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WORKING FOR NOMINATION.
BRYAN CLAIMS THIRTY STATES
ARE PLEDGED TO SUPPORT
HIM.
Norfolk Lawyer Says Bryan is Hard j
at Work to Secure the Democratic
Nomination for the Presidency,
Which Would Force Roosevelt to
Accept Nomination. ?
Washington, June 6.-"William
Jennings Bryan told me upon the oc?
casion of his visit to the Jamestown
Exposition a few days ago that he al?
ready had more than thirty States
^pledged to support him In the next
's National Convention and that there
was not the least doubt, about their
standing by their decision."
This' was the state at made yes?
terday by Judge T. J. Wool, a leading
lawyer of Norfolk, and general coun?
sel for the Jamestown Exposition, at
the New Willard Hotel.
"Yes, when Mr. Bryan was at
Jamestown last week he made this
remarkable statement to me, which
leaves not the least doubt in my
mind that he not only intends to
stand for the presidential nomination,
but that he is already hard at work to
secure it.
"I do not know in what manner
. these States could have been pledged
so far in advasce to support .Mr. Bry?
an or any other candidate that may
be nominal ed when the Democratic
Convention meets unless it is that
those States to which he had refer?
ence whe'n he made this statement
had by resolution of their legislatures
put themselves on record as favoring
him and as being in favor of standing
squarely by his policies. Otherwise I
do not see hov-- he could have consid?
ered thirty odd States pledged to him
when the conventions in the different
States have no? fet been 'held.
"I talked at some length with Mr.
Bryan about the coming campaign,
and whiie I cannot say that he seem?
ed to prefer any one man over anoth?
er as a running mate, there is no
doubt ir. my mind that hereafter the
section of country a man comes from
-whether he is running for president
or vice president-will have little to
do with the result of the election, so
long as he is the choice of the
mass of Democratic voters and can
held the east along with the squth. I
mean that if there is a man in the
south-no matter how far south
from Texas, Florida or elsewhere,
who is strong enough to hold sections
of the country it will matter little
where he comes from. The east has
certainly made a failure during the
few years so far as selecting a man
from that section is concerned and I
think the people there will no longer
demand that that section be repre?
sented sc. long as a suitable man can
be found anywhere else who can de?
feat the Republican nominee-proba?
bly President Roosevelt.
"It is impossible to foretell now
whether or not there is a man in the
south who combines all the elements
'necessary to success in such a great
undertaking as that of securing the
president:;! nomination. You may
put it down, though, that if a good
man can be found in the south he is
just as liable to receive the nomina?
tion as a man from any part of the
United States.
"It begins to look like President
Roosevelt will be compelled to allow !
himself to be renominated to heal the j
breach made bv Taft, Foraker and I
other leading Republicans lately. I j
do not think he really wants to g,-t
the nomination again because from j
his standpoint another term in ihe?
White House would be equivalent to J
standing for election the third time, i
but many leading Republicans do not
look at the y matter that way. and I ?
believe they will force the nomination
on him, especially if Bryan is placed
in the field by the Democrats. Many
Republicans say that it will be abso?
lutely necessary to run Roosevelt
?gain if Bryan comes out."-News
and Courier.
A petition is being circulated in
Marion for th? establishment of a
county dispensary.
HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE.
Delegates Already Arriving at the
Hague-Outline of Work.
The Hague, Netherlands, June S.
The delegates to the second Peace
congress, which opens next .Saturday,
are beginning to arrive. The princi?
pal work of the congress will be done
by committees, who will thrash out
the great questions and then submit
their recommendations to the assem?
blage.
The congress will formally convene
in Knights' Hall Saturday afternoon
next. Xo member o fthe Dutch royal
family will attend. The Dutch For?
eign Minister Vantets van Gourdriaan
will open the proceedings with a
speech of welcome.
M. Xelidoff. the Russian ambassador
rt Paris will be the permanent presi?
dent. The probability is that no
? American will be elected to any
! office. It is expected the congress will
vote that the sessions be secret.
Among th subjects to be consider?
ed are the widening of the jurisdic?
tion of the Hague arbitration court,
extending the right of neutrals in1
time of war for regulating contra?
band, drafting regulations for the
bombardment of ports, the location
of submarine and floating mines,
rules governing sea highways in time
of war.
The chief results anticipated are
the settlement of disputed points in
international law. The congress will
bo in session about two months.
DEATH DEALING CYCLONE.
Thirty Persons Killed .at Gradyville.
Ky., and Many Others in Southern
Illinois.
