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RUMORS WERE RIFE
oW ’CHANGE ABOUT NORTHERN
SECURITIES COMPANY.
the reports were denied
but the denials WERE NOT RE
CEIVED UNRUESTfONINGLY.
Northern Securities Stock Exercises
a Potent Influence on Stocks ot
the Great Railway Systems—Every
Komor That Gains Any Crcdenee
Affects the Market—One Was Thnt
an Appeal from the Recent Deci
sion Would Not Be Taken—Whnt
Hill Had to Say.
New York, April 14.—Just before the
dose of the stock market to-day re
ports were current that the Northern
securities Company had decided not
to appeal from the merger decision and
would abandon that plan for one of
several others.
A representative of the company, in
a position to speak with authority, de
clared that the report was absolutely
false. He added that no frlan of ac
tion had yet been determined upon and
might not be for some time.
Another report circulated just before
the closing hour of the Stock Exchange
was that steps were being taken to
compromise the Northern Securities
case in some way. Just how this was
to be done was not brought out. This
report, apparently, was without au
thority.
Another rumor was to the effect that
steps were being taken to dissolve the
Northern Securities Company and
that the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific would be ftarraged in some
way as independent organizations. Of
this rumor President James J. Hill
said:
“There is not a word, of truth in
that story. There is no intention on
the part of the Northern Securities
people to dissolve the company. On
the contrary we are preparing an ap
peal.”
A Wall street news bureau this aft
ernoon, in connection with the reports
that an appeal would net be filed,
quotes an informant, named as a
‘‘conservative authority,” as follows:
“Counsel concerned with the North
ern Securities Company have com
pleted consideration of three alterna
tive plans which were possibly drawn
up and extensively considered long
before the present decision, and these
counsel, together with some of the
largest bankers interested in the en
terprise, will proceed to Washington
to lay their case before Attorney Gen
eral Knox and arrange, if possible,
with him a status for the securities in
volved which Will entirely conform to
the law.
“There is reason to think that the
possibility of such an arrangement has
been already strongly hinted at
from Washington.”
MARKET WAS FEVERISH.
Stork Steadied a Bit by Baying Or
ders and Rears Covering.
New York, April 14.—The stock mar
ket was feverish and Unsettled again
this morning as an after effect of
yesterday’s severe shaking down. In
fluential support, however, was ac
corded at the start to-day, and the
heavy offerings of stocks were absorb
ed and prices bid up determinedly as
often as they fell. This had the ef
fect of restoring confidence and check
ing the flood of liquidation.
A recovery of Northern Securities
on the curb to above the opening level
helped to reassure sentiment on the
Stock Exchange, and the market be
came quiet and dull, but decidedly
firm.
The level of prices for the majority
of active stocks ruled between 1 and 2
points above last night. The bear party
Was inclined to cover and caused a
hardening tendency of the market, but
the volume of dealings was much di
minished on the advance, and buyers
were not disposed to follow prices up
ward with any eagerness.
The demand from the bears became
urgent late in the day to cover their
short contracts when a rumor circulat
ed that the Northern Securities Com
pany would arrange a compromise with
the government of the suit against the
validity of the company. The result
was a strong ahd active close, with
some leading stocks two points or more
above last night’s level.
QUIT AND EAT.
Some Coffee Tale..
Show a woman an easy, Comfortable
and healthful way to improve her com
plexion and she is naturally interested.
Coffee Is the onti greatest enemy of
fait Women, for In the most of cases it
directly affects the stomach producing
slight, and sometimes great congestion
of the liver and therefore causing the
bile to be absorbed Into the system
instead of going its natural way. The
result is a sallow, muddy skin and a
train of diseases of the different
organs of the body which, In all too
many cases, develop into chronic dis
eases.
A lady speaking of how coffee af
fected her says;- "I was very fond of
coffee but while drinking It Was un
der the care of the doctor moßt bt the
time. My complexion was bad and I
had a pain in my right side steadily,
Probably in the liver.
