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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
CONDITIONS IN MARTINIQUE.
A Steamship Company's West In
dian Agent Says Lower Part Of
Island is Flourishing.

New York, Sept. 2l.-The Quebec
Steamship company's steamer Korona
arrived today fronia the West Indies.
Among her passengers was Capt.
Walker Mckay, agent for the Steam
ship company in the West Indies.
Capt. Mckay said:
81 was at Fort de France, Martini
que, Aug. 80, the day of the most re-
cent eruption of Mont Pelee The ex-
plosion was terrific and the rumblings
and detonations were continuous for a
long time. This eruption, it is es-
timated, caused the death Of 1000 peo-
pie and covered an extent Of territory
10 times greater than did the great
eruption of May last. This time the
track of the disaster was beyond the
mountain ridge and spread out over the
interior. { saw the mountain in erup-
tion. There.appeared to be numerous
ruptures below The edge of the crater
from which the steam is elected.
The great cone is truncated, and has
changed considerably in appearance.
The natives we're abandoning large sec
tions of the country Ia proximity to
the mountain. The government has
warned the people to remove their
effects to high ground in the interior,
in anticipation of possible tidal
wave.
" Martinique in the northern part is
greatly devastated, but the south is in
full blossom and is thriving. We are
shipping more freight now than before
the eruption. It is mistake to say
that the people are starving and are
crowding the fertile parts of the island.
The fact is that, considering so many
have been victims Of the eruptions, the
fugitives are comparatively few in
number. There is no need of food
supplies. The natives will not go to
work as long as they can obtain food
for nothing. There is room for all and
enpoyment is easily obtaineud. y
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
METHODIST MINISTER'S
DRAMATIC WITHDRAWAL.
Could Not Get Along With His
Wife, and Quit the Church.

Keokuk, Ia, Sept. 2l.-The case of
Rev. P. J. Henness, before the Iowa
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, came very dramatically to
an end early today. After the trial
committee, appointed by Bishop Ham
ilton and composed Of 133 prominent
| divines, had been in session far into
| the night, Mr.. Henness himself took
the stand.
He said that it was evident to him.
self and to mis- attorneys that he was
not to have fair trial, and he handed
the parchments of his ordination to
| the committee, following his with his
resignation from membership Of the
church as we'll as the ministry. Turn
| ing to his. wife, who was present, the
elf-unfrocked minister exclaimed (:
"Woman, behold the wreck of q man
you have made!'
His wife broke down at this drama
tic exhibition. The committee for
the trial Of MI. Henness Immediately
closed It's session, having lost its juris-
| diction of the case by his action In
placing himself outside the pale Of the
church.
ME- HenneSS, afGer MAINTAINING
since stubbornly for a year, said to-
day that the reason he left his wife
was because of her continued mag
ging, (Which broke down his health and
rendered it impossible for him to do
| ministerial work. The charge against
him before the conference was his sep
aration from his WIFE, whom he agreed
to support but refused to live with.
No question of immortality was in:
volved, the claims of the prosecution
being that M. Henness' conduct was
unclerical and that minister SO sep
arated from his wife, should not be
sent out as pastor over church by
the bishop. Mr.. Henness will go to
North Dakota to engage in mining
business. His friends say that a move
ment will be started from his case to
have the general quadriennial confer
ence of the Methodist church take
action against one of the Oldest and
most prominent bishops, who also sep
arated from his wife under similar
conditions
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

The example of France in the de-
yelopmer5 Of internal waterways is
worthy of the study of other nations,
SAYS the Pittsburg Dispatch. Starring
in 1880 with a canal system more in
elusive than any other nation of her
size. she has spent Sl20, 00o, 900 in ex-
tending and improving her cheap water
transportation; and she will expend
slO0, 200, 600 more in completing pro-
jects already begun. The result of
these improvements is a cheapness Of
internal transportation that constl-
tutes one of the chief causes Of her
industrial stability. France has no
waterways of such magnificent posi-
bilit1es as the Ohio. Yet the contrast
is afforded that while France long ca
naIized her rivers and connected them
by artificial canals, the United States
prepares to put hundreds OF millions
into foreign canal, while 1t bas let
the utilization of it's internal streams
drag on without any definite plan for
completion. The movement to secure
the full and prompt improvement OF
the Ohio river is in favor OF reversing
this political stupidity. It is easily
evident from the French course that
if such stream as the Ohio bad exist
ed in France, it would already have
been developed to it's highest freight
carrying capacity. The effort to get
that done in this country will-especi-
ally if perfected by large canal con-
nection with the lakes-add more to
he wealth of the country than any
other possible expenditure.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
FAMILY FUED AT DEATH BED.