Louisville, Ky., June S.-Thirty
perseus perished in a cloud-burst
? which destroyed the town of Grady?
ville, 12 miles from Columbia, last
night. Many bodies have been recov?
ered, but many more are in the debris
I of the wrecked houses. Nearly even
residence in the town was swept away.
The tow-n was situated in the fork
of two creeks, the waters of which
rose so rapidly that the inhabitants
had no opportunity to escape. In
some cases the entire family perished.
Duquoin Hard Hit.
Duquoin, Ul., June S.-Thousands
of dollars of damage was done here
, early this morning by a cyclone de?
stroying residences and crops. Xu
I merous injuries are reported, but"
j none fatal. Railroad traffic is demor?
alized.
Marshall Also Suffers.
? Marshall. Ul., June 8.-A cyclone
I and terrific hail storm swept the
I southern part of this county early this
morning. Two persons are reported
killed in a town a few miles from
here, and several more were injured,
and many houses and barns demolish?
ed
vBERRY DEPOT ROBBED.
..urglar Enters Station in Early Part
of Night and Gets Away With $131
in Currency.
Newberry, June 9.-Tonight at
about 7.30 o'clock the union passen?
ger station here was entered by an
unknown party : il robbed of $131.
The burglar gained entrance through
a glass window and the money was
taken from che cash drawer, that
stolen being in $1 and $10 bills-al?
though there was $25 in silver and
$1<"> in gold in the- drawer it was not
molested, which leads to the theory
that the party who committed the
crime was frightened by some noise,
or was an amateur and could not
trust himself in th* station too long
; for fear of being detected.
FAMOUS HOTEL BURNED.
Thc Princess Anne at Virginia Beach
Was Totally Destroyed Today.
Xorfolk, Va., June 10.-Fire in the
splendid Princess Anne Hotel, at Vir?
ginia Beach, totally destroyed it today
The loss is $185.000. A negro maid
and the colored porter lost their lives.
All the guests escaped, some of them
after harrowing experiences, all with
the complete loss of their personal ef?
fects. The flames spread to the elec?
tric power station and the passenger
station of the Xorfolk and Southern
Railroad, both of which were de?
stroyed. The Princess Anne Hot?.-]
was one of the most famous in the
>outh, and had been the scene of
many notabb society gatherings.
Henry ^Farrow, a small colored boy
was burnell to death in Newberry
county while carrying a coal of fir*
for his mother to light her pipe. Th?
boy's clothing caught fm- from th<
live coal and before assistance reach?
ed him he burned to death.
STATE LEAGUE GAMES,
i
i Game Cocks Take Another String Ont
of tlie Fiddlers" Bow.
Darlington, June 4.-The Game
Cocks won handily from the Fiddlers
in the second game of the series. The
score does not show the relative
strength of the two teams, the Game
Cocks outplayed them throughout,
tut failed to score more runs through
inability to hit at needed times.
Following is the official score by
innings:
Darlington.OOO 001 OOO-1
Sumter.001 OOO 010-2
) -
Greenville Lost Again.
Greenville, June 4.-The locals
played a better game today than on
Monday, but the result wa the same.
The score was Orangeburg, 5; Green-;
ville. 1. I
Spartanburg Wins.
Spartanburg, June 4.-By heavy
tatting, good base running and close
playing the Musicians took today's
game from Anderson by a score of 5
to 2.
THREE FROM DARLINGTON.
Game Cocks Took Third Game With
Ease-Oraageburg Took Third
From Greenville, and Spartanburg
Defeated Anderson.
Darlington, June 5.-It was a pret?
ty game up to the sixth inning, when
thc score stood 2 to 1 in favor of Dar?
lington, then thc home team went to
pieces and Sumter scored 6. After
this neither side made a run and the
final score was 7 to 2 for the visitors.
Three for Orangeburg.
Greenville, June 5.-Celey at short,
lost the game for Greenville this af?
ternoon, making it three out of three.
Score: Greenville 1, Orangeburg 2.
Spartans Defeat Anderson.
Spartanburg, June 5.-In a pretty
game of ball here today the Musicians
defeated the* Anderson team by a
score of 3 to 2. McMakin pitched a
good game with the exception of one
inning, in which he forced in a run
by giving two bases on balls, but in
the Spartans' half of the same inning
he knocked the ball over right field
fence and thus evened matters. An?
derson played an errorless game.
WON BY FORFEIT.
Cmpire Weeks Declared Yesterday's
Game Forfeited to Sumter.
