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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
Over Uncle Sans Property
on Isthmus of Panama.
TRANSFER is PERFECTED.
Stars and Stripes Wave Over Canal
Zone and All Property Therein
Contained-Commission
Meets in Washington.

Advices from Panama state that the
United States canal commission We'd
nesday took formal possession of the
canal route and Of the property OF the
Panama Canal Com pany.
William w. Russell, the retiring
minister to Panama (recently appoint.
ed United States minister to Colon
bia); Secretary Lee, Of the United
States legation, and DR.. Pierce, su.
perintendent of the sanitation work,
were among those present.
From date the canal works will be
under the direction. Of Major Bark
Brooke, of the engineer corps of the
United States army, who represented
the canal commission at the ceremony
of the transfer. -
Immediately after the transfer the
United States flag was hoisted over
the legation and over the canal Of.
fees in the cathedral plaza.
Knox Reports on Transfer.
, A washington special says: The
president has received a lengthy re-
port from Attorney General Knox on
the Panama canal transfer. This re-
port gives the details Of the arrange
ments made with Morgan & Co., to f.
nance the deal in Paris and make the
payments for the canal properties.
In connection, With these payments,
it is said at the treasury department,
that Morgan & CO. will be designated
as disbursing agents of the govern
ment and following the inyariable rule
in such cases, they will be required to
deposit S4o,000,OOO bonds as security
to the government.
The payment will be made as soon
as the bonds have been received.wlich
probably will be in a day or two.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
wARsHIP TO NIUChWANG.

American Vessel May Be Sent to Man
churia Fort for Protection.
The attention of the state depart
ment has been drawn to the POSSIBLE
ity Of rioting and looting at Nluch"ans
in the indefinite interval of Em7 be-
tween the expected Russian withdraw
al and the japanese occupation OF the
mort. Secretary Hay Monday had a
consultation with the president re-
snecting the advisability of again SEND
ing a warship to NuchWang TO sa1e'
Guard American interests and as far
az possible to prevent olciages on
other foreigners.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
REUNION APPOINTMENTS

Sponsor and Maids Of Honor and orr
tor Named for Nashville Meeting.
General William E. Mickle. adjutant
general Of the Confederate Veterans
announces by command OF General Ste:
phen D. Lee, the following appoint
ments for the Nashville reunion:
Miss Corinne Tebault, Of New Or.
leans, sponsor for the south.
Miss Mary K. Ewell, OF Norfoik
Va, and Miss Elizabeth Thomas, of
Nashville, Tenn, maids Of honor. Z
Rev. Randolph H. McKim D. D.. O.
washington, D. c., orator.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
To isolate Port Arthur.

A Toxic dispatch says: 1t IS Official
Iy announced that Japanese forces
have begun landing On the Lao Tuns
peninsula. The place where the land
ing is occurring and the number OF
men being l-nded is withheld.
A special of Thursday from Port
Arthur says: The japanese squadron
is behind the Lian-Shan promontory
south of Port Arthur.
Transports with Japanese troops
have arrived at Pltsewo, northeast OF
Port Arthur with the object Of making
a landing. i g..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
Uneonfrmed Report of An
other Bloody Conflict.
1900 ARE SLAUGHTERED
Report ct Sea Fight Also Current, But
No Confirmation Can Be Had.
Other Items Of
Mar News.

A dispatch to The Central News
Uondon) from St. Petersburg says
= trumoF is current there that a Sec
ond battle has been fought at Kiulien-
Cheng. in which the Russian loss was
1000. the Japanese loss 10000 men
and resulted in the Japanese being
driven back in disorder.
The dispatch adds that no confrma'
tion of this report is obtainable.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
RUSSIAN STOCKS TUMBLE.

Reverses on the. Yalu Put Check on
q Buoyaney Of: Trading. :
The disaster to Russian arms on the
Yalu put check to the recent buoy
ancy on the London stock exchange
but as the Paris market, although de-
messed, did not give any evidence OF
a scare, the fall in prices on the ex-
change during the past week was
rNt great.
Japanese securities rose to ABOUT
tho came extent that Russians fell.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
HON. W. T. REWLL DEAD.
We'll Known Georgia Editor, Legislator
and Teacher Passes Hence After
Brief illness.

