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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
BLACKS WILL RETALIATE.
coFored Delegates Barred by North
Carolina Republicans Will Fight
Against Pritchard.

As result of being ruled out Of the
North Carolina republican state con-
vention, the negro delegates have
launched a campaign against Senator
Pritchard, and it is freely predicted
that they will have convention Of
their own for further carrying out
their plans to defeat Pritchard in his
race for the senate.
They held a meeting in Greensboro
late Thursday night and denounced
the state chairman for unseating
them. H. H. Taylor, a wealthy negro
from Warren count, says he would
be IN favor of lynching a negro who
would now vote the republican ticket.
He predicted that the colored men OF
his county would vote the democratic
ticket in the coming election.
The anti-Pritchard movement among
the negroes promises 10 spread over
the entire state, and it Is freely pre-
dicted that majority Of the blacks
who are qualified to vote will oppose
The senator.
The white republicans who unseated
The negro delegates at the state con-
vention seem to be unconcerned at the
detection Of the negroes. They claim
that the republican party in the south
is better off without the negro and
that his place will be taken by white
voters. During the state convention
one white republican stated on the
floor that the negro had been body
Of death to the republican party in
the south.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
Specifications for Dry Dock.

Specifications for the dry dock
which will be erected at the navy yard
at Chicora Park have been received
in Charleston. Bids will be opened
in Washington on October II, and the
successful bidders will be required to
complete the work within three years.
The total cost of the structure is not
to exceed s1,2O000O, and sS50,0OO is
now available. When this amount
has been expended other appropria-
tions will be made by congress to con-
tinue the work. Admiral Epdicott is
anxious to have the contracts award
ed at the earliest possible time, as
there is need of the dry dock for south
Atlantic waters.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
UNCLE RUSS IN NEW ROLE.
Champions Cause Of Labor and Roasts

Champions Cause Of Labor and Roasts
the Greedy Coal earons.
Russell Sage, man Of millions and
5-cent lunches, Is appearing In a new
role that OF friend to labor.
Nobody ever thought 1t was In Uncle
Russell until Thursday, when he an
nounced that the coal presidents are
entirely too greedy In their: dealings
with the miners and that their greed
is respousible for the strike. Mr.. Sage
announces that he has q syndicate
ready to purchase the coal fields AMI
carry on the business without endan-
eer,ne the industries Of the nation
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
BOATING PARTY DROWNED.
Five Employees of Battle Creek Santa
.,-,,,n, Find Watery Graves.

Five Employees of Battle Creek Santa
tarium Find Watery Graves.
Five employees Of Battle Creek
Mich, sanitarium, nurses, PROBATION
ers and stenographers, were drowned
at Lake Goguac Wednesday night as
a result of a collision between the
steamer Welcome and row boat con-
tanning a party Of young people. Five
girls had been out for row about the
lake with a young man named Ben
nett and were returning to the santa
rum villa. The Welcome was start
ing for Ter last trip. Bennett was at
the oars and he became bewildered
and the steamer struck the boat broad
side on.
Carrie Fyock, of Johnstown' Pa'
clung to the boat and was the only
one saved. Two girls were evidently
struck by the steamer and killed, Tor
they were found floating. The others
sank in twenty feet Of water.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
Recount for VonkoInitz.

A Charleston dispatch says: BY a
unanimous yea-and-nay vote the coun-
ty democratic executive committee at a
meeting Monday night decided to have
q recount of all the boxes in the city
and county in the state senatorial
race.
There was a long discussion, and,
after the vote, a committee was ap-
pointed to make another tabulation.
Work was started at once.
VonKolnitz lacked only 104 votes OF
being elected over Grace and McMas-
ter, and because of this deficiency Won
Kolnitz and Grace had to go in Sec
ond primary. The former, who filed
the protest, charged irregularities,
which he alleges defrauded him out OF
the count and the office.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
coLoRED BROTHER ELIMINATED.

Republicans in Alabama Follow Plan
ct Party in North Carolina.
White republican conventions were
held Saturday in many of the counties
of Alabama to prepare for the state
republican convention which will as
semble in Birmingham.
In the various conventions the color
line wa sstrongly drawn, not negro
being present. There were many ne
gro executive committeeman, but their
proxies were transferred to white re-
publicans. The executive committees
selected were composed entirely of
white men.
Since all but few thousand negroes
have been disfranchised, the Alabama
republicans appear to have thrown the
colored brother overheard.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
Inter.Urban Line Opened.