“When I concluded to quit coffee and
take Postum Food Coffee I had it
made carefully and from the very
first cup we liked the taste of It
better than any of the old coffee.
“In a short time the pain left my
side and my friends began to com
ment on the chHnge in my connexion
and general looks. I have never seen
any thing equal to the good I got from
making this change.
“A youngwlawyer in Philadelphia, nam
ed , whose life was almost a burden
from indigestion and its train of
evils, quit coffee some months ago and
began oh Postum Food Coffee. He
quickly recovered and is now well,
strong and cheerful and naturally loud
In his praises of Postum.
"Another friend, an old gentleman
of seventy, named ,who for years
suffered all one could suffer and live,
from dyspepsia, and w r ho sometimes
for weeks could eat no bread or solid
food, only a little weak gruel or milk,
quit coffee upon my recommendation
and took up Postum. He began to
Ket better at once. Now he can eat
rich pastry or whatever he likes and
*s perfectly well.”
Name given by Postum Cos., Battle
Creek. Mich.
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They are so dainty that tt is a pleasure
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STORM KILLED TEN.
Caused Great Destruction of Prop
erty in Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala., April 14.—Specials
from Evergreen, Ala., says:
News has just reached here by tele
phone confirming rumors of heavy loss
of life and property in the neighbor
hood of Peterman and Burnt Corn,
wrought by the tornado which- passed
near there yesterday.
Ten persons are known to have been
killed and numerous barns, resi
dences, fences and outbuildings
were swept away, entailing a loss
which will reach high in the
thousands. On account of the
bad condition of the wires, communi
cation is difficult and the only name
of the dead that could be obtained is
that of Henry Salter, a well known
planter.
Several residences were demolished,
the timber falling on the occupants,
killing and injuring all within the
buildings. It probably will be several
days before a correct list of the
casualties can be obtained.
Peterman is in Monroe county and
is not within twenty-five miles of a
railroad or telegraph station.
NEWS OP VALDOSTA.
Remains of Miss Hailey Sent to
McKeesport—Other Matters.
Valdosta, Ga., April 14.—The re
mains of Miss M. J. Bailey, an elderly
maiden lady from McKeesport, Pa.,
were carried to that city this morn
ing for interment. Miss Bailey came
to this city less than two months ago
with her nephew-, Mr. George McCon
nell, on account of his health. She ap
peared well though she suffered with
a constitutional trouble. She was
taken ill about a month ago and died
yesterday. Her brother arrived last
night and accompanied the remains
to Pennsylvania.
Mr. Ed L. Thomas has returned
from Tampa, Fla., where he went to
see about buying the machinery of
the Mosc & Cole Mill in Ybor City.
While there he closed a trade for the
plant with the Exchange National
Bank, the mill being the property of
that institution. Over SIO,OOO w-as in
volved in the deal.
A number of Valdosta capitalists
are interested in anew line of rail
road from Apalachicola to River
Junction, Fla., a distance of about
seventy miles. The* company has se
cured options on about 500,000 acres
of land and it has also received deeds
to a right of way for most of the dis
tance, The members of the Minnesota
Lumber Company are largely interest
ed in the enterprise. It is said that
the people along the route are anxious
for the road.
More Warships.
Pensacola, Fla., April 14.—The cruiser
Olymphla.. flagship of the Caribbean
Sea squadron, arrived here this morn
ing with the cruisers San Francisco
and Marietta. They will remain un
til Monday next.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Thomas H. McMillan.
After a short illness Mrs. Gertrude
A. McMillan, wife of Mr. T. H. Mc-
Millan, died at her home, No. 306
Huntingdon street, east, yesterday
morning at 10 o’clock. The news of
the sad event came as a distinct shock
to her many friends, of whom only a
few knew that she was seriously 111.
Mrs. McMillan, before marriage Miss
Gertrude Bliss, daughter of Capt. and
Mrs. James Bliss, was 37 years old
and had been married about twenty
one years. She is survived by four
children, Dan, Thomas H„ Jr., Miss
Alice, and Raymond H. McMillan; by
her mother, and by three sisters, Mrs.
