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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
PUSHING CANAL TREATY.
Senate Committee Agrees to Make a.
vorahIe Report-Senator Nor
gan Will Lose Out.

A Washington dispatch says: The
senate committee On foreign relations
Monday agreed to fayorably report
the Colombian canal treaty to the sen,
ate.
No action was taken on tho Cuban
or other, reciprocity treaties. The Co
lom bian treaty was reported as IN the
former session without amendment.
The Panama canal treaty will Re rat
ifed.
The Cuban reciprocity treaty IS In
serious danger of defeat. All the dem
ocrats except Berry, of Arkansas, and
Bate, of Tennessee, are against it on
constitutional grounds and several re-
publicans, including Bard, of Califor-
MIA, and Burrows, OF Michigan, are
inclined to stand with the democrats
against the commercial pact with Gu
ba. This is the situation in the SEN
ate as it appears to hair dozen south
ern senators.
The whole senate is angry at Sena-
tor Morgan for his continued hostility
to the Panama canal treaty.
! Senator Hanna has pointed ont
that an amendment to provide per
petual control of the canal strip would
kill the treaty, for II would involve a
constitutional convention in Colombia.
Before this step coulu be taken the
time limit on the treaty would ex-
pire leaving it without any standing
between the two governments.
There is a strong Joint in favor of
ratification and democratic senators
are not disposed to shoulder the re-
sponsibility of killing project 50
dear to the American people.
AS for the Cuban treaty all the sena-
tors would like to see it ratifieI, for 1t
is recognized as an instrument OF
much value to both the United States
and Cuba. The senators opposed to
ratification hold, however, that the
right to ratify commercial treaty is
vested by the constitution in congress
and not in the senate alone. They
hold that numerous ins s.ances OF the
same kind are in the past, and in ey-
cry case it has been decided tlat the
senate alone has not the right to ratify
treaties of commercial character af-
fecting the revenues. The Cuban
treaty, they contend, clearly affects
the revenues and congress must there
fore ratify it.
New Senators Sworn In.
When senate met Monday a letter
was read from President pro tenn
Frye, appointing Mr.. Kean On. j., as
presiding officer in his absence.
The oath of Office was then admins
tered to James P Clark (Ark), W. J.
Stone (Mo.), and Senator Gallinger
IN. H.
Mr.. Stone was then escorted to the
desk by Mr.. Cockrell, and Mr.. Calm
ger by Mr.. Lodge. Mr.. Clark walked
to the desk unaccompanied.
There being no legislative business
to transact. the senate, at 1906. on
motion of Mr Cullom, of Illinois, went
into executive session.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
ATLANTA POSTAL CENSUS
Taken by Postmaster Blodsett Shows
Population Of More than 10000.

Taken by Postmaster Blodsett Shows
Population Of More than 10000.
The postal census of Atlanta, Ca,
now being taken by Postmaster Blod'
gett under instructions from Washing
ton, will show that the city has a pop
ulation of more than 10000 people. +.
Until this work was, begun some
two weeks ago." said Superintendent
of Delivery ]. F. Thibadeau, II had no
idea of the actual population OF Allan
ia. The government census OF 1901
gave the city $4,000 people, while from
the directory OF 1903 it would appear
that there are only 139,9SO peopla
here.
II how know that the population ex'
ceeds 100000. and have the figures
here in my desk to prove It."
An annual postal census Is usual in
many of the larger cities, but this is
the first that has ever been taken In
Atlanta.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
PROMINENT GEORGIAN DEAD.
Hon. James n. Blount Passes Away
at His Home in Macon, After a
Brief illness.

