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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
POISON SENT BY MAIL.
Florida Man Partook OF Prepared
Breakfast Food and Was Dead
Within Ten Minutes.

Roland L. Morgan, gentleman who
came south several years ago from El-
gin, ILL.,, and established quite a settle
ment at point in Pensacola Bay, six
miles from Pensacola, Fla, received a
package of prepared TODD through the
mail a few days ago and upon swallow
ing less than a spoonful was dead In
fifteen minutes.
Morgan's relatives can attach sus-
picion to no one, as he had not
known enemy. In viw of this the con-
clusion is reached that the poison was
meant for somebody else, although ad-
dressed to Morgan. The food came in
the manufacturers package, thia being
enclosed with a common white paper.
The postmark is indistinct and posttl
authorities are at loss to say what
is the emanating office.
Three deaths came near being caus-
ed by the contents of the package.
AS soon as the same was opened Mrs.
Morgan and her mother tasted the
stuff and imm ediately became deathly
sick. They escaped death Miraculous
ly. Not profting by this warning Mr..
Morgan himself mixea some with milk
and placed it In his mouth. Rigor set
in at once and the deathly material
acted so quickly that he fell into an
orange bush ne,rby and badly lacer-
ated his face.
Was We'll Known in Elgin.
News comes from Elgin, Ill., to the
effect that Rowland L. Morgan, who
died suddenly on Monday at his coun-
try home near Pensacola, Fla. after
eating breakfast food from an original
package received by mail, for many
years was employed by the Elgln
watch factory, and left Elgin about
two years ago for Florida.
He secured tract of land OF 80
acres on the island of Santa Rosa, a
few miles from Pensacola, where he
managed d Suu1MSI duu "iAISA ooSS''
Since leaving Elgin he had returned
only once, when 1t was to answer In
dictments brought by the grand jury
on the charge of forging the name OF
the recorder of Cook county. These
charges, five In number, never came to
trial and were quashed on the statute
Of limitations. The indictments grew
out of a real estate transaction OF
property in Elgin, but he disposed OF
everything, including fine home, be-
fore he left for the south.
Reports have reached Elgin during
the last year that Morgan and his part
ner in business at Santa Rosa, Colo
mel Tarbele, were a. swords points.
It is asserted the former secured pos.
session of all the property in soma
way and held it recorded in his wifes
name. His relatives knew OF no one
who would wish Morgans death. OW'
ing to his alleged questionable busi-
ness dealings he had many enemies, 1t
is alleged.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
ALLEGED PAPERS SUBMITTED.
Two Important Developments ct Day
in the Postoffjce Scandal.

Two important Developments CT Day
in the Postoffice Scandal.
The two important Developments
Saturday in the investigation OF the
sensational abstraction Of papers from
the safe of the Office of the attorney
general for the postofice department
at Washington, which led to the dis
missal of that Official, were the sub,
mitting Of what purported to be tine
papers distracted to the inspection Of
the postal officials and the decision OF
Postmaster General Payne to imme.
diately relieve Acting Assistant Attoc-
ney General Christiancy from his office
pending an investigation Of his con-
duct. The action IN the case Of Mr..
Christiancy was taken at his own re-
quest.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
aspect of the situation.

aspect of the situation.
There is only one bright spot on the
cloud now threatening, and mat is with
a few of the mills which are long on
cotton, have either bought or CONTRACT,
ed for a sufficient amount Of cotton
when prices were lower to run them
far into the summer, and as cotton
products have been advancing along
with cotton, these mills will reap a
rich harvest of profits, while the other
fellow is trying to calculate how to
pull through with the least loss.
1t is probable that many of the
mills will prefer to run at even loss,
rather than to shut down. as the latter
course is regarded by many big mil
owners as a very expensive proceeding
in many ways.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
JUNGLE TOMS CABIN" BARRED.

Famous Novel is Cut from Cata alogue
in New Yerk Libraries.
In the work of revising the cata'
logue for class libraries in the New
York public schools, Uncle Tom S
Cabin" has been left out. and hereafter
this story of ante-bellum days so pop
ular with readers Of fiction in the lat
ter years of the century just closed
will be barred from circulation so far
as the board of education is concerned
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
FAST TRAIN WRECKED.