J. Pearce Wheless, and Miss Mamie
Bliss of Savannah, and Mrs. E. A.
Uslna of Newtonville, Mass.
Mrs. McMillan was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church and prom
inently connected with Its institutions.
Its pastor, Rev. Dr. W. P. McCorkle,
will conduct the funeral services this
afternoon. They will he held at the
church at 4 O’clock. The burial will
be In BOnaventure and the pallbearers
will be: Messers. Henry McAlpln, W.
R. Leaken, Walter Coney, Charles S.
Wood, J. B. Chesnutt, Lawrence Mc-
Neill, Mills B. Lane and W. C. Powell.
W. K. Kenan, Wilmington, \. C,
Baltimore, April 14.—Capt. W. R.
Kenan of Wilmington, N. C., former
collector of customs at that port, and
father of Mrs. Henry M. Flagler, wife
of the Standard OH millionaire, died at
the .Johns Hopkins Hospital to-day,
where he had been ill for three weeks,
having undergone a surgical operation.
All his children were with him Rt the
time he died except Mrs. Flagler. The
body will be sent to North Carolina for
burial.
J. J. Dnvis, Mnnlinftnn, Kan.
Manhattan, Kan., April 14.—J. J.
Davis, who founded the Manhattan
Mercury in 1884 and who has been its'
editor and proprietor since that, time,
died here to-day on a train. Mr.
Davis had been to New Orleans for
his health. Mr. Davis was born in
Fulton county, Georgia, in 1851, and
has been identified with newspaper
work since boyhood.
Mrs. T. P. Ctawlnril, Albany.
Albany, Ga.. April 14.—Mrs. Thomas
F. Crawford died at her residence this
morning. She was an estimable and
generally beloved young woman, and
Is survived, besides her husband, by
two small children. Prior to marriage
about four years ago she was Miss
Haliie Davenport of this city. The
funeral occurred this afternoon,
W. A. Blnnton. Oxford.
Oxford, Ga.. April 14. —Mr. W. A.
Blanton died at his home Sunday aft
ernoon after a lingering Illness. Mr.
Blanton was 30 years old. He leaves
a wife and two children. The funeral
services were held at Bethany Church
yesterday afternoon by Dr. A. J. Hum.
Ohrtes.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. APRIL 15. 1903:
QUESTION OF LABOR
THE BURNING ONE
That Is Why So Many Manufacturers Have
Gathered at Hew Orleans.
New Orleans, Aptrl 14.—The National
Association of Manufacturers, repre
senting hundreds of millions of Invest*
ed American capital, began at Tnlane
Hail to-day what promises to be the
most important annual convention in
the history of the organization.
The open and avowed hostility of
President D. M. Parry towards the
methods of organized labor has at
tracted wide attention and the large
ly increased delegate representation
from the various manufacturing states
of the North was declared by the mem*
bers to be largely due to the interest
taken by the members in the labor
question.
James W. Porch, vice-president for
Louisana, called the convention to or
der. Mayor Paul Capdevielle of New
Orleans and Gov. "W. W. Heard ad
dressed the delegates in hearty
speeches of welcome and President
Parry responded. And then the con
vention settled itself to serious busi
ness of the session, beginning with the
reading of the president's annual re
port.
After calling attention to the mark
ed growth of the National Association
of Manufacturers which now has over
2,100 members on its roll, Mr. Parry
immediately took up the question of
the battle between the manufacturers
and organized labor In connection
with the eight-hour and anti-conspir
acy bills, which were defeated at the
last session of Congress. Referring to
this contest, Mr. Parry said:
Was a Public Service.
“By its determined opposition to the
passage of tjie eight-hour and the an
ti-injunction bills this association per
formed what, to my mind, was a great
public service, the full significance of
which is, perhaps., not realized even
by any who were foremost in con
demning those measures. The mere
defeating of these two bills does not
tell the story. What was done that
was much more Important and far
reaching was to give an opportune
check to socialistic impulse. It is im
possible to hide our eyes to the fact
that a large mass of the people, for
getful of the liberties and blessings
they now enjoy, are with restless ar
dor striving to force the nation to
what must eventually mean indus
trial disaster, if not anarchy and des
potism.
