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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
cRUM VOTE POSTPONED.

Committee on Commerce Failed te
Take Action on Negro's Nomination.
A Washington dispatch says: Only
eight members of the senate com
merce committee were present at the
meeting called Thursday morning to
consider the Crum case.
Had q roll call been ordered OF those
present the nomination would have
been voted upon adversely, for mi
nority of those present were favorable
to Crum's confirmation. Messrs. Clay
Berry, Martin and Mallory, democrats
and Perkins, republican. were on hand
to vote against the negro aspirant FOL
the collectorship at Charleston, while
Frye, Hanna and Depew were the only
members present to favor confrma
ton.
The absentees were Elkins, Calm
ger. Nelson and Penrose. There was
general disposition to let the matter
rest despite the presidents expressed
desire that the snate act.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
COTTON BEARS ARE TRAPPED.
Wild Scenes on Floor of New York
Exchanee-Hundreds Of Shorts
Lose All in Upward Rush.

Wild panic reigned among the bears
of the cotton market at New York Sat
urday for half an hour and scenes were
enacted in the pit that had never been
seen there before even by the Oldest
trader. Hundreds of spectators who
had walked into the trap laid by bull
leader, Daniel J. Sui:y, Friday after
noon were ruined. Theodore II. Price
and his followers went down in con-
fusion. During this panic the price
of active options fluctuated from a dol
lar to a dollar and forty-five cents q
bale. After the bears had covered
their contracts at loss, pr4ccs eased
off from twenty-five to seventy cents
a bale in two minutes.
Plans for this killing" were laid Fri
day afternoon when Mr.. Sully got i'm.
patient at the slurs cast at him by
several spectators who had tried to
follow his lead He was asked at noon
Friday whether cotton would go high
er, and refused to answer. At once 1t
was reported that he had turned bear.
and there was raid on the market.
Prices closed at the bottom, II points:
or $220 a bale below the highest for
the week. Every trader in the pit and
one big cotton house went short on
futures. The short interes. was sc
great that crash or bear panic was
inevitable; it all depending on Mr..
Sully's strength which it should be.
It is rumored that Nr. Suily cabled
to his friends in Egypt telling Of the
huge short interest. The Egyptians
were therefore up early in the day
booming cotton on the Liverpool mar.
ket. BY the time the New York mar
ket opened the Liverpool cables were
from to points above the local clos
ing Of Friday. Added to this rains IN
the south were reported to have dc.
laycd planting the new crop. and the
worlds visible supply was reported to
be 650,000 bales smaller than last year.
The pit was surrounded by a throns
of brokers long before the opening.
each struggling to get to the center
ready for quick action the moment the
gong sounded. The opening CT ths
battle was like the loosening of pack
of hungry hounds in sight of their
prey, and men grew pale shrieking for
cotton.
There was absolutely none lor sale.
The bull brokers stood calmly looking
on at the frantic bears, walting until
their leader gave the signal to SEA. Mr..
Sully stood aside like the master Of
ceremonies at an Indian torture. Sud
denly he nodded to broker, and the
long cotton bought at the bottom Fri
day was sold back to the sellers o. Sat-
urday at staggering prices.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
NOTHING FOR THE WIFE.
Murdered Millionaire burdick Cut Bet.

Murdered Millionaire Burdick Cut Bet.
ter Half from His Will.
The will Of the late Edwin I. Bur-
dick, murdered in his home at Buffalo,
N. Y, February 27, was made public
Friday.
Burdick cuts off his wife, who he
was suing for divorce, without cent
He leaves $500 to relatives and the
rest of his property to his three chill
dren, share and share alike. The will
was made December s, 1902. Mr.. Bur-
dick names as executors of his estate
Augustus B. Kellogg. George H. Dun
ston and George C. Miller. He names
Charles Parke and Risey Tucker, his
business associates, as guardians OF
his three children.
Frederick B. Hartzell, attorney for
Mrs. Burdick, was asked It there
would be any objections to the will so
far as he and his client are concerned.
81 can't tell yet" he said. There may
be-"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
BLOODY WORK OF BANDITS.
Stage Coach Held Up and All of Its
Six Occupants Killed and
Then Robbed.

