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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-28

the work will be sent out in a few
days. and the bids are to be opened at
the navy department on October 1lth
The dry dock structure proper and tn
entrance to the same are to be built
CT concrete, with a granite facing and
coping, with a continuous waterproof
course to be laid in asphalt, unless
during the progress of the work 1t IS
found preferable to use piles under the
entire bottom Of the dry dock proper
and entrance. The dimensions Of the
dock are 643 by 144 in length and
breadth, with a greatest depth Of AZ
feet. The limit of the cost for the en-
tire work, including a pumping plant
and other apparatus, is $1,200,OOO. The
amount of appropriation available for
the work under the specifications
about to be issued is ss50,O00.
Rear Admiral Endicott has been
somewhat hampered in the work OF
getting ready for the machine and sup
ply shops to be built at the Charleston
yard by the lack of clerical assistance
and craftsmen. The admiral is anx-
ious to put to work a large force OF
craftsmen and field men at Charles
ton to make up for the delays which
have occurred from time to time in
other directions.
The class of employees he needs,
according to law, must be supplied
through the channels of the civil ser
vice commission. For instance, he now
has work for several first-class drafts
men, but they must be obtained from
the civil service commission. 1t fre-
quentIy happens that the men on tho
eligible list may reside way out in Cal
ifornia, Oregon and other far distant
parts Of the country. They have to
be notified by the commission that an
appointment awaits them. Sometimes
they decline to accept, on the ground
that they have other employment. 1t
sometimes happens that there are no
eligibles on certain list, and a new
examination has to be held. All this
takes time and delays important work.
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Temporary Force Asked For.

Temporary Force Asked For.
With view Of eXpediting the work
at the Charleston yard, Admiral Endi-
colt has asked permisson of the Sec
retary of the navy to employ tempo
rary force to assist the civil engineer
in charge Of the work. 1t is under
stood that the buildings and supply
shop at Charleston are to be built
upon pans similar to those to be con-
structed at the Mare island navy yard,
in California. The plans and speclti-
cations of the latter building are near
ly completed and they have given
so much satisfaction that the propo-
sition to duplicate them at Charleston
meets with general approval.
Captain Edwin Longnecker, who mas
been assigned to duty as commandant
of the Charleston yard, in addition TO
giving his attention to the naval sta
ton at Port Royal, is regarded as one
of the ablest and best executive OIL
GERS in the navy. He is very anxious
to make progress in the work assign
ed him at Charleston, and he is dis
playing his usual energy and efficien-
cv in his new station. 1t is quite like
ly that he will be given full command
of the Charleston yard until it is time
for him to go to sea again. While he
is in charge of the work there will be
no holding back or delays if he can
rrevent them, for he is a progressive,
aggressive and at the same time cour,
teous officer. He was stationed at the
WASHINGTON yard several years ago,
and he has a host of friends at the ma
tion's capital who will watch with IN
terest his administration of the
| Charleston navy yard.
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PRIMARY IN MALABAMA
JelkS Forces Claim Decisive Vic
tory Over Johnston Cohorts.
MAJORITY PLACED AT $4,000
Contest an interesting One Owing to
New Franchise Restrictions:
Only Six Counties Conceded
to Johnston.