Enoineer Killed, TWO Others Injured
and Much Mail Burned.
The sorthbound Washington anu
Southwestern vestibuIe limited, on the
Southern railway, ran into the rear
end of a freight train near LyncnDurs
Va, early Thursday morning, killing
Charles r. Kiney, engineer OF the ilm'
tied dcmolishing the engine and burn
ing up two mail and two freight cars
About two thousand letters were de-
stroyed.
Postal Clerk William S. Fealey- Oh
Washington, and the. negro nreman
were injured.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
ANOTHER WARsHIP LAUNCHED.
Armored Cruiser Colorado christene;

Armored Cruiser Colorado Christened
at Ship Yards of the Cramps.
The armored cruiser Colorado was
launched Saturday at Cramps ship
yard in the presence of distinguish
ed gathering of officials from Washing
ton and the state of Colorado. Miss
Cora May Peabody, daughter Of Cover
nor Peabody, OF Colorado, broke the
bittle of wine on the Prov of the cruis-
er as she glided down the ways at
12:45 into the Delaware river.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
GATEKEEPER USED HIS GUN.

Fatality Follows Temporary Strike Ia
Lanett, Alabama, Cotton Mills.
In the town of Lanett, Ala, Monday
morning, Lucius Ogletree shot and in
stantly killed John L. Potter and fatal
" wounded Dan Zachry and then made
good his escape.
All of the parties are white men, be-
ing operatives of the Lanett mills.
Ogletree was appointed a gatekeep-
er for the day operatives, who were
temporarily out on strike, and who
gave him orders to let no one In or
out. His attempt TO enforce these or.
ders brought on the shooting.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
CARNEGIE DONATES PEACE HALL
Gives Cash to Build Home for Court

Gives Cash to Build Home for Court
of Arbitration at The Hague.
Before sailing for his home in Scot
land Friday, Andrew Carnegie donate
$1,5O0,OOO for temple of peace for the
permanent court of arbitration at The
Hague.
The gift was made through Baroo
Guvens, the minister of the Neither
lands, at washington, and was made
with the understanding that the gov
ernment of Holland will be RESPONSE
Bile for its administration.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
AGED MURDERER HANGED.

DR.. GartreIr, Seventy Years Old,
Launched Into Eternity.
At Butler, Mo-, Friday James l..
Gartrell, the aged murderer OF D. B.
Donegan, a Colorado miner, was hang
ed in the county Jail yard. Aoout 1,5oO
persons witnessed the execution, many
coming to town from the surrounding
country. DR.. Gartrell displayed re-
markable nerve and talked briefly to
the spectators before the black cap
was adjusted. He stated that he had
only one enemy he could not forgive,
but would not mention his name.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
LEE RETURNS TO ST. LOUIS.

Sick and Detected, He Declares His
Divorce from Politics.
Suffering physically, Lieutenant Gov
ernor John A. Lee, who left Kansas
City a week ago for Chicago, returned
to st. Louis Thursday night, accompa'
MED by his wife, who went to Chicago
after him.
81 am done with politics forever,
asserted Lee. Il am a sick man. anC
need rest. Any one who says that
I am not a. sick man never passed
through my experience of the last few
days."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
BILLY is SURELY ENGAGED.

Prospective Marriage Of w. K. Var'
derbiIt and Widow Rutherford.
A London dispatch says: The en-
gagement of Mrs. Lewis Rutherford TO
William K. Vanderbilt is confirmed.
It Is not known whether the wedding
will take place in Paris, but 1t
will not take place at the United
States embassy or at the London
residence of Secretary White, Mrs.
R11therfurd's brotber-in-law.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
Mills are Short Of Cotton.