The game Cocks were out in uni?
form for yesterday's game. At 5
o'clock, the chicks took the field with
Tribble in the box and Gunter receiv?
ing. Three balls- were sent across the
pan and Umpire Weeks announced
the game forfeited to Sumter pending
the decision of President Smith.
The local management did all in its
power to provide a way for the visi?
tors to reach the city, and having
provided a special train for that pur?
pose, the burden of proof will now
rest with McMakin to show cause why
he would not accept the transporta?
tion. Official score of the game was
Sumter 9, Spartanburg C.
Darlington Wins.
Darlington. S. C., June 6.-Darling?
ton took the first game of the series
with Greenville this afternoon with
fairly good playing, but not by sensa?
tional stunts. The Mountaineers did
rot pull together and were shaky oe
casionally. The score was Darling?
ton, 9; Greenville, 2.
Anderson Loses.
Anderson. June 6.-Although the
locals rallied in the ninth inning, and
scored four runs, it was naught, as
Orangeburg already had the game
cinched. About one thousand persons
witnessed the game. The score was.
Orangeburg. S; Anderson, 6.
SPARTANBURG DEFEATED.
Sumter Batters Did Unmerciful Work
-The Score 12 to 4.
Th-- Game Cocks administered a
terrible walloping to the Musicians
Friday, running away with the game
by a score of 12 to 4.
By innings:
Spartanburg.000 001 003- 4
Sumter.000 075 00*-12
Orangeburg Won.
Anderson. June 7.-The exhibition
this afternoon was a great improve?
ment over that of yesterday. Derby
and Stowes were in fine shape and
the -rani'' was a pitchers' hattie. The
Anderson team player] better together
and Orangeburg played its usual good
'.;.<.; mo.
Score: Orangeburg 4. Anderson 2.
Darlington's Winning Streak.
i Darlington. June 7.-Darlington
j took the second game from Greenville
? by a score of 7 to 6. Darlington play
j ed good ball and got their hits at the
i right time.
THE GAME COCKS WON EASILY
FROM THE SPARTANS-SCORE
9 TO 6.
Richardson's Superb Pitching, the
Story of the Game-Other Fea?
tures.
Saturday's garner the last of the
aeries with the Musicians, resulted in
a victory for the Game Cocks. The
game was more exciting than Friday's
contest, the score being tied up 4 to 4
until the sixth inning.
By innings:
Spartanburg. .10300000 0-4
Sumter. ,'. ..04000401 *-9
Umpire DeArmond Roasted.
Anderson, June 8.-Umpire Dear
m.md was badly off in his decisions
again this afternoon, and tonight
more than fifteen telegrams were di?
rected to President Smith, asking
j that Dearmond be recalled, and an
I other umpire be sent here for the
games commencing Monday. These
telegrams were sent by the president
and directors of the Anderson team,
ond many prominent citizens, includ?
ing the mayor. Members of both
teams admit that he decided wrong in
many instances, and especially against
the local team.
Two men on bases, an Anderson
man knocked, a two-bagger, and De?
armond saw fit to call the hit a foul.
The game should have resulted 2 to 1
in favor o fthe locals. Score, Orange
burg 3: Anderson 2.
Greenville Defeats Darlington.
Darlington, June S.-The Greenville
team has taken on new life and is play?
ing better and faster ball since the
change of management. The result
was a shutout for Darlington. Score,
Greenville 5; Darlington 0.
. Sumter led the league in hitting the
ball last week and Orangeburg led in
fielding. The tetams played far better
ball than, they did the week before. A
comparison of the averages of last
week with these below, will show this.
The averages for last week were as
follows:
Batting Fielding
per cent. per cent.
Sumter.257 014
Orangeburg . . . .248 964
Spartanburg.210 917
Gieenville.204 917
Darlington.200 949
Anderson. 152 963
Th? Orangeburg team continues to
lead the league in batting ana the
record for the season of the teams is
given below:
AB H PC.
Orangeburg. . . .520 155 29S
Sumter.522 123 239
Greenville.5S9 129 219
Darlington.55S 118 211
Spartanburg. . ..569 HS 207
Anderson. 550 101 185
Orangeburg also leads the league in
fielding. The following are the rat?
ings of the teams to date:
PO A E PC.
Orangeburg . .434 179 40 939
Sumter.404 1S7 57 921
Darlington. . .453 199 56 921
! Greenville. . .460 194 59 917
Anderson. . ..419 196 58 914
Spartanburg. . 432 219 52 911
The league is drawing well. Re?
ports from all over the circuit are to
the effect that large crowds are wit?
nessing the games. So far there has
been no serious complaint from any
quarter and everything is going "just
lovely."-News and Courier.