"Organized labor, an army presum
ably 2,000,000 strong, feeling its
strength and exultant over many vic
tories it had won, concluded last win
ter that the time was ripe to make
Congress engraft upon the statute
books of the natioh its sprigs of So
cialism. legalizing those denials of in
dividual rights which it has heretofore
sought to enjoin by force. It drew up
and fathered the eight-hour and anti
injunction bills, the former of which
could well have been entitled “An act
to repeal the bill of rights guarantee
ing the freedom of the individual”
and the latter should have been term
ed, “A bill to legalize strikes and boy
cotts.”
“The introduction in Congress of
such measures as these and the sup
port they received there and from the
press and public can only be regarded
as ominous manifestations of the deep
seated power of an organization which
in late years has had such an lnsid
uous growth that we find it domi
nating to a dangerous degree the
whole social, political and governmen
tal systems of the natioie.
"Ohce thoroughly alive to the true
nature of this un-American institu
tion of organized labor as at present
conducted, the people, I firmly believe,
will place their stamp of disapproval
upon it. and will dwindle in power
faster than it grew-. Perhaps anew
form Of unionism will take its place—
a beneficent unionism—for the right
of the workmen to organize within
the spirit of the federal consitution is
not to be disputed. The employers of
this country have no quarrel With the
men thnt work for them considered as
individuals. The welfare of those who
toil in our factories calls for our most
earnest consideration. But what we
must protest against is the unwarrant
able usurpation of rights and the dis
asterous industrial policy which char
acterizes them in their present as
sociated capacity.
Its One Lew Is Force.
"Organized labor knows but one law,
and that is the law of physical force—
the law of the Huns and vandals, the
law of the savage. All its purposes
are accomplished either by actual force
or by the threat of force. It does not
place its reliance in reason and justice
but strikes, boycotts and coercion. It
is. In all essential features, a mob
power knowing no master except its
own will and is continually condemn
ing or defying the constituted authori
ties. The stronger it gfows„the great
er a menace it becomes to the con
tinuance of free government, in which
all the people have a voice. It is, in
fact, a despotism springing into be
ing in the midst of liberty-loving peo
ple.
“It holds a bludgeon over the head of
employer, laying down the terms
upon which he shall be permitted to do
business. It says to him that he must
deal direct with the union; that, while
he shall pay the men who work in his
factory, they shall be beholden mere to
the union than to him for their posi
tions; that he cannot employ or dis
charge men without the endorsement
and consent of the union: and that he
must pay them the wage fixed by the
union, without regard to their individ
ual worth or the economic ability of
the employer to pay.
“It drives unwillingly men into ranks
by Its policy of intimidation Thou
sands of its members are such to-day,
BUDWEISER
& To guard against
the
!BudWeiser
is branded on
” w the corks of all
bottles of original Budweiser.
Accept no imitations of the
“King of Bottled Beers.”
Orders promptly filled by
CAUL KROCHMAN, Manager Anheuser-Busch Branch, Savannah.
rot because they sympathize with its
purposes, but because they fear the
consequences of not y'elding to its tyr
anny. These men are. as a class, the
more thrifty and capable of its mem
bers. They are men who se :reily re-
Lel against the system which places
them upon the level with the incompe
tent and idle, and would g'adly have
free conditions established, that might
prove their superior worth, and thus
gain advancement in life. But they
dare not openly express their views, for
they feel that their employment and
peace depend upon their submissive ac
quiescence to the principles of the un
ion.
Would Mean No Honelit.