A serious situation is now confront
ing the cotton mills not only of this
section, but of the entire south on &C
count of the unprecedented scarcity Of
the raw material and the prevailing
high prices, and, as large manufac
turer said recently: The mills will
have to curtail or shut down and we
cannot afford to do the latter"
Some mills have already been com.
PEELED to shut Gown or curtail their
output. and in the course of a few
weeks time the situation will be more
serious still. Only very few mills
have cotton on hand to run them any
length of time, and with many of the
mills it is a. question Of but a few
weeks before they will have to buy
cotton at the prevailing high price
which is the highest known for two
years, or will have to shut down or cur
tail. The cotton crop in this section
is now exhausted and whatever cot
ton is secured by the mills will have
to be brought from a distance.
The mills which are the greatest
sufferers are those who have made
contracts to deliver yarns or cotton
goods during the next month or two on
basis figured out when cotton was
lower Fortunately, however, there
are few mills in this predicament.
After August l, at the furthest, ev.
cry mill will be out of cotton entirely
and the entire crop will be exhausted
it is predicted. so that there will be
two months for the mills to wait for
the new crop to begin 10 move.
Taking these facts into considera
ton, the situation viii become quite
serious by July 5, 1t is said in Spar
tanburg, and as matter of necessity
there must be a large amount of cur.
failing, mills running on shorter hours
while some will be forced to close
down entirely. The big mill owners
are already On the anxious bench and
are beginning to realize the terious
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
OGDEN ELECTED PRESIDENT

Southern Educational Conference
Names Officers for Ensuing Year.
The following officers were electea
by the educational conference at Rlcn'
mond. for the ensuing year:
President, Robert C. Ogden, OF New
York
Vice President. Edgar r. Murphy, OF
Montgomery, Ala.
Secretary, B. ]. Baldwin, of Mont
gomery, Ala.
Treasurer, w. o. Flair, OF Winston
Salem, N. c.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
DEFAULTER SIMS INDICTED.

EIever True Bills Returned Against
Him by United States Grand jury.
Eleven true bills were returned By
the United States grand jury at Allan
IA Monday against G. H. Sims. the &C.
faulting clerk of the Capital City ma
tional bank, charging him with the
embezzlement of nearly 100000 of The
banks funds.
One of the indictments covers the
general transaction and remaining ten
relate to specific occasions on WHICH
funds were embezzled.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
Greenwood Gets Girls College.

About forty thousand dollars having
been raised by Greenwood citizens and
rendered Rev. S. Lander, of Williams
ton IS. CO. Female College and his
board of trustees as an inducement to
have that time-honored institution
moved to Greenwood, the offer has
been accepted and terms complied
with. Mr. Lander and his committee
have already selected site and work
on the buildings will be commenced at
an early date.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
JAPANESE ARE AROUSED.

Protest Against Russia's Demand on
China for ManchurIa.
Advices from Yokohama state that
three japanese warships have been
ordered to New Chwang, China. Mar
quis Ito has had a conference with the
leading Japanese statesmen. The Rus
sian demands for privileges in Man.
churia have excited the Japanese press
which insists on vigorous action, con-
fident that the United States, as well
as Great Britain, will support Japan.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
A DECISION MOST UNIQUE.
New Jersey Judge Settles Murder
Case in Novel Manner.

Case m NoVeI MdHHer.
In the examining trial, Thursday, OF
Charles Durham, at New Brunswick,
N. j., who killed John Lawson last
Sunday, County Judge Lewis rendered
the following decision:
"The prisoner is dismissed. Lawson
committed suicide in going with his
gun to Durham's home on The hunt for
trouble"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30

{ SOUTH CAROLINA
( STATE NEWS ITEMS.
EirebuuS at Anderson.
Observation-Disclosures

Fire, supposed to be of incendiary
origin, destroyed the barn of Elias Nc
Gee, near Anderson, a few days ago,
resulting in loss of $1,000. with $500
insurance. Two mules and a horse
periShed in the flames.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
MUST CEASE WHlTECAPPING.
People of Bloomington, Indiana, May

People Of Bloomington, Indiana, May
Lose Their University.
Letters from students OF Indiana
university at Bloomington to Governor
Durbin Monday told of the whitecap'
ping Of three women and a negro
there on Saturday night. The COVER.
nor sent telegram to the sheriff Of
Monroe county, in which he said that
unless acts of lawlessness cease at
once, he would in his next message to
the legislature recommend that the
university be removed from BLOOM
ington.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
UNCLE MARK ADMIRES GIRLS.

Hanna Says He Would Employ Them
Were it Not for His Wife.
Senator Mark Hanna, in his address
to the students of the OHIO University
at Columbus, Wednesday morning,
made the statement that he would hire
girl stenographers every time in pref
erence to men, and if it were not 70"
his wife would fill his Offices with theta
because, he said. "they are more indus
trious. more efficient and a. coed dcH:
safer. Resides, l admire them"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
INFORMATION AT A PREMIUM.