A Birmingham, Ala, special says:
Jelks is undoubtedly nominated for
governor by safe majority. His
friends estimate his majority at from
twelve to twenty-five thousand, but
the most conservative nonpartisans
who understand what beat returns
mean declare that the latter is more
nearly the correct figure.
Johnston's strength is believed to be
III the county precincts, and number
of these have not been heard from.
The horse mails will undoubtedly add
TO his showing, but not enough to af-
feet the general result.
The reports make very little refer
ence to the lieutenant governor.
Craig Smith has been renominateo
for treasurer, as has Thomas L. Sow
ell for auditor and Robert R. Pool for
commissioner Of agriculture. None OF
these gentlemen were opposed.
Gives Jelks rs, 900 Majority.
The Montgomery Advertiser had re-
ceived sufficient returns up to mid
night to indicate a landslide for Gov
ernor Jeiks in all portions of the state.
The most conservative estimate, says
the Advertiser, will put the majority in
the state for Jelks near $4,000. The
contest for governor has overshad-
owed everything else, and minor state
officers are still in doubt. Thompson
wins easily over Brewer in the fifth
district for congress. That is the only
congressional contest in the state, all
the other present congressman being
renominated without opposition.
JeIks Not Surprised.
The following dispatch was sent by
Gov. Jelks to the Atlanta Constitution:
'The returns, although gratifying to
me, are not surprising. 1 anticipated
the result and was prepared for it.
One thing which I was not prepared
for when the campaign was begun was
the manner in which it was conducted
by my opponents. 1t was smaller and
flthier than I expected. In this re-
spect it will stand unique, and, hope,
aone, in the history Of the state.
"WM. D. JELKS."
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BOY KIDNAPS GIRL
Forced Her to Go With Him at
Point of Pistol.
DARING DEED OF A LUNATIC
Father Was Absent from Homo at the
time, and Girl Was Easy Mark.
Searching Parties
at Work.

With q drawn pistol in his hand,
James l. Tindall, said to be an es-
capped lunatic from the sanitarium at
Milledgeyille, Ca, entered the home
of L. A. Roach, in Wilkinson county,
Thursday afternoon, and carried on
Agnes Roach. a 15-year-old girl. The
KIDNAPPING was accomplished while
Roach was away from rome. The only
persons in the house at the time We're
the younger brothers and sisters OF
Agnes.
Holding his pistol in the young girls
face, Tindall ordered her to don a
clean dress and come with him.
The distracted father Of Agnes went
to Macon Friday to notify the police
and to secure the aid of detectives.
Tindall is described as a young
man Of 19 years of age, low OF stature,
stout and fair of complexion, and at
the time last seen wore a. white hat.
He was sent to the asylum some time
ego and recently escaped.
Roach, in telling Of the affair, says
he was absent from home Thursday
afternoon and no one was there but
his daughter Agnes and two Of the
younger children. Suddenly Tindall
appeared on the scene, with a drawn
pistol in his hand, so the younger
children tell him, and by threats OF
killing her, made her put on a clean
dress and leave with him.
Tindalf Hired a Buggy
The couple walked aboL two miles,
when Tindall stopped at the house OF
q negro man whom he knew and hired
a mule and buggy from him, saying ne
would take a little drive, and when ne
returned would pay him for the use
of the vehicle. At last accounts Tin
dali had not returned. He drove on
with the girl, going in the direction OF
Macon.
When Roach arrived at his home
Thursday evening about dusk his chill
dren informed him Of what Tindal
had done. Roach, with number Of
his neighbors, searched on the high
WAYS and in the woods for Tindall and
the girl Thursday night, but without
success.
Roach says that inasmuch as Tin
dali is a lunatic and had pistol, he Is
apprehensive that Tindall may have
murdered Agnes.
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Wreck on the C., NJ, ard l., Road.

The northbound freight on the Co.
lumbia, Newberry and Laurens rail
road was wrecked last Monday morn
ing near Slighs, small station about
u miles from Newberry. Fireman
Henry Burts, white, Of Honea Path,
vas killed, and Engineer Oscar Land
and two negro tramps seriously in
jureG.
l. is supposed that the rail spread
at This point, causing the engine and
cars to leave the track. The track
was torn up for distance of about
$50 yards. The engine and six box
cars were completely wrecked.
The injured were conveyed to Little
Mountain, where they received medical
attention.
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GIRL MESSENGER "BoYs."

Telegraph Companies at Chicago Do
Away With UnruIy Youngsters.
For the fourth time in as many
weeks the messengers employed by
the telegraph companies at Chicago
are on a strike, and this has resulted
in a queer condition Of affairs. The
managers have employed girls. and
young women in place OF the unruly'
boys and the scheme works we'll
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ONLY EIGHTY WE'RE LEFT.
Major Porter Tells of Disastrous
Battle With Moros.


