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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
TO NOTIFY CHINA.

Celestial Government Will Be In
formed as to Amount of Indemnity.
Advices from Pekin state that the
foreign ministers have decided to ad-
dress a collective note to the Chinese
government informing it that joint
indemnity of 450,OO0,00O taels would
be demanded, and asking what meth
DDS of payment is proposed. A reply
is expected at the end OF the week,
which will probably propose to meet
the indemnity by raising the customs
tariff.
The ministers were unable to agree
as to the desirability of opening the
whole empire to trade and residence.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
CHINESE WANT REDUCTION.

Government Is Appalled, at Amount OF
Indemnity Demanded.
DR.. Morrison, wiring to The London
Times from Pekin, May 10th, says:
"The Chinese plenipotentiaries are
drafting a reply to the ministers of
the powers expressing astonishment
at the amount of indemnity demanded
and urging reduction on the ground
of the empires financial difficulties,
but undertaking, if the full amount is
exacted, to pay in thirty annual in
stallments of 100000 taels from the
likin. salt tax and native customs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
SECRETS ON MARKET
Stenographer Of lnsular Office
Tries to Sell Neely Papers.
WAS TRAPPED AND BOUNCED
Correspondence Was Offered the At.
torney Of Nicely for $20o-Sec.
rotary Root Was Quickly
Apprised Of the Fact.

A Washington special says: An at
tempt to sell the confidential commu-
nications between the attorney gener-
al and the secretary Of war in the
Nicely case was unearthed Saturday by
Chief Wilkie, Of the secret service.
Information had been obtained from
John D. Lindsey, counsel for Nicely, in
New York, who had received a letter
signed by John B. Dickinson, offering
him copies Of the correspondence. Mr..
Lindsey turned the matter over to the
attorney general and the latter placed
the case in the hands Of Chief Wilkie.
An officer was stationed at the general
delivery window of the local post office
and when a man presented himself
and asked for mail for John B. Dick
enson he was followed. He went to
the insular division Of the war depart
melt.
Shortly afterwards conference was
held between the secretary of war, So
licitor General Richards, Of the de-
partment of justice; Colonel Edwards,
chief of the insular bureau, and Chief
Wilkie. 1t was discovered that the
man representing himself as John
Dickinson was William Davis, stenog-
rapher to Colonel Edwards, position
which he has held for year past. He
at one time was private secretary to
ex-Congressman Brumm, of Pennsyl-
vania.
Williams volunteered to turn the
correspondence that he had attempted
to sell to Lindsay over to the Washing
ton officials. AS the sale Of this cor
respondence had not been completed
no charge was made against Williams,
but he was summarily dismissed by
the secretary of war.
The papers which Williams desired
to sell to Mr.. Lindsey consisted Of the
draft of an opinion Of the attorney
general upon questions submitted by
Mr.. Lindsey relative to requisition tes-
timony in the Nicely case and was sub
mitted to Secretary Root for consider
alton and observation. Thre also was
letter from Secretary Root to the at
torney general These papers Will
liams offered for $500.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
HE POISONED WELLS.

Mob Of Oklahoma cattIemen Lynch a
Suspected Farmer.
J. L. Chandler. an old resident farm
er of Ioland. Day county. Oklahoma,
was taken from his home Friday night
presumably by cattlemen and lynched.
For some time there has been trou-
BILE between the farmers and the cat
tlemen and during the past few weeks
4 great many cattle have died from
poisoned water. Chandler was sus-
pected and lynched as a warning to
others. The identity Of the lynchers
Is not known.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
DEUTSCHLAND A HUSTLER.

Big Hambure-Americen Liner Makes
Record Never Before Equalled.
The Hamburg-American steamship
Deutschland, which arrived in port at
New York Thursday, made five hun
dred and eighty-seVen knots, or 676.6l
statute miles, from noon on May 9Th
to noon Thursday. Al hourly average
speed of 24.53 knots was maintained
throughout the whole twenty-four
hours. This is record that has new
er before been equalled by any vessel.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
Good Water is Wanted.