A dispatch from Tucson, Arizona,
says: Mexican bandits held up the
stage coach which runs between Pot
am and TORN, on the Yaqui river, In
So>ora killing all Of the six passen-
gers. Among them was Filiberto AL
varado, a wealthy Mexican. who owns
a number of ranches along the Yaqui
river.
Alyarado and his wife had taken the
stage from Potam to TORN, and the
men no doubt thought they carried a
large sum of money with them. The
stage carried very little mail and
scarcely any money or valuables.
The hold-up took place about half
way between the twestowns. Just how
the stage was attacked will never be
known, as all the passengers and dr1V-
or were killed. They were picked up
the same afternoon of the tragedy and
the circumstances give evidence that
they put up fight, else they would not
have been killed. Their bodies were
rifled of everything Of value ON them.
The traces had been cut and the
horses had been allowed to run wild.
The cover and body of the Stage were
shot full of holes.
1t is thought by the Guayamas all
thor!tics that the perpetrators were
some of the bandits who have taken
refuge in the mountains back Of va
qui river and were watching for Alva-
RADIO. Friends of the murdered ranch
cr say that he lad little money with
him at the time. Alvarado had been
married only two months. With him
were senorita Julia Berido and Sen
orita De Gonzales, both Of prominent
families in that country and both OF
whom were murdered.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
1uRPENTlNE WORKERS FIGHT.

Fatal Pitched Battle Between Rivals
In Two Florida Campo.
Assessor Bullard, Of McMeekin, Fla''
reports a desperate encounted between
the hands Of rival turpentine camps
Lear Orange Springs.
A contention arose about matter
Of little Importance between some OF
the negro laborers Of Meg's camp and
those of Laws camp. This aroused
the fury Of the entire crowd and pre-
cipitated q fight, which ended IN q
general battle.
The report Is that eight men were
killed and q large number OF others
wounded.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19

to carrying concealed weapons. A fine
of $40 was imposed, which was promt-
ly paid, and tho young woman was I'M
mediately set at liberty.
Notwithstanding the latencss OF the
hour the court room was filled with
spectators and the verdict was greet
ed with applause. The trial was the
most sensational held in Marion coun-
ty for years.
At the time of the killing it was
stated by the accused that she had
been secretly married to Sarvis sever
al months before and that she had
gone to see him at the depot to insist
upon the announcement of their mar
riage; that he refused to do so, be-
came angry, shot her in the head with
a pistol and then shot himself, dying
instantly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
BRITAIN BLUFFS CASTRO.

Venezuelan President Forced to Call
Off His Little Blockade.
A cablegram was received at the
state department Friday from United
States Charge D Affaires Russell, at
Caracas, announcing that the blockade
of the Orinoco river declared by Pres
ident Castro, had been raised.
The Venezuelan government was
given to understand that if the block
ade was persisted in Great Britain
would recognize the belligerency OF
the rebels in Venezuela, and, more
over, applying to the laws Of neutral
ity with strictness, would close all
British ports to Venezuelan war ships.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
Verdict for $4,000 Given.

The largest verdict ever rendered IN
Spartanburg county for damages from
a corporation was that awarded in the
court of common pleas recently in the
case of Mrs. NJ. A. Koone, administra,
trix of N. A. Koone, deceased, VS.. the
Southern railway. The jury returned
a verdict of $4,000 for the plaintiff
The case grew out of the death OF
M. A. Koone, in 1900, while in the en-
ploy of the Southern. One of the ma
chimes used in building a new bridge
over Little Thickety creek got out of
order and a negro was looking after
the broken part, when it seems, he be-
came frightened and let go, allowing
a heavy weight to fall upon Mr.. koone,
resulting in his death.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
Woman Agent in the Tolls.

