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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
BOSTON NEGRO SLATED.
President Orders that w. n. Lewis
be Appointed Assistant United
States District Attorney.

President Roosevelt has determined
it shall not be charged against MIN
that he lacks the courage OF his conVlc-
tions. He has followed up his ap-
pointment of Crum at Charleston Win
the announcement that he has decided
to appoint as assistant United States
district attorney at Boston negro at
torney named William H. Lewis.
It is stated in the white house an
nouncement that Lewis is so light IN
color his negro ancestry is seIoom
known outside of his intimate friends.
It is asserted, further, that Lewis is a
Harvard graduate and was once cen
ter rush of the football team OF that
institution, going through Harvard
without any particular manifestation
Of hostility on the part OF the white
students. The position Of assistant
United States attorney is not literally
within the power Of the president to
fill. as assistants are presumed to be
named by the district attorneys them
selves, but the president directed that
the appointment shall be made to meet
the criticism that no negroes are ap-
pointed to office in the north. 1t is
further intimated at the white house
that the president has in mind other
appointments Of negroes to positions
in the north.
Senator Tillman was notified Mon
day by the chairman Of the senate
committee on commerce-Senator
Frye-that the nomination of DR.. Crum
for collector of the port of Charleston
will be taken up for consideration
Thursday, the 22d instant. Immediate
ly upon being thus notified, Senator
Tillman opened telegraphic communi-
cation with Mayor Smyth, at Charles
ton, and others who are opposed to the
confirmation of Crum. Senator Till
man says he is prepared to make
hot fight against the confirmation.
Herald Goes Back on Roosevelt.
The New York Herald follows up its
first Crum editorial with another one
Monday in which that paper demands
that Crum's name be Withdrawn and
that the Indianola postofice be opened.
In this connection it developed that
The Herald no longer runs at the top
Of it's editorial column its Rooseve-.
for president and Dewey for vice
president ticket. This has been drop
ped. No word Of explanation is given,
but the fact that this action follows
Immediately upon the heels OF the
criticism of the presidents southern
policy is regarded by politicians in
Washington as significant OF luke
warmness toward, if not opposition to
the administration. 1t is certain that
such a step would not have been taken
except under orders from Commodore
James Gordon Bennett, president OF
The Herald, who directs the policy OF
his paper through daily cables from
Paris,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
Dock Work Soon to Begin.

Work on the joiner and machine
shops at the Charleston navy yard will
begin within the next few weeks and
big forces will be employed to rush the
construction. Contracts for the erec-
,tion of the various buildings nave been
awarded by The navy department, and
everything is now in readiness to pro-
ceed.
About 100000 is involved in each
contract. The New York continental
Jewel Filtration Company, which
was awarded the contract for building
the dry dock is preparing to begin,
and practically all of the details have
been arranged.
The dock will be Of concrete and
stone. 1t will be sufficiently large to
accommodate any vessel in the navy,
SO that it will be o1e Of the most COM
plete anywhere On the soutn Atlantic
coast.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
DEAD BURGLAR IDENTIFIED.
Safe-sioWer Killed by Atlanta Police
man Was Escaped Convict.

Safe-s Blower Killed by Atlanta Police
man Was Escaped Convict.
The white burglar who died in At
lanta, Ca, Thursday night as the result
of a pistol shot wound inhicted by Po-
lceman Tom Mann, was identified
Friday by Postoffice Inspector R. E.
Barry as Harry Belmont, Iostotiice
robber, safe blower and escaped con-
vict. the man who robbed the postof-
fee at Ocilla, in Irwin county, in Au-
gust. 1898.
Inspector Barry is also confident
that the dead man is the same party
who recently robbed the Decatur post
Office and made ar unsuccessful at
tempt to blow the safe. In one OF his
pockets was found key to rural free
delivery letter boxes, which was stolen
from the Decatur Office at the time of
the robbery.
Belmont, together with Harry Mel
son, pleaded guilty in the United
States court in Savannah in August,
1898, to the robbery of the Ocilla post
Office and they were each sentenced to
a term of three years in the peniten-
tiary at Raleigh, ii G. Belmont Ell
fected his escape, after having served
about a year, and had never been re-
captured
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
METHoDIsTs COME TOGETHER.
Representatives of Northern and
Southern Churches In Conference.