A special committee which is rep
resenting the Charleston city council
in it's efforts to secure a new water
supply for the city will hold a meet
ing to act on proposition to secure
an ample supply of good water from
Ten Mile Hill According to an esti-
mate made by an Atlanta firm, the
springs around the hill, which is ten
miles distant from Charleston, have
a daily supply of more than 100000
gallons. The water has been tested
and found pure, and the estimated
supply is amply sufficient for the
needs of the city. For two years the
city has been working on a scheme
to bring water from the Edisto river,
a distance of thirty miles, but the
great cost of such an undertaking has
interfered with the plans. 1t is said
that there is possibility of the last
proposition being accepted, in which
event the city will get the new supply
within one years time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
"Swireo" Everything in Sight.

Besides the s35C,0,, it owes the de-
pos;tors, the Cuyahoga Savings and
Banking Company at Cuyahoga, o.. is
1..so said to be liable on about s2oo'-
eco Of notes on which its name was
indorsed by President R. n. POLLOCK.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16

DeWet Crosses Into Transvaal.
General DeWet, according to dis
patch to The London Daily Mail from
Pretoria, has resumed operations and
is reported to have crossed into the
Transvaal wiln 1000 men.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
NEWS FROM MANILA.

Colonel AstiIla, lnsurgent Governor
surrenders with Officers and Men
A Manila special Of Wednesday
says: Colonel Astilla, the insurgent
governor of Infanta province, has sur
rendered with ten officers, 1S0 men,
10 rifles and ten cannon.
The United States Philippine com
mission has decided to establish al
insular government printing plant.
Provost General Davis is preparing
recommendations to submit to the
commission for a separate scheme c.
city government in Manila.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
FARMER DRIVEN FROM HOME.

Irate Neighbors Force Peterman to
Seek Refuge in Charleston.
M. Peterman. a farmer living near
Monck's Corner, S. c., who claims to
have been driven away from home by
whitecaps, has moved to Charleston.
He has written to Governor McSwee
uey that the man left to attend to his
property has also been warned to
leave. 1t seems that Peterman had
trouble with his neighbors, the Thorn
leys, and an injunction was issued by
Judge Aldrich requiring the neighbors
10 stop trespassing on his property.
This brought or the first actual clash
ri arms.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
WILL ERECT HONOR TABLET.

Memorial Shaft to- Massachusetts
Dead for Andereonvil!e.
At the meeting Of the executive
council at Boston, Mass, Wednesday,
plans were approved for the monu-
mental tablet to be erected at Ander-
sonvAle next fall to mark the spot
where 767 soldiers Of Massachusetts
lost their lives in the union cause.
This memorial was authorized By
the legislature last year, when an ap-
propriation of $4,000 was made. The
memorial will be constructed entirely
Of Quincy granite.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
SAVANNAH WINS UNIQUE CASE.

City Can Levy Tax on Its Own Prop.
erty When Same is Leased.
In the United States supreme court
Monday an opinion was handed down
in the case of Wells VS.. the city of Sa-
vannah, Ca, involving the question of
the city's right to tax it's own property
when leased to another party. The
supreme court of the state of Georgia
held in favor of the city's contention
for this right, and Mondays opinion
upholds that decision on the ground
that the lease in this case amounted to
practically a sale.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
Free Delivery for Jackson.

Rural free delivery service will be
established to commence June 1st at
Hoschton, jackson county, Georgia,
with one carrier. The route is 25 miles
long, covering an area Of 25 square
miles, with a population to be served
of 500.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
Port ROYAL Naval Station.

A Washington special says: The
sole proposal for the completion of
the work of dredging channel oppo-
site the Port Royal naval station,
South Carolina, bids for which were
open to submission up to 1 o'clock at
the bureau of yards and docks. navy
department Monday. was P. Sanford
Ross, of Jersey City. N. j., who offered
complete the work at s2.2O per- GU
BIC yard for earth and rock dredged
and deposited on the station and s1.25
per- cubic yard for earth ore rock
dredged, but not deposited.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
KITCHENER REPORTS CAPTURES.