Major Ralph S. Porter, surgeon OF
the United States volunteers, has re-
turned to his home in Chicago on sick
leave of three months. Major Porter
was severely wounded at the storming
of Bayan in Mindanao on May 2, BE-
Ing shot through the hip.
""The Moros," said Major Porter,
Numbering between 400 and 5Oo'
were intrenched in strong fortlf1ca-
ton, with walls II feet high surround
ed by three trenches.
"Our expedition numbered 97o. we
charged the works, and then ensued
the fiercest fight that has taken place
in the island of Mindanao.
"The fight commenced at 3 O'Clock
in the afternoon, and it was not until
2 o'clock in the morning that the MO-
ros surrendered. When We entered
the fort there were but 80 out OF the
500 left"
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AS TO GREENE.GAYNOR CASE.
Attorney General Knox Will Make 4

Attorney General Knox Will Make 4
New Move in Few Days.
AS to the Greene-Gaynor case, At
torney General Knox states that with
in a day or two he will formulate in
structions to the government consul in
Quebec as to the next steps to be ta-
ken to extradite the men. The govern
ment. he said, had no thought Of aban-
doning it's case and every possible
means would be exhausted to secure
the return Of Greene and Gaynor to
the United States
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( SOUTH CAROLINA
( STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Monument is Unveiled.
S~~s~o~1~9cJSeS

Sunday was a great day for Wood
craft in upper South Carolina. Sew
era. hundred Woodmen from Pied.
mont, Pelzer. Fork Shoals, Belton and
Anderson assembled at Honeapath, on
the Columbia and Greenville road, to
assist in unveiling a monument to the
memory of Sovereign Luther 8. Big
By, Walnut camp, No. IA, Pelzer.
The veil was drawn by Misses Bes-
sic Sullivan and Eu!a Donald, and J.
]. McSwain, a prominent Greenville
attorney, delivered the address OF the
occasion.
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TWO ROADS ARE SUED
For Failure to Obey Order OF Georgia
Railroad Commission. u

For Failure to Obey Order OF aeors'a
Railroad Commission.
At a. conference held in Atlanta, Ga-,.
Saturday morning between Attorney
General Boykin Wright, Judge Spen--s
Ger R. Atkinson, chairman of the rail-
road commission, and Judge Sam AT
kinson, attorney for the Brunswick q
Birmingham railroad, it was decided
to bring two suits for $4,000 eacn
against the Plant system and the
Southern railway.
The suits will be based on the re-:
fusal Of these two roads to comply
with an order of the railroad commis-
sion which directed them to cease dis.
elimination against the Brunswick and
Birmingham in the matter of traff1c ar
rangements at Brunswick.
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CHINESE SAILORS BARRED.
celestiaIs to Man Big Steamer Cannot
Land at Frisco.

The steamship Gaelic, with $50 Chi
nese on board, is soon due at San
Francisco. These Chinese, it is al
leeed, are being brou- hit to San Fran
cisco to man the new steamship Ko-
rea. The Sailors Union recently pro-
tested against this to Collector STRAIT
ton. declaring that VIC alton Of the
immigration law was contemplated
The protest has been effective,
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THEORETICAL NAVAL FIGHT.

In Mimic Battle Array Fleets are Pit
ted Against Each Other.
The unique war game in which the
rival fleets of Admiral Francis ]. Hlg-
einson and Commander John A. Pills.
bury are pitted against each other be-
gan at Rock Port, Mass, Wednesday.
The north Atlantic coast is now
threatened by theoretically powerful
SQUADRON Of hostile ships from the at
tack of which an equally abe fleet Will
ATTEMPT to defend. This is the first
series Of maneuvers in which the ships
will participate, and 1t will be under
the direction of the navy department
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-28
PRESIDENT IN BOSTON.
His Real Work Begins in Earnest on
New Enuland Tour.

The weeks work for President
Roosevelt in his trip through New
England began in earnest Monday af-
.ternoon, when he departed from the
summer home of the junior senator OF
Massachusetts,, Cabot Lodge, Of Ma
hant, and amid the enthusiasm Of the
greatest number of people he has
faced since the Pittsburg visit on
July 4, rode into line under cavalry
escort and spoke from platform at
the city hall. Then he was taken to
Boston by special train and on ar
rival went to Symphony hail, there ad-
dressing a great gathering Of Boston
business men. His speech was de-
voted almost entirely to consideration
of the trust question.
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COMMERCE OF CUBA.
Final Summary of War Department

Final Summary Of War Department
-. Shows Value of Imports.
The insular division of the war de-
partment has just published its last
summary of the commerce Of the is
land OF Cuba. The summary shows
that the total value Of imports into
Cuba during the military occupation
was 1925, ,135 and the exports were
s45,000O00 less than the imports, a
fact attributed to the destruction OF
property and damage to agriculture
caused by the war.
The United States furnished 43 per
cent Of the imports, and took Is per
cent Of the exports.
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Charleston's Big Dry Dock.