“The fixing of arbitrary wage scale
by force would result in no benefit to
any class of labor if all classes adopt
ed the idea. Suppose that clerks,
bookkekepers, lawyers, doctors, man
agers, business men, and, in fact, all
workers outside of pure manual labor,
should organize and should say that
they must have such and such wages
or so much profit, or they would go
home and stay there. It is within the
range of possibility that their de
mands might be acceded to. Increased
wages and profits would thus be ac
corded to every one, acoording to the
theory of organized labor, and pover
ty would be unknown on earth. What
an absurd proposition! Arbitrary
enactments and all the resoluting and
demagogy in the world can never cre
ate an atom of wealth.
“Organized labor is particularly de
nunciatory of trusts, but what great
er trust is thre than itself? It is the
grand trust of the times. It is the
muscle trust, the trust of men who
make their living by manual labor.
It is to be hoped that, in accordance
with the Nelson amendment to the
Department of Commerce bill, the
government in turning the search
light of publicity on the trusts, will
not forget organized labor. If any in
stitution needs to be exposed to the
timelight, it is certainly trade 'union
ism. But it is not'only a trust itself;
it is a creator of other trusts—of cap
iteiistic tiusts, as distinguished from
labor trusts. One of the leading
causes for the formation of a number
of the industrial combinations has
been the necessity that has confronted
employers to unite, that the exactions
of labor might be more effectively
dealt With.
"Organized labor and the Socialist
party differ in one essential respect.
The former seeks to bring about so
cialism by forcible methods, and the
latter seeks the same end through the
ballot box. The attempts of organ
ized labor to compel the shortening
of the hours of labor without regard
to the effect on industrial welfare, its
dictation of uniform wage scale, which
place the indolent and inapt on the
same footing with energy and capa
bility, and the absolute power It ar
rogates to itself over the individual
on the theory that the individual has
no rights which the many need re
spect, are all cardinal principles of
socialism. Socialism is a denial of in
dividual and property rights, and so,
also, is trades unionism, when re
duced to its last analysis.
“Chicago, second city of the United
States, is the stronghold of unionism
in this country. It is in that city that
the tryanny ot organized labor has
reached its greatest oppression; it is
there that political chicanery and or
ganized labor have joined hands for
the mulcting of thfc business interests
of the city. From the restless ele
ments of Chicago emanates that great
stream of socialistic virus, which, if
allowed to flow unrestricted, will pois
on the entire nation. It is there that
organized labor holds forth trium
phant, successfully defying the law and
public opinion. It is there that trades
unionism has run mad—where seritA
tors who do no work are lauded as
great and useful .citizens. Chicago
cries for redemption. Will there ever
be sufficient srystalization of the ma
jority and decent public sentiment in
that city to remove the bonds which
shackle its industrial progress?”
The rest of the report dealt most
ly with the new Department of Com
merce and the question of reciprocity.
Mr. Farry recommended the maxim
and minimum tariff as a solution of
the reciprocity question.
Marshall Cushing, national secretary,
read his annual report, showing
an increase in membership of 100 per
cent, during the last year and a sat
isfactory financial condition. The chair
man announced his standing commit
tees. and at 11 o’clock an adjourn
ment for luncheon was taken.
Tyranny of Trades Unions.
After the luncheon recess Hamilton
Carhart of .Michigan, national treas
urer, reported a satisfactory and im
proved financial condition for the
treasury. C. W. Post of Battle Creek,
Mich., originator of the Post check
system, delivered an address on "The
Tyranny of Trades Unions.” He said
in part:
“There may have been some brutal
and tyrannous slave owners in the
South, but I ask you if ever in all the
history of negro slavery did there ex
ist such condition of oppression, cru
elty to men, women and children; ter
ror, anarchy, beatings and murder as
now exists under the acts of desperate
members of labor unions?
“In the gradual solution of the wage
question and the establishment of
the rights of both parteis, labor unions
became a necessity in order to curb
the selfishness and injustice of some
manufacturers, but such violent and
desperate excesses have crept into
operation of the labor unions that
common safety demands anew union
eliminating the faults of the old.
“I protest against unnatural acts,
such as curtailment of production by
The manufacturer, to force lower
wages on the employe, or by strikes
to force higher wages on the employ
AUCTION! AUCTION!