Brussels, sebptember q. BY Queen
Marie Henriette's own desire her re-
mains will not be embalmed, and an
amulet. q gift of her dead son, which
she always wore, will not be removed.
When Princess Stephanie arrived at
Spa the King ordered her away.
There are various versions of the quar-
rel between King Leopold and Princess
Stephanie, his daughter, the most re-
liable of which is to the effect that the
Princess was in the death chamber
when his Majesty arrived at the pal
ace. He refused to enter until she
had left the room. Princess Ciemen-
tine, the Kings third daughter, came
and took Princess Stephanie, away.
King Leopold then entered the death
chamber and prayed before the coffin
for twenty-five minutes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
ENGLAND and VENEZUELA At ODDS.
Diplomatic Relations May be sev-
cred Any Minute and Repre-
sentatiyes May Get Their
Passports.

London, Sept. 22.-The Associated
Press is in a position to announce that
diplomatic relations between Great
Britain and Venezuela are on the
verge of being severed. Any day, al
most any hour, may bring the an
nouncement that the British minister
at Caracas has been given his passport,
with corresponding action towards the
Venezuelan representative In Lonaon.
The cause of the crisis does not seem
to be confined to any particular incl
dent, but consists in various differ
epces which eliminated in Venezuela
assuming such an angry attitude as to
leave Downing street fully impressed
with the belief that the Venezuelan
government intends to force matters 10
a crucial test issue. That diplo-
matte rupture would result in hostili-
ties, is contingency thus far scarcely
contemplated.
The present diplomatic relations are
SO strained that to quote responsible
British official, it would make very
little difference if the fact became
public property by the absence OF the
diplomatic representatives from Cara
cas- and London.
The view of the foreign office is
that affairs have reacsed a stage
where it is impossible to deal salts
factorily with Venezuela in any mat.
ter which may come up. In proof OF
this contention the foreisn of1lce IN
stances the report of the United States
minister at Caracas, Herbert W.
Bowen. announcing that the Fenezue-
Ian government has protested against
the British flag being raised over
Patos COR Goose island, over when
the Venezuelan government claimed
sovereignty. According to the British
governments understanding Patos
island belongs to Great Britain Just as
much as Trinidad, and so far as
known no question as to its ownership
| has ever arisen. Inhabitants OF the
island have recently been shot or 9th
erwise endangered through the action
of Observation-Disclosures government
or revolutionary partisans is not
known. For purposes of protection,
the local West Indian authorities Or
dered the British flag to be displayed
on the island, hence the protest which
the foreign Office says is only one OF
MANY.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
GET our STATE OUT OF DEBT /!
A Suggestion TO the Members of
the Legislature.