A Washington dispatch says: Rear
Admiral Endicott, chief of bureau OF
yards and docks, has advertised for
bids for the construction Of son;
anG granite dry dock for the naval sta
tiea ct Charlssten, Specifications fer
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NOTHING BUT STRIFE AHEAD.

Mitchell Sees No Hope for Early Set.
tIement Of Strike.
A fight "to the bitter end is the
way President John Mitchell, OF the
limited Mine Workers Of America, put
the situation in the anthracite coai
strike in an interview at Chicago Wed
nesday.
He said he saw nothing for him to
do In the strike but to hold his men
firm. Even an appeal to the American
people for intercession he thought
,wouh be of no avail. II see nothing
ahead but STRIFE" he said.
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GEORGIA COTTON is POOR.
Conditions Worse Than Bad Outlook
at This Time Last Year.

Georgia crop conditions just now
are somewhat worse than they were
last year at this time, according to the
crop report issued Monday by the de-
partment of agriculture, and last year
the crop conditions were considerably
below the average.
The average condition of cotton
throughout the state at the present
time, according to the report. is 70 per
cent as against Is per cent last year,
and that was considered rather a poor
showing.
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GEORGIA PEACH IN ENGLAND

shioment Arrived In Good Shape and
Brought Fancy Prices.
Reports from the Hale Orchard Com
pany at Fort Valley, Ca, are to the
effect that the recent experimental
shipment Of a coupe of car loads OF
Georgia peaches to England was high
ly successful. The fruit arrived in
fine shape and brought handsome pref
it's. Those who expect the European
markets to be opened to Georgia fruit
are AfAted,
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WOMEN RAID A SALOON.
Wreck "Blind Pig" and Force the Pro-
prietor to Hastily Gecamp.

Belmont, Tenn, small town six
miles west of Nashville, was the scene
of much excitement, when mob COM
posed Of women made raid on sa-
loon and completely demolished it.
The saloon, or "blind pig has been
running for some days. Women or
ganized and marched in body to the
saloon.
They began by throwing rocks
through the windows and then pro-
ceeded to enter and finish the work,
breaking bottles and completely wreck
ing the place. The proprietor fed.
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MAY BE BARTHOLIN.

Man Held in San Francisco Thought
to Be Double Murderer
A man giving the name Of Thomas
Kelly has been arrested in San Fran
cisco and lodged in the city prison on
suspicion, it is alleged. of being WIZ
liam Bartholin, wanted in Chicago,
to explain, if possible, the murder or
his mother and a girl named Minnie
Mitchell.
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HIS "Jos.LoTs" IS DELIGHTED.

Duke Boris, Of Russia, Drinks Wine
From Slippers Of Chorus Maids.
A Chicago dispatch says: Drinking
wine from the Slippers of the chorus
girls after theatre parties and poker
games has 50 charmed the Grand Duke
Boris of Russia that he has decided to
remain in Chicago the rest OF the
week.
After accepting the tospltall1y OF
the city for several days, the duke
himself has assumed the rolls OF most
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IN MEMORY OF M'KINLEY.

Buffalo Citizens Will Observe Anniver'
sary of Assassination.
Mayor Knight, of Buffalo, N. Y, has
issued a proclamation suggesting that
on Sunday, September IA, the first an
niversary of the death. of President
Mckinley, memorial services be he'd
in all the churches in Buffalo and that
the city be draped with the flag OF our
country. He has appointed a COM
mittee to arrange for other special OBJ
seryances fitting to the occasion.
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TAFT RECEIVES OVATION.