On account of removal the entire collection of
A. L. DESBOUILLONS, 43 Bull St.
-CONSISTING OF—
FINE DIAMONDS, WATCHES, SILVERWARE, CUT GLASS, CLOCKS,
MUSIC BOXES, CHINA AND BRIC-A-BRAC,
Will be sold at public auction, regardless of cost. Sale commences
This morning at 10 o'clock, and at 2 and 7 p. m., and
will continue daily until stock is closed out.
No article reserved. Everything Is for sale to the highest bidder.
Ladies are especially invited to attend.
Select any article desired, and same will be put up and sold immediately.
er. The conditions must be produced
and governed by the natural law ot
commerce.”
Numerous resolutions were intro
duced and referred to committee with
out debate, among them being the fol
lowing:
Endorsing the organization of non
union workmen and pledging the as
sociation to their support; pledging the
support and assistance of members to
any member under union boycott; con
demning the convict labor system; pro
viding a committee of five to make an
effort to settle the present tariff dif
ferences between the United States
and Russia; providing for an associa
tion bureau of labor to investigate and
attempt to adjust the labor troubles
of members, and to endeavor to or
ganize and promote a non-union work
ing man’s association to be known as
"The Workingman's Liberty Union;”
urging tariff revision on general lines;
favoring measures to increase the elas
ticity of the currency.
A resolution, condemning a New
York paper for its attack upon Presi
dent Parry’s labor policy, was Intro
duced, and some debate fallowed an
attempt to have it adopted without
referring it to the resolutions commit
tee. The chairman ended the matter
by requesting that the resolutions go
to the committee in the regular order.
At to-morrow’s session the delegates
will be addressed by Carroll D. Wright,
of Washington, and Mayor Samuel M.
Jones, of Toledo.
An active effort to secure the next
cotH'cntion is being made by Todedo,
Pittsburg and Milwaukee. „
LOCAL PERSONAL
Mr. C. E. Meriam, of Thomasville, is
a guest of the Pulaski House.
Mr*. F. H. Miller,, of Augusta, is
registered at the De Soto Hotel.
Mr. Edward M. Dutcher, of Thomas
ville, is a guest of the De Soto Hotel.
Mr. Herbert A. Haley, of Macon, reg
istered at the Pulaski House yester
day.
Mr. John E. Mulford, and Mrs. Mul
ford, of New York, are among the tour
ists stopping at the l?e Soto Hotel.
Mr. J. S. Pinkussohn, one of the
prominent and successful merchants
of Charleston, was in the city yes
terday on business.
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Bliss, and Miss
Fi B. Morrifield, of Brooklyn, are
among the tourists stopping for a few
days at the Pulaski House.
Mr. J. W. Morris, of the Southern
Railway, with headquarters at Colum
bia. is In the city on business and
is registered at the Pulaski House.
Mr. George C. Bedell, a prominent
member of the Jacksonville bar was
In the city yesterday on legal business
and registered at the De Soto Hotel.
Mr. James Neill and Mr. Edward H.
Neill will leave this morning for New
York. I’hey will join Mrs. Neill and
her niece there and will sail for Eu
rope May 2.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Carruthers
are making a round-trip with
Capt. H. C. Daggett on the City of Sa
vannah, and will make their headquar
ters at the De Soto While in the city.
Prof. Tracy Peck, and Miss Peck, of
New Haven, Conn., were in the
city yesterday and will sail to-day
for New York. Prof. Peck is of Yale
College and has been making a short
trip in the South during his Eeaster
holidays. He hus a number of friends
here who were pleased to greet him
at the De Soto yesterday.
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Hr. James F. Post, treasurer of the
Atlantic Coast Line, headquarters
Wilmington, was a visitor In Savan
nah yesterday.
Mr. A. Sidney Bales was yesterday
installed as cashier of the Atlantic
Coast Line, headquarters Savannah,
vice Mr. J. B. Oliveros, resigned. Mr.
