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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
FIEND WELDED DEADLY Ak.
Mother and Daughter Victims Of
Would-Be Robber Near Salem,
Alabama.

Sarl Harris, negro, entered the
home of George Meadows, a prominent
planter who lives six miles south Of
Salem, Alabama, about o'clock Mon
day morning, during Mr. Meadows abb
sence, and with an ak struck his wife
and 1S-year-old daughter each on the
head, crushing Mrs Meadows skull
and fracturing that Of her daughter
The negro was placed in custody
and held till Miss Meadows had suffi-
ciently recovered to identify him. This
she did at o'clock Monday afternoon
and the negro was taken in charge by
about 125 men and his body riddled
with bullets on the spot. He denied
his guilt until the first shot was fired,
then he acknowledged the crime.
His purpose was to rob the house,
els all the drawers to the bureaus and
dressers were open and showed evi-
dence Of being rif1ed
The negro had heard that Mr. Mea-
dows had disposed of two mules and
that the money was on the premises,
so when Mr. Meadows left the place
Monday morning to attend the organi-
zation Of a school some miles off, he
prepared to act.
Casting aside the sack into which
he was placing the cotton as he picked
it, he went by his house and hlackened
his hands and face with smut, and,
taking an ak, started for the home of
Mr.. Meadows, which was near at hand.
The home Of Mr. Meadows is in
sparsely settled community, but other
houses are near. The settlement is
about six miles from Salem and some
distance from a telegraph OF railroad
station.
Arriving at the house, the negro
went in and struck Mrs. Meadows two
terrible blows on the head with the ak,
and began searching the place for the
money. Hearing some one coming, he
went to the door and saw Miss Mea-
dows coming. AS she came up the
steps, he struck at her with the ak and
she threw up one arm to ward of the
blow, and her arm was broken by the
lick. She turned and ran with the
negro following He caught up with
her at the gate and struck her fear
full blow on the head, knocking her to
the ground, and then he kicked her in
the side, bruising her badly He then
returned to the house, but failed to
find the money, and thinking both wo-
men dead, returned to his work, after
slipping home and washing off the
smut.
The daughter came to herself, after
lying in her blood awhile, and started
for the neighbors .or help.
Monday afternoon the negro was
caught by posse and the smut was
found on his face and the water where
he had washed the other smut off was
in the washpan at home. He was car
ried to the scene of his crime and was
identified, as stated, by Miss Meadows.
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without effort to remove. The press
of the city is united in demanding that
prompt and vigorous prosecution be
made of the charges which have been
laid; and it is stated in the public
prints and by numbers of reputable
citizens that evidence which will con-
yict the perpetrators of the frauds can
be put into your hands.
For the good name of the commun-
it.. and for the protection of the ballot
in future elections, it is our opinion
and earnest wish that prosecutions
should be pressed against all offenders,
and we respectfully call upon you to
take the matter vigorously in hand and
have Justice administered.
I'VE would suggest that you make
public call for evidence, as we are as
sured that such request would meet
with a full response"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
'RAh FOR ATLANTA!
After Long Tribulation, a New
Depot in Now in Sight.
SOUTHERN ROAD WILL Build
Palatial Passenger Station Costing
100000, is Planned and Pre-
LIminary Work Begins
Immediately.

