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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-04-07
S. c. V. STATE REUNION.
camp hampton's Invitation Accepted and
the Annual RenniOn Will Be
Held In Columbia
The State.

The State
Columbia will now get to work in
earnest to prepare for the entertain-
ment OF the Confederate veterans of
the State, for Maj Gen. Carwile has
accepted the invitation extended bv
the Chamber Of Commerce, throush
Camp Hampton aud the mayor, to
select this city as the place for the
State reunion. The invitation went
forward a few days ago Secretary e.
j. Watson of the Chamber of Com
merce received the following letter
OF acceptance, dated Edgefield:
MY Gear Sir: Yours 31st in be-
half Columbia Chamber of Commerce
inviting the South Carolina division,
U. 9. ", to meet in Columbia in
May, which in their behalf accept
with pleasure, knowing full we'll how
the good people OF our capital city
will honor tho "battle acarred" mon
who wore the gray. Kindly extend
my personal thanks to your body.
Yours truly,
Thos. w. Carwile.
Maj. Gen. Commanding.
S. @. Div. U. G. V.
This settles all doubt as to where
the reunion will be held this year.
Columbia expects to entertain the
old soldiers as we'll or better than
she did two years ago, at which time
all left singing the praises of tho
people Of the city. There is much
work to be done in making the ar
rangements, and the first stops in
this direction will be taken next Mon.
day evening at the monthly meeting
Of the board of directors of the Cham
ber Of Connmerce, when committees
will be named to take the arrange
ments in hand, and work tn coniunc-
ton with committeca from Camp
Hampton, the city council, tho ladies'
auxiliary of Camp Hampton aud the
Daughters Of the Confoderacy.
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A mine OF FLAME
Burned for Week Undiscovered
in New York HarbOr.

New York, July 29.-Twenty men COM
posing the crew of the tramp steamer
Eastry have had a narrow escape from
death. Rushing from burst of flame,
caused by an explosion of sulphuric
acid gas in the hold of the ship, which
was moored in the Erie basin, the men
made their way up black, smoke filed
hatchways and. half smothered, plunged
into the water.
1t is asserted that the explosion dis
closed the fact that for a week there had
been burning within the harbor a mine
of flame that constituted source of the
utmost danger to much property ashore
and atloat in New York bay
The generation of infammable gas,
which started hundreds of miles out at
sea two weeks ago, and with which the
captain and his crew had fought in vain,
was permitted to go on. it is alleged, be-
cause there was not sufficient pumping
power on the craft tc quench its forma-
ton.
Deep down in the hold, which was
stored with iron pyrites, a mineral
which generates under sufficient heat
copious quantities of sulphuric acid gas,
was a miniature volcano. Early today
there was a sudden roar on board the
ship and a cloud of smoke and dust
poured from the hold.
The crew scrambled to the deck and
plunged overheard They reached the
docks safely and q fire tug was hastily
summoned toWed the vessel into the
stream where she was thoroughly satu-
rated with water. The loss is not known.
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FOUR DROWNED
Out Of a Boating Party of Six
Boys and Girls.

Pittsburg. Pa, July ga sad acci-
dent followed shortly after the formal
opening of dam No. in the Allegheny
at Hers Island in which four young
people were drowned They were:
Joseph Brown, aged 10.
Henry Brown, IA, brother of Joseph
Frederick Butler.
Edna Shipley, 13.
The three boys were riding below the
dam in a skih and seeing three girl
friends on the bank invited them to
join in the ride. When all had been seat
ed the skiff was headed for the dam,
and when within short distance from
the structure the suction from the bear
trap" drew the boat, in spite of the
boys frantic efforts into the water flow
ing over the dam. The accident was
witnessed bya hundreds of people and
rescuers were quickly at work, but be
fore the party could be reached four of
the number were drowned. Edna Edgen
and Annie Mcintyre were rescued in an
unconscious condition. but were revived
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He KILLED HIS WIFE.
Martin Ebelt Makes Written Confess
sion of His Crime.