Woman Agent in the Tolls.
At Greenwood, last Saturday, Milly
Ann Bush, a negro immigration agent,
was arrested.
For some time crowds of negro wo-
men have been leaving that section
for New York, and as result there
has been a great scarcity of cooks and
house servants.
The Bush woman was arrested and
bound over to the circuit court on a
bond of $500. She is native of that
county and has been soliciting negro
women to go to New York.
This sort of thing has been very
common throughout the south of late.
1t is claimed that the negro women
taken to New York are wanted for SER
wants, but in nearly every instance
special effort is made to secure the
young and comely women, and when
they reach> the metropolis they are
usually induced to go into an employ
ment that is not honorable, to say the
least.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
MET DEATH FIRST TRIP.

New Conductor on Atlantic and Btr'
mlngham Road Falls Between Cars.
Edwin Young, conductor on the At
lantic and Birmingham railroad, was
instantly killed near Cordele, Ca,
early Friday morning by falling. be
tween two cars Of freight train
Young was only 10 years old, and
had just been promoted to conductor
He was making his first trip when the
accident occurred.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
GohVllCTs IN GREAT DEMAND.
All Available Help Hurried to Work
on Mississippi Levees.

Governor Longino, of Mississippi
received scores Of kilograms from
the levee district thursday morning
all of an apprehensive nature. The
levee board at Clarksdale believes that
the levees in Isaquena county are in
great danger and has asked for more
convicts at once, free labor being
scarce Warden Henry was ordered to
rush all convicts possible from the
state farms on special trains. They
will be distributed at weak points
along the line.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
TOWN MENAcED BY FLOOD.

Old and FraiI Levee Stands Between
caruthersviIIe and Calamity.
The town of Charlottesville, MO-,
containing 1900 inhabitants, Is threat
ened with destruction by the food. An
old levee, which is caving, alone stands
between the city and the swollen
Mississippi.
Government engineers regard 1t as
the most critical food point along the
river. Four hundred men under En-.
sineer Fitzpatrick are working despsrs
atsly q building 6 new leYes,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
CcIumbia's New Cotton Mill.

J. G. Carey, of Spartanburg, presi-
dent of the Lockhart cotton mills, re
turned recently from Boston, where he
had been in the interest of his mill.
The capital stock of the plant has
been increased to $1,300,000 and an ad-
ditional $4,000 spindles will at once
be erected. While in the north Mr..
Carey completed all arrangements for
the machinery to equip the new mill.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
THE CITY OF MACON LAUNCHED.

New Vessel Of Ocean Steamship Com
pany Slides from Her Ways.
The steamer City of Macon, which
is being built at Roach's ship yard, at
Chester, Pa, for the Ocean Steamship
Company, was launched at l O'Clock
Saturday.
Miss Rheta Etheridge, Of Macon,
Ca. christened the vessel. Many rep
resentatives of the Ocean Steamship
Company were present
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
JUSTICE DAY is ILL.

NewIv Appointed Member Of Supreme
Court Has Attack Of Grip.
The Associated Press Is informed by
q member Of the family Of Justice
Day, Of the United States supreme
court, that he is suffering from a Sc
we're attack Of grip. His condition. 1t
IS admitted, is serious. Mrs. Day and
two sons arrived in Washington We'd
nesday to attend him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
Girl Acquitted by Jury.

In Columbia, at 2:30 o'clock Sunday
morning. after being out an hour and
half the jury in the case of Miss Jose
phine Burns, young white woman.
who was charged with the murder of
Dustin II. Sarvis. telegraph operator
at Nicholas, Marion county. November
last, returned verdict of not guilty as
to the charge OF murder. and guilty as
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
LEE STATUE ASSURED.

Virginia Governor Allows Bill to Be
come Law Without His Signature.
The bill passed in the Virginia leg
islature providing for statue of Gen.
eral R. E. Lee in statuary hall of the
capitol at washington became a law
Monday night without the governors
signature.
His objection to approving the meas
ure, it is understood, is that the legis.
lation ia unnecessary, unwise and in.
eyped.ent," .-....---.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
INQUEST INTO BURDIcK CASE.

Murder of Buffalo Millionaire Being
Probed by Authorities.
The inquest into the murder OF Eo'
win l.. Burdick was begun in the po-
lice court at Buffalo, N. Y, Saturday
before Judge Murphy. The court room
is small and only a limited number OF
persons were admitted.
Among the first witnesses to appear
were Mrs. Seth T. Paine, Miss Bar
rett, the stenographer who be ards
with Mrs. Paine and A. Carlson, anoth'
or heardsg at the Paine residence.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
COAL OPERATORS INNOCENT.