[ Columbia, September 2.-Ihe ais
position of the Genearl Assembly is
usually to avoid unpleasant issues.
That has been the habit in preylons
sessions, and it is unfortunately likely
| to occur again this year. For many
wears the financial status Of South
ECarolina has been pressing, but 1t mas
been pnt of from time to time. Ihe
State is not embarrassed and promptly
meets all of its obligations, but II
does seem ridiculous for a great and
rich State to 60 about hawking igs
paper at various banks and, above al,
paving interest charges. OF course the
notes of the State are giltedge IN the
financial world, but there is NC busl-
ness sense in State borrowing money
and paving interest charges when 1t
can and ought to be operating on
cash basis. A State government, like
q mercantile establishment or farm,
ought to be as nearly upon cash
basis as is feasible, and when 1T is
known that the State Treasurer has to
borrow $500, 00o for the legitimate ex-
penses Of the State Government it VIII
be seen how far from cash basis the
State government is being conducted.
State Treasurer Jennings has already
borrowed more than half OF the $685.
coo, which is the maximum amount
be ID authorized to borrow by law.
The State will eli isher have TO increase
the levy, increase assessments or IND
some new scheme Of taxation. There
lis talk of Tax on occupations, as IN
Texas, to raise this shortage. There is
APPARENTLY no business sense in the
State borrowing $500, 600 a year, and
the WAYS and means and finance com.
mittees ought TO foresee the troubles
that are ahead by simple mathematical
calculations and arrange such matters
and not leave it to the State Treasurer.
Last session Mr.. Sanders, Of Spar
tanburg, presented a bill relative to
the deposits Of the State and county
funds In the banks ofS the State. The
bill was exactly on the right line from
a business standpoint, but it was
killed. The measure ought to- be re-
viiyed at the next session snd the banks
of the State at large have right to
press sach legislation as was proposed
by SGr. Sanders and bring about a
more general distribution of the State
and county funds among the solvent
banks of the State.
The. General Assembly IS likely to
appoint special committees and special
commissions, but none would have
more difficult nor more Important
work than to staighten out the finances
OF the State, get the State on a cash
basis and not borrowing basis and
equalize the basis OF axation and not
have certain counties and CERTAIN class
'es of property continue for all time
to bear an unjust proportion of the
burden Of the States taxes.
It will pay the State and the legisla-
tors far better to buckle down to such
plain and hard facts Ethan to waste
time chasing political dreams, but IN
fortunately it is often difficult to show
there is more good in hard work than
there is IN Ia cluster Of demagogic
speeches upon some new tangled issue.
I-A. Il. in News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
EERsOA STATES HlS POSITION.
Ae Says He Wants 10 LET the
New lights Shine.

Chicago, Sept. 2l.-David B. Hend.
ssson, speaker Of the national house o.
representatives, passed shrough Chi:
cago today on his way TO Atlantic
CITY. where he will join Mrs. Hender-
son. Before leaving for the east,
Speaker Henderson reiterated his de.
cision TO retire from she congressiona!
race IN Iowa, denied any Intention OF
abdicatings his present position IN
I'll his term Of Office shall have expired.
and declared himselfein perfecs accord
with the tariff views Of President
ReoseFest, as enunciaSedsi sin his Gin
cinnati speech.
bare spsnt 20 years of my life
fighting for protection for American
Industries and American labor, and
shall not ba2a party TO sny Juggling
at this late day, the speaker said.
President R0osevelt's tariff views SET
forth In hisssCGincinnati speech colncloe
with nyown. There IS no difference N
our belief. His speech was 8 strong
one and IS has my hearty endorse
menE.
Then the differences are confined
90 your own States' was asked.
Yes. largely. Let she new lights
shine.
The speaker smiled broadly as ne
used this phrase.
Is there any chance Of your friends
preaYiaing on you TO reconsider your
action9
g 4 Absolsuely none. I cannot see my
way clear to gatify their wishes. It
rrieVes me to remain firm with them,
Z buS Il is matter Of principle. The
pressure brcnght to bear on me has
beeen strong. Senator Allison and a
hest Of my old friends came TO the sta
ton this morning TO make q final as
sauit on me. had 70 say no.
8 VIII you resign from congress and
give up the speakershlp before the enc
of your term e 81
8 shall not, = was the prompt reply.
g Nv declinaEion of a nomination is
cne shing, and q resi- ignatien from con-,
gress IS another thing shall serve
ont my term IN congress and shall
continue TO fiji the Office OF speaker.
have had no other Intention. 2
The suggestion was advanced That
iideas, and policies IN Mr. Hend-
erson's home State might change after
a brief period.
Let the new liiighss shine, . again
came the answer.
When told that Secretary Shaw and
Congressman Babcock were understood
tto be awaiting his arrival at Chicago
with a view of adding their efforts TO.
Iaose already made TO induce hlm TO
secede from his position, Mr. Hender-
sons reply was:
80 Z am on my way TO Atlantic City
and shall arrive there tomorrow night. Z
When il was suggested that certain.
leaders mad iatinaSed that he was.not1
loyal to his party by resigning, q
shade Of regret passed oVer .tile speak.
arss face, but he quickly said
The retirement Of one man or ten
men from an Office cannot affect the
futnre cf the party. Whensone steps
aside another takes his place and the
work goes or. e
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
Roumanians Defiant.