THE MOST SPECTACULAR GAME
OF THE SEASON WON IN THE
ELEVENTH.
The greatest game in which Sumter
has played was pulled off Monday at
the park with Darlington. The bad
weather conditions prevented a larger
attendance, but the several hundred
fans who were present worked over?
time and their great enthusiasm got
much ginger into the play.
The game opened with Heisman for
Darlington and Thomas for Sumter
on the line of action, and before the
conclusion of the first inning it could
be seen that the contest would re?
solve itself into a pitchers' battle.
H?-isman was in fine fettle, and
Thomas was delivering the goods.
Tho ("Jame Cocks got first blood by
pushing a man over the rubber in th'
-.ecnd. In the third Darlington made
one run and when Sumter came to
the bat. the Game Cocks increased
h<-r lead by g.-tting two more runs.
By scaring in th?1 fifth and in the
eigth the game was evened up in a
hard knot, but really the game had
but just commenced.
Thomas, who ba.i b< en pitching su
perb ball, was removed from the box
on his own request on account of a
sore arm, and Dru mm was sent in to
! finish the good work that he had
j commenced.
j The Fiddlers could do nothing with
? Dru m m. He shot his high, speedy
j ones around thcrir necks, and there
was no connecting for safeties.
In the eleventh came the grand
finale. Richardson led off with a
Texas leaguer over second. Then the
grand stand and bleachers opened up
in grand style, and their great rooting
helped to win the game. Drumm next
up laid a nice bunt down first base
line and beat it out. Lindsay repeated
the dose; the bases were full, and no
outs. The rooters went wild. Mc?
laurin and Murrow fanned, and the
chances for victory paled considera?
bly, but old, reliable Wynne was up
next, and he *aid another bunt down
to Heisman, and while the entire in?
field was squabbling over the ball,
Wynne reached the initial sack, and
the game was won. It was the most
spectacular game ever played in Sum?
ter:
Following is the official score:
By innings:
Darlington.001 010 010 00-3
Sumter.012 000 000 01-4
Huber Injured; Game Called.
Anderson, June 10.-Anderson and
Spartanburg played a tie game yes?
terday. In the last half of the sev?
er th inning, with one man out, Hu?
ber .knocked to Watson on third, and
Watson hurled the ball to first and hit
Huber on the left temple. He was
knocked unconscious and remained so
for twenty minutes, and the game
was called on this account. The score
stood ll to ll.
The Leaders Defeated.
Orangeburg, S. C.. June 10.
Greenville defeated the leaders this
afternoon in a slow, featureless game.
Winning eight straight games, six of
them on the road, seem to have made
the locals over-confident, and they
played in a listless way. At no time
was there the snap and ginger of pro?
fessional ball exhibited by either
team. Score : Greenville, 4; Orange
burg, 3.
fcjouth Carolina League.
Won Lost
Orangeburg. ... 15 3
Sumter.13 4
Darlington. .... y 9
Spartanburg. ... 6 12
Greenville.6 13
I
Anderson.4 12
GREEN AND GAYNOR LOSE.
I he Sentence of the Sav annah Court
is Affirmed.
P. C.
S33
765
500
333
' 315
250
Xew Orleans, La., June 3.-The
sentence of the Savannah court in the
Greene and Gaynor case, involving
over half a million dollars fraud in
government contract work in the Sa?
vannah harbor, was affirmed in an
opinion handed down by the United
States circuit court of appeals today.
The sentence is four years imprison?
ment each and a fine aggregating
$575,000. Judges Shelby and Mc?
Cormick handed down the opinion
which was on an appeal, and Judge
Pardee dissented.
On the ground that they were fu?
gitives from justice the Court dismiss?
es the defendants' plea for benefit of
the statute of limitations.
Benj. D. Greene and John Gaynor,
the defendants, appealed on 193 as?
signments of error. The most inter?
esting of these was the claim that
their extradition from Canada a case
which went to the privy council of
England before being finally tried,
was illegal. They asserted they were
extradited upon one offence and tried
on another. Upon this point the court
says :
"It is not usual, nor would it be ex?
pedient or practicable for a warrant
of extradition to describe the crime
with all the fullness that would be
required in an indictment. While ex?
tradition and indictment be for the
same criminal acts it does ont follow
that the crime must have the same
name in both countries."