Bales was, prior to this appointment,
assistant to the paymaster of First
Division, Atlantic Coast Line.
Mr. T. M. Emerson, third vice presi
dent of the Atlantic Coast Line, was
in Savannah yesterday on a short
visit.
Mr. H. M. Flagler and Mrs. Flagler
passed through Savannah yesterday
on Atlantic Coast Line No. 32 en route
to Wilmington to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Flagler's father, which Will
take place to-day.
Mr. Walter Hawkins, general agent
of the Central of Georgia and the
Ocean Steamship Company at Jack
sonville, was among the visitors to
Savannah yesterday.
Mr. A. M. Scott, traveling passen
ger agent of the Ocean Steamship
Company, headquarters New York, hut
who has been in Jacksonville during
the tourist movement, was in Savan
nah yesterday en route northward.
CRUSHED IN A WAGON.
Montgomery. Ala., April 14.—A spe
cial to the Advertiser from Evergreen,
Ala., says:
A terrific wind, rain and hail storm
passed over the western portion of
Conecup county last evening, result
ing in the death of three persons.
H. H. Balter, his mother and child
were riding along a road, and when
opimslte a clump of trees the storm
overtook them, the wind uprooting the
trees which fell across the wagon,
crushing all three of the occupants to
death.
Much damage is reported to growing
crops
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GOVERNOR APOLOGIZED
I'or rnnatniilF.' Raid on Mr. Tren
liolm'a Resilience.
Columbia, S. C., April 14.—The re
cent activity of dispensary constables
in Charleston has developed anew sen
sation.
A few days ago the home of Mrs.
William L. Trenholm, one of Charles
ton's best kndwn society women, and
widow of the late William L. Tren
holm, controller of the currency under
President Cleveland’s first administra
tion, was entered and raided by con
stables. This error was caused by an
order from Chier Constable Hammett,
the newly appointed head of the con
stabulary, who, being unacquainted
with Charleston, ordered a search to
be made at Nos. 40 and 42 East Bay.
Finding no house at No. 40, the con
stables proceeded to search the next
number, which was the home of Mrs.
Trenholm.
When Gov. Hayward was informed
of the error of the constables he at
once sent a personal letter to Mrs.
Trenholm. making ainiiogy Without re
straint for the boorishness of the Of
ficers who entered her home.
Sponsor for Reunion.
Yesterday Gen. T. W. Carwile, com
mander of the South Carolina Division,
Confederate Veterans, appointed Miss
Hattie Hunt Austin of Greenville as
sponsor of the South Carolina Division
both for the state reunion and for the
general reunion in New Orleans. Miss
Jessie Lucile Thompson of Spartan
burg will be her maid of honor.
Shrewd Swindle.
A number of Columbians have been
swindled by a shrewd fakir. Some
time ago a young man representing
himself ft) be J. N. Howatd of At
lanta, and claiming to be the special
traveling solicitor of the Curtis Pub
lishing Company, secured between 75
and 100 subscribers to the Satur
day Evening Post, collecting $1 from
each subscriber. Quite a time having
elapsed and no paper having been
received, some of the subscribers Who
held Howard’s receipts wrote to tne
publishing house in regard to the al
leged special solicitor. No such re
ceipts had been received at the or
fice of this reliable concern, nor had
they any agent by the name of How r ard
traveling this territory. Howard rep
resented to the people here that he was
one of the several solicitors with head
quarters in Atlanta.
Child I,nlor Law.
The child labor 'law passed at the
last session of the General Assembly
will become effective on May 1. That
law provides that no child shall be. per
mitted to work at night between the
hours of Mr p. m. and 6 a. m. It
further requires that no child under the
age of 11 years shall be employed In any
factory, mine or textile establishment
in this state. There Is a provision
that a child under 12 years of age may
work until 9 p. m., In the event of a
shut down of a mill on account of ae*
cident or break in machinery causing
a loss of time. The employment of the
children of any age Is permitted when
such children are absolutely dependent
upon themselves and when a widowed
mother, a totally disabled father or the
guardian or persons standing in loco
parentis of said child or children shall
make an affidavit to that effect.