The Atlanta Constitution publishes
the fact to the earth that the Gate City.
is at last to have new 100000 union
passenger station, and preliminary
work looking to the construction Of tha
new station will begin immediately {
by direction of President Spencer, OF
the Southern, and the building will be-.
pushed to completion as rapidly as pos
sible.
This new depot Is to be built by the
Southern Railway Company, and all.
other railroads entering the city are to-
be invited to come in as stockholders
and joint owners in the property.
This decision has been definitely
reached by President Samuel Spencer,
of the Southern, after conferences
with the officers of the Central Of Geor.
gia Railway Company, and he has or
dered the work to proceed at once.
The new union station will be los.
Gated on the property of the Southern
Railway Company between Mitchell
and Madison avenue, the site Of which
the Southern secured with this particu-
lar object in view.
Engineers of the Southern have
been given instructions to proceed at
once to make the preliminary surveys
of the ground and tracks, in order to-
submit to architects at the earliest pos
sible moment the necessary informar
ton for preparing plans for such sta
tion.
AS soon as the preliminary plans
have been prepared the officers of the
railroad interested will decide upon
what they want, and the construction
will begin without delay.
President Samuel Spencer, Of the
Southern, wired General Agent Bar
bour Thompson Friday Of his conclu-
sion in the matter, and his telegram
will be read with interest by Atlantans
who have so long waited for something
definite to transpire in the depot situa-.
ton. President Spencer's telegram
was as follows:
Knoxville, Tenn, October 81, 1902.
]. s. B. Thompson, Atlanta, Ga.-Dear
Sir: Referring to our conversation OF
yesterday l have looked over the plots
and papers relating to the property in
Atlanta and have consulted with the
officers Of the Central of Georgia Rail-
way Company On the subject Of the
possibility of locating satisfactory
union passenger station On the site
discussed, at the intersection of Mitch
ell and Madison streets. Instructions
have been given to the engineers to
proceed at once to make the necessary
surveys of the ground and tracks in orr
der to submit to architects at the ear
liest date possible the necessary infor-
nation to prepare preliminary plans
for such station.
please aid the engineers in this
matter, in order that work may be
done and decision reached as prompt
ly as practicable. Yours very truly,
SAMUEL SPENCER, Pres. ~
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TO BLOCK OUR CANAL
Seems the Determination Of the
Colombian Government.
READY TO STIR UP TROUBLE
Question Of Colombian Sovereignty
Seems to Be the Contention.
Two Ways are Still Open,
However.

According to a washington special,
the present status of the Colombia ca
! nal NEGOTIATIONS is that both sides are
awaiting a decision of the Colombian
governor as to whether Minister Con-
cha shall proceed under his original in
structions to present to the state de-
partment the Colombian response to
the departments proposal for treaty.
When the response arrived in Wash
! ington a few days ago the minister
promptly notified the state department
of the fact, but he added to his notice
| the statement that in view of recent
Developments he had regarded 1t as his
| duty to withhold it until he heard fur
| thcr from his government. AS the state
department had in some way come to
know that the Colombian response
would, if submitted, go ia. toward
meeting the desires Of this government
! in the matter Of a canal treaty, this
delay was very annoying. But as the
minister had his own notion OF duty in
the matter, it was decided mat an ap-
peal should be taken ever his head to
the authorities in Bogota. According
II a cablegram was sent to United
States Minister Hart, at the Colon
bian capital, notifying him of the ac-
ton OF the Colombian minister in
Washington.
The matter OF objection by our own
officials is the attempt to link the ne
gotiations lor canal treaty, pure and
simple, with the discussion OF the qucs-
tions of the correctness of the attitude
Of our naval officers on the isthmus.
The Colombian officials hold that as
the projected treaty renews or contin-
ues the provisions of the existing
treaty relating to naturalization of 18TH
mian traffic which are now the subject
of contention between the two govern
ments, it is proper that the canal
treaty be held back until, either by
an amendment of the old treaty, or a
change in the language Of the new
treaty, Colombian integrity can be
safeguarded.
1t is expected that the delay will not
be long, for even if the Colombian an
swer is not satisfactory, the United
States government will still be bound
by the terms of the Spooner act to pro-
ceed toward the construction Of an
isthmian canal, and the only question
to be decided is as TO the method.
There are two ways open, even in case
Of an adverse attitude On the part Of
Colombia-namely, either the Uni~ed
State government to proceed without
delay to complete the treaties with
Nicaragua and Costa Rica necessary
for the construction of canal in these
countries, or, and this latter course
would be adopted with reluctance, the
government might purchase outright
the franchise of the French Panama
Canal Company and go on resolutely
with the construction OF the Panama,
taking no further notice of Colombia.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
Deal in Street Railways.

The transfer of the Augusta Street
Railway and Electric Company's prop
erty to the syndicate which controls
the Augusta-Aiken trolley line will be
effected as soon as President James U.
Jackson, of the latter line, takes action
on the matter. Official notice was re-
ceived several days ago by President
D. B. Dyer, of the Augusta line, that
the conditions of the sale had been
met, and everything is in readiness for
the transfer.
What changes will be made in the
personnel Of the two systems in the
consolidation is not yet announced,
but is is understood that none will be
made in the operation of the schedules.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
CLEVELAND ON THE TARIFF.
Former President Makes Political
Speech to Democrats at Norris
town, New Jersey.