Hon. William T. Revill, Of Green
vile, Ca, representativeelec to the
next state legislature from Meriweth.
er county, and keeper of public build.
ings and grounds, at the capitol lied
Monday afternoon at his home II
Greenville after an illness of four days
of pneumonia.
Mr.. Reyill was one sof the best
known men in Georgia, and had he
lived, would very probably have been
an active candidate for speaker of the
| lower house.
For thirty-two consecutive years he
had been the owner, publisher and cdi.
tor Of The Meriwether Vindicator. one
of the influential journals Of the state
and one that is everywhere regarded
as a model Of weekly newspapers.
In ability Mr.. Revill was recognized
as among the foremost men Of his
time. He was graduated from Emory
College, at Oxford. in the same class
with Bishop Haygood, DR.. ]. s. Hop
kins and other distinguished men, TAX
ing first honor in his class.
After graduation he taught school
for considerable period a. points
in Alabama and Georgia, and number
ed among his pupils many of the men
who afterwards took high rank in the
councils of the state and nation. The
late Governor W. Y. Atkinson, Cover
nor j. NJ. Terrell and Warner Hill
are among those who were his pupils.
Mr.. Revill had long been Identified
with public matters, having served in
tho general assembly and having al
ways taken an active part in ques-
tions before the people His memory
was a wonderful one, and he could
recall at a moments notice events
in the careers of almost any public
man. He was. prominent church
member, belonging to the Methodist
denomination and was also Mason.
News Of the death Of Colonel Will
liam Revill was received at the capt.
tol and among his many friends IN
Atlanta with expressions of the most
profound regret.
At the capitol particularly did the
announcement cause sorrow. Governor
Terrell, lifetime friend of the depart
cd and in boyhood a pupil Of his IN
school, was perhaps the most aggrlev'
ed of all, but the sorrow was general
throughout the building, for Colcnel
Revfll had endeared himself to every
official of the state.
Before the governors Office was
closed for the day the following exec
utive proclamation was Issued:
Estate of Georgia, Executive Depart
ment, Atlanta, Ca, May 9, 1904.
whereas, information has. just been
received of the death Of Hon. William
T. Reyill, keeper of public buildings
and grounds, at his home in Green
Vile; and,
Whereas, in all.the relations OF life
as educator, legislator and state OF
fetal he discharged the duties thereon
in a faithful and efficient manner;
and, .... ~. ......
whereas, in his death, the people
of Georgia have lost distinguished
citizen and this department valued
Official. therefore, in view OF this long
career of usefulness as citizen ana
public servant, it IS
Ordered, That the state flag be dis
played at half-mast for period OF
ten days, and that the Offices of this
department be closed during the nourS
set apart for the funeral services.
. .1,. M TERRELL. Governor.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
Canal Commission Meets.

There was an informal executive
conference CT the members of the
isthmus canal commission at Wash
ington wednesday at which number
of matters of interest were discussed.
1t had been intended to elect a sec.
retary, but this action was not taken
at the forenoon session. It was stated
that no matters Of interest to- the
public were in shape to be given out.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
MAKE RAID INTO KOREA.

p,s.;ans and Manchurian Bandits Oe'
cupy Town in Hermit Kingdom
Associated Press advices from Seoul
s+ata that the japanese consul general
a. Censan telegraphs that iorce e'
prssians number unknown, accomna'
MED by Manchurian mounted oanol's'
erossed the Yalu above Wiju, advane
e5 southeast and occupied Cnang-Jln
.1oo miles west OF song,Jin, May o.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
DEATH CLAIMS PARKS.

N.., Work Labor Leader Victim OF
Consumption in Sing Sing Prison.
Sam Parks, the New York labor
leader who was sent to Sing Sing
prison some months after his convic'
tion on charges of extortion 'd'ed IN
the prison wednesday.
He had consumption at the time OIL
his conviction, and had failed rapidly
since he was sent to Sing Sing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
Railroad Guards Doubled.

Advices from Harbin, Manchnria,
state that the forces guarding the ST.
berian railway have been doubled at
each station and bridge and conpa-
nies of mounted frontier guards make
daily excursions on either side OF the
railway for distance u Is miles.
The object of these excursions IS 10
clear the neighborhocd Of Manchurlan
trigands, collisions with whom had De-
come increasingly frequent.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
suLLY ORDERED TO COURT.

peposed Cotton King to Tell About
Affairs Of His Company.
At New York wednesday Judge
Holt. of the United States district
court, on a petition presented oy Re
ceiyers Henry W. Taft and David H.
Miller, made an order directing Dan
iel J. Sully to appear in court and
be examined concerning the acts, con-
duct and property Of the alleged oanR: h
runt firm of Daniel J. Sully & co.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
caBnoaadina OF Gensan.