Mount Vernon. N. Y. July 29.-Martin
Ebelt has been held for the grand jury
for the murder of his wife, Augusta,
whose body was found in a sewer on
Sunday. He confessed freely and with
out the least tremOr or seeming fear.
Ebelt said he had been worried by his
wife's demands for money and had de-
cided to be rid of her. A week before
he had noted the break in the sewer
pipe which he calculated would serve
him to hide the body He then pre-
pared the way for the murder by telling
his wife he had found place for her to
work, and requested her to get ready
and he would take her to the place.
On the way, he said, they quarreled.
and after choking the woman to death
he tied a shoestring around her neck
and lowered the body into the sewer ex-
pecting it to be swept down into the
sound.
This confession was signed by the
prisoner
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MERCURY DOWN.
Touched 69 This Morning and
Wind Was Cool.

The mercury was worthy of the god
for whom it was named this morning
when, assisted by the wind it did a few
unique lightning changes between the
hours of $40 and 9 O'Clock
The wind was in the northwest from
4 o'clock to $40 and the temperature
was in the neighborhood of 50 degrees,
when the wind shot around to the
southeast, then to the south and the
temperature rose to 75 shortly after Z
o'clock. Then the wind veered to the
west and at 7:11 to northwest and the
temperature dropped to SO again. The
wind has been in the northwest since
and the temperature is rising slowly.
A little dash of rain, which began a
few minutes before seven accompany
ing the falling temperature, amounted
to one one-hundredth of an inch.
Showers were reported from Baker Nc
pherson and Manhattan but no rain of
any amount has fallen. The corn and
wheat region bulletin says: Showers
have fallen in the central. central
northern and northeastern counties of
this state. with clear weather in the
western counties. The temperature is
slightly lower this morning, except in
the southwestern counties. Rains or
showers are reported from all districts .
Maximum and minimum tempera-
lures recorded by the Kansas stations
for the "a hours ending at O'Clock
this morning were:
Baker 80, Sc: Concordia, a. 81;
Dodge City. SO, 6S; Dresden, 90. Sc; FIT.
Scott. 90. 20; Hays, SO, 62; Macksville,
"a, Ga Mcpherson, 9S Ga; Manhattan,
90, "a: Usage City. 80, "A; Sedan. "a, 6S;
Topeka, 80, SO; Toronto, "a, &c; Wichita,
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FOR BROOM CORN GROWERS.
Bulletin of Cultivation Issued by the
Department of Agriculture.

Washington, July 29.-An interesting
bulletin relating to the cultivation of
broom corn has been made public by
the department of agriculture. Facts
are presented for the considera ton of
farmers who contemplate beginning
growing broom corr in order that the
attempt may not be financial loss nor
result in placing on the market a poor
quality of brush. The bulletin says:
Climate and soil are the leading fac
tors that determine whether broom corn
can be profitably grown in any partic-
ular locality. The growing season will
be found long enough in almost any
part of the United States, since from
but two 10 three months of good grow
ing weather is all that is needed to pro-
duce a crop. Any soil that will produce
good crop of corn is sufficiently fer
tile for broom corn. In comparison
with many other farm crops of this
country, that of broom corn, is very
small. The high price, $3.50 to IT'S per
ton, that this product has occasionally
commanded, have caused many a farm
er to undertake its cultivation without
first counting the cost of production
and inquiring into the causes govern
ing the price paid for the brush. The
ease with which the crop can be grown
to harvesting condition and the fact
that fair crop is a third of a ton per
acre, made the industry apparently lu-
era tive, even at the ordinary price,
which is about $50 per ton
1.-The profits depend to so great a de-
gree upon the management of the work
and the price of labor, that it is hard
ly possible to give exact estimates of
the cost of production that would be
applicable to any great portion of the
United States Estimates from exper-
fenced grow ers in Illinois and Kansas
place the cost of producing broom corn
ready for market, including rent of
land, at from SIS to 80 per ton. The av-
erage value of dwarf and standard
broom corn is about the same, but
when short and fine, and suitable for
fine small brooms, the dwarf brings the
better price If cut Immediately after
the brush is harvested the fodder of the
dwarf broom corn is equal to that or
Indian corn. but the standard is little
valued as fodder. One Illinois grower
states that there is the same profit in
broom com at SIS per ton as Indian
corn at 80 cents per bushel. The aver
age price per ton from 1877 to 1901, as
given in the statistical report or the
illinois board of agriculture for Decem-
ber, 1901, is $79.S9."
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TOO MUCH COMPANY.
Cause of a Sabetha Woman Be-
ing Sent to the Asylum.