Hon. James Henderson Blount, for
twenty years q member Of congress.
President Cleveland S special envoy to
the Hawaiian islands and statesman
Of international fame, died early Sun
day morning at his residence In Ma
con, Ca, after an illness OF only a
few days.
Colonel Blount was 67 years OF cge
and for some months had been in
poor health, but it was not until q
few days ago that his friends or the
members of his family were in the
least alarmed about his condition.
On Friday he was taken III, and
within a short time those aDClt him
realized that ne was rapidly approach
ing his end.
Saturday afternoon he began to
sink rapidly and that night the mem
bers of his family saw that the dlstin-
guished Georgian had but few hours
to live.
Among Georg1ans VINO nave allfacl'
cd the attention Of the Iublic general
ly to their native state few have done
more for it than Coionel Blount.
Born and reared in the very heart
of the commonwealth, he was devoted
to It's every interest and his every en-
ergy was used in advancing the cause
of the people among wnom he lived.
AS a statesman he mad lew equals
in the south, while as a soldier In the
dark days Of the sixties there were
none more devoted to his southland or
more valiant in its defense.
When the war between the states
broke out Colonel u.ount marched to
the front with the old Floyd Rifles,
one of the most historic companies OF
tho ctata
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
BAMBERG S c.. THURSDAY, MARCH 70. ]
WOMEN BRJTALI.Y TREATEl.
Overzeaicus Sieuths in the Burdck
Case Continue to Bring Public
Isnominy Upon Themselves.

| Mrs Gertrude Barnard Payne ana
Miss Marion Hutchinson, Burdick's
typewriter, have been given the third
degree by Buffalo, N. Y, police in con-
nection with the Burdick murder.
Both of these women have told OF
their treatment at the hands Of police
authorities Mrs. Payne said:
The detectives came to my house
at 10 O'Clock at night and made me go
to the station with them. That was a
dreadful experience. There was in a
room with seven great big men, each
one hostile to me. They would ask me
questions in the plainest Of language
and blow smoke into my face at the
same time that they asked the Ques-
tions.
after had sat there at least an
hour and answered every question
that was asked, one Of the men in a
brutal tone commanded me to stand
up Of course, l did not know what
was coming or what they wanted me
to do, but l at once arose.
"For a few minutes District Attor-
ney Coatsworth and the detectives
Whispered together and the door of
the Office Was thrown open with tre-
mendous noise. A man entered the
room whom l could not see. A little
later some one went out and then a
detective said to me in rough, brutal
way: You're the woman; you've just
been identified.'
II asked him what ne meant, and
he replied in the same harsh voice.:
You're the woman, sure, that night at
Burdick's. You've just been identified
by that man."
Made Her Disrobe.
Miss Marion Hutchinson related the
following:
1T was 7 o'clock in the morning
that they came for me. When 1 was
taken into his Office, the first words
that Cussack said to me were: I'm
sorry for you, miss; know you were
driven to it, I did not know what he
meant and said: I beg your pardon.
He then went on and told me he knew
had to kill Burdick. This took place
on my arrival at police headquarters.
A few minutes later l was taken up
stairs into the matron's room. There
every article of clothing that had on
was taken off from me The matrol
looked into my shoes and she closely
examined my stockings. l had a
handkerchief which had not been un'
| folded, and this she shook out to see
, # a clew was hidden within it. About
my throat was my locket that held the
picture of my dead baby brother. She
peerer into that, as though expecting
to solve the murder OF my dead en-
ployer.
"Then she seized on note that
had from my sweetheart. and this was
not returned to me at all. Yet General
Bull says that l was not arrested.
"The first thing that happened after
I went into that room," she SAID, was
that General Bull went to the phone
.andc allied to some one: we have got
her all right She killed him. l don't
know who he was taInlng to, or wheth
e. he was just pretending to frighten
me-"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
To Renew Fight on Crunn.

TO Rehe" flSht on CruHl.
A Charleston dispatch says: Mayor
Smyth has been in close communica-
ton with Senator Tillman by wire
since tho recent appointment Of DR..
Crum as collector of customs was sent
to the senate by President Roosevelt a
few days ago.
The commercial organizations, which
have been working with the mayor IN
the endeavor to defeat the conflrma-
ton of the colored physician, are
ready to take the bull by the horns,
but it is not known just how this can
be accom- plished In view o. the atti-
ture of the president tho business peo-
pie of Charleston admit that Crum
will take charge of the Office unless
the senate rejects him, which is not
probable.
DR.. Crum remains silent. He has
refused to discuss the matter further
than to say that he wants the place in
order to open the door of hope to his
race. 1t is saiu tuat an effort was
made to have him withdraw, bat this
was not done, and Crum is holding his
ground quietly.
In some circles the claim is put
forth that too much of a row has Deen
raised over the negro incident. Friends
of the nominee say that Savannah has
had a negro collector for some years.
and that the business people of that
town are not parading their troubles
to the country Another fact. which
shows how the affair is received, is
noted in the general desire OF white
people to seek appointments under tho
new collector. 1t was recently pub
lished that at least one hundred whites
had asked for work with Crum.
Senator Tillman has been able thus
far to hold up the confirmation OF
Postmaster Harris, who is now serv-
ing at Charleston. He got in, but it is
not certain that he will hold, unless
Senator Tillman is willing to withdraw
his opposition Friends of Postmaster
Harris think the trouble in his case
is ended, although Harris is still wait
ing anxiously for the four-year Gre
doptials
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
OFFICIALS TURN INGRATES.
Milwaukee Gang Which Visited South
and Partook Of Our Hospitality,
Now ReviIe US.