London, Sept. 23.-In a dispatch
from Vienna the correspondent Of The
Times says he fears there is little
doubt that the Roumanians have re-
solved to accept the consequences of
setting at defiance the signatory pow
ers and the public opinion of the civil
lied world and to continue the perse-
cution of the Jews in order to compel
them to seek asylum abroad.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
CROP REPORTS DIsGREDlTED.
Department of Agriculture Look
ing for the Cause.

Washington, Sept. 21.-The bureau
of statistics of the DEPARTMENT. OF
agriculture, disturbed by complaints
of discrepancies between the depart
ment's crop reports and various COM
mercial estimates, has determined to
make an investigation with the view
of insuring absolute accuracy in future
reports.
The subject has been thoroughly
considered in the department, and
Secretary Wilson. bas authorized
Satistician John Hyde to use every
available means to ascertain wherein
the differences lie. It has been deter
mined to send at once into the cotton
belt 10 experts who will visit every
cotton shipping point and make the
closest possible Investigation, taking
into account every pound of cotton,
and its origin, whether of this year S
crop or of that of another season.
The effort OF the department. will be
to insure the greatest possible accuracy
in estimates as to cotton on hand, as
well as to cleaning information which
will tend to absolute reliability in the
departments estimates of crops.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
soUFRIERE AGAIN ACTIVE.

Kingstown, B. ". I, Thursday,
Sept. ls,-There was an eruption OF
La Soufriere at midnight last night
but no loss of life. A popularity OF
this eruption is found in the fact that
no dust nor scoriae were emitted by
the volcano. Flames were seen flicker
IGN above the crater and the sight was
accompanied by internal and thunder
like explosions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

The State Senate will consist of &c
old members and Is new ones. OF
the old ones nine were reelected. In
the House there are 4S old members
and 76 new ones.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
COAL STRIKE STILL UNSETTLED.
Nineteenth Week of Miners Strike
both Sides Believe Battle
Must be Fought to Finish.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 2o.-The
nineteenth week of the miners strike
ended today and still there is no settle
ment in sight. Disinterested parties
now believe the miners strike will re-
peat itself and that the present struggle
will go the six months limit, the same
as the big. strike of 1877. At the pre-
sent both sides are evidently determin-
ed as ever and all the prophesies as to
the duration of the strike having fail
ed, the people are settling down to the
belief that the battle must be fought
to a finish.
In court today Judge Wheaton ad-
ministered a sharp rebuke to those
who have been guilty of calling peo-
pie scabs. He says the intimidation
and lawlessness that have been prevail
ing of late must stop and those guilty
of calling other people scabs will be
punished.
The local operators in answer to the
statement alleged to have been made
by President Mitchell that there was
only one nline in operation IN the
strike resion-the Oxford at Scranton
state that there are dozen mines
and washeries in operation in the
Wyoming and Lackawanna and Schuyl-
kill regions and that the output OF
coal is increasing daily.
MASS MEETING IN NEW. YORK.
New York, Sept. 2O.-Ten thousand
persons attended an open air mass
meeting in Madison Square Garden
tonight organized by the Central Fed
Grated union in sympathy for the
striking coal miners in Pennsylvania.
Resolutions were passed which read,
in part:
ssThe time has come when no in
dividual or corporation may longer be
allowed to remain in sole ownership OF
a prime necessity of life, for the whole
people. We declare in favor of col
lectiye ownership and operation by
the people of the coal mines and rail
ways dependent on them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

The contractor of Hotel Kirkwood,
the large tourist hotel being built in
Camden by northern capitalists, has
placed the order for all the trimmings,
&C., with the Cheraw Door and Sash
Factory.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24