Atchison, Kan, July 29.--Mrs. F. r.
Collins, of Nemaha county, was brought
to the Wells asylum Tuesday, by her
son-in-law, T. c. Hartley. Mr.. Hartley
says Mrs. Collins was driven crazy by
visitors. She is a worthy woman, and
has always had an ambition to be
good" to her children. She has four
unmarried daughters, who have been
away to school. While away at school,
they made a number of acquaintanceS.
and some of these have been visiting al
the Collins home near Sabetha. There
has been round of dances, picnics, hay
rides, house parties. ETC., and Mrs. Col
Inns, her sOn-in-law says, has worke
like slave. In addition to working hard
he says, she has missed her rest, as
something has been going on at the
Collins home until far into the night.
Her daughters are young and strong,
but they do nothing but run about,
while Mrs. Collins. who is getting old,
and is somewhat feeble, has worked like
a servant. The result was, Mrs. Col
Inns mind gave way, and the house
party" scattered yesterday morning
when the nature of her trouble became
known.
Mr Hartley believes that Mrs. Collins
will recover. if given freedom from hard
work, noise and company for few
weeks. Her husband, a hard working
successful man, died about eight years
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DIXIE IRRITATES HIM.
Pennsylvania Governor Wants
Yankee Tunes.

Somerset, Pa, July 29.-'I want to
hear the good old tunes of the Union
army boys in Pennsylvania guards
mems camp" said. Governor Penny
packer this afternoon. and the Tenth
has laid plans to crafty his desires.
In the camps of the First and Third
brigades 1 heard such excellent tunes as
Dixie and Maryland. My Maryland
such as John Browns Body Marching
Through Georgia. and Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp, the Boys are Marching" said
the governor. Now I do not think this
exactly fair. 1 would not have the mi
litia's music confined to this narrow
scope, but these soul stirring anthems
should not be forgotten
The governor is thoroughly in earnest.
He does in fact appear somewhat "un-
reconstructed" and even the excellent
marching qualities of Dixie" did not
appeal to him as a reason for its prefer
ence over the songs of the north lands.
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RAN OUT OF
BLACK HORSES.
Large Number of Cardinals Ex-
hausted the Supply.
Late Arrivals We're Compelled
to Accept Bays.
WIFI, COST &400 000-
WILL COST 100000.
For Ceremonies Pertaining to
Death of the Pope
And the Election of His Success
sOr in Office.

Rome, July 29.-Rome this morning
was the scene of one of those dramatic
contrasts which are now so character
istic of the eternal city. While at the
vatican, in the Sistine chapel, a solemn
requiem mass was being intoned. with
all the solemnity the Catholic church
can impose, for the repose of the soul
of Leo XIII, the spiritual monarch who
claimed Rome as his capital, another
and no less solemn requiem mass was
being celebrated in the magnificent PAN
theon for the repose of the soul of the
late King Humbert. the temporal mon
arch, the capital Of whose kingdom was
Rome.
King Victor Emmanuel and the Dow
ager Queen Margaret came here on pur-
pose to attend the annual mass which
is celebrated on the anniversary of the
assassination of King Humbert, which
took place three years ago.
The king drove to the pantheon. the
well known red liveries of his coachmen
and footmen arousing much interest,
and arrived there in time to meet Queen
Margaret who was dressed in deepest
black. After a tender embrace mother
and son entered the pantheon, heard the
mass and placed wreaths on the tombs
manuel. The entrance and exit of their
majesties was witAessed by large
crowd. IA
At II o'clock the uevmbers of the mu-
nicipality of Rome, with the exception
of their number who a few days ago.
went to the vatican to console with the
camerlengo on Pope Leo's death (as
representatives of the clerical party of
the city government visited the pan
theon in a body and placed wreaths on
the fOr,1bS of the two kings.
The second requiem mass in the Sis
tine chapel was termed the foreign
mass. Cardinal KoDp, bishop of Bres-
lau celebrated. assisted by three for
eign cardinals. Goosens. Gruscha and
Perraud, and one Italian cardinal. Di
Pietro The beautiful chapel over
flowed. as 1t did yesterday, with the
faithful
The vatican. as a rule. provides a
carriage or horses for all the cardinals.
and all the horses are alike, black with
long tails. but the authorities were not
prepared for so many cardinals, and
were obliged to give the last arrivals
bay horses.
From the estimates made the cost
to the holy see of the various cere-
monies from the death of the poDe to
the election of his successor. if it takes
place within a few days, will be $780,,
600
81 CARDINALS PRESENT.
Rome, July 29-With the arrival
here of Cardinal Frisco, archbishop of
Naples the number of cardinals who
will participate in the conclave is COM
plete and totals 81. OF the two remain
ing, Cardinal Celesia, archbishop of
Palermo cannot leave because of his
of Sydney, N. S. W., although he has
left Sydney cannot, it is believed. ar
rive here before August 90 when, il is
supposed. the conclave will be over.
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MRS. KELLEY CITED
To Appear Before the Grand
Jury at Jefferson City.