The celebration Of the opening OF
the electric railroad between Augusta
and Aiken the past week was a COM
plete success. Several hundred guests
from all along the line enjoyed the
hospitality of the Augusta chamber OF
commerce at a fine barbecue dinner
served in the pavilion at Lakeview
Park.
E. B. Hook. president of the cham
ber of commerce, was POSTMASTER and
speeches were made by Mayor Phin.
izy, Judge w. T. Gary and Attorney
General Wright, that were responded
to by w. @. Davis and Hon. George
w. Croft, Of Aiken, and President
James U. Jackson, Of the Augusta and
Aiken railroad. The guests were
hauled over the new line without a
single mishap to mar the day.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
WILL BE A FLYING TRIP.

President Will Make Hasty Kun
South and a Quick Return.
II was made known Thursday that
President Roosevelt, almost immeol-
ately after his return to Oyster Bay
on September 3, will make flying tri'
to Tennessee and North Carolina.
He will leave on the 9Th for Chatta-
nooga, where he will attend the con-
ference of the Locomotive Fireren.
Sunday the 7th, will be spent in look
ing over the battlefield OF Chicka'
mauga. On the return trip, AsheVille
and perhaps one other place In North
Carolina will be visited.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
"citizen" Josh AshIev Retired.

"citizen" Josh Ashley Retired.
"Citizen" Josh Ashley, of Anderson
county, who stepped out of the state
legislature to make the race for sena-
tor from his county, has been COM
pletely showed under, and this unique
character in South Carolina politics
will be retired to private life.
Ashley got into the legislature in
Senator Tillmans early days, and his
candidacy was at first looked upon as
a joke. He made a phenomenal run,
however, and was elected easily. Since
that time he has been reelected. This
year he decided ITO seek higher honors,
with a view, it is said, of running for
congress in 1904. He also had his
eyes on the governors chair, but his
aspirations are knocked in the head.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
CYCLONE HITS TRAIN
Fast'Flying Engine Pursued and
Caught by FIeeter Tornado.
A FRIGHTFUL WRECK RESULTS
Two People Killed, Three Fatally Hurt
and Large Number of Pas
sensers Hurt in Fright
full Crash.

Two persons were killed, three IA
tally injured and more than a score
OF others hurt Saturday night in the
wreck Of train which had been
hurled an embankment by q tornado
Train No. Z, wesebound, on the Chica-
go and Northwestern railway, con-
sisting Of locomotive, baggage car
and two crowded passenger coaches,
was struck by the tornado while run
ming at the rate of IS miles an houi
near Meridian, Minnesota. The pas
senger and baggage cars were hurled
Is feet down the embankment to the
fence guarding the right of way. A
brakeman had been lightning the
lamps when the crash came and the
wreckage was ignited with the spilled
oil.
The engineer is reported to have
seen the tornado In apparent pursuit
of the train, and scarcely an instant
before the cyclonic wind struck the
cars, the train gave lurch in a sud-
den squirt to evade the funnelshaped
fury.
Fully an hour and half elapsed be-
fore wrecking train arrived. The To-
comotive did not leave the track, the
baggage car and passenger coaches
having been twisted off as if by giant
hands and hurled downward to the
bottom of the embankment. The bag
gage car was shattered 10 splinters.
The two dead persons were jammed
in the wreckage and their bodies we're
cut out with axes 1t is feared that
more bodies may be found underneath
the debris and wrecking gangs sent
from Waseca are at work on the
crushed cars.
The brakeman who was lighting the
lamps in one Of the passenger
coaches when the tornado struck, can
not be found 1t is reared his body
may be in the wreckage. Passengers
saw him hurled against the underside
OF the coach with terrible force and st
the same time the lamp he had been
trimming was crushed. Oil from the
vessel was ignited by the flame on
the wick, and to the horrors and ter
rors Of death by violence was added
the danger Of death by fire for those
of the victims who were imprisoned
In the wreckage. But men who were
the first to pick their way out of the
splinters extinguished the flames be-
fore attempting to aid the survivors.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
Farmer Cut by Thieves.

