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UAL TREATY IS
KNOCKED IN HEAD
nounced by the Govern
ment of Nicaragua.
REASON for action given
, s ire Is Expressed For the Con
clusion of New Treaties.
Officials are Surprised.
|a lovernment Washington special says: The
of Nicaragua has termi
jated the treaty under which the
pnited States was empowered to con
[truct an inter-oceanic canal across the
territory of Nicaragua. This action
ias been notified to the state depart
by the Nicaragua minister for
affairs. That officer says that
denunciation In no wise effects the
relations between the two
and the Nicaraguan govern
desires the conclusion of new
Beside the treaty of friendship, com
merce and navigation of 1867, thus de
nounced, the same note conveys the
denunciation of the extradition treaty
of 1870 between the United States and
Nicaragua. Under the terms of the de
nunciation the first named treaty, cov
ering the right to construct and guar
antee a canal, will expire October 24,
1902, which is one year from the date
the notice was received at the state
department. The extradition treaty
will terminate May 24, next, as provid
ed in the convention.
The Nicaraguan minister’s note con
veys absolutely no information as to
the motives which inspired the Nica
raguan government to denounce these
two treatties, nor has Mr. Merry, the
United States minister to Nicaragua,
thrown any light upon the subject. It
may be recalled, as aifecting the treaty
of 1867, that before submitting the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty to congress last
year, Secretary Hay drew up a set of
protocols with the minister of Nicara
gua, whereby these officers hound their
governments to negotiate treaties with
the United States for the necessary
concessions under which to construct
and control canals in the event that
congress should authorize the begin
ning of such work.
The first official statement of any
kind made for a month in relation to
the Nicaraguan canal has been ob
tained by the Associated press at
London. It confirms the fact that
Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassa
dor to the United States, has with him
the draft of a new treaty, abrogating
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, which is in
every 'particular satisfactory to Lord
Salisbury’s cabinet.
Carnegie Is Anti-Canal.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie were
passengers on the St. Louis, reaching
her dock at New York late Saturday
afternoon.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador, after an absence of two
months, also returned on the St. Louis.
It is said that he will at once confer
with Secretary Hay regarding the isth
mian canal. He refused to discuss the
matter or to say anything for publica
tion.
Mr. Carnegie was not so reticent.
“Have you any views on the subject
of the isthmian canal?” was the next
question put to him.
“I do not believe in a canal at all.
I do not believe a canal will render the
service for the transportation of goods
that a first-class two-track railroad
would do. Freight could be unloaded
into 50-ton cars and loaded on the oth
er side at far less cost than running
even 10,000-ton ships, even if you had
to pay no tolls.”
“Would you, therefore, favor a Te
hautepec ship railroad, such as has
been proposed?” there
“They are building a railroad
now, but not of that kind. I do not
believe the Nicaragua canal can be
built. I do not believe that canal can
be worked, even if it is built. The
Panama canal can be made workable.
There is more sentiment behind that
canal than good sense.”
POLITICAL HOB.VET'S NEST
Stirred Up In tmuth Carolina Over
Appointment of Koester.
A Charleston dispatch says: While
the bitter fight which is being waged
against George R. Koester, recently ap
pointed collector of internal revenue,
will hardly prevail, the facts which
have been brought forth are highly
sensational ,and politicians are using
the incident as a means of injuring
the McLaurin cause.
The publication of the story charg
ing Koester with having been impli
cated in a negro lynching has created
a tremendous stir in political circles in
this state.
PALMA HAS OPPOSITION.
Caban General Masso Announces as
Candidate For President.
A Havana dispatch says: General
Bartolme Maso Thursday surprised
Senor Estrada Palma and the latter s
supporters by coming out with a mani
festo declaring himself a candidate for
the presidency of Cuba. He makes a
strong bid for the autonomist, fcpanish
and negro vote.
TO GIVE THANKS.
President Issues a Proclamation
Designating November 28
As Day of Prayer.
President Roosevelt Saturday issued
his proclamation fixing Thursday, No
vember 2S, as a day of national thanks
giving. It follows:
A PROCLAMATION.
The season is nigh when, according
to the time hallowed custom of our
people, the president appoints a day
as the special occasion for praise and
thanksgiving to God.
This thanksgiving finds the people
still bowed with sorrow for the death
of a great and good president. We
mourn President McKinley because wo
so loved and honored him, and the
manner of his death should awaken in
the breast of our people a keen anxiety
for the country, and at the same time
a resolute purpose not to be driven by
any calamity from the path of the
strong, orderly, popular liberty
which as a nation v/e have thus far
safely trod.