Jury at Chicago Brought in Directed
Verdict of "Not Guilty"
At Chicago Friday Judge Chetlain
instructed the jury in the trial of the
Indiana coal operators to bring in a
verdict of mot guilty" The jury was
then discharged. The court held that
# there was any violation Of law on
the part of the operators it was a vio-
la:icn OF tie interstate law and not OF
the statutes OF Illinois. Such being
the case the offense is one for trial BY
4 Federal Jury. ...--..... . 49,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
TROLLEY LINE ASSURED

Will Connect South Carolina Capital
With Aiken and Augusta.
The building Of the much-talked-of
electric railway line from Columbia
to Aiken, S. c., now seems assured
The proposed line will connect at Al
ken with the Augusta-Aiken line, link
ing Columbia and Augusta. The initial
step toward the building of this line
was taken Tuesday when the appHca-
ton for a charter was made to the
secretary of state, and a commission
was secured.
The line will pass through the coun-
ties of Richland, Lexington and Aiken,
and will be so miles in length.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
INJUNCTION PUT ON STRIKERS.

Court Takes Hand in Trolley Troubles
in Waterbury, Connecticut.
An important move in relation to
the trolley strike, which has been in
progress at Waterbury, Conn, since
January II, was taken Saturday when
papers were issued in the temporary
Injunction granted by Judge Elmer. Of
the superior court, restraining the troll
lev mems union and most. if not all, OF
the unions in the city from acts cal
culated to interfered with the compa-
ny's business, or its employees.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19

Ten Miners Indicted by Grand Jury.
Indictments were returned at Charles.
ton, w. Va, by the federal grand jury
against ten miners for resisting off,
GERS of the government while trying to
serve process at Atkinsville, prior to
the battle at Stanford Clty.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
Constable Badlv Gored by Bull.

Constable Badly Gored by 6uEI'
Charles L. Cureton, chief constable
Of the dispensary force, was recently
attacked by young Jersey bull at
Pickens and had his knee badly injur'
ed. Before MI Cureton could make
his escape the beast gored him on the
knee, dislocating the kneecap.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
.~1~9
. SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE NEWS ITEAS.
Wanted to Lynch Town Marshal.
'~1~o~9e1S~sSeS

The town marshal at Monks Corner
arrested a white man few days ago,
and the mans friends threatened to
lynch the marshal. A company OF
militia was ordered out by the COVER
nor and the matter was adjusted and
quiet restored.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
REREccA LOSES COURT CASE.

Mancamus to Compel Her Reinstate'
ment in War Department Dismissed.
At Washington Monday, the district
sunreme court dismissed the petition
OF Miss Rebecca J. Taylor, tor a man.
danus to compel the secretary OF
war to restore her to clerical posi-
ton in the war department. she gave
notice of appeal to the court OF aD-
meals. She was dismissed for publish
Cd criticisms OF the administration S
Philippine policy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
NEW WAY TO SUICIDE.
Man Loaded Gun With rhree>cornered

Man Loaded Gun With Three|cornered
File, Which Went Through Heart.
At Iowa City, Monday, Jacob Brum,
a workingman, ended his life In sem
sational manner. He loaded a gun
with a three-c ornered file and the
trigger being broken, he placed the
butt of the gun in the stove and the
muzzle against his breast and waited
for the heat to fire the weapon. The
file went through his heart.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19

Sons of Vets to Meet in Chattanooga.
Chattanooga has been chosen as the
nlace for the annual meeting Of the
Alabama and Tennessee organizations
of Sons Of Union Veterans
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
WILL STAY UNTIL APRIL.
Battle ships Will Remain In Pensa
cola Two Months Lonqer.