While attempting to arrest three
unknown negroes who were stealing
his corn, William Ray, farmer living
near Greenville, was seriously cut in
the neck last Sunday morning. Ray
had a gun, but the negroes overpoW-
cred him and took it away. The
wound will probably prove fatal. There
is no clew as to who are the guilty
negroes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04

Having found by experience that
American mules and horses are the.
h.rdiest for veldt work, the British ari-
thorities will continue the shipments
from Port Chalmette to South Africa,
IN order the better to carry out tne
promise of restoring the Beers ruined
farms, Thus does alien of1ciaitsm
nav a deserved compliment to the
American mule-irst in peace as wen
as in war.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
MAYORS IN CONVENTION.

Eth Annual Convention Of American
League Of municipalities.
Two hundred delegates were present
at the opening session Of the fifth an
nual convention Of the American
League of Municipalities in Grand
RAPIDS. Mich, Wednesday. An ad-
dress of welcome by Mayor Palmer,
Of Grand Rapids, opened the morning
session. This was followed by an ad-
dress by President Charles S. Ashley.
mayor Of New Bedford, Mass.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
KNOX EXPRESSES APPROVAL.

Attorney General Is in Accord With
President on Trust Question.
BEFORE sailing fol Europe Wednes-
day Attorney General Knox expressed
himself as follows regarding the presi-
dents speeches on the trust question:
'In regard to the presidents recent
speeches on the trust qustion can
only say that am heartily in accord
with everything he has said. think
after what the president has said that
something in regard to the trusts Will
be forthcoming at the next meeting
of congress-"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
A SUICIDE At SEVENTY.
pioner Citizen Of Atlanta, Ga, Pu1s
an End to His Troubles.

an End to His Troubles.
James Craig, rs years old, one OF
Atlanta's pioneer citizens, hangea
himself at his home, No. ITO Souen
Pryor street, Friday some time DE-
tween 9 o'clock in the morning ana
o'clock in the afternoon. He was
found at the later hour suspended oy
the neck from a small hemp rope 10
the top of a door opening from his
room into another room in the house,
Craig was one Of Atlanta's Oldest
and best known citizens. He located
in Atlanta in the early ffties, coming
from Glasgow, Scotland. He was .
Matchmaker by trade, and for over
forty-two years was employed at the
Western and Atlantic shops, where ne
was considered one Of its most skiileo
employees.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
AIIeued Train Wrecker in Jail.

Alfred Cohan, colored, who, it is
thought. was implicated in wrecklng
the Southern train at Hsrbin's last
week., was arrested Monday Iear Ma
rietta. about twelve miles north OF
Greenville, by Sheriff Moss. of Oco-
nee, and Railroad Detective Haynie.
Cohan was arrested and convicted
at Greenville last year on a charge
of forgery, for which he served one
year on the chaingang. He has also
served a term for killing a negro Wo-
man near Greers. Sheriff Moss took
the prisoner to Walhalla jail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
WANT VOTING Trust EXTENDED.

Morgan, Lanier and Baker Address
southern Railway Stockholders.
circular to the stockholders Of the
Southern Railway Company was is-
sued at New York Thursday by j.
Pierpont Morgan, Charles Lanler and
George F. Baker, the voting trustees,
recommending a continuation OF the
voting trust for five years. The COM
pany postponed a dividend deciara'
ton recently in order that the snafe'
holders might have an opportunity 70
record their wishes as to an e1tenson
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
GAMBLER WATCHING MORGAN.

~ Need Be Georgia Governor Will
Fight Proposed Merger Scheme.
If the rumored merging of the South
ern. Seaboard Air Line and LoulsVllle
and Nashville reaches stage Where
o fulfllment seems probable, Governor
Gambler will take a hand in the mat
ter and use such measures as may be
in the power of the state to prevent II
so far as Georgia is concerned.
He stated that he had read the ac-
counts Of the merger, and cons1dere1
It clearly illegal and opposed to the
constitutional law of the state.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
GREAT SON OF SALVADOR.

Wins Rich Futurity Prize Of $45, 400 a..
sheepshead Bay.
savable, sired by Salvador, the most
sensational race horse the American
turf has ever seen, won the rich fu-.
turity at SheepsAead Bay Saturday.
John A. Drake, western millionaire.
owns him. August Belmont's Hast
tnss cold, Lord Of the Vale, was Sec
ond, only an eyelash behind, while
Dazzling, one Of the four Keene horses,
finished third. ~
The value Of the futursF was 70
the winner, 81, 400; to second, $5,2oo;
to third, $2,75O; in all $5S,4oo.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
ROOSEVELT RiLES BRlToNS.