Floral crepe paper; the newest
designs, Is cents per roll, at Osteen's
Book Store. Sept. 23-5t.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-04-04
SNOW BOUND
Passengers In North Dakota Re
late Awful Experience.
'our Days And Nights
With Only Two Small Meals
A Day.

st. Paul Mimi, April 3.-Pas-
sengers arriving today on Great
Northern trai due last Friday,
tell of being snow-bound for four
days and Eve nights on the prai-
ries OF North Dakota, In the worst
blizzard the northwest las seen in
many years, with only food ehOugh
for two frugal meals day
and with such a small amount of
fuel that the ladies had to wrap
themselves in blankets and the
men te wear their overcoats day
and night to keep from freezing.
The tram wss completely lost to
the world. Last Thursday afterr
noon it picked its precarious way
out of Williston in the hope of
being able to reach Minot, some
fourteen miles to the east, before
night. Almost midway at little
stopping place called Ray, where
there is only siding, a wafer tank
and a coal shed, the train was
stalled. This left the train of
eight coaches and about 250 pas
sengers alone on the siding, and
with all communication cut off.
Then started the long siege, dur
ing which the cold had to be borne
and hunger stified, There was
much suffering.
There was an incipient riot on
the first day. The second class
passengers insisted that they must
have as much or more food than
the others, and as they were in
larger numbers and had more raw
enous appetites, it was difficult to
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-04-04
SAID TO Be Within Four Miles Of
New Orleans.
SHIP HORSES AND MULES:
For British Soldiers to use Against
the Beers.

Chicago, April 3.-A special
from New Orleans says; Cover
nor Heard of Louisiana has report
ed to the state department that in
his opinion the British govern
ment is maintaining a military
camp within the territ ory of the
United States.
The camp in question is one To-
Gated few miles below this city
for the transshipment of horses
and mules to South Africa, there
to be used by British soldiers IN
the war against the Beers.
Several weeks ago General Pier
son, the Boer leader, visited the
city and held a conference with
the Louisiana state officials. He
created no little comment by his
public declaration that he was
ready to lead force Of armed
men against the camp. He was
denied permission to do this.
Several months ago a British
ship was badly damaged by an ex-
plosion while it was being Loaded
with supplies for the British army
in South Africa. 1t was declared
IN many quarters at the time that
the explosion was the work of
Boer sympathizers, but the matter
was never investigated.
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confine them to their quota. Many
were not willing, as the first class
passengers insisted, that the
women and children should be fed
ond taken care of first, but after
some argument they were prevail
ed upon to subside.
Monday evening Professor col
grove, of the University of Wash
ington, who was en- route east on
vacation trip, and who had been
despondent and morose, attempted
to commit suicide by cutting has
throat with razor. There was a
physician on the train, but he had
no facilities for performing the
necessary operation, and it was
absolutely necessary to get into
communication with one of the
neighboring towns. In their des-
peration the passengers broke
open everything IN the train s
chest and in the conductors box
found. a telegraph instrument. A
young man on the train, an elec-
trician, faced the blizzard and tap
ped one of the wires and attached
the instrument. He knew little
about telegraphy, and notified the
operators at Minot and Williston
of what had occurred. From each
place a snow plow was started in
front of an engine, bearing a sur
geon. The one from Minot, after
hard nights work, reached the
siding early the following morning
aud the wounded man was re-
moved on TIE first train to St
Paul, where he was cared for.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-04-04
THROWN OUT.
to The Daily Express

special to The Daily Express
Anadarko, o. T., April 1.-The
city council this morning made an
official count of the ballots cast at
the election Tuesday. Owing to
an irreguIarity, all the votes of the
first ward were thrown out. This
leaves a vacancy of two council
men and two members of the
school board. The council ow
stands: Four republicans, two
democrats. and two vacancies, and
similar division in the school
board.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-04-04
NOTICE.!

We wish those that are indebt-
ed to us would call and settle at
Bailey & Holdings office over
post office aa the fire has placed
us in need of money. Resp ty.
OvERsTREIT & SQNs.