions, but as the* consequence
of the royal order which expelled the
Jesuits from Spanish territory in 1768
property constituting the fund passed
tb the crown of Spain, which entrust
ed its administration to a royal com
mission, in whose hands it tfas at the
time when our independence was con
summated.
"When in 1848 Upper California was
segregated from the Mexican Federa
tion the Mexican Government, taking
its stami principally on Article 14 of
the peace treaty with the United
States concluded in that same year,
which pronounced as ended and can
celled all debts "and claims which citi
zens of the Uni tad" States might allege
against Mexico, considered itself releas
ed from all the liabilities toward rep
resentatives of the Church in Califor
nia.
"The Church in question went be
fore the joint claims commission,
which was held at Washington under
convention of July 4, demanding the
payment of interest up date of the
claim. /
*. ' The Mexican Government paid the
interest assessed against it on the
strength of that decision. The Cali
fornia church has since claimed that
the Republic ought to continue paying
interest on the fund and its claims
were presented through the diplomatic
channel.
"After an ^exchange of notes be
tween the representative of the United
States and the minister of foreign re
lations it was decided, with that spirit
of conciliatorinesS which befits friend
ly nations, to submit the case to The
Hague Court for adjudication."'
RULINGS OF THE HIGH COURT.
The Hague, September 17.?The In
ternational Arbitration Co^rt today
ruled with reference to points raised
Monday, that Mexico's reply to the
United States memorandum shall be
included in the documents in the case
and that the plaintiffs have the right
to-introduce a written reply before
September 25 : that after the Ameri
can pleadings Mexico should be heard,
and that each side is entitled to make
a reply through a single counsel repre
senting each side,
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, then
resumed his presentation of the case
of the United States. He dealt
lengthily with the Mexica^ conten
tions and was followed Bgn Garrett
McEneny, legal advisor of Archbishop
Riordan.
Bulk of Cotton Crop Gathered.
Washington, Sept. 16.?The agricul
tural department's weekly crop sum
mary says : The week ending Septem
ber 15 was unseasonably cool through
out all districts east of the Rocky
mountains, more particularly in the
Lake region, central valleys of the
Gulf States, with a general absence of
rain or only slight precipitation, in
the greater part of the area west of
the Mississippi river, although hdavy
rains occurred in portions of Arkansas
and Louisiana. More or less^damaging
frosts occurred on the 12th, 13th and
14th throughout the northwest, cen
tral v?lleys and Lake region and as
far south as Arkansas and the northern
portions of Mississippi, Alabama and
Georgia.
Late corn has been seriously damaged
by heavy frosts over the northern por
tions of the corn belt, more especially
to the westward of the Mississippi
river. Much corn has been cut over
the southern portion of the corn belt
where a fine crop is assured.
The very cool weather has checked
the? opening of cotton in the central
and western portions of the cotton
region. Picking has, however, advanc
ed rapidly generally throughout the
belt, and as a rule, under favorable
conditone, although . pickers have
been inadequate in some States. Over
the southern portion of the cotton belt
the bulk of the crop has been gather
ed, and in some sections many fields
are already abandoned. Rains have
caused damage to open cotton in por
tions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Geor
gia, Florida and South Carolina.
Tobacco has been injured to some ex
tent by frosts in Kentucky and Ten
nessee. About one-third of the crop
remains in the fields in Kentucky but
in other important tobacco States cut
ting and housing have been largely
finished.
Denver, Col., September 16.?But
little progress toward checking the
forest fires in different sections of the
State is being made. At the head of
Chicago Creek the fire is again beyond
control. A vast strip of territory has
been burned over and it is feared that
the towns along Clear Creek will ex
perience a shortage of water due to
the fact that the fire has destroyed the
protection to the snowbed.
Fortune Favors a Texan.
"Having distressing pains in head, back
and stomach, and being without appetite,
I began to use Dr. King's New Life Pills,"
writes W. P. Whitehead, of Kennedale,
Tex., '*and soon felt like a new man." In
fallible in stomach and liver troubles.
Only 25c at J. F. W. D?Lorme's drug store.
Now is the paper hat season. Nice
assortment material at H. G. Osteen
& Co.
S. G. COLLEGE WITHOUT PRESIDENT.
Hon. C. A. Woods Has Declined the
Position.
Columbia, Sept. 17.?Eon. C. A.
Woods, of Marion, has declined to ac
cept the presidency of the South Caro
lina College recently tendered him in
so flattering manner. This announce
ment will be received with regret by
friends of the institution throughout
South Carolina. The very ground that
Mr. Woods takes for declining the
offer shows that the State is a loser in
failing to secure such a man as the
head of one of her most famous insti
tutions.