REPRESENTATIVES. of Northern and
Southern Churches In Conference.
The first meeting of the joint COM
sion of the Methodist Episcopal church
and the Methodist Episcopal church,
north and the Methodist Episcopal,
church, south, to consider the adop-
ton of common hymnal, was held in
Nashville, Tenn, Sunday afternoon.
The two branches Of the commission
held separate sessions during the
morning for the purpose Of exchanging
views and agreeing upon the policies
to be urged at the joint session.
The joint meeting was held behind
closed doors and plans for future work
were adopted. The work was discuss
ed and referred toseparate committees,
which will report to another joint ses'
sion to be held some time during the
year. The two hymnals contain about
one thousand hymns each, and 1t will
be the duty of the subcommittee to
Gull the best from each and submit
their work to the next joint convention.
It is the consensus of opinion among
the members of the commission that
the new hymnal should contain from
$50 to 1000 hymns.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
ceath c,ains Justice Mclver.

Death claims Justice MclveE.
Chief Justice Henry McIver died last
Monday afternoon at his home in Che
raw. He was rs years OF age and
leaves two sons and one daughter,
Thomas P McIver, OF Charleston;
Senator Edward McIver and Mrs. R c.
Watts, of Cheraw.
He was a signer of the ordinance Of
secession, captain OF cavalry under
Hampton in the army of northern Vir-
ginia in the war between the states
and one of the leaders in the constitu-
tional convention of 1865.
As soon as white men gained con-
troll Of the state, he was elected JUS
tice of the supreme court, and in 1879
was elected chief justice, winch office
he held at the time of his death.
He was assiduous in his duties and
has himself written more opinions
than any other judge who ever sat in
any court in this country, not except
ing chief justices or associate justices
of the supreme court Of the United
States.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
BULLET FOR ALFONSO
Would.Be Assassin Tries bis
Hand as King Killer.
FIRED At WRONG CARRIAGE
On Being Seized He Excused Himseif
by Saying His Intended Victim
Was the Grand Chamber.
lain, and Not King.

A Special from Madrid, Spain, saysa
AS King Alfonso, Dowager Queen
Christina and the court were returns.
ing from church Saturday morning -
man who afterwards gave his name an
Feito, fred a pistol at one of the car
riages In the royal procession. The
bullet went wild and no one was In.
jured
The king heard the shot and put his.
head out Of the carriage window, but
he was Immediately dragged back:
into the seat by the queen mother.
The escort Of civil guards threw them
selves upon the miscreant and ever
powered him.
Feito was taken to the police station.
where he said he did not desire to.
kill the king, but the grand chamber
lain, the duke of Sotomayor, at whose
carriage he had aimed. He waS'
searched and in his pockets were.
found unmailed letters marked regis:
tered" and addressed to President;
Roosevelt, King Edward, the emperor
of Germany and the president OF the
high court Of justice Of MlAco and
also receipts for a number Of regis
tered letters and visiting card OF the
mayer Of Madrid.
Feito later was put under examina-
ton by a magistrate to whom he re-.
peated his statement as to the object
Of the shooting. He insisted thar he
was not an anarchist and said that his
wife, a French woman, had had him,
confined in a lunatic asylum. The
prisoner, in making this statement, did:
not appear excited, but there are indir
cations that he is insane.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
NEWSPAPER LOSES CASE.
Mrs. TinsIey is Given Damages Against
San DIEGO Times.