Twenty.eight Beers Killed and Many
Prisoners are Taken.
Lord Kitchener reports to the Lon
don war Office under date Of Victoria,
Since May 5th twenty-eight Beers
have been killed, six wounded and 130
taken prisoners and 1873 surrendered.
Nine thousand rounds Of ammunition,
in thirty wagons, 100 horses and large
quantities of grain and stock have
been captured"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
BAPTISTS AT NEW ORLEANS.

The Preliminary Session Of Southern
Convention Is Held.
The opening session of the conven-
ton of the Southern Baptists was held
Thursday in the First Presbyterian
church in New Orleans, fair attend
ance being present. The Baptist Young
PEOPLES Union was in charge Of the
programme. The meetings will last
until next Monday. Fully 1000 dele
gates are in the city.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
Currency for Jacksonville.

The treasury department has or
dered an increase in the amount OF
shipments of currency from New York
to New Orleans from s250,000 day
to s5OO,G0O. This is on account Of the
demand for currency by Jacksonville,
Fla, made necessary on account OF
the fire.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
FINALE IN ROBERTS, CASE

Utah State Supreme Court Strikes
Sensational Charges from Docket.
A special from Salt Lake, Utah,
states that the case against Brigham
H. Roberts, who was elected to con-
gress three years ago and expelled af-
ter invstigation of charges of poly
gamy brought against him, was strick-
en- from the docket of the state su-
preme court, the point being raised
that the indictment was defective. 1t
is probable that this is the end of this
celebrated case
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
WON'T FIGHT THE TRUST.

Moline PIow Company Decides TO Sells
Out to the Combine.
The Moline, ILL.,, Plow Company,
owning the second largest plow fac
tory in the world, has given an option
to New York capitalists which, e
closed within the limit Of sixty days,
will bring this concern into the $780,
100000 plow combine. The company
employs 1000 men and the option Is
for upward of s5,0t..0Oo. The company
has opposed the trust, but will sell
rather than fight 1t.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
Builds Road for Employees.

The Atlantic Coast Lumber Com
panv, with headquarters at George
town, is building a railroad from a
point just across the river from
GEORGETOWN to Pawley's island. sea-
shore resort. This is largely to &C.
commodate employees of the company
who work in the malarial section all
the summer, and last year many
whites from the north died. With this
sixteen mile railroad they can sleep in
the sand hills Tapped by the waves and
return to work every morning.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
CLARA SUPPORTING KAUFMAN.

Applicant for Charleston Post ofhee
Being Helped by Red Cross.
Colonel A. C. Kaufman, prominent
and public spirited citizen of Charles
ton, S. c., seems to have the inside
track in the fight for the post office IN
,Iat city. A unique feature OF the
colonel's campaign is his support from
the women. Miss Clara Barton, OF
The Red Cross Association, a warm
personal friend of Colonel Kaufman,
is using powerful influence in his De-
half.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
Threaten to Shut Down.

The New York Builders Association
issued statement Monday regarding
its decision to shut down operations
on Thursday unless the blicklayers'
union call off all strikes in the mean
time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
Panicky in London.

Great panic prevailed in London
Thursday afternoon in American Sc
curities. Down. down, down went
Americans and traders were paralyzed
with panic.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16

Building Seven New Railroads.
The secretary of the North Carolina
corporation commission announces
that work is now in progress on seven
railways in that state.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
Mckinley GETS DEGREE.

Title of Doctor Of Laws Will Be Con.
ferred BY Harvard ynixssaity.
The board of ove1 ll.sS
university at their
Boston voted to g
doctor of laws to Pra
The degree will be q
mencement in June.
President Lincoln, O.
clined to state hoy TN
From another source it was ~1I(ID s
that it was rs to3
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
indemnity AGGREGATES 1887 ,ooo, 900.