Civil Governor Given Big "BIow-out"
On Arrival at Manila.
Civil Governor Taft reached Manila
Friday morning at daylight on board
the United States gunboat General
Alva from Singapore straits settle
ment. He was welcomed with IN en-
thusiastic demonstration.
The day had been made a holiday,
and the city was decorated.
Twenty thousand natives from adjoin-
ing provinces participated in the de-
monstrations in honor Of the COVER
nor's arrival.
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TRAINS TUMBLE INTO RAvlNE.
Disastrous Freight Wreck In Which
Three are Killed and Three May Die.

Three are Killed and Three May Die.
In a disastrous freight wreck on the
Southern railway, near Georgetown,
10 miles west Of New Albany, Ind.
Sunday, Engineer Red Duval, Fire.
man 3. Cox and Brakeman Ross, OF
one train, were killed outright, and En-
gineer Harry Goodall and Fireman
George Myers, of the other train prob
ably fatally hurt. Fourteen box cars
loaded with wheat, together with two
locomotives were tumbled over a tres
tie to ravine forty feet below and de-
molished.
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soTHA TO SUCCEED KRUGER.

Result OF CoHIeTeHCe VT DUCT IedUe'o
Held in Brussels.
Cabling from Brussels, the CORE
spondent of the London Daily Tele'
graph says he hears that, as a result
of the conference between former
President Kruger ana the Boer gen
erals. DeWe:, Bc;ha and Dclarey, Mr.
Kruger is tc resign the leadership CT
tn, Boer people.
General Bo,ha, adds III correspond
ent, was unanimously designated az
tho future leader Of tho Beers,
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MILES GOES TO PHILIPPINES.

With Permission Of President, Gen.
eraI Will Make Inspection.
With reference to the statement
that Lieutenant General Miles is 60
ing to the Philippine islands, Secre'
tary Cortelyou said Monday night:
General Miles is going to the Phil,
ippine islands, with the permission OF
the president, to inspect army condi'
tions there"
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GREAT VICTORY FOR REBELS.

Commander Potter Tells Of Seizure of
the Warship Royaca.
The navy department is in receipt
of the following cablegram:
Panama, August 21.-Secretary
Navy, Washington: Boyaca. with 300
men, was captured by reVolutlonses
on July 80.
(Signed) "POIlEh
Commander Ranger.
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Kansas PopuIists Take Action.
The middle-of-the-road populist con-
yention adjourned at Topeka, Kans,
Friday, after deciding to put state
ticket in the field
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CAPE PARLIAMENT OPENS.
Governor Announces in Speech that
Martial Law Will Cease.

A special from Cape Town, South
Africa, says: The Cape parliament
assembled Wednesday. Sir Walter +.
Hely-Hutchinson. governor of the co..
ony. announced in a speech that mar
tial law would be removed on the pas
sage Of a bill indemnifying the COVER
nor and all persons concerned for acts
committed under martial law
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-28
WoULD-BE ANGEL FLOGGED.
Citizens Of Texarkana Roughly Handle
FanaticaI Fool.

d WIT
A special from Texarkana, Ark,
says:
"Diyine Healer and Prophet Perkins,
who has been posing as an angel OF
Christ in this city the past ten days,
claiming he was waiting for Christ.
who would appear in a few days, was
taken out of town by whitecappers,
flogged and his hair cut short, and
then given thirty minutes to leave
town. A notice left on Perkins door
read: Same fate to symDathizers. "
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-28
MILLIONS PAID GUARDS.

Large Number of Officers Employed at
Idle Collieries.
A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, "a,
saws. II Is estimated that the coal
and iron policemen now guarding the.
idle collieries in four counties OF the
anthracite region number 5000. The
employment of so many special guards
has necessitated an expenditure bZ
ths companies to date Of ea,seQ. .oee. i.
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cUBANS ARE SUSPICIOUS.
Want to Know Why Soldiers were
Landed at Santiago.

Landed at Santiago.
A resolution was adopted in the Gu
han house of representatives Friday
asking the executive for information
in regard to the landing Of 100 Amcri.
can soldiers at Santiago de Cuba
Thursday.
The soldiers in question were sent
to relieve the American troops quar-
tered In the fertresses at Santiago