San Diego Times.
Former Judge ]. w. Mckinley, OF
Los Angeles, made the closing argu-
ment for the plaintiff in the Tingley-
Times trial at San Diego, CAL, Mon
day: Judge E. S. Terrence, in his
charge to the jury, said tnat there had
been no proof furnished to support
the following allegations:
That numerous outrageS were COM
mitted by plaintiff under ner direction
at Point Iona.
That people were deprived OF lib
erty, children and women starved,
women imprisoned in cells, and that
Mrs. Tingley was a spirituahst me-
dunn and an imposter.
The court further declared there was
no proof that Mrs. .Tingley had caused
parents and children to be separated
and kept the children in confinement
or that there were immoral practices
at the home. The court instructed the
jury to regard all of the above allie
cations as false. The court declared
there was no legal proof OF the charge
that the institution conducted by plain
tiff is a fake and is carried on by
the plaintiff for the purpose OF de-
frauding people who are induced to
attend it.
The charges that the men and Wo-
men at Pont Iona were in the habit
Of making pilgrimages insufIiclently
clothed and were in the habit of lndu.g-
ing in immoral practices under direc-
ton of Mrs. Tingley were submitted
to the jury.
Defendants counsel took exceptions
to the greater part of the courts in
structions. The jury retired at 4:40,
and shortly afterward returned Ver'
dict of $500 for Mrs. Tirgley.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
SATISFACTION IN BERLIN.

castro's Final Reply Received at Ger
man Official Headquarters.
President Castro's acceptance OF the
arbitration conditions OF the allied
powers was received Friday at the
foreign office in Berlin, where it Is re-
sarded as being long step toward
settlement of the questions in dispute
The foreign Office hopes that most OF
the points will be arranged amicably
at the preliminary discussion at
Washington before reaching The
Hague arbitration court.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
REPRESENTATIVE TONGUE DEAD

House Loses Member From Oregon
Who Was Suddenly Stricken.
When the house met Monday the
desk of Representative Tongue. Of Or
egon, who died suddenly in Washing
ton Sunday was heavily draped with
black and covered with flowers. The
chaplain iE his invocation. referred
feelingly to the loss the house had
sustained and prayer for the bercayed
widow and children.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
Toy Pistols Under the Ban.

Alarmed over the fatallues due to
deaths from locEjaw, the passage OF an
ordinance to prohibit the sale Of toy
pistols in Charleston is recommended.
Seven deaths have occurred since
Christmas day, all being caused from
the discharge of blank cartridges in
these apparently harmless guns. 1t
was the first time on record that such
fatalities were reported, and the ex-
PLANTATION is that these weapons were
never sold in the city before
Under the state law dealers are not
allowed to sell pistols less than six
inches in length, or weighing less than
% ounces. Weapons Of this kind are
too large to be carried in the hip pock-
ct, and with the new ordinances, which
will be adopted by the city council at
the next meeting, toy pistols will be
put in the same class. This, of course,
would put them under the ban.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
MANY DIE FROM COLD

Zero Weather in Chicago Finds Poor
People Unprepared
Two degrees below zero was the Of
fetal temperature for Chicago anG vi
cinity at 8 o'clock Monday morning
accompanied by brisk northwest
Greene's bondsman, and the late John
wind.
Much suffering among the poor, who
have with difficulty endured the mod
crate weather since the coal famine
became acute, has been reported, and
a number Of deaths are said to have
been due directly to the cold.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
GIRLS THREATEN TO STRIKE.

One Thousand in Chicago Packing
Houses Demand More Wages.
One thousand young women employ
ed in the packing houses at Chicago,
are asking a heavy increase in their
wages. Shop committees are present
ing the new schedule to their employ
ers. and if it be granted it will be the
first time a union composed o. women
employed in different establishments
has obtained an advance in Chicago.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
MINE OWNERS HAVE INNING.

Strike Arbitration Will Now Hear
Side of Coaf Companies.
The non-union men having closed
their case the coal companies opened
their side Of the controversy Saturday
before the strike commission in Phila-.
delphia. Chairman Gray is still con-
fined to his room in Wilmington, suf-
fering from a cold, and General Wilson
again presided.
The proceedings were opened by the
Delaware and Hudson company,
through it's counsel, James K. Torrey,
of Scranton.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
MINERS ADVISED TO HUSTLE.

President Mitchell Issues Address Urg-
ing Digging of More Coal.
President Mitchell, of the United
Mino Workers of America, has issued
a circular letter to all local unions in
the anthracite district urging miners
to cooperate with the management of
the mines in an effort to increase the
production Of coal That the gravity
of the situation is such as to require
that every mine worker snail exert
himself to this end.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
MAN WRAPPED IN TOBACCO.