Indemnity Aggregates $685., 600, 1000.
Information has been received at
Washington confirming the dispatch
from Pekin regarding the amount Of
indemnity to be demanded. The total
has now been reduced from something
like half a billion dollars to 1897, ,O00,-
900.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
PORTO RICAN FUNDS STOLEN.
Two Postal Officials OF Island are On'

Two Postal Officials Of Island are Un-
der Arrest for EmbezzIement.
A dispatch from Ponce, Porto Rico.
saws: Carlos and Ramon Julia. re-
spectively postmaster and assistant
postmaster at Juana Diaz, have been
arrested on the charg of embezzle-
ment. Inspector Smith, on April q,
found that the post Office at Juana
Diaz should have a balance of 1852.
No cash was on hand.
The bondsmen of the prisoners will
REIN burse the government in full.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
a "Bahe in the Woods"

A child about a week old was found
in the woods near Fair Forest. small
town six miles from Spartanburg. last
Monday afternoon. A young man and
woman. strangers in the town, were
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
TWO BLOWN TO ATOMS.

Boiler Of a Planning Mill ExpIodes With
Disastrous Results.
The boiler of McDufie & Weiss
planning mill, near Georgetown, S. g.,
exploded Saturday morning, demolish-
ing the building and killing r. B.
Brunson and Thomas Scott, fatally
wounding Ellerbe McDufie and Sc
riously injuring three other men.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
FIGHT IN JURY ROOM.

Free-For-All Scrap Attends Delibera-
ton of Legal sArbiters.
At Munice, Ind, Wednesday night
while trying to come to conclusion
as to the guilt or innocence OF Henry
Warrenal, on trial for causing dis
turbance on an electric car, the jury
came to blows and the locked jury
room had to be broken open before
the free-for-all fight which waged ru'
riouslv inside could be stopped.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
PORTO RIcAN GOODS SEIZED.

Customs Collector Pounces Upon the
Islands Exhibit at Buffalo.
The exhibit of Porto Rico, which ar
rived at the Pan-American grounds at
Buffalo, N. Y, Monday. was seized
by Collector of Customs Henry w.
Brendel. The material was brought
from Porto Rico on an army transport
and was unloaded in the navy yard at
BROOKLYN, thus escaping inspection at
any customs Office.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
Governor OdeIl Vetoes Bill.

Governor Odell. of New York, has
vetoed the employers liability bill. He
SAYS the measure is not in the interest
of labor and is too drastically in favor
of the corporation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
FIVE WOMEN DROWNED.

Unfortunate Victims Represent Three
Generations of One Family.
A dispatch from Houghton, Mich,
says: BY the burning Of the passen'
ger steamer Bon Voyage Friday even
ing five members Of the Altman lam
ily. grandmother, mother and three
daughters, lost their lives. They were
drowned while trying to escape from
the boat.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
HEAVY BATTERY FOR BUFFALO,.

Uncle Sans Artillery Will Give Exhi-
bition Drills at the Exposition.
A Dispatch from Norfolk, Va, says:
Battery B, Seventh United States
heavy artillery, left Fort Monroe Sat-
urday afternoon by the Chesapeake
line and Baltimore for the Buffalo ex-
position. There the battery will give
exhibition drills in the handling Of
heavy field artillery.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
N.x+ Meetine in coIumbia

Next Meeting IN CoIumbIa.
The next meeting Of the Southern
Educational Association will be held
in Columbia, s. c., during the coming
Christmas holidays.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
Neoro Proved His Innocence.

Negro Proved His Innocence.
Willie Wilson, colored, was acquit-
ted of the charge of murder at Or
angeburg last Monday. Three months
ago hundreds of men in that county
perhaps some of those who tried him
were trying to lynch him. One even
ing while Mr. and Mrs. J. H. w. Hy-
drick were driving on public road
some months ago, their buggy was
driven into from the rear; they were
thrown out and Mr.. Hydrick so badly
injured that he died. Wilson, a negro,
claimed his horse was running away
Ind unmanageable. but others declar-
ed he was drunk. To escape the lynch
ers he was hustled out OF the Orange
burg Jail and transferred to the peni-
.entiary. Deputies with Winchesters
guarded him during the trial, it being
feared an attempt might be made to
kill him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
PROMISING Coal Vein Found.