Jefferson City, Mo. July 2e.-Mrs.
Blanche Kelley. wife of D. ]. Kelley,
representative of the baking powder
trust. who is here to identify the let
ters written to her husband by former
Lieut.. Gov. John A. Lee, today was
cited to appear as a Witness before the
Cole county grand jury, which con-
venes at Jefferson city l4ext MondayV
The defense secured another delay to-
day in the trials aof Senator Frank H.
Farris, F. A. Smith. and b. w. Mat
thews, indicted on charges of bribery.
In the cases of Smith and Farris,
Judge Graves of Butler was appointed
special judge. He arrived today and
on application of the defendants. who
asked for further time. he reset the
Farris case for August "a and the
Smith case for August 26. Then, at the
request of the attorney general, Judge
Hazel set the Matthews case for Au-
gust q.
The application of Senator Sullivan
for a special judge was granted by
Judge Hazel, who appointed Judge H.
c. Timmons. of Lamar, of the Barton
county circuit court, TO try the case to-
morrow.
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WOULD BE LIKE CUBA.
A Movement i'm Hawaii to De-
mand Independence.

Honolulu, July 20. (By Pacific cabIe)-
At today's session of the Home Rule
convention ex-Delegate Wilcox urged
that congress be memorialized to grant
Hawaii independence. He also strongly
favored the establishment of a govern
ment for the islands similar to that of
Cuba. His remarks were received with
much applause 1t is probable that
petition embodying the views expressed
by Wilcox will be prepared for presen-
tation to congress by Delegate Kalania-
mole Such an appeal would doubtless
receive the signatures of many natives.
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PLAYED COL. YORK.
Member of Hungarian Diet Ex-
hibits His Bribe.

Buda Pest, Hungary, July 2e-Deputy
Zolman Papp caused a sensation in the
lower house of the diet today by spreading
out on the table 10000 lxronen in cash,
which, he declared, had been rendered him
as bribe to desert his fellow obstruction
lists and leave Buda Pest. Herr Papp. who
is a member of the Kossuth party, added
that it was former Deputy Dienes who at
tempted to bribe him. Herr Dienes, he as
serted had 120o0 kronen, of which sum he
retained 2.000 commission and handed
0.0O0 kronen to Herr Papp. which the lat
ter accepted in order to be able to prove
his allegations.
Deputy Lovaszy said that the editor of
the Magyar Orszag had been asked how
much money would be required to buy off
that newspapers support of the obstruc-
tionists.
ed to investigate the matter.
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THOUSANDS LATE.
All Street Car Lines i'm Detroit
Tied Up.
Firemen at Power House Went
on Strike.
FOR EIGHT HOUR DAY.
Company Started a Few Cars by
s O'clock.
An Effort Made to Get Out the
Engineers.

Detroit. July 29.-All the street car
lines in the city were tied up for more
than two hours this morning at the
time travel is usually heaviest. by
strike of 35 firemen at the power house
OF the Detroit United railway. The
men struck to enforce a demand for an
eisht-hour day made some time ago.
Outside help was rushed to the power
house, and by o'clock the company
had few cars running on most of the
lines. At o'clock three of the firemen
had returned to work. while the others
were endeavoring to induce the engi-
neers to Join the men in their strike
Thousands of people were late in get
ting to work owing to the tieup.
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SALARY HELD UP.
BristOw Will Not Let Hedges
Draw His Pay.