Slick smussler Taken in Tow by New
York Customs Officers.
Customs officials at. New York ar.
rested Jacob Won Sternbergen Satur.
day night, charged with. smuggling
tobacco, and subsequently made q
search of the Red Star steamship Fin
land lying in the North river. Von5
Sternberg, who is employed on the
vessel found to be wrapped with to-
bacco, which was cleverly concealed
under his clothing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
~I~O6JH\1T SC ~ -
|. SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Schools of Spartanburg County.

Schools OF Spsrtdnpur9 C0u311J'
The annual report Of the state super
intendent of education gives Spartan
burg county credit for more public
school pupils than any county in the
state, including Charleston and Rich
land counties. Spartanburg has twice
as many pupils enrolled in the public
schools as any other county, with but
TWO exceptions. The county also leads
in the number of schools, there being
157 white and seventy-eight negro
schools. The total number of pupils
enrolled is 1887.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
NebiIfree | eft Estate Of $4,000,

Virginia May Morris, of Texas, a
sister of the late Colonel 1nomas p.
Ochiltree. has been granted letters
of administration on her brothers es-
tate, which consists Of about $4,000
of personal property.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
POLICE BOARD ROTTENNESs
Is Subject Of Sensational lnvestiea.
finn in Atlanta Ca.

Is Subject of Sensational lnvestea'
tion in Atlanta, Ca.
The investigation into the records
OF the various members Of the Allan
ia board of police commission and
their methods Of operating the police
department began Friday afternoon in
the council chamber at the city hail.
Captain James w. English, chairman
of the board of police commissioners,
was the first witness, and while he
was on the stand some very interest
ing testimony was given. Captain
English was still tcstifying when the
committee adjourned at 6 o'clock until
Saturday afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
MOB RELEASES LYNCHERS.

Judge Refused to Call Special Term
Of Court to Try Them.
Tuesday night at midnight thirty
masked men released W. P Hopwood
and w. H. Johnson from the Marshall
county jail, at Lewisburg, Tenn. The
prisoners were charged with lynching
a negro named John DAVIS and a nu.
merously signed petition to Judge
Houston to grant a special term of
court to try them had been reused.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
FlLlPlNOS WANT TAFT.
An Enormous Delegation in Manila
Ask Governor to Remain.

Ask Governor 10 Rematn.
A Manila dispatch says: The gen.
eral regret Of the Filipino people at
the possible departure of Governor
Taft resulted Sunday lin a popular de-
monstration for the purpose Of urging
the governor to remain in the islands.
The streets of Manila have been pla-
carded with signs, saying: 1--WE want
Governor Taft" in English, Tagalog
and Spanish. A crowd of 5000 men
marched to Malacanan palace, the gov
ernor's residence On reaching the
palace speeches were made by repre-
sentative OF the federal, liberal and
nationalist parties, in which the COVER
nor was urged to remain.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
INpIANoLA PosToFFlcE CASE.

Cabinet Again Discusses Matter-At,
torney General Will Soon Act.
The Indianola, Miss, postof1ce case
was again the subject of some consid-
Grafton at the cabinet meeting Friday,
but Postmaster General Payne had
little in the way of developments TO-
communicate. Attorney Generat
Knox, to whom the case was referred,
said that he had not had time yet to
take it up, but he expected to begin
consideration Of the papers almost Inn,
medtately. ----.------r. ,:-..---3
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
WOMAN GETS TWO YEARS.

Mamie DeCrist Pleaded Guilty to
Theft of Jewelry in Savannah Court.
At Savannah, Ca, Friday Mamie
DeCrist, the queen of diamonds, was
indicted by the grand jury and later
pleaded guilty before Judge Barrow, Of
the superior court, and was sentenced
to serve two years in the peniten-
tiary.
It was upon the indictment charg-
ing her with the theft Of jewelry
from Theus Bros. that the woman
was sentenced.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
GOVERNOR NAMED FOR SENATOR