These are the chief provisions of
the act which, it is claimed, will not
seriously affect the children now work
ing in the cotton mills of South Caro
lina, most of them being of the class
covered by the exemption clause re
ferred to above.
Went Swimming In Shackles.
Bud CHnlu#aies and Lewis Miller,
two negro convicts working on the pub
lic highway near Abbeville, went in
swimming yesterday with their
shackles on. When the got beyond their
depth the weight of the chains carried
them down and they were unable to
reach shore. Before assistance ar
rived Clinkscales was drowned. Miller
was pulled out and revived.
Flnetl for Playing Poker.
Albany, Qa., April 14.—A half dozen
citizens of Albany stood In a row be
fore Judge W. N. Spence at yester
day afternoon's session of Dougherty
Superior Court and, after listening to
an impressive lecture on the evils of
gambling in private homes, heard his
honor fix the fines at SIOO. Subsequent
ly, he reduced the amount to S6O in
the case of all those Who promised
never again to indulge in a game of
poker. A rifhjority of those who en
tered pleas of guilty made the neces
saiy promise, thereby saving S4O each
and being placed on their good sonduct
for the future.
ROOT DOESN’T LIKE
BALDWIN’S VIEWS
On the Merits of Filipinos anil Ne
groes *s Soldiers.
Washington, April 14. —The War De
partment has taken official cognizance
Of the reported statements of Gen.
Frank D. Baldwin, commander of the
Department of the Colorado, in dispar
agement of the Filipinos and negroes as
soldiers, and Secretary Root to-day di
rected that a formal inquiry be ad
dressed to Gen. Baldwin, asking wheth
er or not he had been correctly quoted.
Pending a reply no action will be taken
by the depnftment.
Gen. Baldwin is fresh from the
Philippines and has Just assumed com
mand of the Department of the Colo
rado. The alleged remarks which he
is reported to have made were to the
effect that one of his reasoms for liking
the Filipino as a soldier was the same
that gave him a preference for the ne
gro in the same capacity—that in a
fight he Was not 'worried about his
safety, as it did not make any dlf
ferenee Whether he got killed or not.
FIRE SWEPT WEST END.
Hotel, Small Houses and Boats
Born Near New Orleans.
New Orleans, April 14.—An early fire
this morning swept the east side of
West End, the summer resort on Lake
Pontchartrain, and destroyed Con
siderable property. The fire started m
the Capitol Hotel, which was destroy
ed, along with a number of smaller
business establishments and boat
houses.
The most serious losses were sus
tained by the members of the South
ern Yacht Club. A large number of
sloops, cat boats and yaohts were at
anchor and many were burned before
they could be moved. Loss, about $75,-
000.
CLEVELAND CONTENT.
(Continued from First Page.)
American slavery. In behalf of our
struggling race I want to thank you,
Mr. Cleveland, for your deep interest,
and to say to you that because of youf
Interest and faith in us We shall see
to it that the nation is not disap
pointed in our progress nor In our
usefulness.”
Rlvor at Angnata.
River Report—The hight of the Sa
vannah river at Augusta at 8 a. m.
(75th meridian time) yesterday was
15.8 feet, a rise of 2.9 feet during the
preceding twenty-four hours.
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because there is no other soap like It, no
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BUSINESS LOCALS.
Green A Cos., 135 Whitaker, manu
factures picture frames of all kinds;
largest dealer In this city. Has also a
large stock of art material. Others try
to take pattern from us, but faii.
Give us a call.
Garfunkel & Sons are showing great
values In lawn and mercerized waists
from 75c. to $1.60.
Daniel Hogan’s white goods depart
ment are offering special good things
this week. It will pay you, ladies, to
investigate this matter.
For a card prize, nothing nicer than
a picture. Go to H. Hymee’ Aft Store,
147 Bull street, he has all tne latest
things In framing.
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