Former President Cleveland spoke
at Morristown, n. j.. Thursday night in
a political meeting held in Lyceum
hall. Special trains brought hundreds
of people from other cities and towns
in the vicinity, and Mr.. Cleveland We?
given an ovation. Mr. Cleveland said
in part:
Il am especially pleased to learn
that tariff reform has been made the
principal issue in the canvass you
have in hand Never within my obser-
vation or experience has there been
a time when this should Te more ear
nestly, persisteitly and honestly press
ed upon the attention OF our country
men than ROW.
"Of course, custom duties must con-
tinue to be the source of government
maintenance until another plan is de-
vised, but a tariff constructed for the
purpose of protection as its chief cb-
ject is at all times. and in every fea-
ture of it, an unjust and unfair burden
upon the masses of our people; but
the bold and arrogant development OF
it's unfairness and injustice in recent
years and the new directions they have
taken ought to especially arrest the
attention and apprehension of every
thoughtful sober-mindei citizen"
Mr. Cleveland reverted to former
democratic tariff campaigns and quot
ed several paragraphs from his tariff
message of 1887, for the purpose Of
showing not only the accepted posi-
ton of the democratic party on the
tariff question, but also as suggesting
the material then available in attack
ing tariff iniquities."
81 want, if can," he continued,
ito lead you to a contemplation of the
iniquities that have since accumulated,
to the numerous additions to vicious
and dangerous progeny bern Of tariff
license and depravity, to the increased
material of successful attack, and to
the present duty of al who love our
people more than self, to strike blow
whenever and wherever it is possible
for our country's honor and emancipa-
tion."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
GOLD NGREAT HEAfS
Held by Yoar Uncle Sam in His
Big YauIts.
TREASURER ROBERTS REPORTS
Official Dilates Glowinely on Immense
Cash Balance and Great Hold
fnSs of the Yellow
Metal.

Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the
United States, in opening his annual
report says that the magnitude of the
available cash balance and the unpre-
cedented holdings of gross sold are the
striking features of the condition Of
the treasury at the close o. the fiscal
year 1902.
The available cash balance in the
treasury July l, 1902, was the largest
net balance in our history. 1t amount
ed to S362,1S7.3G1. Tie gold reserve is
counted in as it is available for the
redemption of legal tender notes.
Nearly ene-half Of the available cash
balance July l was in gold coin and
certificates, s103,SO1,290 over and
above the gold reserve of $780, 100000,
and by October l it became $136,124,-
I'll. AS a measure OF the financial
strength Of the government. the report
says the fact deserves mention. By
October I, 1902, available cash balance,
exclusive of the reserve, was S22l,-
253594, and owing to the large meas
ureS for the relief of the money market
it was reduced by November to s2CG,-
421,S70. Of this sum s146,SS5.012 was
in national banks.
To the general stock of money in
the country, an addition of SS0,19S,6S1
was made during the fiscal year. OI
this s67,955,527 was in sold coin and
bullion. There was also an increase
of S19.735.259 in standard dollars and
OF s7,360991 in subsidiary silver.
United States notes remained under
the law unchanged. Treasury notes
fell off S17,7s3,000. National bank
notes received an increment of $2,251,-
$50.
The gold coin and bullion October l
exceeded all other kinds Of money, ex-
Gliding national bank notes, By $780,
36S,433. In FIVE years the ratio Of
gold in the country to total circulation
has run up from 1852 to 46.45 to the
hundred.
The growth in the volume of money
in circulation during the year was
s74,Os2,5s9, carrying the per capita
from 279S to 2S.43.
The element Of gold coin and gold
certificates was the largest part and
the Increased reached sS1,S6G,174 and
advanced from 1870 per cent of the
tocal to 4173 Fer cent. In silver of
ell denominations, including certifl-
Gates. there was en- increase OF S23,-
e2e.lE6. CT which S6,4S6,014 was in sub
sldiary coin. The reduction in treas
ury notes of S17,677,S00 is due to their
withdrawal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
SERVICE is CORRUPTED.