AS an aftermath to their recent trip
through the south, Milwaukee officials
are facing a storm Of indignation.
Statements the ..ilwaukeeans made
concerning conditions in the south af-
ter their return have greatly displeas-
ed their southern hosts.
In interviews on his return from the
trip Commissioner Schoenercker. OF
the board Of public works, said they
found little to learn from the cities OF
the south, which were fifty years be-
hind the times.
Another of the party stated that the
lives of negroes were held lightly by
the whites in the south, who did not
hesitate to misuse them whenever
they felt like it.
Some one sent the statements to
the officials of Nashville, Tenn, who
had handsomely entertained the alder
manic party, and trouble began. Sharp
things were said regarding the party
! by Nashville papers, and postmaster
Stillman has received a letter from
Postmaster Wills, of Nashville, asking
him to investigate the alleged state
ments and inform him if they were
bona flde.
Mr.. Wills says in his letter when
j the question of the approval Of appro'
priauons for the entertainment OF the
Milwaukee party came up before a
local association objection was made
on account of the statements made by
Mr.. Schone, cker and others. Post
master Stillman has named his assist
ant, Mr.. Wtdule. a committee Of one
to confer with Mr.. Schoenercker and
get from him revised statement OF
| his utterances.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12

Jackson, colored burglar in Charles
ton. Is somewhat astonishing. The
records show that more prisoners are
convicted for theft than for murder,
although more than three hundred
homicides occurred in this state in
1902. Jackson is % years Of age. He
has served several short terms on the
changing and was arrested some
time ago for stealing clothing from a
negro residence. The evidence show
ed that he had broken into the house,
and his crime went in the category Of
burglary, Notwithstanding that he
stole goods of trifling value. Jackson
attempted to defend himself that he
was the subject of police persecution.
He was found guilty and he was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
Did Not Affect Verdict.

A washington dispatch says: Tho
United States supreme court Monday
affirmed the opinion OF the supreme
court Of South Carolina in the case of
John Broomfeld vs. the state Of South
Carolina
Broomfield is a negro, who resides
in South Carolina, and was convicted
of murder. He alleges that he had
been denied the equal protection Of
the law under the constitution be-
cause that, notwithstanding four-fiGths
of the people of the community are
colored, all negroes were excluded
from the grand jury by which he was
indicted. Justice Holmes, who deliy-
cred the opinion Of the court. said
there is no proof Of the allegation and
that the referee sustained the judg--
ment of the state court which was ad-
verse to Broomgeld.
verse to Broomfield.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
FIRST ROUND FOR BEcKHAM.

Judge CantriII Renders Decision Fa'
vorabIe to Governors Eligibility.
Judge Cantrill, in the Woodford cir
cult court at Versailles, KY, Friday
afternoon, overruled the demurrer of
State Democratic Chairman Young to
the petition of Governor Beckham for
a mandamus to compel Young and the
democratic committee to place his
name on the ballot to be voted at the
democratic state primary Of May 9
as a candidate for governor.
The attorneys for the defendant
Immediately entered exceptions and
requested an appeal to the court OF ap-
peals.
The purpose Of the procedure is to
establish Governor Beckham's eligibil-
ity to succeed himself as governor.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
POSTMASTE6S "LEF1 OVER"

List of Nominations Which Failed Of
Confirmation.
The following postmasters failed of
confirmation at the session OF con-
gress just closed:
Mississippi-Samuel B: Brazelton,
Gulfport.
Texas-Elias ]. NJ. Hopkins, Rock.
dale; Dallas, Herbert Commerce.
South Carolina-W. L. Harris.
Charleston; George H. Mckee, Oar.
lington; j. P. Murphy, Bamberg.
Forida-Thomas 8. Harris, Live
Oak.
Louisiana-Romanta T. Hart, Raine;
B. F. Ford, Natchitoches; John w.
Miller. Alexandria.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
MANY OLD CLAIMS PAID.
Money Advanced for Raising Voluh-
teers for Civil War is Returned.