A dispatch to The Central News
Gondon)s dated sat. Seoul Tuesday,
says "a f&# %% Z
Heavy cannonading was heard OF
gGensan ton the east coast OF Korea)
sNcnday and this morning. :
TT is supposed that Rear Admiral
Uriu,s feet has succeeded in engaging
the Russian Vladivostock squadron"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
NEW MALADY KILLS BABES.

Seven Little Ones Succumb to Dis
ease that Battles Doctors.
Seven children have died in New
York city within the last few days
and many others are suffering from
new disease. The doctors have been
wholly unable to diagnose the disease,
but they believe it to be due to germs
arising from the walls Of old tene-
ments, the lower floors of which are
being rebuilt into stores. ',--.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
DEAD MAN GIVEN JOB.

Selected as a Reading clerk Of Re
publican National Convention.
A dispatch from Detroit, Mich, says:
James H. Stone, who was today Sc
lected for one of the assistant read
ing clerks of the republican national
convention, has been dead for aum
ber Of months. He was a prominent
citizen of Detroit.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
JOHNSON GRASS BARRED.

United States Supreme Court Susealns
Law Of Lone Star State.
The United States supreme court, in
an opinion by Justice Holmes, in the
case Of the Missouri, Kansas and Tex
as Railway Company VS.. Clay May,
sustained the validity of the Texas
statute prescribing a penalty against
railroads in that state which permit
Johnson grass to go to seed on their
lines. The law was attacked as un.
constitutional, but the court upheld
it as a measure for the protection OF
the people of the state against an in
furious plant.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
IS sPREslpENT's SUGGESTION.

posta, Clerks With Families to Sup
port Will Get Preference.
thereafter preference will be shown
to clerks who are married, especially
those with large families" The above
notice was posted in the DesMolnes
postoffice Saturday. Postmaster McCay
stated the order came from the post
office department at washington, and
is in line with suggestion from Pres
idant Roosevelt and his large family
idea.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
Russian Stronghold is at Last
Surrounded by Japs.
ALL COMM MUNICATION CUT
Hosts Of Mikado's Forces Are pebssIr
ed on Both Sides Of Lao Tuao
Peninsula Without Encounters.
ing Opposition.

A special from st Petersburg sayHs
japanese troops swarming across tue
narrow neck Of the Lao Tung PENN:
sula. the railroad and telegraph cor:
munications cut and the Russian or
braltar isolated and left to its oV5x
resources. All this the Russians seen
to accept with great stoicism.
These events have been anticipzteH
since the outbreak Of the war ami tn
authorities, in sense, appear to- t9
relieved now that the blow has falleis
They assert that the fortress is III
pregnable and amply provisioned f6
stand a siege for a year, and that
can hold out until the time comes 81
relieve it.
According to official information f6l
landing of troops from sixty tram
ports began simultaneously at Ptts
wo and Cape Terminal on the mofH
ing Of May 5. II is also reported TT
troops are being landed at Kin-ChoS
but this is not credited, as the Ruz
slams are known TO have fortidcatic5
there and it is not believed thai t
Japanese had the daring to land iz
mediately under an intrenched pod{
ton from which the Russians cont
inflict severe injury.
1t was because he was convineQ
that Port Arthur was about to be Gf
off that Viceroy Alexie7, accompanIe
by his staff and Grand Duke Boris, Iel
hastily. On Thursday several sr1l
loads of sick and wounded and 9TH
fnsffectfves were dispatched nort
ward. ~ ass
Harbor is BIockaded. -
It is reported in st. Petersburg thu
the Japanese ships bombarded Pot
Arthur early On the morning Of M
6 and succeeded at last in .ciosi4E
the entrance, but no official conhru
alton Of the latter statement can III
obtained. S.
The exact hour at which commu4
cation with the Russian stronghQ
ceased has not been established.
The strength of the garrison
Port Arthur is not given by ths e
thorities, who will only say that It'll
adequate for defensive purposes.
is not believed that the force thA8
exceeds ten thousand soldiers.
. A larger force is not considered naE
essary, as was shown from the recaM
withdrawal of some of the troops VIII
were simply drain on the resource
of the garrison. The fleet must not
take a secondary position, and the
ors will be used to man the shore gun
If necessary.
Despite the greater number OF IT,
anese, the general staff believes th
their formidable Notifications stl
leave the defensive superiority Wit
the Russians, whose staying quaiitie
will insure their holding OUT as slon
as necessary: ss Ssss
Vice Admiral Skryloff, who Is el
route to Port Arthur to take commAn
CT the naval forces in the Far Easf
will be unable to reach his destinNs!
ton.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12