On Tuesday the committee from the
board of trustees consisting of Mr.
McMahan and Mr. MacFarland went
to Marion and waited upon Mr. Woods.
Mr. McMahan returned to the city yes
terday bringing with him Mr. Woods'
declination, a copy of which was not
available until afternoon. The com
mittee talked over the matter fully
with Mr. Woods and was earnest in
its endeavor to persuade him, but he
stood on high ground, and could not
be moved.
Here is the letter of declination :
; Marion, S. C, Sept. 16, 1902.
Hon. Miles B. McSweeney, Governor,
Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Board of Trustees of nie South Caro
lina College :
The great honor you have conferred
in electing me to the presidency of the
South Carolina College has touched
me deeply, and it is quite impossible
for me to express my profound appre
ciation. It is a post of-duty that has
been held by the most illustrious men,
and around it cluster the noble tradi
tions of the past and the bright hopes
of the future.. Surely I never could
have thought of myself in connection
with the office, but your deliberate
judgment, reinforced, as it has been,
by generous expressions of approval
from other citizens, whose opinions
are entitled to great consideration, has
given me much concern, lest I should
fail to see my duty clearly. To the
right man there is no station in th?
State of greater opportunity for use
fulness, and none where successful
effort could bring more joy. I have
tried to think you are right in regard
ing me equal to this opportunity, but
then after the most careful considera
tion of the earnest and strong present
ation of your views by your distin
guished committee cannot bring my
self to the conviction that I could
reasonably expect to win success. I
am untrained in educational matters,
and without that insight and acquaint
ance with the science of education re
quisite for the position. ' The labor of
my life has been in another field, and
3 am unable to resist the conclusion
that to make this change now would be
at too great peril to the college. The
c?nfidence expressed by your board I
earnestly trust will stimulate me to
strive for greater usefulness as a
citizen.
Very sincerelv,
C. A." Woods.
It is not yet known what will now
be done as "to the vacancy. The board
will meet again next week to discuss
the problem again. It is thought like
ly that Prof. Sloan, who is now acting
president, will be asked to continue in
thac capacity through the collegiate
year. In the meantime everything
is being gotten in readiness for the
opening of the institution.?The
State.
A Suit For Libel.
Marion, Sept. 17.?The gentlemen
who were accused in the Dillon Her
ald some time ago of violating the
obligations of good faith in procuring
tax certificates to be used in the new
county election have instituted a pros
ecution for libel against the editor of
that newspaper.
Militia Inspection.
Columbia, S. C, Sept. 16.?Assist
ant Adjutant General Frost started out
on an inspection tour of the miliia to
day, beginning at Fort Motte. He
expects to inspect every company
within four weeks' time.
London, September 16.?A firm of
South Afican merchants in Liverpool
is said to have receive a cable dispatch
from Cape Town, dated September 13,
as follows: "It is semi-officially stated
that the transfer of Delagoa Bay,
Portuguese East Africa, to British
control is imminent."
Beaufort, Sept. 16.?It is sad and
discouraging to see the abandonment
of the once posperons and business dis
pensing Coosaw Works now going to
juin and decay. Its feusy hum is now
stopped and its works dismantled.
Three or four dredges and four or five
wash boats are moored to its docks,
and the once large volume of currency
put into circulation though its em
ployees is dried up. The site is one
of the best for a factory of some kind.
Vessels drawing 22 to 23 feet of water
used to be loaded right alongside of
its docks. A lone watchirkn now
guards the once active scenes W thrift
and labor.
Caution !
This is not a gentle word?bat when you
think how liable you are not to purchase
for 75c the only remedy universally known
and a remedy that has had the largest sale
of any medicine in the world since 1868 for
the cure and treatment of Consumption
and Throat and Lung troubles without
lofcing its great popularity all these years,
you will be thankful we called your atten
tion to Boschee's German Syrup. There
are so many ordinary cough remedies made
by druggists and others that are cheap and
good for light colds perhaps, but for severe
Coughs, Bronchitis, Croup?and especially
for Consumption, where there is difficult
expoctoratior and coughing during the
nights and mornings, there is nothing like
German Syrup. Sold by all druggists in
th? civilized world.
G. G. Gbmn, Woodbury, N. j.
DEATH FOLLOWED A SPREE.
Millionaire Fish Killed While
Drunk in a Low Dive.
New York, Sepi;. 16.?Nichols Fish,
millionaire, diplomat and descendant
of one of the best known of American
families, died at i;he Roosevelt hospial
at 3:25 o'clock this morning, the resnlt
of an injury received in Ehrhardt's
saloon, 205 West 34th street yesterday.