. The court held that the defendants
were extradited for an offence for
which, they had been twice indicted.
Replying to the contention that their
offence was not extraditable under
the treaty, the court holds firse that
i' wa.? extraditable and then argues
that even if the treaty did noe on its
face allow extradition for their of?
fence nevertheless the parties to this
treacj could have taken action to
make the instrument cover the of?
fence, and that such action would
have applied to a previously commit?
ted offence.
Greene and Gaynor can now eicher
apply for a rehearing or go to the su
I reme court on a writ of certiorari.
JAP PAPERS BELLIGERENT.
Leading Dailies o? Tokio Urge the
Bombardment of San Francisco.
Washington, June 6.-The Japa?
nese press assumes a wildly heiliger?
em attitude toward the United States
on account of the recent mobbing of
Japanese business places iii San
Francisco. A cablegram received
from Tokio by M. Moiko, the presi?
dent o fthe United Japanese societies
o' San Francisco/ says that the four
leading dailies in the Japanese capi?
tal have demanded that Prime Minis?
ter Hayashi secure a public apology
and indemnity from the United
States. In the event of a refusal of
this these papers advised a bombard?
ment of San Francisco.
When interviewed onthe subject Sec?
retary Hamihara of the Japanese em?
bassy said today, "Even if the pro?
tests are correct the incident was
without importance, as there is yel?
low journalism in Japan as well as
in the United States. The clamors of
such newspapers have no effect upon
shaping Japan's cou :se."
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUIT. '
The Proceedings Take Another Tum
-Mrs. Eddy Directly Represent?
ed.
Concord, N. H., June 10.-For the
first time since the Christian Science
litigation began Mrs. Eddy herself
was the actual plaintiff today before
Judge Chamberlain in the superior
court. She made no personal appear?
ance, but the motions urgued emanat?
ed directly from her. The opponents
of Mrs. Eddy claim that these mo?
tions are skillfully devised to cloud
the main issue and delay the prosecu?
tion. They ask the court to investi?
gate and determine whether the Eddy
property interests are fully protected
and whether the "next friends" are
acting in good faith. It is expected
the outcome of today's proceedings
will be the appointment of a master
to inquire into Mrs. Eddy's mental
condition.
Mrs. Eddy to Be Examined.
Concord, N. H., June 10.-Judge
Chamberlain today announced that
he would appoint a master to inquire
into the competency of Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy, the leader of the
Christian Scientists. The appointment
will not be made for several days.
DIDN'T WANT NEGRO SCHOOL..
Spartanburg Farmers Said to Have
Nipped Scheme in the Bud.
Spartanburg, June S.-Because a
well known negro educator, it is said,
was figuring on the purchase of che
Cherokee property, the well known
mineral spring, which has been fa?
mous in this county, for a period of a -
hundred years, the farmers living in
the neighborhood of the springs have -
purchased the propere;- from J. D. -
Humphreys, the owner. It is said
that the property was wanted for the -
purpose of erecting a college for col- .
ored people. It is a magnificent prop?
erty, containing several acres, a small
farm, in fact, with a large mineral.-,
spring and a splendid grove of ele- -
gant trees.
When the farmers around Chero?
kee learned that the negro was after
the property they formed a company
and bought the property from Mr.
Humphreys. It is said that Mr. Hum?
phreys sold the property to the farm?
ers at $3,000 less than he would have
! sold to the negro.
PICKED HIS PALLBERERS.
Young Man at Spartanburg Kills
Himself Nonchalantly.
Spartanburg, June 9.-Claud Beech
am, a young white man, at midnight
Saturdaj purchased two ounces of
laudanum from Maddux's drug store,,
telling the drug clerk he had tooth?
ache. Beecham walked across the
street to an aH-night restaurant and.
swallowed the contents of the bottle
He said he wanted to kill himself and
invited all present to attend his rui?
nerai. Out of the c*owd he appointed
one man as foreman of hi.? pallbear*
ers, requesting him to report to the
undertaker's early Sunday mornings
Beecham died several hours after
drinking the laudanum.
A MONUMENTAL LIAR.
Boise, Idaho, June 10.-Steve
Adams arrived today. He is emphat?
ic in his declaration that Harry Orchi
ard is a "monumental liar." Orchard'
resumed the tale of his criminal ca?
reer today at the opening of the
Haywood trial this morning. Two
years of Orchard's life intervening be?
tween the closing of his story Satur?
day morning and where he will tell
of entering the penitentiary remains*
to be reviewed. *-tr..-<?