Yet in spite of this great disaster,
it is nevertheless true that no people
on earth have such abundant cause for
thanksgiving as we have. The past
year in particular has been one of
peace and plenty. We have prospered
in things material and have been able
to work for our own uplifting in things
intellectual and spiritual. Let us re
member that, as much has been given
us, much will be expected of us, and
that true homage comes from the heart
as well as from the lips, and shows it
self in deeds. We can best prove oar
thanksgiving to the Almighty by the
way in which on this earth and at this
time each of us does his duty to his
fellow men.
Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose
velt, president of the United States, do
hereby designate as a day of general
thanksgiving, Thursday, the 28th of
this present November, and do recom
mend that throughout the land the peo
ple cease from their wonted occupa
tions, and at their several homes and
places of worship reverently thank
the Giver of all good for the countless
blessings of our national life.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
second day of November, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and one, and of the independence of
the United States the one hundred
and twenty-sixth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the president:
John Hay, Secretary of State.
NEGRO DECLARED INNOCENCE.
A Hanging at Fayetteville, N. C., Has
Sensational Features.
Louis Carroll, who was convicted of
committing criminal assault on Mrs.
James West, a young white woman,
was hanged in the jail at Fayetteville,
N. C., Saturday. Just before the black
cap was adjusted Council swore that
he was innocent.
Sheriff Burns at this moment
sprung the trap, but the rope broke
and the body of the negro rolled to the
floor beneath. Another rope was se
cured, and the man, with wonderful
nerve, w r aiked into the trap again. This
time the rope held, and the negro was
dead in a few minutes.
Jury, judge and solicitor before
whom the case was tried recommend
ed commutation to fifteen years’ im
prisonment, but this had no effect on
Governor Aycock.
UNWELCOME AERIAL Y0YAGE.
Captive Balloon Breaks From Moor
ings With Nine Passengers.
A captive ballooa of the Ghetto park,
in San Francisco, which has been in
use making aerial trips with safe re
turns, went up Saturday afternoon
with eight women and two men in the
car. When 200 feet from earth the
safety line broke and the balloon float
ed away, speeding toward the Pacific.
Sunday the occupants of the balloon
returned safely to San Francisco, hav
ing landed near Pascadero, 50 miles
away, and but a short distance from
the ocean. The balloon was in the air
nearly two hours, and at one time was
out at sea, but was blown back over
the land.
TO MAKE PLATE GLASS.
Mnnnfactnring Company is Organized
at • battanooga, Tennessee.
A company has been organized at
Chattanooga, Tenn., to manufacture
plate glass on an extensive scale. An
extensive deposit of glass sand has
been discovered near the city. A bot
tle glass factory is almost completed.
Northern capitalists are interested and
plants will probably be erected soon.
Columbia Postmaster Reappointed.
President Roosevelt has reappointed
C. S. Ensor postmaster at Columbia,
S. C.
Royal Son Is Dorn.
Princess Elizabeth, who was mar
ried October 2, 1900, to Prince Albert,
heir presumptive to the throne of Bel
gium, has given birth to a son who will
be christened Leopold.
Cannot Import Cattle.
A New ork Herald dispatch from
Buenos Ayes says the government has
informed the American minister that
it cannot allow the importation of
American cattle for breeding purposes.
“PUT ME IN IT’’
WHINED SAMPSON
Forthwith Schley’s First
Report Was Changed.
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MOKE LIGHT IS TURNEB ON
How Absent Battleship New York
Was Hade to Take Part In
Naval Fight at Santiago.
The long examination and cross-ex
amination to which Admiral Schley
has been subjected ended Wednesday
afternoon and he was allowed to leave
tho witness stand. When the judge ad
vocate finished the cross-examination
shortly after 3 o’clock the court pro
pounded to the admiral a number of
questions prepared by the members of
the court. These questions touched
many minor points of the campaign of
the flying squadron, but mainly cen
tered about the difficulties encountered
in coaling and the reasons for the re
trograde movement. Not one of them
related to the battle of Santiago.
One of the most interesting features
of the day was the development of the
fact that the report of the battle writ
by Admiral Schley July G, 1898,
was not the original report. The origi
nal report never has been published,
and in accordance with a previous de
cision, the court decided to allow it to
go into the record. Admiral Schley
was allowed to explain, however, that
Admiral Sampson declined to receive
the first report because it did not men
tion the presence of the New York. "I
felt that the victory at that time,” said
Admiral Schley in explaining the mat
ter, was big enough for all and I
made this change out of generosity and
because I knew if the New York had
been present she would have done as
good work as anybody,else.”