Admiral Higginson, commander in
chief of the north Atlantic squadron.
las announced that the battle ships
composing the squadron will now re-
main in Pensacola, Fla, harbcr tor
nearly two months longer, leaving
there during the arst portion es Nay.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19


Acting on the bill of complaint filed
by Mrs. Ann Riley and John F. Riley.
circuit Judge Watts has issued an in
junction restraining the Charleston
Union Station Company from begin
ming condemnation proceedings to ac-
quire the Riley property for a union
depot site.
Notice of condemnation was recent
ly fled by the company. The right to
take possession of their land is denied
by the Rileys, who alleged that the
act under which the company was in
corporated. so far as it gives power of
condemnation is unconstitutional. 1t
is furthermore claimed that the roads
are not forced to take the property of
the complainants, and they would be
injured financially BY such transac-
ton.
The Union Station Company was Or
ganized some weeks ago with the elec-
ton of President R. G. Erwin, of the
Atlantic Coast Line as chairman; j.
S. B. Thompson, of Atlanta, is one OF
the directors, representing the South
ern railway.
President Erwin, on his last trip to
Charleston, declared that the railroads
were anxious to build union passen-
ger station. but said it was necessary
to get possession of the Riley property
before the work could be started.
Judge Watts temporarily restrained
the company from beginning work.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
PRESIDENTS WESTERN TOUR.

itinerary is Practically Completed and
in Hands cf the Railroads.
Several senators and members OF
the house of representatives from
western states had conferences with
President Roosevelt Monday concern
ing his approaching tour of the west
and northwest. The Itinerary OF the
trip practically mas bccn completed
and now is in the hands of the rail-
roads fer exact determination OF the
running time of the presidents train.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-19
PrioIeau Stands Under Indictment.

FTiOtSdu SIduuS Si0CT iluiSk'tCitt.
Further testimony has been taken
in Charleston in the election contest
filed by A. P. Prioleau, colored, against
George S. Legare, who was elected to
congress from the first district in No
>vember. Prioieau got less than one
hundred votes, although this was sufi-
cient ground for him on which to pro-
test A number of negroes nave been
examined, all of whom claimed that
they were denied the right to vote
Counsel for Congressman Legare got
an affidavit, however, which will un-
doubtedly throw Prioleau down. The
negro candidate is under Indictment in
the United States court for taking a
letter from the mails. He was mail
clerk, and evidence was adduced to
show that he had connscated this let.
ter, addressed to the magistrate at q
small town near Charleston. When the
case was given out the grand jury re
turned true bill, but counsel for Prio
leau succeeded in having the trial post
poned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-25
Roosevelt and LaFolIette.

by Ex-Governor Hoard.
LaFollette has simply stood up
like plucky, honest man and de-
manded that the Republican party
shall be made to serve the common
people. All the big corporations and
their hired politicians are down on
him. So they are on Roosevelt.
What a combination it would max e
to sweep the country with in 1904.
Roosevelt and LaFollette. The peo-
pie versus the Trusts. The law, as
against al law breakers, great and
small. What a swinging back to old
time American doctrine that would
be. How the patriotic lovers Of re.
publican institutions would catch
their breaths in enthusiasm. With
what cheer would they welcome the
dawning of a better day in American
politics. Who knows but it may
come to pass. OF one thing we are
glad; the Trusts are not going to put
up their money on either Roosevelt
or LaFollette. The money is not
needed. The common people will
attend to their own interests and it
Is time they did,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-25

separate assessment made, except in
Hypothetical case where the mort
gage does not contain a tax clause, or
in the case Of mortgages which may
be drawn in the future which do not
contain such clause.
1 am sustained in this position by
some of the best legal talent with
which am acquainted, and am con-
fident that my position will be sus
tanned by the forthcoming Instruc-
tions to Assessors, from the Tax
Commission. The bar of this state
50 far as the members of it have ex-
pressed themselves, are practically
unanimous In the opinion that the
constitution of this state protects the
tax clause in existing mortgages
from any interference. by the cper-
alton OF law, to tax the mortgaged
interest separately. In short, the
land owner will have to pay the
taxes on the land, as he has ALWAYS
done, and has always agreed to do,
and that the mortgages will prac-
tically he exempt from taxation.
r. l.. JOINER,
Supervisor of Assessments.