Dead Man in City Reservoir. s
A watchman at st. Louis DISCOVERIES
the body of an unidentified pan lA
the settling basin of the city wateES
works. It had eviCently been in the;
water for some time. $.z
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
Naval Engagement Reported.

Naval Engagement Reported.
There were persistent rumors in
St. Petersburg Thursday Of naval
engagement between the Vladivostock
and Vice Admiral Kamimura's squad
Eonss but no confirm alton Of the report
had been received up to Thursday
81 The admiralty says no further news
has been received here from Port AR.
thur. - '-hh r
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
RRlToNs sLAY TlBETANs.

Repulse 6and Of Natives Who Mao9
Firce Attack. sSs
The London Daily Mails Simla Cor
respondent says that eight hundre4
Tibetans coming from the direction
of Shigatse attacked the British nses
sion at Gyangtso at dawn on AprHa
5. The Tibetans were repuiGe9
with heavy loss and fed.
The British had only two sep0yH
wounded.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
Warrant Drawn for $40, 600, 900.

A New York dispatch says: The
treasury warrant for s4O,OOo,ooo on ac'
count of the Panama canal purchase
was given to J. P. Morgan <& Co., Dy
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw Mon
day afternoon.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12

Colonial Danes in Session.
The national society Of the Co:onlaI
DANES of America met in biennial con.
vention in Washington Wednesday.
There we're 175 delegates present.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
REPORT TUBERCULOSIS CASES

Raleigh, N. c., Inaugurates Strict Pr
ventive Measures.
The board of aldermen Of Raleighs
n. c., have adopted an ordinance re-
curing physicians to officially report
all their patients who have tubercus
losis, and provision is made for dtss
injecting all premises where there ara
such patients. It is said that Raietgn
is the first city in the south to take
these preventive measures.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
TO SHIELD GUILTY SON.
Father Secretly suries Little laughter
Who Was FouIly Murdered.

Word has been received in Winni'
peg, Manitoba, from Moose Lake that
John Schuster, aged Is years. mur
dered his S-year-old sister by beating
out her brains with a poker.
The boys father, it is alleged, with
the hone of hiding the crime, buried
yhe body. but the matter becam =
known to the police, who arrested the
boy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
KILL THEIR OWN MEN.

Mistook Comrades for Band OF 'aps
and Shot 1870 Of Them.
General Kuroki in reporting to To-
kio, Thursday, tells Of bloody en-
counter during the Russian retreat
on Sunday last when large force OF
Russians mistook small body OF their
own men for Japanese, killing and
wounding 180 of them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
GREAT DEMAND FOR BONDS.
Obligations Of New York City GobcIet
Up like Hot Cakes.

Up Like Hot Cakes.
Bids were opened at New York
Tuesday by Controller Grout for s37,.
100000 OF city bonds at 8 1-2 per
cezt, $10,OO0,O00 for ten years, and tho
balance for fifty years.
The issue was over-subscribed about
seven times. The comptroller said
that J. W. Selignan & Co. and Ed
ward Sweet & Co. probably will get
the $10,0oo,0oo, having made ten sin.
gle bids aggregating that amount at
rates ranging from 10O.sS to 1878.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-06
VIOLATING THE Law.
Government May Take a Hand in the
Packers Strike.