Captain Thomas Borden of the ma
rine corps, who was aboard the Brook
lyn, will be the last witness called for
Admiral Schley. After he testifies the
judge advocate will probably put on
the stand the witnesses in rebuttal, of
whom there are understood to be about
fifteen, and it is probable that Admiral
Schley’s counsel will call several wit
nesses in surrrebuttal.
Gist of Suppressed Report.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Washington says: It is learned that
the original and unpublished report of
Admiral Schley of the battle of San
tiago to Admiral Sampson referred to
in the proceedings before the court of
inquiry Wednesday was of a prelimi
nary character and differed from that
subsequently made in that it omitted
mention altogether of the cruiser New
York, and that it also requested that
Sampson have the commanding officers
or captains of the vessels engaged
transmit to Commodore Schley their
detailed accounts of the action in or
der that he might write a full and com
plete official report of the battle.
The suppressed preliminary report
made by Admiral Schley is dated off
Santiago July 3 and is addressed to Ad
mira2 Sampson, the commander in
chief of the north Atlantic station. The
report in substance describes the com
ing out of the Spanish fleet from the
harbor of Santiago and calls attention
to the fact that signals were made to
the vessels of the American fleet,
which were obeyed by all the ships.
It then proceeds to describe the fight
and gives briefly the part played in it
by each one of the ships, showing that
the Brooklyn, the Oregon, the Texas
and the Iowa remained in action until
the Viscaya went ashore and that the
Colon surrendered to the Brooklyn and
the Oregon. The admiral commends
the bravery of all the American offi
cers and crews engaged in the fight
and recommends the commanding offi
cers' for gallant and meritorious con
duct and for the superb handling of
their ships.
Then follows some routine matter
giving the Spanish losses, the injuries
to the American fleet and the casual
ties. It then asks that Admiral
Sampson have the commanding offi
cers to transmit to him (Admiral
Schley) their detailed accounts of the
action in order that he might write a
full and complete and official report of
the battle.
HALF OF TOWN DESTROYED.
Unchecked Conflagration In Timmons
ville, 8. C., Causes Heavy Losses.
Fire at 1 immonsville, S. C., Wednes
day destroyed half of the business sec
tion of the town. Value of the property
lost is nearly one hundred thousand
dollars; Insurance less than $25,000.
Fire started from the explosion of a
lamp in a store and most of the build
ings burned were new and handsome.
The little town is hard hit, but
plucky. There is no department or
means of fighting fire, and the citizens
were obliged to stand powerless and
see the town swept by a cyclone of
flame.
BLOODY BREAD RIOT IN MEXICO.
Tronble Results Over Cornering of
Corn Supply By Speculators.
News was received at San Antonio,
Texas, Wednesday that a Puruandtro,
Michoaeau, Mexico, on October 28, a
bread riot occurred in which twenty
persons were wounded, many of them
fatally. The cause of the riot is said
to have been action of speculators in
cornering the supply of corn.
REBELS HADE A RUSH.
5 mal! Body of American Troops
Narrowly Escape Massacre at
Hands of Filipinos.
Advices received Thursday morning
in Manila from Catbalogan, island of
Samar, state that twelve men of the
company G, ninth infantry, under com
mand of Sergetna Wtllford, who had
been sent from Basey 10 San Antonio
to investigate and report in regard to
the number of bolo men in the vicin
ity, were viciously attacked by 140 in
surgents, who rushed on them with
great violence, killing two of the sol
diers and wounding two others. Will
ford remained cool and collected dur
ing the attack and the survivors say
he acted splendidly. Fourteen of the
insurgents were killed. Captain Ilook
miller, of Company G, recommends
Willford for a medal of honor, and
Privates Swanton and Vero for certift
cates of merit,
General Hughes reports the com
plete surrender of insurgents on tlio
island of Cebu, consisting ot 450 men,
and G60 officers, with 150 rifles and 8
brass field pieces,
The pouring of troops into the Is
land of Samar is believed to have had
a good effect on the Cebu insurgents
who have been wavering for some
time. The malcontents kept up the
conflict by saying that a majority of
the American troops had left the Phil
ippines.
Cebu Trouble Settled.
An important cablegram was receiv
e(4 a4 £ be war department at Washing
ton Thursday afternoon from General
Chaffee. In part it reads:
“Manila, October 31.—Adjutant Gen
era , Washington: The following from
Brigadier General Hughes:
“ ‘Insurrecto forces Cebu island
have come in, laid down arms in good
obedience to demand of peo
ple for peace; 150 rifleSi 8 braSB pieceSi
60 offlceR5) 470 men . Affairs not yet
satisfactory Bohol island; may move
additional troops there to force settle
ment.’