His Speeches or "Monroeism" Bring
Forth Sharp Criticisms.
A London special says: President
Roossyelt's recent speech on Monroe
ism has stirred the chancelleries OF
Europe more than any deliverance by
q president of the United States since
the famous Venezuelan message OF
Cleveland.
The trend of comment is to the ef-
feet that the peace OF, the world Will
rot be safe so long as President Roose-
yelt is in the white house.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
BLOCKING EXTRACTION.
Writ Of Habeas Corpus Issued in Case
Of Munroe Rogers.

Writ Of Habeas Corpus issueo !" S0o'
of Munroe Rogers.
A Boston dispatch says: judge
Knowlton. Of the supreme court, IS
sued writ Of habeas corpus FRIDAY
in the case of Munroe Rogers, the col
ored man who is wanted ip North Car
olina for arson and for whose extrao''
ton Governor Crane has signed pa
ners The writ was made returnaole
forthwith.
Rogers claims that he is unlaWfully
restrained by R. w. Smith, keeper Oh
the lookup in Brockton, and N. H.
Leach, city marshal Of that place: his
contention is based on technicalNies'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
A SOUTHERN BOOK PLANT.
charter Asked for Big Publishing

Charter Asked for Big Publishing
Concern at Atlanta, Ga.
A big book publishing house. IN
which representatives of several south
ern states are interested, is to be 10.
Gated in Atlanta. Ga
The concern is to be known as the
Southern Book Publishing Company
and is capitalized at s25o,oOo. A petl-
+;on for a charter has been filed.
This is the elimination Of the move
ment to secure text books that Will
deal in an impartial way with the
south during the war period.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
COTTON CROP ESTIMATE.
Agricultural Commissioners Place
Number Of Bales at 9,713,394.

Number Of Bales at 9,713,394.
Members Of the Cotton States Asso-
citation of Commissioners OF Agricul-
ture in session at Nashville, Tenn,
have turned In an estimate Of the
growing crop Of cotton.
These estimates are. of course, sub
ject to the weather conditions during
September, and are based on great
deterioration that they believe has
taken place In q number OF cotton
states during the latter part OF Au-
gust.
The total estimate Is for 9,713,3 1874
bales, as compared with 9,952,762 bales
ginned last year.
The following table shows the, esti-
mate for this year:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04

Total .. .. S,ilo,5S4
Mr.. G. B. Wood, Jr., Of Sanders,
Swami & Co., one Of the largest cot
ton firms in the south, was surprised
at the figures given out by the COM
missioners.
"The trade world" he stated, has
been expecting crop of at least H.
000, 900 bales, and the figures as given
out by the commissioners is over
1,760, 900 less than the trade has been
expecting.
81 hardly think that the crop Will
be that small. Last year the depart
ment of agriculture Of the United
States gave out the figures as $780,
900 for the years supposed crop. In
reality the crop was over 1o,7Oo,ooo
bales, being 100000 bales more than
had been anticipated by the govern
ment statistician."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
u.,a IA. Murder Of His Brother.

Held for Murder Of His Brother.
Mack D. Paulk, accused OF the mur-
der Of his brother, William Paulk, was
committed in trial before Justice
chestnut at Tifton, Ga, WEDNESDAY.
ond WAS carried to Nashville jail. 10
re,uses to talk about the murder.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
DEMOCRATS SWEEP ARKANSAS.

Present Governor Davis Reelected
Over Two Republican Candidates.
Mondays gubernatorial election in
Arkansas passed of quietly. Returns
indicate that the victory of the demo
cratic ticket is complete. Only one
county so far heard from is in doubt,
Davis. democrat for governor, sweep
ing the other twenty-four counties by
a large majority. The republicans hai
two nominees for governor in the fell.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
LAWYERS KNOCKED OUT.
Fair Estate Is Settled Amicably Out
Side the Courts.

FaIr Estate Is SettIed RmicdpIy OUt'
Side the Courts.
By the terms of the agreement maoe
between the heirs Of the late Mrs. Z.
7, Fair and Mrs. H. Oelrichs and Mrs
W, K. Vanderbilt, Jr.. the former are
given more than s1.OO0,00O. Of this
sum. 100000 in gold coin has been
paid by Herman Oelrichs, on beha!i OF
his wife and sister-in-law, to Mrs. Mel
son.
Within g. month the balance Will oe
handed over to the heirs OF Mrs. Far
who will have ir their own right moro
than a million dollars.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
WENT oPossUm HUNTING.