Washington. July 29.-Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General Bristow has
held up the undrawn salary of Chal<as
Hedges, the recently dismissed superin-
tendent of the city delivery service for
the last week of his service, pending the
settlement of his expense accounts.
Hedges had asked for leave of absence
for 16 days, to be given on the day of
his removal, but Mr.. Bristow has never
contemplated granting the leave. The in
spectors have been investigating a num-
Der of local matters in this city in
which it is alleged Geo. w. Beavers, the
former chief of the division of salaries
and allowances was concerned.
The grand jury which has been con-
sidering postal cases has not yet report
ed, and no specific date for bringing in
indictments has yet been fixed. although
it is fully expected that they will be re-
ported some time this week.
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LONG SEPARATION ENDS.
Mother and Son Are Reunited in
Strange Way After 81 Years

New Brunswick; N. j., July .29-After
Cullough has been united with her SON
John in a manner suggestive of the mod
ern novel. When infant the son was
adopted by Mrs. Ellen Smith of Plainfeld,
n. ]. Mrs. Smith nursed the child tender
ly. but did not conceal from him the fact
that he had been adopted. He spent years
in an unsuccessful endeavor to find his
mother, seeking her in several parts of the
country. Ten months ago he arrived IN
New Brunswick and sought work at the
carpet weaving establishment owned by
Mrs. Mccullough Recently he discovered
that his employer was his own mother and
made known his identity to her. At first
Mrs. Mccullough refused to believe the
relationship. but was finally convinced and
has taken him into her household as her
son. For a long time mother and son lived
within 30 miles eof each other without
knowing il.
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DROPPED FROM BALLOON.
Aeronaut Falls Into the. Sea but Is
Rescued.

New Haven. July 2s.-Prof. Dennis
Pattneau. of Haverhill, Mass, who dur
ing the season has been making bal
loon ascensions at Savin Rock. narrow
ly escaped drowning last night in the
sound
He was supplied with fireworks to
illuminate his course. but last night
these failed to ignite and he was car
ried away in the dark. He cut the
parachute loose and dropped in the har-
Dor waters two miles off shore in deep
water. He managed to reach two
oyster stakes. and to these he chung
desperately while yelling Justify for
help His cries were finally heard by
City Point residents, and rowboats went
out to him. Ie was just about to drop
to death when rescued. He was
brought ashore unconscious and badly
hrIIiSo2.
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TOWN MUST SHOW CAUSE
Why It Should Not Be Restrained
from Closing Saloons.

Olympia, Wash, July 29.-The su-
preme court has issued an order re-
turnable Friday requiring the town
council of Bremerton to show cause
why they should not be restrained from
interfering, with the opening of the sa-
looms of that place. In order to secure
resembling of the navy departments
order that no more government craft
go to the Bremerton yards on account
of immoral surroundings, the Bremen
ton town council revoked the liquor
licenses of the saloons in the town. One
saloon keeper carried the matter into
the courts. claiming the town council
had no authority to revoke a license
prior to its expiration. The lower court
decided in favor of the town, and the
saloon keeper appealed.
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were soon plunging in efforts to save
life and property. The wreck WAS so.
complete. however, that the work was
slow. The patrol wagons and teams of
all descriptions were brought into use
TO supplement the ambulences. 1t was
nearly noon before anything like an ac-
curate estimate of the number killed
could be obtained. Previous reports
had said that the dead would number
IS. but at 11:45 a canvass of the hospi
tails and police stations resulted in
conservative estimate of 25 killed and 55
injured.
Sixteen victims most seriously hurt
were taken to St. Johns hospital where
at noon 1t was said that four would
die and that as many more were des-
perately hurt.
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sion in the office of the auditor Tuesday
afternoon to cOnVince the commission that
there was possibility of their getting
the 81. .70O The conference took place in
the private office of the auditor AS soon
the commission had fled their report
with Gov. Bailey they went to the audit
or s office and the demand for the nav was
argued pro and con for over an hour It
not until this morning that satis-
factory settlement was reached and the df-
vision of the $2S7.6l agreed upon.
Some of the commissioners are said 10
be very mad about the action of the aud
itor in refusing to allow the 81 700 to be
used to pay the commissions bills They
think that he should have conceded the
point and saved them the trouble of fight
ing an appropriation bill through the leg
islature in 1905.
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BUYS GARNETT PAPERS.
Henry Allen Secures Control and
Will Consolidate.

Garnett. Kas., July 29.-Henry }.
Allen, of Ottawa. has completed
arrangements for the purchase and
consolidation of the two Republican
papers here, the Eagle and Republican
Plaindealer. William R. Smith, former
editor of the LecomDton Sun and Man
haitian Mercury, and more recently one
of the publishers. of the Lawrence JEFF
fersonian. is associated with Mr.. Allen
and will have charge of the consoli-
dated paper. Mr.. Smith takes possess
sion of the Republican-Plaind
this week. and the consolidation with
the Eagle will take effect in two or
three weeks