The secretary of treasury Thursday
drew warrants in favor of several
states in payment of old claims for
money advanced for raising volun-
teers in the civil war and for interest
on loans negotiated b. the states for
this purpose. Those paid during the
day are as follows: Kentucky, $685.
999; Maine, $222,1S6; New Jersey,
s479,S32; Rhode Island. s31,2S9; Wis
sonsin, S45s.677.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
WHELMED BY FLAMES
Yerilab!e Euman Torches Made
by Burning Oil.
CATASTROPHE AT OLEAN, N. Y.
Over a Score Dead and Forty-Five In.
jured-Disaster Caused Dy Ex-
pIosion Of Talks Of Wrecked
on Train.

A score or more people were killed
end large number were injured by
an explosion Of oil at Olean, N. Y,
Monday night. A freight train on the
Erie, made up principally Of tank cars
filled with oil, broke in two near the
city about o'clock. The two sections
of the train came together with a
crash and one Of the oil tanks was de-
molished. Fire broke out almost in
stantly, and the sky was lighted up for
miles. A large crowd of people lett
the city for the scene Of the fire.
While they were lined up along the
tracks a terrific explosion occurred.
The flames communicated quickly
with the other tank cars and second
and third explosion followed each 9TH
er in rapid succession. Sheets OF
fame shot out in ali directions. Scores
of persons were caught within the
zone Of the fire and envelopcd in
flames. Men and boys ran screaming
down the tracks with their clothing a
mass of flames. Others fell where
they stood. overcome By the awful
heat. Just how many were killed is
not known, as many Of the bodies
were incinerated.
ResembIed Human Torches.
Sydney Fish, a prominent business
man, returned from the scene OF the
fire at midnight. He said:
Il was attracted to the scene Of
the fire between $50 and 10 o'clock.
When l was within quarter of a
mile of the wrecked train there was a
terrific explosion Flames shot out
ward and upward for great distance.
| saw several persons who started to
run away drop on the railroad tracks
and they never moved again. Others
who were standing close to the wreck
age were hurled through the air for
hundreds of feet The scene was aw-
full. Half a dozen young boys ran
down the tracks with their clothing,
resembling human torches. l could
hear their agonizing screams distinct
ly from where stood. They ran some
distance down the track and then
threw themselves to the ground, grow
cling in the bitches in their frantic ef-
forts to extinguish the flames. Then
they lay still, some OF them uncon-
scious, others dead. l don't know how
many were killed, but counted twen-
ty dead bodies before came away
Word was sent at once to Olean po-
lice headquarters. Every doctor and
ambulance in the city was summoned
Grocery wagons and carriages of all
kinds were pressed into service and
everything possible was done to bring
the injured without delay to the hos
pitals for treatment.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
PISTOLS IN CHURCH.

Two Factions Engage in Fusilade.
One Dead and three Wounded.
At Mount Pleasant Baptist church,
six miles from Johnston, S. c., two fac
tions sprang up in the church. One
faction forbade Rev. Kit Jones to
preach last Sunday night. The other
faction insisted On preaching and tho
minister went into the pulpit and was
fired upon.
Two of the preachers friends were
in the pulpit with him and they return
ed the fire. George Hammond was
shot dead and his three sons seriously
wounded.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
WORK OF DISGUISED WHlTEcAPs
Severely Whip Negroes and Order
Them to Leave the State.

Word reached Quitman Monday OF
the doings of band of whitecaps near
Barwick, Ga, few days ago. They
entered the house of Charles Lam
mons, claiming to have warrant for
him and his son, and took them out in
the woods, severely beat them and
then gave them forty-eight hours tc
get out Of the state. They then at
tempted to take Lee Wright, but he
outran them and hid in the swamp all
night. The whitecaps finished up by
firing into the house OF Scott Wilson,
fatally wounding his boy. All the vice
tins are said to be respectable ne
groes, and no reason is known for the
whitecaps' action. They were dis
guised and none of the party were rec
ognized
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
JUSTICE FULLER MAY RETIRE.