Parents Lock Children In House and
Usual Tragedy Follows.
Near Myrtle, Miss, Thursday night
Jim Cullens, negro, had two children
and his household goods burned. Gull
lens and his wife had put the children
to bed and went opossum hunting. The
oriein of the fire is unknown.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
"kENrucKY MURDERED ny Boy"

Pathetic Letter to Prison Waroen from
Mother Of Bishop.
The Kentucky penitentiary mutiny
incident was closed Friday by the ou-
rial OF Wallace Bishop, the leader Of
the desperadoes.
Warden Lillard received a letter
from Mrs. C. F. Bishop, Of Hammond.
Ind. mother Of the dead man, saying:
"Kentucky murdered my boy; let
her bury him. What is lump OF clay
to an outraged, broken'hearteo
mother?" --..-...
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
"Kino Of Cupids" Wins Out.

The election of Thomas D. Green
as magistrate of Ten Mile Hill will
bring this notorious colored settle
ment into public notice again. Green
made a warm fight for the office. He
was opposed by Louis Manigault a
member of the we'll known Manigault
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
CHOLERA SLAYlNG THOUSANDS.

Epidemic Reaches FearfulIy Alarming
Proportions in the Orient.
The epidemic of cholera is reaching
alarming proportions on the other side
of the Pacific, the outbreak extending
further and having more victims than
ever before reported.
It extends from Java to Japan and
almost every city On the coast and
manv in the interior are affected.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
SECOND FAKE BATTLE ON.

Armx Will Now Contend With Navy
on New England Coast.
A special from Newport, R. l., says:
1,nder cover Of fog and the blackness
n nisht the north Atlantic fleet, com.
manded by Rear Admiral Higginson,
slipped its cable in Menemsha Blight
Vineyard sound, shortly before 10
o'clock Sunday night and put to sea,
making the nrkt move aloat In the
war game between army and navy IN
the imaginary war along the southern
New England coast.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
SOLDIERS BAYoNET STRIKERS.
Exciting Fraeas Occurs in Little Town
of lansfcrd, Pa.

In an encounter between troops ana
strikers at Lansford, Pa, Friday, Cap
tain W. H. Helm, of company K,
Twelfth regiment, was slightly injured.
A half dozen strikers were bayoneted
by the soldiers as result Of the
fracas. Major Gearhart, in command
of the troops. states that he will ap-
peal to the military authorities to put
the town Of Lansford under martial
Law.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04

I SOUTH CAROLINA
( STATE NEWS ITEMS.
captain Howard Confident.

Captain D. c. Hayward, candidate
for governor, was in Spartanburg for
a few days the past week, where ne
was constantly beseiged y friends
and admirers. He is confident not
only of being elected, but Of receiving
an unusually fattering majority.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
CHINESE Rebellion Spreading.

The foreign legations at Pekin are
receiving reports from Szechuan
nroyince that the rebellion there Is
constantly spreading, and that foreign
ers are In great danger.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
TEXAS COTTON CROP SHORT.
Eioht Hundred Thousand Bales Less
Than Last Years Figures.

The Galveston Dallas News publish
es a statement showing the Texas crop
CT cot;on for the year 1901-O2, which
closes with this date is 2,207,259 bales,
Z decrease of S01,027 bales compared
18th the Texas crop for 19OO-O1.
TIE crop for the Indian and Okla
.oma Territories for 1901-02 is 531,01S
bales, an increase of 2OS,067 compared
with last years crop.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
TROOPS GUARD RAPIST.
"sonny" Thompson, AssaiIant Of Mrs
DIXON Safe In Tallahassee Jail.

Dixon Safe In Tallahassee 'a''
Under a military guard Sonny
THOMPSON, the negro who assaulted
Mrs Della Dixon, an aged white Wo'
man at Pensacola, Fla, was sent to
Tallahs ssee for safekeeping. a com
nanv O., state militia WAS on guard al
the Pensacola Jail. The mob. CON
nosed largely OF Mrs. Dixon's neigh
bors was demonstratiTe fo; a tine
but finally dispersed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04

A musical education isn't necessary 70
dng your own praises. -----..-.-g---.,zs
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-09-04
QUAKE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Twenty Moros Killed by Falling Walls
on Mindanao Island.
The war department Wednesday re-
ceived a cab,egram from General Char
fee at Manila, reporting the occur
renee of a series of earthquakes on the
island of Mindanoa Twenty persons
were killed by falling walls, the VIC
Tins all being Moros The American
soldiers in the vicinity escaped any In
Jury.