“This settles for the present, at
j eas4| disturbances heretofore existing
j n Q ebu Future uisorder that island
wlll be made by deliberate action la
habitants as peace may be easily pre
served if people disposed to do so.
g ba n advise Hughes waste no time,
but move on Bohol immediately.
“CHAFFEE.”
SULTAN IS BLUFFED.
French Warships Frighten the
Old Heathen Into Paying all
Claims Demanded.
A Paris special says: The decision
to make a naval demonstration against
; Turkey was taken at a meeting of the
cabinet Tuesday at which M. Delcasse,
tbe m i n j s ter of foreign affairs, explain
ed the sultan’s procrastination regard
mg the French demands.
Admiral Caillard’s squadron con
sists of the armored cruisers Admiral
Pothuau, Chanzy and La louche-Tre
ville, the second-class cruisers Duch
ayla and Cassard, and the third-class
cruiser Galilee. The crews aggregate
2,286 men, but the vessels will also
carry landing parties.
Late Thursday night the following
dispatch was received from Toulon:
“The complete Mediterranean squad
ron returned to Toulon this evening
and anchored in the roadstead.”
This would include Admiral Cail
lard’s division, whose departure has
thus either been countermanded or
postponed. If the dispatch be correct
it would imply that the government
has received news from Constantiuo
Pi e * n the meantime which has not yet
been divulged and which has induced
a change of plan.
It was reported that Admiral Cail
lard had been ordered to cruise within
reach of a dispatch boat Thursday for
possible further instructions, and it is
significant that the torpedo boat de
stroyer Halleoardo left loulon at full
speed during the afternoon to rejoin
the squadron.
Millions In Penalties Demanded.
Suits filed by State Attorney General
Bell, against the corporations accused
of violating the Texas anti-trust law,
call for penalties approximating $85,
000,000.
PAID DEARLY FOR A NICKEL.
Passenger Ejected From New York
Streetcar Awarded #5,000 Damages.
At New York Thursday Eugene Lez
enski, of L. and S. Lezenski, San Fran
c j sc0 a nd New York dry goods corn
mission merchants, obtained in the su
preme court under Judge Fursman a
Y erdict for »o,000 against the Metropol
j tan g 4ree4 Railway Company because
he refused to pay a 5-cent fare twice
and was ejected from the car. During
a on Broadway Mr. Lezenski
was transferred from one car to an
other, the conductor afterwards refus
ing the transfer.
WOULD-BE RAPIST LYVCHED.
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Swung to Telegraph Pole For Assault
on Legisfaiors’s Wife.
Early Friday morning, at Allentown,
Ga Theo Booth, colored, who, on Men
day last, attempted to assault Mrs. G.
O. A. Daughtry, wife of °f
the legislature from wn 7? nson county,
paid the penalty of his crime with his
life. He was strung up to a telephone
pole near the Allentown depot and rid
died with bullets.
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of the physicians. We are well prepared to handle then
trade, having a full line of Merck’s fine chemicals, Mer
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TIME TABLE.
Effect May 26,1001.
Lv. Cordeie S A L Ry. 2 10 p m 6 05 p m
Ar Abbeville “ “ 3 15 pm 7 05pm
“ Helena U “ 4 05 pm.
“ Savannah “ “ 8 25 p m.
Lv it U “ 11 59 p m.
A r Columbia “ “ 4 36 am.
“ Camden u “ 6 43 a m.
“ South Pines" “ 10 05 a m.
“ Raleigh u 11 50 a m.
Petersburg “ 4 38 p m.
“■ Richmond “ 5 40 p m.
“ Wash’ton Penn Ry 9 30 p m.
“ Baltimore “ “ 11 25 p m.
“ Phil’delphia" York “ 2 56 a m.
“ New 6 13 a m.
Ar. Cordeie SAL Ry 2 10 p m.
Lv Portsmouth‘‘ “ 5 50 pm.
J^v Cordeie “ “ 2 10pm 9 00am
Ar Americus “ “ 5 10 p m 10 02 am
“ Richland “ “ 4 04 ]) in.
“Columbia “ “ 5 20pm.
“ Hurtsboro “ “ 5 46 pm.
“ Montgome'y“ – “ N 7 40 pm.
Lv Mobile Montgome’yL " 9 3 85 p m.
Ar 15 am.
“ Now Orleans “ 7 40 a m.
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Thursday President Roosevelt was
invited by a delegation of Charleston
citizens to attend the South Carolina
interstate and West Indian exposition.
The president said he would attend if
public business wouiu permit.
The committee told tl president
that he could set his own
gested February 12, Lincoln’s birth
( ] ay . This caught the president’s atten
tion, and he said he would attend on
that day if possible.
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