There he was murdered or fell, the
police have not yet determined.
Conflicting stories are told?such as
would naturally follow an event in
which criminal responsibility must be
placed?but there seems to be no doubt
that Mr. Fish had a quarrel with a
private detective named Thomas J.
Sharkey, who joined the banker at a
table where he had been for several
hours drinking with Mrs. Liby J.
Phillips and Mrs. Nellie Casey.
'mm ? ? ^ *
Immigration of Americans to
Canada.
According to a Winnipeg, Man.,
special to the Evening Post, the extent
of immigration into Manitoba and the
Northwest Terxiories from the United
States is little understood in the east.
Sir Charles Dilkes's prophecy of twelve
years ago that these fertile lands
would become the wealth center of the
Dominien is already being fulfilled.
For the year ending June 30, 1902,
19,570 persons from the United States
took up homesteads in Manitoba and
the Northwest Teri tories, aganist 5,197
in the preceding year. Actual settlers
number five times as many, as only
heads of families can take up home
steads. In 1900 land along the Cand?an
Pacific was worth 83 an acre; now
there are few obtainable lots close
to the line, while the price of the
nearest is 87 to $8 an acre. An examin
ation of Winnipeg hotel registers show
that 40 per cent of the vsitors are from
the United States. It is said that
the cheapness of land makes it possible
to produce wheat and flour at less cost
than in Minnesota or the Dakotas.
Millers of Minneapolis and St. Paul
are anxious to get Canadian wheat,
and are advocating reciprocity with
Canada with the idea of having the
grain duty removed. This influx of
Americans is proving of great benefit
to Canadian development, especially
in the line of capital, as the American
settlers are bringing millions with
them into the country.
New York, Sept. 17.?The will of
the late Bradford B. McGregor of the
Standard Oil compny, who died at
Mamaroneck, September 7, after an
operation, and who married Miss
Clara Schlemmer of New York, a few
hours before he submitted to the sur
geon's knife, was filed today. It was
reported:at the,time of his death that
he had left a large fortune in the
Standard Oil shares to his wife, but
she is not mentioned in the will. She
will have a dower right in all the real
estate left by him, which consists of
large holdings in Florida, Ohio and
New York. Mrs. T. B. McGregor,
the testator's mother, is the heir to
the bulk of the property.
Richmond, frVa., Sept. 17.?Edward
J. Carter, the 14-year-old son of
Edward Carter, a well known contrac
tor, was shot and mortally wounded
by a playmate named Harold Weigh
man late this afternoon. He ^ died in
two hours after being shot. Accounts
of the affair differ, but both of the
families involved and young Weigh
man himself are that the shooting was.
accidental. Weighman was placed
under arrest, but was later released
on bail.
The redistricting of Mississippi had
a curious result. Three Democratic
Congressmen?Patrick Henry, of Vicks
burg; John Sharp Williams, of
Yazoo, and Chas Edward Hooker, of
Jackson?fourid themselves in the same
district. All three wanted to go back
to the House ; only one could. Wil
liams has won out in the primary and
remains in Congress. Williams's can
vass is spoken of as one of the greatest
ever seen in Mississippi. The last day
of it found him in his shirt sleeves in
a reputedly hostile ward of Jackson,
speaking alternately in English, Ger
man and French.
An improved system of electric light
ing for railway trains has just been
adopted in Prussia. It was found that
the dynamo driven by the axle borrow
ed too much power from the locomo
tive and that the storage battery sys
tem was undesirable for various rea
sons. The plan devised is to place on^
tie locomotive a steam-driven dynamo,
which supplies a current to a small
regulating battery in each car. Thus
every car in the train has a separate
lighting system, fed from its own ac
cumulator, though the general supply
comes from the dynamo on the loco
motive. The ears are furnished with
both ceiling and reading lamps.
During the recent volcanic eruption
at Martinique a strange phenomenon
was noticed at certain mineral springs
near Prague. The water first turned
brown and then red, retaining this lat
ter color for a full hour. Scientists
are unable to account for this sudden
change in the water, but those who
reside near the springs are certain that
it was caused by the volcano, and do
not fail to point out that similar phe
nomenon was observed in 1755 on the
day when there was a terrible earth
quake in Libson. .
A Parson's Noble Act.
"I want all the world to know," writes ?