President to Have Shake-Up Among
immigration Officials.
A Washington special says: A Sc
we're shake.up is soon to lie made IN
the immigration service at Ellis sland,
following a secret investigation that
has been made into the condition of af-
fairs in the island. Some OF the facts
are to be placed before the grand jury
in New York The department of JUS
tice is understood to be handling the
facts for presentation to the grand
jury.
The outlook is that about five in
spectors of immigration and a number
Of lesser officials will be dismissed.
The investigation shows, it is claimed,
that for years system OF petty thiev-
ing and blackmail has gone on. Be-
sides the dismissals, there will be
shifting of about forty ''privilege' men
men.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
A cONTEMPTiBlE ACT.

Troops are Pelted in Pittsburg on Ar
rival from Strike Region.
A scene denounced by bystanders as
contemplate and outrageous marked
the return Of the soldiers Of the Four
teenth regiment from the anthracite
region Wednesday. While passing
down Fifth avenue in Pittsburg, they
were assailed with chunks OF concrete,
blocks Of wood as large as bricks,
and even tools, thrown from the twen-
ty-frst floor of the new Farmers bank
building, a distance of 275 feet, by
workmen.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
PRESIDENT VISITS VIRGINIA.
On Special Southern Railway Train
He Goes to Manassas.

On Special Southern Railway Train
He Goes to Manassas.
President Roosevelt, accompanied
by Secretaries Root, Cortelyou and
Surgeon General P M. Rixley, Of the
navy, left Washington at o'clock Fri
day night on a special train on the
Southern Railway for Manassas, Va.
It was the desire of the president IN
making the trip to get a day or two
of recreation.
'The outing" as it was described at
the white house, is "just such a little
journey as any American might take, :"
for relief from business cares. The
party officially was limited to those
mentioned, with the addition Of stem
ographer, two or three secret service
officers and some servants.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
MISSISSIPPI BEARS SAFE.

President is Forced to Foreso Prom
ised Visit to the State.
Governor Longino, OF Mississippi,
has received telegram from President
Roosevelt giving notice that he will not
be able to visit Mississippi and take the
expected bear hunt in the delta
swamps and cane breaks during his
southern trip.
In his telegram the president ex-
pressed regret that it is necessary to
abandon this feature OF the tour, and
says that it is caused solely by the
pressure of work incident to the ap-
preaching session of congress, which
will shorten his trip.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
SHERIFF Hiees SUSTAINED.

Comes Clear in State Suit Regarding
Pardon Papers.
The case of the state VS.. 3. II.
Higgs, sheriff Of Montgomery county,
for not forwarding the pardon papers
Of W. B. Freeman to Callahan's con-
vict camp in Berrien county, Ga, was
called in court at Mt. Vernon Friday.
A demurrer to the rule had been filed
and after considerable argument both
for and against the demurrer, Judge
Roberts in a very elaborate decision
sustained the demurrer and dismissed
the rule.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06

While attending a corn shucking
about twenty miles north OF Grccnville,
Zen Ross and Painsette Trammell,
two young farmers, became involved
in a quarrel. Each one drew his knife
and both were cut several times.
Ross died the next morning as a re-
suit of his wounds, and Trammell is
reported to be in very critical condi-
ticn.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
FAMOUS HORSES SOLD.

General jackson's Belle Meade Stock
Gees at Auction.
The dispersal sale of the famous
Belle Meade stud in Tennessee began
Wednesday. There were 252 horses to-
be put on the block, their value being
estimated at s25G,000. The sale is
due to the enfeebied condition OF the
proprietor, General W. H. Jackson.
The 143 head sold the first day
brought an aggregate OF S134.sao. an
average Of sa4s,2e:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
COSTLY BLAZE IN ELiAVlLlE.

Five Business Houses Burn Before
Flames Were Checked.
Five business houses were Destroy
ed by fire at Eilayi!le, Ca. Thursday
morning. causing loss of about Sl0.-
900.
The fire was discovered about :
o'clock, and but for the heroic efforts
Of the citizens a much greater loss
would have been the result.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
DYNAMITE'S DEADLY WORK.
Assassin Blows Up Home of Chicago
Family for Revenge.

A dynamite bomb, the weapon of a
deranged assassin, blew up the home
of Joseph Kordeck, in Chicago Heights
Sunday morning, killing two members
of the family outright and injuring sew
eral others. The house was set on fire
and burned, while that OF neighbor
caught fire and was also destroyed.
Charles Smith, former boarder at
the Kordeck house, who was paying at
tention to one of Kordeck's daughters
and was Tilted by her, has been arrest
ell charged with the crime.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
TWO VICTIMS OF ASSASSIN.