Secretary Hay Has Many Callers
Anent the Manchurian Situation.
Secretary Hay was extremely busy
Monday receiving diplomatic represcn-
tatives of the various powers interest
ed in the ManchurIan question.
Secretary Hay disappointed his call
ers so far as information was concern
ed, as he has had as yet no response
from either Pekin or st. Petersburg.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
FLORIDA Ex-TREAsURER DEAD.

c. 3. Collins Passes Away at His
Home in Dunedin.
C. B. Collins, ex-state treasurer OF
Florida. died Sunday night at his home
in Dunedin. He was elected state
treasurer in 1892 and again in 1896 Al
the beginning of his second term the
Merchants National bank, Of Ocala'
failed with $4,000 of state moey on de-
nosit The treasurr was criticized t
such an extent that he resigned.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
eHouL KING FOUND GUILTY.
Rufus cantreII, coIored, Convicted at
INDIANAPOLIS of Grave Robbery.

indianapolis Of Grave Robbery.
At indianapolis, Ind, Thursday
night, Rufus Cantrell, the "King OF the
Ghouls," was found guilty on two
counts by a jury in the criminal court.
The first count was for robbing the
grave of Rose Neidlinger, and the sec
ond was for conspiracy with DR.. Jose
C Alexander, demonstrator of anato-
my at the Central College of Physt-
clans and Surgeons, TO rob her grave.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
RAILROADS ARE ENJolNED.
lion Secures

eaorala sawmill Association Secures
Restraining Order from speer.
The Georgia Saw Mill Association
through it's attorneys secured an IN.
junction Tuesday from Judge Speer, or
the United States court, restraining
the railroads from putting into enecs
the 2 cents per hundred advance in the
rate on lumber shipments to The west.
The hearing will be held in Macon
on April oath.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
a SETBACK FOR HOWARD.

Witness Proves He Was Sick in Bed
on Day GoebeI Was Killed.
In the trial of James Howard ut
Frankfort. Friday, Dan Vaughan testi-
fled that he was sick in bed on the day
that Goebel was killed and was not
on the street at all.
This was hard blow to the defense,
as Howard in his testimony told OF
seeing Vaughan on the street just be,
fore Goebel was shot.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
Charter Granted Railroad.

The secretary of state has granted
a charter to the Tennessee, Georgia
and South Carolina Railroad Company,
which proposes to operate a line from
Anderson, S. c., to Blue Ridge, Ga.
The capitalization of the proposed
company will be s25O,0OO. w. B. Frink.
5 of Chicago, is named as president
with Captain H. H. Watkins. of Ander
son, as secretary. The principal place
of business will be Blue Ridge, Ga.
The company is given permission to
increase it's capital to S1,000,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30

Governor Suspends Two Officers.
Following the recent sensational raid
of the home of one of Charleston's s
m9st fashionable ladies by constables
who were in search of contraband liq-
uof, Governor Heyward issued state
meAt in which he deprecates the un-
fortunate occurrence, announcing the
suspension of Division Chief Howie for
teh days, and Chief Constable Ham
nj ett is reproved for his connection
with the affair.
The governor states that his only
reason for not taxing more drastic
measures in the matter is that Chief
H$mmett was unfamiliar with Charles
tom and its streets and ignorant of the
fact that he was ordeSing Howie to
raid a private residence.
No cessation. however; will be made
in the vigorous enforcement of the dis
pensary law ii Charleston and else
where.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
Blair Did Not Suicide.

William Alexander Blair, aged SO
years, a travelling representative for
the American Furniture Company al
Lexington, n. c.. was .ound dead in
bed one morning recently in his room
at the Pavilion hotel, Charleston.
where he was stopping.
Two empty bottles, which formerly
contained laudanum and a half-flled
bottle of the drug and quart bottle
of whisky were found in his room. At
first it was thought he had committed
suicide. but post mortem examina.
tion was held and it disclosed that he
died from fatty degeneration of the
heart.
Blair was for a number of years
mayor of Asheyille, N. c., and was
prominent in business circles.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
More Alleged Safe Crackers.