Rev. C. J. Budlong, of Ashaway, R. I., <
' what a thoroughly good and reliable ;
medicine I found in Electric Bitters. They j
cured me of jaundice and liver troubles j
that had caused me great suffering for ]
many years. For a genuine, all -round cure ?
they excel anything I ever saw." Electric <
Bitters are the surpriee of all for their (
wonderful work in Liver, Kidney, and
Stomach troubl?e. Don't fail to try them. (
Only 50 cte. Satisfaction is guaranteed by
J. F. W. DeLonne. s
h DESPERATE BOBBER.
An Alaska Bank Robber Blows
Himself Up.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 17.? A special
to The Times from Skagway, Alaska,
says :
About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
an unknown young man walked into
the Canadian Bank of Commerce, a
revolver in one hand and a dynamite
bomb in the other and demanded $20,
000, threatening to blow all into eter
nity.
Cashier Pooley and Teller Wallace
were the only two. men in the bank.
Wallace ducked t? g?t his gun and
ran quickly to the back of the room,
calling for Pooley to do the sarae.
"No, you don't", yelled the man,
dropping the bomb.
The clerks had just gotten out of the
window. The bank was wrecked. The
robber's head was smashed and one
arm was torn off. People living above
the bank were blown intio the air,
J. G. Price, formerly prosecuting
attorney, who was entering the bank
at the time, was hurt but not serious
ly. The dynamiter died without re
gaining consciousness. The bank lost
about a thousand dollars, chiefly in
gold dust, which was lying on the
counter.
SEEIOilS WRECK ON THE SOUTHERN.
A Freight Train Derailed Near
Ridgeville.
Charleston, Sept. 17.?An incoming
freight train on the Southern Railway
was wrecked this morning about 8
o'clock at Ridegville, about 35 miles
north of Charleston. ?he wreck oc
curred in a swamp, making it all the
more difficult tc effect transfers and
clear the track and resulting in the
suspension of all travel until the after
noon hours, when" the trains again
moved over the road.
Fortunately no lives were lost. Sev
eral of the cars toppled over the em
bankment and were badly wrecked, the
locomotive alone remaining on the
rails. It is not known what caused
the wreck, but it is thought that the
spreading of the rails is responsible
for it.
The train, which consisted of 20
cars, was running on schedule at the
time of the accident. The train which
is due here from Columbia at 11.15
o'clock, 'did not reach Charleston until
tonight.
Washington, Sept. IT.? The comp
troller of the currency has issued a
call for the condition of the national
banks 'at the close of business Mon
day, Sept. 15.
London, Sept. 17.?:A news agency
says that the Norfolk and North Amer
ican Steamship company, owning nine
large steamers and trading between
England and the United States in
connection with the% Lehigh Valley
and Reading railroads, has been taken
over by the Morgan shipping combine.
The agencys' announcement adds that
this report has created a sensation in
local shipping trades.
Tarry town, N. Y;, Sept. 17.?The
residence of John D. Rockefeller, at
Pocantico Hills, Westchester county,
was destroyed by fire tonight. The
building was burned to the ground.
The fire is supposed to have started
from crossed electric wires.
Washington, Sept. 17.?The official
report of the trial of the battleship
Maine has been received at the navy
department. Her nncorrected speed
was 17.96. Her tidal allowances
brought the speed up to 17.98, but
the board found other conditions which
warranted it in fixing the speed at 18
knots, which is her contract speed.
McClellanville, S. C, Sept. 16.?
Mrs. John Bazin, who lives near Gum
ville, in Berkeley' County, had an ex
perience a few days ago that-not many
of her sex could have undergone. She
accompanied her husband on a propos
ed visit to his son, who lives near
this village, but alas, it turned out to
be the last stage in his journey of life
When about six miles from his son's
home his horse became frightened at
something and attempted to run, but
the old gentleman sacceeded in quiet
ing him down. Just afterward he fell
a corpse by his wife's side ? With no
one in hearing, she had to drive a dan
gerous horse over a bad road with her
dead husband.
Just two years ago Gal veston was
the victim of the most destructive
storm both as to life and , property
which ever afflicted a city on this
continent. It seemed at one time as
if its future was hopeless but in the
brief interval it has regained its com
mercial prosperity and is moving on.
with the same rapid-strides so rudely
checked by the disaster. Its shipments,
of cotton for 1901-2 to the 1st of Sep
tember were 2,177,893 bales, as against
2,090,719 for 1900-1, while the totai
exports show a gain of $14,270,107.
In imports the valuation over those
of the previous year was $1,683,5SS.
For its future protection against the?
waters of the gulf the city will soon
construct a sea wall seventeen feet
above mean tide. Here is a specimen
of Southern pluck worth noting. Some
cities nearer Washington would have
called for a Federal appropriation for
this work.?Courier-Journal.
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