AGED Bodies Of White Man and Negro
Found Near Savannah. .
Gugie Bourquin, IS years old, and
negro man were murdered some time
Sunday near the place Of the former.
about six miles from Savannah, Ga.
The two were driving together when
they were shot Bourquin's body was
found in the buggy, ana that of the ne
gro was found 100 yards distant. Both
men were dead.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
a,,ToMoelLIsT SENTENCED.

Cats SIX Months for 1nJurins Twenty.
Two People on Trolley Car.
Six months Imprisonment in the
Kings county penitentiary was the
sentence pronounced at New YORK
Thursday by Judge Kellogg, OF 1onk
ers, upon w. B. Raymond, the automo-
bilist who was arrested after his ms
chine had been in collision with q troll.
lev car on Sunday last. The accident
caused injuries to twenty-five persons
who were on the car. The occupants
ef tho automobile escaped unhurt
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
Crum Choice of Republicans.


A Charleston dispatch says: Activ-
ity on the part of republicans in urging
the appointment of DR.. w. D. Crum,
colored, for the position of collector OF
customs at Charleston, has aroused
considerable speculation.
According to Washington advices,
republican leaders are working in
Crum's behalf at the capital. Many
white republicans have applied for the
office, and while no formal action has
been taken to defeat the nomination OF
Crum, it is said that steps will doubt
less be taken.
Heretofore the citizens have accept
ed the assurance from the administra-
ton that none but white men would
be appointed to the more important
federal offices, and, remembering this
promise, not much has been said. The
Endorsement of Crum by the district re-
publican convention, and the fact that
influential leaders in washington are
supporting him, has led to the BELIEF
that he ma yet get the place.
Negroes were turned down for other
federal appointments, but they lacked
the strength CT Crum. The Charleston
candidate represents the better ele-
ment, and he is man whose influence
has always been sought by the party.
Crum is quiet and conservative, and is
perhaps one Of the best representa-
tiyes of his race in Charleston. Still,
his color is put up against him, and
on account of this the citizens OF
Charleston would prefer the appoint
ment of a white man. President Roose-
welt may delay naming the collector
until after the opening OF congress.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
Crushed to Death by Cars.

Lawrence Killian was run over and
killed by cars at Spartanburg junction
one night the past week. Killian was
an employe of the Southern road and
was walking down the tracks toward
the switch, when a freight train ap-
preaching him caused him to step on
the siding, when shifting engine
struck him and crushed him beneath
the wheels. He was so badly injured
that he died within an hour.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
Little Girl Victim of Fire.

Zuleika Kirby, the 6-year-old daugh-
ter of Henry Kirby, died as the result
of burns received while warming Dy
the fire. The deceased was a grand
daughter of Major T. H. Kirby, OF
Spartanburg.
The child, it seems, had been out in
the yard playing and rs the weather
was growing cold she ran into the
house to warn, and while standing be-
fore the fire ner dress caught and she
ran out into the yard enveloped in
flames.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
SHERIFF DEFlES LYNCHERS.
Arkansan Says There Will BE no Mob
,,., in Ljc Eounfv

Arkansan Says There Will Be no Mob
Law in His County.
eff it is in my power to prevent it,
there will be 10 lynching in Cross
county as a result of the tragedy in
which the three daughters Of Thomas
Gibson, colored, lost their lives early
Yesterday morning" So said Sheriff
A. Hammett in a brief speech to mob
of one thousand men at Wynne, Ark,
Thursday morning. The sheriff had
just returned to Wynne after spiriting
away David Cross. the negro who had
confessed to the triple murder and as
sault.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
EOTEMA'S NECK SAVED.
President Commrtes Death Sentence
of ChoctaW Indian.

President Committees DeaIn SeHte'~e
of ChoctaW Indian.
The president has commuted TO lie
imnrisonment ,-.e death sentence pro-
aounced upon Solomon Hotema'
Cnoctaw Indian.
The case is an exceptional one. Be-
lievins in witches and witchcraft, Ro'
tema conceived the idea that cer'2in
nersons whom he believed to be witch
es were responsible fer the death OF
his children and for m:5for,rncS ":l:cH
had happened to other members OF his
tribe. He shot three women and 3
man.