More Alleged Safe Crackers.
The Atlanta Journal says: Tom
Hamilton, William Oliver and Joe
Bird, though to be three of a gang OF
professional safe crackers, which has
been opening the safes in number OF
postofflces in Georgia and South Caro-
lima, were brought to Atlanta from Co.
lumbus, where they have been in Jail
for the past five weeks awaiting trial.
After reaching Atlanta the three al
legged cracksmen were taken before
Judge Newman and ordered transfer
red to the South Carolina authorities,
District Attorney Capers of that state
having asked that this. be done.
The offenses committed in South
Carolina are of a much graver nature
and for this reason the three men sus-
pected of committing them were Or
deHed returned to that state and tried
II the men are convicted there will
serve out their time and afterwards
will be turned over to the officials in
Georgia, to be tried before Judge New
main for similar crimes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30

Henry Youtsey was recalled in the
Howard trial at Frankfort, KY, Tues-
day. He swore that the murderers OF
Goebel had attempted to fix all the
responsibility on him.
Speaking at banquet at Kansas
Citv William J. Bryan denouncc!
Cleveland as a traitor. and SAID ne
would never have another chance 10
betray the party.
w. K. Vanderbilt denies that ne IS
to wed Mrs. Rutherford in PARIS, put
his denial is not credited.
The Western news., 1903-01-14

It takes only one vote to pass a good
resolution.
The Western news., 1903-01-14

A he
IN clustering around the His red
slapped the walk
ing her. he
was a telin' uband"
She stopped and he pufed like a
HI teln
tell you more about medicine in lines
he pursed
a desir to laugh
1T must be wonderful little sale
his redbrown peered
chicken he continued me father
lot of the
book about that
all through"
At this startling proof of his
nanty Her expression him
England we lots Of good DOCTORS but they amt this
country They couldn't
the
mAuntS
mother sick in Bristol
"
A tangled sentence of explosives butd from
Get and NewY
Those
- 80
Mrs. Wilson he little hook him
The Western news., 1903-01-14
MILLIONS FOR RIVER
UPPER MISSISSIPPI IN NEED OF
VAST SUM.
big Projects Undertaken by Residents
fValley-Prominent Men Interested
i'm the Ilnprovements-Urs Develop
4 unent of Navigation and Commerce.

The Mississippi River problem is one
of the oldest and most difficult with
which Congress has to deal. 1t is
many sided and subject to constantly
changing conditions. Years of discus
sion and millions of money have not
completely solved it, for the old father
of waters is decidedly human in his
characteristics and is afflicted with the
frailties, the perversity and viciousness
of humanity as well as possessing
many of its virtues. To reform his
habits and hold his mighty power in
subsection to the will of man, to re-
quire him to surely and safely carry
the commerce of an empire. are some
of the details of what is known as the
Mississippi River problem.
Upper Division Neglected.
The appropriations in the river and
harbor bill show that the bulk of mon
ey appropriated for the Improvement
OF this great water way has been and
is being expended ON the lower division
of the river from Cairo to New Or
leans. The inadequate work upon the
upper division. northward from Cairo
to st. Paul, has resulted in gradual
ly lessening of the depth of the chan
mel until at the present time only small
steamboats, of light draft ply north of
Cairo. Big packets like those between
st. Louis ana New Orleans have al
most vanished from the upper Missis-
sippi and in periods of low water nayi-
TO, "a, ,;,.l,+
poses becomes uncertain by reason of
long stretches of unimproved river
These conditions have aroused public
The Western news., 1903-01-14
Queer Qualification

The enthusiams of the thorouchgoine
lover of Browning takes some surnris.
tng turns. The author of I'm Tuscan
Garden" tells Il story concerning Doctor
furnival. one of the founders of tbe
Browning Society.
A young relative of the Enrlishwo-
man In London was looking out at one
time for bachelor chambers in n blocl,
of flats. The secretary of the company
TO whom they belonged intimated that
the testimony of two householders as
10 his rent-paying capacity would be re-
luired. The applicant gave the English
woman's name as one and Doctor
Furnivals for the other.
Doctor Furnivars reply, after a glow.
ing panegyric on the merits of tho an.
plicant, wound up by congratulatins
the company on getting as tenant a
man who ''was not only Il gentleman
and good fellow, but member of the
Browning Society,""