Chicago. Aug. 5.-Th3t the federal
government is preparing 10 take an
active part IN the stock yards strike
was indicated today when Information
al Secretary Gail of the Butcher Work
men divulged the fact be has been in
conference with an emissary Of the
United States bureau of labor and com
merce. Who this agent is. or what BIS
immediate plans are. Mr. Can refused
to say. but the strike leader made this
significant remark.
In everything the packing trust IS
doing they are violating the law. Their
very business combination is IN re-
straint of trade and there is not one
of them that is not amenable &c the
federal laws y sample of their opera
lions came 90 my know ledge after si7-
ries had been printed in the neWspaBers
telling of The Importation of einistallss
from foreign lands 10 take Tie place ot
American WorhhgHfeH 10 are oh
strike. One Of our pickets found iR
the street an emigraut receipt showing
that the emigrant had been paid Sas.t7
for passage TO Chicago AZ the bottom
of the. printed slip was the sentences
We hereby agree 10 rebate $3.50 Oh
re
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-06
DROWNED WHILE IN BATHING
Seven Little Girls the Father OF One of Them Stepped
From Sandbar Into the Channel of the Mis-
sissippi River

she saved herself BEYOND the statement
that Il snatched my hand loose from
the grasp of the little girl next to me
ard soon found that ] could stand UP.
amt that the water only came TO my
knees"
The beach. where the accident &C
CURED is practically deserted after
nightfall, and the screams of the little
Timiny girl failed to attract any one
10 the scene. After Riley and the little
girls playmates had disappeared be-
meath the water the child ran from the
beach and reached her home. screaming
at the top Of her lungs She was so hys-
terical that il was some time before her
parents could gather an account Of
what had occurred.
According to the account OF the acci-
dent given by the little TiHiny girl.
after she had been in a measure
Gained by her parents. the drowning
was caused By the excitement incident
10 the passage of a large river steiner
Wash From a Passing Steamer.
Mary says that they had waded some
distance into the~stream. keeping care
fully to the sandbar, when the wash
from the steamer caused waves Of con-
siderable height to come ashore. Be
fore entering the water Riley had in
structed the little ones to maintain Il
tight grasp on one auOthers hands, he
taking a place in the center
The wash from the steamer. created
considerable confusion among the girls
and in the darkness they lost their
bearings and before they were aware Of
their danger two or three of them had
stepped of the saudbar into the chan
mel. dragging the others with them.
Mary was al the end of the line and
when her companions dragged her from
the sand5ar she was the nearest TO
shoal water and to that fact she owes
her escape.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-06

a LION, Ills, August while bath
u ing in the Mississippi river to-
night, Michael Riley. his daughter
and six of the latter's girf friends were
drowned. One child who was in the
party was rescued.
The Dead.
Michael Riley, - years old; Eliza
beth Riley, II years old: Allie Synder.
IA: Lucy Pates. Il; Lizzie Pates, Il;
Bessie Brum. IA; Myrie Brum. 10;
Ruth Marshall, II.
Riley lived near the river in the
southern part Of the city and was ac-
customed TO battle on the beach IN
front Of his home after his return from
work
Tonight his little daughter begged to
go with him and Riley took her and
seven Of her girl friends TO the beach
with him.
When they entered the water Riley
bade the children join hands. and they
all waded into the river and walked
along a sand bar which stretched out
into the stream at that point. They
had gone some distance from the shore
when suddenly the whole party disap-
peared beneath the water having in
the darkness stepped from the sand
bar into the deep channel
Man Was Helpless.
The children struggled and screamed
lighting desperately TO reach the sand
bar on which the water was only foot
or 50 in depth. Riley, who is said to
have been a good swimmer, is thought
to have been made helpless by the girls
cliuging to him and hampeTing his ef-
forts to save them
The only one in the party to regain
the sandbar was Mary Tinsiny. years
old The child is unable to tell how
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-06
MURDERED HIS FORMER MASTER
Henry Osborne Leading Business Man of Hartford Conn.,
Shot and Killed by Colored Whom lie
Had Discharged.

Hartford, Conn, August 5.-HenTy
Osborne. a former police commissioner
and a leading business man, was MUIR
dered today by his former cOIored body
servant, Joseph Watson. The negro
was found tonight hiding under a bed
in the basement OF the Osborne home
Outside the house al the time the muir
deTer was found a thousand persons
were gathered, and as Watson was es-
cCrted down the steps 10 the patrol
wagon, the air resounded with cries OF
XIII him, lynch him." but no violence
other than of voice was attempted
Watson, who is IS years of age and
very unprepossessing in appearance
did not quail when face to face with
the shouting crowd.
Il had it in for Osborne and I killed
him. he said. 4 am not afraid TO die
and / am satisfied now that killed