Promising Coal Vein Found.
A few days ago D. S. Bell, who lives
thirty miles from Greenville, Beets
Spring township, Spartanburg county.
exhibited in Greenville samples of
what he supposed to be coal. He sub
mitted the samples to gentlemen
largely interested in coal properties
in Kentucky, who pronounced them to
be coal of superior quality. Bell said
that so far as he could Judge the vein
of coal is three or four feet thick.
Some of the samples were imbedded
in white flint rock. He has leased the
land where he dug out the samples
and will continue his Investigations.
If he finds the vein continues and in
dications of coal deeper are dlscov-
cred he will organize company to de-
velop the property. He believes he
has struck it rich.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-16
GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT.

Great Interest Aroused Over Coming
Meeting at Jackson, Miss.
A great deal of interest is being
aroused over Mississippi in the good
roads movement, and the agitation OF
the question will result in much good.
Since the governors proclamation
number of towns and business leagues
have elected delegates to the good
roads convention that is to be held IN
Jackson on the 14th and 18th Of June.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-26

Linton, NO7'tN DiEOtes
Pioneer Journal of the County,
The Record is entered at the Linton Post.
Office as second-class matter. 7
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-26

some Of the members lived so far away
the trip could scarcely be made In 4
day, but they charged for 1t Just the
same. Under new ruling this will
be choked Off.
An Iowa land com pany has pur-
chased from the Northern Pacific rail-
way company over Seventy.dve thou
sand acres of land in Kidder, Burleigh
and Mclean counties, and will locate
Iowa farmers on these lands.
A new law authorizes the county
treasurer to deduct from any moneys
due an individual any sum which he
may owe the county on personal
several counties have had their sala-
ries turned into the county treasury.
There has been for several years
constant Improvement In the quality
of the horses raised on the western
ranges. The Old-fashioned broncho
sold at $40 to $40. Jacob Bausch, Of
rons which he has been selling at 500
each.
Ramsey County Courier: A teacher
in Lakota said to her primary class
the other day: "If your father should
give your mother 81 to-day and s8 to-
morrow, what would she have?" And
a small boy over in the corner replied:
"She would have a tit."
/ Chas. Genzel I'M jamestown Capital:
"1t is Gods will. He has given me
food for II, and he surely will for ~.
Twins last year-two boys-and twins
this year-a boy and a girl. I am &C
years old, and have had nine children
by nay first wife and ten by my present
wife," There's no fool like an old fool.
II. p. Webster, near LangdJn, fled
on claim. He was q single man,
and spent some part Of the time at
other places. In lawsuit to repleyin
certain household goods, lac asserted
that he was the head of a family and
resided elsewhere in the state. On
this testimony Attorney Cleary began
4 contest on his claim, which Is said
to be worth $500.
Fargo Forum: The interior depart
meDt has reports that the water sup
ply along the Missouri river is giving
out. Complaints are made Of the
various artesian wells about the
Standing Rock reservation failing to
produce sufficient water for daily
use. Inspector Pringle, Of the Indian
bureau, has been at the agency looking
over the situation, and it may be that
the wells will be superseded by rec
ommendation for piping water from
| the river to 4 reservoir, to supply the
wants of the Indians and their stock.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-04-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Thos. Graham, of Knox, this state,
has a wife who has presented him
with twins twice within the past year.
Woman's curiosity resulted in seri-
Gus injury to Mrs, Matt Shell, of
Fessenden. She found piece of dyna-
mite, and, while scratching it with a
pin, the blamed thing exploded, tear
ing of the thumb and first two fingers
OF her right hand.
In nTowner county for years county
commissioners seem to have short
changed the county by charging mile
age fees-tO and from home-each day
the board was in session. Some times