Missouri Democrats Select Chief Ex'
ecutive of State to Succeed Vest.
The democrats of the Missouri leg.
islature, in joint caucus Thursday
night, nominated Governor w. j.
Stone for United States senator, to:
succeed Senator Vest. The nomina-
ton was made by acclamation after
William H. Wallace, of Kansas City,
withdrew from the race in support Oh
Stone.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15

Noted Decisions by Kansas Judge.
Judge Hazen, in the district court at
Topeka, Kansas, Monday morning, de-
cided that the Bible could be read in
the public schools of Kansas, and also
that Sunday theatres could be held in
Topeka without molestation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
Twin Sisters Die in Blizzard,

Twin daughters. of Ole Thorsen, a
farmer Z miles west of Sisseton, North
Dakota, were frozen to death in the re-
cent blizzard. They lost their way and
wandered all night, perishing before
dawn. The girls were IA years of age.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
Must Not Receive Deposits.

A bill was introduced in congress
Thursday making it a felony for any
officer or any national bank to receive
INV deposit Of money or other valua
kle property after such officers have
knowledge that such bank is lnsolV-
ent. -.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
YoUTsEY BEFORE GRAND JURY.

Alleged Goebel Conspirator Agrees to
Tell What He Knows.
Henry E. Youtsey, serving life SEN
tence in the pelitentiary on the con-
viction of completely in tho Goebel
murder, was before the grand jury in
the Franklin circuit court at Frankfort,
Wy, Saturday. YoItsey recently made
a statement that ne would testify in
the Goebel cases if called, and tell
what he knew about the alleged con-
spiracy. ...
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
THREE KILLED OUTRIGHT.

Another Bad Wreck occurs on the
Pennsylvania System.
Three men dead and fourteen or
more other persons injured, one fatal
ly. is the result of a collision between
two trains on the Pennsylvania system
on the main street Of Ada, Ohio, at
o'clock Thursday evening.
The accident was one Of the worst
that ever occurred on that division,
and was highly sensational in all its
details, occurring as it did on the
main street Of the town at time
when the thoroughfare was crowded
with people.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
CARNEGIE IN THE LEAD.

PhiIanthropist Heads New Workers in
Return of Personal Property.
The tax assessment books opened to
the public in New York Monday show
that Andrew Carnegie leads the list of
personal property assessments with
s5,00O,OOO The list includes Russell
Sage, 100000; JON Jacob Astor, ST.
100000; J. D. Rockefeller, s2,500000;
J. P. Morgan, 100000: Howard
Gould, $75O,0o0; Cornelius Vanderbilt,
s25O,O0O; Reginald Vanderbilt, $780,
900. = =
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15

brother. She is the grandmother OF
her niece and the aunt of her grand
daughter. She is also the mother OF
her sisters brother in law and the SIS
ter in law of her sons brother.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
uevburn Named. for Senator.

At Boise, Idaho, W. B. Hepburn was
Thursday nominated by the joint re-
publican caucus for the United States
mate
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15

board.
The cause of the explosion in the
Dayton, Tenn, mine is reported by
committee investigating it was that
too many inexperienced hands were
employed.
"A general assault was made on
the trusts in the senate Tuesday, Sen
ators Hoar, Vest and Clay leading the
attack.
The strike arbitration commission
resumed work at Philadelphia Tues:
day. twenty-five witnesses testlneo
that reign of terror prevailed during
the strike.
The directors of the United States
steel trust have announced that the
net earnings of the combine for l9O2
were s132,662,000.
The powers have replied to Cas-
tros note in regard to arbltratlon.
They insist on the acceptance OF their
original COnulllouS.
Mayor Howell took oath OF ottlce
as chief executive of Atlanta Monday
night. Mayor Minis retired, and hrst
work Of new council was to arrange
to Investigate police board.
Atlanta Water Power and Elec-
trio Company is enjoined from con-
structing railroad from Roswell to
Bull Sluice.
Thomas Conrad, assistant bag
gage master at the Macon, Ga, union
passenger station, was killed Monday
by Arthur Shivers, negro helper.
The Peoples bank or Barnesvllle,
Ca, makes an assignment, closing a
long period of litigation.
AT Oneonto, Ala, Miss Alldreuge,
daughter of the sheriff, frees two
prisoners and elopes with one OF
them.