report Revived khat Taft Will be
Chief Justice of High Court.
A Washington special says: The
possibility that Chief Justice Fuller
may, on account of Ill health retire at
an early date, has revived the report
that Governor Taft will be made chief
Justice of the supreme court
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
HAS FLAGLER SOLD 1UT7

Reports Of Such Deal is Believed In
Gotham Financial! Circles.
The various reports concerning the
Flagler hotel system in Florida have
been freely circulated in the financial
district in New York.
One report is that the hotels and
the Florida East Coast railway have
been turned over to ]. Pierpont Nor
gan, presumably for the Southern rail-
way.
Another report Is that the proper
ties will be owned jointly by the
Southern and the Atlantic Coast Line.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
yiqiIant ConstabuIary.

Chief FAINT, of the Spartanburg d.
vision of the state constabulary, has
compiled his report for the month of
February While the period OF time
was short, the officers have been cred
liable to their vigilance. The report is
as follows:
Number of gallons of whisky seized,
155 1-2; number of dozen bottles of
beer seized. Ga; number of teams seiz-
ed, l; number of distilleries destroyed,
Q; number of gallons of still beer de-
stroyed, 3,70O; number OIL convictions,
s.; number sent to chaingang, q;
amount OF fines collected, $475.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
Two Fatal Tragedies.

A Greenyille dispatch says: West
Fuller, young white man, who was
shot Saturday night by Earl Floyd,
died Monday afternoon at S o'clock.
Floyd has surrendered and is in the
county jail
e Sunday night, on S. NJ Meare's farm,
in Fairview township, q miles from
Greenville, Henry Turnbull shot and
killed Robert Pitts, both parties col
ored. The two negroes were gamoling
and became involved in quarrel over
q wager made between them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
New Line to ChIckamauga Park.

The Chattanooga EIectrlc halfway
Company will in a few days begin a
new line to Chickamauga park and the
army post. The Central of Georgia IS
now surveying route and will build
These are in addition to the line OF the
Rapid Transit Company. and the pres
ent route of the Central Of Georgia
and are occasioncd by the immcns2
traffic to the army post.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
COLOR JURORS UNNECESSARY.
United States Supreme Court Renders

United States Supreme Court Renders
Decision in a South Carolina Case.
The United States supreme court
Monday affirmed the opinion OF the
supreme court of South Carolina In
the case of John Broomfeld VS.. the
state of South Carolina.
Broomfeld Is a negro, who resides
in South Carolina. He alleges that he
had been denied the equal protection
of the law under the constitution, be-
cause that Notwithstanding four-ffths
of the people of the community are
colored, all negroes were excluded
from the grand jury by which he was
indicted.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
SOLE SURVIVING MEMBER.

Judoe Campbell Took Part in Con-
federate Provisional Congress.
Judge ]. A. P. Campbell. OF Jackson,
Miss, who celebrated his 73rd birth
day a few days ago, is the only surviv-
ing member Of the confederate provis-
ional congress which assembled in
Montgomery, Ala, shortly before the
outbreak Of the civil war. DR.. Curry,
the noted soldier and educator, who
recently died at Asheville, was also a
survivor Of the provisional congress,
and his death leaves Judge Campbell
tho only one remaining,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
: SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
South Carolina Gets sae, 100.
S~cs~e3e0~sSS

The treasury department at Wash
ington has issued warrants aggregat-
ing SS9,100 in favor Of the state OF
South Carolina in satisfaction Of its
claims growing out OF the war Of 1872.
The payment was directed by the gen.
eral deficiency bill, approved March 3,
1903.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
Fratricide Near Holly Hill.

Near Holly Hill, in Berkeley county,
Fred Martin, a young white farmer,
who lives 1S miles away, rode up to
the field where his brother, Joel Mar
tin, was plowing, and without word
of warning, fired load Of buckshot
into his shoulder, killing him instant
ly. He then quickly rode off, remark
ing that his brother had only gotten
what he deserved long ago." Fred
Martin claims that his brother had
been criminally intimate with his
(Fred's) wife.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
SIX CREMATED IN HOTEL.

Holocaust Occurs in Mining Town In
West Virginia.
Six persons were burned to death
and one fatally injured as lne result
of a. fire Sunday morning in small
hotel at Letter, a mining Town near
Elkins, w. Va
Several of the guests escaped with
minor injuries by jumping from Sec
ond story window.